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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00BEIRUT1411 |
ELECTION 2000: AMAL-HIZBALLAH MAKE A DEAL, [...] (C) SUMMARY: AMAL MOVEMENT AND HIZBALLAH HAVE MADE A SYRIAN-INDUCED DEAL TO DISTRIBUTE SEATS AMONG THEMSELVES IN THE UPCOMING PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. IF THE DEAL HOLDS, HIZBALLAH WOULD HAVE A NET GAIN OF TWO SEATS, PLUS A STRONGER FIGURE IN A THIRD ONE. THESE EXPEDIENT PAIRINGS ARE TYPICAL [...] |
2000-04-17 16:04:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL LE |
| 00BEIRUT4016 |
SLOUCHING TOWARD THE GRAND SERAIL (II) -- [...] (C) SUMMARY: FORMER PM HARIRI IS EXPECTED TO BE NAMED VERY SHORTLY AS LEBANON'S NEXT PRIME MINISTER, WITH A NEW CABINET PRESENTED FOR PARLIAMENTARY APPROVAL WITHIN THE WEEK. THE GREEN LIGHT FOR HARIRI'S APPOINTMENT WAS GIVEN BY SYRIA FOLLOWING EXTENSIVE CONSULTATIONS IN CAIRO AND HERE OVER T [...] |
2000-10-23 13:46:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL LE SY |
| 00DAMASCUS3050 |
SYRIAN MEDIA SAYS BASHAR CONTINUES HAFIZ AL- [...] (C) SUMMARY. SYRIAN PRESS JUNE 14-15 EMPHASIZED UNIFIED SUPPORT FOR BASHAR AL-ASAD UNDER THE BANNER OF CONTINUING HIS FATHER'S LEGACY. PRINT FEATURES INCLUDED FAVORABLE COMMENTS BY THE SYRIAN JEWISH COMMUNITY AND FOREIGN DELEGATIONS. PARTICULAR ATTENTION WAS GIVEN TO COMMENTS BY ARAB LEADER [...] |
2000-06-17 04:27:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OPRC PROP KPAO KMDR LE SY |
| 01BEIRUT1018 |
KHATAMI HOLDS COURT FOR LEBANESE [...] (C) SUMMARY: IRANIAN PRESIDENT KHATAMI MET ON APRIL 25 WITH HIZBALLAH SYG HASSAN NASRALLAH AND PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER/AMAL LEADER NABIH BERRI ON THE MARGINS OF THE TEHRAN-SPONSORED CONFERENCE IN SUPPORT OF THE AL-AQSA INTIFADA. KHATAMI LAVISHED PRAISE ON HIZBALLAH AND WAS SOMEWHAT MORE RESERV [...] |
2001-04-26 16:49:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KISL KPAL IR SY LE |
| 01BEIRUT1935 |
ANTI-ISRAELI AND ANTI-U.S. RHETORIC ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. LAST WEEK'S UPSURGE IN VIOLENCE IN ISRAEL DREW WIDESPREAD CONDEMNATION FROM GOL OFFICIALS, THE MEDIA, HIZBALLAH, AND MUSLIM LEADERS. THE JULY 31 ATTACK AT NABLUS INTENSIFIED ANTI-ISRAELI RHETORIC, WHILE SPARKING CRITICISM OF THE U.S. HIZBALLAH CONDEMNED THE ISRAELI ATTACKS AND CA [...] |
2001-08-06 15:06:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL PTER IS SY LE |
| 01BEIRUT2254 |
TFUS01: LEBANESE EXPRESS OUTRAGE AND SYMPATHY, [...] (C) SUMMARY. AS THE MASSIVE SCALE OF TRAGEDY UNFURLED DRAMATICALLY ACROSS THE WORLD, LEBANESE OF ALL PERSUASIONS OFFERED FRESH OUTPOURINGS OF CONDEMNATION AND SYMPATHY FOR THE ATTACKS ON AMERICA. ACROSS THE SPECTRUM OF OFTEN FRACTIOUS SECTARIAN GROUPS, THE NATION UNITED IN THE CONVICTION TH [...] |
2001-09-13 16:38:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER LE |
| 01BEIRUT3057 |
BERRI ON HIZBALLAH, THE REGION AND THE ECONOMY [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN DISCUSSING HIZBALLAH'S SIGNIFICANCE WITH THE AMBASSADOR DECEMBER 7, SPEAKER BERRI SAID THAT AMAL WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL "ACTIONS" PRIOR TO ISRAEL'S 1984 WITHDRAWAL FROM BEIRUT. HE PREDICTED THAT HIZBALLAH WOULD CONTINUE TO LAUNCH CROSS-BORDER ATTACKS UNTIL A COMPREHENSIVE PE [...] |
2001-12-13 14:47:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ECON LE IR SY |
| 01BEIRUT758 |
HIZBALLAH-AMAL FORGE MUNICIPAL ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER/AMAL MOVEMENT HEAD NABIH BERRI, CORNERED BY SYRIAN SUPPORT FOR HARIRI'S STRUCTURAL REFORMS WHICH WILL HARM HIS PATRONAGE MACHINE, IS TRIMMING SAILS. HE HAS MET WITH ARCH-RIVAL HIZBALLAH SYG NASRALLAH AND COMPROMISES ON TWO BONES OF CONTENTION ARE EMERGING. [...] |
2001-03-22 16:28:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL IR LE |
| 01VATICAN4425 |
VATICAN VERBATIM [...] THE AUGUST 11 - 24 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 04425 01 OF 02 240614Z CONTENTS: - POPE URGES DEMOCRACY AND NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY FOR LEBANON - POPE'S FACE TO APPEAR ON VATICAN'S EURO COINAGE - PAPAL TRIP TO [...] |
2001-08-23 13:40:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM EFIN LE BU VT VTPREL |
| 02AMMAN2554 |
UNRWA AND U.S. INTERESTS [...] (U) This is a joint message from Embassies Amman, Beirut and Damascus. 2. (C) Given current scrutiny in the Israeli press and in Congress of UNRWA's programs and role in the West Bank, it is important to remember that UNRWA plays a key role throughout the region -- Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, [...] |
2002-05-21 07:58:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV KPAL SY LE JO |
| 02AMMAN2907 |
DEMARCHE: IRANIAN AIRCRAFT [...] (S) THE DCM MADE THE POINTS IN REF A ON JUNE 2 TO ALI AL-AYED, THE PERSONAL ASSISTANT TO FOREIGN MINISTER MUASHER. AFTER REVIEWING THE SUBSTANCE OF THE AMBASSADOR'S DEMARCHE TO THE MINISTER ON MAY 27 (REF B), THE DCM EXPRESSED OUR DEEP CONCERN THAT THE IRANIAN PLANE HAD BEEN ALLOWED TO OVERFLY [...] |
2002-06-03 15:52:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER IR IS LE SA SY |
| 02AMMAN4082 |
PRM AMBASSADORS' FUND REQUEST FOR PALESTINIAN [...] Summary: Ambassador requests $40,000 under the PRM Ambassadors' fund for refugees in the Middle East, to purchase a 14-passenger minibus for the Community Rehabilitation Center (CRC) at Baqa'a camp ($20,000) and to build an addition to the Women's Program Center (WPC) at Jebel Hussein camp ( [...] |
2002-07-24 07:49:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF EAID KPAL LE |
| 02AMMAN6610 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON POSSIBLE HIZBALLAH RESUPPLY [...] (S/NF) DCM delivered Ref A demarche on November 9 to Ali al-Ayad, personal assistant to FONMIN Muasher. Ali promised to provide the information to the appropriate people in the GOJ and asked for further details on the flight as soon as they are available. DCM also provided the text of the de [...] |
2002-11-12 11:00:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER JO LE SY IR |
| 02AMMAN6735 |
DEMARCHE ON POSSIBLE RESCHEDULING OF HIZBALLAH [...] (S) Following receipt of ref A demarche request, poloff conveyed points to Ali al-Ayed, personal assistant to FonMin Muasher. Al-Ayed took down the information and promised to share it with the relevant GOJ authorities. He noted, however, that after our last demarche on the subject (ref B), [...] |
2002-11-18 12:42:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER LE SY IR JO |
| 02AMMAN6990 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON POSSIBLE HIZBALLAH RESUPPLY [...] (S) On December 1, PolCouns and PolOff delivered message in reftel regarding a possible forthcoming Hizballah resupply flight to Ali Ayad, personal assistant to Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher. PolCouns urged Jordan to inform the USG if it receives such an overflight request, and to deny the [...] |
2002-12-01 14:58:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PTER LE SY IR JO |
| 02BEIRUT2782 |
LAF CLASHES WITH PALESTINIANS IN BIQA' [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE LEBANESE ARMED FORCES (LAF) EXCHANGED FIRE WITH PALESTINIANS NEAR BAALBECK THE MORNING OF SEPTEMBER 4 DURING AN ARMS SEIZURE OPERATION AGAINST AN "ABU NIDAL ORGANIZATION (ANO) ARMS DEPOT" LOCATED JUST OUTSIDE THE AL-GALIL PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMP IN THE BIQA. ONE LAF SOLDIER [...] |
2002-09-04 20:55:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV LE KPAL |
| 02BEIRUT3470 |
LEBANESE INTERIOR MINISTER BANS OCTOBER 31 [...] (U) SUMMARY: INTERIOR MINISTER ELIAS MURR ANNOUNCED ON OCTOBER 30 THAT HE WOULD NOT GRANT PERMISSION TO OPPOSITION GROUP QORNET SHEHWAN'S (QS) "PRO-FREEDOM" PROTEST OR TO THE COUNTER-DEMONSTRATION PROPOSED BY THE PRO-SYRIAN ISLAMIC GATHERING, BOTH SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 31. QS MEMBERS QUICKL [...] |
2002-10-31 15:36:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM LE |
| 02BEIRUT3741 |
LEBANON: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] SECURITY CONDITIONS IN LEBANON WORSENED DURING 2002 WITH THE KILLING OF AN AMERICAN MISSIONARY, EXPLOSIONS AT SEVERAL AMERICAN FRANCHISE RESTAURANTS, AND A SPIKE OF CROSS-BORDER ATTACKS INTO ISRAEL IN MARCH-APRIL. LEBANON, LIKE MANY COUNTRIES IN THE REGION, IS EXPERIENCING AN INCREASE IN TER [...] |
2002-11-29 15:00:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PGOV LE |
| 02ROME3379 |
ITALY ON UNIFIL: REDUCE IT BUT DON'T DISMANTLE IT [...] (C) POL OFF DISCUSSED THE GOI'S ASSESSMENT OF UNIFIL WITH GIUSEPPE PERRONE, THE MFA'S DESK OFFICER FOR LEBANON AND ISRAEL AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR THE MIDDLE EAST OFFICE. PERRONE SAID THAT THE GOI IS PLEASED WITH UNIFIL AND ITS MISSION SO FAR. GIVEN THE WITHDRAWAL OF ISRAEL FROM LEBANON IN 200 [...] |
2002-07-10 07:43:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | LE IS KPKO MARR PREL SY IT UNIFIL |
| 02ROME5125 |
ITALIAN MFA ON LEBANON-ISRAEL WATER ISSUE, SYRIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA REPORTS THAT THE ITALIAN WATER EXPERT CURRENTLY WORKING THE ISRAELI-LEBANESE WATER DISPUTE MAY SEEK TO HELP BROKER A LONGER-TERM, BROADER SHARING AGREEMENT, BUT AS AN EU INITIATIVE, NOT AN ITALIAN EFFORT. ROME RECEIVED THE PITCH FROM LEBANESE FINANCE MINISTER SINIORA ON THE EU [...] |
2002-10-21 14:14:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE IT IZ |
| 02ROME66 |
UNIFIL MANDATE RENEWAL NOTICE: ITALIAN VIEWS [...] (C) SUMMARY. THE GOI WILL VIEW WITH GREAT INTEREST, AND SOME CONCERN, PRECISE PLANS FOR RESTRUCTURING/DOWNSIZING OF UNIFIL. THIS STEMS IN LARGE PART FROM TODAY'S HEIGHTENED TENSIONS IN THE REGION, BUT IS ALSO LINKED TO ITALY'S GENERAL PREFERENCE FOR EMPLOYING MULTILATERAL PEACEKEEPING FORCES. [...] |
2002-01-04 18:08:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PREL MARR IT IS LE SY UN |
| 02VATICAN1171 |
THE VATICAN'S ""OTHER"" INTERESTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] |
2002-03-06 13:35:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | EG IS IT JO LE PREL SA SY VT VTEG |
| 03AMMAN3308 |
MONITORING AND EVALUATING ICMC'S HUMANITARIAN [...] Embassy Beirut cleared this message. 2. As requested ref a, Regional Refcoord monitored the International Catholic Migration Commission's (ICMC) humanitarian assistance project for vulnerable Iraqis in Lebanon on May 13, 2003. Report is keyed to questions provided ref a. A. On May 1 [...] |
2003-06-05 14:41:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL EAID IZ LE JO |
| 03AMMAN3310 |
MONITORING AND EVALUATING ICMC'S LEGAL AND SOCIAL [...] Embassy Beirut cleared this message. 2. As requested reftel, Regional Refcoord monitored the International Catholic Migration Commission's (ICMC) legal and social protection project on May 13, 2003. Report is keyed to questions provided reftel. A. On May 13, refcoord and Embassy Beir [...] |
2003-06-05 14:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL EAID IZ LE JO |
| 03AMMAN6261 |
JORDAN'S AMB. IN SYRIA ON TERRORISM IN IRAQ, HAMAS [...] (C) An Embassy contact outlined for us a recent meeting he had with Jordan's Ambassador in Syria. The Ambassador worried about the flow of terrorists from Syria into Iraq, and pressure he feels to permit old Palestinian fedayeen into Jordan. End Summary. ----------------------------------- [...] |
2003-09-30 13:34:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL LE PGOV PREL PTER SY JO JY |
| 03AMMAN7111 |
JORDANIANS, ISRAELIS FAULT THE OTHER FOR LACK OF [...] (C) Jordanian Foreign Minister Muasher on October 28 publicly defended Jordan's as yet unsuccessful efforts to negotiate the release of 82 Jordanian prisoners currently held in Israel. Muasher's public comment on this issue was partly driven by Hizballah's recent public statements that it is [...] |
2003-10-30 17:05:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL IS PTER LE JO |
| 03AMMAN7402 |
PRISONER ISSUE PROVIDES MORE FODDER TO [...] (C) Jordan's continuing inability to secure the release of Jordanians in Israeli custody is a source of growing frustration for Jordanian officials and is providing political fodder to the GOJ's critics. The Israeli DCM told DCM that while returning four Jordanians "with blood on their hand [...] |
2003-11-13 17:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL IS PTER LE JO |
| 03AMMAN972 |
DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON POSSIBLE HIZBALLAH [...] (S/NF) A/DCM on February 13 contacted Ali al-Ayed, Personal Assistant to Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher, and relayed points from reftel on the possibility of an Iranian Hizballah resupply flight through Jordanian airspace this week. Ayed said he would pass the information to the appropriat [...] |
2003-02-13 09:09:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL LE IR JO |
| 03ANKARA1044 |
POSSIBLE HIZBALLAH RESUPPLY FLIGHT [...] No summary [...] |
2003-02-14 10:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER LE SY IR TU |
| 03BEIRUT3697 |
FORMER HIZBALLAH LEADER RESURFACES TO DENOUNCE ... [...] (C) SUMMARY: SPEAKING AT THE FUNERAL OF HIS FATHER, FORMER HIZBALLAH SECRETARY GENERAL SHAYKH SUBHI TUFAYLI DENOUNCED GOL OFFICIALS AS "MONSTERS," HIZBALLAH AS "BORDER GUARDS FOR ISRAEL," AND IRAN AS AN ALLY OF THE UNITED STATES. THIS WAS THE FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE IN TWO YEARS BY TUFAYLI, [...] |
2003-09-10 14:29:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINR KISL IR LE SY |
| 03BEIRUT4562 |
LEBANON: SPEAKER BERRI URGES U.S. TO WORK WITH [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri October 27. The discussion focused principally on Iraq and Syria. Berri, having just returned from Damascus, again tried to impress upon us that Syrian President Asad desires a good relationship with the United States and that [...] |
2003-10-28 17:14:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER LE SY LY |
| 03BEIRUT4629 |
LEBANON: INTERIOR MINISTER MURR DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Interior Minister Elias Murr October 31 to discuss Hizballah interference with an embassy motorcade, progress on the McDonalds bombing investigation, and the preparation of municipalities/electoral laws. Murr comprehends the seriousness of Hizballah interfe [...] |
2003-10-31 17:35:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV LE |
| 03BEIRUT5034 |
LEBANON: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2003-11-28 15:06:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER LE |
| 03BEIRUT5454 |
LEBANON: ISLAMIC REFORM: THE BEGINNING OF A [...] (C) Summary. Meeting in Beirut to address the misuse of Islamic endowments by extremist groups, the Executive Council of the Ministers of Islamic Endowments rejected any link between Islam and terrorism, denouncing terrorists as "infidels." Prime Minister Hariri called for reforming Islamic [...] |
2003-12-23 10:22:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL KIRF SOCI EFIN LE SA |
| 03BEIRUT795 |
TFIZO1: LEBANESE, PALESTINIAN FACTIONS UNITED IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. THE LEADERS OF 34 LEBANESE POLITICAL PARTIES AND 11 PALESTINIAN FACTIONS, A GROUPING THAT MEETS SEVERAL TIMES ANNUALLY, HELD AN "EXCEPTIONAL AND URGENT" MEETING MARCH 19. THE GROUP ISSUED A COMMUNIQUE CALLING FOR BOYCOTTING U.S. PRODUCTS, "ENCIRCLING" U.S. AND COALITION EMBASS [...] |
2003-03-20 13:27:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER LE IZ |
| 03BEIRUT908 |
TFIZ01: LEBANESE SPEAKER BERRI DISCUSSES SHI'ITE [...] (C) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR MET WITH LEBANESE PARLIAMENT SPEAKER NABIH BERRI MARCH 31. DISCUSSIONS CENTERED AROUND AMERICAN-LEBANESE RELATIONS, THE WAR IN IRAQ AND SHI'ITE REACTION TO THE COALITION'S CAMPAIGN, THE ROADMAP, AND USG WARNINGS TO SYRIA REGARDING TRANSSHIPMENTS TO IRAQ. END SUMMAR [...] |
2003-03-31 14:22:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ SY LE |
| 03DAMASCUS6920 |
ASAD: HOW DO WE TURN THIS AROUND? [...] (C) Summary. During a 90-minute one-on-one meeting on November 30, Syrian President Asad asked former NEA A/S Richard Murphy for advice on what could be done to improve US-Syrian relations and how Asad could expand his contacts with US media. (Asad had just completed his interview with the N [...] |
2003-12-02 13:25:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL MEPP PTER LE IZ IS SY |
| 03OTTAWA1568 |
NO AIR CANADA FLIGHTS TO BEIRUT NOW [...] Classified by Economic Minister Counselor Michael Gallagher for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). Â [...] |
2003-06-02 21:32:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EAIR PTER PINR CA LE |
| 03OTTAWA1863 |
A/S WAYNE'S MEETING WITH LEBANESE MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) Summary: During a bilateral meeting held June 25 on the margins of the International Arab Banking Summit in Montreal, A/S Anthony Wayne and Lebanese Minister of Economy and Trade Marwan Hamadeh discussed the regional economic situation with a focus on the fight against terrorist finan [...] |
2003-06-30 20:05:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECIN EFIN ETRD EINV ETTC CVIS PREL PTER PINR LE XF ETRN |
| 03OTTAWA1865 |
A/S WAYNE'S MEETING WITH FAHIM MOUDAD, DEPUTY [...] (SBU) Summary: During a bilateral meeting held June 25 on the margins of the International Arab Banking Summit in Montreal, A/S Anthony Wayne and Fahim Moudad, Deputy Governor of the Banque du Liban, discussed the fight against terrorist financing; cooperation on Iraq; and the Lebanese econo [...] |
2003-06-30 20:08:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECIN EFIN ETRD EINV ETTC PREL PTER LE XF |
| 03ROME2737 |
FM FRATTINI'S VISIT TO SIX ARAB COUNTIES PRIOR TO [...] (C) Summary: FM Frattini's pre-EU Presidency visits to Rabat, Tripoli, Tunis, Algiers, Beirut, and Damascus June 4-9 showcased Italy's priority on improving Euro-Med cooperation but otherwise generated no surprises. Frattini introduced Italy's EU Presidency priorities, promoted the roadmap and [...] |
2003-06-17 16:05:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IT AG LY MO SY TS LE EUN |
| 03ROME98 |
ITALY ON UNIFIL MANDATE RENEWAL NOTICE: WANT OUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE GOI WILL NOT OPPOSE THE RENEWAL OF THE UNIFIL'S MANDATE THAT EXPIRES ON JAN 31, 2003. NONETHELESS, FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE GOI IS SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING GRADUALLY REDUCING ITS FORCES IN UNIFIL, EVENTUALLY WITHDRAWING COMPLETELY FROM UNIFIL, AND RE-DEPLOYING ITS FORCES TO THE M [...] |
2003-01-10 15:00:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MARR PREL IS LE SY IT UNIFIL UNSC |
| 04AMMAN2071 |
Monitoring and Evaluating the International Rescue [...] As requested ref, regional refcoord and Embassy Beirut poloff monitored PRM-funded activities at Association Najdeh on March 10. Association Najdeh is the local implementing partner of the International Rescue Committee and the Women's Commission for Refugees for the sexual and gender- based [...] |
2004-03-18 09:26:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PREL SOCI KPAL KWMN LE JO |
| 04AMMAN2099 |
Monitoring and Evaluating ICMC's Humanitarian [...] As requested ref a, regional refcoord and Embassy Beirut polFSN monitored ICMC's humanitarian assistance program for vulnerable Iraqis in Lebanon on March 12 (cooperative agreement SPRMCO03CA119). In addition to meetings at the ICMC/Caritas office, we also visited Baabda Hospital and Notre D [...] |
2004-03-18 16:04:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PREL IZ LE JO |
| 04AMMAN4200 |
UNRWA SEEKS ADDITIONAL USD 1 BILLION IN [...] (U) Summary: In a May 19 briefing, UNRWA unveiled its draft medium-term plan (MTP), designed to make up for ten years of austerity measures and underfunding. The ambitious plan, valued at USD 1 billion over five years, includes much-needed improvements in basic education and health services [...] |
2004-05-26 13:09:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG SY LE JO UNRWA |
| 04AMMAN4748 |
NAQUORA KURDS STUCK IN AMMAN [...] (U) The nearly two-and-a-half year saga of the "Naquora Kurds," Iraqi Kurds who attempted to seek political asylum in Israel and ended up stranded on the Israeli-Lebanese border under UNIFIL protection (ref), hit a new snag this week when the UN plane carrying the remaining 14 Kurds from Leban [...] |
2004-06-10 14:10:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL IZ LE JO UNHCR |
| 04AMMAN4836 |
NAQUORA KURDS DEPART AMMAN, ARRIVE SAFELY IN [...] After a tense weekend of continued standoff among GOJ, Dutch and UNHCR officials (reftels), the 14 Naquora Kurds departed Amman on June 13 via a UN-chartered Russian plane and accompanied by security officials from the Iraqi Embassy in Amman. According to UNHCR officials, the plane arrived s [...] |
2004-06-14 10:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL IZ LE JO UNHCR |
| 04AMMAN6883 |
U.S.-BASHING LEAVES REGIONAL TRADE UNION CONGRESS [...] Summary: Trade Union leaders from across the region used a conference in Amman to denounce U.S. foreign policy. One of the few real labor issues raised was a dispute with the Anglo-Dutch firm Unilever. END SUMMARY. 2. The General Federation of Jordanian Trade Unions (GFJTU) held its Fifth G [...] |
2004-08-16 12:45:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ETRD PREL KPAL LE IZ SU JO |
| 04AMMAN7406 |
JORDAN ENDORSES UNSC RESOLUTION ON LEBANON [...] (C) Jordanian Foreign Minister Muasher publicly endorsed the recent UNSC resolution on the Lebanese presidential elections during a press conference on September 6. While stressing that the resolution "must be carefully studied," he noted that Jordan had never stood against any of the Securi [...] |
2004-09-07 15:16:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE JO |
| 04AMMAN8809 |
UNRWA WEST BANK STRIKE: UNION LEADERS HOPE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. UNRWA's West Bank Field is entering a third week of strike action by its locally-hired employees. UNRWA staff report that militant union leaders demanding hazard pay and other wage increases are enforcing the action through threats of violence. The strike has severely impacted t [...] |
2004-10-26 12:18:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF EAID ELAB JO SY LE IS |
| 04AMMAN9468 |
UNRWA STAKEHOLDERS DEBATE PALESTINE REFUGEE [...] (C) SUMMARY. UNRWA,s stakeholders endorsed a controversial plan to strengthen the Agency,s governance bodies by 2006 at their fall major donors meeting. They also gave conditioned backing to the Agency,s decision to launch its own ambitious USD 1 Billion five-year Medium Term Plan (MTP). Re [...] |
2004-11-29 12:06:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF EAID IS SY LE JO |
| 04BEIRUT1108 |
LEBANON: SPEAKER BERRI AND SHEIKH QABALAN ON IRAQ [...] (C) AMBASSADOR CONVEYED POINTS IN REF A ON THE TERRORIST ATTACKS IN IRAQ TO PARLIAMENT SPEAKER (AND SHI'ITE LEADER) NABIH BERRI MARCH 4. BERRI, WHO PUBLICLY DENOUNCED THE ATTACKS FROM DAMASCUS ON MARCH 2 (REF B), SAID THAT "INSIDE THE ROOMS" OF INFLUENTIAL SHI'A LEADERS, THERE IS AGREEMENT TH [...] |
2004-03-05 11:06:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL LE IZ |
| 04BEIRUT3300 |
LEBANON: THE "BEIRUT DECLARATION" -- BACKGROUND, [...] (C) Lebanese authorities inadvertently gave the "Beirut Declaration" -- a ringing denunciation of Lebanon's political status quo covered by the press in both Lebanon and France (Ref A) -- widespread publicity as a result of their ham-handed attempt to block the document's public unveiling. T [...] |
2004-06-25 15:09:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI SY LE |
| 04BEIRUT3713 |
LEBANON: THE TWO FACES OF HIZBALLAH; PART ONE -- [...] (C) A number of Lebanese observers who favor the idea of transforming Hizballah into a normal political party see hopeful signs of this happening. Specifically, they point to expressions from some Hizballah members of common interest with Christian oppositionists and more recently the suppor [...] |
2004-07-30 17:06:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL PGOV SOCI LE SY |
| 04BEIRUT408 |
LEBANON: BERRI EMPHASIZES AL-SISTANI'S IMPORTANCE [...] (C) IN A JANUARY 15 CONVERSATION WITH AMBASSADOR, NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKER NABIH BERRI SAID HE AND HIS AMAL MOVEMENT FOLLOWERS LOOKED TO IRAQ'S GRAND AYATOLLAH ALI AL-SISTANI AS THEIR PRIMARY SOURCE OF RELIGIOUS AUTHORITY. ACCORDING TO BERRI, AMAL HAD PREVIOUSLY LOOKED TO ITS FOUNDER, IMAM M [...] |
2004-01-22 16:29:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL PINR SOCI LE IZ |
| 04BEIRUT4423 |
PARLIAMENT SPEAKER WANTS LARGE NATIONAL UNITY [...] (C) Lebanese Parliamentary Speaker Nabih Berri, in a 10/11 meeting with the Ambassador, said that he wanted the next cabinet to be a national unity government. Only by getting sufficient representation from the Christian opposition and Walid Jumblatt's bloc, he said, could Lebanon face the [...] |
2004-10-12 08:44:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LE SY |
| 04BEIRUT4941 |
LEBANON: WHAT'S WRONG WITH AMAL? [...] (S) Summary and comment: The Amal Movement is unable to keep up with Hizballah's popularity because Amal is seen as disorganized, corrupt, and based too much on party leader Nabih Berri. Referred to as "the thieves," Amal's leaders maintain party support through a patronage system that uses [...] |
2004-11-30 14:34:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PGOV KISL PTER LE SY |
| 04BRASILIA1490 |
