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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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09ASTANA2006 | KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR ROBERT S. [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Astana warmly welcomes your November 17-18 visit to Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan has proven to be an increasingly reliable security partner and a steady influence in a potentially turbulent region. Although Ka [...] | 2009-11-13 05:56:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA2007 | MINISTER OF ENERGY ON BN-350, SEMIPALATINSK AND ALATAU [...] (S) SUMMARY: On November 12, the Ambassador discussed non-proliferation issues, specifically the transfer of BN-350 spent-fuel and the Semipalatinsk and Alatau projects, with Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Sauat Mynbayev. The Minister welcomed further cooperation on BN-350 security [...] | 2009-11-13 06:29:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR ECON EPET MARR KNNP IT TU KZ |
09ASTANA2008 | KAZAKHSTAN: OSCE SYG HEARS SUMMIT IS NAZARBAYEV'S TOP [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See para seven. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: According to the deputy head of the Astana OSCE Center, Kazakhstan's desire to organize a summit of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) during its 2010 chairmanship was the main topic of discuss [...] | 2009-11-13 07:49:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL OSCE KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA2026 | KAZAKHSTAN: ENERGY, EDUCATION, AND EXPECTATIONS IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mud, oil, gas, and ambition blend to form the strange clay that molds the Western Kazakhstani city of Atyrau. In a three-day visit from November 5-7, DCM, Energy Officer, and local staff met with the Deputy Gover [...] | 2009-11-13 08:41:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET EAID SOCI KDEM KWMN KZ |
09ASTANA2027 | KAZAKHSTAN: INVESTING IN ATYRAU [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During two trips to Atyrau November 5-10, Energy Officer met with U.S. and international companies doing business in the region to discuss their opinion of Atyrau's investment climate. They said the region is led [...] | 2009-11-16 01:44:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET KZ |
09ASTANA2050 | KAZAKHSTAN: PREPARATIONS FOR DFM UMAROV'S VISIT -- [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 12. 2. (S) SUMMARY: At the request of Kazakhstan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),PolOff met on November 13 with the Director of the Multilateral Cooperation Department, Barlybai Sadykov, whose Department is responsible for all non- [...] | 2009-11-17 11:10:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PARM PGOV PINR PREL KNNP START IR RS UP UZ KZ |
09ASTANA2051 | KAZAKHSTAN STILL MULLING UN IRAN RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) On November 17, PolOff met with Assel Utegenova, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Cultural and Humanitarian Cooperation Division, to deliver reftel points on country-specific resolutions at the United Nations. Utegenova conveyed that Kazakhstan is still considering its position [...] | 2009-11-18 07:27:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNGA PREL IR KZ |
09ASTANA2053 | KAZAKHSTAN: SUBSTANCE BEFORE SUMMIT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a November 16 dinner, representatives from the Embassies of Italy, Spain, the UK, and the Netherlands reasserted that their governments' insistence on substance before they commit to a 2010 OSCE Summit. Se [...] | 2009-11-19 01:54:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA2061 | KAZAKHSTAN: MFA DIPNOTE ON NOAA CONTRACT EMPLOYEE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 3. (SBU) Embassy Astana has received the following diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs concerning the status of Mamilov, alledged to be a contract emplo [...] | 2009-11-19 09:10:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SENV KZ |
09ASTANA2064 | KAZAKHSTAN: [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 18, deputy head of the Astana OSCE Center further briefed the CDA on the November 12 visit to Astana of the Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Marc Perrin de Brichambaut. President Nazarbayev is prepared to personally [...] | 2009-11-19 10:03:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA2065 | KAZAKHSTAN: NAZARBAYEV TO PERSONALLY LOBBY FOR SUMMIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 18, deputy head of the Astana OSCE Center further briefed the CDA on the November 12 visit to Astana of the Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Marc Perrin de Brichambaut. President Nazarbayev is prepared to personally [...] | 2009-11-19 10:21:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA2066 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEPUTY SECRETARY OF NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (S) SUMMARY: On November 12, Deputy Director of the Marshall Center, Dr. James MacDougall, met with Kazakhstan's Deputy Secretary of the National Security Council (NSC),Marat Shaikhutdinov, to discuss continued support for participation in Marshall Center programs. Shaikhutdinov -- and form [...] | 2009-11-19 10:29:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR MARR CH RS UZ KZ |
09ASTANA2067 | KAZAKHSTAN TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY FOR IMO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On November 20, Rimma Zhunussova of the MFA's UN office told PolOff that Kazakhstan will support the U.S. candidacy for re-election to Category A membership in the International Maritime Organization Council (ref A and B). S [...] | 2009-11-20 07:54:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC EWWT PHSA IMO KZ |
09ASTANA2069 | KAZAKHSTAN: METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY WANTS [...] Regional Environmental Officer (REO) met with First Deputy Director General of the Ministry of Environment's Department for Hydro-Meteorological Service (KazHydroMet),Kuanysh Bektemirov, on November 20 to discuss future cooperation between KazKydroMet and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric [...] | 2009-11-20 11:15:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SENV KZ |
09ASTANA2070 | KAZAKHSTANI RAILWAY OFFICIALS COMMIT TO BN-350 DRY-RUN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 19, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) representative met with officials from Kazakhstan's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) and Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZh) -- the national railway company a [...] | 2009-11-20 11:24:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KNNP MNUC RS KZ |
09ASTANA2071 | U.S.-KAZAKHSTANI MILITARY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS SUPPORT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: U.S.-Kazakhstani Bilateral Defense Consultations, held in Washington and Arizona November 16-18, discussed how to sustain and strengthen cooperative U.S.-Kazakhstani military-to-military engagement. Key topics during Kazakhstan's Deputy Minister of Defense Sembinov's meetings [...] | 2009-11-23 00:40:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV PREL MARR KZ |
09ASTANA2072 | KAZAKHSTAN: OIL PRODUCTION PLANS AT THE SUPERGIANT FIELDS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The DCM and Energy Officer visited Atyrau, toured the Tengiz oil field, and met with senior government officials and energy executives in November. Previous reports about the visit (ref A and B) have discussed th [...] | 2009-11-23 05:53:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET KZ |
09ASTANA2073 | KAZAKHSTAN AGREES TO PROVIDE ASSURANCES REQUIRED FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On November 17, Post received Diplomatic Note 10-2/4116 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan. It assures the U.S. government that the technology proposed for transfer by Westinghouse Electric Com [...] | 2009-11-23 06:54:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PGOV PREL ENRG KNNP TRGY KZ |
09ASTANA2083 | KAZAKHSTAN: FBI-PROSECUTOR GENERAL MEMORANDUM OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 17, U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Robert S. Mueller III and Kazakhstani Prosecutor General Kairat Mami signed a Memorandum of Understanding on law enforcement cooperation in Astana, whi [...] | 2009-11-24 00:45:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA209 | KAZAKHSTAN'S URANIUM MARKET: KEY PLAYERS, PLANS, AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 15-16, Energy Officer met with top managers of Kazakhstan's state nuclear company Kazatomprom (KAP) and its foreign partners in Almaty, Kazakhstan's commercial hub. They discussed the role of internati [...] | 2009-02-04 10:22:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EMIN ENRG EINV ELAB KNNP KZ |
09ASTANA2090 | ALL IN A DAY'S WORK: KAZAKHSTANI FOREIGN MINISTER IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 22, State Secretary-Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev traveled to Kabul to discuss bilateral cooperation with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and unveil Kazakhstan's 2009-2011 assistance package. Saudab [...] | 2009-11-24 09:27:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EAID OSCE AF KZ |
09ASTANA2093 | KAZAKHSTAN: STAFFDEL WOOLFORK EXPENDITURES [...] (SBU) STAFFDEL WOOLFORK EXPENDITURES FOR VISIT TO KAZAKHSTAN, NOVEMBER 8-12, 2009 (APPROPRIATION 00X488.1-2089-010047, SUB-OBJECTS 2166/2167/2168 AS APPROPRIATE) PER DIEM (2167) DOLS 2,575 -- WOOLFORK, BRENT DOLS 1,237 -- WILLIAMS, LISA DOLS 1,338 AIR TRANSPORTATION (2166) DOLS 400 [...] | 2009-11-25 03:05:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AFIN OREP KZ |
09ASTANA2094 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT'S EID AL-ADHA MESSAGE DELIVERED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On November 25, we passed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs President Obama's Eid Al-Adha message to President Nazarbayev under cover of a Diplomatic Note. SPRATLEN [...] | 2009-11-25 09:14:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPDC PREL KZ |
09ASTANA2095 | KAZAKHSTANI UIGHUR GROUPS REFUSE TO SING AND DANCE IN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Following unrest in July and August in China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR),Kazakhstan's ethnic Uighurs -- one of the largest and fastest growing ethnic groups in Kazakhstan and an important political force -- criticized the Chinese government and staged a large prote [...] | 2009-11-25 11:30:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR SOCI KDEM CH KZ |
09ASTANA2098 | KAZAKHSTAN: NOMINATION FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMAN OF COURAGE [...] In response to ref A, Post submits the following nomination for the International Woman of Courage award: NAME: Galina Morozova TITLE: President ORAGANIZATION: NGO Feminist League DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: 15-Apr-1949, Russia ID NUMBER: 000813104 LANGUAGES: Russian ADDRESS: 107, Lubov She [...] | 2009-11-30 09:32:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM SMIG SOCI KPAO KTIP KWMN KZ |
09ASTANA2099 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMIT [...] (U) SUMMARY: This cable responds to reftel request for nominees from Kazakhstan for the Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit in 2010. It also summarizes Mission plans to conduct a series of public diplomacy events and business roundtables to highlight the importance of fostering entrepreneu [...] | 2009-11-30 10:26:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON EINV EAID KZ |
09ASTANA21 | KAZAKHSTAN: CONNECTIONS KEY TO SMALL BUSINESS SUCCESS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan is home to a number of government-sponsored initiatives to improve conditions for small and medium enterprises. However, such support from the highest levels of government still has little impact on th [...] | 2009-01-08 11:49:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN EINV KCRM KZ |
09ASTANA210 | KAZAKHSTAN: NEW DIRECTORS NAMED FOR TWO INTERIOR MINISTRY [...] (U) SUMMARY: On January 9, the Karaganda Legal Institute of the Ministry of Interior (MVD) and the MVD Academy in Almaty swapped directors. General Major Serik Yerkenov is the new director of the Legal Institute and General Dzhan Kenzhetayev is the new director of the MVD Academy. INL has c [...] | 2009-02-04 10:30:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI SNAR KCRM KZ |
09ASTANA2100 | KAZAKHSTAN TO STUDY PLANS FOR SAMSUN-CEYHAN PIPELINE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Meeting in Yalta on November 20, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Kazakhstani Prime Minister Karim Masimov witnessed the signing of a protocol to study plans for the construction of an oil pipeline betwee [...] | 2009-11-30 10:43:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET KZ RS TK AJ IT |
09ASTANA2101 | KAZAKHSTAN: ANTI-TRAFFICKING PROGRAMS IN KOKSHETAU - NGO [...] SUMMARY: During a November 12-13 visit to northern city of Kokshetau, the DCM reviewed efforts to fight trafficking in persons (TIP). She met with a local NGO, visited its shelter for victims of trafficking, and opened the anti-trafficking play "Night Stars" and a trafficking-prevention train [...] | 2009-12-01 04:47:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB SMIG SOCI KCRM KTIP KWMN KZ |
09ASTANA2105 | KAZAKHSTAN: MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION APPROVES BN-350 [...] (S) SUMMARY: On November 30, Kazakhstan's Minister of Transport and Communications, Abelgazi Kusainov, opened a meeting with Post's Department of Energy (DOE) representatives, at which Kazakhstani officials approved beginning the BN-350 dry run on December 1 and actual "hot runs" no later than [...] | 2009-12-02 10:01:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV PREL KNNP MNUC RS KZ |
09ASTANA2106 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR RAISES ABS CASE WITH DEPUTY PRIME [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to reftel, the Ambassador raised the issue of granting the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) official status as a recognized ship classification organization in Kazakhstan with Deputy Prime Minister Ye [...] | 2009-12-02 10:18:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV KZ |
09ASTANA2107 | KAZAKHSTAN: THE ABC'S OF SUCCESSS: U.S. SCIENCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. Company PASCO Scientific has sold laboratory equipment and curriculum to 1700 schools in Kazakhstan to teach students how to gather and analyze data and do modern science. PASCO is working closely with the K [...] | 2009-12-03 13:49:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SENV KZ |
09ASTANA211 | KAZAKHSTAN: "MONEY THROWN TO THE WIND" [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 28, the Soros Foundation of Kazakhstan hosted a roundtable on the effectiveness of social projects funded by oil companies operating in the country. The roundtable featured the premier of a 30-minute d [...] | 2009-02-05 03:12:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON EPET SOCI KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA2110 | KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR INL ASSISTANT SECRETARY DAVID [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Astana warmly welcomes your December 9 visit to Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan has proven to be an increasingly reliable security and law enforcement partner and a steady influence in a potentially turbulent regi [...] | 2009-12-04 04:50:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS SNAR SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA2127 | KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS ADVISOR'S REPORTING CABLE (NOVEMBER [...] November 2-10, EXBS Advisor was TDY to Embassy Yerevan to conduct meetings and briefings for Fred Carter, the newly arrived EXBS Advisor to Armenia. 2. November 12, EXBS office received a Diplomatic Note from the MFA advising EXBS that the Border Guards would not be able to meet with EXBS [...] | 2009-12-07 09:40:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ |
09ASTANA2128 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON "DEFAMATION OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On December 7, PolOff met with Zauresh Gabdaulinova of MFA's Cultural and Humanitarian Cooperation Division to deliver reftel points on the "defamation of religions" resolution. Gabdaulinova said the Government of Kazakhstan [...] | 2009-12-07 10:09:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UN KZ |
09ASTANA2129 | KAZAKHSTAN CLOSES IN ON EITI VALIDATION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: From November 23-December 2, independent validators based in the UK interviewed government officials, non-government organizations, energy executives, and diplomatic representatives to assess Kazakhstan's progress [...] | 2009-12-08 01:57:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA213 | KAZAKHSTAN: NGO HEAD RECOMMENDS MORE ASSISTANCE TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met on February 4 with Tamara Kaleyeva, director of the media watchdog NGO "Adil Soz." Kaleyeva said the Kazakhstani media are very polarized between pro-government and opposition media outlets, wi [...] | 2009-02-05 10:52:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM KPAO KZ |
09ASTANA2131 | KAZAKHSTAN: 2009 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE [...] The following information responds to reftel request. TRADE SUMMARY The U.S. goods trade deficit with Kazakhstan was $618 million in 2008, an increase of $119 million from $499 million in 2007. U.S. goods exports in 2008 were $986 million, up 30.9 percent from the previous year. Corresp [...] | 2009-12-08 09:08:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EFIN EINV KIPR KZ |
09ASTANA2138 | KAZAKHSTAN SEEKS TO JOIN INTERNATIONAL OIL-SPILL-RESPONSE [...] SUMMARY: Energy Officer attended a November workshop organized by the Astana Center of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE),with the support of the Kazakhstani government and International Maritime Organization (IMO),on ratification and implementation of internatio [...] | 2009-12-10 03:37:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SENV OSCE IMO KZ |
09ASTANA2139 | KAZAKHSTAN: ASTANA TO HOST SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT [...] SUMMARY: The Kazakhstani Ministry of Environment hosted the Advisory Council Meeting on Preparation for the Ministerial Conference on Environment and Development (MCED) to be held in Astana in 2010. The MCED is held every five years, and the next Ministerial theme will be to adopt "green gro [...] | 2009-12-10 03:38:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON SENV OSCE UN KZ |
09ASTANA2141 | KAZAKHSTAN: JUDICIAL PANEL DECLINES TO REVIEW ZHOVTIS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The judicial panel of the Almaty District Court refused on December 10 to review the conviction of prominent human rights advocate Yevgeniy Zhovtis for vehicular manslaughter, thus exhausting the last legal remedy [...] | 2009-12-10 09:51:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA2143 | KAZAKHSTAN: MFA DIPNOTE ON CDC "ILLEGAL SMUGGLING" [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Embassy Astana has received the following diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs concerning a criminal case involving alleged 2006 "illegal smuggling" of HIV-infected blood samples from Kazakhstan to the Unite [...] | 2009-12-14 08:40:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KHIV SENV KG KZ UZ |
09ASTANA2146 | KAZAKHSTAN: VISIT OF FBI DIRECTOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Robert Mueller, III, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, visited Kazakhstan November 17-18 and met with the Committee on National Security, Prosecutor General, Minister of Internal Affairs, and Chief of [...] | 2009-12-14 09:30:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA2148 | KAZAKHSTAN: PARTY POLITICS INSIDE AND OUT: TWO POLITICIANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Charge met on December 5 with the Secretary of the Nur Otan party, Yerlan Karin. In the surprisingly frank three-hour meeting, Karin readily admitted that Nur Otan's monopoly on power tarnishes Kazakhstan's democratic credentials. In his view, single-party rule is not sustai [...] | 2009-12-14 10:53:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA2153 | KAZAKHSTAN: PENITENTIARY COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN SAYS ZHOVTIS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 14, the DCM met with Meiram Ayubayev, Chairman of the Penitentiary Committee, to discuss Zhovtis' November 13 statement, in which he alleges pressure to sign a contract to work in a penal colony enterp [...] | 2009-12-15 09:01:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA2157 | KAZAKHSTAN: SCA ASSISTANT SECRETARY BLAKE HOSTS MUSLIM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake chaired a roundtable discussion of Kazakhstan's business environment with 14 of the country's leading Muslim entrepreneurs in Almaty. The Decem [...] | 2009-12-15 10:28:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV SOCI KCOR KISM KWMN KZ |
