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Created
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09ISLAMABAD77
2009-01-13 13:39:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Islamabad
Cable title:
SANCTIONS NOTIFICATION AGAINST AQ KHAN DELIVERED
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C O N F I D E N T I A L ISLAMABAD 000077
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/13/2019
TAGS: ETTC EFIN KNNP MNUC PARM PINS PREL PK
SUBJECT: SANCTIONS NOTIFICATION AGAINST AQ KHAN DELIVERED
REF: SECSTATE 2522
Classified By: Anne W. Patterson for reasons 1.4 (b),(d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L ISLAMABAD 000077
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/13/2019
TAGS: ETTC EFIN KNNP MNUC PARM PINS PREL PK
SUBJECT: SANCTIONS NOTIFICATION AGAINST AQ KHAN DELIVERED
REF: SECSTATE 2522
Classified By: Anne W. Patterson for reasons 1.4 (b),(d).
1. (C) Summary: On January 12, the Ambassador met with
Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir to deliver reftel demarche
about the imposition of sanctions on Abdul Qadeer Khan,
Muhammad Farooq, and Muhammad Nasim ud Din under the Nuclear
Proliferation Prevention Act (NPPA),the Export Import Act
(EXIM),and Executive Orders (E.O.) 12938. The DCM delivered
the same non-paper to Strategic Plans Division (SPD) Director
Khalid Kidwai and Director Security SPD Ahmed Bilal. End
summary.
2. (C) The Ambassador described the specific sanctions
against Abdul Qadeer Khan, Muhammad Farooq, and Muhammad
Nasim ud Din under the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act
(NPPA),the Export Import Act (EXIM),and Executive Orders
(E.O.) 12938 to Foreign Secretary Bashir and passed along the
related non-paper. She informed Bashir that the decision
would be made publicly available on January 12. The Ambassdor
stressed the fact that the decision was not directed at any
country and highlighted the GOP's significant contributions
in investigating and shutting down the network. In response,
Bashir asked that in any press reactions the U.S. stress
Pakistan's cooperation with the IAEA and the GOP's efforts to
promote international nonproliferation. When asked about the
timing of the sanctions, the Ambassador explained that this
was a complex case and the sanctions resulted from a
multi-year investigation of the A.Q. Khan proliferation
network.
3. (C) The DCM presented the non-paper to SPD Director Kidwai
and Directory Security SPD Bilal. Kidwai queried as to the
scope of the sanctions and their impact on the three named
individuals. Kidwai also wished to know if the government of
Pakistan was expected to implement the sanctions against Khan
and the others in some way. The DCM explained that the
sanctions in essence prohibit commercial interactions with US
companies and froze US-based assets, and he assured Kidwai
that the GOP was not expected to bear any burden in the
enforcement. Kidwai was particularly concerned that publicly
it would be emphasized that the GOP was not being sanctioned.
4. (C) Comment: The real fear both at the MFA and SPD was the
adverse public reaction to the sanctions. Both GOP officials
stressed that Pakistan's committment to non-proliferation and
their cooperation with the U.S. should be highlighted when
discussing the sanctions. Pakistani media reporting on
January 13 was largely factual. End Comment.
End comment.
PATTERSON
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/13/2019
TAGS: ETTC EFIN KNNP MNUC PARM PINS PREL PK
SUBJECT: SANCTIONS NOTIFICATION AGAINST AQ KHAN DELIVERED
REF: SECSTATE 2522
Classified By: Anne W. Patterson for reasons 1.4 (b),(d).
1. (C) Summary: On January 12, the Ambassador met with
Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir to deliver reftel demarche
about the imposition of sanctions on Abdul Qadeer Khan,
Muhammad Farooq, and Muhammad Nasim ud Din under the Nuclear
Proliferation Prevention Act (NPPA),the Export Import Act
(EXIM),and Executive Orders (E.O.) 12938. The DCM delivered
the same non-paper to Strategic Plans Division (SPD) Director
Khalid Kidwai and Director Security SPD Ahmed Bilal. End
summary.
2. (C) The Ambassador described the specific sanctions
against Abdul Qadeer Khan, Muhammad Farooq, and Muhammad
Nasim ud Din under the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act
(NPPA),the Export Import Act (EXIM),and Executive Orders
(E.O.) 12938 to Foreign Secretary Bashir and passed along the
related non-paper. She informed Bashir that the decision
would be made publicly available on January 12. The Ambassdor
stressed the fact that the decision was not directed at any
country and highlighted the GOP's significant contributions
in investigating and shutting down the network. In response,
Bashir asked that in any press reactions the U.S. stress
Pakistan's cooperation with the IAEA and the GOP's efforts to
promote international nonproliferation. When asked about the
timing of the sanctions, the Ambassador explained that this
was a complex case and the sanctions resulted from a
multi-year investigation of the A.Q. Khan proliferation
network.
3. (C) The DCM presented the non-paper to SPD Director Kidwai
and Directory Security SPD Bilal. Kidwai queried as to the
scope of the sanctions and their impact on the three named
individuals. Kidwai also wished to know if the government of
Pakistan was expected to implement the sanctions against Khan
and the others in some way. The DCM explained that the
sanctions in essence prohibit commercial interactions with US
companies and froze US-based assets, and he assured Kidwai
that the GOP was not expected to bear any burden in the
enforcement. Kidwai was particularly concerned that publicly
it would be emphasized that the GOP was not being sanctioned.
4. (C) Comment: The real fear both at the MFA and SPD was the
adverse public reaction to the sanctions. Both GOP officials
stressed that Pakistan's committment to non-proliferation and
their cooperation with the U.S. should be highlighted when
discussing the sanctions. Pakistani media reporting on
January 13 was largely factual. End Comment.
End comment.
PATTERSON