BAHRAIN: CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION AGREEMENT ON

C O N F I D E N T I A L MANAMA 001892

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/14/2014
TAGS: PARM MARR MASS MOPS BA
SUBJECT: BAHRAIN: CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION AGREEMENT ON
CHALLENGE INSPECTIONS

REF: STATE 231260

Classified by A/DCM Hallie Hahn for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).

(C) PolEcon chief delivered reftel demarche concerning an
agreement on challenge inspections to MFA Director for
Bilateral Affairs Dhafer Al Umran December 14. Al Umran
wondered about the long period of inactivity in negotiating
the agreement, and asked if the reason for this is that the
challenge inspections are covered under some other
international agreement. If this is the case, is an
agreement on challenge inspections redundant, he asked. He
promised to pass our draft MOU to the MFA legal department
for research, and asked for any additional background we have
on the relationship of the challenge inspections to any other
international agreements.

MONROE