Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08KUWAIT945
2008-09-04 16:58:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:
(C) KUWAIT FOREIGN MINISTER: NO TO RECOGNITION OF
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C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 000945
SIPDIS
FOR NEA/ARP LONNIE KELLEY
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/04/2018
TAGS: PREL GG KU
SUBJECT: (C) KUWAIT FOREIGN MINISTER: NO TO RECOGNITION OF
SOUTH OSSETIA AND ABKHAZIA
REF: STATE 91894
Classified By: The Ambassador for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
(C) During a September 2 meeting with Kuwaiti Deputy Prime
Minister and Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah
al-Salem Al Sabah, Ambassador thanked the FM for GOK
humanitarian assistance to the Republic of Georgia and
expressed USG support for the territorial integrity of
Georgia and our strong opposition to Russian efforts to gain
international recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as
independent states (reftel). The FM said that Kuwait would
not recognize the two regions, adding that Russia had
expressed concern about GOK assistance to Georgia and
requested similar assistance for the people of the two
regions. The FM gave no indication that such assistance
would be forthcoming.
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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
SIPDIS
FOR NEA/ARP LONNIE KELLEY
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/04/2018
TAGS: PREL GG KU
SUBJECT: (C) KUWAIT FOREIGN MINISTER: NO TO RECOGNITION OF
SOUTH OSSETIA AND ABKHAZIA
REF: STATE 91894
Classified By: The Ambassador for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
(C) During a September 2 meeting with Kuwaiti Deputy Prime
Minister and Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah
al-Salem Al Sabah, Ambassador thanked the FM for GOK
humanitarian assistance to the Republic of Georgia and
expressed USG support for the territorial integrity of
Georgia and our strong opposition to Russian efforts to gain
international recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as
independent states (reftel). The FM said that Kuwait would
not recognize the two regions, adding that Russia had
expressed concern about GOK assistance to Georgia and
requested similar assistance for the people of the two
regions. The FM gave no indication that such assistance
would be forthcoming.
********************************************* *
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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