TERRORIST FINANCE -- ENCOURAGING SUPPORT FOR 1267

C O N F I D E N T I A L JAKARTA 001272 SIPDIS DEPT FOR EAP, EAP/MTS, EAP/MLS, IO/UNP, S/CT, EEB/ESC/TFS IO/PSC FOR ERIN CROWE NSC FOR E.PHU E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/30/2018 TAGS: PREL PTER EFIN UNSC ID SUBJECT: TERRORIST FINANCE -- ENCOURAGING SUPPORT FOR 1267 SANCTIONS (AL-QAIDA, TALIBAN) REF: A. STATE 69684 ¶B. JAKARTA 1234 AND PREVIOU Classified By: Pol/C Joseph Legend Novak, reasons 1.4 (b+d). ¶1. (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C met with GOI contact, urging that Indonesia join the U.S. in publicly welcoming on June 30 the follow-on resolution to UNSCR 1735 related to Al-Qaida and the Taliban. Pol/C urged that the GOI join the USG in strongly supporting the resolution in public. Pol/C noted that the U.S. looks forward to continued work at the UN to strengthen the regime and other international counter-terrorism efforts. GOI contact took the points on board. END SUMMARY. ¶2. (C) On June 30, Pol/C met with Trini Gunarti, Deputy Director of the Americas Desk in the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),and reviewed points contained in ref A related to a follow-on resolution to UNSCR 1735 concerning Al-Qaida and the Taliban. Mission also provided points to contacts in the Presidential Palace and in other DEPLU offices. ¶3. (C) Pol/C urged that the GOI join the USG in strongly supporting the resolution in public. We urged that member-states work to strengthen the regime further by proposing names for listing and/or delisting as appropriate. The UNSC--via this resolution--has demonstrated its continued commitment to address the threat posed by Al-Qaida and the Taliban. The USG looks forward to continued work at the UN to strengthen the regime and other counter-terrorism efforts, Pol/C concluded. ¶4. (C) Gunarti took the USG points on board, noting that she would pass them to the Indonesian mission in New York. HUME