2010 NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY REVIEW

C O N F I D E N T I A L JAKARTA 002044 SIPDIS DEPT FOR EAP, EAP/MTS, EAP/MLS, EAP/RSP, ISN, ISN/MNSA (W.MENOLD) NSC FOR D.WALTON E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/14/2019 TAGS: PREL PARM KNNP KTBT NPT ID SUBJECT: 2010 NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY REVIEW CONFERENCE--ENGAGING INDONESIA REF: A. STATE 126209 ¶B. JAKARTA 1902 Classified By: Dep/Pol/C Darcy Zotter, reasons 1.4 (b+d). ¶1. (C) SUMMARY: Mission continues robust efforts to engage GOI nonproliferation officials in advance of the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference. High-level USG officials have urged the GOI to support our nonproliferation objectives during a series of recent visits. On December 11, poloff used Ref A points to engage a key GOI contact on the subject. All our interlocutors underscored Indonesia's support for a strengthened NPT and promised to work closely with us as the Review Conference moves forward. END SUMMARY. SENIOR USG ENGAGEMENT ¶2. (C) Senior USG officials have engaged Indonesia on U.S. nonproliferation priorities. Special Advisor for Nonproliferation and Arms Control (S/SANAC) Robert Einhorn and Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Nonproliferation Ambassador Susan Burk pressed the matter during their November visit to Jakarta (see Ref B). U/S Burns also raised the matter with senior Indonesian officials during a December 10-11 visit. (Note: Mission will report U/S Burns's meetings via septel.) PRESSING USG VIEWS ¶3. (C) Using Ref A points, poloff discussed the NPT Review Conference with Fikri Cassidy, Acting Director for International Security and Disarmament Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) on December 14. Poloff explained that the United States' efforts to reach agreement with Russia on a reduction in nuclear weapons to follow START, our efforts to pursue a Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty and our pledge to ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty all demonstrated the USG's commitment to the NPT's Article VI disarmament provisions. He underscored our commitment to halt nuclear proliferation by strengthening the NPT, particularly by deterring abuse of the Treaty's withdrawal provision. Finally, poloff highlighted U.S. leadership in funding and promoting the peaceful uses of nuclear energy. INDONESIA WANTS TO WORK WITH US ¶4. (C) Cassidy reiterated Indonesia's strong support for international nonproliferation and disarmament regimes, particularly the NPT. He noted that Indonesia chairs the Working Group on Disarmament of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and therefore is in a position to influence other NAM members on the matter. Indonesia believes that all three pillars of the NPT--disarmament, nonproliferation and the peaceful uses of nuclear energy--must be strengthened. ¶5. (C) Cassidy welcomed President Obama's commitment to work toward the elimination of nuclear weapons and said that Indonesia hoped the United States and Russia quickly reached a deal to reduce their nuclear stockpiles. Turning to nonproliferation, Cassidy said that Indonesia's central concern was the universality of the NPT. Those countries still outside the pact should be brought into it, he said. Finally, Cassidy reiterated Indonesia's belief that all signatories to the NPT had a right to the peaceful use of nuclear energy, subject to internationally-agreed safeguards. HUME