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08VLADIVOSTOK103 | WHAT'S RUINING FISHING AND WHY LEGAL CATCH DOESN'T PAY [...] Summary. Industry experts gathered in Vladivostok for the 2008 Fishery Congress to discuss problems facing Russia's fishing industry. Participants outlined several problems which include an obsolete fleet, confusing regulations, lack of processing facilities, and dwindling fisheries. An ev [...] | 2008-09-18 10:20:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SENV ECON RS |
08VLADIVOSTOK109 | SOUTH KOREA TO IMPORT RUSSIAN GAS THROUGH NORTH KOREA [...] Gazprom and Korean Gas Corporation signed a letter of understanding outlining a thirty-year, USD 90 billion deal to bring Russian natural gas to the Republic of Korea via a pipeline through North Korea. Construction of the pipeline is scheduled to begin in 2011 for completion in 2015. North [...] | 2008-10-08 06:56:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EPET KS KN RS |
08VLADIVOSTOK129 | APEC 2012, U.S. BUSINESSES, CULTURAL TIES FOCAL POINTS OF [...] (U) There were many highlights of Amb. Beyrle's November 16-19 trip to the Russian Far East -- a hike through leopard country, jazz concert, trip to the port of Vladivostok and a youth protest to name a few -- but if there was an underlying theme to the trip it was anticipation. The Ambassad [...] | 2008-11-22 03:48:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON SENV RS |
08VLADIVOSTOK3 | RUSSKIY ISLAND: FROM ICE FISHING PARADISE TO APEC HOST? [...] (U) Summary. Consulate staff chose the coldest day of the season at minus 21 centigrade to visit Russkiy Island, the purported site of the 2012 APEC summit. It is immediately apparent that the island has a long way to go before it is ready to accept many international visitors, let alone ho [...] | 2008-01-15 03:24:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL SENV RS |
08VLADIVOSTOK8 | GOLD, GULAG AND GEOGRAPHY DEFINE MAGADAN [...] (U) Summary: With a region half the size of Alaska and a population of only 170,000, the Magadan region has big challenges. First is finding enough skilled labor to exploit the gold, silver and other mining riches of its vast territory. The mines operate year round, even when temperatures hi [...] | 2008-01-28 06:20:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PREL RS |
08VLADIVOSTOK94 | RUSSIAN-NORTH KOREAN ECONOMIC COOPERATION: DISTANT TRAIN [...] (U) Summary. Russian and North Korean officials have signed an agreement to renovate the railroad linking the two countries and to jointly develop the North Korean port of Najin to handle major container cargos. The move, which has been anticipated for years, is seen as the first step in upg [...] | 2008-08-22 06:21:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL ETRD RS |
08WARSAW1009 | POLAND REJECTS RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF SOUTH [...] (C) MFA Director for Eastern Policy Jaroslaw Bratkiewicz told us that the Polish Foreign Minister's public statement of August 27 makes clear the GoP's rejection of Russian recognition of Georgia's breakaway regions. Bratkiewicz noted in particular that Russian actions are in violation of t [...] | 2008-08-28 14:46:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RU PL |
08WARSAW101 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DRAFT RESOLUTION ON GAZA [...] POLOFF delivered reftel talking points on the proposed Human Rights Council draft resolution on Gaza to Ambassador Maciej Kozlowski at the MFA's Africa and Middle East Division on January 24. He had no immediate reaction. ASHE [...] | 2008-01-24 16:10:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PL |
08WARSAW1010 | CODEL LIEBERMAN URGES UNITED SUPPORT FOR GEORGIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Codel Lieberman met separately August 21 with Polish FM Sikorski and PM Tusk to express solidarity over events in Georgia. FM Sikorski said Western Europeans were starting to understand the nature of the Russian threat, although he warned of Russian "purchases" of leading Europ [...] | 2008-08-28 15:19:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR ECON ENRG GG PL |
08WARSAW1018 | POLISH MFA OFFERS NO RESPONSE TO MED-D SOFA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-29 12:08:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL EUN PL |
08WARSAW102 | POLAND: SECOND SURVEY OF IRAQ DEPLOYMENT [...] (C) In accordance with ref A, poloff engaged Polish diplomats, Juliusz Gojlo, Iraq Desk, and Piotr Erenfeicht, NATO Operations Action Officer, on the future of Polish engagement in Iraq, its legal basis and the possibility of a Defense Cooperation Agreement. The Polish government has declared [...] | 2008-01-24 16:11:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS IZ PL |
08WARSAW1032 | POLISH VIEWS ON GEORGIA IN ADVANCE OF THE [...] (C) The GOP stated officially that it was pleased with the results of the September 1 special EU Foreign Ministers' summit on Georgia and Russia, but in private, Poles express disappointment that more was not done. In response to reftel demarche, Tomasz Orlowski of the Polish MFA Department of [...] | 2008-09-03 12:08:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN GG PL |
08WARSAW1037 | UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE: POLAND STILL SUPPORTIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-04 14:52:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNGA PL |
08WARSAW1039 | POLES SUPPORT AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY EXPANSION [...] (C) Deputy Defense Minister Stanislaw Komorowski thanked DCM September 4 for reftel information about plans to increase the capabilities of the Afghan National Army, and expressed support for the effort. Komorowski reminded that Poland has been seeking to join the Joint Coordination Board. [...] | 2008-09-05 07:34:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR AF PL |
08WARSAW1053 | BELARUS/POLAND - FM SIKORSKI TO ANNOUNCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA officials told AmEmbassy Minsk Charge Moore that Belarusian authorities are "terrified" about the implications that Russia's recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia has for Belarus. FM Sikorski reportedly sees recent developments in Belarus, including the release of politic [...] | 2008-09-09 16:22:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV BO PL |
08WARSAW1055 | POLISH VIEWS ON SEPTEMBER 15-16 GAERC AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA EU Correspondent Cyryl Kozaczewski told us the GoP has avoided responding "emotionally" on Georgia, notwithstanding the severity of the crisis. The GoP will not press for strong EU measures against Russia, preferring to give Russia time to reflect on developments. Although i [...] | 2008-09-11 09:17:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV EUN ZL ZI SO YI TU GG RS PL |
08WARSAW1060 | RUSSIAN FM LAVROV OPEN TO MD CONFIDENCE-BUILDING [...] (C) The fact alone that FM Lavrov followed through on a planned visit to Warsaw September 11 spoke volumes about Russia's and Poland's ability to talk to each other despite major differences over Missile Defense (MD) and the Caucasus. The respectful atmospherics were as important as the visi [...] | 2008-09-12 11:35:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS GG PL |
08WARSAW1069 | RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE: SUPPORTING AMENDMENT OF THE [...] (C) Summary. GOP will consider guarded support for amendment of the ISAF oplan to expand CN authorities, provided actions resulting from amendment do not have a negative impact on safety of Polish troops. However, the Poles believe that the priority should be training Afghans to take on thei [...] | 2008-09-15 14:52:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF PL |
08WARSAW1073 | GEORGIA - POLAND TO TAKE "BALANCED APPROACH" TO [...] (C) Poloffs delivered reftel demarche September 15 to MFA Georgia Desk Officer Tomasz Orlowski. Orlowski said Poland agrees with U.S. views that Russia appears to be pushing harder in international fora on allegations that Georgia committed acts of genocide in South Ossetia during the conflic [...] | 2008-09-16 11:08:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CG RS XG XH PL |
08WARSAW1074 | BELARUS/POLAND - MFA CONTINUES TO LOBBY FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Polish MFA officials told us that Belarusian FM Martynov took a "soft, friendly" tone in his September 12 meeting with FM Sikorski. They attributed the meeting's success -- and Belarus' apparent warming to the West -- as a reaction to Russian actions in Georgia and a growing Bel [...] | 2008-09-16 12:32:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV BO PL |
08WARSAW108 | POLISH MFA'S RUSSIA EXPERT SEES CHANGE IN RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The MFA's newly-appointed Eastern Policy Director, Jaroslaw Bratkiewicz, described the atmosphere during FM Radek Sikorski's recent visit to Russia as warm, but doubted it reflected any fundamental change in Russian outlooks. He said the Russians now say publicly that they acknow [...] | 2008-01-25 14:45:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG ETRD KDEM PL RS |
08WARSAW1081 | POLISH MFA: RUSSIAN FM LAVROV SENT MIXED MESSAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a briefing for European and US diplomats, MFA Director for Eastern Policy Jaroslaw Bratkiewicz characterized Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's visit to Poland on September 10-11 as a "mixed message" to Warsaw regarding Russia's policy towards its neighbors. The Russian [...] | 2008-09-17 16:17:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RS CG PL |
08WARSAW1086 | NO TO IRAN DEAL FOR NOW; BUT WHAT NEXT ON ENERGY [...] (SBU) EEB DAS Doug Hengel met the week of September 8 with government officials and leadership of the state-controlled oil and gas company (PGNiG) and was assured that no energy deal with Iran was imminent. All agreed on the importance of ensuring that Iran did not develop nuclear weapons and [...] | 2008-09-18 11:25:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET ETTC IR PREL PL |
08WARSAW1093 | THE END OF A SUCCESSFUL IRAQ MISSION: EVALUATING [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 15, Poland will bring to a close her five-year mission in Iraq. On balance, the Polish military presence in Iraq must be seen as a success. The deployment dates from the earliest days of the coalition in 2003; it survived two changes in government in Warsaw; and the [...] | 2008-09-19 10:04:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR PL |
08WARSAW1098 | MISSILE DEFENSE: WHAT THE LOCALS WANT [...] Paragraph 3 contains the text of a petition presented to Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk by the inhabitants of Redzikowo, the small town near Slupsk where a U.S. missile interceptor site (part of the "anti-missile shield) is to be located. Tusk received the petition during his visit to Slups [...] | 2008-09-19 14:42:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS PREL PGOV PL |
08WARSAW1099 | POLES CONSIDERING REQUEST FOR INCREASED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-22 05:53:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO IZ PL |
08WARSAW1104 | POLAND/DPRK - GROWING INTEREST IN PROMOTING HUMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Polish Government is very interested in the humanitarian and human rights situation in North Korea (DPRK). MFA officials told Deputy Special Envoy for Human Rights in North Korea Christian Whiton that they are exploring ways to take effective action. The Poles expressed inte [...] | 2008-09-23 05:51:00 | Embassy Warsaw | SECRET | PHUM PREL KN PL |
08WARSAW1105 | POLAND CONCERNED ABOUT VENEZUELA AND BOLIVIA; SEES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GoP is concerned about the political situation in Bolivia and Venezuela -- particularly after the expulsions of the U.S. Ambassadors to both countries. MFA Deputy Director Daniel Gromann indicated that Poland supports the EU position of "constructive engagement" with both cou [...] | 2008-09-23 05:51:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KDEM PGOV PREL ENRG BL VE PL |
08WARSAW1112 | POLES AGREE THERE SHOULD BE NO BUSINESS AS USUAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-24 05:46:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL GG RS PL |
08WARSAW1117 | RECOMMENDATION FOR PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION TO [...] (SBU) Embassy Warsaw recommends that a presidential delegation at the highest possible level represent the United States at commemoration ceremonies in Warsaw on November 11 marking the 90th anniversary of Poland's regaining its independence. This is a tremendously significant milestone for t [...] | 2008-09-24 10:11:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PL |
08WARSAW1128 | POLAND ON COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES AND ESC VOTE [...] (C) Embassy Warsaw delivered ref A points to the Polish MFA. Miroslaw Luczka, Deputy Director of the MFA's Department of UN and Human Rights, informed us on September 24 that Poland would most likely abstain if the ESC were brought to vote because of external political factors. Luczka expla [...] | 2008-09-25 16:17:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA PL |
08WARSAW113 | BAD AROLSEN ARCHIVES AND SECOND PROTOCOL PROCEDURE [...] In a January 23, 2008 meeting with EUR/OHI's Ambassador J. Christian Kennedy, the MFA Legal Department's Krzystof Kocel said that all partner countries involved in the International Tracing Service (ITS) had completed their internal requirements for passage, and that the Second Protocol gove [...] | 2008-01-28 16:02:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | KJRE PREL PGOV PL |
08WARSAW1138 | GOP TO PUT FORWARD DRAFT PRIVATE PROPERTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Polish Treasury Vice Minister Krzysztof Laszkiewicz told visiting Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues Ambassador J. Christian Kennedy September 12 that draft legislation on compensation for WWII and Communist-era confiscations is ready to be introduced to the Sejm (the lower house [...] | 2008-09-29 11:09:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PL |
08WARSAW1140 | POLAND WRESTLING WITH CIVILIAN CONTRIBUTIONS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poland begins its fourth Afghanistan rotation November 1 with the consolidation of 1,450 soldiers in Ghazni province. The GoP agreed to take sole responsibility for operations in Ghazni in March 2008, and began detailed military planning at that time -- particularly to secure t [...] | 2008-09-29 14:06:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MAPP AF PL |
08WARSAW1142 | ASSISTANCE TO GEORGIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) EmbOffs delivered reftel demarche regarding the upcoming Georgia donors conference in Brussels to Tomasz Orlowski, Georgia desk officer at the Polish MFA, as well as Barbara Gronowska and Joanna Poplawska in the MFA's Development Cooperation Department on September 22. The MFA is working [...] | 2008-09-29 15:07:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN KCRS EUMEM PREL GG RS PL |
08WARSAW1144 | POLISH MFA: CONTINUE DIALOGUE WITH BELARUS AFTER [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-30 13:28:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PGOV BO PL |
08WARSAW1147 | POLISH MFA: CONTINUE DIALOGUE WITH BELARUS AFTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A Polish MFA official told us that the GoP agrees with the U.S. and OSCE assessment that the September 28 parliamentary elections in Belarus were neither free nor fair. The MFA saw some "minor improvements" in the election process and will seek to continue a dialogue with Bel [...] | 2008-09-30 14:51:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV BO PL |
08WARSAW1170 | POLAND TO CONTINUE STRICT IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR [...] (C) The GOP considers the potential threat posed by Iran to be among the world's "highest concerns," according to Piotr Kozlowski, Iran desk officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Political External Chief made reftel demarche 3 October with Kozlowski and left copies of UNSC Resolution [...] | 2008-10-03 15:28:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP IR MNUC PARM PL |
08WARSAW1173 | POLES DEEPEN AFGHANISTAN ENGAGEMENT DESPITE PUBLIC [...] (C) SUMMARY. On November 1, Poland will increase its military presence and take on new responsibilities in Afghanistan. Polish forces will consolidate control over military operations in Ghazni province, and a Polish civilian contingent will replace its U.S. PRT counterpart over the course [...] | 2008-10-07 06:02:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AF PL MAPP |
08WARSAW1175 | POLAND TO ABSTAIN ON KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION [...] (C) Poland will abstain on Serbia's UNGA resolution to refer a question on the legality of Kosovo's independence to the International Court of Justice (ICJ),according to MFA Political Director Witold Sobkow. In response to reftel demarche, Sobkow, who is responsible for EU foreign policy an [...] | 2008-10-07 10:22:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNGA KV PL |
08WARSAW1176 | RATIFICATION OF US-EU EXTRADITION AND MUTUAL LEGAL [...] (SBU) DCM and Legatt delivered reftel demarche to Lukasz Redziniak, Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) October 3. 2. (SBU) DCM took the opportunity to raise our disappointment in the outcome of a Polish court case involving Randy Craig Levine, who allegedly committed [...] | 2008-10-07 12:00:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CJAN EUN KCRM KJUST KTIA PGOV PREL BE EI GR |
08WARSAW1183 | SECOND SOFA PLENARY CONCLUDES AMID POSITIVE [...] (SBU) U.S. and Polish delegations convened in Warsaw October 6-8 for the second plenary round of negotiations on the supplemental bilateral SOFA. Deputy Defense Minister Stanislaw Komorowski and Deputy Foreign Minister Andrzej Kremer led the Polish delegation. PM Senior Advisor Ambassador J [...] | 2008-10-09 06:11:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PL |
08WARSAW1188 | GAERC - POLISH VIEWS ON OCTOBER 13 EU FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA European Correspondent Cyryl Kozaczewski told us October 9 that while Belarusian elections were flawed and there has been no significant improvement in terms of democracy and human rights, Poland will support a temporary suspension of the travel ban. The ban should be lifted, [...] | 2008-10-10 06:54:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EUN BO GC RS UZ ZI PL |
08WARSAW1205 | POLAND NON-COMMITTAL ON ACCEPTANCE OF PALESTINIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-16 12:49:00 | Embassy Warsaw | SECRET | PREL PGOV MOPS PTER PHUM KAWK KISL KPAO PL |
08WARSAW1218 | POLISH MFA WORKING WITH FINANCE MINISTRY ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-17 15:30:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN GG PREL RS EUMEM KMCA KCRS PL |
08WARSAW1225 | MISSION POLAND'S NOMINATION FOR SECRETARY'S WOMEN [...] U.S. Embassy Warsaw nominates Stana Buchowska, the Co-Founder and National Coordinator for La Strada Poland (Foundation Against Trafficking in Human Beings and Slavery) for the 2009 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. Stana Buchowska was notified by U.S. Embassy Warsaw of he [...] | 2008-10-20 12:52:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM POL |
08WARSAW124 | COHABITATION TENSIONS CONTINUE AS PRESIDENT SEEKS [...] (C) Summary: President Lech Kaczynski's often-clumsy efforts to assert the power and role of the presidency have created a bumpy record at "cohabitation" with PM Donald Tusk's government, and done nothing to increase the president's influence or his party's popularity. President Kaczynski a [...] | 2008-01-30 11:30:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR PL |
08WARSAW1250 | AMBASSADOR'S OCTOBER 28 MEETING WITH SEJM SPEAKER [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 28 meeting with the Ambassador, Speaker of the Sejm (lower house of parliament) Bronislaw Komorowski expressed satisfaction with lessons learned by the Polish military in Iraq. Discussing the November 1 Polish takeover of responsibilities in Afghanistan's Ghazn [...] | 2008-10-29 07:02:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM AF IZ PL |
08WARSAW1259 | COMBATTING NUCLEAR TERRORISM: POLISH MFA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) indicated that it might host Exercise Planning Group (EPG) activities of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism in 2010, but could not do so in 2009 due to internal staffing concerns. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) Poloff delive [...] | 2008-10-29 17:27:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER PL |
08WARSAW1274 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY GUTIERREZ' VISIT TO POLAND - 90TH ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE [...] Mr. Secretary, you are coming to Poland at an exciting time, following several high-profile bilateral successes: the August signing of the Missile Defense Agreement; the successful conclusion of a five-year Polish deployment in Iraq; and the simultaneous strengthening of support for the NATO [...] | 2008-11-04 15:29:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL ETRD KIPR PL PGOV |
08WARSAW1280 | DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER WELCOMES OBAMA'S ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Grzegorz Schetyna told the Ambassador the November 4 elections in the U.S. recalled the excitement of Poland's own November 2007 general elections, and said Poles are counting on President-elect Obama to bring about a more open U.S. foreign policy. Schetyn [...] | 2008-11-06 14:37:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MARR PTER PL |
08WARSAW1281 | MDA VISIT ADVANCES PROSPECTS FOR RATIFYING MISSILE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 28-30 visit to Poland, Missile Defense Agency Director Obering and Incoming Director O'Reilly described the benefits of the planned interceptor Missile Defense (MD) interceptor site to Slupsk area residents and, in Warsaw, reviewed U.S.-Russian consultations o [...] | 2008-11-06 15:32:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MCAP PL |
08WARSAW1285 | POLISH VIEWS ON NOVEMBER 3 GYMNICH AND NOVEMBER [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to MFA European Correspondent Cyryl Kozaczewski, Poland will oppose the unconditional resumption of negotiations on a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) with Russia, but will take a "careful" approach at the November 10-11 EU Foreign Ministers Meeting (GAERC). B [...] | 2008-11-07 06:55:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EUN GA RS BK AF SY IZ PL |
08WARSAW1289 | LETTER OF CONGRATULATIONS FROM PRIME MINISTER TUSK [...] Post has been informed that the following letter of congratulations from Polish Prime Minister Tusk has been delivered by the Polish Embassy in Washington to President-elect Obama. A scanned copy of the letter is posted on the Prime Minister's website (www.premier.gov.pl). 2. Begin English [...] | 2008-11-10 06:25:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL OVIP PL |
08WARSAW1295 | POLAND SUPPORTS RESTARTING OF EU-RUSSIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. An MFA official told us November 12 that the GoP had shifted policy and now supported the November 10 EU decision to re-initiate negotiations with Russia on a new partnership agreement, despite Russia's failure to meet its commitments in Georgia. The official denied press reports [...] | 2008-11-12 15:06:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV GG RS PL |
08WARSAW1301 | WARSAW EMPATHIZES WITH U.S. ON DEA EXPULSION BUT [...] (C) Warsaw agrees that the suspension of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) operations in Bolivia could have a serious impact on the level of narcotics, particularly cocaine, entering the European market. The Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) was aware of the DEA suspension and fea [...] | 2008-11-14 07:29:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM SNAR BL PL |
08WARSAW1312 | FORMER POLISH PRESIDENT WALESA STILL INTENDS TO [...] (C) Post appreciates and concurs with Embassy Caracas' reporting (reftel) on the aborted visit of former Polish President Lech Walesa to Venezuela. Although they were not responsible for arranging Walesa's visit, MFA officials downplayed "exaggerated" Polish press coverage of the visit cance [...] | 2008-11-17 14:11:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV PL VE |
08WARSAW1327 | INCSR/POLAND - POST INPUT FOR 2008-2009 [...] (SBU) Per ref A guidance, the following is Embassy Warsaw's submission for Part I of the 2008-2009 International Narcotics Strategy Report (INCSR). Post's submission for Part II will follow septel. 2. (SBU) Begin text: ---------- I. Summary ---------- Poland has traditionally bee [...] | 2008-11-20 06:47:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV PREL KCRM KJUS PL |
08WARSAW1338 | POLAND TO SIDE WITH EU ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-24 07:48:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA PL IS PA LE SY |
08WARSAW1346 | USEU AMBASSADOR SILVERBERG DISCUSSES RUSSIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Polish officials told USEU Ambassador Kristen Silverberg that Poland reluctantly agreed to support resumption of negotiations on the EU-Russia Partnership and Cooperation Agreement after the French Presidency made clear no consensus was needed to move forward. The decision not to [...] | 2008-11-25 15:07:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG SENV KGHG ECON EAGR EUN |
08WARSAW1350 | POLAND: PRESIDENT'S SECURITY ADVISOR HIGHLIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a November 26 meeting with DCM, Wladyslaw Stasiak, the Head of the Polish President's National Security Bureau, highlighted the Presidential Administration's policy towards Poland's Eastern neighbors, emphasizing President Kaczynski's desire to revive Europe's waning inter [...] | 2008-11-26 15:12:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV AJ BO GG UP PL |
08WARSAW1365 | WARSAW WILL NOT SIGN CLUSTER MUNITIONS CONVENTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-01 14:31:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM NATO MOPS PREL PL |
08WARSAW1374 | POLAND SHARES U.S. CONCERNS ON OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] (C) The U.S. can rely on Polish support on the major issues of concern at the December 4-5 Helsinki ministerial meeting -- the Russian European security treaty initiative, Georgia, and the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE). Jacek Emmel in the MFA Security Policy Department told us th [...] | 2008-12-03 17:47:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL KDEM GG RS PL PHUM |
08WARSAW1378 | GAERC - POLISH VIEWS ON DECEMBER 8-9 EU FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poland is "90 percent satisfied" with the EU Commission's report on the Eastern Partnership, despite the fact that the Commission failed to appoint a Special Coordinator for the project and had committed only 400 million euros, 200 million less than the sum originally proposed by [...] | 2008-12-04 14:37:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EUN ZL IS PK CG TU PL |
08WARSAW1382 | POLISH ISAF STRATEGY UNCLEAR ON CIVILIAN ROLE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The GOP has engaged in a continuing interagency review to determine its long-term strategy in Afghanistan. The strategic planning process has gained little traction, stalling on the question of how long to plan for a Polish presence. On the other hand, the GOP has taken near-t [...] | 2008-12-05 13:37:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AF PL MAPP |
08WARSAW1387 | STAFFDEL YOUNG: POLES LOOKING FOR DEFENSE AID IF [...] (C) StaffDel Young told GoP interlocutors November 26 that the new U.S. administration's review of missile defense (MD) effectiveness could take longer than 8-10 months. In response, working-level officials from the Ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs replied that a long delay or cance [...] | 2008-12-08 12:44:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL MCAP PL |
08WARSAW1392 | POLAND/GERMANY - ALL SMILES, BUT HALTING PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the eve of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's visit here, GoP officials are pointing to an improved Polish-German relationship as one of the top accomplishments of the government's first year in office. However, despite the Germans' poorly hidden preference for Prime Minister Tu [...] | 2008-12-09 07:05:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ECON EPET SENV PL |
08WARSAW1393 | OPEN SKIES TREATY REIMBURSEMENT FOR POLAND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-09 07:05:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PL |
08WARSAW1394 | SCENESETTER FOR THE UN CONFERENCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (SBU) Summary. Poland's government recognizes that the on-going Fourteenth United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Poznan (due to enter its High Level segment later this week) is largely a waypoint on the road to next year's Fifteenth UN Conference in Copenhagen. It nonetheless views [...] | 2008-12-09 07:05:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PGOV PREL ETRD KIPR PL |
08WARSAW1395 | POLISH FM A LOCAL FAVORITE IN NATO RACE [...] (SBU) Polish media place Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski on a short list of international favorites to succeed de Hoop Scheffer as NATO Secretary General. Besides Sikorski's individual merits, analysts here believe the Polish option stands out because other powers have had a recent turn [...] | 2008-12-09 11:10:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV PL |
08WARSAW1405 | CUBA - LIBERTAD ACT RESPONSE FROM POLAND [...] (U) Post provides the following in response to ref A questions. 2. (U) Promotion of democracy and human rights in Cuba: Poland has an excellent track record with respect to supporting freedom and democracy in Cuba, and believes that its experience in the Solidarity trade movement and it [...] | 2008-12-10 14:51:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ETTC PREL CU PL |
08WARSAW1408 | POLISH LEFTIST LEADER OUTLINES RECOVERY STRATEGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Grzegorz Napieralski, Chairman of the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD),blasted the intransigence of the ruling Civic Platform (PO) party, a stance that has forced the SLD into tactical alliances with President Kaczynski and the Law and Justice (PiS) party on some votes. Despite [...] | 2008-12-11 13:23:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PL |
08WARSAW1409 | POLAND: A NATURAL U.S. ALLY ON EASTERN POLICY [...] (S) SUMMARY: Like us, Poland seeks to draw key countries on the eastern boundary of Europe, like Ukraine and Georgia, towards Western institutions. An increasingly active regional player, Poland has evolved since 1989 from aid-recipient to donor, helping us to spur reforms in the region. Warsaw [...] | 2008-12-12 06:45:00 | Embassy Warsaw | SECRET | PREL PHUM PGOV BO GG UP RS PL |
08WARSAW1418 | POLAND UNLIKELY TO CONTRIBUTE FINANCIALLY TO [...] (S) The GoP is leery about taking on additional financial commitments in the Middle East, including support for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL). In addition to the possibility of cuts in the GoP's overall foreign affairs budget next year, Stanislaw Gulinski of the MFA's Africa and Mid [...] | 2008-12-15 14:39:00 | Embassy Warsaw | SECRET | PREL PTER UNSC LE SY PL |
08WARSAW1419 | POLAND - UN HARMONIZATION OF SERVICES DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) While not familiar with the U.S. proposal for the harmonization of conditions of service at the UN, MFA UN Department Counselor Dariusz Manczyk told poloff December 15 he is familiar with the current system's problems. Manczyk was pessimistic about the prospects for a quick solution. De [...] | 2008-12-15 14:42:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT AORC APER PL PREL UNGA |
08WARSAW1425 | Poland - 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence [...] (U) Summary. Mission Poland actively participated in the 2008 international campaign "16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence" by raising awareness of the problem through a series of profiles posted on Embassy Warsaw's website of individuals and institutions actively working against g [...] | 2008-12-16 13:07:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM SCUL PL OIIP |
08WARSAW1435 | POLISH MFA ON MANPADS: RUSSIA CAPITALIZING ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Polish MFA attributed Russia's alleged October discovery of Polish-made GROM MANPADS in Chechnya (originally delivered to Tbilisi) to Georgia's unprofessional handling of the weapons. The Russians, in turn, capitalized on the discovery to "discredit Poland and Georgia." The M [...] | 2008-12-18 14:24:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC MCAP PREL PTER MASS GG RS PL |
08WARSAW1437 | CODEL SCHWARTZ/POLAND - NATO, EU MUST DO MORE ON [...] (C) Polish National Security Advisor Wladyslaw Stasiak and prominent Polish MPs, including Sejm Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Krzysztof Lisek, told CODEL Schwartz that NATO must do more to address Georgia's security problems. If NATO does not offer MAP, it must offer something tangible to r [...] | 2008-12-19 11:27:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV CG PL |
08WARSAW1446 | FOURTH SOFA PLENARY CONCLUDES AMID STEADY PROGRESS [...] (SBU) U.S. and Polish delegations convened in Warsaw December 16-18 for the fourth plenary round of negotiations on the supplemental bilateral SOFA. Deputy Defense Minister Stanyslaw Komorowski and Deputy Foreign Minister Andrzej Kremer led the Polish delegation. PM Senior Advisor Ambassado [...] | 2008-12-23 09:14:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PL |
08WARSAW1448 | POLAND MIGHT RE-EVALUATE TROOP LEVELS IN [...] (S) Warsaw fully recognizes the importance of next year's presidential election in Afghanistan and will do its best to maintain the security and integrity of the electoral process, especially in Ghazni Province, where approximately 1600 Polish troops are stationed. Roman Strzemiecki and Domin [...] | 2008-12-23 13:33:00 | Embassy Warsaw | SECRET | NATO PREL MOPS MARR PL |
08WARSAW1452 | INVITATION TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE PLENARY DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-24 10:30:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGIT PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER PL |
08WARSAW153 | POLAND: TERRORIST FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF [...] (C) On February 1, Econoff shared reftel points with the Polish government regarding USG plans to submit the names of four Syria-based terrorist facilitators to the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee. Econoff met separately with Elzbieta Frankow-Jaskiewicz from the Polish Ministry of Finance's Depa [...] | 2008-02-05 09:32:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER PREL ETTC KTFN PL |
08WARSAW189 | POLAND: SMOOTH SAILING AHEAD FOR COAST GUARD PORT [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Econoff accompanied a team of U.S. Coast Guard officers to a meeting on January 29 with Polish officials to discuss an upcoming port facility visit under the International Port Security Program (IPSP). The Polish [...] | 2008-02-11 15:11:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT PREL PGOV PL |
08WARSAW199 | POLAND REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR FATF MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) On February 11, the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) called in the embassy to ask that the USG support Polish membership at the upcoming February 25-29 plenary meeting of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). The MFA indicated that achieving FATF membership is a top priority for [...] | 2008-02-12 14:35:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PL KTFN EFIN PREL PTER |
08WARSAW243 | PM TUSK AND ADVISERS CONFIRM PUBLICLY THAT POLAND [...] (C) Per Refs B and C, during the week of February 18 Charge demarched MFA U/S Witold Waszczykowski and Presidential Chief of Staff Anna Fotyga urging prompt Polish recognition of Kosovo. Following a February 20 meeting with President Lech Kaczynki, PM Donald Tusk told the media February 21 th [...] | 2008-02-22 14:09:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS SR KV PL |
08WARSAW245 | POLISH FM BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON PM'S VISIT TO [...] (U) Summary: Polish PM Donald Tusk's February 8 trip to Moscow accomplished little in concrete terms, but the political symbol of renewed dialogue with the Russians was viewed positively by the majority of Poles. FM Radek Sikorski briefed foreign mission representatives February 19 on Tusk' [...] | 2008-02-22 15:27:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PL PREL ENRG ETRD RS LI LO |
08WARSAW250 | POLAND: AMBASSADOR AND MIN FINANCE DISCUSS FATF, [...] (C) Summary and Action Request. In an introductory courtesy call on new Minister of Finance Jacek Rostowski on February 14, Rostowski told Ambassador that Poland's Financial Action Task Force (FATF) membership is an important GOP priority. He explained that the Ministry is currently amendi [...] | 2008-02-26 09:01:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL PL |
08WARSAW258 | PGNIG MOU COULD LEAD TO $2 MILLION INVESTMENT IN [...] (C) Summary. PGNiG Executives told post that the agreement recently signed with Iran's Offshore Oil Company is a Memorandum of Understanding to discuss future cooperation in gas exploration and development. The next step would be another agreement to invest up to $2 million in seismic surv [...] | 2008-02-28 14:30:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ETTC IR PL PREL |
08WARSAW277 | SCENESETTER FOR YOUR MEETING MARCH 10 WITH POLISH [...] (C) Mr. President, your meeting on March 10 with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk will underscore Poland's importance as a key ally of the United States, one which has stood shoulder to shoulder with us in Iraq, is stepping up its commitments in Afghanistan, and is the potential host for mis [...] | 2008-03-03 16:24:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS OVIP PL |
08WARSAW309 | POLISH RESPONSES TO THE MARCH 10 GAERC [...] (C) Acting PolCouns met with Pawel Herczynski of the MFA's EU Department on March 7 to discuss the March 10 GAERC. Owing to FM Sikorski accompanying PM Tusk to Washington that day, the Polish delegation will be led by MFA Undersecretary Grazyna Bernatowicz. Herczynski said the GOP's top prio [...] | 2008-03-10 06:56:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN PL |
08WARSAW314 | MISSILE DEFENSE AND POLISH MILITARY MODERNIZATION [...] (C) Summary: A State-DOD delegation led by PM Acting Assistant Secretary Stephen Mull met with Polish counterparts February 29, in Warsaw to propose a way forward on U.S.-Polish collaboration in support of Poland,s defense modernization as related to U.S.-Polish Missile Defense negotiations. [...] | 2008-03-10 15:00:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MCAP MARR PL RS |
08WARSAW361 | DOMESTIC POLITICAL SQUABBLE DELAYS LISBON TREATY [...] (C) Summary: Prospects for ratifying the EU's Lisbon Treaty in the Polish parliament are anything but clear, as the treaty has taken center stage in a domestic political ruckus pitting PM Tusk against the Kaczynski brothers. After hard-headed negotiating by President Kaczynski over Poland's [...] | 2008-03-19 16:04:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PL |
08WARSAW388 | POLISH NON-PAPER ON MD NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Ambassador Ashe met with Polish FM Radek Sikorski on March 27 to receive the GOP's non-paper with respect to the Missile Defense initiative and modernization of Polish defenses. The text of that paper is provided in paragraph 4. FM Sikorski said that the paper would not be delivered in [...] | 2008-03-27 16:09:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MCAP MARR PL RS |
08WARSAW390 | MINDEF KLICH APOLOGIES FOR MD PRESS LEAK [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-28 11:17:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PL |
08WARSAW391 | FM SIKORSKI ON PROPOSAL FROM CUBA ON PRISONER [...] (C) On the margins of a meeting to pass a non-paper on Polish cooperation with the United States on the Missile Defense initiative, Polish FM Radek Sikorski raised a proposal for releasing political prisoners passed by Cuban authorities to the United States through Poland. The substance of t [...] | 2008-03-28 11:18:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PL CU |
08WARSAW392 | POLISH FM ON BELARUS JOINT COMMUNIQUE AND [...] (C) On the margins of a meeting to pass a non-paper on Polish cooperation with teh United States on the Missile Defense initiative, Polish FM Radek Sikorski raised two additional issues with respect to possible collaboration on a joint U.S./EU communique on Belarus and U/S Paula Dobriansky's [...] | 2008-03-28 11:19:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PL BL |
08WARSAW443 | POLAND'S MINISTER OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT JUGGLING [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Regional Development Bienkowska told Ambassador that the EU funds Poland will receive in 2007 to 2013 will not be sufficient to meet all of Poland's needs. Infrastructure development is her Ministry's main priority. The Tusk government devolved responsibility fo [...] | 2008-04-09 11:22:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV PREL PL |
08WARSAW446 | POLAND'S MINISTER OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT JUGGLING [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Regional Development Bienkowska told Ambassador that the EU funds Poland will receive in 2007 to 2013 will not be sufficient to meet all of Poland's needs. Infrastructure development is her Ministry's main priority. The Tusk government devolved responsibility fo [...] | 2008-04-09 14:00:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV PREL PL |
08WARSAW457 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF UNDERSECRETARY DOBRIANSKY [...] Welcome to Poland. You are coming to Poland at a time when the Polish government is eagerly looking forward to hosting the 14th session of the United Nations Conference on Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP 14). More than 10,000 participants from over 190 countries are expected to [...] | 2008-04-10 14:46:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP SENV ECON ENRG PREL PL |
08WARSAW468 | POLAND ON INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT CONFERENCE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: So far Polish officials have not begun to discuss whether to make a pledge at the Afghanistan Conference in Paris in June, let alone the possible amount. Like other European governments, they have been thinking of the Conference in purely political terms. Nevertheless, Afgha [...] | 2008-04-14 08:14:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NATO PGOV PREL AF PL |
08WARSAW512 | POLAND: U/S DOBRIANSKY MEETING WITH MFA SIKORSKI [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Foreign Affairs Radek Sikorski told Under Secretary for Global Affairs Dobriansky that Poland has selected a head for the Secretariat of the Community of Democracies, although the name is not yet public. Minister Sikorski believes the U.S. should do more to support [...] | 2008-04-23 08:39:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PGOV KDEM PL |
08WARSAW529 | POLAND'S AGREES WITH USG ON ZIMBABWE CHAIR OF CSD [...] (SBU) Econoff raised reftel points on Zimbabwe chairing the Commission on Sustainable Development with Mariusz Lewicki, Head of the Department of United Nations System and Global Affairs in the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Lewicki stated that Poland's thinking on the Zimbabwe chairmans [...] | 2008-04-28 11:34:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EAGR EAID ECON EUN PREL SENV |
08WARSAW532 | U/S DOBRIANSKY MEETS WITH POLISH MINISTERS OF [...] This cable contains a guidance request. See para. 8. 2. (SBU) On April 14, Under Secretary of State Paula Dobriansky met with Polish Minister of Environment Maciej Nowicki and Minister of Economy Waldemar Pawlak to discuss the upcoming United Nations Framework on Climate Change's fourte [...] | 2008-04-29 12:09:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP SENV ECON ENRG PREL PL |
08WARSAW538 | IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - POLAND [...] (U) SUMMARY: Overall food prices in Poland have risen about 7 percent in the past year, but are not reflected in lower rates of consumption as wage increases topped 10 percent in the same period. A continuing increase in prices could affect at-risk populations in poorer regions. Rising food [...] | 2008-04-30 13:20:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON ETRD PGOV PL PREL |
08WARSAW578 | POLAND ON WIPO DIRECTOR GENERAL ELECTION [...] (C) On May 9, EconOff delivered reftel demarche to (1) Alicja Adamczyk, President of the Polish Patent Office (and one of the candidates for WIPO Director General),(2) Zbigniew Barszcz, from the Department of Economic Development at the Economy Ministry, and (3) Karina Kostrzewa, Deputy Dire [...] | 2008-05-09 14:29:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC WIPO KIPR ETRD PREL PL |
08WARSAW579 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: POLISH HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-09 14:31:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL BM PL |
08WARSAW588 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PLEDGING AT THE PARIS SUPPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-13 12:16:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN KDEM PGOV PREL PL AG |
08WARSAW596 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PARTICIPATION IN INT'L COMPACT [...] (SBU) EconOff delivered reftel demarche on May 13 2008 to Juliusz Gojlo, head of the Polish MFA,s Iraqi Task Force. Gojlo said that MFA Undersecretary Ryszard Schnepf would head the Polish Delegation to the May 29 International Compact with Iraq (ICI) Ministerial Meeting in Stockholm, though he [...] | 2008-05-15 14:26:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL IZ PL |
08WARSAW597 | POLAND-MISSILE DEFENSE: MILITARY MODERNIZATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In support of USG commitments to work with Poland on the latter,s military modernization, and to secure Poland,s earliest return to missile defense (MD) talks, PM AA/S Stephen Mull led an interagency team (including DASD Fata and EUCOM BG Mayville and BG Carr) to a bilateral Secur [...] | 2008-05-15 15:20:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MCAP PL |
08WARSAW603 | MAY 21 -- CUBA SOLIDARITY DAY [...] Embassy Warsaw is working with the Government and local NGO's on outreach efforts related to Cuba Solidarity Day, described in reftels. Poland has an excellent track record with respect to supporting freedom and democracy in Cuba, and believes that its experience in the Solidarity trade movem [...] | 2008-05-16 12:13:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PHUM PREL CU PL |
08WARSAW604 | MAY 21 -- CUBA SOLIDARITY DAY [...] Embassy Warsaw is working with the Government and local NGO's on outreach efforts related to Cuba Solidarity Day, described in reftels. Poland has an excellent track record with respect to supporting freedom and democracy in Cuba, and believes that its experience in the Solidarity trade movem [...] | 2008-05-16 12:16:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PHUM PREL CU PL |
08WARSAW608 | POLAND'S NATIONAL BANK GENERALLY SYMPATHETIC TO [...] (C) National Bank of Poland (NBP) President Slawomir Skrzypek told us May 15 that he is generally sympathetic to Turkey's desire to change its status at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) from that of a donor country to that of a 'country of operation.' Skrzypek said h [...] | 2008-05-16 16:19:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PL EAID TU |
08WARSAW614 | DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON LEBANON [...] (C) In absence of Ambassador and of senior Middle East officials at the MFA, Political Counselor delivered reftel demarche May 19 to Boguslaw Ochodek, First Counselor in the Africa and Middle East Department. After PolCouns reviewed points urging Poland to make private and public statements, [...] | 2008-05-19 13:04:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL LE PL |
08WARSAW631 | FRENCH PRESIDENT SIGNS STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP ON [...] (C) French President Nicolas Sarkozy visited Poland on May 28, signing a "strategic partnership" agreement with Poland that is more symbol than substance. The French DCM admitted to Poloffs on May 29 that they were relieved that the trip, cancelled three times since the first proposed date i [...] | 2008-05-30 14:44:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PL |
08WARSAW643 | POLAND - MISSILE DEFENSE: FINDING A WAY FORWARD? [...] (C-NF) After a lengthy hiatus, there are high expectations in Warsaw that Ballistic Missile Defense Agreement (BMDA) negotiations will resume soon. As irritating as the pause has been, Polish positions on defense modernization have softened in the interim, and we may actually be better positi [...] | 2008-06-04 12:53:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR MASS PL RS IR |
08WARSAW702 | POLAND SEEKS ADVICE ON OIL EXPLORATION IN IRAQI [...] (U) This cable contains an action request - see para 3. 2. (C) Former PKN Orlen VP for Exploration and Development Cezary Filipowicz told EconOff that state-owned PKN Orlen is interested in on-shore oil exploration in Iraqi Kurdistan. Filipowicz noted that Orlen had long experience in Ir [...] | 2008-06-19 09:17:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL PL IZ |
08WARSAW709 | POLAND ENERGY SECURITY UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Poland's concern about its energy security heightened with the Russian shut-offs of gas to Ukraine, oil to Belarus, and oil to the Mazeikiu refinery through the Druzba pipeline in the last few years. The previous PiS-led government developed a plan and began to take steps to i [...] | 2008-06-23 13:28:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PL PREL |
08WARSAW710 | HELPING POLAND HELP ITSELF ON ENERGY SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: Poland continues to look to the USG to work with it to ensure its energy security in view of what it considers a significant threat from the government of Russia and Russian energy companies. Continuing a dialogue on energy security issues with Poland and the EU will assist the [...] | 2008-06-23 13:29:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PL PREL |
08WARSAW731 | POLAND ENERGY SECURITY UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Poland's concern about its energy security heightened with the Russian shut-offs of gas to Ukraine, oil to Belarus, and oil to the Mazeikiu refinery through the Druzba pipeline in the last few years. The previous PiS-led government developed a plan and began to take steps to i [...] | 2008-06-26 06:49:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PL PREL |
08WARSAW732 | HELPING POLAND HELP ITSELF ON ENERGY SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: Poland continues to look to the USG to work with it to ensure its energy security in view of what it considers a significant threat from the government of Russia and Russian energy companies. Continuing a dialogue on energy security issues with Poland and the EU will assist the [...] | 2008-06-26 06:49:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PL PREL |
08WARSAW806 | PGNIG ON REPORTED GAS DEAL WITH IRAN [...] (C) Summary: The president of Poland's state-owned gas company, PGNiG, confirmed that his company is in discussions with Iran to develop the Lavan gas field. However, contrary to press reports, he stated the company is not on the verge of signing a deal. End summary. 2. (C) On June 30 [...] | 2008-07-07 15:32:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PGOV PREL PL IR |
08WARSAW81 | A/S FRIED MEETINGS WITH NEW POLISH GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: A/S for European and Eurasian Affairs Dan Fried during his January 16-17 visit discussed Missile Defense (MD),Iraq, and Afghanistan during his meetings with President Lech Kaczynski, Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski, Deputy Defense Minister Stanislaw [...] | 2008-01-18 16:21:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS PL |
08WARSAW812 | NEW FRIENDS OF GEORGIA CALL FOR MAP, LESS RUSSIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 25, DAS Bryza participated in the "New Friends of Georgia" (NFG) conference along with Foreign Ministers, State Secretaries or Special Representatives from Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, NATO, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden and the EU Council [...] | 2008-07-09 09:57:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GA PL |
08WARSAW813 | POLAND AND MISSILE DEFENSE: 95 PERCENT DONE OR 95 [...] (S) As Washington sits down to lunch today, President Kaczynski will be trying to cajole/pressure Prime Minister Tusk into concluding negotiations with the US on Missile Defense (MD). Kaczynski will draw on an agreement privately reached between the two last March in Urata, when, according t [...] | 2008-07-09 10:39:00 | Embassy Warsaw | SECRET | PREL MARR MASS PL RS IR |
08WARSAW828 | EU Ends Excessive Deficit Procedure [...] (U) Summary: On July 8, EU Finance Ministers formally ended a four-year old excessive deficit procedure (EDP) regarding Poland. This lifts a cloud over some EU subsidies, brings Poland closer to Euro adoption, and gives the Polish government more breathing room for decisions on aid programs and [...] | 2008-07-14 13:21:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV PL |
08WARSAW837 | RECENT POLISH PROGRESS ON IRAQI DEBT [...] (C) EconOffs met on July 10 with Wojciech Rzasiecki, Deputy Director of the Guarantees Department in the Polish Ministry of Finance, to get the latest readout on Iraqi debt. According to Rzasiecki, Finance Minister Jan Vincent Rostowski had recently held interministerial meetings with the Mi [...] | 2008-07-15 09:04:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV IZ PL |
