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Created
Classification
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07MOSCOW2333
2007-05-18 14:50:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Moscow
Cable title:
RUSSIA COOL TO U.S. PROPOSAL TO EXPAND AND EXTEND
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C O N F I D E N T I A L MOSCOW 002333
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT OF STATE FOR ISN (SEMMEL),ISN/CTR (GOODMAN,
DOLLIFF, CAMERON, EVANS),E (DUNCAN, WOLF),P (BROOKS),T
(KOCH, TIMBIE),S/P (LACEY),EUR/PRA (FRIEDT, BENTHIEN,
NASH)
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY FOR DOE/NNSA (CONNERY AND STACEY)
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR DOD/CTR (REID, MELASON, AND WEBER)
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL (HAYWARD, LEDDY, NEWHOUSE)
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/16/2012
TAGS: PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY RS
SUBJECT: RUSSIA COOL TO U.S. PROPOSAL TO EXPAND AND EXTEND
THE G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP
REF: STATE 61331
Classified By: DCM Daniel A. Russell. Reasons: 1.4 (b,d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L MOSCOW 002333
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT OF STATE FOR ISN (SEMMEL),ISN/CTR (GOODMAN,
DOLLIFF, CAMERON, EVANS),E (DUNCAN, WOLF),P (BROOKS),T
(KOCH, TIMBIE),S/P (LACEY),EUR/PRA (FRIEDT, BENTHIEN,
NASH)
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY FOR DOE/NNSA (CONNERY AND STACEY)
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR DOD/CTR (REID, MELASON, AND WEBER)
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL (HAYWARD, LEDDY, NEWHOUSE)
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/16/2012
TAGS: PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY RS
SUBJECT: RUSSIA COOL TO U.S. PROPOSAL TO EXPAND AND EXTEND
THE G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP
REF: STATE 61331
Classified By: DCM Daniel A. Russell. Reasons: 1.4 (b,d)
1. (SBU) On May 16 we delivered REFTEL points on the U.S.
proposal to expand and extend the G-8 Global Partnership (GP)
to Valeriy Biryukov, Head of the GP Section in the MFA's
Department of Security and Disarmament Affairs, and his
assistant Tatyana Balykina. Biryukov and Balykina had just
returned from Germany, where they had participated in the May
14-15 meetings of the G-8 Nonproliferation Directors Group
(NPDG) and the GP Working Group (GPWG). Biryukov told us he
had discussed the U.S. proposal with the U.S. delegation in
Germany, and he repeated the Russian position to us.
2. (SBU) According to Biryukov, Russia remains opposed to
expanding and extending the GP at this time. He suggested it
would be more appropriate to take up the U.S. proposal in
2010 when it will be clear whether the projects currently
underway will be completed before the end of the GP's
original 2002-2012 mandate. Russia does not want to consider
expanding and extending the GP while many projects are still
only at the halfway point.
3. (SBU) Balykina elaborated that only $740 million had been
allocated for GP projects in 2008 ($297 million for chemical
weapons destruction (CWD) and $443 million for nuclear
submarine dismantlement),but at least $1 billion is needed.
She said the GPWG meeting in Germany had brought to light
problems with funding, timing, and coordination among the GP
partners. In particular, there had been no evident
enthusiasm to increase financial pledges for existing
projects. She emphasized that submarine dismantlement in
Russia's Far East is behind schedule and underfunded and that
more funding is needed to complete Russia's CWD commitments
by 2012 as required by the Chemical Weapons Convention. In
light of this, Balykina said it was premature to consider the
U.S. proposal at this time.
4. (SBU) Biryukov concluded by repeating his opening point
that 2010 would be the earliest date at which Russia would
wish to begin considering expanding and extending the GP.
BURNS
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT OF STATE FOR ISN (SEMMEL),ISN/CTR (GOODMAN,
DOLLIFF, CAMERON, EVANS),E (DUNCAN, WOLF),P (BROOKS),T
(KOCH, TIMBIE),S/P (LACEY),EUR/PRA (FRIEDT, BENTHIEN,
NASH)
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY FOR DOE/NNSA (CONNERY AND STACEY)
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR DOD/CTR (REID, MELASON, AND WEBER)
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL (HAYWARD, LEDDY, NEWHOUSE)
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/16/2012
TAGS: PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY RS
SUBJECT: RUSSIA COOL TO U.S. PROPOSAL TO EXPAND AND EXTEND
THE G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP
REF: STATE 61331
Classified By: DCM Daniel A. Russell. Reasons: 1.4 (b,d)
1. (SBU) On May 16 we delivered REFTEL points on the U.S.
proposal to expand and extend the G-8 Global Partnership (GP)
to Valeriy Biryukov, Head of the GP Section in the MFA's
Department of Security and Disarmament Affairs, and his
assistant Tatyana Balykina. Biryukov and Balykina had just
returned from Germany, where they had participated in the May
14-15 meetings of the G-8 Nonproliferation Directors Group
(NPDG) and the GP Working Group (GPWG). Biryukov told us he
had discussed the U.S. proposal with the U.S. delegation in
Germany, and he repeated the Russian position to us.
2. (SBU) According to Biryukov, Russia remains opposed to
expanding and extending the GP at this time. He suggested it
would be more appropriate to take up the U.S. proposal in
2010 when it will be clear whether the projects currently
underway will be completed before the end of the GP's
original 2002-2012 mandate. Russia does not want to consider
expanding and extending the GP while many projects are still
only at the halfway point.
3. (SBU) Balykina elaborated that only $740 million had been
allocated for GP projects in 2008 ($297 million for chemical
weapons destruction (CWD) and $443 million for nuclear
submarine dismantlement),but at least $1 billion is needed.
She said the GPWG meeting in Germany had brought to light
problems with funding, timing, and coordination among the GP
partners. In particular, there had been no evident
enthusiasm to increase financial pledges for existing
projects. She emphasized that submarine dismantlement in
Russia's Far East is behind schedule and underfunded and that
more funding is needed to complete Russia's CWD commitments
by 2012 as required by the Chemical Weapons Convention. In
light of this, Balykina said it was premature to consider the
U.S. proposal at this time.
4. (SBU) Biryukov concluded by repeating his opening point
that 2010 would be the earliest date at which Russia would
wish to begin considering expanding and extending the GP.
BURNS