Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09KUWAIT345
2009-04-08 14:36:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KUWAIT SHARES USG CONCERNS
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C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 000345
SIPDIS
NEA/ARP, NEA/I
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/14/2018
TAGS: PREL PARM KNNP KN KU
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KUWAIT SHARES USG CONCERNS
ABOUT NORTH KOREAN MISSILE LAUNCH
REF: STATE 33031
Classified By: Political Counselor Pete O'Donohue for reasons 1.4 b and
d
C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 000345
SIPDIS
NEA/ARP, NEA/I
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/14/2018
TAGS: PREL PARM KNNP KN KU
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KUWAIT SHARES USG CONCERNS
ABOUT NORTH KOREAN MISSILE LAUNCH
REF: STATE 33031
Classified By: Political Counselor Pete O'Donohue for reasons 1.4 b and
d
1. (C) POLCOUNS on April 9 raised reftel points concerning
North Korea's April 5 launch of a Taepo-Dong missile over
Japan with Meshal Al-Dabbous of MFA's Asia Department and
also provided him with a copy of the President's April 5
statement condemning the launch. Dabbous responded that the
GOK fully shares USG concerns over the launch, which violates
UNSCR 1718, and hopes that North Korea can be persuaded via
the medium of the Six-Party Talks to abandon its efforts to
further develop its missile program.
2. (C) Dabbous noted that the North Korean launch makes the
GOK particularly uncomfortable, given the GOK's belief that
North Korea exchanges missile technology and expertise with
Iran, Kuwait's troublesome neigbor on the other side of the
Arabian Gulf. Iran's missile and nuclear ambitions create a
great deal of worry here and the GOK views the North Korean
launch as one more indication that dangerous technologies are
becoming a growing threat to this region.
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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
********************************************* *********
MISENHEIMER
SIPDIS
NEA/ARP, NEA/I
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/14/2018
TAGS: PREL PARM KNNP KN KU
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KUWAIT SHARES USG CONCERNS
ABOUT NORTH KOREAN MISSILE LAUNCH
REF: STATE 33031
Classified By: Political Counselor Pete O'Donohue for reasons 1.4 b and
d
1. (C) POLCOUNS on April 9 raised reftel points concerning
North Korea's April 5 launch of a Taepo-Dong missile over
Japan with Meshal Al-Dabbous of MFA's Asia Department and
also provided him with a copy of the President's April 5
statement condemning the launch. Dabbous responded that the
GOK fully shares USG concerns over the launch, which violates
UNSCR 1718, and hopes that North Korea can be persuaded via
the medium of the Six-Party Talks to abandon its efforts to
further develop its missile program.
2. (C) Dabbous noted that the North Korean launch makes the
GOK particularly uncomfortable, given the GOK's belief that
North Korea exchanges missile technology and expertise with
Iran, Kuwait's troublesome neigbor on the other side of the
Arabian Gulf. Iran's missile and nuclear ambitions create a
great deal of worry here and the GOK views the North Korean
launch as one more indication that dangerous technologies are
becoming a growing threat to this region.
********************************************* *********
For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit:
visit Kuwait's Classified Website at:
http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Portal:Kuwa it
********************************************* *********
MISENHEIMER