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07MONTERREY367 | CANACAR SAYS MEMBERS WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN CROSS-BORDER [...] (C) On March 27, EconOff met with Magdalena Diaz, Director of the Nuevo Leon Chapter of the National Chamber of Cargo Transportation (CANACAR),and Raul Trevino of Transportes Aguila de Oro (TAO),a CANACAR-member trucking company headquartered in Monterrey. In anticipation of the CANACAR Na [...] | 2007-03-28 22:25:00 | Consulate Monterrey | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ELTN ECIN ETRD ECON PGOV MX |
07MONTERREY377 | MONTERREY SEES BLOODIEST DAY EVER WITH NINE ASSASSINATIONS [...] (SBU) During Monterrey's most violent 24 hours to date, nine people were killed in four separate incidents in Monterrey on March 28 and 29. The first incident took place on March 28 when an off-duty Nuevo Leon State Police Commander was shot and killed near his home in Monterrey. The second i [...] | 2007-03-30 22:44:00 | Consulate Monterrey | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SN KCRM KCOR KHLS KJUS PGOV PINS MX |
07MONTERREY527 | MONTERREY'S TROUBLING TRENDS - MURDER, KIDNAPPING, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Following the Mexican national model, in one week Monterrey witnessed a fierce rise in narco-related violence, including police and journalist kidnappings. Already Nuevo Leon has quickly surpassed previous records for the number of murders and kidnappings in the state. To date, [...] | 2007-05-18 21:43:00 | Consulate Monterrey | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SNAR PINS PGOV SOCI ASEC ELAB ECON MX |
07MONTERREY800 | TWO MONTH TRUCE HAS DRASTICALLY REDUCED NORTHERN BORDER DRUG [...] (C) SUMMARY. There has been a dramatic reduction in the level of drug violence in Nuevo Leon over the last two months, apparently resulting from a nationwide "truce" between the two primary drug cartels. The truce has been described in press reports, including detailed descriptions of the ne [...] | 2007-08-23 15:24:00 | Consulate Monterrey | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SNAR ASEC KCRM ECON ETRD PGOV MX |
07MOSCOW1120 | OTHER SHOE DROPS: VESHNYAKOV OUT OF CEC [...] (C) Summary: Many commentators attribute President Putin's failure to re-appoint Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairman Aleksandr Veshnyakov to his public criticism of election law changes that were initiated by the Kremlin-backed party United Russia. Although many will miss Veshnyakov' [...] | 2007-03-15 11:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KDEM RS |
07MOSCOW1520 | RUSSIAN DUMA: SPLIT HEALTH MINISTRY IN TWO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Duma April 4 unanimously approved a proposal to divide the Ministry of Health and Social Development into separate Ministries of Health Care and the Medical Industry and that of Labor and Social Development. Duma Deputies stopped short of calling on Minister Zurabov to resign [...] | 2007-04-05 15:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | TBIO ETRD ECON SOCI PGOV PINR RS |
07MOSCOW2202 | AUTHORITIES DETERMINED TO PREVENT SAMARA [...] (C) Summary: GOR authorities have reacted forcefully to Other Russia organizers' determination to hold a demonstration in Samara on May 18, during the EU - Russia summit. Authorities have detained some of the organizers, imposed tough sentences on two organizers alleged to have violated the [...] | 2007-05-11 16:13:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW2871 | A CHANGE IN GOVERNMENT'S TACTICS OTHER RUSSIA [...] (SBU) The conduct of the June 9 St. Petersburg and the June 11 Moscow Other Russia (OR) demonstrations suggests that the authorities have decided to experiment with a somewhat more tolerant approaqch to a movement they have attempted to repress with a heavy hand on the assumption that, if left [...] | 2007-06-15 10:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW2872 | A CHANGE IN GOVERNMENT'S TACTICS TOWARD OTHER [...] (SBU) The conduct of the June 9 St. Petersburg and the June 11 Moscow Other Russia (OR) demonstrations suggests that the authorities have decided to experiment with a somewhat more tolerant approaqch to a movement they have attempted to repress with a heavy hand on the assumption that, if left [...] | 2007-06-15 10:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW3099 | TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT'S JUNE 21 [...] (C) Summary. In a June 21 meeting with Deputy Treasury Secretary Robert M. Kimmitt, Russian Central Bank (CBR) SIPDIS Chairman Sergey Ignatiev provided a generally positive overview of the Russian economy. On the subject of investing Russia's oil and gas tax revenue, Ignatiev observed that [...] | 2007-06-26 10:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ECON EINV RS |
07MOSCOW3433 | FM LAVROV'S LETTER TO THE SECRETARY ON IRAQ [...] (SBU) On July 10, by diplomatic note, the MFA passed us the original of a letter in Russian from FM Lavrov to the Secretary regarding Iraq, a copy of which has been conveyed SIPDIS by the Russian Embassy to the Department. The letter is dated July 2007. 2. (C) Comment: We have been [...] | 2007-07-13 10:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL OPDC IZ RS |
07MOSCOW373 | MIXED MESSAGES ON ANTI-DEMONSTRATION LAW [...] (C) On January 24, a United Russia Duma Deputy withdrew amendments to the law on demonstrations that, if adopted, would have significantly restricted the circumstances under which public meetings could occur. The withdrawal seemed to spell the end of an effort by some in the Presidential Admi [...] | 2007-01-30 14:11:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM RS |
07MOSCOW3801 | RUSSIA'S SUPREME ARBITRATION COURT RULES IN FAVOR [...] (U) The Supreme Arbitration Court (SAC) has ruled in favor of PricewaterhouseCoopers Russia (PWC) following a July 10 hearing in which the Federal Tax Service (FTS) claimed PWC had improperly accounted for its expatriate employees' salaries in 2002. SAC Chairman Anton Ivanov dismissed the FT [...] | 2007-08-02 13:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN PGOV RS |
07MOSCOW3953 | ARAP CASE: COURT CONFIRMS COMMITTAL TO PSYCHIATRIC [...] (C) Despite testimony of independent psychiatrists from Moscow, a local court in Murmansk ruled August 10 in favor of continued involuntary committal of United Civic Front activist Larissa Arap for up to six months, at the discretion of the local psychiatric hospital that committed her in the [...] | 2007-08-13 16:20:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PGOV SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW466 | UPDATE ON PWC'S RUSSIAN TAX ISSUES [...] (C) On January 30, the Department of Economic Security (DES) within the Ministry of Interior (MVD) called on PricewaterhouseCoopers' (PWC) senior managing partners to provide a detailed explanation of the firm's expense accounting for its expatriate employees. DES officials interrogated the [...] | 2007-02-02 16:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ECON RS |
07MOSCOW468 | BIO NOTE: YURI MOLCHANOV, ST. PETERSBURG VICE [...] (SBU) The following message was drafted by St. Petersburg CG Mary Kruger. Begin text: 2. (C) During the November 2006 inauguration of the newly-opened premises of the St. Petersburg State University School of Management, an American academic long associated with the school told CG about Vice Gover [...] | 2007-02-05 06:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PGOV RS |
07MOSCOW5083 | UPDATE ON PWC'S YUKOS, RUSSIAN TAX CASES [...] (C) PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) President for Central/Eastern Europe and the CIS Mike Kubena (Amcit) and Managing Partner of PWC for Russia Peter Gerendasi implied that the YUKOS and expatriate salary tax cases against the auditor were politically motivated. Kubena suggested that the YUKOS [...] | 2007-10-19 15:37:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ECON RS |
07MOSCOW5119 | ODIHR WAITS FOR INVITE FROM RUSSIA [...] (SBU) The wait continues for an invitation to the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) to monitor Russia's upcoming Duma elections. The Central Election Commission (CEC) will not issue the invitation until it has completed registering party lists, leaving little p [...] | 2007-10-24 02:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KDEM OSCE RS |
07MOSCOW5338 | RUSSIA RESOLUTE ON LIMITED ODIHR MISSION [...] (SBU) Russia reacted strongly to USG criticism of Russia's decision to limit the number of ODIHR observers to the December 2 parliamentary elections. Official comments and news media commentary maintained that the invitation was consistent with Russia's OSCE and Copenhagen Declaration commitm [...] | 2007-11-09 03:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KDEM OSCE RS |
07MOSCOW5403 | PWC'S TRAVAILS IN RUSSIA WORSEN [...] (C) During a November 14 meeting with EconMinCouns, Managing Director for PricewaterhouseCoopers Russia (PWC) Peter Gerendasi offered a bleak assessment of his company's current legal difficulties. Gerendasi was pessimistic about the November 26 appeal of PWC's ongoing expatriate salary case [...] | 2007-11-15 16:19:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ECON RS |
07MOSCOW5525 | DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER KUDRIN PERSONALLY VOUCHES [...] (C) On November 26, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Aleksey Kudrin put his personal and professional reputation on the line in defense of Deputy Finance Minister Sergey Storchak who was arrested November 15 on charges of preparing to and attempting to commit fraud (reftels). Kudrin [...] | 2007-11-26 15:37:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ECON RS |
07MOSCOW5703 | KUDRIN'S PLEA UNSUCCESSFUL; STORCHAK STILL DETAINED [...] (C) Deputy Finance Minister Sergey Storchak remains incarcerated after a Moscow City Court denied a defense appeal to have his November 15 arrest overturned. Neither Deputy Prime Minister Aleksey Kudrin's petition requesting Storchak's release from custody (Ref A) nor the defense team's plea [...] | 2007-12-04 15:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ECON RS |
07MUSCAT252 | OMAN CONFIRMS PARTICIPATION IN MEFTA TRADE AND [...] (U) On March 10, the Ambassador met with Salem al-Ismaily, the Executive President of the Omani Center for Investment Promotion and Export Development (OCIPED),to urge Oman's participation in the proposed March 29 Middle East Free Trade Agreement (MEFTA) Trade and Investment Conference. Ismai [...] | 2007-03-12 13:01:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EINV ETRD PREL MU |
07MUSCAT27 | TRIPARTITE VIEWS ON LABOR REFORMS IN OMAN [...] (C) Summary: Local contacts in business, labor and government are responding with uncertainty to Oman's recent and rapid labor reforms in connection with the U.S.- Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Business is concerned that workers immediately will strike or bargain for higher wages, upsettin [...] | 2007-01-09 11:17:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM ELAB ETRD KMPI MU |
07MUSCAT586 | TROPICAL CYCLONE GONU CAUSES SEVERE HARDSHIP FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Low-skilled expatriate workers - particularly those residing in employer-owned compounds locally known as "labor camps" - were severely affected by tropical cyclone Gonu and continue to face food and water shortages. The number of storm-related fatalities among these workers r [...] | 2007-06-11 11:57:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL AEMR ELBA SMIG MU |
07NAIROBI1221 | KENYA'S FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITIES, DIPLOMATIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya has ambitious plans to open a number of diplomatic missions around the world. The overriding goal of Kenyan diplomacy is to promote economic development through greater market access and increased investment and remittances. Africa has replaced Europe as the chief preocc [...] | 2007-03-15 11:54:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KE PREL SENV |
07NAIROBI1456 | Somali Security Chief on Fighting [...] (C) In the context of a meeting at the Embassy on April 1 with DS agents regarding future VIP travel to Somalia, Transitional Federal Government (TFG) security chief Mohamed Warsame Farah (AKA Darawish) discussed the current fighting in Mogadishu with Poloff. He stated that he had been in Ye [...] | 2007-04-02 11:16:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER ASEC MOPS PGOV PREL EAID SO ET UG |
07NAIROBI2238 | MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FROM MUNGIKI-LAND: "I'M [...] (C) Summary: Member of Parliament Elias Mbau recounts his own intimidation by the Mungiki in his constituency. He frankly admits that he was forced to change his tune after initially publicly opposing the criminal organization. He also confirms reports that the Mungiki have supporters in gov [...] | 2007-05-25 09:58:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC KCRM KDEM KE PGOV PINR PREL PTER |
07NAIROBI3993 | KENYA ELECTIONS: INTERNAL SECURITY MINISTER [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: On October 8, the Political Counselor met with Minister of State for Internal Security John Michuki over lunch at Michuki's swank hotel and country club on the outskirts of Nairobi. PolCouns had planned to have lunch with Michuki's son Francis when Michuki unexpec [...] | 2007-10-09 11:46:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KDEM PGOV PHUM KE |
07NAIROBI4411 | KENYA ELECTIONS COUNTDOWN 1: 49 DAYS AWAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Mission Nairobi will send out over 60 observers nationwide for the party nomination process (primaries) scheduled around 16 November. Kalonzo Musyoka has until 13 November to decide if he wants to stand down in Kibaki's favor, as the presidential ballot will be set after tha [...] | 2007-11-09 03:54:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KDEM PGOV PREL KE |
07NDJAMENA167 | EXPLAINING UN FORCE TO PRESIDENT DEBY:FRENCH ADVICE [...] (C) Summary. Chad's unqualified support for UN operation in eastern Chad should not be assumed, according to French Ambassador Foucher. In a meeting with the Ambassador, Foucher emphasized that the UN peacekeeping operation needed to be carefully explained to President Deby as humanitarian i [...] | 2007-02-26 09:11:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC SU CD |
07NDJAMENA171 | EXPLAINING UN FORCE TO PRESIDENT DEBY:FRENCH ADVICE [...] (C) Summary. Chad's unqualified support for UN operation in eastern Chad should not be assumed, according to French Ambassador Foucher. In a meeting with the Ambassador, Foucher emphasized that the UN peacekeeping operation needed to be carefully explained to President Deby as humanitarian i [...] | 2007-02-26 14:17:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC SU CD |
07NDJAMENA20 | SUDANESE REBELS PASS THROUGH N'DJAMENA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sudanese rebel groups plan to make every effort to meet Special Envoy Natsios during his visit to Chad. Sudanese Liberation Movement's Ahmed Abdul Shafi and representatives from the National Redemption Front claimed that there was extensive military coordination on the ground, b [...] | 2007-01-10 09:57:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU |
07NDJAMENA455 | GRAND IMAM VOICES CONCERN OVER EXTREMISTS' "NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY Fundamentalist and extremist ideologies continue to gain influence in Chad, according to the Grand Imam, who reported on the "new strategy" of a number of Islamic organizations. The World Association of Muslim Youth (WAMY) and the Islamic Forum (IF) have been officially banned by [...] | 2007-06-04 18:01:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | CD PGOV PREL KISL |
07NDJAMENA46 | CHAD'S ROLE IN PEACE IN DARFUR: IS THIS THE RIGHT [...] (C) AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTION: This is an important piece on our engagement with Chad and its role in peace efforts in Darfur. It was prepared by Jitu Sardar, who is completing an impressive tour here after having contributed significantly to our reporting on eastern Chad and our Darfur re [...] | 2007-01-13 13:43:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU |
07NDJAMENA557 | DEMOCRACY AND STABILITY IN CHAD: IS THERE HOPE? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Idriss Deby Itno is a master survivor in a political culture as cruel and a neighborhood as dangerous as any in the world. Over the course of the last few years he has succeeded once again in facing down all challengers despite the fierce backlash his move to become [...] | 2007-07-05 07:35:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID EFIN EPET KDEM KPKO PGOV PHUM PREF PREL |
07NDJAMENA618 | CHAD FOREIGN MINISTER ON ARUSHA MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: Chad Foreign Minister Allam-mi stressed to Charge that Chad would do all it could to ensure a successful meeting in Arusha. Referring to Embassy demarches concerning the Center for Humanitarian Dialogue's aborted meeting in Mombasa, he stated that Chad did not want to have a bi [...] | 2007-07-25 16:39:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV SU CD |
07NIAMEY656 | NIGER: GON EFFORTS REGARDING TUAREG DISSIDENTS, [...] Nigerien police officer and Tuareg ex-combatant Daouada Algabid on May 10 told DCM that a high-level French military delegation is in Niamey to ask the GON to allow French troops currently in Chad to come to Niger to provide security for the French Uranium company AREVA's mines near Arlit. Th [...] | 2007-05-11 10:44:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MOPS FR NG |
07OSAKAKOBE70 | JAPANESE CONSERVATIVES: USING THE NUCLEAR CARD [...] (C) Former Cabinet Security Chief Atsuyuki Sassa, an influential member of the conservative Japanese establishment, in remarks to a large gathering in Osaka called for Japan to periodically use its potential "nuclear weapons card" to shore up security assurances from the United States and to i [...] | 2007-03-23 05:41:00 | Consulate Osaka Kobe | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PARM PREL KN JA |
07OSLO1053 | NORWAY RESPONDS TO THIRD COMMITTEE POINTS, SEEKS [...] (C) On October 22 we delivered reftel points to MFA Human Rights and Democracy Issue Deputy Director General Tormod Endresen. Endresen pledged that Norway will oppose no action motions and strongly supported the full debate of human rights issues raised in the Third Committee. Although Nor [...] | 2007-10-23 05:48:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL KTIA UN NO |
07OSLO612 | NORWAY'S RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS ON SVALBARD [...] (SBU) On June 7, the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs provided answers to our questions regarding future oil and gas activities in the Svalbard Archipelago. The full text of their response is presented in paragraph 3. 2. (C/NOFORN) In summary, Norwegians see the Svalbard Archipelago [...] | 2007-06-08 12:22:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NO |
07OSLO704 | DARFUR HYBRID OPERATION [...] (C) On June 29 we delivered reftel points to Anne Kjersti Froeholm, Senior Adviser in the Global Security Issues and Crisis Management Section. The GON continues to investigate whether a joint Norwegian-Swedish engineering unit is possible, with a precondition that any unit would clearly be [...] | 2007-06-29 14:20:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC MASS KPKO SU NO |
07OTTAWA1046 | CANADIANS BACK UNIFIED ALLIANCE RESPONSE TO [...] (C) Summary: Canada's position on the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE) is closely aligned with our own: CFE is critical to European security and the Russians must deliver on their Istanbul Commitments before NATO allies ratify the Adapted CFE (A/CFE). Canada would like to join like [...] | 2007-06-04 20:28:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM KCFE NATO PREL CA |
07OTTAWA187 | CANADIAN HERITAGE MINISTER ODA "I AM COMMITED TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 1 meeting, Canadian Heritage Minister Oda told Ambassador Wilkins that she is committed to improving the protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) in Canada. Oda declined to say when she expected Canada's new copyright bill to be introduced in Parliment. She [...] | 2007-02-02 15:26:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ETRD KIPR CA |
07OTTAWA1878 | CANADA LOOKING FOR NEW APPROACHES TO [...] (C) Summary: Recognizing the need to better organize Canada's institutions to promote democratic development abroad, the Canadian Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development recently conducted a study of democracy promotion. The committee's report was issued in J [...] | 2007-10-05 19:06:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM CA PREL |
07OTTAWA189 | CANADA'S NEW ENVIRONMENT MINISTER HITS THE GROUND [...] (C) Summary: Canada's new Environment Minister John Baird seems delighted to have responsibility for the politically charged environmental portfolio which is expected to be a key issue in the national election anticipated for later this year. Already, he has demonstrated his skills on the flo [...] | 2007-02-02 16:40:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV PGOV PINR ENRG CA |
07OTTAWA1910 | OCTOBER 16 THRONE SPEECH: NEW BEGINNING OR AN END? [...] (C) Summary. The government's early evening October 16 Speech from the Throne will lay out the revised agenda of Prime Minister Stephen Harper for the new parliamentary session. The Bloc Quebecois and the New Democratic Party (NDP) are already committed to opposing it. The Liberals therefor [...] | 2007-10-15 19:29:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV CA |
07OTTAWA1922 | CANADA: MAKING THE CASE FOR THE AFGHAN MISSION [...] (C/NF) Summary. The Canadian body politic is highly conflicted over the Afghan mission, with one poll in September indicating that 68 pct of Canadians want a complete pullout in February 2009 and 56 pct want the troops out even earlier, while an October poll shows that 54 pct want Canadian tr [...] | 2007-10-17 16:10:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS PGOV CA AF PK |
07OTTAWA1966 | CANADIAN READOUT ON DEATH OF MULLAH NAQIBULLA [...] (/NF) Summary. Canadian officials are concerned about the power vacuum left in the wake of the death of Mullah Naqibullah (Naqib) in Kandahar, as well as likely diminished loyalty to the central government from the Alokozai tribe and greater dangers for NATO-ISAF operations in the Arghandab [...] | 2007-10-24 20:44:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS AF CA |
07OTTAWA2034 | CANADA ON MID-NOVEMBER IAEA REPORT ON IRANIAN [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para para 5. 2. (C) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Nuclear Non-Proliferation Adviser Che van Haastrecht on November 5 expressed appreciation for our text outlining how the P5 Plus [...] | 2007-11-05 22:12:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM KNNP IAEA IR CA |
07OTTAWA234 | CANADA, U.S. TO CARRY SAME MESSAGE TO NATO [...] (C/NF) Following up on Assistant Secretary Boucher's February 5 meetings with his Regional Command - South (RC-S) counterparts in Ottawa (septel),we presented reftel points on February 7 to Department of National Defense (DND) NATO Policy Deputy Director Michael Kaduck and Department of Fore [...] | 2007-02-07 23:08:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS NATO PINS AF CA |
07OTTAWA345 | AFGHANISTAN: A/S BOUCHER'S DECEMBER 14-15 VISIT TO [...] (C) Welcome to Ottawa. Your visit provides a great opportunity to reinforce the improved relationship we have developed with Canada since you were here earlier this year. It will be an excellent chance to take stock of what we are doing together in Afghanistan and elsewhere in South Asia, to [...] | 2007-02-23 22:35:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR AF CA |
07OTTAWA819 | SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR SCHWAB'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Welcome back to Ottawa, Ambassador Schwab. This cable offers background information on Canada,s political and economic environment, especially on issues that may be raised outside the formal agenda of your talks with Trade Minister Emerson. Information regarding Canada-Brazil relations [...] | 2007-05-07 18:12:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | BR CA ETRD KIPR PGOV PREL |
07OTTAWA915 | CANADA'S APPROACH TO MAY 25 ARF MEETING IN MANILA [...] (SBU) Summary. Canada and the U.S. agree on most of the important issues to be addressed at the upcoming ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) in Manila. Canada is enthusiastic about the U.S. draft UNSCR 1540 implementation statement, agrees that the inter-sessional meet [...] | 2007-05-16 21:15:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER PARM KNNP ARF XB CA |
07OTTAWA95 | CANADA SEEKS MORE CONSULTATIONS BEFORE JANUARY 25 [...] This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (C) Responding to reftel points on January 17, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) NATO Deputy Director Isabelle Poupart expressed appreciation for the briefing, noted that the GOC would welcome early receipt of s [...] | 2007-01-18 22:56:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR NATO CA |
07OTTAWA96 | CANADA SEEKS MORE CONSULTATION BEFORE JANUARY 25 [...] This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (C) Responding to reftel points on January 17, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) NATO Deputy Director Isabelle Poupart expressed appreciation for the briefing, noted that the GOC would welcome early receipt of s [...] | 2007-01-18 22:56:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR NATO CA |
07OTTAWA97 | CANADA SEEKS MORE CONSULTATION BEFORE JANUARY 26 [...] This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (C) Responding to reftel points on January 17, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) NATO Deputy Director Isabelle Poupart expressed appreciation for the briefing, noted that the GOC would welcome early receipt of s [...] | 2007-01-18 22:57:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR NATO CA |
07PANAMA1408 | PANAMA: WANTED FELON/TERRORIST CLOSER TO SECURING [...] (C) "President Torrijos and (1st VP and FM) Samuel Lewis informed (National Assembly President) Elias Castillo and (National Assembly President aspirant) Deputy Pedro Miguel Gonzalez on August 14 at the Decameron resort that Torrijos would back Gonzalez to be the next President of the Nationa [...] | 2007-08-21 17:58:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER KCRM KJUS ETRD PM |
07PANAMA1625 | PANAMA: INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING UNGA RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) "Panama would probably like to co-sponsor the proposed U.S. resolution" condemning the use of rape as an instrument of state policy, MFA DG for International Political Affairs Javier Bonagas told POLCOUNS on October 2. Bonagas said that he would ask Panama's Mission to the UN to engage [...] | 2007-10-03 18:37:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM KWMN AORC SOCI UN UNGA PM |
07PANAMA1708 | PANAMA: DEMARCHE ON UNGA CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-26 16:44:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | UNGA ETRD PHUM UN CU PM |
07PANAMA279 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO PANAMA: NEXT STEPS ON BURMA [...] (SBU) POLCHIEF delivered reftel demarche to Panamanian MFA Senior Advisor Nils Castro on February 26. Castro, who heads the MFA's UNSC team, said that it was important to sustain the international focus on the situation in Burma and agreed full-heartedly with efforts to address the situation i [...] | 2007-02-26 16:13:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM UNSC BM CH EUN IN KS RS PM |
07PARAMARIBO133 | IRAN: AS USUAL, SURINAME LARGELY SILENT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to an official at the government of Suriname,s (GOS) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Suriname has no position with regard to pressuring Iran on UNSCR 1737 or nuclear proliferation. Typically for Suriname, the official was reluctant to express clear positions and s [...] | 2007-03-19 19:42:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NS KNNP IR |
07PARAMARIBO146 | ZIMBABWE: SURINAMESE MFA NOT FOLLOWING ISSUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff spoke with three officials at the Surinamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs about Zimbabwe (ref A),all of whom admitted not following the issue. All accepted further information on the issue, and one said that Suriname would like to support a UN Human Rights Council stanc [...] | 2007-03-23 20:06:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NS ZI UNHRC PHUM |
07PARAMARIBO165 | CHINESE HIGH OFFICIAL VISITS: POPULAR WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Li Changchun, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee, arrived in Suriname on March 27 for a two-day visit. In a striking display of warm relations by the government of Suriname (GOS),Li was met by Vice Presi [...] | 2007-04-03 18:06:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV NS CH ECON |
07PARAMARIBO289 | DOWNPLAYING THE CONFERENCE ON THE CARIBBEAN--AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Suriname (GOS) seems uninspired by the Conference on the Caribbean, and is downplaying its importance. Inexplicably, President Venetiaan will not attend. His substitute, Vice President Ramdien Sardjoe, told the press he is going to Washington for a CARICOM H [...] | 2007-06-08 19:09:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV NS |
07PARAMARIBO315 | CHINA/TAIWAN: MUZZLING THE FREE MEDIA IN SURINAME [...] (C) SUMMARY: Government of Suriname (GOS) Vice President Ramdien Sardjoe "requested" that a local news show leave out parts of its programming dealing with the China-Taiwan controversy as debate raged in May as to whether China or Taiwan would be the better partner for Suriname. Local and r [...] | 2007-06-21 18:22:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV NS CH TW PHUM |
07PARAMARIBO626 | BOUTERSE'S TRIAL BEGINS WITHOUT HIM; STRIKES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The &December Process8 murder trial of Desi Bouterse began anti-climactically on November 30 with Bouterse,s failure to appear. The venue was heavily secured, and as expected Bouterse,s lawyer called for dismissal, claiming the court has no jurisdiction. Outside the venue, at [...] | 2007-12-05 15:02:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KCRM PGOV ASEC PREL NS |
07PARAMARIBO638 | BOUTERSE'S TRIAL BEGINS WITHOUT HIM; STRIKES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The &December Process8 murder trial of Desi Bouterse began anti-climactically on November 30 with Bouterse,s failure to appear. The venue was heavily secured, and as expected Bouterse,s lawyer called for dismissal, claiming the court has no jurisdiction. Outside the venue, at [...] | 2007-12-10 19:19:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KCRM PGOV ASEC PREL NS |
07PARAMARIBO668 | U.S. EMBASSY PARAMARIBO CONCURS WITH 1206 FUNDING [...] (C) Embassy Paramaribo reiterates its endorsement (REF B) of the FY-08 1206 OEF-CCA funding proposal (with total cost estimate of $2,470,617 for equipment),which was received from CDR Gregory Ross, U.S. Southern Command as e-mail attachment on July 20, 2007. Suriname lacks the resources to [...] | 2007-12-28 15:35:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MAS MCAP PREL PTER NS |
07PARIS186 | RWANDA: EFFECT OF BRUGUIERE REPORT ON USG, STATUS [...] (C/NOFORN) SUMMARY: XXXXXXXXXXXXl told us January 12 that Judge Bruguiere's November 17 report recommending the prosecution of President Kagame and requesting the arrest of nine of his associates had been forwarded to Interpol. He noted that it was incumbent on the U.S. to make its own determi [...] | 2007-01-18 10:35:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KJUS INTERPOL RW FR |
07PARIS2837 | SARKOZY SAYS TACKLE DARFUR FIRST, CHAD SECOND [...] (C) President Sarkozy decided in a June 27 internal meeting that France would focus first on advancing the UN-AU Hybrid deployment and on bringing clarity to AMIS finances before taking action on an MFA proposal for a French-EU-African force in Chad. Presidential adviser Romain Serman explain [...] | 2007-07-02 14:41:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM PINR CD SU FR |
07PARIS3237 | FRENCH MFA PUTS SARKOZY'S JULY 10-11 NORTH AFRICA [...] (C) Summary: President Sarkozy's first visit outside Europe July 10-11 to Algeria and Tunisia underscored his determination to proceed with his still vague Mediterranean Union initiative, establish his own relationships with the leaders in those countries, and pave the way for state visits in 20 [...] | 2007-07-31 14:31:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM PTER PBTS ETRD FR AG TU MO |
07PARIS3708 | RWANDA: FRANCE SENDING A DELEGATION IN OVERTURE [...] (C/NF) An MFA delegation will travel next week to Rwanda in an effort to improve diplomatic relations, severed since November 2006, we learned on September 5 from Helene Le Gal, MFA DAS-equivalent for East/Central Africa. She disclosed that MFA A/S-equivalent Jean de Gliniasty and Laurent C [...] | 2007-09-07 10:30:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ICJ RW FR |
07PARIS4314 | ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY SCHWEICH BRIEFS FRENCH [...] (C) On October 10, Acting Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) Thomas Schweich briefed French officials on the 2007 U.S. Counternarcotics Strategy for Afghanistan. Ambassador Jean-Pierre Vidon, Ambassador for the Fight Against Organized Crime, and [...] | 2007-10-19 09:41:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL FR MARR MOPS PINS SNAR AF |
07PHNOMPENH1098 | ICRC'S ROLE IN BURMA, SOUTHERN THAILAND, CAMBODIA [...] (U) On August 23, incoming and outgoing heads of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Regional Delegation Bangkok paid a courtesy call on the Charge. The Delegation's new Head, Christian Brunner, said that he has already met with Embassy Bangkok officers, and that the ICRC Hea [...] | 2007-08-24 09:35:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREF CB |
07PHNOMPENH429 | FRIENDS OF THE ECCC OR RGC? [...] (C) Summary. The main donor coordinating body for Cambodia's Khmer Rouge Tribunal, the Friends of the ECCC, has proven an effective information-sharing group for reviewing ECCC progress and donor activities in support of the Tribunal's work. The ECCC's problems since the November 2006 plen [...] | 2007-03-16 09:42:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB |
07PHNOMPENH820 | GLOBAL WITNESS REPORT: ACCUSATIONS, THREATS, [...] (C) Summary. On June 1, U.K.-based Global Witness made public a 95-page "Cambodia's Family Trees" report. The report's content is extremely confrontational by Cambodian standards as it accuses well-connected government and military officials of illegal logging activity, kidnapping, and attempted mu [...] | 2007-06-15 05:28:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON PGOV PHUM SENV CB |
07PORTAUPRINCE1898 | LAVALAS MIFFED AT PREVAL OVER ELECTORAL COUNCIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The pro-Aristide party Lavalas is angry that President Preval has not consulted them bilaterally in the process to form a new Provisional Electoral Council (CEP). Influential Lavalas Deputy Jonas Coffy believes Preval is trying to politically marginalize Lavalas to help pave the w [...] | 2007-12-03 20:27:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KDEM PGOV PREL HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE198 | MINUSTAH OFFICERS' THOUGHTS ON MANDATE RENEWAL [...] (SBU) Summary: MINUSTAH's Political Affairs Director Gerald Lechevallier told Poloff on January 26 that he would like the new mandate to reaffirm resolution 1702 (establishing MINUSTAH) and maintain Security Council commitment to a long-term stabilization force in Haiti. Added to the new mand [...] | 2007-01-31 17:57:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KPKO UNSC HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE858 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BELARUS CANDIDACY FOR HUMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-10 17:24:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL UNHRC HA |
07PRAGUE1290 | CZECHS RAISE "ALARM" ON U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE SITE [...] (U) Action requests in para 15. 2. (C/NF) Summary and comment: The Czechs are concerned about the pace of negotiations on the European MD site, as well as what they perceive as a lack of full USG commitment to the project. Ambassador has heard in the past week from Deputy PM Vondra and D [...] | 2007-12-11 17:07:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR PREL PL EZ |
07PRAGUE131 | CZECHS ON THE FEBRUARY 12-13 GAERC [...] (U) Poloff met with MFA CFSP Director Vaclav Balek on February 9 to discuss the February 12-13 GAERC. The discussion was focused on Kosovo/Serbia and the Middle East. Czech policy remains unchanged. 2. (SBU) On Kosovo/Serbia, the Czechs will press for EU unity in support of Ahtisaari's prop [...] | 2007-02-09 15:43:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ETRD EUN YI SR BK AL IS IR AF SO |
07PRAGUE144 | THE POLITICS OF MISSILE DEFENSE IN THE CZECH [...] (C/NF) Summary: The Czech government welcomes the U.S. offer to deploy an X-band radar site near Prague as part of Ballistic Missile Defense's third (European) site. But the government does not have a strong majority. Public opinion will determine the outcome of any future parliamentary vote o [...] | 2007-02-14 11:46:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ |
07PRAGUE165 | POSSIBLE U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE OUTREACH ACTIVITIES [...] (C/NF) Summary: The following is a suggested list of options for missile defense outreach in support of the establishment of a missile defense radar facility in the Czech Republic. End summary. 2. (C/NF) This outline is submitted in response to the February 15 sub-PCC on missile defense pub [...] | 2007-02-21 10:13:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ |
07PRAGUE195 | KOSOVO: CZECH GOVERNMENT ON AHTISAARI PROPOSAL [...] (C) Summary. The Czech government continues its firm support for the Ahtisaari plan. The Czechs are concerned about EU unity on Kosovo, particularly if a new UNSC resolution fails. The opposition CSSD, whose leader has expressed skepticism about Contact Group efforts, is not making it easy f [...] | 2007-02-28 12:15:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KDEM YI ZL EZ |
07PRAGUE213 | CZECHS ON MARCH 5-6 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. The official Czech position on the Balkans remains unchanged (Ref B). The Czechs are taking a "wait and see" position on the new National Unity government in Palestine, and continue to require compliance with the Quartet Principles. On Iran, the Czechs will call for additional san [...] | 2007-03-02 15:46:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV EUN KPAL BK YI IS IR AF SU UZ EZ |
07PRAGUE262 | MISSILE DEFENSE: CZECH REPUBLIC UPDATE MARCH 13 [...] (C/NF) Summary: Representatives from Embassy met on March 12 with the Czech Government's interagency Missile Defense team for the first of what will be weekly coordination meetings. DFM Tomas Pojar observed that President Klaus' visit to the United States had been a success. Pojar commented th [...] | 2007-03-13 14:02:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ |
07PRAGUE285 | CZECHS WILL SUPPORT EU POSITION ON UN REFORM OF [...] (C/NF) MFA Director of UN Department Jan Kara told Poloff on March 16 that he believes the EU's new position on the reform of the UN's international administration of justice is consistent with the U.S. position explained in reftel. (He did not know whether the substance of the EU position has [...] | 2007-03-16 15:28:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AORC PREL APER ACABQ UNGA EZ |
07PRAGUE313 | CZECH AMBASSADOR FOR ENERGY SECURITY'S TRIP TO [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: This is Vaclav Bartuska's first trip to the U.S. in his capacity as Czech Ambassador-at-Large for Energy Security. He was appointed to this position last winter because the MFA saw the need for closer scrutiny and high level interagency coordination to develop a coher [...] | 2007-03-23 14:27:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV CZ RU |
07PRAGUE329 | CZECHS ON MARCH 30-31 GYMNICH [...] (U) Czech MFA Deputy Director of CFSP Department Miroslav Kolatek on March 26 said the foreign ministers would discuss the following issues at the Gymnich meeting March 30-31: the Balkans, the Middle East Peace Process, and the EU Neighborhood policy. 2. (SBU) Balkans: the focus will be on [...] | 2007-03-27 16:14:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EUN KPAL XG IS IR ZI EZ |
07PRAGUE33 | CZECH REPUBLIC REQUESTS USG INTERVENTION WITH [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See para 5. 2. (C/NF) During a meeting January 11 with visiting EUR A/S Fried, Czech PM Mirek Topolanek raised GOCR concerns about the country's energy security, and particularly two commercial transactions that he believes threaten energy security by increas [...] | 2007-01-16 13:24:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV EZ ENRG |
07PRAGUE351 | CZECH MFA: CZECHS REMAIN COMMITTED TO CHANGE IN [...] (C/NF) MFA Director of the Department of Americas Jakub Skalnik invited Poloff to the MFA on March 16 to discuss Czech policy on Cuba. During the discussion, Skalnik took great pains to reiterate that only the style of Czech policy -- not the substance -- has changed (as previously reported re [...] | 2007-04-02 14:22:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KDEM CU EZ |
07PRAGUE420 | MISSILE DEFENSE: SCENESETTER FOR MDA DIRECTOR [...] (C/NF) General Obering, your visit to the Czech Republic comes at a crucial time during the Czech national debate on participation in missile defense with the United States. The enthusiastic support of Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek's right-of-center ODS party has gotten us this far, but your [...] | 2007-04-18 14:04:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ RU |
07PRAGUE424 | CZECHS ON APRIL 23-24 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. At the April 23-24 GAERC, the Czech government will support tougher sanctions on Iran, a "realistic" approach to the National Unity Government in Palestine, and reform efforts in Central Asia (but urge the EU to focus on improving human rights in the region). The Czechs continue t [...] | 2007-04-20 11:56:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETRD KPAL PREL EUN XG IS IR AF EZ |
07PRAGUE428 | CZECH MFA REPORTS AERO VODOCHODY PLANS TO GO AHEAD [...] (C/NF) Poloff met April 19 with the Czech MFA's Director of Common Foreign and Security Policy Director Vaclav Balek (please protect). Balek shared his astonishment that, despite the MFA's previous assurances to the contrary, Czech firm Aero Vodochody had successfully signed an MOU with repres [...] | 2007-04-20 16:14:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ VE |
07PRAGUE498 | CZECHS WILL NOT VOTE FOR BELARUS FOR UNHRC SEAT, [...] (C) Czech MFA Director Human Rights Department Veronika Stromsikova informed Poloff on May 5 that the Czech Republic will vote for Slovenia for a seat on the UNHRC, but will not/not vote for Belarus. Because no other candidate has announced its candidacy, the Czechs plan to cast only one vote. [...] | 2007-05-09 07:04:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL EZ UNHCR |
07PRAGUE501 | MISSILE DEFENSE: GENERAL OBERING HAS SUCCESSFUL [...] (C) Summary. Lt. General Henry Obering, Director of the Missile Defense Agency, held meetings with a broad range of leaders in Prague on April 22-23 to discuss the U.S. proposal to place a missile defense radar in the Czech Republic. Participants described the meetings as extremely useful, and [...] | 2007-05-09 08:35:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ |
07PRAGUE509 | CZECHS TORN ON ISSUE OF COUNTRY-SPECIFIC SPECIAL [...] (C) MFA Human Rights Department official Jan Kaminek informed Poloff on May 9 that the Czech government has not yet decided how it will vote on the issue of UNHRC country-specific mandates for Cuba and Belarus. Kaminek said the decision will be made by Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg next [...] | 2007-05-11 07:40:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL EUN EZ |
07PRAGUE51 | CZECHS ON JANUARY 22-23 GAERC [...] (SBU) Summary. At the January 22-23 GAERC, the Czechs expect the focus to be on Kosovo, Iran, Sudan, and Somalia. Czech policy continues to closely track U.S. policy in these countries. The foreign ministers will also discuss the EU neighborhood policy (the Czechs welcome a renewed focus on Ea [...] | 2007-01-19 16:21:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ENRG EAID MARR EUN YI SR BK IS IR |
07PRAGUE530 | CZECHS ON MARCH 30-31 GYMNICH [...] (U) Czech MFA Deputy Director of CFSP Department Miroslav Kolatek on March 26 said the foreign ministers would discuss the following issues at the Gymnich meeting March 30-31: the Balkans, the Middle East Peace Process, and the EU Neighborhood policy. 2. (SBU) Balkans: the focus will be on [...] | 2007-05-11 17:16:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EUN KPAL XG IS IR ZI EZ |
07PRAGUE531 | CZECHS ARE THE LONE HOLD-OUT ON EU CUBA POLICY [...] (C/NF) Poloff met with Czech MFA Director of Americas Department Jakub Skalnik on May 4 to discuss the EU's diplomatic strategy on Cuba (reftel). Skalnik lamented that the Czechs find themselves in the unpleasant position of being the "spoiler" at the June review of the EU common policy on Cub [...] | 2007-05-11 17:58:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KDEM CU EZ |
07PRAGUE532 | CZECHS ON MAY 14-15 GAERC [...] (C) Summary: At the upcoming GAERC, the Czechs continue to (1) support independence for Kosovo (and privately expressed concern to Poloff about the possible impact on EU should the U.S. act unilaterally),(2) call for the Palestinian government to adopt the Quartet Principles, (3) seek solutio [...] | 2007-05-14 05:18:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EUN ETRD KPAL PREL XG IS IR AF EZ |
07PRAGUE57 | CZECHS PLAN TO CHANGE STYLE, BUT NOT SUBSTANCE, OF [...] (C) Summary. The Czech government plans to take no special action in response to the inevitable announcement of Castro's death. The Czechs will simply continue supporting the peaceful democratic opposition in Cuba, and searching for ways to persuade the EU to do more. However, the Czechs fear [...] | 2007-01-22 15:57:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL CU EZ |
07PRAGUE591 | FIRST MISSILE DEFENSE AGREEMENT NEGOTIATION IN [...] (C/NF) Summary: Assistant Secretary John Rood and an interagency delegation held productive negotiations on a ballistic missile defense agreement (BMDA) with representatives of the Czech Government in Prague on May 22. The Czechs see the BMDA as a much simpler agreement than the proposed Statu [...] | 2007-05-23 16:20:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ |
07PRAGUE630 | CZECH FM SCHWARZENBERG AND SPANISH FM MORATINOS [...] (C/NF) The Czech Government has not yet decided whether it will stand its ground on EU Cuban common policy at the June GAERC, and block the lifting of the "June measures." Complicating the decision is the rumor that the Castro regime might release some political prisoners if the measures are l [...] | 2007-05-31 09:59:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL CU EZ |
07PRAGUE667 | ERA PASSIVE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS - NEW [...] (C) Summary: ERA Corporation plans to develop a more portable version of the VERA passive surveillance detection system, as well as cooperate with Lockheed Martin on passive coherent location technology. This may present new regulatory challenges in coming years. Post looks forward to working [...] | 2007-06-08 13:16:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ |
07PRAGUE707 | CZECHS ON UNHRC REFORM FIFTH SESSION PACKAGE [...] (C) The Czechs are strongly in favor of maintaining the UNHRC country mandates for all countries, including Cuba and Belarus, but have not yet determined how they will vote. In discussions on June 14 with Czech MFA Human Rights Director Veronika Stromsikova and June 15 with MFA Political Direc [...] | 2007-06-15 11:52:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM EZ |
07PRAGUE717 | CZECHS ON JUNE 18-19 GAERC [...] (C) Summary: At the upcoming GAERC, the Czechs expect the EU will not reach consensus on Cuba and that the June measures will remain in place. The Czech Republic supports the Ahtisaari plan for Kosovo and will seek solutions to the Iranian nuclear program issue. The GOCR is preparing to offer [...] | 2007-06-15 14:51:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EUN KPAL PREL XG IS AF EZ ETTC PARM PGOV |
07PRAGUE863 | CZECH REPUBLIC: FINAL APPROVAL ON AFGHANISTAN PRT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Czech government approval to deploy a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) to a U.S. base in Logar Province, Afghanistan is expected by mid-August 2007. The Czech-led PRT of approximately 130-150 personnel will begin arriving in Logar in January 2008 with a goal of being fully op [...] | 2007-07-23 13:54:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EXIM NATO PARM PREL PTER AF EZ |
07PRETORIA1288 | SAG OPEN TO COOPERATING ON BURUNDI AMISOM [...] (C) South Africa's political leadership would be open to a request for South African assistance in deploying Burundian troops to the AU Mission in Somalia, according to SAG Great Lakes Envoy and DFA Deputy Director General Kingsley Mamabolo. During Acting DCM's April 13 discussion of Ref A po [...] | 2007-04-16 12:07:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR MASS BY KE SF |
07PRETORIA2443 | (C) U.K. BUSINESSMAN BRANSON FUNDING "ELDER" [...] (C/NF) U.K. businessman Richard Branson is bankrolling an African "Elders" initiative to convince Zimbabwean President Mugabe to step down. The "Elders" plan to meet secretly in Johannesburg July 17-18 with Branson to discuss their initiative. Former Presidents Nelson Mandela (South Africa),[...] | 2007-07-11 15:27:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM KDEM ZI SF |
07PRETORIA3875 | MDC'S BENNETT UPBEAT ON PARTY, ZIMBABWE ELECTIONS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Despite harsh criticisms in the media, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) President Morgan Tsvangirai is doing the right thing by cleaning out the party SIPDIS leadership, according to MDC Treasurer Roy Bennett. Bennett hinted that recently-deposed women's leader Lucia Ma [...] | 2007-11-06 14:44:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KDEM ZI SF |
07PRETORIA3916 | SOUTH AFRICA PROMISES 100 MORE TROOPS FOR DARFUR [...] (C) SUMMARY. South Africa will deploy 100 additional troops to UNAMID by year end and will consider additional specialized contributions after other countries finalize their pledges. The commitment to send additional troops came during President Bashir's November 5-7 official visit to South A [...] | 2007-11-08 14:27:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR KPAO SF SU |
07PRISTINA229 | KOSOVO: NORTHERN MUNICIPALITIES SUBMIT FY 2007 [...] (C) Summary. Despite having publicly cut economic and political ties with the central government in Pristina, Kosovo's northern Serb-majority municipalities - Zubin Potok, Leposavic and Zvecan - recently submitted their FY 2007 budgets to the Kosovo Ministry of Finance and Economy (MFE). Alth [...] | 2007-03-23 15:09:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN PREL YI |
07PRISTINA404 | KOSOVO: SERB RETURNS HAMPERED BY A COMPLEX MIX OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: There have been 16,458 cases of known minority returns to Kosovo since the 1999 conflict out of an estimated population of 230,000 displaced persons. Current impediments include most prominently lack of employment opportunities, concerns (real and exaggerated) over security, poo [...] | 2007-05-22 14:49:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREF UNMIK EAID YI |
07PRISTINA413 | KOSOVO SERB AND ALBANIAN FAMILIES OF THE MISSING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: For the first time in over a year, family members of missing Kosovo Serbs and Kosovo Albanians met jointly with representatives of the Government of Serbia, the PISG, and UNMIK at a May 16-17 conference in Macedonia, organized by the International Commission on Missing Persons [...] | 2007-05-25 09:56:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA545 | KOSOVO: OFFICIAL SUPPORT FOR RETURNS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A broad spectrum of participants, including the municipal mayor, numerous internationals, and a large group of Serb IDP association leaders, took part in a discussion of the returns process at a conference held July 2 in Ferizaj/Urosevac municipality. Highlighting the recent [...] | 2007-07-13 09:53:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREF PGOV PINR EAID PHUM SOCI UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA611 | KOSOVO: PDK HANGS TOGETHER DESPITE DIFFERENCES, [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: As a possible election season approaches, the opposition Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) is hanging together despite internal fault lines. PDK MPs are frustrated with the Unity Team and have criticized party president Hashim Thaci's leadership. Thaci himself is reportedly b [...] | 2007-08-08 05:44:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM UNMIK KV YI |
07QUITO1068 | ECUADOR'S VIEWS ON UPCOMING HRC VOTE [...] (C) Acting PolChief delivered demarche May 11 to Lourdes Puma Puma, MFA Director General for Multilateral Affairs. Puma said that the GOE understood USG concerns regarding Belarus' inclusion in the Human Rights Council and agreed that it would compromise the council's future credibility. Pum [...] | 2007-05-11 17:32:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL UN BO EC |
07QUITO1081 | DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE MEETS WITH CIVIL [...] (C) Summary: The Deputy Secretary rounded out his Quito visit with a meeting at the Ambassador's Residence with six representatives from a diverse array of civil society sectors to gain a non-governmental perspective on Ecuador's current political and economic outlook. A/S Shannon and DCM Bro [...] | 2007-05-11 22:10:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EC |
07QUITO1088 | CORREA'S TRUTH COMMISSION HUNTS EX-PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: President Correa created a "Truth Commission" on May 3 to investigate alleged human rights violations by the Leon Febres Cordero (PSC) administration during the 1980s. Most of the members of the Commission are victim family members and self described persecuted human rights acti [...] | 2007-05-14 21:27:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EC |
07QUITO1113 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH THE GOE ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary. During a lunch with the Deputy Secretary, members of the Government of Ecuador economic team touched upon the need to improve education and health care in Ecuador and generate economic opportunities for the poor. The Ecuadorians cautiously welcomed the idea of a bilateral eco [...] | 2007-05-16 14:44:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL EC |
