PSI: URGING ASSISTANCE IN SEEKING ENDORSEMENTS

C O N F I D E N T I A L PARIS 002615

SIPDIS

STATE FOR NP, T, AND EUR/WE

E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/20/2016
TAGS: KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL FR
SUBJECT: PSI: URGING ASSISTANCE IN SEEKING ENDORSEMENTS

REF: A. SECSTATE 57481


B. ORDEMAN/STUMPH 4/18 E-MAIL

Classified By: Political Minister-Counselor Josiah Rosenblatt for Reaso
ns 1.4(b) and (d).


1. (C) Ref A points were delivered to French MFA action
officer for PSI, Sebastien Jaunet, on April 12. Jaunet said
that the French were preparing to make their own PSI demarche
and noted that that the U.S. demarche did not include a
number of countries that the French were considering
approaching (Niger, Mongolia, Eritrea, Bahrain, Qatar and
Armenia.)


2. (C) In a follow-up conversation on April 20, poloff
welcomed French efforts and explained that several of the
countries mentioned by France had already endorsed or stated
they would endorse the PSI Statement of Interdiction
Principals (Mongolia, Qatar and Armenia). He also noted that
the U.S. was working with Bahrain quietly and hoping for
quick success (ref B).


3. (C) Jaunet said that the GoF would concentrate its
efforts on the 44 countries included in the U.S. demarche
plus Niger and Eritrea. He said that he hoped to have
materials ready to send out by the following week (April 24)
and he promised to keep us informed of progress.





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