Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09KUWAIT632
2009-06-25 13:30:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:
KUWAIT IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION
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UNCLAS KUWAIT 000632
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR NEA/ARP, ISN/CPI, IO, T
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PARM PREL MNUC KN KU
SUBJECT: KUWAIT IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION
(UNSCR) 1874
REF: SECSTATE 65483
UNCLAS KUWAIT 000632
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR NEA/ARP, ISN/CPI, IO, T
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PARM PREL MNUC KN KU
SUBJECT: KUWAIT IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION
(UNSCR) 1874
REF: SECSTATE 65483
1. (SBU) Econcouns met with MFA Asia Department Counselor
(number 2) Rashed Al-Hajri on June 25 to seek GoK cooperation
in enforcing the terms of UNSCR 1874. Al-Hajri stated,
unequivocally, that Kuwait understood its responsibility
under UNSCRs and would abide by them fully, adding that
"UNSCRs saved Kuwait" (during the Iraqi invasion). He added
that the GoK had requested that North Korea cooperate with
UNSCRs and to return to the 6-party talks. (Note: He did not
give a time frame for these requests. End note.)
2. (SBU) Al-Hajri continued by saying that Kuwait's political
and economic ties with North Korea were "not strong." The
GoK does not have an embassy in Pyongyang and covers North
Korea from its embassy in Beijing. He acknowledged that
there are "some" North Korean laborers in Kuwait's
construction sector, but declined to be drawn into numbers.
(Note: According to Kuwaiti trade data, Kuwait imported
around $500,000 in goods from North Korea in 2006, the last
year data was available and had no non-oil exports. The
Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development has two ongoing
assistance programs in North Korea: a
renovation/modernization of Pyongyang's water supply and
drainage system and a wastewater project. North Korea has an
Embassy in Kuwait. End Note.)
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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
DEPARTMENT FOR NEA/ARP, ISN/CPI, IO, T
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PARM PREL MNUC KN KU
SUBJECT: KUWAIT IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION
(UNSCR) 1874
REF: SECSTATE 65483
1. (SBU) Econcouns met with MFA Asia Department Counselor
(number 2) Rashed Al-Hajri on June 25 to seek GoK cooperation
in enforcing the terms of UNSCR 1874. Al-Hajri stated,
unequivocally, that Kuwait understood its responsibility
under UNSCRs and would abide by them fully, adding that
"UNSCRs saved Kuwait" (during the Iraqi invasion). He added
that the GoK had requested that North Korea cooperate with
UNSCRs and to return to the 6-party talks. (Note: He did not
give a time frame for these requests. End note.)
2. (SBU) Al-Hajri continued by saying that Kuwait's political
and economic ties with North Korea were "not strong." The
GoK does not have an embassy in Pyongyang and covers North
Korea from its embassy in Beijing. He acknowledged that
there are "some" North Korean laborers in Kuwait's
construction sector, but declined to be drawn into numbers.
(Note: According to Kuwaiti trade data, Kuwait imported
around $500,000 in goods from North Korea in 2006, the last
year data was available and had no non-oil exports. The
Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development has two ongoing
assistance programs in North Korea: a
renovation/modernization of Pyongyang's water supply and
drainage system and a wastewater project. North Korea has an
Embassy in Kuwait. End Note.)
********************************************* *********
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