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Created
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09JAKARTA1658
2009-10-05 07:26:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Jakarta
Cable title:
IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM -- BRIEFING INDONESIA ON OUTCOME OF GENEVA TALKS
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DEPT FOR D, P, EAP, EAP/MTS, EAP/MLS, EAP/RSP, ISN, ISN/RA,
NEA, NEA/IR
P FOR S/A S.MULL, L.ROSENBERGER
S SANAC FOR RCJOHNSON
PASS TO NSC FOR J.BADER, D.WALTON
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/05/2019
TAGS: PREL MNUC KNNP PARM ID IR
SUBJECT: IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM -- BRIEFING INDONESIA ON
OUTCOME OF GENEVA TALKS
REF: A. JAKARTA POL - S SANAC 10-05-09 CLASS EMAIL
B. STATE 103219
C. JAKARTA 1525 AND PREVIOUS
Classified By: Pol/C Joseph L. Novak, reasons 1.4(b+d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 JAKARTA 001658
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR D, P, EAP, EAP/MTS, EAP/MLS, EAP/RSP, ISN, ISN/RA,
NEA, NEA/IR
P FOR S/A S.MULL, L.ROSENBERGER
S SANAC FOR RCJOHNSON
PASS TO NSC FOR J.BADER, D.WALTON
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/05/2019
TAGS: PREL MNUC KNNP PARM ID IR
SUBJECT: IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM -- BRIEFING INDONESIA ON
OUTCOME OF GENEVA TALKS
REF: A. JAKARTA POL - S SANAC 10-05-09 CLASS EMAIL
B. STATE 103219
C. JAKARTA 1525 AND PREVIOUS
Classified By: Pol/C Joseph L. Novak, reasons 1.4(b+d).
1. (C) SUMMARY: Mission has briefed the GOI on the outcome
of last week's P5 1 talks in Geneva. We urged that Indonesia
publicly support the dual track approach of engagement plus
preparations for increased pressure on Iran. GOI contacts
expressed support for the current approach while urging that
all possible steps focus on making diplomatic efforts a
success. Separately, Mission understands that Special
Adviser Einhorn is considering a visit to Indonesia soon.
Close consultations on regional and international issues are
a key part of our emerging Comprehensive Partnership with
Indonesia, and such a visit could usefully review the way
forward with Iran as well as other nonproliferation
priorities. END SUMMARY.
BRIEFING INDONESIA
2. (C) Per ref B, Mission has briefed the Indonesian
government re the P5 1 meetings held on October 1 in Geneva.
Mission reviewed the background provided by Department on the
talks, urging that Indonesia press Iran to keep the
commitments that it made in Geneva. These include full
implementation of safeguards at the Qom enrichment facility
within a couple of weeks, finalizing the fuel arrangements
for the Tehran Research Reactor, and continuing an intensive
pace of engagement with the P5 1 focused on the nuclear
issue. Continued engagement is key, but the international
community needs simultaneously to prepare to increase the
pressure in order to impress upon Iran the need to comply
with its international obligations. Mission urged
Indonesia's public support for this dual track strategy.
GOI SUPPORTS GENEVA RESULTS
3. (C) Contacts at the Presidential Palace and the
Department of Foreign Affairs expressed support for the P5 1
effort. Astari Daenuwy, an international affairs adviser to
President Yudhoyono, told Pol/C on October 5 that the dual
track approach was "the best option available," and she urged
the P5 1 to continue its efforts to engage Iran. The GOI
would carefully listen to any plans aimed at increasing
pressure on Iran, although it wanted to make sure that any
such plans would truly be effective in ensuring a diplomatic
resolution of the matters at hand.
4. (C) Poloff also discussed the P5 1 talks with Andy
Rachmianto, Deputy Director of the Directorate for
International Security and Disarmament at the Department of
Foreign Affairs, on October 5. Rachmianto was already well
briefed on the Geneva talks and said that Indonesia welcomed
the P5 1 effort and the Geneva results. He specifically
cited as concrete steps forward Iran,s agreement to meet
with the P5 1 again before the end of October and to use some
of its existing stockpile of low enriched uranium to fuel the
Tehran Research Reactor. Rachmianto acknowledged the risk of
Iran backtracking on those commitments.
