CWC: HOST COUNTRY AGREEMENT/ARRANGEMENT WITH CANADA

C O N F I D E N T I A L OTTAWA 003012

SIPDIS

THE HAGUE ALSO FOR CWC DEL

E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/07/2015
TAGS: KTIA PARM PREL CA
SUBJECT: CWC: HOST COUNTRY AGREEMENT/ARRANGEMENT WITH CANADA

REF: SECSTATE 185253

Classified By: POL M/C Brian Flora. Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).


1. (C) Polmiloff met with Foreign Affairs Canada officials
and a Department of National Defence representative on
October 7 to deliver reftel message and text. Meeting
participants were CWC National Coordinator Bob Brooks, Senior
Advisor for Industry Issues Adrian Ghita-Duminica,
Nonproliferation Deputy Director Victor Rakmil and Major Don
Neal.


2. (C) Though not necessarily 'expecting' the U.S. request at
this time, Brooks said he was not surprised to hear from us.
He volunteered that Canada recently had started negotiating
an MOU with the UK (Canada's largest CBW research facility is
located at a significant military base in the UK). Canada
hoped to finalize the agreement on the margins of the COP in
November, he said. Welcoming the opportunity the hold
discussions with the U.S. at that time, Brooks said the
Canadian Delegation will arrive in the Hague on November 5
and depart on November 12. They will be lodged at the Dorint
Hotel.

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