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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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06OSLO1 | IRAN AND LIBYA SANCTIONS ACT (ILSA) POINTS [...] (SBU) On December 30 Acting Political/Economic Chief delivered reftel points regarding USG concerns about Norsk Hydro's oil discovery in Iran's Anaran Field and its deal for the Khorramabad block to Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Energy Advisor Ambassador Janne Julsrud and to Norsk Hyd [...] | 2006-01-01 11:53:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC ENRG EPET PREL IR NO |
06OSLO100 | NORWEGIANS INTERESTED IN FURTHER ENVIRONMENTAL [...] (U) This message contains an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Deputy Chief of Mission, Christopher Webster met with Norwegian Environment Ministry State Secretary Henriette Westhrin and DAS for International Environmental Cooperation Harald Dovland on January 27 to discuss [...] | 2006-01-31 14:59:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL NO |
06OSLO1001 | URGENT DEMARCHE DELIVERED-UNSC RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-12 13:02:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE NO |
06OSLO101 | A/S FRIED´S VISIT: NORWAY AN ENERGY SECURITY PLAYER [...] (C) Summary. A/S Fried met with Foreign Minister Jonas Stoere and continued our "High North Dialogue" with Deputy Foreign Minister Kjetil Skogrand during his January 26-27 visit to Oslo to participate in an E-PINE Political Directors meeting (reported septel). Stoere enthusiastically presented the [...] | 2006-01-31 15:11:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NO ENGR |
06OSLO1018 | NORWAY WILL SUPPORT UNIFIL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Pol Counselor delivered Reftel A demarche on UNIFIL contributions on 16 August to the Norwegian MFA's Head of the Middle East Section, Kaare Eltervaag. He stated that the political will is strong for Norway to support with mission with military forces, but the resources do not all [...] | 2006-08-16 15:26:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS LE NO |
06OSLO1041 | TERRORISM FINANCE POINTS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-21 08:47:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN ETTC PREL PTER |
06OSLO1042 | MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR) DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-21 08:48:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA NO |
06OSLO1054 | NORWAY: THE SYRIA/IRAN ARMS EMBARGO, POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post delivered reftel A on August 22 to the head of Norway's Middle East Section, Kaare Eltervaag. Eltervaag assured us that Norway was in full support the embargo and that no new 'political' delegations were scheduled to travel to Damascus or Tehran. Eltervaag also explained the [...] | 2006-08-23 14:20:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE MARR MOPS NO PGOV PREL |
06OSLO1055 | NORWAY'S TAKE ON THE UN HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-23 14:26:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF SMIG UNGA |
06OSLO1060 | CFE ENTITLEMENT ISSUES [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-25 10:28:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO MARR PARM PREL NO KCFE |
06OSLO1061 | (S/NOFORN) TERRORISM FINANCE: RADICAL IDEOLOGUE [...] (C) Per reftel a, we circulated possible 1267 listings to Martin Sorby, Deputy Director General in the MFA's International Humanitarian and Criminal Law Section on August 24. Sorby noted that he would pass the information to the relevant Norwegian law enforcement authorities. 2. (S/NOFO [...] | 2006-08-25 10:29:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL EFIN ETTC NO KTFN |
06OSLO1062 | (S/NOFORN) TERROR FINANCE: SECOND TRANCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-25 10:30:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN PTER PREL ETTC NO KTFN |
06OSLO1063 | SRI LANKA LETTER DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-25 13:18:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL OPDC NO |
06OSLO1076 | NORWEGIANS WANT ANSWERS BEFORE DECIDING AN NSG [...] (C) On August 29, we discussed the Norwegian reaction to the U.S.-India nuclear deal with MFA Assistant Secretary Jorg Willy Bronebakk. Bronebakk noted that his government continues to have serious questions regarding the matter, and has not yet determined its position in the Nuclear Supplie [...] | 2006-08-29 15:31:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTR ETTC PARM PREL NO KNNP KSCA |
06OSLO1077 | PST LIST PROVIDED TO NORWEGIANS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-29 15:32:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MNUC NO KNNP |
06OSLO1141 | NORWAY: SAUDI-TRAINED IMAM CLAIMS 9/11 A US ACTION [...] (U) Imam Zulqarnain Sakandar Madni, leader of a group called 'Norway's United Ulamas,' commented during a net chat on the newspaper Aftenposten's website 12 September that he doubts that Al Qaeda exists, and that 'a good deal of evidence' points to the attacks of 9/11 as being planned by Presi [...] | 2006-09-13 10:27:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL ASEC KPAO SA NO |
06OSLO1185 | NORWAY ON UNHRC - AGREEMENT ACROSS THE BOARD, BUT [...] (C) Director of the Human Rights Department in the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tormod Endresen, stated that Norway is in strong agreement with the US on the areas of concern in reftel and the Government of Norway welcomes US engagement on the Human Rights Council (HRC). Pol/Econ cou [...] | 2006-09-25 15:37:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN NO |
06OSLO1188 | NORWEGIANS DIFFUSE THREATENED RUSSIAN FISH EXPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Russian authorities will not place a ban on all Norwegian seafood following discussions between Norwegian and Russian food safety authorities. Russian veterinary officials threatened to ban all fish exports from Norway as of October 1 following their discovery of forged Norwe [...] | 2006-09-26 14:33:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIS PREL SENV NO |
06OSLO1189 | NORWAY HAS TERRORISTS? THE RISING TIDE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Anti-Semitism and Muslim extremism appear to be on the rise in Norway. On 22 September authorities charged four men for terrorism in the wake of an attack on the main synagogue in Oslo and related threats to the Israeli and American embassies. Two of the suspects are of Pakistani [...] | 2006-09-27 10:23:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KISL PREL PGOV SOCI IS PK NO |
06OSLO1195 | NORWEGIAN DETAILS ON POSSIBLE BERN PROCESS MEMBERS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-27 15:04:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL CH NO |
06OSLO1199 | NORWAY, DRM DEMARCHE AND APPLE: OMBUDSMAN CHANGES [...] (C) Summary. Norway is not planning any overhaul of its existing intellectual property rights (IPR) regulations. Government officials specializing in IPR matters emphasize the continued need to protect rights holders protections (which they believe are fairly represented under the current N [...] | 2006-09-28 12:15:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EIND EINV NO KIPR |
06OSLO1224 | NORWEGIANS LOOK BEYOND AN EAST SUDAN PEACE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-04 06:49:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM SU ER NO |
06OSLO1228 | PRT EFFECTIVENESS CONFERENCE: INTERIM NORWEGIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-04 13:58:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | AF NATO PREL NO |
06OSLO1279 | ITU COUNCIL SEAT - CONFIRMATION OF DELIVERED NOTES [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-11 14:33:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ECPS NO |
06OSLO1280 | NORWAY MAINTAINS SUPPORT FOR UN INDIGENOUS PEOPLES [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-11 14:40:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM NO |
06OSLO13 | CAMEL REARING AS NORWAY'S NEW INTEGRATION TOOL? [...] On January 4, Norway's newspaper readers woke to find a story about the local community of Loeten in southeastern Norway which has asked for government support to help establish a local camel rearing industry. Loeten has several immigrants of East African origin (mostly Somali refugees) who [...] | 2006-01-04 15:48:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF EAGR PGOV NO |
06OSLO1319 | NORWEGIAN REGIONAL AIRPORT SECURITY IMPROVING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In early October, Embassy RSO and Poloff traveled to three regional airports to meet Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and aviation security (AVINOR) personnel and to develop performance standards for future Embassy assessments of Norwegian airport security. The Norwegian CAA an [...] | 2006-10-25 13:00:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR KSEC PREL NO |
06OSLO132 | NORWAY DETERMINED - NO CHANGE OF COURSE IN [...] (C) Summary. Opposition parties in Parliament rallied behind Prime Minister Stoltenberg on February 8 when he announced "we will not give way to pressure," reinforcing the message that Norway remains committed in Afghanistan, despite calls from some left-wing Parliamentarians for Norway to w [...] | 2006-02-08 16:10:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KDEM NO NATO |
06OSLO1325 | SUDAN: NORWAY HAS NO INFORMATION ON TARGETED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-27 09:31:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU NO |
06OSLO1326 | COMMERCE A/S SPOONER VISIT ADVANCES SETTLEMENT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Norwegian and U.S. officials have moved closer to terms of an agreement that would end one of the USG's longest running trade disputes -- the 15-year old antidumping and countervailing duties on fresh and chilled Norwegian salmon. Assistant Commerce Secretary David Spooner and [...] | 2006-10-27 09:46:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EFIS PREL NO |
06OSLO1343 | IRANIAN DFM JALILI MEETS WITH NORWEGIAN FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister, Saeed Jalili, traveled to Norway on Friday 27 October, to take part in a round table sponsored by the Norwegian think tank NUPI. Jalili had a two-hour meeting with State Secretary Raymond Johansen, and an additional meeting with Foreign Minister [...] | 2006-10-31 15:10:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET | IAEA IR NO PREL |
06OSLO1344 | NORWEGIAN DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE IN SUDAN, IRAQ [...] (C) In an October 30 tour d'horizon, Norwegian Minister of Development Assistance Erik Solheim reviewed Norway's approach to Sudan, Afghanistan, Iraq and Sri Lanka. He cited unhappiness with the multilateral aid mechanisms Norway has been using in the Sudan, saying Norway may have to switch to [...] | 2006-10-31 16:34:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL EAID NATO SU NO AF SL IZ |
06OSLO1350 | EB A/S SULLIVAN MEETS NORWEGIAN DEPUTY FM [...] (SBU) Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs Dan Sullivan met October 20 on the margins of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Conference with Norwegian Deputy Foreign Minister Liv Monica Stubholt to discuss EITI and a range of international and bilateral [...] | 2006-11-02 12:58:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EMIN EPET ENRG ETTC EINV IZ IR RU NO |
06OSLO1352 | NORWAY ASSESSES THE GENEVA SRI LANKA TALKS [...] (C) Summary. Norway attributes the recent Geneva talks stalemate to the evolving negotiating position of both the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and the LTTE, divisions within the GSL negotiating team and the LTTE's decision to raise the A-9 road as a major issue. The Norwegians note the LTTE [...] | 2006-11-02 14:35:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CE NO |
06OSLO1359 | ENGAGING NORWAY ON PEACE AND RECONCILIATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 31, the DCM and Pol/Econ officers met with Tore Hattrem, Director General of the MFA's Peace and Reconciliation Section and other members of his team. The meeting began and intensified a dialogue on Norwegian peace efforts in several global hot spots: Sri Lanka, P [...] | 2006-11-03 15:59:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF EAID CE SU CO HA RP SO NO |
06OSLO1372 | NORWAY DELIBERATES U.S. FEDERAL AIR MARSHALS [...] (SBU) On November 3 we met with Ministry of Transportation Assistant Deputy Director Signe Moe and Division Chief Pierre Chauvin to learn the status of Norway's deliberations on allowing U.S. Federal Air Marshals (FAMs) on flights to and from OSL. (In 2004, Norway and the TSA came close, but [...] | 2006-11-07 12:24:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PREL ASEC PTER NO |
06OSLO1376 | (S/NF) TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATING OFFICER [...] (C) Per reftel, Post provides information concerning its Terrorism Finance Coordinating Officer (TCFO),the Deputy TCFO and suggestions for broadening TCFO communication. Post's TCFO is Kristen Bauer, Political/Economic Counselor, Telephone (47) 9340-2130-8809, unclassified email is bauerkf@ [...] | 2006-11-08 08:48:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ETTC PREL PTER NO KTFN KVPR |
06OSLO1384 | CO-CHAIRS INVITATION DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-08 11:32:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL CE NO |
06OSLO1385 | PSI LETTER DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-08 11:33:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS NO KNNP |
06OSLO1389 | 2007 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT FOR NORWAY [...] (SBU) Per Ref B request, the draft 2007 National Trade Estimate (NTE) Report for Norway follows in paragraph 2. The report was conveyed on November 7 to USTR in Microsoft Word format (Ref A). Post understands that USTR will fill in trade statistics when available. 2. Begin text of 2007 [...] | 2006-11-09 09:05:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EFIN NO |
06OSLO1395 | STAFFDEL EDWARDS VISIT TO OSLO NOVEMBER 21-23 [...] Embassy Oslo welcomes the visit of Mr. Issac Edwards, Professional Staff Member, to Oslo, Norway from November 20-23, 2006 to participate in meetings of the Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region. Post requests security clearance information for Mr. Edwards. Please see p [...] | 2006-11-09 13:59:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NO DA |
06OSLO140 | HIGH NORTH ENERGY, IRAN INVESTMENTS, RUSSIAN [...] (U) * Developing the Barents Sea as a new oil and gas province will be of global importance, underscored Statoil Chief Executive Helge Lund. Statoil's Snoehvit project is building a new energy bridge to the United States and Europe and bringing greater employment and prosperity to northern No [...] | 2006-02-10 13:28:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET ENRG EFIN ETRD SENV NO |
06OSLO1406 | NORWAY CONSIDERS CONTRIBUTION TO POLIO INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-14 11:35:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO EAID PREL ECON NO |
06OSLO1416 | NORWEGIAN FM'S VISIT TO SYRIA, LEBANON, GAZA STRIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: NORWEGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER JONAS GAHR STOERE RETURNED 8 NOVEMBER FROM A SCHEDULED VISIT TO DAMASCUS AND BEIRUT THAT INCLUDED A SURPRISE STOP IN THE GAZA STRIP AND ISRAEL. DURING HIS MEETING WITH STOERE, SYRIAN PRESIDENT AL-ASSAD EMPHASIZED HIS INTEREST IN DIALOGUE WITH THE U.S. A [...] | 2006-11-16 15:19:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID LE MOPS NO PGOV PREL PTER IS |
06OSLO1422 | NORWAY'S EARTHQUAKE RECONSTRUCTION PLEDGES [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-17 14:01:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PK PREL NO |
06OSLO1423 | NORWAY ON THE NOVEMBER 17 EMERGENCY SPECIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-17 14:24:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA IS NO |
06OSLO1424 | NORWAY VOTING NO ON BELARUS ANTI-U.S. RESOLUTION [...] Norway will vote against the Belarus sponsored anti-U.S. resolution in reftel. For the other Belarus-sponsored resolutions, Norway is voting 'no' on the resolution titled the Promotion of Equitable and Respectful Dialogue on Human Rights (as requested),and will be voting with the EU on the r [...] | 2006-11-17 14:42:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL BO NO |
06OSLO1446 | AMBASSADOR MEETS NORWEGIAN NGOS WORKING IN SUDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: As part of Embassy Oslo's ongoing engagement with Norwegians on peace and reconciliation, the Ambassador hosted a breakfast meeting with officials from leading Norwegian NGOs working in Sudan on November 16. All agreed that Khartoum was impeding their aid efforts in Darfur and [...] | 2006-11-28 15:43:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID SU NO |
06OSLO146 | NORSK HYDRO CEO URGES GREATER U.S. ATTENTION TO HIGH NORTH ENERGY, RUSSIAN ENERGY/GAS MARKET DESIGNS [...] (C) Norsk Hydro CEO Eivind Reiten told the Ambassador in an introductory call on February 8 that the United States appeared disinterested in High North energy and advised that we pay greater attention. Reiten also urged that we track closely Russias long-term strategic designs for the future global [...] | 2006-02-13 14:03:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS NO |
06OSLO1476 | NORWAY AND SOMALIA [...] (C) Continuing Post's engagement with the Norwegian Foreign Ministry on peace and reconciliation issues (reftel),Ambassador Whitney hosted a working breakfast on December 1 to discuss events in Somalia. Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials told us that they were pessimistic about prospects [...] | 2006-12-07 07:00:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO SO NO |
06OSLO1486 | NORWAY: AMBASSADOR HOSTS INTEGRATION DINNER, WHICH [...] (U) SUMMARY: On 6 December, the Ambassador hosted a dinner which brought together leading government officials, parliamentarians, and immigrant community leaders to debate Norway's integration practices and to discuss the American experience and what role the embassy can play in the Norwegian [...] | 2006-12-08 14:18:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL SOCI NO |
06OSLO1494 | WINE, GMOS, AND WTO DISCUSSIONS WITH NORWAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Wine imports, GMOs, and WTO were the main topics of discussion during Agriculture Attache Roger Wentzel's introductory visit to Oslo on December 4. Wentzel heard Norwegian Agriculture and Food Safety officials explain their anti-GM stance, MFA officials express little hope for [...] | 2006-12-11 10:48:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD PREL NO |
06OSLO1495 | NORWAY: PARLIAMENTARY PRESIDENT ON SENDING FORCES [...] (C) In a December 8 meeting with DCM and P/E Couns, Thorbjorn Jagland, Parliamentary President and senior Labor Party statesman, reviewed Norway's debate over sending forces to southern Afghanistan. Jagland has very publicly favored sending more troops, and is optimistic that the GON will rec [...] | 2006-12-11 15:12:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV AF NO |
06OSLO1496 | NORWAY: MANAGING THE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) Summary. On December 6, MFA State Secretary Liv Monica Stubholt, who recently took on the US portfolio, met with the Ambassador for a tour d'horizon. Both agreed that key ways to deepen the already strong relationship included increasing educational exchanges, finding joint projects rega [...] | 2006-12-11 16:27:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG NO PGOV PINR PREL |
06OSLO1498 | NORWAY UNVEILS HIGH NORTH STRATEGY [...] (SBU) SUMMRY: Norway's recently unveiled High North stratgy combines domestic and regional policies to promote economic and social development in the region improve scientific understanding of the BarentsSea, and bolster economic and social ties with Rssia -- including a proposal to establi [...] | 2006-12-13 15:27:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SENV ENRG EIND RU NO |
06OSLO1501 | U.S. VIEW ON HIGH-LEVEL PANEL REPORT SHARED WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-15 12:29:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UNGA PREL PHUM SOCI EAID NO |
06OSLO1524 | U.S.-NORWAY ENERGY TALKS FOCUS ON HIGH NORTH, [...] (C) A delegation of USG energy analysts headed by Department of Energy Intelligence Chief Rolf Mowatt-Larssen visited Oslo December 7 for an energy symposium with Norwegian officials from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Petroleum and Energy, and other government agencies. The talks include [...] | 2006-12-21 06:13:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PREL SENV PINR RS NO |
06OSLO166 | PM COMMITTED TO AFGHANISTAN, FOCUSED ON HIGH NORTH [...] (C) During the Ambassador's introductory call on Prime Miniter Stoltenberg on February 14, the Prime Minsiter made sure that we knew that Norway remains commited to supporting ISAF and will not be deterred by the recent attack on the Norwegian provincial reconstruction team in Meymaneh. The [...] | 2006-02-15 11:27:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG PINR AF NO |
06OSLO18 | NORWAY HOPES TO JUMPSTART SRI LANKA PEACE TALKS [...] (C) Summary. Norway's Minister of International Development Erik Solheim will travel to Colombo January 23-26 in an effort to jumpstart peace talks between the Government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Solheim and his team are quite concerned that the situation in Sri Lanka [...] | 2006-01-05 12:00:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CE NO |
06OSLO181 | DIALOGUE WITH BELARUSIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador brought together visiting Belarusian human rights activist Aliaksandr Bialiatski, Norwegian government officials and NGOs on February 16. Bialiatski greatly appreciated us hosting him and stressed the key role of the international community providing political and [...] | 2006-02-16 14:04:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BO NO |
06OSLO184 | REASONS THE SECRETARY SHOULD VISIT NORTH NORWAY [...] Summary (C) The time is ripe for you to come to Norway. In the wake of the Mohammed cartoons, your visit would be a tangible demonstration of our solidarity and friendship with Norway. Norway is becoming increasingly important as a reliable major energy supplier, particularly as energy resou [...] | 2006-02-17 13:11:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG NO |
06OSLO189 | PETROLEUM MINISTER SEEKS CLOSER BILATERAL [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. Petroleum Ministry Wants Closer Bilateral Dialogue --------------------------------------------- ----- 2. (SBU) In the Ambassador's February 15 introductory call on Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy Odd Roger Enoksen, Enok [...] | 2006-02-21 07:38:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET PREL PGOV NO |
06OSLO19 | ISRAEL BOYCOTT? FINANCE MINISTER OFF RESERVATION [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister Kjetil Skogrand called Charge on the morning January 5 to disassociate the Norwegian government from comments made by Norwegian Finance Minister Kristin Halvorsen on January 4 in which she publicly supported a consumer boycott of Israel. Boycotting Israel [...] | 2006-01-05 12:07:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD IS NO |
06OSLO198 | FAA INCIDENT REPORT DELIVERED TO NORWEGIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-22 07:46:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR NO |
06OSLO2 | NORWEGIAN ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS, NOVEMBER- DECEMBER 2005: [...] (SBU) Summary of combined November-December monthly highlights: * The past year was an exceptionally good one for the Norwegian economy: mainland real GDP grew by 3.9 percent; offshore petroleum investments reached a record high; the value of exports soared on account of rising crude oil p [...] | 2006-01-01 12:00:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB EPET ETRD NO |
06OSLO204 | NORWEGIAN RESPONSE: HOST COUNTRY MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) The DCM delivered reftel talking points to MFA Director General Vegard Ellefsen on February 22. Ellefsen mentioned that at this point, Norway is concerned about how to manage funding to provide assistance to Palestinians while maintaining existing Palestinian Authority institutions. Speci [...] | 2006-02-22 15:51:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NO |
06OSLO207 | SPECIAL 301 REVIEW FOR NORWAY: PHARMACEUTICALS [...] (SBU) Post has assessed and agrees with the pharmaceutical industry's concerns about weak patent protections for many branded drugs in Norway (per the trade group "PhRMA's" Special 301 report). Post has consulted frequently with U.S. pharmaceutical firm representatives in Oslo on the issue a [...] | 2006-02-23 15:43:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR ECON NO |
06OSLO213 | NORWEGIAN FM STOERE TALKS HIGH NORTH WITH THE RUSSIANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: High North energy and fisheries issues were at the top of the agenda during Norwegian FM Stoere's February 15-17 visit to Russia. Stoere met with Russian FM Lavrov and Deputy Prime Minister Medvedev in Moscow and called on regional governors in Murmansk and St. Petersburg durin [...] | 2006-02-24 17:35:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG SENV EFIS RS NO |
06OSLO227 | AMBASSADOR MEETS NORWEGIAN DEVELOPMENT STATE [...] (SBU) The Ambassador paid an introductory call on Norwegian Development Ministry State Secretary Anne Stenhammer on February 27. Stenhammer elaborated on Norway's plans to direct foreign aid to areas where Norway has unique expertise: oil and energy development, peace and reconciliation, gen [...] | 2006-02-28 15:35:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID NO |
06OSLO237 | NORWAY AVIAN FLU RESPONSE UPDATE [...] (U) Effective February 15, 2006, the Norwegian Food Safety Authority has reinstated (reftel A) a ban on open air poultry farming in eight counties in southern Norway. The move comes in response to the discovery of H5N1 infected birds in Rugen, Germany. Officials are preparing for the virus' ev [...] | 2006-03-01 17:39:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR TBIO KFLU NO |
06OSLO238 | NORWAY AVIAN FLU RESPONSE UPDATE [...] (U) Effective February 15, 2006, the Norwegian Food Safety Authority has reinstated (reftel A) a ban on open air poultry farming in eight counties in southern Norway. The move comes in response to the discovery of H5N1 infected birds in Rugen, Germany. Officials are preparing for the virus' ev [...] | 2006-03-02 06:15:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU SENV EAGR ECON NO |
06OSLO276 | NORWAY SKEPTICAL ABOUT INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL [...] (C) On March 7 we delivered reftel points to Roald Naess, Ambassador and Chair of the Nuclear Suppliers Group Consultative Group (NSG) and Hilda Janne Skorpen, Assistant Director General at the MFA. Naess said that in his capacity as NSG chair he had "no particular views" on the points. Howev [...] | 2006-03-08 15:22:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETTC PARM PREL IN NO KNNP KSCA SIPDIS |
06OSLO279 | NORWAY HAS NO PLANS TO RECEIVE HAMAS [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA Middle East Office Director Joern Gjelstad on March 9. Gjelstad took note of our comments and promised that he would convey our message upward. Gjelstad said that Norway did not have regular political level contact with Hamas; however, at the local go [...] | 2006-03-09 13:54:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PTER NO KPAL |
06OSLO28 | NORWAY'S FINANCE MINISTER BACKS DOWN ON ISRAEL [...] (C) Summary. On Friday, January 7 a shamed Kristin Halvorsen publicly apologized for her earlier comments supporting a boycott of Israeli goods and services. An unofficial translation of her comments is given below in paragraph 2. While all the major papers in Norway are united in their cr [...] | 2006-01-09 10:58:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD IS NO |
06OSLO296 | NORWAY CLAIMS "NO NEW CHANNEL" TO IRAN [...] (C) We raised reftel concerns with MFA Assistant Secretary for Security Policy Kaare Aas, freshly back from the IAEA Board Meeting in Vienna, on March 10. Aas tried to spin the visit of Norwegian State Secretary Raymond Johansen in the best light, stressing that the concept of a broader securi [...] | 2006-03-10 17:16:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL AORC IR NO KNNP |
06OSLO3 | NORWAY NOT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT HIZBALLAH DISARMAMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-03 13:52:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LE NO |
06OSLO304 | NORWEGIANS WON'T JOIN CHINESE HUMAN RIGHTS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-14 15:13:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS PREL NO |
06OSLO310 | NORWAY NONCOMMITTAL ON ONLINE GAMING [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-15 15:30:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS ETRD WTRO NO |
06OSLO311 | PRENOTIFICATION OF DESIGNATION OF FOUR JI [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-15 15:32:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KFTN PTER PREL ETTC NO |
06OSLO312 | FAA INCIDENT REPORT SENT TO NORWEGIAN CAA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-15 15:33:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR NO |
06OSLO316 | MULLAH KREKAR: GOVERNMENT SAYS EXPULSION SOON [...] (U) Norwegian Labor and Integration Minister Bjarne Haakon Hansen told the press on March 16 that the time was fast approaching for Norway to enter into discussions with Iraq about the conditions for the return of former Ansar al-Islam leader Faraj Ahmed Najmuddin (aka Mullah Krekar). "This i [...] | 2006-03-16 09:18:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER PREL NO KJUS |
06OSLO322 | NORWAY TO JOIN EU STATEMENT ON GANJI [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-17 08:39:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PGOV PHUM SOCI NO |
06OSLO325 | ACCELERATING UNSC ACTION ON REHATTING [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-17 13:42:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO SOCI SU NO |
06OSLO326 | NORWEGIANS WILL DONATE TO WAR CRIMES CHAMBER [...] On March 14 we delivered reftel A points to Jan Braathu, Deputy Director General and Section Head for Western Balkan Affairs, Jo Sletback, Assistant Director General for Western Balkan Affairs and Tora Faeste, U.S. Desk Officer at the MFA. Braathu, saying that the U.S. and Norway see "eye-to-ey [...] | 2006-03-17 13:51:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PGOV NO |
06OSLO338 | FM STOERE WANTS A BIGGER ROLE IN MIDDLE EAST [...] (U) On March 16, FM Stoere went public with a complaint that the Quartet will not agree to an early date for a meeting (without the parties) of the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) to discuss donor coordination. "It's a problem that we did not get this," Stoere told the widest selling Norwegi [...] | 2006-03-20 15:10:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID XF NO KPAL |
06OSLO348 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES CONCERNS ON IPR, JOINT STRIKE [...] (SBU) Summary: In his initial call on Norwegian Trade and Industry Minister Odd Eriksen on March 17, the Ambassador raised concerns about weak "process" patent protections for pharmaceuticals and urged that Norwegian industry aggressively seek Joint Strike Fighter program contracts. Eriksen [...] | 2006-03-22 09:01:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR MARR MASS EFIS PREL NO |
06OSLO352 | NORWAY DESK OFFICER VISITS OSLO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 9 and 10, Norwegian desk officer Ray Dalland visited Oslo and held meetings with officials at the Norwegian Ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs. Lack of significant progress in Norway's border delineation dispute with Russia in the High North, and the impact on [...] | 2006-03-22 11:39:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ENGR RU NO |
06OSLO363 | AMBASSADOR MEETS NORWEGIAN PETROLEUM [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met with leading U.S. and Norwegian petroleum firm executives during his initial visit to Stavanger, Norway's "oil capital," March 13-15. Discussions with Statoil, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, Marathon and Halliburton focused largely on the firms' operations and plans on [...] | 2006-03-23 14:36:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EINV ECON PREL SENV NO |
06OSLO364 | NORWAY SUPPORTS GUATEMALA TO SIT ON UNSC [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-23 14:48:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC UN GT VE NO |
06OSLO374 | (C) NORWAY HELPED BROKER THE SPAIN-ETA DEAL [...] (U) On March 24, Norwegian radio/TV reported that Norway has secretly been involved in facilitating the talks between the Spanish Government and ETA over the past few months. According to the press report, the two sides met for talks in Oslo last fall and other nations, such as Switzerland, we [...] | 2006-03-24 17:12:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SP NO |
06OSLO375 | NORWAY'S IRAQ DISBURSEMENTS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-25 06:07:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL NO |
06OSLO378 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-27 13:49:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NO |
06OSLO383 | NORWAY INVITES ABU MAZEN TO OSLO, APRIL 25-27 [...] (C) On the heels of our conversation with Foreign Minister Stoere about better coordination (reftel),the Norwegian MFA called on March 28 to inform us that Norway will invite Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to Norway, April 25-27. MFA Middle East office Director Joern Gjelstad said that [...] | 2006-03-28 09:19:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP IS NO KPAL |
06OSLO396 | NORWEGIAN CLAIMS IN HIGH NORTH EXPANDING? [...] (C) Summary and action request. Norway may soon lay claim to a large swath of Arctic resources around the Svalbard archipelago. Already the source of international disputes over fishing rights, Svalbard's unique (and in some cases unclear) status internationally has the potential to create [...] | 2006-03-30 13:16:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET ENRG UK NO |
06OSLO398 | OSLO NOMINEE FOR BRUSSELS CT AND JHA AFFAIRS [...] Post nominates Pol/Econ officer Edward Canuel to attend the Counter-terrorism Policy/Justice and Home Affairs Brussels conference, from May 31 through June 2. 2. Per reftel, the following is the requested information of the nominee: Edward T. Canuel, Pol/Econ Officer, Second Secretary, Phon [...] | 2006-03-31 11:22:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER CVIS NO EUN KCRM KJUS |
