Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08AMMAN2754
2008-09-25 14:17:00
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
Embassy Amman
Cable title:
UNSC MINISTERIAL ON SETTLEMENTS: JORDAN WILL TRY
how-toVZCZCXRO1641 OO RUEHROV DE RUEHAM #2754 2691417 ZNY CCCCC ZZH O 251417Z SEP 08 FM AMEMBASSY AMMAN TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 3590 INFO RUEHXK/ARAB ISRAELI COLLECTIVE IMMEDIATE RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK IMMEDIATE 0049
C O N F I D E N T I A L AMMAN 002754
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
FOR NEA/ELA - SACHAR AND IO/UNP - MORRISON
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/25/2018
TAGS: KWBG KPAL UNSC JO
SUBJECT: UNSC MINISTERIAL ON SETTLEMENTS: JORDAN WILL TRY
TO BE HELPFUL
REF: SECSTATE 102414
Classified By: Ambassador R. Stephen Beecroft for reasons 1.4(b) and (d
)
C O N F I D E N T I A L AMMAN 002754
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
FOR NEA/ELA - SACHAR AND IO/UNP - MORRISON
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/25/2018
TAGS: KWBG KPAL UNSC JO
SUBJECT: UNSC MINISTERIAL ON SETTLEMENTS: JORDAN WILL TRY
TO BE HELPFUL
REF: SECSTATE 102414
Classified By: Ambassador R. Stephen Beecroft for reasons 1.4(b) and (d
)
1. (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche September 25 to
Royal Court Chief Bassem Awadallah. Awadallah said that he
is in daily contact with FM Salah Al-Bashir, currently in New
York for UNGA, and would relay the points. Awadallah said
that Jordan will try to be helpful to the extent it can.
2. (SBU) Separately, DCM delivered points to Ambassador
Mohammad Al-Khalidi, MFA Secretary General. Khalidi, noting
that he had been dealing with this issue in his previous
position as Director of the MFA's Arab and Middle East
Affairs Bureau, countered that continuing Israeli settlement
construction damages the peace process just as much as any
meeting on the subject might. He asserted, however, that the
Arab League was merely seeking an open discussion, not
confrontation, and said that he would also relay the points
to the FM.
Visit Amman's Classified Web Site at
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/amman
Beecroft
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
FOR NEA/ELA - SACHAR AND IO/UNP - MORRISON
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/25/2018
TAGS: KWBG KPAL UNSC JO
SUBJECT: UNSC MINISTERIAL ON SETTLEMENTS: JORDAN WILL TRY
TO BE HELPFUL
REF: SECSTATE 102414
Classified By: Ambassador R. Stephen Beecroft for reasons 1.4(b) and (d
)
1. (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche September 25 to
Royal Court Chief Bassem Awadallah. Awadallah said that he
is in daily contact with FM Salah Al-Bashir, currently in New
York for UNGA, and would relay the points. Awadallah said
that Jordan will try to be helpful to the extent it can.
2. (SBU) Separately, DCM delivered points to Ambassador
Mohammad Al-Khalidi, MFA Secretary General. Khalidi, noting
that he had been dealing with this issue in his previous
position as Director of the MFA's Arab and Middle East
Affairs Bureau, countered that continuing Israeli settlement
construction damages the peace process just as much as any
meeting on the subject might. He asserted, however, that the
Arab League was merely seeking an open discussion, not
confrontation, and said that he would also relay the points
to the FM.
Visit Amman's Classified Web Site at
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/amman
Beecroft