Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09ATHENS1571
2009-10-23 13:33:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Athens
Cable title:
GREECE/GICNT: UPDATE ON EFFORTS TO ENHANCE IMPLEMENTATION
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UNCLAS ATHENS 001571
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PARM PREL PTER KGIC GR
SUBJECT: GREECE/GICNT: UPDATE ON EFFORTS TO ENHANCE IMPLEMENTATION
REF: STATE 100994; STATE 94449
UNCLAS ATHENS 001571
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PARM PREL PTER KGIC GR
SUBJECT: GREECE/GICNT: UPDATE ON EFFORTS TO ENHANCE IMPLEMENTATION
REF: STATE 100994; STATE 94449
1. (U) On October 20, POLOFF and Russian Third Secretary Dmitriy V.
Novikov delivered ref A demarche to Greek MFA D1 Political
Counselor for International Security Issues, Dimitrios Papandreou.
Delivery of the demarche was delayed because the Russian side did
not receive its instructions from Moscow until October 15.
2. (SBU) Papandreou welcomed POLOFF and the Russian diplomat and
had little substantive comment to the demarche. Papandreou stated
that Greece placed the utmost importance on the Global Initiative
to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) and welcomed efforts to
reinvigorate it. Papandreou said he has been unable to access the
Global Initiative Information Portal because he has not been given
a password, and he requested assistance in resolving that problem.
Papandreou noted that Greece had not been invited to the April 2010
Global Nuclear Security Summit in Washington and asked how the
summit relates to the Global Initiative. POLOFF drew from ref B
Q&A's to address this topic. Papandreou's final comment was that
the Exercise Planning Group meetings heretofore have been
essentially technical reviews, but that if the January 2010 meeting
in Budapest will address ways to reinvigorate the Global Initiative
he wondered whether this would call for a different level of
representation beyond technical experts. In short, he asked for
clarification from Washington and Moscow on details regarding the
agenda and expected make-up of each delegation for the January
meetings.
Speckhard
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PARM PREL PTER KGIC GR
SUBJECT: GREECE/GICNT: UPDATE ON EFFORTS TO ENHANCE IMPLEMENTATION
REF: STATE 100994; STATE 94449
1. (U) On October 20, POLOFF and Russian Third Secretary Dmitriy V.
Novikov delivered ref A demarche to Greek MFA D1 Political
Counselor for International Security Issues, Dimitrios Papandreou.
Delivery of the demarche was delayed because the Russian side did
not receive its instructions from Moscow until October 15.
2. (SBU) Papandreou welcomed POLOFF and the Russian diplomat and
had little substantive comment to the demarche. Papandreou stated
that Greece placed the utmost importance on the Global Initiative
to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) and welcomed efforts to
reinvigorate it. Papandreou said he has been unable to access the
Global Initiative Information Portal because he has not been given
a password, and he requested assistance in resolving that problem.
Papandreou noted that Greece had not been invited to the April 2010
Global Nuclear Security Summit in Washington and asked how the
summit relates to the Global Initiative. POLOFF drew from ref B
Q&A's to address this topic. Papandreou's final comment was that
the Exercise Planning Group meetings heretofore have been
essentially technical reviews, but that if the January 2010 meeting
in Budapest will address ways to reinvigorate the Global Initiative
he wondered whether this would call for a different level of
representation beyond technical experts. In short, he asked for
clarification from Washington and Moscow on details regarding the
agenda and expected make-up of each delegation for the January
meetings.
Speckhard