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### Viewing cable 09MOSCOW405, RUSSIA DELAYS DELIVERY OF S-300S TO IRAN?

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09MOSCOW405 | 2009-02-18 15:03 | SECRET | Embassy Moscow

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    S E C R E T MOSCOW 000405

    SIPDIS

    E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/18/2019
    TAGS: PREL PGOV ETTC MCAP MARR MOPS PARM PINR PTER
    IR, RS
    SUBJECT: RUSSIA DELAYS DELIVERY OF S-300S TO IRAN?

    REF: A. BEYRLE-BURNS FEBRUARY 18 E-MAIL
         ¶B. MOSCOW 357

    Classified By: DCM Eric Rubin.  Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)

    ¶1. (S) In response to media reports surrounding the visit of
    Iranian Defense Minister Najar to Moscow February 16-18 that
    Russia would move ahead with the delivery of the S-300 air
    defense missile system to Iran, Ambassador expressed strong
    concern to DFM Ryabkov February 17 (ref A).  Ryabkov replied
    that Moscow had "gotten the message."  This followed
    Ambassador's demarches on the issue the previous week to
    Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Prikhodko and PM FP
    Advisor Ushakov, as well as U/S Burns' and NSC Senior
    Director McFaul's expressions of strong concern regarding the
    possible completion of the delivery with FM Lavrov (ref B),
    Prikhodko and Ushakov.

    ¶2. (SBU) Late February 17, news daily Kommersant reported
    that Rosoboronexport spokesman Vyacheslav Davidenko said that
    Russia and Iran were "unlikely to agree on deliveries of the
    S-300 air defense missile system" during Najar's visit.
    Davidenko reportedly said that "nothing has changed as to the
    deliveries of S-300 to Tehran" and that "things were unlikely
    to change" after Naijar's visit.  Press reports February 18
    followed up, saying that Russia had "deferred" its plan to
    sell S-300's to Iran "in an effort to improve Moscow's
    relations with the new Obama Administration."  They cited
    Rosoboronexport General Director Isaikin's comment that "if
    the president and government of the Russian Federation make a
    decision, Rosoboronexport must implement it."  Isaikin said
    Russia had not delivered the system to Iran, but was ready to
    do so "if ordered."  Daily Izvestiya also reported that DFM
    Ryabkov said that Russia "saw to it that its military
    cooperation is transparent and in keeping with international
    law."

    ¶3. (C) Israeli DCM Yuval Fuchs told us February 17 that FM
    Lavrov was in Israel over the weekend and assured the GOI
    that Russia was not supplying any S-300 missiles to any
    countries in the Middle East.  According to Fuchs, Lavrov
    failed to give any heads up to the GOI about Najar's visit
    this week.  Fuchs added that Rosatom head Sergey Kiriyenko
    and Deputy FM Aleksey Borodavkin will make separate trips to
    Iran later this month.  Kiriyenko will travel to discuss
    Iran's nuclear facility at Bushehr, while Borodavkin is going
    for consultations.

    ¶4. (C) Comment.  Russian officials appear to have stepped
    back, at least temporarily, from announcing a delivery of the
    S-300's, but pressure will remain within the military and
    security services to move forward as much for financial
    reasons as for political or foreign policy considerations.
    The prospect of more constructive U.S.-Russian relations may
    have tempered the GOR response, but we will continue to be
    told that Russia retains its "right" to proceed with an arms
    sale that does not violate national or international regimes.
     For better or for worse, the delivery of S-300's have become
    a barometer of our bilateral relations.
    BEYRLE

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