Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07KUWAIT1005
2007-06-27 13:42:00
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NOPEC LEGISLATION
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C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 001005
SIPDIS
NOFORN
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/26/2017
TAGS: EPET ENRG ECON PREL KU
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NOPEC LEGISLATION
REF: SECSTATE 88197
Classified By: Ambassador Richard LeBaron for reasons 1.4(b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 001005
SIPDIS
NOFORN
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/26/2017
TAGS: EPET ENRG ECON PREL KU
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NOPEC LEGISLATION
REF: SECSTATE 88197
Classified By: Ambassador Richard LeBaron for reasons 1.4(b) and (d).
1. (C/NF) At a June 26 meeting with Foreign Minister Shaykh
Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah, Ambassador delivered reftel points
noting the Administration strongly opposed and might veto the
NOPEC legislation passed by Congress. Ambassador added that
statements by some OPEC members that there was no supply
problem and that supplies would not be increased combined
with the current near record petroleum prices had made
opposition to the legislation more difficult. The Minister
accepted the observations mentioning the problematic stances
of Iran and Venezuela.
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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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LeBaron
SIPDIS
NOFORN
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/26/2017
TAGS: EPET ENRG ECON PREL KU
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NOPEC LEGISLATION
REF: SECSTATE 88197
Classified By: Ambassador Richard LeBaron for reasons 1.4(b) and (d).
1. (C/NF) At a June 26 meeting with Foreign Minister Shaykh
Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah, Ambassador delivered reftel points
noting the Administration strongly opposed and might veto the
NOPEC legislation passed by Congress. Ambassador added that
statements by some OPEC members that there was no supply
problem and that supplies would not be increased combined
with the current near record petroleum prices had made
opposition to the legislation more difficult. The Minister
accepted the observations mentioning the problematic stances
of Iran and Venezuela.
********************************************* *
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/
********************************************* *
LeBaron