Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06SOFIA1423
2006-10-06 09:05:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Sofia
Cable title:
BULGARIA CALLS POSSIBLE NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST
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C O N F I D E N T I A L SOFIA 001423
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/05/2016
TAGS: PREL PARM KN KNNP BU
SUBJECT: BULGARIA CALLS POSSIBLE NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST
"PROVOCATIVE"
REF: STATE 166404
Classified By: DCM Alex Karagiannis for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L SOFIA 001423
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/05/2016
TAGS: PREL PARM KN KNNP BU
SUBJECT: BULGARIA CALLS POSSIBLE NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST
"PROVOCATIVE"
REF: STATE 166404
Classified By: DCM Alex Karagiannis for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (U) The Ambassador delivered reftel points to Foreign
Minister Kalfin October 5. Subsequently, the MFA issued the
following statement the same day:
"The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry expresses deep concern with
the statement of the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea dated
October 3, 2006. It announces that the country will conduct
a nuclear test in the near future. The statement contradicts
Pyongyang's repeatedly expressed desire for the Korean
Peninsula to become a zone free of nuclear weapons.
Conducting a nuclear test will be a provocative act which
will have a negative effect on the security of the Korean
Peninsula as well as the entire region of Northeastern Asia.
We call upon the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to
return without preliminary conditions to the Six-Party talks
on the country's nuclear program to reach an accord on the
practical implementation of the agreements laid out in the
Joint Statement of September 19, 2005."
2. (C) We also encouraged the MFA to call in the North Korean
Ambassador to reinforce the international community's concern
over North Korea's threatening behavior. We will follow up
with the MFA's director for Asian affairs.
BEYRLE
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/05/2016
TAGS: PREL PARM KN KNNP BU
SUBJECT: BULGARIA CALLS POSSIBLE NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST
"PROVOCATIVE"
REF: STATE 166404
Classified By: DCM Alex Karagiannis for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (U) The Ambassador delivered reftel points to Foreign
Minister Kalfin October 5. Subsequently, the MFA issued the
following statement the same day:
"The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry expresses deep concern with
the statement of the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea dated
October 3, 2006. It announces that the country will conduct
a nuclear test in the near future. The statement contradicts
Pyongyang's repeatedly expressed desire for the Korean
Peninsula to become a zone free of nuclear weapons.
Conducting a nuclear test will be a provocative act which
will have a negative effect on the security of the Korean
Peninsula as well as the entire region of Northeastern Asia.
We call upon the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to
return without preliminary conditions to the Six-Party talks
on the country's nuclear program to reach an accord on the
practical implementation of the agreements laid out in the
Joint Statement of September 19, 2005."
2. (C) We also encouraged the MFA to call in the North Korean
Ambassador to reinforce the international community's concern
over North Korea's threatening behavior. We will follow up
with the MFA's director for Asian affairs.
BEYRLE