07QUITO1114 | CORREA TELLS D: ECUADOR WELCOMES ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an hour and a half May 9 meeting with the Deputy Secretary, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa avoided controversial topics, stressed the importance of the bilateral relationship, and stuck to his core themes. He assured the Deputy Secretary that the United States has nothing [...] | 2007-05-16 14:46:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV EC |
07QUITO1124 | CORREA ESCALATES WAR AGAINST THE PRESS [...] (U) Summary: President Correa ramped up his war of words and legal battle with the press May 15 by once again referring to the media as "mediocre and incompetent". While signing documents adding further charges of "insult" to his pending lawsuit against the daily newspaper La Hora, Correa vo [...] | 2007-05-16 22:01:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EC |
07QUITO1268 | CONGRESS CREATES A COURT OF CONVENIENCE [...] (C) Summary: Congress produced a politicized Constitutional Court to replace the politicized Court it recently voted out of existence. Deals and trades have produced a Court that will probably be pro-Correa, removing a potential vehicle for opposition maneuvering, but otherwise not likely t [...] | 2007-06-01 20:53:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EC |
07QUITO1295 | FOUR MONTHS OUT, CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY CORREA'S TO [...] (C) Summary. Early polls confirm a clear plurality and broad support for President Correa's Alianza PAIS movement over any other party, but a recent dip in President Correa's approval rating could signal some softness. Minister of Energy Alberto Acosta is rumored to be ready to leave office [...] | 2007-06-06 13:37:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EC |
07QUITO1350 | VIDEO SCANDAL EXPANDS [...] (C) Summary: Another secretly-taped video involving Economy Minister Ricardo Patino has become public, extending the controversy over an earlier video (reftel). The new video dates to February, and shows President of Congress Jorge Cevallos discussing his efforts toward congressional approv [...] | 2007-06-13 12:19:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EC |
07QUITO1351 | GOE TO GET TOUGHER ON ILLEGAL ARMED GROUPS; [...] (C) Summary: Correa's national security minister coordinator, Fernando Bustamante, told the Ambassador on June 8 that the GOE planned to strengthen its security posture in the north to restrict the activities of Colombian illegal armed groups in Ecuador. He said Correa was very concerned ove [...] | 2007-06-13 16:51:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL INRA MARR CO EC |
07QUITO1423 | ASSEMBLY CANDIDATE REGISTRATION CLOSES: NOBOA [...] (U) Summary. The last day to register candidates for Ecuador's constituent assembly race ended with mild chaos at the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) and Alvaro Noboa once again throwing his hat into the ring. Parties chose a variety of candidates to help them gain seats, from current and [...] | 2007-06-21 13:13:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EC |
07QUITO1483 | RADIO ADDRESSES ILLUMINATE CORREA [...] (C) Summary: Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa has given 23 Saturday radio addresses. The extemporaneous and unscripted nature of the addresses gives an idea of the issues he is thinking about and his own personal character. Emboffs have listened to recordings of the last 13 of these addre [...] | 2007-06-27 19:15:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EC |
07QUITO1607 | CONGRESS VOTES "NO CONFIDENCE" IN FINANCE MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Continuing the standoff between Congress and the Correa administration, Congress passed a vote of no confidence July 13 against Minister of Finance Ricardo Patino. Citing allegations of embezzlement, illicit association, collusion and treason, Congress passed the measure af [...] | 2007-07-17 21:35:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EC |
07QUITO17 | CORREA NAMES FINAL CABINET POSTS, INCLUDING A [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 27, President-Elect Rafael Correa announced the rest of his cabinet, to be sworn in on January 15. The new officials named were: Guadalupe Larriva, as Minister of Defense; Caroline Chang as Health Minister; Trajano Andrade Viteri will head the Transportation and Pu [...] | 2007-01-04 07:39:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR SNAR EC |
07QUITO1721 | ECUADOR CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS: NOT CLEAR [...] (C) With only two months to go before Ecuador's Constituent Assembly elections, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal is facing significant challenges. A July 15 mock election revealed that the size and complexity of the ballots are likely to be a technical nightmare. The TSE has proposed some meas [...] | 2007-08-02 18:19:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON PGOV PHUM |
07QUITO197 | CORREA MAKES HAY AS NOBOA BOTCHES AG APPOINTMENT [...] (C) Summary: In a hurried backroom deal, the PRIAN used its majority in Congress to appoint a highly controversial Attorney General, Francisco Cucalon Rendon. Both the process and the selection have been strongly criticized by President Correa and justice sector NGOs, fueling expectations tha [...] | 2007-01-24 17:31:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EC |
07QUITO380 | CORREA AND VP RATCHET UP RHETORIC ON COLOMBIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: During a visit to the border region on February 14, President Rafael Correa announced he had ordered the Ecuadorian Air Force to intercept planes violating Ecuadorian air space on its northern border with Colombia. Correa's announcement does not represent a change in GOE polic [...] | 2007-02-15 22:46:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR EC CO |
07QUITO885 | CORREA DEFUSES DEADBEAT DAD STORY C-AL7-00365 [...] (U) Summary: A recent attempt by Lucio Gutierrez to tar President Rafael Correa for his father's sins appears to have backfired. The open secret of Correa's sordid family history became public on April 13, on the eve of the government's referendum, when PSP deputy Luis Almeida alleged during [...] | 2007-04-18 19:20:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EC |
07QUITO949 | ECUADOR: COURT OVERTURNS TSE RULING, CONGRESS [...] (C) In a surprise decision on April 23, Ecuador's Constitutional Court (TC) reinstated 50 of the 57 dismissed members of Congress. President Correa immediately rejected the ruling by Ecuador's highest court as an "inexecutable...new tactic by the partidocracy," and contrary to overwhelming s [...] | 2007-04-24 21:31:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EC |
07QUITO985 | GOE WOULD NOT LIKELY SUPPORT IRAQ COALITION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-30 22:07:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL UN BO EC MARR MOPS PTER IZ |
07RABAT164 | SEEKING AFRICA GROUP CANDIDATES FOR THE UN HUMAN [...] (C) Poloff met with Nasser Bourita, Director of United Nations and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),on January 30 to discuss reftel. Bourita expressed pleasure that Morocco's human rights record is recognized positively and that the USG considers it impor [...] | 2007-01-30 16:14:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL UNHRC |
07RABAT1874 | EXBS: MOROCCO SEEKS JAN 2008 CONSULTATIONS [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 5. 2. (SBU) During a December 20 meeting to discuss the EXBS proposal to hold an international transshipment conference in Morocco next year, as well as the postponement of a Charleston-based seaport interdiction course from December to Febru [...] | 2007-12-20 16:43:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ETTC KSTC PARM PREL MO |
07RABAT256 | HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE WITH GOM LAUNCHED [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Morocco (GOM) hastily convened in early February a series of meetings with Embassy officers to convey concerns about the U.S. Human Rights Report. The GOM used the sessions with senior officials from the Foreign Affairs, Interior and Justice ministries to: pr [...] | 2007-02-08 15:53:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PBTS PGOV MO |
07RABAT275 | IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT TO MOROCCO [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Jettou told the Ambassador on February 7 the February 5-6 visit of Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki was long on protocol but short on substance. Jettou said he pressed Iran to resolve its differences with the International Community. MFA DG Azeroual ela [...] | 2007-02-09 17:16:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KNNP MO IR |
07RABAT315 | DRL-FUNDED NGO EMPOWERED TO PROMOTE PRISON REFORM [...] (C) Summary: USG assistance has succeeded in empowering a Moroccan non-governmental organization (NGO) to promote prison reform. The Moroccan Observatory of Prisons (OMP) has a mission to improve prisoners lives and prison conditions. In the past year, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and [...] | 2007-02-15 16:30:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL MO |
07RABAT355 | CONVERSION TO CHRISTIANITY -- A PROBLEM? [...] (C) Summary: Morocco's Christian population is primarily expatriates; however, in the last few months, newspaper reports indicate that there is a growing number of local converts to Christianity. While the converts seem to lead "double" lives -- Muslim in public, Christian in private, they [...] | 2007-02-23 10:11:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PGOV MO |
07RABAT395 | A "CULTURE OF HUMAN RIGHTS" IN MOROCCO [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Morocco (GOM) wants to become known for its observance of human rights and has mounted what appears to be little more than a public relations campaign. On February 26, Prime Minister Jettou and Driss Benzekri, the president of the Consultative Council on Huma [...] | 2007-03-01 10:30:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PGOV MO |
07RABAT49 | UN-REFOULEING THE REFUGEES [...] (C) Summary: The refoulement of UNHCR-documented refugees (reftels) appears to have been largely and well resolved. The Embassy intervened with the MFA urging the GOM treat humanely refugee and asylum seekers and work constructively with UNHCR. MFA Secretary General Hilale told Ambassador [...] | 2007-01-10 17:18:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREF PHUM PGOV MO |
07RABAT517 | PARDONS FOR TERRORISTS? [...] (C) Summary: In Morocco, the granting of royal pardons substitutes for a parole system. The issue of royal pardons for Islamic extremists is beginning to receive public attention in Morocco. The recent Casablanca suicide bomber was among those imprisoned after the 2003 bombing then releas [...] | 2007-03-22 17:11:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PGOV PINR MO |
07RABAT613 | MOROCCAN AMBASSADOR DOES NOT ATTEND NATANZ CEREMONY [...] (C) On April 9, poloff conveyed reftel demarche, which was received only shortly before the event, to Azzedine Farhane, Chief of the MFA's United Nations Division. Poloff urged Morocco not to participate in the ceremony inaugurating the Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant scheduled for later in the d [...] | 2007-04-09 18:42:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KNNP IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC IR MO |
07RABAT744 | WESTERN SAHARA: CONTINUING HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Morocco's (GOM) efforts to sell its autonomy plan within the Sahara may be complicated by continuing repression and reported violations of human rights, although some recent improvement may help their case. Local human rights observers continue to report GOM [...] | 2007-04-26 12:47:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PGOV PBTS MO |
07RABAT858 | SAHRAWI AND BERBER (AMAZIGH) STUDENTS [...] (C) Summary: Sahrawi students have been demonstrating at several Moroccan universities, beginning May 3, calling for independence for the Western Sahara. Multiple sources confirm that the demonstrations, inspired by the UNSCR call for negotiations on Sahara, led to violent clashes with Mor [...] | 2007-05-14 17:00:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PGOV PBTS MO |
07RABAT880 | BERBER (AMAZIGH) POLITICAL ACTIVISTS SPEAK OUT [...] (C) Summary: Moroccan Berber (Amazigh) activists are increasingly outspoken about their desire for political and constitutional change (reftels A and B). Eight Amazigh political activists gathered on May 11 to discuss their disagreement with the present political situation. Drawing on ear [...] | 2007-05-17 11:25:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PGOV PBTS MO |
07RABAT905 | DEATH OF HUMAN RIGHTS LEADER LEAVES VACUUM [...] (C) Summary: Supporters of reform in Morocco will miss Driss Benzekri, the leading proponent of the nascent Moroccan "culture of human rights." His death on May 20 leaves the Moroccan effort to strengthen human rights without a standard bearer. Benzekri's leadership of the Equity and Recon [...] | 2007-05-23 13:04:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PGOV MO |
07RABAT933 | HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE WITH GOM CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: Senior Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials and the Embassy reached agreement on a new formula for regular human rights consultations that will include a mechanism for raising specific cases with the Government of Morocco (GOM). In a wide-ranging discussion, the MFA comp [...] | 2007-05-30 12:36:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PBTS PGOV MO |
07RABAT964 | MOROCCO ON AFRICOM [...] (C) On June 5, MFA Director-General for Bilateral Affairs Youssef Amrani told the DCM he hoped that the upcoming U.S. delegation traveling to Morocco to discuss the formation of AFRICOM did not plan to request permission to base in Morocco. Morocco does not want to host AFRICOM, he said, add [...] | 2007-06-07 08:21:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS MO |
07RABAT965 | MOROCCO ON AFRICOM [...] (C) On June 5, MFA Director-General for Bilateral Affairs Youssef Amrani told the DCM he hoped that the upcoming U.S. delegation traveling to Morocco to discuss the formation of AFRICOM did not plan to request permission to base in Morocco. Morocco does not want to host AFRICOM, he said, add [...] | 2007-06-07 08:22:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS MO |
07REYKJAVIK20 | ICELAND: AFGHANISTAN AND KOSOVO VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF NATO [...] (C) Summary: Iceland is supportive of USG goals for the NATO informal ministerial on Afghanistan and Kosovo on January 26. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MFA) Permanent Secretary outlined for Ambassador the Icelandic government's plans to increase peacekeeping deployments to Afghanistan, [...] | 2007-01-26 15:55:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO KPKO AF YI HU IC |
07REYKJAVIK203 | Icelandic MFA announces inquiry into alleged [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iceland's Minister for Foreign Affairs announced on June 27 that her ministry will conduct an inquiry into allegations of CIA detainee flights transiting Iceland. The announcement comes in response to the June 27 Council of Europe discussion of Special Rapporteur Dick Marty's la [...] | 2007-07-13 16:44:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PREL PHUM NATO KPAO IC |
07REYKJAVIK334 | KOSOVO: ICELAND AGREES AHTISAARI PLAN ONLY REAL OPTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-13 17:35:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNMIK NATO UN YI IC |
07REYKJAVIK42 | RESPONDING TO RUSSIAN THREATS AGAINST MISSILE DEFENSE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-26 17:10:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR EZ PL IC |
07RIGA100 | LATVIAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES SIGNING BORDER TREATY [...] (C/NF) Summary: Latvia's parliament voted 69-26 on February 8 to authorize the government to sign the Latvia-Russia border treaty. The legislation should become effective on March 5 and the Latvians have proposed a signing ceremony in Moscow March 6-7. Following the February 5-6 visit to Lat [...] | 2007-02-08 15:31:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PBTS PGOV RS LG |
07RIGA107 | SWINGING FOR THE FENCES: LATVIA'S ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary: At its annual briefing to the Riga diplomatic corps, Latvia's anti-corruption bureau (KNAB) highlighted 2006 as a year where it made great strides in tacking corruption. Overall, the KNAB's successful completion of the cases for formal prosecution has dramatically increased fro [...] | 2007-02-13 15:01:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID KCRM LG PGOV |
07RIGA147 | OIL EXEC OUTLINES CORRUPTION AND COERCION AT RIGA [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Managing Director of Latvia's branch of Statoil Baiba Rubess outlined to emboffs a Riga Freeport and Riga International Airport (RIX) that lack transparency, are dominated by the interests of the political elite, but that ultimately will be developed significantly and profitab [...] | 2007-02-28 12:13:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR ECON ENRG ETRD KCRM LG |
07RIGA148 | PM KALVITIS ON BORDER, RESTITUTION, ECONOMY, AND [...] (C/NF) Summary: Latvian PM Kalvitis hopes to sign the border treaty with Russia March 26 - 27, and plans for speedy ratification, he told the Ambassador in a February 27 meeting. He suggested that there was a possibility of movement on restitution of Holocaust-era Jewish communal property, b [...] | 2007-02-28 13:55:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV ECON PINR PREL SOCI CVIS KIPR LG |
07RIGA201 | LEMBERGS ARRESTED FOR BRIBERY AND MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (C) Summary: Aivars Lembergs, mayor of Ventspils, was arrested Wednesday morning by the Corruption Prevention Bureau (KNAB) and ordered held in custody without bail. The Prosecutor General's Office (PG) has charged Lembergs with bribe taking, blackmail, money laundering, failure to declare [...] | 2007-03-15 15:20:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KCRM KJUS ECON PREL LG |
07RIGA275 | LEMBERGS AND THE SECURITY AMENDMENTS LINKED [...] (C) Summary: Regional Legal Attach and PolOff met with the Latvian Prosecutor General Maizetis (PG) to discuss upcoming USG sponsored training events which will involve Maizetis' office. During the course of the meeting, the PG discussed the events surrounding the introduction, and eventual wi [...] | 2007-04-13 15:04:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KCRM KJUS ECON PREL PINR ASEC NATO LG |
07RIGA309 | LATVIAN POL DIR ON MD, CFE, AFGHANISTAN AND KOSOVO [...] (C/NF) Summary: In a May 2 meeting with Charge, Latvian MFA political director Ilgvars Klava wanted to ensure that his comments at the recent NATO ministerial were clear - Latvia supports our efforts at building a missile defense system, but believes that European nations should be ashamed at [...] | 2007-05-03 14:14:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS PARM RS YI AF LG |
07RIGA326 | LATVIA WILL VOTE AGAINST BELARUS [...] (C) I am comfortable that Latvia will not vote for Belarus for election to the Human Rights Council. The government has already made that decision. If Bosnia announces its candidacy, there should not be any difficulty in getting Latvia to vote for them along with Slovenia. 2. (C) A/DCM an [...] | 2007-05-10 13:47:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL AORC UNHRC BO LG |
07RIGA328 | LATVIA WILL VOTE AGAINST BELARUS [...] (C) I am comfortable that Latvia will not vote for Belarus for election to the Human Rights Council. The government has already made that decision. If Bosnia announces its candidacy, there should not be any difficulty in getting Latvia to vote for them along with Slovenia. 2. (C) A/DCM an [...] | 2007-05-10 13:47:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL AORC UNHRC BO LG |
07RIGA411 | LATVIA'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION - A TRAGIC-COMEDY [...] (C/NF) Summary: Latvia's Saeima (parliament) will vote May 31 for a new President to replace Vaira Vike-Freiberga as she completes eight years in office. The outcome remains unclear. The coalition candidate, Valdis Zatlers, has no political experience, has been underwhelming in press and pu [...] | 2007-05-29 16:03:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR LG |
07RIGA417 | LATVIA'S FIU ANNOUNCES TWO OF ITS BIGGEST CASES [...] (C) Summary: It was recently announced that Latvia's Financial Investigations Unit (FIU) handed over two of their largest cases to the Prosecutor General's office since 1998. These two cases involved over 160 people and companies from all over Latvia and well over four million USD in illegal f [...] | 2007-05-31 12:36:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SNAR EFIN PGOV KCRM LG |
07RIGA51 | LATVIA'S PROPOSED AMBASSADOR TO WASHINGTON - [...] (C/NF) Summary: Latvia has nominated Andrejs Pildegovics, currently President Vike-Freiberga's Chief of Staff, as its next Ambassador to Washington and Mexico City. We have had a long and productive relationship with Pildegovics and have always found him accessible. While his academic and car [...] | 2007-01-18 12:46:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PREL PGOV LG |
07RIGA53 | GOL DECIDES TO TRY AGAIN ON LATVIA-RUSSIA BORDER [...] (C/NF) Summary: Latvian Prime Minster Kalvitis has decided to renew discussion of the Latvia-Russia border treaty, with an aim to sign the document in the first half of 2007. He believes the political calendars in Russia and Latvia provide a unique window of opportunity. In order to avoid [...] | 2007-01-18 14:21:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PBTS PGOV RS LG |
07RIGA533 | LATVIAN REACTION TO RUSSIAN CFE MOVES - PLANS, [...] (C) Summary: Putin's July 13 decree on CFE did not surprise Latvia, which expected a move like this after the escalating rhetoric of recent months. But Latvian officials are using it as a reminder that Latvia's border with Russia is a key reason Latvia wanted to join NATO. Public rhetoric ha [...] | 2007-07-18 14:57:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM KCFE MARR RS LG |
07RIGA609 | LATVIA/KOSOVO: THE END IS CLEAR; THE PATH IS NOT [...] (C) Pol/Econ chief delivered reftel points to Latvian MFA political director Ilgvars Klava August 10. Klava greatly appreciated the update, as well as the recent briefing to Washington Embassies. He said that the Latvian position remained unchanged - they understood the process would lead to [...] | 2007-08-10 11:59:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KV LG |
07RIGA651 | LATVIAN SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT EMSIS' $10,000 [...] (C) Summary: Parliament Speaker Indulis Emsis may be on the verge of being charged with corruption for receiving a USD 10,000 cash payment in fall 2006. He and his office allege no wrongdoing and have been eager to get their version of events to us. If the transaction was clean, it demonstra [...] | 2007-08-31 14:28:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KCOR LG |
07RIGA685 | THE LEMBERGS CASE: TAKING DOWN A MINI-GARCH [...] (C) Summary: The story of Aivars Lembergs is one of post-independence Latvia's most compelling yet morally troubling tales. To much of his electorate in Ventspils, Lembergs is the brilliant protector of the city's autonomy and the great provider of prosperity. To successive Lavian government [...] | 2007-09-12 14:46:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KJUS KCOR PHUM LG |
07RIGA782 | LATVIAN POLITICS TURNS WEIRD; FM RESIGNS, PM [...] (C/NF) Summary: Latvia's internal political machinations took a bizarre turn on October 19. FM Pabriks submitted his resignation, telling the Ambassador that he had "lost trust" with the current cabinet. But PM Kalvitis refused to accept the resignation and Pabriks is, in effect, hostage in t [...] | 2007-10-19 14:57:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR LG |
07RIGA817 | LATVIAN LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR IRAQ DEPLOYMENT [...] (C/NF) We have previously discussed with the Latvian government the legal requirements for military deployments overseas in the context of the future of Kosovo. Senior MFA and MOD officials have affirmed to us that Latvia can deploy outside of Latvia in three situations: in a UNSC-mandated/au [...] | 2007-11-01 08:33:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MOPS PREL IZ LG |
07RIGA821 | WHAT'S LIKLEY TO HAPPEN NEXT IN LATVIA? [...] (C/NF) Summary: Conventional wisdom in Latvia is that PM Kalvitis will announce his resignation following the adoption of the 2008 budget, scheduled for November 8. If he does step down, we expect a somewhat protracted period of government formation that could likely go until Christmas or eve [...] | 2007-11-02 14:09:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL LG |
07RIGA837 | PM KALVITIS PLANS TO RESIGN DEC. 5 [...] (C) Summary: Latvian PM Aigars Kalvitis announced November 7 that he will step down on December 5. He said he wanted to ensure a smooth transition. At the same time, he nominated candidates to fill three of the four vacancies in the cabinet, including Maris Riekstins as foreign minister. The [...] | 2007-11-08 15:37:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV LG |
07RIGA84 | LATVIA STILL UNDECIDED ON HRC, LUKEWARM AT BEST [...] (C) Pol/econ chief has held several conversations with Latvian MFA pol dir Ilgvars Klava regarding ref A request to explore Latvian willingness to pursue a seat on the Human Rights Council. Klava, who has been very critical of the council (ref C),has agreed that we should avoid having Belaru [...] | 2007-01-30 14:44:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL UNHRC LG |
07RIGA871 | VIKE-FREIBERGA'S CANDIDACY TO HEAD EU "WISEMEN" [...] (C/NF) Peteris Ustubs, foreign policy advisor to Latvian PM Kalvitis, called in pol/econ chief late November 21. Ustubs had just returned from Paris and a meeting with Sarkozy's diplomatic advisor AMB Levitte. Sarkozy wants to propose former Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga (VVF) to head [...] | 2007-11-23 13:36:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EUN FR LG |
07RIODEJANEIRO620 | FLORIDA STATE GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL TO PETROBRAS: GET OUT OF I [...] (C) Summary: During Florida Governor Charlie Crist's visit to Rio o 2. (SBU) LeMieux met with Awad on November 7. He stated that the Stat 3. (SBU) Awad responded that Petrobras must go where the Brazilian Gov 4. (C) LeMieux inquired about media reports about Iranian delegations [...] | 2007-11-23 13:49:00 | Consulate Rio De Janeiro | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPEC ECON PREL PGOV BR IR |
07RIODEJANEIRO621 | FLORIDA STATE GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL TO PETROBRAS: GET OUT OF I [...] (C) Summary: During Florida Governor Charlie Crist's visit to Rio o 2. (SBU) LeMieux met with Awad on November 7. He stated that the Stat 3. (SBU) Awad responded that Petrobras must go where the Brazilian Gov 4. (C) LeMieux inquired about media reports about Iranian delegations [...] | 2007-11-23 13:50:00 | Consulate Rio De Janeiro | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPEC ECON PREL PGOV BR IR |
07RIODEJANEIRO622 | FLORIDA STATE GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL TO PETROBRAS: GET OUT OF [...] (C) Summary: During Florida Governor Charlie Crist's visit to Rio on November 7-8, the Governor's Chief of Staff George LeMieux met with Samir Awad, Executive Manager for Petrobras' International Assets, on November 7. They discussed Florida's legislation requiring divestiture of the state's [...] | 2007-11-23 13:57:00 | Consulate Rio De Janeiro | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPEC ECON PREL PGOV BR IR |
07RIYADH2340 | SAUDI ARABIA: MICROSOFT GM'S TAKE ON IPR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Khaled al-Dhaher, General Manager of Microsoft in Saudi Arabia, shared his perception of intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement in the Kingdom during a meeting on November 20, 2007. Al-Dhaher identified three major areas of concern: (a) the failure of the SAG to lic [...] | 2007-11-25 14:36:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV SA |
07ROME1015 | LEBANON: ITALY CAUTIOUS ON HARIRI SPECIAL TRIBUNAL [...] (C) Poloffs delivered Ref A demarche May 10 separately to MFA Near East Deputy Office Director Danielle Bosio, UN Office Director Leonardo Bencini, and the Prime Minister's Middle East Advisor Marco Carnelos, encouraging GOI support for a UNSCR to establish the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. Bo [...] | 2007-05-14 14:30:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER UNSC LE IT |
07ROME1029 | ITALY REAFFIRMS CUBA TWO-TRACK APPROACH TO DAS [...] (C) Summary. In May 7 meetings with Italian officials, DAS Madison highlighted concerns about rising repression in Cuba and GOC efforts to create divisions in the international community, and hailed the Unity for Freedom statement. She called for the international community to focus on the r [...] | 2007-05-16 09:22:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM PGOV EU CU VZ IT |
07ROME116 | ITALY IN AGREEMENT ON SOMALIA OBJECTIVES [...] (C) Summary. Italy generally agreed with the talking points on Somalia policy in Ref A, according to MFA Somalia Coordinator Giancarlo Izzo. In a January 16 meeting with poloff, Izzo noted the importance of finding consensus among the international community, and listed involving civil socie [...] | 2007-01-18 12:12:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL SO IT |
07ROME1163 | AMB. WILLIAMSON DISCUSSES WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS, [...] (C) Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met with MFA Balkans Office Director Raimondo De Cardona, Deputy Legal Advisor Valerio Astraldi, Director of the Great Lakes Office Orazio Guanciale and UN Coordinator Giamberto De Vito on May 21 to discuss the International Crimin [...] | 2007-05-29 08:27:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KAWC PREL PGOV IT |
07ROME1270 | ITALY AND CUBA: NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW FOR LIBERTAD [...] (C) There has been little change in Italy's relationship with Cuba in the past six months. The most significant event in bilateral relations this period was a visit by Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque to Rome on March 15. In his meeting with Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema, [...] | 2007-06-08 08:05:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ETRD ETTC CU IT |
07ROME1312 | ITALY WELCOMES INITIATIVE ON ETHIOPIA-ERITREA, [...] (C) Poloffs met with Horn of Africa Office Director Fabrizio Pignatelli June 13 to discuss the Ethiopia-Eritrea boundary impasse and next steps forward, per reftel. Poloffs emphasized the need for practical steps and sought Italian views on the current situation and a late June meeting of int [...] | 2007-06-14 13:58:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ER ET IT |
07ROME1324 | THE PRODI GOVERNMENT:LIMPING FROM SCANDAL TO [...] (C/NF) PM Prodi has stumbled through a series of tight votes since his government nearly collapsed in February. Scandals, poor results in local elections and political stalemate have demoralized much of his coalition as both his left and centrist flanks talk of hardening their stance on issues [...] | 2007-06-15 12:28:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV IT |
07ROME1327 | ITALY SUPPORTS ARMS TRADE TREATY, LOBBYING [...] (U) Poloffs delivered reftel demarche to MFA UN Office Director Leonardo Bencini and Chemical Weapons Coordinator Giulio Picheca June 12, noting U.S. concerns that the proposed Arms Trade Treaty will provide governments a fig leaf for arms exports, and urging that countries implement strict do [...] | 2007-06-15 14:47:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM ETTC KOMC UNDC |
07ROME1333 | KOSOVO: ITALIANS NOT READY TO DISCUSS INDEPENDENCE [...] (C/NF) FM D'Alema is convinced of the need to exhaust every means possible to reach consensus on a resolution even if it meant a 120-180 day delay. The Italian MFA, therefore, will not engage at this point on discussions related to a unilateral declaration of independence by Kosovo absent a [...] | 2007-06-18 12:11:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV UNSC SR YI IT |
07ROME1432 | ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER RAISES ALPHA MAGNETIC [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C/NF) During President Bush's June 9 meeting in Rome, Prime Minister Romano Prodi raised the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (aka anti-matter spectrometer - AMS) experiment, saying that the GOI hoped the AMS would be carried on the [...] | 2007-06-28 17:09:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | TSPA PREL KSCA NASA IT |
07ROME1494 | VELTRONI: LIFELINE FOR LEFT, BUT MIGHT SINK PRODI [...] (C/NF) Rome Mayor Walter Veltroni's candidacy and near coronation as leader of the soon-to-be Democratic Party (PD) establishes him as an alternative pole of leadership to PM Prodi within the center left. Veltroni, who successfully presents himself as a political outsider despite a lifetime a [...] | 2007-07-09 11:51:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV IT |
07ROME162 | A/S FRIED DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, KOSOVO, MIDDLE [...] (C/NF) EUR A/S Daniel Fried discussed Afghanistan, Kosovo and the Middle East with GOI officials in January 10-11 meetings in Rome. (Fried meetings with PM Prodi and FM D'Alema reported septel) On the Middle East, Fried stated that the administration would focus significant attention on the re [...] | 2007-01-25 08:51:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MOPS NATO IT |
07ROME175 | ITALY ON THE UNSC: A EUROPEAN VOICE [...] (C) Summary. Italy enters the UN Security Council under Romano Prodi's center-left government, looking to show its commitment to multilateralism, enhance EU coordination on UNSC issues, and focus on areas within the GOI sphere of influence and where it has troop commitments. The Middle East, [...] | 2007-01-26 11:41:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC IT |
07ROME1793 | ITALIAN INTELLIGENCE REFORM: EXTERNAL/INTERNAL [...] (C/NF) Summary: On August 1, the Italian parliament approved an intelligence reform law that will become effective October 12, 2007. The new law more clearly delineates domestic and external intelligence services while creating a DNI-like coordinator and giving ultimate political authority/re [...] | 2007-08-22 16:37:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PREL PTER IT |
07ROME1842 | ITALY: SANNINO ON KOSOVO, IRAN, MEPP, SYRIA - [...] (C/NF) In a wide-ranging conversation over breakfast August 29, the Ambassador discussed Kosovo, Iran, Hamas and Syria with the PM's Senior Diplomatic Advisor (National Security Advisor-Equivalent) Stefano Sannino. Sannino agreed that a UNSCR on Kosovo was unlikely and suggested that the inte [...] | 2007-08-29 16:04:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC KV IR IS WE SY JO IT |
07ROME1873 | D'ALEMA, ISCHINGER POINT TO EU FUTURE FOR SERBIA [...] (C/NF) Summary. On August 29, EU representative to the Troika Wolfgang Ischinger met with FM D'Alema in Rome to discuss the way forward on Kosovo. D'Alema and Ischinger agreed that Serbia and Kosovo should look toward EU integration as a way to achieve regional stability. Ischinger stated th [...] | 2007-09-04 16:21:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV UNSC SR KV IT |
07ROME1959 | AMBASSADOR ASKS SANNINO TO RECONSIDER HIGH-LEVEL [...] (C/NF) On September 13, the Ambassador met with Stefano Sannino, Senior Diplomatic Advisor to PM Prodi. Sannino informed the Ambassador that he would be traveling to Tehran next week to meet Deputy FM Jalili and chief nuclear negotiator Larajani to discuss the nuclear issue, Afghanistan and L [...] | 2007-09-13 15:57:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV UNSC IR SU SY IT |
07ROME1960 | ITALY SUPPORTS SPANISH ESDP MISSION FOR LEBANON; [...] (C) Poloff delivered ref A points on U.S. support for an ESDP Lebanon border assistance mission to MFA Lebanon/Syria desk officer Michelle Tomassi September 13. Poloff stressed that any EU work to help secure the Lebanon-Syria border be Lebanon oriented and include as little engagement with S [...] | 2007-09-13 16:30:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL XF LE IT |
07ROME198 | IRAN: ITALIAN ECA CHIEF ECONOMIST ON USG [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Econoff met with the Chief Economist of SACE, Italy's export credit agency (ECA),to review SACE's current business in Iran. He explained that there has been a net decrease in SACE's business in Iran in the past six months, due to a SACE decision not to insure further trade [...] | 2007-01-30 12:07:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EFIN MNUC EXIM UNSC OECD IR IT |
07ROME2026 | ITALY: POLITICAL STALEMATE LIMITS PRODI [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-21 08:23:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IT |
07ROME2046 | ITALY: YOUR MEETING WITH FM D'ALEMA SEPTEMBER 27 [...] (C/NF) Summary. While the issues on Italy's international agenda in the near future will for the most part track with ours, the GOI's tactics and desired outcomes may not. D'Alema will want to discuss Iran, Kosovo, Lebanon, Syria, the Middle East Peace Process, Afghanistan and Sudan. You may [...] | 2007-09-24 15:05:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV UNSC IT |
07ROME209 | IO PDAS WARLICK'S ROME MEETINGS ON UNSC ISSUES [...] (C/NF) In January 29 consultations in Rome, visiting IO PDAS James Warlick discussed a broad range of upcoming UNSC issues including the Balkans, Middle East, and the Horn of Africa with Italy, a new non-permanent member. On Kosovo, Warlick and the Italians agreed on the way forward, and the [...] | 2007-02-01 16:19:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC PHUM XF ZL XW IT |
07ROME2093 | ITALY: DOMESTIC STALEMATE KEEPS PRODI IN THE GAME, [...] (C/NF) A political stalemate keeps the fragile Prodi government afloat and could do so for a prolonged period, even as it prevents PM Prodi from tackling Italy's much needed institutional/economic reforms. The tense domestic politics and PM Prodi and FM D'Alema's different tactics on some item [...] | 2007-09-28 15:14:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IT |
07ROME2096 | AFGHANISTAN: ITALIAN HOSTAGE RESCUE REKINDLES ISAF [...] (C) Summary: The kidnapping and rescue of two Italian military intelligence officers in Western Afghanistan the weekend of September 22-24 has rekindled the political discussion in Italy over involvement in ISAF. But so far Prodi's far left allies in the fragile governing coalition are keepin [...] | 2007-09-28 16:57:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PINS PREL MOPS MARR AF IT UK |
07ROME2132 | ITALY: PM PRODI SAYS HE'S WITH US ON IRAN, SEEKS [...] (C/NF) The Ambassador met PM Prodi October 1 and discussed the risks of Italian engagement with Iran and Syria, the need for a broad EU consensus on Kosovo, and developments in Afghanistan, as well as the November Middle East conference, and Italian support for the UN Sudan mission, UNSC action [...] | 2007-10-04 16:51:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNGA UNSC NATO IT |
07ROME2169 | ITALY: IRAN GAERC DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO MFA DG FOR [...] (C/NF) On October 11 Charge' spoke with Cesare Ragaglini, the MFA Director General for Mediterranean and Middle East Affairs, about the importance we attach to EU Foreign Ministers taking action on Iran at the upcoming GAERC, per reftel. Ragaglini said he knew the Secretary had talked about [...] | 2007-10-12 13:52:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IR XF EUN IT |
07ROME2235 | ITALY: SCENESETTER FOR SECDEF'S OCT. 30 MEETING [...] (C/NF) Ambassador met DefMin Parisi October 22 to preview agenda items likely to come up in Parisi's October 30 meeting with SecDef Gates. Parisi said he hoped to have a firm answer on Global Hawk by Oct. 30. He said categorically that Italy cannot contribute helicopters to the Darfur mission [...] | 2007-10-24 09:12:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR NATO IT |
07ROME2258 | ITALY: LOOKING BEYOND PRODI WHILE ENGAGING HIM [...] (C/NF) After the center right defeated Prodi's governing majority October 25 on seven fiscal bill amendments in the Senate, Prodi scraped together enough votes to pass the main piece of legislation at 1:04 a.m. With additional coalition allies threatening to drop Prodi daily, the political deb [...] | 2007-10-29 11:04:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IT |
07ROME2313 | ITALY: FOLLOW-UP ACTION REQUEST ON ILLICIT CASH [...] (C) Summary. Italian officials are making progress on combating illicit cash couriers. The GOI has recently issued a ministerial decree to bring its own regulations on cash transactions in compliance with EU norms and is drafting a law to update enforcement provisions. Seizures of bulk cash i [...] | 2007-11-08 17:35:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KTFN KCRM EFIN ETTC PREL PTER |
07ROME2317 | SCENESETTER FOR ENERGY SECRETARY BODMAN'S NOVEMBER [...] (C/NF) As you visit Italy, the Italian government will be once again dealing with the instability that has characterized political life here during most the post-war period. The coalition government of Romano Prodi holds on to power in Italy's parliamentary system by a very thin margin. The g [...] | 2007-11-09 17:07:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ENRG EPRT PREL PGOV IT |
07ROME2341 | ITALY BUDGET VOTE: PRODI SURVIVES AGAIN, REMAINS [...] (C/NF) The Italian Senate passed the annual budget package late November 15 by a vote of 161-157, handing PM Prodi a political victory and former PM Berlusconi a humiliating defeat. Prodi's government remains fragile and susceptible to crisis but prominent Berlusconi allies are calling for a [...] | 2007-11-16 18:23:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV IT |
07ROME2360 | ITALIANS DISCUSS IRAN SANCTIONS, LEBANESE [...] (C/NF) Summary. On November 15, S/I and NEA PDAS David Satterfield met in Rome with MFA Iraq Task Force Director Gianludovico De Martino and MFA Director General for Middle Eastern Affairs Cesare Ragaglini. De Martino said Italy wanted to see greater on-the-ground coordination of donor progra [...] | 2007-11-21 12:36:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV LE SY IZ IR IS IT |
07ROME238 | ITALY'S FAR LEFT, MICE THAT ROAR [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: PM Prodi's decision not to oppose the U.S. Army's Dal Molin expansion project has sparked an unusually strong negative reaction, unifying pacifists, communists and no-globalists with a smattering of "not-in-my-backyard" citizens of Vincenza. The government centrists and reform [...] | 2007-02-06 08:13:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL AF IT |
07ROME2395 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF U/S ROOD TO ROME [...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Italy offers a well-timed opportunity to engage the GOI on a range of critical issues, in particular Iran, Missile Defense and CFE. Italy's weak center left government has succeeded in staying afloat for nineteen months despite a fractious eight-party coalition and [...] | 2007-11-29 19:53:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL MNUC MCAP MARR NATO IR IT AF IZ |
07ROME241 | ITALY: AMBASSADORS' AFGHANISTAN LETTER HITS [...] (C/NF) An op-ed from ambassadors of the U.S., UK, Canada, Netherlands, Australia, and Romania calling for Allies -- and particularly Italy -- to stand firm in Afghanistan spurred widespread media and political response. The daily "La Repubblica" printed the op-ed on its front page on February [...] | 2007-02-06 12:19:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF IT |
07ROME2484 | TREASURY U/S LEVEY'S MEETINGS WITH ITALIAN BANKS [...] (C) Summary: U/S Levey met with Italy's major private sector banks on November 27 and 28 in Milan and Rome. He explained USG designations (for their involvement in Iran,s proliferation activities) of Banks Melli and Mellat, and of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its associat [...] | 2007-12-18 08:00:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN IR KNNP PARM PREL IT |
07ROME259 | ITALY SHARES USG VENEZUELA CONCERNS, EU WORKING ON [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche February 6 to MFA South America Office Director Francesco Talo and Desk Officer Paolo Campanini, urging Italy to raise the issue of Radio Caracas Television (RCTV) privately and publicly with the Venezuelan government. Talo said Italy shared our concerns t [...] | 2007-02-08 12:31:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM PGOV EU VE IT |
07ROME296 | ITALY: PRODI FACES COALITION TEST [...] (C/NF) PM Prodi has used recent controversies related to a U.S. military base expansion and Italy's Afghan mission to rally the leaders of his diverse nine-party coalition. But with some dissidents in the Senate potentially beyond the control of even radical party leaders, the real test for P [...] | 2007-02-12 16:50:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IT |
07ROME318 | ITALY: ETHIOPIA-ERITREA AT AN IMPASSE, REGIONAL [...] (C) Poloff met with Horn of Africa Office Director Fabrizio Pignatelli and Ethiopia-Eritrea Desk Officer Alberto La Bella February 9 to discuss the role the GOI intends to play in the Ethiopia-Eritrea boundary dispute, as per Ref A. Pignatelli and La Bella reported that Italy sees the situatio [...] | 2007-02-15 10:19:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ER ET AF AL AU BE CH EU JA NO |
07ROME356 | ITALY: PRODI LOSES KEY SENATE VOTE ON FOREIGN [...] (SBU) By a vote of 158 to 160, PM Prodi's government lost a key Senate vote on a motion supporting his government's foreign policy. Previously, FM D'Alema had stated that if the majority in the Senate could not support the government's foreign policy, it "should go home." Following the vote, [...] | 2007-02-21 18:38:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IT |
07ROME362 | PRODI'S RESIGNATION AND NEXT STEPS FOR ITALY [...] (C/NF) President Napolitano is consulting with political leaders to determine the government's viability after it lost a key foreign policy vote in the Senate. PM Prodi tendered his resignation after the balloting, which the President accepted "with reserve". The Senate loss followed a warn [...] | 2007-02-22 16:46:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IT |
07ROME385 | PRODI GETS APPROVAL TO SEEK A CONFIDENCE VOTE [...] (C/NF) President Napolitano offered PM Prodi February 24 a second chance to prove his majority in a parliamentary confidence vote that will take place by the end of the week. Prodi appears to have collected four additional votes in the Senate and should squeak through. Thanks to FM D'Alema's [...] | 2007-02-26 16:32:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL NATO PARM IT |
07ROME388 | ITALY DRIVING EU SOMALIA ENGAGEMENT, WILL HELP [...] (C) Summary. DCM delivered Ref A demarche to Italian MFA Director General for Sub-Saharan Africa Armando Sanguini February 22, urging immediate GOI support for deployment of an African Union stabilization force for Somalia (AMISOM). Sanguini noted Italy had already made a contribution through [...] | 2007-02-27 07:57:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM KPKO MOPS EUN SO IT |
07ROME405 | ITALY: PRODI WINS CRITICAL SENATE CONFIDENCE VOTE [...] (C/NF) Italian PM Romano Prodi won a key confidence vote in the Italian Senate on February 28 in a close 162-157 vote. Excluding the votes of non-elected Senators for Life (SFL),Prodi still carried a "political majority" by a vote of 158-157. Prodi will appear March 1 before the Chamber of [...] | 2007-03-01 12:31:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV IT |
07ROME42 | ITALY SUPPORTS BURMA UNSC RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-08 16:45:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM UNSC BM IT |
07ROME458 | ITALIAN SUPPORT FOR U.S. UAV/CRUISE MISSILE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-06 15:27:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA MNUC TSPA IT |
07ROME509 | ITALY: IRAQ COMPACT UN INTERIM MEETING [...] (SBU) Contacts at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs report that Deputy Foreign Minister Ugo Intini and Ambassador Gian Ludovico De Martino, Head of the MFA Iraq Task Force and former Italian Ambassador in Baghdad, will attend the March 16 meeting in New York on the International Compact with I [...] | 2007-03-14 17:09:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL IZ IT |
07ROME522 | ITALY SUPPORTIVE OF EFFORTS ON BURMA HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Poloff delivered Ref A and B demarches to Cesare Bieller, MFA Office Director for Southeast Asia, on March 12 and March 2, respectively, urging Italy to support ASEAN and U.S. initiatives focusing on reconciliation and respect for human rights in Burma. March 14, Bieller responded that It [...] | 2007-03-15 15:37:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM UNSC BM EUN IT |
07ROME551 | ITALY LIKELY TO SUPPORT DRC SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-20 14:06:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC ZF CG IT |
07ROME564 | ITALY WILL WORK WITHIN EU ON ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Poloff delivered Reftel A and B demarches to Laura Carpini, MFA Human Rights Office Director, March 19, and to Umberto Malnati, MFA Southern Africa Office Director, March 20, emphasizing U.S. concern for the grave situation in Zimbabwe and requesting Italy's support in speaking out against [...] | 2007-03-21 17:08:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL UNHRC ZI EUN IT |
07ROME566 | ITALIAN MFA INSISTS NO CHANGE IN KOSOVO POLICY [...] (C/NF) On March 21 poloff contacted Raimondo De Cardona, Director of the Balkans Office of the Italian MFA, to raise concerns that Italian comments in the wake of the March 14 Putin visit to Italy were creating confusion among Contact Group nations and UNSC members. Specifically, poloff raised [...] | 2007-03-22 15:03:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV UNSC YI SR IT |
07ROME593 | IRAN: BOI INSPECTOR TO MONITOR BANK SEPAH ROME [...] (C/NF) Summary: The Bank of Italy (BOI) recently issued Iranian Bank Sepah's Rome branch an order to cease all business with any entity listed in the Annex to UNSCR 1737. Additionally, after Econoffs visited with BOI officials, BOI sent an inspector to monitor the branch's activities "indef [...] | 2007-03-23 10:49:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN PREL IR IT |
07ROME600 | CORRECTED COPY - IRAN: BOI INSPECTOR TO MONITOR [...] (C/NF) Summary: The Bank of Italy (BOI) recently issued an order to Iranian Bank Sepah's Rome branch to cease all business with any entity listed in the Annex to UNSCR 1737. Additionally, after Econoffs visited with BOI officials, BOI sent an inspector to monitor the branch's activities " [...] | 2007-03-23 15:51:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN PREL IR IT |
07ROME627 | ITALY: SUDAN SANCTIONS COULD HARDEN KHARTOUM, NEED [...] (C) Summary. While Italy considered Sudanese President Bashir's March 6 letter to SYG Ban unsatisfactory, the GOI thought it was too early to call it a rejection of the agreement on the Darfur UN Heavy Support Package (HSP). Italy did not believe that sanctions were the best solution as they [...] | 2007-03-27 15:53:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL CD CT UNSC KPKO IT |
07ROME634 | ITALY AND GUANTANAMO DETAINEES: AMBASSADOR WILL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-28 12:36:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC XG IT |
07ROME663 | ITALY: PRODI GOVERNMENT STANDS ON BERLUSCONI'S [...] (C/NF) PM Prodi remains weak despite his legislative success in the March 27 Senate vote to extend funding by one year for Italy's military missions abroad. His center-left coalition failed to pass the decree independent of the votes of Italy's Senators for Life. The Union of Christian Democ [...] | 2007-04-02 09:49:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IT |
07ROME702 | ITALY: PM PRODI DISAPPOINTED BY U.S. COOLNESS [...] (C/NF) The Ambassador met for one hour April 4 with PM Prodi. Though paying lip service to our strong bilateral relationship, Prodi expressed disappointment that the U.S. government had not recognized the amount of political capital and effort he had spent on Afghan mission refinancing and ap [...] | 2007-04-05 14:44:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MAR MOPS SRYI UNSC |
07ROME779 | KOSOVO: ITALIAN FM SUPPORTS AHTISAARI'S CORE [...] (C/NF) I discussed the Ahtisaari plan for Kosovo with FM D'Alema in an April 5 meeting (ref B.) He assured me of Italy's firm support for the plan's core status provisions. However, he made it clear Italy felt work needed to be done to strengthen the non-status aspects of the plan such as the [...] | 2007-04-17 07:13:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV UNSC YI SR IT |
07ROME817 | KOSOVO: UN SECRETARY GENERAL GIVES ITALY RIGHT [...] (C/NF) Leonardo Bencini of the UN office of the Italian MFA told poloff that during an April 18 visit to Rome, UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon told Italian FM D'Alema that he SIPDIS fully supported the recommendations by UNOSEK Ahtisaari and asked Italy to work in conjunction with other EU [...] | 2007-04-19 15:38:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV UNSC YI SR IT |
07ROME821 | UNSCR 1747/OECD: ITALIAN VIEWS ON COMMON LINE [...] (C) EcMin met April 20 with Giulio Terzi, MFA Director General for Multilateral Political Affairs and Human Rights, and staff to discuss ref A points. EcMin began by explaining that we decided to approach the MFA, since previous meetings with the Ministry of Finance (MOF) and SACE (Italy's e [...] | 2007-04-20 12:31:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EFIN ETRD EXIM OECD UN IR IT |
07ROME827 | KOSOVO: PM'S SENIOR DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR SAYS [...] (C/NF) Stefano Sannino, PM Prodi's senior diplomatic advisor, told the Ambassador April 20 that Italy's support for the Ahtisaari plan was clear, complete, and not nuanced. The Ambassador stressed the importance of Italy publicly expressing full support for the plan, including supervised indep [...] | 2007-04-20 14:47:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV UNSC YI SR IT |
07ROME877 | ITALY: DS AND DAISY TO FORM DEMOCRATIC PARTY [...] (C) From April 19 to 22, Italy's Democrats of the Left (DS) and the Democracy and Liberty--The Margherita (Daisy) parties held what were likely their last respective party congresses. Both parties announced their pending dissolution and intent to jointly constitute a new Democratic Party (PD) [...] | 2007-04-27 10:53:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV IT |
07ROME885 | ITALY: MINURSO TEXT BALANCED, BUT CONCERNED IT MAY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-27 16:24:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV UNSC MO WI IT |
07ROME899 | ITALIAN PARTICIPATION IN THE IRAQ COALITION [...] (C/NF) Summary. Although Italy withdrew its troop presence from Iraq in late 2006, Italy remains a committed partner in the political and economic development of Iraq through its PRT presence in Dhi Qar and its participation in the Iraq Compact and NTM-I. Italian political realities make it h [...] | 2007-04-30 14:33:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR MAS MOPS PTER IZ IT |
