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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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09DUSHANBE846 | AGRICULTURAL REFORMS IN TAJIKISTAN: MORE MANURE? [...] (SBU) Summary: At the end of May President Rahmon signed a decree calling for writing off over half a billion dollars in debt owed by cotton farmers to agricultural investors and, ultimately, the National Bank of Tajikistan. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) required the passage of a debt [...] | 2009-07-15 11:36:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID PGOV EFIN TI |
09DUSHANBE966 | TAJIK RESPONSE TO TIFA AGENDA [...] (SBU) Summary: EconOff met on August 10 with Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade Larisa Kislyakova to discuss the draft agenda for the 4th U.S.-Central Asia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council meeting on October 8 (ref A). She said her ministry supports the dr [...] | 2009-08-13 08:31:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL ECON EINV EFIN TI |
09DUSHANBE969 | TAJIKISTAN -- IMF SEES PROGRESS BUT STILL NOT SURE GLASS IS [...] (C) Summary: After initial assurances that the financial crisis would not affect Tajikistan, government officials now frequently cite dropping remittances, exports, and imports as serious signs of the crisis here. International Monetary Fund Resident Representative Luc Moers said the situation [...] | 2009-08-13 12:19:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV EINV TI |
09DUSSELDORF3 | REGULATORY OFFICIAL REJECTS BUNDESBANK-BAFIN MERGER RUMORS [...] (U) Summary: A senior financial regulator at BaFin in Bonn recently confirmed to us that plans to merge BaFin with the Bundesbank have been dropped. He predicted that more Landesbanken would merge, leading ultimately to only two or three such banks nationally. He commented that WestLB, the [...] | 2009-01-23 15:12:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON GM |
09DUSSELDORF44 | WHAT IS STIRRING NRW M-P RUETTGERS ON HIS ROAD TO ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: During an October 28 introductory call by the Consul General, North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) Minister-President Juergen Ruettgers, newly returned from hosting federal coalition negotiations at the NRW representation in Berlin, took stock of national topics and the state of major pol [...] | 2009-11-03 10:15:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN ETRD ELAB SENV PL GM |
09FLORENCE17 | SAN MARINO SUPPORTS KOSOVO IMF AND WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-17 09:31:00 | Consulate Florence | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL KV SM |
09FRANKFURT1487 | STRONG REACTIONS TO OPEL/MAGNA [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 31, just a day before GM filed for bankruptcy, the tug-of-war for the car manufacturer Opel broke loose, resulting in a deal for Austro-Canadian car supplier Magna to take over Opel from GM and the German federal and state governments pulling together EUR 1.5B in immediate [...] | 2009-06-08 05:45:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD ELAB GM |
09FRANKFURT239 | State Steps in to Ensure Bank Consolidation in Germany [...] Summary: Both Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank are speeding up efforts to complete takeovers despite deteriorating balance sheets and losses in the fourth quarter. Finance Minister Steinbrueck has taken a firm position in favor of consolidation, stepping in to assure that the deals go through in [...] | 2009-01-23 13:09:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON GM |
09FRANKFURT2579 | International Regulatory Cooperation top theme at Luncheon [...] Summary: (SBU)CG Alford hosted a luncheon at his residence on September 16, 2009 for Ambassador Philip Murphy and leaders from the Frankfurt financial community. Guests discussed a variety of political and financial issues, with a focus on maintaining good relations between governments during [...] | 2009-10-05 12:57:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON GM |
09FRANKFURT2800 | German Financial Sector Reactions to Pittsburgh G-20 Summit [...] (SBU) Summary: The consensus in German banking circles and the ECB is that the G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh set the stage for financial reforms and a new architecture that together will help reduce the dangers of another meltdown. In recent meetings with Economic Minister Counselor Robert Pollard [...] | 2009-10-30 07:55:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON GM |
09FRANKFURT3012 | New German Government Plans for Reform of Financial [...] (SBU) Summary: As one of its first decisions, the new coalition government in Germany agreed to concentrate banking supervision, which has previously been shared by Germany's financial supervisor, BaFin, and the German central bank, Bundesbank, in the hands of the central bank. Proponents of t [...] | 2009-11-20 12:54:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL GM |
09FRANKFURT3013 | EU FINANCIAL REGULATORY REFORM: CHIEF REGULATOR HAS [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent conversation between Consulate Representatives and Joachim Sanio, the President of the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin),revealed concerns over strong French influence in the new EU financial regulatory agencies currently being created. Sanio comm [...] | 2009-11-20 12:55:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON GM |
09FRANKFURT3274 | ECB'S EXIT STRATEGY AND REACTION TO GREECE [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 8, European Central Bank (ECB) officials told a visiting Treasury delegation that the financial crisis will increase growth differentials among Eurozone countries, ultimately increasing pressure on the ECB to address imbalances. The ECB, however, remains committed to [...] | 2009-12-23 12:11:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL GM |
09FRANKFURT3283 | EURO FINANCE WEEK PARTICIPANTS CALL FOR STRONGER U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-23 14:19:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PREL GM |
09FRANKFURT3284 | EURO FINANCE WEEK PARTICIPANTS CALL FOR STRONGER U.S. [...] Summary: During the 12th Euro Finance Week 2009 in Frankfurt, top representatives of the European and international financial community agreed that the financial crisis is not yet over. The key lessons from the crisis include: that banks are essential to the real economy but need better interna [...] | 2009-12-23 14:19:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PREL GM |
09FRANKFURT429 | Stuttgart Rebellion Threatens LBBW Bailout and Merger [...] SUMMARY: Plans to inject capital into Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg (LBBW) and merge it with Bavarian counterpart BayernLB have hit a roadblock as one owner, the city of Stuttgart, has said it will not support risking taxpayer money to fund a bank that is losing money. Stuttgart has split wit [...] | 2009-02-11 09:35:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN GM |
09FRANKFURT687 | ECB Sees Fiscal Crises in Central and Eastern Europe and [...] Summary. In a conversation with a Treasury delegation, ECB officials indicated they could deal with worsening financial turmoil in Central and Eastern Europe, seeing little chance that crises there would destabilize the euro zone. They saw a debt default from a euro zone member such as Greec [...] | 2009-03-12 10:14:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EU GM |
09FREETOWN136 | IMF REPS CONCERNED BUT PATIENT REGARDING SIERRA [...] (C) Summary: On April 6, Ambassador met with IMF representatives to discuss their private views on GoSL performance since December 2008. Resident Representative Alvin Hilaire, Chief of Mission Norbert Toe and incoming Chief of Mission Jan Mikkelsen, discussed their disappointment that promises [...] | 2009-04-14 15:43:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EFIN SL |
09FREETOWN162 | SIERRA LEONE TO SUPPORT KOSOVO'S IMF AND WORLD [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-04 14:26:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PREL SL |
09FREETOWN299 | SIERRA LEONE STOCK EXCHANGE LAUNCHED [...] Summary: The Sierra Leone Stock Exchange was launched by President Koroma on July 17, 2009 amidst great fanfare. The decision to form a stock exchange in Sierra Leone was made in 1999, with a technical committee formed in 2001. However, due to the lack of expertise and strong financial institut [...] | 2009-07-27 15:33:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV PGOV SL |
09FREETOWN30 | POTENTIAL OPIC INVESTMENT IN REGION: SIERRA LEONE [...] Per reftel, Sierra Leone needs increased private investment, though the investment climate is still highly problematic, even for those prepared to accept an unusually high level of risk. Post welcomes the opportunity to respond to specific investment proposals to maximize the limited resources [...] | 2009-01-22 12:53:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON SL |
09FREETOWN321 | FINANCE MINISTER UNPERTURBED BY ECONOMIC PRESSURES [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Finance Minister Samura Kamara on August 11 to discuss the state of the Sierra Leonean economy. Minister Kamara downplayed the ongoing currency devaluation (reftel),focusing instead on long-term financial and development strategies, such as the GoSL's approach [...] | 2009-08-17 15:22:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID PREL PINR SL |
09FREETOWN322 | SIERRA LEONE CURRENCY TANKING FASTER THAN EXPECTED [...] (C) Summary: The Sierra Leone currency is suffering a continued significant decline. The Leone is trading at rates approaching 4,000 to USD 1.00, surprising independent analysts who had forecast the devaluation to go no further than a 3,600:1 ratio (reftel). Banking officials had been more pes [...] | 2009-08-17 15:28:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL ASEC PINR SL |
09FREETOWN497 | SIERRA LEONE MINISTER OF FINANCE PRESENTS 2010 [...] (U) SUMMARY: Minister of Finance and Economic Development Samura Kamara presented the Sierra Leone Government Budget and Statement of Economic and Financial Policies for the financial year 2010, titled "Confronting the Future," to Parliament on December 4. The budget includes a comprehensive [...] | 2009-12-17 19:36:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV SL |
09FREETOWN60 | SIERRA LEONE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND RESOURCES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-24 15:42:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP SL |
09GABORONE1001 | BOTSWANA 2009 REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Botswana has a low terrorism threat. No acts of domestic or international terrorism occurred in Botswana during 2009. 2. While there was no evidence of terrorists using Botswana in this way in 2009, two reports in recent years suggest that terrorists could use Botswana as a transit point du [...] | 2009-12-17 15:07:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS PINS PREL AEMR BC |
09GABORONE123 | BOTSWANA ECONOMIC BRIEFS JANUARY 2009 [...] This is the first edition of U.S. Embassy Gaborone's Botswana Economic Briefs, covering economic and commercial news from January 2009. Topics of this edition are: - Botswana Stock Exchange Awaits GOB Budget News - Consumers and Businesses Brace for Tough Year - Botswana's Economic Freedo [...] | 2009-02-12 13:48:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN KHIV BC |
09GABORONE131 | BOTSWANA ECONOMIC BRIEFS FEBRUARY 2009 [...] This is the second edition of U.S. Embassy Gaborone's Botswana Economic Briefs, covering economic and commercial news from February 2009. Topics of this edition are: - Inflation Drops Again in January 2009 - Diamond Exporters Should Look East? - Botswana Stock Exchange Falls on Fear of Bu [...] | 2009-02-19 09:54:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN EMIN ENRG BC |
09GABORONE174 | ZIMBABWE, SADC, THE WEST -- WHO OWNS THE STORE? [...] (C) Foreign Minister Phandu Skelemani convoked resident G-8 Missions France, Germany, Japan, the U.S. and the UK as well as the EU on March 6 to brief on current GOB thinking on Zimbabwe and Sudan (septel). He and President Khama had "had a chat" earlier in the day and discussed, inter alia, t [...] | 2009-03-08 14:48:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID EFIN BC ZI SADC |
09GABORONE190 | BOTSWANA ECONOMIC BRIEFS MARCH 2009 [...] This is the third edition of U.S. Embassy Gaborone's Botswana Economic Briefs, covering economic and commercial news from February 2009. Topics of this edition are: - Financial Intelligence Agency Coming - Mmamabula Power Project Ready to go by Mid-Year - Diamond Exports Plunge 90 Percent [...] | 2009-03-10 14:12:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN EMIN PTER ENRG BC |
09GABORONE233 | BOTSWANA: U.S. DIAMOND FIRM WAITING OUT THE GLOBAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. diamond manufacturing and distribution company Lazare Kaplan International (LKI) recently completed construction of a $10 million factory in Gaborone, but has suspended local operations and retrenched staff due to the global economic crisis. LKI's Botswana Managing Direc [...] | 2009-03-20 07:44:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EMIN EFIN EAID BC |
09GABORONE275 | BOTSWANA ECONOMIC BRIEFS APRIL 2009 [...] This is the fourth edition of U.S. Embassy Gaborone's Botswana Economic Briefs, covering economic and commercial news from March 2009. Topics of this edition are: - Moody's Downgrades Botswana - Botswana Inflation likely to hit Single Digit in 2009 - Botswana Ranked No. 1 in Africa for Mi [...] | 2009-04-03 04:25:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN EAIR PGOV BC |
09GABORONE310 | BOTSWANA: NONCOMMITTAL ON KOSOVO IFI MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche April 15 to Mr. Nkoloi Nkoloi, Director of the Europe and the Americas Division at Botswana's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Nkoloi said that Botswana has not yet decided whether or not to recognize Kosovo and made no indication of whether or not Bo [...] | 2009-04-15 14:34:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN BC KV |
09GABORONE313 | BOTSWANA: TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICERS [...] Per reftel instruction, Embassy Gaborone has designated the following officers as responsible for Terrorism Finance Coordination in Botswana: Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (Principal) Heather Merritt Political/Economic Section Chief Phone: 267-395-3982, x2251 Email: MerrittHC@s [...] | 2009-04-17 10:30:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN BC |
09GABORONE336 | BOTSWANA FM BRIEFS ON ZIM, MADAGASCAR, LESOTHO, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Skelemani invited a select group of resident diplomats to a briefing at the Ministry on April 24. Skelemani clarified recent press reports regarding GOB financial assistance to Zimbabwe, explaining that the only support Botswana could offer would be loan guarante [...] | 2009-04-27 13:11:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID EFIN KN MA LT ZI BC |
09GABORONE346 | BOTSWANA: STILL NONCOMMITTAL ON KOSOVO IFI VOTES [...] Pol/Econ Chief transmitted the information from Ref A to Mr. Nkoloi Nkoloi, the Director for Europe and the Americas at the Botswana Ministry of Foreign Affairs on May 4. He offered no substantive reply to our demarche, which is the same result as the last time we demarched on this subject (R [...] | 2009-05-05 11:33:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EFIN KV BC |
09GABORONE444 | GOB TO RESPECT DESIGNATION OF ABU HAQ AKA [...] (SBU) PolOff met with the Director of the Department of Multilateral Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Mmamosadinyana Punkie Josephine Molefe May 22. PolOff discussed the UN Security Council 1267 Sanctions Committee approval to add Pakistan-based Chinese [...] | 2009-06-04 10:22:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC BA QT |
09GABORONE566 | BOTSWANA ECONOMIC BRIEFS JUNE 2009 [...] This is the sixth edition of U.S. Embassy Gaborone's Botswana Economic Briefs, covering economic and commercial news from June 2009. Topics of this edition are: - Major Copper /Silver Pipeline for Ghanzi - Botswana Remains Optimistic About SACU - Botswana Economy to Shrink - IMF - Govern [...] | 2009-07-17 13:25:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN BC |
09GABORONE785 | BOTSWANA 'S ECONOMIC SUCCESS OFFERS LESSONS FOR [...] Summary. Botswana is a remarkable economic success story in Africa. Since independence in 1966, it has escaped poverty to become a middle income, democratically stable success, avoiding the numerous pitfalls that commonly affect mineral rich countries in Africa. There is no single reason for [...] | 2009-10-06 15:59:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN EAID BC |
09GENEVA1097 | WMO AUDIT COMMITTEE: TWO STEPS FORWARD [...] (SBU) The World Meteorological Organization's (WMO) Audit Committee (AC) welcomed further progress on management reforms, but challenged the Secretariat to close the books on many partially completed recommendations from both the internal and external auditors. AC stressed to the Secretariat t [...] | 2009-12-02 12:44:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | WMO AORC EFIN KUNR SENV |
09GENEVA220 | Financial Crisis - Looking for the Magic Bullet [...] SUMMARY: The global economic downturn was the focus of several meetings in Geneva March 9-12. The UN Commission on Financial Reforms (the Stiglitz Commission) slammed U.S. regulatory failures, and promoted greater institutional power and money for lesser developed countries. The UN Conferen [...] | 2009-03-16 08:23:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV UNGA ECOSOC |
09GENEVA233 | UNCTAD: Investment for Development [...] SUMMARY: UNCTAD experts, numbering approximately 50 member country and 40 field experts, focused on the development dimension of international investment agreements (IIAs) at a recent meeting in Geneva. The experts covered many areas of current debate in the international investment community [...] | 2009-03-18 13:26:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EINV UNCTAD |
09GENEVA237 | UNCTAD - Vietnam Investment Policy Review and Latin [...] Summary: On the margins of UNCTAD's first multi-year expert meeting on investment for development (reftel),UNCTAD showcased two pillars of its work: technical assistance through an Investment Policy Review (IPR) of Vietnam; and consensus building through an Ad-Hoc experts meeting on the Feasi [...] | 2009-03-19 17:01:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | UNCTAD ECON EINV EFIN |
09GENEVA273 | ITC Export-led Poverty Reduction Programs [...] SUMMARY: The International Trade Centre (ITC) is achieving results with its Export-led Poverty Reduction Program (EPRP),which focuses on encouraging sustainable development through the creation of exports, including tourism. The EPRPs measure effectiveness by a program that incorporates thr [...] | 2009-04-02 13:40:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN |
09GENEVA279 | Financial Crisis - considerations for April UNGA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The report of the UNGA President's Commission of Experts on Reforms of the Monetary and Financial System (Stiglitz report) will contribute to a negotiated outcome document in the hope of giving the UN a greater role in financial affairs. A greater UNGA role would not necessaril [...] | 2009-04-03 09:56:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV UNGA ECOSOC |
09GENEVA282 | Insurance in Africa-Unmet Needs [...] Summary: In an UNCTAD Ad-Hoc Expert Meeting on Capacity-Building in the Insurance Sector in Africa, experts discussed various types of insurance (health, life, accident, catastrophe, political risk, property insurance, and reinsurance) and five project proposals from UNCTAD and the African Insu [...] | 2009-04-06 12:51:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN UNCTAD |
09GENEVA350 | UNCTAD Commodities and Development Meeting and Actions [...] This is an Action request, see para 12. 2. SUMMARY: At UNCTAD's Multi-Year Expert Meeting on Commodities and Development on April 6-7, expert discussion focused on the need for regulation of commodity markets and the need to address the problem of speculation, which was considered to be a [...] | 2009-05-06 14:55:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV EFIN UNCTAD |
09GENEVA363 | Accounting: a key development challenge [...] SUMMARY: The Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standards of Accounting and Reporting (ISAR) builds developing countries' capacities to keep accounts (book keeping) and comply with internationally accepted accounting standards. ISAR has produced useful simplified acc [...] | 2009-05-11 16:37:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EINV EFIN UNCTAD |
09GENEVA598 | WMO FINANCIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORT [...] SUMMARY: The 28th Session of the World Meteorological Organization's (WMO) Financial Advisory Committee (FINAC) met prior to the June WMO Executive Council (EC) Meeting. FINAC-28 tracked closely with the EC agenda. Significant discussion centered on the need for a budget increase if the WMO [...] | 2009-07-20 10:17:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN WMO SENV ENRG UN |
09GENEVA924 | UNCTAD: ISAR Meeting - Accounting Builds Goodwill [...] SUMMARY: The US built goodwill at this year's meeting of the Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standard of Accounting and Reporting (ISAR),through high-level participation by SEC Deputy Chief Accountant Erhardt and by hosting a town-hall style lunch meeting where de [...] | 2009-10-29 15:54:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EINV EFIN USAID |
09GEORGETOWN149 | PRESIDENT JAGDEO TO EMBARK ON MIDDLE EAST TOUR [...] (SBU) Summary: President Bharrat Jagdeo has announced that he will travel to several Middle Eastern countries beginning on March 20, with his visit centered around the March 31 Second Summit of Arab-South American Countries in Qatar. Other countries on the planned itinerary include Syria, Jord [...] | 2009-03-18 20:36:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ECIN ECON EFIN EINV ETRD GY XF |
09GRENADA24 | GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT FOR MARCH 15 - 21, 2009 [...] Embassy Grenada's weekly report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. Begin GWAR text: a) PM Meets with LIAT Prime Minister Tillman Thomas met with a team of senior officials from the regional air carrier Leeward Isla [...] | 2009-03-26 22:06:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EFIN ECON PREL EPET GJ |
09GRENADA25 | GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT FOR MARCH 22 - 28, 2009 [...] Embassy Grenada's weekly report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. Begin GWAR text: a) IMF team visits Grenada An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team headed by Catherine Pattillo visited Grenada last week [...] | 2009-03-31 22:23:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PREL GJ |
09GRENADA26 | PRIME MINISTER ROLLS OUT STIMULUS PACKAGE IN "OBAMA-STYLE [...] (U) Grenada Prime Minister Tillman Thomas and his ministers held a hastily arranged "Obama-style" town hall meeting to announce an "Obama-style" stimulus package on March 31. The stimulus package was made possible by a US$7 million (EC$20 million) loan Parliament approved on March 25 to come f [...] | 2009-04-02 18:15:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB GJ |
09GRENADA36 | GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT FOR APRIL 5 - 18, 2009 [...] Embassy Grenada's weekly report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. Begin GWAR text: a. Denton Shipment of Humanitarian Items Arrives in Grenada On April 5, a C-5 arrived at Point Salines International Airport (PSIA [...] | 2009-04-23 21:46:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KSUM PREL EFIN GJ |
09GRENADA45 | GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT FOR MAY 3 - 9, 2009 [...] Embassy Grenada's weekly report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. Begin text: a. Taiwan Demands Immediate Repayment of Loans Taiwan has demanded that the Grenada government repay four multi-million dollar loans it [...] | 2009-05-22 18:57:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN SOCI KPAO |
09GRENADA65 | NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS: ONE YEAR IN POWER [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Tillman Thomas told the nation on July 9 that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government completed its first year in office with great success. His speech skated over details and blamed the previous government and the current economic downturn for making i [...] | 2009-07-13 20:11:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN SOCI GJ |
09GRENADA9 | GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT: FEBRUARY 1 - 7, 2009 [...] Embassy Grenada's weekly report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. Begin GWAR text: a. Minister for Finance Predicts 30% Unemployment Grenada's Multipartite Consultative Committee (MCC) discussed ideas on how to pr [...] | 2009-02-12 18:25:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB EFIN PNAT GJ |
09GUANGZHOU112 | China Economic Stimulus Plans: Plentiful But Lacking in [...] (SBU) Summary: Officials in Guangdong Province have been working overtime for months on plans to stimulate the local economy, knowing that the central government will not be sending much new funding their way. Party Secretary Wang Yang and Governor Huang Huahua as well as a cast of thousands o [...] | 2009-02-18 07:45:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EIND ELAB ECON PGOV CH |
09GUANGZHOU16 | Guangdong's High Tech Incentives Fall Short for Industrial [...] (U) Summary: Industrial equipment manufacturing (EM): with its high-tech, high-value-added, environmentally friendly, capital intensive and skill labor focus, it's just what Guangdong's leaders are looking for to replace labor-intensive export manufacturers that are being encouraged to move out [...] | 2009-01-09 09:15:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EFIN ETRD EIND PGOV |
09GUANGZHOU162 | Sustainable NGO Development in Fujian: A Lesson from Green [...] (U) Registered non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Fujian province are few and far between, but at least one, Xiamen Green Cross, is finding room to operate successfully and form a cooperative relationship with government authorities. After 10 years of gradually expanding environmental an [...] | 2009-03-11 07:31:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAGR PGOV SOCI ECON CH |
09GUANGZHOU17 | The Plight of NGOs in Guangdong - Educating Government, [...] (U) Summary. Political reform and a serious debate about civil society have not been at the forefront of 30 years of reform and opening in Guangdong province. In fact, the development of non-government organizations (NGOs) has been held back by a combination of government suspicion, their own [...] | 2009-01-09 09:49:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAGR PGOV SOCI ECON CH |
09GUANGZHOU180 | Guangzhou's Garbage Goldmine: From Waste to Renewable [...] (U) Summary. Is trash the ticket to solving Guangzhou's energy woes? The city government sure thinks so. Local officials are hoping that converting more of Guangzhou's waste into energy will help solve power shortages and strengthen environmental protection. Two garbage power plants are alre [...] | 2009-03-22 09:24:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN SENV PGOV SOCI ECON CH |
09GUANGZHOU216 | Shenzhen Start-Up Board to Open in August...Probably [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: The Shenzhen Stock Exchange's (SSE's) long, long wait to establish a new "NASDAQ-like" start-up board may be nearing an end. The board received final approval from securities regulators in Beijing and could open as soon as August. It will target fast-growth companies [...] | 2009-04-09 10:41:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON CH |
09GUANGZHOU218 | Dealing with the Global Economic Crisis - Officials and [...] (SBU) Summary: The global economic downturn got an early start in South China, but most U.S. companies here have been less severely affected and many continue to grow, according to business leaders who met with visiting Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for China Timothy Stratford April 2-3. [...] | 2009-04-13 09:16:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON CH |
09GUANGZHOU314 | Green Cars: Could Guangdong Help China Become a Global [...] (U) Summary: China has set its sights on becoming one of the world's leading producer of hybrid and pure-electric cars by 2011. Guangdong's BYD Auto Company may lead China toward that goal; it has impressive technology, a hybrid model on the market and an electric vehicle scheduled for product [...] | 2009-05-21 08:23:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON SENV PGOV CH |
09GUANGZHOU32 | Economic Downturn Takes Guangdong's Recycling Industry for [...] (U) Summary. In this economy, even the recycling industry is getting "trashed." For much of the last decade, Guangdong's recycling sector has boomed, but the global economic downturn is hurting the industry, leaving many firms struggling to stay afloat. A combination of declining consumption [...] | 2009-01-16 08:50:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN SENV PGOV SOCI ECON CH |
09GUANGZHOU397 | South China Bankers See Signs of Economic Improvement, [...] (SBU) Summary: Guangzhou bankers differ over whether South China's economy is as bad off as some media reports would have us believe. They agreed, however, that Beijing is increasing the pressure to expand lending to small and medium enterprises. They expressed interest in the Chinese governm [...] | 2009-07-01 07:31:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD HK CH |
09GUANGZHOU504 | South China-Southeast Asia Relationship - Growing Closer, [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Local governments and businesses in south China are using a range of tools to capitalize on the region's proximity with Southeast Asia to increase trade and attract investment. Annual trade expos, special economic zones and infrastructure development are among the in [...] | 2009-08-20 09:17:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV CH VM SN MY |
09GUANGZHOU643 | Container Shipping Industry Sees Slow Recovery Ahead [...] (U) SUMMARY: The global container shipping industry hit rock bottom in 2009 and is slowly climbing out of the trough, according to industry experts attending the 3rd Annual Trans-Pacific Maritime Asia Conference in Shenzhen in late October. Executives of shipping lines and major retailers poin [...] | 2009-11-20 09:13:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EFIN ETRD EIND PGOV |
09GUANGZHOU667 | China Sees Explosive Growth in Immigrant Investor Visas [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-11 05:22:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CMGT KFRD ECON EFIN CH |
09GUANGZHOU671 | China Sees Explosive Growth in Immigrant Investor Visas [...] (U) Summary: Guangzhou saw an increase of over 600 percent in the issuance of investor immigrant pilot program (EB5) visas from fiscal year (FY) 2008 to FY 2009, with total applicants issued rising from 245 to 1,732, giving China the highest volume of EB5 visas in the world. These applicants h [...] | 2009-12-11 10:58:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CMGT KFRD ECON EFIN CH |
09GUANGZHOU9 | Economic Slump Takes the Wind Out of Shipping Industry's [...] (U) SUMMARY: There's no hiding from the numbers: the shipping industry in south China is suffering and they have little choice but to continue aggressively cutting costs to deal with the impact of the economic downturn. South China's ports appear to have been hit harder than those in other re [...] | 2009-01-06 09:14:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EFIN ETRD EIND PGOV |
09GUATEMALA1033 | Ambassador brings together President Colom and private [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador hosted a meeting December 8 designed to facilitate dialogue between Guatemala's influential private sector and President Colom. The four-hour meeting began as a therapeutic airing of grievances. The President stressed in detail his frustration with how the pr [...] | 2009-12-24 16:39:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ECON EFIN GT |
09GUATEMALA1204 | GOG: Mixed Results on Transparency [...] SUMMARY: NGOs and private sector leaders have complained that access to public information declined significantly during the Colom administration. They point to lack of executive leadership, its failure to implement the 2005 presidential decree, the cancellation of a Berger-era (2003-2007) e-g [...] | 2009-11-03 15:58:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EAID PGOV GT |
09GUATEMALA1348 | Helping Guatemala's Indigenous and Rural Population address [...] The impacts of the global economic crisis in combination with the El Nino induced drought has created severe hardships for Guatemala's poor, exacerbated levels and severity of malnutrition and caused a spike in food security related deaths in children under 5. With substantial funding ($20 [...] | 2009-11-25 17:38:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KDEM PHUM EFIN PGOV PREL GT |
09GUATEMALA158 | IMF'S DARK FORECAST FOR GUATEMALAN ECONOMY [...] (SBU) Summary: During a February 11 meeting with Econoff, Alfred Schipke, the local IMF Representative, noted the Guatemalan economy will likely experience a sharper downturn than currently forecast. Supporting his analysis was a noticeable decrease in remittances, sharply slowing growth i [...] | 2009-02-19 16:18:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL GT |
09GUATEMALA265 | GUATEMALAN ECONOMY SUFFERS THE IMPACT OF THE GLOBAL [...] SUMMARY: The latest round of economic indicators shows continued deterioration of the Guatemalan economy as a result of the global economic crisis. The Central Bank indicated it would revise downward 2009 economic growth estimates, currently at 3 to 3.5 percent. Remittance flows and internati [...] | 2009-03-19 13:59:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EAID SNAR KJUS PGOV GT |
09GUATEMALA290 | AMBASSADOR INTERVENES TO PROTECT CITI FROM [...] (C) In a March 19 meeting, the Ambassador urged Attorney General Velasquez not to let politicians influence the investigation of Citibank in the Mercado de Futuros (MDF) embezzlement case, in which $11.2 million of congressional funds were stolen and lost in risky commodities investments. The [...] | 2009-03-26 17:11:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV GT |
09GUATEMALA361 | SICA MULTILATERAL: GUATEMALAN RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-15 23:21:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT AORC APER BEXP ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD KSUM |
09GUATEMALA434 | VISIT OF DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY NANCY LEE TO [...] (SBU) Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Americas Nancy Lee visited Guatemala April 17 to attend the Central American Finance Ministers meeting and discuss the impact of the global economic crisis on Guatemala and Central America. In meetings with a variety of private and public secto [...] | 2009-05-06 18:31:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL GT |
09GUATEMALA623 | GUATEMALA KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT UNSCR 1874 [...] (U) On June 25, poloff passed reftel points to Luis Carranza, Minister Counselor for Multilateral Policy at the Guatemalan Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Carranza was aware of the resolution and stated that the ports had been briefed on the enforcement mechanisms necessary for implementation of [...] | 2009-06-29 22:54:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE ECON EFIN KNNP GT |
09GUATEMALA807 | Bond Passage Loosens Fiscal Straightjacket [...] SUMMARY: On August 6, the Guatemalan Congress passed a measure authorizing the issuance of Q3 billion (approximately $375 million)in bonds to help cover the 2009 budget gap created by tax collections that are running nearly 8 percent below 2008 levels and nearly 20 percent below 2009 expectat [...] | 2009-08-25 18:32:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EAID GT |
09HALIFAX10 | NEW BRUNSWICK STILL BULLISH ON NUCLEAR POWER DESPITE DELAYS [...] SUMMARY: The New Brunswick government is hopeful that the $1.4 billion project to refit the province's aging nuclear reactor gets back on track soon. Meanwhile the delay in finishing the refurbishment has had no impact on the government's study into whether to build a second or a third reac [...] | 2009-02-10 19:27:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON EFIN PGOV CA |
09HALIFAX9 | NEWFOUNDLAND-LABRADOR OIL INDUSTRY: PRODUCTION MILESTONE [...] SUMMARY: Newfoundland-Labrador has hit the one billion barrel mark in production from its offshore oil fields. The province also unveiled the new name of its energy corporation--Nalcor--which will oversee management of all the province's energy resources. Planned offshore drilling activity i [...] | 2009-01-30 11:22:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG ECON EFIN PGOV CA |
09HANOI1116 | AMBASSADOR'S MESSAGE TO UNDERSECRETARY HORMATS ON OUR [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION: I strongly believe that we have an unprecedented window of opportunity today to influence the outcome of Vietnam's fast transformation through our economic engagement. Few will dispute that our work here over the last 20 years has had a profound effect in Vietnam. Politic [...] | 2009-10-21 03:40:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD VM XD BEXP ECON EAGR EFIN |
09HANOI121 | VIETNAM'S PROVINCIAL COMPETIVENESS SLIPS IN 2008 [...] (U) Summary: The latest regional competitiveness survey showed a "systematic" deterioration in the business environment throughout Vietnam. According to the 2008 Provincial Competitive Index, a survey of thousands of Vietnamese businesses, provincial governments were less effective in 2008 in [...] | 2009-02-13 09:13:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EFIN EINV KCOR KPRV PGOV VM |
09HANOI1308 | Keep on Movin': Ambassador Promotes U.S. Companies to meet [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador advocated on behalf of U.S. businesses in a November 30 meeting with Vietnam's Minister of Transportation, emphasizing that U.S. companies' technology and experience could play an important role in the development of Vietnam's transportation sector. Ambassador al [...] | 2009-12-04 11:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAIR EFIN EINV ELTN ECON VM |
09HANOI137 | IMPORT LICENSING: A HALF-HEARTED DEFICIT-BUSTING SCHEME [...] (U) Summary: Vietnam's import licensing regime was implemented in response to the unprecedented rise in imports that caused a record $18 billion trade deficit in 2008. Although potentially burdensome, the licensing scheme has not inhibited U.S. exports to date and its scope is much narrower t [...] | 2009-02-19 06:29:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN EINV KCOR KPRV PGOV VM |
09HANOI1392 | VIETNAM'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SESSION SHOWS INCREASING BUT [...] (SBU) Summary and comment. The 12th National Assembly's (NA) 6th month-long legislative session, closing at the end of November, set Vietnam's key social and economic targets, including for the 2010 State Budget. The legislature passed seven laws, including the Law on Royalty Tax and the Law [...] | 2009-12-18 09:01:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINT KTDB VM |
09HANOI227 | AMBASSADOR URGES VIETNAM TO PASS NGO LAW, CARRY OUT LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with Minister of Home Affairs (MOHA) Tran Van Tuan on March 6, 2009. MOHA oversees all Government of Vietnam (GVN) personnel appointments, public administration reform (PAR),government records and archives, and Vietnam's 2 million civil servants and public s [...] | 2009-03-12 10:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT ECON EFIN PGOV PREL VM |
09HANOI319 | BUDGET TRANSPARENCY REPORT UPDATE FOR VIETNAM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-07 11:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID ECON PREL VM |
09HANOI408 | VIETNAM SUPPORTS CAPITAL INCREASE FOR ADB [...] This is in response to State 41663. 2. Post delivered the points contained in reftel on April 29, 2009 to the General Economics Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA). MOFA informed us that the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV),as the lead agency on this matter, had just delivered [...] | 2009-04-29 06:36:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID ECON PREL VM |
09HANOI450 | DEMARCHE - VIETNAM AFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR NEW 1718 DPRK [...] (SBU) On May 13, Deputy PolCouns met with the MFA International Organization Department's lead official on nonproliferation-related UNSC issues, Pham Hai Anh, to provide information, per reftel, on the three DPRK entities designated by the UNSC 1718 Sanctions Committee pursuant to the Security [...] | 2009-05-15 01:40:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM KN VM |
09HANOI451 | DEMARCHE DELOVERED - DESIGNATION OF ABDUL HAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-15 04:29:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER PREL EAID CH VM |
09HANOI467 | VIETNAM COMPETITION COURT LANDS FIRST PUNCH ON SOE [...] (U) Summary: The first decision by Vietnam's new anti-trust court delivered a knock-down punch to a state-owned company, slapping the airline fuel monopoly with a $168,000 fine for refusing fuel service to a private airline. That the first decision by the newly-formed Vietnamese Competition C [...] | 2009-05-20 01:26:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EFIN EINV KCOR KPRV PGOV VM |
09HANOI469 | VIETNAM'S LEADERS VOW TO PURSUE GROWTH AND MACROECONOMIC [...] (U) Summary: The fifth session of the twelfth National Assembly began on May 20, 2009, with remarks by the Chairman of the National Assembly, the Deputy Prime Minister and the Chairman of the Fatherland Front. The primary goals for the rest of the year, according to the speakers, are to promo [...] | 2009-05-20 09:45:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN POL VM |
09HANOI479 | VIETNAM "OPEN" TO PROPOSAL ON EXPORT LICENSING [...] (U) SUMMARY. Post delivered joint demarche with representatives from Japan and Chinese Taipei on May 22, 2009, drawing on Reftel points. Vietnam, through an official from the Multilateral Trade Policy Department of the Trade and Industry Ministry, responded that it was "open" to the proposal b [...] | 2009-05-22 08:38:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD VM |
09HANOI486 | VIETNAM CONSIDERING KOSOVO MEMBERSHIP IN WORLD BANK [...] (SBU) Post delivered talking points in reftel on May 22, 2009 to Pham Tien Phong, Director of the World Bank Division at the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV). Phong replied that, following our meeting, his division would prepare a recommendation on the issue for the Governor of the SBV. He was no [...] | 2009-05-28 00:20:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL KV VM |
09HANOI536 | VIETNAM'S DEPUTY PM EMBRACES U.S.-VN ECONOMIC AGENDA; [...] (SBU) Summary: In a June 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Hoang Trung Hai encouraged movement on the U.S.-Vietnam economic agenda, particularly on GSP, TPP, and catfish. Hai was optimistic about completing pricing agreements for large AES and Chevron projects in Viet [...] | 2009-06-11 03:49:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EINT ECON EFIN PGOV PREL VM |
09HANOI562 | CHEVRON ONE STEP CLOSER TO BEING LARGEST U.S. INVESTOR IN [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified. For official use only, not for dissemination outside USG channels or posting on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Chevron and PetroVietnam (PVN) have reached a milestone in long-running negotiations for a $5-billion gas-to-power project. [Ref. A] [...] | 2009-06-18 06:39:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EPET ENRG ECON EFIN PGOV VM |
09HANOI619 | UNSCR 1874 DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-02 08:54:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON POL EFIN PARM PREL KNNP |
09HANOI640 | EXXON, PETROVIETNAM INK CONTRACT FOR PRODUCTION [...] (C) ExxonMobil (EM) and state-run PetroVietnam (PVN) quietly signed a production sharing contract (PSC) on June 30 for two sets of blocks in the South China Sea that lie well within China,s line of demarcation. The deal makes EM the largest offshore acreage holder in Vietnam, with 14 million [...] | 2009-07-10 02:40:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET PREL VM |
09HARARE118 | ZIMBABWE'S BANKING SECTOR NOT YET OUT OF THE WOODS [...] (SBU) Dollarization introduced in the January 2009 Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) brought relief to the banking sector. Banking had become unsustainable as Zimbabwe dollar denominated revenue failed to cover rising foreign currency denominated costs. The continued depreciation of the local cur [...] | 2009-02-13 09:04:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ELAB ECON PGOV ZI |
09HARARE135 | ZIM DONOR MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and Minister of Finance Tendai Biti met with Multi Donor Trust Fund (MDTF) representatives on February 16 to discuss the dire economic situation and to discuss necessary steps to resuscitate the economy. Tsvangirai focused on the need to pay civil servan [...] | 2009-02-18 15:34:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN EAGR PREL PGOV ASEC ZI |
09HARARE159 | ZIMBABWE'S EQUITY TRADERS WELCOME DOLLARIZATION, [...] (SBU) Zimbabwe's financial sector welcomed dollarization of the economy and the foreign currency income that asset managers, the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE),and stock brokers can now earn. But they do not expect a sudden return to profitability, as trading only re-opened on the ZSE last wee [...] | 2009-02-25 14:47:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV ZI |
09HARARE161 | ZIMBABWE,S PLATINUM AND DIAMOND COMPANIES BUCK RBZ [...] (C) Zimbabwe's established platinum and diamond mining companies are resisting the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's (RBZ) directive to localize their foreign currency accounts and submit to greater RBZ control. They maintain RBZ Governor Gono does not have the authority to change mineral policy and [...] | 2009-02-26 14:51:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN ECON EFIN PGOV ZI |
09HARARE183 | ZIMBABWE COMMITTED TO U.S. DOLLARS FOR CIVIL [...] (C) The pervasive dollarization of the Zimbabwe economy and collapse of the Zimbabwe dollar drove the GOZ's decision to pay civil servant allowances in hard-currency vouchers redeemable for goods. Potential abuse of the system by Reserve Bank Governor Gono compelled Minister of Finance Biti t [...] | 2009-03-04 16:25:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV ZI |
09HARARE184 | GIDEON GONO MUST GO--BUT HOW? [...] (C) Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono has become the ZANU-PF poster boy for corruption and financial mismanagement. The MDC realizes that Gono's presence at the RBZ complicates possibilities of assistance to Zimbabwe. Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has told the Ambassado [...] | 2009-03-04 16:31:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EFIN ZI |
09HARARE204 | DONORS BRIEF IMF TEAM ON EVE OF MEETINGS WITH ZIM [...] (SBU) On March 8, Ambassador McGee and key like-minded ambassadors briefed the IMF Article IV mission team on the lack of political will to make the inclusive government work among top ZANU-PF officials, the dire state of Zimbabwe's public finances, and the incompetence and corruption of Reser [...] | 2009-03-10 15:35:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL ZI |
09HARARE228 | AIR ZIMBABWE AT ROSSROAD TO SURVIVAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Air Zimbabwe, the wholly government-owned flagship air-carrier of Zimbabwe, is at a crossroads. After ten years of disastrous financial mismanagement, AirZim has become an enormous drain to the government's coffers, requiring continuous transfusions of working capital from the [...] | 2009-03-17 08:52:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR CASC ATRN ECON EFIN PGOV ZI |
09HARARE232 | IMF REPORTS PROGRESS IN ZIMBABAWE'S ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) In an interim briefing to Western ambassadors on March 16, IMF Mission Chief Vitaliy Kramarenko reported that the Zimbabwe economy contracted 14 percent in 2008 and the financial system was on its knees. On the positive side, dollarization had stopped inflation and helped stabilize the [...] | 2009-03-17 10:56:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV ZI |
09HARARE260 | BITI INTRODUCES MORE REALISTIC CASH BUDGET [...] (SBU) New Minister of Finance Tendai Biti presented a revised budget to Parliament on March 18, 2009. About half the size of the previous budget prepared by Acting Minister of Finance Patrick Chinamasa, Biti's cash budget, at US$1 billion, may still be optimistic in its revenue projection. Th [...] | 2009-03-26 15:13:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV ZI |
09HARARE284 | DELISTING ZIMBABWEAN BANKS WORTH CONSIDERING [...] (C) Post recommends consideration of removing Zimbabwean banks the Agricultural Development Bank of Zimbabwe ("Agribank") and ZB Financial Holdings and its subsidiaries (collectively "ZB Bank") as Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Specially Designated Nationals (S [...] | 2009-04-03 11:55:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EFIN ZI |
09HARARE285 | ZIM NOTES 04-03-09 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - WhereQs the Money - QTsvangirai Blasts West - New Mercedes for All - Parliament forms Committees - QBlowQ to U.S. Sanctions - Journalist Abducted in Gweru - Anglican Church Feud Boils Over - No QHell HoleQ Here - Exam Council Corruption - L [...] | 2009-04-03 13:22:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EFIN ZI |
09HARARE289 | IMPROVED BUDGET TRANSPARENCY IN ZIMBABWE [...] (U) The Government of Zimbabwe is a recipient of FY09 foreign assistance, as defined in Ref A, under the Department of State Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Act (SFOAA). Post therefore provides the following response to the questions contained in Ref A. 2. (U) The G [...] | 2009-04-06 15:47:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PREL EFIN PGOV ZI |
09HARARE296 | BITI ON THE ECONOMY, SANCTIONS, AND MUGABE [...] (C) The Ambassador, accompanied by visiting Staffdel Smith, met April 8 with Minister of Finance Tendai Biti. Biti briefly reviewed the current budgetary situation and discussed Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono, President Robert Mugabe's role in the new government, the Zimb [...] | 2009-04-08 15:47:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN PHUM PREL ASEC ZI |
09HARARE390 | ZIM NOTES 05-08-09 [...] MDC Takes on Outstanding Issues...Tendai Biti, in his capacity as MDC Secretary-General, held a press conference on Wednesday to demand that outstanding issues be resolved. Noting that the principals Q Mugabe, Tsvangirai, and Mutambara Q had had a series of meetings on these issues, he said t [...] | 2009-05-11 18:14:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EFIN ZI |
09HARARE411 | ZIM NOTES 05-15-09 [...] Tsvangirai Launches Next 100 Day Plan... Having just about completed the first 100 days of the unity government, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai hosted a conference in Harare to lay out his plans and goals for the next 100. The plan groups the 32 ministries into five clusters (Economic, Inf [...] | 2009-05-18 08:19:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EFIN ZI |
09HARARE42 | 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - ZIMBABWE [...] The Government of Zimbabwe's corruption and mismanagement have severely crippled the local economy making it unlikely to attract or absorb significant foreign direct investment in 2009. GDP has declined by roughly 50 percent in the past eight years, the largest peacetime drop ever recorded. [...] | 2009-01-15 14:55:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC ZI |
09HARARE460 | ZIMBABWE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON KOSOVO WORLD BANK [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche on the upcoming vote on Kosovo's application to join the World Bank (WB) on June 2 to Godfrey Magwenzi, the head of Multi-Lateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Magwenzi explained that while Zimbabwe was supportive of Kosovo's application to j [...] | 2009-06-02 15:08:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL ZIM |
09HARARE467 | ZIM NOTES 06-05-09 [...] Some Issues Resolved, SADC Asked to Help... On May 21 Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai announced the three parties had resolved some of the outstanding issues, including governorships, permanent secretaries, and ambassadorships. However, Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono and Attorney General [...] | 2009-06-05 14:40:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EAGR ECON EFIN ZI |
09HARARE471 | ZIM NOTES 05-29-09 [...] Post Welcomes CODEL to Zimbabwe: A Congressional delegation led by Representative Donald Payne (D-NJ) is arriving in Harare this weekend for several days of meetings with senior government officials, the donor community, and civil society and business leaders. Representative Payne is current [...] | 2009-06-08 12:11:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EAGR ECON EFIN ZI |
09HARARE472 | ZIM NOTES 06-05-09 (Corrected) [...] CODEL Payne Visits Zimbabwe: Chairman of the House Sub-Committee on Africa and Global Health, Donald Payne and three professional congressional staffers visited Zimbabwe May 29-31. The delegation met with President Mugabe (Harare 456),Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, a number of senior gov [...] | 2009-06-08 12:35:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EAGR ECON EFIN ZI |
