DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO FM QIRBI ON SANCTIONS

S E C R E T SANAA 001806 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/27/2013 TAGS: KSCA PARM MNUC ETTC MARR TSPA YM KN MTCRE DEMARCHE SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO FM QIRBI ON SANCTIONS DETERMINATION REGARDING 2002 SCUD MISSILE TRANSFER FROM NORTH KOREA TO YEMEN REF: SECSTATE 213430 Classified By: Ambassador Edmund J. Hull for reasons 1.5 (b and d) ¶1. (s) Explaining that the sanctions against the DPKR were the result of a required legal review and that Yemen was not sanctioned, the Ambassador delivered talking points in reftel to Yemeni Foreign Minister Qirbi on July 27. He further emphasized that any actions that increased the DPKR's economic capacity would not be favorably received by Washington. Qirbi said he understood the U.S. position on North Korea. HULL