Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09ANKARA882
2009-06-23 16:17:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Ankara
Cable title:
TURKEY'S EXPLANATION FOR WEAK IAEA STATEMENT ON
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C O N F I D E N T I A L ANKARA 000882
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/22/2019
TAGS: KNNP AORC IAEA IR TU
SUBJECT: TURKEY'S EXPLANATION FOR WEAK IAEA STATEMENT ON
IRAN COMES UP SHORT
REF: UNVIE 293
Classified By: DCM Doug Silliman for reason 1.4 (b, d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L ANKARA 000882
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/22/2019
TAGS: KNNP AORC IAEA IR TU
SUBJECT: TURKEY'S EXPLANATION FOR WEAK IAEA STATEMENT ON
IRAN COMES UP SHORT
REF: UNVIE 293
Classified By: DCM Doug Silliman for reason 1.4 (b, d)
1. (C) On June 22, DCM met with Hakan Fidan, PM Erdogan's
Foreign Policy Adviser and also Turkey's governor on the
IAEA, to discuss Turkey's national statement on Iran. DCM
expressed regret that the Turkish national statement did not
call for Iran to provide transparency and access to the IAEA
and did not call for Iran to implement the Additional
Protocol and relevant UNSC and IAEA Board resolutions. DCM
welcomed Turkey's national statement which called on Syria to
cooperate fully with the IAEA investigation.
2. (C) Fidan said that he had expected the U.S. to be
disappointed in Turkey's statement on Iran, and acknowledged
that the Iran and Syria statements seemed inconsistent.
Fidan sought to explain: Turkey took a considered decision
to make its position distinct from that of the U.S. and the
EU. Turkey remained concerned about Iran's non-compliance,
but thought it is counterproductive to take a sharp tone with
Iran. "We wanted to leave Iran at least one un-burned bridge
to the West," Fidan said. On Syria, however, Turkey's
message was intentionally strong: "You say you seek to
engage with the West, yet your actions do not support these
claims."
Comment
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3. (C) Turkey consistently explains that its practice is to
save its harsh rebukes of Iran for private conversations,
keeping public statements vaguely positive, even -- as in
this case -- at the expense of drawing ire from the USG.
Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at
http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Portal:Turk ey
JEFFREY
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/22/2019
TAGS: KNNP AORC IAEA IR TU
SUBJECT: TURKEY'S EXPLANATION FOR WEAK IAEA STATEMENT ON
IRAN COMES UP SHORT
REF: UNVIE 293
Classified By: DCM Doug Silliman for reason 1.4 (b, d)
1. (C) On June 22, DCM met with Hakan Fidan, PM Erdogan's
Foreign Policy Adviser and also Turkey's governor on the
IAEA, to discuss Turkey's national statement on Iran. DCM
expressed regret that the Turkish national statement did not
call for Iran to provide transparency and access to the IAEA
and did not call for Iran to implement the Additional
Protocol and relevant UNSC and IAEA Board resolutions. DCM
welcomed Turkey's national statement which called on Syria to
cooperate fully with the IAEA investigation.
2. (C) Fidan said that he had expected the U.S. to be
disappointed in Turkey's statement on Iran, and acknowledged
that the Iran and Syria statements seemed inconsistent.
Fidan sought to explain: Turkey took a considered decision
to make its position distinct from that of the U.S. and the
EU. Turkey remained concerned about Iran's non-compliance,
but thought it is counterproductive to take a sharp tone with
Iran. "We wanted to leave Iran at least one un-burned bridge
to the West," Fidan said. On Syria, however, Turkey's
message was intentionally strong: "You say you seek to
engage with the West, yet your actions do not support these
claims."
Comment
--------------
3. (C) Turkey consistently explains that its practice is to
save its harsh rebukes of Iran for private conversations,
keeping public statements vaguely positive, even -- as in
this case -- at the expense of drawing ire from the USG.
Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at
http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Portal:Turk ey
JEFFREY