Cablegate: Global Nuclear Security Summit - Singapore Points

VZCZCXRO7829
OO RUEHCHI RUEHDT RUEHHM RUEHNH
DE RUEHGP #0907 2601016
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 171016Z SEP 09
FM AMEMBASSY SINGAPORE
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 7223
INFO RUCNASE/ASEAN MEMBER COLLECTIVE
RUEHBY/AMEMBASSY CANBERRA 2263
RUEHSG/AMEMBASSY SANTIAGO 0120
RHHMUNA/HQ USPACOM HONOLULU HI
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHINGTON DC
RUEHUNV/USMISSION UNVIE VIENNA 0058

UNCLAS SINGAPORE 000907

SIPDIS
SENSITIVE

EAP/MTS - M. COPPOLA
ISN/TR - B. JENKINS
NSC - J. CONNERY

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KNNP PARM AORC PREL PGOV IAEA MNUC SN
SUBJECT: GLOBAL NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT - SINGAPORE POINTS
OF CONTACT

REF: SECSTATE 94449

1. (SBU) MFA 2nd Permanent Secretary Bilahari Kauskian
confirmed to the Charge that Singapore had received President
Obama's invitation to the Global Security Summit and that
Singapore is still in the process of naming a "Sherpa" to
represent Singapore during Summit preparations.

2. (SBU) MFA Counter Proliferation Desk Officer Melissa Ong
told us Singapore has designated two working level points of
contact in the meantime: MFA Counter Proliferation Assistant
Director Sharon Seah Li-Lian, e-mail: sharon seah@mfa.gov.sg,
office: (65) 6379-8510; and MFA Counter Proliferation Desk
Officer Melissa Ong, e-mail: melissa ong@mfa.gov.sg, office:
(65) 6379-8530.

3. (SBU) MFA's Ong told Poloff that Singapore's
representative to the IAEA, MFA IO Deputy Director CHIN Siew
Fei attended the "Sherpa" meetings on the margins of the IAEA
General Conference in Vienna this week and that Singapore
intends to participate in future related meetings. Ong
promised to inform us as soon as Singapore designates an
official "Sherpa" for the Summit preparations.

Visit Embassy Singapore's Classified website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eap/singapore/ind ex.cfm
SHIELDS

© Scoop Media