IRAQ INSURGENT FINANCE: DUTCH VIEWS

C O N F I D E N T I A L THE HAGUE 001837 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/21/2014 TAGS: PTER ECON EFIN ETTC NL SUBJECT: IRAQ INSURGENT FINANCE: DUTCH VIEWS REF: STATE 153926 Classified By: CLASSIFIED BY RICHARD HUFF, ECONOMIC COUNSELOR. REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (D) ¶1. (SBU) As requested, post delivered reftel talking points on July 15 to Alle Dorhout, who has the lead on EU designation issues in the Directorate for European Integation within the Department of External Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Post also delivered the points on July 16 to Margreet Wenting, Senior Policy Advisor in the Department of Financial Integrity at the Ministry of Finance (MOF),who said the MOF would coordinate their response with the MFA. ¶2. (C) As an initial response, Dorhout said the GONL, especially as a coalition partner, would be interested in any initiative to protect allied forces in Iraq. Dorhout said he would need to consult with the MFA's legal department and other appropriate GONL institutions concerning the questions raised in reftel points and hoped to provide a response by July 19. MFA contacts subsequently requested more time to formulate a response. Post will follow up and report any substantive response. MINIMIZED CONSIDERED RUSSEL