06OSLO399 | TERRORIST FINANCE: LET AMENDMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-31 12:09:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER PREL ETTC NO KTFN |
06OSLO400 | AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO NORWEGIAN CENTRAL BANK: [...] (SBU) On March 28, Ambassador Whitney and Pol/Econ Officers visited the Norwegian Central Bank (Norges Bank),meeting with Central Bank Governor Svein Gjedrem, Deputy Governor Jarle Bergo and Knut Kjaer, Executive Director of the Pension Fund (formerly the Petroleum Fund). Discussions center [...] | 2006-03-31 12:41:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EFIN NO |
06OSLO401 | NORWAY CONSIDERS JORDAN POLICE TRAINING [...] We delivered reftel demarche to MFA Global Security Section advisor Torn Dramdal. Dramdal was pleased to receive our request and promised that Norway would carefully consider providing police instructors to the Jordan International Police Training Center (JIPTC). 2. Comment: In its Octo [...] | 2006-03-31 12:48:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PINS IZ JO NO KJUS KCRM |
06OSLO402 | NORWAY PROPOSES HIGH NORTH SEMINAR [...] (SBU) Following up on the pitch Foreign Minister Stoere made to A/S Fried on continuing the U.S.-Norway High North dialogue, the Norwegians are proposing a meeting on the High North at the Department in late May / early June. The MFA envisions a half-day seminar where they will present on how [...] | 2006-03-31 15:32:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG SENV NO |
06OSLO403 | NORWAY PRESENTS ITS LEGAL VIEWS ON DETAINEES [...] (C) MFA DAS Leif Larsen summoned P/E counselor on March 31 to receive a note outlining Norway's official legal position on detainees at Guantanamo and elsewhere (full text provided para 5). After only a cursory reading of the note, P/E Counselor reiterated our position on detainees (reftel). [...] | 2006-03-31 16:38:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO PHUM OPDC PTER NO |
06OSLO406 | NORWAY-RUSSIA: KEEPING UP APPEARANCES [...] (C) Russian Prime Minister Fradkov's March 28 and 29 visit to Oslo generated extensive press play and further heightened expectations about Norway's role in developing Russia's Shtokman gas field, but achieved little movement on substantive issues like Barents border delineation, the Russian [...] | 2006-04-03 14:28:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG SENV EFIS RS NO |
06OSLO420 | ONE LESS KREKAR HURDLE: NORWEGIAN AMBO TO IRAQ [...] (C) Norway now has an accredited Ambassador to Iraq. Ambassador Sverre Stub (resident in Amman) presented his credentials to Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari on April 3. This important step in formalizing relations between Norway and Iraq has been laying in abeyance for some time (over [...] | 2006-04-04 12:46:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ASEC IZ NO |
06OSLO426 | NORWAY READY TO SEND BOOTS TO DARFUR UNPKO [...] (C) We delivered reftel to MOD Operations Planning Chief Brigadier General Roar Sundseth and MFA DAS for Global Security Policy Siren Eriksen on April 3-4. Sundseth told us that Norway is prepared, when asked by the UN, to send one company (150 to 200 personnel) to support a blue helmet oper [...] | 2006-04-04 14:08:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL MCAP MOPS UN SU NO KPKO |
06OSLO427 | NORWAY'S ROLE IN NEPAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-04 14:35:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV PTER IN NP NO |
06OSLO428 | NORWAY TO CONTINUE PROMOTING HAITI-DR COOPERATION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-04 14:43:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL HA DR NO |
06OSLO44 | NORWAY'S OPPOSITION UNITES ON PRO-ISRAEL RESOLUTION [...] (C) Norway's bitterly divided center-right parties came together on January 11 to table a Parliamentary proposition that would have given a clear "no" to any boycott of Israel. President of the Parliament Thorbjoern Jagland used the privilege of his position to stop the motion being brought to [...] | 2006-01-11 16:07:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD IS NO |
06OSLO448 | SUPPORTING NORWAY'S ANTI-TRAFFICKING EFFORTS [...] Norway continues to expand its anti-trafficking efforts, which include government funding of NGO-run programs, media campaigns and intensive law enforcement training. Despite such preventative measures, trafficking does exist, as indicated by a recently publicized trafficking case in the city [...] | 2006-04-06 14:15:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB NO KCRM KWMN KFRD |
06OSLO454 | DIPLOMATIC NOTES - ITU COUNCIL SEAT AND RADIO [...] Per reftel a, Post delivered a diplomatic note supporting the U.S. Candidacy for the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Council Seat on April 6. Pursuant to reftel b, Post delivered a diplomatic note related to Ms. Julie Naper Roller's candidacy for the ITU Radio Regulations Board on [...] | 2006-04-07 12:59:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ECPS NO |
06OSLO457 | NORWAY, THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL AND FINLAND [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-07 13:39:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNGA FI NO KUNR |
06OSLO46 | NORWAY LIKELY TO FOLLOW EU-3 ON IRAN REFERRAL [...] (C) On January 11, following up on ref A, we asked Norwegian MFA DAS for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Jan Arve Knutsen about Norwegian intentions as a member of the IAEA Board. Knutsen replied that Norway was still hoping for a solution short of referring Iran to the UN Security Council. [...] | 2006-01-12 14:31:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP PREL AORC IR NO |
06OSLO462 | NORWAY LIMITS BARENTS DEVELOPMENT, FOR NOW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Barents Sea is home to one of Europe's most productive fisheries and some of the most significant offshore oil and gas reserves in the Arctic. With the March 31 announcement of its new Integrated Management Plan for the Barents region, the Norwegian government has settled, [...] | 2006-04-10 15:59:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV EPET ENRG NO |
06OSLO467 | "GRIM" PROSPECTS FOR SRI LANKA PEACE TALKS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-11 16:15:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV CE NO |
06OSLO488 | DEMARCHE ON UN SHORTFALLS FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-19 14:52:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PREL AF NO |
06OSLO492 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: HAMAS COMMENTS ON TEL AVIV [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary for Africa, Asia, and the Middle East Vergard Ellefsen on April 19. Ellefsen stated that Norway agreed with our condemnation of the attack and our condemnation of Hamas' comments defending it. He will forwa [...] | 2006-04-19 16:13:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS NO |
06OSLO493 | NORWAY'S CUBA POLICIES: LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW [...] (C) Summary: Norway's young center-left government is engaged in a controversial balancing act on Cuba, publicly supporting Cuban dissidents while also seeking a broader dialogue with Cuba. With the exception of an impending oil drilling contract, Norwegian business interests in Cuba are sc [...] | 2006-04-19 16:25:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ETTC CU NO |
06OSLO496 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DECLINING HUMANITARIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-20 21:34:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL SU NO |
06OSLO497 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ROLLING OUT NATO'S GLOBAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-20 21:35:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MARR NO |
06OSLO498 | RESPONSES TO CFE ENTITLEMENT QUESTIONS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-20 21:35:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE MARR NATO PARM PREL NO |
06OSLO499 | POINTS DELIVERED: GUIDELINES FOR TREATMENT OF [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-21 13:10:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT IMO KTIA AORC ELAB NO |
06OSLO512 | NORWEGIANS ON BOARD WITH MIDDLE EAST SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-24 15:12:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MARR NO |
06OSLO523 | OSLO ROLLS OUT RED CARPET FOR BELARUS' MILINKEVICH [...] (C) Summary. Belarussian presidential candidate Alexander Milinkevich's April 19-22 visit to Oslo (sponsored by the Norwegian Helsinki Committee) included high-level meetings with top Norwegian officials, numerous press activities and an afternoon coffee hosted by Ambassador and Mrs. Whitney [...] | 2006-04-26 05:14:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL BO NO |
06OSLO53 | NORWEGIAN PLANS FOR LONDON AFGHANISTAN CONFERENCE [...] (C) We discussed Norway's plans for the London January 31-February 1 Afghanistan Conference with MFA Advisor Arne Floelo on January 13. Floelo said that both Foreign Minister Jonas Stoere and Development Minister Erik Solheim planned to attend the conference (back to back, not simultaneously) [...] | 2006-01-13 13:10:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON KDEM EFIN PGOV PREL AF NO |
06OSLO533 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL [...] (SBU) On April 26 we delivered reftel points to Martine Scheie, Higher Executive Officer in the MFA's Legal Department, Section for International Humanitarian and Criminal Law. Scheie noted Norway's long-standing support of the Third Protocol. She stated that Norway will continue to work clo [...] | 2006-04-27 12:06:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC SZ NO |
06OSLO534 | NORWAY VOICES SUPPORT FOR HAITI [...] (SBU) On April 25 we delivered reftel points to Tore Hattrem, the Deputy Director General of the Peace and Reconciliation Section at the MFA. Hattrem reiterated Norway's deep commitment to Haiti, and noted the importance of Haiti's forthcoming elections. Given the recent promotion of Tom Tyr [...] | 2006-04-27 12:07:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL HA NO KDEM |
06OSLO535 | NORWAY WILL NOT SUPPORT IRAN FOR HRC [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-27 15:01:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL NO IR KUNR |
06OSLO540 | "RELAXED" ABU MAZEN IN NORWAY [...] (C) Summary. At Norway's invitation, PA President Mahmoud Abbas visited Oslo April 24-25. His Norwegian interlocutors described Abbas as "relaxed," but focused on ensuring that the international community does not turn its back on the needs of the Palestinian people in efforts to put pressu [...] | 2006-04-27 15:23:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PHUM PTER NO XF KPAL |
06OSLO543 | NORWAY'S DEVELOPMENT MINISTER SOLHEIM'S NEPAL VISIT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-28 13:23:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV PTER IN NP NO |
06OSLO545 | NORWAY WILL TRY TO SUPPORT OAS EFFORTS IN GUYANA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-28 14:42:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NO GY KDEM |
06OSLO551 | SRI LANKA CO-CHAIRS MEETING IN OSLO [...] (C) Summary. Representatives of the Sri Lanka Co-Chairs ( Norway, Japan, the EU, and the U.S. ) met in Oslo on April 28 in an emergency session to discuss the deteriorating situation in Sri Lanka and plan for a follow-on meeting in Tokyo. Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affa [...] | 2006-05-03 09:26:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PHUM CE NO |
06OSLO553 | A/S BOUCHER'S MEETING WITH NORWEGIAN DFM JOHANSEN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-03 12:35:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETTC PARM PREL IN PGOV PHUM PTER NP CE |
06OSLO558 | NORWAY RECEIVES HAMAS VISA APPLICATIONS [...] (C) Norwegian MFA DAS for Middle East Affairs Kaare Eltervaag told us on the afternoon of May 4 that Norway received this morning (May 4) visa applications from two individuals representing Hamas. The applications were delivered to the UNDP offices in Gaza (Note: UNDP represents Norwegian i [...] | 2006-05-04 14:07:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER CVIS PGOV IS NO KPAL |
06OSLO559 | NORWEGIAN FAST BOATS TO IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-04 14:29:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC IR NO |
06OSLO56 | NORWAY STILL NOT FIRM ON REPORTING IRAN TO UNSC [...] (C) The Ambassador raied ref A with Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Stoere on January 13. FM Stoere noted that the MFA had called in the Iranian Ambassador the previous day (before the EU-3 announcement) and made clear its deep concerns. Stoere understands the growing need for the IAEA to [...] | 2006-01-13 16:29:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP PREL AORC IR NO |
06OSLO560 | TERRORIST FINANCE DESIGNATION: JUD [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-05 08:43:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER PREL ETTC PK NO KTFN |
06OSLO569 | NORWAY WON'T GO PUBLIC WITH UN HRC IRAN DECISION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-05 15:53:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL NO IR KUNR |
06OSLO582 | POINTS DELIVERED: NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR PANDEMIC [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-08 12:47:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TBIO KFLU NO |
06OSLO583 | RUSSIANS LIFT BAN ON NORWEGIAN SALMON [...] (U) Two Norwegian salmon producers resumed exports of fresh chilled salmon to Russia after receiving export approvals from Russian authorities on April 24. Producers began shipping in the first week of May, officially ending the four month old Russian ban on Norwegian salmon. According to th [...] | 2006-05-08 12:47:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD WTO EFIS NO |
06OSLO584 | NORWAY SUPPORTS MAINTAINING SMALLPOX STOCKS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-08 12:47:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL TBIO WHO NO |
06OSLO585 | NORWAY GENEROUS WITH SUDAN AID, MAY DO MORE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-08 12:52:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM NO |
06OSLO59 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FM STOERE [...] (C) Summary. In the Ambassador's introductory call on Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere January 13, the FM said that maintaining close ties to the United States was a top priority and noted that the U.S. is "Norway's most important ally." FM Stoere is keen to promote even closer cooperatio [...] | 2006-01-17 10:37:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR NO |
06OSLO609 | NORWEGIAN MFA PREPARED TO MEET HAMAS MINISTER [...] (C) Acting MFA DAS for Middle East Affairs Joern Gjelstad called us on May 11 to inform us that the Norwegian MFA has learned that Hamas Refugee Minister Atef Adwan will travel to Norway from Sweden using his Swedish-issued Schengen visa either on May 11 or May 12. Gjelstad said that while no [...] | 2006-05-11 11:38:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER CVIS PGOV IS NO KPAL |
06OSLO613 | SRI LANKA CO-CHAIRS MEETING IN OSLO [...] (C) Summary. Representatives of the Sri Lanka Co-Chairs (Norway, Japan, the EU, and the U.S.) met in Oslo on April 28 in an emergency session to discuss the deteriorating situation in Sri Lanka and plan for a follow-on meeting in Tokyo. Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affair [...] | 2006-05-11 13:42:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PHUM CE NO |
06OSLO615 | SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO OSLO, MAY 16-17 [...] (C) I very much look forward to welcoming you to Oslo. You will be the most senior U.S. administration official to visit Norway since the center-left government of Jens Stoltenberg came to power in October 2005, and your visit should help us in our efforts to bolster our dialogue with Norway [...] | 2006-05-11 14:49:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP EAID ENRG NO |
06OSLO617 | BELLINGER TAKES ON NORWEGIAN CRITICS [...] (C) Summary. On May 9, Legal Adviser John Bellinger presented U.S. policy on detainees to Deputy Foreign Minister Johansen, parliamentarians, human rights NGOs, Norway's leading foreign policy think tank, Norwegian legal scholars, and in several media interviews. Johansen repeated Norway's v [...] | 2006-05-11 16:01:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ICRC PHUM PREF PREL NO KPAS KJUS |
06OSLO618 | BELLINGER TAKES ON NORWEGIAN CRITICS [...] (C) Summary. On May 9, Legal Adviser John Bellinger presented U.S. policy on detainees to Deputy Foreign Minister Johansen, parliamentarians, human rights NGOs, Norway's leading foreign policy think tank, Norwegian legal scholars, and in several media interviews. Johansen repeated Norway's v [...] | 2006-05-11 16:01:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ICRC PHUM PREF PREL NO KPAS KJUS |
06OSLO627 | NORWAY WILL LOOK AGAIN AT ISAF CAVEATS [...] (C) On May 11, we delivered reftel points to Leif Larsen, MFA Security Policy Section DAS, and to MOD USA Desk Officer Erling Alvestad. Larsen and Alvestad agreed to coordinate between their ministries and consider our request. The MOD noted that Norway's caveat was out of step with its pr [...] | 2006-05-15 12:58:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PREL PGOV AF NO |
06OSLO63 | IAEA/IRAN: FM PERSONALLY DRIVING NORWAY'S POLICY [...] (C) Summary. Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Stoere is directly and personally driving Norway's policy on whether the IAEA should report Iran to the UN Security Council. Stoere wants clarity on how the Security Council will deal with the issue before agreeing to send it there. Stoere is re [...] | 2006-01-18 15:53:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP PREL IR NO |
06OSLO630 | (S) NORWAY WILL NOT PUBLICLY SUPPORT UN 1267 [...] (S/NOFORN) In our previous conversations on the topic of a possible 1267 listing against Mullah Krekar (reftel B),MFA Legal Advisor Rolf Einar Fife made absolutely clear that Norway would not support overtly a UNSCR 1267 listing for Mullah Krekar. The MFA wants no fingers pointing back to N [...] | 2006-05-15 14:47:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL UNAUS NO KTFN |
06OSLO649 | BLUE LANTERN APPLICATION 05-994306 [...] We contacted Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace (KDA) on May 12 to follow up on reftel request. Kongsberg Procurement Coordinator Kjersti Jacobsen confirms its End User Statement and verified that the quantities and types of explosive bolts are correct in the referenced request. The bolts are to [...] | 2006-05-18 14:33:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC NO KOMC |
06OSLO652 | NORWEGIAN FOLLOW-UP ON DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-19 15:20:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL SOCI SU NO |
06OSLO657 | FOREIGN MINISTER STOERE CONGRATULATES IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-22 10:59:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV IQ NOK KDEM KPAO |
06OSLO658 | LETTER FROM U/S JOSEPH DELIVERED TO NORWAY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-22 11:01:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC TSPA NO KSCA |
06OSLO660 | POINTS DELIVERED: POLIO ERADICATION AND THE WHA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-22 12:50:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA WHO NO |
06OSLO661 | U/S SHINER'S VISIT TO OSLO [...] (U) Summary: On May 16, Under Secretary Josette Shiner met in Oslo with Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and the PM,s team working on the UN High Level Panel for Reform. The Norwegians laid out their plans for moving forward the work of the panel, including establishing the advance [...] | 2006-05-22 14:08:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL ENRG UN NO KPAL |
06OSLO665 | NORWAY WILL HELP URGE KYRGYZ ON MANAS AIRFIELD [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-23 12:27:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL AF NO |
06OSLO668 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RUSSIAN ACTIVITIES IN SOUTH [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-23 15:33:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL RU GG NO |
06OSLO669 | BERGEN CONFERENCE ON NORTH KOREAN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The 7th International Conference on Human Rights and Refugees "North Korea New Approaches" held in Bergen, Norway May 9-11 brought together government and NGO officials to discuss ways to advance human rights in North Korea. Officials and NGOs agreed that while li [...] | 2006-05-24 10:40:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM CH KN KS NO |
06OSLO68 | (S) IAEA/IRAN: UK STRAW SWINGS FM STOERE [...] (S) Norwegian MFA Assistant Secretary for Security Policy Kaare Aas (strictly protect) told us on January 19 that UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has successfully assuaged Norwegian FM Jonas Stoere's concerns about what may transpire in the UN Security Council if the IAEA Board agrees to repor [...] | 2006-01-19 17:07:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET | PARM KNNP PREL IR NO |
06OSLO680 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED - OPERATIONAL EXPERTS GROUP [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-26 08:06:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM PREL NO KNNP |
06OSLO681 | GAO QUESTIONNAIRE ON UNAUTHORIZED WORKERS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-26 08:07:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | AGAO ELAB SMIG NO |
06OSLO682 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED - WEDGEWOOD RE-ELECTION TO UNHRC [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-26 10:54:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM US UNHRC NO |
06OSLO683 | NORWAY AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NTM-I TRUST FUND [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-26 10:54:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL NATO MOPS NO |
06OSLO688 | NORWEGIAN TRAFFICKING AND PROSTITUTION - RECENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-26 14:27:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB NO KCRM KWMN KFRD |
06OSLO690 | C-RE6-00473; NORWAY, ISAF AND THE FARYAB PRT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-26 16:20:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR MASS MOPS PTER AF NO |
06OSLO705 | NORWAY WILL SUPPORT UN DRAFT ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-01 07:23:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM NO |
06OSLO706 | NORWAY WELCOMES U.S.STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-01 09:17:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR NO |
06OSLO72 | AMBASSADOR´S CALL ON DEVELOPMENT MINISTER SOLHEIM [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador made his introductory call on International Development Minister Erik Solheim January 19 and discussed Solheims upcoming trip to Sri Lanka, the state of play in Sudan, and the Ministers development priorities. Solheim stressed that he is eager to cooperate with the Unite [...] | 2006-01-23 12:52:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CE SU NO |
06OSLO725 | NATO RESPONSE FORCE: PRESSING FOR PLEDGES [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-06 12:53:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO NO |
06OSLO729 | NORWEGIANS WILL ATTEND HLPM [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-07 11:22:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM US PL XX NO KNNP |
06OSLO730 | NORWAY: TIP REPORT, TRAFFICKING AND SOLICITATION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-07 11:23:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV SMIG NO KCRM KWMN |
06OSLO756 | (S/NOFORN) NORWAY MAY CONSIDER ISAF SOF DEPLOYMENT [...] (S/NOFORN) We met on June 9 with MOD DAS for Security Policy Henning Vaglum (protect throughout) and MOD Policy Afghan Desk Officer Keith Eikenes (protect throughout). Vaglum told us that Norway had been approached in March by DSACEUR on whether it could provide SOF to an expanded ISAF missio [...] | 2006-06-09 14:24:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR MOPS NATO PREL PGOV AF NO |
06OSLO759 | SRI LANKA TALKS DISINTEGRATE IN OSLO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-12 13:57:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR PINS CE NO |
06OSLO760 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED - HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-12 13:58:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL NO |
06OSLO761 | 2005 AMVER AWARDS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-12 14:04:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD ELTN PREL ATRN |
06OSLO762 | VIOLATION OF FEDERAL AVIATION REGULATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-12 14:05:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON NO |
06OSLO769 | NORWAY CWC HOST COUNTRY AGREEMENT VISIT [...] (C/NOFORN) MFA advisor Geir Toennessen contacted us on June 13 to inform us that Norway would be pleased to receive a U.S. delegation to discuss the remaining issues concerning a Host Country Agreement (HCA) on how to deal with any possible challenge inspections of U.S. storage facilities in [...] | 2006-06-13 13:39:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL NO KTIA |
06OSLO77 | NORWAY GOES SOFT ON CUBA [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Stoere has announced a significant change to Norway's Cuba policy. Norway will no longer invite Cuban dissidents to its annual Constitution Day (May 17) event held at the Norwegian Embassy in Havana. This reversal was prompted by Norway's desire to re-gain dire [...] | 2006-01-24 14:04:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NO |
06OSLO774 | NORWAY'S CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THIRD PROTOCOL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-14 13:10:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC NO |
06OSLO775 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED-ICANN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-14 13:10:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS EINT ETRD ETTC NO |
06OSLO776 | CHINESE DESIGNATIONS-POINTS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-14 13:12:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL ETTC EFIN PGOV CH NO |
06OSLO783 | NORWAY WILL CONSIDER LEADING CSV CONSULTATIONS [...] (U) We delivered reftel to Norwegian MFA PDAS for Security Policy Trine Skymoen on June 14 and discussed further with Ambassador Naess our request (reftel) that Naess lead informal consultations on the IAEA Secretariat's recommendations to the Committee on Safeguards and Verification (CSV). [...] | 2006-06-15 12:36:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC TRGY IAEA NO KNNP |
06OSLO787 | STREAMLINING FRUIT AND VEGETABLE IMPORT REGULATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-15 14:23:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON USDA NO |
06OSLO788 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON VENEZUELA'S ANTI-NGO LAW [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-16 09:01:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV VE EAID NO KDEM |
06OSLO805 | PALESTINIAN ASSISTANCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO NORWAY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-20 13:32:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EAID IS NO |
06OSLO807 | NORWEGIANS TIP OFF RESPONSES TO SRI LANKA LETTERS [...] (C) Summary. On June 20 we spoke with Tomas Stangeland, Adviser on Sri Lanka matters in the MFA's Peace and Reconciliation Section. As noted in reftel, the Norwegian government submitted letters to both the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the government of Sri Lanka (GSL) on Ju [...] | 2006-06-20 14:44:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PINS PTER CE NO |
06OSLO810 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING-US SPONSORED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-21 11:49:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM NO |
06OSLO811 | NORWAY TAKES A BITE OUT OF APPLE [...] (C) Summary. The Norwegian Consumer Ombudsman recently issued a decision letter against Apple's iTunes Music Store (iTunes),claiming that the music service violates Norwegian consumer laws and contract law principles. Apple has not/not requested Embassy assistance, and its local Norwegian c [...] | 2006-06-21 11:59:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON EINV KIPR NO |
06OSLO820 | NORWEGIANS RECEIVE ANSWERS FROM SRI LANKA, TIGERS [...] (U) On June 22, the Norwegian government issued a press release on Minster of International Development Eric Solheim's June 8 letters to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the government of Sri Lanka (GSL). (Post will fax a copy of the press release to the SCA/INS). The press re [...] | 2006-06-23 15:01:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PINS PTER CE NO |
06OSLO828 | INVITATION DELIVERED-AFGHANISTAN PROVINCIAL [...] (U) On June 26 we delivered the PRT Conference invitation to Anita Nergaard, Director in the MFA's Global Security Section. We were joined by Lisa Stadelbauer, Canadian Counselor for Political Affairs. Nergaard thanked us for the invitation and noted that she would forward the information t [...] | 2006-06-28 13:56:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | AF XD AORC NATO NO |
06OSLO829 | (S) PKK TERRORISM DEMARCHE DELIVERED - NORWAY [...] (S) Summary. On June 28 we delivered ref. b points to Kari Bjornsgaard, Adviser in the MFA's Section for European Regional and Economic Affairs. Bjornsgaard noted that Norway would cooperate with U.S. law enforcement efforts tracing PKK funding mechanisms, while emphasizing that her country' [...] | 2006-06-28 14:00:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET | PREL PTER NO |
06OSLO835 | POINTS DELIVERED: WTO DOHA ROUND NEGOTIATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-29 15:02:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | WTRO ETRD ECON NO |
06OSLO836 | CIVAIR: VIOLATION OF FAA REGULATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-30 04:36:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON NO |
06OSLO839 | (S) TERRORIST FINANCE: IIRO PRENOTIFICATION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-03 14:24:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET | EFIN PTER PREL ETTC KTFN NO |
06OSLO847 | NORWAY POSITIVE ABOUT NATO'S MIDDLE EAST SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-05 15:01:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MARR NO |
06OSLO848 | NORTH KOREAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) On July 6 we delivered reftel points to Tore Dahlstrom, the North Korea Desk Officer at the MFA. Dahlstrom said Norway would align itself with the EU on this matter and endorse a forthcoming "non-controversial" EU statement. Stating that Norway fully supported the six-party framework, h [...] | 2006-07-06 14:09:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KN NO |
06OSLO859 | DIPLOMATIC NOTE - ITU RADIO REGULATIONS BOARD [...] (U) Pursuant to reftels, Post delivered a diplomatic note related to Ms. Julie Napier Zoller's candidacy for the ITU Radio Regulations Board on April 7. The note was presented to the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with a copy sent to the Ministry of Transportation and Communication. [...] | 2006-07-07 14:42:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ECPS NO |
06OSLO86 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON DEPUTY FM [...] (SBU) "High North" issues -- energy, the environment, non-proliferation and cooperation with Russia -- dominated the Ambassador's January 25 introductory call on Deputy Foreign Minister Liv Monica Stubholt. Stubholt stressed that the new government's High North policy was national, rather tha [...] | 2006-01-26 12:00:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EPET ENRG SENV NO |
06OSLO863 | AFGHANISTAN PROVINCIAL RECONSTRUCTION TEAM (PRT) [...] (U) On July 10 we delivered reftel points and PowerPoint template to Anita Nergaard, Director in the MFA's Global Security Section, and Sigurd Marstein, Senior Adviser in the Ministry of Defense. Marstein informed us that Col. Axel Olsson will represent the MOD. All intended electronic com [...] | 2006-07-10 11:55:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | AF XD AORC NATO NO |
06OSLO865 | INTERNET GOVERNANCE-NORWEGIAN RESPONSE [...] (U) On July 10, we received the Norwegian government's response to reftel b points. The response points were presented by Peter Wille, Deputy Director General in the MFA's Section on the World Trade Organization. The text of the points are found at paragraph 2. 2. (U) Begin text. The [...] | 2006-07-10 14:55:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS EINT ETRD ETTC NO |
06OSLO873 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED-COMMISSION FOR ASSISTANCE TO A [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-13 04:51:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL NO CU |
06OSLO895 | NICARAGUA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-18 14:03:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PGOV PREL DEM NO KDEM |
06OSLO896 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED - HAITI INTERIM COOPERATION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-18 14:03:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN EUN NO |
06OSLO902 | CFE EQUIPMENT ENTITLEMENTS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-20 14:29:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL PARM NO KCFE |
06OSLO909 | NORWAY FOCUSED ON THE MIDDLE EAST: AID, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Norwegian government has focused all of their energy on the situation in the Middle East, hosting an emergency donor conference for Palestinians in Geneva on 14 July, calling in the Israeli Ambassador to Norway to demand an end to hostilities, and promising to engage the US a [...] | 2006-07-21 14:49:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS NO KPAL |
06OSLO912 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED - ABOUSOFIAN ABDELRAZIK [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-25 12:31:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER NO |
06OSLO932 | COORDINATING WESTERN SUPPORT FOR FMCT-DEMARCHE [...] (C) On July 24 we delivered reftel points to Jan Arve Knutsen, Deputy Director General and Head of the MFA's Section for Disarmament and Nonproliferation. On July 27 we again met with Knutsen and Knut Langeland, Senior Advisor in the MFA's Section for Disarmament and Nonproliferation. Langel [...] | 2006-07-27 14:01:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PREL UNGA CDG NO KNNP |
