VZCZCXRO1840
PP RUEHBC RUEHDE RUEHKUK RUEHROV
DE RUEHKU #4400 3111155
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 071155Z NOV 06
FM AMEMBASSY KUWAIT
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 7527
INFO RUEHEE/ARAB LEAGUE COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHDC PRIORITY
RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHDC PRIORITY

UNCLAS KUWAIT 004400 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
NEA/ARP FOR JACKSON 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAID ECON EFIN KBCT KU
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE ON ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT MEETING 
 
REF: STATE 180280 
 
¶1.  (SBU) In the absence of MFA Director of Arab Affairs 
Jaseem Al-Mubaraki, who is on official travel in the Gulf, 
Econcouns delivered reftel demarche to the head of the Arab 
League office at the MFA, Ahmed Al-Baqer, on November 7. 
Al-Baqer said no one from the Ministry would attend the 
meeting, but as with past practice a representative from the 
Kuwait boycott office, which falls under the Customs 
administration, would likely attend.  Al-Baqer stressed, 
however, that Kuwaiti participation in the biannual boycott 
meetings was strictly as an observer.  Econcouns noted that 
sending anyone implied a level of support for the boycott, 
which was anachronistic and obstructive of Kuwait's growing 
commercial interests.  Al-Baqer said he would convey the 
substance of our demarche and USG concerns with the boycott 
to the MFA leadership. 
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LeBaron