Identifier
Created
Classification
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06CAIRO3269
2006-05-30 13:52:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Cairo
Cable title:
IRAQ: EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER
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UNCLAS CAIRO 003269
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV EG IZ
SUBJECT: IRAQ: EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER
CONGRATULATE IRAQIS ON FORMATION OF NEW GOVERNMENT
REF: CAIRO 3029 (NOTAL)
Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly.
UNCLAS CAIRO 003269
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV EG IZ
SUBJECT: IRAQ: EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER
CONGRATULATE IRAQIS ON FORMATION OF NEW GOVERNMENT
REF: CAIRO 3029 (NOTAL)
Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly.
1. (U) In addition to a public statement made by Foreign
Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit (reftel) that welcomed the
formation of a new government in Baghdad, President Mubarak
sent congratulatory telegrams to both new Iraqi Prime
Minister, Nour El Maliki, and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani.
According to Egyptian state media, Mubarak asserted in his
May 25 messages that the formation of the new government was
a "great achievement along the road of Iraq's ongoing
political process." Mubarak reportedly expressed his hope
that additional achievements would be forthcoming "in the
service of Iraq's national interests." Prime Minister Nazif
wrote to PM Maliki in his May 26 message that Egypt wished
for the Iraqi government and people "prosperity, security,
and stability."
2. (SBU) Comment: During a recent conversation on other
topics with the Ambassador, Presidential Spokesman and Senior
Advisor Soliman Awad made a point of mentioning Mubarak's
messages to the Iraqi government, stressing that Egypt would
look to establish working ties and strengthened relations
with the new leadership in Baghdad. The messages have also
been widely reported in the Egyptian media. End comment.
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SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV EG IZ
SUBJECT: IRAQ: EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER
CONGRATULATE IRAQIS ON FORMATION OF NEW GOVERNMENT
REF: CAIRO 3029 (NOTAL)
Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly.
1. (U) In addition to a public statement made by Foreign
Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit (reftel) that welcomed the
formation of a new government in Baghdad, President Mubarak
sent congratulatory telegrams to both new Iraqi Prime
Minister, Nour El Maliki, and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani.
According to Egyptian state media, Mubarak asserted in his
May 25 messages that the formation of the new government was
a "great achievement along the road of Iraq's ongoing
political process." Mubarak reportedly expressed his hope
that additional achievements would be forthcoming "in the
service of Iraq's national interests." Prime Minister Nazif
wrote to PM Maliki in his May 26 message that Egypt wished
for the Iraqi government and people "prosperity, security,
and stability."
2. (SBU) Comment: During a recent conversation on other
topics with the Ambassador, Presidential Spokesman and Senior
Advisor Soliman Awad made a point of mentioning Mubarak's
messages to the Iraqi government, stressing that Egypt would
look to establish working ties and strengthened relations
with the new leadership in Baghdad. The messages have also
been widely reported in the Egyptian media. End comment.
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