DEMARCHE ON BERLIN ANTI-SEMITISM CONFERENCE: JORDAN

C O N F I D E N T I A L AMMAN 002789 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/13/2014 TAGS: PHUM PREL SOCI JO OSCE SUBJECT: DEMARCHE ON BERLIN ANTI-SEMITISM CONFERENCE: JORDAN REF: A. STATE 78071 ¶B. WILLIAMS-SILLIMAN E-MAIL 09 APRIL Classified By: DCM David Hale for Reasons 1.5 (b),(d) (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche April 12 to Manar Dabbas, Acting Deputy Director of Foreign Minister Muasher's Private Office. PolOff also expressed strong U.S. concern about a possible Jordanian and/or Arab Mediterranean Partner effort to exclude a reference to the State of Israel in the draft Declaration of Action. In response, Dabbas said that he would convey our position on this matter directly to Muasher. Please visit Embassy Amman's classified web site at http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/amman/ or through the Department of State's SIPRNET site. GNEHM