KAZAKHSTAN DESIGNATES "HOT-LINE" POC FOR OSCE

UNCLAS ASTANA 001766 SENSITIVE SIPDIS STATE FOR SCA/CEN, EUR/RPM E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PGOV PREL OSCE KZ SUBJECT: KAZAKHSTAN DESIGNATES "HOT-LINE" POC FOR OSCE CHAIRMANSHIP REF: ASTANA 1513 ¶1. (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. ¶2. (SBU) During his May 4 meeting with Secretary Clinton in Washington, then Foreign Minister Marat Tazhin suggested that both the United States and Kazakhstan establish a metaphorical hot line -- i.e., a single point of contact on each side -- to be available to consult closely on Kazakhstan's 2010 OSCE chairmanship. The State Department subsequently designated SCA DAS George Krol. ¶3. (SBU) Kazakhstan's Foreign Ministry has now designated Serzhan Abdykarimov, Director of the OSCE Department and Ambassador at Large, as DAS Krol's counterpart. His e-mail address is serzhan@mid.kz, and his office telephone number is 7-727-72-09-09. We have passed DAS Krol's OpenNet e-mail address and office telephone number to Ambassador Abdykarimov. HOAGLAND