Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
10SEOUL176
2010-02-05 09:22:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Seoul
Cable title:
ROKG CONSIDERS NEW STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS IRANIAN
how-toVZCZCXYZ0000 OO RUEHWEB DE RUEHUL #0176 0360922 ZNY CCCCC ZZH O 050922Z FEB 10 FM AMEMBASSY SEOUL TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 6988 INFO RUCNKOR/KOREA COLLECTIVE PRIORITY RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY 1993 RUACAAA/COMUSKOREA INTEL SEOUL KOR PRIORITY RHMFISS/COMUSKOREA J5 SEOUL KOR PRIORITY RHMFISS/COMUSFK SEOUL KOR PRIORITY RHHMUNA/CDR USPACOM HONOLULU HI PRIORITY
C O N F I D E N T I A L SEOUL 000176
SIPDIS
NEA FOR ELISA CATALANO
ISN FOR RICHARD NEPHEW
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/05/2030
TAGS: PARM PREL PGOV PINR UNSC KS IR
SUBJECT: ROKG CONSIDERS NEW STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS IRANIAN
NUCLEAR ISSUE, REACHES OUT TO BUSINESS COMMUNITY
REF: STATE 9124
Classified By: POL M/C James L. Wayman. Reasons 1.4 (b/d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L SEOUL 000176
SIPDIS
NEA FOR ELISA CATALANO
ISN FOR RICHARD NEPHEW
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/05/2030
TAGS: PARM PREL PGOV PINR UNSC KS IR
SUBJECT: ROKG CONSIDERS NEW STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS IRANIAN
NUCLEAR ISSUE, REACHES OUT TO BUSINESS COMMUNITY
REF: STATE 9124
Classified By: POL M/C James L. Wayman. Reasons 1.4 (b/d).
1. (C) POLOFF delivered reftel demarche on February 5 to Koo
Hyun-mo, Director of MOFAT's Disarmament and Nonproliferation
Division, highlighting U.S. diplomatic efforts to engage
Iran, outlining the U.S. view of next steps, and seeking ROK
cooperation to increase pressure. Director Koo said the ROKG
shares the USG's concerns about Iran's nuclear program. He
stressed that the ROKG is fully implementing Iran-related UN
Security Council resolutions and, in many ways, has "gone far
beyond" Korea's international obligations.
2. (C) Koo emphasized that additional tougher sanctions,
either UN or USG, would aid the ongoing ROKG effort to
persuade Korean companies to stop doing business as usual
with Iran. Koo related that Kim Jin-soo, MOFAT's Director
General of MOFAT's African and Middle Eastern Affairs Bureau,
met with ROK business representatives in late December to
convey the ROKG position on the Iranian nuclear issue and ask
that ROK companies refrain from investing in or doing
business with Iran. Koo said ROKG officials would outline a
more detailed approach towards Iran during ISN Deputy
Assistant Secretary Tony Foley's visit to Seoul next week.
STEPHENS
SIPDIS
NEA FOR ELISA CATALANO
ISN FOR RICHARD NEPHEW
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/05/2030
TAGS: PARM PREL PGOV PINR UNSC KS IR
SUBJECT: ROKG CONSIDERS NEW STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS IRANIAN
NUCLEAR ISSUE, REACHES OUT TO BUSINESS COMMUNITY
REF: STATE 9124
Classified By: POL M/C James L. Wayman. Reasons 1.4 (b/d).
1. (C) POLOFF delivered reftel demarche on February 5 to Koo
Hyun-mo, Director of MOFAT's Disarmament and Nonproliferation
Division, highlighting U.S. diplomatic efforts to engage
Iran, outlining the U.S. view of next steps, and seeking ROK
cooperation to increase pressure. Director Koo said the ROKG
shares the USG's concerns about Iran's nuclear program. He
stressed that the ROKG is fully implementing Iran-related UN
Security Council resolutions and, in many ways, has "gone far
beyond" Korea's international obligations.
2. (C) Koo emphasized that additional tougher sanctions,
either UN or USG, would aid the ongoing ROKG effort to
persuade Korean companies to stop doing business as usual
with Iran. Koo related that Kim Jin-soo, MOFAT's Director
General of MOFAT's African and Middle Eastern Affairs Bureau,
met with ROK business representatives in late December to
convey the ROKG position on the Iranian nuclear issue and ask
that ROK companies refrain from investing in or doing
business with Iran. Koo said ROKG officials would outline a
more detailed approach towards Iran during ISN Deputy
Assistant Secretary Tony Foley's visit to Seoul next week.
STEPHENS