Cablegate: Russia Noncommittal On Unscr 1540 South

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DE RUEHMO #4120 2350408
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 230408Z AUG 07
FM AMEMBASSY MOSCOW
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 3153
INFO RUEHAR/AMEMBASSY ACCRA PRIORITY 0021
RUEHBJ/AMEMBASSY BEIJING PRIORITY 4269
RUEHSL/AMEMBASSY BRATISLAVA PRIORITY 0218
RUEHBS/AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS PRIORITY 1933
RUEHDO/AMEMBASSY DOHA PRIORITY 0060
RUEHJA/AMEMBASSY JAKARTA PRIORITY 0168
RUEHPE/AMEMBASSY LIMA PRIORITY 0589
RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON PRIORITY 2024
RUEHZP/AMEMBASSY PANAMA PRIORITY 0216
RUEHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS PRIORITY 1835
RUEHSA/AMEMBASSY PRETORIA PRIORITY 0276
RUEHRO/AMEMBASSY ROME PRIORITY 2905
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY 0347
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHDC PRIORITY

UNCLAS MOSCOW 004120

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP ID SF RS
SUBJECT: RUSSIA NONCOMMITTAL ON UNSCR 1540 SOUTH
AFRICA-INDONESIA DEMARCHE

REF: STATE 116085

(U) We delivered reftel demarche August 22 to Alexander
Deyneko, Senior Counsellor in the MFA Department of
Disarmament and Security Issues. We stressed that efforts to
delete the language permitting the UNSCR 1540 Committee to
post the matrices on its website would undermine the
transparency of the Committee and its efforts to help states
build their capacity to implement the obligations in UNSCR
1540. Deyneko said he was not aware of the proposal to
delete the language but would convey our concerns to his
superiors.
Melville

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