Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08RABAT56
2008-01-18 20:08:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Rabat
Cable title:
READOUT OF JOINT DEMARCHE WITH RUSSIA TO MOROCCO
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C O N F I D E N T I A L RABAT 000056
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/18/2028
TAGS: PTER KGIC PARMS PREL AU MO
SUBJECT: READOUT OF JOINT DEMARCHE WITH RUSSIA TO MOROCCO
ON INVITING OBSERVERS TO UPCOMING GLOBAL INITIATIVE
CONFERENCE
REF: STATE 21535
Classified By: POLCOUNS Craig M. Karp for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L RABAT 000056
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/18/2028
TAGS: PTER KGIC PARMS PREL AU MO
SUBJECT: READOUT OF JOINT DEMARCHE WITH RUSSIA TO MOROCCO
ON INVITING OBSERVERS TO UPCOMING GLOBAL INITIATIVE
CONFERENCE
REF: STATE 21535
Classified By: POLCOUNS Craig M. Karp for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) On January 18, Polcouns and Russian Embassy Minister
Counselor Mikhail Golovanov delivered ref joint demarche to
Moroccan MFA Head of United Nations Division Azzedine Farhane
regarding our request to have Morocco invite several
countries as observers to Global Initiative for Combating
Nuclear Terrorism (GI) conference (i.e., "Responding to
Malicious Acts Involving Radioactive Materials") being hosted
in Rabat on 5-7 February. Farhane readily agreed to present
the list of countries (including: Algeria, Mali, Niger,
Senegal, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan,
Kuwait, Oman, and UAE) to his superiors. While Farhane was
optimistic that the MFA would approve the list, he was
personally pessimistic about the prospects of a positive
response from Algeria to an invitation.
2. (C) Farhane requested that we provide him with
points-of-contact (POC) for each of the listed countries in
order better target the invitations. We agreed to try to do
this, but also added that his Ministry should not wait on
this information. The Moroccans agreed to our suggestion
that, in the interest of time, they would send out the
invitations directly to each of the respective country
embassies in Rabat if we are unable to provide the MFA with
POCs within one business day.
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Visit Embassy Rabat's Classified Website;
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/rabat
*****************************************
Riley
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/18/2028
TAGS: PTER KGIC PARMS PREL AU MO
SUBJECT: READOUT OF JOINT DEMARCHE WITH RUSSIA TO MOROCCO
ON INVITING OBSERVERS TO UPCOMING GLOBAL INITIATIVE
CONFERENCE
REF: STATE 21535
Classified By: POLCOUNS Craig M. Karp for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) On January 18, Polcouns and Russian Embassy Minister
Counselor Mikhail Golovanov delivered ref joint demarche to
Moroccan MFA Head of United Nations Division Azzedine Farhane
regarding our request to have Morocco invite several
countries as observers to Global Initiative for Combating
Nuclear Terrorism (GI) conference (i.e., "Responding to
Malicious Acts Involving Radioactive Materials") being hosted
in Rabat on 5-7 February. Farhane readily agreed to present
the list of countries (including: Algeria, Mali, Niger,
Senegal, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan,
Kuwait, Oman, and UAE) to his superiors. While Farhane was
optimistic that the MFA would approve the list, he was
personally pessimistic about the prospects of a positive
response from Algeria to an invitation.
2. (C) Farhane requested that we provide him with
points-of-contact (POC) for each of the listed countries in
order better target the invitations. We agreed to try to do
this, but also added that his Ministry should not wait on
this information. The Moroccans agreed to our suggestion
that, in the interest of time, they would send out the
invitations directly to each of the respective country
embassies in Rabat if we are unable to provide the MFA with
POCs within one business day.
*****************************************
Visit Embassy Rabat's Classified Website;
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/rabat
*****************************************
Riley