MEXICO ON IRAN PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL

S E C R E T MEXICO 001930 NOFORN SIPDIS C O R R E C T E D COPY CAPTION STATE FOR ISN, EUR AND SCA E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/25/2018 TAGS: PARM PREL MX SUBJECT: MEXICO ON IRAN PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL DEFENSE EXPOS REF: STATE 67212 Classified By: Deputy Polcouns James Merz. Reason: 1.4 (b) and (d). ¶1. (S/NF) Poloff conveyed points June 25 on Iran's participation in international defense expositions (reftel) to Julian Juarez Cadenas, the Deputy Director General for UN-Related Security and Legal Issues at the Foreign Secretariat (SRE). Juarez said the notion of prohibiting Iran from participating in international defense-related trade fairs may be an over-interpretation of UNSCRs, but in any case Mexico does not host such events as do Europe and Asia. He mentioned that Mexico sent its report to the UN Security Council as required under UNSCR 1803 three weeks ago in which no one on the watch list was found entering Mexico, no nuclear-related training or sales were occurring in or from Mexico, and no Iranian vessel was detected in Mexican waters. ¶2. (SBU) Juarez also said that Mexico is considering participating as an observer in military exercises under the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) in Panama in August and in New Zealand in October, 2008. Visit Mexico City's Classified Web Site at http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/wha/mexicocity and the North American Partnership Blog at http://www.intelink.gov/communities/state/nap / GARZA