TERRORIST FINANCE - BARAKAT: BRAZIL TO LOOK FOR [...] (C) On June 8, Emboff delivered reftel notice of the USG intention to freeze Assad Ahmad Barakat's assets to Marcus Rector, the acting head of the Brazilian Foreign Ministry's Office for the Combat of Illicit International Activities. Rector said the GoB would welcome hard evidence of a Barakat [...] |
2004-06-17 15:26:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS XM BR LE LVPR |
| 04BRASILIA1524 |
TERRORIST FINANCE - BARAKAT: BRAZILIAN MINISTRY [...] (C) Emboffs made ref A points on Hizballah financier Barakat to Brazilian Deputy Justice Minister Barreto in a June 21 meeting, following up on previous meetings with the Foreign Ministry (ref B). Barreto said he would like to find a way to be helpful on the Barakat case. Recalling that the [...] |
2004-06-22 12:56:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS XM BR LE LVPR |
| 04DJIBOUTI452 |
DJIBOUTI'S MFA HIGHLIGHTS MOVE TOWARDS MILLENNIUM [...] (C) In Ambassador's recent meeting with Mahmoud Yusuf Ali, Minister for Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ali stated that he believed all U.S. criteria and standards under the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) were achievable for Djibouti. Democracy, he said, is Djibouti's ulti [...] |
2004-03-28 12:33:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID PHUM SCUL LE SG DJ |
| 04MADRID4015 |
UNSCR 1559: SPAIN WILL SUPPORT FOLLOW-UP RESOLUTION [...] (C) Poloff disscussed Ref A points on 4/13 with MFA Deputy Director General for the Near East Alberto Moreno Humet. He said the GOF had already engaged the Spanish MFA several times on this issue and that the Spain generally accepted French and U.S. thinking on how to proceed. Moreno said he [...] |
2004-10-15 14:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE SP UNSC |
| 04MANAMA930 |
TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF BARAKAT (LIST [...] No summary [...] |
2004-06-15 12:46:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PTER PREL CVIS LE XM BA ETTD LVPR |
| 04SANAA2389 |
DPM SOFAN WARMLY WELCOMES AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Planning and International Cooperation warmly welcomed Ambassador to Yemen on 9/6. After reviewing recent progress in development cooperation and touching on the negative economic effects of the al-Houthi problem, Sofan and Ambassador discusse [...] |
2004-09-08 05:33:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | KMCA EAID ECON LE YM COM |
| 04TELAVIV6455 |
MFA ANALYSTS TO CODEL TALENT: SYRIA IS ON A [...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy Director General for Intelligence and Research Harry Kney-Tal told CODEL Talent December 6 that Syria will not relinquish either its hold on Lebanon or its relationship with Iraq without gaining some concessions from the West to replace them. With one million Syrians [...] |
2004-12-20 16:48:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV LE SY IS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 04THEHAGUE1515 |
TERRORIST FINANCE: EVOLVING DUTCH POSITION ON EU [...] (C) The Dutch government has moved much closer to supporting EU designation of Hizballah in its entirety. The "official" GONL position is that Hizballah is a political movement with a terrorist branch;the Dutch maintain that the political movement is represented in parliament in Lebanon, play [...] |
2004-06-17 16:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PTER LE XM NL EUN |
| 05ABUDHABI1069 |
UAE RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE - SYRIA MUST WITHDRAW [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel talking points to Information Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan on March 7, noting that the UAE and the international community needed to make clear that a complete and immediate withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon was required. (Sheikh Abdullah [...] |
2005-03-07 12:33:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE TC |
| 05ABUDHABI1210 |
MESSAGE TO THE ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) Charge discussed Ref. A points on Syria/Lebanon, Israeli-Palestinian affairs, Iraq, and Magen David Adom, with MFA Under Secretary Abdullah Rashid Al Noaimi on March 16. On Syria and Lebanon, Al Noaimi said that it was the UAE,s position that the Syrians should undertake the complete and i [...] |
2005-03-16 12:27:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE IZ IS TC |
| 05ABUDHABI5025 |
CHARGE CALL ON HBZ: HURRICANE KATRINA, IRAN NUKE [...] (C) Summary. In call today by CDA to present House of Representatives resolution on Hurricane Katrina foreign donors, UAEG Deputy PM/Min State Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed raised concern over Haaretz report that Iran could be three months away from acquiring a nuclear weapon. See [...] |
2005-12-13 15:18:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR PTER PREL PHUM PNUC ASEC KNNP LE AF IR |
| 05ABUDHABI5129 |
GCC SUMMIT COMMUNIQUE: IRAN ESCAPES CONDEMNATION [...] (C) Summary: The Gulf Cooperation Council concluded its 29th annual summit in Abu Dhabi December 19 by expressing support for Iraq's December 15 elections, condemning the assassinations of "Lebanese symbols and leaders," calling for a Middle East weapons of mass destruction-free zone, and urgi [...] |
2005-12-20 13:56:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KNNP KPAL IR IZ SY LE IS AE |
| 05ABUDHABI767 |
GENERAL ABIZAID VISITS ABU DHABI [...] (S) Summary: CENTCOM Commander Gen. Abizaid met with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ) February 14 to discuss Iraq,s security situation in the wake of the January 30 elections. They also discussed othe [...] |
2005-02-20 02:24:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PTER MCAP IZ IR SA SY LE AF TC |
| 05AMMAN1274 |
JORDAN'S POSITION ON HARIRI'S DEATH [...] (C) Charge delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Minister al-Mulki and Royal Court Minister al-Rifai, and spoke briefly with the King on the matter, on February 16. Mulki said he had garnered support within the Arab League and from Amre Moussa to host an emergency ministerial in Damascus on F [...] |
2005-02-16 12:44:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL LE JO |
| 05AMMAN1829 |
DEMARCHE ON SYRIAN WITHDRAWAL FROM LEBANON: JORDAN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-06 16:05:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE JO |
| 05AMMAN1945 |
MULKI VISIT WARMS JORDANIAN-ISRAELI TIES; CALLS [...] (C) During a two-day visit to Israel and the West Bank March 5-6, Jordanian Foreign Minister al-Mulki announced that Jordan would "intensify its mediating role" between Israelis and Palestinians. Mulki said the Palestinians agreed to accept the dispatch of a Jordanian-trained Palestinian for [...] |
2005-03-08 14:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL KISL PTER IS SY LE JO |
| 05AMMAN2091 |
FOREIGN MINISTER ON REGIONAL DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Jordanian Foreign Minister Hani al-Mulki convoked the entire diplomatic corps on March 13 for what he billed as the first in a regular series of group briefings. Highlights of the hour-plus session follow. 2. (C) Peace Process: Mulki reviewed Jordan's efforts to help reactivate the [...] |
2005-03-13 16:03:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KMPI LE SY IS KPAL |
| 05AMMAN2093 |
MULKI REITERATES CALL FOR SYRIAN WITHDRAWAL; [...] (C) Foreign Minister Mulki reiterated to Charge on March 13 Jordan's position that Syria must immediately implement Security Council 1559 and withdraw completely from Lebanon (refs). Reflecting an interview he gave to Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) on March 12, Mulki said that the discussion sho [...] |
2005-03-13 16:15:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LE SY JO |
| 05AMMAN2217 |
DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT [...] (C) CDA made ref A points March 16 to Foreign Ministry Secretary General Abdullah Madadha (FM Mulki and his private SIPDIS office staff are in the U.S. with King Abdullah.) -- On Syria/Lebanon, Madadha said Jordan would continue to press for immediate Syrian withdrawal, and would also use [...] |
2005-03-16 15:49:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL SY LE IZ JO ICRC |
| 05AMMAN3330 |
Lebanon's Approach to the Environment and [...] The message was prepared by the Amman ESTH office, and cleared by Embassy Beirut. 2. Summary: With Arab and international funding, Lebanon is making innovative use of NGOs and cost-sharing plans to manage natural resources, water, forests, health and development. USAID makes important co [...] |
2005-04-27 10:00:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID TBIO KGLB LE SY NTDB |
| 05AMMAN3394 |
DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1559: JORDAN [...] (C) Charge met with Foreign Minister Farouk Qasrawi on April 28 to deliver the demarche on the need to sustain pressure on Syria to comply fully with UNSCR 1559. Charge pointed to Jordan's strong and consistent support for the resolution; more needed to be done to ensure its implementation. [...] |
2005-04-28 13:31:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO LE SY JO |
| 05AMMAN3503 |
JORDAN'S PM BADRAN VISITS SYRIA [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Adnan Badran, accompanied by his foreign and interior ministers, conducted a two-day official visit to Syria on May 2-3. Charge registered USG displeasure over the visit with King Abdullah and Royal Court Minister Muasher in light of the effort to isolate Syria [...] |
2005-05-04 13:52:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LE SY JO |
| 05AMMAN4417 |
MESSAGE TO THE ARAB LEAGUE [...] ( C ) A/DCM delivered reftel demarche June 2 to Ambassador Rajab Suqairi, director of the Foreign Minister,s private office. On the opening of new Arab trade/representative offices in Tel Aviv, Suqairi said Jordan would benefit from additional Arab missions in Tel Aviv, but urged the United [...] |
2005-06-05 12:39:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IO IS IZ LE SY JO |
| 05AMMAN5484 |
MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF ICMC PROGRAMS FOR [...] (U) Following is a monitoring and evaluation report for PRM cooperative agreements SPRMCO04CA150 and SPRMCO04CA140 with the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC), designed to secure medical care, primary and non-formal/vocational education and basic humanitarian aid for extremely [...] |
2005-07-11 05:47:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL IZ LE JO |
| 05AMMAN5917 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SYRIAN-LEBANESE BORDER [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-26 09:16:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD SY LE JO |
| 05AMMAN6563 |
PRESSURING SYRIA TO NORMALIZE THE SYRIAN-LEBANESE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-17 10:28:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON SY LE JO |
| 05AMMAN9029 |
JORDAN TO SEND CONFIDENTIAL EMISSARY TO SYRIA [...] (C) Since receiving, and turning down, a message and invitation from Syrian President Bashar al-Asad conveyed by Walid al-Muallim (ref c), Jordan's King has continued to receive messages from Damascus. The new Jordanian Ambassador to Syria presented his credentials in an unprecedented matter [...] |
2005-11-21 14:28:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE SY JO |
| 05AMMAN9299 |
FINCEN 314(A) NOTICE ON SYRIA AND THE MEHLIS [...] (S) Ecouns delivered reftel points November 30 to Central Bank of Jordan Deputy Governor Faris Sharaf. Sharaf undertook to relay the names to Jordan's banks and to act on any forthcoming directive from the UN Security Council. 2. (S) Polcouns delivered reftel message to Dimai Haddad, dire [...] |
2005-12-01 05:19:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | KTFN PTER LE SY JO |
| 05AMMAN9327 |
MGLE01: PLO REFUGEE DEPT. ON ZAKI'S NEXT MISSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: PLO Department of Refugee Affairs (DORA) DG Mohammed Abu Bakr is preparing to return to Beirut with Palestinian Commissioner Abbas Zaki in mid-December to commence negotiations with the GOL. According to Abu Bakr, the PLO is ready to assume sole negotiating responsibility in orde [...] |
2005-12-01 13:53:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV PTER SY IS LE JO |
| 05AMMAN9329 |
JORDANIAN EMISSARY CARRIES CONFIDENTIAL MESSAGE TO [...] (C) As previewed with us (reftel), Maarouf Bakheet ) then the King's acting National Security Advisor, now the Prime Minister-designate ) made an unpublicized trip to Damascus during the last week of November to carry a sober message to President al-Asad. Bakheet briefed G-8/EU ambassadors g [...] |
2005-12-01 14:21:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE JO |
| 05ANKARA1213 |
AMBASSADOR URGES TURKISH MFA TO PRESS SYRIA ON [...] (S) Summary: On March 4 Ambassador urged Turkish MFA U/S Tuygan to have the MFA press the Syrians on troop withdrawal from Lebanon. Ambassador followed up with ref A points on March 6. Tuygan said the GOT is contemplating a letter from PM Erdogan to Assad. Tuygan called ref A points "well [...] |
2005-03-07 16:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL TU LE SY |
| 05ANKARA1334 |
TURKISH MFA ON SYRIA, LEBANON, AND MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary. Turkish MFA DG Celikkol told us the MFA called in the Syrian Ambassador March 9 and urged Syria to "avoid a crisis" in Lebanon, but stopped short of anything stronger. MFA officials still assert that a reduced Syrian role in Lebanon will threaten "stability." They view Assad as [...] |
2005-03-11 14:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU LE SY IS |
| 05ANKARA2100 |
TURKISH MFA DEFENDS GOT APPROACH TO SYRIA, [...] (C) DCM discussed Turkey's Syria policy April 12 with MFA Director General for the Middle East Oguz Celikkol. Celikkol defended President Sezer's April 13-14 visit to Damascus, and asserted that Sezer will deliver the same message to the Syrians that the international community has agreed upon [...] |
2005-04-12 15:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SY LE TU |
| 05ANKARA2162 |
TURKISH PRESIDENT SEZER'S TRIP TO SYRIA [...] (C) Summary: President Sezer's April 13-14 visit appears indeed to have been symbolic (ref A), aside from his short one-on-one meeting with Asad. Turkish MFA officials are claiming that Sezer urged Asad to finish Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon by the end of the month and received Asad's pled [...] |
2005-04-15 15:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE TU PTER SYRIA |
| 05ANKARA2478 |
SUSTAINING PRESSURE ON SYRIA ON UNSCR 1559: [...] (C) Summary: We made reftel points to Turkish MFA Middle East Department Head Bozay April 29. GOT is awaiting a full UN report before coming to any conclusions about Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon. The MFA issued a flaccid April 27 statement welcoming Syria's withdrawal announcement. The [...] |
2005-05-02 07:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SY LE TU |
| 05ANKARA3367 |
JUNE 13 GAERC DEMARCHE - TURKEY [...] (U) We delivered reftel demarche on June 13 to Turkish MFA EU Political Affairs Department First Secretary Ege Turemen; he provided minimal responses to the following demarche topics. ------ Kosovo ------ He noted that the U.S. position remains the same as that enunciated in an earlier dem [...] |
2005-06-14 09:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | CM IR IZ LE PREL YI PARM TU EUN |
| 05ANKARA4190 |
TURKEY/LEBANON [...] (S) Summary: In the wake of PM Erdogan's June visit to Lebanon, the first by a Turkish PM in 50 years, Turkish MFA and Lebanese embassy spin relations as excellent. MFA and embassy contacts claim Erdogan pressed democratization and implementation of UNSCR 1559 during the visit, and urged le [...] |
2005-07-20 06:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL TU LE SY |
| 05ANKARA7376 |
TURKEY/SYRIA/LEBANON: TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY ON [...] (C) MFA Syria Department Head Sedat Onal told us December 15 that he had not yet seen any draft UNSC resolution based on the UNIIIC's latest report, but surmised that Turkey will support a resolution that enjoins Syria to improve its cooperation with the Mehlis Commission. He acknowledged tha [...] |
2005-12-15 15:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER LE SY TU SYRIA |
| 05ANKARA916 |
TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY ON HARIRI MURDER AND SYRIA [...] (C) Summary: Responding to our approach (ref A) by averring that evidence of Syrian involvement in the Hariri murder is currently unclear, Turkish MFA interlocutors show no inclination to deviate from the line of warming Turkish-Syrian relationship and seem to ignore the larger point that Syr [...] |
2005-02-17 12:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV SY LE TU |
| 05BAGHDAD2452 |
MFA ZEBARI DISCUSSES SYRIA, IRAQ CONFERENCE, AND [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE. SEE PARAGRAPH 10. -------------------------------- SYRIAN DEMARCHE POINTS DELIVERED -------------------------------- 2. (C) On June 8, DCM conveyed REFTEL A demarche points regarding Syrian participation at EU - U.S. Brussels Conference to Minister of Foreign [...] |
2005-06-09 16:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID PINS SY LE EU IZ UN |
| 05BAGHDAD2453 |
IRAQ: MINISTER OF FINANCE ON POLITICAL DYNAMICS, [...] (S) SUMMARY: Describing his take on current maneuvering within the Iraqi Transitional Government (ITG), Finance Minister Allawi told the DCM June 8 he does not think Prime Minister Ja'afari has done a good job in articulating a clear political position and is having difficulty managing the gov [...] |
2005-06-09 16:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | EFIN ECON EAID PGOV PREL IZ SY LE |
| 05BAGHDAD4096 |
MFA DISAPPOINTED WITH LIBYAN VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: There were no specific discussions on upgrading diplomatic relations during the Sept 24-25 Libyan delegation visit to Baghdad, much to the disappointment of the Iraqi MFA. The delegation, primarily of Qadhafi relatives, offered condolences to President Talabani, PM Jaafari, and M [...] |
2005-10-04 08:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE LY IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4511 |
TALABANI VIEWS ON SITUATION IN SYRIA [...] (C) On October 31 (other topics septels), President Jalal Talabani commented to Charge that the SARG had been sending emissaries to make its case to foreign governments since the issuance of the Mehlis report. (Note: Indeed, on several occasions prior to the report, Talabani has noted to us " [...] |
2005-11-03 15:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4786 |
CENTRAL BANK OF IRAQ FUNDS IN LEBANESE BANKS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 9. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) has reported that despite progress toward the repatriation of CBI funds deposited in banks in Lebanon, the balance of such funds held by banks there is USD 197,858,652.82. The CBI is in commu [...] |
2005-11-30 14:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL PGOV LE IZ |
| 05BEIRUT1123 |
MGLE01: AMAL SUCCESSION: BERRI'S BITTER, FRUITLESS [...] (C) Summary. Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, 67 years old, has not groomed a credible successor to lead his Amal Movement. Like almost every other Lebanese party, he has kept the line of succession murky to avoid threats to his own leadership. Berri expelled a popular Amal leader whom h [...] |
2005-04-06 15:35:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL LE PGOV |
| 05BEIRUT1322 |
MGLE01: SYRIAN INTELLIGENCE MAY HAVE WORKED WITH [...] (S) Introduction and summary. Tyre businessman Qassim Daoud (strictly protect) provided econoff on April 19 with further details on Hizballah's "Mirsad-1" Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) flight into Israeli airspace on April 11 (reftel). Daoud has well-placed contacts in the southern Shia co [...] |
2005-04-25 15:26:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | LE MOPS PTER SY |
| 05BEIRUT2153 |
THE NEW AND IMPROVED NABIH BERRI SAYS THE RIGHT [...] (C) Newly re-elected Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, opening a 6/30 meeting with the Ambassador, growled about alleged USG attempts to "veto" his candidacy. But after this initial scratchy start, Berri turned uncharacteristically friendly and polemics-free, saying he wanted to set aside pol [...] |
2005-06-30 14:59:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PTER LE SY |
| 05BEIRUT2285 |
MGLE01: BIOGRAPHY OF POTENTIAL CANDIDATE FOR [...] WE have learned that Prime Minister-designate Fouad Siniora has agreed with the two main Shiite political forces to name Fawzi Salloukh as Minister for Foreign Affairs. Salloukh is a retired diplomat and a moderate Shia figure with national standing as an independent intellectual. He is 74 y [...] |
2005-07-12 12:55:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR ECON SOCI LE |
| 05BEIRUT2293 |
MGLE01: DAS DIBBLE MEETING WITH WALID JUMBLATT -- [...] (C) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, defending (somewhat sheepishly) his public support for Hizballah, claimed to NEA DAS Dibble that doing so was the only obvious way to "cool down" Hizballah and "bring them inside." While this may involve paying lip service to Hizballah's loopy claim to the "S [...] |
2005-07-13 07:57:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY |
| 05BEIRUT2355 |
MGLE01: MARONITE PATRIARCH ON CABINET FORMATION: [...] (C) The Maronite Patriarch suggested that, while he was trying to help Prime Minister-designate Siniora's efforts to form a Cabinet, he was at a loss as to what one of the principal obstacles, Michel Aoun, really wanted. Aoun's supporters might take to the streets if Aoun is left out of the [...] |
2005-07-18 16:08:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL PTER LE SY |
| 05BEIRUT2386 |
MGLE01: HIZBALLAH'S CABINET SHUFFLE [...] (C) Introduction and summary. Hizballah gained all its cabinet demands as Prime Minister-designate Fouad Siniora on July 19 announced his cabinet lineup that included Fawzi Salloukh as Foreign Minister, Trad Hamadeh as Labor Minister, and Hizballah member MP Mohammed Fneish as Energy and Wat [...] |
2005-07-20 14:53:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KPAL LE PGOV PTER SENV |
| 05BEIRUT2425 |
MGLE01--AMBASSADOR'S FIRST MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: In his first meeting with the Ambassador, Fawzi Salloukh on 7/25 highlighted his long friendship with the United States, promised an open dialogue between the two countries, and tried to put a good face on future Lebanon-Syrian relations. Salloukh, a Shia from southern Lebanon, [...] |
2005-07-25 16:04:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
| 05BEIRUT2707 |
MGLE01: NOTABLE LEBANESE SHIA INTELLECTUALS [...] (C) Summary: During a luncheon on August 21, Shia clerics gave the Charge and emboffs their views on the situation of the Shia community in the south. They addressed practical views on the problems facing the Shia community in southern Lebanon, namely the lack of access to water and reliab [...] |
2005-08-23 15:10:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ENRG KISL LE SENV |
| 05BEIRUT3084 |
MGLE01: SPEAKER NABIH BERRI CALMS DOWN, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Coming only a day after his public outburst against PM Fuad Siniora and the Core Group meetings, the Nabih Berri who met the Ambassador and Poloff on 9/22 was notably calm and full of sweet reason. He insisted his only concern in voicing his displeasure was the well-being of L [...] |
2005-09-23 15:12:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE PGOV PREL SY |
| 05BEIRUT3122 |
MGLE01: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: On September 27, Minister of Foreign Affairs Fawzi Salloukh met with Ambassador and Poloff to discuss the recent Lebanese meetings in the U.S. The Minister was in good spirits. He expressed his overall satisfaction with the reception he received in the U.S., including a side v [...] |
2005-09-27 15:09:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY UNGA |
| 05BEIRUT3155 |
MGLE1 MURR POINTS FINGER AT SYRIA AND REVEALS [...] (C) Summary: At least until the 7/12 assassination attempt against him, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Elias Murr was always seen locally as an insider's insider during the Syrian occupation. His credentials seemed perfect: son-in-law of President Lahoud, son of a prominent [...] |
2005-09-28 15:44:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KPAL LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
| 05BEIRUT3291 |
MGLE01: JUMBLATT'S STRAIGHT TALK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador on the afternoon of October 6, Druse leader Walid Jumblatt flatly stated his belief that the assassination of Rafiq Hariri, and the series of bombings committed since then, were the work of the Syrian regime, specifically Bashar Assad. His colle [...] |
2005-10-06 16:20:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE KPAL PGOV PREL PTER SY |
| 05BEIRUT3341 |
MGLE01: A/S WELCH MEETING WITH LEBANESE FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: On October 12, NEA A/S Welch, accompanied by Ambassador and PolChief (notetaker), met with Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh at the Office of the Foreign Minister in Beirut. With respect to the UN Mehlis investigation into the murder of Rafiq Hariri, Salloukh said the G [...] |
2005-10-13 08:49:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KPAL SY LE IS |
| 05BEIRUT3498 |
