Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07MOSCOW4308
2007-08-31 13:57:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Moscow
Cable title:
RUSSIA WILL ATTEND EXPERT-LEVEL NEIGHBORS
how-toVZCZCXRO5669 PP RUEHBC RUEHDE RUEHIHL RUEHKUK DE RUEHMO #4308 2431357 ZNY CCCCC ZZH P 311357Z AUG 07 FM AMEMBASSY MOSCOW TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 3486 INFO RUCNRAQ/IRAQ COLLECTIVE
C O N F I D E N T I A L MOSCOW 004308
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/31/2017
TAGS: PGOV PREL IZ RS
SUBJECT: RUSSIA WILL ATTEND EXPERT-LEVEL NEIGHBORS
CONFERENCE PREPARATORY MEETINGS SEPTEMBER 8-9 IN BAGHDAD
REF: BAGHDAD 2802
Classified By: Political M/C Alice G. Wells for reasons 1.4 b and d.
(C) Russia will attend the expert-level meeting the GOI plans
to host September 8-9 in Baghdad to set the groundwork for
the expanded neighbors ministerial scheduled for October in
Istanbul. MFA Middle East Department First Secretary Elbrus
Kutraschev told us on August 30 that a GOR delegation
consisting of staff from its Baghdad Embassy will attend.
Citing security concerns, Kutraschev stressed that the GOR
would prefer that this and other international meetings be
held outside of Iraq in order to avoid requiring Russian
diplomats to travel in Baghdad.
Burns