Identifier
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09KABUL2
2009-01-03 09:39:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Kabul
Cable title:  

THE NETHERLANDS TO HOST FIFTH GLOBAL INITIATIVE

Tags:  PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER GIPNC 
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DE RUEHBUL #0002 0030939
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 030939Z JAN 09
FM AMEMBASSY KABUL
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 6583
UNCLAS KABUL 000002 

SIPDIS

KABUL FOR COS USFOR-A
DEPARTMENT FOR ISN/FM WMDT (MEGGEN WATT, SARAH PRESCOTT)
AND SCA-A
WASH FOR GLOBAL INITIATIVE PARTNER NATIONS COLLECTIVE

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER GIPNC
SUBJECT: THE NETHERLANDS TO HOST FIFTH GLOBAL INITIATIVE
MEETING IN JUNE 2009

REF: SECSTATE 132539

UNCLAS KABUL 000002

SIPDIS

KABUL FOR COS USFOR-A
DEPARTMENT FOR ISN/FM WMDT (MEGGEN WATT, SARAH PRESCOTT)
AND SCA-A
WASH FOR GLOBAL INITIATIVE PARTNER NATIONS COLLECTIVE

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER GIPNC
SUBJECT: THE NETHERLANDS TO HOST FIFTH GLOBAL INITIATIVE
MEETING IN JUNE 2009

REF: SECSTATE 132539


1. (U) Afghan Foreign Ministry official Dr. Jamrad Jamshed,
Director of MFA's Fourth Political Department, responded with
enthusiasm to the invitation to the Fifth Global Initiative
to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) meeting in The Hague in
June 2009. He said the Afghan government (GIRoA) would
probably send a senior MFA official and promised to confirm
this expectation shortly.


2. (U) On December 29, Political-Military Counselor Clarke,
Netherlands DCM Renet van der Waals, and Russian Federation
Counselor Andrey Vadov jointly demarched Dr. Jamshed, per
reftel request. Afghan MFA officials M. Yama Aini, the
Northern European desk officer, and A. Hakim Atarud, the
Southern European desk officer, sat in on the meeting. Aside
from conveying the invitation and explaining the conference,
the Netherlands DCM led a short general discussion on the
importance of combating nuclear terrorism. Dr. Jamshed
volunteered that Afghanistan was acutely aware of the
dangers, especially considering that it was surrounded by
nuclear armed neighbors and located in an unstable region. He
welcomed the invitation. Jamshed did not commit to
attendance at the deputy foreign minister level but expressed
the view that a senior MFA official probably would
participate in the GICNT conference. He promised to provide
confirmation and details as soon as possible.
WOOD