DEMARCHE TO JORDAN ON SUPPORTING THE IIG AND

C O N F I D E N T I A L AMMAN 004485 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/03/2014 TAGS: PREL IZ JO SUBJECT: DEMARCHE TO JORDAN ON SUPPORTING THE IIG AND SHARING REVISED DRAFT TEXT OF NEW UNSCR REF: A. STATE 121748 ¶B. STATE 121718 Classified By: Ambassador Edward Gnehm for reasons 1.5 (b),(d). ¶1. (C) PolCouns and PolOff covered ref A and B points on the revised draft text of the new UNSCR on Iraq and supporting the Iraq Interim Government (IIG) June 2 with Ali Al-Ayed, Director of the Foreign Minister's Private Office. Al-Ayed said that the GOJ was pleased with the selection of Ghazi Al Yawer as the new President and characterized the IIG members as a "pretty good group of people". The GOJ, he said, was pleased that none of INC leader Ahmad Chalabi's people appear to have been included in the IIG. He asserted that Al Yawer's selection left a positive impression on the role of the coalition in the process, and it gave the coalition more credibility given that Adnan Pachachi (widely believed to be the coalition's choice) did not become President. The press also reported June 2 Jordan FM Marwan Muasher's statement that the GOJ "welcomed" the choice made by the IGC. ¶2. (C) PolCouns and PolOff also shared the revised draft text of the new UNSCR on Iraq with Al-Ayed. He said that the revised language demonstrated more clearly the sovereignty of Iraq. ¶3. (U) Baghdad minimize considered. Visit Embassy Amman's classified website at http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/amman/ or access the site through the State Department's SIPRNET home page. GNEHM