09HARARE488 | AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK: NOT YET TIME TO REENGAGE [...] (SBU) Ambassadors and aid agency heads attended a briefing by African Development Bank (AFDB) President Donald Kaberuka on June 9. Kaberuka, who we met just after the COMESA summit in Victoria Falls, related his impressions of Zimbabwe and the content of various meetings with political and bus [...] | 2009-06-11 15:07:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN EAGR PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI |
09HARARE491 | ZIM NOTES 06-12-09 [...] The Herald Spins TsvangiraiQs Trip... With Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on an official visit to the U.S., Canada, and Europe the ZANU-PF mouthpiece The Herald has been spinning his trip as a solicitation for a lifting of sanctions and re-engagement in the form of aid. This week, the front [...] | 2009-06-12 11:51:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EAGR ECON EFIN ZI |
09HARARE506 | ZIM NOTES 06-19-09 [...] Tsvangirai Delegation Heads to Europe... Following last week's visit to the U.S., Prime Minister Tsvangirai turned his attention to contnental Europe, spending this week meeting with senior European officials. Justice Minister Chinamasa and Foreign Affairs Minister Mumbengegwi of ZANU-PF were [...] | 2009-06-19 13:35:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EAGR ECON EFIN ZI |
09HARARE532 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES BITI ON REFORMS [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Minister of Finance Tendai Biti on June 30 at Biti's request. Biti requested details of the US$73 million pledged by President Obama to Prime Minister Tsvangirai at their recent White House meeting. The meeting evolved into a discussion of Zimbabwe's lack of prog [...] | 2009-07-01 12:12:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EFIN ZI |
09HARARE545 | IMF BRIEFS ON GOZ PROGRESS, CONTINUING BUDGET GAP [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a June 29 briefing for OECD Ambassadors, IMF Mission Chief Vitaly Kramenko said his team found the GOZ budget evolving largely as expected, with revenues increasing steadily, but still inadequate to fully fund expenditures. He said the IMF is urging the GOZ to exercise ca [...] | 2009-07-02 09:41:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV ZI |
09HARARE61 | GOZ TO ANNOUNCE DOLLARIZATION OF THE ECONOMY [...] (C) According to Senior Advisor to Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gono Munyaradzi Kereke, the GOZ plans to announce the "informal" dollarization of the economy and further market and exchange-rate reforms this week. All businesses will be allowed to transact in hard currencies, but t [...] | 2009-01-27 15:25:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV ZI |
09HARARE670 | BITI PRAISES IMF, LAMENTS LACK OF "FISCAL SPACE" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Finance Minister Tendai Biti told Acting Treasury A/S Baukol on August 3 that Zimbabwe showed signs of macroeconomic stabilization but still faced serious problems. Biti said the Government of Zimbabwe's (GOZ) lack of revenue meant Zimbabwe was "still a failed state," but techni [...] | 2009-08-19 08:14:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN ZI |
09HARARE695 | ZIMBABWE THINKS AHEAD ON DEBT RELIEF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-28 12:35:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV ZI |
09HARARE709 | ZIMBABWE CENTRAL BANK REFORM: ONE STEP FORWARD, [...] (C) SUMMARY: A bill now before Parliament seeks to reduce the authority of the Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) and put the Ministry of Finance in charge of monetary policy. If it becomes law, the bill would ban the hyper-inflationary practices RBZ Governor Gideon Gono has used [...] | 2009-09-04 10:18:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV ZI |
09HARARE711 | GONO STIRS THE POT ON IMF RESERVES [...] (C) Finance Minister Tendai Biti has told President Mugabe and the Cabinet that Zimbabwe should use its new allocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) to clear arrears with the international financial institutions as part of a debt reduction strategy. Conrad Nyamurova, an adviser to Biti tol [...] | 2009-09-04 10:41:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL ZI |
09HARARE712 | ZIMBABWE BANK DEPOSITS GROW BUT LENDING IS TIGHT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Zimbabwe's banking sector is slowly recovering from the effects of hyperinflation. Public confidence in the sector had sunk to low levels, with people keeping money in pillows rather than depositing it in banks. As confidence improves, the banks are growing again, but they sti [...] | 2009-09-04 10:43:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ZI |
09HARARE754 | ZIM NOTES 9-18-09 [...] Donors Pledge USD 70 Million to Education... In a September 14 ceremony attended by the Charge and numerous other heads of mission, the Educational Transition Fund announced it is investing USD 70 million in education. The fund will put textbooks and learning materials back in schools and guar [...] | 2009-09-21 09:37:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EFIN EAID ZI |
09HARARE759 | ZIM MINFIN BITI BRIEFS CHARGE [...] (C) Minister of Finance and MDC Secretary-General Tendai Biti told the Charge on September 21 that the MDC will canvass its supporters as to whether the MDC should remain in government; he believes most MDC members favor staying in the inclusive government and confronting Mugabe and ZANU-PF. [...] | 2009-09-22 15:59:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EFIN ECON ZI |
09HARARE77 | ZIMBABWE BUDGET PROPOSAL LIBERALIZES FOREX [...] (SBU) On January 29, Acting Minister of Finance Patrick Chinamasa unveiled a National Budget that, against the backdrop of a sharply contracting and informally dollarized economy, proposes introduction of reforms including liberalization of the foreign currency market and prices. The budget t [...] | 2009-02-03 14:17:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV EMIN EAGR ETRD ZI |
09HARARE771 | ZIM NOTES 9-25-09 [...] Political Parties Reconfigure Control of Constitutional Process... The three principals to the power-sharing agreement, President Mugabe, PM Tsvangirai, and DPM Mutambara, met last week and agreed to form three new entities to oversee the constitutional process - a Management Committee that ap [...] | 2009-09-26 16:05:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EFIN EAID ZI |
09HARARE774 | MDC MINISTERS BITI AND MANGOMA BRIEF DONORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Minister of Finance Tendai Biti and Minister of Economic Development Elton Mangoma met with Western donor chiefs of mission and aid directors September 24 and briefed on political and economic issues. They believe that ZANU-PF intransigence on the Global Political Agreement ( [...] | 2009-09-28 14:57:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EFIN ECON ZI |
09HARARE785 | AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK LOOKS FOR MORE ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The local mission chief and a high-powered team of consultants for the African Development Bank (AfDB) discussed prospects for expanded engagement with the GOZ and sought USG views in a September 24 meeting with Charge. In recent consultations with GOZ officials, AfDB staff encou [...] | 2009-10-07 11:52:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ZI |
09HARARE820 | IMF REPORTS PROGRESS AND PROBLEMS FOR ZIM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During an October 13 briefing for OECD Ambassadors in Harare, IMF Mission Chief Vitaly Kramenko reported that progress in budgetary execution was encouraging, but that problems remained, including concerns about the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ),wages and rule of law. He said [...] | 2009-10-14 13:28:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV EAID ZI |
09HARARE828 | FEAR OF EXPROPRIATION SCUTTLES SHOPRITE DEAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Uncertainty over property rights continues to scare away foreign investors. A USD 167 million partnership deal between South African retail giant Shoprite and OK Zimbabwe Limited has stalled. The main reason could be concerns raised by the GOZ's seizure of another firm and its fa [...] | 2009-10-16 08:58:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ZI |
09HARARE837 | AIR ZIMBABWE ON LIFE SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: In the words of CEO Peter Chikumba, Air Zimbabwe is on life support in the Intensive Care Unit. Although the wholly government-owned flagship air-carrier of Zimbabwe has laid-off 30 percent of its workforce since February 2009 and has significantly reduced service, the airline [...] | 2009-10-20 14:06:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR CASC ATRN ECON EFIN PGOV ZI |
09HARARE863 | IMF CALLS ZIMBABWE RECOVERY FRAGILE, WARNS OF MORE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an update of their cautious assessment of economic conditions in Zimbabwe (ref A),an IMF mission reported that Zimbabwe is in a "fragile recovery" threatened by an unstable balance of payments and weaknesses in the banking system. Fiscal policy was on track, but continuing [...] | 2009-10-29 15:19:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV ZI |
09HARARE886 | ZIMBABWE BANKS WHISTLE PAST THE GRAVEYARD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bankers in Harare seem not to have noticed that the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has robbed them of US$39 million. Local papers reported details of the RBZ's latest malfeasance just days after IMF officials gave details to the GOZ and diplomats (reftel). The banks have ample [...] | 2009-11-07 12:28:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ZI |
09HARARE941 | ZIMBABWE'S 2010 BUDGET DOUBLES THE DEFICIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Finance Minister Tendai Biti's 2010 budget foresees a doubling of the deficit over this year's level, driven by a 50-percent expansion in public-sector wages and an ambitious investment budget. Biti will use one-time IMF support and donor pledges to fund the deficit. The budget [...] | 2009-12-04 09:30:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV ZI |
09HARARE96 | ZIMBABWE,S LATEST MONETARY POLICY EMBRACES MARKET [...] (SBU) Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono announced the liberalization of the foreign exchange market in his Monetary Policy Statement on February 3, 2009. He dropped another 12 zeros from the local currency, which will co-circulate alongside hard currencies and be exchangeable at the market-de [...] | 2009-02-06 11:56:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAGR EMIN PGOV ZI |
09HARARE987 | BITI ON STATE OF PLAY IN ZIMBABWE [...] (U) This message includes an action request. See para 13. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) ZANU-PF is a party in disarray, according to Minister of Finance and MDC-T Secretary General Tendai Biti. As a consequence, Mugabe will find it more difficult to comply with the Global Political Ag [...] | 2009-12-17 15:53:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN ASEC ZI |
09HAVANA112 | CUBA - MONEY LAUNDERING AND FINANCIAL CRIMES [...] General Assessment: There were no significant developments or changes regarding Cuba's policy on anti-money laundering or counter-terrorist financing (AML/CTF) in 2008. The Government of Cuba (GOC) claims to be in full compliance with international counter-terrorism conventions and to have t [...] | 2009-02-19 11:55:00 | US Interests Section Havana | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM KTFN SNAR CU |
09HAVANA205 | CUBA: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-03 14:03:00 | US Interests Section Havana | SECRET | PTER ASEC EFIN CU |
09HAVANA249 | CUBA - TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-28 10:58:00 | US Interests Section Havana | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER CU |
09HAVANA308 | CUBAN GDP PROJECTIONS FALL; NO STIMULUS PACKAGE IN [...] (C) The Government of Cuba (GOC) has lowered 2009 GDP growth projections from 6 percent to no greater than 2.5 percent. Removing the GOC's historic optimism and unusual accounting methods, it is likely Cuba will experience zero or negative growth this year. A fall in the demand for and pric [...] | 2009-05-27 18:33:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV EFIN CU |
09HAVANA322 | HOW MIGHT CUBA ENTER ANOTHER SPECIAL PERIOD? [...] (C) The combination of new warnings of potential blackouts, serious liquidity issues, and potential (if not already) reduced financial support from Venezuela has sparked rumors on the street and in the international media that Cuba may be headed toward another "Special Period". The reality is [...] | 2009-06-04 13:54:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL EFIN CU |
09HAVANA698 | FAA UPDATES AIR TRAFFIC PROCEDURES WITH CUBA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Miami and Havana air traffic controllers signed a letter of agreement (LOA) on November 12 updating procedures for the coordination of flights between Cuban and U.S. controlled airspace. Both sides stressed the excellent working relationship between the Miami Air Route Traffic [...] | 2009-11-19 20:33:00 | US Interests Section Havana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV CU |
09HAVANA753 | CUBA - MONEY LAUNDERING AND FINANCIAL CRIMES [...] GENERAL ASSESSMENT: The Government of Cuba (GOC) made no significant changes to its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CTF) policy in 2009, nor did it publicly report any significant arrests, seizures or prosecutions. One minor regulatory change gave the GOC even mor [...] | 2009-12-18 12:05:00 | US Interests Section Havana | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM KTFN SNAR CU |
09HAVANA78 | CUBAN LAND REFORM? [...] (SBU) Cuba's Agriculture Ministry has reportedly approved 45,518 applications to lease idle land to private farmers, cooperatives, and state farms. The announcement, reported on February 2 by the official Communist Party newspaper Granma, is the most significant step to date in what some int [...] | 2009-02-05 16:56:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV CU |
09HELSINKI106 | FINLAND PLEDGES $12-14 MILLION FOR PALESTINIAN [...] In a meeting with Econoff on March 9, Desk Officer for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Middle East and North Africa Unit Anna Savolainen confirmed that Finland has pledged between $12 million and $14 million this year for assistance to the Palestinian Authority. This includes $4.5 million the [...] | 2009-03-17 08:10:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER EUN FI |
09HELSINKI118 | FINLAND STILL CONSIDERING PLEDGE FOR PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-23 12:47:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK FI |
09HELSINKI138 | FINLAND: AFGHANISTAN CONTRIBUTIONS AND THE [...] (C) Polchief met with Johan Schalin, MFA Director for Asia and Oceania, on April 8 to discuss specific contributions to Afghanistan (REF A) and Finland's participation in the April 17 Pakistan donors' conference (REF B). Schalin began by stressing that the Administration's white paper (REF C) [...] | 2009-04-08 13:20:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN MARR PGOV PREL |
09HELSINKI144 | FINLAND VOTES YES ON KOSOVO IMF AND WORLD BANK [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-16 12:02:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN FI KVPR PREL |
09HELSINKI17 | NONPROLIFERATION SANCTIONS: A.Q. KHAN AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-14 11:31:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC KNNP GM PREL PARM EFIN FI |
09HELSINKI45 | FINLAND: GOVERNMENT UNVEILS 2 BILLION EURO [...] Summary: The Government of Finland (GOF) agreed on a stimulus package January 30 which is expected to have an overall impact of EUR 2 billion. The package was presented to parliament on February 3 as part of an overall supplementary budget request, the primary objective of which is to promo [...] | 2009-02-06 14:06:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN FI PREL |
09HELSINKI46 | FINLAND TAKES MEASURES TO BOOST FINANCIAL MARKETS [...] Noting that banks have recently had to focus efforts to satisfy the financial needs of large-scale businesses, the Finnish Cabinet Committee on Economic Policy outlined on January 27 measures to boost financial markets in Finland. The committee announced that it will submit to Parliament in e [...] | 2009-02-06 14:06:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN FI PREL |
09HELSINKI47 | FINLAND TAKES MEASURES TO BOOST FINANCIAL MARKETS [...] Noting that banks have recently had to focus efforts to satisfy the financial needs of large-scale businesses, the Finnish Cabinet Committee on Economic Policy outlined on January 27 measures to boost financial markets in Finland. The committee announced that it will submit to Parliament in e [...] | 2009-02-06 14:09:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN FI PREL |
09HILLAH22 | BABIL BUSINESS CONFERENCE: AN OPPORTUNITY FOR "NEW [...] (U) Summary: Babil PRT held a Business Environment Conference February 26 to develop an Iraqi-led process to help guide and inform the work of both the PRT and those entities involved in the province's business environment. It was the largest conference ever held at the PRT and included over [...] | 2009-03-09 13:08:00 | REO Hillah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV IZ |
09HILLAH34 | BABIL PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT SHORT OF FUNDS [...] (SBU) Summary: The sharp decline in Iraq's oil revenue, together with an over-obligation of budget resources by the former provincial government, means that Babil Province faces a funding shortfall. Newly elected members of the provincial council are still unfamiliar with budget processes and [...] | 2009-04-24 17:22:00 | REO Hillah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV IZ |
09HILLAH37 | SECOND PRT-SUPPORTED BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CONFERENCE [...] Summary: At the second Business Environment Conference (BEC2) on April 25, participants agreed on the need for the business community to advocate for solutions with regard to corruption, the need for improved infrastructure, better credit, and critical economic legislation. Co-hosted by the PRT [...] | 2009-05-06 13:29:00 | REO Hillah | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV IZ |
09HOCHIMINHCITY162 | VIETNAMESE TYCOON OFFERS EXAMPLES OF ECONOMIC DOWNTURN [...] (C) Summary: The global economic downturn is proving to be an opportunity for Vietnam as well as a challenge, according to many in the Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) business community, including one of the country's richest men, Dang Thanh Tam. Vietnam's leadership is fixated on the economic crisis, [...] | 2009-03-05 11:36:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND EFIN PGOV SOCI VM |
09HOCHIMINHCITY171 | BIOFUEL OR BUST: ONE COMPANY'S QUEST TO TRANSFORM VIETNAM'S [...] (U) Summary: One enterprise in Vietnam is forging a biofuel initiative based on crude oil from a new-generation biofuel feedstock, jatropha curcus. GreenEnergy, Vietnam (GEV) has completed the first stage of its project to plant and refine crude oil from the jatropha bush, a hardy perennial p [...] | 2009-03-10 01:54:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ETRD EFIN SOCI PGOV VM |
09HOCHIMINHCITY232 | CHINA'S INFLUENCE, CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE PACE OF REFORM ON [...] (C) Summary: Three significant public figures, each having stood on both sides of the line that separates government from private industry in Ho Chi Minh City, engaged EAP/MLS Director Stephen Blake on the foremost issues they see confronting Vietnam: the influence of China, development of ci [...] | 2009-03-30 11:35:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND EFIN PGOV PREL SOCI CH VM |
09HOCHIMINHCITY552 | HO CHI MINH CITY STOCK EXCHANGE BULL RUN IN CONTEXT [...] (SBU) Summary. Ho Chi Minh City Exchange (HOSE) investors enjoyed a dramatic near-doubling in the value of the Vietnam Index from 235 on February 24 to 512 on June 9, 2009. This coincided with a significant run-up in the major indexes on the other side of the ocean, but the steep gains also [...] | 2009-07-16 02:09:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND ETRD PGOV SOCI VM |
09HOCHIMINHCITY573 | SAIGON HIGH TECH PARK ENTICES US INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Saigon High Tech Park (SHTP) has emerged as a significant new hub for high tech investment in Vietnam. Preferential tax treatment, direct governmental access, and VAT and import duty exemptions are just a few of the benefits that have lured many U.S. investors, laying the foundat [...] | 2009-08-04 09:42:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV EFIN VM |
09HOCHIMINHCITY59 | (C) ONE BUSINESSMAN'S TAKE ON CORRUPTION IN VIETNAM [...] (C) For decades, "what Westerners call corruption" has been the foundation of both politics and business in Vietnam, according Hang Vay Chi, a long-time confidant of leaders from the southern provinces. This one-time journalist turned industrial park developer confided that his own big breakth [...] | 2009-01-22 08:28:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV SOCI PGOV PINR VM |
09HOCHIMINHCITY676 | (SBU) HCMC'S SURPRISING GOLD MARKETS [...] (SBU) Summary. Not far from HCMC, a huge, 24-karat gold plated effigy of the late Ho Chi Minh on display in Vietnam's largest Buddhist temple is an interesting metaphor for two somewhat incongruous realities: the Vietnamese people's reverence for the founder of Communist Vietnam and their abid [...] | 2009-12-18 09:52:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD SOCI PREL PGOV VM |
09HOCHIMINHCITY81 | (C) HCMC CORRUPTION: GAVE "YEAR OF THE RAT" NEW MEANING [...] (C) Investors are expressing more concern of late about the toll that systematic corruption is taking on Vietnam's economy. Businesses, both foreign and domestic, still face good old-fashioned demands for bribes, but most government officials are more subtle (if not more savvy) and instead use [...] | 2009-02-02 08:01:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV SOCI PGOV PINR VM |
09HONGKONG1016 | DELTA ASIA CREDIT: HONG KONG GOVERNMENT FIGHTS BACK [...] (C) Summary: Econ Unit Chief and Econ Officer delivered the newly declassified version of the 2005 non-paper on Banco Delta Asia (originally delivered in September 2005) to Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) Banking Supervision Department Executive Director Nelson Man on June 4. Man is confid [...] | 2009-06-05 06:40:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON KN MC HK |
09HONGKONG1104 | HONG KONG'S SLOW ROAD TO RMB INTERNATIONALIZATION [...] (C) Summary and Comment: With the Hong Kong economy shrinking as a result of reduced financial and trade flows, local policymakers are looking to the Mainland for approval for expanded Renminbi (RMB) use in Hong Kong. Mainland authorities appear to be moving slowly to permit additional RMB t [...] | 2009-06-16 09:18:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON HK CH |
09HONGKONG115 | HSBC Doubts Hurt Hang Seng [...] The Hang Seng Index closed Friday, January 16 at 13,255.51, down 12.55 points today with a daily trade of HKD 49 billion. The Index continued its slide, falling 1121.93, or 7.8 percent, this week. Both Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs issued reports this week predicting HSBC, Hong Kong's bigge [...] | 2009-01-16 12:13:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH |
09HONGKONG1163 | CHINA'S INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTER: HK HOLDS [...] (C) Summary: The Chinese Government's announcement that it would support Shanghai to become an international financial center by 2020 has many in Hong Kong wondering what role the Special Administrative Region will be allowed to play in China's development. Should Hong Kong increase cooperat [...] | 2009-06-24 09:30:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON HK CH |
09HONGKONG1204 | UNSCR 1874: HONG KONG AWAITS BEIJING'S GUIDANCE [...] (SBU) On June 30, EconOffs conveyed reftel A and B points to Wendy Chung, Principal Assistant Secretary, and Anna Chor, Assistant Secretary, at the Hong Kong Government's (HKG) Commerce and Economic Development Bureau (CEDB). Chung confirmed that CEDB will take the lead in drafting the HKG's [...] | 2009-06-30 10:56:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ECON EFIN MNUC KNNP KN HK MC |
09HONGKONG1246 | CHINA GRANTS LAND LEASE FOR NEW UNIVERSITY OF [...] (U) Summary: The University of Macau (UM) is set to benefit from a unique arrangement that will allow it to build a new campus on nearby Hengqin Island. The Macau SAR government will have jurisdiction over the new campus, despite its location in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province. Macau Chief Execut [...] | 2009-07-08 09:18:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD MO HK |
09HONGKONG1247 | BLOWING A PROPERTY BUBBLE IN HONG KONG [...] (U) Summary: After dipping to levels not seen since the 1980s, Hong Kong's property market has rebounded surprisingly strongly over the past three months. Transaction volumes have returned to pre-financial crisis levels and residential property prices, while still down from their 2008 peak, h [...] | 2009-07-08 09:28:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV HK |
09HONGKONG1249 | HONG KONG SUBMITS TAX AMENDMENTS, HOPES TO AVOID [...] (SBU) Summary: Amendments that will bring Hong Kong into compliance with OECD 2004 standards for Exchange of Tax Information were submitted to the Legislative Council July 8. Hong Kong officials hope these amendments will boost Hong Kong,s competitiveness as an international financial center [...] | 2009-07-09 00:11:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON HK |
09HONGKONG1267 | HK BANKS PROMISE COOPERATION TO LIMIT NORTH KOREAN [...] (C) Summary: Treasury Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey discussed with Hong Kong banks the risks posed by North Korean deceptive financial conduct and the financial provisions of United Nations Security Council Resolutions (UNSCR) 1718 and 1874 in meetings [...] | 2009-07-10 09:38:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM PGOV ECON EFIN MNUC HK CH JA KN KS |
09HONGKONG1280 | RMB TRADE SETTLEMENT TAKES OFF IN HONG KONG [...] (SBU) Summary: Several Mainland companies have announced renminbi (RMB) trade settlement transactions with partners in Hong Kong in the wake of the July 6 People,s Bank of China (PBOC) authorizing announcement. Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) Chief Executive Joseph Yam told the Consul Ge [...] | 2009-07-14 08:38:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN HK CH ETRD |
09HONGKONG1296 | U/S LEVEY DISCUSSES NORTH KOREA WITH GUANGDONG [...] (S) Summary: Treasury Undersecretary Levey discussed with Guangdong Development Bank (GDB) President Michael Zink concerns regarding North Korean illicit activity and deceptive financial practices. Zink allowed that GDB's wide branch network may have been used by North Korean entities, but p [...] | 2009-07-16 04:00:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM PGOV ECON EFIN MNUC HK CH JA KN KS |
09HONGKONG1304 | CONSUL GENERAL'S FAREWELL CALL ON HONG KONG [...] (C) Summary: During the Consul General's farewell call July 15, Hong Kong Financial Secretary John Tsang said Hong Kong's low tax rate doesn't mean it is a tax haven. The government's decision to submit legislation to conform with the latest tax information standards is meant to simplify neg [...] | 2009-07-16 06:59:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | SECRET | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN HK CH |
09HONGKONG1319 | Norman Chan Announced as New HKMA Chief [...] SUMMARY: As long expected, the Hong Kong government announced today that Norman Chan will take over as Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority when Joseph Yam steps down October 1. Chan, currently serving as Chief Executive Donald Tsang's Chief of Staff, is well qualified having p [...] | 2009-07-17 10:40:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL HK |
09HONGKONG1331 | CONSUL GENERAL'S FAREWELL CALL ON FINANCIAL [...] (C) Summary. In the Consul General's farewell call on Hong Kong Secretary for Financial Services and Treasury K.C. Chan on July 17, Chan stated that China appears to be coming out of the financial crisis. "We have hit rock bottom and are now coming back;" however, U.S. consumer spending is s [...] | 2009-07-20 08:52:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV HK |
09HONGKONG1362 | LABOR TENSIONS RISE IN MACAU OVER PROTECTION OF [...] (C) Summary: Las Vegas Sands (LVS) Macau President Steve Jacobs criticized recent labor-related actions by the government of Macau (GOM),local police and Macau's gaming union. He provided details about three separate incidents in June and July 2009 that he believes unfairly targeted his comp [...] | 2009-07-23 09:13:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD MO HK |
09HONGKONG1423 | HKMA WORRIED ABOUT FSB SEAT, ASIAN CENTRAL BANKS [...] (C) Summary: In an introductory meeting with the new Hong Kong Consulate General Economic and Political Chief July 29, Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) Deputy Chief Executive Peter Pang raised his concerns about Hong Kong,s future participation in the Financial Stability Board (FSB). Hong [...] | 2009-08-03 08:43:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV HK CH KS |
09HONGKONG1452 | CPSC CHAIRMAN TENENBAUM INITIATES MOU DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Summary: On her first official foreign trip, newly appointed U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) Chairman Inez Moore Tenenbaum described her vision for CPSC's relations with global manufacturers to Hong Kong industry and government representatives. She proposed establishing a [...] | 2009-08-06 07:10:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH |
09HONGKONG1493 | MACAU PROMISES COOPERATION ON ANTI-MONEY [...] (C) Summary: Macau Monetary Authority Chairman Anselmo Teng promised continued cooperation on anti-money laundering (AML) and countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) initiatives. Macau will pass legislation to allow the Special Administrative Region to share tax information in accordance [...] | 2009-08-11 10:39:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON KCRM MC |
09HONGKONG158 | HONG KONG AIR CARGO AND SEA FREIGHT VOLUMES POST [...] Summary: Slowing international trade has reduced both air and sea freight volumes in Hong Kong. Hong Kong air cargo shipments declined 20 percent in the fourth quarter of 2008, compared with the prior year period, including a drop of 28 percent in December. The largest local air freight carri [...] | 2009-01-23 07:27:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK |
09HONGKONG1628 | LAS VEGAS SANDS MOVES TOWARD HONG KONG INITIAL [...] (C) Summary: Las Vegas Sands (LVS) announced on August 20 that it submitted an application to complete an initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong. The move to sell a minority interest in its Macau-based operations came approximately one month after competitor Wynn Resorts made a similar an [...] | 2009-08-27 05:59:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD MO HK CH |
09HONGKONG1637 | HK BANKS DELIVER ON COOPERATION TO LIMIT NORTH [...] (S) SUMMARY: Economic Unit Chief and Economic Officer met August 27 with representatives of three Hong Kong banks briefed by U.S. Treasury Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey in July 2009; HSBC, Hang Seng Bank, and Wing Hang Bank (reftel). The representatives [...] | 2009-08-28 09:23:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM PGOV ECON EFIN MNUC KS CH JA KN HK |
09HONGKONG164 | MACAU CASINO BOOM SQUELCHED BY ECONOMIC DOWNTURN [...] (C) Summary: U.S. casino industry executives in Macau say the slowing PRC and Hong Kong economies - and related credit crunch - are reducing their revenues even more than PRC visa restrictions imposed in September 2008. The foreign visitor growth rate declined significantly in recent months, a [...] | 2009-01-23 09:12:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK |
09HONGKONG166 | CASINO OPERATORS CRITCAL OF MACAU GOVERNMENT'S [...] (C) Summary: Seniorgaming industry managers in Macau are disappointd with the Government of Macau's (GOM) gaming reulatory body, th Gaming Inspection and Coordinatio Bureau (known by its Portuguese acronym DICJ). They described DICJ as a lethargic organization hose oversight of junket operator [...] | 2009-01-23 10:17:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK |
09HONGKONG1667 | HONG KONG SEEKS INTEGRATION, EXPECTS RMB [...] (C) Summary: In meetings with U.S. Treasury Economic and Financial Emissary David Dollar, Hong Kong financial officials said they do not worry that the Special Administrative Region will be dominated by Shanghai or Guangdong and will continue to pursue closer economic integration and regulat [...] | 2009-09-02 10:18:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON HK CH |
09HONGKONG167 | Hong Kong Market Report: New Year's Gifts for minibond [...] Summary: The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission announced that non-bank financial institution Sun Hung Kai Investment Services Ltd. would buy back all its outstanding Lehman Bros. minibonds from eligible clients at the original investment price. Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang [...] | 2009-01-23 11:17:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH |
09HONGKONG1679 | HONG KONG AIR/MARITIME THROUGHPUT CARGO UPDATE - [...] SUMMARY: According to Hong Kong Government figures, local air and maritime cargo throughput may be recovering from the steep drops seen earlier this year. Maritime cargo volumes fell 14.5 percent year-on-year for July 2009 but increased 8 percent from June. Air cargo throughput in July fell 8 [...] | 2009-09-03 07:19:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH |
09HONGKONG1683 | WINNERS AND LOSERS IN HONG KONG'S LEHMAN MINIBONDS [...] (C) Summary: A July agreement between 16 Hong Kong banks and the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) to offer compensation to most Lehman Bros, minibond investors in Hong Kong has been criticized for allowing banks accused of mis-selling to avoid criminal prosecution, but has bee [...] | 2009-09-03 10:26:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV HK |
09HONGKONG1687 | DEATHS CAUSE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT TO REVIEW DRUG [...] (SBU) Summary: A tainted locally manufactured generic drug caused five deaths in March 2009 in Hong Kong and prompted the government to initiate a sweeping review of its drug safety oversight mechanisms. A review committee with a special focus on generic pharmaceuticals will provide specific [...] | 2009-09-04 06:55:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KIPR HK CH |
09HONGKONG1743 | U.S. DRUG COMPANIES COMPLAIN ABOUT IPR VIOLATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Executives of U.S. pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Merck remain critical of the Hong Kong government's (HKG) generic drug approval process, arguing the HKG should require generic drug manufacturers to certify that their products do not violate patents held by a branded drug pr [...] | 2009-09-15 03:08:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KIPR HK CH |
09HONGKONG1819 | MACAU GAMING REVENUES RISE SHARPLY AS LAS VEGAS [...] (C) Summary: Gaming revenues in Macau rose sharply in August, as the PRC reportedly loosened visa restrictions on Mainlanders wishing to visit the Special Administrative Region. Las Vegas Sands (LVS) has restarted its outreach efforts directed at senior PRC officials in Beijing, while its pri [...] | 2009-09-24 09:40:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL MO HK CH |
09HONGKONG1824 | MONEY LAUNDERING: MACAU STRENGTHENS ITS BANK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Macau Monetary Authority (Portuguese acronym AMCM) revised its Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) guidelines for financial institutions, effective September 1. The strengthened guidelines now apply to money changers, remitters, and le [...] | 2009-09-25 04:08:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON SOCI KCRM MC |
09HONGKONG1829 | HONG KONG ANALYSTS CREDIT CHINESE STIMULUS FOR [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong economic analysts give China full credit for Asia's rebounding economies. The region's financial systems were generally well capitalized and less exposed to toxic assets, making the rebound that much quicker, but with the exception of China, national fiscal stimulus p [...] | 2009-09-25 11:20:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON HK CH |
09HONGKONG1847 | PRD COOPERATION BUILDING BUT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Seeking to foster deeper economic integration with the Greater Pearl River Delta (GPRD),Hong Kong government (HKG) and industry leaders have built productive ties over the past several years with Mainland counterparts. Hong Kong contacts say that both sides support [...] | 2009-09-30 01:08:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH |
09HONGKONG1854 | NEW COMPETITION LAW EXPECTED TO HAVE LITTLE IMPACT [...] (C) Summary: A senior Hong Kong government (HKG) official told U.S. Federal Trade Commissioner J. Thomas Rosch on September 10 that a long-anticipated Competition Law will likely be submitted to Hong Kong's Legislative Council (LegCo) during its upcoming session. The official said the law sho [...] | 2009-09-30 09:56:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH |
09HONGKONG1875 | HSBC Returns CEO to Hong Kong, China's "Local" [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corporation's (HSBC) decision to shift its CEO from London to Hong Kong reflects the increasing importance of the Asia market in the bank's strategy. Hong Kong officials praised the move as a vote of confidence in the strength of Hong Kong's fin [...] | 2009-10-05 09:53:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV HK CH |
09HONGKONG1898 | CEPA'S SERVICE SECTOR LIBERALIZATION MEASURES [...] (SBU) Summary: EconOffs from Consulates General Guangzhou and Hong Kong jointly met on September 28 with service sector leaders in Hong Kong to discuss their investment plans in China's Guangdong Province, especially as they relate to the Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA) between t [...] | 2009-10-08 09:41:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EFIN EINV HK CH |
09HONGKONG191 | HONG KONG'S PROPERTY MARKET LOOKS BAD, BUT HK HAS [...] Summary: Hong Kong's property market dropped sharply in 2008 as sales of all types of building units fell by more than 20 percent from 2007. Property remains an important component of Hong Kong's economy -- for many Hong Kong residents, property is a primary store of wealth, and taxes on pro [...] | 2009-01-30 08:17:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV HK |
09HONGKONG1953 | NEW FOREIGN LABOR LAW IN MACAU TO SEVERELY [...] SUMMARY: Macau's Legislative Assembly passed a controversial bill on October 9 that will establish stiff criminal penalties for employers of illegal migrants. Upon becoming law in the second quarter of 2010, the bill's provisions will also impede foreign workers from changing employers in Mac [...] | 2009-10-21 06:05:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB HK CH |
09HONGKONG2014 | HONG KONG GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES DRUG SAFETY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-30 09:46:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV KIPR HK CH ETRD |
09HONGKONG2124 | CAN CHINA REBALANCE ON ONLY ONE LEG? HONG KONG [...] (U) This is a joint Consulate General Hong Kong/Embassy Beijing cable. 2. (C) Summary: Even the most pessimistic Hong Kong-based China economists are mostly sanguine about the near-term prospects for Chinese economic growth. Although the Chinese stimulus package is creating asset market [...] | 2009-11-19 10:17:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON HK CH |
09HONGKONG2156 | NEW MACAU LABOR LAW TO PREVENT "JOB HOPPING" BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Macau's controversial new "Law on Employment of Non-Resident Workers" was passed by the Legislative Assembly on October 9 and will enter into force April 26, 2010. The new law is designed to address complaints from resident employers about "job-hopping" by non-resident workers, [...] | 2009-11-24 10:14:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB HK CH |
09HONGKONG2175 | HONG KONG ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING LEGISLATION [...] (SBU) Hong Kong is making progress on Financial Action Task Force (FATF)-compliant anti-money laundering (AML) legislation that would establish licensing and oversight requirements for Hong Kong's remittance agents and money changers (RAMCs). On October 8, the Financial Services and Treasury [...] | 2009-11-27 04:16:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN HK |
09HONGKONG2177 | HONG KONG MOVING TO CREATE WORLD-CLASS UNIVERSITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Education is one of "six pillar industries" the Hong Kong Government (HKG) has identified for financial incentives and other government support, in a policy effort to diversify the economy away from financial services and foreign trade. The post-secondary education system is arg [...] | 2009-11-27 08:05:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH |
09HONGKONG2178 | FED HEARS HONG KONG VIEWS ON CHINA AND THE REGION [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong economists, bankers and financial observers for the most part painted a rosy picture about the Chinese economy for U.S. Federal Reserve Board and San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank officials. They said that China would grow strongly in 2010, but that an economic recove [...] | 2009-11-27 09:17:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON HK CH |
09HONGKONG2263 | HONG KONG EDGES CLOSER TO SHARING TAX INFO, [...] (SBU) A bill that will allow Hong Kong to meet OECD 2004 requirements for the sharing of tax information has passed out of the Legislative Committee's (LegCo) review process and is expected to become law shortly after the new year. The amendments to the tax code, once passed, will allow Hong K [...] | 2009-12-11 10:38:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON HK |
09HONGKONG231 | Hong Kong Market Report: Hang Seng Up on Hope for U.S. [...] The Hang Seng Index was up 3.61 percent or 476.14 points today, closing at 13,655. Chinese stocks led the rally, following positive results in mainland Chinese markets and optimism that a U.S. stimulus package would pass Congress. Hong Kong Shanghai Bank, China Mobile, Industrial Commercial [...] | 2009-02-06 11:49:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH |
09HONGKONG2313 | THE MACAU SAR ECONOMY AT 10: EVEN JACKPOTS HAVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ten years after reversion to mainland China, the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) bears little resemblance to the somnolent Portuguese-run enclave of popular imagination that existed before 1999. The opening of the gaming market and a flood of Chinese tourists, combi [...] | 2009-12-18 10:51:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV MC CH HK |
09HONGKONG243 | HONG KONG WANTS U.S. TO MAINTAIN LEADERSHIP ROLE [...] (C) Summary: Commerce and Economic Development Bureau Secretary Rita Lau told the Consul General on February 5 that Hong Kong is increasingly feeling the negative effects of the global economic and financial crisis. Hong Kong's exports decreased in the last quarter of 2008 and unemployment is [...] | 2009-02-09 03:46:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN HK CH |
09HONGKONG270 | SATELLITE TV SIGNAL PIRACY IN MACAU -- RAMPANT IN [...] (C) Summary: Satellite television signal piracy remains the most significant intellectual property (IP) issue in Macau. Unlicensed "antenna companies" control over 80 percent of the residential market. The government of Macau (GOM) has occasionally taken action against the antenna companies, [...] | 2009-02-12 04:09:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | KIPR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK |
09HONGKONG283 | MACAU CHIEF EXECUTIVE DOWNPLAYS SIGNS OF [...] (C) Summary: The Consul General met on February 13 with Macau's Chief Executive (CE) Edmund Ho to deliver reftel talking points and non-paper. The CE confirmed his government's commitment to a level playing field for all investors in Macau, regardless of nationality. He said anti-foreign sen [...] | 2009-02-13 11:16:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK MC |
09HONGKONG289 | HONG KONG DRAFTING ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (SBU) Hong Kong Financial Services and Treasury Bureau officials are drafting anti-money laundering (AML) legislation, which they expect to submit to the Legislative Council for approval in early 2010. They hope to consult with U.S. agencies and experts as they draft the legislation. 2. [...] | 2009-02-17 07:08:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN HK |
09HONGKONG318 | Hong Kong's Profits Down, Hope For New Tourists Up [...] Summary: Some of Hong Kong's richest men announced their company profits were hit hard by the economic downturn, with Bank of East Asia's 2008 profits falling by 97.5 percent from 2007. Air and sea cargos fell by double digits again in January, while the unemployment rate edged up to 5 percen [...] | 2009-02-20 12:08:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH |
09HONGKONG331 | MACAU OFFICIALS NOT WORRIED BY SLOWING ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary: Macau's economy shrank in the last three months of 2008 as casino receipts fell for the first time since 2002. Despite poor prospects for early 2009, Macau's massive official reserves will allow the government to increase spending and keep Macau's official unemployment rate arou [...] | 2009-02-23 10:50:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL MC HK CH EINV |
09HONGKONG343 | HONG KONG'S 2009-10 BUDGET FOCUSES ON JOBS, [...] Summary: Hong Kong's Financial Secretary outlined the Special Administrative Region's new budget on February 25. The Secretary reported Hong Kong's economy has been hit hard by the global economic crisis, officially falling into recession in the third quarter of 2008. With unemployment at 4. [...] | 2009-02-25 10:52:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV HK |
09HONGKONG350 | MACAU GAMING COMPANIES TRY TO COOPERATE, SET UP [...] (C) Summary: Prompted by Macau Chief Executive (CE) Edmund Ho, all six of Macau's gaming concessionaires agreed on February 23 to establish an industry association. The group's first chairman will be local gaming billionaire Stanley Ho (no relation to CE Ho). The three U.S. gaming concession [...] | 2009-02-26 06:42:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD MO HK |
09HONGKONG372 | 2009 SPECIAL 301 RECOMMENDATION FOR MACAU [...] (SBU) Summary: Post recommends that Macau be excluded from the 2009 Special 301 list. The government of Macau (GOM) maintained its generally successful IPR protection, education and enforcement efforts during 2008. Post remains concerned, however, about flagrant and extensive cable TV signal [...] | 2009-03-02 07:50:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON EIND EFIN EINV ETRD HK |
09HONGKONG382 | 2009 SPECIAL 301 RECOMMENDATION FOR HONG KONG [...] (SBU) Post recommends that Hong Kong be excluded from the 2009 Special 301 list (ref A). Hong Kong authorities with specific responsibility for intellectual property rights (IPR) administration, education and enforcement are generally responsive to rights-holders' concerns and are active and [...] | 2009-03-03 08:34:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR PGOV ETRD EFIN EINV CH HK |
09HONGKONG40 | FRENCH ASK FOR U.S. SUPPORT ON DOUBLE TAXATION [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: The French Consul General has proposed that we approach the Hong Kong Government (HKG) together to press for adoption of amendments to Hong Kong tax law that would liberalize rules on Exchanges of Information with foreign jurisdictions. This would allow OECD me [...] | 2009-01-07 10:26:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV EINV HK |
09HONGKONG421 | FAITH IN CHINESE STIMULUS, DOUBTS ABOUT DEMAND [...] Summary: Hong Kong analysts, financial officials and bankers generally trust that China's fiscal and monetary stimuli will help prop up Chinese GDP growth in 2009 despite rapidly collapsing exports. Most senior Chinese officials understand that declining exports reflect evaporating foreign de [...] | 2009-03-06 09:31:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH |
09HONGKONG438 | HK OFFICIALS LOOK TO G-20, REGIONAL FINANCIAL [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong officials will participate in upcoming G-20 meetings as part of the Chinese delegation, focusing on advising senior PRC officials on regulatory and financial sector reforms, U.S. Treasury officials heard during a February 20-24 visit to Hong Kong. Comments by Treasury [...] | 2009-03-10 11:17:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL HK CH |
09HONGKONG462 | HONG KONG STRENGTHENING MONEY LAUNDERING STATUTES [...] (SBU) Summary. Hong Kong's three financial regulatory agencies (the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the Securities and Futures Commission and the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance) told Embassy Beijing Deputy Treasury Attache Jean Paul Duvivier on February 25 that Hong Kong's Financial [...] | 2009-03-13 08:20:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN HK |
09HONGKONG501 | FINANCIAL SECRETARY UNDERCUTS SUPPORT FOR HIS [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong economic and political observers have differing views of the Hong Kong budget Financial Secretary John Tsang presented February 25. Economic analysts applauded the government's probity and willingness to "focus on the little things" as the forces buffeting the global e [...] | 2009-03-18 08:27:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL HK |
09HONGKONG524 | HONG KONG: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (S/NF) In response to reftel, Post concurs that the four Hong Kong assets named in the 2008 Critical Foreign Dependencies Initiative (CFDI) list meet the criteria (see below). Post also suggests listing Hong Kong assets separately from Mainland China, given a highly autonomous local governmen [...] | 2009-03-20 06:31:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP PGOV HK |
09HONGKONG531 | Inflation Fears Hit Hang Seng [...] Summary: Hong Kong Financial leaders and the local press are nervous about the impact of the U.S. Federal Reserve's latest announcement that it would increase its purchases of mortgage-backed securities and buy an additional 300 billion of U.S. Treasury bills over the next six months. In addi [...] | 2009-03-20 12:10:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH |
09HONGKONG540 | HK HOPES TAX AMENDMENTS WILL BOOST INVESTMENT, [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong officials have been closely watching moves against jurisdictions accused of facilitating tax evasion. They hope a proposal to liberalize the exchange of tax information will facilitate double taxation agreement negotiations and keep Hong Kong out of international tax c [...] | 2009-03-23 07:29:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON HK CH SG |
09HONGKONG559 | HONG KONG HAS HIGH HOPES FOR RMB SETTLEMENT [...] (C) Summary: The Hong Kong Monetary Authority Chief Executive Joseph Yam will travel to Beijing this week to sign an agreement to launch Chinese currency trade settlement in Hong Kong. While the scheme will eventually include Macau and ASEAN countries, Yam believes the large majority of trans [...] | 2009-03-25 10:15:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON HK CH |
09HONGKONG594 | HK Market Report, March 30: Trade Stats Drive Insecurity [...] Summary: February trade statistics reflected Hong Kong's worst monthly performance since the 1950s. Li & Fung Managing Director William Fung expressed worries about growing trade protectionism in the U.S., but Cheung Kong Group Chairman Li Ka-shing was more optimistic, expecting the U.S. and [...] | 2009-03-30 10:46:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH |
09HONGKONG63 | Lehman Report Disappoints, HK Outlook Dreary [...] Summary: The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) each issued reports on their investigations of Lehman Bros. minibond complaints. Most complainants have been asked to provide additional information; just 238 cases have been referred for additional in [...] | 2009-01-12 00:15:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH |
09HONGKONG635 | CODEL MCCAIN COURTESY CALL ON CHIEF EXECUTIVE TSANG [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong's system, having restructured during the Asian Financial Crisis in 1997, is "resilient", Chief Executive Donald Tsang told CoDel McCain April 5, but the worst may be yet to come. He hoped the United States would not turn to protectionism. Regarding China's proposal fo [...] | 2009-04-06 08:33:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD OREP HK |
09HONGKONG637 | CODEL MCCAIN ROUNDTABLE WITH SENIOR HONG KONG [...] (C) Summary: Former Chief Secretary Anson Chan told CoDel McCain April 5 that Hong Kong's deterioration under "one country, two systems" has more to do with the failure of the current administration to defend Hong Kong's interests than with interference from the Mainland. Executive Councilor [...] | 2009-04-06 08:49:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD PHUM OREP SENV HK CH |
09HONGKONG649 | HONG KONG TOY MANUFACTURERS STRUGGLE WITH U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Leaders of Hong Kong-based toy manufacturers in Guangdong Province say their orders from global retailers have declined 30 percent from last year, leading to additional closures of small- and medium-sized manufacturing facilities. The Chairman of the Hong Kong Toys Council (HKTC) [...] | 2009-04-07 09:37:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EIND ELAB EFIN EINV ECON CH HK |
