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09KYIV312
2009-02-13 15:08:00
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Embassy Kyiv
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NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT): BACKGROUND

Tags:  KNNP AORC ENRG MNUC PARM NPT PREL IAEA UP 
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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KNNP AORC ENRG MNUC PARM NPT PREL IAEA UP
SUBJECT: NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT): BACKGROUND
INFORMATION AND REPORTING REQUEST

REF: STATE 6970

UNCLAS KYIV 000312

SENSITIVE
SIPDIS

STATE FOR ISN/MNSA

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KNNP AORC ENRG MNUC PARM NPT PREL IAEA UP
SUBJECT: NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT): BACKGROUND
INFORMATION AND REPORTING REQUEST

REF: STATE 6970


1. (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel demarche February 11 to
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Directorate for Arms Control and
Military Technical Cooperation NPT officer Maryna Yermakova,
welcomed Ukraine's feedback, and left reftel points as a
nonpaper. Yermakova thanked us for our early work leading to
the May prepcom, and noted that Ukraine's position on several
of the issues raised is laid out in their working paper
submitted for the 2008 prepcom ("Preparing for a Successful
Review Conference 2010"). She said that Ukraine finds it
useful to address some of the actions necessary to achieve
Treaty objectives outside the context of the review process,
although she did not mention any particular action as an
example, and noted that reaching consensus in plenary is
extremely difficult.


2. (SBU) Yermakova underlined that Ukraine looks forward to
discussion of nonproliferation issues at the bilateral
Nonproliferation Working Group meetings in Washington
February 24-25, and promised to notify Embassy if she had
anything further before that time.


3. (SBU) Comment: The NPWG is a near term opportunity for
the US to engage Ukraine on NPT issues at the expert level.
Embassy will continue to reinforce US priorities with
Ukrainian policy makers in the months leading to the PrepCom
and RevCon, and report back on GOU views as they evolve.
TAYLOR