Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08BERLIN182
2008-02-14 16:57:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Berlin
Cable title:
NSG/IRAN - GERMANY UNDECIDED ON REQUEST FOR
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C O N F I D E N T I A L BERLIN 000182
SIPDIS
SIPDIS, ISN, NEA, EUR
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/13/2018
TAGS: KNNP ETTC AORC MNUC PARM IAEA IR GM
SUBJECT: NSG/IRAN - GERMANY UNDECIDED ON REQUEST FOR
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON EXPORT DENIALS
REF: A. STATE 11499
B. 07 BERLIN 1536
Classified By: EMIN Robert A. Pollard for reasons 1.4
(b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L BERLIN 000182
SIPDIS
SIPDIS, ISN, NEA, EUR
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/13/2018
TAGS: KNNP ETTC AORC MNUC PARM IAEA IR GM
SUBJECT: NSG/IRAN - GERMANY UNDECIDED ON REQUEST FOR
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON EXPORT DENIALS
REF: A. STATE 11499
B. 07 BERLIN 1536
Classified By: EMIN Robert A. Pollard for reasons 1.4
(b) and (d).
1. (C) Global Affairs officer delivered ref A demarche
February 6 to MFA IAEA Unit Chief Martin Langer and MFA
Nuclear Energy and Nonproliferation Unit Chief Dietrich
Becker, who undertook to convey the request to Germany's
interagency export control working group. In a follow-up
discission February 14, Becker reported that interagency
review of the matter is still ongoing, pending a decision
from the German Economics Ministry and the German Federal
Office of Economics and Export Controls (BAFA). We will
continue to engage the MFA on this issue and will follow up
as needed with the Economics Ministry and BAFA.
2. (C) COMMENT: As reported ref B, Economics Ministry
officials have previously expressed concern that sensitive
information passed to the IAEA Secretariat and the UNSC
Sanctions Committee might fall into the wrong hands. While
Germany shares information about export denials within the
NSG, the Economics Ministry has been reluctant to disseminate
such information more broadly. We view the Economics
Ministry's willingness to consider the IAEA request, rather
than refusing it outright, as a positive development. END
COMMENT.
TIMKEN JR
SIPDIS
SIPDIS, ISN, NEA, EUR
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/13/2018
TAGS: KNNP ETTC AORC MNUC PARM IAEA IR GM
SUBJECT: NSG/IRAN - GERMANY UNDECIDED ON REQUEST FOR
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON EXPORT DENIALS
REF: A. STATE 11499
B. 07 BERLIN 1536
Classified By: EMIN Robert A. Pollard for reasons 1.4
(b) and (d).
1. (C) Global Affairs officer delivered ref A demarche
February 6 to MFA IAEA Unit Chief Martin Langer and MFA
Nuclear Energy and Nonproliferation Unit Chief Dietrich
Becker, who undertook to convey the request to Germany's
interagency export control working group. In a follow-up
discission February 14, Becker reported that interagency
review of the matter is still ongoing, pending a decision
from the German Economics Ministry and the German Federal
Office of Economics and Export Controls (BAFA). We will
continue to engage the MFA on this issue and will follow up
as needed with the Economics Ministry and BAFA.
2. (C) COMMENT: As reported ref B, Economics Ministry
officials have previously expressed concern that sensitive
information passed to the IAEA Secretariat and the UNSC
Sanctions Committee might fall into the wrong hands. While
Germany shares information about export denials within the
NSG, the Economics Ministry has been reluctant to disseminate
such information more broadly. We view the Economics
Ministry's willingness to consider the IAEA request, rather
than refusing it outright, as a positive development. END
COMMENT.
TIMKEN JR