KUWAITI RESPONSE TO PROPOSED TRANSFER OF

S E C R E T KUWAIT 002771 SIPDIS STATE FOR NEA/ARP S/WCI FOR AMBASSADOR PROSPER E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/24/2014 TAGS: PTER KAWC PHUM PINR KU SUBJECT: KUWAITI RESPONSE TO PROPOSED TRANSFER OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEE REF: SECSTATE 172574 Classified By: CDA MATTHEW TUELLER FOR REASONS 1.4 (B) and (D) ¶1. (S) The Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry responded to reftel requests regarding the transfer of one Kuwaiti national from Guantanamo to Kuwait and has agreed to all prisoner transfer conditions. The following is an unofficial Embassy translation of the text of the MFA diplomatic note received on August 24: - We would like to inform you that the agencies concerned will take all legal measures with the person in custody when he is handed over, in accordance with Kuwaiti laws and the legal aspects mentioned in your note. - We would also like to inform you that the officials in the concerned official agencies are prepared to begin discussions with their American counterparts on the methods of handing over the person in custody to the Government of Kuwait. ¶2. (C) An MFA official relayed to EmbOff the Kuwaiti expectation that Ambassador Prosper, who will be in Kuwait on August 26, will come prepared to start negotiations on the transfer of the detainee. TUELLER