MEXICO ON INCREASING FINANCIAL PRESSURE ON IRAN

UNCLAS MEXICO 003793 SENSITIVE SIPDIS STATE FOR ISN, T, TREASURY AND NEA E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: EFIN KNNP MNUC IR GM MX SUBJECT: MEXICO ON INCREASING FINANCIAL PRESSURE ON IRAN REF: STATE 132095 ¶1. (SBU) Poloff conveyed points on increasing financial pressure on Iran (reftel) December 24 to Fernando Gonzalez in the Office of the UN Security Council at the Secretariat of Foreign Relations (SRE). Gonzalez commented that the Government of Mexico (GOM) supports full implementation of the Security Council Resolutions on Iran, including UNSCR ¶1747. He said that the legal department of SRE has been working on a new law for the last six months that would impose on proper authorities an obligation to implement security council resolutions, including those pertaining to Iran. Gonzalez remarked that the legal counsel of the President already had approved the draft measure and hoped that it would be introduced and passed by Congress over the next year. ¶2. (SBU) Poloff reached out to representatives of the European countries working with us on increasing financial pressure on Iran with a view to organizing a joint demarche. However, in the interest of time, as these representatives were not/not ready to pursue a joint demarche (at least one had not yet received instructions from its capital) Poloff pursued this matter directly with SRE. Inasmuch as Mexico supports the implementation of UNSC resolutions pertaining to Iran, unless instructed otherwise, Embassy will not pursue a joint demarche with representatives from the European countries. 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 / PARNELL