Cablegate: Italy Engaged in Tehran in Efforts to Secure Out

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UNCLAS ROME 3239

SIPDIS

C O R R E C T E D C O P Y (CHANGE OF CLASSIFICATION)

E.O. 12958: N/A

TAGS: PREL PGOV AF IR IT AFGHANISTAN

SUBJECT: ITALY ENGAGED IN TEHRAN IN EFFORTS TO SECURE OUT

OF COUNTRY REGISTRATION AND VOTING

REF: A. STATE 179808

B. ROME 3224 LONDON 6326

1. Post received further information regarding Italy's

efforts to secure Iranian cooperation for out of country

voting for the upcoming elections in Afghanistan from the

MFA's desk officer for Iran, Federica Ferrari Bravo, on

August 23. Ferrari Bravo said that Italy is well aware of

the problem and that its embassy in Tehran was working on the

issue with other EU embassies.

Visit Rome's Classified Website:

http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/rome/index.cf m

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2004ROME03239 - Classification: UNCLASSIFIED