Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
10VIENNA207
2010-02-25 10:51:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Vienna
Cable title:
AUSTRIA ON SYRIA AT MARCH IAEA BOG
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C O N F I D E N T I A L VIENNA 000207
SIPDIS
STATE FOR ISN/RA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/25/2025
TAGS: PARM KNNP PREL IAEA SY AU
SUBJECT: AUSTRIA ON SYRIA AT MARCH IAEA BOG
REF: STATE 16530
Classified By: Econ/Pol Counselor Dean Yap. Reason: 1.4(b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L VIENNA 000207
SIPDIS
STATE FOR ISN/RA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/25/2025
TAGS: PARM KNNP PREL IAEA SY AU
SUBJECT: AUSTRIA ON SYRIA AT MARCH IAEA BOG
REF: STATE 16530
Classified By: Econ/Pol Counselor Dean Yap. Reason: 1.4(b) and (d).
1. (C) In a previously scheduled meeting Feb. 22, EMBASSY
and UNVIE officers conveyed to Austrian MFA Arms
Control/Disarmament Director Alexander Marschik continued USG
interest in pressing Syria for full transparency and
cooperation with the IAEA on the Al Kibar reactor site.
Marschik welcomed the USG stance, as there had been some
speculation within the GoA (and, we presume, wider EU
circles) about USG intentions in light of improved
U.S.-Syrian political ties. EMBASSY E/P Counselor
subsequently conveyed reftel materials to Marschik.
2. (C) E/P Counselor also conveyed reftel point to MFA Middle
East Director Friedrich Stift on Feb. 24. Stift also
welcomed the information and reported that Austrian FonMin
Spindelegger had raised Al Kibar during his visit to Damascus
in mid-February. According to Stift, the Syrians maintained
a hard line on the issue -- insisting that the IAEA could
inspect Syrian sights only annually and that they had no idea
as to how chemically processed uranium could have been found
at Al Kibar.
EACHO
SIPDIS
STATE FOR ISN/RA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/25/2025
TAGS: PARM KNNP PREL IAEA SY AU
SUBJECT: AUSTRIA ON SYRIA AT MARCH IAEA BOG
REF: STATE 16530
Classified By: Econ/Pol Counselor Dean Yap. Reason: 1.4(b) and (d).
1. (C) In a previously scheduled meeting Feb. 22, EMBASSY
and UNVIE officers conveyed to Austrian MFA Arms
Control/Disarmament Director Alexander Marschik continued USG
interest in pressing Syria for full transparency and
cooperation with the IAEA on the Al Kibar reactor site.
Marschik welcomed the USG stance, as there had been some
speculation within the GoA (and, we presume, wider EU
circles) about USG intentions in light of improved
U.S.-Syrian political ties. EMBASSY E/P Counselor
subsequently conveyed reftel materials to Marschik.
2. (C) E/P Counselor also conveyed reftel point to MFA Middle
East Director Friedrich Stift on Feb. 24. Stift also
welcomed the information and reported that Austrian FonMin
Spindelegger had raised Al Kibar during his visit to Damascus
in mid-February. According to Stift, the Syrians maintained
a hard line on the issue -- insisting that the IAEA could
inspect Syrian sights only annually and that they had no idea
as to how chemically processed uranium could have been found
at Al Kibar.
EACHO