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C O N F I D E N T I A L ROME 001565 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/20/2014 
TAGS: KNNP PREL IT NPT UNSC IAEA
SUBJECT: ITALY SUPPORTS DRAFT NONPRO UNSCR AND US NPT 
PREPCOM III POSITIONS 
 
REF: A. STATE 87268 
     ¶B. STATE 63169 
 
CLASSIFIED BY: POLITICAL MINISTER COUNSELOR THOMAS COUNTRYMAN FOR REASO 
NS 1.5(B)(D) 

¶1. (C) ITALY SUPPORTS THE LATEST VERSION OF THE DRAFT UNSC 
RESOLUTION ON NONPROLIFERATION (REFTEL A), ACCORDING TO PIERO 
SARDI IN THE ITALIAN MFA ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT 
OFFICER.  THE EU WILL MAKE A STATEMENT OF SUPPORT DURING THE 
APRIL 22 OPEN SESSION, SARDI TOLD POL-MIL OFFICER DURING AN 
APRIL 21 MEETING.  THE RESOLUTION LANGUAGE IS FULLY IN LINE 
WITH ITALY'S NONPROLIFERATION STRATEGY, HE SAID. 
 
¶2. (C) SARDI ALSO SAID THAT ITALY LARGELY AGREES WITH THE US 
POSITIONS FOR THE UPCOMING NPT PREPCOM III MEETING (REFTEL 
B).  SARDI APPRECIATED RECEIVING REFTEL POINTS (PROVIDED TO 
HIM ON MARCH 26) AND NOTED THE IMPORTANCE OF CLOSE 
COOPERATION WITH PARTNERS SUCH AS THE US.  ITALY, AND THE EU, 
AGREE WITH THE US THAT PROCEDURAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE REVCON 
SHOULD NOT BE TIED TO AGREEMENT ON SUBSTANTIVE 
RECOMMENDATIONS, HE SAID. 
 
¶3. (C) THE EU IS DOING A LEGAL ANALYSIS OF THE PROPOSAL TO 
RESTRICT THE EXPORT OF ENRICHMENT AND REPROCESSING TECHNOLOGY 
AND EQUIPMENT TO DETERMINE ITS COMPATIBILITY WITH THE EURATOM 
TREATY, THE EU SINGLE MARKET RULES AND COMPETITION LAWS, 
ACCORDING TO SARDI.  THIS WAS DISCUSSED AT THE MARCH NUCLEAR 
SUPPLIERS GROUP (NSG) MEETING IN VIENNA, HE SAID.  IT WILL BE 
DIFFICULT TO CONTROL EXPORTS WITHIN AN EU INTERNAL MARKET 
THAT ENCOMPASSES 25 COUNTRIES. THE EURATOM TREATY PUTS 
CERTAIN FACILITIES UNDER AN EU UMBRELLA, WHICH MEANS EU 
RATHER THAN NATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS WILL BE INVOLVED, SARDI 
EXPLAINED.  HE NOTED THAT SOME COUNTRIES ATTENDING THE NSG 
MEETING OBJECTED TO THE PROPOSAL BECAUSE IT APPEARED TO 
FURTHER DIFFERENTIATE AMONG STATES: THOSE THAT HAVE NUCLEAR 
    CAPABILITY, THOSE THAT DON'T, AND THOSE WITH SOME CAPABILITY. 
 THE PROPOSAL MIGHT GENERATE FURTHER CRITICSM OF THE NPT FROM 
DISCONTENTED COUNTRIES, HE SAID. IN ADDITION, COUNTRIES, SUCH 
AS JAPAN, THAT HAVE REPROCESSING CAPABILITIES MAY NOT HAVE 
THE CAPACITY TO REPROCESS OTHER COUNTRIES' FUEL. FOR THESE 
REASONS, A MORE NARROW BRITISH PROPOSAL THAT RESTRICTS SUCH 
EXPORTS TO NON-COMPLYING COUNTRIES MIGHT BE WORTH EXPLORING. 
 
¶4. (C) SARDI NOTED THAT, FOR ITALY, THE FISSILE MATERIAL 
CUTOFF TREATY (FMCT) IS LINKED TO THE NPT.  SARDI ASKED THE 
STATUS OF THE USG'S FMCT REVIEW AND NOTED THAT IT WOULD 
STRENGTHEN THE NPT AND DISARMAMENT EFFORTS IN GENERAL FOR THE 
TREATY TO ENTER INTO FORCE.  ITALY, AND THE EU, SUPPORT THE 
TREATY AND WOULD BE INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH THE US TO GAIN 
CONSENSUS AND ENFORCE ITS PROVISIONS. 
 
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