Identifier
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04SANAA906
2004-04-21 12:30:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Sanaa
Cable title:  

YEMEN MAY ATTEND OIC MEETING IN KUALA LUMPUR

Tags:  PREL XF IZ YM OIC 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L SANAA 000906 

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/20/2014
TAGS: PREL XF IZ YM OIC
SUBJECT: YEMEN MAY ATTEND OIC MEETING IN KUALA LUMPUR

REF: STATE 87800

Classified By: Ambassador Edmund J. Hull for reasons 1.5 (b and d)

C O N F I D E N T I A L SANAA 000906

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/20/2014
TAGS: PREL XF IZ YM OIC
SUBJECT: YEMEN MAY ATTEND OIC MEETING IN KUALA LUMPUR

REF: STATE 87800

Classified By: Ambassador Edmund J. Hull for reasons 1.5 (b and d)


1. (c) Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel talking points to
Deputy Foreign Minister for Europe, the Americas and
International Organizations Mustapha Noman on 4/21. Saying
that he just signed off on a memo regarding Yemen's
participation, Noman strongly hinted that Yemen would be
represented at the OIC meeting in Kuala Lumpur, but probably
not at the Foreign Minister level.


2. (c) On the issue of UN envoy Brahimi and his mission,
Noman noted that Brahimi is a well-respected, personal friend
and that he expected Yemen, and the OIC, to support his
efforts. (Comment: Brahimi is well-known in Yemen because
he was a UN envoy during Yemen's 1994 civil war. End
Comment.) Noman focused on the point "we support Israel's
right to defend itself" and responded that Yemen also
supports Israel's right to defend itself, but "within its own
borders."


3. (c) Noman delivered a strong message on the U.S.
administration's public position and announcements on
Palestine-Israel. He criticized the language of the demarche
as inappropriate because different words were used to
describe similar acts, e.g., Israel's assassinations of
Shaykh Yassin and Rantisi are not called "terrorist acts."

HULL