Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06MOSCOW4079
2006-04-19 04:44:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Moscow
Cable title:
HOSSEINI-TASH COMING TO MOSCOW TO MEET EU-3;
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C O N F I D E N T I A L MOSCOW 004079
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/20/2014
TAGS: PREL MNUC RS IR CH
SUBJECT: HOSSEINI-TASH COMING TO MOSCOW TO MEET EU-3;
CHINESE-RUSSIAN TALKS ON IRAN
Classified By: DCM Daniel A. Russell, for reasons 1.4 (B & D)
C O N F I D E N T I A L MOSCOW 004079
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/20/2014
TAGS: PREL MNUC RS IR CH
SUBJECT: HOSSEINI-TASH COMING TO MOSCOW TO MEET EU-3;
CHINESE-RUSSIAN TALKS ON IRAN
Classified By: DCM Daniel A. Russell, for reasons 1.4 (B & D)
1. (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Kislyak told
Ambassador in an April 18 meeting that Iran Supreme National
Security Council Deputy Secretary Ali Hosseini-Tash,
accompanied by an Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister, would be
returning to Moscow to meet with the EU-3 April 19 on the
margins of current G-8 and other consultations on Iran.
Foreign Minister Mottahi had telephoned Russian FM Sergey
Lavrov on April 17 to request that Russia facilitate such a
meeting, and Moscow had done so. At present, there was no
bilateral Russia-Iran meeting scheduled.
2. (C) Acknowledging that the Iranian request was quite
unusual, Kislyak said Moscow nonetheless did not expect any
breakthroughs from the Iran/EU-3 meeting. Beyond his request
for Moscow to facilitate an Iran/EU-3 meeting, Mottaki had
argued Iran's case of why it was right and everyone else was
wrong about its nuclear program, Kislyak said. There was no
indication Iran planned to change its approach.
Russian-Chinese Talks on Iran
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3. (C) Ambassador asked about the April 17 meetings of
Chinese Deputy FM Cui Tiankai with Kislyak and, separately,
with FM Lavrov. Kislyak said that Tankai was new to the
Iranian nuclear portfolio but seemed very knowledgeable and
thoughtful. He had worked at the UN and spoke excellent
English. He had expressed positions similar to Russia's own
views about Iran's apparent intention to continue with its
nuclear program. China was trying to see how it might be
possible to re-start Iran's negotiations with the EU-3, and
Russia had shared its knowledge of the history of those
negotiations.
BURNS
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/20/2014
TAGS: PREL MNUC RS IR CH
SUBJECT: HOSSEINI-TASH COMING TO MOSCOW TO MEET EU-3;
CHINESE-RUSSIAN TALKS ON IRAN
Classified By: DCM Daniel A. Russell, for reasons 1.4 (B & D)
1. (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Kislyak told
Ambassador in an April 18 meeting that Iran Supreme National
Security Council Deputy Secretary Ali Hosseini-Tash,
accompanied by an Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister, would be
returning to Moscow to meet with the EU-3 April 19 on the
margins of current G-8 and other consultations on Iran.
Foreign Minister Mottahi had telephoned Russian FM Sergey
Lavrov on April 17 to request that Russia facilitate such a
meeting, and Moscow had done so. At present, there was no
bilateral Russia-Iran meeting scheduled.
2. (C) Acknowledging that the Iranian request was quite
unusual, Kislyak said Moscow nonetheless did not expect any
breakthroughs from the Iran/EU-3 meeting. Beyond his request
for Moscow to facilitate an Iran/EU-3 meeting, Mottaki had
argued Iran's case of why it was right and everyone else was
wrong about its nuclear program, Kislyak said. There was no
indication Iran planned to change its approach.
Russian-Chinese Talks on Iran
--------------
3. (C) Ambassador asked about the April 17 meetings of
Chinese Deputy FM Cui Tiankai with Kislyak and, separately,
with FM Lavrov. Kislyak said that Tankai was new to the
Iranian nuclear portfolio but seemed very knowledgeable and
thoughtful. He had worked at the UN and spoke excellent
English. He had expressed positions similar to Russia's own
views about Iran's apparent intention to continue with its
nuclear program. China was trying to see how it might be
possible to re-start Iran's negotiations with the EU-3, and
Russia had shared its knowledge of the history of those
negotiations.
BURNS