DJIBOUTI AND DEMARCHE ON DEMOCRATIC IRAQ

C O N F I D E N T I A L DJIBOUTI 000386

SIPDIS

STATE FOR AF, AF/E, NEA

E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/15/2014
TAGS: PREL PARM IZ UN DJ
SUBJECT: DJIBOUTI AND DEMARCHE ON DEMOCRATIC IRAQ

REF: STATE 056282

Classified By: AMBASSADOR MARGUERITA D. RAGSDALE.
REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (D).


1. (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche March 15 to
Minister of Cooperation, Mohamoud Youssef Ali, in Djibouti's
Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ali responded that Djibouti
would like to see an elected government take charge in Iraq
and peace restored. In that regard, it is important that
coalition forces hand over power to a democratically-elected
government soonest.


2. (C) Ali also stated that the upcoming Arab League Summit
in Tunis was unlikely to take a position that might be
interpreted as "imbalanced" on this issue. He noted other
positive steps the League has taken on Iraq, including
condemnation of the terrorist attacks on Shiites in Kerbala
and other resolutions.
RAGSDALE