DOMINICAN REPUBLIC SIGNS SOFA WITH KUWAIT

C O N F I D E N T I A L SANTO DOMINGO 007306

SIPDIS

STATE FOR WHA/CAR
NSC FOR SHANNON AND MADISON

E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/12/2013
TAGS: DR MARR PREL
SUBJECT: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC SIGNS SOFA WITH KUWAIT

REF: KUWAIT 5368

Classified By: ECOPOL COUNSELOR MICHAEL MEIGS FOR REASON 1.4 (B/D).

(C) THE SECRETARIAT OF FOREIGN RELATIONS LEGAL ADVISER JORGE
SANTIAGO HAS INFORMED US THAT THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC SIGNED
AND ON DECEMBER 12 TRANSMITTED VIA DIPLOMATIC NOTE A
BILATERAL STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT (SOFA) WITH KUWAIT. THE
SOFA, SIGNED BY SECRETARY OF STATE FOR ARMED FORCES JOSE
MIGUEL SOTO JIMENEZ (PER KUWAITI REQUEST),WAS SENT BY FAX
AND THE ORIGINAL DISPATCHED BY EXPRESS MAIL TO THE DOMINICAN
EMBASSY IN CARACAS, WHICH PROVIDED THE FAX VERSION TO THE
KUWAITI EMBASSY THERE. ORIGINAL, WHEN RECEIVED IN CARACAS,
WILL ALSO BE PASSED TO THE KUWAITIS. THE GODR WILL AWAIT A
SIGNED REPLY FROM KUWAIT.
HERTELL