US embassy cable - 03ROME3465

C O N F I D E N T I A L ROME 003465 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
DEPT FOR T, NP, EAP, EUR 

E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/29/2013 
TAGS: PARM, PREL, MNUC, KNNP, IT, EUN 
SUBJECT: ITALIANS ON PREPARATIONS FOR PARIS PSI MEETING 
 
REF: STATE 213073 
 
CLASSIFIED BY: A/POLITICAL MINISTER COUNSELOR GARY ROBBINS FOR REASONS 
1.5(B)(D) 
 
1. (C)  ITALY'S REPORT ON THE BRISBANE PROLIFERATION SECURITY 
INITIATIVE MEETING HAS BEEN CIRCULATED TO CONCERNED AGENCIES 
FOR COMMENT IN PREPARATION FOR THE SEPTEMBER PARIS MEETING, 
ACCORDING TO PIERO SARDI, ACTING HEAD OF THE ITALIAN MFA 
DISARMAMENT AND ARMS CONTROL OFFICE.  SARDI SAID IT IS 
UNLIKELY THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT WILL RESPOND WITH FEEDBACK 
UNTIL THE END OF AUGUST DUE TO EU PRESIDENCY DUTIES AND THE 
ANNUAL SUMMER HOLIDAYS WHICH HAVE LEFT THEM SHORT-STAFFED. 
ITALY'S REPRESENTATIVE TO THE BRISBANE MEETING, FILIPPO 
FORMICA, WILL NOT BE IN THE OFFICE UNTIL AUGUST 11.  FORMICA 
IS EXPECTED TO ATTEND THE PARIS MEETING AS WELL.  POL-MIL 
OFFICER CONVEYED REFTEL INFORMATION REGARDING USG PLANS FOR 
THE UPCOMING MEETINGS, WHICH SARDI SAID HE WOULD PASS ON TO 
FORMICA UPON HIS RETURN.  SARDI SAID HE PLANS TO COORDINATE 
WITH PARIS TO SCHEDULE THE NEXT MEETING IN THE SECOND WEEK OF 
SEPTEMBER TO AVOID CONFLICTING WITH EU WORKING GROUP MEETINGS 
IN BRUSSELS SEPTEMBER 1-5. 
 
2. (C) A/POL MINISTER COUNSELOR ALSO RAISED REFTEL POINTS 
WITH GIOVANNI BRAUZZI, DIRECTOR OF THE MFA NATO AFFAIRS 
OFFICE.  BRAUZZI SUGGESTED THAT, AS PSI MOVES FORWARD, 
    PLANNERS SHOULD MAKE FULL USE OF THE EXPERIENCE EUROMARFOR 
HAS GAINED DOING MARITIME INTERCEPT OPERATIONS IN THE ARABIAN 
SEA. 
SEMBLER 
 
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 2003ROME03465 - Classification: CONFIDENTIAL