EU LIKELY TO ATTEND GLOBAL INITIATIVE PLENARY

UNCLAS USEU BRUSSELS 001944 SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FOR MEGGEN WATT AND SARAH PRESCOTT E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC EUN SUBJECT: EU LIKELY TO ATTEND GLOBAL INITIATIVE PLENARY MEETING REF: SECSTATE 132539 ¶1. (U) On December 19, Poloff delivered reftel demarche, inviting EU participation in the June 16-17, 2009 Global Initiative plenary meeting in The Hague, to Bruno Dupre, Security Policy Desk Officer DG RELEX, European Commission, and the Stephan Klement, Advisor to the Office of the Personal Representative on Non-Proliferation, Council Secretariat. Dupre thanked us for the information and indicated that he would probably attend the meeting on behalf of the Commission. Klement is on leave, but we expect that either he or another Council Secretariat official will attend the meeting as well. USEU will forward separately any response from the Commission to POCs listed in reftel. SILVERBERG .