EXBS: KOSOVO MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE OCTOBER

UNCLAS PRISTINA 000498 SIPDIS SENSITIVE STATE FOR ISN/ECC RBALDWIN STATE ALSO FOR EUR/SCE FOR BEVANS; EUR/ACE FOR DFROMAN USCBP/INA FOR BSUBER DTRA DULLES WASHDC FOR MMYERS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KV SUBJECT: EXBS: KOSOVO MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE OCTOBER 2009 SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED-PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY ¶1. (SBU) BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS N/A. ¶2. (SBU) COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD N/A. ¶3. (SBU) SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS DURING REPORTING PERIOD A) October 21, 2009: EXBS Program Advisor and Assistant met Col. Shaban Guda, Head of Border Police, to discuss upcoming joint training with Kosovo and Macedonia Border Police. Guda expressed his desire to conduct the joint activities after the official MOU was signed with Macedonia. Guda also noted the need for a communications company to conduct a digital radio feasibility study for all of border control points in Kosovo. B) October 27, 2009: EXBS Program assistant attended a steering committee meeting hosted by Maj. Mentor Shabani, Head of Administrative Section, Kosovo Border Police. David Hamilton, EULEX Border Police Advisor, Aurora Castillo, ICITAP advisor, and Vassilka Timova, OSCE also attended. The purpose of the meeting was to de-conflict training provided to the Kosovo Border Police by different donation agencies. ¶4. (U) Equipment usage report: N/A. ¶5. (SBU) TRAINING CONDUCTED DURING REPORTING PERIOD A) October 5 - October 9, 2009: Legal and Regulatory course, held in Pristina, Kosovo. This training was delivered by two experts in export and control law from Commonwealth Trading Partners. Twenty-one representatives from the Kosovo's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Economy and Finance, and Kosovo Customs attended the course. The training comprised of classroom instruction on export laws, drafting, and practices. ¶6. (U) EQUIPMENT DELIVERED DURING REPORTING PERIOD N/A. ¶7. (SBU) IMMINENT TRAINING OR EQUIPMENT STATUS UPDATE -- Croatia Best Practice Delegation Visit consisting of export law experts is expected to begin the week of November 23-25, 2009. ¶8. (U) SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS IN EXPORT CONTROLS, NONPROLIFERATION, OR RELATED BORDER SECURITY N/A. ¶9. (U) PORTAL MONITOR OR RADIATION PAGER ALERTS N/A. ¶10. (SBU) Point of contact is EXBS Advisor Christopher Milam, telephone +377-44-508-016, e-mail MilamCJ@state.gov. DELL