Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09SEOUL312
2009-02-27 08:23:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Seoul
Cable title:
ROKG QUESTIONS ON AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN POLICY
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C O N F I D E N T I A L SEOUL 000312
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/PB AND SCA/A
ISLAMABAD FOR USAID/PAKISTAN
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/26/2019
TAGS: PREL KS
SUBJECT: ROKG QUESTIONS ON AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN POLICY
REVIEW
REF: STATE 15959
Classified By: Joseph Y. Yun for reasons 1.4 (b/d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L SEOUL 000312
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/PB AND SCA/A
ISLAMABAD FOR USAID/PAKISTAN
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/26/2019
TAGS: PREL KS
SUBJECT: ROKG QUESTIONS ON AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN POLICY
REVIEW
REF: STATE 15959
Classified By: Joseph Y. Yun for reasons 1.4 (b/d).
1. (U) This is an action request. See para 3.
2. (C) After POLOFF delivered reftel demarche on February
24, Kim Hyon-Du and Kim Kwang-Woo of the ROK-U.S. Security
Cooperation Division asked questions in para 3 about the
current Afghanistan/Pakistan policy review. Even though
their superiors had yet to ask these questions, Kim Hyon-Du
said that he was asking in anticipation of their questions.
Kim Hyon-Du concluded the conversation by stating that the
ROKG re-evaluated its Afghanistan contributions each time the
USG asked for a different item. Therefore he was trying to
assess what the policy review would mean for the ROKG's own
review process.
3. (C) Action Request: MOFAT asked the following questions.
-- What is the USG non-military aid (USAID and non-USAID) to
Pakistan? Post examined USAID Pakistan's website, but
wonders if there is a document (or source) that presents
USAID and non-USAID non-military aid to Pakistan.
-- Can the veracity of Pakistani media reports regarding the
Kerry-Lugar bill be established? (Note: On February 6,
Pakistani media reported that the Biden-Lugar bill which had
been introduced in July 2008 to provide $7.5 billion in
non-military support to Pakistan over five years, but failed
to pass during the last Congress, would be re-introduced into
Congress as the Kerry-Lugar bill providing $15 billion over
ten years. End note.)
-- Will the USG share the review for comments before the
NATO summit or will the review be presented as complete and
unchangeable at the NATO summit?
-- Will the review include specific goals with target dates,
to be followed by a new round of solicitations from donor
countries?
-- What is current U.S. policy towards Pakistan and what
will be the expectations from Pakistan and donor countries?
STEPHENS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/PB AND SCA/A
ISLAMABAD FOR USAID/PAKISTAN
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/26/2019
TAGS: PREL KS
SUBJECT: ROKG QUESTIONS ON AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN POLICY
REVIEW
REF: STATE 15959
Classified By: Joseph Y. Yun for reasons 1.4 (b/d).
1. (U) This is an action request. See para 3.
2. (C) After POLOFF delivered reftel demarche on February
24, Kim Hyon-Du and Kim Kwang-Woo of the ROK-U.S. Security
Cooperation Division asked questions in para 3 about the
current Afghanistan/Pakistan policy review. Even though
their superiors had yet to ask these questions, Kim Hyon-Du
said that he was asking in anticipation of their questions.
Kim Hyon-Du concluded the conversation by stating that the
ROKG re-evaluated its Afghanistan contributions each time the
USG asked for a different item. Therefore he was trying to
assess what the policy review would mean for the ROKG's own
review process.
3. (C) Action Request: MOFAT asked the following questions.
-- What is the USG non-military aid (USAID and non-USAID) to
Pakistan? Post examined USAID Pakistan's website, but
wonders if there is a document (or source) that presents
USAID and non-USAID non-military aid to Pakistan.
-- Can the veracity of Pakistani media reports regarding the
Kerry-Lugar bill be established? (Note: On February 6,
Pakistani media reported that the Biden-Lugar bill which had
been introduced in July 2008 to provide $7.5 billion in
non-military support to Pakistan over five years, but failed
to pass during the last Congress, would be re-introduced into
Congress as the Kerry-Lugar bill providing $15 billion over
ten years. End note.)
-- Will the USG share the review for comments before the
NATO summit or will the review be presented as complete and
unchangeable at the NATO summit?
-- Will the review include specific goals with target dates,
to be followed by a new round of solicitations from donor
countries?
-- What is current U.S. policy towards Pakistan and what
will be the expectations from Pakistan and donor countries?
STEPHENS