US embassy cable - 05WARSAW3732

C O N F I D E N T I A L WARSAW 003732 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/31/2010 
TAGS: PREL, PTER, PHUM, IR, PL 
SUBJECT: POLAND CONDEMNS IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S INCREASING 
EXTREMISM 
 
REF: STATE 199225 
 
Classified By: CDA Mary Curtin for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) 
 
1. (U) Poland reacted very quickly and strongly to Iranian 
President Ahmadi-Nejad's October 25 statement that Israel 
should be "wiped off the map" (reftel).  The Polish MFA 
spokesman issued on October 27 a strong condemnation of 
Ahmadi-Nejad's remarks.  Text follows in para 3 below. 
 
2. (C) Pol-Mil Chief provided reftel demarche to Witold 
Waszczykowski, Deputy Director for Iran in the MFA Department 
for Middle East and Africa.  Waszczykowski said that the GOP 
was taking Ahmadi-Nejad's statement very seriously.  The 
Polish delegation had presented the MFA statement at the 
October 28 PSC meeting in Brussels, with the strong 
recommendation that the text be issued as part of the 
official Ministers' communique following the November 7 GAERC. 
 
3. (U) BEGIN TEXT. 
 
Information regarding the statement by the President of Iran 
on the subject of Israel 
 
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland 
received with disbelief news agency reports that, during the 
October 26 conference in Tehran entitled "The World without 
Zionism," the President of Iran spoke out in favor of the 
"destruction of Israel."  Such statements are unacceptable 
(in relations) between states.  They violate international 
law and custom.  They encourage hatred and hostility, in 
flagrant contrast to the atmosphere of Ramadan, the month of 
peace. 
 
The Ministry expresses its hope that the aforementioned news 
reports do not reflect the actual content and intent of the 
speech of the President of Iran, including the foundations of 
Iranian foreign policy. 
 
The Ministry awaits appropriate explanations from the Iranian 
authorities, on the basis of which, after having acquainted 
itself with the authorized text of the aforementioned speech, 
it will take prospective further actions.  In order to obtain 
the appropriate explanations, the Ambassador of Iran was 
called into the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 
 
END TEXT. 
CURTIN