DEMARCHE DELIVERED: THIRD MEETING OF MENA/FATF,

C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 001450 SIPDIS SIPDIS STATE FOR NEA/ARP E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/26/2016 TAGS: EFIN ETTC PGOV PREL PTER KTFN KU SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: THIRD MEETING OF MENA/FATF, CAIRO, MARCH 20-21 REF: A. STATE 59414 ¶B. KUWAIT 889 Classified By: PolCouns Natalie Brown. Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) ¶1. (C) On April 19, Econoff delivered ref A talking points to Naser Al-Ammar, Director of the Ministry of Social Affair and Labor's Charity Oversight office (GOK lead). ¶2. (C) Al-Ammar, who is one of the principal authors of the MENA/FATF charities paper (ref B),was unable to attend the Cairo plenary (due to scheduling constraints) and explained that he was not aware of the proposed changes put forth by plenary participants, including the UK Charity Commission representative. ¶3. (C) Al-Ammar reiterated his support for the current version of the paper and agreed with Econoff's recommendation that he (as a principal author) voice his and the GOK's support for the current draft in discussions with MENA/FATF counterparts. Al-Ammar also welcomed the opportunity to engage MENA/FATF officials at the next Qatar plenary to address any proposed changes. ******************************************** For more Embassy Kuwait reporting, see: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/?cable s Or Visit Embassy Kuwait's Classified Website: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/ ******************************************** LEBARON