KUWAITIS PRESS IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TO

C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 004334

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STATE FOR NEA/ARPI, LONDON FOR TSOU, PARIS FOR ZEYA

E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/03/2015
TAGS: PARM PGOV PREL PBTS IZ IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
SUBJECT: KUWAITIS PRESS IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TO
COOPERATE ON NUCLEAR ISSUES

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


1. (C) In a very brief exchange as Ambassador was leaving
the Foreign Ministry with Ambassador Jeffrey's Iraq-related
delegation on October 5, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr.
Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah advised that he had pressed
visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Manoucher Mottaki to
cooperate with the IAEA on nuclear issues. During the
Iranian envoy's visit to Kuwait October 4, the Kuwaiti FM
told him that U.S. and European resolve to deal with the
Iranian nuclear issue should not be underestimated. The
Kuwaitis told their visitor that if Iran didn't have anything
to hide then it should allow the IAEA full access and should
not consider withdrawal from the Additional Protocol. Shaykh
Mohamed did not characterize Mottaki's reaction, but said
that the GOK message had been partially designed so that
Mottaki could report a strong GOK demarche back to Tehran in
that hope that it would have some influence on the internal
consideration of this matter.


2. (C) On the maritime boundary issues between Kuwait and
Iran, the Kuwaiti FM said that the two sides had agreed to
have their joint commission meet, but he did not express any
of the confidence that the matter would be resolved that came
through in some of the local press reporting of the visit.


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