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PP RUEHDE RUEHDIR
DE RUEHMK #0740 2131432
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 011432Z AUG 07
FM AMEMBASSY MANAMA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 7110
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY 0094
INFO RUEHZM/GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHDC PRIORITY

UNCLAS MANAMA 000740 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
IO/PPC FOR BATLLE, NEA/ARP FOR BJACKSON, NEA/RA FOR 
LANGEVIN/MACDONNELL, USUN FOR MCBRIDE, NSC FOR MCDONALD 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL ITRA OVIP KSEP UNGA BA OFFICIALS
SUBJECT: BAHRAIN: UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: INTERIM RESPONSE ON 
HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE 
 
REF: STATE 101170 
 
Sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly.  Not 
for Internet distribution. 
 
¶1. (SBU) Econoff relayed reftel request to MFA Director of 
Bilateral Relations Dr. Dhafer Al-Umran on 24 July.  Al-Umran 
confirmed that Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid Bin Ahmed Bin 
Mohammed Al Khalifa will attend.  He was unable to confirm 
other high-level attendance.  Post will report details 
regarding Bahraini senior-level UNGA General Debate 
attendance as soon as this information is available. 
 
¶2. (SBU) Currently available information keyed to reftel 
para. 8: 
 
¶A. Attendance of the Head of State 
 
-- Travel plans unknown at this time. 
 
¶B. Attendance of the Head of Government 
 
-- Travel plans unknown at this time. 
 
¶C. Attendance of the Foreign Minister 
 
-- H.E. Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed bin Mohammed Al-Khalifa, 
Minister of Foreign Affairs 
 
-- Arrival and departure information unknown at this time. 
 
-- Spouse travel unknown at this time. 
 
-- No interpretation necessary.  The FM speaks excellent 
English. 
 
¶D. Attendance of other host country VIPs. 
 
-- Travel plans unknown at this time. 
 
¶E. Attendance of the Foreign Ministry official responsible 
for IO affairs or official who is a regular interlocutor of 
regional assistant secretaries or Department principals. 
 
-- Travel plans unknown at this time. 
 
 
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