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06RABAT1890
2006-10-10 15:11:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Rabat
Cable title:
GLOBAL INITIATIVE: MOROCCO WELCOMES AND OFFERS
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UNCLAS RABAT 001890
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
STATE FOR NEA/MAG, ISN/WMDT, T:TIM KATSAPIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KGIC MCAP PINR PINS PTER KNNP MO
SUBJECT: GLOBAL INITIATIVE: MOROCCO WELCOMES AND OFFERS
SOME COMMENTS
REF: RABAT 1713
UNCLAS RABAT 001890
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
STATE FOR NEA/MAG, ISN/WMDT, T:TIM KATSAPIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KGIC MCAP PINR PINS PTER KNNP MO
SUBJECT: GLOBAL INITIATIVE: MOROCCO WELCOMES AND OFFERS
SOME COMMENTS
REF: RABAT 1713
1. (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please
protect accordingly.
2. (SBU) At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on October 6,
Ambassador Riley thanked Minister Delegate Taieb Fassi Fihri
for agreeing to host the Initial Partner Nations (IPNs)
meeting on October 30-31 of the Global Initiative to Combat
Nuclear Terrorism (GI). Fassi Fihri told the Ambassador he
looked forward to the initial meeting. Fassi Fihri concurred
with the scenario whereby Morocco would become the first
country to join the GI after the IPNs, endorsing the
Statement of Principles and pledging to adhere to them at the
end of the first day of meetings. Although accepting, Fassi
Fihri appeared a bit uncomfortable that for Morocco to join
the GI it would have to endorse text that it had no role
negotiating. Fassi Fihri explained that Morocco would be
interested in the idea of obtaining an intermediary observer
status, similar to the status the IAEA will be accorded for
the meeting.
3. (SBU) Fassi Fihri recalled that Morocco was a
participating state in the Proliferation Security Initiative
(PSI) and now sits on the IAEA Board of Governors. In this
spirit, and while recognizing that the initiative was already
far along, he took the occasion to offer a few comments on
the Statement of Principles and other GI documents. He was
concerned that the IPNs were "a club" of only the rich and
powerful. There was no important country from the
South/Non-Aligned Movement (NAM),not even nuclear powers
like India, or weapons-free states like South Africa or
Brazil. He had heard from NAM members that they did not
appreciate initiatives taken outside multilateral channels.
4. (SBU) Fassi Fihri also believed that while looking at
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) responsibilities, the
GI and its documents should take more account of the NPT
rights of the South/NAM, including access to peaceful uses of
nuclear energy. He added that it may be possible to add
language on the South/NAM to the Statement of Principles or
mention its role in a separate statement. Fassi Fihri
explained that countries have the right to acquire peaceful
nuclear energy, but thaQthis right should be clearly
exercised with recognition of the threat of terrorism.
******************************************
Visit Embassy Rabat's Classified Website;
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/rabat
******************************************
BUSH
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
STATE FOR NEA/MAG, ISN/WMDT, T:TIM KATSAPIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KGIC MCAP PINR PINS PTER KNNP MO
SUBJECT: GLOBAL INITIATIVE: MOROCCO WELCOMES AND OFFERS
SOME COMMENTS
REF: RABAT 1713
1. (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please
protect accordingly.
2. (SBU) At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on October 6,
Ambassador Riley thanked Minister Delegate Taieb Fassi Fihri
for agreeing to host the Initial Partner Nations (IPNs)
meeting on October 30-31 of the Global Initiative to Combat
Nuclear Terrorism (GI). Fassi Fihri told the Ambassador he
looked forward to the initial meeting. Fassi Fihri concurred
with the scenario whereby Morocco would become the first
country to join the GI after the IPNs, endorsing the
Statement of Principles and pledging to adhere to them at the
end of the first day of meetings. Although accepting, Fassi
Fihri appeared a bit uncomfortable that for Morocco to join
the GI it would have to endorse text that it had no role
negotiating. Fassi Fihri explained that Morocco would be
interested in the idea of obtaining an intermediary observer
status, similar to the status the IAEA will be accorded for
the meeting.
3. (SBU) Fassi Fihri recalled that Morocco was a
participating state in the Proliferation Security Initiative
(PSI) and now sits on the IAEA Board of Governors. In this
spirit, and while recognizing that the initiative was already
far along, he took the occasion to offer a few comments on
the Statement of Principles and other GI documents. He was
concerned that the IPNs were "a club" of only the rich and
powerful. There was no important country from the
South/Non-Aligned Movement (NAM),not even nuclear powers
like India, or weapons-free states like South Africa or
Brazil. He had heard from NAM members that they did not
appreciate initiatives taken outside multilateral channels.
4. (SBU) Fassi Fihri also believed that while looking at
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) responsibilities, the
GI and its documents should take more account of the NPT
rights of the South/NAM, including access to peaceful uses of
nuclear energy. He added that it may be possible to add
language on the South/NAM to the Statement of Principles or
mention its role in a separate statement. Fassi Fihri
explained that countries have the right to acquire peaceful
nuclear energy, but thaQthis right should be clearly
exercised with recognition of the threat of terrorism.
******************************************
Visit Embassy Rabat's Classified Website;
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/rabat
******************************************
BUSH