Identifier
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07MANAMA474
2007-05-24 11:54:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Manama
Cable title:
BAHRAIN: U.S. ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAN ON IRAQ
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C O N F I D E N T I A L MANAMA 000474
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E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/24/2017
TAGS: PREL BA IR IZ REGION
SUBJECT: BAHRAIN: U.S. ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAN ON IRAQ
REF: STATE 70894
Classified By: Ambassador William T. Monroe for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
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(C) We delivered reftel demarche concerning U.S. engagement
with Iran on Iraq May 24 to MFA Assistant Under Secretary for
Coordination and Follow Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al
Khalifa. Shaikh Abdul Aziz expressed his appreciation for
the briefing and said the Bahraini government fully agrees
with the USG initiative. He hoped the U.S. and Iran would
take advantage of the opportunity and make "fruitful
progress," now and into the future. It is the right thing to
do, he said.
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