Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06BAKU1289
2006-08-31 10:02:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Baku
Cable title:  

AZERBAIJAN AND THE OIC

Tags:  MOPS PREL PGOV PHUM AJ IZ 
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R 311002Z AUG 06
FM AMEMBASSY BAKU
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 1177
INFO RUCNRAQ/IRAQ COLLECTIVE
C O N F I D E N T I A L BAKU 001289 

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/01/2016
TAGS: MOPS PREL PGOV PHUM AJ IZ
SUBJECT: AZERBAIJAN AND THE OIC

REF: A. STATE 123845


B. BAKU 994

Classified By: CLASSIFIED BY CDA JASON P. HYLAND FOR REASONS 1.4 (B) AN
D (D)

C O N F I D E N T I A L BAKU 001289

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/01/2016
TAGS: MOPS PREL PGOV PHUM AJ IZ
SUBJECT: AZERBAIJAN AND THE OIC

REF: A. STATE 123845


B. BAKU 994

Classified By: CLASSIFIED BY CDA JASON P. HYLAND FOR REASONS 1.4 (B) AN
D (D)


1. (C) Poloff delivered REF A points to Vugar Gurbanov and
Mahur Gasimov of the of International Security Division of
the Azerbaijani MFA on August 28. Gurbanov called Poloff on
August 29 to follow up, and said that the Organization of
Islamic Conference (OIC) proposal to open an office in
Baghdad was first raised at the December 2005 OIC conference
in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Gurbanov said that the issue had not
resurfaced since that time in the Azerbaijani MFA and it was
not raised at the June 2006 OIC Foreign Ministers conference
held in Baku. Gurbanov said that Azerbaijan has no plans to
re-raise the issue and that it is not considered an urgent
issue.


2. (C) COMMENT: The fact that working level officials in
the MFA were not aware of FM Mammadyarov's proposal for the
OIC to "lend support" to the Government of Iraq (GOI) (REF B)
is not surprising. Mammadyarov was traveling in the first
half of this week; Ambassador will discuss the issue with him
during the week of September 4. END COMMENT.
HYLAND