US embassy cable - 04THEHAGUE2344

C O N F I D E N T I A L THE HAGUE 002344 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/17/2014 
TAGS: KNNP, PREL, IR, NL, UNSC 
SUBJECT: IRAN/IAEA:  IAEA NEGOTIATIONS ON IRAN RESOLUTION 
 
REF: A. STATE 198907 
 
     B. STATE 199600 
 
Classified By: CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR ANDREW SCHOFER FOR REA 
SONS 1.4 (B AND D) 
 
1.  (C)  Political Counselor and Poloff shared ref A demarche 
text and ref b points with Dutch Government officials on 
September 16.  Poloff reached Elka Merks, in the Dutch MFA 
Nonproliferation office, to convey points in advance of the 
morning meeting in Vienna at the IAEA.  Poloff drew on 
reftels to emphasize the USG flexibility shown by the U.S. to 
date, and to stress that movement toward the U.S. position 
was necessary to reach consensus. 
 
2. (C)  Merks appreciated the heads up and promised to try to 
reach Dutch mission negotiators in time to alert them to our 
position before the start of negotiations in Vienna. 
 
3.  (C)  Later in the day, PolCouns discussed reftel points 
with Jaap Werner, head of the MFA's Political Affairs 
department.  Werner appreciated the U.S. side's transparency 
with regard to this issue, but noted that the EU had recently 
reaffirmed its intention to let the EU-3 retain the lead on 
the Iranian proliferation issue.  He agreed that it was 
important to send a "strong signal" to Iran, but would not 
comment on specific triggering language for a resolution. 
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