Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08ROME887
2008-07-18 11:38:00
SECRET
Embassy Rome
Cable title:
ITALY: IAEA BOG MESA SEAT
how-toVZCZCXRO0718 OO RUEHFL RUEHKW RUEHLA RUEHROV DE RUEHRO #0887 2001138 ZNY SSSSS ZZH O 181138Z JUL 08 FM AMEMBASSY ROME TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0608 INFO RUEHZL/EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE PRIORITY RUEHII/VIENNA IAEA POSTS COLLECTIVE PRIORITY RUEHFL/AMCONSUL FLORENCE PRIORITY 3123 RUEHMIL/AMCONSUL MILAN PRIORITY 9468 RUEHNP/AMCONSUL NAPLES PRIORITY 3270
S E C R E T ROME 000887
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/17/2018
TAGS: IAEA KNNP PREL KZ SY AORC IT
SUBJECT: ITALY: IAEA BOG MESA SEAT
REF: STATE 76661
Classified By: A/Political M/C Gabriel Escobar for reasons 1.4 b and d
(C) On July 17 Poloff and Scicouns delivered reftel points
encouraging Italy to support Kazakhstan to compete for the
open IAEA Board of Governors seat for which Syria is the only
candidate, to MFA Nonproliferation Office Director Emanuele
Farruggia and MFA Disarmament and Nonproliferation Agreement
Implementation Office Director Vittorio Rocco. Both said
they would take our points into consideration and get back to
us with their formal response. Neither had been aware that
Syria was a candidate. Farruggia said he agreed personally
with our concern about Syria's candidacy given the ongoing
IAEA investigations and noted that Kazakhstan would not only
be a face-saving choice but is also a relevant country given
its partnership with Russia in the Angarsk International
uranium Enrichment Center.
SPOGLI