A senior American official said Mr. Cheney had used his meeting with Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh primarily to discuss assistance to prevent Yemen from becoming a haven for terrorists.
4. (C) The French Ambassador, according to the British High Commission, called the French, German, and Italian Ambassadors (unbeknownst to other EU partners) to discuss assistance to the Indians.
In a trip last month, Vice President Dick Cheney met with the Yemeni president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, primarily to discuss assistance to prevent the country from becoming a haven for terrorists.
Foreign Minister Audronius Azubalis of Lithuania, who is the chairman of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, was in Tunis to discuss assistance for the North African country.
In interviews, rebel commanders and opposition activists declined to name their corporate supporters, or to discuss assistance from countries such as Qatar and Saudi Arabia, but they said the homegrown assistance came in many forms.
When the secretary general of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, tried to reach him in May to discuss assistance for the victims of Cyclone Nargis, the general neither took nor returned his calls.
Scottish Secretary Alistair Carmichael and UK Energy Secretary Ed Davey will both be in Aberdeen on Thursday to discuss assistance for the industry.
"I have encouraged the Commonwealth Secretary-General to continue his organisation's outreach to Fiji to discuss assistance that Fiji would need to enable a return to democracy.
5. (S) Ambassador and Zardari discussed U.S. assistance issues, particularly in regard to upcoming visits of A/S Boucher and CODEL Reed.
While they have not specifically discussed the assistance it is airlifting to Syria, American officials have spoken publicly about Iran's involvement there.
TAJIKISTAN -- Senior diplomats from Russia, India, Iran and other states hostile to the Taliban met in the Tajik capital, Dushanbe, and discussed possible assistance to anti-Taliban forces, a participant said.