08WARSAW845 | POLAND'S ENERGY CZAR ON GAS DEAL WITH IRAN [...] (C) Summary: According to the Polish Prime Minister's top energy advisor, if PGNiG were to abandon its discussions with Iran regarding the Lavan gas field, PGNiG would expect U.S. help -- and deals with U.S. companies -- to obtain natural gas elsewhere in the Middle East. In addition, the [...] | 2008-07-16 15:45:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PGOV PREL IR PL |
08WARSAW870 | POLES SKEPTICAL ABOUT CUBAN INTEREST IN EU DIALOGUE [...] (C) PolCouns told the MFA's Deputy Director for American Affairs Daniel Gromann (who served as Polish Charge D'affaires in Havana from 2005-2007) that the U.S. welcomes the US-EU Summit declaration's call for the unconditional release of all political prisoners in Cuba. He urged the GoP to [...] | 2008-07-22 10:49:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN CU PGOV PREL PHUM |
08WARSAW871 | POLAND: MAKTOUM FOUNDATION ENTREPRENEURS CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Post regrets that it does not have any names meeting criteria contained in reftels to recommend for the Maktoum Foundation Entrepreneurs Conference. Ref A requested that discussion of the event and potential invitees be restricted to USG only. If that restriction were removed, post mi [...] | 2008-07-22 13:38:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PREL PL |
08WARSAW910 | INVESTMENT IN POLAND [...] Summary: Inflows into Poland from foreign direct investment continue at sustained, high levels. In 2007, FDI was estimated at USD 18.5 billion. EU funds accounted for another USD 10.1 billion, and remittances for USD 4.3 billion. Poland continues to be attractive to investors, although some [...] | 2008-07-30 05:48:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV PL |
08WARSAW923 | POLAND TO JOIN EU CONSENSUS ON LIFTING KARADZIC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-05 15:35:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC EU ICTY PL BK |
08WARSAW941 | POLAND/IRAN: DEPUTY PM OPPOSES POLISH INVESTMENT [...] (C) In a meeting August 6 with Charge, Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Waldemar Pawlak expressed in clear terms his opposition to Polish state-owned gas company PGNiG's discussed $2 billion investment in Iran's Lavan gas field. He said he would express his opposition to th [...] | 2008-08-07 14:45:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETTC EPET ENRG PREL PL IR |
08WARSAW947 | GOP RALLIES NEIGHBORS, EU TO CONDEMN RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poland has taken on a surprisingly forceful leadership role during the Georgia conflict. President Kaczynski has coordinated regional demonstrations of solidarity with Tbilisi -- including a planned August 11 joint trip to Tbilisi along with the Ukrainian and Baltic presidents -- and l [...] | 2008-08-11 16:46:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM NATO KCFE RU GG PL |
08WARSAW949 | TFGG01: POLES SUPPORT GEORGIA, PREDICT RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Andrzej Kremer told Charge August 12 that the GoP welcomes the Russian announcement of a cease-fire, and hopes for early Russian-Georgian talks. Kremer said President Kaczynski's visit to Georgia today is aimed at gathering information, and demonstratin [...] | 2008-08-12 18:03:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM NATO KCFE RU GG PL |
08WARSAW95 | POLAND: LET OPERATIVES PRENOTIFICATION DELIVERED [...] (C) On January 18, Econoff shared reftel points with the Polish government regarding USG plans to submit the names of four LeT operatives to the UN 1267 sanctions committee. Econoff met seperately with representiatives from the Polish Ministry of Finance's Department of Financial Information, [...] | 2008-01-23 14:54:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER PREL ETTC KTFN PL |
08WARSAW953 | TFGG01: POLAND'S CHOD ON GEORGIA, UKRAINE, AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-13 12:33:00 | Embassy Warsaw | SECRET | PREL MARR PARM NATO KCFE RU GG PL |
08WARSAW974 | POLAND: SECRETARY RICE, FM SIKORSKI SIGN MISSILE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-20 15:20:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MCAP PL |
08WARSAW984 | POLAND ASKING WHAT'S NEXT? RESPONSE TO GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary. In an August 22 meeting with DCM, Polish National Security Advisor Wladyslaw Stasiak commended the creation of the NATO Commission on Georgia as "a good first step," but had little to offer in terms of Polish thinking on follow-up, despite President Kaczynski demonstrated flair for [...] | 2008-08-25 15:54:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL RU GG PL |
08WELLINGTON103 | ONGOING SAGA OF THE SALE OF THE AUCKLAND AIRPORT [...] (U) Summary. The perseverance of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) seemed to pay off last week when local shareholders of New Zealand's largest airport approved the CPPIB's NZ$1.8bn ($1.4bn) bid for a 40 percent stake in the Auckland International Airport (AIA),which handles 70 [...] | 2008-03-19 18:33:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EFIN ETRD ECON PREL PGOV NZ |
08WELLINGTON112 | NON-PAPERS DELIVERED REGARDING UNSCR 1803 AND [...] (C) Per Ref A, Non-Paper regarding Iranian Banks' deceptive financial practices was delivered by Econoff to New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFAT) Middle East Division with responsibility for sanctions issues regarding Iran and to the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of the New Zeala [...] | 2008-03-27 02:15:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD KNNP PREL PGOV MNUC IR NZ |
08WELLINGTON114 | PIF MINISTERIAL MEETING ON FIJI [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 26, Pacific Island Forum (PIF) Foreign Ministers met in Auckland to review the situation in Fiji, in particular to assess progress by the Interim Government (IG) towards meeting the commitments made by Commodore Bainimarama to PIF leaders in Tonga in October 2007. I [...] | 2008-03-28 02:00:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL FJ UN NZ XV |
08WELLINGTON115 | NO TURNING BACK THE SUBSIDY CLOCK FOR NEW ZEALAND FARMERS [...] Note: This is a joint Foreign Agricultural Service and State report. End note. 2. (SBU) Summary. Up until approximately twenty years ago, New Zealand farmers were some of the most heavily subsidized in the world. Farmers were provided with price supports, low-interest loans, extensive [...] | 2008-03-30 18:58:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EFIN ETRD PREL NZ XV |
08WELLINGTON121 | NEW ZEALAND AND CHINA TO SIGN HISTORIC AND CONTROVERSIAL [...] (U) Summary: New Zealand's Prime Minister Helen Clark and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will sign an historic bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in Beijing on April 7, China's first free trade pact with an OECD country. Details of the agreement, the result of three years of negotiations, will [...] | 2008-04-04 03:01:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL NZ |
08WELLINGTON138 | LABOUR HAS DOMINATED THE STAGE, BUT NOT THE POLLS [...] (SBU) For the past month, Labour has dominated the stage and the headlines in New Zealand: talk of prospective tax cuts; a refusal to authorize sale of Auckland Airport shared to a Canadian investor; the Beijing signing of the FTA; and then the Party Congress. After all of that the One News-Co [...] | 2008-04-22 01:02:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM NZ |
08WELLINGTON140 | DAS CHRISTENSEN'S MEETINGS WITH GNZ ON THE [...] (C) Summary. During EAP DAS Christensen's April 7 visit to New Zealand, MFAT officials explained that the China-NZ free trade agreement (FTA) derived from New Zealand's concern over becoming marginalized in emerging East Asian trade relationships, coupled with China's willingness to enter int [...] | 2008-04-23 23:47:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PHUM PREL NZ |
08WELLINGTON142 | NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REGARDING TURKEY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-24 06:02:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL NZ |
08WELLINGTON15 | CODEL HOYER MEETS WITH GNZ LEADERSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 9, a 13-member Congressional delegation led by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) and Minority Whip Roy Blunt (R-MO) met with Deputy and Acting Prime Minister Michael Cullen and Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) Chief Executive Simon Murdoch to discu [...] | 2008-01-18 03:37:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KGHG MOPS MARR AF NK NZ |
08WELLINGTON151 | IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY PRICES IN NEW [...] Note: This is a joint Foreign Agricultural Service and State report. Responses are keyed to Ref A questions regarding the impact of rising food and agricultural prices in New Zealand. End note. 2. SUMMARY. As a developed country and a net agricultural exporter, the recent rise in commo [...] | 2008-05-02 03:41:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAIG ETRD ECON PGOV PREL NZ |
08WELLINGTON157 | NEW ZEALAND, CLUSTER MUNITIONS, AND [...] (C) Summary. New Zealand considers interoperability to be one of two key issues (the other issue being the definition of a cluster munition that causes unacceptable humanitarian harm) for resolution in Dublin at the upcoming cluster munitions convention meeting beginning May 19. However, MF [...] | 2008-05-08 03:13:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KTIA MOPS NZ |
08WELLINGTON158 | NEW ZEALAND CONTRIBUTING TO BURMA RELIEF, PRESSING [...] (SBU) In response to Reftel instruction, DCM contacted David Taylor, the Director of the Asia Division in New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). On May 7, Prime Minister Helen Clark announced that the New Zealand Government committed NZD 500,000 (USD 387,000) to New Zealan [...] | 2008-05-09 03:59:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL BM NZ |
08WELLINGTON159 | NEW ZEALAND LABOUR PARTY RETURNS NEW ZEALAND RAIL TO A [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of New Zealand (GNZ) has agreed to buy back Australian-owned Toll Holdings Ltd. rail and ferry business in New Zealand for NZ$665 million (USD$520million). This completes the renationalization of the railroads which a National Government privatized in 1982. Nat [...] | 2008-05-09 22:40:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL NZ |
08WELLINGTON160 | NEW ZEALAND SUPPORTS AUSTRALIA FOR WIPO DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-11 22:32:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC WIPO KIPR ETRD PREL NZ |
08WELLINGTON180 | NEW ZEALAND SEEKS FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS WITH JAPAN, SOUTH [...] (SBU) Summary. In what has been predicted to be her last official overseas trade mission as Prime Minister ahead of the upcoming general election, Helen Clark traveled last month to Japan and South Korea to discuss securing free trade agreements (FTAs) with both countries. The timing of Clark [...] | 2008-06-09 04:37:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL NZ |
08WELLINGTON198 | NEW ZEALAND ATTENDING CODEX ALIMENTARIUS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-25 04:43:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR PREL PGOV NZ |
08WELLINGTON199 | NEW ZEALAND VIEWS ON USG AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) On June 18, Pol/Econ Counselor met with MFAT Deputy Director for the UN, Human Rights and Commonwealth Division, Michael McBryde to discuss reftel contents. McBryde had recently returned from Geneva, where he had participated in the Human Rights Council discussions. Senior MFAT Policy [...] | 2008-06-30 03:53:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL NZ |
08WELLINGTON200 | NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO CONVENTION ON [...] (SBU) A senior policy analyst from the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT contacted Pol/Econ Counselor on June 26 with an interim response to reftel demarche. She noted that her office has sought detailed advice from a New Zealand expert, who is also part of the IAEA's expert group [...] | 2008-06-30 03:53:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP KTIA NZ |
08WELLINGTON207 | NEW ZEALAND ANNOUNCES AID BUDGET FOR THE PACIFIC [...] (U) On June 24, NZ Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Peters announced NZ's Pacific development strategy for 2007-2015. The strategy included a budget of 1.5 billion USD for aid to Pacific Island Countries (PICs) over the eight-year period, which included 183.7 million USD for FY 2008/2009. [...] | 2008-07-02 03:50:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NZ |
08WELLINGTON225 | NEW ZEALAND ECONOMY FACING RECESSION WHILE BATTLING [...] Summary. The recent slowdown in New Zealand's economy is the result of weaker private consumption growth, owing to higher fuel, food, utilities and housing costs, which are cutting into Kiwis' disposable income. Both business and consumer confidence remains weak amid higher prices and rising [...] | 2008-07-21 21:08:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL NZ |
08WELLINGTON226 | NEW ZEALAND ECONOMY FACING RECESSION WHILE BATTLING [...] Summary. The recent slowdown in New Zealand's economy is the result of weaker private consumption growth, owing to higher fuel, food, utilities and housing costs, which are cutting into Kiwis' disposable income. Both business and consumer confidence remains weak amid higher prices and rising [...] | 2008-07-21 21:08:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL NZ |
08WELLINGTON227 | WINSTON PETERS' GREATEST POLITICAL CRISIS? [...] (SBU) Summary. As Prime Minister Helen Clark and Foreign Minister Winston Peters prepare to welcome the Secretary of State to New Zealand, they find themselves preoccupied with an ugly domestic political battle. FM Peters is fighting off press allegations that he failed to disclosure to autho [...] | 2008-07-23 07:49:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL NZ |
08WELLINGTON230 | RESERVE BANK OF NEW ZEALAND SEES RECESSION AS A MORE [...] The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) announced today that it is cutting the Official Cash Rate (OCR) by 25 basis points. Fearing that recession pressures pose a greater threat than inflation to the New Zealand economy in the near term, the RBNZ Governor Alan Bollard decided to reduce the OC [...] | 2008-07-24 02:07:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL NZ |
08WELLINGTON237 | NEW ZEALAND TRADE MINISTER'S REACTION TO DOHA [...] Action Request - see paragraph 5. 2. In a press release issued Wednesday (7-30),NZ Trade Minister Goff said, "Despite substantial progress made across a range of issues taking us closer to agreement than the (DOHA) Round has ever been...differences of opinion between the U.S. and India ov [...] | 2008-08-01 04:23:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD OPRC PREL WTRO NZ |
08WELLINGTON24 | UNDERSECRETARY DOBRIANSKY EMPHASIZES STRONG US-NZ [...] (C) Summary. During her January 14 meetings with Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) officials, Undersecretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky highlighted the recent successful discussions in Bali, underscored USG support for a multilateral approach to cl [...] | 2008-01-29 21:38:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCGC PHUM KDEM MOPS NZ |
08WELLINGTON257 | NEW ZEALAND HAS CONDITIONS FOR US-INDIA DEAL [...] (C) In an August 20 meeting between the Ambassador and Minister for Disarmament Phil Goff, the Ambassador pointed out the strategic and historic importance of the US-India deal, and the very real possibility that the Indians could shelve it if the NSG demands proved too politically difficult [...] | 2008-08-20 04:24:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC NZ |
08WELLINGTON264 | DASD CLAD/MAJOR GENERAL CONANT'S AUGUST 4-6 VISIT [...] (C) Summary. During a joint visit by DASD James Clad and PACOM J-5 Major General Conant to New Zealand, both met with Minister of Defense Phil Goff, Secretary of Defense John McKinnon, and Vice Chief of the Defense Force Jack Steer. Senior MOD officials welcomed enhanced bilateral military [...] | 2008-08-27 01:12:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL MOPS NZ |
08WELLINGTON271 | DEVELOPMENT MINISTERS MEETING, MONROVIA: GNZ [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of New Zealand has confirmed that it cannot send a representative to the Development Ministers Meeting to be held in Monrovia, Liberia September 5-6. End Summary. 2. (SBU) In response to Reftel request regarding host nation participation in the Development M [...] | 2008-08-28 23:21:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID LI PREL NZ |
08WELLINGTON276 | PACIFIC ISLAND FORUM 2008: POST FORUM DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Summary. During the August 21 Post Forum Dialogue, dialogue partner nations outlined ongoing and projected assistance projects with the Pacific island nations and generally lauded the Forum's Communique issued a day earlier. Most countries associated themselves with the Forum's stron [...] | 2008-09-01 20:27:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ENRG EAGR EAID NZ |
08WELLINGTON285 | NEW ZEALAND'S EXPECTATIONS ON EVE OF P-4 TALKS IN SAN [...] (SBU) Summary: A member of the New Zealand delegation to the P-4 talks says that GNZ expectations remain positive, and that all sides will make progress in San Francisco. He noted that this second round will not be the last, but that discussions should result in consolidated text for both c [...] | 2008-09-08 00:59:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL NZ |
08WELLINGTON290 | NEW ZEALAND ANNOUNCES CONCLUSION REACHED ON [...] (SBU) Summary. New Zealand's Trade Minister Phil Goff recently announced that a "substantive conclusion" was reached at the negotiations between ASEAN, New Zealand and Australia for a Free Trade Agreement (AANZFTA) held during the 13th annual meeting of the ASEAN Economic Ministers-Closer Eco [...] | 2008-09-09 03:18:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL NZ |
08WELLINGTON292 | NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST: UN GENERAL [...] (SBU) In response to reftel action request, on September 9 poloff met with Michael McBryde, deputy director of the United Nations and Human Rights Division of the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). Poloff and McBryde discussed each of the U.S. priorities contained with [...] | 2008-09-10 04:59:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA NZ |
08WELLINGTON296 | RESERVE BANK ANNOUNCES SECOND REDUCTION IN OFFICIAL [...] (U) Summary. New Zealand's Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard aggressively slashed the prime interest rate from 8 percent to 7.5 percent, leaving some economists surprised expecting only a 25-basis point move. The unexpectedly large cut caused the New Zealand dollar to slide about US1.5c to [...] | 2008-09-12 05:11:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL NZ |
08WELLINGTON322 | NEW ZEALAND AND ANA EXPANSION [...] (C) On September 18, A/DCM met with Wayne Higgins, Director for the Ministry of Defense International Relations Division, MOD defense policy and planning analyst Greg Mitchell, Ron Logan, MOD staff officer to the Chief of Defense Force, and Richard Prendergast from the Ministry of Foreign Af [...] | 2008-09-30 01:47:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR PREL AF NZ |
08WELLINGTON327 | NEW ZEALAND AND THE SERBIAN ICJ RESOLUTION [...] (C) In an October 6 meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Deputy Secretary Caroline Forsyth and European Affairs Division policy officer Rob Little, Charge d'Affaires Keegan summarized the points in reftel. He noted that the USG position remains that referring the question of K [...] | 2008-10-06 04:10:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KJUS NZ |
08WELLINGTON336 | EFFECT OF GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS ON NEW ZEALAND'S [...] (U) Summary: New Zealand is not totally immune to the global credit crisis with the first visible signs being manifested in the NZ$260 million loss (4.9 percent) in value of the country's Superannuation Fund due in large part to its fifty percent exposure to international equities market. The [...] | 2008-10-14 21:10:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN APEC PGOV PREL NZ |
08WELLINGTON337 | NEW ZEALAND'S GRIM PRE-ELECTION ECONOMIC [...] (U) Summary: New Zealand's economy contracted dramatically since the release of the May 2008 Budget projections, resulting in budget deficits twice as large as forecasted due primarily to two quarters of negative growth and growing current account deficits. GNZ officials however, maintain th [...] | 2008-10-14 21:51:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL NZ |
08WELLINGTON341 | NEW ZEALAND AND CCW CLUSTER MUNITIONS NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) On October 14, Pol/Econ Counselor met with Jillian Dempster, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade's office for disarmament. PE Counselor made the points in the reftel, focusing on whether or not New Zealand and other core Oslo Process supporters are willing to b [...] | 2008-10-16 01:31:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MARR NZ |
08WELLINGTON35 | NEW ZEALAND: UNDER SECRETARY DOBRIANSKY'S JANUARY [...] (C) Summary. New Zealand PM Clark believes the indifference of most Japanese to whaling leaves the most extreme whaling advocates free to drive GOJ policy. Clark opposes Antarctic tourism and she is pleased with her government's efforts to get developing economies to accept some responsibi [...] | 2008-02-07 03:53:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PGOV SENV NZ AY AF BM FJ UK IN MY |
08WELLINGTON356 | A/S FORT'S OCTOBER 9-10 VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND [...] (C) Summary. During an October 9-10 visit to New Zealand, INR A/S Randall Fort met with members of the External Assessments Bureau (EAB),the Chief Executive of the Prime Minister and Cabinet's Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Deputy Secretary Caroline Forsyth, and official [...] | 2008-10-24 01:29:00 | Embassy Wellington | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PREL NZ |
08WELLINGTON357 | NEW ZEALAND'S RESERVE BANK SLASHES KEY INTEREST RATE [...] (U) Summary: New Zealand's Reserve Bank announced on October 23 a cut in the benchmark interest rate by a record 1 percentage point to 6.5 percent in order to help stimulate the economy and ward off fears of a global economic downturn. Some economists predict the rate could drop as low as 4.5 [...] | 2008-10-24 02:14:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN APEC PGOV PREL NZ |
08WELLINGTON36 | GNZ SHARES SIMILAR VIEWS ON ARF; PROSPECTS FOR [...] (C) On February 7, Pol/Econ Counselor delivered reftel demarche material to Tim McIvor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) head of the Asia Regional Unit that deals with ARF and ASEAN affairs. McIvor indicated that the GNZ had already supplied comments to the USG's ARF proposal to [...] | 2008-02-07 19:02:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR ASEAN NZ |
08WELLINGTON365 | NEW ZEALAND WILL NOT ATTEND IRANIAN-SPONSORED [...] (C) In response to reftel, PE Counselor contacted Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Iran Desk Officer Marina Anderson on October 22 to inquire as to New Zealand's possible attendance at the November 30 conference. Anderson explained that New Zealand had not received an invitation and th [...] | 2008-10-30 00:55:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC TRGY NZ |
08WELLINGTON376 | US ELECTION RESULTS OVERSHADOW NEW ZEALAND [...] (SBU) Summary. The election of Barack Obama was greeted enthusiastically in New Zealad with extensive press coverage and media commentary. The Embassy-sponsored election viewing events on November 5 in Auckland and Wellington had large crowds who watched the election returns and speeches by [...] | 2008-11-06 02:24:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KPAO PREL NZ US |
08WELLINGTON379 | NEW ZEALAND - 2009 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE [...] (U) Following is Post's submission for the 2009 National Trade Estimate Report (NTE) regarding New Zealand per request reftel. We understand that Washington agencies will provide updated trade and investment data. 2. Begin text of NTE submission: IMPORT POLICIES Tariff rates in New Z [...] | 2008-11-07 05:03:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN APEC PGOV PREL NZ |
08WELLINGTON385 | AMBASSADOR PAYS FAREWELL CALL ON PRIME MINISTER HELEN CLARK [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-13 21:38:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL US NZ KS XU XV |
08WELLINGTON391 | SANDIA EXPLORES RENEWABLE ENERGY TRANSPORTATION [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 31 - November 1, Sandia National Laboratories (Sandia) representatives Bruce Balfour and Dr. Blake Simmons visited New Zealand to solicit support for a Sandia proposal to create a global network of public-private partnerships for the development and deployment of lo [...] | 2008-11-18 20:19:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KRGY ELTN KGHG PREL NZ |
08WELLINGTON392 | NEW ZEALAND - HOSTED PSI EXERCISE MARU [...] (U) Summary: In September 2008, the United States participated in the New Zealand-hosted Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) exercise, MARU, in the Hauraki Gulf and the port of Auckland, New Zealand. MARU was the thirty-sixth PSI exercise since the inception of the initiative in 2003. T [...] | 2008-11-19 04:44:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL PTER NZ |
08WELLINGTON397 | NEW ZEALAND SUPPORTS STRONG STATEMENTS ON IRAN, [...] (C) On November 25, Pol/Econ Counselor met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade International Security and Disarmament Division Chief Joan Mosley and Deputy Director Jillian Dempster to discuss the recent IAEA reports on Iran and Syria, ongoing TACC discussions and next steps in Vienna. [...] | 2008-11-25 23:42:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PREL KNNP IAEA PARM NZ |
08WELLINGTON400 | NEW ZEALAND, ASEAN AND THE ARF DISASTER RELIEF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-28 02:06:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID MOPS PREL MARR NZ |
08WELLINGTON404 | NEW ZEALAND SLASHES KEY INTEREST RATE [...] (U) Summary: On December 4, New Zealand's Reserve Bank (RBNZ) lowered the official interest rate from 6.5 percent to 5 percent, paralleling a move by Australia earlier in the week. The 1.5 percent reduction brings the rate to its lowest level for the past five years marking a 3.25 percent cum [...] | 2008-12-04 04:02:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN APEC PGOV PREL NZ |
08WELLINGTON414 | FOREIGN MINISTER MCCULLY DISCUSSES FIJI AND [...] (SBU) The Ambassador paid his introductory and farewell call on newly appointed Foreign Minister Murray McCully December 15. They agreed that there had been dramatic improvement in our bilateral relationship during Ambassador McCormick,s tenure due to the efforts of many leaders in both gover [...] | 2008-12-15 04:08:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIS ENRG PREL NZ FJ AS XV |
08WELLINGTON430 | USTR TPP DISCUSSIONS IN NEW ZEALAND [...] (SBU) Summary. On December 8 to 11, Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Douglas Bell visited Wellington and Auckland in preparation for discussions, scheduled for March 2009, concerning the expansion of the P-4 trade agreement to include New Zealand (among other countries) or into the " [...] | 2008-12-23 01:50:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL NZ |
08WELLINGTON44 | LOBBYING NEW ZEALAND ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) DCM presented the demarche reftel to Caroline Forsyth, MFAT Deputy Secretary for Multilateral and Global Affairs, on February 12. She responded that New Zealand has been following developments in Kosovo closely. GNZ has a long-standing established practice of not making declarations of rec [...] | 2008-02-13 05:25:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NZ UN YI EU UNMIK |
08WELLINGTON48 | DOE A/S KARSNER MEETS WITH NEW ZEALAND ENERGY LEADERS [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 14, US Department of Energy (DOE) Assistant Secretary Alexander Karsner met in Wellington with key NZ energy officials and experts in roundtable discussions hosted by the NZ Ministry of Research, Science and Technology (MoRST). The productive dialogue covered many e [...] | 2008-02-15 03:11:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TRGY KGHG AY NZ |
08WELLINGTON51 | DOE AND GNZ OFFICIALS DISCUSS USG-PROPOSED CLEAN ISLAND [...] (SBU) Summary. Following a visit to Antarctica, U.S. Department of Energy DAS Steven Chalk met with a GNZ inter-ministerial group chaired by the Ministry of Research, Science and Technology (MORST) to discuss a proposed Clean Island Initiative, which was first discussed during DOE A/S Andy K [...] | 2008-02-19 21:02:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV PREL NZ |
08WELLINGTON59 | NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) Summary. Charge presented reftel demarche to MFAT Deputy Secretary Peter Hamilton who repeated Prime Minister Clark's earlier insistence that New Zealand has an established practice of not publicly announcing diplomatic recognition but allowing it to be inferred over time from its actions. [...] | 2008-02-21 18:27:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV NZ |
08WELLINGTON66 | NEW ZEALAND ACCEPTS U.S. PROPOSAL ON DEFENSE [...] (C/N) SUMMARY. DCM contacted MFAT to express once again our concern at New Zealand's continuing delay in formally accepted the proposed U.S. streamlining of our mil-mil relationship. On February 21, MFAT responded with a non-paper formally welcoming the U.S. proposal, and promising that NZ Amb [...] | 2008-02-25 21:29:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MOPS PREL US NZ |
08WELLINGTON73 | US AND NEW ZEALAND ON THE SAME PAGE REGARDING CUBA [...] (C) On February 27, A/DCM met with MFAT Deputy Secretary John McArthur to deliver demarche points. A/DCM noted that the handover to Raul Castro would not constitute systemic change; only elections and improvement in human rights will signal meaningful progress towards democracy. McArthur a [...] | 2008-02-27 19:19:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NZ CU |
08WELLINGTON75 | NEW ZEALAND SUPPORTS CHINA, INDIA OUTREACH WITHIN [...] (SBU) On February 28, MFAT economic policy staff official John Ballingall spoke with A/DCM regarding demarche points (reftel),which post had forwarded to MFAT for review. While Ballingall underscored that his remarks constituted an initial reaction, he said that like many IEA members, New [...] | 2008-02-28 18:32:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PREL AORC NZ |
08WELLINGTON76 | SOMALIA AND PIRACY: NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE [...] (C) On February 28, Andrew Robinson, a Middle East and Africa policy officer from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) contacted the Embassy to report on his initial feedback from the Ministry of Defense regarding possible GNZ assistance on addressing piracy off the Somalian coas [...] | 2008-02-28 18:33:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS KCRM EWWT NZ |
08WELLINGTON77 | NEW ZEALAND IN STEP WITH USG VIEWS ON TAIWANESE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-28 18:33:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON OECD NZ CM TW |
08WELLINGTON92 | NEW ZEALAND UNDECIDED ON ASSISTANCE TO KOSOVO [...] (C) In a February 29 meeting with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) Europe Division Director, George Kroup, and Europe Policy Officer Kate Russell, Pol/Econ Counselor outlined planning for an upcoming donors conference regarding Kosovo, provided the needs table included in ref [...] | 2008-03-07 03:17:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID EFIN NZ |
08WINDHOEK115 | ZIM PANEL SHEDS LIGHT ON MUGABE'S MESS [...] (SBU) A panel of five Zimbabwean activists, sponsored by PAS Harare and Freedom House to travel the region, impressed their Namibian listeners with revelations about the situation in Zimbabwe. Their cogent arguments prompted a public discussion that turned upside-down many of the liberation t [...] | 2008-04-22 05:41:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MASS MARR WA |
08WINDHOEK122 | NAMIBIA-CHINA RELATIONS [...] China's focus in Namibia is mainly economic and commercial, with an underlying political objective of maintaining Namibian support for Chinese positions on certain issues (One China policy, Taiwan, UN, etc.). Chinese firms dominate the Namibian construction industry and have faced numerous al [...] | 2008-05-06 06:37:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAGR ECPS EFIN MARR SENV TRGY WA |
08WINDHOEK126 | HCOC AND NAMIBIA [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche, encouraging Namibia to join the Hague Code of Conduct, to MFA Multilateral Affairs Officer Nada Kreuger on May 7, 2008. Kreuger had no substantive reply, but promised to forward the information to the relevant MFA legal officials who review all possible Namib [...] | 2008-05-08 14:38:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PREL MNUC PARM NPT IAEA WA |
08WINDHOEK127 | NAMIBIA AND UNSCR TRAVEL BANS ON IRANIANS [...] (SBU) Poloff discussed the issue of UNSCR-imposed travel bans on designated Iranian officials (reftels) with MFA Multilateral Affairs Officer Nada Kreuger on May 7, 2008. Kreuger explained that Namibia had hosted a team from the UN Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee (1267 Committee) in [...] | 2008-05-08 14:38:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PREL MNUC PARM NPT IAEA WA |
08WINDHOEK229 | NAMIBIA: DEMARCHE ON ZIMBABWE TALKS [...] (U) Acting DCM presented reftel points to MFA Permanent Secretary Veiccoh Nghiwete on Tuesday, July 29. The meeting was cordial and Nghiwete made clear that the GRN hopes the negotiations in Zimbabwe will result in a unity government. Nonetheless, he stressed that the GRN sees sanctions on Zi [...] | 2008-07-29 17:10:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SADC ZI |
08WINDHOEK235 | NAMIBIAN OPPOSITION FEARS ZIMBABWE-STYLE POLITICAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) senior officials and Council of Democrats (COD) President Ben Ulenga, in recent meetings with Embassy officials, voiced their concern that the Namibian government is sliding toward autocracy under the continued influence of Founding President [...] | 2008-07-31 17:20:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL WA |
08WINDHOEK249 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ZIMBABWE, LAND REFORM WITH [...] (C) During a cordial 45-minute meeting with the Ambassador in his office on August 12, Foreign Minister Marco Hausiku declined to describe the kind of agreement he hoped ZANU-PF and the MDC would reach, saying that was up to Zimbabweans. The Ambassador stressed the U.S. view that Morgan Tsvangi [...] | 2008-08-13 16:24:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM EAID EAGR KMCA ZI WA |
08WINDHOEK254 | NAMIBIAN MINISTER OF LANDS: EXPROPRIATION SHOULD [...] (C) Minister of Lands and Resettlement Alpheus Naruseb told the Ambassador on August 13 that expropriation of land (eminent domain) should be a last resort, and that he intends to allocate land without antagonizing key stakeholders and nsure it remains productive. He lamented that a majority o [...] | 2008-08-18 16:23:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAGR PGOV PHUM KMCA PINR WA |
08WINDHOEK265 | RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF S. OSSETIA AND ABKHAZIA: [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel talking points on August 27 to MFA Director for Bilateral Affairs Wilbard Hellao. He underscored our strong concern over Russia's recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, noting the move was inconsistent with previous UNSC resolutions (which Russia had voted in fa [...] | 2008-08-28 16:37:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GG RU WA |
08WINDHOEK266 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH OPPOSITION POLITICIAN [...] (C) Ambassador Mathieu and Poloff met on August 27 with Congress of Democrats (COD) Member of Parliament Nora Schimming-Chase. Schimming-Chase predicted that the current leadership impasse between factions of the COD would be resolved by November and the party would be united going into the 2 [...] | 2008-08-28 16:41:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR WA |
08WINDHOEK268 | KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA: NAMIBIA UNDECIDED [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel talking points on September 2 to MFA Director for Multilateral Affairs Martin Andjaba. He underscored that UNGA's approval of the Serbian resolution could have adverse consequences, impeding the international community's efforts to address the pressing needs of Kosov [...] | 2008-09-03 08:16:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA UNAUS KVIR WA |
08WINDHOEK279 | PRESIDENT CREATES STANDALONE OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL [...] (U) On September 8 President Hifikepunye Pohamba acted to split the Office of the Attorney General from the Justice Ministry, appointing Dr Albert Kawana as interim Attorney General. The move to decouple the offices has been met with support from legal professionals and opposition parties. E [...] | 2008-09-09 13:20:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR WA |
08WINDHOEK283 | AMBASSADOR DYBUL VISIT TO NAMIBIA [...] (SBU) U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Ambassador Mark Dybul recently completed a three day official visit (September 8-10) to Namibia. The visit's main purpose was to underscore the USG's partnership with Namibia in its fight against HIV/AIDS. During his meetings with Namibian government (GRN) [...] | 2008-09-12 11:14:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KHIV WA |
08WINDHOEK291 | NAMIBIA'S RESPONSE TO UNGA HR RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) Emboff met with the Namibian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Director of Multilateral Affairs Julius Zaya Shiweva and delivered reftel demarche on September 15. Shiweva stated that Namibia would, in all likelihood, vote on the United Nations General Assembly's Third Committee Human Rights [...] | 2008-09-17 10:38:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN WA |
08WINDHOEK320 | NAMIBIA: UNDECIDED ON KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION, BUT [...] (C) Charge d'affaires met with the Namibian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Permanent Secretary Veiccoh Nghiwete to deliver reftel demarche on October 6. CDA was accompanied by poleconoff, while Nghiwete was joined by Deputy Permanent Secretary Hinyangerwa Asheeke and Deputy Director for Bi [...] | 2008-10-07 11:48:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNGA KV WA |
08WINDHOEK336 | NAMIBIA: ONE VIEW ON SADC ENGAGEMENT ON ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Charge d'affaires delivered reftel demarche to Secretary to the Cabinet Franz Kapofi on October 23. Kapofi, a senior advisor to President Hifikepunye Pohamba, explained that he was not sure if Namibia would send a representative to the SADC Politics, Defense and Security Organ Troika Su [...] | 2008-10-23 15:36:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZI PGOV WA |
08WINDHOEK338 | NAMIBIA: NOMINEE FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE (IWOC) [...] (SBU) U.S. Embassy Windhoek is proud to nominate Elizabeth !Khaxas as our candidate for the Secretary of State's 2009 Award for International Women of Courage (IWOC). Despite threats and harassment, Elizabeth !Khaxas has demonstrated outstanding courage and leadership in promoting the politic [...] | 2008-10-28 15:17:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM WA |
08WINDHOEK365 | NAMIBIAN DEFENSE MINSTER INSISTS SOLDIERS WILL NOT [...] (U) Namibian papers reported on November 14 that Minister of Defense Charles Namoloh told journalists that, despite Angola's announcement this week that it would send troops to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),the GRN would not act unilaterally and send the Namibian National Defense Fo [...] | 2008-11-14 11:03:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL WA |
08WINDHOEK368 | TSVANGIRAI MEETS QUIETLY WITH POHAMBA IN WINDHOEK [...] (C) In a November 14 meeting with Namibian MFA Permanent Secretary Ambassador Veiccoh Nghiwete, DCM asked about a press report that President Pohamaba had met in Windhoek with Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai before the November 8-9 SADC summit. Nghiwete confirmed the story, say [...] | 2008-11-18 16:21:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM WA ZI |
08WINDHOEK370 | NAMIBIA ON U.S. UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE RESOLUTION ON [...] (U) On November 24, Poloff delivered Reftel demarche to Absalom Nghifitikeko, social and humanitarian desk officer of the multilateral affairs department of the MFA. Nghifitikeko said he would convey the USG position to the MFA's senior leadership, but he had no substantive comments on the dem [...] | 2008-11-24 15:37:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM PREL UNGA WA |
08WINDHOEK371 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] (U) On November 24, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Absalom Nghifitikeko, social and humanitarian desk officer of the multilateral affairs department of the MFA. Nghifitikeko had no substantive comments and did not indicate whether the GRN would support the USG position. Poloff urged the G [...] | 2008-11-24 15:49:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY WA |
08WINDHOEK95 | NAMIBIA "CONCERNED" ABOUT ZIMBABWE, NOT READY TO MAKE PUBLIC [...] (C) Foreign Minister Hausiku told the Ambassador on March 7 that Namibia was "concerned" by the situation in Zimbabwe, but would not issue a public statement in the absence of declared results by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC). The Ambassador urged the GRN to encourage all parties in [...] | 2008-04-07 16:13:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM ZI WA |
08WINDHOEK97 | NAMIBIA TO REVIEW U.S. SOFA PROPOSAL [...] (U) During a March 7 meeting, the Ambassador told Foreign Minister Marco Hausiku that the USG would be pleased to enter into negotiations to discuss the draft Status of Forces Agreement that the Embassy provided to MFA officials in November 2007 (ref A) and the Ambassador again delivered on Ap [...] | 2008-04-08 16:01:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MASS MARR WA |
08YAOUNDE10 | CAMEROON FINANCE MINISTER DISCUSSES THE ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary: Cameroon Finance Minister Essimi Menye told the Ambassador during her December 21 courtesy call that "the future of Cameroon is cocoa" and that long-running plans to privatize national airline CAMAIR and national telecom CAMTEL are being revisited. Economic growth will remain l [...] | 2008-01-03 16:28:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAIR ECON PREL EINV CM |
08YAOUNDE103 | CAMEROONIAN PRESIDENT BIYA TELLS AMBASSADOR HE [...] (C) On January 31, Ambassador met for one-and-a-half hours with President Paul Biya, at our request. Biya outlined his plans to change the constitution in March to eliminate term limits. He hoped this would reduce internal friction within his government. He plans to create a Vice Presiden [...] | 2008-01-31 18:04:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ECON ENIV MAS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
08YAOUNDE1034 | SHOW ME THE MONEY! CAMEROON FOCUSES ON ASSET [...] (C) Summary. In the midst of an ongoing anti-corruption drive--the most aggressive in Cameroon's history --Cameroonians, from government officials and journalists to the proverbial man on the street, are increasingly fixated on the prospects of asset recovery. With dozens of senior officia [...] | 2008-10-21 06:42:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR EFIN ECON PREL CM |
08YAOUNDE1041 | CAMEROON-NIGERIA JOINT COMMISSION ENDS ON A HIGH [...] (SBU) Summary: The October 8-11 Fourth Session of the Cameroon-Nigeria Joint Commission highlighted the desire by both countries for a new era of cooperation. The final document from the session called for expanded cooperation on security, including joint land and maritime patrols and inte [...] | 2008-10-22 13:41:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CM ECON MARR NI PREL |
08YAOUNDE1042 | CAMEROON POLICE SUSPENDED FOR KIDNAPPING OF EQUATO-GUINEAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Cameroon has reacted with shock to reports that Cameroonian police officials collaborated with security officials from the Government of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea (GREG) to kidnap a Equatoguinean convicted in absentia and seeking refugee status in Cameroon. The two po [...] | 2008-10-22 13:42:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL CM |
08YAOUNDE1046 | Cameroon: Municipal Elections Bode Well for Democracy [...] (U) On October 26, the Government of Cameroon (GRC) will re-run municipal elections in six districts where the Supreme Court determined the original elections (in July 2007) were fatally flawed. The government has held parliamentary re-run elections in the past. The Supreme Court annulled [...] | 2008-10-23 15:04:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL CM |
08YAOUNDE1047 | BAKASSI DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES: THE PRIME [...] (SBU) Summary: Cameroon has formed a committee to coordinate future development projects for Bakassi, under the auspices of the Prime Minister. The committee's initial report, designed to provide a broad road map for consideration by the government and donors, outlines priority needs for Ba [...] | 2008-10-23 15:52:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CM EAID ECON NI PGOV PREL |
08YAOUNDE1071 | PIRATES ATTACK OIL SUPPLY VESSEL IN CAMEROON, [...] (SBU) At approximately midnight on October 31, unknown assailants in three boats attacked a vessel contracted by the French oil company Total off the Cameroon shore, between Bakassi and Limbe, taking 10 or 11 crew members hostage (no Amcits). According to Total's Cameroon Director, the host [...] | 2008-10-31 12:06:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CM EPET PGOV PREL |
08YAOUNDE1077 | CAMEROON ANTI-CORRUPTION DRIVE NETS ANOTHER [...] (U) Cameroon's anti-corruption drive, dubbed Operation Epervier ("Sparrowhawk") by the Cameroonian public, has netted another government official for embezzlement. Jean Dieudonne Ndoumou, most recently assigned to the Prime Minister's office, was detained by judicial authorities during the [...] | 2008-11-04 14:35:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR PGOV PREL ECON EINV CM |
08YAOUNDE1104 | CAMEROON: REQUEST FY09 PEPFAR FUNDS FOR TREATMENT [...] (U) This message contains an action request for OGAC. 2. (U) The USG has the opportunity to assume responsibility for ongoing anti-retroviral treatment (ART) program for about 5,500 men, women and children in the regions hardest hit by the AIDS epidemic in Cameroon. The Cameroon Baptist [...] | 2008-11-10 10:16:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHIV PREL CM |
08YAOUNDE1133 | TOWARD 2011: FOCUS ON "CHANGE" IN COUNTRY-WIDE ELECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Yaounde's highest priority Mission Strategic Plan goal is strengthening democracy and good governance, an objective of great importance as President Biya celebrates 26 years in power and 2011 Cameroonian presidential elections approach. To that end, Post used the U.S. e [...] | 2008-11-19 15:20:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRC KPAO PREL OIIP SCUL PGOV CM |
08YAOUNDE1169 | CAMEROON: PRESIDENT BIYA AT 26 [...] (C) November 6 marked President Paul Biya's 26th year in power. The occasion passed with little of the fanfare we saw at his 25th anniversary, perhaps reflecting greater anxiety and frustration in the country. 2008 was a particularly eventful political year, marked by a controversial const [...] | 2008-12-03 14:18:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM ECON EFIN PGOV PINR PREL |
08YAOUNDE119 | CAMEROON'S FINANCIAL WATCHDOG SAYS CABINET [...] (S) Summary. In a recent meeting with Poloff, the head of Cameroon's financial crimes watchdog, Hubert Nde Sambone, said that all but a few members of Cameroon's 57-person cabinet have accumulated ill-gotten gains, naming Essimi Menye (Finance),Muna (Culture),Fuh Gentry (Mines),and Ephri [...] | 2008-02-07 16:11:00 | Embassy Yaounde | SECRET | KCOR EFIN PREL KTFN CM |
08YAOUNDE1227 | ACOTA SCORES WIN-WIN WITH CAMEROON TRAINING [...] (U) This cable is supplemented by photographs and other records of the event available on Yaounde's unclassified website at http://yaounde.usembassy.gov/ln_121209.html 2. (U) Summary: A Cameroonian battalion of 600 soldiers has completed ACOTA training in preparation for an eventual pea [...] | 2008-12-18 16:29:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS PHUM KPKO KWMN KTIP AORC PREL CM |
08YAOUNDE1233 | CAMEROON: DEMARCHE ON DEFENSE COOPERATION WITH IRAN [...] (S) On December 17, Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche on terminating defense cooperation with Iran to Secretary General Sebastien Foumane at the Ministry of External Relations. Secretary General Foumane responded that, to his knowledge, Cameroon did not have any defense cooperation agre [...] | 2008-12-22 10:34:00 | Embassy Yaounde | SECRET | AF IR PARM PREL XA ISN NEA CM |
08YAOUNDE1237 | CAMEROON: INTEREST IN USG POSITION ON ZIMBABWE [...] 1. (C) In a meeting on December 17, Ministry of External Relations Secretary General Sebastien Foumane asked about the USG position on the crisis in Zimbabwe. He opined that the position of some countries, including the USG, was too strong. Cameroon felt a softer position that allowed Presid [...] | 2008-12-22 13:27:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM PGOV PREL ZI |
08YAOUNDE1257 | BIYA TAPS PARTY FAITHFUL TO RUN NEW ELECTION AGENCY [...] (SBU) Summary. President Paul Biya appointed the membership of the newly created elections agency ELECAM in a Presidential Decree issued on December 30, one day after the legislative deadline. The process of devolving management of the elections from the central government to an independent [...] | 2008-12-31 14:52:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID PREL PHUM PINR CM |
08YAOUNDE154 | DISCUSSING CHAD AT THE CAMEROON FOREIGN MINISTRY [...] (SBU) In a February 15 meeting with Pol/Econ Chief, Secretary General of the Ministry of External Affairs SIPDIS Sebastien Foumane said that Cameroon had supported President Deby "very firmly" and noted that the Economic Community of Central African States (CEEAC) had issued a joint press [...] | 2008-02-15 13:58:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CD CM PREL TBIO |
08YAOUNDE164 | CAMEROON SCENSETTER FOR GENERAL WARD'S FEBRUARY [...] (C) Summary: Welcome back to Cameroon. Since your July 2006 visit (refs b and c),we have made much progress on military cooperation with Cameroon, highlighted by the launch of the ACOTA program in 2007. Following the standing up of the new Africa Command, we have also engaged in a robust [...] | 2008-02-20 11:57:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM ECON PGOV PHUM PREL |
08YAOUNDE167 | CAMEROON: AMBASSADOR ENGAGES ON CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Hosting a February 5 public diplomacy event for leaders of Cameroonian civil society, Ambassador delivered remarks in which she encouraged open dialogue on the issue of changing Cameroon's constitution and stated USG opposition to amending executive term limits. She hosted a [...] | 2008-02-20 14:44:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | CM PGOV PREL |
08YAOUNDE193 | CAMEROON: BIYA'S SPEECH OUT OF TOUCH AND UNHELPFUL [...] (SBU) President Paul Biya addressed the Cameroonian people February 27 on the recent violence in Cameroon. He minced no words, blaming opposition politicians (whom he labeled "demons") for manipulating the country's youth to "obtain through violence what they were unable to obtain through the [...] | 2008-02-28 11:56:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO ASEC CM |
08YAOUNDE211 | CAMEROON: STRIKES AND DEMONSTRATIONS...WHAT NOW? [...] (C) Summary. On February 25-27, Cameroon experienced its worst period of violence since the early 1990s. Violent protests and looting left major property damage and 16-17 dead (according to government estimates; nonofficial estimates are much higher). The causes were a mix of political and e [...] | 2008-03-04 15:18:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM PREL MARR ECON ELAB CM |
08YAOUNDE236 | CAMEROON: FOREIGN MINISTER CALLS IN AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary. Cameroon's Foreign Minister on March 5 told Ambassador that comments about domestic politics, such as the ruling party's plan to amend the constitution and eliminate presidential term limits, violate "diplomatic law." He nonetheless reaffirmed our mutual ties, leaving us wonderin [...] | 2008-03-11 12:04:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CM KJUS PGOV PHUM |
08YAOUNDE237 | THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY: TRACING CAMEROON'S [...] (S) Summary. President Biya has reason to believe that powerful political barons worked to manipulate the population's genuine political-economic frustrations in order to cultivate instability in more than 30 Cameroonian cities during the week of February 25 (ref a). Amid the conflicting a [...] | 2008-03-11 13:37:00 | Embassy Yaounde | SECRET | PGOV PREL KCOR CM |
08YAOUNDE247 | CAMEROON: KOSOVO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) On March 5, Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Minister of Foreign Affairs, Henri Eyebe Ayissi, and encouraged Cameroon to recognize Kosovo's independence and support the Organization of Islamic Conference's (OIC) statement. The Minister took notes but offered no response. GARVEY [...] | 2008-03-13 08:48:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC UNMIK PGOV KISL CM |
