Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09LISBON152
2009-03-12 11:42:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Lisbon
Cable title:
PORTUGUESE UNLIKELY TO ATTEND GLOBAL INITIATIVE
how-toVZCZCXYZ0001 RR RUEHWEB DE RUEHLI #0152 0711142 ZNR UUUUU ZZH R 121142Z MAR 09 ZDK FM AMEMBASSY LISBON TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 7462 INFO RUEHUL/AMEMBASSY SEOUL 0128
UNCLAS LISBON 000152
SIPDIS
ISN/WMDT
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER PO
SUBJECT: PORTUGUESE UNLIKELY TO ATTEND GLOBAL INITIATIVE
EXERCISE PLANNING GROUP (EPG) IN SEOUL
REF: STATE 22354
UNCLAS LISBON 000152
SIPDIS
ISN/WMDT
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER PO
SUBJECT: PORTUGUESE UNLIKELY TO ATTEND GLOBAL INITIATIVE
EXERCISE PLANNING GROUP (EPG) IN SEOUL
REF: STATE 22354
1. (U) Pol-Econ officer, Korean Political Counselor Jum Soo
Lee, and Russian Political Counselor Vladimir Dedushkin met
with Portuguese MFA Deputy for Disarmament and Security
Issues Joao Lago to discuss reftel Global Initiative (GI)
invitation. Lago told us that, due to the short notice and
staffing gaps in the Portuguese embassy in Seoul, Portugal
probably would not send representatives to the meeting. He
added that, as a rule, the GOP needs more than four weeks to
prepare with interagency partners as well as to produce
papers for GI workshops and exercise planning groups.
2. (U) When Lee passed the detailed information about the
upcoming events, Lago agreed to share it with his
counterparts at the Portuguese MOD and with Customs, since
they have experts in the workshop topic areas. Lago further
asked whether the meeting in Seoul would decide the direction
for the Global Initiative plenary meeting in The Hague in
June, since that would factor into whether the GOP
participates.
3. (U) Despite Lago's speculation that Portugal will miss
this Global Initiative event, he took pains to explain that
Portugal fully supports the Global initiative and views it as
one of the most important international tools against
terrorism.
For more reporting from Embassy Lisbon and information about Portugal,
please see our Intelink site:
http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/portal:port ugal
STEPHENSON
SIPDIS
ISN/WMDT
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER PO
SUBJECT: PORTUGUESE UNLIKELY TO ATTEND GLOBAL INITIATIVE
EXERCISE PLANNING GROUP (EPG) IN SEOUL
REF: STATE 22354
1. (U) Pol-Econ officer, Korean Political Counselor Jum Soo
Lee, and Russian Political Counselor Vladimir Dedushkin met
with Portuguese MFA Deputy for Disarmament and Security
Issues Joao Lago to discuss reftel Global Initiative (GI)
invitation. Lago told us that, due to the short notice and
staffing gaps in the Portuguese embassy in Seoul, Portugal
probably would not send representatives to the meeting. He
added that, as a rule, the GOP needs more than four weeks to
prepare with interagency partners as well as to produce
papers for GI workshops and exercise planning groups.
2. (U) When Lee passed the detailed information about the
upcoming events, Lago agreed to share it with his
counterparts at the Portuguese MOD and with Customs, since
they have experts in the workshop topic areas. Lago further
asked whether the meeting in Seoul would decide the direction
for the Global Initiative plenary meeting in The Hague in
June, since that would factor into whether the GOP
participates.
3. (U) Despite Lago's speculation that Portugal will miss
this Global Initiative event, he took pains to explain that
Portugal fully supports the Global initiative and views it as
one of the most important international tools against
terrorism.
For more reporting from Embassy Lisbon and information about Portugal,
please see our Intelink site:
http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/portal:port ugal
STEPHENSON