NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE - DEMARCHES DELIVERED

UNCLAS COPENHAGEN 000573 SENSITIVE SIPDIS STATE FOR ISN/MNSA:WMENOLD,DRUDOLPH E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PARM KNNP NPT PREL IAEA MNUC ENRG DA SUBJECT: NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE - DEMARCHES DELIVERED REF: A. STATE 129517 ¶B. STATE 126209 (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED; PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION 1.(SBU) Poloffs delivered reftel demarches December 22 to Per Fischer, MFA Senior Advisor for Non-Proliferation. Fischer offered the following informal response: It is very useful to have an early start on coordination with the US prior to the NPT Review Conference. The current US focus on moving towards a nuclear-weapon-free world is very helpful and any US-Russian strategic arms limitation agreement would significantly assist the process. However, Iran and the Middle East present considerable difficulties for the Review Conference. Denmark will support the use of UNSCR language in the Conference's final document. Complications are anticipated in coordinating the EU position due to the broad range of member nations, from neutrals to nuclear-weapon states. 2.(SBU) Denmark's perspective on NPT is close to that of the US, Fischer opined: Denmark's status under the US nuclear umbrella makes it more sympathetic to US policies than are neutral nations that do not have US protection. That said, Denmark would have trouble with any text advocating use of nuclear energy. (The Danes, Fischer stressed, accept countries' right to peaceful use of nuclear energy, they just do not advocate it.) 3.(SBU) Fischer noted that Denmark is one of the "Vienna Group of Ten" that wrote papers in preparation for the NPT Prepcom and is currently drafting proposals for the Review Conference, including wording for the Conference's final document. 4.(U) We will post ref A fact sheet online and continue to highlight the US commitment to the NPT FULTON