SPAIN WILL ATTEND JUNE 3-5 GLOBAL INITIATIVE EVENT

C O N F I D E N T I A L MADRID 000364 SIPDIS FOR MEGGEN WATT OF ISN/WMDT FOR ELAINE SAMSON AND STACIE ZERDECKI OF EUR/WE E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/05/2019 TAGS: PARM PREL PTER KGIC IAEA SP MO SUBJECT: SPAIN WILL ATTEND JUNE 3-5 GLOBAL INITIATIVE EVENT IN RABAT Classified By: Acting DCM William Duncan for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) ¶1. (SBU) On April 3, Carlos Torres, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament in the MFA,s Directorate General for Strategic Affairs & Terrorism, informed Post that the GOS will attend the June 16-17, 2009 seminar that Rabat will host in collaboration with the IAEA and in support of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT). Torres informed Post that he will be part of a 3 or 4 person GOS delegation. ¶2. (C) Torres provided a photocopy of a dip note dated March 23 that the Moroccan Permanent Mission to the UN and other International Organizations in Vienna presented to the Spanish Permanent Mission and to other GICNT Partners. The Seminar will address preventing illicit trafficking in nuclear and radioactive materials. The 3-page photocopy included a concept paper of the seminar and a draft list of topics to be discussed. CHACON