SOLIDARITY WITH KOSOVO AT OIC SUMMIT: OMAN

C O N F I D E N T I A L MUSCAT 000196 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/05/2018 TAGS: PREL UNSC UNMIK PGOV KV MU SUBJECT: SOLIDARITY WITH KOSOVO AT OIC SUMMIT: OMAN REF: STATE 22377 Classified By: DCM Alfred F. Fonteneau for Reasons 1.4 (b, d) ¶1. (C) Pol-Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche on March 5 to Humaid al-Ma'ani, Office Director for Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi. Al-Ma'ani replied that Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi, who would lead Oman's delegation to the OIC Summit, was currently in Cairo for the Arab League ministerial meeting and would likely not return to Oman before proceeding to Senegal for the summit. To ensure that bin Alawi received the message, al-Ma'ani suggested that the U.S. contact the Minister or his staff while in Cairo to deliver the information. ¶2. (C) Bin Alawi is planning to meet with NEA A/S Welch while in Cairo on March 6. Post will contact Embassy Cairo, which already has contact information for bin Alawi's senior advisor who is traveling with the Minister, and suggest that reftel message be included in the issues raised by A/S Welch. GRAPPO