MGLE01: FM SALLOUKH DISCUSSES MEHLIS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh was enthusiastic in his support of the Mehlis report findings, but was reluctant to send a Lebanese representative to next Monday's planned UNSC meeting of foreign ministers. He considers this meeting strictly an affair between Syria and the Sec [...] |
2005-10-26 16:53:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
| 05BEIRUT3658 |
MGLE01: FURY IN BEIRUT AT BASHAR AL-ASAD'S [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: The full range of Lebanon's political spectrum has reacted angrily to Syrian President Bashar al-Asad's November 10 speech at Damascus University. Our contacts find the speech confrontational, threatening, and insulting. Most take special note of Asad's descr [...] |
2005-11-10 17:07:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER LE SY |
| 05BEIRUT3670 |
MGLE01: DEFENSE MINISTER MURR SAYS ARMY UNABLE TO [...] (S) In a November 8 meeting with NEA DAS Elizabeth Dibble, the Ambassador, the defense attache, and econoff, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr said that he is trying to transform the Lebanese military after 15 years of Syrian direction. He wanted to change the "Syrian me [...] |
2005-11-14 08:51:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | KPAL MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PGOV PTER SY LE |
| 05BEIRUT3818 |
MGLE01: SPEAKER BERRI HALF-HEARTEDLY DEFENDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Speaker Nabih Berri tried to explain Hizballah's November 21 attack on an Israeli position in the Blue Line village of Ghajjar as merely a response to Israeli military activity earlier in the month. Yet Berri indicated he understood that Hizballah's aggression in Ghajjar, and i [...] |
2005-11-29 08:45:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
| 05BEIRUT523 |
NABIH BERRI AUDITIONS FOR ROLE AS RECONCILIATOR [...] (C) Add Lebanese Parliamentary Speaker Nabih Berri to the list of prominent Lebanese who seem genuinely shocked by Rafiq Hariri's murder a week ago. In a 2/21 meeting with the Ambassador that was free of his usual polemics and bombast, Berri vowed to play a moderating role on two fronts. Fi [...] |
2005-02-21 13:22:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER LE SY |
| 05BEIRUT541 |
OPPOSITION A ROLL: FORCE CABINET TO QUIT, GET [...] (C) Chattering away at a 2/21 dinner hosted by Boutros Harb, leading members of the Christian opposition and Walid Jumblatt's bloc were visibly buoyed by what they saw as three victories earlier that day: the largest anti-Syrian demonstration in Lebanon's history, Parliament Speaker Nabih B [...] |
2005-02-22 15:47:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PGOV LE SY |
| 05BEIRUT654 |
Lebanon Biographies of Potential Prime Ministers [...] Followig are biographies of potential candidates to repace Prime Minister Omar Karami who resigned on Febuary 28, 2005. According to the 1943 National Pat and the 1989 Taif Accord, Lebanon's Prime Miniter must be a Sunni Muslim. Several names of poential candidates are being discussed i [...] |
2005-03-03 11:37:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR ECON LE |
| 05BEIRUT767 |
MGLE01: PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER BERRI SEES SYRIANS [...] (C) Nabih Berri, Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies and leader of the Shia Amal Movement, assured the Ambassador that Syrian forces would redeploy to the Biqa' Valley in short order and complete their withdrawal to Syria within months. Looking on the bright side, Berri claimed that Syria's de [...] |
2005-03-09 16:43:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PTER SY LE |
| 05BRASILIA944 |
LEBANON: SUPPORT FOR UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION [...] (C) Pol Counselor delivered reftel demarche points to Foreign Ministry UN Division Chief Glivania de Oliveira late on 5 April. Pol Counselor emphasized that the authorities outlined in OP3 of the French draft resolution are seen by the USG and others as necessary for an effective investigat [...] |
2005-04-06 16:42:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE SY UNSC |
| 05BRUSSELS1147 |
RESULTS OF MARCH 16 EU FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEETING [...] (SBU) In addition to postponing Croatia's accession talks (septel), EU FMs at the March 16 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) also noted positive developments in the Middle East and issued conclusions on Lebanon calling for Syria to withdraw all troops and intelligence servi [...] |
2005-03-18 16:09:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EAID ETRD LE IR SU ES IN RU ICC EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05BRUSSELS1593 |
COMMISSION AND COUNCIL EXPECT SHORT GAERC MEETING [...] (U) A shorter than normal GAERC on April 25 is unlikely to take any significant decisions on external relations topics. On the Middle East, the GAERC is exepcted to issue Conclusions on the MEPP, Iraq and Lebanon. Africa discussion will focus on the Great Lakes, with any new decisions on Zimb [...] |
2005-04-22 10:29:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KPAL IZ LE ZI CG SU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05BRUSSELS1641 |
APRIL 25 GAERC: EU FMS DISCUSS MIDDLE EAST, [...] (SBU) EU FMs' April 25 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting went much as expected (REF A), with discussion moving briskly through the day's agenda prior to FMs leaving to attend the signing ceremony for the EU Accession Treaty of Romania and Bulgaria (REF B). The EU [...] |
2005-04-26 15:05:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID LE IZ IS ZF ZI RU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05BRUSSELS2455 |
ASSISTANT SECRETARY WELCH AND FRENCH DIRECTOR [...] (S) SUMMARY: During a June 21 meeting in Brussels, NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and French MFA Middle East/North Africa Director Jean-Francois Thibault welcomed the excellent U.S.-France cooperation on Lebanon and agreed that close coordination would remain critical as the new governmen [...] |
2005-06-27 14:20:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | PREL PTER SY XF LE FR USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05BRUSSELS2735 |
GAERC: EU FMs ASK SYRIA TO PROMOTE REGIONAL [...] EU FM's in the July 18 GAERC urged Israel to exercise maximum self-restraint and the Palestinian Authority to take immediate and effective action against those involved in terrorist attacks. They called on Syria to take action to promote regional stability, including by supporting the legiti [...] |
2005-07-19 14:07:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SY LE IS IR IZ UZ ZI ID SU CH ZK EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05BRUSSELS691 |
EU RESPONSE ON ASSASSINATION OF FORMER LEBANESE PM [...] No summary [...] |
2005-02-17 10:09:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV SY LE EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05BUCHAREST1518 |
VISAS VIPER: JUNE 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] (U) Visas Viper 2. (U) Embassy Bucharest's Visas Viper Committee met on 28 June 2005. Consul General Bryan Dalton chaired the meeting. No new names were submitted to the committee at the meeting. Since May,s Visas Viper Report (Ref B), post submitted no additional names for consideration b [...] |
2005-07-08 13:25:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | ASEC CMGT CVIS KVPR LE PINR PTER RO KANSOU TALAL MOHAMAD |
| 05CAIRO2552 |
MESSAGE ON KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON SYRIA: [...] (C) The Charge spoke separately on April 2 with Presidential Spokesman Soliman Awad and MFA Chief of Staff Sameh Shukry to request the Government of Egypt to reinforce with the Syrian leadership the importance of timely parliamentary elections in Lebanon and of Syria's providing a timetable f [...] |
2005-04-03 14:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS EG SY LE |
| 05CAIRO3175 |
GOE TRACKING SYRIAN MOVES IN LEBANON; NOTES OUR [...] (C) The Charge delivered reftel demarche to Presidential Spokesman Soliman Awad April 28. Before hearing the demarche, Awad noted that the just-concluded visit of Russian President Putin had been very successful. Turning to Lebanon, the Charge drew from reftel talking points to stress the i [...] |
2005-04-28 15:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO EG LE SY |
| 05CAIRO5245 |
EGYPTIAN JOURNALISTS SUCCESSFULLY COVER LEBANESE [...] (SBU) Summary: In anticipation of Egypt's presidential and parliamentary elections later this year, post funded the travel of seven Egyptian TV and print journalists to cover Lebanon's June parliamentary elections. The traveling journalists focused their reporting on Lebanon's religious di [...] |
2005-07-11 08:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPAO LE EG |
| 05CAIRO5521 |
DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY 14, 2005 MEETING [...] (U) Date, time and place: July 14, 2005, 11:45 a.m., Alexandria, Egypt. 2. (U) Participants: U.S.: ----- The Deputy Secretary Charge Michael Corbin NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney Deputy Spokesman Adam Ereli D Executive Assistant Ross Wilson Embassy notetaker Egypt: ------ Presiden [...] |
2005-07-19 14:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL OVIP EG IS IZ LE SU |
| 05CAIRO5544 |
DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY 13, 2005 MEETING [...] (U) July 13, 2005; 12:30 p.m.; Cairo, Egypt. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Charge Michael Corbin NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney Deputy Spokesman Adam Ereli D Executive Assistant Ross Wilson ORA Chief Embassy notetaker Egypt ----- Egyptian General Intelligenc [...] |
2005-07-20 12:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP KPAL SY LE IS IZ EG |
| 05CAIRO5746 |
EGYPT AND ARAB LEAGUE PRIVATELY PRESSING SYRIA TO [...] (C) The Charge raised the issues of Syria's blockade of Lebanon's border and prevention of terrorist transit to Iraq (refs A and B) July 26 with Presidential Spokesman and Senior Advisor Soliman Awad. Awad said that the GOE took the respective issues seriously and said that President Mubarak [...] |
2005-07-26 17:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EG SY LE |
| 05CAIRO6435 |
PRESSURING SYRIA TO NORMALIZE THE SYRIAN-LEBANESE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-22 11:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ETRD ECON EG SY LE |
| 05CAIRO6913 |
ISOLATING SYRIA AT THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: EGYPT [...] (S) During their September 4 introductory meeting, the Ambassador and Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit touched on Syria. The Ambassador sought Egyptian support to press Damascus and Lebanon to follow through with UNSCR 1559 implementation, removing all Syrian operatives from Lebanon, ending Syria [...] |
2005-09-06 17:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV ECON PTER EG SY LE UNSC UNGA |
| 05CAIRO8136 |
SYRIA/LEBANON: EGYPT "STILL STUDYING" MEHLIS [...] (SBU) Senior Egyptian Presidency and MFA officials have so far offered minimal reaction to the Report of the International Independent Investigation Commission Established Pursuant to UNSCR 1595, otherwise known as the "Mehlis Report." Presidential Spokesman Soliman Awad told the DCM during [...] |
2005-10-23 14:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER EG SY LE MEPN UNSC |
| 05CAIRO8244 |
ARAB LEAGUE SYG MOUSSA ON IRAQ VISIT AND SECURITY [...] (C) During an October 26 meeting with the Ambassador, the Arab League's Moussa briefed on his recent trip to Iraq and described planning for a preparatory meeting in Cairo in mid-to-late November. Moussa intends to invite (plus or minus) 50 Iraqis from all politically significant groups to th [...] |
2005-10-27 07:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EG IZ SY LE |
| 05CAIRO8269 |
EGYPT STILL STUDYING PROPOSED UNSC RESOLUTION ON [...] (C) In advance of the Ambassador's meeting with FM Aboul Gheit (scheduled for October 27 but postponed by the FM until October 29) ECPO MinCouns delivered Ref A demarche to the MFA's Assistant Minister for American Affairs Aly Houssam Al Hefny on October 27. Drawing on Refs A and B, MinCouns [...] |
2005-10-27 13:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IO LE SY EG |
| 05CAIRO8617 |
ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY GENERAL MOUSSA COMMENTS ON [...] (C) During a November 15 meeting, Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa told the Ambassador of his latest discussions with Syrian President Asad. Moussa said that when he saw Asad before his recent speech, Asad pledged: full cooperation with Mehlis; that he would tell any high official [...] |
2005-11-15 18:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SY LE EG UNSC |
| 05CAIRO8933 |
EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, NOVEMBER 13-20: IRAQI [...] In contrast to the Egyptian media's previous distancing itself from coverage of Iraqi developments, this week's Arab League-organized Iraqi reconciliation conference received remarkably thorough coverage. Pro-government papers endorsed the conference warmly, while independent papers treated i [...] |
2005-11-29 12:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KPAO IS IZ LE EG |
| 05CAIRO9134 |
MUBARAK REBUFFS DECEMBER 6 AL SHARA'A PLEAS [...] (C) President Mubarak met with Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al Shara'a in Cairo on December 6. Presidential Advisor Soliman Awad gave the DCM a readout of the meeting on December 7. Awad said that Al Shara'a asked Mubarak to mediate for Syria with Chirac and the President and to recruit [...] |
2005-12-07 17:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SY LE EG |
| 05CAIRO9254 |
EGYPTIAN AND ARAB LEAGUE REACTION TO MURDER OF [...] (C) Post conveyed reftel demarche December 13 to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Arab League, calling for prompt condemnations of the December 12 murder of Lebanese politician Gibran Tueni and strong support to the Government of Lebanon. MFA Cabinet staff member Amr Sherbiny welcomed [...] |
2005-12-13 12:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EG SY LE |
| 05CAIRO9313 |
SYRIA/LEBANON: EGYPT CONSIDERING IMPLICATIONS OF [...] (C) The Charge delivered reftel demarche to Presidential Spokesman Soliman Awad December 15, sharing the draft UN Security Council resolution on the Hariri murder investigation and calling for a strong Egyptian role in supporting Lebanon's request for an expanded/extended mandate for the UN I [...] |
2005-12-15 15:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EG LE SY UNSC |
| 05CAIRO9468 |
SYRIA/LEBANON: ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY GENERAL [...] (S) During a December 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Arab League Secretary General Moussa discussed recent Arab League and GOE interactions with Syrian and Lebanese leaders. Clearly working hand-in-hand with the GOE, Moussa said that AL and GOE aim to calm tensions between Damascus and Beiru [...] |
2005-12-22 15:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL EG LE SY UNSC |
| 05CAIRO9582 |
EGYPTIANS CONCERNED BY ESCALATION OF VIOLENCE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-29 16:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS EG LE SY |
| 05DAMASCUS6444 |
TUENI ASSASSINATION PROVOKES SHOCK, DENIAL, AND A [...] (C) Summary: SARG officials condemned the December 12 assassination in Beirut of an-Nahar publisher Gibran Tueni, calling it an act of terrorism and insisting that enemies of Lebanon and Syria had committed the crime to further destabilize Lebanon and to worsen Syria's international position [...] |
2005-12-12 15:25:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY LE |
| 05DARESSALAAM688 |
Lebanon: Tanzanian Support for UN Security [...] (C) On April 6, Poloff delivered the demarche on the UNSC Resolution on Lebanon to Mr. Vitalis Njiku, head of the UNSC Office at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Njiku indicated that Tanzania supported investigation of the Hariri assassination in principle, but that the Tanzanian delegati [...] |
2005-04-06 13:27:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE SY TZ UNSC |
| 05DOHA1779 |
QATARIS SEE TRUTH IN MEHLIS REPORT BUT ARE CAUTIOUS [...] (C) Summary. Qataris and resident non-Qatari Arabs (largely Palestinians, Jordanians, and Egyptians) are generally of the view that the Mehlis report on the Hariri assassination is credible but should not be used as a justification to use force against Syria. Qataris and non-Qatari Arabs hold [...] |
2005-10-24 13:37:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SY LE QA |
| 05HELSINKI202 |
FINLAND'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON EU DESIGNATION [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel demarche February 14 to Jarno Syrjala, MFA's "regional director" for Lebanon, Syria, Israel, and the Palestinian Authority in its Middle East Unit, and to Juha Rainne of the Unit for Public International Law. On the same day, Ambassador met with Israel Ambassador [...] |
2005-02-16 14:21:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETTC EFIN XF LE FI EUN EU GAERC |
| 05HELSINKI287 |
FINLAND ON SYRIA'S PRESENCE IN LEBANON [...] (U) In a March 6 interview with local television, Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja said that withdrawal of Syrian troops to the Biqa' is insufficient. Tuomioja stressed that Syrian troops must move to the Syrian side of the border, and added the following: "It is not a question of a [...] |
2005-03-07 14:27:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS SY LE FI |
| 05HELSINKI321 |
FINLAND: VIEWS ON MARCH GAERC ISSUES [...] (U) On March 15 we met with Finnish MFA Acting European Correspondent Leena Aalto to review issues on the agenda for the March 16 GAERC, and to reinforce USG concern over the future of the EU's China arms embargo. Following are Finnish views, by subject: 2. (C) Croatia: Aalto said that "fr [...] |
2005-03-15 15:17:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM XF CH HR LE RS FI EUN EU GAERC |
| 05HELSINKI475 |
APRIL 25-26 GAERC: FINLAND'S RESPONSE [...] (C) On April 22 we met with Jarno Syrjala, Finnish MFA's new European Correspondent, to review the agenda for the April GAERC meeting (Reftel). Finnish views follow, by subject. See below for bio information on Syrjala, who has just taken over this position. 2. (C) Iraq: Syrjala said he e [...] |
2005-04-25 14:54:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EAIR XF IZ SU LE CG ZI RS FI EUN EU GAERC |
| 05KATHMANDU2655 |
FINCEN 314(A) NOTICE ON SYRIA AND THE MEHLIS [...] (S) Post shared with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Secretary Nabin Bahadur Shrestha reftel's talking points and SIPDIS urged His Majesty's Government of Nepal to issue an advisory to Nepal's financial institutions regarding the concerned Syrian and Lebanese officials. Shrestha commente [...] |
2005-11-30 10:25:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | KTFN PTER LE SY NP |
| 05KINGSTON2711 |
FINCEN 314(A) NOTICE ON SYRIA AND THE MEHLIS REPORT [...] On December 12, Emboff delivered reftel talking points to Angella Brown, Deputy Director, International Organizations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). By phone on December 13, Brown told Emboff that the MFAFT will distribute the names to the Counter-Terrorism [...] |
2005-12-16 12:27:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN PTER LE SY JM |
| 05KUWAIT3730 |
KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PRESSURING SYRIA TO [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-21 08:08:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL SY LE KU |
| 05KUWAIT3903 |
KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ISOLATING SYRIA AT THE [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche August 30 in a meeting with Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah. He urged Kuwait to avoid playing into Syrian attempts to burnish its image at the UNGA, absent progress on key issues of regional stability. Shaykh Dr. Moha [...] |
2005-08-30 14:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD SY LE KU UNGA UN |
| 05KUWAIT4960 |
DEMARCHE POINTS DELIVERED--FINCEN 314 (A) NOTICE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-30 10:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN PTER LE SY KU |
| 05KUWAIT4981 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED--FINCEN 314 (A) NOTICE ON SYRIA [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-04 04:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN PTER LE SY KU |
| 05KUWAIT5052 |
DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON ASG AND BANCO DELTA ASIA; [...] (SBU) On December 6, Econcouns, accompanied by Econoff, delivered reftels B-D demarche points (verbally and through non-papers) to Khaled Al-Mughamis, Director of the MFA's Follow-up and Coordination Department responsible for terrorism finance and anti-money laundering issues. 2. (SBU) Wi [...] |
2005-12-08 07:42:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN KJUS KNNP PTER PREL KN LE SY |
| 05KUWAIT5053 |
DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON ASG AND BANCO DELTA ASIA; [...] (SBU) On December 6, Econcouns, accompanied by Econoff, delivered reftels B-D demarche points (verbally and through non-papers) to Khaled Al-Mughamis, Director of the MFA's Follow-up and Coordination Department responsible for terrorism finance and anti-money laundering issues. 2. (SBU) Wi [...] |
2005-12-08 07:42:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN KJUS KNNP PTER PREL KN LE SY |
| 05KUWAIT5128 |
TUENI ASSASSINATION DEMARCHE DELIVERED FM SAYS [...] (C) Summary: During a December 14 meeting, the Ambassador shared with Kuwait FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed U.S. views on the assassination of Gebran Tueni and encouraged the GOK to publicly condemn the murder. The FM responded that the situation in Lebanon was quite serious and said the GOK's pri [...] |
2005-12-14 12:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV LE SY KU |
| 05KUWAIT768 |
"SYRIAL KILLERS:" MARCHERS IN KUWAIT PROTEST [...] A crowd of 100-200 peaceful protesters chanted anti-Syrian slogans, waved Lebanese flags and carried pictures of the late Rafiq Hariri near the Embassy of Lebanon in Kuwait on February 21, coinciding with a protest through the streets of downtown Beirut. This was the second such rally in Kuwait [...] |
2005-02-21 13:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KU LE PDEM |
| 05KUWAIT929 |
MGLE01: DEMARCHE TO KUWAIT ON SYRIAN WITHDRAWAL [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on March 6 to MFA U/S Khalid Jarallah who was joined by the Foreign Minister's office director, Shaykh Ahmad Nasser Al-Sabah. (Foreign Minister was occupied in a cabinet meeting.) Jarallah made no comment on the U.S. talking points but indicated conce [...] |
2005-03-07 03:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU LE |
| 05KUWAIT991 |
KUWAITI MP SAYS WOMEN WILL VOTE, ARTICLE 98 TO [...] (C) Summary: Kuwaiti MP Mohammed Jassem Al-Sagr, chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, expressed his tempered optimism that the National Assembly will approve the GOK's bill allowing women's suffrage. He added, however, that the GOK is nervous to pressure undecided MPs. Al-Sagr also predicte [...] |
2005-03-09 13:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWMN PARM LE KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY |
| 05LJUBLJANA151 |
SLOVENIA ON SYRIAN WITHDRAWAL [...] (C) On 7 March, DCM and Econoff delivered reftel talking points to Jasna Gersak, head of the MFA's division for Asian, African, Australian and Oceanian Affairs. Gersak is a close, high-ranking contact of Mission and until recently was DCM at the Slovenian Embassy in Washington. Stating that S [...] |
2005-03-07 11:04:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE SI SYSI |
| 05MADRID1000 |
SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF MARCH 16 FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloff discussed the China arms embargo, Croatia, Human Rights in Belarus and Cuba, the Middle East Peace Process, Hamas, Lebanon, Sudan, Moldova, and Georgia with the MFA's Head of EU Policy Planning Enrique Mora Benavente on March 10 and March 14. Spain's position regarding [...] |
2005-03-15 17:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL PTER HR CH LE KPAL SU RS GG SP EUN |
| 05MADRID1577 |
SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF APRIL 25 FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff discussed Iraq, the Middle East Peace Process, Lebanon, Sudan, Zimbabwe, and the Great Lakes with Carlos Fernandez-Arias, MFA EU Policy Coordinator (and Special Assistant to MFA Political Director Dezcallar) on April 21. Fernandez-Arias did not expect detailed discussion [...] |
2005-04-22 14:35:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAL IZ LE ZI SU SP EUN CGEN |
| 05MADRID1578 |
SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF APRIL 25 FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff discussed Iraq, the Middle East Peace Process, Lebanon, Sudan, Zimbabwe, and the Great Lakes with Carlos Fernandez-Arias, MFA EU Policy Coordinator (and Special Assistant to MFA Political Director Dezcallar) on April 21. Fernandez-Arias did not expect detailed discussion [...] |
2005-04-22 14:54:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IZ LE ZI SU SP EUN CGEN |
| 05MADRID1683 |
