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08BRUSSELS171
2008-02-01 16:50:00
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
Embassy Brussels
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BELGIANS SUPPORT EARLY VOTE ON PROPOSED IRAN

Tags:  PREL PARM BE IR 
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E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/31/2018
TAGS: PREL PARM BE IR
SUBJECT: BELGIANS SUPPORT EARLY VOTE ON PROPOSED IRAN
RESOLUTION, LOBBYING OTHER UNSC MEMBERS AT SOLANA'S BEHEST

REF: STATE 9217 (NOTAL)

Classified By: Ambassador Sam Fox, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)

C O N F I D E N T I A L BRUSSELS 000171

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NOFORN
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E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/31/2018
TAGS: PREL PARM BE IR
SUBJECT: BELGIANS SUPPORT EARLY VOTE ON PROPOSED IRAN
RESOLUTION, LOBBYING OTHER UNSC MEMBERS AT SOLANA'S BEHEST

REF: STATE 9217 (NOTAL)

Classified By: Ambassador Sam Fox, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)


1. (C) Per reftel instructions to seek Belgian support for an
early vote on the next UNSC Iran sanctions resolution, the
Ambassador met on February 1 with Belgian MFA Secretary
General Grauls. In response to the Ambassador's suggestion
that the MFA issue appropriate instructions to the Belgian
Mission in New York, Grauls said the U.S. could "count on"
Belgium to support the planned resolution on Iran. He added
that, acting at the behest of EU High Representative Solana,
Belgium was lobbying several other non-permanent members of
the Security Council (Vietnam, Indonesia, and South Africa).
He thought these countries would remain noncommittal until
they were able to see a text. That said, the Belgian MFA
expected all three eventually to support the resolution.
Libya's position was not clear, he said, but he was almost
certain that Costa Rica would stand fully behind the
resolution.


2. (C) Grauls agreed with the Ambassador's arguments about
the need to prevent problems by holding the vote at the
earliest possible date. He said the Foreign Ministry hoped
the vote would occur in the next few weeks, or certainly
before the end of February.


3. (C) Grauls also provided a few details on the atmospherics
of the recent Brussels visit of Iranian nuclear negotiator
Jalili. Belgian FM De Gucht had been quite "tough" on
Jalili, according to Grauls, making clear that any positive
change in the bilateral relation would have to await a
turnaround in Iran's approach to the nuclear issue. Fox
.