US embassy cable - 05ABUDHABI257

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DEMARCHE ON IAEA COMPREHENSIVE SAFEGUARDS AGREEMENT AND THE ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL

Identifier: 05ABUDHABI257
Wikileaks: View 05ABUDHABI257 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Abu Dhabi
Created: 2005-01-17 09:01:00
Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
Tags: KNNP TRGY PREL AORC IAEA TC
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
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Cable 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L        ABU DHABI 00257

SIPDIS
CXABU:
    ACTION: POL
    INFO:   MEPI P/M RSO ECON AMB DCM

DISSEMINATION: POL
CHARGE: PROG

APPROVED: AMB:MJSISON
DRAFTED: POL:JMAYBURY
CLEARED: A/DCM:OJOHN

VZCZCADI807
PP RUEHC RUEHAS RUEHLB RUEHEG RUEHDM RUEHYN
RUEHTU RUEHUNV
DE RUEHAD #0257 0170901
ZNY CCCCC ZZH
P 170901Z JAN 05
FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 7733
INFO RUEHAS/AMEMBASSY ALGIERS 0188
RUEHLB/AMEMBASSY BEIRUT 0447
RUEHEG/AMEMBASSY CAIRO 0373
RUEHDM/AMEMBASSY DAMASCUS 0698
RUEHYN/AMEMBASSY SANAA 1321
RUEHTU/AMEMBASSY TUNIS 0558
RUEHUNV/USMISSION UNVIE VIENNA 0015
C O N F I D E N T I A L ABU DHABI 000257 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR NP/MNA - MARK GOODMAN AND SHIRLEY HART 
ALSO NP/PPC - JULIET SMITH 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/16/2010 
TAGS: KNNP, TRGY, PREL, AORC, IAEA, TC 
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE ON IAEA COMPREHENSIVE SAFEGUARDS 
AGREEMENT AND THE ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL 
 
REF: 04 STATE 268162 
 
(U) Classified by Ambassador Michele J. Sison, reasons 1.4 
(b) and (d). 
 
1. (C) On January 16, Pol Chief and G-8 representatives 
(France, Japan, Russia, Italy, Canada, and UK -- Germany had 
a schedule conflict) jointly delivered reftel points to MFA 
Director for International Organizations, Yacub Al Hosani. 
Pol Chief also provided Al Hosani with a copy of the letter 
endorsed by G-8 Foreign Ministers addressed to Minister of 
State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed.  Al Hosani 
told us that the UAEG would have &no problem8 signing the 
Additional Protocol, but that the process would require 
coordination with other UAE federal agencies.  When we asked 
how long that process of consultation might take, Al Hosani 
replied that it was &just a matter of time.8 
 
2. (C) The UAE shares the goal of adopting the highest 
standards for IAEA safeguards by adopting the Additional 
Protocol, Al Hosani said.  &This issue is very important to 
us.  At the highest level, we want to secure our country,8 
he said.  The United Arab Emirates is a very open country 
that needs to protect itself against proliferators, he 
continued, citing the AQ Khan case.  &We need to strengthen 
the rules and monitor entry points8 because we do not want 
to allow anybody to violate the laws, he said.  The IAEA,s 
procedures will give the UAE the protection it seeks.  Al 
Hosani informed the group that the Ministry of Energy is the 
focal point for IAEA issues. 
SISON 

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