Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08BRUSSELS1821
2008-12-02 16:22:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Brussels
Cable title:
BELGIUM WILLING TO JOIN CONSENSUS ON AMENDED NSG
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C O N F I D E N T I A L BRUSSELS 001821
SIPDIS
STATE FOR ISN/NESS:RDELABARRE AND EUR/WE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/02/2018
TAGS: ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY BE
SUBJECT: BELGIUM WILLING TO JOIN CONSENSUS ON AMENDED NSG
GUIDELINES FOR ENR
REF: STATE 126581
Classified By: Political-Economic Counselor Richard Eason, reason 1.4(b
) and (d).
Poloff delivered reftel request for support of a consensus on
the text for amendment of the Nuclear Suppliers Group Nuclear
Guidelines on Control of Transfers of Enrichment and
Reprocessing Equipment and Technology to Werner Bauwens,
Director of the MFA Office of Non-Proliferation and Export
Controls on December 2. Bauwens said that Belgium supports
the current draft as amended. He said that Belgium will join
a consensus in that it will not put forward any objections to
the text. Poloff urged that Belgium assist in convincing
other countries to join the consensus. Bauwens said he feels
that the United States will have to take the lead in
convincing skeptics to accept the current text or other
language which may yet be agreed upon by the December 12
deadline mentioned reftel.
.
SIPDIS
STATE FOR ISN/NESS:RDELABARRE AND EUR/WE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/02/2018
TAGS: ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY BE
SUBJECT: BELGIUM WILLING TO JOIN CONSENSUS ON AMENDED NSG
GUIDELINES FOR ENR
REF: STATE 126581
Classified By: Political-Economic Counselor Richard Eason, reason 1.4(b
) and (d).
Poloff delivered reftel request for support of a consensus on
the text for amendment of the Nuclear Suppliers Group Nuclear
Guidelines on Control of Transfers of Enrichment and
Reprocessing Equipment and Technology to Werner Bauwens,
Director of the MFA Office of Non-Proliferation and Export
Controls on December 2. Bauwens said that Belgium supports
the current draft as amended. He said that Belgium will join
a consensus in that it will not put forward any objections to
the text. Poloff urged that Belgium assist in convincing
other countries to join the consensus. Bauwens said he feels
that the United States will have to take the lead in
convincing skeptics to accept the current text or other
language which may yet be agreed upon by the December 12
deadline mentioned reftel.
.