Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09ANKARA65
2009-01-15 07:09:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Ankara
Cable title:
INVESTIGATION INTO IRANIAN SHIPMENT BOUND FOR
how-toVZCZCXRO7319 PP RUEHBC RUEHDE RUEHDIR RUEHKUK DE RUEHAK #0065 0150709 ZNR UUUUU ZZH P 150709Z JAN 09 FM AMEMBASSY ANKARA TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 8466 INFO RUEHCV/AMEMBASSY CARACAS PRIORITY 0007 RUCNIRA/IRAN COLLECTIVE
UNCLAS ANKARA 000065
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU IR
SUBJECT: INVESTIGATION INTO IRANIAN SHIPMENT BOUND FOR
VENEZUELA CONTINUES
REF: ANKARA 0003
(SBU) During a January 14 with MFA Undersecretary Ertugrul
Apakan, the Ambassador raised the seizure by Turkey of an
illicit shipment from Iran to Venezuela (reftel). The
Ambassador praised Turkey's vigilance and said that, like the
transit of a rail shipment of weapons from Iran which was
disrupted by a terrorist attack two years ago, this seizure
showed that Iran sought to use Turkey's territory to violate
UN Security Council Resolutions. Reading from a prepared
brief on the subject, Apakan said that an inter-agency
investigation of the shipment is continuing, but Turkey's
Atomic Energy Agency (TAEK) had already examined the shipment
and had determined that no nuclear materials or dual use
items were present. Other agencies continued their
investigation with regard to export control regimes. Turkey
will notify the U.S. as soon as this process was complete.
Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at
http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Portal:Turk ey
Jeffrey
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU IR
SUBJECT: INVESTIGATION INTO IRANIAN SHIPMENT BOUND FOR
VENEZUELA CONTINUES
REF: ANKARA 0003
(SBU) During a January 14 with MFA Undersecretary Ertugrul
Apakan, the Ambassador raised the seizure by Turkey of an
illicit shipment from Iran to Venezuela (reftel). The
Ambassador praised Turkey's vigilance and said that, like the
transit of a rail shipment of weapons from Iran which was
disrupted by a terrorist attack two years ago, this seizure
showed that Iran sought to use Turkey's territory to violate
UN Security Council Resolutions. Reading from a prepared
brief on the subject, Apakan said that an inter-agency
investigation of the shipment is continuing, but Turkey's
Atomic Energy Agency (TAEK) had already examined the shipment
and had determined that no nuclear materials or dual use
items were present. Other agencies continued their
investigation with regard to export control regimes. Turkey
will notify the U.S. as soon as this process was complete.
Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at
http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Portal:Turk ey
Jeffrey