Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07KUALALUMPUR812
2007-05-07 09:11:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Kuala Lumpur
Cable title:
AFGHANISTAN: MALAYSIAN PRIME MINISTER TO VISIT
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C O N F I D E N T I A L KUALA LUMPUR 000812
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SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/07/2027
TAGS: PREL MARR MASS MOPS EAID KISL AF MY
SUBJECT: AFGHANISTAN: MALAYSIAN PRIME MINISTER TO VISIT
KABUL JUNE 3-4
REF: A. KUALA LUMPUR 575
B. KUALA LUMPUR 811
Classified By: Political Section Chief Mark D. Clark
for reasons 1.4 (b and d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L KUALA LUMPUR 000812
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/07/2027
TAGS: PREL MARR MASS MOPS EAID KISL AF MY
SUBJECT: AFGHANISTAN: MALAYSIAN PRIME MINISTER TO VISIT
KABUL JUNE 3-4
REF: A. KUALA LUMPUR 575
B. KUALA LUMPUR 811
Classified By: Political Section Chief Mark D. Clark
for reasons 1.4 (b and d).
1. (C) Summary: Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi plans to
visit Kabul on June 3-4 at the invitation of the Aga Khan to
attend an Enabling Environment Conference on Enhancing
Private Investment and Development. Abdullah is expected to
spend one over-night in Kabul on his 36 hour visit. A
delegation of eleven Malaysian police and foreign ministry
officials will leave Malaysia on May 7 to visit various
Afghan government ministries in preparation for the upcoming
state visit. End Summary.
2. (C) Afghan Embassy contacts advise us that the Malaysian
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has been working with their
embassy to arrange Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi's trip to
Afghanistan currently scheduled for June 3-4. The Aga Khan
visited Malaysia on March 9, and during that trip encouraged
PM Abdullah to visit Kabul and attend the Aga Khan
Foundation's development conference styled "an Enabling
Environment Conference on Enhancing Private Investment and
Development" and scheduled for June 3 - 5. Abdullah accepted
the Aga Khan's invitation and plans are currently underway
for a state visit to coincide with the conference. The
Afghan Embassy is working with the Prime Minister's office to
facilitate approximately fifty visitors from Malaysia to
accompany the Prime Minister. Afghan Embassy officials
report that PM Abdullah is scheduled to be in Kabul for
approximately 36 hours, including an over-night at the Aga
Khan-funded Kabul Serena Hotel.
3. (C) Afghan sources also informed us that an eleven person
advance team, consisting of officials from the PM's office,
MFA and Royal Malaysian Police, will depart Kuala Lumpur on
May 7 to perform an initial assessment in preparation for the
PM's state visit.
4. (C) MFA's South Asia division confirmed that the Prime
Minister will attend the conference at the invitation of the
Aga Khan and claimed the visit "is 90 percent certain to
occur," but insisted that the Prime Minister's office has not
yet confirmed whether he will remain in Kabul overnight.
USDAO has not yet received a request for flight coordination
or assistance from the GOM, but we have extended our offer of
assistance.
5. (C) Comment: The GOM has long expressed its interest in
visiting Kabul, and the MFA had previously confirmed PM
Abdullah's intent to attend this June 2007 conference (ref
A). As Chairman of the Organization of Islamic Conference
(OIC),Abdullah has encouraged Muslim solutions to Muslim
problems but has yet done little to contribute to the
stability or reconstruction of either Afghanistan or Iraq.
Abdullah's trip to Kabul on the heels of FM Hamid's visit to
Baghdad (ref B) shows a heightened interest in taking some
action relative to these conflict zones before handing over
the OIC chair to Senegal in March 2008. We have long
encouraged Malaysia to assist in meeting needs in Afghanistan
and Iraq, and we hope that Malaysia's example will contribute
to greater OIC interest in peace and stability in both
countries.
LAFLEUR
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/07/2027
TAGS: PREL MARR MASS MOPS EAID KISL AF MY
SUBJECT: AFGHANISTAN: MALAYSIAN PRIME MINISTER TO VISIT
KABUL JUNE 3-4
REF: A. KUALA LUMPUR 575
B. KUALA LUMPUR 811
Classified By: Political Section Chief Mark D. Clark
for reasons 1.4 (b and d).
1. (C) Summary: Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi plans to
visit Kabul on June 3-4 at the invitation of the Aga Khan to
attend an Enabling Environment Conference on Enhancing
Private Investment and Development. Abdullah is expected to
spend one over-night in Kabul on his 36 hour visit. A
delegation of eleven Malaysian police and foreign ministry
officials will leave Malaysia on May 7 to visit various
Afghan government ministries in preparation for the upcoming
state visit. End Summary.
2. (C) Afghan Embassy contacts advise us that the Malaysian
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has been working with their
embassy to arrange Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi's trip to
Afghanistan currently scheduled for June 3-4. The Aga Khan
visited Malaysia on March 9, and during that trip encouraged
PM Abdullah to visit Kabul and attend the Aga Khan
Foundation's development conference styled "an Enabling
Environment Conference on Enhancing Private Investment and
Development" and scheduled for June 3 - 5. Abdullah accepted
the Aga Khan's invitation and plans are currently underway
for a state visit to coincide with the conference. The
Afghan Embassy is working with the Prime Minister's office to
facilitate approximately fifty visitors from Malaysia to
accompany the Prime Minister. Afghan Embassy officials
report that PM Abdullah is scheduled to be in Kabul for
approximately 36 hours, including an over-night at the Aga
Khan-funded Kabul Serena Hotel.
3. (C) Afghan sources also informed us that an eleven person
advance team, consisting of officials from the PM's office,
MFA and Royal Malaysian Police, will depart Kuala Lumpur on
May 7 to perform an initial assessment in preparation for the
PM's state visit.
4. (C) MFA's South Asia division confirmed that the Prime
Minister will attend the conference at the invitation of the
Aga Khan and claimed the visit "is 90 percent certain to
occur," but insisted that the Prime Minister's office has not
yet confirmed whether he will remain in Kabul overnight.
USDAO has not yet received a request for flight coordination
or assistance from the GOM, but we have extended our offer of
assistance.
5. (C) Comment: The GOM has long expressed its interest in
visiting Kabul, and the MFA had previously confirmed PM
Abdullah's intent to attend this June 2007 conference (ref
A). As Chairman of the Organization of Islamic Conference
(OIC),Abdullah has encouraged Muslim solutions to Muslim
problems but has yet done little to contribute to the
stability or reconstruction of either Afghanistan or Iraq.
Abdullah's trip to Kabul on the heels of FM Hamid's visit to
Baghdad (ref B) shows a heightened interest in taking some
action relative to these conflict zones before handing over
the OIC chair to Senegal in March 2008. We have long
encouraged Malaysia to assist in meeting needs in Afghanistan
and Iraq, and we hope that Malaysia's example will contribute
to greater OIC interest in peace and stability in both
countries.
LAFLEUR