Identifier
Created
Classification
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03ABUDHABI1766
2003-04-13 13:54:00
SECRET
Embassy Abu Dhabi
Cable title:
SECRETARY'S ORAL MESSAGE TO GCC FM'S DELIVERED TO MFA MINSTATE HAMDAN
how-tonull Diana T Fritz 05/24/2007 04:32:21 PM From DB/Inbox: Search Results Cable Text: SECRET SIPDIS TELEGRAM April 13, 2003 To: No Action Addressee Action: Unknown From: AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI (ABU DHABI 1766 - UNKNOWN) TAGS: PREL, PGOV, PREF Captions: None Subject: SECRETARY'S ORAL MESSAGE TO GCC FM'S DELIVERED TO MFA MINSTATE HAMDAN Ref: None _________________________________________________________________ S E C R E T ABU DHABI 01766 SIPDIS CXABU: ACTION: POL INFO: ECON RSO AMB DCM P/M DISSEMINATION: POL CHARGE: PROG APPROVED: AMB:MMWAHBA DRAFTED: POL:STWILLIAMS CLEARED: DCM:RAALBRIGHT VZCZCADI353 OO RUEHC RUCNRAQ RHEHNSC RUEAIIA RHEFDIA RUEKJCS RUEKJCS RUCJACC RHRMDAB DE RUEHAD #1766 1031354 ZNY SSSSS ZZH O 131354Z APR 03 FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 9393 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 RUCNRAQ/IRAQ COLLECTIVE PRIORITY RHEHNSC/NSC WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY RUEAIIA/CIA WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY RHRMDAB/COMUSNAVCENT
S E C R E T ABU DHABI 001766
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARP, NEA/NGA AND PRM/ANE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/9/13
TAGS: PREL PGOV PREF GCC IZ TC
SUBJECT: SECRETARY'S ORAL MESSAGE TO GCC FM'S
DELIVERED TO MFA MINSTATE HAMDAN
REF: State 95252
S E C R E T ABU DHABI 001766
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARP, NEA/NGA AND PRM/ANE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/9/13
TAGS: PREL PGOV PREF GCC IZ TC
SUBJECT: SECRETARY'S ORAL MESSAGE TO GCC FM'S
DELIVERED TO MFA MINSTATE HAMDAN
REF: State 95252
1. (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba
for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D).
2. (S) The Ambassador delivered reftel oral message
to MFA Minstate Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayid Al-Nahyan on
4/13. Hamdan said his attendance at the 4/15 GCC
Foreign Ministerial depended on the timing of a
visit the same day to Abu Dhabi by Russian Deputy
Foreign Minister Saltanov to discuss Iraq and other
regional issues. Hamdan expected that the GCC
Foreign Ministers would discuss how the Arab/Gulf
media should respond to the new political situation
in Iraq. He also noted that the agenda would
include the humanitarian situation in Iraq and the
need for a regional plan of action.
3. (S) The Ambassador asked that the UAE keep in
mind Iraq's immediate energy needs and suggested
assistance to support basic human needs. Hamdan
said the Red Crescent Authority (RCA) is focused on
food and medicine, but would keep it in mind as they
assess Iraqi needs. Hamdan said the RCA's
humanitarian shipment, delivered to Umm Qasr on
4/11, was being distributed and that Emirati doctors
traveling with the RCA team had treated Iraqi
patients in the south. He said the next step was to
get supplies and equipment into Baghdad, especially
in light of the dire situation in the looted
hospitals. The Ambassador noted that the Embassy
was coordinating with the RCA on the possibility of
sending a humanitarian shipment via AIR into Baghdad
International. Hamdan offered that UAE AIR FORCE C-
130's -- which have been used to ferry humanitarian
supplies to Afghanistan -- could fly into Baghdad.
The Ambassador said she would look into this
possibility, noting that, given the continuing
security problems at the airport and in Baghdad in
general, only coalition military aircraft equipped
with defensive countermeasures were landing.
4. (S) The Ambassador briefed Hamdan on the upcoming
meeting of Iraqi leaders in Nasiriya. Hamdan
advised that he had just called KDP leader Massoud
Barzani for the first time. Barzani thanked Hamdan
for reaching out to him and thanked the UAE for its
support in the victory.
WAHBA
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARP, NEA/NGA AND PRM/ANE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/9/13
TAGS: PREL PGOV PREF GCC IZ TC
SUBJECT: SECRETARY'S ORAL MESSAGE TO GCC FM'S
DELIVERED TO MFA MINSTATE HAMDAN
REF: State 95252
1. (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba
for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D).
2. (S) The Ambassador delivered reftel oral message
to MFA Minstate Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayid Al-Nahyan on
4/13. Hamdan said his attendance at the 4/15 GCC
Foreign Ministerial depended on the timing of a
visit the same day to Abu Dhabi by Russian Deputy
Foreign Minister Saltanov to discuss Iraq and other
regional issues. Hamdan expected that the GCC
Foreign Ministers would discuss how the Arab/Gulf
media should respond to the new political situation
in Iraq. He also noted that the agenda would
include the humanitarian situation in Iraq and the
need for a regional plan of action.
3. (S) The Ambassador asked that the UAE keep in
mind Iraq's immediate energy needs and suggested
assistance to support basic human needs. Hamdan
said the Red Crescent Authority (RCA) is focused on
food and medicine, but would keep it in mind as they
assess Iraqi needs. Hamdan said the RCA's
humanitarian shipment, delivered to Umm Qasr on
4/11, was being distributed and that Emirati doctors
traveling with the RCA team had treated Iraqi
patients in the south. He said the next step was to
get supplies and equipment into Baghdad, especially
in light of the dire situation in the looted
hospitals. The Ambassador noted that the Embassy
was coordinating with the RCA on the possibility of
sending a humanitarian shipment via AIR into Baghdad
International. Hamdan offered that UAE AIR FORCE C-
130's -- which have been used to ferry humanitarian
supplies to Afghanistan -- could fly into Baghdad.
The Ambassador said she would look into this
possibility, noting that, given the continuing
security problems at the airport and in Baghdad in
general, only coalition military aircraft equipped
with defensive countermeasures were landing.
4. (S) The Ambassador briefed Hamdan on the upcoming
meeting of Iraqi leaders in Nasiriya. Hamdan
advised that he had just called KDP leader Massoud
Barzani for the first time. Barzani thanked Hamdan
for reaching out to him and thanked the UAE for its
support in the victory.
WAHBA