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C O N F I D E N T I A L USNATO 000425 
NOFORN 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/27/2016 
TAGS: NATO MOPS MARR PREL IZ AF SU
 
SUBJECT: READOUT OF THE JULY 05 NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL 
 
Classified By: Charge Sherwood McGinnis according to E.O. 12958 reasons 
1.4 (b) & (d). 
 
¶1. (C/NF) SUMMARY: From the 05 July North Atlantic Council 
(NAC): 
--DPRK: In response to the July 4 missile launches, Amb 
Nuland urges NAC to issue condemnatory statement. 
--Darfur: NATO personnel to travel to Darfur, D/CMC notifies 
of possibility of additional airlift request if AMIS expands. 
--Afghanistan: SYG raises CJSOR shortfalls; Nuland urges 
Allies to focus on both military and reconstruction efforts; 
Canada PermRep announces UAE will assist Canada in Kandahar. 
--Iraq: Nuland expresses strong support for Iraq FM Zebari's 
request for NATO to help train security forces; UK-led Basic 
Officer Commissioning Course to move into NTM-I. 
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--Balkans: Nuland informs Allies of U.S. hand-over to Bosnia 
MOD of Tuzla airbase; PermReps discuss concerns regarding 
north Kosovo. 
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NAC Response: DPRK Missile Launch 
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¶2. (C/NF) DPRK Missile Launches: SYG de Hoop Scheffer 
opened the July 5 NAC with the observation that North Korea's 
salvo of missile launches including a Taepodong-2 constituted 
a direct challenge to regional and international security, 
and urged the NAC to issue a statement opposing these 
actions. Noting that the U.S. had distributed a draft 
statement for NAC consideration, he invited Ambassador Nuland 
to provide an update. After summarizing the latest 
information available, Ambassador Nuland urged the NAC to 
adopt the proposed statement to show NATO's united support to 
those in the. Allies quickly reached consensus and the 
statement was approved. 
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Darfur 
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¶3. (C) Darfur Update: The SYG told the NAC that the AU had 
extended AMIS' mandate until the end of the year, and that 
although UN SYG Annan had not convinced Sudanese President 
Bashir to accept a UN mission in Darfur during their talks at 
the AU Summit in Banjul, Annan remained optimistic. The SYG 
noted that NATO IS and IMS reps would travel to the UN next 
week for trilateral NATO/UN/EU talks on UN proposals for 
strengthening AMIS. Looking ahead to the July 18 AMIS 
pledging conference in Brussels, he reminded PermReps that 
DASG Jochems would go to Addis on July 11 to continue talks 
with the AU and seek solutions on NATO support to AMIS. 
D/CMC Baptiste informed the NAC that he expected all 
remaining AU lift needs would be addressed via NATO or EU 
mechanisms by the end of next week, but warned that if AMIS 
were to expand later in the year, NATO would receive an 
additional request and nations should be prepared to fill it. 
D/CMC downplayed the upcoming report from JC Lisbon's June 
7-16 trip to Addis, stating that it had some recommendations, 
but that it was not a "huge leap forward," largely in his 
view due to the fact that the AU is "preoccupied" as it seeks 
to implement the DPA. 
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Afghanistan 
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¶4. (C/NF) Afghanistan: The SYG asked Allies to offer 
forces to fill remaining CJSOR shortfalls prior to Stage III 
Transfer of Authority (TOA), noting a Force Generation 
Conference was scheduled for July 14. He urged the Council 
once again to come to agreement on detainee policy, which 
would be preferable to a series of bilateral agreements. 
(SACEUR awaits NAC approval and fulfillment of the CJSOR 
requirements to make a final recommendation on TOA for Stage 
III). 
¶5. (C/NF) France noted that force protection for APODs 
should be financed nationally rather than through common 
funding. Belgium also said that the SRB had made that 
recommendation. However, the SYG suggested the issue be 
discussed by PermReps in another forum next week. Romania 
also urged the NAC to take up the issue. 
¶6. (C/NF) Canada announced the UAE will assist the 
Canadian-led Kandahar PRT by providing funding and assistance 
for building mosques, hospitals, and schools. Bulgaria, 
which is assuming lead nation status at Kabul International 
Airport in August, requested help from Allies to fill 
shortfalls in firefighting capabilities. 
¶7. (C/NF) Ambassador Nuland reiterated the need for Allies 
to focus on both military and reconstruction efforts in 
Afghanistan she noted that President Karzai recently 
expressed concern to Secretary Rice that development 
assistance in Afghanistan was not proceeding as quickly as 
Afghan citizens had hoped. She also noted that CFC-A is 
working with Afghan authorities to develop a list of 
equipment for the Afghan National Army (ANA) that the Afghan 
Government will present to the SYG during his visit to 
Afghanistan in two weeks. The U.S. will provide an 
additional $2 billion of equipment to the ANA in addition to 
the $2 billion already committed. Nuland urged Allies to 
push ahead on the NATO-Afghan Enduring Partnership Program 
because the Afghan Government will raise this during the 
SYG's July 20 visit. 
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¶8. (C) Iraq: U.S. Encourages Positive Reply to Zebari; 
Good News for NTM-I: Ambassador Nuland said that the U.S. 
and coalition strongly supported FM Zebari's recent letter to 
NATO requesting additional NATO help training Iraqi security 
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forces, to include border guards and gendarmerie, and asked 
how the SYG intended to manage the issue within NATO. De 
Hoop Scheffer said he would ask FM Zebari for additional 
information, and would raise the issue with PermReps in 
another forum next week. Separately, with the signing of an 
MOU between SHAPE and the UK government, the UK-led Basic 
Officer Commissioning Course at Ar Rustimayah will fold into 
NTM-I, enabling NATO to expand its training to the Iraqi 
officer corps. Courses, modeled after the UK Royal Military 
Academy at Sandhurst, will consist of three modules and last 
one year. Italy confirmed the commitment it made in the MC 
to provide the seven-man Military Advisory and Liaison Team 
to work with the Iraqi Base Defense Unit on force protection 
at Ar Rustimayah. The Italian MALT begins a six-month 
deployment on July 20. 
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¶9. (C/NF) Balkans: Ambassador Nuland briefed the NAC that 
the U.S. is in the process of turning over operations at 
Tuzla air base to the Bosnian MOD, but plans to maintain 
operational capabilities associated with NATO's enduring 
operation tasks following the closure. These capabilities 
would be "over the horizon." The U.S. will also reduce its 
presence at NATO Headquarters Sarajevo in line with the 
recent Balkans PMR. 
¶10. (C/NF) On Kosovo, Ambassador Nuland noted discussions 
held during the Contact Group Political Directors meeting 
last week and raised the question of security north of the 
Ibar River. In response, Deputy Chair of the Military 
Committee Lt. Gen. Baptiste reiterated the military 
assessment first presented by COMJFC Naples Admiral Ulrich 
last week. KFOR retains an agile and ready posture capable 
of dealing with any contingency in Kosovo. The French 
representative pointed out that concern about northern Kosovo 
was mentioned in the Spring PMR. Military authorities were 
tasked to be flexible in response to possible outbreaks of 
violence. Spanish PermRep Benavides, supported by PermReps 
from Norway, the Czech Republic, and the United States, also 
stated that Serbia must remain on track toward democratic 
reform during the continuation of the Kosovo Status process. 
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