ROKG TO ATTEND GICNT 2009 PLENARY MEETING

UNCLAS SEOUL 000657 SIPDIS STATE FOR ISN/WMDT E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: KNNP PARM PREL PTER MNUC KS SUBJECT: ROKG TO ATTEND GICNT 2009 PLENARY MEETING REF: SECSTATE 35549 ¶1. This is an action request. See para 3. ¶2. Poloff on April 21 with Anna Luwerna (Deputy Head of Mission - The Netherlands) and Dmitry V. Darchenkov (First Secretary - Russia) delivered reftel to Lee Jangkeun, Director of the Disarmament & Nonproliferation Division. Lee said that the ROK will attend the GICNT 2009 Plenary Meeting at The Hague on June 16-17. The ROK delegation, which Lee will lead, tentatively will include Park Eun-Jin (Disarmament & Nonproliferation Division) and Kwak Sung-Woo (Korea Institute of Nuclear Nonproliferation and Control). The ROK consented to giving a 10-15 minute presentation at the 2009 GICNT Plenary Meeting (June 16, afternoon) on the Exercise Program, and will draw on its role as host to the April 2009 Exercise Planning Group. Lee also said that he will propose that Kwak give a presentation on the "Development of Mobile Radiation Detection System Against Nuclear Terrorism in Korea" as part of the Equipment/Technology Working Group on the second day of the event. ¶3. Action Request: The ROKG would like to know who will lead the U.S. delegation and the prospective USG participants. STEPHENS