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04KUWAIT3762
2004-11-02 13:44:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:  

KUWAITI PM TO IRANIAN FM: PUT THIS FIRE OUT

Tags:  PREL KU IZ IR 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 003762 

SIPDIS

STATE FOR NEA/ARPI

E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/01/2014
TAGS: PREL KU IZ IR
SUBJECT: KUWAITI PM TO IRANIAN FM: PUT THIS FIRE OUT
PEACEFULLY

REF: KUWAIT 3726

Classified By: Ambassador Richard LeBaron for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)

C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 003762

SIPDIS

STATE FOR NEA/ARPI

E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/01/2014
TAGS: PREL KU IZ IR
SUBJECT: KUWAITI PM TO IRANIAN FM: PUT THIS FIRE OUT
PEACEFULLY

REF: KUWAIT 3726

Classified By: Ambassador Richard LeBaron for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)


1. (C) During their November 2 meeting, MFA U/S Ambassador
Khaled al-Jarallah gave the Ambassador a brief readout of
Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi's October 25 meeting
with Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah. The
Undersecretary said Kharazi had spoken at length about Iran's
nuclear program. Kharazi told the PM that Iran used to
cooperate with the international community, but was not doing
so now because "the U.S. has their own agenda." The PM
responded by stressing that Kuwait did not agree with Iranian
refusals to accept international inspectors. He urged Iran
to open up its nuclear program to inspections in order to
avoid "another Iraq." "We are very worried about your
nuclear program and want you to cooperate and put out this
fire peacefully," the PM said. Jarallah said the GOK
contacted other GCC states immediately after the meeting and
urged them to deliver the same message to the touring Iranian
FM.


2. (C) Turning to the Iranian internal situation, the U/S
told the Ambassador it was not as stable as Iran tried to
make it appear to the rest of the world. He said official
GOK visitors had returned from Iran astounded at the
behavioral changes they were witnessing in Iran's population.
"They're fed up with the situation," he said, adding that he
believed change in the failry near-term was inevitable there.
LeBaron