08YAOUNDE256 | DAS SWAN'S VISIT TO CAMEROON: RIOTS, THE [...] (C) Summary: During a March 7-9 visit to Yaounde and Douala, DAS Jim Swan met with President Biya, other senior government officials and representatives of business, media and civil society. Publicly and privately, Swan expressed USG concerns about Cameroon's recent riots, President Biya's [...] | 2008-03-14 14:56:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM ECON PGOV PHUM PREL |
08YAOUNDE262 | CAMEROON INPUT FOR CONGRESSIONAL REPORT ON FISCAL [...] (SBU) The following information is keyed to questions in reftel: --Is Cameroon's Budget Made Public? At the beginning of the fiscal year, the Government of Cameroon (GRC) publishes an overview of projected expenditures, indicating how the GRC intends to spends money at the Ministry-level [...] | 2008-03-17 14:39:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ECON KCOR PREL CM |
08YAOUNDE280 | CAMEROON: RIOT TRIALS BEGIN, SIGNS OF INJUSTICE [...] (C) Summary. Cameroon's Ministry of Justice is conducting trials to prosecute those suspected of participating in the February 25-29 riots in five of the country's ten provinces. Most of the accused are poor young men. Minister of Justice Amadou Ali told reporters at a March 6 press conferenc [...] | 2008-03-24 11:01:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM CM |
08YAOUNDE297 | CHADIAN ACADEMIC EXILE IN CAMEROON SEEKS USG [...] (S) On March 26, Pol/Econ Chief met with Professor Balaam Facho, a Chadian veterinarian, professor at the University of Ndjemena, former government minister (including Foreign Minister) and political figure, who said he currently serves as Coordinator of the Chad-based "Groupe de Reflection [...] | 2008-03-28 06:51:00 | Embassy Yaounde | SECRET | CD CM PGOV PINR PREL |
08YAOUNDE300 | CAMEROON LURCHING TOWARDS GLOBAL AIDS FUND [...] (SBU) Summary: Seeking to address the governance flaws that doomed Cameroon's Round 7 application to the Global Fund for AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria (GFATM),Cameroon's Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) met on March 27 to reform the size and composition of its membership. Although th [...] | 2008-03-28 12:55:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHIV EAID PREL KCOR CM |
08YAOUNDE313 | CAMEROON CORRUPTION: FORMER MINISTERS OF FINANCE, [...] (U) Former Minister of Finance Polycarpe Abah Abah and former Minister of Health Urbain Awono Olanguena and as many as four lower level officials from their ministries were arrested and detained by Cameroon's judiciary police during the night of March 30 to March 31, according to state-owned [...] | 2008-03-31 16:34:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM CVIS KCOR PGOV PREL |
08YAOUNDE33 | CAMEROON: CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUE HEATS UP [...] (C) Summary: President Paul Biya's New Year's speech, in which he announced his intention to "reconsider" changing the constitution, particularly presidential term limits (ref A),has sent shock waves throughout Cameroon. The private media, many civil society activists, and some opposition fi [...] | 2008-01-11 11:26:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM PGOV PHUM PREL |
08YAOUNDE331 | CAMEROON REACTS TO EUROPEAN UNION STATEMENT ON [...] (U) The independent media and many civil society contacts in Cameroon have welcomed the European Union's March 27 statement (see paragraph 4 for text) addressing riots in February and President Paul Biya's stated plans to change the constitution and eliminate term limits. They have also noted [...] | 2008-04-07 06:28:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL CM EU |
08YAOUNDE346 | CAMEROON: CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION MOVING FORWARD [...] (C) Summary. The Government of Cameroon (GRC) on April 4 presented a bill to the National Assembly to revise the 1996 Constitution (ref c). Embassy contacts tell us the Assembly will likely approve the amendments by April 11, and President Biya will ratify them soon thereafter. This bill con [...] | 2008-04-09 13:49:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL ASEC KDEM PHUM CM |
08YAOUNDE35 | CAMEROON: NEW TWISTS IN ANTI-CORRUPTION COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Justice Amadou Ali's anti-corruption effort, with USG support, made headline news in Cameroon on January 9. Ambassador Garvey and the Ambassadors of Italy and the Netherlands met with Ali that evening. The Minister reaffirmed his and President Biya's commitment to [...] | 2008-01-14 15:51:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR PREL PGOV CM |
08YAOUNDE358 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES CONTROVERSIAL [...] (C) Summary: On April 10, the National Assembly overwhelmingly passed a controversial constitutional amendment which, among other things, removes presidential term limits and gives the president immunity from prosecution for acts committed while in office. Opposition parties suggested changes [...] | 2008-04-11 12:25:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CM |
08YAOUNDE359 | CAMEROON FOREIGN MINISTER EXPLAINS BIYA'S MOTIVES [...] (C) Summary: Cameroon's Minister of External Relations, Henri Eyebe Ayissi, asked to speak with Charge d'Affaires on April 9 to present the government's official position on recent "major events in the life of Cameroon," specifically, the constitutional revisions currently in process (reftels [...] | 2008-04-11 13:15:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ASEC KDEM PHUM CM |
08YAOUNDE366 | CAMEROON'S ANIF DIRECTOR DISCUSSES TERRORIST [...] (S) Summary: In an April 11 meeting with Poloff, Hubert Nde Sambone, Director of Cameroon's National Agency for Financial Investigations (ANIF),welcomed Washington's response (ref a) to ANIF's request for more information regarding financial transfers from the Revival of Islamic Heritage S [...] | 2008-04-15 14:28:00 | Embassy Yaounde | SECRET | CM EFIN ETTC PGOV PREL PTER KTFN |
08YAOUNDE367 | BIYA SIGNS CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT REMOVING TERM [...] (U) President Paul Biya on April 14 signed and ratified the controversial constitutional amendment passed by the National Assembly on April 11. Among other things, the bill removes presidential term limits and creates immunity for the president after he leaves office. A widely rumored opposi [...] | 2008-04-15 15:13:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR CM |
08YAOUNDE416 | CAMEROON UPDATE: AMBASSADOR MEETS PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: On April 24, Ambassador met with Philemon Yang, Minister Assistant Secretary General at the Presidency. He defended President Biya's decision to change the constitution, said Elections Cameroon (ELECAM) would be established by June and strongly suggested that Biya would not ru [...] | 2008-04-25 11:12:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM ECON KCOR PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
08YAOUNDE440 | CAMEROON: AMBASSADOR MEETS PRIME MINISTER INONI [...] (C) Summary: In an April 29 meeting with Ambassador, Cameroonian Prime Minister Ephraim Inoni said he had completed a list of members for Elections Cameroon (ELECAM) and was advocating for an extension of the exploration license for US-led mining company Hydromine. He alleged the President [...] | 2008-05-07 10:44:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM KCOR PGOV PHUM PREL |
08YAOUNDE449 | CAMEROON: 212F HELPS GRC DETAIN CORRUPT OFFICIAL [...] (U) Paragraph 6 of this message contains an Action Request for INL/C. 2. (U) Cameroonian police detained Zachaeus Mungwe Forjindam on May 7, the same day he was replaced as General Manager of the parastatal Cameroon Shipyard. Forjindam's arrest has been greeted by Cameroonian press rep [...] | 2008-05-09 11:10:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR CVIS PREL ECON CM |
08YAOUNDE458 | CAMEROON: AMBASSADOR VISITS EIFORCES [...] (U) Summary: On May 7, the Ambassador and other Embassy personnel visited the planned future site of L'Ecole Internationale des Forces de Securite Interieure (EIFORCES) outside of Yaounde. EIFORCES is a Cameroon-led initiative with strong French support which is intended to build a robust, per [...] | 2008-05-13 12:37:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MASS MOPS CM |
08YAOUNDE510 | UNSYG REP CONCERNED ABOUT BAKASSI HANDOVER [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Said Djinnit, the UN Secretary General's Special Representative to the Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission on the Bakassi border issue, expressed concern over security and other matters in connection with the upcoming (August 14) transfer of authority in the zone curre [...] | 2008-05-29 07:51:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CM MARR MOPS NI PREL PTBS |
08YAOUNDE511 | UNSYG REP CONCERNED ABOUT BAKASSI HANDOVER [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Said Djinnit, the UN Secretary General's Special Representative to the Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission on the Bakassi border issue, expressed concern over security and other matters in connection with the upcoming (August 14) transfer of authority in the zone curre [...] | 2008-05-29 07:51:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CM MARR MOPS NI PREL PTBS |
08YAOUNDE517 | CAMEROON: POLITICAL MOOD UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Political tension continues to be high at the top levels of the Cameroon government amidst persistent rumors of an imminent Cabinet shuffle and stepped-up anti-corruption efforts. The President,s much-vaunted emergency measures (reftel) have had little impact the economic prob [...] | 2008-05-30 11:24:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM EAGR ECON PGOV PHUM PREL |
08YAOUNDE591 | CAMEROON LANDS MINISTER ON CORRUPTION, SOLUTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Cameroon's economic growth is hampered by pervasive problems in the system that governs land use and ownership, according to Lands Minister Pascal Anong Adibime. During a June 6 meeting with the Ambassador, Adibime said he was shocked by the level of corruption within his own [...] | 2008-06-11 13:40:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR KCOR PREL PGOV EINV ECON CM |
08YAOUNDE622 | CAMEROON: EMBASSY ENGAGES ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Summary. On June 4, the Embassy hosted the opening ceremony for a USG-funded American Bar Association (ABA) seminar titled "Promoting a Multi-Disciplinary Strategy to Combating Trafficking in Persons". The Ambassador addressed the opening session by calling for stronger implementation of [...] | 2008-06-17 13:05:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KWMN CM |
08YAOUNDE687 | CAMEROON TAKES OVER BAKASSI IN SIX WEEKS [...] (C) Summary. The Government of Nigeria (GoN) is expected to hand over the remaining area of the oil-rich Bakassi Peninsula (known as "the zone") to Cameroon on August 14 2008, in accordance with the 2006 Greentree Agreement. Insecurity and criminal activity in "the zone" has risen in the two y [...] | 2008-07-03 12:23:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM EAID MOPS NI PBTS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL |
08YAOUNDE698 | CAMEROON: AMBASSADOR MEETS PM TO DISCUSS AGOA, [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 8, Ambassador met with Cameroonian Prime Minister Ephraim Inoni, at his request. He asked for advice in preparation for his travel to Washington as head of the Cameroon delegation to the July 14-16 AGOA Forum. Inoni is going with the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Fi [...] | 2008-07-08 16:46:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CM ETRD MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL |
08YAOUNDE713 | CAMEROON: CEMAC CONFERENCE - LOTS OF PROTOCOL, [...] (SBU) Summary: From June 19-24, Cameroon hosted the Ninth Ordinary Session of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) in Yaounde. The Conference focused on the free movement of people within CEMAC, the creation of a CEMAC passport and airline and a proposal to rotate the [...] | 2008-07-11 12:43:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AORC ECON ECIN CM |
08YAOUNDE754 | BAKASSI: 12 DEAD IN LATEST ESCALATION OF VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) In the early hours of July 24, an unidentified armed group attacked a Cameroonian naval detachment at Kombo a Junea in the Bakassi Peninsula, killing two Cameroonian soldiers and wounding four. Later that same day, Cameroonian Minister of Defense Remy Ze Meka released statement claiming [...] | 2008-07-25 12:32:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | CM EAID MOPS NI PBTS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL |
08YAOUNDE762 | CAMEROON: GOV'T OFFICIALS ON IMPENDING BAKASSI [...] (C) Summary. The Government of Cameroon (GRC) is not well-positioned to understand or deal with on-going violence in Bakassi and likely will not be so until well after the planned August 14 handover, according to meetings the Ambassador had with GRC officials and others during the week of J [...] | 2008-07-30 06:25:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM EAID MOPS NI PBTS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SOCI MASS |
08YAOUNDE770 | CAMEROON ATTENDANCE AT 63RD UNGA [...] (SBU) On July 31, Joe Nzume, the Director of North American Affairs at the GRC Ministry of External Relations, provided the following information concerning the Cameroonian delegation to UNGA. Nzume emphasized he is still in the planning stages for UNGA. Typically, the GRC does not decide [...] | 2008-08-01 11:59:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | CM PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA |
08YAOUNDE772 | CAMEROONIAN MINISTER: "SHUFFLE COMING, BIYA WANTS [...] (C) Summary. President Biya had wanted to step down in 2011, but when he learned "young" officials were robbing the treasury to finance their 2011 succession campaign, he was forced to remove presidential term limits in order to squelch internal jockeying for succession, according to Victor [...] | 2008-08-04 11:07:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCOR TBIO CM |
08YAOUNDE784 | CAMEROON: BIYA THANKFUL FOR USG ROLE, BUT WORRIED [...] (S) Summary. Although concerned by efforts within Nigeria to derail the Greentree Accords, President Biya is confident that Nigerian President Yar'adua is committed to an August 14 handover of the Bakassi Peninsula. In an August 7 meeting with the Ambassador, Biya was effusively appreciativ [...] | 2008-08-08 09:30:00 | Embassy Yaounde | SECRET | PREL PGOV PBTS KCOR MOPS MARR NI UN CM |
08YAOUNDE800 | CAMEROON: BIYA PROMISES PROGRESS ON CORRUPTION AND [...] (C) Summary. In a jovial August 7 conversation with the Ambassador, President Biya said he planned to set up three key government institutions--an elections agency, the Senate, and the Constitutional Court--before the end of the year. Applauding USG efforts to fight corruption in Cameroon, Bi [...] | 2008-08-11 14:18:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCOR PHUM ECON EINV ETRD UN CM |
08YAOUNDE817 | NIGERIA-CAMEROON: BAKASSI HANDOVER - A WEDDING [...] (C) Summary: The handover of final control of the Bakassi Peninsula from Nigeria to Cameroon took place in Calabar, the capital of Cross River State, on August 14 as scheduled, amid tight but spotty security and obviously poor coordination between the two governments. It was clearly a difficul [...] | 2008-08-18 15:26:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS PHSA CM NI |
08YAOUNDE825 | CAMEROON: BIYA ADDRESSES THE NATION ABOUT BAKASSI [...] (U) On August 21, Cameroonian President Paul Biya gave a televised speech to the nation that dealt exclusively with Nigeria's August 14 final handover of the Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon (reftel). Biya congratulated the people of Cameroon for their "moderation and patience" in pursuing a p [...] | 2008-08-22 12:30:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PBTS PHSA MOPS MARR CM NI |
08YAOUNDE856 | CAMEROON: BIO OF DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE [...] (U) Summary. Philemon Yang, already a senior official in Cameroon's Presidency, is pegged by many for more senior positions in the Government of Cameroon, including perhaps as a future Prime Minister. Anglophone and comfortable with the Western (especially English-speaking) world, Yang has im [...] | 2008-09-08 16:03:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL CM |
08YAOUNDE877 | CAMEROON ILL-PREPARED FOR AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE [...] (SBU) Summary: Public health threats in Cameroon include the possibility of meningitis, cholera, or polio outbreaks, and cases of these diseases are recorded every year. While not currently present in Cameroon, ebola and Avian Influenza (AI) are also considered threats. The Government of C [...] | 2008-09-12 09:03:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CM KHIV PGOV PREL SOCI TBIO KFLU |
08YAOUNDE879 | GEORGIA: REJECTING RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF SOUTH [...] (C) Poloff met September 11 with Sebastien Foumane, the Secretary General at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to deliver reftel demarche. Foumane, who had just returned from an official visit to Moscow, said the Government of Russia had not yet approached the Government of Cameroon (GRC) re [...] | 2008-09-12 15:23:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM GG PGOV PREL RU |
08YAOUNDE881 | CAMEROON: UNGA 3RD COMMITTEE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Poloff met September 11 with Sebastien Foumane, the Secretary General at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to deliver reftel demarche. Foumane appreciated the USG's solicitation of the Government of Cameroon's (GRC) priorities for UNGA and promised to share any information as it became a [...] | 2008-09-12 15:23:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CM PHUM PREL UNGA UN |
08YAOUNDE885 | Cameroon Requests Support for ICJ Candidate [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Cameroon has requested USG support for its candidate to the International Court of Justice, Professor Maurice Kamto. Kamto is an outstanding legal figure in Cameroon, whose experience in settling the Bakassi dispute and in unifying Anglophone and Francophone cr [...] | 2008-09-15 10:31:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL CM |
08YAOUNDE9 | CAMEROON'S PRESIDENT BIYA SIGNALS CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) Summary: In a dramatic December 31 New Year's Message, Cameroonian President Paul Biya stated he would "reconsider" term limits in the constitution. He saw 2007 as a transition year toward a higher growth path with improved living conditions. He discussed three priorities for 2008: rev [...] | 2008-01-03 16:15:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM PGOV PREL |
08YAOUNDE909 | IMF TEAM HEARS LITTLE FROM GRC BUT AN EARFUL FROM [...] (C) Summary: A joint IMF/World Bank/African Development Bank (ADB) team visited Cameroon from September 1-12 for the final assessment of its three-year program, which is scheduled to end in January 2009. The Government of Cameroon (GRC) did not indicate to the team whether it wants a follo [...] | 2008-09-19 11:20:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM ECON EFIN KCOR PGOV PREL |
08YAOUNDE913 | AMEMBASSY YAOUNDE: ALL HANDS ENGAGED IN [...] (C) Summary: All elements of the U.S. Mission to Cameroon are engaged in aggressively fighting corruption and promoting good governance in Cameroon, a paramount USG objective inextricably linked to strengthening democratic institutions and furthering economic development. With no corruptio [...] | 2008-09-22 11:34:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT CM KCOR PGOV PINR PREL |
08YAOUNDE933 | BIYA REGIME MAKES CAMEROON "EXPLOSIVE" SAY [...] (S) Summary: In a September 19 discussion with AMB and Emboffs, four leading Cameroonian intellectuals presented a unanimously bleak assessment of the prospects for peaceful transition in Cameroon, arguing that the Biya regime is so myopically focused on its own preservation that it would tak [...] | 2008-09-29 16:31:00 | Embassy Yaounde | SECRET | PGOV PREL KCOR PHUM PINR PINS CM |
08YAOUNDE941 | AMID RISING CONCERN, YAOUNDE GOV'T TO RAZE 13 MORE [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy contacts have expressed concern that the Yaounde City Council's (CUY) plan to demolish thirteen more neighborhoods as part of an urban renewal plan will render homeless thousands of residents, threatening to foster criminality and unrest. The demolitions initially gar [...] | 2008-10-02 07:39:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL CM |
08YAOUNDE949 | CAMEROON JAILS SINGER FOR ROLE IN FEBRUARY RIOTS [...] (U) On September 24, the Mungo High Court in the Littoral Province sentenced prominent singer and political activist "Lapiro de Mbanga" to three years in prison, claiming Lapiro had instigated rioting in the Littoral Province town of Mbanga during the February unrest that engulfed 31 citie [...] | 2008-10-02 15:45:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL CM |
08YAOUNDE967 | CAMEROON'S NORTHERN PROVINCES: EMBASSY TEAM [...] (U) Summary: During a September 21-27 trip to the Extreme North, North and Adamaoua Provinces, the Ambassador launched a Virtual Presence Post (VPP) for the region and did extensive public outreach. The northern provinces are poor and largely agricultural, suffering from the effects of a d [...] | 2008-10-06 16:56:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CM EAGR ECON PGOV PHUM PREF PREL EINV KPAO |
08YAOUNDE987 | NIGERIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AND HIGH COMMISSIONER IN [...] (C) Summary: Nigerian Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe, speaking at the launch of the Nigeria-Cameroon Joint Commission in Yaounde, praised the peaceful resolution of the Bakassi dispute and heralded "a new day" in Cameroon-Nigeria relations. He outlined the "urgent" need for joint military p [...] | 2008-10-10 12:48:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CM MARR MAS NI PGOV PREL |
08YEREVAN1010 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL WITH NEW CASSATION [...] (C) On December 2, the Ambassador had an introductory meeting with Judge Arman Mkrtumian, the newly appointed President of Armenia's Cassation Court, and Karen Matevosian, Head of the Judicial Department of the Court. The judicial officials briefed the Ambassador on planned reforms to the Cas [...] | 2008-12-16 14:10:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS AM |
08YEREVAN1012 | ARMENIA TO BACK EGYPT'S CULTURE MINISTER FOR [...] (C) Acting Pol-Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche on December 16 to Tziunik Aghajanian, Director of International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Aghajanian said Armenia has long committed to supporting the candidacy of Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosni to be the next [...] | 2008-12-16 16:38:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNESCO AM |
08YEREVAN1013 | DASHNAK LEADERS TELL AMBASSADOR VIEWS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Top Dashnaksutyun party leaders called on the Ambassador to broaden their contacts with USG. The Dashnaks fretted about the rights and welfare of Georgia's Armenian minority, which they portrayed as a dangerous crisis with the potential to deteriorate into irredentist conflict. T [...] | 2008-12-17 06:24:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PBTS CVIS KIRF KDEM TU RU GG |
08YEREVAN1014 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH CENTRAL [...] (C) In their introductory meeting December 8, Central Bank of Armenia (CBA) Chairman Arthur Javadyan stressed to the Ambassador the high priority the CBA places on maintaining monetary stability and preventing panic among Armenian depositors. He insisted that Armenia's banking system is in so [...] | 2008-12-17 07:56:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PROV PREL ECON EFIN EINV AM RU |
08YEREVAN1015 | CENTRAL BANK CHAIRMAN DEFENDS SUSPENSION OF [...] (C) Meeting with the Ambassador on December 8, Central Bank of Armenia (CBA) Chairman Arthur Javadyan defended the CBA's August decision to expel Western Union from Armenia in response to its decision to close its branches in Nagorno-Karabakh under pressure from the Government of Azerbaijan (G [...] | 2008-12-17 12:06:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EINV AM RU |
08YEREVAN1018 | GOAM TO AUCTION SEIZED ASSETS OF OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) The GOAM announced on December 9 that the Bjni mineral water bottling plant--one of the key parts of fugitive opposition oligarch Khachatur Sukiasian's SIL Group business holdings--will be put up for auction December 19. The announcement follows the October 23 seizure of the Bjni facilit [...] | 2008-12-18 13:06:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN102 | BAGHDASSARIAN RALLY DRAWS GOOD CROWD; FEATURES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-08 13:28:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN103 | PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PROFILE: ARTUR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-08 13:37:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN1032 | AMBASSADOR YOVANOVITCH PAYS COURTESY CALL ON [...] (SBU) Ambassador Yovanovitch paid a courtesy call December 3 on Yerevan Mayor Yervand Zakharyan at City Hall. The Mayor described his administration's accomplishments and plans for the city of Yerevan, particularly in alleviating traffic congestion and in maintaining the city's economic stabil [...] | 2008-12-23 12:24:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PHUM SENV KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN1033 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH MINISTER OF [...] (C) In the Ambassador's December 10 introductory meeting with Minister of Agriculture Aramayis Grigorian, the Minister outlined the GOAM's priorities in the agriculture sector, and assured that planned changes to safety standards on poultry imports were not intended to exclude imports in violat [...] | 2008-12-23 12:26:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAGR EAID AM |
08YEREVAN1046 | EMBASSY PRESSES GOAM ON "CASE OF SEVEN" [...] (C) The Ambassador spoke with a presidential adviser and met with the Prosecutor General to register USG concerns over the GOAM's handling of the "Case of Seven," which has gotten off to a tumultuous start (reftel). In observing the first three hearings of the trial so far, Emboffs have witnes [...] | 2008-12-30 15:35:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS AM |
08YEREVAN1051 | HARSH REACTION FROM GOAM TO DEPUTY SECRETARY'S [...] (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On December 30, the Ambassador met separately with Foreign Minister Nalbandian and Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Sargsian, who both expressed the President,s anger over the Deputy Secretary,s letter to President Sargsian. They both stated that the U.S. had t [...] | 2008-12-31 11:21:00 | Embassy Yerevan | SECRET | ETTC PARM PGOV PREL IR BU AM |
08YEREVAN106 | ELECTION SEASON HUMAN RIGHTS ROUND-UP (JANUARY-FEBRUARY) [...] (SBU) In light of the current presidential election in Armenia, scheduled for Tuesday, February 19, this issue of Yerevan's Human Rights Round-up is exclusively dedicated to reported and alleged election-related violations. Reports are organized chronologically. This issue's headlines: [...] | 2008-02-11 12:08:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL EAID SOCI KDEM KPAO KJUS KWMN AM |
08YEREVAN108 | ARMENIA ON POST-2008 PLANS IN IRAQ (C-DI7-02264) [...] (S) In response to reftels, the Defense Attache (DATT) and two PolOffs met February 5 with Armen Yedigarian, Head of the Department of Arms Control and International Security at the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to inquire about GOAM intentions in Iraq after the eventual expiration of th [...] | 2008-02-11 12:27:00 | Embassy Yerevan | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PREL MARR MOPS IZ AM |
08YEREVAN109 | DASHNAKS DRAW 10,000 IN FIRST MAJOR YEREVAN RALLY [...] (SBU) On February 8, presidential candidate Vahan Hovannisian of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) held his first major rally in Yerevan, drawing approximately 8,000-10,000 supporters whom the party bussed in from around the country . Under a heavy police presence, consid [...] | 2008-02-11 13:10:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN112 | NO ARMENIAN FIRST-WAVE RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO -- [...] (C) Polchief met with the savvy and plugged-in director of the MFA Americas Department, Armen Yeganian, to deliver points from reftels. We left a slightly-slimmed down version of the two cables' talking points -- redacted somewhat in consultation with EUR/CARC to downplay Nagorno-Karabakh (N [...] | 2008-02-13 11:27:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS OSCE UNMIK YI SR AM |
08YEREVAN113 | PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PROFILE: ARTUR [...] (C) Ex-parliament speaker and 39-yr-old presidential hopeful Artur Baghdassarian of the centrist-opposition Orinats Yerkir (Rule of Law) party continues to run a consistent second in mission-sponsored polls. The only challenger with double digit poll numbers, the charismatic Baghdassarian al [...] | 2008-02-13 11:32:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN118 | ARMENIA: PRE-ELECTION TOUR OF ARARAT MARZ [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 6, Embassy Officers traveled to Ararat Marz (region) to meet with local political leaders and opposition party representatives to discuss the Presidential election campaign scheduled for February 19. Emboffs visited key population centers of the region including Arta [...] | 2008-02-13 16:28:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN140 | BITTER LEMONS: ELECTION TENSION TURNS FUNERAL [...] (C) During a pre-election regional reporting trip to the northwestern city of Stepanavan, PolOff uncomfortably watched a funeral gathering degenerate into a tense shouting match between friends and family when discussion turned to Armenia's approaching February 19 presidential election. Forget [...] | 2008-02-15 14:30:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PROG PREL KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN141 | ARMENIA: VISIT OF E.U. TROIKA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An EU Troika delegation met with senior GOAM officials as part of a 3-day visit to the South Caucasus February 4-6. The delegation discussed, among other things, issues related to Armenia's upcoming presidential elections, Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement, as well as other [...] | 2008-02-15 14:38:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM CVIS SMIG KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN142 | ON EVE OF ELECTION, KOCHARIAN AND SARGSIAN ON [...] (C) With Armenian voters set to elect a new president February 19, outgoing President Robert Kocharian and his most likely successor, Prime Minister Serzh Sargsian, appear to be on diverging paths that reflect both their perceived political interests and their differing visions for Armenia's f [...] | 2008-02-18 13:30:00 | Embassy Yerevan | SECRET | PGOV PREL KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN145 | ARMENIA: PRE-ELECTION TOUR OF ARAGATZOTN REGION [...] (C) While characterizing the pre-election campaigning as "routine to date," governmental, non-governmental, political party and international observers in the Aragatzotn region of Armenia nevertheless highlighted a growing undercurrent of widely suspected fraud, particularly vote buying, in th [...] | 2008-02-19 14:42:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ASEC AM |
08YEREVAN150 | PM SARGSIAN DECLARED WINNER OF PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Armenia's Central Election Commission announced preliminary results from yesterday's presidential election showing PM Sargsian as the winner with 52.8 percent of the vote. The PM's margin ensures that he will (barely) escape a runoff with second-place finisher and former president Levon T [...] | 2008-02-20 15:37:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL AM |
08YEREVAN154 | ARMENIA ELECTION AFTERMATH: TER-PETROSSIAN PASSES [...] (C) "URGENT MESSAGE": Presidential candidate Levon Ter-Petrossian's (LTP) adviser, Levon Zurabian, requested an urgent meeting with PolChief February 21. Suggesting the possibility of electronic eavesdropping, Zurabian passed PolChief a note (text at para 5),which he said was directly from [...] | 2008-02-21 12:43:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC CASC KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN156 | MFA, PRESIDENCY RAISE CONCERNS ABOUT USG ELECTION [...] (C) In back-to-back meetings on February 21, and as a major opposition protest was getting underway just blocks away, Foreign Minister Oskanian and Presidential Chief of Staff Armen Gevorkian expressed to the Charge their concerns about the Department's planned statement on Armenia's February [...] | 2008-02-21 16:48:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN159 | ARMENIAN'S WAIT-AND-SEE SUPPORT OF KOSOVO [...] (C) CDA delivered Ref A demarche to FM Oskanian February 21. We had earlier telegraphed the main substance, while awaiting the chance to see the FM during the hectic Armenian election period. CDA emphasized US view that Kosovo was a unique case and that its declaration of independence did no [...] | 2008-02-22 14:51:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS UN UNMIK GG RU SR YI AM |
08YEREVAN16 | ARMENIAN PM CONTRADICTS PRESIDENCY: EXIT POLL [...] (C) In a hastily called meeting, Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan told Charge that he still favors the holding of a USAID-funded exit poll during the upcoming presidential election, as long as a key condition be met. Contradicting the presidential administration, which has privately oppo [...] | 2008-01-08 13:00:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID KDEM OSCE KPAO AM |
08YEREVAN161 | ARMENIAN RECOUNT CONFIRMS SARGSIAN VICTORY, BUT IS [...] (C) Recounts of ballots cast in last week's presidential election in most disputed precincts concluded on the afternoon of February 24. The recounts did not produce significant changes to the preliminary results announced by the Central Election Commission on February 20. But the process, wh [...] | 2008-02-26 03:07:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL AM |
08YEREVAN163 | PM STAFF PLEA FOR U.S. SUPPORT IN CANDID CHAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA and polchief met with two of the PM's closest advisers over drinks late February 26 to compare notes. PM staff probed for our political assessment. We expressed concerns over arrests of opposition politicians, voting infractions we had seen, the conduct of the recounts, and [...] | 2008-02-27 14:33:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN164 | LTP AND SARGSIAN HOLD DUELING RALLIES; LTP WINS [...] (C) Ex-president Levon Ter-Petrossian and president-elect Prime Minister Serge Sargsian held competing rallies blocks away from each other in downtown Yerevan the afternoon of February 26. While Sargsian's first post-election rally drew approximately 60,000 to 70,000 bussed-in supporters, LTP' [...] | 2008-02-28 04:14:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN167 | ARMENIA INCREASINGLY CONCERNED ABOUT "FALSE" PKK [...] (C) During a February 21 meeting with CDA, FM Oskanian expressed increasing GOAM concerns about reports alleging the expansion into Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh of militant cells from Turkey's Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK). He asked that Washington help "put an end" to such reports, which he [...] | 2008-02-28 13:31:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC AJ TU AM |
08YEREVAN168 | MR. KOCHARIAN'S WORLD: WHERE THE GOVERNMENT NEVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kocharian called in CDA February 28 to discuss election-related violations, recent opposition arrests, and the possible use of force to clear the square. He alleged that the recent arrests were necessary to deter oppositionists from bringing firearms to the square, and s [...] | 2008-02-28 15:18:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN173 | EMBASSY OFFERS TO ACT AS GO-BETWEEN [...] (C) Implementing a strategy informally agreed with the Department (EUR),post has floated an offer to the Prime Minister to serve as go-between to the opposition movement led by former President Levon Ter-Petrossian (LTP). Polchief sought a brief meeting with PM adviser Levon Martirosian, dur [...] | 2008-02-29 11:57:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN176 | FM OSKANIAN URGES REJECTION OF UN RESOLUTION ON N-K [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) In a meeting with all Yerevan chiefs of mission at the MFA February 29, Foreign Minister Oskanian urged countries to reject a draft UN resolution being circulated by Azerbaijan regarding the situation i [...] | 2008-02-29 12:19:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA AM AJ |
08YEREVAN178 | RULING PARTY OFFICIAL OFFERS INSIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Republican Party official Samvel Nikoyan offered confidential, personal insights on the political standoff. He reported that President Kocharian and President-elect/PM Sargsian have very different strategies, with Kocharian favoring a "get tough" approach, and Sargsian preferin [...] | 2008-02-29 15:08:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN179 | ARMENIA SITREP: VIOLENT PROTESTS AFTER DAWN RAID [...] (C) Riot police drove opposition squatters from Freedom Square at about 06:45 local time on March 1. Former President Levon Ter-Petrossian (LTP) was taken home, and apparently placed under house arrest. Police established perimeter around Freedom Square, and forcefully dispersed media, would [...] | 2008-03-01 13:22:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC CASC PREL PHUM KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN186 | ARMENIA SITREP: ARMY CALLED IN TO RESTORE ORDER; [...] (C) Calm prevailed in Yerevan March 3, after pitched battles between opposition protesters and security forces ended in the early hours of March 2. Official GOAM reports state that eight people died in the armed clashes, 33 police were injured, and 100-200 injured overall, although a higher d [...] | 2008-03-03 14:42:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC CASC PREL PHUM KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN187 | ARMENIA DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY AFTER [...] (U) SUMMARY: On March 1, Armenian President Robert Kocharian signed a decree declaring a state of emergency in the city of Yerevan. The state of emergency is to last until March 20, unless extended. It prohibits or limits any opposition political activity, independent news reporting, and ce [...] | 2008-03-03 14:46:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ASEC CASC PREL PHUM KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN190 | PRESIDENCY PROVIDES OFFICIAL VERSION OF YEREVAN [...] (C) In briefings for selected diplomats including CDA during and immediately following the violent events in Yerevan on March 1-2, Presidential Chief of Staff Armen Gevorkian provided the official version of events. Gevorkian asserted that "all political responsibility" for the violence rests [...] | 2008-03-04 16:42:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN197 | ARMENIA: OSCE POST-ELECTION WORKING GROUP MEETING [...] (SBU) On March 3, 2008 embassy officers attended the first OSCE Post-Election Working Group (PEWG) meeting hosted by OSCE Deputy Head of Mission Mark Bojanic. Present were representatives of the European Commission, several diplomatic missions, and a number of NGOs and civil society groups. [...] | 2008-03-07 12:45:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN199 | ARMENIAN SUPREME ALLEGES FIXED DECISION AGAINST LTP [...] (S) Late on March 6, Valery Poghossian, one of Armenia's nine Constitutional Court justices, secretly approached the Embassy for an urgent meeting at his home. Poghossian alleged to Emboffs that President Kocharian has fixed the court's upcoming March 8 decision to decide against the complain [...] | 2008-03-07 14:00:00 | Embassy Yerevan | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC KDEM KJUS AM |
08YEREVAN200 | ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT CRACKDOWN INTENSIFIES [...] (C) Rejecting dialogue with the opposition it used lethal force to subdue on March 1-2 following Armenia's disputed February 19 presidential election, the Armenian government in the last five days has taken extraordinary measures to clamp down on any would-be dissent and isolate opposition lead [...] | 2008-03-07 14:33:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN202 | PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER PESSIMISTIC THAT CRACKDOWN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Presidential national security adviser Garnik Isagulian conceded to polchief March 9 that the March 1 morning crackdown was authorized by President Kocharian the day before, contrary to the government's official line. Isagulian believes that PM Sargsian -- bolstered by hardline ad [...] | 2008-03-10 13:32:00 | Embassy Yerevan | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN204 | ARMENIA'S POLITICAL FUTURE -- WHERE DO WE GO FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mounting evidence -- including the latest ODIHR interim report -- has called into question the government's claim that PM Serzh Sargsian won a legitimate first-round majority on February 19. This result, combined with the subsequent heavy-handed use of force and declared State o [...] | 2008-03-10 14:58:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN208 | ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT DETAINING 97 PERSONS FOLLOWING [...] (C) The GOAM began arresting political opponents even before the disputed February 19 Presidential election, though the pace accelerated during the ten days of demonstrations at Freedom Square and again following the March 1 crackdown. While many detainees were quickly released, as of March 10 [...] | 2008-03-11 13:09:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC CASC PREL PHUM KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN209 | VOICES FROM ARMENIA'S FREEDOM SQUARE: IT'S NOT [...] (U) This cable was mostly drafted late February 29, before police cleared the protesters from Freedom Square March 1, and the subsequent chaos. After some thought, we have decided to transmit it anyway, as a small window into what continues to be an important constituency. ------- SUMMARY [...] | 2008-03-12 02:35:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN213 | OSCE/ODIHR POST-ELECTION INTERIM REPORT ON [...] (SBU) OSCE/ODIHR released another interim report on Armenia's February 19 election on March 7. Cloaked in bland ODIHR language, the report documents some serious problems that have come to light since the February 20 Preliminary Statement. Characteristically, some of the most provocative find [...] | 2008-03-12 13:05:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN218 | EUR DAS BRYZA MEDIATES POLITICAL CRISIS IN YEREVAN [...] (C) EUR DAS Matthew Bryza visited Yerevan March 6-8 to consult with key leaders on Armenia's post-election political crisis. He met the President, Prime Minister (twice),Foreign Minister Oskanian, opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrossian (LTP),and a range of other politicians, civil society [...] | 2008-03-13 07:02:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN221 | RADIO LIBERTY RE-AIRING IN ARMENIA'S REGIONS [...] (C) In spite of stringent media restrictions imposed by the March 1 state of emergency, Radio Liberty (RL) began re-airing March 7 in Armenia's regions where the emergency decree does not apply. According to the local broadcaster Radio Hay (Armenian Radio),the station began re-airing RL broa [...] | 2008-03-13 16:09:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN226 | ARMENIA'S CONSTITUTIONAL COURT UPHOLDS [...] (SBU) In a March 8 decision, Armenia's Constitutional Court found that while there were irregularities in the conduct of the February 19 presidential election, they were not sufficient to alter the outcome of the vote won by Prime Minister Serzh Serzh Sargsian. The plaintiffs in the court cas [...] | 2008-03-14 14:11:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN227 | GOAM RATCHETS UP THE PRESSURE UNDER STATE OF [...] (C) Despite recent conciliatory public statements from President-elect Sargsian, the authorities appear to be ratcheting up their pressure on opposition supporters with one week left to the state of emergency. Foreign election observers who stayed to observe Constitutional Court proceedings r [...] | 2008-03-14 14:46:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN228 | GOAM'S SPIN CYCLE UNDER STATE OF EMERGENCY [...] (C) The suspension of independent media in Armenia following the March 1 imposition of a State of Emergency has allowed the GOAM to construct its own narrative of recent events without the inconvenience of opposition challenge or independent scrutiny. Not surprisingly, the GOAM has used this [...] | 2008-03-14 15:08:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC KDEM KJUS AM |
08YEREVAN238 | GOAM'S MCC POINT OF CONTACT ASKS FOR PATIENCE [...] (C) On March 13 MCC resident country director (RCD) and acting Polchief met with Minister of Trade and Economic Development Nerses Yeritsian to convey USG concerns about Armenia's ongoing political crisis, warn about its potential impact on continued funding of MCC programs, and urge the GOAM [...] | 2008-03-19 05:49:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PROV PREL PHUM EAID ASEC KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN240 | ARMENIAN OPPOSITIONISTS DEVELOP UNDERGROUND [...] (C) Supporters of opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrossian and others disillusioned with Armenia's post-election crackdown are engaged in a spirited technological battle with the authorities to maintain access to independent news sources in the face of the near-total media ban imposed under the [...] | 2008-03-19 12:54:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO PREL AM |
08YEREVAN241 | NEW LAW ON DEMONSTRATIONS GIVES GOVERNMENT BROAD [...] (U) Armenia's National Assembly on March 17 passed a new Law on Rallies and Marches, in a hurry-up procedure that compressed into one day a legislative process that normally unfolds over several weeks. The new law allows municipalities to refuse to permit demonstrations "in the event there is [...] | 2008-03-19 14:09:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN243 | ARMENIA'S 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) This cable represents Embassy Yerevan's submission for the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Please see paragraph 5 for responses keyed to reftel request. 2. (SBU) During the reporting period, the government of Armenia significantly revamped its interagency apparatus that is res [...] | 2008-03-20 03:28:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
08YEREVAN244 | ARMENIA'S 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) This cable represents Embassy Yerevan's submission for the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Please see paragraph 5 for responses keyed to reftel request. 2. (SBU) During the reporting period, the government of Armenia significantly revamped its interagency apparatus that is res [...] | 2008-03-20 05:17:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
08YEREVAN248 | DETAILS ON LTP'S DE FACTO HOUSE ARREST [...] (C) Poloff has been able -- through weekly weekend hikes in the adjacent park -- to keep an eye on the de facto house arrest of former President Levon Ter-Petrossian (LTP). To our knowledge, LTP has only once been allowed out since March 1, and this was to address the Constitutional Court Marc [...] | 2008-03-20 13:32:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN249 | FUGITIVE MP'S PRESS SECRETARY VISITS EMBASSY [...] (C) Anna Mkrtchian, press secretary for the fugitive Armenian member of parliament Khachatur Sukiasian, visited the Embassy March 17 to discuss her boss's plight. She said authorities continue to exert pressure on Sukiasian's family and associates that began last fall when he became Armenia's [...] | 2008-03-20 13:44:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN252 | ARMENIA ACCUSES AZERBAIJAN OF UNDERMINING N-K [...] (C) FM Oskanian convoled all Yerevan Chiefs of Mission on March 21 to raise the alarm about what he described as Aserbaijan's efforts to undermine the N-K peace process, and ultimately to dissolve the Minsk Group. Oskanian decried the recent UN resolution on N-K pushed by Azerbaijan and, spea [...] | 2008-03-21 12:55:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | AM PGOV PREL AZ |
08YEREVAN258 | ARMENIA: PSI FIFTH ANNIVERSARY INVITATION DELIVERED [...] Poloff delivered reftel invitation regarding the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Fifth Anniversary Events to Armen Yedigarian, Director of the Department for Arms Control and International Security on March 20. Yedigarian stated that the Armenian MFA would try to participate at the Dep [...] | 2008-03-25 13:00:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL KNNP KSTC AM |
08YEREVAN261 | REGIONAL PRO-OPPOSITION TV STATION HOLDS TELETHON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The embattled, Gyumri-based GALA TV station continues to fight for survival, hoping supporters will help it raise the USD 82,000 in fines levied last October in apparent political retaliation for airing footage of opposition presidential candidate Levon Ter-Petrossian. After a [...] | 2008-03-25 13:58:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN267 | UNEASY SEMI-CALM SETS IN; ALL SIDES AWAIT APRIL 9 [...] (C) The much-anticipated end of the state of emergency (SOE) on March 21 transpired without any violence, with Armenian police massed in downtown Yerevan to deter would-be protesters. The silent evening protest drew roughly 3,000 supporters, a smaller-than-expected number that suggests GOAM p [...] | 2008-03-28 12:50:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN268 | OMBUDSMAN KEEPS UP DISAPPROVAL OF HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN [...] (SBU) Armenia's government Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Armen Harutyunian criticized the GOAM's recent conduct, in a March 27 interview with the Russian Regnum news agency. The ombudsman condemned continued restrictions on and violence against journalists, reported on his staff's prison vi [...] | 2008-03-31 01:53:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN272 | PM SARGSIAN CRITICIZES EMBASSY YEREVAN, DAS BRYZA [...] (C) Prime Minister Sargsian sharply criticized both the US embassy and DAS Bryza during a March 22 lunch with Euruopean ambassadors, according to two ambassadors who were in attendance. Sargsian reportedly claimed to the Europeans that the Armenian opposition "is being run out of the US embas [...] | 2008-03-31 12:16:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AM |
08YEREVAN274 | TOUGH LOVE: ARMENIA'S MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE PROGRAM [...] (C) As we consider the future direction of U.S. relations with Armenia in light of recent problems and broader negative trends in Armenia's democracy and human rights record, the future of Armenia's continued eligibility for the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) should be high on the agenda [...] | 2008-03-31 15:20:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PGOV PHUM KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN296 | ARMENIAN GENERAL'S SON ALLEGEDLY INVOVLED IN MURDER, BUT [...] (SBU) Armenia's Association of Investigative Journalists has reported that the son of a notorious retired army general and Member of Parliament, Seyran Saroyan, has escaped justice for his alleged participation in the March 13 murder of a youth from Edjmiadzin. The murder allegedly took place a [...] | 2008-04-07 03:02:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS AM |
08YEREVAN297 | ARMENIAN CUSTOMS SERVICE JOINS CRACKDOWN ON [...] (C) In what appears to be the GOAM's latest retaliatory measure against a pro-opposition (and currently fugitive) oligarch, Khachatur "Grzo" Sukiasian, a Sukiasian aide tells us the customs agency has for several weeks been holding up release of cigarettes imported by a Sukiasian-affiliated co [...] | 2008-04-07 13:23:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC CASC PREL PHUM KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN3 | ARMENIAN PRESIDENCY OPPOSES EXIT POLL FOR [...] (C) During a lengthy, back-and-forth discussion, President Kocharian's Chief of Staff and senior aide conveyed the president's opposition to the exit poll proposed by USAID for the February presidential election. Asking the Mission to understand, and not politicize the president's request to [...] | 2008-01-04 09:55:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID KDEM OSCE KPAO AM |
08YEREVAN302 | SARGSIAN BLOGS WITH ARMENIAN PUBLIC, DENIES JOB [...] (SBU) Although the events described herein are some four weeks old, we believe there is still value in sharing them on the eve of President-elect Sargsian,s inauguration. They reflect an interesting attempt on his part to reach out to the Armenian public, using some of the same tools heretofor [...] | 2008-04-08 14:12:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC AM |
08YEREVAN304 | CLOUDINESS SURROUNDING ARMENIA'S MARCH 1-2 DEATH TOLL [...] (SBU) It has been difficult to obtain detailed information on the deaths of the eight people killed in the March 1-2 clashes between protesters and security services. Besides the total number killed, official information on the specifics of the deaths has been sparse. The lack of a full, publ [...] | 2008-04-09 03:07:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KJUS AM |
08YEREVAN329 | EMBASSY YEREVAN REPORTING ON INTELLIPEDIA PORTAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-14 12:08:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR AM |
