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03GUATEMALA1108
2003-04-28 19:13:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Guatemala
Cable title:
GUATEMALA STILL STUDYING BALLISTIC MISSILE ICOC
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UNCLAS GUATEMALA 001108
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR NP/CBM
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PARM MNUC ETTC TSPA GT
SUBJECT: GUATEMALA STILL STUDYING BALLISTIC MISSILE ICOC
REF: A. STATE 89910
B. 02 GUATEMALA 2889
PolOff raised ref A points with Sylvia Corado, Director for
Multilateral Affairs at the Foreign Ministry (MFA) on April
25. Corado said the MFA remains interested in subscribing to
the International Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile
Proliferation (ICOC),and hopes to do so in time to
participate in the June meeting on implementation issues and
confidence building measures. Corado explained that the MFA
had not responded to our earlier demarche (ref B),because
paragraph 3 (a) of the ICOC requires subscribers to "ratify,
accede to, or otherwise abide by" the terms of three treaties
related to outer space. Corado admitted the MFA has very
little expertise in this area and needed to be sure it
understood what it was signing. Corado stressed that
Guatemala supports the goal of non-proliferation.
HAMILTON
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR NP/CBM
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PARM MNUC ETTC TSPA GT
SUBJECT: GUATEMALA STILL STUDYING BALLISTIC MISSILE ICOC
REF: A. STATE 89910
B. 02 GUATEMALA 2889
PolOff raised ref A points with Sylvia Corado, Director for
Multilateral Affairs at the Foreign Ministry (MFA) on April
25. Corado said the MFA remains interested in subscribing to
the International Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile
Proliferation (ICOC),and hopes to do so in time to
participate in the June meeting on implementation issues and
confidence building measures. Corado explained that the MFA
had not responded to our earlier demarche (ref B),because
paragraph 3 (a) of the ICOC requires subscribers to "ratify,
accede to, or otherwise abide by" the terms of three treaties
related to outer space. Corado admitted the MFA has very
little expertise in this area and needed to be sure it
understood what it was signing. Corado stressed that
Guatemala supports the goal of non-proliferation.
HAMILTON