CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION HOST COUNTRY

C O N F I D E N T I A L AMMAN 001245 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/15/2015 TAGS: PARM PREL KTIA JO CWC SUBJECT: CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION HOST COUNTRY AGREEMENT: JORDAN REF: A. STATE 26012 ¶B. 04 AMMAN 08380 Classified By: CDA David Hale for Reasons 1.4 (b),(d) ¶1. (C) POLOFF delivered ref a talking points February 15 to Waleed Obeidat of the Foreign Minister's private office concerning the proposed U.S.-Jordan agreement on challenge inspections under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). MFA Legal Advisor Samer Naber informed post in December 2004 that the agreement had been forwarded for review to both the Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF) and the Ministry of Interior, since they would be charged with implementation, but that they had not yet provided any feedback. ¶2. (C) Obeidat said the MFA had still not received any comments from either the JAF or Ministry of Interior. He promised that MFA legal advisors (currently in Cairo at a conference) would make inquiries early next week and stress the need for formulating an official GOJ response to the proposed agreement as soon as practicable. HALE