DISSUADING IRAN FROM INTERFERING IN IRAQ: AUSTRIAN

S E C R E T VIENNA 000851 SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FOR NEA, EUR/ERA AND EUR/AGS E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/15/2015 TAGS: PREL ASEC IZ IR AU SUBJECT: DISSUADING IRAN FROM INTERFERING IN IRAQ: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE REF: STATE 41957 Classified By: ECONOMIC-POLITICAL COUNSELOR GREGORY E. PHILLIPS FOR REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (D) (S) EconPolCouns and Pol Unit Chief discussed reftel points on March 14 with A/S-equivalent Thomas Hajnoczi, head of Austrian MFA Security Policy bureau, emphasizing that Iran's interference was placing the formation of a representative government in Iraq in jeopardy. Hajnoczi promised to raise the issue with senior levels of the GoA. Brown