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06COPENHAGEN1355
2006-10-04 10:53:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Copenhagen
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DENMARK SUPPORTS TOUGH UNSC STATEMENT ON NORTH

Tags:  PREL PARM KNNP UNSC KN DA 
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E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/04/2016
TAGS: PREL PARM KNNP UNSC KN DA
SUBJECT: DENMARK SUPPORTS TOUGH UNSC STATEMENT ON NORTH
KOREA

REF: STATE 166404

Classified By: Deputy Chief of Mission Sandra Kaiser, reasons 1.4b,d

C O N F I D E N T I A L COPENHAGEN 001355

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SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/04/2016
TAGS: PREL PARM KNNP UNSC KN DA
SUBJECT: DENMARK SUPPORTS TOUGH UNSC STATEMENT ON NORTH
KOREA

REF: STATE 166404

Classified By: Deputy Chief of Mission Sandra Kaiser, reasons 1.4b,d


1. (C) Danish MFA Head of Department for Asia
(A/S-equivalent) Susan Ulbaek expressed full agreement with
reftel points on North Korea's nuclear test threat, and
indicated October 4 that the Danish UN mission in New York
has been instructed to work toward "the strongest possible
Presidential Statement that can be endorsed by the full
Security Council." Ulbaek underscored the desirability of
maintaining unanimity among UNSC members on this issue --
with the Chinese most of all. Should the North Koreans
actually follow through on their threat, there is "no
question" that the Security Council must respond with a
sanctions resolution, she said.


2. (C) Ulbaek and MFA East Asia Team Leader Jonas
Parello-Plesner observed that the North Koreans have their
backs against the wall, which they attributed to the
effectiveness of U.S. financial sanctions directed against
the Pyongyang regime (the Macao bank measures). The DPRK is
keen to demonstrate that it can defend itself against a
Western assault, Ulbaek noted, suggesting, however, that Kim
Jong-Il, for all his evident irrationality and paranoia, may
at the same time also be seeking to raise the stakes to
entice the U.S. into agreeing to bilateral talks.


3. (C) Denmark naturally favors a negotiated solution to the
issue, Ulbaek stated, and maintains (admittedly
now-diminishing) hope that the North Koreans can be persuaded
to return to the Six-Party Talks. That said, she emphasized,
the Danish government cannot accept a nuclear-armed North
Korea.
CAIN