Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07MOSCOW1977
2007-04-30 13:15:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Moscow
Cable title:
FORUM FOR THE FUTURE: MFA SATISFIED WITH CIVIL
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C O N F I D E N T I A L MOSCOW 001977
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/30/2017
TAGS: PREL KDEM KMPI ECON RS
SUBJECT: FORUM FOR THE FUTURE: MFA SATISFIED WITH CIVIL
SOCIETY PARTICIPATION
REF: STATE 49586
Classified By: A/POL Colin Cleary. Reasons: 1.4(B/D).
C O N F I D E N T I A L MOSCOW 001977
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/30/2017
TAGS: PREL KDEM KMPI ECON RS
SUBJECT: FORUM FOR THE FUTURE: MFA SATISFIED WITH CIVIL
SOCIETY PARTICIPATION
REF: STATE 49586
Classified By: A/POL Colin Cleary. Reasons: 1.4(B/D).
1. (SBU) We shared reftel message with MFA Middle East
Peace Process Section Chief Sergey Kozlov, who has
coordinated participation by Russian civil society in the
Forum for the Future. Efforts to contact the civil society
leaders who attended the Forum were not successful in advance
of reftel's reporting deadline.
2. (C) Kozlov told us that he was aware of dissatisfaction
among non-Russian civil society participants about the lack
of movement on reform priorities. He was dismissive, arguing
that it was unlikely that the Arab governments attending the
Forum would adopt civil society recommendations wholesale;
having government representatives even listen to civil
society was an important first step. Kozlov said that
Russian participants -- the Russian Academy of Science's
Institute for Asian and African Studies, the Arab-Russian
Business Council, and the St. Andrew the First Called
Foundation -- were pleased with the Amman Forum and looked
forward to participating in future events.
3. (C) Kozlov was worried that the Germans were lagging in
their preparation for the next Forum meeting. He noted that
by this time last year, the Russians had already scheduled a
preparatory committee meeting in May and had shared their
planning broadly. He asked that the U.S. press the Germans
to move forward on event scheduling, because coming to a
consensus on agendas was likely to prove difficult.
BURNS
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/30/2017
TAGS: PREL KDEM KMPI ECON RS
SUBJECT: FORUM FOR THE FUTURE: MFA SATISFIED WITH CIVIL
SOCIETY PARTICIPATION
REF: STATE 49586
Classified By: A/POL Colin Cleary. Reasons: 1.4(B/D).
1. (SBU) We shared reftel message with MFA Middle East
Peace Process Section Chief Sergey Kozlov, who has
coordinated participation by Russian civil society in the
Forum for the Future. Efforts to contact the civil society
leaders who attended the Forum were not successful in advance
of reftel's reporting deadline.
2. (C) Kozlov told us that he was aware of dissatisfaction
among non-Russian civil society participants about the lack
of movement on reform priorities. He was dismissive, arguing
that it was unlikely that the Arab governments attending the
Forum would adopt civil society recommendations wholesale;
having government representatives even listen to civil
society was an important first step. Kozlov said that
Russian participants -- the Russian Academy of Science's
Institute for Asian and African Studies, the Arab-Russian
Business Council, and the St. Andrew the First Called
Foundation -- were pleased with the Amman Forum and looked
forward to participating in future events.
3. (C) Kozlov was worried that the Germans were lagging in
their preparation for the next Forum meeting. He noted that
by this time last year, the Russians had already scheduled a
preparatory committee meeting in May and had shared their
planning broadly. He asked that the U.S. press the Germans
to move forward on event scheduling, because coming to a
consensus on agendas was likely to prove difficult.
BURNS