JORDAN'S COMPLIANCE WITH COUNTERTERRORISM

UNCLAS AMMAN 010062

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER PGOV PREL ASEC JO
SUBJECT: JORDAN'S COMPLIANCE WITH COUNTERTERRORISM
CONVENTIONS AND PROTOCOLS

REF: SECSTATE 269653


1. (U) POLOFF delivered ref demarche to MFA Legal Adviser
Samer Naber on December 21. He confirmed that Jordan had
acceded to two additional conventions and protocols earlier
this year, adopting the Convention for the Suppression of
Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation and
the Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the
Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf.
Jordan's accession was published in the Jordanian Gazette and
has become part of Jordanian law. As a result, Jordan is now
party to ten of the 12 international counterterrorism
conventions and protocols.


2. (U) Regarding the remaining two conventions to which
Jordan is not yet a party, the Convention for the Suppression
of Terrorist Bombings and the Convention on the Physical
Protection of Nuclear Material, Naber stated that they are
currently under active study by the GOJ. He said the
Jordanian nuclear commission has reviewed the provisions of
the latter, and recommended to the Prime Minister that Jordan
become a party. Naber did not know when the Prime Minister
would make his decision, but he anticipated it would be
favorable. He promised to keep us apprised of developments
related to these two conventions.


3. (U) Baghdad minimize considered.
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