PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT FINDS IRAN NOT COMPLYING

C O N F I D E N T I A L MANILA 003770 SIPDIS SIPDIS STATE FOR ISN/RA (NEPHEW),IO/T (VONBEHREN),EAP/MTS, EAP/RSP E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/26/2017 TAGS: PHUM PREL UNGA PARM KNNP IR RP MNUC IAEA AORC SUBJECT: PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT FINDS IRAN NOT COMPLYING WITH OBLIGATIONS REF: A. SECSTATE 157039 ¶B. SECSTATE 151038 Classified By: Polcouns Tom Gibbons, reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) ¶1. (C) As requested (ref A),Post met on November 26 with Leah Ruiz, Director of the DFA's Office of United Nations and International Organizations, as part of an ongoing effort (ref B) to encourage the Philippine government, as a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors, to pressure Iran to comply with its international obligations. Ruiz said the report from IAEA Director General ElBaradei demonstrated that Iran's cooperation in the implementation of the Work Plan was inadequate (reftels A and B). Ruiz assured poloff that the Philippine government believed the report showed Iran had neither suspended its proliferation-sensitive nuclear activities, nor implemented the Additional Protocol (ref A). Visit Embassy Manila's Classified SIPRNET website: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eap/manila/index. cfm You can also access this site through the State Department's Classified SIPRNET website: http://www.state.sgov. KENNEY