Cablegate: Canada Welcomes Bahrain to Global Initiative

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SUBJECT: CANADA WELCOMES BAHRAIN TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE

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(SBU) In response to reftel demarche, Senior Policy Analyst
Michael Blackmore in the Department of Foreign Affairs and
International Trade said Canada was very pleased with the
inclusion of Bahrain in the GI and the news was very timely,
since Canada is just getting invitations out this week to a
conference on the security of radiological sources which it
is hosting June 10-12. The GOC would be very pleased to have
Bahrain participate and will send an invite when it has the
point of contact.

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