Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
04ABUDHABI921
2004-03-30 11:50:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Abu Dhabi
Cable title:
ORAL MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY TO ARAB
how-tonull Diana T Fritz 03/15/2007 03:01:23 PM From DB/Inbox: Search Results Cable Text: UNCLASSIFIED SIPDIS TELEGRAM March 30, 2004 To: No Action Addressee Action: Unknown From: AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI (ABU DHABI 921 - ROUTINE) TAGS: PREL, KPAL Captions: None Subject: ORAL MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY TO ARAB LEAGUE MEMBERS AND UAEG REACTION TO THE SUMMIT POSTPONEMENT Ref: None _________________________________________________________________ UNCLAS ABU DHABI 00921 SIPDIS CXABU: ACTION: POL INFO: ECON RSO AMB DCM P/M DISSEMINATION: POL CHARGE: PROG APPROVED: AMB:MMWAHBA DRAFTED: POL:JFMAYBURY CLEARED: DCM:RAALBRIGHT VZCZCADI292 RR RUEHC RUEHEE DE RUEHAD #0921 0901150 ZNR UUUUU ZZH R 301150Z MAR 04 FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 3758 INFO RUEHEE/ARAB LEAGUE COLLECTIVE
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 000921
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARP
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL KPAL IZ AL TC
SUBJECT: ORAL MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY TO ARAB
LEAGUE MEMBERS AND UAEG REACTION TO THE SUMMIT
POSTPONEMENT
Ref: State 67135
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 000921
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARP
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL KPAL IZ AL TC
SUBJECT: ORAL MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY TO ARAB
LEAGUE MEMBERS AND UAEG REACTION TO THE SUMMIT
POSTPONEMENT
Ref: State 67135
1. Post delivered reftel points from the Secretary to
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for
Foreign Affairs Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayed on March 27,
the day before Arab League Summit host Tunisia
announced that it was canceling the meeting.
2. A public statement issued by UAE Foreign Minister
Rashid Abdullah on March 29 endorsed President
Mubarak's initiative to hold the Arab League Summit in
Cairo instead of in Tunis. Abdullah said holding the
summit in Cairo at the Arab League headquarters was
normal because Arab leaders had agreed that the summit
must be regularly held in Cairo unless the country
currently chairing the league chooses to host the
summit. Abdullah said the summit's suspension was not
because of the issue of reform in the Arab world, nor
issues on the agenda. He said Tunisia suspended the
summit citing differences on a number of issues
presented for discussion by Tunisia, which saw those
issues as important toward achieving development,
modernization, and reform in Arab countries.
WAHBA
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARP
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL KPAL IZ AL TC
SUBJECT: ORAL MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY TO ARAB
LEAGUE MEMBERS AND UAEG REACTION TO THE SUMMIT
POSTPONEMENT
Ref: State 67135
1. Post delivered reftel points from the Secretary to
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for
Foreign Affairs Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayed on March 27,
the day before Arab League Summit host Tunisia
announced that it was canceling the meeting.
2. A public statement issued by UAE Foreign Minister
Rashid Abdullah on March 29 endorsed President
Mubarak's initiative to hold the Arab League Summit in
Cairo instead of in Tunis. Abdullah said holding the
summit in Cairo at the Arab League headquarters was
normal because Arab leaders had agreed that the summit
must be regularly held in Cairo unless the country
currently chairing the league chooses to host the
summit. Abdullah said the summit's suspension was not
because of the issue of reform in the Arab world, nor
issues on the agenda. He said Tunisia suspended the
summit citing differences on a number of issues
presented for discussion by Tunisia, which saw those
issues as important toward achieving development,
modernization, and reform in Arab countries.
WAHBA