06OSLO933 | COMMENTS ON SEVEN COUNTRY INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-27 14:01:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP MNUC NO |
06OSLO95 | POST-PALESTINIAN ELECTION: NORWAY SEEKING TO ENGAGE [...] (C) Meeting in Oslo, Foreign Minister Jonas Stoere told A/S Dan Fried on January 27 that he plans to speak with Abbas later today and tell him that he is sending his number two, Deputy Foreign Minister Raymond Johansen, to visit with him next week (date unspecified). Stoere wanted to make su [...] | 2006-01-27 14:22:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS NO |
06OSLO958 | OSLO MEETING WITH SPECIAL ENVOY HANSSEN-BAUER [...] (C) On August 2, 2006 we met with Jon Hanssen-Bauer, Special Envoy to Sri Lanka at the MFA and Sri Lanka Desk Officer Sondre Bjotveit. Noting Norwegian Development Minister Eric Solheim's public appeal earlier today for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil (LTTE) and the Government of Sri Lanka (G [...] | 2006-08-03 06:58:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PHUM CE NO |
06OSLO959 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR REPRESENTATIVE HAROLD ROGERS [...] Embassy Oslo welcomes and grants country clearance to Representative Harold Rogers and colleagues (CODEL Rogers) to travel to Oslo, Norway from August 13-15, 2006 and Stavanger, Norway on August 15, 2006 to participate in meetings with the Norwegian government. Please furnish security clearan [...] | 2006-08-03 06:58:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NO |
06OSLO974 | POINTS DELIVERED TO NORWAY: DRAFT UNSCR - LEBANON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-07 14:32:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS UN NO |
06OSLO980 | SUPPORTING SRI LANKA CEASEFIRE-DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-08 15:09:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CE NO |
06OSLO996 | CFE EQUIPMENT ENTITLEMENT TRANSFERS [...] (C) On August 11 we met with Lars Loken, Senior Adviser in the MFA's Section for Disarmament and Nonproliferation. Per reftel c, Loken stated that Norway has made a "firm decision" to approve 31 artillery pieces for the Conventional Forces Europe (CFE) entitlement transfer involving Norway, [...] | 2006-08-11 11:48:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL PARM NO KCFE |
07OSLO000160ZDK164 | SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS' SUDAN CONTACT GROUP MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 9, Special Envoy Andrew Natsios joined the Sudan Contact Group meeting in Oslo to assess the state of play in Sudan. Although implementation of the CPA has been stalled, all parties stressed the need to maintain a unified Sudan and to encourage an IGAD summit to set [...] | 2007-02-16 16:13:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KPKO NO |
07OSLO1007 | WIREC MINISTERIAL DELEGATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-04 14:36:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG KSCA |
07OSLO1008 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF SEVEN IRAQI [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-04 14:37:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER ETTC PREL KTFN NO |
07OSLO1038 | NORWEGIANS DISCUSS BURMESE ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) On October 15 we delivered reftel points to MFA East Asia Section Deputy Director General Tanja Hegga. Hegga described the goal of Norway's Burmese foreign assistance to "alleviate human suffering," focusing primarily on refugees and their health concerns. In 2007, GON assistance is [...] | 2007-10-15 16:31:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM BM NO |
07OSLO1039 | HOT AND COLD NORWEGIAN ICE TALKS [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 4, U.S.-Norwegian Informal Commercial Exchange (ICE) talks were held in Oslo, covering a wide variety of trade issues. Key U.S. matters included pharmaceutical patent protection, IPR issues, a Norwegian car tax adversely affecting American cars, the Government Pensi [...] | 2007-10-16 06:31:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET ENRG EINV |
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 |
07OSLO1055 | NORWAY DISMISSES U.S. CONCERNS ON CLUSTER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-23 11:59:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO NO |
07OSLO1067 | NORWEGIANS REVIEW DESIGNATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-26 12:42:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IR PARM EFIN KNNP NO |
07OSLO1069 | NORWEGIANS REVIEW CUBAN EMBARGO POINTS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-26 13:09:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA ETRD PHUM UNAUS CU NO |
07OSLO1070 | NORWEGIANS STUDY FAO POINTS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-26 13:26:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR FAO AORC NO |
07OSLO1073 | NORWEGIANS REVIEW FATF POINTS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-29 16:58:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MNUC ECON NO |
07OSLO1074 | ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING PRIOR TO THE HIGH-LEVEL CPA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-30 14:14:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IGAD SU UK NT NW CA IT NO |
07OSLO1084 | NORWAY WON'T SUPPORT WALKER CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-06 15:37:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC UN UNGA |
07OSLO1086 | NORWEGIAN ENERGY: HEADY WITH GAS, BUBBLY WITH OIL [...] (C) Summary. In a recent review of energy issues facing Norway, the third largest exporter of gas and fifth largest exporter of oil, Petroleum Ministry officials discussed: --anti-competition concerns raised by the recent merger of Norwegian state-owned oil companies Statoil and Norsk Hydro; [...] | 2007-11-07 09:24:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET ENRG EINV SENV NO |
07OSLO1087 | NORWAY AND SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUNDS [...] (SBU) Summary. In a November 5 briefing to the diplomatic corps, the Ministry of Finance DG reviewed Norway's approach to Sovereign Wealth Funds and the status of Norway's approximately $350 million Global Fund (formerly known as the Pension Fund). He said that Norway's application of the Et [...] | 2007-11-07 15:43:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON NO |
07OSLO1099 | PAKISTANI NORWEGIANS RIPE FOR RADICALIZATION? [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 23. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Norway is increasingly a land of immigrants, with over twenty three percent of the capital city,s population now designated as non-Norwegian,. The largest non-Western group is Pakistani, a population that has established deep [...] | 2007-11-08 15:28:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PINR KCRM KPAO PK NO |
07OSLO1101 | NORWAY'S LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS: A WARNING OF [...] (SBU) Summary: As the fallout from the September local elections finally subsides, the larger issues which will shape the 2009 general election are becoming clear. The center/left governing coalition (Labor, Center and Socialist Left Parties) were given a rebuke in the local elections, partic [...] | 2007-11-13 08:48:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR NO |
07OSLO1113 | NORWAY AND AFRICA, A RELATIONSHIP UNDERGOING CHANGE [...] (U) Summary. The GON has made Africa a priority, expanding activities there beyond its long-standing development presence. One concrete example is the GON,s commitment to contribute a 200 person engineering battalion to the UN mission in Darfur. A more negative example is the recent expulsi [...] | 2007-11-19 11:13:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PBTS KPKO ET ER NO |
07OSLO1118 | TERRORISM FINANCE: TRO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-20 12:38:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PTER PREL KTFN NO |
07OSLO1125 | NORWAY CONCERNED BUT PASSIVE ON VENEZUELA [...] (C) In response to Ref A demarche, Latin America Section Head Herberth Linder stated that Norway will sign on to any joint declaration that the EU produces on the situation in Venezuela (noting that the UK is putting language together but that they had not yet been approached on it officially),[...] | 2007-11-23 10:11:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL VE PHUM WHA NO |
07OSLO1127 | NORWAY ON THE ELECTION FOR THE COMMITTEE ON THE [...] (SBU) In response to Reftel demarche on the re-election campaign for Mr. Pierre-Richard Prosper, the U.S. candidate for the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (Committee),the Head of the Norwegian MFA's Human Rights Section, Tormod Endresen, responded positive [...] | 2007-11-26 13:08:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNGA NO |
07OSLO1134 | RESOURCE NATIONALISM AND NORWAY [...] (C) Summary. Norway, the world's third largest gas exporter and fifth largest oil exporter, adheres to energy resource policies which work to maximize governmental financial returns while ensuring its strict stewardship of natural resources. Hailed internationally as a transparent, predict [...] | 2007-11-29 13:17:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV NO |
07OSLO1142 | LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW: NORWAY'S CUBA POLICIES [...] (C) The GON has been increasingly engaged with the GOC in the last few years, seeking broader governmental dialogue while maintaining lower level contacts with Cuban dissidents. There have been no public meetings with dissidents since our last update in May. The only significant visit anticip [...] | 2007-12-03 13:46:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU NO |
07OSLO1151 | TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICERS (TFCO): [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-10 14:27:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN NO |
07OSLO1152 | TERRORISM FINANCE: SYRIA/LEBANON DESIGNATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-10 14:27:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PTER KFIN NO |
07OSLO1155 | NORWAY WILL URGE SERBIA TO REMAIN CLAM ON KOSOVO [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel demarche on 11 December to State Secretary Raymond Johansen, who stated that Norway would use SIPDIS its good offices to urge Serbia to remain calm regarding the situation in Kosovo. Norway will be following the events there closely, and agrees that it is vital that [...] | 2007-12-12 14:13:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV YI NO |
07OSLO1159 | NORWEGIANS REVIEW END-USE WATCHLIST POINTS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-17 11:20:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IR MNUC PARM KNNP NO |
07OSLO1161 | NORWAY'S DEFENSE POLICY AT A CROSSROADS: CLARITY [...] (SBU) Norway is undergoing a philosophical, bureaucratic and public debate on what its defense policy, obligations and needs will be for the next five to ten years. The outcome will have significant implications for Norway,s ability to fulfill NATO obligations as well as its ability to cope wi [...] | 2007-12-18 13:17:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MCAP PREL PINR PINS PGOV NO |
07OSLO143 | (C) GON WILL SUPPORT SOMALI STABILIZATION [...] (C) On February 14 we delivered reftel to Ann Froholm, Senior Adviser in the MFA's Safety Policy Department and Kjell Harald Dalen, the MFA's Special Envoy to Somalia. Froholm noted requests similar to those found in reftel were also recently delivered by African Union (AU) representatives. [...] | 2007-02-14 14:39:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MOPS PHUM PREL EUN SO NO |
07OSLO144 | (C) NORWEGIANS WON'T SUPPORT ZIMBABWE'S WORLD FOOD [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-14 14:40:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID AORC WFP NO |
07OSLO148 | MINUSTAH RENEWAL DEMARCE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-15 06:34:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP PREL AID PGOV EFIN UA HA EUN SF ID PE MINUSTAH |
07OSLO152 | NORWAY'S FOLLOW THROUGH ON UN 1737 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-15 14:24:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ETTC IR PREL NO |
07OSLO159 | NORWAY SUPPORTS IGAD SUMMIT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-16 16:12:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SU NO |
07OSLO160 | SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS' SUDAN CONTACT GROUP MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 9, Special Envoy Andrew Natsios joined the Sudan Contact Group meeting in Oslo to assess the state of play in Sudan. Although implementation of the CPA has been stalled, all parties stressed the need to maintain a unified Sudan and to encourage an IGAD summit to set [...] | 2007-02-16 16:13:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KPKO NO |
07OSLO161 | SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS MEETS ERITREAN REPRESENTATIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Special Envoy Andrew Natsios met with Eritrean Presidential Advisor Yemane Ghebreab in Oslo on February 10, 2007. Ghebreab stated that Eritrea is interested in a comprehensive peace in Sudan and is moving ahead with plans for a Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) parties conferenc [...] | 2007-02-16 16:13:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KPKO NO |
07OSLO162 | AMBASSADOR DELIVERS UNSC 1737 POINTS TO NORSK [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered ref C points on February 15 to Norsk Hydro CEO Eivind Reiten. (Note: As indicated in ref D, Hydro's petroleum sector investments in Iran have been an ongoing point of discussion between the Embassy and company. End note.) The Ambassador urged Reiten to reconsi [...] | 2007-02-20 06:04:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG EPET ETTC EFIN KNNP IR NO |
07OSLO163 | (C) NORWEGIANS NOTE FATF COMPLIANCE; PAKISTAN [...] (C) On February 14 we delivered reftel points to MFA Legal Department Deputy Director Martin Sorby, who confirms that Norway has fully implemented FATF recommendations. Norway is also currently implementing follow-up recommendations associated with a 2005 review of its FATF compliance. Sorb [...] | 2007-02-20 06:10:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC LE PREL PTER KTFN |
07OSLO173 | UNHCR RESETTLEMENT REQUEST-AURIUS SAMARTINO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-22 15:14:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF NO |
07OSLO181 | NORWAY MAINTAINS CONTRIBUTION TO POLIO ERADICATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-27 06:14:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO EAID PREL ECON NO |
07OSLO182 | DRONABINOL POINTS DELIVERED TO NORWAY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-27 06:14:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC SNAR UNCND NO |
07OSLO187 | RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TO NORWAY DENIES REQUEST FOR [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met on February 26 with Russian Ambassador to Norway Sergey Andreev to discuss reftel request for a joint approach to the GON to endorse the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism Statement of Principles. Andreev declined on grounds that he had no official instruc [...] | 2007-02-27 16:15:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL NO |
07OSLO195 | NORWAY'S VIEWS ON SRI LANKA PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) Summary. On February 28, DCM and Pol Officer met with Norwegian Special Envoy to Sri Lanka Jon Hanssen-Bauer and Sri Lanka Adviser Tomas Stangeland at the MFA. The Norwegians stressed the importance of USG involvement in the peace process, outlined views on the Indian and the U.K. pers [...] | 2007-03-01 16:36:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PTER CE NO |
07OSLO198 | GON CONSIDERING BHUTANESE REFUGEES DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-02 10:21:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF BT NP NO |
07OSLO200 | SPECIAL 301: PHARMACEUTICAL PATENT PROBLEM IN NORWAY [...] (SBU) Post agrees with the pharmaceutical industry's concerns about weak patent protections for many branded drugs in Norway (per the trade group "PhRMA's" Special 301 submission for 2007). Post has been working closely with local U.S. representatives of U.S. pharmaceutical firms and engagin [...] | 2007-03-02 11:30:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR ECON NO |
07OSLO229 | NORWAY TIGHTENS DOMESTIC AIR TRAVEL SECURITY, [...] (U) As of March 1, Norwegian domestic air travelers with checked luggage are required to show photo ID at boarding gates. This new procedure supplements ID verification at check-in and puts Norway in compliance with EC directives requiring bag-passenger matching. The Norwegian Civil Aviatio [...] | 2007-03-07 16:11:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PREL NO |
07OSLO248 | NORWAY: MISSLE DEFENSE PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND OUTREACH [...] (C) Summary: As reported in ref b and c, Norway,s government remains opposed in principle to missile defenses writ large and skeptical of U.S. plans to base missile installations in Central Europe. Embassy Oslo continues to engage with media, government and think tank researchers to present the fac [...] | 2007-03-13 16:18:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR |
07OSLO254 | STAFFDEL DISCUSSES LUGAR-SOLHEIM INITIATIVE, HEARS [...] (U) Summary: On March 7-9, Mark Helmke, Senior Professional Staffer for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC),and long-time aide to former SFRC Chair Senator Richard Lugar, met with several high-ranking Norwegian government officials, including International Development Minister Er [...] | 2007-03-14 15:36:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ENRG ECON KIPR NO |
07OSLO255 | NORWEGIANS WILL CONSIDER UN REFORM POINTS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-14 16:27:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ACABQ AORC APER PREL UNGA NO |
07OSLO259 | NORWAY'S UNHRC INSIGHTS ON ZIMBABWE [...] (C) On March 16 we delivered reftel points to Anne Merchant, Senior Adviser in the MFA's UN Section. Merchant believes it is very unlikely that United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) members would pass any resolution concerning Zimbabwe's human rights violations. Specifically, she note [...] | 2007-03-19 08:12:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | UNHCR PHUM PREL ZI NO |
07OSLO264 | NORWAY EXPLAINS DECISION TO RECOGNIZE PALESTINIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 19, MFA Political Director Kai Eide briefed the EU/NATO ally countries on the GON decision over the weekend to have direct political contacts with the Palestinian National Unity Government (NUG). He explained that the GON welcomed the NUG because: --the NUG is taking [...] | 2007-03-19 15:55:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINS ISPA KPAL IS NO |
07OSLO268 | NORWEGIANS SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-20 16:12:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL ZI NO |
07OSLO269 | NORWAY DELIBERATING SVALBARD QUESTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-20 16:42:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV ENRG NO |
07OSLO285 | NORWAY AGREES MANDATE SHOULD NOT BE SINGLED OUT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-23 13:10:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNHRC PREL PHUM NO |
07OSLO289 | NORWAY WILL CONSIDER REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-23 15:27:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KAWC PREL PTER PHUM PINR NO |
07OSLO290 | NORWAY SURPRISED AND CONCERNED OVER RELEASE OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-23 15:30:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PTER AF NO |
07OSLO292 | NORWAY MAINTAINS THAT DECISION TO RECOGNIZE [...] (C) In a March 23 meeting with the DCM, Kai Eide, Political Director of Norway's MFA, stated that Norway's relations with Israel have not been damaged by Norway's decision to recognize the Palestinian Unity Government. Eide said that Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere spoke at length with Isra [...] | 2007-03-23 15:32:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ISPA KPAL IS NO |
07OSLO294 | NORWAY FULLY SUPPORTS AHTISAARI RECOMMENDATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-27 12:04:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNMIK UNAUS YI EU NO |
07OSLO295 | UN DEMOCRACY FUNDED PROJECT: OSLO GOVERNANCE CENTRE [...] Summary. Per Ref A, on March 26 we spoke with Director of the Oslo Governance Centre Bjoern Foedre regarding the United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDF) project, Communication for Empowerment. The project is not a Norwegian government initiative, and only has recently begun. End Summary. 2 [...] | 2007-03-27 12:08:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PREL OIIP NO KDEM KPAO UN NGO |
07OSLO296 | FM STOERE PLEDGES TO TALK WITH AFGHANISTAN AND [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-27 12:31:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PTER AF NO |
07OSLO302 | MONEY TALKS, BUT IS NORWAY LISTENING? [...] (U) Summary: On March 22 Norges Bank Governor General Svein Gjedrem presented diplomatic corps members with a vision of an incredibly vibrant, but oil-dependent, Norwegian economy reaching new fiscal heights on the wings of increasing energy demand and oil prices. Gjedrem's analysis of the [...] | 2007-03-29 08:53:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET ENRG EINV NO |
07OSLO31 | NORWAY CONSIDERS WHETHER TO ASSIST IN IRAQ [...] (C) Summary. In a January 11 meeting, the Ambassador briefed MFA State Secretary Raymond Johansen on the President's Iraqi speech. The Ambassador highlighted that success is critical for Iraq, for the region and for the world and emphasized the focus on reconstruction and reconciliation-issue [...] | 2007-01-11 15:55:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IZ NO |
07OSLO313 | THE UNLIKELY OSLO PEACE CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary. A Norwegian NGO seeks to draw heads of state of various governments to Oslo for an ill-defined peace conference and concert. A recent organizational meeting highlighted the challenges of bringing this to fruition. End Summary. 2. (C) An Oslo NGO, Foundation Dialogue for Pe [...] | 2007-03-30 11:43:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NO |
07OSLO318 | BLUE LANTERN: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] Post contacted the company Jaktedepotet and appropriate police offices according to reftel request. Jaktedepotet confirmed the orders for the listed firearms and said that the end use of the pistols and rifles is hunting and sport usage. The store is the second largest weapons shop in Norway [...] | 2007-03-30 14:52:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC NO |
07OSLO320 | (S) NORWAY WILL FREEZE ANY SEPAH ASSETS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-02 08:16:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET | EFIN IR PARM NO |
07OSLO330 | SUSTAINABILITY SMORGASBORD: THE OSLO CSR CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary. On March 28 through March 30, Norway hosted "Partnerships for Sustainable Development: The Oslo Conference on Good Governance and Environmental Responsibility." Gathering public and private sector leaders, NGOs and international experts, including Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus [...] | 2007-04-03 14:31:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ENRG ECON EPET EINV KPIR NO |
07OSLO339 | CENTCOM CONFERENCE INVITATION DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-10 14:29:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS OTRA PREL NO IZ |
07OSLO347 | NORWAY TO PURSUE ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-12 15:40:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNESCO SMIG NO |
07OSLO362 | NORWAY NORMALIZING ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP WITH [...] (U) Summary: Palestinian Finance Minister Fayyad's April 12 visit to Oslo highlighted the economic aspect of Norway's March 17th decision to normalize relations with the Palestinian National Unity Government (NUG). FM Stoere stated that Norway is ready to resume direct, broad budgetary suppor [...] | 2007-04-13 11:08:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN IS KPAL PINS PREL ISPA NO |
07OSLO374 | NORWAY'S STANCE ON WMO AGENDA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-17 06:31:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TPHY WMO NO |
07OSLO376 | NORWEGIANS REPLY TO CFE DEMARCHE [...] (C) On April 16 we received a response to our February 24, 2006 demarche (Reftel A) concerning the transfer of battle tanks and artillery entitlements for the flank zone from Kaare R. Aas, MFA Director General and Siren Gjerme Eriksen, Deputy Director General. 2. (C) Begin response tex [...] | 2007-04-17 10:35:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | NRRC PARM KCFE NO |
07OSLO382 | NORWAY'S MISSILE DEFENSE DEBATE BROADENS, WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-18 05:21:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL NO |
07OSLO390 | NORWAY AGREES WITH US ANTARCTIC TREATY MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-18 13:31:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KCSA KTIA SENV TPHY NO |
07OSLO397 | NORWEGIAN STATE SECRETARY MEETS CUBAN OFFICIALS, [...] (C) Summary. Norwegian MFA State Secretary Raymond Johansen visited Cuba from April 9 through April 11, meeting with several Cuban governmental officials. The Cuban trip was part of a three country Latin American tour (also including Colombia and Ecuador) which intended to place Latin Americ [...] | 2007-04-19 12:18:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CU NO |
07OSLO400 | UNSCR 1747/OECD: NORWAY SUPPORTS RESTRICTING [...] (SBU) Deputy Pol/Econ Counselor delivered ref A points on April 19 to Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry Senior Advisor Hege Gabrielsen. Gabrielsen was already informed about the U.S. initiative to institute a common OECD line to restrict new export credits to Iran and said Norway can [...] | 2007-04-19 13:20:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EFIN ETRD OECD EXIM UN IR NO |
07OSLO401 | AMBASSADOR RAISES IRAN SANCTIONS ACT CONCERNS WITH STATOIL CEO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-19 13:35:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG EPET ETTC EFIN KNNP IR NO |
07OSLO404 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S APRIL 25-26 VISIT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-19 15:58:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP NO |
07OSLO411 | NO PUBLIC COMMITMENT FROM NORWAY ON DARFUR PACKAGE [...] (SBU) On April 20 we delivered reftel A points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Senior Advisor Anne Kjersti Froeholm. Froeholm told us that Norway sees the GOS acceptance of the Darfur heavy support package as positive, but serious questions regarding command and control and force protection m [...] | 2007-04-23 11:20:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO NO |
07OSLO424 | NORWEGIANS REVIEW OPERATIONAL EXPERTS GROUP (OEG) [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-25 06:25:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM PREL KNNP NO |
07OSLO425 | STOERE/ABBAS STOCKHOLM MEETING SUMMARY [...] (C) On April 23 we met with Norwegian MFA Middle East Section Head Joern Gjelstad concerning the recent confidential Stockholm meeting between Palestinian President SIPDIS Mahmoud Abbas and Norwegian Foreign Minister Stoere. The meeting was split into two sessions. During the first sessi [...] | 2007-04-25 07:20:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN IS KPAL PINS PREL ISPA NO |
07OSLO427 | NORWEGIANS STUDY NPT PREPCOM POINTS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-25 10:35:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG MNUC PARM PREL NPT KNNP NO |
07OSLO436 | NORWEGIAN CENTCOM LIAISON WILL ATTEND CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-27 09:13:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS OTRA PREL NO IZ |
07OSLO447 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GEORGE COAKLEY TO VISIT [...] Embassy Oslo welcomes and grants country clearance to George Coakley U.S. Geological Survey to travel to Oslo, Norway from May 9-15, 2007 to participate in the US-Norway Bilateral Meeting on Science and Technology Cooperation. Security clearance information for Mr. Coakley was not provided. [...] | 2007-04-30 13:01:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | THPY KSCA OTRA NO |
07OSLO448 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR E. BRUCE HOWARD AND ANITA [...] Embassy Oslo welcomes and grants country clearance to E. Bruce Howard and Anita Eisenstadt to U.S. Department of State to travel to Oslo, Norway from May 9-14, 2007 to participate in the US-Norway Bilateral Meeting on Science and Technology Cooperation. Security clearance information for M [...] | 2007-04-30 13:06:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TSPL OTRA NO |
07OSLO449 | SPECIAL 301 POINTS DELIVERED TO NORWAY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-30 14:01:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR NO |
07OSLO454 | NORWEGIAN UPDATE: SRI LANKA PEACE EFFORTS [...] (C) Summary. On April 30 Sondre Bjotveit, MFA Adviser in the Peace and Reconciliation Section, updated us on Norwegian peace efforts in Sri Lanka. He described MFA Special Envoy Jon Hanssen-Bauer's recent meetings with UK and South African government officials, in addition to sharing perso [...] | 2007-05-02 12:28:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PTER CE NO |
07OSLO455 | NORWAY WILL NOT SUPPORT BELARUS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-02 14:29:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC NO |
07OSLO462 | NORWAY AND SUDAN-TDRA SUPPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-04 06:48:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM EAID NO |
07OSLO463 | NORWAY ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND GSE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-04 06:49:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PKPO NO |
07OSLO468 | DEMARCHE ON SHIP RECYCLING DELIVERED TO NORWAY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-04 10:05:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND PHSA SENV ETRD NO |
07OSLO479 | NORWAY URGES U.S. AND EC TO RECONCILE COMPETING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-04 14:14:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD WTO NO |
07OSLO480 | (S) SEPAH ASSETS UPDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-04 14:18:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET | EFIN IR PARM KNNP NO |
07OSLO484 | DEMARCHE ON WTO ARTICLE XXI PROCEDURE DELIVERED TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-07 10:23:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON WTRO |
07OSLO492 | AMBASSADOR CONVEYS IPR CONCERNS TO NORWEGIAN TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 4, the Ambassador discussed intellectual property right problems in Norway with Minister of Trade and Industry Dag Terje Andersen. Topping the list was Norway's weak system of patent protections for pharmaceuticals, the focus of recent high-level letters from U.S. offic [...] | 2007-05-08 10:21:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KIPR NO |
07OSLO496 | POINTS DELIVERED: US POSITIONS AT WHA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-10 06:02:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO AORC PREL KFLU WHO NO |
07OSLO497 | POINTS DELIVERED: OECD ENLARGEMENT AND REFORM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-10 06:02:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ORED EUN NO |
07OSLO501 | NORWEGIANS WILL SUPPORT SLOVENIA AND BOSNIA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-10 13:09:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM RPEL NO UNHCR |
07OSLO504 | COOL WELCOME FOR IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER IN OSLO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki received a cool welcome from his Norwegian hosts during his May 8 visit to Oslo. Mottaki appeared to be seeking deeper political and economic relations with Norway but Norwegian FM Jonas Gahr Stoere stressed repeatedly that Iranian statements on Is [...] | 2007-05-10 14:43:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PINR PREL NO IR IZ |
07OSLO505 | NORWAY AND CUBA [...] (C) Summary. In a recent meeting, GON MFA State Secretary Raymond Johansen said Norway agreed with Spain's desire to increase european engagement with Cuba. He also claimed that the Norwegian approach to Cuba is supported by Cuban dissidents. Specifically, he claimed deeper engagement with [...] | 2007-05-11 04:13:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CU NO |
07OSLO513 | NORWAY CONTINUES TO BACK AHTISAARI PROPOSALS [...] (C) On May 14 we delivered reftel points to MFA Section for European Affairs and Trade Policy Senior Adviser Per Mannes and MFA West Balkan Section Adviser Toril Langlete. Mannes emphasized that the GON strongly supported the Ahtisaari proposals, and that the MFA has made such position known [...] | 2007-05-15 07:14:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NO |
07OSLO519 | NORWEGIAN VIEWS ON UPCOMING IWC MEETING [...] (SBU) On May 15 we delivered reftel remarks to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Polar Advisor Karsten Klepsvik. Klepsvik told us that Norway would support the 5-year bowhead whale quota for U.S. and Russia. Klepsvik, however, was amenable to Japan's proposal for Small-type Coastal Whaling provid [...] | 2007-05-16 16:20:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EFIS KSCA PREL IWC ETRD NO |
07OSLO525 | CLUSTER MUNITIONS: NORWAY ASKS U.S. TO PROVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy met on May 16 with key MFA and MOD members of the Norwegian cluster munitions task force to deliver reftel points on our objections to the Lima text. The Norwegians continue to maintain that they are not seeking a total ban, and that the text was not designed to be a start [...] | 2007-05-18 14:33:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO NO |
07OSLO527 | POINTS DELIVERED: CHINA AND TAIWAN IN OIE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-21 14:57:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAGR AORG NO |
07OSLO529 | NORWAY BACKS U.S. POSITION ON OSCE "CHARTER" [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-22 15:28:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OSCE KTIA PGOV NO |
