US embassy cable - 05KUWAIT4649

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ERDOGAN PROMOTES ECONOMIC TIES DURING VISIT TO KUWAIT

Identifier: 05KUWAIT4649
Wikileaks: View 05KUWAIT4649 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Kuwait
Created: 2005-10-31 08:38:00
Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
Tags: PREL ECON TU KU
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
VZCZCXRO3873
RR RUEHDE
DE RUEHKU #4649 3040838
ZNY CCCCC ZZH
R 310838Z OCT 05
FM AMEMBASSY KUWAIT
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 1580
INFO RUEHZM/GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL COLLECTIVE
RUEHAK/AMEMBASSY ANKARA 0224
C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 004649 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
FOR NEA/ARPI 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/20/2015 
TAGS: PREL, ECON, TU, KU 
SUBJECT: ERDOGAN PROMOTES ECONOMIC TIES DURING VISIT TO 
KUWAIT 
 
 
Classified By: Ambassador Richard LeBaron for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) 
 
(C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Under Secretary Khaled 
Al-Jarallah gave Ambassador an overview of Turkish Prime 
Minister Tayyip Erdogan's October 25 visit to Kuwait. During 
an October 30 meeting at the MFA, Al-Jarallah reported that 
Erdogan "came with a good spirit," focusing primarily on 
economic and commercial issues. The PM, who traveled to 
several GCC countries with a delegation of Turkish 
businesspeople, promoted bilateral economic, trade and 
investment ties with Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed 
Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and Kuwaiti private sector leaders, the U/S 
reported. As a next step, Al-Jarallah predicted, the Kuwaitis 
and Turks soon would welcome reciprocal commercial 
delegations. Current Kuwaiti investors include the Al-Shaya 
family who owns the Starbucks franchise for the Middle East 
including locations in the Republic of Turkey. 
 
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LEBARON 

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