Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07MUSCAT1120
2007-12-12 11:03:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Muscat
Cable title:
OMANI PLANS FOR PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE
how-toVZCZCXRO9739 OO RUEHROV DE RUEHMS #1120 3461103 ZNY CCCCC ZZH O 121103Z DEC 07 FM AMEMBASSY MUSCAT TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 9068 INFO RUEHXK/ARAB ISRAELI COLLECTIVE RUEHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS 0405
C O N F I D E N T I A L MUSCAT 001120
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR NEA/IPA, NEA/ARP AND EEB/IFD/ODF
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/12/2017
TAGS: PGOV PREL KWBG KPAL IS MU
SUBJECT: OMANI PLANS FOR PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE
REF: STATE 163955
Classified By: Ambassador Gary A. Grappo for Reasons 1.4 (b, d)
(C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary-General Sayyid Badr
al-Busaidi told the Ambassador on December 12 that Minister
Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi will attend
the December 17 donors conference in Paris to support
Palestinian reform and capacity building. Sayyid Badr
further stated that although the Omani government had not yet
made a firm decision on the amount of its contribution, it
was considering a pledge of roughly USD 30 million, to be
paid out over the course of several years, that would be
earmarked "specifically for education." (Note: Sayyid Badr
asked the Ambassador to keep this amount in confidence as he
had not shared it in response to an inquiry from the French
ambassador. End Note.) The Secretary-General added that he
was not aware of the donation plans of other GCC countries.
GRAPPO