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PP RUEHWEB
DE RUEHEG #1478 1961215
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 141215Z JUL 08
FM AMEMBASSY CAIRO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9827
INFO RUEHVI/AMEMBASSY VIENNA PRIORITY 0084
RHEBAAA/DEPT OF ENERGY WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY
UNCLAS CAIRO 001478
SIPDIS
UNVIE VIENNA FOR ASTWOOD/WELLING, NEA/ELA FOR RANA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KNNP IAEA ENRG PARM EG
SUBJECT: IAEA: EGYPT NOTIFIED OF U.S. RATIFICATION OF
CONVENTION ON SUPPLEMENTARY COMPENSATION ON NUCLEAR DAMAGE
REF: STATE 54213
(U) We delivered reftel points and non-paper to Dr. Aly
Islam, President of the Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority. He
stated that Egypt was studying the Convention on
Supplementary Compensation on Nuclear Damage (CSC) but was
unlikely to make a decision regarding joining the CSC until
after parliamentary review of the draft nuclear law, expected
by December 2008.
SCOBEY