Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06CAIRO6678
2006-11-02 15:23:00
SECRET
Embassy Cairo
Cable title:  

(C) EGYPT TO FULLY RESPECT UNSCR 1718 OBLIGATIONS

Tags:  PREL PGOV PARM EG NK 
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S E C R E T CAIRO 006678 

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/02/2016
TAGS: PREL PGOV PARM EG NK
SUBJECT: (C) EGYPT TO FULLY RESPECT UNSCR 1718 OBLIGATIONS
REGARDING NORTH KOREA; BILATERAL TIES "POLITE"

REF: STATE 180512

Classified by Minister Counselor for Economic and Political
Affairs William Stewart for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).

S E C R E T CAIRO 006678

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/02/2016
TAGS: PREL PGOV PARM EG NK
SUBJECT: (C) EGYPT TO FULLY RESPECT UNSCR 1718 OBLIGATIONS
REGARDING NORTH KOREA; BILATERAL TIES "POLITE"

REF: STATE 180512

Classified by Minister Counselor for Economic and Political
Affairs William Stewart for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).


1. (S) During an introductory meeting on November 2 with MFA
Deputy Assistant Minister for East Asian Affairs, Ambassador
Magdy Amer, poloff delivered reftel demarche on Egypt's
obligations with respect to North Korea and UNSCR 1718. Amer
was not aware of any Egyptian ties with the Korea Mining
Development Trading Corporation (KOMID),but undertook to
share the U.S. demarche with his minister and other relevant
GOE agencies. He assured poloff that Egypt respected the
provisions of UNSCR 1718 and had "no military" ties with
Pyongyang.


2. (S) Asked directly about reports of Egyptian-North Korean
cooperation in the missile area, Amer denied any knowledge on
the subject and directed emboff to approach the Ministry of
Defense on the matter. Discussing Egypt's ties with North
Korea, Amer stressed that Egypt maintained "only polite"
bilateral ties at present, and had only three diplomats in
its Embassy in Pyongyang. North Korea, Amer said, "helped us
during the 1973 war with Israel, contributing "spare parts"
for Egyptian aircraft. (Note: The South Korean DCM told
emboff on November 1 that the North continued to assist Egypt
with maintenance and upgrading of its SCUD missiles; that the
North Koreans have 15 diplomats in Cairo versus 11 for the
South; and that the North contributed a squadron of MIGs to
Egypt's 1973 war effort. End note.) But, bilateral ties
have dwindled even farther, he asserted, particularly since
last summer's missile tests and the recent nuclear test.
There are practically "no trade ties" to speak of, he said.
A planned visit to Pyongyang by his boss, Assistant Foreign
Minister for Asian Affairs Ali Hefny, had been twice scrapped
as a result of the North's missile and nuclear tests this
year. He did not believe the visit would be rescheduled at
any time in the near future.
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