SPAIN: DEMARCHE ON SUSTAINING PRESSURE ON SYRIA [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-29 13:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPAO LE SY SP PRLE |
| 05MADRID643 |
SPAIN OPPOSES LISTING OF HIZBALLAH [...] (C) Charge relayed ref A points to National Security Advisor Carles Casajuana on 2/14, emphasizing the importance the USG placed on pressuring Hizballah to end its terrorist activities. Poloff followed up later in the day with MFA Sub Director General for the Near East (DAS equivalent) Alberto [...] |
2005-02-17 16:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL LE SP |
| 05MANAMA251 |
GENERAL ABIZAID DISCUSSES IRAQ, IRAN, TERRORISM [...] (C) CENTCOM Commander General Abizaid discussed with Crown Prince Salman and Defense Minister Shaikh Khalifa in separate meetings February 16 the situation in Iraq following the elections; Iran and its nuclear program; Lebanon and Syria; the threat of terrorism in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Ku [...] |
2005-02-23 15:27:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL ASEC PTER BA IZ IR LE SY |
| 05MANAMA28 |
BAHRAIN: PLACEMENT OF AL MANAR ON USG TERRORIST [...] No summary [...] |
2005-01-05 11:05:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER EFIN BA LE |
| 05MANAMA319 |
MGLE01: AL-ASAD TO BAHRAIN KING ON WITHDRAWAL: I [...] (C) The Ambassador, during a March 6 meeting with King Hamad, delivered reftel talking points, stressing our view that Syrian President Al-Asad's announcement on withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon was insufficient and that the international community must make it clear that a complete an [...] |
2005-03-06 14:33:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL BA SY LE |
| 05MANAMA341 |
MGLE01: FOREIGN MINISTER ON SYRIAN WITHDRAWAL [...] (C) The Ambassador, noting that he had spoken with King Hamad about the same issue (Ref A), delivered Ref B demarche March 7 concerning the need for a Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon to Foreign Minister/Deputy Prime Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa. Shaikh Mohammed said the rea [...] |
2005-03-08 13:48:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BA SY LE |
| 05MUSCAT258 |
OMAN CONDEMNS HARIRI ASSASSINATION [...] (SBU) The Foreign Ministry quickly issued a statement on February 14 that condemned the murder of former Lebanese PM Rafiq Hariri, mourned his loss and expressed confidence that the crime would not undermine Lebanon's stability. MFA contacts were loath to point fingers of blame, but expressed [...] |
2005-02-16 03:36:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE MU |
| 05MUSCAT364 |
OMAN PRESSURES SARG ON LEBANON WITHDRAWAL [...] (C) Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi convoked the Ambassador on February 28, just prior to departing for the March 1 London Conference on Palestine, to recount the steps he had taken to encourage Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon. He said that Egypt had sought his help to [...] |
2005-03-02 09:54:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE EG MU |
| 05MUSCAT456 |
MESSAGE TO THE ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) With the minister out of the country, the Ambassador spoke on March 15 with Foreign Ministry Under Secretary Sayyid Badr bin Hamed al-Busaidi to convey the USG concerns per ref A. Regarding Syria/Lebanon, Sayyid Badr reiterated Oman's support of the USG position, as expressed by Minister [...] |
2005-03-15 12:00:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE IS IZ MU |
| 05OTTAWA3760 |
CANADA SUPPORTS BLUE LINE PEACE BUT HAS LITTLE [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel to Peter McRae, Director of the Middle East Division at Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC) on 29 December 2005. 2. (C) McRae agreed with the American position of encouraging Syria and Iran to end their support for rejectionist groups in southern Lebanon as well as t [...] |
2005-12-29 20:23:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LE IS SY CA |
| 05PARIS1041 |
STOCKTAKING WITH FRENCH PRESIDENCY DIPLOMATIC [...] (C) Summary: DCM spoke with President Chirac's Diplomatic Advisor Maurice Gourdault-Montagne (MGM) February 17 to review French position on key issues in advance of President Bush's February 21 meeting with President Chirac and the subsequent meetings with NATO and EU leaders. Gourdault-Monta [...] |
2005-02-17 18:43:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR SY IR LE NATO |
| 05PARIS1268 |
ELYSEE ON POSSIBLE THREAT TO LEBANESE OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Middle East Advisor Dominique Boche summoned us February 28 to pass on urgent, unverified threat information that possible sniper attacks might take place at the planned Lebanese opposition demonstration today in Beirut's Martyr's square. The targets of the possible [...] |
2005-02-28 17:49:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE SY FR |
| 05PARIS1393 |
GOF WELCOMES POSTPONEMENT OF ASAD VISIT TO VIENNA [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-03 13:44:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | AU SY PREL ECIN LE FR |
| 05PARIS1401 |
FRENCH HOSTAGE VIDEO RAISES SPECULATION ON A [...] (SBU) The March 1 release of a videotape showing missing French journalist Florence Aubenas pleading for assistance from a pro-Syrian French MP has plunged the GoF into its second Iraq hostage crisis in recent months and sparked widespread French press speculation of a Syria hand in Aubenas' k [...] |
2005-03-03 17:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ FR SY LE |
| 05PARIS1484 |
GOF SUPPORTS U.S. LINE ON FULL, IMMEDIATE SYRIAN [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials stressed agreement with U.S. views on seeking full and immediate Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon, but voiced caution on Hizballah. We note that French public statements on Syrian withdrawal hedge slightly on the question of full withdrawal before elections and the Fr [...] |
2005-03-07 18:06:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE FR |
| 05PARIS1667 |
FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER VEDRINE ON "DECISIVE YEAR" [...] (C) Summary: Former Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine told Ambassador Leach March 11 that Europe was beginning to ask itself whether the Bush Administration's pursuit of democracy and reform in the Arab world and elsewhere might be bearing fruit. Elections in Iraq and the Palestinian territories, [...] |
2005-03-14 11:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM KWBG IS SY LE IZ IR FR EUN |
| 05PARIS1727 |
FRENCH RESPONSE ON MARCH 16 GAERC DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-15 16:12:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL PTER HR CH LE KPAL RS GG FR SY EUN |
| 05PARIS1765 |
FRENCH OFFICIALS ON LARSEN VISIT, LEBANON NEXT [...] (S) Summary: MFA and Elysee officials are stressing the need for continued insistence on a full Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon before elections, in the wake of UN Special Envoy Larsen's meetings in Beirut and Aleppo. The GoF views a four to six-month Syrian withdrawal as too long. According [...] |
2005-03-16 18:41:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL SY LE PTER FR UNSC |
| 05PARIS1802 |
DAS CARPENTER'S MARCH 9 CONSULTATIONS WITH SENIOR [...] (C) Summary and comment: During March 9 discussions with visiting NEA DAS Scott Carpenter, senior French officials expressed full GoF support for U.S. objectives on reform in the Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA), but stressed their continued desire to keep our messages separate and [...] |
2005-03-17 16:47:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PHUM KMPI LE IZ SY EG KPAL FR |
| 05PARIS2162 |
(C) GENERAL AOUN ON LEBANON DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Summary and comment: At the Department's recommendation (reftel), DCM met with former Lebanese Armed Forces Commander General Michel Aoun at the latter's request March 29. Throughout the hour-long discussion, Aoun stressed his status as the most long-standing opponent of Syria's occupatio [...] |
2005-03-31 14:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE PTER FR |
| 05PARIS2305 |
SENIOR FRENCH OFFICIALS DISCUSS LEBANON NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary and comment: Presidential Middle East Advisor Dominique Boche stressed strong French support for holding Lebanon's elections on time and expressed concern over Syrian/loyalist delay tactics during discussions with visiting NEA DAS Carpenter April 5. The MFA issued a tough statem [...] |
2005-04-06 16:23:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE FR |
| 05PARIS2391 |
APRIL 5 KHATAMI VISIT TO FRANCE [...] (C) Summary: French officials described President Chirac's April 5 discussion with Iranian President Khatami as cordial and focused largely on Lebanon, the Israeli-Palestinian question, and, to a lesser extent, the nuclear issue, which was the main topic of the FM Barnier-FM Kharrazi discussion [...] |
2005-04-08 15:10:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR SY LE MNUC PARM FR |
| 05PARIS2394 |
APRIL 7 LARSEN MEETINGS WITH FRENCH OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary: French Elysee and MFA officials reported that UN Envoy Larsen, during April 7 meetings in Paris, emphasized the absolute centrality of holding Lebanon's elections on schedule, for which he proposed creation of a 10-12 member committee composed equally of opposition and loyalists to [...] |
2005-04-08 15:18:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE FR UNSC |
| 05PARIS248 |
ELYSEE MIDDLE EAST ADVISOR ON UNIFIL RENEWAL, [...] (C) Summary and comment: The Elysee appears solidly behind the MFA in opposing a preambular reference to UNSCR 1559 in the UNIFIL renewal resolution, though it suggests greater flexibility than the MFA on asking DPKO to review UNIFIL's force structure (ref b). During a January 12 meeting, Pre [...] |
2005-01-13 15:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE SY PTER PINR FR UNSC |
| 05PARIS2631 |
ELYSEE CAUTIOUS BUT ENCOURAGED ON MIKATI [...] (C) Presidential Advisor on the Middle East Dominique Boche expressed cautious optimism on the appointment of Najib Mikati as Lebanese PM-designate, during a discussion with poloff April 18. On the one hand, Boche conceded that Mikati's background and ties to Syrian President Bashar al-Asad w [...] |
2005-04-18 16:42:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER LE SY FR |
| 05PARIS2660 |
SAUDI CROWN PRINCE VISIT FOCUSES ON LEBANON, CLOSE [...] (C) Summary and comment: GoF contacts report that Lebanon and Syria were the main topics of Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah's recent meetings with President Chirac, with both sides agreeing on the need for full Syrian withdrawal, rapid formation of a Lebanese government and holding of free and fai [...] |
2005-04-19 17:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SA SY LE ECON PARM FR |
| 05PARIS2944 |
APRIL 29 BARNIER-AOUN MEETING [...] (U) This message contains an action request for Washington in para 5. 2. (C) During an April 29 meeting with visiting NEA DAS Elizabeth Dibble, MFA A/S-equivalent for North Africa/Middle East Jean-Francois Thibault offered a brief readout of FM Barnier's meeting earlier that day with former [...] |
2005-04-29 18:29:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE FR |
| 05PARIS2946 |
GOF AGREES ON NEED SUSTAIN PRESSURE ON SYRIA, WITH [...] (C) Summary: Senior MFA and Elysee officials described the GoF as fully agreeing with our message on sustaining pressure on Syria (reftel), except for two points: the timing of Hizballah disarmament, with France favoring a gradual approach, and EU designation of Hizballah, which France continu [...] |
2005-04-29 19:07:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE PTER FR |
| 05PARIS3053 |
CHARGE CAUTIONS LEBANESE GENERAL AOUN AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with former Lebanese armed forces commanding General Michel Aoun in Paris May 4, three days before Aoun's scheduled return to Lebanon May 7, Charge cautioned Aoun on the need to maintain Lebanese opposition unity and to do nothing to delay the conduct of May 29 elect [...] |
2005-05-04 18:05:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE FR |
| 05PARIS3235 |
LEBANON: FRENCH VIEWS ON POLITICAL SITUATION [...] (C) MFA Political Director Stanislas de Laboulaye provided Charge with French views on the situation in Lebanon during a May 11 meeting on NATO's role in Darfur (septel). Laboulaye reaffirmed that the GoF would have preferred that General Aoun had stayed in Paris, and that FM Barnier had urged [...] |
2005-05-12 11:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LE FR |
| 05PARIS3486 |
PRELIMINARY FRENCH REACTION TO U.S. VIEWS ON [...] (C) Summary: In preliminary comments on the U.S. nonpaper on an international framework of support for Lebanon (reftel), Presidential Middle East Advisor Dominique Boche confirmed GoF support for an international meeting on Lebanon but cautioned that we should remain discreet in preparations t [...] |
2005-05-20 15:24:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE FR |
| 05PARIS4095 |
FRENCH ON JUNE 13 GAERC [...] (C) Poloff spoke with MFA Common Foreign and Security Policy deputy chief Pascal LeDeunff on June 6 about the upcoming GAERC, and followed up with reftel (A) points on June 7 and reftel (D) points on June 10. Reftel B notes that the French continue to oppose reimposing measures against the Cu [...] |
2005-06-10 15:32:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CM IR IZ LE YI PARM FR EUN |
| 05PARIS4106 |
STAFFDEL TALWAR DISCUSSES LEBANON/SYRIA, [...] (C) Summary: Visiting SFRC Professional Staff Member Puneet Talwar met separately with MFA NEA A/S-equivalent Jean Francois-Thibault and Presidential Middle East/Americas advisor Dominique Boche June 3 and discussed Lebanon/Syria, EU-3 negotiations with Iran, and Iraq. Thibault expressed con [...] |
2005-06-10 17:29:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XF IZ IR LE FR |
| 05PARIS4751 |
PDAS CHENEY MEETS WITH MFA'S A/S-EQUIVALENT [...] (C) Summary: NEA PDAS Liz Cheney met July 1 with Jean-Francois Thibault, the MFA's A/S-equivalent for the Middle East, and focused on Lebanon while also briefly touching on Iran. The two agreed that July 25 and 26 should be the next dates for a Core Group meeting in Beirut. They also agreed [...] |
2005-07-07 15:48:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE SY EAID PTER MOPS FR |
| 05PARIS4920 |
FRENCH RESPONSE ON JULY 18 GAERC [...] (U) We delivered reftel points on July 6 to Caroline Ferrari, sous-directeur for EU External Relations, and Jean-Louis Falconi, Chief of the MFA's CFSP unit. We discussed the points with Ferrari on July 8 and with Falconi on July 15. Turkey ------ 2. (C) Ferrari noted that she expecte [...] |
2005-07-15 16:57:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL IR LE SY TU UZ FR UN |
| 05PARIS5113 |
GOF FULLY SUPPORTS OUR APPROACH ON SYRIAN-LEBANESE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-22 16:27:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE ECON ETRD FR |
| 05PARIS6076 |
EUR A/S FRIED DISCUSSES MIDDLE EAST ISSUES WITH [...] (C) Summary and comment: EUR A/S Fried discussed U.S. BMENA strategy, Syria/Lebanon, and Israeli-Palestinian issues with senior French MFA and Presidency officials September 1-2. MFA NEA A/S-equivalent Thibault concurred that both the November Forum for the Future and Barcelona Summit need to [...] |
2005-09-08 08:01:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XF SY LE KMPI KDEM IS KPAL KPAO FR |
| 05PARIS651 |
GOF WELCOMES MARONITE PATRIARCH VISIT TO PARIS; [...] (C) Summary: The GoF continued high-profile outreach to Lebanon's opposition with the January 28-29 visit to Paris of Maronite Patriarch Sfeir, who met with President Chirac and FM Barnier and had a historic, private meeting with Paris-based Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun. Chirac s [...] |
2005-02-02 13:45:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE SY FR UNSC |
| 05PARIS6580 |
MFA AND ELYSEE UPBEAT ON CORE GROUP MINISTERIAL, [...] (C) Summary and comment: Elysee and MFA officials described the September 19 Lebanon Core Group ministerial as a success, and expressed relief that consideration of a draft UNSCR on arms transfers to Lebanon had been dropped from the agenda. Gof officials expressed similar satisfaction that m [...] |
2005-09-26 16:03:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE SY PTER FR UNSC |
| 05PARIS6933 |
HIZBALLAH MP APPEALS FRENCH AL-MANAR BAN; MEETS [...] (C) Summary: In the coming weeks, the Conseil d'Etat, France's highest administrative court, will release a decision on Hizballah satellite television station al-Manar's appeal of its 2004 ban from broadcasting into France. Two Lebanese deputies, Hassan Fadlalah of Hizballah and Abdallah Farh [...] |
2005-10-07 16:03:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER FR LE |
| 05PARIS7201 |
MFA READOUT ON PA PRESIDENT ABBAS, LEBANESE PM [...] (C) Senior MFA officials told us PA President Abbas raised three main points in his October 17 meeting with President Chirac: the need to give Abbas support and more time in addressing Hamas participation in January elections; the need to relaunch the roadmap; and the need to improve daily livi [...] |
2005-10-20 15:46:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS KPAL FR LE SY PTER UNSC |
| 05PARIS7305 |
FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON MEHLIS REPORT: FM [...] (C) We briefed senior MFA officials on the U.S. demarche to UNSC capitals on the Mehlis report (reftel) October 25, urging the participation of French FM Douste-Blazy at the October 31 UNSC ministerial. French MFA IO A/S-equivalent Jean-Maurice Ripert suggested to visiting IO A/S Kristin Silv [...] |
2005-10-25 17:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV SY LE FR |
| 05PARIS7399 |
LATEST GOF THINKING ON MEHLIS REPORT, SYRIA/LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: On October 28, Herve Besancenot, the MFA's DAS-equivalent for Egypt/Levant, offered latest French thinking on the Mehlis report and other related issues. Besancenot said France was focused on gaining unanimity for a draft resolution in the Security Council, and was willing to comp [...] |
2005-10-28 17:45:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR LE SY UNSC |
| 05PARIS7922 |
GOF DECLINES TO MAKE PUBLIC APPEAL OR PRESSURE [...] (C) Summary: MFA contacts report the GoF is disinclined to make a public appeal or demarche the SARG on the arrest of Syrian democracy activist Kamal Labowani, citing questions about Labowani's character and describing the Mehlis investigation as a more pressing priority. Elysee contacts were [...] |
2005-11-21 16:38:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV SY LE FR |
| 05PARIS8072 |
DNSA ABRAMS' 11/22 MEETINGS WITH SENIOR FRENCH MFA [...] (C) Summary: November 22 discussions between Deputy National Security Advisor (DNSA) Elliott Abrams and senior French officials focused on Syria/Lebanon, Iran, and Israeli-Palestinian issues, with Morocco, Iraq, and BMENA discussed in passing. Presidency officials predicted Syrian non-coopera [...] |
2005-11-29 10:07:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR IR IS IZ KDEM KPAL LE MO PARM SY |
| 05PARIS8186 |
FRENCH CONTINUE TO BAN AL-MANAR, ALTHOUGH APPEAL [...] (S) We discussed reftel points on preventing Al Manar broadcasts with CSA (France's FCC-equivalent) and MFA contacts on December 2. We stressed the importance of France continuing its ban on Al Manar. 2. (S) Isabel Mariani, international affairs liaison at the CSA, confirmed that, as repor [...] |
2005-12-02 14:59:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | ASEC PREL PTER FR LE |
| 05PARIS8207 |
(C) FRENCH REACTION TO FINCEN 314(A) NOTICE ON [...] (S) We shared and discussed reftel points with the Asset-Freezing Directorate in the Ministry of Economy. Vincent Guitton, Head of the Services, Investment and IPR Division, noted that absent a designation on terrorism grounds, France normally lacks legal authority to block assets of individua [...] |
2005-12-02 16:59:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | KTFN PTER LE SY FR |
| 05PARIS8435 |
GOF OFFICIALS CONDEMNS TUENI ASSASSINATION; [...] (C) Summary: The GoF immediately condemned at the highest levels the assassination of Gebran Tueni and issued strong public statements calling on the international community to redouble efforts to ensure full implementation of relevant UNSCR's, confirming GoF readiness to help the GOL, and payi [...] |
2005-12-13 18:36:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE FR |
| 05PARIS8544 |
MFA CAUTIOUS ON UNSCR 1644, SYRIA/LEBANON NEXT [...] (C) Summary: MFA DAS-equivalent for Syria/Lebanon Herve Besancenot welcomed the UNSC's unanimous adoption of UNSCR 1644, but expressed concern that international efforts to pressure Syria are losing momentum while the SARG is increasingly emboldened that it can wait out the U.S. and France ove [...] |
2005-12-20 06:12:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SY LE FR |
| 05PARIS953 |
GOF CONDEMNS HARIRI ASSASSINATION, CALLS FOR [...] (C) Summary and comment: GoF officials reacted with shock and indignation to the assassination of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri February 14, with President Chirac calling for an international investigation to establish responsibility and punish the perpetrators. FM Barnier described the bo [...] |
2005-02-15 15:34:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE SY FR |
| 05PARIS964 |
FRENCH DELAYING TACTICS ON EU DESIGNATION OF [...] (C) Summary and comment: Despite multiple appeals from the U.S. and Israel, the GoF appears likely to seek a delay in EU designation of Hizballah as a terrorist organization at the EU Clearinghouse meetings February 16. The chief GoF preoccupation appears to be the perceived complicating effe [...] |
2005-02-15 18:21:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETTC EFIN LE SY FR EUN |
| 05PRAGUE1589 |
CZECHS ON CHINA, RUSSIA, AND BEING HEARD IN THE EU [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with visiting EUR/ERA Director Peter Chase, the Czech MFA's Political Director offered the following: -- The Czech Republic played a leading role within the EU to prevent lifting of the China arms embargo, but in the context of PM Paroubek's growing closeness with [...] |
2005-11-09 15:10:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EZ CH RS CU LE SY ENRG ECON EFIN |
| 05PRAGUE1720 |
DEMARCHE TO CZECH REPUBLIC: CONDEMNING THE [...] (C) On December 13, Poloff delivered the texts of the President's and the Secretary's statements on the assassination of Lebanese MP Gebran Tueni to Katerina Moravcova, Deputy Director of the Czech MFA Middle East and Africa Department and Pavel Koblizka, Head of the MFA's Mediterranean Unit. [...] |
2005-12-15 13:29:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | AU LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
| 05PRAGUE346 |
CZECHS SUPPORT U.S. POSITION ON LEBANON [...] (SBU) Summary. In a meeting with DCM Hillas, Czech Deputy Minister for Bilateral Relations Petr Kolar and Czech Ambassador to Lebanon Marek Skolil stated that the Czech Republic agrees with the U.S. position about the complete withdrawal of Syrian forces from Lebanon. The Czech MFA issued [...] |
2005-03-09 15:58:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PINS PINR SY LE EZ |
| 05PRAGUE376 |
CZECHS ON GAERC, CHINA ARMS EMBARGO, HIZBALLAH AND [...] (C) Summary. On March 14, we met with Mr. Michal Strouhal, Director of the Common Foreign and Security Policy Department in the Czech MFA, to discuss the GAERC (ref a), China Arms Embargo (ref b), and visit of Syrian FM to Europe (ref c). We also delivered the statement on U.S. support of t [...] |
2005-03-15 14:38:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC PTER HR CH LE KPAL SU RS GG EZ IR EUN |
| 05PRAGUE633 |
CZECHS SUPPORT U.S. POSITION ON SYRIAN WITHDRAWAL [...] (C) Czech MFA Director of Middle East Department Ivo Silhavy told Acting DCM on Apr 28 that the GOCR fully shares USG positions outlined reftel: complete Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon remains a priority; June elections in Lebanon require international support; and the EU ought to designate H [...] |
2005-04-28 15:45:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO LE SY EZ |
| 05RABAT1169 |
MOROCCO ON MESSAGE TO THE ARAB LEAGUE AND REGIONAL [...] (C) Poloff met June 2 with MFA Director of Arab and Islamic Affairs Mohamed Azeroual to discuss ref(a) demarche regarding the opening of an Israeli liaison office in Rabat, the closure of the Central Boycott Office (CBO) in Damascus, and support for resolving the membership of Magen David Adom [...] |
2005-06-07 11:27:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | IO IS IZ LE PREL SY MO |
| 05RABAT2500 |
DEMARCHE ON ASSASSINATION OF GIBRAN TUENI [...] (C) Polcouns discussed reftel demarche with Hassan Hami, MFA Arab Affairs Division Chief, on December 13, and sent additional copies of the statements by the President and Secretary Rice to MFA Acting Director of Arab Affairs SIPDIS Abdelghani Bellaaziri, who was unavailable. Hami noted th [...] |
2005-12-15 12:11:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | LE MO PGOV PREL PTER SY |
| 05ROME1023 |
SYRIA/LEBANON: ITALY POSTPONES FM SHARA'A'S VISIT [...] (C) Summary. Italy has decided to postpone the April 6 visit of Syrian FM Shara'a. The MFA delivered the message to Syria's Ambassador in Rome on March 24, on instructions from FM Fini. End summary. 2. (C) MFA Director General for the Mediterranean and Middle East, Riccardo Sessa, phoned [...] |
