VZCZCXRO8581
PP RUEHBC RUEHDE RUEHDIR RUEHKUK
DE RUEHKB #0393 0991415
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 091415Z APR 07
FM AMEMBASSY BAKU
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 2719
INFO RUCNIRA/IRAN COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEHUNV/USMISSION UNVIE VIENNA PRIORITY 0022
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY 0224
RUEHBS/USEU BRUSSELS PRIORITY

UNCLAS BAKU 000393 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
FOR ISN, NEA, IO AND EUR/CARC 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KNNP IR IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC AJ
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IRAN'S OPENING OF NATANZ 
FUEL ENRICHMENT PLANT 
 
REF: STATE 45880 
 
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED; NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION 
 
¶1.  (SBU) DCM spoke with MFA Americas desk officer Elchin 
Bashirov regarding reftel demarche on April 7.  Bashirov said 
he would forward the request to the appropriate MFA office 
and, on April 9, confirmed that the Director of the MFA,s 
First Territorial Division would convey this information to 
the Azerbaijani Embassy in Tehran.  DCM separately conveyed 
the information on April 8 to the aide for MFA Deputy Foreign 
Minister Khalaf Khalafov, whose portfolio includes Iran.  DCM 
also contacted UK and German DCMs, who confirmed that neither 
the UK nor the Germany Embassy in Baku had received 
instructions on this issue. 
 
¶2.  (SBU)  On April 9, we followed up with Qalib Israfilov, 
Chief of the MFA Security Affairs Department, regarding 
reftel.  Israfilov was not aware of the anticipated opening 
ceremony, but his aide said that he would contact the 
Azerbaijani Embassy in Tehran to communicate the message. 
DERSE