Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
10BERLIN204
2010-02-22 15:47:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Berlin
Cable title:
GERMANY DOWNBEAT ON MOVING PAKISTAN AT CONFERENCE
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C O N F I D E N T I A L BERLIN 000204
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/19/2020
TAGS: PARM MNUC KNNP PREL PK GM
SUBJECT: GERMANY DOWNBEAT ON MOVING PAKISTAN AT CONFERENCE
ON DISARMAMENT (CD); MAY CONSIDER PARALLEL DISCUSSIONS
REF: STATE 13698
Classified By: POLITICAL DEPUTY CHIEF STANLEY OTTO, REASONS, 1.4 (B) AN
D (D)
C O N F I D E N T I A L BERLIN 000204
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/19/2020
TAGS: PARM MNUC KNNP PREL PK GM
SUBJECT: GERMANY DOWNBEAT ON MOVING PAKISTAN AT CONFERENCE
ON DISARMAMENT (CD); MAY CONSIDER PARALLEL DISCUSSIONS
REF: STATE 13698
Classified By: POLITICAL DEPUTY CHIEF STANLEY OTTO, REASONS, 1.4 (B) AN
D (D)
1. (C) Poloffs delivered reftel points to MFA Deputy Office
Director for Nuclear Arms Control, Stefan Kordasch on
February 18. Kordasch said that Germany had already met with
Pakistani officials to assuage their concerns about being
strong-armed at the CD -- reminding them that no CD agreement
could be finalized without consensus. Unfortunately, he said
Germany had not received encouraging signals in return.
Kordasch questioned whether Pakistan has clearly determined
what it wants to achieve in the CD. If -- as some suspect --
Pakistan's main concern is to balance India, Kordasch said,
the CD was not the right venue.
2. (C) In response to our demarche points, Kordasch agreed
that meaningful conversations on the margins of the CD could
be a way to make progress toward the FMCT and clearly show
Pakistan that the international community truly wants to move
forward. However, he stressed that parallel discussions must
not undermine the CD process. Kordasch was interested to
review the USG demarche suggestions in-depth and promised to
follow-up directly with the U.S. CD delegation in Geneva.
Murphy
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/19/2020
TAGS: PARM MNUC KNNP PREL PK GM
SUBJECT: GERMANY DOWNBEAT ON MOVING PAKISTAN AT CONFERENCE
ON DISARMAMENT (CD); MAY CONSIDER PARALLEL DISCUSSIONS
REF: STATE 13698
Classified By: POLITICAL DEPUTY CHIEF STANLEY OTTO, REASONS, 1.4 (B) AN
D (D)
1. (C) Poloffs delivered reftel points to MFA Deputy Office
Director for Nuclear Arms Control, Stefan Kordasch on
February 18. Kordasch said that Germany had already met with
Pakistani officials to assuage their concerns about being
strong-armed at the CD -- reminding them that no CD agreement
could be finalized without consensus. Unfortunately, he said
Germany had not received encouraging signals in return.
Kordasch questioned whether Pakistan has clearly determined
what it wants to achieve in the CD. If -- as some suspect --
Pakistan's main concern is to balance India, Kordasch said,
the CD was not the right venue.
2. (C) In response to our demarche points, Kordasch agreed
that meaningful conversations on the margins of the CD could
be a way to make progress toward the FMCT and clearly show
Pakistan that the international community truly wants to move
forward. However, he stressed that parallel discussions must
not undermine the CD process. Kordasch was interested to
review the USG demarche suggestions in-depth and promised to
follow-up directly with the U.S. CD delegation in Geneva.
Murphy