PALESTINIAN RESOLUTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO

C O N F I D E N T I A L DJIBOUTI 000666 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/06/2014 TAGS: KPAL PREL DJ SUBJECT: PALESTINIAN RESOLUTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO DJIBOUTIAN GOVERNMENT REF: SECSTATE 99626 Classified By: Pol/Econ Erinn C. Reed for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) ¶1. (C) Pol/Econ delivered to Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Badri Ali Bogoreh, 6 May, demarche per reftel. Bogoreh asked what the U.S. position was concerning the initiative by independent Israeli and Palestinian former government officials to negotiate the necessary steps towards peace. Pol/Econ responded that she did not know the official U.S. position on that initiative but would research it and get back to him. Bogoreh was very frank in stating that Djibouti is a member of the Arab League and would side with the Palestinians on this issue. Bogoreh then said he would nonetheless pass on the request to the appropriate person. RAGSDALE