NORTH KOREAN TEST ANNOUNCEMENT AND INDONESIAN

C O N F I D E N T I A L JAKARTA 012338 SIPDIS SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FOR ISN, EAP AND IO E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/11/2016 TAGS: PREL KN PARM KNNP SUBJECT: NORTH KOREAN TEST ANNOUNCEMENT AND INDONESIAN PLANNING FOR UNSC SEAT REF: STATE 169418 Classified By: Political Counselor Marc L. Desjardins, for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). ¶1. (C) We delivered reftel demarche to Director for International Security and Disarmament Hasan Kleib at the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) on October ¶10. Kleib noted that the GOI had on October 9 issued a sharp condemnation of the DPRK nuclear test as "unacceptable." Kleib stressed that Indonesia was firmly committed to nonproliferation, as its active participation in various nonproliferation bodies over the past decade demonstrated, and that Indonesia therefore saw the DPRK move as destabilizing. Indonesia could understand in particular the implications of the test for South Korea and Japan. Kleib opined that halting North Korea's nuclear weapons program ultimately hinged upon finding "a political solution" for the Korean Peninsula. ¶2. (C) We pressed for GOI support of a Chapter VII resolution and urged the GOI to pursue concrete actions in support of its statement. Kleib noted UNSC Resolution 1695 had called for "vigilance" and said Indonesia would want to hear what other countries were saying before committing to a particular course of action. ¶3. (C) In anticipation that Indonesia would be elected to the UN Security Council on October 16, and that this would involve a substantial increase in the volume of work for DEPLU, Kleib said the GOI was already preparing for this likelihood by creating new Security Council positions at its New York Mission and setting up a special "team" at DEPLU to coordinate the work across multiple offices, under the authority of the Director General for Multilateral Affairs. The team leaders had yet to be named. Actual establishment would occur after the UNGA vote. Kleib said Indonesia would welcome increased dialogue with the United States on UNSC issues. PASCOE