US embassy cable - 05MANAMA186

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BAHRAIN: AGREEMENT ON CHALLENGE INSPECTIONS

Identifier: 05MANAMA186
Wikileaks: View 05MANAMA186 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Manama
Created: 2005-02-09 08:41:00
Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
Tags: PARM MARR MASS MOPS BA
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

C O N F I D E N T I A L MANAMA 000186 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR NEA/ARPI, AC 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/08/2015 
TAGS: PARM, MARR, MASS, MOPS, BA 
SUBJECT: BAHRAIN:  AGREEMENT ON CHALLENGE INSPECTIONS 
 
REF: A. STATE 10959 (NOTAL) 
     B. 04 MANAMA 1892 (NOTAL) 
     C. 04 STATE 231260 (NOTAL) 
 
Classified by DCM Susan L. Ziadeh for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 
 
(C) PolEcon chief February 8 delivered Ref A points regarding 
a bilateral agreement on challenge inspections related to the 
Chemical Weapons Convention to MFA Director for Bilateral 
Affairs Dhafer Al Umran.  Al Umran said that, in response to 
the December 14, 2004 demarche (Ref B), he had forwarded our 
draft agreement to the legal affairs directorate at the MFA. 
That department is still reviewing our text.  He was pleased 
to know that challenge inspections were not covered under any 
other international agreement.  He wanted to know whether the 
United States was negotiating similar agreements with other 
countries, particularly GCC member states.  He commented that 
gaining ministerial approval for the agreement would be 
easier if the United States was concluding similar agreements 
with other GCC countries. 
 
MONROE 

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