Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09KATHMANDU618
2009-07-10 03:07:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Kathmandu
Cable title:
NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IMPLEMENTING UN
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C O N F I D E N T I A L KATHMANDU 000618
SIPDIS
STATE FOR ISN/CPI MARK FELIPE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/10/2019
TAGS: PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE KN NP
SUBJECT: NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IMPLEMENTING UN
SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1874
REF: STATE 65483
Classified By: Charge d'Affaires a.i. Jeffrey A. Moon. Reasons 1.4 (b/
d)
Demarche Delivered
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C O N F I D E N T I A L KATHMANDU 000618
SIPDIS
STATE FOR ISN/CPI MARK FELIPE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/10/2019
TAGS: PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE KN NP
SUBJECT: NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IMPLEMENTING UN
SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1874
REF: STATE 65483
Classified By: Charge d'Affaires a.i. Jeffrey A. Moon. Reasons 1.4 (b/
d)
Demarche Delivered
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1. (U) On July 7, Emboff delivered the reftel demarche and
talking points to Madan Bhattarai, Joint Secretary of the
Foreign Ministry's UN and International Organizations
Division, seeking the cooperation of the Government of Nepal
(GON) in carrying out the inspection-related provisions of UN
Security Council Resolution 1874 and providing transparency
in Nepal's interactions with North Korea. Emboff emphasized
that as a landlocked country the resolution's provisions
regarding inspection of cargo were still relevant since goods
to or from North Korea could still transit Nepal,
particularly through Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International
Airport.
GON Response
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2. (C) Bhattarai said he had personal experience with North
Korean efforts to smuggle contraband. He said that more than
20 years earlier, as a junior officer, he had been called to
the airport by Customs to inspect several suspicious
packages, reportedly of sewing machines, which the North
Korean Ambassador was attempting to ship. As it turned out,
the packages were record players, dozens of them. From then
on, until the Ambassador left, the Foreign Ministry refused
to meet him at any level above Bhattarai. The Joint
Secretary agreed to convey the information to the relevant
authorities. (Note: North Korea currently has four
diplomats assigned to its Embassy in Kathmandu.)
MOON
SIPDIS
STATE FOR ISN/CPI MARK FELIPE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/10/2019
TAGS: PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE KN NP
SUBJECT: NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IMPLEMENTING UN
SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1874
REF: STATE 65483
Classified By: Charge d'Affaires a.i. Jeffrey A. Moon. Reasons 1.4 (b/
d)
Demarche Delivered
--------------
1. (U) On July 7, Emboff delivered the reftel demarche and
talking points to Madan Bhattarai, Joint Secretary of the
Foreign Ministry's UN and International Organizations
Division, seeking the cooperation of the Government of Nepal
(GON) in carrying out the inspection-related provisions of UN
Security Council Resolution 1874 and providing transparency
in Nepal's interactions with North Korea. Emboff emphasized
that as a landlocked country the resolution's provisions
regarding inspection of cargo were still relevant since goods
to or from North Korea could still transit Nepal,
particularly through Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International
Airport.
GON Response
--------------
2. (C) Bhattarai said he had personal experience with North
Korean efforts to smuggle contraband. He said that more than
20 years earlier, as a junior officer, he had been called to
the airport by Customs to inspect several suspicious
packages, reportedly of sewing machines, which the North
Korean Ambassador was attempting to ship. As it turned out,
the packages were record players, dozens of them. From then
on, until the Ambassador left, the Foreign Ministry refused
to meet him at any level above Bhattarai. The Joint
Secretary agreed to convey the information to the relevant
authorities. (Note: North Korea currently has four
diplomats assigned to its Embassy in Kathmandu.)
MOON