TERRORISM FINANCE: GREECE PRE-NOTIFIED OF UPCOMING

C O N F I D E N T I A L ATHENS 000080 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/20/2019 TAGS: GR EFIN PTER PINR PREL SUBJECT: TERRORISM FINANCE: GREECE PRE-NOTIFIED OF UPCOMING UNSCR 1267 LISTING REQUEST OF FIVE PAKISTANI INDIVIDUALS REF: SECSTATE 4342 ¶1. (C) On January 21, A/Economic Counselor delivered reftel points to Ioannis Sidiropoulos, Secretary General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance; Panagiotis Thomopoulos, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Greece (BG); and Panagiotis Kyriakopoulos, Director of Monetary Policy of Banks of the Bank of Greece. They indicated that they will pass on this information to relevant offices within their institutions (which in turn will pass on the information to entities under their supervision, such as private banks),but had no substantive reply at this time. Poloff shared the same information on January 20 with MFA D1 Directorate (International Organizations and UN Affairs) Counselor Dimitrios Papandreou and solicited Greek support. Post will continue to engage with the GoG on these issues and will report any significant developments. SPECKHARD