07OSLO530 | NORWAY WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN AN OSCE BELARUS [...] (SBU) On May 22, we delivered reftel points to Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office Director for OSCE, Dag Halvorsen. Halvorsen told us that Norway will decline Belarus' invitation for a protocol visit of OSCE Heads of Mission. Halvorsen added that given the program's lack of meeting [...] | 2007-05-22 15:29:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM OSCE NO |
07OSLO566 | NORWEGIANS REVIEW WORLD BANK POINTS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-30 10:18:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IBRD NOI |
07OSLO567 | POINTS DELIVERED: U.S. SANCTIONS ON SUDAN. [...] Kiir's schedule includes meetings with the PM Stoltenberg, State Secretary Raymond Johansen, and Development Minister Eric Solheim. Discussions will center around the Sudan political situation, Sudan's oil sector, and peace and reconciliation efforts. Johnson [...] | 2007-05-30 12:46:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD ETTC NO |
07OSLO573 | NORWAY POSITIVE ON NATO REQUEST FOR ISAF FORCES [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel A points to Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, requesting that Norway provide two OMLTs, 15 trainers for CSTC-A and fill the remaining billets committed to ISAF HQ. Embassy also raised the issue of sending the Telemark battalion to Afghanistan in [...] | 2007-05-31 14:32:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PINS PREL MOPS MARR NO |
07OSLO584 | NORWEGIANS RECEIVE SLAHI POINTS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-05 09:58:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC EUN PREL PTER KTFN NO |
07OSLO598 | NORWAY ON RUSSIAN CFE CONCERNS AND MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-07 11:21:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | KCFE NATO PARM PREL NO |
07OSLO604 | NORWAY REQUESTS AGREEMENT FOR SHARING AIR [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 2. 2. (U) On June 7, Embassy Oslo received a diplomatic note from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting that Norway and the United States enter into an agreement on processing and transfer of air passenger data. The text [...] | 2007-06-07 17:08:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAIR ECON NO |
07OSLO605 | POINTS DELIVERED: USG POSITIONS AT ICAO ASSEMBLY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-07 17:08:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON 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 |
07OSLO614 | POSITIVE MOVEMENT IN THE MISSILE DEFENSE DEBATE IN NORWAY BUT NO BREAKTHROUGH [...] (U) SUMMARY: Lt. General Obering,s June 6 visit to Oslo, building on Secretary Rice,s April visit and Embassy Oslo,s continued outreach, has helped move the governmental and public debate over missile defense in Norway in a positive direction. Norway has not changed its basic skepticism of missile [...] | 2007-06-08 13:16:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL NO |
07OSLO615 | NORWEGIANS CONSIDER UN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM POINTS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-11 12:14:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNDP PREL EFIN EAID KUNR NO |
07OSLO618 | POINTS DELIVERED: ERITREA-ETHIOPIA BOUNDARY IMPASSE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-12 09:44:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL TPKO ER ET NO |
07OSLO642 | NORWAY CONTINUES TO SUPPORT IRANIAN EXPORT CREDIT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-14 14:41:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN ETRD EXIM OECD UN IR NO |
07OSLO646 | NCA PRESSES FOR U.S. ACTION IN ERITREA/ETHIOPIA [...] (C) Summary. On June 14, Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) General Secretary Reverend Atle Sommerfeldt and Special Advisor Arne Saeveraas called upon Ambassador Whitney, requesting USG support in easing escalating Eritrean/Ethiopian tensions. (Note: The NCA is the largest NGO in Norway involved i [...] | 2007-06-15 08:36:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PKPO NO |
07OSLO658 | PM STOLTENBERG´S RUSSIA TRIP: GRADUAL GAINS IN THE [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg,s June 7-10 visit to Russia produced progress on Norwegian priorities in the Barents region. Despite some controversial statements on missile defense and some public criticism of Russia,s human rights record, Stoltenberg,s visit was primarily characterized by s [...] | 2007-06-18 11:39:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS NO |
07OSLO667 | FM STOERE AND AMBASSADOR WHITNEY ON THE MIDDLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Whitney met with Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere on June 15 over lunch and discussed a variety of issues including the Middle East, Afghanistan, Russia and missile defense, a White House visit for Prime Minister Stoltenberg and the New Embassy Compound. END SUMMARY [...] | 2007-06-19 08:44:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NO |
07OSLO690 | POINTS DELIVERED: USG RESPONSE TO NORWAY'S [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-27 08:28:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR KTIA NO |
07OSLO691 | NORWEGIANS TO BACK U.S. ON AVIATION SAFETY, EU ON [...] (SBU) On June 25, Post received the following response from the Norwegian Ministry of Transportation regarding aviation security, aviation safety, and environmental positions at September's ICAO assembly in Montreal. Norway backs our positions on aviation safety and security while supporting [...] | 2007-06-27 08:30:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD SENV ECON PREL NO |
07OSLO692 | NORWAY SUPPORTS ROME RULE OF LAW CONFERENCE POINTS [...] (C) On June 24 we delivered reftel points to Stig Ingemar Traavik, the MFA's Afghanistan Desk Officer. He noted that Norway agreed in principle to the USG positions raised in the points. Traavik emphasized the GON's commitment to existing bilateral assistance to Afghanistan. With respect to [...] | 2007-06-27 09:11:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | SA AF IBRD NO |
07OSLO697 | DEMARCHE TO OIL EXPORTERS DELIVERED TO NORWAY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-27 14:15:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON PREL |
07OSLO698 | (S) IRANIAN FAST BOATS, BATSERVICE UPDATE [...] (S) Summary. The GON continues to investigate the Norwegian company Batservice's sale of vessels to Iran. Batservice has not tripped any Norwegian export control laws, and the GON believes that previous boat shipments are destined for civilian use. MFA Export Control officials remain concer [...] | 2007-06-27 15:04:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC IR NO |
07OSLO7 | NRWEGIANS STUDY PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC [...] (SBU) On June 29 we delivered reftel points to Lars Ole Vaagen, the MFA's WTO/OECD Section Deputy Director General. Vaagen pledged to review the points and contact us with any specific comments. Whitney [...] | 2007-07-02 08:02:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID OECD EUN 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 |
07OSLO706 | BOUCHER DOES BUSINESS IN OSLO ON MARGINS OF [...] (C) Summary. On the margins of the June 26 Sri Lanka Co-Chairs meetings, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher met with high-level Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Defense officials, covering a broad range of matters including Afghanistan, Pakistan, [...] | 2007-07-02 07:29:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETTC PARM PREL IN PGOV PHUM PTER NP CE |
07OSLO708 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE INVITATION DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-02 14:30:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KGIC NO |
07OSLO713 | NORWEGIANS RECEIVE FOREIGN FIGHTER POINTS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-03 13:25:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET | PREL PTER NO |
07OSLO717 | (S) SAFE REORGANIZATION AND MANPOWER REDUCTION IN [...] (S) On July 3 Ar Attache delivered reftel points to MOD Directo of the Transatlantic and European Security Coopration Division Henning Vaglum. Vaglum voiced th GON's appreciation of the notice of pending actons, and will forward the information to the ppropriate office in Stavanger. Noting [...] | 2007-07-05 13:28:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET | PREL MARR PARM NATO NO |
07OSLO718 | NORWAY UNLIKELY TO PROVIDE LEBANESE ARMY ASSISTANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-05 15:06:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MARR MOPS PGOV PREL LE NZ AS NATO EU NO |
07OSLO723 | SRI LANKA CO-CHAIRS MEET IN OSLO [...] (C) Summary: Representatives of the Sri Lanka Co-Chairs (United States, European Union, Japan, and Norway) met in Oslo on June 29, to discuss the latest developments in Sri Lanka. All participants agreed that the situation is bleak with few small signs of opportunity. Assistant Secretary Ric [...] | 2007-07-06 11:08:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PTER CE NO |
07OSLO726 | NORWAY CONSIDERS AMBASSADOR SWING'S CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-06 14:29:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EUN PREF PREL SMIG NO |
07OSLO729 | NORWAY: NEGATIVE IMPACT OF U.S. WEAPONS SYSTEM PROBLEMS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-10 09:33:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL NO |
07OSLO736 | NORWEGIANS DOUBTFUL ABOUT FUNDING FAVS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-11 13:23:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XT IS IT JA EG KMFO NO |
07OSLO758 | NORWEGIANS CONSIDER AZERBAIJAN POINTS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-19 11:06:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | AJ EUN OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM NO |
07OSLO762 | NORWEGIANS LIKELY TO SUPPORT HOLOCAUST RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-19 14:14:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO |
07OSLO770 | UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY-NORWEGIAN DELEGATION [...] (SBU) On June 23 we delivered reftel points to MFA Protocol Section Adviser Hedda Werenskiol, who provided information concerning the Norwegian delegation to the forthcoming meeting of the UN General Assembly. 2. (SBU) The Norwegian Head of State will not be attending. 3. (SBU) Pr [...] | 2007-07-24 13:58:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ITRA OVIP KSEP UNGA NO |
07OSLO778 | CARR CANDIDACY CONVEYED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-26 13:04:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF PHUM ICRC NO |
07OSLO779 | TERROR FINANCE: MARTYRS FOUNDATION AND AL-QARD [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-26 13:04:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER EFIN KTFN NO |
07OSLO780 | NORWAY SUBMISSION: INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (U) Post has no knowledge of any investment disputes where a U.S. citizen alleges an expropriation, as outlined in reftel. 2. (U) Post's primary point of contact on related issues is Pol/Econ Counselor Kristen Bauer. Ms. Bauer's telephone number is (47) 2130-8809, with an unclassified [...] | 2007-07-26 14:54:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC EINV OPIC PGOV KIDE NO |
07OSLO784 | MRS. BUSH'S EVENT: NORWEGIAN PM'S SPOUSE NOT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-27 13:52:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SOCI TSPL UNGA NO |
07OSLO787 | (S) NORWEGIANS CONSIDER DESIGNATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-30 11:47:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET | EFIN PREL PTER UNSC KTFN NO |
07OSLO792 | NORWAY AND F-5 FIGHTER TRANSFER [...] (C) Summary. Post continues to press the Norwegian government to approve the transfer of F-5s and related equipment from the GON to Lockheed Martin (LM) and Northern General Leasing (NGL). Post is greatly concerned that failure to effect the F-5 transfers will negatively impact U.S.-Norwegian relat [...] | 2007-08-02 11:27:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL NO |
07OSLO804 | NORWEGIANS REVIEWING PDG PARTICIPATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-06 14:50:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ORECD EUN KDEM NO |
07OSLO814 | HAMAS: MAIN THEME OF FM STOERE'S MID EAST TRIP [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-13 09:32:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL PGOV PREL NO |
07OSLO815 | HAMAS: MAIN THEME OF FM STOERE'S MID EAST TRIP [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-13 09:32:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL PGOV PREL NO |
07OSLO829 | NORWAY'S VIEW ON PERMANENT OBSERVER STATUS IN THE [...] (C) On 16 August we delivered reftel points to Norwegian MFA Desk Officer for Somalia, Kjell Dalen. Norway fully supports granting permanent observer status in the International Contact Group on Somalia to Canada and Yemen. Dalen noted that State Secretary Raymond Johansen told A/S Frazer th [...] | 2007-08-17 15:22:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NO |
07OSLO838 | CFE: NORWAY PROCEDURES FOR ADAPTED CFE RATIFICATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-20 14:56:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM PREL NO |
07OSLO874 | NORWEGIANS REVIEW MEETING ON COLOMBIA POINTS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-28 13:29:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR PREF PTER PARM EAID ECON OPDC CO NO |
07OSLO878 | TERROR FINANCE: SAUDI FIVE PRENOTIFICATIO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-29 14:29:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET | EFIN PTER ETTC PREL KTFN NO |
07OSLO91 | NORWAY OPEN TO QUICKLY CLEARING LIBERIA'S ARREARS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Norway wants to see a quick clearing of Liberia's International Financial Institution (IFIS) arrears and is open to solutions. However, Norway is concerned about custom deals setting precedents that could ultimately damage IFIS financial health. Norway is willing to compensate [...] | 2007-02-01 15:32:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV LI NO |
07OSLO936 | NORWEGIANS VOICE MINUSTAH SUPPORT [...] On September 17 we delivered reftel points to MFA UN Section Senior Adviser Rut Kruger Giverin, who emphasized Norwegian support of renewing the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). She stressed Norway's long-standing support of the UN's peace and security efforts in Haiti. WHITNEY [...] | 2007-09-17 14:20:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN PGOV PREL KPKO NO |
07OSLO94 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-01 15:39:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC NO |
07OSLO95 | DATA ON NORWEGIAN SILICON METALS INDUSTRY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-01 15:50:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON NO |
07OSLO953 | NORWEGIANS DISCUSS IAEA, IRAN [...] (C) On September 19, we delivered reftel points to MFA Middle East Advisor Knut Langeland. He emphasized that Norway, the UNSC, and the international community must work with a clear sense of unity if they are to exert maximum political pressure on Iran. Concerning Norway's failure to expli [...] | 2007-09-21 14:50:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP IR IAEA MNUC PARM EUN NO |
07OSLO958 | NORWAY CONSIDERING HAITI KEY PLAYERS MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-21 15:15:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC UNGA KRKO HA NO |
07OSLO959 | NORWAY CONSIDERING COLOMBIA MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-21 15:16:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPDC PREL PTER PHUM UNGA CO NO |
07OSLO96 | NORWAY WON'T COMMIT TO DARFUR HEAVY PACKAGE [...] (C) We delivered reftel points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Special Advisor Anne Kjersti Froeholm on February 1. Froeholm told us that Norway would not be able to support our request for assistance with the Darfur Heavy Package and given current commitments in Afghanistan, it was very unlik [...] | 2007-02-01 15:50:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO NO |
07OSLO960 | STOERE TO ATTEND SECRETARY'S DINNER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-21 15:18:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO OPDC PREL EU NO |
07OSLO961 | NORWAY DECLINES JOINING PDG [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-21 15:19:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KDEM OAS NO |
07OSLO962 | NORWAY CONSIDERING CLEARINGHOUSE PARTICIPATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-21 15:19:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS PGOV NO |
07OSLO963 | NORWAY REVIEWING SPECIAL TRIBUNAL POINTS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-21 15:21:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC LE PTER NO |
07OSLO98 | IRAN SANCTIONS ACT DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO NORWAY [...] (SBU) Deputy Pol/Econ Counselor delivered reftel points on Norsk Hydro's investment in Iran's Anaran oilfield on January 31 to Norsk Hydro Senior Vice-President Tor Steinum and on February 1 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Energy Advisor Janne Julsrud. Hydro's Steinum affirmed that the compan [...] | 2007-02-01 16:44:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PREL ENRG EPET IR NO |
07OSLO988 | GETTING NORWAY TO DO MORE ON AFGHANISTAN: [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-01 13:02:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL AF NO |
07OSLO989 | NORWEGIANS REVIEW SAUDI PRE-NOTIFICATION UPDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-01 13:02:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN NO |
07OSLO990 | NORWEGIANS CONSIDER DRAFT RESOLUTION CONDEMNING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-01 13:03:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UNAUS PHUM SOCI KWMN NO |
08OSLO102 | NORWEGIANS RECEIVE CUBA DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-26 06:37:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EU CU NO |
08OSLO119 | NORWAY UNYEILDING ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (C) Norway continues to assert that the Oslo Process to ban cluster munitions will be a success and is not swayed by arguments over interoperability. The GON is openly modeling the Oslo Process on the Ottawa Land Mine Treaty and expects that the results will be similar, both in terms of forcin [...] | 2008-03-04 09:41:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN NO |
08OSLO123 | NORWAY'S 2008 AFGHANISTAN CONTRIBUTIONS [...] (C) Norway's Minister of Defense told Ambassador Whitney on February 28th that Norway had little more to give on Afghanistan. Afghanistan remains Norway's largest military commitment and with the 50 percent increase in aid for 2008 Afghanistan will become its leading aid recipient. No new mi [...] | 2008-03-05 14:34:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID MARR MOPS NATO PREL AF NO |
08OSLO126 | NORWAY'S ENERGY PART I: ROUGH WATERS AHEAD FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-06 13:11:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET PGOV SENV NO |
08OSLO128 | NORWAY'S ENERGY PART II: STATOILHYDRO'S SAGA FROM [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-06 14:02:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PGOV SENV NO |
08OSLO129 | NORWAY'S ENERGY PART III: OPEN (OR CLOSED) FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-06 14:22:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PGOV SENV NO |
08OSLO130 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF MEMBERS OF ABU [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-10 06:55:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PTER ETTC PREL KTFN NO |
08OSLO138 | NORWAY'S ENERGY PART III: OPEN (OR CLOSED) FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-12 07:00:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PGOV SENV NO |
08OSLO139 | NORWAY'S ENERGY PART II: STATOILHYDRO'S SAGA FROM [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-12 07:16:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PGOV SENV NO |
08OSLO140 | NORWAY'S ENERGY PART I: ROUGH WATERS AHEAD FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-12 07:44:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET PGOV SENV NO |
08OSLO148 | NORWAY'S FORMAL RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO MARCH 28 [...] (C) On February 20, Foreign Minister Stoere announced Norway's intent to recognize Kosovo's declaration of independence. This public, early recognition was designed by the MFA to help stabilize the situation. At the same time, the Ministry worked closely with Serbs to encourage dialogue and [...] | 2008-03-14 13:09:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV KV NO |
08OSLO151 | NORWAY NOT PLANNING A STATEMENT ON IRANS ELECTION [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel points to MFA Iran Advisor Jan Dybfest who stated that Norway was not at this point planning any statement on Iran's elections. Dybfest agreed with the U.S. criticisms of Iran's election and stated that Norway shared many of the same concerns. He said he would r [...] | 2008-03-14 13:43:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL IR NO |
08OSLO154 | NORWAY: GROWING AWARENESS OF TERRORISM THREAT [...] (C) Summary: In a significant shift we have long advocated, the GON has strengthened its counter terrorism awareness, capabilities and planning. This includes a revised law on terrorism, an increased threat perception, arrests of terrorist financiers and new physical and electronic secur [...] | 2008-03-14 14:43:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KTER PGOV PREL ABLD NO |
08OSLO156 | NORWAY WELCOMES DESIGNATION OF AL-SHABAAB AS FTO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-18 15:03:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PREL PGOV KCRM SO BG NO |
08OSLO177 | NORWAY URGED TO ENGAGE GREEKS ON MACEDONIA NAME [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-31 14:47:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PGOV MK GR NO |
08OSLO183 | NORWAY'S NEW DEFENSE PLAN:ILLUSIONARY INCREASES [...] (C) Summary: Norway,s recently announced new long-term defense plan was touted as strengthening the armed forces but in reality politically motivated and costly elements leave little room for any real strengthening of Norway,s Armed Forces. The plan will continue to stress High North and terr [...] | 2008-04-03 06:16:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP PGOV PINS PREL NO |
08OSLO20 | NORWAY AND IRAQ: QUIETLY CONSIDERING INCREASED AID [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-10 07:31:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREF PREL IZ NO |
08OSLO204 | NORWEGIAN ENERGY UPDATE: DEPUTY MINISTER MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary. On April 10 Ambassador Whitney met with Deputy Petroleum Minister Stubholt to discuss several energy issues, including the status of the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Snoehvit project, GON views on the recent WIREC conference, access to new oil/gas acreage, the 20th licensing r [...] | 2008-04-11 12:28:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET PGOV SENV NO |
08OSLO206 | NORWAY'S FM PRAISES NEW NATO, STRESSES RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary. In a gesture indicating the importance Norway places on the Bucharest summit, FM Stoere authored a lengthy article in Norway,s leading newspaper calling the new NATO an opportunity and challenge for Norway. Stoere notes that NATO gives Norway security and is the anchor of Norweg [...] | 2008-04-11 14:36:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL NO |
08OSLO207 | NORWAY'S CHALLENGES WITH SOMALI INTEGRATION AND [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Norway's newest and arguably least successful wave of immigrants comes from Somalia, with over 20,000 settled in Norway. Both this year and in 2001, Norwegian authorities have arrested Somalis for suspicion of financing terrorist groups in Somalia. Most Somalis [...] | 2008-04-15 06:00:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KIRF SO NO |
08OSLO217 | NORWAY INTERESTED IN FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN [...] (C) During the visit of Cuba Transition Coordinator Caleb McCarry to Oslo, 11 April, Senior Norwegian MFA officials, including Deputy Director Generals Petter Willie and Johan Vibe, discussed the idea of opening an internet cafe to support dissident access to information. Although they curren [...] | 2008-04-18 14:02:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PHUM PREL NO CU |
08OSLO219 | NORWAY NOT INTERVENING IN MACEDONIA NAME ISSUE [...] As reported in ref A, DCM delivered reftel points to Vice Foreign Minister Raymond Johansen on March 31, asking that Norway contact Greece, particularly PM Karamanlis, directly on the name issue. Demarche points contained in Ref B were delivered on April 18. In response the MFA stated that Nor [...] | 2008-04-18 15:06:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR NO |
08OSLO220 | NORWEGIANS WILL SUPPORT REMANUFACTURING INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-21 06:32:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD WTRO ECON |
08OSLO225 | NORWAY WORKING THROUGH OSCE ON ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-23 12:19:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL GG NO |
08OSLO230 | NORWAY WILL SIGN THE DECLARATION ON PRISONERS OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-24 15:04:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CU NO |
08OSLO231 | SPECIAL 301- NORWAY [...] (SBU) On April 25 Reftel A points were delivered to MFA U.S. Liaison Morten Aasland and the Ministry of Trade and Industry's Industrial Development and Industrialization section Director General Jan Farberg and Deputy Director General Ola Andreas Lindeman. (Note: Morten Berg, the Trade Minist [...] | 2008-04-24 15:12:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ETRD KIPR NO |
08OSLO246 | ITALY, TURKEY INVITED TO AHLC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-30 07:11:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EU IT PA PGOV PREL NO |
08OSLO255 | NORWEGIANS CONSIDER NPT POINTS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-05 06:11:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA NO |
08OSLO261 | NORWEGIANS STUDY WIPO POINTS, CONSIDER CANDIDATES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-08 13:53:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC WIPO KIPR ETRD PREL NO |
08OSLO270 | NORWAY AND HEALTH CARE WORKER MIGRATION [...] (SBU) Summary. The GON has not yet passed any domestic legislation on health care migration (Note: Domestic legislation concerning such migration has, to our knowledge, also not been rejected by the Norwegian parliament, the Storting). Along with potential domestic legislation, Norway has [...] | 2008-05-14 10:13:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL SOCI NO |
08OSLO278 | NORWAY'S CHINESE STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary. In a May 15 meeting with EAP DAS Tom Christensen, Norway's MFA China experts outlined their strategy for tackling economic, environmental, human rights and defense issues with China. They hope for FTA negotiations and a Security Policy Dialogue to start soon. Climate Change issu [...] | 2008-05-17 11:05:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ETRD SENV CH NO |
08OSLO3 | NORWAY: DELIVERED US POLICY ON ELECTION IN PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Reftel demarche was shared with the Pakistan desk officer, Espen Rikter-Svendsen. His office is focused on the case of a Norwegian-Pakistani citizen who has recently been arraigned for murder in Pakistan and he did not have any immediate comments. NOTE: Norway has a large Pakistani immig [...] | 2008-01-02 13:11:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER SHUM PK NO |
08OSLO302 | NORWAY: CHANGING DIRECTION IN LATIN AMERICA AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The recent visit of Cuba Transition Coordinator Caleb McCarry underscored the growing GON interest in engagement with Latin America. Much of this interest comes from the "Super Minister" of Development and Environment, Erik Solheim, who has taken the lead in South America as FM J [...] | 2008-06-03 14:14:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PHUM WHA AF NO |
08OSLO303 | NORWAY: A POTENTIAL HAVEN FOR WAR CRIMINALS? [...] (C) Summary. In a June 2 meeting, the head of Norway's Criminal Investigation Service noted the constraints on pursuing war crime cases in Norway. Norway is still investigating the Kabuga case, but the source placing him in Norway is not very credible. The conversation highlighted the lack [...] | 2008-06-03 15:35:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC KCRM NO |
08OSLO308 | NORWAY,S FIRST TERROR TRIAL: INNOCENT ON TERROR, [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-04 14:25:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KCRM PREL PTER NO |
08OSLO321 | LAVROV AND STOERE TALK BUSINESS, IGNORE TOUGH [...] (C) In two days of meetings, Norwegian FM Jonas Gahr Stoere and Russian FM Sergei Lavrov discussed an increased Russian presence on Svalbard, fishing enforcement, eased visa rules for the border area, and environmental questions. Meeting on June 9-10, first in Kirkenes on the Norwegian side o [...] | 2008-06-11 13:54:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIS EPET PBTS PGOV PINR PREL RCA RS SENV NO |
08OSLO326 | NORWAY'S INTEREST IN IRAQ PRIMARILY BASED ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-13 11:36:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ABLD EAID ECON EPET PGOV PREL IZ NO |
08OSLO327 | NORWAY'S ENIGMATIC IRAQI POPULATION: A RISK FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: An increasingly large Iraqi population in Norway (over 22,000, which constitutes the third largest group of immigrants, and second largest among non-Europeans) continues to remain out of the spotlight, neither actively engaged in politics as is the long-established Pakistani popul [...] | 2008-06-13 14:21:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KIRF IZ NO |
08OSLO330 | IF NOTHING'S FISHY, NORWEGIANS MIGHT JOIN THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives from the Norwegian Ministry of Trade gave a cautious though positive reception to the idea of membership in the Global Maritime Partnership (GMP). A further response will be forthcoming from the GON after a July 1 interagency meeting. Rather than an unqualified [...] | 2008-06-16 14:58:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP MOPS |
08OSLO332 | NORWAY THANKED FOR CO-SPONSORSHIP OF PRISONERS OF [...] (SBU) Poloff spoke with Lars Valvatne, MFA Senior Advisor in the Section for Human Rights and Democracy, who said that he had contacted his UN colleagues and confirmed that Norway would not be issuing a press statement on reftel declaration. Poloff thanked Valvatne for Norway's co-sponsorship [...] | 2008-06-17 14:51:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN PHUM PREL NO |
08OSLO333 | NORWAY SENDING FM STORE TO BERLIN CONFERENCE ON [...] (C) The Norwegian delegation to the June 24 Berlin Conference will consist of: Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store, Ambassador Sven Svedman (Berlin Embassy),First Secretary Martina Osterhus (Berlin Embassy),Counselor Tor Wennesland (Norwegian representative to the Palestinian Authority (PA)),[...] | 2008-06-17 14:53:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS EUN NO |
08OSLO337 | NORWAY'S LIBERIA POVERTY REDUCTION PLANS AHEAD OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable details the composition of the Norwegian delegation to the June 26-27 Liberia Poverty Reduction Forum in Berlin, as well as Norway's expected and prospective aid to Liberia. Norway does not plan to make any announcements of new aid pledges at the Forum. End Summary. [...] | 2008-06-18 14:53:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN LI NO |
08OSLO343 | (C) NORWAY "UNCOMFORTABLE" WITH CO-SPONSORING [...] (S) SUMMARY: According to MFA officials, Norway will not co-sponsor UN 1267 designation of Al-Shabaab due to a fear that it will be perceived as an attempt by the Norwegian executive branch of government to influence the judiciary. Despite this decision, there seemed to be some enthusiasm with [...] | 2008-06-20 08:32:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET | PTER ASEC PREL PGOV KCRM SO BG NO |
08OSLO346 | NORWAY FAVORS BINDING FRAMEWORK ON MERCURY ISSUE. [...] (U) Responding to reftel on June 18, Ministry of Environment Pollution Control Section senior advisor, Henrik Eriksen, discussed the GON position concerning mercury contamination. The GON favors a legally binding framework on global mercury contamination. All UNEP priority areas should be co [...] | 2008-06-23 10:58:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ETRD EAGR NO |
08OSLO351 | NORWAY: A LONG WAY TO GO ON TERRORISM AND HSPD-6 [...] (C) In reviewing the Bhatti terrorist case (REFTEL A) with the Ambassador on June 18, Police Security Service (PST) Director General Jorn Holme said he was disappointed the synagogue shooting was not classified as terrorism, but pleased at the long sentence Bhatti received. He felt the recent [...] | 2008-06-23 14:54:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CVIS PINR PREL PTER NO |
08OSLO353 | NORWAY AIMING TO BE A GLOBAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LEADER: [...] (SBU) Norway, the oil and gas giant of northern Europe, is working to become a leader in global renewable energy technology and cleaner fossil fuel production. Norway's renewable energy field, though lagging behind other European nations, has found niches to fill in wind power production, sol [...] | 2008-06-24 15:16:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG TRGY PGOV NO |
08OSLO368 | (C) NORWAY PLEDGING PLANS FOR KOSOVO DONORS' [...] (C) Poloff met with West Balkans MFA section head Nils Kamsvaag, who confirmed that Norway would pledge approximately $26 million dollars for this year in aid to Kosovo at the July 11 donor's conference. The MFA has requested approximately $80 million over the next three years, but this has no [...] | 2008-07-02 05:39:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU KPKO KV NO |
08OSLO374 | NORWAY - AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY INCREASE DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-03 13:58:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AF PREL NATO NO |
