Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09STOCKHOLM747
2009-11-30 11:45:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Stockholm
Cable title:
SWEDISH RESPONSE: GVA CONSULTANTS SAY THEY
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C O N F I D E N T I A L STOCKHOLM 000747
SIPDIS
STATE FOREEB/ESC (THAMMANG),EEB/TFS (CBACKEMEYER) AND
NEA/IR (RWADHANI)
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/29/2019
TAGS: ECON ENRG EPET ETTC PREL IR SW
SUBJECT: SWEDISH RESPONSE: GVA CONSULTANTS SAY THEY
CANCELED REPORTED INVESTMENT IN THE IRANIAN OIL AND GAS
SECTOR
REF: STATE 121808
Classified By: Economic Counselor Laura Kirkconnel for
reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L STOCKHOLM 000747
SIPDIS
STATE FOREEB/ESC (THAMMANG),EEB/TFS (CBACKEMEYER) AND
NEA/IR (RWADHANI)
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/29/2019
TAGS: ECON ENRG EPET ETTC PREL IR SW
SUBJECT: SWEDISH RESPONSE: GVA CONSULTANTS SAY THEY
CANCELED REPORTED INVESTMENT IN THE IRANIAN OIL AND GAS
SECTOR
REF: STATE 121808
Classified By: Economic Counselor Laura Kirkconnel for
reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) On November 30, Emboff shared reftel points on
reported investment in the Iranian oil and gas sector with
Per Saland, Sanctions Coordinator, Department for Security
Policy at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MFA),and
Holger Eriksson, Managing Director of the Swedish company GVA
Consultants, a wholly owned subsidiary of the U.S. company
KBR. Saland thanked Post for providing this information and
for being "completely transparent" regarding the contact with
GVA Consultants. He added that he has "no information or
particular comment on the matter."
2. (C) GVA Managing Director Holger Eriksson commented that
his company had provided "drawings for underwater drilling
activities" to Iran as part of a contract entered into in
March 2001, but which GVA Consultants "canceled in May 2009."
Eriksson said that he would send the questions regarding the
specific activities that had been pursued in Iran to the KBR
legal department based in the UK, and that they would reply
to Post. Post will report the KBR response septel.
BARZUN
SIPDIS
STATE FOREEB/ESC (THAMMANG),EEB/TFS (CBACKEMEYER) AND
NEA/IR (RWADHANI)
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/29/2019
TAGS: ECON ENRG EPET ETTC PREL IR SW
SUBJECT: SWEDISH RESPONSE: GVA CONSULTANTS SAY THEY
CANCELED REPORTED INVESTMENT IN THE IRANIAN OIL AND GAS
SECTOR
REF: STATE 121808
Classified By: Economic Counselor Laura Kirkconnel for
reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) On November 30, Emboff shared reftel points on
reported investment in the Iranian oil and gas sector with
Per Saland, Sanctions Coordinator, Department for Security
Policy at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MFA),and
Holger Eriksson, Managing Director of the Swedish company GVA
Consultants, a wholly owned subsidiary of the U.S. company
KBR. Saland thanked Post for providing this information and
for being "completely transparent" regarding the contact with
GVA Consultants. He added that he has "no information or
particular comment on the matter."
2. (C) GVA Managing Director Holger Eriksson commented that
his company had provided "drawings for underwater drilling
activities" to Iran as part of a contract entered into in
March 2001, but which GVA Consultants "canceled in May 2009."
Eriksson said that he would send the questions regarding the
specific activities that had been pursued in Iran to the KBR
legal department based in the UK, and that they would reply
to Post. Post will report the KBR response septel.
BARZUN