US embassy cable - 03KUWAIT1363

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KUWAIT: WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS NOTICE DELIVERED

Identifier: 03KUWAIT1363
Wikileaks: View 03KUWAIT1363 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Kuwait
Created: 2003-04-12 12:13:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: ETRD ECON KU WTO
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.


 
UNCLAS KUWAIT 001363 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT PASS USTR FOR JBUNTIN 
GENEVA FOR USTR 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ETRD, ECON, KU, WTO 
SUBJECT: KUWAIT: WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS NOTICE DELIVERED 
 
REF: STATE 84188 
 
On April 12, 2003, Ambassador delivered reftel points to 
Salah Khourshid, Kuwait's Minister of Commerce and Industry, 
and Bader Abdul-Raheem, Acting Under Secretary for 
International Trade in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry 
(MOCI), notifying the GOK that the U.S. has submitted its 
initial WTO service offer in Geneva.  A copy of the press 
release from U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick and 
the USTR fact sheet was also sent to the office of Shaykh Dr. 
Mohammed Al-Sabah, Kuwait's Minister of State and acting 
Minister of Finance, who is presently traveling outside the 
country.  Minister Khourshid asked Abdul-Raheem to inform 
Kuwait's WTO official in Geneva that that the USG would be 
interested in finding a mutually agreeable time for bilateral 
discussions on the U.S. offer during the next session of WTO 
services negotiations, May 12-23, in Geneva. 
JONES 

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