09ASTANA2158 | KAZAKHSTAN: NEW KNB CHAIRMAN VOWS TO FOLLOW THE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Newly appointed KNB Chairman Adil Shayakhmetov told the Ambassador on December 12 that he will strive to increase U.S.-Kazakhstan counter-terrorism cooperation, and that the KNB under his chairmanship will work strictly within the law. When the Ambassador raised several cases o [...] | 2009-12-17 07:49:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR PTER PHUM KZ |
09ASTANA2159 | KAZAHKSTAN: SCA ASSISTANT SECRETARY BLAKE HEARS REALISTIC [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake and the Ambassador found that civil society in Kazakhstan is alive and well during a roundtable with democracy and human-rights leaders on Decem [...] | 2009-12-18 05:19:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID SOCI OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA2160 | KAZAKHSTAN: DFM UMAROV DETAILS HIS DISSIDENT PAST TO A/S [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A/S Robert Blake concluded his successful three-day visit to Kazakhstan with an elegant but relaxed dinner hosted by Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov on December 15. Umarov revealed in great detail his person [...] | 2009-12-19 03:15:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KNNP SOCI OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA2161 | KAZAKHSTAN PUSHES FOR OSCE SUMMIT WITH A/S BLAKE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: State Secretary-Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev and President Nazarbayev's foreign policy advisor Kairat Sarybai separately pressed Assistant Secretary Blake for U.S. support for a 2010 summit of the Organizatio [...] | 2009-12-19 12:10:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA2162 | KAZAKHSTAN: NUR OTAN'S LIBERAL DEMOCRAT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Yerlan Karin, the secretary of the President's ruling Nur Otan party, is not shy about criticizing the policies of his party and the government. A former think-tanker who came to the government because he became tired of "criticizing from the sidelines," Karin openly assesses the [...] | 2009-12-21 05:12:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM OEXC SCUL KZ |
09ASTANA2163 | KAZAKHSTAN: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan continued to aggressively combat domestic terrorism and extremism, and took tangible steps to continue cooperation and information sharing with various countries and international organizations. Kazakh [...] | 2009-12-21 09:13:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR ASEC KZ |
09ASTANA2168 | KAZAKHSTAN: HU JINTAO'S PIPELINE DIPLOMACY SUCCESS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Prior to Chinese President Hu Jintao's December 12 visit to Kazakhstan, the media touted Kazakhstani and Chinese positive expectations for the visit, as well as reports of a demonstration in protest of a Chinese i [...] | 2009-12-22 01:02:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EPET SOCI CH RS TX KZ |
09ASTANA218 | KAZAKHSTAN: GOVERNMENT DEVALUES TENGE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet distribution. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The National Bank of Kazakhstan allowed the country's currency, the tenge (KZT),to devalue on February 4 from its exchange rate of approximately 122 to the dollar. Announcing that it would abandon it [...] | 2009-02-06 03:09:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN EINV ELAB KZ |
09ASTANA2190 | KAZAKHSTAN'S PRESIDENT COMMENTS ON LOGISTICS [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) President Nursultan Nazarbayev gave his annual summing up to the diplomatic corps on December 22. Since he broke no new ground on any issue, we are reporting only excerpts from his presentation about issues of special in [...] | 2009-12-22 08:27:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EPET MARR SENV OSCE EU CH RS |
09ASTANA2196 | KAZAKHSTAN: 2009-2010 INCSR PART 1, DRUGS AND CHEMICAL [...] In response to reftel, the text of Part 1 of the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) for Kazakhstan follows in paragraphs 2-67. SUMMARY 2. Kazakhstan is primarily a transit country for drug trafficking and is located on the northern route from Afghanistan. According [...] | 2009-12-22 10:48:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SNAR KCRM KCOR KZ |
09ASTANA2197 | KAZAKHSTAN: RUSSIAN HAND IN KAZATOMPROM DRAMA? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The case against Mukhtar Dzhakishev, former head of the state-owned nuclear company Kazatomprom (KAP),finally is heading to court, as rumors intensify about the reasons behind his arrest. In videos posted on YouTube on November 4, Dzhakishev asserts that his arrest is linked to a [...] | 2009-12-22 10:50:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EMIN ETRD TRGY RS KZ |
09ASTANA2198 | KAZAKHSTAN: REQUEST FOR NORTH-SOUTH OVERFLIGHT [...] (S) SUMMARY: The long-existing east-west (trans-Caspian) overflight path agreement the United States has had with Kazakhstan to support U.S. efforts in Afghanistan never specified (or limited) the cargo of the aircraft. The agreement was simply to support Operation Enduring Freedom in Afgh [...] | 2009-12-23 01:31:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV PREL MARR AF KZ |
09ASTANA22 | KAZAKHSTAN: SCENE SETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER [...] (S/NOFORN) SUMMARY: Your visit will foster our bilateral cooperation and our strategic interests, and will provide you the opportunity thank the Government of Kazakhstan for its support to Operation Iraqi Freedom and continued support of Operation Enduring Freedom, to encourage and support [...] | 2009-01-09 02:19:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV PREL ECON EPET MARR MCAP MASS AF KZ |
09ASTANA2200 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRIME MINISTER TELLS SCA A/S BLAKE ECONOMY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: After briefly noting the government of Kazakhstan's obligatory talking points on the need for a 2010 OSCE summit and a bilateral meeting between Presidents Obama and Nazarbayev during the April Global Nuclear Secu [...] | 2009-12-23 02:10:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV ETRD EFIN KZ |
09ASTANA2201 | KAZAKHSTAN: INL ASSISTANT SECRETARY JOHNSON BILATERAL [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During his visit to Kazakhstan for the inauguration of the Central Asian Regional Information and Coordination Center (CARICC) (septel),Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Davi [...] | 2009-12-23 05:01:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI SNAR KCRM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA2202 | KAZAKHSTAN'S VIEWS ON ITS NEIGHBORS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake thanked State Secretary-Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev and President Nazarbayev's foreign policy advisor Kairat Sarybai for Kazakhst [...] | 2009-12-23 05:07:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ETRD ECON OSCE AF CH IN IR KZ |
09ASTANA2204 | KAZAKHSTAN: TERRORISM AND SECURITY CONCERNS INFLUENCE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On December 22, the Ambassador and Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov met to discuss outstanding U.S. requests to amend the 2001 overflight and 2009 Northern Distribution Network (NDN) agreements (refs A, B). Umarov told the Ambassador that 10 Kazakhstani government agenci [...] | 2009-12-23 09:37:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR MARR AF RS UZ KZ |
09ASTANA2205 | KAZAKHSTAN: NEW POLITICAL PARTY, PIPE DREAM, OR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A Kazakhstani functionary with an intriguing resume says he wants to found a Green Party of Kazakhstan. We are unsure if he is a sincere big dreamer, or if he might possibly have ties to others who want to chall [...] | 2009-12-24 02:47:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET SOCI KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA222 | KAZAKHSTAN: NEW LAW SHOULD BOLSTER PROTECTION OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: A new Special Social Services Law came into force in Kazakhstan at the beginning of 2009 and will pave the way for state funding of a full range of services -- including medical, psychological, and legal services -- t [...] | 2009-02-06 08:46:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI KCRM KZ |
09ASTANA223 | KAZAKHSTAN'S PRIMARY POINTS OF CONTACT FOR THE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-06 08:58:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP AORC ENRG MNUC PARM PGOV PREL IAEA |
09ASTANA2232 | KAZAKHSTAN: GENDER RIGHTS ADVANCE WITH PASSAGE OF TWO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Nazarbayev signed into law legislation on domestic violence and gender equality. The gender-equality law introduces for the first time the legal concept of gender and outlaws gender-based discrimination. [...] | 2009-12-24 04:29:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI KWMN KZ |
09ASTANA2233 | KAZAKHSTAN SETS UP AN ELECTRONIC DATABASE OF POLLUTION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Environment recently hosted a round table on setting up an electronic register of emissions and pollution transmissions (PRTRs) with the participation of several environmental NGOs and the Organiza [...] | 2009-12-24 05:56:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SENV KDEM OSCE UN KZ |
09ASTANA2234 | KAZAKHSTAN: HOT DEBATE ON PRIVACY PROTECTION LAW [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The National Democratic Institute (NDI) in Kazakhstan co-hosted an "expert meeting" roundtable on December 15 with the Majilis (lower house of the parliament) to discuss recently-signed legislation on protection of [...] | 2009-12-24 08:48:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA2235 | KAZAKHSTANI BANKS: ADJUSTING TO A CHANGING LANDSCAPE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Financial analysts, bank executives, managers, and customers alike agree that the Kazakhstani government's efforts to restructure debt and successfully keep afloat ailing BTA and Alliance banks are critical to the [...] | 2009-12-28 00:41:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN KZ |
09ASTANA2238 | KAZAKHSTAN: MOJ SUSPENDS PARTY'S REGISTRATION, AGAIN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan's Ministry of Justice (MOJ) suspended the registration of the opposition party "Alga" for the second time, alleging irregularities with the party-member lists. Alga's first registration application was [...] | 2009-12-28 08:31:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA2255 | KAZAKHSTAN: CASPIAN MARITIME TRADE AND TRANSPORTATION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: This report summarizes international donor efforts to promote Caspian maritime trade and transportation, including projects to bring Kazakhstan's maritime legislation in line with international standards, improve [...] | 2009-12-30 05:45:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SENV SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA2257 | KAZAKHSTAN'S INITIAL RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE TO PREVENT THE TRANSFER OF URANIUM TO IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-30 07:48:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV PREL PARM MNUC KNNP IR JA KZ |
09ASTANA2258 | KAZAKHSTAN: BTA BANK RESTRUCTURING UPDATES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Despite fears and concerns about the progress and results of BTA restructuring talks, BTA bank management signed the "Principal Commercial Terms Sheet" on December 7 in London. Creditor-agreed options include a spec [...] | 2009-12-30 08:27:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN KZ |
09ASTANA2264 | KAZAKHSTAN: BAD SUMMER FOR BANKING BECOMES A WINTER OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A dreary summer has become a cold, dark winter for the banking system in Kazakhstan as investigations into three banks have led to criminal charges and convictions for embezzlement, fraud, and money laundering. Th [...] | 2009-12-30 09:02:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN KCRM KZ |
09ASTANA2272 | KAZAKHSTAN SEEKS NEW OVERFLIGHT AGREEMENT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On December 30, the Ambassador and Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov met again to discuss outstanding U.S. requests to amend the 2001 overflight and 2009 Northern Distribution Network (NDN) agreements (reftel). Umarov told the Ambassador that Kazakhstani government agenci [...] | 2009-12-31 05:32:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR MARR AF RS UZ KZ |
09ASTANA2273 | KAZAKHSTAN STRONGLY DENIES REPORT OF POTENTIAL URANIUM TRANSER TO IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-31 07:44:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV PREL PARM MNUC KNNP IR JA KZ |
09ASTANA231 | KAZAKHSTAN: REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE - WHAT WEB LINKS ARE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This is an action request. Please see para six below. 3. (SBU) Embassy Astana noticed that a recent article in "The Washington Post" was an excellent expression of the Obama Administration's traditional family and commun [...] | 2009-02-09 01:44:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO KIPR KZ |
09ASTANA232 | KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, JANUARY 31 - FEBRUARY 6 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citiz [...] | 2009-02-09 01:44:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EAIR SOCI KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA235 | KAZAKHSTANI ACADEMICS DISCUSS RELATIONS WITH CHINA, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In December, PolOff met with several academics from one of Kazakhstan's most prestigious universities, Al-Farabi National University in Almaty. PolOff's interlocutors stressed the importance of Kazakhstan's balan [...] | 2009-02-10 01:39:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI KPAO KDEM CH KZ |
09ASTANA236 | KAZAKHSTANI STUDENTS DISCUSS BORAT AND OBAMA [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: As part of our Public Diplomacy Outreach program, PolOff recently gave a talk on American culture and U.S.-Kazakhstan relations with students at one of Astana's elite high schools. In general, the students had ve [...] | 2009-02-10 05:22:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SOCI KDEM KPAO KZ |
09ASTANA238 | KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, JANUARY 18-31 [...] SUMMARY: The information in this Kazakhstan economic and energy update is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani media and has not been further verified for accuracy. -- Banking Sector News -- Labor Market Update -- Energy Ministry Asks Government to Support Subsoil Users -- Prime Minister [...] | 2009-02-10 10:25:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR ECON EFIN ELAB EPET RS KZ |
09ASTANA240 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV SIGNS MADRID [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) In following through on Kazakhstan's Madrid commitments on democratic reform, President Nazarbayev signed into law new legislation on political parties and the media on February 6 and legislation on elections on February 9. [...] | 2009-02-10 11:05:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA248 | KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS ADVISOR'S REPORTING CABLE (JANUARY [...] (SBU) On January 23-26, Kazakhstan's President Nazarbayev paid an official visit to India. During this visit, Kazakhstan's national nuclear energy company Kazatomprom (KAP) and the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL),run by India's State Department of Atomic Energy, signed a me [...] | 2009-02-11 10:10:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ |
09ASTANA249 | KAZAKHSTAN: CHIEF MUFTI CRITICISES EXTREMISM, CAUTIOUSLY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a February 6 meeting, Chief Mufti and Head of the Spiritual Association of Muslims in Kazakhstan (SAMK) Absasttar Derbisali told the Ambassador that Islam is undergoing a renaissance in Kazakhstan. He shar [...] | 2009-02-12 01:06:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KISL KIRF KPAO KZ |
09ASTANA250 | KAZAKHSTAN: POLITICAL ANALYST SEES INTRA-ELITE WARFARE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a February 5 meeting with the Ambassador in Almaty, Kazakhstani political analyst Dosym Satpayev said that the recent state take-over of two leading banks is part of a larger trend of increased government contro [...] | 2009-02-12 01:06:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON EFIN SOCI KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA251 | KAZAKHSTAN: REGIONAL ELECTRICITY MARKET MUST OVERCOME [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 5, Energy Officer accompanied USAID Senior Energy Policy Specialist Michael Trainor to meetings with major players in Kazakhstan's power sector to solicit feedback on USAID's new Regional Energy Market [...] | 2009-02-12 02:38:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EAID ENRG EINV KZ |
09ASTANA253 | KAZAKHSTAN SUGGESTS MULTILATERAL APPROACH ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador called on Presidential Foreign Policy Adviser Khairat Sarybay February 11 to seek Kazakhstan's views on Kyrgyzstan's announced decision to close Manas Air Base and Russia's intentions in Central Asia and Afghanistan. Noting that Russia is Kazakhstan's strategic a [...] | 2009-02-12 05:16:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR AF KG KZ |
09ASTANA254 | KAZAKHSTAN: U.S.-FUNDED PROJECTS IN STEPNOGORSK SHOW [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: PolOff recently met with various interlocutors working on several U.S.-funded nonproliferation-related projects in Stepnogorsk. Stepnogorsk today represents the opportunities and challenges the Kazakhstani govern [...] | 2009-02-12 08:42:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL EAID EAGR TBIO KNNP KZ |
09ASTANA255 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON LIABILITY AND REDRESS [...] Emboff delivered reftel demarche on liability and redress under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety on February 12 to MFA Americas Department official Alisa Kurmangali, and provided her with a non-paper containing the key issues of concern. She promised to pass this information to Aida Kussai [...] | 2009-02-12 08:42:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EAGR ETRD TBIO KPAO KZ |
09ASTANA256 | KAZAKHSTAN: CIVIL AVIATION COMMITTEE REPORTS THAT AIR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: EconOff met on February 4 with Civil Aviation Committee Deputy Director Daulet Mamekov to solicit official feedback on model bilateral and multilateral Open Skies agreements that we provided the Kazakhstani govern [...] | 2009-02-12 08:42:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAIR KZ |
09ASTANA260 | KAZAKHSTAN: CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL RULES RELIGION LAW IS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 11, Kazakhstan's Constitutional Council ruled that the proposed amendments to the country's religion law are inconsistent with Kazakhstan's Constitution. Before arriving at its decision, the Council st [...] | 2009-02-13 01:43:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KIRF KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA261 | KAZAKHSTAN: RECOMMENDATION THAT WE NOT DEMARCHE [...] (C) In response to reftel, post recommends that we not demarche the Kazakhstani government to recognize Kosovo at this juncture. If not counterproductive, such a demarche would certainly be futile, and viewed by the Kazakhstanis as inconsistent with our demarches urging that they not recogniz [...] | 2009-02-13 06:11:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AORC ICJ KV KZ |
09ASTANA262 | KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, FEBRUARY 7 - 13 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to ci [...] | 2009-02-13 07:00:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA264 | KAZAKHSTAN: MFA OFFICIAL SAYS FM TAZHIN WILL BE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former MFA Americas Department Director Talgat Kaliyev told Pol-Econ Chief on February 12 that Foreign Minister Tazhin will be replaced in the coming months. Kaliyev explained that he has been appointed to be Tazhin's advisor on OSCE issues. He said that Kazakhstan intends to p [...] | 2009-02-13 09:41:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON KNNP OSCE IAEA KZ |
