Ecuador on P5+1 and Iran

C O N F I D E N T I A L QUITO 000869 SENSITIVE SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 2019/10/07 TAGS: PREL PARM IAEA KNNP EC IR SUBJECT: Ecuador on P5+1 and Iran REF: STATE 100153; QUITO 863 CLASSIFIED BY: Heather M. Hodges, Ambassador, State, EXEC; REASON: 1.4(D) ¶1. (C) Embassy called MFA Multilateral Affairs Directorate on October 5 to schedule a meeting with Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma to deliver Ref A points. Ambassador Puma reiterated Ecuador's position on Iran and nuclear proliferation: Ecuador respected UNSC resolutions, supported nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, and encouraged compliance with the relevant international agreements through the Non-Aligned Movement. When she expressed irritation that Iran had been on our agenda repeatedly in the last few weeks, including discussions on the Qom site, Poloff noted that the P5+1 meeting had occurred just a few days prior and that we wanted to communicate our concerns given the specific items raised in that meeting. Puma said only that Ecuador's position had not changed since the last demarche on Iran's nuclear activities. HODGES