08YEREVAN331 | ARMENIA: MARCH 1 DEATH TOLL HITS TEN [...] (SBU) The official death toll of the March 1-2 clashes between protesters and security services in Yerevan has reached ten. Local media report the April 11 death of 19-year-old policeman Tigran Abgarian, who had suffered a gunshot wound in his neck that damaged his spinal cord. 2. (SBU) On [...] | 2008-04-14 12:51:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KJUS ASEC AM |
08YEREVAN337 | HRAZDAN RESIDENTS RALLY FOR JAILED MP [...] (C) Since March 24, residents of Hrazdan have staged daily protests against the arrest and continued detention of Sasun Mikaelian. A Republican member of parliament and Karabakh war hero, Mikaelian supported Levon Ter-Petrossian in the recent Presidential election. Mikaelian appears to enjoy [...] | 2008-04-16 13:06:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN339 | POLITICAL INTIMIDATION IN THE WORKPLACE - ONE [...] (C) Over the course of the recent Presidential election campaign and its aftermath, we have frequently heard accounts about workplaces being used as organizational hubs in support of the candidacy of new President Serzh Sargsian as well as for harassment and intimidation of opposition supporter [...] | 2008-04-21 03:07:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN344 | GALA TV FORCED OFF THE AIR, THEN PUT BACK ON, BUT REMAINS [...] (SBU) GALA TV, the regional opposition TV station that has weathered five months of government pressure because of its support of ex-President Levon Ter-Petrossian, finally had its plug pulled the evening of April 16 only to have its connection restored the following morning. Armenian marshals [...] | 2008-04-21 13:05:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN347 | CHARM OFFENSIVE OR EARLY SIGNS OF MUCH-NEEDED REFORM? [...] (C) Several positive notes give reason for hope that the new administration is preparing a reform agenda. President Serzh Sargsian held a nationally televised meeting with top Customs officials, in which he ferociously interrogated top agency leaders -- having already fired the Customs chief -- [...] | 2008-04-22 14:01:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN363 | DAS BRYZA WARNS OF MCC SUSPENSION IN DISCUSSIONS [...] (C) During his April 9 visit to Yerevan to attend President-elect Sargsian's inauguration, EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew Bryza discussed Armenia's political crisis SIPDIS with pro-government and opposition figures. Prominent politicians from Sargsian's recently announced coalition [...] | 2008-04-29 11:56:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KJUS ASEC AM |
08YEREVAN368 | SIMMERING POST-ELECTION DISCONTENT IN ARMENIA'S [...] (C) Returning to the city where he served as a Peace Corps volunteer in the early 1990s, Poloff got an earful from disenchanted citizens in the northwestern Armenian town of Stepanavan who fret over their bleak economic future. People there bitterly complained of the imminent hike in gas price [...] | 2008-04-30 12:59:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON AM |
08YEREVAN375 | ARMENIA'S POLITICAL CRISIS SPURS EMIGRATION [...] (C) For those Armenians who have long considered emigrating abroad to pursue a brighter economic future, the current political crisis appears to have finally moved some to action. Besides the twenty or so asylum seekers who approached the Embassy after the fatal March 1 clashes and state of emergen [...] | 2008-05-02 12:40:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN378 | GALA TV ADVOCATE RECOGNIZED WITH MEDIA FREEDOM AWARD WHILE [...] (U) On May 3, four prominent Armenian media organizations celebrated international Press Freedom Day by holding their third annual award ceremony recognizing the efforts of Armenian journalists to defend media freedoms. This year, the Yerevan Press Club, the Union of Journalists, Internews and [...] | 2008-05-06 07:00:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM AM |
08YEREVAN384 | CDA PAYS INTRODUCTORY CALL ON NEW FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) CDA and FM Nalbandian reviewed U.S. relations, Armenia's neighbors, and democratic reforms during an April 29 introductory call. On Turkey he afirmed readiness to talk, but nitpicked FM Babacan's congratulatory letter. On NK, he again expressed firm commitment to negotiate, but complain [...] | 2008-05-09 09:39:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID KDEM GG RU TU AJ AM |
08YEREVAN392 | ONE YEAR LATER: LEVON GULYAN DEATH CASE SMELLS OF [...] (SBU) One year on from Levon Gulyan's death, the court seems set to rule against a Gulyan family appeal of authorities' questionable official interpretation. The appeals came one month after the newly formed State Investigative Service (SIS) called the case closed and exonerated police in the [...] | 2008-05-14 02:43:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KCRM KJUS AM |
08YEREVAN406 | LTP RETURNS WITH LONG-TERM STRATEGY TO CHALLENGE [...] (C) LTP returned to Armenia's political ring on May 2, addressing 2,000 supporters in his first outing in two months. LTP blamed ex-President Kocharian for the March 1 events, attacked the West's assessment of the presidential election, and said new polls were the only way out of the crisis. [...] | 2008-05-19 12:13:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS AM |
08YEREVAN411 | US ASSISTANCE COORDINATOR PRESSES PRESIDENT [...] (C) US Assistance Coordinator Tom Adams met with President Sargsian May 15 to press for Armenia's return to democratic reform in the wake of February's dubious presidential election and the deadly post-election violence of March 1-2. Adams stressed the link between serious reforms and levels of [...] | 2008-05-20 09:01:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM AID AM |
08YEREVAN414 | NOTORIOUS SYUNIK GOVERNOR ACCUSED OF BEATING A TEENAGER [...] (SBU) The new Prime Minister ordered a political inquiry into opposition press allegations that the Syunik governor viciously beat a teenager after a skirmish with the governor's son. The probe was led by the governor's supervisor, the Territorial Administration minister, who unsurprisingly fo [...] | 2008-05-20 12:57:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KCRM KDEM KJUS AM |
08YEREVAN415 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SCHIFF, MAY 24-25, 2008 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Your visit comes during a critical phase in post-independence Armenia's political development, and democracy is firmly at the top of the U.S. agenda. After flawed and hotly disputed presidential elections February 19, violent clashes, a 20-day state of emergency, and the arrest [...] | 2008-05-21 02:40:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL OTRA OVIP KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN418 | US ASSISTANCE COORDINATOR PRESSES PRESIDENT [...] (C) US Assistance Coordinator Tom Adams met with President Sargsian May 15 to press for Armenia's return to democratic reform in the wake of February's dubious presidential election and the deadly post-election violence of March 1-2. Adams stressed the link between serious reforms and levels of [...] | 2008-05-21 10:31:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM AID AM |
08YEREVAN425 | PROMINENT HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST ATTACKED [...] (C) On May 21 the leader of a marginal right-wing political party with reputed connections to Armenia's National Security Service, assaulted Mikhail Danielian, one of Armenia's most prominent human rights activists, shooting him with an air pistol. While multiple people witnessed the attack, [...] | 2008-05-23 13:59:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KCRM KDEM KJUS AM |
08YEREVAN426 | MCC ELIGIBILITY UPDATE -- NEW ARMENIAN [...] (C) Armenia's new president has done little to correct the grave failings of the February election and post-election crisis. His public and private messages have become increasingly hardline (see Ref C example). He acknowledges no government fault for widespread election fraud, police brutal [...] | 2008-05-26 17:22:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PGOV PHUM KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN429 | LOOKING AHEAD ON ARMENIA'S MCC -- SILENCE IS DEADLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Armenian leaders need a sharp wake-up call from the MCC Board that authorities' half-baked, semi-reforms and continuing persecution of political rivals is a recipe for MCC termination. Clear, consistent messages from Washington remain critical to preserving credibility and Armeni [...] | 2008-05-27 10:03:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PGOV PHUM KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN431 | ARMENIA'S OMBUDSMAN ISSUES REPORT CRITICAL OF [...] (C) On April 25, Armenia's Ombudsman issued a critical report on election-related developments in Armenia that called into question the legality of actions taken by ex-President Kocharian on March 1. The report also criticized Armenia's first president Levon Ter-Petrossian (LTP) for exploitin [...] | 2008-05-27 19:57:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KCRM KDEM KJUS AM |
08YEREVAN436 | RULE OF LAW LEADER GIVES HER TAKE ON JOINING THE [...] (C) Heghine Bisharian, the new head of the Orinats Yerkir (OY, Rule of Law) faction in parliament, gave us her take on the party's controversial merger with the ruling coalition. Bisharian said snubs by Levon Ter-Petrossian (LTP) conspired against OY merging forces with LTP's camp. She believes [...] | 2008-05-29 11:44:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN438 | YOUTH MOVEMENT LEADER SEVERELY BEATEN [...] (C) On May 28, several unidentified assailants attacked and severely beat in broad daylight Arsen Kharatian, leader of the HIMA (NOW) youth movement. Kharatian was hospitalized and placed in intensive care, but left the hospital on his own recognizance on May 29. Kharatian told Emboff he is s [...] | 2008-05-29 13:38:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KCRM KDEM KJUS AM |
08YEREVAN439 | ARMENIA'S PARTICIPATION IN FRIENDS OF IRAQ [...] Embassy Yerevan is pleased to report that the following two representatives of the Ministry of Defense will attend the June 17-19 Friends of Iraq Conference in Abu Dhabi. We are in contact with the MOD to ensure their registration for the conference. -- General Major Arshalyus Paytyan Deput [...] | 2008-05-30 06:49:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS OTRA PREL IZ AM |
08YEREVAN454 | ASSISTANCE COORDINATOR FINDS MORE ENTHUSIASM FOR [...] (C) GOAM ministers told EUR Assistance Coordinator Tom Adams May 16 of their eagerness for economic reforms to eliminate corruption in the tax and customs areas, increase foreign investment, and reduce economic inequality. On political reforms, the ministers, especially FM Nalbandian, rehas [...] | 2008-06-04 04:02:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID ECON EAGR KDEM KWMN AM |
08YEREVAN458 | ARMENIA WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR IOM DG [...] (U) As a follow up to Ref B demarche, post received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs June 4 stating GOAM's assurance of support for the candidacy of Ambassador Swing. Text of the diplomatic note is below. 2. (U) Begin text: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Rep [...] | 2008-06-05 03:00:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF SMIG AORC AM |
08YEREVAN473 | RUNDOWN ON POST-ELECTION TRIALS OF OPPOSITIONISTS [...] (C) Armenian authorities continue their post-election prosecution of oppositionists in the court of law. Approximately 150 people aligned with the opposition movement led by ex-President Levon Ter-Petrossian (LTP) have been charged with crimes, with convictions resulting in all of the cases ad [...] | 2008-06-09 02:05:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN479 | COURT UNEXPECTEDLY ORDERS REOPENING OF SUSPICIOUS DEATH [...] (SBU) Catching human rights observers by surprise, a Yerevan first instance court judge on June 6 ordered the reopening of the investigation into the suspicious May 2007 death of Levon Gulian by Armenia's Special Investigative Service (SIS). The Prosecutor General's Office (PG),which had appr [...] | 2008-06-10 11:26:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KCRM KJUS KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN480 | GUILTY UNTIL PROVEN INNOCENT--WAITRESS STILL IN JAIL FOR [...] (SBU) On June 10 an Armenian first instance court extended for the fourth time the pretrial detention of pizzeria waitress Anush Ghavalian, allowing the lawenforcement bodies to keep her imprisoned until June 30. A widow and mother of two, the 36-year-old Ghavalian was arrested on March 21 un [...] | 2008-06-10 13:02:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL AM |
08YEREVAN485 | CODEL SCHIFF MEETS PRESIDENT SARGSIAN AND FM [...] (C) Summary. U.S. Representatives Adam Schiff, Wayne Gilchrest, and Allyson Schwartz, accompanied by the Charge, called on President Serzh Sargsian and Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandian late in the evening of May 24. Congressman Schiff registered USG concern about the February presidential [...] | 2008-06-12 13:28:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID PHUM KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN489 | DIRECT SOURCE CONFIRMS SYUNIK GOVERNOR'S ASSAULT [...] (C) A direct source recently approached the Embassy confidentially to confirm the credibility of reports that Syunik Governor Suren Khachatrian in late April viciously assaulted a 16-year-old teenager in his office, in retaliation for the latter's alleged beating of his son (reftel). Artashe [...] | 2008-06-13 14:09:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KCRM KDEM KJUS AM |
08YEREVAN490 | JUNE 13 LETTER TO AMB DANILOVICH FROM PRIME [...] (SBU) Late on June 13 post received a letter from Prime Minister Tigran Sargsian, writing in his capacity as Director of the MCA-Armenia Governing Council, addressed to Ambassador Danilovich. The letter requests the next disbursal of funds from the MCC, including for the previously delayed pack [...] | 2008-06-13 15:07:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PGOV PHUM KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN494 | ARMENIAN TV BECOMING FREER ... FOR NOW [...] (C) As the June 23 session on post-election developments in Armenia by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) approaches, in which Armenia's voting rights could be suspended absent compliance with PACE demands, Armenian broadcast media appear to be taking a somewhat freer p [...] | 2008-06-16 15:15:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | OPRC PGOV PHUM PREL KMDR KPAO AM |
08YEREVAN498 | CONTINUED GOAM RESTRICTIONS ON RALLIES LAY GROUND [...] (C) The Armenian authorities' continued unwillingness to authorize an opposition rally in downtown Yerevan has set the stage for a possible confrontation between police and opposition supporters on June 20. Supporters of opposition leader and former president Levon Ter-Petrossian (LTP) say th [...] | 2008-06-18 11:07:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN50 | GOAM BACKS OFF ON RADIO LIBERTY [...] (C) In a meeting with CDA and visiting RFE/RL rep Julia Ragona, Presidential Chief of Staff Armen Gevorkian acknowledged that Radio Liberty's Armenia Service broadcasts had become "more balanced," and backed off his previous threats to take RL off the air. Ragona told Gevorkian that RFE/RL ha [...] | 2008-01-23 08:40:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN507 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S KRAMER VISIT TO YEREVAN, JUNE [...] (C) Your visit comes during a critical phase in post-independence Armenia's political development, and democracy and human rights are at the top of the U.S. agenda here. After significantly flawed and hotly disputed presidential elections February 19, violent clashes, a 20-day state of emerge [...] | 2008-06-19 11:42:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREL OTRA OVIP KDEM KJUS AM |
08YEREVAN511 | ARMENIA'S RESPONSES TO PACE RESOLUTION 1609 ... SO [...] (SBU) The Co-Rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) visited Armenia June 16-17 to assess the political and human rights situation prior to PACE's scheduled June 23-27 session where Armenia's compliance with PACE Resolution 1609 will be considered. With the sp [...] | 2008-06-20 11:49:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS AM |
08YEREVAN514 | ARMENIA'S OMBUDSMAN HOLDS HIS OWN AT PARLIAMENTARY [...] (SBU) In late May Armenia's Prosecutor General and Minister of Justice finally responded to the critical April 25 report issued by Armenian Human Rights (Ombudsman) Armen Harutiunian that assailed the authorities for the violent March 1-2 post-election crackdown that left ten citizens dead (re [...] | 2008-06-23 14:42:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS AM |
08YEREVAN515 | UNSANTIONED LTP RALLY PROCEEDS PEACEFULLY, DRAWS [...] (SBU) In defiance of the authorities who rejected his applications to hold a large opposition rally, former President Levon Ter-Petrosian (LTP) nonetheless drew approximately 20,000 supporters on June 20 in his first rally appearance since the fatal March 1-2 clampdown. The rally, which proce [...] | 2008-06-23 15:21:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS AM |
08YEREVAN533 | SECOND OPPOSITION YOUTH ACTIVIST ATTACKED IN [...] (SBU) On June 25, two unknown men assaulted 20- year-old Armenian citizen Narek Hovakimian, an active member of the pro-opposition HIMA (Now) youth movement that emerged in response to Armenia's disputed February presidential election. Hovakimian, who was hospitalized with head and stomach in [...] | 2008-06-27 14:12:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS AM |
08YEREVAN536 | PRESIDENT SARGSIAN INVITES PRESIDENT GUL TO YEREVAN [...] (C) President Serzh Sargsian announced during an official visit to Moscow on June 23 that he was considering inviting Turkish President Abdullah Gul to Yerevan for the September 6 World Cup soccer qualifying match between Turkey and Armenia. FM Nalbandian confirmed late on June 27 that an offi [...] | 2008-06-30 14:53:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AM TU |
08YEREVAN546 | CODEL SCHIFF MEETS WITH ARMENIAN MPS AND [...] (C) Summary. U.S. Representatives Adam Schiff, Wayne Gilchrest, and Allyson Schwartz, accompanied by the Charge, met with a wide range of parliamentary and opposition representatives on May 25 to discuss the state of democratic reform in Armenia following the March 1 post-election violence. [...] | 2008-07-03 05:55:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN547 | CODEL SCHIFF MEETS WITH CIVIL SOCIETY REPS, RADIO [...] (C) Summary: U.S. Representatives Adam Schiff, Wayne Gilchrest, and Allyson Schwartz, accompanied by the Charge, met May 25 with representatives of civil society, USG-supported Radio Liberty, and wives of political detainees to solicit their views on the state of democracy following Armenia's [...] | 2008-07-03 06:03:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN55 | ARMENIA: DEMARCHE ON IRAN'S ATTEMPTS TO EXPAND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-24 12:52:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PREL KNNP IR GM AM |
08YEREVAN551 | DOJ HOLDS TOPICAL CRIMINAL LAW SEMINAR IN ARMENIA [...] (SBU) The Armenian criminal justice system is in need of virtually a complete overhaul, as it is institutionally corrupt, with almost no rights being afforded to suspects or defendants. Moreover, the situation has grown worse since March 1 as the presidential authorities have gone after politic [...] | 2008-07-07 11:11:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS AM |
08YEREVAN553 | A/S KRAMER URGES ARMENIAN REFORM; AUTHORITIES [...] (C) During his June 23-25 visit to Yerevan, DRL A/S Kramer pressed authorities on steps to help "put Armenia back on a democratic path." GOAM officials refuted Kramer's view of Armenia's political crisis, denied the existence of political prisoners, and defended their violent and repressive res [...] | 2008-07-07 14:27:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS OTRA OVIP AM |
08YEREVAN555 | DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER UPBEAT, ENGAGED ON FIGHTING TIP [...] (SBU) On July 4, Deputy Prime Minister Armen Gevorkian convoked his first meeting with the international community and NGOs in his capacity as chair of the new Ministerial Anti-Trafficking Council. He asserted that henceforth no one will doubt the seriousness of Armenian intentions on fighting [...] | 2008-07-08 12:07:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KTIP KCRM HSTC AM |
08YEREVAN556 | UPBEAT PRESIDENT SARGSIAN TALKS SUBSTANCE DURING [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Sargsian used a ceremonial visit July 3rd in honor of U.S. Independence Day to engage with CDA on democratic reform progress, the Millennium Challenge program, relations with Turkey and Azerbaijan, and military cooperation (Armenian troops in Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Ir [...] | 2008-07-08 13:33:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS KDEM TU AM |
08YEREVAN564 | FM NALBANDIAN PREVIEWS ISSUES FOR WASHINGTON VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA called on FM Eduard Nalbandian July 10 at the FM's request to compare issues to be raised during Nalbandian's July 17 meeting with Secretary Rice and other high-level meetings in Washington that week. Nalbandian fenced with CDA in classic Soviet style on Armenia's democracy [...] | 2008-07-11 13:49:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM OVIP KDEM KJUS TU AM |
08YEREVAN571 | AUTHORITIES ADMIT SWEEPING INVESTIGATIONS OF OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) On July 1, at a rare press conference, opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrossian (LTP) publicized an internal government order to round up participants of the opposition rallies in Yerevan, wiretap their phone conversations, collect personal data about them and much more. Special Investigat [...] | 2008-07-16 03:09:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KJUS KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN580 | COE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONER FINDS TOUGH SLEDDING [...] (C) Council of Europe (COE) Human Rights Commissioner Thomas Hammarberg gained little traction with Armenian authorities on his key concerns during a July 13-15 visit to Yerevan. Hammarberg's discussions with President Sargsian and other top GOAM officials were focused on two main issues: pol [...] | 2008-07-17 14:03:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN596 | APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS ORDER FOR PROSECUTION TO RE-OPEN [...] (SBU) On July 21 Manushak Petrosian, judge of the Appeals Court, upheld the June 6 decision of the first instance court, ordering the re-launch of the investigation into the circumstances of Levon Gulian's death in police custody (refs A, B). It is still unclear whether the Prosecutor General' [...] | 2008-07-25 12:04:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KJUS AM |
08YEREVAN628 | CUSTOMS REFORM: THE WINDS OF REAL CHANGE OR A [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Sargsian's young administration has made much of its new campaigns to overhaul customs and tax. CDA called on the new Chairman of the State Customs Committee, Gagik Khachatrian, with an eye toward assessing the new man's commitment and energy to change fundamentally th [...] | 2008-08-07 04:01:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ETTC EINV KNNP AM |
08YEREVAN635 | PRIME MINISTER AWARDS JEWISH COMMUNITY HEAD [...] (SBU) On July 21, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsian in a surprise move awarded Rimma Varzhapetian, the Chairwomen of the Armenian Jewish Community NGO, a memorial medal in recognition of her contribution to the strengthening and promotion of Armenian-Jewish relations. According to press reports, [...] | 2008-08-08 08:39:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SCUL KIRF AM |
08YEREVAN639 | ARMENIA: FUEL, FOOD SHORTAGES PREDICTED DUE TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-11 10:14:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS ENRG EAIR ELTN ECON EAGR EWWT PBTS |
08YEREVAN645 | REFUGEES FROM GEORGIA-RUSSIA CONFLICT WELL [...] Post has assidiuously followed the situation of refugees who fled Georgia into Armenia as a result of the Russian-Georgian conflict. UNHCR reports that about 5,000 non-Armenian citizens crossed into Armenia as a result of the conflict. UNHCR estimates that about 60 percent of those individu [...] | 2008-08-13 13:29:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PBTS CASC PGOV PREL UNHCR GG RU AM |
08YEREVAN646 | RUSSIA/GEORGIA CONFLICT TAKES SMALLER ECONOMIC [...] (C) Given the extent to which Armenia depends on products imported through Georgia, the conflict that erupted last weekend between Russia and Georgia threatened a severe impact on Armenia's economy. With the worst of the conflict seemingly now behind us, Armenia has not suffered serious harm a [...] | 2008-08-13 14:15:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL AM |
08YEREVAN649 | TFGG01: ARMENIAN PM RAISES ALARM ON FUEL, GRAIN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-14 15:25:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ELTN PREL EWWT ENRG EAGR RU GG AM |
08YEREVAN653 | TFGG01: ARMENIAN FRUSTRATION MOUNTS OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Top Armenian officials are growing increasingly offended by Georgians's non-responsiveness to Armenian efforts to reach out. The most discourteous, perhaps, was the Georgian FM's refusal even to meet FM Nalbandian for a few minutes in Yerevan airport, as she passed through en route ove [...] | 2008-08-15 12:58:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PGOV GG AM |
08YEREVAN660 | TFGG01: ARMENIAN CONCERNS GROW OVER LOOMING [...] (C) FM Nalbandian complained to the Charge on the evening of August 19 that there had been "no improvement" in cargo deliveries from Georgia. Following the destruction of the rail bridge at Kaspi,the GOAM sent 40 heavy trucks to the port at Batumi to load fuel for delivery in Armenia. Accordi [...] | 2008-08-20 12:07:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ELTN PREL EWWT ENRG EAGR RU GG TU IR AM |
08YEREVAN665 | RFE/RL BUREAU CHIEF ASSAULT LATEST IN A SERIES OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The acting Yerevan bureau chief of RFE/RL was lightly injured in an assault August 18 by a man who proclaimed anti-RFE/RL sentiments during the attack. CDA met with RFE/RL officials August 20 to discuss the incident, and the general situation of RFE/RL in Armenia, which had see [...] | 2008-08-25 05:25:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KDEM KPAO BBG AM |
08YEREVAN668 | POLICE RAID OPPOSITION ACTIVISTS IN YEREVAN CENTER [...] (SBU) Around 1100 on August 25, about 50 policemen raided the space that opposition activists have occupied for months on Yerevan's central Northern Avenue, tearing down and confiscating their posters and all other paper materials. Promptly arriving at the scene, Poloffs witnessed about 40 pro [...] | 2008-08-25 12:41:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL AM |
08YEREVAN671 | TFGG01: GEORGIA SUPPLY LINE INTERUPTION BRINGS [...] (SBU) The disruptions to Georgia's rail and road network created by the Georgia-Russia crisis have begun to create economic problems for Armenia. Armenia ordinarily receives 90 percent of its import freight via Georgia. A critical gasoline shortage has become the first serious symptom for A [...] | 2008-08-25 14:58:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG ETRD ELTN PREL AMGT GG AM |
08YEREVAN674 | ARMENIAN MEDIA REACTION TO RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZIA [...] SUMMARY: Armenian media widely covered Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's August 26 decision to recognize the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. While first reports were strictly factual, by August 27 Armenian media offered lengthy editorials. Most Armenian press focused on how thi [...] | 2008-08-27 13:06:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OPRC KPAO KMDR AM |
08YEREVAN676 | ARMENIA NOT TO RECOGNIZE SOUTH OSSETIA AND [...] (C) CDA delivered Ref A demarche points to Armenian Foreign Minister Nalbandian in a meeting on August 27. Nalbandian responded that Armenia will not recognize Abkhazia or South Ossetia "at this time." He added, however, that Armenia's critical relationship with Russia would preclude a public [...] | 2008-08-28 10:23:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RU AM |
08YEREVAN677 | GOAM-OPPOSITION CLASHES IN CENTRAL YEREVAN ESCALATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The confrontations between police and opposition protesters on Yerevan's Northern Avenue that began the morning of August 26 (reftel) escalated in the afternoon and throughout the following day. Police forcibly removed and detained some protesters who had been camped there for w [...] | 2008-08-29 03:13:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL AM |
08YEREVAN68 | CLOCK RUNS OUT ON ARMENIA EXIT POLL [...] (C) Following a weeks-long effort to come to closure with the GOAM on modalities to carry out a USAID-funded exit poll for Armenia's upcoming presidential election, CDA and Presidential Chief of staff Armen Gevorkian agreed in a January 17 meeting to abandon the idea. Despite strong support f [...] | 2008-01-31 13:02:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID KDEM KPAO OSCE AM |
08YEREVAN681 | WAITING FOR GUL -- ARMENIANS CONTEMPLATE POSSIBLE [...] (C) As the decision point nears for Turkey's response to President Sargsian's invitation to President Gul to visit Yerevan for the September 6 Turkey-Armenia soccer match, Yerevan is rife with speculation about how Armenians would react to such a visit. Senior officials have gone out of their [...] | 2008-08-29 16:18:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU AM |
08YEREVAN694 | DASHNAKS RALLY AGAINST CLOSER TURKISH TIES AND TO SHOW [...] (SBU) During its September 2 rally for "Artsakh Freedom Day," (Artsakh is the Armenian term for Nagorno-Karabakh) Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun),the ultranationalist junior partner in the ruling coalition, previewed its plans to protest the upcoming historic visit of Turkis [...] | 2008-09-05 03:01:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AM |
08YEREVAN700 | TURKS, FOOTBALL, AND SERZH SARGSIAN [...] (C) When President Sargsian announced in late June his intention to invite Turkish President Gul to Yerevan for the September 6 Turkey-Armenia World Cup qualifier, Armenians reacted with skepticism. Armenian media and ordinary citizens expressed doubt that Gul would accept, the Dashnaktsutyun [...] | 2008-09-06 13:27:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU AM |
08YEREVAN701 | TURKS, FOOTBALL, AND SERZH SARGSIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-06 13:27:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU AM |
08YEREVAN703 | HISTORIC VISIT BY PRESIDENT GUL MAKES FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-08 13:50:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU AM |
08YEREVAN704 | ARMENIA: UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRD COMMITTEE 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-08 14:07:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UN AM |
08YEREVAN709 | ARMENIAN AND TURKISH PUBLIC TV SIGN MEMORANDUM [...] (SBU) On August 26, 2008, the directors of Armenian and Turkish Public TV and Radio signed a Memorandum on Cooperation that envisages broadcasting joint musical programs, documentaries, and films depicting life in the two countries. Both sides plan to send permanent news correspondents to each [...] | 2008-09-10 12:52:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO TU AM |
08YEREVAN734 | ARMENIA AND MCC ELIGIBILITY: DEMOCRATIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reftels in late May predicted that Armenia would deserve termination of its MCC Compact this year. Three months on, the GOAM has noticeably improved the tone and outlook of the democratic climate here, even though performance still lags in key areas. The public mood has shifted c [...] | 2008-09-15 15:33:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN741 | GEORGIA'S VITAL RAILWAY LINK TO ARMENIA REOPENS [...] (U) The Metekhi-Grakali section of the railway bridge near the Georgian town of Gori, destroyed August 16 in the course of the recent Russia-Georgia conflict, was fully restored and recommissioned on September 10, according to Armenian Transportation Ministry spokeswoman Sona Tonoyan. The brid [...] | 2008-09-17 12:59:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN PREL ECON GG AM |
08YEREVAN753 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FM NALBANDIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Yovanovitch's first call on the Foreign Minister highlighted Armenian enthusiasm to boost its U.S. relationship, as well as updates on the substance and tone of the Turkey and Nagorno Karabakh issues. The FM also conveyed a complaint that the newly-selected Yerevan bu [...] | 2008-09-19 15:14:00 | Embassy Yerevan | SECRET | PREL PGOV UNGA TU AJ AM |
08YEREVAN758 | DOJ HOLDS CRIMINAL LAW SEMINAR FOR ARMENIAN JUDGES [...] (SBU) The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (OPDAT) held a seminar on "Rules of Evidence in Adversarial Proceedings" on September 13-14, 2008, in Armenia. The conference was attended by Armenian judges, judicial candidates and of [...] | 2008-09-22 10:44:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS AM |
08YEREVAN764 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador's introductory courtesy call with President Sargsian, following presentation of her credentials, highlighted progress on relations with Turkey and Azerbaijan (Nagnoro Karabakh) peace negotiations. Sargsian expressed thanks for robust U.S. assistance for Armenia. He ca [...] | 2008-09-23 13:29:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ETRD TU AJ AM |
08YEREVAN765 | (S/NF) ARMENIAN PRESIDENT AGAIN DENIES IRAN ARMS [...] (S/NF) President Serzh Sargsian raised the issue of Iran arms sales during the courtesy call which followed the ambassador's formal presentation of her credentials. Sargsian repeatedly and categorically denied that any such transaction had taken place, insisting he was "100 percent sure" that [...] | 2008-09-23 13:44:00 | Embassy Yerevan | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM ETTC PREL IR BG AM |
08YEREVAN773 | ABRUPT SHAKE-UP AT ARMENIA'S CASSATION COURT [...] (SBU) The Head of Armenia's Cassation Court Hovhannes Manukian abruptly resigned September 16 and was subsequently replaced September 17 by one of his deputies, Arman Mkrtumian, who chaired the Cassation Court's Civil and Administrative Chamber. Local media have speculated as to the reasons f [...] | 2008-09-26 13:21:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PREL AM |
08YEREVAN778 | EUR DAS BRYZA,S MEETING WITH ARMENIAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS Matthew Bryza met with Armenian President Sargsian and Foreign Minister Nalbandian on September 13 to discuss Armenia-Turkey rapprochement, Nagorno-Karabakh (NK),and the Russia-Georgia war. On Armenia-Turkey relations, Sargsian viewed the visit of Turkish President Gul [...] | 2008-09-29 14:30:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL |
08YEREVAN793 | FOREIGN MINISTER READOUT OF NEW YORK MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Nalbandian briefed ambassador on his and President Sargsian's meetings in New York on the UNGA margins. He said the Turkey, Azerbaijan, Armenia trilateral had been successful symbolically, but light on substance. Nalbandian complained about Azerbaijani FM Mammadyarov's UNGA s [...] | 2008-10-02 03:43:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU AJ RU IR AM |
08YEREVAN8 | PARLIAMENTARY HEARINGS ON TURKISH-ARMENIAN [...] (SBU) On December 19-20, the Foreign Relations Committee of Armenia's parliament held public hearings on Turkish-Armenian Relations titled "Issues and Perspectives." Viewed as a positive step to discuss the delicate issue of improving Turkish-Armenian ties, the hearings quickly morphed into a [...] | 2008-01-04 14:57:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TU AM |
08YEREVAN811 | AMBASSADOR SPEAKS TO RFE/RL HEAD ON NEW YEREVAN [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Yovanovitch expressed her concern to RFE/RL Director Jeffrey Gedmin regarding the recent appointment of Aghasi Yenokyan as Yerevan Bureau Chief of RFE/RL. Gedmin acknowledged that the selection of Yenokyan might present challenges, but said that Yenkoyan deserved a cha [...] | 2008-10-06 12:44:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KPAO BBG RFE RL AM |
08YEREVAN812 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Ambassador's introductory meeting with Prime Minister Tigran Sargsian on October 3 included discussion of the PM's ambitious reform agenda, particularly in the area of tax and customs. Sargsian also made the surprising announcement that he would not be making his long-planned visit to Washi [...] | 2008-10-06 15:24:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ETRD TU AJ AM |
08YEREVAN813 | FM STILL UPSET ABOUT RFE/RL BUREAU CHIEF [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Nalbandian reacted sharply to Ambassador's report of her conversation with RFE/RL President Jeffrey Gedmin, in which he had offered to explore "confidence building measures" to re-establish GOAM trust in RFE/RL objectivity. Nalbandian insisted "there was nothing that could [...] | 2008-10-06 15:37:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM BBG RFE RL AM |
08YEREVAN818 | FM NALBANDIAN ON SARGSIAN'S TRIP TO GEORGIA, [...] (C) During their October 6 meeting, FM Nalbandian told Ambassador that Turkish FM Babacan had invited him to visit Turkey in late October in connection with the Davos Forum. Nalbandian reported that President Sargsian's Tbilisi visit had made good progress at warming the strained relationship [...] | 2008-10-08 10:43:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ETRD TU AJ AM |
08YEREVAN821 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FINANCE MINISTER [...] (C) Ambassador's introductory meeting with Finance Minister Tigran Davtian on October 6 highlighted the minister's positive outlook on the Armenian economy and continued economic reform progress. When Davtianmade a pitch for resumption of full MCC funding,the Ambassador reminded him of US con [...] | 2008-10-08 12:57:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ETRD TU AJ AM |
08YEREVAN829 | NEW SECURITY COUNCIL SECRETARY COVERS GOAM TALKING [...] (C) During the Ambassador's introductory call on the Secretary of Armenia's National Security Council, Artur Baghdassarian echoed almost verbatim points raised a day before by National Assembly Speaker Hovik Abrahamian. Baghdassarian demonized the opposition led by Levon Ter-Petrossian. He em [...] | 2008-10-14 10:45:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN837 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON ENERGY MINISTER [...] (C) During their introductory meeting October 9, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Armen Movsisian emphasized to the Ambassador the GOAM's need to pursue energy security. The recent crisis in Georgia was a reminder of Armenia's vulnerability to the region's political instability, and the [...] | 2008-10-16 08:15:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ENRG AMGT TU AJ IR AM |
08YEREVAN844 | EUR A/S HIGHLIGHTS REGIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: EUR A/S Fried outlined his hopes for an Armenia "opened up" by resolution of the Turkish and Nagorno-Karabakh, ending Armenia's reliance on Georgia as its main trade outlet. Fried commented that this could all happen by the end of this year, transforming the region. President Sa [...] | 2008-10-20 11:42:00 | Embassy Yerevan | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ TU RU AM |
08YEREVAN846 | TER-PETROSSIAN SUSPENDS PUBLIC RALLIES, WITH SOME [...] (C) At his latest protest rally October 17, ex-President Levon Ter-Petrossian (LTP) sharply criticized President Sargsian, and also took some broad swipes at the U.S. and the West. The move seemed calculated to bolster his credibility with his base, as he announced the end of active protests. [...] | 2008-10-20 16:03:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AM |
08YEREVAN854 | EUR A/S FRIED DISCUSSES TURKEY, KARABAKH AND [...] (C) During A/S Daniel Fried's October 17-18 visit to Armenia, opposition and civil society figures complained about political rights and authorities' failure to heal the wounds from the flawed presidential election and March 1 unrest. While supportive of GOAM efforts on rapprochement with Tur [...] | 2008-10-24 09:41:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM AM |
08YEREVAN855 | MEDVEDEV'S VISIT FUELS ANXIETY ABOUT HASTY [...] (C) Domestic reactions to Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev's October 21-22 visit to Armenia have primarily focused on Medvedev's announcement in Yerevan that he hopes to host the next meeting of Nagorno-Karabakh peace talks between Armenia's and Azerbaijan's presidents, as early as the begin [...] | 2008-10-24 09:41:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RU AM |
08YEREVAN86 | OPPOSITION CANDIDATES CHALLENGE PM IN REPUBLICAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The major opposition representatives in Gyumri allege that biased media coverage, vote-buying, and use of administrative resources by the ruling regime puts them at an inherent disadvantage. All three party chairs consulted say they stand by the embattled independent GALA TV cha [...] | 2008-02-05 17:00:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN861 | OPPOSITION OLIGARCH'S COMPANY SHUT DOWN BY GOAM [...] (C) On October 23 the GOAM closed down the operations of the Bjni company, one of Armenia's leading bottled water brands and part of the SIL Group, owned by fugitive MP and opposition supporter Khachatur Sukiasian. The action followed an October 10 order by an administrative court to confisca [...] | 2008-10-29 06:19:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN863 | CONFIDANTE SEEKS TO CLARIFY, DEFEND EX-PRESIDENT'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrossian (LTP) confidante David Shahnazarian -- sensing our displeasure -- sought an urgent follow-up meeting with Ambassador October 21 with an eye toward U.S. damage control, after Ter-Petrossian's conspiratorial, anti-Western speech October 17. [...] | 2008-10-29 06:19:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN864 | NEW SPEAKER TO AMBASSADOR: GOVERNMENT INNOCENT, [...] (C) In his first meeting with the Ambassador, new National Assembly Speaker Hovik Abrahamian blasted the opposition for blackening the image of Armenia, and asked the Ambassador to use U.S. influence to moderate the opposition. He also asked that the Ambassador end the limited funding suspensi [...] | 2008-10-29 06:19:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL EAID SOCI KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN865 | NEW FACT FINDING GROUP TO LOOK INTO MARCH 1 UNREST [...] (SBU) On October 23 President Serzh Sargsian signed a decree establishing a five-member fact finding expert group tasked with collecting key facts relating to the March post-election unrest. This follows pressure from PACE Human Rights Commissioner Hammarberg for establishment of a credible, ba [...] | 2008-10-30 12:05:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN873 | CRIME SPREE PROMPTS CHARGES OF "CRIMINAL STATE" BY OPPOSITION [...] (C) A recent string of unconnected violent attacks around Armenia has prompted the opposition to decry the emergence of a "criminal state." Over the October 24-26 weekend, one person was killed in Yerevan, four were killed in the northern city of Spitak, and the recently re-elected mayor of the nor [...] | 2008-11-03 14:37:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PREL ASEC AM |
08YEREVAN874 | E.U. AMBASSADOR DETAILS EUROPEAN ASSISTANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: European Commission Ambassador Raul de Luzenberger offered a readout of EC External Relations Director General Eneko Landaburu's Yerevan visit, and the shape of EU political and assistance priorities, during the Ambassador's introductory call October 23. In an initiative to be u [...] | 2008-11-03 14:39:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN882 | AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY VISIT WITH MINISTER OF LABOR [...] (C) During their introductory meeting on October 27, Minister of Labor and Social Issues (MLSI) Arsem Hambardzumian thanked the Ambassador for the significant amount of development assistance provided by the USG to the Armenian people. Hambardzumian stated the MLSI's two main priorities for th [...] | 2008-11-05 13:39:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID LAB SOCI AM |
08YEREVAN887 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON ARMENIAN [...] (C) In a November 3 meeting with the Ambassador, His Holiness Karekin II was upbeat about prospects for Armenia achieving peace with its neighbors. On Armenia's domestic political situation, the Catholicos spared no detail in describing the lengths to which he and the Armenian Church had gone [...] | 2008-11-07 11:07:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SCUL TU GG AM |
08YEREVAN888 | LTP URGES U.S. TO TAKE INITIATIVE ON NK CONFLICT [...] (C) During the Ambassador's introductory call on Levon Ter-Petrossian, the ex-president and opposition leader declared the time was ripe for a settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and urged the U.S. to step in decisively to seal the deal. Ter-Petrossian pledged not to hinder President [...] | 2008-11-07 16:28:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN89 | PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PROFILE: VAHAN HOVANISSIAN [...] (C) Deputy parliament speaker Vahan Hovanissian is the presidential standard bearer of the 117- year-old Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF),more often known simply as the Dashnaks, (after the Armenian word Dashnaksutyun, meaning "federation"). Hovanissian brings a literate, articulate [...] | 2008-02-06 14:21:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN892 | ARMENIA SAYS NO TO PALESTINIAN GUANTANAMO DETAINEE [...] (S) Poloff met with Dziunik Aghajanian October 17 to deliver reftel demarche and solicit Armenia's interest in resettling to Armenia the Palestinian Guantanamo detainee Asim M. Al-Aasmi. Aghajanian said Armenia is unable to resettle such cases. 2. (S) Aghajanian said Armenia's refusal in s [...] | 2008-11-10 14:07:00 | Embassy Yerevan | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS PTER PHUM KAWK KISL KPAO AM |
08YEREVAN90 | BAGHDASSARIAN RALLY DRAWS GOOD CROWD; FEATURES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Orinats Yerkir (Rule of Law) presidential candidate Artur Baghdassarian held his first major rally in Armenia's sub-freezing capital on February 3, drawing a large and boisterous crowd of 10,000-15,000 supporters from throughout the country. In spite of rampant rumors that he w [...] | 2008-02-06 14:27:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN906 | POLITICS DOMINATE AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) During the Ambassador's introductory meeting with Emergency Situations Minister Mher Shahgeldian on November 4, Shahgeldian shared his views on the current political situation in Armenia and related his priorities for the Ministry, while also upbeat about the upcoming DOD Biological Threat [...] | 2008-11-12 14:04:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM EAID ASEC MARR AM |
08YEREVAN907 | PM SEES HIS U.S. TRIP AS FIRST STEP TO BETTER [...] (C) Prime Minister Tigran Sargsian invited Ambassador to lunch on October 31 to share his satisfaction with his trip to the U.S. and his view that the trip served as a first step to building a better bilateral relationship. He particularly looks forward to improving Armenia's trade with the [...] | 2008-11-12 14:49:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINS KDEM AJ TU RU GG AM |
08YEREVAN913 | SUCCESSFUL DOD BTRP NEGOTIATIONS IN ARMENIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) visited Armenia October 27-29, 2008 to conduct final negotiations on the text for the Biological Threat Reduction Implementation Agreement. DoD negotiators met with representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) a [...] | 2008-11-14 08:03:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM MARR KDEM KJUS ASEC AM |
08YEREVAN926 | ANXIETY TRUMPS HOPEFULNESS OVER TURKEY, NAGORNO [...] (C) Recent initiatives by Turkey and Russia to bolster their respective roles in brokering peace between Armenia and its neighbors have caused significant media speculation -- and suspicion -- regarding the resurgence of the region's "two heavyweights." While reflecting divergent views, the m [...] | 2008-11-17 15:20:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OPRC PBTS KMDR KPAO TU RU AJ AM |
08YEREVAN928 | REQUEST FOR PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE TO COMMEMORATE [...] This is an action message. See paragraph 4. 2. On December 7, 1988, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck northern Armenia, collapsing hundreds of poorly constructed buildings and killing an estimated 25,000 people, and leaving tens of thousands homeless just as a bitter . Among the victims w [...] | 2008-11-18 10:14:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OPDC OPRC KPAO AM |
08YEREVAN929 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) On November 14, Ambassador had lunch with former Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian and discussed a range of issues. 2. (C) FOREIGN POLICY: On Nagorno-Karabakh, Oskanian said that, reading between the lines of the Moscow Declaration, it appears there were "huge" disagreements between [...] | 2008-11-18 10:16:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL TU AJ AM |
08YEREVAN931 | LUNCH AT THE EC: CONCERN ABOUT POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over a welcome lunch for Ambassador with Ambassadors representing European Commission member countries in Yerevan, EC Ambassador Raul de Luzenberger provided a briefing on the November 5-6 visit of President Sargsian to the European Commission in Brussels. French Ambassador Ser [...] | 2008-11-18 14:12:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | POGV PHUM PREL ASEC KDEM EUN FR AJ TU AM |
08YEREVAN932 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY COURTESY CALL ON [...] (C) During an introductory meeting November 10 with Minister of Transport and Communication Gurgen Sargsian, Sargsian expressed appreciation for USG assistance and cooperation on transportation projects and noted the value that the GOAM places on the MCC Compact. Ambassador applauded the GOAM [...] | 2008-11-18 14:14:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID ELTN ECON TU AM |
08YEREVAN939 | EMBATTLED REGIONAL TV STATION SCORES LEGAL VICTORY [...] (SBU) The regional GALA TV company scored a legal victory on October 31 when Armenia's Cassation Court overruled a lower court's verdict ordering the removal of GALA's antenna from a Soviet-era broadcast tower. While welcoming the victory on the antenna, GALA was less pleased that the Cassation [...] | 2008-11-20 10:47:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KJUS KPAO AM |
08YEREVAN951 | DAS BRYZA HEARS DISCONTENT, MIXED VIEWS, FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: In addition to Minsk Group business, EUR DAS Bryza met bilaterally with government officials (septel),civil society representatives and opposition political figures. Civil society representatives spoke mostly about democracy issues, ranging from tepid to hostile on authorities [...] | 2008-11-25 15:46:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PBTS CASC KDEM AJ AM |
08YEREVAN953 | DAS BRYZA MEETS ARMENIAN PM AND DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) On November 17 EUR DAS Matt Bryza met separately with Prime Minister Tigran Sargsian and Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian. Acknowledging Armenia's failing MCC indicators and the upcoming MCC board meeting, the PM asked for time and understanding from Washington, warning that a program susp [...] | 2008-11-26 05:45:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL EAID KDEM KJUS MARR MOPS |
08YEREVAN971 | AMBASSADOR RAISES POLITICAL DETAINEES/PRISONERS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador's November 10 introductory call on Justice Minister Gevorg Danielyan focused on a review of his priorities and recent reform efforts, as well as a discussion on opposition-linked prisoners/detainees from the March 1 events. The Ambassador asked about the possibili [...] | 2008-12-02 11:36:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM KJUS AM |
08YEREVAN979 | EUR DAS BRYZA,S NOVEMBER 16 MEETING WITH ARMENIAN [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS Matthew Bryza, Ambassador, and EUR/CARC Regional Conflicts Advisor met with President Serzh Sargsian and presidential advisor Vigen Sargsian over dinner on November 16. On the economy, Sargsian predicted a severe contraction in the real economy in the first quarter of 2009 [...] | 2008-12-06 13:17:00 | Embassy Yerevan | SECRET | PREL ECON PBTS PHUM PARM KDEM AJ TU IR AM |
08YEREVAN99 | OUR PUSH AGAINST PRE-ELECTION PRESSURE DRAWS [...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA protested to Presidency advisers February 5 about the pattern of campaign abuses we have detected. Most notably, these have included abuse of state administrative resources, coercion of public sector employees to campaign and recruit for PM Sargsian's candidacy, door-to-doo [...] | 2008-02-07 13:08:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN998 | KOCHARIAN SKEPTICAL TO AMBASSADOR ON NK, TURKEY, [...] (C) Disavowing his rumored plans to return to power, former President Robert Kocharian barely concealed his abiding interest in, and influence on national affairs, providing contrarian views on the most topical issues touching Armenia. In the Ambassador's introductory call on Kocharian, the [...] | 2008-12-12 09:45:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL EAID KDEM AM |
08ZAGREB10 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - JANUARY 9, 2008 [...] (U) PM TO PRESENT NEW GOVERNMENT ON JANUARY 12: PM Sanader has now signed coalition agreements with the Peasants Party (HSS),the Social Liberals (HSLS) and five minority representatives, giving him a 79-seat majority in the Sabor. He expects to conclude another agreement with the leading Ser [...] | 2008-01-09 15:02:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR |
