Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07PARIS34
2007-01-05 14:03:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Paris
Cable title:
FRENCH ATTENDANCE AT LIBERIA PARTNERS FORUM
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UNCLAS PARIS 000034
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
FOR EB/IFD/ODF EMILY WAECHTER
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PHUM EFIN PTER ECON FR
SUBJECT: FRENCH ATTENDANCE AT LIBERIA PARTNERS FORUM
REF: STATE 201818
UNCLAS PARIS 000034
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
FOR EB/IFD/ODF EMILY WAECHTER
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PHUM EFIN PTER ECON FR
SUBJECT: FRENCH ATTENDANCE AT LIBERIA PARTNERS FORUM
REF: STATE 201818
1. (U) We passed the information about the February 13-14
Liberia Partners Forum to our contacts in the French Finance
and Foreign Ministries. At the MFA, our contacts lauded USG
plans to host the Forum, but regretted that a timing conflict
with the biennial Africa-France summit of heads of state in
Cannes would almost certainly impede FM Douste-Blazy,
Minister Delegate for Cooperation & Development Girardin, or
MFA AF A/S-Equivalent from traveling to Washington. Our MFA
contacts have pledged nonetheless to continue efforts to
identify an appropriate and substantive French delegation for
the Liberia Partners Forum.
2. (U) On December 27 Interim MFA West and Central African
DAS-Equivalent Francis Blondet provided an update that former
IMF head Michel Camdessus would likely represent France at
the Liberia Partners Forum. Camdessus, who is now a
Counselor to President Chirac, would likely be joined by
Pierre Andre Wiltzer, the High Representative for Security
and Prevention of Conflicts, as well as Ambassador Xavier
Darcos, the French Permanent Representative to the OECD.
3. (U) MFA AF PDAS-Equivalent Caroline Dumas and Acting
DAS-Equivalent for West and Central Africa Francis Blondet
have underscored to us the French commitment to Liberia,
noting in a December 13 meeting that France just gave Liberia
1 million euros through GEMAP, and plans to open an embassy
in Monrovia in 2007. They hope the Partners Forum will
encourage greater IMF flexibility, with Blondet expressing
concern that Liberia,s debt burden could otherwise force it
to mortgage its natural resources.
Please visit Paris' Classified Website at:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/paris/index.c fm
HOFMANN
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
FOR EB/IFD/ODF EMILY WAECHTER
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PHUM EFIN PTER ECON FR
SUBJECT: FRENCH ATTENDANCE AT LIBERIA PARTNERS FORUM
REF: STATE 201818
1. (U) We passed the information about the February 13-14
Liberia Partners Forum to our contacts in the French Finance
and Foreign Ministries. At the MFA, our contacts lauded USG
plans to host the Forum, but regretted that a timing conflict
with the biennial Africa-France summit of heads of state in
Cannes would almost certainly impede FM Douste-Blazy,
Minister Delegate for Cooperation & Development Girardin, or
MFA AF A/S-Equivalent from traveling to Washington. Our MFA
contacts have pledged nonetheless to continue efforts to
identify an appropriate and substantive French delegation for
the Liberia Partners Forum.
2. (U) On December 27 Interim MFA West and Central African
DAS-Equivalent Francis Blondet provided an update that former
IMF head Michel Camdessus would likely represent France at
the Liberia Partners Forum. Camdessus, who is now a
Counselor to President Chirac, would likely be joined by
Pierre Andre Wiltzer, the High Representative for Security
and Prevention of Conflicts, as well as Ambassador Xavier
Darcos, the French Permanent Representative to the OECD.
3. (U) MFA AF PDAS-Equivalent Caroline Dumas and Acting
DAS-Equivalent for West and Central Africa Francis Blondet
have underscored to us the French commitment to Liberia,
noting in a December 13 meeting that France just gave Liberia
1 million euros through GEMAP, and plans to open an embassy
in Monrovia in 2007. They hope the Partners Forum will
encourage greater IMF flexibility, with Blondet expressing
concern that Liberia,s debt burden could otherwise force it
to mortgage its natural resources.
Please visit Paris' Classified Website at:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/paris/index.c fm
HOFMANN