07ROME903 | DARFUR: ITALY AGREES PRESSURE NEEDED, BUT WANTS [...] (C) Summary. Italy would ultimately support a UNSC sanctions resolution against Sudan, but publicly would like to maintain a neutral position as chair of the UN Sanctions Committee. Given UN Secretary General Ban's heavy involvement in Darfur, which he underlined in a visit to Rome April 18, [...] | 2007-04-30 16:29:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KPKO UNSC SU IT |
07ROME937 | ITALY AGREES ERITREA A CONCERN, ISAIAS TO VISIT [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Horn of Africa Office Director Fabrizio Pignatelli May 3. May 4, Pignatelli responded that while Italy is concerned about recent actions taken by Eritrea, like the decision to suspend membership in the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, Eritr [...] | 2007-05-07 05:37:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ER IT |
07ROME987 | ITALY PREOCCUPIED WITH OWN UN HRC CANDIDACY, HOPES [...] (C) Poloff delivered Ref A points to UN Office Director Leonardo Bencini May 9, urging Italy not to support Belarus' candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council, but rather to support Slovenia and a third candidate. Bencini responded May 10 that Italy was absorbed in its own candidacy for the [...] | 2007-05-10 13:46:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL UNHRC BO IT |
07SANJOSE656 | CAFTA: REFERENDUM CONCERNS, BUT COALITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although optimistic that CAFTA can be ratified by August-September, the Arias administration is now concerned about the prospect of a CAFTA referendum. Responding to a petition filed by CAFTA opponent, renegade PLN member, former legislator and presidential candidate Jose Miguel [...] | 2007-04-04 20:36:00 | Embassy San Jose | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV ETRD PREL PINR CS |
07SANSALVADOR1485 | FALLOUT FROM SUCHITOTO ARRESTS CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: GOES handling of the arrest and prosecution of fourteen individuals who participated in violent demonstrations in Suchitoto on July 2 continues to reverberate throughout the Salvadoran political landscape and to attract attention from U.S.-based NGO's. The GOES decision to prosec [...] | 2007-08-01 23:44:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ES |
07SANSALVADOR1623 | KEY CABINET RESIGNATION MAY SIGNAL TROUBLE FOR [...] (U) On August 15 Eduardo Zablah, the Technical Secretary to the Presidency, resigned his position in the Saca administration effective September 1. During an official press conference, President Saca announced that Zablah was leaving his position in order to "dedicate himself to other profes [...] | 2007-08-20 18:12:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ES PGOV PREL |
07SANSALVADOR1764 | ALLEGATIONS OF CORRUPTION IN SACA INNER CIRCLE [...] (C/NF) Summary: On August 28, Oscar Bonilla, the President of the cabinet-level National Council on Public Security, told the Ambassador that he has proof that key advisors to President Saca are corrupt, and offered details of an alleged multi-million dollar bribery scheme centering on electr [...] | 2007-09-04 19:37:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ES PGOV PREL |
07SANSALVADOR2229 | EL SALVADOR: THE CASE FOR MAJOR NON-NATO ALLY [...] (C/NF) Introduction: The government of El Salvador (GOES) has evolved into a major U.S. partner in Latin America and beyond. U.S.-Salvadoran cooperation extends across a broad spectrum, encompassing defense, counter-terrorism, and law enforcement, as well as regional, multilateral, and trade [...] | 2007-11-05 22:36:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ES MARR MOPS PREL |
07SANTIAGO135 | BELGIAN UNIVERSITY DETECTS MUSTARD GAS, REVIVING [...] (C) Chilean newspapers reported over the weekend of January 20-21 that researchers at Ghent University in Belgium detected traces of mustard gas in three tissue samples taken from the body of former Chilean President (1964-1970),Eduardo "Frei Montalva." Frei Montalva died on January 22, 198 [...] | 2007-01-24 11:00:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KJUS PGOV PHUM CI |
07SANTIAGO169 | SOUNDING CHILE ON 2007 HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) The GOC plans to run a candidate for the Human Rights Council in 2008, but may be open to running in 2007. Per Reftel A, EPOL Counselor met with Acting Director for Multilateral Affairs Patricio Acuna January 31. United Nations Affairs Section Chief Patricio Utreras and Poloff also atte [...] | 2007-01-31 20:25:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL UNHRC CI |
07SANTIAGO286 | CHILE TO CONTRIBUTE TO GPOI [...] (C) MFA and MOD officials have both informally conveyed to Post that, in response to a request from the Guatemalan Defense Minister, Chile's Joint Center for Peacekeeping Operations (CECOPAC) will send three trainers to Guatemala's Conference of Central American Armed Forces (CFAC) peacekeepi [...] | 2007-02-16 18:52:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MASS PREL GT UY AR CI |
07SANTIAGO292 | CHILEAN MFA EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT FALCON-CONDOR [...] Summary: (C) Working level Foreign Ministry officials expressed concern February 14 that participation of U.S. F-16s in bilateral military exercises in Peru would allow "Peru to game a potential conflict with Chile." The seeds for this concern were apparently planted by the Russian military [...] | 2007-02-20 10:53:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR PREL CI |
07SANTIAGO530 | PLANNING FOR SCI2007JCET330W MOVING FORWARD, ADVON [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary: Deployment in Chile of the advance elements for Joint Combined Exercise Training (JCET) SCI2007JCET330W is set to begin on April 9. Deployment of advance elements, munitions and weapons for the exercise will continue throug [...] | 2007-04-02 21:48:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MOPS PREL CI |
07SANTIAGO687 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON MEETS WITH CHILEAN [...] (C) Summary: WHA Assistant Secretary Shannon and Chilean Minister of Defense Jose Goni exchanged views on regional issues and the U.S.-Chile bilateral military relationship during their April 24 meeting. Goni told A/S Shannon he valued the close relationship between the U.S. and Chilean mili [...] | 2007-04-27 17:20:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR OTRA CL |
07SANTIAGO697 | CHILE'S VIEWS FOR NPT PREPCOM STILL BEING DEFINED [...] Poloff delivered reftel A talking points as a non-paper to Hernan Mena, Sub Director for Disarmament and International Security of Chile's Foreign Ministry, on April 25. Mena said Chile's Ambassador to Vienna and to the UN Mission in Vienna would head Chile's delegation to the Nuclear Non-p [...] | 2007-04-27 21:30:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT CI |
07SANTIAGO75 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HAITI, SOFA, THE ICC AND [...] Summary: (C) Minister of Defense Vivianne Blanlot told the Ambassador January 10 that Chile wanted to see Haiti progress to a point where MINUSTAH'S withdrawal would not initiate a "backslide to ground zero." Chile, along with Argentina and Brazil, were looking for an international commitmen [...] | 2007-01-12 21:30:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR PGOV MOPS ETRD CI |
07SANTODOMINGO12 | DOMINICANS EMBARRASSED, ANGRY ABOUT FAILURE TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-03 20:55:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | DR PHUM OAS KTIA HA |
07SANTODOMINGO734 | DOMINICAN POLITICS III #22: THE PLD PARTY - [...] (U) This is the 22nd cable in our series on Dominican politics in the third year of the administration of President Leonel Fernandez. (C/NF) SUMMARY: With a view to the 2008 presidential election, we make this assessment of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD). Founded in the 1970s as a le [...] | 2007-04-02 13:22:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PREL DR |
07SARAJEVO117 | BOSNIA: MEASURED REACTIONS TO KOSTUNICA AND [...] (C) Recent comments attributed to Serbian officials, including Premier Vojislav Kostunica and Foreign Minister Vuk Draskovic, linking Kosovo with the status of the Republika Srpska add fuel to the constant drumbeat of statements from Srpska PM Dodik about a referedum for Srpska independence. T [...] | 2007-01-18 09:43:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | BK PREL UNMIK YI SR |
07SARAJEVO121 | MILETIC MANDATE RENEWED [...] (C) On January 18 an independent personnel board reconfirmed its decision to appoint Zlatko Miletic as Federation Police Chief. The Federation parliamentary committee charged with administrative oversight upheld the legality of the decision thus overruling the opposition of Miletic opponents i [...] | 2007-01-18 16:47:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | BK KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL PTER |
07SARAJEVO230 | BOSNIA - PROSECUTOR TO OPEN INVESTIGATION OF [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On January 31, we formally requested that the State Prosecutor and State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) open a full investigation of USG-funded humanitarian demining programs (Ref A). Both organizations pledged to conduct a thorough investigation separate from the [...] | 2007-01-31 17:12:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MASS PREL MOPS PGOV KCRM BK SI |
07SARAJEVO2448 | BOSNIA - KEEPING THE US FLAG ON NATO HQ SARAJEVO [...] (C/NF) Earlier this year, my predecessor concluded that it remained critical to U.S. objectives in Bosnia for a U.S. general officer to command NATO HQ Sarajevo (Ref A). After careful review, I have now reached the same conclusion. I am writing to ask you to reconsider the decision not to ret [...] | 2007-11-14 17:53:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR MARR BK |
07SARAJEVO441 | BOSNIA - SCENESETTER FOR THE FEBRUARY 26-27 PIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: We expect the February 26-27 meeting of the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) to approve a one-year extension of OHR's mandate (i.e., to June 2008),though we anticipate the Russians will complicate efforts to reach consensus on this decision. High Representative Christian Schwa [...] | 2007-02-23 15:46:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR KJUS BK |
07SARAJEVO63 | STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOLDS INAUGURAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The State House of Representatives (HoR) held its inaugural session January 11. The session focused mainly on procedural matters, including the selection of the House leadership, creation of a committee to select cabinet ministers, and confirmation of the Prime Ministerial ca [...] | 2007-01-11 17:18:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV BK |
07SEOUL1413 | ROKG COMMENTS ON REVISED U.S. ARF PROPOSALS [...] (C) On May 11, poloff delivered reftel demarche to Kim Jong-min of the Security Policy Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). Kim said the revised U.S. proposals were appreciated, but noted that ROKG comments on previous drafts had just been sent to the ROK representati [...] | 2007-05-11 06:41:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ARF KNNP PTER KS |
07SEOUL2482 | PRESIDENT ROH MAGNANIMOUS ON US-ROK RELATIONS [...] (C/NF) In an August 16 Blue House meeting following the ceremony honoring Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Peter Pace, ROK President Roh Moo-hyun detailed the many positive advances in U.S.- ROK relations accomplished during his term in office, including the relocation of U.S. Fo [...] | 2007-08-19 22:11:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR KS |
07SEOUL2648 | ROKG INTERNAL WRANGLING OVER NLL, A NORTH-SOUTH [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. How the October 2-4 North-South summit should deal with the Northern Limit Line (NLL) is a major preoccupation for the South Korean government and the press. The issue is significant because the North has steadfastly refused to discuss a laundry list of military-to-military i [...] | 2007-08-31 07:04:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR KS KN |
07SHANGHAI802 | NANJING PARTY SCHOOL ON PARTY SCHOOLS AND ORGANIZATION [...] (C) Summary: Officials at the Nanjing Party School (NPS) explained how the Party School system in China is set out, with central, provincial, municipal, county, and district level schools in place. Schools are typically run by one of the Deputy Party Secretaries at their respective levels, al [...] | 2007-12-21 00:32:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV CH |
07SINGAPORE156 | SINGAPORE PLEASED WITH ASEAN AND EAST ASIA SUMMITS [...] (SBU) Summary: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director for ASEAN Jacky Foo provided us an upbeat assessment January 19 of the recently concluded ASEAN and East Asian Summits in Cebu. The 12th ASEAN Summit in Cebu demonstrated that ASEAN integration was moving forward, Foo said. There were [...] | 2007-01-23 09:02:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON SENV SN |
07SINGAPORE1781 | GOS DISCUSSES REGIONAL, DOMESTIC ISSUES WITH [...] (C) Summary: A U.S.-ASEAN Business Council (US-ABC) delegation, joined by the Ambassador, had separate meetings with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong, Minister of National Development Mah Bow Tan, and Minister of Defense Teo Chee Hean on September 20 and 21. Singa [...] | 2007-09-26 09:31:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETRD PREL ECON SN |
07SKOPJE162 | MACEDONIA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH THE PRIME [...] (C) During a meeting with Prime Minister Gruevski on February 21, the Ambassador raised U.S. concerns regarding political dialogue, education issues, and the rule of law in Macedonia (reftels). Pledging U.S. support for Macedonia's NATO membership aspirations, the Ambassador stressed that ther [...] | 2007-02-23 15:08:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MK |
07SKOPJE387 | MACEDONIA: DIALOGUE -- LIGHT AT THE END OF THE [...] (C) The political dialogue process between governing VMRO-DPMNE and major eAlbanian opposition DUI appears to be coming to closure, with a possible compromise on the main agenda items DUI had proposed when the talks were revived in early March. Following intensive Embassy and EUSR pressure on [...] | 2007-05-17 07:00:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MK |
07SKOPJE50 | MACEDONIA SUPPORTS KOSOVO STATUS TIMELINE [...] (C) In a January 18 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Milososki confirmed the GOM's support for Ahtisaari's Kosovo final status timeline (reftel),and agreed on the importance of close coordination between the U.S., the EU and the UN on the matter. The Ambassador assured Milososki [...] | 2007-01-19 15:48:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV MK |
07SKOPJE786 | MACEDONIA: DEADLOCK ON STATE JUDICIAL COUNCIL [...] (C) On September 20, PM Gruevski and President Crvenkovski met to follow up on the President's initiative to improve cohabitation and break the deadlock on the State Judicial Council (SJC) and the appointment of Macedonian ambassadors. Later that day, the President, with the Prime Minister's [...] | 2007-09-24 16:50:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MK |
07SKOPJE815 | MACEDONIA: TENSIONS EBB AFTER PARLIAMENTARY BRAWL, [...] (SBU) A week after the September 25 brawl in Parliament between ethnic Albanian MPs (ref A),tensions have ebbed and the government on October 4 succeeded in corralling the votes of the smaller ethnic minority parties to elect four of the remaining five members of the 15-member State Judicial [...] | 2007-10-10 09:52:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MK |
07SKOPJE944 | MACEDONIA SUPPORTS USG POSITION ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-05 07:55:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KNNP MNUC IR PARM MK |
07SKOPJE985 | MACEDONIA: PLANNING FOR KOSOVO STATUS [...] (C) Macedonian government officials, party representatives, and think-tankers believe independence within the Ahtisaari framework is the only option for Kosovo status. They believe recognition of an independent Kosovo should also lead to the technical demarcation of the Kosovo-Macedonia borde [...] | 2007-12-19 13:51:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KV MK |
07SOFIA1264 | BULGARIA TO CONSIDER DEMARCHE ON BURMESE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-26 14:10:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL MASS PM EU BU |
07SOFIA1267 | BULGARIA TO CONSIDER U.S. PROPOSED HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-26 14:13:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL MASS PM EU BU |
07SOFIA177 | UNDER PRESSURE FROM RUSSIA ON ARMS LICENSES, [...] (U) This is a guidance request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (C/NF) SUMMARY: Russia has recently turned up the heat on Bulgaria in the long-running dispute over "licenses" for Soviet-designed small arms and light weapons. The GoB believes that Russia's claims are unfounded, but remains sen [...] | 2007-02-12 13:23:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM ETTC RS BU |
07SOFIA366 | BULGARIA: GOVT VOTES TO TRIPLE DEPLOYMENT IN [...] (SBU) In a decision discussed on March 14 and signed on March 16, the Council of Ministers formally approved two separate deployments in support of NATO operations in Afghanistan. This decision is binding and does not require parliamentary approval. The first deployment will consist of 120 s [...] | 2007-03-19 13:05:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS NATO AF BU |
07SOFIA51 | BULGARIA CONSULTS ON ARMS TRANSFER TO COLOMBIA [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C/NF) Bulgarian government representatives have asked for our help in determining the bona fides of a proposed sale to the Colombian armed forces that is currently before Bulgaria's Export Control Commission for export license appr [...] | 2007-01-12 08:15:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM ETTC CO BU |
07STATE143223 | COM DEMARCHE ON IRAN TO EU MEMBER STATES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY AND URGENT ACTION REQUEST: As noted in reftel, EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council(GAERC) meeting in Luxembourg on October 15-16. A key point on the agenda October 15 will be the discussion of autonomous EU sanctions on Iran p [...] | 2007-10-11 23:25:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IR XF EUN |
07STATE149187 | IRAQ: GUIDANCE FOR OCT 2007 UK PARTNERS MTG [...] (U) Department instructs an interagency delegation led by Deputy S/I Barbara Stephenson to participate in the Oct 26 UK Partners Meeting, a quarterly event the UK hosts to bring together the UK's partners in its sector in Iraq, Multi-National Division South East (MND-SE). The U.S., along with [...] | 2007-10-26 01:11:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MOPS PREL IZ UK |
07STATE167210 | U.S. SUPPORTS UN ASSESSMENT MISSION TO CYPRUS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-14 19:04:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | UNSC PGOV PREL CY |
07STATE36459 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING INFORMATION FOR ACOTA [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraphs 4 and 5. 2. (U) This cable refers to the Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) personnel below: NAME: Goodman Ruzibiza RANK: Lieutenant Colonel CURRRENT ASSIGNMENT: Rwandan Defense Forces (RDF) GENDER: Male 3. (C/NF) Background: Bas [...] | 2007-03-22 15:18:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV MARR PHUM RW |
07STATE52640 | NATO-RUSSIA COUNCIL MINISTERIAL STATEMENT ON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-20 00:04:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL |
07STATE68180 | REQUEST FOR DEMARCHE BY AMBASSADOR ON HUMAN [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) The Department is seriously concerned about ref a report on the conduct of the opening stages of the Farhad Aliyev trial, and, separately, by a series of reports (e.g. ref b) on new prosecutions or convictions of (primarily opposition) journalists fo [...] | 2007-05-17 23:08:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AJ KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL |
07STATE76884 | DEMARCHE: PREPARATIONS FOR THE NOVEMBER BAMAKO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) This year's Community of Democracies (CD) Ministerial is scheduled for November 2007 in Bamako, Mali. As Chair of the CD for the last two years, Mali has been charged with setting the agenda, leading the Co [...] | 2007-06-04 20:26:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA |
07STATE95285 | KUDOS FOR OUTSTANDING REPORTING ON POLITICAL AND [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-09 20:35:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AMGT EG |
07SUVA45 | FIJI VISA SANCTIONS: ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS; EFFECTS [...] (C) We propose including President Iloilo in USG visa sanctions against the interim government, since he has become a front man "approving" any and all decrees placed before him, even though the Fiji Constitution does not grant him such powers. We provide a few additional snippets of evidence [...] | 2007-01-21 21:38:00 | Embassy Suva | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR PHUM ASEC CASC FJ |
07SYDNEY461 | QUEENSLAND'S LEICHARDT SEAT WITHIN LABOR'S REACH [...] (SBU) Summary. Both the Liberals and the AFP have grounds to hope that they will win the northern Queensland constituency of Leichardt, according to local political observers and the candidates themselves. With the advantages of incumbency and a lively candidate, the Liberals have a fighting [...] | 2007-10-23 19:52:00 | Consulate Sydney | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AS PGOV |
07TAIPEI1670 | KMT VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ON ELECTION & [...] (C) Summary: On July 24 AIT Director Young met with former Premier and recently named KMT candidate for Vice President, Vincent Siew (Hsiao Wan-chang),to discuss the 2008 presidential election and cross-Strait economic policy. Siew, a veteran KMT member highly regarded for his economi [...] | 2007-07-25 09:20:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ETRD PREL PGOV TW |
07TAIPEI1924 | FORMER CHEN ADVISOR ON CROSS-STRAIT AND US-TAIWAN [...] (U) Summary. On August 16, Deputy Director Wang met with Chen Po-chih, chairman of the Taiwan Think Tank. Chen, known to be a 'deep green' supporter of and former advisor to President Chen Shui-bian, frankly expressed his personal views on the economic relations between Taiwan and China, ass [...] | 2007-08-23 01:35:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL CH TW |
07TAIPEI2094 | PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES' CROSS-STRAIT ECONOMIC [...] (C) In the run-up to Taiwan's 2008 presidential election, KMT candidate Ma Ying-jeou and DPP candidate Frank Hsieh continue gradually to unveil their prospective cross-Strait economic and trade policies. Both Ma and Hsieh support general liberalization of cross-Strait economic relations in th [...] | 2007-09-12 08:00:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ETRD PGOV CH TW |
07TAIPEI2361 | WILL NEW CHINA AIRLINES CHAIRMAN CHANGE THE [...] (SBU) Summary. China Airlines (CAL) President Ringo Chao was appointed Chairman of the Board on October 2, possibly because of the August 20 CAL airplane fire (reftel). Chao replaced CAL's Executive Vice President in charge of maintenance (a protg of Chao's predecessor) but has not made othe [...] | 2007-10-18 09:07:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EAIR ETRD PINR PREL TW JA |
07TALLINN737 | ESTONIA AND RESOURCE NATIONALISM [...] (U) Estonia does not exhibit resource nationalism as described in reftel. The government does not arbitrarily change regulations pertaining to investment in natural resources or any other sector to favor domestic companies over foreign-owned firms. Since joining the European Union in 2004, t [...] | 2007-11-14 12:56:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET PGOV ENRG EN |
07TALLINN739 | ESTONIA TO SUPPORT EU COMPLIANCE WITH WTO BIOTECH [...] (SBU) Estonia will support EU compliance with the WTO ruling outlined in reftel by the November 21 deadline for a Reasonable Period of Time (RPT). According to Allan Gromov, Deputy Under Secretary of the Ministry of Environment (MOE),Estonia voted against the ban on these corn varieties init [...] | 2007-11-14 15:26:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAGR ETRD EUN WTO EN |
07TASHKENT1489 | UZBEKS PROPOSE JOINT HUMAN RIGHTS CONFERENCE [...] (U) This message contains a guidance request. Please see para 6. 2. (C) Uzbekistan's Regional Policy Foundation has proposed a human rights conference to Post as the means to nudge the bilateral relationship back on track. The Foundation's director said the conference had been vetted and [...] | 2007-08-15 08:05:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM PINR UZ |
07TASHKENT1675 | OSCE HDIM DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) P/E section chief delivered reftel demarche September 20 to MFA's Ismat Faizullaev, Chief of Section for U.S. Affairs. Faizullaev thanked us for the information and promised to share with the International Organizations Department. Faizullaev said he expected we would continue to work [...] | 2007-09-24 05:18:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM ECON OSCE UZ |
07TASHKENT1865 | LONG-AWAITED MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On 16 October 2007, the Ambassador, the Defense Attache (DATT),Defense Attache Office (DAO) Operations Coordinator (OPSCO) and DAO FSN, met with the Minister of Defense Ruslan Mirzayev. This is the first time that Mirzayev himself has received U.S. representatives since January [...] | 2007-10-26 10:11:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MASS MCAP PREL PGOV PINR UZ |
07TBILISI2423 | IRI NATIONAL VOTER SURVEY: ECONOMY SLOWS [...] (SBU) Summary: President Saakashvili's, and his government's, popularity have slipped since February (ref A). According to a USAID-funded poll conducted in early September by the International Republican Institute (IRI) and the Gallup Organization, the highest percentage of respondents in 3 y [...] | 2007-09-27 11:39:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL GG |
07TBILISI2719 | OPPOSITION KICKS OFF DAY OF PROTEST, OKRUASHVILI [...] (C) Summary: Protesters arrived from outside Tbilisi on November 1 in anticipation of the November 2 opposition rally at the Parliament Building. Media reported that police in various Western Georgian districts were taking measures to block roads or confiscate drivers' licenses to prevent pr [...] | 2007-11-02 12:28:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM GG |
07TBILISI2999 | TBILISI UPDATE: 11/30/07 [...] (U) Opposition parties accused Mikheil Saakashvili of misusing administrative resources for political campaign purposes after he met with Abkhaz Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) on November 28 at a Tbilisi Municipality building. Tbilisi Mayor Gigi Ugulava and Minister for Refugees and Acco [...] | 2007-11-30 12:53:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV GG |
07TBILISI3137 | TBILISI ELECTION UPDATE 12/19/2007 [...] (C) In a meeting December 18, United National Council of opposition (UNC) presidential candidate Levan Gachechiladze told Ambassador he was certain the elections would go to a second round, and he expected Saakashvili to gain at most 15 -20% in the first round. Gachechiladze said during UNC d [...] | 2007-12-19 12:50:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM KDEM GG |
07TEGUCIGALPA134 | HONDURAN GOVERNMENT DIALOGUE WITH OIL INDUSTRY [...] (C/NF) Summary: The January 18 talks in Salvador between oil industry representatives and a GOH delegation led by Minister Counselor for Legal Affairs Enrique Flores Lanza reportedly made significant progress. The GOH put two alternatives on the table and the affected oil companies have unde [...] | 2007-01-23 01:02:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO |
07TEGUCIGALPA135 | HONDURAN LEAD NEGOTIATOR ON FUEL IMPORTS SEES [...] (C/NF) Summary: In a January 22 meeting, Minister Enrique Flores Lanza seemed optimistic about the possibility of identifying changes to Honduras' fuel pricing formula that would avoid the pitfalls of nationalizing the sector or seizing assets, while still delivering politically necessary cos [...] | 2007-01-23 01:18:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO |
07TEGUCIGALPA149 | HONDURAS SUDDENLY LEANING TOWARDS MARKET [...] (C/NF) Following a tumultuous year in which the GOH announced it would take over all fuel imports, create a state-managed monopoly, and perhaps even seize privately-owned storage facilities, the GOH suddenly seems poised to scrap those plans and move aggressively towards market liberalization [...] | 2007-01-23 23:39:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO |
07TEGUCIGALPA151 | HONDURAS: CONOCO PAUSING TO AWAIT CLARITY ON OIL [...] (C/NF) On January 22, a representative of U.S. firm ConocoPhillips told EconChief by phone that the company remains optimistic about signing a contract with Honduras for the delivery of all gasoline and diesel imports for the coming year. Conoco said that its position remains the same as it w [...] | 2007-01-24 16:18:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO |
07TEGUCIGALPA170 | HONDURAN GOVERNMENT REVIEWING OIL COMPANY OFFERS; [...] (C/NF) As of mid-day January 26, the GOH and the international oil companies (IOCs) continue their quiet dialogue over reforms to the fuels pricing formula. If the proposed reforms can deliver cost savings to the consumer while moving the market towards liberalization, the GOH appears incline [...] | 2007-01-26 23:28:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO |
07TEGUCIGALPA225 | HONDURAN PRESIDENT ZELAYA SAYS HE BACKS FUEL [...] (C/NF) Summary: President Zelaya says he wants a market-based fuel sector reform, but the GOH must reach a deal with the international oil companies (IOCs) before domestic pressures force him to move back towards a national import scheme. A recent deal in principle with Honduran fuel storage [...] | 2007-02-03 00:03:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO |
07TEGUCIGALPA302 | HONDURAN DEBATE ON FUELS LIBERALIZATION VS [...] (C/NF) Summary: The GOH debate over fuels imports now appears to be on the brink of favorable resolution. Based on all our recent contacts with GOH officials, it is Post's assessment that the GOH no longer seeks nationalization of the fuels sector and is laboring mightily to find a mutually [...] | 2007-02-15 19:16:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO |
07TEGUCIGALPA336 | HONDURAN PRESIDENT ATTACKS PRO-NATIONALIZATION [...] (C/NF) Summary: Recently President Zelaya has become openly critical of his former allies, the Patriotic Coalition (the group led by Juliette Handal that seeks lower fuel prices through nationalization of all imports). Zelaya has also criticized the pressure tactics employed by ConocoPhillip [...] | 2007-02-20 21:55:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO |
07TEGUCIGALPA368 | OFFSTAGE, HONDURAN FUELS ISSUE NEARS RESOLUTION; [...] (C/NF) Summary: President Zelaya continues to shift his position on fuels to one increasingly aligned with the USG market-orientation. His public remarks have moderated significantly, triggering suspicion and even attacks from his former allies in the fight to nationalize fuel imports that h [...] | 2007-02-26 23:37:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO |
07TEGUCIGALPA463 | HONDURAN FUEL SOLICITATION: FOOL ME TWICE, SHAME [...] (C/NF) Summary: The GOH has decided to put the fuel solicitation process on a back burner. While this offers hope the planned state takeover of the fuel import sector might never take place, it leaves the plan with enough life in it for the Zelaya administration to play political games with i [...] | 2007-03-16 13:33:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO |
07TEGUCIGALPA493 | HONDURAN FUEL IMPORTS: USG EFFORTS STAVE OFF [...] (C/NF) In a hemisphere disillusioned with market economics, the USG has successfully held the line in Honduras. Thanks to two face-to-face meetings between POTUS and Honduran President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales and numerous public and private interventions by the Ambassador and his sta [...] | 2007-03-21 14:34:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO |
07TEGUCIGALPA98 | HONDURAN GOVERNMENT TO MEET OIL INDUSRY REPS IN [...] (C/NF) Summary: A GOH delegation led by Minister Enrique Flores Lanza has agreed to travel to Salvador on January 18 to engage with the international oil companies in a last ditch effort to find an exit to the current fuel sector crisis. Flores Lanza proposed two topics for the Salvador talk [...] | 2007-01-18 14:21:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO |
07TELAVIV610 | CW/BW AND EXPORT CONTROL CONSULTATIONS WITH [...] (C) Summary: International Security and Nonproliferation DAS Donald Mahley led a team of experts from State and Commerce to Israel on February 11-13 for consultations on chemical and biological weapons non-proliferation and export controls. In the discussions, Israeli MFA Director for Arms [...] | 2007-02-27 07:09:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL BWC TBIO FR UK IS |
07THEHAGUE1324 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: PLEASED WITH KARZAI [...] (C) Summary: The GONL was pleased with Minister of Defense Eimert van Middelkoop's July 6-7 trip to Afghanistan. According to MFA Task Force Uruzgan Coordinator Pieter Jan Kleiweg de Zwaan, comments by Afghan President Karzai during van Middelkoop's visit were constructive, especially in con [...] | 2007-07-10 15:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL NATO AF NL |
07THEHAGUE1956 | NETHERLANDS/UN: DUTCH SUPPORT WALKER IAAC CANDIDACY [...] (C) Following up on reftels, Charge D'Affaires discussed the Walker candidacy with Jos Schellars, Deputy Director of the Western Hemisphere Department at the MFA, on November 1. POLOFF separately reiterated reftel points to Vincent Roza at the Coordination and Institutional Affairs Division wit [...] | 2007-11-01 14:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | UN PREL AORC UNGA NL |
07THEHAGUE1957 | NETHERLANDS/CUBA: QUALIFIED SUPPORT AT THE EU AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: POLOFF raised reftel A-C points with Jan Jaap Groenemeijer, Senior Staff Officer in the Western Hemisphere Department, as well as Ms. Maryem van den Heuvel, Director for Human Rights, and Reneko Elema, Senior Policy Officer for Human Rights. On November 1, Charge D'Affaires raised [...] | 2007-11-01 14:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | UNGA PHUM EU NL CU |
07THEHAGUE1979 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: NORWEGIAN "NO" [...] (C) Summary: The GONL was disappointed -- but not surprised -- by the Norwegian Government's decision not to deploy to Uruzgan province as part of an extended Dutch mission. A French-Norwegian combination was viewed by many Dutch interlocutors as the only way to ensure quick Dutch Cabinet an [...] | 2007-11-09 15:22:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL NATO AF NL |
07THEHAGUE1986 | NETHERLANDS/DPRK: DUTCH WILLING TO CONSIDER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 5, 2007, Deputy Special Envoy for Human Rights in North Korea, Christian Whiton, briefed Dutch MFA officials on U.S. plans to promote human rights in North Korea, particularly through funding for independent radio broadcasting. The Dutch agreed to consider funding fo [...] | 2007-11-13 12:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL NL UN KN |
07THEHAGUE2012 | NETHERLANDS/VENEZUELA: KEEPING RELATIONS GOOD [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 19, Charge delivered reftel A points to Laurent Stokvis, Director of the Department of Western Hemisphere Affairs, Anton Schellekens, Desk Officer for Kingdom (i.e, Aruba and Antilles) Affairs, and Wendy Engelberts, Desk Officer for Venezuela. Stovkis emphasized positi [...] | 2007-11-23 07:51:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NL VE |
07THEHAGUE2018 | NETHERLANDS/OSCE: MADRID MINISTERIAL, MD/CFE PROPOSALS [...] (C//NOFORN) Summary: The GONL does not "expect much" from the upcoming OSCE Madrid ministerial, given too many issues pitting Russia against Europe and the United States, such as Kosovo, the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty, and missile defense. MFA OSCE Special Advisor Tony v [...] | 2007-11-28 10:43:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREK PGOV PHUM NL OSCE |
07TOKYO1767 | (C) REQUEST FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON NEW PANEL [...] (C/NF) The following is embassy Tokyo's response to Reftel request for insights into Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's proposed Panel on Collective Security (Note: The embassy comments are keyed to reftel questions): A. (C/NF) WHO ELSE WILL SERVE ON THE PANEL ASIDE FROM THOSE LISTED IN PRESS? [...] | 2007-04-20 10:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR MARR PREL PGOV JA |
07TOKYO2431 | JAPAN OFFERS SUGGESTIONS FOR ASIAN DEMOCRACY [...] (SBU) This message contains an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (SBU) Japan supports expanding regional cooperation to promote democracy, Asian Regional Policy Division Principal Deputy Director Yasuhiro Kobe told Embassy Tokyo Political Officer during a May 29 discussion about the [...] | 2007-05-31 09:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREL XB JA |
07TOKYO894 | POSTAL PRIVATIZATION: FOLLOWING THE MONEY [...] (C) Japan Post,s to-be-privatized insurance and banking entities need to focus on risk management and their asset/liability term mismatch (as much or more than they are focusing on new products) if they are to have a successful initial public offering (IPO). This was the principal conclusion [...] | 2007-03-02 08:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ETRD PREL JA |
07TORONTO470 | WHIT: ONTARIO UNVEILS NEW SECURE DRIVERS LICENSE, [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The new Ontario Drivers License, while incorporating new, badly needed security features, is unlikely to meet the threshold for use as a WHTI-approved passport alternative. Recently appointed Minster of Transportation Jim Bradley, has announced that he will begin discussions [...] | 2007-12-10 19:39:00 | Consulate Toronto | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PBTS PREL CPAS CA |
07TUNIS105 | MINISTER JOUINI: UNITED STATES AND TUNISIA NEED TO [...] (C/NF) Summary: During Ambassador's January 16 courtesy call on the Minister of Development and International Cooperation (MDIC),Mohamed Nouri Jouini discussed the way forward for the US-Tunisian economic relationship. Ambassador asked Jouini what he wanted out of the relationship over the n [...] | 2007-01-24 10:13:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ETRD TS |
07TUNIS112 | TIMELINE ON EVENTS LEADING TO SENTENCING OF SENIOR [...] (C) ON JANUARY 24, POST'S SENIOR POLITICAL FSN JAMIL HALFAOUI WAS SENTENCED TO FOUR MONTHS IN PRISON ON A 2001 CHARGE OF DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY, FOR WHICH HE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN FOUND NOT GUILTY. POST IS CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE THIS MATTER AND IT APPEARS THE CASE MAY BE POLITICALLY MOTIVATED [...] | 2007-01-25 18:04:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KMPI ASEC TS |
07TUNIS1225 | PLAINTIFF DROPS DEFAMATION CASE AGAINST TUNISIAN [...] (C) After Tunisian journalist Omar Mestiri made his third court appearance in his defamation trial on August 28, the plaintiff suddenly dropped his complaint and the case was dismissed. However, Tunisian prosecutors have the power to appeal the case months or years after the fact, even in su [...] | 2007-09-05 15:16:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS |
07TUNIS132 | AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL WITH MINISTER OF [...] (C) During a December 15 courtesy call on Minister of Justice and Human Rights Bechir Tekkari, Ambassador focused on Tunisia's record on political freedom and human rights, noting that these issues would be a key component of a broader strategic dialogue between the United States and Tunisia. [...] | 2007-01-30 07:43:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PGOV KMPI PREL TS |
07TUNIS1489 | THE PNG'ING OF SUHA ARAFAT: MANY RUMORS, FEW FACTS [...] (C/NF) Summary: The GOT's decision last summer to revoke Suha Arafat's Tunisian citizenship, which had only been granted less than a year earlier, made international headlines. Since the appearance of the official register notice on August 7, the chattering class in Tunisia has not ceased to specul [...] | 2007-11-16 17:13:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV SOCI PINR TS |
07TUNIS153 | POLFSN'S SENTENCE SUSPENDED UNTIL SUPREME COURT [...] (SBU) On January 31, the GOT Attorney General approved the request for suspended implementation of the four-month prison sentence of PolFSN Jamil Halfaoui (reftels). This suspension means Halfaoui cannot be subject to arrest prior to the completion of the Supreme Court (Cour de Cassation) revi [...] | 2007-01-31 15:22:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KMPI ASEC TS |
07TUNIS192 | MOVING FORWARD WITH PLANES AND TRAINS AND MARITIME [...] (C/NF) During Ambassador's January 29 courtesy call on Abderrahim Zouari, Minister of Transport, discussion ranged from modernization of Tunisia's transportation infrastructure to the Minister's desire for a stronger relationship with US counterparts. The Minister expressed GOT interest in Op [...] | 2007-02-07 13:10:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETRD EAIR ELTN EWWT ECON TS |
07TUNIS196 | FOREIGN MISSIONS CONCERNED OVER GOT SILENCE ON [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Following January's report by the GOT that it had disrupted a terrorist plot to attack US and UK embassies and diplomats (reftels),security and consular representatives from several Tunis-based embassies and international organizations met on February 7 to discuss the security [...] | 2007-02-08 14:56:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PTER PREL ASEC CASC TS |
07TUNIS65 | TUNISIA RESPONSE ON TRANSFER OF GUANTANAMO [...] (C) Post delivered reftel dipnote regarding the transfer of Tunisian detainees currently at Guantanamo to the MFA on January 5. Post received the following response on January 11 (informal translation): The Ministry of Foreign Affairs presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United St [...] | 2007-01-12 07:58:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR KAWC PREL PTER TS |
07TUNIS708 | US NGO REPORTS GOT HARASSMENT OF SAMIA ABBOU, [...] (C) GOT measures to limit civil society's activities seem to apply to international and local activists alike. Representatives of the American NGO Human Rights First and the international NGO Frontline Defenders met with Pol/Econ Chief and PolOff on May 23 to discuss their joint trip to Tuni [...] | 2007-06-06 12:33:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM KPAO PREL KDEM TS |
07TUNIS753 | TUNISIA: TOUR D'HORIZON WITH CHAMBER OF ADVISORS [...] (C) In a June 8 courtesy call with the Ambassador, Chamber of Advisors President (and ruling RCD party Treasurer) Kallel focused on the necessity of taking an offensive posture in combating Islamic extremism. He noted that Tunisia had made great strides in promoting economic development, unive [...] | 2007-06-13 15:39:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER ELAB SOCI TS |
07TUNIS797 | TUNISIA: FM ABDALLAH EBULLIENT OVER US TRIP; [...] (C/NF) An extremely grateful Foreign Minister Abdallah asked to see the Ambassador on June 19 to convey his pleasure over his recently concluded trip to the United States (Ref A). No less than six times in the course of the 30-minute meeting, Abdallah expressed appreciation for the warm recep [...] | 2007-06-20 16:18:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MASS OVIP TS |
07TUNIS869 | REGIME INSIDER OUTLINES TUNISIA'S CHALLENGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's June 29 courtesy call, President of the Economic and Social Council and Democratic Constitutional Rally (RCD) party stalwart, Sadok Chaabane presented his views on trade, extremism, and democracy. Chabaane stressed the importance of reducing economic depen [...] | 2007-07-02 13:51:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV ETRD KDEM TS |
07TUNIS939 | TUNISIAN JOURNALISTS ARE THE NEWS FOR JUNE [...] (C) Rather than just reporting the news, a series of incidents involving Tunisian journalists became news during late May and June. In brief: -- On May 18, plainclothes policemen barricaded the entrance to an online newspaper and reportedly assaulted several journalists. -- On June 22, pl [...] | 2007-07-16 09:51:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO TS |
07TUNIS949 | TUNISIA: SARKOZY HIGHLIGHTS MEDITERRANEAN UNION, [...] (C) Summary: French President Sarkozy's July 10-11 working visit to Tunisia, a preview to a State Visit that is planned to take place in early 2008, was focused largely on Sarkozy's proposed Euro-Mediterranean Union. The visit gave the GOT a taste of post-Chirac French foreign policy, which [...] | 2007-07-16 16:27:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM PGOV TS |
07USEUBRUSSELS1043 | U.S. - EU TROIKA CONSULTATIONS ON DISARMAMENT AND [...] (C) The U.S.-EU Troika disarmament and nonproliferation consultations under the German presidency demonstrated many common interests and a willingness to engage frankly but cordially. They did not hide, however, the well known divergence of views on how to approach these key issues. In parti [...] | 2007-03-28 09:26:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KNNP PARM PREL EUN PTER KN IR IN CH |
07USEUBRUSSELS1502 | EU TELLS PRESIDENT ISAIAS HE IS KEY TO STABILITY [...] (C/NF) Summary: European Commissioner Louis Michel met May 4 with Eritrean President Isaias to stress Eritrea's role in promoting regional peace and stability. Michel delivered a harder message during a separate one-on-one meeting in which he expressed EU displeasure with Eritrean violations o [...] | 2007-05-07 05:08:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV EUN EAID BE FR IT NL UK |
07USEUBRUSSELS1537 | NO EU UNITY GOING INTO REVIEW OF COMMON POSITION [...] (C/NF) EU and member state officials told visiting WHA DAS Madison and Cuba Coordinator McCarry May 2-3 that the EU has not yet reached consensus on what parts of its Common Position on Cuba will be renewed in June. Contacts agreed on the need for Cubans to decide their future with encouragem [...] | 2007-05-08 17:16:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM EAID EUN BR CU |
07USEUBRUSSELS283 | (U) READOUT ON EU HIREP SOLANA'S JAN 19-21 MIDDLE [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to EU Council Middle East Director Christian Jouret, Solana's Middle East visit resulted in good, in-depth discussion with both Israeli and Palestinian leaders, though there were clear differences on both the pace and scope of possible negotiations. Solana met with Isra [...] | 2007-01-26 17:08:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL XF LE SY IS EUN |
07USNATO101 | NATO/MACEDONIA: PM GRUEVSKI HEARS ALLIES' CONCERNS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Macedonian PM Gruevski told NATO's North Atlantic Council on February 14 that he was committed to implementing the reforms necessary to secure a membership invitation from NATO at its 2008 Summit. Allies offered solid support for Macedonia's Euro-Atlantic course, but expressed [...] | 2007-02-15 16:47:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL PGOV MK |
07USNATO137 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT FEBRUARY 28, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: SYG announced 7,000 soldiers force generated since the Riga Summit, and that he intends to invite SACEUR to brief the NAC soon. Deputy Chairman of the Military Committee (D/CMC) stressed the importance of the on-going negotiations with Qatar regarding the statu [...] | 2007-03-02 16:11:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO147 | NATO-ASIA TIES STRENGTHENING THROUGH ISAF [...] (C) Recent exchanges between NATO and Japan, Korea, and China illustrate the rapid enhancement of practical cooperation through the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan. NATO's A/SYG Erdmann is visiting Tokyo the week of March 5, while NATO is expected to fin [...] | 2007-03-06 18:09:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL JA KS CH XB |
07USNATO152 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT MARCH 7, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: PermReps and SYG discussed apparent failure to pre-brief the NAC on Operation Achilles, launch with many parties expressing frustration and disappointment. SYG promised to take this issue of poor communication up with SACEUR. The SHAPE Operations Director MG S [...] | 2007-03-08 07:00:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO183 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT MARCH 21 2007 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-21 18:11:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO188 | RFG: NATO ENGAGEMENT WITH BELARUS AND UZBEKISTAN [...] (C) NATO's Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) has sought political advice from the International Staff (I.S.),urging Allies to agree to invite Belarusian and Uzbekistani Chiefs of Defense (CHODs) and Foreign and Defense Ministers to upcoming CHOD and Ministerial meetings of the Euro-Atl [...] | 2007-03-22 17:14:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO MARR BO UZ |
07USNATO191 | NATO/GEORGIA: ALLIES PRAISE GEORGIAN RESPONSE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. NATO Allies unanimously praised Georgia's restrained response to the March 11 attacks in the Kodori Gorge (ref A) during a March 21 Political Committee meeting at NATO Headquarters. Allies commended Georgia for turning to the UN-led Joint Fact Finding Group, which [...] | 2007-03-23 16:54:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL GG RS NATO |
07USNATO209 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT MARCH 28, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: A NAC-Reinforced at Political Directors, level on Afghanistan and Kosovo took place March 27, and a U.S./UK counternarcotics briefing to the NAC in ISAF format occurred just prior to the March 28 regular NAC meeting, (both NACs reported septels). As a result, the regular March [...] | 2007-03-28 17:09:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO230 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT APRIL 4, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Note: The April 4 exchange of views on the spring 2007 assessment of Armenia,s Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP) reported reftel. -- Afghanistan: NAC agrees to task NMAs for advice on how to support EU police mission. International organizations meet more regularl [...] | 2007-04-05 07:11:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO257 | RECOMMENDED DRAFT OSLO NATO-RUSSIA COUNCIL [...] (C) Following today's NATO-Russia-reinforced meeting on Missile Defense, USNATO strongly recommends that we try to negotiate a NATO-Russia Council (NRC) agreed statement for release after the Oslo Foreign Ministers' NRC meeting on April 29. The following draft text for the April 29 Oslo NATO- [...] | 2007-04-19 16:53:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO |
07USNATO264 | NATO-RUSSIA: MISSILE DEFENSE DEBATE PLAYING OUT AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The April 20th meeting of the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) reinforced with missile defense (MD) experts demonstrated again the U.S. commitment to transparency with our NATO allies and with Russia on our MD plans, while the Russians focused on trying to paint the U.S. proposed system [...] | 2007-04-23 16:57:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL RU |
07USNATO270 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT APRIL 25, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: NAC discussed &whither a NATO common hostage policy?8 and alleged Afghan mistreatment of detainees. Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) updated the NAC on NATO training support to the ANA and his recent trip to Pakistan. D/SYG urged the NAC to find a way ah [...] | 2007-04-25 15:16:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL PTER AF |
07USNATO279 | NATO-RUSSIA: MISSILE DEFENSE DEBATE PLAYING OUT AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The April 19th meeting of the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) reinforced with missile defense (MD) experts demonstrated again the U.S. commitment to transparency with our NATO allies and with Russia on our MD plans, while the Russians focused on trying to paint the U.S. proposed system [...] | 2007-05-02 08:36:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL RU |
07USNATO295 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT MAY 9, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Note: The NAC began with an exchange of views with Macedonian Minister of Foreign Affairs Milososki and Minister of Defense Elenovski on progress made in the context of the Membership Action Plan; reporting on this exchange to follow by septel. End Note. -- Afghanistan: SYG d [...] | 2007-05-10 12:40:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO330 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT MAY 24, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: Deputy Chairman of the Military Committee (D/CMC) noted SACEUR,s letter to PermReps regarding the start of Operation Adalat. The D/CMC also highlighted recent offers of additional Operational Mentoring and Liaison Teams (OMLTs),but stressed that these offers ar [...] | 2007-05-25 06:51:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO348 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT MAY 30 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: The Deputy Chairman of the Military Committee (D/CMC) reported that Operation &Adalat8 in northern Kandahar has been delayed and that the Theater Task Force has been redeployed to Operation Achilles to maintain security in the Sangin area. Ambassador Nuland po [...] | 2007-06-01 08:59:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO373 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT JUNE 13 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: --Afghanistan: The SYG discussed civilian casualties and the need for ISAF to do more on OMLTs and equipment support to the ANA. The Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) Henault briefed on "modestly positive" force generation conference. SHAPE DCOS for Operations Major Gen [...] | 2007-06-15 09:03:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO405 | NAC-MOLDOVA CONSULTATIONS JULY 4 FOCUS ON [...] (C) Molodvan FM Stratan and Acting DefMin Ion Coropcean consulted with the North Atlantic Council (NAC) on Moldova's Individual Partnership Action Plan July 4. NATO SYG de Hoop Scheffer said that Moldova had made a good start, but strategic concepts still needed to be defined to guide the mor [...] | 2007-07-05 05:15:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR KCFE NATO ML |
