US embassy cable - 04BRUSSELS1401

C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 BRUSSELS 001401 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/29/2009 
TAGS: PREL, KNNP, EUN, USEU BRUSSELS 
SUBJECT: P/DAS RIES DISCUSSES US-EU SUMMIT DELIVERABLES 
WITH EU WMD REP GIANNELLA 
 
REF: A. STATE 67849 
 
     B. STATE 65685 
 
Classified By: USEU Poloff Van Reidhead for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) 
 
1. (SBU) SUMMARY.  In a March 30 meeting with HR Solana's WMD 
Rep Annalisa Giannella, EUR P/DAS Charlie Ries shared 
preliminary USG thoughts about possible nonproliferation 
deliverables for the June US-EU Dublin Summit.  Stressing 
that these were just early ideas and not formal proposals, 
Ries suggested that we might work toward agreements on 
achieving a successful NPT Revcon; implementing provisions of 
the draft UNSCR on nonproliferation; securing radioactive 
sources; and reinforcing the G-8 Sea Island Summit 
initiatives.  Giannella agreed with the ideas in principle, 
and suggested two more ideas for possible Summit 
deliverables: promoting nonproliferation initiatives in the 
ASEAN Regional Forum and promoting initiatives to strengthen 
the IAEA.  She agreed with Ries that the Summit statement 
should not just repeat past statements, but should include a 
meaningful new commitment to cooperate on specific issues. 
END SUMMARY. 
 
2. (U) Also in attendance were Council Policy Advisor Andreas 
Strubb and USEU Poloff Van Reidhead. 
 
NPT and UNSC Nonproliferation Resolution 
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3. (C) Giannella agreed that in principle our ideas looked 
promising, but cautioned that not all EU member states shared 
our views on the NPT.  We would need some latitude to finesse 
the language of any declaration, noting that "not everyone" 
agrees with our proposal not to supply uranium enrichment or 
reprocessing equipment to countries that do not already 
possess enrichment or reprocessing facilities.  On the draft 
UNSCR on nonproliferation, Giannella said that EU member 
states were supportive of the effort and would likely support 
a US-EU deliverable.  (COMMENT: The EU Political and Security 
Committee has been discussing ways for the EU to enforce 
criminal sanctions on WMD-related material since January. 
One option is to issue a Council Declaration, which could be 
achieved relatively quickly, but which would only have the 
force of a political commitment by member states to implement 
the measures at the national level.  Another is to create a 
"Third Pillar" legal mechanism at the EU level that would 
allow the Commission to oversee the harmonization of national 
sanctions and monitor member state enforcement.  An internal 
PSC document (please protect) prepared by Giannella's office 
suggests that Giannella prefers both, i.e. seeking a 
political declaration as an immediate step and later creating 
a legal framework at the EU level.  END COMMENT.) 
 
Sea Island Summit and Securing Radioactive Sources 
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4. (C) Giannella also agreed that securing radioactive 
sources would be a fruitful area for cooperation.  She noted 
that the EU Summit in December adopted a Directive on 
securing sources, and said that the EU had already begun a 
diplomatic campaign to encourage other countries to do the 
same.  On reinforcing the message of the G-8 Sea Island 
Summit, Giannella said that while the idea was worth 
pursuing, the G-8 format could be awkward for the EU because 
most member states are not directly involved.  Stressing that 
her view on this was strictly personal, she said that we 
would have a better chance at incorporating G-8 
nonproliferation initiatives into the US-EU Summit if we 
consulted directly with non-G8 EU member states.  Strubb 
pointed out that we should keep Giannella and himself in the 
loop on this issue because they were supportive of the idea 
and would be able to promote it the PSC context. 
 
ARF and IAEA 
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5. (C) Giannella said she was pleased with the recent 
US-proposed statement on nonproliferation for the ASEAN 
Regional Forum (ARF) Ministerial in July (ref. B).  Yet we 
should go even further, she said.  One idea would be for the 
US and EU, and perhaps Australia, Canada and others, to work 
together within the ARF to bring all of its member states 
into the nonproliferation regimes.  Ries agreed that US-EU 
cooperation in the ARF could be fruitful, and said he would 
take it back for consideration in the context of the US-EU 
Summit.  Giannella also suggested using the Summit to 
reinforce shared ideas on strengthening the IAEA.  She said 
that while one "major" EU member state is still blocking EU 
consensus on making the Additional Protocol (AP) a condition 
of supply in the NSG, she thought that this obstacle would 
soon be resolved.  Save for the unnamed holdout, EU member 
states are very supportive of this effort, she said, and it 
might make a good point for the Summit. 
 
Schnabel