DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JORDAN NONCOMITTAL ON U.S.

UNCLAS AMMAN 002156 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: EAID KPAL PGOV WBG EU IS JO SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JORDAN NONCOMITTAL ON U.S. OBJECTIVES FOR AD HOC LIAISON COMMITTEE MEETING REF: SECSTATE 95980 POLOFF delivered points reftel points on September 17, 2009, to Second Secretary Mohamad Tarawneh of the America's desk (note: our usual MFA interlocutors have all already departed Amman; in addition to the UNGA delegation and the personnel attending the various UN organizational conferences, many MFA employees are taking leave in anticipation of the Eid al-Fitr Holiday) Tarawneh acknowleged our points and understood our reasoning on the issue of a working-level versus ministerial-level meeting in New York and acknowledged the importance of the AHLC building momentum after a resumption of negotiations between Israel and the PA. Tarawneh questioned us on the views of other AHLC members on this issue, but could not provide a definitive answer on the GOJ's concurrence with our objectives for the September 22 meeting. We wil continue to follow up on the matter with the MFA and advise of any further developments. Beecroft