Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08AMMAN1924
2008-06-30 14:01:00
SECRET
Embassy Amman
Cable title:
KOSOVO RECOGNITION, DONORS CONFERENCE, IMF AND
how-toVZCZCXRO6468 PP RUEHBC RUEHDE RUEHKUK RUEHROV DE RUEHAM #1924 1821401 ZNY SSSSS ZZH P 301401Z JUN 08 FM AMEMBASSY AMMAN TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 2976 INFO RUEHEE/ARAB LEAGUE COLLECTIVE RUEHPS/AMEMBASSY PRISTINA 0024
S E C R E T AMMAN 001924
SIPDIS
FOR NEA/ELA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/29/2028
TAGS: PREL PGOV KPKO UN EU KV JO
SUBJECT: KOSOVO RECOGNITION, DONORS CONFERENCE, IMF AND
WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP - JORDAN DEMARCH DELIVERED
REF: STATE 69691
Classified By: Ambassador David Hale for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
(S) Post conveyed reftel points to the Foreign Minister's
private office. In a series of other meetings, senior
Government of Jordan officials have informed the Ambassador
that it remains a matter of when, not if, the GOJ will
recognize the independence of Kosovo. In the interim,
Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bashir informed the Ambassador he
will authorize Jordan's UN PermRep to meet Kosovar officials
in New York. The GOJ would also consider a request to
receive a Kosovar delegation in Amman, but suggests such a
visit be below the level of Foreign Minister. The GOJ has
been unwilling to act on its own initiative in recognizing
Kosovo and GOJ officials have been non-committal on the issue
in interactions with U.S. diplomats. FM Bashir and Chief of
the Royal Court Bassem Awadallah previously indicated that
Jordan needed to wait for an OIC or Arab League decision
before making a decision of its own.
Hale