OIC FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING: DEMARCHE ON

C O N F I D E N T I A L SANAA 001189

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/27/2013
TAGS: PREL IZ XF ISCON YE DEMARCHE
SUBJECT: OIC FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING: DEMARCHE ON
TERRORISM, ROAD MAP, IRAQ

REF: STATE 140027

Classified By: DCM ALAN MISENHEIMER FOR REASON 1.5 (D)


1. (C) On 5/27, Pol/Econ chief delivered the demarche
requested reftel to Dirham al-Saidi, the MFA desk officer for
the U.S, and left the talking points as a non-paper. He
promised to deliver it immediately to officials from the
International Organizations Office who were traveling later
that day to join Yemeni Foreign Minister al-Qirbi in Tehran.


2. (C) Al-Saidi had few substantive comments, but he did note
that some of his MFA colleagues were alarmed by "the sudden
sharp change of tone" in U.S. statements on Iran.
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