MEXICO ON NONPROLIFERATION SANCTIONS: A.Q. KHAN

UNCLAS MEXICO 000165 SENSITIVE SIPDIS STATE FOR ISN/CPI (RUSSELL AND HERRINGTON) E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: KNNP MNUC GM PREL PARM EFIN MX SUBJECT: MEXICO ON NONPROLIFERATION SANCTIONS: A.Q. KHAN AND ASSOCIATES REF: STATE 02508 (SBU) Poloff conveyed points January 15 concerning U.S. nonproliferation sanctions on A.Q. Khan and Associates (reftel) to Julian Juarez Cadenas, the Deputy Director General for UN-Related Security and Legal Issues at the Foreign Secretariat (SRE). Juarez said that he was not aware that Mexico entertained contact with any of the sanctioned individuals and companies. Noting that the GOM organizes and attends nuclear energy courses that include international participation, he said he would forward the names of those being sanctioned to the Mexican Commission of Nuclear Security and Federal Commission of Electricity. Visit Mexico City's Classified Web Site at http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/wha/mexicocity and the North American Partnership Blog at http://www.intelink.gov/communities/state/nap / BASSETT