Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09EFTOHELSINKI235
2009-06-22 09:48:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Helsinki
Cable title:
IRANIANS DELIGHTED TO BE INVITED, BUT DON'T ATTEND
how-toR 220948Z JUN 09 FM AMEMBASSY HELSINKI TO SECSTATE WASHDC 5026 INFO EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE IRAN COLLECTIVE
UNCLAS E F T O HELSINKI 000235
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ODIP PREL IR FI
SUBJECT: IRANIANS DELIGHTED TO BE INVITED, BUT DON'T ATTEND
INDEPENDENCE DAY
REF: A. (A) STATE 55537
B. (B) STATE 60331
UNCLAS E F T O HELSINKI 000235
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ODIP PREL IR FI
SUBJECT: IRANIANS DELIGHTED TO BE INVITED, BUT DON'T ATTEND
INDEPENDENCE DAY
REF: A. (A) STATE 55537
B. (B) STATE 60331
1. (U) Embassy Helsinki invited Iranian Ambassador and
Deputy Chief of Mission to the Independence Day reception,
which was held on Wednesday, June 17. (July is the
traditional holiday month in the Nordic region.) The
invitees regretted the invitations, and did not attend.
2. (SBU) During a June 5 diplomatic event in Helsinki, the
American-citizen wife of a third-country diplomat told Charge
that the Iranian Ambassador had expressed delight at
receiving the invitation. Asked by her whether he would be
attending, the Iranian replied that he expected his Foreign
Ministry to instruct all Iranian embassies on how to respond.
Iranian DCM, who attended the June 5 event, made a point of
telling Charge how happy he was to be invited to the U.S.
event as well as how significant he had found President
Obama's Cairo speech.
BUTLER
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ODIP PREL IR FI
SUBJECT: IRANIANS DELIGHTED TO BE INVITED, BUT DON'T ATTEND
INDEPENDENCE DAY
REF: A. (A) STATE 55537
B. (B) STATE 60331
1. (U) Embassy Helsinki invited Iranian Ambassador and
Deputy Chief of Mission to the Independence Day reception,
which was held on Wednesday, June 17. (July is the
traditional holiday month in the Nordic region.) The
invitees regretted the invitations, and did not attend.
2. (SBU) During a June 5 diplomatic event in Helsinki, the
American-citizen wife of a third-country diplomat told Charge
that the Iranian Ambassador had expressed delight at
receiving the invitation. Asked by her whether he would be
attending, the Iranian replied that he expected his Foreign
Ministry to instruct all Iranian embassies on how to respond.
Iranian DCM, who attended the June 5 event, made a point of
telling Charge how happy he was to be invited to the U.S.
event as well as how significant he had found President
Obama's Cairo speech.
BUTLER