FOLLOW-UP WITH MADRID CONFERENCE DONORS FOR IRAQ

UNCLAS MANAMA 000218 SIPDIS DEPT FOR NEA/FO:PDAS LAROCCO AND DAS DIBBLE, NEA/NGA, NEA/ARP, EB/ODF:RDEMARCELLUS, AND EB/IRAQ:MKISSELL E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: EAID ECON EFIN IZ BA SUBJECT: FOLLOW-UP WITH MADRID CONFERENCE DONORS FOR IRAQ REF: STATE 31782 At Madrid, Bahrain pledged in-kind training for Iraqi central bankers and bankers. The details were to be worked out between Bahrain's and Iraq's central banks. In November, the Governor of the Bahrain Monetary Agency (BMA) advised that Iraq's central bank governor promised to visit Bahrain after Ramadan to discuss the training offer and other bilateral financial issues. The BMA Governor told us recently that he is prepared to host his Iraqi counterpart when he can find time in his schedule for a visit to Bahrain. FORD