Cablegate: Lebanon: Demarche Delivered On Advancing The

Wednesday, 14 November 2007, 4:26 pm
Cable: Wikileaks
Ref: 07BEIRUT1778

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AMY OSTERMEIER

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL LE
SUBJECT: LEBANON: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ADVANCING THE
DEMOCRACY AGENDA AT THE 4TH COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES
MINISTERIAL

REF: SECSTATE 151024

(SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Oussama Khachab,
Head of the Americas Desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Khachab responded that the GOL is sending the Lebanese
Ambassador to Senegal, Michel Haddad, to attend the subject
meeting November 14-17 in Bamako. He explained that the
current political stalemate in Lebanon prevented the GOL from
sending anyone at the ministerial level.
FELTMAN

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