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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06CAIRO3672 |
IRAQ: ARAB LEAGUE AND EGYPT PRESSING AHEAD WITH [...] (C) Drawing from reftel talking points, emboff reviewed planning for the Arab League's Iraqi National Accord conference with Arab League Secretariat Chief of Staff Hisham Youssef on June 12. Citing political and security considerations on the part of unnamed Iraqi political figures, as well [...] |
2006-06-13 15:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ARABL EG IZ |
| 06CAIRO3849 |
SOMALIA: ARAB LEAGUE TO HOLD MINISTERIAL MEETING [...] (C) The Arab League will hold a ministerial meeting in Khartoum, Sudan June 21-22, to discuss political and security developments in Somalia, according to senior Arab League contacts. League Secretariat staffer Talal Elameen (protect) told Poloff that the meeting of the League's 11-member So [...] |
2006-06-21 09:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PTER ARABL EG SO |
| 06CAIRO5240 |
ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS MEET TO DISCUSS [...] (C) In an effort to be seen as "doing something," Arab League foreign ministers met in Cairo August 20 to address assistance for the reconstruction of Lebanon, to discuss reviving the Arab-Israeli peace process, to debate the utility of an Arab Summit, and to offer political support to Sudan. [...] |
2006-08-21 14:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MEPN KPAL UNSC ARABL MOPS EG LE SY |
| 06CAIRO5383 |
VENEZUELA PRESSING ARABS HARD ON UN SECURITY [...] (C) Venezuela is taking advantage of ongoing conflicts in Lebanon and Palestine, and Arab discontent with Israel and the U.S., to boost its chances of winning a seat on the United Nations Security Council in October. While neither Egypt nor the Arab League to our knowledge has committed to s [...] |
2006-08-28 14:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ARABL UNGA EG VE GT |
| 06CAIRO5496 |
ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL DEMARCHE RECEIVED WITH [...] (C) The Charge delivered reftel demarche September 3 to MFA Assistant Minister Hani Khalaf, and separately to Arab League Chief of Staff Hisham Youssef. With regards to UNSCR 1701, both Khalaf and Youssef welcomed news of USG humanitarian and military support for Lebanon and registered stron [...] |
2006-09-05 11:02:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MEPN UNSC UNGA ARABL EG |
| 06CAIRO5601 |
ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS MEET IN CAIRO TO [...] (C) Arab foreign ministers met in Cairo September 5-6 for a regularly-scheduled session, mainly to discuss joint Arab positions on the topics of Lebanon, the Arab-Israeli peace process, and Sudan. A long list of less pressing items were also considered by ministers, but local contacts describ [...] |
2006-09-07 14:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MEPN UNGA UNSC ARABL EG |
| 06CAIRO6233 |
SOMALIA: ARAB LEAGUE MISSION TO SEEK REGIONAL, [...] (C) According to Arab League (AL) officials, an AL delegation is preparing to visit Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Eritrea, Sudan, and Somalia from roughly October 8 - 22. The visit is intended to prepare for the next round of AL-hosted talks in Khartoum on October 30. Salah Halima, Advisor to Sec [...] |
2006-10-04 15:35:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ARABL EG SO |
| 06CAIRO6325 |
GOP SCHIZOPHRENIC ON VENEZUELAN FUEL IMPORTS [...] SUMMARY. (C) GOP Energy policy remains divided as the Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MICI) pursues divergent paths to ensure an affordable supply of petroleum for Panama. MICI Vice-Minister Jose Paredes stated publicly that the new Panamanian state run oil company would not distribute fue [...] |
2006-10-11 15:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC MOPS PHUM ARABL EG SU |
| 06CAIRO6442 |
GUATEMALA VS. VENEZUELA: ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARIAT [...] (C) The Charge called Arab League (AL) Secretariat Chief of Staff Hisham Youssef on October 17 to request League assistance with Guatemala's bid for a UN Security Council seat, and to complain about public remarks attributed to the AL's New York representative Yahya Mahmassani's - seemingly i [...] |
2006-10-17 15:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC PTER ARABL EG GU VE |
| 06CAIRO6550 |
SOMALIA: ARAB LEAGUE INVITES USG TO ATTEND TALKS [...] (U) This is an action message. See paragraph four. 2. (U) During the October 24-25 Eid al-Fitr holiday, Embassy Cairo received a fax from the Arab League inviting USG "attendance" for a third round of Somalia peace talks scheduled to commence in Khartoum on October 30. According to the fa [...] |
