THAILAND: FOLLOWING UP ON ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL

UNCLAS BANGKOK 006943 SIPDIS SENSITIVE DEPARTMENT PASS EAP, EAP/MLS, ISN E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: KNNP PARM ETTC KSTC EAID ETRD ECIN TH APECO SUBJECT: THAILAND: FOLLOWING UP ON ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL REF: STATE 192577 ¶1. (SBU) Poloff passed reftel points to Chutintorn Gongsakdi, MFA Director of International Economic Policy, and Katanawadee Kalayanamit from the Peace, Security and Disarmament Division at MFA. Chutintorn received the points without comment. Katanawadee said that Thailand does not plan to demarche the Governments of Brunei, Papua New Guinea or Vietnam on a bilateral basis to encourage them to conclude Additional Protocols. However, Thailand does plan on discussing the issue with those governments within the ASEAN framework during the February 2006 ASEAN non-proliferation workshop in Singapore. BOYCE