(S) NORWEGIANS INFORMED OF MEANING OF CLINTON TRIP

S E C R E T OSLO 000503 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/13/2019 TAGS: PREL KNNP CASC ASEAN KN NO SUBJECT: (S) NORWEGIANS INFORMED OF MEANING OF CLINTON TRIP TO DPRK REF: STATE 82592 Classified By: Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Cherrie Daniels for reaso ns 1.4(b) and (d) ¶1. (S) Poloff formally delivered reftel points on August 13 to Erling Rimestad, Head of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Asia section, and Bjorn Midthun, MFA Assistant Director General working in the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Section. All of reftel points were also made previously to different GON officials on Monday, August 10, with the visiting U.S. National Security Council Senior Director for Asia, Jeffrey Bader. Mr. Bader, who happened to be in country on private and personal travel when the developments took place, made comments covering all of the points directly to: the Foreign Minister, Jonas Gahr Stoere; Ingvar Havnen, Chief International Affairs Advisor to Prime Minister Stoltenberg; Thomas Holten and Jan Olsen, of the Norwegian Ministry of Defense's Policy Planning Section; and Steffen Kongstad, MFA Director General in the Security Policy Section. Embassy staff were present at all of Mr. Bader's meetings. The Norwegian government is aware, at both the highest level and at the working level, that our policy on the nuclear issue in the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea remains unchanged by the Clinton trip. HEG