(S) SINGAPORE'S MESSAGE TO MALTA REGARDING M/V

S E C R E T SINGAPORE 001255 SIPDIS SIPDIS ISN FOR MARK FELIPE E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/02/2017 TAGS: KNNP PARM PREL NMUC ETTC IR SN SUBJECT: (S) SINGAPORE'S MESSAGE TO MALTA REGARDING M/V GANT STAR REF: SINGAPORE 1242 Classified By: E/P Chief Ike Reed for reasons 1.4(b) and (d) ¶1. (S) MFA delivered the following non-paper to us on June ¶29. Per reftel, this language was to be given to Malta on June 28 via Singapore's mission to the United Nations in New York. Also per reftel, Singapore has agreed to the U.S. raising this issue in follow-up discussions with Malta on the Proliferation Security Initiative. ¶2. (S) Begin text of non-paper: SECRET SIPDIS Releasable to Governments of Malta and the US In April 2007, Singapore authorities off-loaded 20 containers from a Maltese flagged vessel, the M/V Gant Star, on suspicion that they contained sodium perchlorate monohydrate bound for an entity listed in the Annex of UNSC Resolution ¶1747. The vessel, which entered the port of Singapore in order to seek medical attention for a crew member who had taken ill, was traveling from Dalian in China and headed to Bandar Abbas in Iran. The contents of the off-loaded containers were inspected and confirmed to be sodium perchlorate monohydrate. End text of non-paper. Visit Embassy Singapore's Classified website: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eap/singapore/ind ex.cfm HERBOLD