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| Identifier: | 03ABUDHABI3618 |
|---|---|
| Wikileaks: | View 03ABUDHABI3618 at Wikileaks.org |
| Origin: | Embassy Abu Dhabi |
| Created: | 2003-08-04 13:36:00 |
| Classification: | CONFIDENTIAL |
| Tags: | PREL KPAL IZ AL TC |
| Redacted: | This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks. |
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Cable
Text:
CONFIDENTIAL
SIPDIS
TELEGRAM August 04, 2003
To: No Action Addressee
Action: Unknown
From: AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI (ABU DHABI 3618 - PRIORITY)
TAGS: PREL, KPAL
Captions: None
Subject: ORAL MESSAGE FROM SECRETARY POWELL TO ARAB LEAGUE
FOREIGN MINISTERS
Ref: None
_________________________________________________________________
C O N F I D E N T I A L ABU DHABI 03618
SIPDIS
CXABU:
ACTION: POL
INFO: DCM P/M ECON RSO AMB
DISSEMINATION: POL
CHARGE: PROG
APPROVED: AMB:MMWAHBA
DRAFTED: POL:JFMAYBURY
CLEARED: A/DCM:KVANDEVATE
VZCZCADI005
PP RUEHC RUCNRAQ RUEHEE RUEHDE RUCJACC RUEHBS
RUEKJCS RHEHNSC RHEFDIA RUEAIIA
DE RUEHAD #3618 2161336
ZNY CCCCC ZZH
P 041336Z AUG 03
FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 1171
INFO RUCNRAQ/IRAQ COLLECTIVE
RUEHEE/ARAB LEAGUE COLLECTIVE
RUEHDE/AMCONSUL DUBAI 3324
RUCJACC/USCINCCENT MACDILL AFB FL
RUEHBS/USEU BRUSSELS
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC//USDP/DSCA-MEAN/ISA-NESA//
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHINGTON DC
RHEFDIA/DIA WASHINGTON DC
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHINGTON DC
C O N F I D E N T I A L ABU DHABI 003618 SIPDIS STATE FOR NEA, NEA/ARP, NEA/NGA AND INR/NESA E.O. 12958: DECL: 8/03/13 TAGS: PREL, KPAL, IZ, AL, TC SUBJECT: ORAL MESSAGE FROM SECRETARY POWELL TO ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS REF: State 224109 1. (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) The Ambassador used the opportunity of an August 4 telcon with de facto Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamdan Bin Zayid Al-Nahyan, who is out of the country, to deliver a brief summary of the Secretary's oral message related to Iraq and the Roadmap to Arab League Foreign Ministers (see reftel). 3. (C) Sh. Hamdan said the UAEG is doing everything possible to support the situation in Iraq, as well as to support the Iraqi Governing Council (GC) and the Coalition. He told the Ambassador that the international community should realize that there is no alternative to the current process in Iraq, but that there is a real need to work together to ensure a successful transition of power in Iraq. The Ambassador urged the UAEG to back the current process, saying it would be helpful for public opinion if there were a public expression of UAEG support for the GC. Sh. Hamdan concurred, but added that such a public statement from the UAEG in support of the process would also convey the importance of moving as rapidly as possible to form a permanent form of government. He asked the Ambassador if the US would have any problem with that approach. The Ambassador told Sh. Hamdan that reference to a careful transition to a permanent government in Iraq, coupled with a public recognition of the GC's interim role, would be a balanced statement. Sh. Hamdan requested that the Embassy send the Secretary's talking points to the MFA to allow his government to consult about issuing a public statement. The points were delivered before COB Monday. WAHBA
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