Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07MANAMA165
2007-02-21 16:04:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Manama
Cable title:
GULF IRAQI EXPO POSTPONED
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UNCLAS MANAMA 000165
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
EB/CBA, NEA/ARP
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECIN EINV ETRD BA REGION ECTRD
SUBJECT: GULF IRAQI EXPO POSTPONED
REF: MANAMA 039
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED; PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. NOT
FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION.
UNCLAS MANAMA 000165
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
EB/CBA, NEA/ARP
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECIN EINV ETRD BA REGION ECTRD
SUBJECT: GULF IRAQI EXPO POSTPONED
REF: MANAMA 039
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED; PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. NOT
FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION.
1. (SBU) Iraqi Ambassador Ghassan Mohsen told the Ambassador
that the planned Iraqi commercial exhibition "Iraqi Expo
2007" (reftel),scheduled to take place March 24 - 26 in
Manama, has been postponed. Mohsen said that planning for
the fair had been disrupted by the kidnapping of the Iraqi
organizer. Although the organizer had since been released,
it was now deemed too late to put the fair on as scheduled.
Mohsen surmised that lackluster interst in the Gulf may have
also contributed to the postponement. (Comment: competition
from a similar exhibition in Amman may have also been a
factor.) He said that it was hoped that the exhibition will
be rescheduled for the fall.
2. (U) Post will provide any updates regarding the
rescheduling of this event when such information becomes
available.
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Visit Embassy Manama's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/manama/
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MONROE
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
EB/CBA, NEA/ARP
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECIN EINV ETRD BA REGION ECTRD
SUBJECT: GULF IRAQI EXPO POSTPONED
REF: MANAMA 039
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED; PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. NOT
FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION.
1. (SBU) Iraqi Ambassador Ghassan Mohsen told the Ambassador
that the planned Iraqi commercial exhibition "Iraqi Expo
2007" (reftel),scheduled to take place March 24 - 26 in
Manama, has been postponed. Mohsen said that planning for
the fair had been disrupted by the kidnapping of the Iraqi
organizer. Although the organizer had since been released,
it was now deemed too late to put the fair on as scheduled.
Mohsen surmised that lackluster interst in the Gulf may have
also contributed to the postponement. (Comment: competition
from a similar exhibition in Amman may have also been a
factor.) He said that it was hoped that the exhibition will
be rescheduled for the fall.
2. (U) Post will provide any updates regarding the
rescheduling of this event when such information becomes
available.
********************************************* ********
Visit Embassy Manama's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/manama/
********************************************* ********
MONROE