MESSAGE FROM SECRETARY CLINTON TO NORWEGIAN

UNCLAS STATE 098265 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: EAID ECON EFIN KWBG PGOV PREL IS OPDC SUBJECT: MESSAGE FROM SECRETARY CLINTON TO NORWEGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER JONAS STOERE ¶1. This is an action request. Post is requested to deliver the letter in paragraph 2 from Secretary Clinton to FM Stoere in response to his September 15 incoming letter. There will be no signed original to follow. ¶2. Begin text: Dear Mr. Minister: Thank you for your letter of September 15 inviting the United States to attend a meeting of the Ad-Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) in New York on September 22. The United States will be represented by an interagency team of experts at the working-level, including representatives from the Department of State, Department of the Treasury, and USAID, who are well-placed to engage in substantive discussions about the Palestinian economy. As you and Special Envoy Mitchell discussed on September 10, we believe that a ministerial-level meeting of the AHLC could be effective in the context of a resumption of negotiations to ensure proper donor coordination in support of Palestinian institutions and economic development. We will work closely with you following the UN General Assembly to determine the appropriate time and venue for such a meeting. Sincerely yours, Hillary Rodham Clinton End text. CLINTON