US embassy cable - 05MANAMA1193

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BAHRAIN: PRESSURING SYRIA TO NORMALIZE SYRIAN-LEBANESE BORDER

Identifier: 05MANAMA1193
Wikileaks: View 05MANAMA1193 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Manama
Created: 2005-08-20 11:12:00
Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
Tags: ECON ETRD PREL PGOV BA
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

201112Z Aug 05
C O N F I D E N T I A L MANAMA 001193 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/20/2015 
TAGS: ECON, ETRD, PREL, PGOV, BA 
SUBJECT: BAHRAIN:  PRESSURING SYRIA TO NORMALIZE 
SYRIAN-LEBANESE BORDER 
 
REF: STATE 151378 
 
Classified by Charge d'Affaires Susan L. Ziadeh for reasons 
1.4 (b) and (d). 
 
1.  (C) The Charge August 20 delivered reftel demarche 
concerning pressuring Syria to normalize the Syrian-Lebanese 
border to MFA Under Secretary Yousif Mahmood.  Mahmood 
acknowledged that Syrian disruption of Lebanese trade impacts 
Bahrain, which imports a wide range of Lebanese products. 
MFA Director for Bilateral Affairs Dhafer Al Umran, who 
participated in the meeting, added that international trade 
routes should be open for all. 
 
2.  (C) Mahmood agreed to take the matter up with the 
Syrians.  He continued, however, that Bahrain would like to 
hear from Lebanon on the issue, either publicly or privately. 
 He said he had met with the Lebanese Charge several times 
recently, and she had not raised it.  Lebanon should publicly 
request that Arab and international governments assist in 
resolving problems at the border, Mahmood recommended. 
 
ZIADEH 

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