Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
04ABUDHABI2262
2004-07-07 11:07:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Abu Dhabi
Cable title:
UAEG RECEIVES IAEA CHIEF; ASKS FOR IAEA
how-tonull Diana T Fritz 02/06/2007 05:23:25 PM From DB/Inbox: Search Results Cable Text: CONFIDENTIAL SIPDIS TELEGRAM July 07, 2004 To: No Action Addressee Action: Unknown From: AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI (ABU DHABI 2262 - UNKNOWN) TAGS: ETTC, PARM, PREL, PTER, KSTC Captions: None Subject: UAEG RECEIVES IAEA CHIEF; ASKS FOR IAEA COOPERATION ON EXPORT CONTROLS Ref: None _________________________________________________________________ C O N F I D E N T I A L ABU DHABI 02262 SIPDIS Laser1: INFO: FCS CXABU: ACTION: ECON INFO: P/M DCM POL AMB DISSEMINATION: ECON CHARGE: PROG APPROVED: CDA: RALBRIGHT DRAFTED: ECON:CCRUMPLER CLEARED: CGD: JDAVIS VZCZCADI040 OO RUEHC RUEHLO RUEHRO RUEHVI RHFJUSC RHEBAAA RUCPDOC RUEHZM DE RUEHAD #2262 1891107 ZNY CCCCC ZZH O 071107Z JUL 04 FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 5031 INFO RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 0815 RUEHRO/AMEMBASSY ROME 0749 RUEHVI/AMEMBASSY VIENNA 0140 RHFJUSC/US CUSTOMS SERVICE WASHDC RHEBAAA/DEPT OF ENERGY WASHDC RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHDC RUEHZM/GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL COLLECTIVE
C O N F I D E N T I A L ABU DHABI 002262
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARP, NP FOR KCROUCH, LONDON AND ROME FOR
CUSTOMS ATTACHES, DOC/BIS FOR RCUPPITT
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/07/09
TAGS: ETTC PARM PREL PTER KSTC TC
SUBJECT: UAEG RECEIVES IAEA CHIEF; ASKS FOR IAEA
COOPERATION ON EXPORT CONTROLS
REF: DUBAI 3368
C O N F I D E N T I A L ABU DHABI 002262
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARP, NP FOR KCROUCH, LONDON AND ROME FOR
CUSTOMS ATTACHES, DOC/BIS FOR RCUPPITT
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/07/09
TAGS: ETTC PARM PREL PTER KSTC TC
SUBJECT: UAEG RECEIVES IAEA CHIEF; ASKS FOR IAEA
COOPERATION ON EXPORT CONTROLS
REF: DUBAI 3368
1. (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires, a.i. Richard A.
Albright for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d).
2. (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 7.
3. (SBU) IAEA Director General Mohammed El-Baradei
traveled to the UAE this week and met with senior officials
in Abu Dhabi, including Abu Dhabi Deputy Crown Prince and
UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff Mohammed bin Zayed Al-
Nahyan and UAE Deputy Prime Minister and de facto Foreign
Minister Hamdan bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. El-Baradei also
visited Dubai, where he met with Dubai's senior police
official, Lt. General Dhahi Khalfan Tamim (ref). Dubai
Crown Prince Shaykh Mohammed bin Rashed and his senior
advisers were out of the country at the time of the visit.
4. (C) MFA Assistant Undersecretary Abdullah Rashid Al-
Noaimi attended the meeting with El-Baradei in Abu Dhabi,
and told Charge July 6 that "we talked a lot about Iran."
The UAEG agrees with the IAEA assessment that Iran is
pursuing a nuclear weapons program, and encouraged the IAEA
to take a hard position with Tehran. He said that El-
Baradei promised to keep up the pressure on Iran.
5. (C) Al-Noaimi was impressed by El-Baradei and said that
the UAEG had missed a lot of opportunities to cooperate
with the IAEA. The visit had helped the UAEG realize the
tremendous training and technical resources the IAEA is
willing to make available. He said that the IAEA has
undertaken to develop a "Country Program" of training for
the UAE, particularly in the fields of security, WMD
detection, nuclear medicine and radioactive agriculture.
6. (C) Al-Noaimi emphasized that the UAEG had briefed the
IAEA Chief on the USG-sponsored Export Control and Related
Border Security (EXBS) program already underway in the UAE.
He noted that the UAE hoped that IAEA training would
compliment -- not compete with -- the EXBS program.
7. (SBU) Action request: We would appreciate Washington's
reaction to the UAE undertaking training with the IAEA, and
suggestions on how we can coordinate our EXBS programs with
the IAEA. End action request.
Albright
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARP, NP FOR KCROUCH, LONDON AND ROME FOR
CUSTOMS ATTACHES, DOC/BIS FOR RCUPPITT
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/07/09
TAGS: ETTC PARM PREL PTER KSTC TC
SUBJECT: UAEG RECEIVES IAEA CHIEF; ASKS FOR IAEA
COOPERATION ON EXPORT CONTROLS
REF: DUBAI 3368
1. (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires, a.i. Richard A.
Albright for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d).
2. (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 7.
3. (SBU) IAEA Director General Mohammed El-Baradei
traveled to the UAE this week and met with senior officials
in Abu Dhabi, including Abu Dhabi Deputy Crown Prince and
UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff Mohammed bin Zayed Al-
Nahyan and UAE Deputy Prime Minister and de facto Foreign
Minister Hamdan bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. El-Baradei also
visited Dubai, where he met with Dubai's senior police
official, Lt. General Dhahi Khalfan Tamim (ref). Dubai
Crown Prince Shaykh Mohammed bin Rashed and his senior
advisers were out of the country at the time of the visit.
4. (C) MFA Assistant Undersecretary Abdullah Rashid Al-
Noaimi attended the meeting with El-Baradei in Abu Dhabi,
and told Charge July 6 that "we talked a lot about Iran."
The UAEG agrees with the IAEA assessment that Iran is
pursuing a nuclear weapons program, and encouraged the IAEA
to take a hard position with Tehran. He said that El-
Baradei promised to keep up the pressure on Iran.
5. (C) Al-Noaimi was impressed by El-Baradei and said that
the UAEG had missed a lot of opportunities to cooperate
with the IAEA. The visit had helped the UAEG realize the
tremendous training and technical resources the IAEA is
willing to make available. He said that the IAEA has
undertaken to develop a "Country Program" of training for
the UAE, particularly in the fields of security, WMD
detection, nuclear medicine and radioactive agriculture.
6. (C) Al-Noaimi emphasized that the UAEG had briefed the
IAEA Chief on the USG-sponsored Export Control and Related
Border Security (EXBS) program already underway in the UAE.
He noted that the UAE hoped that IAEA training would
compliment -- not compete with -- the EXBS program.
7. (SBU) Action request: We would appreciate Washington's
reaction to the UAE undertaking training with the IAEA, and
suggestions on how we can coordinate our EXBS programs with
the IAEA. End action request.
Albright