07USNATO442 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT AUGUST 1 2007 [...] (C) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: The Deputy Secretary General (DSYG) reported on a series of ISAF-related decisions in the Military Committee. The Deputy Chairman of the Military Committee briefed the Council again on the need for rotary wing capability for RC-South when th [...] | 2007-08-01 16:20:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO448 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT AUGUST 8 2007 [...] (C) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: D/SYG noted the upcoming Jirga in Kabul Aug 9-12 and applauded ISAF efforts in countering Taliban propaganda. The Deputy Chair of the Military Committee (DCMC) reported on the Border Security Sub-Committee Meetings, and the Ops Briefing show [...] | 2007-08-08 15:30:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF AU |
07USNATO457 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT AUGUST 22 2007 [...] (C) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: D/SYG commented favorably on U.S. and UK counternarcotics strategies and noted the upcoming National Counternarcotics Conference in Kabul. The Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) reported that SHAPE will host a September conference on N [...] | 2007-08-22 17:26:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO46 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT JANUARY 24, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: SYG reported that Pakistan PM Aziz will address the NAC on January 30. The outgoing JFC-Brunssum and ISAF Operational Commander General Back presented his analysis of NATO,s efforts in Afghanistan stating that the Alliance's goals are too high. He called for mo [...] | 2007-01-25 17:35:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO466 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT AUGUST 29 2007 [...] (C) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: D/SYG Rizzo noted the NAC would focus more intensely on key Afghanistan issues prior to the October 24-25 Noordwijk Defense Ministerial including: Afghan Capacity, Long-Term Sustainability, and Counter-Narcotics. He also commented on the UNOD [...] | 2007-08-29 16:26:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO484 | FM JEREMIC DISCUSSES THE KOSOVO CONUNDRUM AND [...] (C) Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic discussed Serbia's Partnership Presentation Document and possible ways forward on Kosovo with NATO PermReps on September 5. Jeremic was forward-leaning on engagement with the Alliance through PfP, but acknowledged Serbians' love-hate relationship to NA [...] | 2007-09-06 14:42:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR NATO SR |
07USNATO487 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - SEPTEMBER 5, 2007 [...] (C) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: PermReps recapped the NAC,s meeting that morning with UNODC Director Costa (reported septel) and agreed to hold an informal meeting to discuss what more NATO might do within the existing ISAF OPLAN to assist the Afghans in counter-narcotics e [...] | 2007-09-06 15:12:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO499 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - SEPTEMBER 12, 2007 [...] (C) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: COMISAF, accompanied by SACEUR, briefed the NAC and non-NATO troop contributing nations on ISAF successes and challenges, plus stringent efforts to avoid civilian casualties. Full report to come Septel. -- Balkans: The SYG noted the Troika [...] | 2007-09-13 14:35:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO506 | FRANCE TO ROLL OUT NATO-EU IDEAS [...] (C) Summary: France is set to roll out informal ideas on NATO-EU cooperation (reftel) at both the EU and NATO soon, per its NATO Ambassador. End Summary. 2. (C) French NATO Permanent Representative Richard Duque told the UK and German Perm Reps and the U.S. DCM on September 18 that France [...] | 2007-09-19 16:06:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL FR |
07USNATO529 | RFG: KOSOVO TROIKA'S OCTOBER 15 BRIEFING TO THE [...] (U) This is a request for guidance by COB Thursday, October 11. 2. (C) On Monday, October 15 the representatives of the Kosovo Troika (U.S. Ambassador Frank Wisner, EU Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger, and Russian representative Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko) will come to NATO to update and b [...] | 2007-09-27 14:52:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PGOV PREL KV |
07USNATO540 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - OCTOBER 3, 2007 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: MG Robert Cone, Commander of the U.S. Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (CSTC-A),reported on progress and challenges training Afghan National Security Forces and noted new efforts to build police through &Focused District D [...] | 2007-10-04 07:27:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO563 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - OCTOBER 17, 2007 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: In a farewell address to the NAC, Deputy SACEUR indicated NATO must transform and adapt to contemporary demands and operational tempo if it is to survive. He provided a tour d,horizon on force generation, capabilities, funding, and NATO-E [...] | 2007-10-17 17:50:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO564 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - OCTOBER 17, 2007 [...] This is a resend of USNATO 00563, to add additional addressees. 2. (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: In a farewell address to the NAC, Deputy SACEUR indicated NATO must transform and adapt to contemporary demands and operational tempo if it is to survive. He provided [...] | 2007-10-18 06:31:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO566 | KOSOVO TROIKA UPDATES NATO-RUSSIA COUNCIL AND [...] SUMMARY: The representatives of the Kosovo Troika (U.S. representative Frank Wisner, EU representative Wolfgang Ischinger, and Russian representative Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko) briefed a special meeting of the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) on Monday, October 15, providing a general update on w [...] | 2007-10-19 07:52:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PGOV PREL KV |
07USNATO577 | NRC: RUSSIANS ILL-PREPARED TO RESPOND TO US 2+2 [...] (C/NF) Summary: In the October 17 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) reinforced meeting on missile defense, Under Secretary of Defense Edelman, EUR Assistant Secretary of State Fried, and Missile Defense Agency Director LTG Obering offered our vision for a joint U.S./NATO/Russia regional missile defens [...] | 2007-10-24 15:09:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL MARR RU |
07USNATO578 | NATO/HLTF MEETING, OCTOBER 19 2007 - THE WAY AHEAD [...] (C) Summary. The October 19 High Level Task Force meeting focused on discussion of the "way ahead" for maintaining the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE) in the face of Russia's stated intent to suspend implementation. HLTF representative Karin L. Look provided Allies with a r [...] | 2007-10-24 15:09:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE |
07USNATO586 | RFG: HIGH REPRESENTATIVE LAJCAK TO COME TO THE [...] (U) This is a request for guidance by COB Tuesday, November 6. 2. (C) On Wednesday November 7, Ambassador Miroslav Lajcak, High Representative and EU Special Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, will come to NATO to update and brief a meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) and [...] | 2007-11-02 15:52:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PGOV PREL BK |
07USNATO587 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - OCTOBER 31, 2007 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: The SYG commended the good discussions on Afghanistan at last week's informal defense ministerial at Noordwijk and at this week's informal SYG coffee with PermReps. He also noted SACEUR,s recent letter regarding the strains placed on ISAF [...] | 2007-11-02 17:14:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO589 | IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENT SURVEY: NO UNSCR, NO [...] (C) SUMMARY: We assess that the NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I) would be unlikely to continue without the cover of a relevant United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) mandate. It is possible that the mission could continue with a non-Chapter VII mandate, but without some form of f [...] | 2007-11-02 17:25:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MOPS NATO PREL IZ |
07USNATO596 | IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENT SURVEY: NO UNSCR, NO [...] (C) SUMMARY: We assess that the NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I) would be unlikely to continue without the cover of a relevant United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) mandate. It is possible that the mission could continue with a non-Chapter VII mandate, but without some form of f [...] | 2007-11-05 16:50:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MOPS NATO PREL IZ |
07USNATO60 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT JANUARY 31, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: Secretary General (SYG) provided a readout of JCMB meeting in Berlin. The International Military Staff (IMS) Operations Director highlighted the need for more troops, the poor progress on staffing of ISAF X composite HQ, and the concern that misunderstandings abo [...] | 2007-02-01 15:39:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO601 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - NOVEMBER 7, 2007 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Balkans: The NAC discussion with Ambassador Miroslav Lajcak, High Representative and EU Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, reported separately in reftel. -- Afghanistan: The SYG reported on his November 6 phone conversation with President Kar [...] | 2007-11-08 18:06:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO607 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - NOVEMBER 14, 2007 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: The SYG expressed his disappointment with the Amnesty International report on detainees in Afghanistan. Deputy Chairman of the Military Committee (D/CMC) Eikenberry reported on his visit to Afghanistan, noting among other things the operat [...] | 2007-11-16 10:20:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO613 | NATO/VCC NOVEMBER 14 AND 15 MEETINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The November 14 and 15 Verification Coordinating Committee (VCC) and VCC Experts made progress on several issues, but postponed others until the January VCC. Particular implementation concerns were discussed in regard to the potential Russian CFE suspension where HLTF policy guida [...] | 2007-11-21 17:29:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE |
07USNATO615 | CFE: NOVEMBER 15 MEETING OF THE HLTF [...] (C) SUMMARY. At the NATO High Level Task Force on November 15, Allies welcomed U.S. updates on current U.S. ) Russian Federation discussions and considered appropriate next steps in anticipation of Russian suspension of implementation of the CFE Treaty on December 12. 2. (C) Allies agreed [...] | 2007-11-23 15:08:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KCFE NATO PARM PREL OSCE RS |
07USNATO616 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - NOVEMBER 21, 2007 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: SHAPE reported that November through February historically has been a period of reduced activity by Opposing Militant Forces (OMF),but OMF would likely seek to retain a high op tempo in limited areas. Ambassador Nuland noted that she had [...] | 2007-11-23 16:26:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO623 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - NOVEMBER 28, 2007 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: The SYG noted that the first draft of the Autumn 2007 ISAF Periodic Mission Review has been sent to the Policy Coordinating Group (PCG). Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) General Henault noted that SHAPE,s PRT initiatives are being [...] | 2007-11-29 19:02:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO636 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - DECEMBER 12, 2007 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Ambassadors congratulated ISAF for excellent military and media coordination on Operation MAR KARARDAD in Musa Qala, but expressed concern that follow-up efforts to hold Musa Qala are implemented across the civil-military spectrum. Ambass [...] | 2007-12-14 10:48:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO637 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - DECEMBER 12, 2007 [...] (U) This cable is being retransmitted due to an error in the reftel number. 2. (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Ambassadors congratulated ISAF for excellent military and media coordination on Operation MAR KARARDAD in Musa Qala, but expressed concern that follow-up eff [...] | 2007-12-14 11:31:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO648 | RFG AND READOUT OF VCC AND VCC EXPERTS MEETING - [...] This is a Request for Guidance. See Para 11. 2. (C) SUMMARY: At the December 19 meeting of the NATO Verification Coordinating Committee (VCC),Allies agreed to allocate and coordinate CFE inspections -- including for Russia -- based on data from the previous Treaty year. Allies also coor [...] | 2007-12-20 15:38:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE |
07USNATO649 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - DECEMBER 19, 2007 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-20 18:01:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO71 | PAKISTANI PM AZIZ DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, MIL-MIL [...] (SBU) NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer distributed to Allies a report on his discussions with Pakistani Prime Minister Aziz on January 30 preceding Aziz's meeting with the NAC (REFTEL). 2. (C) Text of SYG's Report SG(2007)0095 follows. Note internal numbering. Begin text: ( [...] | 2007-02-06 12:03:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS NATO PREL MARR PK |
07USNATO76 | MOLDOVAN MINISTERS DISCUSS PARTNERSHIP, REGIONAL [...] (C) Moldovan Foreign Minister Stratan and Defense Minister Plesca consulted with NATO Ambassadors in a January 31 "NAC 1" on Moldova's progress toward implementing its Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP). NATO SecGen de Hoop Scheffer agreed that Chisinau had made a good start, and calle [...] | 2007-02-07 10:52:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS NATO PREL MARR ML |
07USNATO79 | NATO-INDIA TO ESTABLISH DEPUTY-LEVEL POINTS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the latest development of NATO's Global Partnerships initiative, NATO and India have agreed to establish points of contact at the level of Deputy Foreign Minister and Deputy Secretary General. NATO D/SYG Rizzo will likely visit New Delhi for consultations. End Summary. 2. [...] | 2007-02-08 06:13:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL MARR IN |
07USNATO98 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT FEBRUARY 14, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) stressed the immediate need to get ISAF X HQ fully staffed. SHAPE MG Stein detailed ISAF operational successes and plans. UK noted that the jury is still out on Musa Qala, though it believes that Taiban influence is wanin [...] | 2007-02-15 15:54:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USOSCE9 | OSCE BRUSSELS MINISTERIAL: U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH [...] (C) During a cordial meeting on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial, Romanian FM Mihai-Razvan Ungureanu and Under Secretary Burns affirmed the importance of increasing the SIPDIS pool of European countries contributing troops to NATO combat operations in Afghanistan. Romanian FM noted that [...] | 2007-01-13 18:57:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS OSCE PBTS PGOV PREL RO AF |
07USUNNEWYORK1059 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: UN BRIEFS KEY DONORS ON PLANS [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: In the UN's first meeting with major donors and potential donors to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon ("Tribunal") on November 16, UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel briefed Ambassador Wallace, as well as representatives of the missions of Lebanon, The Netherlands, France, and the [...] | 2007-11-21 20:54:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK1211 | DPKO U/SYG GUEHENNO CONCERNED ABOUT UNAMID WEAKNESS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: At a December 17 working lunch at UN Headquarters, Deputy Secretary Negroponte and U/SYG for Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Jean Marie Guehenno reviewed problems with the deployment of peacekeepers to Darfur (UNAMID). Guehenno said that he continued to be concerned about TCC s [...] | 2007-12-26 18:00:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS KV AF |
07USUNNEWYORK1217 | EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND THE 62ND UNGA [...] (U) This cable was prepared by Ambassador James Gadsden, who served as Senior Area Adviser for Eastern European Affairs to the 62nd United Nations General Assembly. 2. (C) Summary: Most Eastern European states generally supported US priority objectives for the Fall session of the 62nd UNGA [...] | 2007-12-26 20:30:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL UNGA AA AM BK BU CY EN GG GR HR |
07USUNNEWYORK168 | AU PEACE AND SECURITY COMMISSIONER DJINNIT CALLS [...] (C) SUMMARY. African Union (AU) Commissioner for Peace and Security Said Djinnit told the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in an informal meeting on February 28 that he was in New York to finalize modalities with the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) on all three phases of Darf [...] | 2007-03-02 22:31:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | CD ET PGOV PREL SO SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK182 | PROPOSED NEXT STEPS ON BRAMMERTZ COMMISSION AND [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: UNIIIC Commissioner Serge Brammertz is scheduled to deliver his latest report on the Commission's activities March 14 and to brief the Security Council March 21. In order to foster UNSC support for the Commission and Tribunal, USUN recommends that Brammertz [...] | 2007-03-06 23:25:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK226 | BRAMMERTZ AGREES TO MAKE PROCEDURAL CASE FOR [...] (C) Summary. During a bilateral meeting with UN International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC) Chief Serge Brammertz on March 19, Ambassador Wolff said the U.S. would support an early extension of the Commission's mandate for up to one year and urged Brammertz to make the case fo [...] | 2007-03-20 23:59:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK231 | FRENCH VIEWS ON UNIIIC EXTENSION, CHAPTER VII FOR [...] (C) Summary. During a meeting with French PR de la Sabliere on March 19, Ambassador Wolff sought French views on timing/strategy for a possible Chapter VII resolution to establish the Special Lebanon Tribunal and underscored the need to convene a meeting of the Lebanon Contact Group before Se [...] | 2007-03-22 14:39:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK240 | UNSC MEETING: BRAMMERTZ CAUTIOUS ON PROCEDURAL [...] (SBU) After a public briefing to the Security Council by UNIIIC head Serge Brammertz on March 21 that just reviewed the findings in his last report (ref A),UNSC members proceeded to closed consultations to discuss the Commission's work in more detail. Nearly all delegations supported the GOL [...] | 2007-03-24 22:45:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK241 | UNSC MEETING: BRAMMERTZ CAUTIOUS ON PROCEDURAL [...] (SBU) After a public briefing to the Security Council by UNIIIC head Serge Brammertz on March 21 that just reviewed the findings in his last report (ref A),UNSC members proceeded to closed consultations to discuss the Commission's work in more detail. Nearly all delegations supported the GOL [...] | 2007-03-24 22:45:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK394 | UNSC EXPANSION: DEBATE REVIVED IN THE GENERAL [...] (C) Summary and Comment. The debate on Security Council expansion has flashed hot again in New York, in the wake of the report of the most recent set of facilitators to tackle this long-running issue. Disappointed with the content of the report, the G-4 countries are seeking new facilitators [...] | 2007-05-21 11:59:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC KUNR |
07USUNNEWYORK401 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: CHATAH CONSULTS P-3 AND OTHERS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: P-3 Ambassadors met May 21 with GOL Foreign Policy Advisor Mohamad Chatah, who said the recent violence in Lebanon argued for accelerating action in the Security Council. Chatah said the GOL would prefer a vote on the tribunal May 25 even if it meant the resolution re [...] | 2007-05-22 00:27:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK408 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: P-3 AND CHATAH AGREE TO PUSH FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. P-3 PERMREPS AGREED ON MAY 23 TO TABLE THE RESOLUTION ON THE SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON IN THE COUNCIL ON THE MORNING OF MAY 25, PUT THE TEXT "IN BLUE" THE EVENING OF MAY 25, AND PUSH FOR A VOTE ON MAY 29. (NOTE: MAY 28 IS A UN HOLIDAY. END NOTE.) DURING A SEPARATE MEETING WI [...] | 2007-05-24 00:30:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK41 | QUINT STRATEGIZES IN NEW YORK ON UN PROCESS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Representatives of Quint countries (U.S., UK, France, Germany, Italy) met in New York on January 18 to consider tactics for getting the Kosovo final status process to and through the Security Council. Participants considered: whether and how Special Envoy Ahtisaari's initial pro [...] | 2007-01-23 00:27:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL UNMIK YI |
07USUNNEWYORK534 | AMB KHALILZAD MEETS SOMALI PM GEDI [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: During a June 27 meeting at USUN, AMB Khalilzad told Somali Prime Minister Muhammad Gedi that the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) needs to play a more constructive role in building Somali confidence in the National Reconciliation Congress (NRC) and take immediate action t [...] | 2007-06-29 18:14:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | UNSC PREL SO MOPS |
07USUNNEWYORK575 | UPDATE ON UN EFFORTS TO SET UP LEBANON TRIBUNAL [...] (C) Summary. USUN Legal Adviser and Poloff met with UN Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) attorneys Mark Quarterman and Jerome de Hemptinne on July 12 to seek an update on efforts to establish the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. USUN Legal Adviser met separately with UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel [...] | 2007-07-13 21:30:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK719 | ETHIOPIAN MINISTER TEKEDA ALEMU: EEBC TERMINATION [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Ethiopian Minister of State Tekeda Alemu Wolde Mariam told AMB Wolff during an August 30 meeting that Eritrea must withdraw its forces from the temporary security zone (TSZ) and allow UNMEE to begin monitoring the area again before Ethiopia will allow the Ethiopia Eritrea Border [...] | 2007-08-31 22:56:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL UNSC ET ER |
07USUNNEWYORK751 | SERBIAN PERMREP SEEMS TO BACK OFF FROM TOUGH [...] (C) On September 11, Serbian Permrep Pavle Jevremovic met with Ambassador Wolff in the wake of Prime Minister Kostunica's statement to members of the Security Council (e-mailed to Department) that had called on them "to protect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Serbia from the US p [...] | 2007-09-13 20:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | UNSC KV YI PREL |
07USUNNEWYORK789 | U.S. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: Mission Legal Adviser delivered reftel names of individuals interested in working with the Special Tribunal for Lebanon to UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel and UN Assistant Secretary General for Legal Affairs Larry Johnson on September 24. On the margins of the meeting, Mi [...] | 2007-09-24 21:33:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KCRM KJUS LE PREL SY |
07USUNNEWYORK978 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: UN PLANS TO APPOINT [...] (C) Summary. During a meeting with USUN Legal Adviser and Poloff on November 7, UN Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) attorney Mark Quarterman and Department of Political Affairs (DPA) officer Alma Saliu reported that the SYG plans to appoint the next UNIIIC chief and prosecutor-elect during the w [...] | 2007-11-08 22:52:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK979 | UN DISCOUNTS BRAMMERTZ COMPLAINTS ABOUT LACK OF [...] (C) Summary. During a November 7 meeting to discuss efforts to set up the Special Tribunal for Lebanon with UN Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) attorney Mark Quarterman and UN Department of Political Affairs (DPA) officer Alma Saliu (septel),USUN Legal Adviser and Poloff mentioned that in the c [...] | 2007-11-08 22:56:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07VATICAN157 | VATICAN EXPECTS REACTION TO POPE'S LETTER TO CHINESE [...] (C) Summary: According to Holy See MFA Country Director for PRC Rota Graziosi, the Holy See still anticipates a reaction to the Pope's June 2007 letter to the Chinese faithful and will watch upcoming bishop ordinations for a sign of the GOC's mind-set. The Holy See does not expect the undergr [...] | 2007-11-06 10:46:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KIRF SOCI CH VT |
07VATICAN193 | CHINA - HOLY SEE: NO AGREEMENT ON CATHOLIC BISHOP [...] (C) Summary: According to Holy See MFA Country Director for China Rota-Graziosi, the Holy See and the Government of China did not reach an agreement on episcopal ordinations, nor on the normalization of relations, during their November 2007 talks in Beijing. Rota-Graziosi is pessimistic about [...] | 2007-12-21 15:41:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KIRF SOCI CH VT |
07VIENNA437 | UNSCR 1737: AUSTRIA SUPPORTS TIMELY, EU-WIDE [...] (C) EconUnit Chief delivered reftel nonpaper on February 15 to Birgit Ertl and Elisabeth Ottawa from the Austrian Ministry of Finance's Financial Markets Division. EconPolCouns had delivered the points on February 14 to Ralph Scheide, the Austrian MFA's Middle East Director. Ertl said that A [...] | 2007-02-20 11:25:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL KNNP EFIN ETTC AU |
07VIENTIANE893 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH SWEDISH CHARGE TO DISCUSS [...] (U) This is an action request: please see paragraph 14. 2. (C//NF) Summary: According to Swedish diplomats, the two North Koreans continue to insist that their intent is to seek asylum in the United States. While the ROK Embassy is prepared and able to assist them to travel to South Korea, [...] | 2007-12-11 11:49:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC PREL LA KN SW |
07WARSAW1332 | POLAND MAKES PLANS TO HOST EURO 2012 [...] (U) Since Poland and Ukraine won the rights to host the UEFA European Football Championship in 2012 (EURO 2012),all SIPDIS parts of the Polish Government have been discussing plans to improve infrastructure in time to cope with the crowds. The GOP anticipates around 21 million tourists i [...] | 2007-06-06 14:24:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EINV ELTN EAIR PL |
07WELLINGTON198 | (C) MR. NICE GUY - NEW ZEALAND'S NEW OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary. New Zealand opposition leader John Key's persona in private meetings with USG officials has differed little from the face he has presented to the New Zealand public since taking charge of the National Party last November. Key comes across as modest and moderate, determined not [...] | 2007-03-05 03:41:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR NZ |
07WELLINGTON419 | PROPOSED MARITIME LAW ENFORCEMENT AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) On June 7, Acting PolEcon Counselor and Poloff delivered to Sonya Kamana, Deputy High Commissioner, Cook Islands High Commission the proposed maritime law enforcement agreement (Ref A). Kamana positively received the agreement, and said she will share it with appropriate officials in Ra [...] | 2007-06-07 05:22:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EWWT KTIA PBTS PREL SNAR XB XV NZ CW |
07WELLINGTON435 | DEMARCHE: MISSING/DETAINED AMCITS IN IRAN [...] (C) ADCM and A/P-E Counselor delivered demarche points in Ref A and B on June 13 to Darryl Dunn, Director of Middle East and African Division at New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). Mr. Dunn expressed appreciation for the background and indicated he understood the import [...] | 2007-06-13 23:51:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KDEM PREL PGOV PHUM KPAO NZ IR |
07WELLINGTON461 | NEW ZEALAND - MINISTER ON POLITICS, ISLAM AND [...] (C) Summary. Up-and-coming Labour Party Minister David Cunliffe is confident about his party's reelection chances despite poor recent poll numbers. He is also confident about successfully dismantling New Zealand's telecommunications monopoly despite the challenges. Cunliffe is concerned abo [...] | 2007-06-20 04:42:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ECPS PINR KISL NZ AS |
07WELLINGTON464 | NZ OPPOSITION LEADER JOHN KEY'S JUNE 26-9 TRIP TO [...] (C/NF) Summary: A disciplined and effective performer in Parliament, National Party Leader John Key has moved quickly since taking command late last year to signal that his party is a government-in-waiting. He has managed to unseat PM Helen Clark as preferred Prime Minister in NZ opinion pol [...] | 2007-06-20 06:45:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV NZ |
07WELLINGTON646 | YOUR VISIT AND EXPANDING US-NZ COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. Since your last visit to New Zealand, we have seen an unprecedented improvement in dialogue and cooperation between the United States and New Zealand on a range of security and foreign policy objectives, culminating in the successful visit of New Zealand PM Clark [...] | 2007-08-30 05:09:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL US NZ |
07WELLINGTON68 | EAP DAS DAVIES JANUARY 16-7 MEETINGS WITH GNZ [...] (C/NF) Summary: Senior Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade officials told visiting EAP DAS Glyn Davies that they hope that the possible visit of PM Helen Clark and other GNZ officials to Washington will further enhance the recently improved US-NZ relationship. Davies agreed but cautioned [...] | 2007-01-23 03:52:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV NZ ASEAN FJ BM |
07WELLINGTON69 | EAP DAS DAVIES MEETING WITH NZ FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C/NF) Summary: NZ Foreign Minister Peters met January 17 with EAP DAS Davies. Peters stressed that it is in New Zealand's interest to have a strong relationship with the United States. He also expressed appreciation for his meetings with the Secretary. Peters said he understands that New [...] | 2007-01-23 04:02:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ASEAN NZ FJ BM |
07YAOUNDE446 | CAMEROON'S RULING PARTY SHUFFLED; DIFFERENT SUITS, [...] (C) President Paul Biya's April 4 shuffle of CPDM Party leadership amounted to internal housekeeping triggered by the need to replace an ailing senior leader and to shore up CPDM support among some constituencies in the run-up to legislative and municipal elections later this year. Changes [...] | 2007-04-10 06:32:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KCOR CM PINR |
07YAOUNDE894 | CAMEROON ELECTIONS: CAMPAIGN KICKS INTO HIGH GEAR [...] (C) Summary. With the July 22 polls just five days away, campaigning across Cameroon has intensified to a fever pitch as political elites drum up support for their candidates in the Parliamentary and municipal elections. The ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM),largely indi [...] | 2007-07-18 14:01:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR KMCC EAID PHUM CM |
07ZAGREB933 | GOC PLEDGES CONTINUED COOPERATION WITH ICTY; PM TO [...] (C) Parties from across the political spectrum in Croatia have denounced the ICTY's verdicts on the "Vukovar Three" (reftel) as "shameful", but only fringe groups have called into question Croatia's continued cooperation with the ICTY. Nonetheless, public frustrations continue to simmer, and p [...] | 2007-10-11 14:46:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KAWC ICTY PREL PGOV HR |
07ZAGREB990 | ENGAGING THE CROATIANS ON THEIR UNSC MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: While some key decisions affecting Croatia's UNSC membership, particularly on personnel, will have to await the outcome of Croatia's parliamentary elections on November 25, the basic lines of Croatia's approach are already becoming evident. We can expect President Mesic, who will [...] | 2007-11-05 07:39:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC HR |
08ABIDJAN486 | STATUS OF ELECTORAL PREPARATIONS [...] (SBU) The Government of Cote d'Ivoire has made some progress on its preparations for the presidential election scheduled for November 30. However, much work remains to be done. Many Ivoirians, as well as members of the international community, are beginning to question whether the government [...] | 2008-07-24 10:12:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KDEM PGOV IV |
08ABUDHABI320 | STILL NO CHANGE IN UAE VIEWS ON PEG [...] (C) There continues to be a constant drumbeat of news, chatter, and speculation that the UAE will deal with inflation by either de-pegging from the dollar or revaluing the dirham. Despite this, UAE financial officials continue to tell us that the UAE remains committed to the peg. Abu Dhabi D [...] | 2008-03-13 15:13:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ECON AE |
08ABUJA1121 | NIGERIA-INCREASING ASSISTANCE ON NUCLEAR SECURITY [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: A Department of Energy (DOE) team from the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA),Office of Global Threat Reduction (GTR) visited Nigeria April 19-25 to assess the security and storage of radiological and nuclear materials in Nigeria. The Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory [...] | 2008-06-13 12:30:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AORC ENRG IAEA SENV TBIO TRGY NI |
08ABUJA1338 | NIGERIA: ARMY CLAIMS SOMALIA-BOUND BATTALION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GON has publicly stated that their long-promised AMISOM peacekeeping battalion is ready for deployment. In a June 25, 2008 report by Reuters, Nigerian Army spokesman Brigadier General Emeka Onwuamaegbu not only said that an 800-strong battalion was ready to deploy, but that N [...] | 2008-07-15 08:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KPKO PGOV MOPS MASS MARR SO NI |
08ABUJA1716 | NIGERIA: DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON REJECTING RUSSIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-28 17:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV RS GG RU NI |
08ABUJA1735 | NIGERIA: CENTRAL BANK CANCELLATION OF UNIFORM [...] (C/NF) Summary. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) recently canceled the uniform accounting year requirement for banks and discount houses. Banks and discount houses were expected to adopt December 31, 2008 as the common accounting year end. CBN announced that current interest rate trends ar [...] | 2008-08-29 15:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV NI |
08ABUJA1767 | COMMERCE MINISTER DENIES IRAN-NIGERIA NUCLEAR [...] (C/NF) Econ Counselor met with Minister of Commerce and Industry Charles Ugwuh Friday evening August 29 to inquire about press reports of an agreement on nuclear power between Iran and Nigeria (reftel). After glancing at local and AP reports stating that such an agreement had been reached dur [...] | 2008-09-03 06:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETRD PARM KNNP ENRG KFPC ETTC MNUC KSTC NI IR |
08ABUJA1873 | NIGERIA: ECONOMIC ADVISOR, NOW A MAJOR PLAYER, [...] (C/NF) Nigeria's Chief Economic Advisor (CEA),Dr. Tanimu Yakubu Kurfi, and CEA Desk Officer for Food and Security and U.S. Affairs, Engr. Waziri Ahmadu, joined Ambassador and Acting DCM for a two-hour working dinner at the CMR on September 15. Yakubu, who is understated compared to many seni [...] | 2008-09-17 16:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EAGR EFIN EAID NI |
08ABUJA1933 | NIGERIAN SUPREME COURT TIMELINE -- PRESIDENTIAL [...] (U) The Supreme Court held preliminary hearings on September 25 for the appeals filed by the Action Congress (AC) candidate, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, and the All Nigeria Peoples' Party (ANPP) candidate, former Head of State General Muhammadu Buahri, against the February 26 Appeals [...] | 2008-10-02 16:27:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV NI |
08ABUJA1956 | CHEVRON ON BUNKERING AND SECURITY, GAS FLARING, [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Chevron Nigeria Chairman and Managing Director Fred Nelson told Ambassador on September 25 that the Joint Task Force has put a stop to illegal bunkering in and around Chevron's onshore operations. He noted that increased supplies of gas from the Escravos field have not led to [...] | 2008-10-06 07:06:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET ENRG ELAB ECON SENV PGOV NI |
08ABUJA2107 | NIGERIA: RUMORS FROM THE NIGER DELTA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 16, Poloffs met with Olafemi Aduwo (protect),founder of the Rights Monitoring Group. In a rambling conversation, Aduwo made several claims about former Chief of Defense Staff Owoye Azazi and imprisoned arms dealer Henry Okah which were both interesting and, though unv [...] | 2008-10-27 11:33:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR EPET KCOR NI |
08ABUJA255 | NIGERIA: BUHARI STILL HOPEFUL TRIBUNAL WILL [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY: Muhammadu Buhari, All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP) presidential aspirant challenging the election of President Yar'Adua (People's Democratic Party, PDP) at the Presidential Election Tribunal contended the justness of his petition against Yar,Adua should override considerations [...] | 2008-02-08 12:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR KDEM KJUS NI |
08ABUJA260 | THE OFFER THAT WASN'T: NIGERIAN HELICOPTERS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Per reftel, Nigerian military advisor to the United Nations Brigadier General Benjamin T. Obasa indicated that the Government of Nigeria was considering providing all required helicopter assets for UNAMID. Post's subsequent approaches to the GON on the matter elicited blank stare [...] | 2008-02-11 06:53:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV MASS PM PREL NI |
08ABUJA449 | NIGERIA NOT PREPARED TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO AT OIC [...] (U) PolOff delivered Ref A demarche to Bernard Shabu, Assistant Director of Intra-Regional and Inter-Regional Affairs and Desk Officer for Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on March 7. Shabu informed PolOff that President Umaru Yar'Adua, accompan [...] | 2008-03-07 13:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KISL UNSC UNMIK KIRF EU KV YI NI |
08ABUJA485 | NIGERIA: KOGI STATE PREPARES FOR BY-ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs visited Lokoja, capital of Kogi State March 4-5 to meet with government officials, political activists, and civil society ahead of the state's upcoming March 29 gubernatorial by-election. While the Governor's Chief of Staff and an Independent National Electoral Commissio [...] | 2008-03-12 16:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC NI |
08ABUJA714 | (C) NIGERIA: CONSULTANT ALLEGES BANKOLE INFLATED [...] (C) Musa Ibrahim (strictly protect),consultant to the National Assembly (NASS) on its Policy Analysis and Research Project, told PolOff April 15 that the House of Assembly's January declaration claiming recovery of $2.5 billion in unspent funds from various GON ministries (Refs A & B),ahead [...] | 2008-04-17 13:33:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR KCOR NI |
08ABUJA73 | NIGERIA: STATE TRIBUNAL RULES AGAINST PDP, CITES [...] (U) On December 11, 2007 the Enugu State Election Tribunal nullified the elections of two People's Democratic Party (PDP) senators, Ayogu Eze and Patrick Asadu, on grounds of irregularities, intimidation of voters, unlawful cancellation of opponents' votes, falsification of results, and other [...] | 2008-01-11 14:20:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR KDEM KJUS NI ELECTIONS |
08ABUJA779 | (C/NF) NIGERIA: ATIKU SEEKS COMEBACK, REBUFFS IBB [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY: After losing his April 2007 presidential bid, and the subsequent election tribunal case against President Yar'Adua (though this is still being appealed),former Vice President and Action Congress (AC) candidate Atiku Abubakar seeks to regain a place in national politics. In an [...] | 2008-04-25 14:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR KDEM NI |
08ABUJA780 | (C/NF) NIGERIA: CORRUPT COURT REVERSES TRIBUNAL [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY: On April 10, the Kaduna Court of Appeal, which heard all appeals to electoral tribunal rulings in Nigeria's North-West zone, reversed the Kebbi State Election Tribunal decision to overturn Usman Dakin-Gari's (People's Democratic Party, PDP) gubernatorial election. The next day [...] | 2008-04-25 15:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR KDEM KJUS NI |
08ABUJA799 | NIGERIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: SUPREME COURT MAY [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY: On April 29, the Supreme Court convened its inaugural session in the appeals of presidential candidates Muhammadu Buhari (All Nigeria People's Party, ANPP) and Atiku Abubakar (Action Congress, AC) against President Umaru Yar'Adua (People's Democratic Party, PDP). Chief Justice [...] | 2008-04-30 17:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR KDEM KJUS KCOR NI |
08ADDISABABA1074 | SOMALIA: PUNTLAND PRESIDENT PLEADS FOR U.S. [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Puntland President Mohamud Musse Hersi told Ambassador on April 9 that the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) was the last hope of Somalia and he was concerned that the TFG was failing. President Hersi emphasized that Puntland was committed to a federal system of governm [...] | 2008-04-17 14:49:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV MOPS SO ET |
08ADDISABABA117 | ETHIOPIA/ERITREA: UNMEE SRSG ENNIFAR REPORTS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. On January 12, Ambassador and PolOff attended a "Friends of UNMEE" meeting at United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) headquarters where acting Special Representative of the Secretary General Azouz Ennifar briefed the diplomatic community on the current state [...] | 2008-01-15 14:20:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER |
08ADDISABABA1189 | IMF CITES OVERHEATING ECONOMY, CREDIT BUBBLE [...] (C) IMF Senior Resident Representative Arnim Schwidrowski (strictly protect) expressed to Pol/Econ Chief growing concern about Ethiopia's "overheating" economy, increasingly tenuous foreign reserves level, mounting inflation, and increasing signs of a credit bubble in a wide-ranging April 21 d [...] | 2008-04-30 08:08:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV ET |
08ADDISABABA1285 | ETHIOPIAN FRUSTRATION WITH THE UNSC OVER THE BORDER [...] (C) Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles met with the UK, French and U.S. Ambassadors May 9 to state that Ethiopia would disengage and keep quiet on the Eritrea-Ethiopia border dispute. Meles said the Ethiopian Government (GoE) had developed a set of new proposals to break the impasse and push forw [...] | 2008-05-13 14:57:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KPKO PBTS PREL MARR ET ER |
08ADDISABABA1324 | ETHIOPIA: PURGED AIR FORCE COMMANDER SAYS MILITARY [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Alemshet Degiffe, an Oromo Major-General purged in 2006 while serving as commander of the Ethiopian Air Force, told the Ambassador on May 12 that the Ethiopian military suffers from ethnic division and Tigrayan dominance. Alemshet said Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles cannot [...] | 2008-05-14 13:05:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER |
08ADDISABABA1427 | ETHIOPIAN MFA OFFICIALS SAY ALGIERS AGREEMENT NEAR [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. United Nations in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) Head of Office Joseph Stephanides told PolOff and visiting Eritrea Desk Officer on May 15 that Ethiopian State Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Tekeda Alemu told Stephanides on May 15 that Ethiopia insists that Eritrea must demil [...] | 2008-05-23 05:53:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER |
08ADDISABABA1493 | ETHIOPIA WILLING TO INCREASE COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told Ambassador-at-Large Coordinator for Counterterrorism Dell L. Dailey and Ambassador Yamamoto on May 21, 2008 that his government was grateful for the counterterrorism support it received from the United States and that Ethiopia was w [...] | 2008-06-02 08:41:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PREL SO ET |
08ADDISABABA1494 | UNMEE: A FORCE IN NEED OF A MISSION [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 17-18, PolOff and visiting Eritrea Desk Officer visited United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) headquarters in Adigrat, Ethiopia and learned that Ethiopian military activity had declined following a burst of movement in April, when several Ethiopian milita [...] | 2008-06-02 08:45:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER |
08ADDISABABA1564 | ERITREAN OPPOSITION UNITES, AGAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The May 5-11, 2008 Eritrean political opposition congress in Addis Ababa reformed and expanded the Eritrean Democratic Alliance (EDA) to serve as the umbrella organization for all Eritrean opposition groups. Embassy officers spoke with more than a dozen opposition leaders and [...] | 2008-06-09 10:19:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KDEM PREL PBTS ET ER |
08ADDISABABA174 | ETHIOPIA PRIME MINISTER URGES AMBASSADORS FROM UN [...] (C) Prime Minister Meles called in the local Ambassadors from UN Security Council member states on January 21 to urge them to advise their respective representatives in New York to remain neutral during discussions by the UNSC on the Ethiopia-Eritrea border and extension of the mandate for the [...] | 2008-01-23 12:42:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KPKO PBTS PREL ER ET |
08ADDISABABA2103 | DRL A/S KRAMER NOTES U.S. CONCERN ON CSO LAW [...] (SBU) DRL Assistant Secretary David Kramer highlighted significant U.S. concerns over the likely impact and potentially unintended consequences of Ethiopia's draft Civil Society Organizations (CSO) law in meetings with Prime Minister Meles, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr. Tekeda Alemu, [...] | 2008-07-31 08:47:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KDEM PGOV PREL ET |
08ADDISABABA2122 | ETHIOPIA NOT LEAVING SOMALIA YET [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Ethiopian MFA Acting Chief of the Foreign Minister's Cabinet Abdetta Dribssa told PolOff on August 1 that the Ethiopian government had not yet made a decision whether to withdraw its military forces from Mogadishu or Somalia, but he emphasized that his government was increas [...] | 2008-08-04 13:36:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET |
08ADDISABABA2131 | SOMALI TFG OFFICIAL SAYS YUSUF CANNOT BACK DOWN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Deputy Head of Mission in Addis Ababa Jibril M. Osman (Hawiye/Murosade) told PolOffs on August 4 that TFG President Yusuf could not back down against the Ethiopian ultimatum that Yusuf must support TFG Prime Minister Nur Adde's a [...] | 2008-08-05 14:25:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET |
08ADDISABABA2157 | ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: UNMEE'S LIQUIDATION UNDERWAY [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the final "Friends of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE)" meeting on August 4, Acting Special Representative of the Secretary General Azouz Ennifar told the diplomatic community that UNMEE did not fail at its job, rather it performed its mission well [...] | 2008-08-07 13:03:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER |
08ADDISABABA216 | ERITREAN OPPOSITION PARTIES AGREE TO FORM NEW [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. On January 24, Ambassador and Embassy Officers met with the newly appointed three-man Liaison Eritrean Democratic Alliance (EDA) Secretariat--Hussein Khalifa of the Eritrean Liberation Front (ELF),Mengesteab Asmerom of the Eritrean Liberation Front-Revolutionary Council (EL [...] | 2008-01-29 10:19:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KDEM PREL PBTS ET ER |
08ADDISABABA2232 | ETHIOPIA LOOKING TO WITHDRAW FROM MOGADISHU [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Ethiopian MFA Acting Chief of the Minister's Cabinet Abdetta Dribssa told PolOffs on August 7 that he expected the Ethiopian military to withdraw from Mogadishu by the end of September and redeploy to Baidoa and other areas outside of the city, allowing the newly trained Som [...] | 2008-08-13 14:15:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET |
08ADDISABABA2281 | ETHIOPIA OFFERS A WAY FORWARD ON SOMALIA [...] (C/NF) Summary. The MFA Acting Chief of the Minister's Cabinet Abdetta Dribssa on August 18 passed PolOffs Ethiopia's proposed way forward through the current Transitional Federal Government (TFG) crisis, provided TFG President Abdullahi Yusuf and Prime Minister Hassan Hussein Nur "Adde" ar [...] | 2008-08-19 13:52:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET |
08ADDISABABA2322 | SOMALI TFG PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER AGREE ON [...] (C/NF) Summary. Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Abdullahi Yusuf and Prime Minister Hassan Hussein Nur "Adde" are expected to sign an agreement in Addis Ababa on August 26 confirming their willingness to work with each other, bridging, at least for now, their recent imp [...] | 2008-08-25 14:17:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS KPKO PINR SO ET |
08ADDISABABA2337 | MSF-SWITZERLAND LEAVES ETHIOPIA [...] (C) After over a year of bureaucratic impediments to its operations in the Ogaden area of Ethiopia's Somali region, two rounds of detention without charge of its staff members, and the recognition of its fundamental inability to operate, Medecins Sans Frontieres-Switzerland (MSF-CH) terminated [...] | 2008-08-27 14:33:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM EAID PGOV ASEC ET |
08ADDISABABA2338 | SOMALI TFG LEADERSHIP SIGNS AGREEMENT IN ADDIS [...] (C/NF) Summary. Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Abdullahi Yusuf, Prime Minister Hassan Hussein Nur "Adde", and Speaker Sheikh Aden Mohammed Nur Madobe signed an agreement on August 26 in Addis Ababa that commits the leaders to working together for the remainder of the transi [...] | 2008-08-27 15:11:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS KPKO PGOV SO ET |
08ADDISABABA2658 | SE WILLIAMSON DISCUSSES SUDAN WITH PRIME MINISTER [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles on August 8 told visiting Special Envoy for Sudan Williamson that Ethiopia was preparing to send four helicopter gunships to Darfur, and that two additional helicopters could be provided with assistance for upgrades or if the United Nations rel [...] | 2008-09-24 11:57:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KPKO SU ET |
08ADDISABABA2749 | THE VIEW FROM INSIDE ETHIOPIA'S ERITREAN REFUGEE [...] (C/NF) Summary. Acting RefCoord and PolOff visited the Eritrean refugee camps at Shimelba and My-Ayni from September 15 to September 19 in Tigray, northern Ethiopia, and met with Eritrean refugees, UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) officials, Ethiopian Administration for Refugee/Return [...] | 2008-10-06 13:20:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREF PREL PBTS MOPS ET ER CH |
08ADDISABABA277 | SUDAN: ETHIOPIAN STATE MINISTER TEKEDA ON SUDANESE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. On February 1, Ethiopian State Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr. Tekeda Alemu told Ambassador, AF/SPG Director Lauren Landis, and PolOffs that he expected Sudanese Foreign Minister Deng Alor to be able to help improve relations between the United States and Sudan. Tekeda note [...] | 2008-02-05 14:32:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ET SU |
08ADDISABABA2801 | ETHIOPIAN UNAMID DEPLOYMENT READINESS REPORT #1 [...] (C/NF) Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) foreign liaison officer Brigadier General Hassan told the DATT on October 2 that the ENDF has an advance element of 360 troops in Darfur which includes infantry and engineers. However, the first battalion's equipment has yet to arrive in Darfur [...] | 2008-10-07 14:00:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KPKO SU ET |
08ADDISABABA286 | ETHIOPIA: ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRAZER AND PRIME [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. On January 31, Assistant Secretary Frazer met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi in a broad ranging 100 minute discussion on Kenya, Sudan, Somalia, Somaliland, and the Eritrean border. Also in attendance were Ambassador Yamamoto, Ambassador Courville, Sudan S/E Will [...] | 2008-02-06 07:54:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PBTS PNAT MOPS KPKO ET ER SO SU KE |
08ADDISABABA304 | ETHIOPIA/ERITREA: UNMEE DECIDES TO WITHDRAW FROM [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. On February 6, Acting Special Representative of the Secretary General Azouz Ennifar ordered the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) to execute a complete withdrawal from Eritrea after being unable to obtain fuel from the Eritrean government since December 1 [...] | 2008-02-07 12:08:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER |
08ADDISABABA339 | PRESIDENT YUSUF IN ADDIS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Yamamoto and DCM Malac met with President Yusuf on February 9 during his stopover in Addis en route back to Somalia. Although frail, Yusuf was engaged and forcefully stated his intention to stay in power through the end of his mandate in late 2009. He reiterated his c [...] | 2008-02-12 04:50:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC ET PGOV PREL SO |
08ADDISABABA838 | ETHIOPIA: CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS TO BE PARDONED [...] (C) SUMMARY: After nearly two and half years in prison, civil society leaders Daniel Bekele and Netsanet Demissie, the final two political prisoners from the Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) trial, are set to be granted a pardon and released from prison. Though they are now only about [...] | 2008-03-28 08:45:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET |
08ADDISABABA84 | ERITREA: OPPOSITION GROUPS EXPLORING FORMATION OF [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. On January 9, PolCouns and PolOff met with Noor M. Idris, Chairman of the opposition Eritrean Nahda Party (ENP),to discuss current opposition efforts to form a new, more inclusive umbrella group. Noor explained that at least 11 opposition parties would hold a conference in [...] | 2008-01-11 08:50:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KDEM PREL PBTS ET ER |
08AMMAN1022 | IRANIAN PROLIFERATORS: GOJ CLOSELY MONITORS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-07 15:46:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MNUC KNNP IR UNSC JO |
08AMMAN1567 | JORDAN TO GET MORE EGYPTIAN GAS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Jordan (GOJ) announced a new agreement with Egypt in April 2008 on the supply of Egyptian natural gas to Jordan through the Arab Gas Pipeline. The new deal will allow Jordan to purchase up to 2.7 billion cubic meters (BCM) at a preferential rate through 2012, [...] | 2008-05-22 16:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET ENRG EFIN JO |
08AMMAN2754 | UNSC MINISTERIAL ON SETTLEMENTS: JORDAN WILL TRY [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche September 25 to Royal Court Chief Bassem Awadallah. Awadallah said that he is in daily contact with FM Salah Al-Bashir, currently in New York for UNGA, and would relay the points. Awadallah said that Jordan will try to be helpful to the extent it can. [...] | 2008-09-25 14:17:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KWBG KPAL UNSC JO |
08AMMAN2999 | Jordan Water Conference Cancelled Because of Israel-Arab [...] (SBU) Summary: Host country Jordan cancelled the Euro-Med Partners Ministerial Conference on Water scheduled to begin on October 28 over disputes about the participation of the Arab League (AL). A Jordanian Foreign Ministry (FM) contact and diplomats in Jordan said the dispute was over the A [...] | 2008-11-02 12:32:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV EAID PGOV JO AL |
08ANKARA1331 | TURKISH GULENIST SCHOOLS: "BE EVERYWHERE OR BE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Gulenist-administered Turkish schools are inspired by the same humanistic philosophy no matter where they operate in Turkey or the world, according to teachers and students at a leading Gulenist math and science school in Ankara. The teachers underscored that these schools mus [...] | 2008-07-25 10:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM SCUL SOCI TU |
08ANKARA1948 | TURKEY TO SEND MOI OFFICIAL TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) The MFA confirmed on November 10 that the GOT will be represented at the November 13-14 Global Initiative Exercise Planning Group meeting (ref a) by Hasan Huseyin Gercek, a superintendent from the Ministry of Interior's Directorate General for Security Affairs. 2. (C) Comment: To our [...] | 2008-11-10 14:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KNNP |
08ANKARA2123 | TURKS ASK WHETHER AZERBAIJAN IS SERIOUS ABOUT [...] (C) MFA Energy Department Head Berris Ekinci expressed frustration with Azerbaijan after the latest round of talks on gas transit in Ankara on December 5. Ekinci, who attended the talks, told Econoff that the purpose of the talks was to finalize an agreement on a gas transit MOU first propose [...] | 2008-12-16 16:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG EPET TU |
08ANKARA340 | TURKEY/IRAQ SITREP 2: GROUND OPERATION CONTINUES, [...] (C) Turkish ground operations inside of northern Iraq continue. According to press reporting, the Turkish ground units involved are two brigades from the Second Army based in Malatya. U.S. military logistics personnel at the Habur Gate crossing between Turkey and Iraq reported traffic flowing [...] | 2008-02-22 17:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS MARR PTER TU IZ |
08ANKARA366 | TURKEY/IRAQ SITREP 5: GROUND OPERATIONS CONTINUE, [...] (C) Turkish ground forces continue to engage PKK terrorists in the Zap Metina region of northern Iraq, supported by air and artillery strikes. Deteriorating weather conditions in the objective area will likely hamper operations over the next 24 hours. Normal logistics and customs operations [...] | 2008-02-26 12:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS MARR PTER TU IZ |
08ANKARA680 | TURKEY: ERGENEKON INVESTIGATION INEXTRICABLY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Alleged links between the investigation into the Ergenekon deep state gang (ref A) and the chief public prosecutor's closure case against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) are both difficult to prove and impossible to ignore. Although evidence of a direct link remai [...] | 2008-04-10 10:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL TU |
08ANTANANARIVO748 | IRAN SEEKS FRIENDS IN MADAGASCAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 4 meeting with Ambassador Marquardt, Moroccan Ambassador Mohammed Amar gave a detailed read-out of the recent visit of Iranian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Special Envoy of the President, Hossain Sheikholislam. After meeting with the Malagasy Prime Minist [...] | 2008-11-06 11:53:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IR MA PINR PREL |
08ANTANANARIVO757 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNGA 3RD COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) On November 7, EmbOff delivered ref A demarche to Mboara Andrianarimanana, Secretary General (SG) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. EmbOff thanked the SG both for Madagascar's support in opposing last year's non-action motions, as well as for the Foreign Minister's previously stated i [...] | 2008-11-10 14:27:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL UNGA MA |
08ASHGABAT1015 | TURKMENISTAN: THE SOVIET GULAGS AND THEIR IMPACT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Soviet "GULAG" system of work camps targeted the intelligentsia and those promoting an ethnic Turkmen identity during the 1930s through 1950s. Although little is known about the exact number of Turkmen affected, Stalin's purges undermined what educated population existed [...] | 2008-08-05 13:20:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT1026 | TURKMENISTAN: CONSTITUTION REVISION PROCESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The government's review of proposed additions or changes to the constitutional draft is nearly complete, and it appears that almost all stakeholders have had a chance to make their suggestions. The Constitutional Commission will receive the final proposed draft before the e [...] | 2008-08-06 12:12:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT1027 | TURKMENISTAN: NEGOTIATIONS FINALLY MOVING FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Case New Holland representatives have finally gotten the ball rolling again in regard to negotiations for the sale of tractors, cotton harvesters, and other agricultural equipment that had been slowing down since they began in September 2007. After the Case CEO's successful me [...] | 2008-08-06 13:33:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV EIND EAGR TX |
08ASHGABAT1055 | TURKMENISTAN: IDHR DIRECTOR AKHMEDOVA'S JULY 5-12 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Institute for Democracy and Human Rights Director Shirin Akhmedova led a delegation to the UK July 5-12 to explore UK best practices in human rights, civil society regulation, and penal, judicial, and legal reform. Akhmedova told her hosts that the meetings were all very useful an [...] | 2008-08-13 11:13:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM KJUS TX |
08ASHGABAT1120 | TURKMENISTAN: CHINESE OIL COMPANY PROVIDES JOBS, [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Chinese National Petroleum Company (CNPC) is developing a series of natural gas drilling and refinery complexes around Turkmenabat, near the Turkmen-Uzbek border. These complexes do not allow visitors without prior Chinese embassy approval. A Turkmen worker at a regional he [...] | 2008-08-26 13:12:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV ECON TX |
08ASHGABAT1121 | TURKMENISTAN: CHINESE OIL COMPANY PROVIDES JOBS, [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Chinese National Petroleum Company (CNPC) is developing a series of natural gas drilling and refinery complexes around Turkmenabat, near the Turkmen-Uzbek border. These complexes do not allow visitors without prior Chinese embassy approval. A Turkmen worker at a regional he [...] | 2008-08-26 13:33:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV ECON TX |
08ASHGABAT1192 | TURKMENISTAN: AMBASSADOR KROL MEETS WITH DIRECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 4, Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia George Krol met with Shirin Akhmedova, Director of the Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (IDHR) and one the most reform-minded high-ranking Turkmenistan government officials. Akhmedova affirmed President [...] | 2008-09-09 11:48:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT1272 | TURKMENISTAN: MFA OFFICIAL ON TURKMEN LIFE AND [...] (C) In a conversation with emboff during an Iftar event that Charg hosted on September 25, the MFA's Chief of Protocol described what he called the "unique" character of the Turkmen as compared to other peoples in the region. He said that unlike the Azerbaijanis, for example, whom he said wer [...] | 2008-09-25 14:47:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL TX |
08ASHGABAT1331 | TURKMENAIR CHAIRMAN TO COMMERCE DAS DYCK: WE,LL [...] (SBU) During his September 29-30 visit to Turkmenistan, Commerce Department Deputy Assistant Secretary Paul Dyck met with the Chairman of the National Civil Aviation Service Gurbanyaz Tirkishov to discuss Boeing,s activities in Turkmenistan. Turkmenistan Airlines, fleet is almost exclusively [...] | 2008-10-08 07:32:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAIR EINV PREL TX |
08ASHGABAT1360 | TURKMENISTAN: OSCE/ODIHR TEAM STILL UNDECIDED ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: As of October 14, it appeared that OSCE was still negotiating with the Turkmen government regarding the size and nature of an OSCE group that would come for the December parliamentary elections. Turkmen officials seem to understand little about international election observatio [...] | 2008-10-15 10:30:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM KDEM OSCE TX |
08ASHGABAT1443 | TURKMENISTAN: OBSTACLES APLENTY FOR TAPI PIPELINE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Progress on the Asian Development Bank's ("ADB") proposed gas pipeline from Turkmenistan to India is beset by challenges as the proposed project enters its sixth year. Working group meetings to finalize key agreements have been repeatedly postponed. From the Turkmen side, auth [...] | 2008-11-05 11:37:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET PREL ADB ZK XD TX |
08ASHGABAT1475 | TURKMEN STATE TV COVERAGE OF ELECTION RECEPTION [...] (C) Although a TV crew from the state-controlled "Watan" TV channel eagerly attended and filmed parts of post's election reception on November 5 (reftel),coverage of the event was entirely absent from that evening,s broadcast, which was instead filled with typical, boring state media stories. [...] | 2008-11-07 11:27:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM SCUL KPAO TX |
08ASHGABAT156 | TURKMENISTAN'S IOM REP VIEWS NEW TIP LAW IS A STEP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's International Organization for Migration (IOM) representative believes the signing of Turkmenistan's first law on trafficking of persons (reftels) is a step in the right direction. This law appears to be another attempt by Turkmenistan to comply with international [...] | 2008-01-31 11:16:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM SOCI KCRM KWMN TX |
08ASHGABAT203 | TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV'S NEW SPEECH WRITER [...] (C) During a February 6 meeting, Ministry of Culture International Relations Department Head Gulmurad Myradov (strictly protect) revealed to EmbOff he has been writing some of President's Berdimuhamedov recent speeches, including the "Cultural Revival" and "New Ideology" policy addresses. In [...] | 2008-02-08 11:45:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR KPAO TX |
08ASHGABAT409 | TURKEMNISTAN: ILKINJILER FARMERS ASSOCIATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ilkinjiler Farmer's Association is an organization for farmers engaged in private farming. Ilkinjiler managers -- all three alumni of the Cochran Farmer-to-Farmer Program -- told EmbOff March 27 that they are seeing some improvement in their relationship with the governmen [...] | 2008-04-02 05:47:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EAGR TX |
08ASHGABAT561 | TURKMENISTAN: REMOVING SATELLITE DISHES -- BAD [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Since President Berdimuhamedov's late 2007 decision that privately-owned satellite dishes should be removed from the outside of apartment buildings in an effort to beautify the city, nervous residents have wondered what thi [...] | 2008-05-02 14:29:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV ECON SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT574 | TURKMENISTAN DEVALUES THE EURO [...] (C) Europa House Coordinator Emilio Valli told EmbOffs May 4 that Turkmenistan has recently devalued the euro 30% in relation to the Turkmenistan manat. He explained this was done in order to prevent people from further profiting on a difference between the European and Turkmenistan euro/dolla [...] | 2008-05-06 11:15:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT65 | TURKMENISTAN: SENATOR RICHARD LUGAR AND FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: SUMMARY: During a positive and businesslike meeting on January 12, Foreign Minister Meredov told Senator Lugar Turkmenistan -- has designed its new foreign policy to further expand and deepen relations in the world, focuses on improving regional relations (especially with Uzb [...] | 2008-01-15 07:48:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EAID EPET AF AZ UZ TX |
08ASHGABAT700 | TURKMEN PRESIDENT SAYS THE COUNTRY WILL "CONTINUE" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's president spoke about reform, democracy, and human rights as he laid the first stone for a monument in Ashgabat's southern Berzengi neighborhood dedicated to the country's constitution, now undergoing revision. He spoke at length of Turkmenistan's "continued" [...] | 2008-06-02 14:42:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT779 | TURKMENISTAN WORLD BANK OFFICIAL MAKES [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a June 18 meeting, The World Bank's de facto Turkmenistan office head made recommendations of interlocutors and potential project areas for the Enforcement Team from the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance, including in assisting ministries to [...] | 2008-06-19 10:59:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ECON EFIN TX |
08ASMARA220 | ARS DIVIDED ON COOPERATING WITH UNITED STATES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the March 31-April 4 meeting of the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS) leaders in Nairobi with Embassy officials (reftel),the ARS leaders have made a concerted effort to align the Asmara-based membership towards a cooperative stance with the United States. [...] | 2008-04-22 08:25:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PINR ER SO |
08ASMARA228 | PFDJ VOICES OPINIONS ON BORDER AND SOMALIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador and Director of East African Affairs James Knight met on April 18 with Yemane Ghebreab, head of Political Affairs for the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ),Eritrea's ruling (and sole) political party. Yemane reiterated the two main points made in Knigh [...] | 2008-04-23 14:03:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KREC ER ET SO |
08ASMARA300 | ERITREA - NO FUEL BY JULY? [...] (C/NF) Summary: Eritrea has fuel reserves of only one month, and poor prospects for purchasing more, according to Total's Managing Director in Eritrea. Eritrea's Kuwaiti suppliers reportedly have not been paid since December 2007, and will not supply more fuel until the government makes paym [...] | 2008-06-04 18:34:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON PGOV PREL ENRG PINR ASEC ER |
08ASMARA305 | REPORTED EXECUTION OF ERITREAN SOLDIERS AS "AN [...] (C/NF) A local employee (LES) told RSO that ten Eritrean soldiers were summarily executed after a group of soldiers complained about the lack of food. According to the LES, the Eritrean Defense Forces (EDF) were conducting field exercises last week in the village of Tukul, located approximatel [...] | 2008-06-10 13:07:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS PGOV PINS ASEC PINR ER |
08ASMARA330 | AVIATION FUEL STATUS IN ERITREA [...] (C/NF) RSO met with UNMEE Source who provided information on the current low levels of aviation fuel in Asmara. This source by virtue of his position at UNMEE has been able to inspect the fuel tanks at the Asmara International Airport and regularly receives updates on aviation fuel in Asmara [...] | 2008-06-23 14:08:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG ECON MOPS ASEC ER |
08ASMARA348 | A RARE, CIVIL CT RESPONSE FROM ERITREA [...] (SBU) Like NASA firing blind probes into Deep Space, Embassy Asmara dutifully transmits counter-terrorism designations and related demarches to the government of Eritrea. It has been several years since Post has received even acknowledgement, let alone a response, from our non-communicative h [...] | 2008-07-10 12:18:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PREL ER |
08ASMARA369 | ANOTHER RELIGIOUS PRISONER DIES [...] (C) Deaths reportedly continue in the Wi'a military camp as religious, political, and other prisoners are either beaten, starved, or denied medical treatment. Reverend Zecharias Abreham (strictly protect) of the Mehrete Yesus Evangelical Church informed PolOff July 23 that an imprisoned woman [...] | 2008-07-23 14:16:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KIRF ER |
08ASMARA375 | BIO INFORMATION OF SIX SOMALI HARDLINERS [...] (C) The Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS) hardline faction in Asmara, now led by Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, sent a six-person delegation to Yemen from July 3 to July 18 to purportedly foster dialogue and reconciliation between the Sheikh Ahmed Sheikh Sharif faction and the Aweys [...] | 2008-07-28 14:16:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PREL SO ER |
08ASMARA376 | GSE CONFISCATES $20,000 FROM AMCIT [...] (C) The Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) confiscated $21,700 from an Eritrean-American who arrived in Asmara June 22. The AmCit declared $2,000 at the airport and was later pulled into a side room along with other passengers where they were told "now is the time to declare any other mo [...] | 2008-07-29 12:30:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV EFIN ER |
08ASMARA385 | CHINESE MOVE INTO ERITREA'S MINING SECTOR [...] SUMMARY: Two Chinese mining companies have received exploration licenses from the government of Eritrea in the past eight months. One of these license areas is situated in the former Temporary Security Zone from which Eritrea forced UNMEE peacekeepers in February. Three Chinese companies ar [...] | 2008-08-06 12:42:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EMIN ECON PREL ER CH |
08ASMARA530 | EU DIPLOMATS CONCERNED ABOUT SECURITY, EVACUATION, [...] (C) RSO briefed European Union member country diplomats on a broad range of security issue, particularly the security situation in Eritrea. RSO expressed concern over the potential food crisis in Eritrea, the continued increase in crime associated with high unemployment, the increasing lack [...] | 2008-11-03 13:05:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC CASC PGOV PREL ER |
08ASTANA371 | KAZAKHSTAN: ADVANCING THE U.S. POSITION FOR CHANGE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-25 09:22:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL CU KZ |
08ASUNCION720 | VENEZUELANS PERFORMING EYE SURGERIES AND MORE [...] (SBU) Venezuela's ""Miracle Mission"" Program has sent several thousand Paraguayans abroad for free eye surgeries and ""leadership"" training in Cuba and Venezuela. The last Paraguayan government signed an agreement with Venezuela in April 2006 to launch the program, and the Lugo administration e [...] | 2008-10-24 14:57:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PROP PGOV SOCI CU VZ PA |
08ATHENS1073 | GREECE/AFGHANISTAN: STILL CONSIDERING A POSSIBLE [...] (C) Ambassador Heracles Asteriades, Director of the MFA D-2 Directorate for the North Atlantic Treaty (NATO) and the Western European Union (WEU),told A/Pol Counselor and Poloff that Greece continues to evaluate the U.S. request that it lead a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Afghanista [...] | 2008-07-25 14:28:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MOPS MASS NATO GR |
08ATHENS1109 | UNVIE AMBASSADOR SCHULTE CONSULTATIONS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN and International Organizations in Vienna Ambassador Greg Schulte visited Athens on July 28 to discuss Iran-related developments at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),and the broad two-track approach to negotiations with Iran and [...] | 2008-08-01 13:43:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM MNUC KNNP IAEA GR |
08ATHENS262 | PROMETHEUS GAS CHAIRMAN: NO SOUTHSTREAM THROUGH [...] (C) Prometheus Gas Chairman Dimitri Copelouzos told the Ambassador and the acting Economic Deputy in a meeting on February 15 that he does not see Gazprom moving ahead with Southstream through Greece for many years. Copelouzos also indicated Prometheus Gas could supply another 3 bcm to Gree [...] | 2008-02-26 05:37:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG GR |
08ATHENS438 | ENERGY: GREEKS SEE BAKU READY TO COOPERATE, ANKARA [...] (C) Summary. Minister of Development Folias told the Ambassador he had found a spirit of "excellent cooperation" in Baku during his March 17 trip there. Folias was particularly pleased to hear from Baku that Azerbaijan had "lots of gas", some of which was available immediately. Unfortunately [...] | 2008-03-21 11:31:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG GR |
08BAGHDAD1026 | HOFF GUARDED ABOUT GERMAN ENGAGEMENT IN IRAQ AND [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. During a March 25-28 visit to Baghdad marred by indirect fire (IDF),German Bundestag member Elke Hoff, accompanied by Hans Christian Roessler from Frankfuter Allgemeine Zeitung, Dieter Bednarz from the weekly Der Speigel and Nazyr Bircholtz of the German Iraq Friendship Socie [...] | 2008-04-03 13:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV GM IZ |
08BAGHDAD1557 | TURKISH AMBASSADOR ON DISPUTED TERRITORIES/KIRKUK, [...] (C/NF) Summary: Turkish Ambassador Derya Kanbay told Senior Advisor May 18 that Turkey would reject any Kurdish "annexation" of Kirkuk because of concerns about Iraqi territorial integrity but also emphasized the GOT found UNAMI's efforts on disputed territories and the status of Kirkuk to be [...] | 2008-05-20 07:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ |
08BAGHDAD1708 | VP ADEL ON IRAN'S VIEW OF SFA AND IRANIAN MEDDLING [...] (C) Summary: In a June 4 meeting, Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi told S/I Satterfield that his recent discussions with top-tier Iranian Government officials had succeeded in blunting Tehran's intense hostility toward a USG-GOI security agreement. Claiming that Iran is less powerful in Iraq t [...] | 2008-06-05 09:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IZ IR |
08BAGHDAD1850 | RRT ERBIL: DOHUK'S PESHMERGA AND ASAYEESH [...] (C/NF) RRTOff and the MNC-I Liaison Officer to the KRG met on June 15 in Dohuk City with General Sheikh Ali, commander of approximately 30,000 peshmerga soldiers located in Dohuk province. General Ali's forces are also stationed in the disputed territories under peshmerga security control that [...] | 2008-06-19 08:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ |
08BAGHDAD1999 | SADR CITY DISTRICT COUNCIL ELECTS NEW CHAIRMAN [...] (C) Summary: June 26, two days after the tragic Sadr City District Council Hall bombing, local politicians took a courageous and potentially important step forward as the District Council (DC) met to elect Hassan Shama as its new chairman. Over 90 percent of the DC members were present for [...] | 2008-06-29 13:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IZ |
08BAGHDAD2320 | IRAQ APPROVES A NEW DPM AND NINE MINISTERS: A [...] (C/NF) Summary/Comment. The Council of Representatives (CoR) approved a new Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) and nine ministers on July 19 in a strong step towards national reconciliation. This approval came after months of tumultuous negotiations between Prime Minister Maliki and VP Tariq al-Hash [...] | 2008-07-26 10:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR IZ |
08BAGHDAD2396 | GOI CALLS DETENTION OPERATIONS AND AMNESTY LAW A [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih and Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim convened a meeting on July 27 with representatives of all three branches of government to address problems in the GOI detention system and with implementation of the Amnesty Law. Each branch representa [...] | 2008-07-31 11:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM KJUS PINS PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD2560 | NINEWA: TWO PROMINENT SUNNI LEADERS CRITICIZE US [...] (C/NF) Summary: Two prominent Sunni leaders in Ninewa Province criticized the USG, claiming that we are backing the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG); both said that US support for the redrawing of Ninewa's provincial boundaries would lead to violence in the province, and both criticized t [...] | 2008-08-13 14:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM IZ |
08BAGHDAD264 | BATTLE FOR BAGHDAD PART 1: MAKING PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: As violence drops, community life rebounds, and markets revive, substantial improvements in the security environment in Baghdad have precipitated a shift in attitude among many Baghdad residents. Locals seem buoyed by the fragile hope that the near future may be better than the [...] | 2008-01-29 15:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KDEM PGOV PINR PINS IZ |
08BAGHDAD2689 | PDS UPDATE: "DIFFICULT, COMPLICATED AND SLOW" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reform of the Iraqi Public Distribution System (PDS) may be delayed "by months, not years," according to Trade Minister Al-Sudani. The MOT had hoped to reduce the PDS roles by 25 percent beginning in January 2009. However, it has run into political opposition, as well as concerns [...] | 2008-08-21 15:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAGR ETRD EAID ECON IZ |
08BAGHDAD2791 | SADR EXTENDS JAM FREEZE INDEFINITELY [...] (SBU) "The freeze on the activities of the al-Mahdi army...shall continue to be in effect for an indefinite period of time," said Muqtada al-Sadr in a hand-written statement released on August 26. In the statement Sadr emphasized the importance of obeying the program of "Al-Muhmahidoon," the [...] | 2008-08-31 09:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV IZ |
08BAGHDAD2897 | KURDISH REPS CLAIM AQI LINKS AT NEW IRAQI POLICE [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala reporting cable. 2. (C/NF) Summary: Diyala Provincial Council (PC) Chairman Ibrahim Bajellan has alleged a newly set-up police force at Jaloula in the Khanaqin district has links to Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) and threatens Kurdish and regional security. He charged t [...] | 2008-09-08 14:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PTER PINS PINR MOPS IZ |
08BAGHDAD3374 | RSO MEETING WITH THE COMMANDER OF THE PESHMERGA [...] (C/NF) Summary: On 10/13/2008, the RSO met with the Commander of the Peshmerga to extend courtesies, brief him on RSO's roles and responsibilities, solicit his support, and forge a strong working relationship to safeguard U.S. interests in Northern Iraq. (Note: The Peshmerga is also referred [...] | 2008-10-21 13:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC IZ PTER AMGT |
08BAGHDAD3478 | FALLING OIL PRICES FORCE TOUGH IRAQI BUDGET [...] (C/NF) Summary: Given the sharp fall in the price of oil and declining exports, Iraq's budget situation had radically changed and cuts would be made to both Iraq's FY 2009 capital expenditures and operating costs, according to Minister of Finance Bayan Jabr in an October 27 meeting with EMIN. [...] | 2008-11-02 09:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ECON PREL EPET EINV IZ KU |
08BAGHDAD3484 | RSO MEETING WITH THE MINISTER OF INTERIOR TO [...] (C/NF) Summary: On 10/31/2008, RSO met with the Minister of the Interior (MOI) to discuss further specifics regarding the integration of Iraqi forces into RSO's protective security operation. The RSO updated the Minister on recent progress and underscored the need to accelerate the VIP train [...] | 2008-11-03 04:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC IZ PINS PTER |
08BAGHDAD3928 | TRIBES AND TECHNOCRATS MARK PRE-ELECTION [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Several months ago, outsiders looking at the electoral line-up in Anbar Province saw what appeared to be a head-on match up between the governing Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) and its nemesis, the Iraq Awakening Conference (MSI). Today th [...] | 2008-12-16 06:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD434 | FRENCH DIPLOMATS WELCOME VISIT; GUARDED ABOUT IRAQ [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. In a February 12 meeting - the first on French Embassy premises with U.S. Emboffs in at least 18 months, if not since 2003 -- French DCM Alexandre Garcia and Political Counselor Sylvain Fourriere (protect both) told DepPolCounselor that ongoing security concerns and pervasive [...] | 2008-02-14 14:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IR IZ |
08BAGHDAD622 | JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER MAY VISIT IRAQ IN APRIL; [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. IN A SHORT MARCH 1 MEETING, JAPANESE PAGE 02 RUEHGBA0622 C O N F I D E N T I A L BAGHDAD 000622 AMBASSADOR KENJIRO MONJI TOLD AMBASSADOR CROCKER THAT IF JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER KOMURA ATTENDS THE APRIL 22 KUWAIT NEIGHBORS MINISTERIAL, MONJI WOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE HIM TO [...] | 2008-03-03 08:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV JA IZ |
08BAGHDAD786 | AN ODE TO COR SPEAKER MASHADANI [...] (C/NF) Summary: CoR Speaker Mahmoud Mashadani is becoming more comfortable in his role as leader of Iraq's parliament, though he continues to breed controversy on a regular basis and is prone to emotional outbursts in the CoR chamber. Behind the scenes, Mashadani has become a legislative "deal [...] | 2008-03-15 17:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR IZ |
08BAKU982 | IRANIAN TEA PARTY: A FOREIGN INVESTOR'S [...] (C/NOFORN) A leading Azerbaijan-based businessman with Iranian roots described his experiences attempting to invest in the Iranian tea sector in 2004-2006. Invited in by Iranian officials, he described how two of his ventures were torpedoed by Teheran authorities after they were underway, an [...] | 2008-10-15 09:00:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EAGR PGOV EINV IZ IR |
08BAKU983 | IRANIAN TEA PARTY: A FOREIGN INVESTOR'S [...] (C/NOFORN) A leading Azerbaijan-based businessman with Iranian roots described his experiences attempting to invest in the Iranian tea sector in 2004-2006. Invited in by Iranian officials, he described how two of his ventures were torpedoed by Teheran authorities after they were underway, an [...] | 2008-10-15 09:00:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EAGR PGOV EINV IZ IR |
08BAMAKO824 | FOLLOW UP ON TUAREG INSURGENTS IN MALI [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-03 10:27:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PREL PINS ASEC ML NG |
08BANGKOK1879 | FORMER CABINET MINISTER DISCUSSES LESE MAJESTE [...] (C) Jakrapob Penkair, the former Minister Attached to the Prime Minister's Office who resigned on May 30 after being charged with lese majeste, told us on June 17 that he may be prosecuted for this alleged offense, but he would expect to be pardoned if convicted. He believed the police were li [...] | 2008-06-18 09:56:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM KJUS TH |
08BANGKOK3352 | AMENDING THAILAND'S CONSTITUTION: SOLUTION OR [...] (C) The governing coalition is pursuing constitutional reform, although this prospect may again energize anti-government protests. The governing coalition's public statements on this topic have focused on procedural rather than substantive issues. We have heard that former Prime Minister Tha [...] | 2008-11-12 10:06:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM PINR TH |
08BANGKOK3386 | INTERPRETING FORMER PRIME MINISTER THAKSIN'S [...] (C) A spokesman for former Prime Minister Thaksin told the media that Thaksin and his wife, Potjaman, divorced in Hong Kong on November 14. Most Thais believe the divorce was driven by tactical considerations. An advisor to the Prime Minister told the Ambassador that Thaksin now "can go full [...] | 2008-11-17 09:56:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR KDEM KJUS TH |
08BEIJING164 | BOHAI FUND TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HOME-GROWN STATUS [...] (SBU) The establishment of the new renminbi (RMB) 20 billion (USD 2.7 billion) Tianjin-based Bohai Industrial Investment Fund, the first of a series of home-grown RMB-denominated private equity (PE) funds backed by state-owned entities, represents an effort by Chinese authorities to expand non [...] | 2008-01-17 08:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | CH ECON EFIN ENIV ETRD PGOV SOCI |
08BEIJING3241 | BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/22/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...] | 2008-08-22 08:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER |
08BEIJING3253 | BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/23/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...] | 2008-08-23 08:29:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER |
08BEIJING3254 | BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/24/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...] | 2008-08-24 10:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER |
08BEIJING3575 | CHINA-IRAQ OIL CONTRACT HIGHLIGHTS PRESSURES ON [...] (C) Summary. Iraq drove the terms of the oil service contract with China signed in August 2008, and China will probably move slowly in implementing the terms of the agreement, according to Chinese energy experts. CNPC signed a USD 3 billion oil service contract to develop the Al Ahdab oil fiel [...] | 2008-09-12 09:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN ENIV ENRG IZ CN |
08BEIJING3803 | TAIWAN ARMS SALES: PRC REACTS [...] (C) In response to the October 3 notification to Congress of the sale of defense articles to Taiwan, on October 4 PRC Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei conveyed China's "strong protest" to visiting EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill. Later that day, Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei called [...] | 2008-10-06 09:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR CH TW |
08BEIJING980 | TIBET: MARCH 15 UPDATE ON SITUATION IN LHASA [...] (C) The situation in Lhasa, Tibet on March 15 remains fluid, with reports that the city had calmed after a night of explosions and gunfire later giving way to reports of increased violence and the arrival of more military (or possibly paramilitary) personnel during the afternoon. The U.S. Mis [...] | 2008-03-15 13:33:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF CH |
08BEIRUT1166 | LEBANON: SINIORA TELLS GENERAL PETRAEUS HE WILL [...] (C) Prime Minister Fouad Siniora announced to General David Petraeus, during the latter's August 6 visit to Lebanon, his plans to go to Iraq once parliament has passed the vote of confidence, expected to occur o/a August 12. Siniora said he intended to demonstrate to the Arab world his support [...] | 2008-08-08 15:28:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER PINR OVIP PETRAEUS DAVID MARR |
08BEIRUT1430 | LEBANON: DEMARCHE DELIVERED, NO SUBSTANTIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-02 13:03:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM PGOG PHUM UNGA CDG LE IS SY |
08BEIRUT1542 | LEBANON: FATE OF SYRIAN-LEBANESE HIGHER COUNCIL [...] (SBU) The future of the Syrian-Lebanese Higher Council remains unknown after Lebanon and Syria formally established diplomatic relations October 16, 2008. The Higher Council is the umbrella organization created under a 1991 treaty to administer and implement coordinated foreign, economic, and [...] | 2008-10-29 16:33:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY |
08BEIRUT1577 | LEBANON: A/S HOOK TOURS THE BLUE LINE; MEETS WITH [...] (C) On October 31, A/S for International Relations Affairs Brian Hook, Ambassador, PolMilOff and Defense Attach toured the Blue Line in a UNIFIL helicopter, overflying Sheba'a farms and Ghajar, and met at length with UNIFIL Commander Graziano. Graziano has developed a detailed UNIFIL plan for [...] | 2008-11-04 16:20:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MASS MCAP PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR SY |
08BEIRUT167 | LEBANON: MARCH 14: HIGH HOPES FOR SPECIAL TRIBUNAL [...] (C) March 14 leaders have stepped up their own lobbying efforts recently to convince key countries to contribute to the Special Tribunal, reportedly securing commitments from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the UAE, and Russia. Many view the Tribunal as the primary -- if not only -- vehicle for ending [...] | 2008-02-04 15:18:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER PARM PHUM SY LE |
08BEIRUT205 | LEBANON: MARCH 14 ORGANIZING BETTER; ESTABLISHES [...] (C) At long last, the March 14 pro-government coalition has set up a secretariat for internal coordination to develop strategies to boost public (both domestic and international) support and create a unified public relations message. March 14 leaders already have begun an intensive diplomatic [...] | 2008-02-11 12:55:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER PARM PHUM PINR SY IS LE |
08BEIRUT215 | LEBANON: HARIRI URGES STRONGER U.S. PRESSURE ON [...] (C) Increased pressure on Syria was the dominant theme of the Ambassador's first meeting with majority leader Saad Hariri. The opposition, supported by Syria and Iran, was pursuing a long-term strategy to gradually take over the country, he claimed. Bilateral and international assistance was [...] | 2008-02-12 17:08:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER PARM PHUM PINR SY IS LE |
08BEIRUT255 | LEBANON: GEAGEA PLEASED WITH 2/14 RALLY, PLEADS [...] (C) In his first meeting with Charge Sison, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea, pleased with the results of the February 14 rally, said he believed the March 14 bloc had proven it is a popular movement able to rally its supporters and speak with a unified voice. He predicted that the Arab Le [...] | 2008-02-15 18:47:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER PARM PHUM PINR SY IS LE |
08BEIRUT260 | LEBANON: HARIRI PROVIDES ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-19 05:10:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER PARM PHUM PINR SY IS LE |
08BEIRUT266 | LEBANON: AOUN INSISTS ON BLOCKING THIRD, ELECTORAL [...] (C) In his first meeting with Charge Sison, Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun stressed the opposition's demand for a blocking third in cabinet and the need for a more representative electoral law if the Arab League initiative was going to succeed. Palestinian refugees was one of the [...] | 2008-02-19 15:12:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER PARM PREF KPAL PINR SY IS LE |
08BEIRUT270 | LEBANON: FRENCH AND VATICAN AMBASSADORS [...] (C) In separate introductory meetings with Charge Sison, Dean of the Diplomatic Corps and Papal Nuncio Luigi Gatti and French Charge d'Affaires Andre Parant expressed similar views on Lebanon's ongoing political impasse, including the role of regional actors, Lebanon's Christians, the Special T [...] | 2008-02-19 16:22:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER PARM PHUM PINR SY IS LE |
08BEIRUT542 | LEBANON: TOUR OF THE BLUE LINE; UNIFIL COMMANDER'S [...] (C) On April 19, Charge and Defense Attache toured the Blue Line in a UNIFIL helicopter, overflying Sheba'a farms and Ghajar and met at length with UNIFIL Commander Graziano. General Graziano continues to stress that Ghajar is his number one issue, predicting that this issue will lead to arm [...] | 2008-04-21 17:19:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MASS MCAP PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR SY |
08BEIRUT551 | LEBANON: ARMY COMMANDER WILL EXTEND IF ORDERED BY [...] (C) In an April 18 meeting with NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch, Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander General Michel Sleiman stressed he was intent on retiring by November 21, 2008. Sleiman said his announcement that he would leave his post on August 21 was designed to put pressure on th [...] | 2008-04-22 14:03:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MASS MCAP PTER PARM PINR KPAL SY AE IS LE |
08BEIRUT627 | LEBANON: MARCH 14 DECLARES BEIRUT AIRPORT BELONGS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: With the road to Beirut International Airport still blocked by Hizballah tents and barricades, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt urged Arab and international support for Lebanon. Jumblatt and March 14 colleague Saad Hariri believe the May 8 UNSC discussion on UNSCR 1559 implementat [...] | 2008-05-07 20:21:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC EAIR SA IR USUN LE |
08BEIRUT661 | LEBANON: ARMY COMMANDER SAYS HE WILL PROTECT THE [...] (C/NF) In two meetings on Sunday, May 11, Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Sleiman explained that he had not meant to embarrass the Prime Minister with his comments on GOL cabinet decisions, that reports of massive army resignations were not true, and that the Army would "defend until th [...] | 2008-05-12 16:20:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MASS MCAP PTER PARM PINR KPAL SY AE IS LE |
08BEIRUT688 | LEBANON: ARMY COMMANDER DESCRIBES CHALLENGES AND [...] (C) In a 14 May meeting, Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander LTG Sleiman told visiting Acting CENTCOM Commander LTG Dempsey that Lebanon is in a "civil war" that requires a political solution. Sleiman outlined for General Dempsey the difficulties of the current tactical situation on the grou [...] | 2008-05-14 21:46:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MASS MCAP PTER PARM PINR KPAL SY AE IS LE |
08BELFAST138 | PLANNED MILITARY PARADE AND SINN FEIN COUNTER-DEMONSTRATION [...] (C) Summary: British Ministry of Defence plans to hold a welcome home parade November 2 in Belfast for troops from the Royal Irish Regiment (RIR) returning from Afghanistan. Sinn Fein (SF) and dissident republican groups announced that they plan to hold separate counterdemonstrations on the [...] | 2008-10-31 19:38:00 | Consulate Belfast | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EI UK |
08BELFAST142 | SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO BELFAST, [...] (C/NF) Summary. Your visit to Northern Ireland will provide an opportunity to demonstrate our continued support for the historic achievement of creating a power-sharing government and ending Northern Ireland's decades-long sectarian violence, and an opportunity to restate a strong message con [...] | 2008-11-13 13:09:00 | Consulate Belfast | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ECON OVIP UK |
08BELMOPAN265 | BELIZE SECURITY ASSESSMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Our assessment, based on discussions within Country Team and with regional law enforcement officers covering Belize, is that inclusion in regional efforts to strengthen border protection and to combat alien smuggling would be of great benefit. Anti-gang efforts aimed at preven [...] | 2008-05-23 19:19:00 | Embassy Belmopan | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PREL MASS MOPS XL BH |
08BERLIN1387 | GERMANY: BUNDESTAG SET TO RENEW A BEEFED-UP ISAF [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The Bundestag is expected to approve on October 16 a 14-month extension of the parliamentary mandate that authorizes Bundeswehr participation in the NATO ISAF mission in Afghanistan. The renewed ISAF mandate will continue to limit German forces essentially to the north of Afghanista [...] | 2008-10-10 17:31:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR PGOV AF GM |
08BERLIN389 | HOST NATION SENSITIVITY SURVEY: USAREUR FY-09 [...] (U) This is a joint DOD/DOS message in response to the reftel request for an embassy assessment of host nation sensitivity regarding proposed FY-09 USAREUR force structure changes in Germany, including the reorganization, relocation, activation and inactivation of U.S. Army Europe units in Ans [...] | 2008-03-28 17:22:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR PREL GM |
08BERLIN408 | GERMANY ALSO QUESTIONS CANADIAN PROPOSAL, SHARES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Germany shares U.S. concerns that the Canadian proposal on interoperability for the Oslo Process text on cluster munitions will not provide a long-term solution to the problem. Germany has put forth its own proposal for how to address the interoperability issue, which it plans to [...] | 2008-04-01 13:00:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS PARM PREL NATO GM |
08BERN570 | LEVERAGING FATF STATEMENT ON IRAN: SWISS ARE [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered message in reftel to Riccardo Sansonetti, Head of International Finance and Monetary Policy Division, Swiss Federal Department of Finance. Sansonetti reported that he was in attendance at the FATF meeting the week of October 13 and was aware of the declaration and gui [...] | 2008-11-06 16:17:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL EFIN KNNP SZ |
08BOGOTA2459 | TAMING THE DRAGON: COLOMBIA'S ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Historically focused on trade with the United States and economic integration with its Latin American neighbors, Colombia has only begun in the last decade to expand its trade relationship with giant Asian markets such as China. Colombia-China trade has grown briskly in the last [...] | 2008-07-09 19:01:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETRD ECON CO |
08BOGOTA3005 | COLOMBIA REVIEWS INTER-AMERICAN TROPICAL TUNA [...] (SBU) On August 14 EconCouns delivered demarche (ref B) concerning Colombia's obstreperous participation at the June meeting of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) to Maria Andrea Alban, Director of Economic, Social and Environmental Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). [...] | 2008-08-15 13:23:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIS PHSA SENV CO |
08BOGOTA3786 | COLOMBIAN TRADE OFFICIALS FRUSTRATED OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY. The October 17 ministerial that the GOC had hoped would smooth over testy Colombian/Venezuelan ties -- a follow-up to the July 11 Uribe-Chavez summit -- has devolved into a vague working lunch between foreign ministers at the BRV's insistence. On trade Colombia had sought to come [...] | 2008-10-16 15:52:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETRD ECON ECIN PREL CO VE |
08BRASILIA1264 | BRAZIL: SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S VISIT HIGHLIGHTS NEW [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Chertoff's July 19-22 visit to Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia, Brazil identified new areas of cooperation between the United States and Brazil. They included improved security of passenger travel and travel document fraud d [...] | 2008-09-22 20:43:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SOCI ECIN ECON EIND EINV ELTN EMIN ENRG ETRD |
08BRASILIA504 | COUNTERTERRORISM IN BRAZIL: ONE STEP FORWARD, ONE [...] (C) Summary: In November of last year the Government of Brazil announced that it was backtracking on its effort to introduce counterterrorism (CT) legislation after a years-long effort by a working group within the Presidency's Institutional Security Cabinet (GSI) to coordinate the drafting o [...] | 2008-04-11 19:34:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PGOV PREL KCRM ETTC EFIN ASEC AR BR |
08BRATISLAVA37 | DEFENSE MINISTER KASICKY RESIGNS [...] (C) Summary. At a 10:00 AM Press Conference on January 25, Prime Minister Fico - with Defense Minister Frantisek Kasicky by his side - announced he would accept his Minister's resignation. The proximate cause was revelations of grossly inflated tenders for services beginning on January 17. [...] | 2008-01-25 15:51:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV LO |
08BRATISLAVA467 | SLOVAK GAERC POSITIONS [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to Albin Otruba, European Correspondent at the Slovak MFA, on October 9. Slovak views on Zimbabwe, Belarus and Georgia are all nearly aligned with U.S. views. Slovakia will support lifting visa restrictions and the Arms Embargo against Uzbekistan. Otruba ex [...] | 2008-10-10 14:20:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EUN PHUM PREL PGOV ZI GG RS LO |
08BRUSSELS101 | EU COUNCIL OFFICIAL DISCUSSES SYRIA, LEBANON, AND [...] (C) European Union Council Head of Middle East Unit Christian Jouret, while dismayed that member states continue to visit Syria or invite Syria to visit them, noted that the member states, as sovereign nations, were not bound by the informal agreement reached last year that HiRep Javier Solana [...] | 2008-01-18 15:22:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV SY LE IZ IR EUN |
08BRUSSELS109 | CIVILIAN CRISIS MANAGEMENT DIRECTORATE UNDER [...] (SBU) Summary. The civilian crisis management directorate in the EU Council Secretariat has been reduced from more than 40 staff to 10 with the creation of the Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability (CPCC) which plans and runs operations. The directorate is under severe pressure in the face [...] | 2008-01-22 14:57:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EUN |
08BRUSSELS1138 | GEORGIA: A/S FRIED ENCOURAGES EU TO DO MORE [...] (C/NF) Summary: EUR Assistant Secretary Dan Fried emphasized to a group of EU Political and Security Committee (PSC) Ambassadors that the situation in Georgia was growing increasingly tense. He noted U.S. support for a German-drafted Western Friends' three-phase plan to reach a settlement [...] | 2008-07-25 13:56:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PBTS KINR EAID ECON EUN GO XH |
08BRUSSELS122 | BELGIAN INTERIOR MINISTER PUSHING FOR EXPANDED [...] (C) Summary: During a one-on-one lunch held January 17, 2008, Belgian Interior Minister Dewael told the Ambassador he would press for passage of new legislation that would expand the authority of the country's intelligence services to use "special investigative techniques" like wiretaps. Law [...] | 2008-01-24 14:32:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINS PTER BE |
08BRUSSELS1230 | EU POINTS FINGERS IN LIFTING KARADZIC TRAVEL BAN, [...] (C/NF) Summary: EU Council Bosnia official Sabina Stadler blamed the French Presidency for moving quickly to start the process to lift the travel restrictions on the Karadzic family (reftel),while French Presidency Balkans working group chair Alix Everard speculated that the effort originate [...] | 2008-08-08 13:20:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ETTC KAWC ICTY EUN BK |
08BRUSSELS124 | BELGIAN PM SAYS POSITIVE DECISION LIKELY ON F-16 [...] (C) Summary: Belgian PM Verhofstadt told the Ambassador on January 23, 2008 that he foresaw no difficulty in sending four Belgian F-16's to Afghanistan, and to expanding the activities of Belgian forces there to include sponsorship of an OMLT and further participation in the PRT program. Belg [...] | 2008-01-24 15:15:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR BE AF |
08BRUSSELS1324 | EULEX: UN PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES UNRESOLVED; EU [...] (C) Summary: The EU's negotiations with the UN over privileges and immunities (Ps and Is) for EULEX personnel remain stalled. The EU has, however, secured the Government of Kosovo's agreement to extend Ps and Is to the mission. EULEX planners, while admitting that deployment under only Gov [...] | 2008-08-27 12:49:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EUN KV UNMIK |
08BRUSSELS1370 | ANTI-PIRACY: UK MISSION TO EU VIEWS ON THE STATE [...] SUMMARY: (C/NF) The UK is deliberately delaying further formal EU consideration of an anti-piracy mission off the coast of Somalia according to the UK's Deputy Military Representative to the EU Military Committee. Air Commodore Bob Tizard (protect) told USEU on 3 September that the UK had as [...] | 2008-09-04 14:03:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ESDP MCAP PREL PTER FR UK EUN |
08BRUSSELS1402 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PREVENTING IRAN'S ACQUISITION [...] (SBU) On September 9 Poloff delivered reftel points regarding prevention of Iran's acquisition of uranium to Werner Bauens, Director of the Non-Proliferation and Export Controls Office of the Minstry of Foreign Affairs. Bauens noted that Belgium is not a producer of uranium, but admitted that [...] | 2008-09-09 15:25:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY ENRG EMIN ETTC IR BE |
08BRUSSELS153 | GAERC: FOCUSES ON SERBIA COMPROMISE WITH LITTLE [...] Summary: EU FMs engaged in a protracted discussion of Serbia at the January 28 GAERC, resulting in a proposal that Serbia sign an interim political agreement on cooperation with the EU. Ministers, faced with continuing opposition to the signing of the Stabilization and Association Agreement [...] | 2008-01-30 13:55:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EAID ESDP ETRD KVPR SR |
08BRUSSELS157 | BELGIANS SUPPORT IDEA OF STATEMENT ON SYRIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-31 16:07:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KMPI SY BE |
08BRUSSELS171 | BELGIANS SUPPORT EARLY VOTE ON PROPOSED IRAN [...] (C) Per reftel instructions to seek Belgian support for an early vote on the next UNSC Iran sanctions resolution, the Ambassador met on February 1 with Belgian MFA Secretary General Grauls. In response to the Ambassador's suggestion that the MFA issue appropriate instructions to the Belgian M [...] | 2008-02-01 16:50:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM BE IR |
08BRUSSELS1804 | EU MILITARY COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN ON ESDP AND EU-NATO [...] (C/NF) BEGIN SUMMARY: French General Henri Bentegeat met with us on 20 Nov 08, saying there may have been sufficient progress on ESDP during the French EU Presidency to enable President Sarkozy to move France more fully into NATO. Bentegeat highlighted plans to reorganize the EU Council Se [...] | 2008-11-28 19:01:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR PREL EUN |
