Cablegate: Demarche Delivered On Canceling Saudi Proposed

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SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CANCELING SAUDI PROPOSED
UNSC MEETING ON ISRAELI SETTLEMENT ACTIVITY

REF: STATE 102414

1. (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel demarche to the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs. In addition, the Ambassador spoke by
telephone to MFA Chief-of-Staff Mahmoud Khemiri to request
GOT support in canceling or delaying the Saudi proposed
Ministerial-level UNSC meeting on Israeli settlement
activity. Khemiri promised to relay the message to Minister
of Foreign Affairs Abdelwaheb Abdallah who is in New York.
He did not comment on the substance of the message.

2. (SBU) Recommendation: Post recommends that the
Department contact the Tunisian Embassy in Washington or the
Tunisian Mission in New York to double track this message and
ensure it gets through to Abdallah.
GODEC

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