2005-03-24 16:48:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE IT EUN |
| 05ROME1390 |
ITALIAN VIEWS ON APRIL 25 EU FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (C) MFA EU CFSP Director Luigi Mattiolo told Poloff that during the April 25 EU GAERC, FMs would discuss preparations for the June US-EU conference on Iraq. Italy wants to be sure Baghdad authorities views are also incorporated into the preparation phase of the conference. ---- MEPP ---- [...] |
2005-04-22 16:15:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IZ LE ZI CG SU IT EUN |
| 05ROME1450 |
SYRIA: ITALY AGREES ON NEED TO MAINTAIN PRESSURE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Summary. A mid-level Italian MFA official shares our view that we need to continue to maintain pressure on Syria on full compliance with UNSCR 1559. At the same time, Italy still prefers engagement and the MFA is contemplating [...] |
2005-04-28 16:58:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE IT EUN |
| 05ROME1732 |
ITALY ON SYRIA AND LEBANON [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Pol MC spoke with Luca Ferrari, MFA Office Director for the Middle East, on May 19 regarding the upcoming PrepCom for the US-EU conference on Iraq. Ferrari said that FM Shara'a had asked Italy whether he could visit Rome May 24 [...] |
2005-05-19 14:36:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE IZ IT EUN |
| 05ROME1859 |
UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' MAY 13 DISCUSSIONS IN ROME [...] (C) Summary. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Burns exchanged views with senior Italian Foreign Ministry officials on UN Security Council reform, the Balkans, Afghanistan, Syria/Lebanon, Darfur, and Iran during his May 13 stopover in Rome. On most issues, Italian positions were [...] |
2005-06-01 09:45:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL MOPS SY LE AF SR IT EUN BI |
| 05ROME2372 |
ITALIAN PREVIEW OF THE JULY 18-19 GAERIC [...] (C) Italian MFA EU Office Director Luigi Mattiolo provided Laborcouns July 14 with a review of the EU Political Directors meeting in Bath, England regarding the July 18-19 GAERIC and responded to reftel points. Mattiolo said the Bath meeting was held in the shadow of the London bombings wit [...] |
2005-07-15 11:53:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID IR LE PREL SY TU UZ IT UN |
| 05ROME2919 |
SYRIA/LEBANON: ITALY WILL NOT ENGAGE SYRIA AT THE [...] (C) Summary. Italy will follow its EU partners in not engaging with Syria at the UNGA. Though sharing our concerns about Syrian failure to meet its obligations under UNSCR 1559, Rome, however, still favors engagement over isolation. The Italian MFA believes that at some point the internationa [...] |
2005-09-01 16:56:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE IT EUN |
| 05ROME3514 |
"NO FLY": ALITALIA BUMPS LEBANESE G4 VISA HOLDER [...] (SBU) After being alerted by Alitalia, Italian Border Police prevented a passenger on the TSA "No Fly" list from boarding Milan-JFK flight 413 on Saturday, October 15. The passenger, Lebanese national Mohammad Kassem HAGE (PP 30610, PDOB 24 Dec 1963, Lebanon), was attempting to travel to the [...] |
2005-10-20 13:35:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR CVIS IT LE UN AVIATION |
| 05ROME4047 |
ITALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER CONDEMNS ASSASSINATION OF [...] (U) Post delivered reftel statements to the MFA and Prime Minister's office on December 13. Foreign Minister Fini had already issued a statement condemning the assassination on December 12. Embassy translation of Fini's statement is provided below. 2. Begin text. Italy strongly condemn [...] |
2005-12-13 10:14:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER LE SY IT UN |
| 05ROME795 |
MGLE01: ITALY INSISTS THAT SYRIA COMPLY WITH UNSC [...] (U) Italy strongly insists, in both public and private statements, on the complete and swift withdrawal of all Syrian forces from Lebanon. FM Fini issued a public statement on March 8 (see para. 2), and our MFA interlocutors continue to press their Syrian counterparts as well. 2. (U) Begin [...] |
2005-03-09 15:54:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SY LE IT EUN |
| 05ROME878 |
SYRIA/LEBANON: ITALY GETS OFF THE FENCE ON [...] (C) Summary. Italian MFA officials agreed to forward our "strong and important" message on the April 6 visit of Syrian FM Shara'a to Rome to FM Fini, who will make the decision. One official argued, though, that it is in the United States' broader interest to have the meeting take place in ord [...] |
2005-03-15 17:05:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN PREL SY LE IT EUN |
| 05ROME976 |
SYRIA/LEBANON: ITALY STILL PLANS TO HOST FM [...] (C) Summary. The Italian MFA has given serious consideration to our request that Italy postpone the April 6 visit of Syrian FM Shara'a but, barring major changes on the ground in Lebanon, still plans to go through with the visit. Rome continues to view engagement as the best way to deal with [...] |
2005-03-22 11:47:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE IT EUN |
| 05SANAA3512 |
DEMARCHE ON CONDEMNING TUENI ASSASSINATION [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-17 07:47:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL LE YM DEMARCHE |
| 05SANAA477 |
SALEH TELLS SYRIAN PRESIDENT TO WITHDRAW TROOPS [...] (U) President Saleh telephoned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad the evening of March 4, advising him to withdraw Syrian troops from Lebanon in accordance with the 1989 Taif Accord. This move followed Foreign Minister Qirbi's statement at the March 3 Arab League Ministerial declaring confiden [...] |
2005-03-06 05:46:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE YE |
| 05SANAA577 |
YEMEN: SYRIA OUT OF LEBANON, IN DUE TIME [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador delivered ref A demarche to Foreign Minister Qirbi on March 11. Ambassador conveyed the U.S. demand for full compliance with UN Security Council Resolution 1559, calling for a complete Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon, including the Syrian Military Intelligence (SMI) pr [...] |
2005-03-13 15:31:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PREL PARM PTER OVIP LE SY ET ER YM DEMARCHE |
| 05SANAA652 |
DFM ON SA/LW, SYRIA AND IMPRISONED JOURNALIST [...] (S) Summary: On March 16, DCM delivered refs A-C demarches to Deputy Foreign Minister Mustapha Noman and held a wide-ranging conversation on recent U.S.-ROYG discussions on SA/LW, Syria, and imprisoned journalist Abdulkarim al-Khaiwani. Suggesting continued follow-up on the SA/LW issue, Noman [...] |
2005-03-20 03:51:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | ASEC PTER PREL PHUM SY LE IR IZ DEMARCHE |
| 05TEGUCIGALPA2572 |
HONDURAS CURRENTLY NOT AN AUDIENCE FOR AL-MANAR [...] (S) According to contacts of the Public Affairs Section, five cable companies in Honduras carry Arabic language stations, the two main carriers in Tegucigalpa, one in San Pedro Sula, one in Tela, and one in Danli. None appear to carry with the Hezbollah station Al-Manar. The Arabic speaking [...] |
2005-12-22 20:36:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PGOV ANET ASEC XF KU SA JO LE HO |
| 05TELAVIV1363 |
(C) OTTE SAYS HE'S PRESSING PA FOR SECURITY [...] (C) In a March 7 meeting with the Ambassador, EU Middle East envoy Marc Otte said he would press the PA, during his visit this week, on the need for security service reform, while focusing in his GOI meetings on Israeli-Palestinian economic cooperation. He reported that World Bank President W [...] |
2005-03-08 15:55:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG IS EU EG LE SY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 05TELAVIV1454 |
RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR URGES RESTRAINT IN PRESSING ABU [...] (C) Russian Ambassador Gennady Tarasov and the Ambassador reviewed Israeli-Palestinian progress in implementing the Sharm al-Sheikh commitments and Syria-Lebanon developments during a March 11 conversation. In response to the Ambassador's question about whether Russian Middle East envoy Kalug [...] |
2005-03-11 14:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG IS LE SY GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 05TELAVIV2138 |
(C) EILAND OUTLINES STEPS TO PREVENT [...] (S) In a March 23 meeting with Deputy APNSA Abrams, A/S Welch, and the Ambassador, National Security Advisor Eiland sketched out "preliminary" GOI thinking about the future of Lebanon after a Syrian withdrawal. He described three scenarios for post-Syria Lebanon: democratic stability; a retur [...] |
2005-04-07 05:28:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER KWBG IS LE SY COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL |
| 05TELAVIV5779 |
FM SHALOM MEETING WITH CODEL DAVIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom briefed CODEL Davis August 31 on the Government of Israel's Disengagement Plan, and anticipated costs associated with moving military forces and with developing the Negev and the Galilee. Asked about post-Disengagement scenarios and PM Sharon's d [...] |
2005-09-22 09:18:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAL EAID KWBG PREF IS IR LE EG GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 05TELAVIV5900 |
NEA DAS DIBBLE'S 9/21 MEETING WITH MFA HEAD OF UN [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director General and Head of the UN and International Organizations Division Aharon Leshno Yaar told NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Elizabeth Dibble September 21 that the GOI plans to ignore Palestinian efforts to prevent adoption of a new symbol of the International Committee [...] |
2005-09-29 12:54:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM IS LE GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 05TELAVIV5903 |
NEA DAS DIBBLE'S 9/21 MEETING WITH MFA MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Israeli MFA Deputy Director General for Middle East Affairs Jacob Keidar told Deputy Assistant Secretary Elizabeth Dibble September 21 that the GOI hopes, SIPDIS in the aftermath of disengagement from the Gaza Strip, to improve its relations with Arab states in the Gulf and North Africa [...] |
2005-09-29 12:58:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS MO SENV TS LE BU MU RS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 05TELAVIV6262 |
UNTSO HEAD MGEN LILLEY SAYS PKO CAN LEAVE WHEN [...] (C) United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) Chief of Staff Major General (MGEN) Clive Lilley briefed Ambassador Jones October 27 on UNTSO's mission in Israel and the region, noting how it supports UN peacekeeping operations in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and Syria (UNDOF), and that its missi [...] |
2005-11-01 14:50:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MARR PGOV PTER LE SY EG IS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 05TELAVIV6606 |
UNSCO DE SOTO URGING ISRAELIS TO TURN OVER [...] (C) In a discussion about recent Hizballah-IDF clashes along the Israel-Lebanon border, UN Special Coordinator (UNSCO) Alvara de Soto told the Ambassador at mid-day November 22 that: -- he has helped to broker a "fragile cease-fire" that has led to a momentary calm along the Israel-Lebanon b [...] |
2005-11-22 13:20:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR MARR PTER PBTS MOPS PINS KPKO LE COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL |
| 05TELAVIV6799 |
SHALOM OUTLINES GOI REACTION TO ATTACK, BLAMES PA [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom told the Ambassador December 6 that in response to the December 5 Netanya terrorist attack, the Security Cabinet decided to cancel special travel privileges for Palestinian VIPs, to resume targeted killings, and to combat terrorism and arms smugglin [...] |
2005-12-06 17:28:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KWBG KPAL IR IS LE SY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 05TELAVIV6874 |
(C) FM SHALOM DISCUSSES SECURITY CONCERNS, [...] (C) Summary: NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch on December 8 met with FM Silvan Shalom to discuss regional and Israeli-Palestinian issues. Shalom expressed concern about the security situation, claiming that there had been an increase in infiltrations by terrorists and weapons smuggling sin [...] |
2005-12-10 15:21:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON KWBG IS TS EG LE AG JO IR GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 05TELAVIV6876 |
GILAD TELLS A/S WELCH PA ACTION AGAINST PIJ AND [...] (S) Summary: In a December 9 meeting after that with Defense Minister Mofaz (septel), MOD Pol-Mil Director Amos Gilad told A/S Welch, the Ambassador, and Col. Dugger (USSC) that he is concerned that Fatah is replacing its "old guard" with extremists. He assessed that if this trend continues, [...] |
2005-12-10 15:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PGOV PINS PTER KWBG KPAL IS JO LE SY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL |
| 05TELAVIV6877 |
ISRAELIS DELIBERATELY "AMBIGUOUS" ON PALESTINIAN [...] (S) SUMMARY: National Security Advisor Giora Eiland and Deputy National Security Advisor Eran Etzion told NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch December 9 that the GOI has adopted a deliberately "ambiguous" approach to Palestinian Authority (PA) elections "so the PA can't blame Israel for the p [...] |
2005-12-10 16:02:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PGOV KPAL KDEM KPKO LE SY IS IR TU AE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 05TELAVIV6923 |
UNDOF COMMANDER REPORTS LIMITED RESOURCES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Major-General Bala Nanda Sharma of Nepal, United Nations Disengagement Observor Force (UNDOF) Commander, told the Ambassador December 12 that UNDOF has "no money, no manpower, and no resources" with which to employ new technologies or to expand its mission. Sharma reported th [...] |
2005-12-14 15:32:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS SY LE EG JO PGOV GOI EXTERNAL |
| 05TELAVIV7002 |
ISRAELI PM'S MILITARY ADVISER REVIEWS REGION, [...] (S) Major General Gadi Shamni -- Israeli PM Sharon's military adviser -- told the Ambassador that the U.S. should continue to lead the international community to diplomatically pressure Iran to abandon its program. If a military solution were required, Shamni said he believes the U.S. could d [...] |
2005-12-19 12:38:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PINR PARM MARR MASS MNUC KPAL SY EG LE IR GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 05TELAVIV7112 |
ISRAELI DEBRIEF ON KATYUSHA ATTACK ON KIRYAT [...] (S) Israeli MFA and MOD sources provided Embassy with details concerning the December 27 Katyusha attack from Lebanon on northern Israel. At 2309 local time, Israeli forces reported three explosions in northern Israel, but the debris has not been located to date. MOD contacts said several r [...] |
2005-12-30 15:54:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PINS MOPS PTER LE IS KPAL KPKO SY GOI EXTERNAL MILITARY RELATIONS |
| 05THEHAGUE1073 |
NETHERLANDS/GAERC: DUTCH MOSTLY TRACK U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Adriaan Palm (MFA, Office of Political Affairs) on April 21 and participated in the Dutch briefing on the GAERC later the same day, where Canada and Australia also took part. Palm said this GAERC would have an abbreviated agenda and adjourn [...] |
2005-04-21 14:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IZ LE ZI CG SU NL EUN |
| 05THEHAGUE1176 |
SUSTAINING PRESSURE ON SYRIA: DUTCH SUPPORT U.S. [...] (C) On April 28, Post conveyed ref A points to Angelique Eijpe, Policy Officer for Syria, Directorate for North Africa and Middle East Affairs, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Post followed up the next day with Eijpe, who said that the GONL shares the U.S. view on the need to maintain pres [...] |
2005-05-02 08:35:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO LE SY NL |
| 05THEHAGUE1941 |
NETHERLANDS/GAERC: DUTCH EXPECTATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Responding to reftel, the Dutch MFA was prickly in response to the suggestion there be no "package approach" to UN reform. The Dutch thought Syria was improving its behavior in Lebanon in response to international pressure and suggested they are doing their best under the circ [...] |
2005-07-11 14:30:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID LE PREL SY TU UZ NL UN |
| 05TUNIS1439 |
UK REP ON BMENA DEVELOPMENTS, LEBANON [...] SUMMARY: UK Coordinator for Outreach to the Arab World Nick Abbott offered an update on UK coordination of BMENA activities to MEPI Regional Office Director. The four civil society components are coming together: UK organizing Transparency, U.S. Rule of Law, Bahrain Businesswomen, and hope [...] |
2005-07-01 14:20:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | KMPI KDEM PREL LE TS |
| 05VIENNA1326 |
APRIL 25 GAERC DEMARCHE: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (C) Economic-Political Counselor and Pol Unit Chief delivered reftel demarche on April 20 to Austrian MFA EU Common Foreign and Security Policy Coordinator Andreas Riecken. Riecken told us that MFA was in the process or working out its positions on the draft Council conclusions. He noted tha [...] |
2005-04-21 12:10:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IZ LE ZI CG SU AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA1461 |
SYRIAN COMPLIANCE WITH UNSCR 1559: AUSTRIAN [...] (C) Embassy Vienna conveyed reftel demarche on April 29 to MFA A/S-equivalent for the Middle East and Africa Ralph Scheide. EconPolCouns and Pol Unit Chief followed up with Scheide on May 3. Scheide reported discussing the matter of the EU-Syria Association Agreement with his German [...] |
2005-05-04 12:39:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO LE SY AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA1935 |
EU FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEETING AND EU CUBA POLICY: [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered ref (a) points on the upcoming GAERC to Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on June 7. Embassy delivered ref (b) points on Cuba on June 3. Pol Unit chief then discussed the issues on June 8 with Andreas Riecken, MFA Coordinator for EU Common Foreign and Security Poli [...] |
2005-06-10 09:28:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PARM IR IZ LE YI CM CU AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA3842 |
AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: FINCEN 314(A) NOTICE ON SYRIA [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-09 13:22:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | KTFN PTER LE SY AU |
| 05VIENNA3868 |
DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: CONDEMNING THE ASSASSINATION [...] (C) On December 13, EconPolCouns delivered the texts of the President's and the Secretary's statements on the assassination of Gebran Tueni to Ralph Scheide, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's assistant secretary-level Director for Middle East and African affairs. Scheide immediately had his st [...] |
2005-12-14 09:29:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER LE SY AU |
| 05VIENNA437 |
DESIGNATION OF HIZBALLAH AS A TERRORIST [...] No summary [...] |
2005-02-14 14:59:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC PTER IS LE AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA572 |
SYRIAN PRESIDENT ASSAD TO VISIT VIENNA MARCH 15 [...] (C) EconPol Counselor and Pol Unit Chief met Austrian MFA A/S-equivalent for the Middle East and Africa Ralph Scheide on February 28. In the course of a general discussion on Middle East issues, we made reftel points and raised concerns about President Bashir al-Assad's planned visit to Austr [...] |
2005-03-01 08:49:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV SY LE IS AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA719 |
AUSTRIANS POSITIVE ON NEED FOR SYRIAN WITHDRAWAL [...] (C) Ambassador presented reftel demarche on March 7 to MFA Secretary General (deputy minister equivalent) Johannes Kyrle. Ambassador stressed that what Syrian President Bashar al-Asad had said in his March 5 was not enough: compliance with UNSCR 1559 means a full and immediate withdrawal. T [...] |
2005-03-07 16:05:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE AU |
| 05VIENNA792 |
DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON MARCH 16 EU FOREIGN [...] (SBU) On March 10, EconPolCouns and Pol Unit Chief presented ref (a) points to Andreas Riecken, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's new EU Affairs director. 2. (C) Riecken made the following substantive comments: -- On the EU's China arms embargo, Riecken said the issue was not supposed to [...] |
2005-03-10 16:33:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC PTER HR CH LE KPAL SU RS GG AU EUN |
| 05YEREVAN2082 |
ARMENIA'S LIMITED CAPACITY REGARDING FINCEN 314 [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-30 10:52:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN PTER LE SY AM |
| 05YEREVAN361 |
RESULTS OF CONVERSATIONS WITH U.S. [...] (SBU) Ambassador Evans began his recent tour of Armenian- American diaspora centers on February 11, only three days prior to the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Hariri, which so drastically changed the political landscape in Lebanon. Conversations with Lebanese- origin Armeni [...] |
2005-03-02 07:11:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL LE AM |
| 06ABIDJAN1217 |
DEMARCHES ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS REGARDING THE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-31 17:18:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA LE IS PHUM PREL PTER IV |
| 06ABUDHABI1932 |
S/CT COORDINATOR CRUMPTON DISCUSSES [...] (S) Summary: During a May 7 meeting with UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan (AbZ), Department of State Coordinator for Counterterrorism Henry Crumpton and Ambassador received a readout of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) leaders' 8th consultative summit, held a day earl [...] |
2006-05-10 12:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PTER PINS PREL KISL KPAL KWBG PK AF LE JO |
| 06ABUDHABI2886 |
UAEG AGREES WITH SAUDI STATEMENT ON EVENTS IN [...] (C) UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed al Sha'ali is en route to Cairo to attend Saturday,s Arab League Foreign Ministers meeting. Ministry of Foreign Affairs acting number two Tariq Al Haidan told Ambassador July 14 morning that the UAEG had taken note of the July 13 Saudi Ne [...] |
2006-07-14 10:01:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG PREL LE AE |
| 06ABUDHABI2893 |
TFLE01: PRESIDENT KHALIFA MEETS SAAD HARIRI [...] (SBU) UAE President Khalifa received Lebanese leader of the Al Mustaqbal parliamentary caucus Saad Al-Hariri July 14, during a regional visit described by Al-Hariri as "aimed at safeguarding the security of the Lebanese people and ending the Israeli aggression." 2. (SBU) Khalifa, accordin [...] |
2006-07-15 14:28:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG LE AE |
| 06ABUDHABI2928 |
TFLE01: MINSTATE AL-SHA'ALI ON LEBANON SITUATION [...] (C) Summary: UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Hussein Al-Sha'ali convoked Ambassadors from all G-8 countries July 17 to call for a concerted effort to calm the situation in Lebanon. He offered three specific UAE points of view: 1) Israel's actions recklessly violate Lebane [...] |
2006-07-17 14:03:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINR KWBG KPAL LE SY IR AE |
| 06ABUDHABI2940 |
TFLE01: UAE HUMANITARIAN AID CONVOY ATTACKED [...] (C) Per reftelcon, ConGen Dubai officer received a telephone call from General Director, State Security Mohamed al Qemzi at approximately 1340 local time reporting that a UAE humanitarian aid convoy traveling from Damascus to Beirut had been attacked. The exact location of the attack was not [...] |
2006-07-18 10:47:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KPAL LE SY AE |
| 06ABUDHABI2956 |
TFLE01: FM SHEIKH ABDULLAH ON LEBANON, ABU MAZEN [...] (C)SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan (AbZ) telephoned Ambassador from Paris the evening of July 17 to condemn the attack in Lebanon on a UAE humanitarian assistance convoy, urge that credit for any defusing of the Hamas situation go to Abu Mazen, and criticize EU p [...] |
2006-07-18 15:06:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EAID KPAL IR LE AE |
| 06ABUDHABI2971 |
TFLE01: UAE REPORTEDLY ADVISED ISRAEL OF DETAILS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-19 12:54:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL KPAL EAID LE IS AE |
| 06ABUDHABI3059 |
UAE ASSISTANCE TO LEBANON [...] (C) Ambassador spoke with MFA number two, Ambassador Abdul Rahman Al-Jarman, on July 26 about the UAE's previously-stated commitment of $20 million in humanitarian aid to Lebanon. Al-Jarman confirmed that the pledge would be disbursed through the UN and said formalities for the payment were [...] |
2006-07-26 13:48:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM LE AE |
| 06ABUDHABI3097 |
MBZ'S VIEWS ON IRAQ COMPACT, HIZBOLLAH AND [...] (S/NF) Summary: Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert Kimmitt and Counselor of the State Department Philip Zelikow won Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan's support for the International Compact on Iraq during their July 22 visit. However, MbZ said that he was less worried about Ira [...] |
