BAHRAIN: ENCOURAGING SUPPORT FOR THE IRAQ

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E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/11/2015
TAGS: PGOV PREL IZ BA
SUBJECT: BAHRAIN: ENCOURAGING SUPPORT FOR THE IRAQ
TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT

REF: SECSTATE 79107

Classified By: DCM Susan L. Ziadeh for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).


1. (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche April 30 to
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Assistant Undersecretary for
Coordination and Follow Up Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al
Khalifa. Sheikh Abdul Aziz said he would pass the message to
Foreign Minister/Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin
Mubarak Al Khalifa, who was departing for the Istanbul
conference that night. In a follow up conversation with
EmbOff May 4, Sheikh Abdul Aziz noted that Bahrain and the
other countries that participated in the Istanbul meeting
issued a strong statement of support for the new Iraqi
government.
MONROE