US embassy cable - 05BRATISLAVA122

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MTAG: POTENTIAL SCUD SALE TO YEMEN

Identifier: 05BRATISLAVA122
Wikileaks: View 05BRATISLAVA122 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Bratislava
Created: 2005-02-09 16:05:00
Classification: SECRET
Tags: PARM PREL MNUC ETTC YM LO MTCRE
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.

S E C R E T BRATISLAVA 000122 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
DEPT FOR NP/CBM, EUR/NCE, AND EUR/PRA 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/09/2015 
TAGS: PARM, PREL, MNUC, ETTC, YM, LO, MTCRE 
SUBJECT: MTAG: POTENTIAL SCUD SALE TO YEMEN 
 
REF: STATE 22315 
 
Classified By: CDA Scott N. Thayer for reasons 1.4(b) and (d) 
 
(S) Poloff delivered reftel demarche February 9 to Karol 
Mistrik, Director of the OSCE and Disarmament Department at 
the MFA.  Mistrik noted that the GOS no longer posesses scud 
missiles.  The last scuds in the Slovak inventory, the 
SS-23s, were dismantled in the 2000/2001 timeframe.  Mistrik 
continued that Slovak law applies to brokering arms deals 
even if the missiles are of foreign origin.  If a Slovak 
company wants to enter negotiations that seek to produce an 
arms contract, the company must first apply for a license 
with the Ministry of Economy (MOE).  Mistrik said the GOS 
would not approve this type of deal. 
THAYER 
 
 
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