Cablegate: Tfiz01: Uaeg Offers to Build Desal Plant For
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UNCLASSIFIED
SIPDIS
TELEGRAM April 22, 2003
To: No Action Addressee
Action: Unknown
From: AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI (ABU DHABI 1931 - UNKNOWN)
TAGS: EAID, PREL, PGOV, PHUM
Captions: None
Subject: TFIZ01: UAEG OFFERS TO BUILD DESAL PLANT FOR BASRA
Ref: None
_________________________________________________________________
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 01931
SIPDIS
CXABU:
ACTION: POL
INFO: RSO AMB DCM P/M ECON
DISSEMINATION: POL
CHARGE: PROG
APPROVED: DCM:RAALBRIGHT
DRAFTED: ECON:CCRUMPLER
CLEARED: ECON:TWILLIAMS
VZCZCADI752
OO RUEHC RUCNRAQ RUEKJCS RUMICEA RUEKJCS RUEHDI
RUEHKU
DE RUEHAD #1931 1121052
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 221052Z APR 03
FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 9545
INFO RUCNRAQ/IRAQ COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC PRIORITY
RUMICEA/USCINCCENT INTEL CEN MACDILL AFB FL PRIORITY
RUEKJCS/JOINT STAFF WASHDC PRIORITY
RUEHDI/AMCONSUL DUBAI PRIORITY 3061
RUEHKU/AMEMBASSY KUWAIT 0846
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 001931
SIPDIS
STATE FOR IRAQ TASK FORCE, ALSO NEA/ARP, NEA/RA,
PRM/ANE, AND IO/UNP
KUWAIT FOR HOC
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID PREL PGOV PHUM IZ TC
SUBJECT: TFIZ01: UAEG OFFERS TO BUILD DESAL PLANT FOR
BASRA
REF: ABU DHABI 1901 AND PREVIOUS
1. UAE President Shaykh Zayid Al-Nayhan ordered the
UAE Armed Forces on 4/21 to immediately provide
potable water to the Iraqi city of Basra. Press
reports confirm that the UAE Armed Forces are planning
to build a desalination plant on the Shatt Al-Arab
with a capacity of 250,000 gallons a day. The UAE Red
Crescent Authority already is providing 20,000 gallons
a day of potable water to the residents of Basra,
according to press reports.
2. Comment: The UAEG continues to look for ways to
assist the Iraqi people, with both immediate and
longer-term needs. The offer of a desalination plant
should help Iraq's second largest city ameliorate an
historic water deficit. We are checking with the Red
Crescent on the modalities of transporting and setting
up this facility. End comment.
Wahba