Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06KUWAIT4683
2006-12-20 09:21:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:
AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NEW IRAQI CHARGE
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C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 004683
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/20/2016
TAGS: PREL PGOV IZ KU
SUBJECT: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NEW IRAQI CHARGE
Classified By: DCM Matt Tueller for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 004683
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/20/2016
TAGS: PREL PGOV IZ KU
SUBJECT: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NEW IRAQI CHARGE
Classified By: DCM Matt Tueller for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (C) Ambassador met 12/13 with new Iraqi Mission Charge
d'Affaires Fadel Hamad Khudair Al-Azawi. Al-Azawi, a career
diplomat, arrived in Kuwait in early November, replacing
outgoing Charge Hamad Al-Sharifi. Al-Azawi requested the
meeting as a courtesy call, noting his interest in
maintaining the close relationship the Iraqi mission here has
enjoyed with Embassy Kuwait. He said he was pleased with his
initial round of GOK meetings, and expressed optimism that
the Iraqi-Kuwaiti relationship would continue to strengthen
over the coming months. Ambassador welcomed Al-Azawi, and
made clear his own and Embassy Kuwait's readiness to assist
the Iraqi mission and its small staff at any time.
2. (C) Ambassador noted that one immediate issue we are
working on with the GOK is reinstating the exception that
allows Iraqi SOMO fuel convoys to pass through the NAVISTAR
crossing used for military convoys. Ambassador suggested to
Al-Azawi that he double-track U.S. efforts with his Iraqi
contacts and keep in close contact with the Embassy as he
does so. Al-Azawi was familiar with the issue, and said he
would coordinate closely.
3. (C) Bio Note: Al-Azawi joined the Iraqi Foreign
Ministry in 1964, and worked there through 1981, when he ran
afoul of Baath party officials. He was reassigned to the
Awqaf Ministry, and worked there as an administrator until
the fall of the regime in 2003. At that time, according to
Al-Azawi, the Foreign Ministry brought back a number of
career diplomats in situations similar to his own that had
been removed from the Ministry for political reasons. Azawi
served in Yemen for 18 months from 2004 to mid-2005, then in
Amman as Charge and DCM until his transfer to Kuwait in
November. Al-Azawi grew up in Baghdad, though his family has
roots in Basra. He is a Sunni, married to a Shia. His
grown children now live in Amman.
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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
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/20/2016
TAGS: PREL PGOV IZ KU
SUBJECT: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NEW IRAQI CHARGE
Classified By: DCM Matt Tueller for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (C) Ambassador met 12/13 with new Iraqi Mission Charge
d'Affaires Fadel Hamad Khudair Al-Azawi. Al-Azawi, a career
diplomat, arrived in Kuwait in early November, replacing
outgoing Charge Hamad Al-Sharifi. Al-Azawi requested the
meeting as a courtesy call, noting his interest in
maintaining the close relationship the Iraqi mission here has
enjoyed with Embassy Kuwait. He said he was pleased with his
initial round of GOK meetings, and expressed optimism that
the Iraqi-Kuwaiti relationship would continue to strengthen
over the coming months. Ambassador welcomed Al-Azawi, and
made clear his own and Embassy Kuwait's readiness to assist
the Iraqi mission and its small staff at any time.
2. (C) Ambassador noted that one immediate issue we are
working on with the GOK is reinstating the exception that
allows Iraqi SOMO fuel convoys to pass through the NAVISTAR
crossing used for military convoys. Ambassador suggested to
Al-Azawi that he double-track U.S. efforts with his Iraqi
contacts and keep in close contact with the Embassy as he
does so. Al-Azawi was familiar with the issue, and said he
would coordinate closely.
3. (C) Bio Note: Al-Azawi joined the Iraqi Foreign
Ministry in 1964, and worked there through 1981, when he ran
afoul of Baath party officials. He was reassigned to the
Awqaf Ministry, and worked there as an administrator until
the fall of the regime in 2003. At that time, according to
Al-Azawi, the Foreign Ministry brought back a number of
career diplomats in situations similar to his own that had
been removed from the Ministry for political reasons. Azawi
served in Yemen for 18 months from 2004 to mid-2005, then in
Amman as Charge and DCM until his transfer to Kuwait in
November. Al-Azawi grew up in Baghdad, though his family has
roots in Basra. He is a Sunni, married to a Shia. His
grown children now live in Amman.
********************************************* *
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