BULGARIA SUPPORTIVE ON U.S.-INDIA DEAL

UNCLAS SOFIA 001233 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL PARM ETTC ENRG MNUC KNNP TRGY BU SUBJECT: BULGARIA SUPPORTIVE ON U.S.-INDIA DEAL REF: STATE 140484 ¶1. (SBU) On August 28 we delivered reftel demarche to Elizabeth Konstantinova of the MFA's International Security Directorate. While hesitating to commit to a statement at the NSG meeting, she emphasized Bulgaria's overall support for the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative. Specifically, Konstantinova highlighted the agreement's potential to bring India further into, and thereby strengthen, the international nuclear non-proliferation framework. Bulgaria is concerned, however, that the initiative may have the unintended consequence of weakening the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty regime and creating a double standard vis-a-vis the DPRK and Iran. ¶2. (SBU) We will continue to engage the GOB on this issue, and will report substantive developments septel. KARAGIANNIS