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07ASTANA1285
2007-05-14 09:16:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Astana
Cable title:  

KAZAKHSTAN: OSCE BORDER ASSESSMENT

Tags:  SNAR KCRM PREL KZ 
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UNCLAS ASTANA 001285 

SIPDIS

STATE FOR INL/AAE (ALTON),SCA/CEN (OMARA),SCA/RA (CUMMINGS),ISN
(HARTSHORNE)
OSD FOR HOWELL
CENTCOM FOR MALCOM AND ROESNER

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: SNAR KCRM PREL KZ
SUBJECT: KAZAKHSTAN: OSCE BORDER ASSESSMENT

REF: USMISSION OSCE 154

UNCLAS ASTANA 001285

SIPDIS

STATE FOR INL/AAE (ALTON),SCA/CEN (OMARA),SCA/RA (CUMMINGS),ISN
(HARTSHORNE)
OSD FOR HOWELL
CENTCOM FOR MALCOM AND ROESNER

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: SNAR KCRM PREL KZ
SUBJECT: KAZAKHSTAN: OSCE BORDER ASSESSMENT

REF: USMISSION OSCE 154


1. Summary: Post looks for the upcoming OSCE assessment to provide
the basis for more cross-border security programs and to enhance
interagency regional liaison. In-country cooperation on border
security is working well. The Mission's Security Assistance Working
Group coordinates individual office programs. A common database of
office border security training and assistance provided to GOK
entities is under development by INL, OMC, and DAO. End summary.


2. Post looks forward to the comprehensive survey of borders in
Central Asia that the assessment described in reftel will provide.
The field visits and meetings of border security and management
agencies particularly look to be sources of valuable insights for
new cooperation, particularly in establishing the operational basis
for cross-border programs to train and equip border guards and other
border security personnel. In addition to bilateral cross-border
programs, Post looks forward to the results of the assessment
regarding region-wide border security programs such as a common
communication platform, or establishment of a regional border forum
where approaches to issues like Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
(SARS) can be formulated.


3. In Kazakhstan, the International Narcotics and Law Enforcement
Office (INL),Office of Export Control and Border Security (EXBS),
Office of Military Cooperation (OMC),and the Defense Threat
Reduction Office (DTRO-A) all implement programs to strengthen
Kazakhstan's borders. The Kazakhstan Mission Security Assistance
Working Group, comprised of these and other members, under the
guidance of the DCM has worked diligently to coordinate border
security programs. SAWG members have agreed that INL and OMC will
sponsor creation of a mission-wide database of all border security
training and equipment provided to Kazakhstani border security
services.


4. Post views inter-regional and cross-border programs as an area
where further improvement could be realized. It is anticipated that
the OSCE Border Assessment could provide solid data to construct and
implement joint programs. Especially regarding narcotics
interdiction, Post assesses that most governments in the region
focus almost exclusively on southern borders, the direction from
which the narcotics are entering. As a quick glance at any map will
show, one country's southern border is another country's northern so
cross-border cooperation could achieve efficient use of scarce
assistance funds.


5. Post point of contact for the OSCE Border Security assessment is
INL Officer Jeffrey Scott Waldo. Mr. Waldo can be contacted at
(tel) +7-3172-70-22-96; (cell) +7-777-232-99-41; (unclassified
email) waldojs@state.gov.

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