Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09MOSCOW1772
2009-07-09 13:41:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Moscow
Cable title:
DPRK SANCTIONS: RUSSIAN MFA HOPES TO HAVE RESPONSE
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UNCLAS MOSCOW 001772
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PARM UNSC KN RS
SUBJECT: DPRK SANCTIONS: RUSSIAN MFA HOPES TO HAVE RESPONSE
BY FRIDAY, JULY 10
REF: STATE 70266
UNCLAS MOSCOW 001772
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PARM UNSC KN RS
SUBJECT: DPRK SANCTIONS: RUSSIAN MFA HOPES TO HAVE RESPONSE
BY FRIDAY, JULY 10
REF: STATE 70266
1. (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, and is not
meant for Internet distribution.
2. (SBU) Per reftel request, Post delivered the demarche on
DPRK sanctions designations to Russian MFA International
Organization Department's North Korea action officer Anna
Yevstegneyeva. Our British EMBASSY colleague, having
received similar instructions to demarche the MFA, joined the
meeting.
3. (SBU) Yevstegneyeva indicated that Foreign Minister
Lavrov had instructed that a "compromise" be found by the
July 12 deadline so as to prevent the issue from being
referred back to the Council. The MFA, having received last
week the Russian translation of the joint package of
designations proposed by the U.S., the U.K., France, and
Japan, is currently awaiting interagency input on the
translated documents and hopes to formulate a coordinated
response by Friday, July 10, which it will pass on in New
York. While some Russian agencies have already indicated no
major problems with the designations, the main export control
entities responsible for implementing UNSCR 1874 and the
Ministry of Defense have yet to weigh in. Yevstegneyeva told
us that the GOR was likely to propose some adjustments to the
designations, as there might be duplications in the lists
contained in the joint package, but regardless would want to
work out the issue by July 12.
4. (SBU) While reiterating GOR's desire to continue to work
closely with the Six-Party and Security Council partners
regarding North Korea, Yevstegneyeva requested that the U.S.
and allies in the future provide longer than 30 days for the
consideration of complicated lists. "When you present us
with such a lengthy set of documents, you have already had
the time to formulate your positions, while for us the work
is just beginning." The slow nature of the Russian
bureaucracy, according to her, and the lack of English
language abilities in the other ministries and agencies, make
it difficult for the GOR to formulate a speedy response on
sanctions designations.
BEYRLE
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PARM UNSC KN RS
SUBJECT: DPRK SANCTIONS: RUSSIAN MFA HOPES TO HAVE RESPONSE
BY FRIDAY, JULY 10
REF: STATE 70266
1. (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, and is not
meant for Internet distribution.
2. (SBU) Per reftel request, Post delivered the demarche on
DPRK sanctions designations to Russian MFA International
Organization Department's North Korea action officer Anna
Yevstegneyeva. Our British EMBASSY colleague, having
received similar instructions to demarche the MFA, joined the
meeting.
3. (SBU) Yevstegneyeva indicated that Foreign Minister
Lavrov had instructed that a "compromise" be found by the
July 12 deadline so as to prevent the issue from being
referred back to the Council. The MFA, having received last
week the Russian translation of the joint package of
designations proposed by the U.S., the U.K., France, and
Japan, is currently awaiting interagency input on the
translated documents and hopes to formulate a coordinated
response by Friday, July 10, which it will pass on in New
York. While some Russian agencies have already indicated no
major problems with the designations, the main export control
entities responsible for implementing UNSCR 1874 and the
Ministry of Defense have yet to weigh in. Yevstegneyeva told
us that the GOR was likely to propose some adjustments to the
designations, as there might be duplications in the lists
contained in the joint package, but regardless would want to
work out the issue by July 12.
4. (SBU) While reiterating GOR's desire to continue to work
closely with the Six-Party and Security Council partners
regarding North Korea, Yevstegneyeva requested that the U.S.
and allies in the future provide longer than 30 days for the
consideration of complicated lists. "When you present us
with such a lengthy set of documents, you have already had
the time to formulate your positions, while for us the work
is just beginning." The slow nature of the Russian
bureaucracy, according to her, and the lack of English
language abilities in the other ministries and agencies, make
it difficult for the GOR to formulate a speedy response on
sanctions designations.
BEYRLE