US embassy cable - 05BAGHDAD4942

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DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING GOI REQUEST FOR WORLD BANK OFFICE IN BAGHDAD

Identifier: 05BAGHDAD4942
Wikileaks: View 05BAGHDAD4942 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Baghdad
Created: 2005-12-12 08:07:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: EAID EFIN IZ PREL IBRD
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.

UNCLAS BAGHDAD 004942 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAID, EFIN, IZ, PREL, IBRD 
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING GOI REQUEST FOR WORLD 
BANK OFFICE IN BAGHDAD 
 
REF: STATE 222676 
 
1.  Embassy transmitted demarche talking points to the 
Special Assistant to Planning Minister Barham Salih on 
December 11.  In a telecon with the advisor, we were told 
that Barham Salih remains intensely interested in 
establishing a permanent World Bank (WB) Office here.  He 
also promised to incorporate our points into a letter to WB 
President Wolfowitz for the Minister's signature.  We offered 
to assist in transmitting the correspondence. 
 
2.  The Planning Minister is currently travelling in Northern 
Iraq as compaigning for the national election winds down. 
Our interlocutor promised to try to get the Minister's 
approval of the letter text even before his return to 
Baghdad.  Embassy will follow up. 
KHALILZAD 

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