Identifier
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06CAIRO6800
2006-11-08 15:27:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Cairo
Cable title:  

ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT NOT OBSERVED BY EGYPT

Tags:  PREL PGOV ECON EFIN MEPN ARABL KPAL EG 
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PP RUEHWEB

DE RUEHEGA #6800 3121527
ZNR UUUUU ZZH ZUI RUEWCSE0082 3121516
P 081527Z NOV 06
FM AMEMBASSY CAIRO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 0000
INFO ARAB ISRAELI COLLECTIVE
UNCLAS CAIRO 006800 

SIPDIS

SENSITIVE
SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV ECON EFIN MEPN ARABL KPAL EG
SUBJECT: ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT NOT OBSERVED BY EGYPT

REF: STATE 180280

UNCLAS CAIRO 006800

SIPDIS

SENSITIVE
SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV ECON EFIN MEPN ARABL KPAL EG
SUBJECT: ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT NOT OBSERVED BY EGYPT

REF: STATE 180280


1. (U) THIS MESSAGE IS SENSITIVE. PLEASE HANDLE ACCORDINGLY.


2. (SBU) EMBOFF RAISED REFTEL DEMARCHE WITH STAFF AT THE
ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARIAT AND THE EGYPTIAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN
AFFAIRS, STRESSING USG VIEWS TOWARD THE AL'S ISRAEL BOYCOTT.
ACCORDING TO CONTACTS AT THE MFA, EGYPT IS AWARE THAT THE
LEAGUE'S BOYCOTT COMMITTEE WILL MEET IN DAMASCUS IN NOVEMBER,
BUT WERE UNAWARE OF A DATE. THE MFA STAFF CONFIRMED THAT
EGYPT DOES NOT ATTEND THE MEETINGS, SINCE IT HAS NORMAL
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL. SENIOR AL STAFF WERE
LIKEWISE UNAWARE OF THE DAMASCUS MEETING DATE, NOTING THAT
THE ISSUE WAS NOT HIGH ON THE SECRETARIATS AGENDA. STILL,
RESPONDING TO REFTEL DEMARCHE, LEAGUE STAFF POINTED OUT THAT
THE "TIME WAS NOT RIGHT" TO SEEK AN END TO THE BOYCOTT DUE TO
ONGOING VIOLENCE AND STRIFE IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES.
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