MALDIVES: DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS

UNCLAS COLOMBO 000779 SIPDIS SENSITIVE E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN MV IR GM SUBJECT: MALDIVES: DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS REF: SECSTATE 88759 ¶1. (SBU) We conveyed on August 21 reftel points on the U.S. Treasury's designation of five Iranian nuclear and missile entities to Mohamed Niyaz, Third Secretary at the Maldives High Commission in Colombo, and asked that the Maldives seek to identify and freeze any assets related to these entities that may exist the Maldives, in accordance with relevant UN Security Council resolutions. Niyaz said that he would convey this information to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. BLAKE