Identifier
Created
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09BEIJING1386
2009-05-22 10:04:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Beijing
Cable title:
SOMALI PIRACY: CHINA INVITED TO ATTEND MAY 29
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UNCLAS BEIJING 001386
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR PM/PPA: DAVID FORAN, AIYAZ HUSAIN, DONNA HOPKINS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV PHSA MARR MOPS CH SO
SUBJECT: SOMALI PIRACY: CHINA INVITED TO ATTEND MAY 29
CGPCS MEETING
REF: STATE 50499
UNCLAS BEIJING 001386
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR PM/PPA: DAVID FORAN, AIYAZ HUSAIN, DONNA HOPKINS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV PHSA MARR MOPS CH SO
SUBJECT: SOMALI PIRACY: CHINA INVITED TO ATTEND MAY 29
CGPCS MEETING
REF: STATE 50499
1. (SBU) China's Ministry of National Defense would likely
continue to push its proposal to put counter-piracy military
operations in the Gulf of Aden under UN command, MFA
International Organizations and Conferences (IO) Department
UN Affairs Division official Jiang Hua told POLOFF May 22 in
response to reftel points regarding the May 29 meeting of the
Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS).
Jiang said China's delegation to the CGPCS meeting would be
headed by China's Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN,
Ambassador Liu Zhenming, and would include MFA IO Department
UN Affairs Division official Cheng Lie as well as one
Ministry of Transportation (MOT) official and one Ministry of
National Defense (MND) official yet to be identified. Jiang
said Chinese experts at the People's Bank of China and
Ministry of Finance would study the U.S. proposal to create
Working Group 5 on financial levers, noting that some
countries were concerned that tracking and freezing pirates'
assets would put an additional burden on those countries'
financial institutions.
WEINSTEIN
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR PM/PPA: DAVID FORAN, AIYAZ HUSAIN, DONNA HOPKINS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV PHSA MARR MOPS CH SO
SUBJECT: SOMALI PIRACY: CHINA INVITED TO ATTEND MAY 29
CGPCS MEETING
REF: STATE 50499
1. (SBU) China's Ministry of National Defense would likely
continue to push its proposal to put counter-piracy military
operations in the Gulf of Aden under UN command, MFA
International Organizations and Conferences (IO) Department
UN Affairs Division official Jiang Hua told POLOFF May 22 in
response to reftel points regarding the May 29 meeting of the
Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS).
Jiang said China's delegation to the CGPCS meeting would be
headed by China's Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN,
Ambassador Liu Zhenming, and would include MFA IO Department
UN Affairs Division official Cheng Lie as well as one
Ministry of Transportation (MOT) official and one Ministry of
National Defense (MND) official yet to be identified. Jiang
said Chinese experts at the People's Bank of China and
Ministry of Finance would study the U.S. proposal to create
Working Group 5 on financial levers, noting that some
countries were concerned that tracking and freezing pirates'
assets would put an additional burden on those countries'
financial institutions.
WEINSTEIN