IRAQ: ITALY UNLIKELY TO CONTRIBUTE TO SMALL

UNCLAS ROME 000121 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: EAID EFIN ECON IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM SUBJECT: IRAQ: ITALY UNLIKELY TO CONTRIBUTE TO SMALL BUSINESS FINANCE FACILITY REF: A. SECSTATE 347792 ¶B. ROME 109 (U) ACCORDING TO CONTACTS AT THE MFA IRAQ TASK FORCE, THE ITALIAN TREASURY, AND (WE ARE TOLD) THE ITALIAN REPRESENTATIVE'S OFFICE AT THE WORLD BANK, ITALY DOES NOT APPEAR LIKELY TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE IFC IRAQ SMALL BUSINESS FACILITY (REF A). IN GENERAL, THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT IS MUCH MORE FOCUSED ON BILATERAL THAN ON MULTILATERAL INVOLVEMENT IN IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION. SEE REFTEL B. SKODON NNNN 2004ROME00121 - Classification: UNCLASSIFIED