IRAN: GERMAN RESPONSE ON 60-DAY REPORT TO UN

C O N F I D E N T I A L BERLIN 000626 C O R R E C T E D C O P Y - Country Tags added SIPDIS NEA/IR, ISN, EUR/AGS, EEB E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/13/2018 TAGS: KNNP EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY GM IR SUBJECT: IRAN: GERMAN RESPONSE ON 60-DAY REPORT TO UN SECURITY COUNCIL ON UNSCR 1803 REF: SECSTATE 48615 Classified By: Minister Counselor for Political Affairs Jeffrey Rathke for reasons 1.4(b)/(d) ¶1. (C) Poloffs delivered reftel to MFA Office Director for Middle East Affairs Sabine Sparwasser on May 8. Sparwasser expressed thanks for the U.S. report to the UNSC on implementation of UNSCR 1803. She said that German implementation of UNSCR 1803 will take place on two tracks: Germany-wide and on the EU level. She said that Germany is in the process of implementing UNSCR 1803 on a national level, but she noted that "the EU will not be so fast" in its implementation. In a subsequent discussion on May 13, MFA Iran Desk Officer Florian Laudi informed Poloff that Germany had submitted its report to the U.N. Sanctions Committee on May 1. ¶2. (C) Post also delivered copies of the report to the MFA Economic Policy and Export Control divisions, as well as to the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Economics. Post will report any additional substantive comments from German officials septel. TIMKEN JR