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09STATE58370
2009-06-05 20:42:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Secretary of State
Cable title:
GICNT: UNITED STATES REQUESTS INFORMAL MEETING
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UNCLAS STATE 058370
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PARM PREL PTER KGIC
SUBJECT: GICNT: UNITED STATES REQUESTS INFORMAL MEETING
WITH FRANCE
REF: 2008 STATE 085520
UNCLAS STATE 058370
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PARM PREL PTER KGIC
SUBJECT: GICNT: UNITED STATES REQUESTS INFORMAL MEETING
WITH FRANCE
REF: 2008 STATE 085520
1. This is an action request (see paragraph 4).
2. SUMMARY: Department requests that Embassy Paris request a
15 minute informal meeting of ISN Acting Assistant Secretary
Eliot Kang and his delegation with interlocutors of the
Government of France on Monday, June 15 on the margins of the
GICNT Plenary Meeting. END SUMMARY.
3. BACKGROUND: In October 2008, then Acting Assistant
Secretary Patricia McNerney raised the proposal in reftel
with French Director of Disarmament and Nuclear
Nonproliferation, Martin Briens. Thomas Guibert, Christine
Baimere, and Frederic Marriotte from the French Ministry of
Foreign Affairs expressed to U.S. interlocutors a strong
interest in hosting a Global Initiative workshop on nuclear
forensics in the September/October 2009 timeframe on the
margins of a 9 December 2008 EU symposium in Paris. U.S.,
French and EU colleagues have worked closely on nuclear
forensics issues in the International Technical Working Group
on Nuclear Smuggling (ITWG),and at the annual ITWG in Vienna
June 29th, the ITWG will initiate a technical review of the
national nuclear forensics library concept. The United
States believes that holding a GICNT workshop on nuclear
forensics in France in September/October 2009 would be ideal.
4. ACTION: Department requests that that Embassy Paris
request a brief meeting with France at The Hague on the
margins of the 2009 GICNT Plenary Meeting. The U.S. Head of
Delegation, Acting Assistant Secretary for International
Security and Nonproliferation C.S. Eliot Kang, will represent
the United States at the bilateral meeting, to be held at the
location deemed most appropriate by the French delegation.
5. OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this meeting is to:
- Thank the Government of France for its thorough support
of the GICNT and recognize France as a major player in the
Initiative.
- Thank France for its GICNT outreach efforts, and
encourage France to continue these efforts.
- Request to follow up on France's previous agreement
with Washington to host a GICNT workshop this fall on nuclear
forensics.
6. REPORTING DEADLINE: Department requests that Post schedule
this meeting with the Government of France and confirm with
U.S. Embassy The Hague (Denny Merideth, AA/S Kang's control
officer) not later than June 10, 2009.
7. POINTS OF CONTACT: Department greatly appreciates Post's
assistance. All cables associated with the GICNT should be
slugged to the Department for ISN/WMDT and the relevant
regional bureaus. E-mails regarding the GICNT may be sent to
.
CLINTON
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PARM PREL PTER KGIC
SUBJECT: GICNT: UNITED STATES REQUESTS INFORMAL MEETING
WITH FRANCE
REF: 2008 STATE 085520
1. This is an action request (see paragraph 4).
2. SUMMARY: Department requests that Embassy Paris request a
15 minute informal meeting of ISN Acting Assistant Secretary
Eliot Kang and his delegation with interlocutors of the
Government of France on Monday, June 15 on the margins of the
GICNT Plenary Meeting. END SUMMARY.
3. BACKGROUND: In October 2008, then Acting Assistant
Secretary Patricia McNerney raised the proposal in reftel
with French Director of Disarmament and Nuclear
Nonproliferation, Martin Briens. Thomas Guibert, Christine
Baimere, and Frederic Marriotte from the French Ministry of
Foreign Affairs expressed to U.S. interlocutors a strong
interest in hosting a Global Initiative workshop on nuclear
forensics in the September/October 2009 timeframe on the
margins of a 9 December 2008 EU symposium in Paris. U.S.,
French and EU colleagues have worked closely on nuclear
forensics issues in the International Technical Working Group
on Nuclear Smuggling (ITWG),and at the annual ITWG in Vienna
June 29th, the ITWG will initiate a technical review of the
national nuclear forensics library concept. The United
States believes that holding a GICNT workshop on nuclear
forensics in France in September/October 2009 would be ideal.
4. ACTION: Department requests that that Embassy Paris
request a brief meeting with France at The Hague on the
margins of the 2009 GICNT Plenary Meeting. The U.S. Head of
Delegation, Acting Assistant Secretary for International
Security and Nonproliferation C.S. Eliot Kang, will represent
the United States at the bilateral meeting, to be held at the
location deemed most appropriate by the French delegation.
5. OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this meeting is to:
- Thank the Government of France for its thorough support
of the GICNT and recognize France as a major player in the
Initiative.
- Thank France for its GICNT outreach efforts, and
encourage France to continue these efforts.
- Request to follow up on France's previous agreement
with Washington to host a GICNT workshop this fall on nuclear
forensics.
6. REPORTING DEADLINE: Department requests that Post schedule
this meeting with the Government of France and confirm with
U.S. Embassy The Hague (Denny Merideth, AA/S Kang's control
officer) not later than June 10, 2009.
7. POINTS OF CONTACT: Department greatly appreciates Post's
assistance. All cables associated with the GICNT should be
slugged to the Department for ISN/WMDT and the relevant
regional bureaus. E-mails regarding the GICNT may be sent to
.
CLINTON