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P 270719Z FEB 09
FM AMEMBASSY BRATISLAVA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 2346
INFO RUEHUNV/USMISSION UNVIE VIENNA 0036
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0172
RUEHNO/USMISSION USNATO BRUSSELS BE
RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA 0425
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UNCLAS BRATISLAVA 000098 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
ISN/MNSA, GENEVA FOR CD, UNVIE FOR IAEA, USUN FOR POL, 
USNATO FOR POL, USEU FOR POL 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: AORC CDG ENRG KMNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
IAEA, NPT, LO 
SUBJECT: NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY PREPCOM - SLOVAK 
PRIORITIES 
 
REF: A. SECSTATE 6970 
     ¶B. BRATISLAVA 75 
 
¶1. (SBU) Summary. Poloff discussed reftel points briefly with 
Milan Ciganik, Director for Disarmament, OSCE and 
Counter-Terrorism at Slovakia's MFA. If the EU is able to 
find a common position for the third Preparatory Committee 
Meeting (PrepCom), Slovakia will take that position. 
Differences between anti-nuclear stalwarts Ireland, Austria 
and Sweden, and the nuclear-armed France and U.K., however, 
will make a common position difficult to find. If the EU does 
not reach a common position, Ciganik expects Slovakia will 
opt to follow the lead of France and the UK. End summary. 
 
¶2. (SBU) Slovakia would support the creation of an 
"international bank for fissile materials" as a means of 
addressing the spread of enriching and processing 
capabilities. Ciganik said Slovakia developed its own nuclear 
power industry through such a mechanism, borrowing from 
Russia and returning spent fuel to its source. He predicted 
the existence of such a bank would eliminate any reason for 
states without nuclear weapons to pursue enrichment capacity. 
 
¶3. (SBU) Ciganik said the greatest boost to non-proliferation 
efforts would come from U.S. accession to the Fissile 
Material Control Treaty (FMTC) and Comprehensive Nuclear Test 
Ban Treaty (CNTB). He said the NPT is weak because it only 
deals with proliferation. Restricting trade in fissile 
materials and banning nuclear tests would put greater 
obstacles in the way of proliferation. 
 
¶4. (SBU) Ciganik will lead a three-person Slovak delegation 
to the May PrepCom, which will also include two arms control 
experts, one from Slovakia's Mission to the UN and one from 
Slovakia's Mission in Geneva. Ciganik appreciated U.S. 
interest in coordinating positions ahead of the third 
Preparatory Committee Meeting and asked that his name and 
contact information be forwarded to Washington as POC for 
NPT-related issues. Email: Milan.Ciganik(a)mzv.sk Tel: 421 
5978 3620 
 
¶5. (SBU) Post's POC for NPT-related issues is Fascell Fellow 
Aaron Chase. Email: ChaseAU(a)state.gov Tel: 421 5922 3376 
EDDINS