C O N F I D E N T I A L MADRID 003146

SIPDIS

DEPARTMENT FOR NP/CBM AND EUR/WE

E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/06/15
TAGS: PARM PREL MNUC ETTC TSPA KSCA SP MTCRE
SUBJECT: MTCR: SPAIN WILL LIKELY SUPPORT U.S. PROPOSAL ON
NORTH KOREA

REF: A. SECSTATE 160777


B. MADRID 2714

Classified By: ESTHOFF KEN FORDER PER 1.4 (B/D).

(C) ESTHOFF passed Ref A points September 1 to MFA
Disarmament Affairs Deputy Director General Marcos Rodriguez
Cantero, informing the GOS that the UK, France, Germany,
Japan, and Australia were now supportive of the U.S. MTCR
North Korea proposal, and requesting Madrid to overcome Ref B
concerns and join in supporting this proposal. Rodriguez
Cantero told ESTHOFF September 2 that his staff had met
September 1 to discuss new developments on the U.S. proposal
and that while Spain still had the same concerns reported in
Ref B, Madrid would now "likely" support the U.S. proposal at
the upcoming Madrid MTCR plenary.
AGUIRRE