US - RUSSIA JDEC EXPERTS MEETING: RUSSIA CANNOT

UNCLAS MOSCOW 004522 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: MARR PARM PREL RS SUBJECT: US - RUSSIA JDEC EXPERTS MEETING: RUSSIA CANNOT MAKE SEPTEMBER 26 DATE REF: STATE 118801 ¶1. (U) MFA DVBR Senior Counselor Vladimir Gavrikov told us September 7 that the MOD had informed them that their technical experts on the Joint Data Exchange Center would not be prepared to meet on September 26 as proposed reftel, and requested that the meeting be pushed back to a date in October that MFA will provide. We followed up on September 12 with DVBR Counselor Alexander Deyneko and Attache Elena Vodopolova and reiterated ref A request that the GOR provide us with line-in/line-out changes to the U.S. draft Joint Statement on Liability and Taxation Provisions prior to the meeting. Deyneko said they did not have dates yet. Burns