US embassy cable - 05COLOMBO1960

UNCLAS COLOMBO 001960 
 
SIPDIS 
 
FOR SA/INS, S/ES-O, S/ES-CR 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: OPDC, PREL, MV, Maldives 
SUBJECT: MESSAGE FOR PRESIDENT BUSH FROM MALDIVIAN PRESIDENT 
GAYOOM 
 
1.  ON NOVEMBER 16, 2005, THE EMBASSY RECEIVED VIA FAX A 
DIPLOMATIC NOTE WITH THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE, ADDRESSED TO 
PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH FROM MALDIVIAN PRESIDENT MAUMOON 
ABDUL GAYOOM. 
 
BEGIN TEXT: 
 
MALE 
09 NOVEMBER 2005 
 
HIS EXCELLENCY MR. GEORGE W. BUSH, 
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
WASHINGTON, D.C. 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
 
DEAR MR. PRESIDENT, 
 
ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF THE REPUBLIC 
OF MALDIVES AND ON THAT OF MY OWN, I WISH TO EXTEND TO YOU 
AND TO THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF 
AMERICA SINCERE GREETINGS AND GOOD WISHES ON THE OCCASION OF 
THE FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF DIPLOMATIC 
RELATIONS BETWEEN OUR TWO COUNTRIES.  WE ARE INDEED HAPPY TO 
MARK THIS IMPORTANT MILESTONE IN OUR WARM AND CORDIAL 
BILATERAL RELATIONS OF FRIENDSHIP AND COOPERATION. 
 
OVER THE PAST FORTY YEARS, THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN A 
VALUABLE FRIEND WHO HAS MADE MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE 
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL ADVANCEMENT OF THE MALDIVES, 
PARTICULARLY IN THE FIELD OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT.  AS 
WE IN THE MALDIVES LOOK AHEAD TO AN ERA OF MODERN DEMOCRACY 
AND CONTINUED PROGRESS, WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE THE UNITED 
STATES AS A STAUNCH PARTNER AND INSPIRATION.  OUR SHARED 
VIEWS ON A WIDE RANGE OF INTERNATIONAL ISSUES STAND BOTH AS 
A SYMBOL OF OUR COMMITMENT TO PEACE, FREEDOM AND PROGRESS AS 
WELL AS A FORUM FOR CLOSE COLLABORATION. 
 
WE WISH CONTINUED PEACE, PROGRESS AND PROSPERITY TO THE 
PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES AND EVERLASTING FRIENDSHIP 
BETWEEN OUR TWO COUNTRIES. 
 
PLEASE ACCEPT, EXCELLENCY, THE ASSURANCES OF MY HIGHEST 
CONSIDERATION. 
 
 
MAUMOON ABDUL GAYOOM 
 
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2.  MESSAGE AND ACCOMPANYING DIPLOMATIC NOTE HAVE BEEN FAXED 
TO SA/INS. 
LUNSTEAD