Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08BERLIN1156
2008-08-21 05:31:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Berlin
Cable title:
GERMANY'S RESPONSE TO AFGHANISTAN'S IAEA BID
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C O N F I D E N T I A L BERLIN 001156
SIPDIS
ISN/RA ARIEL STUKALIN AND IO/T HEATHER VON BEHREN
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/19/2018
TAGS: IAEA KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR SY AF
SUBJECT: GERMANY'S RESPONSE TO AFGHANISTAN'S IAEA BID
REF: STATE 87744
Classified By: Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Jeffrey Rathke for Reason
s 1.4 (b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L BERLIN 001156
SIPDIS
ISN/RA ARIEL STUKALIN AND IO/T HEATHER VON BEHREN
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/19/2018
TAGS: IAEA KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR SY AF
SUBJECT: GERMANY'S RESPONSE TO AFGHANISTAN'S IAEA BID
REF: STATE 87744
Classified By: Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Jeffrey Rathke for Reason
s 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) POLOFF delivered ref points to Martin Langer, head of
the IAEA unit in the German MFA's Nuclear Arms Control and
Non-Proliferation Office on August 19. Langer expressed
agreement that "nearly any other option would be an
improvement over Syria or Iran as a member of the IAEA's
Board of Governors -- including Afghanistan."
2. (C) When questioned, Langer noted that Germany is raising
this issue with MESA member states in the hopes that they
will urge another country ("any other country") to become a
candidate rather than Iran or Syria. Langer expressed hope
that perhaps Jordan would reconsider and nominate itself, or
that Kazakhstan might decide to join the MESA grouping and
thus be eligible for nomination. He asked for any update the
U.S. might have about progress in that regard. Without
prodding, Langer noted that the credibility of the IAEA is at
risk if Iran or Syria joined the BOG, but noted that
"pushing" the regional groups toward a different direction
can prove extremely tricky.
TIMKEN JR
SIPDIS
ISN/RA ARIEL STUKALIN AND IO/T HEATHER VON BEHREN
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/19/2018
TAGS: IAEA KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR SY AF
SUBJECT: GERMANY'S RESPONSE TO AFGHANISTAN'S IAEA BID
REF: STATE 87744
Classified By: Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Jeffrey Rathke for Reason
s 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) POLOFF delivered ref points to Martin Langer, head of
the IAEA unit in the German MFA's Nuclear Arms Control and
Non-Proliferation Office on August 19. Langer expressed
agreement that "nearly any other option would be an
improvement over Syria or Iran as a member of the IAEA's
Board of Governors -- including Afghanistan."
2. (C) When questioned, Langer noted that Germany is raising
this issue with MESA member states in the hopes that they
will urge another country ("any other country") to become a
candidate rather than Iran or Syria. Langer expressed hope
that perhaps Jordan would reconsider and nominate itself, or
that Kazakhstan might decide to join the MESA grouping and
thus be eligible for nomination. He asked for any update the
U.S. might have about progress in that regard. Without
prodding, Langer noted that the credibility of the IAEA is at
risk if Iran or Syria joined the BOG, but noted that
"pushing" the regional groups toward a different direction
can prove extremely tricky.
TIMKEN JR