VZCZCXRO2015
OO RUEHBC RUEHDA RUEHDE RUEHIHL RUEHKUK
DE RUEHRO #0820 1101229
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 201229Z APR 07 ZDK
FM AMEMBASSY ROME
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 7791
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHDC IMMEDIATE
INFO RUCNRAQ/IRAQ COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEHGB/AMEMBASSY BAGHDAD PRIORITY 0287
RUEHFL/AMCONSUL FLORENCE PRIORITY 2329
RUEHMIL/AMCONSUL MILAN PRIORITY 8573
RUEHNP/AMCONSUL NAPLES PRIORITY 2487

UNCLAS ROME 000820 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
TREASURY FOR D/S KIMMITT 
STATE FOR NEA/I KEVIN TAECKER 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAID EFIN PGOV PREL UN EU IZ IT
SUBJECT: ICI: ITALIAN PARTICIPATION NOT YET SET FOR FORMAL 
SIGNING OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ 
 
REF: A. STATE 50497 
     ¶B. STATE 46243 
 
¶1.  (SBU)  EcMin met April 20 with MFA Iraq Task Force 
Director Gian Ludovico De Martino to discuss reftel points. 
De Martino reported that the MFA had not yet decided who 
would attend the ICI signing ceremony on May 3.  De Martino's 
aide, Giovanni Scopa, noted that if FM D'Alema could not 
attend, Deputy FM Ugo Intini might, as he had recently 
traveled to Iraq.  Separately, Scopa reported that six 
Italian PRT reconstruction advisors and experts had arrived 
this week in Dhi Qar, Iraq to begin work. 
 
¶2.  (SBU)  EcMin also met April 20 with Giulio Terzi, MFA 
Director General for Multilateral Political Affairs and Human 
Rights.  Terzi was doubtful that FM D'Alema would attend the 
meeting and did not how much additional financial or 
technical assistance the GOI would be able to offer Iraq. 
Terzi reassured us that the GOI still had a "strong 
commitment" to the Iraq Compact and would ensure the USG 
appeal for more assistance received a wide audience within 
the GOI. 
Spogli