US embassy cable - 05ANKARA6349

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TURKISH MND REQUESTS BILAT WITH SECDEF AT SEDM

Identifier: 05ANKARA6349
Wikileaks: View 05ANKARA6349 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Ankara
Created: 2005-10-20 14:09:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: PREL TU
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
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RR RUEHWEB

DE RUEHAK #6349 2931409
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 201409Z OCT 05
FM AMEMBASSY ANKARA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 0709
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC
UNCLAS ANKARA 006349 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL, TU 
SUBJECT: TURKISH MND REQUESTS BILAT WITH SECDEF AT SEDM 
 
 
1. This is an action request.  See para 4. 
 
2. On October 17, 2005, Embassy received a diplomatic note 
confirming that Turkish Minister of National Defense Vecdi 
Gonul has accepted the U.S. invitation to the December 6-8 
SEDM.  Gonul requests a bilateral meeting with SecDef on the 
margins of that meeting.  Following is the text of the 
diplomatic note. 
 
3. BEGIN TEXT. 
 
2005/ALGY/433616 
 
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey 
presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United States 
of America and has the honour to inform that H.E. Mr. Vecdi 
Gonul, Minister of National Defense of the Republic of 
Turkey, who was invited by H.E. Mr. Donald Rumsfeld, U.S. 
Secretary of Defense, to the Southeastern Europe Defense 
 
SIPDIS 
Ministerial (SEDM) meetings to be held in Washington D.C. 
between 6-8 December 2005, will attend to the said meeting. 
 
The Ministry has been communicated that Minister Gonul would 
like to have a bilateral meeting with Secretary Rumsfeld 
during his stay.  In that context, the Ministry has the 
further honour to kindly solicit the assistance of the 
Esteemed Embassy for the arrangement of such a meeting. 
 
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey 
awails itself of this opportunity to renew to the Embassy of 
the United States of America the assurances of its highest 
consideration. 
 
Ankara, October 13, 2005 
 
END TEXT. 
 
4. Comment: Post requests Department to convey MND Gonul's 
request to OSD and to facilitate a response.  End comment. 
MCELDOWNEY 

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