GOAM RESPONSE ON PROPOSED GLOBAL THREAT REDUCTION

UNCLAS YEREVAN 001800 SIPDIS SENSITIVE DEPT FOR EUR/CACEN, NP/ECC E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: TRGY KNNP AORC AM IAEA SUBJECT: GOAM RESPONSE ON PROPOSED GLOBAL THREAT REDUCTION INITIATIVE Refs: A) State 161883 B) State 81669 ¶1. (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. -------------- ARMENIANS ON BOARD -------------- ¶2. (SBU) We presented ref A talking points regarding the Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI) to Armen Israelian, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of the Department for Arms Control and International Security, and Ashot Martirosyan, Head of the Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Agency (ANRA). ¶3. (SBU) Israelian acknowledged the GTRI's importance to the Government of Armenia and noted that the GOAM hoped to send a minister to the scheduled conference in Vienna September 18-19. -------------- ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL -------------- ¶4. (SBU) Israelian also told us that the Armenian National Assembly had ratified the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Additional Protocol (ref B) on June 28, and planned to submit their first report, as required, on December 28, ¶2004. GODFREY