08OSLO377 | NORWAY CONTINUES ITS SUBSTANTIAL AID TO THE HORN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to reftel, Norway shares our concern about the crisis in the horn of Africa, and is currently the third largest donor in Somalia. Norway does not have the naval materiel or manpower to escort WFP ships around the horn, and claims not to have good access to information [...] | 2008-07-03 13:58:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET | EAID PREF DJ ER ET KE SO NO |
08OSLO385 | NORWEGIANS CONSIDER IRAN SANCTIONS "HIGH PRIORITY" [...] (C) Poloff met with Martin Sorby, Deputy Director General of the Legal Affairs Division of the MFA, and Jo Hovik, his deputy, to deliver reftel demarche. Sorby pronounced the information "highly useful," and said that it will be transmitted to the relevant authorities in the Norwegian governm [...] | 2008-07-10 06:31:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EWWT ETRD PARM PINR PREL KNNP EUN |
08OSLO387 | NORWEGIAN ENERGY: IRAN, NEW MINISTER, STATE [...] (C) Summary. The current focus on StatoilHydro's Iranian investments comes at a moment when the Norwegian petroleum industry has been shaken up in a series of recent events. Citing health reasons, while mired in a series of scandals, Petroleum Minister Haga stepped down, replaced by fellow [...] | 2008-07-10 13:32:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PGOV SENV IR NO |
08OSLO388 | NORWAY STILL CONSIDERING PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE [...] (C) In response to the reftel demarche and subsequent discussions with Anne Merchant, Senior Advisor in the MFA Section for Human Rights and Democracy, the GON refused to confirm support for the NYC prisoners of conscience public affairs event. Merchant stated that she could not commit until [...] | 2008-07-10 13:59:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PHUM PERL KDEM |
08OSLO390 | NORWAY SUPPORTIVE OF IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] (SBU) On July 11, 2008, Poloff spoke with Torfinn Stenseth, Assistant Director General of the Section for Global Security Issues and CIS Countries of the MFA, to deliver reftel demarche. Stenseth said that piracy off the coast of Somalia is a serious issue with which the GON is very concerned [...] | 2008-07-14 12:32:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | XA KCRM KJUS EWWT PHSA PREL NO |
08OSLO398 | NORWAY: RUSSIAN PRESENCE IN SVALBARD WATERS [...] (S) Summary: Russian claims that Russian warships have been sent to patrol Svalbard waters to protect fisheries do not appear to reflect reality. At present there is no indication that any Russian warship is currently patrolling near Svalbard. Russian warships have passed through Svalbard wat [...] | 2008-07-16 13:58:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET | MOPS PGOV PHSA PINR PREL NO |
08OSLO40 | MUSLIM AMERICAN CONGRESSMAN IN NORWAY ON FAITH, [...] (U) SUMMARY: The visit of Congressman Keith Ellison (D-MN) to Oslo 7-11 January focused on peace and reconciliation in the Middle East and establishing ties to Norway. It was a boon to post's interfaith outreach and helped combat stereotypes of the United States and administration policy. END [...] | 2008-01-18 06:33:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KISL KPAL KIRF OREP NO |
08OSLO402 | NORWAY WON'T SUPPORT PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE EVENT [...] (C) Poloff was called by Anne Merchant, Senior Advisor in the MFA Section for Human Rights and Democracy, and told that Norway would not co-sponsor the NYC prisoners of conscience event. Merchant had consulted extensively with State Secretary Elizabeth Walaas and the issue had been debated in [...] | 2008-07-18 14:24:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PHUM PERL KDEM |
08OSLO404 | NORWEGIAN MUSLIM ENTREPRENEURS FOR MAKTOUM [...] Embassy Oslo suggested invitees to the Maktoum Foundation Entrepreneurs Conference are the following; -- Tasawr "Tommy" Sharif, Managing Director Sharif's Dekksenter (Europe's largest tire store) Sharif's Dekksenter, Bolerveien Berger Industrifelt, 2020 Skedsmokoret Norway (47) 4545 4545, [...] | 2008-07-21 07:57:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL PGOV NO |
08OSLO405 | NORWEGIANS INFORMED OF DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche to Jo Hovik, Advisor in the MFA section for International Humanitarian and Criminal Law. Mr. Hovik assured Poloff that Norway would scrupulously comply with UNSCRs 1737, 1747 and 1803, and thanked us for our E.O. 13382 notification. WHITNEY [...] | 2008-07-21 09:53:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP EFIN PARM IR NO |
08OSLO406 | NORWAY'S DEPUTY MINISTER OF DEFENSE, ESPEN BARTH EIDE, POWER IN NORWAY'S MOD AND RISING STAR IN THE LABOR PARTY [...] (C) Summary. Ministry of Defense State Secretary, Espen Barth Eide is one of the more powerful politicians in the current GON despite his deputy minister portfolio. His ties to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, think tanks, NGOs and the UN as well as his influential current position likely will resu [...] | 2008-07-21 09:53:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | CIA INRA INRO PGOV PINR PREL NO |
08OSLO410 | SPECIAL 301- NORWAY [...] (SBU) On April 25 Reftel A points were delivered to MFA U.S. Liaison Morten Aasland and the Ministry of Trade and Industry's Industrial Development and Industrialization section Director General Jan Farberg and Deputy Director General Ola Andreas Lindeman. (Note: Morten Berg, the Trade Minist [...] | 2008-07-23 12:24:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ETRD KIPR NO |
08OSLO418 | NORWAY APPEARS TO SHARE USG CAUTION ON SYRIA'S [...] (C) Political Counselor and poloff delivered reftel demarche to Jan Dybfest, acting director of the mid-east section of the MFA. The Norwegian response to reftel demarche was fundamentally consistent with USG policy toward Syria. 2. (C) Significantly, Dybfest said that the GON had conside [...] | 2008-07-25 14:40:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY LE EUN RS TU NO SW |
08OSLO428 | NORWAY: STATOILHYDRO AND IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-01 12:48:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PGOV SENV IR NO |
08OSLO430 | AFGHANISTAN OUTREACH: INSPIRED PROPOSAL FOR [...] (C) Summary. In a July 30 meeting Ambassador Whitney discussed with Jawed Ludin, Afghan Ambassador accredited to the five Nordic countries, public diplomacy outreach in Norway and beyond. Ludin was inspired by the recent seminar on public diplomacy sponsored by State to propose an Afghan hub [...] | 2008-08-01 13:23:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | AF NO PGOV PPD PREL |
08OSLO431 | HIGH LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT 63RD UNGA FOR NORWAY [...] (U) High level Norwegian participation in the 63rd UNGA, per reftel format, follows: A. Attendance of the Head of State: no plans to attend UNGA. B. Attendance of the Head of Government --Jens Stoltenberg, Prime Minister --Will arrive on the 22nd of September, possibly with meetings [...] | 2008-08-01 14:33:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA |
08OSLO436 | CONCERNS ABOUT RUSSIA, WASTE, AND SECURITY DURING [...] (C) Summary: On his recent visit to Norway, Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman Dale Klein was approached by Russian nuclear regulators extremely concerned about their vanishing authority. Norwegian officials also appear to be frustrated about Russia,s limited cooperation in cleanup [...] | 2008-08-05 14:14:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KNNP NRC ENRG DOE TRGY SENV OVIP MX PARM RU |
08OSLO441 | NORWAY "POSITIVE" ABOUT USG NOMINEE FOR CO-CHAIR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-07 13:06:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KSCA NO SENV |
08OSLO452 | NORWAY ON NAC STATEMENT ON GEORGIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-11 15:17:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO EUN RU GG NO |
08OSLO457 | NORWEGIAN VIEWS ON THE NSG DRAFT EXCEPTION TEXT [...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel demarche to MFA Political Director Vegard Ellefsen on August 13. While recognizing India's need for non-carbon-based energy, Ellefsen said Norway's concerns are about the impact on the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT). He stated that Norway is still in the [...] | 2008-08-14 09:12:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC AORC IN NO |
08OSLO458 | NORWAY ON RUSSIAN PRESENSE IN GORI [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-14 14:08:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PHUM OSCE GG NO |
08OSLO460 | NORWEGIAN DEFENSE VIEWS: A TOUR DE FORCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In conjunction with an August 5-11 congressional staff delegation visit to Norway, State Secretary Espen Barth Eide gave a tour de force presentation on Norwegian defense policy. His presentations covered the High North, Norwegian military strategy, Russia's signaling behavior, a [...] | 2008-08-15 13:01:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PBTS MCAP MOPS RU NO |
08OSLO461 | NORWAY IN FAVOR OF USG IPCC WG II NOMINEE AND ASKS [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Poloff spoke with Oyvind Christophersen and Marit Viktoria Pettersen, lead members of the Norwegian delegation to the next IPCC Plenary. GON affirmed that the US had contributed a lot to the IPCC and that its continued involvement would be a good idea. GON said it [...] | 2008-08-15 13:46:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA SENV AORC NO |
08OSLO477 | NORWEGIANS FREEZE ASSETS OF ADDITIONAL UNSCR 1737 [...] (SBU) Poloff informed the legal department of the MFA of the E.O. 13382 designations contai ned in reftel. Assets of these entities have already been frozen by the GON. Jo Hoevik, Senior Advisor in the legal department, explained how Norwegian asset freeze provisions function. UNSCR 1737 is [...] | 2008-08-25 12:48:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN |
08OSLO478 | NORWAY AGAINST POSSIBLE RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-26 14:06:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GG RS NO |
08OSLO479 | NORWAY STRONGLY REJECTS RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere released an August 26 statement sharply criticizing Russian recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Embassy had spoken with Norwegian MFA Assistant Director General Dag Halvorsen, leader of the MFA's Caucaus section on August 25 to explain U.S. obje [...] | 2008-08-27 14:49:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GG RU NO |
08OSLO483 | NORWAY CAUTIOUS ON UNSC SANCTIONS COMMITTEE IRAN [...] (S) Poloff met with Erling Skjoensberg, senior advisor in the MFA department for disarmament and nonproliferation, who, along with Kaare Aas (current Ambassador to Afghanistan, but former security policy department head) will make decisions regarding reftel's subject matter for the GON. 2. [...] | 2008-08-28 15:23:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET | KNNP MNUC IR PARM IAEA TRGY UNSC PREL |
08OSLO485 | NORWEGIANS SEE SERBS WITH NO GOOD SOLUTIONS ON ICJ [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to Nils Kamsvaag, MFA Deputy Director General for Western Balkan Affairs. Kamsvaag said no decision had been made yet regarding where Norway would stand on the advisory opinion, but demonstrated great interest in our statement that there is ample UNGA precede [...] | 2008-08-29 14:20:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNGA KV NO |
08OSLO488 | NORWAY WELCOMES AMBASSADOR VOLKER'S VISIT WITH A [...] (C) Ambassador Volker's August 21-24th visit to Noway featured extensive private and public discusions on Georgia and on Russia including a well received address at Norway's leading foreign policy institute and extensive media coverage. In private, GON officials, including FM Stoere and Deput [...] | 2008-09-02 13:06:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP NATO PGOV PREL NO |
08OSLO489 | NERVOUS ABOUT RUSSIA, NORWAY STRESSING HIGH NORTH [...] (C) Summary. Russian experts in Norway have a realistic and well informed view of negative trends in Russia but public statements by the GON will continue to stress Norway's positive bilateral relationship with Russia. After Georgia the GON will stress the potential for conflict in the High No [...] | 2008-09-02 13:51:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS NO |
08OSLO490 | NORWAY FLEXIBLE ON INDIA NPT EXCEPTION, BUT SAYS [...] (C) Subsequent to earlier demarches at senior levels, poloff contacted Anne Kari Lunde, Senior Advisor, MFA disarmament section, who will represent Norway at the NSG meeting in Vienna on September 4-6. Post wished to more precisely gauge the Norwegian government's position vis a vis the propo [...] | 2008-09-02 14:41:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PARM KNNP |
08OSLO497 | NORWAY CLAIM NATO ARTICLE FIVE PROTECTION FOR [...] (U) In remarks September 4 at a conference on the High North, Norway's Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere stated categorically that Svalbard was part of Norway and that NATO's Article Five protections applied to Svalbard. This is not a new statement of Norway's interpretation of the Svalbard [...] | 2008-09-05 14:08:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PBTS PREL NO |
08OSLO50 | SMOKE AND MIRRORS OVER NORWAY'S AFGHANISTAN POLICY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-25 05:33:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PREL NO |
08OSLO500 | NORWAY CLAIM NATO ARTICLE FIVE PROTECTION FOR [...] (U) In remarks September 4 at a conference on the High North, Norway's Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere stated categorically that Svalbard was part of Norway and that NATO's Article Five protections applied to Svalbard. This is not a new statement of Norway's interpretation of the Svalbard [...] | 2008-09-05 16:05:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PBTS PREL NO |
08OSLO503 | NORWAY'S VIEWS ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE HR STRATEGY [...] (C) Poloff met with Anne Merchant, Senior Advisor in the MFA Section for Human Rights and Democracy, to discuss reftel points. Norway shares all of our human rights concerns, but urges caution with respect to some of our initiatives. Merchant with attend two weeks of the Third Committee meeti [...] | 2008-09-12 07:22:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN |
08OSLO504 | NORWAY SUPPORTS AMENDMENT OF THE ISAF OPLAN TO [...] (U) Norwegian MFA Security Policy and Afghan experts agree that ISAF should have a greater role in counter narcotics. As part of a broader discussion on Afghan issues the Norwegians expressed support for greater ISAF involvement in counter narcotics before poloff made demarche points. Norway [...] | 2008-09-12 13:15:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | AF MARR MOPS NATO PREL NO |
08OSLO506 | NORWAY AND US ON THE SAME PAGE FOR AHLC [...] (C) Poloff met with Signe Gilen, Senior Advisor in the MFA Near East section, to deliver reftel points. Gilen will attend the AHLC meeting in NYC along with FM Stoere. Gilen responded very positively to the USG objectives in reftel, as they also reflect GON priorities, especially improving the [...] | 2008-09-12 15:17:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EU KPAL PGOV PREL IS WBG NO |
08OSLO513 | NORWAY, RUSSIA AND GEORGIA; OPPORTUNITY TO [...] (C) Summary. The GON is coming to terms with the changing nature of the West's relations with Russia after Georgia. Publicly, the GON has been critical of Russia's (and Georgia's) actions while stressing the need to continue close and productive bilateral relations with Russia. Privately, of [...] | 2008-09-16 09:42:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET MARR PREL RS NO |
08OSLO519 | NORWAY CONCERNED ABOUT EVENTS IN BOLIVIA [...] (SBU) Poloff met with Oyvind Johansen and Kjersti Rodsmoen of the Latin America section of the MFA to deliver reftel points. While generally supportive of our talking points, they inquired what kinds of evidence (if any) had been used by the governments of Bolivia and Venezuela to support thei [...] | 2008-09-22 11:55:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM BL ASEC NO |
08OSLO522 | NORWAY FIGHTER PURCHASE: HIGH-LEVEL ADVOCACY NEEDED NOW [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-22 13:59:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MCAP PREL PGOV NO |
08OSLO527 | NORWAY CONSIDERING SUPPORT FOR ANA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-24 13:45:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | AF PREL MOPS MARR NATO NO |
08OSLO529 | NORWAY NONCOMMITTAL ON SYRIA AND IRAN ON IAEA [...] (SBU) DCM contacted MFA Political Director Vegard Ellefsen (who was in New York for UNGA) stressing points in reftel. Ellefsen was unaware of this issue but promised to get back to us once he found out more. Steffen Kongstad, head of MFA Security Policy Section, after hearing reftel points was [...] | 2008-09-24 14:03:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IAEA MNUC PARM NO |
08OSLO530 | NORWEGIAN MINISTRY OF JUSTICE CLAIMS TERRORISM [...] (C) Summary: In a September 15 meeting with the Deputy Minister of Justice Terje Pedersen, DCM stressed continued U.S. concern over Norway's counterterrorism approach, requested prompt attention to our proposed HSPD-6 agreement, and asked about any improvements in GON procedures regarding chec [...] | 2008-09-24 14:38:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CVIS PINR PREL PTER NO |
08OSLO532 | NORWAY UNLIKELY TO REPROGRAM FUNDS FOR KOSOVO DEBT [...] (SBU) Poloff met with Toril Langlete, Senior Advisor in the West Balkan section of the MFA to deliver reftel points. Langlete said it was highly unlikely that Norway would be able to reprogram funds for the Kosovo Debt Management Support Program (KDMSP). Norway has pledged 48.38 million Euro [...] | 2008-09-29 12:56:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN EINV PREL EU KV NO |
08OSLO534 | NORWAY WANTS CONSENSUS ON UN NONPROLIFERATION [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Knut Langeland, Ambassador for Disarmament Affairs, who reviewed the draft resolution. Langeland had no specific comments on the text, but expressed Norway's preference for a consensus resolution adopted without a vote, after extensive consultation wit [...] | 2008-10-01 11:56:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM CDG PREL UNGA |
08OSLO544 | NORWAY: BOILING ECONOMY COOLS, PENSION FUND STEAMS [...] (C) Summary. Norwegian financial markets spiraled downward, immediately following the failed passage on September 29th of the USG's Troubled Asset Recovery Plan (TARP). EEB Assistant Secretary Dan Sullivan and Ambassador Whitney met with Norwegian Central Bank officials, discussing percept [...] | 2008-10-06 13:44:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET ENRG EINV NO |
08OSLO545 | NORWAY SUPPORTS TRIAY AS PRESIDENT OF JOINT [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel talking points and biographic information to Knut Langeland, Ambassador for Disarmament affairs. Langeland forwarded the information to Ole Reistad, one of the directors of the Norwegian Radiation Protection Agency (NRPA). Reistad said that Norway wholeheartedl [...] | 2008-10-07 16:35:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP IAEA AORC NO |
08OSLO547 | NORWEGIAN ATTENDANCE AT SHARM EL-SHEIKH AVIAN [...] (SBU) The GON thanked us for reftel nonpaper and confirmed the following delegation attendance for the October 25-26 Avian and Pandemic Influenza (A&PI) conference in Sharm el-Sheikh. Norway is in the "final process" of determining its financial contribution on next year's budget related to A [...] | 2008-10-08 07:15:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AORC TBIO EAGR EAID PREL NO |
08OSLO549 | (S) NORWAY REBUFFS USG ON IRISL FREIGHT FORWARDER [...] (S) In responding to reftel points, XXXXXXXXXXXX, after discussing Norway´s overall compliance with all UN Iran sanctions, stated that there is "no legal foundation" under Norwegian law to give any kind of mandatory order to companies not on the UN Security Council lists associated with resoluti [...] | 2008-10-09 13:43:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET | ECON EFIN ETRD PARM KNNP EUN EWWT PREL NO |
08OSLO556 | NORWEGIAN HELSINKI COMMITTEE PLANS FOR CENTRAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff had a wide-ranging, two-hour meeting with the heads of the Norwegian Helsinki Committee (NHC),a prominent human rights organization with initiatives in many Eastern European and Central Asian countries. Of greatest interest is NHC's quasi-covert attempt to penetrate Turkm [...] | 2008-10-14 14:57:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PROP PGOV SOCI NO |
08OSLO559 | NORWEGIANS WILL DONATE: GEORGIA DONORS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-15 08:37:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN GG PREL RS EUMEM KMCA KCRS NO |
08OSLO560 | NORWEGIANS REVIEW ANTARCTIC TREATY INVITE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-15 08:39:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AOREC AY KSCA KTIA SENV TPHY NO |
08OSLO561 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY SULLIVAN IN OSLO: IRAN, EITI, [...] (C) Summary. EEB Assistant Secretary Dan Sullivan's recent Oslo visit stressed US views on Iranian investments, focused on EITI's achievements, and reviewed the current US financial state in meetings with StatoilHydro executives, regional managers of the Extractive Industries Transparency I [...] | 2008-10-15 08:51:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET ENRG EINV NO |
08OSLO564 | NORWAY SUPPORT FOR AFGHAN ELECTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-21 11:02:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV PREL AF NO |
08OSLO565 | NORWAY LIKELY TO REMAIN UNHELPFUL ON CCW CLUSTER [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-21 11:07:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PGOV PREL NO |
08OSLO567 | NORWAY'S ECONOMY STANDS STEADY [...] Summary: Energy-rich Norway continues to weather the international financial storm. The banking sector remains stable, with the GON cutting interest rates and instituting a bail-out package stressing credit guarantees. The GON is also assisting Iceland with a loan of up to 500 million euros [...] | 2008-10-22 14:31:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET ENRG EINV NO |
08OSLO568 | NORWEGIANS SUPPORT DEALERT RESOLUTION, AND UNHAPPY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Norway will support the nuclear dealerting UN resolution assuming the text is similar to last year's, which they also supported. Our MFA interlocutor was upset that false rumors had surfaced that Norway would co-sponsor the resolution. He was also unhappy with several statements [...] | 2008-10-23 06:31:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MNUC UNGA NO |
08OSLO57 | NOT YOUR FATHER'S NORWAY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-31 13:23:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR NO |
08OSLO578 | NORWEGIAN ENERGY: IRAN, NEW MINISTER, STATE [...] (C) Summary. The current focus on StatoilHydro's Iranian investments comes at a moment when the Norwegian petroleum industry has been shaken up in a series of recent events. Citing health reasons, while mired in a series of scandals, Petroleum Minister Haga stepped down, replaced by fellow [...] | 2008-10-28 13:44:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PGOV SENV IR NO |
08OSLO581 | NORWEGIAN ENERGY: IRAN, NEW MINISTER, STATE [...] (C) Summary. The current focus on StatoilHydro's Iranian investments comes at a moment when the Norwegian petroleum industry has been shaken up in a series of recent events. Citing health reasons, while mired in a series of scandals, Petroleum Minister Haga stepped down, replaced by fellow [...] | 2008-10-29 07:20:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PGOV SENV IR NO |
08OSLO582 | A/S KIMMITT'S OCTOBER 15-16 VISIT TO OSLO [...] Both POTUS candidates have indicated strong interest in an increase of U.S. support in Afghanistan; 2. The upcoming Afghan strategy review; 3. The appointment of General Petreaus as new theater commander and the application of lessons learned in Iraq. Iraq ----- 5. (C) A/S Kimmitt noted n [...] | 2008-10-29 07:52:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MCAP MASS NO |
08OSLO585 | TURNING THE TIDE WITH NORWAY ON JSF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-30 12:55:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MCAP PREL PGOV NO |
08OSLO587 | PRESIDENT SAAKASHVILI'S OCTOBER 29 VISIT TO NORWAY [...] (U) Summary: Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili visited Oslo on October 29, meeting with PM Stoltenberg, and holding a public address at the Nobel Institute. Georgian FM Eka Tkeshelashvili accompanied him and met with FM Stoere. In his remarks Saakashvili firmly blamed Russia for the conf [...] | 2008-10-30 15:33:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO GG NO |
08OSLO589 | HR VETTING FOR SOVEREIGN CHALLENGE [...] (U) As required by the Departments of State and Defense Leahy Amendments, Embassy Oslo conducted a required human rights review of the following individuals for the purpose of their invitation to the 4th Annual Sovereign Challenge Foreign Military Attach (FMA) conference 17-20 November 2008 at [...] | 2008-10-31 08:57:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MASS PREL NO |
08OSLO594 | NORDIC DEFENSE COOPERATION: A RORSCHACH TEST [...] (C) Summary: The old idea of Nordic Defense cooperation (NDC) has had new life breathed into it, bringing with it uncertain implications for NATO and the region's transatlantic ties. The momentum for this stems from a 2007 joint report on potential areas of defense cooperation issued by Norwa [...] | 2008-11-03 15:11:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PREL MARR MCAP MOPS DA IC FI SW NO |
08OSLO597 | LENDIN' COUSINS: NORWAY SUPPORTS CASH-STRAPPED [...] Summary. On November 3, Norwegian FM Jonas Gahr Stoere met with Icelandic PM Geir Haarde and FM Ingibjorg Gisladottir in Reykyavik. Pending parliamentary approval, the GON will extend the duration of its existing 500 million euro revolving loan (Reftel) until late 2009. A second 500 millio [...] | 2008-11-04 11:24:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET ENRG EINV NO |
08OSLO608 | NORWAY HAS HIGH HOPES FOR OBAMA ADMINISTRATION [...] (U) Summary: Norway's political leadership enthusiastically welcomed Barack Obama's election victory and outlined some of the issues they would like the next administration to focus on. These include climate change, the financial crisis, fight against poverty, UN reform, and efforts to ensure [...] | 2008-11-07 15:28:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | ENIV PHUM PINR PREL NO |
08OSLO611 | OSLO - UPDATE ON FATF STATEMENT ON IRAN INTO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-10 14:30:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET | KNNP PARM PREL EFIN |
08OSLO612 | NORWAY ACTIVELY SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTION [...] (U) Norway actively supports passage of the Canadian-led resolution condemning the deteriorating situation of human rights in Iran. Norway has been and will continue to lobby countries assigned to it. This lobbying has taken place in the capitals of each respective country. The Ministry of [...] | 2008-11-10 14:55:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM NO |
08OSLO613 | MORALES NOVEMBER 26 OSLO VISIT AN OPPORTUNITY TO [...] (C) Embassy Oslo delivered points in reftel concerning the explusion of DEA from Bolivia to the head of the Latin American section in the MFA, Hege Araldsen. Araldsen asked if it would be possible to have more information on the positive impact that the DEA has had in Bolivia. Bolivia's Presi [...] | 2008-11-10 15:00:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SNAR BL NO |
08OSLO621 | NORWEGIANS DOUBTFUL ABOUT PROSPECTS FOR DOHA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GON, while sharing our stated aims for the Doha Monterrey follow up conference, is disappointed in the US, the EU and the G77, and believes little can or will be accomplished. If little is accomplished in Doha, Norway thinks another follow up before 2015 is both inevitable and [...] | 2008-11-20 14:37:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID UNGA NO |
08OSLO622 | NORWAY TORN ABOUT ANTI-ISRAEL RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: While acknowledging that anti-Israel bias is a symptom of the polarization that is "polluting everything" in the UN, Norway nonetheless feels torn about many anti-Israel resolutions, and will likely vote the same way this session as it has in the past. While lamenting the atmosph [...] | 2008-11-20 14:39:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY NO |
08OSLO623 | NORWEGIAN ENERGY: A MERRY-GO-ROUND OR FISHY [...] (C) Summary. Embassy officers approached parliamentarians to discuss concerns voiced by American producers and suppliers operating on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). Given the forthcoming 20th licensing round, American energy majors are increasing calls for greater field operatorship [...] | 2008-11-21 08:06:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PGOV SENV NO |
08OSLO628 | NORWAY APPRECIATIVE OF US NONPRO COMPLIANCE [...] (SBU) Poloff spoke with Knut Langeland, MFA Ambassador for Disarmament Affairs, to thank Norway for its cosponsorship of the compliance resolution per reftel. Langeland was very appreciative that the USG secured the support of Indonesia and South Africa, by accommodating them through "minor" [...] | 2008-11-25 07:49:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MUNC PARM PREL UNGA NO |
08OSLO629 | NORWAY CHOOSES THE F-35 [...] (C) On November 20, PM Stoltenberg and Defense Minister Strom-Erichsen announced that the GON recommends the purchase of the F-35 to replace Norway's aging F-16 fleet. The timing of the announcement was a surprise, coming earlier than expected, as was the exceptionally strong endorsement of the F-3 [...] | 2008-11-25 10:31:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MCAP PREL PGOV NO |
08OSLO634 | NORWAY'S GOALS FOR POZNAN [...] Summary: Norway's chief climate negotiator, Hanne Inger Bjurstrom, speaking with Emboffs, outlined Norway's priorities for the upcoming climate negotiations at the UN conference in Poznan, December 1-12. Bjurstrom welcomed signs of increased U.S. leadership in climate change and clearly expec [...] | 2008-11-28 07:43:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | KGHG SENV ENRG NO |
08OSLO635 | NORWEGIAN ECONOMY: STILL FLOATING, BUT ICEBERGS [...] (SBU) Summary. Norway's energetic economy receives waves of ill financial news. With slowing economic growth, decreasing energy prices hit the major oil and gas-producing nation particularly hard. The Pension Fund (Global),one of the world's largest sovereign wealth funds, has posted sign [...] | 2008-11-28 07:45:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN NO |
08OSLO642 | NORWEGIAN MFA VIEW ON ILLEGAL WEAPON SHIPMENT TO [...] (C) Poloff met with MFA Nonproliferation Deputy Director Bjorn Midthun and Export Control specialist Ole-Morten Parelius on December 1 to discuss the recent fine of a Norwegian freight forwarder for sending sensitive missile technology to Iran. Echoing Foreign Minister Stoere, Midthun emphasi [...] | 2008-12-01 12:30:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM |
08OSLO647 | NORWAY KEENLY INTERESTED IN THE LACEY ACT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Norwegian government has showed keen interest in the Lacey Act's impact on tropical timber issues. Embassy Oslo arranged a thorough presentation to the Deputy Minister of Environment, NGOs, and other government officials, which generated spirited discussion. An EU represen [...] | 2008-12-04 11:56:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV EAID EAGR ETRD EINV BTIO NO |
08OSLO654 | TURNING THE TIDE ON EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE: [...] Summary: Faced with a dramatic decline in student numbers over the past 15 years, Embassy Oslo made student mobility and the promotion of U.S. education a top Mission-wide priority. By building partnerships with interested organizations; outreach efforts to alumni, advisors, teachers and stud [...] | 2008-12-08 12:57:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC PREL NO |
08OSLO656 | NORWAY'S LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW [...] (C) The paragraphs in this cable are keyed to questions in reftel (A),paragraph 5. Poloff met with Kjersti Rodsmoen, MFA Latin America section director to discuss Cuba policy. Norway continues to pursue a strategy of limited engagement toward Cuba in order to advance human rights and, indirec [...] | 2008-12-08 13:57:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU NO |
08OSLO659 | NORWAY HAS NO PLANS TO HELP WITH SYRIA'S PROPOSED [...] (C) Poloff spoke with Erling Skjonsberg, Senior Advisor in the MFA nonproliferation section, to discuss reftel. Skjonsberg noted our caution that technical knowledge acquired by Syria for the proposed nuclear plant could be diverted, and said that Norway has no present plans to cooperate on su [...] | 2008-12-09 14:50:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA TRGY |
08OSLO665 | VISITING TEAM ADVANCES HSPD-6 IN NORWAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a December 5th meeting at the MFA, a joint Department and TSC negotiating team gave a comprehensive overview of HSPD-6 to an inter-agency group of Norwegian officials. The GON was receptive and indicated that the meeting clarified many issues for them, which would permit th [...] | 2008-12-12 13:25:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CMGT CVIS PGOV PREL PTER NO |
08OSLO666 | NORWEGIANS HESITANT TO COMMIT ON PAKISTAN DONORS' [...] (C) SUMMARY: The head of the Pakistan/Afghanistan section of the Norwegian MFA, a former ambassador to Pakistan, was unwilling to commit at this stage to high-level Norwegian participation or any promise of money for the Pakistan donors' conference we are proposing for January. Post believes [...] | 2008-12-12 14:42:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN NO |
08OSLO668 | NORWEGIANS RESPOND BLANDLY TO UN HARMONIZATION OF [...] (SBU) Poloff spoke wth Lars Petter Henie, the deputy director of the UN MFA section regarding reftel. Henie said he wuld prefer to respond in a written medium, and thi was his diplomatic and nuanced response: "Wetake great interest in the issue and efforts to imrove recruitment to UN operat [...] | 2008-12-15 14:54:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT AORC APER PREL UNGA NO |
