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2009-05-10 05:42:00
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Secretary of State
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NSC TALKING POINTS ON TRILATERAL SUMMIT
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SUBJECT: NSC TALKING POINTS ON TRILATERAL SUMMIT
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SUBJECT: NSC TALKING POINTS ON TRILATERAL SUMMIT
1. General Talking Points:
The United States hosted a Trilateral Summit between the
United States, Afghanistan and Pakistan in Washington,
D.C. on May 6 and 7.
2. The Summit consisted of two days of intense
consultations between President Karzai, President Zardari,
their respective cabinets and the U.S. Government at the
highest level.
3. These meetings featured U.S. involvement by the
President and the Vice-President as well as Secretary of
State Clinton, Secretary of Agriculture Vilsack, FBI
Director Mueller, CIA Director Panetta, Special
Representative Holbrooke, CENTCOM Commander General
Petraeus, Defense Under-Secretary Flournoy, USAID Acting
Administrator Fulgham, and other senior U.S. Government
officials.
4. On May 6, after meeting with President Karzai and
President Zardari, President Obama spoke to the press. He
called these meetings important and reiterated the United
States' lasting commitment to supporting these two
democratically-elected, sovereign, civilian governments
and to defeating Al Qaeda.
5. It was clear from these meetings that both President
Karzai and President Zardari fully appreciate the
seriousness of the common threat that we face.
6. During the meetings, both President Karzai and
President Zardari reaffirmed their commitment to confront
the threat by working together and working with us to
disrupt, dismantle, and defeat al Qaeda and its extremist
allies in Pakistan and Afghanistan, and to prevent their
ability to operate in either country.
7. We agreed that it is imperative we deny these
terrorists the space to threaten Pakistani, Afghan, or
American people, or those of any other nation, and agreed
that we must advance security and opportunity, so that
Pakistanis and Afghans can pursue the promise of a better
life. This includes creating economic bonds and improving
relations between the two countries.
8. In particular, on the border, we discussed the need to
work together with a renewed sense of partnership, to
share intelligence, and to coordinate our efforts to
isolate, target and take out our common enemy.
9. These two days of discussions yielded an agreement to
finalize a transit trade agreement, as well as pledges to
cooperate on agriculture, trade, customs, water, and
enhanced border security. The two sides also agreed to
continue their cross-border jirga process to build
consensus in the population against extremists and Al
Qaeda.
10. There is trust between leaders at personal level in
the Governments of Afghanistan, Pakistan and the United
States. Building trust and cooperation between
institutions will be the major challenge and a key focus
of our efforts.
11. We believe this Summit has provided an important
venue to improve -- if not generate -- dialogue on a
number of important issues and served to expand the
potential of bilateral and trilateral cooperation beyond
security to virtually every matter of mutual interest.
12. Cooperation among our three countries is essential to
peace, security and development in the region. The United
States looks forward to continuing close cooperation with
the Governments of Pakistan and Afghanistan in the future.
13. Major Summit Deliverables: Historic Signing of the
Transit Trade Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The
signature by the Afghan and Pakistani Foreign Ministers of
the Transit Trade Agreement MoU ends forty-three years of
stalling on transit trade discussions between both
countries and unlocks a potential of trade and economic
growth. In follow-up during the trilateral session with
Finance Ministers, Deputy scretary Lew got the two
delegations to agree that they would conclude negotiations
by September 30, 2009.
14. Continuing the cross-border jirga process to build
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consensus in the populations of both countries against
extremists and Al Qaeda. The Governments agreed to
revitalize their cross-border jirga process. This process
aims to develop popular, tribal positions against
extremists and in support of development. A mini-jirga
held in Kabul after the Afghan elections (as a follow up
of the October Islamabad mini-jirga) should be the next
step.
15. Strengthening Border Coordination with two additional
centers. Both countries are committed to opening two
additional border coordination centers (BCCs),one in
Kandahar province and another inside Pakistan Federally
Administered Tribal Areas by the end of 2009. Foreign
Minister Qureshi underscored for the Pakistani side that
implementation should be carried out "expeditiously."
16. Opening a new era of cooperation on Agriculture.
Pakistani Agriculture Minister Gondal and Afghan
Agriculture Minister Rahimi met for the first time. The
session hosted by Secretary Vilsack proved extremely
successful. The three leaders set up a trilateral working
group on food security, trade corridors and watershed
management. Secretary Vilsack announced a plan to spend
$27.5 million under the U.S. Department of Agriculture
Food for Progress program to help Pakistan and Afghanistan
improve the sustainable development of their agricultural
sectors.
17. Building new bridges on Internal Security
Cooperation. Afghan Interior Minister Atmar and Pakistani
Interior Minister Malik met for the first time. Initial
steps towards major developments in law enforcement,
border security and management were taken: establishment
of focal points and a hotline between the two ministers,
work towards an extradition treaty, exchange of list of
terrorists.
18. Increased Intelligence sharing. Discussions focused
on means to institutionalize exchanges between the Afghan
National Directorate of Security (NDS) and the Pakistani
Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI) and enhance existing
forms of intelligence sharing.
19. The Summit deliverables generated a dense agenda that
requires continued consultations. The next round of
Trilateral Consultations with interagency involvement will
happen after the completion of the Afghan elections.
