FRENCH AGREE WITH USG POSITION ON EMERGENCY

C O N F I D E N T I A L PARIS 004897 SIPDIS STATE FOR NEA/IPA AND IO/UMP E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/12/2014 TAGS: PREL PGOV ETRD KPAL IS FR UNGA UNSC SUBJECT: FRENCH AGREE WITH USG POSITION ON EMERGENCY SPECIAL SESSION/SEPARATION BARRIER REF: STATE 129634 Classified By: ACTING POLITICAL COUNSELOR CHARLES NEARY, FOR REASONS 1. 4 B/D (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche July 13 to Christian Jouret, the MFA's DAS-equivalent for Egypt and the Levant. Jouret said France agreed with the points raised in the USG demarche, and furthermore, FM Douste-Blazy would raise similar French concerns with PA DPM Nabil Shaath during a meeting in the late afternoon of July 13. Shaath is in France for cultural-related issues, although his meeting with Douste-Blazy is expected to cover political issues. The Palestinian call for a UNGA special session on the the separation barrier would be a key point raised by Douste-Blazy, said Jouret. STAPLETON