2006-07-31 12:28:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER EAID EFIN KDEM LE QA IZ AE |
| 06ABUDHABI3127 |
TFLE01: STATUS OF UAE INVESTMENT IN LEBANON [...] (SBU) Summary: Prior to the most recent outbreak of hostilities in Lebanon, UAE-based companies had an estimated US $2.3 billion invested in-country, largely in Beirut's real estate and luxury services sectors. While most UAE-owned properties have not been damaged by Israeli air strikes, inves [...] |
2006-08-01 13:16:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD ECON EFIN LE AE |
| 06ABUDHABI3163 |
TFLE01: UAE PM SPEAKS OUT ON LEBANON [...] (U) UAE headlines August 2 cited Vice President and Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (MbR, also ruler of Dubai) expressing solidarity with Prime Minister Siniora in a telephone call the previous evening. UAE media also highlighted MbR's statements early on August 1, in whi [...] |
2006-08-02 13:32:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KMDR LE AE |
| 06ABUDHABI3195 |
TFLE01: ANGER SIMMERS AS WAR CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary and comment: The misery and daily tally of Lebanese casualties continue to dominate public discourse in the UAE. U.S. policy is increasingly seen as complicit in Israeli aggressions, and the draft UN resolution has thus far not been welcomed as part of a balanced solution. Membe [...] |
2006-08-07 13:22:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KMDR LE AE |
| 06ABUDHABI3255 |
DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1701 [...] (C) On August 12, the Charge and Acting Under Secretary Tareq Al-Haidan (MFA's number two) discussed UNSCR 1701. Reviewing reftel points, the Charge stressed the need for strong support for the current resolution aimed at addressing the requirements 6^JY|Q@uthan previous drafts and took into a [...] |
2006-08-12 13:44:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS UNSC UN IS LE AE |
| 06ABUDHABI3374 |
SUMMARY OF UAE HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO LEBANON [...] (SBU) The UAEG pledged $20 million in assistance to Lebanon early in the crisis, and has now committed an unspecified amount to rebuild Lebanese hospitals and schools. MFA's Assistant Under Secretary for International Cooperation Ambassador Mohammad Abdul Rahim Abdul Jalil told the Charge Aug [...] |
2006-08-20 15:01:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID KMDR LE AE |
| 06ABUDHABI3414 |
UAE CONTINUES TO CONTRIBUTE TO LEBANON [...] (SBU) PolChief discussed ref A demarche regarding the August 31 Stockholm Conference with Deputy Director of the MFA Department of European, American and Oceanic Affairs Saeed Rashed Al-Zaabi on August 26. Al-Zaabi noted that UAE deliveries of humanitarian supplies to Lebanon continued daily [...] |
2006-08-26 12:50:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID LE AE |
| 06ABUDHABI3428 |
UAE MINSTATE FOR FINANCE AND INDUSTRY TO ATTEND [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-28 10:47:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID LE AE |
| 06ABUDHABI3538 |
DEMARCHE ON ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-06 15:24:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF LE SU AE |
| 06ABUDHABI3632 |
LEBANON A KEY TOPIC IN A/S HILLEN DISCUSSION WITH [...] (S) Summary: Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs John Hillen and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ) met on September 11 and discussed the Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD), Qatar and Lebanon. MbZ welcomed the GSD scheduled for October 19 and reiterat [...] |
2006-09-14 11:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | MASS PREL EAID LE QA IZ SY IR AE |
| 06ABUDHABI3686 |
LEBANON: SECURITY ASSISTANCE COORDINATION WITH UAE [...] (C) Following up on a request by Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ) to A/S Hillen to coordinate security assistance for Lebanon, Post shared the following with MbZ's International Affairs Advisor Youssef Al-Otaiba on September 17: 1) list of items noted in ref C paragr [...] |
2006-09-18 13:40:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL EAID LE AE |
| 06ABUDHABI4213 |
UAE ASSISTANCE TO LEBANESE INTERNAL SECURITY FORCES [...] (C) On November 3, International Affairs Director Yousef Al-Otaiba from the office of Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) gave Ambassador a list of UAE security assistance contributions to Lebanon. The list is focused on Internal Security Forces (ISF) and police requirements only; [...] |
2006-11-06 14:18:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL EIAD LE AE |
| 06ABUDHABI4239 |
UAE SECURITY ASSISTANCE TO LEBANON [...] (C) DATT and USLO Chief discussed UAE security assistance to Lebanon November 7 with International Affairs Director Yousef Al-Otaiba from the office of Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ), who said the list of contributions provided earlier (ref B) constituted the core of the UAE's [...] |
2006-11-08 15:04:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL EAID LE AE |
| 06ABUDHABI4263 |
FURTHER BACKGROUND ON UAE SECURITY ASSISTANCE TO [...] (C) DATT and USLO Chief discussed UAE security assistance to Lebanon November 9 with UAE Armed Forces Director of Logistics MG Obaid Al-Heri Salem Al-Ketbi, following up on prior conversations with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed's International Affairs Director Yousef Al-Otaiba (ref A). Al-K [...] |
2006-11-09 14:12:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | MASS PREL EAID LE AE |
| 06ABUDHABI4328 |
PRESIDENT KHALIFA SHARES VIEWS ON IRAN, IRAQ, AND [...] (C) Summary: In a cordial meeting with UAE President Khalifa November 21, former President Bush emphasized the strength of bilateral relations and reminisced about cooperation during the liberation of Kuwait and why some regional players had sided with Saddam. Bush inquired about Khalifa's [...] |
2006-11-22 09:57:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP KDEM IR IZ LE SY AE |
| 06ABUDHABI73 |
A/S WAYNE BRIEFS UAE LEADERSHIP ON STRATEGIC [...] (C) Summary: On the occasion of a condolence call for the death of Dubai Ruler and UAE Prime Minister and Vice President Sheikh Maktoum, Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs Tony Wayne and Ambassador Sison met January 6 with several top UAE officials to discuss the Strategic [...] |
2006-01-08 09:21:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID EFIN ECON IZ IR IS SY LE AE PK |
| 06ABUJA2065 |
NIGERIAN MUSLIM REACTION TO ISRAEL-LEBANON CONFLICT [...] Approximately 25,000 Lebanese citizens reside in Nigeria, according to recent estimates. Since July 31, members of the Nigerian Lebanese community have staged peaceful demonstrations in major Nigerian cities, including Abuja, Lagos, Kano, and Gusau. Participants gathered to highlight the pli [...] |
2006-08-11 08:46:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ASEC LE NI |
| 06ABUJA2081 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: LEBANON/HRC [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-14 06:48:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PREL LE NI |
| 06ABUJA2100 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-15 10:39:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PREL PTER SG UNSC IS LE |
| 06ADDISABABA2245 |
ETHIOPIA: UNSC RESOLUTION ON LEBANON [...] (C) On August 14 Charge presented reftel talking points, resolution text and Secretary Rice statement to Prime Minister Meles who responded that Ethiopia is in favor of stopping the violence, supports the UN resolution, and wants a lasting peace. Meles went on to point out that Ethiopia fully [...] |
2006-08-15 11:54:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER ET IS LE |
| 06ALGIERS1290 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNSC MIDDLE EAST RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-13 11:19:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IS KPAL LE |
| 06ALGIERS1305 |
ALGERIAN REACTION TO EVENTS IN LEBANON [...] (U) In an apparent effort to get out in front of an Algerian public furious over Israeli actions in Lebanon, the GOA adopted an unusually high-profile posture the past few days. The MFA issued a statement July 13 denouncing "the flagrant aggressions" perpetrated by Israeli military forces ag [...] |
2006-07-15 15:31:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IS LE AG |
| 06ALGIERS1311 |
MFA JOINS CALL FOR EMERGENCY UN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] In conjunction with the meeting of the Arab League foreign ministers in Cairo, MFA issued a statement July 15 calling on the UN Security Council to "hold an emergency meeting to put an end to the criminal Israeli aggressions" and "assure the protection of the Lebanese and Palestinian peoples. [...] |
2006-07-16 16:23:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IS LE AG |
| 06ALGIERS1373 |
LEBANESE FIGURE VISITS ALGIERS, THANKS GOA FOR ITS [...] (U) Saad Hariri, the leader of the largest political party represented in the Lebanese parliament and son of the slain Lebanese prime minister, visited Algiers July 23. In public remarks reported by the press, he thanked "Algeria, its president and head of government fo their support" and und [...] |
2006-07-24 14:00:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AG IS LE |
| 06ALGIERS1376 |
ALGERIAN COMMITTEE OF SOLIDARITY AND SUPPORT FOR [...] Vice President of the Conseil de la Nation (Senate) Zohra Bitat; Senator Saida Benhabyles; Female Executives NGO President Aicha Kouadri; and General Union of Students President Nabil Yahoui called July 24 on the Charge d'Affaires to present a petition calling on the United States to take ste [...] |
2006-07-24 16:24:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL LE IS AG |
| 06ALGIERS1401 |
ABBAS RECEIVED BY PRIME MINISTER IN ALGIERS [...] (SBU) Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas followed in the footsteps of Lebanese party leader Saad Hariri (see reftel) and made a stop in Algiers July 26 as part of what Abbas described as a tour of Arab capitals devoted to "bilateral discussions on next steps" to address the situati [...] |
2006-07-29 16:22:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL LE IS AG |
| 06ALGIERS500 |
HAMAS, IRAN, LEBANON, SYRIA, AND THE WESTERN [...] (C) Over a March 14 working lunch with MFA Secretary General Lamamra, NEA A/S Welch explained the U.S. view that taking the Iran nuclear issue to the Security Council would strengthen possibilities of resolving the problem through diplomacy; urged Algeria to ensure assistance was channeled to [...] |
2006-03-21 07:38:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PBTS IR WI MO SY LE AG |
| 06AMMAN1505 |
AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON'S MEETING WITH PRINCE ALI [...] (S/NF) Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Henry Crumpton met February 28 with Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein, one of King Abdullah's closest advisors and his half-brother. Discussions focused on Jordan's Counterrorism (CT) support request (Ref A). Ambassador Crumpton was joined in the mee [...] |
2006-03-02 09:59:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER MARR PHUM LE SY JO |
| 06AMMAN1526 |
AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON'S MEETING WITH THE CHIEF OF [...] (C) Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Henry Crumpton met with Lt. General Mohammad Majid Al-Eitan February 28. Discussions focused on terrorist tactics, border security, and regional security cooperation. Ambassador Crumpton was joined in the meeting by the Ambassador, A/RSO, and Po [...] |
2006-03-02 14:24:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PTER IZ SY LE JO |
| 06AMMAN4768 |
NEW JORDANIAN AMBASSADORS TO ISRAEL AND LEBANON [...] (U) Jordan's new Ambassador to Israel is career diplomat Ali Al-Ayed, most recently the chief political advisor to Prime Minister Bakhit. A charge d,affaires has run the Jordanian Embassy in Tel Aviv since August 2005. Al-Ayed is to arrive in Israel June 27. 2. (U) PM Bakhit (himself, a f [...] |
2006-06-27 12:47:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR IS JO LE |
| 06AMMAN5486 |
TFLE01: GOJ BACKS U.S. EFFORTS WHILE SEEKING TO [...] ( C ) Summary: The GOJ wants to work with the U.S. toward a long-term improvement in southern Lebanon, but is under strong public pressure, from all sectors of society, to call publicly for an immediate ceasefire. End summary. Attacks in Arab Media Sting --------------------------- 2. (SBU) News [...] |
2006-07-20 14:41:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LE IS RU JO |
| 06AMMAN5491 |
JORDAN INVITED TO LEBANON CORE GROUP [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-21 10:29:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC IS LE JO |
| 06AMMAN5492 |
INTELLIGENCE DIRECTOR COMMENTS ON IRAN-SYRIA [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-21 11:33:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM ETTC IR SY SA IS LE JO |
| 06AMMAN5529 |
TFLE01: PROTESTERS DENOUNCE ISRAEL, U.S. AND GOJ; [...] (C) Summary: Friday after-prayer protests remained peaceful but were larger and more widespread than the previous week's. The New York Times' report that the USG was accelerating supplies of bombs to Israel dominated local media, along with allegations that U.S. diplomatic efforts were aimed [...] |
2006-07-23 14:18:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC MARR IS LE JO |
| 06AMMAN5567 |
TFLE01: JORDAN'S KING DISCUSSES REGIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: King Abdullah reviewed for codel Hoekstra his long-standing concerns about the strategic threat posed by Iran, and his efforts to build quietly a unity of purpose among Arab states, focusing on Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Yemen. The King also discussed the situation in Lebanon, offered adv [...] |
2006-07-25 09:04:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG LE IR SY IZ AJ JO |
| 06AMMAN5745 |
TFLE01 - REACTIONS TO QANA TRAGEDY [...] (C) Contacts and press express anger over the Qana attack, but are still digesting the Secretary's success in gaining a 48-hour suspension of airstrikes and prospects for comprehensive action in the Security Council. In most respects, it is business as usual in Amman but we are monitoring security [...] |
2006-07-31 11:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC IS LE JO |
| 06AMMAN5775 |
TFLE01: MORE PROTESTS AND ANGER OVER LEBANON [...] ( SBU ) Two-thousand protested outside the UN,s Amman offices July 31, burning Israeli and U.S. flags. The demonstration was organized by the professional associations. According to local media, slogans and banners denounced the UN and Arab leaders and called for the expulsion of the Israe [...] |
2006-08-01 13:30:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS LE JO |
| 06AMMAN5879 |
TFLE01: KING COVERS DOMESTIC FLANK WITH PUBLIC [...] ( U ) With public sympathy for Hizballah getting stronger, King Abdullah warned publicly that ending &Israeli occupation8 and establishing a Palestinian state are together the only long-term solution to the current conflict. The King,s statement, which led all local media August 3, said &the U.S. s [...] |
2006-08-03 13:56:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL IS LE JO |
| 06AMMAN5889 |
TFLE01: JORDANIAN FM ON AL MINISTERIAL AND DRAFT [...] ( C ) Summary: Jordan welcomes the draft UNSCR, but FM Khatib warns the Arab League ministers may feel a need to endorse Siniora,s seven points without amendment. Khatib plans to work for a communique that glosses over differences between the draft UNSCR and the seven points. A UNSC vote before the [...] |
2006-08-06 11:00:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS UN LE IS JO |
| 06AMMAN5963 |
TFLE01: DEMONSTRATION LEADS TO SCUFFLE, ARRESTS [...] ( SBU ) Media and security contacts report that an unlicensed protest after Friday prayers August 4 at an Amman mosque led to sparring that left two police and two protesters hospitalized with minor injuries. Police detained 10 protesters, all of whom were released on bail after a few hours [...] |
2006-08-07 14:07:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC IS LE JO |
| 06AMMAN6023 |
FEELING MORE DOMESTIC PRESSURE, JORDAN,S KING [...] (C) Summary: Following up on statements August 2 to domestic media, King Abdullah expressed concerns about Lebanon and other regional conflicts in an August 8 BBC interview that was widely covered by the local print media. The King is feeling the heat from Jordanians' resentment of perceived U.S. b [...] |
2006-08-09 13:29:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS IS LE JO |
| 06AMMAN6088 |
LEBANON UNSCR DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-12 09:07:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE JO |
| 06AMMAN6151 |
JORDANIAN REACTION TO UN RESOLUTION 1701 [...] (U) SUMMARY: Although hopeful that UN resolution 1701 will end hostilities, many Jordanians are skeptical of the general impact of the resolution, citing Israel's continued ground operations in southern Lebanon and air strikes on Beirut. Mainstream press commentary views the resolution as the b [...] |
2006-08-13 14:21:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IS LE JO |
| 06AMMAN6179 |
KING PHONES SINIORA, BACKS GOL [...] (U) Jordan's official news agency reported that King Abdullah telephoned Lebanese PM Siniora August 13 to "reaffirm Jordan's support for Lebanon's position on UNSCR 1701." The King reportedly assured Siniora that Jordan would continue working with Arab and other governments to "ensure the f [...] |
2006-08-14 12:42:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS LE JO |
| 06AMMAN6335 |
"STREET" EXULTS OVER HIZBALLAH "VICTORY" [...] (SBU) Summary: Many Jordanians who were once resigned to the view that armed resistance to Israel was no longer an option for the Arab world have changed their minds as a result of the supposed Hizballah "victory" over Israel's army. The Embassy's friends in the establishment tell us this with worr [...] |
2006-08-17 13:25:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPAL IS LE SY JO |
| 06AMMAN6342 |
DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF AUGUST 20 ARAB LEAGUE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-19 11:02:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL LE IS JO |
| 06AMMAN6519 |
SOME REFORM ACTIVISTS BOYCOTT EMBASSY OVER LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: Citing U.S. policy toward Lebanon and the Palestinians, several long standing Embassy contacts among the reform activist community have begun in recent weeks to boycott Embassy functions or have ended information-sharing relationships. Those who continue to work with us report feeling [...] |
2006-08-24 13:18:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IS LE JO |
| 06AMMAN6542 |
LEBANON: STOCKHOLM DONORS, CONFERENCE [...] (S) Summary: Jordan's Foreign Minister will probably attend the August 31 donors' conference in Stockholm. Jordan is providing important support and facilitation for Lebanon's recovery. Some of the GOJ's most useful help stems from its good relations with Israeli security and military services; the [...] |
2006-08-27 13:39:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL EAID EAIR MOPS LE JO IS |
| 06AMMAN6724 |
PETITIONERS CALL FOR "REVIEW" OF JORDAN-ISRAEL [...] (U) Summary: Citing Israeli and U.S. policies toward the Palestinians and Lebanon, one-hundred Jordanian political and tribal figures petitioned King Abdullah to "reconsider" Jordan's peace treaty with Israel. End Summary. 2. (U) Ahmed Obeidat ) Prime Minister from 1984 to 1985 and chi [...] |
2006-08-31 09:31:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS LE JO |
| 06AMMAN6783 |
DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL [...] (S) Ambassador spoke to King Abdullah's Office Director, Bassem Awadallah, September 2 by phone. Awadallah said Jordan is in complete agreement with the U.S. on the need to stop the Arab League proposal for a Middle East peace process ministerial in New York. He said the Royal Palace would i [...] |
2006-09-04 05:22:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL IS LE JO |
| 06AMMAN6917 |
REACTIONS TO SEPTEMBER 4 AMMAN SHOOTINGS [...] (SBU) Jordanians of all political tendencies joined the GOJ in condemning the September 4 shooting in Amman (ref A), which killed one Briton and injured five other tourists and a Jordanian policeman. From King Abdullah to Muslim Brotherhood leader Salem Al-Falahat, Jordans speaking out on th [...] |
2006-09-07 12:34:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER IS LE JO |
| 06AMMAN6933 |
SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF JORDAN,S KING ABDULLAH [...] (C) King Abdullah will be in New York for the General Assembly opening and will meet with U.S. and other officials its margins. 2. (C) During the Israel-Hizballah hostilities, the King's stock plunged among both ordinary Jordanians and elites (refs a-f) because of his early public criticism of Hi [...] |
2006-09-07 14:53:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL UN IS LE IZ JO |
| 06AMMAN7420 |
JORDAN'S ISLAMISTS BACK DOWN, FOR NOW [...] (C) Summary: After ten months of tension between the GOJ and Jordan's legal Islamist movement, advocates for confrontation appear to have lost the debate within the movement's leadership. Some in the leadership are confident of gains in 2007 elections; others worry that more Jordanians are growing [...] |
2006-09-27 14:33:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL KPAL LE JO |
| 06AMMAN7924 |
DEMARCHE ON PRESERVING SINIORA,S GOVERNMENT [...] (S) A/DCM delivered reftel demarche October 15 to Thamar Al-Adwan, FM Khatib's chief of staff. Al-Adwan took careful notes and undertook to brief Khatib immediately, but offered no substantive comment. 2. (S) During a follow-up demarche October 16 with Jaffar Hassan, foreign affairs advi [...] |
2006-10-17 14:44:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS LE SY JO |
| 06AMMAN8150 |
IRAN AND SHI'ISM - JORDANIANS' VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: GOJ establishment and popular views of Iran now diverge starkly, in part as a result of this summer's fighting between Israel and Hizballah. Many ordinary Jordanians have come to admire Iran and its partners in the region for "confronting" Israel. Many of these same Jordania [...] |
2006-10-31 13:32:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KPAL LE IR JO |
| 06AMMAN8302 |
A/S WELCH AND DAPNSA ABRAMS MEET WITH FM KHATIB [...] (C) NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Elliot Abrams met November 2 in Amman with Foreign Minister Abdellelah Khatib. Ambassador also attended, as did U.S. and Jordanian note-takers. Palestinians and Israelis ----------- [...] |
2006-11-07 08:36:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS IZ LE JO |
| 06AMMAN8532 |
LEBANESE NATIONAL DAY RECEPTION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-21 11:20:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE JO |
| 06AMMAN8745 |
JORDANIAN FM OFFERS SUPPORT TO LEBANESE GOVERNMENT [...] (C) In a move calculated to show support for the Siniora government, Jordanian Foreign Minister Abdelilah al-Khatib visited Beirut on December 4. He met twice with Prime Minister Siniora, as well as with Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, former President Amin Gemayel (father of recently assa [...] |
2006-12-06 15:30:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE JO |
| 06AMMAN8909 |
SENATOR NELSON'S MEETING WITH JORDANIAN FM KHATIB [...] (C) Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) and his delegation met with Foreign Minister Abdelilah Al-Khatib December 13. Discussions focused on Nelson's meeting earlier that day with Bashar al-Asad, the situation in Lebanon, Iran, the Baker-Hamilton Report, and the Jordan International Police Training Ce [...] |
2006-12-14 15:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JO SY IZ LE IS KWBG IR |
| 06ANKARA4162 |
TFLE01: TURKISH REACTION TO MIDDLE EAST CRISIS: [...] (C) Summary: In an overcharged environment where PKK killings of 16 security forces in the last few days has dovetailed with popular outcry over Israel's actions against Hizballah, Turkish press and public reaction to Middle East developments has been overwhelmingly negative. Media commentar [...] |
2006-07-18 14:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL LE TU |
| 06ANKARA4279 |
TURKEY INSPECTS SUSPECT FLIGHT FROM IRAN TO SYRIA [...] (S/NF) State Ops alerted us July 23 that the Syrians may once again be attempting to fly an IL-76 with suspect cargo from Iran to Syria. We contacted MFA Head of Department for Aviation Affairs Hamit Olcay, who informed us that the flight approaching Turkey was actually an Iranian civilian car [...] |
2006-07-24 11:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM ETTC PREL IR SY IS TU LE |
| 06ANKARA4316 |
TURKEY RECEIVES THREE SYRIAN AND IRANIAN IL-76 [...] (S/NF) We delivered ref a points to MFA Aviation Department Head Hamit Olcay on July 25. According to Olcay, Turkey does not have any pending cargo overflight requests. However, the GOT did receive three separate IL-76 overflight requests from Syria and Iran following our initial July 19 appr [...] |
2006-07-26 14:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM MARR ETTC TU IR SY SA JO IS LE |
| 06ANKARA4326 |
TFLE01: AIRCRAFT NEEDED NOW TO EVACUATE AMCITS TO [...] (U) This is an urgent action request -- please see para. 4. 2. (SBU) Over 700 of the approximately 1700 American citizens and their dependents evacuated from Turkey to Lebanon on July 23 remain at Incirlik Air Base. Schedules for commercial charter flights from Incirlik to CONUS have come a [...] |
