Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09KUWAIT368
2009-04-15 14:29:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOK REPRESENTATION AT APRIL 17
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C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 000368
SIPDIS
NEA/ARP, NEA/I
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/14/2018
TAGS: PREL EAID IBRD IMF PK PU
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOK REPRESENTATION AT APRIL 17
PAKISTAN DONOR'S CONFERENCE IN TOKYO
REF: A. STATE 32712
B. STATE 29482
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 000368
SIPDIS
NEA/ARP, NEA/I
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/14/2018
TAGS: PREL EAID IBRD IMF PK PU
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOK REPRESENTATION AT APRIL 17
PAKISTAN DONOR'S CONFERENCE IN TOKYO
REF: A. STATE 32712
B. STATE 29482
Classified By: Political Counselor Pete O'Donohue for reasons 1.4 b and
d
1. (C) Ambassador, accompanied by the Japanese and Pakistani
Charges, delivered ref A demarche on April 15 to Deputy Prime
Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed
Al Sabah, emphasizing the need for the international
community to support Pakistan's economy on an urgent basis as
an essential part of addressing the growing security threat
there; Ambassador also presented the FM with a copy of ref B
Interagency Policy Group's Report on U.S. Policy toward
Afghanistan and Pakistan. The Japanese Charge presented a
letter to the Amir from Prime Minister Aso inviting Kuwait to
attend the April 17 Pakistan Donor's Conference in Tokyo and
to offer a pledge. The Pakistani Charge added a note of
urgency to the conversation, describing a cycle of ongoing
instability in Pakistan in which poverty and insecurity
mutually reinforce each other; assistance from Pakistan's
"democratic friends" is needed to break the cycle. He also
presented the FM with a document requesting specific Kuwaiti
assistance for a hydroelectric project in Pakistan.
2. (C) In response, the FM noted that Kuwait will be
represented at the April 17 Donor's Conference by its
Ambassador to Tokyo and by a representative from the Kuwait
Fund, the GOK's primary aid arm. Shaykh Dr. Mohammed said
the GOK will be present at Tokyo for the purpose of gathering
information; it will not be able to offer a pledge on April
17. After the conference, the FM said, the GOK will consider
an appropriate course of action and make a recommendation to
Kuwait's Council of Ministers. If the Council approves the
recommendation, the GOK will then discuss appropriate sums
and modalities with the IMF. The FM noted paranthetically
that, in general, the GOK prefers to provide assistance
through the Kuwait Fund to specific projects rather than as
more open-ended budgetary support to a recipient country;
nevertheless, the GOK will consider the situation.
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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
SIPDIS
NEA/ARP, NEA/I
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/14/2018
TAGS: PREL EAID IBRD IMF PK PU
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOK REPRESENTATION AT APRIL 17
PAKISTAN DONOR'S CONFERENCE IN TOKYO
REF: A. STATE 32712
B. STATE 29482
Classified By: Political Counselor Pete O'Donohue for reasons 1.4 b and
d
1. (C) Ambassador, accompanied by the Japanese and Pakistani
Charges, delivered ref A demarche on April 15 to Deputy Prime
Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed
Al Sabah, emphasizing the need for the international
community to support Pakistan's economy on an urgent basis as
an essential part of addressing the growing security threat
there; Ambassador also presented the FM with a copy of ref B
Interagency Policy Group's Report on U.S. Policy toward
Afghanistan and Pakistan. The Japanese Charge presented a
letter to the Amir from Prime Minister Aso inviting Kuwait to
attend the April 17 Pakistan Donor's Conference in Tokyo and
to offer a pledge. The Pakistani Charge added a note of
urgency to the conversation, describing a cycle of ongoing
instability in Pakistan in which poverty and insecurity
mutually reinforce each other; assistance from Pakistan's
"democratic friends" is needed to break the cycle. He also
presented the FM with a document requesting specific Kuwaiti
assistance for a hydroelectric project in Pakistan.
2. (C) In response, the FM noted that Kuwait will be
represented at the April 17 Donor's Conference by its
Ambassador to Tokyo and by a representative from the Kuwait
Fund, the GOK's primary aid arm. Shaykh Dr. Mohammed said
the GOK will be present at Tokyo for the purpose of gathering
information; it will not be able to offer a pledge on April
17. After the conference, the FM said, the GOK will consider
an appropriate course of action and make a recommendation to
Kuwait's Council of Ministers. If the Council approves the
recommendation, the GOK will then discuss appropriate sums
and modalities with the IMF. The FM noted paranthetically
that, in general, the GOK prefers to provide assistance
through the Kuwait Fund to specific projects rather than as
more open-ended budgetary support to a recipient country;
nevertheless, the GOK will consider the situation.
********************************************* *********
For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit:
visit Kuwait's Classified Website at:
http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Portal:Kuwa it
********************************************* *********
JONES