Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09BEIJING2194
2009-08-03 06:54:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Beijing
Cable title:
CHINA WELCOMES BILATERAL CHEMICAL WEAPONS
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C O N F I D E N T I A L BEIJING 002194
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EAP/CM, ISN/CB AND VCI/CCA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/03/2019
TAGS: PARM PREL CWC OPCW CH JP
SUBJECT: CHINA WELCOMES BILATERAL CHEMICAL WEAPONS
CONVENTION CONSULTATIONS
REF: STATE 79502
Classified By: Deputy Political Section Chief Ben Moeling.
Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L BEIJING 002194
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EAP/CM, ISN/CB AND VCI/CCA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/03/2019
TAGS: PARM PREL CWC OPCW CH JP
SUBJECT: CHINA WELCOMES BILATERAL CHEMICAL WEAPONS
CONVENTION CONSULTATIONS
REF: STATE 79502
Classified By: Deputy Political Section Chief Ben Moeling.
Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) PolOff delivered reftel nonpaper and demarche
accepting China's longstanding invitation to hold Chemical
Weapons Convention (CWC) consultations in China to MFA Arms
Control and Disarmament Department Chemical and Biological
Weapons Division Deputy Director Yu Dunhai on August 3. Yu
said the invitation for CWC consultations, though "very
long-standing," was still valid, and "China welcomes this
opportunity for consultations."
2. (C) Yu noted the proposed October timeframe and said China
would propose specific dates and respond to the proposed
agenda "as soon as possible." Regarding the request from the
United States that Japan be included in the visit to the
abandoned chemical weapons storage site in Nanjing, Yu asked
if Japanese inclusion was required for the United States to
be willing to visit the site.
GOLDBERG
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EAP/CM, ISN/CB AND VCI/CCA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/03/2019
TAGS: PARM PREL CWC OPCW CH JP
SUBJECT: CHINA WELCOMES BILATERAL CHEMICAL WEAPONS
CONVENTION CONSULTATIONS
REF: STATE 79502
Classified By: Deputy Political Section Chief Ben Moeling.
Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) PolOff delivered reftel nonpaper and demarche
accepting China's longstanding invitation to hold Chemical
Weapons Convention (CWC) consultations in China to MFA Arms
Control and Disarmament Department Chemical and Biological
Weapons Division Deputy Director Yu Dunhai on August 3. Yu
said the invitation for CWC consultations, though "very
long-standing," was still valid, and "China welcomes this
opportunity for consultations."
2. (C) Yu noted the proposed October timeframe and said China
would propose specific dates and respond to the proposed
agenda "as soon as possible." Regarding the request from the
United States that Japan be included in the visit to the
abandoned chemical weapons storage site in Nanjing, Yu asked
if Japanese inclusion was required for the United States to
be willing to visit the site.
GOLDBERG