Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07KUWAIT796
2007-05-20 11:44:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: REQUEST TO REJECT IRAN'S
how-toVZCZCXRO0669 PP RUEHBC RUEHDE RUEHDIR RUEHKUK DE RUEHKU #0796 1401144 ZNY CCCCC ZZH P 201144Z MAY 07 FM AMEMBASSY KUWAIT TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9168 INFO RUCNIRA/IRAN COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 000796
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/IR, NEA/ARP, AND ISN/RA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/20/2022
TAGS: PREL PARM KNNP IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: REQUEST TO REJECT IRAN'S
INVITATION TO INSPECT BUSHEHR
REF: STATE 68995
Classified By: Ambassador Richard LeBaron for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
(C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche May 20 to MFA Iran Desk
Officer Mansour Al-Oulaimi. Al-Oulaimi said Kuwait had not
received an official invitation from Iran to inspect the
Bushehr nuclear power plant. He stressed, however, that
Kuwait shares concerns about Iran's nuclear program and
understands the importance of maintaining a united front in
pressuring Iran to comply with its obligations under the
Non-Proliferation Treaty and with recent UN Security Council
Resolutions. Al-Oulaimi promised to notify PolOff if Kuwait
did receive such an invitation, and to convey U.S. objections
to accepting an invitation to Kuwait's embassy in Tehran and
the Foreign Minister's office.
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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
STATE FOR NEA/IR, NEA/ARP, AND ISN/RA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/20/2022
TAGS: PREL PARM KNNP IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: REQUEST TO REJECT IRAN'S
INVITATION TO INSPECT BUSHEHR
REF: STATE 68995
Classified By: Ambassador Richard LeBaron for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
(C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche May 20 to MFA Iran Desk
Officer Mansour Al-Oulaimi. Al-Oulaimi said Kuwait had not
received an official invitation from Iran to inspect the
Bushehr nuclear power plant. He stressed, however, that
Kuwait shares concerns about Iran's nuclear program and
understands the importance of maintaining a united front in
pressuring Iran to comply with its obligations under the
Non-Proliferation Treaty and with recent UN Security Council
Resolutions. Al-Oulaimi promised to notify PolOff if Kuwait
did receive such an invitation, and to convey U.S. objections
to accepting an invitation to Kuwait's embassy in Tehran and
the Foreign Minister's office.
********************************************* *
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