Identifier
Created
Classification
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09BRUSSELS1263
2009-09-18 17:17:00
CONFIDENTIAL
USEU Brussels
Cable title:
EXPANDING THE CHORUS ON IRAN
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C O N F I D E N T I A L BRUSSELS 001263
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR ISN/RA, EUR/ERA, NEA/IR
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/18/2019
TAGS: KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR PREL AORC PTER EUN
SUBJECT: EXPANDING THE CHORUS ON IRAN
REF: STATE 95073
Classified By: USEU POLITICAL MINISTER COUNSELOR CHRISTOPHER DAVIS FOR
REASON 1.4 (B,D)
C O N F I D E N T I A L BRUSSELS 001263
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR ISN/RA, EUR/ERA, NEA/IR
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/18/2019
TAGS: KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR PREL AORC PTER EUN
SUBJECT: EXPANDING THE CHORUS ON IRAN
REF: STATE 95073
Classified By: USEU POLITICAL MINISTER COUNSELOR CHRISTOPHER DAVIS FOR
REASON 1.4 (B,D)
1. (SBU) USEU POLOFF met on 9/18 with EU Council Secretariat
official Lene Lindholdt Hove to discuss EU efforts to broaden
the chorus on Iran. Hove noted that EU member states'
Foreign Ministers UNGA statements on Iran had been
coordinated, the first time the EU had pre-coordinated its
message on Iran for the UNGA. She provided no details beyond
indicating that the EU talking points would be consonant with
the U.S. approach.
2. (SBU) Hove said the EU approach to broadening support for
EU messages on Iran focused on European countries that were
closely associated with the EU due to candidacy for EU
membership or participation in the Stabilization and
Association process, European Free Trade Association, or
European Economic Area. She explained that after EU
consensus was reached on EU public declarations on Iran, the
text was shared with those countries and they were invited to
"align themselves" with the EU statement. In recent months
Croatia, Albania, Macedonia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway,
Moldova and Turkey associated themselves with a number of EU
declarations on human rights in Iran. Turkey did not join
the EU in its declaration expressign concern over the Iranian
election aftermath, Hove specified, while the other EU
candidates and associates did.
3. (C) In response to poloff's inquiry as to whether the EU
would consider inviting any of the EU's Strategic Partners --
a group that includes the U.S., Russia, China and NAM leaders
South Africa, Brazil and India -- to associate themselves
with EU declarations or common positions on Iran, Hove
responded that was unlikely as these countries might want to
amend the EU text. The EU preferred to limit the effort to
those countries where it possessed leverage.
MURRAY
.
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR ISN/RA, EUR/ERA, NEA/IR
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/18/2019
TAGS: KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR PREL AORC PTER EUN
SUBJECT: EXPANDING THE CHORUS ON IRAN
REF: STATE 95073
Classified By: USEU POLITICAL MINISTER COUNSELOR CHRISTOPHER DAVIS FOR
REASON 1.4 (B,D)
1. (SBU) USEU POLOFF met on 9/18 with EU Council Secretariat
official Lene Lindholdt Hove to discuss EU efforts to broaden
the chorus on Iran. Hove noted that EU member states'
Foreign Ministers UNGA statements on Iran had been
coordinated, the first time the EU had pre-coordinated its
message on Iran for the UNGA. She provided no details beyond
indicating that the EU talking points would be consonant with
the U.S. approach.
2. (SBU) Hove said the EU approach to broadening support for
EU messages on Iran focused on European countries that were
closely associated with the EU due to candidacy for EU
membership or participation in the Stabilization and
Association process, European Free Trade Association, or
European Economic Area. She explained that after EU
consensus was reached on EU public declarations on Iran, the
text was shared with those countries and they were invited to
"align themselves" with the EU statement. In recent months
Croatia, Albania, Macedonia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway,
Moldova and Turkey associated themselves with a number of EU
declarations on human rights in Iran. Turkey did not join
the EU in its declaration expressign concern over the Iranian
election aftermath, Hove specified, while the other EU
candidates and associates did.
3. (C) In response to poloff's inquiry as to whether the EU
would consider inviting any of the EU's Strategic Partners --
a group that includes the U.S., Russia, China and NAM leaders
South Africa, Brazil and India -- to associate themselves
with EU declarations or common positions on Iran, Hove
responded that was unlikely as these countries might want to
amend the EU text. The EU preferred to limit the effort to
those countries where it possessed leverage.
MURRAY
.