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07DUBLIN30
2007-01-12 16:52:00
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Embassy Dublin
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IRELAND FOLLOWS IRAQ POLICY ANNOUNCEMENT WITH AID
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SUBJECT: IRELAND FOLLOWS IRAQ POLICY ANNOUNCEMENT WITH AID
PLEDGE
REF: STATE 3592
(SBU) On January 11, Charge d'Affaires and Pol/Econ Chief
discussed reftel guidance on Iraq POLICY with Dermot
Gallagher, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary
General, and Michael Gaffey, DFA Middle East and North Africa
Division Director. Gallagher cited a January 11 announcement
by Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern that Ireland had pledged an
additional euro 3 million in emergency humanitarian
assistance to Iraq, which would be channeled through the UN,
the Red Cross, and NGOs to externally and internally
displaced families. The pledge, he added, represented a
significant increase on the euro 7.9 million that Ireland had
already provided for humanitarian relief in Iraq. (Comment:
The timing of Ireland's assistance pledge can probably be
taken as a signal of GOI support for the overall thrust of
the new U.S. strategy in Iraq.) Gallagher observed that the
GOI would continue to follow the new U.S. strategy as it
unfolded, particularly the level of support offered by the
U.S. Congress.
BENTON