(C) MORE ON SYRIA'S IRAQ MEETING

C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 004988 SIPDIS STATE FOR NEA/ARP, NEA/NGA, NEA/ARN, EUR E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/29/2013 TAGS: PREL KU SY IZ TU IR EG JO SA SUBJECT: (C) MORE ON SYRIA'S IRAQ MEETING REF: KUWAIT 4960 Classified By: Ambassador Richard H. Jones for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d) ¶1. (C) After we sent ref A, MFA Undersecretary Ambassador Khaled Al-Jarallah told the Ambassador that FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah had consulted with his Saudi, Egyptian and Jordanian counterparts. They had agreed that Saudi FM Prince Saud al-Feisal would call Syrian FM Sharaa and press him to invite the Iraqi Foreign Minister to the meeting of neighboring states. Prince Saud was reportedly optimistic that Syria would comply. Jarallah remarked that if it did, that would turn the meeting into a positive development. ¶2. (U) Baghdad Minimize Considered. JONES