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09BEIJING1131
2009-04-28 06:24:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Beijing
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AGENDA FOR JUNE GICNT PLENARY IN THE HAGUE

Tags:  PARM PREL PTER MNUC KGIC KNNP CH RS NL 
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FM AMEMBASSY BEIJING
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 3683
INFO RUEHOO/CHINA POSTS COLLECTIVE
RUEHTC/AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE 1411
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHINGTON DC
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC
RHMFIUU/CDR USPACOM HONOLULU HI
UNCLAS BEIJING 001131 

SIPDIS

DEPT FOR EAP/CM, ISN/WMDT, PM AND EUR
DOE FOR NNSA ADA JOSEPH KROL

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PARM PREL PTER MNUC KGIC KNNP CH RS NL
SUBJECT: AGENDA FOR JUNE GICNT PLENARY IN THE HAGUE
PRESENTED TO CHINA

REF: STATE 35549

UNCLAS BEIJING 001131

SIPDIS

DEPT FOR EAP/CM, ISN/WMDT, PM AND EUR
DOE FOR NNSA ADA JOSEPH KROL

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PARM PREL PTER MNUC KGIC KNNP CH RS NL
SUBJECT: AGENDA FOR JUNE GICNT PLENARY IN THE HAGUE
PRESENTED TO CHINA

REF: STATE 35549


1. On April 29, PolOff joined Arjen van den Berg, Political
Counselor at the Dutch Embassy in Beijing, and Andrey
Chernyshov, Second Secretary at the Russian Embassy in
Beijing, to present the proposed agenda for the June 16-17
2009 Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT)
Plenary Meeting in the Hague to MFA Arms Control and
Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Deputy Director Zhang
Shen. Zhang confirmed China would participate and said that
MFA Director General for Arms Control and Disarmament Cheng
Jingye was considering leading the Chinese "interagency
delegation" to the Plenary Meeting.


2. Van den Berg invited China to provide a ten minute
presentation at the Plenary on China's best practices and
lessons learned in its efforts to prevent nuclear terrorism
during the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. Zhang said China
would "seriously consider" this "very interesting"
suggestion.
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