Identifier
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08MANAMA298
2008-05-08 09:46:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Manama
Cable title:
UPDATE ON IAEA SAFEGUARDS AGREEMENT
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UNCLAS MANAMA 000298
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ENRG KNNP BA
SUBJECT: UPDATE ON IAEA SAFEGUARDS AGREEMENT
REF: A. STATE 48610
B. BUTLER-STUKALIN EMAIL OF 05/07/2008
UNCLAS MANAMA 000298
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ENRG KNNP BA
SUBJECT: UPDATE ON IAEA SAFEGUARDS AGREEMENT
REF: A. STATE 48610
B. BUTLER-STUKALIN EMAIL OF 05/07/2008
1. (SBU) A/DCM met with MFA Legal Adviser Dr. Yusuf
Abdulkarim Mohammed on May 7 to discuss the status of
Bahrain's IAEA Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement (CSA). Dr.
Yusuf confirmed that the ratification process was still
pending.
2. (SBU) The government submitted the proposal for CSA
ratification to the parliament in March and it remains in
committee in the lower house. The ratification became
ensnared in an unrelated dispute over the questioning of a
Minister which prevented the lower house from acting on all
but the most urgent business for five weeks. The parliament
will conclude the current session on May 13. Dr. Yusuf
lamented that it was not realistic to expect that the
ratification would happen before the session ends. He noted
that, given King Hamad's emphasis on meeting all
international legal framework requirements on nuclear
technology, it was conceivable that the ratification could be
effected by Royal Decree. (NOTE: The parliament will not
reconvene until October, after Ramadan and the Eid al-Fitr
holiday. Absent a decree, it is unlikely that ratification
could be completed before November.)
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Visit Embassy Manama's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/manama/
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HENZEL
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ENRG KNNP BA
SUBJECT: UPDATE ON IAEA SAFEGUARDS AGREEMENT
REF: A. STATE 48610
B. BUTLER-STUKALIN EMAIL OF 05/07/2008
1. (SBU) A/DCM met with MFA Legal Adviser Dr. Yusuf
Abdulkarim Mohammed on May 7 to discuss the status of
Bahrain's IAEA Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement (CSA). Dr.
Yusuf confirmed that the ratification process was still
pending.
2. (SBU) The government submitted the proposal for CSA
ratification to the parliament in March and it remains in
committee in the lower house. The ratification became
ensnared in an unrelated dispute over the questioning of a
Minister which prevented the lower house from acting on all
but the most urgent business for five weeks. The parliament
will conclude the current session on May 13. Dr. Yusuf
lamented that it was not realistic to expect that the
ratification would happen before the session ends. He noted
that, given King Hamad's emphasis on meeting all
international legal framework requirements on nuclear
technology, it was conceivable that the ratification could be
effected by Royal Decree. (NOTE: The parliament will not
reconvene until October, after Ramadan and the Eid al-Fitr
holiday. Absent a decree, it is unlikely that ratification
could be completed before November.)
********************************************* ********
Visit Embassy Manama's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/manama/
********************************************* ********
HENZEL