KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ARMS SALE TO

S E C R E T ASTANA 000956

SIPDIS

STATE FOR ISN, SCA/CEN

E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/06/2059
TAGS: PGOV PREL PINR PARM PTER ETTC MARR MCAP MOPS
KZ
SUBJECT: KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ARMS SALE TO
SYRIA

REF: SECSTATE 56723

Classified By: Ambassador Richard E. Hoagland, 1.4 (b),(d)


1. (S) Ambassador delivered demarche in reftel on June 5 to
Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Kairat Sarybai, including
verbatim point. Ambassador stressed the importance of
preventing the proliferation of weapons and military-related
items and told Sarybai, "We do need to have a reply to this
message."


2. (S) Sarybai said that the government of Kazakhstan takes
the issue of the transfer of military-related items to Syria
very seriously. He said the government has "always worked
well" with the government of the United States to prevent
third-party proliferation of lethal military equipment.
Sarybai further observed that nonproliferation is "a top
priority of certain services" in the government and he
promised to raise this issue directly with the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and would "use other channels" to raise it
with "other government agencies" (read: the Committee for
National Security, or KNB).


3. (S) The Ambassador will also deliver the demarche to an
appropriate official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as
soon as possible.
HOAGLAND