Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
03KUWAIT1337
2003-04-09 17:09:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:
(C) TFIZ01: GCC TO MEET 4/15 ON AID TO IRAQ
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C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 001337
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR NEA/FO, NEA/NGA, NEA/ARP, IO/UNP
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/08/2013
TAGS: PHUM PREL PREF EAID IZ
SUBJECT: (C) TFIZ01: GCC TO MEET 4/15 ON AID TO IRAQ
REF: STATE 89192
Classified By: (U) AMBASSADOR RICHARD H. JONES; REASON: 1.5 (B,D)
C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 001337
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR NEA/FO, NEA/NGA, NEA/ARP, IO/UNP
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/08/2013
TAGS: PHUM PREL PREF EAID IZ
SUBJECT: (C) TFIZ01: GCC TO MEET 4/15 ON AID TO IRAQ
REF: STATE 89192
Classified By: (U) AMBASSADOR RICHARD H. JONES; REASON: 1.5 (B,D)
1. (C) SUMMARY: The GCC Foreign Ministers meeting in Kuwait
April 7 expressed support for the security of Kuwait, and
affirmed the organization's readiness to provide humanitarian
aid to Iraq. The Ministers decided that the GCC will discuss
the subject of aid to Iraq in Riyadh on April 15, apparently
at Ambassador level. END SUMMARY.
2. (C) PolChief delivered reftel demarche April 8 to MFA
Deputy Director for Americas Ayham al-Omar. (Ambassador had
previously discussed the UN's Flash Appeal with Minister of
State for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah.)
Ayham gave a brief readout of the Ministerial, which was an
extraordinary session held at Kuwait's request. He also
shared the communique, which affirmed the GCC's support for
Kuwait and condemned the Iraqi missile attacks on this
country. It called for "the international community,
represented in the United Nations, to undertake a quick and
effective positive move which would safeguard and ensure the
futur of Iraq, its sovereignty and territorial integrity, and
the safety of the Iraqis."
3. (C) The communique did not specifically mention UAE
President Shaykh Zayid's initiative calling on Saddam to step
down to avoid war, but Kuwait's First Deputy Prime Minister
and Foreign Minister, Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed, praised that
"courageous" initiative in his speech.
4. (C) The communique expressed the willingness of GCC
states "to contribute to the extension of the necessary
humanitarian support to the Iraqi people and to contribute to
anything that would alleviate and ease their sufferings and
meet their various humanitarian needs." According to MFA's
Department of GCC Affairs, the Ministers decided that the
Council will discuss the subject of aid to Iraq in Riyadh
next Tuesday, April 15. Our contact thought the meeting
would be at Ambassador level.
JONES
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR NEA/FO, NEA/NGA, NEA/ARP, IO/UNP
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/08/2013
TAGS: PHUM PREL PREF EAID IZ
SUBJECT: (C) TFIZ01: GCC TO MEET 4/15 ON AID TO IRAQ
REF: STATE 89192
Classified By: (U) AMBASSADOR RICHARD H. JONES; REASON: 1.5 (B,D)
1. (C) SUMMARY: The GCC Foreign Ministers meeting in Kuwait
April 7 expressed support for the security of Kuwait, and
affirmed the organization's readiness to provide humanitarian
aid to Iraq. The Ministers decided that the GCC will discuss
the subject of aid to Iraq in Riyadh on April 15, apparently
at Ambassador level. END SUMMARY.
2. (C) PolChief delivered reftel demarche April 8 to MFA
Deputy Director for Americas Ayham al-Omar. (Ambassador had
previously discussed the UN's Flash Appeal with Minister of
State for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah.)
Ayham gave a brief readout of the Ministerial, which was an
extraordinary session held at Kuwait's request. He also
shared the communique, which affirmed the GCC's support for
Kuwait and condemned the Iraqi missile attacks on this
country. It called for "the international community,
represented in the United Nations, to undertake a quick and
effective positive move which would safeguard and ensure the
futur of Iraq, its sovereignty and territorial integrity, and
the safety of the Iraqis."
3. (C) The communique did not specifically mention UAE
President Shaykh Zayid's initiative calling on Saddam to step
down to avoid war, but Kuwait's First Deputy Prime Minister
and Foreign Minister, Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed, praised that
"courageous" initiative in his speech.
4. (C) The communique expressed the willingness of GCC
states "to contribute to the extension of the necessary
humanitarian support to the Iraqi people and to contribute to
anything that would alleviate and ease their sufferings and
meet their various humanitarian needs." According to MFA's
Department of GCC Affairs, the Ministers decided that the
Council will discuss the subject of aid to Iraq in Riyadh
next Tuesday, April 15. Our contact thought the meeting
would be at Ambassador level.
JONES