IAEA/IRAN: POINTS ON MID-NOVEMBER REPORT DELIVERED

C O N F I D E N T I A L ATHENS 002164 SIPDIS SIPDIS DEPT ALSO FOR ISN E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/04/2017 TAGS: KNNP MNUC PARM IR IAEA AORC GR SUBJECT: IAEA/IRAN: POINTS ON MID-NOVEMBER REPORT DELIVERED REF: STATE 151038 Classified By: Political Counselor Robin Quinville for 1.4 (b) and (d) (C) Pol-Mil Chief delivered reftel points to MFA Senior Non-Proliferation Officer Dionyssios Kyvetos on November 5, ¶2007. Kyvetos noted that the EU is likely to seek a common statement at the IAEA Board of Governors Meeting, and he added that both France and the UK have been "as bold as they can be" on pressing the IAEA to hold Iran to the Work Plan. Kyvetos termed the U.S. criteria for evaluating any positive progress reported by the IAEA in its mid-November report on the centrifuge issue "helpful," and promised that Greece would study it carefully. However, he demurred when asked whether Greece would have its own national thoughts on what it would like to see in order to judge any claim of positive progress by Iran. Finally, he noted that he expected this issue to be among the subjects discussed at the November 14 CODOUN in Brussels -- and he said Greece would likely follow others' lead within the EU on this issue. COUNTRYMAN