09HONGKONG697 | TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICERS FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-17 01:29:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN HK MC |
09HONGKONG708 | New RMB Trade Settlement Prospect Pushes Hang Seng Up [...] Summary: The April 8 announcement by the Chinese State Council that Renminbi (RMB) will be approved for use in trade settlement in selected cities has pushed the Hong Kong stock market up almost eight percent, with financial stocks leading the surge. Although details of the scheme have yet to [...] | 2009-04-17 11:46:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH |
09HONGKONG747 | HK LEADERS TELL DALLAS FED CHIEF CHINA NEEDS U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Dallas Federal Reserve President Richard Fisher and staff met with Hong Kong government officials, business and finance leaders and the media April 14-15 to explain recent U.S. Federal Reserve actions and to hear local concerns. He reassured interlocutors that the U.S. economy w [...] | 2009-04-24 07:43:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN HK CH |
09HONGKONG754 | RENEWED PUSH IN HONG KONG TOWARD LEGISLATED [...] (SBU) Summary: USTR Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for China Affairs Timothy Stratford reassured Hong Kong-based business executives that the Obama administration will seek to maintain a bipartisan consensus in favor of free trade. During the April 4 discussion, Stratford described the po [...] | 2009-04-24 10:33:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH |
09HONGKONG800 | MONGOLIA MINING FOR MONEY IN HONG KONG [...] (C) SUMMARY: A private conference in Hong Kong March 31 brought together top level Mongolian government officials, world class economists, some of the biggest investors in Mongolia and multinational companies to help participants identify the best investment opportunities in Mongolia and how t [...] | 2009-04-30 10:26:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL HK MG |
09HONGKONG869 | IMF TELLS ASIAN ECONOMIES TO SPEND MORE, DON'T [...] Summary: Trade linkages among Asian economies amplified the impact of the global financial crisis to a degree that surprised International Monetary Fund economists, said Assistant Director for Asia Joshua Feldman in Hong Kong at the release of the Fund's Regional Economic Outlook report on Ma [...] | 2009-05-12 07:03:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN HK CH |
09HONGKONG880 | HONG KONG AND MAINLAND EXPAND ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP [...] Summary and Comment: Government officials from Hong Kong and the PRC agreed on May 9 to accelerate the implementation of the sixth annual supplement to the Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA). The latest supplementary agreement will take effect sooner than expected (on October 1) t [...] | 2009-05-14 01:22:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH |
09HONGKONG91 | PRODUCT SAFETY TRUMPS FUN AND GAMES AT HONG KONG [...] (SBU) Summary: Director of International Programs and Intergovernmental Affairs at the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Richard O'Brien visited Hong Kong from January 4-9. He educated local manufacturers and exporters about the new U.S. Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CP [...] | 2009-01-14 10:02:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK |
09HONGKONG918 | BANCO DELTA ASIA SUES MACAU AND HONG KONG [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See paragraphs 3 and 5. 2. (C) Summary: The Macau and Hong Kong governments are facing judicial challenges to the actions they took against the Banco Delta Asia (BDA) and its Hong Kong-based subsidiary, Delta Asia Credit (DAC). Macau and Hong Kong severely [...] | 2009-05-19 09:27:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON KN MC HK |
09HONGKONG930 | U.S. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY LAW RESHAPING TEST [...] (C) Summary: During May 13-14 tours of three consumer product testing labs in Hong Kong and Dongguan that examine children's products bound for the United States, lab company managers said enactment of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) had boosted their testing r [...] | 2009-05-21 06:44:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EIND TBIO EFIN EINV ECON PGOV HK CH |
09HONGKONG937 | MGM'S "UNSUITABLE" JOINT VENTURE PARTNER IN MACAU [...] (U) Summary: The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) has designated MGM Mirage's 50/50 joint venture partner in Macau, Pansy Ho, an "unsuitable" business partner for MGM. The DGE has recommended that MGM sever its business association with Pansy Ho, based on her substantial busines [...] | 2009-05-21 10:15:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV MO HK CH |
09HONGKONG944 | MONEY LAUNDERING: MACAU'S YOUNG FIU GAIS [...] (SBU) Smmary: Macau's Financial Intelligence Unit (GIF for its Portuguese name) ill gain memberhip to the Egmont Group of Financal Intelligence Units at the Group's May 24-28 Penary in Doha, GIF Director Deborah Ng told us May 14. Egmont Group membership gives GIF a formal latform to exchang [...] | 2009-05-22 08:51:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON SOCI KCRM QA MC |
09HONGKONG977 | CODEL PELOSI MEETING WITH HONG KONG CHIEF [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with CODEL Pelosi May 29, Chief Executive (CE) Donald Tsang stressed the close economic links and shared values between the United States and Hong Kong. He also touted Hong Kong's efforts to address climate and energy issues, including government-to-government cooperat [...] | 2009-05-29 13:44:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN ETRD SENV ENRG |
09HONGKONG984 | CODEL PELOSI MEETING WITH HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE [...] (C) Summary: A far-ranging meeting May 29 between CODEL Pelosi and seventeen of Hong Kong's most active (and vocal) legislators covered a range of issues, with pan-democratic legislators calling for U.S. support on human rights in China and Hong Kong's democratic development. Pro-establishment [...] | 2009-06-01 03:31:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EFIN ETRD SENV ENRG |
09ISLAMABAD1136 | Economy Stable; Growth Predictions Slow [...] (SBU) Summary: Pakistan's economic indicators continue to remain stable, according to IMF Resident Representative Paul Ross and former Ministry of Finance official Ashfaque Hassan Khan. It is widely acknowledged that Pakistan will have problems meeting its annual IMF tax revenue target, and [...] | 2009-05-26 10:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD1137 | TAX COLLECTION MISSES TARGETS; TOP OF TARIN'S AGENDA FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Reforming tax policy and improving revenue collection have become a policy focus of the current government. Finance Advisor Shaukat Tarin has made broadening the tax base a lynch pin of his economic strategy for the coming fiscal year. In spite of stepping up collection effor [...] | 2009-05-26 10:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD1218 | THIRD RECCA SOLDIFIES GAINS, CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR REGIONAL COOPERATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-04 03:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG ERTD EAID PHUM PK |
09ISLAMABAD1243 | Iran-Pakistan Pipeline Moves Closer to Reality as the Two [...] (SBU) Summary: Iran and Pakistan intend to sign a Gas Sales Purchase Agreement in Istanbul on June 5, bringing the long-debated pipeline a step closer to reality. Although India has apparently dropped out of the equation, Pakistan and Iran have agreed to a 25-year proposal for the supply of [...] | 2009-06-05 14:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ETTC ENRG EFIN EINV PGOV PREL IR PK |
09ISLAMABAD1269 | Central Bank's Third Quarter Report - Growth Fragile, [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 4, the State Bank of Pakistan released its third quarterly report (through March 30),which projected GDP growth for the fiscal year at 2-3 percent, a prediction unchanged from the previous quarter. Large-scale manufacturing, the engine that funds tax collection, fell b [...] | 2009-06-10 09:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1270 | CONCERN GROWS OVER TAX POLICY/ADMINISTRATION [...] (C) Summary: Discussions with GOP officials and the IMF ResRep indicate little progress in both tax policy and tax administration reforms, cornerstones of the Fund's Standby Arrangement, in spite of high-level GOP commitments to make improving tax policy and collection a top priority (reftel) [...] | 2009-06-10 10:02:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1274 | PAKISTAN ECONOMIC REPORT, MAY 7 - MAY 20 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-10 14:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EFIN PK |
09ISLAMABAD1311 | ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON GOP PRIORITIES FOR U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of State for Economy Hina Rabbani Khar told USAID Director June 11 that the GOP has started making $312 payments to what it believes is a well-vetted list of some 1.8 million IDPs. Assistance for IDP sustainment and economic recovery in the area of conflict is estimate [...] | 2009-06-15 11:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ECON PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1328 | PESHAWAR: NWFP - CAN SWAT'S CROPS BE SAVED? [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-17 06:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EFIN PK |
09ISLAMABAD1355 | Budget 2009-10: Depending on Foreign Assistance [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 13, the GOP presented a consolidated budget of $36.21 billion with a fiscal deficit of 4.9 percent, slightly higher than the 4.6 percent target previously agreed to with the International Monetary Fund. The budget is fairly expansive, with development expenditures incr [...] | 2009-06-19 04:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD140 | GOP CONTINUES TO PUSH FOR BIT [...] (SBU) Summary. Minister Saleem Mandviwalla, Chairman of the GOP Board of Investment, insists the GOP has the political will to finalize the U.S.-Pakistan Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) and that President Zardari and Prime Minister Gilani had recently agreed the BIT should go forward as soo [...] | 2009-01-22 12:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL PG PK |
09ISLAMABAD1465 | PAKISTAN IMPLEMENTING UN SANCTIONS ON DPRK, BUT [...] (C) Summary. In response to reftel demarches supporting implementation of United Nations Security Council sanctions on the DPRK, Kamran Akhtar, Disarmament Director at Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told PolOff on June 30 that Pakistan has issued a Statutory Regulatory Order to appl [...] | 2009-07-01 16:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL PTER PGOV MNUC PARM EFIN PK |
09ISLAMABAD1473 | ZARDARI, TARIN ASK NSC LIPTON FOR LEEWAY ON ELECTRICITY [...] (SBU) Summary: In a June 30 meeting, President Zardari asked National Security Council Senior Director David Lipton to help convince the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) to allow Pakistan to delay an increase in electricity tariffs until December and for a subsidized oil facility. [...] | 2009-07-02 11:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1525 | SUPREME COURT WEIGHS IN ON ELECTRICITY TARIFF HIKE [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 6, the Supreme Court ordered the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) to refrain from enacting the proposed 17.5 percent increase in electricity tariffs until such time as the court is satisfied that the increase is truly necessary. Chief Justice Iftikhar [...] | 2009-07-08 02:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EFIN EINV PK |
09ISLAMABAD1625 | SUPREME COURT AND GOP CLASH OVER FUEL TAX; GOP WINS FOR NOW [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-18 05:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EFIN PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1662 | JAPANESE SRAP FOLLOWS UP ON FODP AND IDPS [...] (SBU) Summary. In a July 17 meeting with the Ambassador, Japan's Special Representative for Assistance to Pakistan and Afghanistan Yoshikawa revealed that Spain and Kuwait have allegedly withdrawn their pledges from the Friends of Democratic Pakistan (FODP) conference in Tokyo. He also commen [...] | 2009-07-21 15:42:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV EAID PGOV PREL PREF PK |
09ISLAMABAD1724 | PAKISTAN'S SUPREME COURT: ONE STEP CLOSER TO [...] (SBU) Summary: In a partial reversal of its July 6 ruling ordering the GOP to refrain from raising the electricity tariff, the Supreme Court ruled on July 23 that the National Electric Power Regulatory Agency (NEPRA) could continue to calculate the cost recovery tariff rate for power productio [...] | 2009-07-28 12:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD1817 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, 29 JULY 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-05 13:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1846 | PAKISTAN'S FIA ON COUNTERING TERRORIST FINANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 22 meeting with the Treasury Advisor to the Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Federal Investigative Agency (FIA) Director General Tariq Khosa said counter-terrorist financing efforts had limited external sources of funds available to Al-Qaida and Tar [...] | 2009-08-07 14:42:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID KJUS AF PK |
09ISLAMABAD1848 | NATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY BUREAU EXPECTED TO REMAIN INTACT [...] (SBU) Summary: Pakistan's anti-corruption agency, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB)--once one of the country's preeminent law enforcement institutions--has in the past two years become increasingly marginalized. In a 14 July meeting with NAB Chairman, Nawid Ahsan, Treasury Attach and Re [...] | 2009-08-10 03:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD KCOR PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1901 | GOP UNVEILS NEW THREE-YEAR TRADE POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Pakistan (GOP) unveiled its 2009-2012 trade policy with the primary goal of growing exports by 29 percent over the next three years. The policy focuses on making Pakistan more competitive both internationally and domestically, but covers incentives for only no [...] | 2009-08-14 08:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1903 | GOP UNVEILS NEW THREE-YEAR TRADE POLICY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-14 08:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1905 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, 12 AUGUST 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-14 08:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1992 | REMITTANCES LIKELY TO REMAIN HIGH, BUT MAY TRAVEL LESS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a series of meetings in Karachi and Islamabad in early August, the Treasury Attach, Consulate EconOff, and EconOff, spoke to several Pakistani government and private sector officials to discuss Pakistan's steadily growing remittance levels. The State Bank of Pakistan reported [...] | 2009-08-21 05:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD KCOR PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD200 | TERRORISM FINANCE: PRENOTIFICATION OF UPCOMING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-30 03:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PREL PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD2022 | ENCOURAGING GULF INVESTMENT IN KARACHI'S POWER [...] (SBU) Summary: Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC),Pakistan's only private utility, serves 18 million consumers in Karachi, the financial, industrial and commercial hub of Pakistan. Inadequate generation and out-dated transmission infrastructure have contributed to chronic load shedding [...] | 2009-08-25 05:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID ENRG AE PK |
09ISLAMABAD2139 | FINANCE MINISTER ON PAKISTAN'S BUDGET WOES, TOKYO [...] (SBU) Summary: In a September 3 meeting with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin said the GOP had included $2 billion in Tokyo Pledges in its budget but was grappling with a shortfall in actual donor assistance. He asked that the USG provide $650 million in cash through the GOP to cov [...] | 2009-09-04 11:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN ECON EAID ENRG PK |
09ISLAMABAD2140 | PM AND FINANCE MINISTER ON PAKISTAN'S TROUBLED [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with Prime Minister Gilani and Finance Minister Tarin, NSC Senior Director for International Economics David Lipton said Pakistan needed to take a number of steps in the coming months to put its energy sector on firmer footing: resolve the remaining $3.7 billion " [...] | 2009-09-04 12:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN ECON EAID ENRG PK |
09ISLAMABAD2225 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, 09 SEPTEMBER 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-15 05:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD229 | PAKISTAN'S BANKS FACE DETERIORATING CONSUMER AND SMALL [...] (SBU) Summary. The banking sector in Pakistan has been largely shielded from the international financial crisis by a regulatory framework that has limited its foreign currency and securities exposure. Although there were no major losses in calendar year 2008, local bankers are expecting probl [...] | 2009-02-03 13:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2292 | FINANCE MINISTER TARIN MEETS LEW, ASKS FOR US [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-22 11:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK ECON ETRD EAID EFIN |
09ISLAMABAD2360 | PAKISTAN REQUESTS TOKYO PLEDGE FOLLOW UP, BUDGET [...] (SBU) In a September 16 letter to the Ambassador, Economic Affairs Division Secretary Farrakh Qayyum thanked the USG for committing $174 million in budget support in FY09 and requested an additional $500 million in budget support for FY10 (text in para 3). Qayyum's letter was a follow up to [...] | 2009-09-30 05:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID PHUM PREF PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD238 | PAKISTAN STANDBY ARRANGEMENT: SO FAR SO GOOD, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: IMF and Ministry of Finance contacts agree that, based on preliminary indications, Pakistan has performed well in fulfilling IMF performance criteria as required in Pakistan's November 24 Standby Arrangement (SBA). After retiring $1.24 billion in debt, borrowing from the State [...] | 2009-02-04 13:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EAID PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2381 | PAKISTAN RAISES ENERGY TARIFFS IN STEP TO REDUCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOP raised electricity tariffs 6 percent, in accordance with its commitments to international financial institutions. However, lower fuel costs and higher hydropower generation simultaneously pushed tariffs down, reducing the immediate impact on consumers, and hence public [...] | 2009-10-02 12:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN ECON EAID ENRG PK |
09ISLAMABAD2477 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, 23 SEPTEMBER 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-13 12:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2539 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, 7 OCTOBER 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-20 12:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2541 | STATUS OF PAKISTAN'S ENERGY SECTOR DEBT HOLDING [...] (SBU) Summary: While the GOP has taken some concrete steps to return the Pakistani energy sector to financial solvency, several key elements remain unresolved. On October 1, the GOP raised tariff rates by 6 percent, the first of three tariff hikes agreed with international financial institutio [...] | 2009-10-20 14:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN ECON EAID ENRG PK |
09ISLAMABAD2628 | PAKISTAN-U.S. ENERGY DIALOGUE POINTS TO LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS FOR THE SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Delegations to the U.S.-Pakistan Energy Dialogue of October 23-24 discussed plans for moving beyond the current difficulties and strategies for addressing longer-term planning. It was clear that Pakistan has made measurable progress in addressing the electricity sector's debt pr [...] | 2009-10-28 14:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG PREL PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD2642 | PM GILANI CONFIDENT GOP WILL OVERCOME ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 24 meeting, David Goldwyn, Secretary's Coordinator for International Energy Affairs (S/CIEA) and head of the U.S. Delegation to the U.S.-Pakistan Energy Dialogue, commended Prime Minister Gilani on Pakistan's sound plan for addressing the country's energy crisis, i [...] | 2009-11-02 03:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID ENRG PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2665 | PAKISTAN'S PETROLEUM MINISTRY ON POSSIBILITIES FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to its chronic and worsening natural gas shortage, the GOP will "most likely" award contracts to two firms -- 4Gas and a Vitol-FOTCO consortium -- to build floating LNG re-gasification terminals, according to Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources Special Secret [...] | 2009-11-03 14:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN ECON EAID ENRG PK |
09ISLAMABAD2698 | FINANCE MINISTER TARIN ON BUDGETS, CSF DOLLAR FUND, AND PAKISTAN'S IMPROVING ECONOMIC OUTLOOK [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Finance Shaukat Tarin told the Ambassador that he is "cautiously optimistic" about the Pakistani economy and expressed GOP gratitude that the USG would begin to move gradually towards greater use of Pakistani platforms to channel U.S. assistance. Tarin requested that an ad [...] | 2009-11-06 14:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID MOPS PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2741 | NEW CEO ON CHANGE IN KESC LEADERSHIP AND FUTURE OF [...] (U) This is a joint Consulate General Karachi-Embassy Islamabad message. 2. (SBU) Summary: Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) CEO Tabish Gahaur said that KESC had made significant strides in increasing collections and bringing new generation on line since Abraaj Capital took over its ma [...] | 2009-11-15 13:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID ENRG PK |
09ISLAMABAD2744 | Mobile Banking in Pakistan - Challenges and Prospects [...] (SBU) Summary: In a series of meetings in Karachi and Islamabad in early October, the Treasury Attache and an advisor from Treasury's Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes discovered that some of Pakistan's commercial banks and microfinance banks have a growing interest in providi [...] | 2009-11-16 04:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD KCOR PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2767 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON THE ECONOMIC ISSUES,04 NOVEMBER 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-17 13:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD EFIN EINT EINV ENRG PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2798 | PAKISTAN'S ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE IMPROVING, BUT STRUCTURAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-19 12:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2799 | POST RESPONSE TO CSG TASKING ON CFT CAPABILITIES [...] (C/NF) Mission Islamabad provides the following response to Ref A request for information on the Mission's resources and for staff combating terrorist financing in Pakistan. 2. (C//NF) Embassy Islamabad has dedicated the following resources to terrorism finance issues, at least part-time. I [...] | 2009-11-19 13:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL SNAR PK |
09ISLAMABAD2829 | DIVVYING UP THE TAX REVENUE PIE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-23 13:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAID PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2830 | PAKISTAN'S THIRD IMF REVIEW - ENOUGH PROGRESS TO [...] (C) Summary: In an upbeat meeting November 17, Acting Additional Secretary of Finance Salim Sethi assured Treasury Attache and Econ Counselor that Pakistan's third review under its Stand-By Arrangement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was "virtually assured" of a successful conclusion [...] | 2009-11-23 15:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2847 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, 18 NOVEMBER 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-25 06:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2895 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, 02 DECEMBER, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-03 02:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2973 | PAKISTAN'S ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING ORDINANCE LAPSES, [...] (C) Summary: In a last minute attempt to keep some kind of anti-money laundering regime in place after the Supreme Court directed that a string of Musharraf-era ordinances be promulgated as laws or allowed to lapse, President Zadari issued a revised Anti-Money Laundering ordinance (AMLO) on No [...] | 2009-12-12 11:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD3002 | ASSISTANCE COORDINATOR BRIEFS FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (SBU) Ambassador Robin Raphel, Coordinator for Economic and Development Assistance in Pakistan briefed Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on U.S. plans to channel more assistance through the Pakistani government, target USG assistance in areas vulnerable to militants, and to focus on severa [...] | 2009-12-15 05:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD3042 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, 16 DECEMBER, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-22 02:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD305 | STATE BANK GOVERNOR: LACK OF CREDIT STIFLING PAKISTAN'S [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 31, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) released its Monetary Policy Statement which maintained the discount rate at 15 percent for the next six months, causing disappointment to many in the private sector who were hoping for an easing of rates. SBP Governor Salim Raza [...] | 2009-02-12 07:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD EAID PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD3077 | FISCAL FEDERALISM OR FISCAL FOOLISHNESS? [...] (SBU) Summary: In a move heralded in the Pakistani press as a "historical shift to provincial autonomy" and a "victory for democracy," the National Finance Commission (NFC) reached a consensus on the formula for revenue division between the federal and provincial governments on December 11. Ag [...] | 2009-12-23 14:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD315 | PAKISTAN'S ENERGY CRISIS - IMPROVING, BUT CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOP is making some headway fulfilling President Zardari's January directive to clear up the "circular" debt situation that is wreaking havoc among power producers, but confidence varies that it will be paid off in its entirety any time soon. Blackouts have been reduced from [...] | 2009-02-13 08:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EFIN PK |
09ISLAMABAD343 | MORE DONOR ASSISTANCE NEEDED [...] (SBU) This is an action cable. See paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Summary: GOP officials have told us and high-level visitors that they have received little support from the international donor community in recent months. A World Bank senior economist confirmed that very little foreign assistance [...] | 2009-02-19 07:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ECON IBRD PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD344 | DONORS AND FRIENDS: THE WAY AHEAD [...] (SBU) Summary. Given Pakistan's struggling economy and the urgent need for development and budgetary assistance, Mission recommends that we move forward as quickly as possible to facilitate a successful Donors' Conference, co-hosted by the World Bank, and now tentatively scheduled for April i [...] | 2009-02-19 07:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ECON PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD353 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON THE ECONOMIC ISSUES FROM 13 FEBRUARY 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-19 09:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD EFIN EINT EINV ENRG PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD383 | PARASTATAL TRADING COMPANY INCREASINGLY INVOLVED [...] (C) Summary. The Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP),a state trading company under the Ministry of Commerce, is engaging in another purchase venture that could prove devastating to private market trading. It is planning to import 200,000 metric tons (MT) of refined sugar for approximately [...] | 2009-02-20 14:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD416 | TERRORISM FINANCE: PRENOTIFICATION OF UPCOMING [...] (S) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs UN Director Ahmad Farooq on February 24, 2009. Farooq promised to forward this information to his superiors and other relevant ministries and to follow up with the Embassy. Farooq noted that Haq's name previously was put fo [...] | 2009-02-26 03:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD422 | WORLD BANK GIVES HIGH MARKS TO GOP "SCORECARD" APPROACH TO [...] (SBU) Summary and Recommendation: World Bank point person for the Benazir Income Support Program (BISP) Iftikhar Malik told EconOff February 12 that President Zardari had signed off on revisions to the BISP "distributions via parliamentary political networks" on January 22. Pilot programs for [...] | 2009-02-26 11:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL SOCI PK |
09ISLAMABAD440 | PAKISTAN MEETS FUND TARGETS; MORE LEEWAY AS GROWTH SLOWS [...] (SBU) Summary. The IMF finished its first "generally positive" review of Pakistan's Standby Arrangement on February 25. While the program remains on track, the Fund has relaxed its fiscal deficit and tax revenue targets slightly, based on a deteriorating global economic environment. Finance [...] | 2009-02-28 04:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV EAID PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD443 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON THE ECONOMIC ISSUES FROM 25 FEBRUARY 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-02 02:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD EFIN EINT EINV ENRG PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD46 | POST'S APPEAL FOR FY09 BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH STRATEGY AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pakistan played a major role in the original Green Revolution. After several decades of lagging agricultural production, the Government of Pakistan (GOP) is looking to make the leap to join the Gene Revolution. Post has outlined an ambitious biotech program for FY 2009 and req [...] | 2009-01-09 06:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID ETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO PK |
09ISLAMABAD497 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UPDATED INFORMATION ON ARIF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-09 10:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PINR PTER PK IN |
09ISLAMABAD537 | EAD LAYS OUT STRATEGY FOR PAKISTAN DONORS' MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary. Farrakh Qayyum, Secretary in the Economic Affairs Division (EAD),which is in charge of preparations for the April 17 donors' conference, told DCM March 12 that the GOP is working closely with the World Bank office in Islamabad to prepare their request. He noted that the reques [...] | 2009-03-13 10:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD561 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON THE ECONOMIC ISSUES, 11 MARCH 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-17 08:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD575 | IMF Update - "Nascent Stability" [...] (SBU) Summary. In a briefing of G-7 countries, the IMF Resident Representative characterized Pakistan's economic situation as "nascent stability." Revealing little new information, he commended the GOP's efforts to meet its numeric goals, but cautioned that tax revenue targets would be diffic [...] | 2009-03-18 11:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD618 | POST RECOMMENDS AGAINST DOWNGRADE OF ICRAS RISK RATING FOR [...] (SBU) Post urges the Interagency Credit Risk Assessment System committee not to downgrade Pakistan's sovereign and non-sovereign risk rating on March 23. The draft report, dated January 1, does not reflect the progress and the commitment the GOP has made to bring its economic house in order, [...] | 2009-03-23 06:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ECON PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD72 | BOUCHER ENGAGES FARUQUI ON FRIENDS OF PAKISTAN AND [...] (C) Summary. On January 5, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher met with Salman Faruqui, Secretary General to the President of Pakistan, to outline a timeline leading to the Friends of Democratic Pakistan meetings and a donor conference. Faruqui and his adv [...] | 2009-01-13 11:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD77 | SANCTIONS NOTIFICATION AGAINST AQ KHAN DELIVERED [...] (C) Summary: On January 12, the Ambassador met with Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir to deliver reftel demarche about the imposition of sanctions on Abdul Qadeer Khan, Muhammad Farooq, and Muhammad Nasim ud Din under the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act (NPPA),the Export Import Act (EXIM),[...] | 2009-01-13 13:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN KNNP MNUC PARM PINS PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD781 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON THE ECONOMIC ISSUES, 09 APRIL 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-13 12:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD782 | GOP REVIVES THE IDEA OF REMITTANCE SECURITIZATION [...] (C) Summary: Finance Advisor Shaukat Tarin told the diplomatic community that he plans to raise over $1 billion through the securitization of workers' remittances through UAE and Saudi banks. He will mention this plan at the Donors' meeting, emphasizing that these are commercial transactions [...] | 2009-04-13 13:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID PK |
09ISLAMABAD885 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, 22 APRIL 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-27 11:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD913 | ADB CONCERNED OVER ENERGY SECTOR DEVELOPMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 21, USAID and ECON officials met with Rune Stroem, Country Director for the Asian Development Bank (ADB),who conveyed the ADB's concerns over the slow pace of energy sector reforms in Pakistan. Stroem identified three problems with the sector: the new Lahore High Cour [...] | 2009-04-29 14:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID EFIN ENGY PK |
09ISLAMABAD923 | STATE BANK OF PAKISTAN STRENGTHENS REGULATIONS FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In March, the State Bank of Pakistan amended its rules to detect money laundering and terrorism finance, requiring all banks in Pakistan to establish compliance units, conduct due diligence on customers, and identify suspicious customers and transactions. The rules are a respons [...] | 2009-04-30 11:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN KTFN PREL PTER PK |
09ISTANBUL128 | WORLD WATER FORUM PROVIDES A DRY-RUN FOR THE [...] (U) Summary and Comment: During March 16-22, 2009, over 25,000 people from more than 60 countries attended the Fifth Triennial World Water Forum (WWF) in Istanbul. The 71-member U.S. delegation was headed by Alonzo Fulghum, Acting Director of USAID, who gave the opening and closing Ministeria [...] | 2009-03-30 08:11:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC ECON EFIN ENIV ETRD IMF PREL TU |
09ISTANBUL141 | TURKISH BUSINESS LEADERS DISCUSS POTUS VISIT AND [...] (C) Summary: During an April 15 luncheon discussion with the Ambassador and Consul General, organized in part to receive input in response to discussions during the President,s visit on increasing two-way trade and investment, prominent Turkish business executives viewed President Obama,s [...] | 2009-04-17 14:12:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN |
09ISTANBUL167 | TURKISH BUSINESS LEADERS EXPRESS OPTIMISM IN [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 8 U.S. Department of Treasury officials, after a day of meetings in Ankara with high level government officials (septel),came to Istanbul to speak with bankers, economists and real sector representatives about Turkey,s economy. The consensus among the interlocu [...] | 2009-05-15 05:44:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN TU |
09ISTANBUL173 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PHARMACEUTICAL REPS AND [...] (SBU) (Summary) Ambassador Jeffrey recently met with representatives of the U.S. pharmaceutical industry in Istanbul. The discussion centered upon familiar and long-standing industry problems in Turkey such as market access, patent protection and data exclusivity, as well as conformit [...] | 2009-05-18 14:02:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN FCSC PHUM TU |
09ISTANBUL209 | PANEL WARNS TURKEY LAGS BEHIND IN ISLAMIC FINANCE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Representatives from Islamic finance institutions and local law firms met in Istanbul on June 4 for a one-day session on Islamic Finance in Turkey. Osman Akyuz, Secretary General of the Turkish Participation Banks Association, was enthusiastic about the growing strength of "part [...] | 2009-06-12 08:06:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN TU |
09ISTANBUL22 | RAISING CONCERNS WITH TURKISH BANKS ABOUT IRAN'S [...] (C) Summary: We met with representative from the Turkish Bankers' Association and several Turkish banks to highlight our ongoing concerns about Iran's deceptive financial practices and urge them to undertake more rigorous scrutiny of their relationships with Iranian banks. We also shared inf [...] | 2009-01-15 06:50:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KNNP PREL PGOV TU IR |
09ISTANBUL269 | KOC EXECUTIVES ASSESS TURKEY'S ECONOMY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Koc executives expressed concern over the Turkish economy to Ambassador Jeffrey and CG Wiener in a July 9 meeting. While the situation has improved since earlier this year and Turkey is relatively better-positioned than its peers, consumer confidence remains low and must reboun [...] | 2009-07-15 08:09:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV TU |
09ISTANBUL270 | KEY TURKISH BUSINESS GROUPS DISCUSS POST-CAIRO [...] (SBU) Action request - see para 11. 2. (SBU) (Summary) Director of Policy Planning (S/P) Anne-Marie Slaughter met with representatives of MUSIAD (Independent Industrialist and Businessmen's Association) and TAIK (Turkish-U.S. Business Council) in Istanbul to discuss prospects for U.S [...] | 2009-07-15 08:10:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN TU |
09ISTANBUL273 | IMF REP ATKINSON BRIEFS AUDIENCE IN ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) (Summary): Fresh from the G-8 Conference in Italy, IMF External Relations Director Caroline Atkinson met with local business leaders and analysts in Istanbul at a conference sponsored by DEIK (Foreign Economic Relations Board) to discuss the Fund's view of the global financial cris [...] | 2009-07-16 12:59:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN TU |
09ISTANBUL316 | TUSIAD CHIEF QUESTIONS GOT ECONOMIC REFORM [...] (Summary) (C) Arzuhan Yalcindag, President of the Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association (TUSIAD),on August 12 told the Consul General that recent developments and a round of ministerial-level meetings in Ankara left her pessimistic about the GOT's commitment to economic ref [...] | 2009-08-14 11:01:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINT ETRD PHUM PREL TU |
09ISTANBUL365 | PRIVATE SECTOR QUESTIONS AKP WILL TO LEAD ON [...] (C) Summary. Leading Turkish businessmen and economists gave the Justice and Development Party (AKP) mixed reviews at a luncheon hosted by the Consul General on September 23, 2009. The group acknowledged that the government of Prime Minister Erdogan has done a better job of handling the ec [...] | 2009-09-28 14:17:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINT ETRD PHUM PREL TU |
09ISTANBUL367 | IRAN/ECONOMY: AN IRANIAN NGO REPORT CRITIQUES [...] (C) Summary: A Turkish NGO (CSR-Turkey) is helping a sister NGO in Iran (CSR-Iran) examine how Iranian businesses implement, and whether the Iranian regime supports, "corporate social responsibility" practices in the workplace. CSR-Turkey has shared CSR-Iran's draft "Iran country report", b [...] | 2009-09-29 13:00:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PHUM EFIN PREL IR TU |
09ISTANBUL393 | UNDER SECRETARY HORMATS, MEETING WITH REPUBLIC OF KOREA [...] (SBU) Summary: In his October 5 meeting with Under Secretary Hormats, Minister Shin said the ROK would welcome U.S. assistance and advice as Korea prepares to host the G-20 meeting in the fall of 2010. In addition, Shin noted that Korea would like to be an "honest broker" between China and the [...] | 2009-10-14 13:55:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH ECON EFIN KS |
09ISTANBUL394 | IRAN-TURKEY COMMERCE: WARM FUZZIES AND COLD FACTS [...] (C) Summary: Despite a spate of recent Iran-Turkey trade conferences and visits, bilateral trade volume in 2009 is significantly down: USD 2.92 billion in the first seven months of 2009, down 38% compared to the same period in 2008. Many experts suggest the global financial downturn and low [...] | 2009-10-15 05:35:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EFIN PREL PINS PGOV IR TU |
09ISTANBUL428 | IRAN/FINANCE: TREASURY A/S COHEN URGES MORE [...] (C) Summary: Treasury A/S Cohen met October 19 in Istanbul with representatives from Turkey's two largest banking associations, including eight leading Turkish banks. A/S Cohen urged Turkish banks to adopt the most stringent compliance and enforcement standards to give the international finan [...] | 2009-11-19 10:03:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL TU IR |
09ISTANBUL457 | IRAN-TURKEY FINANCE: IS BANK CLOSES REMAINING BANK [...] (SBU) A representative from Turkiye Is Bank, one of Turkey's largest private banks, contacted ConGen Istanbul on December 14 to report that it closed Iranian Bank Mellat's USD account at Is Bank as of November 20, 2009. Our Is Bank interlocutor also told us that the bank closed Iranian Bank S [...] | 2009-12-14 16:16:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV TU IR |
09ISTANBUL468 | LEADING ENTREPRENEURS PARTICIPATE IN ISTANBUL [...] (U) Summary. A Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit Roundtable was hosted in Istanbul by Consul General Wiener on December 21, bringing together a group of successful Turkish entrepreneurs to discuss shared experiences and lessons learned, and to discuss the potential for new partnerships a [...] | 2009-12-29 05:51:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINT ETRD PHUM PREL TU |
09ISTANBUL49 | ISTANBUL BUSINESS LEADERS VOICE CONCERNS RE IMF [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 23, Ambassador Jeffrey accompanied by Consul General met with members of the board of directors of the Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen's Association (TUSIAD). The discussion focused on concerns related to the global economic slowdown and its effects on the Tu [...] | 2009-01-30 04:59:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV TU |
09JAKARTA1026 | INDONESIAN AUTHORITIES CONFIDENT, BUT NOT COMPLACENT, [...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesian economic policymakers appear confident, relishing the wave of positive attention the country has received in recent weeks. The recent upward revision by the IMF of its 2009 growth forecast for Indonesia and an improvement in the outlook for its sovereign rating by Mo [...] | 2009-06-17 09:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV ID |
09JAKARTA106 | INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT PROPOSES INCREASING BUDGET DEFICIT TO [...] (SBU) Summary. With the global economic outlook remaining uncertain, the Indonesian government has announced plans to revise its 2009 budget to increase the budget deficit to 2.5% of GDP, up from 1%. If Parliament approves the revised budget, the government plans to carry out additional fisca [...] | 2009-01-20 10:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON ID |
09JAKARTA1130 | IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1874 FINANCIAL PROVISIONS [...] (SBU) Indonesian officials assured that they will take steps to ensure immediate implementation of the financial provisions of UNSCR 1874 designed to limit North Korea's ability to fund WMD and ballistic missile-related activities, arms procurement and sales. Embassy delivered points contain [...] | 2009-07-02 09:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ECON EFIN PARM PREL ID |
09JAKARTA1227 | GE ON TRACK IN LOCOMOTIVE MARKET [...] (U) This message is Sensitive-But-Unclassified (SBU) and includes business sensitive information. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: General Electric Transportation (GE) has two locomotive agreements and a third in the works, which could total sales of several hundred million doll [...] | 2009-07-23 00:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN ECON EFIN PGOV ID |
09JAKARTA1295 | YUDHOYONO'S 2010 BUDGET PROPOSAL: MAINTAINING A [...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesian President Yudhoyono ("SBY") presented a 2010 budget bill aimed at maintaining a steady course. SBY highlighted Indonesia's success in weathering the current global downturn, building a stronger, more self-reliant domestic economy and taking a place at the G-20 table [...] | 2009-08-05 02:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PTER ID |
09JAKARTA1344 | INDONESIA RIDING OUT GLOBAL DOWNTURN WELL [...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesia is riding out the global downturn well. Second quarter GDP growth of 4.0 percent year-on-year came in above expectations and first half 2009 growth of 4.2 percent was among the highest in Asia. Improved global sentiment and higher commodity prices have benefited Indo [...] | 2009-08-13 12:55:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ID |
09JAKARTA1348 | DOC CLEAN ENERGY ROUNDTABLE SEEKS RENEWABLE ENERGY OPPORTUNITIES, HIGHLIGHTS OBSTACLES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-14 11:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ENRG EAID EFIN KGHG ID |
09JAKARTA1391 | ENHANCING INDONESIA'S ABILITY AND CAPACITY TO [...] Action Requests contained in paras 13-15. 2. (C) Summary: With indications of possible foreign financing of the July 17 Jakarta bombings, the USG should step up engagement with the Government of Indonesia to determine how we can work together to enhance the GOI's capacity to counter the fi [...] | 2009-08-21 11:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN ETTC PTER PREL ID |
09JAKARTA157 | NEW G-20 SHERPA URGES ACTION AND COMMITMENT TO FIGHT [...] (SBU) The credibility of the G-20 is at risk unless its members implement their commitments, according to Indonesia's new sherpa. Deputy Minister at the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs Mahendra Siregar lamented that G-20 countries were unable to revive the WTO Doha round in December. [...] | 2009-01-30 06:25:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL PGOV ID |
09JAKARTA1600 | RATINGS UPGRADES AND UPWARD REVISIONS TO GROWTH FORECASTS [...] (U) Summary: Indonesia's resilience to the global economic downturn and prospects for improved economic performance following President Yudhoyono's peaceful re-election supported a recent upgrade of Indonesia's sovereign debt ratings and upward revisions of 2009-2010 economic growth forecasts. [...] | 2009-09-24 11:02:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ID |
09JAKARTA1641 | WORKING WITH INDONESIA IN THE G-20 [...] (SBU) Summary. The United States can partner with Indonesia in the G-20 to advance our interests. Of the eleven countries in the G-20 who are not in the G-8, Indonesia is arguably the one with whom we have the least developed ties and the one least prepared institutionally to actively partici [...] | 2009-10-01 08:57:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EFIN ECON ID |
09JAKARTA1748 | NOMINEES FOR FDIC COUNTERTERRORISM FINANCE TRAINING [...] (SBU) Embassy Jakarta proposes the following six individuals from Bank Indonesia (BI) and PPATK (Indonesian Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre - the FIU) for the FDIC Counterterrorism Financial Regulatory training course scheduled November 16-20 offered reftel: a) Betty Julia [...] | 2009-10-16 10:32:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ECON EFIN KCRM KTFN PREL ID |
09JAKARTA175 | IMPACT OF THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS ON EAST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The global financial crisis is having a significant impact on the natural resource dependent economy and politics of East Kalimantan, Indonesia's second largest province. The drop in commodity prices is slowing illegal logging, but deforestation continues. Furthermore, the inab [...] | 2009-02-03 11:27:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON ETRD SENV EAID ID |
09JAKARTA1847 | SCRUTINY OF BANK CENTURY BAILOUT ICCREASES [...] (C) Summary. The Yudhoyono administration'sb"ailout of failed Bank Century in November 2008 (reftel) has gone from a controversial policy decision taken by technocrats at the height of the financial crisis to a potential focus for opposition against the new administration. A group of primari [...] | 2009-11-06 11:39:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KCOR PGOV ID |
09JAKARTA1901 | INDONESIA'S 100-DAY PLAN: 15 PRIORITY PROGRAMS [...] (SBU) Summary: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) has identified 15 priority programs for his second administration in the government's 100-day plan. The heated dispute between Indonesia's police, Attorney General's Office and the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) prompted the pre [...] | 2009-11-17 11:00:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG KCOR PREL PTER SENV |
09JAKARTA1941 | EXIM OFFICIALS SEEK OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPAND PARTICIPATION [...] (SBU) During a recent visit to Indonesia, Member of the Board of Directors of the U.S. Export-Import Bank Diane Farrell and Vice President Ray Ellis met with bank executives to explore the possibility of establishing a credit facility. ExIm also met U.S. and Indonesian business executives Indo [...] | 2009-11-25 07:58:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET EINV ID |
09JAKARTA1950 | SBY SUCCUMBS TO PRESSURE TO FORM COMMITTEE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian Parliament's move to investigate the government bail-out of Bank Century highlighted potential fault lines in President Yudhoyono's legislative coalition and stoked public discontent with Yudhoyono's response to several national corruption scandals. On November 1 [...] | 2009-11-25 10:36:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EFIN KCOR ID |
09JAKARTA1995 | PROGRESS TOWARD A TERRORISM FINANCING LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 18, 2009, an Indonesian inter-agency drafting team and experts from the National Security Division of the US Department of Justice (U.S. DOJ),the FBI, U.S. Treasury, the UNODC and DOJ OPDAT met in Jakarta to continue work on a terrorism financing law. The current dr [...] | 2009-12-04 10:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER KCRM KJUS KTFN EFIN SNAR PHUM ASEC ID |
09JAKARTA2052 | PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY LOSES CREDIBILITY AS FINANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Parliament's inquiry into the government's bailout of Bank Century is losing credibility as it escalates into a political in-fight between technocrat Finance Minister Sri Mulyani and wealthy businessman and Golkar Party leader Aburizal Bakrie. Mulyani's claims that the Golkar [...] | 2009-12-15 10:40:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ID ECON EFIN |
09JAKARTA2073 | CHINA DEEPENS ITS ECONOMIC INFLUENCE IN INDONESIA [...] (C) Summary. China is deepening its economic influence in Indonesia, through major deals in energy and resources, as well as the impending entry into force of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement on January 1. Bumi Resources, Indonesia's largest coal miner and owned by the family of Golkar c [...] | 2009-12-17 10:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD EMIN EPET PGOV ID CH |
09JAKARTA216 | ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING/COMBATTING TERRORIST FINANCING [...] (U) Summary: Mission support to the GOI's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) continues to show positive results. More remains to be done, but PPATK's effectiveness and credibility have improved, as reflected in recent data on the filing of suspicious transaction reports (STRs) and cash transacti [...] | 2009-02-09 05:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN KCRM KTFN ID |
09JAKARTA227 | PRESSURE ON BANKS WEIGHS ON INVESTMENT, [...] (SBU) Summary. Emerging pressures on the Indonesian banking sector will suppress credit growth in 2009. While the risk of a liquidity crisis has abated, deteriorating credit quality and high funding costs will squeeze bank earnings and erode capital at weaker institutions. With bank lendin [...] | 2009-02-10 02:25:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON EAGR ID |
