CANADA RESPONSE TO NSG DEMARCHE

UNCLAS OTTAWA 001034 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS STATE PASS ISN/RA (RICHARD NEPHEW) E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PARM KNNP MNUC IR CA SUBJECT: CANADA RESPONSE TO NSG DEMARCHE REF: A. STATE 69315 ¶B. STATE 69283 ¶1. (SBU) We conveyed ref A and B points on May 23 to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Non-Proliferation Policy Adviser Craig Weichel, and followed-up on May 30 and 31. ¶2. (SBU) Weichel said Canada agreed with the U.S. that interested governments could meet to discuss possible ways to share denial information with the IAEA Secretariat. They could do so, he said, to the extent that such information would assist the Agency in implementing the relevant UNSCRs and investigating procurement networks that may have arisen in an effort to bypass UNSCR-mandated sanctions. ¶3. (SBU) Canada was also willing, he said, to discuss the proposal to share denial information with the relevant UNSCR implementation committees. Canadian authorities would not agree, however, with the proposal to share denial information with selected non-NSG states, given that such information-sharing would, in the GOC's view, represent an unnecessary level of risk for NSG confidentiality. ¶4. (SBU) Weichel noted that, according to the Canadian Mission in Vienna, the June 4 meeting may have been postponed until after the June Board of Governors meeting. That said, he noted that the Canadians were ready to participate in the meeting whenever it takes place. Visit our shared North American Partnership blog (Canada & Mexico) at http://www.intelink.gov/communities/state/nap WILKINS