Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
05KUWAIT4639
2005-10-30 12:59:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:
SYRIAN ENVOY DUE IN KUWAIT; GOK TO URGE
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C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 004639
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
FOR NEA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/29/2015
TAGS: PREL SY KU
SUBJECT: SYRIAN ENVOY DUE IN KUWAIT; GOK TO URGE
COOPERATION WITH UN INVESTIGATION
Classified By: Ambassador Richard LeBaron for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 004639
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
FOR NEA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/29/2015
TAGS: PREL SY KU
SUBJECT: SYRIAN ENVOY DUE IN KUWAIT; GOK TO URGE
COOPERATION WITH UN INVESTIGATION
Classified By: Ambassador Richard LeBaron for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Khaled
Al-Jarallah told Ambassador October 30 that Syrian Deputy
Foreign Minister Walid Al-Muallim, with a letter from Syrian
President Bashar Al-Asad in hand, would arrive in Kuwait
October 31 and would meet with Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah
Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Al-Jarallah speculated that the
SARG, in a calculated move, dispatched Al-Muallim rather than
Foreign Minister Farouk Al-Shara as his deputy "is more
welcome in the region." According to the U/S, the GOK "hopes
to hear something positive" about SARG cooperation with the
UN investigation regarding the assassination of former
Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri.
2. (C) Ambassador urged Al-Jarallah to give Al-Muallim a
clear message to cooperate fully with UN investigator Detlev
Mehlis. Al-Jarallah predicted that Shaykh Sabah would deliver
the same message to Al-Muallim as Egyptian President Hosni
Mubarak conveyed to Al-Asad October 28: the SARG needs to
cooperate with the UN and cease support for certain Iraqi and
Palestinian groups. Al-Muallim is to arrive in Kuwait after
stops in Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
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Visit Embassy Kuwait's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/
You can also access this site through the
State Department's Classified SIPRNET website
*********************************************
LEBARON
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
FOR NEA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/29/2015
TAGS: PREL SY KU
SUBJECT: SYRIAN ENVOY DUE IN KUWAIT; GOK TO URGE
COOPERATION WITH UN INVESTIGATION
Classified By: Ambassador Richard LeBaron for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Khaled
Al-Jarallah told Ambassador October 30 that Syrian Deputy
Foreign Minister Walid Al-Muallim, with a letter from Syrian
President Bashar Al-Asad in hand, would arrive in Kuwait
October 31 and would meet with Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah
Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Al-Jarallah speculated that the
SARG, in a calculated move, dispatched Al-Muallim rather than
Foreign Minister Farouk Al-Shara as his deputy "is more
welcome in the region." According to the U/S, the GOK "hopes
to hear something positive" about SARG cooperation with the
UN investigation regarding the assassination of former
Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri.
2. (C) Ambassador urged Al-Jarallah to give Al-Muallim a
clear message to cooperate fully with UN investigator Detlev
Mehlis. Al-Jarallah predicted that Shaykh Sabah would deliver
the same message to Al-Muallim as Egyptian President Hosni
Mubarak conveyed to Al-Asad October 28: the SARG needs to
cooperate with the UN and cease support for certain Iraqi and
Palestinian groups. Al-Muallim is to arrive in Kuwait after
stops in Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
*********************************************
Visit Embassy Kuwait's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/
You can also access this site through the
State Department's Classified SIPRNET website
*********************************************
LEBARON