Identifier
Created
Classification
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05MANAMA330
2005-03-07 14:50:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Manama
Cable title:
FOREIGN MINISTER ON NOVEMBER FORUM FOR THE FUTURE
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C O N F I D E N T I A L MANAMA 000330
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARPI, NEA/PI, EUR
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/07/2015
TAGS: ECON EAID KMPI BA
SUBJECT: FOREIGN MINISTER ON NOVEMBER FORUM FOR THE FUTURE
MEETING
REF: MANAMA 300
Classified by Ambassador William T. Monroe for reasons 1.4
(b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L MANAMA 000330
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARPI, NEA/PI, EUR
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/07/2015
TAGS: ECON EAID KMPI BA
SUBJECT: FOREIGN MINISTER ON NOVEMBER FORUM FOR THE FUTURE
MEETING
REF: MANAMA 300
Classified by Ambassador William T. Monroe for reasons 1.4
(b) and (d).
1. (C) Foreign Minister/Deputy Prime Minister Shaikh
Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa stressed to the Ambassador
March 7 that it was important that participants at the
November 2005 Forum for the Future (FfF) meeting to be held
in Bahrain be in a position to highlight what they have
accomplished in realizing the vision for reform in the region
that was announced at the G-8 Sea Island Summit in June 2004.
Concrete results were needed. In a meeting covering several
topics (septels),Shaikh Mohammed said that he told British
Foreign Secretary Straw, during a meeting on the margins of
the March 1 London conference on assistance to the
Palestinians, that Bahrain wants to coordinate closely with
the UK on the FfF to ensure that participants focus on moving
the reform agenda ahead, not just talk. He noted that he
also raised these points with Minister of State Baroness
Symons.
2. (C) The Foreign Minister emphasized that Bahrain, for its
part, wants to be able to show meaningful progress in the
establishment of the Entrepreneurship Center. Most important
is that the Center be up and running before the November FfF
conference. The Ambassador agreed, saying that a delegation
from NEA/PI and the Beyster Institute had visited Bahrain
just one week earlier and had addressed many of the GOB's
concerns related to funding (reftel). A Beyster
representative would spend extended periods in Bahrain prior
to taking up permanent residence in June 2005. He noted that
NEA/PI Director Romanowski would visit Bahrain March 8-9 and
would meet with Minister of State for Foreign
Affairs/Information Minister Abdul Ghaffar. She agrees that
the Center is very important and is prepared to discuss it
with Abdul Ghaffar. Shaikh Mohammed said that the Center
could be a catalyst for promoting economic growth and
employment.
MONROE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARPI, NEA/PI, EUR
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/07/2015
TAGS: ECON EAID KMPI BA
SUBJECT: FOREIGN MINISTER ON NOVEMBER FORUM FOR THE FUTURE
MEETING
REF: MANAMA 300
Classified by Ambassador William T. Monroe for reasons 1.4
(b) and (d).
1. (C) Foreign Minister/Deputy Prime Minister Shaikh
Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa stressed to the Ambassador
March 7 that it was important that participants at the
November 2005 Forum for the Future (FfF) meeting to be held
in Bahrain be in a position to highlight what they have
accomplished in realizing the vision for reform in the region
that was announced at the G-8 Sea Island Summit in June 2004.
Concrete results were needed. In a meeting covering several
topics (septels),Shaikh Mohammed said that he told British
Foreign Secretary Straw, during a meeting on the margins of
the March 1 London conference on assistance to the
Palestinians, that Bahrain wants to coordinate closely with
the UK on the FfF to ensure that participants focus on moving
the reform agenda ahead, not just talk. He noted that he
also raised these points with Minister of State Baroness
Symons.
2. (C) The Foreign Minister emphasized that Bahrain, for its
part, wants to be able to show meaningful progress in the
establishment of the Entrepreneurship Center. Most important
is that the Center be up and running before the November FfF
conference. The Ambassador agreed, saying that a delegation
from NEA/PI and the Beyster Institute had visited Bahrain
just one week earlier and had addressed many of the GOB's
concerns related to funding (reftel). A Beyster
representative would spend extended periods in Bahrain prior
to taking up permanent residence in June 2005. He noted that
NEA/PI Director Romanowski would visit Bahrain March 8-9 and
would meet with Minister of State for Foreign
Affairs/Information Minister Abdul Ghaffar. She agrees that
the Center is very important and is prepared to discuss it
with Abdul Ghaffar. Shaikh Mohammed said that the Center
could be a catalyst for promoting economic growth and
employment.
MONROE