Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
10JAKARTA246
2010-02-23 10:16:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Jakarta
Cable title:
ENGAGING INDONESIA ON THE CONFERENCE ON
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C O N F I D E N T I A L JAKARTA 000246
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DEPT FOR EAP, EAP/MTS, EAP/MLS, EAP/RSP
NSC FOR D.WALTON
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/23/2020
TAGS: PREL PARM MNUC KNNP ID
SUBJECT: ENGAGING INDONESIA ON THE CONFERENCE ON
DISARMAMENT AND COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN TREATY
REF: STATE 13698
Classified By: Deputy Pol/C Dan Rochman, reasons 1.4 (b+d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L JAKARTA 000246
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EAP, EAP/MTS, EAP/MLS, EAP/RSP
NSC FOR D.WALTON
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/23/2020
TAGS: PREL PARM MNUC KNNP ID
SUBJECT: ENGAGING INDONESIA ON THE CONFERENCE ON
DISARMAMENT AND COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN TREATY
REF: STATE 13698
Classified By: Deputy Pol/C Dan Rochman, reasons 1.4 (b+d).
1. (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Roy Soemirat,
Deputy Director for International Security and Disarmament
Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (KEMLU) on
February 22. Poloff underscored the need to moving forward
with the Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty (FMCT) at the
Conference on Disbarment (CD) and urged Indonesia to support
U.S. efforts to overcome Pakistan's efforts to block the
process.
2. (C) Soemirat said that Indonesia was becoming
increasingly frustrated with Pakistani obstreperousness on
the issue. Indonesia viewed progress on the FMCT as a
critical element in a successful CD and would look for ways
to encourage more cooperation from Pakistan. Soemirat said
that Indonesian officials were still reviewing the USG
suggestion for informal consultations on the matter as a way
of pressing CD members to move forward. He thought it likely
that Indonesia would support such an approach but cautioned
that the GOI had not yet finalized its position.
3. (C) Poloff also asked about the status of Indonesian
plans to ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) and
urged the GOI do move forward on this matter as quickly as
possible. (Note: Former FM Hassan Wirajuda said last year
that the GOI would ratify the CTBT in response to the USG's
pledge to do so. Since then, USG officials have pressed
Indonesia to move forward in advance of the United States.)
Soemirat explained that the GOI had begun preparing to submit
the CTBT to the legislature but cautioned that the process
was bureaucratically complicated and likely to be lengthy.
Indonesian officials hoped to submit the treaty by the end of
the year although it may take longer. He assured us that the
CTBT remained among KEMLU's top legislative priorities but
cautioned that the legislature had its own priorities and may
not act quickly.
HUME
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EAP, EAP/MTS, EAP/MLS, EAP/RSP
NSC FOR D.WALTON
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/23/2020
TAGS: PREL PARM MNUC KNNP ID
SUBJECT: ENGAGING INDONESIA ON THE CONFERENCE ON
DISARMAMENT AND COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN TREATY
REF: STATE 13698
Classified By: Deputy Pol/C Dan Rochman, reasons 1.4 (b+d).
1. (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Roy Soemirat,
Deputy Director for International Security and Disarmament
Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (KEMLU) on
February 22. Poloff underscored the need to moving forward
with the Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty (FMCT) at the
Conference on Disbarment (CD) and urged Indonesia to support
U.S. efforts to overcome Pakistan's efforts to block the
process.
2. (C) Soemirat said that Indonesia was becoming
increasingly frustrated with Pakistani obstreperousness on
the issue. Indonesia viewed progress on the FMCT as a
critical element in a successful CD and would look for ways
to encourage more cooperation from Pakistan. Soemirat said
that Indonesian officials were still reviewing the USG
suggestion for informal consultations on the matter as a way
of pressing CD members to move forward. He thought it likely
that Indonesia would support such an approach but cautioned
that the GOI had not yet finalized its position.
3. (C) Poloff also asked about the status of Indonesian
plans to ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) and
urged the GOI do move forward on this matter as quickly as
possible. (Note: Former FM Hassan Wirajuda said last year
that the GOI would ratify the CTBT in response to the USG's
pledge to do so. Since then, USG officials have pressed
Indonesia to move forward in advance of the United States.)
Soemirat explained that the GOI had begun preparing to submit
the CTBT to the legislature but cautioned that the process
was bureaucratically complicated and likely to be lengthy.
Indonesian officials hoped to submit the treaty by the end of
the year although it may take longer. He assured us that the
CTBT remained among KEMLU's top legislative priorities but
cautioned that the legislature had its own priorities and may
not act quickly.
HUME