Identifier
Created
Classification
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06OTTAWA3121
2006-10-13 20:19:00
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
Embassy Ottawa
Cable title:
CANADA REACTION TO NOTIFICATION OF U.S. ARMS
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C O N F I D E N T I A L OTTAWA 003121
SIPDIS
NOFORN
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/13/2016
TAGS: MARR MASS PARM PREL OTRA VE CA
SUBJECT: CANADA REACTION TO NOTIFICATION OF U.S. ARMS
TRANSFER POLICY TO VENEZUELA
REF: A. STATE 155336
B. OTTAWA 2927
Classified By: POLMINCOUNS Brian Flora. Reasons: 1.4 (b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L OTTAWA 003121
SIPDIS
NOFORN
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/13/2016
TAGS: MARR MASS PARM PREL OTRA VE CA
SUBJECT: CANADA REACTION TO NOTIFICATION OF U.S. ARMS
TRANSFER POLICY TO VENEZUELA
REF: A. STATE 155336
¶B. OTTAWA 2927
Classified By: POLMINCOUNS Brian Flora. Reasons: 1.4 (b) and (d).
¶1. (C) At an October 13 follow up meeting to our September
27 demarche (reftels),Department of Foreign Affairs and
International Trade (DFAIT) Export Controls Division (ECD)
Deputy Director Steven Goodinson told us that arms transfers
from Canada to Venezuela were infrequent, that his office was
unaware of any cases in the pipeline, and that the GOC would
give "very careful consideration" to our concerns about
Venezuela should a case arise.
¶2. (C) Goodinson noted that DFAIT had stopped short of
recommending the GOC establish a regulatory ban on such
transfers, preferring instead to review them in the
Department's usual case-by-case manner. Outright legal
prohibitions against arms transfers are exceptional in
Canada, he pointed out, they only exist with respect to Burma
and Pakistan. That said, Goodinson noted that when the
relevant sections of DFAIT met to discuss our demarche they
decided that geographic bureau and Non-proliferation and
Disarmament Division input (rather than that provided by the
trade division) would drive DFAIT decision-making on
potential transfers to Venezuela.
¶3. (C/NF) In a follow up meeting at the Non-proliferation
and Disarmament Division, we were assured that officers there
shared USG concerns about potential arms transfers to
Venezuela, particularly given the GOV's outreach to Iran and
North Korea, and that they would press these concerns with
vigor should the Department consider arms transfers to
Venezuela at some point in the future.
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