DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON P5+1 INCENTIVE PACKAGE FOR

C O N F I D E N T I A L ISLAMABAD 014190 SIPDIS SIPDIS DEPT PLEASE PASS TO ALL SOUTH ASIA COLLECTIVE E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/22/2011 TAGS: KNNP PARM PREL IR EU AORC PK SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON P5+1 INCENTIVE PACKAGE FOR IRAN REF: STATE 119436 Classified By: Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker, Reasons 1.5 (b) ¶1. (C) On July 21, Poloff delivered ref A demarche points to the MFA Acting-Director for Americas, Abdul Hameed. Hameed accepted demarche points and said he would forward them to the appropriate parties. On July 22, Poloff followed up with MFA Director for Disarmament, Wasim Ashraf. Ashraf said that the GOP had welcomed talks between the EU-3 and Iran as well as the US and Iran. Ashraf added that the GOP wants a peaceful resolution to this matter and recognizes that Iran has both rights and obligations under the NPT. Ashraf said he had not heard anything formally or informally from Iranian officials on whether they would accept or reject the P5 1 incentive package. CROCKER