Identifier
Created
Classification
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06OSLO769
2006-06-13 13:39:00
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
Embassy Oslo
Cable title:  

NORWAY CWC HOST COUNTRY AGREEMENT VISIT

Tags:  PARM PREL NO KTIA 
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P 131339Z JUN 06
FM AMEMBASSY OSLO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 4148
INFO RUEHAK/AMEMBASSY ANKARA PRIORITY 0209
RUEHTH/AMEMBASSY ATHENS PRIORITY 0105
RUEHMD/AMEMBASSY MADRID PRIORITY 1747
RUEHTC/AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE PRIORITY 4329
C O N F I D E N T I A L OSLO 000769 

SIPDIS

SIPDIS
NOFORN

THE HAGUE FOR CWC DEL
DEPT FOR ISN CB

E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/13/2016
TAGS: PARM PREL NO KTIA
SUBJECT: NORWAY CWC HOST COUNTRY AGREEMENT VISIT

REF: SECSTATE 90229

Classified By: p/e Counselor Mike Hammer, reason, 1.4 (b) and (d)

C O N F I D E N T I A L OSLO 000769

SIPDIS

SIPDIS
NOFORN

THE HAGUE FOR CWC DEL
DEPT FOR ISN CB

E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/13/2016
TAGS: PARM PREL NO KTIA
SUBJECT: NORWAY CWC HOST COUNTRY AGREEMENT VISIT

REF: SECSTATE 90229

Classified By: p/e Counselor Mike Hammer, reason, 1.4 (b) and (d)


1. (C/NOFORN) MFA advisor Geir Toennessen contacted us on
June 13 to inform us that Norway would be pleased to receive
a U.S. delegation to discuss the remaining issues concerning
a Host Country Agreement (HCA) on how to deal with any
possible challenge inspections of U.S. storage facilities in
Norway that could occur under the provisions of the Chemical
Weapons Convention (CWC). Toennessen said that either June
27 or June 28 would work for Norway. Post requests that
Washington inform post immediately if one of these dates is
feasible but also notes that June 27 is the date of the
Embassy's annual Independence Day celebration, so Embassy
participation in any meetings on June 27 will be sharply
limited. June 28 would be a better date for these
discussions in Post's perspective.


2. (C/NOFORN) Toennessen said that Norway had no written
comments to return to us on previous U.S. comments to the
Norwegian HCA draft. Toennessen said, however, that the
Norwegian MFA and MOD lawyers were in complete agreement that
Norway could not/not accept our suggestion that the U.S.
would be the inspected party. If there is a challenge
inspection, Norway would have to be the inspected party,
Toennessen said. Apart from this major exception to our
comments, Toennessen thought that Norway could agree
relatively easily the rest of the issues we raise with the
Norwegian draft.


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