Cablegate: Chemcial Weapons Convention Implementation Help

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P 221317Z AUG 06
FM AMEMBASSY DAR ES SALAAM
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 4626
INFO RUEHTC/AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE PRIORITY 1042

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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW AF TZ
SUBJECT: CHEMCIAL WEAPONS CONVENTION IMPLEMENTATION HELP
WELCOMED BY TANZANIA

REF: A. STATE 134200
B. DAR ES SALAAM 01059

Tanzania welcomes the offer of USG assistance regarding
implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC),
Irene Mkwawa-Kasyanju, Senior Foreign Service Officer in the
Legal Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),
told Poloff on August 17. Kasyanju said the interim national
authority met for the first time last week and that the focal
point for the authority is the Ministry of Defense (MOD).
Kasyanju suggested Poloff meet with representatives from MFA,
MOD and the Ministry of Justice and offered to arrange such a
meeting for the week of August 21.
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