Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08JAKARTA1373
2008-07-17 02:16:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Jakarta
Cable title:
SINGAPORE WILLING BUT NOT EAGER TO HOST NAMRU-2
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C O N F I D E N T I A L JAKARTA 001373
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR P, EAP, L, OES, G/AIAG, EAP/MTS, EAP/MLS, EAP/RSAP
NSC FOR E. PHU
SECDEF FOR USDP/ISA/AP - P. IBSEN
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/16/2018
TAGS: PREL MARR TBIO AMED ID
SUBJECT: SINGAPORE WILLING BUT NOT EAGER TO HOST NAMRU-2
REF: JAKARTA 1247 AND PREVIOUS
Classified By: Ambassador Cameron Hume for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L JAKARTA 001373
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR P, EAP, L, OES, G/AIAG, EAP/MTS, EAP/MLS, EAP/RSAP
NSC FOR E. PHU
SECDEF FOR USDP/ISA/AP - P. IBSEN
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/16/2018
TAGS: PREL MARR TBIO AMED ID
SUBJECT: SINGAPORE WILLING BUT NOT EAGER TO HOST NAMRU-2
REF: JAKARTA 1247 AND PREVIOUS
Classified By: Ambassador Cameron Hume for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (C) Singaporean Senior Minister of State for Foreign
Affairs Balaji Sadasivan told Ambassador Hume July 14 that
Singapore would be willing to host NAMRU-2 if it is
ultimately forced to leave Indonesia. At a dinner hosted by
the Singaporean Ambassador, Sadasivan said that Singapore is
worried about the consequences on its public health if
Indonesia were to force NAMRU-2 to withdraw. Noting that the
public health situation of its neighbors - and Indonesia in
particular - has huge impact on Singapore's public health,
Sadasivan said that he was personally reassured knowing that
NAMRU-2 was in Indonesia studying tropical infectious
diseases.
2. (C) Sadasivan stressed his strong preference that NAMRU-2
be allowed to remain in Indonesia. But, in the worst-case
scenario, he said that Singapore would be willing to host
NAMRU-2 or any of its functions that made sense to relocate
to Singapore. He suggested that NAMRU-2 could be located at
the Regional Emerging Diseases Intervention (REDI) Centre and
said that scientists from ASEAN countries could work in a
relocated NAMRU-2. Sadasivan said that his government
already has agreements with the U.S. Navy and Department of
State which could provide the framework for NAMRU's presence.
HUME
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR P, EAP, L, OES, G/AIAG, EAP/MTS, EAP/MLS, EAP/RSAP
NSC FOR E. PHU
SECDEF FOR USDP/ISA/AP - P. IBSEN
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/16/2018
TAGS: PREL MARR TBIO AMED ID
SUBJECT: SINGAPORE WILLING BUT NOT EAGER TO HOST NAMRU-2
REF: JAKARTA 1247 AND PREVIOUS
Classified By: Ambassador Cameron Hume for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (C) Singaporean Senior Minister of State for Foreign
Affairs Balaji Sadasivan told Ambassador Hume July 14 that
Singapore would be willing to host NAMRU-2 if it is
ultimately forced to leave Indonesia. At a dinner hosted by
the Singaporean Ambassador, Sadasivan said that Singapore is
worried about the consequences on its public health if
Indonesia were to force NAMRU-2 to withdraw. Noting that the
public health situation of its neighbors - and Indonesia in
particular - has huge impact on Singapore's public health,
Sadasivan said that he was personally reassured knowing that
NAMRU-2 was in Indonesia studying tropical infectious
diseases.
2. (C) Sadasivan stressed his strong preference that NAMRU-2
be allowed to remain in Indonesia. But, in the worst-case
scenario, he said that Singapore would be willing to host
NAMRU-2 or any of its functions that made sense to relocate
to Singapore. He suggested that NAMRU-2 could be located at
the Regional Emerging Diseases Intervention (REDI) Centre and
said that scientists from ASEAN countries could work in a
relocated NAMRU-2. Sadasivan said that his government
already has agreements with the U.S. Navy and Department of
State which could provide the framework for NAMRU's presence.
HUME