Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08MOSCOW803
2008-03-24 14:59:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Moscow
Cable title:
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INVITATION TO CONSULTATIONS ON
VZCZCXRO2897 PP RUEHCHI RUEHDT RUEHHM RUEHNH DE RUEHMO #0803 0841459 ZNR UUUUU ZZH P 241459Z MAR 08 FM AMEMBASSY MOSCOW TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 7265 INFO RUCNASE/ASEAN MEMBER COLLECTIVE
UNCLAS MOSCOW 000803
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PARM MNUC PREL RS XC
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INVITATION TO CONSULTATIONS ON
SOUTHEAST ASIA NUCLEAR WEAPON FREE ZONE (SEANWFZ) TREATY
REF: STATE 26699
We delivered reftel demarche on March 24, to MFA ASEAN
Division Counselor Dimity Lukiyantsev. Lukiyantsev said that
the GOR was pleased to learn that the U.S. was considering
resuming consultations with ASEAN regarding P-5 adherence to
the SEANWFZ protocol. He explained that the GOR was also
waiting for ASEAN to respond to the joint paper delivered to
ASEAN by France on behalf of the P-4 in 2002, a point that
was stressed during the annual Russia-ASEAN meeting held in
Moscow in February. The ASEAN delegation told the GOR that
ASEAN could provide a response as early as March or April.
BURNS
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PARM MNUC PREL RS XC
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INVITATION TO CONSULTATIONS ON
SOUTHEAST ASIA NUCLEAR WEAPON FREE ZONE (SEANWFZ) TREATY
REF: STATE 26699
We delivered reftel demarche on March 24, to MFA ASEAN
Division Counselor Dimity Lukiyantsev. Lukiyantsev said that
the GOR was pleased to learn that the U.S. was considering
resuming consultations with ASEAN regarding P-5 adherence to
the SEANWFZ protocol. He explained that the GOR was also
waiting for ASEAN to respond to the joint paper delivered to
ASEAN by France on behalf of the P-4 in 2002, a point that
was stressed during the annual Russia-ASEAN meeting held in
Moscow in February. The ASEAN delegation told the GOR that
ASEAN could provide a response as early as March or April.
BURNS