DEMARCHE DELIVERED: 1540 COMMITTEE COMPREHENSIVE

C O N F I D E N T I A L USUN NEW YORK 000716 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/22/2019 TAGS: PARM PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC RU SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: 1540 COMMITTEE COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW PARTICIPATION REF: STATE 17394 Classified By: Ambassador Alejandro D. Wolff for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d ) ¶1. (C) Ambassador Wolff on July 21 delivered demarche points (reftel) to Konstantin Dolgov, the Russian Deputy Permanent Representative. Dolgov said the position of the Russian mission in New York remained unchanged, i.e. Russia could not accept the addition of the G8 Global Partnership, Australia Group, and Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie to the invitation list for the 1540 Comprehensive Review. Dolgov, who said the Russian Mission still has no explanation for Moscow's position, undertook to report our demarche to Moscow and recommended the best way to gain reconsideration of the matter was to press the matter directly with Anatoly Antonov, Director of the Russian MFA Department of Security and Disarmament (DVBR),and Sergey Ryabkov, Deputy Foreign Minister, who are the decision-makers on the issue. ¶2. (SBU) USUN also delivered demarche points to Austria, Australia, France, the U.K. and Italy at the expert level. Australia was most enthusiastic about a joint demarche and for pressuring Russia to accept the expansive list. Consensus emerged, however, that bilateral demarches were preferable at this stage and that each embassy in Moscow should focus specifically on those organizations of direct concern to them. Delegations also noted the urgency of issuing the invitations soon to the 1540 Comprehensive Review, scheduled for September 30 - October 2. RICE