Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09OSLO507
2009-08-14 15:21:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Oslo
Cable title:
KEY NORWEGIAN NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT DECISIONMAKERS
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UNCLAS OSLO 000507
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
FOR ISN/MNSA (SCOTT DAVIS),GENEVA (CD),UNVIE (IAEA),USUN
(POL),USNATO (POL),USEU (POL)
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
IAEA, NPT, NO
SUBJECT: KEY NORWEGIAN NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT DECISIONMAKERS
REF: STATE 83600
UNCLAS OSLO 000507
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
FOR ISN/MNSA (SCOTT DAVIS),GENEVA (CD),UNVIE (IAEA),USUN
(POL),USNATO (POL),USEU (POL)
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
IAEA, NPT, NO
SUBJECT: KEY NORWEGIAN NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT DECISIONMAKERS
REF: STATE 83600
1. (SBU) In response to reftel demarche, Poloff had extensive
discussions August 14 with Knut Langeland, Norwegian
Ambassador for Disarmament Affairs in the Foreign Ministry,
results of which will be reported in full in a classified
septel. This cable reports only on the "key government
personnel involved in nuclear arms control and
nonproliferation decision making" as requested in reftel
paragraphs two and six.
2. (SBU) In descending rank order, here are the individuals
most involved in decisionmaking on nuclear arms control and
nonproliferation in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA):
-Jonas Gahr Stoere, Foreign Minister
-Elisabeth Walaas, State Secretary (approximate rank: Deputy
Secretary of State)
-Gry Larsen, State Secretary, former Political Advisor to FM
Stoere
-Vegard Ellefsen, Political Director of the MFA
-Steffen Kongstad, MFA Director General in the Section for
Security Policy
-Inga Nyhamar, MFA Deputy Director General in the Section for
Disarmament and Nonproliferation
-Bjorn Midthun, MFA Assistant Director General in the Section
for Disarmament and Nonproliferation
-Knut Langeland, Ambassador for Disarmament Affairs, MFA
Section for Disarmament and Nonproliferation
-Erling Skjonsberg, Senior Advisor, MFA Section for
Disarmament and Nonproliferation
At Norway's NATO mission in Brussels:
-Kim Traavik, Ambassador
-Oeystein Boe, Deputy Chief of Mission
-Tom Knapskog, First Secretary
In Geneva:
-Hilde Skorpen, Deputy Chief of Mission
3. (SBU) In descending rank order, here are the individuals
most involved in decisionmaking on nuclear arms control and
nonproliferation in the Ministry of Defense (MOD):
-Anne-Grete Stroem-Erichsen, Minister of Defense
-Espen Barth Eide, State Secretary (approximate rank: Deputy
Secretary of Defense)
-Svein Efjestad, Director General, MOD Security Policy
Department
-Arild Eikeland, Assistant Director General, MOD
Transatlantic and European Security Policy Section
HEG
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
FOR ISN/MNSA (SCOTT DAVIS),GENEVA (CD),UNVIE (IAEA),USUN
(POL),USNATO (POL),USEU (POL)
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
IAEA, NPT, NO
SUBJECT: KEY NORWEGIAN NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT DECISIONMAKERS
REF: STATE 83600
1. (SBU) In response to reftel demarche, Poloff had extensive
discussions August 14 with Knut Langeland, Norwegian
Ambassador for Disarmament Affairs in the Foreign Ministry,
results of which will be reported in full in a classified
septel. This cable reports only on the "key government
personnel involved in nuclear arms control and
nonproliferation decision making" as requested in reftel
paragraphs two and six.
2. (SBU) In descending rank order, here are the individuals
most involved in decisionmaking on nuclear arms control and
nonproliferation in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA):
-Jonas Gahr Stoere, Foreign Minister
-Elisabeth Walaas, State Secretary (approximate rank: Deputy
Secretary of State)
-Gry Larsen, State Secretary, former Political Advisor to FM
Stoere
-Vegard Ellefsen, Political Director of the MFA
-Steffen Kongstad, MFA Director General in the Section for
Security Policy
-Inga Nyhamar, MFA Deputy Director General in the Section for
Disarmament and Nonproliferation
-Bjorn Midthun, MFA Assistant Director General in the Section
for Disarmament and Nonproliferation
-Knut Langeland, Ambassador for Disarmament Affairs, MFA
Section for Disarmament and Nonproliferation
-Erling Skjonsberg, Senior Advisor, MFA Section for
Disarmament and Nonproliferation
At Norway's NATO mission in Brussels:
-Kim Traavik, Ambassador
-Oeystein Boe, Deputy Chief of Mission
-Tom Knapskog, First Secretary
In Geneva:
-Hilde Skorpen, Deputy Chief of Mission
3. (SBU) In descending rank order, here are the individuals
most involved in decisionmaking on nuclear arms control and
nonproliferation in the Ministry of Defense (MOD):
-Anne-Grete Stroem-Erichsen, Minister of Defense
-Espen Barth Eide, State Secretary (approximate rank: Deputy
Secretary of Defense)
-Svein Efjestad, Director General, MOD Security Policy
Department
-Arild Eikeland, Assistant Director General, MOD
Transatlantic and European Security Policy Section
HEG