KAZAKHSTAN SHARES INFORMATION ON POSSIBLE

S E C R E T ASTANA 001286 SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FOR EUR, ISN, SCA, T E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/18/2016 TAGS: PARM PREL MNUC KN KZ SUBJECT: KAZAKHSTAN SHARES INFORMATION ON POSSIBLE PROLIFERATION CONCERN Classified By: DCM Kevin Milas for reasons 1.4 b and d (S) On July 15, MFA's Americas Department Head Talgat Kaliev passed us an overflight clearance request submitted to the GOK from NORTH Korea's official flag carrier Air Koryo. The request is for an Air Koryo IL-62 aircraft to travel on charter pax flight from Pyongyang International Airport (listed by its civil aviation identifier code 0III) to Tehran Mehrabad International Airport (listed by code ZKPY). The flight leaves NORTH KOREA on July 28 and returns July 31. The request was filed by Dubai-based United Aviation Services (UAS). (Comment: UAS is a flight operations company that frequently acts as an intermediary for diplomatic overflight and landing clearances. End comment.) Kaliev told us that Kazakhstan will likely deny the overflight clearance, just as it denied the clearance, on our request, to a NORTH KOREA - Syria flight in April (reftel). ORDWAY