UAE DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON EXECUTIVE ORDER BLOCKING

S E C R E T ABU DHABI 003050 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/10/2015 TAGS: PARM PREL PGOV MNUC EFIN ETTC SUBJECT: UAE DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON EXECUTIVE ORDER BLOCKING PROPERTY OF WMD PROLIFERATORS REF: SECSTATE 120771 Classified By: Ambassador Michele J. Sison ¶1. (S) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid Al Noaimi on July 5 and provided him with copies of E.O. 13382 and UNSCR 1540. At Al Noaimi's request, we will also pass a copy of the E.O. to the UAE's State Security Organization. ¶2. (S) On July 6, Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Abdul Rahim Al Awadi, the Director of the UAE Central Bank's Anti-Money Laundering and Suspicious Cases Unit. Al Awadi recognized Tanchon Commercial Bank, and said he thought the bank had some accounts in the UAE. He told econoff that he would immediately forward the annex listing the eight named entities to the Attorney General for asset freezes. ¶3. (C) BIS officer delivered reftel demarche to Mohammed Al Muhairy, Director General of the UAE Federal Customs Authority on July 5. Al Muhairy thanked BIS officer for bringing this to his attention and noted that it would be good to pass the specific information contained in the E.O. to the individual emirates' customs organizations, so they could watch for shipments of materials connected to any of the entities cited in the Executive Order. BIS officer will deliver a copy of the E.O. to Dubai Customs officials. SISON