Cablegate: U.S.-Iraq Bilateral Declaration

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O 271125Z NOV 07
FM AMEMBASSY JAKARTA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 7188
INFO RUEHZS/ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS
RUEHGG/UN SECURITY COUNCIL COLLECTIVE
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DEPT FOR EAP, NEA, EAP/MTS, IO

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV MARR IZ ID
SUBJECT: U.S.-IRAQ BILATERAL DECLARATION

REF: SECSTATE 150164

We discussed reftel declaration and next steps with Trini
Gunarti, Deputy Director for North American Affairs at the
Department of Foreign Affairs, on November 27. Gunarti
welcomed the announcement and said she would forward it to
senior officials. She asked whether the declaration had any
legal or political implications for Indonesia. We said that
it did not, but that it charted a course toward normal
relations with Iraq which Indonesia and other countries could
follow.

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