Cablegate: Bahrain: Additional Suggestions for Tangible

Monday, 20 June 2005, 10:42 am
Cable: Wikileaks
Ref: 05MANAMA881

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

201042Z Jun 05

UNCLAS MANAMA 000881

SIPDIS

SENSITIVE

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV EAID ECON BA IZ
SUBJECT: BAHRAIN: ADDITIONAL SUGGESTIONS FOR TANGIBLE
SUPPORT TO IRAQ AT BRUSSELS CONFERENCE

REF: STATE 111894

Sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. Not
for Internet distribution.

(SBU) Pol/Econ chief June 19 passed reftel additional
suggestions for tangible support to Iraq at the June 21-22
Brussels conference to MFA Assistant Under Secretary for
Coordination and Follow Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al
Khalifa. Shaikh Abdul Aziz reviewed the list of projects
with interest, but stated that Bahrain was not in a position
to fund projects. He said that Bahrain would continue to
support Iraq politically and would look for opportunities to
provide in-kind assistance such as the training Bahrain
delivered to Iraqi financial sector experts in 2004.

MONROE

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