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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 04 USOSCE 000123 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR VCI/CCA, VCI/NRRC, EUR/RPM, EUR/PRA, EUR/CARC, 
SCA/CEN, SCA/RA, PM/WRA, ISN/CPI 
JCS FOR J-5 
OSD FOR ISA (PERENYI) 
NSC FOR HAYES 
USUN FOR LEGAL, POL 
EUCOM FOR J-5 
CENTCOM FOR J-5 
UNVIE FOR AC 
GENEVA FOR CD 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PARM PREL KCFE OSCE MD TI XG
SUBJECT: FSC MAY 13: STOCKPILE AND BORDER SECURITY 
HIGHLIGHTED 
 
¶1. (SBU) Summary: Moldova and the OSCE proposed construction 
of new facilities to improve the safety of munitions storage 
facilities near Chisinau at the cost of 834,000 euros and 
requested participating State financial support.  Tajikistan 
outlined its Border Security and Management Strategy and 
stressed the need to improve the training and equipment of 
border forces who confront increasing levels of trafficking 
and terrorism originating in Afghanistan and elsewhere.  The 
new Border Security Staff College in Dushanbe will include 
students from Afghanistan.  In the working groups, the Danish 
proposal for a December 2009 meeting of heads of verification 
agencies gained wide support.  The draft decision on FSC 
contributions to the Annual Security Review Conference will 
be brought to plenary on May 20.  End summary. 
 
Moldova Stockpile Security 
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¶2. (SBU) OSCE Mission to Moldova project coordinator Kenneth 
Pickles and Moldovan Colonel Andrei Sarban addressed 
upgrading Moldovan conventional ammunition storage 
facilities.  They requested financial support for 
constructing a new conventional ammunition storage facility 
at the Bulboaca training area outside of Chisinau.  Pickles 
noted that the aging storage structures existing at Bulboaca 
were originally designed as garages and storehouses for a 
Soviet airborne unit.  The existing facility does not provide 
safe storage of conventional munitions for a number of 
structural and environmental reasons, as well as inadequate 
separation distances. 
 
¶3. (SBU) Pickles noted Moldova's December 2006 request for 
technical and financial assistance from the OSCE to enhance 
stockpile security, as well as the May 2007 FSC assessment 
visit to Moldova which recommended new construction at 
Bulboaca among other tasks.  In response to the FSC 
assessment, Pickles said the OSCE proposed to improve the 
site by constructing three new ammunition storage units. 
These units would be part of the larger effort to upgrade 
existing storage sites and provide munitions destruction 
assistance.  Sarban noted that new facilities would bring the 
Bulboaca site into compliance with international standards, 
raise standards for stockpiling in Moldova more generally, 
and promote OSCE best practices for storage of conventional 
ammunition.  Pickles estimated the cost of the construction 
project to be 834,000 euros and requested financial support, 
noting that the project timeline depends largely on the 
timing and size of contributions. 
 
¶4. (SBU) The U.S. (Neighbour) asked about the sustainability 
of the project and questioned whether the Mission would 
provide transparency measures to Transnistria to ensure that 
de facto authorities therein are not threatened by improved 
storage capabilities at Bulboaca and within Moldova more 
generally. Pickles noted that the Mission would fully brief 
Transnistrian authorities and that they are routinely invited 
to visit and inspect the military sites and exercises.  In 
response to another U.S. question, Pickles noted that MANPADS 
were not included in Moldovan plans for destruction of 
surplus ordnance while S200 missiles and R60 air-to-air 
rockets are slated for elimination. 
 
Border Security in Tajikistan 
 
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¶5. (SBU) General Kasym Gafarov, First Deputy Chief of the 
State Committee for National Security of Tajikistan, briefed 
on the finalization of the Tajikistan 2009-2015 National 
Border Security and Management Strategy, crafted jointly by 
the OSCE and the Tajik Border Task Force, and asked for 
assistance in resulting joint OSCE-Tajik projects.  Gafarov 
noted that the Task Force, comprised of relevant Tajik 
ministries, had identified core threats along the border, 
including human trafficking, transnational criminal groups, 
illegal migration, and terrorism and extremism.  Based on 
these threats, the task force recommended a long-term, 
"integrated system of border management" consisting of five 
initiatives: 
 
- synchronization of national legislation with international 
standards for border security; 
- protection of human rights; 
- increased coordination between border patrol and other 
military units; 
- streamlining of customs and border crossing; and 
- upgrades to technical infrastructure. 
 
Stressing the need to upgrade border units, Gafarov closed 
his presentation by requesting expert and financial 
assistance to implement the strategy. 
 
Tajikistan Details Its Needs 
---------------------------- 
 
¶6. (SBU) Colonel Saymudin Mirzoev of the Tajikistan State 
Committee for National Security followed Gafarov with a more 
detailed appeal for financial assistance to modernize Tajik 
border patrols, noting the threat that increasingly 
well-armed and trained non-state actors pose to Tajikistan's 
current border security forces.  To implement the new border 
management strategy in this environment, Mirzoev stated that 
the OSCE was working on a project with Tajikistan to create 
"roving" border security patrols along the southern border 
with Afghanistan.  The patrol units will act as a separate 
border detachment comprised of highly-trained and equipped 
officers, akin to the system employed by Russia.  Mirzoev 
focused on the importance of state-of-the-art equipment such 
as all-terrain vehicles and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) 
and requested funding to proceed with necessary equipment 
modernization. 
 
