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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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03TEGUCIGALPA1041 | HONDURAN FISCAL TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY [...] The following are responses, requested in reftel, reporting on the GOH's fiscal transparency and accountability. A. Does host government publish the national budget in a timely manner? Level 3 - Yes, with minimum delay (under one year) B. Where substantial levels of government are sign [...] | 2003-05-05 23:05:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID ELAB PGOV KJUS KCRM HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA1069 | ADVISORY OPINION REQUEST 212(A)(2)(I) -- [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 6 and 17. -------------------------- SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST -------------------------- 2. (SBU) In July 2001, the Attorney General of Honduras initiated an investigation of certain activities of the principal officers of Banco Hondureno [...] | 2003-05-07 21:38:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET | CVIS KFRD EFIN HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA1141 | HONDURAN ECON HIGHLIGHTS: MARCH AND APRIL 2003 [...] The Central Bank of Honduras expects the GDP to increase by 3.0 to 3.5 percent in 2003. It grew by 2.0 percent in 2002, which was lower than the increases of 2.7 and 4.8 percent in 2001 and 2000, respectively. The Bank expects the GDP to reach more than 121 billion lempiras (USD 7.03 billion) [...] | 2003-05-15 21:39:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG EINV EAIR ELAB PGOV HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA1169 | HONDURAN ECON HIGHLIGHTS: MARCH AND APRIL 2003 [...] (U) The Central Bank of Honduras expects the GDP to increase by 3.0 to 3.5 percent in 2003. It grew by 2.0 percent in 2002, which was lower than the increases of 2.7 and 4.8 percent in 2001 and 2000, respectively. The Bank expects the GDP to reach more than 121 billion lempiras (USD 7.03 billio [...] | 2003-05-20 20:32:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG EINV EAIR ELAB PGOV HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA1259 | 2003 EXPROPRIATION REPORT: HONDURAS [...] (U) HONDURAS The United States Government is aware of thirteen (13) claims of United States persons that may be outstanding against the Government of Honduras (GOH). The U.S. Government is also aware of numerous other investment disputes involving U.S. investors, the majority of whi [...] | 2003-06-03 15:17:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN PGOV KIDE KSPR HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA132 | USAID/HONDURAS - NO PLANS FOR MONEY LAUNDERING [...] USAID/Honduras does not have any current or planned activities involving training and/or technical assistance in the areas of money laundering, counter terrorism finance, or financial intelligence unit development. The Mission is not aware of any training and/or technical assistance in these [...] | 2003-01-17 15:19:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN ETTC PREL HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA1581 | IMF PROGRAM APPEARS IN REACH IF/IF GOH ADOPTS [...] (C) For its entire year and a half in office, the Maduro administration has struggled to reach agreement with the IMF on a Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) program that will put Honduras back on a growth track and allow badly-needed permanent debt relief to resume. With the April [...] | 2003-07-03 16:18:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV EAID ETRD ELAB HO EAGER |
03TEGUCIGALPA1625 | Honduran Government Paper on Agricultural Finance [...] As indicated in reftel, on June 30 the Finance Minister provided to Econcouns a 32-page analysis entitled "Honduran Agriculture Laws," intended to answer IMF and USG questions on the rationale behind the April 2003 passage of Law 68- 2003. The document was prepared by the Finance Ministry to [...] | 2003-07-09 20:12:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAGR ETRD HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA1912 | HONDURAN ECON HIGHLIGHTS: AUGUST 2003 [...] The GOH is running out of time to attain their goal of 3.2 percent economic growth for 2003, over 2002's growth of 2.5 percent. Goals proved difficult after unexpected high levels of bank liquidity and stagnant international prices of agricultural goods like coffee and bananas hindered the e [...] | 2003-08-13 21:14:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EAIR ELTN PGOV PREL KPRV KTDB KPWR HO ENGR |
03TEGUCIGALPA1923 | 2003 Investment Climate Statement for Honduras [...] Provided below is the 2003 Investment Climate Statement for Honduras. Responses are keyed to reftel. ----------------------------------- A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment ----------------------------------- 2. The Honduran government is generally open to foreign investment and welco [...] | 2003-08-14 17:40:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV HO OPIC |
03TEGUCIGALPA2034 | IMF AGREEMENT HINGING ON SALARY LAW [...] (SBU) The imminent GOH submission to Congress of a new government salary bill (substituting the broader Civil Service Framework bill) is dominating the political debate in Honduras this week. President Maduro and his team have appeared on the airwaves and taken out ads in the papers defending [...] | 2003-08-27 22:15:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV EAID ETRD ELAB EAGR PINR ASEC HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA2042 | Honduras: 2002 Preliminary Macroeconomic Update [...] The Honduran economy grew at a rate of 2.5 percent in 2002, similar to its 2.6 percent growth rate in 2001. Since the population growth rate is approximately 2.6 percent, Honduras has enjoyed essentially zero real per capita economic growth over the last two years. Major factors influencing t [...] | 2003-08-28 19:08:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAID PGOV HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA2062 | SUMMARY OF THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM ASSESSMENT OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On April 28, 2003, the IMF staff submitted to its Board of Directors the results of the Financial System Stability Assessment (FSAP) performed by a joint World Bank-IMF team between October 2002 and February 2003. This cable contains a summary of their findings. In the report, t [...] | 2003-08-29 21:59:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID EINV PTER SNAR PGOV HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA225 | Honduras: 2002 Preliminary Macroeconomic Update [...] The Central Bank of Honduras estimates economic growth in terms of real GDP in 2002 of two percent, lower than the rate of growth in 2001 and lower than the rate of population growth. The Consumer Price Index rose by 7.7 percent in the first eleven months of 2002; inflation for the year is pr [...] | 2003-01-24 22:55:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAID PGOV HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA2461 | MERENDON MINING REQUESTING RETRACTION IN ICP [...] (U) This is an action request (see paragraph 2). 2. (SBU) Summary and Action Request: The Embassy has received complaints from Canadian citizen Merendon Mining Corp. Ltd. President Gary Sorenson and now from his U.S. attorney, William Rogers of the law firm Arnold and Porter, regarding the [...] | 2003-10-21 16:29:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EFIN ECON HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA2514 | HONDURAN VICE PRESIDENT UNSETTLES MADURO [...] (U) On October 21, Honduran Vice President Armida de Lopez Contreras (one of three presidential designates in the current Honduran constitutional leadership structure) stirred up a hornets nest when she accused an unnamed high ranking Government of Honduras (GOH) official of tampering with USD [...] | 2003-10-27 23:28:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM ECON EAID EFIN PINR HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA2648 | IMF TEAM RETURNING TO HONDURAS TO NEGOTIATE A [...] (SBU) Summary. An October IMF mission visit to Honduras found enough progress and high-level commitment to agree to return in November for the negotiation of a Letter of Intent (LOI) for a Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) program. The government hopes to be able to push legislat [...] | 2003-11-07 23:07:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV EAID ETRD ELAB EAGR PINR HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA2662 | IMF IN HONDURAS: PROSPECTS FOR AND OUTCOMES OF AN [...] (C) Summary: If the Maduro government comes to an agreement with the IMF, the National Congress is likely to approve the necessary measures. Of those measures, an increase in the fuel tax could potentially be the most difficult, and runs the risk of adding a new constituency, the transportati [...] | 2003-11-12 21:25:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV EAID ETRD EINV HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA2765 | THE NATIONAL DIALOGUE: SETTING OBJECTIVES FOR A [...] Summary. On October 27, President Ricardo Maduro received the results of the National Dialogue which, by means of consensus, attempts to prioritize national objectives in order to benefit the most vulnerable groups of society. Following the idea that the National Dialogue should be participa [...] | 2003-11-25 16:26:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID ELAB EIND PGOV SOCI HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA2792 | HONDURAS REACHES PRELIMINARY AGREEMENT WITH IMF ON [...] (C) Summary. On November 25, the GOH and visiting IMF mission announced a preliminary agreement on a Letter of Intent (LOI) for a three-year Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility Program (PRGF). The central government deficit targets are 3.5 percent of GDP in 2004, 3.0 percent of GDP in 200 [...] | 2003-11-28 22:48:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV EAID ETRD EINV HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA2844 | GOOD TALKERS, BUT MADURO ADMINISTRATION NOT [...] (S) SUMMARY: In office for almost two years, President Ricardo Maduro's administration talks a lot about fighting corruption, particularly when addressing interested U.S. audiences. Upon close examination, however, one sees little demonstrable progress in breaking corruption's pervasive grip [...] | 2003-12-04 21:40:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET | PGOV KJUS KCRM ECON EFIN PHUM PINR HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA2915 | HONDURAN TEACHERS UNIONS OPPOSED TO ANY REDUCTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Honduran teachers' unions are a key player in the ongoing effort by the GOH to complete the domestic requirements of a deal with the IMF (ref A). The five teachers' unions, three for primary teachers and two for secondary teachers, strongly oppose a proposed civil service law [...] | 2003-12-17 14:16:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EFIN EAID PGOV SOCI ASEC HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA2916 | EMBASSY TEGUCIGALPA HOSTS MINI-DUBLIN GROUP [...] Summary. On December 5, Post hosted a meeting of the Tegucigalpa Mini-Dublin Group to coordinate with participating countries on counternarcotics assistance programs and the overall effectiveness of such programs. Along with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP),countries that partici [...] | 2003-12-17 14:41:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM SNAR KJUS EFIN ETRD HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA2932 | HONDURAS NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT 2004 [...] The text of the 2004 National Trade Estimate report for Honduras follows. ------------- TRADE SUMMARY ------------- 2. (Note that the following paragraph is to be updated by Washington with USDOC statistics.) In 2002, the U.S. trade deficit with Honduras was $699 million, an increase [...] | 2003-12-18 15:47:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EFIN HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA2938 | HONDURAS INDICATES IT WILL SIGN UN ANTICORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Honduras was surprisingly absent among the 94 countries that gathered December 11 in Merida, Mexico to sign the United Nations Convention Against Corruption. According to press reports, apart from Honduras, the only other Latin American and Caribbean countries not to sign were Uruguay, [...] | 2003-12-18 21:01:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KTIA KCRM KJUS EFIN ECON PHUM SOCI HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA2965 | CHINESE SMUGGLING RING IN HONDURAS - CHINAZO [...] (U) SUMMARY - As part of an ongoing investigation, the Honduran Criminal Investigative Police (DGIC),Prosecutor's from the Organized Crime Division of the Public Ministry, and DHS personnel from Tegucigalpa participated in a series of raids in the cities of San Pedro Sula and Tegucigalpa, unc [...] | 2003-12-22 23:45:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS ASEC KCRM KJUS EFIN PREL HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA426 | DOL A/DUS MAGAN MEETS CA LABOR MINISTERS IN [...] (SBU) Summary. Associate Deputy Under Secretary for International Labor Affairs Mike Magan visited Honduras January 23-25 to attend the Central American Labor Ministers Meeting and held discussions with labor, management, and government on the U.S.-Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA [...] | 2003-02-13 17:23:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV ETRD EFIN EAGR HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA494 | Honduras Hopes For IMF Letter of Intent by March 31 [...] (SBU) Summary. Honduras is putting the finishing touches on a package of laws that will put the GOH's fiscal house in order and satisfy the International Monetary Fund (IMF) team negotiating the terms of Honduras' three-year Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) program. The package w [...] | 2003-02-24 15:46:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV EAID ETRD ELAB HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA546 | HONDURAN ECON HIGHLIGHTS: DECEMBER 2002-JANUARY 2003 [...] The GDP rose by 2 percent in 2002, which was lower than economic growth rates in previous years of 2.7 percent in 2001 and 4.8 percent in 2000. Per capita income fell by 0.6 percent during 2002, and the Consumer Price Index rose by 8 percent. The international reserves totaled USD 1.5 billi [...] | 2003-02-27 22:43:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG EINV EAIR ELTN PGOV PREL KPRV KTDB KPWR HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA622 | HONDURAN ECON HIGHLIGHTS: FEBRUARY 2003 [...] As part of the GOH efforts to reach an agreement with the IMF, an executive decree was issued by President Maduro to reduce public expenditure in salaries to the equivalent of 10.1 percent of the GDP. The measures include: freezing public sector employee wages for all of 2003, e [...] | 2003-03-07 22:18:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG EAGR EINV ELAB PGOV SENV HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA674 | ECONOMIC TOUR D'HORIZON WITH HONDURAN MINISTER OF [...] (C) In a March 12 call on Honduran Minister of the Presidency Luis Cosenza, DCM and Econcouns discussed the top economic items on the bilateral agenda. Cosenza committed to campaigning for the repeal of the teacher and nurse "estatutos" that have caused the rapid increase in government expend [...] | 2003-03-18 14:45:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EFIN EAID ETRD KJUS PREL ELAB HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA826 | HONDURAN PRESIDENT MADURO DISCUSSES UPCOMING [...] (S) SUMMARY: Honduran President Ricardo Maduro suggested that Central American Presidents remain interested in raising non-CAFTA topics during their upcoming meeting with President Bush. He also reaffirmed his commitment to provide Honduran troops for post-conflict operations in Iraq, even wh [...] | 2003-04-02 23:13:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER SNAR EFIN ETRD ELAB KTIA IZ HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA865 | Honduran Congress Adopts New Fiscal Package; [...] (SBU) Summary. On April 2, the Honduran Congress considered and adopted in one reading a second fiscal package (the first was adopted in May 2002) designed to broaden the tax base, help reduce chronic budget deficits and move the government on the road to an IMF agreement. Congress modified s [...] | 2003-04-09 15:46:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV EAID ETRD ELAB HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA896 | C-AL3-00272: IMPORT DUTIES HAVE DECLINING [...] (SBU) Summary. Honduran trade liberalization over the past 13 years has resulted in a declining dependence on import duties and other taxes on international trade. In 2002, revenue from import duties had dropped to only 2.2 percent of GDP and an estimated 12.2 percent of total tax revenue (e [...] | 2003-04-11 21:53:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR EFIN ETRD ECON ELAB HO |
03THEHAGUE1531 | TERRORIST FINANCE: NETHERLANDS: HAMAS NAMES [...] No summary [...] | 2003-06-14 20:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KVPR CVIS KPAL NL |
03THEHAGUE1586 | POSTPONEMENT OF HAMAS DESIGNATION: DEMARCHE [...] (S) EconOff delivered demarche ref A to Jan Peter Kleiweg and Wouter Juergens of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs on June 19. The MFA was already aware of the U.S. intent to postpone the designation of the Hamas leaders and linked NGOs prior to the demarche being delivered. [...] | 2003-06-19 14:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | CVIS EFIN ETTC KPAL KVPR NL PTER |
03THEHAGUE1589 | DUTCH PARTICIPATION AT UN IRAQ TECHNICAL [...] No summary [...] | 2003-06-19 16:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN NL PREL |
03THEHAGUE1697 | The Netherlands' EU Stability Pact Dilemma [...] This message was jointly drafted by Embassy The Hague (Econ-Schultz),USEU Brussels (Econ-Brown),and ConGen Frankfurt (Treasury-Wallar) 2. Summary. The Netherlands' proposed EU stability program to be considered by the Ecofin Council July 14-15 is based on outdated numbers and presents [...] | 2003-07-01 13:53:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN NL ECON EUN |
03THEHAGUE1859 | COUNTERTERRORISM IN THE NETHERLANDS: ACQUITTALS [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent acquittals of Islamist terrorist suspects in two high profile cases (see Ref A) and increasing realization that terrorist threats affect the Dutch homeland have prompted the government of the Netherlands to propose more measures to strengthen counterterrorism legislatio [...] | 2003-07-23 05:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC KCRM CASC XG PREL ECON ETRD ETTC EFIN NL EUN |
03THEHAGUE1865 | A/S JONES VISIT TO THE HAGUE: MIDDLE EAST AND [...] No summary [...] | 2003-07-23 12:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD IZ NL PREL NATO |
03THEHAGUE1879 | NETHERLANDS 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] Attached we transmit the text of the 2003 investment climate statement for the Netherlands. This update corresponds with chapter VII in the FY 2003 Country Commercial Guide. The full text of the ICS has also been transmitted by e-mail to EUR/IFD/OIA for the attention of Neil Feird and Ann Mc [...] | 2003-07-24 15:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON KTDB EFIN KIDE NL OPIC |
03THEHAGUE1893 | NETHERLANDS ASSISTANCE FOR IRAQ [...] (SBU) Summary. The Netherlands has pledged approximately EUR 21 million to Iraq humanitarian relief. They have also offered technical experts, particularly in the areas of water management. A consortium of Dutch government and industry has submitted to the World Bank and CPA a compreh [...] | 2003-07-28 15:39:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL EFIN IZ NL |
03THEHAGUE2113 | TERRORIST FINANCE:THE HAGUE - NOTIFICATION OF [...] (S) The GONL has responded to the August 19 suicide attack in Jerusalem by calling on fellow EU members and the EU Commission (via diplomatic demarche) to convene the EU clearinghouse as quickly as possible in order to move forward with designating Hamas. Because large numbers of European offi [...] | 2003-08-21 14:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KVPR CVIS KPAL NL EUN |
03THEHAGUE2177 | Netherlands: Corporate Governance Issues High on [...] Summary: Dutch officials told the Ambassador that Sarbanes-Oxley implementation is still a matter of great concern to the Dutch financial community. They acknowledge that U.S. regulators have some flexibility in implementing the law's provisions but fear European voices will not find a recep [...] | 2003-08-28 14:44:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV NL EUN |
03THEHAGUE2306 | IRAQ: DUTCH INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH TRADE BANK [...] In the Netherlands, all export credit insurance risks (political and commercial, pre-credit and credit) for all countries under short term whole turnover policies are handled by a private insurer Gerling NCM. The Ministry of Finance has pledged to inform Gerling about the possibilities of wo [...] | 2003-09-15 12:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EAID ETRD PREL IZ EXIM |
03THEHAGUE2352 | Bank/Fund Meetings: Dutch Positions [...] Enhancing Crisis Prevention --------------------------- -- Adoption by the IMF on a trial basis of a "balance sheet approach" in the context of regular Article IV consultations. -- Issuing Article IV reports without the country being examined signing off. -- Making more explicit in the " [...] | 2003-09-18 13:59:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID NL IMF IBRD |
03THEHAGUE2353 | Bank/Fund Meetings: Dutch Positions [...] Enhancing Crisis Prevention --------------------------- -- Adoption by the IMF on a trial basis of a "balance sheet approach" in the context of regular Article IV consultations. -- Issuing Article IV reports without the country being examined signing off. -- Making more explicit in the " [...] | 2003-09-18 14:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID NL IMF IBRD |
03THEHAGUE2530 | TERRORIST FINANCE: CONSULTATIONS OF EB/TFC DEPUTY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ed Goff, Deputy Director EB/ESC/TFC, met Sept 11-12 with Dutch officials, bankers, and U.S. Embassy staff to share ideas in the war on terrorist financing. These officials reiterated Dutch commitment to furthering terrorist financing efforts both domestically and in the EU. [...] | 2003-10-03 08:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PTER EFIN IZ NL EUN |
03THEHAGUE2548 | IRAQI DELEGATION VISIT TO THE HAGUE OCTOBER 3 [...] (C) SUMMARY: AN OFFICIAL IRAQI DELEGATION HEADED BY PLANNING MINISTER HAFEDH MADE A BRIEF VISIT TO THE HAGUE OCTOBER 3 IN ADVANCE OF THE IRAQ DONORS' CONFERENCE. WHILE NOT SECURING ANY SPECIFIC PLEDGES OF ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FROM THE "VERY CONSERVATIVE" DUTCH, THE TEAM REPORTED THAT THE VISIT [...] | 2003-10-03 18:04:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EAID EFIN PREL OTRA IZ NL |
