IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM -- CONTINUING TO ENGAGE

C O N F I D E N T I A L JAKARTA 003377 SIPDIS SIPDIS DEPT FOR EAP, EAP/MTS, EAP/MLS, NEA/I, ISN/CPI NSC FOR E.PHU E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/12/2017 TAGS: PREL PGOV PARM ID IR SUBJECT: IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM -- CONTINUING TO ENGAGE INDONESIA REF: A. STATE 165967 ¶B. JAKARTA 3334 Classified By: Pol/C Joseph Legend Novak, reasons 1.4 (b+d). ¶1. (C) Pol/C reviewed ref A points with Andy Rachmianto, Deputy Director for International Security and Nonproliferation at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),on December 12. Pol/C underscored that while Iran may have halted its nuclear weapons design and development activities, it continued to enrich uranium in defiance of UNSCRs 1737 and 1747. Iran's decision to suspend its weapons program in response to international scrutiny and pressure demonstrated that such pressure worked and must be maintained in order to bring Tehran into full compliance with all its international obligations. Pol/C underlined that the international community must continue to press Iran to convert its tactical decision to suspend weapons development into a strategic commitment to abandon all efforts to develop a nuclear capability. ¶2. (C) Rachmianto replied that DEPLU would consult the Indonesian mission to the UN in New York on next steps. He did not offer any substantive comment. (Note: Other Indonesian officials, however, have given us the impression that the recent USG National Intelligence Estimate confirms their view that there is no urgent need to pursue the matter in the UNSC context.) HUME