SPAIN COMMITTED TO IMPLEMENTING THE TRAVEL

C O N F I D E N T I A L MADRID 000395 SIPDIS SIPDIS STATE FOR ISN/RA RISA MONGIELLO E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/03/2018 TAGS: MNUC KNNP IR UNSC SP ECON SUBJECT: SPAIN COMMITTED TO IMPLEMENTING THE TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS AUTHORIZED BY UNSCRS 1737, 1747, AND 1803 REF: A. SECSTATE 34974 ¶B. SECSTATE 33674 Classified By: A/DCM Josie Shumake for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) ¶1. (C) On April 4, Econoff delivered reftel demarche to MFA's Deputy Director General for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Ignacio Sanchez de Lerin Garcia Ovies who indicated that Spain would continue to carefully implement the travel ban and restrictions on individuals designated under UNSCRS 1737, 1747, and 1803. Travelers of Iranian nationality are required to obtain a visa in order to enter Spain. Sanchez de Lerin explained that any visa requests for travel to or through Spain by individuals designated in UNSCRS 1737, 1747, or 1803 would generally be denied. ¶2. (C) Sanchez de Lerin confirmed that the names of the designated individuals had already been passed to the appropriate consular channels, particularly to the Spanish Embassy in Tehran. That being said, should these individuals enter the EU through another country, it is possible for them to access Spain via its open borders with Portugal or France without the government being able to prevent them. AGUIRRE