Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09USNATO506
2009-11-09 15:01:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Mission USNATO
Cable title:
RFG: JOINT REVIEW OF NATO AND RUSSIA'S 21ST
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C O N F I D E N T I A L USNATO 000506
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/09/2019
TAGS: PGOV PREL PINR NATO RS
SUBJECT: RFG: JOINT REVIEW OF NATO AND RUSSIA'S 21ST
CENTURY CHALLENGES
REF: USNATO 400
Classified By: Ambassador Ivo Daalder for reasons 1.4 (b/d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L USNATO 000506
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/09/2019
TAGS: PGOV PREL PINR NATO RS
SUBJECT: RFG: JOINT REVIEW OF NATO AND RUSSIA'S 21ST
CENTURY CHALLENGES
REF: USNATO 400
Classified By: Ambassador Ivo Daalder for reasons 1.4 (b/d).
1. (SBU) This is a request for guidance. Please see para 4.
2. (C) NATO Secretary General Rasmussen released on November
9 a draft Ministerial tasking to begin a joint review of
common threats facing NATO and Russia, an initiative first
laid out by the SecGen in his September 18 speech on
NATO-Russia relations (reftel). The draft tasking identifies
the areas to be examined as Afghanistan, terrorism, missile
defense, piracy, the proliferation of WMD, disarmament and
arms control, and the security of critical energy
infrastructure. The draft tasking will be discussed by NATO
PermReps on November 10, and by the full NATO-Russia Council
(NRC) on November 11. The SecGen hopes the final tasking
will be approved by NRC Foreign Ministers at their December
meeting, after which the NRC would carry out the Joint Review
in time for the results to be presented to the NRC
Ministerial in December 2010.
3. (C) Comment: We consider the limited nature of the
tasking to be consistent with the vision for the Joint Review
laid out by the SecGen and subsequently endorsed by NATO
PermReps and Russian Ambassador Rogozin during an October 5
NRC informal Ambassadorial. The SecGen has limited the Joint
Review to areas within the competency of the NRC, and avoided
proposing the review of potentially contentious topics such
as cyber-security. The UK, which was initially concerned by
the SecGen's proposal for a Joint Review, has similarly
expressed its satisfaction with the limited nature of the
initiative. We will seek to determine how this project will
be carried out by the NRC, including what sharing of
information and intelligence is under consideration.
4. (C) RFG: As Secretary Clinton has previously indicated to
Ambassador Daalder her general support for the Joint Review,
USNATO will work to advance this initiative unless otherwise
directed.
5. (C) The full text of the SecGen's draft tasking is as
follows:
DRAFT MINISTERIAL TASKING ON LAUNCHING THE JOINT REVIEW OF
NATO AND RUSSIA'S 21ST CENTURY CHALLENGES
Recognizing that our nations share important common security
interests and face common security challenges, we the Foreign
Ministers of the NATO-Russia Council, agreed today, 4
December 2009, to launch a Joint Review of NATO and
Russia's 21st Century Challenges.
We have identified the following topics as components of the
Joint Review:
Afghanistan
Terrorism
Missile Defense
Piracy
Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction
Disarmament and Arms Control
Security of Critical Energy Infrastructure
To this end, we task the NATO-Russia Council in permanent
session to initiate substantive work on each of these common
challenges and produce a comprehensive Document to be
presented at our meeting in December 2010. An Interim
Progress Report will be provided for our review and
consideration at our informal Spring 2010 meeting.
The NATO-Russia Council in permanent session will take all
necessary decisions related to the distribution of work to
all relevant NRC sub-bodies to facilitate the Joint Review's
timely implementation.
DAALDER
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/09/2019
TAGS: PGOV PREL PINR NATO RS
SUBJECT: RFG: JOINT REVIEW OF NATO AND RUSSIA'S 21ST
CENTURY CHALLENGES
REF: USNATO 400
Classified By: Ambassador Ivo Daalder for reasons 1.4 (b/d).
1. (SBU) This is a request for guidance. Please see para 4.
2. (C) NATO Secretary General Rasmussen released on November
9 a draft Ministerial tasking to begin a joint review of
common threats facing NATO and Russia, an initiative first
laid out by the SecGen in his September 18 speech on
NATO-Russia relations (reftel). The draft tasking identifies
the areas to be examined as Afghanistan, terrorism, missile
defense, piracy, the proliferation of WMD, disarmament and
arms control, and the security of critical energy
infrastructure. The draft tasking will be discussed by NATO
PermReps on November 10, and by the full NATO-Russia Council
(NRC) on November 11. The SecGen hopes the final tasking
will be approved by NRC Foreign Ministers at their December
meeting, after which the NRC would carry out the Joint Review
in time for the results to be presented to the NRC
Ministerial in December 2010.
3. (C) Comment: We consider the limited nature of the
tasking to be consistent with the vision for the Joint Review
laid out by the SecGen and subsequently endorsed by NATO
PermReps and Russian Ambassador Rogozin during an October 5
NRC informal Ambassadorial. The SecGen has limited the Joint
Review to areas within the competency of the NRC, and avoided
proposing the review of potentially contentious topics such
as cyber-security. The UK, which was initially concerned by
the SecGen's proposal for a Joint Review, has similarly
expressed its satisfaction with the limited nature of the
initiative. We will seek to determine how this project will
be carried out by the NRC, including what sharing of
information and intelligence is under consideration.
4. (C) RFG: As Secretary Clinton has previously indicated to
Ambassador Daalder her general support for the Joint Review,
USNATO will work to advance this initiative unless otherwise
directed.
5. (C) The full text of the SecGen's draft tasking is as
follows:
DRAFT MINISTERIAL TASKING ON LAUNCHING THE JOINT REVIEW OF
NATO AND RUSSIA'S 21ST CENTURY CHALLENGES
Recognizing that our nations share important common security
interests and face common security challenges, we the Foreign
Ministers of the NATO-Russia Council, agreed today, 4
December 2009, to launch a Joint Review of NATO and
Russia's 21st Century Challenges.
We have identified the following topics as components of the
Joint Review:
Afghanistan
Terrorism
Missile Defense
Piracy
Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction
Disarmament and Arms Control
Security of Critical Energy Infrastructure
To this end, we task the NATO-Russia Council in permanent
session to initiate substantive work on each of these common
challenges and produce a comprehensive Document to be
presented at our meeting in December 2010. An Interim
Progress Report will be provided for our review and
consideration at our informal Spring 2010 meeting.
The NATO-Russia Council in permanent session will take all
necessary decisions related to the distribution of work to
all relevant NRC sub-bodies to facilitate the Joint Review's
timely implementation.
DAALDER