03THEHAGUE2610 | EVERY SILVER LINING HAS A CLOUD: DUBLIN AND THE [...] (U) This cable has been cleared by Embassy Dublin and USEU Brussels. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) In a trip designed to build relationships on sustainable development with the January-June 2004 EU Troika (Ireland, The Netherlands, and the European Commission),and to explore specif [...] | 2003-10-10 14:49:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON EFIN PREL EI NL EUN |
03THEHAGUE2674 | IRAQ ASSETS: DUTCH KEEPING REFERENCED ACCOUNTS [...] (SBU) The Dutch Ministry of Finance has confirmed that the Netherlands-located accounts cited in ref a are located here and been frozen by the GONL. The accounts total about 22,000 EURO. The GONL is unable (ref b) to immediately transfer these funds to the Development Fund for Iraq as it curr [...] | 2003-10-21 15:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EFIN PREL NL IZ |
03THEHAGUE2750 | DUTCH 2004 BUDGET: TOUGH DEFICIT REDUCTION PACKAGE [...] THE DUTCH PARLIAMENT HAS APPROVED A TOUGH DEFICIT REDUCTION PACKAGE AIMED AT LIMITING THE 2004 BUDGET DEFICIT TO 2.3 PERCENT OF GDP, WELL UNDER THE THREE PERCENT STABILITY AND GROWTH PACT (SGP) CEILING. ON OCTOBER 1, THE PARLIAMENT APPROVED A CY 2004 BUDGET THAT COMBINES SHARP SPENDING REDUC [...] | 2003-10-31 16:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PREL EINV ELAB PGOV MCAP NL |
03THEHAGUE2759 | DUTCH PUSHING FOR PROGRESS ON NEW EU ANTI-MONEY [...] No summary [...] | 2003-11-03 15:39:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PTER NL EUN |
03THEHAGUE3037 | IRAQ: DUTCH TO PROVIDE EXPORT CREDIT INSURANCE [...] The Dutch Ministry of Finance announced on November 27 that it would make available export credit insurance for Iraq totaling EUR 25 million, valid for 180 days. As reported in ref A, the package will be managed by private insurer Gerling NCM. Gerling NCM participated in the December 5 me [...] | 2003-12-10 09:58:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN IZ NL PREL EXIM |
03THEHAGUE3118 | IFC SMALL BUSINESS FACILITY FOR IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2003-12-17 12:39:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN IZ NL |
03THEHAGUE3133 | AL QAIDA TRAVEL BAN - NETHERLANDS [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch take their responsibilities under the UN sanction regime seriously and have a "visa lookout" system, albeit with limitations, which incorporates information on individuals listed by the 1267 Committee. Restricting use of Dutch passports for international travel is more p [...] | 2003-12-18 11:28:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETTC NL PREL PTER |
03THEHAGUE3201 | FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY: [...] No summary [...] | 2003-12-31 12:18:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG NL EUN |
03ZAGREB1031 | CROATIA DECIDES TO ACCEPT UNFROZEN FUNDS "WITHOUT [...] (C) AT A CLOSED SESSION ON MAY 8, THE CROATIAN CABINET FORMALLY DECIDED TO ACCEPT FUNDS FROZEN IN THE U.S. UNDER MILOSEVIC-ERA SANCTIONS. ON MAY 7 WE MET WITH MFA SENIOR LEGAL ADVISOR ANDREJA METELKO- ZGOMBIC AND AMERICA'S DESK DIRECTOR MIROSLAV KOVACIC TO PRESS FOR CROATIAN ACCEPTANCE. THI [...] | 2003-05-09 13:32:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN ECON MK SR BK SI MW HR |
03ZAGREB1680 | REFUGEE RETURN ISSUES AND OPIC ROAD FINANCE; THE [...] (C) ON JULY 21, THE AMBASSADOR PAID AN INTRODUCTORY CALL ON RADOMIR CACIC, CROATIA'S MINISTER FOR PUBLIC WORKS, RECONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING. THE AMBASSADOR TOLD CACIC HE WAS PLEASED WITH RECENT GOC INITIATIVES AIMED AT SPEEDING UP THE PACE OF REFUGEE RETURNS. HE ENCOURAGED CACIC AND HIS MINI [...] | 2003-07-25 15:30:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BEXP EFIN ELTN PGOV PBTS HR |
03ZAGREB2408 | IRAQI ASSETS: CROATIA PLANS TO TRANSFER FROZEN [...] (U) IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL A, THE MFA AND THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE'S FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT REPORTED THAT THE REFERENCED BANK ACCOUNT AT PRIVREDNA BANK HAD BEEN LOCATED. THE ACCOUNT, UNDER THE NAME OF THE CENTRAL BANK OF IRAQ, HAS APPARENTLY BEEN FROZEN SINCE 1991 UNDER UNSCR 661. IN RESP [...] | 2003-11-14 15:04:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL IZ HR |
03ZAGREB2446 | CROATIAN VOTERS RELUCTANT TO GIVE CREDIT FOR [...] (SBU) Going into the elections this weekend, the current coalition government has a good story to tell -- healthy GDP growth, declining unemployment, progress on its Stabilization and Association Agreement with the EU, new roads, and constructive relationships with the IMF and World Bank. Eve [...] | 2003-11-20 06:27:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV HR |
03ZAGREB2666 | IMF CONCERNED THAT DEFICITS WILL RISE UNDER NEW [...] (C) The incoming government is playing its economic game close to its chest. A visiting IMF team that met informally with the HDZ's economic players came away without much new information. The HDZ's campaign promises, much like the campaign promises of the other parties, were expensive. Per [...] | 2003-12-22 12:00:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV HR |
03ZAGREB450 | UNBLOCKING SFRY ASSETS: GETTING HOLD HARMLESS LOOKS REMOTE [...] (C) THE RACAN GOVERNMENT IS DIGGING IN ITS HEELS ON THE SUCCESSION AGREEMENT, AND MAY WELL IGNORE OUR REQUEST FOR A HOLD HARMLESS BEFORE THE USG UNBLOCKS DISPUTED NBY ASSETS THIS SPRING. THAT IS THE INDICATION WE RECEIVED IN SEPARATE MEETINGS WITH THE GOC'S REPRESENTATIVE ON THE FINANCIAL C [...] | 2003-02-28 09:36:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN MK SR HR BK SI MW |
03ZAGREB491 | CROATIAN PRIVATIZATION HITS ROADBLOCK; [...] (SBU) THE POLITICAL CONFLICT OVER THE ABORTED PRIVATIZATION OF THE SUNCANI HVAR HOTEL GROUP, REPORTED REFS A AND B, IS HAMPERING PROGRESS ON THE REST OF THE PORTFOLIO OF THE CROATIAN PRIVATIZATION FUND (CPF) AND MORE GENERALLY ON CROATIA'S WHOLE ECONOMIC REFORM PROGRAM. THE ANIMUS TOWARD PRI [...] | 2003-03-07 09:31:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID EAGR HR |
03ZAGREB578 | UNBLOCKING SFRY ASSETS: PICULA SAYS GOC STILL [...] (C) THE AMBASSADOR DELIVERED DEMARCHE (REF A) CONCERNING USG PLANS TO UNBLOCK SFRY ASSETS TO FOREIGN MINISTER PICULA MARCH 14. PICULA WAS NON-COMMITTAL, BUT AGAIN POINTED TO THE DIFFICULTY OF PROVIDING A HOLD HARMLESS IN THE ABSENCE OF A RATIFIED SUCCESSION AGREEMENT. AS HE HAS IN PREVIOUS [...] | 2003-03-14 16:29:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN MK SR BK SI MW HR |
03ZAGREB755 | UNBLOCKING SFRY ASSETS: CROATIA MAINTAINS HARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: FOR CROATIA, UNRAVELING THE LIABILITIES AND ASSETS OF THE SUCCESSOR STATES OF THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA CONTINUES TO HINGE ON SECURING A RATIFIED AGREEMENT ON SUCCESSION ISSUES (ASI). ON APRIL 4, ZDRAVKO ROGIC, SENIOR CROATIAN REPRESENTATIVE ON THE SUCCESSOR STATES' FINANCE COMMITT [...] | 2003-04-04 15:55:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN MK SR BK SI MW HR RU |
03ZAGREB950 | CROATIA WILL NOT ACCEPT TRANSFER OF NBY FUNDS [...] (C) ON APRIL 29, WE MET WITH MIROSLAV KOVACIC, HEAD OF THE AMERICAS DEPARTMENT AT THE MFA, AT HIS REQUEST. KOVACIC SAID THE MINISTRY HAD HEARD FROM THE CROATIAN NATIONAL BANK (CNB) THAT IT HAD BEEN REQUESTED TO ACCEPT A TRANSFER OF $54.6 MILLION AS CROATIA'S PART OF UNFROZEN NBY ASSETS IN THE [...] | 2003-04-29 15:18:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN SI BK MK SR HK |
04ABUDHABI1000 | UAEG OFFICIALS AND PRIVATE SECTOR DISCUSS ANTI- [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (B) and (C). 2. (C) Summary and comment. The UAE Central Bank welcomed the visit of the Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Director Bill Fox to the UAE, March 29. The Central Bank Governor pledged [...] | 2004-04-05 12:16:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC PREL PGOV TC |
04ABUDHABI1026 | SECOND INTERNATIONAL HAWALA CONFERENCE, APRIL 3-5 [...] (U) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (B) and (C). 2. (C) Summary and comment: More than 350 participants from Latin America, Asia, Europe and the United States attended the Second International Hawala Conference, April 3-5 in Abu Dhabi, sponsored b [...] | 2004-04-06 12:51:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER EFIN ETTC PREL PGOV TC |
04ABUDHABI1298 | UAE CENTRAL BANK ON FATF/CTAG PARTICIPATION [...] (SBU) DCM and EconChief met with UAE Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser Al-Suwaidi on April 11. During that meeting, Al-Suwaidi stated that the UAE continued to be interested in money laundering training opportunities with the USG. He suggested that the UAEG customs authorities could benefit [...] | 2004-04-26 09:28:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KCRM PTER ECON TC |
04ABUDHABI13 | AL-SUWEIDI BROTHERS: INFLUENTIAL ABU DHABI FAMILY [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (SBU) Summary: In a country where tribal affiliation and family connections shape the local commercial landscape, the Al-Suweidi is one of the largest and most influential tribes in the UAE. The Al-Suweidi ca [...] | 2004-01-03 11:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON EFIN EINV EPET PINS PREL PGOV TC |
04ABUDHABI136 | UAE WANTS BILATERAL FTA WITH U.S., CONCERNED GCC [...] (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Assistant Under Secretary for Political Affairs Abdullah Rashid Al-Nuami SIPDIS confided to the Ambassador on January 11 that the UAEG prefers to negotiate a bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States, instead of working toward a multilate [...] | 2004-01-12 13:33:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EFIN USTR TC |
04ABUDHABI1371 | UAEG ANNOUNCES NEW LAW TO COMBAT TERRORIST [...] (U) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (B) and (C). 2. (C) UAE Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser Al-Suweidi announced that the UAEG was nearing completion of a new terrorist finance law at the close of the Second International Hawala Conference on [...] | 2004-04-28 13:34:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER EFIN ETTC PREL PGOV TC |
04ABUDHABI1706 | DOHA CONFERENCE AND UAE ASSISTANCE TO IRAQ [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 5. 2. (U) EconChief and Polchief discussed UAE plans to attend the May 25-26 Doha meeting on the Iraq Trust Fund with MFA Director of European and American Affairs Ahmed Al- Muqarrab. Al-Muqarrab said that he thought the UAE would attend the con [...] | 2004-05-24 12:55:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PREL EFIN TC |
04ABUDHABI1740 | Hawala: The Indian Embassy's Views [...] (SBU) S.K Reddy, the First Secretary of the Indian Embassy called on EconChief to discuss hawala. Reddy said that he had not yet met with the Central Bank on the subject, because he was waiting for instructions from India's Central Bank before approaching the UAEG. He said that hawala was i [...] | 2004-05-26 11:53:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC PTER ECON TC |
04ABUDHABI182 | UAE CENTRAL BANK FROZE ACCOUNT OF MOHAMED [...] (U)THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST, PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 3. 2. (SBU)POST RECEIVED A NOTE FROM THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS THAT THE UAE CENTRAL BANK HAS FROZEN THE ACCOUNT OF MOHAMED YAQOUB BATI, PAKISTANI NATIONAL, AT CITIBANK, DUBAI, AS HE HAS BEEN SENTENCED BY THE AMERICAN FEDERAL COURT IN [...] | 2004-01-19 10:01:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL TC |
04ABUDHABI1857 | ENCOURAGING IRAQI-UAE CONTACTS ON SOVEREIGN DEBT [...] (SBU) Econchief delivered reftel demarche encouraging UAE - Iraqi contacts on sovereign debt issues to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank. He discussed it with Ministry of Finance Assistant Undersecretary for Revenue and Budget Khalid Al- Bustani and [...] | 2004-06-07 05:39:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON IZ TC |
04ABUDHABI1901 | UAE CENTRAL BANK AND FINCEN CO-HOST AML TRAINING [...] (U) SUMMARY: THE UAE CENTRAL BANK'S ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AND SUSPICIOUS CASES UNIT (AMLSCU) AND FINCEN CO- HOSTED ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING (AML) TRAINING FOR SOUTH ASIAN COUNTRIES, JUNE 5-7 IN ABU DHABI. FIFTEEN CENTRAL BANK AND MINISTRY OF FINANCE OFFICIALS FROM AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN, BANGLAD [...] | 2004-06-08 12:59:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC PREL PTER PGOV TC |
04ABUDHABI1950 | DAWOOD IBRAHIM - UAE RESPONSE [...] (S) Post delivered reftel demarche on Dawood Ibrahim to the Central Bank and to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on May 30. At that time, we confirmed that the MFA would issue instructions to the Central Bank to take action on the case. On June 13, EconChief followed-up with Abdulrahim Al-Awa [...] | 2004-06-14 12:41:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PTER ECON EFIN ETTC TC |
04ABUDHABI1969 | REQUEST FOR MOVEMENT ON ARBIFT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (SBU) In a June 7 meeting, Ministry of Finance Assistant Under Secretary for Revenue and Budget Khalid Al-Bustani provided EconChief with a copy of a letter from the UAE Minister of State for Finance and Industry to OFAC head Richard N [...] | 2004-06-16 08:01:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC PREL TC |
04ABUDHABI2203 | PRIMER ON UAE INSURANCE MARKET [...] The UAE insurance sector is a small contributor to the federation's economy, but enjoys significant levels of protection from foreign competition. Most recent data available shows that the insurance sector contributed $630 million to the UAE economy in 2002 -- less than 1 percent of the UAE' [...] | 2004-07-04 12:12:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ECIN TC |
04ABUDHABI2254 | UAE: MAJOR SHAKE-UP IN THE SUPREME PETROLEUM [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires, a.i. Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C/NF) Summary and comment: In a surprise move, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Shaykh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan overhauled the membership of the secretive Supreme Petroleum Council (SPC) on June 29. [...] | 2004-07-06 14:12:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN EINV EPET PINS PREL PGOV TC |
04ABUDHABI2272 | A trickle, but no rush of people and capital [...] (C) Summary: Terror attacks and insecurity have prompted a small number of expatriates to leave Saudi Arabia and relocate to the United Arab Emirates, according to business, government, and diplomatic contacts, as well as press reports. The limited exodus concerns individuals, not entire firm [...] | 2004-07-07 13:35:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EINV SA TC |
04ABUDHABI2371 | LETTER FROM THE IRAQI INTERIM GOVERNMENT TO SECRETARY [...] (SBU) ON JULY 13, POST RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING CORRESPONDENCE SIGNED BY THE IRAQI FINANCE MINISTER AND CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR REGARDING TREATMENT OF IRAQ'S EXTERNAL DEBT. 2. (SBU) BEGIN TEXT: 12TH JULY 2004 H.E. MR. JOHN SNOW SECRETARY OF TREASURY SIPDIS UNITED STATES DEAR SIR, W [...] | 2004-07-14 13:28:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON OPDC PREL IZ TC |
04ABUDHABI2372 | LETTER FROM THE IRAQI INTERIM GOVERNMENT TO SECRETARY [...] (SBU) ON JULY 13, POST RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING CORRESPONDENCE SIGNED BY THE IRAQI FINANCE MINISTER AND CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR REGARDING TREATMENT OF IRAQ'S EXTERNAL DEBT. 2. (SBU) BEGIN TEXT: 12TH JULY 2004 H.E. MR. COLIN POWELL SECRETARY OF STATE SIPDIS UNITED STATES DEAR SIR, W [...] | 2004-07-14 13:28:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON OPDC PREL IZ TC |
04ABUDHABI254 | ARAB MONETARY FUND PLEDGES ASSISTANCE TO IRAQ [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (SBU) Summary: During a January 20 meeting with State DAS Greenwood and Treasury DAS Lowery, officials from the Abu Dhabi-based Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) gave assurances that the Fund would do everything it could to [...] | 2004-01-25 11:16:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECIN ECON EFIN PGOV TC |
04ABUDHABI2577 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: THIRD PARTY FINANCING FOR UN [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-03 12:37:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL MOPS MARR ECON EFIN UN TC |
04ABUDHABI2591 | UAE ANTI TERRORISM LAW ADDRESSES TERRORIST [...] (U) On July 28, the UAE issued "Federal Law Number 1 on Combating Terrorist Crimes, which criminalizes terrorist acts, sets up a national anti-terrorism committee, and criminalizes terrorist financing. Post is analyzing the law and will provide a fuller readout septel. This cable provides a [...] | 2004-08-04 12:31:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC PTER ECON TC |
04ABUDHABI2596 | CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR THINKS DIFC SET BACK BY [...] (C): Summary: In meetings over the last week with the Central Bank Governor and the American CEO of a local bank, Econchief had the opportunity to discuss the impact on the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC) of the firing of its top two regulators DFSA Chairman Ian Hay Davison and DF [...] | 2004-08-09 07:05:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETTC PREL TC |
04ABUDHABI2809 | UAE PAPER ON DEPLOYMENT OF GCC FORCES TO IRAQ [...] (C) Special Assistant to Abu Dhabi Deputy Prime Minister and UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff Shaykh Mohammed bin Zayed, Yousef al-Otaiba, in a courtesy call on the Ambassador, passed to us a paper analyzing the pros and cons of deployment of GCC forces to Iraq, which he said was prepared by the [...] | 2004-08-18 14:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL ECON EFIN UN TC |
04ABUDHABI2930 | SECURITY DOMINATES THE UAE FEDERAL BUDGET [...] (C) Summary: Funding for security (including defense) is the single largest portion of the 2004 federal budget and makes up a full 43 percent of budgeted expenditures. This figure does not include an unknown amount of other defense spending that is directly paid by the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. [...] | 2004-08-30 12:19:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV ECON MARR TC |
04ABUDHABI3079 | THE UAE: A GOOD PARTNER LOOKING FOR AN FTA [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the last few years, relations between the UAE and the U.S. have deepened and expanded in the military, counter-terror, and nonproliferation arenas. Senior UAEG officials want our economic links to become as close as our other ties and argue that a Free Trade Agreement woul [...] | 2004-09-08 13:41:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN TC |
04ABUDHABI3275 | TREASURY A/S ZARATE MEETS CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR [...] (S/NF) Summary: Treasury Assistant Secretary Juan Zarate, accompanied by Embassy Bahrain OFAC Attache and Embassy Abu Dhabi EconChief, met with UAE Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser Al-Suwaidi on September 16. The Governor noted that the Central Bank continued to work with the Emirati secur [...] | 2004-09-20 12:46:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ETTC PTER ECON TC |
04ABUDHABI3386 | UAE HESITANT TO ENTER INTO GCC/UE FTA [...] (SBU) Summary: Gulf News reported recently that a GCC/EU free trade accord would likely be signed within the next few months. Officials from the UAE Ministry of Economy and Commerce are not enthusiastic about the potential FTA, and are skeptical that it will come to fruition in the near futu [...] | 2004-09-28 05:43:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETAD ECON EFIN TC |
04ABUDHABI3484 | CONSULTING WITH IRAQ'S NON-PARIS CLUB CREDITORS [...] (SBU) Summary: MFA U/S Al-Noaimi told the Ambassador that the UAE is not currently asking the Iraqis to repay their debt and was not raising it with the IIG. He said that the IIG had asked to send a team to the UAE to discuss debt, but had not done so yet. Ministry of Finance Assistant U/S K [...] | 2004-10-04 10:37:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL IZ TC |
04ABUDHABI3491 | IRAQ: TOKYO DONORS' MEETING [...] (SBU) We delivered ref a demarche September 22 (and followed up October 3),urging the UAEG to attend the Tokyo donors meeting on Iraq and to disburse their Madrid pledge as quickly as possible, to MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid Al-Noaimi. Al-Noaimi said that the UAEG had received Japan's invitatio [...] | 2004-10-04 15:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PREL IZ TC |
04ABUDHABI3718 | SHEIKH HAMED'S RAILWAY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Department of the Economy suggested to Ambassador on October 17 that the U.S. focus more of its regional efforts on economic reform. He asked for USG support for a railway that would stretch from the Gulf of Oman up to Jordan. End Summary. 2. [...] | 2004-10-19 13:12:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN PREL PTER IZ TC |
04ABUDHABI3783 | HBZ AND MBZ DISCUSS IRAQ, IRAN, SAUDI ARABIA WITH [...] (C) Summary: Septel covers the trade and investment aspects of USTR Zoellick's October 13 visit to the UAE. During their meetings, UAEG leaders also discussed the political/security challenges facing the region. Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed stressed his concerns about Iraqi instability and the th [...] | 2004-10-24 08:57:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EFIN PREL PTER IZ TC |
04ABUDHABI3834 | UAEG GIVES USTR ZOELLICK HIGH-LEVEL COMMITMENT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: UAEG leaders assured USTR Ambassador Zoellick that the UAE remained interested in negotiating an FTA with the U.S. They also assured him that the UAEG was taking steps to end implementation of the secondary and tertiary aspects of the Arab League boycott and would ensure that [...] | 2004-10-26 13:13:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN PREL PTER IZ TC |
04ABUDHABI3925 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL THOMAS TO THE UAE [...] (U) Chairman Thomas: On behalf of Ambassador Sison, I would like to welcome you and your delegation to the UAE. Your visit comes during a dynamic period in the U.S.-UAE bilateral relationship. I understand that you have been briefed on the UAE, so I just wanted to highlight some issues for y [...] | 2004-11-01 13:18:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN TC |
04ABUDHABI4127 | IRAQI DEBT REDUCTION AND THE SHARM EL-SHEIKH [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) Ambassador delivered ref B demarche encouraging the UAE to commit publicly to extending Iraq debt reduction terms at least comparable to those negotiated between the Paris Club and the IIG to MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid Al-Noaimi on Novemb [...] | 2004-11-21 12:05:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON IZ TC |
04ABUDHABI4132 | SECRETARY'S MESSAGE ON FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO [...] (C) Ambassador delivered ref A demarche urging the UAE to provide assistance to the Palestinian Authority to MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid Al-Noaimi on November 20, the first day the UAEG reopened after a two-week shutdown, due to the death of Sheikh Zayed and the Eid al Fitr. Al-Noaimi said that t [...] | 2004-11-22 05:20:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON IZ TC |
