Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07MANAMA107
2007-02-06 13:43:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Manama
Cable title:
SEEKING BAHRAINI SUPPORT FOR SOMALIA
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C O N F I D E N T I A L MANAMA 000107
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
FOR NEA/ARP, NEA/RA, AF/E, AF/RSA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/06/2017
TAGS: PREL PHUM MOPS AGOA BA SO ROW
SUBJECT: SEEKING BAHRAINI SUPPORT FOR SOMALIA
REF: STATE 11993
Classified By: Ambassador William T. Monroe for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
.
(C) In a February 6 meeting covering several subjects
(septels),the Ambassador delivered reftel demarche
concerning Bahraini support for Somalia to Foreign Minister
Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa. Shaikh Khalid said that
Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yousef bin
Alawi had recently called him about Somalia. When Saudi King
Abdullah visited Oman, he had raised the situation in
Somalia. Oman and Saudi Arabia agreed to propose the idea of
a "GCC and Red Sea" conference on Somalia, to include the six
GCC countries and Egypt, Sudan, Djibouti, Eritrea, and
Somalia. The main topics of the conference would be (1)
replacing Ethiopian forces with those from the African Union,
(2) funding the AU force, and (3) providing urgent assistance
to the Somali government. Shaikh Khalid said the conference
would take place in Riyadh in the second half of February,
and he planned to attend.
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Visit Embassy Manama's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/manama/
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MONROE
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
FOR NEA/ARP, NEA/RA, AF/E, AF/RSA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/06/2017
TAGS: PREL PHUM MOPS AGOA BA SO ROW
SUBJECT: SEEKING BAHRAINI SUPPORT FOR SOMALIA
REF: STATE 11993
Classified By: Ambassador William T. Monroe for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
.
(C) In a February 6 meeting covering several subjects
(septels),the Ambassador delivered reftel demarche
concerning Bahraini support for Somalia to Foreign Minister
Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa. Shaikh Khalid said that
Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yousef bin
Alawi had recently called him about Somalia. When Saudi King
Abdullah visited Oman, he had raised the situation in
Somalia. Oman and Saudi Arabia agreed to propose the idea of
a "GCC and Red Sea" conference on Somalia, to include the six
GCC countries and Egypt, Sudan, Djibouti, Eritrea, and
Somalia. The main topics of the conference would be (1)
replacing Ethiopian forces with those from the African Union,
(2) funding the AU force, and (3) providing urgent assistance
to the Somali government. Shaikh Khalid said the conference
would take place in Riyadh in the second half of February,
and he planned to attend.
********************************************* ********
Visit Embassy Manama's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/manama/
********************************************* ********
MONROE