Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09BERN92
2009-02-27 18:17:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Bern
Cable title:
IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN AND SYRIA
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C O N F I D E N T I A L BERN 000092
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR ISN/RA (R.NEPHEW),IO (M.GOLDSTEIN),AND EUR/CE
(J.LUNA)
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/27/2014
TAGS: PARM IAEA KNNP MNUC IR SYR TRGY SZ
SUBJECT: IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN AND SYRIA
REF: STATE 16285
Classified By: Acting POL/E Counselor Chris Buck; reasons
1.4(b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L BERN 000092
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR ISN/RA (R.NEPHEW),IO (M.GOLDSTEIN),AND EUR/CE
(J.LUNA)
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/27/2014
TAGS: PARM IAEA KNNP MNUC IR SYR TRGY SZ
SUBJECT: IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN AND SYRIA
REF: STATE 16285
Classified By: Acting POL/E Counselor Chris Buck; reasons
1.4(b) and (d).
1. (C) Acting POL/E Counselor conveyed the reftel message on
February 26 to Andreas Friedrich, Head of the Arms Control
and Disarmament Section of the Swiss Federal Department of
Foreign Affairs (EDA). Friedrich said that he expected that
Switzerland will make national statements at the March 2-6
IAEA Board of Governors (BOG) meeting calling on Iran and
Syria to cooperate with the IAEA and meet their international
obligations. He was not prepared to elaborate further on the
possible content of such statements, but suggested that the
Iran statement would be consistent with past Swiss BOG
statements.
2. (C) Separately, Friedrich remarked that he thought it too
late to add the Indian Additional Protocol issue to the
agenda for the upcoming BOG, saying that it is an issue that
"will need to be reviewed very carefully."
CARTER
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR ISN/RA (R.NEPHEW),IO (M.GOLDSTEIN),AND EUR/CE
(J.LUNA)
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/27/2014
TAGS: PARM IAEA KNNP MNUC IR SYR TRGY SZ
SUBJECT: IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN AND SYRIA
REF: STATE 16285
Classified By: Acting POL/E Counselor Chris Buck; reasons
1.4(b) and (d).
1. (C) Acting POL/E Counselor conveyed the reftel message on
February 26 to Andreas Friedrich, Head of the Arms Control
and Disarmament Section of the Swiss Federal Department of
Foreign Affairs (EDA). Friedrich said that he expected that
Switzerland will make national statements at the March 2-6
IAEA Board of Governors (BOG) meeting calling on Iran and
Syria to cooperate with the IAEA and meet their international
obligations. He was not prepared to elaborate further on the
possible content of such statements, but suggested that the
Iran statement would be consistent with past Swiss BOG
statements.
2. (C) Separately, Friedrich remarked that he thought it too
late to add the Indian Additional Protocol issue to the
agenda for the upcoming BOG, saying that it is an issue that
"will need to be reviewed very carefully."
CARTER