04ABUDHABI4216 | SUGGESTED LANGUAGE ON IRAQ DEBT BY KEY NON-PARIS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-23 12:08:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PREL IZ TC |
04ABUDHABI4217 | FOLLOW UP WITH THE UAE AFTER THE OCT 13-14 MEETING [...] Ambassador spoke with MFA U/S Adullah Rashid Al-Noaimi on November 23 about the Tokyo meeting. She thanked Al-Noaimi for hosting the February conference and requested that the UAEG consider pledging to the International Reconstruction Fund Facility for Iraq (IRFFI). Al-Noaimi took the inform [...] | 2004-11-23 12:08:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN IZ TC |
04ABUDHABI4218 | UAE HUMANITARIAN AID FURTHERS FOREIGN POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary: The United Arab Emirates is a major international aid donor, with the annual average of humanitarian aid in the form of development loans, grants, and in-kind charitable donations reaching more than 3.5 percent of its gross domestic product. Organizations such as the Abu Dhabi [...] | 2004-11-23 12:08:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN PTER TC |
04ABUDHABI4293 | UAE CENTRAL BANK HOSTS USA PATRIOT ACT SEMINAR [...] SUMMARY: FINCEN Deputy Director William Baity spoke at the UAE Central Bank's November 28 Seminar on the USA Patriot Act in front of an audience of about 200 people, including UAEG officials and private sector bankers and lawyers. Central Bank Governor Al-Suwaidi asked Baity if FINCEN woul [...] | 2004-11-29 12:57:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PTER ECON TC |
04ABUDHABI4564 | 2005 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES [...] The body of this cable is the submission of the 2005 National Trade Estimate for the United Arab Emirates. A word file with tracked changes will be emailed to USTR and NEA. 2. Begin text: TRADE SUMMARY The United Arab Emirates is a federation of seven emirates (Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Shar [...] | 2004-12-15 09:49:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD TC |
04ABUDHABI4605 | 2004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] The body of the cable is the submission of the money laundering and financial crimes section of the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) for the United Arab Emirates. 2. Begin Text United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE),which remains a largely cash- ba [...] | 2004-12-15 12:46:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PTER KTFN SNAR EFIN TC |
04ABUDHABI467 | GCC PROPOSAL FOR FTA TALKS COMPLICATES UAEG [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) The GCC Secretariat's proposal to initiate region-wide free trade negotiations with the United States (ref A) has put UAE officials in the uncomfortable political position of having to support the GCC 'party line,' while at t [...] | 2004-02-24 13:49:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EFIN USTR TC |
04ABUDHABI584 | UAE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE HOSTS SUCCESSFUL DOJ [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (B) and (C). 2. (U) Summary and comment. The UAE Ministry of Justice, in cooperation with the UAE Central Bank, welcomed the visit of a Department of Justice/Office of Prosecutorial Assistance and Training (OPDAT) team to conduct [...] | 2004-03-06 12:30:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER EFIN ETTC PREL PGOV TC |
04ABUDHABI716 | A/S WAYNE'S BILATERAL MEETINS IN ABU DHABI [...] (SBU) Summary: The UAE hosted Iraq Donors' Conference concluded successfully on February 29 with the launch of the UN/WB Trust Funds, which received pledges of about one billion dollars (septel). The UAEG did not pledge the $10 million to the trust fund necessary to join the donors committee [...] | 2004-03-14 09:23:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN PTER ETTC IZ TC |
04ABUDHABI717 | UAE CENTRAL BANK ANNOUNCES SECOND INTERNATIONAL [...] This is an action request; please see paragraph 5. 2. Following the very successful May 2002 Hawala Conference in Abu Dhabi (reftel),the UAE Central Bank is prepared to host the Second International Conference on Hawala in Abu Dhabi, April 3-4, 2004. The Central Bank intended to hold th [...] | 2004-03-14 10:46:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER EFIN ETTC PREL PGOV TC |
04ABUJA1005 | STUDENT GROUP PLANS TO DEMONSTRATE FOR DEBT RELIEF [...] (SBU) A group calling itself the International Debt Relieve (sic) Campaign Project Committee of NANS, the National Association of Nigerian Students, called the Embassy June 7 to say they were planning a demonstration June 8 at or as near the Embassy as the GON will allow. The group claims it [...] | 2004-06-08 04:24:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC EFIN NI |
04ABUJA1007 | U/S TAYLOR'S MEETING WITH FINANCE MINISTER [...] Summary: In a meeting with Treasury U/S Taylor, Nigerian Finance Minister Okonjo-Iweala said the Ministry will carry out an audit of petroleum revenues to make sure the GON is getting its fair share, and the results will be reported to the public. The GON is sidelining its windfall cash from [...] | 2004-06-08 07:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN EIND EINT EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD ETTC NI |
04ABUJA1008 | ONLY EIGHT AT DEBT RELIEF DEMONSTRATION [...] Only eight people showed up at the supposed debt relief demonstration (reftel) on June 8. They left a letter that they wanted the Ambassador (who is outside Nigeria) to send to the G8 Sea Island Summit, lauding progress under President Obasanjo and calling for debt relief for Nigeria. The "d [...] | 2004-06-08 11:09:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ASEC EFIN NI |
04ABUJA1048 | FUEL SUBSIDIES IN NIGERIA: BETWEEN A ROCK AND A [...] (U) SUMMARY: Up until April or May, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) received an allocation of petroleum from the GON at below-market rates, sold part of it on world markets, and used the rest to subsidize gasoline prices domestically, all outside the government's formal budget [...] | 2004-06-11 13:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB ENRG EPET PGOV PREL NI |
04ABUJA1070 | STRIKE WAS MINOR SETBACK FOR GASOLINE [...] (C) Summary: The strike and rollback of prices are a temporary setback for gasoline deregulation, similar to the other rollbacks on price and the fuel tax over the past year. The GON likely will regroup and raise the basic pump price again in a few months, as it has done over the past year fro [...] | 2004-06-16 13:32:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EPET ECON EFIN NI |
04ABUJA1074 | ICPC FEELS US LOOKING OVER ITS SHOULDER [...] (SBU) Summary: The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC),charged with investigating and prosecuting government corruption, has had limited success: dozens of cases filed, many against rather senior officials; no convictions to date. Under pressure from [...] | 2004-06-17 12:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCOR EFIN NI |
04ABUJA1119 | ICPC PRESSES MINISTERIAL CORRUPTION CASE, BUT HOW [...] (C) Summary: The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) provided details on its highest-profile case to date, the national identity card project case that includes former Ministers among its defendants. The trial will take place on July 19-21, but it is u [...] | 2004-06-23 09:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR EFIN NI |
04ABUJA1323 | NIGERIA'S ECONOMIC TEAM: COMMITMENT TO REFORM BUT [...] (S/NF) Summary: President Olusegun Obasanjo's economic "Dream Team" is largely doing the right thing but operates mainly at the macroeconomic level, while the micro-economy continues to suffer. Team members appear to enjoy shallow support at the level of the Presidency and Vice Presidency, [...] | 2004-07-29 13:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV PREL NI |
04ABUJA1381 | NIGERIA: U.S. COMPANY LOSES BID, ALLEGES [...] (U) ACTION REQUESTED PARAGRAPH THIRTEEN. 2. (SBU) Summary: Earlier this year, Nigeria's Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) solicited bids in the sale of a majority stake in ALSCON, the state aluminum smelting plant. The bid by an American corporation, BFIGroup Corporation, to acquire the [...] | 2004-08-12 04:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR PREL BEXP EINV EFIN NI |
04ABUJA1405 | Nigerian Banking Reform - CBN Encourages [...] Summary. On July 6 the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN),Charles Soludo, proposed several reforms to the banking sector, the most important of which is raising the capital requirement of banks from naira 2 billion (USD 15 million) to naira 25 billion (USD 189 million) effective D [...] | 2004-08-17 13:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN NI |
04ABUJA1597 | WASHINGTON MEETING PROBLEMS [...] (C) It seems we may be getting to the point of diminishing returns on the many invitations to GON officials, especially the Economic Dream Team, for participation in meetings outside Nigeria. We delivered the October 4 G8 transparency/anti-corruption follow-up meeting invitation (Ref A) on Se [...] | 2004-09-17 10:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN KCOR NI |
04ABUJA1598 | U.S./NIGERIA BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP: OBASANJO LAYS [...] (C) Summary: In a public speech given at a Nigeria-U.S. investment conference sponsored by the Corporate Council on Africa/The Nigerian Economic Summit Group on September 16, President Obasanjo departed from his previously prepared text to lay down markers on the U.S./Nigeria bilateral relat [...] | 2004-09-17 10:56:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EFIN KDEM NI |
04ABUJA1820 | NIGERIA'S BUDGET FOR 2005 [...] (U) Summary: President Obasanjo delivered a speech on his USD 12.2 billion (Naira 1.618 trillion) Budget proposal for 2005 to a joint session of the National Assembly on October 12. The 2005 budget, the second under Nigeria's economic reform program NEEDS (National Economic Empowerment and [...] | 2004-10-28 10:56:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETRD EAIR EINV NI |
04ABUJA2080 | NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT, NIGERIA [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-16 10:24:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD NI |
04ABUJA2103 | CENTRAL BANK POSITION ON RECAPITALIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary. Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) deputy governor Tunde Lemo told us December 20 that banks that do not meet the naira 25 billion capitalization requirement by December 2005 will not be allowed to engage in banking business. The top thirty banks in the country will meet the new ca [...] | 2004-12-20 11:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETRD NI |
04ABUJA2114 | UPDATE ON NIGERIA'S ECONOMIC REFORMS [...] Summary. Minister of Finance briefed officials of the donor and diplomatic communities December 16 on the progress of policy reforms in Nigeria. She explained why Nigeria's economy is in bad shape, mentioned the remedies she has prescribed, and pointed to the improvement to date. The minis [...] | 2004-12-22 03:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID ETRD NI |
04ABUJA2131 | LETTER FROM PRESIDENT OBASANJO TO PRESIDENT BUSH [...] On December 10, 2004 Ambassador Campbell received a letter from the President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, dated December 9, 2004 to be transmitted to U.S. President George W. Bush. Original is being sent via unclassified pouch. Begin Text: His Excellency Mr. George W. Bush Presiden [...] | 2004-12-23 14:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON NI EFIN |
04ABUJA513 | NIGERIA'S CENTRAL BANK PROPOSES NEW CLEARING SYSTEM [...] (U) Summary: On March 8 the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) announced a new clearing system aimed at strengthening the banking industry by preventing banks from overdrawing their CBN accounts. The new system reduces the number of clearing banks from 21 to 7, is self-regulatory, and will likely [...] | 2004-03-24 11:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN NI |
04ABUJA537 | NIGERIA'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES 2004 BUDGET [...] Summary: On March 23, the National Assembly passed the 2004 budget. The National Assembly's House and Senate agreed in conference to increase the budget by USD 735 million (Naira 100 billion) to a total of USD 9.6 billion (Naira 1.302 trillion). According to press reports, President Obasanj [...] | 2004-03-26 11:47:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EFIN NI |
04ABUJA576 | MOVEMENT OF PUBLIC SECTOR FUNDS, AN OPTION FOR [...] Summary: In its FY 2004-2005 Monetary Guidelines, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) stated its intention to move public sector funds from commercial banks to the CBN as an instrument of monetary policy. The CBN has advised banks to restructure their deposit liabilities to avoid being caught u [...] | 2004-04-02 12:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN NI |
04ABUJA678 | NIGERIA'S BUDGET BATTLE: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY'S [...] Summary: On April 15, Nigeria's National Assembly (NA) made a key concession to President Obasanjo in the 2004 budget battle. Obasanjo had requested in late March that the National Assembly amend several clauses they had inserted into the 2004 appropriation bill as a condition for his signi [...] | 2004-04-19 15:43:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EFIN ECON NI |
04ABUJA721 | OBASANJO RAISES NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ALLOCATION, [...] (C) Summary: On April 21, President Obasanjo ended a two-month battle over the 2004 budget bill by signing it into law after the National Assembly (NA) dropped its requirement from the bill that oil revenues in excess of the budget's USD 25 per barrel target price be held in an account at the [...] | 2004-04-23 06:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV EFIN NI |
04ABUJA962 | OBASANJO OFFERS TO RESIGN IF IT WOULD GAIN DEBT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Obasanjo celebrated Nigeria's "Democracy Day" with two speeches. An address to the nation reiterated platitudes on what his first and second administration have done for Nigeria, but the other speech, a lecture at the International Conference Center in Abuja gave his [...] | 2004-06-01 13:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EFIN NI |
04ACCRA1280 | TREASURY UNDER SECRETARY TAYLOR MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) Under Secretary Taylor met May 31 with Bank of Ghana (BoG) Governor Paul Acquah to review the state of Ghana,s economy. Acquah stated that the GoG is on course to meet IMF and World Bank conditions necessary to achieve HIPC Completion Point in July. Acquah reiterated GoG support for th [...] | 2004-06-17 13:43:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN GH |
04ACCRA1281 | PRESIDENT KUFUOR HOSTS GHANA INVESTOR ADVISORY [...] On June 4, President Kufuor presided over the fifth Ghana Investors Advisory Council (GIAC) meeting. He highlighted recent, positive accomplishments, including MCA eligibility, and reassured the private sector that the GoG is committed to sound fiscal management during the 2004 election year. [...] | 2004-06-17 15:10:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ECON EFIN GH |
04ACCRA1283 | GHANA COMPLETES IMF LETTER OF INTENT, PUSHES FOR [...] (SBU) The GoG submitted its Letter of Intent (LOI) to the IMF on June 8, in time for IMF Executive Board meeting to go forward as planned on June 30. The GoG is working to fulfill prior actions: 1) impose a 2.5 percent VAT increase; 2) adjust water and electricity prices; and 3) complete wage [...] | 2004-06-18 08:27:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN GH |
04ACCRA1369 | GHANA: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - JUNE 2004 [...] (U) This report covers noteworthy economic events and activities in Ghana for the period May 17 - June 25, 2004. The issues covered are: -- Westel/GoG Negotiations Nearing End -- Maryland State Trade Delegation -- Ghana Meeting on ECOWAS Common External Tariff -- Free Enterprise Marathon - [...] | 2004-06-29 09:30:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN GH |
04ACCRA1447 | STATUS OF THE WEST AFRICAN GAS PIPELINE -- THE [...] (SBU) The parties involved in the West Africa Gas Pipeline (WAGP) are working to keep it on schedule and avoid escalating costs. It appears unlikely they will meet the July 31 deadline for "Final Investment Decision" (FID),but mid-September may be possible. The "TO DO" list is daunting: 1) [...] | 2004-07-09 11:50:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EFIN ECON EAID GH |
04ACCRA1564 | UPDATE ON CHINA LOAN SCANDAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: GoG officials continue to tell Post privately that the USD 300 million loan from China New Techniques Construction and Investment (CNTCI),which was approved by Parliament in April 2004, is dead (see Refs A and B for background). In May 2004, Minister of Finance and Economic Plan [...] | 2004-07-28 16:37:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EAID EFIN CH GH GOG |
04ACCRA1579 | WILL THE GHANA STOCK MARKET EVER SLOW DOWN? [...] African stock markets are attracting greater and greater investor attention, and the small Ghanaian bourse is one of the fledgling markets leading the way. In 2003 the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) was the best performing stock market in the world with a return of 144 percent in dollar terms. F [...] | 2004-07-30 11:20:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON GH |
04ACCRA1608 | GHANA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS JULY 2004 [...] This report covers noteworthy economic events and activities in Ghana for July 2004. The issues covered are: -- Launch of Private Sector Development Strategy -- Ghana Hosts Talks on ECOWAS Common External Tariff -- One to Watch: Economy of Ghana Network Launched -- New Fees on Food Imports [...] | 2004-08-04 16:25:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ETRD EAGR EINV GH |
04ACCRA1645 | GHANA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- AUGUST 2004 [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-10 17:38:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON ETRD EAGR ELAB KTDB PGOV GH |
04ACCRA1681 | USITC STUDY AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON U.S. -- [...] In response to Ref A, Post submits the following information to assist the USITC in its investigation for its study, U.S. Trade and Investment with sub-Saharan Africa. This cable builds on Post's previous submission of November 2003 (Ref B),and includes activities of USAID's West Africa Regio [...] | 2004-08-16 17:13:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV PREL GH |
04ACCRA1784 | READOUT OF MCC CEO PAUL APPLEGARTH'S VISIT TO GHANA [...] (SBU) Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) CEO Paul Applegarth visited Ghana August 23-24, conducting site visits and meeting with President Kufuor, Finance Minister Osafo Maafo, and the Ministry of Finance team in charge of preparing Ghana's Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) compact. The [...] | 2004-09-01 17:29:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KMCA EFIN ETRD ECON GH MCA |
04ACCRA1810 | SURVEY OF GHANA'S EVOLVING BANKING SECTOR [...] (SBU) The Government of Ghana's (GoG) sound macro policies have led to lower inflation and interest rates, paving the way for local banks and insurance companies to introduce innovative new products and vie for the 95 percent of Ghanaians who do not use the formal financial system. Banks can [...] | 2004-09-07 12:52:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KMCA EFIN ECON GH |
04ACCRA2044 | GHANA'S PARLIAMENT MEETS ONE LAST TIME BEFORE [...] (C) Ghana's Parliament convened October 5 for a final, abbreviated session prior to the December elections. Parliament's agenda includes a number of bills and agreements important to the U.S. This includes the Ghana-OPIC Agreement, the Ghana-Kaiser Aluminum Agreement on the Sale of Valco, the [...] | 2004-10-16 17:51:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAIR ENRG EINV EIND PREL GH OPIC |
04ACCRA2083 | GHANA'S RECORD LEVEL COCOA EXPORTS IN 2004 [...] (SBU) The Government of Ghana (GoG) purchased an all-time high of close to 710,000 metric tons of cocoa for the 2003/2004 season, a 40 plus percent increase over the 2002/2003 season that should bring in nearly USD 1 billion revenue for 2004. The massive increase reflects higher cocoa yields [...] | 2004-10-21 09:08:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EFIN ECON GH |
04ACCRA2305 | IMF READOUT ON GHANA'S ECONOMY [...] (SBU) The IMF has raised 2004 growth estimates for Ghana to 5.5 percent. Inflation should stay at 11-13 percent and the balance of payments improved in 2004 due to large cocoa exports, donor aid flows and record remittances. There is concern on the fiscal side, with wages and fuel subsidies [...] | 2004-11-23 16:05:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ENRG GH OPIC |
04ACCRA2319 | FINANCE MINISTER'S UPBEAT STATUS REPORT ON GHANA'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Finance Minister Osafo Maafo gave an optimistic appraisal of Ghana's planning for the Millennium Challenge Act (MCA) during a November 22 meeting with Ambassador Yates. In response to concerns raised by the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC),Osafo Maafo reconfigured Ghana [...] | 2004-11-29 11:22:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KMCA EAID EINV EAGR EFIN GH OPIC MCA |
04ACCRA2384 | GHANA: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS NOVEMBER 2004 [...] This report covers noteworthy economic events and activities in Ghana for November 2004. The issues covered are: -- Ambassador Hosts AmCham Breakfast -- Fitch and Standard and Poor's Reaffirm Ghana Ratings -- World Bank Approves West Africa Gas Pipeline Project -- President Kufuor Opens Co [...] | 2004-12-07 15:08:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EMIN GH OPIC |
04ACCRA2409 | GHANA: TRANSPARENCY OF BUDGETS/MILITARY SPENDING [...] Are military expenditures audited? Deputy Auditor General Kwadwo Akowuah informs post that Ghana audits military expenditures, and has done so since 1996. For a long time the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) and the Office of National Security resisted submitting to an audit of ammunition and aircra [...] | 2004-12-10 12:15:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN |
04ACCRA2455 | GHANA: POST SUPPORTS TREASURY'S CONTINUED FUNDING [...] In 2003 the U.S. Treasury Department, with co-funding from USAID, initiated the Ghana Tax Assistance Project, designed to improve management and revenue collection for Ghana's IRS and VAT Service. USAID will end its financial support of the program in February 2005 due to budget constraints an [...] | 2004-12-13 15:25:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID GH |
04ACCRA2484 | WEST AFRICA GAS PIPELINE NEARING THE FINISH LINE; [...] (SBU) On December 3, the Government of Ghana (GoG) hosted symbolic signing and groundbreaking ceremonies of the West Africa Gas Pipeline (WAGP). The States had not accomplished all conditions necessary for the West Africa Pipeline Company (WAPCo) to take Final Investment Decision (FID) prior t [...] | 2004-12-15 17:23:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ENRG ETRD GH OPIC |
