ARMENIA SET TO PARTICIPATE IN INTERNATIONAL

UNCLAS YEREVAN 000191 SIPDIS SENSITIVE DEPT FOR EUR/CACEN DTRA FOR MAJ KEITH FALCETTI OSD FOR HARLAN STRAUSS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL PGOV PARM MARR AM SUBJECT: ARMENIA SET TO PARTICIPATE IN INTERNATIONAL COUNTERPROLIFERATION PROGRAM WMD COURSE REF: DTRA ALEX DTG 080050Z FEB 06 Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. (SBU) On February 8, the Ambassador delivered reftel invitation for Armenian participation in the DoD International Counterproliferation Program (ICP) "Weapons of Mass Destruction Crime Scene Operations" course to Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Arman Kirakossian. Kirakossian said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs would coordinate with the Ministry of Defense, National Security Service and other appropriate government agencies to identify the appropriate Armenian participants in the March 27-31 ICP course. Kirakossian told the Ambassador that the MFA would furnish the proposed list of participants, and their agency affiliations, before the March 17, 2006 deadline. EVANS