UZBEKISTAN AFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO THE GLOBAL

UNCLAS TASHKENT 000889 SENSITIVE SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FOR SCA/CEN, ISN/WMDT, T:TIM KATSAPIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP UZ SUBJECT: UZBEKISTAN AFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE REF: A. SECSTATE 79290 ¶B. TASHKENT 782 ¶C. TASHKENT 682 ¶1. (SBU) On July 30, Charge d'Affaires Butcher, Poloff, Russian Charge d'Affaires Vazykh Serazev, and Russian Second Secretary Kirill Belikov jointly demarched officials from Uzbekistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) per reftel, welcoming Uzbekistan to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. Head of the Department for UN and International Organizations Durbek Amanov, Department for UN and International Organizations representative Oybek Abdiev, and MFA Americas Desk Chief Ismat Fayzullaev represented the Government of Uzbekistan (GOU). Amanov stated that Uzbekistan is working to identify appropriate points of contact for Global Initiative activities. Moreover, MFA is communicating with the State Commission for Control of Security in the Industrial, Mining, and Communal Sector--which is also responsible for cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency--on this issue. Amanov expressed interest in "next steps" that Uzbekistan could take after identifying its POC's. The U.S. side provided him with additional background information on the Global Initiative and encouraged the GOU to propose new activities to the Plan of Work and to take part in September's Global Initiative conference on legal and regulatory frameworks in Garmisch, Germany in September. Amanov thanked the representatives from the U.S. and Russia and reinforced Uzbekistan's commitment to the Global Initiative. ¶2. (SBU) Post's Global Initiative Coordination Officer is Poloff Steven Prohaska, unclassified email: prohaskasn@state.gov, classified email: prohaskasx@state.sgov.gov, phone number: (991-71)120-5450. BUTCHER