Consultations at working level to follow up the most
pressing issues may take place sooner.
20. Minimize considered
CLINTON
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ASEC PTER PREL PK AF
SUBJECT: NSC TALKING POINTS ON TRILATERAL SUMMIT
1. General Talking Points:
The United States hosted a Trilateral Summit between the
United States, Afghanistan and Pakistan in Washington,
D.C. on May 6 and 7.
2. The Summit consisted of two days of intense
consultations between President Karzai, President Zardari,
their respective cabinets and the U.S. Government at the
highest level.
3. These meetings featured U.S. involvement by the
President and the Vice-President as well as Secretary of
State Clinton, Secretary of Agriculture Vilsack, FBI
Director Mueller, CIA Director Panetta, Special
Representative Holbrooke, CENTCOM Commander General
Petraeus, Defense Under-Secretary Flournoy, USAID Acting
Administrator Fulgham, and other senior U.S. Government
officials.
4. On May 6, after meeting with President Karzai and
President Zardari, President Obama spoke to the press. He
called these meetings important and reiterated the United
States' lasting commitment to supporting these two
democratically-elected, sovereign, civilian governments
and to defeating Al Qaeda.
5. It was clear from these meetings that both President
Karzai and President Zardari fully appreciate the
seriousness of the common threat that we face.
6. During the meetings, both President Karzai and
President Zardari reaffirmed their commitment to confront
the threat by working together and working with us to
disrupt, dismantle, and defeat al Qaeda and its extremist
allies in Pakistan and Afghanistan, and to prevent their
ability to operate in either country.
7. We agreed that it is imperative we deny these
terrorists the space to threaten Pakistani, Afghan, or
American people, or those of any other nation, and agreed
that we must advance security and opportunity, so that
Pakistanis and Afghans can pursue the promise of a better
life. This includes creating economic bonds and improving
relations between the two countries.
8. In particular, on the border, we discussed the need to
work together with a renewed sense of partnership, to
share intelligence, and to coordinate our efforts to
isolate, target and take out our common enemy.
9. These two days of discussions yielded an agreement to
finalize a transit trade agreement, as well as pledges to
cooperate on agriculture, trade, customs, water, and
enhanced border security. The two sides also agreed to
continue their cross-border jirga process to build
consensus in the population against extremists and Al
Qaeda.
10. There is trust between leaders at personal level in
the Governments of Afghanistan, Pakistan and the United
States. Building trust and cooperation between
institutions will be the major challenge and a key focus
of our efforts.
11. We believe this Summit has provided an important
venue to improve -- if not generate -- dialogue on a
number of important issues and served to expand the
potential of bilateral and trilateral cooperation beyond
security to virtually every matter of mutual interest.
12. Cooperation among our three countries is essential to
peace, security and development in the region. The United
States looks forward to continuing close cooperation with
the Governments of Pakistan and Afghanistan in the future.
13. Major Summit Deliverables: Historic Signing of the
Transit Trade Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The
signature by the Afghan and Pakistani Foreign Ministers of
the Transit Trade Agreement MoU ends forty-three years of
stalling on transit trade discussions between both
countries and unlocks a potential of trade and economic
growth. In follow-up during the trilateral session with
Finance Ministers, Deputy scretary Lew got the two
delegations to agree that they would conclude negotiations
by September 30, 2009.
14. Continuing the cross-border jirga process to build
STATE 00047496 002 OF 002
consensus in the populations of both countries against
extremists and Al Qaeda. The Governments agreed to
revitalize their cross-border jirga process. This process
aims to develop popular, tribal positions against
extremists and in support of development. A mini-jirga
held in Kabul after the Afghan elections (as a follow up
of the October Islamabad mini-jirga) should be the next
step.
15. Strengthening Border Coordination with two additional
centers. Both countries are committed to opening two
additional border coordination centers (BCCs),one in
Kandahar province and another inside Pakistan Federally
Administered Tribal Areas by the end of 2009. Foreign
Minister Qureshi underscored for the Pakistani side that
implementation should be carried out "expeditiously."
16. Opening a new era of cooperation on Agriculture.
Pakistani Agriculture Minister Gondal and Afghan
Agriculture Minister Rahimi met for the first time. The
session hosted by Secretary Vilsack proved extremely
successful. The three leaders set up a trilateral working
group on food security, trade corridors and watershed
management. Secretary Vilsack announced a plan to spend
$27.5 million under the U.S. Department of Agriculture
Food for Progress program to help Pakistan and Afghanistan
improve the sustainable development of their agricultural
sectors.
17. Building new bridges on Internal Security
Cooperation. Afghan Interior Minister Atmar and Pakistani
Interior Minister Malik met for the first time. Initial
steps towards major developments in law enforcement,
border security and management were taken: establishment
of focal points and a hotline between the two ministers,
work towards an extradition treaty, exchange of list of
terrorists.
18. Increased Intelligence sharing. Discussions focused
on means to institutionalize exchanges between the Afghan
National Directorate of Security (NDS) and the Pakistani
Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI) and enhance existing
forms of intelligence sharing.
19. The Summit deliverables generated a dense agenda that
requires continued consultations. The next round of
Trilateral Consultations with interagency involvement will
happen after the completion of the Afghan elections.
Consultations at working level to follow up the most
pressing issues may take place sooner.
20. Minimize considered
CLINTON