ROKG SUPPORTS PROPOSED GI MODEL GUIDELINES DOCUMENT

C O N F I D E N T I A L SEOUL 000022 SIPDIS SIPDIS DEPT FOR EAP/K, T (KATSAPIS),AND ISN/WMD (INGRAM); DHS FOR TOM MCILVAIN E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/04/2018 TAGS: PARM PTER EAIR ETRD PREL PINR PINS KNNP KGIC KS SUBJECT: ROKG SUPPORTS PROPOSED GI MODEL GUIDELINES DOCUMENT REF: SECSTATE 156602 Classified By: A/POL Brian D. McFeeters, Reasons 1.4 (b,d). ¶1. (C) On December 7, poloff delivered reftel demarche to Kim Jae-woo, Deputy Director, Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division, ROK Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). In a follow-up meeting January 4, Kim told poloff that the ROKG supports the vision and outline of the proposed Global Nuclear Detection Architecture Model Guidelines. Kim said the ROKG intended to fully participate in discussions on the development of the Model Guidelines, particularly bearing in mind the possibility that the outline could be developed in such a way as to impose additional legislative, administrative, or financial burdens on Participating Governments, such as the need to install additional nuclear detection equipment at ports of entry. ¶2. (SBU) Kim confirmed that the ROKG plans to attend the technical experts in March and asked to be informed of the meeting details as soon as possible. Kim said that the specific ROKG participants have not yet been decided, but provided the following POCs for all Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI) matters in the interim: MOFAT: Mr. Kim Jae-woo, tel: 82 2 2100 7249, fax: 82 2 2100 7933; email: jwkim97@mofat.go.kr Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST): Mr. Kim Yong-man, Deputy Director, Nuclear Emergency Division, tel: 82 2 2110 3682; fax: 82 2 2110 3689; email: kimym@most.go.kr VERSHBOW