FLIGHT OF PROLIFERATION CONCERN FROM NORTH KOREA

S E C R E T DUSHANBE 000191 SIPDIS SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FOR SCA/CEN, EUR, EAP, ISN E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/04/2018 TAGS: PARM PREL KN TI SUBJECT: FLIGHT OF PROLIFERATION CONCERN FROM NORTH KOREA TO SYRIA - TAJIKISTAN WILL COMPLY WITH UNSCR 1718 REF: STATE 10930 Classified By: TRACEY A. JACOBSON, AMBASSADOR, REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (D) ¶1. (S) Emboff delivered reftel demarche to Ismatulloh Nasreddinov, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for European and American Affairs (Assistant Secretary Equivalent) on February 4. Mr. Nasreddinov assured us he would raise this matter immediately with his superiors. He also checked with the Protocol Department, which receives overflight clearance requests, and told us that the Protocol Department said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had received no request for overflight from North Korea. He said we should not worry that Tajikistan might allow the flight to proceed unhindered through Tajik airspace, as "we will uphold any United Nations Security Council resolution." ¶2. (U) Mr. Nasreddinov promised to give us further feedback as it became available. JACOBSON