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149442 4/10/2008 18:08 08STATE37720 Secretary of State UNCLASSIFIED 08STATE36044 VZCZCXRO9055 PP RUEHDE RUEHDIR RUEHKR RUEHPA RUEHTRO DE RUEHC #7720/01 1011814 ZNR UUUUU ZZH P 101808Z APR 08 FM SECSTATE WASHDC TO RUEHAB/AMEMBASSY ABIDJAN PRIORITY 0688 RUEHAK/AMEMBASSY ANKARA PRIORITY 3746 RUEHAN/AMEMBASSY ANTANANARIVO PRIORITY 7855 RUEHAH/AMEMBASSY ASHGABAT PRIORITY 9404 RUEHTH/AMEMBASSY ATHENS PRIORITY 2734 RUEHBJ/AMEMBASSY BEIJING PRIORITY 9269 RUEHLB/AMEMBASSY BEIRUT PRIORITY 8166 RUEHRL/AMEMBASSY BERLIN PRIORITY 3383 RUEHSW/AMEMBASSY BERN PRIORITY 3913 RUEHEK/AMEMBASSY BISHKEK PRIORITY 2679 RUEHSL/AMEMBASSY BRATISLAVA PRIORITY 7385 RUEHBS/AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS PRIORITY 9819 RUEHBM/AMEMBASSY BUCHAREST PRIORITY 8754 RUEHUP/AMEMBASSY BUDAPEST PRIORITY 3548 RUEHBY/AMEMBASSY CANBERRA PRIORITY 0847 RUEHLM/AMEMBASSY COLOMBO PRIORITY 3245 RUEHCP/AMEMBASSY COPENHAGEN PRIORITY 8338 RUEHDBU/AMEMBASSY DUSHANBE PRIORITY 0677 RUEHHE/AMEMBASSY HELSINKI PRIORITY 9905 RUEHIL/AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD PRIORITY 3111 RUEHBUL/AMEMBASSY KABUL PRIORITY 3266 RUEHKT/AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU PRIORITY 0732 RUEHKR/AMEMBASSY KOROR PRIORITY 1274 RUEHKV/AMEMBASSY KYIV PRIORITY 5938 RUEHLI/AMEMBASSY LISBON PRIORITY 5561 RUEHLJ/AMEMBASSY LJUBLJANA PRIORITY 4906 RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON PRIORITY 6400 RUEHLS/AMEMBASSY LUSAKA PRIORITY 6174 RUEHLE/AMEMBASSY LUXEMBOURG PRIORITY 4593 RUEHMD/AMEMBASSY MADRID PRIORITY 8351 RUEHMK/AMEMBASSY MANAMA PRIORITY 4362 RUEHMO/AMEMBASSY MOSCOW PRIORITY 9672 RUEHNC/AMEMBASSY NICOSIA PRIORITY 3529 RUEHNY/AMEMBASSY OSLO PRIORITY 5693 RUEHOT/AMEMBASSY OTTAWA PRIORITY 0213 RUEHZP/AMEMBASSY PANAMA PRIORITY 2130 RUEHPF/AMEMBASSY PHNOM PENH PRIORITY 7558 RUEHPL/AMEMBASSY PORT LOUIS PRIORITY 1678 RUEHPG/AMEMBASSY PRAGUE PRIORITY 7892 RUEHPA/AMEMBASSY PRAIA PRIORITY 2765 RUEHRB/AMEMBASSY RABAT PRIORITY 4404 RUEHRK/AMEMBASSY REYKJAVIK PRIORITY 8417 RUEHRA/AMEMBASSY RIGA PRIORITY 9827 RUEHRO/AMEMBASSY ROME PRIORITY 5722 RUEHSG/AMEMBASSY SANTIAGO PRIORITY 8458 RUEHVJ/AMEMBASSY SARAJEVO PRIORITY 8534 RUEHUL/AMEMBASSY SEOUL PRIORITY 6888 RUEHSQ/AMEMBASSY SKOPJE PRIORITY 4884 RUEHSF/AMEMBASSY SOFIA PRIORITY 0812 RUEHSM/AMEMBASSY STOCKHOLM PRIORITY 4911 RUEHTL/AMEMBASSY TALLINN PRIORITY 5718 RUEHSI/AMEMBASSY TBILISI PRIORITY 7276 RUEHTV/AMEMBASSY TEL AVIV PRIORITY 3715 RUEHTC/AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE PRIORITY 1724 RUEHTI/AMEMBASSY TIRANA PRIORITY 1100 RUEHKO/AMEMBASSY TOKYO PRIORITY 3606 RUEHVI/AMEMBASSY VIENNA PRIORITY 4577 RUEHVL/AMEMBASSY VILNIUS PRIORITY 9598 RUEHWR/AMEMBASSY WARSAW PRIORITY 0632 RUEHWL/AMEMBASSY WELLINGTON PRIORITY 5234 RUEHYE/AMEMBASSY YEREVAN PRIORITY 5297 RUEHVB/AMEMBASSY ZAGREB PRIORITY 0485 RUEHUNV/USMISSION UNVIE VIENNA PRIORITY 2934 RUEHTRO/AMEMBASSY TRIPOLI PRIORITY 9820 RUEHBS/USEU BRUSSELS PRIORITY INFO GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL COLLECTIVE PRIORITY UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 STATE 037720

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E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: DTRA, PARM, PREL, PTER, KGIC, KNNP, BA SUBJECT: BAHRAIN ENDORSES GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM

REF: STATE 36044 (NOTAL)
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SUMMARY
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1. (U) Bahrain became a partner nation to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI) on March 24, 2008, when Foreign Minister Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed al-Khalifa presented Secretary Rice with a diplomatic note indicating Bahrain's endorsement of the GI Statement of Principles. Bahrain is the 67th GI partner nation and the first in the Gulf region. Department requests that posts in current GI partner nation capitals notify host governments of Bahrain's GI endorsement. END SUMMARY.
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OBJECTIVES
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2. (U) Department requests posts to pursue the following objectives:

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--Inform host government Global Initiative counterparts that Bahrain is a new partner nation of the Global Initiative and that the U.S. has transmitted the current GI Plan of Work to the Government of Bahrain.

--Inform host government that the U.S. has requested Bahrain to provide information on their GI Points of Contact. Upon receipt, the U.S. will distribute it to partner nations so that they can begin to include Bahrain in their Global Initiative correspondence.

--Inform host government that the U.S. has encouraged Bahrain to directly contact the host country point of contact for any Global Initiative activity in which they might want to participate. The U.S. has also encouraged Bahrain to consider hosting/proposing an activity in 2008-2009.
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REPORTING DEADLINE
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3. (U) Department requests that Embassy report results of efforts by cable by April 21.
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POINT OF CONTACT
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4. (U) All cables associated with the Global Initiative should be slugged to the department for ISN/WMDT, T: Tim Katsapis, S/CT as well as the relevant regional bureaus. E-mails regarding the Global Initiative can also be sent to globalinitiative@state.gov. RICE