Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07BEIRUT1834
2007-11-23 12:52:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Beirut
Cable title:
LEBANON: ANNAPOLIS DELEGATION CONFIRMED
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C O N F I D E N T I A L BEIRUT 001834
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
NSC FOR ABRAMS/SINGH/GAVITO/YERGER
STATE FOR NEA/IPA, NEA/RA, CA/VO/F/P FOR JOHN BRENNAN,
CA/VO/L/C FOR TIM SMITH
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/22/2017
TAGS: PGOV PREL CVIS AMGT IS KPAL KWBG LE
SUBJECT: LEBANON: ANNAPOLIS DELEGATION CONFIRMED
REF: A. A. SECSTATE 156471
B. B. SECSTATE 158852
C. C. BEIRUT 1807
Classified By: DCM William Grant for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L BEIRUT 001834
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
NSC FOR ABRAMS/SINGH/GAVITO/YERGER
STATE FOR NEA/IPA, NEA/RA, CA/VO/F/P FOR JOHN BRENNAN,
CA/VO/L/C FOR TIM SMITH
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/22/2017
TAGS: PGOV PREL CVIS AMGT IS KPAL KWBG LE
SUBJECT: LEBANON: ANNAPOLIS DELEGATION CONFIRMED
REF: A. A. SECSTATE 156471
B. B. SECSTATE 158852
C. C. BEIRUT 1807
Classified By: DCM William Grant for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) MFA protocol chief Georges Siam told DCM on November
23 that Lebanon's Annapolis delegation will be the Charge
D'Affaires to the U.S., Antoine Chedid, and Charge d'Affairs
to the UN, Nawaf Salam. This proposal, initially made by
Acting FM Tareq Mitri, was recently confirmed by resigned yet
still active FM Fawzi Salloukh. Obtaining Salloukh's
approval was a step PM Fouad Siniora considered necessary
although Salloukh is one of the ministers who submitted their
resignations from Siniora's cabinet one year ago. There is a
very slim chance that the GOL will seek to add a third
delegate, a Shia, for confessional balance but we assess that
as unlikely now.
2. (U) Bio information (reftel C) is as follows:
Principal: Ambassador Antoine Chedid
(addressed as: Your Excellency)
Gender: Male
DOB: December 28, 1951
POB: Zahle, Lebanon
Visa status: Currently has A1 visa expiring July 2, 2012
Lebanese passport no.: 1002007
Proposed Member 1: Ambassador Nawaf Salam (addressed as:
Your Excellency)
Gender: Male
DOB: December 15, 1953
POB: Beirut, Lebanon
Visa status: Currently has G1 visa expiring June 27, 2012
Lebanese passport no.: 892007
Photos will be sent by unclassified email to the addresses in
reftel A. There will be no need for language interpretation.
FELTMAN
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
NSC FOR ABRAMS/SINGH/GAVITO/YERGER
STATE FOR NEA/IPA, NEA/RA, CA/VO/F/P FOR JOHN BRENNAN,
CA/VO/L/C FOR TIM SMITH
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/22/2017
TAGS: PGOV PREL CVIS AMGT IS KPAL KWBG LE
SUBJECT: LEBANON: ANNAPOLIS DELEGATION CONFIRMED
REF: A. A. SECSTATE 156471
B. B. SECSTATE 158852
C. C. BEIRUT 1807
Classified By: DCM William Grant for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) MFA protocol chief Georges Siam told DCM on November
23 that Lebanon's Annapolis delegation will be the Charge
D'Affaires to the U.S., Antoine Chedid, and Charge d'Affairs
to the UN, Nawaf Salam. This proposal, initially made by
Acting FM Tareq Mitri, was recently confirmed by resigned yet
still active FM Fawzi Salloukh. Obtaining Salloukh's
approval was a step PM Fouad Siniora considered necessary
although Salloukh is one of the ministers who submitted their
resignations from Siniora's cabinet one year ago. There is a
very slim chance that the GOL will seek to add a third
delegate, a Shia, for confessional balance but we assess that
as unlikely now.
2. (U) Bio information (reftel C) is as follows:
Principal: Ambassador Antoine Chedid
(addressed as: Your Excellency)
Gender: Male
DOB: December 28, 1951
POB: Zahle, Lebanon
Visa status: Currently has A1 visa expiring July 2, 2012
Lebanese passport no.: 1002007
Proposed Member 1: Ambassador Nawaf Salam (addressed as:
Your Excellency)
Gender: Male
DOB: December 15, 1953
POB: Beirut, Lebanon
Visa status: Currently has G1 visa expiring June 27, 2012
Lebanese passport no.: 892007
Photos will be sent by unclassified email to the addresses in
reftel A. There will be no need for language interpretation.
FELTMAN