SHIELD S02-07: MFA REQUESTS MORE INFORMATION ABOUT

S E C R E T ANKARA 000776 SIPDIS SIPDIS FOR ISN/CB E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/31/2032 TAGS: PARM PREL ETTC IR TU SUBJECT: SHIELD S02-07: MFA REQUESTS MORE INFORMATION ABOUT TURKISH DECONTAMINATION EQUIPMENT PROVIDED TO IRAN REF: A. STATE 37462 ¶B. ANKARA 0245 Classified By: Pol Mil Counselor Carl Siebentritt, reasons 1.4(b/d) ¶1. (S) We delivered ref a demarche to MFA Arms Head of Department Serhan Yigit on April 3. We thanked Yigit for MFA's efforts (reported ref b) on the Turkish firm Norm Limited and explained that we have new information that the Turkish firm Rottest A.S. and a second firm located in Izmir are providing nuclear, biological, and chemical (NBC) decontamination equipment to the Iranian armed forces and facilities associated with Iran's chemical weapons program. We told Yigit that we wished to alert the GOT to this information so that it can take steps to prevent Turkish companies from engaging in activities that could trigger U.S. sanctions. ¶2. (S) Yigit replied that the MFA had no information on Rottest or the other unnamed Izmir firm, but undertook to investigate the matter and report back the GOT's findings. Yigit asked if we could provide details on the kinds or quantities of equipment that had been provided to Iran and if we knew whether or not the equipment included dual-use items. ¶3. (S) Any additional information that we could provide the MFA on the type of NBC decontamination equipment sold to Iran by Rottest or the other firm would aid the GOT investigation of the companies' exports. Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/ankara/ WILSON