IAEA -- INDONESIA UNDECIDED ON BOARD OF GOVERNORS

C O N F I D E N T I A L JAKARTA 001781 SIPDIS DEPT FOR EAP, EAP/MTS, EAP/MLS, ISN/RA (NEPHEW AND DANIEL), IO/T (VON BEHREN) NSC FOR E.PHU E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/19/2018 TAGS: PREL KNNP IAEA ID SUBJECT: IAEA -- INDONESIA UNDECIDED ON BOARD OF GOVERNORS ELECTION REF: STATE 99745 Classified By: DepPol/C Stanley Harsha, reasons 1.4 (b+d). ¶1. (C) Poloff delivered reftel message to Carolina Tinangon, Deputy Director for International Security and Disarmament Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) on September 19. Poloff urged Indonesia to oppose Iranian and Syrian membership in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors (BOG). Poloff underscored that states which have flouted IAEA requirements should not sit on the IAEA board. He also urged Indonesia to support Afghanistan's candidacy for the board. ¶2. (C) Tinangon responded that Indonesia had not yet decided which countries it would support for the IAEA BOG. She agreed that a state's record of cooperation with the IAEA was an important factor in determining who should sit on the board. She promised that Indonesia would consider USG views as it formulated a position on this question. Tinangon also said that consistent with its usual practice, Indonesia would not announce which countries it would support prior to the vote. HUME