Identifier
Created
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06ISLAMABAD9703
2006-05-25 11:51:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Islamabad
Cable title:
GOP DECLINES PSI INVITATION...AGAIN
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C O N F I D E N T I A L ISLAMABAD 009703
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/25/2016
TAGS: PREL PK PHSA KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV
SUBJECT: GOP DECLINES PSI INVITATION...AGAIN
REF: A. STATE 50811
¶B. ISLAMABAD 7771
Classified By: Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
(C) On May 23, the Ambassador joined the Polish Ambassador
and British High Commissioner in a call on MFA UN Additional
Secretary (UN, Policy Planning and Disarmament) Tariq Osman
SIPDIS
Haider to press (again) for the Government of Pakistan (GOP)
to participate in the June Senior Level Meeting on the
Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) in Warsaw (Ref B).
The Polish AMB offered a detailed description of the history
and goals of PSI. After noting that "observer' status at the
Warsaw meeting is not/not an option, Ambassador and the
British High Commissioner explained that the U.S. and UK are
seeking the GOP's commitment to PSI principals, not to any
particular path of implementation. The Additional Secretary
responded that the GOP is committed to non-proliferation. It
already has legislation for interdiction in its territorial
waters, and it is now commanding CTF-150, which has both a
counterterrorism and non-proliferation mission. Haider
concluded by saying that Pakistan prefers international
agreements reached through UN processes. If the GOP cannot
go to the Warsaw meeting as observers, it will not attend,
but will remain actively engaged on non-proliferation in
other fora.
CROCKER