04ACCRA2504 | 2005 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT FOR GHANA [...] This message responds to reftel request for an update of the National Trade Estimate (NTE) report. The following is Post's input to the 2005 NTE report for Ghana (Note: report also sent via email to USTR and State). TRADE SUMMARY The U.S. trade surplus with Ghana was USD 128 million in [...] | 2004-12-17 13:26:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EFIN ECON GH |
04ACCRA2536 | GHANA 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Post is pleased to provide below the 2005 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) for Ghana. This report revises and updates the ICS submitted August 2004. A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment Attracting foreign direct investment remains a key objective of Ghana's economic recovery program, w [...] | 2004-12-22 22:38:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ETRD EFIN BEXP KTDB ELAB GH OPIC USTR |
04ACCRA2551 | WAGP INVESTMENT COMPLETED FOLLOWING LAST MINUTE [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 17 and 20 the West Africa Gas Pipeline Company (WAPCo) and West Africa Gas Pipeline (WAGP) shareholders completed the final requirements for taking Final Investment Decision (FID). Most investors (excluding Togo and Benin) deposited their financial contributions int [...] | 2004-12-23 20:22:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EFIN GH OPIC |
04ADANA18 | BUSINESS COMMENTS ON IMPACT OF IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2004-01-30 16:13:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD BEXP BTIO TU IZ ADANA |
04ADANA2 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 1-2, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Evrensel / A gro [...] | 2004-01-08 16:23:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ EFIN KCRM ADANA |
04ADANA56 | SE TURKEY ECONOMY LINKED TO TEXTILE CHANGES, IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2004-05-07 07:37:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN TU ETRA ADANA |
04AMMAN10063 | 2004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Embassy Amman's submission for the 2004-2005 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) Part II follows: BEGIN TEXT Jordan is not a regional or offshore financial center and is not considered a major venue for international criminal activity. The banking and financial sectors, [...] | 2004-12-21 15:51:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN KCRM PTER KSEP SNAR EFIN |
04AMMAN10173 | Finance Minister Presents Budget to Parliament [...] SUMMARY: Minister of Finance Mohammad Abu Hammour presented the 2005 Budget to parliament December 22. The budget projects expenditures at USD 4.7 billion, foreign aid at USD 1.5 billion, and a deficit of USD 234 million. The budget estimates real growth next year at 5 percent and inflation [...] | 2004-12-24 10:37:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN JO |
04AMMAN10321 | EMBASSY RECEIVES LETTER FROM IARA-LINKED TF [...] On December 9 post received a faxed copy of a letter addressed to the "Ambassador of U.S. Embassy in Jordan" and signed by "Khalid Ahmed Al-Sudanee, Regional Director, Islamic Relief Agency (ISRA)." In his letter, Mr. al-Sudani appears to take issue with the U.S. domestic designation of him a [...] | 2004-12-30 16:10:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN ETTC JO |
04AMMAN1054 | RESULTS OF G-8 COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP [...] (SBU) DCM on February 5 hosted a discussion ref agenda items in preparation for the G-8 Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG) meeting in Washington on February 20. Participants were counterparts from G-8 missions in Amman, in addition to representatives of interested states and organizations [...] | 2004-02-11 08:33:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER EFIN JO |
04AMMAN113 | JORDAN ESF REQUEST FOR FY05-FY06 [...] (SBU) Following up on King Abdullah's December 6 letter to President Bush requesting that economic assistance to Jordan be increased to a level of $550 million in both 2005 and 2006, Planning Minister Awadallah sent the Ambassador the below letter, dated January 4. Expanding on the King's r [...] | 2004-01-06 17:40:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN PREL JO |
04AMMAN1452 | JORDANIAN MPS APPROVE GOVERNMENT BUDGET, BUT WARY [...] (C) Following a lengthy debate, 77 out of 97 deputies present in the Lower House of the Jordanian Parliament voted February 19 to approve the government's budget for 2004 as proposed. Prior to the vote, the government made a concerted effort to engage MPs and public opinion makers on the need [...] | 2004-02-25 16:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN JO |
04AMMAN1453 | LETTERS FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF JORDAN [...] The Embassy has received the following three letters regarding the Arab Bank from the GOJ. 2. Letter from Governor and Chairman of the Board of the Central Bank of Jordan Umayya Toukan to Ambassador Gnehm: Your Excellency, I am writing to Your Excellency with regard to the interest of [...] | 2004-02-25 17:03:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL PINR JO UNSC IAZ |
04AMMAN1456 | JORDAN REDEEMS ITS BRADY BONDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A December 2003 redemption by the Jordanian Ministry of Finance of the balance of Jordan,s Brady bonds will result in substantial savings in annual interest payments by the GOJ. While the rising value of Jordan,s euro-denominated debt has essentially offset the buyback's impact [...] | 2004-02-26 06:34:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN JO |
04AMMAN1722 | (C) JORDANIAN BANKERS CITE UNEXPLAINED, [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the request of respective bank managers, the Ambassador met separately with representatives of the Export & Finance Bank (EFB) and the Arab Bank. Both banks raised concerns that they were being treated arbitrarily by Iraqi authorities and questioned how they might resolve [...] | 2004-03-07 16:16:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN PREL PINR JO UNSC IAZ |
04AMMAN1970 | IRAQI ASSETS: LISTINGS SUBJECT TO UNSCR 1483, [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-15 16:26:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL JO IQ UNSC |
04AMMAN203 | JORDAN TRANSFERS $100 MILLION TO DFI [...] (SBU) Minister of Finance Muhammad Abu Hammour confirmed to the Ambassador January 8 that he had that day transferred $100 million from Iraqi accounts frozen in Jordan to the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. This brings the total transferred t [...] | 2004-01-08 18:39:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC IZ JO |
04AMMAN2069 | (S) IRAQ, HAMAS ASSETS -- JORDAN [...] (S/NF) Ambassador met with Government of Jordan GID chief Saad Khayr March 16, joined by DCM and ORCA chief, to review Department demarche (Ref A). Saad offered full cooperation and promised to get back to us on the February 16 request related to Iraqi assets. He offered similar cooperatio [...] | 2004-03-18 09:23:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINR EFIN PTER JO IZ |
04AMMAN2198 | IRAQI ASSETS IN JORDAN - INVITATION TO THE CPA [...] (U) This is an action message. See last Para. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Jordan (GOJ) late on March 11 passed to Embassy a list of Iraqi counterparties earlier requested by Iraqi and CPA officials to review Iraqi assets frozen in Jordan. The local Rafidain Bank manager has sta [...] | 2004-03-23 18:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL IZ JO |
04AMMAN2520 | DEPUTIES EASILY APPROVE SALES TAX INCREASE OVER [...] (C) MPs on March 28 endorsed a three percent increase in the general sales tax as part of the GOJ's budgetary price and tax hike package. Apart from a few independent MPs and the members of the Islamic Action Front, a large majority of the 95 deputies present voted in favor of the legislation [...] | 2004-04-01 12:58:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN JO |
04AMMAN2579 | JORDANIAN FINANCE MINISTER ON WANING ASSISTANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's Finance Minister revealed that although Saudi Arabia had ended its oil donations to Jordan as of April 1, Jordan had received and expected to continue to receive further financial support from the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) In an April 1 [...] | 2004-04-04 13:29:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EPET JO PREL |
04AMMAN3027 | IRAQI ASSETS: RECOVERING ASSETS OF SADDAM HUSSEIN [...] (C) POLCOUNS DELIVERED THE POINTS RELAYED IN REFTEL TO ALI Al-AYED, THE DIRECTOR OF FOREIGN MINISTER MARWAN MUASHER'S PRIVATE OFFICE, AND TO PRIVATE OFFICE U.S. ACTION OFFICER MANAR DABBAS, ON APRIL 15. BOTH PROMISED TO FOLLOW UP. 2. (U) EMBASSY ALSO DELIVERED THE FORMAL DIPLOMATIC NOT [...] | 2004-04-20 11:29:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN IZ JO PREL |
04AMMAN3059 | ARAB BANK: THE SECRETARY'S LETTER DELIVERED, [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-20 14:50:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | EFIN IZ JO PREL |
04AMMAN3060 | IRAQI ASSETS FOLLOW-UP [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-20 14:51:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | EFIN IZ JO PREL |
04AMMAN3306 | JORDANIAN INFORMATION ON HOST GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to a reiterated request for information on Jordan's contribution to the reconstruction of Iraq, the Jordanian Ministry of Planning provided to the Embassy a report detailing Jordan's Iraq-related activities. The report highlights several areas in which the GOJ has of [...] | 2004-04-29 13:35:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN JO IZ |
04AMMAN3328 | FINANCE MINISTER'S RESPONSE ON PRICING OIL [...] (C) John, During an April 8 call on you in Washington by GOJ Finance Minister Mohammad Abu Hammour mentioned to you the serious impact of higher oil prices on Jordan's budget. You asked for details. When I called on Abu Hammour April 27 to discuss a range of issues, he noted that he had prom [...] | 2004-04-29 15:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN JO |
04AMMAN3430 | JORDAN: UPDATE ON IRAQI ASSETS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordanian Finance Minister Abu Hammour told us that to date $170 million in frozen Iraqi assets had been released to settle Jordanian commercial claims, with an additional $60 million agreed for release last week. ($235 million has been transferred to Iraq to date.) He said the [...] | 2004-05-05 17:23:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC PREL IZ JO |
04AMMAN348 | JORDAN: KUWAITIS DO NOT PROMISE TO CONTINUE FREE [...] (C) On the margins of a separate meeting, Foreign Minister Muasher gave the Ambassador a readout of his recently concluded trip to Kuwait for a meeting of the bilateral Jordan-Kuwait Higher Committee. Muasher said he had been very well received ("like royalty," in fact),including extensive [...] | 2004-01-15 15:59:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL EPET KU JO |
04AMMAN3485 | JORDAN: CLARIFICATION ON IRAQI ASSET FIGURES [...] (C) On May 6, 2004, Charge called alone on Jordanian Finance Minister Mohammad Abu Hammour to clarify the figures on the remaining frozen Iraqi assets he relayed in the earlier May 4 meeting (Reftel). Abu Hammour admitted to some reluctance to speaking openly in front of the Iraqis who part [...] | 2004-05-06 17:07:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC PREL IZ JO |
04AMMAN3488 | FREE SAUDI OIL FOR ANOTHER YEAR! OR MAYBE NOT... [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOJ announced yesterday that Saudi Arabia will provide Jordan with free oil for another year. Unfortunately, this public announcement may well endanger Jordan's informal accord with the publicity-shy Saudis. If the oil deal falls through, Jordan still faces a bleak budgetary [...] | 2004-05-06 19:44:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON EFIN JO SA |
04AMMAN3494 | JORDAN'S DEBT SWAP PLANS [...] The Debt/GDP (Debt to Gross Domestic Product) ratio increased by 11 percentage points during 2002 and 2003 due to the appreciation of the exchange rate of the Euro. 2. In December 2003 we had a buy-back operation concerning Jordan's stock of Brady Bonds. We also concluded debt swap agree [...] | 2004-05-09 12:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN JO |
04AMMAN350 | JORDAN: BUSINESS CONFIDENCE STRONG [...] (SBU) Summary: As a new year begins, Jordan's economy continues to perform well and the business community is looking forward to continued strong activity, based in part on new opportunities in Iraq and under the U.S. FTA, as well as on good policies at home. Nevertheless, business people [...] | 2004-01-15 16:27:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EFIN ETRD EINV JO |
04AMMAN3801 | U/S LARSON MEETING WITH JORDAN'S FINANCE MINISTER [...] (S) SUMMARY: Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs Alan Larson met May 15 with Government of Jordan (GOJ) Finance Minister Mohammad Abu Hammour on the margins of the World Economic Forum (WEF) to seek comments on the G-8 draft plan of support (Ref A). Abu [...] | 2004-05-16 12:30:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | EFIN PREL ECON IZ JO |
04AMMAN391 | INVITING JORDAN TO LIBERIA RECONSTRUCTION [...] PolCouns January 14 cover ref points with Basheer Zoubi, Officer in Charge of UN affairs in FonMin Mausher's Private Office. PolCouns encouraged Jordan, and a troop contributing country, to attend the Liberia reconstruction conference February 5-6. Zoubi said that Jordan would most likely a [...] | 2004-01-16 10:35:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON EAID EFIN AORC LI JO |
04AMMAN3951 | U/S LARSON MEETING WITH PAKISTANI MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) U/S Larson met with Minister Shaikh for 15 minutes on May 15 on the margins of the WEF at the Dead Sea in Jordan. Also present in the meeting were Larson visit control officer Greg Lawless and notetaker Amy Schedlbauer. 2. (SBU) Larson gave the minister a copy of the draft G-8 Plan o [...] | 2004-05-19 13:52:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV PREL PK EFIN JO |
04AMMAN4275 | Jordan's Public Debt: Government Continues to Make Progres [...] No summary [...] | 2004-05-29 13:34:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON JO |
04AMMAN4330 | VISITING IMF TEAM IMPRESSED BY THE STATE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the end of a two-week mission, a visiting IMF team tallied a long list of indicators reflecting the current strength of Jordan's economy. Economic growth continues to build momentum and the IMF has increased its estimate for real growth in Jordan's GDP this year to 5.5%. Fi [...] | 2004-06-01 10:24:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC EAID IZ JO |
04AMMAN4410 | Jordan's Public Debt: Government Continues to Make Progress [...] Summary: According to a Ministry of Finance quarterly bulletin on public debt, Jordan's total public debt at end of March 2004 stood at $9.84 billion, 92.4% of estimated GDP for 2004, down from a figure as high as 111% in 1999. Of the total debt, about 76%, $7.47 billion, consists of foreign o [...] | 2004-06-02 07:16:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON JO |
04AMMAN4670 | JORDAN'S FINANCE MINISTER DISCUSSES IMF VISIT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Finance Minister Abu Hammour related to the Ambassador June 2 that the visiting IMF team said Jordan would graduate from the IMF program "with honors." Although the IMF had raised its growth estimate for Jordan for 2004 to 5.5%, he said it could just as easily have been 6%. Bo [...] | 2004-06-08 15:24:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID IZ JO |
04AMMAN4698 | NO TALK OF KUWAITI OIL IN JORDAN [...] (C) REF B requested Embassy Amman's readout on a reported Jordanian claim of an understanding regarding Kuwaiti provision of oil to Jordan. In the Ambassador's recent discussions with the King, the Prime Minister and the Finance Minister (Ref A),we have heard no claims of a Kuwaiti promise [...] | 2004-06-09 14:52:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN IZ KU JO |
04AMMAN5419 | CURRENT STATUS OF IRAQI FROZEN ASSETS IN JORDAN [...] (C) On June 29, ECOUNS spoke with Finance Ministry Secretary General Mohammad Mumtaz about the current status of SIPDIS the frozen Iraqi assets remaining in Jordan. As reported in reftels, Jordan is reviewing private sector claims against these assets and will transfer the remaining balan [...] | 2004-07-01 14:10:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID IZ JO |
04AMMAN5430 | OFFICIAL/INFORMAL FOR DCM AMBASSADOR JAMES JEFFREY [...] (SBU) Post personnel have recently been in contact with a Jordanian conference organizer who has expressed his readiness to organize a conference focusing on investing opportunities in both Iraq and Jordan. The conference, tentatively planned to be held in Amman and dated October 5-7, would b [...] | 2004-07-02 08:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN JO IZ |
04AMMAN5471 | JORDAN LIKELY TO BE HELPFUL ON IRAQI [...] (S/NF). The Jordanian government strongly supports the interests of the United States in reducing the terrorist violence on-going in Iraq, violence which Jordan has suffered from directly with the August 2003 attack on its Embassy in Baghdad. Political stability in Iraq and a peaceful envir [...] | 2004-07-06 03:45:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON EFIN MOPS PREL PTER JO IZ |
04AMMAN5611 | 2004 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, post updates an outstanding investment dispute by a "U.S. person" against the Government of Jordan (GOJ). Claimant A refers to Jacobs Engineering Group of Pasadena, California. Claimant B refers to Arab Potash Co., Ltd., which at the time the dispute arose was 52 [...] | 2004-07-07 14:49:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN PGOV KIDE CASC JO OPIC |
04AMMAN5726 | JORDAN'S FINANCE MINISTER ON IRAQI ASSETS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's Finance Minister Abu Hammour related to the Ambassador July 5 that he expected all claims on Iraqi frozen assets to be settled by mid-July and the balance remaining transferred to Iraq. On other Iraqi issues, Abu Hammour reported that Jordan had still not heard from I [...] | 2004-07-11 13:08:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN PREL ETRD JO IZ |
04AMMAN579 | JORDAN'S EXPORT AND FINANCE BANK IS FIRST INVESTOR [...] Jordan,s private Export and Finance Bank (EFB) signed an agreement January 17 to purchase 49 percent of the private National Bank of Iraq (NBI) for US $8.5 million. It is the first foreign bank to take a stake in an Iraqi bank since regime change. According to EFB Chairman Ali Al-Husry in a [...] | 2004-01-22 15:25:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN JO IZ |
04AMMAN5989 | JORDAN'S CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON ARAB BANK, [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Jordan's Central Bank Governor Touqan asserted that the legal suit filed against Jordan's Arab Bank in New York hinges on payment orders issued by Saudi authorities through Arab Bank to beneficiaries in the West Bank. Although some of these beneficiaries may inadvertently b [...] | 2004-07-18 04:38:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ETTC PREL PTER JO IZ SA IS |
04AMMAN6179 | MFA LEGAL ADVISOR ON JORDAN'S "DECLARATION" ON THE [...] (C) Charge and PolCouns queried MFA Legal Department Head Samer Naber July 21 on the meaning of Jordan's "declaration" about national liberation movements on the Convention on the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism. Naber clarified that the Jordanian statement was a "declaration" and [...] | 2004-07-22 07:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL EFIN JO UN |
04AMMAN6249 | JORDAN'S FINANCE MINISTER ON IRAQI ASSETS, IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Finance Mohammad Abu Hammour July 21 told the Charge that the final payment to DFI of Iraqi assets would be about USD 50 million, but averred he did not know the precise number. He noted the cabinet had released the Rafidain Bank's USD 84 million in operating capit [...] | 2004-07-23 08:30:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL ETRD IZ JO |
04AMMAN6250 | JORDAN'S FINANCE MINISTER ON IRAQI ASSETS, IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Finance Mohammad Abu Hammour July 21 told the Charge that the final payment to DFI of Iraqi assets would be about USD 50 million, but averred he did not know the precise number. He noted the cabinet had released the Rafidain Bank's USD 84 million in operating capit [...] | 2004-07-23 08:31:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL ETRD IZ JO |
04AMMAN6410 | INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT APPENDIX, 2004 - [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-28 14:29:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ELAB KTDB PGOV JO |
04AMMAN6439 | FM MUASHER CLAIMS HANDS ARE TIED ON TERRORISM [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-29 15:59:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL PTER JO UN |
04AMMAN652 | JORDAN PM PLEDGES CONTROVERSIAL TAX AND PRICE [...] (C) Summary. With unusual candor, Prime Minister Faisal al-Fayez publicly announced oil product price and tax hikes to take effect later this year. Although Fayez softened the blow by announcing public pay increases and blaming previous governments and external forces, his political honeymo [...] | 2004-01-26 18:02:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV EAID PREL JO |
04AMMAN6581 | JORDAN'S EXPORTS TO IRAQ ARE STRONG AND GROWING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bilateral Jordan-Iraq trade is flourishing, even without considering the strong transit trade. Domestic exports to Iraq took off in 2003 in unexpected sectors. Iraqis' pent-up demand for tobacco and alcohol are keeping Jordanian manufacturers and truckers busy. Soaps, animal [...] | 2004-08-05 17:16:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL EFIN IZ JO |
04AMMAN6691 | OIL-FOR-FOOD VIOLATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent visit by HIRC STAFFDEL Scharfen may have uncovered hard, documentary evidence of involvement of some Jordanian banks in facilitating the payment of kickbacks during the closing years of the Oil-for-Food (OFF) program. This evidence, if verified, would still leave some doub [...] | 2004-08-09 14:46:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL JO IZ UN |
04AMMAN6794 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR VISIT OF [...] Embassy Amman grants country clearance for and warmly welcomes the visit of CEA William Block, EB/IFD/OMA Daniel Peters, and four officials from the Department of Treasury to travel to Amman August 15-20 for consultations with Iraqi officials. 2. Your control officer for this visit will b [...] | 2004-08-15 06:09:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA EFIN JO IZ |
