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Viewing cable 08OTTAWA638, CANADA AND PARIS SUPPORT CONFERENCE FOR AGHANISTAN

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08OTTAWA638 2008-05-08 17:37 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Ottawa 
VZCZCXYZ0004
PP RUEHWEB

DE RUEHOT #0638 1291737
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 081737Z MAY 08
FM AMEMBASSY OTTAWA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 7825
INFO RUEHBUL/AMEMBASSY KABUL 0182
RUEHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS 0998
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0413
 
UNCLAS OTTAWA 000638 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR SCA/A (FRESE) 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: AF CA EAID ECON EFIN KDEM PGOV PREL
SUBJECT: CANADA AND PARIS SUPPORT CONFERENCE FOR AGHANISTAN 
 
REF: A. STATE 44359 
     ΒΆB. OTTAWA 32155 
 
Sensitive but unclassified 
 
(sbu) Canada is still considering the "focus and the scale" 
of its pledge at the Paris Support Conference for Afghanistan 
in June, according to Richard Arbeiter, the Department of 
Foreign Affairs and International Trade's Acting Director for 
Policy and Advocacy on the Afghanistan Task Force.  In 
responding to Ref A points on May 7, he also reaffirmed that 
Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier will likely lead the Canadian 
delegation in Paris.  Arbeiter added that Canada had been 
receiving "conflicting messages" from France about whether 
the June meeting would be a "political" or "pledging" 
conference.  He said the first time that France had asked if 
Canada would be pledging funds was during a May 7 morning 
conference call that included Canadian, French, and USG 
officials.  Arbeiter also asked about rumors that President 
Bush might attend the Paris Conference and inquired into the 
scale of the expected U.S. pledge.  (Comment:  Septel 
reports, inter alia, that Canadian Internaitonal Development 
Agency (CIDA) Afghanistan Task Force Director Kevin Rex told 
DAS for Afghanistan Patrick Moon that Canada would highlight 
its previous $100 million pledging commitment for 2009 at the 
Paris Conference.  Rex also implied that Canada's actual 
contribution in 2009 would exceed $100 million, which would 
track with Canada's previous decisions to "plus up" its $100 
million commitments in each of the past two years ($270 
million in 2007 and $349 million in 2008.  End Comment) 
 
Visit Canada,s Economy and Environment Forum at 
http://www.intelink.gov/communities/state/can ada 
 
RODDY