VZCZCXYZ0000
PP RUEHWEB
DE RUEHTU #0045 0201726
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 201726Z JAN 10
FM AMEMBASSY TUNIS
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 7174
INFO RUCNMGH/MAGHREB COLLECTIVE
UNCLAS TUNIS 000045
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID PREL TU HA
SUBJECT: TFHA01: TUNISIAN ASSISTANCE TO HAITI UNLIKELY
REF: A. STATE 4909
B. STATE 4854
C. TUNIS 25
Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly.
(SBU) Aside from an expression of sympathy and condolence
from President Ben Ali (ref C), there has been no reporting
in the Tunisian media of material assistance from the GOT to
the international relief efforts in Haiti. Mourad Belhassan,
Deputy Director of the Americas Desk at the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, told us on January 20 that he was unaware of
any GOT plans to offer assistance to Haiti, although he did
not rule out the possibility.
GRAY