Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08KUWAIT663
2008-06-11 13:57:00
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:
LEBANON: KUWAIT RESPONSE ON JUNE 23
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C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 000663
NOFORN
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR NEA/ARP
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/12/2016
TAGS: EAID ECON KU PREF PREL
SUBJECT: LEBANON: KUWAIT RESPONSE ON JUNE 23
RECONSTRUCTION CONFERENCE
REF: STATE 60216
Classified By: Ambassador Deborah K. Jones for Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 000663
NOFORN
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR NEA/ARP
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/12/2016
TAGS: EAID ECON KU PREF PREL
SUBJECT: LEBANON: KUWAIT RESPONSE ON JUNE 23
RECONSTRUCTION CONFERENCE
REF: STATE 60216
Classified By: Ambassador Deborah K. Jones for Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (C) In response to reftel request seeking host country
support for the June 23 reconstruction conference on
Lebanon's Nahr Al-Barid refugee camp, Econcouns spoke with
Ambassador Jassim Al-Mubaraki, MFA Director of Arab Affairs,
on June 5. Al-Mubaraki said he had just met with the
Lebanese CDA and Austrian Ambassador to discuss the event.
He said Kuwait would "definitely" participate in the
conference with a "high-ranking official," but he could not
confirm the official or the amount of Kuwait's contribution
at the present time.
2. (C) Al-Mubaraki continued that the only "reservation" the
GOK had about the proposed conference was that participants
and the international community not consider it a "solution"
to the refugee problem. The solution to the refugee problem
in Nahr Al-Barid and elsewhere, Al-Mubaraki stated, was a
return to a homeland along the lines of President Bush's
two-state solution for Palestinians and Israelis. Thus the
conference needed to stress the need for progress on Middle
East peace as the best means toward ending the Palestinian
refugee problem.
3. (C) That said, Al-Mubaraki emphasized that Kuwait was
committed to the stability of Lebanon and would make a
"generous donation" at the event.
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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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JONES
NOFORN
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR NEA/ARP
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/12/2016
TAGS: EAID ECON KU PREF PREL
SUBJECT: LEBANON: KUWAIT RESPONSE ON JUNE 23
RECONSTRUCTION CONFERENCE
REF: STATE 60216
Classified By: Ambassador Deborah K. Jones for Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (C) In response to reftel request seeking host country
support for the June 23 reconstruction conference on
Lebanon's Nahr Al-Barid refugee camp, Econcouns spoke with
Ambassador Jassim Al-Mubaraki, MFA Director of Arab Affairs,
on June 5. Al-Mubaraki said he had just met with the
Lebanese CDA and Austrian Ambassador to discuss the event.
He said Kuwait would "definitely" participate in the
conference with a "high-ranking official," but he could not
confirm the official or the amount of Kuwait's contribution
at the present time.
2. (C) Al-Mubaraki continued that the only "reservation" the
GOK had about the proposed conference was that participants
and the international community not consider it a "solution"
to the refugee problem. The solution to the refugee problem
in Nahr Al-Barid and elsewhere, Al-Mubaraki stated, was a
return to a homeland along the lines of President Bush's
two-state solution for Palestinians and Israelis. Thus the
conference needed to stress the need for progress on Middle
East peace as the best means toward ending the Palestinian
refugee problem.
3. (C) That said, Al-Mubaraki emphasized that Kuwait was
committed to the stability of Lebanon and would make a
"generous donation" at the event.
********************************************* *
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/
********************************************* *
JONES