MAURITIUS TO ATTEND FIFTH GLOBAL INITIATIVE PLENARY

UNCLAS PORT LOUIS 000174


DEPT FOR ISN/WMDT

AF/E FOR MARIA BEYZEROV

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PARM PREL PTER KGIC MP
SUBJECT: MAURITIUS TO ATTEND FIFTH GLOBAL INITIATIVE PLENARY

REF: A) PORT LOUIS 37 B) STATE 132539


1. On June 12 Post received a faxed copy of a diplomatic note from
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and
International Trade (MFA) informing Post that Mauritius will be
attending the 5th plenary meeting of the Global Initiative to Combat
Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) in The Hague. Ambassador Sutiawan
Gunessee from the Mauritius Embassy in Brussels, who is also
accredited to the Netherlands, will represent Mauritius. The
dipnote was followed by MFA First Secretary Thailesh Kumar Chamane
contacting post for an updated agenda for the meeting, which Post
provided.


2. Third Secretary Ella Nesterenko of the Russian Embassy in
Mauritius informed POLOFF that her Embassy received the same
diplomatic note from the MFA, but did not receive it until June 15.


3. Comment: Despite frequent Post demarches on GICNT events, it is
a rare occasion to have GOM formally nominate an attendee. Post
followed up as late as the evening of June 11 to inquire if GOM
would be represented, at which point GOM said they would not send
anyone. The last minute nomination of Ambassador Gunessee, thus,
surprised Post and our Russian counterparts. End Comment.

BLASER