Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09ASTANA1840
2009-10-13 05:07:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Astana
Cable title:
KAZAKHSTAN: CENTRAL REFERENCE LABORATORY
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UNCLAS ASTANA 001840
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/CEN, ISN
NSC FOR CONNERY
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL TBIO KZ
SUBJECT: KAZAKHSTAN: CENTRAL REFERENCE LABORATORY
COORDINATION
UNCLAS ASTANA 001840
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/CEN, ISN
NSC FOR CONNERY
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL TBIO KZ
SUBJECT: KAZAKHSTAN: CENTRAL REFERENCE LABORATORY
COORDINATION
1. (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet.
2. (SBU) During the October 7-8 visit of Deputy Secretary of
Energy Daniel Poneman to Astana, Special Assistant to the
Secretary of Defense Andrew Weber asked several Kazakhstani
officials to designate a single government entity to be
responsible for coordinating the Ministry of Health, Ministry
of Agriculture, and Ministry of Education adn Science so that
U.S. work can proceed on building a national Central
Reference Laboratry (CRL) in Almaty to promote biological
threat reduction. From Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev and
Prime Minister Karim Masimov we heard during the visit that
the Foreign Ministry would provide the necessary coordination.
3. (SBU) On October 12, the Ambassador met with Deputy
Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov to seek clarification. Umarov
explained that the Foreign Ministry will convene the
government's standing Special Commission on Biological
Security. The Commission will convoke all ministries and
agencies with equities in the CRL. The Government of
Kazakhstan will then official communicate that information to
the United States. When asked how long this process would
take, Umarov responded that this kind of inter-agency process
normally takes one or two months, but that the Foreign
Ministry would press to accelerate it.
HOAGLAND
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/CEN, ISN
NSC FOR CONNERY
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL TBIO KZ
SUBJECT: KAZAKHSTAN: CENTRAL REFERENCE LABORATORY
COORDINATION
1. (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet.
2. (SBU) During the October 7-8 visit of Deputy Secretary of
Energy Daniel Poneman to Astana, Special Assistant to the
Secretary of Defense Andrew Weber asked several Kazakhstani
officials to designate a single government entity to be
responsible for coordinating the Ministry of Health, Ministry
of Agriculture, and Ministry of Education adn Science so that
U.S. work can proceed on building a national Central
Reference Laboratry (CRL) in Almaty to promote biological
threat reduction. From Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev and
Prime Minister Karim Masimov we heard during the visit that
the Foreign Ministry would provide the necessary coordination.
3. (SBU) On October 12, the Ambassador met with Deputy
Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov to seek clarification. Umarov
explained that the Foreign Ministry will convene the
government's standing Special Commission on Biological
Security. The Commission will convoke all ministries and
agencies with equities in the CRL. The Government of
Kazakhstan will then official communicate that information to
the United States. When asked how long this process would
take, Umarov responded that this kind of inter-agency process
normally takes one or two months, but that the Foreign
Ministry would press to accelerate it.
HOAGLAND