DEMARCHES TO INDONESIA ON DPRK SHIPPING

S E C R E T JAKARTA 013006 SIPDIS NOFORN SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/03/2016 TAGS: MNUC PARM KNNP EWWT KN XC ID SUBJECT: DEMARCHES TO INDONESIA ON DPRK SHIPPING REF: A. STATE 179243 (INVESTIGATING DPRK VESSEL) ¶B. STATE 179928 (MARITIME SERVICES FOR DPRK SHIPS) Classified By: Marc L. Desjardins, Political Counselor. Reason: 1.4 (b , d) ¶1. (S/NF) We met November 3 with Fahmi Jamaludin, Desk Officer for Korea at Indonesia's Department of Foreign Affairs, to deliver demarches contained reftels on DPRK shipping issues. We stressed that the actions we were requesting were consistent not only with UNSC Resolution 1718, but also with relevant provisions of national and international law. We also emphasized that while we were not urging Indonesia to participate in a blockade or quarantine of the DPRK, we may well need to create a mechanism for timely coordination in specific cases of suspected shipping of DPRK contraband through Indonesian waters. ¶2. (S/NF) Jamaludin welcomed our demarches and said that he would coordinate both matters with the relevant agencies within the GOI. He said that on November 6, there would be an inter-agency meeting to discuss the early December visit of South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun, and that he would raise the matter with counterparts from other agencies at that time. PASCOE