Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06OSLO383
2006-03-28 09:19:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Oslo
Cable title:
NORWAY INVITES ABU MAZEN TO OSLO, APRIL 25-27
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C O N F I D E N T I A L OSLO 000383
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/28/2016
TAGS: PREL OVIP IS NO KPAL
SUBJECT: NORWAY INVITES ABU MAZEN TO OSLO, APRIL 25-27
REF: OSLO 377
Classified By: P/E Counselor Mike Hammer, Reason 1.4 (b) and (d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L OSLO 000383
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/28/2016
TAGS: PREL OVIP IS NO KPAL
SUBJECT: NORWAY INVITES ABU MAZEN TO OSLO, APRIL 25-27
REF: OSLO 377
Classified By: P/E Counselor Mike Hammer, Reason 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (C) On the heels of our conversation with Foreign
Minister Stoere about better coordination (reftel),the
Norwegian MFA called on March 28 to inform us that Norway
will invite Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to Norway,
April 25-27. MFA Middle East office Director Joern Gjelstad
said that the invitation would be sent from Prime Minister
Stoltenberg, but that FM Stoere has initiated the idea.
President Abbas would come to Oslo after visiting the
European Parliament in Brussels.
2. (C) According to Gjelstad, Stoere's aim in inviting
President Abbas is to discuss with him Abbas's ideas on how
best to ensure continuity in the international community's
efforts to meet the needs of the Palestinian people.
Gjelstad told us that Norway would not/not be extending an
invitation to anyone from Hamas at this time, but wants to
consult closely with President Abbas in the coming months.
Norway will be most pleased to consult with us before or
after the Abbas visit, Gjelstad assured us. (Note: Deputy
Foreign Minister Raymond Johansen hopes to visit Washington
in connection with attending a UN Seminar May 2-3, to discuss
Sudan and the Middle East. End Note.)
3. (C) Gjelstad noted that the timing of this invitation to
President Abbas coincides with FM Stoere's earlier invitation
to the Secretary to visit Norway en route to or from the NATO
ministerial in Sofia. Gjelstad said that that FM Stoere
wanted to convey clearly that Norway would welcome the
Secretary if she wished to time a possible visit in Norway to
SIPDIS
allow a trilateral meeting with Abbas.
4. (C) Comment. As previously reported, FM Stoere is keen
to have Norway continue its central role in donor
coordination to the Palestinian people. Stoere seems to have
taken on board our message that we want to have better
coordination with Norway as he pursues his activist foreign
policy. Gjelstad is well known to us, and has always proven
to be an open and forthright interlocutor, but the overt and
formal nature of his approach to Post on March 28 makes it
quite clear that he was acting on instructions to keep us
informed. Let's hope that this trend continues and that the
Foreign Minister seeks to avoid surprising us as he charges
ahead.
Visit Oslo's Classified website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/oslo/index.cf m
WHITNEY
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/28/2016
TAGS: PREL OVIP IS NO KPAL
SUBJECT: NORWAY INVITES ABU MAZEN TO OSLO, APRIL 25-27
REF: OSLO 377
Classified By: P/E Counselor Mike Hammer, Reason 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (C) On the heels of our conversation with Foreign
Minister Stoere about better coordination (reftel),the
Norwegian MFA called on March 28 to inform us that Norway
will invite Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to Norway,
April 25-27. MFA Middle East office Director Joern Gjelstad
said that the invitation would be sent from Prime Minister
Stoltenberg, but that FM Stoere has initiated the idea.
President Abbas would come to Oslo after visiting the
European Parliament in Brussels.
2. (C) According to Gjelstad, Stoere's aim in inviting
President Abbas is to discuss with him Abbas's ideas on how
best to ensure continuity in the international community's
efforts to meet the needs of the Palestinian people.
Gjelstad told us that Norway would not/not be extending an
invitation to anyone from Hamas at this time, but wants to
consult closely with President Abbas in the coming months.
Norway will be most pleased to consult with us before or
after the Abbas visit, Gjelstad assured us. (Note: Deputy
Foreign Minister Raymond Johansen hopes to visit Washington
in connection with attending a UN Seminar May 2-3, to discuss
Sudan and the Middle East. End Note.)
3. (C) Gjelstad noted that the timing of this invitation to
President Abbas coincides with FM Stoere's earlier invitation
to the Secretary to visit Norway en route to or from the NATO
ministerial in Sofia. Gjelstad said that that FM Stoere
wanted to convey clearly that Norway would welcome the
Secretary if she wished to time a possible visit in Norway to
SIPDIS
allow a trilateral meeting with Abbas.
4. (C) Comment. As previously reported, FM Stoere is keen
to have Norway continue its central role in donor
coordination to the Palestinian people. Stoere seems to have
taken on board our message that we want to have better
coordination with Norway as he pursues his activist foreign
policy. Gjelstad is well known to us, and has always proven
to be an open and forthright interlocutor, but the overt and
formal nature of his approach to Post on March 28 makes it
quite clear that he was acting on instructions to keep us
informed. Let's hope that this trend continues and that the
Foreign Minister seeks to avoid surprising us as he charges
ahead.
Visit Oslo's Classified website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/oslo/index.cf m
WHITNEY