Identifier
Created
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07SANAA2029
2007-10-31 13:09:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Sanaa
Cable title:
ROYG CABINET SCRAPS CONTROVERSIAL NUCLEAR AGREEMENT
how-toVZCZCXYZ0025 PP RUEHWEB DE RUEHYN #2029 3041309 ZNR UUUUU ZZH P 311309Z OCT 07 FM AMEMBASSY SANAA TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 8321
UNCLAS SANAA 002029
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SIPDIS
PASS TO ALEX BURKART ISN NESS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON EINV ENRG YM
SUBJECT: ROYG CABINET SCRAPS CONTROVERSIAL NUCLEAR AGREEMENT
REF: SANAA 1095
On October 30 the ROYG announced that, during its weekly
meeting on October 29, the Cabinet refused to endorse
controversial reftel agreement between the US company Powered
Corporation and the Ministry of Energy and Electricity. The
decision came one day after reports that the Supreme National
Authority to Combat Corruption (SNACC) asked Prime Minister
Ali Mujawar to halt the agreement until the SNACC could
investigate the matter further. A Cabinet statement explains
that the decision was taken after "the publication of
information that the company is not qualified to carry out
the reactors project." COMMENT: The lack of endorsement by
the Cabinet effectively "scraps" the agreement. END COMMENT.
SECHE