SRI LANKA AND MALDIVES TERRORISM FINANCE: DEMARCHE

C O N F I D E N T I A L COLOMBO 002159 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/22/2008 TAGS: ETTC PTER PREL EFIN SUBJECT: SRI LANKA AND MALDIVES TERRORISM FINANCE: DEMARCHE ON AL QAIDA TERRORISM REPORTING OBLIGATIONS REF: SECSTATE 345729 Classified By: DCM James F. Entwistle. Reason 1.5 b and d. (C) Per request reftel, Econchief called Dr. Rohan Perera, Legal Advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to determine the status of the GSL's submission of the 1455 report. Perera expressed surprise, believing the GSL was up-to-date on all its reporting and cited UNSC 1373 requirements. When informed that the 1455 report could be very similar to the 1373 reporting requirement, Perera promised to look into the matter and determine what the GSL still needed to do. Per instructions reftel, Post will not demarche the Maldives. LUNSTEAD