VZCZCXYZ0008
RR RUEHWEB
DE RUEHRA #0092 0551153
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 241152Z FEB 10
FM AMEMBASSY RIGA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 0081
INFO RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHINGTON DC
RUEHRA/AMEMBASSY RIGA
UNCLAS RIGA 000092
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPT. FOR ISN, T, TREASURY DEPT, AND NEA/IR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PARM KNNP IR LG
SUBJECT: LATVIA WILL REVIEW LIST OF SANCTIONED IRANIAN ENTITIES FOR
LOCAL CONNECTIONS
REF: STATE 15554
(SBU) We delivered reftel demarche and accompanying non-paper to
Judite Dobele, the Head of the Latvian MFA's Asia, Africa and
Oceania Division. Dobele reiterated the GOL's position that the
international community should put pressure on Iran through more
sanctions and welcomed U.S. efforts to do so. She said the GOL
will review the list of newly sanctioned Iranian entities for local
connections.
GARBER