DEMARCHE ON IRISL CARGO INSPECTION PROVISION

S E C R E T BAKU 000645 SIPDIS PASS TO ISN, T, TREASURY, IO, INR, AND NEA E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/07/2018 TAGS: AJ IR ECON EFIN EWWT ETRD PARM PINR PREL KNNP, EUN SUBJECT: DEMARCHE ON IRISL CARGO INSPECTION PROVISION DELIVERED TO MFA REF: SECSTATE 69339 Classified By: Pol/Econ Chief Joan Polaschik per 1.4(b,d) ¶1. (S) As instructed in reftel, the Embassy delivered the nonpaper on the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) cargo inspection provision to a working level officer in Azerbaijan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The officer thanked us for providing him the information and promised to pass it up to his superiors. He stressed that the GOAJ is committed to fulfilling all of its obligations under UNSCR 1803, but he said he had no knowledge of IRISL activity in Azerbaijan. DERSE