GDRC SUPPORTS U.S. POSTURE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR

C O N F I D E N T I A L KINSHASA 001037 SIPDIS DEPT FOR ELISA CATALANO (NEA/FO) AND RICHARD NEPHEW (ISN/RA) E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/24/2019 TAGS: PREL IR CG SUBJECT: GDRC SUPPORTS U.S. POSTURE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM REF: SECSTATE 120288 Classified By: CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR WILLIAM J. GARVELINK FOR REASON S 1.4 (B) AND (D). ¶1. (C) PolOff briefed Mr. Mavambu Matumona, MFA Deputy Director for the Office of International Cooperation's Bureau for the Americas, Asia, and Oceania. Matumona quickly responded that the well-known position of the GDRC is against the propagation of nuclear arms and that the GDRC supports the USG's position vis-a-vis Iran's nuclear program. Matumona is receptive to follow-on meetings to discuss next steps determined during or after the meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors. ¶2. (SBU) Biographic Note: This was our first meeting with Mr. Matumona, a career diplomat, whose Kinshasa-based assignment at the Office of International Cooperation began during the last year. His previous assignments abroad were to Romania and most recently Poland where he was Charge d'Affaires in Warsaw. He conducted the meeting entirely in French. End Note. GARVELINK