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04ABUDHABI4713
2004-12-22 11:01:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Abu Dhabi
Cable title:
MEDIA REACTION: GCC SUMMIT
null Diana T Fritz 12/19/2006 04:37:25 PM From DB/Inbox: Search Results Cable Text: UNCLAS ABU DHABI 04713 SIPDIS CXABU: ACTION: PAO INFO: POL AMB DCM ECON DISSEMINATION: PAO CHARGE: PROG APPROVED: PAO:HOLSIN-WINDECKER DRAFTED: PAO:AALKHATIB CLEARED: PAO:DEDGINTON VZCZCADI833 OO RUEHC RUENAAA RUEKJCS RUEHZM RUEHLO RUEHFR RHRMDAB RUCJACC RUCQSOC DE RUEHAD #4713 3571101 ZNR UUUUU ZZH O 221101Z DEC 04 FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 7395 RUENAAA/SECNAV WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATE RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATE RUEHZM/GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL COLLECTIVE RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 0863 RUEHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS 0904 RHRMDAB/COMUSNAVCENT RUCJACC/USCINCCENT MACDILL AFB FL//CCPA// RUCQSOC/USCINCSOC MACDILL AFB FL//PA//
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 004713
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARP; NEA/PPD; NEA/RA; INR/R/MR; PA;
INR/NESA; INR/B; IIP/G/NEA-SA
WHITE HOUSE FOR PRESS OFFICE; NSC
SECDEF FOR OASD/PA
USCINCCENT FOR POLAD
LONDON FOR GOLDRICH; PARIS FOR ZEYA
LONDON PASS TO MOC
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR TC
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: GCC SUMMIT
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 004713
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARP; NEA/PPD; NEA/RA; INR/R/MR; PA;
INR/NESA; INR/B; IIP/G/NEA-SA
WHITE HOUSE FOR PRESS OFFICE; NSC
SECDEF FOR OASD/PA
USCINCCENT FOR POLAD
LONDON FOR GOLDRICH; PARIS FOR ZEYA
LONDON PASS TO MOC
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR TC
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: GCC SUMMIT
1. SUMMARY: DOMINATING COVERAGE IN THE LOCAL PRINT AND
ELECTRONIC MEDIA WERE STORIES ON THE GCC SUMMIT, THE EXPLOSION IN
THE U.S. MILITARY BASE IN IRAQ, AND THE IRAQI ELECTIONS. AN
EDITORIAL IN "AL BAYAN" NOTED THAT THE GCC SUMMIT IN MANAMA IS
THE CONTINUATION OF A STRONG AND AMBITIOUS JOURNEY FOR THE GCC
COUNTRIES. ANOTHER EDITORIAL IN "AL ITTIHAD" LAUDED THE
DECISION MADE BY THE GCC SUMMIT REGARDING THE GCC COUNTRIES AND
THE ARAB COUNTRIES. END SUMMARY.
2. AN INTERVIEW WITH DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE WAS CONDUCTED BY
AN "AL KHALEEJ" REPORTER IN WASHINGTON AND WAS PUBLISHED ON THE
FRONT PAGE ON 12/22. THE INTERVIEW DISCUSSED VARIOUS ISSUES SUCH
AS IRAQ AND PALESTINE. HE NOTED THAT THE ULTIMATE DECISION
REGARDING THE SETTLEMENT OF THE ISRAELI/PALESTINIAN BORDER SHOULD
BE MADE BY THE RESPECTIVE PARTIES, AND NOT BY THE UNITED STATES.
ON IRAQ, HE INDICATED THAT THE WITHDRAWAL OF U.S. FORCES WOULD
DEPEND ON DECISIONS MADE BY A LEGITIMATELY ELECTED GOVERNMENT IN
IRAQ.
3. NOTING THAT THE DECISIONS OF THE GCC SUMMIT EXPRESS A DESIRE
TO CONTINUE THE GCC'S EFFORTS TO OVERCOME ITS CURRENT CHALLENGES,
"AL BAYAN" EDITORIALIZED 12/22: (ARABIC DAILY, DUBAI-BASED
BUSINESS-ORIENTED, CIRCULATION 40,000)
". THE DISCUSSIONS DURING THE SUMMIT WERE CONDUCTED IN A VERY
CIVILIZED WAY. WHOEVER FOLLOWS THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THE GCC HAS
ACHIEVED WILL REALIZE IMMEDIATELY THAT THE COOPERATION WILL BE
ENDURING. IN PARTICULAR, THE MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL ARE EAGER
THAT THE POWER AND PRIDE OF THIS COUNCIL SHOULD INCREASE IN SPITE
OF ANYONE WHO TRIES OTHERWISE."