09ASTANA265 | KAZAKHSTAN: CICA SECRETARIAT OFFICIAL SAYS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 26, PolOff met with Avinash Pandey, an Indian diplomat currently seconded to the secretariat of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in Almaty. Pandey discussed [...] | 2009-02-13 09:41:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KZ |
09ASTANA266 | KAZAKHSTAN: WIFE OF DISAPPEARED BANKER FIGHTS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Armangul Kapasheva, the wife of a missing banker whom Rakhat Aliyev allegedly ordered killed, told us on February 6 that she believes her husband is still alive and that Aliyev knows his whereabouts. She reported that she had given testimony in Austria in the latest "investigatio [...] | 2009-02-13 09:42:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PROP KCRM KZ |
09ASTANA267 | KAZAKHSTAN: NEW MINISTER OF HEALTH PLEDGES CONTINUED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 12, the Ambassador met for the first time with new Minister of Health Zhaksylyk Doskaliyev, and further reinforced the strong partnership that exists between the United States and Kazakhstan in the area [...] | 2009-02-13 09:58:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID EINV SOCI KNNP KZ |
09ASTANA268 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 11, Deputy Prime Minister Yerbol Orynbayev reiterated his government's commitment to the Public-Private Economic Partnership Initiative (PPEPI) in a meeting with the Ambassador and American Chamber of [...] | 2009-02-13 09:59:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV KZ |
09ASTANA269 | KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, FEBRUARY 7-13 [...] (U) SUMMARY: The reported closure of Manas Airbase in neighboring Kyrgyzstan continues to make news in Kazakhstan, spurring a number of stories about regional politics and the announcement of a Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Rapid Response Force. Both the closure decision and [...] | 2009-02-13 09:59:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PROP EFIN MARR SOCI KPAO KMDR KZ |
09ASTANA270 | KAZAKHSTAN: USAID PROFESSIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM PRODUCES [...] SUMMARY: The 2006 HIV outbreak among children in southern Kazakhstan is a painful reminder to Kazakhstani families of the vulnerabilities in their health-care system. However, as a result of the outbreak, a USAID exchange program conducted in September 2007 contributed to the recent establis [...] | 2009-02-13 10:09:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA280 | ENGLISH LANGUAGE FELLOWS IN CENTRAL ASIA: SURVIVING AND [...] (U) English Language Fellows across Central Asia are making solid contributions to English departments and communities despite the multiple challenges of living and working in Central Asia. Having visited all the Fellows at their sites during the past 18 months, the Regional English Language [...] | 2009-02-17 10:27:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL KPAO PGOV SOCI KZ TI UZ TX KG |
09ASTANA281 | KAZAKHSTAN SECURES LUCRATIVE DEALS WITH INDIA, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Nursultan Nazarbayev's January 23-26 trip to New Delhi as the guest of honor at India's 2009 National Day celebration underscored the close political relations between Kazakhstan and India which have existed since Kazakhstan's independence. However, despite profession [...] | 2009-02-17 10:37:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET ETRD MARR IN KZ |
09ASTANA283 | KAZAKHSTAN CASPIAN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM UPDATE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives from the national oil companies of Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan met with international oil companies in Astana on February 10-11 to negotiate terms and conditions for the transportation of oil westwar [...] | 2009-02-18 06:42:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON EPET EINV KZ |
09ASTANA285 | KAZAKHSTAN: CZECH PRIME MINISTER PROMOTES SOUTHERN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Representing the rotating presidency of the European Union (EU),Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek visited Astana on February 12 to discuss European energy security, bilateral trade and investment, and other issu [...] | 2009-02-18 10:12:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR ECON EPET EINV KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA286 | KAZAKHSTAN: OPPOSITION LEADER KOZLOV SEES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 4 meeting, Vladimir Kozlov, the head of unregistered opposition party Alga, claimed that ex-BTA bank chairman Mukhtar Ablyazov was ousted from his position for reasons not connected to the bank's financial health. As Kozlov put it, Ablyazov had either grown "too p [...] | 2009-02-18 10:25:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL EFIN KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA295 | KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, FEBRUARY 1 - [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Kazakhstan to Allow Islamic Banking -- Salary Ceiling for Top Managers of State Companies -- Ruling Party to Monitor National Fund -- Economic Statistics -- Environment [...] | 2009-02-19 09:51:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EFIN EIND ENRG EPET SENV KZ |
09ASTANA296 | KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, JANUARY 31 - FEBRUARY 13 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series from U.S. Office Almaty focuses on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital." OPPOSITION-ORIENTED ECONOMISTS CRITICIZE DEVALUATION 2. The devaluation of Kazakhstan's national currency, the tenge, dominated t [...] | 2009-02-19 10:29:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA297 | KAZAKHSTAN: MFA OFFICIAL URGES A POTUS VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 18 with Pol-Econ Chief, MFA Americas Department Director Askar Tazhiyev pressed for a POTUS visit to Kazakhstan in the near future. This would send a clear signal to Russia that the United States remains fully engaged in Central Asia, and would support Kazakhsta [...] | 2009-02-19 10:30:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID ECON KNNP IAEA RS AF KZ |
09ASTANA306 | KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, FEBRUARY 14 - 20 [...] NOTE: This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might intere [...] | 2009-02-20 08:04:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA307 | KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, FEBRUARY 11-18 [...] SUMMARY: A perceived delay in the final decision on closing Manas airbase triggered speculation on whether the Kyrgyz Government's announcement on closing the base was simply an attempt to try to squeeze a few more dollars out of the United States. The U.S. stimulus-package legislation also [...] | 2009-02-20 09:22:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SOCI KPAO KMDR KZ |
09ASTANA308 | KAZAKHSTAN: JUSTICE MINISTER BALIYEVA EXPRESSES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a February 19 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Justice Zagipa Baliyeva expressed appreciation for U.S. government assistance to her ministry and asked for further support. She noted in considerable d [...] | 2009-02-20 09:29:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KCRM KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA309 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADORS AGREE CIVIL SOCIETY IS WEAK, BUT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At a recent lunch in honor of visiting Dutch Ambassador-at-Large for Human Rights Arjan Hamburger, several Astana-based Ambassadors exchanged views on Kazakhstan's democratic trajectory. All agreed that the recen [...] | 2009-02-20 09:48:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA311 | KAZAKHSTAN: ONCE "SECRET" BIOWEAPONS CITY STILL IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: PolOff recently accompanied several U.S. scientists on a trip to Stepnogorsk. Once a secret "closed" Soviet city dedicated to research on biological weapons, Stepnogorsk today represents the opportunities and cha [...] | 2009-02-20 10:46:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON EINV SOCI TBIO KNNP RS KZ |
09ASTANA313 | KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS FY 2008 PROGRAM PLAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-23 09:20:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ |
09ASTANA314 | KAZAKHSTAN: WRITTEN ASSURANCES OF HUMANE TREATMENT AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sent the Embassy a diplomatic note confirming in writing that the Kazakhstani government will treat returned GTMO detainee Dolkun Kerimbakiyev (alias Abdul Rahim, partial ISN 521) humanel [...] | 2009-02-23 09:23:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PINR KDRG KAWC KZ |
09ASTANA317 | KAZAKHSTAN: THE UPWARD TRENDS OF TENGIZCHEVROIL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 20, Jay Johnson, Chevron's Managing Director for Eurasia (protect),briefed the Ambassador on the latest plans and projects of Tengizchevroil (TCO),in which Chevron owns 50 percent, ExxonMobil 25 perc [...] | 2009-02-24 10:07:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EPET EINV KZ |
09ASTANA319 | KAZAKHSTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER TAZHIN SAYS RUSSIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador discussed the U.S. government's Afghanistan-Pakistan policy review and the increase in U.S. military forces in Afghanistan with Foreign Minister Tazhin on February 24. Tazhin said that the Kazakhstani government is considering providing reconstruction and humanit [...] | 2009-02-24 10:13:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID AF PK RS KZ |
09ASTANA341 | KAZAKHSTAN WILL NOT SEND DELEGATION TO ATTEND THE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-25 04:09:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SENV KZ |
09ASTANA344 | KAZAKHSTAN: WORLD BANK OFFICIALS DISCUSS ECONOMIC [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador had an introductory meeting with incoming World Bank Country Director for Central Asia Motoo Konishi on February 24. Konishi and World Bank Country Manager for Kazakhstan Sergei Shatalov explained [...] | 2009-02-25 06:22:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EFIN EAID KZ |
09ASTANA345 | KAZAKHSTAN: DRAFT LAW WOULD EXPAND STATE REGULATION OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Mazhilis -- i.e. the lower house of Kazakhstan's parliament -- is currently considering a draft package of amendments that would, if passed in its current form, greatly increase state regulation of Internet co [...] | 2009-02-25 06:42:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KPAO KDEM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA348 | KAZAKHSTAN: CHINESE AMBASSADOR DENIES ANY CHINESE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese Ambassador to Kazakhstan Cheng Guoping told the Ambassador on February 24 that he expects China will agree to participate in the Northern Distribution Network (NDN) for commercial shipment of non-lethal supplies to Afghanistan. He described China's principal objective in [...] | 2009-02-25 08:18:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MARR CH AF RS KG UP KZ |
09ASTANA350 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRIME MINISTER MASIMOV BECOMES COUNTRY'S MOST [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a surprising development, Kazakhstan's Prime Minister Karim Masimov recently posted an edition of opposition paper "Respublika" on his government blog. This is the latest move in Masimov's blogging experiment, [...] | 2009-02-25 23:54:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA351 | KAZAKHSTAN: UPDATE ON CASES OF YESERGEPOV, ATTACKED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Several cases recently reported in local and international media have raised concerns about increasing pressure against journalists in Kazakhstans. Three journalists were the victims of physical attacks fro Decem [...] | 2009-02-27 01:05:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KPAO KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA352 | KAZAKHSTAN: KMG's IDENOV ENTERTAINS, REVEALS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 25, the Ambassador met Maksat Idenov, First Vice President of KazMunaiGas (KMG),and the government's lead negotiator for all new oil exploration and production deals. Idenov was candid and animated t [...] | 2009-02-27 01:52:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EPET EINV KZ |
09ASTANA353 | KAZAKHSTAN: CHIEF MUFTI'S OFFICE EXPRESSES INTEREST IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: As a follow-up to the Ambassador's recent discussion with Chief Mufti and Head of the Spiritual Association of Muslims in Kazakhstan (SAMK) Abasasttar Derbisali (see reftel),Regional English Language Office [...] | 2009-02-27 01:53:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KISL KIRF KPAO EG KZ |
09ASTANA356 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE'S [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On February 6, we delivered reftel points and non-paper on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism's workshop on the Nuclear Detection Architecture Model Guidelines Document, which is to be held in Garmisch, Germa [...] | 2009-02-27 04:34:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PGOV PREL MCAP KGIC KZ |
09ASTANA358 | KAZAKHSTAN: OPPOSITION PROTEST FIZZLES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The opposition Azat party organized an anti-government protest rally on Saturday, February 21 in Almaty, but it did not draw a large crowd, despite Azat's active efforts to publicize the event. The protest's part [...] | 2009-02-27 09:47:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA359 | KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REPORTS ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING CASES FOR [...] The following is a summary of local media reports of human trafficking cases in Kazakhstan for January 2009. UNDERCOVER OPERATIONS 2. January 27, Interfax, Aikyn: Two businesswomen attempting to recruit women from Kyzylorda to work as prostitutes in Astana were arrested by undercover po [...] | 2009-02-27 09:50:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB SMIG SOCI KCRM KTIP UZ KZ |
09ASTANA361 | KAZAKHSTAN: SCIENCE FUND STRUGGLING, BUT CONTINUING TO [...] SUMMARY: Created by Presidential decree in March 2006, Kazakhstan's Science Fund provides loans and grants to worthy applied-science projects in the areas of nanotechnology, new materials, biotechnology, mining technology, nuclear research, and alternative energy. Since April 2008, the Fund' [...] | 2009-02-27 09:29:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SENV TSPL KZ |
09ASTANA362 | KAZAKHSTAN: GENERAL ELECTRIC'S TWO TESTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 25, General Electric (GE) executives briefed the Ambassador on the company's current projects and future prospects in Kazakhstan. Ron Pollett, President and CEO of GE Russia/CIS, said he has "two test [...] | 2009-02-27 09:29:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP BTIO PGOV PREL ECON EIND ETRD RS KZ |
09ASTANA363 | KAZAKHSTAN: GENERAL ELECTRIC'S TWO TESTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 25, General Electric (GE) executives briefed the Ambassador on the company's current projects and future prospects in Kazakhstan. Ron Pollett, President and CEO of GE Russia/CIS, said he has "two test [...] | 2009-02-27 09:30:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP BTIO PGOV PREL ECON EIND ETRD RS KZ |
09ASTANA366 | KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, FEBRUARY 21 - 27 [...] This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might interest and [...] | 2009-02-27 09:43:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA367 | KAZAKHSTAN: NEW CHAIRMAN APPOINTED TO HEAD DRUG [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Colonel Zhanat Suleimenov was appointed Chairman of the Committee on Combating Drugs on February 25. Colonel Askar Isagaliyev, the previous chairman, resigned in early February, in a suspected attempt to avoid bein [...] | 2009-02-27 09:47:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR SNAR KCRM KZ |
09ASTANA368 | KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REPORTS ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING CASES FOR [...] The following is a summary of local media reports of human trafficking cases in Kazakhstan for January 2009. UNDERCOVER OPERATIONS 2. January 27, Interfax, Aikyn: Two businesswomen attempting to recruit women from Kyzylorda to work as prostitutes in Astana were arrested by undercover po [...] | 2009-02-27 09:59:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB SMIG SOCI KCRM KTIP UZ KZ |
09ASTANA369 | KAZAKHSTAN: OPPOSITION PROTEST FIZZLES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The opposition Azat party organized an anti-government protest rally on Saturday, February 21 in Almaty, but it did not draw a large crowd, despite Azat's active efforts to publicize the event. The protest's part [...] | 2009-02-27 10:10:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA371 | KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, FEBRUARY 21-27 [...] SUMMARY: During the week of February 21-27, the Kazakhstani media continued to speculate about the regional ramifications of Kyrgyzstan's decision to close the Manas airbase, as well as about the future of both the U.S. dollar and the Kazakhstani tenge amidst the continuing global economic cr [...] | 2009-02-27 10:47:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EFIN MARR SOCI KPAO KMDR KZ |
09ASTANA372 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT ADVISOR YERTYSBAYEV [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the course of a very frank conversation on February 26, Presidential Advisor Yermukhamet Yertysbayev told the Ambassador that he supports early parliamentary elections and establishing a dialogue between the government and opposition. He explained he favors a two-party system [...] | 2009-03-02 06:57:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR SOCI KDEM RS KZ |
09ASTANA373 | KAZAKHSTAN: PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER SENTENCED TO [...] (S) SUMMARY: Following the conclusion of his criminal trial in Ridder on February 26, Peace Corps Volunteer Anthony Sharp was sentenced to two years in prison on explosives charges -- and taken away in handcuffs straight to jail. The Ambassador immediately raised this development with senior [...] | 2009-03-02 10:41:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV PREL CASC KZ |
09ASTANA376 | KAZAKHSTAN: THE CENTRAL ASIAN PIVOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: We have enormous equities at play in Afghanistan, Russia, and China. Kazakhstan in particular, and Central Asia more widely, has a pivotal role to play in securing our national interests. With the advent of a new Administration, we need to take hold of the opportunities in a f [...] | 2009-03-03 06:50:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM RS AF KZ |
09ASTANA380 | KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, FEBRUARY 17 - 27 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series from U.S. Office Almaty focuses on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital." OPPOSITION PARTIES CRITICIZE THE ELECTION LAW 2. On February 18, four opposition parties -- Azat, the National Social Democratic P [...] | 2009-03-03 07:46:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI KDEM CH KZ |
09ASTANA381 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PEACE CORPS CASE [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Presidential Administration head Aslan Musin on March 3 to discuss the criminal case against Peace Corps volunteer Anthony Sharp. Musin said the case is a small issue and agreed we should avoid it becoming a major bilateral irritant. However, he maintaine [...] | 2009-03-03 10:30:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV PREL CASC KZ |
09ASTANA382 | KAZAKHSTAN: MANY EXPERTS EXPECT A FURTHER DEVALUATION OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: From February 17-20, Department of Treasury Advisor Thomas Lanier held meetings in Astana and Almaty to assess the Kazakhstani government's response to the global financial crisis. There was significant discussion [...] | 2009-03-03 10:35:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN EINV KZ |
