SLOVENIA ON ITER

C O N F I D E N T I A L LJUBLJANA 001129

SIPDIS


E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/21/2014
TAGS: PREL TRGY
SUBJECT: SLOVENIA ON ITER

REF: SECSTATE 268243

Classified By: Acting DCM Caroline Mangelsdorf, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
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1. EconOff delivered reftel talking points to Dr. Milos
Komac, State Undersecretary in the Scientific Office at the
Ministry of Higher Education and Science. Komac is Post's
chief contact on issues related to ITER. Komac mentioned
during the demarche that Slovenia is very interested in
participating in the ITER project and stated that Slovenia
would prefer the Cadarache solution as it would be easier for
Slovenia to contribute. Several times during the demarche,
Komac commented that Slovenia's participation in ITER would
be 'negligible' even if Cadarache were selected. However, he
did note that he would like to see Slovenia take as active a
role as possible in ITER stating that he felt it was
'important for the country'.
ROBERTSON


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