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Created
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06ALMATY2187
2006-06-21 03:45:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
US Office Almaty
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KAZAKHSTAN'S POSITION ON FMCT, U.S.-INDIA CIVIL
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UNCLAS ALMATY 002187
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR SCA/CEN (J. MUDGE),ISN/MNSA
GENEVA FOR CD
USUN FOR POL
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MNUC PARM PREL KNNP CDG KZ
SUBJECT: KAZAKHSTAN'S POSITION ON FMCT, U.S.-INDIA CIVIL
NUCLEAR COOPERATION INITIATIVE
REF: A. STATE 92033, B. STATE 99660, C. ALMATY 1226
UNCLAS ALMATY 002187
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR SCA/CEN (J. MUDGE),ISN/MNSA
GENEVA FOR CD
USUN FOR POL
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MNUC PARM PREL KNNP CDG KZ
SUBJECT: KAZAKHSTAN'S POSITION ON FMCT, U.S.-INDIA CIVIL
NUCLEAR COOPERATION INITIATIVE
REF: A. STATE 92033, B. STATE 99660, C. ALMATY 1226
1. (SBU) Summary: Kazakhstan will carefully consider the
U.S. proposal to conclude a Fissile Materials Cutoff Treaty
(FMCT),and would like advance notice in order to be able to
speak on the topic the next time it is raised in the
Conference on Disarmament (CD). With regard to the U.S.-
India civil nuclear initiative, the MFA is concerned that
the U.S. may use an NSG exception to give U.S. firms an
advantage in the Indian market; it seeks assurances that all
NSG Participating Governments will have equal access. End
summary.
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Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty
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2. (SBU) Pol-Econ chief conveyed Ref A talking points and
related materials on the FMCT to Sergey Savelyev, Deputy
Director of the MFA's Department of International
Organization and Security Affairs, on June 13 in Almaty.
Savelyev expressed guarded support for the idea, noting that
Kazakhstan "has never opposed" the U.S. proposal for an
FMCT. He indicated that he understood the rationale for
wanting to delink FMCT from other issues, and promised to
brief his chain of command on the U.S. proposal.
3. (SBU) Savelyev asked for one to two weeks' advance notice
before the U.S. next raises the issue in the CD, so that
Kazakhstan can be prepared to comment.
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U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative
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4. (SBU) Savelyev informed Pol-Econ chief that his boss
Murat Tashibayev had attended the recent Nuclear Suppliers'
Group (NSG) plenary in Brasilia (Ref B) in order to comment
on the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative.
According to Savelyev, Tashibayev told the NSG that
Kazakhstan was willing to work with the U.S. on the India
initiative within the bounds of the current non-
proliferation regime, on the condition that all NSG
Participating Governments would have equal access to the
Indian market.
5. (SBU) Savelyev stressed that Kazakhstan did not believe
that the U.S. had made its position on the second point
sufficiently clear. (Ref C reports Savelyev's previous
comments on the issue of access to the Indian market.) The
"discussion in the corridors" at the March 23 Consultative
Group in Geneva focused on concerns that the U.S. intended
to structure the NSG exception in such a way that U.S. firms
would have an advantage over others in the Indian market, he
claimed.
6. (SBU) Comment: The question of equal access to the
Indian market must be resolved before Kazakhstan would be
willing to take a more forward-leaning position on the India
civil nuclear initiative. Given Savelyev's implicit linkage
of the two issues, it might also impact Kazakhstan's
position on the FMCT. End comment.
ORDWAY
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR SCA/CEN (J. MUDGE),ISN/MNSA
GENEVA FOR CD
USUN FOR POL
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MNUC PARM PREL KNNP CDG KZ
SUBJECT: KAZAKHSTAN'S POSITION ON FMCT, U.S.-INDIA CIVIL
NUCLEAR COOPERATION INITIATIVE
REF: A. STATE 92033, B. STATE 99660, C. ALMATY 1226
1. (SBU) Summary: Kazakhstan will carefully consider the
U.S. proposal to conclude a Fissile Materials Cutoff Treaty
(FMCT),and would like advance notice in order to be able to
speak on the topic the next time it is raised in the
Conference on Disarmament (CD). With regard to the U.S.-
India civil nuclear initiative, the MFA is concerned that
the U.S. may use an NSG exception to give U.S. firms an
advantage in the Indian market; it seeks assurances that all
NSG Participating Governments will have equal access. End
summary.
--------------
Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty
--------------
2. (SBU) Pol-Econ chief conveyed Ref A talking points and
related materials on the FMCT to Sergey Savelyev, Deputy
Director of the MFA's Department of International
Organization and Security Affairs, on June 13 in Almaty.
Savelyev expressed guarded support for the idea, noting that
Kazakhstan "has never opposed" the U.S. proposal for an
FMCT. He indicated that he understood the rationale for
wanting to delink FMCT from other issues, and promised to
brief his chain of command on the U.S. proposal.
3. (SBU) Savelyev asked for one to two weeks' advance notice
before the U.S. next raises the issue in the CD, so that
Kazakhstan can be prepared to comment.
-------------- --
U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative
-------------- --
4. (SBU) Savelyev informed Pol-Econ chief that his boss
Murat Tashibayev had attended the recent Nuclear Suppliers'
Group (NSG) plenary in Brasilia (Ref B) in order to comment
on the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative.
According to Savelyev, Tashibayev told the NSG that
Kazakhstan was willing to work with the U.S. on the India
initiative within the bounds of the current non-
proliferation regime, on the condition that all NSG
Participating Governments would have equal access to the
Indian market.
5. (SBU) Savelyev stressed that Kazakhstan did not believe
that the U.S. had made its position on the second point
sufficiently clear. (Ref C reports Savelyev's previous
comments on the issue of access to the Indian market.) The
"discussion in the corridors" at the March 23 Consultative
Group in Geneva focused on concerns that the U.S. intended
to structure the NSG exception in such a way that U.S. firms
would have an advantage over others in the Indian market, he
claimed.
6. (SBU) Comment: The question of equal access to the
Indian market must be resolved before Kazakhstan would be
willing to take a more forward-leaning position on the India
civil nuclear initiative. Given Savelyev's implicit linkage
of the two issues, it might also impact Kazakhstan's
position on the FMCT. End comment.
ORDWAY