Identifier
Created
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08ISLAMABAD2605
2008-08-04 10:44:00
SECRET
Embassy Islamabad
Cable title:  

PAKISTAN: "JUST AN OBSERVER" AT SCO SUMMIT

Tags:  PGOV PK PREL MARR MOPS AFIN 
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S E C R E T ISLAMABAD 002605 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/04/2018 
TAGS: PGOV PK PREL MARR MOPS AFIN
SUBJECT: PAKISTAN: "JUST AN OBSERVER" AT SCO SUMMIT 
 
REF: STATE 82513 
 
Classified By: Acting DCM E. Candace Putnam, Reasons 1.4 (b),(d) 
 
(S) PolOff delivered August 4 reftel demarche points to MFA 
Central Asia Affairs Director Faisal Aziz Ahmed concerning 
USG interests vis-a-vis the August 28 Shanghai Cooperation 
Organization (SCO) summit. Ahmed noted that Pakistan would 
be "just an observer" at the summit; Foreign Minister Shah 
Mehmood Qureshi may not even attend, he added. Ahmed doubted 
Pakistan would be included regarding any texts resulting from 
the summit: "We are unlikely to be asked our opinion or to 
give one." Their five-minute remarks would be limited to 
stressing the original principals of the organization, also 
highlighted in reftel points. 
 
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