DPRK DEMARCHES

UNCLAS AMMAN 008487 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL KNNP PARM PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS JO SUBJECT: DPRK DEMARCHES REF: A) STATE 180512 AND B) STATE 179478 ¶1. (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarches and letter requesting GoJ cooperation on UNSCR 1718 to the Foreign Ministry's desk officer for the U.S., Asal al-Tal. Al-Tal said she would deliver the letter to FM Al-Khatib. She also undertook to provide any substantive response to the demarches once the Ministry has had an opportunity to assess whether the North Korean company KOMID has a presence in Jordan, and has evaluated implementation of UNSCR 1718. Visit Amman's Classified Web Site at http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/amman/ HALE