ROKG TO ATTEND GLOBAL INITIATIVE CONFERENCE IN

UNCLAS SEOUL 001738 SIPDIS SIPDIS SENSITIVE PLEASE PASS TO EAP/K, ISN/WMDT, AND T: TIM KATSAPIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL PARM PTER KGIC KS SUBJECT: ROKG TO ATTEND GLOBAL INITIATIVE CONFERENCE IN KAZAKHSTAN REF: A. STATE 72723 ¶B. STATE 75990 ¶1. (SBU) On June 1 poloff met with Park Chul-min, MOFAT's Disarmament and Nonproliferation Director, to formally welcome the ROKG into the Global Initiative (GI) as a new partner nation; deliver ref a points including a request for a government-wide GI point-of-contact (POC); and encouraging active ROKG participation in GI activities. In a subsequent meeting on June 5, Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division Acting Director Ham Sang-wook told poloff that the ROKG planned to attend the June 11-12 GI conference in Kazakhstan with a delegation headed by MOFAT Deputy Director-General for International Organizations Hwang Joon-kook. The ROKG delegation will also include the ROK government-wide GI POC Kim Jae-woo, Second Secretary, phone number: 82-2-2100-7249, fax number: 82-2-2100-7933, e-mail: jwkim97@mofat.go.kr. ¶2. (SBU) Per ref a, Post has designated Political Section External Unit Chief, Brian McFeeters, as its Global Initiative Coordinating Officer (GICO). Brian McFeeters can be reached at McfeetersBD@state.sgov.gov and McfeetersBD@state.gov. His telephone numbers are: 82-2-397-4133 (O),82-11-9020-4133 (cell),and 82-794-8463 (H). ¶3. (SBU) Also on June 5, poloff delivered ref b points noting that Finland, Poland, Portugal and Sweden have become partner nations of the GI. Ham expressed appreciation for the update. STANTON