GOVERNMENT OF MONGOLIA WELCOMES DOE PROPOSAL FOR PURSUING

UNCLAS ULAANBAATAR 000587 SIPDIS SIPDIS STATE FOR EAP/CM-D.CITRON, and ISN/NESS-A.SOWDER. DEPT OF ENERGY FOR DOE/NNSA/NA-213 D.CHONG AND K.CUMMINS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ASEC KOLY MG PARM KNNP TRGY SUBJECT: GOVERNMENT OF MONGOLIA WELCOMES DOE PROPOSAL FOR PURSUING COOPERATION ON SECURING RADIOACTIVE SOURCES REF: STATE 00142496 ¶1. S. Enkhbat, Vice Chairman of the Nuclear Energy Commission of Mongolia, has said he welcomes overtures by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE),National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to discuss possible areas of cooperation on securing sealed radioactive sources. He also looks forward to the proposed visit of a DOE representative and technical expert. Dr. Enkhbat made these comments to Econoff in response to an October 10th letter from the DOE's Director of FSU and Asian Threat Reduction, Office of Global Threat Reduction (reftel). ¶2. Because of his busy schedule in November, Dr. Enkhbat has requested that the DOE delay its proposed visit of a representative and technical expert to Mongolia until the first half of December or otherwise January 2008. Nevertheless, he stressed that he would like to begin collaboration on this issue "sooner rather than later." ¶3. To follow up, representatives of the DOE and NNSA can contact Dr. Enkhbat directly at: email Enkhbat@nec.mn or monnec@nec.mn, tel: 976-11-329-019. or through Amembassy Ulaanbaatar's Econoff. In any case, post would appreciate receiving courtesy copies of email and other correspondence to allow it to effectively track this proposal. Goldbeck