TERRORISM FINANCE -- LASHKAR-E TAYYIBA DESIGNATION

C O N F I D E N T I A L JAKARTA 002285 SIPDIS DEPT FOR EAP, EAP/MTS, EAP/MLS, EEB/ESC/TFS (LRECHT),IO, IO/UNP, L, SA NSC FOR E.PHU E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/17/2018 TAGS: PGOV PREL KTFN UNSC ID IN PK SUBJECT: TERRORISM FINANCE -- LASHKAR-E TAYYIBA DESIGNATION REF: STATE 131885 Classified By: Pol/C Joseph L. Novak, reasons 1.4(b+d). ¶1. (C) SUMMARY: Per reftel, Mission has urged the GOI to block the travel and assets of four target individuals and the Lashkar-e Tayyiba organization following their recent designation by the UN 1267 Committee. We passed on the information for individuals and the organization as a way to facilitate Indonesian government action on this matter. GOI interlocutors agreed that these steps were important and promised to inform Mission of steps taken. Mission also briefed a member of the President's staff and a key member of parliament on these important designations. END SUMMARY. ¶2. (C) On December 17, poloff delivered reftel demarche re the UN's recent designation of four members of Lashkar-e Tayyiba and the organization itself to Aris Munandar, Deputy Director for Counter-terrorism in the Directorate of International Security and Disarmament, the office responsible for UN issues at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU). Poloff underscored the importance of preventing further terrorist attacks by deterring the activities of Al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups. She urged that the Indonesian government implement these designations on an inter-agency basis as soon as possible. ¶3. (C) Munandar agreed to forward the information to relevant GOI agencies. Munandar wondered whether Pakistan was a willing partner in the designation of the members and remarked that further cooperation with Pakistan in this designation may increase our joint success. Poloff underscored that the USG and the international community were seized with this matter and regional actors were cooperative. ¶4. (C) In tandem, Pol/C spoke about the UN designation with Tri Sukma "Nanu" Djandam, an assistant to the President on international affairs, who said that the GOI, as a UNSC member, was already moving to implement the designations. Pol/C also flagged the matter to Theo L. Sambuaga, the Chairperson of the Commission of Foreign Affairs and Defense of the Indonesian House of Representatives. Noting how shocked he was at the terrorist violence that took place in Mumbai, Sambuaga responded that he took this designation very seriously and would urge the Indonesian government to take immediate action. HUME