GLOBAL NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT - SINGAPORE POINTS

UNCLAS SINGAPORE 000907 SIPDIS SENSITIVE EAP/MTS - M. COPPOLA ISN/TR - B. JENKINS NSC - J. CONNERY E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: KNNP PARM AORC PREL PGOV IAEA MNUC SN SUBJECT: GLOBAL NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT - SINGAPORE POINTS OF CONTACT REF: SECSTATE 94449 ¶1. (SBU) MFA 2nd Permanent Secretary Bilahari Kauskian confirmed to the Charge that Singapore had received President Obama's invitation to the Global Security Summit and that Singapore is still in the process of naming a "Sherpa" to represent Singapore during Summit preparations. ¶2. (SBU) MFA Counter Proliferation Desk Officer Melissa Ong told us Singapore has designated two working level points of contact in the meantime: MFA Counter Proliferation Assistant Director Sharon Seah Li-Lian, e-mail: sharon seah@mfa.gov.sg, office: (65) 6379-8510; and MFA Counter Proliferation Desk Officer Melissa Ong, e-mail: melissa ong@mfa.gov.sg, office: (65) 6379-8530. ¶3. (SBU) MFA's Ong told Poloff that Singapore's representative to the IAEA, MFA IO Deputy Director CHIN Siew Fei attended the "Sherpa" meetings on the margins of the IAEA General Conference in Vienna this week and that Singapore intends to participate in future related meetings. Ong promised to inform us as soon as Singapore designates an official "Sherpa" for the Summit preparations. Visit Embassy Singapore's Classified website: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eap/singapore/ind ex.cfm SHIELDS