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Created
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09SEOUL1001
2009-06-23 07:51:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Seoul
Cable title:
ROKG WELCOMES PSI OPERATIONAL EXPERTS JULY VISIT
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UNCLAS SEOUL 001001
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR ISN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KS
SUBJECT: ROKG WELCOMES PSI OPERATIONAL EXPERTS JULY VISIT
REF: SECSTATE 64064
UNCLAS SEOUL 001001
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR ISN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KS
SUBJECT: ROKG WELCOMES PSI OPERATIONAL EXPERTS JULY VISIT
REF: SECSTATE 64064
1. (U) This cable is sensitive, but unclassified. Please
protect accordingly.
2. (SBU) On June 23, POLMC delivered reftel to Shin
Dong-ik, Director-General for International Organizations in
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). Shin said
that the ROKG welcomed and appreciated the USG's proposal for
a Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) workshop this July
in Seoul since the ROKG itself had questions regarding next
steps for PSI. Shin said that the ROKG not only wanted to
learn the best practices for PSI implementation and
coordination, but also wanted to develop guidelines for its
interagency process. Ultimately, Shin continued, the ROKG
would like to participate in PSI's Asian Operational Experts
Group (OEG),along with Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and
Singapore. Shin, who would head the ROKG's delegation, said
that the workshop visit would be kept out of the media.
3. (SBU) Shin said that the ROKG would probably want to
host an expanded workshop that would include separate
operational meetings for customs (CBP),finance (Treasury),
and the coast guard, not only to discuss best practices, but
to demonstrate them practically as well. In this light, the
ROKG is willing to consider site visits, for example, to a
port. To accommodate these goals, Shin said the ROKG was
willing to extend the workshop into a second day.
4. (SBU) Shin said that Lee Jangkeun, the Director of the
Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division, who was in Sopot,
Poland attending the OEG Meeting, would be the POC for the
proposed workshop. Shin planned on discussing the PSI
workshop at a ROKG interministerial meeting on June 24. Lee
would work out the details with post's POC.
5. (U) David Jeffrey will be post's POC for the workshop.
He can be reached at jeffreyd@state.gov or 82-2-397-4372.
STEPHENS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR ISN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KS
SUBJECT: ROKG WELCOMES PSI OPERATIONAL EXPERTS JULY VISIT
REF: SECSTATE 64064
1. (U) This cable is sensitive, but unclassified. Please
protect accordingly.
2. (SBU) On June 23, POLMC delivered reftel to Shin
Dong-ik, Director-General for International Organizations in
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). Shin said
that the ROKG welcomed and appreciated the USG's proposal for
a Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) workshop this July
in Seoul since the ROKG itself had questions regarding next
steps for PSI. Shin said that the ROKG not only wanted to
learn the best practices for PSI implementation and
coordination, but also wanted to develop guidelines for its
interagency process. Ultimately, Shin continued, the ROKG
would like to participate in PSI's Asian Operational Experts
Group (OEG),along with Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and
Singapore. Shin, who would head the ROKG's delegation, said
that the workshop visit would be kept out of the media.
3. (SBU) Shin said that the ROKG would probably want to
host an expanded workshop that would include separate
operational meetings for customs (CBP),finance (Treasury),
and the coast guard, not only to discuss best practices, but
to demonstrate them practically as well. In this light, the
ROKG is willing to consider site visits, for example, to a
port. To accommodate these goals, Shin said the ROKG was
willing to extend the workshop into a second day.
4. (SBU) Shin said that Lee Jangkeun, the Director of the
Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division, who was in Sopot,
Poland attending the OEG Meeting, would be the POC for the
proposed workshop. Shin planned on discussing the PSI
workshop at a ROKG interministerial meeting on June 24. Lee
would work out the details with post's POC.
5. (U) David Jeffrey will be post's POC for the workshop.
He can be reached at jeffreyd@state.gov or 82-2-397-4372.
STEPHENS