09ASTANA386 | KAZAKHSTAN: FATE OF LARGEST PRIVATE BANK UNCERTAIN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During February 17-20, Department of the Treasury Advisor Thomas Lanier held meetings in Astana and Almaty to assess the government's response to the global financial crisis. A key element of the government's ant [...] | 2009-03-04 09:20:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EFIN EAID KZ |
09ASTANA387 | KAZAKHSTAN: U.S. AIR WAR COLLEGE DELEGATION MEETS WITH [...] SUMMARY: Three main documents serve as the basis for Kazakhstan's environmental activities and underpin the government's environmental policies, Ministry of Environment official told a visiting U.S. Air War College delegation on March 2. These documents are the Environmental Code, the Concep [...] | 2009-03-04 09:41:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EPET SENV KZ |
09ASTANA410 | KAZAKHSTAN: MINISTER OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE EAGER TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During his March 4 introductory call on Minister of Education and Science Zhanseit Tuymebayev, the Ambassador raised U.S.-Kazakhstani cooperation in the field of education, including on the Bolashak program and reg [...] | 2009-03-05 08:51:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI TBIO KNNP KPAO KZ |
09ASTANA412 | KAZAKHSTAN: SENATE CHAIRMAN TOKAYEV PROMISES EXPEDITIOUS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Senate Chairman Tokayev promised the Ambassador on March 5 that the Senate would take swift action to pass the Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) agreement as soon as it receives the legislation from the Majilis. H [...] | 2009-03-05 10:15:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KCRM KDEM KNNP KZ |
09ASTANA415 | KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, FEBRUARY 28-MARCH 6 [...] SUMMARY: During the week of February 28-March 6, Kazakhstani media gravitated away from specific discussions on the Manas base issue in favor of broader analyses of Central Asia's strategic orientation toward Russia and the United States. The Department's recently released 2008 Country Repor [...] | 2009-03-06 09:05:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EFIN MARR SOCI KPAO KMDR KZ |
09ASTANA416 | KAZAKHSTAN: ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, FEBRUARY 15-28 [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Minister Concerned About Manufacturing and Mining -- Inspection Moratorium for Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises -- Population Census -- Economic Statistics -- Kazakh [...] | 2009-03-06 09:20:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EFIN EIND ENRG EPET KTDB KZ |
09ASTANA417 | KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, FEBRUARY 28-MARCH 6 [...] SUMMARY: During the week of February 28-March 6, Kazakhstani media gravitated away from specific discussions on the Manas base issue in favor of broader analyses of Central Asia's strategic orientation toward Russia and the United States. The Department's recently released 2008 Country Repor [...] | 2009-03-06 09:23:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EFIN MARR SOCI KPAO KMDR KZ |
09ASTANA418 | KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, FEBRUARY 28 - MARCH 6 [...] This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might interest and [...] | 2009-03-06 09:28:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PROP ECON EAGR SOCI KISL KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA419 | KAZAKHSTAN WITHDRAWS FROM REGIONAL POWER GRID [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 26, for the second time in ten years, Kazakhstan withdrew from the Central Asian Power Grid (CAPG) by disconnecting all high-voltage lines to Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. The last time Kazakhstan took s [...] | 2009-03-06 09:33:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EAID ENRG EINV ZK |
09ASTANA420 | KAZAKHSTAN: NO GRAND BARGAIN IN THE WORKS [...] (S) SUMMARY: As EEB DAS Hengel conveyed to the Ambassador (ref A),a Shell oil executive expressed concern on March 4 that economic problems in Kazakhstan increase the likelihood that the government will turn to Russia or China for financial assistance. If that were to happen, Shell is conc [...] | 2009-03-06 09:44:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV ECON EINV EPET RS CH KZ |
09ASTANA421 | KAZAKHSTAN: UN PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY CENTER HEAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Miroslav Jenca, Director of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy in Central Asia (UNRCCA),met with the Ambassador on March 2 to discuss regional water and energy cooperation and a conference on those issues that will be held in Almaty April 19-21. Jenca said that Kaz [...] | 2009-03-06 09:44:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID ENRG SENV UN ZK |
09ASTANA422 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PROPOSAL TO [...] (S) We delivered reftel demarche on the proposal to list Chinese National Abdul Haq with UN Security Council 1267 Committee to Fairzarkhman Kasenov, Counselor in the MFA's Department of Multilateral Cooperation on March 5. Kasenov had no immediate substantive response, but promised he would [...] | 2009-03-06 10:01:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | KTFN EFIN ETRD ETTC KZ |
09ASTANA425 | KAZAKHSTAN'S PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV FOCUSES SOLELY ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: President Nazarbayev delivered his annual address to Parliament on March 6. The entire address was devoted to the economy and overcoming the global economic crisis. He claimed that many governments have come to unde [...] | 2009-03-06 12:09:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA426 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEPUTY MINISTER OF DEFENSE [...] (C) Kazakhstan's Deputy Minister of Defense, General-Lieutenant Bulat Sembinov, accompanied by Embassy Astana's defense attache, travelled via Manas at Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, to Kabul, Afghanistan, February 23-25. In Kabul he met with Commander International Security Assistance Force (COMISAF) [...] | 2009-03-10 03:05:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR AF KZ |
09ASTANA430 | KAZAKHSTAN: THE HIGH-FLYING MARABAYEV BROTHERS ARE A [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Yermek Marabayev and his brother Zhakyp Marabayev are two of Kazakhstan's most influential oilmen. Yermek is General Director of KazMunaiTeniz (KMT),which manages the government's offshore oil exploration and pr [...] | 2009-03-11 06:45:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON EPET EINV KZ |
09ASTANA431 | KAZAKHSTAN: APPEALS COURT INCREASES FINE TENFOLD AGAINST [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 26, the Almaty City Court ordered the opposition newspaper "Taszhargan" to pay a 30 million tenge (approximately $200,000) damage award to parliamentarian Romin Madinov. This appellate decision increa [...] | 2009-03-11 07:32:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA432 | KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE FOR [...] (SBU) During February 2-13, the BN-350 Program team traveled to Aktau to conduct a Canister Requalification Meeting and to discuss multilateral transport operations for BN-350 spent fuel project. 2. (SBU) During February 11-13, the Second Line of Defense Program held its quarterly meeting wi [...] | 2009-03-11 07:43:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ |
09ASTANA433 | KAZAKHSTAN: HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION CHAIRMAN TELLS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a cordial March 10 introductory meeting with the Ambassador, the Presidential Human Rights Commission (HRC) Chairman Saginbek Tursunov explained that his organization's primary role is to provide advice on and [...] | 2009-03-11 10:20:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI OSCE KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA434 | KAZAKHSTAN: NEW LEGAL INSTITUTE DIRECTOR LOOKS FORWARD TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 24, INL representatives met with General-Major Serik Yerkenov, the new director of the Ministry of Interior's Karaganda Legal Institute, to discuss his plans for the Study Center on Combating Illegal Mi [...] | 2009-03-11 11:10:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI KCRM KTIP KZ |
09ASTANA435 | KAZAKHSTAN: DFM ZHIGALOV SAYS KAZAKHSTAN WOULD [...] (C) SUMMARY: New Deputy Foreign Minister Konstantin Zhigalov told the Ambassador on March 11 that Kazakhstan would very much welcome a POTUS visit. He said Kazakhstan attaches great importance to hosting the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council's Security Forum in June. Zhigalov explained that [...] | 2009-03-12 07:28:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ETRD KNNP KIRF OSCE NATO AF RS KZ |
09ASTANA436 | GOVERNMENT OF KAZAKHSTAN HAS FIRST EVER DIALOGUE WITH CIVIL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On February 23, USAID implementing partner Freedom House held a roundtable in Almaty with senior governmental officials and prominent non-governmental organizations working on human rights and the media. The round-ta [...] | 2009-03-12 08:29:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EAID KZ |
09ASTANA441 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV CALLS FOR NEW WORLD [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At the second annual Astana Economic Forum on March 11, President Nazarbayev called for a new world currency and a "more accountable" monetary policy and urged world leaders to take this up at next month's G-20 su [...] | 2009-03-13 06:13:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN KZ |
09ASTANA442 | KAZAKHSTAN: ITALY REMAINS A MAJOR INVESTOR, ACTIVE IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: PolOff met on February 17 with Ugo Boni, First Secretary and DCM at the Italian Embassy in Astana, to discuss the Kazakhstan-Italy relationship. Boni characterized the overall Kazakhstan-Italy relationship as pos [...] | 2009-03-13 08:30:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD IT KZ |
09ASTANA443 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR RECOMMENDS "BE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Kairat Sarybay called in the Ambassador on March 12 to discuss the criminal case against Peace Corps volunteer Anthony Sharp. He advised the Ambassador it is not "constructive" to describe the case as a "political provocation." He said he woul [...] | 2009-03-13 08:31:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR CASC IR KZ |
09ASTANA444 | KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, MARCH 7 - 13, 2009 [...] (U) This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might interest [...] | 2009-03-13 09:38:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI SENV KZ |
09ASTANA445 | KAZAKHSTAN: REQUEST FOR CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR EMBASSY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Assistant Secretary Johnson, I want to express my great appreciation for INL's support for counter-narcotics, counter-trafficking in persons, and other law-enforcement programs in Kazakhstan. We have a fine INL officer post [...] | 2009-03-13 09:39:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL APER EAID SNAR KCRM KTIP AF KZ |
09ASTANA446 | KAZAKHSTAN: THEY AREN'T READING WHAT WE'RE READING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan is highly oriented toward the Russian language. Much of its media are available only in Russian and come from Russia. Thus, the vast majority of Kazakhstani citizens get their world view from Russia. Eng [...] | 2009-03-13 09:39:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OEXC SCUL KPAO KZ |
09ASTANA447 | KAZAKHSTAN: AK ZHOL LEADER BAIMENOV SAYS PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 5, Alikhan Baimenov, the leader of opposition Ak Zhol party, alleged to us that until recently his party was the target of an "information blockade" by both pro-government and opposition media. The recent easing of this blockade allowed Ak Zhol to re-emerge on the publi [...] | 2009-03-13 09:48:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR EFIN KDEM KPAO KZ |
09ASTANA448 | KAZAKHSTAN: DONORS SEEK TO IMPROVE COORDINATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 27, several bilateral and multilateral donors met in Astana to discuss ways to improve coordination of assistance and resolve common issues and obstacles. Participants discussed information sharing; exemptions for Value Added Tax (VAT) on goods and services received [...] | 2009-03-13 09:49:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA449 | KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 7-13 [...] (U) SUMMARY: During the week of March 7-13, Kazakhstani media buzzed with reactions to President Nazarbayev's annual address to the nation on March 6. Coverage was widely positive with criticism coming largely from opposition sources. Issues of media freedom, specifically the court decision [...] | 2009-03-13 09:50:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EFIN MARR SOCI KPAO KMDR AF KZ |
09ASTANA450 | KAZAKHSTAN: A BILLION-DOLLAR QUESTION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 13, the director of Chevron's operations in Eurasia told the Ambassador that Tengizchevroil (TCO),in which Chevron has a 50% share, has come under "renewed attack" from the government over sulfur storage [...] | 2009-03-13 10:01:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EPET EINV KZ |
09ASTANA478 | KAZAKHSTAN: "MOSCOW WANTS YOU TO FAIL IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Kazakhstani foreign-policy insider told the Ambassador Moscow strongly objects to Kazakhstan playing any kind of military role in Afghanistan, but at the same time Astana is striving to balance its interests and find the best way to be helpful in Afghanistan. He said Kazakhsta [...] | 2009-03-17 08:04:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PROP MARR IR RS AF KZ |
09ASTANA479 | KAZAKHSTAN: SMOOTH OPERATOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 13, the Ambassador had lunch with Nurbakh Rustemov, the Chairman of the International Affairs, Defense, and Security Committee of the Mazhilis (the lower house of the parliament),and Romin Madinov, the C [...] | 2009-03-17 09:23:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EAGR SOCI KNNP UZ KG KZ |
09ASTANA480 | KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, MARCH 2-13 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series from U.S. Office Almaty focuses on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital." ALMATY MASLIKHAT ELECTIONS 2. Bi-elections for the Almaty maslikhat (local legislature) will take place on March 29. According t [...] | 2009-03-17 09:52:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ECON EFIN ELAB SOCI KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA481 | KAZAKHSTAN: SPECIAL 301 REVIEW FOR 2009 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the past year, the Government of Kazakhstan (GOK) has continued to demonstrate a commitment to the development and modernization of its IPR protection regime. The Government of Kazakhstan, and more specifically [...] | 2009-03-17 09:58:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ETRD KIPR KZ |
09ASTANA482 | KAZAKHSTAN: INTERNATIONAL FUND TO SAVE THE ARAL SEA HEAD [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Almabek Nurushev, Executive Director of the International Fund to Save the Aral Sea (IFAS),told us on March 12 that IFAS would like to fashion a bilateral Kazakhstan-Kyrgyzstan agreement on use of water resources. [...] | 2009-03-17 10:14:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON SENV AF ZK KZ |
09ASTANA484 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS, PUBLISHES DEMOCRACY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 16, the Ambassador delivered a speech on democracy to approximately 100 students and professors at the Kazakh University of Humanities and Law in Astana. The text of the speech was published in full on pa [...] | 2009-03-18 00:09:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KPAO KZ |
09ASTANA490 | KAZAKHSTAN: PUBLIC-PRIVATE ALLIANCES EXPAND BUSINESS [...] SUMMARY: On February 25, USAID established separate public-private alliances with Baker Hughes ($1,250,000 over five years),an American drilling company active in Kazakhstan, and with Chevron ($250,000). The partnerships between these two companies and USAID will improve the supply of ski [...] | 2009-03-18 09:45:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON EAID SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA494 | KAZAKHSTAN: NATO REP FOR CENTRAL ASIA BRIEFS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: NATO Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia Robert Simmons told NATO Ambassadors in Astana on March 18 that the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) Security Forum is administratively on track for June 24-25 in Astana, even though Kazakhstani officials made [...] | 2009-03-19 09:43:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR NATO OSCE RS KZ |
09ASTANA495 | KAZAKHSTAN: ASTANA HOSTS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON [...] (U) SUMMARY: During the International Conference on Sustainable Development and Environmental Integration in Central Asia held in Astana on March 13, newly appointed Kazakhstani Minister of Environmental Protection Nurgali Ashimov said that Kazakhstan's Environmental Code is the first in the C [...] | 2009-03-19 10:02:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EPET ECON SENV ZK KZ |
09ASTANA497 | KAZAKHSTAN: LEAD WTO NEGOTIATIOR REQUESTS FLEXIBILITY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 18, the Ambassador met with Vice Minister of Industry and Trade Zhanar Aitzhanova to discuss the status of Kazakhstan's WTO accession negotiations with the United States. Aitzhanova expressed frustrat [...] | 2009-03-20 02:26:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EFIN EAID RS KZ |
09ASTANA498 | KAZAKHSTAN: FRENCH AMBASSADOR TO OSCE ENGAGES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: French Ambassador to the OSCE Eric Lebedel briefed a select group of Western Ambassadors on March 19 that he was in Astana to promote the European Union's perspective on the OSCE and to emphasize Kazakhstan's need to take seriously its responsibilities on democracy, human rights [...] | 2009-03-20 05:20:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SENV OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA52 | KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS ADVISOR'S REPORTING CABLE (DECEMBER [...] Starting January 1, a new, simplified customs control procedure has been implemented that is designed to reduce administrative barriers for imports and exports. The list of documents required at the border has been shortened, and processing times reduced. Kazakhstani customs officials will now [...] | 2009-01-12 01:58:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ |
09ASTANA521 | KAZAKHSTAN: PREVENTION OF NUCLEAR SMUGGLING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The State Department's Preventing Nuclear Smuggling Program conducted a table-top nuclear smuggling exercise in Astana February 24-25. Almost 20 Kazakshtani officials from eight government agencies attended the event. Kazakhstan is currently finalizing a national nuclear smuggl [...] | 2009-03-20 08:41:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PTER MARR MNUC KNNP CH KZ |
09ASTANA523 | KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, MARCH 14-20 [...] (U) This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might interest [...] | 2009-03-20 10:50:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI SENV KZ |
09ASTANA529 | KAZAKHSTAN: CONOCO'S CEO ON THE N BLOCK NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 20, ConocoPhillips (Conoco) CEO Jim Mulva briefed the Ambassador on the status of negotiations with national oil company KazMunaiGas (KMG) to explore and develop the offshore N Block. Mulva expressed f [...] | 2009-03-24 09:46:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EPET EINV KZ |
09ASTANA530 | KAZAKHSTAN: THE POLITICS OF PIPELINES [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 17-18, Energy Officer spoke with representatives from Kazakhstan's national oil company KazMunaiGas (KMG) and international oil companies about planned oil and gas export projects, particularly the Casp [...] | 2009-03-24 09:46:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON EPET EINV KZ |
09ASTANA531 | KAZAKHSTAN: WILL KAZTRANSGAS LEAVE GEORGIA? [...] SUMMARY: This report provides a Kazakhstani perspective on the management changes to KazTransGas-Tbilisi (KTG-Tbilisi) reported in reftel A. It is derived entirely from open source material. On March 16, the Georgian National Energy and Water Supply Regulatory Commission appointed the Chief [...] | 2009-03-25 08:57:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EPET EINV KZ |
