Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08NICOSIA966
2008-12-11 09:56:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Nicosia
Cable title:
CYPRUS PREFERS NEW TIMING OF PAKISTAN DONORS
how-toVZCZCXRO3585 RR RUEHFL RUEHKW RUEHLA RUEHNP RUEHROV RUEHSR DE RUEHNC #0966 3460956 ZNY CCCCC ZZH R 110956Z DEC 08 FM AMEMBASSY NICOSIA TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 9414 INFO RUEHZL/EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE RUEHIL/AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD 0462 RUEHBS/USEU BRUSSELS RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 1282
C O N F I D E N T I A L NICOSIA 000966
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR EUR/SE AND SCA/PB
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/11/2018
TAGS: EAID ECON EFIN IMF CY PK
SUBJECT: CYPRUS PREFERS NEW TIMING OF PAKISTAN DONORS
CONFERENCE, POSITIVE ON CONTRIBUTING
REF: A. STATE 129615
¶B. STATE 124618
¶C. NICOSIA 937
Classified By: Deputy Chief of Mission Jonathan Cohen, Reasons 1.4 (b),
(d)
(C) On December 11, Poloff delivered Ref A demarche to
Michalis Zacharioglou, Counselor in the MFA Department of
Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid. Zacharioglou
was pleased to hear the Pakistan Donors Conference would be
postponed until January 2009 or later, as Foreign Minister
Kyprianou was hoping to attend but would have had a conflict
on December 16. Zacharioglou stated that he had spoken to
the Minister about this matter on December 10. Cyprus
intends to make a donation, although the exact amount would
not be known until February, when the Finance Ministry
releases new foreign assistance funds to the MFA (Ref C).
Zacharioglou suggested that if the Pakistan Donors Conference
were to take place at that time or afterwards, Cyprus likely
would be able to commit to a specific monetary pledge.
Urbancic