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Cablegate: Turkey and Iraq Will Meet to Discuss Trucker

This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

UNCLAS ANKARA 003329

SIPDIS

SENSITIVE

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECIN IZ MARR PREL TU
SUBJECT: TURKEY AND IRAQ WILL MEET TO DISCUSS TRUCKER
SECURITY, BORDER ISSUES AND CONSULATES

Sensitive But Unclassified.

1. (U) The press reported June 10 that bilateral working
group meetings on transportation security and consular
affairs agreed to during the Ankara visit of PM Jafari will
be held at a technical level on June 13 (transportation) and
June 16 (consular). MFA Chief of Section for Iraq Economic
Relations Sedef Yavuzalp confirmed that the two sides had
agreed to the meetings. However, the transportation security
meeting would not take place on June 16 because preparations
had not yet been made. MFA Iraq Desk Officer Hasan Sekizkok,
however, confirmed to PolMilOff that Iraq and Turkey will
hold bilateral talks on consular matters in Ankara on June
16. MFA DG for Consular Affairs Amb. Murat Ersavci will
lead the Turkish delegation; the Iraqi HOD will be the MFA
Undersecretary responsible for administrative and consular
affairs. Sekizkok said he expected visa matters to dominate
the discussion.

2. (SBU) Yavuzalp explained that Turkey's agreement to hold
a second bilateral transportation security meeting with the
Iraqis did not mean that Turkey did not want to hold another
trilateral (U.S.-Turkey-Iraq) trucker security meeting.
(Note: The first bilateral meeting was held in December 2004
following the November trilateral.) She said the bilateral
with the Iraqis would be a working group meeting. Econoff
offered that the U.S. was pleased that Turkey and Iraq were
working bilaterally to address transportation and border
issues. Yavuzalp said the
Turks and Iraqis would discuss the U.S. role at the working
group meeting on transportation.
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