Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07KUWAIT661
2007-05-02 11:09:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:
KUWAITIS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR SOMALI
how-toVZCZCXRO3108 OO RUEHDE RUEHDIR DE RUEHKU #0661 1221109 ZNY CCCCC ZZH O 021109Z MAY 07 FM AMEMBASSY KUWAIT TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 8964 INFO RUEHZM/GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL COLLECTIVE PRIORITY RUEHDS/AMEMBASSY ADDIS ABABA PRIORITY 0105 RUEHNR/AMEMBASSY NAIROBI PRIORITY 0163
C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 000661
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/02/2017
TAGS: PREL SO MOPS XF AL GCC KU DEMARCHE
SUBJECT: KUWAITIS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR SOMALI
RECONCILIATION PROCESS
REF: A) STATE 55804 B) KUWAIT 401
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 000661
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/02/2017
TAGS: PREL SO MOPS XF AL GCC KU DEMARCHE
SUBJECT: KUWAITIS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR SOMALI
RECONCILIATION PROCESS
REF: A) STATE 55804 B) KUWAIT 401
Classified By: DCM Matt Tueller for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (C) PolChief delivered reftel points to MFA Arab Affairs
Deputy Director Ahmed Al-Baqer May 2. Al-Baqer said Kuwait
has not considered the question of direct support for AMISOM.
He added that the question did not come up at the March 28
Arab League Summit in Riyadh, the most likely context in
which Kuwait would consider such assistance.
2. (C) Al-Baqer said Somali President Abdullahi Yusef Ahmed
met on the margins of the Summit with Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh
Sabah, repeating an earlier request (ref b) for financial
assistance for a Somali political reconciliation conference.
He said at that meeting the Amir agreed to help finance such
an effort, and that the Kuwaiti Council of Ministers has
recently followed up in approving USD 2 million in funding.
Al-Baqer said the money is ready to be released as soon as
the GOK can determine an appropriate recipient. The Kuwaiti
Embassy in Nairobi has been tasked with reaching out to TFG
contacts to develop a plan for putting the money to use.
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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
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/02/2017
TAGS: PREL SO MOPS XF AL GCC KU DEMARCHE
SUBJECT: KUWAITIS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR SOMALI
RECONCILIATION PROCESS
REF: A) STATE 55804 B) KUWAIT 401
Classified By: DCM Matt Tueller for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (C) PolChief delivered reftel points to MFA Arab Affairs
Deputy Director Ahmed Al-Baqer May 2. Al-Baqer said Kuwait
has not considered the question of direct support for AMISOM.
He added that the question did not come up at the March 28
Arab League Summit in Riyadh, the most likely context in
which Kuwait would consider such assistance.
2. (C) Al-Baqer said Somali President Abdullahi Yusef Ahmed
met on the margins of the Summit with Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh
Sabah, repeating an earlier request (ref b) for financial
assistance for a Somali political reconciliation conference.
He said at that meeting the Amir agreed to help finance such
an effort, and that the Kuwaiti Council of Ministers has
recently followed up in approving USD 2 million in funding.
Al-Baqer said the money is ready to be released as soon as
the GOK can determine an appropriate recipient. The Kuwaiti
Embassy in Nairobi has been tasked with reaching out to TFG
contacts to develop a plan for putting the money to use.
********************************************* *
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