GOS REPONSE TO AUSTRALIA GROUP DEMARCHES

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E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/14/2015
TAGS: PARM PREL ETTC LO
SUBJECT: GOS REPONSE TO AUSTRALIA GROUP DEMARCHES

REF: (A) STATE 41247 (B) STATE 36488 (C) STATE 39371

Classified By: CDA Scott N. Thayer for reasons 1.4(b) and (d)

(C) Poloff delivered reftel demarches March 14 to Karol
Mistrik, Director of the Department of Disarmament, OSCE, and
Council of Europe at the MFA. Mistrik said the GOS is
forming its delegation for the April 18-22 Australia Group
(AG) plenary and understood clearly the U.S. call for more
active participation at these meetings. Mistrik will lead
Slovakia's AG delegation with representatives from the
Ministries of Interior, Economy, and Defense. Mistrik said
the GOS is just beginning to formulate its priorities for the
plenary and voiced appreciation for the U.S. papers so far in
advance of the meeting. Mistrik said his Department would
continue to formulate its AG priorities as more countries
delivered their own demarches, but he did not expect
competing priorities to arise.
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