TURKEY FAMILIAR WITH P5+1 INCENTIVE PACKAGE FOR

C O N F I D E N T I A L ANKARA 004314 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/26/2026 TAGS: KNNP PARM PREL IR EU AORC SUBJECT: TURKEY FAMILIAR WITH P5+1 INCENTIVE PACKAGE FOR IRAN REF: STATE 119436 Classified By: Political-Military Counselor Carl Siebentritt, reasons 1 .4 (b) and (d). ¶1. (C) We passed to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Head Osman Yavuzalp on July 25 reftel points on the P5 1 incentive package for Iran. Yavuzalp confirmed his government's familiarity with the specifics. He said Iranian officials told Turkey's embassy in Tehran that the package was comprehensive but contained some ambiguities and that the GOI would set up committees to study the document. According to Yavuzalp, Iran also told Turkey it expected to provide a response to the package on August 22. Yavuzalp was not aware of any significance to the selected date. ¶2. (C) Yavuzalp noted that IAEA Director-General El Baradei, during his July 6 visit to discuss the GOT's nuclear energy development plans, commented that the new Iran incentive package is better than the 2005 package, particularly with respect to the inclusion of economic incentives such as WTO membership and the offer of aircraft spare parts. Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/ankara/ WILSON