Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06KUWAIT1919
2006-05-24 17:13:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:
UNITED AIRLINES TO KUWAIT; OPEN SKIES STILL PENDING
how-toVZCZCXRO6132 OO RUEHDE DE RUEHKU #1919 1441713 ZNR UUUUU ZZH O 241713Z MAY 06 FM AMEMBASSY KUWAIT TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 4697 INFO RUEHZM/GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
UNCLAS KUWAIT 001919
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARP, EB/TRA/AN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAIR PREL PGOV KU
SUBJECT: UNITED AIRLINES TO KUWAIT; OPEN SKIES STILL PENDING
REF: KUWAIT 1177
UNCLAS KUWAIT 001919
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARP, EB/TRA/AN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAIR PREL PGOV KU
SUBJECT: UNITED AIRLINES TO KUWAIT; OPEN SKIES STILL PENDING
REF: KUWAIT 1177
1. (SBU) The Ambassador sent on May 24 a letter to the
Minister of Communication, Dr. Ismail Al-Shatti, formally
notifying the GOK of United Airlines' (UA) decision to launch
nonstop service this winter between Kuwait City and
Washington, D.C. Post helped ensure that UA's press release
reached appropriate media in Kuwait. (Note: This is, to our
knowledge, the first U.S. carrier service to the Gulf in a
long time since TWA stopped service to Saudi Arabia in 2001.
We don't recall regular service by a U.S. carrier to Kuwait,
although hundreds of U.S. charters have come to Kuwait in
connection with OIF/troop deployments.)
2. (SBU) In separate conversations with the Amir's advisor,
Youssef Ebrahim, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah, the Ambassador reaffirmed
the USG's readiness to finalize a date for the signing of an
Open Skies Agreement based on the GOK's tentative agreement
(reftel).
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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/
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LEBARON
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARP, EB/TRA/AN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAIR PREL PGOV KU
SUBJECT: UNITED AIRLINES TO KUWAIT; OPEN SKIES STILL PENDING
REF: KUWAIT 1177
1. (SBU) The Ambassador sent on May 24 a letter to the
Minister of Communication, Dr. Ismail Al-Shatti, formally
notifying the GOK of United Airlines' (UA) decision to launch
nonstop service this winter between Kuwait City and
Washington, D.C. Post helped ensure that UA's press release
reached appropriate media in Kuwait. (Note: This is, to our
knowledge, the first U.S. carrier service to the Gulf in a
long time since TWA stopped service to Saudi Arabia in 2001.
We don't recall regular service by a U.S. carrier to Kuwait,
although hundreds of U.S. charters have come to Kuwait in
connection with OIF/troop deployments.)
2. (SBU) In separate conversations with the Amir's advisor,
Youssef Ebrahim, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah, the Ambassador reaffirmed
the USG's readiness to finalize a date for the signing of an
Open Skies Agreement based on the GOK's tentative agreement
(reftel).
********************************************
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/
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LEBARON