DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URGING KUWAIT TO SIGN FINAL

UNCLAS KUWAIT 000107 SIPDIS FOR NEA/ARPI, S/CT, AND IO E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PTER PREL PGOV AORC KU SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URGING KUWAIT TO SIGN FINAL TWO COUNTERTERRORISM CONVENTIONS AND PROTOCOLS REF: A. 04 KUWAIT 4553 ¶B. 04 STATE 269653 During a meeting with the Kuwaiti Foreign Minister on January 8, the Ambassador urged the Kuwaitis to join the two conventions to which they had not yet adhered: Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism and the Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings. There was some back and forth between the Foreign Minister and his staff about whether these might be with the National Assembly or at some other stage in the approval process. We will follow up with the MFA to clarify the status and push again for final adoption. LEBARON