DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL

S E C R E T AMMAN 006783 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/03/2016 TAGS: PREL IS LE JO SUBJECT: DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL REF: STATE 145279 Classified By: Ambassador David Hale for Reasons 1.4 (b),(d) Proposed New York Peace Process Ministerial -------------- ¶1. (S) Ambassador spoke to King Abdullah's Office Director, Bassem Awadallah, September 2 by phone. Awadallah said Jordan is in complete agreement with the U.S. on the need to stop the Arab League proposal for a Middle East peace process ministerial in New York. He said the Royal Palace would instruct Jordanian FM Khatib to work on those lines at the Cairo Arab League ministerial. Lebanon, Venezuela, and Sudan -------------- ¶2. (SBU) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche on Lebanon, Venezuela and Sudan September 3 to Thamer Adwan, the new director of Foreign Minister Khatib's private office. Adwan had no substantive comments, and undertook to brief Khatib on our positions. Visit Amman's Classified Web Site at http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/amman/ HALE