DEMARCHE DELIVERED: REQUESTING ARMENIA'S

C O N F I D E N T I A L YEREVAN 000865 SIPDIS DEPT FOR NP/RSA, T, EUR/CACEN E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/16/2015 TAGS: MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP AM SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: REQUESTING ARMENIA'S ENDORSEMENT OF THE STATEMENT OF INTERDICTION PRINCIPLES REF: STATE 88984 Classified By: DCM A.F. Godfrey for reasons 1.4 (b/d). (C) On May 16 we delivered points, per reftel, to Minister Counselor (and until recently DCM in Armenia's Embassy in Washington) Armen Yedigarian, who said that he would be in charge of this issue for the Armenian side. Yedigarian was well informed about the Proliferation Security Initiative and said that he believes the initial Armenian reaction to the U.S. request was positive, but that the Armenian side had simply lost track of the issue. He said that he would raise the question with Deputy Minister Kirakossian today and that he expected that the GOAM could give some sort of reply by the end of May. EVANS