Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08OTTAWA1247
2008-09-19 18:41:00
SECRET
Embassy Ottawa
Cable title:
CANADA IN STEP WITH U.S. ON MESA CANDIDATE FOR
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S E C R E T OTTAWA 001247
SIPDIS
STATE FOR ISN/RA R NEPHEW AND J. RICHARD, AND IO/T H. VON
BEHREN
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/19/2018
TAGS: PARM MNUC IAEA AF SY IR CA
SUBJECT: CANADA IN STEP WITH U.S. ON MESA CANDIDATE FOR
IAEA BOG
REF: A. STATE 99745
B. VIENNA 509
Classified By: PolMinCouns Scott Bellard, reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
S E C R E T OTTAWA 001247
SIPDIS
STATE FOR ISN/RA R NEPHEW AND J. RICHARD, AND IO/T H. VON
BEHREN
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/19/2018
TAGS: PARM MNUC IAEA AF SY IR CA
SUBJECT: CANADA IN STEP WITH U.S. ON MESA CANDIDATE FOR
IAEA BOG
REF: A. STATE 99745
B. VIENNA 509
Classified By: PolMinCouns Scott Bellard, reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (S) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
(DFAIT) Deputy Director for Nuclear Disarmament Craig Weichel
assured pol/miloff on September 19 that Canada and the U.S.
are fully "in step" with respect to Afghanistan's bid for the
Middle East South Asia (MESA) seat on the IAEA Board of
Governors from 2008 to 2010. Canada also agrees on the need
to support Kazakhstan's effort to be recognized as a member
of the MESA group and thereby be eligible to win the that
seat in the next cycle.
2. (S) After hearing ref a points, Weichel promised that,
because the Kazakh bid for the MESA seat seems to be a
non-starter for now, Afghanistan will have Canada's full
backing and Canadian officials will conduct "positive
advocacy" in support of the Afghan bid. Like the U.S.,
however, Canada will be open to an alternative candidate,
besides Syria or Iran, if consensus does not build around the
Afghan bid, he commented.
Visit Canada,s Economy and Environment Forum at
http://www.intelink.gov/communities/state/can ada
WILKINS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR ISN/RA R NEPHEW AND J. RICHARD, AND IO/T H. VON
BEHREN
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/19/2018
TAGS: PARM MNUC IAEA AF SY IR CA
SUBJECT: CANADA IN STEP WITH U.S. ON MESA CANDIDATE FOR
IAEA BOG
REF: A. STATE 99745
B. VIENNA 509
Classified By: PolMinCouns Scott Bellard, reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (S) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
(DFAIT) Deputy Director for Nuclear Disarmament Craig Weichel
assured pol/miloff on September 19 that Canada and the U.S.
are fully "in step" with respect to Afghanistan's bid for the
Middle East South Asia (MESA) seat on the IAEA Board of
Governors from 2008 to 2010. Canada also agrees on the need
to support Kazakhstan's effort to be recognized as a member
of the MESA group and thereby be eligible to win the that
seat in the next cycle.
2. (S) After hearing ref a points, Weichel promised that,
because the Kazakh bid for the MESA seat seems to be a
non-starter for now, Afghanistan will have Canada's full
backing and Canadian officials will conduct "positive
advocacy" in support of the Afghan bid. Like the U.S.,
however, Canada will be open to an alternative candidate,
besides Syria or Iran, if consensus does not build around the
Afghan bid, he commented.
Visit Canada,s Economy and Environment Forum at
http://www.intelink.gov/communities/state/can ada
WILKINS