Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09PARIS24
2009-01-08 17:30:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Paris
Cable title:
FRANCE: JANUARY 13-14 CONTACT GROUP MEETING ON
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SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR PM/PPA (GLANCY, HOPKINS, FOSTER)
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER SO XW FR
SUBJECT: FRANCE: JANUARY 13-14 CONTACT GROUP MEETING ON
SOMALI PIRACY
REF: A. STATE 1223
B. STATE 1225
(SBU) We conveyed on January 7 the materials in reftels
concerning the January 13-14 meeting in New York on Somalia
piracy issues, to Chantal Poiret, MFA official responsible
for those issues, and to other MFA IO and AF officers. On
January 8, Jean-Hugues Simon-Michel, MFA PDAS for Strategic
Affairs, Security, and Disarmament, responded, saying that
the GOF had no major differences with the USG approach. He
noted that Poiret had been in contact with PM A/S Kimmitt
directly and had provided feedback on our ideas for the
meeting. Simon-Michel said that France's main concern was
that working with new and disparate partners such as China,
India, (to a lesser extent) Russia, and others, with which
Western countries had relatively little experience working in
naval coalitions of the type contemplated, could present
challenges that might be difficult to resolve quickly. That
said, Simon-Michel expressed appreciation for the work the
USG had done in laying a firm foundation for the meeting.
Simon-Michel said that he would accompany Poiret to the
meeting and he expected that two officials (one a military
officer) from France's UN delegation would also attend the
meeting. He hoped that the meeting could accommodate a
French delegation of four participants.
STAPLETON
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR PM/PPA (GLANCY, HOPKINS, FOSTER)
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER SO XW FR
SUBJECT: FRANCE: JANUARY 13-14 CONTACT GROUP MEETING ON
SOMALI PIRACY
REF: A. STATE 1223
B. STATE 1225
(SBU) We conveyed on January 7 the materials in reftels
concerning the January 13-14 meeting in New York on Somalia
piracy issues, to Chantal Poiret, MFA official responsible
for those issues, and to other MFA IO and AF officers. On
January 8, Jean-Hugues Simon-Michel, MFA PDAS for Strategic
Affairs, Security, and Disarmament, responded, saying that
the GOF had no major differences with the USG approach. He
noted that Poiret had been in contact with PM A/S Kimmitt
directly and had provided feedback on our ideas for the
meeting. Simon-Michel said that France's main concern was
that working with new and disparate partners such as China,
India, (to a lesser extent) Russia, and others, with which
Western countries had relatively little experience working in
naval coalitions of the type contemplated, could present
challenges that might be difficult to resolve quickly. That
said, Simon-Michel expressed appreciation for the work the
USG had done in laying a firm foundation for the meeting.
Simon-Michel said that he would accompany Poiret to the
meeting and he expected that two officials (one a military
officer) from France's UN delegation would also attend the
meeting. He hoped that the meeting could accommodate a
French delegation of four participants.
STAPLETON