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06BOGOTA3995
2006-05-05 16:34:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Bogota
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GOC SUPPORTS PSI IN THEORY; UNLIKELY TO ENDORSE

Tags:  MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP CO 
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SIPDIS

SIPDIS

DEPARTMENT FOR NP, T AND WHA/AND

E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/04/2016
TAGS: MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP CO
SUBJECT: GOC SUPPORTS PSI IN THEORY; UNLIKELY TO ENDORSE
BEFORE JUNE

REF: STATE 50811

Classified By: Political Counselor Jeffrey DeLaurentis;
Reasons 1.4 (b,d)

C O N F I D E N T I A L BOGOTA 003995

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

DEPARTMENT FOR NP, T AND WHA/AND

E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/04/2016
TAGS: MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP CO
SUBJECT: GOC SUPPORTS PSI IN THEORY; UNLIKELY TO ENDORSE
BEFORE JUNE

REF: STATE 50811

Classified By: Political Counselor Jeffrey DeLaurentis;
Reasons 1.4 (b,d)


1. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4.


2. (C) Poloff delivered reftel points urging the GOC to
endorse the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) to MFA
Coordinator for the U.S. and Canada Patricia Cortes on April

7. In a May 3 follow up meeting that included Coordinator
for Disarmament Daniel Avila, Cortes said the GOC supports
PSI in theory, but is unlikely to endorse PSI in time to
receive an invitation to attend the meeting in Poland in
June. Avila noted the Polish Ambassador to Colombia had
recently met with various people at MFA to encourage GOC
endorsement of PSI.


3. (C) Avila reiterated that the GOC supports complete
disarmament as well as efforts to stop trafficking in all
arms, including weapons of mass destruction. He said GOC
hesitation to support PSI stems from uncertainty as to how
PSI works in practice. Specifically, the GOC is concerned
about the mechanisms of interdiction efforts, particularly
those that occur outside the context of the United Nations:
who decides intelligence is sufficient to warrant action; who
asks other countries to participate in an interdiction
action? According to Avila, ministers and vice ministers
from both the MFA and the Ministry of Defense are involved in
high-level meetings about endorsing PSI. He said information
about the functioning of a real PSI interdiction would help
the GOC in making a final decision. In addition, he asked
whether Colombia could attend the Poland meeting as an
"observer."


4. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Post requests permission to share
information about an actual PSI interdiction effort with the
GOC. In addition, Post requests information on the
possibility of countries attending the June meeting as an
observer.

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