US embassy cable - 03ANKARA3173

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REORGANIZATION OF THE IRAQI MFA: GOT WILL DO BEST TO IMPLEMENT STEERING COMMITTEE'S GUIDANCE

Identifier: 03ANKARA3173
Wikileaks: View 03ANKARA3173 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Ankara
Created: 2003-05-14 12:05:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: PREL TU IZ
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 ANKARA 003173 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
STATE FOR NEA/NGA 
 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL, TU, IZ 
SUBJECT: REORGANIZATION OF THE IRAQI MFA: GOT WILL DO BEST 
TO IMPLEMENT STEERING COMMITTEE'S GUIDANCE 
 
REF: STATE 126507 
 
 
On May 14, POLMIL Counselor delivered reftel points to Deputy 
Director General for Middle East Affairs Safak Gokturk. 
Gokturk said that the Iraqi Ambassador had already departed 
Turkey.  Gokturk then noted that, while Turkey will not 
recognize the remaining Iraqi staff as having any diplomatic 
or consular authority and responsibility, it will be 
difficult to safeguard diplomatic materials, such as files, 
consular seals and accounts, etc.  Nevertheless, Gokturk 
assured us that Turkey will do its best to implement the 
Steering Committee's guidance. 
PEARSON 

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