Cablegate: Ukraine: Conventional Forces in Europe and Missile

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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PARM MARR PREL KCFE OSCE NATO RS UP
SUBJECT: UKRAINE: CONVENTIONAL FORCES IN EUROPE AND MISSILE
DEFENSE: U.S. PROPOSALS PROVIDED

REF: A. STATE 159773

B. KYIV 2794
C. KYIV 2673
D. STATE 146521

1. On November 26, we provided the background information
contained ref A on U.S.-Russia discussion on the Conventional
Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty and missile defense (MD) to MFA
Arms Control Counselor Rustam Rustamov and Attache Katerina
Bila. (We had originally scheduled a meeting with Arms
Control Director Volodymyr Belashov, our primary interlocutor
on the topics, but he was unavailable due to a last-minute
requirement to attend a meeting with the Foreign Minister.)
Rustamov, who sat in on an earlier meeting (ref B), thanked
us, noting that Ukrainian officials found our background
information to be invaluable.

2. (U) Visit Embassy Kyiv's classified website:
www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/kiev.
Taylor

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