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01HANOI3209
2001-12-07 04:29:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Hanoi
Cable title:
SINGAPORE AND VIETNAM SEEKING MORE COOPERATION AGAINST TERRORISM
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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER PREL PINR ETRD VM SN ASEAN CTERR
SUBJECT: SINGAPORE AND VIETNAM SEEKING MORE COOPERATION AGAINST TERRORISM
UNCLASSIFIED
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UNCLAS HANOI 003209
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EAP/BCLTV AND EAP/RSP
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER PREL PINR ETRD VM SN ASEAN CTERR
SUBJECT: SINGAPORE AND VIETNAM SEEKING MORE COOPERATION AGAINST TERRORISM
UNCLASSIFIED
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1. (U) SUMMARY: SINGAPORE'S FOREIGN MINISTER SHANMUGAM
JAYAKUMAR NOVEMBER 27-30 "SUCCESSFUL" VISIT TO HANOI
INCLUDED A DISCUSSION ON HOW BETTER TO COOPERATE AGAINST
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM. OTHER TOPICS INCLUDED FUTURE
ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND AID. END SUMMARY.
2. (SBU) TERRORISM: JAYAKUMAR AND VIETNAMESE COMMUNIST
PARTY GENERAL SECRETARY NONG DUC MANH DISCUSSED WHAT THEIR
TWO NATIONS COULD DO BILATERALLY TO COMBAT INTERNATIONAL
TERRORISM. ACCORDING TO SINGAPOREAN EMBASSY FIRST SECRETARY
DARRYL LAU KAI MUN, THE IDEA THAT SEEMED MOST APPEALING TO
BOTH COUNTRIES RELATED TO POSSIBLE INTELLIGENCE SHARING.
WHILE NO SUCH EXCHANGES CURRENTLY EXIST, HE NOTED, BOTH
SIDES EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO ESTABLISH SUCH A BILATERAL
MECHANISM, AND PERHAPS EVEN AN INTRA-ASEAN EXCHANGE, MORE
EFFECTIVELY TO COMBAT TERRORISM IN THEIR COUNTRIES AND IN
THE REGION. A MEETING HAS BEEN TENTATIVELY PLANNED FOR
MARCH 2002 TO DISCUSS THIS ISSUE FURTHER, LAU ADDED.
3. (SBU) MANH: LAU NOTED SINGAPORE'S SATISFACTION THAT GS
MANH HAD TAKEN THE TIME TO MEET WITH JAYAKUMAR, REFLECTING
THE IMPORTANCE VIETNAM PLACED ON ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH
SINGAPORE. THIS WAS ESPECIALLY TRUE GIVEN MANH'S
PARTICIPATION IN THE NOVEMBER 28 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY VOTE ON
THE US-VIETNAM BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENT AND DEPARTURE ON
NOVEMBER 29 FOR CHINA IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING HIS MEETING WITH
JAYAKUMAR. LAU OPINED THAT MANH MAY HAVE WISHED FURTHER TO
SHORE UP HIS ASEAN CONTACTS BEFORE "HEADING OFF FOR A
REASSURING VISIT WITH BIG-BROTHER UPON THE RATIFICATION OF
THE BTA."
UNCLASSIFIED
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4. (U) ECONOMIC COOPERATION: SINGAPORE NOW HAS MORE THAN
USD 6.8 BILLION INVESTED IN OVER 240 PROJECTS IN VIETNAM.
IN A SEPARATE MEETING, PRIME MINISTER PHAN VAN KHAI
ESPECIALLY PRAISED THE GOVERNMENT OF SINGAPORE FOR BUILDING
A TECHNOLOGY-TRAINING CENTER IN HANOI, AND THEN ELABORATED
THAT SUCH TRAINING WAS VITAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF
VIETNAM'S FUTURE INFRASTRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT. PM KHAI
REQUESTED THAT THE CENTER'S SINGAPOREAN STAFF STAY ON LONGER
THAN THE ORIGINAL MOU REQUIRED; ACCORDING TO LAU, THE
VIETNAMESE DO NOT YET BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE OBTAINED THE
REQUISITE LEVEL OF PROFICIENCY TO RUN THE CENTER ON THEIR
OWN. LAU PREDICTED THAT THE GOS WOULD APPROVE THIS
EXTENSION IN KEEPING WITH ACCELERATING COOPERATION AMONG
ASEAN MEMBERS.
5. (U) COMMENT: WHILE THIS FOREIGN MINISTERIAL VISIT
FOLLOWED LARGELY PREDICTABLE LINES, THE DISCUSSIONS RELATED
TO COMBATING TERRORISM ARE SIGNIFICANT. CONSIDERATION BY
ASEAN, OR AT LEAST SEVERAL ASEAN MEMBERS, OF INTELLIGENCE
SHARING IN THE GLOBAL WAR AGAINST TERRORISM SHOULD BE VIEWED
IN A POSITIVE LIGHT, AND FOLLOWS ON THE HEELS OF THE STRONG
STATEMENTS AGAINST TERRORISM AT THE ASEAN SUMMIT IN BRUNEI
AND THE RECENT MANILA MEETING OF ASEAN DEFENSE CHIEFS.
