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Created
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08JAKARTA1066
2008-06-02 06:29:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Jakarta
Cable title:
IAEA/IRAN REPORT -- PRESSING THE GOI
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C O N F I D E N T I A L JAKARTA 001066
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR P, T, EAP, IO, PM, ISN, EAP/MTS, EAP/MLS, ISN/RA
(NEPHEW),IO/T (VON BEHREN)
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/02/2018
TAGS: PARM KNNP IAEA IR ID
SUBJECT: IAEA/IRAN REPORT -- PRESSING THE GOI
REF: A. STATE 57726
B. JAKARTA 929 AND PREVIOUS
Classified By: Pol/C Joseph Legend Novak, reasons 1.4(b+d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L JAKARTA 001066
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR P, T, EAP, IO, PM, ISN, EAP/MTS, EAP/MLS, ISN/RA
(NEPHEW),IO/T (VON BEHREN)
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/02/2018
TAGS: PARM KNNP IAEA IR ID
SUBJECT: IAEA/IRAN REPORT -- PRESSING THE GOI
REF: A. STATE 57726
B. JAKARTA 929 AND PREVIOUS
Classified By: Pol/C Joseph Legend Novak, reasons 1.4(b+d).
1. (C) SUMMARY: Per Ref A, Mission has urged that the GOI
take a robust posture regarding Iran's failure to cooperate
with the investigation of Iranian nuclear facilities by the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Our contact said
the GOI is still studying the recent IAEA report. Mission
looks forward to Ambassador (IAEA) Gregory Schulte's planned
visit to Jakarta as a prime opportunity to reiterate the
international community's deep concerns about this matter.
END SUMMARY.
2. (C) UNDERSCORING POINTS: On June 2, Dep/Pol/C of the
Regional Stability Unit reviewed the recent IAEA report on
Iran with Carolina Tinangon of the office of International
Security and Disarmament at the Department of Foreign Affairs
(DEPLU). Dep/Pol/C laid out the report's examples of Iran's
noncompliance with U.N. Security Council resolutions and its
clear failure to cooperate with the IAEA's investigation.
The IAEA report--which identified "serious concerns" over
Iranian activities--left little doubt that Iran was not
providing the necessary documentation and transparency to
substantiate its assertions regarding its nuclear program.
Speaker Ali Larijani's recent statements were particularly
troubling.
3. (C) Dep/Pol/C pressed for a firmer Indonesian line on
Iran's nuclear activities. Indonesia had been largely silent
on this in recent months, he noted, and--in previous
statements--Indonesia had emphasized Iran's right to pursue
peaceful uses of nuclear energy without giving equal weight
to the need for Iranian compliance with UNSC and IAEA
requirements. Especially given its current status as a
non-permanent member of the UNSC, Indonesia needed to send a
more balanced message to Iran. Failure to obtain Iran's
compliance would undermine the IAEA process, one that
Indonesia has said it wanted to see succeed.
4. (C) GOI STUDYING REPORT: Noting that Indonesia was not
an IAEA Board member, Tinangon said DEPLU had a copy of the
IAEA report and was "still studying" it. Citing language
from the report, she said the IAEA had not concluded that
Iran's nuclear activities were for military purposes.
Dep/Pol/C stressed that this was due to IAEA investigators'
lack of access to Iranian facilities, and urged that
Indonesia support firm statements by Board member-states on
this matter.
5. (C) PLANNED VISIT: Mission looks forward to Ambassador
to the IAEA Gregory Schulte's planned June 19-21 visit as a
prime opportunity to reiterate the international community's
deep concerns in this area. Though Mission continues to
raise USG concerns, the GOI has clearly not been focused on
this matter since the UNSC's approval of Resolution 1803 in
March in a vote which isolated Indonesia (14 countries
voting "yes" with only Indonesia abstaining). It is good to
keep reminding the GOI that this matter remains very much on
the international agenda and cannot be ignored for domestic
political reasons or any other reason.
HEFFERN
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR P, T, EAP, IO, PM, ISN, EAP/MTS, EAP/MLS, ISN/RA
(NEPHEW),IO/T (VON BEHREN)
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/02/2018
TAGS: PARM KNNP IAEA IR ID
SUBJECT: IAEA/IRAN REPORT -- PRESSING THE GOI
REF: A. STATE 57726
B. JAKARTA 929 AND PREVIOUS
Classified By: Pol/C Joseph Legend Novak, reasons 1.4(b+d).
1. (C) SUMMARY: Per Ref A, Mission has urged that the GOI
take a robust posture regarding Iran's failure to cooperate
with the investigation of Iranian nuclear facilities by the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Our contact said
the GOI is still studying the recent IAEA report. Mission
looks forward to Ambassador (IAEA) Gregory Schulte's planned
visit to Jakarta as a prime opportunity to reiterate the
international community's deep concerns about this matter.
END SUMMARY.
2. (C) UNDERSCORING POINTS: On June 2, Dep/Pol/C of the
Regional Stability Unit reviewed the recent IAEA report on
Iran with Carolina Tinangon of the office of International
Security and Disarmament at the Department of Foreign Affairs
(DEPLU). Dep/Pol/C laid out the report's examples of Iran's
noncompliance with U.N. Security Council resolutions and its
clear failure to cooperate with the IAEA's investigation.
The IAEA report--which identified "serious concerns" over
Iranian activities--left little doubt that Iran was not
providing the necessary documentation and transparency to
substantiate its assertions regarding its nuclear program.
Speaker Ali Larijani's recent statements were particularly
troubling.
3. (C) Dep/Pol/C pressed for a firmer Indonesian line on
Iran's nuclear activities. Indonesia had been largely silent
on this in recent months, he noted, and--in previous
statements--Indonesia had emphasized Iran's right to pursue
peaceful uses of nuclear energy without giving equal weight
to the need for Iranian compliance with UNSC and IAEA
requirements. Especially given its current status as a
non-permanent member of the UNSC, Indonesia needed to send a
more balanced message to Iran. Failure to obtain Iran's
compliance would undermine the IAEA process, one that
Indonesia has said it wanted to see succeed.
4. (C) GOI STUDYING REPORT: Noting that Indonesia was not
an IAEA Board member, Tinangon said DEPLU had a copy of the
IAEA report and was "still studying" it. Citing language
from the report, she said the IAEA had not concluded that
Iran's nuclear activities were for military purposes.
Dep/Pol/C stressed that this was due to IAEA investigators'
lack of access to Iranian facilities, and urged that
Indonesia support firm statements by Board member-states on
this matter.
5. (C) PLANNED VISIT: Mission looks forward to Ambassador
to the IAEA Gregory Schulte's planned June 19-21 visit as a
prime opportunity to reiterate the international community's
deep concerns in this area. Though Mission continues to
raise USG concerns, the GOI has clearly not been focused on
this matter since the UNSC's approval of Resolution 1803 in
March in a vote which isolated Indonesia (14 countries
voting "yes" with only Indonesia abstaining). It is good to
keep reminding the GOI that this matter remains very much on
the international agenda and cannot be ignored for domestic
political reasons or any other reason.
HEFFERN