Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07MADRID94
2007-01-18 14:03:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Madrid
Cable title:
SPAIN SUPPORTS LEBANON CONFERENCE BUT WILL NOT
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UNCLAS MADRID 000094
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR EB/IFD/ODF (WAECHTER),NEA/ELA (ALLEN),AND
EUR/WE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON EFIN EAID LE SP
SUBJECT: SPAIN SUPPORTS LEBANON CONFERENCE BUT WILL NOT
PLEDGE ADDITIONAL FUNDS
REF: SECSTATE 2781
UNCLAS MADRID 000094
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR EB/IFD/ODF (WAECHTER),NEA/ELA (ALLEN),AND
EUR/WE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON EFIN EAID LE SP
SUBJECT: SPAIN SUPPORTS LEBANON CONFERENCE BUT WILL NOT
PLEDGE ADDITIONAL FUNDS
REF: SECSTATE 2781
1. ESTHOFF passed reftel points January 10 to several senior
level contacts in the Spanish Agency for International
Cooperation (AECI),urging Spain to dispatch a
ministerial-level delegation to the January 25 Lebanon
conference in Paris and to announce additional financial
support for Lebanon at the conference. AECI informed ESTHOFF
January 18 that Foreign Minister Moratinos will head the
Spanish delegation in Paris, but that Spain will not/not
announce any new contribution for Lebanon at this time.
2. Spain announced a 31.5 million euro contribution for
Lebanon at the August 2006 Stockholm conference. 6.5 million
euro of the 31.5 million euro was for emergency humanitarian
assistance in the immediate aftermath of the war. The
remaining 25 million euro is targeted at
development/reconstruction assistance. 5 million euro of
this 25 million euro was obligated and spent in late 2006.
10 million euro of the remaining 20 million euro will be
provided in 2007 and the final 10 million euro in 2008.
Aguirre
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR EB/IFD/ODF (WAECHTER),NEA/ELA (ALLEN),AND
EUR/WE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON EFIN EAID LE SP
SUBJECT: SPAIN SUPPORTS LEBANON CONFERENCE BUT WILL NOT
PLEDGE ADDITIONAL FUNDS
REF: SECSTATE 2781
1. ESTHOFF passed reftel points January 10 to several senior
level contacts in the Spanish Agency for International
Cooperation (AECI),urging Spain to dispatch a
ministerial-level delegation to the January 25 Lebanon
conference in Paris and to announce additional financial
support for Lebanon at the conference. AECI informed ESTHOFF
January 18 that Foreign Minister Moratinos will head the
Spanish delegation in Paris, but that Spain will not/not
announce any new contribution for Lebanon at this time.
2. Spain announced a 31.5 million euro contribution for
Lebanon at the August 2006 Stockholm conference. 6.5 million
euro of the 31.5 million euro was for emergency humanitarian
assistance in the immediate aftermath of the war. The
remaining 25 million euro is targeted at
development/reconstruction assistance. 5 million euro of
this 25 million euro was obligated and spent in late 2006.
10 million euro of the remaining 20 million euro will be
provided in 2007 and the final 10 million euro in 2008.
Aguirre