US embassy cable - 05KUWAIT4555

UNCLAS KUWAIT 004555 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV, PREL, PINR, KU 
SUBJECT: AMBASSADOR RE-EMPHASIZES RECENT DEMARCHES DURING 
MEETING WITH NEW MFA ECON HEAD 
 
REF: A. REFTEL A: KUWAIT 4402 
 
     B. REFTEL B: STATE 195286 
     C. REFTEL C: 190748 
     D. REFTEL D: 195483 
     E. REFTEL E: 195603 
     F. REFTEL F: 189774 
 
1.  (U) On October 23, the Ambassador, accompanied by 
Econcouns and Econoff (notetaker), met with the new head of 
the Economics Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 
Shaykh Ali Khaled Al-Sabah.  The Ambassador congratulated 
Al-Sabah on his recent appointment and discussed current 
issues as well as the subjects of recent demarche cables, 
including the stalled TIFA talks and IPR (Ref A), WTO 
agriculture negotiations (Ref B and C), recovery aid to 
Pakistan (Ref D), the mechanics of the GOK's donation to 
hurricane Katrina relief, Avian Influenza (AI) (Ref E), and 
the Foundation for the Future (FFF) project (Ref F).  The 
Ambassador repeated the subject of the relevant demarches and 
left behind non-papers on each issue.  Al-Sabah, noting that 
his office was still in the process of forming up, said he 
had no immediate substantive responses to offer, but would 
ensure that USG concerns were reviewed by the appropriate 
offices within MFA.  He further volunteered to follow up with 
those offices and to respond at a later date. 
 
Bio Note 
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2.  (SBU) The Emir's son, Jarrah Al-Sabah, also attended the 
meeting and acted as notetaker.  He studied at the University 
of Pennsylvania, but did not graduate; later he transferred 
to, and graduated from, the University of Delaware.  He was 
recently hired by Shaykh Ali Khaled Al-Sabah to work in the 
Economics Department. 
 
 
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