08ZAGREB100 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - FEBRUARY 13, 2008 [...] (U) ODC COORDINATES CROATIA'S 11TH ROTATION TO AFGHANISTAN: On February 12, the 11th contingent of Croatian soldiers departed for Afghanistan. These soldiers will replace Croatian soldiers returning home after a 6 month rotation in Afghanistan. The Office of Defense Cooperation coordinates t [...] | 2008-02-13 13:19:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR |
08ZAGREB112 | MGKV01: CROATIA WAITING FOR "CRITICAL MASS" OF EU [...] (SBU) The Ambassador spoke with Croatian FM Gordan Jandrokovic and Presidential Advisor Budimir Loncar on February 18 to urge close cooperation with the US and EU at the UNSC, and speedy Croatian recognition of Kosovo. Both pledged that Croatia would continue to cooperate closely in the UNSC. [...] | 2008-02-21 07:59:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR KV |
08ZAGREB113 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - FEBRUARY 20, 2008 [...] (U) CROATIAN MILITARY BECOMES AN ALL-VOLUNTEER FORCE: February 19, 2008, saw the last conscripts in the Croatian military depart their barracks for the final time. With the end of this cohorts' tour of duty, the Croatian military no longer has any conscripted personnel. New soldiers entering [...] | 2008-02-21 12:14:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HR |
08ZAGREB116 | MGKV01: CROATIA AND RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO [...] (C) The Croatian Government, at the highest levels, has confirmed that it will recognize Kosovo. In meetings on February 21 with Codel Tanner, President Mesic and Prime Minister Sanader stated that Croatia would recognize Kosovo, but both said that Croatia would not be among the first countri [...] | 2008-02-22 09:24:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR KV |
08ZAGREB128 | CODEL TANNER VISIT TO CROATIA (FEB 21-24) [...] SUMMARY: CODEL Tanner, with six House members from the US delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, had a successful visit to Croatia from Feb. 21 to 24. The CODEL met with both Prime Minister Ivo Sanader and President Stjepan Mesic on Feb. 21. Key topics were Croatia's NATO membership, [...] | 2008-02-26 12:57:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP PREL PGOV NATO HR |
08ZAGREB15 | LEAHY VETTING OF DRAGO MATANOVIC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-11 12:58:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KJUS HR |
08ZAGREB157 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - FEBRUARY 27, 2008 [...] (U) GoC's MESSAGE TO CODEL TANNER: CROATIA FIRMLY COMMITTED TO SEEKING NATO MEMBERSHIP: Representative John Tanner and five other House members from the U.S. delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly had a successful visit to Croatia from Feb. 21 to 24. The CODEL met with both Prime Min [...] | 2008-02-28 11:40:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR |
08ZAGREB171 | CROATIA TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO BY MID-MARCH [...] (C) In a February 29 meeting with the Ambassador, Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader said that he intended to have Croatia recognize Kosovo by mid-March. He told the Ambassador he had already spoken with Serbian President Tadic and PM Kostunica on February 15 to inform them that Croatia woul [...] | 2008-02-29 11:20:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL HR KO |
08ZAGREB18 | NEW PARLIAMENT CONVENES, NEW GOVERNMENT TOMORROW [...] SUMMARY: The newly-elected Croatian parliament (Sabor) convened on January 11, selecting Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) representative Luka Bebic as their new Speaker. Bebic, formerly the Sabor,s principal vice president, replaces his close associate and fellow HDZ-er Vladimir Seks, who will [...] | 2008-01-11 15:01:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL HR |
08ZAGREB181 | SERBIA'S CIVIL SOCIETY FEARS VIOLENCE, UNCERTAIN POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Serbia's NGO and civil society leaders are concerned about potential aggression against them in the aftermath of Kosovo's declaration of independence and following the February 21 attacks against diplomatic missions in Belgrade. Prominent NGO leaders are concerned that the campaign in t [...] | 2008-03-03 09:17:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC SR |
08ZAGREB184 | Gasoline on a Fire: Serb Leaders' Rhetoric Inflaming [...] (SBU) In the wake of Kosovo's declaration of independence, Serbian leaders within the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) and New Serbia (NS) coalition have publicly incited and enflamed the delicate political situation through continued statements condoning violence as a legitimate response to K [...] | 2008-03-03 14:02:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC SR |
08ZAGREB185 | SERBIAN MFA PROMISES TO PAY DAMAGES, PREVIEWS LEGAL [...] (SBU) A Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs official confirmed to the Ambassador that the Serbian Government will pay all damage to embassies during the riots on February 21. The official also said the Serbian Government had formed a legal team to consider suing foreign governments over Kosovo [...] | 2008-03-04 06:00:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT KLIG ODIP OFDP AEMR PREL SR |
08ZAGREB197 | ATTACKS ON ETHNIC ALBANIANS IN SERBIA [...] Following Kosovo's declaration of independence, nationalist protestors have targeted ethnic Albanians and their property in several Serbian cities. Besides Albanians, protestors have also attacked the property of the Gorani ethnic community, who are often mistaken for Albanians. South Serbia, [...] | 2008-03-05 05:56:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KBTS KPAO SR MW KV |
08ZAGREB198 | SERBIA: EU-KOSOVO DIVIDE GROWS [...] (SBU) On the eve of the first parliamentary session of 2008, a resolution proposed by the Radicals that would allow Serbia to join the EU "only with Kosovo" has deepened the rift between Serbia's ruling parties. Officials from Prime Minister Kostunica's party have said they will support the res [...] | 2008-03-05 05:57:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KBTS KPAO SR MW KV |
08ZAGREB203 | WHO'S RUNNING SERBIA [...] (SBU) By keeping Serbians fixated on Kosovo, Prime Minister Kostunica has retained control of Serbian politics despite President Tadic's reelection last month. Kostunica's hard-line nationalist response to Kosovo is obstructing Serbia's path to EU integration by paralyzing the government and e [...] | 2008-03-05 09:05:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KBTS KPAO SR MW KV |
08ZAGREB22 | NEW GOC AND NATO: REFERENDUM OUT, ENGAGEMENT IN [...] During approval of his new cabinet January 12 (septel),PM Sanader stressed his government's commitment to achieving NATO membership during this mandate. In the agreement between his Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) and the Peasant Party (HSS) and the Social Liberals (HSLS),the new ruling coa [...] | 2008-01-14 15:30:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM |
08ZAGREB222 | SERBIA: KOSOVO RESOLUTION DIVIDES GOVERNMENT, RADICALS MAY [...] (SBU) A parliamentary majority of Prime Minister Kostunica's party and ultranationalist Radicals supported consideration of a resolution stating that Serbia should only join the European Union with Kosovo as its territory. Parliament's Speaker, from President Tadic's party, suspended session [...] | 2008-03-06 06:44:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KBTS KPAO SR MW KV |
08ZAGREB229 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - MARCH 5, 2008 [...] (SBU) CROATIAN PEACEKEEPING TROOPS RECEIVE TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS TRAINING PRIOR TO DEPLOYMENT: In late February, the GOC Office of Human Rights organized the first "train the trainers" program focusing solely on trafficking in persons for ten Croatian Military officers. These officers will no [...] | 2008-03-07 11:39:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HR |
08ZAGREB231 | NO RESPONSE ON SOMALIA AND PIRACY, POSSIBLE [...] Ref points were delivered to Andrej Dogan at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration - Department of the United Nations on 06 March 2008. GOC offered no substantive response. Bradtke [...] | 2008-03-07 13:49:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PBTS PREL UN UNSC IMO XA XW SO |
08ZAGREB232 | NO RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE CONCERNING MALDIVES DRAFT [...] Ref points were delivered to Andrej Dogan at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration - Department of the United Nations on 29 February 2008. GOC offered no substantive response. Bradtke [...] | 2008-03-07 13:49:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | KGHG MV PGOV PHUM PREL UNHRC |
08ZAGREB233 | NO RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE SEEKING SUPPORT FOR A [...] Ref points were delivered to Andrej Dogan at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration - Department of the United Nations on 06 March 2008. GOC offered no substantive response. Bradtke [...] | 2008-03-07 13:49:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | CG PREL RW UNSC ASEC ETTC |
08ZAGREB234 | NO RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON ETHIOPIA-ERITREA [...] Ref points were delivered to Andrej Dogan at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration - Department of the United Nations on 06 March 2008. GOC offered no substantive response. Bradtke [...] | 2008-03-07 13:57:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KPKO |
08ZAGREB238 | FISCAL TRANSPARENCY IN CROATIA [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, the Croatian Law on the Right of Access to Information, adopted in October 2003, requires the government to provide information to the public about its activities, organization, expenditures, and sources of financing. The Ministry of Finance makes the budget available [...] | 2008-03-10 15:03:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PREL HR |
08ZAGREB24 | NEW CROATIAN GOVERNMENT CONFIRMED; PM SANADER'S [...] (U) Croatia,s re-elected Prime Minister Ivo Sanader on January 12 presented his new government and its program to the newly elected Croatian parliament (Sabor). After a full day of parliamentary debate, 82 Sabor members supported Sanader,s cabinet, while 62 members of the opposition voted aga [...] | 2008-01-15 15:21:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HR POLITICAL PARTIES |
08ZAGREB243 | CROATIA NOW INTENDS TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO ON OR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-11 15:27:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL HR KO |
08ZAGREB244 | CROATIAN GOVERNMENT APPROVES SUPPLEMENTAL SOFA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-11 15:34:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR PGOV HR |
08ZAGREB247 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - MARCH 12, 2008 [...] (U) POLLS CONTINUE TO SHOW RISING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR NATO...: Two polls conducted in early March confirmed the upward trend of public support for Croatia's membership in NATO reported in last week's activity report (REF). The first, conducted by Accent agency and commissioned by the Ministry [...] | 2008-03-13 09:55:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR |
08ZAGREB25 | CROATIA TO SUPPORT CERD CANDIDACY OF PIERRE PROSPER [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-15 15:41:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA HR |
08ZAGREB252 | LEADER OF SERBS IN CROATIA CALLS FOR DELAYING [...] (C) Milorad Pupovac, a respected leader of Croatia's Serbs, met with the Ambassador March 13 to argue for a further delay in Croatian recogntion of Kosovo's independence. Pupovac said that he expected that Croatia, along with one or more countries in the region, would recognize Kosovo's indep [...] | 2008-03-14 13:11:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR KO |
08ZAGREB253 | CROATIAN/MONTENEGRIN PRIME MINISTERS DISCUSS [...] (U) Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader met with his Montenegrin counterpart Milo Djukanovic on 12 March 2008 in Zagreb. According to the Montenegrin DCM in Zagreb, the two PMs held a 15 minute private meeting before turning discussions over to their advisors and relevant subject-matter expe [...] | 2008-03-14 14:07:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HR |
08ZAGREB256 | CROATIA DUMPS FISHING ZONE OVERBOARD IN HOPES OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: On March 13, the Croatian parliament voted to suspend application of its Ecological and Fisheries Protection Zone (ZERP) to EU member states until Croatia, Italy, and Slovenia can reach a joint agreement on the issue. The one-vote margin by which the suspension passed belies broad [...] | 2008-03-18 06:25:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIS PGOV PREL SENV HR |
08ZAGREB262 | PLANS MOVING AHEAD FOR CROATIAN RECOGNITION OF [...] (C) In a March 18 conversation with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Sanader said that plans were moving ahead for recognition of Kosovo on March 19. The formal decision would be taken at the government session scheduled to take place that day. Sanader said that he had informed Serbia Prime Mi [...] | 2008-03-19 09:38:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR KO |
08ZAGREB265 | CROATIA RECOGNIZES CROATIA, ISSUES JOINT STATEMENT WITH [...] As forecast in reftel, the Government of Croatia, in its afternoon press briefing, announced that it has taken the decision today, March 19, to recognize Kosovo. Government spokesman Zlatko Mehun said that the formal text of the decision to recognize was being prepared and would be released sh [...] | 2008-03-19 13:46:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR KO |
08ZAGREB269 | SCENE SETTER FOR PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO CROATIA [...] (C) Croatia is eagerly awaiting your visit, Mr. President. Your appearance and remarks in St. Mark's Square, the stage for so much Croatian history, will be a celebration of Croatia's invitation to join NATO. For a country that suffers from a chronic sense of being under-appreciated by its E [...] | 2008-03-20 15:15:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PGOV HR |
08ZAGREB271 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - MARCH 20, 2008 [...] (U) A/S SILVERBERG VISITS CROATIA The U.S. Assistant Secretary for International Organizations Kristen Silverberg visited Croatia 17-18 March to discuss United Nations Security Council issues. The A/S met with senior officials from the MFA and the Offices of the President and Prime Minister, [...] | 2008-03-21 10:19:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR |
08ZAGREB278 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO CROATIA [...] (C) Madame Secretary, the Croatia that you will visit with President Bush after the NATO Summit in Bucharest is a success story, albeit imperfect, in transformational diplomacy. After Dayton in 1995, Croatia emerged from a brutal ethnic conflict with ten percent of its territory still patroll [...] | 2008-03-26 12:42:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL HR |
08ZAGREB281 | KOSOVO, IRAN AND COUNTERTERRORISM DOMINATE A/S [...] SUMMARY: (U) Assistant Secretary for International Organizations Kristen Silverberg visited Croatia on March 17-18 to discuss United Nations Security Council issues. The A/S held working meetings with senior officials from the MFA and the Offices of the President and Prime Minister, as well a [...] | 2008-03-27 09:57:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR KO UN |
08ZAGREB284 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - MARCH 27, 2008 [...] (U) CROATIAN SERB PARTY TO REMAIN IN GOVERNMENT: The Independent Democratic Serb Party (SDSS) has decided to remain a coalition partner in the Croatian Government despite its disagreement with the government's decision on March 19 to recognize Kosovo. On March 26, the SDSS leadership met to r [...] | 2008-03-27 14:11:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HR |
08ZAGREB286 | NEW ISAF CONTRIBUTIONS: CROATIA'S GROWING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Croatia has steadily expanded its contribution to ISAF and has assumed increasingly complex missions. Croatian forces are currently in their 11th rotation with 203 soldiers. The MoD plans to increase this to 280 troops this summer and has Parliamentary approval to raise this to [...] | 2008-03-28 09:02:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF HR DEFENSE REFORM |
08ZAGREB29 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - JANUARY 16, 2008 [...] (SBU) US CONTINUES ENGAGEMENT ON ICTY LEGACY, WAR CRIMES ISSUES: S/WCI and SCE visitors traveled to Croatia on January 13-14 to examine ICTY legacy issues in the region and regional cooperation on war crimes. Along with Poloff, the visitors met in Osijek and Vukovar with county court judges [...] | 2008-01-17 08:12:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PGOV ICTY EUC HR |
08ZAGREB291 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - APRIL 2, 2008 [...] (U) GOC TO DEPLOY TROOPS TO UN MISSION ON GOLAN HEIGHTS IN JUNE: On Friday March 28, the Croatian parliament supported a decision to send 95 soldiers to serve as members of the UN peacekeeping force in the Golan Heights. A clear majority (104 of the 153-seat parliament) endorsed the plan to [...] | 2008-04-02 13:17:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR HR |
08ZAGREB296 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - APRIL 10, 2008 [...] (U) POTUS VISIT: "NO ONE WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE YOUR FREEDOM AWAY" GARNERS STRONGEST RESPONSE: News articles and public reaction pieces in the media after the April 4-5 visit of President Bush to Zagreb were generally positive, as poll numbers seem to bear out (see next item). Most people inter [...] | 2008-04-11 05:17:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV OVIP HR |
08ZAGREB3 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - JANUARY 3, 2008 [...] (U) HOUSE ARREST SCANDAL - INTERIOR MINISTER RESIGNS; ICTY INDICTEE MARKAC RETURNS TO HAGUE: MOI Ivica Kirin submitted his resignation on 29 December following reaction to a 22 December boar hunt with ICTY indictee Mladen Markac, who was supposed to be under house arrest during his provisional [...] | 2008-01-03 14:25:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HR |
08ZAGREB301 | UNSC - GOC SUPPORT FOR STRENGTHENED RENEWAL OF THE [...] POLOFF delivered reftel demarche on 08 April 2008 to Andrej Dogan, Department for the United Nations in the Croatian Ministry of Foreign and European Integration (MFA). The GOC had no issue with strengthening the mandate of the 1540 Committee as outlined. Dogan did not go so far as to say the [...] | 2008-04-11 11:20:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP HR |
08ZAGREB302 | UNSC - GOC SUPPORT FOR STRENGTHENED RENEWAL OF THE [...] POLOFF delivered reftel demarche on 08 April 2008 to Andrej Dogan, Department for the United Nations in the Croatian Ministry of Foreign and European Integration (MFA). The GOC had no issue with strengthening the mandate of the 1540 Committee as outlined. Dogan did not go so far as to say the [...] | 2008-04-11 11:21:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP HR |
08ZAGREB316 | NATO REFERENDUM CAMPAIGN DIES OF NATURAL CAUSES [...] SUMMARY: The "Committee for a Referendum on Entry into NATO," an NGO consortium, ended its petition campaign April 12 with less than one-third of the required 450,000 signatures needed to force a referendum. In an April 11 meeting with Pol Counselor, committee spokesperson Aleksandar Hatzivel [...] | 2008-04-17 12:11:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KPAO KDEM MARR PHUM NATO HR |
08ZAGREB317 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - APRIL 16, 2008 [...] (U) CROATIA FORMALLY ACCEPTS NATO MEMBERSHIP NEGOTIATIONS: Croatian Foreign Minister Gordan Jandrokovic on April 14 forwarded a letter to NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer informing him that Croatia has accepted the invitation to launch negotiations on NATO membership. Jandrokovic [...] | 2008-04-17 12:12:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR |
08ZAGREB319 | CROATIA RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] The invitation to participate in the EPG was delivered to Sanja Bujas-Juraga, Head of the International Security Department at Croatia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on April 9, 2008. Bujas-Juraga reported that Croatia would like to participate in the EPG and would try to send appropriate rep [...] | 2008-04-18 07:23:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER FR |
08ZAGREB322 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON APPOINTMENT OF U.S. SPECIAL [...] PolMil Officer notified Sanja Bujas-Juraga, Head of International Security Department at Croatia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on April 9, 2008, of the appointment of Lincoln P. Bloomfield Jr. as Special Envoy for MANPADS Threat Reduction. Bujas-Juraga welcomed this appointment and offered t [...] | 2008-04-18 07:24:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PGOV PREL PTER MARR PARM |
08ZAGREB332 | CROATIA ON TURKEY CHANGE OF STATUS AT THE EBRD [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-24 09:51:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL TU HR |
08ZAGREB333 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - APRIL 23, 2008 [...] (U) CROATIA COMPLETES FIRST ROUND OF NATO ACCESSION NEGOTIATIONS: MFA State Secretary for Political Affairs Bianca Matkovic led the Croatian delegation in its first round of accession negotiations at NATO HQ on April 21. Matkovic, who also serves as coordinator for Croatia's EU negotiations, [...] | 2008-04-24 10:10:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR MASS PHUM HR |
08ZAGREB334 | PM/WRA VISIT REINFORCES CROATIAN COMMITMENT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: PolOff and PM/WRA Senior Advisor Mark Adams on April 15-16 visited key Croatian Army logistics facilities to discuss possible assistance for destruction of the military's excess Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS). During meetings and site visits at Velika Buna [...] | 2008-04-24 10:11:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MASS PREL PGOV PTER MARR PARM HR DEFENSE REFORM |
08ZAGREB335 | CROATIA'S INA IN IRAN OIL EXPLORATION DEAL [...] (U) Croatia's national oil and gas company INA (44 percent state owned) announced April 9 that it had entered into a deal with the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) for exploration in the Moghan-2 block in northwestern Iran. The deal commits INA to exploration and development of any discove [...] | 2008-04-24 10:12:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PREL IR HR |
08ZAGREB346 | CROATIA ON FAA REQUEST FOR FINAL DISCUSSION [...] Econ Officer delivered reftel letter and report to Mr. Damir Vince, Director General of the Croatian Civil Aviation Authority on April 25, 2008. A copy of the report was also shared on the same date with Betty Pavelic-Sirois, Head of the North America Department at the Croatian Ministry of For [...] | 2008-04-29 13:13:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON PREL HR |
08ZAGREB350 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - APRIL 30, 2008 [...] (U) HDZ LEADERSHIP REMAINS VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED: The April 26 General Convention of the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) confirmed the hold of Prime Minister Ivo Sanader over his party. Sanader, Deputy Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor, and the leadership slate of ten candidates all ran uno [...] | 2008-05-02 13:13:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR HR |
08ZAGREB357 | DEPUTY PM UZELAC ASSURES PROGRESS WILL BE MADE ON [...] SUMMARY: In an April 25 meeting with representatives of the international community, recently appointed Deputy Prime Minister Slobodan Uzelac promised significant progress in the promotion of refugee returns in the immediate future. Uzelac, the Croatian Serb minority party's representative in [...] | 2008-05-07 14:44:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PREL HR EUC REFUGEES |
08ZAGREB358 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - MAY 6, 2008 [...] (SBU) CROATIA COMPLETES ACCESSION TALKS WITH NATO: Croatia completed its accession talks with NATO on May 7. This second and final round of membership negotiations focused on the security, legal and financial requirements of the alliance. As Assistant Foreign Minister Pjer Simunovic, who was [...] | 2008-05-08 13:15:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR HR |
08ZAGREB359 | GOC EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR UNSC RESOLUTION ON [...] (C) Reftel points were delivered to Andrej Dogan of the Department for the United Nations at the Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration on 06 May 2008. According to Dogan, Croatian Permanent Representative to the UN Neven Jurica has expressed support for the resolution. [...] | 2008-05-08 15:12:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO XW HR |
08ZAGREB36 | CROATIA TERRORISM FINANCE: PRENOTIFICATION OF LET-4 [...] (S) Econ Officer delivered reftel demarche on January 17 to Tihomir Lulic, 1267 coordinator at the Croatian MFA. Lulic expressed appreciation for the advance notice and said he was certain that Croatia would support this designation. 2. (S) Comment: Post believes that Croatia, as a new UNSC [...] | 2008-01-18 14:50:00 | Embassy Zagreb | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER PREL ETTC HR |
08ZAGREB360 | CROATIA: CO-SPONSORSHIP AND PRE-NOTIFICATION FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-09 10:43:00 | Embassy Zagreb | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER PINR PREL HR |
08ZAGREB361 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF AID ADMINISTRATOR FORE TO [...] I am delighted that you will be coming to Zagreb to mark the closing of our AID Mission here after nearly 16 years. During that period, with our assistance and the help of the international community, Croatia has made remarkable progress. Croatia has resisted the temptation of nationalist an [...] | 2008-05-09 11:01:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL HR |
08ZAGREB365 | CROATIA: CO-SPONSORSHIP AND PRE-NOTIFICATION FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-13 14:54:00 | Embassy Zagreb | SECRET | KTFN PTER PINR EFIN PREL HR |
08ZAGREB366 | CROATIA SENSITIZED TO NATO INTEROPERABILITY [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Post delivered reftel points on May 8 to MFA head of Arms Control and Disarmament Section Mirko Capjak, who will be part of Croatian delegation at Dublin negotiating session this month. Capjak was previously [...] | 2008-05-13 15:02:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PARM PREL NATO HR |
08ZAGREB382 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - MAY 21, 2008 [...] (U)USAID/CROATIA CELEBRATES 15 YEARS OF PARTNERSHIP: More than 450 people from all over Croatia attended a closing ceremony celebrating Croatia's graduation from SEED assistance held in Zagreb on May 15. Many of the attendees traveled from cities throughout Croatia where USAID has worked, an [...] | 2008-05-21 14:57:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR |
08ZAGREB383 | CROATIA'S PARTICIPATION IN FRIENDS OF IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-21 14:57:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS OTRA PREL IZ HR |
08ZAGREB384 | CROATIA'S PARTICIPATION IN INT'L COMPACT WITH IRAQ [...] Econ officer delivered reftel demarche to Pjer Simunovic, assistant minister, Directorate for International Organizations and Security. Simunovic was joined by Marta Nakic-Vojnovic, head of Section for Peace Support Operations, and Ivana Zivkovic Mikec, counsellor in the Directorate for Intern [...] | 2008-05-21 14:57:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL IZ HR |
08ZAGREB385 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - MAY 14, 2008 [...] (U) CROATIA HOSTS ADRIATIC SHIELD 08: Croatia hosted the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) exercise ADRIATIC SHIELD 08 in Rijeka 12-14 May 2008, with the active participation of the USS CARNEY. The event tested the efficiency of relevant procedures and the level of preparedness of nati [...] | 2008-05-21 14:57:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ICTY MARR ECON HR |
08ZAGREB40 | CROATIA TO NAME FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) During a January 21 meeting, Prime Minister Sanader informed the Ambassador that he and President Mesic had agreed that former Foreign Minister Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic would be the new Croatian Ambassador to the United States, replacing Neven Jurica who is moving to New York as Croatia's [...] | 2008-01-22 12:30:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR US HR |
08ZAGREB404 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - MAY 29, 2008 [...] (U) REGIONAL COOPERATION EFFORTS ON DISASTER MANAGEMENT BRING RESULTS...: Croatia hosted a pair of meetings aimed at promoting greater cross-border cooperation during May. On May 5, in Dubrovnik, under the framework of the Mount Igman Initiative, officials from the Dubrovnik region in Croatia [...] | 2008-05-30 12:18:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR |
08ZAGREB409 | CONCERT BY NATIONALIST POP SINGER PASSES WITHOUT INCIDENT [...] (U) The controversial Croatian pop singer Marko Perkovic Thompson's concert on Zagreb's central square on May 30 passed without serious incident or any significant presence of the Ustasha (neo-Nazi) insignia that had appeared among his audiences in earlier performances. The concert, organized [...] | 2008-06-03 11:07:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV HR |
08ZAGREB41 | BRANKO VUKELIC, NEW DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (SBU) Among the more controversial appointments made in the forming of the new Croatian government on January 12 was the naming of former Economy Minister Branko Vukelic as Croatia's new Minister of Defense. Vukelic's tenure as Economy Minister was not viewed as among the more successful per [...] | 2008-01-22 12:30:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR MARR HR POLITICAL PARTIES |
08ZAGREB410 | CROATIAN GENERAL CONVICTED OF WAR CRIMES, ANOTHER GENERAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On 30 May, Zagreb's County Court returned verdicts against Croatian generals Rahim Ademi and Mirko Norac, the highest-ranking Croatian military officers to be tried for war crimes in domestic courts. Both men were accused of commanding troops who killed 28 civilians and POWs and [...] | 2008-06-03 11:08:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KAWC ICTY PREL PGOV HR |
08ZAGREB411 | CONVALIDATION OF PENSIONS IN FORMER OCCUPIED SERB [...] (U) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Slobodan Uzelac, the highest ranking Croatian Serb in the government, appears to be making some progress toward solving problems related to the return of Serbs who fled Croatia at the end of the war. On May 17th, 2008, the Croatian Government published a Rul [...] | 2008-06-03 12:44:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PREL HR EUC SR |
08ZAGREB413 | LARGE CROATIAN SERB GATHERING GOES SMOOTHLY, UNTIL [...] (U) On May 30, the Serbian National Council (SNV) of Croatia convened the largest political gathering of Serbs in Croatia since independence, assembling some 1800 delegates from Serb minority councils across Croatia in Zagreb's main concert hall. The objective of the assembly, according to co [...] | 2008-06-03 13:15:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR SR BK |
08ZAGREB419 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPSEC ENGLAND DINNER WITH DEFMIN [...] (C) Sir, this is Minister Vukelic,s second trip to the U.S. since his appointment in January as Minister of Defense in the new Croatian government. Though his tenure as Minister of Economy in the previous government was unremarkable, in his short time as Minister of Defense he has brought a l [...] | 2008-06-05 13:50:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM |
08ZAGREB42 | GORDAN JANDROKOVIC, CROATIA'S NEW FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (U) In a new Croatian government that consists largely of too familiar faces (reftels),perhaps the most important new face, certainly for U.S. engagement with Croatia, belongs to new Foreign Minister Gordan Jandrokovic. From 2004 to the present, Jandrokovic was chair of the Croatian parliame [...] | 2008-01-22 12:58:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR HR POLITICAL PARTIES |
08ZAGREB420 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - JUNE 5, 2008 [...] (U) RIJEKA SYNAGOGUE OFFICIALLY OPENED: Last week, the Jewish community of Rijeka formally re-opened its synagogue after 15 years of reconstruction work. Vlado Kon, President of the Rijeka Jewish Community noted that this is the only synagogue in Croatia that has kept its original function [...] | 2008-06-05 15:14:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM EAGR ETRD KCRM EUC HR |
08ZAGREB421 | GOC RECEIVES TIER ONE TIP SCORE ENTHUSIASTICALLY [...] On July 3rd, per REFTEL, POLOFF delivered news of Croatia's upgraded TIER 1 rating to TIP National Coordinator Luka Maderic, who also serves as the Head of the Government Office of Human Rights. The GoC enthusiastically received the news of Croatia's full compliance with the minimum standards [...] | 2008-06-05 15:19:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCRM KWMN PREL HR TRAFFICKING |
08ZAGREB426 | VISIT OF S/WCI WILLIAMSON TO ZAGREB [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador-at-large for War Crimes Clint Williamson visited Zagreb on June 2. He met with Assistant Justice Minister Markotic to discuss the status of Croatian cooperation with the ICTY. Markotic defended Croatia against recent claims by the ICTY prosecutor that the GoC is only [...] | 2008-06-09 11:53:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KAWC ICTY PREL PGOV HR |
08ZAGREB437 | CROATIA LEANING TOWARD CANADIAN IOM DG CANDIDATE [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel (A) points last week to Andrej Dogan from the Department of the United Nations at the Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration. On June 11, Dogan informed Post that the GOC would not be supporting International Organization for Migration Direc [...] | 2008-06-12 12:28:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF SMIG AORC HR |
08ZAGREB445 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - JUNE 13, 2008 [...] (U) IN ABSENTIA WAR CRIMES CONVICTION "UPHELD": This week the Split County Court sentenced former Serb police commander Mitar Arambasic to 20 years imprisonment for war crimes. Arambasic, who was extradited from the U.S. in 2006, was retried by the same judge who had convicted him in absenti [...] | 2008-06-17 10:35:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HR |
08ZAGREB456 | OSCE HDIM: NO ISSUES TO RAISE FOR CROATIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-19 12:18:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV HR OSCE |
08ZAGREB46 | AMBASSADOR'S JANUARY 21 MEETING WITH PM SANADER [...] (C) Summary. During a January 21 meeting, the Ambassador and Prime Minister reviewed a range of bilateral and regional issues, including the PM's intention to invite President Bush to visit after the NATO Summit in Bucharest, the prospects for an invitation at Bucharest to join NATO, key items [...] | 2008-01-23 13:39:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF MARR EAIR HR MK KV NATO |
08ZAGREB462 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-20 09:06:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL |
08ZAGREB463 | US PRIORITIES FOR INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-20 14:24:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EFIS KSCA PREL IWC ETRD |
08ZAGREB464 | FM JANDROKOVIC'S EXPECTATIONS FOR JULY 1 MEETING [...] (SBU) In a meeting with the Ambassador on June 20, Foreign Minister Gordan Jandrokovic said he was looking forward to his first to Washington as Foreign Minister as an opportunity to discuss both bilateral and regional issues. Jandrokovic discussed efforts to strengthen the bilateral economic [...] | 2008-06-20 15:03:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CVIS MARR EFIN HR |
08ZAGREB465 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - JUNE 19, 2008 [...] (U) MINISTER OF DEFENSE TO MINNESOTA, WASHINGTON DC: Croatian Minister of Defense Branko Vukelic headed a delegation that consisted of State Secretary Zejlko Gorsuc, Deputy Chief of Defense LTG Slavko Baric, and Army Commander LTG Mladen Kruljac on a visit to Minnesota and Washington DC. The [...] | 2008-06-20 15:03:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MASS PHUM PREF EAIR PGOV HR |
08ZAGREB466 | IRAN SANCTIONS ACT: RAISING NEW INA INVESTMENT IN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-20 15:04:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ETTC IR PREL HR |
08ZAGREB468 | GOC COMMITTED TO PROVIDING HOUSING TO RETURNEES, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Slobodan Uzelac continues his active engagement (REFS) to address outstanding refugee return issues in Croatia. During a June 16th, 2008 meeting between senior representatives of the European Commission, UNHCR, U.S. Embassy, and the Zagreb based office of t [...] | 2008-06-23 11:37:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | HR CROATIA PGOV PREF PREL EUC REFUGEES |
08ZAGREB472 | US PRIORITIES FOR INT'L WHALING COMMISSION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-24 10:23:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EFIS KSCA PREL IWC ETRD HR |
08ZAGREB476 | REGIONAL SEMINAR IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1540 IN EUROPE [...] SUMMARY. The first UNSCR 1540 seminar held in Europe since UNSCR 1810,s adoption in April 2008 took place on June 5-6, 2008, in Rakitje, Croatia. Croatia and Romania hosted the workshop, entitled "United Nations Security Resolution 1540: A Path for Further Implementation," in cooperation with [...] | 2008-06-26 10:56:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | HR NATO PREL UNGA |
08ZAGREB48 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - JANUARY 23, 2008 [...] (U) EMBASSY PROVIDES HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO ROMA REFUGEES: On January 18, the DCM visited the village of Petrinjci near Sisak to deliver a donation from the U.S. Ambassador's Refugee Fund to seven Roma families. The donation, worth 50,000 Kuna ($10,000),provides legal assistance plus sma [...] | 2008-01-24 09:03:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON HR |
08ZAGREB481 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - JUNE 26, 2008 [...] (U) FIVE OF CROATIA'S TOP TEN JUDGES ARE USG-TRAINED: Croatia's biggest newsweekly "Globus" highlighted in this week's issue the country's ten most respected judges -- individuals who have advanced the rule of law in Croatia by making groundbreaking rulings against war criminals, organized cr [...] | 2008-06-27 11:51:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR |
08ZAGREB485 | IRAN SANCTIONS ACT: INA CEO COMMENTS ON [...] Following up his meeting with Croatian Foreign Minister Jandrokovic (reftel),Ambassador spoke with INA CEO Dragicevic on June 24 regarding INA's activities in Iran. Citing a June 23 Xinhua wire service report of the announcement of INA exploration in Iran, the Ambassador stressed that while [...] | 2008-06-27 12:36:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ETTC IR PREL HR |
08ZAGREB492 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - JULY 2, 2008 [...] (U) INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EXERCISE DEMONSTRATES CROATIA'S READINESS FOR NATO: On June 26 approximately 1800 troops from Croatia, the US, Macedonia and Albania took part in a complex military exercise, "Adriatic Aurora," at the Croatian military's Gasinci base in eastern Slavonia. The troops, [...] | 2008-07-03 11:14:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR PHUM KPAO PGOV HR |
08ZAGREB504 | U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF VENEZUELA-BASED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-08 15:26:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC HR |
08ZAGREB505 | U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF KUWAIT-BASED CHARITY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-08 15:26:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC KU HR |
08ZAGREB506 | NO RESPONSE FROM CROATIA ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-08 15:26:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL TBIO WHO HR |
08ZAGREB507 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF NINE NAMES: [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-08 15:27:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN ETTC PTER PREL CVIS KVPR HR |
08ZAGREB510 | DEMARCHING UNSC MEMBERS ON THE ARAB GROUP DRAFT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-10 13:26:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IS LE SY HR |
08ZAGREB517 | ZAGREB ACTIVITY REPORT - JULY 11 [...] (U) CROATIAN FM ATTENDS SIGNING OF NATO PROTOCOL: Croatian Foreign Minister Jandrokovic attended the signing of the NATO Accession Protocol for Albania and Croatia in Brussels on July 9. Croatian press reports, with headlines such as "From Now On NATO Protects Us," featured Jandrokovic's prais [...] | 2008-07-14 09:32:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KAWC HR |
08ZAGREB52 | (C) DELIVERED: HCOC "INREACH" RE ANNUAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-24 15:04:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KSCA MNUC MTCR PREL TSPA HR |
08ZAGREB523 | CROATIAN SABOR APPROVES SUPPLEMENTAL SOFA [...] (U) By a vote of 121-1,the Croatian Sabor (Parliament) approved on July 15 the Supplemental Status of Forces Agreement with the United States, which was signed in April of this year. The Sabor approved the agreement under a procedure requiring a two-thirds majority, after a determination by [...] | 2008-07-15 14:45:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR PGOV HR |
08ZAGREB538 | ZAGREB ACTIVITY REPORT - JULY 18 [...] (U) CROATIAN SABOR SUPPORTS DEPLOYMENTS TO PEACE SUPPORT OPERATIONS: ISAF, KFOR AND CHAD: In its final sitting prior to the summer recess, the Croatian Sabor voted overwhlemingly to continue its support for the participation of the Croatian Armed Forces in a variety of multilateral peacekeepin [...] | 2008-07-18 10:20:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PGOV MARR HR |
08ZAGREB545 | THE EU TRUMPS THE CHURCH: GOC BUCKS CHURCH OPPOSITION AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Croatian parliament on July 10 adopted Croatia's first comprehensive anti-discrimination law, despite strong opposition from the Catholic Church and conservative local NGOs. The Law on Suppression of Discrimination is a piece of "umbrella" legislation that prohibits discrimin [...] | 2008-07-21 09:25:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV HR |
08ZAGREB554 | CROATIA REQUESTS ASSISTANCE FOR MANPADS DESTRUCTION [...] (C) After an April visit to Croatian Army logistics facilities to discuss the destruction of the military's excess Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS) (ref A),the Croatian Ministry of Defense (MOD) sent a formal letter on June 11 requesting USG assistance in destroying 929 of the app [...] | 2008-07-24 12:11:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL PGOV PTER MARR PARM HR DEFENSE REFORM |
08ZAGREB555 | NO SUBSTANTIVE RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON WAY FORWARD [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-24 13:07:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KPKO PBTS ET ER HR |
08ZAGREB556 | ZAGREB ACTIVITY REPORT - JULY 25 [...] (U) ONE MORE CHAPTER CLOSED, ONE MORE OPENED IN EU ACCESSION TALKS: At its first negotiating session under the French EU Presidency in Brussels, on July 25, Croatia will close the negotiating chapter on Enterprise and Industrial Policy, and open negotiations on the Free Movement of Goods chapt [...] | 2008-07-25 09:00:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PGOV MARR HR |
08ZAGREB557 | CROATIAN PARTICIPATION IN NAM MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-25 10:54:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO PHUM PTER IR HR |
08ZAGREB562 | CROATIAN ENERGY ISSUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GoC has initiated a process to produce a comprehensive energy strategy, allegedly as early as this fall. But it appears that at this point there is no consensus on what the country's priorities should be in this sector. In the meantime, considerable attention has centered o [...] | 2008-07-29 14:16:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG PREL PGOV HR |
08ZAGREB563 | POLICE CHIEF BENKO CRITICAL OF INTERIOR MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 25 courtesy call with incoming Poloff, Director of Police Marijan Benko expressed deep frustration with his boss, Interior Minister Roncevic, over moves that weaken Benko's position within the Ministry. Benko said he was irritated by Roncevic's requirement for him to rea [...] | 2008-07-30 07:54:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KCRM HR |
08ZAGREB573 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-01 08:55:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC HR |
08ZAGREB575 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-01 10:16:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP HR |
08ZAGREB576 | CROATIA SIGNS IMPLEMENTING ARRANGMENT FOR MANPADS [...] (U) On July 30 the Croatian Ministry of Defense (MOD) and post signed an Implementing Arrangement (IA) for the destruction of the military's excess Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS) (refs B-E). In the IA the MOD agreed to destroy 929 of their approximately 2,900 SA 7 Strela missiles [...] | 2008-08-01 11:41:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL PGOV PTER MARR PARM HR DEFENSE REFORM |
08ZAGREB579 | ZAGREB ACTIVITY REPORT - AUGUST 1 [...] (U) WITNESS SUPPORT PROJECT ACHIEVING SUCCESS: In a recent meeting, UNDP officials announced that their pilot program to provide witness support services in three county courts and the Zagreb municipal court assisted more than 100 witnesses in serious crimes trials during its first three mon [...] | 2008-08-01 14:17:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM KHDP MASS MARR PARM HR |
08ZAGREB581 | CROATIA'S ATTENDANCE AT UNGA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-01 15:04:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA HR |
08ZAGREB590 | ZAGREB ACTIVITY REPORT - AUGUST 8 [...] TRADING BARBS OVER OPERATION STORM: Croatia celebrated Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day on August 5, the 13th anniversary of Operation Storm, which liberated Serb-held territories of Croatia. Criticism of the holiday from Serbian and Bosnian-Serb leaders received extensive media attenti [...] | 2008-08-08 12:56:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID HR |
08ZAGREB595 | TFGG01: DEMARCHE TO CROATIA ON GEORGIA UNSC [...] (C) Acting Political Counselor delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Vladimir Matek, the Foreign Minister's advisor for UNSC, on the morning of August 12. Matek noted that he had received the French draft resolution and confirmed that the text was in line with the Croatian position. Matek d [...] | 2008-08-12 12:45:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC GE PREL PBTS HR |
08ZAGREB597 | SCENESETTER FOR COMMANDER, U.S. EUCOM,S MEETING [...] (C) Sir, this is the first meeting since Croatia,s NATO accession protocols were signed. Your host, General Josip Lucic (LOOT-zitch) was unexpectedly reappointed for an unprecedented second five-year term as CHOD in January of this year. Lucic is President Mesic,s most trusted military advis [...] | 2008-08-13 09:38:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM |
08ZAGREB601 | ZAGREB ACTIVITY REPORT - AUGUST 15 [...] (SBU) CROATIA MOVES AHEAD WITH GLOBAL PEACE OPERATIONS INITIATIVE: The Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) confirmed this week Croatia's willingness to accept the terms and conditions for the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI). This will allow the GOC to move ahead on receiving [...] | 2008-08-14 16:29:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON ELTN PHUM MARR MASS HR |
08ZAGREB602 | TTGG01: CROATIA'S RESPONSE TO REQUEST TO ENGAGE [...] (C) Acting Political Counselor delivered points from reftel to Ambassador Vladimir Matek, the Foreign Minister's advisor for UNSC, on August 14. Matek stated that the points about engaging Russia would be communicated immediately to the appropriate officials in the GOC. He explained that hol [...] | 2008-08-18 05:54:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM OSCE NATO UN GG RS |
08ZAGREB61 | SIGNING CEREMONY FOR CROATIAN SOFA [...] (SBU) After two years of difficult negotiations and a brief delay during the Croatian elections, the Croatian Government finally appears ready to sign our bilateral Status of Forces Agreement. I strongly recommend that the signing ceremony take place during the visit of the new Croatian Def [...] | 2008-01-29 14:02:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR NATO HR |
08ZAGREB615 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - AUGUST 22, 2008 [...] (U) CROATIA COMPLETES PROCEDURES FOR ENTRY INTO FORCE OF SOFA: In a Diplomatic Note dated August 20, the Croatian Government has informed the Department that all internal Croatian procedures for entry into force of the bilateral US-Croatia Status of Forces Agreement have been completed. This [...] | 2008-08-25 09:10:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR |
08ZAGREB62 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL WITH NEW FM GORDAN [...] SUMMARY: New FM Jandrokovic told the Ambassador on January 25 that Croatia remains committed to close cooperation with the US, and would continue to strive to promote stability in its region. He confirmed Croatia's intention to recognize Kosovo's independence. He stressed the GoC's awarenes [...] | 2008-01-29 14:07:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR NATO UNSC HR |
08ZAGREB620 | CROATIA WILLING TO PROCEED WITH EXPANSION OF THE [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Pol officer discussed the future of the Adriatic Charter on August 22 with Marina Rozic, Head of the NATO Department at the Croatian Foreign Ministry. Rozic said that Croatia wanted to continue cooperation with the A-3 countries as well as with other potential new members. T [...] | 2008-08-27 11:01:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR NATO AL MK HR |
08ZAGREB622 | CROATIA WILL SUPPORT US AND EU POSITIONS ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-28 12:17:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC GG RU HR |
08ZAGREB624 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - AUGUST 28, 2008 [...] (U) IT'S THE ECONOMY....BACK FROM THE BEACH, THE GOC SETS PRIORITIES FOR REST OF 2008: On August 26, in his first press conference after the government's summer recess, PM Sanader spoke on the GOC's plans to curb inflation, privatize shipyards, and gain momentum in EU accession negotiations. [...] | 2008-08-29 09:23:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ENRG ECON KCRM HR |
08ZAGREB626 | CROATIA ALSO OPPOSES SERBIAN EFFORT TO REFER [...] (C) POLCOUNS delivered reftel message to Neven Mikec, Chief of Staff at the Croatian Foreign Ministry, on August 28. Mikec noted that Croatia had received a letter from Serbian FM Jeremic describing Serbia's proposal to refer the question of Kosovo's independence to the International Court o [...] | 2008-08-29 14:20:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNGA KV SR HR |
08ZAGREB629 | CROATIA: SCENESETTER FOR DAS JONES [...] (U) Stu, the Croatia that you will be visiting on September 10 has changed greatly from your desk officer days and even from the time we worked together on NATO issues. Croatia has made steady progress in strengthening its democracy and rule of law, reforming its economy, cooperating with the [...] | 2008-09-05 11:22:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA ASEC PGOV NATO HR |
08ZAGREB630 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - SEPTEMBER 4, 2008 [...] (SBU) RUSSIAN MINISTERIAL VISIT TO DISCUSS GAZPROM CONTRACT AND DRUZBA ADRIA PROJECT: On September 24 Croatia will meet with Russian Emergency Situations Minister Sergey Shoigu to begin preparations for a meeting of the Croatia-Russia Intergovernmental Commission for Trade, Economic, Scientifi [...] | 2008-09-05 12:25:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HR |
08ZAGREB631 | EMBASSY ZAGREB WARMLY WELCOMES DAS JONES [...] Post warmly welcomes the visit of Deputy Assistant Secretary Stu Jones on September 10, 2008, for consultations with embassy and host government. --CONTROL OFFICER -- 2. Control Officer will be Political Officer Chris Zimmer. Embassy telephone number is (385) (1) 661-2200; Mr. Zimmer's [...] | 2008-09-05 12:51:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA ASEC PGOV NATO HR |
08ZAGREB639 | CROATIA SUPPORTIVE OF US PRIORITIES IN UNGA THIRD [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-09 14:15:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN HR |
08ZAGREB640 | CROATIA SUPPORTIVE OF EFFORTS TO PREVENT IRAN'S [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points to Sanja Bujas-Juraga and Ivana Djerek of the Department for International Security at the Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration. While neither provided a specific response to the non-paper, they did express the GOC's continued suppo [...] | 2008-09-09 14:16:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP IR MNUC PARM TRGY ENRG EMIN ETTC HR PREL |
08ZAGREB646 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - SEPTEMBER 10, 2008 [...] (U) WITH A SLOWED PACE OF REFORMS, CROATIA DROPS IN "DOING BUSINESS 2009" RANKINGS: In its "Doing Business 2008" report a year ago, the World Bank ranked Croatia 2nd among top reformers worldwide and 97th for overall ease of doing business. In "Doing Business 2009," however, Croatia does not [...] | 2008-09-11 10:28:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON HR |
