TURKEY UNDECIDED ON PARTICIPATION FOR BMENA FORUM

UNCLAS ANKARA 001530 SENSITIVE SIPDIS DEPARTMENT ALSO FOR EUR/SE E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ECON KDEM KPAO OPDC PREL KMPI TU SUBJECT: TURKEY UNDECIDED ON PARTICIPATION FOR BMENA FORUM REF: STATE 108570 ¶1. (SBU) On October 22 we spoke with Rami Sayliman at the Turkish MFA try of Foreign Affairs concerning Turkish participation in the G-8 Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) Forum for the Future on November 2-3 in Marrakech (REFTEL). Sayliman told us the MFA has not yet determined who to send to the forum, but that he would relay immediately to the Minister's office that Secretary Clinton will participate. He said it is unlikely that FM Davutoglu will attend himself since he is scheduled to be in Malaysia during that time period. In our view, Deputy Under Secretary Soysal, whose portfolio includes the Middle East, will probably participate in the forum given Turkey's keen interest in Middle Eastern and North African affairs. JEFFREY "Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at http://www.intelink.s gov.gov/wiki/Portal:Turkey"