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04KUWAIT1810
2004-06-08 13:50:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:  

(C) ARTICLE 98: FM EXPECTS RECESS-RATIFICATION BY

Tags:  PREL MARR KJUS KU 
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081350Z Jun 04
C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 001810 

SIPDIS

STATE FOR T, L/T, D, PM/B:AMB BODINE AND JPMURRAY, NEA/ARP
TEL AVIV FOR DCM LEBARON
RIYADH FOR TUELLER
TUNIS FOR NATALIE BROWN

E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/07/2014
TAGS: PREL MARR KJUS KU
SUBJECT: (C) ARTICLE 98: FM EXPECTS RECESS-RATIFICATION BY
DECREE, SUBJECT TO PARLIAMENTARY CONFIRMATION IN THE FALL

REF: KUWAIT 1662 AND PREVIOUS

Classified By: CDA FRANK URBANCIC; REASON 1.4 (B, D).

C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 001810

SIPDIS

STATE FOR T, L/T, D, PM/B:AMB BODINE AND JPMURRAY, NEA/ARP
TEL AVIV FOR DCM LEBARON
RIYADH FOR TUELLER
TUNIS FOR NATALIE BROWN

E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/07/2014
TAGS: PREL MARR KJUS KU
SUBJECT: (C) ARTICLE 98: FM EXPECTS RECESS-RATIFICATION BY
DECREE, SUBJECT TO PARLIAMENTARY CONFIRMATION IN THE FALL

REF: KUWAIT 1662 AND PREVIOUS

Classified By: CDA FRANK URBANCIC; REASON 1.4 (B, D).


1. (C) Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah al-Salem
al-Sabah told Charge June 7 that the Cabinet had decided June
6 that the Constitution requires ratification of the Article
98 agreement by the National Assembly. As the Assembly is
about to recess for the summer, he said he expected the
agreement would be ratified by decree during the recess,
subject to confirmation by the Assembly after it reconvenes
in October. He confirmed that the agreement would be in
force from the date of the decree, and would remain in force
unless and until the parliament voted it down.


2. (C) The Minister said he expected the Assembly to go into
recess by the end of June, and in the meantime to be focused
solely on debating and adopting the budget.
URBANCIC