Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06ROME1636
2006-06-01 14:16:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Rome
Cable title:
ITALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN
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UNCLAS ROME 001636
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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV IR IT
SUBJECT: ITALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN
REF: A. STATE 87682
B. ROME 1630
UNCLAS ROME 001636
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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV IR IT
SUBJECT: ITALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN
REF: A. STATE 87682
B. ROME 1630
1. Ambassador discussed Ref A demarche with Foreign Minister
D'Alema on May 31. D'Alema expressed strong support for the
U.S. announcement and said the MFA was preparing its own
statement, text at para. 2 below.
2. Begin text of Foreign Minister D'Alema's statement:
Appreciation of Minister D'Alema for American willingness to
engage directly with Iran in the nuclear negotiations. The
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Massimo
D'Alema expressed his appreciation for the announcement of
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice regarding the willingness
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of the American administration to engage directly in the
negotiations with Iran alongside the Europeans. "This is a
positive development that," Minister D'Alema declared, "we
hope will contribute to the evolution of the negotiations
towards a political solution of the legal issues regarding
the Iranian nuclear dossier and lay the base for a new,
comprehensive relationship with Tehran. Italy for its part,"
concluded Minister D'Alema, is ready to contribute to the
international efforts to conclude a long-standing agreement
with Iran." End text.
SPOGLI
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV IR IT
SUBJECT: ITALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN
REF: A. STATE 87682
B. ROME 1630
1. Ambassador discussed Ref A demarche with Foreign Minister
D'Alema on May 31. D'Alema expressed strong support for the
U.S. announcement and said the MFA was preparing its own
statement, text at para. 2 below.
2. Begin text of Foreign Minister D'Alema's statement:
Appreciation of Minister D'Alema for American willingness to
engage directly with Iran in the nuclear negotiations. The
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Massimo
D'Alema expressed his appreciation for the announcement of
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice regarding the willingness
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of the American administration to engage directly in the
negotiations with Iran alongside the Europeans. "This is a
positive development that," Minister D'Alema declared, "we
hope will contribute to the evolution of the negotiations
towards a political solution of the legal issues regarding
the Iranian nuclear dossier and lay the base for a new,
comprehensive relationship with Tehran. Italy for its part,"
concluded Minister D'Alema, is ready to contribute to the
international efforts to conclude a long-standing agreement
with Iran." End text.
SPOGLI