09ASTANA535 | KAZAKHSTAN: CHARGES FILED AGAINST FORMER CHAIRMAN OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. This cable is based on open source material and local press reports in Kazakhstan. It should be read in conduction with reftel B. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 2, the Government of Kazakhstan, represented by Samruk-Kazyna National [...] | 2009-03-25 09:24:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR EFIN KCRM KZ |
09ASTANA538 | KAZAKHSTAN: ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, MARCH 1-14, 2009 [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- News from the Banking Sector -- Samruk-Kazyna Updates -- Unemployment: a Growing Challenge -- 2009 Harvest Projection -- Economic Statistics -- Kazakhstan Seeks Contro [...] | 2009-03-26 04:50:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EPET EINV KZ |
09ASTANA540 | ALMATY AND ASTANA FRAUD SUMMARY SEPTEMBER 2008 - FEBRUARY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) The following sections correspond to questions in Ref A. --------------------- COUNTRY CONDITIONS --------------------- 3. (U) Kazakhstan is a single consular district with two consular offices, Embassy Astana and Embass [...] | 2009-03-26 04:56:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KZ |
09ASTANA541 | KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, MARCH 21 - 27, 2009 [...] (U) This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might interest [...] | 2009-03-27 09:07:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI SENV KZ |
09ASTANA545 | KAZAKHSTAN: ADVOCACY GROUP ADDRESSES LETTER TO THE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 3. (SBU) An ad-hoc advocacy group of journalists and NGO activists sent a letter via public mail received at Embassy Astana to the Secretary, expressing concerns about a [...] | 2009-03-30 09:12:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KPAO KZ |
09ASTANA55 | KAZAKHSTAN: STATE SECRETARY DECLINES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of Internal Affairs investigators have recommended that the Prosecutor General charge Peace Corps Volunteer Anthony Sharp with violation of Article 251, Part 1, of the Kazakhstan Criminal Code, illegal possession of firearms (explosives) while trespassing in a restricted [...] | 2009-01-12 08:36:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR CASC RS KZ |
09ASTANA555 | KAZAKHSTAN: AES AGREES TO EARLY BUY-OUT OF EKIBASTUZ [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 20, Kazakhstan's largest private mining company, Kazakhmys, terminated after just 15 months a three-year management agreement for U.S. power company AES to run the Ekibastuz coal-fired power plant. The co [...] | 2009-03-31 10:54:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ENRG EINV KZ |
09ASTANA556 | KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, MARCH 14-27 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series from U.S Office Almaty focuses on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital." OPPOSITIONISTS RESERVE THE OPTION TO PROTEST 2. On March 17, the leaders of the opposition parties Azat, the National Social Democr [...] | 2009-03-31 11:22:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA557 | KAZAKHSTAN: NAZARBAYEV ON AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Nazarbayev said on March 30: he wants to be a strong, non-ideological partner with the United States to help on Afghanistan; he continues to advise Tehran to give up their nuclear ambitions, and will do so once again on April 6 when President Ahmadinejad visits Ast [...] | 2009-03-31 11:36:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM START RS IR AF KZ |
09ASTANA558 | KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 21-27 [...] SUMMARY: During the week of March 21-27, the Kazakhstani media focused on economic issues, ranging from the U.S. government's stimulus plans to the effect the economy is having on pushing young people out of villages and into the cities. A lengthy analysis was devoted to what Presidents Obama [...] | 2009-03-31 11:36:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EFIN MARR SOCI KPAO KMDR AF RS KZ |
09ASTANA559 | KAZAKHSTAN: MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS SEEKS ASSISTANCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The Ministry of Interior (MVD) sent a letter to the Embassy seeking guidance on how police in the United States handle large public gatherings and uphold public order while ensuring that the civil rights of participants in [...] | 2009-03-31 11:53:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KCRM KZ |
09ASTANA560 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR ACCOMPANIES NASA DELEGATION TO [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During March 25-27, the Ambassador accompanied a NASA delegation to the Baikonur cosmodrome in south-central Kazakhstan to observe the launch of a Russian Soyuz space capsule destined for the International Space S [...] | 2009-03-31 12:18:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TSPA SENV RS KZ |
09ASTANA572 | KAZAKHSTAN: RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR ON START TREATY, [...] (C) The Ambassador hosted Russian Ambassador Mikhail Bocharnikov for a one-on-one lunch April 2. The Ambassador briefed Bocharnikov in detail on his March 24 meetings at the Foreign Ministry in Moscow with Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin and Director of the Third CIS Department Maksim Peshko [...] | 2009-04-02 10:20:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KACT OSCE RS KZ |
09ASTANA574 | KAZAKHSTAN: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON [...] This cable is keyed to reftel, which requests information on the transparency of central government budgets for countries that receive U.S. foreign assistance. 2. The central government of the Republic of Kazakhstan will receive U.S. foreign assistance from FY09 funds. 3. Kazakhstan's [...] | 2009-04-02 10:55:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID ECON KZ |
09ASTANA578 | KAZAKHSTAN: MARINE TRANSPORTATION EXPERT ADVISES [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 1, Captain Kjell Landin, Marine Manager for Chevron Transport Corporation, briefed Energy Officer on the complexities of the proposed Kazakhstan Caspian Transportation System (KCTS). He said that, from [...] | 2009-04-02 13:09:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EPET EINV IR KZ |
09ASTANA58 | KAZAKHSTAN: ALMA-ATA INFO EDITOR CHARGED WITH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 9, the Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper "Alma-Ata Info", Ramazan Yesergepov, was formerly charged with disseminating classified information in an article his paper published on November 21. Yesergepov [...] | 2009-01-12 10:41:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA586 | KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, MARCH 28 - APRIL 3 [...] This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might interest and [...] | 2009-04-03 10:10:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA587 | KAZAKHSTAN: OPINION POLL INDICATES PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a U.S. Government-funded survey commissioned by the International Republican Institute (IRI) and conducted by Baltic Surveys/The Gallup Organization, 41 percent of respondents had a favorable opinion of the Unit [...] | 2009-04-03 10:12:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KPAO RS KZ |
09ASTANA588 | KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE IN A SMALL MINING TOWN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: PolOff visited Ridder, a mining town in East Kazakhstan oblast March 8-12, and had an opportunity to observe the local socio-economic environment. Close to the Russian and Chinese borders, Ridder seems almost lik [...] | 2009-04-03 10:19:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON EMIN SENV SOCI CH RS KZ |
09ASTANA591 | KAZAKHSTAN: JUDICIARY SEEKS TO INCREASE COOPERATION WITH [...] SUMMARY: On March 17, visiting USAID Democracy and Governance Advisor Gavin Helf and other USAID staff met with Abdrashid Zhukenov, Acting Chairman of the Supreme Court and Chairman of the Collegium on Criminal Cases, and Ilyas Ispanov, First Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Court's Administrati [...] | 2009-04-03 12:00:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA592 | KAZAKHSTAN: APPEALS COURT HANDS DOWN SUSPENDED [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 3, an Ust-Kamenogorsk appeals court reaffirmed the criminal conviction against Peace Corps volunteer Anthony Sharp -- but, in accordance with the Kazakhstani government's commitment to us, suspended his two-year prison sentence, essentially putting him on probation for t [...] | 2009-04-03 12:08:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV PREL CASC KZ |
09ASTANA593 | KAZAKHSTAN: LEGALIZED PROSTITUTION -- TO BE OR NOT TO BE [...] SUMMARY: Kazakhstan has struggled for years with the question of prostitution. Though not legalized, prostitution is not technically illegal and this legal grey zone has enabled the country to deflect difficult questions. In a recent, public appeal to the government, Rosa Petraus, Chairwom [...] | 2009-04-03 12:08:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI KCRM KTIP KWMN KZ |
09ASTANA594 | KAZAKHSTAN COMMITTED TO PUBLIC PRIVATE ECONOMIC [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 1, the initial Coordinating Committee meeting of the Public Private Economic Partnership Initiative (PPEPI) was held in Astana. While the initiative has been slow getting off the ground since it was laun [...] | 2009-04-03 12:21:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA596 | KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 25-APRIL 1 [...] SUMMARY: During the week of March 25-April 1, there was no one topic that dominated the Kazakhstani media. Independent weekly "Delovaya Nedeleya" ran a lengthy interview with Deputy Defense Minister Bulat Sembinov regarding Kazakhstan's participation in Afghanistan, and pro-government weekly [...] | 2009-04-06 08:01:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EFIN MARR SOCI KPAO KCRM AF RS KZ |
09ASTANA597 | NEW TIMES REQUIRE NEW METHODS FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) As the Obama Administration moves to implement the policy objectives determined by the Afghanistan-Pakistan strategic review, and also works on the U.S.-Russia relationship, it would be useful to reconsider public diplomac [...] | 2009-04-06 11:50:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PROP PINR KPAO RS ZK |
09ASTANA598 | KAZAKHSTAN: SENIOR OFFICIALS DENY GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Mazhilis (i.e., the lower house of parliament) is currently considering draft legislation regarding the introduction of a special currency regime, which would include certain currency control measures. Senior K [...] | 2009-04-06 12:12:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EFIN KZ |
09ASTANA6 | KAZAKHSTAN: YOU WIN SOME, YOU LOSE SOME -- COURTS RULE ON [...] (U)Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Two Almaty courts ruled on December 26 and 27 on two of the five pending libel cases against the opposition paper Taszhargan (reftel),with one decision in the paper's favor, and one against. On December 26, the Almaty Econo [...] | 2009-01-05 08:42:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA601 | KAZAKHSTAN: STATE SECRETARY SAUDABAYEV CONFIRMS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 9. 2. (S) SUMMARY: State Secretary Kanat Saudabayev told the Ambassador on April 7 that Kazakhstan is willing to host the international nuclear fuel bank, just as President Nazarbayev had announced to the press on April 6. He said that the ba [...] | 2009-04-07 12:35:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM MARR KNNP IAEA AF IR KZ |
09ASTANA604 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR SARYBAY SAYS [...] (S) SUMMARY: On April 8, Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Kairat Sarybay gave the Ambassador a readout of President Nazarbayev's April 6 meeting with Iranian President Ahmadinejad. Sarybay said that Ahmadinejad appeared to welcome President Obama's April 5 Prague speech. Ahmadinejad main [...] | 2009-04-08 10:14:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PREL PGOV CASC MARR KNNP IAEA AF IR KZ |
09ASTANA607 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV DISCUSSES [...] (U) SUMMARY: Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad visited Astana April 6-7, where he met with President Nazarbayev, participated in several ceremonial events, and gave a speech at a local university. During a joint press conference following the Nazarbayev-Ahmadinejad meeting, Ahmadinejad d [...] | 2009-04-08 11:32:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV ENRG EPET ETTC KNNP IR KZ |
09ASTANA610 | KAZAKHSTAN: HUNGARIAN-LED BOMCA DELEGATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with a Border Management in Central Asia (BOMCA) delegation on April 6 to discuss efforts to implement European Integrated Border Management (IBM) in Kazakhstan. According to the delegation's leader, General Istvan Samu, Deputy National Commander of the Hungarian [...] | 2009-04-09 05:04:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR KNNP KCRM KZ |
09ASTANA613 | KAZAKHSTAN: ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, MARCH 15-28 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Adjusted Macroeconomic Forecast and Budget -- "Wartime" Economy -- Government to Issue Domestic Bonds [...] | 2009-04-09 11:19:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EPET EINV KZ |
09ASTANA62 | KAZAKHSTAN: WORLD BANK ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Among the several World Bank environmental projects in Kazakhstan, four stand out as noteworthy. The Drylands Protection Project in the Shetskiy rayon of Karaganda oblast promotes sustainable land use by encouragin [...] | 2009-01-13 08:49:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ENRG SENV KZ |
09ASTANA620 | KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, APRIL 4-10 [...] This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might interest and [...] | 2009-04-10 12:49:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI SENV KCRM KZ |
09ASTANA621 | KAZAKHSTAN: FUTURE LEADERS EXPRESS VIEWS ON FOREIGN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 19, the Ambassador hosted 10 future Kazakhstani leaders who are alumni of the Marshall Center. The alumni, who represented at least five government ministries and agencies, asked the Ambassador questions [...] | 2009-04-10 12:55:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA622 | KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, APRIL 2-APRIL 8 [...] SUMMARY: This week Kazakhstani media highlighted what the media believes is a possible visit of President Obama to Kazakhstan, spurred by an invitation from President Nazarbayev that Senate Chairman Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev gave the President during his trip to Turkey. The media also focused o [...] | 2009-04-12 07:56:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM MARR SOCI KPAO KMDR KZ |
09ASTANA623 | KAZAKHSTAN: U.S. ASSISTANCE HELPS CUSTOMS CONTROL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post's Export and Related Border Security (EXBS) and Department of Energy (DOE) offices have provided assistance to strengthen border security at many of Kazakhstan's 112 border crossing points. Typical site assessments indicate Kazakhstan's border crossing points typically pro [...] | 2009-04-12 07:57:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL MNUC KNNP CH KZ |
09ASTANA625 | KAZAKHSTAN: OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE RELATIVELY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Soros Foundation's Open Society Institute's (OSI) Executive Director in Kazakhstan judges that the government of Kazakhstan's political will to provide access to government-related information is "spotty but [...] | 2009-04-13 09:47:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID SOCI KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA626 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel A demarche on the conclusions of our Afghanistan-Pakistan strategic review and requesting specific Kazakhstani contributions to Afghanistan to Deputy Foreign Minister Konstantin Zhigalov on April 13. He provided Zhigalov with non-papers on both issues, expla [...] | 2009-04-13 10:03:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO AF KZ |
09ASTANA628 | KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS ADVISOR'S REPORTING CABLE (MARCH 2009) [...] In May, the Kazakhstan Customs Control Committee plans to make a presentation at the World Customs Organization (WCO) meeting in Norway regarding an effort to obtain designation of Kazakhstan as a regional WCO training center and get WCO capacity building assistance in creating a regional custo [...] | 2009-04-13 11:27:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ |
09ASTANA629 | KAZAKHSTAN: NEW SUPREME COURT CHAIRMAN TALKS JUSTICE WITH [...] SUMMARY: On April 7, the newly appointed Chairman of the Supreme Court of Kazakhstan, Musabek Alimbekov, met with Paul Magnuson, Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. Alimbekov stated that the judiciary in Kazakhstan is independent, and is implementing reforms consi [...] | 2009-04-13 11:38:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA638 | KAZAKHSTAN: MFA REASSURES VISITING SCA/CEN DIRECTOR THAT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: MFA Americas Department Director Askar Tazhiyev told visiting SCA/CEN Director Tom Hushek on April 8 that Kazakhstan is committed to upholding ODIHR's mandate during its 2010 OSCE Chairmanship. Tazhiyev explained [...] | 2009-04-14 11:47:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KNNP TU KZ |
09ASTANA64 | KAZAKHSTAN HANDS OVER NON-PAPER AND COURT DOSSIER [...] (C) SUMMARY: A government of Kazakhstan non-paper alleges that President Nursultan Nazarbayev's exiled ex-son-in-law Rakhat Aliyev has hired U.S. public relations firms to build the case that he is a political dissident standing up to a tyrannical and corrupt Nazarbayev, with the ultimate go [...] | 2009-01-13 10:31:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PROP KCRM KZ |
09ASTANA65 | KAZAKHSTAN HANDS OVER NON-PAPER AND COURT DOSSIER [...] (C) SUMMARY: A government of Kazakhstan non-paper alleges that President Nursultan Nazarbayev's exiled ex-son-in-law Rakhat Aliyev has hired U.S. public relations firms to build the case that he is a political dissident standing up to a tyrannical and corrupt Nazarbayev, with the ultimate go [...] | 2009-01-13 10:31:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PROP KCRM KZ |
09ASTANA654 | KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, MARCH 28 - APRIL 10 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The "Almaty Notes" series from U.S. Office Almaty focuses on developments in civil society, the media, and the political opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital." OPPOSITION LEADER ABILOV OWES TAX DEBT? 3. (U) Bula [...] | 2009-04-17 02:17:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA660 | KAZAKHSTAN: INTERNATIONAL CANINE CONFERENCE [...] Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Public Internet 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. INL funded a March 26-27 International Conference on the Role of Canines in the Fight against Drug Trafficking, Extremism and Terrorism in Almaty. Representatives from the canine services of the five Central Asian countri [...] | 2009-04-17 10:21:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SNAR SOCI KCRM ZK KZ |
09ASTANA661 | KAZAKHSTAN: WORLD TUBERCULOSIS DAY -- INSPIRING STUDENTS [...] SUMMARY: The DCM addressed a World Tuberculosis Day conference for medical students at the Kazakhstan National Medical University on April 7. The conference, entitled "We Can Stop TB," aimed to motivate students to get involved in the country's fight against tuberculosis (TB) -- a disease th [...] | 2009-04-17 11:02:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID EINV TBIO SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA662 | KAZAKHSTAN: FUTURE OF LARGEST BANKS REMAINS UNCLEAR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent developments within the Kazakhstani banking sector -- specifically pertaining to BTA and Alliance banks -- indicate continued instability and increased risk of default on the repayment of foreign obligation [...] | 2009-04-17 11:40:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EINV EFIN KZ |
09ASTANA663 | KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, APRIL 9 - 15 [...] SUMMARY: Kazakhstani political commentators focused on the domestic political scene this week, weighing the relative merits of the ruling Nur Otan party and its adversaries in the opposition. "Delovaya Nedelya," an independent weekly, published a wrap-up of the G-20 summit in which it mocked [...] | 2009-04-17 11:50:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON SOCI KDEM KPAO KMDR KZ |
