Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07MANAMA546
2007-06-13 09:37:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Manama
Cable title:
AMBASSADOR SIGNS MOU ON HOMELAND SECURITY
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UNCLAS MANAMA 000546
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL ASEC BA
SUBJECT: AMBASSADOR SIGNS MOU ON HOMELAND SECURITY
COOPERATION WITH MINISTER OF INTERIOR
REF: STATE 75994
UNCLAS MANAMA 000546
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL ASEC BA
SUBJECT: AMBASSADOR SIGNS MOU ON HOMELAND SECURITY
COOPERATION WITH MINISTER OF INTERIOR
REF: STATE 75994
1. (U) The Ambassador on June 12 signed reftel non-binding
Memorandum of Understanding on Homeland Security Cooperation
between the U.S. and Bahrain with Minister of Interior Shaikh
Rashid bin Abdulla Al-Khalifa. In attendance on the U.S.
side were two Riyadh-based DHS representatives, Attache Donna
Chabot and Assistant Attache Scott Marvin. Shaikh Rashid
welcomed the agreement, saying he hoped it would lead to
greater cooperation in the areas of responsibility of the MOI
and DHS, including cooperation between the two countries'
Coast Guards. Chabot expressed regret that Secretary
Chertoff could not be in Bahrain to sign the MOU himself, as
originally anticipated, adding that he had only postponed his
planned trip to Bahrain and hoped to reschedule in the coming
months.
2. (U) Press coverage of the signing ceremony was excellent,
including front-page coverage in several of the Arabic
language newspapers.
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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
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL ASEC BA
SUBJECT: AMBASSADOR SIGNS MOU ON HOMELAND SECURITY
COOPERATION WITH MINISTER OF INTERIOR
REF: STATE 75994
1. (U) The Ambassador on June 12 signed reftel non-binding
Memorandum of Understanding on Homeland Security Cooperation
between the U.S. and Bahrain with Minister of Interior Shaikh
Rashid bin Abdulla Al-Khalifa. In attendance on the U.S.
side were two Riyadh-based DHS representatives, Attache Donna
Chabot and Assistant Attache Scott Marvin. Shaikh Rashid
welcomed the agreement, saying he hoped it would lead to
greater cooperation in the areas of responsibility of the MOI
and DHS, including cooperation between the two countries'
Coast Guards. Chabot expressed regret that Secretary
Chertoff could not be in Bahrain to sign the MOU himself, as
originally anticipated, adding that he had only postponed his
planned trip to Bahrain and hoped to reschedule in the coming
months.
2. (U) Press coverage of the signing ceremony was excellent,
including front-page coverage in several of the Arabic
language newspapers.
********************************************* ********
Visit Embassy Manama's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/manama/
********************************************* ********
MONROE