US embassy cable - 04KUWAIT1810

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(C) ARTICLE 98: FM EXPECTS RECESS-RATIFICATION BY DECREE, SUBJECT TO PARLIAMENTARY CONFIRMATION IN THE FALL

Identifier: 04KUWAIT1810
Wikileaks: View 04KUWAIT1810 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Kuwait
Created: 2004-06-08 13:50:00
Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
Tags: PREL MARR KJUS KU
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

081350Z Jun 04

 
C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 001810 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR T, L/T, D, PM/B:AMB BODINE AND JPMURRAY, NEA/ARP 
TEL AVIV FOR DCM LEBARON 
RIYADH FOR TUELLER 
TUNIS FOR NATALIE BROWN 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/07/2014 
TAGS: PREL, MARR, KJUS, KU 
SUBJECT: (C) ARTICLE 98:  FM EXPECTS RECESS-RATIFICATION BY 
DECREE, SUBJECT TO PARLIAMENTARY CONFIRMATION IN THE FALL 
 
REF: KUWAIT 1662 AND PREVIOUS 
 
Classified By: CDA FRANK URBANCIC; REASON 1.4 (B, D). 
 
1.  (C) Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah al-Salem 
al-Sabah told Charge June 7 that the Cabinet had decided June 
6 that the Constitution requires ratification of the Article 
98 agreement by the National Assembly.  As the Assembly is 
about to recess for the summer, he said he expected the 
agreement would be ratified by decree during the recess, 
subject to confirmation by the Assembly after it reconvenes 
in October.  He confirmed that the agreement would be in 
force from the date of the decree, and would remain in force 
unless and until the parliament voted it down. 
 
2.  (C) The Minister said he expected the Assembly to go into 
recess by the end of June, and in the meantime to be focused 
solely on debating and adopting the budget. 
URBANCIC 

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