08ZAGREB65 | AMBASSADOR MEETS SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT LUKA BEBIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: New Sabor President Luka Bebic strongly endorses all of PM Sanader's priorities, including close cooperation with the US, a strong desire to join NATO, and an eagerness to play a constructive role in the region. He said the Sabor should shortly take up several pieces of legisla [...] | 2008-01-30 11:51:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HR POLITICAL PARTIES |
08ZAGREB655 | EUR DAS JONES MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER GORDAN [...] (C) EUR DAS Stuart Jones visited Zagreb on September 10 and met with Croatian FM Gordan Jandrokovic. Jandrokovic opened the meeting by stressing that Croatia's top foreign policy priorities are NATO membership, EU accession, and establishing good relations with its neighbors. Jandrokovic tha [...] | 2008-09-17 08:31:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL HR |
08ZAGREB659 | SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY,S VISIT TO [...] (C) Sir, yours is the highest level visit since President and Mrs. Bush, and Secretary Rice visited after the Bucharest Summit in April 2008. Since that time, Croatia has continued its MAP process with an eye to full membership soon and increased its ISAF contribution from 200 to a maximum of [...] | 2008-09-18 08:19:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM |
08ZAGREB660 | CROATIAN MINISTER OF AG TO ATTEND EGYPT'S [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-18 08:46:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC TBIO EAGR EAID PREL KFLU HR |
08ZAGREB661 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - SEPTEMBER 17, 2008 [...] (U) HUNGARY IS FIRST NATO MEMBER TO RATIFY CROATIAN AND ALBANIAN ACCESSION: The Hungarian Parliament on September 15 voted overwhelmingly in favor of Croatia's and Albania's Accession Protocol, making Hungary the first NATO member state to approve this round of NATO enlargement. having serve [...] | 2008-09-18 13:02:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HR |
08ZAGREB662 | CROATIA UNDECIDED ON UNAIDS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR [...] (U) On September 17, Poloff delivered reftel requesting support for UNAIDS Executive Director candidate Michel Sidibe to Vesna Vukovic, head of the MFA's UN office. Vukovic thanked us for the information on the candidate, indicated the MFA would take note of the US position, and said that his [...] | 2008-09-18 13:22:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL UNGA EAID KHIV HR |
08ZAGREB668 | CROATIAN RESPONSE TO NO BUSINESS AS USUAL IN THE [...] (SBU) PolOff on September 22 discussed reftel points on the potential Preparatory Committee (Prep Com) meeting with Marina Rozic, Head of the NATO Department at the Croatian Foreign Ministry. Rozic said she would pass on to the Croatian Mission to NATO before September 23 our request that c [...] | 2008-09-22 13:45:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO PREL GG RS HR |
08ZAGREB672 | GOC WILL SUPPORT "LIKE-MINDED" IN OPPOSITION TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-23 13:13:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC HR GG |
08ZAGREB673 | CROATIA LIKELY TO SUPPORT AFGHANISTAN, OPPOSE [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered ref points to Mario Horvatic, Croatia's representative to the IAEA Board of Governors. Horvatic indicated the GOC has not conveyed to him its official position regarding the candidacies of Syria, Iran, and Afghanistan. He noted his personal preference that neither Syria [...] | 2008-09-24 05:10:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IAEA PARM MNUC HR PREL |
08ZAGREB674 | CROATIA SUPPORTIVE OF THE EXPANSION OF ADRIATIC [...] (SBU) PolOff on September 23 discussed ref A points on the expansion of the Adriatic Charter with Marina Rozic, Head of the NATO Department at the Croatian Foreign Ministry. Rozic said that Croatia wanted to continue with the Adriatic Charter with Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) as [...] | 2008-09-24 13:45:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR NATO PREL MK HR AL SR MW BK |
08ZAGREB68 | NEVEN JURICA CONFIRMED AS NEW CROATIAN PERMREP TO [...] (U) On January 28, the Croatian Sabor's Foreign Affairs Committee gave positive consideration to the government's nomination of current Croatian Ambassador to the United States Neven Jurica as Croatia's new UN Permanent Representative, and reassignment of Croatia's current Perm Rep in New York [...] | 2008-01-31 10:44:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV HR |
08ZAGREB680 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - SEPTEMBER 25, 2008 [...] (U) CROATIA'S ACCESSION TO NATO APPROVED BY US SENATE: News of the U.S. Senate's vote late in the evening of September 25 to provide advice and consent to the NATO Accession Protocols for Croatia and Albania arrived too late to make it into most of the Croatian media. It should be a lead stor [...] | 2008-09-26 12:39:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM EAIR HR |
08ZAGREB688 | CROATIAN LEADERS FOCUS ON REGIONAL ISSUES DURING [...] (C) Summary: During his September 29 visit to Zagreb, Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England discussed regional and military issues with Prime Minister Sanader, President Mesic, Foreign Minister Jandrokovic, and Defense Minister Vukelic. Sanader thanked the USG for its help on NATO acces [...] | 2008-10-02 08:09:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM |
08ZAGREB689 | NO SUBSTANTIVE RESPONSE: UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-02 11:46:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CDG UNGA HR |
08ZAGREB69 | ASSESSMENT OF CROATIA'S NATO READINESS [...] (U) Following is Post assessment of Croatia's progress on key reform issues related to NATO accession and remaining challenges facing PM Sanader's new government in advance of a possible membership invitation at the Bucharest Summit. REGIONAL LEADERSHIP: COMMITTED TO STABILITY OF NEIGHBORS - [...] | 2008-01-31 10:47:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM |
08ZAGREB690 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - OCTOBER 2, 2008 [...] (U) CROATIA HOSTS HIGH-LEVEL DoD VISITORS: Croatia hosted two senior-level visits from the Department of Defense over the past week. First, on September 25-27, Croatian Chief of Defense General Josip Lucic hosted a gathering of CHODs from the Adriatic Charter and several other European and NA [...] | 2008-10-02 13:04:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR |
08ZAGREB694 | CROATIA ON CONTRIBUTIONS FOR SUSTAINING AFGHAN [...] (C) Pol officer discussed reftel points in a meeting at the Croatian Foreign Ministry with Marina Rozic, Head of the NATO Department and Marta Nakic-Vojnovic, Head for Peace Support Operations. Nakic noted that earlier this year the Croatian Parliament (Sabor) had authorized an increase in Cr [...] | 2008-10-03 12:59:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATEU MOPS MARR EAID AF HR |
08ZAGREB70 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - JANUARY 30, 2008 [...] (U) US Supports Mine Risk Children's Book: Through PM/NADR demining funds, Post supported the development of a children's comic book for distribution in Croatia's schools. The project employed teen artists and writers to educate youth about the dangers of mines, which still remain a threat [...] | 2008-01-31 10:48:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HR |
08ZAGREB700 | CROATIAN VIEWS ON KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-06 11:59:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNGA KV HR |
08ZAGREB704 | PRIME MINISTER REPLACES JUSTICE AND INTERIOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: An apparent mob hit killed the daughter of a prominent local lawyer on a downtown street in broad daylight on October 6. In reaction, Prime Minister Sanader has replaced Croatia's Justice and Interior Ministers, as well as the country's Director General of the Police. The brazen [...] | 2008-10-07 13:08:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ASEC KCRM HR |
08ZAGREB705 | SCENESETTER FOR THE COMMANDER, USECOM'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Sir, your visit comes almost on the heels of the visits of DEPSECDEF, COMNAVEUR, and DCOM, USEUCOM. Croatia has continued its MAP process with an eye to full membership soon and increased its ISAF contribution from 200 to a maximum of 300 soldiers on the ground. There are 277 Croatian so [...] | 2008-10-07 13:10:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSEREFORM |
08ZAGREB707 | REFUGEE RETURNS: MISSED BENCHMARKS BUT CONTINUED [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a September 17 meeting with ambassadorial-level representatives of the international community (IC),the Minister of Regional Development, Forestry and Water Management, Petar Cobankovic, renewed the GOC's commitment to complete the process of resettling former occupancy/tenancy [...] | 2008-10-07 14:51:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL EUC REFUGEES HR CROATIA |
08ZAGREB713 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - OCTOBER 10, 2008 [...] (U) CROATIA: AMERICAN EXPERT ON FINANCIAL CRIMES IS AN ASSET TO CROATIAN PROSECTORS: As part of IIP's Strategic Speaker Initiative, Judith Kozlowski, Chief Counsel at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA),spent three days meeting with Croatian prosecutors, police, judges, the me [...] | 2008-10-10 11:22:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR |
08ZAGREB721 | SCENESETTER FOR THE COMMANDER, U.S. JOINT FORCES [...] (C) Sir, you will meet General Lucic (LOOT-Zitch) at your headquarters the week prior to your visit to Croatia. As of this writing, the itinerary for your time in Croatia has not been finalized. I expect, however, that your meetings in Zagreb will mirror the meetings SACEUR had while he was h [...] | 2008-10-16 09:12:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | HR KPAO MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL DEFENSEREFORM |
08ZAGREB726 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - OCTOBER 16, 2008 [...] (U) NEW MINISTERS OF INTERIOR AND JUSTICE SWORN IN: New Minister of Interior Tomislav Karamarko, formerly head of the Security Intelligence Agency, and Minister of Justice, Ivan Simonovic, a law professor with a long diplomatic career, were approved by parliament on Friday, October 10 and swo [...] | 2008-10-17 08:39:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HR |
08ZAGREB734 | CROATIA SEES BRIGHTER PROSPECTS FOR RESOLVING [...] (U) SUMMARY: Zagreb is cautiously optimistic that Croatia can reach an agreement with Slovenia by the end of the year to take their unresolved border issues to arbitration, most likely at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague. The Croatia-Slovenia border commission has largely [...] | 2008-10-22 09:42:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL HR SI |
08ZAGREB735 | GOC PREPARES TO PRIVATIZE SHIPYARDS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GOC has begun the process to privatize shipbuilding, the last major industry under state ownership in Croatia. Subsidies to the loss-making industry have been a burden on the state budget and are an obstacle to EU accession. The Ministry of Economy and representatives of the s [...] | 2008-10-22 10:31:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND EINV PGOV PREL HR |
08ZAGREB739 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - OCTOBER 23, 2008 [...] (U) FIFTH, SIXTH (AND SEVENTH?) NATO ALLIES APPROVE ACCESSION PROTOCOL: The parliaments in Poland and Romania approved NATO Accession Protocols for Croatia and Albania on October 21. The votes made them the fifth and sixth NATO member states to approve the Protocols. Croatian Parliament Pres [...] | 2008-10-23 13:15:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON PHUM KPAO HR |
08ZAGREB74 | CROATIA/TERRORIST FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-01 16:06:00 | Embassy Zagreb | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL HR |
08ZAGREB749 | SECOND HIGH-PROFILE MURDER IN THREE WEEKS ROCKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ivo Pukanic, a prominent and controversial magazine publisher, was killed in the evening of October 23, 2008, in what is widely believed to be a murder apparently linked to organized crime. The president convened the national security council, and in a rare move, included members [...] | 2008-10-24 13:12:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM ASEC HR DS IP EUR |
08ZAGREB750 | SECOND HIGH-PROFILE MURDER IN THREE WEEKS ROCKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ivo Pukanic, a prominent and controversial magazine publisher, was killed in the evening of October 23, 2008, in what is widely believed to be a murder apparently linked to organized crime. The president convened the national security council, and in a rare move, included members [...] | 2008-10-24 13:13:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM ASEC HR DS IP EUR |
08ZAGREB757 | GOC WORKS TO OPEN FISHERIES CHAPTER AS FISHERMEN [...] (U) SUMMARY: At the end of September, the GOC submitted its negotiating position for the fisheries chapter of EU accession negotiations. The position focuses on maintaining Croatia's traditional fisheries, most of which are not covered by EU rules. Although the GOC does not expect major obje [...] | 2008-10-31 13:00:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIS SENV PREL PGOV HR |
08ZAGREB758 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - OCTOBER 30, 2008 [...] (U) AMCIT VRLJANOVIC ACQUITTED OF WAR CRIMES, CODEFENDANT RECEIVES 20 YEAR SENTENCE: Zeljko Vrljanovic, a Serbian-American on trial in Croatia for war crimes, was acquitted on all charges on October 24 and has returned to the United States after nearly 15 months in detention. Embassy officer [...] | 2008-10-31 13:02:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR |
08ZAGREB761 | BLUE LANTERN - VERIFIED END USE CHECK ON APPROVED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-31 14:45:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC HR KOMC PREL |
08ZAGREB762 | CROATIA EU NEGOTIATIONS HIT A SLOVENIAN-MADE BUMP [...] (U) The French EU Presidency and the EU Commission hosted a meeting on October 30 in Brussels regarding Croatia's EU negotiations, at which Croatia was only able to provisionally close one negotiating chapter, "External Relations." According to both Croatian and EU sources in Zagreb, Slovenia [...] | 2008-10-31 14:52:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL HR SI EUC |
08ZAGREB763 | OSCE REVIEW MEETING FINDS THAT PROGRESS CONTINUES [...] (SBU) On October 21, the annual OSCE-GoC Plenary meeting to review progress on remaining issues within the OSCE Office's mandate took place. Four Croatian ministers attended as well as heads of mission from the OSCE, EC, UNHCR, Finland, Greece, France and the U.S. The meeting addressed sign [...] | 2008-10-31 15:01:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV HR |
08ZAGREB766 | CROATIA PURSUING MAJOR LAW ENFORCEMENT REFORMS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Croatian law enforcement system is undergoing a massive shake-up in reaction to several high-profile, mafia-style killings in Zagreb in October (Ref A and B) and long-stalled initiatives to fight organized crime are now quickly being implemented. These initiatives include [...] | 2008-11-03 07:18:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KCRM ASEC HR |
08ZAGREB767 | AMBASSADOR HOLBROOKE VISITS ZAGREB, OCTOBER 29-31 [...] (SBU) Summary: During an Oct. 29-31 visit to Zagreb, his first in more than eight years, former Assistant Secretary of State Richard Holbrooke praised Croatia for its successful "transformation toward a free and open society." Holbrooke was in town to deliver a speech at a private business [...] | 2008-11-03 07:19:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HR |
08ZAGREB770 | CROATIA EMERGING AS A REGIONAL LEADER IN [...] In late October 2008, Croatia hosted the "9th International Export Control Conference" in Cavtat (reftel). This event, co-sponsored by the U.S. Export Control and Related Border Security Program, served to further demonstrate the GoC's commitment to the mission of counterproliferation. In wel [...] | 2008-11-03 10:20:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP HR |
08ZAGREB771 | HR VETTING FOR SOVEREIGN CHALLENGE CONFERENCE - [...] (U)This cable responds to request in reftel. 2. (U) Embassy Zagreb has vetted the proposed names and has found no evidence of "gross violations of human rights" as per Leahy Amendment vetting requirements that would disqualify the candidates from attending the 4th Annual Sovereign Challeng [...] | 2008-11-03 12:38:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PHUM PREL |
08ZAGREB775 | VETTING FOR SOVEREIGN CHALLENGE CONFERENCE - [...] (U) This cable is an additional response to request in reftel. Embassy Zagreb was asked to vet an additional individual from Croatia, Zeljko Cepanec, for the Sovereign Challenge Conference. 2. Embassy Zagreb has vetted the proposed name and has found no evidence of "gross violations of h [...] | 2008-11-04 12:57:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PHUM PREL HR |
08ZAGREB778 | GOC WELCOMES THE RETURN OF THE SERBIAN AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: Following the return of the Serbian Ambassador to Zagreb last week the GoC is working on rolling out plans to improve bilateral relations through high-level visits between the capitals. Croatia's recognition on March 19 of Kosovo's independence, and Belgrade's subsequent decision [...] | 2008-11-05 11:41:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SR HR |
08ZAGREB779 | OFFICIAL CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM PRIME MINISTER SANADER [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-06 10:03:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL OVIP |
08ZAGREB782 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - NOVEMBER 7, 2008 [...] (U) ELECTION BREAKFAST FOR KEY CONTACTS GENERATES WIDE MEDIA COVERAGE: Ambassador Bradtke hosted a post-election breakfast early on November 5 for over 300 key embassy contacts from the Croatian government, the media, academia, and the business and diplomatic communities. Despite the early st [...] | 2008-11-07 11:14:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR |
08ZAGREB785 | CROATIA RECEIVES EU ACCESSION TIMETABLE, LADEN [...] (U) SUMMARY: According to the report released by the European Commission November 5th, Croatia's accession negotiations are progressing well, but considerable challenges remain in the areas of judicial reform, corruption and organized crime, and economic restructuring. The report presents a co [...] | 2008-11-12 12:11:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR |
08ZAGREB792 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - NOVEMBER 14, 2008 [...] (SBU) ICTY PROSECUTOR EXPRESSES CONTINUED DISAPPOINTMENT WITH GOC DOCUMENT SEARCH: ICTY Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz visited Zagreb on Nov. 10-11 at the beginning of a tour of regional capitals in advance of the next periodic report from the ICTY to the UN Security Council on December 12. [...] | 2008-11-14 16:42:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HR |
08ZAGREB793 | CROATIA TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Croatian government has continued to actively address the issue of trafficking in persons during 2008. The government has worked aggressively to increase public awareness and to train government employees, public officials, and NGOs in identification and prevention. The governm [...] | 2008-11-18 08:01:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KTIP KWMN PREL SMIG HR KCRM PGOV |
08ZAGREB797 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - NOVEMBER 20, 2008 [...] (C) POSSIBLE DELAY OF GoC PURCHASE OF ADVANCED FIGHTER AIRCRAFT: On November 17 the local press, citing unnamed government sources, reported that the GoC would delay the tender for the purchase of new fighter jets until 2010 at the earliest for both political and economic reasons. Contacts i [...] | 2008-11-20 12:40:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR |
08ZAGREB806 | DEMARCHE REGARDING OPPOSITION TO UNGA RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-26 12:54:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA IS HR |
08ZAGREB807 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - NOVEMBER 26, 2008 [...] (U) MIT PROFESSOR SPEAKS ON NANOSTRUCTURES, HYDROGEN, AND RENEWABLE ENERGY: As part of an Embassy-organized IIP Speaker program, Dr. Mildred Dresselhaus, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, spoke at the 17th Annual Energy Day Forum in Zagreb on November 21. In her prese [...] | 2008-11-26 15:11:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG HR PGOV PREL KGHG |
08ZAGREB825 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-04 14:02:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC PINR PREL PTER UNSC HR |
08ZAGREB827 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - DECEMBER 4, 2008 [...] (U) FACEBOOK ARRESTS SPARK OUTRAGE AND APOLOGIES FROM POLICE: The police on Wednesday, December 3, apologized for detaining an organizer of a group on Facebook, the on-line social networking site, calling for antigovernment rallies across the country against the government's latest austerity [...] | 2008-12-04 15:51:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR |
08ZAGREB828 | IRANIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER TO VISIT CROATIA [...] (C) Petar Mihatov, MFA State Secretary Bozinovic's Chief of Staff, informed Pol Off on November 27 that Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) for European Affairs Mahdi Safari was scheduled to visit Zagreb on December 15 and 16. DFM Safari had meetings set up with President Mesic and State Sec [...] | 2008-12-04 16:06:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HR IR IS |
08ZAGREB830 | CUBA: CROATIA'S COUNTRY REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-05 13:44:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL HR CROATIA CU |
08ZAGREB831 | CROATIA ARGUES IT IS DOING ALL IT CAN TO COOPERATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Croatia (GOC) has delivered a non-paper to all EU and NATO member states dated 03 December 2008 in which it describes the steps Croatia has taken to find the documents and archives requested by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia's (ICTY [...] | 2008-12-05 15:17:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC ICTY HR |
08ZAGREB834 | CROATIA FEARS SLOVENIA WILL BLOCK EU ACCESSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Croatian officials say they are increasingly concerned that Slovenia will be unwilling to compromise on a French-brokered statement clarifying that nothing in Croatia's EU accession negotiations could prejudice the outcome of Croatia and Slovenia's bilateral border disputes. C [...] | 2008-12-08 12:51:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EUC HR SI |
08ZAGREB837 | CROATIA SIGNS CLUSTER MUNITIONS CONVENTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-08 15:52:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM NATO MOPS PREL HR |
08ZAGREB841 | FRENCH FRUSTRATION WITH SLOVENIAN POSITION ON [...] (C) In a December 10 conversation with the Ambassador, French Ambassador St. Paul bluntly criticized the Slovenian response to the French proposal on a way forward to lift the Slovenian block on Croatia's EU accession negotiations (reftels),calling it "incredible" and "unreasonable." St. Pau [...] | 2008-12-09 14:51:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO EUC SI HR |
08ZAGREB849 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TERRORISM FINANCE DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-12 12:08:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC HR |
08ZAGREB85 | GOC ASKS FOR "AT LEAST 24 HOURS NOTICE" ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Croatian Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs Neven Pelicaric asked the Ambassador to see him on February 5 regarding Kosovo. Pelicaric stressed that the GoC remains committed to moving in concert with the EU and the US, and was consulting regularly with the other non-permanent UNSC EU [...] | 2008-02-06 14:06:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR KO |
08ZAGREB850 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THE HARMONIZATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-12 14:08:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AORC APER PREL UNGA HR |
08ZAGREB851 | CROATIA TO CONTRIBUTE TO SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-12 14:10:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER LE SY UNSC EUN HR |
08ZAGREB852 | SOMALI PIRACY: CROATIA STILL REVIEWING PROPOSED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-12 14:15:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PHSA UNSC MARR EWWT KCRM SO XA XW |
08ZAGREB853 | CROATIA: UPDATE ON MISSING GOTOVINA DOCUMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Croatian officials stress that the political will exists to resolve the issue of missing documents in the Gotovina case before The Hague, but are uncertain whether ICTY Prosecutor Brammertz can be persuaded that the GoC has done all that it can. Croatia's Chief State Prosecutor al [...] | 2008-12-12 14:38:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KAWC ICTY HR |
08ZAGREB854 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - DECEMBER 12, 2008 [...] (U) PM SANADER EMPHASIZES EQUALITY ON FIRST VISIT TO ZAGREB MOSQUE: On Monday, December 9, Prime Minister Sanader paid his first visit ever to the Zagreb Mosque on the occasion of Eid al-Adha. Sanader greeted the Mufti of Zagreb, Mufti Omerbasic, with a traditional Muslim greeting, attended [...] | 2008-12-12 15:11:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HR |
08ZAGREB856 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNSCR ON ANNAPOLIS PROCESS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-15 10:35:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNSC HR |
08ZAGREB86 | NATO ENLARGEMENT: SUSTAINING CROATIA'S PROGRESS [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Upon formation of PM Sanader's new government, the Ambassador met with President Mesic, PM Sanader (ref A),FM Jandrokovic (ref B),DefMin Vukelic, and Speaker of Parliament Bebic (ref C). At all of these meetings, he discussed the GoC's strategy to address Croatia's [...] | 2008-02-06 14:06:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM |
08ZAGREB864 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - DECEMBER 17, 2008 [...] (SBU) CROATIAN TROOPS DEPLOYED TO ISAF RECEIVE ADDITIONAL 150 IMPROVED FIRST AID KITS FROM U.S.: On December 11 Croatian troops deployed to Afghanistan received another 150 Improved First Aid Kits (IFAK) from U.S. forces. When used in trained hands, the kits give soldiers a greatly improved [...] | 2008-12-18 10:19:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HR |
08ZAGREB866 | RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON SECURITY SUPPORT FOR 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-19 13:28:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF HR |
08ZAGREB869 | BORDER DISPUTE WITH SLOVENIA DERAILING CROATIA'S [...] (C/NF) The optimism that existed in Croatia two months ago that the new government in Slovenia would enable Zagreb and Ljubljana to move forward on the ongoing border dispute has disappeared. On the eve of a Dec. 19 EU-Croatia accession conference meeting, where it is widely expected that Slov [...] | 2008-12-19 15:05:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUC HR SI |
08ZAGREB873 | AMERICAN CITIZEN ACQUITTED OF WAR CRIMES [...] (U) Mr. Zeljko Vrljanovic, an American citizen, was arrested in Germany in 2007 on the basis of an INTERPOL red notice and extradited to Croatia to stand trial for war crimes as a member of Serbian rebel unit responsible for the murder of a Croatian military officer, his wife and two small chil [...] | 2008-12-19 15:23:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC CJAN HR KAWC PGOV PREL |
08ZAGREB875 | IRANIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT TO CROATIA [...] (C) On December 18 Petar Mihatov, MFA State Secretary Bozinovic's Chief of Staff, provided Pol Off a read-out of Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) for European Affairs Mahdi Safari's visit to Zagreb on December 15 and 16 (REF A). Mihatov said that in the meetings at the MFA, Bozinovic str [...] | 2008-12-19 15:23:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HR IR IS |
08ZAGREB883 | CROATIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] Croatia has no indigenous terrorist threat and there have been no recorded terrorist threats to the US Embassy or US personnel. Croatia has a small Muslim community that is very secular in their orientation and, in comparison with their overall numbers, are well represented within the professi [...] | 2008-12-22 14:35:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC PREL HR |
08ZAGREB886 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - DECEMBER 23, 2008 [...] (U) MINISTRY OF DEFENSE STATE SECRETARY DIES IN SKI ACCIDENT: Major General Gordan Cacic, State Secretary of the Ministry of Defense for Policy and International Affairs, died in a ski accident in Italy on Saturday, 20 December 2008. MG Cacic previously served for seven years as the Director [...] | 2008-12-23 14:08:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR |
08ZAGREB892 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON US DRAFT SECURITY COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-29 14:21:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KPKO SO ET HR |
08ZAGREB90 | DELIVERED: SUPPORT LEBANON NOW [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-07 13:32:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KDEM LE PGOV PHUM PREL EINV SY HR |
08ZAGREB91 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH CROATIAN NATIONAL OIL [...] (C) Summary: In a February 5 meeting with Ambassador, Tomislav Dragicevic, chairman of Croatian national oil company INA, said that Croatia had decided not to seek additional gas imports from Russia, but would instead try to secure gas from North Africa via Italy. Dragicevic expressed disappoi [...] | 2008-02-07 14:40:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PREL HR |
08ZAGREB93 | SUMMARY INFORMATION (CROATIA) FOR TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] Embassy Zagreb has received one proposal for funding from FY 2008 INCLE and ESF appropriations. Per instruction in REFTEL the full proposal will be forwarded via separate email. Post believes the submitted proposal will help Croatia move towards Tier One status by addressing one of the three ke [...] | 2008-02-08 11:45:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG HR TRAFFICKING |
08ZAGREB95 | CROATIA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL TANNER [...] You are coming to Croatia just six weeks after the formation of Prime Minister Ivo Sanader's second government, as he and other leaders look ahead to NATO's Bucharest Summit. After encouraging feedback from NATO allies during the January review of Croatia's progress under the Membership Action [...] | 2008-02-08 15:47:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AORC PREL PGOV NATO HR |
092OF5 | CORRECTED TEXT: THE FIRST SCIENCE ENVOYS AND GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY [...] (SBU)Summary: The Secretary announced the U.S. Science Envoy Program on November 3. The Science Envoys will seek to identify new opportunities and build new partnerships in Science and Technology (S&T) cooperation. The first three envoys will begin travel in January and February, and posts are [...] | 2009-12-11 03:01:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ISCON KISL KSCA OEXC OVIP PREL SCUL SENV SOCI |
09ABIDJAN114 | COTE D'IVOIRE: UN'S UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: Per reftel, post surveyed the primary human rights organizations in Cote d'Ivoire to inquire about their participation in the United Nation's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Human Rights process. Cote d'Ivoire will undergo review in December 2009. In order to prepare for the [...] | 2009-02-13 14:48:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM UNHRC IV |
09ABIDJAN115 | DEMARCHE ON LIABILITY AND REDRESS UNDER THE [...] On February 12, econoff delivered reftel demarche to two representatives of the Ministry of the Environment, Water, and Forests: Patrick Pedia, national point of contact for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB),and Augustin Kone, national point of contact for the Biosafety Clearing-House [...] | 2009-02-13 14:50:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD PREL TBIO KPAO IV |
09ABIDJAN129 | CONDOLENCE MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT GBAGBO [...] Embassy received by fax a condolence message from President Laurent Gbagbo to President Obama regarding the airline crash that occurred near Buffalo, New York. Please find Embassy translation of the original French text in paragraph 2. 2. Begin translation of text. To His Excellency Mr [...] | 2009-02-19 13:16:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL OVIP IV |
09ABIDJAN14 | NEW YEAR MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT GBAGBO [...] Embassy received by fax a message from President Laurent Gbagbo to President Bush on the occasion of the New Year. Please find Embassy translation of the original French text in paragraph 2. 2. Begin translation of text. To His Excellency George Walker Bush President of the United State [...] | 2009-01-06 16:26:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL OVIP IV |
09ABIDJAN168 | COTE D'IVOIRE: TOUR D'HORIZON WITH FOREIGN [...] (SBU) Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Bakayoko on March 10 to discuss a variety of topics including HIPC, the situation in Guinea, Sudan, Iraq, and Cote d'Ivoire's new policy regarding visas for Americans. The key points from the conversation are noted below. 2. (C) HIPC: FM Bakayoko, [...] | 2009-03-12 13:03:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR ECON CVIS IV |
09ABIDJAN171 | CORRUPTION ARTICLE PROVOKES DESTRUCTION OF [...] (U) On February 28, the "Nouveau Reveil," a newspaper closely affiliated with former President Henri Konan Bedie's PDCI political party, announced it would publish an article on the theft of 4 billion CFA (approximately 8 million USD) by government officials with ties to President Gbagbo. Th [...] | 2009-03-12 14:49:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI IV |
09ABIDJAN175 | IDENTIFICATION/VOTER REGISTRATION EXTENDED [...] (SBU) Summary. The identification/voter registration process has been extended until March 30 in some regions and until early April for those persons affected by the reconstitution of civil registries. Identification/voter registration of Ivoirians living in 19 foreign countries began on Marc [...] | 2009-03-17 10:00:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID KDEM PREL SOCI IV |
09ABIDJAN178 | OUATTARA SEES LACK OF WILL TO HOLD ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. RDR president Ouattara told Ambassador that President Gbagbo has no political will to hold an election and is taking steps to delay the process. Ouattara said it is technically feasible to hold the presidential election in 2009 and urged the international community to send a stron [...] | 2009-03-17 16:10:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL IV |
09ABIDJAN186 | MALNUTRITION IN NORTHERN COTE D'IVOIRE UNDERSCORES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The absence of a functioning government in the north of Cote d'Ivoire and ongoing insecurity in the west are having increasingly negative effects on the resident populations. A SMART survey conducted in July 2008 revealed that the global acute malnutrition (GAM) rate in northern [...] | 2009-03-20 15:43:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PGOV PREL EAGR SOCI IV |
09ABIDJAN22 | MILITARY ISSUES RESOLVED IN OUAGA IV (THE FOURTH [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ouagadougou Political Agreement's (OPA) fourth supplementary agreement (often referred to as Ouaga IV) addresses military issues that have blocked disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR),including grades, ranks, and the establishment of a new army. This cable [...] | 2009-01-12 16:32:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PGOV KDEM EAID PREL IV |
09ABIDJAN246 | PRIME MINISTER PROMISES PROGRESS ON ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: In an April 15 meeting, Prime Minister Soro told Ambassador that he has sent a draft decree containing a proposed election date to President Gbagbo for approval. With the recent USG statement on HIPC and elections clearly in mind, he sought to reassure Ambassador that the Primature [...] | 2009-04-17 12:31:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MARR EAID IV |
09ABIDJAN250 | MEDIA REACTION: DEPARTMENT STATEMENT ON COTE D'IVOIRE'S [...] Summary: Local press reported positively on the State Department's March 30, 2009, press statement urging Cote d'Ivoire to maintain its economic and political reform commitments under the Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative. Most of the dailies, including pro-government a [...] | 2009-04-20 11:10:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN SOCI PGOV PREL KPAO IV |
09ABIDJAN267 | GICNT JOINT DEMARCHE ON PROPOSED AGENDA FOR 2009 [...] (U) PolEcon Chief delivered demarche in reftel jointly with Russian Embassy Political Counselor Alexander Kravchenko on April 22 to Konan Kouadio, Cote d'Ivoire's focal point for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Netherlands does not have a diplomatic mission in Cote d'Iv [...] | 2009-04-23 07:38:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM KNNP PREL PTER MNUC KGIC RS NL IV |
09ABIDJAN281 | COTE D'IVOIRE: GBAGBO SAYS HE AND SORO ON THE SAME [...] (C) Summary: President Gbagbo was upbeat about the likelihood of elections in 2009 when I met with him on April 27. He said his key concern is no longer the identification process but achieving reunification of the country and the disarmament of the Forces Nouvelles (FAFN). Gbagbo asserted th [...] | 2009-04-30 06:38:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MARR IV |
09ABIDJAN315 | PRAISE AND SKEPTICISM ACCOMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT OF [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Cote d'Ivoire has announced that the first round of the presidential election will be held on November 29, 2009. This is generally considered a positive development demonstrating that pressure from the international community to hold elections bore fruit. H [...] | 2009-05-18 12:18:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM IV |
09ABIDJAN35 | FINANCE MINISTER DOCUMENTS PROGRESS MADE TO MEET [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-15 14:01:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID PGOV PREL ECON IV |
09ABIDJAN350 | COTE D'IVOIRE: UN CERTIFICATION OF ELECTION [...] (U) Summary. SRSG Choi held a press conference on May 27 to counter misinformation about the UN certification of Cote d'Ivoire's election. There has been confusion among both Ivoirians and the international community about how the certification will be conducted. Choi clarified the certific [...] | 2009-06-03 12:27:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM UN IV |
09ABIDJAN386 | INVITING IRANIAN OFFICIALS TO JULY 4 EVENT [...] (C) Iran has an embassy in Cote d'Ivoire and, per reftel, COM decided to invite the resident Iranian Ambassador. An embassy driver attempted to deliver the invitation on June 16 and again on June 18. On both occasions, Iranian embassy personnel refused to accept delivery of the invite. Embas [...] | 2009-06-23 15:34:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | ODIP PREL IR |
09ABIDJAN391 | IVOIRIAN GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO TIER 2 WATCH LIST [...] (U) SUMMARY: Embassy has informed the Ministry of Family that Cote d'Ivoire will face sanctions in 2011 if the country continues to remain on Tier 2 Watch List status. Representatives of both the Ministry of Family and the National Committee to Fight Trafficking told Poloff that they are ham [...] | 2009-06-26 13:02:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI IV |
09ABIDJAN402 | COTE D'IVOIRE: GBAGBO REVIVES ROLE OF [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Badini (the Facilitator's representative in Abidjan) believes that Cote d'Ivoire is entering a critical phase as the identification process ends and compilation of the electoral list begins. He anticipates a hard fought battle among the political parties that could get [...] | 2009-07-01 15:23:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI IV |
09ABIDJAN406 | ELECTIONS IN COTE D'IVOIRE: THE MYTH AND THE [...] C) Summary: Although key figures in the Ivorian government and opposition continue to insist publicly that elections must be held as scheduled on November 29, resident diplomats are highly skeptical, as are most politically-savvy Ivorians. The gap between public pronouncements and the behind-t [...] | 2009-07-02 14:30:00 | Embassy Abidjan | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM PREL EAID IV |
09ABIDJAN410 | IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1874 AND INFORMATION ON [...] DCM delivered demarches in reftels and nonpaper in reftel B to Ambassador Idrissa Bayo, Director of the Americas division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Bayo thanked DCM for the demarche and pledged the Government of Cote d'Ivoire's support in implementing UNSCR 1874. Ambassador B [...] | 2009-07-06 12:24:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP ECON EFIN MNUC MTCRE PARM PREL KN IV |
09ABIDJAN430 | UNOCI SAYS DDR UNLIKELY BEFORE ELECTION [...] (C) Summary. Ouaga IV (the fourth supplementary agreement to the Ouagadougou Political Agreement (OPA)) calls for disarmament of the Forces Nouvelles (FAFN) and dismantlement of the militias to be completed two months before the presidential election, currently scheduled to be held on Novembe [...] | 2009-07-16 14:51:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR KDEM KPKO UN IV |
09ABIDJAN444 | PM SORO REITERATES VIABILITY OF ELECTIONS IN [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Soro told Ambassador July 15 that elections will be held as scheduled on November 29, despite widespread skepticism. He deplored the cost of the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI),and insisted that the process must come to an end. Unlike key political party rep [...] | 2009-07-20 15:43:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EAID PREL IV |
09ABIDJAN449 | DEMARCHE ON RESULTS OF US-RUSSIA PRESIDENTIAL [...] (U) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Minister of Foreign Affairs Youssouf Bakayoko on July 20. The Minister had recently returned from attending the Non-Aligned Movement leaders summit in Sharm el-Sheikh and said it was very reassuring to see the U.S. and Russia making an effort to res [...] | 2009-07-21 15:39:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL RS IV |
09ABIDJAN457 | GOCI LAUNCHES REMEDIATION PROGRAM TO COMBAT CHILD [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-27 06:31:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON SOCI PGOV PREL IV |
09ABIDJAN475 | REQUEST FOR INCREASED ENGAGEMENT ON EFFORTS TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Gender-based violence (GBV) is a widespread problem in Cote d'Ivoire, particularly in regions where the conflict displaced large numbers of people. The Ivoirian government is currently implementing anti-GBV projects in 18 departments in the north, west, and center of Cote d'Ivoi [...] | 2009-08-04 13:15:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM PREL IV |
09ABIDJAN581 | COTE D'IVOIRE: CONTINGENCY PLANNING FOR GUINEAN REFUGEES [...] (SBU) On October 6, Poloff spoke to representatives from the Ivoirian government agency for refugees (SAARA),the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),and the UN Office for the Coordinator of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) about possible repercussions of the crisis in Guinea. All three o [...] | 2009-10-06 12:42:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PREL PGOV GV IV |
09ABIDJAN59 | MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT GBAGBO TO PRESIDENT OBAMA [...] Embassy Abidjan received a message by fax to President Obama from President Laurent Gbagbo of Cote d'Ivoire. 2. Embassy translation of the French language message follows: Begin Text. Mister President: Your inauguration as 44th President of the United States of America offers me the [...] | 2009-01-26 12:58:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL OVIP IV |
09ABIDJAN592 | TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVE MOVES FORWARD--SLOWLY [...] (U) Summary. Cote d'Ivoire's initial report for compliance with the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) is behind schedule. Nevertheless, it is still possible for the GOCI to meet the May 2010 deadline for EITI validation. End summary. 2. (U) In an October 8 meeting with [...] | 2009-10-14 14:46:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EMIN ENRG EPET PGOV PREL IV |
09ABIDJAN627 | IVORIAN VIEWS ON GUINEA [...] (C) Summary: The Ivorian government shares the USG view that Dadis Camara cannot be a candidate for president and is working with Burkina Faso president Blaise Compaore to persuade Camara to abandon presidential ambitions. President Gbagbo prefers to maintain a low profile with regard to Guine [...] | 2009-10-23 14:09:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR GV IV |
09ABIDJAN640 | RENEWED SKIRMISH OVER NATIONALITY DELAYING [...] (C) Summary: Publication of the provisional electoral list remains stalled; key Ivorian leaders cannot agree on how to deal with 1.9 million cases in which names on the list have not been matched with a historical record. President Gbagbo reportedly favors immediate publication of a list that [...] | 2009-10-30 14:13:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI IV |
09ABIDJAN652 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY, [...] During the week of October 19 Ambassador Nesbitt met with Ivorian Ambassador to the UN Alcide Djedje to solicit GoCI for support for resolutions on Iran, Burma and the DPRK as outlined in reftel. In addition, on November 3, 2009 post delivered all elements of reftel demarche to Ambassador [...] | 2009-11-05 07:22:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UN IV |
09ABIDJAN66 | PM SORO DISCUSSES ELECTION DELAY, HIPC WITH CARTER [...] (C) Summary. The Carter Center representative in Cote d'Ivoire, Sabina Vigani, told Emboffs that former President Jimmy Carter has offered to visit Cote d'Ivoire if it would advance the peace process. According to Vigani, President Gbagbo's governing FPI party remarked that such a visit is un [...] | 2009-01-28 08:34:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL KDEM IV |
09ABIDJAN68 | PRIME MINISTER PLANS TO IMPLEMENT OUAGA IV [...] (SBU) Summary. The Prime Minister's Office has drafted an operational program for implementation of the fourth supplementary agreement (Ouaga IV) to the Ouagadougou Polib=Xo|WPthat the PNRRC has already reconfirmed the plans of 4,000 FN troops. He noted that the FN troops will also have to be [...] | 2009-01-29 17:23:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV KDEM EAID PREL IV |
09ABIDJAN688 | COTE D'IVOIRE: UNGA COUNTRY SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-16 14:13:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNGA IV |
09ABIDJAN70 | UN FIELD COVERAGE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN COTE D'IVOIRE [...] (U) SUMMARY: As requested in reftel, Poloff met with members of the National Human Rights Commission, civil society actors, and political party human rights representatives to assess the work of the Human Rights (HR) Division of the United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI). In gene [...] | 2009-02-02 15:17:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL IV |
09ABIDJAN83 | UPDATE ON THE IVOIRIAN NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) On January 22, Poloff met with President Victorine Wodie and Executive Secretary Dr. Gervais Boga of the National Human Rights Commission (CNDHCI) to discuss the commission's activities since it officially began work in July 2008. Wodie explained that the real work of the commission wil [...] | 2009-02-04 07:14:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV IV |
09ABIDJAN91 | OUAGA IV MAY RESOLVE THE CRISIS, BUT AT A COST [...] (S/NF) Summary: Since the Ouaga IV accord was signed in late December 2008, Embassy has noted widely varying reports about what the accord means, both in terms of what it requires each side to do, and the broader political implications. This message gives our analysis of Ouaga IV. We believe t [...] | 2009-02-06 16:10:00 | Embassy Abidjan | SECRET | PREL PGOV KDEM EAID IV |
09ABUDHABI100 | UAE DRAFT PRESS LAW HEADLINES AT FEDERAL NATIONAL COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Summary: After lengthy delays and multiple appeals from journalists for the Federal National Council (FNC) to discuss the draft press law (ref B),the FNC took up the issue January 20 and forwarded the law for Cabinet consideration (the FNC's role is consultative, not legislative, so it [...] | 2009-01-25 14:32:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KPAO AE |
09ABUDHABI1015 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY NAPOLITANO'S VISIT TO THE UNITED [...] (C) Madam Secretary: We look forward to your November 7-8 visit to Abu Dhabi. 2. (SBU) In the past five years, the United Arab Emirates has emerged as one of the economic powerhouses of the region (our largest export market in the Middle East) and attained a commensurate level of politic [...] | 2009-10-29 11:58:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL AE |
09ABUDHABI1029 | UAE Censors Capping Their Black Pens [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the past several years the UAE has noticeably relaxed its censorship of print media images. Perhaps reflecting a generational change in leadership, nowhere is this change more tangible than in advertisements depicting female models. Changes in coverage of political issues ar [...] | 2009-11-03 06:17:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINS KPAO SCUL AE |
09ABUDHABI1032 | UAE Censors Capping Their Black Pens [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the past several years the UAE has noticeably relaxed its censorship of print media images. Perhaps reflecting a generational change in leadership, nowhere is this change more tangible than in advertisements depicting female models. Changes in coverage of political issues ar [...] | 2009-11-03 11:33:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINS KPAO SCUL AE |
09ABUDHABI1040 | IRAN REFINED PRODUCT SANCTIONS: THE VIEW FROM THE UAE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The UAE's ties to Iranian refined product markets are likely limited to Dubai's involvement as a logistical hub for the storage and transshipment of these products. However, the UAE diesel market provides some relevant insight into the impact of refined product sanctions on Iran. [...] | 2009-11-04 12:52:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | ENRG EPET PTER PGOV PREL IR AE |
09ABUDHABI1043 | UAE MEETING WITH LT GEN HOSTAGE AND MAJOR GENERAL MOHAMMAD [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Progress was made on a variety of CENTCOM-related issues during AFCENT (U.S. Air Forces Central) Commander Lt Gen Mike Hostage's meeting with UAE Air Force and Air Defense Chief Mohamad Sowaidon al-Gemzy on October 28. Although he proposed no dates, Sowaidan agreed to facilita [...] | 2009-11-05 06:31:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | MASS MOPS MARR PREL TC AE |
09ABUDHABI106 | (S) UAE FOREIGN MINISTER ON BADR AIR OVERFLIGHT DENIALS [...] (S) Ambassador raised USG concerns about Badr Air operations in and through the UAE with Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) January 25, summarizing the sequence of demarches delivered in recent weeks (reftels),including the fact that Badr appeared to be operating out of Sharjah. AbZ h [...] | 2009-01-27 09:53:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL ETTC MASS IR SU AE |
09ABUDHABI1063 | IRAN: PROMINENT IRANIAN BUSINESSMAND SUPPORTS CRIPPLING [...] (C) Summary: A prominent Iranian businessman with connections to the regime sought out Ambassador to urge the adoption of crippling sanctions on Iran, even though they would negatively impact his own business position. End Summary. 2. (C) Ambassador met on 7 November with Farhad Farjam ( [...] | 2009-11-10 13:27:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV AE IR |
09ABUDHABI1065 | GOLSTONE REPORT DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO UAE [...] On November 4 we conveyed reftel Goldstone Report demarche points to UAE Assistant Minister for Political Affairs Tariq Haidan, and separately to Ambassador Abdul Hamid, Director of American Affairs. Both will review the points, but neither MFA official offered a substantive reaction. OLSON [...] | 2009-11-12 06:30:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNGA IS AE KPAL PHUM |
09ABUDHABI1067 | SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT AND ATTENDANCE AT THE 2009 DUBAI [...] (C) US Embassy Abu Dhabi and US Consulate General Dubai warmly welcome your visit to UAE to attend the 2009 Dubai Air Show. ------------------------------ Air Show Highlights ------------------------------ 2. (U) The Dubai Air Show is the third largest event of its type and is [...] | 2009-11-12 09:00:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL |
09ABUDHABI1068 | AFGHAN INAUGURATION DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO UAE [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash on November 11. Gargash said he would inquire as to senior-level UAE representation at the Afghan Presidential inauguration, but could not as yet confirm the level of Emirati participation. Gargash [...] | 2009-11-12 11:52:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM AF AE |
