Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07RABAT1022
2007-06-18 16:55:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Rabat
Cable title:
MOROCCO'S PARTICIPATION IN COESPU
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UNCLAS RABAT 001022
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
STATE FOR NEA/MAG AND PM/PPA - RACHEL FEATHERSTONE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KPKO MARR MASS MO
SUBJECT: MOROCCO'S PARTICIPATION IN COESPU
REF: STATE 77527
This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect
accordingly.
UNCLAS RABAT 001022
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
STATE FOR NEA/MAG AND PM/PPA - RACHEL FEATHERSTONE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KPKO MARR MASS MO
SUBJECT: MOROCCO'S PARTICIPATION IN COESPU
REF: STATE 77527
This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect
accordingly.
1. (SBU) Poloff met June 12 with MFA Bilateral Affairs
Officer Karim Halim to encourage Moroccan participation in
the next round of COESPU courses. Poloff explained, for the
first time and in part based on Moroccan suggestion, COESPU
will offer its courses in French taught by instructors from
the French Gendarmerie. Halim, while generally favorable to
the new development, posed several questions he said would
need to be resolved before he could provide a substantive
response, including: How many French and English language
slots are available for Morocco? How long will each course
last? If Morocco can not fully fund its candidates, would
U.S. funding assistance cover all associated costs in
addition to travel? What countries would be included in a
Mobile Assistance Team? (Comment: Halim's inquires, while
legitimate, are likely a tactic to provide additional time to
obtain a coordinated GOM response on COESPU participation.
End Comment.)
2. (SBU) On June 14, Italian DCM Luca Fratini told Polcouns
that the Italian Embassy in Rabat had sent an official note
to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on June 13 that answered
many of Halim's questions. (NB: As of June 18, the MFA had
yet to respond to the Italian message.) Fratini explained,
from the Italian point of view, the GOM's largest obstacle to
COESPU participation has been removed and Morocco should
reciprocate with maximum participation. The Italian Embassy
also plans to encourage Moroccan attendance via its Defense
Attache, added Fratini. Post will report further responses
septel.
******************************************
Visit Embassy Rabat's Classified Website;
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/rabat
******************************************
RILEY
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
STATE FOR NEA/MAG AND PM/PPA - RACHEL FEATHERSTONE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KPKO MARR MASS MO
SUBJECT: MOROCCO'S PARTICIPATION IN COESPU
REF: STATE 77527
This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect
accordingly.
1. (SBU) Poloff met June 12 with MFA Bilateral Affairs
Officer Karim Halim to encourage Moroccan participation in
the next round of COESPU courses. Poloff explained, for the
first time and in part based on Moroccan suggestion, COESPU
will offer its courses in French taught by instructors from
the French Gendarmerie. Halim, while generally favorable to
the new development, posed several questions he said would
need to be resolved before he could provide a substantive
response, including: How many French and English language
slots are available for Morocco? How long will each course
last? If Morocco can not fully fund its candidates, would
U.S. funding assistance cover all associated costs in
addition to travel? What countries would be included in a
Mobile Assistance Team? (Comment: Halim's inquires, while
legitimate, are likely a tactic to provide additional time to
obtain a coordinated GOM response on COESPU participation.
End Comment.)
2. (SBU) On June 14, Italian DCM Luca Fratini told Polcouns
that the Italian Embassy in Rabat had sent an official note
to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on June 13 that answered
many of Halim's questions. (NB: As of June 18, the MFA had
yet to respond to the Italian message.) Fratini explained,
from the Italian point of view, the GOM's largest obstacle to
COESPU participation has been removed and Morocco should
reciprocate with maximum participation. The Italian Embassy
also plans to encourage Moroccan attendance via its Defense
Attache, added Fratini. Post will report further responses
septel.
******************************************
Visit Embassy Rabat's Classified Website;
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/rabat
******************************************
RILEY