Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09COLOMBO516
2009-05-12 05:40:00
SECRET
Embassy Colombo
Cable title:
SRI LANKA: PROCUREMENT OF LETHAL MILITARY
how-toVZCZCXYZ0003 RR RUEHWEB DE RUEHLM #0516 1320540 ZNY SSSSS ZZH R 120540Z MAY 09 FM AMEMBASSY COLOMBO TO SECSTATE WASHDC 9957
S E C R E T COLOMBO 000516
SIPDIS
STATE FOR ISN/CATR LOU GANEM, EAP/K, AND SCA/INSB
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/07/2019
TAGS: ETTC MARR MCAP MOPS PARM PINR PREL KNNP CE
SUBJECT: SRI LANKA: PROCUREMENT OF LETHAL MILITARY
EQUIPMENT FROM NORTH KOREA AND IRAN
REF: SECSTATE 46946
Classified By: Charge d´Affaires James R. Moore Reasons 1.5(b)(d)
S E C R E T COLOMBO 000516
SIPDIS
STATE FOR ISN/CATR LOU GANEM, EAP/K, AND SCA/INSB
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/07/2019
TAGS: ETTC MARR MCAP MOPS PARM PINR PREL KNNP CE
SUBJECT: SRI LANKA: PROCUREMENT OF LETHAL MILITARY
EQUIPMENT FROM NORTH KOREA AND IRAN
REF: SECSTATE 46946
Classified By: Charge d´Affaires James R. Moore Reasons 1.5(b)(d)
1. (S) Charge raised reftel points concerning possible GSL
purchase of lethal military equipment (LME) from North Korea
and Iran with Foreign Minister Bogollagama on May 11.
Bogollagama categorically denied that the GSL is attempting
to procure weapons or arms from either country. He also
underscored that the GSL is aware of international
restrictions concerning weapons sales from North Korea and
Iran, as well as the consequences for doing so. Bogollagama
stated that, at one point in the past, the GSL suspected
North Korea of supplying weapons to the Liberation Tigers of
Tamil Eelam (LTTE). As a result, the GSL contacted the
Government of North Korea to discuss the issue. Bogollagama
did not further elaborate on the outcome of those discussions.
MOORE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR ISN/CATR LOU GANEM, EAP/K, AND SCA/INSB
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/07/2019
TAGS: ETTC MARR MCAP MOPS PARM PINR PREL KNNP CE
SUBJECT: SRI LANKA: PROCUREMENT OF LETHAL MILITARY
EQUIPMENT FROM NORTH KOREA AND IRAN
REF: SECSTATE 46946
Classified By: Charge d´Affaires James R. Moore Reasons 1.5(b)(d)
1. (S) Charge raised reftel points concerning possible GSL
purchase of lethal military equipment (LME) from North Korea
and Iran with Foreign Minister Bogollagama on May 11.
Bogollagama categorically denied that the GSL is attempting
to procure weapons or arms from either country. He also
underscored that the GSL is aware of international
restrictions concerning weapons sales from North Korea and
Iran, as well as the consequences for doing so. Bogollagama
stated that, at one point in the past, the GSL suspected
North Korea of supplying weapons to the Liberation Tigers of
Tamil Eelam (LTTE). As a result, the GSL contacted the
Government of North Korea to discuss the issue. Bogollagama
did not further elaborate on the outcome of those discussions.
MOORE