AMBASSADOR REITERATES U.S CONCERN OVER SYRIAN

C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 003858

SIPDIS

STATE FOR NEA/ARPI

E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/27/2015
TAGS: PREL PGOV SY KU
SUBJECT: AMBASSADOR REITERATES U.S CONCERN OVER SYRIAN
INTERFERENCE IN LEBANON TO FOREIGN MINISTER

REF: A. KUWAIT 3775


B. KUWAIT 3730

Classified By: Ambassador Richard LeBaron for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)

(C) The Ambassador reiterated U.S. concerns over Syrian
interference in Lebanon to Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh
Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah in an August 27 meeting.
The Ambassador stated that Syria has refused to cooperate
with the investigation into the assassination of former
Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Al-Hariri. The FM asked how
the GOK should interpret the August 25 UN Security Council
statement urging all states to cooperate with the
investigation. The Ambassador responded that the statement,
while not mentioning Syria by name, was clearly aimed
directly at the Syrian leadership, and provided text of
Ambassador Bolton's remarks to the FM.
LEBARON