Identifier
Created
Classification
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05KUWAIT3396
2005-07-31 15:39:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:  

BORDER ISSUE NOT SETTLED, BUT GOK SATISFIED WITH

Tags:  PREL PBTS PGOV ASEC IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 003396 

SIPDIS

STATE FOR NEA/ARPI

E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/30/2015
TAGS: PREL PBTS PGOV ASEC IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
SUBJECT: BORDER ISSUE NOT SETTLED, BUT GOK SATISFIED WITH
ITG RESPONSE

REF: A. BASRAH 93

B. KUWAIT 3331 (NOTAL)

C. KUWAIT 3287 (NOTAL)

Classified By: CDA Matthew Tueller for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)

C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 003396

SIPDIS

STATE FOR NEA/ARPI

E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/30/2015
TAGS: PREL PBTS PGOV ASEC IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
SUBJECT: BORDER ISSUE NOT SETTLED, BUT GOK SATISFIED WITH
ITG RESPONSE

REF: A. BASRAH 93

B. KUWAIT 3331 (NOTAL)

C. KUWAIT 3287 (NOTAL)

Classified By: CDA Matthew Tueller for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)


1. (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Khaled
Al-Jarallah told Charge d'Affaires in a meeting July 31 that
the border issue with Iraq was "not settled yet," but the GOK
was "very happy and satisfied" with the Iraqi Transitional
Government (ITG) response so far. Al-Jarallah said the
situation on the border was "almost quiet." The GOK
contained the situation despite initially encountering some
problems with the Iraqis, he added without elaborating. The
GOK will approach Iraqi officials to begin negotiations over
"five or six" Iraqi houses/farms near Umm Qasr, which the GOK
believes were constructed on Kuwaiti territory, Al-Jarallah
said. Kuwait planned to resume installation of the vehicle
barrier along the border "within days," he added.


2. (SBU) The GOK is prepared to talk to Iraqi officials
about compensating the residents of the houses/farms in
question, Al-Jarallah said; however, since the structures
were built after the adoption of UN Security Council
Resolution 833 and the demarcation of the border, it is not
clear whether UN-designated funds can be used. He did not
specify other funding sources for compensation.


3. (C) Post has received no additional information of
Iranian involvement in the protests (ref B).

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