GICNT: POLAND LIKELY TO PARTICIPATE IN COBALT AND

C O N F I D E N T I A L WARSAW 001066 SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FOR ISN/WMDT AND EUR/CE E.O. 12958: DECL: 010/16/2019 TAGS: PARM PREL PTER KGIC PL SUBJECT: GICNT: POLAND LIKELY TO PARTICIPATE IN COBALT AND EPG REF: STATE 100994 Classified By: POLITICAL COUNSELOR DAN SAINZ FOR REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (D ) ¶1. (C) Poland is likely to participate in the Global Initiative's November COBALT exercise and the January 2010 Exercise Planning Group meeting, according to the Polish MFA. Poloff and a Russian Embassy official delivered reftel demarche to Szymon Bochenski of the MFA's security policy department, who responded that Poland is likely to take part in the exercise and planning meeting. Bochenski indicated that representives from the Ministries of Interior and Economy have already signalled their interest in participating in the COBALT exercise, but they have yet to secure funding for their travel. ¶2. (C) Regarding the request for Poland to welcome the UN Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC),Bochenski told us that he thought it would be more beneficial to have the co-chairs formally welcome the UNODC on behalf of the entire partnership. He added that Poland would be pleased to sign on to such a statement. FEINSTEIN