IRAN -- INDONESIAN RESPONSE TO P5+1 PACKAGE

C O N F I D E N T I A L JAKARTA 001180 SENSITIVE SIPDIS DEPT FOR EAP, EAP/MTS, EAP/MLS, ISN, ISN/RA, NEA, NEA/IR DEPT FOR RICHARD NEPHEW - ISN/RA DEPT FOR ROLAND MCKAY - NEA/IR NSC FOR E.PHU E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/17/2018 TAGS: PARM KNNP MNUC ID IR SUBJECT: IRAN -- INDONESIAN RESPONSE TO P5+1 PACKAGE REF: STATE 64530 Classified By: Deputy Pol/C Daniel E. Turnbull, reasons 1.4 (b+d). ¶1. (C) On June 17, poloff discussed reftel concerns with Fikry Cassidy, Deputy Director for International Security at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU). Poloff outlined the enhanced incentives provided in the P5 1 package and emphasized that the dual-track approach to gaining Iran's compliance with UNSC resolutions was still being implemented. Cassidy accepted the non-paper and a copy of the new package presented to Iran. He said DEPLU had not seen the new P5 1 package but would forward it to the Foreign Minister, Hasan Wirajuda, who was attending an Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) Foreign Ministers Meeting in Kampala, Uganda. Cassidy said Wirajuda was expected to return to Jakarta on June 21. ¶2. (C) Cassidy said the Indonesian Embassy in Tehran had reported that EU High Representative Javier Solana had presented the package to the Iranian government, which had rejected the package because it did not allow Iran to continue processing uranium. Cassidy did not know whether Iran had yet announced an official response. ¶3. (SBU) Gregory Schulte, U.S. Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, will be in Jakarta on June 18 for meetings with Indonesian officials and legislators on nonproliferation, including Iran. Mission will seek an opportunity for Ambassador Schulte to raise this issue with his interlocutors. HUME