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Reference ID	Created	Released	Classification	Origin
08STOCKHOLM321	2008-04-30 13:59	2011-08-30 01:44	CONFIDENTIAL	Embassy Stockholm

VZCZCXRO2098
OO RUEHBC RUEHDE RUEHIHL RUEHKUK
DE RUEHSM #0321/01 1211359
ZNY CCCCC ZZH
O 301359Z APR 08
FM AMEMBASSY STOCKHOLM
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 3393
INFO RUEHGB/AMEMBASSY BAGHDAD IMMEDIATE 0084
RUCNRAQ/IRAQ COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA PRIORITY 0584

C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 STOCKHOLM 000321 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
EUR FOR NB 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/30/2018 
TAGS: PREL PGOV ECON UN EU IZ SE
SUBJECT: UPDATE ON ICI PROGRESS IN STOCKHOLM 
 
REF: STOCKHOLM 310 
 
Classified By: DCM Robert Silverman for reasons 1.4 (B) & (D). 
 
¶1. (C) Summary: Belfrage said the main message to send out of 
the ICI is that Europe has turned the page on Iraq and is now 
looking forward. (He commented that while it might be 
difficult to get European FMs to say this publicly, their 
attendance would send the right signal.)  At the April 29 
GAERC luncheon, FM Bildt urged foreign minister ICI 
participation, and received general support, but no new 
commitments.  The Arab League Secretary General plans to 
attend the ICI.  He reiterated the request for the U.S. 
support to on both European and Gulf Arab FM attendance.  End 
summary. 
 
IRFFI 
----- 
¶2. (C) On April 30, the DCM discussed recent events 
surrounding the ICI with MFA State Secretary Frank Belfrage 
and MFA Director for the Middle East Peter Tejler.  The DCM 
delivered a solid message to Belfrage that the U.S. agrees 
with Iraq DPM Barham Salih that the IRFFI should not be held 
around the ICI.  Belfrage understood the message.  Tejler 
added that there should be a development perspective at the 
ICI, and suggested discussion of the UNDP Report on Iraq as a 
good alternative to IRFFI. 
 
ICI Message and Agenda 
---------------------- 
 
¶3. (C) Belfrage said Amb. Trouve met with PM Maliki and DPM 
Barham Salih over the weekend in Iraq.  Maliki seemed to 
understand the importance of showing progress prior to the 
ICI, and told Trouve that election legislation will be ready, 
and the hydrocarbon legislation, while not complete, will 
show real progress and a sense of direction.  The Swedes want 
the ICI to send a strong message of Iraqi progress, including: 
 
-- Iraq is on its way to mending internal fences. 
-- The role of the central government is strengthening. 
-- The international community supports the steps Iraq is 
taking. 
-- Europe has turned the page on Iraq and is now looking 
forward.  (Belfrage commented that it will be hard to get 
European FMS to say this, but their attendance would send the 
right signal.) 
 
¶4. (C) The Swedes told us that according to a distributed 
rough draft of the UN ICI Agenda, the current timeline is as 
follows: 
 
-- 10.00: Opening remarks by UN Secretary General, followed 
by Welcome Note by PM Reinfeldt, then an address by PM Maliki 
or Barham Salih. 
-- Lunch. 
-- Speeches by delegations represented at the ministerial 
level. 
-- 17.30: End of conference, press event immediately follows. 
-- 19.00: Reception hosted by PM Reinfeldt, with possible 
guest appearance by King Carl XVI Gustav. 
 
EU/GAERC 
-------- 
 
¶5. (C) The Swedes continue to push EU members to send FMs to 
the ICI.  Belfrage said a large number of FMs will send a 
potential message to the EU Commission and facilitate a 
positive response.  FM Carl Bildt urged high-level ICI 
attendance at the GAERC FM luncheon.  The European FMs liked 
the idea, but have not yet committed, according to Belfrage. 
The May 26 GAERC will discuss the ICI in greater detail; 
meanwhile, EU working groups will have begun to hammer out 
the policy details regarding the ICI.  Having major EU member 
FMs in attendance is the best way to get an EC deliverable, 
Belfrage concluded. 
 
Attendance Update 
------------------ 
 
¶6. (C) Belfrage said that it is hard to predict the 
attendance at this point, but after the Neighbor Conference 
in Kuwait, there is a greater sense of need to show a good 
neighbor presence.  Belfrage noted that Arab League Secretary 
General, Amre Mousa, will attend and will urge other Arab 
nations to send FMs. 
 
Comment 
------- 
 
STOCKHOLM 00000321  002 OF 002 
 
 
 
¶7. (SBU) The Swedes would like to target the FMs of two 
neighbor countries for advocacy: Turkey's Ali Babacan and 
Saudi Arabia's Saud Al Faisal. 
WOOD

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