GHANA: BRIEFING ON OUTCOME OF P5+1 TALKS WITH IRAN

C O N F I D E N T I A L ACCRA 001077 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/09/2019 TAGS: KNNP MNUC PARM IR GH SUBJECT: GHANA: BRIEFING ON OUTCOME OF P5+1 TALKS WITH IRAN IN GENEVA REF: SECSTATE 103218 Classified By: Pol Chief Brian Shukan for reasons 1.4(B) and (D) ¶1. (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche October 8 to Mrs Beatrice Brobbey, Director, International Organizations and Multilateral Bureau at the Ghana MFA, briefing Brobbey on the October 1 P5 1 talks, and asking Ghana to press Iran to fulfill the commitments it made in Geneva. We also urged Ghana to support the U.S. position, both publicly and privately. ¶2. (C) Brobbey said that the MFA will pass to the GOG delegation at the IAEA USG request for support for P5 1 objectives. Brobbey also stated that the international community has been waiting for Iran to agree to allow inspectors unfettered access to potential nuclear sites, and Ghana is hopeful that the outcome of the Geneva talks is a breakthrough in Iran's relations with the west. FURUTA-TOY