Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07KUWAIT837
2007-05-29 13:15:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:  

U.S.-KUWAIT OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT CLEARS LAST HURDLE

Tags:  EAIR BEXP ECON KU PGOV 
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PP RUEHDE RUEHDIR
DE RUEHKU #0837 1491315
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 291315Z MAY 07
FM AMEMBASSY KUWAIT
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9236
INFO RUEHZM/GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS PRIORITY 1091
UNCLAS KUWAIT 000837 

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

STATE FOR EB/TRA/AN THOMAS COLEMAN AND NEA/ARP BELINDA
JACKSON
PARIS FOR NOURI LARBI

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAIR BEXP PGOVU ECON KU
SUBJECT: U.S.-KUWAIT OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT CLEARS LAST HURDLE

REF: A. 06 KUWAIT 3536

B. KUWAIT 779

UNCLAS KUWAIT 000837

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

STATE FOR EB/TRA/AN THOMAS COLEMAN AND NEA/ARP BELINDA
JACKSON
PARIS FOR NOURI LARBI

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAIR BEXP PGOVU ECON KU
SUBJECT: U.S.-KUWAIT OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT CLEARS LAST HURDLE

REF: A. 06 KUWAIT 3536

B. KUWAIT 779


1. On May 29, Post received a diplomatic note from the
Kuwait Ministry of Foreign Affairs stating that the GOK has
completed all necessary procedures for full implementation of
the U.S.-Kuwait Open Skies Agreement, signed August 30, 2006
(Ref A). Full text of the diplomatic note follows.


2. Begin text of the diplomatic note:

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Legal Department

May 27, 2007

Ref.# 13648/8

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State of Kuwait
presents its compliments to the American Embassy in Kuwait.

This note is in reference to the Open Skies Agreement
concluded between the Government of Kuwait and the Government
of the United States of AMERICA on August 30, 2006 in Kuwait
City.

The Ministry would like to inform the Embassy that the State
of Kuwait has fulfilled its constitutional procedures
required to put the agreement into practice by issuing Amiri
Decree No. 136/2007.

Since we have received your notification of completing your
internal procedures, this Diplomatic Note is considered as
final notification from Kuwait stating its fulfillment of the
internal legal procedures. Thus, this agreement comes into
effect from the date of this Diplomatic Note in accordance
with Para I, Article 17 of the agreement.

Complimentary closing.

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LeBaron

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