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| Identifier: | 04ABUDHABI2209 |
|---|---|
| Wikileaks: | View 04ABUDHABI2209 at Wikileaks.org |
| Origin: | Embassy Abu Dhabi |
| Created: | 2004-07-04 13:09:00 |
| Classification: | CONFIDENTIAL |
| Tags: | PREL MOPS IR TC |
| Redacted: | This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks. |
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Diana T Fritz 02/06/2007 05:24:30 PM From DB/Inbox: Search Results
Cable
Text:
CONFIDENTIAL
SIPDIS
TELEGRAM July 04, 2004
To: No Action Addressee
Action: Unknown
From: AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI (ABU DHABI 2209 - PRIORITY)
TAGS: PREL, MOPS
Captions: None
Subject: UAE AND IRAN FREE DETAINED CREWS
Ref: None
_________________________________________________________________
C O N F I D E N T I A L ABU DHABI 02209
SIPDIS
CXABU:
ACTION: POL
INFO: AMB USLO DAO RSO DCM P/M ECON
DISSEMINATION: POL
CHARGE: PROG
APPROVED: CDA:RAALBRIGHT
DRAFTED: POL:JFMAYBURY
CLEARED: DAO:MWEAVER
VZCZCADI897
PP RUEHC RUEHZM RUEHDE
DE RUEHAD #2209 1861309
ZNY CCCCC ZZH
P 041309Z JUL 04
FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 4980
INFO RUEHZM/GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL COLLECTIVE
RUEHDE/AMCONSUL DUBAI 4119
C O N F I D E N T I A L ABU DHABI 002209 SIPDIS STATE FOR NEA/ARP AND NEA/NGA E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/03/2014 TAGS: PREL, MOPS, IR, TC SUBJECT: UAE and Iran free detained crews Ref: (A) Abu Dhabi 1987, (B) Abu Dhabi 1881 Classified by Richard A. Albright, Charge d'Affaires, a.i., reasons 1. 5 (B) and (D). 1. (U) The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement on July 1 announcing that the UAEG had released the Iranian crew and their fishing boat that had been seized on June 2 (see ref B). UAE authorities determined that the crew had entered UAE territorial waters unintentionally, according to the official statement. Meanwhile, a June 30 IRNA report cites Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid-Reza Asefi as saying that Iran had freed Emirati crews and their fishing boats seized June 13 in Iranian waters. While neither announcement specified exact dates of release, Asefi said that Iran acted following a similar move by the UAE to release Iranian sailors held on the same charges. Iranian officials "have taken Iran's good relations with the UAE into consideration and have released all the Emirati sailors and their boats," he said. 2. (U) The UAEG statement published in the Arabic daily Al-Ittihad said, "The UAE gives importance to the good relations with its neighbor, the Islamic Republic of Iran. Because of that, the UAE initiated the release of all arrested Iranian crew members and boats after preliminary investigations with the ship's captain and crew, which determined that the crew had entered UAE territorial waters unintentionally." 3. (C) Comment: As we noted in ref A, such boat seizures are commonplace at this time of year and we have no evidence that these actions are politically motivated. ALBRIGHT
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