CWC: THAILAND ON EXTENSION REQUEST

C O N F I D E N T I A L BANGKOK 002888 SIPDIS THE HAGUE FOR CWC DEL DEPARTMENT FOR ISN/CB (PARK) E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/15/2016 TAGS: PARM PREL TH CWC SUBJECT: CWC: THAILAND ON EXTENSION REQUEST REF: STATE 62850 Classified By: Political Counselor Susan M. Sutton. Reason 1.4 (d) ¶1. (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Director Charn Jullamon and Nichamon Agrasuta of the Ministry of Foreign Affair's Peace, Security, and Disarmament Division. The Thai government was still working out internally which agency would represent Thailand on the OPCW Executive Council (EC) and had not yet reached an official position between the interested ministries. Nichamon complained that the meeting agenda had not been sent in advance to the new EC members and that they were scrambling to prepare for the meeting. The Thai delegation will include a senior official from the Ministry of Industry and officials from the Thai Embassy at The Hague. BOYCE