Brazil Likely to Attend Seminar on UNSCR 1737

UNCLAS BRASILIA 001718 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS DEPT FOR ISN/RA E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: MNUC IR PARM KNNP BR SUBJECT: Brazil Likely to Attend Seminar on UNSCR 1737 Implementation REF: STATE 119645 ¶1. (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. ¶2. (U) On August 28, 2007, ESTH Counselor and ESTH Officer met with Minister Santiago Mourao and Counselor Luiz Fernando Galvao of the Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Division of Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies to discuss REFTEL and the upcoming Technical Seminar on the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1737 proposed during the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Consultative Group and Plenary meetings in Cape Town in April 2007. The meeting is proposed for September 26, 2007 in Vienna. It will be chaired by the United Kingdom and hosted by the USG. ¶3. (SBU) Mourao and Galvao stated that they were not aware of the meeting, but were receptive of the draft agenda (including national presentations) and proposed technical concept for the meeting. Mourao said that the GOB would likely attend, but outside of their representatives in Vienna, at this point did not know which technical and export licensing experts would attend. (Comment: Mourao appeared to see this technical seminar as similar to a proposal by the GOB at the Cape Town plenary meeting and agreed with its usefulness and purpose. He also added that he believed that the USG and GOB positions on this issue are close, unlike the positions of Russia and China which different greatly. End Comment). ¶4. (U) Post will continue to communicate with GOB as requested to facilitate the GOB's participation in this meeting. SOBEL