US embassy cable - 05CAIRO6279

C O N F I D E N T I A L CAIRO 006279 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/16/2015 
TAGS: PREL, PGOV, PTER, KPAL, EG, IS, GZ 
SUBJECT: ENSURING A PEACEFUL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT:  EGYPTIAN 
RESPONSE 
 
REF: STATE 147192 (NOTAL) 
 
Classified by Charge Stuart Jones for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 
 
1.  (C) The Charge delivered reftel demarche on August 14 to 
Presidential Spokesman and Policy Advisor Soliman Awad.  Awad 
confirmed Egypt's keen desire to see a successful Israeli 
withdrawal from Gaza and stated that the GOE had communicated 
with all Palestinian factions to encourage cooperation and 
non-violence in the wake of the Israeli withdrawal.  Egypt, 
Awad stressed, was following events closely, continued to 
maintain trainers and advisors in Gaza to assist the 
Palestinian Authority to manage the process professionally, 
and was prepared to deploy its border guards to the Egyptian 
side of the Gaza border once final agreement with Israel was 
reached.  Furthermore, President Mubarak was actively 
encouraging his Arab counterparts, Awad said, to redirect any 
support away from Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and 
toward the Palestinian Authority.  The President, he 
continued, during his consultations to arrange an Arab Summit 
in Egypt, had stressed the importance of establishing the PA 
as the sole government for the Palestinian people. 
 
2.  (C) In a separate meeting August 15 to discuss UN issues 
(septel), the Charge delivered reftel demarche to Acting MFA 
Chef du Cabinet Yasser Morad.  Stressing that Egypt had shown 
tremendous leadership in supporting the disengagement process 
already, the Charge noted that our demarche was being 
delivered in a number of other local capitals where support 
had been less forthcoming.  Morad responded that the GOE was 
doing everything it could to encourage a successful and 
peaceful disengagement.  Furthermore, he committed to sharing 
the U.S. message within the GOE bureaucracy. 
 
 
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