TURKEY WANTS MORE INFORMATION ON ANGARSK RESERVE

UNCLAS ANKARA 001660 SIPDIS SENSITIVE DEPARTMENT FOR EUR/SE, ISN/NESS HUMPHREY AND CARNAHAN E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: KNNP AORC IAEA ENRG TRGY SUBJECT: TURKEY WANTS MORE INFORMATION ON ANGARSK RESERVE PROPOSAL REF: SECSTATE 117710 ¶1. (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA Energy Department Head Berris Ekinci and Nonproliferation and Disarmament Section Head Mustafa Yurdakul on November 17. While noting no particular objections to the reftel information, Ekinci said the GoT will seek additional information about the proposal at the November 19 briefing that the Russian delegation had scheduled in Vienna. She said the MFA would have to consult the Turkish Atomic Energy Agency following the November 19 briefing and will have to weigh the relative merits of the Angarsk Reserve proposal with other nuclear fuel bank proposals before taking a decision. We noted that the various nuclear fuel bank proposals are not competitive but complementary in nature and urged the GoT to support the likely Russian request for a resolution in support of its proposal at the upcoming IAEA Board of Governors meeting. Ekinci agreed to meet again during the week of November 23, after the GoT has had a chance to evaluate additional information from the Russian briefing. JEFFREY "Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at http://www.intelink.s gov.gov/wiki/Portal:Turkey"