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DE RUEHNR #2399 1511618
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O 311618Z MAY 06
FM AMEMBASSY NAIROBI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 2134
INFO RUEHVI/AMEMBASSY VIENNA PRIORITY 0083

UNCLAS NAIROBI 002399 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR NEA/IR AND AF/E 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL PGOV KE
SUBJECT: KENYA: RESPONSE TO U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN 
 
REF: STATE 87682 
 
¶1. (SBU) DCM delivered reftel points to Kenyan Ministry of 
Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Lazarus Amayo the evening 
of May 31.  (Head of state and foreign minister were 
unavailable.)  Amayo discussed at length the recent G-77 
meeting in Malaysia and Iran's attempt to introduce a 
statement on the nuclear issue.  Jamaica's strong stance 
against this action was supported by the majority of 
participants, he said, because they felt Iran was trying to 
invalidate the authority of the IAEA. 
 
¶2. (SBU) Amayo requested a copy of the Secretary's statement. 
 He was non-committal on the prospect of Kenya making its own 
statement, saying only that he would be in touch with the DCM 
after reading the Secretary's remarks.  He was, nonetheless, 
generally positive about the Secretary's action. 
 
 
BELLAMY