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05MAPUTO1520
2005-11-17 13:38:00
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Embassy Maputo
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MOZAMBIQUE: IRAN RESOLUTION THIRD COMMITTEE VOTE
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SUBJECT: MOZAMBIQUE: IRAN RESOLUTION THIRD COMMITTEE VOTE
DEMARCHE RESPONSE
REF: STATE 207928
(SBU) On November 17 poloff delivered reftel talking points
to Faruque Faquira, Head of Department, Directorate for
International Organizations and Conferences, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs. Faquira stated he was following this issue
closely and had been in contact recently with the Mozambican
Mission in New York on the vote. He indicated that
Mozambique traditionally abstains on issues of this nature,
and said he saw no reason why things would be different this
time. Though he did admit that Mozambique often votes as a
block with other African nations, he did not believe that
this would affect the final outcome, stating it was "very
unlikely" that Mozambique would support a no-action motion on
the Iran resolution because Mozambique attaches great
importance to human rights issues.
Dudley