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08CANBERRA555
2008-05-29 08:33:00
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Embassy Canberra
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AUSTRALIAN MEDIA STATEMENT ON PSI FIFTH ANNIVERSARY
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SUBJECT: AUSTRALIAN MEDIA STATEMENT ON PSI FIFTH ANNIVERSARY
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UNCLAS CANBERRA 000555
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STATE FOR ISN/CPI, ISN/SPO, EAP AND T
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KNNP KSTC OPRC PARM PREL AS
SUBJECT: AUSTRALIAN MEDIA STATEMENT ON PSI FIFTH ANNIVERSARY
REF: STATE 53224
¶1. On May 28, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith issued a media
release marking the fifth anniversary of the Proliferation
Security Initiative. The GOA statement, which reaffirmed
Australia's commitment to cooperating through PSI to halt the
trade in illicit weapons of mass destruction, followed reftel
demarche and was closely coordinated with a parallel release
that post published on its website and released
simultaneously to local media.
¶2. Text of Foreign Minister Smith's media release follows.
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28 May 2008
FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE
(PSI)
Australia will join more than 85 other countries at a
Senior-Level Meeting in Washington today to reaffirm our
long-standing commitment to the Proliferation Security
Initiative (PSI) and set strategic directions for its future.
The PSI is the international community's single most
practical means of cooperating to prevent illicit trafficking
in weapons of mass destruction.
Australia has been an active PSI supporter and participant
since the Initiative was established in 2003. The
Senior-Level Meeting hosted by the United States on 28 May
marks the PSI's Fifth Anniversary.
I have asked Mr. David Ritchie, Deputy Secretary of the
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, to attend the
Meeting as Australia's representative.
The Meeting will send a strong signal to would-be
proliferators that PSI countries are politically and
practically committed to stopping illicit weapons of mass
destruction trade.
Australia will continue to support and pursue the goals of
the PSI and contribute actively to further strengthen and
expand participation in the Initiative.
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MCCALLUM