URGENT MDA DEMARCHE: JORDAN

C O N F I D E N T I A L AMMAN 009472 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/07/2015 TAGS: AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS JO ICRC SUBJECT: URGENT MDA DEMARCHE: JORDAN REF: A. STATE 220749 ¶B. STATE 206948 ¶C. AMMAN 6723 Classified By: Ambassador David Hale for Reasons 1.4 (b),(d) (C) In the absence of the Foreign Minister who is traveling outside Jordan with KING Abdullah, DCM contacted Dimai Haddad, director of the Foreign Minister's private office, to deliver Ref A points. DCM thanked Haddad for Jordan's support for the adoption of the Third Additional Protocol, advised him of current intransigence by some countries in Geneva blocking consensus, and urged the GOJ to vote in favor of the Protocol if the matter is brought to a vote. Haddad replied that Jordan had not changed its position or approach in favor of the Protocol (Refs B and C),and that he would contact the Jordanian delegation in Geneva to get an update on the talks. He also asked that the U.S. Mission in Geneva continue its close contact with the Jordanians there on this issue. HALE