ATTENDANCE AT PSI HIGH-LEVEL POLITICAL MEETING

UNCLAS COPENHAGEN 000833 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: MNUC KNNP PARM PL DA SUBJECT: ATTENDANCE AT PSI HIGH-LEVEL POLITICAL MEETING REF: STATE 084640 ¶1. (SBU) MFA PSI Action Officer Casper Nervil confirmed June 9 that MFA State Secretary Michael Zilmer-Johns will represent Denmark June 23 at the High-Level Political Meeting for the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) in Warsaw. As an Under Secretary-equivalent in the MFA, he currently has broad responsibility for international security matters, NATO and EU affairs, and bilateral relations with most OECD countries. Zilmer-Johns was the Senior Foreign Policy Advisor to Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen (National Security Advisor-equivalent). ¶2. (SBU) On the margins of the upcoming PSI High-Level Political meeting, Zilmer-Johns intends to firm up planning with Poland and Russia for a September PSI exercise in the Baltic Sea. Nervil noted that Denmark has been trying to negotiate this exercise with the Russians for approximately two years, and is now cautiously optimistic that it will finally go forward. Denmark is also looking forward to participating in the panel on PSI industry outreach during the upcoming Warsaw meeting. CAINE