2006-10-26 11:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER ARABL EG SO |
| 06CAIRO6800 |
ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT NOT OBSERVED BY EGYPT [...] (U) THIS MESSAGE IS SENSITIVE. PLEASE HANDLE ACCORDINGLY. 2. (SBU) EMBOFF RAISED REFTEL DEMARCHE WITH STAFF AT THE ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARIAT AND THE EGYPTIAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, STRESSING USG VIEWS TOWARD THE AL'S ISRAEL BOYCOTT. ACCORDING TO CONTACTS AT THE MFA, EGYPT IS AWARE THA [...] |
2006-11-08 15:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN MEPN ARABL KPAL EG |
| 06CAIRO6822 |
ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS TO MEET IN CAIRO [...] (SBU) FOREIGN MINISTERS OF THE LEAGUE OF ARAB STATES (AL) WILL GATHER AT AL HEADQUARTERS IN CAIRO ON NOVEMBER 12, TO DISCUSS THE ONGOING VIOLENCE IN THE GAZA STRIP. THE MINISTERIAL FOLLOWS A NOVEMBER 6 MEETING OF AL PERMREPS ON THE SAME ISSUE, AND WAS CALLED FOR IN THE WAKE OF THE NOVEMBER 8 [...] |
2006-11-09 15:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAL MEPN PTER ARABL EG IS |
| 06CAIRO6839 |
ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS CALL FOR "LIFTING [...] (C) FOLLOWING A NOVEMBER 12 EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS HELD IN CAIRO, THE GROUP ISSUED A STATEMENT (TEXT BELOW) PLEDGING TO "BREAK THE SIEGE" AGAINST THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE, CALLING FOR AN INTERNATIONAL INVESTIGATION OF THE BEIT HANOUN ATTACK, THE SENDING OF INTERN [...] |
2006-11-13 12:39:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MEPN KPAL UNSC UNGA ARABL EG IS |
| 06CAIRO6984 |
IRAQ UPDATES: SENIOR-LEVEL VISITS AND OTHER [...] (C) Local contacts confirmed plans for Iraqi President Jalal Talabani to visit Egypt in mid-December, preceded by a visit by Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari December 3-4. In addition to advancing the President's visit, Zebari will represent Egypt at an Arab League ministerial meeting on [...] |
2006-11-27 16:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PTER ARABL EG IZ |
| 06CAIRO7040 |
DARFUR: EGYPT'S MFA OPTIMISTIC AFTER LATEST ROUND [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph seven. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) Egyptian MFA contacts expressed surprise at how "positive" the November 30 Darfur talks in Abuja had been, among members of the African Union's (AU) Peace and Security Commission (PSC). The MF [...] |
2006-12-04 14:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MARR UNSC ARABL EG SU |
| 06CAIRO7041 |
(C) SOMALI DIPLOMAT PROVIDES ARAB LEAGUE MINUTES [...] (C) Cairo-based Somali diplomat Ismail Hussein (strictly protect) provided poloff with an Arabic-language document purported to be an Arab League (AL) internal summary of November 2-3 meetings in Mogadishu between senior League staff and Somali Council of Islamic Courts (CIC) leader Sheikh Has [...] |
2006-12-04 14:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ARABL UNGA MARR EG SO |
| 06CAIRO7199 |
SOMALIA: ARAB LEAGUE PRESSING FOR RESUMPTION OF [...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel demarche with Arab League Secretariat African Affairs Office Director Samir Hosny on SIPDIS December 20, urging the League to use its contacts with Somali Islamic Courts (CIC) and Transitional Federal Government (TFG) figures to help avoid military clashes, to r [...] |
2006-12-20 12:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR ARABL EG SO |
| 07CAIRO1176 |
ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS STATEMENT ON ARAB [...] (U) Foreign ministers of the Arab League's committee assigned to follow up on the League's Arab Peace Initiative (API) -- or Beirut 2002 Initiative -- met in Cairo on April 18 to determine the manner in which the League will seek to market the API with Israel and the international community. [...] |
2007-04-22 11:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MEPN KPAL ARABL EG IS |
| 07CAIRO1353 |
ARAB LEAGUE MEDIATING IN THE COMOROS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-09 07:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR ARABL CN EG |
| 07CAIRO1380 |
SOMALIA: EU ENVOY VISITS CAIRO, HEARS ARAB VIEWS [...] (C) New European envoy for Somalia, Jean-Christophe Belliard, was in Cairo May 8-9 for meetings with senior officials at the Egyptian Foreign Ministry and Arab League to discuss ways forward on the political track in Mogadishu. UK poloff Martin Hetherington told emboff on May 9 that Belliard [...] |
2007-05-10 14:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ARABL EG SO |
