DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PARTICIPATION IN INT'L COMPACT

UNCLAS WARSAW 000596 SENSITIVE SIPDIS STATE FOR NEA/I/ECON/KTAECKER E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: EAID ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL IZ PL SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PARTICIPATION IN INT'L COMPACT WITH IRAQ MINISTERIAL REF: STATE 43799 ¶1. (SBU) EconOff delivered reftel demarche on May 13 2008 to Juliusz Gojlo, head of the Polish MFA,s Iraqi Task Force. Gojlo said that MFA Undersecretary Ryszard Schnepf would head the Polish Delegation to the May 29 International Compact with Iraq (ICI) Ministerial Meeting in Stockholm, though he noted an official announcement had not yet been made. In regard to further reftel points, Gojlo explained that the MFA was still working on its vision for the ICI Ministerial and could not disclose anything yet regarding topics such as bilateral agreements on debt reduction, pledges for possible financial or technical assistance, or showing support through other means. Gojlo did state that Poland had recently provided medical treatment for three Iraqi children for war-related afflictions, and had contributed foreign aid to Iraq, though he did not have figures. ¶2. (SBU) On May 9 May 2008, Econoffs also delivered reftel demarche to Katarzyna Czerniecka and Ilona Korchut of the MFA's Unit for Implementation of Development Cooperation. They offered no immediate substantive response. ASHE