VZCZCXYZ0003
PP RUEHWEB
DE RUEHSF #0086 0420742
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 110742Z FEB 08
FM AMEMBASSY SOFIA
TO RUCNNSG/NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS GROUP PRIORITY
RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 4753
RUEHUNV/USMISSION UNVIE VIENNA PRIORITY 0023
UNCLAS SOFIA 000086
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
PASS TO ISN/RA RICHARD NEPHEW AND RISA MONGIELLO
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AORC IR KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA BU
SUBJECT: BULGARIA: NON COMMITTAL ON DEMARCHE ON REQUEST
FOR MORE NSG EXPORT DENIAL DATA
REF: STATE 11499
(SBU) On February 6, we delivered REFTEL points and IAEA
Deputy Director General for Safeguards Olli Heinonen's letter
requesting additional information about the nuclear-related
export denial information on Iran to MFA's Maria S.
Atanassova, Head of the Export Control Section, Arms Control
Department and Daniela Boudinova, State Expert on Nuclear
Issues, Arms Control and International Security Department.
Ms. Atanassova thanked us for Heinonen's letter and said that
Bulgaria had a shared interest in the ongoing IAEA
investigation into the Iranian Nuclear Program. However, she
was non committal on Bulgaria regarding the request to
provide additional export denial information on Iran with the
United States or IAEA.
Beyrle