Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09KUWAIT1099
2009-11-19 13:13:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:
RAISING KUWAIT CONTRIBUTIONS ON PEACEKEEPING
how-toVZCZCXRO2673 PP RUEHDE RUEHDH RUEHDIR DE RUEHKU #1099 3231313 ZNY CCCCC ZZH P 191313Z NOV 09 FM AMEMBASSY KUWAIT TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 4206 INFO RUEHZM/GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL COLLECTIVE PRIORITY RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY 3259 RHEHNSC/NSC WASHDC PRIORITY
C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 001099
SIPDIS
NEA/ARP, NEA/RA, IO/MPR FOR GEORGE ABRAMS AND LISA SPRATT
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/19/2019
TAGS: PREL UNGA AORC KU
SUBJECT: RAISING KUWAIT CONTRIBUTIONS ON PEACEKEEPING
ASSESSMENTS
REF: STATE 119324
Classified By: Political Counselor Pete O'Donohue for reasons 1.4 b and
d
(C) Political Counselor on November 19 raised reftel points
concerning USG interest in persuading Kuwait to agree to the
elimination of the Level C scale of peacekeeping
contributions or to agree to pay at the Level B rate with
Nasser Al-Ghanim, First Secretary in MFA's IO department.
PolCouns was not able to arrange a joint demarche with UK and
French colleagues, but noted to Al-Ghanim the possibility
that further demarches from concerned states could be
forthcoming. Al-Ghanim agreed to signal USG interest in this
matter to his leadership within MFA and at the UN Mission in
New York, noting that any decision by Kuwait to agree to a
change in scale would only come after deliberations between
MFA and Kuwait's Finance Ministry.
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