Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07ABUDHABI887
2007-05-29 11:10:00
SECRET
Embassy Abu Dhabi
Cable title:
UAE UNLOADS CONTAINERS FROM IRAN KERMAN
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S E C R E T ABU DHABI 000887
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR T, ISN, AND NEA/ARP
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/25/2032
TAGS: PARM PREL ETTC MNUC IR CH AE
SUBJECT: UAE UNLOADS CONTAINERS FROM IRAN KERMAN
REF: A. STATE 72884
B. ABU DHABI 800
Classified By: Ambassador Michele J. Sison for reasons 1.4 b and c, d.
S E C R E T ABU DHABI 000887
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR T, ISN, AND NEA/ARP
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/25/2032
TAGS: PARM PREL ETTC MNUC IR CH AE
SUBJECT: UAE UNLOADS CONTAINERS FROM IRAN KERMAN
REF: A. STATE 72884
B. ABU DHABI 800
Classified By: Ambassador Michele J. Sison for reasons 1.4 b and c, d.
1. (S) The M/V Iran Kerman arrived in Dubai early morning of
May 29. Dubai Customs officials told senior DHS Immigration
and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Representative in Dubai that
they had unloaded the containers and were sending them to be
scanned. Dubai customs assured ICE representative that the
containers would not be released until a policy decision had
been made "beyond customs." The same day, on the margins of
a meeting between UAE Vice President/Prime Minister and Ruler
of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum (MbR) and
visiting Senator Joe Lieberman, Ambassador thanked Mohamed
Al-Qamzi, UAE Counterproliferation Task Force Chair and
Director of Dubai's General Department of State Security, for
the UAEG's actions. Later in the meeting, Al-Qamzi briefed
MbR and Senator Lieberman about actions taken on this
shipment and the earlier actions on the M/V Iran Tehran.
2. (S) Econchief and Dubai Ice Representative had reached out
to their respective contacts on May 27 to provide them with
information on the shipment and to encourage the UAEG to take
all necessary and appropriate measures to prevent cargo of
possible proliferation concern from reaching end users
associated with Iran's missile program (ref a). MFA Director
for International Organizations Yacoub Al-Hosani (a member of
the UAE Counterproliferation Task Force) promised that the
UAE would investigate the shipment. He expressed
appreciation for the timely notification that would allow the
UAE interagency process to work.
3. (S) Al-Hosani also told econchief that he had met with the
Chinese Ambassador a few days previously to encourage his
government to take back the one container from the previous
shipment that was in clear violation of UNSCRs 1737 and 1747.
He expressed some frustration with the GoC slow movement on
the issue. Al-Hosani confirmed that the UAEG had released
the second and third containers, which it had determined were
not proliferation related (ref b).
SISON
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR T, ISN, AND NEA/ARP
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/25/2032
TAGS: PARM PREL ETTC MNUC IR CH AE
SUBJECT: UAE UNLOADS CONTAINERS FROM IRAN KERMAN
REF: A. STATE 72884
B. ABU DHABI 800
Classified By: Ambassador Michele J. Sison for reasons 1.4 b and c, d.
1. (S) The M/V Iran Kerman arrived in Dubai early morning of
May 29. Dubai Customs officials told senior DHS Immigration
and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Representative in Dubai that
they had unloaded the containers and were sending them to be
scanned. Dubai customs assured ICE representative that the
containers would not be released until a policy decision had
been made "beyond customs." The same day, on the margins of
a meeting between UAE Vice President/Prime Minister and Ruler
of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum (MbR) and
visiting Senator Joe Lieberman, Ambassador thanked Mohamed
Al-Qamzi, UAE Counterproliferation Task Force Chair and
Director of Dubai's General Department of State Security, for
the UAEG's actions. Later in the meeting, Al-Qamzi briefed
MbR and Senator Lieberman about actions taken on this
shipment and the earlier actions on the M/V Iran Tehran.
2. (S) Econchief and Dubai Ice Representative had reached out
to their respective contacts on May 27 to provide them with
information on the shipment and to encourage the UAEG to take
all necessary and appropriate measures to prevent cargo of
possible proliferation concern from reaching end users
associated with Iran's missile program (ref a). MFA Director
for International Organizations Yacoub Al-Hosani (a member of
the UAE Counterproliferation Task Force) promised that the
UAE would investigate the shipment. He expressed
appreciation for the timely notification that would allow the
UAE interagency process to work.
3. (S) Al-Hosani also told econchief that he had met with the
Chinese Ambassador a few days previously to encourage his
government to take back the one container from the previous
shipment that was in clear violation of UNSCRs 1737 and 1747.
He expressed some frustration with the GoC slow movement on
the issue. Al-Hosani confirmed that the UAEG had released
the second and third containers, which it had determined were
not proliferation related (ref b).
SISON