Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09OTTAWA717
2009-09-15 15:13:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Ottawa
Cable title:
CANADA READY TO HELP ON MISSING/DETAINED AMCITS IN
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C O N F I D E N T I A L OTTAWA 000717
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/IR - M. SPRING AND CA/OCS - B. MARWAHA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/15/2019
TAGS: PHUM PREL PINR PROP PTER CASC IR CA
SUBJECT: CANADA READY TO HELP ON MISSING/DETAINED AMCITS IN
IRAN
REF: STATE 94757
Classified By: PolMinCouns Scott Bellard, reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L OTTAWA 000717
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/IR - M. SPRING AND CA/OCS - B. MARWAHA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/15/2019
TAGS: PHUM PREL PINR PROP PTER CASC IR CA
SUBJECT: CANADA READY TO HELP ON MISSING/DETAINED AMCITS IN
IRAN
REF: STATE 94757
Classified By: PolMinCouns Scott Bellard, reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
¶1. (C) Canadian Foreign Minister Cannon and other senior
officials will be seeking meetings with Iranian counterparts
on the margins of the upcoming UN General Assembly in New
York to raise the issue of detained Canadians in Iran,
according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International
Trade (DFAIT) Gulf and Maghreb Deputy Director Gallit Dobner.
She predicted that FM Cannon would likely also agree to
raise the cases of the six detained or missing American
citizens at that time, which her bureau would request
formally in the wake of our demarche. Dobner added that
Cannon had raised the plight of Western detainees with the
Iranian head of delegation at the August 24 - 25 Friends of
Pakistan meeting in Istanbul. CANADA continues to approach
"other non-Western governments that have good relations with
Iran" to seek their good offices as well, according to Dobner.
¶2. (C) Dobner also noted the close cooperation between the
U.S. and CANADA in regard to a possible joint press statement
by FM Cannon and Secretary Clinton expressing concern over
the continued detention of Canadian and U.S. nationals in
Iran. She added that the Canadian Embassy in Washington has
already provided a draft text to NEA/IR as a basis for
discussion.
¶3. (C) While eager to cooperate on the issue of detained
American and Canadian citizens in Iran, CANADA was cognizant
of the need for prudence in timing the release of the joint
statement, Dobner noted. She underscored that the Canadian
Embassy in Tehran had picked up rumors of a possible release
of detainees in honor of Eid, and indicated that CANADA might
wish to make a public statement only if this does not happen.
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