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04AMMAN9909
2004-12-15 13:12:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Amman
Cable title:
US-EU DIALOGUE ON MIDDLE EAST REFORM: JORDAN
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UNCLAS AMMAN 009909
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/PI, EUR/ERA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KMPI XF ECON EAID PGOV PREL JO
SUBJECT: US-EU DIALOGUE ON MIDDLE EAST REFORM: JORDAN
REF: STATE 235816
UNCLAS AMMAN 009909
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/PI, EUR/ERA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KMPI XF ECON EAID PGOV PREL JO
SUBJECT: US-EU DIALOGUE ON MIDDLE EAST REFORM: JORDAN
REF: STATE 235816
1. As instructed reftel, Charge, accompanied by A/PolCouns
and USAID officers, met December 7 to discuss reform programs
per reftel with Angeline Eichhorst, Head of Operations for
the European Commission (EC) delegation to Jordan. Also
attending were representatives from the following ten of the
13 EU countries that maintain diplomatic missions in Amman:
Belgium, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Italy, United
Kingdom, Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary and Sweden. During
the meeting, Eichhorst noted that EC assistance funds for
Jordan were the second highest per capita in the
Mediterranean region (after aid to the Palestinians) and that
the EC delegation in Amman had grown from a staff of roughly
20 persons two years ago to 61 currently.
2. After reviewing different reform-related programs
sponsored by the U.S. and EC delegation, as well as bilateral
programs funded by individual EU countries, meeting
participants recommended closer coordination on judicial
reform as several missions' projects focused on this subject.
A technical meeting to discuss programs, both current and
prospective, for the Jordanian judicial system is planned for
next month. Post will continue to consult with the EC
delegation and European missions on reform on an ongoing
basis.
HALE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/PI, EUR/ERA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KMPI XF ECON EAID PGOV PREL JO
SUBJECT: US-EU DIALOGUE ON MIDDLE EAST REFORM: JORDAN
REF: STATE 235816
1. As instructed reftel, Charge, accompanied by A/PolCouns
and USAID officers, met December 7 to discuss reform programs
per reftel with Angeline Eichhorst, Head of Operations for
the European Commission (EC) delegation to Jordan. Also
attending were representatives from the following ten of the
13 EU countries that maintain diplomatic missions in Amman:
Belgium, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Italy, United
Kingdom, Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary and Sweden. During
the meeting, Eichhorst noted that EC assistance funds for
Jordan were the second highest per capita in the
Mediterranean region (after aid to the Palestinians) and that
the EC delegation in Amman had grown from a staff of roughly
20 persons two years ago to 61 currently.
2. After reviewing different reform-related programs
sponsored by the U.S. and EC delegation, as well as bilateral
programs funded by individual EU countries, meeting
participants recommended closer coordination on judicial
reform as several missions' projects focused on this subject.
A technical meeting to discuss programs, both current and
prospective, for the Jordanian judicial system is planned for
next month. Post will continue to consult with the EC
delegation and European missions on reform on an ongoing
basis.
HALE