INITIAL ROK RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR NSG COUNTRIES

UNCLAS SEOUL 000958 SIPDIS SIPDIS DEPT FOR ISN/RA (NEPHEW) E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: MNUC KNNP IAEA IR KS SUBJECT: INITIAL ROK RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR NSG COUNTRIES TO PERMIT SHARING OF EXPORT DENIAL INFORMATION WITH THE IAEA AND IAEA MEMBER STATES REF: STATE 39585 ¶1. (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. ¶2. (SBU) On March 30, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Youn Jong-kwon, Deputy Director of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). In a follow-up conversation, Youn said that the ROKG supports the general idea of sharing information regarding export denials to Iran. Youn requested clarification about the point in the non-paper that the information would be shared with non-Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) countries. Youn said that he did not foresee any problems with the ROKG sharing the information with the IAEA and the UN Security Council, but needed to know which non-NSG countries would also receive the information. ¶3. (SBU) Action Request: Post requests that Department provide a response to Youn's request for the list of countries the Iran denial information will be shared with. End Action Request. VERSHBOW