04AMMAN7153 | JORDAN'S FINANCE MINISTER ON DEBT POLICY, IRAQI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's Finance Minister reviewed how he hopes to reduce Jordan's debt burden, complying with a Jordanian debt management law setting a debt/GDP ratio of 60% by end-2006. He explored with a visiting Treasury delegation the measures he has taken and the steps he hopes to take t [...] | 2004-08-26 03:44:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN JO IZ |
04AMMAN72 | JORDAN: COMMITMENT TO PETROLEUM PRICE HIKES [...] (C) Summary. Jordan's Finance Minister believes he has met the 2003 budget deficit target in substance, although a delay in receiving expected oil aid from Gulf countries will likely require a waiver of the budget deficit target when the IMF Board reviews the stand-by agreement in mid-late F [...] | 2004-01-05 16:29:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL JO |
04AMMAN7403 | JORDAN'S FINANCE MINISTER ON DEBT AND OIL PRICES; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although making considerable progress on Jordan's public debt front, Jordan's Finance Minister is pushing for more. Driven by targets set by a Jordanian Public Debt Law, he seeks U.S. support in the Paris Club to support Jordan's debt swap plans as well as technical assistanc [...] | 2004-09-07 14:10:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EPET EAID JO IZ |
04AMMAN784 | ASSETS: JORDANIANS SAY $50 MILLION MORE TO DFI, [...] (C) Summary. Finance Minister Abu Hammour committed to transfer an additional $50 million to the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) in early February and to finalize a list of pending and paid claims against frozen Iraqi funds so that an Iraqi team that could travel to Amman -- ideally in mid- [...] | 2004-01-29 17:26:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC IZ JO |
04AMMAN7841 | GOJ SUPPORTS IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION; PRESSES RELATED [...] (C) At a September 20 meeting in Amman, the Jordanian Minister of Planning confirmed that he will head the Jordanian delegation to the upcoming Tokyo IRFFI conference. He reiterated strong GOJ support for our Iraq reconstruction efforts, offered to host the second IRFFI donor conference next [...] | 2004-09-21 07:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN EAID JO IZ |
04AMMAN7860 | JORDAN WILL JOIN IN DESIGNATION OF JTJ [...] (S) CDA met with Royal Court Minister Samir Rifai September 21 and presented the demarche and background materials provided reftel. Rifai said that Jordan would "of course" join the U.S. in seeking designation of Jamiat al-Tawhid wal Jihad. Emboffs also made reftel demarche with the Foreign [...] | 2004-09-21 13:07:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KTFN JO LVPR |
04AMMAN8013 | MORE ON EU SUPPORT FOR IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION, [...] (C) European Commission (EC) Iraq Delegation chief Ana Gallo Alvarez provided additional information to us on planned EU support for Iraq reconstruction and elections (ref A) during a meeting in Amman on September 21. According to Alvarez (who resides in Amman pending improvement in the secu [...] | 2004-09-27 08:08:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN EAID JO IZ EU |
04AMMAN8045 | TREASURY-LED DELEGATION FINDS DEFICIENCIES IN [...] (C)SUMMARY: A visit by a Treasury-led team focused on terrorist financing and anti-money laundering issues, both with respect to broad structural concerns and specific bilateral information requests. Regarding the structural issues, the team found that the Jordanian anti-money laundering (AML [...] | 2004-09-27 14:07:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ETTC PREL PGOV JO KTRF |
04AMMAN8107 | JORDANIAN REQUEST FOR IRAQ-RELATED AID [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOJ has launched a two-track push for increased aid for Jordan, which would also benefit Iraq. One track proposes debt forgiveness for Jordan. Jordan would then apply some of the savings from the debt forgiveness against the debt it is owed by Iraq, thereby reducing Iraq's [...] | 2004-09-29 15:56:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN EAID IZ JO |
04AMMAN8110 | TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER - JORDAN [...] Amman TFCO is acting DCM Christopher Henzel, phone 962-6-590-6640, e-mail henzelcp@state.gov. Deputy TFCO is Economic section chief Richard Eason, phone 962-6-590-6556, e-mail easonrm@state.gov. 2. Terrorist Finance working group meetings, chaired by A/DCM, are held in conjunction with V [...] | 2004-09-30 05:41:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL JO |
04AMMAN8133 | SHEMAILEH SCANDAL BANKS BACK FROM THE DEAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan is clearing up the final residue of a 2002 scandal involving hundreds of millions of dollars in unsecured bad loans to 31-year-old businessman Majed Al-Shemaileh (Ref A). The Shemaileh fiasco brought down the former head of Jordan,s General Intelligence Directorate, pushed [...] | 2004-09-30 13:25:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV JO |
04AMMAN830 | Jordan, Egypt, Syria and Lebanon Sign Phase Two [...] (u) SUMMARY: The Prime Ministers of Jordan, Egypt, Syria and Lebanon witnessed the signing of agreements to begin the second phase of a pipeline to supply natural gas from Egypt to the other three countries. This phase will extend the current Egypt-Jordan pipeline north to the Rihab Power S [...] | 2004-02-03 15:39:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EFIN JO |
04AMMAN8401 | JORDAN'S CENTRAL BANK CONCERNED ABOUT POSSIBLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Jordanian Central Bank and several Jordanian and foreign banks here have reported over recent weeks attempted cash deposits of large dollar amounts by individuals who claim to be operating on behalf of Iraqi government entities or contractors operating in Iraq. The CBJ Dep [...] | 2004-10-07 13:59:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN KCRM KFRD JO IZ |
04AMMAN8403 | TERRORIST FINANCING: POST IN-HOUSE VIEWS ON [...] (S/NF) Post has no record of any activity of the IARA Jordan office; nor does it have any record of any activity by the IARA in Jordan. RSO sent FSN Investigator to verify the location of the IARA office in Amman given in reftel; FSNI found no IARA office at the given location nor in the rest [...] | 2004-10-07 15:09:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | KTFN PTER EFIN ECON ETTC |
04AMMAN8905 | JORDAN'S FINANCE MINISTER ON WASHINGTON VISIT, [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Jordan's Finance Minister Mohammad Abu Hammour's main concerns remain high oil prices and hope for a debt swap increase under the Paris Club. He raised the issue during his recent meetings in Washington on the margins of the IMF/World Bank meetings, and other senior Jordania [...] | 2004-10-31 11:15:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | EFIN EAID JO IZ |
04AMMAN8939 | TERRORIST FINANCE: IARA INFORMATION REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-01 14:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN CVIS PREL PTER JO ETC LVPR |
04AMMAN9112 | IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION THROUGH EXPORT CREDIT AGENCY [...] Jordan does not have a government-operated export credit agency (ECA) similar to the Export-Import Bank. The closest entity similar to an ECA would be the Export & Finance Bank, a public shareholding company based in Amman that is engaged in privately funded export credits. A senior contact [...] | 2004-11-10 12:03:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV JO IZ |
04AMMAN9151 | PENDING JORDANIAN REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE [...] ( U ) With King Abdullah likely to visit Washington on or about December 6, we provide below post,s understanding of the state of play of a number of Jordanian assistance requests, some of which have been on the table for more than a year. Ref A was post,s scene-setter for this visit. XXXX [...] | 2004-11-15 14:29:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS EAID EFIN IZ JO |
04AMMAN9311 | JORDAN'S ECONOMIC REFORMS AFTER FIVE YEARS: [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the past five years, the government of Jordan has carried out a broad range of economic reforms. These have opened Jordan to foreign trade and investment and made the economy run more efficiently. There is hardly an aspect of Jordan's economy that has not been changed, whe [...] | 2004-11-22 06:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID KPRV KMPI JO |
04AMMAN9312 | JORDAN'S ECONOMIC REFORMS AFTER FIVE YEARS: [...] (U) SUMMARY: Over the past five years, the government of Jordan has moved boldly to open up its economy to foreign trade and investment. Jordan has become a member of the World Trade Organization, negotiated a Free Trade Agreement with the United States, initialed an Association Agreement [...] | 2004-11-22 08:28:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD EAID KPRV KMPI JO |
04AMMAN9370 | RE: TRANSPARENCY OF BUDGETS/MILITARY SPENDING [...] (SBU) Jordanian military expenditures are audited concurrently by three different entities. Expenditures are audited continuously by the Jordanian Armed Forces' own internal auditors. These expenditures are also reviewed by (civilian) Ministry of Finance personnel detailed from the Office of [...] | 2004-11-24 14:24:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID MARR JO |
04AMMAN9602 | JORDANIAN REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE - UPDATE [...] (C) Ref A previewed requests for assistance that we expect King Abdullah to pursue during his December 6 meetings in Washington with President Bush and others. Updates follow on likely requests for FMF, ESF, Gulf state support, and debt relief. 2. (C) Military assistance: Prince Faisal p [...] | 2004-12-05 08:54:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS EAID EFIN IZ JA JO GCC |
04AMMAN9917 | JORDAN'S NON-U.S. AID FUNDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan receives substantial non-military aid from sources other than the U.S. Government. According to the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation (MOPIC),non-U.S. development assistance pledged in 2004 amounted to US$141 million in grants and US$111 million in soft [...] | 2004-12-15 16:42:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN PREL JO |
04ANKARA1087 | IRAQI ASSETS: RAFIDAIN BANK [...] No summary [...] | 2004-02-25 08:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN IZ PREL TU XL |
04ANKARA1135 | TURKEY'S ATTENDANCE AT FEB 28-29 ABU DHABI MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2004-02-26 15:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN TU |
04ANKARA114 | TURKISH EXIMBANK SEEKING GOT APPROVALS FOR TRADE [...] (Sbu) Summary: In a meeting with a U.S. Eximbank official, Turkish Eximbank President Kilicoglu expressed strong determination to establish a credit facility for the Trade Bank of Iraq, but said he first had to obtain approval from a cabinet-level committee, which might take until February. K [...] | 2004-01-08 14:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN BEXP ETRD TU IZ |
04ANKARA1232 | TERRORIST FINANCE: ANALYSIS OF SITUATION IN TURKEY [...] (C) Summary. Turkey has been unsuccessful in locating terrorist assets in its financial institutions or on its territory. Post believes that Turkey,s failure is a consequence of inherent limitations in Turkey,s anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing regime. Although Post and other [...] | 2004-03-02 10:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC PREL PTER |
04ANKARA129 | IMF CONCERNS: POPULIST MEASURES CLOUD FISCAL [...] (C) Summary: According to IMF officials and market analysts, GOT decisions to increase both minimum wage and 2004 pension payments well above projected inflation have significantly complicated the outlook for achieving fiscal targets, and possibly inflation targets as well. Fund staff estimat [...] | 2004-01-09 05:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV TU |
04ANKARA136 | TURKEY'S ECONOMY: WHY WE NEED TO KEEP UP THE [...] (C) Summary: Government leaders are celebrating a successful economic year, with inflation dropping to 18.4 percent, growth near the 5 percent target, and interest rates on the massive public debt falling dramatically. The sense of crisis has faded. The AK Government deserves some credit f [...] | 2004-01-09 07:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EINV PGOV ETRD TU |
04ANKARA1437 | BANK REGULATORS GRAPPLE WITH FAILED BANK OWNERS [...] (Sbu) Summary: The recently-appointed management of the now-separate bank regulatory agencies are struggling to deal with a range of issues relating to the failed banks. Having moved decisively to seize Uzan group companies, the new Deposit Guarantee Fund Chairman told Econcouns he will try to [...] | 2004-03-10 14:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV TU |
04ANKARA1502 | DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON OECD DECISION-MAKING [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-12 15:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD TU |
04ANKARA1510 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FINANCE MINISTER: [...] (Sbu) At a meeting March 9 with Finance Minister Kemal Unakitan, the Ambassador stressed the importance of strengthening Turkey's regime for combatting the financing of terrorism. In this context, the Ambassador raised the Global Relief Foundation/Marwan Haddad case, about which the Departmen [...] | 2004-03-15 08:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV PTER TU |
04ANKARA1511 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF FINANCE: [...] (Sbu) Summary: At a lunch meeting at the residence March 9, Finance Minister Unakitan discussed U.S. investment disputes in Turkey, said the Uzans' cell phone company has a potential buyer who is in touch with Motorola, and asserted both GOT ownership of the economic reform program and a GOT d [...] | 2004-03-15 08:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ECON PREL PGOV TU |
04ANKARA1521 | GOT PROPOSES LANGUAGE ON FINANCIAL AGREEMENT [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary: MFA U/S Ziyal passed Ambassador Edelman a GOT proposal for revised language on the Financial Agreement Amendment, changing "conditions" to "stipulations" and stating "the determination of which, for the U.S. side is a biding requ [...] | 2004-03-15 11:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN PGOV PREL TU |
04ANKARA1578 | MIXED SIGNALS--OR WORSE--ON STATE BANK [...] (Sbu) Summary: According to World Bank and IMF officials, GOT officials up through Economy Minister Babacan have agreed on a strategy to privatize the state-owned Banks. The government will withdraw some state bank capital and gradually shrink the deposit base and government securities portfo [...] | 2004-03-16 16:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV TU |
04ANKARA1579 | TERRORIST FINANCING: TURKEY APPRECIATES USG [...] (C) PolMilCouns briefed MFA DDG for Intelligence Kemal Asya March 16 on the latest USG approach to EU members on extending the EU's terrorist financing designation of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to its successors, the Kurdistan Freedom and Democracy Congress (KADEK) and the Kurdistan Pe [...] | 2004-03-16 17:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EFIN ETTC TU |
04ANKARA1607 | AGREEMENT WITH IMF ON DRAFT LETTER OF INTENT, [...] (Sbu) Summary: Deputy ResRep confirmed to Econoffs that the IMF and GOT have reached agreement on a draft letter of intent (LOI),with only minor follow-up steps needed for the GOT to sign the actual LOI. Not coincidentally, on March 17 the Central Bank cut overnight interest rates by 2 percen [...] | 2004-03-17 15:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV TU |
04ANKARA1806 | TERRORIST FINANCE: LIST 53 [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-25 13:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PTER TU |
04ANKARA1926 | STRONGER THAN EXPECTED 2003 GDP GROWTH; MIXED [...] (SBU) Summary: Final numbers released March 31 show Turkey's GNP grew 5.9 percent in 2003, well above the market consensus forecast of 5.2 percent. For 2004, there is a significant divergence of views among Turkish economists -- both inside and outside the GOT -- with some forecasting growth a [...] | 2004-04-01 13:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV TU |
04ANKARA1929 | TURK TELEKOM PRIVATIZATION UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: According to a Privatization Authority (PA) official, the PA is trying to apply lessons learned from the aborted privatization of Tekel,s tobacco operations (Ref) to the Turk Telekom (TT) privatization: Managing the expectations of potential investors, public officials and o [...] | 2004-04-02 06:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EFIN PGOV TU |
04ANKARA2077 | MARKET CORRECTION DESPITE CONTINUED POSITIVE MACRO [...] (Sbu) Summary: On April 8, Turkish financial markets experienced one of the few significant corrections in recent months, with interest rates blipping back up over 22 percent, the lira falling to TL 1.334 million to the dollar and the stock market falling 3.10 percent. A confluence of negative [...] | 2004-04-09 14:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON TU |
04ANKARA21 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH INDUSTRY MINISTER [...] (Sbu) Summary: Minister of Industry Ali Coskun told Ambassador the GOT would introduce legislation to solve Cargill's zoning problem in January and claimed the GOT was working on the data exclusivity problem. Coskun seemed to take the Ambassador's point on the need to resolve some American co [...] | 2004-01-05 08:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN PGOV TU |
04ANKARA218 | UPDATE ON FINANCIAL AGREEMENT [...] (C) In Ambassador's January 12 conversation with MFA U/S Ziyal, as well as in his recent discussions with the Prime Minister, Finance Minister Unakitan, and State Minister Babacan, the Turks have acknowledged that the complications surrounding the conditionality in the Financial Agreement are [...] | 2004-01-13 15:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL TU IZ |
04ANKARA2195 | SCENESETTER FOR ECONOMY MINISTER BABACAN'S [...] (Sbu) Summary: Economy Minister Ali Babacan comes to Washington after the IMF's Seventh Review and several months of better-than-expected macroeconomic performance. Senior USG interlocutors could usefully use the meetings to praise GOT accomplishments while warning against complacency, reiter [...] | 2004-04-16 11:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV BEXP PREL TU |
04ANKARA2324 | TURKISH MARKET SWINGS OVER CYPRUS REFERENDUM, [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish financial markets were flat today in the final day of trading before Saturday's referendum in Cyprus. The relative calm came after a week in which the IMKB-100 bounced up and down as sentiment shifted on prospects for a favorable outcome to the vote. A strong rally lat [...] | 2004-04-22 16:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON TU |
04ANKARA2336 | INFORMATION ON TURKISH FOREIGN FREE TRADE [...] (U) THE TURKISH FOREIGN TRADE UNDERSECRETARIAT PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION KEYED TO REFTEL QUESTIONS ON TURKISH FREE ZONES (FZS) RULES AND APPLICATIONS. THE FOLLOWING IS A TRANSLATION OF FOREIGN TRADE'S WRITTEN RESPONSE: 2. (U) BEGIN INFORMAL EMBASSY TRANSLATION: A. WITH TH [...] | 2004-04-26 11:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN TU |
04ANKARA2359 | SELL-OFF IN TURKISH MARKETS [...] (Sbu)Last week's Turkish market correction picked up steam this week with a strong sell-off in equity and currency markets and an uptick in Government securities' interest rates. Despite the Central Bank halting its foreign exchange purchase auctions, the TL hit 1.43 million to the USD Tuesday [...] | 2004-04-27 16:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL TU |
04ANKARA2454 | MFA'S LATEST PROPOSAL ON WORDING FOR FINANCIAL [...] (C) The Turkish MFA has passed back its latest counterproposal on wording for the proposed amendment to the U.S.-Turkish Financial Agreement (the FA). In the latest version from the MFA, Turkey is only proposing changes to the third paragraph to the latest U.S. draft amendment (version 13a, d [...] | 2004-04-30 15:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN PREL TU |
04ANKARA2467 | GERMAN POLICE LIAISON'S TAKE ON TERROR FINANCE AND [...] (C) Summary. According to Heinrich Reiser, the German Police Liaison to Turkey, Turkey's Financial Intelligence Unit, MASAK, is not effective. Reiser considers the Turkish National Police (TNP) a much more effective partner in fighting terrorism financing and narcotics. End Summary. 2. [...] | 2004-05-03 14:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL PTER SNAR TU |
04ANKARA2490 | BANKING REGULATORY UPDATE: COURT RULING [...] (Sbu) Summary: On April 29 the Turkish Court of Accounts reaffirmed its earlier decision overturning the bank regulatory agency's 2001 takeover of Demir Bank and Kent Bank. While the decision provides yet another example of a questionable ruling by a Turkish court and damages the credibility [...] | 2004-05-04 12:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON TU |
04ANKARA259 | CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR URGES U.S. TO PRESS ERDOGAN [...] (C) Summary: Central Bank Governor Serdengecti convoked econoffs to raise concerns that Prime Minister Erdogan's Washington visit could reinforce the GOT perception that the U.S. will back Turkey financially regardless of the quality of GOT economic policies. He urged that U.S. leaders include [...] | 2004-01-15 14:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV PREL TU |
04ANKARA2599 | CONTINUED SELL-OFF IN TURKISH MARKETS [...] (Sbu) Summary: The sell-off continued in Turkish markets this week, with bursts of nervous selling Thursday and Friday driving the lira to new lows for the year. A bad week for global emerging markets was exacerbated in the Turkish case by increased tension between the Government and the milit [...] | 2004-05-07 17:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON TU |
04ANKARA2628 | TURKISH GOVERNMENT INTEREST RATES SPIKE [...] (C) Summary: Turkish markets' sell-off accelerated Monday with equities, the lira, and, especially government securities falling sharply. The increase in interest rates on government debt was very large for a single day, with rates over 30 percent for the first time in 2004. In Turkey's cas [...] | 2004-05-10 17:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ECON TU |
04ANKARA2660 | TURKS INFORMED OF USG APPROACH TO CYPRUS ON THE PKK [...] (C) On May 11, PolMil Counselor informed Turkish General Staff J-5 Greece/Cyprus Chief Adm. Mucahit Sislioglu about reftel approach to the GOC regarding the PKK; on May 11 Deputy Polcouns informed MFA Northeastern Mediterranean Affairs DDG Necip Eguz. EDELMAN [...] | 2004-05-12 07:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | CY EFIN ETTC PREL PTER |
04ANKARA2699 | MEETINGS WITH BANK REGULATORY BODY CHAIRMAN,IMF [...] (Sbu) Summary: Bank regulatory board Chairman Bilgin and IMF Deputy ResRep Klingen expressed concerns about a recent court ruling over the failure of Demir and Kent Banks, which could open the door to failed banks owners getting new banking licenses. Bilgin and Central Bank Vice-Governor Basc [...] | 2004-05-12 17:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV TU |
