Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07LUXEMBOURG155
2007-04-27 13:00:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Luxembourg
Cable title:
EIB: NO MANDATE TO LEND IN IRAQ AT THIS TIME
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UNCLAS LUXEMBOURG 000155
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/I TAECKER, EUR/ERA, AND EUR/UBI
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID EFIN EG EU IAEA PGOV PREL LU
SUBJECT: EIB: NO MANDATE TO LEND IN IRAQ AT THIS TIME
REF: A. STATE 47346
B. LUXEMBOURG 144
UNCLAS LUXEMBOURG 000155
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/I TAECKER, EUR/ERA, AND EUR/UBI
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID EFIN EG EU IAEA PGOV PREL LU
SUBJECT: EIB: NO MANDATE TO LEND IN IRAQ AT THIS TIME
REF: A. STATE 47346
¶B. LUXEMBOURG 144
¶1. (U) Subsequent to Ref B, Post received a letter from EIB
President Philippe Maystadt indicating that "the European
Council has not conferred an official mandate to the EIB to
operate in Iraq and for this reason we will therefore not be
represented at the forthcoming Ministerial meeting."
¶2. (SBU) Stephane Viallon, assistant to EIB Vice President
Philippe De Fontaine Vive, confirmed to Econoff that EIB had
sought and received permission from the EU Commission to
include an EIB staff member as part of the Commission's
delegation attending the signing ceremony, but only in an
"observer" status.
WAGNER