DEMARCHE TO BRUNEI ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT

UNCLAS BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN 000113 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS FOR ISN/WMDT AND T:TIM KATSAPIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: KNNP MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER BX SUBJECT: DEMARCHE TO BRUNEI ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM REF: SECSTATE 21284 ¶1. Ambassador delivered reftel points on March 29 to Datin Maimunah, Deputy Permanent Secretary for Bilateral and Political Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). (We were unable to arrange for a joint demarche with Russian Federation; it has no resident diplomatic representation and Russian Ambassador resident in Kuala Lumpur is not scheduled to visit Bandar Seri Begawan in the immediate future.) ¶2. Datin Maimunah was already aware of the Global Initiative from discussions at the Fourth Asian Senior-Level Talks on Non-Proliferation (ASTOP IV) in Tokyo, which she attended as the Bruneian representative. She said the ASTOP discussions had been useful for clarifying the distinctions between the Global Initiative and other nonproliferation programs such as the Proliferation Security Initiative. Maimunah said MFAT would take note of our demarche and study the possibility of Brunei endorsing the Global Initiative Statement of Principles. SKODON