POLAND AGREES THAT ATTENDANCE AT IRAN'S NUCLEAR

C O N F I D E N T I A L WARSAW 001258 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/29/2018 TAGS: AORC MNUC TRGY IR PL SUBJECT: POLAND AGREES THAT ATTENDANCE AT IRAN'S NUCLEAR CONFERENCE IS INAPPROPRIATE REF: STATE 112229 Classified By: Political Counselor F. Daniel Sainz for Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) ¶1. (C) Warsaw has no intention of participating in the November 30 nuclear conference in Iran. Juliusz Gojlo, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Department of Africa and the Middle East, said October 29 that Poland fully respected its obligations under various UNSC resolutions regarding Iran and agreed with the U.S. view that attendance at the conference would send mixed signals to Tehran authorities. He emphasized that there was "no contradiction between the U.S. and Polish positions" on this issue. ¶2. (C) Thus far, the Iranian Embassy here has not approached the GOP to encourage participation in the conference. Gojlo said he would ensure that our views will be circulated widely, although he asserted that even privately employed scientists and technicians were well aware of the prohibitions against dealing with Iran. Gojlo added that the Iranian Ambassador to Warsaw had visited Poland's Atomic Energy Agency last year, but there was no bilateral cooperation on nuclear issues. ASHE