08BRUSSELS1900 | EU PONDERS MILITARY OPTIONS FOR DR CONGO [...] (C//NF) Summary: During the week of December 8, the EU Council Secretariat prepared a list of options for an EU response to UN SG Ban Ki-Moon's request for an EU "bridging force" in the DRC. Foreign ministers discussed these options on December 11 at a dinner on the margins of the European C [...] | 2008-12-16 06:11:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL CG XA MOPS EUN |
08BRUSSELS214 | IRAN: EU AGREES TO EXPAND ASSET FREEZE AND TRAVEL [...] (C/NF) At a February 6 meeting in Brussels, an EU working party prepared a list of 19 entities and 15 individuals to be subject to travel bans and asset freezes under the EU's Common Policy on Restrictive Measures Against Iran (2007/140/CFSP). According to a Council Secretariat contact, EU c [...] | 2008-02-07 18:06:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ETTC KNNP PHUM IR EUN |
08BRUSSELS23 | DAS KRAMER CONSULTS EU ON MOLDOVA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-07 14:48:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PBTS KINR EAID ECON EUN MD XH |
08BRUSSELS232 | BELGIAN FM PLANNING MARCH 2 TRIP TO BAGHDAD [...] (U) Action request -- see paragraph three. 2. (C) Belgian FM Karel De Gucht is planning to a one day visit to Baghdad on March 2, according to senior members of his staff. The MFA expects to announce this information itself shortly before the Minister's trip, thereby short circuiting at le [...] | 2008-02-11 10:57:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL BE IZ |
08BRUSSELS255 | BELGIUM PLEDGES EARLY RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO, WILL [...] (C) The Belgian government will be at the "front" of the line of countries recognizing Kosovo's independence, according to senior officials in both the Prime Minister's office and the Foreign Minister's private office. The "core cabinet" of senior party leaders had approved this position alre [...] | 2008-02-14 14:23:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL BE |
08BRUSSELS264 | IRANIAN LEADER'S BAGHDAD VISIT PLANS PROMPTS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-15 12:53:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL BE IZ |
08BRUSSELS348 | PRESSING THE EU'S ROLE IN AFGHANISTAN: FACTS, [...] (C) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will soon have a political discussion about Afghanistan. We believe this is an opportune time for the USG to make a renewed effort at convincing the EU to increase its contributions. The EU institutions have participated in Afghanistan reconstruction since [...] | 2008-03-06 15:33:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID EUN PGOV PREL PTER SNAR NATO MARR AF EU |
08BRUSSELS361 | EU OFFICIALS DISCUSS BURMA WITH PDAS DAVIES [...] (C) Summary. In an exchange with a group of Political and Security Committee (PSC) Ambassadors and member state representatives on the margins of U.S.-EU expert level discussions on Asia (reftel),EAP PDAS Glyn Davies discussed the U.S. position on Burma and encouraged further UN action and ad [...] | 2008-03-10 09:58:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM ETTC EUN BM |
08BRUSSELS421 | EU: NO CLARITY FROM UN BUT MEMBERS AGREED ON EULEX [...] (C) Summary: EULEX representatives returned from meetings with UN officials in New York frustrated by the UN's inability to provide strategic-level clarity on the planning, logistics, and mechanics of reconfiguration of UNMIK and transition to the EU's rule of law mission. However, the EU re [...] | 2008-03-19 17:08:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EUN UNMIK KV SR |
08BRUSSELS462 | U.S.-EU TROIKA MEETING ON UNITED NATIONS ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: IO PDAS James Warlick met with representatives of the European Union to discuss possible areas of U.S.-EU cooperation in the United Nations system. PDAS Warlick emphasized that the U.S. is committed to participation in multilateral fora and is determined to finds ways to make [...] | 2008-03-28 14:02:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM EUN |
08BRUSSELS748 | U.S.-EU CONSULTATIONS ON WESTERN BALKANS ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: EUR/SCE Director Chris Hoh discussed Kosovo, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia, and the EU's enlargement process with EU and member state officials during the May 7 U.S.-EU troika consultations on Western Balkans (COWEB) and during separate meetings on the margins. On Kosov [...] | 2008-05-19 07:30:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EAID EUN ZL |
08BRUSSELS904 | EU STILL CONSIDERING BURMA SANCTIONS OPTIONS [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY: A Commission sanctions staffer confirmed sanctions reform should not factor into Burma discussions at the June 16 EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). However, a June 18 meeting of the EU Council's Working Party on Asia and Oceania (COASI),including c [...] | 2008-06-13 15:58:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETTC EFIN PHUM PREL KDEM EUN BM AORC UNSC FR |
08BRUSSELS918 | U.S. AND EU DISCUSS TURKEY, CROATIA AT COELA [...] (C) Summary. EUR/SE Director Kathleen Fitzpatrick and USEU Political Minister Counselor Laurence Wohlers met with counterparts from the Slovenian Presidency, incoming French Presidency, Commission, and Council Secretariat to discuss EU candidate countries Turkey and Croatia at a regularly sch [...] | 2008-06-17 11:03:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EUN TU CR CY |
08BRUSSELS928 | EU READOUT OF SOLANA VISIT TO TEHRAN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. On June 17, EU Council contact characterized HiRep Solana's June 14 meetings in Tehran as "better than expected." FM Motaki insisted on linking Iran's response to the P5 1 incentives package to a P5 1 response to Iran's proposals, but Jalili said Iran would "carefully study" [...] | 2008-06-18 13:50:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM EFIN PTER KNNP ETTC ETRD KTFN AORC |
08BRUSSELS943 | GETTING THE MOST OUT OF FOREIGN POLICY COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: The EU's Common and Foreign Security Policy (CFSP) increasingly drives Europe's foreign policy agenda. Practically, the monthly GAERC meetings set the timetable for foreign policy decision-making; theologically, "EU unity" is a compelling political message that no member state [...] | 2008-06-20 08:56:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EUN CFSP PGOV BE |
08BRUSSELS945 | GUANTANAMO DETAINEES -- SUGGESTIONS FOR A SPECIAL [...] (C/NOFORN) Belgian Senator and OSCE Parliamentary Representative on Guantanamo Anne-Marie Lizin engaged in an open and frank discussion June 12 with Ambassador Fox on her trip to Guantanamo Detention Facility and what to do about the remaining detainees there. She provided an advance copy o [...] | 2008-06-20 11:08:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KDRG PHUM PTER OSCE PREL MOPS PINS BE |
08BRUSSELS955 | SYRIA AND IRAN: UNVIE AMBASSADOR SCHULTE AND [...] (C) During a June 13 visit to Brussels, U.S. Mission to the IAEA Ambassador Gregory Schulte met with EU Council Secretariat Director General Robert Cooper to discuss nuclear non-proliferation efforts vis a vis Iran and Syria. Schulte obtained Cooper's assurance that the EU would take formal a [...] | 2008-06-24 11:28:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ECON EFIN KTFN MNUC KNNP PARM IR SY EUN |
08BRUSSELS959 | EU COUNCIL MEETING WRAP UP [...] (C) SUMMARY. The June 19-20 European Union Council Meeting of Member State Foreign Ministers in Brussels deliberated at length on next steps regarding the Lisbon Treaty following the Irish "no" vote, agreeing that more time was needed to analyze the situation. The Council also discussed the W [...] | 2008-06-24 16:47:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV EU |
08BRUSSELS975 | EU ON GITMO DETAINEES [...] (C/NF) On June 26, 2008, Deputy Minister Counselor for Political Affairs and PolOff met with Riina Kionka, Personal Representative for Human Rights for HR Javier Solana. She confirmed she had raised the issue of Guantanamo Bay detainee re-settlement with HR Solana earlier this year. Noting that [...] | 2008-06-26 16:36:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PDRG PHUM PREL SMIT PTER EUN |
08BRUSSELS983 | TRANSATLANTIC SECURITY SPACE COOPERATION WORKSHOP [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 17, The U.S. Air Force Academy's Eisenhower Center for Space and Defense Studies hosted the Transatlantic Security Space Cooperation workshop in Brussels. The workshop brought together policy makers from the U.S. and Europe, as well as academics and NGOs, to discuss the [...] | 2008-06-27 14:50:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KSCA PARM PREL TPHY TSPA TSPL |
08BUCHAREST418 | THE UNINOMINAL EXPERIMENT: THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Summary: Romanians prepare to go to the polls June 1 to elect mayors, local and county councilors-and, for the first time-the heads of the county councils. A recent visit to witness the electoral campaign in Maramures and Satu Mare counties underscored that local leaders are still adapting [...] | 2008-05-29 15:22:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL RO SOCI |
08BUDAPEST1025 | HUNGARIAN VIEWS ON BOSNIA [...] (C) Summary. Sharing U.S. concerns on the current political situation in Bosnia Hercegovina (BiH),the Hungarian MFA's Russia and Balkans Department Deputy Director Istvan Ijgyarto believes the situation has moved two years backwards. Stating that several EU countries are inclined to move Se [...] | 2008-10-30 08:22:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV EU BK HU |
08BUDAPEST1026 | HUNGARY TO SUPPORT CUBA CANDIDATE FOR UN HUMAN [...] (C) In an October 29 meeting, MFA America's Directorate Head Szilveszter Bus told DCM that Hungary has reached an agreement with Cuba to support each other's candidates for the UN Human Rights Council. Bus stated he was instructed by the Foreign Minister to convey the information for the sake [...] | 2008-10-30 15:03:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL UNGA UNHRC CU HU |
08BUDAPEST1135 | HUNGARIAN DEFENSE MINISTER'S MEETING WITH [...] (C/NF) Summary. Hungarian Minister of Defense Imre Szekeres outlined key financial aspects of the Hungarian National Military Strategy in meeting with Ambassador on November 21. Highlighting the current Government's commitment to increase the Defense budget over the next five years, Szekeres [...] | 2008-11-26 14:09:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MCAP PGOV PREL AF HU |
08BUENOSAIRES1058 | ARGENTINA: SALTA GOVERNOR OFFERS CONSTRUCTIVE [...] (C) In a private dinner in Argentina's northwestern province of Salta, Governor Juan Manuel Urtubey criticized the GoA and its head, President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK),for the botched attempt to raise export taxes on agricultural goods, which led to a prolonged conflict between th [...] | 2008-08-01 12:04:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EAGR EAIR AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1305 | ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR, DEFENSE MINISTER WORK THE DETAILS OF MIL-MIL COOPERATION DESPITE RISING BILATERAL TENSIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-17 21:22:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR PGOV PHUM AR |
08BUENOSAIRES619 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ARGENTINE CONGRESSIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met May 7 with Chairman of Argentina's Joint Congressional Committee for the Oversight of Intelligence Activities and Organizations Senator Marcelo Fuentes. Fuentes has known former president Nestor Kirchner for a long time; they both studied at law in La Plata a [...] | 2008-05-09 14:56:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL AR |
08BUENOSAIRES717 | ARGENTINA: AMIA PROSECUTOR EXPLAINS HIS REQUEST [...] (C) Summary: AMIA Special Prosecutor Alberto Nisman called the Ambassador on May 23 to apologize for not giving the Embassy advance notice of his (ref A) request for the arrest of former President Menem and other GOA officials for their alleged roles in the cover up of the "local connection" [...] | 2008-05-27 10:18:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PREL PGOV KJUS AR |
08BUENOSAIRES727 | ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ECONOMY, FDI, & AG [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Wayne met with Mario Das Neves, Governor of Chubut May 23. Most notably Das Neves (protect strictly) sharply criticized both sides for failure to resolve the agriculture strike, specifically criticizing the negotiations for acting in bad faith. He expressed fear that [...] | 2008-05-28 13:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV EAGR ECON EFIS EINV ENRG EPET ETRD |
08BUENOSAIRES739 | ARGENTINA'S SPECIAL AMIA PROSECUTOR DEFENDS HIS [...] (C) Summary: AMIA special prosecutor Alberto Nisman explained to Embassy Officers on May 27 his reasons for requesting the arrests of former President Carlos Menem and other officials (ref B) for their alleged roles in obstructing justice in the investigation of the 1994 terrorist bombing of t [...] | 2008-05-29 15:57:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PREL PGOV KJUS AR |
08BUENOSAIRES743 | ARGENTINA: NEW VALIJAGATE EVIDENCE IS FRONT-PAGE [...] (C) Summary: "Valijagate" is once again news in Argentina. The Argentine press is reporting new evidence in the investigation, including cell phone records of supposedly traced calls from a key suspect to the presidential residence, contradictory testimony implying more significant links betw [...] | 2008-05-29 19:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KJUS PREL SNAR KCOR VZ AR |
08BUENOSAIRES810 | ARGENTINA'S REACTION TO USG DISENGAGEMENT AT THE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (C) Poloff delivered ref A points on June 10 to MFA Director for Human Rights Minister Silvia Fernandez. She expressed "shock" and "disappointment" at the USG's decision to disengage from the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC),especially [...] | 2008-06-12 20:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM UNHRC UNGA AR |
08CAIRO1484 | MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD SHUT-OUT IN PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) Summary: On July 13, elections for four empty parliamentary seats were held in Alexandria and the Nile Delta province of Kafr al Shaikh. The National Democratic Party (NDP) candidates won in all of the races, amid allegations from the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) candidates of electoral fraud [...] | 2008-07-15 12:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KDEM KISL EG |
08CAIRO1711 | EGYPTIAN MONASTERY CLASH: RESOLUTION EXPECTED SOON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-06 15:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KIRF SOCI PHUM KISL EG |
08CAIRO1939 | MIN INFORMATION DENIES CANCELLING AL HURRA TAPING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-02 11:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL BBG KPAO EG |
08CAIRO423 | BG EGYPT ON GAZA MARINE GAS FIELD [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: A senior British Gas Egypt (BG) official confirmed that BG-Israeli talks on the development of the Gaza Marine offshore gas field have "completely broken down" and opied that the current political climate precludes a viable, near-term Egyptian alternative to Ashkelo. While no [...] | 2008-03-03 15:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG EPET ECON PREL KPAL EG IS |
08CAIRO479 | EGYPT: AFRICAN MIGRANTS TO ISRAEL CONTINUE, [...] (C) Summary: Egypt faces a continuing problem with African migrants attempting to migrate illegally to Israel. Since the beginning of 2008, Eritreans, always a component of the equation, have been making the attempt in greater numbers. Sudanese continue to represent the bulk of migrants, enc [...] | 2008-03-10 14:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREF PHUM PREL EG ER IR SU |
08CANBERRA1004 | JAPANESE AMBASSADOR COMMENTS ON WHALING, CHINA AND [...] (C/NF) Summary: Japanese Ambassador Takaaki Kojima told Ambassador McCallum that Japan was not going to reduce or cancel the upcoming whaling season, as Australia hoped (ref B),because it had already made a concession last year to drop the planned killing of 50 humpback whales in an effort [...] | 2008-10-01 07:49:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETRD ASJA PREL |
08CANBERRA1012 | AUSTRALIA SEEKS PARTNERS ON KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (C/NF) DCM delivered reftel points to Annabelle Anderson, Acting First Assistant Secretary, Europe Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). Anderson replied that the GOA will vote "no" on the Kosovo ICJ UNGA resolution, [...] | 2008-10-07 07:21:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNGA AS |
08CANBERRA104 | UNIONS KEY FUNDING SOURCE FOR ALP [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Unions provided the Australian Labor Party (ALP) with a significant financial advantage during last year's election campaign. In the year to June 30 2007, the ALP raised A$66 million (USD 60 million) - almost 20 percent more than the Liberal and National Coalition - with unions [...] | 2008-02-07 06:11:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV ELAB AS |
08CANBERRA1048 | AUSTRALIAN CONTRIBUTION TO AFGHAN ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-17 05:35:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KDEM PGOV EAID PREL AS |
08CANBERRA1073 | TORRES STRAIT: LATEST LETTER DELIVERED [...] (C/NF) Australia should be able to accept the key elements of reftel letter, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade International Legal Division Assistant Secretary Adam McCarthy. Stressing that he could only give a very preliminary response based on his initial reading of the l [...] | 2008-10-24 06:28:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AS EWWT PHSA PREL |
08CANBERRA1074 | FORMER HOWARD ADVISOR ON RUDD'S STIMULUS PACKAGE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: A former adviser to John Howard says the Rudd Government likely made a purely political decision rather than a carefully thought out economic one when it decided on the size of the A$10.4 billion stimulus plan (reftel). New Liberal Party MP Jamie Briggs, who won the seat of [...] | 2008-10-24 07:06:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV ECON AS |
08CANBERRA1080 | AUSTRALIA ON INDONESIAN STRAIT OF MALACCA PILOTAGE SCHEME [...] (C/NF) Australia has not been approached recently by Indonesia about either Australia,s Torres Strait Mandatory Pilotage Regime or Indonesia,s reported proposal to introduce a mandatory pilotage regime in the Strait of Malacca. Australia strongly opposes the Indonesian proposal, which it bel [...] | 2008-10-27 06:54:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AS EWWT PHSA PREL |
08CANBERRA1086 | AUSTRALIAN WHALING OPTIONS DWINDLING [...] (C/NF) Summary: Australian Whaling Envoy Sandy Hollway is returning to Japan NLT October 30, despite Japanese signals that no deal is possible this year. Hollway hopes to secure some agreement from Japan to reduce the number of whales taken in the upcoming Japanese scientific whaling season [...] | 2008-10-28 06:22:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIS SENV ECON AS |
08CANBERRA1097 | G-20 LEADERS SUMMIT: LATEST AUSTRALIAN VIEWS FROM [...] (C/NF) Australian thinking about the goals for the upcoming G-20 leaders summit has evolved, according to newly-appointed Prime Minister's Special Envoy for the International Economy Mike Callaghan. Callaghan was about to leave later in the day for China, the UK and the United States. Sharin [...] | 2008-10-30 06:33:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ECON PREL AS |
08CANBERRA1098 | G-20 SUMMIT: BACKGROUND ON AUSTRALIA [...] (SBU) The following is keyed to State 114420. AUSTRALIAN G-20 SUMMIT KEY OBJECTIVES AND PRIORITIES --------------------------------------------- ------- 2. (C/NF) Australia has three key objectives: -- To ensure that any reforms to global financial mechanisms do not threaten the effect [...] | 2008-10-30 23:36:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN AS |
08CANBERRA1101 | AUSTRALIA DELAYS FUNDING DECISION ON AFGHAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4 below. 2. (C/NF) Australia has postponed until early 2009 a decision on the U.S. request to provide US$85 million per year from 2010 to 2014 to fund the expansion of the Afghan National Army (ANA). Jon Merrill, Director, Afghanistan [...] | 2008-10-31 06:05:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MCAP PREL AF AS |
08CANBERRA1111 | DAUSTR BELL'S AUSTRALIA MEETINGS: TPP, WTO, AND [...] (C) Summary. DAUSTR Doug Bell visited Canberra October 19-21 for meetings with Australian trade officials and to discuss the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Australia has begun its internal processes to gain formal approval for joining the TPP, which should be concluded by the end of the ye [...] | 2008-11-03 03:50:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETRD ASEAN AS |
08CANBERRA1137 | AUSTRALIAN AID TO PAKISTAN'S TRIBAL BELT [...] (C/REL AUS) Lisa Rice Madan, Assistant Secretary, Southwest Asia Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),confirmed Australia's continued support for health and education programs in Pakistan's border regions ref B. In addition, Australia started an AUD $250K (USD $175K) coun [...] | 2008-11-12 05:30:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER ECON EAID AS |
08CANBERRA114 | NEW PARLIAMENT TO MEET: LEADERS FACE SCRUTINY [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The ALP and Coalition will be under the media spotlight next week when the new Parliament sits for the first time. In Question Time, the Opposition will seek to put the Rudd Government on the defensive, particularly on the key issue of the economy. The performance of Liberal [...] | 2008-02-08 06:23:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AS PGOV |
08CANBERRA1166 | AUSTRALIA APPROVES TPP PARTICIPATION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-18 22:58:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETRD AS |
08CANBERRA1180 | AUSTRALIA RESPONDS UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] (C/NF) Justin Whyatt, Director, Middle East Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) informed Poloff that the GOA would likely not vote differently than in the past on reftel resolutions. He advised that voting recommendations would be shared with the US UN Mission once appro [...] | 2008-11-24 07:29:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNGA AS |
08CANBERRA1196 | RUDD GOVERNMENT - ONE YEAR REPORT [...] (C/NF) The Rudd government has generally been competent and centrist during its first 12 months, notwithstanding some significant foreign policy blunders, and criticism over Rudd's media-focused management style. The Government is unified, has avoided scandal, kept its major election promises [...] | 2008-11-28 01:11:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PINR PGOV ECON AS |
08CANBERRA1201 | AUSTRALIA PREPARES TO SIGN CONVENTION ON CLUSTER [...] (C/NF) Gerry McGuire, Director, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),confirmed Foreign Minister Smith will sign the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) in Oslo this week. He advised that the Australian Department of Defence and Attor [...] | 2008-12-01 06:30:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM MOPS PREL NATO AS |
08CANBERRA1232 | AUSTRALIA RESPONDS TO COUNTER-PIRACY EFFORTS [...] (C/NF) Australia cannot offer an immediate response to USG inquiries on counter-piracy efforts according to Jon Richardson, Director, Africa Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Richardson advised that contributions of Australian Defence assets is tied to pending decisions on the [...] | 2008-12-08 03:34:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER AS |
08CANBERRA1241 | AUSTRALIA COMMENTS ON SYRIAN TECHNICAL COOPERATION [...] (C/NF) Australia viewed the approval by IAEA's Technical Assistance and Cooperation Committee of Syria's project SYR/0/020 as a compromise outcome according to Chris King, Executive Officer, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. King in [...] | 2008-12-09 03:14:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MNUC PARM IAEA TRGY KNNP AS |
08CANBERRA1246 | AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE: CHINA MILITARY POWER, U.S. [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Australian views and efforts on Chinese military modernization largely mirror those of the U.S. according to John Quinn, Assistant Secretary, Strategic Issues and Intelligence Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Quinn reiterated to Poloffs on December 9 the need [...] | 2008-12-09 21:02:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR PREL AS |
08CANBERRA125 | TIMOR LESTE: DFAT OFFICIAL DISCUSSES MILITARY, [...] (SBU) Summary. Director of the ASEAN Regional Issues and East Timor section of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Linda Worthaisong told PolOff on February 13 that along with his planned trip to East Timor on February 15, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has been in constant contact [...] | 2008-02-13 22:38:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV ASEC MARR AS TT |
08CANBERRA1250 | AUSTRALIAN MINISTERS MAKE QUICK TRIP TO BEIJING TO [...] (C/NF) Summary: Treasurer Swan and Trade Minister Crean made a weekend visit to China to push on bilateral FTA talks and on Doha, at PM Rudd's instruction. GOA trade officials hope that China's interest in easier terms for its state owned enterprises to invest in Australia will give some leve [...] | 2008-12-10 05:32:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETRD EINV PREL AS CH |
08CANBERRA1259 | AUSTRALIA OUTLINES SPECIAL OPS IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) Australian Special Operations Commander, Major General Tim McOwan, held a special media briefing on Australia's Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) activities in Oruzgan Province on December 11. He highlighted the effectiveness of SOTG efforts to create an improved security environment [...] | 2008-12-11 06:14:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MOPS PGOV AS |
08CANBERRA1265 | AUSTRALIA FEELING HEAT AT POZNAN [...] (SBU) Summary: A year after being widely praised for signing the Kyoto Protocol at the Bali Climate Change Conference, PM Kevin Rudd's government is now coming under fire to an unexpected degree for appearing to take a more conservative approach at the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change [...] | 2008-12-12 03:34:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV KGHG PREL AS |
08CANBERRA1291 | BROADBAND ALLEGATIONS - CHINESE TELCOM [...] (C/NF) Summary. A major Australian daily ran an article today reporting that Optus was believed to have included China's Huawei Technologies as a vendor in its bid for the National Broadband Network (NBN) and claiming it could threaten Optus' bid. The GOA is conducting a review of all NBN bi [...] | 2008-12-18 06:25:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECPS AS |
08CANBERRA1299 | TORRES STRAIT: AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE ON NON-PAPER [...] (C/NF) Australia can accept reftel draft paper with one change, according to DFAT International Legal Division Assistant Secretary Adam McCarthy. Econcouns delivered reftel to McCarthy and several of his staff December 19. Recognizing that this was a U.S. draft designed to lay out our views, [...] | 2008-12-19 05:58:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EWWT PHSA PREL AS |
08CANBERRA1335 | AUSTRALIA SIGNS MOU ON EMBEDDED FORCES IN IRAQ [...] (C)SUMMARY: The Iraqi Ministry of Defense and the Australian government signed an MOU in Baghdad on December 30 that covers activities of Australian military personnel embedded with American troops in Iraq during the period Jan 1, 2009 until July 31, 2009. Full text of the MOU is at para 4 bel [...] | 2008-12-31 05:52:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS PREL MARR IZ AS |
08CANBERRA262 | CORRECTED COPY - AUSTRALIAN POLICE AID TO [...] (C/NF) Ahead of the NATO Summit in Bucharest, Australia is considering deploying a small force of Australian Federal Police to southern Afghanistan to focus on counternarcotics. To assist Iraq enhance its policing capability, Australia is reviewing options for training outside Iraq, including i [...] | 2008-03-19 04:30:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MOPS SNAR PTER PREL AS |
08CANBERRA303 | ADVANCING AUSTRALIA'S GLOBAL INTERESTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: In his first foreign policy address as Prime Minister, and before leaving for the United States, Europe and China on March 27, Kevin Rudd said that the challenges Australia faces in areas like climate change, terrorism and the development of the Pacific Islands will require it to b [...] | 2008-03-27 06:53:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD SENV AS |
08CANBERRA439 | AUSTRALIA RESPONDS TO GERMAN OBSTINACY ON CLUSTER [...] (C/NF) Reftel demarche was delivered on April 30 to Dr. Ada Cheung, Executive Director, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). She advised that the GOA shares the U.S. frustration and concern with Germany's obstinacy over its prop [...] | 2008-04-30 08:04:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL MOPS PGOV AS |
08CANBERRA44 | WHALES: GOA CONSIDERING OPTIONS, NO PRECIPITATE [...] (C/NF) Summary: Japanese whaling has been a major public issue in Australia over the past three days, with considerable media coverage of the January 15 detention of two Sea Shepherd Conservation Organization activists on a Japanese whaling vessel they had boarded. The media also highlighted [...] | 2008-01-17 06:43:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV EFIS AS JA |
08CANBERRA459 | READOUT OF PRIME MINISTER RUDD'S U.S., EUROPE AND [...] (C) The GOA assesses Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's first major international trip, conducted during March 27 to April 13 to the United States, Europe and China, to have been extremely successful, marred only by the controversy over his failure to visit Japan, according to a readout from a senior [...] | 2008-05-06 08:11:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL OTRA AS |
08CANBERRA502 | AUSTRALIA CONSIDERS REQUEST TO BUILD ON ARAB [...] (SBU) Charge and Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Deborah Stokes, First Assistant Secretary, and Andrea Faulkner, Assistant Secretary, South and West Asia, Middle East and Africa Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Stokes advised that the GOA would look closely at the refte [...] | 2008-05-16 08:21:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PTER PREL AS |
08CANBERRA53 | THE CHALLENGES OF GOVERNING BEGIN FOR PM RUDD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The new Rudd Government will face several challenges during its first term, including rising inflation and interest rates, a Senate without an Australian Labor Party (ALP) majority, an assertive union movement and an ALP left-wing eager to undermine the cultural and social legacy [...] | 2008-01-18 06:11:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV ELAB ECON AS |
08CANBERRA549 | AUSTRALIA SEEKS TO PUT RELATIONS WITH JAPAN BACK [...] (C/NF) Foreign Minister Smith's May 8-9 visit to Tokyo was only partly successful in repairing the damage to the relationship caused by the whaling controversy. He sought to nuance Australia's anti-whaling stance, backing away from earlier threats to initiate international legal action again [...] | 2008-05-28 06:56:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL SENV EFIS MARR JA AS |
08CANBERRA585 | RUDD'S VISION FOR NEW REGIONAL ARCHITECTURE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Seeking to assert Australia's influence in in the region, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has set out an ambitious vision for a new Asia-Pacific Community to be established by 2020, loosely modeled after the European Union, to respond to the shift of global economic and strategic wei [...] | 2008-06-06 07:46:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PINS AORC AS |
08CANBERRA59 | RUDD'S FOREIGN POLICY--AN OVERVIEW [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will tailor his foreign policy initiatives around three key elements: the U.S. alliance, multilateralism, and engagement with Asia. Rudd views the relationship with the U.S. as "core business," but will pursue a more independent stance on such issues as [...] | 2008-01-22 06:03:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL AF IR IN IZ CH JA AS |
08CANBERRA595 | RUDD ESTABLISHES NEW NPT/DISARMAMENT COMMISSION [...] (C) During a June 9 speech in Japan, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced the establishment of a new international commission to advance the goals of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT). The new body -- the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament -- would st [...] | 2008-06-11 22:11:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KNNP AORC PREL AS |
08CANBERRA609 | DEPUTY PM JULIA GILLARD STAR IN RUDD GOVERNMENT [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Two stars have emerged in the government of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd: Rudd himself and Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard (who will be Washington for the June 23-25 American Australian Leadership Dialogue). Gillard became Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) aft [...] | 2008-06-13 02:13:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR AS |
08CANBERRA620 | CLIMATE CHANGE: AUSTRALIA EMBRACING CLIMATE [...] (C/NF) Summary. At a recent "Chatham House Rules" seminar for Australian government and academic thinkers on emissions trading, Ross Garnaut, the Australian National University Professor who is heading the climate change review commissioned by the Federal and the State and Territory Governmen [...] | 2008-06-17 07:34:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV ETRD PREL AS |
08CANBERRA630 | AUSTRALIAN POLITICAL ROUNDUP 2008-6 [...] (C/NF) The National Party's federal director, Brad Henderson (protect),told us today that the June 28 by-election for the federal parliamentary seat of Gippsland, in Victoria, is "high stakes stuff" for the Liberal-National Coalition. A bad result for the Coalition would further destabilize [...] | 2008-06-20 08:01:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV AS |
08CANBERRA644 | FORMER HOWARD MINISTER ON RUDD, POLITICS, AND [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Former Howard Government Indigenous Affairs Minister Mal Brough, who has just been elected president of the Liberal Party in Queensland, told the Ambassador June 25 that complaints of overcentralization in the Prime Minister's office reflected the natural tendency of fellow Que [...] | 2008-06-26 07:36:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM AS |
08CANBERRA647 | CORRECTED COPY: AUSTRALIA SUPPORTS EXPANDED [...] (C/NF) Poloff confirmed Australia's support for current and incremental Japanese engagement in Afghanistan in the reftel demarche with Paul Robilliard, Assistant Secretary, Afghanistan and Iraq Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAT). Robilliard stated that the GOA welcomes and supports [...] | 2008-06-27 07:37:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS AS |
08CANBERRA657 | AUSTRALIAN SUPPORT FOR KOSOVO WILL STAY LOW KEY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-01 05:19:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KPKO AS |
08CANBERRA679 | TORRES STRAIT PILOTAGE REGIME [...] (C/NF) Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) International Legal Division Assistant Secretary Adam McCarthy provided a document with a detailed response to U.S. questions about about shipping transiting the Torres Strait during a July 3 meeting with Econcouns (reftel). The Australian [...] | 2008-07-03 08:56:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL SENV AS |
08CANBERRA683 | AUSTRALIA ACTIVE SUPPORTER OF CCW CLUSTER [...] (C/NF) Australia's commitment to the CCW negotiations on cluster munitions was reaffirmed in a July 7 meeting with Dr. Ada Cheung, Director, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Dr. Cheung indicated that GOA officials met recently with repre [...] | 2008-07-07 07:16:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL PHUM MOPS AS |
08CANBERRA696 | SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO AUSTRALIA [...] (C/NF) Kevin Rudd, who was sworn in on December 3, 2007 as Australia's first Labor Party prime minister in nearly 12 years, has moved quickly to implement domestic reforms and to give substance to a three-pronged foreign policy based on the primacy of the treaty alliance with the United States, [...] | 2008-07-09 05:49:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA OTRA PREL AS |
08CANBERRA697 | AUSTRALIA WELCOMES U.S. DOD CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (C/NF) Australian officials welcomed the U.S. DOD's new cluster munitions policy, which was delivered in reftel demarche to Gerry McGuire, Director, Counter-Proliferation Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and his staff on July 10. In addition to advising FM Smith, Mr. McGuire [...] | 2008-07-11 00:23:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL MOPS NATO AS |
08CANBERRA723 | DOMESTIC POLITICAL WEEK IN AUSTRALIA [...] (SBU) The Liberal Party will hold a candidate pre-election on Sunday July 20 to choose its candidate for a by-election caused by the resignation of former Foreign Minister Alexander Downer. Nine candidates and a preferential voting system make the outcome extremely unpredictable. Most obse [...] | 2008-07-18 02:18:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AS PGOV |
08CANBERRA747 | ISRAELI AMBASSADOR: RUDD FIRM ON IRAN [...] (C/NF) The Israeli Ambassador believes PM Rudd is very concerned about the Iranian nuclear program and firm in his desire to do whatever possible to signal Australia's opposition to Tehran's nuclear ambitions. Rudd is worried that the window for a "diplomatic solution" is closing and that lac [...] | 2008-07-23 07:57:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KINP IR IS AS |
08CANBERRA755 | CHINESE DISSIDENT CHEN ZIMING CALLS ON DCM [...] (C/NF) During a call on the DCM on July 23, Chinese dissident Chen Ziming said that while the economic situation of ordinary Chinese is improving, the democratic rights situation is not. Chen, who has been visiting Australia for the past two weeks and has spent a week in New Zealand, noted [...] | 2008-07-25 06:54:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AS CH PHUM PINR PREL |
08CANBERRA773 | TORRES STRAIT PILOTAGE REGIME [...] (C/NF) Econcouns met July 29 with Adam McCarthy, Assistant Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) International Legal Division to deliver ref A letter and paper. McCarthy, joined by two of his staff, thanked the United States for the response and stressed Australia's [...] | 2008-07-31 09:03:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AS EWWT KTIA PHSA PREL SENV |
08CANBERRA775 | COALITION RELEASES EMISSIONS TRADING POLICY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Coalition has decided to support an emissions trading scheme (ETS) "probably" by 2012, defying leader Brendan Nelson who wanted to make the introduction of an ETS conditional on the actions of other countries. This is a victory for Shadow Treasurer Malcolm Turnbull, and moder [...] | 2008-08-01 04:44:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AS PGOV SENV |
08CANBERRA8 | CODEL HOYER MEETS WITH PRIME MINISTER RUDD [...] Summary: (C/NF) On January 6, a 13-member Congressional delegation led by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) and Minority Whip Roy Blunt (R-MO) had an extraordinarily friendly and wide-ranging discussion with Prime Minister Rudd at his Sydney residence, Kirribilli House. Topics include [...] | 2008-01-07 06:05:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AF AS CH IZ MOPS PREL SENV |
08CANBERRA826 | AUSTRALIAN SUPPORTS NSG EXEMPTION FOR INDIA [...] (C/NF) Summary: Australian Foreign Minister Smith emphasized to the Ambassador on August 18 that the GOA would support a positive outcome regarding an exception for India in the August 21-22 Nuclear Suppliers Group Plenary. The GOA does not need further information and will not require any co [...] | 2008-08-19 03:55:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AORC AS ETTC PARM PREL |
08CANBERRA871 | AUSTRALIA CONTEMPLATES KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION FOR [...] (C/NF) POLOffs delivered reftel demarche to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) on September 5. Australia is reviewing the implications of Serbia's request for an International Court of Justice (ICJ) review of Kosovo's independence, according to Glenn White, Director, Southern Eur [...] | 2008-09-05 05:06:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNGA AS |
08CANBERRA887 | AUSTRALIA SUPPORTS INCREASE IN AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY [...] (C/NF) The GOA is broadly supportive of the proposal to increase the Afghan National Army (ANA),according to Shane Flanagan, Executive Officer, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh and West Asia Section of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). Flanagan expressed the appreciation o [...] | 2008-09-08 08:28:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL AS |
08CANBERRA898 | AUSTRALIAN CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE INITIATIVE [...] (C/NF) Summary: Australian officials tasked with coordinating their proposed Global Carbon Capture and Storage Initiative (GCCSI) with international partners this week reiterated PM Rudd's strong interest in moving this forward, with a public rollout in the coming weeks. Australia will work t [...] | 2008-09-10 07:43:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV ENRG KGHG PREL AS |
08CANBERRA90 | CLUSTER MUNITIONS: AUSTRALIA COMMENTS ON OSLO [...] (C/NF) Gerry McGuire, Director, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch at DFAT, told Poloff on January 30 he was not sanguine that much progress would be achieved at the upcoming Oslo meeting in New Zealand. Discussions to date have not produced any changes in language on Australia's 3 [...] | 2008-02-04 04:09:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM MOPS PREL AS |
08CANBERRA902 | AUSTRALIAN VIEWS ON EMISSIONS TRADING AND UNFCCC [...] (C/NF) Summary: Department of Climate Change (DCC) Secretary Martin Parkinson, who is in charge of developing Australia's emissions trading plan, highlighted the challenges of dealing with Emissions Intensive Trade Exposed (EITE) industries and the importance of the U.S. role in international [...] | 2008-09-12 04:57:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV KGHG PREL AS |
08CANBERRA903 | AUSTRALIA-NZ-ASEAN FTA: ANNOUNCED, BUT AUTOS STILL [...] (C) Summary: Ministers announced the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement on August 28, slated to be signed in December. However, Australia is still negotiating on autos and auto parts with Malaysia and Indonesia. The Australians see this as a quality FTA, with each country com [...] | 2008-09-12 06:38:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETRD ASEAN AS |
08CANBERRA904 | AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY EXPANSION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-12 07:18:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL AS |
08CANBERRA995 | TORRES STRAIT: AUSTRALIAN LETTER [...] (C/NF) Summary: After interagency consultations about changes to the Torres Strait Pilotage regime discussed in Washington in early August (reftel),the Australian Government is willing to move forward and seeks a more formal statement from the United States in order to bring modification to [...] | 2008-09-30 06:59:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV PREL PHSA PBTS EWWT KTIA AS |
08CARACAS168 | EXXONMOBIL MOVES TO FREEZE PDVSA'S WORLDWIDE ASSETS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Venezuelan press reported on February 6-7 the attachment of a bank account in New York and an English court's freezing of USD 12 billion in PDVSA assets worldwide. Initial press reports in Venezuela were exaggerated in both tone and content. ExxonMobil (XM) filed a request fo [...] | 2008-02-11 20:31:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
08CARACAS378 | PDVSA CHANGES THE RULES YET AGAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: PDVSA is demanding payment in euros for at least some oil sales. It is not clear what is the extent of the new policy. PDVSA is also considering asking purchasers to pre-pay for purchases. To the surprise of industry insiders, PDVSA will comply with President Chavez' order bann [...] | 2008-03-17 20:45:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
08CARACAS423 | CHINA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION STILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) is slowly moving forward with its three joint ventures in Venezuela but continues to be frustrated by PDVSA and the BRV's administrative problems. The Sinovensa joint venture has more than doubled production. The Petrozumano joint vent [...] | 2008-03-27 15:51:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
08CARACAS487 | CONOCOPHILLIPS BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON COMPENSATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: ConocoPhillips (CP) is guardedly optimistic on the state of negotiations on compensation for its expropriated assets in Venezuela. May will be the key month for negotiations. CP and the BRV have reached agreement on the methodology for determining the fair market value of CP's a [...] | 2008-04-04 21:06:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
08CARACAS491 | SCHLUMBERGER: PDVSA IMPROVING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The operating environment for service companies has improved significantly over the past four to six months. PDVSA is apparently serious about increasing production and has shown a new willingness to approach the private sector for help. PDVSA has begun to pay service companies [...] | 2008-04-07 21:23:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
08CARACAS565 | PDVSA TO FORM NEW SERVICE JOINT VENTURES (REALLY) [...] (C) SUMMARY: PDVSA officials met with service company representatives and attorneys the week of April 14 to announce the formation of new joint ventures for the petroleum service sector. The new joint ventures will be restricted to individual product lines and will be guaranteed a 30% market [...] | 2008-04-25 19:58:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
08CARACAS617 | UPDATE ON THE FORMER STRATEGIC ASSOCIATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Energy Minister and PDVSA President Rafael Ramirez told the local press production at the former strategic associations was currently 600,000 barrels per day. He also crowed that the maintenance shutdown at Petrocedeno revealed that the upgrader was far simpler in design than int [...] | 2008-05-05 20:28:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
08COLOMBO706 | SRI LANKA: LTTE DECLARES UNILATERAL CEASEFIRE FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The LTTE announced that it will observe a unilateral ceasefire during the SAARC summit from July 26 to August 4, but warned that it would continue to respond to any government offensives with defensive actions. The Sri Lankan government has reacted warily to the ceasefire declar [...] | 2008-07-22 12:04:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
08COLOMBO730 | SRI LANKA: TREASURY SECRETARY OFFERS TO RESIGN FOLLOWING [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 28, P. B. Jayasundera, Treasury Secretary, handed in his resignation following a Supreme Court judgment that severely criticized his role in the privatization of Lanka Marine Services (LMS),a government-owned bunkering company. Jayasundera, Rajapakse's primary economic [...] | 2008-07-29 12:38:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EINV KCOR KMCA PGOV CE |
08COLOMBO825 | UN CHIEF REPORTS HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN NORTH [...] (C) Summary: UN Resident Representative Neil Buhne provided Ambassador a readout of a quiet two-day trip he took to Kilinochchi August 27-29. Buhne told the Ambassador the humanitarian situation was worse than expected. He met some families that had been forced to move up to 20 times as a res [...] | 2008-09-02 11:08:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREF PHUM PGOV EAID CE |
08COLOMBO868 | DEFENSE SECRETARY AND PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR SHARE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-15 11:15:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PREF EAID CE |
08CONAKRY112 | HYPERDYNAMICS, A FIRM AT ODDS WITH ITSELF [...] (C) SUMMARY. Divisions are becoming apparent at Hyperdynamics, while concerns about possible FCPA violations continue to surface. The top management of the company know little about what is going on in Guinea and have virtually ignored political insights provided by the Embassy. With virtu [...] | 2008-02-12 12:09:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EPET PGOV KCRM PREL GV |
08CONAKRY166 | US AND BRITISH AMBASSADORS MEET WITH INTERIOR [...] (SBU) On Friday, May 2, Ambassador Carter and British Ambassador John McManus called on the Minister of Interior and Security, Beau Keita, to discuss their mutual concerns of increased narcotics trafficking in Guinea for European markets. Noting the recent article in the local newspaper, Le L [...] | 2008-05-06 15:09:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SNAR PGOV GV |
08CONAKRY81 | MINISTER OF MINES: CONTRACT REVIEW THUMBS UP, [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Minister of Mines provided a general overview of what Guinea needs for continued development. He also stated that the Government of Guinea will renegotiate mining and oil contracts, including the contract of U.S. company, Hyperdynamics. Meanwhile, Hyperdynamics continues t [...] | 2008-01-29 13:05:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EMIN ECON PGOV GV |
08COPENHAGEN322 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH DANISH FM MOELLER [...] (C) Summary: In a May 27 meeting before the opening of the Arctic Ocean Conference in Ilulissat, Greenland, Deputy Secretary Negroponte and Danish FM Per Stig Moeller exchanged perspectives on cooperation in the Arctic; underlined shared goals for a climate change agreement and resolution of t [...] | 2008-06-06 10:55:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL SENV ETRD PBTS MARR KGHG AORC DA |
08COTONOU117 | DEMARCHE: ADVANCING THE U.S. POSITION FOR CHANGE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-24 07:16:00 | Embassy Cotonou | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL CU BN |
08DAKAR1100 | FARBA SENGHOR-GUILTY SAYS THE PROSECUTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an impromptu fifteen minute meeting with Ousmane Diagne, the prosecutor who investigated former Transport and Cultural Affairs Minister Farba Senghor and his acolytes' alleged involvement in the trashing of two Dakar newsrooms, he told us that as far as the evidence is concern [...] | 2008-09-22 13:53:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL SOCI ECON PINR KDEM SG |
08DAKAR1286 | RELIGION IN SENEGAL-IBADU RAHMAN, THE SALAFISTS [...] (C) This is the first in a series of cables analyzing religion in Senegal. While the country is 95 percent Sunni Muslim, major differences exist between the various brotherhoods that dominate the Sunni-Sufi landscape which includes smaller, more conservative Sunni groups and Shia Muslims. Ad [...] | 2008-11-06 17:13:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINS SOCI PINR KDEM KISL KIRF SG |
08DAKAR155 | UPDATE ON STATUS OF HISSENE HABRE II [...] (SBU) On January 22, a delegation of judicial experts from the European Union (EU) concluded a series of discussions with the Government of Senegal on the ways and means to prosecute former Chadian President Hissene Habr. While it seems that the discussions went well and that the GOS said the [...] | 2008-02-07 17:32:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR KDEM PHUM SG CD |
08DAMASCUS236 | DAMASCUS REFUGEE SITREP 1 [...] (SBU) This is an action request, see para 10. 2. (SBU) This cable reflects Embassy Damascus's efforts to update the Department on all of Post,s continuing efforts to facilitate the resettlement of Iraqi refugees through Syria. The Embassy's role has expanded since last year because of the p [...] | 2008-04-09 16:23:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREF PREL SY IZ |
08DAMASCUS321 | DAMASCUS REFUGEE SITREP 3 [...] (SBU) This is the third in a series of Embassy Damascus's updates on Iraqi refugee processing in Syria. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Post continued its coordination on Iraqi refugee issues with meetings with the regional IOM director, Canadian Conoffs, and UNHCR representatives. Post is following dev [...] | 2008-05-08 16:28:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL SY IZ |
08DAMASCUS482 | SEIDNAYA PRISON RIOTS STIR CONSPIRACY THEORIES [...] (C) Summary: During a July 5 routine sweep by military police trainees at the Sednaya Prison (located 20 miles NW of Damascus),violence erupted between inmates and guards and resulted in some 25 deaths and 90 injuries. As of COB on July 7, the hostage crisis was still continuing. The SARG i [...] | 2008-07-07 17:52:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREF PREL SY |
08DHAKA293 | ISLAMIC GROUP MEMBERS ARE BIG MEN ON CAMPUS AT [...] (C) Summary: The leading Islamic student group in Bangladesh is a very big deal at Rajshahi University, one of the country's top schools. Local journalists and secular-oriented university students alike speak with near awe of the power wielded on campus by Islami Chhatra Shibbir, saying its va [...] | 2008-03-05 09:08:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PREL BG |
08DHAKA526 | BANGLADESH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION SET FOR [...] (C) The Chief Adviser announced in a nationally broadcast speech that Parliamentary elections would take place the third week of December and government dialogue with political parties start May 22. He also announced a relaxation of restrictions on political activity to facilitate campaigning [...] | 2008-05-13 11:41:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINS PINR KDEM PHUM BG |
08DHAKA584 | DAS BARKS-RUGGLES PRESSES BANGLADESH TO BUILD [...] (C) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Erica Barks-Ruggles in a trip to Bangladesh emphasized the importance of holding free, fair and credible elections this year, of maintaining a free press and of building lasting democratic institutions. She also underlined US [...] | 2008-06-01 10:47:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KDEM BG |
08DHAKA593 | REPORTED RESHUFFLE OF MILITARY LEADERS COMES AMID [...] (C) Lt. Gen. Masud Uddin Chowdhury, a key behind-the-scenes player in Bangladesh's increasingly chaotic politics, reportedly has been transferred from his powerful position atop the armed forces administration to head the National Defense College (NDC). Masud has been perceived as the top riva [...] | 2008-06-02 11:32:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PINS MARR BG |
