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Viewing cable 09GENEVA950, CONVERSATION WITH PA ON BID FOR WTO OBSERVER STATUS

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
09GENEVA950 2009-11-03 12:58 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Mission Geneva
VZCZCXRO7136
RR RUEHIK
DE RUEHGV #0950 3071258
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 031258Z NOV 09
FM USMISSION GENEVA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 9904
INFO RUEHTV/AMEMBASSY TEL AVIV 4648
RUEHJM/AMCONSUL JERUSALEM 0906
RUEHBS/USEU BRUSSELS
RUEHKO/AMEMBASSY TOKYO 6917
RUEHOT/AMEMBASSY OTTAWA 0001
RUEHBY/AMEMBASSY CANBERRA 6550
RUEHSW/AMEMBASSY BERN 8540
RUEHNY/AMEMBASSY OSLO 2055
RUEHKV/AMEMBASSY KYIV 1375
RUEHRH/AMEMBASSY RIYADH 0732
RUEHEG/AMEMBASSY CAIRO 2020
RUEHAM/AMEMBASSY AMMAN 1079
RUEHAK/AMEMBASSY ANKARA 1827
RUCNMEM/EU MEMBER STATES COLLECTIVE
UNCLAS GENEVA 000950 
 
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT PASS USTR 
TEL AVIV FOR AMB, DCM, AND ECON 
USTR FOR CKLEIN, AVENKATARAMAN,SFRANCESKI, MMOWREY 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ETRD WTRO ECON PREL KWBG IS
SUBJECT: CONVERSATION WITH PA ON BID FOR WTO OBSERVER STATUS 
 
Reftels:  (a) Jerusalem 1607 (B) Secstate 99831 (c) Geneva00783 
(d) Tel Aviv 02166 (e) Geneva 00839 
 
1.(SBU) Charge had a conversation this morning with PA Ambassador 
Khraishi on the PA's bid for observer status in the WTO.  Charge 
emphasized that the United States continues to have questions 
regarding the PA's request for observer status in the WTO General 
Council (GC) but that we are willing to sit down with them and 
discuss this issue and the criteria for WTO membership, including 
possible technical assistance, in detail.  He also reiterated that 
the United States would support observer status for the PA at the 
upcoming WTO Ministerial Conference and reminded Khraishi that for 
this to be possible the PA would have to submit a formal request for 
it by Thursday.  Finally, Charge emphasized that the PA needed to 
engage directly with Israel on these issues. 
 
2.  (SBU) Khraishi said that his authorities have decided to request 
observer status at the MC.  However, unlike the last time, they 
don't want this to be ad hoc observer status which provides no 
security as to future MCs.  They see this as a second class status. 
With respect to the November GC, he said that the PA would like to 
have the issue on the agenda for a non-confrontational discussion 
with no expectation of a decision.  He thought that he could 
convince his allies to follow this low key path. 
 
3. (SBU) Charge noted that the PA's desire for their observer status 
at the MC not to be ad hoc was a new element and that he would have 
to consult with his authorities.  On the November GC, he expressed 
concern that insisting that GC observership be placed on the agenda 
would stand in the way of gaining the necessary consensus on MC 
observer status.  Khraishi seemed to take the point but said that he 
would have to consult with others. 
 
4. (SBU) Comment - Accepting the PA's request for MC observer status 
at the MC on a non-"ad hoc" basis would be different from what we 
did at the last MC, but it would not actually make observer status 
at the next MC automatic.  The standard practice for non-ad hoc 
observers is to grant them observer status at future MCs but that 
still have to be confirmed by the GC before each MC, as we just did 
in October. 
 
SHARK