IRAQ ASSETS IN BAHAMAS BANK DEMARCHE DELIVERED

C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 005207

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/16/2013
TAGS: ECON EFIN PREL KU IZ
SUBJECT: IRAQ ASSETS IN BAHAMAS BANK DEMARCHE DELIVERED

REF: A. SECSTATE 311703


B. KUWAIT 5188

Classified By: AMBASSADOR RICHARD H. JONES, REASONS 1.4 (B) and (D)

DCM delivered Ref A demarche to Shaykh Salim Saud Abdul Aziz
Al-Sabah, Governor of the Central Bank of Kuwait on November


16. Shaykh Salim told DCM that the Government of Kuwait
understands how important this issue is, and that they are
currently working to resolve it. He said he expected
resolution by the end of Ramadan (about 10 days from now).

JONES