PDAS MCNERNEY RAISES PSI WITH INDONESIA

C O N F I D E N T I A L JAKARTA 002295 SIPDIS SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FOR EAP, EAP/MTS, T, ISN/CPI (SIDLER) E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/22/2017 TAGS: PREL PHSA KTFN PARM ID SUBJECT: PDAS MCNERNEY RAISES PSI WITH INDONESIA REF: STATE 108671 Classified By: Ambassador Cameron R. Hume for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). ¶1. (C) Visiting ISN PDAS Patricia McNerney passed reftel nonpaper on the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) to Desra Percaya, Director for International Security and Disarmament Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),on August 14. Percaya remarked that DEPLU's thinking on PSI had evolved from the time when as DEPLU spokesman he had publicly criticized the initiative. The GOI was now ready for informal dialogue on PSI with the United States, Australia and other interested countries. ¶2. (C) Percaya also reported that Indonesia would participate in the Australian-led informal working group on PSI to be held in Jakarta in September (ref B). ¶3. (SBU) We will report PDAS McNerney's discussions on Iran septel. ¶4. (SBU) PDAS McNerney approved this message. HUME