US embassy cable - 05KUWAIT929

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MGLE01: DEMARCHE TO KUWAIT ON SYRIAN WITHDRAWAL

Identifier: 05KUWAIT929
Wikileaks: View 05KUWAIT929 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Kuwait
Created: 2005-03-07 03:44:00
Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
Tags: PREL KU LE
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 000929 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/05/2015 
TAGS: PREL, KU, LE 
SUBJECT: MGLE01: DEMARCHE TO KUWAIT ON SYRIAN WITHDRAWAL 
 
REF: SECSTATE 39018 
 
Classified By: Ambassador Richard LeBaron for 
reasons 1.5 (b) and (d) 
 
1. (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on March 6 to MFA 
U/S Khalid Jarallah who was joined by the Foreign Minister's 
office director, Shaykh Ahmad Nasser Al-Sabah.  (Foreign 
Minister was occupied in a cabinet meeting.)  Jarallah made 
no comment on the U.S. talking points but  indicated concerns 
about the evolving situation in Lebanon by asking several 
questions about the potential for negative actions by 
Hizballah, Palestinian refugees, Iran, and of course Syria. 
He remarked that he found Bashar al-Assad's references to 
Iraq and the U.S. in his March 5 speech to be troubling. 
 
2. (C)  Jarallah concluded the discussion by opining that the 
greatest threats facing Lebanon were internal and the 
immediate future of the country would depend most on how 
unified the Lebanese people could remain in the face of 
divisive internal forces.  Although Lebanese Druze leader 
Walid Jumblatt met with the Kuwaiti PM on March 5, Jarallah 
offered no comment on Jumblatt's visit. 
LEBARON 

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