JORDAN: ARAB LEAGUE PREPARATORY MEETING

C O N F I D E N T I A L AMMAN 008924

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/14/2015
TAGS: PREL IZ JO
SUBJECT: JORDAN: ARAB LEAGUE PREPARATORY MEETING

REF: STATE 207921

Classified By: Ambassador David Hale for reasons 1.4 (B) and (D).

(C) The Ambassador delivered Ref A talking points to Foreign
Minister Kasrawi November 15, with particular focus on the
proposed structure of the November 19 preparatory meeting in
Cairo, and the possibility that Arab League Secretary General
Amr Moussa may be complicating Iraq's political situation by
offering a competing political process. Iraq, the UK, and
the US want to ensure that any language regarding Iraqi
politics formulated during the preparatory meeting mirror
language from UNSC resolutions 1546 and 1637. The Ambassador
stressed the importance of having all Arab League members
work with Jaafari and asked that Jordan do all it could to
ensure that the outcome of the preparatory meeting is
supportive of Iraq's fledgling political process. Foreign
Minister Kasrawi was receptive to the message, and agreed to
work toward an outcome that supported our common vision of
the political process in Iraq. He had already been in
contact with the Iraqi government, was aware of their
concerns, and sympathetic to them.
HALE