09JAKARTA264 | BANK INDONESIA CUTS RATES AND GOI PRESSES FOR STIMULUS AS [...] (SBU) Summary: As the global economic slowdown deepens, Indonesian authorities are pushing both expansionary monetary and fiscal policies to support domestic demand and maintain positive economic growth. With inflationary pressures subsiding, Bank Indonesia's (BI) February 4 decision to lower [...] | 2009-02-13 11:44:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV ID |
09JAKARTA31 | BANK INDONESIA CUTS RATES 50 BASIS POINTS TO BOLSTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Bank Indonesia (BI) reduced the overnight policy interest rate by 50 basis points, to 8.75%, on January 7, surprising markets which had expected a quarter-point cut. The move is aimed at supporting economic growth, which BI forecasts will slow to 4-5% in 2009. The rate cut fol [...] | 2009-01-08 10:30:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV EAGR ID |
09JAKARTA310 | Opportunity for President Obama to Address World Islamic [...] (SBU) Conference organizers for the 5th World Islamic Economic Forum held in Jakarta on March 2-3 have requested that President Obama deliver taped video remarks during the Forum's opening ceremony. The Forum's key themes are the global financial crisis, alternative energy, and food security. [...] | 2009-02-23 10:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV PGOV PREL ID |
09JAKARTA311 | JAPAN ANNOUNCES LARGE ASSISTANCE PACKAGE FOR INDONESIA [...] (SBU) Japan agreed to guarantee Indonesian yen-denominated government bonds and doubled its bilateral currency swap agreement with Indonesia on February 21 on the margins of the ASEAN Plus Three Finance Ministers meeting in Phuket, Thailand. The state-backed Japan Bank for International Cooper [...] | 2009-02-23 10:42:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID EINV ID |
09JAKARTA333 | SUPPORTING INDONESIA'S WORLD BANK CONTINGENT FINANCING [...] (U) Please see action request in paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) The United States should support the proposed $2 billion Public Expenditure Support Facility Development Policy Loan (DPL-DDO) for Indonesia. The World Bank Executive Board will consider this loan on March 3. The proposal has been clos [...] | 2009-02-26 09:58:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID ID |
09JAKARTA381 | INDONESIAN SHERPA VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF G-20 MEETINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesia's key objectives for the upcoming G-20 meetings are: -- Agreement on the rapid recapitalization of the multilateral development banks, even if governance reforms are delayed. -- Broader focus of G-20 deliberations beyond financial market instability to include the [...] | 2009-03-04 09:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ID |
09JAKARTA391 | INDONESIA: A RECIPE FOR PROTECTIONISM [...] (C) Summary: Global economic turmoil, electoral politics and latent economic nationalism have created a climate conducive to protectionist policies. Indonesia has instituted a series of economic measures in recent months that, at a minimum, go against the spirit of its G-20 commitment to res [...] | 2009-03-05 09:03:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD ID PGOV |
09JAKARTA393 | INDONESIA -- INFORMATION IN ADVANCE OF G-20 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Indonesian government remains focused on protecting its economy from the effects of the global economic slowdown. The government's economic team has moved nimbly to secure alternative financing to fund an expansionary budget, secure passage of a fiscal stimulus package and [...] | 2009-03-05 23:58:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ID |
09JAKARTA415 | INDONESIA'S GROWTH SLOWDOWN, BALANCE OF PAYMENT PRESSURES [...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesia's economic growth is slowing as the global economic downturn has become more entrenched. Market consensus expects a growth slowdown (current IMF forecast is 3.5 percent),rather than recession, for 2009. The macroeconomic situation remains broadly stable, though pres [...] | 2009-03-10 10:06:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV EAID ID |
09JAKARTA418 | INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT ASKS FOR RESPONSES TO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-10 23:55:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ID |
09JAKARTA427 | SUGGESTED THEMES FOR GEITHNER-SRI MULYANI PULL ASIDE ON [...] (SBU) Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati will use her pull aside with Treasury Secretary Geithner to repeat Indonesia's requests made by Indonesian President Yudhoyono and Foreign Minister Wirajuda during Secretary Clinton's February 18-19 visit. Embassy recommends that Secretar [...] | 2009-03-12 08:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID ID |
09JAKARTA542 | INDONESIA-CHINA CURRENCY SWAP VIEWED AS SIGN OF [...] (C) Summary: Bank Indonesia and the People's Bank of China announced March 23 a bilateral currency swap arrangement worth an estimated equivalent of $15 billion (the actual deal is a rupiah-yuan swap). While the deal will offer limited utility to Bank Indonesia, an English- language editorial [...] | 2009-03-25 10:03:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD EAID EINV ID |
09JAKARTA556 | INDONESIA'S STIMULUS PACKAGE - LITTLE FOCUS ON [...] (SBU) Indonesia's fiscal stimulus has little focus on green investment. The package, equal to IDR 73.3 trillion (about USD 6.3 billion at current exchange rate of IDR 11,500/USD) or about 1.4 percent of GDP, relies primarily on tax measures with approximately IDR 17.1 trillion in new spending [...] | 2009-03-27 09:42:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ENRG SENV ID |
09JAKARTA558 | PAKISTAN DONORS CONFERENCE IN TOKYO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-27 10:20:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN ID |
09JAKARTA62 | INDONESIA WEATHERING GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS SO FAR, BUT [...] (U) This message includes an action request. Please see paragraph 12. 2. (SBU) Summary. Effective policy responses have enabled Indonesia to weather the current financial crisis. IMF and World Bank officials here are cautiously optimistic about Indonesia's ability to absorb the global do [...] | 2009-01-13 09:37:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON EAGR ID |
09JAKARTA68 | TERRORISM FINANCE -- GOI RESPONSE RE DESIGNATION [...] (U) This message contains an Action Request -- Please see Para five. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Mission has reviewed with the GOI the U.S. designation of the Waad Project--a Lebanon-based Hizballah-run construction company--as a terrorist organization. Our contact asked whether the USG intended to [...] | 2009-01-14 07:14:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EFIN LE ID |
09JAKARTA69 | WHO'S IN CHARGE OF INDONESIA'S ECONOMIC POLICY? [...] (C) Summary: Indonesian economic policy lacks clear leadership and institutional coordination. While Indonesia's macroeconomic response to the financial crisis has been generally strong, high profile Ministerial disputes highlight the tensions between economic technocrats, who believe in rul [...] | 2009-01-14 08:09:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV EFIN ID PGOV |
09JAKARTA693 | INDONESIA TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICERS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-17 07:45:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER IN |
09JAKARTA730 | NEWMONT WINS BUYAT BAY CASE IN SUPREME COURT [...] (U) According to Newmont executives, the Indonesian Supreme Court handed down a decision this week that upholds the 2007 acquittal by a court in Manado, North Sulawesi. The prosecutors in the case appealed the full acquittal in the environmental case against PT Newmont Minahasa Raya, Newmont's [...] | 2009-04-24 10:27:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EMIN EFIN ETRD EINV PREL ID |
09JAKARTA768 | INDONESIA CASTS ABSTENTION IN VOTE FOR KOSOVO'S [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-30 11:19:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL ID |
09JAKARTA806 | INDONESIAN MARKETS STRENGTHEN, DESPITE ELECTION SEASON [...] (SBU) Summary: While Indonesia remains vulnerable to changes in global sentiment, markets here rallied strongly in recent weeks. Improved global sentiment lifted equity markets throughout the region; Indonesian markets benefited from positive current account news, increased capital inflows, fa [...] | 2009-05-07 10:48:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV ID |
09JAKARTA819 | PRESS REPORT OF ASIA PULP AND PAPER SETTLEMENT WITH [...] (U) On May 10, local English-language daily Jakarta Globe published an article (Bloomberg) reporting that PT Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) had agreed to a debt settlement with creditor Gramercy Advisors. The article reported that Asia Pulp and Paper said Gramercy had sold its debt to a "third part [...] | 2009-05-11 09:52:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ID |
09JAKARTA882 | INDONESIA - GROWTH SLOWS, BUT STILL FASTEST IN SOUTHEAST [...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesia's economy grew by 4.4 percent year-over-year (y-o-y) in the first quarter of 2009, the fastest in Southeast Asia. Growth came in slightly above market expectations, supported by strong domestic demand. While slower than the 5.2 percent y-o-y recorded during the previ [...] | 2009-05-22 06:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ID |
09JAKARTA91 | INDONESIA - ASSESSING IMPLICATIONS OF GLOBAL FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: As the global financial crisis unfolds, Indonesia's experienced economic team is acting quickly to implement a broad policy response aimed at stabilizing local financial markets and to secure standby financing from the World Bank, Asian Development Bank and bilateral donors. Al [...] | 2009-01-16 09:54:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ECON ETRD EINV ID |
09JAKARTA912 | INDONESIA CASTS ABSTENTION IN VOTE FOR KOSOVO'S [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-29 01:20:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID PREL ID |
09JEDDAH420 | SAUDI BUSINESS LEADERS: WE'RE IN AN "L" CURVE [...] (U) Summary: At an October 27 roundtable lunch of the American Business Group of Jeddah (ABJ),hosted by the Consulate, eleven Jeddah business leaders described the current economic environment in KSA as the bottom of an "L" Curve -- the steep decline experienced 6 months ago has stopped, th [...] | 2009-11-04 06:46:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EIND EPET PREL SA |
09JEDDAH476 | SAUDI ARABIA HOPING TO TURN MINING INTO THE THIRD [...] (U) Summary: Behind oil and petrochemicals, Saudi Arabia is trying to make mining the third pillar of its economy. Although its mining operations are small compared to many other countries, and dwarfed by the Kingdom's oil and petrochemical sector, KSA plans to expand its mining industry b [...] | 2009-12-16 16:20:00 | Consulate Jeddah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN ECON EFIN EIND EINV SA |
09JEDDAH65 | IS THE JEDDAH ECONOMY FALTERING? [...] (SBU) Summary. At a February 10 lunch roundtable, hosted by CG on behalf of the American Businessmen in Jeddah (ABJ),leading members painted a gloomy economic picture across nearly all sectors of the local economy. The candid admission by one participant that Saudis have been in denial for [...] | 2009-02-12 12:23:00 | Consulate Jeddah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND EPET EINV PREL SA |
09JEDDAH66 | IS THE JEDDAH ECONOMY FALTERING? [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-12 12:23:00 | Consulate Jeddah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND EPET EINV PREL SA |
09JERUSALEM1142 | PA MAKES SALARY PAYMENT AS OVERALL FISCAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Palestinian Authority (PA) paid June salaries on schedule July 6, thanks to an influx of cash from a one-time telecom deal. However, a visiting IMF team told donors that the PA is now certain to end the year with substantial commercial debt to banks and private sector arre [...] | 2009-07-06 12:04:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EFIN KWBG PGOV IS |
09JERUSALEM1205 | U.S. TREASURY PROVIDES FINANCIAL ANALYSIS TRAINING [...] (U) Summary: On July 6-8, 2009, at the request of Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA) Governor Jihad al-Wazir, the U.S. Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) provided training to twenty-five PA employees with various responsibilities under the PA's 2007 Anti-Money Laundering Law. Pa [...] | 2009-07-14 14:25:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PINS PTER KWBG EAID |
09JERUSALEM1282 | WEST BANK HOUSING PROJECTS: FINANCING ON TRACK, [...] (SBU) Summary. Palestinian Authority (PA) officials and private sector representatives told Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) representatives that obstacles largely related to infrastructure needs still face a number of West Bank housing developments. OPIC updated contacts on th [...] | 2009-07-27 14:18:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID KWBG PGOV IS EFIN |
09JERUSALEM1361 | TREASURY DAS GLASER VISIT TO JERUSALEM JULY 29-30 [...] (S) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) of the Treasury for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes Daniel Glaser met with Prime Minister Fayyad and officials from the Palestinian Monetary Authority (PMA),including PMA Governor Jihad al-Wazir, on July 29 to express appreciation for the [...] | 2009-08-06 14:42:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | EFIN KTFN EAID PREL PTER KWBG IS |
09JERUSALEM1384 | U.S. TREASURY PROVIDES FINANCIAL INVESTIGATION [...] (SBU) U.S. Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) provided training to 23 Palestinian Authority (PA) employees with various responsibilities under the PA's 2007 Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Law at the request of Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA) Governor Jihad al-Wazir. Participants [...] | 2009-08-10 14:16:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PINS KWBG EAID PTER PREL IS KCRM |
09JERUSALEM1496 | PALESTINE MONETARY AUTHORITY AIMS FOR "GOOD NEWS" [...] (C) Summary: The Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA),in consultation with a number of Israeli counterpart agencies, is working to re-start Israeli social security payments to 750 disabled workers in Gaza. Recipients have been unable to cash their disability checks since Israeli banks ceased [...] | 2009-08-24 14:19:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN EAID PREL PTER KWBG IS |
09JERUSALEM1498 | SAUDI SUPPORT PROVIDES BRIEF RESPITE FROM PA [...] (C) Summary: The PA will be able to pay salaries through September and reduce its domestic debt slightly after receiving USD 200m in budget support from Saudi Arabia. The PA Ministry of Finance stressed the PA need for additional support from other Arab countries to make it through the end o [...] | 2009-08-24 14:28:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID ECON KWBG PGOV SA QA |
09JERUSALEM1702 | PMA, UNRWA AGREE TO CONSOLIDATE CASH REQUESTS, [...] (C) Summary: Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA) Governor Jihad al-Wazir and UNRWA Deputy Director in Gaza Aidan O'Leary agreed to consolidate PA and UN requests to the Government of Israel (GOI) for cash transfers to Gaza. Al-Wazir and O'Leary also discussed Gaza's burgeoning tunnel economy a [...] | 2009-09-17 15:18:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID KWBG IS PREF |
09JERUSALEM1800 | OPIC'S AFFORDABLE MORTGAGE, RISK INSURANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: An Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) delegation visited Jerusalem and Ramallah October 5-7 to further a number of projects, including the affordable mortgage and political risk insurance programs, as well as to expand the loan guarantee fund (LGF). OPIC estimates th [...] | 2009-10-09 14:32:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV KWBG IS |
09JERUSALEM1952 | PALESTINIAN BANKS DROWNING IN SHEKELS [...] (C) Summary: The inability of Palestinian banks to deposit Israeli shekels (NIS) into accounts in Israel is forcing a crisis, according to the Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA). West Bank bank branches now hold NIS 1.4 billion in cash, exceeding the capacity of their vaults. The PMA has as [...] | 2009-10-27 15:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID KWBG IS |
09JERUSALEM1994 | PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY LEANS ON BANKS TO PAY [...] (C) Summary: The Palestinian Authority paid October salaries to its employees in the West Bank and Gaza on November 4, drawing from the monthly revenue transfer from Israel and increased lending from local banks, and in the absence of additional external budget support. PA officials are ange [...] | 2009-11-04 17:18:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID KWBG PGOV IS KU AE |
09JERUSALEM2019 | U.S. TREASURY PROVIDES FINANCIAL INVESTIGATION [...] (SBU) Summary: During the week of November 1, U.S. Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) provided training to 34 Palestinian Authority (PA) employees with various responsibilities under the PA's 2007 Anti-Money Laundering (AML) decree. This was the third training course on AML offe [...] | 2009-11-06 14:41:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN KWBG EAID KCRM |
09JERUSALEM2027 | PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY ASKS FOR FUNDS SEIZED FROM [...] (U) This is an action request for State, please see para 3. 2. (C) In a November 6 meeting, PLO Chief Negotiator Saeb Erekat asked the Consul General for USG assistance in securing transfer to the Palestinian Authority (PA) Ministry of Finance of USD 32.5 million in funds seized by Egypt in [...] | 2009-11-09 15:22:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KWBG KPAL PGOV KTFN EG AL |
09JERUSALEM2095 | PA BUDGET: UAE SUPPORT ARRIVES; EUROS PLAN FOR 2010 [...] (SBU) Summary. The Palestinian Authority (PA) has confirmed receipt of a significant contribution of budget support from the UAE totaling nearly USD 150 million, that will allow the PA to make its payroll early this month, prior to the Eid al-Adha holiday. Based on numbers the PA has provide [...] | 2009-11-20 14:30:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN EUN KWBG AE |
09JERUSALEM2096 | RAWABI LAND TITLE RESOLVED, ON TO THE NEXT [...] (C) Summary: One of the primary hurdles facing the prominent Rawabi residential and commercial development project in the West Bank has been overcome, as the developer has reached agreement with major landowners on a land purchase price. The Palestinian Authority (PA) has taken legal steps [...] | 2009-11-20 14:46:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECON EFIN KWBG IS |
09JERUSALEM2333 | GAZA'S BUSINESS COMMUNITY: FED UP WITH POLITICS, [...] (C) Summary. Gazans are broadly disgusted with political parties (both Hamas and Fatah) and are focused on day-to-day issues of survival, according to Post contacts in Gaza's business community, who remain confident in the resourcefulness and resilience of the business culture in Gaza. The [...] | 2009-12-29 09:43:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID PTER KWBG PREF IS |
09JERUSALEM259 | THE PA 2009 BUDGET, GAZA RECONSTRUCTION, AND CASH [...] (U) Summary: In a speech on February 4, Prime Minister Fayyad presented the 2009 budget and outlined the PA's plan for recovery and reconstruction in Gaza. The PM also announced a two-week delay of salary payments, in order to get assistance projects in Gaza underway immediately. The transp [...] | 2009-02-06 15:47:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID ECON KWBG PGOV IS |
09JERUSALEM269 | WEST BANK AND GAZA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON [...] (SBU) The Palestinian Authority's (PA) counterterrorism (CT) efforts improved in the 2008 reporting period. PM Salam Fayyad's government engaged in efforts to control terrorist groups, particularly Hamas. Nevertheless, additional efforts will be required to dismantle terrorist groups in the Wes [...] | 2009-02-09 14:25:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG IS PTER ASEC EFIN |
09JERUSALEM284 | PA PLANS FOR MARCH 2 CAIRO CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: In advance of the Cairo Conference in Support of the Palestinian Economy on March 2, the Palestinian Authority has prepared a plan for the early recovery and reconstruction of Gaza. The PA's goal at the conference is to demonstrate that the PA is ready and able to take charge [...] | 2009-02-13 13:30:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN KWBG PGOV PTER IS |
09JERUSALEM328 | FAYYAD LAUNCHES SHARM APPEAL, ASKS DONORS FOR HELP [...] (SBU) The Palestinian Authority (PA) released the summary of its "Gaza Early Recovery and Reconstruction Plan" to donors on February 25. The PA requests USD 2.8 billion in 2009, including USD 1.3 billion in early recovery and reconstruction assistance for Gaza, USD 1.15 billion in direct budg [...] | 2009-02-25 17:23:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID PREL EFIN PGOV KWBG IS |
09JERUSALEM466 | PA'S HOUSING RECONSTRUCTION PLAN HINGES ON THE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Palestinian Authority (PA) has moved quickly to put in place a program to assist Gaza residents whose homes were damaged or destroyed during IDF operations in January. The USD 350 million PA plan, designed by PM Fayyad, would put money directly into the hands of individuals [...] | 2009-03-13 15:45:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID ECON KWBG PGOV IS |
09JERUSALEM549 | PA RUNNING SHORT OF CASH (AGAIN) [...] (SBU) Summary. Officials from the PA Ministry of Finance and the Prime Minister's Office report that the PA will not be able to make salary payments in early April without an immediate and sizeable influx of donor money. External budget support through the first three months of 2009 is runni [...] | 2009-03-25 11:41:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EAID KWBG PGOV IS |
09JERUSALEM623 | PA PAYS WEST BANK SALARIES, GAZA SALARIES ON HOLD [...] (C) Summary. The Palestinian Authority (PA) paid civil servant and security salaries in the West Bank on April 6. Salaries for PA employees in Gaza are on hold due to inadequate resources available to the PA and the continuing shortage of banknotes. According to contacts at the Palestine Mon [...] | 2009-04-07 10:04:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID ECON EFIN IS KWBG PGOV |
09JERUSALEM666 | SUPERVISION AND COMPLIANCE IN GAZA BANK BRANCHES [...] (C) Summary: In a series of meetings in early April, Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA) and banking sector contacts outlined their supervision and compliance operations in Gaza bank branches. The PMA made a similar presentation to GOI officials at a Joint Economic Committee (JEC) meeting on [...] | 2009-04-14 13:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN IS KTFN KWBG PGOV |
09JERUSALEM690 | HAMAS-AFFILIATED "BANK" OPENS IN GAZA; PMA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Islamic National Bank (INB) opened in Gaza City on April 22. Speaking at the opening ceremony, INB CEO Ala'a al-Din Al-Rafati said that INB will offer full banking services, including taking deposits and making loans. However, the Palestinian Monetary Authority PMA) annou [...] | 2009-04-23 14:34:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN IS KTFN KWBG PGOV |
09JERUSALEM754 | PA BORROWS HEAVILY TO PAY SALARIES [...] (C) Summary. The Palestinian Authority (PA) borrowed heavily from local banks to pay its employees' salaries on May 7. Salaries were disbursed in the West Bank, but little was disbursed in Gaza due to the shortage of banknotes. As of 1700 local, no cash had entered Gaza for the banking syst [...] | 2009-05-07 14:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN IS KWBG PGOV |
09JERUSALEM848 | PALESTINIAN BUSINESS COMMUNITY PLEASED BY NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Contacts in the Palestinian business community are generally pleased with the new Palestinian Authority government, but concerned that the timing and method of government formation has deepened political differences. Contacts emphasized the need for the new government to suppor [...] | 2009-05-22 14:42:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV KWBG IS PREL |
09JERUSALEM869 | PA SET TO BORROW ITS WAY PAST ANOTHER PAYDAY [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian Authority (PA) Ministry of Finance officials claim that a new round of borrowing from commercial banks will allow the PA to pay civil servant salaries in the first week of June. Other than the monthly transfer from Brussels, PA officials report only small amounts of [...] | 2009-05-28 15:23:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | ECON EAID EFIN KWBG PGOV IS |
09JOHANNESBURG117 | 2009 `STRIKE SEASON' TURBULENT AND POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Up to 190,000 South African municipal workers plan an indefinite strike from July 27 that will disrupt local service delivery. The strike is being organized by the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and its South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMAWU) affiliate [...] | 2009-07-24 15:31:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM SOCI SF PREL PGOV ECON ELTN EFIN EIND |
09JOHANNESBURG163 | ILO SAYS MORE LABOR LEGISLATION IS NOT THE WAY TO GO [...] (C) The International Labor Organization (ILO) believes that South African attempts to tighten labor laws and ban labor brokering are misguided and will decrease South Africa's investment appeal. The ILO said that current South African labor law offers adequate protections but is not enforced [...] | 2009-11-18 15:33:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ECON PREL PGOV ILO SF EAID EFIN EINV ETRD |
09JOHANNESBURG24 | SOUTH AFRICA: JANUARY 2009 LABOR NOTES [...] This is the January, 2009 issue of the U.S. Consulate Johannesburg's Regional Labor Office monthly notes. Topics in this issue are as follows: - ANC Hopes to Ban Labor Brokers - Johannesburg Metro Police Strike - COSATU Condemns the Congress of the People Party (COPE) - COSATU to Refuse [...] | 2009-02-06 15:04:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ELAB ETRD SF EIND ECON EFIN EMIN ELTN |
09JOHANNESBURG81 | SOUTH AFRICA: MAY 2009 LABOR NOTES [...] This is the May, 2009 issue of U.S. Consulate Johannesburg's Regional Labor Office monthly notes. Topics in this issue are as follows: -Legal work for Zimbabwean migrants? -COSATU unsuccessful in its bid to halt the sale of Vodacom shares -COSATU May Day rallies -Union ends successful tr [...] | 2009-05-07 14:31:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ELAB ETRD SF EIND ECON EFIN EMIN ELTN |
09KABUL1029 | Afghan Finance Minister Presents "Civilian Surge Plan" for [...] (SBU) In an April 19 meeting with the Charge, Afghan Finance Minister Omar Zakhilwal presented an advance copy of the government's "civilian surge plan" for technical assistance. He said he means to discuss the plan - formally approved by President Karzai on April 20, we since learned - in his [...] | 2009-04-22 15:00:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID AF PK |
09KABUL1088 | AFGHANISTAN: GOVERNMENT AND DONOR COORDINATED EFFORTS BRING [...] (U) Summary. Continued progress in the building and rehabilitation of Afghanistan's energy transmission and distribution infrastructure will soon result in additional power reaching Kabul. The North East Power System (NEPS) will handle the additional import of Uzbek power after a joint governm [...] | 2009-04-29 13:50:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EFIN ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV |
09KABUL1093 | Afghanistan's USG Civilian Uplift - Defining its structure, [...] To implement the President's Strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Embassy Kabul requires immediate funding and hiring authority to increase U.S. civilian staff. Our purpose is to build security, governance and development capacity in the Afghan government across all lines of operation at the [...] | 2009-04-29 16:05:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN AF |
09KABUL1107 | COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER SAYS RADIO JAMMING ONLY [...] (C) On April 30 Afghan Minister of Communications and Information Technology Amirzai Sangin told Econoff that broadcast jamming is the only effective method to halt Taliban radio broadcasts in Afghanistan. Sangin emphasized that the Taliban do not have radio broadcasting licenses in Afghanis [...] | 2009-05-02 12:01:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECPS ECIN EFIN AF |
09KABUL1108 | Afghanistan -- Eleventh Meeting of the Joint Coordination [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board April 19: -- approved the Finance Ministry's requests to set up task forces to develop a financing mechanism for the ANDS and to help the GIRoA prepare good projects in priority areas; -- supported the Agriculture Ministry's priorities [...] | 2009-05-02 12:42:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN EAGR ETRD PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL1122 | TRILATERAL SUMMIT -- AFGHANS PREFER POLITICAL COMMITMENT ON [...] (SBU) Econ Counselor and Deputy met with Minister of Commerce and Industries Shahrani May 3 to discuss a variety of trade issues leading up to the May 13-14 Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan (RECCA)in Islamabad. Shahrani also noted his intention to attend the May 6-7 Tril [...] | 2009-05-03 14:48:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID ETRD AF PK |
09KABUL1336 | Afghanistan Repeats Request for Assistance on Water [...] (SBU) At the Islamabad Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan (RECCA),Afghan Foreign Ministry officials repeated a request to USDEL for assistance on negotiating riparian rights, particularly with Iran. This follows on a request made earlier this year that led to a request fo [...] | 2009-05-27 12:05:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAID EFIN AF IR |
09KABUL137 | NONPROLIFERATION SANCTIONS: A.Q. KHAN AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 18, polmiloffs delivered reftel demarche on sanctions against the A.Q. Khan proliferation network to Dr. Davood Moradian, Senior Policy Advisor to the Afghan Foreign Minister. Moradian generally welcomed the news but used the meeting to urge the U.S. to adopt a ''smart [...] | 2009-01-20 07:02:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN |
09KABUL1392 | AMBASSADOR MEETS MOCI, DISCUSSES TRADE, CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Ambassador Eikenberry, accompanied by Deputy ECOUNS note taker, met with Minister of Commerce and Industry (MOCI) Wahidulla Sharani for a courtesy call on May 28. Sharani briefed the Ambassador on Afghan thinking on Reconstruction Opportunity Zones (ROZs),WTO accession the status of Afg [...] | 2009-06-02 11:01:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV EFIN EAID AF |
09KABUL1458 | OPENING OF ISLAM QALA BORDER CROSSING POINT [...] (SBU) On June 15, the port at Islam Qala (IQ) will be ready for operations. The Embassy's Border Management Task Force is prepared to host an opening ceremony, between June 15 and July 1, for the USD 20 Million Border Crossing Point at IQ, built by the Army Corps of Engineers (ACE). The Ge [...] | 2009-06-08 04:07:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EINV ETRD AF IR |
09KABUL1526 | Ambassador's Meeting with Afghan Finance Minister [...] (SBU) Ambassador Eikenberry and Finance Minister Zakhilwal June 8 discussed joint visits to Afghan provinces, including a June 17 trip to open a US-financed border crossing post in Islam Qala, Herat. Zakhilwal welcomed the preliminary, positive assessment by a USAID team that examined the Finan [...] | 2009-06-15 08:18:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID AF |
09KABUL1732 | Signing of USDA Food for Progress Agreement [...] (SBU) On June 30 with Afghan Minister of Finance Zakhilwal and Ambassador Wayne, Coordinating Director for Economic and Development Affairs signed a USDA-sponsored program agreement (PL 480) for the monetization of soybean oil. Deputy Agriculture Minister Kunduzi was also in attendance. Total [...] | 2009-07-02 12:08:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAID EFIN AF |
09KABUL1734 | Afghans Seek 55 Priority Advisors and Claim Revenue [...] (SBU) The JCMB Standing Committee on Development broadly endorsed the Afghan government's revised Civilian Technical Assistance Plan asking for 55 urgently needed advisor positions. Subsequently, the Finance Minister signaled he hopes donors will provide funding for the Afghan government to di [...] | 2009-07-02 13:07:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN AF |
09KABUL1762 | Beyond 421 - Civilian Staffing Requirements for [...] Embassy Kabul has undertaken a review of our mission to determine the personnel and resourcing requirements to achieve success, a review that complements GEN McChrystal's ongoing 60-day review of ISAF's mission. In Ref A, Embassy Kabul detailed a USG civilian uplift needed to implement the Pre [...] | 2009-07-06 15:31:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT APER PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN AF |
09KABUL1916 | Twelfth Meeting of the Afghanistan Joint Coordination and [...] (U) JCMB-XII approved the Afghan government's Civilian Technical Assistance Plan, and three donors, including the U.S., pledged specific support for some of the 55 urgently needed technical advisors. A new TA Task Force will carry implementation forward and take account of any donor concerns. [...] | 2009-07-19 14:13:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN ECON PGOV AF |
09KABUL2020 | Using Connection Technologies to Promote US Strategic [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a series of meetings from July 8-12, Ambassador Wayne, Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs, visiting SRAP Special Advisor Ashley Bommer, S/P staffer Jared Cohen, and Econoff met with officials from Roshan Telecommunications Company, Afghan Wireless Comm [...] | 2009-07-23 11:21:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECPS ETRD EINV EFIN AF |
09KABUL2076 | AFGHANISTAN RECONSTRUCTION TRUST FUND: [...] On July 20, 2009, the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the donors reached agreement on the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust FundQs (ARTF) Incentive Program for FY 1388 (March 20, 2009 - March 19, 2010),which is intended to support needed economic policy reforms and fundi [...] | 2009-07-26 16:31:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ENRG ETRD ECON AF FAS |
09KABUL2102 | Creation of Senior Civilian Representatives in Afghanistan [...] Summary. Embassy Kabul has worked with ISAF and USFOR-A to develop a plan that establishes a structured civilian presence throughout the country to achieve both USG and ultimately coalition civ-mil unity of effort, at both the national and sub-national levels. Significantly, we have re-defin [...] | 2009-07-29 12:49:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN AF |
09KABUL2128 | STRENGTHENING THE GOVERNMENT TWO DROPS AT A TIME [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-30 11:58:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ENRG ETRD ECON EAID AF PREL KDRL |
09KABUL2179 | Ambassador Wayne and SRAP Staff Meetings with Afghan [...] (SBU) In a July 26 meeting with Finance Minister Zakhilwal, Ambassador Wayne and SRAP staff praised successful efforts by the GIRoA to increase revenue collection in Afghanistan and address corruption. Zakhilwal said that donors should reward this progress by channeling more aid through the ce [...] | 2009-08-03 13:34:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID ECON EAGR PGOV AF |
09KABUL2270 | Key GIRoA Ministers Plan Sub-National Governance [...] (SBU) Planning for coordinated U.S./ISAF/UNAMA/GIRoA sub-national governance interventions in the South and East took shape at an August 1 meeting of key ministers, senior ISAF and UNAMA representatives, and Ambassador Eikenberry that was hosted by the Ministry of Rural Reconstruction and Devel [...] | 2009-08-07 13:40:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EAID EFIN EAGR AF |
09KABUL2383 | AFGHAN MINISTRIES ORGANIZE FOR POST-CONFLICT DISTRICT [...] (U) Summary: The Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) hosted a second meeting of the new Afghan/U.S./ISAF/UNAMA District Delivery Working Group (DDWG) on August 8 at the deputy minister level. The Forum, aimed at encouraging the creation of a mechanism for the quick deploym [...] | 2009-08-16 14:06:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV EAID EAGR EFIN PREL AF |
09KABUL253 | DONORS CONSIDER AFGHAN COMMERCE MINISTER'S AID REQUEST [...] (SBU) Summary. Afghan Commerce Minister Shahrani January 27 briefed donor reps on his policy vision and requests for assistance. Shahrani said his highest priorities are trade facilitation, corporatizing the state-owned fuel importer FLGE, building capacity in his ministry, including a new Po [...] | 2009-02-03 13:41:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ETRD EINV ECON ENRG EFIN AF |
09KABUL2632 | Finance Minister Zakhilwahl on Assistance Priorities [...] (SBU) Afghan Finance Minister Omar Zakhilwahl confirmed to USAID Mission Director William Frej his commitment to post- election economic reform and listed as priorities the restructuring and gradual privatization of state-owned Ariana airline and merging Pashtany and Mille banks. He is concern [...] | 2009-08-31 11:28:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL2633 | Afghan State-Owned Pashtany Bank President Defends Against [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pashtany Bank President Hayat Dayani condemned allegations of corruption and mismanagement by critics in the Afghan finance industry and by Central Bank examiners as coordinated attacks by private sector bank owners who seek a competitive edge against state-owned banks which hold [...] | 2009-08-31 11:31:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV BEXP EAID AF |
09KABUL2634 | Afghan State-Owned Pashtany Bank President Defends Against [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pashtany Bank President Hayat Dayani condemned allegations of corruption and mismanagement by critics in the Afghan finance industry and by Central Bank examiners as coordinated attacks by private sector bank owners who seek a competitive edge against state-owned banks which hold [...] | 2009-08-31 11:31:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV BEXP EAID AF |
09KABUL2659 | AF-PAK BORDER GLITCH ENDANGERS ISAF CONVOY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A customs dispute August 30 at the Cheesh Chaman border crossing (on the Kandahar-Quetta route) halted traffic in both directions, including stalling Coalition supply trucks and exposing them to insurgent fire. Approximately twenty cargo trucks and three to four fuel tankers wer [...] | 2009-09-01 14:53:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL EFIN AF |
09KABUL268 | FINANCIAL SERVICES NOW AVAILABLE THROUGH MOBILE PHONES IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In October 2008, Roshan Telecom in partnership with First Micro Finance Bank of Afghanistan formally launched M-Paisa, a money transfer service through cell phones. M-Paisa allows cell phone users to deposit and withdraw funds through a licensed agent and then send and receive c [...] | 2009-02-08 04:18:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECPS ETRD EFIN AF |
09KABUL2682 | PAKISTANI SEASONAL TAXES HINDERING AFGHANISTAN'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pakistan has imposed seasonal taxes on Afghan fruits and vegetables, raising the taxes from seven to twenty-five percent in order to protect its domestic production. Afghan farmers are feeling the tax pinch, and the tax increases reportedly have been passed on to the Pakistani c [...] | 2009-09-03 19:05:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL EFIN AF |
09KABUL2788 | MOF Zakhilwal Letter to IMF Over the Fund's Decision to [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) surprise decision to cancel its September visit to Afghanistan to conduct the 6th review of its Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) and proceed instead via video teleconference, Afghanistan's Minister of Finance Dr. Omar [...] | 2009-09-14 09:31:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID PREL PGOV AF |
09KABUL2812 | Update: Strengthening Afghanistan's Ability to Audit Future [...] (SBU) Finance Minister Zakhilwal is pushing the Afghan Cabinet to re-instate Article 61, which gives the Ministry of Finance internal audit authority over line ministries, a matter of concern to international donors. Afghan ministries' internal audit capacity generally remains weak and hinders [...] | 2009-09-16 09:32:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID PGOV EAGR BEXP AF |
09KABUL2964 | KamAir Moves Forward on Safety But Warns of Bankruptcy [...] (SBU) Summary: Afghanistan's third largest private air carrier, KamAir, has improved its safety procedures, but continues to lose money. The company's president has long complained of unfair Afghan Government support for state-owned Ariana Airlines, and believes another rival sets artificially [...] | 2009-09-26 12:33:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EFIN PREL AF |
09KABUL3064 | AFGHAN FINANCE MINISTER NOTES PROGRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Finance Minister Omar Zakhilwal presented the progress the Afghan Government has made in its fiscal reform efforts, noting revenue collections have nearly doubled in 2009. The Ministry's revenue action plan and removal of underperforming staff have been key factors in this succes [...] | 2009-10-01 13:32:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID PREL ETRD PGOV AF |
09KABUL3077 | Expanding Mobile Money Services in Afghanistan [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mobile commerce (mCommerce),also known as mobile money (mMoney),offers an opportunity to increase rapidly access to financial services in Afghanistan, particularly in rural areas. Moreover, mobile money, with proper regulatory safeguards, advances anti-corruption efforts, for [...] | 2009-10-03 13:35:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV PGOV EAID ETRD AF |
09KABUL3096 | Central Bank Agrees to Continue and Expand Mobile Money [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Afghanistan's Central Bank Governor Abdul Qadeer Fitrat has agreed to extend indefinitely a mobile money pilot (m-Money) with the Afghan National Police (ANP) in Wardak province. In an October 1 meeting with EmbOffs, CSTC-A representatives, m-Money program participants, and mobil [...] | 2009-10-05 06:58:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID PGOV AF |
09KABUL317 | IMF AND AFGHANISTAN AGREE ON TERMS FOR COMPLETING THE FIFTH [...] (SBU) Summary. IMF staff have reached agreement with the Afghan government and central bank on the terms for recommending Board completion of the delayed fifth review under the PRGF program. The revised revenue target for the fiscal year ending March 21 is $800 million. The government must f [...] | 2009-02-11 13:44:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID PREL IMF AF |
09KABUL3229 | Moving Ahead in Fighting Money Laundering and Terrorist [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Between November 2006 and March 2009, three USG assessment teams traveled to Afghanistan to identify training and technical assistance needs in anti-money laundering (AML)/combating the financing of terrorism (CFT); a number of recommendations for technical assistance from those [...] | 2009-10-14 09:46:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID PGOV ETTC AF |
09KABUL323 | CHANGE AT THE TOP OF AFGHANISTAN'S FINANCE MINISTRY [...] (SBU) Summary. Finance Minister Ahadi has resigned to run for president and been replaced by acting Transport Minister Zakhilwal, a technocrat whose political star has been rising since he rescued the Haj-flights operation late last year. Zakhilwal, a strong proponent of private sector develo [...] | 2009-02-12 13:49:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV PREL EAID ECON EAIR AF |
09KABUL3266 | WHILE COMPLAINING ABOUT ELECTION DELAYS, AFGHAN FINANCE [...] (C) Summary: Finance Minister Omar Zakhilwal said delays in reporting election results have hurt commerce and prompted conspiracy theories among Afghans. (Septel covers his remarks about politics.) The Afghan Finance Minister said he is proceeding with plans to improve delivery of government s [...] | 2009-10-14 15:17:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD PGOV AF |
09KABUL3324 | FOLLOW-UP REQUEST -- RESOURCING EFFORTS TO DISMANTLE THE NEW [...] (S) As discussed in reftel, information strongly suggests Afghanistan's New Ansari hawala network is facilitating bribes and other wide-scale illicit cash transfers for corrupt Afghan officials and is providing illicit financial services for narco-traffickers, insurgents, and criminals through an a [...] | 2009-10-18 07:21:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | EFIN EINV KTFN PREL AF |
09KABUL3326 | CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR SAYS ELECTIONS DELAY SPOOKING [...] (C) Summary: Central Bank Governor Abdul Qadeer Fitrat reports the Central Bank faces investor wariness stemming from the uncertain Presidential election, but the Bank's primary focus remains macroeconomic stability and piloting new projects. Fitrat reported has not met with President Karzai in [...] | 2009-10-18 09:42:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL AF |
09KABUL3364 | AFGHANISTAN: CAPITAL FLIGHT AND ITS IMPACT ON FUTURE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-19 13:58:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | EINV EFIN KTFN PGOV AF |
09KABUL3402 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: CENTRAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET TRANSPARENCY [...] (SBU) Deputy Finance Minister Mastoor responded October 20 to the demarche on budget transparency (Ref A),expressing appreciation for Afghanistan's FY-2009 waiver of the Foreign Appropriations Act's prohibition on assistance to "a central government that does not make its national budget, bot [...] | 2009-10-25 06:29:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PREL PGOV AF |
09KABUL3458 | KAJAKI DAM: MORE ENERGY AWAITS ENHANCED SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-28 15:03:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | EAID EFIN ENRG KPWR PGOV AF |
09KABUL3464 | GE Advocacy Request: Afghan Bidding Process Suspended [...] Responding to a request from the Department of Commerce's Trade Advocacy Center, Embassy Kabul has confirmed the bona fides of two international firms. The companies, ANHAM LLC and AIP LLC, have formed a joint venture to sub-contract a $10.9 million generator set to General Electric's Marine a [...] | 2009-10-29 07:27:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ENRG EFIN AF |
09KABUL3471 | IMF BULLISH ON AFGHAN REFORM EFFORTS; WRAPS UP PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary. At the urging of the Afghan Government and of the U.S. and other donors, the IMF rescheduled its previously canceled mission and traveled to Kabul to conduct the sixth review of Afghanistan's Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF). The IMF mission's review of the program [...] | 2009-10-29 12:58:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL3472 | KAJAKI DAM: MORE ENERGY AWAITS ENHANCED SECURITY [...] (S/REL ISAF, AFG) SUMMARY: The Kajaki Power Dam project in Northern Helmand -- a signature U.S. development program in pre-war Afghanistan undergoing rehabilitation for several years -- could generate sufficient electricity to benefit 330,000 residents of Helmand and Kandahar provinces. Compl [...] | 2009-10-29 13:18:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | EAID EFIN ENRG KPWR PGOV AF |
09KABUL3483 | RECENT TRENDS IN AFGHANISTAN'S BANKING SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: A USAID-funded banking supervision advisor reported October 29 on recent trends in Afghan bank deposits, loans, and profitability at a meeting with Emboffs. The advisor stated overall deposit growth has stalled and that there is no evidence indicating any major deposit withdrawa [...] | 2009-11-01 13:00:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL3504 | HELPING AFGHANS CHECK FOR UNDISCLOSED CASH MOVEMENTS AT [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 25 and 26, an Embassy Kabul interagency team worked with Afghan authorities to conduct an information gathering operation at Kabul International Airport, examining whether both arriving and departing passengers properly document currency they are bringing into or out [...] | 2009-11-03 13:02:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN SNAR ETRD KCRM KCOR PGOV AF |
09KABUL3543 | AFGHAN FINANCE MINISTER UPBEAT, CANDID ABOUT WAY FORWARD [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Eikenberry met with Finance Minister Omar Zakhilwal to discuss funding mechanisms, efforts to increase revenue, and policy positioning for a second Karzai administration. Zakhilwal expressed optimism and indicated he would work to ensure capable leaders are assigned to [...] | 2009-11-04 09:38:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL366 | AFGHANISTAN: UNREGULATED HAWALAS (MONEY SERVICE [...] (S) SUMMARY. Hawalas or Sarafs represent the primary source of funds transfer within Afghanistan, accounting for an estimated 80-90% of total transfer among individuals and small businesses. While the majority of hawala fund transfers are for legitimate purposes, sensitive reporting continue [...] | 2009-02-18 13:36:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | ECIN ECON EFIN ETRD KCOR KCRM PGOV PINR PTER |
09KABUL3701 | AFGHANISTAN RECONSTRUCTION TRUST FUND: QUARTERLY DONORS [...] (U) This is an action message. See paragraph 11. 2. (U) SUMMARY: At the November 10 quarterly review meeting with donors of the World Bank's Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF),Finance Minister Zakhilwal challenged the international community to channel more assistance through t [...] | 2009-11-17 14:54:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON AF |
09KABUL3724 | FINANCE MINISTER DECLARES NEW BEGINNING FOR CREDIBLE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 14, Finance Minister Zakhilwal told U.S. Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for Technical Assistance Policy Larry McDonald and Ambassador Wayne that the U.S. Treasury's technical assistance support had helped strengthen his Ministry's credibility and transparency. M [...] | 2009-11-19 12:18:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL3732 | USAID MISSION DIRECTOR FREJ MEETS WITH FINANCE MINISTER [...] (U) This is an action message. See paragraph 10. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On November 12, 2009, USAID Director Frej met Finance Minister Zakhilwal to discuss issues ranging from anti-corruption efforts to long-term economic growth issues. Minister Zakhilwal stressed that "the focus on corruption is [...] | 2009-11-20 11:39:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ECON AF |
09KABUL3804 | Commerce Minister Shahrani, Ambassador Wayne and Director [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-29 15:35:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EINV EFIN ENRG ECON ETRD EAID AF FAS EAGR |
09KABUL3863 | Corruption Threatens Mobile Money Pilot Program for Police [...] (C) Summary: Corruption threatens to subvert a mobile money (m-money) pilot program to pay Afghan National Police (ANP). Roshan, the company providing the service, recently reported that an ANP commander in Wardak province had sought a cut of his subordinates' salaries from an M-Paisa agent. [...] | 2009-12-03 09:42:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV AF |
09KABUL3864 | Corruption Threatens Mobile Money Pilot Program for Police [...] (C) Summary: Corruption threatens to subvert a mobile money (m-money) pilot program to pay Afghan National Police (ANP). Roshan, the company providing the service, recently reported that an ANP commander in Wardak province had sought a cut of his subordinates' salaries from an M-Paisa agent. [...] | 2009-12-03 09:42:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV AF |
09KABUL3972 | Afghanistan's Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 7, Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs, E. Anthony Wayne raised U.S. concerns with Afghan Finance Minister Zakhilwal that the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GIRoA) may not satisfy the mining trigger needed to reach its HIPC c [...] | 2009-12-09 14:09:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL3974 | HARD WORK AHEAD TO COMPLETE APTTA AT DECEMBER [...] (C) Summary: Afghan Minister of Commerce and Industry Wahidullah Shahrani reiterated to CDDEA Amb. Wayne the Afghan Government,s desire to conclude the APTTA agreement during the upcoming fourth round in Islamabad on December 19-21. Shahrani and Wayne exchanged ideas on how Afghanistan could a [...] | 2009-12-09 15:40:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EFIN PGOV EAID PK AF |
09KABUL3975 | FINANCE MINISTER PUSHES ECONOMIC AGENDA FOR LONDON [...] (C) Summary: In a December 7 meeting with Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs Ambassador Wayne, Finance Minister Zakhilwal discussed his goals for the Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board (JCMB) to be held in mid-January and the 28 January London Conference, emphasiz [...] | 2009-12-09 16:25:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID ETRD PGOV PREL EAGR PTER AF |
09KABUL403 | ASSESSMENT OF WFP'S AFGHAN FOOD AID REVEALS PROBLEMS [...] (SBU) In 2008, the USG responded to both the United Nations (UN) World Food Program's (WFP) on-going Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation (PRRO) in Afghanistan and two separate food appeals in January and July. Both efforts were successful. USG provided 157,520 metric tons of food commodi [...] | 2009-02-24 10:09:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECPS ETRD EFIN AF |
