BAHRAIN: DELIVERABLES FOR THE U.S.-EU

C O N F I D E N T I A L MANAMA 000810 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/07/2015 TAGS: PREL PGOV ECON BA IZ EUN SUBJECT: BAHRAIN: DELIVERABLES FOR THE U.S.-EU INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON IRAQ REF: A. STATE 103222 ¶B. MANAMA 792 ¶C. STATE 94861 ¶D. STATE 93742 Classified by Ambassador William T. Monroe for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). (C) Ambassador June 7 delivered Ref A demarche concerning the June 22 U.S.-EU international conference on Iraq to Foreign Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa. Confirming that he would lead the Bahraini delegation to the conference, Shaikh Mohammed said that it was important that Europe become more engaged in Iraq. He stated that Bahrain would continue to find opportunities to publicly express its support for Iraq and the Iraqi Transitional Government. He was interested to hear about the types of assistance other countries attending the conference, in particular the GCC countries, might deliver and/or announce in Brussels. MONROE