Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09AMMAN985
2009-04-30 06:19:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Amman
Cable title:
JORDAN SUPPORTS KOSOVO'S MEMBERSHIP BIDS, SAYS
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UNCLAS AMMAN 000985
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EEB/IFD/OMA FREUDENWALD, EEB/IFD/ODF LAITINEN,
EUR/SCE SHIRATIRI, AND NEA/ELA GREGONIS AND ALLEN;
TREASURY FOR SCHMERIN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL ECON EFIN KV JO
SUBJECT: JORDAN SUPPORTS KOSOVO'S MEMBERSHIP BIDS, SAYS
RECOGNITION ALL ABOUT TIMING
REF: A. STATE 41665
¶B. AMMAN 912
¶C. AMMAN 862
(SBU) Polchief delivered on April 29 reftel demarche to the
Foreign Minister's Office Director Nabil Masarweh, requesting
that Jordan immediately recognize Kosovo and reinforcing our
desire that Jordan support Kosovo's membership bids in the
IMF and World Bank. Echoing what Emboffs have heard recently
at the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation and
the Central Bank (refs b and c),Masarweh said that Jordan
supported the bids for membership. Masarweh also echoed what
other high-level Jordanian interlocutors had told Ambassador
during the King's April visit to Washington, indicating
Jordan would recognize Kosovo in the near future but adding
that "timing was everything." Post will continue to engage
Jordan on the matter and report developments.
Visit Amman's Classified Web Site at
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Beecroft