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06PARIS6696
2006-10-10 16:32:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Paris
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FRENCH SEEK STRONG UNSC RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN
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C O N F I D E N T I A L PARIS 006696
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DEPT FOR ISN, EAP, AND IO
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/10/2016
TAGS: PARM PREL KNNP UNSC KN FR
SUBJECT: FRENCH SEEK STRONG UNSC RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN
NUCLEAR TEST
REF: A) STATE 168337 B) STATE 169269 C) STATE 169418
Classified By: Acting DCM Thomas J. White, Reason 1.4 B/D
C O N F I D E N T I A L PARIS 006696
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SIPDIS
DEPT FOR ISN, EAP, AND IO
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/10/2016
TAGS: PARM PREL KNNP UNSC KN FR
SUBJECT: FRENCH SEEK STRONG UNSC RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN
NUCLEAR TEST
REF: A) STATE 168337 B) STATE 169269 C) STATE 169418
Classified By: Acting DCM Thomas J. White, Reason 1.4 B/D
1. (C) On October 6 we provided ref A elements for UNSC
action to the MFA, meeting separately with the Koreas desk
officer Clea Le Cardeur and IO-equivalent action officer
Benoit Guidee. Guidee told us on October 10, following
receipt of ref C points, that the MFA position was one of
"total solidarity with the United States and Japan and other
partners" on the need for a stern response to the DPRK
nuclear test. Additionally, Guidee revealed that there had
been some consternation at the MFA in reaction to Chinese MFA
comments to the French in Beijing implicitly rejecting
invocation of Chapter VII in a UNSC response, although Guidee
mentioned that the Chinese UNSC Delegation in New York had
taken a "more conciliatory position."
2. (C) After an internal MFA meeting later on October 10 to
consolidate views on the crisis, Guidee reconfirmed French
alignment with USG and Japanese positions. He said France
believes that the UNSC must respond to the DPRK provocation
in an exemplary and forceful manner by imposing a battery of
sanctions. France remained in favor of an explicit
invocation of Chapter VII, he added, though there was
uncertainty as to how that issue would play out given PRC
hesitation. Guidee admitted MFA discomfort nonetheless with
the proposed ban on luxury goods, suggesting the UNSC keep
that, like a travel ban on regime leaders, in reserve on the
principle that the UNSC "maintain some ammunition." Guidee
suggested the MFA also saw value in the PRC argument that a
draft resolution allow a possible escape clause for the DPRK
to back down. Sanctions, for instance, could be imposed with
the usual proviso of an annual UNSC review. The MFA also did
not see any harm in the PRC call for an amendment calling for
a peaceful and diplomatic resolution of the crisis. In any
event, Guidee stressed that France would strive to maintain a
united front with the USG and limit objections to P-3
discussions in New York.
3. (C) We also shared ref C points on October 10 with MFA
Acting Deputy Director for Asia Thierry Berthelot and
DAS-equivalent Director for Nonproliferation Philippe Errera.
Berthelot in particular took on board our points with
respect to the need to move to sanctions and to take other
defensive measures on non-proliferation and financing. We
noted that public comments on October 9 by FM Douste-Blazy
and the MFA spokesperson had spoken of consequences for North
Korea without staking out a French position on sanctions.
Berthelot responded that "it was a question of timing," i.e.,
FM Douste-Blazy and the spokesman had spoken before the UNSC
meeting had taken place in New York on the afternoon of
October 9. Berthelot said that there should be "no doubts"
about French support for sanctions, although France wanted to
let discussions develop in New York and remained mindful of
the need to reach agreement with China and Russia on forceful
UNSC action.
Please visit Paris' Classified Website at:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/paris/index.c fm
STAPLETON
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR ISN, EAP, AND IO
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/10/2016
TAGS: PARM PREL KNNP UNSC KN FR
SUBJECT: FRENCH SEEK STRONG UNSC RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN
NUCLEAR TEST
REF: A) STATE 168337 B) STATE 169269 C) STATE 169418
Classified By: Acting DCM Thomas J. White, Reason 1.4 B/D
1. (C) On October 6 we provided ref A elements for UNSC
action to the MFA, meeting separately with the Koreas desk
officer Clea Le Cardeur and IO-equivalent action officer
Benoit Guidee. Guidee told us on October 10, following
receipt of ref C points, that the MFA position was one of
"total solidarity with the United States and Japan and other
partners" on the need for a stern response to the DPRK
nuclear test. Additionally, Guidee revealed that there had
been some consternation at the MFA in reaction to Chinese MFA
comments to the French in Beijing implicitly rejecting
invocation of Chapter VII in a UNSC response, although Guidee
mentioned that the Chinese UNSC Delegation in New York had
taken a "more conciliatory position."
2. (C) After an internal MFA meeting later on October 10 to
consolidate views on the crisis, Guidee reconfirmed French
alignment with USG and Japanese positions. He said France
believes that the UNSC must respond to the DPRK provocation
in an exemplary and forceful manner by imposing a battery of
sanctions. France remained in favor of an explicit
invocation of Chapter VII, he added, though there was
uncertainty as to how that issue would play out given PRC
hesitation. Guidee admitted MFA discomfort nonetheless with
the proposed ban on luxury goods, suggesting the UNSC keep
that, like a travel ban on regime leaders, in reserve on the
principle that the UNSC "maintain some ammunition." Guidee
suggested the MFA also saw value in the PRC argument that a
draft resolution allow a possible escape clause for the DPRK
to back down. Sanctions, for instance, could be imposed with
the usual proviso of an annual UNSC review. The MFA also did
not see any harm in the PRC call for an amendment calling for
a peaceful and diplomatic resolution of the crisis. In any
event, Guidee stressed that France would strive to maintain a
united front with the USG and limit objections to P-3
discussions in New York.
3. (C) We also shared ref C points on October 10 with MFA
Acting Deputy Director for Asia Thierry Berthelot and
DAS-equivalent Director for Nonproliferation Philippe Errera.
Berthelot in particular took on board our points with
respect to the need to move to sanctions and to take other
defensive measures on non-proliferation and financing. We
noted that public comments on October 9 by FM Douste-Blazy
and the MFA spokesperson had spoken of consequences for North
Korea without staking out a French position on sanctions.
Berthelot responded that "it was a question of timing," i.e.,
FM Douste-Blazy and the spokesman had spoken before the UNSC
meeting had taken place in New York on the afternoon of
October 9. Berthelot said that there should be "no doubts"
about French support for sanctions, although France wanted to
let discussions develop in New York and remained mindful of
the need to reach agreement with China and Russia on forceful
UNSC action.
Please visit Paris' Classified Website at:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/paris/index.c fm
STAPLETON