US embassy cable - 03ABUDHABI1667

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UAE INTERESTED IN JOINING IRAQ "CORE" GROUP IN PRINCIPLE

Identifier: 03ABUDHABI1667
Wikileaks: View 03ABUDHABI1667 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Abu Dhabi
Created: 2003-04-07 14:03:00
Classification: SECRET
Tags: EAID EFIN ECON PREL IZ TC
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
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Diana T Fritz  05/24/2007 04:36:00 PM  From  DB/Inbox:  Search Results

Cable 
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SECRET

SIPDIS
TELEGRAM                                           April 07, 2003


To:       No Action Addressee                                    

Action:   Unknown                                                

From:     AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI (ABU DHABI 1667 - UNKNOWN)         

TAGS:     EAID, EFIN, ECON, PREL                                 

Captions: None                                                   

Subject:  UAE INTERESTED IN JOINING IRAQ "CORE" GROUP IN         
          PRINCIPLE                                              

Ref:      None                                                   
_________________________________________________________________
S E C R E T        ABU DHABI 01667

SIPDIS
CXABU:
    ACTION: POL 
    INFO:   RSO AMB DCM P/M ECON 

DISSEMINATION: POL
CHARGE: PROG

APPROVED: AMB:MMWAHBA
DRAFTED: POL:STWILLIAMS
CLEARED: DCM:RAALBRIGHT; ECON:TEWILLIAMS

VZCZCADI125
OO RUEHC RUEHZM RUEHLO RUEHMD RUEHBY RUEHKO
RHEHNSC RUEAIIA RHEFDIA RUEKJCS RUEKJCS RUCJACC
DE RUEHAD #1667 0971403
ZNY SSSSS ZZH
O 071403Z APR 03
FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 9298
INFO RHEFDIA/DIA WASHDC IMMEDIATE
RUEKJCS/JOINT STAFF WASHDC//J5/UNMA// IMMEDIATE
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC//OSD/NESA// IMMEDIATE
RUCJACC/USCINCCENT MACDILL AFB FL//CCJ3/CCJ4/CCJ5// IMMEDIATE
RUEHZM/GCC COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY
RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 0633
RUEHMD/AMEMBASSY MADRID 0069
RUEHBY/AMEMBASSY CANBERRA 0100
RUEHKO/AMEMBASSY TOKYO 0262
S E C R E T ABU DHABI 001667 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR NEA/FO, NEA/NGA AND NEA/ARP 
 
STATE ALSO FOR PRM/ANE 
 
CENTCOM FOR POLAD AMBASSADOR LITT 
 
NSC FOR ABRAMS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 4/7/13 
TAGS: EAID, EFIN, ECON, PREL, IZ, TC 
SUBJECT:  UAE INTERESTED IN JOINING IRAQ "CORE" 
GROUP IN PRINCIPLE 
 
REF:  A) State 80809; B) ABU DHABI 1508 
 
1. (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba 
for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 
 
2. (S) The Ambassador followed-up on reftel demarche 
with MFA Minstate Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayid Al-Nahyan 
on April 6 (other topics covered septel).  Hamdan 
indicated that, in principle, the UAE would be 
interested in participating in the Core Group 
process, given the Emiratis' expertise in delivering 
humanitarian and reconstruction assistance and its 
contributions to the coalition.  Shaykh Hamdan would 
like more information about how the Core Group 
expects to function and its composition.  He noted 
that the UAE would expect a role for the Iraqis 
themselves.  While the UAE would channel private, 
unofficial (i.e. Red Crescent) humanitarian 
assistance purely on a bilateral basis, Hamdan said 
the UAEG would be available to offer advice, based 
on the Emiratis' knowledge of Iraq, and to 
coordinate on a multilateral basis for official, 
government-funded reconstruction efforts.  He 
carefully noted that we should not expect the UAEG 
to make a major financial donation, but they would 
certainly be a participant in the multilateral 
effort. 
 
WAHBA 

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