PROPOSED VISIT BY SPECIAL ADVISER
5. (C) Separately, Mission understands that Special Adviser
for Nonproliferation Robert Einhorn is considering a visit to
Indonesia soon. Such a visit would be very useful as a way
to outline the international community's ongoing concerns in
this area and to discuss the way forward. While it has
closer connections with moderate Arab states, such as Jordan,
Egypt and Saudi Arabia, the GOI has a modicum of links with
Iran, including some trade and investment. As we move
forward in building our Comprehensive Partnership with
Indonesia, we believe that the GOI appreciates its ongoing
close consultations with the USG on key regional and
international issues. A visit by S/A Einhorn to brief on
nonproliferation issues, including re Iran, would fit well
into that overall effort. We are also sure that the GOI
JAKARTA 00001658 002 OF 002
would appreciate such a visit, just it as has appreciated USG
visits related to Burma and China.
OSIUS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR D, P, EAP, EAP/MTS, EAP/MLS, EAP/RSP, ISN, ISN/RA,
NEA, NEA/IR
P FOR S/A S.MULL, L.ROSENBERGER
S SANAC FOR RCJOHNSON
PASS TO NSC FOR J.BADER, D.WALTON
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/05/2019
TAGS: PREL MNUC KNNP PARM ID IR
SUBJECT: IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM -- BRIEFING INDONESIA ON
OUTCOME OF GENEVA TALKS
REF: A. JAKARTA POL - S SANAC 10-05-09 CLASS EMAIL
B. STATE 103219
C. JAKARTA 1525 AND PREVIOUS
Classified By: Pol/C Joseph L. Novak, reasons 1.4(b+d).
1. (C) SUMMARY: Mission has briefed the GOI on the outcome
of last week's P5 1 talks in Geneva. We urged that Indonesia
publicly support the dual track approach of engagement plus
preparations for increased pressure on Iran. GOI contacts
expressed support for the current approach while urging that
all possible steps focus on making diplomatic efforts a
success. Separately, Mission understands that Special
Adviser Einhorn is considering a visit to Indonesia soon.
Close consultations on regional and international issues are
a key part of our emerging Comprehensive Partnership with
Indonesia, and such a visit could usefully review the way
forward with Iran as well as other nonproliferation
priorities. END SUMMARY.
BRIEFING INDONESIA
2. (C) Per ref B, Mission has briefed the Indonesian
government re the P5 1 meetings held on October 1 in Geneva.
Mission reviewed the background provided by Department on the
talks, urging that Indonesia press Iran to keep the
commitments that it made in Geneva. These include full
implementation of safeguards at the Qom enrichment facility
within a couple of weeks, finalizing the fuel arrangements
for the Tehran Research Reactor, and continuing an intensive
pace of engagement with the P5 1 focused on the nuclear
issue. Continued engagement is key, but the international
community needs simultaneously to prepare to increase the
pressure in order to impress upon Iran the need to comply
with its international obligations. Mission urged
Indonesia's public support for this dual track strategy.
GOI SUPPORTS GENEVA RESULTS
3. (C) Contacts at the Presidential Palace and the
Department of Foreign Affairs expressed support for the P5 1
effort. Astari Daenuwy, an international affairs adviser to
President Yudhoyono, told Pol/C on October 5 that the dual
track approach was "the best option available," and she urged
the P5 1 to continue its efforts to engage Iran. The GOI
would carefully listen to any plans aimed at increasing
pressure on Iran, although it wanted to make sure that any
such plans would truly be effective in ensuring a diplomatic
resolution of the matters at hand.
4. (C) Poloff also discussed the P5 1 talks with Andy
Rachmianto, Deputy Director of the Directorate for
International Security and Disarmament at the Department of
Foreign Affairs, on October 5. Rachmianto was already well
briefed on the Geneva talks and said that Indonesia welcomed
the P5 1 effort and the Geneva results. He specifically
cited as concrete steps forward Iran,s agreement to meet
with the P5 1 again before the end of October and to use some
of its existing stockpile of low enriched uranium to fuel the
Tehran Research Reactor. Rachmianto acknowledged the risk of
Iran backtracking on those commitments.
PROPOSED VISIT BY SPECIAL ADVISER
5. (C) Separately, Mission understands that Special Adviser
for Nonproliferation Robert Einhorn is considering a visit to
Indonesia soon. Such a visit would be very useful as a way
to outline the international community's ongoing concerns in
this area and to discuss the way forward. While it has
closer connections with moderate Arab states, such as Jordan,
Egypt and Saudi Arabia, the GOI has a modicum of links with
Iran, including some trade and investment. As we move
forward in building our Comprehensive Partnership with
Indonesia, we believe that the GOI appreciates its ongoing
close consultations with the USG on key regional and
international issues. A visit by S/A Einhorn to brief on
nonproliferation issues, including re Iran, would fit well
into that overall effort. We are also sure that the GOI
JAKARTA 00001658 002 OF 002
would appreciate such a visit, just it as has appreciated USG
visits related to Burma and China.
OSIUS