Identifier
Created
Classification
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06ISLAMABAD16302
2006-08-18 11:56:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Islamabad
Cable title:
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SOLITICITING UNIFIL
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C O N F I D E N T I A L ISLAMABAD 016302
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR P, EUR, NEA, PM, IO
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/18/2016
TAGS: IS LE MARR MOPS PK PREL UN
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SOLITICITING UNIFIL
CONTRIBUTIONS
REF: STATE 134133
Classified By: CDA Peter W. Bodde, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L ISLAMABAD 016302
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SIPDIS
DEPT FOR P, EUR, NEA, PM, IO
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/18/2016
TAGS: IS LE MARR MOPS PK PREL UN
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SOLITICITING UNIFIL
CONTRIBUTIONS
REF: STATE 134133
Classified By: CDA Peter W. Bodde, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (U) This cable contains an action request; please see
para. 5.
2. (C) On August 18, poloff presented reftel points to MFA
(UN) Director Haider Shah. Poloff also asked about the
accuracy of August 18 reports in the Pakistani press quoting
Foreign Minister Kasuri, traveling in the Middle East with an
OIC delegation, as saying that the Lebanese PrimeMinister had
specifically asked that Pakistan participate in the UNIFIL
mission and that the Government of Pakistan (GOP) is
seriously considering the request.
3. (C) After excusing himself to telephone his superiors in
the UN Directorate, Shah returned saying that he was
authorized to say only that the GOP has not/not made any
commitment to contribute troops to UNIFIL. He could not
comment on whether the press had quoted FM Kasuri accurately
or whether the GOP is considering a contribution. Shah
explained that the Pakistan Mission at UNHQ has attended
meetings of troop-contributing countries (TCCs) organized by
DPKO, but only in the capacity of a member of the
peace-building committee, not as a contributor.
4. (C) Shah asked poloff about media reports (source
unknown) that Israel opposes UNIFIL troop contributions by
Moslem countries and/or countries that do not have diplomatic
relations with Israel. Poloff replied that she had not seen
such reports, but that she would seek additional information
from Washington.
5. (C) Action request: Post requests guidance from the
Department on any Israeli redlines regarding which UN member
states it would consider acceptable as UNIFIL contributors.
BODDE
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR P, EUR, NEA, PM, IO
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/18/2016
TAGS: IS LE MARR MOPS PK PREL UN
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SOLITICITING UNIFIL
CONTRIBUTIONS
REF: STATE 134133
Classified By: CDA Peter W. Bodde, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (U) This cable contains an action request; please see
para. 5.
2. (C) On August 18, poloff presented reftel points to MFA
(UN) Director Haider Shah. Poloff also asked about the
accuracy of August 18 reports in the Pakistani press quoting
Foreign Minister Kasuri, traveling in the Middle East with an
OIC delegation, as saying that the Lebanese PrimeMinister had
specifically asked that Pakistan participate in the UNIFIL
mission and that the Government of Pakistan (GOP) is
seriously considering the request.
3. (C) After excusing himself to telephone his superiors in
the UN Directorate, Shah returned saying that he was
authorized to say only that the GOP has not/not made any
commitment to contribute troops to UNIFIL. He could not
comment on whether the press had quoted FM Kasuri accurately
or whether the GOP is considering a contribution. Shah
explained that the Pakistan Mission at UNHQ has attended
meetings of troop-contributing countries (TCCs) organized by
DPKO, but only in the capacity of a member of the
peace-building committee, not as a contributor.
4. (C) Shah asked poloff about media reports (source
unknown) that Israel opposes UNIFIL troop contributions by
Moslem countries and/or countries that do not have diplomatic
relations with Israel. Poloff replied that she had not seen
such reports, but that she would seek additional information
from Washington.
5. (C) Action request: Post requests guidance from the
Department on any Israeli redlines regarding which UN member
states it would consider acceptable as UNIFIL contributors.
BODDE