04ANKARA2737 | TERRORIST FINANCE: AQ LINKED BOSNIAN CHARITIES [...] No summary [...] | 2004-05-14 14:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | BK CVIS EFIN ETTC KVPR PREL PTER TU |
04ANKARA2738 | TERRORIST FINANCE: LIST 54 [...] No summary [...] | 2004-05-14 14:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS EFIN ETTC GM KSEP KVPR PTER TU |
04ANKARA2823 | TURKISH POLITICAL STABILITY: TENSIONS BREAK THE [...] (C) Summary: Turkey has entered a period of increased political tension as a result of the education reform controversy. PM Erdogan will remain under constant pressure from within his AK Party and from the Turkish military. Erdogan and AKP are showing strains as even relatively "liberal" memb [...] | 2004-05-20 05:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS ECON EFIN TU |
04ANKARA2874 | FUTURE IMF ROLE IN TURKEY [...] (C) Summary and introduction: Post offers its analysis of issues associated with the IMF's future role in Turkey. In our view, the primary goals are to reduce the Fund's exposure and to encourage Turkey to implement sound policies and pursue the reform road to sustainable growth. In theory, [...] | 2004-05-21 13:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL TU |
04ANKARA2915 | TREASURY UNDERSECRETARY ON IMF, U.S. MONEY [...] (Sbu) Summary: Treasury U/S Canakci told Econoffs May 24 that the GOT would decide soon about both the U.S. Financial Agreement and the future IMF role. Econoffs delivered ref a financial points. Despite the recnt market downturn, Canakci was confident about Treasury's financing position for [...] | 2004-05-25 15:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PREL TU |
04ANKARA3079 | IRAQ ASSISTANCE: TURKEY WAITS FOR BETTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Rifat Okcun, the GOT's coordinator for assistance to Iraq and Afghanistan, told Econoff that he was disappointed with the Iraqi Government presentation to the May 25-26 Doha meeting and the apparent lack of donor coordination. He added that Turkey will wait until s [...] | 2004-06-03 16:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AF EAID ECON EFIN IZ PREL TU |
04ANKARA3123 | U.S.-TURKEY FINANCIAL AGREEMENT [...] (C) Per reftel instructions, Ambassador reiterated to MFA U/S Ziyal June 4 that the U.S. considered negotiations on changes to the language in the financial agreement to be over. Referring to local press reports from that morning quoting Prime Minister Erdogan as saying that Turkey would not [...] | 2004-06-07 13:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID PREL TU |
04ANKARA3138 | IRAQI ASSETS: TURKISH GOVERNMENT CLAIMS NONE EXIST [...] (SBU) On 26 May, DCM met with MFA Director General for Bilateral Political Affairs (Middle East & Africa) Taksin Burcuoglu to press for a response to Refs B & C. Burcuoglu replied that "until now Turkey has been unable to find" the bank accounts. Burcuoglu further stated that the situation is [...] | 2004-06-07 15:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN IZ PREL TU XL |
04ANKARA3203 | IMF TEAM LEADER CONCERNED ABOUT FINANCING GAP, [...] (C) Summary: Visiting IMF Mission Chief Moghadam told Econcouns that Turkish officials had told him the GOT will not ratify the U.S. FA because President Sezer has said he would veto it. Note: The GOT has not said this to us directly. End Note. With most analysts believing the GOT will have a [...] | 2004-06-09 15:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID PREL PGOV TU |
04ANKARA3234 | AMBASSADOR, FINANCE MINISTER DISCUSS TERROR [...] (C) Summary: In a June 9 meeting to discuss USG recommendations aimed at strenghthening Turkey's regime to combat terrorist finance, Finance Minister Unakitan stressed the importance that his government attaches to the issue, but unfortunately turned for discussion of the details to MASAK Pr [...] | 2004-06-10 13:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER EINV ETRD TU |
04ANKARA3257 | UPDATE ON THE (STALLED) PRIVATIZATION PROGRAM [...] No summary [...] | 2004-06-10 17:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EIND ECON TU |
04ANKARA33 | TERRORIST FINANCE: LISTS 48 AND 49 (LT AND JEM [...] No summary [...] | 2004-01-05 15:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PTER TU |
04ANKARA3347 | TERRORIST FINANCE: HARAMAIN BRANCHES (LIST 56) AND [...] No summary [...] | 2004-06-15 06:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PTER TU |
04ANKARA3409 | CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR, IMF RESREP FRET ABOUT GOT [...] (C) Summary: In June 13-14 conversations, Central Bank Governor Serdengecti and IMF ResRep Brekk complained about the GOT's approach toward a possible follow-on Fund program. Brekk said the government was in effect asking the Fund how much it could provide, without making any policy commitmen [...] | 2004-06-15 16:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID PREL TU |
04ANKARA3412 | POST THOUGHTS ON WORLD BANK LOAN [...] (C) Summary: The first tranche of the PFPSAL3 loan going to the World Bank board June 17 overlaps substantially with the IMF program on fiscal and banking issues and, in several areas, is justified on the basis of the GOT's renewed engagement with the Bank and agreements on actions to be take [...] | 2004-06-15 16:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EAID PREL PGOV TU |
04ANKARA342 | AMBASSODOR AND FINANCE MINISTER ON THE ECONOMY AND [...] (SBU) In a January 16 meeting, Ambassador congratulated Finance Minister Unakitan on Turkey's economic successes in 2003, but warned that the recovery remained fragile and that the GOT needed to implement the reform program fully. He predicted that the Prime Minister would hear similar comment [...] | 2004-01-20 09:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN PREL TU |
04ANKARA3429 | MEETING WITH BANK REGULATORY BOARD CHAIRMAN [...] (Sbu) Summary: Bank Regulatory Board (BRSA) Chairman Tevfik Bilgin told econcouns June 14 that his priority is preparation for the lifting of the blanket guarantee on deposits July 5, specifically monitoring to ensure there is no flight of deposits from private to state-owned banks. Bilgin rev [...] | 2004-06-16 14:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV TU |
04ANKARA3438 | TERRORIST FINANCE: BARAKAT (LIST 58) [...] No summary [...] | 2004-06-17 07:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PTER TU |
04ANKARA3503 | GOT MOVES SLOWLY TO COMPLETE 8TH REVIEW, NOT READY [...] (SBU) IMF ResRep Odd Per Brekk told us June 21 that the IMF mission working on the 8th review expected to leave June 22 (later than expected),but he still was not sure whether they would resolve all issues before their departure. The main outstanding issue concerns the GOT's insistence on c [...] | 2004-06-21 15:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL TU |
04ANKARA3576 | TERRORIST FINANCE: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 2. 2. (S) On 23 June, Pol Counselor delivered Ref demarche to MFA DDG Safak Gokturk. Gokturk described the inquiry as "serious" and said that he would pursue it. On 24 June, Econoff delivered same demarche to Ahmet Arda, MFA Department Head, Offi [...] | 2004-06-24 14:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | ECON EFIN ETTC PREL PTER SA TU |
04ANKARA3581 | TERRORIST FINANCE: ITALIAN NAMES -- LIST 59 [...] No summary [...] | 2004-06-24 15:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS EFIN ETTC KSEP KVPR PTER TU |
04ANKARA3585 | UNEVEN GROWTH IN THE REAL ECONOMY [...] (Sbu) Summary: Despite relatively strong GNP growth, local economists and businesspeople paint a mixed picture for Turkey,s real economy, with surging sales in interest-rate sensitive sectors like autos, white goods, and televisions, but a less rosy picture in labor-intensive sectors like te [...] | 2004-06-24 16:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN TU |
04ANKARA3624 | TURKISH OFFICIALS CRITICIZE FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE [...] (C) Summary. Officials at the Turkish National Police (TNP) and Ministry of Justice have pointedly criticized Turkey,s financial intelligence unit as being uncooperative and poorly run. End summary. ---------------- Police Official Derides MASAK ... ---------------- 2. (U) On 18 J [...] | 2004-06-28 06:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER TU |
04ANKARA3662 | IMF, TURKEY EXPECT TO SIGN LOI FOR 8TH REVIEW NEXT [...] (SBU) IMF ResRep told us June 28 that the recently-completed Mission had resolved most outstanding issues, although the work was harder and took longer than expected. He predicted they would sign the Letter of Intent for the 8th Review next week, enabling the IMF Board to complete the review [...] | 2004-06-29 09:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL TU |
04ANKARA3677 | "THE LAST COMMUNIST TOWN IN TURKEY" [...] (Sbu) Summary: A trip to two Black Sea towns dominated by steel and coal parastatals, provided a glimpse of two very different state-owned companies. The coal company is a perennial money-loser with backward technology, a politically powerful, highly-paid, unionized labor force, with nary a [...] | 2004-06-29 17:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EIND PGOV TU |
04ANKARA4021 | TERRORIST FINANCING:ANKARA:APPROACH TO EU ON [...] (C) On 8 July, Econ Counselor delivered ref demarche to MFA Research and Intelligence DDG Hakan Okcal, who is responsible for both PKK and terrorist financing issues. Okcal described the USG intervention with EU countries as furthering the USG/GOT common strategy, and said that it was "very he [...] | 2004-07-20 14:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EFIN ETTC TU |
04ANKARA4047 | JULY 2004 APPENDIX TO THE 2003 INVESTMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-21 13:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV KTDB EFIN TU |
04ANKARA4095 | TURKEY READY FOR FOR 8TH IMF REVIEW, 2005 STILL UP [...] (SBU) Summary. The IMF Executive Board has scheduled its eighth review of Turkey's performance under its stand-by program for July 30. The Board will also discuss an IMF staff "Article IV" report on Turkey's economic developments and policies over the last three years. Turkish officials a [...] | 2004-07-22 13:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL TU |
04ANKARA4127 | DAS KENNEDY HIGHLIGHTS REFORM AT TURKISH TREASURY [...] (C) Summary. EUR DAS Kennedy highlighted to the Turkish Treasury chief the importance of Turkey keeping its economic recovery on track by continuing and intensifying reforms and attracting long-term investment. Although the GOT has not yet decided on what form its relationship with the IMF [...] | 2004-07-26 15:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL TU |
04ANKARA4270 | TERRORIST FINANCE: CIRA [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-02 06:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS EFIN ETTC KSEP KVPR PREL PTER TU |
04ANKARA4455 | GOT PREPARING THREE-YEAR ECONOMIC PROGRAM [...] (Sbu) Summary: Earlier this summer, the Turkish Government began work on a 3-year economic program. An outgrowth of previous and existing policy planning vehicles, the 3-year program is a GOT economic policy program being developed with input from--but independently of --the IMF. According t [...] | 2004-08-09 16:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECIN TU |
04ANKARA4490 | US TREASURY OFFICIAL'S VISIT: LOCAL ECONOMISTS [...] (Sbu) Summary: In a round of meetings with visiting US Treasury official Marshall Mills at the end of July, GOT economic officials, IFI representatives, and private sector analysts painted a picture of Turkey being at an important juncture in defining its policy direction over the next 1-3 [...] | 2004-08-10 17:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV TU |
04ANKARA4528 | IMF OFFICIAL ON GOT'S DECISION TO SEEK A NEW [...] (C) Summary: Following IMF Mission Chief Moghadam,s surprise visit to Ankara last week, and public statements by PM Erdogan and Economy Minister Babacan that the GOT had decided to seek a follow-on disbursing Standby Arrangement(SBA),Econoffs met with IMF Deputy Resident Representative Chri [...] | 2004-08-11 16:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV ECIN TU |
04ANKARA464 | IMF RESREP: TURKEY IS OFF TRACK [...] (C) Summary: Despite diplomatic public statements, the first stage of the IMF's Seventh Review Mission found Turkey to be seriously off-track, according to IMF Resrep Odd Per Brekk. The backsliding is notable with regard to two "pillars" of the program--fiscal discipline and banking sector re [...] | 2004-01-23 15:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV PREL TU |
04ANKARA5029 | AMBASSADOR'S SEPT. 1 MEETING WITH FONMIN GUL [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador reiterated U.S. support for Turkey's EU candidacy; pressed for Turkish agreement with Greece/Cyprus to forego annual exercises in Aegean and Cyprus; urged Turkey to use its weight in OIC to persuade Sudan to abide by UNSC resolutions on Darfur; asked for a rapid decisio [...] | 2004-09-08 06:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN MARR TU |
04ANKARA514 | TERRORIST FINANCING: TURKISH MFA ON EU EXTENDING [...] (C) Summary: In two meetings with Turkish MFA Deputy Director General for Research and Intelligence Kemal Asya, Econoffs delivered ref B talking points, emphasizing the need for Turkey to work closely with those EU countries that favor designation of Kadek and Kongra Gel, and to provide maximum [...] | 2004-01-27 13:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER EFIN TU IZ |
04ANKARA5187 | CENTRAL BANK RATE CUT REINFORCES MARKET'S [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-14 15:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL ECON TU |
04ANKARA5229 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-15 14:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS EFIN KSEP KVPR PTER TU KTFN |
04ANKARA5232 | TERRORIST FINANCE: NEW IRAQ EXECUTIVE ORDER [...] On September 14, 2004, Econoff delivered Reftel demarche to Ahmet Arda (MFA Research and Intelligence Directorate). Arda's office thereafter advised Econoff that it was processing the request in accordance with standard internal GOT procedures. 2. Though GOT has been a cooperative partner i [...] | 2004-09-15 15:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | CVIS EFIN KSEP KVPR PTER TU KTFN |
04ANKARA5350 | TURKISH MARKETS FALL SHARPLY ON EU CONCERNS [...] (Sbu) Summary: No sooner had markets shown signs of beginning an autumn rally, than the GOT, ss handling of the adultery issue -- resulting in the postponement of the penal code reform and negative implications for Turkey,s EU accession prospects -- caused markets to fall sharply Friday, Sept [...] | 2004-09-20 13:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL |
04ANKARA5351 | TURKEY'S PARTICIPATION IN IRAQ DONORS' MEETING IN [...] (U) Turkey's coordinator for Iraq Reconstruction Ambassador Rifat Okcun will lead the Turkish delegation to the Tokyo Donors' meeting, where Turkey will serve on the Donors' committee as a representative of the small donors. 2. (U) Okcun said that Turkey has not made any disbursements fro [...] | 2004-09-20 13:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN IZ PREL TU |
04ANKARA5553 | TURKEY TO LAUNCH NEW CURRENCY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. THE TURKISH CENTRAL BANK (CBRT) AND GOVERNMENT HAVE LAUNCHED A MAJOR PUBLIC RELATIONS CAMPAIGN TO SMOOTH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE "NEW TURKISH LIRA" (YTL) ON JANUARY 1, 2005. TURKISH OFFICIALS EXPECT QUICK ADOPTION OF THE NEW CURRENCY, ONE UNIT OF WHICH WILL BE EQUIVALENT TO [...] | 2004-09-28 12:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON TU |
04ANKARA5597 | TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER (TFCO) AT [...] (SBU) Embassy Ankara's Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) is Robert S. Deutsch, Deputy Chief of Mission. E-mail: DeutschRS@state.gov. Tel: 90-312-455-5555, ext.2202. 2. (SBU) The TFCO Deputy is Thomas H. Goldberger, Economic Counselor. E-mail: GoldbergerTH@state.gov. Tel: 90- [...] | 2004-09-29 14:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KVPR PREL TU KTFN |
04ANKARA5668 | CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT CONCERNS: MITIGATING [...] (Sbu) Summary: As Turkey's current account deficit continues to grow, several analysts have recently outlined some mitigating factors that could reduce the danger of a disruptive correction. These factors include: Durables import growth is unlikely to continue to surge; short-term portfolio i [...] | 2004-10-01 14:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV TU |
04ANKARA5835 | TURKEY/IMF: PROGRESS ON BUDGET, OTHER ISSUES REMAIN [...] (Sbu) Summary: In an important sign of progress in discussions of a new Standby program, the GOT has publicly agreed to a 6.5% primary surplus target for 2005. Local IMF staff privately confirm that the GOT's primary surplus target accords with the IMF definition and that the GOT can now move [...] | 2004-10-14 14:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV TU |
04ANKARA5979 | CAPITAL MARKETS BOARD CHAIRMAN'S AMBITIOUS AGENDA [...] (Sbu) Summary. Turkey's securities markets regulator has an ambitious agenda for 2005-6: opening a futures and options exchange in Izmir, EU harmonization of capital market regulations, founding a NASDAQ-like stock exchange for SME's, and launching a secondary mortgage market. The coming cha [...] | 2004-10-21 10:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV TU |
04ANKARA5999 | SLOW MOVEMENT ON IMF NEGOTIATIONS [...] (Sbu) Summary: According to the IMF Resrep, negotiations with the GOT on a new Standby are moving forward slowly. Though a major step was achieved with agreement on headline 2005 budget numbers, the details of tax reforms and the absence of progress on a banking law remain to be sorted out. [...] | 2004-10-21 15:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON TU |
04ANKARA6026 | Problems with Banking Law Negotiations [...] (Sbu) Summary: Despite months of extensive consultation with bankers, and an explicit-but now postponed-IMF deadline, a new banking law drafted by Turkish regulators is considered far too restrictive by both bankers and the IMF. Bank regulators and the GOT are working to revise the text, but t [...] | 2004-10-22 14:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON TU |
04ANKARA6075 | TWO VIEWS ON STATE BANKS [...] (Sbu) Summary: In separate meetings, a World Bank expert and a state-owned bank executive provided contrasting views on state bank privatization issues. The World Bank expert is taking a fresh, somewhat skeptical look at the Bank's privatization strategy, and seemed to share some of the USG c [...] | 2004-10-26 14:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON TU |
04ANKARA610 | TERRORIST FINANCE: LISTS 50-51 [...] No summary [...] | 2004-01-30 12:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PTER TU |
04ANKARA6135 | IMF BOARD VOTE UNLIKELY BEFORE EU DECISION [...] (C) Summary. Contrary to its expectations of concluding a letter of intent by October 26, the IMF team negotiating a new Stand-by program left Turkey having made little progress on key program components. These include: specific tax measures for 2005 (with the GOT keen on a Fund-opposed VAT r [...] | 2004-10-28 15:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV TU |
04ANKARA6354 | IRAQ DEBT REDUCTION: TURKISH BUREAUCRATS RELUCTANT [...] (C) Post discussed ref a talking points with MFA officials and Treasury Undersecretary Ibrahim Canakci. Neither was forthcoming: Canakci said the issue required futher "study," while working level MFA officials were more negative. 2. (C) Based on these and earlier discussions (ref b),w [...] | 2004-11-09 16:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN IZ TU |
04ANKARA6388 | Turkish Iraqi Economic Cooperation Talks [...] (SBU) Following is the text of "agreed minutes" signed on November 5 at the conclusion of Turkish-Iraqi Joint Economic Committee meetings in Ankara (REFTEL). The document, which was given to us by the Turkish MFA, is encouraging in that it demonstrates that Turks and Iraqis are working toget [...] | 2004-11-10 16:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD ENRG ECON IZ TU |
04ANKARA6426 | GOT TECHNOCRATS ON IMF NEGOTIATIONS: SLOW BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish economic technocrats describe slow but steady progress on the many issues outstanding when the IMF mission left Ankara late last month, including social security reform, VAT tax rates, and a new banking law. Difficult political decisions remain to be made -- particular [...] | 2004-11-17 16:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON TU |
04ANKARA6427 | CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON MACRO SITUATION, MONETARY [...] (Sbu) Summary: Turkey's Central Bank Governor is optimistic about disinflation and downplays the risk inherent in the current account deficit. He favors a cautious approach to moving monetary policy to explicit inflation-targeting. Serdengecti is opposed to forgiving Turkish claims on Iraq. [...] | 2004-11-17 16:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN TU IZ |
04ANKARA6480 | TURKEY TELECOM SECTOR: LIBERALIZATION IS HARD TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A combination of poor service and high costs for telecom and information technology users impedes foreign investment and hampers Turkey's global competitiveness. While many Turkish officials express commitment and optimism, telecom sector liberalization is proceeding slowly, [...] | 2004-11-19 14:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EFIN EINV TU |
04ANKARA6491 | A SNAPSHOT OF PRIVATIZATION IN TURKEY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After a long period of inaction on major privatizations, the GOT is attempting to move forward with its largest ticket items--including Turkey's telecom monopoly, Turk Telecom; petroleum refining company, Tupras; Tekel's tobacco arm; Petkim and Turkish Airlines (THY); and steel [...] | 2004-11-19 16:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV PGOV TU |
04ANKARA6558 | AMBASSADOR EDELMAN DISCUSSES EU ENVIRONMENTAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Edelman met November 18 with Turkish Minister of Environment and Forestry Osman Pepe to discuss Turkey's environmental challenges and to advocate that the Ministry purchase Sikorsky helicopters to fill its need for firefighting helicopters. Minister Pepe noted the [...] | 2004-11-24 11:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN SENV BEXP RS TU |
04ANKARA6594 | IMF CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC THAT NEW PROGRAM CAN BE [...] (C) Summary: A third and hopefully final IMF mission negotiating a new 3-year stand-by program will return to Turkey November 30 with hopes of concluding discussions before EU leaders meet December 17. The IMF's return follows what both the IMF and Turks view as substantial progress on Tur [...] | 2004-11-26 13:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN TU |
04ANKARA6644 | TRANSPARENCY OF BUDGETS/MILITARY SPENDING - TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary: Military spending in Turkey is under civilian control though the military has a significant voice in budgetary decisions. The spending is transparent, though line commanders have some authority to reallocate between uses. Military spending is subject to internal and externa [...] | 2004-11-30 15:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN MASS TU |