09ASTANA664 | KAZAKHSTAN: KAZKOSMOS LAYS OUT SPACE AMBITIONS, REQUESTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Kazakhstan's National Space Agency, KazKosmos, expects that Russia and Kazakhstan will sign an agreement this year to allow visits to the Baikonur cosmodrome for tourists. Russia's current Baikonur lease runs until [...] | 2009-04-17 12:08:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TSPA SENV KNNP KZ |
09ASTANA666 | KAZAKHSTAN: INTER-AGENCY DELEGATION TO VISIT [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent us a diplomatic note on April 14 requesting bilateral consultations in Washington during May 4-5 to discuss Kazakhstan's interest in joining the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR). The text of the note follows: BEGIN TEXT No. 10-3/1270 [...] | 2009-04-20 11:31:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETTC KNNP MTCR KZ |
09ASTANA67 | KAZAKHSTAN: UNIFICATION CHURCH MISSIONARY SENTENCED TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 9, an Almaty court found Unification Church missionary Yelizaveta Drencheva guilty on charges of "instilling a sense of inferiority in citizens based on their tribal and social association," and sentenc [...] | 2009-01-14 10:33:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA672 | KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, APRIL 11-17 [...] This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might interest and [...] | 2009-04-20 11:53:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI SENV KCRM KZ |
09ASTANA673 | KAZAKHSTAN: ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, MARCH 29-APRIL [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Banking Sector News -- Etihad Airways to Fly to Astana -- New Commodity Exchange Launched -- Kazakhstan Raises Loan For Europe-China Transit Corridor -- Economic Statis [...] | 2009-04-20 11:58:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EPET EINV KZ |
09ASTANA674 | KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kazakhstani Foreign Minister Marat Tazhin's May 4-5 visit to Washington is the Obama Administration's first opportunity for face-to-face engagement with the leadership of our most important partner in Central Asia. We have a robust bilateral relationship with Kazakhstan, with cl [...] | 2009-04-21 11:45:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EPET KNNP AF RS KZ |
09ASTANA675 | KAZAKHSTAN CASPIAN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The government of Kazakhstan is committed to developing alternative oil export routes, whether by pipeline, rail, or tanker, that reduce its dependence on Russia. From April 9-17, Energy Officer joined a definiti [...] | 2009-04-22 07:55:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV RS IR KZ |
09ASTANA677 | KAZAKHSTAN: GOVERNMENT’S ANTI-CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kazakhstani authorities recently launched a well-publicized anti-corruption campaign that has resulted in the arrest of several high-ranking individuals, including the Minister of Environment and a Deputy Minister of Defense, and in convictions of a number of others. The campaign a [...] | 2009-04-22 11:43:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI KCRM KZ |
09ASTANA678 | KAZAKHSTAN: CHINA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION ACQUIRES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On April 16, during President Nazarbayev's state visit to Beijing, KazMunaiGas (KMG) and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) announced that they will jointly acquire the production assets of MangistauMunaiGa [...] | 2009-04-23 07:39:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV RS IR KZ |
09ASTANA68 | KAZAKHSTAN: GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS HITS HARD, BUT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The financial crisis continues to hit Kazakhstan hard, but the government has responded in a vigorous, aggressive manner that should maintain social stability and support modest economic growth in 2009, particular [...] | 2009-01-14 10:44:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN EINV KZ |
09ASTANA711 | KAZAKHSTAN: U.S. AMBASSADOR'S FUND FOR COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. PROPOSED PROJECT: COUNTERING YOUTH EXTREMISM 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Astana requests $100,000 to counter youth extremism in Kazakhstan through English-language training and sustained exposure to the best of American [...] | 2009-04-24 10:18:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EFIN PTER KCRM KPAO KHLS AEMR |
09ASTANA713 | KAZAKHSTAN -- MORE EURASIA THAN CENTRAL ASIA -- [...] (C) SUMMARY: From many conversations with top-level officials and other signals, it is clear Kazakhstan is seeking an enhanced relationship with the United States, in part to better balance its relations with especially Russia but also with China. Kazakhstan is different from the other four [...] | 2009-04-27 04:08:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM ECON RS AF KZ |
09ASTANA714 | KAZAKHSTANI FM TAZHIN'S PRIORITIES FOR HIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Previewing for the Ambassador his May 4-5 visit to Washington, Foreign Minister Tazhin said: -- he hopes to be prepared to make new "strategic non-military proposals" for enhanced Kazakhstani asssistance in Afghanistan; -- he will be fully prepared to discuss with Secretary [...] | 2009-04-27 05:39:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL OSCE CH RS KZ |
09ASTANA715 | KAZAKHSTAN'S EIGHTH EURASIAN MEDIA FORUM: [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Dr. (sic) Dariga Nazarbayeva organized (or at least it was organized in her name),the Eighth Eurasian Media Forum, April 23-24, in Almaty, co-sponsored by CNN and "The International Herald Tribune," with support from EuroN [...] | 2009-04-27 06:50:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PROP SOCI KPAO RS KZ |
09ASTANA717 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-27 08:45:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON AF PK KZ |
09ASTANA718 | KAZAKHSTAN: CHANGES TO PROTECTION LAW WILL BENEFIT [...] SUMMARY: Changes to Kazakhstan's witness protection law will enable the government to more quickly provide a full range of services to crime victims during lengthy, complex investigations. These changes will benefit victims of trafficking-in-persons and other serious transnational crimes. EN [...] | 2009-04-27 10:48:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI SNAR KCRM KTIP KZ |
09ASTANA724 | KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, APRIL 18-24 [...] This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might interest and [...] | 2009-04-27 11:25:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI SENV KCRM KZ |
09ASTANA725 | KAZAKHSTAN: RECOMMENDATION THAT WE NOT DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-27 11:40:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KV KZ |
09ASTANA728 | KAZAKHSTAN: ASD BENKERT PRESSES FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-28 02:55:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV PREL KNNP RS KZ |
09ASTANA734 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PED EXTENSION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an April 28 meeting, the Ambassador informed Minister of Economy and Budget Planning Bakhyt Sultanov about the U.S government's approval of a three-year extension for the Program for Economic Development (PED) and updated him on the progress of the U.S.-Kazakhstan Public-P [...] | 2009-04-28 11:35:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID KNNP KZ |
09ASTANA744 | KAZAKHSTAN: "TASZHARGAN" EDITOR ARRESTED AND RELEASED, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Yermurat Bapi, editor of the opposition newspaper "Taszhargan," was arrested on April 23 for failing to pay a 30 million tenge ($200,000) court-ordered damage award to a parliamentarian, but was released the same [...] | 2009-04-29 10:26:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA748 | KAZAKHSTAN: A KCTS SCORECARD OF RISKS AND REWARDS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: From April 7-17, Energy Officer accompanied a definitional mission from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency to identify potential technical assistance projects in support of the Kazakhstan Caspian Transportation [...] | 2009-04-30 05:21:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV RS KZ |
09ASTANA756 | KAZAKHSTAN: TV CO-OP SUBMISSIONS 2009 [...] (U) SUMMARY: Embassy Kazakhstan is proud to submit two proposals for the 2009 TV Co-Op Program. The first is a proposal to produce a series of news stories and a 15-minute documentary on trafficking in persons (TIP) in the United States. They will air both locally and on the popular nationa [...] | 2009-04-30 12:06:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC OIIP |
09ASTANA759 | REQUEST FOR FY09 USCENTCOM/SOCCENT COUNTER [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN ACCORDANCE WITH REFS A AND B, THIS MESSAGE IS AN EMBASSY ASTANA REQUEST FOR FY09 DOD OPERATIONAL SUPPORT UNDER 1004, NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT 1991, AS AMENDED, FOR DEVELOPMENT OF COUNTER NARCO TERRORISM (CNT) TRAINING DEPLOYMENT (CKZ2009CNT021N) WITH THE KAZAKHSTAN S [...] | 2009-05-04 10:24:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MASS SNAR KZ |
09ASTANA760 | KAZAKHSTAN TO PARTICIPATE IN GICNT PLENARY BUT UNCERTAIN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-04 10:49:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM PTER MNUC KNNP KGIC KZ |
09ASTANA771 | KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS ADVISOR'S REPORTING CABLE (APRIL 2009) [...] On April 27, Kazakhstan tightened epidemiological control at all airports, seaports, and land border crossings in response to reports of cases of H1N1 influenza virus in other countries. Kazakhstan has prohibited the importation of pork products from certain countries and is using the Fever Sc [...] | 2009-05-05 08:49:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ |
09ASTANA778 | KAZAKHSTAN: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL'S ACTION PLAN LAYS OUT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 14, Kazakhstan's Presidential Human Rights Commission (HRC) unveiled its National Human Rights Action Plan for 2009-2012. The Action Plan, the first one the Kazakhstani government has ever issued, outlin [...] | 2009-05-06 02:13:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA811 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON REMOVING H1N1-RELATED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Akhmetzhan Sultanov, Vice Chairman of the Ministry of Agriculture's State Inspection Committee told us on May 6 that, in response to the H1N1 virus, the Government of Kazakhstan took preemptive steps to prevent the [...] | 2009-05-07 08:45:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAGR ETRD ECON SENV KZ |
09ASTANA812 | KAZAKHSTAN: RESULTS OF BOTA FOUNDATION BOARD MEETING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This cable contains an Action Request. See para 13. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: The BOTA Foundation held a meeting of its Board of Trustees in Almaty on April 29-30. All the items on the fully packed agenda were reviewed, with many [...] | 2009-05-07 10:25:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA813 | KAZAKHSTAN: VICE MINISTER OF ENERGY DISCUSSES NUCLEAR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 6, the Charge d'Affaires met with Vice Minister of Energy Asset Magauov to discuss the Kazakhstani government's financial commitments to the safe storage of spent fuel from the decommissioned BN-350 nuclear [...] | 2009-05-07 11:33:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EPET EINV KNNP KZ |
09ASTANA814 | KAZAKHSTAN: ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, APRIL 12-APRIL [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Financial Sector News -- Updates from Samruk-Kazyna -- CICA the Precursor of an Asian G-20? -- Kazatomprom President Rumored to Have Fled the Country -- Budget Control [...] | 2009-05-07 11:43:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EPET EINV EFIN KZ |
09ASTANA816 | KAZAKHSTAN: INTERNET LAW PASSES THROUGH FIRST READING IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 29, the Mazhilis (the lower house of the parliament) approved at a first reading a controversial draft law on the Internet. The draft now has to go through a second reading before being presented to the [...] | 2009-05-08 02:00:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA818 | KAZAKHSTAN: SCIENTOLOGISTS, JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES HAVE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 22, USAID's State and Society Advisor met with representatives of the Church of Scientology and the Jehovah's Witnesses in Almaty. The two organizations offered contrasting views of progress on religious f [...] | 2009-05-08 08:59:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EAID SOCI KIRF KZ |
09ASTANA819 | KAZAKHSTAN: UK ENERGY ENVOY TOURS REGION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 29, the Ambassador met with UK Caspian Energy Envoy Angus Miller (protect throughout) to discuss his six-week tour through the Caucasus and Central Asia. Miller said that an investor from the United Arab [...] | 2009-05-08 09:56:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV RS GG TX KZ |
09ASTANA822 | KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, May 1-8 [...] This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might interest and [...] | 2009-05-08 11:45:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI SENV KCRM KZ |
09ASTANA825 | KAZAKHSTAN: PETROCHEMICAL PROPOSAL ATTRACTS INVESTORS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 29, Energy Officer met with Raushan Sarmurzina, Director of the Petrochemicals Department at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR),to discuss Kazakhstan's plans to develop a domestic petroc [...] | 2009-05-12 09:35:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV KZ |
09ASTANA827 | NEW LAW ENFORCEMENT BLOCK IN KAZAKHSTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: In early April, President Nazarbayev reshuffled the heads of nearly all of Kazakhstan's law agencies. General Major Serik Baimagambetov, a member of the Majilis (i.e. the lower house of parliament),was named Ministe [...] | 2009-05-12 11:38:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR SNAR KCRM KTIP KZ |
09ASTANA828 | KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, APRIL 30 - May 6 [...] SUMMARY: A draft law on Internet regulation, which passed the lower house of Parliament this week, drew a fusillade from opposition and independent media outlets who object to what they see as potential for overbearing government control over new media. Though the Internet law was the hot top [...] | 2009-05-12 12:04:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON SOCI KDEM KPAO KMDR KZ |
09ASTANA829 | KAZAKHSTAN: ISLAMIC LEADERS DISCUSS THEIR WORK, COOPERATION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: During the week of April 20, USAID's Regional Society and State Advisor met in Astana with the Deputy Imam of the Nur Astana Mosque, Beibit Alikpekovich Mirzageldiyev, and in Almaty with the Deputy Mufti of Kazakhstan [...] | 2009-05-13 01:32:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EAID KZ |
09ASTANA83 | KAZAKHSTAN: SPECIAL ENVOY CUMBER ENCOURAGES ASTANA TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a January 9 meeting with U.S. Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Sada Cumber, State Secretary Kanat Saudabayev underlined Kazakhstan's commitment to promoting inter-confessional u [...] | 2009-01-15 10:33:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KISL KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA830 | KAZAKHSTAN: KAZAKHSTAN WELCOMES REVITALIZED TIFA [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 24 and April 27, Deputy Assistant United States Trade Representative (DAUSTR) for South and Central Asia Claudio Lilienfeld held meetings in Almaty and Astana to discuss the future of the Central Asia Trad [...] | 2009-05-13 03:35:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EFIN EAID KZ |
09ASTANA837 | KAZAKHSTAN: TRIALS, TRIBULATIONS, AND TRIUMPHS OF THE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 6, AES Vice President Mike Jonagan (protect throughout) met with Energy Officer and a visiting delegation from the Department of Energy's Office of Russian and Eurasian Affairs to discuss the state of Kazakh [...] | 2009-05-14 09:00:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ENRG EINV KZ |
09ASTANA852 | KAZAKHSTAN: KOREAN PRESIDENT LEE'S STATE VISIT PROMOTES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On May 12, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak arrived in Kazakhstan for a three-day state visit (reftel A). Lee and Kazakhstan's President Nazarbayev signed a series of documents during the visit, including a joi [...] | 2009-05-15 10:55:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EPET EINV RS CH KS KZ |
09ASTANA853 | KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, APRIL 27 - MAY 8 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series is intended to maintain focus on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital" following the move of the Embassy to Astana. AZAT'S ABILOV -- THE CHOSEN ONE? 2. Rumors are swirling around Azat party leader Bulat Ab [...] | 2009-05-15 11:05:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA854 | KAZAKHSTAN: MFA CALLS APRIL 28 SUMMIT OF CENTRAL ASIAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Kazakhstan's MFA regards the April 28 Summit of the Presidents of the Founding States of the International Fund to Save the Aral Sea as "successful," despite disagreements over water management issues. Kazakhstan h [...] | 2009-05-18 04:31:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ENRG ECON SENV ZK KZ |
09ASTANA855 | KAZAKHSTAN: ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, APRIL 16 - MAY 9 [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- New Refinancing Rate -- Banking Sector News -- Government Procurement Legislation Signed -- Presidents Discuss Customs Union -- Government to Enhance Control Over Anti- [...] | 2009-05-18 06:36:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EPET ENRG EINV EFIN EAGR CH KZ |
09ASTANA862 | KAZAKHSTAN: SMALL OIL COMPANY HOPES TO MAKE IT BIG [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 14, the Chief Executive Officer of Canamens, an independent oil and gas exploration and production company with headquarters in London, briefed the Charge on the company's plans and activities in Kazakhstan [...] | 2009-05-19 10:42:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV IR KZ |
09ASTANA870 | KAZAKHSTAN: ALGA LEADER DISCUSSES ABLYAZOV, TWO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 18, the leader of the unregistered opposition party Alga, Vladimir Kozlov, told us that he recently met in London with ousted BTA bank chairman Mukhtar Ablyazov, who is Alga's principal financial backer. According to Kozlov, Ablyazov will soon declare himself "in open opp [...] | 2009-05-21 04:36:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA871 | KAZAKHSTAN: RENEWABLE ENERGY PLANS AND PROGRAMS [...] SUMMARY: Kazakhstan's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources has announced its intention to increase the share of renewable sources of energy in Kazakhstan's overall energy mix from 0.02 percent at present to 5.0 percent by 2024. Parliament endorsed the initiative and is now reviewing draf [...] | 2009-05-21 07:19:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON ENRG EINV KZ |
09ASTANA89 | KAZAKHSTAN: OIC SPECIAL ENVOY CUMBER DISCUSSES DEMOCRACY, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a January 9 dinner with U.S. Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Sada Cumber, ambassadors and other diplomats from several OIC-member countries and India freely exchanged views [...] | 2009-01-16 10:20:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KISL KZ |
09ASTANA898 | KAZAKHSTAN: MAZHILIS HOSTS "PATH TO EUROPE" CONFERENCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 21, the Mazhilis (the lower house of parliament) hosted a conference entitled, "Modern Kazakhstan and the Path to Europe." The high-profile event, attended by high-ranking government officials and foreign [...] | 2009-05-27 09:37:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA90 | KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, JANUARY 10-16 [...] The following is the first in a new series of weekly cables from Embassy Astana with tidbits on daily life in Kazakhstan. MASIMOV JOINS BLOGOSPHERE 2. Prime Minister Karim Masimov has joined the Kazakhstani blogosphere by starting his very own weblog ("primeminister. government.kz"). In [...] | 2009-01-16 10:39:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SOCI SCUL KPAO KCRM KZ |