2006-07-27 10:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC MOPS ASEC TU LE CY |
| 06ANKARA4331 |
TFLE01: TURKISH DEBATE INCREASINGLY CRITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Reactions in Turkey to the conflict in the Middle East continue to focus on humanitarian needs and the requirement for an immediate ceasefire, with commentary, both in the media and from our contacts, increasingly critical of both Israel and the U.S. Many have linked Secretary Ric [...] |
2006-07-27 15:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PROV PREL PTER TU IS LE |
| 06ANKARA4354 |
TFLE01: UPDATE ON EVACUEE PROCESSING IN TURKEY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Of the 1,700 evacuees received in Turkey, approximately 700 remain on the Incirlik Air Base as of July 28, awaiting chartered aircraft. All three of the flights scheduled to depart July 28 were canceled. These repeated cancellations and delays are seriously undermining morale o [...] |
2006-07-28 16:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC ASEC TU LE CY |
| 06ANKARA4365 |
Turkish Markets Unfazed by Middle East Crisis, but Tourism [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-31 12:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN TU LE IZ IR IS |
| 06ANKARA4373 |
TFLE01: TURKISH PRESS AND PUBLIC CONDEMN QANA [...] (C) Summary: Continued large-scale attacks causing civilian deaths such as the Qana bombing in Lebanon are fueling increased anti-Israel and anti-American sentiment among the public and the press. Protests in Istanbul and Ankara against the U.S. and Israel occurred on July 28 and 29, and may [...] |
2006-07-31 15:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER TU IS LE |
| 06ANKARA4474 |
TFLE01: TURKEY: ANGRY CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE [...] (C) Summary: The mood in Turkey regarding events in Lebanon - particularly the failure to achieve an early, UN-brokered ceasefire - has turned angry. Growing protests on the streets have been matched by official statements in Kuala Lumpur (PM Erdogan at the OIC ministerial) and Washington (F [...] |
2006-08-03 13:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER TU IS LE |
| 06ANKARA4703 |
TURKEY NOT LIKELY AFFECTED BY LEBANON OIL SPILL [...] (SBU) Summary. Contrary to alarmist press reporting in Turkey, a variety of assessments assign a low probability to the Lebanon oil spill reaching Turkey. Still, the possibility cannot be excluded, in which instance Turkey might need assistance for cleanup. Turkey has improved its legislat [...] |
2006-08-11 15:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV MARR TU LE SY |
| 06ANKARA4704 |
TURKEY PREFERS SUPPORTING ROLE IN LEBANON PKO [...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador advised MFA Deputy U/S Uzumcu of US efforts to finalize a UN resolution on Lebanon. He urged the GOT to make public its support for a resolution that would bring about an urgent cessation of hostilities, the withdrawal of Israeli forces, and the establishment of a robu [...] |
2006-08-11 15:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PGOV PREL TU SY LE |
| 06ANKARA4706 |
TURKEY PREFERS SUPPORTING ROLE IN LEBANON PKO [...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador advised MFA Deputy U/S Uzumcu of US efforts to finalize a UN resolution on Lebanon. He urged the GOT to make public its support for a resolution that would bring about an urgent cessation of hostilities, the withdrawal of Israeli forces, and the establishment of a robu [...] |
2006-08-11 15:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PGOV PREL TU SY LE |
| 06ANKARA4710 |
TURKEY PREFERS SUPPORTING ROLE IN LEBANON PKO [...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador advised MFA Deputy U/S Uzumcu of US efforts to finalize a UN resolution on Lebanon. He urged the GOT to make public its support for a resolution that would bring about an urgent cessation of hostilities, the withdrawal of Israeli forces, and the establishment of a robu [...] |
2006-08-12 08:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PGOV PREL TU SY LE |
| 06ANKARA4711 |
URGENT DEMARCHE ON US SECURITY COUNCIL'S [...] (U) This is an action message. See para 5. 2. (SBU) Ambassador spoke August 12 with Turkish MFA U/S Tuygan to convey reftel demarche regarding UNSCR 1701. In addition to the points provided, Ambassador urged Turkey to express strong support for the resolution. He expected that work will [...] |
2006-08-12 12:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE TU |
| 06ANKARA4726 |
TURKISH MFA STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF UNSC [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-14 13:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC KPAO LE TU |
| 06ANKARA4748 |
TURKISH PRIME MINISTRY STATEMENT WELCOMING [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-15 11:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC KPAO LE TU |
| 06ANKARA4753 |
TURKEY CONSIDERING HUMANITARIAN AID BATTALION AND [...] (S) SUMMARY. The Ambassador met with MFA Deputy U/S Uzumcu on August 14 for a read-out of PM Erdogan's earlier meeting with senior military and MFA officials on Lebanon. Uzumcu reported that the PM's meeting discussed offering the Mersin Port and Adana airport as a military and humanitarian a [...] |
2006-08-15 14:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PGOV PREL TU SY LE |
| 06ANKARA4779 |
TURKEY TO CONSIDER UN LIST OF UNIFIL REQUIREMENTS [...] (C) Ambassador contacted MFA Deputy U/S Uzumcu on August 16 to urge Turkey's immediate decision on a contribution to an expanded UNIFIL force, as called for under UNSCR 1701. He emphasized the need for a quick, robust capability to supplement existing UN troops and asked Turkey to consider su [...] |
2006-08-16 15:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL TU LE |
| 06ANKARA4780 |
TUREY TO CONSIDER UN LIST OF UNIFIL REQUIREMENTS [...] (C) Ambassador contacted MFA Deputy U/S Uzumcu on August 16 to urge Turkey's immediate decision on a contribution to an expanded UNIFIL force, as called for under UNSCR 1701. He emphasized the need for a quick, robust capability to supplement existing UN troops and asked Turkey to consider su [...] |
2006-08-17 05:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL TU LE |
| 06ANKARA4781 |
TURKEY TO CONSIDER UN LIST OF UNIFIL REQUIREMENTS [...] (C) Ambassador contacted MFA Deputy U/S Uzumcu on August 16 to urge Turkey's immediate decision on a contribution to an expanded UNIFIL force, as called for under UNSCR 1701. He emphasized the need for a quick, robust capability to supplement existing UN troops and asked Turkey to consider su [...] |
2006-08-17 05:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL TU LE |
| 06ANKARA4804 |
TURKEY TO DECIDE ON UNIFIL PARTICIPATION AFTER [...] (C) Summary: Turkey will move toward a government decision to approve a Lebanon deployment during the week of August 21, following FM Gul's consultations in Israel on Sunday, according to MFA DG for the Middle East Bozkurt Aran. However, Aran told Ambassador on August 17 that this decision [...] |
2006-08-17 15:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MOPS TU LE |
| 06ANKARA4860 |
TURKEY TO PRESS SYRIA TO RESPECT UNSCR 1701 [...] (C) We met with MFA Middle East Department Head Sedat Onal on August 21 to encourage Turkey to emphasize the unambiguous requirement to abide by the arms embargo against Hizballah and UNSCR 1701 and the importance of playing a constructive role in Lebanon's future (reftel) in upcoming meetings [...] |
2006-08-22 08:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL IR LE TU |
| 06ANKARA4875 |
TURKEY CONTINUES DELIBERATIONS OVER A UNIFIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Per reftel request, Ambassador met with MFA Deputy U/S Uzumcu on August 22 to urge Turkey to make a substantial contribution to a robust UNIFIL. Uzumcu said Turkey is taking steps to formalize its offer of ports and is willing to contribute to DPKO staff for Lebanon planning. The [...] |
2006-08-22 15:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL TU LE |
| 06ANKARA4878 |
TURKISH FM GUL'S VISIT TO ISRAEL - ISRAELI [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-23 07:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IS LE TU |
| 06ANKARA4893 |
TURKISH FM GUL VISITS DAMASCUS, PRESSES ASAD TO [...] (C) Summary: In Turkish FM Gul's one-day visit to Damascus August 22, Gul urged President Asad to shock the world by articulating a positive message on Middle East peace and fully supporting UNIFIL, according to MFA Director General for Middle East Bozkurt Aran. Asad welcomed the idea of Tur [...] |
2006-08-23 15:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LE SY TU |
| 06ANKARA4964 |
TURKEY: DONORS' ASSISTANCE TO LEBANON [...] (SBU) Summary. At the August 31 donors meeting in Stockholm, Turkey will pledge assistance in the form of reconstruction projects, likely focused initially on the power sector. The GOT is looking for projects that contribute to long-term growth, understanding that it is also important to d [...] |
2006-08-28 15:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL TU LE SW |
| 06ANKARA4978 |
TURKISH COUNCIL OF MINISTERS SUPPORTS [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish Council of Ministers announced its support of Turkish participation in UNIFIL on August 28; it plans to seek parliamentary approval within the next week or two. A united front by PM Erdogan, FM Gul and Speaker Arinc, along with the ruling Justice and Development Party' [...] |
2006-08-29 11:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV USUN LE TU |
| 06ANKARA5018 |
SUPER MASONIC PUPPIES AND OTHER INSULTS: ANKARA'S [...] Summary: During the course of the July-August conflict between Hezbollah and Israel, there was a noticeable change in the nature of comments and questions coming into Embassy Ankara's "Ask the Ambassador" website feature. Before the conflict, most of the approximately 30 messages received pe [...] |
2006-08-31 14:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PREL KPAO TU IS LE |
| 06ANKARA5020 |
SEPTEMBER 5 PARLIAMENTARY VOTE ON TURKISH UNIFIL [...] (C) Summary. The Turkish government will ask the speaker of parliament to convene a special session on September 5 to vote on deploying troops to Lebanon. The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) parliamentary group will meet late September 4 with PM Erdogan to persuade waverers and pr [...] |
2006-08-31 16:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GPGOV USUN LE TU |
| 06ANKARA5098 |
TURKEY'S GOVERNMENT PREPARED FOR PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) Summary. After a lengthy meeting of party MPs on September 4, the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has its ducks in a row for today's parliamentary vote to approve deploying Turkish troops to Lebanon. PM Erdogan was not able to eliminate all dissent, but Embassy contacts report [...] |
2006-09-05 10:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV USUN LE TU |
| 06ANKARA5149 |
TURKISH PARLIAMENT VOTES TO DEPLOY TROOPS TO [...] (C) Summary. The Turkish parliament approved the government's motion to contribute troops to UNIFIL in a September 5 extraordinary assembly session. PM Erdogan exerted control over his Justice and Development Party (AKP) with a well-orchestrated outreach campaign that dissolved or muted mos [...] |
2006-09-06 14:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV USUN LE TU |
| 06ANKARA5200 |
TURKEY/LEBANON: TURKEY'S LEBANON PEACEKEEPING [...] (C) Summary. Following a contentious parliamentary vote and the September 6 visit of UNSYG Annan to Ankara, Turkey has promised naval assets as well as the use of seaports and airports for Lebanon peacekeeping operations. In addition, the GOT is planning a ground contingent to engage in huma [...] |
2006-09-08 14:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL UN LE TU |
| 06ANKARA5259 |
OPPOSITION DEPUTIES SLAM U.S., ISRAEL DURING [...] (C) Opposition deputies launched virulent attacks against the US and Israel during the September 5 Turkish parliamentary debate on Turkey's troop deployment to Lebanon. The motion passed (reftel A) and the GOT is readying Turkish troops to join the UNIFIL mission, but the force and tenor of s [...] |
2006-09-13 12:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LE TU |
| 06ANKARA5838 |
TURKEY/LEBANON: MORE DETAILS ON TURKEY'S UNIFIL [...] (C) Turkish media is reporting that the frigate "Gaziantep" will depart for UNIFIL duty on October 10 and the Turkish land component will arrive in Lebanon October 20. Turkish General Staff (TGS) J-3 Operations Chief MG Serdar Kocak confirmed to us October 4 that Turkish naval and ground units [...] |
2006-10-06 09:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL UN LE TU |
| 06ANKARA5839 |
TURKISH CONTRIBUTION TO LEBANON RECONSTRUCTION [...] (SBU) Turkish MFA Lebanon Assistance Coordinator Koray Targay explained October 5 that Turkey planned to provide its $10 million Stockholm pledge in the form of 50 pre-fabricated schools that would be set-up in southern Lebanon. He coordinated this with Council for Development and Reconstru [...] |
2006-10-06 09:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID LE TU |
| 06ANKARA5990 |
PRESERVING LEBANESE PM SINIORA'S GOVERNMENT [...] (S/NF) Ambassador reviewed U.S. concerns about Syrian plans to undermine the Siniora government with Turkish PM/FM foreign policy advisor Davutoglu on October 17. He reminded Davutoglu of the exchange about Syria and Lebanon during PM Erdogan's meeting with the President on October 2. The tw [...] |
2006-10-17 13:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS TU LE SY |
| 06ANKARA6141 |
TURKISH DEMARCHE RESPONSE: UNGA RESOLUTIONS ON THE [...] (SBU) The Turks share our concerns regarding the lack of balance in the NAM-sponsored UNGA resolutions related to the situation of children and human rights in Lebanon. We delivered reftel points October 26 to Turkish MFA Middle East Department Officer Cem Ulusoy, following a three-day end of [...] |
2006-10-27 12:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA PHUM PREL PTER LE IS TU |
| 06ANKARA6451 |
TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, October 2006 [...] Turkey's National Security Council (NSC) held its bi-monthly meeting on October 31. Internal and external developments affecting Turkey's national security topped the agenda of the meeting. Negotiations on Iran's nuclear program after the UN Security Council resolution of July 31 were discusse [...] |
2006-11-20 09:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL UY CH GR AM AF LE TU |
| 06ANKARA6490 |
LEBANON/TURKEY: GOT CONDEMNS GEMAYEL [...] (U) The Turkish MFA immediately and strongly condemned the Nov. 21 assassination of Lebanese Industry Minister Gemayel (full text in para. 3). Media reporting was straightforward and tended to place the blame on Syria. 2. (C) The Lebanese Ambassador to Turkey recently told Ambassador that [...] |
2006-11-22 15:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV KDEM MOPS TU LE SY |
| 06ANKARA6500 |
Scenesetter for CODEL Shays' Nov. 27-29 Visit to Turkey [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey broadly agrees with U.S. goals in Iraq and tangibly supports our military effort there. However, Turkish concerns about Iraq's stability and future, as well as the PKK issue, complicate the relationship. Turkey has generally good intentions in promoting Middle East peace [...] |
2006-11-24 13:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER ETRD PGOV TU IZ IR LE SY AM EUN |
| 06ANKARA6546 |
TURKEY SHARES CONCERNS ABOUT STABILITY OF SINIORA [...] (S) DCM discussed reftel demarche Nov. 30 with Deputy Undersecretary Uzumcu, who undertook to raise the issue at the higher levels of the ministry. We also double-tracked with MFA Middle East Department Head Sedat Onal. Onal thanked us for sharing our concerns and noted that Turkey has also [...] |
2006-11-30 16:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS LE SY TU |
| 06ANKARA6563 |
TURKS CONVEY USG CONCERNS TO SARG, BUT STILL [...] (S) SUMMARY: We further discussed U.S. concerns related to Syrian efforts to destabilize Lebanese Prime Minister Siniora's government December 1 with MFA officials and received a read-out of Deputy PM Sener's November 29 meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. According to MFA, Sener [...] |
2006-12-01 16:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS LE SY TU |
| 06ANKARA6574 |
TURKISH PM ERDOGAN'S VISIT TO TEHRAN -- INITIAL [...] (S) Summary: Turkish PM Erdogan emphasized Lebanon and the implications for Iran of widening Shia/Sunni conflict during his December 3 visit to Tehran, according to FM Gul and PM/FM foreign affairs advisor Davutoglu. Other topics included Iraq and Iranian gas transit for the Nabucco pipeline [...] |
2006-12-04 16:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL IR IZ LE SY TU |
| 06ANKARA6617 |
TURKISH PM ERDOGAN'S VISIT TO DAMASCUS [...] (C) Summary: Lebanon was the main focus on Turkish PM Erdogan's visit to Damascus, PM/FM foreign affairs advisor Ahmet Davutoglu told Ambassador December 8. Erdogan urged President Asad to make Syria a force for stability in a polarizing region, and to do so by using its influence to dissuad [...] |
2006-12-08 13:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE IZ TU |
| 06ANKARA6722 |
TURKEY: PM ERDOGAN TO VISIT LEBANON IN THE NEXT [...] (C) MFA Middle East Head of Department Sedat Onal told us December 21 Prime Minister Erdogan does intend to travel to Lebanon during the upcoming Muslim Sacrifice holiday, which this year begins December 30 and ends January 3. GOT officials had indicated to us earlier (reftels) Erdogan's inte [...] |
2006-12-21 15:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE SY TU |
| 06ANKARA6735 |
TURKISH OFFICIALS SHARE CONCERNS ON IRAN, IRAQ, [...] (C) Summary. Assistant Secretary of Defense Peter Rodman discussed Iraq, Iran, and the Middle East with Turkish Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul and MFA Deputy Undersecretary Rafet Akgunay on the margins of December 12-13 High Level Defense Group talks in Ankara. Rodman described his discussions [...] |
2006-12-22 15:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL IS IZ IR SY LE XF TU |
| 06ATHENS1853 |
GREEK MFA INVOLVED IN ARRANGING VESSELS FOR BEIRUT [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador called on Deputy Foreign Minister Kassimis on July 17 to advise the GoG of current USG efforts regarding potential evacuations from Beirut, as well as enlist GoG aid in locating appropriate vessels for RFP N00033-06-R-5523, and raise the possibility that Souda Bay mig [...] |
2006-07-18 04:41:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AEMR CASC EWWT GR LE MARR PINS PREL ETRA KHLS |
| 06ATHENS1908 |
GREECE AGREES UNSC ISRAEL/LEBANON STATEMENTS [...] (S) SUMMARY: MFA Secretary General Haralambos Rocanas agreed with CDA on July 21 that all UNSC statements on Lebanon/Israel should have the broadest possible consensus. In that spirit, he read to us Greece's draft statement, which he intended to pass shortly to the Greek delegation in NY. Roc [...] |
2006-07-21 13:06:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PREL UNSC IS LE GR |
| 06ATHENS2152 |
GREECE LIKELY TO SUPPORT UNIFIL THROUGH NAVAL [...] (C) Summary: MFA and MoD contacts informed Embassy that Greece plans to respond positively to resolution 1701's call for contributions for a peacekeeping force in Lebanon. Senior Greek military planners are focused on providing a naval force to the future peacekeeping effort in Lebanon, with o [...] |
2006-08-17 15:17:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL LE GR |
| 06ATHENS2178 |
FM BAKOYANNIS TRAVEL TO MIDDLE EAST: CRAFTING THE [...] (C) FM Dora Bakoyannis will depart Athens on Tuesday afternoon, August 22, for a tour of the Middle East. She plans to visit Cyprus, Lebanon, Jordan, and Israel, and also intends to meet with Palestinian leadership. (Her chief of staff told DCM that she will not/not visit Syria.) The annou [...] |
2006-08-21 13:18:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | CY GR IS LE MARR MOPS PGOV PREL PTER UN |
| 06ATHENS2201 |
GREECE ANNOUNCES PARTICIPATION IN UNIFIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Greek Government has decided to send two naval vessels and a military divers unit to participate in peacekeeping operations in Lebanon. For now, however, the GOG has ruled out sending ground forces. MOD officials have stressed to us the suitability of the Souda Bay facililit [...] |
2006-08-23 12:17:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL PGOV LE GR |
| 06ATHENS2205 |
BAKOYIANNIS HEADS TO MIDDLE EAST IN LISTENING MODE [...] (C) DCM met with Ambassador Kostas Chalastanis, Director of FM Bakoyannis' cabinet, on August 22 just prior to their departure for Cyprus, Lebanon, Jordan and Israel. Delivering ref a points, DCM emphasized that, when Greece assumed the UNSC presidency in September, it would immediately face [...] |
2006-08-23 13:28:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MARR MOPS UNSC GR CY IS LE |
| 06ATHENS2282 |
LEBANON/IRAN: GREECE FOCUSES ON MIDDLE EAST IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 30, DCM met with Ambassador Kostas Chalastanis, director of FM Bakoyannis' cabinet, for a readout of Bakoyannis' visit to Middle East capitals August 22-25. Chalastanis informed us that, in addition to her consultations in Beirut, Amman, and Tel Aviv, Bakoyannis woul [...] |
2006-08-31 12:35:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS UNSC IAEA GR IS CY LE |
| 06BAGHDAD1995 |
CODEL INHOFE MEETS WITH NEW MINISTER OF DEFENSE [...] (C) Senators James Inhofe, Oklahoma, and Daniel K. Akaka, Hawaii, visited Iraq June 10-11 with their staffs to congratulate senior security officials on their recent cabinet appointments and for their contributions to operations resulting in the death of Abu Musab Zarqawi. 2. (C) CODEL [...] |
2006-06-13 06:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PTER REL LE SY JO IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD2925 |
PRESIDENT OF IRAQ URGES U.S. TO CALL FOR CEASEFIRE [...] (C) On July 31, President Jalal Talabani convoked Charge d,Affaires to convey the official Iraqi views on Lebanon. Making clear that he was speaking in his capacity as the President of Iraq, Talabani stated that he had received an urgent appeal from the Lebanese Prime Minister [...] |
2006-08-12 11:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL LE IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD3299 |
IRAQI MFA SUPPORTIVE ON LEBANON, GUATEMALA UNSC [...] (C) On September 3, Post made reftel points to Qusay al-Kubaysi, Special Assistant to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Kubaysi responded that he would convey the points to the Minister as soon as he was available. On September 5, we reviewed the points with Deputy FM Bidan. Bidan said tha [...] |
2006-09-06 11:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ LE SU IS UN |
| 06BAKU1156 |
IBRAHIMOGLU LEADS 70 PERSON PROTEST AT ISRAELI [...] (C) Former Juma Mosque Imam Ilgar Ibrahimoglu led a group of roughly 70 - 80 in an August 3 nonviolent protest of Israeli actions in the Middle East in front of the Israeli Embassy. Ibrahimoglu told Emboff that police officers arrived late and largely permitted the group to demonstrate without [...] |
2006-08-04 14:00:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL ASEC CASC IS LE AJ |
| 06BAKU1202 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AZERBAIJAN ON UNSC [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-14 12:46:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE AJ |
| 06BAKU1215 |
IRANIAN AMBASSADOR SPEAKS OUT ON THE MIDDLE EAST [...] (U) In recent statements - notably on widely watched independent ANS Television - outspoken Iranian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Afshar Suleymani repeatedly accused Israel of using excessive force and criticized the United States for its support of this "injustice" in the conflict between Israel a [...] |
2006-08-17 10:52:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV KDEM PINR IR AJ PREL IS LE KPAO |
| 06BAKU1268 |
AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN MINISTER "DOES NOT RULE OUT" [...] (C) In an August 23 telephone conversation with the Ambassador, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said that he had discussed the UNIFIL mission with Jordanian officials (King Abdullah II paid an official visit to Azerbaijan August 22-23). The Jordanians, he said, do not want to [...] |
2006-08-25 12:54:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL LE AJ |
| 06BAKU1288 |
SYRIA/IRAN ARMS EMBARGO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on UNSCR 1701 to Vugar Gurbanov and Mahur Gasimov of the International Security Division at the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs on August 28, 2006. Poloff emphasized that we were sharing this information in response to Azerbaijani FM Mammadyarov' [...] |
2006-08-30 14:08:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | IR LE MARR MOPS PREL SY XG AJ |
| 06BAKU1580 |
AZERBAIJAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNGA HUMAN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-30 13:48:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UNGA LE IS AJ |
| 06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN414 |
