SLOVAKS SUPPORT PSI THROUGH ACTIONS, PLANNING

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DEPARTMENT FOR EUR, NP, T

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KNNP MNUC PREL PARM LO
SUBJECT: SLOVAKS SUPPORT PSI THROUGH ACTIONS, PLANNING
FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT SOON

REF: STATE 79454


1. (U) POLOFF SPOKE WITH KAROL MISTRIK, DIRECTOR OF
THE FOREIGN MINISTRY'S DEPARTMENT OF OSCE, DISARMAMENT,
AND COUNCIL OF EUROPE, ABOUT SLOVAKIA'S SUPPORT OF THE
PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE (PSI) IN REFTEL.
MISTRIK REMARKED THAT SLOVAKIA ALREADY SUPPORTS IN
PRINCIPLE ALL PSI ACTIVITIES, ADDING THAT THE GOS HAS
PARTICIPATED IN PSI EXERCISES IN GERMANY AND ITALY.
MISTRIK STATED THAT THE FOREIGN MINISTRY WOULD ISSUE A
FORMAL STATEMENT OF SUPPORT IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS,
DEFINITELY BEFORE THE MEETING IN KRAKOW AT THE END OF
MAY.

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