Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09MADRID1103
2009-11-17 09:06:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Madrid
Cable title:
SPAIN TO STUDY EU CO-FUNDING OF ALGERIAN
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C O N F I D E N T I A L MADRID 001103
SIPDIS
STATE FOR ISN/CB DAVE WEEKMAN
DEPT ALSO PASS TO ISN/CTR BETH CAMERON AND CARSON KUO
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/16/2019
TAGS: PARM PREL CWC SP
SUBJECT: SPAIN TO STUDY EU CO-FUNDING OF ALGERIAN
COUNTERTERRORISM CONFERENCE
REF: SECSTATE 116290
Classified By: ADCM William H. Duncan for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L MADRID 001103
SIPDIS
STATE FOR ISN/CB DAVE WEEKMAN
DEPT ALSO PASS TO ISN/CTR BETH CAMERON AND CARSON KUO
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/16/2019
TAGS: PARM PREL CWC SP
SUBJECT: SPAIN TO STUDY EU CO-FUNDING OF ALGERIAN
COUNTERTERRORISM CONFERENCE
REF: SECSTATE 116290
Classified By: ADCM William H. Duncan for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (C) SUMMARY: Informed of Ref events, MFA officials are
looking into whether Madrid will support the allocation of
EU funds to help defray some of the costs of Algeria hosting
a chemical terrorism conference in Spring 2010, when Spain
will hold the rotating EU Presidency. MFA contacts have
indicated that they will conduct outreach both within the
Spanish government and among EU partners. END SUMMARY.
2. (C) POLOFF on November 16 delivered Ref demarche to Luis
Gomez Nogueira, the MFA's resident expert on Chemical Weapons
who works in the MFA's sub-DG for Non-Proliferation and
Disarmament. Gomez Nogueira said Spain would reach out to
the EU to determine if there were pre-existing budgets on
counter-terrorism or chemical arms issues that had been
allotted for periods of time that extended beyond a single
country's EU Presidency. He also stated that the demarche
had come at a good time: his supervisor, Gonzalo de Salazar,
the Sub-Director General for Non-Proliferation and
Disarmament, will travel to Brussels on November 23 for
discussions on EU Presidency issues related to his portfolio.
Gomez Nogueira will prepare a report for Salazar on this
issue in advance of that meeting. Gomez Nogueira also
indicated that the MFA will raise the issue to Spain's
National Authority for the Prohibition of Chemical Arms, an
inter-ministerial forum led by Spain's Ministry of Industry,
Tourism and Commerce.
3. (C) POLOFF double-tracked the demarche to Iago Losada,
Technical Adviser in the MFA's sub-Directorate General
(sub-DG) for International Terrorism Affairs, and Inigo
Febrel, Desk Officer for International Terrorism Affairs, on
November 12. Losada replied that Spain was familiar with the
event's prospective host, the African Center for the Study of
Research Against Terrorism (CAERT). He added that the
Spanish MFA organized an event with CAERT in Spring 2009
which focused on combating terrorism in the Sahel, Maghreb,
and ECOWAS countries. Losada suggested that the proposed
2010 conference sounded very similar, albeit focused solely
on chemical terrorism and perhaps focused on a broader
African audience. Losada asked if the EU would be able to
send a delegation to attend the conference. POLOFF replied
that, while the conference tentatively was being focused on
African participation, the EU would likely be able to have a
small delegation attend. Losada said that his office would
be in touch with Gomez Nogueira to discuss the issue.
CHACON
SIPDIS
STATE FOR ISN/CB DAVE WEEKMAN
DEPT ALSO PASS TO ISN/CTR BETH CAMERON AND CARSON KUO
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/16/2019
TAGS: PARM PREL CWC SP
SUBJECT: SPAIN TO STUDY EU CO-FUNDING OF ALGERIAN
COUNTERTERRORISM CONFERENCE
REF: SECSTATE 116290
Classified By: ADCM William H. Duncan for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (C) SUMMARY: Informed of Ref events, MFA officials are
looking into whether Madrid will support the allocation of
EU funds to help defray some of the costs of Algeria hosting
a chemical terrorism conference in Spring 2010, when Spain
will hold the rotating EU Presidency. MFA contacts have
indicated that they will conduct outreach both within the
Spanish government and among EU partners. END SUMMARY.
2. (C) POLOFF on November 16 delivered Ref demarche to Luis
Gomez Nogueira, the MFA's resident expert on Chemical Weapons
who works in the MFA's sub-DG for Non-Proliferation and
Disarmament. Gomez Nogueira said Spain would reach out to
the EU to determine if there were pre-existing budgets on
counter-terrorism or chemical arms issues that had been
allotted for periods of time that extended beyond a single
country's EU Presidency. He also stated that the demarche
had come at a good time: his supervisor, Gonzalo de Salazar,
the Sub-Director General for Non-Proliferation and
Disarmament, will travel to Brussels on November 23 for
discussions on EU Presidency issues related to his portfolio.
Gomez Nogueira will prepare a report for Salazar on this
issue in advance of that meeting. Gomez Nogueira also
indicated that the MFA will raise the issue to Spain's
National Authority for the Prohibition of Chemical Arms, an
inter-ministerial forum led by Spain's Ministry of Industry,
Tourism and Commerce.
3. (C) POLOFF double-tracked the demarche to Iago Losada,
Technical Adviser in the MFA's sub-Directorate General
(sub-DG) for International Terrorism Affairs, and Inigo
Febrel, Desk Officer for International Terrorism Affairs, on
November 12. Losada replied that Spain was familiar with the
event's prospective host, the African Center for the Study of
Research Against Terrorism (CAERT). He added that the
Spanish MFA organized an event with CAERT in Spring 2009
which focused on combating terrorism in the Sahel, Maghreb,
and ECOWAS countries. Losada suggested that the proposed
2010 conference sounded very similar, albeit focused solely
on chemical terrorism and perhaps focused on a broader
African audience. Losada asked if the EU would be able to
send a delegation to attend the conference. POLOFF replied
that, while the conference tentatively was being focused on
African participation, the EU would likely be able to have a
small delegation attend. Losada said that his office would
be in touch with Gomez Nogueira to discuss the issue.
CHACON