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05RABAT1161
2005-06-03 17:13:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Rabat
Cable title:  

MOROCCO TO ATTEND THE U.S.-EU INTERNATIONAL

Tags:  PREL ASEC IZ MO EUN 
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UNCLAS RABAT 001161 

SIPDIS

SENSITIVE

DEPT FOR NEA/MAG, NEA/I

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL ASEC IZ MO EUN
SUBJECT: MOROCCO TO ATTEND THE U.S.-EU INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE ON IRAQ

REF: A. STATE 93742

B. STATE 94861

C. STATE 103222

UNCLAS RABAT 001161

SIPDIS

SENSITIVE

DEPT FOR NEA/MAG, NEA/I

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL ASEC IZ MO EUN
SUBJECT: MOROCCO TO ATTEND THE U.S.-EU INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE ON IRAQ

REF: A. STATE 93742

B. STATE 94861

C. STATE 103222


1. (SBU) Poloff joined Dutch Counselor Caroline Weijers (as
local representative of the EU Presidency) and EU Commission
Charge d'Affaires Olivier Ruyssen to deliver ref (a) demarche
(with ref b changes) to MFA Director of Arab and Islamic
Affairs Mohamed Azeroual on June 2. The delegation explained
the details and logistics of the upcoming conference and
invited Moroccan participation. Per EU instructions, the
delegation did not leave any written document behind. In
response, Azeroual reviewed current Moroccan assistance to
the Iraqi government, including: hosting 20 Iraqi diplomats
for a recent three-week training course at the MFA, bringing
a group of Iraqi Ministry of Justice officials to consult
with Moroccan judges on various issues including the new
Moroccan family code, and dispatching three planeloads of
humanitarian assistance to Iraq. Azeroual also emphasized
the fact that Morocco had never closed its Embassy in Baghdad
and has very active diplomats currently serving there. He
also pointed to the 2004 letter King Mohammed VI had sent to
PM Alawi offering to train Iraqi security forces in Morocco,
but noted that these forces were currently being trained in
Jordan which was obviously more convenient. Azeroual
confirmed that Morocco would continue to play an active, but
low profile, role as it has all along to support the
stabilization of Iraq.


2. (SBU) Regarding the conference, Azeroual said that it was
very likely that Morocco would attend, but he could not
confirm who would participate. He himself would not be able
to attend due to the visit during the same time period of
Algerian PM Ouyahia to Rabat, but he hoped that one of the
two MFA Ministers would be available to attend. Azeroual
noted that the GOM had attended the Madrid conference, but
expressed his hope that the US-EU conference would not be a
redux of that meeting. The Brussels meeting should give more
of a "push" to Iraq to move out of its current situation,
especially given the fact that the country has very rich
human resources.


3. (SBU) Post had not yet received ref (c) demarche request
regarding deliverables for the International Conference on
Iraq prior to meeting Azeroual, but will follow-up and report
results.
RILEY