Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09BEIRUT1066
2009-09-29 12:00:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Beirut
Cable title:
GOL NOT LIKELY TO MAKE STATEMENTS ABOUT IRAN'S
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UNCLAS BEIRUT 001066
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PARM KNNP MNUC LE IR
SUBJECT: GOL NOT LIKELY TO MAKE STATEMENTS ABOUT IRAN'S
COOPERATION WITH THE IAEA
REF: SECSTATE 100153
(SBU) Lebanon is not likely to make any public statements
urging Iran to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy
Agency (ref),MFA Americas Desk Officer Majdi Ramadan told
poloff on September 28. Ramadan clarified, however, that the
GOL does not support the existence of nuclear weapons in Iran
or in other countries in the Middle East region. He said he
would convey reftel's points about the newly publicized
covert uranium enrichment facility in Iran to Foreign
Minister Fawzi Salloukh upon his return to Beirut from the UN
General Assembly later the same day.
SISON