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06KHARTOUM2838
2006-12-13 09:05:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Khartoum
Cable title:  

PALESTINIAN PRIME MINISTER HANIYA VISITS SUDAN

Tags:  PREL PTER SU GZ WE 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L KHARTOUM 002838 

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E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/13/2016
TAGS: PREL PTER SU GZ WE
SUBJECT: PALESTINIAN PRIME MINISTER HANIYA VISITS SUDAN

Classified By: CHARGE D'AFFAIRES CAMERON HUME; REASON: 1.4(B) AND (D)

C O N F I D E N T I A L KHARTOUM 002838

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

FOR S/CT AND NEA/IPA

E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/13/2016
TAGS: PREL PTER SU GZ WE
SUBJECT: PALESTINIAN PRIME MINISTER HANIYA VISITS SUDAN

Classified By: CHARGE D'AFFAIRES CAMERON HUME; REASON: 1.4(B) AND (D)


1. (U) Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Ismail Haniya
briefed Sudan's President and current Arab League Chairman
Omar al Bashir on the Authority's current financial situation
on December 12, as part of a tour to key supporters in the
region. Haniya told reporters afterwards in Khartoum that
Bashir had pledged to persuade other Arab leaders to fulfill
financial commitments they made in March at the Arab League
summit.


2. (U) Haniya also met with other senior National Congress
Party (NCP) officials, including Deputy NCP Chairman and
Assistant to the President Nafie Ali Nafie. According to
press reports, Haniya suggested that Hamas could benefit from
the NCP's political experience, and vowed to work together on
issues like Darfur, Palestine, Iraq, and Lebanon. Nafie
reiterated Sudan's rejection of the "Zionist siege" on the
Palestinian people.


3. (C) Comment: While the NCP has publicly tried to distance
itself from support for Hamas -- Sudan pointedly did not
match the USD 250 million that Iran pledged during Haniya's
stop in Tehran -- backroom financial ties between the NCP and
Hamas remain strong. Though the Government has officially
closed Hamas' office and bakery in Khartoum, according to
rumors in the capital, the NCP still acts as a front for
Hamas' investments in Sudan and abroad. End Comment.
HUME