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09MUSCAT991
2009-11-02 10:06:00
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Embassy Muscat
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GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL CHAIR HANDOVER - OPPORTUNITY TO
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UNCLAS MUSCAT 000991
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SUBJECT: GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL CHAIR HANDOVER - OPPORTUNITY TO
PASS MESSAGES TO GCC LEADERSHIP
UNCLAS MUSCAT 000991
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DEPARTMENT PLEASE PASS TO USTR
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SUBJECT: GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL CHAIR HANDOVER - OPPORTUNITY TO
PASS MESSAGES TO GCC LEADERSHIP
1. (SBU) Oman holds the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) chair for
the year 2009. Following GCC practice, the year ends with a flurry
of ministerial meetings ramping up to the leaders' meeting. The
Chairmen of GCC Audit Institutions (ministerial level) met in
Muscat on October 24, the GCC Ministers of Culture met on October
26 in Muscat, and the GCC Ministers of Interior met in Muscat on
October 27. Also on October 27, the GCC Navy Chiefs (plus Red Sea
bordering states) met in Jeddah, but not in the GCC context. The
GCC Undersecretaries of Health met in Muscat on November 1
(discussing H1N1 planning) and the GCC Ministers and
Undersecretaries of Defense (GCC Joint Defense Council) also met in
Muscat on November 1.
2. (SBU) The final ministerial, penultimate to the leaders'
meeting, will be the GCC Foreign Ministers' meeting in Kuwait, the
next GCC chair, on November 17. This year the GCC Secretary
General, Abd al Rahman bin Hamad al 'Attiya will also hold a
separate, special meeting in Doha on November 3 to discuss "Qatar
Vision" on bolstering cooperation and integration among GCC states.
The GCC Summit is expected in mid-December. Embassy Muscat advises
these dates for timing purposes if the Department and other
Washington agencies wish to pass messages to GCC states.
Schmierer
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT PLEASE PASS TO USTR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL ETRD MARR GCC MU
SUBJECT: GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL CHAIR HANDOVER - OPPORTUNITY TO
PASS MESSAGES TO GCC LEADERSHIP
1. (SBU) Oman holds the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) chair for
the year 2009. Following GCC practice, the year ends with a flurry
of ministerial meetings ramping up to the leaders' meeting. The
Chairmen of GCC Audit Institutions (ministerial level) met in
Muscat on October 24, the GCC Ministers of Culture met on October
26 in Muscat, and the GCC Ministers of Interior met in Muscat on
October 27. Also on October 27, the GCC Navy Chiefs (plus Red Sea
bordering states) met in Jeddah, but not in the GCC context. The
GCC Undersecretaries of Health met in Muscat on November 1
(discussing H1N1 planning) and the GCC Ministers and
Undersecretaries of Defense (GCC Joint Defense Council) also met in
Muscat on November 1.
2. (SBU) The final ministerial, penultimate to the leaders'
meeting, will be the GCC Foreign Ministers' meeting in Kuwait, the
next GCC chair, on November 17. This year the GCC Secretary
General, Abd al Rahman bin Hamad al 'Attiya will also hold a
separate, special meeting in Doha on November 3 to discuss "Qatar
Vision" on bolstering cooperation and integration among GCC states.
The GCC Summit is expected in mid-December. Embassy Muscat advises
these dates for timing purposes if the Department and other
Washington agencies wish to pass messages to GCC states.
Schmierer