US embassy cable - 04MANAMA1892

C O N F I D E N T I A L MANAMA 001892 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/14/2014 
TAGS: PARM, MARR, MASS, MOPS, BA 
SUBJECT: BAHRAIN:  CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION AGREEMENT ON 
CHALLENGE INSPECTIONS 
 
REF: STATE 231260 
 
Classified by A/DCM Hallie Hahn for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 
 
(C) PolEcon chief delivered reftel demarche concerning an 
agreement on challenge inspections to MFA Director for 
Bilateral Affairs Dhafer Al Umran December 14.  Al Umran 
wondered about the long period of inactivity in negotiating 
the agreement, and asked if the reason for this is that the 
challenge inspections are covered under some other 
international agreement.  If this is the case, is an 
agreement on challenge inspections redundant, he asked.  He 
promised to pass our draft MOU to the MFA legal department 
for research, and asked for any additional background we have 
on the relationship of the challenge inspections to any other 
international agreements. 
 
MONROE