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Viewing cable 09BAGHDAD2778, LETTER FROM VICE PRESIDENT TARIQ AL-HASHIMI TO

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
09BAGHDAD2778 2009-10-15 10:20 2011-08-24 16:30 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Baghdad 
VZCZCXYZ0002
RR RUEHWEB

DE RUEHGB #2778 2881020
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 151020Z OCT 09
FM AMEMBASSY BAGHDAD
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 5097
RHEHAAA/WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON DC
 
UNCLAS BAGHDAD 002778 
 
SIPDIS 
 
PLEASE PASS TO NSC 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL OPDC IZ
SUBJECT: LETTER FROM VICE PRESIDENT TARIQ AL-HASHIMI TO 
PRESIDENT OBAMA 
 
ΒΆ1.  On October 9, 2009 Embassy Baghdad received the following 
letter from Vice President Hashimi to President Obama.  The 
original letter will be transmitted to NEA/I/POL via pouch 
mail. 
 
Begin text of message: 
 
Republic of Iraq 
The Vice President 
Tariq Al-Hashimi 
 
The Honorable Barack Obama, 
President of the United States of America 
Washington, D.C. 
 
Allow me Mr. President to congratulate you on receiving the 
Nobel Prize.  Diplomacy is indeed the choice to approach 
international issues and challenges.  Diplomacy, cooperation, 
and a world that is not threatened of destruction by nuclear 
weapons is a better world.  Such an approach will give a 
great space for peoples of the world to come closer, and 
shall provide for sustainable solutions to issues with 
minimal losses and pains. 
 
I am confident that such an approach to international issues 
will positively impact bilateral relations between our 
countries. 
 
Sincerely, 
(signed) 
 
Tariq Al-Hashimi, 
Vice President 
The Republic of Iraq 
09 October 2009 
 
End text of message 
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