Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09KUWAIT980
2009-10-14 03:49:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:  

LAUNCH OF GCC ECONOMIC FORUM WEBSITE

Tags:  ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD GCC BA QA SA MU AE 
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PP RUEHDE RUEHDH RUEHDIR
DE RUEHKU #0980 2870349
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 140349Z OCT 09
FM AMEMBASSY KUWAIT
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 4034
INFO RUEHZM/GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEHYN/AMEMBASSY SANAA PRIORITY 0600
RUEHFSI/DIR FSINFATC WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHDC PRIORITY
UNCLAS KUWAIT 000980 

SIPDIS

STATE FOR NEA/ARP, EEB, IRM
STATE PASS USTR
STATE PASS FEDERAL RESERVE
TREASURY FOR IA

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD GCC BA QA SA MU AE
YM, KU
SUBJECT: LAUNCH OF GCC ECONOMIC FORUM WEBSITE

UNCLAS KUWAIT 000980

SIPDIS

STATE FOR NEA/ARP, EEB, IRM
STATE PASS USTR
STATE PASS FEDERAL RESERVE
TREASURY FOR IA

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD GCC BA QA SA MU AE
YM, KU
SUBJECT: LAUNCH OF GCC ECONOMIC FORUM WEBSITE


1. (U) Post is pleased to report the launch of a "GCC
Economic Forum" website, designed to enhance information
sharing and collaboration among Econoffs and other USG
economic officers focused on Arabian Peninsular affairs. The
URL for the unclassified website is:
http://www.intelink.com/communities/state/gcc .


2. (U) This initiative is the outcome of a regional meeting
of Econoffs and Treasury personnel held in Manama in May

2009. The website will include SBU and unclassified cables,
noteworthy news items and links to USG and third party
resources on economic topics concerning the nations of the
GCC and Yemen.


3. (U) Embassy Kuwait -- in partnership with the IRM Bureau's
Office of eDiplomacy, GCC posts and Embassy Sanaa --
developed the site. We are currently working with our
partners in the region to develop the site's content further.
Posts in the region will alternate responsibility for
managing the site, which will be updated on a weekly basis.

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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