Cablegate: Rosatom to Send Only Working-Level Delegation To

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DE RUEHMO #3411 3302006
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 252006Z NOV 08
FM AMEMBASSY MOSCOW
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 0882
INFO RUCNNSG/NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS GROUP COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEHUNV/USMISSION UNVIE VIENNA PRIORITY 0537

UNCLAS MOSCOW 003411

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DEPT FOR ISN/RA (R.MONGIELLO AND R.NEPHEW)

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IR RS
SUBJECT: ROSATOM TO SEND ONLY WORKING-LEVEL DELEGATION TO
IRAN'S NOVEMBER 30 NUCLEAR CONFERENCE

REF: A. STATE 122401
B. STATE 112229
C. MOSCOW 3215

(SBU) On November 25, per reftels A and B, ESToff met with
Alexander Bolichiov, Second Secretary in the MFA Department
of Security and Disarmament Affairs, to reiterate and
reinforce the USG message regarding non-attendance at Iran's
November 30 Nuclear Conference (ref C). Bolichiov indicated
that he had just returned from a visit to the IAEA
secretariat in Vienna and while there, had been assured that
the IAEA had no intention of allowing the conference to
become a platform for a positive political statement from
Iran. Bolichiov said that the MFA had sent a letter to
Rosatom State Corporation and "other agencies" requesting
that no "political level" attendees be sent to the upcoming
conference. He stated that Rosatom State Corporation was
sending a working-level delegation. Bolichiov allowed that
the MFA shares the USG view that now was not the time to
conduct business as usual with Iran.
BEYRLE

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