SPAIN WEIGHS BRIEFING AT MTCR PLENARY INFORMATION

C O N F I D E N T I A L MADRID 000850 SIPDIS EUR/WE FOR ALEX MCKNIGHT, STACIE ZERDECKI ISN/MTR E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/21/2019 TAGS: MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA SP SUBJECT: SPAIN WEIGHS BRIEFING AT MTCR PLENARY INFORMATION EXCHANGE IN RIO REF: SECSTATE 80072 Classified By: Charge d'Affaires William H. Duncan for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) ¶1. (C) POLOFF on August 21 delivered Ref demarche to Carlos Torres, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament in the MFA's DG for Strategic Affairs & Terrorism. Torres did not provide a definitive answer as to whether the GOS would be available to brief on any of the proposed topics - Iran's attempts to acquire missile-related equipment from Spain or another interdiction/licensing case study - at the 2009 Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Plenary in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil during November 9-13. Post will report further updates as we receive them. DUNCAN