08OSLO670 | LESSON LEARNED FROM NORWEGIAN DECISION TO BUY JSF [...] (C) Summary. After an extensive, coordinated USG effort, the Norwegian Government decided to buy F-35s in the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program, instead of the Saab Gripen. This first foreign JSF sale is an important step for the program as it will likely have a domino effect on other potential pu [...] | 2008-12-16 13:24:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MCAP PREL PGOV NO |
08OSLO672 | NORWAY FLOATS IDEA OF NORDIC ALTERNATIVE UNESCO DG [...] (C) Deputy Director of the UN section of the Norwegian MFA, Lars Petter Henie, has raised concerns abut the UNESCO candidates independently before with poloff. Norway is very unhappy with the prospect of "an anti-Semite keen on burning Israeli books" (Henie's words) as DG of UNESCO. In respon [...] | 2008-12-17 08:23:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNESCO NO |
08OSLO675 | NORWAY HESITATES ON PROVIDING ADDITIONAL SECURITY [...] (SBU) The underdirector of the MFA Pakistan/Afghanistan section of the Norwegian MFA, and the special advisor on Afghanistan in the Ministry of Defense, were unwilling to commit at this stage to additional Norwegian military elements to provide security for the upcoming Afghan elections. Post [...] | 2008-12-17 13:57:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF NO |
08OSLO676 | NORWAY RAISES QUESTION REGARDING US CLUSTER [...] (C) Summary. MoD Director of Security Policy, Svein Efjestad explained on December 17 that an MOD miscommunication caused a document to be sent to Parliament that erroneously indicated that the US is not storing CM in Norway. Efjestad outlined some possible ways to approach the USG regarding [...] | 2008-12-17 15:28:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PGOV PREL |
08OSLO679 | NORWEGIANS WILLING TO CONSIDER ACCEPTING [...] (C) Meeting with Senior Advisor Anniken Enersen of the legal staff at the MFA on other counterterrorism matters, poloff raised the issue of Norway potentially accepting Guantanamo detainees. Enersen said that the matter was being "talked about" within the section and in the press, and said th [...] | 2008-12-19 11:51:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER NO |
08OSLO684 | NORWAY: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) The following is Embassy Oslo's submission for the 2008 Country Reports on Terrorism. Embassy point of contact is pol/econ officer Scott Sommers, SommersSE@state.gov: Norwegian authorities continued to consider the threat of terrorist attacks in Norway low and the widespread belief amon [...] | 2008-12-22 13:27:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC NO |
08OSLO688 | NORWEGIANS RELUCTANT TO CUT AID FOR NICARAGUA [...] (C) Poloff met with Kjersti Rodsmoen, head of the Latin America section of the MFA, who expressed official concern over developments in Nicaragua but little interest in actually reducing Norway's budget support. At the same time, Rodsmoen said that Norway would limit its 2009 budget support t [...] | 2008-12-23 13:22:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PREL NU NO |
08OSLO69 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF THREE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-07 12:15:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC KTFN NO |
08OSLO72 | NORWAY STANDING ALONE AGAINST MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: Norway remains opposed to U.S. plans for missile defenses and was the only NATO ally to publicly express skepticism over these plans during the recent Defense Ministerial in Vilnius. Defense Minister Anne-Grete Strom-Erichsen told the media that Norway doubts the need for missile defen [...] | 2008-02-12 09:02:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR PGOV PREL NO |
08OSLO82 | NORWEGIANS CONSIDER WTO TAFT PROPOSAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-15 14:31:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD WTO ECON NO |
08OSLO84 | NORWEGIANS CONSIDER WTO TAFT PROPOSAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-15 16:58:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD WTO ECON NO |
08OSLO89 | EISA REPORTING - US EMBASSY OSLO [...] (U) Per reftel, Post provides the following information in accordance with the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA). 2. (U) The Political/Economic Section, with 7 staff members, handles energy matters. 3. (U) The following employees support energy matters in the sect [...] | 2008-02-19 15:54:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV APER ABUD NO |
08OSLO93 | NORWAY TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] (U) The Norwegian MFA informed Charge that Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere would announce Norway's intension of recognizing Kosovo's declaration of independence during a press conference at 12:00 on February 20. Formal recognition would occur after a cabinet meeting to be held next week, a [...] | 2008-02-20 11:59:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV KV NO |
08OSLO94 | NORWEGIANS REVIEW NORWEGIAN JUSCANZ GROUP [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-21 10:40:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AA IS KS LI NZ PHUM PREL SZ NO |
08OSLO97 | NORWAY CONSIDERS IEA DEMARCHE POINTS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-22 06:38:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IEA ENRG NO |
08OSLO98 | NUCLEAR MATERIAL TRANSFER-HALDEN REACTOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-22 06:38:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP TRGY KSCA NO |
08OSLO99 | NORWEGIANS RECEIVE SOMALIA POINTS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-22 14:55:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID NO |
09OSLO10 | NORWAY PLEASED WITH ARCTIC POLICY BRIEFING [...] (C) In a January 7 meeting with MFA North American Coordinator Morten Aasland, High North Coordinator Jostein Mickleton, and officers from the Arctic Council and High North sections, P/E Counselor delivered reftel points. The MFA officials were pleased to receive the information, and also ve [...] | 2009-01-07 14:41:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KGCC PBTS PHSA PREL SENV EWWT |
09OSLO111 | A WHALE OF A CABLE - WHALING IN NORWAY [...] (U) SUMMARY. After resuming commercial whaling of minke whales in 1993, Norway endured a few years of tough international criticism from NGOs and non-whaling countries. In recent years, however, the activity has largely fallen under the radar, surpassed by the attention now paid to Japan's [...] | 2009-02-13 14:46:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TBIO NO |
09OSLO113 | NORWEGIANS UNHELPFUL ON CARTAGENA PROTOCOL [...] (C) Poloff had a friendly discussion with the GON official, Birthe Ivars, who will represent Norway in Mexico City on 23-27 February to negotiate the text of proposed rules on liability and redress for damage resulting from cross-border movement of living modified organisms. The Norwegian pos [...] | 2009-02-13 14:46:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO |
09OSLO114 | PART II: RISING NORWEGIAN ANTI-SEMITISM AFFECTING [...] (C) Summary: Anti-Semitism in Norway, and the expression of anti-Semitic comments, has increased since the Gaza war. The small Norwegian Jewish community is wary of being targeted, and "Jew" has become more popular as an epithet. While the issue of anti-Semitism is frequently debated in the me [...] | 2009-02-13 14:48:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF KWBG SOCI PREL PGOV PINR IS NO |
09OSLO115 | PART I: CONSTRAINTS ON NORWAY'S MIDDLE EAST ROLE? [...] (C) Summary: Norway aspires to be a leader in Middle East peace negotiations and could be a genuine asset in bringing peace to the region. Norway's diplomatic principles, focus on dialogue, and mediation history have helped raise Norway's profile as a peacemaker. Its tense relationship with I [...] | 2009-02-13 14:48:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PGOV PINR IS NO |
09OSLO116 | PART III: NORWEGIAN FM STOERE: THE WORLD AT HIS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-13 14:49:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KPAL IS NO |
09OSLO119 | BLUE LANTERN: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON [...] Reftel B requests post conduct a Blue Lantern check on the bona fides of end-user Jaktdepotet and states that the company has never been the subject to a Blue Lantern check. In March 2007 post conducted a Blue Lantern check (reftel A) on this same company and concluded that it was a well estab [...] | 2009-02-17 14:12:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC NO |
09OSLO120 | M/S POLARIS: NORWEGIANS DENY JURISDICTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-18 13:56:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHSA PBTS EWWT KCRM PTER MOPS PREL NO |
09OSLO123 | NORWAY LOOKING TO ACCELERATE AFGHANIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The GON told visiting SCA DAS for Afghanistan Patrick Moon on February 13 that Norway's main priorities for Afghanistan are: -- a greater UN role, -- an increased role for the Afghans (even at the cost of increases in corruption),-- regional dialogue, -- a gradual move to a [...] | 2009-02-19 13:51:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM EAID NATO AF PK NO |
09OSLO126 | NORWAY'S PLANS FOR MARCH 2 CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Egypt invited Norway to co-chair the March 2 conference and FM Jonas Gahr Stoere has accepted. Norway's thoughts are very much in line with the U.S. perspectives outlined in reftel. FM Stoere will participate in the conference in his capacity as head of the AHLC donor coordination mechan [...] | 2009-02-24 06:35:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG NO |
09OSLO128 | NORWAY: BLADERUNNER DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-26 06:09:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ISN AF EUR NEA NO |
09OSLO132 | ENGAGING NORWAY ON AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 13:16:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR NO |
09OSLO133 | NORWEGIANS SAY SECURITY AID TO SOMALIA CRUCIAL, [...] (C) SUMMARY: While agreeing with all our views of the security situation in Somalia, the GON feels its hands are tied when it comes to direct support of security forces in Somalia. Despite being the third largest humanitarian aid donor in the country, Norway will have to seek to contribute to [...] | 2009-02-27 13:16:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO SO NO |
09OSLO134 | NORWEGIAN CENTRAL BANK WEATHERS GLOBAL CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary. During a February 27 meeting with Econ Officer, Norwegian Central Bank (Norges Bank) Deputy Governor Jan Qvigstad candidly discussed the tepid Norwegian economy withstanding the global financial blizzard. Fending off icy credit markets and snowballing unemployment claims, the [...] | 2009-02-27 14:36:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN NO |
09OSLO139 | NORWEGIAN NGOS WANT ANSWERS ON GUANTANAMO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Amnesty International and the Norwegian Helsinki Committee want to meet with US embassy officers to clarify when they can expect the USG to ask Norway for help in resettling Guantanamo detainees who cannot be sent back to their home countries. Post requests guidance for what to [...] | 2009-03-04 06:48:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PTER PHUM |
09OSLO140 | FAMILY OF TURKMEN POLITICAL PRISONER REQUESTS USG [...] (C) SUMMARY: The family of jailed Turkmen civil rights activist Gulgeldy Annaniyazov, living in Norway, has contacted the Norwegian Helsinki Committee and requested that the US Embassy in Turkmenistan do what it can to determine his welfare and lobby for his release. Actions by the Norwegian M [...] | 2009-03-04 07:55:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF TX NO |
09OSLO143 | NORWAY COMMITTED TO DURBAN II ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Despite discussion of the issue in the Norwegian press, the GON refuses to disclose its "red lines"--what would be completely unacceptable for Norway--in the context of the Durban II conference in Geneva. While Norway can be counted on to support freedom of expression, its prefer [...] | 2009-03-05 13:12:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC |
09OSLO144 | NORWAY'S REQUEST FOR SCIENCE FELLOWS - 2009 [...] (U) Summary. Post has had an excellent experience with its Science Fellow and would greatly benefit from continuing to host such fellows. We have three proposals on Svalbard (Arctic) Research (recently visited by the Secretary's Science Adviser),Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS),and Clean [...] | 2009-03-05 15:36:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TSPL TBIO EAGR ECON AMGT APER EPA NO |
09OSLO146 | DREAMS IN POLAR FOG: PROPOSED NORDIC EFENSE AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-06 11:29:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PNR PGOV PREL MARR MCAP MOPS DA IC FI SW |
09OSLO148 | AFGHAN IMMIGRANTS IN NORWAY [...] (U) SUMMARY. Afghans represent one of Norway,s newest immigrant communities with 72% having been in Norway less than five years. The 8,000 registered Afghans currently living in Norway (including Norwegian-born to immigrant parents),are comprised primarily of refugees and asylum seekers. T [...] | 2009-03-09 07:30:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER PGOV PINR KCRM AF NO |
09OSLO159 | NORWAY RELUCTANT TO APPROVE GAZA SMUGGLING [...] (C) The GON has not yet decided if they can accept the program of action or even if they will attend the March 13 London meeting. The GON's stated concern is the need under Norwegian law for a legal basis for the actions outlined in the program of action. This may be a uniquely Norwegian con [...] | 2009-03-10 13:44:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EG KPAL MARR PREL NO |
09OSLO169 | NORWAY GIVES $2.3M FOR PAKISTAN IDPS, HAPPY TO [...] (C) Summary: Last week Norway announced $2.3 million of aid that will go to UNICEF and the ICRC to help the northwest frontier provinces. While thrilled to be included in the Friends of Pakistan (FOP) group, as well as being asked to join the upcoming Tokyo Donor's conference, the GON sees it [...] | 2009-03-16 14:51:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PHUM PREF EFIN IBRD IMF PK NO |
09OSLO171 | (C) NORWAY'S MORE POSITIVE IRAQ POLICY [...] (C) Summary. Recognizing the improved situation in Iraq and wishing to support President Obama, Norway decided to "even further normalize relations" with Iraq and to consider a possible political level visit. Despite this positive direction, the GON continues to be skeptical to engagement w [...] | 2009-03-17 08:34:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PREL PGOV IZ NO |
09OSLO174 | HOLD THE LINE: NORWAY'S SPECIAL 301 DESIGNATION [...] (C) Summary. As Washington agencies consider the Special 301 Watchlist, Post wishes to strongly emphasize its earlier recommendation (Reftel B) that the GON should remain on the list. Norway was first listed in 2008 (Reftels C,D). Per Ref B, Post is aware that there is an internal USG discus [...] | 2009-03-17 13:34:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON KIPR NO |
09OSLO179 | NORWEGIANS HAPPY WITH SHARM EL-SHEIK INROADS, [...] (C) Summary: The GON found the conference in Sharm el-Sheik both constructive and surprisingly positive in tone, and hopes it will help bring Arab and Gulf donors deeper into the AHLC framework. Norway continues to emphasize the structural importance of the Palestinian Authority (PA) in Gaza, [...] | 2009-03-19 10:48:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EUN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER NO |
09OSLO187 | NORWAY SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON KFOR [...] (C) Norway shares U.S. concerns over possible changes in KFOR's force structure. Norway plans to continue its minimal contribution to KFOR (six to seven officers assigned to KFOR HQ in Pristina) although it did withdraw approximately fifteen intelligence specialists during the last half of 2 [...] | 2009-03-23 13:32:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO KPKO KV NO |
09OSLO199 | JAGLAND'S CANDIDACY FOR NEXT COE SECRETARY GENERAL [...] (C) Summary. Thorbjorn Jagland is a leading Norwegian politician whose thoughtful comments often crystallize debates and support US positions. While he was the subject of some controversy while he was Prime Minister, he is now a seasoned elder statesman who would be a strong candidate to hea [...] | 2009-03-26 12:17:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM COE NO |
09OSLO200 | HRV 2009- NORWAY ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING [...] (SBU) In accordance with Leahy Amendment requirements for human rights verification, AmEmbassy Oslo possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the Norwegian Jaegerkorpts (Norwegian Special Operations Forces) as of March 26, 2009. Point of contact at AmEmbassy Oslo is [...] | 2009-03-26 15:18:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PHUM NO |
09OSLO216 | LAVROV AND STOERE TRADE TOUGH WORDS OVER NATO, BUSINESS DISPUTE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-31 14:43:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL EINV RU NO |
09OSLO217 | (S) NORWEGIANS WILL RAISE SABERI ISSUE WITH [...] (S) Poloff discussed reftel points at length with the acting director of the Mid-East Section of the MFA, Ingrid Schoyen. Schoyen said that Norway finds it nearly impossible to obtain meetings with officials in Tehran, and furthermore that the workings of Iranian goverment are extremely opaque [...] | 2009-03-31 15:14:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET | PGOV PHUM EUN PREL IR NO |
09OSLO219 | THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME: NORWAY [...] Embassy Oslo's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) recently conducted a validation study of B-1/B-2 visas issued in calendar year 2008. A random sample of 800 cases was generated and validated. The few detected non-returns appeared to confirm that Post's long-held institutional approach to NIV adjudi [...] | 2009-04-01 06:33:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS KFRD CMGT ASEC NO |
09OSLO220 | NORWAY SUPPORTIVE OF AFGHAN POLICY IN PRINCIPLE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Norway's special envoy for Afghanistan, Janis Kanavin, welcomed the conclusions of the U.S. Afghanistan Pakistan Strategic Review and stated that Norway was in broad agreement with the U.S. approach, particularly the need for increased civilian assistance and the implementation of [...] | 2009-04-01 09:39:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR MOPS AF NO |
09OSLO225 | DINNER WITH MUGABE--THE NORWEGIAN REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following Minister Solheim's visit to Harare, the Norwegians believe that President Mugabe is looking for a graceful exit, and that ZANU-PF forces are plotting to derail the unity government. The Norwegians believe, however, that the March 30 SADC meeting's strong stand on Madagas [...] | 2009-04-02 13:37:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PHUM PREF PGOV PREL ZI NO |
09OSLO230 | NORWEGIANS HAPPY WITH OBAMA'S DISARMAMENT SPEECH, [...] (C) GON Ambassador for Disarmament Affairs, Knut Langeland, told poloff that the contents of Obama's Prague speech were "in line what Norway has argued for," including a follow up to START, and helpful reinforcing language on the CTBT, the NPT, and a verifiable FMCT. He noted that Norway has [...] | 2009-04-06 11:33:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM NO |
09OSLO233 | PAKISTAN DONOR CONFERENCE: NO NEW MONEY FROM NORWAY [...] (C) Summary. Although Norway considers itself a strategic donor to Pakistan, it will not be able to pledge new monies at the upcoming donor conference. Norway will be represented by its Deputy Development Minister and welcomes the conference discussions, especially if they promote coordinatio [...] | 2009-04-07 14:25:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK NO |
09OSLO262 | ESTA APPROVED FOR APPLICANT WITH TERRORIST CLASS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-08 13:36:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS PTER KVPR ASEC NO |
09OSLO268 | NORWAY CONTINUES MADAGASCAR AID SUSPENSION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-15 09:36:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC EAID PGOV SZ MA NO |
09OSLO270 | NORWAY SHOULD SUPPORT KOSOVO IMF/WORLD BANK [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-15 13:53:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL NO |
09OSLO273 | NORWAY TO ATTEND GLOBAL INITIATIVE PLENARY [...] (SBU) Norway's Global Initiative officer, Carl Salicath, confirmed that Norway will attend the plenary meeting in June. Who will participate is not yet determined, nor is it decided which working groups Norway would like to participate in but the delegation will likley consist of two people, on [...] | 2009-04-20 06:22:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM KNNP PREL PTER MNUC KGIC NO |
09OSLO275 | EMBASSY OSLO'S TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-20 07:28:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PTER NO |
09OSLO3 | NORWEGIANS PLEDGE AID FOR GAZA, BUT STRESS ACCESS [...] (C) Poloff met with Ingrid Schoyen, Assistant Director General of the Middle East Section of the MFA to deliver reftel demarche on aid to Gaza. Norway pledged 30 million kroner (approx $4.3 million) of aid to Gaza on December 30, actually taking the decision prior to the flash appeal by the U [...] | 2009-01-05 14:27:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PREL PHUM LE UNRWA NO |
09OSLO309 | FROZEN DELIGHT: NORWAY'S TURKISH MINORITY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-22 12:48:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PINR PTER KCRM TU NO |
09OSLO311 | FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION (FGM) IN NORWAY [...] Several cases over the past few months highlight the continuing problem of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) among some immigrant groups in Norway. While the issue has gained public notoriety, the adequacy of the GON FGM response is questioned by some. Particularly at issue are mandated genital [...] | 2009-04-22 14:34:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI KFGM KISL KWMN KOCI XA NO |
09OSLO315 | NORWEGIAN LAWYERS SUE ISRAEL FOR WAR CRIMES ABUSES [...] (U) As widely reported in the international press, a group of Norwegian attorneys filed with the Public Prosecutor's Office a request for the Government of Norway to pursue a war crimes case against Israeli officials for actions in Gaza. The lead attorney pressing the matter is a well know huma [...] | 2009-04-27 12:55:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PHUM IS NO |
09OSLO318 | 301 DESIGNATION: NORWEGIANS TALK TO INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) Trade Ministry Director General Ole Andreas Lindeman expressed little surprise at Reftel A points, redesignating Norway on the Special Watch list. The central issue involves the GON's patent protections on certain pre-1992 American pharmaceuticals (Reftels B-D). Lindeman placed the de [...] | 2009-04-29 15:40:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KIPR NO |
09OSLO341 | NORWEGIANS LIKELY TO FOLLOW EU ON SUU KYI ISSUE [...] (C) Poloff spoke with Senior Advisor Vegard Wennesland in the MFA East Asia section and discussed reftel points. Wennesland, after consulting within the MFA, said that no final decision had been taken on how to react to the May 30 milestone in Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest. Wennesland said [...] | 2009-05-11 14:09:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL BM NO |
09OSLO342 | NORWAY, NEW ENERGY: CHASING WINDMILLS [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 11, the Embassy co-hosted the seminar "New Energy Opportunities: Reality or Smoke and Mirrors?" Event partners were the Norwegian Venture Capital Association and Norway's largest bank, DnB NOR. The seminar gathered senior GON officials, including the Deputy Petroleum M [...] | 2009-05-12 13:55:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET PGOV SENV NO |
09OSLO352 | NORWAY'S LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW, MAY 2009 [...] (C) The paragraphs in this cable are keyed to questions in reftel (A),paragraph 5. Poloff met with Kjersti Rodsmoen, MFA Latin America section director, to discuss Cuba policy. Norway continues to pursue a strategy of limited engagement toward Cuba in order to advance human rights, and, indi [...] | 2009-05-18 16:01:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU NO |
09OSLO361 | NORWEGIAN DELEGATION TO CGPCS [...] (U) The Norwegian delegation to the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia will consist of : Carl P. Salicath, Senior Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (head of delegation) email cps@mfa.no cell phone: 47 916 92 684 Gaute Syvertsen, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Trade [...] | 2009-05-20 15:43:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR ECON PREL PGOV EWWT KCRM PBTS PHSA NO |
09OSLO363 | OSLO NEC - SUPREME COURT HEARING CONCLUDES, OUTCOME [...] (SBU) Summary: From May 12 - 14, opponents of the NEC sparred with GON lawyers before Norway's Supreme Court, contending that the Oslo City Council's rezoning decision in favor of the NEC should be overturned. After three appeals spanning the period 2006 - 08, all of them unsuccessful, our o [...] | 2009-05-26 06:47:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ABLD AMGT KLIG NO |
09OSLO375 | NORWAY: SUPREME COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF THE [...] (U) Summary: The Norwegian Supreme Court on May 29 ruled unanimously against opponents of our NEC. Rejecting arguments that there had been inadequate consideration of alternative locations, the high court sustained the Oslo City CouncilQs decision in December 2005 to rezone our ten-acre site [...] | 2009-06-03 13:52:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ABLD AMGT ASEC KLIG NO |
09OSLO381 | NORWAY'S INPUT ON INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-08 12:42:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | KSCA EFIS PREL SENV NO |
09OSLO383 | NORWAY'S FM REQUESTS HELP TO FACILIATE BAGHDAD [...] (C) SUMMARY After four years of only minimal contact with the Iraqi government, Norway's Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere is planning a day-long visit to Baghdad on June 17. This visit comes in response to a direct request from Secretary Clinton to FM Stoere during their bilateral meeting in [...] | 2009-06-09 14:07:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PREL IZ NO |
09OSLO384 | NORWEGIAN IRANIANS: A MODEL IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Iranian immigrants in Norway are some of the country's most successful and best-integrated non-Western minorities. There are currently over 15,000 first and second generation Iranians in Norway, making them the tenth largest immigrant group. The community is highly educated, s [...] | 2009-06-10 11:24:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CVIS IR KCRM NO PINR PTER |
09OSLO386 | NORWAY IS GOOD: NORWEGIAN EXCEPTIONALISM [...] (C) SUMMARY. Norway's sense of exceptionalism, while under some pressure due to some significant policy failures, still is a central part of the national culture and has an outsized impact on Norwegian foreign policy. Norwegians truly believe that there is something inherently good about being [...] | 2009-06-10 13:07:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL NO |
09OSLO387 | NORWEGIANS HAVE NO POSITION YET ON ICSC CANDIDATE [...] (C) Poloff spoke with Assistant Director General Lars Henie of the MFA UN section regarding reftel demarche, and provided Henie with the included biographical information. Henie said that he had forwarded the information to the Norwegian UN mission in New York, and received a response that th [...] | 2009-06-10 14:19:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA NO |
09OSLO388 | NORWEGIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO COUNTER-PIRACY [...] (C) Poloff met with Deputy Director General Anita Nergard of the Global Security section of the MFA to discuss reftel demarche. Nergard said that current Norwegian military contributions to counter-piracy operations in the horn of Africa consist of a single frigate that will be deployed start [...] | 2009-06-10 14:20:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PGOV PREL NO |
09OSLO389 | NORWAY AGREES PIRACY COURT A BAD IDEA [...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel demarche with Deputy Director Anita Nergard of the MFA Section for Global Security on June 10. Nergard said that Norway agreed with the US that the idea of an international tribunal to prosecute piracy suspects was a bad idea for the reasons we listed in reftel no [...] | 2009-06-10 14:21:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL |
09OSLO391 | NORWAY WILLING TO CONSIDER EXPORT LICENSING [...] (C) Poloff spoke with Kristine Hansen, senior advisor in the MFA WTO section on June 10. Hansen said that Norway was well aware of the proposal, and does not have a problem with its content, but must engage in a consultative process with ministries and industry, and is not fully aware of the [...] | 2009-06-11 14:34:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD |
09OSLO392 | NORWAY AND IRENA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-15 14:28:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG KGHG SENV NO |
09OSLO394 | NORWAY: 2009 INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION CLAIMS [...] Post has no knowledge of any investment disputes where a U.S. citizen alleges an appropriation, as outlined in reftel. 2. Post's primary point of contact on this issue is Consul Rodger Deuerlein: telephone (47) 2130-8931; email DeuerleinRJ@state.gov. Back-up contact is Vice Consul Deborah L [...] | 2009-06-15 15:33:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC EINV OPIC PGOV KIDE NO |
09OSLO396 | RINGLEADER OF ALLEGED PLOT TO ATTACK US EMBASSY IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Norway's Supreme Court ruled June 12 that a jury's decision in February 2009, to convict Arfan Bhatti of vandalism and attempted murder, did not meet European Court of Human Rights requirements and threw the verdict out. The case will now return to the appeals court to be re-tri [...] | 2009-06-17 06:40:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC KCRM NO PREL PTER |
09OSLO399 | NORWAY'S RUSSIA POLICY: WISHFUL THINKING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-18 07:44:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PINS PREL RS NO |
09OSLO403 | BHATTI RELEASED FROM PRISON [...] (SBU) Summary. Norway's Appeals Court ruled June 19 to release Arfan Bhatti, ringleader of an alleged plot to attack the US Embassy in Oslo, pending his re-trial in August, 2009. Bhatti had been convicted of vandalism and attempted murder in February 2009 but Norway's Supreme Court June 12 [...] | 2009-06-22 06:57:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KCRM PREL PTER NO |
09OSLO407 | NORWEGIAN ENERGY: AND A-ROUND WE GO! [...] (C) Summary. US hydrocarbon giants were largely pleased with the GON's 20th licensing round results. These rounds involve opportunities on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). The 20th round drew record numbers of participants. Critics assert that an increased number of small to mid-sized [...] | 2009-06-22 13:36:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PGOV SENV NO |
09OSLO412 | SUPPORT FOR PAROLE OF SHARPUDI ELFIROVICH ISRAILOV [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-24 12:13:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | NO PHUM RU |
09OSLO416 | NORWEGIANS WILL IMPLEMENT NORTH KOREA RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarches to Jo Hovik, Senior Advisor in the MFA Legal Section. Hovik said that UNSCR 1718 was already fully implemented into Norwegian law, and UNSCR 1874 is being worked on by the MFA in concert with other ministries. Norway has a law which automatically incorpo [...] | 2009-06-26 14:06:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE KN ECON EFIN KNNP |
09OSLO417 | NORWAY'S RESPONSE TO GLOBAL ACTION ON FOOD SECURITY [...] (U) In response to Reftel, MFA Senior Advisor Anne Kristin Hermansen, told PolCouns June 22 that Norway previously had not considered food security a high priority focus, preferring instead to work in other areas. However, Hermansen noted that the GON had recently increased focus on food sec [...] | 2009-06-29 06:28:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID PREL NO |
09OSLO424 | NORWEGIANS MUSE ON CGPCS AND ASPIRANT COUNTRIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a wide ranging discussion, Norway's representative to the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS),Carl Salicath, expressed reticence about admitting flag-of-convenience states to membership. He also discussed Cyprus's membership, Egypt's "odd" behavior with r [...] | 2009-06-30 11:13:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL |
09OSLO433 | NORWAY WILL SUPPORT US NGOS AT ECOSOC, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a surprisingly frank interview, the Assistant Director General of UN Affairs at the Norwegian MFA stated his support for our NGO initiatives at the ECOSOC meeting, and mused on perceptions of the Obama administration's operations at the UN, and our differing definitions of "UN [...] | 2009-07-07 06:17:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KUNR NO |
09OSLO434 | OSLO NEC - THE HIGH COSTS OF FREEZING THE PROJECT [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: After winning a nail-biting vote in the City Council, an appeal to the governor, two lower court cases, and a final Supreme Court appeal, then successfully concluding four years of negotiations over the purchase price for the land, we at last have a clear pat [...] | 2009-07-07 07:56:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ABLD PREL AMGT ASEC KLIG NO |
09OSLO435 | REQUEST FOR PAROLE FOR ISRAILOV, SJARPUDI [...] (SBU) Name: Israilov, Sjarpudi Elfirovitsj 2. (SBU) DPOB: 17 January 1956, Engels, Kazakhstan 3. (SBU) Justification of Special Public Benefit Parole request: The full justification for parole is classified and contained in reftel, 09 Oslo 412. There is a USG interest in Mr. Israilov' [...] | 2009-07-09 14:24:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF CVIS |
09OSLO438 | NORWAY TEMPORARILY SUSPENDS WHALE HUNT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Norway's fishing and whaling industry announced that the 2009 whale hunt would be temporarily suspended due to cash flow concerns and the summer holiday. The hunt will be resumed after a short break. Norwegian whalers and the Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs also criti [...] | 2009-07-13 07:09:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EFIS KSCA PREL IWC ETRD NO |
