TANZANIA SUPPORTS RESOLUTION ON IRAN

C O N F I D E N T I A L DAR ES SALAAM 001273 SIPDIS SIPDIS IO/UNP FOR DBRENNAN AND BHARRIS, AF/E FOR BYODER E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/31/2016 TAGS: PREL UNSC IR TZ SUBJECT: TANZANIA SUPPORTS RESOLUTION ON IRAN REF: STATE 124255 Classified By: Deputy Chief of Mission D. Purnell Delly for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). ¶1. (C) Tanzania supports the resolution on Iran (reftel) and has sent instructions to support it as is, Ambassador Liberata Mulamula, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' (MFA) Multilateral Division, told DCM the morning of July 31. Mulamula said that Iran had requested that any Security Council action be delayed to August 22, but the resolution provides time for Iran to respond to the P5 1 proposal and, if Iran is committed to resolve the situation, it should be able to deliver a response by August 31. Mulamula said there is still room for diplomatic efforts and hopes Iran will consider the P5 1 proposal favorably. ¶2. (C) In a subsequent meeting, Vitus Njiku, head of the MFA's Security Council Unit, said there had been some confusion regarding the possibility of a Presidential Statement in lieu of a resolution. Poloff clarified that the resolution was the only text being considered. Poloff's subsequent telephone conversation with the UK's Deputy High Commissioner revealed that the possibility of the resolution being adopted as a Presidential Text had been discussed over the weekend and that this may have been miscommunicated as a Presidential Statement by Tanzanian representatives in New York to the capital. RETZER