Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09QUITO254
2009-04-13 17:34:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Quito
Cable title:
ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: NORTH KOREAN TAEPO-DONG
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C O N F I D E N T I A L QUITO 000254
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: TWENTY YEARS
TAGS: PREL PARM KNNP EC KN JA
SUBJECT: ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: NORTH KOREAN TAEPO-DONG
2 LAUNCH
REF: STATE 33031
Classified By: DCM Andrew Chritton for Reasons 1.4 (b&d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L QUITO 000254
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: TWENTY YEARS
TAGS: PREL PARM KNNP EC KN JA
SUBJECT: ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: NORTH KOREAN TAEPO-DONG
2 LAUNCH
REF: STATE 33031
Classified By: DCM Andrew Chritton for Reasons 1.4 (b&d)
1. (C) PolOff delivered reftel points and presidential
statement to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General
Lourdes Puma on April 6 on the North Korean Taepo-Dong 2
launch. Puma said that the GOE would follow UNSC guidance on
this issue and was aware of the split decision in the UNSC.
She said that the GOE was against any kind of unilateral
sanctions, and suggested that Japan had overreacted to the
launch.
2. (C) Puma said that while the GOE was pro-disarmament, it
also believed that all countries had the right to use
technology for pacific means. PolOff countered that any
launch by the DPRK that used ballistic missiles would be a
violation of UNSCR 1718, which also required that the DPRK
abandon its ballistic missile program in a transparent
manner. Puma responded that the GOE would support the IAEA
as a vehicle to investigate what really happened in North
Korea and to find a peaceful way to force compliance if the
DPRK had, in fact, violated UNSCR 1718 -- perhaps through the
Six Party Talks process.
HODGES
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: TWENTY YEARS
TAGS: PREL PARM KNNP EC KN JA
SUBJECT: ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: NORTH KOREAN TAEPO-DONG
2 LAUNCH
REF: STATE 33031
Classified By: DCM Andrew Chritton for Reasons 1.4 (b&d)
1. (C) PolOff delivered reftel points and presidential
statement to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General
Lourdes Puma on April 6 on the North Korean Taepo-Dong 2
launch. Puma said that the GOE would follow UNSC guidance on
this issue and was aware of the split decision in the UNSC.
She said that the GOE was against any kind of unilateral
sanctions, and suggested that Japan had overreacted to the
launch.
2. (C) Puma said that while the GOE was pro-disarmament, it
also believed that all countries had the right to use
technology for pacific means. PolOff countered that any
launch by the DPRK that used ballistic missiles would be a
violation of UNSCR 1718, which also required that the DPRK
abandon its ballistic missile program in a transparent
manner. Puma responded that the GOE would support the IAEA
as a vehicle to investigate what really happened in North
Korea and to find a peaceful way to force compliance if the
DPRK had, in fact, violated UNSCR 1718 -- perhaps through the
Six Party Talks process.
HODGES