KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SCOPING

UNCLAS ASTANA 001045 SENSITIVE SIPDIS STATE FOR SCA/CEN, NSC FOR JOYCE CONNERY, ISN/CTR FOR KATHERINE CROFT, ISN/CTR FOR ELIZABETH CAMERON E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PARM PREL KNNP ETTC KZ SUBJECT: KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SCOPING INTEREST FOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP AGAINST THE SPREAD OF WEAPONS AND MATERIALS OF MASS DESTRUCTION REF: SECSTATE 56239 ¶1. (SBU) We delivered reftel points and non-paper on scoping interest in membership in the G-8 Global Partnership against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction on June 5 to Anuar Tanalinov, the Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Chief of the Multilateral Cooperation Department's International Security Division. The Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs has not yet provided an official reply, but Tanalinov said the government of Kazakhstan is studying the issue very closely. HOAGLAND