US embassy cable - 05SANAA2882

S E C R E T SANAA 002882 
 
SIPDIS 
 
NOFORN 
 
DEPT FOR DS/IP/NEA, DS/IP/ITA, DS/ICI/PII, S/CT, NEA/EX, 
NEA/ARPI, CA/OCS, CENTCOM FOR POLAD 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/03/2015 
TAGS: AEMR, ASEC, PTER, AMGT, YM, EAC 
SUBJECT: SANAA EAC MEETING 
 
REF: SANAA 02778 
 
Classified By: RSO William Mellott for reasons 1.4 (a) and (d) 
 
1. (S/NF) On 10/03/05, EAC met to discuss RefTel's A and B. 
Members in attendance were AMB, MO, RSO, POLM, OMC, DAO, 
POLE, PD, CONS, LEGATT, AID, AND CCE. 
 
2.(S/NF) ROYG Foreign Embassy Travel Policy: Ambassador 
advised the EAC that he had spoken to the Minister of 
Interior about the ROYG travel policy concerning the U.S. 
Embassy.  He broached the issue of relaxing armed escorts to 
certain areas of the country and bringing the ROYG's travel 
policy towards official Americans more in line to that of 
other Missions in Sanaa.  Ambassador advised, the Minister 
was not receptive to the idea, but that he would like to 
revisit the issue after Ramadan and President Saleh's visit 
to the U.S. in November. 
 
3. (SBU) Consular Travel Warning:  EAC members discussed 
revising the Consular Travel Warning, all agreed that the 
security situation in Yemen had improved enough to warrant a 
review.  Members agreed that the language should be toned 
down from "defer non-essential travel" to "strongly urges 
U.S. citizens to consider carefully the risks of traveling to 
Yemen". 
 
4. (S/NF) EAC members had no other issues to discuss and 
agreed to hold the next scheduled EAC meeting after the first 
Country Team meeting in November, barring any incidents that 
would warrant an unscheduled meeting. 
Krajeski