08DHAKA629 | RAPID ACTION BATTALION GOES AFTER DRUG-DEALERS, [...] (C) The new Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) commander in Rajshahi said his top priorities were fighting drug dealers and violent leftists. He said deaths still occurred in firefights with the leftists but added that all killings were investigated by independent magistrates. Although he said he ha [...] | 2008-06-11 00:30:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PREL PINR PINS MASS MARR BG |
08DHAKA633 | CIVILIAN LEADER SAYS PRAGMATISM GAINING HEADWAY IN [...] (C) Civilian leaders in the Caretaker Government who advocate a pragmatic approach to resolving the political impasse with the country's two major parties are gaining headway, according to Commerce and Education Adviser Hossain Zillur Rahman. Hossain told the Ambassador June 10 that there was [...] | 2008-06-12 00:09:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR PINS KDEM BG |
08DHAKA656 | IMPRISONED FORMER PM KHALEDA ZIA REMAINS DEFIANT [...] (C) Nearly a week after Awami League President Sheikh Hasina was paroled from prison to seek medical attention abroad, a deal to free imprisoned Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Khaleda Zia appears elusive. Complicating matters are Khaleda Zia's insistence that her two jailed son [...] | 2008-06-18 01:29:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR PINS KDE KCOR BG |
08DHAKA658 | RAB AGREES TO DEPARTMENT PRINCIPLES FOR TRAINING [...] (C) Rapid Action Battalion Intelligence Director Lt. Col. Mohammad Abdul Majid informed Post on June 17 that the RAB agreed to the objectives of proposed USG human rights training as stated in Reftel. In a meeting with the RAB directors of training and intelligence on June 15, Post enumerated [...] | 2008-06-18 08:51:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PINR PINS PREL MASS BG |
08DHAKA781 | BANGLADESH'S THIRD LARGEST CITY PREPARES FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Preparations for the August 4 city corporation elections are well underway in Khulna, Bangladesh's third largest city, located in the economically depressed southwestern corner of the country. While the Election Commission is confident voting will go smoothly, the campaigning [...] | 2008-07-24 05:59:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR PINS BG |
08DHAKA879 | UPON RELEASE FROM JAIL, BNP LEADER KHALEDA ZIA [...] (C) The Chief Adviser's comment on 8/13 that the Caretaker Government was working to free former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia as early as possible added fuel to speculation she would be released from jail soon. Though the timing and conditions of her release remain uncertain, not so the pressures [...] | 2008-08-18 03:09:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM PINR BG |
08DHAKA939 | PARANOIA TOWARD BANGLADESH THRIVES IN INDIA'S WEST [...] (C) Paranoia toward Bangladesh and its majority Moslem population runs high among some of the elite in the neighboring Indian state of West Bengal, which is predominantly Hindu. While Bangladesh and West Bengal share a common language and a rich Bengali culture, some West Bengal Hindus allege [...] | 2008-09-07 03:43:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER KDEM BG IN |
08DJIBOUTI864 | ICRC ON ERITREAN POWS AND ITS WORK IN DJIBOUTI [...] (C) SUMMARY: With regional support from Nairobi, Djibouti's very small International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) office continues to play an active role in monitoring prison conditions, transmitting messages between refugees and their families, and helping to train Djiboutian security f [...] | 2008-11-04 15:26:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF DJ ER |
08DOHA705 | A SAFE HARBOR IN THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL STORM -- FOR [...] (SBU) The consensus of government and private experts with whom we have spoken in recent days is that Qatar has been largely spared any negative effects, for now, in the global liquidity crisis. Citibank Qatar CEO Farhan Mahmoud told P/E Chief October 6 that there was a spill-over effect in t [...] | 2008-10-06 14:24:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ECON PREL QA |
08DOHA796 | UK PRIME MINISTER DEEPENS UK-QATAR RELATIONSHIP [...] (C/NF) UK Ambassador John Hawkins and UK Political and Public Affairs Secretary James Lynch gave readouts of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's November 2-3 visit to Qatar in separate conversations with Ambassador, P/E Chief, and Econoff. Lynch noted that Brown's visit to Qatar was the res [...] | 2008-11-09 09:56:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EINV EFIN QA UK SU |
08DOHA87 | QATAR WOULD WELCOME U.S. ENGAGEMENT ON NUCLEAR [...] (C) Embassy Doha, in response to Ref A, recommends technical-level engagement on the development of civilian nuclear applications with the GOQ in March, when the Science and Technology Adviser at the Qatar Foundation and the Supreme Council for the Environment and Natural Reserves would both b [...] | 2008-02-04 07:52:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG KNNP PARM PREL QA |
08DUBAI330 | 202KG HEROIN SEIZED IN DRUG BUST [...] (U) During a joint Sharjah/Dubai police drug raid dubbed "Operation 888" (the raid occurred on August 8, 2008),officers seized 202 kilograms of heroin (worth $11 million) and arrested 19 Afghans in the what the media describes as the region's largest drug bust to date. One of the arrested susp [...] | 2008-08-19 06:37:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD KCRM SNAR AE |
08DUBAI417 | DUBAI: SLOWDOWN, CORRECTION OR CRISIS? [...] (C/NF) Summary. The extent of Dubai's financial troubles has become the most speculated about topic amongst the Emirate's financial elite. As the regional symbol of growth and prosperity, a crisis here would almost certainly impact upon investment in Abu Dhabi and beyond. Even as the investme [...] | 2008-11-10 09:01:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ECON EINV ENRG PGOV AE |
08DUBAI464 | MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE - DUBAI'S MONEY PROBLEMS, AND ITS [...] (C/NF) Summary. Through the fog of Dubai's image management machine, there are signs of economic vulnerability. From official upset regarding an analysis critical of Dubai's finances, to (unconfirmed) reports of substantially decreased passenger loads on Emirates Airlines and murmurings of ev [...] | 2008-12-15 09:01:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ECON EINV PREL PGOV AE |
08DUBAI92 | POSSIBLE SMEAR CAMPAIGN AGAINST AMCIT TIP ACTIVIST AND HER [...] (C) Summary and comment: A simmering conflict between an outspoken human rights activist (dual national AmCit/Emirati) and management of the newly established Dubai Foundation for Women and Children (DFWC, reported reftel) boiled over into public view with a front page article and two inside st [...] | 2008-03-13 16:19:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM PREF KCRM KWMN ASEC ELAB AE |
08DUBLIN251 | IRELAND AIMS TO ACHIEVE AN ANTI-CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (C) Irish Department of Foreign Affairs Political Director Rory Montgomery firmly told the Embassy May 6 that the May 19-30 Dublin Conference will produce a final Cluster Munitions Convention, ready for signature in Oslo in December 2008. Montgomery agreed that interoperability and definitio [...] | 2008-05-08 12:05:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS PARM PREL NATO EI |
08DUSHANBE1127 | TAJIKISTAN - NO KOSOVO ICJ POSITION YET [...] (C) On September 5 Acting DCM spoke with Muzafar Khuseynov, Chief of the Department of International Organizations, concerning reftel. Khuseynov said that Tajikistan had not yet formulated a position on whether to support referral of Kosovo's declaration of independence to the International C [...] | 2008-09-05 11:38:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UN UNGA KV TI |
08DUSHANBE121 | IRANIAN CIVIL SOCIETY PROGRAMS OFF TO GOOD START [...] (C/NF) PolEcon Officer met January 15 with International Research Exchange Council Dushanbe staffer Anna Crowley, to discuss progress on State Department-funded training programs targeted at Iranian civil society organizations (reftel). Crowley said that the first seminar, held November 11-15 i [...] | 2008-01-18 12:34:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM TI IR |
08DUSHANBE877 | TAJIKISTAN - VISIT TO RASHT WARLORDS UNDERSCORES [...] (C) Summary: In mid-June, the Embassy Regional Security Officer (RSO) traveled to the Rasht Valley to assess the security situation 4 months after a shootout between local and federal level Ministry of Interior forces (reftel). Local strongmen are not loyal to the central government, and are a [...] | 2008-07-01 04:03:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ASEC PTER PGOV TI |
08FREETOWN196 | SIERRA LEONE'S LIMITED REACTION TO PRICE INCREASES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite soaring prices of commodities, Sierra Leone is stable relative to its sub-regional neighbors. Though frequently reported in the media and discussed on the streets, inflated prices of necessities like flour and rice thus far have been met with public willingness to make ends [...] | 2008-04-23 17:17:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL SL |
08FREETOWN208 | ENGAGEMENT WITH CHINA IN SIERRA LEONE [...] (U) Please see the following responses, pursuant to reftel A: ---------------------------------- CHINESE ENGAGEMENT IN SIERRA LEONE ---------------------------------- 2. (C) As noted in reftel B, the Chinese Government's focus in Sierra Leone is technical assistance in targeted sectors [...] | 2008-05-02 12:55:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV EAGR ECPS EFIN MARR PREL SENV TRGY XA |
08FREETOWN221 | SIERRA LEONE NOT IN FOOD CRISIS - YET [...] (C) The Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL) has yet to declare a food emergency, but rising prices and limited ability to mitigate the ensuing economic and social ramifications will lead them to do so in the coming days, based on comments by the Minister of Foreign Affairs to both the Ambassador [...] | 2008-05-13 14:32:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID EAGR PREL SL |
08FREETOWN350 | CHINESE AMBASSADOR WENJU'S TENURE IN SIERRA LEONE [...] (U) Please see the following update pursuant to reftel A: 2. (C) SUMMARY: Departing Chinese Ambassador to Sierra Leone Cheng Wenju paid Ambassador Perry a courtesy call on June 24 to bid farewell and summarize his time in Sierra Leone. At a July 8 farewell reception, Ambassador Wenju and Sie [...] | 2008-07-21 16:34:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV SL |
08FREETOWN366 | RUMORS OF CABINET CHANGES ABOUND IN SIERRA LEONE [...] (C) SUMMARY: While whispers of a possible cabinet reshuffle have been heard in Sierra Leone for several months, the whispers have escalated into a roar recently in numerous local press reports. While Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL) representatives are officially denying imminent changes in t [...] | 2008-07-23 17:05:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL SL |
08GENEVA498 | NEW HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL PRESIDENT MARTIN UHOMOIBHI \ [...] (C) Summary: Nigerian Permanent Representative to the \ UN in Geneva, Martin Uhomoibhi, was formally elected \ President of the UN Human Rights Council June 18. His \ nomination by the African Group to serve as the Council's \ President for the 2008-2009 session had been contested from \ within [...] | 2008-07-01 12:57:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | UNHRC PHUM PINR NI |
08GENEVA628 | UNHCR AND IOM ON EGYPTIAN DEPORTATIONS OF ERITREANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Per reftel request, RMA Officials discussed Egyptian deportations of Eritreans with UNHCR and IOM. UNHCR,s Middle East and North Africa Bureau (MENA) Director, Radhouane Nouicer, acknowledged that UNHCR is having difficulties obtaining access to detained Eritreans, noting that t [...] | 2008-07-30 09:04:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREF PGOV EG |
08GEORGETOWN309 | GUYANA/CARICOM SECURITY ASSESSMENT [...] (C) Guyana Summary: As demonstrated by two mass killings by gangs earlier this year and general homicide rates across the country, Guyana is ill-equipped to address its modern security challenges. Historically, security has been hindered by limited financial and human resources, poor training [...] | 2008-05-23 21:55:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PREL MASS MOPS XL GY |
08GUANGZHOU366 | Border Control - AI Prevention at the China-Vietnam Border [...] (U) Summary: With a 1,020 kilometers border running between south China's Guangxi province and north Vietnam, authorities on both sides have a lot of issues to contend with, many of them health- related. This especially includes cross-border avian influenza (AI) prevention and control cooperat [...] | 2008-06-24 08:20:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | TBIO EAGR PINR KFLU CH |
08GUATEMALA1350 | COLOM CONTEMPLATES INCREASING SIZE OF MILITARY [...] (U) Summary: On September 1, President Alvaro Colom presented a plan to increase the size of the Guatemalan military from an estimated strength of 15,500 to 25,000. He stated that the increase was necessary to reinforce the borders, combat narcotics trafficking, and to respond to the many m [...] | 2008-10-30 17:53:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR PHUM PTER MCAP PREL MOPS GT |
08HANOI1101 | HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE - LE QUOC QUAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prominent dissident attorney Le Quoc Quan remains under open-ended "administrative detention" and is called in for regular questioning by police. Still, he is generally able to meet others without hindrance and can travel outside Hanoi, although he was prohibited from traveling [...] | 2008-09-24 06:35:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PGOV PREL VM |
08HANOI1111 | HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE - PHAM HONG SON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prominent internet dissident Dr. Pham Hong Son believes that the Communist Party is not his enemy but his competitor. Unlike other prominent political activists, he discourages the use of public demonstrations to achieve greater attention to human rights issues. His comparative [...] | 2008-09-25 01:34:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PGOV PREL VM |
08HANOI1118 | HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE - NGUYEN KHAC TOAN RAILS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A fiery and vocal advocate of large-scale demonstrations, author Nguyen Khac Toan remains under house arrest. Unlike other dissidents in "administrative detention" who are relatively free to travel and to meet with visitors, Toan is subject to constant supervision by the police [...] | 2008-09-30 08:35:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL PGOV VM |
08HANOI1163 | SENSE AND SENSIBILITY IN VIETNAM'S RUSSIA POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Relations with Russia occupy an important, but by no means central place in Vietnam's foreign policy. An influential generation of policymakers continues to hold surprisingly warm feelings toward Russia, and ties have improved steadily since the Yeltsin years. But long gone are [...] | 2008-10-10 07:58:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD RS VM |
08HANOI1182 | OLYMPIC-SIZE YAWN MASKS REAL ANXIETIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Olympic fever in Vietnam was decidedly low-grade, with local media providing simple, straightforward coverage focused almost entirely on sports. There was little commentary on the Games in the official press, and most urban residents seemed to greet the events with a shrug. [...] | 2008-10-16 09:31:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM VM |
08HANOI1243 | U.S.-VIETNAM POLICY PLANNING TALKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Meeting for the inaugural round of U.S.-Vietnam policy planning discussions, S/P Director David Gordon and the MFA's DG for Policy Planning, Bui Thanh Son, engaged in a candid, cordial, and at times freewheeling exchange of views on the implications of the global financial cri [...] | 2008-11-07 03:40:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD EFIN VM |
08HANOI717 | DRL A/S KRAMER MEETS WITH DISSIDENTS IN HANOI [...] (C) On the margins of the annual USG - GVN Human Rights Dialogue, Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor David Kramer, accompanied by the Ambassador, met with two of Vietnam's leading political dissidents and democracy activists on May 30 in Hanoi. Post informed the Ministry [...] | 2008-06-16 02:57:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM OVIP PGOV PREL KIRF ASEC VM |
08HARARE91 | LOOMING LIQUIDITY CRISIS THREATENS ZIMBABWE,S [...] (C) Zimbabwe's banking sector has been heading toward a liquidity crisis arising out of a patchwork of misguided monetary policies and their disastrous consequences. Onerous statutory reserve requirements, punitive overnight accommodation rates, a hyperinflationary environment that is spurrin [...] | 2008-02-01 07:18:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ECON PGOV ASEC ZI |
08HAVANA614 | HAVANA: INITIAL THOUGHTS ON THE WAY FORWARD [...] (C/NF) Following are some early impressions and requests from the COM's first two weeks on the ground. 2. (C/NF) Connecting with the Cuban people is extremely important, and extremely challenging. --------------------------------------------- --------- - The GOC focuses intensely on isol [...] | 2008-08-01 17:05:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KPAO CU |
08HOCHIMINHCITY510 | FROM ANTI-AMERICAN WARRIORS TO PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS: THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The "Democracy Writers" of Dalat, a small group of former Viet Cong fighters and war time propaganda writers who have become outspoken pro-democracy advocates, state that conditions for political dissidents in Vietnam have improved somewhat over the past few years but remain far fr [...] | 2008-05-23 04:07:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PGOV PREL VM |
08HONGKONG1041 | OUR MACAU AGENDA: EXPANDING RAPIDLY [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past year, we have greatly expanded our commitment of time and resources to Macau. In November 2006, we established a "Team Macau" as a platform for interagency coordination. All of the 13 USG agencies represented at post participate in this effort, which was driven i [...] | 2008-06-11 09:31:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ECON EINV SOCI CH HK MC |
08HONGKONG1368 | REPORTED THEFT OF CESIUM-137 FROM HONG KONG [...] (C/NF) On Monday, July 21, 2008, the Assistant Regional Security Officer (ARSO) and a NFATC Crisis Management Team Leader paid a liaison visit to the Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF) Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Headquarters in advance of two crisis management exercises at the U.S. Consulate [...] | 2008-07-25 09:23:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KNNP MNUC PARM KCRM PTER PREL ASEC HK |
08HONGKONG155 | MACAU PROSECUTES FIRST TIP CASE AND JOINS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: The Macau Public Prosecutions Office (PPO) announced January 17, 2008 that it had charged the first-ever suspect in a case of international human trafficking through Macau. According to "Macau Daily News," a Vietnamese woman was charged with human trafficking after she recruite [...] | 2008-01-25 01:03:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KWMN KCRM PGOV PHUM ELAB SMIG ASEC CH HK MC |
08HONGKONG1989 | WOES-R-US: HONG KONG TOY MANUFACTURERS LAMENT [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong-based toy manufacturers and one of their industry representative organizations recently described a "perfect storm" hitting manufacturing facilities in the Pearl River Delta (PRD) region of mainland China. They predicted many more Guangdong factories would close in comin [...] | 2008-10-28 09:23:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK |
08HONGKONG213 | HONG KONG: CHINA'S FIRST DEMOCRACY? [...] (C) Summary: The December 29 National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) decision setting the timetable for implementation of universal suffrage has refocused the political debate in Hong Kong, deftly defusing the issue. The Hong Kong Government (HKG) appears confident that it has s [...] | 2008-02-01 05:43:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI HK CH |
08HONGKONG3118 | MIXED REACTION TO NPCSC DECISION ON HONG KONG [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong's pan-democratic parties reacted with disappointment and frustration to the December 29 PRC National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) decision to defer universal suffrage for the Hong Kong Chief Executive (CE) until 2017, and for the Legislative Council (Leg [...] | 2008-01-01 23:30:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM CH HK |
08HONGKONG378 | ELECTORAL REFORM TASK GROUP CONVENES, DEMOCRATS' [...] (C) Summary: The February 28 initial session of Hong Kong's newly created "Task Group on Constitutional Development" did not produce any tangible results. Tasked with development of proposals for limited reform of the 2012 Chief Executive (CE) and Legislative Council (Legco) elections, the 3 [...] | 2008-02-29 08:56:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM CH HK |
08HONGKONG403 | HONG KONG NGO'S CONCERNED ABOUT PRISON LABOR AND [...] (C) Summary: Work study programs in China are among the most troubling, under researched and uncorrected human trafficking cases there, but exploitation in prison labor programs, as well as abuses of Indonesian foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong contribute to the problem in the region. Th [...] | 2008-03-05 01:06:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC ELAB PHUM PINR PGOV PREF |
08HONGKONG573 | VETERAN HONG KONG DEMOCRAT MARTIN LEE WILL NOT [...] (C) Summary: Legislator and Democratic Party founder Martin Lee, Hong Kong's most senior pro-democracy leader, unexpectedly announced on March 27 that he would not seek another four-year term in the Legislative Council (Legco) in the September election. Lee, age 69, has been the most visible [...] | 2008-03-28 09:29:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR CH HK |
08HONGKONG706 | HONG KONG JOURNALIST DESCRIBES PRC-SPONSORED [...] (C) Summary: According to a Hong Kong journalist who participated in the PRC Government-sponsored media visit to Tibet in late March, the primary cause of the riots was ethnic resentment against the Han Chinese by the Tibetans, rather than political differences. The timing of the riots was du [...] | 2008-04-18 04:24:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL CH HK |
08ISLAMABAD1269 | CSF AND THE POTENTIAL FOR CIVIL-MILITARY TENSION [...] (C) Summary: Coalition Support Fund (CSF) reimbursements are a major political and economic factor in our bilateral relations with Pakistan. On the military side, the recent publicity about CSF claims, largely resulting from congressional hearings, has prompted concern that reimbursements wi [...] | 2008-03-24 11:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MASS MARR PK |
08ISLAMABAD1272 | CJCS MULLEN'S MEETING WITH COAS GENERAL KAYANI [...] (C) Summary: CJCS Mullen met with Pakistan's Chief of the Army Staff General Ashfaq Kayani twice March 3-4. At a private dinner on March 3, they engaged in a discussion of Pakistan's new political landscape in the aftermath of the February 18 parliamentary elections. During talks on March [...] | 2008-03-24 13:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MASS PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD2941 | PPP'S ZARDARI WINS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Nineteen days after former President Pervez Musharraf resigned and nine months after Benazir Bhutto's assassination, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) candidate Asif Zardari was elected September 6 as the new President of Pakistan. We now expect he will be sworn in on September 9. De [...] | 2008-09-06 11:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PK PREL PINR |
08ISLAMABAD3014 | PAKISTAN MILITARY DECLARES IT HAS ORDERS TO [...] (SBU) Summary. GOP leaders are falling beyond Chief of Army Staff General Kayani's September 10 statement defending Pakistan's sovereignty and denying the agreed rules of engagement allow U.S. forces to conduct operations inside Pakistan. The Pakistani military spokesman declared that the [...] | 2008-09-13 05:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3035 | DEVELOPING PAKISTANI COIN CAPABILITY [...] (C) Summary: To help Pakistan roll back an increasingly virulent combination of foreign terrorists and domestic insurgents, the U.S. is implementing a three-part strategy to improve governance, provide economic development and fight extremism in the tribal areas along the Afghanistan border. [...] | 2008-09-16 09:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV MOPS PK |
08ISLAMABAD3096 | SITREP 05, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: DEATH TOLL RISES; [...] (C) As of September 22, 1800 hours (local),two Embassy personnel are confirmed deceased, one remains missing. One Embassy contractor remains at Shifa Hospital, Islamabad, for observation; one Embassy official was mil medevaced at 0100 hours. 2. (C) In total, approximately 95 Pakistanis [...] | 2008-09-22 13:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PK PREL AMGT CACS ASEC PTER PINR |
08ISLAMABAD3186 | TOUR D'HORIZON WITH ZARDARI [...] (C) Summary: In a discursive conversation with President Zardari on October 2, Ambassador again encouraged the appointment of a czar for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). She stressed that the federal and provincial governments were not working well together to confront the is [...] | 2008-10-06 10:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
08ISTANBUL245 | (C) TURKEY-IRAN ELECTION WORKSHOPS CONTINUING; NO [...] (C/NOFORN) Summary: A Turkish professor who has held several academic exchanges on election-related issues with an influential Iranian think-tank since last year said that his Iranian counterparts are under renewed pressure not to allow European experts to participate. He believes that the [...] | 2008-05-14 11:49:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM IR TU |
08ISTANBUL279 | IRAN,S MAJLES ELECTIONS: A TECHNICAL PERSPECTIVE [...] (C) Summary: A Turkish professor who led an unofficial (unbeknownst to the Iranian regime) election observation mission to Iran's recent Majles elections shared his findings with Consulate Istanbul "Iran Watcher." (Election results and post-election analysis were reported in refs B and C). [...] | 2008-05-23 12:57:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KDEM IR TU |
08ISTANBUL37 | A TURKISH PROFESSOR'S PLAN TO OBSERVE IRAN'S [...] (C/NOFORN) Summary: A professor at Isik University in Istanbul is using his ties to a well-connected Iranian think-tank and to an Iranian political party association to try to arrange for a small team of non-Iranian election experts to observe the March 14 Majles elections. He and three uni [...] | 2008-01-23 16:11:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IR TU |
08ISTANBUL77 | (C) INSIGHTS INTO IRAN'S PRESS TV FROM ITS [...] (C/NOFORN) Summary: Iranian news channel Press TV's Istanbul correspondent, a UK national, told us that the editors in Tehran do not dictate reporting topics or editorial line, but have set some reporting redlines (e.g., no PJAK or gas cut-off stories, no scenes of Turks drinking alcohol). [...] | 2008-02-12 05:36:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IR TU |
08JAKARTA1175 | AUSTRALIA-INDONESIA: RUDD VISIT A SUCCESS DESPITE [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Australian Prime Minister Rudd's June 13-14 visit to Indonesia highlighted the overall positive relationship between the two countries. PM Rudd and President Yudhoyono agreed on a broad range of political, economic an [...] | 2008-06-16 09:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV EAID ID AS |
08JAKARTA1271 | RESPONSE TO ENGAGING HOST GOVERNMENTS ON CERTAIN [...] (C) Post points of contact regarding terrorist broadcast issues are as follows: Until July 31, 2008: Yvonne Gonzales GonzalesYM@state.gov Office: 62-21-3435-9070 Mobile: 62-812-106-8449 Starting September 1, 2008: Pablo Valdez ValdezPM2@state.gov Office: 62-21-3435-9070 Mobile: 6 [...] | 2008-06-30 06:37:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER XF AL ID |
08JAKARTA1469 | LEBANON PEACEKEEPING: INDONESIA EXPANDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia has sent a 75-person military police force to augment UNIFIL in Lebanon. It also plans to send a 200-person military Force Protection Unit in coming months. These contributions are in addition to the GOI's 850-person peacekeeping battalion which is already stationed [...] | 2008-08-01 07:24:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR KPKO ID XF |
08JAKARTA1611 | NEW LEADER OF KEY COURT TAKES A STAND AGAINST [...] (C) SUMMARY: The newly appointed Constitutional Court Chief Justice spoke to military officers on August 22 on the importance of upholding the Indonesian Constitution and opposing Sharia-based ordinances put in place by local bodies. In his speech, he explained that these Sharia-based ordin [...] | 2008-08-25 07:50:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KJUS PREL KIRF KISL ID |
08JAKARTA544 | RAMPING UP ENGAGEMENT WITH THE INDONESIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has ratcheted up its engagement with the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR),resulting in improved dialogue with this increasingly powerful--but capacity poor--institution. Building upon an existing USG program, Mission has formed an internal committee to further [...] | 2008-03-17 09:32:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KDEM PGOV ID |
08JERUSALEM1202 | REQUEST FOR REVIEW OF VISA INELIGIBILITY FINDING [...] (C/NF) Post requests department review the finding of ineligibility under INA 212(a)(3)(B) for Jihad al-Wazir (DPOB: 20 July 1963, Gaza),the Governor of the Palestine Monetary Authority. We understand the ineligibility results from claims that al-Wazir currently is a member of Fatah. We hav [...] | 2008-07-09 12:51:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | CVIS CLOK PTER EFIN KWBG KPAL |
08JERUSALEM1278 | GAZA CROSSINGS UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Gaza contacts report an average of 65 truckloads/day of humanitarian goods and food entered Gaza July 13-17 via Sufa crossing, while gravel, grains and animal feed were transferred via the conveyer belt at Karni/al-Mintar. The back-to-back terminals at Karni remains closed. [...] | 2008-07-18 12:30:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EAGR KWBG PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM1451 | DOJ ATTORNEYS DISCUSS ZAKAT COMMITTEES WITH AWQAF [...] (C) Summary: Department of Justice attorneys met with Palestinian Authority Deputy Minister of Awqaf and Religious Affairs Salah Zuheika on July 15 to review the operation and composition of zakat committees in the West Bank and the Palestinian Authority's restructuring of these committees in [...] | 2008-08-07 14:24:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN KTFN KWBG PTER PGOV KISL |
08JERUSALEM1748 | FARMERS FRET OVER FALL OLIVE HARVEST PERMITS [...] (SBU) Summary. Palestinian farmers living along the separation barrier in the northern West Bank have expressed concern over GOI restrictions on permits to cross agricultural gates in the barrier. These restrictions would hamper their efforts to bring in the olive harvest, a significant sou [...] | 2008-09-19 14:34:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PBTS ECON KWBG KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM2081 | GAZA: CROSSINGS CLOSED, ROCKET FIRE CONTINUES; GOI [...] Summary: (C) All Gaza crossing were closed on November 18-19, except for Erez pedestrian crossing, which was open to certain medical cases and international NGO employees. Five Qassam rockets and four mortars were fired toward Israel November 18-19. Israeli naval forces detained 15 fisherman [...] | 2008-11-19 15:30:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KWBG IS PHUM PTER PREL ECON CASC |
08JERUSALEM2094 | PA ASKS FOR HELP TO COUNTER SETTLER BUSINESSES [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian officials are highlighting economic activity in Israeli settlements and encouraging third countries to discourage trade and other economic links to settlement enterprises. The UK is focused on the issue, which dominated Foreign Secretary Milliband's recent visit to [...] | 2008-11-21 14:08:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ETRD IS KWBG PREL UK |
08JERUSALEM586 | SECOND PALESTINIAN MOBILE PHONE PROVIDER STILL [...] (C/NF) Summary: The CEO of the second mobile telephone operator in the West Bank reported on April 3 that he is still waiting for the GOI to provide the necessary frequency spectrum to allow him to begin operations. He complained that the GOI proposals on the table would cripple his ability [...] | 2008-04-04 13:29:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECPS ECON BEXP EINV KWBG IS |
08KABUL143 | SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER'S [...] (C) Your visit to Kabul takes place as parliament reconvenes to work on the election calendar and law and to reconsider the media law which President Karzai recently sent to parliament with questions. You will see Karzai's new governance initiatives beginning to show results. Your visit pre [...] | 2008-01-15 14:03:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ECON PTER SNAR KPAO PREF EAID AF |
08KABUL1788 | KARZAI RESISTS ADVISOR ON ELECTIONS DELAY [...] (C) Palace political advisor Sigbatullah Sanjar (Protect) is trying to convince Karzai persistent insecurity in the south and east offers him a plausible excuse for postponing elections he otherwise might lose. Karzai continues to resist Sanjar and other supporters' agitation for an elections [...] | 2008-07-17 10:52:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS AF |
08KABUL2310 | PARTIES MUM FOR NOW ON PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Political maneuverings for next year's presidential elections are well underway, but most of the major political parties are holding their cards close and have told us they are unlikely to publicly commit to a candidate for some time. Although President Karzai declared hi [...] | 2008-08-27 14:53:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV AF |
08KABUL2633 | IEC: IMAGE AND PUBLIC OUTREACH NEED IMPROVEMENT [...] (C NF) A senior strategic communications expert with experience in advising heads of state visited Afghanistan September 14 to 26 to consult with the Independent Elections Commission (IEC) on ways to improve the IEC's public image, media operations, and voter outreach. Hosted by UNDP/ELECT, [...] | 2008-09-28 07:18:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KDEM PGOV AF |
08KABUL2722 | AFGHANISTAN: PHASE ONE OF VOTER REGISTRATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Phase one of the Voter Registration (VR) process began on 10/6 with the opening of VR stations scheduled in the 14 provinces of the Phase one region. VR successfully opened in 12 of the 14 provinces with only Nurestan and Ghazni experiencing some logistical and bureaucratic prob [...] | 2008-10-07 14:44:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KDEM AF |
08KABUL2756 | KARZAI SHUFFLES KEY CABINET POSITIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. President Karzai announced a long-anticipated Cabinet shuffle Oct. 11, making six key changes in his government. Reactions to these changes ranged from cautious optimism from the international community to healthy skepticism from opposition political leaders. State-owned media [...] | 2008-10-14 02:42:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM AF |
08KABUL2797 | AFGHAN OFFICIALS AIR CONCERNS TO SIGAR ON USAGE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction (SIGAR) Arnold Fields heard two common themes during meetings with the GIRoA Auditor General and senior Afghan MOD and MOI officials: A) that there is insufficient coordination between Afghanistan and the Donor Community, inc [...] | 2008-10-20 02:27:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KWAC AF |
08KABUL2832 | ELECTION POLITICS AT PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) Daoud Ali Najafi, Chief Technical Officer at the Independent Election Commission (IEC),appeared before the leadership of the legislature on October 19 to calm the recent controversy there over the fall 2009 time frame for presidential and provincial council elections. The recent fla [...] | 2008-10-22 13:10:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KDEM PGOV AF |
08KABUL2833 | IC REVIEWS INTERIM APPROACH TO KAMBAKHSH CASE [...] (C) Afghan and international media widely reported that the Kabul appellate court on October 21 sentenced Sayad Parwez Kambakhsh to 20 years of imprisonment, vice an earlier sentence of death, for distributing literature found by a local court to be offensive to Islam (REF A.) On the margin [...] | 2008-10-23 04:17:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM AF |
08KABUL2838 | DRL DAS BARKS-RUGGLES EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR AFGHAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In October 15-16 meetings with visiting DRL DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles, representatives from the Afghan Independent Electoral Commission (IEC),NATO, UNDP, the National Democratic Institute (NDI),the International Republican Institute (IRI),and the International Foundation for Elec [...] | 2008-10-25 08:02:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL AF |
08KABUL3187 | AFGHAN LEADERS TELL AMB. KHALILZAD THEY ARE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. USUN Amb. Zalmay Khalilzad met with a broad array of Afghan political leaders, civil society activists, and government officials on the margins of his participation in a UN Security Council fact-finding mission to Afghanistan Nov. 24-27. He heard a common theme of growing pess [...] | 2008-12-10 11:50:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PTER PREL AF |
08KABUL3237 | KARZAI URGES CODEL MCCAIN TO SUPPORT ZARDARI AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Accompanied by the Charge d'Affaires, Senators John McCain, Joseph Lieberman and Lindsey Graham dined with President Karzai at the Presidential Palace December 6. Flanked by many from his cabinet, including the Foreign and Defense Ministers, Karzai urged the Senators to secure strong U [...] | 2008-12-21 06:24:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER MASS KDEM AF PK |
08KABUL497 | KARZAI-DOSTUM STANDOFF CONTINUES; KARZAI MESSAGE [...] (C) Attorney General Sabit announced on February 18 that the government had suspended General Abdul Rashid Dostum from his government post and threatened to arrest him if he refused to cooperate with the investigation into the beating and abduction of Akbar Bay on February 2-3 (reftel). Neith [...] | 2008-02-27 11:51:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID KDEM PGOV AF |
08KATHMANDU1068 | NEPAL'S PRIORITIES FOR 63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) On September 19, Rudra Nepal, Joint Secretary for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),told Emboffs that the priorities for the Government of Nepal (GON) at the 63rd UN General Assembly included landlocked least-developed countries, food security, t [...] | 2008-09-23 10:39:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER OVIP KSEP UNGA CH IN RS GG |
08KATHMANDU70 | NEPAL YET TO FORMULATE POSITION ON KOSOVO'S FUTURE [...] (C) On January 9, Ambassador delivered reftel talking points on resolving Kosovo's status to Foreign Secretary Gyan Chandra Acharya, who offered no comment. On January 14, Emboffs received more questions than affirmations during a follow-up meeting with Hira Bahadur Thapa, Joint Secretary fo [...] | 2008-01-16 11:09:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU NP |
08KATHMANDU820 | NEPAL'S CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY ELECTS RAM BARAN [...] (SBU) On July 21, the Constituent Assembly elected Dr. Ram Baran Yadav, the most senior Madhesi in the Nepali Congress party, to be Nepal's first president. Yadav defeated Ram Raja Prasad Singh, a fellow Madhesi and the candidate of the Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist, by 26 votes in a sec [...] | 2008-07-21 11:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR KDEM NP |
08KHARTOUM1215 | SE WILLIAMSON'S VISIT TO ABYEI AND AGOK [...] (C) Summary: SE Williamson visited Abyei and Agok on August 10. UNMIS security, civil affairs, and force protection officers based at UNMIS headquarters in Abyei town who were present during the heavy fighting in mid-May provided an account of events. They suggested that more troops and armo [...] | 2008-08-12 07:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1327 | GOSS VICE PRESIDENT MACHAR ON ELECTIONS AND ICC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) Vice President Riek Machar maintains that the SPLM has committed itself to elections at all costs, and that the party has refused to allow itself to be held hostage by declining implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. The VP claim [...] | 2008-09-01 13:28:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC PGOV PREL PREF DPKO SOCI UNSC AU SU |
08KIGALI107 | SPANISH JUDGE INDICTS 40 RWANDAN OFFICERS [...] (U) Summary. A Spanish judge's indictment of 40 Rwandan military officers for mass killings has been viewed with measured skepticism by the Rwandan government, which awaits receipt and evaluation of the judicial documents. Media versions of the judge's statements suggest that outlandish an [...] | 2008-02-08 11:06:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM MOPS RW |
08KIGALI167 | FORMER RDF SPOKESMAN AND SPY CHIEF PATRICK [...] (C) Leah Karegeya, wife of Colonel Patrick Karegeya, former RDF spokesman and Director of External Intelligence at the Rwandan National Security Service, met with PolOff on March 6 to provide information on the whereabouts and activities of her husband and of her own current situation in Rwand [...] | 2008-03-10 15:56:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV RW |
08KIGALI369 | RWANDA - SPANISH INDICTMENTS "MERE ARROGANCE" [...] (U) Government of Rwanda (GOR) officials, including President Paul Kagame and Minister of Justice Tharcisse Karugarama, continue their campaign against the Spanish indictment of 40 Rwandan military officials (reftels). In comments delivered to commemorate Israel's 60th year, Kagame called the [...] | 2008-05-27 13:10:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV RW |
08KIGALI552 | FURTHER PROGRESS ON BWINDI ASSURANCES [...] (SBU) This is an action request - see paragraph 6. 2. (C) Charge met with Minister of Justice Tharcisse Karugarama and Prosecutor General Martin Ngoga August 11 to discuss the Government of Rwanda's (GOR) assurances letter necessary for the deportation of the Bwindi defendants back to Rwand [...] | 2008-08-12 16:33:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KCRM RW |
08KIGALI558 | CHEVRON PULLS OUT OF RWANDA [...] (C) Summary: On July 1, Chevron closed shop in Rwanda. Citing extensive fraud in its Rwandan operations (including in the alleged fueling of MONUC aircraft that had not been in Kigali),and friction with the Government of Rwanda (GOR) on compliance with U.S. sanctions against fueling aircraft [...] | 2008-08-13 14:41:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | BEXP BTIO ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV RW |
08KIGALI671 | IRAN, KOSOVO, NON-PROLIFERATION DEMARCHES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-05 11:22:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM UNGA RW |
08KIGALI743 | ONE NEW MINISTER APPOINTED, SMALL SHUFFLE OF OTHER [...] (U) On Sunday, October 19, Radio Rwanda announced the appointment of Dr. Richard Sezibera, formerly the Special Envoy for the Great Lakes, as Minister of Health. He took the place of Jean Damascene Ntawukuliryayo, who won election to the Chamber of Deputies in September as a Social Democrat [...] | 2008-10-21 07:01:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL RW |
08KUALALUMPUR840 | MALAYSIA DEMURS ON WFP ESCORT REQUEST FOR SOMALIA [...] (C) Malaysia's Ministry of Defense (MOD) has still not responded to the possibility of Royal Malaysian Navy ships providing escort assistance to World Food Program shipments to Somalia (outlined in Ref A),September 27-October 31, in response to the DAO's approach last week (Ref B) and again o [...] | 2008-09-22 09:59:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MCAP PREL MY |
08KUWAIT1022 | KUWAIT: PRIME MINISTER'S WASHINGTON VISIT STRIKES [...] (SBU) Notwithstanding their preoccupation with fasting and feasting during the holy Ramadan season, Kuwaitis were almost universally pleased with Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser Al Mohammed Al Sabah's September 18-19 visit to Washington and his subsequent visit to New York, where he addressed the [...] | 2008-09-29 14:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER CVIS KU |
08KUWAIT1030 | KUWAIT AVOIDS SUMMER 2008 BLACKOUTS; INVESTMENT [...] (C) Summary. Kuwait Ministry of Electricity and Water (MEW) official Suhaila Marafi said that while Kuwait has successfully survived this year,s peak electricity demand period without significant electrical outages, it still must contemplate how to deal with projected power shortages in the co [...] | 2008-10-05 13:08:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG PINR KU |
08KUWAIT1259 | KUWAIT HALTS K-DOW PETROCHEMICAL VENTURE IN THE [...] (C) Summary: Following the Government of Kuwait's December 28 decision to withdraw approval for the K-Dow joint venture between Kuwait's Petrochemical Industries Company(PIC) and Dow Chemical, PIC's Chair and Managing Director Maha Hussain told Econoffs that PIC will continue to seek approval f [...] | 2008-12-31 12:56:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EINV EPET ENRG PGOV PREL KU |
08KUWAIT257 | KUWAIT ENERGY: INPUT FOR REQUIRED REPORT TO [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Post provides the following information: -- A. The Economic Section consists of 7 personnel, of whom 5 work directly on energy matters. -- B. Percentage of time devoted to energy issues by position: Â [...] | 2008-03-06 14:39:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG SENV APER ABUD KU |
08KUWAIT435 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S APRIL 21-22, 2008 [...] (C/NF) Embassy Kuwait looks forward to your return for the April 21-22 Iraq Neighbors Conference. Ambassador Jones arrives April 19, and receiving you will be her first official act. In addition to your primary focus on the multilateral Iraq event, the timing is propitious for advancing bila [...] | 2008-04-17 14:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ECON EAID OVIP KU IZ IR |
08KUWAIT497 | SCANT ENTHUSIASM FOR PALESTINIAN INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Econcouns spoke on May 1 with Shaykh Ali Al Sabah, MFA Director of Economic Affairs, and on May 4 with Rabah Al-Rabah, Deputy Director General of the Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry, to discuss the May 21-23 Palestinian Investment Conference in Bethlehem. [...] | 2008-05-06 15:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID ECON KPAL KU |
08KUWAIT663 | LEBANON: KUWAIT RESPONSE ON JUNE 23 [...] (C) In response to reftel request seeking host country support for the June 23 reconstruction conference on Lebanon's Nahr Al-Barid refugee camp, Econcouns spoke with Ambassador Jassim Al-Mubaraki, MFA Director of Arab Affairs, on June 5. Al-Mubaraki said he had just met with the Lebanese CD [...] | 2008-06-11 13:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID ECON KU PREF PREL |
08KYIV1630 | UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO POISONING REMAINS IN [...] (SBU) Summary. President Yushchenko,s 2004 poisoning has resurfaced as a major issue being examined both at at the Prosecutor General,s Office (PGO) and in the press, with many seeing the Presidential apparatus working the issue as a potential vote getter in the upcoming presidential campaign. [...] | 2008-08-18 13:55:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM UP |
08KYIV2207 | UKRAINE: PROMINVESTBANK FAILURE TEST CASE FOR NBU [...] (C) Summary and comment: Liquidity problems, a run on deposits, and a possible corporate hijacking at Prominvestbank, Ukraine's sixth largest bank, last month contributed to the run on other Ukrainian banks, which were already jittery due to the world financial crisis (refs). The Acting Chai [...] | 2008-11-06 12:59:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
08LAGOS68 | NIGERIA: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (C/NF) Summary: The only infrastructure/resource in Nigeria which could meet the definition in reftel is oil-related. While the country is a large exporter of crude oil to the United States, the Mission does not believe that Nigeria's oil and oil infrastructure meet the definition of "key" o [...] | 2008-02-22 13:46:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC ECON PTER PREL PGOV ENRG NI |
08LAGOS77 | NIGERIA: THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING [...] (C/NF) Summary: Gazprom's Boris Ivanov announced the establishment of a Gazprom Nigeria subsidiary and said the company plans to announce new gas deals in Nigeria this year. He told an industry conference that Gazprom has already offered to share its reform experience with Nigerian National [...] | 2008-02-27 10:28:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG EPET PGOV PREL NI RS |
08LAHORE320 | CHIEF MINISTER SHAHBAZ SHARIF PLEDGES TO CONTINUE STRONG JUD [...] (C) Summary: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif told Principal Officer December 13 that he intended to follow the directive to shut down Jamaatud Dawa (JUD). While he planned to take over JUD schools and hospitals, the madrassah network posed a challenge, he admitted. Pushed to cooperate wi [...] | 2008-12-15 07:32:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PTER PREL EFIN PK IN |
08LAHORE325 | CORRECTED COPY: CHIEF MINISTER SHAHBAZ SHARIF PLEDGES TO [...] (C) Summary: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif told Principal Officer December 13 that he intended to follow the directive to shut down Jamaatud Dawa (JUD). While he planned to take over JUD schools and hospitals, the madrassah network posed a challenge, he admitted. Pushed to cooperate with the [...] | 2008-12-18 11:36:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PTER PREL EFIN PK IN |
08LAPAZ2019 | DECERTIFICATION: EVO SETS STAGE TO CUT COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: Early indications that the Bolivian government would confine its reaction to the U.S. counter-narcotics (CN) decertification decision to anti-U.S. rhetorical attacks (reftel a) are fading as government officials appear to be laying the groundwork to limit or sever CN assistance an [...] | 2008-09-18 20:16:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SNAR PGOV PREL PTER PINR ASEC RS BL |
08LAPAZ2284 | BOLIVIA: REQUEST TO LIFT AUTHORIZED DEPARTURE [...] (C) Summary and action request: The immediate threats that initially prompted Mission Bolivia's request for Authorized Departure status have dissipated, and an agreement between the national opposition and the government is likely to bring a period of calm as both sides prepare for a January 25 [...] | 2008-10-22 20:46:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AMGT AEMR CASC KFLO AFIN ASEC PGOV BL |
08LILONGWE160 | MALAWI: FERTILIZER SUBSIDIES USED FOR POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Under Malawi's fertilizer subsidy program, coupons were supposed to be distributed by Ministry of Agriculture officials only to the poorest 1.5 million households. There are a number of indications, however, that one of President Mutharika's signature programs has been used by G [...] | 2008-03-14 10:41:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV EAID MI |
08LILONGWE220 | MALAWI - MUTHARIKA UNLIKELY TO PRESS MUGABE [...] (C) Summary: While media and civil society in Malawi have called for a quick release of Zimbabwean election results and have speculated about a potential change in leadership, the GOM has been largely silent on the subject. President Mutharika publicly stated that he would only communicate his [...] | 2008-04-14 14:22:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ZI MI |
08LILONGWE366 | MALAWI: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SUSPENDED AS MEDIATORS [...] (C) On June 20, Speaker Louis Chimango suspended the National Assembly after the legislature failed to pass the national budget by President Mutharika's stated June 20 deadline. Coincidentally, the June 20 meeting was prevented by demonstrations that blocked opposition MPs from entering State [...] | 2008-06-23 13:15:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM MI |
08LILONGWE56 | MALAWI: UNITED DEMOCRATIC FRONT - NO LONGER UNITED [...] (C) Summary: The United Democratic Front (UDF) governed Malawi from its return to democracy in 1994 until President Mutharika's unexpected break with the UDF in 2005. Former President Bakili Muluzi continues to preside over the UDF, but his grip on both the party and its mostly southern elec [...] | 2008-01-28 14:05:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM MI |
08LIMA1213 | LEFTIST GROUPS STIR ANTI-U.S. SENTIMENT IN AYACUCHO [...] (C) Summary: Poloff met with local government and civic leaders during a June 23-24 visit to Peru's southern region of Ayacucho. Those leaders described the region's population generally as spirited and rebellious types who were suspicious of outside influence. As such, the region remains fert [...] | 2008-07-16 19:39:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PHUM SNAR PTER PE |
08LIMA1335 | C-AL8-01467 ANDEAN-EU TRADE DEAL STALLED [...] (C/NF) Senior Peruvian Trade Ministry officials are pessimistic that the Andean Community of Nations (CAN) will reach agreement on its communication to the European Union (EU),due August 14-15, on the proposed mechanisms for continuing EU-CAN trade agreement discussions. The EU is only will [...] | 2008-08-12 21:00:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETRD PREL PINR ECIN PE |
08LIMA281 | INL A/S JOHNSON MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER DEL [...] (SBU) Summary: During a 2-day visit to Peru, A/S David Johnson met with high-level government officials in Lima, and observed the nexus between eradication and alternative development in the San Martin area, as well as the NAS police training program. In his meeting with Prime Minister Jorge [...] | 2008-02-15 20:08:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE |
08LIMA304 | PERU AND CHILE: CONFRONTING OBSTACLES TO IMPROVED [...] (C) Summary: President Alan Garcia took office in 2006 planning to expand and deepen Peruvian relations with Chile while quietly downplaying a series of potentially thorny obstacles. The GOP continues to desire improved bilateral relations, but the obstacles to progress have been anything but [...] | 2008-02-21 23:27:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD MARR PINR CI PE |
08LISBON1130 | PM SOCRATES HEADS TO VENEZUELA: OIL-FOR-FOOD AND [...] (C) Prime Minister Socrates has two principal objectives for his visit to Venezuela May 13-15, according to his diplomatic advisor for Latin American issues, Frederico Ludovice. He intends both to strengthen ties to the 500,000-strong community of Portuguese citizens resident in Venezuela [...] | 2008-05-12 13:53:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV VE PO |
