KUWAIT: MDA DEMARCHE REQUEST REGARDING OIC MEETING

C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 003023 SIPDIS FOR NEA/ARPI AND PRM/MCE E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/04/2015 TAGS: PREL PHUM PREF KU ICRC SUBJECT: KUWAIT: MDA DEMARCHE REQUEST REGARDING OIC MEETING REF: A. SECSTATE 118394 ¶B. KUWAIT 2728 ¶C. STATE 112023 ¶D. STATE 104272 ¶E. KUWAIT 1131 ¶F. KUWAIT 942 ¶G. STATE 31746 Classified By: Charge d'Affaires, a.i., Matthew H. Tueller (C) Ref A arrived over Post's weekend and the responsible Kuwaiti MFA officials had already departed for Sanaa when the work week began. PolChief, however, discussed June 27 with Ali Al-Basari of the MFA International Organizations Department reported OIC opposition to the convening of an international conference on the Third Additional Protocol of the Geneva Conventions. Al-Basari said the GOK was aware of U.S. support for the Israeli National Society, Magen David Adom (MDA),to join the international Red Cross/Crescent Movement and commented that the issue was not an agenda item for the OIC meeting. Al-Basari further reported July 5 that according to Ambassador Abdullah Al-Murad, MFA Director of International Organizations, who led the Kuwaiti delegation to the OIC meeting, MDA and the Swiss-sponsored conference were not/not discussed. TUELLER