US embassy cable - 05KUWAIT109

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DEMARCHE DELIVERED: USG CALL FOR DONOR SUPPORT TO TSUNAMI RELIEF

Identifier: 05KUWAIT109
Wikileaks: View 05KUWAIT109 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Kuwait
Created: 2005-01-08 13:12:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: PGOV EAID AEMR 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.

081312Z Jan 05

 
UNCLAS KUWAIT 000109 
 
SIPDIS 
 
S/ES-O FOR TFX001 AND NEA/ARPI 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV, EAID, AEMR, KU 
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED:  USG CALL FOR DONOR SUPPORT TO 
TSUNAMI RELIEF 
 
 
SIPDIS 
 
REF: A. KUWAIT 73 
     B. STATE 959 
 
1.  Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Minister 
Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah on 8 January. 
The FM noted that Kuwaiti aid was available, but that some 
had been held up for lack of runway space in the affected 
area. 
 
2.   In addition to the USD 10 million previously announced 
(ref a), Kuwaiti newspapers reported January 8 that the GOK 
would reschedule hundreds of millions of dollars in debt owed 
by nations stricken by the tsunami.  While there are no 
details on individual debts, the Kuwait Fund for Arab 
Economic Development (KFAED) reported USD 736 million in 
loans to India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Maldives, Sri Lanka, 
and Thailand. 
LEBARON 

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