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06ISLAMABAD9088
2006-05-18 11:22:00
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Embassy Islamabad
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AT D-8 SUMMIT, PAKISTAN AND TURKEY TELL IRAN TO
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S E C R E T ISLAMABAD 009088
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E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/18/2016
TAGS: PGOV PK PREL IR TK
SUBJECT: AT D-8 SUMMIT, PAKISTAN AND TURKEY TELL IRAN TO
CHANGE COURSE
Classified By: Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
S E C R E T ISLAMABAD 009088
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SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/18/2016
TAGS: PGOV PK PREL IR TK
SUBJECT: AT D-8 SUMMIT, PAKISTAN AND TURKEY TELL IRAN TO
CHANGE COURSE
Classified By: Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (S) Prior to his departure to the D-8 Summit in Bali last
week, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz told the Ambassador that he
and Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan would be meeting with
Iranian President Ahmedinejad and asked if we had any advice.
As conveyed to SCA and NEA Ambassador told Aziz that we
hoped that, as two of Iran's most powerful neighbors, he and
his Turkish colleague would make clear to the Iranian
President that he is isolated in the region, as well as
internationally, and is following a course that is
dangerously destabilizing for the area. They had an
excellent offer from the EU-3. Aziz, who is on an extended
trip abroad, said that he would have Foreign Minister Kasuri
provide a read-out upon Kasuri's return from Bali.
2. (S) On May 17, FM Kasuri described the exchange with
Ahmedinejad at the D-8 Summit to the Ambassador. According
to Kasuri, PM Aziz and Turkish PM Erdogan met privately with
President Ahmedinejad, conveying a direct message that Tehran
must change course regarding its nuclear program, as the
current direction was neither in Iran's nor the region's
interest. Aziz and Erdogan described the current EU-3
proposal, with Russian enhancements, as a very attractive
offer for Iran; Tehran should accept it and forego it's
weapons program. Aziz and Erdogan also condemned
Ahmedinejad's statements attacking Israel as completely
unacceptable and serving no purpose, citing the Ahmedinejad's
description of Shimon Perez as a modern Hitler as
particularly offensive.
3. (S) FM Kasuri, who did not participate in the
Aziz-Erdogan-Ahmedinejad meeting, said that Ahmedinejad
assured Aziz and Erdogan that Iran is a peaceful nation that
will consider any reasonable way forward. The Iranian
president said that he is ready to work with the
international community to strengthen the NPT and will
consider any suggestions toward that end.
4. (S) FM Kasuri told the Ambassador that PM Aziz believes
that Iran is looking for a face-saving way out of its present
predicament, even though Ahmedinejad did not say this
explicitly. Aziz urged Ahmedinejad to publicly announce that
Iran would immediately place a moratorium on uranium
enrichment, in order to give the EU-3 an opening to re-engage
Tehran in constructive dialogue. Ahmedinejad did not reject
this suggestion.
5. (S) Offering his personal assessment following the
Aziz-Erdogan intervention in Bali and his own encounter with
the Iranian FM at the May 5 Economic Cooperation Organization
meeting in Baku, Kasuri believes that Iran seriously wants a
dialogue with the U.S., seeing it as a possible way out of
the corner into which it has painted itself. Kasuri
concluded by noting that the continuing controversy over
Tehran's nuclear program is deeply troubling to Pakistan, as
any overt action against Iran would be devastating for
Pakistan's internal security.
CROCKER
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/18/2016
TAGS: PGOV PK PREL IR TK
SUBJECT: AT D-8 SUMMIT, PAKISTAN AND TURKEY TELL IRAN TO
CHANGE COURSE
Classified By: Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (S) Prior to his departure to the D-8 Summit in Bali last
week, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz told the Ambassador that he
and Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan would be meeting with
Iranian President Ahmedinejad and asked if we had any advice.
As conveyed to SCA and NEA Ambassador told Aziz that we
hoped that, as two of Iran's most powerful neighbors, he and
his Turkish colleague would make clear to the Iranian
President that he is isolated in the region, as well as
internationally, and is following a course that is
dangerously destabilizing for the area. They had an
excellent offer from the EU-3. Aziz, who is on an extended
trip abroad, said that he would have Foreign Minister Kasuri
provide a read-out upon Kasuri's return from Bali.
2. (S) On May 17, FM Kasuri described the exchange with
Ahmedinejad at the D-8 Summit to the Ambassador. According
to Kasuri, PM Aziz and Turkish PM Erdogan met privately with
President Ahmedinejad, conveying a direct message that Tehran
must change course regarding its nuclear program, as the
current direction was neither in Iran's nor the region's
interest. Aziz and Erdogan described the current EU-3
proposal, with Russian enhancements, as a very attractive
offer for Iran; Tehran should accept it and forego it's
weapons program. Aziz and Erdogan also condemned
Ahmedinejad's statements attacking Israel as completely
unacceptable and serving no purpose, citing the Ahmedinejad's
description of Shimon Perez as a modern Hitler as
particularly offensive.
3. (S) FM Kasuri, who did not participate in the
Aziz-Erdogan-Ahmedinejad meeting, said that Ahmedinejad
assured Aziz and Erdogan that Iran is a peaceful nation that
will consider any reasonable way forward. The Iranian
president said that he is ready to work with the
international community to strengthen the NPT and will
consider any suggestions toward that end.
4. (S) FM Kasuri told the Ambassador that PM Aziz believes
that Iran is looking for a face-saving way out of its present
predicament, even though Ahmedinejad did not say this
explicitly. Aziz urged Ahmedinejad to publicly announce that
Iran would immediately place a moratorium on uranium
enrichment, in order to give the EU-3 an opening to re-engage
Tehran in constructive dialogue. Ahmedinejad did not reject
this suggestion.
5. (S) Offering his personal assessment following the
Aziz-Erdogan intervention in Bali and his own encounter with
the Iranian FM at the May 5 Economic Cooperation Organization
meeting in Baku, Kasuri believes that Iran seriously wants a
dialogue with the U.S., seeing it as a possible way out of
the corner into which it has painted itself. Kasuri
concluded by noting that the continuing controversy over
Tehran's nuclear program is deeply troubling to Pakistan, as
any overt action against Iran would be devastating for
Pakistan's internal security.
CROCKER