04ANKARA6646 | TURKEY: IRAQI FINANCIAL ISSUES [...] (C) The Ambassador discussed Iraq debt and disbursement of Turkey's pledged financial aid to Iraq (reftels) with MFA U/S Tuygan November 26. The Ambassador noted that Turkey holds approximately USD 1.6 billion in Iraqi claims, and that a public statement of support for the recent Paris Club d [...] | 2004-11-30 16:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN PREL IZ TU |
04ANKARA6676 | COUNTER TERRORISM FINANCE WORKING GROUP (CTFWG): [...] (SBU) On November 22, DCM and Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO),Robert S. Deutsch, chaired the meeting of the Counter Terrorism Finance Working Group (CTFWG). Other participants included representatives from ECON, RSO, RAO, DEA, FBI, CONS, and OSI. 2. (SBU) ECON gave an update [...] | 2004-12-02 08:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PTER ETTC TU KTFN |
04ANKARA6700 | Turkish Markets Uneasy Over EU News Flow [...] (SBU) Summary: As analysts had long expected, the approach of the December 17 EU decision is generating increased volatility in Turkish financial markets. A market-worrying flow of news on the EU front was the leading factor in a sell-off during the last few days in November. Though markets [...] | 2004-12-03 09:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON TU |
04ANKARA6835 | Scenesetter for Treasury DAS Loevinger [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Turkey comes at a bumpy period in the bilateral relationship, in large measure connected with developments in Iraq. It is also a delicate moment in relations with both the IMF and EU. This message provides a brief overview of the state of bilateral relations, coo [...] | 2004-12-09 13:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN TU |
04ANKARA6947 | TURKEY AND IMF ANNOUNCE BROAD AGREEMENT ON A NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: The IMF and the Turkish Government have announced agreement on the broad outlines of a new three-year program. Though final details will need to be wrapped up before a Letter of Intent can be signed, and an IMF board vote will not take place until January, the GOT and IMF succe [...] | 2004-12-14 16:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV TU |
04ANKARA7000 | JUST IN CASE: NO NEED FOR TURKISH TREASURY TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish Treasury officials tell us they have prepared for the possibility of a worse-than-expected EU scenario by obviating the need to borrow for the coming month. More broadly, in 2005 Treasury is targeting an increase in the average maturity of its domestic market Turkish li [...] | 2004-12-16 15:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN TU |
04ANKARA7002 | GOT PESSIMISTIC ABOUT POST-2005 TEXTILE AND [...] (SBU) A Turkish Foreign Trade official expressed considerable pessimism about the likely losses of Turkey's textile industry post-2005, and urged the USG to impose safeguards on Chinese apparel imports. Turkey will retain some competitive advantages, especially proximity and short delivery tim [...] | 2004-12-17 07:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EIND KTEX EFIN TU |
04ANKARA7003 | DRAFT NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-17 08:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV EFIN ECON KIPR TU |
04ANKARA7040 | DEBT REDUCTION FOR IRAQ - FOLLOW UP WITH TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting Treasury DAS Loevinger pressed both the Turkish Treasury Undersecretary and the Central Bank Governor on the Iraq debt issue. The Governor resisted and the Undersecretary asked for more information. Separately, the DCM delivered ref A talking points to Foreign Ministr [...] | 2004-12-17 15:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN TU IZ |
04ANKARA7073 | COUNTER TERRORISM FINANCE WORKING GROUP (CTFWG): [...] (SBU) On December 22, DCM and Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO),Robert S. Deutsch, chaired the meeting of the Counter Terrorism Finance Working Group (CTFWG). Other participants included representatives from ECON, RSO, DEA, FBI, CONS, and OSI. 2. (U) ECON gave a brief overview [...] | 2004-12-21 12:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PTER ETTC TU KTFN |
04ANKARA7105 | EU DECISION PROMPTS MARKET RALLY AND INTEREST RATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The EU decision to give Turkey a date for accession negotiations, underpinned by the news earlier in the week of a new IMF program, sparked a rally in Turkish financial markets. Though the markets ended up on Friday, confusion over what was really happening in Brussels created [...] | 2004-12-21 15:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON TU |
04ANKARA7151 | TERRORIST FINANCE: INFORMING TURKEY RE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-27 10:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KTFN EFIN TU |
04ANKARA794 | OPERATION BALKAN VICE III -- TURKEY [...] No summary [...] | 2004-02-10 14:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | BK CY EFIN ETTC GM HR HU MK MOPS PREL SL SZ TU KAWC YI |
04ANKARA796 | MEETINGS WITH BUDGET AND TAX OFFICIALS [...] (Sbu) Summary: Deputy General Manager for Budget Ahmet Kesik described to econoffs the state of play on the 2004 budget, saying there is a TL 7 Quadrillion gap, of which TL 3.7 Quad stems from recent populist measures and 3.3 Quad from lower-than-expected revenues in 2003. Kesik echoed senior [...] | 2004-02-10 15:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV TU |
04ANKARA808 | MEETING WITH BANK REGULATORY BOARD CHAIRMAN [...] (Sbu) Summary. In his first meeting with Econcouns, Bank Regulatory Board Chairman Tevfik Bilgin claimed he was fully independent and laid out his vision of a strong bank regulator, working closely with the newly-separate deposit guarantee agency. Bilgin commented on lessons learned from the [...] | 2004-02-11 11:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV TU |
04ANKARA851 | GLIMMERS OF TURKISH RE-ENGAGEMENT WITH THE WORLD [...] (Sbu) Summary: Country Director Andrew Vorkink painted a mixed picture on Turkish re-engagement with the World Bank. In two sectors, energy and banking, the GOT has shifted to meaningful engagement in recent weeks, in both cases working with the Bank to develop a new interagency-coordinated st [...] | 2004-02-12 15:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID ENRG EINV PGOV TU |
04ANKARA854 | IRAQI DEBT TO TURKEY [...] (Sbu) Summary: In meetings with Central Bank and MFA officials, econoffs gathered preliminary information on Iraqi debt to Turkey. These officials put the debt at USD 1.3 billion, almost entirely owed by the Central Bank of Iraq to its Turkish counterpart. Based on these meetings, Turkey doe [...] | 2004-02-13 06:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN TU IZ |
04ANKARA881 | TURKISH MARKETS RALLY ON HOPES FOR A CYPRUS [...] (U) Summary: Turkish markets, especially the stock exchange, have soared this week on the encouraging news out of New York regarding Cyprus. Turkish markets attach particular importance to the Cyprus issue because it is linked to Turkey's EU accession prospects. As of mid-day Friday, Turkish [...] | 2004-02-13 14:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON TU |
04ANKARA953 | DEPOSIT INSURANCE FUND SEIZES CONTROL OF UZAN [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Ankara-Congen Istanbul cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: Turkey's Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (SDIF) moved on Saturday, February 14 to seize control of 219 companies owned by the controversial Uzan family in the latest episode of the protracted conflict between the fa [...] | 2004-02-19 05:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV TU |
04ANKARA955 | TURKEY WAITING FOR IMPROVED DONOR COORDINATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey's Coordinator for Afghan and Iraq Assistance Ambassador Okcun said Turkey is ready to start disbursing its USD 50 million pledge for Iraq Reconstruction, but is waiting for better coordination among donors. Okcun will participate in the preparatory meeting for the Inte [...] | 2004-02-19 05:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AF EAID EFIN IZ PGOV PREL TU |
04BEIJING3796 | WEN JIABAO'S NPC DEBUT: "PEOPLE FIRST," RURAL [...] (C) Premier Wen Jiabao reiterated the "people- centered" approach of the new Chinese leadership in his report to China's legislature, the National People's Congress, on March 5. With former President Jiang Zemin and the current leadership looking on, Wen highlighted the new government's vict [...] | 2004-03-05 11:33:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN EAGR ETRD PREL CH TW HK |
04BEIJING7258 | Deputy U/S Levine Meets with Premier Wen Jiabao [...] (U) Summary: Premier Wen Jiabao met with Deputy Undersecretary for Labor Affairs Arnold Levine, Special Representative of Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao, and with Labor Ministers attending the China Employment Forum. D/US Levine met with Ministry of Labor and Cooperation Director for Inter [...] | 2004-05-04 03:58:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EFIN ETRD PHUM PREL CH |
04BOGOTA1 | CONGRESS PASSES FISCAL REFORM, FOR REAL THIS TIME [...] (SBU) The Uribe Administration's fiscal reform bill, which passed on December 20 but was in danger of being overturned by the courts on technical grounds (reftel). The bill was corrected and re-passed in special session December 29. WOOD [...] | 2004-01-02 14:19:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON CO PGOV |
04BOGOTA111 | ELECTORAL COUNCIL RULES THAT ONE REFERENDUM ITEM [...] (U) On January 2, the National Electoral Council (CNE) released the official results of the October 25 political and economic reform referendum. The CNE concluded that one of fifteen referendum items met the twenty-five percent registered voter threshold required for approval. Item One, whic [...] | 2004-01-07 15:01:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV PHUM PINR CO |
04BOGOTA11209 | TAX REFORMS IN COLOMBIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador Wood met with Colombian Minister of Finance Alberto Carrasquilla to discuss tax reforms in Colombia. The Ambassador offered U.S. Embassy assistance to help move tax reforms forward. Minister Carrasquilla was receptive to the offer and agreed that reforms were needed [...] | 2004-11-02 17:41:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN |
04BOGOTA12575 | NAS Monthly Report November 2004: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In November we sprayed 13,062 hectares of coca and completed the fourth poppy campaign of the year. Plan Colombia helicopters supported a request for a medical evacuation by the 9th Brigade. During November the CNP destroyed 20 Cocaine HCL labs. CNP also captured over 1.5 metr [...] | 2004-12-09 20:07:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR EFIN KCRM PTER CO |
04BOGOTA12692 | COLOMBIAN 3RD QUARTER GDP GROWTH MISSES THE MARK [...] (U) SUMMARY. The GOC released 2004 Q3 GDP figures showing a sluggish 2.43 percent growth rate. GOC forecasts had predicted a 3.9 percent increase. Colombia's expected 2004 GDP growth rate of 4 percent can now only be achieved if Q4 GDP growth reaches 5 percent or higher. These numbers are [...] | 2004-11-02 18:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EPET PGOV PREL CO |
04BOGOTA1280 | COLOMBIAN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTOR PREPARATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: During A/S Wayne's January 28-29 trip to Bogota, Colombian government and business leaders expressed strong support for an FTA. They recognized, however, that they have a great deal of homework to do before they are ready to negotiate. Moreover, they expressed concern that na [...] | 2004-02-09 14:17:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EAGR CO FTA |
04BOGOTA12901 | COLOMBIA INSTITUTES CAPITAL CONTROLS ON INVESTORS [...] (U) SUMMARY. President Uribe announced in an evening press conference on December 14 that Colombia would be instituting capital controls investments entering Colombia. This move comes after a year-long appreciation of the peso (14 percent over the past year) and a three day period just befor [...] | 2004-11-02 18:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EPET PGOV PREL CO |
04BOGOTA12960 | TRANSPARENCY OF COLOMBIAN BUDGET/MILITARY SPENDING [...] (U) Per Secstate 239929, post has spoken to appropriate Colombian government authorities and has responses to questions posed by Washington. 2. (U) Military Expenditures are audited by the National Comptroller, which works on an annual cycle to audit each aspect of military expenditu [...] | 2004-11-02 18:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN CO MOPS |
04BOGOTA1563 | COLOMBIAN UNEMPLOYMENT AT SEVEN-YEAR LOW [...] (U) SUMMARY: Reflecting the economy's 3.5 percent increase in 2003, Colombia's unemployment rate has fallen to 12.3 percent, a seven year low. Underemployment has increased slightly to 31.9 percent. Unemployment continues to be a top issue among the public. Some analysts, while praising th [...] | 2004-02-17 13:40:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB CO PGOV |
04BOGOTA2187 | COLOMBIA MEETS IMF FISCAL DEFICIT TARGETS [...] (U) The GOC announced February 25 that it met the IMF target of 2.8 percent of GDP for its 2003 fiscal deficit. The GOC cut current expenditures and froze some investment projects, especially in the energy sector, in order to achieve this result. The announcement was greeted positively by ma [...] | 2004-03-02 22:05:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV CO |
04BOGOTA2912 | COLOMBIA GOES BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD ON PENSION [...] (SBU) Faced with the impending default of the Public Pension Fund (managed by the Institute for Social Security),the GOC is once again attempting to overhaul its public pension system. This marks the Uribe administration's third attempt to fix the problem, after the 2002 pension reform was [...] | 2004-03-02 22:05:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV CO |
04BOGOTA4060 | TERRORIST FINANCE ISSUES IN COLOMBIA [...] (C) The complex relationship between drug traffickers, money launderers and terrorists led the Government of Colombia (GOC) to take a broad, multifaceted and multi-institutional approach to combating illicit finance. Colombia has worked extensively with the USG to find, investigate and freez [...] | 2004-04-22 15:38:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC PREL PTER CO EUN |
04BOGOTA4483 | COLOMBIA TAX REFORMS OF LIMITED BENEFIT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-05-03 19:36:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV CO |
04BOGOTA4511 | IMF VISIT TO COLOMBIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Commending the Government of Colombia (GOC) on its impressive growth over the last year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) found that the short term outlook for Colombia is positive and expects the Colombian economy to meet revised macroeconomic targets. The positive macr [...] | 2004-05-04 15:30:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV CO |
04BOGOTA4709 | ANDEAN FTA ANALYSIS: FINANCIAL SERVICES ISSUES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Colombia's financial services sector is distinguished by a regulatory framework that restricts multi-banking and seeks to control money laundering and capital flight. International financial services firms are restricted to those with a subsidiary in the country, and use of forei [...] | 2004-05-10 14:41:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ETRD EFIN CO FTA |
04BOGOTA5068 | Bogota Mini Dublin Group Meeting [...] (SBU) Summary: The Bogota Mini Dublin Group held a biannual meeting on May 11 to discuss the ten recommendations for Colombia agreed upon in November, 2003. This session acknowledged the USG's leadership in counter-narcotics cooperation with the GOC. Several examples of bilateral programs were [...] | 2004-05-17 23:08:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR EFIN KCRM PTER CO UN |
04BOGOTA66 | 2003 REVIEW OF THE COLOMBIAN ECONOMY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Colombian economy performed well during President Alvaro Uribe's first year in office and will end 2003 on a positive note. A significant increase in exports to the United States helped stabilize an economy constrained by the internal armed conflict and challenged by a sign [...] | 2004-01-05 20:43:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL CO |
04BOGOTA9136 | GOVERNMENT COMPLETES FARC FINANCE STUDY [...] (C) The GOC recently completed an unprecedented interagency analysis of FARC finances. The study concluded that FARC profits in 2003 were between 1.35 and 3.25 trillion pesos (approximately USD 520 million to 1.25 billion) in 2003. According to the study, the FARC spent about 40 percent of [...] | 2004-09-09 21:26:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER ETTC PREL SNAR FARC |
04BOGOTA9241 | COLOMBIAN BANKING REGULATIONS STABILIZE SECTOR [...] (U) SUMMARY. Colombia's banking regulators aided struggling banks through the banking crisis of the late nineties and have continued this work by strengthening banks against risk. Colombia has implemented internal regulation to ensure against another banking crisis while also implementing Ba [...] | 2004-09-13 23:22:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV CO |
04BOGOTA9243 | STRONG PERFORMANCE IN THE COLOMBIAN BANKING SECTOR [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Colombian banking sector appears to have finally recovered after struggling through a crisis from 1999 through 2003. Banks recorded record profits in the first semester of 2004 and the GOC continues to take steps to further strengthen the sector, such as fulfilling IMF comm [...] | 2004-09-14 13:20:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV CO |
04BRASILIA1005 | ENERGY SECRETARY ABRAHAM MEETS BRAZILIAN MINISTERS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham traveled to Brasilia April 19 to meet with Brazil's Science and Technology Minister Campos, Mines and Energy Minister Rousseff, and Foreign Relations Minister Amorim, as a follow- up to the June 2004 Presidential Summit between President Bush and [...] | 2004-04-28 11:45:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG OVIP EINV EFIN PGOV ECON BR |
04BRASILIA1032 | TERRORIST FINANCE: AQ-LINKED BOSNIAN CHARITIES AND [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-29 17:47:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS BR |
04BRASILIA1048 | BRAZIL MINIMUM WAGE DECISION REINFORCES LULA'S [...] (U) The GoB announced April 29 that it would increase the minimum monthly wage to Reals 260 (about USD 88) from the current Reals 240 (reftel). The adjustment represents an increase in real terms of only 1.2%, despite considerable political pressure on the GoB for a significantly more substan [...] | 2004-04-30 18:44:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL BR |
04BRASILIA1074 | TERRORIST FINANCE: LIST 54 DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2004-05-04 18:01:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR EUN |
04BRASILIA1087 | SLOW PROGRESS ON BRAZIL'S PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS [...] (U) Summary: In recent meetings with emboffs and Treasury desk officer, GoB officials expressed cautious optimism on the progress of legislation governing public-private partnerships (PPPs) and its initial application to infrastructure bottlenecks that threaten Brazilian exports and GDP growt [...] | 2004-05-06 12:58:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND EFIN PGOV ECON EINV BR |
04BRASILIA1098 | BRAZIL'S 2004 BUDGET BLUES [...] (U) A high debt-service burden and extensive earmarking leave Brazil's federal government with little room for maneuver in its Reals 413 billion (USD 137 billion) 2004 budget as it tries to pursue its social-policy goals while addressing public concerns over security, unemployment and growth. [...] | 2004-05-07 09:00:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV EINV SOCI PREL BR |
04BRASILIA1160 | SECOND MEETING OF TREASURY-FINMIN "GROUP FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Treasury U/S for International Affairs John Taylor, Ministry of Finance Treasury Secretary Joaquim Levy, and Economic Policy Secretary Marcos Lisboa presided on April 19 in Rio de Janeiro over the second meeting of the Treasury/Ministry of Finance Group for Growth (GfG),an o [...] | 2004-05-13 14:15:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV ELAB PREL EINV BR |
04BRASILIA1185 | SCENE SETTER: PRESIDENT LULA'S VISIT TO CHINA [...] (U) Summary: Brazil's President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva visits China May 22 - 27, accompanied by a huge entourage of Ministers and business leaders, determined to put Brazil-China relations at the center of his quest for strategic alliances. Trade and investment may be the most visible it [...] | 2004-05-14 17:01:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BR BTIO EAGR ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD KIPR PGOV PREL CH UNSC WTRO |
04BRASILIA1275 | AFTER 500 DAYS, THE QUESTION IS: CAN LULA GOVERN? [...] (C) SUMMARY. Lula's man-of-the-people rhetoric and heartfelt commitment to social progress quickly captured imaginations inside Brazil and abroad, but practical results of his first 500 days in office have been far less soaring. Without better economic news, stronger executive capacity and a [...] | 2004-05-25 17:23:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EFIN EINV ENRG PREL SOCI BR |
04BRASILIA1484 | IRAQI ASSETS: BRAZIL DEMARCHED [...] (SBU) Emboff made reftel points on Iraqi assets to Ricardo Liao, head of the Central Bank Office for the Combat of Illicit Financial Activities, and to Marcos Pinta Gama, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office for the Combat of Illicit International Activities, in meetings June 9 and 16 [...] | 2004-06-16 18:30:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL IZ BR |
04BRASILIA1490 | TERRORIST FINANCE - BARAKAT: BRAZIL TO LOOK FOR [...] (C) On June 8, Emboff delivered reftel notice of the USG intention to freeze Assad Ahmad Barakat's assets to Marcus Rector, the acting head of the Brazilian Foreign Ministry's Office for the Combat of Illicit International Activities. Rector said the GoB would welcome hard evidence of a Barakat [...] | 2004-06-17 15:26:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS XM BR LE LVPR |
04BRASILIA1512 | ECONOMIC GROWTH RETURNS; PROBLEMS REMAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Latest official figures show the Brazilian economy grew a solid 1.6% in the first quarter of 2004, the second consecutive quarter of growth at an annual rate of over 6%. This still-preliminary growth data has been recently reinforced by, among other positive data points, new [...] | 2004-06-18 19:05:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL EINV BR |
04BRASILIA1524 | TERRORIST FINANCE - BARAKAT: BRAZILIAN MINISTRY [...] (C) Emboffs made ref A points on Hizballah financier Barakat to Brazilian Deputy Justice Minister Barreto in a June 21 meeting, following up on previous meetings with the Foreign Ministry (ref B). Barreto said he would like to find a way to be helpful on the Barakat case. Recalling that the [...] | 2004-06-22 12:56:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS XM BR LE LVPR |
