RESTRICTED FM BONN
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 1058
OF 231441Z AUGUST 90
117
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115673
HKE 020 126 020126
MDLIAN 5291
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INFO ROUTINE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY POSTS, WASHINGTON, KUWAIT, BAGHDAD INFO ROUTINE ESC LONDON, ACTOR
MADRID TELNO 720 ?
VISIT OF KUWAIT FINANCE MINISTER IN EXILE TO FRG
1. ALI AL-KHALIFA VISITED BONN ON 22 AUGUST AND HAD ONE HOUR OF TALKS WITH DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER SCHAEFER. KLAUS (MFA'S KUWAIT DESK OFFICER) WHO WAS PRESENT AT THE CALL, SAID DISCUSSION WAS GENERAL AND COVERED NO NEW GROUND. AL-KHALIFA THANKED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND PRAISED THE BUNDESBANK FOR UNFREEZING THE ASSETS OF THE KUWAIT GOVERNMENT-IN-EXILE. SCHAEFER UNDERLINED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S SUPPORT FOR THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS AND THE RECENT WEU AND EPC STATEMENTS. BOTH . SIDES HOPED THAT INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS MIGHT LEAD TO A PEACEFUL END
TO THE CONFLICT.
MALLABY
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MAIN
IRAQ/KUWAIT
LIMITED
229
ADDITIONAL
44
IRAQ/KUWAIT
MAFF
(PASSED TO EMERGENCY UNIT)
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