09KABUL4091 | MINISTER OF FINANCE WELCOMES U.S. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 16, Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs (CDDEA) E. Anthony Wayne met with Afghan Minister of Finance, Omar Zakhilwal, to discuss the internal audit capability of the Ministry of Finance (MOF). CDDEA Wayne also introduced Bob Cortesi, a visiting [...] | 2009-12-21 10:04:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL4140 | MINISTER OF FINANCE DISCUSSES HOLD-UP IN GOVERNMENT FUNDS [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 16, Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs (CDDEA) E. Anthony Wayne met with Afghan Minister of Finance, Omar Zakhilwal, to discuss why GIRoA has been slow to release funds for a variety of important services, including prison guards' wages and fue [...] | 2009-12-23 11:42:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL4210 | AFGHAN FINANCE MINISTER DISCUSSES LONDON CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Afghan Minister of Finance Omar Zakhilwal explained his understanding of Afghan preparations for the January 28-29 London Conference to Coordinating Director of Development and Economic Assistance Ambassador E. Anthony Wayne and Embassy Staff December 29, and invited Embassy ass [...] | 2009-12-30 13:05:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ECON PREL AF |
09KABUL558 | CHARGE'S INITIAL CALL ON NEW AFGHAN FINANCE MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary. Newly-confirmed Finance Minister Zakhilwal told the Charge March 4 that Afghanistan is working to meet the three prior actions required for IMF Board review before the program expires in June. He said the government may fall just short of the revenue target in the IMF program t [...] | 2009-03-12 06:09:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID IMF PREL AF |
09KABUL64 | NEW AFGHAN COMMERCE MINISTER TAKES THE HELM [...] (SBU) Seven days into his new job, Minister of Commerce and Industries (MOCI) Wahidullah Shahrani January 6 described to the Ambassador an ambitious, market-oriented work program. Shahrani said he will limit MOCI to policy and regulatory work, continue efforts to enact pending commercial laws, [...] | 2009-01-12 12:36:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID ETRD ENRG WTO AF PK |
09KABUL701 | Afghan Finance and Commerce Ministers Report Progress in [...] (SBU) Finance Minister Zakhilwal told the Ambassador March 18 that the GIRoA has met its revised revenue target for the fiscal year ending March 21 and thus fulfilled a key condition under its IMF program. He also described plans to increase revenues next fiscal year, including through a zero- [...] | 2009-03-23 09:10:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL IMF AF |
09KABUL784 | AFGHAN RECONSTRUCTION, TRADE, HOT TOPICS IN TEHRAN [...] (SBU) The Tehran-hosted Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) summit saw Afghan reconstruction and regional trade issues highlighted earlier this month. The March 11 summit meetings resulted in agreement among participants to contribute USD one million each to a reconstruction fund. But rat [...] | 2009-03-30 13:04:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETRD ECON EINV EFIN AF IR |
09KABUL790 | AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON NEW MINISTER OF TRANSPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 23, recently confirmed Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation Hamidullah Farooqi told the Ambassador that the Afghan government is poised to sign a deal with the UAE to provide airport security at Kabul and Kandahar airports and open the Japanese-funded new internatio [...] | 2009-03-31 03:30:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EFIN PREL EAID PGOV AF |
09KABUL793 | AFGHANISTAN Q MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE SHARES [...] DCM and USAID Deputy Mission Director met with the Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) Muhammad Asif Rahimi on March 19, 2009 to discuss the recent USG strategic review and the increased emphasis on agriculture. The DCM highlighted the increased role for agriculture in o [...] | 2009-03-31 07:43:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ENRG ETRD ECON EAID AF FAS |
09KABUL872 | AFGHANISTAN - A SPATE OF GOOD ECONOMIC NEWS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Every once in a while, we report good news from Afghanistan. There have been several recent positive developments on the economic front. The government has apparently met conditions for scheduling the fifth Board review under its IMF program, by meeting (and surpassing) the re [...] | 2009-04-06 13:59:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID AF |
09KABUL923 | Deputy Secretary Lew's Meeting with Afghan Finance Minister [...] (SBU) In an April 4 meeting with Afghan Finance Minister Zakhilwal, Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Jacob Lew stressed the need to demonstrate accountability as U.S. assistance to Afghanistan increases. Zakhilwal agreed, said Afghanistan has made progress on this, and th [...] | 2009-04-15 05:03:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID ECON EAGR PGOV AF |
09KABUL932 | DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW, UN SRSG DISCUSS DONOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On April 4, 2009, the Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources, Jacob Lew and delegation met with Ambassador Kai Eide, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan (SRSG),United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan (UNAMA). The discussion [...] | 2009-04-15 05:08:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ENRG ETRD ECON EAID AF FAS |
09KABUL955 | AFGHANISTAN WILL SUPPORT KOSOVO'S IMF AND WORLD [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-16 10:46:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL KV AF |
09KAMPALA1069 | UGANDAN PARLIAMENT: "PATRIOTISM CLUBS" SPARK OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) Summary: Uganda's Parliament passed the 2009/10 budget on September 9 after opposition MPs walked out over a provision allocating $5.25 million for the promotion of "Patriotism Clubs" in schools. Noting that these funds were earmarked for the Ministry of Security rather than the Ministry [...] | 2009-09-17 04:58:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON EFIN PREL UG |
09KAMPALA1106 | UGANDA: FAO BUDGET - ZERO NOMINAL GROWTH DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-24 10:02:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN AORC EAGR EAID KUNR UN UG |
09KAMPALA1270 | UGANDA: UN 1267 DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-02 13:48:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC UG |
09KAMPALA1379 | UGANDA: 2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Summary: Uganda is not a major hub for narcotics trafficking and terrorism financing, but it is a growing site for money laundering. Ugandan efforts to combat money laundering are hampered by the continued absence of comprehensive anti-money laundering legislation, severe resource constraints, [...] | 2009-12-07 18:07:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR PTER ASEC UG |
09KAMPALA1395 | UGANDA: EDBI DEMARCHE RESPONSE [...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Multilateral Affairs Officer, Isaac Sebulime, on December  [...] | 2009-12-14 12:36:00 | Embassy Kampala | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KNNP IR PINR PARM PREL UG |
09KAMPALA383 | UGANDA: DEMARCHE ON KOSOVO'S IMF AND WORLD BANK [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-17 10:55:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL |
09KAMPALA754 | UGANDA CONTINUES TO SLIP IN GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS INDEX [...] (SBU) Summary: The World Economic Forum, the World Bank, and the African Development Bank recently ranked Uganda as one of the worst places in the world to do business in their annual Global Competitiveness Index. This slide continues a downward trend in Uganda's ranking since 2004. However [...] | 2009-07-13 03:42:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EINV PREL UG |
09KAMPALA77 | SUBJECT: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-16 05:29:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR UG |
09KAMPALA90 | UGANDA -- GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS: RESPONSE TO REQUEST [...] SUMMARY: The following are question-by-question responses to the request for information outlined in reftel. As a result of the global financial crisis, the Government of Uganda (GOU) has adjusted down its estimated economic growth rate by roughly two percentage points for the 2008/2009 fisca [...] | 2009-01-22 11:10:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN UG |
09KARACHI169 | KARACHI - STOCK EXCHANGE SHOWS LITTLE CHANGE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) - 100 Index ended the week of May 8 at 7,129.51, essentially flat over the previous week's close of 7,198.68. Overall market capitalization decreased slightly to $26.41 billion from $26.66 billion, with net foreign portfolio investment outflow [...] | 2009-05-13 06:17:00 | Consulate Karachi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PK |
09KARACHI195 | KARACHI -STOCK MARKET DOWN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE)- 100 Index ended the week of June 5 at 6,894.62, 5.25 percent down from the previous week's close. Overall market capitalization decreased to $25.32 billion, with net foreign portfolio investment outflow of $12 million. Continued fears regardi [...] | 2009-06-10 11:19:00 | Consulate Karachi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PK |
09KARACHI209 | KARACHI - STOCK MARKET REMAINS FLAT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE)-100 Index ended the week of June 19 at 7,039.73, essentially flat over the previous week's close of 7,059.48. Overall market capitalization increased slightly to $25.74 billion, with net foreign portfolio investment inflow of $1.3 million. Inv [...] | 2009-07-02 08:09:00 | Consulate Karachi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PK |
09KARACHI21 | SINDH - ABRAJJ DELAYS INVESTMENT IN KESC UPGRADES [...] Summary: Dubai-based Abrajj group, the new owner of Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) (ref E),has yet to carry through on its promise to invest up to USD 350 million to upgrade the power company's crumbling distribution and generation systems, leading many to speculate about the seriousne [...] | 2009-01-21 01:12:00 | Consulate Karachi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EFIN PK |
09KARACHI24 | KARACHI - STOCK MARKET CONTINUES DOWNWARD TREND [...] (SBU) Summary: Driven by foreign investor portfolio divestitures, a need for funds to meet margin calls, and decreased institutional investing, the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) - 100 continued its downward trend during the week of January 19 - 23, losing 9.21 percent to close at 4,929.54. Ne [...] | 2009-01-26 04:50:00 | Consulate Karachi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PK |
09KARACHI27 | SINDH - IRAN SEEKS TO ESTABLISH EXPORT BANK IN [...] (C) Summary: The Iranian Consul General in Karachi told the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) that his country plans to establish an export promotion bank in the city, a move that appears to have KCCI support. According to a media report, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) would [...] | 2009-01-28 03:24:00 | Consulate Karachi | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV PREL PK |
09KARACHI361 | KARACHI STOCK EXCHANGE - REFORMS, HOPES, CHALLENGES [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of Pakistan's 2008 financial collapse, the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) is introducing viable leverage products and debt liquidity, implementing stringent safeguards against market manipulation, and pursuing demutualization - through decoupling exchange ownership and tr [...] | 2009-11-16 04:33:00 | Consulate Karachi | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV ECON PK |
09KARACHI53 | SINDH - UNRESOLVED DEBT ISSUE COULD SHORT-CIRCUIT [...] (C) Summary: In a January 27 meeting Karachi Electrical Supply Company (KESC) Managing Director Naveed Ismail told the CG that the Dubai-based Abrajj Group may not finalize the purchase of KESC unless the Government of Pakistan (GOP) assumes a debt that could run as high as $1.06 billion to t [...] | 2009-02-12 07:27:00 | Consulate Karachi | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EFIN EINV PK |
09KARACHI61 | SINDH - WILL THAR COAL FINALLY MATERIALIZE? [...] (C) In a series of meetings in February, Embassy and Consulate EconOffs have heard Thar coal development described in both hopeful and skeptical terms. Sindh officials claim confidently that Pakistan is "three years away" from mining operations in Thar, adding that China and South Korea both [...] | 2009-02-25 09:27:00 | Consulate Karachi | CONFIDENTIAL | ENGR EINV EFIN ECON PREL PK |
09KATHMANDU1143 | NEPAL: DRAFT 2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Nepal is not a regional financial center and there are no indications that the country is used as an international money laundering center. In January 2008, the Government of Nepal (GON) for the first time passed legislation on anti-money laundering. There were no prosecutions or arrests fo [...] | 2009-12-16 06:12:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM KTFN SNAR NP |
09KATHMANDU181 | NEPAL'S NEW CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR WARNS OF [...] (C) The recently appointed governor of Nepal's central bank, Deependra Kshetry, expressed serious concerns about the impact of the current global economic crisis on Nepal's already weak economy during a wide-ranging meeting with Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Michael Owen on March [...] | 2009-03-09 05:55:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PINR NP |
09KATHMANDU246 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT - NEPAL [...] (U//FOUO) Post judges that Nepal has no critical infrastructure or key resources, as defined by reftel, whose loss could critically impact the public health, economic security, or national and homeland security of the United States. POWELL [...] | 2009-03-24 09:51:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP NP |
09KATHMANDU311 | TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICERS FOR NEPAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-17 04:21:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER NP |
09KATHMANDU328 | NEPAL ENCOURAGED TO VOTE FOR KOSOVO'S IMF AND [...] (C) At a meeting April 22 with Foreign Secretary Gyan Chandra Acharya, the Ambassador urged the Government of Nepal (GON) to vote in favor of Kosovo's bid for International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank membership. The Foreign Secretary responded that the question of Kosovo's independenc [...] | 2009-04-22 08:38:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL KV NP |
09KATHMANDU343 | NEPAL: IMF GOVERNOR NONCOMMITAL ON KOSOVO'S [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-29 09:10:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EFIN KV NP |
09KATHMANDU48 | NEPAL: RUBY INDUSTRY UNREGULATED [...] (SBU) Nepal does not have any ruby mines, nor does the country have a finishing and cutting industry. All rubies and other precious gems for jewelry are imported. Neither the Government of Nepal (GON) nor private entities in Nepal maintain controls on the typical chain of custody of rubies [...] | 2009-01-15 06:48:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON ETRD BM NP |
09KATHMANDU616 | NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON INT'L TELECOM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-10 02:58:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ECON ECPS EFIN INTELSAT PREL KTIA TSPA NP |
09KATHMANDU617 | NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-10 03:04:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PARM PREL KNNP KN NP |
09KATHMANDU674 | NEPAL'S BUDGET: BROAD PROMISES, UNREALISTIC [...] (U) The Government of Nepal recently unveiled its policies and programs for fiscal 2009/10, and a USD 3.7 billion budget to support them, with the aim of, among other things, fostering faster economic growth, curbing inflation, boosting infrastructure development, and expanding social service [...] | 2009-07-24 01:14:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ETRD PTER KCRM NP |
09KHARTOUM1022 | SPECIAL ENVOY GRATION MEETING WITH GOSS VICE [...] (c) Special Envoy (SE) Scott Gration met Government of South Sudan (GOSS) Vice President Riek Machar on August 20. Machar spoke at length about the political dynamic between the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) and its partner in the Government of National Unity (GONU),the Nation [...] | 2009-09-04 09:34:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KDEM PGOV PINR PINS PREL AU SU |
09KHARTOUM1070 | UK Expert Shares Views on Foreign Exchange Reserves, Oil [...] (SBU) Summary: Laura James, Senior Economic Advisor for the UK's Department for International Development (DFID) said that implementation of the wealth-sharing provisions of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) have been "fairly smooth", but problems remain. In 2008, the North stopped payi [...] | 2009-09-23 11:54:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EPET PGOV SU |
09KHARTOUM1072 | SOUTHERN SUDANESE FINANCE MINISTER COMMENTS ON [...] (C) Summary. Charge met with Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Minister of Finance and Economic Planning David Deng Athorbei on September 22 to discuss the return of USD seven million in cash from a Citibank courier flight. Deng committed to the return of the money "in a very short time" [...] | 2009-09-23 12:14:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KDEM PGOV PREL UN |
09KHARTOUM1075 | Global Witness Recommends Greater Transparency in Sudan's [...] (U) SUMMARY: UK watchdog organization, Global Witness (GW),at an open meeting September 10 in Juba, reported that there are serious discrepancies in the reporting of Sudan's oil production and revenues, nearly all of which result in an underreporting of Southern Sudan's share of this national [...] | 2009-09-23 14:53:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EPET ECON PGOV SU |
09KHARTOUM1090 | SOUTHERN SUDANESE VICE PRESIDENT ON CONFISCATED [...] (C) Summary. Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Vice President Riek Machar Teny spoke with Charge the evening of September 25 about the release of USD seven million in cash confiscated from a bank courier (reftel) and four remaining sticking point in talks between the Sudan Peoples' Liberati [...] | 2009-09-26 09:09:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KDEM PGOV PREL UN |
09KHARTOUM1120 | ECONOMISTS URGE GREATER EXCHANGE RATE FLEXIBILITY FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sudan's foreign exchange reserves have trended upwards after reaching perilously low levels in March, but the Central Bank of Sudan (CBOS) remains too protective of the Sudanese pound (SDG),economists at the African Development Bank (AfDB) told econoffs on September 24. They urg [...] | 2009-10-05 12:55:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EPET PGOV PREL SU |
09KHARTOUM1195 | Sudan: AEC October 2009 Wealth Sharing Working Group Holds [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Charge' D'Affaires Robert Whitehead, as coordinator of the Assessment and Evaluation Commission's Wealth Sharing Working Group (WSWG),chaired a meeting with the ruling National Congress Party (NCP),Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) and representatives of donor nat [...] | 2009-10-23 12:03:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EPET ENRG SU |
09KHARTOUM129 | GNU STATE MINISTER OF FINANCE BLAMES HIS SPLM COMRADES FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: SPLM-appointed State Minister of Finance in the Government of National Unity (GNU) Lual Deng laid the blame for the festering dispute over the control of foreign exchange reserves squarely on the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS),by having turned a technical issue into a high- [...] | 2009-02-02 13:25:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EAID SU |
09KHARTOUM1319 | Energy Ministry Official Says Sudan's Oil to Run Out by [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 9, Hamad Elneel Abdulgadir, Deputy Secretary General of the Ministry of Energy and Mining (MEM) complained to Poloff that the Ministry's efforts in training Southern Sudanese for oil industry jobs had been a failure, one reason that the National Petroleum Commission [...] | 2009-11-23 08:58:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET PGOV PREL ECON EFIN SU |
09KHARTOUM1353 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES 2010 BUDGET WITHOUT SPLM; [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 16, the National Assembly approved the national budget for 2010. Due to a continuing boycott of the National Assembly by the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) and other opposition parties, the National Congress Party (NCP)and its allies unilaterally approv [...] | 2009-12-04 08:29:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN KDEM KPKO SU |
09KHARTOUM1358 | Five Rwandan UNAMID Peacekeepers Killed in Two Separate [...] (SBU) Summary: Five Rwandan peacekeepers with the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) were killed over the weekend in two separate attacks in North Darfur. Gunmen opened fire on a UNAMID convoy traveling near Saraf Omra on December 4, killing three peacekeepers. On Decembe [...] | 2009-12-06 11:02:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KPKO ECON EFIN SU |
09KHARTOUM1421 | SUDAN 2009 Country Report on Terrorism [...] (SBU) Sudan remains a cooperative partner in the Global War on Terror (GWOT),and the outlook for continued cooperation is positive. During the past year, the Sudanese government continued to pursue terrorist operations directly involving threats to U.S. interests and personnel in Sudan. Suda [...] | 2009-12-17 06:40:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EFIN KCRM KPAO PTER KHLS AEMR SU |
09KHARTOUM1424 | DEBT RELIEF IS KEY TO SUDAN'S ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: The lack of access to debt relief is the primary constraint on Sudan's economic development, Minister of Finance and regime hard-liner Dr. Awad Aljaz told U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan (SE) General Scott Gration on December 14. He asserted that the USG was blocking Sudan's access t [...] | 2009-12-17 14:49:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL SU |
09KHARTOUM1448 | GNU MINISTER OF INDUSTRY DECRIES EFFECTS OF [...] (C) Summary: In a December 16 meeting, Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of Industry Jalal Yousif Al Dugair, a member of the opposition Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) lauded U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan (SE) General Scott Gration for his efforts to improve bilateral relations, but ur [...] | 2009-12-24 11:01:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EIND PGOV PREL SU |
09KHARTOUM185 | GOVERNMENT OF SOUTHERN SUDAN FACES UNPRECEDENTED ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) is on the cusp of a major economic crisis, hobbled by the absence of a strong fiscal policy and hostage to plummeting oil prices. After two years of seemingly limitless oil revenues and a burst in spending, the GOSS is making widespread bud [...] | 2009-02-09 15:09:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINS ECON EFIN EAID SOCI SU |
09KHARTOUM224 | GNU CONTEMPLATES DIRECT BUDGET SUPPORT TO GOSS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to GOSS Minister for Finance Kuol Athian Mawien, GNU Finance Minister Awad al Jaz has endorsed a draft proposal for direct budget support to the Government of Southern Sudan following two days of negotiations with his GOSS ministerial counterpart and the Fiscal Financia [...] | 2009-02-20 08:45:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS ECON EAID EFIN SU AE |
09KHARTOUM231 | DECEMBER OIL REVENUES PLUNGE ON FALLING PRICES; [...] (C) Summary: On February 15 the Joint Committee on Oil Accounts announced that GOS oil revenues for December totaled $274.38 million, down from $347.79 million in November and $608.76 million in October as the global financial crisis sent oil prices plummeting. The price of the heavily acidic [...] | 2009-02-22 10:29:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ECON EFIN ENRG KPKO PGOV PREL UN AU SU |
09KHARTOUM252 | NEW MINISTER ATTEMPTS TO CURB SPLA CORRUPTION [...] (U) This is an action request - see para. 8 2. (C) SUMMARY: SPLA Affairs Minister Nhial Deng Nhial is attempting to move against commanders he suspects of corruption within the SPLA's senior echelons less than one month into his ministerial tenure. The Minister's political cover for the i [...] | 2009-02-24 12:46:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS EFIN MOPS MARR KDEM KCOR SU |
09KHARTOUM287 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT FOR SUDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-02 08:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP SU |
09KHARTOUM330 | TWO REPORTS ANALYZE SOUTH SUDAN'S BUDGET CRISIS [...] This is an action request - see para. 13. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: According to two independent analyses, the GoSS can expect to receive no more than 3/4, and possibly as little as 1/2, of the Sudanese Pounds (SDG) 3.658 billion revenues anticipated in its 2009 budget. Transfers from the Govern [...] | 2009-03-11 11:47:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG EAID PREL PGOV SOCI SU |
09KHARTOUM446 | UNMIS FEARS FOR THE STABILITY OF SOUTH SUDAN [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting on March 27 with ConGen Juba, Lise Grande, UNMIS Deputy Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, expressed the view that the recent tribal fighting in Pibor County in Jonglei State and the "Wounded Soldiers" protests over back pay that shut down major trade corridors t [...] | 2009-03-31 12:10:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID EFIN SOCI ASEC KPKO AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM501 | SE GRATION MEETING WITH UN RC DAVID GRESSLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UN Resident Coordinator for Southern Sudan told U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration that with 20 months left until the 2011 Referendum, the international community, and particularly partners to the CPA, must re-focus their energies on achieving implementation of only t [...] | 2009-04-13 08:32:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR MCAPS EFIN EAID ASEC AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM513 | YESTERDAY'S CPA IN TODAY'S SUDAN [...] (C) Summary: Three months after the four-year anniversary of the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) ending the second civil war between northern and southern Sudan, all signs indicate a worsening of prospects for implementation of the agreement over the final two years of the i [...] | 2009-04-14 10:44:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN KDEM KPKO SOCI ASEC AU |
09KHARTOUM727 | RISING OIL PRICES, REPAID ARREARS PROVIDE GOSS TEMPORARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With world oil prices on the rebound and arrears in revenue-transfers from Khartoum reduced, the Government of Southern Sudan's (GoSS) revenues are gradually reaching levels projected in its 2009 budget, after an extremely lean first quarter. GoSS spending priorities are salary [...] | 2009-06-07 04:51:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG EAID PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC |
09KHARTOUM763 | OIL: DAR BLEND GETS SWEETER, MORE ABUNDANT WHILE NILE BLEND [...] (SBU) Summary: GOS oil revenues for the month of April totalled $158.76 million, up from $157.26 million in March, according to figures released last week by the Ministry of Finance and National Economy. Though prices and production both rose in April, the resulting revenue increase was curbe [...] | 2009-06-18 10:53:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC UN AU SU |
09KHARTOUM806 | GOSS RECEIVING FULL SHARE OF FOREIGN CURRENCY [...] (C) Summary: In a June 29 meeting with CDA Whitehead, GNU State Minister of Finance Dr. Luol Deng explained that contentions on the dual banking system between the NCP and SPLM arose due to mistakes made by the South in drafting the implementation annex of the CPA. He further asserted that co [...] | 2009-07-02 05:54:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EAID PGOV PREL KPKO UNSC AU SU |
09KHARTOUM834 | VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE BANK OF SOUTH SUDAN AIRS HIS [...] (C) Summary: In a July 9 meeting with CDA Whitehead, the Assistant Governor of the Central Bank of Sudan, Mr. Kornelio Koriom Mayik, who also serves as head of the Bank of Southern Sudan (BOSS),described his contentions with northern officials over fiscal policy, especially with regard to [...] | 2009-07-13 11:57:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EAID PGOV PREL KPKO UNSC AU SU |
09KHARTOUM881 | GOK/GOSS AGREE ON TIMETABLE FOR SECOND TANK [...] (C) GOSS xxxxxxxxxxxx has admitted that, on the margins of the Washington "Forum for CPA Partners," he pressed Kenyan Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula on the need to expedite delivery to South Sudan of tanks off-loaded from the MV Faina. Three months had passed since Nairobi initially agreed -- alb [...] | 2009-07-29 14:42:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PREL PINR EFIN KE MARR SU UNSC UG |
09KHARTOUM916 | TAHA ASSESSES CPA, APPEALS FOR LIFTING OF [...] (C) Summary: In an August 5 meeting, Government of National Unity (GNU) Second Vice President Ali Osman Taha offered Representative Keith Ellison a mixed assessment on implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). Provisions like Wealth Sharing, he said, have been successful becau [...] | 2009-08-07 09:29:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EAID EFIN PREF PGOV KPKO SU |
09KHARTOUM924 | GNU REIMBURSES GOSS $52 MILLION FOR UNAUTHORIZED DEDUCTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of National Unity (GNU) has reimbursed the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) the equivalent of USD 52 million for unauthorized deductions from its share of oil revenues, as agreed to at the July 21 Trilateral talks in Washington. GOSS Petroleum Commission Direct [...] | 2009-08-11 07:30:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET EFIN ECON UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM967 | SUDAN: STATE MINISTER OF FINANCE SHALLABI DENIES [...] (C) Summary: State Minister of Finance, Dr. Tarig Shallabi, denies that the Government of Sudan (GOS) owes any arrears to the Government of South Sudan (GOSS) in contrast to GOSS and media reporting to the contrary. During a meeting with poloff on August 17, Shallabi said that the GOSS lacks [...] | 2009-08-23 08:31:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EPET PGOV PREL UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM983 | GOSS FINANCE MINISTER OUTLINES PLANS, NEEDS FOR ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Special Envoy Scott Gration, the Government of Southern Sudan's (GOSS) Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, David Deng Athorbei expressed serious concerns regarding Southern Sudan's immediate financial challenges. Painting a grim picture of the South's on [...] | 2009-08-26 08:29:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER PINR KDEM MOPS ECON EFIN ENRG |
09KIGALI119 | UNSC DESIGNATION OF FDLR LEADERS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-24 15:28:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EFIN KTFN RW |
09KIGALI15 | RWANDA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 [...] (U) This cable responds to queries in reftel 2. (U) OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------ -- The Government of Rwanda recognizes the private sector is an essential engine of development and welcomes foreign investment in policy and in practice. -- In Se [...] | 2009-01-13 12:17:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV KIDE OPIC KTDB USTR |
09KIGALI174 | TREASURY DAS MCDONALD VISITS RWANDA [...] (U) Summary and Introduction: U.S. Department of Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for International Affairs and Technical Assistance Policy visited Kigali March 15-16. He heard mixed reviews on Rwanda's economy and business climate from government officials, commercial bankers, inter [...] | 2009-03-21 09:13:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD ECON PGOV EINV RW |
09KIGALI181 | PYRETHRUM: BACK TO THE FUTURE? [...] (U) Summary: Rwandan production of pyrethrum, a natural insecticide that has been a key Rwandan export crop since 1937, collapsed in 2007/8 due to the country's sole refiner mismanaging suppliers and buyers. From a peak of 1,350 tons in 2006, production slipped to less than 220 tons in 2008. [...] | 2009-03-25 15:06:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV EINV USAID RW |
09KIGALI221 | RWANDA BUDGET TRANSPARENCY [...] (U) The FY09 foreign assistance package for Rwanda includes funds that are considered assistance for the central government under the Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs Appropriations Act of 2003 (FOAA-3). Post therefore provides the following responses to the questions [...] | 2009-04-20 06:00:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL EFIN PGOV RW |
09KIGALI348 | IMF CONDUCTS SUCCESSFUL SIXTH REVIEW [...] (SBU) An IMF team successfully concluded its sixth review of Rwanda's three-year Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) program with a briefing for donor governments on May 29. The team found Rwanda had met all its 2008 PRGF performance targets; some early 2009 fiscal targets were mis [...] | 2009-06-08 13:15:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON EFIN PREL RW |
09KIGALI514 | RWANDA ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) This issue of the Rwanda Economic Review covers: Investment: - Sorwathe Tea Factory Innovation - Starbucks Macroeconomic Issues: - Central Bank Addresses Rwandan liquidity shortfall - Fitch Ratings optimistic about Rwanda,s creditworthiness - Remittances to Rwand [...] | 2009-08-21 06:47:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ENGR RW |
09KIGALI536 | RWANDA, CONGO SOLICIT FUNDING FOR JOINT ENERGY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The energy ministers from Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) met in Rwanda on August 17 to review and solicit donor support for a potential joint Rwandan-Congolese energy project. This project is a tangible outcome of the groundbreaking August 6 Kagame-Kabila m [...] | 2009-08-28 14:51:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EFIN EAID ENRG RW CG |
09KIGALI548 | RWANDA - DIASPORA ENGAGEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-09 09:00:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PREL EINV RW |
09KIGALI570 | CODEL MEEKS VISIT FOCUSES ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: A Congressional delegation led by Rep. Gregory Meeks (NY),who chairs the House Financial Services Committee's Sub-committee on International Monetary Policy and Trade, and including subcommittee members Representatives Melvin Watt (NC),Sheila Jackson Lee (TX),Jack Kingston (GA) [...] | 2009-09-11 14:00:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP ECON ETRD EFIN EAID PGOV PREL RW |
09KIGALI663 | RWANDA REPORTS 9 PERCENT GDP GROWTH; IMF UNSURE [...] (U) Rwandan Minister for Finance and Economic Planing James Musoni told the local press October 14, that the economy grew 9 percent for the first two quarters of 2009. This is almost double earlier estimates by the government and the IMF of 5.3 percent annual growth. Musoni attributed the gr [...] | 2009-10-14 15:08:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN RW |
09KIGALI718 | IMF LOWERS GDP GROWTH ESTIMATE TO 3.7 PERCENT [...] (SBU) IMF Resident Representative Dmitry Gershenson told Emboff November 2 the IMF has lowered its estimate of Rwanda's GDP growth in 2009 from 5.6 percent to 3.7 percent. The new estimate follows consultations between the Government of Rwanda (GOR) and an IMF mission led by Catherine McAuliff [...] | 2009-11-03 17:39:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV RW |
09KIGALI77 | RWANDA ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) This edition of the Rwanda Economic Review covers: -- 2008 Tourism revenues up 55 percent over 2007, but slow start to 2009 -- Economy grows 10 percent in 2008 -- Rwandatel to invest $45 million to expand market share, MTN launches BlackBerry -- Construction begins on new Hydro Powe [...] | 2009-02-05 13:07:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV KIDE OPIC RW |
09KIGALI829 | TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY REVIEWS FOOD SECURITY, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. Treasury Deputy Secretary Neal Wolin reviewed food security, infrastructure needs and the impact of the global economic downturn on Rwanda with senior government officials, members of the private sector and international donor organizations October 29-November 1. Rwanda's [...] | 2009-12-04 14:36:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAGR EAID EINV PREL PGOV RW |
09KINGSTON1024 | JAMAICA: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] Per reftel, the following is suggested narrative input for Jamaica: (begin text) Jamaica's proximity to the United States, well developed sea lanes and air links, and the transit of over two million travelers annually between the United States and Jamaica make the country a poten [...] | 2009-11-27 17:58:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN PINS PREL AEMR KCRM KHLS JM XL |
09KINGSTON1034 | JAMAICA: NOVEMBER ECONOMIC REVIEW, DROUGHT A RISING CONCERN [...] (U) Drought conditions continue to hamper business in the Kingston area as water levels reach critical stages from a lack of rain; -- Entrepreneur and Recording Industry legend Chris Blackwell has failed in his efforts to bring a Grameen Bank style micro-lending operation to the island; [...] | 2009-12-02 17:55:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ENRG EFIN EINV PREL PINR SENV SOCI TRSY |
09KINGSTON1050 | JAMAICA SINKS FURTHER INTO RECESSION [...] (SBU) The Jamaican economy sank deeper into recession during the July to September time frame, chalking up the seventh consecutive quarter of economic contraction. Real GDP declined by 3.1 percent on the back of continuing declines in the goods producing sectors, and bauxite/alumina in particu [...] | 2009-12-07 15:42:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ENRG EFIN EINV PREL PINR SOCI TRSY OPIC |
09KINGSTON1140 | Jamaica: Threats of Protests Against "Wicked" Tax Hike [...] (SBU) Sweeping tax increases and further progress on an International Monetary Fund (IMF) Standby Agreement were the subjects of two significant speeches by Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding and Audley Shaw, Minister of Finance and the Public Service, in a special Parliamentary session held on [...] | 2009-12-21 16:05:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ENRG EFIN EINV EAIR PREL PINR SOCI TRSY |
09KINGSTON121 | JAMAICA: OLINT'S BOSS ARRESTED IN TURKS AND CAICOS [...] (SBU) Summary: After months of investigations, David Smith, head of the alternative investment scheme OLINT, has been arrested by the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) police. Charged on eight different counts, he has been released on USD 1 million bail and is expected to return to court in Augu [...] | 2009-02-17 16:49:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON TRYS ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD EAIR IADB IBRD IMF |
09KINGSTON122 | JAMAICA INKS DEAL WITH CHINA [...] (SBU) Summary: Jamaica continues to be a beneficiary of Chinese generosity, with the country receiving over USD 118 million in loans and grants. Under the agreements signed between Prime Minister Bruce Golding and Vice-President of China, Xi Jinping, who is on an official visit, Jamaica will r [...] | 2009-02-17 19:04:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD EAID IADB IBRD IMF |
09KINGSTON123 | JAMAICA: OLINT?S BOSS ARRESTED IN TURKS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: After months of investigations, David Smith, head of the alternative investment scheme OLINT, has been arrested by the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) police. Charged on eight different counts, he has been released on USD 1 million bail and is expected to return to court in Aug [...] | 2009-02-17 19:11:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON TRYS ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD EAIR IADB |
09KINGSTON167 | JAMAICA: 2009 SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS (SOA) [...] The Government of Jamaica (GoJ) has high expectations for the 2009 SOA to be held April 17-19 in Port-of-Spain. Post is implementing a number of public diplomacy outreach initiatives, and the SOA has begun to receive attention in the local media. End Summary. Foreign Minister's Expectations [...] | 2009-03-04 16:10:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL KPAO KSUM JM XL |
09KINGSTON223 | JAMAICA: BUSINESS LEADERS DISCUSS WEAKENED STATE OF [...] (SBU) On March 18, Charge James Heg hosted a group of Jamaican business leaders at a lunch to discuss the state of the local economy. The discussions also covered the political dynamics following the decision by the Jamaican Supreme Court on the dual citizenship case. The business leaders wer [...] | 2009-03-23 20:06:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD TRYS ENRG SOCI EFIN EINV EAIR IADB IBRD |
09KINGSTON245 | JAMAICA: TWIN DEFICITS AND A USD 1 BILLION [...] (C) Jamaica is facing a classic twin deficit problem, with both fiscal and balance of payments deficits rising quickly. The 2008-09 National budget will face a deficit of six percent of GDP, according to Finance Minister Audley Shaw. World Bank Country Representative Badrul Haque estimates that [...] | 2009-03-27 14:14:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG SOCI EFIN EINV ETRD IADB IBRD TRYS |
09KINGSTON248 | JAMAICA: PROMINENT FIGURES ADVOCATE CARIBBEAN AGENDA FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-30 15:14:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL IBRD IDB CDB TRSY |
09KINGSTON295 | JAMAICA: CARICOM Multilat at FIFTH SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-15 16:34:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT AORC APER BEXP ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD PGOV JM XL |
09KINGSTON296 | JAMAICA: WILL SUBMIT ABSTENTIONS ON KOSOVO'S [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-17 18:41:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL IBRD IMF KV JM XL |
09KINGSTON297 | JAMAICA: UPDATE OF INFORMATION FOR TERRORISM [...] Information for Embassy Kingston's TFCO and Deputy TFCO is unchanged: TFCO: Lloyd Moss, Political-Economic Counselor, tel. 876-702-6083 (IVG 929-6083),e-mail MossLW@state.gov, class e-mail MossLW@state.sgov.gov Deputy TFCO: Nathan Carter, Economic Officer, tel. 876-702-6028 (IVG 929-6 [...] | 2009-04-17 18:42:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER JM XL |
09KINGSTON306 | FEW OPTIONS FOR CASH STRAPPED JAMAICA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As the Bruce Golding-led administration reaches the 18 month mark; the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) faces difficult decisions on the eve of its second budget presentation. Still suffering the effects of the global economic meltdown and frozen credit markets, the GOJ has been for [...] | 2009-04-22 20:22:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON TRYS ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD EAIR IADB IBRD IMF |
09KINGSTON315 | JAMAICA: BUDGET PLAN AND GAS TAX UNVEILED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Minister of Finance and the Public Service Audley Shaw presented a plan to Parliament on April 23 to bridge a USD 204.5 million gap in the national budget. During the speech attended by emboffs, Shaw announced a further USD 90 million increase in the new Budget - from JD 547.7 [...] | 2009-04-24 18:39:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ENRG PGOV SENV EAIR SOCI ASEC ETRD TRSY |
09KINGSTON373 | JAMAICA: WILL SUBMIT ABSTENTION ON KOSOVO'S [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-13 19:08:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL IBRD KV JM XL |
09KINGSTON390 | JAMAICA: UNSC 1718 COMMITTEE DESIGNATION OF DPRK [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-19 14:20:00 | Embassy Kingston | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM XE ZO KN JM |
09KINGSTON405 | JAMAICA IN ECONOMIC SURVIVAL MODE [...] (SBU) Jamaica's gargantuan debt, falling external earnings, and fiscal imbalance have placed it in a precarious position. Harsh global conditions have rendered the Government of Jamaica's (GOJ) medium-term macroeconomic framework useless, and have forced an increase in the stock of debt to aug [...] | 2009-05-22 11:46:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON TRYS ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD ECIN EAIR IADB IBRD |
09KINGSTON437 | JAMAICA: MINISTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY PLANS TO [...] (C) In his May 27 address to the Annual Conference of the Jamaica Police Federation (JPF),National Security Minister Dwight Nelson defended police officers accused of official misconduct and promised to recruit lawyers for their defense, eliciting a firestorm of controversy and demands for an [...] | 2009-06-01 12:32:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ECON EFIN EAID SNAR ASEC ELAB XL JM PGOV |
09KINGSTON439 | JAMAICA: MINISTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUES RETRACTION, [...] (U) National Security Minister Dwight Nelson has withdrawn his May 27 statement before the annual conference of the Jamaican Police Federation (JPF) that seemed to reflect government tolerance of police misconduct. The retraction followed two days of criticism from human rights groups, the opp [...] | 2009-06-01 14:40:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ECON EFIN EAID SNAR ASEC SOCI ELAB PGOV JM XL |
09KINGSTON440 | JAMAICA: FOREIGN MINISTER AGREES CUBA MUST [...] (SBU) On May 29, 2009, Charge visited the Government of Jamaica,s (GOJ) Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) for final meeting with Minister Dr. Kenneth Baugh. Charge and the Minister discussed a number of topics, including: the upcoming Organization of American States (OAS) [...] | 2009-06-01 18:27:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ECON EFIN EAID SNAR ASEC SOCI ELAB |
09KINGSTON445 | JAMAICA: MAY ECONOMIC REVIEW 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: -- Plans for large-scale casinos face delays from tightened credit markets and a slow legislative process. -- Ministry of Energy will rewrite its 2006 National Energy Policy to reflect changes needed in the sector with an eye to reducing dependence on oil imports. -- The sugar [...] | 2009-06-04 11:38:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG SENV EFIN EAIR EMIN ASEC SOCI ETRD TRSY |
09KINGSTON45 | JAMAICA: UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL REPORTING ON [...] (SBU) The global financial crisis has begun to impact Jamaica, with economic growth for July to September 2008 falling by 0.2 percent -- the second consecutive quarter of decline. Continued stagnation in the real sectors was again responsible for the downturn. The economy is bound to fall dee [...] | 2009-01-20 16:48:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON TRYS ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD EAIR SOCI IBRD IMF |
09KINGSTON467 | JAMAICA: OAS ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL SAYS CUBA MUST [...] (U) Summary: In an informal June 5 press conference in Kingston, Organization of American States (OAS) Assistant Secretary General (ASG) Albert Ramdin of Suriname described as "historic" the recently-concluded 39th General Assembly (GA) session in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, that saw the rescindi [...] | 2009-06-12 13:51:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ECON EFIN EAID ASEC SOCI PGOV OAS JM |
09KINGSTON471 | AIR JAMAICA: TWO BIDDERS, NEW LOANS, PRESSURE [...] (C) The Government of Jamaica (GOJ's) efforts to privatize Air Jamaica (AJ) have gone through numerous changes and setbacks. As the deal enters its final stage, Trinidad-based Caribbean Airlines and U.S.-based Spirit Air appear to be the two remaining bidders. The GOJ hopes to have the deal s [...] | 2009-06-12 18:46:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON EFIN ETRD SOCI PINR PREL JM XL |
09KINGSTON502 | JAMAICA: PM GOLDING G20 LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 23 Post received a dipnote from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade with a copy of a letter from Prime Minister Bruce Golding addressed to President Barack Obama relating to the G20 Summit in September. The original was sent to the White House through the [...] | 2009-06-25 14:09:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPDC PREL PGOV ECIN EFIN SOCI TRSY OAS IBRD XL |
09KINGSTON504 | JAMAICA: FSN WAGES STAGNATE AMIDST HIGH INFLATION; ACTION [...] (SBU) Jamaica has a long history of price instability influenced largely by currency depreciation. Prices rose on average by 13.4 percent annually during the past six years. Although inflation has moderated to below 2 percent for the first four months of 2009, it is expected to increase for t [...] | 2009-06-26 12:53:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN AMGT APER XL JM |
09KINGSTON508 | JAMAICAN-TRINIDADIAN-TRADE: FIRE SALES, FAILED DEALS AND DETAINED PATTIES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-29 15:00:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EMIN ENRG ETRD JM OPIC PGOV PREL TRSY XL |
09KINGSTON509 | JAMAICAN-TRINIDADIAN-TRADE: FIRE SALES, FAILED DEALS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Trade relations between the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) and the Government of Trinidad and Tobago (GOTT) heated up again in May after Trinidad detained a container of Jamaican meat patties for several weeks before releasing them on June 1. An ensuing media debate subsequently brok [...] | 2009-06-29 15:05:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ENRG PREL PGOV EFIN EMIN SOCI TRSY OPIC XL |
09KINGSTON517 | JAMAICA: JUNE ECONOMIC REVIEW AND A RETURN TO THE IMF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: -- The international rating agency Standard and Poor's (S and P) maintained Jamaica's long-term foreign and local currency debt rating at B- and its short-term debt rating at C. -- The Falmouth Port tourism and cruise facility redevelopment project has been delayed several month [...] | 2009-07-01 14:47:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG SENV EFIN EAIR EMIN ASEC SOCI ETRD TRSY |
09KINGSTON518 | JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR [...] (SBU) Per reftel, EmbOff delivered demarche to urge Government of Jamaica (GOJ) to undertake specific actions to ensure immediate and robust implementation of financial provisions of UNSCR 1874 in order to prevent Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) from using Jamaican jurisdictions to [...] | 2009-07-02 16:03:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PARM PREL KNNP JM XL |
09KINGSTON530 | JAMAICA: COUNTRY CLEARANCES AND BRITISH OVERSEAS [...] Post appreciates receipt of Reftel, and will provide comments on the proposal regarding country clearances, and on other questions vis-a-vis the Cayman Islands, in coming weeks. MOSS [...] | 2009-07-08 18:06:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC APER CMGT KCOM PBTS EFIN PREL JM |
09KINGSTON536 | JAMAICA RESPONSE: U.S. BIENNAL CARIBBEAN BASIN INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) Despite enjoying some of the most generous preferential trading arrangements and being located next to the largest market in the world, Jamaica's export history continues to be less than impressive. During the last decade, exports grew on average by 11.7 percent per annum, from a low bas [...] | 2009-07-13 14:41:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON OTRA TRYS ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD IBRD IMF XL JM |
09KINGSTON537 | JAMAICA RESPONSE: U.S. BIENNAL CARIBBEAN BASIN [...] (SBU) Despite enjoying some of the most generous preferential trading arrangements and being located next to the largest market in the world, Jamaica's export history continues to be less than impressive. During the last decade, exports grew on average by 11.7 percent per annum, from a low bas [...] | 2009-07-13 14:42:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON OTRA TRYS ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD IBRD |
09KINGSTON551 | JAMAICA: IMF NEGOTIATIONS IGNITE DEBATE, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS. A Government of Jamaican (GOJ) delegation led by Don Wehby, Minister Without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance, visited Washington the week of July 6 to intensify negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The GOJ's failure to reach most of its ec [...] | 2009-07-17 16:52:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL IADB |
09KINGSTON581 | JAMAICA ON VERGE OF IMF STAND-BY AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After months of negotiations, the Government of Jamaican (GOJ) is on the brink of signing a Stand-by Agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This disclosure was confirmed by lead IMF representative, Trevor Alleyne, at a meeting with the donor community held at Post [...] | 2009-08-03 19:48:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL SOCI ASEC IADB |
09KINGSTON59 | JAMAICA: LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION WARNS OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-21 15:32:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR SNAR EFIN ASEC KCOR CARICOM |
09KINGSTON601 | JAMAICA: RUMBLINGS OF KEY PERSONNEL CHANGES IN [...] (C) The Jamaican Labour Party (JLP)-led government is undergoing a second major reshuffle of portfolios for the year. Key Minister of Finance advisors Don Wehby and Dennis Chung have returned to the private sector. Chris Zacca, President of the Private Sector Organization of Jamaica (PSOJ),[...] | 2009-08-13 13:22:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRAD EFIN ENRG PINR PREL PGOV SOCI IADB |