PLANNED MEETINGS IN EARLY 2002 OF THE ASEAN FOREIGN AND
DEFENSE MINISTERS ARE LIKELY FURTHER TO DISCUSS SUCH
EXPANDED ANTI-TERRORISM COOPERATION.
PORTER
UNCLASSIFIED
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EAP/BCLTV AND EAP/RSP
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER PREL PINR ETRD VM SN ASEAN CTERR
SUBJECT: SINGAPORE AND VIETNAM SEEKING MORE COOPERATION AGAINST TERRORISM
UNCLASSIFIED
PAGE 02 HANOI 03209 070447Z
1. (U) SUMMARY: SINGAPORE'S FOREIGN MINISTER SHANMUGAM
JAYAKUMAR NOVEMBER 27-30 "SUCCESSFUL" VISIT TO HANOI
INCLUDED A DISCUSSION ON HOW BETTER TO COOPERATE AGAINST
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM. OTHER TOPICS INCLUDED FUTURE
ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND AID. END SUMMARY.
2. (SBU) TERRORISM: JAYAKUMAR AND VIETNAMESE COMMUNIST
PARTY GENERAL SECRETARY NONG DUC MANH DISCUSSED WHAT THEIR
TWO NATIONS COULD DO BILATERALLY TO COMBAT INTERNATIONAL
TERRORISM. ACCORDING TO SINGAPOREAN EMBASSY FIRST SECRETARY
DARRYL LAU KAI MUN, THE IDEA THAT SEEMED MOST APPEALING TO
BOTH COUNTRIES RELATED TO POSSIBLE INTELLIGENCE SHARING.
WHILE NO SUCH EXCHANGES CURRENTLY EXIST, HE NOTED, BOTH
SIDES EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO ESTABLISH SUCH A BILATERAL
MECHANISM, AND PERHAPS EVEN AN INTRA-ASEAN EXCHANGE, MORE
EFFECTIVELY TO COMBAT TERRORISM IN THEIR COUNTRIES AND IN
THE REGION. A MEETING HAS BEEN TENTATIVELY PLANNED FOR
MARCH 2002 TO DISCUSS THIS ISSUE FURTHER, LAU ADDED.
3. (SBU) MANH: LAU NOTED SINGAPORE'S SATISFACTION THAT GS
MANH HAD TAKEN THE TIME TO MEET WITH JAYAKUMAR, REFLECTING
THE IMPORTANCE VIETNAM PLACED ON ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH
SINGAPORE. THIS WAS ESPECIALLY TRUE GIVEN MANH'S
PARTICIPATION IN THE NOVEMBER 28 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY VOTE ON
THE US-VIETNAM BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENT AND DEPARTURE ON
NOVEMBER 29 FOR CHINA IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING HIS MEETING WITH
JAYAKUMAR. LAU OPINED THAT MANH MAY HAVE WISHED FURTHER TO
SHORE UP HIS ASEAN CONTACTS BEFORE "HEADING OFF FOR A
REASSURING VISIT WITH BIG-BROTHER UPON THE RATIFICATION OF
THE BTA."
UNCLASSIFIED
PAGE 03 HANOI 03209 070447Z
4. (U) ECONOMIC COOPERATION: SINGAPORE NOW HAS MORE THAN
USD 6.8 BILLION INVESTED IN OVER 240 PROJECTS IN VIETNAM.
IN A SEPARATE MEETING, PRIME MINISTER PHAN VAN KHAI
ESPECIALLY PRAISED THE GOVERNMENT OF SINGAPORE FOR BUILDING
A TECHNOLOGY-TRAINING CENTER IN HANOI, AND THEN ELABORATED
THAT SUCH TRAINING WAS VITAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF
VIETNAM'S FUTURE INFRASTRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT. PM KHAI
REQUESTED THAT THE CENTER'S SINGAPOREAN STAFF STAY ON LONGER
THAN THE ORIGINAL MOU REQUIRED; ACCORDING TO LAU, THE
VIETNAMESE DO NOT YET BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE OBTAINED THE
REQUISITE LEVEL OF PROFICIENCY TO RUN THE CENTER ON THEIR
OWN. LAU PREDICTED THAT THE GOS WOULD APPROVE THIS
EXTENSION IN KEEPING WITH ACCELERATING COOPERATION AMONG
ASEAN MEMBERS.
5. (U) COMMENT: WHILE THIS FOREIGN MINISTERIAL VISIT
FOLLOWED LARGELY PREDICTABLE LINES, THE DISCUSSIONS RELATED
TO COMBATING TERRORISM ARE SIGNIFICANT. CONSIDERATION BY
ASEAN, OR AT LEAST SEVERAL ASEAN MEMBERS, OF INTELLIGENCE
SHARING IN THE GLOBAL WAR AGAINST TERRORISM SHOULD BE VIEWED
IN A POSITIVE LIGHT, AND FOLLOWS ON THE HEELS OF THE STRONG
STATEMENTS AGAINST TERRORISM AT THE ASEAN SUMMIT IN BRUNEI
AND THE RECENT MANILA MEETING OF ASEAN DEFENSE CHIEFS.
PLANNED MEETINGS IN EARLY 2002 OF THE ASEAN FOREIGN AND
DEFENSE MINISTERS ARE LIKELY FURTHER TO DISCUSS SUCH
EXPANDED ANTI-TERRORISM COOPERATION.
PORTER
UNCLASSIFIED