Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06MADRID2343
2006-09-18 15:33:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Madrid
Cable title:
SPAIN ON REQUEST FOR STATEMENTS OF SUPPORT FOR
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UNCLAS MADRID 002343
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR EUR/WE AND ISN/NESS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ENRG ETTC MNUC PARM PREL TRGY KNNP IN SP
SUBJECT: SPAIN ON REQUEST FOR STATEMENTS OF SUPPORT FOR
INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION INITIATIVE AT OCTOBER 2006
NSG MEETING
REF: SECSTATE 140484
(SBU) ESTHOFF made reftel points August 28 to newly-arrived
MFA Disarmament Affairs Deputy Director General Ignacio
Sanchez, requesting that Spain make a statement in support
when the subject of civil nuclear cooperation with India is
discussed at the October 11-12 Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG)
Consultative Group (GC) meeting in Vienna. Sanchez told
ESTHOFF September 14 that Spain continues to believe that the
U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative is a net plus
for the international nonproliferation regime and would so
state at the NSG/GC. Sanchez said that Spain had been
pushing for a common EU position (and statement) in favor of
the initiative, but this was blocked due to opposition from
several member states including Sweden. Sweden and others
continue to insist that India first sign the NPT, while Spain
and others argue that embracing India in the NSG and
elsewhere would eventually lead to India joining the NPT.
Sanchez said that India's solid nonproliferation credentials
(as compared to Pakistan, for example) were a key factor in
Spain's decision to support the Civil Nuclear Cooperation
Initiative.
LLORENS
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR EUR/WE AND ISN/NESS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ENRG ETTC MNUC PARM PREL TRGY KNNP IN SP
SUBJECT: SPAIN ON REQUEST FOR STATEMENTS OF SUPPORT FOR
INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION INITIATIVE AT OCTOBER 2006
NSG MEETING
REF: SECSTATE 140484
(SBU) ESTHOFF made reftel points August 28 to newly-arrived
MFA Disarmament Affairs Deputy Director General Ignacio
Sanchez, requesting that Spain make a statement in support
when the subject of civil nuclear cooperation with India is
discussed at the October 11-12 Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG)
Consultative Group (GC) meeting in Vienna. Sanchez told
ESTHOFF September 14 that Spain continues to believe that the
U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative is a net plus
for the international nonproliferation regime and would so
state at the NSG/GC. Sanchez said that Spain had been
pushing for a common EU position (and statement) in favor of
the initiative, but this was blocked due to opposition from
several member states including Sweden. Sweden and others
continue to insist that India first sign the NPT, while Spain
and others argue that embracing India in the NSG and
elsewhere would eventually lead to India joining the NPT.
Sanchez said that India's solid nonproliferation credentials
(as compared to Pakistan, for example) were a key factor in
Spain's decision to support the Civil Nuclear Cooperation
Initiative.
LLORENS