Cablegate: Demarche -Iranian President's Increasing Extremism

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UNCLAS LIMA 004692

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PTER PHUM PE IR
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE -IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S INCREASING EXTREMISM
(PERU)

REF: A. SECSTATE 199225
B. LIMA 4644

1. Iranian President Ahmadi-Nejad's public call for Israel
to be "wiped off the map" (Ref A) was discussed at a 10/28
breakfast hosted by the Ambassador for Foreign Minister Oscar
Maurtua and leading Foreign Ministry officials (Ref B).
Maurtua expressed disapproval of the Iranian leader's
statement, and stated that Peru looked forward to working
with the U.S. on international security issues during its
upcoming stint on the Security Council in 2006-2007.

2. On 10/29, the Foreign Ministry issued a press statement
advising that Foreign Minister Maurtua met that day with
Israeli Ambassador Walid Mansour to inform him that the
Peruvian Government "profoundly deplored" Ahmadi-Nejad's
declarations regarding Israel. According to the Ministry,
Maurtua characterized Ahmadi-Nejad's statements as being,
"contrary to the principles of the United Nations Charter,
unacceptable to the international community and do not
contribute to create a climate of detente necessary for the
installation of peace and security in the Middle East." The
Foreign Minister further stated that, "Inadequate threats
such as that announced by the Iranian Government, are not
conducive to respect for the norms of peaceful co-existence
that should prevail between States, the more so when both
countries are members of the United Nations."
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