SECRETARY'S ORAL MESSAGE TO ARAB LEAGUE: JORDAN

C O N F I D E N T I A L AMMAN 001652 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/27/2015 TAGS: EAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG JO SUBJECT: SECRETARY'S ORAL MESSAGE TO ARAB LEAGUE: JORDAN REF: STATE 32566 Classified By: CDA David Hale for Reasons 1.4 (b),(d) (C) Charge delivered reftel message to Foreign Minister Hani al-Mulki on February 27. While Jordan is unable to provide direct budgetary support for the Palestinian Authority, Mulki said that he would encourage other Arab states to upgrade their diplomatic ties with Israel, noting that such actions would work to Jordan's advantage given that it had recently returned its ambassador to Tel Aviv. HALE