KAZAKHSTAN: ATTENDANCE AT PSI HIGH-LEVEL POLITICAL

UNCLAS ALMATY 001996 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FOR SCA/CEN (MUDGE) E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: MNUC KNNP PARM PREL KZ SUBJECT: KAZAKHSTAN: ATTENDANCE AT PSI HIGH-LEVEL POLITICAL MEETING REF: STATE 84640 ¶1. (U) On June 2, Poloff called Sergey Savelyev, Deputy Director of the MFA's Department of International Organizations and Security Issues, to discuss the Proliferation Security Initiative High-level Political Meeting to be held in Warsaw on June 23, and to inquire as to the GOK's plans for attending. ¶2. (SBU) Poloff informed Savelyev that U/S Joseph and U/S Levy will attend the event, and urged him to ensure that Kazakhstan was represented at a similar level. Savelyev said that the GOK took this meeting very seriously and was sending a delegation led by Yergali Mukhamedzhanovich Bayadilov of the Security Council. ORDWAY