DEMARCHE TO GOK ON IRAQI ELECTIONS

S E C R E T KUWAIT 000110 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/07/2015 TAGS: PREL PGOV IZ KU SUBJECT: DEMARCHE TO GOK ON IRAQI ELECTIONS REF: SECSTATE 4932 Classified By: Ambassador Richard Lebaron for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d) ¶1. (S) The Ambassador delivered demarche on public support for Iraq's elections to Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad during a meeting on January 8. The Prime Minister reaffirmed Kuwait's strong support for elections this month to install a free Iraqi government and said Kuwait was doing all it could to make that happen. ¶2. (S) Shaykh Sabah opined that the majority of Iraqi Sunnis want to participate in the electoral process, but they were understandably afraid, "Who can protect them?" he asked. ¶3. Baghdad minimize considered. LEBARON