BRUNEI'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO LEBANON RELIEF AND [...] (C) Government of Brunei (GOB) Foreign Minister II Pehin Lim Jock Seng told Ambassador on August 15 that Brunei is contributing BDOLS 1 million (approx USDOLS 633,000) for immediate humanitarian relief in Lebanon in response to an OIC appeal. Lim said the GOB may be willing to contribute mor [...] |
2006-08-16 08:27:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID IR LE PREL BX |
| 06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN415 |
BRUNEI CONTINUES TO PLAN UNIFIL CONTRIBUTION, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Government of Brunei (GOB) continues to plan contribution of a mechanized infantry company to UNIFIL and remains publicly committed to such a deployment in conjunction with Malaysian and/or Indonesian troops. Privately, GOB defense officials recognize the challenges that a Leban [...] |
2006-08-16 08:28:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL BX IS LE |
| 06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN440 |
BRUNEI'S UNIFIL DEPLOYMENT: MILITARY PREPARATIONS [...] (C) In meetings August 29 and 30, senior GOB officials indicated to us that plans are well advanced for the Royal Brunei Armed Forces to fulfill the Sultan's pledge to contribute troops to UNIFIL should UNSYG Annan request a Bruneian contribution. They said that they understood that Israel ha [...] |
2006-08-30 07:19:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL UN IS LE BX |
| 06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN500 |
BRUNEI MAY DOWNSIZE PLANNED UNIFIL CONTRIBUTION [...] (C) As the original notion of a Indonesia-Malaysia-Brunei combined force contribution to UNIFIL fades away and is replaced by a more traditional pattern of separate but coordinated national contingents, the Government of Brunei (GOB) is looking at revising its planned contribution from a mecha [...] |
2006-09-28 09:20:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR BX IS LE UN PREL |
| 06BANGKOK4939 |
THAILAND: UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1701 [...] On August 12, PolOff delivered reftel demarche, talking points, resolution text and the Secretary's statement to MFA North American and South Pacific Affairs Division Director Amornsate Singha. Amornsate promised to relay the demarche points to his Director General and Permanent Secretary. H [...] |
2006-08-12 11:27:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE TH |
| 06BANGKOK4982 |
THAILAND: UNIFIL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) On August 16, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Paisit Boonparlit, Political Counselor for the MFA's North American and South Pacific Affairs Division. Paisit said that the MFA had begun in-house discussions about Thailand's possible response to the situation in Lebanon during the week [...] |
2006-08-16 06:07:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL LE TH |
| 06BANGKOK6813 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA RESOLUTIONS ON THE [...] PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Dusit Manapan, Director of the Social Division at the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Dusit acknowledged our concerns and stated that his Ministry has yet to make a decision on how they would vote, but is considering the issue "very carefully." BOY [...] |
2006-11-09 10:21:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA LE IS PHUM PREL PTER TH |
| 06BANJUL459 |
THE GAMBIA: STATEMENT ON SITUATION IN LEBANON [...] (U) The resident Lebanese community here has gone public with its concern over the situation in Lebanon, denouncing Israel over the violence. On July 18, local media carried the statement made on behalf of the Lebanese community by the Lebanese Honorary Consul, who condemned "in strongest term [...] |
2006-07-18 14:17:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC PTER GA LE |
| 06BANJUL472 |
THE GAMBIA: UPDATE ON REACTION TO MIDEAST VIOLENCE [...] (U) Following the resident Lebanese community's July 18 statement denouncing Israel for the ongoing Mideast violence (reftel), President Jammeh has also condemned the Israelis. In a televised statement marking the anniversary of his 1994 coup, Jammeh expressed concern over the clashes, but por [...] |
2006-07-24 12:51:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC PTER GA LE |
| 06BANJUL476 |
TFLE01: FURTHER GAMBIAN REACTION TO MIDEAST [...] (SBU) Following his July 21 statement criticizing Israel over the Mideast violence (reftel), President Jammeh has continued to denounce Israel. In a July 24 speech, he spoke of an "agenda of war in the Middle East" aimed at the destruction of Syrian and Iran so as to "allow the expansion of I [...] |
2006-07-27 10:47:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC PTER GA LE |
| 06BANJUL487 |
TFLE01: GAMBIAN CONDEMNATION OF ISRAEL OVER QANA [...] (SBU) The GOTG wasted no time in condemning Israel over the July 30 air strike on Qana, Lebanon. Issuing a statement the same day. the GOTG denounced "this atrocious Israeli action," describing it as "illegal, barbaric, and inhuman." It called on the "International Community" to "ensure the i [...] |
2006-07-31 16:41:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC PTER GA LE |
| 06BEIJING15153 |
TFLEO1: PRC/LEBANON - BEIJING CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (C) China is concerned about the situation in Lebanon, but has no clear definition of a red line that would trigger a stronger Chinese reaction to Israel's offensive, according to an MFA official. China's response to unfolding events will depend on the reaction of the international community, [...] |
2006-07-20 11:59:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AEMR MARR CH IS LE |
| 06BEIJING15563 |
TFLE01: CCID OFFICIAL REFRAINS FROM CALLING FOR [...] (C) ALTHOUGH CHINA IS UPSET ABOUT THE DEATH OF A CHINESE UNIFIL PEACEKEEPER IN LEBANON AND INTRODUCED A UNSC PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT (PRST) CONDEMNING THE ATTACK, CENTRAL COMMITTEE INTERNATIONAL DEPARTMENT (CCID) MIDEAST DIVISION DIRECTOR JIAO ZHIXIN SAID CHINA IS NOT INSISTING ON A RETURN TO [...] |
2006-07-27 14:23:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KPKO CH IS LE |
| 06BEIJING15857 |
TFLE01: PRC/LEBANON: INTERNATIONAL FORCE MUST [...] (C) THE PRC SUPPORTS THE DEPLOYMENT OF AN INTERNATIONAL FORCE TO SOUTHERN LEBANON WITH A STRONG MANDATE TO SUPPORT EXTENSION OF THE LEBANESE GOVERNMENT'S AUTHORITY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. MFA IO DEPARTMENT UN AFFAIRS DIVISION DIRECTOR YANG TAO TOLD POLOFFS AUGUST 2 THAT BEIJINGS POSITION IS V [...] |
2006-08-02 11:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KPKO CH UN LE IS |
| 06BEIJING16512 |
CODEL STEVENS MEETING WITH PRESIDENT HU JINTAO [...] (C) CODEL Stevens, accompanied by the Ambassador, reviewed with President Hu Jintao the results of the U.S.-China Inter-Parliamentary Exchange dialogue and urged further Chinese cooperation on the North Korean and Iranian nuclear issues. President Hu said the bilateral relationship is in good [...] |
2006-08-12 09:47:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON ENRG CH KN LE IR |
| 06BEIJING16515 |
CODEL STEVENS AND NPC CHAIRMAN WU BANGGUO DISCUSS [...] (C) CODEL STEVENS, ACCOMPANIED BY THE AMBASSADOR, MET WITH NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS (NPC) CHAIRMAN WU BANGGUO ON AUGUST 11 IN BEIJING TO DISCUSS KEY U.S.- CHINA BILATERAL ISSUES FOLLOWING THE THIRD ANNUAL U.S.-CHINA INTER-PARLIAMENTARY GROUP (IPG) DIALOGUE IN GUILIN. SENATORS RAISED CONCERN [...] |
2006-08-13 22:58:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON ENRG CH TW KN LE IR |
| 06BEIJING16822 |
PRC/LEBANON: BEIJING SKEPTICAL ABOUT PROSPECTS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: BEIJING BELIEVES UNSRC 1701 IS A "GOOD RESOLUTION" BUT IS SKEPTICAL ABOUT PROSPECTS FOR ITS SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION. MFA WEST ASIA AND NORTH AFRICA DEPARTMENT LEVANT DIVISION DIRECTOR CHEN WEIQING SAID AUGUST 15 THAT EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1701 WILL DEPEND ON RESOLVI [...] |
2006-08-15 10:47:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS CH UN IS LE |
| 06BEIJING16876 |
PRC/LEBANON: CHINA CONSIDERING SENDING [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPH 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY. BEIJING IS CAREFULLY CONSIDERING REQUESTS FOR CHINESE CONTRIBUTIONS TO AN EXPANDED UNIFIL UNDER UNSCR 1701, SAID MFA INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR GENERAL WU HAI LONG AT A MEETING WITH THE DCM ON AUGUST 16. [...] |
2006-08-16 11:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS LE UNSC CH |
| 06BEIJING20107 |
SEPTEMBER 21 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SINO-JAPAN [...] Key points made at the September 21 MFA press briefing were: -- China hopes new LDP leader Shinzo Abe will make concrete efforts to improve Sino-Japanese relations. -- China and Japan will hold the Sixth Round of their strategic dialogue in Tokyo from September 23 to 24. -- Japan's pr [...] |
2006-09-21 10:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM EAID JA IR TH LE CH |
| 06BEIJING24536 |
PRC/SYRIA: NO VISITS PLANNED, MFA PROVIDES READOUT [...] (C) China has no plans for a high-level visit by Syrian officials, according to MFA Levant Division Director Chen Weiqing. Providing a readout of Assistant Foreign Minister Zhai Jun's December 6-8 trip to Israel, Ramallah and Syria, Chen said that Israeli officials asked the PRC to urge Syria [...] |
2006-12-14 10:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IS LE SY IZ CH |
| 06BEIJING24537 |
PRC/SYRIA: NO VISITS PLANNED, MFA PROVIDES READOUT [...] (C) China has no plans for a high-level visit by Syrian officials, according to MFA Levant Division Director Chen Weiqing. Providing a readout of Assistant Foreign Minister Zhai Jun's December 6-8 trip to Israel, Ramallah and Syria, Chen said that Israeli officials asked the PRC to urge Syria [...] |
2006-12-14 12:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IS LE SY IZ CH |
| 06BEIJING8804 |
PRC/LEBANON: SYRIA-LEBANON RESOLUTION IN SECURITY [...] (C) The PRC is concerned about "expanding" UNSCR 1559 and setting precedents for the Security Council involving itself in calling for establishment of diplomatic relations as well as demarcation of borders, is disappointed that the P-3 have not shared a draft text of the proposed resolution bu [...] |
2006-05-11 11:36:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC LE SY CH |
| 06BEIJING9289 |
PRC/LEBANON: SYRIA-LEBANON RESOLUTION IN SECURITY [...] (C) The PRC remains opposed to a new UN Security Council Resolution on Lebanon and continues to seek watering down of any UNSC call for Lebanon and Syria to establish diplomatic relations, but would be willing to support a Presidential Statement stronger than what Russia has proposed. During [...] |
2006-05-16 10:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC LE SY CH |
| 06BEIRUT1001 |
MGLE01: MINISTER OF JUSTICE EXPLAINS DECISION ON [...] (C) On March 22, Minister of Justice Charles Rizk and Judge Chukri Sadr discussed with the Ambassador the MOJ's deliberations regarding the U.S. extradition request for the four terrorists -- Mohammod Ali Hamadei, Hasan Izz-al-Din, Ali Atwa, and Imad Mughniyah -- responsible for the hijacking [...] |
2006-03-30 05:37:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | LE PGOV PREL PTER |
| 06BEIRUT1010 |
MGLE01: NORTHERN LEBANON POOREST DISTRICT IN THE [...] On March 22, econoff met with Statistics Lebanon chief Rabih Haber to attain non-governmental statistics on poverty in Lebanon. According to its recently completed annual survey of households, Statistics Lebanon found that qadas in northern Lebanon had the highest poverty rates in the countr [...] |
2006-03-30 11:44:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PTER ECON SOCI LE |
| 06BEIRUT1013 |
INL BUDGET CALL: LEBANON RESPONSE [...] (SBU) While Embassy Beirut is not an NAS post, it can conduct activities in support of INL's two performance goals: -- Countering international trafficking in drugs, persons, and other illicit goods; and -- Promoting international cooperation to combat drugs and crime. With this in min [...] |
2006-03-30 14:02:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ABUD ASEC EAID KCRM LE SNAR |
| 06BEIRUT1024 |
MGLE01: LEBANON'S RELIGIOUS LEADERS NOT [...] (C) Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir, head of the Maronite church, and Patriarch Catholicos Aram I, head of Lebanon's Armenian Orthodox community, both expressed doubt that the current political deadlock between the March 14 forces and the informal coalition of Hizballah, Amal, and Michel Aoun's Fr [...] |
2006-03-31 15:49:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
| 06BEIRUT1029 |
MGLE01: HARIRI DEFENDS MEETING WITH PFLP-GC CHIEF [...] (C) On 4/2, MP Saad Hariri defended his meeting on 3/31 with Damascus-based PFLP-GC leader Ahmad Jibril. Responding to the Ambassador's objections, Hariri said that his meeting was connected directly to the ongoing national dialogue. Participants in the national dialogue asked Hariri, Parli [...] |
2006-04-03 08:48:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KDEM LE SY KPAL |
| 06BEIRUT1038 |
MGLE01: HIZBALLAH ASSOCIATE SEES A MISUNDERSTOOD [...] (C) Econoff and FSN political specialist met with former Hizballah bloc MP Georges Najm on March 29. Najm, who is not a member of Hizballah, said that he maintained ties to Hizballah, especially MP Mohammad Raad and Minister of Energy and Water Mohammad Fneish. Najm painted a moderate pictu [...] |
2006-04-03 15:32:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KISL KPAL LE PGOV PTER |
| 06BEIRUT1040 |
MGLE01: AOUN ADVISOR COMMENTS ON DETERIORATING [...] (C) Gebran Bassil, senior advisor to Michel Aoun, said the recent deterioration in relations between the March 14 coalition and the Hizballah/Amal/Lahoud alliance was just the latest indication the Siniora/Hariri government was incapable of leading the country. Bassil, who appears to have c [...] |
2006-04-03 15:39:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KDEM LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
| 06BEIRUT1050 |
MGLE01: INDEPENDENT MP FRANJIEH TRIES A NEW [...] (C) MP Samir Franjieh, a founding member of the Qornet Shehwan pro-reform movement, believes the March 14 coalition has effectively worked its way into a trap, partly set by the Syrian regime, by focusing almost exclusively on the replacement of President Emile Lahoud. He contends that chan [...] |
2006-04-04 14:23:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY |
| 06BEIRUT1072 |
MGLE01: SAUDI AMBASSADOR SEES NASRALLAH (WHO [...] (S) In a 4/5 meeting with the Ambassador, Saudi Ambassador Abdulaziz Khoja reported on his two-hour meeting the previous evening with Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah. Nasrallah, Khoja said, reported that Hizballah would back Michel Aoun for Lebanon's presidency and would oppose [...] |
2006-04-06 12:38:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY SA |
| 06BEIRUT1086 |
MGLE01: SPECIAL CABINET SESSION DISCUSSES [...] Summary: The GOL's economic reform agenda was presented before the full Cabinet for the first time during a special session on April 5. President Lahoud chaired the session where both Finance Minister Azour and Economy Minister Haddad made Power Point presentations outlining the GOL's reform [...] |
2006-04-06 15:34:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EFIN LE |
| 06BEIRUT1090 |
MGLE01: AMAL-HIZBALLAH MARRIAGE WEAKENING AMAL [...] (C) Econoff met separately with independent Shia leaders Mohammad Obeid and Mohammad Baydun on April 5. Both Obeid and Baydun reported that Amal's support is crumbling away at the rank-and-file level. The main reason was Amal movement leader and Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri's perceived [...] |
2006-04-07 11:41:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IR IS KISL LE PGOV PTER SY |
| 06BEIRUT1092 |
MGLE01: PARLIAMENTARIAN SEES PARLIAMENT NEGLECTED [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-07 12:18:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV KPAL LE SY IR |
| 06BEIRUT1106 |
MGLE01: FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION CASE IN LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: Lebanon's Office of the Military Justice will hear a case on April 17 to determine if a reformist attorney is guilty of "defaming the institution of the military" when he made statements before the European Commission in November 2003. In the opinion of the Ministry of Foreign [...] |
2006-04-10 07:20:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM LE PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 06BEIRUT1107 |
MGLEO1: NASSIB, NAYLA, BOUTROS EVALUATE THEIR [...] (C) Over the past week, the Ambassador had one-on-one lunches with the three presidential candidates generally considered the front-runners of the March 14 presidential contenders: Nayla Mouawad, Boutros Harb, and Nassib Lahoud. The policy differences among the three pro-independence politi [...] |
2006-04-10 07:21:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY |
| 06BEIRUT1120 |
MGLE01: LEBANON, SHEBAA FARMS, AND THE GHAJAR [...] (C) On April 7, UNIFIL Senior Adviser Milos Strugar briefed econoff on the unusual situation of the divided village of Ghajar. The Blue Line cuts through the center of the village with the northern two-thirds inside Lebanon, and the southern one-third inside the Israeli-occupied Golan Heigh [...] |
2006-04-11 15:27:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPKO LE PBTS PGOV PTER |
| 06BEIRUT1147 |
MGLE01: QUARTERLY REPORT ON FREEDOM AGENDA [...] (C) This is post's progress report for the second quarter of FY-06 on the Lebanon country strategy for democratic reform. Refs A and B identified three outcomes for our country strategy: -- a new electoral law, -- competent, effective, transparent government, and -- reform of the judi [...] |
2006-04-13 09:58:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO KDEM KMPI PREL ECON LE |
| 06BEIRUT1164 |
MGLE01: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DODD [...] (SBU) The current political situation in Lebanon is highly uncertain: the National Dialogue process, which raised expectations for significant political progress when it began six weeks ago, appears to have run its course. The rivalry between the pro-reform "March 14" coalition (consisting [...] |
2006-04-13 14:13:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PGOV PREL LE |
| 06BEIRUT1166 |
MGLE01: FM SALLOUKH REVIEWS ISSUES IN ADVANCE OF [...] (C) Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh said this coming week's visit to Washington and New York by PM Siniora and four of his ministers is well-timed and should produce helpful results. The pro-Syrian foreign minister insisted he welcomes the support of Washington in Lebanon's transition to de [...] |
2006-04-13 15:59:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KDEM KPAL LE PGOV PREL SY |
| 06BEIRUT1204 |
MGLE01: FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION CASE DISMISSED BY [...] (U) In an unexpected development, the slander case against human rights activist Mohammad Mugraby was dismissed by Lebanon's appellate-level Military Court of Cassation on April 15, two days before the case was scheduled to be heard by the country's Military Tribunal. This decision, in effe [...] |
2006-04-18 14:48:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM LE PHUM PREL |
| 06BEIRUT1238 |
MGLE01: CODEL DODD MEETS GENERAL MICHEL AOUN [...] (C) Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Michel Aoun informed visiting Senator Christopher Dodd that it was up to the Lebanese people themselves to defend their sovereignty and not rely excessively on foreign assistance. He criticized the Siniora government for not doing an effective job in [...] |
2006-04-20 15:19:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY |
| 06BEIRUT1239 |
MGLE01: ELECTORAL REFORM COMMISSION MEMBER [...] (C) Electoral commission member Abdel Salam Cheaib told Embassy officers that Lebanon has a rare chance to enact real, lasting reform, but warned that reform efforts will only succeed with long-term, stalwart support from the United States and the European Union. He acknowledged that Lebanese [...] |
2006-04-20 15:22:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KMPI SOCI PINR LE SY |
| 06BEIRUT1240 |
MGLE01: SENATOR DODD'S APRIL 19 LUNCH WITH [...] (C) Senator Dodd's April 19 luncheon with Lebanese MPs Nayla Mouawad, Boutros Harb, and Jawad Boulos was dominated by a discussion of General Michel Aoun and his alliance with Hizballah. Mouawad and Harb characterized their rival for the presidency, Aoun, as a "Syrian agent" willing to sacri [...] |
2006-04-20 15:23:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV OREP SY LE |
| 06BEIRUT1245 |
MGLE01: LEBANESE FOCUS ON PRESIDENCY, ISRAEL, [...] (C) At a 4/19 dinner hosted by the Charge d'Affaires, Lebanese guests of various regional, political, and confessional stripes focused on the issue of the presidency in an occasionally boisterous discussion. "March 14"-affiliated guests called for the USG to use its leverage in forcing the S [...] |
2006-04-24 11:50:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OREP KDEM KPAL PTER LE IS |
| 06BEIRUT1276 |
MGLE01: SPEAKER BERRI GIVES PREVIEW OF NATIONAL [...] (C) In an April 25 meeting with the Ambassador and econoff, Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri said that Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh was happy with Prime Minister Siniora's visit to Washington last week. When the Ambassador asked why Salloukh maintained an unpleasant expression the whole [...] |
2006-04-25 15:37:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IR IS LE PARM PGOV PREL PTER |
| 06BEIRUT1277 |
MGLE01: HARIRI SAYS HE IS READY TO CONFRONT [...] (C) During an April 25 meeting with MP Saad Hariri, the Ambassador and econoff briefed him on Prime Minister Fouad Siniora's visit to Washington last week. Hariri agreed the visit was a success, and was also heartened by what he described as revitalized Saudi and Egyptian support for Lebano [...] |
2006-04-25 15:56:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EG IR KISL LE PGOV PREL PTER SA SY |
| 06BEIRUT1290 |
LEBANESE RESPONSE TO 2005 SUA PROTOCOLS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-26 14:13:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT PTER UN LE |
| 06BEIRUT1297 |
MGLE01: SHIA POLITICIANS VIEW HIZBALLAH'S [...] (C) Former MP Salah Harake provided econoff with impressions of the two Hizballah-nominated ministers in the cabinet within the Shia community. Harake described Minister of Energy and Water Mohammad Fneish as a "good guy" who has run his ministry well. Fneish, "competent and rational," is [...] |
2006-04-26 15:15:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL LE PGOV PTER |
| 06BEIRUT1307 |
MGLE01: PATRIARCH SFEIR NOT CONFIDENT LAHOUD WILL [...] (C) In an April 27 meeting, the Ambassador and econoff discussed with Maronite Patriarch Mar Nasrallah Sfeir the recent visit of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora to Washington. Sfeir agreed with the Ambassador on the success of the visit, saying that Justice Minister Charles Rizk had also given h [...] |
2006-04-27 14:29:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IR LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
| 06BEIRUT1308 |
MGLE01: JUMBLATT CONCERNED WITH GROWING IRANIAN [...] (C) Walid Jumblatt expressed concern that Iran appears to be gaining influence in south and north Lebanon. In both regions, the economically disadvantaged are vulnerable to well-funded and growing Iranian efforts. When he visited Saudi King Abdullah two weeks ago, Jumblatt discussed this i [...] |
2006-04-27 14:34:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY |
| 06BEIRUT1310 |
MGLE01: SCENESETTER FOR MAY 3-5 VISIT OF PM A/S [...] (C) During his recent visit to Washington, Prime Minister Siniora expressed confidence about Lebanon's ability to tackle critical problems through a process of national dialogue. Of these problems, the two most prominent are the fate of President Lahoud, who remains in place through a Syrian [...] |
2006-04-27 15:54:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS PTER KPKO OTRA LE |
| 06BEIRUT1335 |
MGLE01: SALEM OPTIMISTIC ON ELECTORAL LAW, [...] (C) Paul Salem, a member of the national commission charged with reforming Lebanon's electoral law, told us he was optimistic about the commission's ability to reach consensus on a districting plan in the coming weeks. He said the overall atmosphere in the commission, while still affected by [...] |
2006-04-28 15:42:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KMPI EAID LE |
| 06BEIRUT1336 |
MGLE01--JA'JA' TO HARIRI CHRISTIANS NEED MORE [...] (C) On April 28, just hours before the start of the national dialogue, Samir Ja'ja' stopped by the embassy to apply for a visa and to meet briefly with the Ambassador and PolChief. Ja'ja' said the national dialogue will not reach a conclusion on the presidency, but he hoped they might begin [...] |
2006-04-28 16:50:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PHUM PGOV LE |
| 06BEIRUT1337 |
MGLE01: DEFEATED LEBANESE CLOSE TO SYRIA ORGANIZE [...] (C) Elie Ferzli, former Minister of Information and apologist for Syrian influence in Lebanon, is working to form a political "movement" with other like-minded politicians such as Former Interior Minister Suleiman Franjieh, and Former PM Omar Karame. PolChief met with Ferzli, former Minis [...] |
2006-04-28 17:08:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PINS PHUM PRE |