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Viewing cable 10LJUBLJANA35, SLOVENIA CONSIDERING ITS OWN STATEMENT ON IRAN

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
10LJUBLJANA35 2010-02-10 13:03 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Ljubljana
VZCZCXRO0554
OO RUEHIK
DE RUEHLJ #0035 0411303
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 101303Z FEB 10
FM AMEMBASSY LJUBLJANA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 7665
INFO RUEHZL/EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHDC PRIORITY
UNCLAS LJUBLJANA 000035 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR NEA/IR SPRING AND MARWAHA, DRL/NESCA HUTCHINGS AND 
P 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PHUM PREL IR SI
SUBJECT: SLOVENIA CONSIDERING ITS OWN STATEMENT ON IRAN 
 
REF: A. PDAS MCELDOWNEY/EUR-DCM EMAIL OF 02/07/2010 
     B. STATE 12108 
     C. LJUBLJANA 0034 
 
1.(SBU) CDA delivered ref A points to Foreign Minister 
Zbogar's chief of staff, Aljaz Arih, on February 7.  Arih 
said Slovenia would support High Representative Ashton's 
efforts and said he would pass along our request for a 
separate Slovenia statement. 
 
2.(SBU) Pol-Econ chief followed up on February 9 by 
delivering ref B demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
(MFA) Human Rights Department Head Smiljana Knez.  Knez said 
Slovenia is following the human rights situation in Iran very 
closely through its embassy in Tehran, and in particular, is 
focused on issues surrounding the death penalty, freedom of 
expression and persecution of Iran's Baha'i minority. 
Starting from the time of its EU Presidency in 2008, Slovenia 
has systematically issued statements regarding the Iranian 
regime's human rights abuses and plans to continue doing so 
in the future.  Knez noted that Slovenia has already prepared 
its list of questions and recommendations in advance of next 
week's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process on Iran. 
Slovenia is currently considering issuing a statement in 
advance of the February 11 anniversary, but is waiting to 
first see Ashton's statement.  Knez expressed appreciation 
for the U.S. talking points and said that the MFA would take 
them into consideration when drafting Slovenia's statement. 
FREDEN