Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07CAIRO2781
2007-09-13 16:03:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Cairo
Cable title:
EGYPT'S FOREIGN MINISTER NOT FLEXIBLE ON IAEA
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C O N F I D E N T I A L CAIRO 002781
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
ISN (KESSLER, DANIEL, DAVIS)
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/12/2012
TAGS: PREL PARM KNNP IAEA EG IS
SUBJECT: EGYPT'S FOREIGN MINISTER NOT FLEXIBLE ON IAEA
RESOLUTION
REF: A. STATE 119672
B. VIENNA 492
C. STATE 127158
D. VIENNA 523
Classified By: DCM Stuart Jones for reasons 1.4(b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L CAIRO 002781
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
ISN (KESSLER, DANIEL, DAVIS)
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/12/2012
TAGS: PREL PARM KNNP IAEA EG IS
SUBJECT: EGYPT'S FOREIGN MINISTER NOT FLEXIBLE ON IAEA
RESOLUTION
REF: A. STATE 119672
B. VIENNA 492
C. STATE 127158
D. VIENNA 523
Classified By: DCM Stuart Jones for reasons 1.4(b) and (d).
1. (C) On September 13, the Ambassador urged Egyptian
Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit to work towards a
consensus agreement with Israel on the "Application of IAEA
Safeguards in the Middle East" resolution and the "Israeli
Nuclear Threat" (INT) agenda item. He said the U.S. did not
see the proposed amendments to the resolution as a consensus
document, and we could not vote for it. The Ambassador
pressed Aboul Gheit to work with the Israelis on the draft
language and noted that the basis for past consensus involved
addressing the separate INT item via a procedural
Presidential Statement. Aboul Gheit responded that Egypt
will put Egypt's draft language to a vote, and if the U.S.
votes against it, "so be it." The Ambassador again pressed
Aboul Gheit to show flexibility to reach a consensus outcome
on the Middle East agenda items, but Aboul Gheit underlined
his commitment to Egypt's draft language. On Iran, Aboul
Gheit said "we're with you, but you pain yourself by always
trying to defend the Israelis and to confront Iran."
2. (C) Separately on September 13, MFA's Deputy Assistant
Minister for Multilateral Affairs Ambassador el-Atta told the
DCM that the September 12 meeting on the Middle East
resolution between the Israeli and Egyptian Ambassadors in
Vienna had gone "badly" (NFI) and that there were currently
no plans for follow-up discussions. He urged the U.S. to
facilitate a dialogue through the mission in Vienna.
RICCIARDONE
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
ISN (KESSLER, DANIEL, DAVIS)
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/12/2012
TAGS: PREL PARM KNNP IAEA EG IS
SUBJECT: EGYPT'S FOREIGN MINISTER NOT FLEXIBLE ON IAEA
RESOLUTION
REF: A. STATE 119672
B. VIENNA 492
C. STATE 127158
D. VIENNA 523
Classified By: DCM Stuart Jones for reasons 1.4(b) and (d).
1. (C) On September 13, the Ambassador urged Egyptian
Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit to work towards a
consensus agreement with Israel on the "Application of IAEA
Safeguards in the Middle East" resolution and the "Israeli
Nuclear Threat" (INT) agenda item. He said the U.S. did not
see the proposed amendments to the resolution as a consensus
document, and we could not vote for it. The Ambassador
pressed Aboul Gheit to work with the Israelis on the draft
language and noted that the basis for past consensus involved
addressing the separate INT item via a procedural
Presidential Statement. Aboul Gheit responded that Egypt
will put Egypt's draft language to a vote, and if the U.S.
votes against it, "so be it." The Ambassador again pressed
Aboul Gheit to show flexibility to reach a consensus outcome
on the Middle East agenda items, but Aboul Gheit underlined
his commitment to Egypt's draft language. On Iran, Aboul
Gheit said "we're with you, but you pain yourself by always
trying to defend the Israelis and to confront Iran."
2. (C) Separately on September 13, MFA's Deputy Assistant
Minister for Multilateral Affairs Ambassador el-Atta told the
DCM that the September 12 meeting on the Middle East
resolution between the Israeli and Egyptian Ambassadors in
Vienna had gone "badly" (NFI) and that there were currently
no plans for follow-up discussions. He urged the U.S. to
facilitate a dialogue through the mission in Vienna.
RICCIARDONE