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DEPT FOR EAP/K AND ISN/CPI 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/21/2016 
TAGS: PARM PREL KNNP MNUC WMD PTER FR
SUBJECT: UNSC RESOLUTION 1695: FRANCE IS SUPPORTIVE AND 
LOOKING AT HOW BEST TO IMPLEMENT 
 
REF: STATE 136495 
 
Classified By: CDA JOSIAH ROSENBLATT, REASONS 1.4 B/D 
 
¶1. (C) SUMMARY and Action Request: In response to Embassy 
demarche (reftel), the MFA reiterated France's commitment to 
the implementation of the UNSC Resolution on North Korea, 
adding that the adoption of UNSC 1695 has accelerated 
internal French discussions between the Ministry of Finance 
and the MFA on how to constrain the North Korean missile 
program.  A key concern is the possible need for a 
legislative fix to strengthen France's financial enforcement 
regime.  Meanwhile, France is also looking within the EU for 
additional support on implementing UNSC 1695.  Action Request 
(see paragraph 5): The MFA asked for further details on how 
the USG envisions linking enforcement of UNSC 1695 with PSI 
initiatives.  Please advise. End Summary. 
 
 2.(C) In response to reftel instructions, on August 22 we 
called on Arnaud Mentre, MFA official in the office of 
disarmament and non-proliferation responsible for North 
Korea.  He observed that France fully supports UNSC 1695 and 
its implementation.  However, it is not yet clear if the 
measures needed to block financial transactions will require 
additional legislation.  The MFA is in talks with the 
Ministry of Finance to determine the prerequisites of 
enforcement, including the possibility of seeking new 
enforcement legislation in the National Assembly.  Mentre 
noted that the GOF had already discussed with us existing 
French legal restrictions on countering proliferation 
financing during a June 20 meeting in Paris with Treasury 
Under Secretary Stuart Levey and Under Secretary Robert 
Joseph. 
 
¶3. (C) Mentre also indicated that France has raised within 
the European Union the need to implement 1695, most recently 
at a July 19 meeting in Brussels with the EU's 
nonproliferation office. 
 
¶4. (C) Further, Mentre mentioned that Paris-based diplomats 
from South Korea and Japan had approached the MFA separately 
in early August with demarches conveying their support for 
UNSC 1695, but without providing much detail or leaving a 
non-paper.  Mentre asked poloff if the USG had been aware of 
these representations and what measures the South Koreans and 
Japanese were taking.  Mentre said the MFA found the South 
Korean presentation surprising, especially the South Korean 
claim "that all appropriate provisions were already in place 
and they were in full compliance with UNSC 1695." 
 
¶5. (C) Action request: In terms of specifics of the U.S. 
presentation, Mentre asked for further information on how the 
U.S. intends to use UNSC 1695 provisions to support existing 
collaboration with Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) 
partners on the interdiction of missile-related shipments and 
activities.  Embassy would welcome further details that we 
might share with our French colleagues.  Mentre concluded by 
reminding us that the U.S. and France will need to carefully 
coordinate our non-proliferation efforts on Iran and North 
Korea, so that neither suffers at the expense of the other. 
 
 
Please visit Paris' Classified Website at: 
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/paris/index.c fm 
 
Rosenblatt