Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09RIYADH879
2009-07-05 09:18:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Riyadh
Cable title:
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OPPOSITION TO THE ITSO
VZCZCXRO6167 PP RUEHDE RUEHDH RUEHDIR DE RUEHRH #0879 1860918 ZNR UUUUU ZZH P 050918Z JUL 09 FM AMEMBASSY RIYADH TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 1097 INFO RUEHRO/AMEMBASSY ROME PRIORITY 0655 RUEHZM/GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL COLLECTIVE
UNCLAS RIYADH 000879
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARP JOSH HARRIS AND EEB/CIP/TS DOUGLAS MAY
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AORC ECON ECPS EFIN INTELSAT KTIA TSPA SA
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OPPOSITION TO THE ITSO
DIRECTOR GENERAL'S PUSH FOR AUTHORITY TO INITIATE
ARBITRATION AGAINST THE U.S. GOVERNMENT
REF: SECSTATE 68508
UNCLAS RIYADH 000879
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARP JOSH HARRIS AND EEB/CIP/TS DOUGLAS MAY
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AORC ECON ECPS EFIN INTELSAT KTIA TSPA SA
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OPPOSITION TO THE ITSO
DIRECTOR GENERAL'S PUSH FOR AUTHORITY TO INITIATE
ARBITRATION AGAINST THE U.S. GOVERNMENT
REF: SECSTATE 68508
1. (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on the July 8-9
International Telecommunications Satellite Organization
(ITSO) meeting to Ministry of Communications and Information
Technology Director General of International Affairs Fareed
Khashoggi. Khashoggi said his Ministry is not sending a
delegate to the July 8-9 Extraordinary Assembly of the ITSO
but will communicate its position through the Saudi Embassy
in Rome.
ERDMAN
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARP JOSH HARRIS AND EEB/CIP/TS DOUGLAS MAY
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AORC ECON ECPS EFIN INTELSAT KTIA TSPA SA
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OPPOSITION TO THE ITSO
DIRECTOR GENERAL'S PUSH FOR AUTHORITY TO INITIATE
ARBITRATION AGAINST THE U.S. GOVERNMENT
REF: SECSTATE 68508
1. (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on the July 8-9
International Telecommunications Satellite Organization
(ITSO) meeting to Ministry of Communications and Information
Technology Director General of International Affairs Fareed
Khashoggi. Khashoggi said his Ministry is not sending a
delegate to the July 8-9 Extraordinary Assembly of the ITSO
but will communicate its position through the Saudi Embassy
in Rome.
ERDMAN