09OSLO444 | NORWEGIAN TERRORISM FINANCE PREVENTION PROCEDURES [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Anniken Enersen, Senior Advisor in the MFA legal section. Enersen explained that while 1267 sanctions committee names are quasi-automatically incorporated into Norwegian law (after administrative entry done by the MFA),our independent naming of E.O. [...] | 2009-07-14 14:54:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID NO |
09OSLO456 | US-NORWAY PARTNERSHIP ON SUDAN ADVANCED BY SE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In two days of meetings on July 11 and 13, Special Envoy Gration had productive and informative bilateral and trilateral meetings with high-level Norwegian and British counterparts, as well as a session with Foreign Minister Stoere. Post expects that the visit will result in in [...] | 2009-07-21 13:06:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC AU SU NO |
09OSLO459 | NORWAY'S RESPONSE: ASSISTING AFGHANISTAN BEYOND [...] (C) Summary: In meetings with A/DCM and PolOff July 21, MOD and MFA Officials described on-going military and civilian contributions and outlined previously announced 2010 pledges to the UN's Law and Order Trust Fund and the expanded NATO ANA Trust Fund. The MFA is reviewing an option to co- [...] | 2009-07-24 06:08:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR |
09OSLO460 | FURTHER SUPPORT CABLE FOR SHARPUDI ELFIROVITCH ISRAILOV [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-24 14:37:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NO PHUM RU |
09OSLO465 | HISTORIC MEETING BETWEEN CHECHEN ADVERSARIES IN [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 23 and 24, the London-based "Chechnya Peace Forum" convened a meeting in Oslo between Dukhvakha Abdurakhmanov (Chairman of the Chechen parliament and representative of the Kadyrov government) and Akhmed Zakaev (representative of the Maskhadov continuation government). [...] | 2009-07-29 11:51:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PGOV PREL PTER NO RU |
09OSLO469 | H1N1 UPDATE: NORWAY PREPRES FOR WAVE OF PANDEMIC [...] (U) Sumary: H1N1 cases in Norway have increased to 342confirmed cases as of the end of July, and the infction rate appears to be accelerating, driven largely by the return of Norwegians from summer holidays abroad. Norwegian health officials recently announced plans to deal with the pandemic, [...] | 2009-07-30 12:07:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI ASC EAGR NO |
09OSLO471 | NORWAY'S HIGH LEVEL UNGA ATTENDANCE [...] (U) The GON's "preliminary" details provided to post in response to reftel are as follows: A. Attendance of the Head of State: No plans to attend. B. Attendance of the Head of Government --Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg --Arrival on 19 September, departure on 23 September --Spouse Ingr [...] | 2009-07-31 08:04:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA NO |
09OSLO486 | (C) NORWAY FRUSTRATED WITH OTHER SOMALIA DONORS' [...] (C) In response to reftel, poloff discussed Somalia with the Chief of the East Africa section of the Norwegian MFA, Hans Jacob Frydenlund. Frydenlund excused his reticence to fully evaluate the situation on the ground in Somalia because his deputy, Kjell Harald Dalen, who manages the Somalia [...] | 2009-08-05 15:20:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER SO EAID KPKO NO |
09OSLO494 | THE NORWAY HAMSUN YEAR CONTROVERSY [...] (C) SUMMARY: August 5 marked the official opening of the Hamsun Center in Hamaroy, Norway, and the continued celebration of the "Hamsun Year," a commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Nobel Prize winning author and Nazi sympathizer Knut Hamsun. The "Hamsun Year" has brought co [...] | 2009-08-07 14:58:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SCUL KIRF NO |
09OSLO502 | NORWAY INFORMED THAT UNODC IS OBSERVER IN GICNT [...] (U) Per instructions in reftel, post collaborated with the Russian Embassy in Oslo to notify of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) observer status in the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT),using language provided in reftel. Persons post notified in the GO [...] | 2009-08-12 13:22:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER |
09OSLO503 | (S) NORWEGIANS INFORMED OF MEANING OF CLINTON TRIP [...] (S) Poloff formally delivered reftel points on August 13 to Erling Rimestad, Head of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Asia section, and Bjorn Midthun, MFA Assistant Director General working in the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Section. All of reftel points were also made pr [...] | 2009-08-13 11:36:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET | PREL KNNP CASC ASEAN KN NO |
09OSLO504 | NORWEGIAN OPINIONS ON THE SUU KYI VERDICT AND BURMA [...] (C) Summary: The GON shares our reaction to the Suu Kyi verdict, and Foreign Minister Stoere has made forceful statements condemning the trial as "political" and "a farce," while also stating that an international boycott of Burma is of limited effectiveness without India and China on board. T [...] | 2009-08-14 07:01:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL BM NO EAID |
09OSLO507 | KEY NORWEGIAN NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT DECISIONMAKERS [...] (SBU) In response to reftel demarche, Poloff had extensive discussions August 14 with Knut Langeland, Norwegian Ambassador for Disarmament Affairs in the Foreign Ministry, results of which will be reported in full in a classified septel. This cable reports only on the "key government personne [...] | 2009-08-14 15:21:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
09OSLO511 | NORWAY'S NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION NARRATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to reftel A, poloff held extensive discussions on August 14 with Knut Langeland, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Ambassador for Disarmament Affairs. Langeland spelled out Norway's position on nonproliferation and disarmament issues in response to our pro [...] | 2009-08-17 16:01:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
09OSLO513 | NORWAY COUNSELS THE NEED TO PROMOTE THE IAEA [...] (C) Summary: In discussions about the Nuclear Fuel Bank with Norway's Ambassador for Disarmament Affairs, the official emphasized the hesitance of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) countries and offered his counsel that Fuel Bank supporters such as the U.S. and Norway must present the proposal "attra [...] | 2009-08-18 14:30:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG UEU KNNP IAEA KU NO AE SW |
09OSLO525 | NORWAY'S IMMIGRATION POLICY A HOT TOPIC IN PUBLIC [...] (U) SUMMARY. Due to a significant increase in the number of immigrants seeking asylum in Norway and news reports of generous welfare payments, the right of center "Progress Party" (FrP) has been largely successful in driving the public debate on Norway's integration and immigration policy. F [...] | 2009-08-26 07:37:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI PREF NO |
09OSLO526 | USNATO AMBASSADOR DAALDER'S DISCUSSION WITH [...] (C) Summary: In discussions with visiting USNATO Ambassador Ivo Daalder in Oslo August 17, Norwegian Deputy Minister of Defense Espen Barth-Eide and Director for Security Policy Svein Efjestad said they looked forward to reviewing the new COMISAF Strategic requirements this fall; suggested tha [...] | 2009-08-26 13:44:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PBTS MCAP MOPS AF RU NO |
09OSLO527 | USNATO AMBASSADOR DAALDER'S MEETING WITH NORWEGIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In discussions August 17 with visiting USNATO Ambassador Ivo Daalder, Norway's Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Stoere and MFA DG for North America and Security Policy Steffen Kongstad said the GON would welcome a new U.S. Missile Defense strategy that emphasized a multilat [...] | 2009-08-26 13:45:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PARM RU NO |
09OSLO533 | AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON MEETS WITH GON AND NGOS ON [...] (C) Summary: In a productive series of meetings on August 24 in Oslo, S/WCI Ambassador Clint Williamson met with Minister for International Development Erik Solheim, a variety of high level Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials, and two NGOs to discuss the recent conflict in Sri Lanka, s [...] | 2009-08-31 08:35:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SL NO |
09OSLO534 | NORWEGIANS WON'T COMMIT NOW TO INCREASED FOOD [...] (C) Summary: In line with expectations based on reftel conversations with the Norwegian Embassy in Washington, Norway is at this time unwilling to commit to an increase in its aid budget devoted to agricultural development and food security, due to the upcoming Norwegian election. The Minist [...] | 2009-09-01 12:57:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EAID ETRD NO |
09OSLO536 | NORWEGIANS COMBATIVE ON ISRAEL UNRWA SPEAKING ROLE [...] (C) Summary: The Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Middle-East Section, Jorn Gjelstad, was surprisingly engaged, sensitized, and generally combative upon presentation of reftel demarche concerning a speaking role for Israel at the upcoming "UNRWA at 60" event (UNRWA is the UN Relie [...] | 2009-09-01 15:32:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL UNGA IS KPAL NO |
09OSLO537 | NORWAY WILL NOT OPPOSE ISRAEL JUSCANZ MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) On September 2, Poloff delivered reftel points to Vebjorn Heines, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Coordinator for Human Rights Council (HRC) issues in the MFA Humanitarian Issues section. Heines was the person referred to in reftel paragraph 10 as the former "Norwegian PolCouns in Geneva [...] | 2009-09-03 12:11:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS PHUM NO |
09OSLO538 | NORWAY'S RESPONSE: SEEKING ORAL STATEMENTS FOR [...] (C) Norwegian MFA Legal Advisor Rolf Fife told PolOff September 2 that Norway submitted its request on July 13 to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to make an oral statement on Kosovo in December 2009. He added that representatives from the legal offices of the UK, Germany, France, an [...] | 2009-09-03 12:38:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC ICJ KV PREL NO |
09OSLO540 | NORWEGIAN MFA AF/PAK DIRECTOR VIEW'S ON [...] Summary: (C) CDA James Heg, PolCouns, and PolOff held wide-ranging discussions August 31 with Ambassador Bjorn Janis Kanavin, the MFA's Af/Pak Director and previously Ambassador to Pakistan and Afghanistan. Kanavin said the GON's contribution to Afghanistan would likely be strengthened after [...] | 2009-09-04 07:10:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF NO |
09OSLO543 | NORWAY'S RESPONSE ON CFE: GON WILL ADVOCATE FOR [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points September 9 to Norwegian MFA Director for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Affairs Inga Nyhamar and Senior Advisor Lars Loken. Nyhamar said that Norway would like to join what she referred to as the Supporting Group of NATO Allies, the proposed small group [...] | 2009-09-09 12:07:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE PARM PREL NATO |
09OSLO547 | NORWAY (ALMOST) FULLY ON BOARD WITH USG HRC [...] (C) Summary: The Norwegian Coordinator for Human Rights Council (HRC) issues at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Vebjorn Heines, pronounced reftel demache's talking points "more or less completely consistent with Norway's priorities." Heines put special emphasis on Norway's "procedural [...] | 2009-09-10 13:40:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN UNHRC |
09OSLO548 | Progress Party Leader Siv Jensen: "We want to Cooperate [...] Pol/Econ Counselor and POL LES attended on September 9 a pre-election breakfast speaker series hosted by the independent right-leaning think tank Civita. The organization invited various party leaders to speak solo for 90 minutes to an invited audience in the weeks leading up to Norway's nati [...] | 2009-09-10 16:00:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL NO |
09OSLO549 | NORWAY'S SEPTEMBER 14 NATIONAL ELECTIONS: LOTS OF DRAMA, [...] (U)Summary: With the Red Green governing coalition and the center-right opposition parties neck and neck, Monday's national election is destined to be a close one. The latest polls indicate a slim opposition victory, which would give them a majority of the seats in the national assembly and [...] | 2009-09-10 16:09:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL NO |
09OSLO552 | NORWAY AGREES WITH USG APPROACH ON SRI LANKA IDP [...] (C) Norway's response to reftel demarche was uniformly positive. Poloff met with Tone Allers, Sri Lanka Desk officer at the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Allers, after having two days to digest the information in the demarche and share it with the Norwegian embassy in Colombo, [...] | 2009-09-11 12:33:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER MASS SOCI EAID EUN |
09OSLO560 | NORWAY SHARES USG GOALS ON IAEA MIDDLE EAST ISSUES [...] (C) Political/Economic Counselor Cherrie Daniels met with Inga Nyhamar, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Section Chief for Disaramament and Nonproliferation, September 14 to deliver ref A points. Nyhamar stated that Norway was "not difficult to convince on this issue," as Norway shares our g [...] | 2009-09-14 14:43:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PARM PREL KNNP IAEA EG IS NO |
09OSLO561 | PM STOLTENBERG COMES OUT STRENGTHENED: FOUR MORE [...] (SBU) Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg (Labor Party - AP) and his two coalition partners, the Socialist Left (SV) and Center Party (SP) held on to their parliamentary majority in nationwide elections September 14, winning 86 of 169 seats in Parliament. Stoltenberg himself, as well as [...] | 2009-09-15 10:45:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | NO PGOV PINR PREL |
09OSLO564 | U.S. FORCE REDUCTIONS IN EUROPE: VIEW FROM NORWAY [...] (S/NF) Summary: The removal of two Brigade Combat Teams and one and a half fighter squadrons from Europe to the United States would likely provoke Norwegian angst over the effectiveness of the U.S. commitment to NATO and to Europe in general, just as Norway is promoting increased NATO engage [...] | 2009-09-15 15:30:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PARM NO |
09OSLO566 | NORWEGIAN PM STOLTENBERG TO ATTEND FRIENDS OF [...] (U) Norway's MFA Af/Pak Director Ambassador Janis Kanavin told PolOff September 16 that newly re-elected Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg will attend the September 24 Friends of Democratic Pakistan (FoDP) summit. Kanavin said that PM Stoltenberg would like to make remarks at the summit and tha [...] | 2009-09-16 12:54:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PK NO |
09OSLO568 | NORWAY'S MESSAGE FOR THE AHLC SEPT 22 MEETING: [...] (C) Poloff met with Signe Gilen Guro, Senior Advisor in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Middle East Section September 17 on receipt of reftel to deliver reftel points and solicit Norway's intentions for the September 22 AHLC meeting. Guro said that Norway's priority for the AHLC meeting [...] | 2009-09-17 11:53:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KPAL PGOV WBG IS NO |
09OSLO569 | DEMARCHES TO NORWAY ON MISSING/DETAINED AMCIT [...] (C) Summary: In a September 16 meeting, Deputy Polecon Counselor delivered demarches on missing/detained Amcit cases (Ref A) and Iran's nuclear program (Ref B) to Deputy Director Torunn Viste and Iran Desk Officer Mai Tonheim in the Norwegian MFA's Middle East section. Tonheim outlined Norwa [...] | 2009-09-17 12:42:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR PREL AORC PGOV PHUM |
09OSLO571 | NORWAY AND MD: PHASED, ADAPTIVE APPROACH WELCOMED [...] (C) CDA Heg, A/DATT, and PolOff briefed reftel points September 17 to Norwegian MFA Deputy Director General for Security Policy Rune Resaland, MFA Assistant Director General for Disarmament and Non-proliferation Bjorn Midthun, MOD Director for Security Policy Svein Efjestad, and MOD Senior Ad [...] | 2009-09-17 16:08:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET | EZ MARR PREL NO |
09OSLO572 | SE WOLPE HAS PRODUCTIVE TALKS WITH GON AND NGOS IN [...] (C) Summary: Special Envoy Howard Wolpe had a day of productive meetings on September 4 in Oslo with representatives of the Norwegian government (GON),the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC),Norwegian Church Aid (NCA),and the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI). The GON agreed t [...] | 2009-09-18 08:52:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL KPKO KWMN SOCI NO |
09OSLO574 | COMMERCE DESK OFFICER FOLLOWS UP INFORMAL COMMERCIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Commerce Nordic/Baltic desk officer Jennifer Derstine met with industry and GON representatives on a range of issues covered in the bilateral Informal Commercial Exchange (ICE) framework during her September 7 to 9 visit to Oslo. There has been limited progress on some element [...] | 2009-09-18 12:39:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP KIPR ETRD EINV EPET ENRG NO |
09OSLO575 | NORWAY MEDIA REACTION: MISSILE DEFENSE SHIELD [...] (U) SUMMARY: The U.S.'s decision to shelve the plans to base a missile defense shield in Poland and the Czech Republic has gotten wide and favorable coverage in Norwegian media. One commentator questions whether the decision might weaken the President. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) As reported [...] | 2009-09-18 12:54:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC MARR NO |
09OSLO576 | FRANK NORWEGIAN OPINIONS ON OUR UNGA PRIORITIES [...] (C) Summary: Poloff met on September 18 with Lars Petter Henie, Deputy Chief of the UN Section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to discuss reftel A on our UNGA priorities and reftel B on FAO zero nominal growth. Henie was very frank in the discussion. He found the food security confe [...] | 2009-09-18 14:00:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA FAO EFIN AORC EAGR EAID KUNR KPKO |
09OSLO577 | UPDATE: NORWEGIAN PM STOLTENBERG WILL NOT/NOT [...] (U) Due to unforeseen circumstances, Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg must return to Oslo on Wednesday, September 23, and therefore will be not/not represent Norway at the Friends of Democratic Pakistan Summit as originally reported Ref A. Norway will be represented instead by Forei [...] | 2009-09-21 10:25:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON NO |
09OSLO578 | NORWAY'S MIXED RESPONSE ON UNGA WALKOUT REDLINES; [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-21 14:41:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | NO PREL UNGA |
09OSLO579 | NORWAY'S RESPONSE: WILL PARTICIPATE IN SEPTEMBER [...] (SBU) Norwegian MFA Disarmament Advisor Knut Langeland and Senior Advisor for Disarmament and Non-proliferation Erling Skjoensberg told PolOff September 21 that Norway would participate in the informal group discussions on the side-lines of the Article XIV Conference in New York. Langeland sa [...] | 2009-09-21 15:07:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KTBT NO |
09OSLO586 | Svalbard - Norwegian Territory with a Twist [...] (U) SUMMARY: Pol/Econ counselor traveled to Svalbard Sep 1-4 as part of a Norwegian and international group hosted by two Norwegian security policy related NGOs. The group toured the main settlement on Svalbard -- Longyearbyen -- as well as visiting the Russian mining community in Barentsburg. [...] | 2009-09-22 15:58:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV CVIS PREL ECON SV XQ NO RU |
09OSLO588 | NORWAY'S PLANS TO CONTRIBUTE H1N1 VACCINE [...] (SBU) Summary: Norwegian authorities are eager to cooperate in channeling donated H1N1 vaccine to developing countries, though they have not yet hammered out the details for how they will deliver their in-kind contribution. The GON would welcome additional information on the U.S. approach to [...] | 2009-09-23 14:54:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL KFLU WHO NO |
09OSLO592 | NORWAY RESPONDS CONSTRUCTIVELY TO GOLDSTONE [...] (C) Summary: The Norwegian MFA responded positively September 24 to our demarche on engaging the Human Rights Council (HRC) in a constructive manner on the Goldstone report. The officials we met said Norway would want to "welcome" the Goldstone report in any HRC resolution on the matter, but c [...] | 2009-09-25 07:14:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER KISL KPAL IS NO |
09OSLO593 | NORWEGIAN HORN OF AFRICA EMERGENCY AID: HOLDING [...] (C) Summary: Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA officials on September 24. After the Government of Norway (GON)'s announcement September 9 that it would dedicate about $8.7 million to emergency food aid for the Horn of Africa region, the MFA emphasized that Norway has only about that amo [...] | 2009-09-25 12:08:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREF EAGR ET KE SO EUN |
09OSLO594 | NORWAY'S RESPONSE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL END-USE [...] (C) Norwegian MFA Section for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Executive Officer Christoffer Aas Pedersen provided PolOff September 28 a letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stating that they have no information on Mr. Ostby regarding any brokering, export, sales or import of firearm [...] | 2009-09-29 08:21:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | BU ETTC GM KOMC NO |
09OSLO595 | NORWAY'S RESPONSE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL END-USE [...] (C) Norwegian MFA Section for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Executive Officer Christoffer Aas Pedersen provided PolOff September 28 a letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stating that they have no information on Mr. Ostby regarding any brokering, export, sales or import of firearm [...] | 2009-09-29 08:22:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | BU ETTC GM KOMC NO |
09OSLO598 | NORWEGIAN REACTION TO IRAN ENRICHMENT FACILITY NEWS [...] (C) Poloff delivered points in reftel demarche to Mai Tonheim, Iran Desk Officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),on the afternoon of September 25 upon receipt of reftel. Tonheim said that the MFA would have to "digest" the information contained in the demarche, but said that the No [...] | 2009-09-29 13:14:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | IR KNNP MNUC PARM |
09OSLO600 | PROFILE OF THE LARGE AND ACTIVE NORWEGIAN DIASPORA [...] (U) Summary: The Norwegian diaspora in the United States is a large identifiable group with some 4.5 million people and maintains deep and firmly institutionalized connections to Norway. This cable responds to reftel request for information about this group. Several Norwegian-American organi [...] | 2009-09-30 11:26:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL BEXP BTIO EAID OEXC OIIP SCUL SMIG TSPL |
09OSLO601 | NORWAY PESSIMISTIC ON HRC GOLDSTONE RESOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: Charge d'affaires, a.i., met with Anne Merchant, Senior Advisor and coordinator ad interim for UN Human Rights Council (HRC) issues for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),on October 1 to discuss emailed points both on the Goldstone Report and Freedom of Expression resolutions [...] | 2009-10-01 14:34:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KPAL IS NO |
09OSLO604 | Slight Cabinet Reshuffle Expected after Budget [...] (U) Summary: As a result of Labor's strong showing in the September 14 Parliamentary (Storting) elections, the Labor Party will have more influence and the Socialist Left Party (SV) less influence in the newly re-elected three-party Red-Green Coalition government. Press speculation on the na [...] | 2009-10-02 14:38:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON SCUL NO |
09OSLO609 | IRAN NUCLEAR FACILITY DEMARCHE REDUX, THIS TIME [...] (C) Summary: Then-Charge d'affaires Daniels (now A/DCM upon the return of Post's charge later on October 2) followed up post's initial Iran nuclear facility demarche of September 25 with an additional demarche October 2 to the acting head of the Norwegian MFA's Disarmament and Non-Proliferation [...] | 2009-10-05 10:03:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | IR MNUC NO PARM PREL |
09OSLO612 | Oslo's Pandemic Influenza Action Committee (PIAC) and EAC [...] (SBU) Summary: Post convened a Pandemic Influenza Action Committee (PIAC) October 1 to review post's EAP and tripwires related to pandemic influenza. The PIAC developed recommendations for the EAC regarding appropriate preparedness measures specific to this post. Post's EAC, chaired by the Ch [...] | 2009-10-06 15:14:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AMED TBIO KFLU KFLO CASC NO |
09OSLO615 | NORWAY NON-COMMITTAL ON U.S. IMO CANDIDACY [...] (U) Dep PoleconCouns, Political Specialist, and Intern met with Deputy Director General Kirsten Hammelbo and Senior Advisor Anita Christoffersen of the Norwegian Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs on October 6 to deliver reftel demarche seeking Norwegian support for the U.S. Government' [...] | 2009-10-07 12:25:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK NO |
09OSLO623 | P5+1 DEBRIEF: "TOTAL CONVERGENCE" OF NORWEGIAN, [...] (C) Charge Heg met on October 7 with the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Middle East Section, Jorn Gjelstad, as well as with the Norwegian Special Representative to the Middle East, Jon Hanssen-Bauer. The discussion covered reftel demarche points on Iran, as well as the Israel- [...] | 2009-10-08 15:03:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IR NO |
09OSLO624 | NORWAY'S TUNE ON ISRAEL, THE PEACE PROCESS, AND [...] (C) Summary: On October 7, Charge Heg had a constructive discussion about overall U.S. Norway cooperation in the Middle East with senior Norwegian diplomats Jorn Gjelstad, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Middle East Section, and Special Envoy to the Middle East Jon Hanssen-Bauer. [...] | 2009-10-08 15:09:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PTER KPAL IS IQ NO |
09OSLO625 | PRESIDENT OBAMA AWARDED THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE [...] (U) Please see action request last para. Thorbjorn Jagland, Chairman of the Nobel Committee in Oslo, announced at 11 am Oslo time (5 am EST) on October 9 that the committee had decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize to President Barack Obama. The announcement had been strongly hinted to th [...] | 2009-10-09 13:08:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAO SCUL NO |
09OSLO634 | NORWAY: "EVEN WE MIGHT HAVE TO VOTE AGAINST NEW [...] (C) A/DCM (PolEconcouns) delivered Ref A demarche to head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Middle East Section, Jorn Gjelstad, on October 14 prior to the open UNSC meeting on the Middle East in New York. Generally, Gjelstad was very positive and emphasized the congruencies between U.S. and [...] | 2009-10-15 11:48:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL NO |
09OSLO635 | NORWAY'S 2010 DEFENSE BUDGET: HIGH NORTH AND [...] (S/NF) Summary: Deputy Defense Minister Espen Barth-Eide outlined October 13 his talking points for the NATO new Strategic Concept discussion in Luxembourg October 16. He emphasized that striking a balance between in-area and out-of-area operations is key to ensuring that NATO remains relevan [...] | 2009-10-15 15:26:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET//NOFORN | MCAP MOPS MARR NATO AF NO |
09OSLO637 | NORWAY DEPUTY FM ON HIGH NORTH DIALOGUE, [...] (C) Charge d'Affaires a.i. James Heg, Acting DCM Cherrie Daniels, and Norway/Sweden Desk Officer Thomas Selinger met on October 16 with MFA State Secretary (Deputy Foreign Minister-equivalent) Elisabeth Walaas to discuss U.S.-Norway cooperation on a range of foreign policy issues. Walaas' port [...] | 2009-10-19 12:00:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS AF NO |
09OSLO644 | NORWAY: AGREEMENT REACHED ON HSPD-6 TEXT [...] (SBU) In a meeting October 21, 2009 at the Norwegian Police Security Service Headquarters (PST) in Oslo, a team from the Terrorist Screening Center (TSC),the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism (S/CT),and the US Embassy reached an agreement with the PST on the text of a HSPD-6 ter [...] | 2009-10-22 12:42:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS CMGT PTER PBTS PREL NO |
09OSLO646 | NORWAY: FOOD SECURITY MOVED UP AGENDA DUE TO U.S. [...] (C) Summary: The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) responded positively to our initiative on food security, while being wary about potentially developing new institutions or trust funds to address the issue, and expressing curiosity about how we would address challenges of "country-l [...] | 2009-10-22 13:08:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EAID ETRD PREL NO |
09OSLO647 | NORWAY'S VIEWS ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Poloff discussed reftel priorities with Anne Merchant, the coordinator of Norway's UNGA Third Committee matters in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). While the meeting contained no surprises, Merchant shared her views on how to diminish bloc-voting in the Third Committee. In [...] | 2009-10-26 10:26:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PREF NO UN |
09OSLO65 | NORWAY REFUSES TO OPPOSE IRANIAN PRESIDENCY OF [...] (C) Poloff spoke re reftel with Lars Henie, Deputy Section Head of the UN section of the MFA. Henie had been "expecting" poloff's call on this, and had been "coordinating and clarifying" a response to our expected request for cooperation. Henie had the following to say: --The GON "does not [...] | 2009-01-08 15:19:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF IR UN EAID NO |
09OSLO652 | ANALYSIS OF FM STOERE'S PUBLIC COMMENTS DEFENDING [...] (SBU) This is an ACTION MESSAGE - please see para 7. In comments to the media published October 19, Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere explained and defended Norway's decision not to offer to take Guantanamo detainees at this time, a decision which came to public attention in Norway two days e [...] | 2009-10-28 16:22:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC NO PREL PTER |
09OSLO653 | ANALYSIS OF FM STOERE'S PUBLIC COMMENTS DEFENDING [...] (SBU) This is an ACTION MESSAGE - please see para 7. In comments to the media published October 19, Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere explained and defended Norway's decision not to offer to take Guantanamo detainees at this time, a decision which came to public attention in Norway two days e [...] | 2009-10-28 16:37:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC NO PREL PTER |
09OSLO654 | NORWAY WILL SUPPORT MYERS FOR UN ICSC BOARD [...] (C) Poloff met October 28 with Per Selvaag, acting head of the the UN section at Norway's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Selvaag had checked with Norway's UN delegation and they reported that Norway had promised to support one of the three other candidates, but supporting Ms. Myers candidacy for [...] | 2009-10-29 11:57:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA NO |
09OSLO658 | NORWAY WELCOMES SUDAN STRATEGY, GIVES PROGNOSIS [...] (C) Summary: Norway welcomes our Sudan strategy rollout, and, given Norway's already close cooperation with us within the U.S.-U.K.-Norway Troika, the MFA was not surprised at all by its content. Commenting on the situation in Sudan, GON officials said that although there seems to be forward [...] | 2009-10-30 13:27:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SU NO |
09OSLO679 | NORWAY GENERALLY RECEPTIVE TO U.S. REDLINES FOR [...] (C) Summary: Polcouns delivered reftel points to Jorn Gjelstad, head of the Middle East Section of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on November 3. Gjelstad commented favorably on our position opposing the various unacceptable elements currently under discussion for inclusion in [...] | 2009-11-03 16:17:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL NO |
09OSLO692 | NORWEGIANS RECEPTIVE ON BHUTAN REFUGEES AND CORE [...] (C) Poloff met on November 6 with Lasse Bjorn Johannessen, Senior Advisor in the Asia Section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),to deliver reftel points. Johannessen recently returned from a tour as the Deputy Chief of Mission for the Norwegian Embassy in New Delhi. Johannessen said th [...] | 2009-11-06 15:31:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | BT IN NP PGOV PREF PREL NO |
09OSLO700 | FM STOERE, NEW U.S. AMBASSADOR SHARE VIEWS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the Ambassador's initial courtesy call November 9, Foreign Minister Stoere welcomed Ambassador White to Norway and offered that the priorities the Ambassador outlined during his Senate confirmation hearings in September closely match the priorities of the Government of Norway. [...] | 2009-11-09 16:16:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AF NO PREL PTER |
09OSLO705 | NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY TO VOTE ON BOYCOTT OF ISRAELI [...] (SBU) The board of Norway's University of Science and Technology in Trondheim (NTNU) will vote November 12 to decide whether to establish an academic boycott of Israel. Norwegian Minister for Research and Higher Education Tora Aasland (Socialist Left Party, SV),in an interview with leading n [...] | 2009-11-10 13:57:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL SCUL IS NO |
09OSLO712 | S/NF: CORE EAC MEETING NOV 13 TO SHARE UPDATED [...] (U) DCM CHAIRED A CORE GROUP OF OSLO'S EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE NOVEMBER 13. AMBASSADOR WHITE PARTICIPATED. OTHERS INCLUDED: RAO and A/RAO; RSO; POL/ECON COUNSELOR; DATT; CONSUL; AND FBI TDYER IN RAO. 2. (S/NF) DCM CONVENED THE CORE GROUP TO DISCUSS UPDATED INFORMATION OBTAINED BY RAO ON [...] | 2009-11-13 17:22:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC NO OVIP PINR PREL PTER |
09OSLO713 | ARFAN BHATTI'S COURT RE-TRIAL DELAYED FROM [...] (SBU) Arfan Bhatti, who was convicted of grave vandalism in the shooting of the Oslo synagogue in 2006 and was also the accused ringleader of an alleged plot against the U.S. and Israeli embassies (Reftel and previous),was supposed to be re-tried on November 5 and 6 in the Court of Appeals in [...] | 2009-11-13 17:23:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KCRM PTER PREL NO |
