DEMARCHE DELIVERED ENCOURAGING EXPANDED PRESSURE ON IRAN

					  C O N F I D E N T I A L ISLAMABAD 002231 

 

SIPDIS 

 

E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/15/2019 

TAGS: PREF, PARM, MNUC, KNNP, IAEA, IR, PK 

SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ENCOURAGING EXPANDED PRESSURE 

ON IRAN 

 

REF: STATE 95073 

 

Classified By: Ambassador Anne W. Patterson, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) 

 
					

1. (C) On September 15, Deputy PolCouns delivered to MFA
Director General (Disarmament) Irfan Yusuf Shami reftel
demarche encouraging expanded private and public pressure on
Iran to fulfill its international obligations and accept a
diplomatic solution to the nuclear issue. In response, Shami
promised that Pakistan would continue to stress three points
to the Iranians: (1) Iran should honor its international
commitments; (2) Pakistan supports a peaceful resolution of
the nuclear issue and opposes armed confrontation; and (3)
Pakistan supports Iran's right to peaceful use of nuclear
energy.
PATTERSON