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Saturday, 03 September, Year 3 d.Tr. | Author: Mircea Popescu

68558 6/19/2006 14:17 06BUCHAREST1009 Embassy Bucharest CONFIDENTIAL 06STATE98132 VZCZCXYZ0006 RR RUEHWEB DE RUEHBM #1009 1701417 ZNY CCCCC ZZH R 191417Z JUN 06 FM AMEMBASSY BUCHAREST TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 4681 INFO RUEHAK/AMEMBASSY ANKARA 0526 RUEHGB/AMEMBASSY BAGHDAD 0065 C O N F I D E N T I A L BUCHAREST 001009

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STATE DEPT FOR EUR/NCE - WILLIAM SILKWORTH STATE ALSO FOR ISN/CATR, EUR/PRA, NEA/I/PM

E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/20/2016 TAGS: PARM, PGOV, ETTC, IZ, RO SUBJECT: ROMANIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ABOUT ARMS TRANSFERS TO IRAQ

REF: STATE 98132

Classified By: Deputy Chief of Mission Mark Taplin for Reasons 1.4(a), (b) and (d)

(C) Further to Reftel, PolMilOff met June 19 with Dan Neculaescu, Director of the MFA Office for Arms Control, NonProliferation and Combating Terrorism, to discuss the proposed Romanian sale of arms and ammunition to the Iraqi Ministry of Interior. PolMilOff explained that the USG has been unable to ascertain the bona fides of the intermediaries for the proposed transaction, noting further that the USG has preliminary information that arms intended for Coalition forces in Iraq have leaked out to other countries. Neculaescu stated that he would discuss our concerns regarding the proposed transfer to Iraq with appropriate GOR interlocutors, promising to convey to us any relevant information regarding the transaction in general, or the intermediaries. Neculaescu underscored that the GOR "is committed to international arms control standards" and "appreciates consultations with Washington on all sensitive transactions" especially transactions concerning Iraq, Afghanistan and Africa. TAUBMAN

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