Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09KINSHASA847
2009-09-18 14:13:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Kinshasa
Cable title:
EXPANDING THE CHORUS ON IRAN: DRC RESPONDS
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C O N F I D E N T I A L KINSHASA 000847
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/17/2019
TAGS: MNUC KNNP PARM IAEA PREL AORC CG IR
SUBJECT: EXPANDING THE CHORUS ON IRAN: DRC RESPONDS
POSITIVELY
REF: STATE 95073
Classified By: Ambassador William J. Garvelink for reasons 1.4 (b) and
(d).
(C) Polcouns delivered reftel points on September 17 to Banza
Ngoy Katumwe, head of the MFA's International Organizations
Directorate. Ngoy said the GDRC position remained clear:
Iran needed to comply with the various UNSC and IAEA
resolutions regarding its nuclear program. Ngoy opined that
in today's global environment, the bellicose diplomatic style
Iran employs is counter-productive. Ngoy maintained that the
GDRC had purposefully dragged its feet on granting agreement
for the new Iranian ambassador in Kinshasa to send a message
that DRC-Iranian relations were not optimal. Furthermore,
Ngoy said that Foreign Minister Alexis Thambwe had turned
down a request from the Iranian Foreign Minister to meet on
the margins of UNGA.
GARVELINK