Identifier
Created
Classification
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09OTTAWA326
2009-04-29 20:45:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Ottawa
Cable title:
CANADA HOPES TO SEE POWERFUL LEADERSHIP AT GICNT
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SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR ISN/WMDT
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER PARM PREL KNNP KGIC MNUC RS NL CA
SUBJECT: CANADA HOPES TO SEE POWERFUL LEADERSHIP AT GICNT
CONFERENCE
REF: STATE 35549
UNCLAS OTTAWA 000326
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR ISN/WMDT
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER PARM PREL KNNP KGIC MNUC RS NL CA
SUBJECT: CANADA HOPES TO SEE POWERFUL LEADERSHIP AT GICNT
CONFERENCE
REF: STATE 35549
1. (SBU) Canada will attend the Global Initiative to Combat
Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) plenary conference in The Hague and
is looking for "powerful leadership" from the
Russian-Dutch-U.S. troika to "attack the problem of nuclear
terrorism in a fulsome way," according to Department of
Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Director
General for Global Partnerships Troy Lulashnyk. Canada
remains concerned that GICNT is not focused enough on action,
Lulashnyk noted, and urged the troika to emphasize
"execution" at the plenary. He added that Canada believes a
failure to increase the effectiveness of the Initiative risks
dissipating the momentum generated by President Obama's
recent focus on combating nuclear terrorism.
2. (SBU) Lulashnyk told Dutch Deputy Chief of Mission Erik
Boer, Russian Embassy Political Counselor Dmitry Trofimov,
and Deputy Pol/C on April 28 that Canadian senior officials
have taken particular note of President Obama's recent
speeches on the subject of nuclear terrorism, and were
disappointed that the co-chairs did not incorporate a
discussion of his ideas into the agenda. Lulashnyk added
that, as a result of President Obama's recent emphasis on
nuclear terrorism, Canada intends to provide strong support
the GICNT. He added that Canadian inter-agency leaders will
meet next week to decide whether to send someone senior to
him to lead the delegation. In years past, Lulashnyk has
always led Canada's GICNT delegations.
3. (SBU) Canada will not seek a speaking role at the plenary,
nor does it plan to host workshops over the next two years,
according to Lulashnyk. Instead, he noted that Canada will
seek to "add value" to the presentations and workshops of
others based on its expertise. "We plan to pick a niche and
participate," he observed. DFAIT senior policy advisor David
MacDuff added that Canada is also conducting activities to
combat nuclear terrorism that "don't necessarily have the
GICNT label." He pointed to Canada's work in the
Proliferation Security Initiative as well as bilateral
U.S.-Canadian projects on border security as examples where
Canada is combating potential nuclear terrorism outside the
GICNT.
Visit Canada,s North American partnership community at
http://www.intelink.gov/communities/state/nap /
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SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR ISN/WMDT
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER PARM PREL KNNP KGIC MNUC RS NL CA
SUBJECT: CANADA HOPES TO SEE POWERFUL LEADERSHIP AT GICNT
CONFERENCE
REF: STATE 35549
1. (SBU) Canada will attend the Global Initiative to Combat
Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) plenary conference in The Hague and
is looking for "powerful leadership" from the
Russian-Dutch-U.S. troika to "attack the problem of nuclear
terrorism in a fulsome way," according to Department of
Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Director
General for Global Partnerships Troy Lulashnyk. Canada
remains concerned that GICNT is not focused enough on action,
Lulashnyk noted, and urged the troika to emphasize
"execution" at the plenary. He added that Canada believes a
failure to increase the effectiveness of the Initiative risks
dissipating the momentum generated by President Obama's
recent focus on combating nuclear terrorism.
2. (SBU) Lulashnyk told Dutch Deputy Chief of Mission Erik
Boer, Russian Embassy Political Counselor Dmitry Trofimov,
and Deputy Pol/C on April 28 that Canadian senior officials
have taken particular note of President Obama's recent
speeches on the subject of nuclear terrorism, and were
disappointed that the co-chairs did not incorporate a
discussion of his ideas into the agenda. Lulashnyk added
that, as a result of President Obama's recent emphasis on
nuclear terrorism, Canada intends to provide strong support
the GICNT. He added that Canadian inter-agency leaders will
meet next week to decide whether to send someone senior to
him to lead the delegation. In years past, Lulashnyk has
always led Canada's GICNT delegations.
3. (SBU) Canada will not seek a speaking role at the plenary,
nor does it plan to host workshops over the next two years,
according to Lulashnyk. Instead, he noted that Canada will
seek to "add value" to the presentations and workshops of
others based on its expertise. "We plan to pick a niche and
participate," he observed. DFAIT senior policy advisor David
MacDuff added that Canada is also conducting activities to
combat nuclear terrorism that "don't necessarily have the
GICNT label." He pointed to Canada's work in the
Proliferation Security Initiative as well as bilateral
U.S.-Canadian projects on border security as examples where
Canada is combating potential nuclear terrorism outside the
GICNT.
Visit Canada,s North American partnership community at
http://www.intelink.gov/communities/state/nap /
BREESE