KAZAKHSTAN SUBSCRIBES TO THE HAGUE CODE OF CONDUCT

UNCLAS ALMATY 002986 SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FOR EUR/CACEN (J. MUDGE),EUR/PRA (L. BENTHIEN), AND NP/CBM SENSITIVE E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: KSCA MNUC ETTC TSPA PREL KZ WMD POLITICAL SUBJECT: KAZAKHSTAN SUBSCRIBES TO THE HAGUE CODE OF CONDUCT REF: Almaty 833 ¶1. (SBU) Summary: The Government of Kazakhstan has subscribed to the Hague Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC). End Summary. ¶2. (SBU) Zhulduz Baizakova of the MFA's office of international security told POEC chief on August 16 that the GOK had formally subscribed to the HCOC, becoming the 121st state to do so. Kazakhstan sent a diplomatic note to the Austrian MFA in mid-July, and received a response confirming completion of the process on July 26. ¶3. (U) Dushanbe minimize considered. ASQUINO NNNN