BAHRAIN: CHARITIES AND MENA-FATF PLENARY IN CAIRO

UNCLAS MANAMA 000418 SIPDIS SIPDIS PASS TO EB/ESC/TFS FOR BADKINS, S/CT FOR VNICHOLS, NEA/ARPI, IO/PSC FOR BFITZGERALD TREASURY FOR DGLASER AND OFAC FOR RWERNER E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: KTFN EFIN PTER BA BILAT ECTRD CTR SUBJECT: BAHRAIN: CHARITIES AND MENA-FATF PLENARY IN CAIRO REF: STATE 37310 ¶1. Emboffs March 15 delivered reftel demarche to Bahrain Monetary Agency (BMA) Head of Compliance Unit Khalid Al-Jaber and provided him with a copy of the MENA-FATF charities white paper (Reftel). Al-Jaber said he was unfamiliar with the document and that the GoB was still working to finalize its position and statement to be presented at the upcoming MENA-FATF Plenary. He pledged to review the white paper. ¶2. Bahrain's delegation will be headed by Ministry of Finance Director of Government Shareholdings Shaikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al-Khalifa and will also include: Ministry of Finance Legal Advisor Stuart Horler, BMA Head of Compliance Unit Khalid Al-Jaber, and Anti-Money Laundering Unit Officer Cpt. Bassam Al-Maraj. MONROE