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Reference ID	Created	Released	Classification	Origin
06CAIRO5708	2006-09-12 13:52	2011-08-30 01:44	CONFIDENTIAL	Embassy Cairo

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C O N F I D E N T I A L CAIRO 005708 
 
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E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/11/2016 
TAGS: PREL PGOV MEPN KPAL PTER EG UK
SUBJECT: READOUT OF BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY BECKETT'S 
EGYPT VISIT 
 
 
Classified by: Minister Counselor for Economic and Political 
Affairs William R. Stewart for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 
 
¶1.  (C) UK Embassy Poloff Martin Hetherington provided emboff 
with a brief readout of UK Foreign Secretary Margaret 
Beckett's September 7 visit to Egypt, where she met 
separately with President Mubarak, EGIS Chief Soliman, 
Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit, and Arab League Secretary 
General Amre Moussa.  The primary issues discussed during her 
75-minute meeting with Mubarak were the Arab-Israeli peace 
process, Lebanon, Sudan, and Iran.  Hetherington said Mubarak 
reaffirmed Egypt's commitment to stopping Iran's acquisition 
of nuclear weapons, yet was critical of U.S. policy for 
allowing Iran the opportunity to expand its regional 
influence, and counseled strongly against the military 
option.  Mubarak also reportedly lamented the USG refusal to 
engage Syrian President Bashar Asad -- a policy he said which 
pushed the Syrians into Iran's arms. 
 
¶2.  (C) On the Arab-Israeli conflict, Hetherington said EGIS 
Chief Soliman briefed Beckett on his ongoing negotiations for 
the release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit and Palestinian 
prisoners held by Israel.  Soliman reportedly described 
ongoing GOE mediation efforts, and blamed Hamas' Syrian-based 
leadership for hindering his efforts.  Beckett previewed PM 
Blair's regional tour, which Hetherington described as 
primarily a "listening tour," with the announcements by 
Olmert and Abbas to meet without pre-conditions as its core 
achievement.  Hetherington confided that Beckett shared with 
the Egyptians and Arab League Secretary General Moussa UK 
political support for efforts to convene a meeting at the UN 
Security Council to address the Arab-Israeli conflict. 
 
¶3.  (C) Hetherington said the Egyptians chose not to discuss 
Iraq, despite Beckett's previous stop in Baghdad en route to 
Cairo.  Nevertheless, Beckett learned that President Mubarak 
had just invited Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki for an official 
visit to Cairo.  Similarly, AL SecGen Moussa avoided 
discussion of Iraq, which suggested to the UK side that 
League efforts on Iraqi reconciliation had slipped.  (Note: 
Iraqi FM Hoshyar Zebari met privately with Egyptian 
Intelligence Chief Soliman during his September 5-7 visit to 
Cairo for an Arab League ministerial, and told an Egyptian 
newspaper that Iraq would post an Ambassador to Egypt by 
year's end.  End note.) 
 
¶4.  (C) Beckett also requested GOE leaders to press Sudanese 
President Bashir to allow UN peace-keepers in Darfur, in 
accordance with UNSCR 1706.  The Egyptians, Hetherington 
reported, downplayed UK concerns over lack of AU control in 
Darfur and the increasingly desperate humanitarian situation 
there.  Beckett, he added, did not come away from her 
meetings convinced that the Egyptians were committed to full 
and prompt implementation of 1706.  Echoing Arab League and 
GOE public statements on the subject, the Egyptians expressed 
concerns over the timing of UNSCR 1706, and the need for 
Khartoum's acceptance of a UN force in Darfur. 
JONES

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