ITALY SUPPORTIVE OF GLOBAL INITIATIVE NUCLEAR

UNCLAS ROME 002494 SIPDIS SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FOR ISN/WMDT DEXTER INGRAM AND T TIM KATSAPIS. DHS FOR TOM MCILVAIN E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PARM PTER EAIR ETRD EWWT PREL PINR PINS KNNP KGIC, IT SUBJECT: ITALY SUPPORTIVE OF GLOBAL INITIATIVE NUCLEAR DETECTION ARCHITECTURE GUIDELINES REF: STATE 156602 ¶1. (U) Poloff followed up on Reftel Non-Paper and invitation with the Italian MFA Special Adviser on Nonproliferation Finance and Acting Coordinator for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism, Gianluca Alberini, on December 18. (Note: Alberini is slated to replace outgoing GI Coordinator Antonio Catalano in the coming weeks. Post will inform the Department when the official handover takes place). Alberini said that Italy is in broad agreement with the goals and approach of the Global Nuclear Detection Architecture Proposal, and believes that in order to achieve optimal results, the architecture should: -- take into account the existing European Union legal and procedural framework governing nuclear materials, customs and border controls, and law enforcement information sharing; -- maintain sufficient flexibility to adapt to different jurisdictions (e.g. common law versus continental legal systems); -- take into account existing international agreements so as to better define the architecture's basis in international law; -- make every effort to preserve EU and international principles of freedom of trade and free circulation of persons. ¶2. (U) Alberini is organizing the Italian delegation to the Washington Expert-Level Detection Architecture Conference on January 22. He will be the point of contact for the delegation, which will probably consist of 2-4 members. His contact information is as follows: Counselor Gianluca Alberini Special Advisor Directorate General for Political and Multilateral Affairs Ministry of Foreign Affairs Piazzale della Farnesina 1 00194 Rome Italy Tel: 39 06 3691 3898 gianluca.alberini@esteri.it ¶3. (U) Post will convey additional details regarding the delegation as they become available. SPOGLI