09KINGSTON613 | JAMAICA: MONETARY GAINS, FISCAL PAIN, AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After a series of austere monetary measures, led by record high interest rates, the foreign exchange market has been showing signs of stability, reflected in the marginal depreciation of the Jamaican dollar during the June quarter. The stock of Net International Reserves (NIR) [...] | 2009-08-18 18:52:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL IADB |
09KINGSTON614 | JAMAICA: MONETARY GAINS, FISCAL PAIN, AND DOWNGRADES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After a series of austere monetary measures, led by record high interest rates, the foreign exchange market has been showing signs of stability, reflected in the marginal depreciation of the Jamaican dollar during the June quarter. The stock of Net International Reserves (NIR) a [...] | 2009-08-18 19:01:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL IADB IBRD IMF |
09KINGSTON622 | JAMAICA/VENEZUELA: ENERGY AND PETROCARIBE, WHERE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS: Jamaica continues to suffer under the global economic recession, but the island has been hit harder than other nations because of its high energy costs and reliance on petroleum for electricity. The lack of viable short-term solutions, and increasing dependence on the [...] | 2009-08-21 12:36:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRAD EFIN ENRG PINR PREL PGOV JM XL |
09KINGSTON631 | JAMAICA: STEWART TO LEAD JAMAICA TEACHERS UNION, EDUCATORS [...] (SBU) As Michael Stewart takes the reins of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA),one of the island's largest public sector unions, he finds himself caught between: a public education system in disarray; an Education Ministry facing severe fiscal restraints, demanding greater accountability [...] | 2009-08-24 20:53:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV ECON EFIN SCUL SOCI ASEC JM XL |
09KINGSTON634 | JAMAICA: A SERIOUS LAG EFFECT FOR POST RECESSION [...] (C) Despite signs of stability in the Jamaican dollar and moderating inflation, the island nation is still far from seeing post-recession green shoots. Even when an economic recovery takes hold in the United States, it will do little to pull Jamaica out of its ongoing economic malaise. Major [...] | 2009-08-25 18:51:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRAD EFIN ENRG EIND PREL PGOV PIND TRYS |
09KINGSTON638 | JAMAICA: FINANCE MINISTER INTERESTED IN BILATERAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-26 19:15:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD EAID IMF IBRD IDB TRSY |
09KINGSTON648 | JAMAICA: AUGUST LABOR REVIEW, PUBLIC SECTOR UNREST GROWS [...] (U) -- Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding reiterates promise not to cut public sector jobs despite Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s worsening financial prospects. -- National Workers Union (NWU) President Vincent Morrison expresses skepticism toward PM's promise, expects GOJ austerity measures to [...] | 2009-08-28 17:35:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV ECON EIND EFIN SCUL SOCI ASEC JM XL |
09KINGSTON709 | JAMAICA: PM ATTEMPTS TO RECAPTURE POLITICAL MOMENTUM, GOJ [...] (SBU) In a much-anticipated pre-dawn address to Parliament, Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding called for a "paradigm shift" in the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s civil service and government finances. Confronting a moribund economy, unsustainable budget deficits, and a resurgent opposition Peop [...] | 2009-10-01 17:52:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL ASEC SOCI ECON EFIN IMF IBRD ENRG EINV |
09KINGSTON712 | JAMAICA: PEOPLE'S NATIONAL PARTY SHOWS NEW ENERGY AND UNITY [...] (U) A seemingly rejuvenated and energized People's National Party (PNP) held its annual conference in Kingston over the weekend, at which party President and former Prime Minister (PM) Portia Simpson Miller (PSM) assailed the current Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) -led Government of Jamaica (GOJ) [...] | 2009-09-22 19:45:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL ASEC SNAR KCOR KCRM JM XL ECON EFIN |
09KINGSTON735 | JAMAICA: IMF TEAM SEES GOJ'S CLARITY OF PURPOSE, BUT TIME IS [...] (C) Trevor Alleyne, Division Chief and head of the a six-person International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation to Jamaica, said the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) appears to have a "clarity of purpose" in regard to current negotiations for a Standby Agreement. Alleyne met with Emboffs on November 5 [...] | 2009-11-06 13:02:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL EFIN TRSY IDB SOCI IMF XL JM |
09KINGSTON737 | Jamaica: Private Sector Nervous Over Delay in IMF Deal; Risk [...] (C) Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding's lack of political courage in making difficult decisions has created a crisis of confidence in the private sector. His promise of an imminent International Monetary Fund (IMF) Standby Agreement worth USD 1.2 billion has set him, as well as his Jamaica L [...] | 2009-11-19 14:41:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD SOCI PINR PREL IADB IMF TRSY JM |
09KINGSTON743 | AIR JAMAICA SALE: DEAL OR NO DEAL? GOJ CAN'T STAY ON MESSAGE [...] (C) Air Jamaica (AJ),the beleaguered national airline, is days away from finding out whether Indigo Partners (operator of Sprit Airlines) will be its new owner. The airline, currently owned by the Government of Jamaica (GOJ),is eight months behind the original deadline for privatization, bu [...] | 2009-11-30 13:50:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAIR EINV SOCI PREL PINR TRSY IDB IMF JM |
09KINGSTON747 | JAMAICA: RESPONSE TO LIBERTAD ACT, NOVEMBER 2009 [...] (C) Post has provided responses to questions listed in Reftel A. On May 5 during the 2009-2010 National Budget Debate in Parliament, Prime Minister Bruce Golding said, "We continue to advocate for the revocation of the U.S. embargo against Cuba and the normalization of Cuba's relations withi [...] | 2009-12-02 17:52:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETTC SOCI PREL PINR TRSY IDB IMF JM |
09KINGSTON759 | JAMAICA: ON THE BRINK OF AN IMF DEAL [...] (C) The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) appears on the verge of pursuing a selective default with local debt holders in order to secure a much needed Standby Agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Prime Minister Bruce Golding has been adamant in wanting to avoid any blemish on the [...] | 2009-12-14 19:38:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAIR EINV SOCI PREL PINR TRSY IDB IMF JM |
09KINGSTON761 | JAMAICA: PRIME MINISTER'S WIFE SEES "NEFARIOUS INFLUENCES" [...] (C) Lorna Golding, the wife of Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding, told Post's Public Affairs Officer (PAO) Patricia Attkisson that she believes Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is under the "pernicious influence" of U.S. Representative Charles Rangel regarding the contentious U.S. extradition [...] | 2009-12-14 20:19:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN SOCI CVIS SNAR PINR ASEC CJAN |
09KINGSTON770 | JAMAICA: OPERATION OF THE CARIBBEAN BASIN ECONOMIC RECOVERY [...] Jamaica is a signatory to the WTO Agreement and has generally demonstrated a commitment to undertaking its obligations. While the Golding administration, reeling under the effects of the global economic crisis, has championed the need for the country to replace particularly agricultural import [...] | 2009-09-30 14:12:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL IADB IBRD IMF TRGY |
09KINGSTON782 | JAMAICA: SEPTEMBER 2009 ECONOMIC UPDATE [...] (U) David Smith, the head of failed foreign-exchange trading club Olint TCI, has found himself on the wrong side of the law in the Turks and Caicos Islands for the second time this year. The Olint boss and his wife have been slapped with several additional charges including money laundering and [...] | 2009-10-02 15:03:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINT EAIR EAGR ECIN EFIN EIND ELAB EMIN ENRG |
09KINGSTON798 | JAMAICA: COUNTRY CLEARANCES AND BRITISH OVERSEAS TERRITORIES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-08 18:51:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT ASEC APER CMGT PBTS EFIN BEXP PREL KCOM JM CJ |
09KINGSTON800 | JAMAICA: JAMAICA'S FISCAL MALAISE [...] (SBU) Only five months after outlining its spending plans, the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) has announced a USD 67 million increase in expenditures for the current fiscal year. The hike comes after repeated pronouncements from Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding about deep cuts in the expenditure [...] | 2009-10-08 20:26:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINT EINV ELAB ETRD PGOV PREL SOCI IMF IBRD |
09KINGSTON806 | JAMAICA: EARLY CHRISTMAS FOR CASH PLUS INVESTORS? [...] (SBU) Investors in the failed alternative investment scheme, Cash Plus, could have an early Christmas, if liquidator Hugh Wildman is able to reclaim USD 25 million discovered in an offshore account in a Swiss bank in Dubai. The accounts were in the names of Carlos Hill, the embattled head of C [...] | 2009-10-09 14:34:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL KCRM KCOR JM XL UK AE |
09KINGSTON91 | JAMAICA: JANUARY ECONOMIC REVIEW - HARDSHIP CONTINUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: -- Jamaica's loss making national airline will begin an aggressive restructuring exercise next month in preparation for divestment later this year. -- The Jamaican Parliament has approved a four percent increase in the national budget to USD 6 billion. -- Finance Minister [...] | 2009-02-02 19:18:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON TRYS ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD EAIR IADB IBRD IMF |
09KINGSTON914 | JAMAICA: CAUGHT IN A DEBT TRAP-- CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR [...] (SBU) The resignation of the Governor of the Central Bank, Derick Latibeaudiere, during the middle of an International Monetary Fund (IMF) negotiations may be a sign that the time has come for the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) to face the severity of the situation and negotiate a solution with pr [...] | 2009-11-03 12:27:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PINR IADB IBRD IMF TRSY XL JM |
09KINGSTON922 | JAMAICA: OCTOBER ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-04 15:30:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EFIN ETRD EAIR ENRG PREL XL JM |
09KINGSTON97 | JAMAICA: ENERGY SECTOR DEVELOPMENTS; [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-06 13:53:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON SENV EFIN EINV ETRD TRYS IADB IBRD PGOV |
09KINGSTON992 | JAMAICA: RULING PARTY BLAMES OPPOSITION FOR CURRENT FISCAL [...] (U) At its scaled back November 22 annual party conference, an embattled Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) defended its two years in office and attributed much of the nation's economic and fiscal travails to the "inheritance" left by the opposition People's National Party (PNP). In a somber and serio [...] | 2009-11-24 13:28:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ASEC ECON EFIN CJAN CVIS KCOR KCRM IMF JM |
09KINSHASA1036 | DRC INSTILLS CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY [...] (U) Summary: Since the approval of the Forestry Code by the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (GDRC) in 2002, the Congolese government has engaged in several mandatory reforms. In fact, the GDRC has begun to recognize the multiple social, economic, and environmental values of [...] | 2009-11-25 14:11:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | DCOM ECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG |
09KINSHASA1047 | SADC MINING MINISTERS MEET IN DRC (C-AL9-02272) [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to ref A, Econoff attended the opening and closing ceremonies of the South African Development Community (SADC) Mining Ministers Meeting on November 12 in Kinshasa. During the meeting, mining ministers discussed greater harmonization of mining standards and policies, [...] | 2009-12-01 16:12:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EMIN CG |
09KINSHASA1079 | CAMPAIGN FOR 2011 ELECTIONS KICKS OFF AS KABILA [...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 7 State of the Nation address, President Kabila implicitly launched his campaign for the 2011 local and presidential elections, focusing his points primarily on domestic political issues. Kabila predicted GDP growth of 5.4% in 2010, and he lauded the progress ma [...] | 2009-12-14 06:35:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN SENV KDEM EINV CG |
09KINSHASA1095 | Greenpeace, Rainforest Foundation, Global [...] (U) Summary: In an eight -page "open letter" to the World Bank, co-signed by Greenpeace Africa, Rainforest Foundation UK, Rainforest Foundation Norway and Global Witness, the four agencies raised wide-ranging questions to the World Bank regarding the forest policy reform program in the DRC. I [...] | 2009-12-16 12:16:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID EFIN ETRD PGOV CG |
09KINSHASA1112 | THE DRC AND THE PRGF: HOW WE GOT HERE AND HOW WE [...] (C) Summary: This is the first in a two-part series on the GDRC's long road towards HIPC completion point, with a look at some of the many bumps and turns along the way since early 2006 and the IMF Board's December 11 approval of the DRC's Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF). The PG [...] | 2009-12-21 10:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL CG |
09KINSHASA1135 | THE DRC AND THE PRGF: HOW WE GOT HERE AND HOW WE [...] (SBU) Background: This is the second in a two-part series on the GDRC and the HIPC completion point. Part 1 (ref A) was a look at some of the bumps and turns along the way since early 2006 as the GDRC inched its way toward the IMF Board's December 11 approval of the DRC's Poverty Reduction [...] | 2009-12-23 15:18:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL CG |
09KINSHASA1144 | KENGO SAYS GOVERNMENT IS NEGOTIATING WITH EQUATEUR [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met December 21 with Senate President Kengo wa Dondo. Kengo said the GDRC is negotiating with Dongo rebels, discussed his legislative agenda for the upcoming session of parliament, and gave his view on security sector reform (SSR). His priorities for the legislative [...] | 2009-12-24 11:24:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS EFIN MCAP MASS PREL CG |
09KINSHASA123 | USAID Food for Peace Monitoring Report on North Katanga [...] Monitoring the WFP (World Food Program) emergency work and the FHI (Food for the Hungry, Int.) progress with their MYAP (Multi-Year Assistance Program) in the ex-conflict districts of Moba and Kalemie was the object of a Food for Peace visit. 2. North Katanga is calm but potentially volatile [...] | 2009-02-09 06:55:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN ETRD AMGT CF |
09KINSHASA136 | DRC RESPONSE TO OPIC-SUPPORTED INVESTMENT FUNDS [...] (U) Post is pleased to comment on the proposed OPIC-supported investment funds described in refs A and B. Both funds support the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)'s overall economic development framework, target key sectors in the DRC for private investment, and would enhance access to cr [...] | 2009-02-11 09:51:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PGOV CG |
09KINSHASA269 | PM'S DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF HIGHLIGHTS GDRC [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Alexis Muzito's Deputy Chief of Staff, Jean-Claude Nachega, assured DCM and Economic Counselor during a March 20 meeting that Freeport McMoRan's contract review would be completed shortly and that the government of the DRC remained committed to renegotiating the Sin [...] | 2009-03-23 16:18:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PREL PGOV CH CG |
09KINSHASA331 | CENTRAL BANK RECEIVES ESF FUNDS [...] (SBU) The Prime Minister's Deputy Chief of Staff, Jean-Claude Nachega, informed post that the Congolese Central Bank (Banque Centrale du Congo, BCC, in French) received on March 27 the approximately $200 million in IMF emergency assistance under the Rapid-Access Component of the Exogenous Shock [...] | 2009-04-06 15:59:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN PGOV PREL CG |
09KINSHASA436 | EMBASSY KINSHASA: TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER [...] (U) Post names Economic Counselor Elizabeth Jaffee to be Embassy Kinshasa's Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TCFO). Requested contact information is as follows: Name: Elizabeth Jaffee Title: Economic Counselor Phone Number: +243 (0)81-556-0166 (office); +934 X2203 (IVG) Classified [...] | 2009-05-05 06:08:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER CG |
09KINSHASA437 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DRC INTENDS TO VOTE BEFORE DEADLINE ON [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Marcel Kasongo, Chief of Staff to the DRC Central Bank Governor, and to Mr. Faustin Mpako, Chief of Staff to the Minister of Finance, on May 4, sharing background and talking points on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (WB) Boar [...] | 2009-05-05 06:11:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL KV CG |
09KINSHASA45 | DRC: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) Per reftel, following is the text of the Investment Climate Statement for the DRC for 2009. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------- 2. (U) The DRC's rich endowment of natural resources, large population size (approximately 65 million) and generally open trading [...] | 2009-01-15 12:14:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ECON ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR CG |
09KINSHASA520 | IMF MANAGING DIRECTOR'S VISIT ADVANCES, BUT DOES [...] (U) Please see guidance request in para. 14. 2. (C) Summary: The May 23-25 visit of IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn to the DRC advanced, but did not resolve, outstanding issues with the China agreement necessary for approval of a formal IMF program (Poverty Reduction and Growt [...] | 2009-06-05 11:25:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CH CG |
09KINSHASA560 | GDRC STABILIZES CURRENCY MARKET--BUT RISKS REMAIN [...] (U) Summary: Following a rapid depreciation of the Congolese Franc (franc congolais or FC, in French) in late 2008/early 2009, the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (GDRC) has successfully helped stabilize the FC through a series of interventions in the foreign exchange market. Spe [...] | 2009-06-16 12:52:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL CG |
09KINSHASA716 | DRC RESPONSE: UNSC DRC SANCTIONS COMMITTEE INFO [...] (SBU) Per reftels Department requested that post obtain host government (GDRC) information via multiple channels. After pursuing several lines of inquiry, no specific information has been provided by the GDRC regarding the individuals and entity specified. 2. (SBU) The GDRC responses are a [...] | 2009-07-28 17:44:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PREL PTER USNC KTFN CG ZF |
09KINSHASA764 | VITAL KAMERHE DISCUSSES KABILA, HIS RESIGNATION, [...] (C) Summary: Vital Kamerhe, the former President of the National Assembly, recently provided Special Envoy Wolpe and polcouns a comprehensive review of the DRC's recent political history, offering his perspective on the DRC's political evolution. He views President Kabila as a changed man -- [...] | 2009-08-19 08:39:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN KDEM KJUS CG |
09KINSHASA86 | AMBASSADOR'S DISCUSSION WITH PRIME MINISTER MUZITO [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with DRC Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito on the latter's request January 26 to discuss the economic crisis facing the country and the current situation in the east. In particular, Muzito asked for USG help with respect to IMF consideration of emergency financial ass [...] | 2009-01-28 13:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL CG |
09KINSHASA961 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ENCOURAGING CENTRAL [...] Econcouns delivered ref A points on October 15 jointly to the Ministry of Finance's Chief of Staff, Georges Wembi Loambi, and the Ministry of Budget's Deputy Chief of Staff, Onesime Kukatula. Neither GDRC official was aware of the restrictions contained in the FY 2009 Appropriations Act concer [...] | 2009-10-21 14:43:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PREL CG |
09KOLKATA127 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: SIKKIM DEMOCRATIC FRONT LIKELY TO RETURN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) appears likely to continue its 15 year rule of the small mountainous Northeast Indian state strategically wedged in between Nepal, China (Tibet) and Bhutan. While it may not match the 2004 absolute sweep, it appears that it will retain its one L [...] | 2009-05-15 11:02:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ENRG ELTN EFIN EAIR IN NP BT CH |
09KOLKATA34 | PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS FEELS THE HEAT FROM SATYAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Two partners from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) remain in judicial custody in connection to admissions of large scale fraud by the chairman and founder of Satyam Computers Limited (Reftel). PWC leadership contends that the charges are politically motivated and that there is no ev [...] | 2009-02-10 08:58:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD IN |
09KOLONIA62 | FSM STATES IT WILL SUPPORT KOSOVO IMF/WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP [...] (SBU) On April 22, per the instructions in reftel A, post delivered a diplomatic note to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM),requesting its support for IMF and World Bank membership for Kosovo. On April 23, Deputy Chief of Mission met with Gabri [...] | 2009-04-30 00:22:00 | Embassy Kolonia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL FM |
09KOROR30 | PALAU: SPECIAL PROSECUTOR REQUESTS ASSISTANCE IN [...] On February 26, Palau's Special Prosecutor Michael P. Copeland hand-delivered a request to Charge Bezner seeking assistance from the Government of the United States to investigate allegations of corruption of high level government officials within Palau. The request is made pursuant to Ar [...] | 2009-02-27 00:05:00 | Embassy Koror | UNCLASSIFIED | PS EFIN KCOR PREL |
09KUALALUMPUR1006 | MALAYSIA: BANK NEGARA REPORTING ACTIONS AGAINST [...] (C) In a December 16 phone call, Bank Negara (BN) Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) Manager Abdul Rahman Abu Bakar (Rahman) told econoff that FIU is preparing reports on Malaysian bank actions to curtail activity or close North Korean and Iranian nationals, accounts. The FIU plans to provide [...] | 2009-12-17 09:01:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP EFIN ETRD ETTC PINR PTER |
09KUALALUMPUR124 | MAYROW CASE: INFO CONVEYED TO MFA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-20 10:07:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC MNUC PARM PREL MY |
09KUALALUMPUR195 | MALAYSIA UNVEILS USD 16 BILLION ECONOMIC STIMULUS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Facing rapidly slowing growth and a probable recession in 2009, Malaysia announced its second fiscal stimulus package on March 10. The larger than expected stimulus package includes additional spending, guarantees, equity investments and tax incentives amounting to a [...] | 2009-03-16 23:16:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EINV ECON ETRD PGOV MY |
09KUALALUMPUR22 | MALAYSIA NOTIFIED OF A.Q. KHAN-RELATED SANCTIONS [...] (S) Polcouns delivered pre-notification of nonproliferation sanctions against two Malaysian citizens and one Sri Lankan resident in Malaysia, related to the A.Q. Khan network, to Malaysian Foreign Ministry Under Secretary (Americas, EU) Mahinder Singh on January 12 at 1600 local time. Polcou [...] | 2009-01-13 10:30:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PREL PARM EFIN MNUC KNNP MY |
09KUALALUMPUR232 | MALAYSIA'S AUTOMOBILE PROGRAMS [...] (U) Summary: Malaysia's second fiscal stimulus package includes incentives for Malaysians to trade in their old Proton or Perodua brand vehicles for new ones. Up to 4.8 million owners of Proton or Perodua vehicles that are more than ten years old might be eligible for this program. The stimul [...] | 2009-03-30 02:48:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PREL WTO MY |
09KUALALUMPUR303 | MALAYSIAN PM LIBERALIZES SOME SERVICES SUBSECTORS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak today announced a services sector reform package exempting firms in 27 subsectors from a government requirement that each firm maintain a minimum 30 percent ownership stake by ethnic Malays and indigenous groups ("bumiputera"). Najib said thi [...] | 2009-04-23 08:47:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PREL EFIN ETRD MY |
09KUALALUMPUR304 | BANK MELLAT SUBSIDIARY IN LABUAN, MALAYSIA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-24 09:30:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL ETTC KTFN MY |
09KUALALUMPUR318 | MALAYSIAN PM ANNOUNCES FINANCIAL SECTOR [...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak announced a number of liberalizations to Malaysia's financial sector on April 27, as promised last week when he removed some restrictions in various service sectors (reftel). Foreign equity limits will be raised from 49 percent to 70 percent for in [...] | 2009-04-28 12:17:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON ETRD PREL MY BG |
09KUALALUMPUR326 | MALAYSIA TO VOTE YES ON KOSOVO IMF MEMBERSHIP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-04 09:35:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EFIN ECON MY KV |
09KUALALUMPUR355 | MALAYSIA WILL VOTE "YES" ON KOSOVO WORLD BANK [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-12 08:35:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PREL KV MY |
09KUALALUMPUR380 | MALAYSIA: ECONOMIC PROSPECTS AND FINANCIAL SECTOR [...] (U) Summary and comment: Central Bank Deputy Governor Ooi Sang Kuang reports that Malaysia is seeing signs of a U-shaped recovery with positive growth in the fourth quarter of 2009. Ooi credits GOM monetary and fiscal policy (Ref A) as well as financial sector liberalizations (Ref B) for the [...] | 2009-05-18 00:47:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV MY EINV |
09KUALALUMPUR402 | MALAYSIAN CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON LICENSE FOR [...] (C) Summary: At an AMCHAM luncheon on May 18, the Ambassador told Bank Negara Governor Zeti that the U.S. continued to object to the GOM decision to license First East Export Bank PLC (a subsidiary of Iran's Bank Mellat) to open in Labuan (ref A). The Ambassador explained that there was no [...] | 2009-05-26 08:30:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETTC IR MY PREL |
09KUALALUMPUR418 | MALAYSIAN PM ACKNOWLEDGES ECONOMY IN RECESSION IN [...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Najib announced on May 28 a substantial downward revision in Malaysia's 2009 economic growth forecast to negative four to five percent. The new forecast comes a day after the central bank announced first quarter growth results of negative 6.2 percent. Both figures [...] | 2009-05-29 06:58:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EFIN EINV PREL PGOV MY |
09KUALALUMPUR48 | MALAYSIA: ALL SIGNS POINT TOWARD RECESSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Although the Government of Malaysia has not offered a public statement revising its official forecast of 3.5 percent GDP growth for 2009, its actions speak louder than its words. On January 21 the central bank, Bank Negara Malaysia, slashed interest rates by 75 ba [...] | 2009-01-23 09:44:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV MY IN |
09KUALALUMPUR549 | GOLDBERG DELEGATION'S MEETINGS WITH MALAYSIAN [...] (C) Summary: On July 6, UNSCR 1874 Implementation Coordinator Goldberg and an inter-agency team including Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary Glaser met with senior GOM officials from the central bank, Ministry of Finance, and other agencies to consult on implementation of UN Security Counci [...] | 2009-07-08 23:41:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PREL PARM PGOV ECON MNUC EFIN MY KN KS |
09KUALALUMPUR723 | Malaysian Economy Improves - Growth May Resume by Year End [...] (SBU) SUMMARY and COMMENT: Bank Negara (BN) released second quarter 2009 (Q2) economic data August 26 showing a better than expected year-on-year quarterly GDP contraction of just 3.9 percent. GOM policy responses since November 2008 to the financial crisis including cutting reserve interest r [...] | 2009-08-28 08:35:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PREL EXIM MY |
09KUALALUMPUR739 | BANK MELLAT/FEEB DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO MFA AND [...] (S) DCM Rapson, accompanied by econoff, conveyed reftel points and non-paper on First East Export Bank to Mohammad Radzi, Deputy Secretary General I of the Malaysian Foreign Ministry, on September 4. DCM highlighted the key points of the non-paper for Radzi, noting specifically that if the GOM [...] | 2009-09-04 09:19:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KNNP MY PINR |
09KUALALUMPUR752 | BANK MELLAT/FEEB DEMARCH DELIVERED TO BANK NEGARA [...] (S) Econcouns delivered ref A demarche on FEEB xxxxxxxxxxxx emphasized that BN and LOFSA took their supervisory role seriously, and that Malaysia approved the FEEB license and would allow it to operate as long as there was no evidence that FEEB was in contravention of any relevant law and was not s [...] | 2009-09-11 09:45:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KNNP IR PINR PTER MY |
09KUALALUMPUR850 | MALAYSIA: DEMARCHE TO GOM ON DELISTING OF FOUR [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) PolCouns and RSI Regional Coordinator met October 23 with Ganeson Sivagurunathan, MFA Undersecretary of the Multilateral Political Division, Department of Multilateral Affairs, to deliver reftel demarche. RSI Coordinator discussed [...] | 2009-10-23 10:10:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER KTFN UN MY |
09KUALALUMPUR880 | Malaysia: Minister Yakcop Bullish on FDI Growth Prospects [...] (SBU) Malaysian Minister at Large and economic adviser to the Prime Minister (former Minister of Finance II) Nor Mohamed Yakcop spoke privately and candidly October 21 to AMCHAM members on the Najib Administration's plans to attract new foreign direct investment (FDI). Yakcop said the governme [...] | 2009-10-30 08:31:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV MY |
09KUALALUMPUR887 | Malaysia: 2010 Budget Calls for Big Spending Cuts [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Najib unveiled Malaysia's 2010 budget on October 23. The GOM aims to achieve a dramatic reduction in its budget deficit from an expected 7.4 percent of GDP in 2009 to 5.6 percent of GDP in 2010. The GOM projects lower revenues due to reduced 2009 profits in their [...] | 2009-11-02 23:20:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV EPET MY |
09KUALALUMPUR917 | MALAYSIA: SPECIAL ADVISOR ON NONPROLIFERATION AND [...] (C) Summary: In November 3-4 meetings with senior Atomic Energy Licensing Board (AELB),Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI),and Bank Negara officials, Special Advisor for Nonproliferation and Arms Control Robert Einhorn discussed the importance of Malaysia adopting an export c [...] | 2009-11-13 08:10:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PTER PREL EFIN ETRD ETTC PARM PGOV IR MY KNNP |
09KUALALUMPUR922 | MALYSIA: DESIGNATION OF FIRST EAST EXPORT BANK [...] (SBU) Econcouns delivered the points contained in Ref. A to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary for Disarmament and Non-proliferation Bala Chandran Tharman on November 5. Tharman did not provide any immediate feedback. Econcouns also delivered via letter the points contained in reftel [...] | 2009-11-16 08:52:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD ETTC IR KNNP MY PARM PREL PTER |
09KUALALUMPUR959 | MALAYSIA: BANK NEGARA KEEPING CLOSE WATCH ON FIRST [...] (C) Summary: Bank Negara (BN) Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) Manager Abdul Rahman Abu Bakar (Rahman) stated during a November 20 meeting with econoff that FIU is monitoring all account activity at First East Export Bank (FEEB - a subsidiary of Iran,s Bank Mellat) on a daily basis, treating [...] | 2009-11-30 09:55:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD ETTC IR KNNP MY PINR PTER |
09KUALALUMPUR991 | MALAYSIA: CIMB BANK ACTIONS AGAINST IRANIAN FRONT [...] (S) Summary: Following up on Iran related discussions with visiting Treasury officials last month, Malaysian CIMB Bank VP of Risk Monitoring, Shamsuddin Ali Hussin (Shamsuddin),shared information with econoff on action CIMB has taken against accounts possibly linked to Iranian front companie [...] | 2009-12-11 09:27:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | EFIN ETRD ETTC IR KNNP MY PINR PTER |
09KUALALUMPUR997 | MALAYSIA'S REVISED NATIONAL AUTO POLICY (NAP) FAILS TO [...] (SBU) In October 2009, GOM announced revisions to its National Auto Policy (NAP),in effect since 2005, which will be implemented in January 2010. The revised NAP lifts the freeze on some Manufacturing Licenses, and reduces intra-ASEAN duties and excise taxes, and sets aside tax exemptions for [...] | 2009-12-16 08:02:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PREL WTO MY |
09KUWAIT1002 | NEW PUBLICLY-OWNED BANK "WARBA" WILL GIVE CITIZENS [...] (C) On Sept. 15, the Kuwaiti cabinet announced the creation of Warba Bank as a public shareholding company and the fourth Sharia-compliant bank in the country. Warba Bank is being established by Amiri Decree and will have a share capital of KD 100 million (USD 350 million). Kuwaiti citizens [...] | 2009-10-19 12:58:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV KU |
09KUWAIT1061 | KUWAIT RESPONSE TO CSG TASKING [...] (C/NF) Summary. In response to reftel a, Kuwait's resources and capabilities currently devoted to terrorist financing are outlined below to include staffing resources, evaluation of host country institutions, and recommendations for addressing gaps and enhancing capabilities. End Summary. [...] | 2009-11-10 04:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER EFIN KCRM ECON KTFN KU |
09KUWAIT1091 | KUWAIT STOCK EXCHANGE STUMBLES OVER AGILITY [...] (U) A bearish Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) dropped almost three percent November 17 on the news that the U.S. Department of Justice had indicted Agility, a publicly-traded Kuwaiti company with major logistics and support contracts with the U.S. military. The KSE briefly halted trading in Agili [...] | 2009-11-18 13:35:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON KCRM KU |
09KUWAIT111 | KUWAIT'S CABINET PASSES RESCUE PACKAGE [...] (C) Summary: Kuwait's cabinet approved draft legislation to support Kuwait's banking sector by guaranteeing or purchasing distressed assets for up to 15 years. The draft legislation also encourages new lending to "the real economy" and has provisions to address liquidity and solvency problems [...] | 2009-02-08 08:39:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EINV ECON KU |
09KUWAIT1146 | KUWAIT'S PARLIAMENT PASSES GCC MONETARY UNION [...] (SBU) On December 8, prior to moving to "grill" the Prime Minister and three other members of the cabinet (septel),Kuwait's National Assembly unanimously approved the GCC monetary union agreement and its charter. Discussion was remarkably limited and debate almost non-existent, although libe [...] | 2009-12-08 13:27:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL ECON KU |
09KUWAIT1208 | PRELIMINARY DRAFT OF AMENDED AML LAW IN PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. GoK officials formally announced at the December Anti-Money Laundering Conference (ref. b) that in accordance with decree No. 328, an amended version of law number 35/2002 has been passed to parliament for review and ratification. Embassy Kuwait received an Arabic copy of the d [...] | 2009-12-23 08:45:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KU PGOV PINR PTER KTFN |
09KUWAIT130 | KUWAIT PLANS 10 PERCENT BUDGET CUT [...] (SBU) Summary: The GoK is proposing a FY 2010 budget of USD 40.8 billion, off 10.4 percent (on a recurring basis) compared to the prior fiscal year. The Government proposes cutting spending in almost all major sectors, except for public sector salaries, which will increase by 7.8 percent. Exp [...] | 2009-02-11 13:03:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON EFIN KU |
09KUWAIT132 | KIA PORTFOLIO DOWN $34 BILLION IN 2008 [...] (C) Summary: The Kuwait Investment Authority's holdings dropped by $34 billion during calendar year 2008, according to press reports. As of December 31, KIA's total holdings were about $210 billion. A senior KIA official told us that KIA had been moving aggressively into cash and fixed income [...] | 2009-02-12 13:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EINV ECON KU |
09KUWAIT202 | KUWAIT POLITICAL CRISIS STYMIES BAILOUT LEGISLATION [...] (SBU) Key Points: -- Latest political crisis could prevent passage of "rescue package" for months. -- Major investment companies could collapse, including London-traded Global Investment House. -- Leading Kuwait banks in relatively sound shape. -- No GOK proposals for stimulus spendi [...] | 2009-03-08 05:40:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV KU |
09KUWAIT22 | KUWAIT CONFIRMS CONTINUED AID TO GAZA AND [...] (SBU) Summary: In a January 7 meeting with Econcouns, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of International Organizations Mansour Al-Otaibi noted Kuwait's annual $1.5 million contribution to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency and its $300 million commitment from the 2006 Paris Donors C [...] | 2009-01-11 08:48:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECIN ECON EFIN EG IS KU |
09KUWAIT23 | CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON RESPONSE TO ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: On January 9 Kuwait Central Bank Governor Sheikh Salem Abdulaziz Al Sabah told Ambassador that his priority was to ensure the stability of Kuwait's banking system. Although he acknowledged the challenges facing Kuwait's 95 investment companies, he dismissed any systemic impact from the [...] | 2009-01-12 07:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EINV ECON KU |
09KUWAIT230 | MARCH 2 CONFERENCE IN SHARM AL-SHEIKH: READ OUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior officials at the Kuwait Fund and the Foreign Ministry told EconCouns that the March 2 Sharm Al-Sheikh donors' conference for Gaza had been a great success financially and also politically as it strengthened the roles of the Palestinian Authority(PA) and moderate Arab stat [...] | 2009-03-11 14:41:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN PGOV PHUM PTER KPAL KBWG KU |
09KUWAIT245 | RECIPROCAL AVIATION TAX EXEMPTION AGREEMENT [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) EconCouns and Econoff met with Ministry of Finance Undersecretary Khalifa Hamada and Omar Welayti, Head of the Ministry's tax treaties section to discuss reengaging on a reciprocal aviation tax exemption agreement. They verbally confirmed that Ministerial [...] | 2009-03-15 14:34:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EFIN KTIA KU |
09KUWAIT258 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GCC ASSISTANCE FOR THE [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel points to Marwan Al-Ghanim, Regional Manager for Arab Countries at the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development on March 17. Ghanim confirmed the Kuwait Fund had been designated by Amiri decree as the lead agency for distribution of GoK aid to Gaza. He said t [...] | 2009-03-18 14:47:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV EAID PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG KU |
09KUWAIT312 | GOK PASSES $5 BILLION LENDING PACKAGE VIA AMIRI [...] (U) Via Amiri decree the GOK has passed a $5.2 billion economic package designed to spur lending by Kuwait's banks (refs A and B). With the National Assembly dissolved pending May elections (ref C),the Government passed its so-called stimulus package as an emergency measure. The law is large [...] | 2009-03-31 11:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN KU |
09KUWAIT314 | KUWAIT'S EMERGING AVIATION SECTOR [...] (SBU) Key Points: -- Civil Aviation President Fawaz Al-Farah discusses growth in air and passenger traffic, KCIA expansion project and views on privatization of Kuwait Airways. -- Despite the economic slowdown, Kuwait's two new independent airlines appear to be thriving. -- Wataniya [...] | 2009-03-31 13:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EFIN |
09KUWAIT336 | KUWAIT BOURSE SUSPENDS ALMOST ONE FIFTH OF TRADED FIRMS [...] (U) The Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) announced April 1 the suspension of 36 companies, including giants Global Investment House (GIH) and Investment Dar, for failing to file their 2008 financial results by March 31. With 210 companies traded on the KSE (the second largest bourse in the Middle E [...] | 2009-04-07 13:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON KU |
09KUWAIT36 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NONPROLIFERATION SANCTIONS FOR [...] (S/NF) On January 13, Econoff delivered reftel demarche regarding the USG sanctions against A.Q. Khan and associates which were announced on January 12 to Khaled Al-Maqamis, Director of the Department of Follow-up and Coordination at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Maqamis underscored Kuwait [...] | 2009-01-14 14:40:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PREL PARM EFIN KNNP KU |
09KUWAIT376 | KUWAITI RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF [...] (SBU) On April 15, Ambassador took advantage of a previously scheduled multilateral meeting with GoK Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah to urge that Kuwait vote in favor of Kosovo's membership in the IMF and World Bank. Dr. Mohammed acknowledged the benefits that IMF/WB membershi [...] | 2009-04-16 15:49:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL KU |
09KUWAIT381 | KUWAIT TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICERS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-19 13:14:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PTER KU |
09KUWAIT401 | NON-PAPER DELIVERED: RESPONDING TO ALLEGATIONS OF [...] On April 22, Econoff delivered reftel nonpaper on financial accountability and transparency measures by the Palestinian Authority (PA) to Ahmed Baqer of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Arab World Department and stressed the PA's need for budget assistance. Baqer said that improvement on these [...] | 2009-04-26 08:46:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV KWBG IS KW |
09KUWAIT404 | AMIRI ECONOMIC ADVISOR ON ECONOMIC REFORM [...] (U) Summary: Dr. Yousef Al-Ebraheem told a mixed Kuwaiti-expatriate audience on April 22 that the global economic crisis had hit the GCC's oil exports and foreign assets hard, but that he was confident the countries were well placed to recover relatively quickly. He praised the GoK's financi [...] | 2009-04-27 13:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV KU |
09KUWAIT414 | KUWAIT WILL SUPPORT IMF/WB MEMBERSHIP FOR KOSOVO [...] (SBU) On April 26, Ambassador followed-up on her April 15 conversation with GoK Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah to encourage Kosovo recognition. Dr. Mohammed stated definitively that Kuwait would support IMF/WB membership for Kosovo. He noted, however, that Kuwait was not yet re [...] | 2009-04-28 12:56:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN KV KU |
09KUWAIT432 | KUWAIT TELLS QUINT IT SUPPORTS KOSOVO'S IMF AND [...] (C) On April 28, the DCM joined the UK Ambassador, French Ambassador, Italian Ambassador and German CDA for a Quint joint demarche to MFA U/S Khaled Jarallah urging GOK participation in the May 5 WB/IMF membership meeting in support of senior representatives of the UK. UK Ambassador Michael A [...] | 2009-04-30 13:45:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV KU |
09KUWAIT478 | AMIR'S CHINA VISIT - BUILDING THE NEW SILK ROAD [...] (U) This report contains business proprietary information. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: On May 12, Kuwait's Amir completed his state visit to China. Kuwaiti investors and oil executives are cautiously optimistic that his visit helped Kuwaiti investment opportunities in [...] | 2009-05-13 06:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD CH KU |
09KUWAIT524 | KUWAIT SUPPORTS KOSOVO'S WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP [...] (SBU) On May 25, EconCouns followed-up with Kuwait Investment Authority Executive Director Ahmad Bastaki about Kuwaiti support for Kosovo's World Bank membership. (Note: During an earlier conversation with Bastaki, he had said that Kuwait had supported World Bank Membership for Kosovo, but d [...] | 2009-05-25 13:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL KVIR KU |
09KUWAIT599 | KUWAIT'S GLOBAL INVESTMENT HOUSE RECAPITALIZES [...] (SBU) Summary: Kuwait's largest investment firm, Global Investment House -- which faces almost $3 billion in short- and mid-term liabilities -- announced plans June 15 to raise approximately $523 million in a capital subscription. Additionally, the company hopes to raise a further $730 million [...] | 2009-06-18 13:14:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV ECON KU |
09KUWAIT619 | KUWAIT ECONOMIC UPDATE - JUNE 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: -Despite high profile defaults, Kuwait continues to be spared most of the ravages of the global financial crisis. S&P recently reaffirmed its "AA-/A-1 " ratings, citing Kuwait's "robust external balances." -Current oil prices will likely produce a budget surplus [...] | 2009-06-24 09:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV EPET KU |
09KUWAIT699 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OPPOSITION TO THE ITSO [...] (U) Econoff on April 5 delivered reftel points to the Ministry of Communications and underscoring USG opposition to the ITSO Director General's demand for arbitration. The Ministry informed Econoff that Kuwait would be sending Dr. Saleh Khalaf, Director-Financial Sector at the Ministry of Com [...] | 2009-07-13 09:56:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ECON ECPS EFIN INTELSAT KTIA TSPA |
09KUWAIT71 | TERRORISM FINANCE: KUWAITI JUDICIAL COURT RULES [...] (SBU) Kuwaiti press reported on January 26 that Kuwait's Court of First Instance had ruled in favor of releasing the assets of UN 1267 Designee Hamed Al-Ali. Al-Ali's assets were frozen by the Government of Kuwait (GOK) in July 2008, following the January 16, 2008 UN 1267 designation of Al-A [...] | 2009-01-27 12:36:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KU KTFN PGOV PREL PTER |
09KUWAIT79 | KUWAIT'S WITHERING BOURSE, POPULIST POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: Investor confidence in Kuwait has gone from bad to worse in recent weeks. Many Kuwaiti investors had expected a new year rally in stock prices -- instead, the Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) is down almost 20% since January  [...] | 2009-01-29 10:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KU |
09KUWAIT798 | KUWAIT FUND COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary and key points. On August 12, Waleed Al Bahar, Regional Manager for Central Asian and European Country Affairs, Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development(KFAED) met with EconCouns to discuss funding to Pakistan. - Al Bahar was unaware of allegations of any GoK withdrawal [...] | 2009-08-13 09:47:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN PREF PREL KU PK |
09KUWAIT8 | GLOBAL INVESTMENT HOUSE SEEKS TO RESTRUCTURE DEBT [...] (U) This contains business proprietary information. 2. (C) Summary: Global Investment House defaulted on a $200 million payment for a syndicated loan on December 15 and sought a 90 day standstill on payments to approximately 30 international and Kuwaiti banks to develop a restructuring plan [...] | 2009-01-05 08:25:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EINV ECON KU |
09KUWAIT853 | CENTRAL BANK DEPUTY GOVERNOR ON MENA/FATF, [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (C) Summary and Key Points: On August 24, CDA and Econoffs met with Mohammed Al Hashel, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK). Key topics discussed: Economic status from CBK's perspective: robust oil prices balance the [...] | 2009-08-30 10:40:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EPET EINV KU |
09KUWAIT860 | GOK TO FULFILL PALESTINE AID PLEDGES BUT HESITANT [...] (SBU) On August 27 Embassy forwarded to FM Mohammad Al-Sabah the Secretary's letter requesting PA aid (ref A). On August 31, DCM brought a copy of the letter to Arab World Department Director Ambassador Jassem Al-Mubaraki, who said the GOK will fulfill its Palestinian aid funding pledges but n [...] | 2009-09-01 12:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPAL EAID ECIN ECON EFIN EG IS KU |
09KUWAIT882 | GOK REQUESTS PARTICIPATION AT AML CONFERENCE [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (U) Summary and Key Points. On August 31, Econ Couns met with Shaykh Nimer Al Sabah, Director, Anti-Money Laundering Office, Ministry of Commerce (MoC). Key topics discussed: - MoC's anti-money laundering campaign, including proc [...] | 2009-09-03 10:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PREL SNAR ECON KU |
09KUWAIT921 | SENTENCE ON CONVICTED TERRORIST SUPPORTER LTC [...] (C) Summary. Press reports, subsequently confirmed by Kuwaiti judicial officials, indicate that retired LTC Khalil Al-Ghaith, a Kuwaiti citizen, was convicted August 25 of supporting and funding terrorist activities and sentenced to three years imprisonment. As is not unusual here, the imm [...] | 2009-09-17 05:45:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN KU PREL PTER PGOV |
09KUWAIT927 | KUWAITI RESPONSE TO AD-HOC LIAISON COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) On September 16, Econcouns talked by phone with MFA Arab Affairs Counselor Saleh Al-Mutairi to discuss the September 22, Ad-Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) meeting and U.S. goals. Econcouns explained that we believed the AHLC meeting would be best held at the "expert level" and stressed th [...] | 2009-09-17 11:47:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER KU |
09KUWAIT95 | KUWAITI COURT ISSUES VERDICT IN AL-BATHALI CASE [...] (C) On January 27, after months of postponements, a Kuwaiti Criminal Court found UNSCR 1267 designee and terrorist facilitator Mubarak Al-Bathali guilty of "inciting youth to jihad (combat) activities against foreign forces in Iraq." The court sentenced him to three years in prison and offere [...] | 2009-02-02 11:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KU KTFN PGOV PREL PTER PINR |
09KUWAIT951 | MOSAL CONTINUES TO MONITOR RAMADAN CHARITABLE [...] (C) Summary. Econ Couns met with Nasser Al Ammar, Director of Charity and Donation Organizations, Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MoSAL),on September 28, 2009 to discuss the outcome of this year's Ramadan collections audit as recent Kuwaiti news leaks cited violations in charitable col [...] | 2009-09-30 14:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN KU PREL PTER PGOV |
09KUWAIT952 | KIA CALLS ON UNCTAD TO CORRECT ITS ASSESSMENT OF [...] (SBU) Kuwait's press played up details in UNCTAD's 2009 World Investment Report claiming that the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) lost $94 billion in 2008 and that the GoK injected $59 billion over the year for net losses of $35 billion. This drew an almost immediate KIA response, which den [...] | 2009-09-30 14:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON KU |
09KUWAIT975 | KUWAIT HAS ONE SUGGESTED CHANGE TO RECIPROCAL [...] This is an action request. Please see Para 5. 2. (U) On October 5, Post received a formal diplomatic note stating that Kuwait's Ministry of Finance accepted all USG proposed amendments to a 2007 GoK draft Memorandum of Understanding on Reciprocal Tax Exemption for the Aviation Sector. The [...] | 2009-10-12 10:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EFIN KTIA KU |
09KUWAIT980 | LAUNCH OF GCC ECONOMIC FORUM WEBSITE [...] (U) Post is pleased to report the launch of a "GCC Economic Forum" website, designed to enhance information sharing and collaboration among Econoffs and other USG economic officers focused on Arabian Peninsular affairs. The URL for the unclassified website is: http://www.intelink.com/communit [...] | 2009-10-14 03:49:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD GCC BA QA SA MU AE |
09KUWAIT982 | THE KUWAIT BANKING SECTOR: 2009 PRIMER [...] (SBU) Summary: Kuwait's banking sector, the third largest in the GCC after Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, comprises 18 financial institutions, including market leaders National Bank of Kuwait (NBK),and Kuwait Finance House (KFH),the second largest Islamic bank in the world. With [...] | 2009-10-14 10:41:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON KU |
09KYIV107 | UKRAINE: GAS SUPPLIES RESUME, BUT QUESTIONS ON GAS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-20 14:04:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV PINR PREL UP |
09KYIV1102 | UKRAINE Q1 GDP FALLS 20.3 PERCENT [...] (SBU) The Ukrainian State Statistics Committee published official 2009 macroeconomic figures on June 30. The first quarter data, which had been withheld for weeks by the government of Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, revealed a 20.3 percent contraction in GDP and a sharp fall in key sectors o [...] | 2009-07-01 12:55:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP |
09KYIV117 | UKRAINE: DETAILS AND QUESTIONS ON GAS DEAL STILL [...] (C) Summary. As natural gas supplies reach normal levels in Ukraine and other countries in Europe, more details on the gas deal have been released by the Prime Minister, the President, the Minister of Energy, various members of the Presidential Secretariat and Naftohaz officials. At present, [...] | 2009-01-21 15:56:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV PINR PREL UP |
