Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09RABAT384
2009-05-05 17:15:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Rabat
Cable title:
MOROCCO NOT YET READY TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO
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C O N F I D E N T I A L RABAT 000384
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/MAG, EUR/SCE, EEB/OMA, EEB/ODF
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/04/2019
TAGS: PREL ECON EFIN KV MO
SUBJECT: MOROCCO NOT YET READY TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO
REF: A. STATE 41665
B. STATE 43679
C. RABAT 321
Classified By: PolCouns Craig Karp for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L RABAT 000384
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/MAG, EUR/SCE, EEB/OMA, EEB/ODF
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/04/2019
TAGS: PREL ECON EFIN KV MO
SUBJECT: MOROCCO NOT YET READY TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO
REF: A. STATE 41665
B. STATE 43679
C. RABAT 321
Classified By: PolCouns Craig Karp for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) "For the moment, Morocco does not intend to recognize
Kosovo," newly-appointed Director of Bilateral Affairs
responsible for Europe, Abdellah Zagour, told PolCouns and
Poloff on May 5 (his earliest available meeting). He
described the GOM's position as moderate, explaining that
Morocco is waiting for a majority of the fifty-seven
Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) member states to
recognize Kosovo before it would seriously review such a
step. "We are not against an independent Kosovo," he stated,
continuing that Morocco must consider Kosovo recognition
through the lens of its concerns in the Western Sahara.
2. (SBU) On the specific question of voting on Kosovo's IMF
and World Bank membership, Moroccan officials in the Central
Bank (Bank al-Maghrib) tell us that Morocco has not reached a
final decision of how to vote on the issue, and appears
unlikely to do so before voting closes on May 5. Discussion
about the issue continues among Finance, Foreign Affairs, and
the Bank. We reiterated our hope that Morocco would at least
participate in the process so that it achieves a quorum. If
a decision is made by that deadline, Bank officials said they
would communicate it to us.
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Visit Embassy Rabat's Classified Website;
http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Portal:Moro cco
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Jackson
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/MAG, EUR/SCE, EEB/OMA, EEB/ODF
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/04/2019
TAGS: PREL ECON EFIN KV MO
SUBJECT: MOROCCO NOT YET READY TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO
REF: A. STATE 41665
B. STATE 43679
C. RABAT 321
Classified By: PolCouns Craig Karp for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) "For the moment, Morocco does not intend to recognize
Kosovo," newly-appointed Director of Bilateral Affairs
responsible for Europe, Abdellah Zagour, told PolCouns and
Poloff on May 5 (his earliest available meeting). He
described the GOM's position as moderate, explaining that
Morocco is waiting for a majority of the fifty-seven
Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) member states to
recognize Kosovo before it would seriously review such a
step. "We are not against an independent Kosovo," he stated,
continuing that Morocco must consider Kosovo recognition
through the lens of its concerns in the Western Sahara.
2. (SBU) On the specific question of voting on Kosovo's IMF
and World Bank membership, Moroccan officials in the Central
Bank (Bank al-Maghrib) tell us that Morocco has not reached a
final decision of how to vote on the issue, and appears
unlikely to do so before voting closes on May 5. Discussion
about the issue continues among Finance, Foreign Affairs, and
the Bank. We reiterated our hope that Morocco would at least
participate in the process so that it achieves a quorum. If
a decision is made by that deadline, Bank officials said they
would communicate it to us.
*****************************************
Visit Embassy Rabat's Classified Website;
http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Portal:Moro cco
*****************************************
Jackson