Identifier
Created
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06ANKARA3172
2006-06-01 10:05:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Ankara
Cable title:
TURKEY: POSITIVE RESPONSE TO U.S. STATEMENT ON
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UNCLAS ANKARA 003172
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
FOR NEA/IR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV IR TU US
SUBJECT: TURKEY: POSITIVE RESPONSE TO U.S. STATEMENT ON
IRAN
REF: SECSTATE 87682
UNCLAS ANKARA 003172
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
FOR NEA/IR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV IR TU US
SUBJECT: TURKEY: POSITIVE RESPONSE TO U.S. STATEMENT ON
IRAN
REF: SECSTATE 87682
1. (SBU) Following the Secretary's May 31 telephone
conversation with Turkish FM Gul, we contacted DFM Tuygan,
Undersecretary Uzumcu, PM spokesman Akif Beki, MFA spokesman
Namik Tan and MFA Americas Deputy Director General Murat
Esenli. Their responses were uniformly positive and
supportive. Several noted that this was just the thing
Turkey had been hoping the U.S. would do.
2. (SBU) FM Gul spoke about the initiative publicly at a
joint press conference May 31 with Russian FM Lavrov. Asked
for his views about the initiative, Gul said:
--There are many reasons for us to be optimistic today.
--Compared with yesterday, we are more optimistic.
--There is a new opportunity to resolve this problem through
diplomatic means.
--We hope that this opportunity will not be missed.
3. (SBU) We pressed the Turks for a more extensive written
statement of support and an explicit call on the Iranians to
accept the U.S. offer. We are continuing to talk to others
at MFA and in government and will report further statements
as soon as they are released. Initial press coverage of the
initiative has been uniformly positive.
Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/ankara/
WILSON
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
FOR NEA/IR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV IR TU US
SUBJECT: TURKEY: POSITIVE RESPONSE TO U.S. STATEMENT ON
IRAN
REF: SECSTATE 87682
1. (SBU) Following the Secretary's May 31 telephone
conversation with Turkish FM Gul, we contacted DFM Tuygan,
Undersecretary Uzumcu, PM spokesman Akif Beki, MFA spokesman
Namik Tan and MFA Americas Deputy Director General Murat
Esenli. Their responses were uniformly positive and
supportive. Several noted that this was just the thing
Turkey had been hoping the U.S. would do.
2. (SBU) FM Gul spoke about the initiative publicly at a
joint press conference May 31 with Russian FM Lavrov. Asked
for his views about the initiative, Gul said:
--There are many reasons for us to be optimistic today.
--Compared with yesterday, we are more optimistic.
--There is a new opportunity to resolve this problem through
diplomatic means.
--We hope that this opportunity will not be missed.
3. (SBU) We pressed the Turks for a more extensive written
statement of support and an explicit call on the Iranians to
accept the U.S. offer. We are continuing to talk to others
at MFA and in government and will report further statements
as soon as they are released. Initial press coverage of the
initiative has been uniformly positive.
Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/ankara/
WILSON