Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09BELGRADE536
2009-06-19 07:17:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Belgrade
Cable title:
SERBIA RATIFIES WMD AGREEMENT
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UNCLAS BELGRADE 000536
DEPT FOR EUR/SCE (P. PETERSON),EUR/PRA
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MARR PREL PARM SR
SUBJECT: SERBIA RATIFIES WMD AGREEMENT
REF: A) 06 BELGRADE 547, B) O6 STATE 49420
UNCLAS BELGRADE 000536
DEPT FOR EUR/SCE (P. PETERSON),EUR/PRA
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MARR PREL PARM SR
SUBJECT: SERBIA RATIFIES WMD AGREEMENT
REF: A) 06 BELGRADE 547, B) O6 STATE 49420
1. On May 29, the Serbian parliament passed legislation ratifying
the Agreement between the Government of Serbia and Montenegro and
the Government of the United States of AMERICA Concerning
Cooperation in the Area of the Prevention of Proliferation of
Weapons of Mass Destruction and the Promotion of Defense and
Military Relations (reftels). (Full text in Serbian at
http://www.parlament.sr.gov.yu/
content/cir/akta/akta_detalji.asp?Id=642&t=Z. )
2. Article 2 of the ratification law states "This law is adopted as
a law of the Republic of Serbia because the Republic of Serbia is
the legal successor of the state union of Serbia and Montenegro."
3. The WMD agreement was signed on April 5, 2006, by former
Ambassador Michael Polt and former Minister of Defense of Serbia and
Montenegro Zoran Stankovic.
BRUSH
DEPT FOR EUR/SCE (P. PETERSON),EUR/PRA
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MARR PREL PARM SR
SUBJECT: SERBIA RATIFIES WMD AGREEMENT
REF: A) 06 BELGRADE 547, B) O6 STATE 49420
1. On May 29, the Serbian parliament passed legislation ratifying
the Agreement between the Government of Serbia and Montenegro and
the Government of the United States of AMERICA Concerning
Cooperation in the Area of the Prevention of Proliferation of
Weapons of Mass Destruction and the Promotion of Defense and
Military Relations (reftels). (Full text in Serbian at
http://www.parlament.sr.gov.yu/
content/cir/akta/akta_detalji.asp?Id=642&t=Z. )
2. Article 2 of the ratification law states "This law is adopted as
a law of the Republic of Serbia because the Republic of Serbia is
the legal successor of the state union of Serbia and Montenegro."
3. The WMD agreement was signed on April 5, 2006, by former
Ambassador Michael Polt and former Minister of Defense of Serbia and
Montenegro Zoran Stankovic.
BRUSH