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05AMMAN8024
2005-10-06 15:56:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Amman
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FM KASRAWI ON UNESCO, ARAB LEAGUE-IRAQ TIES

Tags:  ETRD PREL SCUL IZ JO BHUM UNESCO 
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061556Z Oct 05
C O N F I D E N T I A L AMMAN 008024 

SIPDIS

STATE FOR IO, NEA/I, S/I
PARIS FOR UNMISSION UNESCO

E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/05/2015
TAGS: ETRD PREL SCUL IZ JO UNECSO BHUM
SUBJECT: FM KASRAWI ON UNESCO, ARAB LEAGUE-IRAQ TIES

REF: STATE 184292

Classified By: CDA David Hale for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)

UNESCO
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C O N F I D E N T I A L AMMAN 008024

SIPDIS

STATE FOR IO, NEA/I, S/I
PARIS FOR UNMISSION UNESCO

E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/05/2015
TAGS: ETRD PREL SCUL IZ JO UNECSO BHUM
SUBJECT: FM KASRAWI ON UNESCO, ARAB LEAGUE-IRAQ TIES

REF: STATE 184292

Classified By: CDA David Hale for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)

UNESCO
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1. (SBU) Charge delivered reftel demarche on the UNESCO
Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity
of Cultural Expressions to Foreign Minister Kasrawi October

6. Kasrawi also shared a brief readout with Charge of the
October 2 meeting of the Arab League Contact Group in Jeddah.
Walid Obeidat, head of Kasrawi's private office, and poloff
notetaker also attended the meeting.


2. (C) In response to the Charge's points regarding the
UNESCO demarche, Kasrawi noted that he had seen the results
of recent votes on the Convention, and added that he
understood the U.S. position of seeking delay of the vote
until a proper review of the Convention could be made.
Kasrawi said he would review the Convention further with
Minister of Communication Nadia Saeed.

AL Meeting on Iraq in Jeddah
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3. (C) FM Kasrawi said the bottom line of the Arab League's
Contact Group meeting in Jeddah, in his view, was to get
Iraqi Sunnis involved in a national discussion since no one
wanted them left out. Kasrawi also noted that Iraqi Prime
Minister Ibrahim al-Ja'Fari - who is to visit Amman October
10, according to Kasrawi - expressed frustration that no one
from the Arab League had visited Iraq. Kasrawi said he
understood that Arab League Secretary General Amre Musa
planned to send a deputy to Baghdad prior to the plebiscite.
In Jeddah, Kasrawi urged Musa to go himself, and soon.
Kasrawi also said Iraqi Foreign Minister told him Iraq wants
to see a Musa visit, the opening of Arab embassies and the
posting of Arab ambassadors to Iraq soon.
HALE