Identifier
Created
Classification
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09HANOI1298
2009-12-03 10:01:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Hanoi
Cable title:
Embassy Hanoi Delivers Iran Demarche
how-toVZCZCXRO6227 OO RUEHHM DE RUEHHI #1298 3371002 ZNR UUUUU ZZH O R 031001Z DEC 09 FM AMEMBASSY HANOI TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0518 RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0035 INFO RUEHHI/AMEMBASSY HANOI RUEHHM/AMCONSUL HO CHI MINH CITY 0223
UNCLAS HANOI 001298
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FOR ISN/RA (RICHARD NEPHEW)
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MNUC KNNP PARM IR VM
SUBJECT: Embassy Hanoi Delivers Iran Demarche
REF: STATE 100153
(SBU) On December 2, PolOff met with MFA International
Organizations Assistant Director General Do Hung Viet to deliver
reftel demarche regarding the Iranian uranium enrichment facility
and to urge Vietnam to support efforts to hold Iran to its
international nonproliferation obligations. PolOff briefed Viet on
the latest developments and encouraged Vietnam's mission in New
York to coordinate closely with USUN. Viet expressed appreciation
for the information, but offered no substantive comment. He
promised to relay the information to his supervisors at the Foreign
Ministry and to Vietnamese officials in New York. Viet reiterated
Vietnam's support for international non-proliferation objectives
and said Vietnam was committed to fulfilling its obligations. At
the same time, he stressed that each country, including Iran, had a
right to the peaceful use of nuclear energy.
Michalak