Cablegate: Encouraging Iraqi-Uae Contacts On Sovereign Debt

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Cable
Text:

UNCLASSIFIED

SIPDIS
TELEGRAM June 07, 2004

To: No Action Addressee

Action: Unknown

From: AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI (ABU DHABI 1857 - PRIORITY)

TAGS: EFIN, ECON

Captions: None

Subject: ENCOURAGING IRAQI-UAE CONTACTS ON SOVEREIGN DEBT ISSUES

Ref: None
_________________________________________________________________
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 01857

SIPDIS
CXABU:
ACTION: ECON
INFO: AMB DCM POL P/M
Laser1:
INFO: FCS

DISSEMINATION: ECON
CHARGE: PROG

APPROVED: A/DCM:HOLSIN-WINDECK
DRAFTED: ECON:OJOHN
CLEARED: NONE

VZCZCADI881
PP RUEHC RUEATRS RUEHDO RUEHGB RUEHKU RUEHRH
RUEHFR RHEHNSC
DE RUEHAD #1857 1590539
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 070539Z JUN 04
FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 4638
INFO RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY
RUEHDO/AMEMBASSY DOHA PRIORITY 1055
RUEHGB/CPA BAGHDAD PRIORITY 0004
RUEHKU/AMEMBASSY KUWAIT 0928
RUEHRH/AMEMBASSY RIYADH 1362
RUEHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS 0843
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHDC

UNCLAS ABU DHABI 001857

SIPDIS

SENSITIVE

DEPARTMENT FOR NEA/ARP AND EB/IFD/OMA

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EFIN ECON IZ TC
SUBJECT: ENCOURAGING IRAQI-UAE CONTACTS ON SOVEREIGN DEBT
ISSUES

REF: STATE 123113

1. (SBU) Econchief delivered reftel demarche encouraging
UAE - Iraqi contacts on sovereign debt issues to the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Finance and
the Central Bank. He discussed it with Ministry of Finance
Assistant Undersecretary for Revenue and Budget Khalid Al-
Bustani and Central Bank Executive Director for Banking
Supervision Saeed Al-Hamiz on June 6, 2004 and stressed the
USG's support for the Iraqi request for meetings. Both
officials said that they had not received any communication
from the Iraqi government requesting bilateral meetings.

2. (SBU) Al-Bustani told Econchief that the IIG should
contact the UAEG directly to schedule a meeting. He
suggested that the best approach would be for the Iraqis to
communicate with the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs in
writing. The MFA could then ensure that the message was
distributed to all appropriate parties in the UAEG and
appropriately coordinated.
Wahba

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