HCOC: OMAN CONFIRMS ATTENDANCE AT VIENNA, STILL

UNCLAS MUSCAT 000939 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS STATE FOR ISN/MTR, NEA/ARP, NEA/RA E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA MU SUBJECT: HCOC: OMAN CONFIRMS ATTENDANCE AT VIENNA, STILL WEIGHING SUBSCRIPTION REF: A. MUSCAT 850 ¶B. STATE 64555 (SBU) Further to ref A response to ref B demarche urging Oman to subscribe to the Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC) and attend the June 22-23 HCOC Fifth Regular Meeting in Vienna, MFA Disarmament Affairs officer Abdullah al-Riyami confirmed to Pol/Econ chief June 11 that Oman's Vienna mission personnel will attend the HCOC meeting. Asked whether the Ministry had decided to subscribe formally to the HCOC, al-Riyami indicated the matter was still under study and may not be resolved prior to the June 22-23 meeting. STEWART