VZCZCXYZ0009
RR RUEHWEB
DE RUEHTA #2295 3290636
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 240636Z NOV 08
FM AMEMBASSY ASTANA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 3892
INFO RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 0524
UNCLAS ASTANA 002295
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR ISN/RA (RICHARD NEPHEW) AND RISA MONGIELLO
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PARM EMIN ENRG ETTC MNUC KNNP IR UK KZ
SUBJECT: KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PREVENTING
IRAN'S ACQUISITION OF NEW SUPPLIES OF URANIUM
REF: A. STATE 115454
B. ASTANA 001649
1. (SBU) In coordination with the UK Embassy in Astana, we
delivered reftel A points and non-paper on preventing Iran's
acquisition of new supplies of uranium on November 21 to
Sergey Savelyev, Deputy Director of the MFA's Department of
Multilateral Cooperation. We had previously delivered the
same non-paper on September 2 (reftel B). Savelyev expressed
the Government of Kazakhstan's continuing support for strong
non-proliferation efforts towards Tehran. He promised to
pass our non-paper to the Ministry of Energy and Mineral
Resources (MEMR), which he said has the lead on this issue.
Savelyev said he would report back to us any comments from
MEMR.
HOAGLAND