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UNCLAS AMMAN 005405 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
STATE FOR NEA/ARN, OES/ENV - C. RICHARD 
STATE ALSO FOR OES/PCI - C. TURNER AND E. SHAW 
PASS TO USTR 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: SENV ECON KTIA PREL JO
SUBJECT: FTA ENVIRONMENTAL FORUM STILL ON A FAST TRACK 
 
 
¶1.  This is an action cable.  See last paragraph. 
 
¶2. (SBU)  Ambassador on June 28 paid a farewell call on 
Minister of Tourism and Antiquities and Minister of 
Environment Alia Hattough-Bouran in which she raised the FTA 
Environmental Forum.  (NOTE: The U.S.-Jordan Free Trade 
Agreement included a side-letter "Joint Statement on 
Environmental Technical Cooperation" calling for the 
establishment of a Joint Forum on Environmental Technical 
Cooperation.  At the FTA Joint Committee, held June 8 in 
Washington, D.C., both Jordan and the U.S. had agreed to hold 
the first Environmental Forum in July.  END NOTE.) 
 
¶3.  (SBU)  Minister Bouran expressed her ministry's continued 
commitment to host the first Environmental Forum in Jordan 
this July.  She mentioned information that she had received 
indicating Washington might wish to delay the forum until the 
fall.  She asked the Ambassador to clarify the dates, as she 
was keeping her calendar in the second half of July open in 
order to hold the forum.  Ambassador reassured her of the 
Embassy's willingness to support the Forum in July and 
promised to check with Washington on the timing. 
 
¶4.  (SBU)  ACTION REQUESTED:  Embassy supports the decision 
taken in Washington during the JC to hold the Environmental 
Forum in July in Amman.  Embassy requests that Department 
consult with the concerned agencies to determine if July 
remains a feasible date and, if so, to confirm a proposed 
date for the Environmental Forum so we in turn can reconfirm 
dates with Minister Bouran. 
GNEHM