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06OSLO783
2006-06-15 12:36:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Oslo
Cable title:
NORWAY WILL CONSIDER LEADING CSV CONSULTATIONS
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UNCLAS OSLO 000783
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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AORC TRGY IAEA NO KNNP
SUBJECT: NORWAY WILL CONSIDER LEADING CSV CONSULTATIONS
REF: SECSTATE 95223
UNCLAS OSLO 000783
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SENSITIVE
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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AORC TRGY IAEA NO KNNP
SUBJECT: NORWAY WILL CONSIDER LEADING CSV CONSULTATIONS
REF: SECSTATE 95223
1. (U) We delivered reftel to Norwegian MFA PDAS for
Security Policy Trine Skymoen on June 14 and discussed
further with Ambassador Naess our request (reftel) that Naess
lead informal consultations on the IAEA Secretariat's
recommendations to the Committee on Safeguards and
Verification (CSV). Naess told us that Assistant Secretary
Kare Aas indicated -- after returning from Washington in May
-- that he would consider this idea, and the consequent
resource issues, once Norway received a formal request from
the U.S. Naess could not comment on the likelihood that he
would be given the green light, but welcomed the fact that we
have now formally demarched on this topic.
2. (SBU) Comment. We believe that the MFA will be inclined
to let Ambassador Naess take on this role, if it can get past
the resource issues. The MFA section that Amb. Naess would
have to draw from for support has half of its staff
transferring abroad this summer, has no replacements named
yet for these jobs (due to an ongoing MFA reorganization),
and faces its annual summer dearth of Norwegians willing to
work when the sun shining. The resource limitations that
Naess told us about earlier are real, not just an excuse to
say no.
Visit Oslo's Classified website:
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SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AORC TRGY IAEA NO KNNP
SUBJECT: NORWAY WILL CONSIDER LEADING CSV CONSULTATIONS
REF: SECSTATE 95223
1. (U) We delivered reftel to Norwegian MFA PDAS for
Security Policy Trine Skymoen on June 14 and discussed
further with Ambassador Naess our request (reftel) that Naess
lead informal consultations on the IAEA Secretariat's
recommendations to the Committee on Safeguards and
Verification (CSV). Naess told us that Assistant Secretary
Kare Aas indicated -- after returning from Washington in May
-- that he would consider this idea, and the consequent
resource issues, once Norway received a formal request from
the U.S. Naess could not comment on the likelihood that he
would be given the green light, but welcomed the fact that we
have now formally demarched on this topic.
2. (SBU) Comment. We believe that the MFA will be inclined
to let Ambassador Naess take on this role, if it can get past
the resource issues. The MFA section that Amb. Naess would
have to draw from for support has half of its staff
transferring abroad this summer, has no replacements named
yet for these jobs (due to an ongoing MFA reorganization),
and faces its annual summer dearth of Norwegians willing to
work when the sun shining. The resource limitations that
Naess told us about earlier are real, not just an excuse to
say no.
Visit Oslo's Classified website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/oslo/index.cf m
WEBSTER