Cablegate: Mda Demarche to Egypt On Additional Geneva

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UNCLAS CAIRO 008603

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ EG ICRC
SUBJECT: MDA DEMARCHE TO EGYPT ON ADDITIONAL GENEVA
PROTOCOL

REF: STATE 206962

DCM delivered reftel demarche to the MFA's Assistant Minister
for American Affairs Aly Al Hefny on November 13. The
Assistant Minister listened to the message and promised to
convey the points to FM Aboul Gheit and other appropriate
offices. He asked if there has been an agreement between the
Palestinians and Israelis on the use of the MDA symbol in the
"occupied territories." He said he believed there would be
no progress on the issue of the MDA until this issue could be
resolved. The DCM and PolCouns pushed back that this was a
humanitarian issue, not political; that the discussion in
Geneva was separate from the discussion of the use of the
symbol in the territories. Al Hefny agreed to convey the
points to the Foreign Minister and noted the Ambassador had
raised the issue with the Minister recently.

RICCIARDONE

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