09ASTANA909 | KAZAKHSTAN: ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, MAY 10 - MAY 23 [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Banking Sector News -- Current Account Statistics -- New Currency Preference? -- Calls for a New Financial System -- Minister of Industry and Trade Replaced -- Kazakhsta [...] | 2009-05-28 10:37:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EPET EINV EFIN KZ |
09ASTANA91 | KAZAKHSTAN: MFA DIPLOMATIC NOTE CONFIRMS GOVERNMENT'S [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The Embassy has received a diplomatic note from the Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirming the government's approval of the transit of non-military goods for Afghanistan shipped through the Distribution Network [...] | 2009-01-16 11:37:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR AF KZ |
09ASTANA924 | KAZAKHSTAN: BTA SAGA CONTINUES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Questions remain about how BTA, Kazakhstan's fourth largest commercial bank which is already in partial default, and its self-exiled former chairman, Mukhtar Ablyazov, managed to wind up in such dire straits. Forei [...] | 2009-05-29 12:17:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EPET EINV EFIN KZ |
09ASTANA925 | KAZAKHSTANI FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT VISITS UNITED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY. A delegation from the Committee of Financial Monitoring of the Ministry of Finance participated in an FIU orientation program presented by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). The orientation program wa [...] | 2009-06-01 06:33:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM KCOR KZ |
09ASTANA927 | KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS ADVISOR'S REPORTING CABLE (MAY 2009) [...] On May 22, the proposed visit of the Kazakhstan Customs Control Committee Chairman Kozy-Korpesh Karbuzov to the U.S. was postponed until the fall, in order to organize a fully coordinated program that will be successful in advancing the broad goals of mutual cooperation. On May 23, Kazakhstan [...] | 2009-06-01 10:15:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ |
09ASTANA928 | KAZAKHSTAN: PUBLIC-PRIVATE ALLIANCE LEADS TO INCREASED [...] SUMMARY: The Sustainable Dairy Global Development Alliance (SD-GDA),initiated in 2006 by USAID in cooperation with U.S. and Kazakhstani based dairy farms and dairy service providers, is a public-private partnership designed to increase the profitability of small and medium sized dairy farms. [...] | 2009-06-01 10:26:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID EAGR SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA929 | KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, MAY 11 - 22 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) The "Almaty Notes" series from U.S. Office Almaty focuses on developments in civil society, the media, and the political opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital." TRIAL OF OPPOSITION LEADERS ENDS 3. (U) The trial of [...] | 2009-06-01 10:36:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON SOCI KIRF KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA94 | KAZAKHSTAN: CENTCOM CDR PETRAEUS MEETS PRESIDENT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-20 00:53:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV PREL AF IR RS KZ |
09ASTANA941 | KAZAKHSTAN RATIFIES COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION [...] (U) On June 2, President Nazarbayev signed legislation ratifying the extended and amended Umbrella Agreement for our bilateral Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) program. The Presidential Administration released a press statement marking the event which received coverage in the Kazakhstani med [...] | 2009-06-03 10:44:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PGOV PREL ECON MNUC KNNP KZ |
09ASTANA943 | KAZAKHSTAN: CHANGES AND CHARGES AT KAZATOMPROM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 21, former Minister for Industry and Trade Vladimir Shkolnik replaced Mukhtar Dzhakishev as head of the state-owned nuclear company Kazatomprom (KAP). On May 22, the 45-year old Dzhakishev was arrested on [...] | 2009-06-03 11:22:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR EMIN ENRG EINV ELAB KNNP KZ |
09ASTANA948 | KAZAKHSTAN: SECOND ANNUAL EITI CONFERENCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On June 3, Minister of Energy Sauat Mynbayev opened the second national conference on the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in Astana. Mynbayev announced that Kazakhstan will complete the process [...] | 2009-06-04 10:19:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EMIN EPET EINV KZ |
09ASTANA949 | FINANCIAL POLICE ACADEMY TRIP TO U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: INL sponsored a visit to the United States by General Major Tleukhan, director of the Academy of the Financial Police. Tleukhan had the opportunity to study the structure and programs of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) in Glynco, Georgia, and the FBI Academ [...] | 2009-06-04 11:15:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM KCOR KZ |
09ASTANA95 | KAZAKHSTAN: CENTCOM CDR PETRAEUS MEETS PRESIDENT [...] (S) SUMMARY: President Nazarbayev told CENTCOM Commander General Petraeus: -- the situation in Afghanistan greatly worries him; the Taliban should never be allowed to become a coalition partner in the Afghan government; -- Iran cannot be allowed to become a nuclear state, but the United States need [...] | 2009-01-20 05:56:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV PREL AF IR RS KZ |
09ASTANA953 | KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, MAY 22 - 29 [...] SUMMARY: Mukhtar Dzhakishev, the head of the state nuclear company, Kazatomprom, was arrested this week as a part of a continuing government anti-corruption campaign. The other major story was the publication and banning of "Godfather-in-Law," a book written by the former son-in-law of Presi [...] | 2009-06-05 05:46:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON SOCI KDEM KCRM KPAO KMDR AF KZ |
09ASTANA956 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ARMS SALE TO [...] (S) Ambassador delivered demarche in reftel on June 5 to Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Kairat Sarybai, including verbatim point. Ambassador stressed the importance of preventing the proliferation of weapons and military-related items and told Sarybai, "We do need to have a reply to this [...] | 2009-06-05 10:34:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR PARM PTER ETTC MARR MCAP MOPS |
09ASTANA957 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON LETHAL TRANSIT [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on June 5 to Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Kairat Sarybai. 2. (C) The Ambassador explained that the initiative for the possible transit of lethal materiel across Russian territory came from President Medvedev, and he told Sarybai that he want [...] | 2009-06-05 11:15:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR RSZ TI TX UZ KG KZ |
09ASTANA959 | KAZAKHSTAN: KOSTENAI, THE WHEAT AND SLAVIC HEARTLAND OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 24-26, the Charge d'Affaires visited Kostanai -- a northern city of 250,000 people located in a heavily agricultural area -- to attend a concert by visiting American jazz musicians and to open Kazakhstan's n [...] | 2009-06-08 02:37:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EAGR ENRG SCUL SOCI KPAO KZ |
09ASTANA982 | KAZAKHSTAN: CHINESE AMBASSADOR COMMENTS ON KEY FOREIGN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 5, Chinese Ambassador Cheng Guoping hosted the Ambassador for dinner at the restaurant on the 23rd floor of a striking new hotel built in Astana and owned by the Chinese National Petroleum Company. During a fascinating, wide-ranging, three-hour tour d'horizon, the Chinese Amb [...] | 2009-06-08 10:08:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EPET AF GG RS IR KN ZK KZ |
09ASTANA983 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BILATERAL [...] (S) SUMMARY: On June 5, the Ambassador delivered demarches on a possible Kazakhstani arms sale to Syria and on U.S.-Russian discussions on the transit of lethal supplies to Afghanistan to Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Kairat Sarybay (see reftels),and briefed Sarybay on his recent visit [...] | 2009-06-08 10:13:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PREL PINR MNUC CASC KNNP NATO KZ |
10AQNA272 | KAZAKHSTAN: ZHOVTIS UNDERSTANDABLY PESSIMISTIC ABOUT REFORM [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-26 09:09:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KDEM KZ |
10ASTANA10 | NORTHERN KAZAKHSTAN WELCOMES CUSTOMS UNION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a series of visits to Kazakhstan's two northernmost provinces, local officials praised their regions' economic stability and growth potential. Accounting for the largest share of Kazakhstan's 20.8 million [...] | 2010-01-08 10:12:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EAGR ETRD SOCI RS KZ |
10ASTANA109 | KAZAKHSTAN: ZHOVTIS CASE TO SUPREME COURT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vitaliy Voronov, lawyer for imprisoned human-rights activist Yevgeniy Zhovtis filed on January 27 a motion to request the Supreme Court review the case. The court has one month to decide whether to accept the case and an additional month to issue a decision. Cautiously optimisti [...] | 2010-01-28 10:33:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KZ |
10ASTANA119 | KAZAKHSTAN: U.S. OIL EXECUTIVES DISCUSS CORRUPTION, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 26, the outgoing and incoming CEOs of U.S. oil services company J. Ray McDermott conveyed to the Ambassador their optimism about the investment climate in Kazakhstan, and asserted that strong, fundament [...] | 2010-01-29 08:04:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SOCI KZ |
10ASTANA122 | KAZAKHSTAN: SECRETARY CLINTON'S SPEECH EVOKES DEBATE ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Following a viewing of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's speech on Internet Freedom, a roundtable discussion by Kazakhstani Internet activists on January 22 in Almaty revealed broad agreement that Kazakhstani a [...] | 2010-01-29 10:27:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KPAO KDEM KZ |
10ASTANA13 | KAZAKHSTAN: A TALE OF TWO NORTHERN CITIES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On recent visits to Kostanai and North Kazakhstan Oblasts, PolOff visited American corners in Kostanai and Petropavlovsk. Local residents claimed their regions are "the most peaceful in Kazakhstan," and expressed [...] | 2010-01-11 03:11:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI KPAO RS KZ |
10ASTANA131 | KAZAKHSTAN: PREPARED FOR SHERPA MEETING IN THE HAGUE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 29, the CDA and the Dutch Ambassador jointly delivered the invitation to the February 9-11 preparatory meeting for the Global Nuclear Security Summit. Umarov, who said Kazakhstan had no objections to t [...] | 2010-02-01 01:05:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER ENRG KNNP TRGY IAEA KZ |
10ASTANA132 | KAZAKHSTAN: GALA CELEBRATION MARKS 50 YEARS FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 27, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry -- a state-sponsored business association that supports the development of small- and medium-sized enterprises -- held a lavish, gala celebration to mark its 5 [...] | 2010-02-01 03:22:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR ECON EINV SOCI RS KZ |
10ASTANA133 | KAZAKHSTAN TO ASSOCIATE WITH COPENHAGEN ACCORD [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On January 27, the Embassy delivered reftel points on the Copenhagen Accords to Kazakhstan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs via diplomatic note. The CDA then reiterated the U.S. position to Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov [...] | 2010-02-01 06:54:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGCC SENV KZ |
10ASTANA134 | KAZAKHSTAN: ENERGY OFFICER COMMUNITY POINT OF CONTACT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) U.S. Mission Kazakhstan applauds EEB's initiative to establish an interagency energy officer community and website to exchange information, facilitate policy discussions, and coordinate bilateral and multilateral energy prior [...] | 2010-02-01 08:33:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET KZ |
10ASTANA138 | KAZAKHSTANI FOREIGN MINISTER'S TRIP CLEARS CTR LOGJAM [...] (S) SUMMARY: Over the past eight years, implementation of the Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) program, also known as the Nunn-Lugar Program, has been grinding along, ever more slowly, as the Kazakhstani bureaucracy matures. In advance of State Secretary-Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev's [...] | 2010-02-01 10:17:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR KNNP KZ |
10ASTANA141 | KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS ADVISOR'S REPORTING CABLE (JANUARY [...] January 14: EXBS Advisor and GSO visited two hotels in Astana as possible venues for the Annual EXBS Advisors Conference to be held in Astana, April 20-22. 2. January 20: EXBS Advisor met with OSCE Political Officer Andy Offenbacher to discuss OSCE engagement in border management in Kaz [...] | 2010-02-02 09:43:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ |
10ASTANA154 | KAZAKHSTAN: STATE TO REGULATE FUEL PRICES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Since independence, the government has attempted to manage gasoline prices through various means, including direct ownership of Kazakhstan's three refineries, crude export duties, bulk procurement, and state contr [...] | 2010-02-04 08:32:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SOCI KZ |
10ASTANA158 | KAZAKHSTAN: MINISTRY OF JUSTICE AND AN NGO JOIN FORCES TO [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Prior to a February 3 press conference to discuss joint Kazakshtan-U.S. efforts to combat trafficking-in-persons (TIP),Charge and INL Officer visited the newly-opened, government-funded TIP shelter operated by lo [...] | 2010-02-05 10:14:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB SMIG SOCI KCRM KTIP UZ KZ |
10ASTANA159 | KAZAKHSTAN: GE EXECUTIVE DISCUSSES REGIONAL PLANS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An American executive with General Electric's Transportation Division visited the Embassy on February 3 to discuss the company's plans to assemble locomotives in Kazakhstan and expand into the Russian market. He identified financial and political challenges the company faces, [...] | 2010-02-05 10:19:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ELTN RS TX KZ |
10ASTANA162 | KAZAKHSTAN: LABOR MARKET CONCERNS TAKE CENTER STAGE AT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Nur Otan National Democratic Party of Kazakhstan co-hosted a roundtable on January 19 at the lower house of parliament (Mazhilis) to discuss the legal definition of "self-employment" and how to implement polic [...] | 2010-02-09 03:05:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID ECON EINV ELAB SOCI KZ |
10ASTANA163 | KAZAKHSTAN: NEW CURRENCY CORRIDOR FOR THE TENGE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The National Bank of Kazakhstan introduced a new currency corridor on February 5. On average, the exchange rate of the tenge will remain at 150 tenge to the dollar. However, the National Bank said the tenge will n [...] | 2010-02-09 07:50:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN KZ |
10ASTANA175 | KAZAKHSTAN'S DELEGATION TO THE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: See paragraph 5 for Action Request. All three of Kazakhstan's approved nominees to the Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit have confirmed their participation in the Summit on April 26-27. Post [...] | 2010-02-10 09:42:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV SOCI KZ |
10ASTANA179 | KAZAKHSTAN URGES U.S. SUPPORT FOR GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) invited the Russian DCM and Political Officer to a meeting on February 9 to urge U.S. and Russia's support for K [...] | 2010-02-11 08:28:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MNUC KNNP RS KZ |
10ASTANA184 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT'S SON-IN-LAW TRIES, BUT FAILS, TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Timur Kulibayev, the President's influential son-in-law and Deputy Chairman of the National Welfare Fund Samryk Kazyna, sued four independent newspapers for publishing articles alleging that he received major kick-backs from the Chinese for oil contracts signed in 2003-05. The [...] | 2010-02-12 09:33:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ |
10ASTANA185 | KAZAKHSTAN OPEN TO INCREASED PRESSURE ON IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge delivered reftel points on Iran's nuclear capability on February 10. In response, Deputy Foreign Minister Nurlan Yermekbayev said that Kazakhstan "regrets" Iran's rejection of the P5+1 offer and its refusal to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). K [...] | 2010-02-12 09:48:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL UNSC KZ |
10ASTANA186 | KAZAKHSTAN: OSCE HEAD TAKES ADVANTAGE OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Alexandre Keltchewsky, Head of the OSCE Center in Astana, told the Charge d'Affaires during a luncheon on February 1 that the OSCE and Kazakhstan have politely differed over words and perceptions, a te [...] | 2010-02-12 10:10:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KZ |
10ASTANA187 | KAZAKHSTAN: MFA PUSHES ABC GOALS AS SUMMIT PROSPECTS LOOK [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Over a working lunch on February 15, MFA Americas Director Askar Tazhiev told Charge that State Secretary-Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev was very pleased with his February 1-4 visit to Washington and wants to g [...] | 2010-02-16 02:17:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SOCI KZ |
10ASTANA198 | KAZAKHSTAN: FIRST PRESIDENT OF KAZAKHOIL CALLS FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 10, Nurlan Balgimbayev -- former Prime Minister and first president of KazakhOil -- shared his strident opinions of the national oil company he helped to create, the degree of local content in oil and [...] | 2010-02-16 06:48:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SOCI KZ |
10ASTANA2 | KAZAKHSTAN EXPRESSES PIQUE OVER HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a December 31 meeting (reftel),Kazakhstan's Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov raised concerns about the human-rights certification process. He told the Ambassador that Kazakhstan is ready to refuse al [...] | 2010-01-05 06:37:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID UZ KZ |
10ASTANA20 | KAZAKHSTAN: NDN AND OVERFLIGHT ISSUES STILL UNRESOLVED [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: During a January 11 meeting, Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov told the Ambassador that the Kazakhstani government still is discussing U.S. requests to amend the 2001 overflight and 2009 Northern Distribution Network (NDN) agreements (ref A). He communicated his plan to p [...] | 2010-01-11 10:10:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM PARM MARR MNUC KNNP IR AF RS |
10ASTANA225 | KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR SRAP HOLBROOKE [...] (U) Sen... [...] | 2010-02-18 00:31:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SOCI KZ |
10ASTANA226 | KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR SRAP HOLBROOKE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-18 00:31:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SOCI KZ |
10ASTANA227 | KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR SRAP HOLBROOKE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-18 00:32:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SOCI KZ |
10ASTANA23 | ETHNIC HARMONY IN NORTHERN KAZAKHSTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During recent visits to Kazakhstan's Kostanai and North Kazakhstan Oblasts, interlocutors emphasized the tolerant nature of Kazakhstani society and government efforts to encourage ethnic harmony. According to Vik [...] | 2010-01-12 04:27:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI RS KZ |
10ASTANA24 | NORTHERN KAZAKHSTAN PROMOTES INTER-RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During recent visits to Kazakhstan's Kostanai and North Kazakhstan Oblasts (refs A-C),officials, civil society representatives, and leaders of the Russian Orthodox and Islamic communities emphasized the regions' r [...] | 2010-01-12 05:04:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI KIRF RS KZ |
