MEXICO ON IAEA REPORTS ON IRANIAN AND SYRIAN

C O N F I D E N T I A L MEXICO 003503 STATE FOR ISN/RA (NEPHEW AND DANIEL) AND IO/T (VON BEHREN) E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/26/2018 TAGS: KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR TRGY MX SUBJECT: MEXICO ON IAEA REPORTS ON IRANIAN AND SYRIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAMS REF: STATE 123074 Classified By: Acting Polcouns James P. Merz. Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). ¶1. (SBU) Poloff conveyed points November 26 on the IAEA's reports on Iranian and Syrian nuclear programs (reftel) to Julian Juarez Cadenas, the Deputy Director General for UN-Related Security and Legal Issues at the Foreign Secretariat (SRE). Juarez said that the Government of Mexico (GOM) continues to believe that Iran should cooperate fully to resolve any of the outstanding issues surrounding its nuclear program. ¶2. (C) Juarez said that Mexico, as one of the members of the IAEA Board of Governors, believes that Syria should cooperate fully with the IAEA investigation, including the determination of the origin of the uranium remains found at Al-Kibar, and that Syria should be required to present all of the information about the site. However, the GOM believes that Syria's request for an IAEA feasiblility study and site survey for a nuclear power plant under IAEA's Technical Cooperation program should be considered separately as long as it has nothing to do with Al-Kibar. 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