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05KUWAIT3719
2005-08-20 13:41:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:
KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ADDRESSING THE THREAT
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UNCLAS KUWAIT 003719
SIPDIS
FOR G AND NEA/ARPI
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL TBIO ECON SOCI KU KSTH WHO
SUBJECT: KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ADDRESSING THE THREAT
OF AVIAN INFLUENZA
REF: STATE 153802
Ambassador delivered August 20 reftel demarche to Ministry of
Foreign Affairs Acting Under Secretary and International
Organizations Department Director Ambassador Abdullah
Al-Murad. Commenting that Kuwait was home to hundreds of
thousands of people from East and Southeast Asia, and that
thousands of travelers from that region regularly transited
Kuwait, Al-Murad agreed on the necessity of countries working
closely together and with international organizations to curb
the spread of avian influenza. He said the GOK would
identify a national coordinator within the Ministry of Health
and pass contact information to the embassy.
LEBARON
SIPDIS
FOR G AND NEA/ARPI
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL TBIO ECON SOCI KU KSTH WHO
SUBJECT: KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ADDRESSING THE THREAT
OF AVIAN INFLUENZA
REF: STATE 153802
Ambassador delivered August 20 reftel demarche to Ministry of
Foreign Affairs Acting Under Secretary and International
Organizations Department Director Ambassador Abdullah
Al-Murad. Commenting that Kuwait was home to hundreds of
thousands of people from East and Southeast Asia, and that
thousands of travelers from that region regularly transited
Kuwait, Al-Murad agreed on the necessity of countries working
closely together and with international organizations to curb
the spread of avian influenza. He said the GOK would
identify a national coordinator within the Ministry of Health
and pass contact information to the embassy.
LEBARON