Cablegate: Bahrain: Demarche On Eu Participation at Unesco

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UNCLAS MANAMA 000576

SIPDIS

PARIS PASS TO US MISSION TO UNESCO

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL BA UNESCO
SUBJECT: BAHRAIN: DEMARCHE ON EU PARTICIPATION AT UNESCO
NEGOTIATIONS ON CULTURAL DIVERSITY

REF: STATE 67937

Pol/Econ chief delivered reftel demarche April 18 on EU
participation at UNESCO negotiations on cultural diversity to
MFA Director for International Organization Affairs Ghassan
Shaikho. Shaikho said he would consult with the Ministry of
Industry and Commerce on this issue and get back to us, but
confessed he could not understand why the EU would want to
introduce a trade issue into UNESCO negotiations.

MONROE

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