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08ISLAMABAD2529 | 2008-07-26 07:07:00 | CONFIDENTIAL | Embassy Islamabad |
VZCZCXRO6726 PP RUEHLH RUEHPW DE RUEHIL #2529 2080707 ZNY CCCCC ZZH P 260707Z JUL 08 FM AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 8051 INFO RUEHBUL/AMEMBASSY KABUL PRIORITY 8931 RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON PRIORITY 8372 RUEHNE/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI PRIORITY 3577 RUEHKP/AMCONSUL KARACHI PRIORITY 0093 RUEHLH/AMCONSUL LAHORE PRIORITY 5837 RUEHPW/AMCONSUL PESHAWAR PRIORITY 4616 RUEHUNV/USMISSION UNVIE VIENNA PRIORITY 0098 RUMICEA/USCENTCOM INTEL CEN MACDILL AFB FL PRIORITY RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY 8310 RUEHNO/USMISSION USNATO PRIORITY 4188 RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC PRIORITY |
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C O N F I D E N T I A L ISLAMABAD 002529
SIPDIS PLEASE PASS TO ISN/RA RICHARD NEPHEW E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/26/2017 TAGS: KNNP, PK, IR, MNUC, PARM, TRGY, ENRG, EMIN, ETTC SUBJECT: PAKISTAN: "STRATEGIC INTEREST" TO PREVENT URANIUM SUPPLIES TO IRAN REF: STATE 77744 Classified By: A/DCM E. Candace Putnam, for reasons 1.5 (b), (d). (C) PolOff delivered July 24 reftel demarche points to Pakistan MFA Director for Disarmament Mohammad Kamran Akhtar. Akhtar said that the GOP could not agree more with the need to prevent Iran's acquisition of new supplies of uranium. He assured PolOff that the GOP was doing everything in its power to adhere to all resolutions/regulations of international bodies and claimed that the GOP in fact enforced a "strict interpretation" of same. Noting that Pakistan is already bordered by two nuclear powers (China and India), Akhtar frankly concluded: "It is not in Pakistan's strategic interest to cooperate with Iran (in the acquisition of any new supplies of uranium)." ARCHIBALD |