CANADA FULLY SUPPORTS REPORTING IRAN TO THE UN

C O N F I D E N T I A L OTTAWA 000105 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/13/2016 TAGS: KNNP PARM PREL CA IR IAEA SUBJECT: CANADA FULLY SUPPORTS REPORTING IRAN TO THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL REF: (A) STATE 6236 (B) ODLUM/KIM-SCOTT EMAILS OF 1/12/06 (C) SECSTATE 5477 Classified By: POL M/C BRIAN FLORA. REASON 1.4 (B) AND (D). 1.(C) As reported in ref (b),the Government of Canada issued a statement early yesterday (January 12) afternoon expressing "serious concern" about Iran's resumption of uranium enrichment-related activities. Text was e-mailed to ISN/RA. We delivered the points in ref (c) to Acting Director Terry Wood in the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (Nuclear) Division at Foreign Affairs Canada, and will follow-up, with ref (a) demarche points, as appropriate. ¶2. (C) Post greatly appreciates ISN/RA's timely assistance in providing the texts of the EU-3 statement and substance of Secretary Rice's statement. Both were instrumental in SIPDIS expediting the process of getting out the Canadian statement, which was subjected to additional clearances because of the government's state of "quasi-limbo" in the current national elections campaign period. Visit Canada's Classified Web Site at http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/wha/ottawa WILKINS