Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09ANKARA841
2009-06-17 15:11:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Ankara
Cable title:
TURKEY ON IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN AND SYRIA
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C O N F I D E N T I A L ANKARA 000841
SIPDIS
ISN/RA FOR NEPHEW, IO/T FOR DETEMPLE, EUR/SE FOR MARSH
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/17/2019
TAGS: KNNP PARM IAEA MNUC TRGY
SUBJECT: TURKEY ON IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN AND SYRIA
REF: SECSTATE 60334
Classified By: Pol-Mil Counselor Anthony Godfrey, Reasons 1.4 (b,d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L ANKARA 000841
SIPDIS
ISN/RA FOR NEPHEW, IO/T FOR DETEMPLE, EUR/SE FOR MARSH
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/17/2019
TAGS: KNNP PARM IAEA MNUC TRGY
SUBJECT: TURKEY ON IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN AND SYRIA
REF: SECSTATE 60334
Classified By: Pol-Mil Counselor Anthony Godfrey, Reasons 1.4 (b,d)
1. (C) The Ambassador met with MFA Undersecretary Ertugrul
Apakan on Jun 12 and made reftel demarche, urging support for
the IAEA reports on Iran and Syria. The Ambassador pressed
for Turkey to make a strong national statement, calling on
Iran and Syria to cooperate in a transparent manner with the
IAEA investigations. MFA Deputy Director General Ahmet Gun
told us on June 16 that Hakan Fidan, Turkey's IAEA Governor,
had received instructions based on the Ambassador's
intervention, but cautioned that in its national statement,
Turkey would continue to avoid language which would limit its
ability to engage with Iran, especially at a time when there
were indications that Tehran was in the process of preparing
a response to the P5 1 offer. As usual, Turkey would not
align itself with the EU statement, but would express concern
for the lack of progress in the investigations in Iran and
Syria, would call for both states to support the IAEA and
would make a specific call to both Syria and Iran to provide
transparency to IAEA investigators.
Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at
http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Portal:Turk ey
JEFFREY
SIPDIS
ISN/RA FOR NEPHEW, IO/T FOR DETEMPLE, EUR/SE FOR MARSH
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/17/2019
TAGS: KNNP PARM IAEA MNUC TRGY
SUBJECT: TURKEY ON IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN AND SYRIA
REF: SECSTATE 60334
Classified By: Pol-Mil Counselor Anthony Godfrey, Reasons 1.4 (b,d)
1. (C) The Ambassador met with MFA Undersecretary Ertugrul
Apakan on Jun 12 and made reftel demarche, urging support for
the IAEA reports on Iran and Syria. The Ambassador pressed
for Turkey to make a strong national statement, calling on
Iran and Syria to cooperate in a transparent manner with the
IAEA investigations. MFA Deputy Director General Ahmet Gun
told us on June 16 that Hakan Fidan, Turkey's IAEA Governor,
had received instructions based on the Ambassador's
intervention, but cautioned that in its national statement,
Turkey would continue to avoid language which would limit its
ability to engage with Iran, especially at a time when there
were indications that Tehran was in the process of preparing
a response to the P5 1 offer. As usual, Turkey would not
align itself with the EU statement, but would express concern
for the lack of progress in the investigations in Iran and
Syria, would call for both states to support the IAEA and
would make a specific call to both Syria and Iran to provide
transparency to IAEA investigators.
Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at
http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Portal:Turk ey
JEFFREY