DOS Cable re: Senator Bill Nelson's (D-FL) Meeting with Moroccan Prime Minister Jettou, January 14, 2004

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Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) met with Moroccan Prime Minister Jettou in Rabat on 1/4/04. Discussion included counter terrorism, the FTA (REFTEL), Iraq, the Middel East Peace talks and the Guantanamo detainees.

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Wednesday, January 14, 2004
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INFO ARAB ISRAELI COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
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E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/14/2009
TAGS: AG, MO, PBTS, PGOV, PHUM, PREL, PTER
SUBJECT: SENATOR NELSON'S MEETING WITH PM JETTOU

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CLASSIFIED BY: POL/C TIMOTHY LENDERKING FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D)
1. (C) SENATOR BILL NELSON (D-FL) MET WITH MOROCCAN PM
JETTOU FOR 60 MINUTES IN RABAT ON JANUARY 4. THEY DISCUSSED
COUNTERTERRORISM, THE FTA (REFTEL), IRAQ, MIDDLE EAST PEACE,
THE WESTERN SAHARA, MILITARY ISSUES, AND GUANTANAMO
DETAINEES. END SUMMARY.

COUNTERTERRORISM

2.. (C) SENATOR BILL NELSON (D-FL) MET WITH PM JETTOU FOR AN
HOUR ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 4, AT HIS RABAT RESIDENCE. (JETTOU
DEPARTED FOR A TWO-DAY VISIT TO THE US ON JANUARY 7). NELSON
WAS ACCOMPANIED BY STAFFERS PETE MITCHELL AND DAN SHAPIRO.
CHARGE AND POLCOUNS (NOTETAKER) WERE ALSO PRESENT. JETTOU
WAS ACCOMPANIED BY MOROCCAN AMBASSADOR TO WASHINGTON AZIZ
MEKOUAR. JETTOU TOLD NELSON THAT MOROCCO B1

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NELSON THANKED JETTOU FOR MOROCCO'S
COOPERATION SINCE 9/11 AND FOR THE GOOD RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
MOROCCAN SECURITY AND THE US. HE SAID 9/11 HAD UNDERSCORED
THE IMPORTANCE OF BROAD COOPERATION AGAINST TERRORISM, AND
MOROCCO'S SUPPORT HAD BEEN PARTICULARLY HELPFUL. THE MAY 16
ATTACKS IN CASABLANCA HAD ALSO SHOWED THAT NO COUNTRY WAS
IMMUNE FROM TERROR. JETTOU AGREED, LAMENTING THE
ASSASSINATION OF SWEDISH FM LINDH IN BROAD DAYLIGHT.

. (C) JETTOU STRESSED THAT/

NELSON SAID HE HAD COME TO RABAT TO THANK
MOROCCO FOR ITS FRIENDSHIP AND ASSISTANCE AND HOPED IT WOULD
CONTINUE. IT WAS-ALL THE MORE IMPORTANT FOR THE US AND
MOROCCO TO CONTINUE THEIR PARTNERSHIP IN LIGHT OF THE ONGOING
THREAT OF TERROR.

4.
(C) NELSON ASKED WHETHER TOURISM HAD SUFFERED IN MOROCCO
AS A RESULT OF THE MAY 16 ATTACKS IN CASABLANCA. JETTOU SAID

5.
(C) NELSON ASKED WHETHER JETTOU HAD BEEN THE MINISTER OF
INTERIOR DURING 9/11. JETTOU SAID HE HAD BEEN VISITING
CHICAGO ON 9/11 AND WAS NAMED MINISTER OF INTERIOR SHORTLY
AFTER HIS RETURN TO MOROCCO, ON SEPTEMBER 21.

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IRAQ

6. (C) NELSON TOLD JETTOU THAT HE FAVORED, AS DID SENATOR
CHUCK HAGEL WHOM JETTOU HAD MET'WITH IN DECEMBER, THE
INTERNATIONAL REBUILDING OF IRAQ. JETTOU RESPONDED

MIDDLE EAST PEACE

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JETTOU

WESTERN SAHARA

8. (C) NELSON ASKED ABOUT THE STATE OF PLAY ON THE WESTERN
SAHARA. JETTOU SAID\

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MILITARY ISSUES
. (C) NELSON EXPRESSED'

GUANTANAMO

10. (C) NELSON TOLD JETTOU HE HAD BEEN IN GUANTANAMO TWO
WEEKS EARLIER, HIS SECOND VISIT. /

1 NELSON ASSURED
THE PM THAT THE DETAINEES WERE BEING WELL TREATED. THE
MEDICAL TREATMENT WAS GOOD. MANY OF THE DETAINEES HAD BEEN
THERE FOR TWO YEARS,1O

/ THE US HAD ALREADY RELEASED 88
DETAINEES AND WAS CONSIDERING RELEASING ANOTHER GROUP,)

JETTOU SAID

O'NELSON NOTED THAT THE EUROPEAN PRESS
FREQUENTLY ALLEGED THE PRISONERS WERE BEING MISTREATED, BUT
BASED ON WHAT HE HIMSELF HAD SEEN, THIS WAS NOT THE CASE.
NELSON SAID

JETTOU

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11. (U) SENATOR NELSON CLEARED THIS MESSAGE.
RILEY

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