Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06CAIRO7232
2006-12-26 12:58:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Cairo
Cable title:
EGYPT COMMITTED TO IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1737;
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C O N F I D E N T I A L CAIRO 007232
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/26/2016
TAGS: PREL PARM KNNP MNUC UNSC EG IR
SUBJECT: EGYPT COMMITTED TO IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1737;
REJECTS IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S "NUCLEAR POWER" STATEMENT
REF: STATE 202585
Classified by ECPO Counselor Catherine Hill-Herndon for
reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L CAIRO 007232
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/26/2016
TAGS: PREL PARM KNNP MNUC UNSC EG IR
SUBJECT: EGYPT COMMITTED TO IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1737;
REJECTS IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S "NUCLEAR POWER" STATEMENT
REF: STATE 202585
Classified by ECPO Counselor Catherine Hill-Herndon for
reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on December 24 to
MFA Disarmament Affairs Office Director Hossam Aly, seeking
Egyptian reactions to the passage of UN Security Council
Resolution 1737 and its likely impact on Iran's nuclear
activities. Aly believed the final resolution language was
carefully constructed to leave Iran with enough political
"room" with which to negotiate further with the P-5/Germany
and the International Atomic Energy Agency. Aly said he was
glad to see Iran did not kick out IAEA inspectors as a result
of the UN resolution, as some feared would happen.
Nevertheless, he stated, it is clear that Iran will not stop
its enrichment activities as a result of sanctions. Aly
queried whether states would be required to submit reports on
implementation of UNSCR 1737, similar to language contained
within the latest UN resolution of North Korea. Egypt, he
concluded, has a "high awareness" of its international
obligations regarding UNSC resolutions, and is "keen to
implement" the Council's Iran resolution. Aly said he would
bring the U.S. demarche to the attention of his minister, and
the UN resolution itself to the attention of "national
authorities" dealing with the topic.
2. (SBU) On December 25, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed
Aboul Gheit released a press statement rebuking recent
comments by Iranian President Ahmadinejad boasting that Iran
was now a "nuclear power." Aboul Gheit said that such
language should be used only by states with a nuclear weapon.
The Egyptian statement went on to say that "possession by
some countries of peaceful nuclear technology, or some of the
stages of the nuclear cycle, or carrying out some peaceful
nuclear activities, does not mean in any way that it can call
itself a nuclear state." The minister's statement comes amid
growing GOE concern over Iran's expanding regional influence
and nuclear ambitions.
RICCIARDONE
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/26/2016
TAGS: PREL PARM KNNP MNUC UNSC EG IR
SUBJECT: EGYPT COMMITTED TO IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1737;
REJECTS IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S "NUCLEAR POWER" STATEMENT
REF: STATE 202585
Classified by ECPO Counselor Catherine Hill-Herndon for
reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on December 24 to
MFA Disarmament Affairs Office Director Hossam Aly, seeking
Egyptian reactions to the passage of UN Security Council
Resolution 1737 and its likely impact on Iran's nuclear
activities. Aly believed the final resolution language was
carefully constructed to leave Iran with enough political
"room" with which to negotiate further with the P-5/Germany
and the International Atomic Energy Agency. Aly said he was
glad to see Iran did not kick out IAEA inspectors as a result
of the UN resolution, as some feared would happen.
Nevertheless, he stated, it is clear that Iran will not stop
its enrichment activities as a result of sanctions. Aly
queried whether states would be required to submit reports on
implementation of UNSCR 1737, similar to language contained
within the latest UN resolution of North Korea. Egypt, he
concluded, has a "high awareness" of its international
obligations regarding UNSC resolutions, and is "keen to
implement" the Council's Iran resolution. Aly said he would
bring the U.S. demarche to the attention of his minister, and
the UN resolution itself to the attention of "national
authorities" dealing with the topic.
2. (SBU) On December 25, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed
Aboul Gheit released a press statement rebuking recent
comments by Iranian President Ahmadinejad boasting that Iran
was now a "nuclear power." Aboul Gheit said that such
language should be used only by states with a nuclear weapon.
The Egyptian statement went on to say that "possession by
some countries of peaceful nuclear technology, or some of the
stages of the nuclear cycle, or carrying out some peaceful
nuclear activities, does not mean in any way that it can call
itself a nuclear state." The minister's statement comes amid
growing GOE concern over Iran's expanding regional influence
and nuclear ambitions.
RICCIARDONE