MACEDONIA WILL SUBMIT ANNUAL DECLARATION ON SPACE

UNCLAS SKOPJE 000071 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS ISN/MTR FOR JOHN PAUL HERMANN E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL MTCRE MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA SUBJECT: MACEDONIA WILL SUBMIT ANNUAL DECLARATION ON SPACE AND BALLISTIC MISSILE POLICIES REF: STATE 4161 ¶1. (SBU) Poloff encouraged MFA State Counselor for Multilateral Affairs Svetlana Geleva to ensure Macedonia's timely submission of its Annual Declaration (AD) on space and ballistic missile policies under the Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC),per reftel. Geleva is aware of the simplified "nil" form, and plans to submit it before the March deadline. Geleva requested a copy of the "nil" form, and we have followed reftel's instructions for obtaining a copy from ISN/MTR. ¶2. (U) In a follow-up call after the meeting, Geleva noted that when reviewing materials on the State Department website related to the HCOC, she found that Macedonia was listed under "The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" at the site www.state.gov/t/isn/rls/fs/27799.htm and asked that it be corrected to "Republic of Macedonia." Action request: Embassy recently has been in contact with the Department in order to update our official records and public documents to reflect the U.S. recognition of the constitutional name, "Republic of Macedonia." We ask that this name also be used in all State Department websites. MILOVANOVIC