Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08ISLAMABAD2657
2008-08-07 09:18:00
SECRET
Embassy Islamabad
Cable title:
PAKISTAN: UNAWARE OF AIR KORYO FLIGHT; LAWYERS
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S E C R E T ISLAMABAD 002657
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/07/2018
TAGS: PGOV PK PREL PTER PARM MNUC
SUBJECT: PAKISTAN: UNAWARE OF AIR KORYO FLIGHT; LAWYERS
REVIEWING USG REQUEST
REF: STATE 84151
Classified By: A/DCM E. Candace Putnam, Reasons 1.4 (b),(d)
S E C R E T ISLAMABAD 002657
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/07/2018
TAGS: PGOV PK PREL PTER PARM MNUC
SUBJECT: PAKISTAN: UNAWARE OF AIR KORYO FLIGHT; LAWYERS
REVIEWING USG REQUEST
REF: STATE 84151
Classified By: A/DCM E. Candace Putnam, Reasons 1.4 (b),(d)
1. (S) PolOff delivered August 7 reftel demarche points to
MFA Disarmament Director Mohammad Kamran Akhtar. Akhtar
later reported back that he had checked with MFA's
Territorial Division, which had no record of a flight
clearance request matching the description in our points.
The MFA requested more details on the flight path. He added
that the MFA's Legal Advisor was reviewing the possibility of
conditioning overflight permission on an inspection. There
were concerns that such conditionality would violate the
international legal norm of "right of safe passage."
2. (S) Akhtar stressed, however, that this reply was "not
final or definite," though probably delayed sufficiently to
be overcome by events. He emphasized that Pakistan was fully
implementing all UN Security Council resolutions regarding
nuclear proliferation related to North Korea and Iran. He
assured that Pakistan's customs agents remain vigilant.
BODDE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/07/2018
TAGS: PGOV PK PREL PTER PARM MNUC
SUBJECT: PAKISTAN: UNAWARE OF AIR KORYO FLIGHT; LAWYERS
REVIEWING USG REQUEST
REF: STATE 84151
Classified By: A/DCM E. Candace Putnam, Reasons 1.4 (b),(d)
1. (S) PolOff delivered August 7 reftel demarche points to
MFA Disarmament Director Mohammad Kamran Akhtar. Akhtar
later reported back that he had checked with MFA's
Territorial Division, which had no record of a flight
clearance request matching the description in our points.
The MFA requested more details on the flight path. He added
that the MFA's Legal Advisor was reviewing the possibility of
conditioning overflight permission on an inspection. There
were concerns that such conditionality would violate the
international legal norm of "right of safe passage."
2. (S) Akhtar stressed, however, that this reply was "not
final or definite," though probably delayed sufficiently to
be overcome by events. He emphasized that Pakistan was fully
implementing all UN Security Council resolutions regarding
nuclear proliferation related to North Korea and Iran. He
assured that Pakistan's customs agents remain vigilant.
BODDE