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C O N F I D E N T I A L NICOSIA 000056 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/18/2020 
TAGS: KNNP PARM PREL IR EU AORC CY
SUBJECT: CYPRUS FULLY SUPPORTS EU POSITION ON IRAN 
 
REF: STATE 06236 
 
Classified By: Ambassador Ronald L. Schlicher 
 
(C) On January 18, Polchief delivered reftel message and 
non-papers to Sotos Liassides, Director for Multilateral 
Affairs at the Cypriot MFA, and Panayiotis Papadopoulos, who 
covers Middle East issues in the Bilateral Affairs division. 
Liassides stressed the GOC's support for the EU position on 
Iran and noted that he and Permanent Secretary Zakheous had 
both called in the Iranian Ambassador on at least three 
occassions to express concern over Tehran's intransigence on 
the enrichment issue.  The GOC fully endorsed the statement 
of the EU-3 Foreign Ministers.  Cyprus would be closely 
following developments both in Iran and in the IAEA and hoped 
to play a constructive, if limited, role.  Liassides 
considered it unlikely, however, that Cyprus would speak out 
publicly in support of referring Iran to the UNSC. 
SCHLICHER