CWC QUESTIONNAIRES DELIVERED

C O N F I D E N T I A L SANAA 000446 SIPDIS THE HAGUE FOR CWC DEL; ALSO FOR EMBASSY E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/06/2013 TAGS: PARM PREL ABUD YM DEMARCHE SUBJECT: CWC QUESTIONNAIRES DELIVERED REF: STATE 35668 Classified By: Political/Economic Officer Willeah E. Cato for Reasons 1 .5 (b,d) ¶1. (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 5. ¶2. (C) Summary: On March 3 Pol/EconOff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Legal Affairs Director Mulhi. Mulhi believes the questionnaires will be submitted in time for the CWC Review Conference, but requested that future texts be translated into Arabic to facilitate ROYG response. End summary. ¶3. (C) On March 3 Pol/EconOff delivered reftel Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) questionnaires and talking points to Dr. Ahmed Mulhi, Director of Legal Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Pol/EconOff stressed the importance of completing the questionnaires before April's CWC Review Conference in the Hague, and encouraged the ROYG to contact the Embassy for further assistance. ¶4. (C) Mulhi noted that Yemen has already completed some of the questionnaires, and is awaiting the formation of a national committeee on chemical weapons before proceeding. This committee, comprised of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Health, Customs, Trade and Technology, will, according to Mulhi, provide more accurate answers than his office alone. Mulhi also requested that the questionnaires, and future technical documents, be translated into Arabic. ¶5. (U) Action requested: If available, please provide post with an Arabic language translation of CWC questionnaires. POC for this request is Pol/EconOff Willeah Cato. She can be contacted via e-mail at catowe@state.gov or via fax at (967) (1) 303 - 259. HULL