ESTONIA WILL PARTICIPATE IN HAGUE GI PLENARY

UNCLAS TALLINN 000135 SENSITIVE SIPDIS DEPT FOR ISN/WMDT, EUR/CE E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PGOV PARM KNNP MNUC KGIC PTER PREL EN SUBJECT: ESTONIA WILL PARTICIPATE IN HAGUE GI PLENARY REF: STATE 25549 ¶1. (SBU) Estonia will participate in the 5th Plenary Meeting of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) in The Hague, Netherlands June 15-16, 2009. In April, Poloff and her counterpart from the Russian Embassy jointly delivered reftel invitation to Paul Teesalu, Director of Division for Security Policy at the Estonian MFA. (NOTE: We also consulted with the Dutch Embassy on our plans to deliver the demarche and the subsequent results. END NOTE). Teesalu subsequently responded that he will represent Estonia at the Plenary and will address participants of the Global Initiative Information Portal Advisory Committee (GIIPAC) meeting that will take place during the working group sessions on the second day of the Plenary. (NOTE: In June 2008, Estonia co- hosted a GI conference in Tallinn on the development of the Global Initiative Information Portal (GIIP). END NOTE). DECKER