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Cable reference id: #06REYKJAVIK50
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Reference id aka Wikileaks id #52809  ? 
SubjectIceland In No Rush To Assist New Palestinian Authority
OriginEmbassy Reykjavik (Iceland)
Cable timeMon, 13 Feb 2006 16:58 UTC
ClassificationUNCLASSIFIED
Sourcehttp://wikileaks.org/cable/2006/02/06REYKJAVIK50.html
Referenced by06REYKJAVIK88
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VZCZCXYZ0006 RR RUEHWEB DE RUEHRK #0050 0441658 ZNR UUUUU ZZH R 131658Z FEB 06 FM AMEMBASSY REYKJAVIK TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 2575 INFO RUEHCP/AMEMBASSY COPENHAGEN 0287 RUEHNY/AMEMBASSY OSLO 0209 RUEHHE/AMEMBASSY HELSINKI 0113
Hide header UNCLAS REYKJAVIK 000050 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL [External Political Relations], KPAL [Palestinian Affairs], EAID [Foreign Economic Assistance], IS [Israel], IC [Iceland] SUBJECT: ICELAND IN NO RUSH TO ASSIST NEW PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY REF: STATE 21256 ¶1. Post discussed reftel points with Icelandic MFA Head of International Institutions Division Nikulas Hannigan February 10. Hannigan took note of U.S concerns about a new Palestinian Authority government that has not committed to non-violence, and he affirmed that Iceland generally supports the Quartet statements regarding Hamas. He stated that while Iceland contributes to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (note: to the tune of U.S. $45,000 in 2004, according to latest available UNRWA figures), it provides no bilateral aid to the Palestinians and has none planned. He added that, as far as he knew, the Government of Iceland had no bilateral contacts with Palestinian representatives or delegations. ¶2. Referring to Middle Eastern protests in response to the Danish Mohammed cartoons, Hannigan remarked that, given the current "Nordic profile" in that region, he did not anticipate that Reykjavik would soon initiate aid to the Palestinian Authority. (Note: An Icelandic newspaper reported last week that the honorary Icelandic consul in Amman had taken down the Icelandic flag outside her office for fear it could be mistaken for its Danish or Norwegian cousins. Another newspaper carried a column from an Icelandic journalist in Iran who reported that anti-cartoon demonstrators had told her that, had she been Danish, they would have killed her.) Icelanders have reacted with bemusement and distaste to radical Islam's violent hijacking of what they believe should have been a debate about good taste and freedom of expression. VAN VOORST

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