Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07BAKU1017
2007-08-14 12:56:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Baku
Cable title:
AHMADINEJAD TO VISIT BAKU AUGUST 21-22
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C O N F I D E N T I A L BAKU 001017
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/13/2017
TAGS: PGOV PREL IR AJ
SUBJECT: AHMADINEJAD TO VISIT BAKU AUGUST 21-22
REF: A. BAKU 919
B. BAKU 954
Classified By: DCMDonald Lu for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L BAKU 001017
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/13/2017
TAGS: PGOV PREL IR AJ
SUBJECT: AHMADINEJAD TO VISIT BAKU AUGUST 21-22
REF: A. BAKU 919
B. BAKU 954
Classified By: DCMDonald Lu for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) n August 13, the Azerbaijani Ministry of ForeignAffairs (MFA) notified
the Embassy that Iranian Prsident
Ahmadinejad will be visiting Baku August 1-22. The MFA
provided no further details about he visit.
2. (C) During an August 9 meeting wih the then-Charge,
Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Novruz Mammadov said that
he was busy preparing for the Ahmadinejad visit, noting that
he had been forced to forgo his annual vacation in order to
do so. At the time, Mammadov said that the Azerbaijani side
was aiming for the week of August 20 and expected the visit
to be on August 21-22.
3. (C) Comment: As of August 14, news of the Ahmadinejad
visit had yet to be publicly announced, possibly due to our
efforts to ensure that any possible Ahmadinejad visit be
low-key and not yield any significant agreements (reftels).
We will continue to pulse our Government of Azerbaijan (GOAJ)
contacts for details about the visit and report accordingly.
Separately, we note that Ahmadinejad's visit will immediately
follow an August 16-18 visit by Israeli Deputy Prime Minister
Avigdor Liberman. Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor
Mammadov reportedly told Israeli Ambassador Lenk that there
would be "no problem" with back-to-back visits by such senior
Israeli and Iranian officials. End Comment.
DERSE
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/13/2017
TAGS: PGOV PREL IR AJ
SUBJECT: AHMADINEJAD TO VISIT BAKU AUGUST 21-22
REF: A. BAKU 919
B. BAKU 954
Classified By: DCMDonald Lu for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) n August 13, the Azerbaijani Ministry of ForeignAffairs (MFA) notified
the Embassy that Iranian Prsident
Ahmadinejad will be visiting Baku August 1-22. The MFA
provided no further details about he visit.
2. (C) During an August 9 meeting wih the then-Charge,
Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Novruz Mammadov said that
he was busy preparing for the Ahmadinejad visit, noting that
he had been forced to forgo his annual vacation in order to
do so. At the time, Mammadov said that the Azerbaijani side
was aiming for the week of August 20 and expected the visit
to be on August 21-22.
3. (C) Comment: As of August 14, news of the Ahmadinejad
visit had yet to be publicly announced, possibly due to our
efforts to ensure that any possible Ahmadinejad visit be
low-key and not yield any significant agreements (reftels).
We will continue to pulse our Government of Azerbaijan (GOAJ)
contacts for details about the visit and report accordingly.
Separately, we note that Ahmadinejad's visit will immediately
follow an August 16-18 visit by Israeli Deputy Prime Minister
Avigdor Liberman. Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor
Mammadov reportedly told Israeli Ambassador Lenk that there
would be "no problem" with back-to-back visits by such senior
Israeli and Iranian officials. End Comment.
DERSE