KUWAIT'S PROPOSED INTERNATIONAL CONFORMITY

UNCLAS KUWAIT 000234 SIPDIS USDOC FOR 4520/ITA/MAC/ONE/DGUGLIELMI DEPT PASS TO USTR FOR J. BUNTIN GENEVA FOR USTR E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ETRD ECON KU USTR GCC SUBJECT: KUWAIT'S PROPOSED INTERNATIONAL CONFORMITY CERTIFICATION PROGRAM (ICCP) REF: STATE 16459 Post has requested meetings for the Ambassador with Salah Khorshid, Kuwait's Minister of Commerce and Industry, and separately with Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah, Kuwait's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, to discuss reftel points and to request that Kuwait postpone the date of implementation of its proposed ICCP. On January 20, Post delivered reftel points as a non-paper to Khalid Al-Fahed, Director of Standards and Metrology at Kuwait's Public Authority for Industry, and requested that Al-Fahed share this information with appropriate GOK officials. Post will report responses on this issue. JONES