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05MANAMA23
2005-01-04 14:37:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Manama
Cable title:
USG CALL FOR DONOR SUPPORT TO TSUNAMI RELIEF
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UNCLAS MANAMA 000023
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AEMR EAID PGOV BA
SUBJECT: USG CALL FOR DONOR SUPPORT TO TSUNAMI RELIEF
VICTIMS
REF: STATE 959
(U) Ambassador, during a January 4 meeting with Minister of
State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Abdel Ghaffar, delivered
reftel demarche seeking further aid support for Tsunami
disaster victims. Abdel Ghaffar noted that Bahrain has
pledged USD 2 million in disaster relief, and will coordinate
with the Red Crescent/Red Cross to see how best forward the
assistance (presumably in some combination of goods and
cash).
MONROE