DEMARCHE ON U.S. 60-DAY REPORT ON UNSCR 1747 (IRAN

UNCLAS GUATEMALA 001164 SIPDIS SIPDIS DEPT FOR ISN/RA, EB, NEA, IO/PSC, VCI, P, AND T TREASURY FOR TFI E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: KNNP EFIN IR UNSC AORC ETRD ETTC TRGY GT SUBJECT: DEMARCHE ON U.S. 60-DAY REPORT ON UNSCR 1747 (IRAN SANCTIONS) REF: STATE 73219 ¶1. (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper to Luis Carranza, Director of Multilateral Policy in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),on June 1. Carranza said that the MFA already sent Guatemala's 60-day report on implementation of UNSCR 1747 to New York after coordinating drafting of the report with the Ministry of Defense, Immigration, and other GOG agencies. The Permanent Mission of Guatemala in New York delivered the report to the UN the week of May 28. ¶2. (U) Carranza commented that Guatemala understands that it must abide by the Security Council resolution as it is legally binding on all UN member states but noted that the resolution is addressed more to countries capable of exporting weapons to Iran, such as Guatemala's neighbors, than to countries such as Guatemala. He said that Guatemala does not produce or transfer any weapons to Iran and has no military industry capable of doing so. As such, he believes that Guatemala is fully implementing the sanctions measures of UNSCR 1747. Derham