10ASTANA248 | KAZAKHSTAN: S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] (SBU) Post nominates three projects, in order of priority, for funding consideration under the small grants initiative of the Office of Global Women's Issues. A brief summary and budget for each project follows below. PROJECT 1: GENDER ISSUES IN THE SPREAD OF HIV/AIDS A) NGO: Central As [...] | 2010-02-21 02:26:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KPAO KWMN KTIP KZ |
10ASTANA249 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER INSISTS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is an action cable (see para 6). The Ambassador met Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov on February 19 to discuss a range of issues, including the Annual Bilateral Consultations (ABC),the visit of Special Representative Richard Holbrooke, tarmac access, FSN income taxe [...] | 2010-02-22 05:52:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON KZ |
10ASTANA251 | KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER [...] (SBU) General Petraeus, on behalf of Ambassador Hoagland, and the Department of Defense and Embassy Astana country teams, we extend a warm welcome on the occasion of your upcoming visit to Astana, Kazakhstan. Visit overview 2. (S) The Office of the Defense Attache and your staff are working towa [...] | 2010-02-22 07:03:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV PREL ECON EPET PINR MARR SNAR KZ |
10ASTANA253 | KAZAKHSTAN SEEKS TO BE COMPETITIVE IN SCIENCE AND [...] SUMMARY: During the annual Public Roundtable on Collaboration in Science and Technology, participants heard that the development of science is one of Kazakhstan's most important priorities, and the government plans to increase the government budget allocated to scientific research and develop [...] | 2010-02-22 08:09:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV SENV SOCI TSPL KPAO KZ |
10ASTANA255 | KAZAKHSTAN: WEEKLY SPOT-REPORT DIGEST, FEBRUARY 16-19 [...] (SBU) This is the first edition of a new weekly cable to disseminate spot reports based on Embassy conversations with interlocutors, as well as from the mass media. Our goal is to draw attention to information that might not merit a full cable report. POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS - NAZARBAYEV TAL [...] | 2010-02-22 09:12:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON EPET ENRG SOCI SENV KCRM KDEM KZ |
10ASTANA257 | KAZAKHSTAN: CHINESE LAND-LEASE DEAL STIRS UP CONTROVERSY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite a December 23, 2009, Interfax press report that President Nazarbayev instructed the prosecutors to punish those who disseminate information about the sale of land to foreigners, opposition leaders have con [...] | 2010-02-22 09:38:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EAGR SOCI CH KZ |
10ASTANA258 | KAZAKHSTAN PROPOSES DATES FOR OSCE INFORMAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) At close of business on February 22, Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov called the Ambassador to propose two possible dates for the OSCE Informal Ministerial in Almaty (vice Astana, as reported ref): June 19-20 or July [...] | 2010-02-23 01:50:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL OSCE KZ |
10ASTANA259 | KAZAKHSTAN: CITES DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-23 03:44:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI UNDP UNGA EU KZ |
10ASTANA260 | KAZAKHSTAN: TRANSCRIPT OF S/SRAP HOLBROOKE'S FEBRUARY 21 [...] Following his meeting with State Secretary-Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev, Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Ambassador Richard Holbrooke met briefly with the media. Transcript follows. 2. BEGIN TRANSCRIPT: Ambassador Holbrooke: We've just completed some excellent [...] | 2010-02-23 06:50:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR KPAO GG UZ KG AF KZ |
10ASTANA261 | KAZAKHSTAN: CONOCOPHILLIPS ON OIL TRANSPORTATION, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 22, ConocoPhillips' John Dabbar called on the Ambassador to discuss relations between the Kashagan consortium and national oil company KazMunaiGas (KMG),expansion of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (C [...] | 2010-02-23 09:03:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SOCI AJ TX KZ |
10ASTANA265 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN SUPPORT OF ANTHONY LAKE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-24 09:33:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KZ |
10ASTANA267 | KAZAKHSTAN: SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE HOLBROOKE DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, ZHOVTIS, OSCE SUMMIT WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-26 05:19:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | AF KZ MARR PGOV PREL |
10ASTANA268 | KAZAKHSTAN: SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE HOLBROOKE'S [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Ambassador Richard Holbrooke met with Prime Minister Karim Masimov in Astana on February 21. Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov and MFA Americas Director Askar Tazhiyev, as well a [...] | 2010-02-26 05:26:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR AF KZ |
10ASTANA270 | KAZAKHSTAN: SECOND PREPARATION MEETING FOR THE 2010 [...] SUMMARY: Astana hosted the Second Advisory Council Meeting in Preparation for the Ministerial Conference on Environment and Development (MCED) to be held in Astana in 2010. This year's MCED will focus on "green growth." The meeting presented the MCED's projected schedule, which will include [...] | 2010-02-26 08:05:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV SENV SOCI TSPL KPAO KZ |
10ASTANA271 | KAZAKHSTAN: WEEKLY SPOT-REPORT DIGEST, FEBRUARY 22-26 [...] (SBU) This weekly cable disseminates spot reports based on Embassy conversations with contacts as well as reports from the Kazakhstani media. Our goal is to draw attention to information that might not merit a full cable report or that will be developed later. MAJOR POLICY DEVELOPMENTS: H [...] | 2010-02-26 08:10:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG SOCI SENV KNNP KCOR |
10ASTANA272 | KAZAKHSTAN: ZHOVTIS UNDERSTANDABLY PESSIMISTIC ABOUT REFORM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PolOff visited internationally known human rights activist Yevgeniy Zhovtis at the minimum-security penal colony in Ust-Kamenogorsk on February 24. Zhovtis summarized his view of the possibilities for the resolution of his case, including the Supreme Court, an amnesty, or parol [...] | 2010-02-26 09:09:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KDEM KZ |
10ASTANA275 | KAZAKHSTAN: MINISTER OF JUSTICE PRAISES COOPERATION WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 25, the Ambassador met with Minister of Justice Rashid Tusupbekov to discuss ongoing legal reforms and the possibility of a general amnesty that could include jailed prominent Kazakhstani human rights defender Yevgeniy Zhovtis. Tusupbekov praised cooperation with the [...] | 2010-02-26 10:00:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI SNAR KDEM KTIP KZ |
10ASTANA276 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DESIGNATION OF FOUR [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-26 10:01:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM EFIN MNUC KNNP IR KZ |
10ASTANA278 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. VIEWS FOLLOWING [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-26 10:08:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM MNUC KNNP IR KZ |
10ASTANA32 | KAZAKHSTAN: CONCURRENCE WITH EXBS FY2010 PROGRAM PLAN [...] (U) Post has reviewed and concurs with ISN/ECC EXBS Kazakhstan FY2010 Program Plan (reftel). HOAGLAND [...] | 2010-01-14 03:49:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ |
10ASTANA33 | KAZAKHSTAN: RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 PRE-LICENSE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On January 12, PolOff received the Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs diplomatic note Number 10-2/4818, responding to Post's diplomatic note Number 0758-09, dated September 28, 2009 (reftel). 3. (SBU) An unofficia [...] | 2010-01-14 05:06:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ETTC MNUC KNNP KOMC BU KZ |
10ASTANA36 | CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVE IN NORTHERN KAZAKHSTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During recent visits to Kazakhstan's Kostanai and North Kazakhstan Oblasts (refs A-D),NGO representatives emphasized the growth of a vibrant civil society, especially in Kostanai Oblast. They highlighted key cha [...] | 2010-01-14 09:33:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EAID SOCI KDEM KTIP OSCE KZ |
10ASTANA37 | KAZAKHSTAN OFFERS TO HOST A SPRING GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) This is an action request (see para 9). 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 6, Post received a Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs' diplomatic note (see para 7),which outlined Kazakhstan's proposal to hold a Global Initi [...] | 2010-01-14 12:04:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON MNUC KNNP RS KZ |
10ASTANA39 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PROPOSAL FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) DTRO Deputy Chief delivered to the Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs via diplomatic note number 0030/10, dated January 11, the U.S. offer to the Kazakhstani government to jointly develop and conduct a radiological inc [...] | 2010-01-15 03:26:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PGOV ENRG MNUC KNNP TRGY KZ |
10ASTANA41 | KAZAKHSTAN: THE U.S. IOC BIG THREE AND KMG [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior executives from the three largest U.S. investors in Kazakhstan -- ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, and Chevron -- spoke recently about their companies' plans, priorities, and problems with the biggest oil explor [...] | 2010-01-15 11:45:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR ECON EINV EPET SOCI RS KZ |
10ASTANA44 | KAZAKHSTAN: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-19 01:00:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV ELAB EPET ETRD KTDB KZ OPIC PGOV USTR |
10ASTANA45 | KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REPORTS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING CASES [...] The following is a summary of local media reports of human trafficking cases in Kazakhstan May-August 2009. SEXUAL EXPLOTATION 2. May 6, "Interfax," "Zakon.kz": Two women were arrested in Petropavlovsk for pimping and trafficking in persons. The North-Kazakhstan Oblast Department of I [...] | 2010-01-19 05:52:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB SMIG SOCI KCRM KTIP UZ KZ |
10ASTANA49 | KAZAKHSTAN: AES CONSIDERS ALTERNATIVES TO ARBITRATION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 15, a senior executive from U.S. power company AES told the Ambassador that the company has worked with Kazakhstan's Ambassador to the United States to prepare a settlement letter to the government to r [...] | 2010-01-19 09:49:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR ECON EINV ENRG SOCI KZ |
10ASTANA51 | KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REPORTS ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING CASES [...] The following is a summary of local media reports of human trafficking cases in Kazakhstan September-December 2009. ANTI-TRAFFICKING OPERATIONS 2. December 14, "Interfax": During a nationwide anti-trafficking operation, December 7-11, police arrested 55 pimps and two traffickers and reg [...] | 2010-01-20 03:54:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB SMIG SOCI KCRM KTIP UZ KZ |
10ASTANA52 | KAZAKHSTAN: OVERFLIGHTS AND NORTHERN DISTRIBUTION NETWORK [...] (S/NF) This is an action request (see para 8). 2. (S/NF) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan continues to be an important partner for the U.S. government mission to stabilize Afghanistan. Under the 2001 overflight agreement, the United States has completed more than 8000 overflights. In addition, the U [...] | 2010-01-20 07:50:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR MARR AF RS UZ KZ |
10ASTANA53 | KAZAKHSTAN: EUROPEAN DIPLOMATS DISCUSS NABUCCO GAS PIPELINE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Discussion with European diplomats at January 14-15 energy events centered on the Nabucco gas pipeline, and what role -- if any -- Kazakhstan would likely play in supplying natural gas to Europe via a "southern corridor." There was also agreement that Turkmenistan's ability to d [...] | 2010-01-20 09:17:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EPET TX RS KZ |
10ASTANA54 | KAZAKHSTAN: SENATE CHAIRMAN INVITES AMBASSADOR HOLBROOKE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Kazakhstan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs forwarded via diplomatic note an invitation from Kazakhstani Senate Chairman Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev to U.S. Special Representative Richard Holbrooke to participate in the Second Tran [...] | 2010-01-20 10:13:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE AF KZ |
10ASTANA56 | KAZAKHSTAN: NUR OTAN DEPUTY CHAIR LAYS OUT HIS PRIORITIES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The recently-appointed Deputy Chairman of President Nazarbayev's ruling Nur Otan party (Nazarbayev is the Chairman) told the Ambassador on January 19 that Kazakhstan's OSCE Chairmanship is a sign of its growing in [...] | 2010-01-21 04:32:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM OSCE KZ |
10ASTANA60 | KAZAKHSTAN: BEHIND THE SCENES OF KARACHAGANAK AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: For more than 90 minutes on January 20, Maksat Idenov, First Vice President of national oil company KazMunaiGas (KMG),briefed the Ambassador on the ongoing dispute between shareholders in the Karachaganak Petrole [...] | 2010-01-22 09:31:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SOCI RS KZ |
10ASTANA61 | KAZAKHSTAN: BEHIND THE SCENES OF KARACHAGANAK AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: For more than 90 minutes on January 20, Maksat Idenov, First Vice President of national oil company KazMunaiGas (KMG),briefed the Ambassador on the ongoing dispute between shareholders in the Karachaganak Petrole [...] | 2010-01-22 09:32:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SOCI RS KZ |
10ASTANA62 | KAZAKHSTAN: MFA PUBLICLY DENIES POLITICAL PROBLEMS WITH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov's statement to "Radio Free Europe" that Kazakhstan is delaying full implementation of the U.S.-Russia Transit Agreement, Kazakhstan's Foreign Ministry made public tod [...] | 2010-01-22 09:33:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR RS AF KZ |
10ASTANA67 | KAZAKSTAN: CHINA PRAISES ASTANA'S FOREIGN POLICY, WORRIES [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In his farewell courtesy call with the Ambassador on January 22, China's Ambassador to Kazakhstan Cheng Guoping (please protect) highly praised Kazakhstan's skillful balancing of the "great powers." Repeatedly emphasizing the personal nature of the conversation, Cheng highlig [...] | 2010-01-25 06:35:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR EPET ECON NATO CH RU UZ KZ |
10ASTANA68 | KAZAKHSTAN: VIGNETTES OF PUBLIC OPINION: RBK [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION: On January 23 in Almaty, the Ambassador was the key-note speaker at the founding session of Kazakhstan's chapter of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO),an international group for CEOs of mid-level (or larger) companies who must meet stringent international standards [...] | 2010-01-25 06:49:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ECON ETRD EAID KPAO WTO RS KZ |
10ASTANA69 | KAZAKHSTAN: HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nurlan Kapparov, one of the leading entrepreneurs in Kazakhstan, is the founder and CEO of Lancaster Holding. Coming from a traditional Kazakh political family, he commissioned a biography of his forbearers, one of whom was the vizier for the Khan of Khokhand. His grandfather [...] | 2010-01-25 06:49:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR SOCI KZ |
10ASTANA7 | KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS ADVISOR'S REPORTING CABLE (DECEMBER [...] December 7, EXBS Astana received two fund cites from Washington for document translation and additional funding for green-border shelter purchase. Document translation of the Kazakhstani Dual Use list is in progress and the additional funding for green-border shelters has been sent to RPSO. [...] | 2010-01-06 08:17:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ |
10ASTANA70 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE ON DISTRACTED DRIVING [...] (U) Per reftel, Emboff delivered the demarche on distracted driving on January 25 by diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Americas Department and provided a non-paper containing the key issues of concern. Post will follow up in order to obtain a reply. HOAGLAND [...] | 2010-01-25 07:02:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI UNDP UNGA EU KZ |
10ASTANA72 | KAZAKHSTAN: MONEY AND POWER [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-25 08:14:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV PINR EPET EINV KCOR RS CH KZ |
10ASTANA73 | KAZAKHSTAN: POC FOR STAFFDEL HELWIG [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Embassy Astana's point of contact for Staffdel Helwig's March 2-10 trip to Kazakhstan is political officer Anna Radivilova. Her contact information is as follows: Name: Anna Radivilova Office phone: +7-7172-70-2397 Cell [...] | 2010-01-25 09:01:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT KZ |
10ASTANA74 | KAZAKHSTAN: CHINA PRAISES ASTANA'S FOREIGN POLICY, WORRIES [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In his farewell courtesy call with the Ambassador on January 22, China's Ambassador to Kazakhstan Cheng Guoping (please protect) highly praised Kazakhstan's skillful balancing of the "great powers." Repeatedly emphasizing the personal nature of the conversation, Cheng highlig [...] | 2010-01-25 09:22:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR EPET ECON NATO CH RU UZ KZ |
10ASTANA78 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON U.S. ASSISTANCE TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On January 25, the Ambassador delivered reftel points to Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov. Umarov took our points under advisement. Post also forwarded the points to the MFA separately under the cover of a diplomatic n [...] | 2010-01-25 10:03:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF EAID ECON HA KZ |
10ASTANA79 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON THE NUCLEAR SECURITY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On January 25, the Ambassador delivered reftel points to Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov. Umarov took the points under advisement. Post also forwarded the points to the MFA separately under the cover of a diplomatic n [...] | 2010-01-25 10:03:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM EAID TBIO IAEA NPT PREL KZ |
10ASTANA80 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON LONDON CONFERENCE ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On January 25, the Ambassador delivered reftel points to Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov. Umarov took the points under advisement. Post also forwarded the points to the MFA separately under the cover of a diplomatic n [...] | 2010-01-25 10:03:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF EFIN AF KZ |
10ASTANA82 | KAZAKHSTAN: APPRECIATION MIXED WITH CONCERN [...] (S) SUMMARY: During a January 25 meeting, Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov noted the Kazakhstani government's appreciation for Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake's recent remarks on Kazakhstan at the National Press Club in Washington and Special [...] | 2010-01-26 04:06:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR EAID MARR AF RS KZ |
10ASTANA89 | KAZAKHSTAN: LOCAL CONTENT LEGISLATION AMENDMENTS NEEDED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 20, Energy Officer received a thorough overview of the laws and regulations governing subsoil use and local content from a well-respected local law firm. Negotiations between the government and foreign [...] | 2010-01-26 08:30:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SOCI KZ |
10ASTANA90 | KAZAKHSTAN: PARLIAMENT DISCUSSES REVISIONS TO MARITIME [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: At a January 21 roundtable hosted by the Association of Maritime Transportation Entrepreneurs, parliamentarians and representatives of 10 ministries, international shipping companies, and the diplomatic community di [...] | 2010-01-26 08:31:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SENV SOCI KZ |