Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06COTONOU603
2006-06-21 10:51:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Cotonou
Cable title:
BENIN: GOB DEMARCHED ON NAM STATEMENT AND OIC
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C O N F I D E N T I A L COTONOU 000603
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/18/2016
TAGS: PREL AORC KNNP UNSC BN
SUBJECT: BENIN: GOB DEMARCHED ON NAM STATEMENT AND OIC
CONFERENCE
REF: A. (A) STATE 89324
B. (B) STATE 96389
Classified By: Poloff Daniel E. Hall for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L COTONOU 000603
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/18/2016
TAGS: PREL AORC KNNP UNSC BN
SUBJECT: BENIN: GOB DEMARCHED ON NAM STATEMENT AND OIC
CONFERENCE
REF: A. (A) STATE 89324
B. (B) STATE 96389
Classified By: Poloff Daniel E. Hall for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) On June 19 Poloff delivered talking points in reftel
demarches to Thomas Adoumasse, Director of International
Organizations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Adoumasse,
who said that no Benin representative would be present at the
OIC Ministerial in Baku, personally attended the NAM meeting
in Kuala Lampur. Characterizing both NAM and OIC as
"political", he downplayed the importance of the NAM
statement on Iran as nothing more than "verbal support", and
claimed that the statement on Iran came at the very end of
the conference when some of the delegations had already
departed and others were preparing to do so.
2. (C) Poloff stressed to Adoumasse the dangers inherent to
Benin and others in allowing Iran to manipulate international
fora for its own purposes. In this regard, Adoumasse pointed
out that it is no coincidence that the next NAM meeting is
scheduled to take place in Cuba.
NEILL
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/18/2016
TAGS: PREL AORC KNNP UNSC BN
SUBJECT: BENIN: GOB DEMARCHED ON NAM STATEMENT AND OIC
CONFERENCE
REF: A. (A) STATE 89324
B. (B) STATE 96389
Classified By: Poloff Daniel E. Hall for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) On June 19 Poloff delivered talking points in reftel
demarches to Thomas Adoumasse, Director of International
Organizations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Adoumasse,
who said that no Benin representative would be present at the
OIC Ministerial in Baku, personally attended the NAM meeting
in Kuala Lampur. Characterizing both NAM and OIC as
"political", he downplayed the importance of the NAM
statement on Iran as nothing more than "verbal support", and
claimed that the statement on Iran came at the very end of
the conference when some of the delegations had already
departed and others were preparing to do so.
2. (C) Poloff stressed to Adoumasse the dangers inherent to
Benin and others in allowing Iran to manipulate international
fora for its own purposes. In this regard, Adoumasse pointed
out that it is no coincidence that the next NAM meeting is
scheduled to take place in Cuba.
NEILL