IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM -- ENGAGING INDONESIA ON

C O N F I D E N T I A L JAKARTA 001856 SIPDIS DEPT FOR EAP, EAP/MLS, EAP/MTS, NEA, NEA/IR (TAYLOR), ISN/RA (NEPHEW),IO/T (VONBEHREN) NSC FOR E.PHU E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/03/2018 TAGS: PREL PARM KNNP ID IR SUBJECT: IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM -- ENGAGING INDONESIA ON IMPLEMENTING UNSC RESOLUTIONS REF: STATE 105173 Classified By: Pol/C Joseph L. Novak, reasons 1.4(b+d). ¶1. (C) SUMMARY: Per reftel instruction, Mission has engaged GOI contacts, emphasizing the importance of vigorous implementation of all UNSC resolutions on Iran's nuclear program. GOI officials agreed that Iran must comply with its nonproliferation obligations and promised to continue to implement the relevant resolutions. END SUMMARY. ¶2. (C) Pol/C delivered reftel demarche on implementing UNSC resolutions regarding Iran's nuclear program to Tri Sukma (Nanu) Djandam, a foreign affairs advisor in the President's Office, on October 3. Separately, poloff conveyed USG views to officials in the Directorate of North American Affairs and the Directorate for International Security and Disarmament Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU). ¶3. (C) Mission urged robust implementation of all resolutions regarding Iran's nuclear programs. Pol/C thanked Indonesia for supporting UNSCR 1835, which reiterated the international community's call for Iran to comply with its nonproliferation obligations. The recent resolution sends a strong signal of continued international resolve and unity in regard to the goal of preventing Iran from developing a nuclear weapons capability. Given this unified call, it was critically important that all countries continue to implement all UNSC resolutions dealing with Iran's nuclear program in order to support a diplomatic resolution to this problem. Iran must comply with the UNSC's call to halt all reprocessing activities and must comply fully with all IAEA efforts to account for Tehran's nuclear activities. ¶4. (C) GOI officials agreed that Iran must comply with all UNSC resolutions dealing with its nuclear program. They assured us that Indonesia would continue to implement all relevant UNSC resolutions. Mission provided the GOI points describing all the resolutions and what was required. HUME