Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09SANAA831
2009-05-04 14:57:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Sanaa
Cable title:
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ENGAGING OIC STATES ON KOSOVO
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UNCLAS SANAA 000831
SIPDIS
EUR/SCE FOR SEIJI SHIRATORI AND PAUL PFEUFFER
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL KV YM
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ENGAGING OIC STATES ON KOSOVO
RECOGNITION
REF: STATE 41665
On May 4, the Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Deputy
Foreign Minister Muhi al-Deen al-Dhabi. After checking with
the Ministry of Finance, al-Dhabi reported that Yemen has
voted in the affirmative on Kosovo's entrance into the IMF.
EconOff delivered reftel demarche to Abdul-Ghani al-Maqtari,
the Director of the Office of International Organizations at
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Al-Maqtari accepted the
points about recognizing Kosovo, and agreed to convey them to
the appropriate ROYG officials. While he did not have
information on Yemen's support for Kosovo's membership in the
IMF or World Bank, he indicated that Yemen is not prepared to
recognize Kosovo at this time. (COMMENT: While Yemen is
prepared to recognized Kosovo in a multilateral context such
as the IMF and World Bank, it is not prepared to establish
bilateral ties with the country at this time, according to
al-Dhabi. END COMMENT.)
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