Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08AMMAN2262
2008-07-29 14:51:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Amman
Cable title:
IAEA BOG: JORDAN MFA BELIEVES THAT SYRIA HAS ARAB
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C O N F I D E N T I A L AMMAN 002262
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/29/2023
TAGS: PREL IAEA KNNP AORC SY JO
SUBJECT: IAEA BOG: JORDAN MFA BELIEVES THAT SYRIA HAS ARAB
LEAGUE ENDORSEMENT
REF: A. AMMAN 2225
B. CAIRO 1606
C. RIYADH 1153
D. SECSTATE 77758
Classified By: Charge d'Affaires Daniel Rubinstein for reasons 1.4(b) a
nd (d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L AMMAN 002262
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/29/2023
TAGS: PREL IAEA KNNP AORC SY JO
SUBJECT: IAEA BOG: JORDAN MFA BELIEVES THAT SYRIA HAS ARAB
LEAGUE ENDORSEMENT
REF: A. AMMAN 2225
B. CAIRO 1606
C. RIYADH 1153
D. SECSTATE 77758
Classified By: Charge d'Affaires Daniel Rubinstein for reasons 1.4(b) a
nd (d)
1. (C) Jamal Al-Shamayleh, Director of Foreign Minister
Bashir's private office, told PolCouns on July 29 that it
appeared the Arab League had already endorsed Syria's
candidacy for the MESA seat on the IAEA Board of Governors.
Reading from a June 28 communique from the Jordanian Embassy
in Vienna (responding to the MFA's inquiry as to the state of
play (Ref A)),Shamayleh said that, according to the files of
the Jordanian Ambassador, the Arab League had unanimously
endorsed Syria's candidacy at a March 5, 2008, ministerial.
Shamayleh did note a confusing line in the communique that
suggested that Egypt might also have been endorsed by the
Arab League at an earlier ministerial, on September 5, 2007.
2. (C) Given the information provided him by Vienna, i.e.
that Syria was the consensus Arab candidate (he could not
clarify Egypt's status in the competition for the MESA seat),
Shamayleh stressed the difficulty of Jordan's shifting
support to Kazakhstan in the absence of a "face-saving" U.S.
strategy. He asked that Post share with him anything the USG
could uncover as to whether the Arab League had, in fact,
endorsed Syria (Ref C).
3. (C) PolCouns apprised Shamayleh of the Saudi working-level
view that Syria was not qualified to hold the MESA seat (Ref
C) and urged that Jordan reach out to like-minded AL members
to review options.
Visit Amman's Classified Web Site at
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/amman
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SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/29/2023
TAGS: PREL IAEA KNNP AORC SY JO
SUBJECT: IAEA BOG: JORDAN MFA BELIEVES THAT SYRIA HAS ARAB
LEAGUE ENDORSEMENT
REF: A. AMMAN 2225
B. CAIRO 1606
C. RIYADH 1153
D. SECSTATE 77758
Classified By: Charge d'Affaires Daniel Rubinstein for reasons 1.4(b) a
nd (d)
1. (C) Jamal Al-Shamayleh, Director of Foreign Minister
Bashir's private office, told PolCouns on July 29 that it
appeared the Arab League had already endorsed Syria's
candidacy for the MESA seat on the IAEA Board of Governors.
Reading from a June 28 communique from the Jordanian Embassy
in Vienna (responding to the MFA's inquiry as to the state of
play (Ref A)),Shamayleh said that, according to the files of
the Jordanian Ambassador, the Arab League had unanimously
endorsed Syria's candidacy at a March 5, 2008, ministerial.
Shamayleh did note a confusing line in the communique that
suggested that Egypt might also have been endorsed by the
Arab League at an earlier ministerial, on September 5, 2007.
2. (C) Given the information provided him by Vienna, i.e.
that Syria was the consensus Arab candidate (he could not
clarify Egypt's status in the competition for the MESA seat),
Shamayleh stressed the difficulty of Jordan's shifting
support to Kazakhstan in the absence of a "face-saving" U.S.
strategy. He asked that Post share with him anything the USG
could uncover as to whether the Arab League had, in fact,
endorsed Syria (Ref C).
3. (C) PolCouns apprised Shamayleh of the Saudi working-level
view that Syria was not qualified to hold the MESA seat (Ref
C) and urged that Jordan reach out to like-minded AL members
to review options.
Visit Amman's Classified Web Site at
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/amman
Rubinstein