GICNT JOINT DEMARCHE ON PROPOSED AGENDA FOR 2009

UNCLAS ABIDJAN 000267


E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PARM KNNP PREL PTER MNUC KGIC RS NL IV
SUBJECT: GICNT JOINT DEMARCHE ON PROPOSED AGENDA FOR 2009
PLENARY MEETING

REF: STATE 35549


1. (U) PolEcon Chief delivered demarche in reftel jointly
with Russian Embassy Political Counselor Alexander Kravchenko
on April 22 to Konan Kouadio, Cote d'Ivoire's focal point for
the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The
Netherlands does not have a diplomatic mission in Cote
d'Ivoire.


2. (U) Kouadio told PolEcon Chief and Kravchenko that the
Government of Cote d'Ivoire will send a delegation to the
Plenary Meeting at The Hague June 16-17. He said the
delegation would be composed of one representative of the
Ministry of Interior, one representative of the police, and
one representative of the gendarmerie. Kouadio said there
would also be a representative of the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs (MFA) on the delegation, but he did not yet know if
it would be someone from capital or a diplomat at Cote
d'Ivoire's Embassy to Brussels. Cote d'Ivoire does not have
a diplomatic mission in The Netherlands. Kravchenko urged
that Ambassador Bi Sei Sia, Director of the MFA's Department
of General and Humanitarian Affairs, attend the Plenary
Meeting.


3. (U) Kouadio was unable to provide any of the other
information requested in reftel, but promised to provide a
prompt response to the Embassies of the United States and the
Russian Federation.


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