IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM--PRESSING INDONESIA ON NAM

C O N F I D E N T I A L JAKARTA 001372 SIPDIS DEPT FOR EAP, EAP/MTS, EAP/MLS, ISN, ISN/RA (MONGIELLO AND NEPHEW) NSC FOR E.PHU E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/16/2018 TAGS: PREL PARM KNNP ID IR SUBJECT: IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM--PRESSING INDONESIA ON NAM MINISTERIAL REF: STATE 74879 Classified By: Pol/C Joseph L. Novak, reasons 1.4 (b+d). ¶1. (C) SUMMARY: Mission urged GOI interlocutors not to allow Iran to use the July 27-30 Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Tehran as a show of support for Iranian defiance of international requirements re its nuclear program. Our contacts affirmed Indonesia's opposition to Iran's development of nuclear weapons. They added that Indonesia would not support efforts to use the NAM meeting to endorse any Iranian effort to undermine international efforts in this key area. That said, Indonesia is unlikely to stray very far from any NAM consensus that might emerge at the meeting. END SUMMARY. ¶2. (C) On July 16, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Fikry Cassidy, Deputy Director for International Security and Disarmament Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU). Poloff underscored that Iran had failed to comply with UNSC resolutions calling for it to halt all reprocessing activities and that Iran's cooperation with the IAEA remained incomplete. He emphasized that the P5 1 package demonstrated the international community's desire to move forward with Iran, provided Tehran halted its enrichment activities. ¶3. (C) Poloff urged Indonesia to not let Iran use the upcoming NAM Foreign Ministers' meeting in Tehran to undermine the international consensus on these issues. Indonesia was a key player in NAM and could play an important role in shaping the consensus. We urged it to do so in a direction that is constructive. ¶4. (C) Cassidy replied that FM Wirajuda's participation in the NAM ministerial was not yet confirmed but he was likely to attend. He reiterated Indonesia's opposition to Iran's development of nuclear weapons and affirmed Indonesia's support for the IAEA process. He said Indonesia would not support any efforts to "exploit" NAM members in order to undermine the UNSC and IAEA. ¶5. (C) That said, Cassidy went on to note that NAM documents were the products of consensus and Indonesia had to work within that reality. Poloff reiterated the need for Indonesia to act in a constructive fashion and to help shape a positive consensus that would assist in convincing Iran to honor its international obligations. HUME