INDONESIAN OFFICIAL ON KOSOVO, IRAN AND

C O N F I D E N T I A L JAKARTA 001733

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/22/2017
TAGS: PREL UNSC OSCE PARM ID
SUBJECT: INDONESIAN OFFICIAL ON KOSOVO, IRAN AND
PALESTINIANS

REF: A. JAKARTA 1577 AND PREVIOUS ON KOSOVO


B. JAKARTA 930 AND PREVIOUS ON IRAN

Classified By: CDA John A. Heffern, for reasons 1.4 (b,d).


1. (C) Summary: Charge on June 21 discussed Kosovo, Iran,
and the Palestinians with Desra Percaya, a key Foreign
Ministry official on UNSC and Middle East issues. Percaya
welcomed recent changes in the draft Kosovo resolution and
requested one additional change: that the reference to "sui
generis" be moved from the preamble to an operative
paragraph. He said Indonesia would at least abstain on the
resolution but did not rule out a possible affirmative vote
if Russia could be convinced to go along. He said former FM
Alwi Shihab had urged Iran to honor its nuclear commitments
and comply with IAEA requirements during his recent visit to
Tehran but had received no favorable response. On the GOI's
proposed unofficial "track two" conference here with Hamas
and Fatah representatives, notionally slated for August,
Percaya said its main goal was to encourage Hamas to honor
the three Quartet conditions. End summary.


2. (C) On June 21, Charge pressed Desra Percaya, Director
General for Multilateral and Disarmament Affairs, to support
the European resolution on Kosovo and to press Iran on the
nuclear issue, regional arms shipments and statements about
the destruction of Israel. He also asked Percaya about
reports that FM Wirajuda was pursuing some type of dialogue
with Palestinian representatives.

KOSOVO


3. (C) Percaya said the GOI was pleased with the addition of
an initial grace period of four months to the resolution,
which would make possible another round of Belgrade-Pristina
negotiations. President Yudhoyono had recommended additional
negotiations in his recent meeting with UNSYG Ban, and the
GOI considered this revision consistent with Yudhoyono's
request. Percaya also welcomed the term "sui generis" in the
preamble of the resolution, as an assurance that the
resolution was not a precedent. He said the term would be
stronger in the operative paragraphs, however, and asked us
to consider moving it there. Such operative language would
help the GOI explain to nationalists here, especially in the
Parliament, he explained, that any attempt by Papuans or
other separatists to cite this resolution as a basis for
their own aspirations would have no legal basis. Pressed
about whether this change would result in a favorable
Indonesian vote, Percaya said Russia's position would be a
critical factor.

IRAN


4. (C) Percaya said former FM Alwi Shihab's just-concluded
visit to Tehran had included a meeting with President
Ahmedinejad, who had strongly criticized Indonesia's support
for UNSC 1747. Shihab had urged Ahmedinejad and other GOI
leaders to change course on nuclear issues and meet its IAEA
and UNSC obligations. Otherwise, Iran faced increasing
isolation. Shihab had reminded the Iranians that Indonesia
had tried to be helpful when the UNSC had considered the
British sailor issue and the President's instant statement
about Israel. Percaya made it clear that Shihab had received
no hint of compromise from Ahmedinejad on any of these
issues. Percaya added that the Iranian President remained a
source of great frustration to President Yudhoyono and others
in the GOI, but declined to offer any specifics of what the
GOI might do or say to counter him. Shihab reportedly had
told the Iranian press at the end of the visit that Jakarta
supported peaceful nuclear energy for Iran. Charge urged
Percaya (as we have him and other GOi officials in the past)
to add the clause "but not the pursuit of nuclear weapons" to
this well-known GOI position.

DIALOGUE WITH THE PALESTINIANS

(C) Percaya confirmed that FM Wirajuda remained interested
in pursuing an informal "track two" dialogue In Jakarta with
Palestinians. Current thinking was that the dialogue would
include both Hamas and Fatah. The purpose of the dialogue,
however, would not be reconciliation per se, but rather to
urge Hamas to take action to meet the three Quartet
conditions and thereby end their isolation. Percaya
confirmed that Michael Vatikiotis of the Henry Dunant Center
for Humanitarian Dialogue in Geneva/Singapore had been
instrumental is setting up this dialogue. The next step
would be a meeting of NGOs in Oslo on "mediation." Percaya
said the FM still hoped the dialogue could take place as

early as August, despite recent events in the Palestinian
Territories. Efforts to recruit non-official Americans to
this event had been disappointing: so far, only one American
academic from Beirut had agreed to participate.
HEFFERN