Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06KUWAIT2673
2006-07-04 10:12:00
SECRET//NOFORN
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:
KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNDERCUTTING IRAN'S
how-toVZCZCXRO8581 OO RUEHDE DE RUEHKU #2673 1851012 ZNY SSSSS ZZH O 041012Z JUL 06 FM AMEMBASSY KUWAIT TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 5590 INFO RUEHZM/GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL COLLECTIVE PRIORITY RUEHAM/AMEMBASSY AMMAN PRIORITY 1656 RUEHEG/AMEMBASSY CAIRO PRIORITY 0928 RUEHAK/AMEMBASSY ANKARA PRIORITY 0264 RUEHDM/AMEMBASSY DAMASCUS PRIORITY 3033
S E C R E T KUWAIT 002673
SIPDIS
NOFORN
SIPDIS
FOR NEA/ARP AND INR
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/02/2016
TAGS: PREL IR KU
SUBJECT: KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNDERCUTTING IRAN'S
RE-SCHEDULED CONFERENCE OF IRAQ'S NEIGHBORS
REF: STATE 107327
Classified By: CDA Matthew H. Tueller for reasons 1.4(b) and (d)
S E C R E T KUWAIT 002673
SIPDIS
NOFORN
SIPDIS
FOR NEA/ARP AND INR
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/02/2016
TAGS: PREL IR KU
SUBJECT: KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNDERCUTTING IRAN'S
RE-SCHEDULED CONFERENCE OF IRAQ'S NEIGHBORS
REF: STATE 107327
Classified By: CDA Matthew H. Tueller for reasons 1.4(b) and (d)
1. (C) PolChief delivered July 3 reftel demarche to
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for Asia and Africa
Ambassador Abdul Mohsen Al-Haroun. Al-Haroun said the GOK
was aware of the proposed July 8 meeting, but he could not
confirm whether the Kuwaiti officials had received an
official invitation. No decision had been made on
participation and with the July 1 resignation of the
Government following parliamentary elections, the focus was
on domestic issues and not international conferences.
Al-Haroun took note of the U.S. recommendation that
governments, if they decide to participate, send lower level
officials to the meeting and said it was possible that
Kuwait's Ambassador to Iran would represent the GOK. He
agreed that the Iran was hosting the conference to divert
attention from its nuclear program and failure to respond to
proposals presented, but argued that the forum could also be
used by Gulf states to pressure Iran to agree to a diplomatic
dialogue with the U.S.
2. (S) PolChief also orally reviewed septel points on Iran
with Al-Haroun. He offered no substantive comment, but
remarked that Iran's unhelpful activities in the region were
well known. In his view, an enduring resolution to the
Palestinian conflict would create the necessary conditions to
address other regional stability and security issues.
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For more reporting from EMBASSY Kuwait, visit:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/?cable s
Visit Kuwait's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/
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TUELLER
SIPDIS
NOFORN
SIPDIS
FOR NEA/ARP AND INR
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/02/2016
TAGS: PREL IR KU
SUBJECT: KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNDERCUTTING IRAN'S
RE-SCHEDULED CONFERENCE OF IRAQ'S NEIGHBORS
REF: STATE 107327
Classified By: CDA Matthew H. Tueller for reasons 1.4(b) and (d)
1. (C) PolChief delivered July 3 reftel demarche to
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for Asia and Africa
Ambassador Abdul Mohsen Al-Haroun. Al-Haroun said the GOK
was aware of the proposed July 8 meeting, but he could not
confirm whether the Kuwaiti officials had received an
official invitation. No decision had been made on
participation and with the July 1 resignation of the
Government following parliamentary elections, the focus was
on domestic issues and not international conferences.
Al-Haroun took note of the U.S. recommendation that
governments, if they decide to participate, send lower level
officials to the meeting and said it was possible that
Kuwait's Ambassador to Iran would represent the GOK. He
agreed that the Iran was hosting the conference to divert
attention from its nuclear program and failure to respond to
proposals presented, but argued that the forum could also be
used by Gulf states to pressure Iran to agree to a diplomatic
dialogue with the U.S.
2. (S) PolChief also orally reviewed septel points on Iran
with Al-Haroun. He offered no substantive comment, but
remarked that Iran's unhelpful activities in the region were
well known. In his view, an enduring resolution to the
Palestinian conflict would create the necessary conditions to
address other regional stability and security issues.
********************************************* *
For more reporting from EMBASSY Kuwait, visit:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/?cable s
Visit Kuwait's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/
********************************************* *
TUELLER