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10OTTAWA39
2010-01-26 18:11:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Ottawa
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Canada To Urge Yemen Conference to Consider "Fragile State"
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SUBJECT: Canada To Urge Yemen Conference to Consider "Fragile State"
Best Practices
REF: 10 STATE 6928
CLASSIFIED BY: Scott Bellard, POLMINCOUNS, Ottawa, POL; REASON: 1.4B,
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SUBJECT: Canada To Urge Yemen Conference to Consider "Fragile State"
Best Practices
REF: 10 STATE 6928
CLASSIFIED BY: Scott Bellard, POLMINCOUNS, Ottawa, POL; REASON: 1.4B,
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1. (C/NF) Canada will approach the London Conference on Yemen
(reftel) with a "modest" agenda to "find out what is needed" and to
"see how Canada might be able to help," according to Department of
Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Gulf and Maghreb
Relations Director Jeffrey McLaren. Foreign Minister Lawrence
Cannon will lead Canada's delegation. Assistant Deputy Minister
and Political Director Yves Brodeur will accompany Foreign Minister
Cannon, McLaren added.
2. (C/NF) At the request of the UK, Canada will use its speaking
slot to stress the need for international donor coordination,
McLaren confirmed. He acknowledged that Canada will approach its
suggestions with a sense of "humility," given Canada's lack of
diplomatic presence in Yemen. He nonetheless underscored that the
international community has several recent examples of
"well-planned" blueprints for engaging with "fragile" states, which
the international community should consider. He especially drew
attention to Canada's engagement in Afghanistan and opined that the
international community may be able to draw valuable lessons
learned from Afghanistan and Iraq.
3. (C/NF) McLaren expressed pessimism that DFAIT will be able to
influence the Canadian International Development Agency to include
Yemen as a priority aid recipient, as Foreign Minister Cannon had
raised during the January 18 visit to Ottawa by Yemeni Foreign
Minister Abubaker Alqirbi. McLaren observed, however, that a
successful conference would strengthen DFAIT's inter-agency
negotiations toward achieving this "aspirational" goal. In the
absence of a priority aid recipient designation, DFAIT will have
only much more modest funding opportunities ("low six figures")
through its own Global Peace and Security Program and
Counterterrorism Capacity Building Assistance Program. Between
2004 and 2006, Canada contributed C$450,000 to remove land mines in
Yemen, according to official government data.
JACOBSON
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SIPDIS
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AMEMBASSY OTTAWA PASS TO AMCONSUL QUEBEC
E.O. 12958: DECL: 2020/01/26
TAGS: PREL EAID PTER YM CA
SUBJECT: Canada To Urge Yemen Conference to Consider "Fragile State"
Best Practices
REF: 10 STATE 6928
CLASSIFIED BY: Scott Bellard, POLMINCOUNS, Ottawa, POL; REASON: 1.4B,
D
1. (C/NF) Canada will approach the London Conference on Yemen
(reftel) with a "modest" agenda to "find out what is needed" and to
"see how Canada might be able to help," according to Department of
Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Gulf and Maghreb
Relations Director Jeffrey McLaren. Foreign Minister Lawrence
Cannon will lead Canada's delegation. Assistant Deputy Minister
and Political Director Yves Brodeur will accompany Foreign Minister
Cannon, McLaren added.
2. (C/NF) At the request of the UK, Canada will use its speaking
slot to stress the need for international donor coordination,
McLaren confirmed. He acknowledged that Canada will approach its
suggestions with a sense of "humility," given Canada's lack of
diplomatic presence in Yemen. He nonetheless underscored that the
international community has several recent examples of
"well-planned" blueprints for engaging with "fragile" states, which
the international community should consider. He especially drew
attention to Canada's engagement in Afghanistan and opined that the
international community may be able to draw valuable lessons
learned from Afghanistan and Iraq.
3. (C/NF) McLaren expressed pessimism that DFAIT will be able to
influence the Canadian International Development Agency to include
Yemen as a priority aid recipient, as Foreign Minister Cannon had
raised during the January 18 visit to Ottawa by Yemeni Foreign
Minister Abubaker Alqirbi. McLaren observed, however, that a
successful conference would strengthen DFAIT's inter-agency
negotiations toward achieving this "aspirational" goal. In the
absence of a priority aid recipient designation, DFAIT will have
only much more modest funding opportunities ("low six figures")
through its own Global Peace and Security Program and
Counterterrorism Capacity Building Assistance Program. Between
2004 and 2006, Canada contributed C$450,000 to remove land mines in
Yemen, according to official government data.
JACOBSON