09ABUDHABI1069 | (S) UAE MINISTER GARGASH DISCUSSES SITUATION IN YEMEN [...] (C) Ambassador asked Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash for UAE and GCC views on the situation in Yemen on November 11. Gargash said that although the November 10 GCC foreign ministers meeting in Doha had not originally had Yemen on the agenda, ministers engaged in a discussi [...] | 2009-11-12 11:55:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PTER PINS KISL YM AE |
09ABUDHABI1070 | UAE'S HIGH PROFILE CAMPAIGN AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) Summary. In the five months since the State Department released its annual trafficking in persons(TIP) country reports, the UAE government has taken highly visible steps to crack down on human trafficking through enhanced measures of prevention, protection, and prosecution. Immediate re [...] | 2009-11-12 12:21:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ELAB KTIP KCRM AE BG CH IN NP PK RP |
09ABUDHABI1077 | UAE SUPPORTS U.S. INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION [...] (SBU) On November 15, PolOff delivered Ref A demarche to the Director General of the National Transport Authority Dr. Nasser Saif Al Mansoori, who said the UAE would "definitely" support the U.S. candidacy for a seat on the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council in Category A, as it [...] | 2009-11-15 11:38:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA KTIA PREL PGOV AE |
09ABUDHABI1090 | UAE - UNGA COUNTRY SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS [...] (SBU) On November 19, DCM delivered reftel demarche to Mohammed Rashed Al Absi, Deputy Director of International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Al Absi said he would be in contact with the UAE's UN delegation but offered no substantive response on Iran, Burma, or DPRK. OL [...] | 2009-11-19 09:41:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNGA AE |
09ABUDHABI1091 | UAE ON ANTI-ISRAEL UNGA RESOLUTIONS AND PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) On November 19, DCM delivered reftel demarche to Mohammed Rashed Al Absi, Deputy Director of International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Al Absi responded that resolutions in the UN are a secondary concern to the real issues of settlements and the status of Jerusalem. [...] | 2009-11-19 10:18:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA KPAL IS AE |
09ABUDHABI1092 | UAE - UN SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS FOR PEACEKEEPING [...] (SBU) On November 19, DCM and French Deputy Head of Mission Vincent Floreani delivered reftel demarche to Mohammed Rashed Al Absi, Deputy Director of International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Al Absi asked several questions about the current assessment scale and associate [...] | 2009-11-19 10:44:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA AORC FR AE |
09ABUDHABI1096 | G/TIP AMBASSADOR LUIS CDEBACA'S VISIT TO UAE [...] (SBU) Summary. During his November 9-11 visit to the United Arab Emirates, Ambassador Luis CdeBaca, head of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP),met with senior federal and emirate-level officials, and toured government and foreign shelters. UAE officials said they [...] | 2009-11-22 04:18:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM ELAB KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG AE |
09ABUDHABI11 | ROSE COLORED GLASSES??? THE UAE 2009 ECONOMIC OUTLOOK [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Abu Dhabi - Consulate General Dubai cable. 2. (C) Summary. What was initially widespread denial that the global downturn would impact the UAE's development plans has now transitioned into open expressions of concern about economic prospects for 2009. Government [...] | 2009-01-05 13:07:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG PREL PGOV AE |
09ABUDHABI1104 | UAE RESPONSE: CUBA: COUNTRY BY COUNTRY REVIEW FOR [...] (SBU) Cuba and the UAE maintain diplomatic relations, but neither country has an embassy in the other capital. 2. (C) Embassy responses to reftel questions follow: - Has the UAE, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? Post sees no e [...] | 2009-11-23 13:46:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC ETRD CU AE |
09ABUDHABI1105 | UAE Unblocks Access to Top Israeli Internet Domain ".il" [...] (SBU) The United Arab Emirates unblocked access to web sites on the Israeli country code top-level domain ".il" earlier this month. Syria and the UAE were the only two countries in the Middle East and North Africa blocking the Israeli domain, a largely symbolic action because internet users can [...] | 2009-11-24 08:00:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM KPAO SCUL TINT IS AE |
09ABUDHABI1109 | NEW CENTRAL BANK DIRECTIVE ON POLITICALLY EXPOSED PERSONS [...] (C) Summary: On 2 August 2009, the UAE Central Bank (UAECB),issued a circular to local banks instructing them not to handle accounts belonging to Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs). The circular was issued in response to a shortcoming identified in the UAE's Middle East-North Africa Financial [...] | 2009-11-24 12:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN PTER PREL ECON AE |
09ABUDHABI111 | EMIRATES HUMAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION IN DISARRAY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-29 09:00:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KTIP KMPI AE |
09ABUDHABI1116 | LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW FOR DOD-FUNDED TRAINING [...] POST REQUESTS THE DEPARTMENT'S ASSISTANCE IN VETTING THE FOLLOWING UNITS AND UNIT COMMANDERS OF THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND, WHO HAVE BEEN SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN A CENTCOM-SPONSORED JOINT COMBINED EXCHANGE TRAINING (JCET)EXERCISE ENTITLED ECHO DANCER/EASTERN EAGLE, [...] | 2009-12-01 11:29:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL AE |
09ABUDHABI112 | ENGAGING ISLAM IN A NEW U.S. ADMINISTRATION -- NOTED CLERIC [...] (C) Summary: Moderate Islam -- carefully monitored by authorities -- is the accepted norm in the UAE. Clerics comfortable with the establishment's approach set the tone of Islamic discourse. In a private luncheon with one such active voice, Pol Chief was pressed to encourage a balanced USG a [...] | 2009-01-29 14:39:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL SCUL AE |
09ABUDHABI1131 | UAE SUPPORT FOR WAY FORWARD IN AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-09 09:24:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KDEM AF AE |
09ABUDHABI1133 | UAE FM on Middle East Peace [...] (S) Summary: UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan (AbZ) told D/SEMEP David Hale on December 7 bold steps were needed to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and again proposed a donors conference in support of East Jerusalem. AbZ said he expected Abu Mazen to remain in po [...] | 2009-12-10 11:20:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IS AE |
09ABUDHABI1137 | NIAG 9210: Pakistani Nuclear Entity Attempting to Procure [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-14 03:17:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PARM MNUC PK AE |
09ABUDHABI1145 | UAE Response: Somalia Demarche on Djibouti Peace Process [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-16 12:16:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SO AE |
09ABUDHABI115 | UAE TO DISCUSS PA SUPPORT WITH MODERATE ARABS [...] (C) UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) told the Ambassador February 1, in the context of discussing reftel points on the urgent need for budget support to the Palestinian Authority (PA),that a group of Arab Foreign Ministers would meet in Abu Dhabi February 2 to discuss support for [...] | 2009-02-01 14:47:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG EFIN AE |
09ABUDHABI1151 | ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE WARNS DOE DEPSEC PONEMAN ABOUT IRAN [...] (S/NF) Summary: During a December 9 meeting in Abu Dhabi (other meetings reported septel),Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman told Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) that the USG shared many energy policy priorities with the UAE, including renewable energy development and th [...] | 2009-12-17 13:07:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PARM ENRG IR YM AE |
09ABUDHABI1175 | Sheikh Issa Torture Trial Update [...] (SBU) Summary. The trial of Sheikh Issa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, seventh son of UAE founder Sheikh Zayed and half-brother of President Khalifa bin Zayed, that began in October adjourned December 21 after a forensic medical expert testified that a combination of medications could have affected his [...] | 2009-12-28 12:28:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV PINR CASC AE |
09ABUDHABI126 | THE BOBCAT AND THE CAGED LION - THOUGHTS ON THE UAE AND IRAN [...] (U) This is a joint cable from Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and the Iran Regional Presence Office. Summary ------- 2. (C) Iran has previously been compared to a caged lion (reftel). Its immediate neighbor to the South is more like a bobcat: a potent fighter for its size, sharp of tooth and ready to [...] | 2009-02-02 11:49:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM KNNP IR AE |
09ABUDHABI130 | UAE CITES IRAN RHETORIC AS UNJUSTIFIED [...] (SBU) The Iran Regional Presence Office (IRPO) in Dubai contributed to this message. 2. (C) Summary: A salvo of rhetorical barrages from Iran has reinvigorated references to disputed islands and highlighted the stricter handling of Iranian visitors by UAE immigration. Recent outbursts i [...] | 2009-02-02 15:37:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR AE |
09ABUDHABI133 | UAE HOSTS ARAB DISCUSSION ON PA SUPPORT [...] (C) As previewed with the Ambassador (ref A),UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) hosted a gathering of nine Arab foreign ministers February 3 in Abu Dhabi to discuss coordination of Palestinian issues. Eight countries and the PA attended (UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Bahrain, [...] | 2009-02-04 14:23:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG EFIN AE |
09ABUDHABI142 | UAE FM TRAVELING THE REGION ON "UNITY" MISSION [...] (SBU) Subsequent to hosting a February 3 gathering of nine Arab foreign ministers (reftel),UAE FM Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) met with the visiting Kuwaiti FM over the weekend (February 6) and embarked on a regional tour characterized in official news reports as seeking Arab unity, presumably wi [...] | 2009-02-08 14:05:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG EFIN AE |
09ABUDHABI145 | UAE PLANS BIG SPLASH TO OPEN FRENCH NAVAL PRESENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The UAE leadership will send a loud message with the May opening of a French naval facility in Abu Dhabi, amplified by the presence of headliners like French President Sarkozy. Adding a new military presence to the strategic equation reasserts the UAE's welcome to Western partn [...] | 2009-02-10 03:59:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS MASS FR AE |
09ABUDHABI146 | UAE LEADERSHIP ON THE MEETINGS OF THE MODERATES [...] (C) Summary: UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah continues his coordination with Arab counterparts, while MinState Gargash recounted that February 3 discussions among the moderate camp addressed troublesome scenarios like a Palestinian split that gives a new Israeli government the excuse that it "h [...] | 2009-02-10 09:50:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL KWBG EAID EFIN AE |
09ABUDHABI148 | UAE ACTIVITY IN ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: As the UAEG hosted the "moderate camp" of Arab ministers February 3, its role in moderating peace in the Middle East came somewhat more into focus. The UAE is a determined player, and consistent coordinator, in Arab efforts to secure stability; its contributions to GCC and Arab [...] | 2009-02-10 14:07:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL EAID KPAL KWGB IS AE |
09ABUDHABI162 | (C) UAE CAUTIONS QATAR ON IRANIAN AND HAMAS PARTICIPATION IN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-17 05:29:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER KPAL KWBG EAID EFIN AE |
09ABUDHABI169 | UAE ASKED TO RESIST RUSSIAN S-300 SALE TO IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-18 12:19:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM RS IR AE |
09ABUDHABI173 | REQUESTING UAE VIEWS ON AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN POLICY [...] (C) UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Anwar Gargash took careful notes February 18 as the Ambassador delivered ref A points regarding U.S. interest in the UAE's "considered views" on goals, priorities, and actions that we might focus on in our Pakistan/Afghanistan policy review. D [...] | 2009-02-18 12:33:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM EAID NATO AF PK AE |
09ABUDHABI174 | SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT AND ATTENDANCE AT IDEX 2009 [...] (C) We look forward to your visit to the UAE and participation in the 9th International Defense Exhibition and Conference (IDEX). ------------------------------ Punching Above Its Weight ------------------------------ 2. (C) Over the past five years the UAE has emerged as a regional pow [...] | 2009-02-19 11:26:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER MOPS MASS IR IZ AF PK AE |
09ABUDHABI189 | ABU DHABI "BAILS OUT" DUBAI VIA UAE CENTRAL BANK [...] This is a joint Embassy Abu Dhabi - Consulate general Dubai cable. 2. (C) Summary. The Dubai government announced on February 22 that it would float a USD 20 billion bond to support its debt repayment schedule and that the UAE Central Bank will subscribe to half of the five year bond, whic [...] | 2009-02-23 12:50:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | EFIN EINV ECON PREL PGOV AE |
09ABUDHABI192 | URGENT UAE REQUEST FOR AIR DEFENSE -- FIVE PATRIOT BATTERIES [...] (S/NF) Summary: UAE Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces convoked the Ambassador to request the urgent deployment of five U.S. patriot batteries in the UAE as an interim measure until the UAE's own batteries are operational (anticipated in 2012). The UAE belief that an increasingly likely pre- [...] | 2009-02-24 07:39:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM MOPS MASS IR AE |
09ABUDHABI193 | STRONG WORDS IN PRIVATE FROM MBZ AT IDEX -- BASHES IRAN, [...] (S/NF) Summary: On the margins of Abu Dhabi's largest defense exhibition (IDEX),Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) engaged visiting US dignitaries with strident remarks about Iran and Qatar's dangerous ties to extremist elements (including Iran and the Muslim Brotherhood). He s [...] | 2009-02-25 12:50:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PARM MOPS MASS IR QA RU AE |
09ABUDHABI199 | UAE REQUEST TO HOST IRENA HEADQUARTERS [...] (SBU) On February 19, post received a diplomatic note reiterating the UAE's desire and qualifications to host the headquarters of the International Agency for Renewable Energy (IRENA, first reported in Ref A). Post's informal translation of the diplomatic note follows. 2. (SBU) Further dem [...] | 2009-02-26 12:45:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON PREL PARM RS IR AE |
09ABUDHABI20 | UAE REMINDED OF PALESTINIAN HUMANITARIAN NEEDS [...] (SBU) Post relayed ref B appeal for donations to UN-related relief agencies in separate conversations with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Anwar Gargash and MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Political Affairs Tariq al Haidan. Dr. Gargash acknowledged the need and told the Ambassador [...] | 2009-01-07 13:06:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF EAID KWBG UN IS AE |
09ABUDHABI21 | UAE PRESSED ON NEED FOR PA BUDGET SUPPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-07 13:09:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG EFIN AE |
09ABUDHABI210 | PRENOTIFICATION OF ADDITIONAL DESIGNATURES OF IRANIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-02 13:53:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PARM PREL AE |
09ABUDHABI220 | MISSION UAE COMMENTS ON SPECIAL 301 REVIEWS [...] (U) Summary: In 2008, the UAE Government (UAEG) continued its strong efforts to protect Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). The UAEG continues to enforce copyright, trademark, and patent laws passed in 2002 to protect U.S. intellectual property, and remains committed to the 2002 Agreement pro [...] | 2009-03-05 09:54:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIPR PREL ETRD AE |
09ABUDHABI225 | MUSLIM BUT MODERN -- THE UAE'S VERY CONTROLLED ISLAMIC [...] (C) Summary: The UAE's identity is deeply Islamic, but also fundamentally modern. In contrast to some Islamic societies, most Emiratis see no contradiction between Islamic rectitude and modern convenience. Nonetheless, the UAEG seeks to reign in Islamic discourse to prevent radical views fr [...] | 2009-03-05 13:42:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL SCUL AE |
09ABUDHABI226 | DEEPENING COOPERATION THROUGH COUNTER-PROLIFERATION TASK [...] (S/NF) The bilateral Counter-proliferation Task Force (CTF) meeting on March 19 in Abu Dhabi is our opportunity to reinforce practical steps to strengthen the UAE's counter-proliferation (CP) regime and follow up on the prior CTF held February 25, 2008 (ref E). The UAE's record on export cont [...] | 2009-03-05 13:49:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM KNNP MNUC ETTC AE |
09ABUDHABI234 | UAE OPEN TO COMPROMISE ON GCC CUSTOMS UNION WTO [...] (U) This cable contains an action request in para 3. 2. (SBU) On March 10, EconOff discussed reftel concerns about the WTO notification of the GCC Customs Union under the Enabling Clause with Ministry of Foreign Trade Director of Trade Negotiations and WTO Department Juma al Kait. Al Kait a [...] | 2009-03-10 07:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL USTR AE |
09ABUDHABI237 | UAE CONFIRMS NO NUCLEAR COOPERATION WITH PAKISTAN [...] (S) On March 11, EconOff delivered ref A talking points on UAE nuclear cooperation with third countries, specifically Pakistan, to MFA Special Representative for International Nuclear Cooperation and UAE IAEA Permanent Representative Hamad Al Kaabi. Al Kaabi said the UAE has not changed its po [...] | 2009-03-12 07:10:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC KNNP PGOV PK AE |
09ABUDHABI241 | UAE: STRESSING THE URGENCY OF PAKISTAN'S POLITICAL SITUATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-12 13:49:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PK AE |
09ABUDHABI243 | UAE TIP SHELTER OPTIONS INADEQUATE BUT THERE IS HOPE [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Abu Dhabi - Consulate General Dubai cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: UAE shelter options for victims of domestic abuse and trafficking (sexual or otherwise) remain limited. In Dubai, there is only one officially recognized facility of whose existence the wider Dubai co [...] | 2009-03-13 17:25:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KCRM ELAB KMPI KTIP AE |
09ABUDHABI244 | UNOFFICIAL TIP SHELTER OPTIONS IN UAE [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Abu Dhabi - Consulate General Dubai cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: In both Dubai and Abu Dhabi, the UAE's main urban hubs, unofficial shelters have been established over time to accommodate the immediate needs of vulnerable groups (one of the more active being run by [...] | 2009-03-13 17:26:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KCRM ELAB KMPI KTIP AE |
09ABUDHABI268 | UAE ASKED AGAIN TO CONSIDER HOSTING GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (S/NF) Summary: Delivering the Secretary's letter (ref A) requesting that the UAEG consider accepting third-country detainees from Guantanamo, Ambassador-at-large Williamson stressed the U.S. Administration's sense of urgency in closing the facility. MinState Gargash sought context in terms [...] | 2009-03-18 09:44:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER AE |
09ABUDHABI269 | UAEG THOUGHTS ON NON-OFFICIAL TIP SHELTERS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador pressed MinState Gargash to support the principle of unofficial TIP shelters in the UAE. Gargash noted that such institutions could not be exempted from strict oversight and would preferably not be associated with diplomatic missions. End summary. 2. (C) In [...] | 2009-03-18 13:10:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KCRM ELAB IR AE |
09ABUDHABI270 | UAE THOUGHTS ON AFGHAN POLICY REVIEW [...] (C) Summary: The UAE's input to our Afghan/Pakistan policy review is constructive and broadly consistent with current US policy insofar as it calls for: supporting Pakistan; upping reconstruction assistance; urging Pakistan and Afghanistan to work better together; and looking skeptically at [...] | 2009-03-18 13:53:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID NATO AF PK AE |
09ABUDHABI301 | FM PRESSES SRAP HOLBROOKE FOR IRENA SUPPORT [...] (C) During a March 24 meeting with Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke, UAE Foreign Minister Shaykh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan (AbZ) asked if the United States had changed its (Ref E) policy on joining the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). AbZ recall [...] | 2009-03-25 08:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ECON PREL PARM AF PK AE |
09ABUDHABI312 | UAE ON DOHA ARAB SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador shared reftel points on the Doha summit with MFA and was told the UAE is looking for Arab solidarity. Separately, UAE President Khalifa discussed key summit topics in a press interview. End summary. 2. (C) Ambassador raised reftel points on the Doha summit with D [...] | 2009-03-26 14:21:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KPAL SU QA IS IR SY AE |
09ABUDHABI317 | UAE PRESIDENT'S PRESS REMARKS ON REGIONAL ISSUES [...] Summary: In a rare press interview (this time with Qatar's Al-Watan newspaper) in advance of the Doha summit, UAE president Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan commented on the continuing strength of relations with the U.S. as Washington changes leadership, expressing optimism in the Obama Adm [...] | 2009-03-29 10:52:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID ENRG KPAL SU IS IR SY IZ AE |
09ABUDHABI318 | NEW UAE NGO SEEKS TO CONFRONT ROOT CAUSES OF TERRORISM, [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy officers met March 12 with Saif Bin Helal Al Shehhi, Founder and CEO of a new international humanitarian NGO based in Dubai, "Peace Without Limits (PWL)." PWL is inspired by a desire to reduce terrorism and extremism by addressing the root causes of discontent in the re [...] | 2009-03-29 13:34:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KMPI KWMN PTER XF SU AF AE |
09ABUDHABI322 | WELCOMING CODEL McCONNELL TO THE UAE [...] (U) This is a joint message from Embassy Abu Dhabi and Consulate General Dubai. 2. (U) Summary: The U.S. Mission to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is pleased to welcome CODEL McConnell for a first-hand review of key U.S. priorities here. Our robust relations with the UAE focus on mutual [...] | 2009-03-30 13:28:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EFIN MASS AE |
09ABUDHABI329 | (U) WHY THE UAE IS PRESSING FOR IRENA HQ [...] (C) Summary. The UAE's push (refs A-C) to host the headquarters of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) complements its political and financial commitment to encouraging renewable energy production and consumption. Although the fourth largest oil producer in the world, the UAE is expan [...] | 2009-04-01 12:35:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ECON PREL PGOV AE |
09ABUDHABI330 | UAE REACTION TO REQUEST FOR MANAS ALTERNATIVES [...] (S) Summary: The UAE Chief of Staff (CoS) asked for more details on the Manas operations before he endorses a US led site survey, in his mind, USG use of Safran AB is questionable. Transit of US forces may be doable, but expanding to NATO use seems out of the question. End summary. 2. (S [...] | 2009-04-01 12:38:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | MARR PREL MOPS AE KG AF IR |
09ABUDHABI331 | UAE REQUEST TO ATTEND MAJOR ECONOMIES FORUM ON ENERGY AND [...] (U) This cable contains an action request in para 3. 2. (SBU) In a March 30 letter, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Anwar Gargash asked the Ambassador for assistance with a matter "extremely important" to the UAEG: an invitation to the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate in [...] | 2009-04-01 13:27:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG ECON PREL PGOV AE |
09ABUDHABI337 | UAE BUDGET TRANSPERANCY [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request regarding UAE budget transparence, responses below are keyed to reftel para 3: -- The UAE is expected to receive FY-09 foreign assistance. -- The UAE federal budget, including revenue and expenditure, is available from the Ministry of Finance on request a [...] | 2009-04-02 05:50:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PREL AE |
09ABUDHABI34 | HUMANITARIAN AID THE FOCUS OF PUBLIC EFFORTS ON GAZA [...] (U) As local news outlets warn of escalation of Israeli military activity in Gaza, UAE citizens and residents are expressing solidarity, taking to the streets in calm, controlled (and relatively small) demonstrations while pledging donations in cash and in kind. Marching in solidarity ---- [...] | 2009-01-11 13:08:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF EAID KWBG UN IS AE |
09ABUDHABI342 | UAE ASKS TO BE MAJOR ECONOMIES FORUM OBSERVER [...] (C/NF) Following up on his March 30 letter (Ref A),Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Anwar Gargash told the Ambassador on April 1 that the UAE wants to attend the April 27-28 Major Economies Forum on Environment and Climate in Washington, even just as an observer. Gargash explained th [...] | 2009-04-02 13:24:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV ENRG ECON PREL PGOV AE |
09ABUDHABI347 | ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE REITERATES IRAN CONCERNS FOR S/SRAP [...] (S/NF) Summary: During a March 24 meeting with Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) expressed his grave concerns about the Iranian threat to the region. MbZ said the Iranian response to the Nowruz message was pri [...] | 2009-04-05 12:54:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PGOV PREL PARM MOPS IR AF PK AE |
09ABUDHABI348 | UAE OFFERS S/SRAP HOLBROOKE MORE AFGHANISTAN DELIVERABLES [...] (S/NF) Summary: During a March 24 meeting with Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) and Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) offered additional UAEG support for Afghanistan. MbZ said the UAE was working to c [...] | 2009-04-05 12:56:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PGOV PREL PARM MOPS AF PK AE |
09ABUDHABI354 | UAEG OUTLINES EFFORTS TO COMBAT ILLICIT ZIMBABWEAN DIAMOND [...] (U) This cable contains an action request -- please see para 4. 2. (C) On April 6, EconOff discussed Ref A, B and D points on illicit trade in Zimbabwean diamonds with Ali Fayel, Ministry of Economy Director of Origin, and Maryam Al Hashemi, Director of the UAE Diamond Control Office. Fayel [...] | 2009-04-06 12:36:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL ECON EFIN ASEC ZI AE |
09ABUDHABI355 | MASDAR CEO REQUESTS MEETING WITH SECRETARY CHU [...] (C) On April 1, Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, CEO of Masdar, the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (masdar.ae) asked the Ambassador for assistance in organizing a meeting with Secretary of Energy Chu during Al Jaber's April 16-17 visit to Washington. Al Jaber, who has previously met with former Secretary [...] | 2009-04-06 12:36:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ENRG PREL PGOV AE |
09ABUDHABI361 | ABU DHABI GETS REAL [...] (C) Summary. While Abu Dhabi's economy still looks rosy compared to neighboring Dubai's, senior officials acknowledge that 2009 will be difficult. Even in traditionally wealthier and more conservative Abu Dhabi, firms and the Government are scrapping expansion plans and focusing on maintainin [...] | 2009-04-09 09:50:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG PREL PGOV AE |
09ABUDHABI365 | EXXONMOBIL PROMOTES CARBON TAX [...] (C/NF) On April 9, ExxonMobil (Al-Khalij) President Frank Kemnetz and Vice President Michael Perry, accompanied by Exxon Mobil International Government Relations Manager James Adams, briefed the Ambassador on ExxonMobil's views on CO2 emission policies. Kemnetz noted that ExxonMobil Chairman R [...] | 2009-04-13 05:15:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV ENRG PREL PGOV AE |
09ABUDHABI369 | UAE "UP TO DATE" ON BUDGET SUPPORT TO PA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-14 06:21:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID EFIN KPAL KWBG PTER AE |
09ABUDHABI370 | UAE CONTINUES TO BEAT IRENA DRUM [...] (SBU) Keeping a top UAEG priority front and center, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Anwar Gargash stressed for the Ambassador April 13 how much effort the UAEG continues to put into its campaign to host the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). He said most of his time duri [...] | 2009-04-14 07:29:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV ECON PGOV AE |
09ABUDHABI371 | PRESSING UAE ON AID FOR PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) The Ambassador reviewed with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Anwar Gargash and Assistant MFA Under Secretary for Political Affairs Tariq al-Haidan (who will join the UAE delegation in Tokyo) U.S. goals for the Tokyo Pakistan Donors' Conference April 17. Noting $4 billion as a t [...] | 2009-04-14 07:35:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID EFIN ECON MOPS NATO PK AF AE |
09ABUDHABI375 | UAE EXPORT CONTROL COMMITTEE WITH MFA LEAD [...] (C) Summary: The cabinet-rank Minister of State for Foreign Affairs will chair the committee implementing the Export Control Law. Upbeat about progress yet not certain on how expertise would be consolidated into the committee (and an associated "bureau"),the MinState was adamant that MFA's [...] | 2009-04-14 10:50:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC KNNP ETTC IR AE |
09ABUDHABI395 | UAE WILL SUPPORT KOSOVO'S IMF/WB MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) On April 19, DCM delivered reftel demarche urging the UAE to support Kosovo's World Bank and IMF membership to UAE Central Bank Governor Sultan Al Sowaidi. Al Sowaidi reiterated that the UAEG had recognized Kosovo and that he did not foresee a problem in approving WB/IMF membership for Kos [...] | 2009-04-20 08:29:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL KV AE |
09ABUDHABI418 | GSD CHAIR FROM UAE CONFIRMS STRONG RELATIONS [...] (C) Welcoming Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (ISA Middle East) Colin Kahl to the UAE on April 27, Chief of the UAE Air Force and Air Defense Air Vice Marshall (MG) Mohammed Sowaidan al-Gemzy gave a strong endorsement of mutual cooperation in facing regional challenges. In a brief strat [...] | 2009-04-29 13:13:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PARM MOPS MASS AE |
09ABUDHABI423 | (C) DEMARCHE: UAE INVESTIGATION OF SHAYKH ISSA BIN ZAYED'S [...] (C) Ambassador delivered subject demarche to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash on 30 April (Note: both Gargash and Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdullah bin Zayed were out of the UAE until 30 April). Ambassador conveyed our shock at the video, welcomed the 29 April Statement b [...] | 2009-05-01 08:22:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM AE |
09ABUDHABI438 | UAE CANNOT HOLD SADDIQ FOR LONG [...] (S) As Charge made reftel points (on former Syrian intelligence officer Mohamed Zuhair Siddiq) to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Anwar Gargash on May 5, Dr. Gargash said "I know all about the case." The UAE faces a "conundrum," he continued, as it is indeed holding Siddiq for "loca [...] | 2009-05-05 13:35:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PTER LE SY AE |
09ABUDHABI441 | UAE RESPONSE TO 2009 SPECIAL 301 DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On May 3, EconOff delivered reftel demarche on the 2009 Special 301 review to Ministry of Economy (MoE) Executive Director (under secretary-equivalent) for Commercial Affairs Humaid bin Butti. EconOff noted the Ministry's efforts to enforce intellectual property rights (IPR),but urged b [...] | 2009-05-06 05:32:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIPR PREL ETRD AE |
09ABUDHABI443 | IRAQI CHARGE IN ABU DHABI UPBEAT ON RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-06 05:40:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ AE |
09ABUDHABI444 | UAE SUPPORTS TFG IN SOMALIA -- VIA ARAB LEAGUE [...] (SBU) Pol Chief discussed reftel points, including UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah's remarks about supporting TFG security forces, on May 4 with MFA Department of Arab Affairs Director (Ambassador) Mohammed Sultan Saif al-Sowaidi. Al-Sowaidi clearly stated UAEG support for the TFG and Sheikh Sh [...] | 2009-05-06 05:41:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SO AE |
09ABUDHABI449 | UAE GOVERNMENT COMPLAINS ABOUT USG REGIONAL MEDIA [...] (SBU) At the end of a meeting on other topics, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Anwar Gargash told the Charge May 5 that the UAEG is unhappy with regional USG media interviews using backdrops identified with UAE/Dubai locations. He pointed to two recent examples, both in Dubai, which [...] | 2009-05-07 10:32:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO AE |
09ABUDHABI478 | NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS GROUP BRIEFS UAE NUCLEAR EXPORT CONTROLS [...] (SBU) Summary: UAE officials working on developing nuclear power met May 12 in Abu Dhabi with the Nuclear Suppliers Group, discussing mechanisms of collaboration to prevent proliferation and ensure program integrity. With members of the UAE's export control team also present, they reviewed UA [...] | 2009-05-13 13:30:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ENRG KNNP PNUC ECON AE |
09ABUDHABI493 | PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE QUIETLY RELEASED FROM PRISON IN UAE [...] (SBU) Summary: Human rights organizations this week celebrated the revelation that two political prisoners in the UAE were quietly released in May without serving their full sentences. The UAEG has not issued any official statement on the release of these two men. End summary. 2. (SBU) [...] | 2009-05-14 14:02:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI AE |
09ABUDHABI498 | UAE PLANS TO JOIN GICNT PLENARY [...] Unable to secure an appointment for a troika demarche earlier, Post previously passed reftel agenda to MFA in coordination with the Dutch and Russian embassies, and encouraged UAE participation in the June 16-17 GICNT plenary in The Hague. When a troika meeting was arranged on May 18, MFA Ass [...] | 2009-05-18 12:29:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM KNNP PREL PTER MNUC KGIC RS NL AE |
09ABUDHABI499 | DUBAI REGULATOR STRUGGLES WITH BAD IRAN P.R. [...] (C) Summary. On 18 May 2009, Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) CEO Paul Koster met with Ambassador Olson to complain about U.S. Treasury Department public statements highlighting Iranian financial activity in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). Koster asked that the USG ha [...] | 2009-05-18 12:56:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | AE ECON IR KTFN PREL PTER |
09ABUDHABI50 | GAZA AID CONFERENCE HELD IN ABU DHABI [...] As noted Ref A, UAE Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed, who is head of the UAE Red Crescent Authority (RCA) and Chairman of the UAEG's Foreign Aid Coordination Committee, called an emergency meeting of donor countries and international relief organizations to discuss Gaza on January [...] | 2009-01-13 13:06:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PREF EAID KWBG UN IS AE |
09ABUDHABI501 | UAE SEEKS SUPPORT AS IMO COUNCIL "CATEGORY C" [...] Post received the following diplomatic note on May 18, 2009, requesting USG support for the UAE's candidacy as a "category C" member of the IMO Council. Begin text of Note No. MM1/5/73-1036 A dated 13 May 2009: Complimentary opening The Ministry has the honor to inform the Embassy that [...] | 2009-05-18 14:20:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EWWT PHSA ECON AE |
09ABUDHABI510 | NO SIGNIFICANT UAE ROLE IN CUBA [...] (SBU) Cuba and the UAE maintain diplomatic relations, but neither country has an embassy in the other capital. UAEG visits to Cuba are generally not bilateral in nature. 2. (C) Embassy responses to ref A questions follow. --- Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote th [...] | 2009-05-20 13:56:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ETTC CU AE |
09ABUDHABI513 | UAE AND UNICEF CONTINUE TO ASSIST REPATRIATED [...] (U) Summary: The effort to repatriate young foreign camel jockeys was the headline focus of the UAE's anti-TIP efforts just a few years ago; the follow-up continues unabated, with significant UAE effort and resource applied to the rehabilitation of prior jockeys. End summary. 2. (SBU) U [...] | 2009-05-21 08:26:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KTIP EAID MR SU BG PK UN AE |
09ABUDHABI515 | UAE NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR PLANS VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (S) Federal Director of State Security and UAE National Security Advisor Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed al-Nahyan plans to visit Washington from June 29 through July 1. His office has requested assistance with appointments, which Post strongly endorses as key opportunities to deepen positive engageme [...] | 2009-05-21 12:07:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | OVIP OTRA PREL PK IS IR AE |
09ABUDHABI52 | UAEG ON PROPOSED GCC FOOD IMPORT PROCEDURES [...] (SBU) Summary: Econ and Agriculture officers raised reftel talking points on GCC food import requirements with Ministry of Foreign Trade Director of Trade Negotiations and WTO Department Juma al Kait, who said that the UAEG was committed to adhering to its WTO commitments and that he would ra [...] | 2009-01-14 10:12:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD PREL USTR AE |
09ABUDHABI528 | UAE REPORTS GERMAN SURPRISE OVER IRENA BID [...] (C) As requested in Ref A, on May 27, EconOff contacted Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, CEO of Masdar, the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, to discuss the status of Abu Dhabi's bid (Refs B-E) to host the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) headquarters. Al Jaber reported that the UAE submitted [...] | 2009-05-27 13:10:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ECON PREL PGOV GM AE |
09ABUDHABI529 | FRENCH KISS - SARKO'S PUBLIC DISPLAY OF AFFECTION FOR ABU [...] (SBU) Summary: French President Nicolas Sarkozy visited the UAE May 25-26. Key events, apart from considerable media frothiness, included the opening of a French naval facility and laying the foundation stone for Abu Dhabi's Louvre. Highlighting how a strong friendship was good for the comm [...] | 2009-05-28 10:15:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS FR AE |
09ABUDHABI538 | (C) UAE VOTES FOR KOSOVO WB MEMBERSHIP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-31 12:23:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL KV AE |
09ABUDHABI547 | UAE: NORTH KOREA POINTS DELIVERED [...] (S) Pol Chief discussed reftel points on North Korea with Acting Director of MFA's Office of International Organizations Mohammed al-Absi on May 31, stressing the dangers of dealing with designated North Korean entities intent on pursuing programs contrary to the goals of UNSCR 1718. Al-Absi [...] | 2009-06-02 11:44:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL EFIN ETTC KNNP PARM KN AE |
09ABUDHABI553 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SHAYKH ISSA CASE WITH MINISTER OF THE [...] (C) During a 1 June meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Shaykh Saif bin Zayed Al-Nayhan, Ambassador raised the case of Shaykh Issa. Ambassador said that the tapes showing the incident with the Afghan merchant were shocking, and the USG welcomed the decision to cond [...] | 2009-06-02 12:30:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CASC AE |
09ABUDHABI555 | UAE PRIME MINISTER ON IRAN [...] (SBU) UAE Prime Minister, Vice President, and Ruler of Dubai Mohammed bin Rashid (MbR) al-Maktoum used his newly-instituted web-based dialogue with the public to reply to a variety of questions on June 1. The official UAE news agency WAM released select replies, including a portion on Iran in [...] | 2009-06-02 14:26:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER ETRD KNNP IR AE |
09ABUDHABI557 | UAE CONTRIBUTIONS TO YEMEN [...] (C) Jordanian Ambassador Jemal Shamayleh told Ambassador that in addition to funding the transfer of Jordanian M113s to Yemen's army, the UAE is also funding the costs of the Jordanian Military training mission to Yemen. OLSON [...] | 2009-06-03 06:01:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS AE YM JO |
09ABUDHABI558 | UAE SHAYKHS ON POTUS SPEECH, IMAGE OF AMERICA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two senior members of the Nahyan family were very positive on the Cairo speech, and evinced high expectations. Shaykh Saif (who appears to be an ascendant power in the family) expressed appreciation for the President's bold decision to go forward with the 123 Agreement. END SU [...] | 2009-06-03 08:30:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL SCUL AE |
09ABUDHABI559 | UAE: PAKISTAN IDP POINTS DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador discussed reftel points on Pakistani IDPs in a meeting with Assistant Foreign Minister, Dr. Tariq Al Haidan. Al Haidan agreed that that the situation in Pakistan was serious and warranted attention, but did not offer any commitments. He approved of progress in both [...] | 2009-06-03 14:30:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD CVIS AE |
09ABUDHABI560 | UAE: AHLC POINTS DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with Assistant Foreign Minister, Dr. Tariq Al Haidan June 3, Ambassador delivered subject points. Other topics discussed were President Obama's impending speech from Cairo and the upcoming GCC-Plus meeting to be held in Amman. Dr. Al Haidan expressed optimism tha [...] | 2009-06-03 14:31:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD CVIS AE |
09ABUDHABI565 | MOHAMMED BIN ZAYED ON PRESIDENT'S SPEECH [...] (C) During a June 6 meeting with Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) offered the following commentary on the President's 4 June speech in Cairo. -- He had expected an "excellent" speech, and the speech was bett [...] | 2009-06-07 13:55:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AE |
09ABUDHABI575 | UAE SEEKS CLEAR MESSAGE ON IRAN SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-09 10:58:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | AE ECON IR KTFN PREL PTER |
09ABUDHABI576 | UAE CONSIDERS COLLECTING SOCIETY FOR RECORDED MUSIC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-09 10:59:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIPR PREL ETRD AE |
09ABUDHABI578 | (S) UAE UPDATES S/SRAP HOLBROOKE ON PAKISTAN SUPPORT, AFGHAN [...] (S/NF) Summary: During a June 6 meeting with Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) pledged an additional USD 30 million for Pakistani displaced persons and commended Pakistan's decision to shift troops to the Afgha [...] | 2009-06-10 07:13:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PGOV PREL PARM EAID MOPS AF PK AE |
09ABUDHABI583 | (S) UAE DETAINS US MILITARY CARGO, PERSONNEL ON RUSSIAN [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see para 16. 2. (C/NF) Summary: On June 3, the UAE authorities detained two Russian IL-76 cargo planes operated by Volga-Dnepr Airlines (VDA),which were carrying US military cargo and two US service members from Kuwait to Afghanistan. Accor [...] | 2009-06-10 15:10:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | EAIR PTER PGOV PREL MOPS AF IZ KU AE |
09ABUDHABI603 | UAEG DISAPPOINTED WITH TIP RANKING [...] (C) In giving advance notification of the TIP Report as instructed Ref A, Ambassador was told by Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (and National anti-TIP Committee chair) Dr. Anwar Gargash that the U.S. decision to downgrade the UAE in spite of ongoing and significant efforts to tackle the [...] | 2009-06-15 11:06:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KCRM KTIP ELAB AE |
09ABUDHABI605 | LITTLE CHATTER ABOUT SHEIKH ISSA (C-NE9-01124) [...] (C) Summary: The non-existent public commentary on the Sheikh Issa affair (ref C) is mirrored by very limited discussion even in private. Post offers the following as a partial response to questions raised in ref A. End summary. -------- BIO DATA -------- 2. (C) Issa, the seventh s [...] | 2009-06-15 12:30:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR PGOV AE |
09ABUDHABI606 | UAE: INVITING IRANIANS TO JULY 4 EVENTS [...] (C) Ref A requested updates on Post intentions with regards to the new policy to invite Iranian diplomats to July 4 events. Embassy Abu Dhabi held a "national day" event on February 17, 2009 -- with the traditional focus on President's Day due to the extreme weather conditions in the UAE duri [...] | 2009-06-15 14:03:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ODIP PREL IR AE |
09ABUDHABI607 | UPDATE ON UAE DETENTION OF MILITARY CARGO, PERSONNEL ON [...] (C) Summary: Following overnight indications that four U.S. military escorts (reftel) might be prosecuted along with the Russian crew and carrier, Ambassador met June 15 with UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Rumaithi and Minister of Interior Saif to seek their intervention in the releas [...] | 2009-06-15 14:27:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAIR PTER PGOV PREL MOPS AF IZ KUAE |
09ABUDHABI608 | UAE LEADERSHIP CONGRATULATES AHMADINEJAD AMIDST PROTESTS AND [...] (C) Summary and comment: Amid straightforward press reporting of ongoing protests over the Iranian presidential election results, the UAEG's official news agency WAM issued a statement June 15 noting that UAE President Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan had cabled a congratulatory message to Mahmoud [...] | 2009-06-15 14:31:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO IR AE |
09ABUDHABI611 | UAE-SAUDI BORDER CONGESTION EASES [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Following a June 15 meeting between UAE and Saudi customs officials, more than a thousand trucks backed up on the UAE side of the border for days entered Saudi Arabia. UAE customs officials report the problem was technical, related to a new Saudi fingerprinting system [...] | 2009-06-16 13:13:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PTER KIPR ECON PREL PGOV SA AE |
09ABUDHABI616 | UAE AID TO PAKISTAN [...] (C) In our ongoing effort to keep the UAEG focused on Pakistan's funding needs, the DCM on June 15 asked MFA Assistant Minister for Political Affairs Ambassador Tariq al-Haidan about the status of the $300 million pledged in Tokyo. Al-Haidan said that initial distribution of funds was underwa [...] | 2009-06-16 13:38:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID EFIN PK AE |
09ABUDHABI62 | Demarche in Preparation for the January 16 Arab League [...] (C) In a January 15 meeting with MFA Asst U/S for Political Affairs Tariq al-Haidan, DCM delivered reftel points. With FM Abdullah currently in Washington, MFA Minstate Gargash is already on his way to Kuwait to participate in the January 16 Ministerial, Haidan promised to convey our points t [...] | 2009-01-15 14:10:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD KPAL KWBG MOPS PHUM PREL AL AE |
09ABUDHABI622 | UAE: STATE DEPARTMENT TIP REPORT "DISAPPOINTING AND [...] (U) Summary: Following release of the TIP report in Washington June 16, the UAEG's official news agency WAM issued a sharply-worded statement condemning the UAE text as "disappointing and distorted." The UAEG accused the report of "changing the goal posts", lacking objectivity in evaluating t [...] | 2009-06-17 14:16:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KCRM KTIP ELAB AE |
09ABUDHABI626 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT ON [...] Summary: Media coverage by UAE Arabic and English daily newspapers of the State Department's Trafficking in Persons report generally did not extend beyond reprinting the official Emirates News Agency (WAM) release. The release quoted Dr. Anwar Gargash, Minister of State of Foreign Affairs and [...] | 2009-06-18 14:12:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL AE OIIP KMDR |
09ABUDHABI634 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT ON [...] Summary: UAE reaction to the 2009 Trafficking in Persons report was limited to one report and one op-ed piece by a UAE writer. The report, in the Dubai-based English-language daily "Gulf News" 6/21, cited UAE officials in the field of law and welfare describing the report as disappointing and [...] | 2009-06-22 04:06:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL AE OIIP KMDR |
09ABUDHABI640 | UAE PERSPECTIVES ON AFGHAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) MFA Assistant Minister for Political Affairs Ambassador Tariq al-Haidan acknowledged ref A points and President Obama's statement that the USG has no favored candidate in the Afghan elections in a June 22 meeting, but pressed the Charge to clarify who the U.S. is really backing. He noted [...] | 2009-06-22 13:40:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID AF AE |
09ABUDHABI686 | GHQ TO TRANSFER PUMA HELICOPTERS TO PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) On July 6, the Ambassador met with UAE Armed Forces (GHQ) Chief of Staff LtGen Mohamed Al Thani Al Rumaithi to urge GHQ to complete expeditiously necessary USG documents for authorizing the transfer to Pakistan of US-origin equipment (Rockwell Collins radios and Cubic PLS) on 14 UAE Puma [...] | 2009-07-06 13:17:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS PREL ETRD PGOV PK AE |
09ABUDHABI690 | EMIRATI NEWSPAPER FORCED TO SUSPEND PUBLICATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Local Arabic daily, Al Emarat Al Youm, was ordered on July 2 to suspend publication for 20 days and its Chief Executive Officer and Editor-in-Chief each fined 20,000 Dirhams (Approx. 5500 USD),following the 2006 publication of an article accusing Abu Dhabi ruling family member [...] | 2009-07-07 03:55:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL AE |
09ABUDHABI695 | (C) UAE CONTINUES TO INVESTIGATE SHEIKH ISSA TORTURE [...] (SBU) The Abu Dhabi Prosecution Office announced July 7 that it is investigating "those involved" in the widely broadcast video tape showing Sheikh Issa bin Zayed al-Nahyan, seventh son of UAE founder Sheikh Zayed, torturing an Afghan grain dealer (reftels). As with past announcements on this [...] | 2009-07-07 13:38:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL AE |
09ABUDHABI701 | SCENESETTER FOR TREASURY SECRETARY GEITHNER'S VISIT TO THE [...] (U) We warmly welcome your visit to Abu Dhabi. You will be the first Cabinet Secretary of the wildly popular Obama Administration to visit the UAE and the UAE leadership is delighted with that you will be coming. 2. (C) In the past five years, the United Arab Emirates has emerged as one [...] | 2009-07-09 09:10:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL EFIN ECON AE |
09ABUDHABI713 | IMPLEMENTING THE PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH - WE NEED TO [...] (C) The President's speech in Cairo laid out a vision of intensive engagement with the Islamic world, and the Secretary's subsequent memorandum to the president delineated an extensive array of scholarships and exchange programs to implement the vision. Many if not all of these programs depen [...] | 2009-07-13 08:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CASC CVIS KPAO AE |
09ABUDHABI716 | UAE HOSTS COUNTER-PROLIFERATION EXPERTS [...] (C) The UAEG clarified its evolving institutional structure to deal more effectively with export control in a June 24 Working Group of experts affiliated with the Counter-proliferation Task Force (CTF),which most recently met on March 19. The U.S. delegation was led by Acting Assistant Secre [...] | 2009-07-13 13:18:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PARM MNUC KNNP ETTC AE |
09ABUDHABI719 | UAE DOCTORS TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) During his July 13 majlis (a weekly public salon),Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) told Abu Dhabi Health Authority (HAAD) Chairman Dr. Ahmed Al Mazrouei and the Ambassador that HAAD should work with Al Ain-based Oasis Hospital to send volunteer Emirati doctors to Afgh [...] | 2009-07-14 11:44:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID MOPS PARM PREL PGOV AF PK AE |
09ABUDHABI732 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOOD CRISIS ETHIOPIA, SOMALIA, AND KENYA [...] (U) Reftel demarche request for urgent food aid to Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya was delivered to the MFA without response on July 9. 2. (U) Ambassador delivered demarche points to UAE Red Crescent Chairman Mohammad al-Qamsi July 12. (Note: the UAE Red Crescent is one of several quasi-Go [...] | 2009-07-20 09:12:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREF PREL EAID ER SO ET KE AE |
09ABUDHABI736 | CROWN PRINCE SOUNDS ALARM ON IRAN [...] (U) This cable contains an action request in para 12. 2. (S/NF) Summary. On July 15, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner joined Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyan (MBZ) and Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan (ABZ) for a dinner covering a range of reg [...] | 2009-07-20 12:51:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL EFIN ECON IR AE |
09ABUDHABI737 | UAE AFFIRMS SUPPORT DURING ECONOMIC RECOVERY [...] (U) This cable contains an action request in para 18. 2. (C) Summary. On July 15, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner met with UAE Government and finance officials to discuss developments in the global economy, review U.S. measures to address the financial crisis, and stress the importance o [...] | 2009-07-20 12:52:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL EFIN ECON CVIS SOCI AE |