08LISBON1237 | PORTUGAL SUPPORTS EU STATEMENT ON GUANTANAMO [...] (C/NF) Summary. Portugal supports the concept of a EU statement that would allow EU member states to accept low-threat Guantanamo detainees. MFA interlocutors told us that EU Foreign Ministers would discuss the subject May 26 at the GAERC luncheon. While no text would likely be adopted, at [...] | 2008-05-23 17:40:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PDRG PHUM PREL SMIG PTER PO |
08LISBON1291 | ISAF ALLIES WEIGHING IN WITH PORTUGAL [...] (C/NF) Summary. Resident Ambassadors from NATO nations with uncaveated and militarily significant contributions to ISAF gave the ambassador a readout June 2 of their views regarding Portugal's contributions to that mission. While none of them have lobbied the GOP regarding the withdrawal of [...] | 2008-06-02 17:40:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS MARR PREL PGOV AF PO |
08LISBON1397 | PORTUGAL'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE JUNE 16-17 [...] (C/NF) Summary: The Portuguese MFA's Deputy EU Correspondent outlined internal EU disagreements on how best to proceed on Zimbabwe, Cuba, and the Olympics, but underscored that the group was largely united on Iran, the Middle East Peace Process, Democratic Republic of Congo (DROC) and Georgia. [...] | 2008-06-16 14:23:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IR IZ IS SY PHUM PREL PGOV PO |
08LISBON1815 | PORTUGAL: NO PROBLEMS ON NAM, TURKEY, OR SYRIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-25 16:31:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PO IR SY TU |
08LISBON1887 | PORTUGUESE MOJ ON CAPE VERDE'S NARCOTICS/TERRORISM [...] (C/NF) Summary: Portuguese Judicial Police leaders briefed us on counternarcotics and counterterrorism efforts in Cape Verde. They expressed concern that Cape Verde, West Africa's example of a successful state, was under threat and encouraged greater U.S.-Portugal cooperation to help the Gov [...] | 2008-08-01 17:08:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER SNAR EAID PREL CV PO |
08LISBON1976 | PORTUGUESE FM AMADO EXPLAINS STANCE ON KOSOVO, [...] (C) In a cordial, one-on-one dinner with the Ambassador on August 7, FM Luis Amado confided that domestic political considerations and the Portuguese-Serbian relationship had delayed Portugal's recognition of Kosovo thus far. Nevertheless, he told the Ambassador that the GOP would recognize Ko [...] | 2008-08-08 17:20:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ETRD MARR PO |
08LISBON2035 | TFGG01: AS USUAL, PORTUGAL MILDLY SUPPORTIVE [...] (C/NF) Charge conveyed points to Diplomatic Advisors to the Foreign Minister and President. (On some controversial issues, the Presidency stakes out a position that differs from the MFA's.) 2. (C/NF) MFA: Diplomatic Advisor stated, "We totally share your concerns about the current state [...] | 2008-08-14 15:54:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS PREL PHUM OSCE UN GG RS PT |
08LISBON2300 | SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO PORTUGAL, SEPTEMBER [...] (SBU) Madam Secretary: Your visit is scheduled to coincide with two important Portuguese foreign policy moments ) recognition of Kosovo and Portugal leading discussion on the EU's trans-Atlantic policy. This is an opportune moment to stress that the US and EU generally share goals and to call for [...] | 2008-08-29 14:21:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | OTRA PREL PO |
08LISBON2301 | LISBON SEEKS LOW PROFILE ON RUSSIA, GEORGIA, AND [...] (C/NF) Summary. Post delivered ref demarches on Russia/Georgia and Kosovo/ICJ. Portugal does not want a public role in condemning Russia over the conflict in Georgia. The Portuguese are hoping for a lessening of current rhetoric in order to put greater emphasis on the Six Point Plan. Separ [...] | 2008-08-29 15:26:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MOPS KV RS PO |
08LISBON2379 | PORTUGAL BRIEFS SENATOR GREGG ON RUSSIA, CAUCASUS, [...] (C/NF) Summary. Portuguese MOD State Secretary Joao Mira Gomes told Senator Judd Gregg (R, NH) that Russia's illegal actions in Georgia required a diplomatic solution in which the West needed to stand firm on principle (including Georgia's territorial integrity) and suspend military cooperati [...] | 2008-09-04 16:50:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | OVIP PREL GG AF RS IR UP PO KV EUN |
08LISBON2628 | PORTUGAL TO FOLLOW EU AND ABSTAIN ON KOSOVO ICJ [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-06 15:01:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | UN PREL |
08LISBON2630 | PORTUGAL: LATEST KOSOVO RECOGNITION TARGET DATE IS [...] (C/NF) In an October 3 meeting Portuguese MFA Director General for Foreign Policy Nuno Brito said he "hopes" Portugal will formally recognize Kosovo on October 7, and that President Cavaco Silva told Serbian President Tadic it is time for Portugal to move on regarding the issue. Brito relate [...] | 2008-10-07 11:00:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNGA UN KV PO |
08LISBON2666 | PORTUGAL FINANCIERS FORESEE LEAN TIMES AHEAD [...] Six leading Portuguese financiers told the Ambassador the Portuguese financial market is "getting by" with decreasing profits during the current "deleveraging" period. Although there is some concern about bank liquidity, the GOP is expected to announce a bank recapitalization program next we [...] | 2008-10-27 12:08:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN PO |
08LISBON2707 | PORTUGUESE BANKERS OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) Portuguese financiers continue to express cautious optimism about the Portuguese financial markets and to support the leadership demonstrated by the U.S. Treasury Secretary and Portuguese Finance Minister. Ambassador Stephenson met with four leading Portuguese bankers who are concerned a [...] | 2008-11-13 17:11:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN PO |
08LISBON2711 | EMBASSY LISBON'S OCTOBER 2008 VISAS VIPER REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Lisbon's Visas Viper Program (VVP) Committee met on November 3, 2008. This month, Post submits the name of an American citizen fugitive, wanted in the U.S. for criminal, terrorist activities, a Syrian national with links to an Al-Qa'ida fundraising operative, and 14 members [...] | 2008-11-14 16:40:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC PO |
08LISBON35 | PORTUGAL'S ISAF CAVEATS [...] (U) Even before my arrival in Portugal, the status of Portugal's contributions to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan was the most significant issue on our agenda. Following a review of the SHAPE Caveat Report, I believe it important to comment on the caveat prio [...] | 2008-01-07 13:40:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MOPS PREL AF PO |
08LISBON350 | PORTUGUESE LAMENT ELUSIVENESS OF EU KOSOVO UNITY, [...] (C/NF) Summary. The Portuguese MFA political director said he expects the EU to take as long as a week or two to achieve a consensus EU reaction to a Kosovar declaration of independence. He said some member states have made preparations difficult, that final negotiations cannot take place un [...] | 2008-02-12 17:12:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EUN PGOV MOPS PO ZL |
08LISBON395 | PORTUGAL ON KOSOVO IN OSCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-15 09:58:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV UN YI EU PREL OSCE PO |
08LISBON611 | PORTUGAL'S ADDITIONAL ISAF CONTRIBUTIONS [...] (U) Action request. See paragraphs 6 and 7. 2. (C) Summary. The Portuguese Defense Minister told us Portugal will announce the contribution of a second OMLT before the Bucharest Summit. To encourage additional contributions, we recommend that other ISAF allies and the NATO SYG engage the [...] | 2008-03-12 09:39:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AF PREL MOPS MARR PO |
08LJUBLJANA146 | SLOVENIAN EU PRESIDENCY AT THE HALFWAY POINT [...] (C) Slovenia has made the most of its limited resources during the first three months of its EU presidency by focusing on what it knows best and turning to outside sources for assistance in other areas. Slovenia appears more amenable than many previous small-country presidencies to seek guid [...] | 2008-03-28 15:53:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL CVIS PGOV EUN ASEC OVIP SI |
08LJUBLJANA161 | SLOVENIA AND U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AGREE ON IMPORTANCE OF THE TEC [...] (C/NF) In April 3 meetings with Dan Christman, Senior Vice President of International Relations at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, senior officials from the Ministry of Economy (MoE) and MFA stressed that the Transatlantic Economic Council (TEC) was very important for Slovenia and that it was im [...] | 2008-04-09 14:09:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ETRD EUN SI PGOV |
08LJUBLJANA203 | SLOVENIA'S MINISTER OF ECONOMY SUPPORTIVE OF TEC [...] (C) In a May 6 meeting with Charge, Minister of Economy Andrej Vizjak strongly agreed with our overall assessment that the Transatlantic Economic Council (TEC) is an excellent vehicle to raise complicated regulatory issues at the political level to effect change. He insisted that European eco [...] | 2008-05-07 14:47:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EUN EINV ETRD SI |
08LJUBLJANA235 | SLOVENIAN FM LOOKING FORWARD TO U.S.-EU SUMMIT [...] (C) At a May 28 lunch, Foreign Minister Rupel stressed to the Ambassador that Slovenia hoped the message of the June 10 U.S.-EU Summit would be our strong transatlantic partnership. He added that the bilateral meetings should not be as prominent. FM Rupel also highlighted the helpful role of [...] | 2008-05-29 09:31:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EUN PGOV ECON EINV SI |
08LJUBLJANA238 | AMBASSADOR GHAFARI PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO [...] (C) Summary: On May 29, four days after arriving in Ljubljana, Yousif B. Ghafari presented his credentials as the new U.S. Ambassador to Slovenia to President Turk. At a follow-on courtesy call the President and the Ambassador agreed on the need for greater U.S. business activity in Sloveni [...] | 2008-05-30 15:03:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EUN PGOV ECON EINV SI |
08LJUBLJANA255 | SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF JUNE 16-17 GAERC [...] (C) On June 12, Pol/Econ Chief delivered the June 16-17 GAERC points to European Correspondent Aljaz Arih. Arih said the GAERC, which had a very long agenda, would issue conclusions on Cuba, the Western Balkans, Somalia, Sudan, DRoC, and Central Asia (without a discussion). The FMs would sen [...] | 2008-06-12 12:01:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EUN PGOV PHUM ZL ZK IR IZ IS SY LE CU |
08LJUBLJANA398 | SLOVENIA PREDICTS "DIFFICULT" SEPTEMBER 5-6 GYMNICH [...] (C) On September 4, Emboff delivered the points on Georgia and non-Georgia topics in advance of the September 5-6 Gymnich meeting (refs A and B) to MFA European Correspondent Aljaz Arih. Although Gymnichs are usually relaxed, Arih predicted that this one would be difficult because of Georgia. [...] | 2008-09-04 15:26:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EUN PGOV PHUM GG RU SI |
08LJUBLJANA413 | SLOVENIA PREDICTS "BORING" SEPTEMBER 15-16 GAERC [...] (C) On September 11, Emboff delivered our points in advance of the September 15-16 GAERC meeting (reftel) to MFA European Correspondent Aljaz Arih, who commented that this would be a "pretty boring GAERC." Arih said there would be Council Conclusions on Somalia, which would be the GAERC's mos [...] | 2008-09-11 14:07:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EUN PGOV PHUM ZL ZI SOCI YI TU GG RS |
08LJUBLJANA537 | NEW SLOVENIAN FM IS "PRO-AMERICA," BUT GIVES [...] (C) In a December 4 meeting with the Ambassador, new Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar stressed that he was pro-American and that Slovenia wanted to continue to deepen its transatlantic ties. He confirmed that Slovenia would withdraw its two instructors from Iraq, either at the end of December o [...] | 2008-12-05 12:31:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EUN PGOV ECON MARR HR SI |
08LJUBLJANA66 | SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF FEBRUARY 18 GAERC [...] (C) In their February 13 meeting, European Union Division Director/Deputy Political Director Matej Marn told A/DCM that the February 18 GAERC would focus on Kosovo, which would be the first item on the external relations agenda. He hoped that the debate on other topics would be short. He expe [...] | 2008-02-13 16:33:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EUN IR IS PGOV AADP |
08LONDON1001 | A COLLECTIVE YAWN GREETS HMG’S FIRST NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY [...] (C/NF) Summary. Criticism and indifference from British political leaders, foreign policy analysts, and media greeted the publication of HMG's first National Security Strategy (NSS),an initial reaction echoed in many of the Whitehall ministries to which the NSS was directed. UK opposition leaders [...] | 2008-04-08 12:05:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER EAID ECON UK |
08LONDON1014 | (C) HMG CONSIDERING OPTIONS IN AFTERMATH OF [...] (C) Foreign Office Zimbabwe Section Chief Ben Llewellyn-Jones confirmed to Poloff on April 7 that Prime Minister Brown had urged South African president Thabo Mbeki to use his influence in an effort to bring a positive end to Zimbabwe's political crisis when the two men meet on April 6. Llewe [...] | 2008-04-09 14:41:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EC PGOV PREL SA UK EU UNSC ZI |
08LONDON1017 | HMG LOOKING FORWARD TO BUILDING ON GAINS OF NATO [...] (C/NF) According to FCO Deputy Director for Security Policy Chris Holtby, HMG shares U.S. views that the results of the NATO Bucharest Summit were better than expected going in, and looked forward to working closely with us to move forward soon on the outcomes which fell short of expectation [...] | 2008-04-09 15:46:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV NATO EU UK |
08LONDON111 | MISSILE DEFENSE: HMG CONCERNED POLAND WILL [...] (C) This is a State action request -- see para 9. 2. (C) Summary. HMG is concerned that public statements by Warsaw since the Polish elections are causing other NATO Allies to begin to question whether NATO should approve MD work at the Bucharest summit in April. HMG suggests the U.S. Gov [...] | 2008-01-11 12:56:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR PREL NATO UK PO |
08LONDON1135 | (C) AN UPDATE ON HMG EXPECTATIONS AND PREDICTIONS [...] (C) Summary. The head of the Foreign Office's Zimbabwe section indicated on 21 April that time is running out for Robert Mugabe. Ineffective African mediation efforts may still yield positive results if all interested parties, including the African Union and the United Nations, coordinate with [...] | 2008-04-22 12:31:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREL UN UK EU SA CH ZI |
08LONDON1157 | HMG EXPECTS LITTLE IMMINENT CHANGE IN CUBA BUT [...] (C/NF) Summary. Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) officials told Cuba Transition Coordinator Caleb McCarry they detected little real change since Raul Castro assumed power, but they firmly believed the only means of exploiting any possible openings with the regime was to remain engaged. [...] | 2008-04-24 10:12:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM KDEM UK CU EUN |
08LONDON1163 | IRAN: DEMOCRACY SMALL GRANTS PROPOSALS RECOMMENDED [...] (C/NF) Summary: Per Department guidance for the Iran Democracy Small Grants program (refs a and b),Embassy London supports and forwards for Department review, and approval and funding, six project proposals submitted to Iran Watcher (Poloff) by Iranian contacts in the UK. Per Department guidan [...] | 2008-04-24 14:56:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KDEM KPAO PHUM IR UK |
08LONDON1170 | COURT KNOCKS DOWN TERRORIST ASSET-FREEZING POWERS: [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: A UK court ruled on April 24 that the UK had illegally frozen the assets of five individuals accused of terrorism finance. The ruling found fault with the fact that the UK did not engage in parliamentary debate in its implementation of UN Security Council Resolutions on Al-Qae [...] | 2008-04-25 11:56:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON KTFN UK |
08LONDON1241 | MAY 1 ELECTIONS: BROWN IS BLUE AND CAMERON [...] (C/NF) Summary. Prime Minister Gordon Brown is facing heavy losses in his first electoral test since becoming Prime Minister. With two thirds of the results counted from yesterday's local council elections in England and Wales, projections put Labour at just 24 percent of the total vote; th [...] | 2008-05-02 17:12:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV UK |
08LONDON1397 | (C) UK PREPARING TO DESIGNATE MILITARY WING OF [...] (C/NF) Summary. The UK government is preparing to designate the military wing of Hizballah as a terrorist organization in the next two to three weeks, FCO Middle East and North Africa Director (NEA A/S-equivalent) John Jenkins told DCM May 19. The UK recognizes that the USG would like it to [...] | 2008-05-19 16:50:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER IR SY LE IZ UK |
08LONDON1426 | THE UK AND AFRICA: WHAT THE FCO'S STRATEGY REFRESH [...] (C/NF) Summary. Following the FCO's recent "strategy refresh" of its priorities, FCO and Africa Directorate leadership have held extensive internal discussions on what the new strategy will mean for Africa. FCO plans to develop a more comprehensive foreign policy for Africa -- not just a deve [...] | 2008-05-22 07:13:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL XA UK |
08LONDON1449 | UK BY-ELECTION RESULTS PORTEND BIG PROBLEMS FOR [...] (C/NF) Summary. For the first time in 30 years, the UK's Conservative Party has taken back a parliamentary seat from the Labour Party, winning a huge upset victory in the May 22 Crewe and Nantwich by-election. By giving David Cameron's Tories 49 percent of the vote - as opposed to 31 percent [...] | 2008-05-23 13:21:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL UK |
08LONDON1459 | UK AND SOMALIA: CAUTIOUSLY SUPPORTIVE OF UN PKO [...] (C/NF) Summary. The UK is cautiously supportive of deploying a United Nations Peacekeeping Operation (PKO) in Somalia, when the conditions are right, FCO counterparts tell us. HMG sees clan leader buy-in of a UN presence and increased UN engagement, including moving the Political Office to M [...] | 2008-05-27 10:37:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KPKO UNSC XW SO UK |
08LONDON1485 | UK AND LIBERIA/FRANCE: UK SUPPORTIVE OF [...] (C) The United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) should be drawn down based "on conditions on the ground" and the current UN plan for a gradual down-sizing has the UK's full support, Peacekeeping Team Leader Nicola Murray said on May 28. The UK is "quietly positive" on UNMIL. While there ma [...] | 2008-05-29 11:38:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KPKO UNSC XY LI FR UK |
08LONDON1505 | SUDAN: UK SUPPORTS DESIGNATION OF REFTEL [...] (C) HMG supports sanctioning all four individuals in reftel A, FCO Sudan Unit Senior Political Officer Rachel Edis said May 30. If other UNSC members oppose the entire list, however, sanctioning Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) leader Khalil Ibrahim and Doussa Deby would be the preferred o [...] | 2008-05-30 16:24:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC SU UK |
08LONDON1566 | UK WELCOMES SEXUAL VIOLENCE DEBATE, BUT LEVEL OF [...] (U) On June 4, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Michael Cotterall of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO),who is the Head of the Peacekeeping Unit of the International Organizations Bureau. Cotterall said HMG is looking forward to working with the USG on the issue of Sexual Violence [...] | 2008-06-05 13:13:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM AORC KWMN UN UNSC UK |
08LONDON1568 | UK AND SOUTH AFRICA: JULY UK-RSA FORUM OPPORTUNITY [...] (C/NF) Summary. South Africa (RSA) will host Foreign Secretary David Miliband and a high-level HMG delegation in Pretoria for the 8th bi-annual UK-RSA Bilateral Forum July 7 - 8. FCO officials describe the UK's relations with President Mbeki as "the worst the UK has had in recent history" -- [...] | 2008-06-05 14:28:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ECON KDEM SMIG ZU SF UK |
08LONDON1593 | IRAN: UK MAY DE-LIST MEK BY EARLY JULY BUT WILL [...] (C) Summary. The UK's domestic de-listing of the Mujaheddin e Khalq (MEK) may occur as soon as early July or even late June, Foreign and Commonwealth contacts told London Iran Watcher (Poloff) June 6, moving up their earlier estimates (ref) by two to three weeks as to when Parliament is like [...] | 2008-06-09 15:59:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ETTC PTER IR UK |
08LONDON1595 | IRAN: UK EXPECTS A FOURTH UNSCR WILL BE NECESSARY [...] (C) Summary: FCO working level contacts in informal conversations argue the likelihood that Iran will not respond in a useful fashion to Javer Solana's scheduled offer June 14 on behalf of the P5 1 will make a fourth UNSC resolution on Iran necessary. FCO contacts argue that whether a fourth [...] | 2008-06-10 11:48:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MNUC KNNP UN IR UK |
08LONDON1606 | DESPITE GRIM MILESTONE, HMG VOWS TO STAY THE [...] (C) Summary. UK media gave extensive coverage to the killing of three paratroopers by a suicide bomber as they were conducting a routine foot patrol in Helmand province on June 8. The incident pushed the total number of soldiers killed over the seven years of British military presence in Af [...] | 2008-06-11 17:22:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR AF UK |
08LONDON1632 | UK "DISAPPOINTED" WITH USG DECISION ON POLICY [...] (C) Summary: The British Government is "disappointed with the USG decision to 'disengage'" with the UNHRC. Poloff delivered reftel demarche June 12 to Foreign Office Head of Human Rights, Democracy and Governance Group Susan Hyland and Human Rights UN officer Paul Edwards. The British Gover [...] | 2008-06-16 15:32:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM UN UK |
08LONDON1649 | AFRICOM: FCO AND DFID INTERESTED BUT IN [...] (C/NF) Summary. FCO and DFID officials report they are in a "wait-and-see" mode on AFRICOM and have allowed the MOD to take the UK Government lead in engaging the USG on AFRICOM. Saying they have been "kept well informed" as USG thinking on AFRICOM develops, MOD officials have said they get th [...] | 2008-06-18 15:47:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MASS KPKO MOPS PINS XA UK |
08LONDON1688 | IRAN WANTS QUIET DISCUSSIONS WITH U.S. ON AFGHAN REFUGEES, XXXXXXXXXXXX CLAIMS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-24 15:57:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINF PREL IR UK XF ZP ZR |
08LONDON1709 | (C/NF) UK CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFF, PM FOREIGN [...] (SBU) UK Chief of Defense Staff Sir Jock Stirrup's June 24 public assertion that the concurrent deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan are severely taxing the capabilities of the British military provoked heavy media criticism of HMG's ability to effectively fight both conflicts. Stirrup told [...] | 2008-06-26 10:37:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR MCAP AF IZ UK |
08LONDON1746 | MALAYSIA'S HINDRAF LEADER SEEKS POLITICAL ASYLUM [...] (C/NF) Summary: Waytha Moorthy, director of the Hindu Rights Action Force (HINDRAF),told us on June 25 that he is NOT seeking asylum in the U.S., but is seeking asylum in the UK. He said that his application process is currently stalled, however, and he speculated that HMG may not grant him [...] | 2008-07-01 13:17:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM MY UK |
08LONDON1771 | LIBERAL DEMOCRAT LEADER NICK CLEGG OUTLINES THE [...] (SBU) Summary. Nick Clegg, MP and leader of the Liberal Democrats, called for the UK to adopt the UN's "Responsibility to Protect" doctrine in his first major foreign policy address. In his speech, titled "Terms of Intervention" and delivered at Chatham House on June 23, Clegg enumerated criteria t [...] | 2008-07-03 09:48:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PREL UK |
08LONDON1824 | UK ON ARAB GROUP DRAFT UNSCR ON ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS [...] (C) HMG agrees that the Arab Group draft text on a UNSCR on Israeli settlement activity is not acceptable, FCO Near East Group Head Rob Timline told us July 9 in response to reftel demarche. The UK embassy in Tripoli raised the issue with Libyan Secretary for Arab Affairs Mohammed Siala on July 7 [...] | 2008-07-09 16:50:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC KPAL IS UK |
08LONDON1841 | SUDAN/ICC: UK PREPARED TO REMAIN INITIALLY [...] (C/NF) In the wake of yesterday's call by Chinese and Russian PermReps in New York to suspend the ICC investigations that may lead to the July 14 indictment of Sudanese President Bashir and other regime higher-ups, the Foreign Office has decided to remain flexible on its strong support for the ICC. [...] | 2008-07-11 14:45:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KPKO UNSC SU UK |
08LONDON1842 | FOREIGN OFFICE "CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC" THAT HMG [...] (C/NF) Summary. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) is "cautiously optimistic" that the Law Lords will grant HMG's final appeal and block the court-ordered resettlement of Chagossian islanders seeking to return to their ancestral home. Though the Lords' decision is not expected before late [...] | 2008-07-11 16:36:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IO MARR MP PGOV PREL UK |
08LONDON1853 | ZIMBABWE: UK LOOKS FOR WAY FORWARD, TURNS TO EU [...] (C/NF) The Foreign Office continues to treat the situation in Zimbabwe as a crisis. After the July 11 defeat of the U.S. draft UNSCR on Zimbabwe, FCO Zimbabwe Team Leader Ben Llewellyn-Jones said July 14 HMG will "give Zimbabwe a break in the Security Council for a little while," especially since [...] | 2008-07-15 11:02:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM UNSC KDEM ZI ZU UK |
08LONDON1856 | UK SUPPORTS INDIA-IAEA SAFEGUARDS AGREEMENT [...] (C/NF) In response to reftel demarche on the India-IAEA Safeguards Agreement, FCO Security Policy Group Officer Derek Griffiths said that the UK welcomes the agreement and supports the U.S. approach. HMG agrees that the discussions should be technical, as opposed to political, and that the INFCIRC [...] | 2008-07-15 13:23:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL ETTC IN UK |
08LONDON1862 | SUDAN/ICC: UK STRATEGY WITH POTENTIAL BASHIR ICC [...] (C/NF) Summary. Following Foreign Secretary Miliband's July 9 visit to Sudan, ICC Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo's July 14 request for indictment of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, and Sudanese Foreign Minister Deng Alor's July 14 assurances to the UK that the GoS will "engage legally" wit [...] | 2008-07-15 16:06:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC KPKO PHUM SU UK |
08LONDON1886 | UK'S LIBERAL DEMOCRATS: LOOKING FOR INFLUENCE NOT [...] (C/NF) Summary. Britain's third party, the Liberal Democrats, launched July 17 their "Make It Happen" campaign to communicate the party's core values and vision for the UK. In what is clearly Lib Dem Leader Nick Clegg's latest attempt to build an ideologically consistent platform for a party often [...] | 2008-07-18 14:23:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR UK |
08LONDON1888 | BAE JUDICIAL REVIEW: HOUSE OF LORDS HEARS HMG [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 7-8 the Law Lords of the House of Lords heard HMG's appeal of the High Court ruling that Serious Fraud Office (SFO) Director Wardle acted unlawfully when he abandoned the anti-corruption investigation into BAE Systems' dealings in Saudi Arabia. HMG argued that Wardle ha [...] | 2008-07-18 16:26:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KCOR EFIN OECD UK |
08LONDON189 | EL BARADEI ON HIS TEHRAN VISIT: SEES IRANIANS AS [...] (C/NF) Summary. IAEA Head Mohammed El Baradei told UK Foreign Secretary Miliband January 17 that during El Baradei's visit to Tehran last week Iranian officials appeared "very relaxed" and seemed to be feeling no pressure on the nuclear file. Miliband's conversation with El Baradei reported [...] | 2008-01-18 18:22:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KPRP PGOV PHUM IR UK |
08LONDON1916 | NIGERIA: PRESIDENT YAR'ADUA'S "USEFUL" LONDON [...] (C) Summary. Nigerian President Yar'Adua's "useful" July 16 - 17 visit to London focused on Nigeria-UK migration issues, corruption and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),and the Niger Delta, according to FCO Nigeria Desk Officers Catherine Inglehearn and Fiona Grant. In addition [...] | 2008-07-23 11:03:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EFIN EINV SMIG NI UK |
08LONDON1919 | SUDAN/CPA: AEC CHAIR ON ABYEI, MID-TERM REPORT, [...] (C/NF) Summary. Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) Chair Sir Derek Plumbly is cautiously optimistic about the Abyei Roadmap and reiterated the need for the international community's support for pushing the NCP and SPLM ahead with arbitration. He said Sudanese President Bashir was pleased [...] | 2008-07-23 12:42:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR SU UK |
08LONDON1933 | UNMEE: UK AGREES WITH USG THINKING ON MANDATE'S FUTURE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-24 15:17:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC KPKO PBTS ET ER UK |
08LONDON1939 | A POLITICAL BODY BLOW TO GORDON BROWN AS LABOUR [...] (C) Summary. The Scottish National Party's 365 vote victory in yesterday's Glasgow East by-election over Labour is another body blow to Gordon Brown's political fortunes and, in the immediate aftermath, has fueled speculation that Brown could face a leadership challenge this fall, when MPs return t [...] | 2008-07-25 11:45:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR UK |
08LONDON1991 | (C/NF) WHO WOULD REPLACE GORDON BROWN AS UK PRIMEREF: A. LONDON 1939 B. LONDON 1704 [...] (C/NF) Summary. As Gordon Brown lurches from political disaster to disaster, Westminster is abuzz with speculation about whether he will be replaced as Prime Minister and Labour Parxty leader, and, if so, by whom. Right now, Foreign Secretary David Miliband and Justice Secretary Jack Straw are the [...] | 2008-07-31 10:30:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR UK |
08LONDON1992 | SURVEY OF U.S./UK LAW ENFORCEMENT COOPERATION [...] (C/NF) Summary: U.S./UK law enforcement cooperation is wide ranging and robust. It is beset, however, by the sort of complications found in most international programs, compounded perhaps by a false assumption on both sides that "they are just like us." Embassy London's Law Enforcement Working [...] | 2008-07-31 15:02:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KCRM CJUS UK |
08LONDON2005 | IRAN: TAJIK EXTRADITION - FURTHER DELAYS AND [...] (C) HMG will take no final decision or action on the extradition of former Iranian Ambassador Tajik before 1 September because the Home Secretary, who reportedly wants to personally review all decisions on the case, will be on holiday until then, FCO Iran Bilateral Team Leader Margaret Tongue on J [...] | 2008-08-01 14:28:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | CJAN PINS PREL PTER IR UK |
08LONDON2025 | (C/NF) SUDAN/UNAMID: UK "PERPLEXED" OVER USG [...] (C/NF) UK Special Representative for Sudan Michael O'Neill and other FCO contacts intimated to us August 4 that HMG is "perplexed" at the USG's decision to abstain in the UNSC's recent vote on the UNAMID mandate renewal (reftel A). They said that the USG's abstention put the U.S. out in front of H [...] | 2008-08-04 15:51:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC KPKO MOPS SU UK |
08LONDON2060 | IRAN: UK SAYS LEGAL BASIS FOR EU LISTING OF MEK IS [...] (C) Summary: The EU's continued anti-terror listing of the Mujaheddin e Khalq (MEK) depends on the existence of an active French investigation of the group, according to the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). The FCO is uncertain whether the investigation, and the listing, will contin [...] | 2008-08-07 14:19:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER EU IR FR UK |
08LONDON2070 | UK DOESN'T EXPECT STRONG NEW BURMA SANCTIONS FROM [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-08 09:26:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV ETRD UK BM |
08LONDON2084 | SOMALIA: BEHIND THE SCENES OF UK SUPPORT TO [...] (C/NF) Following his mid-June visit to Somaliland, FCO Minister of State Kim Howells began questioning HMG's decision not to recognize Somaliland and started advocating internally for HMG to give greater support to Somaliland, according to FCO Somalia Research Analyst Cedric Barnes. Barnes said on [...] | 2008-08-08 15:59:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PBTS PINR SO UK |
08LONDON2107 | GEORGIA: HMG PREDICTS TOUGH DIPLOMATIC ROAD AHEAD [...] (C/NF) FCO Georgia Task Force Director (and South Caucuses Office Director) Louise Savile predicted a tough diplomatic struggle ahead to return the situation in Georgia to the status quo ante August 6. As an example, she cited part of an August 13 telephone exchange between FM Miliband and Russian [...] | 2008-08-13 14:00:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV RU GG UK |
08LONDON2143 | PAKISTAN: UK SEES MUSHARRAF'S DEPARTURE AS A 'GOOD THING' BUT NOT A SOLUTION REF: A. STATE 88734 B. ISLAMABAD 2750 LONDON 00002143 001.2 OF 002 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-19 09:22:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR PTER PK UK |
08LONDON2159 | TFGGO1: FM MILIBAND'S AUGUST 27 VISIT TO KYIV DESIGNED TO SHOW UK SOLIDARITY WITH UKRAINE [...] (C/NF) FM Miliband will travel to Kyiv on August 27 to reinforce support for Ukraine's European and Transatlantic aspirations, and to demonstrate British solidarity with the Ukrainian people during a difficult period, as he did with the Georgians during his August 20 visit to Tbilisi (septel). The [...] | 2008-08-20 15:49:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM MOPS GG RU UP UK |
08LONDON2170 | BELARUS TELLS UK IT'S LOOKING FOR REWARDS FOR [...] (C/NF) The Belarus government perceives that its release of political prisoners Syarhey Parsyukevich, Andrey Kim, and Alyaksander Kazulin - long sought by the EU and U.S. - warrants a significant signal from the west indicating an "improved climate." The Belarusian DCM Zoya Kolontai told the Head o [...] | 2008-08-21 16:31:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM BO UK |
08LONDON2181 | AFGHANISTAN: BROWN URGES KARZAI TO KEEP HELMAND [...] (C/NF) During what was described by FCO Afghanistan Desk Officer Tom Burns as a mainly "morale boosting" trip to Afghanistan on August 21, Prime Minister Gordon Brown met with UK and Afghan military commanders and Governor Mangal in Helmand, and with President Karzai and UNSYG Special Representativ [...] | 2008-08-22 15:03:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR PTER AF UK |
08LONDON2195 | SUDAN: P-3 DISCUSSIONS ON SUDAN - ICC ISSUES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-27 12:08:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM KAWC SU UK |
08LONDON2243 | PAKISTAN: UK ASSESSMENT AND MEDIUM-TERM THINKING, SUPPORT FOR FRIENDS OF PAKISTAN GROUP REF: LONDON 2143 Classified By: Political Counselor Richard Mills, reasons 1.4 (b/d). [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-04 08:44:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR PTER PK UK |
08LONDON2304 | COMMONWEALTH: NEW SYG BRINGS NEW ENERGY, SCOPE FOR LINKAGES WITH COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-12 10:14:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KDEM PGOV PHUM FJ RW UK |
08LONDON2363 | (C/NF) NICK CLEGG TRIES TO GIVE UK VOTERS A REASON TO VOTE LIB DEM REF: A. LONDON 1886 B. LONDON 732 Classified By: Minister Political Counselor Greg Berry, reasons 1.4 (b/ d). [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-18 16:16:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR UK |
08LONDON240 | (U) HAIN RESIGNATION TRIGGERS LIMITED CABINET [...] (C/NF) Summary: Peter Hain resigned on January 24 as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and for Wales after SIPDIS the Electoral Commission referred to the police his failure to report donations to his 2007 campaign for Deputy Leader of the Labour Party. The Hain resignation came o [...] | 2008-01-25 17:30:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR UK |
08LONDON2451 | UK PM GORDON BROWN REASSERTS HIS LEADERSHIP AT LABOUR PARTY CONFERENCE, BUT DAVID CAMERON LOOMS REF: A. LONDON 2163 B. LONDON 2010 C. LONDON 623 D. LONDON 1991 [...] (C/NF) Summary and comment. Gordon Brown succeeded in reestablishing his authority at the Labour Party's Fall Conference in Manchester September 20-24, cutting the Conservative Party's lead in half in post-conference polling and buying himself some time against a serious leadership challenge. Brown [...] | 2008-09-25 16:43:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL UK |
08LONDON2474 | IRAN: TAJIK EXTRADITION - UK DITHERING, MAY HAVE COLD FEET REF: A. E-MAILS EMBASSY (GAYLE) TO NEA/IR 9/3/08 AND PREVIOUS B. LONDON 2005 [...] (C/NF) Summary: The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has not formally retreated from its earlier stated intention to extradite ex-Iranian Ambassador Tajik, and says the Tajik file is now on the desk of the Home Secretary for final decision. FCO is noticeably vague, however, on when a decision might [...] | 2008-09-29 14:03:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | CJAN PINS PREL PTER IR UK |
08LONDON2477 | AFRICA AND UK: NEW FCO AFRICA DIRECTOR ADAM WOOD AND CHANGES TO THE AFRICA DIRECTORATE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-29 16:39:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR XA UK |
08LONDON2498 | SOMALIA: UK CONFUSED BY USG POLICY ON PEACEKEEPING IN SOMALIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-02 12:20:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KPKO UNSC MOPS SO UK |
08LONDON2525 | GORDON BROWN RESHUFFLES CABINET TO FOCUS ON ECONOMIC DIFFICULTIES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-03 16:26:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR UK |
08LONDON2589 | SOMALIA: UK SUPPORTS USG COMPROMISE LANGUAGE IN SANCTIONS UNSC RESOLUTION REF: STATE 108662 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-10 12:40:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC XW SO UK |
08LONDON2673 | PAN AM 103 BOMBER HAS INCURABLE CANCER; LIBYANS [...] (C/NF) Summary. Convicted Pam Am 103 bomber Abdelbasset al-Megrahi has inoperable, incurable cancer, but it is not clear how long he has to live, according to two separate medical opinions obtained by officials at Greenock prison near Glasgow, where Megrahi is currently serving a life sentence. Pre [...] | 2008-10-24 06:45:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER LY UK |
08LONDON2770 | COMMONWEALTH: NEW SYG LOOKING TO STEP UP ENGAGEMENT WITH USG REF: A. COLOMBO 982 B. LONDON 2304 Classified By: Ambassador Robert Tuttle, reasons 1.4 (b/d). [...] (C) "The Commonwealth is a strategic partner for most of what the USG wants," new Commonwealth Secretary General Kamalesh Sharma told the Ambassador in an October 29 courtesy call. Sharma said the USG "should not confuse the Commonwealth's low-key approach as ineffective," pointing out that he wou [...] | 2008-11-03 11:42:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KDEM EAID PINR UK |
08LONDON2798 | (C) UK'S POTENTIAL NEW FINANCIAL TOOL AGAINST IRAN Classified By: KATHLEEN DOHERTY, ECON COUNSELOR FOR REASONS 1.4 B & D [...] (C/NF) Summary. The British government amended the Counter-Terrorism Bill (CT Bill) on November 3, which would potentially give HMG stronger financial powers against Iran and other rogue nations. If approved by Parliament, HM Treasury would obtain power to impose measures on private entities doing [...] | 2008-11-04 16:59:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN KTFN MNUC IR UK |
08LONDON2828 | SOUTHERN AFRICA/MAURITIUS: UK ON VISA WAIVER, [...] (C) From a November 7 round up of UK policy and priorities in Southern Africa, imposing new visa requirements may cause some tension in the region for the UK, according to FCO Head of Southern Africa Section Sarah Riley. The UK Borders Agency is reviewing its visa regimes on South Africa, Lesotho, [...] | 2008-11-10 11:44:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PINR EAID ZU MP |
08LONDON2853 | PAKISTAN: UK ON FATA INTEGRATION, AF-PAK [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-13 15:21:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MASS EAID PK AF UK |
08LONDON2860 | ALCHEMY FOR RECOVERY - RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE G20 SUMMIT FROM SOME OF THE UK'S TOP ECONOMISTS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-14 11:37:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EINV UK |
08LONDON2882 | NIGERIA: UK ON EFCC AND PRESIDENT YAR A'DUA [...] (C/NF) Summary. The UK's relationship with Nigeria is "static," FCO Nigerian Team Leader Catherine Inglehearn said November 14. Cooperation with Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has largely stalled, pending a letter from new chair Waziri about HMG engagement with the Comm [...] | 2008-11-17 15:45:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KCOR KCRM PINR NI UK |
08LONDON2898 | HORN OF AFRICA PIRACY - HMG SHARES ADDITIONAL [...] (C/NF) FCO Deputy Head Security Policy Chris Holtby (strictly protect) confirmed that HMG is satisfied with the progress in establishment of Operational Headquarters (OHQ) in Northwood UK, and afloat Force Headquarters (FHQ) for the EU counter-piracy mission "Atalanta." Holtby admitted that Gree [...] | 2008-11-19 15:37:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EUN EWWT PHSA PTER PREL UK |
08LONDON2960 | AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY - UK WILL CONTRIBUTE TO [...] (C/NF) The UK concurs with U.S. views (reftel) that the NATO Afghanistan National Army (ANA) Trust Fund mandate should be broad and flexible enough to allow contributions from both NATO and non-Nato nations alike. FCO NATO/ESDP Team Leader Chris Holtby added that the disbursal system should be s [...] | 2008-11-28 13:03:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO MOPS MARR AF UK |
08LONDON2961 | PAKISTAN: UK ON MID-DECEMBER DONORS CONFERENCE [...] (C/NF) The UK is generally on board with a donors conference on Pakistan, though there is some hesitation over the timing, according to FCO Pakistan Team Leader Laura Hickey. That said, it is likely that a UK Minister will attend. Both Foreign Secretary David Miliband and Development Secretary Do [...] | 2008-11-28 14:29:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK UK |
08LONDON2964 | AFGHANISTAN: PRESIDENT KARZAI NOT CONFIDENT ON [...] (C/NF) Summary: During a November 25 meeting in Kabul, Afghan President Karzai told FS Miliband that it would be difficult or impossible to hold a credible Presidential election. He said that Afghanistan's USD 13.4b of reserves, were the &best in the world." Miliband commented to Karzai that, after [...] | 2008-11-28 15:46:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR PTER AF UK |
08LONDON2968 | PAKISTAN: MILIBAND'S "POSITIVE" NOVEMBER 25 VISIT [...] (C) Summary. UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband had a "positive" November 25 trip to Pakistan, FCO Pakistan Team Leader Laura Hickey told us November 28. The two main objectives of the trip were outreach on counter radicalization efforts and support for the Government of Pakistan's (GOP) ownersh [...] | 2008-11-28 16:32:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER IN PK UK |
08LONDON2976 | DRC:UK SUPPORTS EITI INCLUSION IN MONUC MANDATE, EXTENDED ARMS EMBARGO, FDLR SANCTIONS IMPOSITION SOONEST [...] (C/NF) Summary. The UK supports inclusion of an Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) paragraph in the MONUC renewal mandate, continuation of the arms embargo in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for 12 months, and imposition of the Democratic Liberation Forces of Rwanda (FDLR) [...] | 2008-12-01 11:24:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EMIN UNSC KPKO PARM CG RW UK |
08LONDON3001 | EU/PAKISTAN: HMG REQUESTS USG INFLUENCE THE SWEDES [...] (C/NF) HMG wants to hold an EU-Pakistan Summit under the EU's Swedish presidency in the second half of 2009, but is having trouble convincing the Swedes that a summit would add significant value to what the international community is trying to accomplish in Pakistan, according to FCO Pakistan [...] | 2008-12-02 10:12:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ETRD PK SW UK |
08LONDON3038 | SOMALIA: UNDERSTANDING AND COUNTERING UK OPPOSITION TO A PEACEKEEPING OPERATION REF: A. STATE 127595 B. [...] (C/NF) Summary. At senior levels, HMG characterizes its opposition to a peacekeeping operation in Somalia as "realistic." It has two main strands of thought: one political regarding the peace process and one technical regarding peacekeeping operations. Sharing information about USG engagement with [...] | 2008-12-04 13:28:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KPKO PHUM SO UN UK |
08LONDON3042 | (U) QUEEN OPENS PARLIAMENT WITH A THIN LABOUR [...] (C/NF) Summary. The Queen laid out Gordon Brown's legislative plans for the coming year in the annual Queen's Speech at the December 3 State Opening of Parliament, but most of the political and media attention was not on PM Brown's legislative agenda (much of which had been released already) but on [...] | 2008-12-04 16:57:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV ECON PREL PINR UK |
08LONDON305 | IRAN: NAMES PROPOSED BY UK AND FRANCE FOR EU ASSET [...] (C/NF) Providing further details of UK efforts to obtain autonomous EU sanctions against Iran (see ref),the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on January 30 gave London Iran Watcher (Poloff) a list of 18 entities and 14 individuals that the FCO says the UK and France have jointly proposed to EU [...] | 2008-01-31 17:07:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KPRP PGOV ETTC IR UK |
08LONDON3079 | HMG SEEKS U.S. PARTICIPATION IN ESTABLISHING [...] (U) Guidance request. See para 4. 2. (C/NF) HMG will announce early in January 2009 an interagency initiative on international regulation of Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs). The announcement will be in the form of a written ministerial statement, which will include an invit [...] | 2008-12-09 16:48:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV MARR PTER DS UK |
08LONDON3132 | HMG SHARES USG CONCERNS ON UNESCO DG [...] (C) William Gatward of the FCO's International Organizations Department (Specialized Agencies Team) told Poloff that HMG was not in favor of Egypt's nomination of Culture Minister Farouk Hosni for Director General (DG) of UNESCO, but had made no official decision. Gatward said that Hosni is "not [...] | 2008-12-15 17:08:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNESCO UK |
08LONDON3134 | UN PEACEKEEPING HARMONIZATION OF CONDITIONS OF SERVICE: UK COOL TO USG PROPOSAL REF: STATE 129988 [...] (C) William Gatward, Head of the Specialized Agencies Team, and Jacqui Hutchison, UN Management and Finance Officer (both within the FCO's International Organizations Department) told Poloff that while HMG supports the USG in principle it has several concerns with the proposals in reftel demarche. [...] | 2008-12-15 17:50:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL AMGT AORC APER UNGA UK |
08LONDON3152 | SCOTLAND: ECONOMICS IS CHANGING POLITICS, SAYS [...] (C/NF) Summary. "Economics is changing the politics in Scotland," new Secretary for the Scotland Office Jim Murphy told Polmincouns December 17, and "the economic crisis has embedded for a generation the idea that Scotland will be better served as part of the United Kingdom." Scotland Office Head [...] | 2008-12-17 17:14:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV ECON PBTS UK |
08LONDON3215 | IRAN: READOUT FROM UK LEGISLATORS AND FROM XXXXXXXXXXXX REP ON MEK RECONCILIATION [...] (C/REL UK) Summary: The Tehran regime is giving high priority and visibility to its efforts to reconcile those former members of the terrorist entity Mujahaddin e-Khalq (MEK aka MKO aka NCRI, inter alia) who have returned to Iran, according both to UK Parliamentary legislators who in October and N [...] | 2008-12-24 11:44:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KPRP PGOV PHUM PREL IS IA IR LE UK |
08LONDON621 | UK NATIONALIZATION OF NORTHERN ROCK: ANOTHER BLOW [...] (C/NF) Summary. The nationalization of British bank Northern Rock adds to the list of woes besetting Gordon Brown' government, but it is not the political catastrophe that the opposition Conservative Party has painted -- and hoped -- it to be. Sixty percent of respondents in a recent poll b [...] | 2008-02-29 11:01:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EU UK |
08LONDON634 | UK NATIONALIZATION OF NORTHERN ROCK: ANOTHER BLOW [...] (C/NF) Summary. The nationalization of British bank Northern Rock adds to the list of woes besetting Gordon Brown's government, but it is not the political catastrophe that the opposition Conservative Party has painted -- and hoped -- it to be. Sixty percent of respondents in a recent poll [...] | 2008-02-29 17:04:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EU UK |
08LONDON639 | UK LABOUR SPRING CONFERENCE: GOOD INTENTIONS BUT [...] (C/NF) Summary: The Labour Party Spring Conference, held February 27 - March 2 in Birmingham, was characterized by low energy, poor attendance, and a lack of charismatic leadership, despite serving as a kick-off to the party's campaign for the May 1 local elections in England and Wales. In his Marc [...] | 2008-03-03 17:06:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR UK |
08LONDON646 | HMG RAISES GUANTANAMO TRANSFEREES' ALLEGATIONS OF [...] (C/NF) Summary. FCO Legal Advisor Daniel Bethlehem raised February 22 with Legal Advisor John Bellinger, III HMG's concern over the USG response to HMG's earlier notification to the USG of allegations of mistreatment made by recent Guantanamo transferees. Bethlehem underscored that HMG woul [...] | 2008-03-04 13:04:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM UK |
08LONDON650 | HMG HAS RAISED CONCERNS WITH EU COMMISSIONER [...] (C/NF) HMG agrees the upcoming visit of EU Commissioner Louis Michel to Cuba is "not the smartest timing," and has raised directly with Michel the importance of underscoring the EU's dual-track policy, including meeting with civil society, during the visit, according to Foreign Office EU Corr [...] | 2008-03-04 15:57:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV EUN CU UK |
08LONDON658 | NIO SAYS PAISLEY'S RESIGNATION WON'T DESTABILIZE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-05 17:42:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV EI UK |
08LONDON660 | NIO SAYS PAISLEY'S RESIGNATION WON'T DESTABILIZE [...] (C/NF) Political Advisors in the British Government's Northern Ireland Office told the Embassy March 5 that the NIO, "broadly speaking, doesn't think Paisley,s resignation will be destabilizing." Poloff spoke with the Northern Ireland Office,s Katy Petaffe and John Todd. Todd confirmed that [...] | 2008-03-05 18:13:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV EI UK |
08LONDON694 | UK MEASURES ON IRAN: HMG STILL LAYING GROUNDWORK [...] (C) On immediate EU sanctions steps in follow-up to passage of UNSCR 1803, FCO working level contacts on March 7 advised London Iran Watcher (Poloff) that "nothing substantive will happen on the EU track" at the GAERC session Monday March 10: "there will be no Iran conclusions." According to [...] | 2008-03-10 13:02:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN KTFN PREL MNUC PTER EU IR UK |
08LONDON732 | UK LIBERAL DEMOCRATS RECOVERING FROM PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C/NF) Summary. The UK's Liberal Democrat Party limped into its spring conference in Liverpool March 7-9 following a disastrous performance in the House of Commons March 5 during the debate over a possible referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, a performance which plunged Nick Clegg into the first crisis [...] | 2008-03-12 09:27:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR EU UK |
08LONDON797 | BANKING CRISIS NOW ONE OF SOLVENCY NOT LIQUIDITY [...] (C/NF) Since last summer, the nature of the crisis in financial markets has changed. The problem is now not liquidity in the system but rather a question of systemic solvency, Bank of England (BOE) Governor Mervyn King said at a lunch meeting with Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert Kimmitt and Ambass [...] | 2008-03-17 18:27:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN UK |
08LONDON821 | IRAN: FCO CAUTIOUS ON PROSPECTS AND END GAME FOR [...] (C/NF) Summary. Foreign and Commonwealth (FCO) contacts are hopeful but uncertain on how and when a UK appellate court will rule on the legality of the current HMG freeze of Mujaheddin-E-Khalq's (MEK) UK assets; in case of an unfavorable ruling, HMG will likely pursue the case in the UK's h [...] | 2008-03-19 17:37:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETTC IR PREL PTER UK |
08LONDON878 | BROWN MEETS MCCAIN: DISCUSS IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, AND [...] (C/NF) Summary: Prime Minister Gordon Brown met Senators John McCain, Joseph Lieberman and Lindsey Graham in London March 20. Brown used the meeting to present his big ideas about reforming the international financial institutions (IFIS) and increasing assistance to Africa as a means to preven [...] | 2008-03-27 09:06:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM EFIN EAID UNSC IZ AF IS |
08LONDON890 | TONY BLAIR AND JOHN MCCAIN TALK ABOUT [...] (C/NF) Summary: Tony Blair used his meeting with Senators John McCain, Joseph Lieberman and Lindsey Graham to underscore the "centrality" of Israel/Palestine in bringing stability to the Middle East. Blair said progress could be made by "building from the bottom up," including by developing [...] | 2008-03-27 17:28:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PINR PTER IS RU UK |
08LONDON929 | DAVID CAMERON TELLS JOHN MCCAIN TORIES WON’T BREAK [...] (C/NF) Summary: Conservative party leader David Cameron told Senator John McCain the Tories won't break ranks with HMG on policies affecting British troops in battle. Cameron and Shadow Foreign Secretary William Hague told McCain and Senators Joseph Lieberman and Lindsey Graham that Prime Minister [...] | 2008-04-01 09:58:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR IZ AF IS IR PK UK |
08LONDON930 | WILLIAM HAGUE SAYS “NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE†HAS [...] (C/NF) Summary. Shadow Foreign Secretary William Hague told the DCM the Tories are "more likely to win than lose" the next general election. High approval ratings in the polls allow the Conservative Leader David Cameron a "latitude to maneuver" that he does not possess when the polls are running ag [...] | 2008-04-01 10:06:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR AF UK |
08LONDON954 | NATO MACEDONIA INVITATION: UK EFFORTS FAIL TO MOVE [...] (C/NF) FCO Political Director Mark Lyall Grant told DCM that high-level UK intervention with Greece, including an appeal from FM Miliband to Greek FM Bakoyannis at the March 29 EU Gymnich, had failed to shift Athens off its hard-line position. Lyall Grant has been in close contact with Actin [...] | 2008-04-02 15:29:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO MK GR UK |