GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON NPT PREPARATORY COMMITTEE

UNCLAS GUATEMALA 000531 SIPDIS SIPDIS DEPT FOR ISN/MNSA SCOTT DAVIS, TERRILL RAY, STEVE ADAMS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA GT SUBJECT: GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON NPT PREPARATORY COMMITTEE MEETING REF: STATE 43044 ¶1. Poloff delivered reftel demarche, non-paper, and the U.S.-proposed papers to Luis Carranza, Director for Multilateral Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), in advance of the upcoming Non-Proliferation Treaty Preparatory Committee Meeting in Geneva. ¶2. Carranza stated that the MFA needs time to review the complex papers, especially the paper on deterring and responding to NPT withdrawal by treaty violators, and to consult with the Ministry's legal counsel. With regard to the paper on expanding international civil nuclear cooperation, he said that the GOG would likely be able to support it but that the MFA must first consult with the appropriate technical authorities. Lindwall