DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PREPARING FOR SYRIA AT MARCH

C O N F I D E N T I A L SEOUL 000322 SIPDIS DEPT FOR RICHARD NEPHEW AND JODY DANIEL E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/25/2020 TAGS: PARM PREL SY IAEA KS SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PREPARING FOR SYRIA AT MARCH IAEA BOG MEETING REF: SECSTATE 16530 Classified By: POL-MIL CHIEF Dorothy Delahanty. Reasons 1.4 (b/d). ¶1. (C) On February 25, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to convey U.S. views regarding the latest IAEA report on Syria to Kim He-jin, Second Secretary, Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). Kim informed Poloff that Korea intends to give a statement at the March 1-5 IAEA Board of Governors (BOG) meeting. The statement, according to Kim, is still being drafted and cleared, but will likely express concern about Syria's lack of cooperation with the IAEA. It will also likely address the issues of Iran and North Korea. Kim further informed Poloff that she will attend the meeting in Vienna. TOKOLA