Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09BUCHAREST259
2009-04-17 06:21:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Bucharest
Cable title:
ROMANIA: GLOBAL INITIATIVE REMAINS A PRIORITY
how-toVZCZCXRO2174 PP RUEHAG RUEHDF RUEHIK RUEHLZ RUEHROV RUEHSR DE RUEHBM #0259 1070621 ZNR UUUUU ZZH P 170621Z APR 09 FM AMEMBASSY BUCHAREST TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9435 INFO RUCNMEM/EU MEMBER STATES PRIORITY
UNCLAS BUCHAREST 000259
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EUR/CE AARON SCHEIBE AND ISN/WMDT
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PARM KNNP RS NL PREL PTER MNUC KGIC RO
SUBJECT: ROMANIA: GLOBAL INITIATIVE REMAINS A PRIORITY
REF: STATE 035549
UNCLAS BUCHAREST 000259
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EUR/CE AARON SCHEIBE AND ISN/WMDT
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PARM KNNP RS NL PREL PTER MNUC KGIC RO
SUBJECT: ROMANIA: GLOBAL INITIATIVE REMAINS A PRIORITY
REF: STATE 035549
1. (SBU) POLOFF accompanied Russian and Dutch counterparts on
April 15 to discuss the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear
Terrorism (GICNT) 2009 Plenary meeting in The Hague (reftel)
with the MFA's Nineta Barbulescu, Director for Assymetric
Threats and OSCE Affairs and Emilia Mazuru, GICNT Desk
Officer. Barbulescu expressed appreciation for the agenda
and noted that the issue raised in the demarche would be
discussed within Romania,s interagency process since it is
likely that representation to The Hague would come from not
only the MFA but also Interior, the National Commission for
Control of Nuclear Activities (CNCAN),and the Romanian
Intelligence Service (SRI),and possibly others. She
cautioned that the interagency meeting would need to factor
into its decision on Romania's attendance at The Hague
meeting the current budget situation. Barbulescu did affirm
that GICNT is a priority for Romania.
2. (SBU) Barbulescu noted that Romania would look closely
into future activities, including the possibility of a
seminar with a regional focus. She also thought it would be
good to draw in customs officials to participate more
actively into the GICNT. In terms of topics that she said
could be of interest -- just brainstorming, she added -- the
Prepcom for the NPT and an assessment of controls installed
since the A.Q. Kahn scandal. We all agreed to return for a
more detailed reaction to the demarche after the Easter
holiday and after the Romanian interagency consultative
process had run its course (probably the first week of May).
BONNER
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EUR/CE AARON SCHEIBE AND ISN/WMDT
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PARM KNNP RS NL PREL PTER MNUC KGIC RO
SUBJECT: ROMANIA: GLOBAL INITIATIVE REMAINS A PRIORITY
REF: STATE 035549
1. (SBU) POLOFF accompanied Russian and Dutch counterparts on
April 15 to discuss the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear
Terrorism (GICNT) 2009 Plenary meeting in The Hague (reftel)
with the MFA's Nineta Barbulescu, Director for Assymetric
Threats and OSCE Affairs and Emilia Mazuru, GICNT Desk
Officer. Barbulescu expressed appreciation for the agenda
and noted that the issue raised in the demarche would be
discussed within Romania,s interagency process since it is
likely that representation to The Hague would come from not
only the MFA but also Interior, the National Commission for
Control of Nuclear Activities (CNCAN),and the Romanian
Intelligence Service (SRI),and possibly others. She
cautioned that the interagency meeting would need to factor
into its decision on Romania's attendance at The Hague
meeting the current budget situation. Barbulescu did affirm
that GICNT is a priority for Romania.
2. (SBU) Barbulescu noted that Romania would look closely
into future activities, including the possibility of a
seminar with a regional focus. She also thought it would be
good to draw in customs officials to participate more
actively into the GICNT. In terms of topics that she said
could be of interest -- just brainstorming, she added -- the
Prepcom for the NPT and an assessment of controls installed
since the A.Q. Kahn scandal. We all agreed to return for a
more detailed reaction to the demarche after the Easter
holiday and after the Romanian interagency consultative
process had run its course (probably the first week of May).
BONNER