Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08STOCKHOLM844
2008-12-19 09:13:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Stockholm
Cable title:
SYRIA AND IAEA DEMARCHE
how-toVZCZCXYZ0007 PP RUEHWEB DE RUEHSM #0844 3540913 ZNY CCCCC ZZH P 190913Z DEC 08 FM AMEMBASSY STOCKHOLM TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 3985 INFO RUEHII/VIENNA IAEA POSTS COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
C O N F I D E N T I A L STOCKHOLM 000844
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/19/2018
TAGS: KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA TRGY SY SW
SUBJECT: SYRIA AND IAEA DEMARCHE
REF: STATE 127578
Classified By: POL Counselor Marc Koehler, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
On December 18, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Asa
Gustaffson, Deputy Director in the MFA Department for
Disarmament and Nonproliferation. Gustaffson said Sweden is
concerned about Syria's lack of cooperation with the IAEA and
shared "the general sense in the EU that we must move slowly"
with respect to Syria's request for a feasibility study for a
nuclear reactor. Saying she was playing a broken record,
Gustaffson noted Sweden must coordinate with the EU on this
issue, adding that she would fly to Brussels December 19 for
expert discussions on a range of topics, including Syria.
She also stated that there was "a lot of uncertainty and
rumor" and "few facts" available to EU members states about
what the Syrians had actually built at Al Kibar. Poloff
replied that the best way to determine the facts would be to
push Syria to cooperate fully with the IAEA.
SILVERMAN
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/19/2018
TAGS: KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA TRGY SY SW
SUBJECT: SYRIA AND IAEA DEMARCHE
REF: STATE 127578
Classified By: POL Counselor Marc Koehler, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
On December 18, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Asa
Gustaffson, Deputy Director in the MFA Department for
Disarmament and Nonproliferation. Gustaffson said Sweden is
concerned about Syria's lack of cooperation with the IAEA and
shared "the general sense in the EU that we must move slowly"
with respect to Syria's request for a feasibility study for a
nuclear reactor. Saying she was playing a broken record,
Gustaffson noted Sweden must coordinate with the EU on this
issue, adding that she would fly to Brussels December 19 for
expert discussions on a range of topics, including Syria.
She also stated that there was "a lot of uncertainty and
rumor" and "few facts" available to EU members states about
what the Syrians had actually built at Al Kibar. Poloff
replied that the best way to determine the facts would be to
push Syria to cooperate fully with the IAEA.
SILVERMAN