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04ABUDHABI1967
2004-06-15 13:01:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Abu Dhabi
Cable title:
UAE Central Bank Governor Reminisces about the
how-tonull Diana T Fritz 02/06/2007 05:38:47 PM From DB/Inbox: Search Results Cable Text: CONFIDENTIAL SIPDIS TELEGRAM June 15, 2004 To: No Action Addressee Action: Unknown From: AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI (ABU DHABI 1967 - ROUTINE) TAGS: PREL, PINR Captions: None Subject: UAE CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR REMINISCES ABOUT THE NEW INDIAN PRIME MINISTER Ref: None _________________________________________________________________ C O N F I D E N T I A L ABU DHABI 01967 SIPDIS Laser1: INFO: FCS CXABU: ACTION: ECON INFO: P/M DCM AMB POL DISSEMINATION: ECON CHARGE: PROG APPROVED: AMB:MWAHBA DRAFTED: ECON:OJOHN CLEARED: DCM:RALBRIGHT VZCZCADI259 RR RUEHC RUEHZM RUEHNE DE RUEHAD #1967 1671301 ZNY CCCCC ZZH R 151301Z JUN 04 FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 4728 INFO RUEHZM/GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL COLLECTIVE RUEHNE/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI 1222
C O N F I D E N T I A L ABU DHABI 001967
SIPDIS
STATE FOR INR/B
E.O. 12958: 6/20/09
TAGS: PREL PINR TC
SUBJECT: UAE Central Bank Governor Reminisces about the
New Indian Prime Minister
CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR MARCELLE M. WAHBA FOR REASONS 1.5
(B AND D).
REF: ABU DHABI 1901
C O N F I D E N T I A L ABU DHABI 001967
SIPDIS
STATE FOR INR/B
E.O. 12958: 6/20/09
TAGS: PREL PINR TC
SUBJECT: UAE Central Bank Governor Reminisces about the
New Indian Prime Minister
CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR MARCELLE M. WAHBA FOR REASONS 1.5
(B AND D).
REF: ABU DHABI 1901
¶1. (C) During the Ambassador's farewell call on
Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser Al-Suwaidi, he
briefly discussed the Central Bank's relationship
with the Government of India. The governor said
that he had not developed a relationship with the
new finance minister yet, but that he had had a
good relationship with Prime Minister Singh when he
was the Finance Minister. (Note: The topic came up
because the GoI had originally declined the UAE's
invitation to attend a FINCEN/UAE Central Bank
training seminar for South Asian Countries, but
after the Ambassador's intervention sent someone
from the Embassy as an observer. (Reftel) End
Note.)
¶2. (C) Al-Suwaidi said that Singh had proven to be
a capable person and that he was a problem solver.
Singh did not suffer from the Indian tendency to
"beat around the bush." He credited Singh for his
role in pushing though several of the
economic/financial reforms in the early 1990s that
opened up the Indian economy significantly.
Wahba