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.
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