Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07KUALALUMPUR1137
2007-07-13 10:47:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Kuala Lumpur
Cable title:
DARFUR PEACEKEEPING: DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SAYS
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C O N F I D E N T I A L KUALA LUMPUR 001137
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR IO/PSC, AF AND EAP
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/13/2017
TAGS: PREL KPKO UNSC MASS SU MY
SUBJECT: DARFUR PEACEKEEPING: DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SAYS
MALAYSIA STILL AWAITS FORMAL UN REQUEST
REF: A. STATE 90022
B. KUALA LUMPUR 1100
Classified By: Ambassador Christopher J. LaFleur for reasons 1.4 (b and
d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L KUALA LUMPUR 001137
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR IO/PSC, AF AND EAP
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/13/2017
TAGS: PREL KPKO UNSC MASS SU MY
SUBJECT: DARFUR PEACEKEEPING: DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SAYS
MALAYSIA STILL AWAITS FORMAL UN REQUEST
REF: A. STATE 90022
B. KUALA LUMPUR 1100
Classified By: Ambassador Christopher J. LaFleur for reasons 1.4 (b and
d).
1. (C) In the course of the July 13 meeting with Deputy
Prime Minister Najib, the Ambassador asked him if Malaysia
planned to send peacekeepers to Darfur. Najib replied that
the Government of Malaysia (GOM) was considering this
seriously, that they had been in touch with the UN, and that
the GOM was awaiting confirmation from New York of UN
interest in Malaysian participation. He added that Malaysia
was also prepared to send additional peacekeepers to Lebanon
if invited to do so.
2. (C) Polchief on July 13 called on the Foreign Ministry's
Under Secretary for Multilateral Political Affairs, Shahrul
Ikram, and Under Secretary for the OIC Ibrahim Abdullah and
urged Malaysia to contribute to the peacekeeping effort in
Darfur. Shahrul, whose office handles UN matters, noted that
Malaysia had attended the UN DPKO's Darfur briefing in New
York for prospective participating countries. The UN,
however, had not yet made a formal request of Malaysia and UN
DPKO was still working out details, including funding.
Shahrul said Malaysia was poised to respond positively,
possibly at the level of one battalion. In a separate
meeting, Ibrahim stated that UN funding for contributing
countries represented one issue that remained to be clarified.
LAFLEUR
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR IO/PSC, AF AND EAP
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/13/2017
TAGS: PREL KPKO UNSC MASS SU MY
SUBJECT: DARFUR PEACEKEEPING: DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SAYS
MALAYSIA STILL AWAITS FORMAL UN REQUEST
REF: A. STATE 90022
B. KUALA LUMPUR 1100
Classified By: Ambassador Christopher J. LaFleur for reasons 1.4 (b and
d).
1. (C) In the course of the July 13 meeting with Deputy
Prime Minister Najib, the Ambassador asked him if Malaysia
planned to send peacekeepers to Darfur. Najib replied that
the Government of Malaysia (GOM) was considering this
seriously, that they had been in touch with the UN, and that
the GOM was awaiting confirmation from New York of UN
interest in Malaysian participation. He added that Malaysia
was also prepared to send additional peacekeepers to Lebanon
if invited to do so.
2. (C) Polchief on July 13 called on the Foreign Ministry's
Under Secretary for Multilateral Political Affairs, Shahrul
Ikram, and Under Secretary for the OIC Ibrahim Abdullah and
urged Malaysia to contribute to the peacekeeping effort in
Darfur. Shahrul, whose office handles UN matters, noted that
Malaysia had attended the UN DPKO's Darfur briefing in New
York for prospective participating countries. The UN,
however, had not yet made a formal request of Malaysia and UN
DPKO was still working out details, including funding.
Shahrul said Malaysia was poised to respond positively,
possibly at the level of one battalion. In a separate
meeting, Ibrahim stated that UN funding for contributing
countries represented one issue that remained to be clarified.
LAFLEUR