EXBS: TAJIKISTAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORT DECEMBER 2009

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 DUSHANBE 000044 SIPDIS DEPT FOR ISN/ECC JFRIEDMAN, ACHURCH, JHARTSHORN DEPT FOR ISN/ECC-AMT LSPRINGER CBP/INA FOR SBAKER, GRISING DHS/ICE FOR AMEFFERD DOE/NNSA FOR JNOBLE, BPENTOLA DOC FOR DCREED USCG SHABTEMICHAEL FRANKFURT PLEASE PASS TO ICE ATTACHE BERLIN PLEASE PASS TO CBP ATTACHE MOSCOW PLEASE PASS TO ICE ATTACHE E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP SNAR TI SUBJECT: EXBS: TAJIKISTAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORT DECEMBER 2009 DUSHANBE 00000044 001.2 OF 002 ¶I. BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS ¶A. The EXBS Advisor was on leave during the month of December. The equipment end use monitoring report was completed and sent to ISN. II. COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD ¶A. SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS DURING REPORTING PERIOD ¶1. Site Assessments a) On December 15 the Lead EXBS Program Management Assistant and the EXBS Program Management Assistant visited the construction site of the Nuclear Radiation Safety Agency (NRSA) laboratory. The Lead EXBS Program Management Assistant and the EXBS Program Management Assistant met with representatives from the NRSA and the IAEA (Vienna) to review the ongoing construction. Based on the progress of the construction the IAEA will deliver their equipment to the laboratory at the end of January. The Contractor estimates that the construction will be completed by February 10. b) The Lead EXBS Program Management Assistant and the EXBS Program Management Assistant made several visits to the construction site of the GOTI Customs Academy. During the month of December construction work was completed, the furniture was delivered, computer equipment was installed, and audio/video equipment was delivered and installed. A turnover and opening ceremony will take place in January. ¶2. Meetings a) On December 7 the EXBS Advisor and the Regional EXBS Advisor for Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan met with officials from the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) in Brunswick, Georgia. FLETC will conduct an assessment of the training curriculum at the GOTI Customs Training Academy and will provide assistance in developing new curriculum. b) On December 15 the Lead EXBS Program Management Assistant met with officials of the NRSA to obtain an import license for Rapiscan x-ray equipment. The Rapiscan equipment includes Cobalt 60 and requires an import license from the NRSA. The delivery of the Rapiscan equipment is part of an ongoing project at the Nizniy-Pyanj border crossing. On December 25 the NRSA provided the import license. c) On December 17 the Lead EXBS Program Management Assistant and the EXBS Program Management Assistant met with the First Deputy Chairman of the Customs Department. Issues relating to DUSHANBE 00000044 002.2 OF 002 problems at the construction site of the Customs Academy were discussed and resolved. The First Deputy was briefed on an upcoming International Border Interdiction Training course that will be held at Nizniy-Pyanj in April. The FLETC Project was discussed. The First Deputy was advised that training for the Rapiscan equipment at Nizniy-Pyanj could not take place due to the lack of electricity. The First Deputy resolved the problem and the electricity to the port of entry was turned on. ¶B. TRAINING CONDUCTED DURING REPORTING PERIOD ¶1. None ¶C. EQUIPMENT DELIVERED DURING REPORTING PERIOD ¶1. NONE ¶D. IMMINENT TRAINING OR EQUIPMENT STATUS UPDATE ¶1. Training a) None ¶2. Equipment a) None ¶E. SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS IN EXPORT CONTROLS, NONPROLIFERATION, OR RELATED BORDER SECURITY None III. RED FLAG ISSUES ¶A. None POC for this report is Robert Granico, EXBS Advisor, GranicoRF@state.gov , phone 992 37 229-2804; EXBS Program Assistant Dilorom Ganieva, ganievadn@state.gov , phone 992 37 229-2805. GROSS