Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08ABUDHABI447
2008-04-07 12:02:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Abu Dhabi
Cable title:
GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM - UAE STILL
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UNCLAS ABU DHABI 000447
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/17/2033
TAGS: PARM PREL PTER KNNP KGIC DTRA AE
SUBJECT: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM - UAE STILL
EVALUATING
REF: A. STATE 33031
B. ABU DHABI 326
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 000447
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/17/2033
TAGS: PARM PREL PTER KNNP KGIC DTRA AE
SUBJECT: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM - UAE STILL
EVALUATING
REF: A. STATE 33031
B. ABU DHABI 326
1. (SBU) Embassy passed ref a non-paper on the global initiative to
MFA Director for International Cooperation Yacub Al-Hosani on April 1
and to the Emirate of Abu Dhabi's Executive Affairs Authority (EAA)
on April 2. Econchief reiterated our desire to have the UAEG endorse
the G-I Statement of Principles at the same time as the signing of
the U.S. UAE MOU on Nuclear Energy Cooperation.
2. (SBU) Econchief followed up with Al-Hosani on April 4 and with the
EAA's Hamad Al-Kaabi on April 6. Both reiterated that their major
concern with G-I was ensuring that they would have the personnel
required to meet its commitments. Al-Kaabi was very interested in
the fact that "no activities are mandatory." He stressed that the UAE
would want to participate in relevant activities, but had only a
limited pool of technical people to draw on.
3. (SBU) Comment: It appears as if the non-paper has helped assuage
many of the UAEG's concerns. Ultimately, the working level will need
to formulate a recommendation to UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah
bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. We will continue to urge that the UAE endorse
the G-I Statement of Principles and will follow up when senior EAA
officials return to the country and with UAE Minister of State for
Foreign Affairs later this week. End Comment
Quinn
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/17/2033
TAGS: PARM PREL PTER KNNP KGIC DTRA AE
SUBJECT: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM - UAE STILL
EVALUATING
REF: A. STATE 33031
B. ABU DHABI 326
1. (SBU) Embassy passed ref a non-paper on the global initiative to
MFA Director for International Cooperation Yacub Al-Hosani on April 1
and to the Emirate of Abu Dhabi's Executive Affairs Authority (EAA)
on April 2. Econchief reiterated our desire to have the UAEG endorse
the G-I Statement of Principles at the same time as the signing of
the U.S. UAE MOU on Nuclear Energy Cooperation.
2. (SBU) Econchief followed up with Al-Hosani on April 4 and with the
EAA's Hamad Al-Kaabi on April 6. Both reiterated that their major
concern with G-I was ensuring that they would have the personnel
required to meet its commitments. Al-Kaabi was very interested in
the fact that "no activities are mandatory." He stressed that the UAE
would want to participate in relevant activities, but had only a
limited pool of technical people to draw on.
3. (SBU) Comment: It appears as if the non-paper has helped assuage
many of the UAEG's concerns. Ultimately, the working level will need
to formulate a recommendation to UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah
bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. We will continue to urge that the UAE endorse
the G-I Statement of Principles and will follow up when senior EAA
officials return to the country and with UAE Minister of State for
Foreign Affairs later this week. End Comment
Quinn