US embassy cable - 05KUWAIT4334

C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 004334 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR NEA/ARPI, LONDON FOR TSOU, PARIS FOR ZEYA 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/03/2015 
TAGS: PARM, PGOV, PREL, PBTS, IZ, IR, KU, KUWAIT-IRAN RELATIONS 
SUBJECT: KUWAITIS PRESS IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TO 
COOPERATE ON NUCLEAR ISSUES 
 
Classified By: Ambassador Richard LeBaron for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) 
 
1.  (C) In a very brief exchange as Ambassador was leaving 
the Foreign Ministry with Ambassador Jeffrey's Iraq-related 
delegation on October 5, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. 
Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah advised that he had pressed 
visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Manoucher Mottaki to 
cooperate with the IAEA on nuclear issues.  During the 
Iranian envoy's visit to Kuwait October 4, the Kuwaiti FM 
told him that U.S. and European resolve to deal with the 
Iranian nuclear issue should not be underestimated.  The 
Kuwaitis told their visitor that if Iran didn't have anything 
to hide then it should allow the IAEA full access and should 
not consider withdrawal from the Additional Protocol.  Shaykh 
Mohamed did not characterize Mottaki's reaction, but said 
that the GOK message had been partially designed so that 
Mottaki could report a strong GOK demarche back to Tehran in 
that hope that it would have some influence on the internal 
consideration of this matter. 
 
2.  (C) On the maritime boundary issues between Kuwait and 
Iran, the Kuwaiti FM said that the two sides had agreed to 
have their joint commission meet, but he did not express any 
of the confidence that the matter would be resolved that came 
through in some of the local press reporting of the visit. 
 
 
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