DEMARCHE OPPOSING CUBA'S RESOLUTION AGAINST U.S.

C O N F I D E N T I A L AMMAN 007088 SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FOR WHA/CCA AND IO/UNP E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/30/2013 TAGS: PREL ETRD CU JO UNGA SUBJECT: DEMARCHE OPPOSING CUBA'S RESOLUTION AGAINST U.S. EMBARGO: JORDAN REF: STATE 301451 Classified By: Acting DCM Doug Silliman for Reasons 1.5 (B,D) ¶1. (C) PolOff delivered reftel talking points October 30 to Ayman Al-Amiri, Acting Head of the International Organizations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Amiri promised to closely review our request to oppose or abstain on the resolution, but admitted that it was "unlikely" that Jordan would break consensus with other Arab states and the European Union on this issue. Visit Embassy Amman's classified web site at http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/amman or access the site through the State Department's SIPRNET home page. GNEHM