¶7. (SBU) Mirzoev frequently referred to Tajikistan's concerns 
over its border with Afghanistan, while presenting some 
positive notes on Tajik-Afghan cooperation.  On several 
occasions, Mirzoev specifically noted Tajikistan's increasing 
concerns with drug trafficking, terrorism, and religious 
extremism originating from Afghanistan, which are not 
expected to decrease in the short term.  Kazakhstan (Asanov) 
seconded this sentiment and encouraged other participating 
States (pS) to contribute. 
 
¶8. (SBU) Mirzoev stated that Tajikistan continued to seek 
partner participation with Afghanistan and any other 
interested party on border security.  He noted that twenty 
Afghan border officers will attend a June 2009 
train-the-trainer session offered by Tajikistan, and that 
 
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Tajikistan was in close contact with top Afghan border 
security officials about potential cooperation on mobile 
border patrols. 
 
¶9. (SBU) Russia (Ulyanov) said it supported increased Tajik 
border security and OSCE assistance for this, observing that 
it planned to "pay particular attention" to the types 
assistance offered by pS.  The U.S. (Neighbour) praised the 
cooperative efforts made by Tajikistan, especially with 
Afghanistan, and hoped that its border strategy would work 
well so it could serve as a model to its neighbors. 
 
¶10. (SBU) Given the funding requests by both Gafarov and 
Mirzoev, several pS noted the upcoming May 27 launch of the 
Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe and questioned 
whether financial shortfalls would prevent its operation. 
Both Mirzoev and the OSCE Conflict Prevention Center director 
(Salber) agreed that the college still needed funding but 
fully expected needs would be met and noted that the college 
was moving forward on hiring and equipment purchases. 
 
FSC Inputs to ASRC 
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¶11. (SBU) The draft decision on the FSC contributions to the 
2009 Annual Security Review Conference (FSC.DD/2/09) was 
approved by the working group and will be considered by the 
May 20 plenary.  Per the draft, the FSC would: 
 
- present an oral and written report of its activities 
through the FSC chair; 
- propose that an FSC Troika member of the director of the 
Conflict Prevention Center coordinate and chair a working 
session of the ASRC; and 
- submit to the CiO a list of politico-military elements for 
discussion and use in keynote speeches. 
 
¶12. (SBU) The chair (Giorgadze, Georgia) announced that the 
list of politico-military elements will be distributed May 15 
and discussed in the May 20 working group. 
 
Vienna Document 
--------------- 
 
¶13. (SBU) Turkey (Bekar) announced it hosted Vienna Document 
Chapter IV contact events May 4-8, including visits to a 
military facility and an air base, and the demonstration of 
new equipment.  Representatives of 48 participating States, 
the OSCE Secretariat, and the Zagreb-based RACVIAC Center for 
Security Cooperation attended. 
 
¶14. (SBU) The CPC announced a May 26-27 conference on Vienna 
Document implementation in Almaty.  The CPC, the OSCE Center 
in Astana, and representatives from Central Asia and Caucasus 
participating States will attend. 
 
HOV Meeting 
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¶15. (SBU) The Danish proposal for a meeting of heads of 
verification agencies on December 14, 2009, received wide 
support (FSC.DEL/107/09).  The U.S. (Silberberg) asked 
Denmark to elaborate on the relative advantage of a meeting 
 
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in December instead of on the margins of the Annual 
Implementation Assessment Meeting (AIAM) in the spring.  The 
U.S. also asked what was the added value of a free-standing 
meeting, noting  there was wide agreement that recent HOV 
meetings had only duplicated discussions in the AIAM. 
 
¶16. (SBU) Denmark (Petersen) replied that a meeting in 
December would allow delegations and capitals sufficient time 
to consider and develop any proposals made by the HOV. 
Petersen said a December meeting need not impose additional 
costs if held in conjunction with the annual information 
exchange.  The Czech Republic, Greece, Luxembourg, Spain, 
Sweden, Austria, and Georgia support the proposal.  Canada 
(Linteau) offered general support, but proposed a January 10, 
2010 meeting.  Petersen noted the later date might entail 
added expenses.  The proposal will remain on the working 
group agenda. 
 
Code of Conduct 
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¶17. (SBU) The FSC coordinator for the Code of Conduct 
(Eischer, Austria) will start discussion in the May 20 
working group on a proposal for annual review of 
implementation of the Code of Conduct. 
 
Conventional Ammunition 
----------------------- 
 
¶18. (SBU) The CPC announced that the Handbook of Best 
Practices on Conventional Ammunition has been issued as a 
CD-ROM.  Also, the CPC has recently translated the handbook 
into Russian. 
 
Information Exchanges 
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¶19. (SBU) The CPC (Martynuk) noted that national submissions 
were due June 30 for the information exchanges on measures to 
prevent illicit air transport of SALW (FSC.GAL/53/09) and 
conventional arms transfers (FSC.GAL/43/09/Rev.1). 
 
¶20. (SBU) Martynuk also noted that the UN was reviewing its 
reporting instrument on military expenditures.  As the OSCE 
used the same instrument for its annual information exchange, 
it would need to consider revisions if the UN made changes. 
 
Next Meeting 
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¶21. (SBU) The next FSC will be on May 20 and will feature Dr 
Alexander Lambert of the Geneva Center for the Democratic 
Control of the Armed Forces on the recent technical update of 
the Code of Conduct questionnaire (FSC.DEC/2/09). 
SCOTT