Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
05RABAT2296
2005-11-10 13:12:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Rabat
Cable title:  

MOROCCO: URGING ISOLATION OF SARG IN WAKE OF UNSCR

Tags:  PREL PGOV MO SY 
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OO RUEHBC RUEHDE RUEHKUK RUEHMOS
DE RUEHRB #2296 3141312
ZNY CCCCC ZZH
O 101312Z NOV 05
FM AMEMBASSY RABAT
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 2037
INFO RUEHEE/ARAB LEAGUE COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEHDM/AMEMBASSY DAMASCUS PRIORITY 0549
C O N F I D E N T I A L RABAT 002296 

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

DEPT FOR NEA

E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/10/2015
TAGS: PREL PGOV MO SY
SUBJECT: MOROCCO: URGING ISOLATION OF SARG IN WAKE OF UNSCR
1636

REF: A. STATE 205436


B. STATE 205225

Classified By: Pol/C Timothy Lenderking for reasons 1.4 (b),(d).

C O N F I D E N T I A L RABAT 002296

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

DEPT FOR NEA

E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/10/2015
TAGS: PREL PGOV MO SY
SUBJECT: MOROCCO: URGING ISOLATION OF SARG IN WAKE OF UNSCR
1636

REF: A. STATE 205436


B. STATE 205225

Classified By: Pol/C Timothy Lenderking for reasons 1.4 (b),(d).


1. (C) Poloff met November 10 with MFA Director of Arab and
Islamic Organizations Hassan Hami to discuss ref(a) demarche
urging isolation of the Syrian government (SARG) following
the passage of UNSCR 1636. Hami emphasized that Morocco
respects the Security Council resolution and would never take
any steps to contravene "international legality." Hami said,
however, that Morocco and Syria enjoy a "good bilateral
relationship," which is dependent on a range of interests
beyond the "single issue" of Syrian involvement in Hariri's
assassination. As a result, according to Hami, it would be
hard to refuse a requested meeting with the SARG, either in
Morocco or Syria, especially since many other Arab countries
have already accepted visits by Syrian officials. That said,
Hami emphasized that he was not aware of any upcoming
meetings that are being planned.


2. (C) By way of background, Hami explained, Syria and
Morocco did not always have a strong bilateral relationship
due to Syria being among the first Arab countries to
acknowledge the independence of the Western Sahara. Indeed,
according to Hami, the SARG may still have a limited
relationship with the Polisario, which had been maintaining a
representative in Syria. The GOM considered this to be an
extremely serious matter as it relates to Moroccan national
security, said Hami.
RILEY