Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06KUWAIT558
2006-02-15 15:00:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:
KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: VENEZUELA AND THE UNSC
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C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 000558
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
FOR NEA/ARPI AND IO/UNP
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/15/2016
TAGS: PREL KU
SUBJECT: KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: VENEZUELA AND THE UNSC
REF: STATE 20173
Classified By: CDA Matt Tueller for reasons 1.4(b) and (d).
(C) Charge d'Affaires met February 15 with MFA Director of
International Organization Affairs Ambassador Abdullah Ahmed
Al-Murad to deliver reftel demarche on defeating Venezuela's
bid for a seat on the UN Security Council. Al-Murad
recounted his personal experiences as Ambassador to Venezuela
in 1993, and his negative impressions of Hugo Chavez from
that time and from Chavez' visit to Saddam Hussein's Iraq in
¶2000. He also said Kuwait recalls vividly Cuba's position on
the Security Council in 1990, and that Venezuela may be
looking for a similar disruptive role. He said he would pass
U.S. concerns to the Minister.
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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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