Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07RABAT406
2007-03-02 12:58:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Rabat
Cable title:
MOROCCO ON IAEA REPORT ON IRANIAN COMPLIANCE WITH
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UNCLAS RABAT 000406
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
STATE FOR ISN, IO, AND NEA/MAG
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KNNP UNSC MO IR
SUBJECT: MOROCCO ON IAEA REPORT ON IRANIAN COMPLIANCE WITH
UNSCR 1737
REF: A. STATE 23001
B. STATE 24344
UNCLAS RABAT 000406
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
STATE FOR ISN, IO, AND NEA/MAG
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KNNP UNSC MO IR
SUBJECT: MOROCCO ON IAEA REPORT ON IRANIAN COMPLIANCE WITH
UNSCR 1737
REF: A. STATE 23001
B. STATE 24344
1. (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please
protect accordingly.
2. (SBU) On February 28, poloff met with Azzedine Farhane,
UN Division Chief at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to
discuss Iran's failure to comply with its international
obligations as required under UNSCR 1737 (reftel a). Farhane
welcomed U.S views on the IAEA report, and in response said
Morocco is also concerned with Iran's nuclear program and its
defiance of the international communiy. He explained the
GOM supports resolutions tht seek to counter nuclear
threats. He noted, howver, that all UN resolutions (not
just Iran-speific resolutions) should be fully implemented.
Farhane conveyed the GOM's desire that the Iran issue be
resolved diplomatically through negotiations, rather than
militarily. We want to avoid another conflict in the region,
he said.
3. (SBU) Per reftel b instructions, poloff passed to Farhane
the text of the U.S. 60-day report on efforts toward
implementing UNSCR 1737 in response to a query on U.S.
actions to date. Poloff urged Morocco to fully and
effectively implement the resolution. Farhane explained that
the GOM has not yet decided on whether it will present a
60-day report, but promised to keep the embassy apprised of
the GOM's decision.
4. (SBU) Farhane pledged to relay the U.S. position
regarding Iranian compliance to the Minister and to the
Moroccan mission in Vienna.
******************************************
Visit Embassy Rabat's Classified Website;
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/rabat
******************************************
Riley
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
STATE FOR ISN, IO, AND NEA/MAG
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KNNP UNSC MO IR
SUBJECT: MOROCCO ON IAEA REPORT ON IRANIAN COMPLIANCE WITH
UNSCR 1737
REF: A. STATE 23001
B. STATE 24344
1. (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please
protect accordingly.
2. (SBU) On February 28, poloff met with Azzedine Farhane,
UN Division Chief at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to
discuss Iran's failure to comply with its international
obligations as required under UNSCR 1737 (reftel a). Farhane
welcomed U.S views on the IAEA report, and in response said
Morocco is also concerned with Iran's nuclear program and its
defiance of the international communiy. He explained the
GOM supports resolutions tht seek to counter nuclear
threats. He noted, howver, that all UN resolutions (not
just Iran-speific resolutions) should be fully implemented.
Farhane conveyed the GOM's desire that the Iran issue be
resolved diplomatically through negotiations, rather than
militarily. We want to avoid another conflict in the region,
he said.
3. (SBU) Per reftel b instructions, poloff passed to Farhane
the text of the U.S. 60-day report on efforts toward
implementing UNSCR 1737 in response to a query on U.S.
actions to date. Poloff urged Morocco to fully and
effectively implement the resolution. Farhane explained that
the GOM has not yet decided on whether it will present a
60-day report, but promised to keep the embassy apprised of
the GOM's decision.
4. (SBU) Farhane pledged to relay the U.S. position
regarding Iranian compliance to the Minister and to the
Moroccan mission in Vienna.
******************************************
Visit Embassy Rabat's Classified Website;
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/rabat
******************************************
Riley