Cablegate: Afghanistan:Response to North Korean Missile

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SUBJECT: AFGHANISTAN:RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN MISSILE
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REF: SECSTATE 111144

Poloff delivered reftel talking points and press statement
July 8 to MFA U.S. Desk Officer Mirwais Samadi and North-East
Asia Desk Officer Wali Mohamad Azizi. Azizi said the MFA
received a similar demarche from the Japanese Embassy. He
said Afghanistan supported the U.S. and Japanese positions
opposing North Korea's missile tests and nuclear program.
Samadi added that Afghanistan's policy is to push for a
nuclear free region, particularly South Asia, but including
Asia as a whole.
NORLAND

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