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FM AMEMBASSY SAN SALVADOR
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 4838
INFO RUEHZA/WHA CENTRAL AMERICAN COLLECTIVE

UNCLAS SAN SALVADOR 000050 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
SENSITIVE 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR ISN AND T 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KNNP PARM PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS ES
SUBJECT: EL SALVADOR RESPONSE TO U/S JOSEPH LETTER 
 
REF: A. 06 STATE 179478 
 
     ¶B. 06 SAN SALVADOR 2624 
 
¶1.  (U) On December 28, 2006 post received the following 
dipnote in response to reftel A. 
 
¶2.  (SBU)  Begin Text (unofficial translation): 
 
Mr. Under-Secretary: 
 
With great interest we received your message which makes 
reference to the role that the countries that participate in 
the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) should play, with 
a view to the full implementation of measures included in the 
UN Security Council Resolution 1718. 
 
It is an opportune time to mention that El Salvador has 
already expressed its political will to cooperate in the 
efforts against the proliferation of weapons of mass 
destruction, its vectors and technologies, through support to 
the Declaration of Principles of Interception of the 
Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI), which is considered 
useful to contribute to the implementation of Resolution 
1718, according to operative paragraph 8 operative, sub 
paragraph a. 
 
Additionally, I would like to inform you that El Salvador 
shares the general concern of the international community on 
the nuclear test recently performed by the Democratic 
People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), which has been officially 
expressed by the Salvadoran Government unilaterally, as well 
as through our Permanent Mission to the United Nations, 
emphasizing that such actions go against the will and 
aspirations of the international community about the non 
proliferation of nuclear weapons.  Our announcement also 
exhorts the DPRK to abandon its policy of developing nuclear 
weapons and to return to the international regime established 
in the Non Proliferation Treaty. 
 
On the same issue, El Salvador has followed closely the 
implementation of Resolution 1695 (2006) of the UN Security 
Council and has requested that the DPRK suspend all 
activities related to its program of nuclear weapons, urging 
it to continue to participate in the conversations of the 
Security Council and with other Member States of the UN, in 
order to find a peaceful and diplomatic solution to the 
problem. 
 
In a complimentary way, in the framework of the diplomatic 
efforts made, and in agreement with the operative paragraphs 
number 13 and 14 of the 1718 Resolution, my country has given 
joint declarations along with Japan and the Republic of 
Korea, during the recent visit of the President of the 
Republic, Mr. El!as Antonio Saca to those countries, 
condemning the use of ballistic missiles and the nuclear 
tests by the DPRK. 
 
El Salvador believes that the risk that the DPRK is still 
involved in prohibited activities persists, and therefore, 
politically supports the mechanisms and measurements to 
verify the observance of Resolution 1718, particularly 
freezing the financial movements of those directly 
responsible for the proliferation of weapons, vectors and 
nuclear technologies. 
 
In reference to the creation of a structure for the detection 
of radiation at a regional level, with the objective of 
ensuring that the DPRK does not export or transfer weapons 
and/or nuclear materials to other countries or to non-state 
actors, El Salvador, at first, has shown interest in this 
proposal; nevertheless I would need to say that both within 
the country and the Central American region there are no 
financial and technical resources to implement a structure of 
detection of radiation; it would be necessary to have more 
detailed information on this topic for my country to be 
better able to consider our assistance to implementing such a 
program. 
 
Finally, I would like to say that El Salvador has 
co-sponsored and will continue supporting the international 
efforts that strengthen the regime against the proliferation 
of nuclear weapons, nuclear tests, and the threat of usage of 
such weapons, both in the First Commission, in the Conference 
on Disarmament, and in the General Assembly of the United 
Nations. 
 
I avail myself of this opportunity to express to you the 
assurances of my highest consideration. 
 
/S/ 
 
Eduardo Calix Lopez 
Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs 
 
End Text. 
 
¶3. (U) Original text faxed to WHA/CEN. 
Barclay