Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07KUWAIT1474
2007-10-04 14:07:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:
MFA U/S AL-JARALLAH'S MEETING ON AMCIT, UNGA, AND
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TAGS: PREL PGOV KU CONS KCIP ASEC
SUBJECT: MFA U/S AL-JARALLAH'S MEETING ON AMCIT, UNGA, AND
CRITICAL ENERGY PROTECTION
Classified By: CDA Misenheimer for reasons 1.4 b and d
FM UNGA meetings
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C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 001474
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E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/04/2017
TAGS: PREL PGOV KU CONS KCIP ASEC
SUBJECT: MFA U/S AL-JARALLAH'S MEETING ON AMCIT, UNGA, AND
CRITICAL ENERGY PROTECTION
Classified By: CDA Misenheimer for reasons 1.4 b and d
FM UNGA meetings
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1. (C) On October 2, Charge met with Kuwait Ministry of
Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Khaled Suliman Al-Jarallah to
deliver and follow-up on septel demarches and to discuss the
Foreign Minister's UNGA meetings, Critical Energy
Infrastructure Protection (CEIP) and other issues. U/S
Al-Jarallah said that Kuwaiti Foreign Minister (FM) Dr.
Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al Sabah's meetings on the margins of
UNGA were very successful, and highlighted, without providing
details, that the GCC 2 meetings were especially positive.
He added that the FM had just returned to Kuwait and that he
had yet to provide the MFA leadership with a proper readout
of the NY meetings. He also said that on October 2, Lebanese
Prime Minister Fouad Siniora arrived in Kuwait to attend
meetings with the FM.
CEIP MOU
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2. (C) Charge raised the importance of the GOK moving
expeditiously to sign an MOU with the U.S. on the Critical
Energy Infrastructure Protection (CEIP). The U/S queried as
to the level of progress of this agreement with other GCC
states, to which the Charge responded that each country is
dealt with on bilateral basis and talks on CEIP progress at
different paces. He also stressed to the U/S a sense of
urgency that Kuwaiti infrastructure sites remain vulnerable
to various threats. The U/S promised to facilitate
coordination among the relevant ministries and agencies to
expedite the signing of the MOU.
AMCIT deportation
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3. (C) Charge briefed and thanked the U/S for ongoing
Kuwaiti National Police (KNP) cooperation in an effort to
return an American fugitive residing in Kuwait to the U.S. to
face trial. Apprehension of the fugitive took place without
incident in front of the Embassy, and the AMCIT is currently
in KNP custody pending "voluntary" deportation to CONUS now
set for 5 October.
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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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MISENHEIMER
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C O R R E C T E D COPY EO LINE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/04/2017
TAGS: PREL PGOV KU CONS KCIP ASEC
SUBJECT: MFA U/S AL-JARALLAH'S MEETING ON AMCIT, UNGA, AND
CRITICAL ENERGY PROTECTION
Classified By: CDA Misenheimer for reasons 1.4 b and d
FM UNGA meetings
--------------
1. (C) On October 2, Charge met with Kuwait Ministry of
Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Khaled Suliman Al-Jarallah to
deliver and follow-up on septel demarches and to discuss the
Foreign Minister's UNGA meetings, Critical Energy
Infrastructure Protection (CEIP) and other issues. U/S
Al-Jarallah said that Kuwaiti Foreign Minister (FM) Dr.
Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al Sabah's meetings on the margins of
UNGA were very successful, and highlighted, without providing
details, that the GCC 2 meetings were especially positive.
He added that the FM had just returned to Kuwait and that he
had yet to provide the MFA leadership with a proper readout
of the NY meetings. He also said that on October 2, Lebanese
Prime Minister Fouad Siniora arrived in Kuwait to attend
meetings with the FM.
CEIP MOU
--------------
2. (C) Charge raised the importance of the GOK moving
expeditiously to sign an MOU with the U.S. on the Critical
Energy Infrastructure Protection (CEIP). The U/S queried as
to the level of progress of this agreement with other GCC
states, to which the Charge responded that each country is
dealt with on bilateral basis and talks on CEIP progress at
different paces. He also stressed to the U/S a sense of
urgency that Kuwaiti infrastructure sites remain vulnerable
to various threats. The U/S promised to facilitate
coordination among the relevant ministries and agencies to
expedite the signing of the MOU.
AMCIT deportation
--------------
3. (C) Charge briefed and thanked the U/S for ongoing
Kuwaiti National Police (KNP) cooperation in an effort to
return an American fugitive residing in Kuwait to the U.S. to
face trial. Apprehension of the fugitive took place without
incident in front of the Embassy, and the AMCIT is currently
in KNP custody pending "voluntary" deportation to CONUS now
set for 5 October.
********************************************* *
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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MISENHEIMER