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08TASHKENT398
2008-04-03 13:22:00
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Embassy Tashkent
Cable title:
UZBEKISTAN: CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN TO TAKE
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UNCLAS TASHKENT 000398
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR SCA/CEN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV PTER PINS PBTS UZ
SUBJECT: UZBEKISTAN: CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN TO TAKE
PLACE IN TASHKENT ON APRIL 30
UNCLAS TASHKENT 000398
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR SCA/CEN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV PTER PINS PBTS UZ
SUBJECT: UZBEKISTAN: CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN TO TAKE
PLACE IN TASHKENT ON APRIL 30
1. (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5.
2. (U) Post has been in contact with Saifiddin Juraev,
Director of the Foundation of Regional Policy in Uzbekistan,
who has requested U.S. assistance in identifying and
providing funding for U.S. participation in an upcoming
international conference entitled "Problems of Ensuring
Security in Central Asia," which will take place in Tashkent
April 30-May 2. Topics to be discussed include existing and
new threats to regional security, international terrorism and
religious extremism, the conflict in Afghanistan, regional
security organizations, and Uzbekistan's role in Central
Asian security.
3. (U) The conference will be co-sponsored by the OSCE, the
Foundation of Regional Policy, and USAID, and experts from
the United States, Great Britain, Russia, Ireland, Canada,
Germany, India, Pakistan, Slovenia, Israel, Kazakhstan,
Afghanistan, China, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan have been
invited. U.S. experts that have been invited include
Zbigniew Brzezinski, James Bonner, Eugene Rumer, Gregory
Gleason, Andrew Kichins, Stephen Flanagan, Margarita
Assenova, Cynthia Collins Shain, and Mjusa Sever.
4. (U) Action request: Post requests the Department's
assistance in funding participation of up to three U.S.
experts, approximately 7,500 USD, to participate in the
conference. Post proposes the following individuals: Roger
Kangas, Professor at the National Defense University; Martha
Brill Olcott of the Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace; and Ahmed Rashid, Journalist and Author. End action
request.
Comment:
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5. (U) The U.S. Government has an interest in getting
Uzbekistan to see Afghanistan, as well as other regional
security challenges from a broader perspective, and the
participation of academic experts can help to further this
objective. This conference will provide another excellent
opportunity to promote a dialogue with the Government of
Uzbekistan on security issues of mutual interest,
particularly Afghanistan.
NORLAND
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR SCA/CEN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV PTER PINS PBTS UZ
SUBJECT: UZBEKISTAN: CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN TO TAKE
PLACE IN TASHKENT ON APRIL 30
1. (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5.
2. (U) Post has been in contact with Saifiddin Juraev,
Director of the Foundation of Regional Policy in Uzbekistan,
who has requested U.S. assistance in identifying and
providing funding for U.S. participation in an upcoming
international conference entitled "Problems of Ensuring
Security in Central Asia," which will take place in Tashkent
April 30-May 2. Topics to be discussed include existing and
new threats to regional security, international terrorism and
religious extremism, the conflict in Afghanistan, regional
security organizations, and Uzbekistan's role in Central
Asian security.
3. (U) The conference will be co-sponsored by the OSCE, the
Foundation of Regional Policy, and USAID, and experts from
the United States, Great Britain, Russia, Ireland, Canada,
Germany, India, Pakistan, Slovenia, Israel, Kazakhstan,
Afghanistan, China, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan have been
invited. U.S. experts that have been invited include
Zbigniew Brzezinski, James Bonner, Eugene Rumer, Gregory
Gleason, Andrew Kichins, Stephen Flanagan, Margarita
Assenova, Cynthia Collins Shain, and Mjusa Sever.
4. (U) Action request: Post requests the Department's
assistance in funding participation of up to three U.S.
experts, approximately 7,500 USD, to participate in the
conference. Post proposes the following individuals: Roger
Kangas, Professor at the National Defense University; Martha
Brill Olcott of the Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace; and Ahmed Rashid, Journalist and Author. End action
request.
Comment:
--------------
5. (U) The U.S. Government has an interest in getting
Uzbekistan to see Afghanistan, as well as other regional
security challenges from a broader perspective, and the
participation of academic experts can help to further this
objective. This conference will provide another excellent
opportunity to promote a dialogue with the Government of
Uzbekistan on security issues of mutual interest,
particularly Afghanistan.
NORLAND