4. LAUDING THE DECISIONS MADE BY THE GCC SUMMIT, "AL ITTIHAD"
EDITORIALIZED 12/22: (ARABIC DAILY, ABU DHABI-BASED, SEMI-
OFFICIAL, CIRCULATION 85,000)
". THE DECISIONS MADE AT THE SUMMIT REGARDING GULF ISSUES ARE
CONSIDERED A GREAT ADDITION AND WILL STRENGTHEN GULF NATIONALITY.
THE STATEMENT OF `ZAYED'S SUMMIT' ESTABLISHED A SOLID GULF
ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE ARAB STANCES REGARDING IRAQ, PALESTINE AND
OTHERS, AND THE STATEMENT AFFIRMED THE GCC'S COMMITMENT TO
ACHIEVE STABILITY, SECURITY, AND PEACE FOR THE IRAQI AND
PALESTINIAN PEOPLE. THESE TYPE OF STEPS TAKEN BY GULF COUNTRIES
WILL SERVE TO STRENGTHEN GCC COUNTRIES.".
ALBRIGHT
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARP; NEA/PPD; NEA/RA; INR/R/MR; PA;
INR/NESA; INR/B; IIP/G/NEA-SA
WHITE HOUSE FOR PRESS OFFICE; NSC
SECDEF FOR OASD/PA
USCINCCENT FOR POLAD
LONDON FOR GOLDRICH; PARIS FOR ZEYA
LONDON PASS TO MOC
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR TC
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: GCC SUMMIT
1. SUMMARY: DOMINATING COVERAGE IN THE LOCAL PRINT AND
ELECTRONIC MEDIA WERE STORIES ON THE GCC SUMMIT, THE EXPLOSION IN
THE U.S. MILITARY BASE IN IRAQ, AND THE IRAQI ELECTIONS. AN
EDITORIAL IN "AL BAYAN" NOTED THAT THE GCC SUMMIT IN MANAMA IS
THE CONTINUATION OF A STRONG AND AMBITIOUS JOURNEY FOR THE GCC
COUNTRIES. ANOTHER EDITORIAL IN "AL ITTIHAD" LAUDED THE
DECISION MADE BY THE GCC SUMMIT REGARDING THE GCC COUNTRIES AND
THE ARAB COUNTRIES. END SUMMARY.
2. AN INTERVIEW WITH DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE WAS CONDUCTED BY
AN "AL KHALEEJ" REPORTER IN WASHINGTON AND WAS PUBLISHED ON THE
FRONT PAGE ON 12/22. THE INTERVIEW DISCUSSED VARIOUS ISSUES SUCH
AS IRAQ AND PALESTINE. HE NOTED THAT THE ULTIMATE DECISION
REGARDING THE SETTLEMENT OF THE ISRAELI/PALESTINIAN BORDER SHOULD
BE MADE BY THE RESPECTIVE PARTIES, AND NOT BY THE UNITED STATES.
ON IRAQ, HE INDICATED THAT THE WITHDRAWAL OF U.S. FORCES WOULD
DEPEND ON DECISIONS MADE BY A LEGITIMATELY ELECTED GOVERNMENT IN
IRAQ.
3. NOTING THAT THE DECISIONS OF THE GCC SUMMIT EXPRESS A DESIRE
TO CONTINUE THE GCC'S EFFORTS TO OVERCOME ITS CURRENT CHALLENGES,
"AL BAYAN" EDITORIALIZED 12/22: (ARABIC DAILY, DUBAI-BASED
BUSINESS-ORIENTED, CIRCULATION 40,000)
". THE DISCUSSIONS DURING THE SUMMIT WERE CONDUCTED IN A VERY
CIVILIZED WAY. WHOEVER FOLLOWS THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THE GCC HAS
ACHIEVED WILL REALIZE IMMEDIATELY THAT THE COOPERATION WILL BE
ENDURING. IN PARTICULAR, THE MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL ARE EAGER
THAT THE POWER AND PRIDE OF THIS COUNCIL SHOULD INCREASE IN SPITE
OF ANYONE WHO TRIES OTHERWISE."
4. LAUDING THE DECISIONS MADE BY THE GCC SUMMIT, "AL ITTIHAD"
EDITORIALIZED 12/22: (ARABIC DAILY, ABU DHABI-BASED, SEMI-
OFFICIAL, CIRCULATION 85,000)
". THE DECISIONS MADE AT THE SUMMIT REGARDING GULF ISSUES ARE
CONSIDERED A GREAT ADDITION AND WILL STRENGTHEN GULF NATIONALITY.
THE STATEMENT OF `ZAYED'S SUMMIT' ESTABLISHED A SOLID GULF
ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE ARAB STANCES REGARDING IRAQ, PALESTINE AND
OTHERS, AND THE STATEMENT AFFIRMED THE GCC'S COMMITMENT TO
ACHIEVE STABILITY, SECURITY, AND PEACE FOR THE IRAQI AND
PALESTINIAN PEOPLE. THESE TYPE OF STEPS TAKEN BY GULF COUNTRIES
WILL SERVE TO STRENGTHEN GCC COUNTRIES.".
ALBRIGHT