| 07CAIRO1518 |
SOMALIA: ARAB LEAGUE CONDEMNS ATTACK ON AMISOM [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-23 13:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREL ARABL SO |
| 07CAIRO1519 |
ARAB LEAGUE READOUT OF COMOROS NEGOTIATIONS [...] AFRICAN AFFAIRS SAMIR HOSNI GAVE POLOFF A READOUT ON HIS MAY 8 - 11 TRIP TO THE COMOROS, ONE OF THE LEAGUE'S 22 MEMBER STATES, TO MEDIATE THE CONFLICT THERE. HOSNI SAID THAT HE AND AFRICAN UNION ENVOY MANDELA NEGOTIATED THE AGREEMENT UNDER WHICH ISLAND PRESIDENT BACAR STEPPED DOWN FROM OFFICE [...] |
2007-05-23 13:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR ARABL CN EG |
| 07CAIRO1678 |
SOMALIA: EGYPT, ARAB LEAGUE WANT COURTS MODERATES [...] (C) Summary: Poloff delivered ref A demarche on June 3 to both MFA Cabinet Advisor Ahmed Abu Zeid and Arab League Secretariat advisor Zeid Sabban. Abu Zeid said that Egypt SIPDIS supports including moderate members of the now defunct Council of Islamic Courts (CIC) in reconciliation talks, [...] |
2007-06-04 11:03:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL ARABL EG SO |
| 07CAIRO172 |
DARFUR: ARAB LEAGUE TO CONTRIBUTE USD 15 MILLION [...] No summary [...] |
2007-01-24 05:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EFIN ARABL EG SU |
| 07CAIRO434 |
ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY GENERAL MOUSSA LETTER TO THE SECRETARY ON JERUSALEM [...] (SBU) Post received a letter from Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa, addressed February 7, 2007, to the Secretary of State regarding Jerusalem and its status with SIPDIS respect to the World Heritage Convention. The text of Moussa's letter is below at paragraph two. The original [...] |
2007-02-15 16:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ARABL KPAL MEPN IS EG |
| 07CAIRO572 |
IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTER ZEBARI ON REGIONAL [...] (C) Iraqi Foreign Minister Zebari told the Ambassador on March 3 that he was working with the Egyptian government and UNHCR to ease residency requirements for the growing number of Iraqis in Egypt. On Egypt-Iraq relations, Zebari said he had selected a candidate for Ambassador to Cairo, but [...] |
2007-03-05 06:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF ARABL EG IZ |
| 07CAIRO582 |
ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS DISCUSS IRAQ, [...] (SBU) In anticipation of an upcoming annual Arab Summit, scheduled for late March in Saudi Arabia, foreign ministers of the Arab League (AL) met in Cairo on March 3-4 to prepare the summit agenda and discuss a variety of pressing regional issues. Among those issues were the Arab-Israeli confl [...] |
2007-03-05 11:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ARABL KPAL EG IS IZ |
| 07CAIRO623 |
SOMALIA: ARAB LEAGUE OFFERS TO HOST CONTACT GROUP [...] (SBU) Arab League Secretariat Staff Member Zeid Al Sabban confirmed to poloff on March 6 that the League wanted to host the next International Contact Group (ICG) meeting in Cairo, and was consulting in Nairobi for dates in early April. A diplomatic note from the AL asserting that the meeting [...] |
2007-03-07 16:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC MOPS PTER ARABL EG SO |
| 07CAIRO865 |
A/S WELCH'S MARCH 20 MEETING WITH ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) In a March 20 meeting with NEA Assistant Secretary Welch, Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa discussed the upcoming Arab summit and Arab-Israeli peace issues. Welch pressed Moussa for ideas on how to help Israel and the Palestinians get back to the negotiating table. Welch urged Mo [...] |
2007-03-26 14:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ARABL KPAL MEPN IZ GZ LE EG |
| 07CAIRO946 |
SOMALIA: ARAB LEAGUE MEETING CALLS FOR MORE [...] (SBU) Arab heads of state met in Riyadh on March 28-29 at an annual Arab League summit, where they addressed the Arab-Israeli conflict, Darfur, and Somalia, among other topics. On Somalia, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al Faisal convened on March 28 an informal meeting that included the [...] |
2007-04-02 15:03:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS EG ARABL SO |
| 07TELAVIV1110 |
FM LIVNI: ARAB LEAGUE PEACE COMMITTEE CAN PROVIDE [...] (C) Summary and comment: The MFA reports that FM Livni has been actively lobbying both her Jordanian and Egyptian counterparts prior to the meeting of the Arab League's "Follow-Up Committee" scheduled for April 18 in Cairo (reftel). Senior GOI officials, including PM Olmert, have made public [...] |
2007-04-17 15:14:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MEPN KPAL ARABL JO IS |