Identifier
Created
Classification
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05PARIS408
2005-01-21 19:15:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Paris
Cable title:
FRANCE SHARES U.S. CONCERNS ON IRANIAN
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C O N F I D E N T I A L PARIS 000408
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/21/2015
TAGS: PREL PGOV IZ IR FR
SUBJECT: FRANCE SHARES U.S. CONCERNS ON IRANIAN
INTERFERENCE IN IRAQ
REF: STATE 11081
Classified By: Political Minister Counselor Josiah Rosenblatt for reaso
ns 1.4 (b) and (d).
(C) We delivered reftel demarche January 19 to MFA
DAS-equivalent for the Middle East Antoine Sivan, leaving
talking points as a nonpaper. We asked that France urge
Tehran not to interfere in Iraq's domestic affairs,
particularly in the run-up to and aftermath of the January 30
elections. Sivan said that France shared U.S. concerns about
Iranian interference and has consistently conveyed these
concerns to the Iranians, urging restraint. He said that
France would continue to underscore these points with the
Iranians, although he made no commitment to a new demarche
immediately before or after the elections in Iraq.
Wolff
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/21/2015
TAGS: PREL PGOV IZ IR FR
SUBJECT: FRANCE SHARES U.S. CONCERNS ON IRANIAN
INTERFERENCE IN IRAQ
REF: STATE 11081
Classified By: Political Minister Counselor Josiah Rosenblatt for reaso
ns 1.4 (b) and (d).
(C) We delivered reftel demarche January 19 to MFA
DAS-equivalent for the Middle East Antoine Sivan, leaving
talking points as a nonpaper. We asked that France urge
Tehran not to interfere in Iraq's domestic affairs,
particularly in the run-up to and aftermath of the January 30
elections. Sivan said that France shared U.S. concerns about
Iranian interference and has consistently conveyed these
concerns to the Iranians, urging restraint. He said that
France would continue to underscore these points with the
Iranians, although he made no commitment to a new demarche
immediately before or after the elections in Iraq.
Wolff