Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08ROME1273
2008-10-17 13:50:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Rome
Cable title:
ITALY TO GIVE ONLY 1.6M EUROS IN BILATERAL AID FOR GEORGIA
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C O N F I D E N T I A L ROME 001273
SIPDIS
EUR/ACE FOR WASHELESKI
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/15/2018
TAGS: EAID EFIN GG KMCA PREL RS KCRS
SUBJECT: ITALY TO GIVE ONLY 1.6M EUROS IN BILATERAL AID FOR GEORGIA
REF: A. SECSTATE 109212
B. ROME 1219
Classified By: Economic Minister Counselor Tom Delare
for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L ROME 001273
SIPDIS
EUR/ACE FOR WASHELESKI
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/15/2018
TAGS: EAID EFIN GG KMCA PREL RS KCRS
SUBJECT: ITALY TO GIVE ONLY 1.6M EUROS IN BILATERAL AID FOR GEORGIA
REF: A. SECSTATE 109212
B. ROME 1219
Classified By: Economic Minister Counselor Tom Delare
for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) On 16 October Econoff delivered reftel A demarche
on assistance to Georgia to Stefano Soliman, Deputy Director
for Balkans/ Middle East Development Cooperation at the MFA.
According to Soliman, Italy will provide a minimum of 1.6
million euros in bilateral general aid for displaced persons
in Georgia. Italy will not provide funds for budget support
(this kind of support had been suggested by the Joint Needs
Assessment). Though conceivable, Soliman also said he was
"ninety-nine percent certain," that Italy would not pledge
funds beyond this 1.6 million euro commitment at the donors'
conference on 22 October.
2. (C) Soliman confirmed previously reported cuts (reftel
B) of about sixty percent in Italian foreign assistance over
the coming year. He said the GOI is trying to cut its
administrative costs to lessen the burden of these reductions
on aid recipients. Soliman said the GOI would likely focus
its efforts on preserving funding for certain projects (rural
development, the environment, and cultural heritage) and
geographic areas (the Balkans, Middle East, and North Africa),
while cutting deeply elsewhere. These cuts will be likely
finalized by the end of the year.
SPOGLI
SIPDIS
EUR/ACE FOR WASHELESKI
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/15/2018
TAGS: EAID EFIN GG KMCA PREL RS KCRS
SUBJECT: ITALY TO GIVE ONLY 1.6M EUROS IN BILATERAL AID FOR GEORGIA
REF: A. SECSTATE 109212
B. ROME 1219
Classified By: Economic Minister Counselor Tom Delare
for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) On 16 October Econoff delivered reftel A demarche
on assistance to Georgia to Stefano Soliman, Deputy Director
for Balkans/ Middle East Development Cooperation at the MFA.
According to Soliman, Italy will provide a minimum of 1.6
million euros in bilateral general aid for displaced persons
in Georgia. Italy will not provide funds for budget support
(this kind of support had been suggested by the Joint Needs
Assessment). Though conceivable, Soliman also said he was
"ninety-nine percent certain," that Italy would not pledge
funds beyond this 1.6 million euro commitment at the donors'
conference on 22 October.
2. (C) Soliman confirmed previously reported cuts (reftel
B) of about sixty percent in Italian foreign assistance over
the coming year. He said the GOI is trying to cut its
administrative costs to lessen the burden of these reductions
on aid recipients. Soliman said the GOI would likely focus
its efforts on preserving funding for certain projects (rural
development, the environment, and cultural heritage) and
geographic areas (the Balkans, Middle East, and North Africa),
while cutting deeply elsewhere. These cuts will be likely
finalized by the end of the year.
SPOGLI