Cablegate: Luxembourg Fm to Attend Paris Donors Conference

Friday, 7 December 2007, 1:25 pm
Cable: Wikileaks
Ref: 07LUXEMBOURG482

VZCZCXRO6364
PP RUEHAG RUEHDF RUEHIK RUEHLZ RUEHROV
DE RUEHLE #0482 3411325
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 071325Z DEC 07
FM AMEMBASSY LUXEMBOURG
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 6156
INFO RUCNMEM/EU MEMBER STATES
RUEHTV/AMEMBASSY TEL AVIV 0857
RUEHJM/AMCONSUL JERUSALEM 0268
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0140

UNCLAS LUXEMBOURG 000482

SIPDIS

SENSITIVE
SIPDIS

DEPT FOR NEA/IPA BELGRADE, EEB/IFD/ODF DEMARCELLUS,
EUR/ERA, EUR/WE

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KWBG KPAL PREL PGOV IS LU AMGT
SUBJECT: LUXEMBOURG FM TO ATTEND PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE

REF: STATE 163955

(SBU) Pol/econ officer delivered points contained reftel to
Jean-Louis Thill, MFA Coordinator for Near and Middle-Eastern
Affairs on 7 December. Thill said that Luxembourg would be
sending a delegation to the 17 December donors conference and
that the delegation would be headed by FM Jean Asselborn.
Regarding pledges, Thill said that final amounts have not yet
been decided, but called our attention to the fact that
Luxembourg has been actively involved in the Palestinian
Territories and in 2007 donated 4.2M EUR in development and
cooperation assistance. Thill further noted that for each of
the past several years Luxembourg's contributions have
increased and said that he believed the figure for 2008 would
"not be less than that of this year." Thill could not
provide any insight to what, if any, portion of this amount
might be direct budgetary assistance to the Palestinian
Authority.
WAGNER

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