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05SANAA348
2005-02-21 10:48:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Sanaa
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AMBASSADOR ENCOURAGES ROYG SUPPORT FOR IRAQI

Tags:  ASEC PREL IZ YM DEMARCHE 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L SANAA 000348 

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E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/21/2015
TAGS: ASEC PREL IZ YM DEMARCHE
SUBJECT: AMBASSADOR ENCOURAGES ROYG SUPPORT FOR IRAQI
TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT

REF: STATE 30179

Classified By: DCM Nabeel Khoury for reasons 1.4 b and d.

C O N F I D E N T I A L SANAA 000348

SIPDIS

PLEASE PASS TO G/NICOLE BIBBINS SEDACA

E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/21/2015
TAGS: ASEC PREL IZ YM DEMARCHE
SUBJECT: AMBASSADOR ENCOURAGES ROYG SUPPORT FOR IRAQI
TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT

REF: STATE 30179

Classified By: DCM Nabeel Khoury for reasons 1.4 b and d.


1. (C) On February 21 Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to
Foreign Minister Qirbi, stressing that he hoped the ROYG
would move quickly and vocally to support the new government
and the constitutional process. Qirbi replied that a
February 20 ruling GPC party communique states "the ROYG
hopes that the elections in Iraq will lead to increased
stability and that all Iraqis will participate in the
drafting of the new constitution."


2. (C) Ambassador told Qirbi that we have every indication
that the ITG will be inclusive. He pointed to initial
statements by Shiite and Kurdish leaders emphasizing the need
for Sunni participation in drafting the constitution, and in
the entire political process. Yemen has taken a public stand
supporting democracy in the region, Ambassador pressed Qirbi
-- "What you say matters." Given Yemen's prominence in
regional democratization efforts, continued the Ambassador,
high-level public ROYG support for the political process in
Iraq is called for.
Krajeski