BMENAI FORUM FOR THE FUTURE UPDATED PLANS: TURKEY

UNCLAS ANKARA 005238 SIPDIS SENSITIVE E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL ECON TU YM IT SUBJECT: BMENAI FORUM FOR THE FUTURE UPDATED PLANS: TURKEY REF: A. STATE 199666 ¶B. ANKARA 5081 ¶1. We delivered ref a schedule and participant lists to Turkish MFA Policy Planning Department Head Akcapar on September 16. We also informed Akcapar of the number of representatives invited per country to the meetings. ¶2. Akcapar confirmed that FM Gul will attend the September 24 session. Due to his schedule, Akcapar thinks Gul will arrive at 10:30 am and stay until the end of the session. MFA U/S for Economic Affairs Ambassador Alev Kilic will participate in U/S Larson's September 23 meeting, together with MFA Policy Planning DDG Reha Keskintepe and a notetaker. Kilic will be Turkey's second representative with Gul on September 24. ¶3. Ref a instructs Embassy Sanaa to invite the Yemeni FM to speak on the Democracy Assistance Dialogue (DAD) during the democracy session. Per ref b, the DAD co-sponsors have not yet decided among themselves how to apportion responsibility for addressing the meeting about DAD's status. ¶4. Please note the correct spelling of the last name of the second listed Turkish participant in the Business Dialogue meeting is Hisarciklioglu; the correct spellings of the last names of the Turkish participants in the Civil Society meeting are Paker and Narli. Akcapar asked for information on how the participants in the two meetings were chosen, although he said he saw no problem with them. ¶5. Akcapar also asked for a list of the U.S. participants in the Civil Society meeting. EDELMAN