Identifier
Created
Classification
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09BAKU982
2009-12-22 13:58:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Baku
Cable title:
AZERBAIJAN: OSCE COUNTERTERRORISM WORKSHOP NOMINEES
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UNCLAS BAKU 000982
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EB/ESC, EU/CARC
DEPT FOR EUR/PRM ROSS TAGGART/RICHARD PROSN/ERIC STONE
S/CT SHARRI CLARK AND DON KURSCH
EPT FOR S/EEE AMB MORNINGSTAR AND DSTEIN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OSCE PREL PTER AJ
SUBJECT: AZERBAIJAN: OSCE COUNTERTERRORISM WORKSHOP NOMINEES
REF: SECSTATE 115646
UNCLAS BAKU 000982
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EB/ESC, EU/CARC
DEPT FOR EUR/PRM ROSS TAGGART/RICHARD PROSN/ERIC STONE
S/CT SHARRI CLARK AND DON KURSCH
EPT FOR S/EEE AMB MORNINGSTAR AND DSTEIN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OSCE PREL PTER AJ
SUBJECT: AZERBAIJAN: OSCE COUNTERTERRORISM WORKSHOP NOMINEES
REF: SECSTATE 115646
1. With respect to the reftel, Post nominates for
invitation to the February OSCE Counterterrorism Workshop in
Vienna:
--government invitation: Major General Ilham Mehdiyev,
Commander of the Coast Guard, Government of Azerbaijan.
Embassy Baku will follow up shortly via email with details
regarding a back-up invitation for the government.
--private sector invitation: Mr. Rashad Aliyev, Head of
Security, SOCAR, Azerbaijan's national oil company.
OSCE Political/Military Officer John MacGregor has been
contacted and concurs with nominees.
2. We strongly recommend that BP, the major oil operator in
Azerbaijan and the firm which actually operates the ACG and
Shah Deniz oil and gas fields, be invited to participate in
the workshop at their own expense.
3. US Embassy Baku contacts for the workshop are Shannon
Ross, Regional Energy Officer, rosssm2@state.gov. In her
absence until mid-January, please contact Economic Officer
Shannon Runyon, at runyonse@state.gov, or Naval Attache
Commander Matt Verich at verichma@state.gov.
LU
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EB/ESC, EU/CARC
DEPT FOR EUR/PRM ROSS TAGGART/RICHARD PROSN/ERIC STONE
S/CT SHARRI CLARK AND DON KURSCH
EPT FOR S/EEE AMB MORNINGSTAR AND DSTEIN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OSCE PREL PTER AJ
SUBJECT: AZERBAIJAN: OSCE COUNTERTERRORISM WORKSHOP NOMINEES
REF: SECSTATE 115646
1. With respect to the reftel, Post nominates for
invitation to the February OSCE Counterterrorism Workshop in
Vienna:
--government invitation: Major General Ilham Mehdiyev,
Commander of the Coast Guard, Government of Azerbaijan.
Embassy Baku will follow up shortly via email with details
regarding a back-up invitation for the government.
--private sector invitation: Mr. Rashad Aliyev, Head of
Security, SOCAR, Azerbaijan's national oil company.
OSCE Political/Military Officer John MacGregor has been
contacted and concurs with nominees.
2. We strongly recommend that BP, the major oil operator in
Azerbaijan and the firm which actually operates the ACG and
Shah Deniz oil and gas fields, be invited to participate in
the workshop at their own expense.
3. US Embassy Baku contacts for the workshop are Shannon
Ross, Regional Energy Officer, rosssm2@state.gov. In her
absence until mid-January, please contact Economic Officer
Shannon Runyon, at runyonse@state.gov, or Naval Attache
Commander Matt Verich at verichma@state.gov.
LU