Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08KHARTOUM403
2008-03-17 14:24:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Khartoum
Cable title:
SUDANESE PRESIDENT TO ATTEND ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT IN
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C O N F I D E N T I A L KHARTOUM 000403
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
FOR NEA/RA, AF/ASPG
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/17/2018
TAGS: PREL LE SY SU
SUBJECT: SUDANESE PRESIDENT TO ATTEND ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT IN
DAMASCUS
REF: KHARTOUM 327
Classified By: Charge d'Affaires Alberto M. Fernandez, reasons 1.4 (b)
and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L KHARTOUM 000403
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
FOR NEA/RA, AF/ASPG
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/17/2018
TAGS: PREL LE SY SU
SUBJECT: SUDANESE PRESIDENT TO ATTEND ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT IN
DAMASCUS
REF: KHARTOUM 327
Classified By: Charge d'Affaires Alberto M. Fernandez, reasons 1.4 (b)
and (d).
1. (C) Presidential Advisor Dr. Mustafa Othman Ismail
confirmed on March 17 to CDA Fernandez that President Omar
al-Bashir has accepted an invitation to attend the Arab
League Summit in Damascus. Dr. Ismail noted that Sudan
doesn't much care about internal political developments in
either Lebanon or Syria but does believe in maintaining
cordial relations with all Arab League member states in
pursuit of its own core interests.
2. (C) Dr. Ismail, who was formerly Foreign Minister and
serves as Al-Bashir's personal envoy on Arab League-related
issues such as Palestinian refugees, said that "if Sudan had
to chose between pleasing AMERICA or Syria by deciding
whether or not to Damascus, we would rather have the
Americans be happy be with us." But he noted that the
bilateral issues of concern to the U.S. and which affect the
relationship - Chad/Darfur and the Comprehensive Peace
Agreement (CPA) - have nothing to do with traditional Arab
League issues. If our relationship with you was as we would
like it to be, and as you have with other Arab states, he
added, "we would stay away from Syria, from Iran, even
perhaps from China."
FERNANDEZ
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
FOR NEA/RA, AF/ASPG
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/17/2018
TAGS: PREL LE SY SU
SUBJECT: SUDANESE PRESIDENT TO ATTEND ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT IN
DAMASCUS
REF: KHARTOUM 327
Classified By: Charge d'Affaires Alberto M. Fernandez, reasons 1.4 (b)
and (d).
1. (C) Presidential Advisor Dr. Mustafa Othman Ismail
confirmed on March 17 to CDA Fernandez that President Omar
al-Bashir has accepted an invitation to attend the Arab
League Summit in Damascus. Dr. Ismail noted that Sudan
doesn't much care about internal political developments in
either Lebanon or Syria but does believe in maintaining
cordial relations with all Arab League member states in
pursuit of its own core interests.
2. (C) Dr. Ismail, who was formerly Foreign Minister and
serves as Al-Bashir's personal envoy on Arab League-related
issues such as Palestinian refugees, said that "if Sudan had
to chose between pleasing AMERICA or Syria by deciding
whether or not to Damascus, we would rather have the
Americans be happy be with us." But he noted that the
bilateral issues of concern to the U.S. and which affect the
relationship - Chad/Darfur and the Comprehensive Peace
Agreement (CPA) - have nothing to do with traditional Arab
League issues. If our relationship with you was as we would
like it to be, and as you have with other Arab states, he
added, "we would stay away from Syria, from Iran, even
perhaps from China."
FERNANDEZ