GICNT: ROMANIAN REACTION

UNCLAS BUCHAREST 000699 UNCLASSIFIED DEPT FOR ISN/WMDT AND EUR/CE ASCHEIBE SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PARM PREL PTER KGIC RO SUBJECT: GICNT: ROMANIAN REACTION REF: STATE 1000994 ¶1. (U) POLOFF, joined by Russian Embassy Counselor Andrey Kosilin and Russian Attache Igor Isaenko, delivered REF comments October 15 to Nineta Barbulescu, Director of the MFA Directorate for OCSE, Asymmetric Threats and Nonproliferation. Barbulesco stated that Romania would be attending the Exercise Planning Group (EPG) in January, and queried whether MFA participation would be useful and requested the level of delegation, when known, from the US and Russia. ¶2. (U) Romania is a strong supporter of GICNT and other non-proliferation efforts and Barbulesco in particular is looking for ways Romania can contribute to these efforts. Specifically, Barbulesco proposed a short presentation detailing the success of the final shipment HEU from Romania to Russia, sponsored by US Department of Energy. This was the first time such a shipment was done by air and was extremely successful. Barbulescu commented that this presentation may help new partners understand what can be done in the fight against proliferation. She also recommended that an inventory of all disarmament and nonproliferation events be compiled for distribution at EPG meetings, Nuclear Supplies Group Plenary meetings, Multilateral Prepatory Talks, etc for the same reason. GITENSTEIN