Cablegate: Russian Response to Usg Proposal On Non-Members in Npafc

Tuesday, 29 September 2009, 2:03 pm
Cable: Wikileaks
Ref: 09MOSCOW2471

VZCZCXRO6947
PP RUEHLN RUEHVK RUEHYG
DE RUEHMO #2471 2721403
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 291403Z SEP 09
FM AMEMBASSY MOSCOW
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 4934
INFO RUEHYG/AMCONSUL YEKATERINBURG 3714
RUEHVK/AMCONSUL VLADIVOSTOK 3361
RUEHLN/AMCONSUL ST PETERSBURG 5484
RUEHOT/AMEMBASSY OTTAWA 2127
RUEHUL/AMEMBASSY SEOUL 2798
RUEHKO/AMEMBASSY TOKYO 4294
RUEHBJ/AMEMBASSY BEIJING 4519
RUEHIN/AIT TAIPEI 0437

UNCLAS MOSCOW 002471

EUR/RUS FOR KATE SZPILA
OES/OMC FOR JOHN FIELD

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EFIS RS
SUBJECT: RUSSIAN RESPONSE TO USG PROPOSAL ON NON-MEMBERS IN NPAFC

REF: STATE 87368

On August 27, Post delivered reftel talking points to Sergey
Simakov, Chief of the International Cooperation Department of the
Russian Federal Fisheries Agency. The agency's written response --
dated September 11, but received at the Embassy on September 23 --
states that the U.S. proposal on changes to the rules of procedure
of the North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission (NPAFC) remains
under review and will be communicated to the Embassy when that
review is completed.

RUBIN

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