Cablegate: Spanish Attendance at International Compact With

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P 140845Z MAR 07
FM AMEMBASSY MADRID
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 2076
INFO RUCNMEM/EU MEMBER STATES COLLECTIVE
RUCNRAQ/IRAQ COLLECTIVE
RUEHAD/AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI 0129
RUEHAK/AMEMBASSY ANKARA 0317
RUEHRL/AMEMBASSY BERLIN 0610
RUEHBS/AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS 5035
RUEHEG/AMEMBASSY CAIRO 0091
RUEHCP/AMEMBASSY COPENHAGEN 4847
RUEHDO/AMEMBASSY DOHA 0178
RUEHKU/AMEMBASSY KUWAIT 0122
RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 0866
RUEHOT/AMEMBASSY OTTAWA 2737
RUEHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS 1260
RUEHRH/AMEMBASSY RIYADH 0187
RUEHUL/AMEMBASSY SEOUL 0694
RUEHKO/AMEMBASSY TOKYO 0693
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHDC

UNCLAS MADRID 000475

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DEPARTMENT FOR EUR/WE AND NEA/I-ASSIST (KEVIN TAECKER);
TREASURY FOR VICKIE ALVO

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL SP
SUBJECT: SPANISH ATTENDANCE AT INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH
IRAQ (ICI) UN INTERIM MEETING

REF: SECSTATE 29448

1. (U) ESTHOFF passed reftel points March 9 to several
senior officials at Spain's Agency for International
Cooperation (AECI), encouraging senior level attendance at
the March 16 ICI meeting in New York. POLOFF passed same
request to MFA's Iraq office. Both ESTHOFF and POLOFF
encouraged their interlocutors to develop a robust assistance
package for Iraq.

2. (U) AECI informed ESTHOFF March 13 that AECI Director
General (A/S equivalent) for Africa, Asia, and East Europe
Ricardo Martinez would lead the Spanish delegation to the
March 16 meeting.

3. (SBU) COMMENT: Martinez is the key AECI official on
Iraq assistance issues. His attendance means that the
Spanish are taking the ICI process seriously and suggests
that Spain plans to channel significant amounts of assistance
via the ICI process.
Llorens

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