Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09KUWAIT310
2009-03-30 14:49:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Kuwait
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UNCLAS KUWAIT 000310
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EEB/IFD/OMA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID ECON PREL KU
SUBJECT: GOK BUDGET TRANSPARENCY
REF: SECSTATE 28885
UNCLAS KUWAIT 000310
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EEB/IFD/OMA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID ECON PREL KU
SUBJECT: GOK BUDGET TRANSPARENCY
REF: SECSTATE 28885
1. (U) This cable contains information on GOK budget
transparency, per reftel.
2. (SBU) The GOK is not expected to receive U.S. foreign
assistance using FY 2009 funds. The DOS annually applies for
IMET assistance for Kuwait. The assistance is barred every
year due to a longstanding dispute between Kuwait's Permanent
Mission to the United Nations and the City of New York over
unpaid parking tickets. There is no indication that the
situation will change in 2009.
3. (U) The GOK's budget is publicly available.
4. (U) The GOK makes public both budget income and budget
expenditures.
5. (SBU) Post assesses the GOK's declarations about the
national budget to be accurate.
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For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit:
visit Kuwait's Classified Website at:
http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Portal:Kuwa it
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JONES
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EEB/IFD/OMA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID ECON PREL KU
SUBJECT: GOK BUDGET TRANSPARENCY
REF: SECSTATE 28885
1. (U) This cable contains information on GOK budget
transparency, per reftel.
2. (SBU) The GOK is not expected to receive U.S. foreign
assistance using FY 2009 funds. The DOS annually applies for
IMET assistance for Kuwait. The assistance is barred every
year due to a longstanding dispute between Kuwait's Permanent
Mission to the United Nations and the City of New York over
unpaid parking tickets. There is no indication that the
situation will change in 2009.
3. (U) The GOK's budget is publicly available.
4. (U) The GOK makes public both budget income and budget
expenditures.
5. (SBU) Post assesses the GOK's declarations about the
national budget to be accurate.
********************************************* *********
For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit:
visit Kuwait's Classified Website at:
http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Portal:Kuwa it
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JONES