Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07MANAMA167
2007-02-22 13:12:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Manama
Cable title:
FOREIGN MINISTER SUPPORTS HOLDING NEIGHBORS
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C O N F I D E N T I A L MANAMA 000167
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/22/2017
TAGS: PREL BA IZ REGION
SUBJECT: FOREIGN MINISTER SUPPORTS HOLDING NEIGHBORS
MINISTERIAL MEETING INSIDE IRAQ
REF: A. BAGHDAD 600
B. BAGHDAD 567
Classified By: Ambassador William T. Monroe for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
.
C O N F I D E N T I A L MANAMA 000167
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/22/2017
TAGS: PREL BA IZ REGION
SUBJECT: FOREIGN MINISTER SUPPORTS HOLDING NEIGHBORS
MINISTERIAL MEETING INSIDE IRAQ
REF: A. BAGHDAD 600
B. BAGHDAD 567
Classified By: Ambassador William T. Monroe for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
.
1. (C) Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa
told the Ambassador February 22, during a meeting covering
several subjects (septels),that he supports holding an Iraq
Neighbors meeting at the ministerial level in Baghdad or
anywhere else on Iraqi territory. He understood that there
was conflicting information about holding the meeting, and he
wanted to clarify that Bahrain feels it is important to hold
the meeting inside Iraq at this time. If providing security
for all the visiting delegations in Baghdad is too daunting a
task for the GOI, given everything else going on, Bahrain
supports having the meeting elsewhere - Erbil, Suleimaniyah,
or near the Kuwaiti or Jordanian borders. The GOI should
feel that it has options. For security reasons, there is no
need to announce the meeting ahead of time, particularly if
P-5 ministers are involved.
2. (C) Shaikh Khalid preferred not to hold a sub-ministerial
meeting before the ministerial meeting. He thought a
sub-ministerial meeting would "push everything back too
much." The parties involved should move straight to a
ministerial meeting. That said, he clearly was ready for
Bahrain to agree to whatever format/arrangements are made.
********************************************* ********
Visit Embassy Manama's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/manama/
********************************************* ********
MONROE
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/22/2017
TAGS: PREL BA IZ REGION
SUBJECT: FOREIGN MINISTER SUPPORTS HOLDING NEIGHBORS
MINISTERIAL MEETING INSIDE IRAQ
REF: A. BAGHDAD 600
B. BAGHDAD 567
Classified By: Ambassador William T. Monroe for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
.
1. (C) Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa
told the Ambassador February 22, during a meeting covering
several subjects (septels),that he supports holding an Iraq
Neighbors meeting at the ministerial level in Baghdad or
anywhere else on Iraqi territory. He understood that there
was conflicting information about holding the meeting, and he
wanted to clarify that Bahrain feels it is important to hold
the meeting inside Iraq at this time. If providing security
for all the visiting delegations in Baghdad is too daunting a
task for the GOI, given everything else going on, Bahrain
supports having the meeting elsewhere - Erbil, Suleimaniyah,
or near the Kuwaiti or Jordanian borders. The GOI should
feel that it has options. For security reasons, there is no
need to announce the meeting ahead of time, particularly if
P-5 ministers are involved.
2. (C) Shaikh Khalid preferred not to hold a sub-ministerial
meeting before the ministerial meeting. He thought a
sub-ministerial meeting would "push everything back too
much." The parties involved should move straight to a
ministerial meeting. That said, he clearly was ready for
Bahrain to agree to whatever format/arrangements are made.
********************************************* ********
Visit Embassy Manama's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/manama/
********************************************* ********
MONROE