R 230738Z APR 09
FM AMEMBASSY ABIDJAN
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 5104
INFO AMEMBASSY MOSCOW 
AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE

UNCLAS ABIDJAN 000267 
 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PARM KNNP PREL PTER MNUC KGIC RS NL IV
SUBJECT: GICNT JOINT DEMARCHE ON PROPOSED AGENDA FOR 2009 
PLENARY MEETING 
 
REF: STATE 35549 
 
¶1. (U) PolEcon Chief delivered demarche in reftel jointly 
with Russian Embassy Political Counselor Alexander Kravchenko 
on April 22 to Konan Kouadio, Cote d'Ivoire's focal point for 
the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism.  The 
Netherlands does not have a diplomatic mission in Cote 
d'Ivoire. 
 
¶2. (U) Kouadio told PolEcon Chief and Kravchenko that the 
Government of Cote d'Ivoire will send a delegation to the 
Plenary Meeting at The Hague June 16-17.  He said the 
delegation would be composed of one representative  of the 
Ministry of Interior, one representative of the police, and 
one representative of the gendarmerie.  Kouadio said there 
would also be a representative of the Ministry of Foreign 
Affairs (MFA) on the delegation, but he did not yet know if 
it would be someone from capital or a diplomat at Cote 
d'Ivoire's Embassy to Brussels.  Cote d'Ivoire does not have 
a diplomatic mission in The Netherlands.  Kravchenko urged 
that Ambassador Bi Sei Sia, Director of the MFA's Department 
of General and Humanitarian Affairs, attend the Plenary 
Meeting. 
 
¶3. (U) Kouadio was unable to provide any of the other 
information requested in reftel, but promised to provide a 
prompt response to the Embassies of the United States and the 
Russian Federation. 
 
 
NESBITT