GOAM MOVING FORWARD ON REMAINING CT CONVENTIONS

UNCLAS YEREVAN 002776

SIPDIS

SENSITIVE

DEPT FOR EUR/CACEN, S/CT, IO

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER ASEC PREL AM
SUBJECT: GOAM MOVING FORWARD ON REMAINING CT CONVENTIONS

REF: STATE 269653


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2. (SBU) Armenia's Constitutional Court has ruled that the
remaining three Counterterrorism Conventions to which
Armenia has not yet acceded are constitutional, and the
National Assembly is due to ratify them in Spring 2005,
according to MFA Americas Desk Chief Lilit Tutkhalian. The
GOAM, in response to earlier discussions on the same topic,
has pushed the Convention on the Marking of Plastic
Explosives for the Purpose of Detection, 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 through the ratification process,
and expects the National Assembly to consider the
conventions before the end of the Spring session in 2005.
EVANS