Identifier
Created
Classification
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09HANOI446
2009-05-13 10:07:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Hanoi
Cable title:
VIETNAM "CONSIDERING" JOINING HAGUE CODE OF CONDUCT, BUT
VZCZCXRO3021 OO RUEHHM DE RUEHHI #0446 1331007 ZNR UUUUU ZZH O 131007Z MAY 09 FM AMEMBASSY HANOI TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 9629 INFO RUEHHM/AMCONSUL HO CHI MINH PRIORITY 5848 RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0300
UNCLAS HANOI 000446
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SIPDIS
FOR ISN/MTR (PAUL),EAP/MLS (BLACKSHAW)
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL MTCRE MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA VM
SUBJECT: VIETNAM "CONSIDERING" JOINING HAGUE CODE OF CONDUCT, BUT
HAS NO TIMETABLE
REF: STATE 44996
UNCLAS HANOI 000446
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
FOR ISN/MTR (PAUL),EAP/MLS (BLACKSHAW)
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL MTCRE MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA VM
SUBJECT: VIETNAM "CONSIDERING" JOINING HAGUE CODE OF CONDUCT, BUT
HAS NO TIMETABLE
REF: STATE 44996
1. (SBU) On May 13, Deputy PolCouns met with the MFA International
Organization Department's lead official on non-proliferation issues,
Pham Hai Anh, to urge Vietnam to subscribe to the Hague Code of
Conduct Against Missile Proliferation (HCOC). Per reftel, he noted
that 130 countries now subscribed to the HCOC and that another 29
had endorsed the Code at the General Assembly in December 2008;
Vietnam, as a Security Council member with growing regional
influence, stands out by its absence. DPolCouns emphasized that
joining HCOC would entail very little financial burden, since the
instrument does not have a formal secretariat or implementing
organization.
2. (SBU) In response, Anh stressed that Vietnam supports the
"spirit, goals, and purpose" of HCOC, just as it supports
non-proliferation as a general principle. As a practical matter,
however, Vietnam was still considering the "technical" aspects of
HCOC, as well as any additional costs that might be incurred, a
process that entailed interagency review. Anh was not able to
estimate how long this process might take, but said that at a
minimum the Ministry of National Defense, the Ministry of Science
and Technology, and Customs would have to weigh in.
MICHALAK
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
FOR ISN/MTR (PAUL),EAP/MLS (BLACKSHAW)
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL MTCRE MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA VM
SUBJECT: VIETNAM "CONSIDERING" JOINING HAGUE CODE OF CONDUCT, BUT
HAS NO TIMETABLE
REF: STATE 44996
1. (SBU) On May 13, Deputy PolCouns met with the MFA International
Organization Department's lead official on non-proliferation issues,
Pham Hai Anh, to urge Vietnam to subscribe to the Hague Code of
Conduct Against Missile Proliferation (HCOC). Per reftel, he noted
that 130 countries now subscribed to the HCOC and that another 29
had endorsed the Code at the General Assembly in December 2008;
Vietnam, as a Security Council member with growing regional
influence, stands out by its absence. DPolCouns emphasized that
joining HCOC would entail very little financial burden, since the
instrument does not have a formal secretariat or implementing
organization.
2. (SBU) In response, Anh stressed that Vietnam supports the
"spirit, goals, and purpose" of HCOC, just as it supports
non-proliferation as a general principle. As a practical matter,
however, Vietnam was still considering the "technical" aspects of
HCOC, as well as any additional costs that might be incurred, a
process that entailed interagency review. Anh was not able to
estimate how long this process might take, but said that at a
minimum the Ministry of National Defense, the Ministry of Science
and Technology, and Customs would have to weigh in.
MICHALAK