09ABUDHABI744 | UAE GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE (GSD) JULY 20 PLENARY SESSION AND [...] (S/NF) In a July 20 plenary session of the GSD with a large UAE delegation, accompanied by a smaller session with the UAE Chief of Staff, the immediate focus was largely on Iran. Participants reiterated the good defense cooperation that the U.S. and UAE enjoy, while noting the need to improve [...] | 2009-07-22 10:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PGOV PREL PARM EAID MOPS IR IS AF PK SY LE SA |
09ABUDHABI746 | (S) MBZ HOSTS GULF SECURITY DINNER WITH ISA ASD VERSHBOW AND PM A/S SHAPIRO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-22 12:59:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PGOV PREL PARM EAID MOPS IR IS AF PK SY LE SA |
09ABUDHABI747 | SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT [...] (U) We welcome your return to Abu Dhabi. This will be your first visit since the change in US Administration, the election in Iran, and falls on the heels of the Gulf Security Dialogue. 2. (C) In the past five years, the United Arab Emirates has emerged as one of the economic powerhouses [...] | 2009-07-22 13:00:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PARM MOPS MASS KNNP IR IZ PK AE |
09ABUDHABI75 | UAE DECLINES TO RECEIVE THIRD COUNTRY GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-19 13:45:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER MOPS KDRG SY TU AE |
09ABUDHABI754 | (S) MbZ HOSTS GULF SECURITY DINNER WITH ISA ASD VERSHBOW AND [...] (S) Summary: Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ, also Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces and de facto defense chief) hosted a July 19 executive session of the Gulf Security Dialogue in Abu Dhabi (July 20 plenary with UAE uniformed officers reported septel). The U.S. d [...] | 2009-07-23 09:40:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PGOV PREL PARM EAID MOPS IR IS AF PK SY LE SA |
09ABUDHABI757 | UAE REACTION TO BAHRAIN CP OP-ED ON DIALOGUE WITH ISRAEL [...] (U) Bahraini CP Sheikh Salman bin Hamad al Khalifa's July 17 Washington Post Op-Ed calling on Arab countries to reach out directly to Israel to generate progress toward Middle East peace (ref A) was reprinted in the Emirati Arabic Daily "al-Ittihad" with the title "Arabs have to engage the Isr [...] | 2009-07-26 11:38:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS AE |
09ABUDHABI761 | UAEG STRICT LIMITS ON PRIVATE WEAPONS POSSESSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UAEG has strict laws regarding private possession of weapons and ammunition. Americans have been arrested and jailed for transporting such weapons and equipment, even in cases where airline and U.S. authorities allowed shipment on a U.S.-originating flight. Although diploma [...] | 2009-07-27 11:14:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT KHLS ASEC KOMC MARR PARM PREL PHSA CASC AE |
09ABUDHABI765 | CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AUTHORITY INTEREST IN USCG, DHS [...] (SBU) On July 26, the Ambassador received a letter (text in para 2) from the Chairman of Abu Dhabi's Critical National Infrastructure Authority (CNIA) Sheikh Ahmed bin Tahnoon Al Nahyan requesting formal and ongoing cooperation with the US Coast Guard and Department of Homeland Security. Sheik [...] | 2009-07-28 12:44:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT KHLS ASEC KOMC MARR PARM PREL PHSA AE |
09ABUDHABI769 | IRENA PREPARATIONS IN FULL SWING [...] (C) SUMMARY: UAE officials report their efforts to stand up the Abu Dhabi headquarters of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) are in full swing, in cooperation with Director General Helene Pelosse. MFA and Masdar officials asked for USG comments on the IRENA Admin Committee Work [...] | 2009-07-30 09:07:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ENRG KGHG PREL PGOV AE |
09ABUDHABI772 | (S) COMCENTCOM PETRAEUS MEETING WITH UAE CHIEF OF STAFF [...] (S) CENTCOM Commander General Petraeus met with UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff (CoS) LTG Hamad Mohammed Thani al-Rumaithy on July 24. Echoing his points on Iran with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed the night before (septel),Petraeus told the CoS by that the USG does not fully share the UAEG a [...] | 2009-08-02 08:56:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PTER PGOV PREL PARM EAID MOPS AF AE |
09ABUDHABI783 | TREASURY A/S COHEN RAISES IRAN, NORTH KOREA, TALIBAN WITH UAE CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR [...] (S) On July 16, Treasury Assistant Secretary (A/S) for Terrorist Finance and Financial Crime David Cohen met with UAE Central Bank Governor Sultan bin Nasser al Suweidi in order to discuss progress on suggestions to protect the UAE's financial system from abuse by Iran. Governor al Suweidi opened t [...] | 2009-08-04 15:09:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL EFIN ECON IR AF PK AE |
09ABUDHABI784 | UAE PARTICIPATION IN 64th UNGA [...] (SBU) In response to Department request for initial information regarding attendance of UAEG officials at the 64th UNGA (reftel),as of August 5 we have receive only a delegation list of middle and lower level MFA officials requiring official visas (one first secretary, three second secretaries [...] | 2009-08-04 15:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA AE |
09ABUDHABI845 | CROWN PRINCE OFFERS DHS U/S BEERS COOPERATION, SUPPORT [...] (S/NF) Summary: During an August 7, 2009 meeting with visiting DHS Under Secretary for National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) Rand Beers, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ) discussed UAE efforts to combat illicit financial flows to Afghanistan and Pakistan [...] | 2009-08-24 12:29:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL EFIN AF PK YE AE |
09ABUDHABI846 | CRITICAL NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE AUTHORITY DISCUSSES [...] (S/NF) During an August 7, 2009 meeting with visiting DHS Under Secretary for National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) Rand Beers, Chairman of the Critical National Infrastructure Authority (CNIA) Staff Brigadier Sheikh Ahmed bin Tahnoon Al Nahyan (AbT) discussed CNIA's interest in [...] | 2009-08-24 12:30:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PGOV ENRG MNUC PREL AE |
09ABUDHABI849 | SAUDIS REVOKE EMIRATI RIGHT TO TRAVEL TO KINGDOM ON NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 19, Saudi Arabia announced it was revoking the right of Emiratis to travel to the Kingdom on their national ID cards and requiring passports for UAE citizens traveling to, from, or via Saudi Arabia. This move runs counter to the agreement among GCC nations which allow [...] | 2009-08-25 12:12:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ETRD SA AE |
09ABUDHABI857 | MEDIA COVERAGE OF UAE NORTH KOREAN ARMS SEIZURE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UAEG officials, though initially reluctant to comment, have now publicly confirmed media reports of the seized cargo of ANL Australia after reporters in Dubai learned of it from shipping industry sources. Subsequent widespread media coverage highlighted the UAE's previously low- [...] | 2009-08-30 13:04:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM MNUC KNNP ETTC IR NK AE |
09ABUDHABI861 | UAE NERVOUS ABOUT IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE DUBAI [...] (C) In a 30 August meeting Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash raised with Ambassador the status of the Iran Regional Presence Office (IRPO) in Dubai. He said that the UAEG was getting "a lot of flak" about the office, noting that IRPO's name had come out in the recent show tr [...] | 2009-08-31 08:38:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AE IR |
09ABUDHABI862 | SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S MEETING WITH SHAYKH [...] (C) Mr President: Shaykh Mohammed bin Zayed is looking forward to renewing your acquaintanceship, established during his 2006 call on you. --------------------------------------------- ---- MbZ - The Man --------------------------------------------- ---- 2. (C) Shaykh Mohammed bin Zay [...] | 2009-08-31 10:05:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL AE |
09ABUDHABI871 | UAE FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS MFA PREPARED TO ENGAGE WITH US ON [...] (C) During a 31 August meeting with UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ),Ambassador pressed the UAE to engage with the US on Trafficking in Persons issues, urging that the issue not be left unaddressed. (NOTE: the UAEG was shocked by the publication of the annual TIP report, and it [...] | 2009-09-01 13:38:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KTIP ELAB AE |
09ABUDHABI89 | (S) UAE: NEW OVERFLIGHT DENIAL REQUEST RELAYED [...] (S) On the morning of January 22, Pol Chief passed reftel points (releasable to UAE) to Khalifa al-Mazroui of the MFA Office of International Organizations. Al-Mazroui said he would convey the request to appropriate officials, yet asked for any additional information available on prior flight [...] | 2009-01-22 12:44:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL ETTC MASS IR SU AE |
09ABUDHABI891 | UAEG DENIES EXPULSION OF PALESTINIAN AND LEBANESE NATIONALS [...] (SBU) Palestinian media reported over the September 4 weekend that UAEG was in the process of expelling hundred of Palestinian workers -- mostly Gazans -- from the Emirates. There were also reports in the Lebanese press that Lebanese nationals were being forced to leave the UAE as well. Israe [...] | 2009-09-08 13:32:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KPAL LE AE |
09ABUDHABI893 | ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO UAE [...] (C) CDA Delivered reftel demarche to Assistant Minister for Political Affairs Tariq Hamdan on September 8. Hamdan discussed the spectrum of regional issues of joint interest, but did not indicate what the UAE was prepared to offer in terms of financial contributions or specific diplomatic init [...] | 2009-09-09 08:43:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GCC UNGA KWGB KPAL SO AL AE |
09ABUDHABI894 | UAE POSITION ON P5+1+GCC+3 MEETING AT UNGA ON IRAN NUCLEAR [...] (C) On September 8, UAE Ambassador to U.S. Youssef al-Otaiba passed written points, prepared by the UAE MFA, covering UAE views on upcoming discussions on the Iranian nuclear issue.. The paper focused on planned discussions of the P5+1+GCC+3 (Jordan, Egypt, and Iraq) to be held on the margi [...] | 2009-09-09 13:08:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GCC UNGA KNNP IR JO EG IQ AE |
09ABUDHABI898 | UAE Creates a National Higher Committee for UAE Seaports and [...] (U) This is an action request, see para. 3. 2. (C) Summary: DHS/ICE Attach and United States Liaison Office Rep(USLO) met with Dan McClennan of Good Harbor Consulting a consultant firm for the UAE on August 26. Good Harbor representative(s) reported that the UAE Higher Committee for Seaports [...] | 2009-09-10 08:24:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PGOV PREL AE |
09ABUDHABI899 | UAE REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR A SEAT ON IMO COUNCIL [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) The UAE is seeking U.S. support for a seat on the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council when the 26th Assembly meets in December. CDA, along with mission chiefs from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, and Venezuela attended [...] | 2009-09-10 10:30:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA KTIA PREL PGOV |
09ABUDHABI901 | UPDATE ON UAE RESPONSE TO USG INFORMATION REQUESTS; [...] (S) This is an action request; please see paragraph 6. 2. (S) Summary: Pol Chief delivered ref A demarche on disposition of interdicted cargo to MFA counterproliferation (CP) lead, Deputy Legal Affairs Director Abdullah al-Naqbi, on September 9. In response to the USG requestto schedule th [...] | 2009-09-10 12:44:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER PREL PARM MNUC KNNP KSTC IR |
09ABUDHABI916 | "EXPANDING CHORUS ON IRAN" DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO UAE [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel demarche to Emirati MFA Assistant Minister for Political Affairs Tariq Haidan. He urged the UAE to encourage Iran to engage in meaningful discussions with the P5+1 and respond to U.S. offers of engagement on its nuclear program. After discussing reftel points for GCC [...] | 2009-09-16 13:37:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA AORC GCC MU QA IQ IR AE |
09ABUDHABI917 | UAE SUPPORT FOR AL AZHAR PROGRAMMING OUTREACH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post has researched comments on UAE support for Al Azhar University activities, made by Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in his September 10 meeting with President Obama. Media sources confirm UAEG support for moderate Islamic broadcasts by Al Azhar University C [...] | 2009-09-17 13:42:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO PTER KISL SCUL AF PK AE |
09ABUDHABI919 | AMCITS MISSING IN IRAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO UAE [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to UAE Assistant Foreign Minister for Consular Affairs Sultan al-Qortasi September 16. While evincing a sympathetic understanding of these humanitarian cases involving American citizen in Iran and noting the strong US-UAE bilateral relationship, Al-Qort [...] | 2009-09-17 13:58:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR PROP PTER CASC IR AE |
09ABUDHABI920 | ACTION CABLES FOR EMBASSY ABU DHABI AND AMCONGEN DUBAI [...] (SBU) RECENTLY WE'VE NOTICED A NUMBER OF CABLES CALLING FOR ACTION BY THE UAE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT HAVE BEEN MISDIRECTED TO DUBAI. WHILE DUBAI HAS BECOME THE MORE FAMOUS CITY AS A RESULT OF ITS ROLE AS A REGIONAL BUSINESS AND TOURISM HUB, ABU DHABI REMAINS THE CAPITAL AND SEAT OF THE UAE FED [...] | 2009-09-23 12:39:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AE |
09ABUDHABI938 | UAE REVIEWING LIKE MINDED MEETING INVITATION [...] (S) The Ambassador shared reftel points inviting the UAE to the October 7 meeting of like-minded states on Iran with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Anwar Gargash on September 29. Dr. Gargash told the Ambassador that he would discuss the invitation with appropriate UAEG officials, in [...] | 2009-09-29 13:25:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PARM KNNP MNUC UNSC PREL ETTC IR AE |
09ABUDHABI980 | GROWING ATTENTION TO UAE DEPORTATIONS OF LEBANESE SHI'A [...] (C) Summary. In the past several months, rumors and press reports of Emirati expulsions of Lebanese Shia and Palestinians linked to Hamas have garnered local and regional attention. The UAE has explained these moves as "security related." The latest round began October 1, with the announceme [...] | 2009-10-15 14:20:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PHUM PTER KPAL LE AE |
09ABUDHABI981 | (S) A LONG HOT SUMMER FOR UAE-SAUDI RELATIONS [...] (C) This summer witnessed a sharp uptick in tensions between the UAE and Saudi Arabia, beginning with the UAE's May decision to pull out of the GCC Monetary Union (after the Headquarters went to Riyadh when the UAE had lobbied for Dubai). Shortly thereafter the Saudis effectively closed a majo [...] | 2009-10-15 14:20:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR PINS GCC PBTS SA AQ AE |
09ABUDHABI995 | UNESCO Eternalizes the Tango at Intangible Cultural [...] (SBU) Summary. UNESCO's Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage named the first intangible cultural heritage elements at its fourth extraordinary session in Abu Dhabi September 28 to October 2. Ambassador Richard Olson attended the opening ceremony [...] | 2009-10-22 11:13:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SCUL UNESCO KPAO AE |
09ABUJA1008 | NIGERIA: FORMER SECRETARY POWELL COMMENTS ON [...] (U) Summary: On June 3, former Secretary of State Colin Powell delivered remarks on the values of democracy, with particular attention to Nigeria's democratic development and the upcoming 2011 elections, at an event organized by Tell Magazine to commemorate 10 years of uninterrupted democracy [...] | 2009-06-09 14:42:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM NI |
09ABUJA1010 | NIGERIAN REACTION TO PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 4 the Ambassador hosted a group of senior media editors and Muslim and Christian leaders to watch a live broadcast of President Barack Obama's speech "A New Beginning." The speech was extremely well received by the assembled clergy and journalists, as evidenced by comme [...] | 2009-06-09 15:33:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KISL KPAO NI SO |
09ABUJA1025 | NIGERIA: IMO, ABIA GOVERNORS SAY YOUTH EMPLOYMENT KEY TO [...] (C) Summary. On May 22, 2009, the Ambassador traveled to Imo and Abia states to meet the governors, visit a school that received USG support under the Ambassador's Girls' Scholarship Program, and evaluate a potential American Corner site. Both governors spoke about the Niger Delta issue, and [...] | 2009-06-10 13:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NI |
09ABUJA1036 | NIGERIA: MEGA-PARTY DELAYS DECISIONS ABOUT ITS [...] (SBU) On June 3 PolOff met with Mr. Osita Okechukwu, National Publicity Secretary of the Conference of Nigeria Political Parties. Okechukwu said the parties within the "Mega Summit Movement" (until now known as the opposition "mega-party") have not yet decided whether they will form a new pol [...] | 2009-06-10 15:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
09ABUJA1053 | NIGERIA: POLICE SHOOT 17 IN MAIDUGURI, TENSIONS [...] (U) On June 11 police in Maiduguri (located in the north-eastern state of Borno) shot and wounded 17 people during a confrontation with members of the Mohammed Yusuf Islamic Movement (MYIM). According to press reports the conflict began when a military and police patrol team from "Operation F [...] | 2009-06-12 13:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PREL PGOV NI |
09ABUJA1064 | NIGERIA: 2009 TIP REPORT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel country narrative of the ninth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). NAPTIP's Director of Investigations and Monitoring, Muhammed Babandede, and Executive Secretary, Simon Egede, [...] | 2009-06-15 15:15:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KMWN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG |
09ABUJA1098 | NIGERIA: PIRACY COURT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper "An International Piracy Court -- Not the Right Direction" to Ms. Maria Laose, the Director of the First UN Division at the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on June 17. Ms. Laose pledged to pass copies of the non-paper along to the [...] | 2009-06-17 16:21:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL NI |
09ABUJA1099 | NIGERIA: AKWA-IBOM GOV APPLAUDS JTF ACTION IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a June 10 courtesy call on the DCM, Akwa-Ibom Governor Godswill Akpabio expressed his full support for the offensive of the Joint Task Force (JTF) against "militants" in the Niger Delta, discussed the resettlement of persons from the Bakassi Peninsula, his recent instituti [...] | 2009-06-18 09:16:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
09ABUJA1102 | NIGER DELTA AMNESTY OFFER AND "ACCEPTANCE": LESS [...] (C) Summary: A lawyer for Niger Delta "militant" leader Ateke Tom announced on June 15 that Tom was prepared to accept President Umaru Yar'Adua's amnesty offer (first made on April 2). Yar'Adua reacted positively to the statement, and offered to provide within a week details of how the amnes [...] | 2009-06-18 15:33:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV NI |
09ABUJA1115 | NIGERIA: BAUCHI STATE GOVERNOR ATTEMPTING TO [...] (U) Bauchi State Governor Isa Yuguda is plotting to impeach Deputy Governor Muhammad Garba Gadi for refusing to join him in defecting from the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) earlier this year (reftel). According to press reports, an anonymous ANPP membe [...] | 2009-06-19 13:30:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
09ABUJA1116 | NIGERIA: WEAPONS LADEN PLANE IMPOUNDED IN KANO; [...] (SBU) A Ukrainian aircraft said to be "fully loaded" with 18 crates of weapons was impounded by a Nigerian military intelligence unit at Kano's Aminu Kano International Airport shortly after 4:00 AM on June 17. The plane, an Antonov 12 with registration number MEM 4-060 and tail number UR-CAK, [...] | 2009-06-19 13:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PINR PGOV MASS NI EK HR |
09ABUJA1117 | NIGERIA: LABOR RALLY IN KANO ACHIEVES BETTER [...] (U) Summary: The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and other state labor leaders conducted a rally in Kano on July 16, protesting the GON's lack of leadership and action on deregulation of the petroleum sector, minimum wage, and electoral reform issues. The Kano demonstration is the second in a [...] | 2009-06-22 14:22:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB PREL PHUM ENRG ASEC NI |
09ABUJA1131 | ECOWAS CONVENES 36TH SUMMIT IN ABUJA [...] (SBU) The Ambassador attended the opening session of the 36th ordinary meeting of the Heads of State (HoS) of ECOWAS. Nigerian President (and current ECOWAS Chairman) Umaru Musa Yar'Adua opened the session with a 15-minute speech on the issues which have been, and will continue to be, the focus [...] | 2009-06-22 17:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECOWAS NI |
09ABUJA1132 | NIGERIA: SPECULATION ABOUT NIGER DELTA AMNESTY [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Government of Nigeria's Council of State (an official advisory body including, inter alia, serving Governors, the President, VP, former Heads of State and other senior officials) will meet on June 25 to discuss terms for a possible amnesty offer to Niger Delta "militants," inc [...] | 2009-06-24 06:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
09ABUJA1135 | DIPNOTE: NIGERIAN CANDIDACY FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Embassy received the following diplomatic note number F-766/2009 dated June 2, 2009 from the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on June 23 regarding GON re-election into Category "C" of the International Maritime Organization. The text of the note is as follows: 2. (SBU) BEGIN TEX [...] | 2009-06-24 08:46:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PHSA PREL EWWT IMO NI |
09ABUJA1171 | NIGERIA: VISITS OF SPANISH AND RUSSIAN PRESIDENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The June visits of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Spanish President Jose Zapatero marked the first visits by a head of state or government of either of these countries since Nigeria's independence. Nigerian contacts have pointedly contrasted the visits of these major Eu [...] | 2009-06-26 12:12:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NI RS SP |
09ABUJA1173 | NIGERIA: GON ISSUES AMNESTY DECREE FOR NIGER DELTA [...] (C) Summary: On June 25, after several hours of discussion with the Council of State (COS -- a constitutionally established consultative body of over 50, including the VP, Chief Justice, all former Heads of State, all serving state governors and other senior officials) President Umaru Yar'Adu [...] | 2009-06-26 15:48:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV NI |
09ABUJA1175 | NIGERIA: GLOBAL ACTION ON FOOD SECURITY DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) As per reftel instructions, the Ambassador delivered demarche to Minister of Foreign Affairs Ojo Maduekwe on June 13 by phone while the Minister was on a visit to Rome. The Minister agreed on the need for a sustained commitment on food security and also with the basic thrust of the USG a [...] | 2009-06-29 06:24:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID PREL NI |
09ABUJA1191 | NIGERIAN ORGANIZED LABOR: THIRD STRIKE, BUT NOT OUT [...] (U) Summary: The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and other state labor leaders conducted a large rally in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, on June 23, protesting the GON's deregulation of the petroleum sector, and lack of action on minimum wage and electoral reform issues. The Borno demo [...] | 2009-06-29 15:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB PREL PHUM ENRG ASEC NI |
09ABUJA1210 | NIGERIA: FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES AU SUMMIT AND [...] (C) Ambassador had a short June 28 breakfast meeting with Nigerian Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe at his residence a few hours before his departure for Libya for the African Union (AU) Summit. Ambassador covered a range of issues ranging from Nigeria,s delegation to both the AU and upcoming G-8 [...] | 2009-06-30 12:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAGR EAID EWWT KCRM PBTS PHSA PARCA |
09ABUJA1212 | NIGERIA: LABOFF CONVEYS IMPORTANCE OF TRIPARTITE [...] (U) Summary: LabOff was a "Guest of Honor" for the Food, Beverage, and Tobacco Senior Staff Association's (FOBTOB) 11th Annual National Delegates Conference in Jos, Plateau State, on May 30. As one of Nigeria's largest private sector trade unions, FOBTOB used its annual Delegates Conference a [...] | 2009-06-30 15:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB PREL PHUM ENRG ASEC NI |
09ABUJA1221 | ECOWAS WELCOMES CHINESE, EUROPEAN INVESTMENT; [...] (SBU) The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) concluded its Thirty-Sixth Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government in Abuja June 22. Present were leaders or representatives of all fifteen ECOWAS member states with the exception of Guinea Conakry, as well [...] | 2009-07-02 08:06:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EINV EAIR XY |
09ABUJA1226 | NIGERIA: FURTHER REACTION TO NIGER DELTA AMNESTY [...] (C) Summary: Following President Yar'Adua's June 25 proclamation of an amnesty for all Niger Delta "militants" prepared to come out of the creeks and give up their weapons before October 4, one alleged "militant" commander, and persons claiming to represent several others, said they were will [...] | 2009-07-02 16:21:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR NI |
09ABUJA1235 | NIGERIA: ITSO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) Econ Specialist informed Engineer Festus Daudu, Director Spectrum Management, Ministry of Information and Communication of reftel demarche on July 6. Daudu said that the Government of Nigeria will not attend the upcoming International Telecommunication Satellite Organization (ITSO) meeting [...] | 2009-07-07 13:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON AORC ECPS PREL NI |
09ABUJA1255 | NIGERIA: INTERIM GON RESPONSE ON IRANIAN URANIUM [...] (C) Further to the reftel A demarche given to Nigerian authorities on May 21 and a follow-up telcon of June 16 about suspected potential Iranian efforts to acquire uranium from Nigeria and questions/concerns about the Maro Sanat/Valley Mining joint venture in particular, the GON sent the follo [...] | 2009-07-08 16:15:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PGOV NI |
09ABUJA1256 | NIGERIA: MISSION PLANS FOR POTUS GHANA SPEECH EVENT [...] (U) Summary. In response to the Department's request for using the POTUS speech in Accra, Ghana, as an opportunity to highlight U.S.-Africa policy, the Mission will hold simultaneous live viewing events in Abuja and Lagos that incorporate interactive information technology (texting, SMS-servic [...] | 2009-07-09 05:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM KPAO NI |
09ABUJA1258 | NIGERIA LABOR MINISTER AND DELEGATION TO VISIT U.S. [...] (U) This cable contains an action request in para 6. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Nigeria's Minister of Labor and Productivity Prince Adetokunbo Kayode and a delegation of high-level Nigerian labor sector officials will travel to the United States on July 25 for the Minister's first labor orientation t [...] | 2009-07-09 12:32:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EAID PGOV PHUM PREL NI |
09ABUJA1270 | NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR LEADS FURTHER OUTREACH ON [...] (U) Summary: In conjunction with the Mission's outreach to the Nigerian Muslim community, Ambassador took President Obama's Cairo speech on the road, traveling (with PolOff notetaker and other Mission members) to Northeastern Nigeria on June 29 - July 2, and in the Southwest July 3-6 (with Con [...] | 2009-07-10 14:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PREL PGOV NI |
09ABUJA1271 | NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MUSLIM GOVERNORS ON [...] (C) Summary: On June 29 - July 2, Ambassador traveled (with Poloff notetaker and other Mission members) to Northeastern Nigeria, visiting Borno, Gombe, and Yobe. In addition to her pinnacle meetings with prominent Muslim leaders and a policy speech in Maiduguri (reftel),Ambassador met with t [...] | 2009-07-10 14:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PREL PGOV NI |
09ABUJA1272 | NIGERIA: POLITICAL PARTY BUYOUTS IN BAUCHI STATE: [...] (U) On June 24, the Bauchi State House of Assembly served Deputy Governor Muhammad Garba Gadi with an impeachment notice for alleged financial wrong-doing. State Chief Judge Justice Sabo Suleiman Darazo constituted an investigative panel, which the State House of Assembly later dissolved for [...] | 2009-07-13 06:47:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
09ABUJA1278 | NIGERIA: MEND "LEADER" HENRY OKAH ACCEPTS AMNESTY [...] (C) Summary: Henry Okah, sometimes described as "leader" of the Niger Delta "militant" umbrella organization, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND),who was on trial for treason and weapons trafficking, accepted President Yar'Adua's offer of amnesty, and was released from [...] | 2009-07-14 16:24:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
09ABUJA1288 | NIGERIA: YAR'ADUA SHUFFLES DEFENSE AND INTERIOR [...] (U) On July 14, President Yar'Adua moved Minister of Defense Shettima Mustapha to the Ministry of Interior, in exchange for the Minister of Interior, Major General Godwin Abbe who is now the Minister of Defense. In addition, Minister of State (Interior) Abdulraham Adamu swapped positions with [...] | 2009-07-15 17:12:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR NI |
09ABUJA1289 | NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JUNE 15-30, 2009 [...] (U) The following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of June 15-30, 2009 political/economic highlights, which was delayed in transmission and did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Political News --Economic News --Oil and Gas --Delta Incidents POLITICAL NEWS [...] | 2009-07-16 05:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ELAB PREL EPET EFIN NI |
09ABUJA1296 | NIGERIA: KANO GOVERNOR SPONSORS FIRST ISLAMIC [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Governor of Kano State, Ibrahim Shekarau of the All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP),sponsored two days of meetings he termed the First Islamic Summit on June 29-30. The summit appeared to be first and foremost a platform for the Governor to promote his political agenda, providin [...] | 2009-07-16 16:16:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KIRF KISL NI |
09ABUJA1306 | NIGERIA: MISSION HOSTS TWO LIVE POTUS' ACCRA [...] (U) Summary: Mission Nigeria hosted media, civil society, and private sector interlocutors simultaneously on July 11 in Abuja and Lagos to watch a live broadcast of President Obama's speech in Accra, Ghana. Over 50 total participants attended the two events, including Ghana Consul General Syl [...] | 2009-07-17 13:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL NI |
09ABUJA1307 | NIGERIAN LABOR DISCONTENT BECOMING CONTAGIOUS, BUT [...] (U) Summary: Frustration and discontent in the labor sector was at its most contagious state during the week of July 6-10, as the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and its affiliates led demonstrations -- and inspired others to do so -- within education, health, and media institutions across the [...] | 2009-07-20 08:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EAID PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC NI |
09ABUJA1308 | NIGERIA: U.S.-UK COORDINATION MEETING [...] (C) Summary. On July 17, 2009, the Ambassador and an interagency team (DOD, USAID, RAO, POL, PD) met with their UK counterparts, led by Charge d'Affaires Peter West to discuss opportunities for increased U.S.-UK cooperation. The working group identified four primary areas of shared interest: [...] | 2009-07-20 14:39:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NI |
09ABUJA1310 | NIGERIA: INFORMATION REQUESTED ON LIBERIAN ASSOCIATES OF [...] (SBU) As per request in reftel, on July 17, post delivered a diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting information on Martin George and Edwin Snowe, believed to be associates of indicated war criminal former Liberian President Charles Taylor. Post will report separately on [...] | 2009-07-22 05:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XY UNSC NI |
09ABUJA1333 | NIGERIA: POST'S FOLLOW UP TO THE CAIRO SPEECH AND [...] Summary: Following President Obama's June 4 speech in Cairo, Mission Nigeria has engaged audiences throughout Nigeria with various outreach activities, including meetings with journalists, government officials, civil society organizations, and traditional religious leaders. Post has also com [...] | 2009-07-22 15:32:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON OEXC OSCI PREL SCHUL ESENV SOCI |
09ABUJA1357 | NIGERIA: POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JULY 1-23, 2009 [...] (U) The following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of July 1-23, 2009 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Political News --Economic News --Narcotics News --Delta Incidents POLITICAL NEWS -------------- Â [...] | 2009-07-27 05:39:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ELAB PREL EPET EFIN NI |
09ABUJA1377 | NIGERIAN ISLAMIST EXTREMISTS LAUNCH ATTACKS IN 4 [...] (C) Summary: According to Mission Nigeria contacts and local press reporting, violent clashes erupted in four Nigerian towns between Nigerian police and supporters of an Islamic extremist group from July 26 to 27. The attacks specifically targeted police stations, most likely as retaliation [...] | 2009-07-28 07:07:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI SENV EAGR PREL NI |
09ABUJA1379 | NIGERIA: EXTREMIST ATTACKS CONTINUE INTO NIGHT [...] (C) Summary: According to Embassy contacts, other reporting channels, and local news reporting, additional extremist attacks were carried out on police stations and government buildings throughout the night of July 27-28 in Maiduguri, Borno state, following three days of similar attacks in th [...] | 2009-07-28 15:52:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI SENV EAGR PREL NI |
09ABUJA1392 | NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT QUASHES EXTREMISTS, BUT NOT [...] (C) Summary: According to Embassy contacts, other reporting channels, and local news reporting, Nigerian military stormed extremist strongholds in Borno, Bauchi, Yobe, and Kano states on July 28, effectively neutralizing Boko Haram, its followers, and its leader Mohammed Yusuf. Minimal violen [...] | 2009-07-29 16:51:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI SENV EAGR PREL NI |
09ABUJA1398 | NIGERIAN MILITARY COMBING FOR EXTREMISTS, BOKO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-30 17:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI SENV EAGR PREL NI |
09ABUJA1402 | NIGERIA: EXTREMIST LEADER KILLED [...] (C) Mission Nigeria sources have confirmed that Boko Haram leader Mohammed Yusuf died late July 30. Boko Haram is the Islamist extremist group that staged a four-day coordinated assault against police and government installations in four northeastern Nigerian states starting last weekend (reft [...] | 2009-08-03 10:16:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV SOCI SENV EAGR PREL NI |
09ABUJA1403 | NIGERIA: EXTREMIST LEADER KILLED [...] (C) Mission Nigeria sources have confirmed that Boko Haram leader Mohammed Yusuf died late July 30. Boko Haram is the Islamist extremist group that staged a four-day coordinated assault against police and government installations in four northeastern Nigerian states starting last weekend (reft [...] | 2009-08-03 10:16:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV SOCI SENV EAGR PREL NI |
09ABUJA1404 | NIGERIA: EXTREMIST LEADER KILLED [...] (C) Mission Nigeria sources have confirmed that Boko Haram leader Mohammed Yusuf died late July 30. Boko Haram is the Islamist extremist group that staged a four-day coordinated assault against police and government installations in four northeastern Nigerian states starting last weekend (reft [...] | 2009-08-03 10:16:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV SOCI SENV EAGR PREL NI |
09ABUJA1405 | NIGERIA: EXTREMIST LEADER KILLED [...] (C) Mission Nigeria sources have confirmed that Boko Haram leader Mohammed Yusuf died late July 30. Boko Haram is the Islamist extremist group that staged a four-day coordinated assault against police and government installations in four northeastern Nigerian states starting last weekend (reft [...] | 2009-08-03 10:31:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV SOCI SENV EAGR PREL NI |
09ABUJA1410 | NIGERIA: SHEKARAU DICUSSES ATTACKS, NATIONAL [...] (C) On July 29, Kano State Governor Ibrahim Shekarau informed Ambassador and DCM (with PolOff notetaker) that apart from the Boko Haram attack on a police station on the outskirts of Kano, the state remains calm. He attributed the peace to the state's "Societal Reorientation Program" which he [...] | 2009-08-03 11:57:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PREL PGOV NI |
09ABUJA1411 | SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO NIGERIA [...] (C) Over two years in to President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua's administration, the GON is facing serious and growing problems on several fronts. While the President's election was judged largely fraudulent, his assumption of office was at least accepted by most Nigerians, and welcomed by many. His [...] | 2009-08-03 12:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PGOV ECON NI |
09ABUJA1412 | NIGERIA: TREASURY DELEGATION MEETS WITH GON AND NGOS [...] (SBU) Summary: Treasury Senior Advisor Ian Solomon and Senior G-20 Policy Advisor Robin Ritterhoff visited Abuja from July 12-15 to meet with the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, the Minister of State for Finance, representatives of the Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initi [...] | 2009-08-03 14:00:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EPET ECON SENV PREL ENRG PGOV ELAB NI |
09ABUJA1422 | NIGERIA: MUSLIM AND CHRISTIAN LEADERS CRITICIZE [...] (SBU) Summary: Amidst violent attacks by Boko Haram in Northern Nigeria, religious leaders called on Nigerians to remain calm and united while condemning the actions and philosophy of Boko Haram. Muslim scholars and community leaders blamed the government for laxity and ineptitude and questio [...] | 2009-08-04 17:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PHUM PREL PGOV NI |
09ABUJA1423 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH FORMER HEAD OF STATE [...] (C) Summary: Former Nigerian Head of State Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida met with Ambassador August 3 to share his perspectives on the recent spate of Boko Haram-led violence in the north, electoral reform, and his view that President Yar'Adua's has neither the leadership nor the experience to e [...] | 2009-08-04 17:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL NI |
09ABUJA1435 | NIGERIA: YAKUBU GOWON DISCUSSES BOKO HARAM, [...] (C) Ambassador, DCM and Poloff met with former Head of State (1966-75) Yakubu Gowon July 31 to discuss Boko Haram violence, pharmaceutical testing and electoral reform. Ambassador thanked General Gowon for his role in settling the case between Pfizer pharmaceutical company and Kano State over [...] | 2009-08-05 16:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
09ABUJA1436 | NIGERIA: YARADUA ORDERS INVESTIGATION INTO BOKO [...] (SBU) On the margins of a state visit by the president of Benin, President Yar'Adua on August 4 promised on Nigerian TV a full investigation of the Boko Haram attacks (refs) noting that National Security Adviser Major General Sarki Abdullahi Mukhtar would lead the effort as a first step to esta [...] | 2009-08-05 16:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL PREL NI |
09ABUJA1437 | NIGERIA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS MEETINGS A MIX OF [...] (U)SUMMARY: G/TIP Ambassador Luis CdeBaca visited Lagos, Benin City and Abuja on a July 5-15 fact-finding tour of Africa to exchange ideas on sombating trafficking in persons. He met with government officials and civil society groups to learn first hand what actions are being taken in Nigeri [...] | 2009-08-05 17:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI KTIP PHUM |
09ABUJA1458 | NIGERIA: RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT'S REQUEST FOR [...] (U) Per reftel request, the Nigerian Constitution expressly prohibits all acts of torture and inhuman treatment. However, the constitution does not define torture, there is no body of case law, and there have been no prosecutions or convictions to date relating to the torture of any person. [...] | 2009-08-07 07:09:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL UN NI |
09ABUJA1475 | PRESIDENT YAR'ADUA TO UNDERGO MEDICAL CHECK-UP IN [...] (U) Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua will travel to Saudi Arabia August 14 to undergo a scheduled medical examination, according to his spokesperson Olusegun Adeniyi. Yar'Adua will remain in Saudi Arabia for one week, during which he will perform the Lesser Hajj. 2. (C) Separately, In [...] | 2009-08-11 16:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL NI |
09ABUJA1514 | NIGERIA: CONCURRENCE ON E.O. 13126 LIST [...] (U) In response to reftel, U.S. Mission Nigeria concurs with the Department of Labor's draft update to its list of products that have been "mined, produced, or manufactured using forced or indentured child labor" pursuant to Executive Order (EO) 13126, as specifically related to Nigeria. MCCUL [...] | 2009-08-20 06:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EAID PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC NI |
09ABUJA1577 | NIGERIA: SECT MEMBERS DEPORTED, PREACHING [...] (SBU) Summary: Authorities evicted over 1,250 Darul Islam members from Niger state to their home states and deported others to Niger Republic for lack of documentation. The mass eviction, exacerbated by unhygienic conditions at GON-provided temporary housing, evoked criticism from human righ [...] | 2009-08-26 15:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF KISL NI |
09ABUJA1591 | NIGERIAN NUGGETS -- AUGUST 28, 2009 [...] (U) Mission Nigeria provides the following compilation of recent political, economic, and social developments in Nigeria not reported elsewhere. ------------------------ Oil Production Increases ------------------------ 2. (SBU) Petroleum Resource Minister Rilwan Lukman announced August [...] | 2009-08-28 17:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREL OREP ELAB EFIN PINR NI |
09ABUJA1603 | NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ICSC CANDIDATE MYERS [...] (SBU) In response to Reftel, POLOFF delivered requested demarche on the candidacy of Lucretia F. Myers for re-election to the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) to Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director of the Second United Nations Division Ambassador M. K. Ibrahim on A [...] | 2009-08-31 16:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NI |
09ABUJA1613 | NIGERIA: ECOWAS PRESIDENT "EXTREMELY CONCERNED" BY [...] (U) POLCOUNS, accompanied by POLOFFS, delivered demarche on Guinean elections (REFTEL) to Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) President Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas during an introductory call on August 28. POLCOUNS urged ECOWAS support for free, fair, and transparent elections with [...] | 2009-09-01 08:09:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AU GV NI |
09ABUJA1615 | NIGERIA: DEMARCHE ON UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL RACE [...] (U) POLOFF delivered demarche with U.S. views on the race for the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) Director-General to Nigerian Foreign Ministry Second United Nations Division Director Ambassador M. K. Ibrahim on August 27. 2. (C) Without prompti [...] | 2009-09-01 12:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR UNESCO UNSC NI EG BN TZ |
09ABUJA1632 | NIGERIA: ANAMBRA GOVERNOR DISCUSSES ELECTORAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Anambra State Governor Peter Obi of the opposition All Progressives Grand Alliance discussed electoral reform, the Niger Delta amnesty program, and state priorities during an August 26 meeting with Charge, PolCouns, and PolOff at the Embassy. Obi expressed pessimism about prospe [...] | 2009-09-02 16:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR NI |
09ABUJA1633 | NIGERIA: OIL-GAS UNIONS AND EXXONMOBIL WEIGH IN ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: LabOff and Lagos EconOff met with ExxonMobil and Nigeria's oil and gas unions on August 26 in Lagos to hear their perspectives on President Yar'Adua's amnesty initiative. The unions and ExxonMobil agreed that amnesty is a good idea, but questioned the sincerity of both the GON an [...] | 2009-09-02 16:22:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NI |
09ABUJA1645 | NIGERIA: PUBLIC UNIVERSITY STRIKE CONTINUES [...] (C) Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) members told LabOff August 29 in Ibadan of their determination to continue a two and one-half month strike until the Nigerian Government (GON) met all their demands. The GON has pulled out of negotiations and threatened to ban the professors from [...] | 2009-09-04 13:32:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB PREL PHUM NI |
09ABUJA1651 | MORE WOES FOR NIGERIA'S PUBLIC EDUCATION [...] (C) On September 4, Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) General Secretary John Odah told LabOff that NUT (an NLC affiliated union) was on the verge of shutting down the public primary and secondary education system over GON failure to honor its 2008 agreement on a 27.5 percent salary increase for all [...] | 2009-09-08 12:40:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB PREL KISL EAID NI |
09ABUJA1669 | NIGER DELTA MILITANTS' CASH OUT NO HARBINGER OF [...] (C) With the announcement by President Yar,Adua that the Nigerian government (GON) would not extend the amnesty deadline beyond October 4, the two-month program has reached its half-way point with at best mixed results. Militants of varying importance have signed up for amnesty and surrendered [...] | 2009-09-10 15:42:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NI MX |
09ABUJA1673 | NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Staff from the Bureaus of International Organizations (IO) and Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) met in Abuja on September 8 with Nigeria's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to discuss resolutions, especially on Freedom of Expression (FOE),to be presented at the upcoming 12th sess [...] | 2009-09-11 12:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL NI PHUM UN UNHRC |
09ABUJA1683 | NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Staff from the Bureaus of International Organizations (IO) and Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) met in Abuja on September 8 with Nigeria's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to discuss resolutions, especially on Freedom of Expression (FOE),to be presented at the upcoming 12th sessio [...] | 2009-09-11 15:04:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NI PHUM UN UNHRC |
09ABUJA1718 | CONGRESSWOMAN SHEILA JACKSON LEE REINFORCES THEMES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a two-day visit to Abuja, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee met with Nigerian Government (GON) officials and non-governmental organizations to reinforce USG themes on good governance and food security. Noting her long-standing support of Nigeria, she encouraged GON offici [...] | 2009-09-16 16:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL OREP EINV EAGR NI |
09ABUJA1740 | NIGERIAN NUGGETS -- SEPTEMBER 18, 2009 [...] (U) Mission Nigeria provides the following compilation of recent political, economic, and social developments not reported previously. --------------------------------------------- ------- ANAMBRA STATE VOTER REGISTRATION ENCOUNTERS PROBLEMS --------------------------------------------- ---- [...] | 2009-09-18 13:48:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NI |
09ABUJA1742 | NIGERIA: CBN AND EFCC COLLABORATING ON BANKING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-18 14:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KCOR KRCIM EFIN |
09ABUJA1743 | NIGERIA: BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR 2010 NPT [...] (C) In response to Reftel, Poloff discussed Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and disarmament issues with Foreign Ministry (MFA) First United Nations (UN) Division Director Maria Laose. The GON strongly supports the NPT, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT),Fissile Material Cuto [...] | 2009-09-18 16:15:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM AORG UNGA IAEA NPT NI |
09ABUJA1757 | NIGERIAN GENERALS SUPPORT GREATER ENGAGEMENT WITH [...] (C) During a September 8 to 11 familiarization visit and roundtable planning conference in Stuttgart, six general officers from Nigeria's military training commands expressed support for greater engagement with the U.S. African Command (AFRICOM). Nigerian military leaders agreed to seek fur [...] | 2009-09-23 16:24:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MASS KCOR KPKO NI |
09ABUJA1760 | NIGERIAN PRESIDENT TRAVELS TO SAUDI ARABIA -- AGAIN [...] (C) Nigerian President Yar'Adua traveled again to Saudi Arabia September 22, apparently for medical reasons. This trip, the second to Saudi Arabia within three months (ref A),replaces his scheduled visit to New York for the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). 2. (C) Presidential Speci [...] | 2009-09-23 17:42:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL OVIP ELAB PINR UNGA UNSC NI |
09ABUJA1761 | INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY STRUGGLING TO FIND PROPER [...] (C) International community representatives continue to struggle to identify an appropriate way to support the Niger Delta amnesty program. At recent donor meetings, diplomats expressed skepticism about various proposals, including those formulated by United Nations Development Program (UNDP) [...] | 2009-09-23 18:33:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID UNDP NI |
09ABUJA1765 | Engaging the Nigerian Diaspora [...] SUMMARY: An estimated 20 million people of Nigerian descent reside outside Nigeria, with about three million in the United Kingdom (and about one million in the United States. Nigerian immigration to the U.S. began in the late 1960s and accelerated in the the mid- to late-1980s due to politica [...] | 2009-09-24 13:22:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL NI |
09ABUJA1767 | NIGERIA: FOREIGN INVESTIGATIONS MAY BE EXACTING [...] (C) A U.S. businessman and self-described lobbyist for the Nigerian Government (GON) recently informed Embassy of an alleged "deal" that controversial former Delta State Governor James Ibori would like to make in return for pledges by foreign governments not to prosecute him. While we doubt an [...] | 2009-09-24 16:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KCRM KCOR NI |
09ABUJA1768 | NIGERIAN NUGGETS -- SEPTEMBER 24, 2009 [...] (U) Mission Nigeria provides the following compilation of recent political, economic, and social developments not reported previously. --------------------------------------- DUTCH DELIVER DIGITAL EVIDENCE TRAINING --------------------------------------- 2. (U) Law enforcement and legal [...] | 2009-09-24 18:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID SENV KTIP KPAO NI |
09ABUJA1769 | NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR MEETS PRIVATELY WITH EFCC [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairperson Farida Waziri September 24 at the residence to open a new dialogue on the USG's desire for the EFCC to improve its efforts on Nigeria's anti-corruption fight and reiterate U.S. expectations that the EFCC beg [...] | 2009-09-24 19:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM NI |
09ABUJA1796 | SENIOR GON LEADER AFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR BINATIONAL [...] (C) On September 28, Ambassador called on Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Alhaji Mahmud Yayale Ahmed to review bilateral issues. DCM accompanied. 2. (C) Ambassador thanked Ahmed for his assistance during the Secretary's successful visit in August, and underscored the im [...] | 2009-09-29 16:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NI |
09ABUJA1800 | NIGERIA: ECOWAS CONDEMNS GUINEA VIOLENCE, WILL [...] (C) Economic Community of Western African States (ECOWAS) President Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas told Ambassador, while in transit at Frankfurt Airport, that ECOWAS had issued a declaration September 29 condemning the junta's violent repression of a peaceful rally the day before at Conakry stadium. [...] | 2009-09-29 17:57:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AU GV NI |
09ABUJA1802 | NIGERIA: DEMARCHE ON JUSTICE GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (SBU) PolCouns and PolOff met with Foreign Ministry (MFA) North and Central America Division Director Toyin Solaja September 28 to deliver the requested demarche on the Justice Goldstone report (Reftel). We arranged this meeting with Solaja in lieu of MFA colleagues responsible for UN issues, [...] | 2009-09-30 06:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER KISL KPAL IS NI |
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