VZCZCXYZ0003
PP RUEHWEB
DE RUEHOT #0504 1021541
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 111541Z APR 08
FM AMEMBASSY OTTAWA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 7671
INFO RUEHMK/AMEMBASSY MANAMA PRIORITY 0148
UNCLAS OTTAWA 000504
SIPDIS
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DEPT FOR ISN/WMDT, T:TIM KATSAPIS, S/CT
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PARM DTRA PREL PTER KGIC KNNP BA CA
SUBJECT: CANADA WELCOMES BAHRAIN TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE
REF: STATE 37720
(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.
Visit Canada,s Economy and Environment Forum at
http://www.intelink.gov/communities/state/can ada
WILKINS