MTCR: CANADA ON-BOARD FOR ONE OR MORE

C O N F I D E N T I A L OTTAWA 000616 SIPDIS STATE FOR ISN/MTR AND WHA/CAN E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/07/2014 TAGS: PREL PARM MNUC MTCRE ETTC KSCA TSPA CA SUBJECT: MTCR: CANADA ON-BOARD FOR ONE OR MORE PRESENTATIONS AT RIO PLENARY REF: STATE 80072 Classified By: PolMinCouns Scott Bellard, reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) ¶1. (C) Canada will pleased to offer "at least one but perhaps more presentations" at the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Rio Plenary Information Exchange in November, according to Phillip Baines, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Deputy Director for Missiles, Space Security, and Conventional Weapons. Baines expressed thanks for U.S. recognition of past Canadian efforts to promote an exchange of ideas among MTCR members at past Information Exchanges. He noted, however, that the back-to-back MTCR meetings in distant locales like Australia and Brazil had put budgetary pressure on DFAIT and necessitated the curtailing of the number of people Canada could send to Rio. ¶2. (SBU) Baines confirmed that Canadian interlocutors are looking forward to the visit of ISN/MTR Director Pam Durham to Ottawa for consultations on September 1 and 2. He added that he will provide an updated schedule for her once he confirms inter-agency availability. Visit Canada,s North American partnership community at http://www.intelink.gov/communities/state/nap / BREESE