Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09BEIJING2873
2009-10-15 02:29:00
SECRET
Embassy Beijing
Cable title:
CHINA: CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC)
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S E C R E T BEIJING 002873
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR AND EAP/CM, ISN/CB AND VCI/CCA
THE HAGUE FOR CWC DEL
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/14/2019
TAGS: PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW CH AL JA
SUBJECT: CHINA: CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC)
CONSULTATIONS DEMARCHE DELIVERED
REF: STATE 106330 (NOTAL)
Classified By: Regional Unit Chief Mark Lambert. Reasons 1.4 (b) and (
d).
S E C R E T BEIJING 002873
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR AND EAP/CM, ISN/CB AND VCI/CCA
THE HAGUE FOR CWC DEL
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/14/2019
TAGS: PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW CH AL JA
SUBJECT: CHINA: CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC)
CONSULTATIONS DEMARCHE DELIVERED
REF: STATE 106330 (NOTAL)
Classified By: Regional Unit Chief Mark Lambert. Reasons 1.4 (b) and (
d).
1. (S) PolOff delivered reftel nonpaper and demarche
requesting China to include subject matter experts in its
delegation for bilateral CWC consultation with the United
States to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department
Chemical and Biological Weapons Division Director Yang Yi on
October 15. PolOff asked that those experts be prepared to
discuss both technical matters surrounding China's inspection
of chemical storage facilities in Albania and a chemical
plant accident in China in 2000 that involved Nitrogen
Mustard. Yang told PolOff that she had not been a member of
China's delegation during our last consultations in June,
2007 so was not familiar with the topics discussed at that
time, but acknowledged the need to include technical experts
in the Chinese delegation to make the upcoming discussions
worthwhile. Yang promised to pass our detailed requests
outlined in reftel to her Director General.
2. (S) Yang also requested PolOff to ask the Department
whether the U.S. delegation agreed to include as agenda items
in the upcoming consultations "Chemical Weapons Destruction"
and "The status of Japanese abandoned chemical weapons in
China." PolOff promised to relay to ISN that request.
HUNTSMAN
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR AND EAP/CM, ISN/CB AND VCI/CCA
THE HAGUE FOR CWC DEL
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/14/2019
TAGS: PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW CH AL JA
SUBJECT: CHINA: CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC)
CONSULTATIONS DEMARCHE DELIVERED
REF: STATE 106330 (NOTAL)
Classified By: Regional Unit Chief Mark Lambert. Reasons 1.4 (b) and (
d).
1. (S) PolOff delivered reftel nonpaper and demarche
requesting China to include subject matter experts in its
delegation for bilateral CWC consultation with the United
States to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department
Chemical and Biological Weapons Division Director Yang Yi on
October 15. PolOff asked that those experts be prepared to
discuss both technical matters surrounding China's inspection
of chemical storage facilities in Albania and a chemical
plant accident in China in 2000 that involved Nitrogen
Mustard. Yang told PolOff that she had not been a member of
China's delegation during our last consultations in June,
2007 so was not familiar with the topics discussed at that
time, but acknowledged the need to include technical experts
in the Chinese delegation to make the upcoming discussions
worthwhile. Yang promised to pass our detailed requests
outlined in reftel to her Director General.
2. (S) Yang also requested PolOff to ask the Department
whether the U.S. delegation agreed to include as agenda items
in the upcoming consultations "Chemical Weapons Destruction"
and "The status of Japanese abandoned chemical weapons in
China." PolOff promised to relay to ISN that request.
HUNTSMAN