09KYIV134 | UKRAINE: MORE ANSWERS TO GAS DEAL UNKNOWNS [...] (C) Summary. Ukrainian daily Ukrainska Pravda posted on January 22 what it claimed to be a copy of the gas supply contract signed by Ukraine and Russia on January 19. Because the gas supply contract was supposed to remain confidential neither our Ukrainian nor Russian governmental contacts co [...] | 2009-01-23 14:31:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV PINR PREL UP |
09KYIV1345 | UKRAINE MINFIN ON BANK RECAPITALIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary. Ukraine's Ministry of Finance confirmed to us that recently nationalized UkrHaz and Rodovid banks, the 17th and 20th largest in Ukraine respectively, would soon receive new management and supervisory boards. The period of temporary administration would be extended at a third G [...] | 2009-08-13 14:45:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EREL ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
09KYIV140 | FAULTLINES IN UKRAINE'S BANKING SYSTEM [...] (SBU) Summary. IMF representatives indicated to us that the first diagnostic audits of Ukraine's banking sector were completed on January 22. In the IMF's view, the audits show that none of Ukraine's seventeen largest banks has enough capital to meet an expected deterioration of loan portfol [...] | 2009-01-23 15:55:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
09KYIV1434 | IMF MAY EXPAND IN UKRAINE, DESPITE LACK OF REFORMS [...] (C) Summary. With Ukraine's sovereign debt reaching 30 percent of GDP, primarily in short- to medium-term instruments, and doubts increasing about Ukraine's intentions to implement macroeconomic reforms, many in Kyiv are predicting the need for continued IMF lending beyond the current program [...] | 2009-08-21 15:10:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL UP XH |
09KYIV1472 | UKRAINE: NAFTOHAZ FOREIGN DEBT LIKELY TO BE [...] (C) Summary. Naftohaz's $500 million Eurobond, due September 30, will likely be restructured into a new $1.75 billion bond instrument backed by a sovereign guarantee. The new instrument would also incorporate $1.25 billion in bilateral debt that Naftohaz owes to four foreign banks that come [...] | 2009-08-28 17:01:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL EREL EPET ECON ENRG UA |
09KYIV1487 | UKRAINE: TYMOSHENKO PLEDGES NO GAS PRICE HIKE [...] (SBU) Summary. At a road opening event in Western Ukraine on August 25, Prime Minister Tymoshenko stated that gas prices would not increase for the population this year. Tymoshenko's statement appears to contradict her earlier commitments to international donors to raise gas prices for househ [...] | 2009-08-31 15:12:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON EFIN ENRG EREL PGOV PREL PINR UA |
09KYIV1495 | UKRAINE TRADE DEFICIT SHRINKS IN H1 2009 [...] (U) Summary and comment: Recently released government of Ukraine (GOU) statistics show the trade deficit narrowing 93% in the first half of 2009, with exports falling by 46.8% and imports by 53.4%. The government reported that the hardest hit import sector continues to be automotive, declining [...] | 2009-09-02 09:03:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV UP XH |
09KYIV1511 | WORLD BANK ON IFI ENGAGEMENT IN UKRAINE [...] (C) Summary. The World Bank's Kyiv-based country director urged the international community to engage Ukraine during its pre-presidential election period, suggesting that a high-level E.U. and U.S. delegation could push authorities to abide by their commitments. He said that the opposition [...] | 2009-09-04 10:59:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL UP XH |
09KYIV1519 | IMF SIGNALS UKRAINE PROGRAM OFF TRACK [...] (C) Summary. The IMF mission team concluded its visit in Kyiv on September 4 without a major public announcement, but close observers have acknowledged to us that the Fund's program may have gone off track. The visit was originally envisioned as a visit to provide technical assistance and o [...] | 2009-09-04 15:17:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL UP XH |
09KYIV1531 | IMF STOCKTAKING [...] (SBU) Summary. IMF's Resident Representative in Ukraine, briefing on mission director Ceyla Pazarbasioglu's "stocktaking" visit to Kyiv, commented that he has doubts about Ukraine's intention to live up to its commitments and expressed concern over Ukraine's ability meet its budget obligation [...] | 2009-09-08 15:35:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL UP XH |
09KYIV1547 | 13% TARIFF SURCHARGE ON AUTOS AND REFRIGERATORS [...] (U) Summary. The tariff enacted by the GOU in February 2009, which applied a 13% surcharge on imports of cars and refrigerators, has expired as scheduled on September 7th. End Summary. 2. (U) Using Ukraine's trade deficit as a justification, the GOU had enacted a 13% tariff measure in Febr [...] | 2009-09-11 13:04:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL UP XH |
09KYIV1557 | NATIONAL BANK CAUGHT IN UKRAINIAN POLITICS [...] (SBU) Summary. The ongoing dispute between Ukrainian government authorities and the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) escalated this week, when the Ministry of Interior interrogated NBU deputy governor Anatoliy Shapovalov over recent fluctuations of the hryvnia exchange rate. Controversial Inte [...] | 2009-09-11 15:59:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EREL ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
09KYIV1602 | TYMOSHENKO'S CONTROVERSIAL 2010 BUDGET [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's draft 2010 budget projects a deficit equivalent to 4% of GDP (exclusive of funds for bank recapitalization) and contains moderate increases in social spending, as well as provisions for transfers to economic sectors hit by the country' [...] | 2009-09-17 13:39:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EREL ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
09KYIV1607 | Impact of Crisis: Ukrainians Suffering, But Not Rioting [...] (U) Summary. Real GDP contraction -- estimated to be 12%-15% for 2009 as a whole -- accumulating wage arrears, and a growing shadow economy have set Ukraine back in its economic development to the level of 2003, according to former Finance Minister Victor Pynzenyk. Despite increased hardship [...] | 2009-09-18 12:21:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ETRD EFIN |
09KYIV1611 | CONCERNS ON UKRAINE'S 2009 BUDGET DEFICIT [...] (SBU) Summary. Extensive government manipulation of the budget and coerced advance payment of corporate taxes have kept Ukraine in the black so far this year, but revenue from these measures is exhausted and the Government of Ukraine (GOU) has numerous outlays in the balance of the year. Anal [...] | 2009-09-18 15:38:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EREL ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
09KYIV1656 | UKRAINE: NO EXPECTATIONS FOR A GAS PRICE INCREASE [...] (C) Summary. Despite apparent renewed pledges from Prime Minister Tymoshenko to the IMF that a 20 percent gas price increase for households would take place on October 15, the message from our Ukrainian interlocutors is that a gas price increase will not happen. Vitaliy Hayduk, head of Tymos [...] | 2009-09-29 08:33:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON EFIN ENRG EREL PGOV PREL PINR UA |
09KYIV166 | UKRAINE: EBRD TO SEEK EUROPEAN RESPONSE TO BANKING CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary. EBRD senior advisor Piroska Nagy told us on January 28 that her bank hopes to establish a common European response to the banking crisis in Ukraine and elsewhere in central and eastern Europe. The EBRD would take equity stakes in, or provide debt financing to, the Ukrainian sub [...] | 2009-01-28 14:37:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP |
09KYIV167 | UKRAINE: NBU GOVERNOR ON HIS WAY OUT? [...] (SBU) Summary. National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Governor Volodymyr Stelmakh may be on his way out. In a legally meaningless yet politically important move, the Rada voted to oust Stelmakh on January 26. The Rada's actions have incited a fresh round of accusations between Prime Minister Yulia T [...] | 2009-01-28 16:21:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP |
09KYIV169 | CORRECTED COPY: UKRAINE: NBU GOVERNOR ON HIS WAY [...] (SBU) Summary. National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Governor Volodymyr Stelmakh may be on his way out. In a legally meaningless yet politically important move, the Rada voted to oust Stelmakh on January 26. The Rada's actions have incited a fresh round of accusations between Prime Minister Yulia [...] | 2009-01-29 07:32:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP |
09KYIV1719 | UKRAINE: OPIC-SUPPORTED GLOBAL RENEWABLE ENERGY [...] OPIC does not currently operate in Ukraine due to a long-standing claim for which OPIC seeks compensation from the GOU. Although OPIC and the GOU have made recent progress to settle the matter, a number of detailed legal issues still need to be resolved and it is too early to know if and when [...] | 2009-10-05 10:16:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN UP OPIC |
09KYIV1760 | TYMOSHENKO'S NBU DISPUTES DEEPEN [...] (C) Summary. A dispute between the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) and Prime Minister Tymoshenko's government has escalated in recent days. At stake is the future of a major Ukrainian bank under temporary administration as well as the potential for additional capital infusions into two smalle [...] | 2009-10-13 13:21:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL UP XH |
09KYIV1761 | U.S.-UKRAINE ENERGY SECURITY WORKING GROUP [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukraine welcomes the opportunity to discuss a broad range of energy-related issues with Ambassador Morningstar and DOE co-hosts at the upcoming Energy Security Working Group meeting, tentatively scheduled for October 28. Minister of Foreign Affairs Ambassador-at-Large for Ener [...] | 2009-10-13 13:33:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EFIN EREL PINR UA |
09KYIV1777 | EXTORTION, BRIBES, AND THREATS: A KYIV BANKER'S [...] (C) Summary. Second-tier oligarchs and members of the Ukrainian parliament are extorting from the country's banks and threatening bankers, said a representative of Austrian-owned Raiffeisen Aval. The powerful borrowers act with impunity, having paid off the court system to evade their debt [...] | 2009-10-15 17:54:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL UP XH |
09KYIV1780 | UKRAINE: NAFTOHAZ REFORMS UNLIKELY [...] (SBU) Summary. In meetings with Naftohaz Chairman Oleh Dubyna and PM Tymoshenko Energy Advisor Vitaliy Hayduk in late September both stated that the structural reform of the gas sector was unlikely, even unnecessary. Dubyna stated that he would not support the unbundling of Ukraine's gas tra [...] | 2009-10-16 13:49:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ECON EFIN ENRG EREL PGOV PREL PINR UA |
09KYIV1826 | BRAINS BEHIND TYMOSHENKO'S BANKING DECISIONS [...] (C) Summary. Despite his modest title at Ukraine's Ministry of Finance, Timur Bagirov has emerged as an intellectual force in the Tymoshenko government. By his own account, he serves as the Prime Minister's personal advisor on banking sector issues and is often asked to explain detailed fin [...] | 2009-10-20 13:06:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH |
09KYIV1828 | UKRAINE: MINISTRY OF FUEL AND ENERGY ON ENERGY [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 7. 2. (SBU) Summary: Deputy Minister of Fuel and Energy Sergiy Pavlusha confirmed that Ukraine was planning to send an interagency delegation, including representatives from state-owned energy companies Naftohaz and Energoatom, to the schedule [...] | 2009-10-20 14:45:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EFIN EREL PREL PGOV UP |
09KYIV1835 | KYIV POPULISM COULD TRIGGER "FISCAL DEVASTATION" [...] (SBU) Summary. Ukraine's shaky IMF program took another direct hit, after the Rada (parliament) enacted legislation to significantly increase budget spending for pensions and public sector wages. The IMF said the measure would lead to "fiscal devastation," while the World Bank estimated an [...] | 2009-10-21 15:23:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH |
09KYIV1837 | UKRAINE: DIVERSIFYING THE NUCLEAR POWER SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukraine's energy dependence on Russia is not limited to gas. Russia provides 100% of Ukraine's nuclear fuel and stores 60% of its spent fuel, while Ukraine's nuclear sector generates approximately half of the country's electricity. U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) assistance to [...] | 2009-10-22 14:22:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EFIN EREL PREL PGOV UP |
09KYIV1842 | STILL WORKING ON OPIC'S RETURN TO UKRAINE [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: The final details of the agreement that would allow the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) to return to Ukraine are still being hammered out, despite high hopes during President Biden's visit to Kyiv in July that a final solution had been found and OPIC wo [...] | 2009-10-23 13:35:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN OPIC EINV PREL UP |
09KYIV1878 | IMF AT ANOTHER UKRAINE IMPASSE [...] (C) Summary. Negotiations between the IMF and Ukrainian authorities appear to have stalled over a bloated budget and the uncertain fate of a new social spending law which, if signed by the President, would represent a "red line" for the Fund. According to the IMF's Kyiv-based resident repre [...] | 2009-10-27 15:54:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH |
09KYIV1888 | PRESIDENT UNWILLING TO VETO BUDGET-BUSTING BILL [...] (C) Summary and comment: Putting the next IMF tranche in greater jeopardy, President Yuschenko indicated October 28 that he would not veto a pensions and wages spending bill that would add another $337 million to the government deficit in 2009 and $4.7 billion (or about 4% of GDP) in 2010, by [...] | 2009-10-29 15:05:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL PREL PGOV UP |
09KYIV1910 | GOU BROKE, NATIONAL BANK KEY TO UPCOMING GAS [...] (C) Summary. Ukrainian government coffers are all but empty and Naftohaz is unlikely to be able to meet upcoming gas payment obligations without support from the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU). Analysts forecast that the government needs to find $2.5 - $3.75 billion to cover expenses for the [...] | 2009-11-04 14:18:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ECON PREL UP |
09KYIV1916 | NBU REFUSES TO CONCEDE ON NAFTOHAZ AND UKRAINE [...] (C) Summary. The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) will continue to refuse to monetize government of Ukraine debt, despite a near empty GOU treasury and "psychological pressure" from Russia to make payments to Gazprom. In the NBU's view, the GOU will have enough resources via special IMF alloc [...] | 2009-11-05 16:41:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH |
09KYIV1920 | UKRAINE BUDGET MEASURE: A DARKER SHADE OF RED [...] (SBU) Summary. The Rada (Ukraine's parliament) adopted amendments to the 2009 budget that will allow implementation of the so-called social standards law. The move is likely to further destabilize Ukraine's partnership with the IMF, whose mission team had walked away from Kyiv in October, de [...] | 2009-11-06 13:53:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH |
09KYIV1943 | UKRAINE MINFIN ECONOMIST WANTS REFORM [...] (C) Summary. The new social spending law, which increases wages and pensions, would be disastrous for Ukraine's economic recovery, according to Volodymyr Parnyyuk, a leading Ministry of Finance economist. Even without the social spending increases, the GOU is facing a $3.75 billion or larger [...] | 2009-11-09 12:45:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ECON PREL UP |
09KYIV1981 | UKRAINE: NAFTOHAZ OPTIONS FOR GAS PAYMENTS [...] (C) Summary. Ukraine is expected to need about $1 billion to cover gas purchased from Russia in November and December. Prime Minister Tymoshenko has called on President Yushchenko to allow the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) to make its foreign currency reserves available for the gas payments. [...] | 2009-11-13 11:16:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENRG EREL PGOV PREL PINR UA RU |
09KYIV1982 | TYMOSHENKO'S DESPERATE BUDGET SCRAMBLE [...] (C) Summary. Members of parliament (MPs),the Cabinet of Ministers, and the Ministry of Finance doubt there will be any movement on Ukraine's draft 2010 budget before the presidential election, despite cajoling statements from Rada Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn. With the IMF's fourth loan tranche [...] | 2009-11-13 13:26:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH |
09KYIV1984 | WAKING UP TO UKRAINE'S FISCAL NIGHTMARE [...] (C) Summary. Payment delays have begun in Ukraine's regions and will get much worse in December 2009. January and February 2010 will be even darker, with no near-term causes for optimism in sight. Analysts from the IMF, World Bank, and EBRD ominously predict that, while social payments wil [...] | 2009-11-13 13:41:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH |
09KYIV2021 | CONCLUDING THE SAGA OF UKRAINE'S MOST TROUBLED BANK [...] (SBU) Summary. Nadra Bank, the much troubled Ukrainian financial institution, may be close to finalizing a deal with at least 75% of its external creditors, who hold $570 million of Nadra's total debt. Nonetheless, the Ukrainian government is giving signals that it could be changing tack and [...] | 2009-11-20 04:15:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EREL ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
09KYIV204 | UKRAINE'S CASE THAT IT DID NOT IMPEDE GAS SUPPLIES [...] (C) Summary and comment. A week after gas supplies have resumed to Ukraine and countries westward, the question of whether Ukraine or Russia is responsible for stopping supplies is still being raised. A close look at developments in the first week of January, however, shows that Russia was t [...] | 2009-01-30 08:41:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV PINR PREL UP |
09KYIV2057 | MORE UKRAINE BUDGET DRAMA [...] (SBU) Summary. After weeks of dithering, Ukraine's parliamentary budget committee approved hundreds of proposed amendments, only to see the draft 2010 budget get voted down in the Rada (Ukraine's parliament) on a floor vote. This orchestrated maneuver, designed to further delay the review pr [...] | 2009-11-25 13:26:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EREL ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
09KYIV2102 | TYMOSHENKO'S IMF SALVAGE OPERATION [...] (C) Summary. Ukrainian Prime Minister Tymoshenko dispatched Deputy Prime Minister Nemyria and Acting Finance Minister Umanskiy to Washington for meetings with IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn and high-level USG officials. Bearing a Letter of Intent (LOI) with three signatures -- [...] | 2009-12-07 14:03:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH |
09KYIV2122 | UKRAINE: 2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] (U) Corruption, organized crime, prostitution, smuggling, tax evasion, and trafficking in persons, drugs and arms continue to be sources of laundered funds in Ukraine. As of November 1, 2009, Ukraine has 185 licensed banks, five of which are state-owned. There are no offshore financial centers [...] | 2009-12-10 10:58:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM KTFN SNAR UP |
09KYIV2124 | YANUKOVYCH ACOLYTES PREACH ECONOMIC ORTHODOXY [...] (C) Summary. Viktor Yanukovych's top economic advisors are counseling liberal market reforms, despite the Party of Regions' pre-election populist appeals. Shadow Minister of Finance Mykola Azarov and shadow Minister of Economy Iryna Akimova separately told embassy officers that Yanukovych as [...] | 2009-12-10 14:08:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV ENGR PREL EFIN UP |
09KYIV2130 | "URGENT" WORRIES FROM UKRAINE FINANCE MINISTRY [...] (C) Ukrainian Deputy Minister of Finance Andriy Kravets notified the embassy on December 11 that Foreign Minister Poroshenko was planning today to ask IMF first deputy managing director John Lipsky to consider including Ukraine on the agenda of the next IMF board meeting. Poroshenko had rece [...] | 2009-12-11 10:52:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH |
09KYIV2133 | UKRAINE'S "SCARE TACTICS" OVER IMF LOAN [...] (C) Summary. Kyiv-based IMF resident representative Max Alier told Econoff on December 11 that GOU representatives deliberately misled Ukrainian and international media outlets into believing that Ukraine had met the IMF's "primary demands" for releasing a fourth loan tranche. Alier reitera [...] | 2009-12-14 12:19:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH |
09KYIV2135 | UKRAINE FOREIGN MINISTER'S CASE FOR IMF LOAN [...] (C) Summary. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Poroshenko described meetings with IMF deputy managing director Lipsky as "not constructive" and relations more generally with the IMF as "very bad". Poroshenko told the Ambassador on December 13 that he had weighed in with the Constitutional Court to [...] | 2009-12-15 12:47:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH |
09KYIV2140 | DPM NEMYRIA'S CASE FOR UKRAINE IMF TRANCHE [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Prime Minister Nemyria made a strong pitch to the Ambassador for the disbursement of a fourth IMF loan tranche to Ukraine. He talked of unreasonable IMF demands for the passage of a 2010 budget, explained why the central bank could not monetize for budget and gas payments [...] | 2009-12-16 13:24:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH |
09KYIV2147 | UKRAINIAN FINANCE MINISTRY GRIM ON BUDGET [...] (C) Summary. In preparation for DPM Nemyria's talks with IMF officials on December 17 and 18 (ref A),the GOU's top budget experts met with Kyiv-based IMF resident representative Max Alier to reconcile revenue and expenditure figures for 2009 and the first quarter of 2010. Talking separatel [...] | 2009-12-17 13:15:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH |
09KYIV2165 | UKRAINE: TYMOSHENKO RUNS ON POPULIST ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary. Although the presumed heir of the Orange Revolution's reform banner, Prime Minister Tymoshenko has not made a liberal economic platform a part of her current campaign for Ukraine's presidency. Instead, her platform promises a strong role for the state, both in the social secto [...] | 2009-12-17 15:31:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV ENGR PREL EFIN UP |
09KYIV2168 | ALFA BANK CONFIRMS NAFTOHAZ SYNDICATED LOAN TALKS [...] (C) Kyiv-based Alfa Bank executive Ivan Yurik confirmed to Econoff on December 18 that Russian banks were in final-stage negotiations over a syndicated loan to Ukrainian state energy company Naftohaz. The loan would likely cover Ukraine's January 7 and February 7 payments to Gazprom, Yurik b [...] | 2009-12-18 12:14:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH |
09KYIV2170 | RUSSIAN BANKS ACTIVE IN UKRAINE [...] (SBU) Summary. While other foreign-owned banks have shrunk their balance sheets, deep-pocketed Russian banks have expanded and increased their market share in Ukraine. VTB Bank (formerly Vneshtorgbank) and Vnesheconombank (VEB),two Russian state-owned banks, have made several high profile a [...] | 2009-12-18 13:08:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON UP XH |
09KYIV2171 | TALE OF TWO DEFAULTS: THE UKRZALIZNYTSA DEBT [...] (C) Summary. Following market angst over the possibility of a Ukrainian sovereign default, negotiations have resumed between creditors and Ukrzaliznytsa, the Ukrainian state-owned railway company, whose subsidiaries recently defaulted on a $110 million loan payment. An Ukrzaliznytsa advisor [...] | 2009-12-18 16:18:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH |
09KYIV2185 | IMF TO "ALLOW" UKRAINE TO SPEND RESERVES [...] (C) Summary. Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Nemyrya is returning from Washington with QQf}4dg>Eey but the same reform requirements -- in 2010, after Ukraine's new President is elected. End Summary Government Seeking Cover for the NBU to Monetize ------------------------------------------ [...] | 2009-12-23 10:42:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL PGOV UP |
09KYIV227 | UKRAINE FINANCE MINISTER'S SECRET PREDICTIONS [...] (SBU) In a leaked letter to PM Tymoshenko, Ukraine's Minister of Finance Viktor Pynzenyk has predicted the "very real" possibility of Ukraine's total economic collapse. Internet newspaper Ukrainska Pravda published the classified document, addressed to Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and the [...] | 2009-02-02 15:12:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP |
09KYIV228 | TYMOSHENKO ASKS FOR USG ASSISTANCE TO ADDRESS [...] (C) Summary and action request: Prime Minister Tymoshenko during a February 2 meeting with the Ambassador asked for both economic and political support as she grapples with Ukraine,s current crisis. She asked specifically for: 1) a USG bilateral budget support loan to help Ukraine address [...] | 2009-02-02 16:38:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ENRG EU PGOV PREL PU UP |
09KYIV229 | UKRAINE ASKS A GUARDED IMF TO SUPPORT A BUDGET [...] (C) The IMF told the Ambassador on February 1 that the GOU says it cannot run a balanced budget this year. It has asked the IMF for flexibility on this key conditionality of the $16.4 billion loan package, Ceyla Pazarbasioglu, head of the IMF mission performing the first formal review of the l [...] | 2009-02-02 16:41:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD ECON PREL XH UP |
09KYIV243 | UKRAINE'S BANKS SQUEEZED PRIOR TO RECAPITALIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary. Ukraine's banking sector troubles are among the IMF and World Bank's foremost concerns amidst a deepening financial crisis. Short of liquidity and with worsening loan performance by the day, banks are awaiting a decision by the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) and the GOU on a f [...] | 2009-02-05 04:58:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP |
09KYIV249 | UKRAINE: CHANCES FOR OPIC'S RETURN FADE AS GOU ADDS NEW [...] (SBU) The chances of OPIC returning to Ukraine soon have faded after the GOU introduced new requirements into the proposed settlement. For over a year, OPIC has been negotiating with Tasko Corp., a private firm that the GOU designated to settle the outstanding OPIC claim on its behalf, and lat [...] | 2009-02-05 15:24:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP |
09KYIV250 | UKRAINE'S TIGIPKO: ONCE AND FUTURE NBU CHIEF? [...] (SBU) Summary. In a statement that may presage his return to higher office, former National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Governor, Rada deputy, and influential commercial banker Sergey Tigipko declared on February 5 that the economic crisis in Ukraine is being consciously prolonged. He blamed inept [...] | 2009-02-05 16:17:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP |
09KYIV256 | UKRAINE: IMF APPEALS TO G7, EU TO FINANCE BILLION [...] (C) On February 5 IMF Mission Director Ceyla Pazarbasioglu told the G7 and EU ambassadors that Ukraine faces a $3.75 to $6.25 billion budget shortfall this year. She appealed to the ambassadors for direct financial support for Ukraine's budget, arguing that Ukraine had no other options to fina [...] | 2009-02-06 13:35:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD ECON PREL XH UP |
09KYIV265 | UKRAINE: A $5 BILLION LOAN FROM RUSSIA IN THE [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has confirmed that the GOU has held negotiations with Russia for a $5 billion loan to cover Ukraine's expected budget deficit in 2009. After details of the negotiations were leaked, Tymoshenko quickly asserted that discussions were only in very pr [...] | 2009-02-09 15:52:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
09KYIV288 | UKRAINE'S PENSION SYSTEM: A TICKING TIME BOMB [...] Summary: Ukraine's financially-unsustainable pay-as-you- go pension system is a leading contributor to the GOU's current budget crisis. A special payroll tax is meant to finance this pension system, but, despite excessively burdensome tax rates, every year the government must pay more and mor [...] | 2009-02-11 15:09:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EFIN ECON UP |
09KYIV295 | UKRAINE FINANCE MINISTER RESIGNS [...] (SBU) Summary. Ukraine's Finance Minister Viktor Pynzenyk abruptly resigned on February 12. As announced on the Ministry of Finance website and confirmed by Pynzenyk's special assistant, Pynzenyk did not "see any sense" in staying on "without influence" in the government. His assistant sta [...] | 2009-02-12 14:18:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP |
09KYIV311 | TIGIPKO TAPPED UKRAINE CRISIS COORDINATOR [...] (C) Summary. Sergey Tigipko told the Ambassador on February 11 that he has accepted a position as PM Yulia Tymoshenko's Deputy Prime Minister for economic affairs. Tigipko's daunting task will be to coordinate the GOU's anti-crisis efforts, reaching across political divides that have thus fa [...] | 2009-02-13 14:33:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
09KYIV338 | UKRAINE: TIGIPKO'S READY, BUT STILL NO DECISION ON [...] (C) Summary. Sergey Tigipko (a.k.a. Serhiy Tyhipko, see note on name transliteration in paragraph 6) told Econoff on February 19 that he is still being considered for a high-level position in Yulia Tymoshenko's government, though the situation remains fluid and no decisions on ministerial po [...] | 2009-02-19 15:57:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
09KYIV349 | UKRAINE: PRESIDENT SIGNS LAW TO RAISE IMPORT [...] (U) Summary: President Yushchenko on February 20 signed into law a bill that will impose a temporary, 13 percent increase in customs duties for a large number of imported goods. The law will come into effect in less than two weeks, and is scheduled to last six months. Supporters of the law h [...] | 2009-02-23 13:03:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN WTRO PGOV UP |
09KYIV360 | IMF COMPROMISE WOULD LEAVE SEVERE UKRAINE BUDGET [...] (C) Summary. Ukraine faces a glaring budget gap this year, even if it meets all IMF conditionalities and introduces severe budget discipline. The GOU has thus far failed to complete "prior actions" articulated by the IMF, necessary before the Fund can pay out the next tranche of its $16.4 bi [...] | 2009-02-24 12:37:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
09KYIV419 | UKRAINE: RAID ON NAFTOHAZ LATEST TWIST IN [...] (C) Summary. On March 4, forces from the Ukrainian National Security Service (SBU),which falls under the authority of President Victor Yushchenko, raided Naftohaz headquarters to seize documents related to the transfer of 11 billion cubic meters (bcm) of stored RosUkrEnergo (RUE) gas to Naft [...] | 2009-03-05 16:33:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EFIN EPET PGOV PINR PREL UP RS |
09KYIV421 | UKRAINE: NAFTOHAZ PAYS GAZPROM AND AVOIDS A NEW CONFLICT, [...] (SBU) On March 5 Naftohaz paid Gazprom in full for gas delivered in February. The payment of $360 million averted a possible repeat of the recent gas crisis after Russia had threatened to cut off deliveries if Naftohaz failed to pay by the March 7 deadline. Naftohaz paid despite its worsening [...] | 2009-03-06 11:08:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EFIN EPET PGOV PINR PREL RS UP |
09KYIV425 | UKRAINE: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS STRONG MESSAGE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Taylor has delivered a demarche protesting Ukraine's plans for a 13 percent surcharge on import duties to a range of high-level government officials, including the President. The GOU claims it opposed the law and appears to be looking for a way to remedy the situatio [...] | 2009-03-06 13:23:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN WTRO PGOV UP |
09KYIV430 | IMF UKRAINE PROGRAM IN JEOPARDY [...] (C) Summary. In the presence of G7 ambassadors and the World Bank, the Kyiv-based IMF resident representative told PM Yulia Tymoshenko on March 5 that there would be "little benefit" in the mission team returning to Ukraine without greater progress on the Fund's conditionalities. Despite a [...] | 2009-03-06 18:32:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
09KYIV466 | A View from the Window: Consular Elements of the Economic [...] (SBU) Summary: During the past several months, the Consular Section at Embassy Kyiv has seen changes that reflect the severe downturn in Ukraine's economy. As "economic crisis" became a ubiquitous refrain, the volume of nonimmigrant visa applications dropped noticeably. Fraudulent cases incre [...] | 2009-03-16 14:34:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS EFIN ECON ETRD KFRD XH PL UP |
09KYIV471 | UKRAINE: POLITICAL LEADERSHIP MAKES RENEWED EFFORT [...] (SBU) On March 11 President Yushchenko, PM Tymoshenko and NBU Governor Stelmakh met and announced concrete steps aimed at securing the overdue $1.8 billion second tranche of the IMF loan program. Most importantly, they pledged to reduce the planned budget deficit to 3 percent of GDP, a level [...] | 2009-03-16 15:06:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
09KYIV483 | UKRAINE: STELMAKH RETURNS, LASHES TYMOSHENKO [...] (C) National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Governor Stelmakh has returned to the political scene, and appears to have again taken clear control of the central bank. A reputable newspaper has claimed that President Yushchenko and PM Tymoshenko have agreed to keep Stelmakh at the NBU until the presiden [...] | 2009-03-17 15:21:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
09KYIV497 | UKRAINE: GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES DECREE TO ELIMINATE [...] (SBU) Senior GOU officials announced to the press on March 18 that the Cabinet of Ministers eliminated the 13 percent import tariff surcharge recently introduced by Law No. 923-VI (ref C),except for imported refrigerators and cars. (Note: We assume the exceptions are HS codes 8418 and 8702-8 [...] | 2009-03-19 15:01:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN WTRO PGOV UP |
09KYIV503 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT: UKRAINE [...] (SBU) Embassy Reviewed the S/CT request regarding critical infrastructure and key resources (CI/KR). Embassy's assessment is that CI/KR in Ukraine, if destroyed, disrupted or exploited, would not likely have an immediate and deleterious effect on the United States, and therefore does not meet [...] | 2009-03-20 16:33:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EFIN ENRG PGOV PREL PTER UP |
09KYIV518 | IMF ENCOURAGED BY UKRAINE PM'S PROPOSALS [...] (SBU) Summary. PM Tymoshenko has told the IMF that the GOU plans to put an anti-crisis package to a Rada vote on March 31, consisting of measures the IMF may consider satisfactory for the mission team's return. According to IMF resident representative Max Alier, "things have changed" betwee [...] | 2009-03-25 13:17:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EREL ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
09KYIV576 | RADA/YUSHCHENKO FALTER ON LEGISLATION REQUIRED BY [...] (C) On March 31, the Rada failed to include on its agenda three anti-crisis measures deemed essential by the IMF. Although PM Tymoshenko delivered unanimous support for the bills from her bloc, President Yushchenko's allies in the Rada did not support inclusion of the measures on the agenda. [...] | 2009-03-31 15:03:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN EREL PREL ETRD UP |
09KYIV591 | IMF HINTS AT RETURN TO UKRAINE [...] (C) Summary. The IMF is preparing to return to Ukraine in spite of Rada failures to pass needed spending cuts on March 31, according to its resident representative in Kyiv, Max Alier. Alier told us on April 1 that the IMF mission team would likely come back to Kyiv to engage in tough negoti [...] | 2009-04-02 16:21:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
09KYIV599 | EC OPTIMISTIC ON UKRAINIAN GAS PIPELINE COMMITMENTS [...] (SBU) On March 31 European Commission External Relations (RELEX) Energy Counselor Faouzin Bensarsa told us that President Yushchenko and PM Tymoshenko remain on message following the March 23 investment conference on Ukraine's gas transit system (reftel). Bensara, who was in Kyiv to discuss th [...] | 2009-04-06 08:45:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EFIN EPET PGOV PINR PREL RS UP EUN |
09KYIV620 | ABSENT BILATERAL FINANCING, UKRAINE NEEDS BROADER [...] (C) Summary. As the IMF mission team looks set to return to Kyiv on April 9, President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Tymoshenko have assured the IMF of their intention to see through more budget cutbacks when the Rada votes on key laws on April 14. Nonetheless, it appears that Ukraine's ensui [...] | 2009-04-08 18:49:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
09KYIV676 | UKRAINE: IMF LIKELY TO SUPPORT RISKY GOU MOVE TO [...] (C) On April 14 Prime Minster Yulia Tymoshenko moved quickly after the Rada again failed to include key IMF-related anti-crisis legislation on the agenda. Within hours of the failed vote, the CabMin passed 19 resolutions that aim to provide the fiscal discipline that the IMF expects in return [...] | 2009-04-16 09:51:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
09KYIV751 | UKRAINE: RINAT AKHMETHOV BUYS U.S. COAL COMPANY [...] (SBU) Metinvest, Ukrainian oligarch Rinat Akhmetov's metallurgical company, confirmed local media reports that it has purchased West Virginia based United Coal. Metinvest will announce the purchase later on April 30 in the U.S., Jock Mendoza-Wilson, investor relations chief of Akhmetov's SCM [...] | 2009-04-30 21:05:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EREL PINR PGOV PREL ECON EMIN XH UP |
09KYIV758 | DEPUTY SECRETARY REAFFIRMS U.S. COMMITMENT TO [...] (C) Deputy Secretary Steinberg conveyed the message that the Obama Administration strongly supports Ukraine's independence and sovereignty in meetings April 26-27 with Rada Speaker Lytvyn, former Speaker and presidential contender Arseniy Yatsenyuk, opposition Party of Regions representatives, [...] | 2009-05-06 14:31:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN EPET UP RS |
09KYIV785 | UKRAINE: PRIVATIZATION UNLIKELY TO HELP CLOSE BUDGET GAP [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukraine's 2009 budget foresees $1.1 billion of budget revenues this year, but the GOU is unlikely to earn anything near that amount from privatization of state-owned enterprises. The IMF, in its most recent review of its Stand-By Agreement, now estimates that Ukraine will gene [...] | 2009-05-08 17:04:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ECPS BEXP EINT UP |
09KYIV793 | NEC'S LIPTON WARNS OF UKRAINE'S ECONOMIC HAZARDS [...] (SBU) Summary. Special Assistant to the President for International Economic Affairs David Lipton and Treasury DAS for Europe Eric Meyer met with a wide range of high-level Ukrainian policy makers, businessmen, and bankers on April 26-28. Lipton warned of possible dangers to Ukraine's econom [...] | 2009-05-12 15:57:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
09KYIV865 | WESTERN UKRAINE VIEWS ON ECONOMY, EUROPE, AND [...] (C) Summary. Remittances from abroad are falling and banks are still shaky, but the economy in western Ukraine has stabilized in recent weeks, the Ambassador heard in Ivano-Frankivsk and Chernivtsi on May 13-15. On his final trip outside Kyiv before departing post, the Ambassador met with g [...] | 2009-05-21 16:34:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
09KYIV936 | UKRAINE CARBON SALES BOOST FINANCES, ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary. Needing to stave off Ukraine's budget crisis and simultaneously enhance the country's energy efficiency, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has supported selling 180 million metric tons of surplus carbon emissions rights to Japan, Switzerland, and New Zealand. Back-of-the-envelope [...] | 2009-06-02 10:00:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
09KYIV940 | EURO 2012: SOCCER ORGANIZER SHOWS UKRAINE THE YELLOW CARD [...] (SBU) Ukraine is in danger of losing the prestigious 2012 European soccer championships, which it is to co-host with Poland. Games were to be played in four Ukrainian cities, but the UEFA, Europe's ruling soccer body, has announced that only Kyiv is on track to be a host, and that its role coul [...] | 2009-06-02 12:02:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ECPS BEXP EINT UP |
09KYIV954 | IMF ON UKRAINE'S BUDGET AND BANKING BENCHMARKS [...] (C) Summary. Kyiv-based IMF resident representative Max Alier told us on June 2 that Ukraine remained far from completing structural benchmarks on bank reform, necessary for the disbursement of the IMF's third loan tranche. Ukraine was still saddled with an unfinanced budget deficit, the size [...] | 2009-06-03 15:23:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
09KYIV964 | IMF AND WORLD BANK: UKRAINE STALLED ON BUDGET [...] (SBU) Summary. The IMF and World Bank have told us that they do not foresee any net revenues or fiscal savings in the pipeline for Ukraine's strapped budget. Additionally, Ukraine has stalled on necessary reforms to qualify for a World Bank DPL loan. Ukraine's parliament increased excise ta [...] | 2009-06-04 14:53:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
09LAGOS101 | NIGERIA: OGUN STATE FREE TRADE ZONE PROJECTS STALLED [...] (SBU) Summary: The free trade zone (FTZ) projects in Ogun State, southwest Nigeria appear stalled by the global financial crisis and ongoing political wrangling in the state. EconSpec's visit to the Kajola Specialized Railway Industrial FTZ and the Ogun-Guangdong FTZ on February 23 revealed no [...] | 2009-03-05 06:33:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV NI |
09LAGOS111 | NIGERIA: TELECOM SECTOR TO WEATHER FINANCIAL STORM IN 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: Nigeria logs approximately 55 million active GSM lines as of first quarter 2009, up by 13 million new lines from 2008. Local mobile operators are cash-strapped given the global credit crunch and are seeking financing and alternative payment schemes from suppliers. Quality in se [...] | 2009-03-11 07:53:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EFIN NI |
09LAGOS143 | NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR ENGAGED LAGOS BUSINESS ELITES ON [...] (U) Summary: As part of the U.S. Mission Nigeria's National Week activities, Ambassador discussed political and economic issues with business executives and private sector leaders at the Lagos Island Club on February 24, and the Lagos Business School Breakfast Club on March 3. Lagos business e [...] | 2009-03-20 09:32:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID NI |
09LAGOS186 | NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ECONOMIC OUTLOOK WITH [...] (U) Summary: In her meetings with Bank PHB and Coca-Cola on March 23 and March 25, Ambassador engaged Bank PHB and Coca-Cola executives on their outlook on the economy. Bank PHB Managing Director expressed confidence in the Central Bank of Nigeria's (CBN) recent monetary policies, and in the co [...] | 2009-04-16 07:44:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID NI |
09LAGOS188 | NIGERIA: LAGOS FINANCIAL ELITES CRITICIZE CBN MONETARY [...] (SBU) Summary: As the financial crisis and economic downturn deepen in Nigeria, EconOff met Bismarck Rewane, CEO of Financial Derivatives Company and member of the President Economic Steering Committee, on April 1 and Doyin Salami, Professor at the Lagos Business School and member of the Presid [...] | 2009-04-17 07:17:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV NI |
09LAGOS189 | NIGERIA: LAGOS ECONOMISTS SEE MARKET DOWNTURN AS CYCLICAL, [...] (SBU) Summary: Ayo Teriba, Managing Director of Economic Associates, a premier economic research firm in Lagos, argues that Nigeria's economic down turn is cyclical and not structural. He also believes that the President's announcement of a deficit in the 2009 budget had set off panic among th [...] | 2009-04-17 08:04:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV NI |
09LAGOS198 | NIGERIA: GAS EXEC SAYS GASOLINE, KEROSENE SHORTAGE IMMINENT [...] (SBU) Summary: According to Adewale Tinubu, CEO of Oando Plc., Nigeria's largest indigenous energy group, the Government of Nigeria (GON) owes importers of refined petroleum products, namely gasoline and kerosene, USD 1 billion for products imported in 2008. Gasoline and kerosene are two primar [...] | 2009-04-21 11:44:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ECON EFIN EINV PGOV NI |
09LAGOS22 | NIGERIA NOT READY TO FACE LOOMING ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN [...] (SBU) Summary: Financial interlocutors say some state governments are planning for an oil price of USD 50 per barrel as the worst case scenario and have advocated drawing down the Excess Crude Account to finance their anticipated fiscal deficits. In the meanwhile, they are exploring alternativ [...] | 2009-01-14 13:52:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID NI |
09LAGOS24 | NIGERIA: ELECTRICITY REGULATOR DEVELOPING POWER [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 17, the head on the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC),Dr. Ransome Owan said that NERC is developing a memorandum of understanding for use by state governments and the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) to permit states to keep some of the power [...] | 2009-01-16 08:06:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV EFIN PGOV NI |
09LAGOS252 | NIGERIA: BOOMING SATELLITE TV MARKET SHOWS GROWING [...] (U) Summary: Nigeria's direct-to-home satellite television industry has grown many fold over the past several years as providers tapped the country's expanding middle class and feed consumers' demand for homegrown entertainment. Executives from both the South Africa-based Multichoice and Nige [...] | 2009-06-09 15:06:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ECPC EINV ETRD PGOV NI |
09LAGOS253 | Nigeria's Developers Return to Basics After High-End [...] (U) Summary: The precipitous fall in high-end housing prices in Lagos over the past several months has prompted real estate developers to shift focus to medium and lower-end accommodations where demand is strong and, while margins tend to be less, prices have exhibited a steady climb. Executi [...] | 2009-06-09 15:07:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV NI |
09LAGOS256 | NIGERIA: IMF PROJECTS 2.9 PERCENT GROWTH RATE [...] (U) Summary. Officials of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on May 19 made a presentation on the economic outlook for sub-Saharan Africa in Lagos, and predicted 2.9 percent real GDP growth for Nigeria in 2009, with 4 percent non-oil sector growth. The IMF commended the Central Bank of Nige [...] | 2009-06-09 15:42:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EAGR EAID EINV ETRD NI |
09LAGOS316 | NIGERIA: LAGOS BUILDS FRAMEWORK TO IMPROVE TRANSPORTATION [...] (U) Summary: Officials of the Lagos State Ministry of Transport and related agencies, met June 29-July 3, with U.S. Department of Transportation's Rita Daguillard and National Transit Institute Director Paul Larousse, to outline the state's efforts at creating an integrated transportation syst [...] | 2009-07-24 07:33:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ECPC EINV ETRD PGOV NI |
09LAGOS34 | NIGERIA: FCS HELPS COMPANY OBTAIN RELEASE OF FUNDS FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: Oceanic Bank refused both to pay interest on a USD 1 million dollar deposit made by U.S.-based Carmen Consulting Nigeria Ltd and to transfer the funds to the United States at Carmen's request. Oceanic provided misleading instructions for the release of the funds and even attempt [...] | 2009-01-26 12:36:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN NI |
09LAGOS358 | NIGERIA'S CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON THE DEFENSIVE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Governor Sanusi of Nigeria's Central Bank (CBN) has been defending himself in National Assembly Committees. At issue is the legality of his sacking of five bank Managing Directors (MD). Sanusi contends that his actions were legal, while members of the National Assembly want to [...] | 2009-09-09 07:15:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN NI PGOV |
09LAGOS359 | NIGERIA'S CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON THE DEFENSIVE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Governor Sanusi of Nigeria's Central Bank (CBN) has been defending himself in the National Assembly over his sacking of five Managing Directors. National Assembly members questioned Sanusi's use of CBN funds to prop up the five banks, and expressed a desire to be more involved i [...] | 2009-09-10 16:49:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV NI |
09LAGOS361 | WHERE DOES ALL THAT MONEY GO? THE MOVE TOWARD [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 27-28, the Senate Appropriations Committee held a zonal consultative meeting on inclusive budgeting in Osun state, inviting state governments, civil society organizations, and media from the southwest to provide input into the 2010 federal budget. The federal governm [...] | 2009-09-15 15:41:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EFIN KDEM SOCI NI |
09LAGOS388 | NIGERIA AFTER THE CENTRAL BANK AUDITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At September 29 Bank Directors Association (BDAN) of Nigeria forum bank directors received advice from Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Sanusi and former Chairman of Diamond Bank Pascal Dozie on how to form and run a proper board of directors. Sanusi's remarks were deliver [...] | 2009-10-16 07:11:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOC NI |
09LAGOS39 | NIGERIA: AES, GON IN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION [...] (SBU) Summary: International arbitration over a tax exemption dispute between U.S.-based AES Corporation and the Government of Nigeria is ongoing with hearings scheduled for the end of 2009 and settlement expected in early 2010. AES has drawn USD 40 million under the GON's USD 60 million lette [...] | 2009-01-28 11:20:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV EFIN PGOV NI |
09LAGOS393 | EXPERTS ASSESS NIGERIAN PETROLEUM INDUSTRY BILL [...] (SBU) Industry experts continue to review the pros and cons of the proposed Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). Increased GON revenue, and excluded credits for security, contracting, and finance costs remain key concern for oil companies. The GON has retained the consulting services of an oil and [...] | 2009-10-19 15:15:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ECON EFIN EINV PGOV NI |
09LAGOS446 | IOCS ASSUME PASSAGE OF NIGERIAN PETROLEUM BILL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-24 14:51:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON EFIN EINV PGOV NI |
09LAGOS447 | NIGERIAN MEDIATORS INCLUDED IN PIB PROCESS [...] (C) Vice President Goodluck Jonathan met with GON and private sector representatives to bridge their Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) gap. "Ten wisemen" are to be involved in PIB negotiations moving forward in a three-stage process. Progress was made with gas and shallow water fields while mid-s [...] | 2009-11-24 14:51:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON EFIN EINV PGOV NI |
09LAGOS453 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH STANDARD CHARTERED BANK [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met with top management of Standard Chartered Bank, which is growing in Nigeria by focusing on profitability, not size. Standard Chartered offered their approval of Central Bank Governor Sanusi,s reforms with some criticism of previous Central Bank Governor Soludo's ac [...] | 2009-11-30 08:24:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV NI |
09LAGOS473 | THE TRUE SCALE OF THE NIGERIAN BANKING CRISIS [...] (SBU) Former and current employees of Citibank participated in a November 13 discussion on the banking sector and ongoing reforms. They see green shoots of recovery on the horizon, but banking leaders in Nigeria took part in outright stealing. The end result could be 1.8 trillion naira (USD [...] | 2009-12-08 15:31:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV NI |
09LAGOS490 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH FIRSTBANK IN LAGOS [...] (C) FirstBank new CEO Onasanya briefed U.S. Mission on December 21 on the outcomes of the recent Central Bank retreat on banking and economic growth issues. With the audits completed, the banks are now focusing on consolidations and mergers with an emphasis on encouraging foreign banks to i [...] | 2009-12-30 06:45:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV NI |
09LAGOS92 | NIGERIA: FINANCIAL SECTOR SLOWDOWN POSES A SECURITY RISK [...] (SBU) Summary: During discussions on February 4, Professor Doyin Salami, Dean of the Lagos Business School told Econoffs he sees the downturn in the Nigerian stock market as a national security risk, especially as the government is preoccupied with dwindling revenues resulting from low oil pric [...] | 2009-03-02 08:41:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV NI |
09LAPAZ1053 | BOLIVIAN MINING, INDUSTRY OF INDECISION AND [...] (C) The Mining industry in Bolivia is in a state of uncertainty. Propelled by large investments to start operations at the San Bartolom and San Cristobal mines, the sector was responsible for 25% of Bolivia's GDP in 2008. Despite concerns about the local government, unions, community, and n [...] | 2009-07-20 18:49:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL BL |
09LAPAZ1141 | BOLIVIAN INFRASTRUCTURE: TRANSPORTATION GRIDLOCK [...] (C) Bolivia's ground transportation infrastructure is either in complete disrepair or the standard by which South America should be measured, depending on one's perspective. Seventy percent of Bolivia's 50,000 KM (31,000 miles) of roads are in need of repair, yet the 3521 KM (2188 miles) of [...] | 2009-08-04 20:44:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL BL |
