(SBU) CT COOPERATION WITH RUSSIA

S E C R E T KUWAIT 001213 SIPDIS STATE FOR D, NEA/ARP, S/CT, EUR E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/12/2014 TAGS: PTER PREL ASEC EAIR PGOV RU SUBJECT: (SBU) CT COOPERATION WITH RUSSIA REF: A. STATE 71826 ¶B. KUWAIT 481 Classified By: CDA FRANK URBANCIC; REASON 1.4 (C,D) ¶1. (S) Ref A requested posts to report on steps to improve US-Russian counter-terrorism (CT) coordination and communication in the field. We had already included the Russian Embassy in the G-8 CTAG meeting we hosted February 7 (ref B),and we will continue to do so. Russia has no declared intelligence officers here and thus no liaison with the GOK, nor any point-of-contact for us to deal with. We will nevertheless approach the Russian Ambassador here with information in reftel to explore possibilities. URBANCIC