09OSLO720 | NORWEGIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY ON NATO, RUSSIA, [...] (C) Summary: MoD Security Policy Director Svein Efjestad told EUR/NB Director, DCM, PolCouns, A/DATT and PolMil Officer November 12 that the recent NATO-Russia Council meeting held in Oslo on nuclear policy was a useful discussion, particularly as it addressed sub-strategic weapons, which re [...] | 2009-11-18 13:47:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR OVIP NO |
09OSLO722 | NORWAY STILL DECIDING HOW TO VOTE ON ISRAEL - [...] (C) Summary: As of the morning of November 19, the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) was still undecided as to how to vote on the three UNGA resolutions into which Goldstone report language has been inserted; the Middle East section was consulting with the MFA legal department to con [...] | 2009-11-19 10:30:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE NO |
09OSLO725 | NORWAY'S MFA ON POTUS VISIT, IRAN, HIGH NORTH [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings November 12, MFA Political Director Vegard Ellefsen and MFA Security Policy Director Rune Resaland and senior members of his staff outlined their views on topics of current interest, including their thoughts on deliverables during the upcoming POTUS visit, to [...] | 2009-11-20 15:49:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL NATO PARM NO |
09OSLO73 | NORWAY ? 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT [...] (U) Summary. Here is the submission for Norway's 2009 Investment Climate Report. Per reftel, it will be incorporated in the Country's Commercial Guide. End summary. Chapter 6: Investment Climate Openness to Foreign Investment Conversion and Transfer Policies Expropriation and Compensati [...] | 2009-01-14 13:18:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV OPIC KTDB USTR NO |
09OSLO732 | NORWEGIAN VIEWS ON IRAN NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary: In response to reftel demarche points, the senior Norwegian MFA official we spoke to said Norway is distressed at Iran's recent spurning of the P5 1 proposal. The Norwegian government recommends that new sanctions be fine tuned so as not to exhaust the political option all at once [...] | 2009-11-25 08:06:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | IAEA IR NO PREL |
09OSLO733 | NORWEGIANS REPORT ON AID TO PA, RESPOND TO [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche November 24, along with S's letter for Foreign Minister Stoere, to Signe Guro, Senior Advisor in the Middle East Section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The letter was received appreciatively, and Guro discussed Norway's efforts to secure additional fun [...] | 2009-11-25 08:12:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | OPDC PREL EAID PGOV WBG EU IS NO |
09OSLO734 | NORWAY: COMMITTED TO NATO EFFORT IN AFGHANISTAN, [...] (S) In response to points in reftel, Acting Norwegian Foreign Minister Gry Larsen told Ambassador White November 25 that Norway remains solidly committed to the NATO mission in Afghanistan. (Larsen is the senior ranking MFA official in country, since FM Stoere is traveling in South Africa and [...] | 2009-11-25 15:04:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET | NATO PREL MOPS MARR |
09OSLO735 | OSLO EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING AND [...] (U) Summary: The DCM chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC)on November 25. Reported in the EAC were the results of a meeting of post,s Pandemic Influenza Action Committee (PIAC) which also occurred on November 25. Ambassador White participated in the EAC. Others included: [...] | 2009-11-27 13:18:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC NO OVIP PINR PREL PTER AMED TBIO KFLU |
09OSLO739 | SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO OSLO [...] (S) Mr. President, your visit to Oslo to accept the Nobel Peace Prize is of great significance to the Norwegians. Norway is a geographically mid-sized country with a population on par with Colorado, and, according to the IMF, a 2009 GDP per capita just below 100,000 USD - surpassed in the wo [...] | 2009-11-30 15:25:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET | OVIP PGOV PREL ECON ETRD SENV MOPS NO |
09OSLO748 | Ambassador's Stavanger Discussions with GON and Oil [...] (SBU) In meetings during the Ambassador's first visit to Norway's "oil city" of Stavanger, U.S. companies told the Ambassador they were keenly interested in access to more offshore production acreage, particularly in the environmentally/ politically sensitive area of Lofoten-Vesteralen. The Di [...] | 2009-12-04 06:43:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EINV SENV PREL NO VE RS |
09OSLO750 | Ambassador Discusses Energy Secretary Visit, Offshore Oil [...] (U) In an introductory call with Petroleum and Energy Minister Terje Riis-Johansen on November 25, the Ambassador discussed Energy Secretary Chu's planned upcoming visit and development of the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). Poleconoff, FCS Chief, and Economic Specialist accompanied the Amb [...] | 2009-12-04 08:07:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET OVIP PREL NO |
09OSLO753 | Statoil's Investment in Iranian Oil and Gas [...] (SBU) In a December 3 meeting with Oslo-based Statoil executives Gunnar Myrvang and Gunnar Heiberg, Poleconoff delivered ref A points, stressing USG concerns on investment in Iran's energy industry and requesting information on specific Statoil activities in Iran described ref B. This cable i [...] | 2009-12-04 15:34:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ETTC ECON PREL IR NO |
09OSLO764 | NORWAY'S MOD ON AFGHANISTAN DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Summary: During a December 3 Bilateral Study Group meeting, Ministry of Defense Director of Security Policy Svein Efjestad focused on civilian coordination in Afghanistan, in particular UNAMA's key role, and said Norway's Minister of Defense would have to manage public expectations follo [...] | 2009-12-09 10:26:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR AF NO |
09OSLO767 | Norway Uncompromising on Whale Catch Limit [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to Ambassador's demarche on Norway's increase in whale catch limits, FM Store on December 10 vigorously defended GON policy as based on scientific principles for the management of marine resources. While noting that Norway had not participated in the International W [...] | 2009-12-11 06:46:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL IWC EFIS NO |
09OSLO769 | NORWEGIANS POSITIVE TO 1540 VOLUNTARY FUND [...] (C) Poloff spoke with Erling Skjonsberg, Senior Advisor in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Nonproliferation and Disarmament Section about our proposal for a UN Security Council Resolution 1540 voluntary fund. Skjonsberg said that although the GON did not yet have an official position on [...] | 2009-12-11 14:20:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC EUN NO |
09OSLO77 | TERRORISM FINANCE: NORWAY'S RESPONSE TO UPCOMING [...] (C) Embassy Oslo delivered points in reftels to Norway's Foreign Ministry. The Foreign Ministry will ensure that the names in both reftels will be forwarded to their financial enforcement agency, immigration and welfare authorities and to the Finance Ministry. WHITNEY [...] | 2009-01-16 09:34:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN PTER PINR PREL NO |
09OSLO773 | NORWAY ON MULLAH KREKAR EXTRADITION: IRAQ ON HOLD, [...] (C) Summary: In discussions on December 7, our interlocutor at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) legal section stated that Norway is not/not actively pursuing obtaining a guarantee of humane treatment for Ansar al-Islam figure Mullah Krekar (aka Najmuddin Faraj Ahmad) from the Government o [...] | 2009-12-15 09:37:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM IQ NO |
09OSLO776 | NORWAY FULLY SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON DJIBOUTI [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-16 14:37:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SO NO |
09OSLO777 | GOVERNMENT AND MEDIA REACTIONS TO PRESIDENT'S NOBEL VISIT [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. ---------------- GENERAL REACTION ---------------- 2. (U) The response to President Obama's visit, and to his Nobel Prize acceptance speech in particular, has on the whole been overwhelmingly enthusiastic, even pa [...] | 2009-12-17 07:01:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL SCUL KPAO NO |
09OSLO778 | PROGRESS PARTY LEADER SIV JENSEN DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) Summary: Siv Jensen, leader of the right-wing Progress Party (the largest opposition party in Norway) told the Ambassador December 15 that the most important aspect of President Obama's Nobel speech was his success in communicating to the younger generation, which does not recall World Wa [...] | 2009-12-17 12:17:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OEXC PGOV IR NO IQ AF |
09OSLO782 | NORWAY WANTS TO WORK WITH U.S. ON DEFEATING [...] (C) In response to Ref A, which was primarily directed to posts in countries which support the "Defamation of Religion" resolutions problematic to the USG, poloff contacted Colleen Neville in IO/HR to determine next steps specific to the Government of Norway. Neville informed poloff (Ref B) t [...] | 2009-12-21 14:14:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV OPDC |
09OSLO783 | NORWAY: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Consistent with instructions in ref A, the following is Embassy Oslo's submission for the narrative of the 2009 Country Report on Terrorism for Norway: Begin text. Norwegian authorities considered the threat of terrorist attacks in Norway low and the widespread belief among the genera [...] | 2009-12-21 14:25:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS PINS PREL AEMR NO |
09OSLO784 | NORWAY ON AFGHAN PRT MOU: SMALLCHANGES, DECISION [...] (SBU) Norway's MFA Legal Department Advisor Anita Bjorseth told PolOff December 22 that her department sent "small" suggested edits to the draft Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Life, Security and Mobility Support to the MFA's Af/Pak section on December 18. She said most of comments she [...] | 2009-12-22 14:40:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID AF NO |
09OSLO787 | NORWAY CONSERVATIVE PARTY LEADER ERNA SOLBERG DISCUSSES NOBEL, ARCTIC, AFGHANISTAN WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Erna Solberg, leader of the Conservative ("Hoyre") Party (the second largest opposition party in Norway after the right-wing Progress Party) told Ambassador White on December 15 that many Norwegians were favorably impressed by President Obama's direct message in his Nobel speech [...] | 2009-12-23 12:29:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NO OXEC PGOV PREL |
09OSLO788 | OSLO REGIONAL GOVERNOR OFFERS SUPPORT FOR NEW AMERICAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador made his initial courtesy call on the Governor of Oslo and suburban Akershus County, Hans Roesjorde. The governor said his most difficult issue was dealing with environmental questions that "strangle" the free use of land, interfere with private enterprise, and infr [...] | 2009-12-28 09:19:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ABLD AFIN AMGT NO |
09OSLO791 | Statoil Chief Discusses Global Investments with [...] (SBU) Summary: Statoil Chief Executive Officer Helge Lund provided the Ambassador with an overview of the company's investments in the United States, Russia, Iraq, Iran and Norway in a meeting on December 18. He stressed Statoil's transparency with the USG with respect to past investments in [...] | 2009-12-28 12:01:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ETTC PREL IR NO RU |
09OSLO794 | NORWAY RESPONDS TO AMCIT DEMARCHE; ASSESSES IRAN [...] (C) On December 29, Deputy Chief of Mission James T. Heg, accompanied by Poleconoff, met with Aud-Marit Wiig, Director General of Geographic Bureaus and International Development, as well as Torunn Viste, Assistant Director General in charge of Mid-East Affairs, both at the Norwegian Ministry o [...] | 2009-12-30 12:25:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC IR PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER NO |
09OSLO8 | NORWAY PROMISES BUDGET SUPPORT FOR PA WITHIN THE [...] (C) Ingrid Schoyen, Assistant Director General of the Mid-East Section of the MFA told poloff, in response to reftel demarche, that Norway would, within this week, release the 228 million kroner (approx $33 million) Norway pledged to the Palestinian Authority at the Paris donors' conference. S [...] | 2009-01-06 14:46:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG EFIN PGOV PTER PHUM NO |
09OSLO83 | NORWAY HESITATING TO COMMIT TO GAZA INTERDICTION [...] (C) The GON is struggling to make up its mind regarding the request to participate in the Gaza Interdiction Effort. The MFA is aware of the January 23 deadline in responding and promised to send their embassy in Washington their final decision today, but the hesitation and uncertainty is tell [...] | 2009-01-26 06:25:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EG KPAL MARR MOPS PREL XG NO |
09OSLO85 | MEDIA REACTION: THE PRESIDENT'S INTERVIEW WITH AL-ARABIYA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-30 07:14:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO NO |
09OSLO9 | NORWAY REACTS TO GEORGIA AND GAZA [...] (C) Summary. Shari... C O N F I D E N T I A L OSLO 000009 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/07/2019 TAGS: PREL GG [...] | 2009-01-07 13:43:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GG |
09OSLO90 | MINORITY ANGER IN NORWAY RISES [...] (SBU) Summary: A series of anti-Israel demonstrations on January 8 and January 10 erupted into violence in central Oslo as some demonstrators, primarily young Muslim-background youth, clashed with police. The damages, police action and extent of the violence were the worst in Norway since the [...] | 2009-02-03 06:02:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KIRF PTER ASEC KPAO KCRM KISL NO |
10OSLO100 | NORWAY 2010 TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Oslo's points of contact for TIP issues are Scott Sommers, Political Officer ( 47) 21 30 88 69, fax ( 47) 22 55 43 13 and Tord Bergesen, Political Specialist, LES ( 47) 21 30 85 02. Poloff spent approximately 35 hours researching and preparing this report. End Summary. [...] | 2010-02-22 13:06:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG KMCA NI |
10OSLO106 | Statoil on Opening New Offshore Acreage, Stokman [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-25 13:31:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET SENV NO RS EFIS |
10OSLO108 | EMBASSY OSLO'S TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY OFFICER [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-25 14:08:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON NO |
10OSLO2 | (S/NF) OSLO EAC REVIEWS TERRORISM ISSUES INCLUDING [...] (S/NF) Following consultations with Ambassador White, Charge Heg convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on January 5 to discuss measures in place at Embassy Oslo to avoid an incident like the attempted Christmas day bombing. The recent attack in Denmark, and developments regardi [...] | 2010-01-05 15:12:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC NO OVIP PINR PREL PTER |
10OSLO23 | NORWAY'S RESPONSE ON AFGHAN LEAD PROVINCIAL [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel points during his January 14 Courtesy Call to Defense Minister Grete Faremo (full conversation to be reported septel). Faremo responded by saying that Norway is committed to the NATO/ISAF mission in Afghanistan, and added that Norway needs to understand U.S. s [...] | 2010-01-15 15:54:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | AF MARR MOPS NATO PREL NO |
10OSLO26 | NORWEGIAN AID FOR HAITI LIKELY TO DOUBLE TO $35 [...] (U) This is an action request for WHA/CAR. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Norway on January 16 increased its promise of aid to Haiti to $17.5 million. The GON has already provided $7 million for relief efforts. An additional $17.5 million (bringing the total to $35 million) is l [...] | 2010-01-20 09:50:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA NO |
10OSLO30 | NORWAY'S POST COP-15 STEPS AND COPENHAGEN ACCORD [...] (SBU) Summary: Norwegian acting chief climate negotiator Audun Rosland told DCM and PolEconOff January 15 that Norway had hoped for a more ambitious deal, but views the Copenhagen Accord as an important step in the right direction. He said that the Annex I countries (industrialized nations) [...] | 2010-01-21 11:32:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG NO KGHG |
10OSLO31 | NORWAY APPROVES OF US ACTION PLAN ON DEFEATING [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-21 12:38:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV OPDC NO |
10OSLO32 | PROGRESS TOWARD A NEW AMERICAN EMBASSY IN OSLO [...] (U) Summary: Meetings with the city planning agency, local architects, and the public have put Oslo on a clear path toward receiving its first building permit. The redesigned chancery has won plaudits from city planners; their verbal approval and generally favorable comments from Oslo's Arch [...] | 2010-01-21 16:05:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ABLD AMGT NO |
10OSLO33 | HIGH INTEREST IN NORWEGIAN CONTINETAL SHELF LICENSE AWARDS [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. companies participated in a high-interest nomination round for Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) licenses. The GON also awarded licenses in a separate predefined/mature areas licensing round. The high interest sends positive signals about the competitive situation on the she [...] | 2010-01-22 14:31:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EINV SENV ECON NO |
10OSLO34 | NORWAY SMOKES OUT TOBACCO PRODUCERS FROM PENSION FUND [...] (SBU) Summary. Seventeen tobacco producers, including seven U.S. companies, have been excluded from the Norwegian Government Pension Fund's (GPF) portfolio, on ethical grounds. End Summary. 2. (U) On January 19, The Ministry of Finance announced that 17 tobacco producers had been excluded [...] | 2010-01-22 14:33:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ENRG EPET ECON NO |
10OSLO35 | NORWAY'S ATTENDANCE AT PRT CONFERENCE IN PRAGUE [...] (U) Norway's Senior Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Ambassador Janis Bjorn Kanavin told PolOff January 21 that Norway would send MFA Senior Advisor Helene Sand Andresen to the PRT Conference in Prague starting January 25. Andresen told PolOff that Kirsten Gislesen and Colonel Roar [...] | 2010-01-22 15:01:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO AF NO |
10OSLO37 | GON VIEWS: LONDON CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: On January 25 MFA Af/Pak Director Ambassador Janis Bjorn Kanavin told PolOff and MoD Deputy Director of Security Policy General Bjorn Solberg told DCM, A/DATT and PolOff that the GoN was supportive overall of the US objectives for the London Conference. Kanavin did note that th [...] | 2010-01-25 15:42:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN AF NO |
10OSLO38 | NORWAY CONFIRMS DOUBLING OF AID TO $35 MILLION [...] As foreshadowed in reftel, the Government of Norway announced on Sunday, January 24 that it will be doubling its aid to Haiti from 100 million kroner ($17.5 million) to 200 million kroner ($35 million). The press release from the office of Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg (translated by post; [...] | 2010-01-25 15:42:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA NO |
10OSLO39 | NORWAY CONFIRMS DOUBLING OF AID TO $35 MILLION [...] As foreshadowed in reftel, the Government of Norway announced on Sunday, January 24 that it will be doubling its aid to Haiti from 100 million kroner ($17.5 million) to 200 million kroner ($35 million). The press release from the office of Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg (translated by post; [...] | 2010-01-25 15:42:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA NO |
10OSLO4 | IRANIAN DIPLOMAT CRITICIZES IRANIAN AUTHORITIES, [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-07 13:29:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC IR PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER NO |
10OSLO40 | NORWAY'S ATTENDANCE AT PRT CONFERENCE IN PRAGUE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-25 15:42:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO AF NO |
10OSLO41 | NORWAY'S ATTENDANCE AT PRT CONFERENCE IN PRAGUE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-25 15:42:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO AF NO |
10OSLO42 | NORWAY'S PARTICIPATION IN THE PRT CONFERENCE IN [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-25 15:42:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO AF NO |
10OSLO43 | NORWAY'S ATTENDANCE AT PRT CONFERENCE IN PRAGUE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-25 15:42:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO AF NO |
10OSLO44 | NORWAY'S PARTICIPATION IN THE PRT CONFERENCE IN [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-25 15:42:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO AF NO |
10OSLO45 | EUR/RPM DIRECTOR DISCUSSES NATO, ARCTIC, AND [...] (C) Summary: On the margins of the January 14 NATO Strategic Concept Seminar EUR/RPM Director Bruce Turner, DCM, and PolOff conducted bilateral meetings January 13 to discuss Afghanistan, NATO, Russia, and the Arctic High North. On Afghanistan, MFA and MoD officials described increasing Nor [...] | 2010-01-26 11:49:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET | PREL NATO MOPS PARM KNNP KCFE PGOV SENV AF NO |
10OSLO47 | GON HAS "WAIT AND SEE" APPROACH ON ATTEMPTS TO BAR [...] (C) MFA Iraq Desk Officer Anita Krokan told PolOff January 26 that their embassy in Amman has recommended a "wait and see" strategy in approaching the GoI in regards to barring of candidates from participating in the upcoming Iraqi parliamentary elections, Krokan said non-Sunni groups have a [...] | 2010-01-26 14:22:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ NO |
10OSLO5 | IRANIAN DIPLOMAT CRITICIZES IRANIAN AUTHORITIES, [...] (C) Summary: Norwegian news outlets began reporting January 5 that Iranian diplomat Mohammed Reza Heydari had resigned his position at the Iranian embassy in Oslo to protest the December crack-down on demonstrators in Iran, and had sought asylum in Norway. Norwegian Police Security Service ( [...] | 2010-01-07 14:18:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER NO |
10OSLO53 | POST RESPONSE: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) MFA Advisor Christoffer Aas Pedersen confirmed to PolOff January 28 that the MFA would not object if the USG informed U.S. applicants that Reidar Ostby's name must be removed from export licenses that list him as a foreign intermediate consignee. 2. (C) MFA Deputy Director for Non-Pr [...] | 2010-01-28 11:33:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | BU ETTC KOMC NO |
10OSLO55 | POST RESPONSE: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) MFA Advisor Christoffer Aas Pedersen confirmed to PolOff January 28 that the MFA would not object if the USG informed U.S. applicants that Reidar Ostby's name must be removed from export licenses that list him as a foreign intermediate consignee. 2. (C) MFA Deputy Director for Non-Pr [...] | 2010-01-28 11:51:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | BU ETTC KOMC NO |
10OSLO59 | Shots Fired at Mullah Krekar's Residence, No Suspects in [...] (U) According to witnesses, two men allegedly attempted to break into Ansar al-Islam founder Mullah Krekar's (aka Najmuddin Faraj Ahmad) residence in Oslo early morning on January 22. Five shots were subsequently fired into the residence, lightly injuring Krekar's son-in-law in the arm. Kreka [...] | 2010-02-01 11:07:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM IZ NO |
10OSLO61 | NORWAY OPEN TO INCREASED PRESSURE ON IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Political Director of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vegard Ellefsen, responded receptively to all of reftel talking points, delivered by U.S. Ambassador to Norway Barry White. Ellefsen said that Norway would gladly support and easily adopt stricter measures at the [...] | 2010-02-03 12:42:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL IR UNSC NO |
10OSLO62 | Ambassador's Visit to Tromso and Participation in the Arctic [...] (U) Summary: In his first visit to Tromso, the Ambassador gave a well-received presentation on U.S. Arctic policy, and met with the head of the Arctic Council Secretariat, local government officials, Tromso University representatives, a satellite services company, the leader of a global reinde [...] | 2010-01-31 13:52:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV SOCI NO RS CH |
10OSLO63 | FM Stoere Goes to Moscow [...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy Director for Northern and Russian Affairs Anne Kjesti Carlsen told PolOff February 5 that FM's Stoere's February 2 trip to Moscow should be viewed as preparatory work for President Medvedev's planned April visit to Norway. She said discussions focused largely on effor [...] | 2010-02-05 16:30:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PARM PREL SENV ECON EFIS ENRG RS NO |
10OSLO64 | NORWAY ASSOCIATES WITH COPENHAGEN ACCORD, ANNOUNCES 30 - 40% [...] (SBU) Summary: The GoN announced its support for the Copenhagen Accord and presented a 30-40 percent emissions reduction target by 2020, based on 1990 levels. Minister for Environment and Development Erik Solheim will travel to Washington D.C. February 11. End Summary 2. (U) On January [...] | 2010-02-01 16:41:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KTIA ENRG NO |
10OSLO65 | NORWAY AGREES WITH SHARK PROTECTION, WORRIES ABOUT FINANCING [...] (SBU) Norwegian Directorate for Nature Management Senior Advisor Oystein Storkensen told PolOff February 4 that Norway agrees in principle with U.S. efforts to control and protect shark resources per reftel. However, Storkensen noted that the new Memorandum of Understanding should include a c [...] | 2010-02-06 07:58:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EFIS PHSA NO |
10OSLO66 | OSLO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US-SPONSORED TRAINING [...] Pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and the Foreign Assistance Act, Post conducted human rights vetting on the following member of the Norwegian Armed Forces, who has been selected to participate in the 5th Annual Sovereign Challenge Conference, March 8-11, 2010, in Key West, Florida. 2. A. Nam [...] | 2010-02-02 09:14:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM NO |
10OSLO67 | SHOCKING ATROCITIES INSIDE A BASIJ ENCAMPMENT: NORWEGIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: A kidnapped Norwegian student witnessed shocking atrocities and mass killings occurring inside a Basij camp (see paragraphs 3 and 4),according to Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials speaking confidentially. The GON has, separately, called the Iranian Charge d' [...] | 2010-02-09 16:04:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL IR NO |
10OSLO68 | THE ENGERGY PORTFOLIO AT EMBASSY OSLO [...] In response to reftel, the personnel covering the energy portfolio at Embassy Oslo are as follows: 2. A. Aldo Sirotic, Deputy Counselor for Political and Economic Affairs (Phone: [+47] 2130-8738; Fax: [+47] 2244-8377; E-mail: SiroticAJ@state.gov),covers the full range of energy issues with [...] | 2010-02-04 09:56:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG NO |
10OSLO69 | NORWEGIAN FM VISITS THE MIDDLE EAST: OSLO READOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Norwegian Foreign Minister Stoere's meeting on the Middle East in Brussels (January 12) and then in the region (January 16-20) have led him to believe that Palestinian President Abbas is not in a position to move forward in the way that European and U.S. leaders want him to, due to [...] | 2010-02-10 11:44:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS NO |
10OSLO70 | Norway's view on U.S. CITES Proposal [...] (U) Ministry of Environment and Development Senior Advisor Mette Svenningsen told PolOff February 3 that Norway would not be prepared to comment on reftel until the end of February. She said the GoN would host a discussion February 15 with Norwegian NGO's to encourage their input for the u [...] | 2010-02-04 16:09:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA AORC UNEP NO |
10OSLO71 | Ambassador's Introductory Meeting with Justice and Police [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 12, the Ambassador met with GON Minister of Justice and the Police Knut Storberget. Storberget discussed his Ministry's key issues, Qcluding Norway's acceptance of Cuban migrants via the United Nations Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),domestic violence, immi [...] | 2010-02-18 12:45:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER AF CU NO KCRM KIPR KJUS PREL PREF KTIP |
10OSLO72 | OSLO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US-SPONSORED TRAINING [...] Pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and the Foreign Assistance Act, Post conducted human rights vetting on the following member of the Norwegian Armed Forces, who has been selected to participate in the 5th Annual Sovereign Challenge Conference, March 8-11, 2010, in Key West, Florida. 2. A. [...] | 2010-02-05 16:11:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM NO |
10OSLO73 | NORWEGIANS DEEPLY PESSIMISTIC ON FMCT PROSPECTS IN CD [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Norwegian Ambassador for Disarmament Affairs, Knut Langeland, sees little hope for the Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty (FMCT) in the Conference on Disarmament (CD),and painted a picture of the Program of Work (POW) and subsequent negotiations as totally stymied by cynical diplo [...] | 2010-02-19 16:19:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MNUC KNNP PREL NO |
10OSLO75 | No New Norwegian Contribution to ANSF Trainers [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-22 16:01:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL NATO NO |
10OSLO77 | NORWAY CONSIDERS SUPPORTING GOLDSTONE UNGA RESOLUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GON seems to want to support the new Goldstone resolution being considered at the UN General Assembly (UNGA),but cannot until problematic language on a conference of the High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Convention is removed. No final decision has yet been taken. Our G [...] | 2010-02-23 12:34:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNGA NO |
10OSLO79 | THE NORWEGIANS MUSE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM AND THE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-24 13:53:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC KNNP PARM IR NO |
10OSLO80 | NORWAY: DISTRACTED DRIVING DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] On February 8 PolOff provided Ministry of Transport (MoT) Deputy Director for Traffic Security and Emergency John Arild Jenssen reftel points and Pol LES confirmed with MoT Advisor Marcel Henri Godonou that the information collected by post on Norwegian cell phone use laws was correct and up-t [...] | 2010-02-10 12:37:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI UNDP UNGA NO |
10OSLO81 | NORWAY SEEKS CLOSE COOPERATION WITH U.S. ON HRC MARCH [...] (C) On February 25, Poloff met with Vebjorn Heines, Coordinator of Human Rights Council (HRC) issues at the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Heines said Norway sees eye-to-eye with the United States on virtually every one of our priorities, with the exception of Goldstone. Norway [...] | 2010-02-26 12:45:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UN NO |
10OSLO82 | Child Abduction Case Strains Norwegian - Moroccan Relations [...] Summary: Scrutiny of the Norwegian MFA and MoD involvement in a high profile Norwegian - Moroccan child custody case has increased dramatically following the revelation by Norwegian centrist newspaper Verdens Gang (VG) January 30 that off-duty Norwegian Special Forces had assisted the mother [...] | 2010-02-10 12:51:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KOCI MO NO |
10OSLO83 | IRGC DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO NORWAY [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-26 15:29:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC KNNP IR GM PREL PARM EFIN NO |
10OSLO85 | DepMin of Defense: NATO'S Deterrence Capabilities Still Key [...] (C) Meeting with DCM, PolOff and A/DAO before the February 26 release of the joint letter from five Foreign Ministers to NATO SYG Rasmussen calling for a discussion on NATO's nuclear policy at the upcoming Tallinn meeting, Deputy Minister of Defense Espen Barth Eide strongly criticized news re [...] | 2010-02-26 16:25:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO KNNP PREL NO |
10OSLO86 | Ambassador Discusses Pharmaceuticals, Afghanistan and Other [...] (U) In his introductory call with Norwegian Minister of Health and Care Services Anne-Greth Strom-Erichson on February 10, the Ambassador 2010 discussed intellectual property problems facing research-based pharmaceuticals companies, Afghanistan, the H1N1 pandemic, and other issues. 2. [...] | 2010-02-11 15:46:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KIPR ETRD AF PREL NO |
10OSLO90 | NORWEGIAN MILITARY CONTRIBUTES FIELD KITCHENS TO NGO IN [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, post contacted the Norwegian Ministry of Defense (MOD) to determine the nature and scope of Norway's military response to the Haiti crisis. The MOD said that for budget and logistical reasons, Norway would not contribute troops to peacekeeping operations on Haiti, [...] | 2010-02-16 16:03:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL HA NO SOCI MCAP MARR KPKO |
10OSLO92 | OSLO MUSLIMS PROTEST DAGBLADET'S PUBLISHING OF A PROPHET [...] (U) Summary: Norwegian left-leaning daily Dagbladet's published a front-page photo February 3 of suspected terrorist Arfan Bhatti pointing out that a Prophet Mohammad caricature was available through a link on the Police Security Services' (PST) Facebook page. The fact that the caricature co [...] | 2010-02-18 15:34:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PHUM NO |
10OSLO96 | Norwegian Company Claims Minimal Business in Iran, Reflects [...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 10 meeting, representatives of Norwegian engineering and construction services company Aker Solutions told Emboffs that it has only marginal business with Iran's oil and gas sector. We also discussed GON industrial policy and Aker's recent failure to win a contrac [...] | 2010-02-19 14:54:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET NO ETTC IR |
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