Cablegate: Maldives: Status of Article Vii Implementation

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UNCLAS COLOMBO 000414

SIPDIS

THE HAGUE FOR CWC DEL

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PARM MV CWC OPCW
SUBJECT: MALDIVES: STATUS OF ARTICLE VII IMPLEMENTATION
UNDER THE CWC

REF: STATE 28853

1. Poloff presented reftel demarche by fax to Foreign
Secretary Abdul Hameed Zakariyya on February 23. On February

SIPDIS
24 poloff received the following reply by fax from Ahmed
Rasheed, Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

2. Begin text of reply:

We have so far identified a national focal point for the CWC
and related matters and conveyed the points of entry for
inspection teams to the Organization for the Prohibition of
Chemical Weapons (OPCW). We have also dealt with the issue
of standing diplomatic clearance for aircraft carrying
inspectors of the OPCW. We now have plans to change the
focal point for the CWC to a more appropriate authority and
hope to meet our obligations udner Article VII before the
deadline.

End text.
LUNSTEAD

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