(S/NF) KUWAIT OKAYS U-2 OVERFLIGHT OF IRAQ IN

S E C R E T KUWAIT 000085 SIPDIS NOFORN STATE FOR PM/ISO, P/RSAT, NP/RA E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/11/2013 TAGS: MARR MOPS PBTS PREL CY IZ KU SA TU UK TC SUBJECT: (S/NF) KUWAIT OKAYS U-2 OVERFLIGHT OF IRAQ IN SUPPORT OF UNMOVIC REF: SECSTATE 08743 Classified By: AMBASSADOR RICHARD H. JONES FOR REASONS: 1.5 (A),(D). (S/NF) The GOK approves reftel request for U-2 aircraft to overfly its national territory into Iraq in support of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification, and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC). GOK Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Salem Al-Sabah, told the Ambassador January 11 that his government, "completely supported" the U-2 overflights into Iraq. He said he would alert the Kuwaiti military to the flights. JONES