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05KUWAIT3262
2005-07-24 10:37:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:  

MFA HOPEFUL PARLIAMENT WILL APPROVE ARTICLE 98

Tags:  PREL PGOV PARM KU KLEG 
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241037Z Jul 05
C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 003262

SIPDIS

FOR NEA/ARPI AND T

E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/23/2015
TAGS: PREL PGOV PARM KU KLEG
SUBJECT: MFA HOPEFUL PARLIAMENT WILL APPROVE ARTICLE 98
AGREEMENT

REF: KUWAIT 2788 AND PREVIOUS

Classified By: Charge d'Affaires Matthew H. Tueller for reasons 1.4(b)
and (d)

(C) PolChief raised July 24 the status of the Article 98
agreement with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Legal
Department Director Ghanim Al-Ghanim. Al-Ghanim confirmed
that Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee approved the
agreement in late June, referring it to the full National
Assembly (reftel). He was hopeful Parliament would approve
the agreement when it reconvenes in October, explaining that
MFA officials had reviewed the text in detail with Members of
Parliament, explaining the obligations placed on both the
U.S. and Kuwait, advising them that other nations had signed
similar bilateral agreements, and stressing that the
agreement was independent of the Rome Statute.

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