Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09MOSCOW2168
2009-08-24 12:11:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Moscow
Cable title:
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CONTACT GROUP FOR PIRACY OFF
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C O N F I D E N T I A L MOSCOW 002168
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/23/2019
TAGS: EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL SO RS
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CONTACT GROUP FOR PIRACY OFF
THE COAST OF SOMALIA
REF: STATE 085758
Classified By: Acting Political Minister Counselor David Kostelancik.
Reason: 1.4 (b),(d).
(C) We conveyed reftel points to Sergei Shestakov, Section
Chief of the MFA's New Threats and Challenges division and
provided the text in reftel paragraph 6 as a non-paper.
Shestakov noted that, from his perspective, membership in the
contact group for piracy had always been open to all
countries. We clarified that, rather than have a limited
membership of the group, the U.S. wants to move instead to a
concept of participation. In response to Shestakov's query,
we stated that the U.S. does not intend to place this item on
the agenda for the upcoming meeting.
Beyrle