Identifier
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09BAGHDAD1789
2009-07-02 14:44:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Baghdad
Cable title:
RRT ERBIL: LETTER FROM PRESIDENT BARZANI TO THE SECRETARY
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SUBJECT: RRT ERBIL: LETTER FROM PRESIDENT BARZANI TO THE SECRETARY
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TAGS: PREL OPDC IZ
SUBJECT: RRT ERBIL: LETTER FROM PRESIDENT BARZANI TO THE SECRETARY
1. Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT Erbil) received the following
letter from the President of the Kurdistan Regional Government for
transmittal to Secretary Clinton on the occasion of Independence
Day. Hard copy will be pouched. Similar letters were sent to the
President and Vice President and to Secretary Gates and will be
transmitted to them.
Begin text:
Salahaddin
Kurdistan Region
Iraq
29 June 2009
The Honorable Hillary Clinton
Secretary of State
Department of State
Washington, DC
USA
Dear Secretary Clinton,
On behalf of the people of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and myself,
I would like to congratulate you on the 213th anniversary of the
American Independence. We Kurds like to think we share with
Americans the ideals enshrined in the Declaration of Independence:
"...that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their
creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life,
liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
Many Americans have given their lives so that we Kurds and Iraqis
might enjoy unalienable rights. Policies often change over time but
we Kurds are loyal to our friends and we will never forget the
American efforts in Iraqi Kurdistan.
We wish you and all Americans a very happy and safe Fourth of July
Holiday weekend.
Yours very sincerely,
Signed
Masoud Barzani
President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
End text.
Hill
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL OPDC IZ
SUBJECT: RRT ERBIL: LETTER FROM PRESIDENT BARZANI TO THE SECRETARY
1. Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT Erbil) received the following
letter from the President of the Kurdistan Regional Government for
transmittal to Secretary Clinton on the occasion of Independence
Day. Hard copy will be pouched. Similar letters were sent to the
President and Vice President and to Secretary Gates and will be
transmitted to them.
Begin text:
Salahaddin
Kurdistan Region
Iraq
29 June 2009
The Honorable Hillary Clinton
Secretary of State
Department of State
Washington, DC
USA
Dear Secretary Clinton,
On behalf of the people of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and myself,
I would like to congratulate you on the 213th anniversary of the
American Independence. We Kurds like to think we share with
Americans the ideals enshrined in the Declaration of Independence:
"...that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their
creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life,
liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
Many Americans have given their lives so that we Kurds and Iraqis
might enjoy unalienable rights. Policies often change over time but
we Kurds are loyal to our friends and we will never forget the
American efforts in Iraqi Kurdistan.
We wish you and all Americans a very happy and safe Fourth of July
Holiday weekend.
Yours very sincerely,
Signed
Masoud Barzani
President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
End text.
Hill