RUSSIAN PARTICIPATION IN ITWG ANNUAL MEETING AND

UNCLAS MOSCOW 002126 SIPDIS SIPDIS DEPARTMENT ALSO FOR ISN/CTR (CURRY) E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: KNNP MNUC ASEC ENRG KCRM PARM TRGY RS SUBJECT: RUSSIAN PARTICIPATION IN ITWG ANNUAL MEETING AND ROUND-ROBIN EXERCISE REF: A) STATE 49322 B) STATE 57089 ¶1. (U) We delivered non-papers to Russian officials and entities encouraging participation in the annual meeting of the Nuclear Smuggling International Technical Working Group (ITWG) that will be held in Sweden, June 27-28, and an upcoming (date TBD) ITWG-sponsored round-robin exercise in the field of nuclear forensics. We delivered these non-papers to: A) Aleksandr Shilin and Mikhail Kondratenkov in the MFA's Department for Disarmament and Security Affairs; B) Alla Strelkova at Rosatom, who in turn passed them to Vladimir Ostripkov and Viktor Yerastov; and C) Mikhail Kriachkov, head of the International Department at the Bochvar Institute. BURNS