FRANCE: HOLD IN 1267 SANCTION COMMITTEE TO REFUSE

S E C R E T PARIS 003584 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/25/2016 TAGS: FR KVPR PREL CVIS EFIN ETTC PTER SUBJECT: FRANCE: HOLD IN 1267 SANCTION COMMITTEE TO REFUSE DELISTING OF ZINDANI REF: SECSTATE 86345 Classified By: ECON Counselor Kenneth H Merten, reasons 1.4 b & d (S) We spoke May 30 with Julien Deruffe, the MFA's senior desk officer for terrorism, about placing a hold on the Yemeni request in the UN 1267 Committee to delist Abd al-Majid al-Zidani. We also passed points to the Economic Ministry TF officials. According to Deruffe, France was thinking on exactly the same lines, and already had passed instructions on Monday May 29 to its mission in New York to put a hold on the request. France trusts Yemen will get the message that a delisting request will not be supported. Please visit Paris' Classified Website at: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/paris/index.c fm STAPLETON