Identifier
Created
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04THEHAGUE2344
2004-09-16 14:03:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy The Hague
Cable title:  

IRAN/IAEA: IAEA NEGOTIATIONS ON IRAN RESOLUTION

Tags:  KNNP PREL IR NL UNSC 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L THE HAGUE 002344 

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/17/2014
TAGS: KNNP PREL IR NL UNSC
SUBJECT: IRAN/IAEA: IAEA NEGOTIATIONS ON IRAN RESOLUTION

REF: A. STATE 198907


B. STATE 199600

Classified By: CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR ANDREW SCHOFER FOR REA
SONS 1.4 (B AND D)

C O N F I D E N T I A L THE HAGUE 002344

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/17/2014
TAGS: KNNP PREL IR NL UNSC
SUBJECT: IRAN/IAEA: IAEA NEGOTIATIONS ON IRAN RESOLUTION

REF: A. STATE 198907


B. STATE 199600

Classified By: CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR ANDREW SCHOFER FOR REA
SONS 1.4 (B AND D)


1. (C) Political Counselor and Poloff shared ref A demarche
text and ref b points with Dutch Government officials on
September 16. Poloff reached Elka Merks, in the Dutch MFA
Nonproliferation office, to convey points in advance of the
morning meeting in Vienna at the IAEA. Poloff drew on
reftels to emphasize the USG flexibility shown by the U.S. to
date, and to stress that movement toward the U.S. position
was necessary to reach consensus.


2. (C) Merks appreciated the heads up and promised to try to
reach Dutch mission negotiators in time to alert them to our
position before the start of negotiations in Vienna.


3. (C) Later in the day, PolCouns discussed reftel points
with Jaap Werner, head of the MFA's Political Affairs
department. Werner appreciated the U.S. side's transparency
with regard to this issue, but noted that the EU had recently
reaffirmed its intention to let the EU-3 retain the lead on
the Iranian proliferation issue. He agreed that it was
important to send a "strong signal" to Iran, but would not
comment on specific triggering language for a resolution.
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