BAHRAIN: YEMENI GCC ASSISTANCE REQUEST

C O N F I D E N T I A L MANAMA 001094 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/18/2016 TAGS: PREL EAID PTER BA REGION ECTRD SUBJECT: BAHRAIN: YEMENI GCC ASSISTANCE REQUEST REF: STATE 96305 Classified by A/DCM Steve Bondy for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). ¶1. (C) A/DCM June 17 delivered reftel demarche concerning the Yemeni GCC assistance request to MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Coordination and Follow Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz SIPDIS bin Mubarak Al Khalifa. Shaikh Abdul Aziz listened carefully and said the Bahraini government agreed that it should do what it could to assist in stabilizing the situation in a neighboring country. Yemen is a reforming nation and the GCC should "do all it can" to help. ¶2. (C) Like it has done for Iraq, Shaikh Abdul Aziz said Bahrain could provide financial training for Yemeni experts and promote networks and linkages between Yemeni and Bahraini financial institutions. He noted, however, that Bahrain would not be able to make monetary donations. ********************************************* ******** Visit Embassy Manama's Classified Website: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/manama/ ********************************************* ******** MONROE