US embassy cable - 05KUWAIT504

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INTERIOR MINISTER TO SKIP RIYADH COUNTERTERRORISM CONFERENCE

Identifier: 05KUWAIT504
Wikileaks: View 05KUWAIT504 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Kuwait
Created: 2005-02-05 13:55:00
Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
Tags: PTER PREL 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.


 
C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 000504 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR NEA/ARPI AND S/CT 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/05/2015 
TAGS: PTER, PREL, KU 
SUBJECT: INTERIOR MINISTER TO SKIP RIYADH COUNTERTERRORISM 
CONFERENCE 
 
REF: KUWAIT 284 
 
Classified By: Deputy Chief of Mission for reasons 1.4 (b) 
 
(C) Interior Minister and First Deputy Prime Minister Shaykh 
Nawaf Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah will not attend the February 
5-8 Counter-Terrorism Conference in Riyadh. Brigadier General 
Khalid Al-Athemi, General Manager of Legal Affairs for the 
Interior Minister will act in his stead.  According to 
Poloff's contact, General Al-Athemi is accompanied by a 
Kuwait State Security officer with the rank of colonel (NFI). 
 No explanation was given for the Minister's absence although 
recent MOI actions against terrorist elements in country may 
have forced Shaykh Nawaf to keep his focus on internal issues. 
 
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