Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08JAKARTA1833
2008-09-27 03:26:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Jakarta
Cable title:
UNSC IRAN RESOLUTION--PRESSING FOR INDONESIAN
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C O N F I D E N T I A L JAKARTA 001833
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR P, EAP, EAP/MTS, EAP/MLS, NEA, NEA/IR, IO, IO/UNP,
IO/T (VON BEHREN)
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/27/2018
TAGS: PREL PARM KNNP ID IR
SUBJECT: UNSC IRAN RESOLUTION--PRESSING FOR INDONESIAN
SUPPORT
REF: A. STATE 103511
B. S/ES-O SWO/SSMITH-WILSON - JAKARTA POL/JNOVAK
09-27-08
Classified By: DCM John Heffern, reasons 1.4(b+d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L JAKARTA 001833
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR P, EAP, EAP/MTS, EAP/MLS, NEA, NEA/IR, IO, IO/UNP,
IO/T (VON BEHREN)
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/27/2018
TAGS: PREL PARM KNNP ID IR
SUBJECT: UNSC IRAN RESOLUTION--PRESSING FOR INDONESIAN
SUPPORT
REF: A. STATE 103511
B. S/ES-O SWO/SSMITH-WILSON - JAKARTA POL/JNOVAK
09-27-08
Classified By: DCM John Heffern, reasons 1.4(b+d).
1. (C) SUMMARY: On September 27, DCM delivered reftel
demarche urging support for the UNSC resolution on Iran's
nuclear program to Secretary General Imron Cotan, the
number-three official at the Department of Foreign Affairs
(DEPLU). He underscored the importance of a 15-0 vote and
pressed the GOI to join the international consensus on this
matter. Cotan said Indonesia understood the U.S. position
and promised to review the matter further with other senior
GOI officials. He voiced Indonesia's long-standing doubts
that Iran's nuclear program was aimed at developing nuclear
weapons. Cotan did not commit to a position on the draft
resolution. END SUMMARY.
2. (C) The DCM delivered ref A demarche urging support for
the draft UN Security Council resolution on Iran's nuclear
program to Secretary General Imron Cotan, the number-three
official at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) early
on Saturday, September 27. The DCM underscored the importance
of a 15-0 vote on the resolution to send a strong signal that
the international community is unified in calling for Iran to
meet all of its nonproliferation obligations. He also noted
that since the passage of UNSCR 1803 in March 2008 that Iran
continued to defy the international community and still
refused to cooperate fully with the IAEA. Indonesia's hope
that its abstention on resolution 1803 would help lead the
Iranians to meet these obligations--their stated rationale
for abstaining at the time--had failed to spur Iranian
action. The DCM urged Indonesia to support the resolution.
3. (C) Cotan said he understood the USG position and
promised to review the matter with other senior GOI
officials, including FM Wirajuda who is in New York for the
UNGA. He said Indonesia would be concerned about Iran's
efforts to develop a nuclear weapon if it could be proven
this was the real intent of Iran's nuclear program. He
suggested that USG officials raise the matter directly with
the Indonesian delegation in New York.
4. (C) The DCM underscored that the P-5 members of the UNSC
were unified on this issue and that Indonesia did not want to
be seen as flouting this international consensus. When
pressed, Cotan said Indonesia would do as much as possible to
accommodate U.S. concerns on the matter but--pending further
consultations--he did not commit to a position on the
resolution.
HUME
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR P, EAP, EAP/MTS, EAP/MLS, NEA, NEA/IR, IO, IO/UNP,
IO/T (VON BEHREN)
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/27/2018
TAGS: PREL PARM KNNP ID IR
SUBJECT: UNSC IRAN RESOLUTION--PRESSING FOR INDONESIAN
SUPPORT
REF: A. STATE 103511
B. S/ES-O SWO/SSMITH-WILSON - JAKARTA POL/JNOVAK
09-27-08
Classified By: DCM John Heffern, reasons 1.4(b+d).
1. (C) SUMMARY: On September 27, DCM delivered reftel
demarche urging support for the UNSC resolution on Iran's
nuclear program to Secretary General Imron Cotan, the
number-three official at the Department of Foreign Affairs
(DEPLU). He underscored the importance of a 15-0 vote and
pressed the GOI to join the international consensus on this
matter. Cotan said Indonesia understood the U.S. position
and promised to review the matter further with other senior
GOI officials. He voiced Indonesia's long-standing doubts
that Iran's nuclear program was aimed at developing nuclear
weapons. Cotan did not commit to a position on the draft
resolution. END SUMMARY.
2. (C) The DCM delivered ref A demarche urging support for
the draft UN Security Council resolution on Iran's nuclear
program to Secretary General Imron Cotan, the number-three
official at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) early
on Saturday, September 27. The DCM underscored the importance
of a 15-0 vote on the resolution to send a strong signal that
the international community is unified in calling for Iran to
meet all of its nonproliferation obligations. He also noted
that since the passage of UNSCR 1803 in March 2008 that Iran
continued to defy the international community and still
refused to cooperate fully with the IAEA. Indonesia's hope
that its abstention on resolution 1803 would help lead the
Iranians to meet these obligations--their stated rationale
for abstaining at the time--had failed to spur Iranian
action. The DCM urged Indonesia to support the resolution.
3. (C) Cotan said he understood the USG position and
promised to review the matter with other senior GOI
officials, including FM Wirajuda who is in New York for the
UNGA. He said Indonesia would be concerned about Iran's
efforts to develop a nuclear weapon if it could be proven
this was the real intent of Iran's nuclear program. He
suggested that USG officials raise the matter directly with
the Indonesian delegation in New York.
4. (C) The DCM underscored that the P-5 members of the UNSC
were unified on this issue and that Indonesia did not want to
be seen as flouting this international consensus. When
pressed, Cotan said Indonesia would do as much as possible to
accommodate U.S. concerns on the matter but--pending further
consultations--he did not commit to a position on the
resolution.
HUME