09LAPAZ1166 | BOLIVIAN INFRASTRUCTURE: ELECTRIC INERTIA [...] (C) The Government of Bolivia (GOB) began negotiations in late July with the country's electric generation and distribution companies to reportedly nationalize the sector by the end of the year. As negotiations move forward, the GOB will find it is acquiring a sector that received no invest [...] | 2009-08-11 21:10:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL BL |
09LAPAZ126 | BOLIVIA POST-ATPDEA: WOOL COATS TO CARACAS? [...] (C) SUMMARY. As of December 15, Bolivian exporters can no longer use the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA) to send their goods tariff-free to the United States. While most goods can enter the United States under the General System of Preferences (GSP),many exporters, m [...] | 2009-01-28 18:36:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BEXP ECON EFIN ETRD KTDB KTEX VN BR |
09LAPAZ127 | BOLIVIAN GAS: LOWER SALES MAY HURT MORALES [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Evo Morales called in favors the first weeks of January, after Brazil announced it would cut its demand for natural gas by one-third (a potential loss of $600 million for Bolivia in the first four months of 2009). Morales sent delegations to both Brazil and Argentina in a [...] | 2009-01-28 19:38:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL EFIN PINR |
09LAPAZ183 | BOLIVIAN MINING: WORLDWIDE WOES AND LOCAL LAMENTS [...] (C) Summary: The U.S. presence in Bolivian mining will change dramatically over the next few years. Denver-based Apex Silver has announced the sale of all its San Cristobal Mine stock to former partner Sumitomo Corporation, which will take over full ownership of the largest silver mine in Bo [...] | 2009-02-04 22:08:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL BL |
09LAPAZ267 | LITHIUM: A NEW BATTERY FOR BOLIVIA'S ECONOMY? [...] (C) Summary: Recent articles from BBC, the New York Times, and business journals have created substantial buzz about the reportedly large reserves of lithium contained in Bolivia's Uyuni salt flat. On February 11, Bolivia's National Mining Director Freddy Beltran announced that four companies [...] | 2009-02-19 13:39:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL BL |
09LAPAZ4 | MORALES OFFERS OBAMA DIALOGUE, OR SETS TRAP? [...] (C) Summary: In a relatively restrained New Year's Day address, Bolivian President Evo Morales offered to dialogue with President-elect Barack Obama regarding suspension of Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act benefits instead of pursuing a complaint with the World Trade Organizati [...] | 2009-01-02 17:24:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR BL ECON EFIN |
09LAPAZ412 | BOLIVIAN CORRUPTION: MORE SCANDALS LIKELY [...] (C) As the Bolivian state extends its participation in the economy well beyond its capacity, corruption scandals are likely to surface across any number of the poorly managed and highly politicized state enterprises. The state hydrocarbon company (YPFB) is far and away the largest of these c [...] | 2009-03-17 18:16:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL EFIN PINR |
09LAPAZ472 | GAS SCANDAL TOUCHES TARIJA AND SQUEEZES OPPOSITION [...] (C) As corruption scandals swirl around President Morales and his administration, corruption may also provide a mechanism for a power-grab in the southern, gas-producing state of Tarija. Ironically, the same company, Catler-Uniservice, that was presumably making the payoff to Santos Ramirez [...] | 2009-03-27 12:50:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL EFIN PINR |
09LAPAZ478 | BOLIVIA: A VIEW FROM THE BANKS [...] (C) Bolivian bank executives report that the sector is currently solid, but bracing for more difficult economic times ahead. While weaker commodity prices and reduced remittances will take their toll on the real economy in 2009, the banker's greatest fear is that pressure on the Bolivian cu [...] | 2009-03-30 18:50:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL EINV BL EFIN PINR ASEC |
09LAPAZ508 | GOVERNMENT OF BOLIVIA FOLDS REGULATORY BODIES BACK [...] (C) The Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) economic model firmly places the state at the center of all economic activity. One more step will be taken toward this goal with the dismantling of the regulatory system that won accolades upon its creation in the early 1990s. The system featured sup [...] | 2009-04-01 20:35:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL EINV BL EFIN ASEC SENV |
09LAPAZ522 | BOLIVIAN GAS: ACTIVITY RETURNS TO THE GAS FIELDS [...] (C) Despite the controversy surrounding Santos Ramirez's tenure as head of Bolivia's state hydrocarbon company (YPFB),he was able to clarify partially the operating environment for the major players in the Bolivian gas sector. As a result, activity has returned to many fields. That said, [...] | 2009-04-06 15:41:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL EFIN PINR |
09LAPAZ69 | BOLIVIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 [...] (U) Bolivia remains a difficult place to do business. Economic activity is often disrupted by social unrest resulting from centuries of economic, political, and social inequality, and indigenous, labor, and anti-globalization organizations have recently targeted private investment )- particula [...] | 2009-01-15 17:10:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | BL EFIN EINV ETRD KTDB PGOV ELAB |
09LAPAZ812 | BOLIVIA TO ABSTAIN ON KOSOVO WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) Per reftel a instructions, Post did not deliver reftel point to Bolivian Government as doing so would be counterproductive at this time. The Bolivian government used former Ambassador Goldberg's past experience working on Balkan issues as "proof" he was conspiring against the Morales Admi [...] | 2009-06-03 20:16:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KVIR PREL BL |
09LAPAZ871 | PL-480: TWO YEARS OF FRUSTRATION [...] (C) As the Bolivian State presses forward with its desire to more fully control U.S. donations, the attempt to program and use PL-480 Title I funds provides an insightful case study. Following the monetization of agricultural commodities in 2004-05, about $6.7 million was planned to be joint [...] | 2009-06-15 13:13:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV AGR FAO FAS IFAD IICA BL EFIN PINR |
09LAPAZ89 | U.S./BOLIVIA RELATIONS: HOW WE GOT HERE [...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales has repeatedly stated that he will "never break relations with the United States," and he has recently expressed hopes that bilateral relations will improve under the Obama administration. Privately, however, high-level officials told us as early as 2007 tha [...] | 2009-01-21 19:02:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR PTER ECON EFIN EAID BL |
09LAPAZ968 | BOLIVIAN GAS: PURGATORY [...] (C) Over the past three years investments in the Bolivian gas fields have been minimal; this is changing, as companies have begun to make significant investments to guarantee enough gas for both domestic demand and exports to Brazil (with any excess going to Argentina). Moments of optimism [...] | 2009-06-30 14:31:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL EFIN PINR |
09LIBREVILLE133 | SLOW START FOR CENTRAL AFRICAN STOCK EXCHANGE [...] (SBU) The Libreville-based Central African Stock Exchange (BVMAC) is off to a modest start, and has failed to persuade any company to list on the exchange since its August 2008 debut. BVMAC management cites several obstacles, including the existence of a separate stock exchange in the region, [...] | 2009-04-03 09:30:00 | Embassy Libreville | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECIN PREL GB CN |
09LIBREVILLE139 | SAO TOME & PRINCIPE - UPDATE ON MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE [...] (SBU) Senior political leadership in Sao Tome and Principe (STP),including the president and prime minister, remain committed to the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) threshold program but frustrated over what they perceive as a lack of progress. MCC Threshold Programs Director Malik Ch [...] | 2009-04-06 09:50:00 | Embassy Libreville | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EFIN ETRD ECON KMCA TP |
09LIBREVILLE14 | INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 - GABON [...] Per reftel, following is the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Gabon. ------------------------------ Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. Gabon is generally open to foreign investment, with foreign firms controlling the country's three main sources of inco [...] | 2009-01-13 10:56:00 | Embassy Libreville | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV OPIC USTR KTDB EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV GB |
09LIBREVILLE15 | INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 - SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE [...] Per reftel, following is the Investment Climate Statement for Sao Tome and Principe. ------------------------------ Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. While the Government of Sao Tome and Principe (GoSTP) has a positive attitude toward foreign investment, cu [...] | 2009-01-13 11:00:00 | Embassy Libreville | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV OPIC USTR KTDB EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV TP |
09LIBREVILLE230 | GABON'S CHINESE-BACKED 3.6 BILLION IRON MINE PROJECT AT A [...] (SBU) Since Gabon's May 2008 agreement with Chinese authorities for the development of Gabon's rich Belinga iron ore deposit (Ref. B),preliminary infrastructure work has stalled and no further activities are underway. Unofficial reports from government, diplomatic, and NGO sources cite the c [...] | 2009-05-22 07:08:00 | Embassy Libreville | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EFIN EMIN PGOV GB CH |
09LIBREVILLE235 | GABON RESPONSE TO KOSOVO WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-26 14:13:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV GB KV |
09LIBREVILLE236 | SAO TOME & PRINCIPE: KOSOVO WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP [...] (U) EconOff delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Homero Salvaterra, Special Counselor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs for Sao Tome & Principe, on March 22. 2.(C) Ambassador Salvaterra understood our position, but was unable to confirm the support of the Government of Sao Tome & Princip [...] | 2009-05-26 15:07:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL TP KV |
09LIBREVILLE239 | GABON: ANTI-CORRUPTION NGO MEETS WITH SENIOR GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) An international delegation from the NGO Publish What You Pay (PWYP) met with senior Gabonese government officials recently to discuss transparency in the oil, mining and timber industries and alleged mistreatment of local PWYP officials. The delegation reported that their meetings were [...] | 2009-05-28 16:02:00 | Embassy Libreville | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV GB |
09LIBREVILLE47 | CENTRAL AFRICAN LEADERS CONFRONT ECONOMIC CRISIS [...] SUMMARY: The heads of state of the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) met in Libreville to discuss regional implications of the current world economic crisis and to plan concerted measures to deal with the crisis. Also on the agenda were the estimated USD 584 million inves [...] | 2009-02-06 09:17:00 | Embassy Libreville | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID ECIN GB CM CT CD CF EK ZF |
09LIBREVILLE48 | ECHOES OF WORLD ECONOMIC CRISIS SOUND IN GABON [...] SUMMARY: With an economy almost entirely dependent on the export of raw materials -- mainly petroleum, manganese, and timber -- Gabon has experienced significant recessionary effects linked to the current international economic crisis. Private sector decision-makers are taking a cautious appro [...] | 2009-02-06 09:35:00 | Embassy Libreville | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EPET EMIN EAGR GB |
09LILONGWE152 | MALAWI: AN ACRIMONIOUS START TO TOBACCO SEASON [...] SUMMARY: Malawi's tobacco auction season began on March 16 in conflict and confusion. By far the country's most important export, tobacco plays a critical role in the country's economy. President Mutharika's attempt to fix minimum floor prices in this election year has further increased farm [...] | 2009-03-20 07:50:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EFIN ETRD ECON MI |
09LILONGWE181 | MALAWI: IMF FORGIVES OVERSPENDING, HIGHLIGHTS STRONG [...] SUMMARY: A just-concluded IMF mission to Malawi found that the GOM had sufficiently met Fund benchmarks to justify continuation of the one-year ESF agreement extended in late 2008. The IMF team and the GOM compromised on how to account for overspending on the 2008 fertilizer subsidy program. [...] | 2009-04-03 10:21:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD MI |
09LILONGWE252 | MALAWI: VOTING FOR KOSOVO'S WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP [...] Malawi voted in favor of Kosovo's membership in the IMF and has informed Post that it has voted in favor of its World Bank membership as well. 2. Malawi's Minister of Finance and Minister of Economic Planning and Development (MEPD) serve as Governor and Alternate Governor, respectively, to [...] | 2009-05-12 14:52:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PREL MI |
09LILONGWE27 | MALAWI: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] The government encourages both domestic and foreign investment in most sectors of the economy without restrictions on ownership, size of investment, source of funds, and destination of final product. There is no government screening of foreign investment in Malawi. Apart from the privatization [...] | 2009-01-20 14:48:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC MI |
09LILONGWE387 | MALAWI'S 2009-10 BUDGET: NO SURPRISES TO START MUTHARIKA'S [...] Summary: Minister of Finance Ken Kandodo presented the first budget of President Mutharika's second term to Malawi's National Assembly on July 3. Largely a continuation of previous GOM economic policies, the budget contained no significant surprises. Spending is projected to increase to USD [...] | 2009-07-09 16:10:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND EAID ETRD PGOV MI |
09LILONGWE489 | MALAWI: CURRENCY PEG PROMPTS BALANCE OF PAYMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Malawi's foreign exchange reserves have dipped below the level of one month's import coverage, prompting central bank officials to request urgent donor assistance. The IMF has plans to send a new mission to Malawi in October, but the Fund wants to see a coherent GOM exchange r [...] | 2009-09-01 09:32:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID PGOV MI |
09LILONGWE594 | MALAWI: ECONOMY WEAKENS AS IMF BEGINS NEW MISSION [...] (SBU) Summary: Malawi escaped relatively unscathed from the global economic downturn, but strains on the economy are becoming increasingly apparent, with a shortage of foreign exchange particularly problematic. An IMF team is in the country discussing with the GOM a possible financial program [...] | 2009-11-04 12:54:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID MI |
09LILONGWE610 | MALAWI BLINKS, AGREES TO POLICY PACKAGE ACCEPTABLE [...] (U) Summary: A recent IMF mission to Malawi has reached an agreement with the GOM that will allow Malawi to obtain a new support package. The GOM has made macro-economic and structural policy commitments on fiscal and monetary discipline and a liberalization of the exchange rate regime. The [...] | 2009-11-13 10:44:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID MI |
09LILONGWE642 | MALAWI TO EASE FOREX PEG, OTHER RESTRICTIONS [...] (SBU) Governor of the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) Perks Ligoya told the Ambassador the RBM will allow the exchange rate to move, and will relax its rules regarding forex deposits with the bank in an effort to address the country's ongoing foreign exchange shortage. The Government will further [...] | 2009-11-25 14:18:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL ECON MI |
09LILONGWE647 | MALAWI: CONTINUING FUEL CRISIS BITES DEEPER INTO [...] (SBU) Summary: A month-long fuel shortage continues to plague Malawi. Efforts to resolve the crisis continue to fall short of demand, with shortages now affecting petrol and parafin as well as diesel. While the transportation industry was the first to feel the effects of the shortage, the cr [...] | 2009-12-01 14:53:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ECON EFIN MI |
09LILONGWE78 | MALAWI'S ECONOMY: DARK CLOUDS GATHERING [...] (C) Summary. According to the World Bank and IMF, massive overruns in the Malawian government's agricultural input subsidy program are creating in a budget shortfall, which the local World Bank Country Manager estimates may reach as high as USD 70 million, with no clear prospects for closing t [...] | 2009-02-13 12:31:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EAGR MI |
09LIMA1118 | JULY TRADE AND INVESTMENT BRIEFS [...] This is an update on the following trade and investment news from Peru: Trade -- Peru and the EU - In Final Negotiations for FTA -- Peru-Singapore FTA Enters into Force on August 1 -- Peru-Japan Conclude Second Round of Negotiations -- Other Trade Agreements on the Horizon -- Peru Takes O [...] | 2009-08-04 21:19:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV ECON EFIN USTR PE |
09LIMA1269 | AUGUST TRADE AND INVESTMENT BRIEFS [...] This is an update on the following trade and investment news from Peru: Trade - Peru and Singapore FTA Enters into Force - Peru and EU, Difficulties with IPR - Government Says Peru-Chile FTA Not Unconstitutional - One More Year for Peru-Mexico Agreement - Peru Seeks Customs Cooperation wi [...] | 2009-08-31 16:50:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV ECON EFIN USTR PE |
09LIMA146 | GARCIA AT THE HALF-WAY MARK [...] (C) Summary: At the ... id: 190261 date: 2/3/2009 22:13 refid: 09LIMA146 origin: Embassy Lima classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: P 032213Z FEB 09 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9983 INFO AMEMBASSY ASUNCION PRIORITY AMEMBASSY BOGOTA PRIORITY AMEMBASSY BRASILIA PRIO [...] | 2009-02-03 22:13:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR PINR ECON EFIN ETRD PE |
09LIMA1472 | SEPTEMBER TRADE AND INVESTMENT BRIEFS [...] This is an update on the following trade and investment news from Peru: Trade - Possible Delays in FTA Negotiations with Japan - Peru Unlikely to Conclude FTA with EU this Year - Peru and Thailand Said to Sign FTA in November - Textile Imports Grow to Highest Level in Six Months Investm [...] | 2009-10-02 20:27:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV ECON EFIN USTR PE |
09LIMA156 | JANUARY TRADE AND INVESTMENT BRIEFS [...] This is an update on the following trade and investment news from Peru: Trade -- Peru and Japan to Begin FTA Negotiations in February -- Negotiations with EU May Conclude in 6 months -- Chilean FTA Enters into Force on March 1 -- Peruvian Beer Company Exports to the U.S. and Europe -- U.S [...] | 2009-02-06 14:00:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV ECON EFIN USTR PE |
09LIMA1675 | Peru's Financial Intelligence Unit- Reinvigorated [...] (C) Summary: The Peruvian Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU),under new management since February 2009, has shown renewed vigor as demonstrated by the exponential increase in the number of intelligence reports entering the judicial system compared to 2008. Based on these cases, the FIU estimate [...] | 2009-12-01 19:27:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN EINT PTER SNAR PE KTFN DEA TRSY |
09LIMA1725 | Cabinet Change: Araoz to Ministry of Economy [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the resignation of Economy Minister Luis Carranza, Mercedes Araoz (previously Minister of Production) was sworn in to assume the post December 22. President Garcia publicly tasked Araoz with maintaining Peru's reputation for fiscal discipline. Observers believe [...] | 2009-12-23 22:06:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EINV ECON EFIN ETRD PE |
09LIMA1892 | PERU RESPONSE: US WTO REMANUFACTURING INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-03 14:04:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD PREL ECON WTRO PE |
09LIMA324 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT: PERU [...] (S/NF) In response to reftel, post determines that the only infrastructure or resources in Peru that may qualify as critical foreign dependencies are some of Peru's key mines. Peru is among the top five producers in the world of silver, copper, zinc, tin, lead, molybdenum, and gold. According [...] | 2009-03-11 20:13:00 | Embassy Lima | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER KCIP EMIN PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG PE |
09LIMA62 | FINANCIAL CRISIS SLOWS GROWTH - STIMULUS PACKAGE [...] (C) Summary: The global financial crisis has slowed Peru's strong growth. While 2008 closed with growth at over 9%, estimates for 2009 have continued to undergo downward revision to about 5.5%. Peru's dependence on metals exports has resulted in mixed effects. The sharp fall of base metals [...] | 2009-01-16 13:06:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PE |
09LIMA77 | PERU 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] The Government of Peru (GOP) seeks to attract investment -- both foreign and domestic -- in nearly all sectors of the economy. The U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA),signed by President Bush and President Garcia on December 14, 2007, and set to enter into force on February 1, 2009, sh [...] | 2009-01-21 18:52:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD KTDB ELAB PGOV OPIC USTR PE |
09LIMA776 | APRIL TRADE AND INVESTMENT BRIEFS [...] This is an update on the following trade and investment news from Peru: Trade -- Peru and China Sign Free Trade Agreement -- Peru and South Korea Second Round of Negotiations -- Peru and Japan Start Trade Negotiations in May Investment -- Little Caesars Opens in Peru -- French-English [...] | 2009-06-01 22:43:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV ECON EFIN USTR PE |
09LIMA985 | JUNE TRADE AND INVESTMENT BRIEFS [...] This is an update on the following trade and investment news from Peru: Trade -- FTA with Canada - Peruvian Congress Approved -- FTA with Japan - First Round Completed -- FTA with S. Korea - Third Round Held Investment -- Toyota Markets Hybrids to Peru -- Nextel Awarded Concession F [...] | 2009-07-09 21:43:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV ECON EFIN USTR PE |
09LISBON105 | PORTUGAL TOURISM FEELING ECONOMIC PINCH [...] In a February 11 breakfast meeting ten Portuguese travel and tourism contacts told the Ambassador the Portuguese tourism industry is suffering from the impact of the global financial crisis, and tourism to the US is harder hit due to poor marketing of US travel destinations. The group also c [...] | 2009-02-19 15:43:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND PGOV PO |
09LISBON108 | PORTUGAL RECEIVES PRE-NOTIFICATION OF US PROPOSAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-20 13:41:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN ETRD ETTC PO |
09LISBON109 | PORTUGUESE FM AMADO HOPES TO ATTEND MARCH 2 [...] (SBU) On February 19,Pol-Econ officer shared reftel points with Portuguese MFA Officer Florbela Cardy and underscored the importance of Portugal's engaged participation in the event. Cardy told us that Portuguese Foreign Minister Luis Amado wants to attend the event and believes that it will b [...] | 2009-02-20 13:41:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAL KWBG EFIN PGOV PTER PHUM PO |
09LISBON110 | PORTUGAL INFORMED OF U.S. TERRORIST FINANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-20 13:42:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID PO |
09LISBON216 | PORTUGAL RESPONSE TO IMF / WORLD BANK DEMARCHE [...] (C) Pol/Econ Counselor, together with the British DCM in Lisbon, on April 17 delivered reftel demarche regarding Kosovo's application to join the IMF and World Bank. Liliana Mascarenhas Neto, the Director for European Affairs at the Portuguese MFA, took note of our points, particularly the im [...] | 2009-04-17 15:26:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PO |
09LISBON217 | PORTUGAL BANKERS SEE PROGRESS BUT A DIFFICULT 2010 [...] (U) On April 14 five leading Portuguese financiers told the Ambassador the Portuguese economy is faring well through the first year of the global financial crisis but rising unemployment and higher interest rates are looming challenges for 2010. The group called for a stronger hand by the Ce [...] | 2009-04-17 15:28:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN PGOV PO |
09LISBON223 | PORTUGAL TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION POCS [...] Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO): Name: Gary Applegarth Title: Political/Economic Officer Phone: 351-21-770-2575 Email - Unclassified: ApplegarthGB@state.gov Email - Classified: ApplegarthGB@state.sgov.gov 2. Deputy TFCO: Name: Gina Felix Title: Political Assistant [...] | 2009-04-20 16:21:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER PO |
09LISBON238 | PORTUGAL TO SUPPORT KOSOVO'S IMF / WORLD BANK BID [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-30 09:57:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PO |
09LISBON256 | TERRORISM FINANCE: UN DESIGNATION OF ABDUL HAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-14 14:38:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID |
09LISBON269 | PORTUGAL: UNSC 1718 DESIGNATION OF DPRK ENTITIES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-20 13:03:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP EFIN ETTC PREL PARM |
09LISBON31 | PORTUGAL NOTIFIED OF US NONPROLIFERATION SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-15 15:44:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | GM KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN PO |
09LISBON34 | PORTUGAL: FINANCIAL SECTOR MORE STABLE [...] (C) The Portuguese financial market is more stable than it was in October and November of 2008 but the economy is still threatened by a negative trade balance, tight liquidity and rising unemployment. Pedro Penalva of AIG Europe and Paulo Gray Pereira of Citibank International told us this w [...] | 2009-01-16 11:05:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN PO |
09LISBON354 | PORTUGAL: IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1874 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-02 13:16:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PARM PREL MNUC KNNP PO |
09LISBON364 | PORTUGAL ECONOMY MINISTER RESIGNS, FINANCE [...] (U) Finance Minister Fernando Teixeira dos Santos was sworn in as Portugal's Economy Minister on July 6, replacing Manuel Pinho, who resigned on July 2 after making an insulting gesture toward Communist parliamentary leader Bernandino Soares during the "state of the nation" session in parliam [...] | 2009-07-07 14:32:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PO |
09LISBON365 | PORTUGAL OPPOSES THE ITSO DG PUSH FOR ARBITRATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-07 14:46:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA AORC ECON ECPS EFIN PREL TSPA PO |
09LISBON374 | PORTUGAL UN 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN) SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-15 09:38:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PREL PTER PO |
09LISBON375 | TERRORISM FINANCE: UN AND U.S. DOMESTIC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-15 09:38:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID |
09LISBON43 | PORTUGAL'S 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] The following is Portugal's submission for the 2009 Investment Climate Statement: A. Openness to Foreign Investment --------------------------------- Portugal offers a favorable investment climate for foreign capital, both in the near and long term. Its economy has become increasingly div [...] | 2009-01-21 15:32:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR PO |
09LISBON583 | PORTUGAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON EU DESIGNATION FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-20 08:40:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP EFIN PARM KN ETTC EUN UNSC PO |
09LISBON608 | IBERO-AMERICAN SUMMIT DOMINATED BY HONDURAS DISPUTE [...] (U) Delegations from twenty-two Iberian and Latin American nations attended the nineteenth Ibero-American Summit in Estoril, Portugal November 29-December 1. The summit's theme was "Innovation and Knowledge" and featured discussions on technology and innovation collaboration, social developm [...] | 2009-12-04 07:03:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECIN EFIN PREL AN XM CU DR SP PO |
09LISBON621 | PORTUGAL: GROWING TENSION IN PARLIAMENT TESTS [...] (SBU) In September elections, Socialist PM Socrates lost the absolute majority in Parliament he had enjoyed for four years. The Socialists now have 97 seats in the 230-seat Parliament, but have chosen to govern as a minority rather than enter into a coalition with the opposition. Two months [...] | 2009-12-15 12:23:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN SOCI PO |
09LISBON624 | PRIVATE SECTOR HELP FOR GUINEA-BISSAU ON CUSTOMS, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-17 12:28:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD ETTC EWWT PREL SNAR PO |
09LISBON633 | PORTUGAL: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] The text of Embassy Lisbon's 2009 Country Report on Terrorism follows: Portugal Portugal worked proactively with other nations to combat terrorism and disrupt funding for terrorist groups. Portugal does not have any indigenous terrorist groups, therefore the legal system and law enforcem [...] | 2009-12-24 09:48:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS PINS PREL AEMR PO |
09LISBON90 | PORTUGAL BACKS IRENA, IBERIA LNG AND RENEWABLES [...] (C/NF) Portugal views the recent meeting of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) as a success and hopes the US and other large nations will join the new body. In the wake of last month's European natural gas supply disruptions the GOP continues to promote the Iberian peninsula a [...] | 2009-02-10 15:18:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENRG KGHG TRGY PO |
09LJUBLJANA107 | SLOVENIA: TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER [...] Embassy Ljubljana's terrorism finance coordination officer is Evan Haglund, political and economic officer, (386) 1-200-5676, haglundet@state.gov, haglundet@state.sgov.gov. Post's deputy terrorism finance coordination officer (until July 15) is Andrea Finnegan, political and economic officer, [...] | 2009-04-16 09:48:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KTFN EFIN ETTC SI |
09LJUBLJANA111 | SLOVENIA LOBBYING OTHERS TO VOTE YES ON KOSOVO IFI [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-17 14:27:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL KV SI |
09LJUBLJANA116 | QUESTIONABLE BANK LOANS EXPOSE SLOVENIAN [...] (C) Dr. Drasko Veselinovic, president of mostly state-owned Nova Ljubljanska Banka (NLB),offered his resignation on April 20, only two months after he took the position. The offer of resignation reflects rising tensions within the governing coalition over NLB's decision to extend the payment [...] | 2009-04-22 16:25:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINT PGOV SI |
09LJUBLJANA12 | 2009 SLOVENIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] In response to reftel, the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Slovenia follows: A.1 Openness to Foreign Investment ---------------------------------- A European Union member since May 1, 2004 and a eurozone member since January 1, 2007, Slovenia has a strong mix of qualities to recommend [...] | 2009-01-15 17:07:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD ELAB USTR OPIC KTDB SI |
09LJUBLJANA123 | SLOVENIA'S VOTE FOR KOSOVO IMF MEMBERSHIP TO COME [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-24 15:43:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV KV SI |
09LJUBLJANA13 | SLOVENIA: UNSCR 1267 PRENOTIFICATIONS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-16 15:07:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN PTER ETTC SI |
09LJUBLJANA132 | SLOVENIA TO VOTE YES ON KOSOVO IMF MEMBERSHIP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-04 15:33:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV KV SI |
09LJUBLJANA181 | SLOVENIAN ECONOMY KEEPS ITS HEAD ABOVE WATER, BUT [...] (SBU) Slovenia,s economy continues to be in a slump, but leaders disagree about just how bad the economy is. Prime Minister Pahor was quoted in an newspaper interview on June 27 saying: "the global economic crisis will be longer and deeper than originally expected. We're witnessing the bigge [...] | 2009-07-06 05:59:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENRG ETTC SI |
09LJUBLJANA185 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNSCR 1874 FINANCIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-06 16:31:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PARM PREL KNNP SI |
09LJUBLJANA196 | SLOVENIA WORKING TO ADDRESS FINNISH ALLEGATIONS IN [...] (C) After discussions with Slovenia's Minister of Justice and Chief Prosecutor-General about Finnish allegations circulated at the June OECD Working Group on Bribery, post expects Finland and Slovenia will clear up the misunderstandings that gave rise to the allegations in September - before t [...] | 2009-07-16 14:59:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON OECD EFIN SI |
09LJUBLJANA241 | LETTER DELIVERED: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REQUESTED [...] (SBU) On August 5, Emboff delivered the letter from EEB Acting A/S Nelson to Mitja Mavko of the Ministry of Finance (reftel). Mavko confirmed discussions between himself and David Freudenwald regarding the need for additional documentation. He explained that in order to continue the process, [...] | 2009-08-05 15:20:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA EFIN SI |
09LJUBLJANA42 | SLOVENIA TO ANNOUNCE ASSISTANCE TO GAZA AT SHARM [...] (U) This is an action request; see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Slovenia's Foreign Minister, Samuel Zbogar, plans to present details on Slovenia's assistance efforts at the March 2 donors' conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, according to Polonca Smole of the MFA's Middle East section. She told us on Feb [...] | 2009-02-20 15:50:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EFIN PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG SI |
09LJUBLJANA60 | FINANCE MINISTER SAYS SLOVENIAN ECONOMY BETTER OFF [...] (SBU) CDA met with Finance Minister France Krizanic on March 6 to discuss Krizanic's views of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) and Slovenia's overall economic position. Krizanic appeared realistic, but upbeat about Slovenia's financial situation. He explained that while Slovenia avoided the [...] | 2009-03-06 17:02:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PINR PREL SI |
09LJUBLJANA61 | SLOVENIAN ECONOMY DOWN, BUT NOT OUT [...] (C) Slovenia is facing the most severe economic times in its eighteen-year history. A director of the Government Institute of Economic Analysis and Development (IMAD) said at a press conference on that the first quarter of 2009 will be the worst since independence and that Slovenia has not yet [...] | 2009-03-09 17:07:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL SI |
09LJUBLJANA68 | ECON MINISTER TALKS ABOUT FINANCIAL CRISIS, U.S. [...] (C) CDA discussed with Slovenian Minister of Economy Matej Lahovnik on March 11 the Global Economic Crisis, Slovenia's economic position, and opportunities for U.S. investments in Slovenia. CDA urged Slovenia, as part of the EU, to address the financial vulnerabilities in Central and Eastern Eu [...] | 2009-03-13 17:27:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD PINR PREL SI |
09LJUBLJANA75 | SLOVENIA TO PROVIDE GAZA ASSISTANCE THROUGH [...] (SBU) Urska Potocnik, advisor in the MFA's international development and humanitarian assistance division, confirmed to emboff March 12 that the Slovene government would provide 146,000 euros to Slovenian NGOs for assistance to Gaza, as pledged at the Sharm El Sheikh conference (reftel A). She [...] | 2009-03-19 13:30:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM EFIN PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG SI |
09LJUBLJANA77 | USAID DEBT DOCUMENTS DELIVERED [...] Per reftel A, on March 19 Emboffs delivered letter from EEB Acting Assitant Secretary Nelson and the referenced attachments to Finance Ministry's Andrej Kavcic, Head of the International Finance Department and Katja Bozic, Director General of Financial Systems. Kavcic thanked us for the mater [...] | 2009-03-20 16:26:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTIA SI |
09LJUBLJANA78 | SLOVENIA: ADDRESS FINANCIAL CRISIS IN CEE ON [...] (C) Emboffs met with Ministry of Finance officials Katja Bozic, Director General of Financial Systems, and Andrej Kavcic, Head of the International Finance Department, to discuss Slovenia's views on the Global Financial Crisis. Per reftel A, emboffs urged European leadership and proactive flex [...] | 2009-03-20 16:33:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON EFIN EUN PREL SI |
09LOME17 | TOGO - 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] The following is Togo's 2009 Investment Climate Statement as requested in reftel: OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT 2. Togo has traditionally provided a hospitable environment for foreign investment. However, political instability has diminished both opportunities and investor confidence. T [...] | 2009-01-16 11:36:00 | Embassy Lome | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR TO |
09LONDON1040 | FAINT SIGNS OF SPRING, BUT ECONOMIC RECOVERY IN U.K. AT [...] (SBU) Summary: UK Government officials have been increasingly optimistic in their outlooks for economic recovery. Business Secretary Peter Mandelson, said he sees "green seedlings" in the British economy, while Chancellor Alistair Darling forecast positive growth figures by the end of the year [...] | 2009-05-01 15:20:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV UK |
09LONDON1044 | UK BANKS CONCERNED EU REGULATIONS RUSHED THROUGH WITHOUT [...] (SBU) Summary: At a roundtable discussion, representatives from seven global banks expressed concern that, while the European Commission is pressing forward with financial regulatory reform at top speed, many reforms did not appear coordinated with the UK government or with other G20 countries [...] | 2009-05-05 08:40:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK |
09LONDON1049 | HOUSING MARKET GREEN SHOOTS COULD SUFFER "RENEWED [...] (SBU) Summary: The UK is beginning to see positive signs in the housing market, but recovery is fragile and in its early stages. Adrian Coles, director-general of the Building Societies Association (BSA),told us a microscope is necessary to see the green shoots, but house prices may be botto [...] | 2009-05-05 14:57:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV UK |
09LONDON1160 | UK FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS COMPANY OFF TO A [...] (SBU) Summary: UK Financial Investments Limited (UKFI) oversees HMG's share in nationalized banks. It aims to dispose of the government investments in the banks while representing the interests of taxpayers as shareholders. UKFI is owned by the Treasury but is not technically a part of its [...] | 2009-05-15 10:15:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK |
09LONDON118 | UK IRAN SANCTIONS ROUNDUP [...] (S/NF) Summary. British officials are eager to apply additional pressure on Iran's nuclear program. They are pursuing domestic and multilateral options, including possibly broadening the category of products requiring export licenses, imposing EU sanctions on additional Iranian banks, and testing [...] | 2009-01-16 10:33:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN KNNP MNUC PARM ECON ETTC IR UK |
09LONDON1231 | CREDIT OUTLOOK TURNS NEGATIVE OVER HIGH DEBT CONCERNS [...] (U) Summary: Standard & Poor's Ratings Services (S&P) revised its outlook on the UK from stable to negative on May 21 based on its concern that government debt could approach 100 percent of GDP by 2013 and remain near that level in the medium term. If the UK does lose its Triple-A status, the [...] | 2009-05-22 16:59:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK |
09LONDON124 | DRC/SANCTIONS: UK PREFERS PREVIOUS APPROACH AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-16 15:54:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC ZF UK |
09LONDON1303 | SOMALILAND: LACK OF FINANCIAL SECTOR REGULATIONS [...] (SBU) Somaliland's economic growth and development are hindered by having no legislative framework to regulate the financial services sector, Saad Ali Shire of Dahabshiil, the UK's largest Somalia remittances transfer firm (reftel),told Poloff June 2. He offered the following thoughts: -- [...] | 2009-06-02 14:18:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL EFIN PINR SO UK |
09LONDON1306 | CHANCELLOR DARLING IN PERILOUS POSITION AFTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Chancellor Alistair Darling's position in the UK Cabinet has been threatened by expense allegations. The Daily Telegraph, the newspaper at the heart of the recent expenses scandal, accused Darling of claiming expenses on two properties at the same time, not allowed under curre [...] | 2009-06-02 16:16:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK |
09LONDON1310 | UK ON IRISL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-02 17:10:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN KNNP ETTC PREL PARM IR UK |
09LONDON1321 | UK ANALYST SEES LATVIAN DEVALUATION AS UNAVOIDABLE [...] (U) Summary: The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) foresees the devaluation of the Latvian currency as inevitable. RBS' Head of Central and Eastern Europe Middle East and Africa Research, Timothy Ash, told us on June 3 there is no way back for Latvia on the currency front. Ash maintained a move to [...] | 2009-06-03 17:13:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON XH UK |
09LONDON1369 | UK ANALYSTS ASSERT CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPEAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Compared to the acutely fragile economic climate in Central and Eastern Europe from November 2008 to February 2009, UK-based market watchers now feel the worst is behind them. Their views are spurred in part by positive news on U.S. and UK banks in recent weeks and assumptions th [...] | 2009-06-10 09:50:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV XG UK |
09LONDON1373 | WEST AFRICA: UK RESOURCE CRUNCH MEANS PROGRAM CUTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Budget cuts in the UK's Conflict Prevention Program (CCP) have hurt the UK's programming in West Africa "more than most" regions (reftel A),new Foreign Office West Africa team leader Paul Welsh told Poloff June 9. On Sierra Leone, Welsh and Sierra Leone Desk Officer Simon Day [...] | 2009-06-10 16:26:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID PINR KPKO EFIN SL LI XY UK |
09LONDON1451 | LONDON-BASED EXPERTS AGREE THE U.S. DOLLAR WILL [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Despite the decline in the dollar share of global FX reserves over the past decade and recent debates on the creation of a new global reserve currency, the U.S. dollar's reserve status remains in-tact. Gains made by its nearest rivals--the euro, pound sterling, and yen--over th [...] | 2009-06-19 14:09:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ECON UK |
09LONDON1472 | VIEWS ON EMERGING EUROPEAN ECONOMIES FROM UK [...] (U) Summary: Economists at major UK-based global banks are keeping a close watch on Eastern European economies. Though generally less pessimistic than several months ago, following significant IMF and European Commission support packages to the region and the beginning of recovery in Western [...] | 2009-06-22 11:12:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN UK |
09LONDON1497 | LONDON-BASED EXPERTS ASSESS SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND [...] (SBU) Summary: The global financial crisis eroded the market value of sovereign wealth funds' holdings, leading many to refocus on liquidity in the short term with moves towards cash balances and fixed income government securities, especially U.S. Treasuries. However, experts with whom ECONOF [...] | 2009-06-25 14:53:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV UK |
09LONDON1542 | UK EFFORTS TO MANAGE MIGRATION AS RISING [...] (SBU) Summary: Even prior to the worsening of the economy, the UK government was reviewing its immigration policy, with a special eye to fine-tuning and further defining immigration categories. With rising unemployment, reaching 7.2 percent this spring, the UK Home Office is further evaluating [...] | 2009-07-01 15:56:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ECON EINV PINR PREL PGOV SMIG ELAB UK |
09LONDON1606 | HMT UNVEILS PROPOSALS TO REFORM FINANCIAL MARKETS - NO BIG [...] (SBU) Summary: HM Treasury (HMT) published its White Paper on reforming financial markets July 8. The much anticipated proposals contained no big surprises. HMT supported the proposals outlined in the Financial Services Authority's (FSA's) Turner review, including strengthening capital and l [...] | 2009-07-10 13:33:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK |
09LONDON1675 | TORIES UNVEIL PROPOSALS FOR MAJOR OVERHAUL OF UK FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Shadow Chancellor George Osborne on July 20 announced the Conservative party proposals for changes to the UK's financial regulatory system. A Conservative government would abolish the UK's tripartite framework and replace it with a significantly more powerful Bank of England (B [...] | 2009-07-21 17:14:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV UK |
09LONDON1750 | (S) TREASURY A/S COHEN URGES UK TO TAKE IRAN SANCTIONS; PRESS INTERPAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-30 13:50:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN KTFN PTER ECON IR UK |
09LONDON1760 | UK HOUSING MARKET SHOWS SIGNS OF RECOVERY BUT LONG-TERM [...] (SBU) Summary: UK housing prices showed a slight increase in June and July, and mortgage lending was also up. Despite these signs of recovery, the market outlook remains uncertain. Market prices are still down, year-on-year, 6.2 percent over the past 12 months as reported by Nationwide Build [...] | 2009-07-31 14:37:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV UK |
09LONDON1806 | UK TO DECIDE ON ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR PALESTINE [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered the letter from Secretary Clinton on budget support for the Palestinian Authority to Alice Mann, Deputy Head (London),Palestinian Program at the Department for International Development on 5 August. She told Econoff that they were "delighted by the U.S. contribution," [...] | 2009-08-06 15:34:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER UK |
09LONDON187 | GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES THIRD STRAND OF ECONOMIC RECOVERY [...] (U) HMG announced new measures to reinforce financial stability and ensure the resumption of lending on January 19. To improve banks' access to wholesale funding markets, HMG will provide full or partial guarantees to eligible AAA-rated asset backed securities from April. Additionally, HMG w [...] | 2009-01-22 16:51:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK |
09LONDON1886 | VIEWS ON SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA FROM LONDON-BASED [...] (SBU) Summary. London-based bank and development analysts are seeing positive signs emerging in sub-Saharan Africa's (SSA's) economies, after months of negative news, but remain cautious in their near-term outlook for the region. While prospects for the global economy are improving and ther [...] | 2009-08-13 16:13:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN KE LT NI SF UG UK XA ZA |
09LONDON1911 | EFFECT OF THE RECESSION ON UK REMITTANCES TO [...] (SBU) Summary. UK remittances to Pakistan have continued to increase in 2009, according to official data, but experts are skeptical that the trend will continue. Unlike remittances from other parts of the world, which experts speculate are being boosted in the short term by the return of the [...] | 2009-08-19 16:29:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD PK SA UK XC |
09LONDON2121 | MEMBERS OF CONGRESS DISCUSS BONUSES, BAIL-OUTS AND [...] (SBU) Summary. Bonuses, regulatory structures, and EU legislation led the discussions of Senators Richard Shelby (R-Ala) and John Cornyn (R-Texas),and Representatives Paul Kanjorski (D ) PA),Scott Garrett (R ) NJ) and Luis Gutierrez (D ) Ill) during their recent meetings in London. During t [...] | 2009-09-11 14:51:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN UK |
09LONDON2124 | MEMBERS OF CONGRESS DISCUSS BONUSES, BAIL-OUTS, EU [...] (SBU) Summary. Bonuses, regulatory structures, and EU legislation led the discussions of Senators Richard Shelby (R-Ala) and John Cornyn (R-Texas),and Representatives Paul Kanjorski (D ) PA),Scott Garrett (R ) NJ) and Luis Gutierrez (D ) Ill) during their recent meetings in London. During t [...] | 2009-09-11 16:12:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN UK |
09LONDON2237 | Economists Warn UK's Economic Recovery Is Fragile [...] (SBU) Summary: Economists at a Business for New Europe seminar (September 25) said the UK is recovering economically but warned about a false euphoria. Panelists were concerned that a premature tightening of monetary policy would harm the recovery. Banks are still not lending to small busine [...] | 2009-09-29 10:58:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK |
09LONDON23 | PM Brown Calls for International Cooperation To Weather [...] (SBU) Summary: Britain is well placed to withstand the global economic turbulence because of its low inflation, a history of stability and high employment levels, the Prime Minister said during interviews January 4. Gordon Brown said the length of the economic crisis will depend on the degre [...] | 2009-01-05 17:03:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK |
09LONDON2307 | LABOUR PARTY OUTLINES ECONOMIC STRATEGY IN RUN-UP TO NEXT [...] (U) Summary: The Labour Party's last conference before the general election saw ministers attempt to draw a dividing line between Labour and Conservative economic policy. Chancellor Darling acknowledged spending cuts and tax rises would be necessary to return public finances to a sustainable [...] | 2009-10-07 13:46:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK |
09LONDON2357 | CONSERVATIVES ANNOUNCE PLANS TO CONFRONT "CLEAR AND PRESENT [...] (U) Summary: Conservative plans to cut the UK's spiraling budget deficit were the focus of the recent Tory Party conference. Party leader David Cameron acknowledged painful cutbacks in public spending would be necessary to confront what Philip Hammond, Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, [...] | 2009-10-16 14:54:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV UK |
09LONDON2359 | FAO BUDGET DEMARCHE RESULTS [...] (U) Post delivered reftel talking points to relevant UK officials, including the Foreign and Commonwealth's Office (FCO) International Organisations Office. 2. (U) The UK confirms that they are "aiming for a Zero Real Growth (ZRG) FAO budget settlement based on realistic cost increases, add [...] | 2009-10-16 16:29:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAGR EAID EFIN FAO KUNR UK UN |
09LONDON24 | ISLAMIC FINANCE KEY TO ENSURING LONDON AS TOP FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The British government is promoting the growth of the Islamic finance industry in the UK, although HMT has decided against issuing a sovereign Islamic finance bond, a sukuk, in the current economic climate. HMG is courting Islamic finance, and eliminating barriers to its growth, [...] | 2009-01-05 17:40:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV KISL UK |
09LONDON2427 | UK STILL IN RECESSION AND FACING SLOW, VOLATILE RECOVERY [...] (SBU) Summary: The UK economy is still in recession and faces a slow, patchy recovery. According to official data released October 23, output in the third quarter was significantly weaker than expected. Economists at Oxford Economics and Morgan Stanley expect the UK to emerge from recession [...] | 2009-10-27 09:47:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK |
09LONDON2478 | UK GOVERNMENT GETS TOUGH ON BANK BONUSES; DEBATES CURBS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The UK government is getting tough on compensation for bankers. On January 1, a code of practice for compensation requiring large firms to report in detail their company's policies will come into effect. UK-based U.S. firms joined British banks in signing this code of conduct, [...] | 2009-11-03 15:52:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK |
09LONDON2479 | (C) UK SANCTIONS ON IRAN FORCE IRISL TO SEEK [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-03 16:38:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON KTFN IR UK |
09LONDON2503 | UK SUPPORT AT IMF FOR U.S. SRI LANKAN CONCERNS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-05 17:14:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN CE UK |
09LONDON251 | GORDON BROWN OUTLINES STRATEGY FOR RECOVERY AND CALLS FOR [...] (U) Three building blocks are essential for economic recovery in the UK, according to PM Gordon Brown. In a speech to the Foreign Press Association, January 26, Brown outlined the stages of the UK's "Stability and Recovery Plan" - bank recapitalization, monetary and fiscal stimulus, and credi [...] | 2009-01-28 16:38:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK |
09LONDON254 | (S) UK URGES USG TO DECLASSIFY INTELLIGENCE [...] (S/NF) Summary: UK Treasury and Foreign Office officials have expanded upon their prior request for USG declassification of intelligence on Iran sanctions issues. HMG is concerned that a lack of substantial USG-provided information in the public statements of case will hamper the ability of EU [...] | 2009-01-28 17:09:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN KNNP MNUC PARM ECON ETTC PTER IR UK |