04BRASILIA1564 | TERRORIST FINANCE: ITALIAN NAMES - LIST 59 [...] No summary [...] | 2004-06-24 17:31:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR EUN |
04BRASILIA1685 | IRAQI ASSETS: LISTING OF INDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-07 20:34:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL IZ BR UNSC |
04BRASILIA1756 | LULA'S INTERNATIONAL HUNGER INITIATIVE BANKS ON [...] (U) Summary: Brazil, in coordination with France, Chile and Spain, is preparing for circulation this month a set of proposals for new mechanisms to finance international development, health and anti-hunger efforts, primarily through the UN agencies. These proposals would be presented for dis [...] | 2004-07-14 19:34:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID SOCI PREL BR UN |
04BRASILIA1831 | EDITORIAL DECRIES LULA'S TRADE-NEGOTIATOR [...] In the wake of the GoB's surprise walk-out from Mercosul-EU trade talks in Brussels July 21 (Septel),Brazilian media focused heavily on the fact that Brazil's negotiating team had abruptly changed chiefs just the preceding week, with Brasilia-based Regis Arslanian displacing long-time Ambassa [...] | 2004-07-23 19:49:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EFIN ECON EINV PREL PGOV BR |
04BRASILIA1832 | MERCOSUL/EU TALKS BREAK-OFF: NOT JUST A BRAZILIAN [...] (U) Top GoB negotiators on Wednesday July 21 abruptly broke off EU/Mercosul trade talks in Brussels and returned to Brazil leaving only lower-level staff to continue eventual exchanges on technical parameters or detail. The GoB move was a reaction to the EU's latest agricultural market access [...] | 2004-07-23 19:49:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EFIN EINV SOCI PGOV PREL BR |
04BRASILIA1835 | U/S LARSON LAYS DOWN A MARKER ON INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings across Brasilia September 21, U/S Larson made clear to GoB interlocutors that while the USG shares Brazil's deep commitment to fighting hunger on a global scale, elements of President Lula's anti-hunger initiative that call for international taxation were non-starte [...] | 2004-07-26 10:01:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID SOCI PREL BR UN |
04BRASILIA1906 | BRAZIL CENTRAL BANK DEPUTY GOVERNOR QUITS AMID [...] (U) Deputy Central Bank Governor for Monetary Policy Luiz Candiota resigned July 28 after press allegations the previous weekend of improprieties in both Candiota's and Central Bank (CB) President Henrique Meirelles' pre-2003 Brazilian income-tax returns. In Meirelles' case, the chief accusat [...] | 2004-07-29 19:49:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV BR |
04BRASILIA1917 | U/S LARSON ARGUES FOR STRUCTURAL REFORM, IMPROVED [...] (SBU) Summary: U/S Larson congratulated Central Bank President Henrique Meirelles and senior Finance Ministry officials on the success of Brazil's macroeconomic stabilization after the 2002 financial crisis. Larson noted investor concerns about the electrical sector, the judicial system an [...] | 2004-07-30 19:39:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV ENRG EAGR PREL BR |
04BRASILIA1987 | MORE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST BRAZIL CENTRAL BANK [...] (SBU) Summary. A new charge of financial misconduct against Central Bank President Meirelles contributed to market unease on Thursday August 5, unlike previous allegations that he failed to properly disclose his finances (ref A). The new allegation involves a $50,000 payment by Meirelles in [...] | 2004-08-06 19:40:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV BR |
04BRASILIA2051 | IMF RESREP ON INVESTMENT ACCOUNTING INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary: An IMF mission visited Brazil the last two weeks of July to discuss a pilot project effort at how the IMF accounts for investment. The pilot project grew out of an initiative by President Lula, advocated in letters to the G-7 heads of state, to increase the space for investment [...] | 2004-08-13 21:01:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL BR |
04BRASILIA2067 | BRAZIL CONSIDERING CAPETOWN CONVENTION ON AIRCRAFT [...] Marcus Vinicius da Costa of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Division of Services, Investments and Financial Issues told Emboff August 13 that the GoB is considering signing the Capetown Convention on Aircraft Financing. In response to lobbying by Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer [...] | 2004-08-17 10:02:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EFIN ETRD BR |
04BRASILIA2221 | BRAZIL'S ECONOMY GROWS SOLIDLY FOR THIRD [...] (SBU) Summary: The Brazilian economy grew another 1.5% in the second quarter of 2004, marking the third consecutive quarter of growth at an annual rate of over 6%, according to official figures released August 31. While still preliminary, the growth data confirm what all other recent econo [...] | 2004-09-02 18:55:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL EINV BR |
04BRASILIA2240 | REAL LIFE BRAZIL: THE DOWNS AND UPS OF RUNNING A [...] Summary: Despite recent discussion of reforms to aid small businesses and reduce red tape, owners of small businesses in Brazil still struggle with suffocating bureaucratic requirements, unfavorable labor laws and expensive credit. This cable is a case study of a Sao Paulo state small busine [...] | 2004-09-03 18:29:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI EFIN BR |
04BRASILIA2245 | ZERO SATISFACTION FROM GOB ON SODA-ASH TAX ISSUE [...] (SBU) On August 18, Itamaraty officials presented us their official finding that the Rio state tax policy with regard to soda ash produced by local enterprise ALCALIS does not illegally discriminate against U.S. soda ash producers/exporters. Our own scrutiny of the text of the 2001 Rio State [...] | 2004-09-03 20:04:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN EINV PREL PGOV BR |
04BRASILIA2247 | TERRORIST FINANCE: ADDITIONAL HARAMAIN [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-03 20:05:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS BR |
04BRASILIA2249 | PRESIDENT CHISSANO VISITS BRAZIL [...] () Summary: Mozambique President Chissano visited Brazil on August 31 and was rewarded with over USD 315 million in debt forgiveness for his country, the most relief Brazil has given during President Lula's administration. Chissano is well regarded in Brazil, and his decision to step down ha [...] | 2004-09-03 20:31:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN BR |
04BRASILIA2447 | BRAZIL'S ECONOMIC HIGH POINT REINFORCES LULA'S HAND [...] (U) Summary: Brazil is living one of its best economic moments in recent memory. GDP growth has averaged above 6% on an annualized basis for the last three quarters. The external accounts remain healthy as exports continue to boom; Brazil should run a 1.5% of GDP current account surplus t [...] | 2004-09-27 17:58:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PREL BR |
04BRASILIA2453 | BRASILIA TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER [...] (U) Per Reftel, Brasilia's Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) is DCM Phil Chicola. The TFCO Deputy is Econ Officer J. Andrew Plowman. The following answers are keyed to the questions in reftel paragraph 5. a) Contact Information: DCM Chicola: (55-61) 312-7445; ChicolaPT@state.go [...] | 2004-09-28 13:45:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PREL BR EFIN KTFN KVPR PTER |
04BRASILIA2458 | TERRORIST FINANCE: JAMA'AT AL TAWHID WA'AL-JIHAD [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-28 18:43:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KTFN BR LVPR |
04BRASILIA2698 | BRAZIL ON IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION THROUGH EXPORT [...] (U) Econoffs delivered reftel points on reopening export agency credits to support Iraqi reconstruction to Piragibe Tarrago, Chief of the Foreign Ministry's Economic Department, in an October 27 meeting. Tarrago said that Brazil would like to reestablish normal trade relations with Iraq, incl [...] | 2004-10-27 19:46:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV BR IZ |
04BRASILIA2711 | BRAZIL AND THE IMF: IS THE DANCE OVER? [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOB economic braintrust is currently debating whether to follow up Brazil's current precautionary IMF Standby Agreement (SBA) when it expires in March 2005 with another IMF program. Based on the country's fundamentals, there appears to be little need for a follow-on progra [...] | 2004-10-28 15:41:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV PREL BR |
04BRASILIA281 | CEARA: GETTING BY -- WITH OR WITHOUT LULA, FTAA, ET [...] Ceara state had an especially bleak economic year in 2003, but with better-than-ever trade trends: exports 40% up from 2002, a record surplus, new markets, product diversity, and more small/medium-business activity. State revenues shrank, but the budget evidently stayed well-run. Jobs became [...] | 2004-02-06 17:47:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD BEXP EAGR PGOV ELAB EFIN EINV SOCI BR |
04BRASILIA2860 | BRAZIL NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BANK HEAD DISMISSED [...] (SBU) Summary: President Lula accepted the resignation of National Social and Economic Development Bank (BNDES) head Carlos Lessa November 18, replacing him with Planning and Budget Minister Guido Mantega. Lessa, a leftist economics professor with longstanding ties to Lula and the Workers' P [...] | 2004-11-22 12:38:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV EINV BR |
04BRASILIA290 | "FOLHA" COMMENTARY SAVAGES GOB ENERGY MODEL [...] The bill to establish the GoB's would-be new energy- model has been passed by the Chamber of Deputies and is now in the Senate committee-stage (Septel.) Over most of the model's key detail there continues to hang a heavy fog of general unclarity. Increasingly, though, private-sector and ind [...] | 2004-02-06 18:57:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV EINV SOCI BR |
04BRASILIA3068 | TERROR FINANCE: JANJALANI, AL-FAQIH AND BATTERJEE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-15 17:12:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KTFN BR LVPR |
04BRASILIA3095 | BRAZIL: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) Triborder Area (Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay) (Please review with submissions from other TBA posts.) The Triborder area (TBA) -- where Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay converge -- has been characterized as a regional hub for Hizballah and HAMAS fundraising activities. However, the reg [...] | 2004-12-17 18:11:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO BR |
04BRASILIA3100 | DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVSIOR SHIRZAD'S NOV, [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. At a November 22 dinner for visiting Deputy National Security Advisor Faryar Shirzad and NSC Director Del Renigar, senior executives of key Brazilian and multinational companies questioned Brazil's continued membership in Mercosur (in its current configuration [...] | 2004-12-17 18:39:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD ECIN EINV BR BL AR |
04BRASILIA3115 | FEW ECONOMIC RISKS AS STRONG GROWTH CONTINUES; [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's economic growth continues at scorching rates. According to third quarter statistics, growth in the 12 months through September 2004 was 5.3%, putting 5% growth for 2004 as a whole well within reach. Central Bank President Henrique Meirelles confirmed the rosy economic [...] | 2004-12-20 12:42:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV EINV BR |
04BRASILIA3136 | DEBT REDUCTION FOR IRAQ - FOLLOW-UP WITH NON-PARIS [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST - PARAGRAPH 5. 2. (U) PER INSTRUCTIONS, ECONOFFS PRESENTED REFTEL A DEMARCHE (ALONG WITH FACT SHEET) TO BOTH THE BRAZILIAN FINANCE AND FOREIGN MINISTRIES. 3. (SBU) FINANCE MINISTRY INTERNATIONAL SECRETARY LUIS PEREIRA TOLD ECONOFF DECEMBER 17 THAT BRAZIL WAS FOLLOWING [...] | 2004-12-21 12:42:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV PREL BR IZ |
04BRASILIA3158 | BRAZIL CONTACT FOR MDB LOAN REVIEW [...] Per reftel, the MDB Loan Review Officer for Mission Brazil, located at Embassy Brasilia, is: J. Andrew Plowman, Deputy Economic Counselor E-mail: PlowmanJA@state.gov Tel: 55-61 312-7470 or 55 61 312-7180 Fax: 55-61 312-7658 DANILOVICH [...] | 2004-12-23 12:15:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID ECON EINV PREL BR |
04BRASILIA450 | BRAZIL'S PUBLIC-DEBT VULNERABILITY LESSENS, FOR NOW [...] (U) Brazil's nominal net public debt and debt/GDP ratio both continued to rise in 2003, but there are grounds for guarded hope that the debt burden is not now the imminent threat it has been in recent years. The debt/GDP ratio (58.2% end-December) is far down from its brief late- 2002 spik [...] | 2004-02-29 13:11:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV SOCI BR |
04BRASILIA463 | BRAZIL: 2003 GDP GROWTH EVEN WORSE THAN EXPECTED [...] (U) The GoB has revised its 2003 growth number downward from its already twice-downscaled estimate of positive 0.3%, to negative 0.2%, Brazil's worst since 1992. In addition to being half a percentage point below its own most recent forecast, the growth figure was below those of even the most [...] | 2004-03-01 23:07:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PREL PGOV BR |
04BRASILIA464 | NEW ENERGY MODEL BILL DELAYED AMID CRITICISM [...] A flurry of industry and press criticism has helped delay the Brazilian Senate's scheduled February 17 committee vote on the new energy model proposed by Minister of Mines and Energy Dilma Rousseff (reftels). The bill sailed through Brazil's lower chamber with fairly insignificant revisions, [...] | 2004-03-01 23:07:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EINV EFIN PGOV ECON BR |
04BRASILIA509 | ENERGY-MODEL BILL VOTE DELAYED ANOTHER DAY [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-04 18:21:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EINV EFIN PGOV ECON BR |
04BRASILIA528 | NEW ENERGY MODEL BILL PASSES SENATE [...] The Brazilian Senate on March 4 approved the new energy model with some changes sought by the energy sector. The most favorable change pertains to the definition of "new energy" and "old energy," a point that determines to which of two energy pools power plants must sell. The bill as passed [...] | 2004-03-05 19:57:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EINV EFIN PGOV ECON BR |
04BRASILIA529 | BRAZIL CONSIDERS EFFECT OF IMF-ARGENTINA STANDOFF [...] (C) The GoB has yet to really focus on what effect an IMF-Argentina train wreck would have on Brazil and the rest of Latin America, according to the IMF Resident Representative (protect). The Resrep, opining that the IMF was equally uncertain on the subject, held out hope that the market had learn [...] | 2004-03-05 20:52:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL BR |
04BRASILIA531 | BRAZIL: EXTERNAL DEBT NOTES [...] (SBU) Summary: The GoB hopes to use current relatively positive market sentiment and stronger foreign exchange rates to quietly rebuild reserves. In contrast to very active reshaping of its domestic debt profile, the GoB has been fairly passive on external debt management. While the recent [...] | 2004-03-08 10:05:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV SOCI BR |
04BRASILIA582 | MERCOSUL AND INDIA/SACU TALKING TURKEY ON TARIFF [...] An article in the March 5-7 `Valor Economico' quoted Itamaraty Negotiator Regis Arslanian's claims of progress in negotiation of the Mercosul-India preferential tariff agreement (PTA). Arslanian also spoke of the quick conclusion of a PTA with the Southern African Customs Union (SACU). Emba [...] | 2004-03-11 17:13:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV BR |
04BRASILIA613 | LULA HANGS FISCALLY TOUGH AMID INFLATION/INTEREST- [...] SUMMARY: Amidst fresh inflation nerves over the pass- through of world commodity and domestic wholesale price pressures to the Brazilian retail level, the Central Bank (CB) is now expected to further delay new interest-rate cuts this week at its monthly COPOM meeting, perhaps at April's also [...] | 2004-03-15 17:37:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PGOV ECON EINV ETRD PREL SOCI BR |
04BRASILIA644 | BRAZIL'S ONGOING DEBATE ON PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS [...] (U) Summary: The American Chamber of Commerce and "Valor Economico" newspaper sponsored a seminar in Brasilia March 10 to stimulate the national debate on Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs),the method by which the GoB seeks private sector investment to help fund essential public services and [...] | 2004-03-17 19:49:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND EFIN PGOV ECON EINV BR |
04BRASILIA666 | "Paralysis" of GoB's Microeconomic Program [...] A column in the March 5-7 issue of top financial daily `Valor Economico' summarized pessimists' view that the Diniz scandal and other hurdles have resulted in a semi-breakdown of the legislative progress of the GoB's so-called `microeconomic' reform measures, which are generally acknowledged [...] | 2004-03-19 16:00:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV BR |
04BRASILIA677 | TERRORIST FINANCE: BRAZIL NOTIFIED OF LIST 53 [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-19 20:27:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR ETTC EFIN PTER CVIS BR |
04BRASILIA786 | BRAZIL'S FINANCE MINISTER: STEADY AS SHE GOES [...] (C) Summary: After weeks of intensifying criticism of the Lula administration's stringent fiscal line from within and without the government (Ref A),Finance Minister Palocci received unexpectedly cordial treatment during a marathon seven hours of testimony to the Senate Economic Affairs Committe [...] | 2004-04-01 14:47:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV BR |
04BRASILIA790 | BRAZIL'S STATE OF GOIAS: RIDING THE AGRICULTURAL [...] (U) Summary. The central Brazilian state of Goias, from which the Federal District of Brasilia was carved 47 years ago, has grown above the average for Brazil over the last several years. The state's economy, fueled primarily by agriculture and an emerging agribusiness, has a growing awarene [...] | 2004-04-01 15:10:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR SOCI EFIN EINV ETRD TBIO PGOV BR |
04BRASILIA892 | LULA BACKS TRADE MINISTER FURLAN AGAINST BNDES'S [...] President Lula has arbitrated a very public victory for Development, Industry and Trade Minister Luiz Furlan in Furlan's latest policy bout with the old-school-leftist- ideologue president of Brazil's National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES),Carlos Lessa. The fight was over [...] | 2004-04-14 18:54:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV BR |
04BRASILIA928 | MEIRELLES: BRAZIL'S ECONOMY HAS FUNDAMENTALLY [...] (SBU) Summary. Central Bank President Meirelles, target of sustained political attacks over Brazil's continued high interest rates and unemployment plus popular perceptions that the economy is worsening, has unrepentantly asserted that Brazil's economy not only is growing, but has undergone a [...] | 2004-04-16 17:07:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL BR |
04BRASILIA935 | GOB'S FINANCIAL-MARKET HONEYMOON FINALLY COOLING? [...] Top front-page story in most national media Friday April 16 was JP Morgan's scaling-back of its recommendation for Brazil bonds from overweight to market-weight, and the sharp market reaction. News accounts generally headlined the JPM report's unease over the direction of GoB fiscal policy, a [...] | 2004-04-19 11:51:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL EINV SOCI BR |
04BRASILIA936 | LULA'S NEXT FISCAL LITMUS TEST: 2004'S MINIMUM-WAGE [...] The annual adjustment of Brazil's official minimum wage takes effect May 1, meaning the GoB usually announces the new number by mid-April. A 'strawman' figure is always included, and funds programmed accordingly, in the GoB's initial budget presentation to Congress the preceding August, but t [...] | 2004-04-19 11:51:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ELAB ECON PGOV PREL EINV SOCI BR |
04BRASILIA979 | TERRORIST FINANCE: BRAZIL NOTIFIED OF ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-23 19:49:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS BR |
04BRATISLAVA1059 | TRANSPARENCY OF BUDGETS/MILITARY SPENDING [...] THE FOLLOWING ARE ANSWERS, PER REFTEL, TO THE AUDIT AND REPORTING PROCESS FOR MILITARY EXPENDITURES IN SLOVAKIA BASED ON RESPONSES FROM THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (MOF). 2. HOW ARE MILITARY EXPENDITURES AUDITED? ACCORDING TO SLOVAK LEGISLATION, THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE (MOD),AS WELL AS OTHER [...] | 2004-11-23 14:55:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EAID LO |
04BRATISLAVA1162 | THIRD QUARTER REVIEW OF THE SLOVAK ECONOMY [...] Summary. Slovak economic growth slowed slightly to 5.3 percent in the third quarter of 2004, but still outpaced its Central European neighbors. Higher investments and household consumption replaced exports as the main economic catalyst. Growth should remain strong with inflow of foreign direc [...] | 2004-12-29 15:08:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD LO |
04BRATISLAVA182 | FOLLOW-UP ON MADRID CONFERENCE: SLOVAK RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-02-24 06:09:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN IZ LO |
04BRATISLAVA192 | ECONOMIC REFORM: THE VIEW ON THE GROUND [...] Summary. A radical tax overhaul, price liberalization and tightening of social benefits in recent months have combined to drastically alter the way most Slovaks view their incomes. Approximately 90 new laws came into effect on January 1, 2004 along with a host of other changes in recent mon [...] | 2004-02-26 06:09:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV ELAB SOCI LO |
04BRATISLAVA266 | EUROPEAN COMMISSION CUSTOMS REGIME [...] THE FOLLOWING IS POST'S RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS RAISED IN REFTEL. 2. SLOVAKIA'S CUSTOMS LEGISLATION IS IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH EU LEGISLATION EXCEPT FOR SOME PROVISIONS ON DRUG PRECURSORS. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NON-ALIGNED PROVISIONS WILL TAKE PLACE UPON ACCESSION, MAY 1 WHEN THE EUROPEAN [...] | 2004-03-22 16:48:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EU EFIN LO WTO USTR |
04BRATISLAVA295 | EU ACCESSION STATES CALL FOR REFORMS BY CURRENT [...] SUMMARY. DURING A CONFERENCE IN BRATISLAVA LAST WEEK, FINANCE MINISTERS FROM SIX EU ACCESSION STATES CALLED ON CURRENT EU MEMBERS TO FIND THE POLITICAL WILL TO UNDERTAKE STRUCTURAL REFORMS IN THEIR OWN AGRICULTURE SECTORS, PENSION AND TAX SYSTEMS. THE MINISTERS ALSO URGED MEMBER STATES NOT [...] | 2004-03-26 06:07:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV LO |
04BRATISLAVA42 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ADVISOR MICHAEL GRIFFERY [...] EMBASSY BRATISLAVA WELCOMES ADVISOR MICHAEL GRIFFERY AND GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THE PERIOD OF JANUARY 28 TO JANUARY 29, 2004. THE EMBASSY POINT OF CONTACT FOR YOUR VISIT IS DAVID NOBLES, ECONOMIC OFFICER. PHONE NUMBER IS +420-2-5922-3394 (OFFICE). THE FAX LINE IS +420-2-5922-310 [...] | 2004-01-08 11:54:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON LO |
04BRATISLAVA43 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR INTERMITTENT TREASURY ADVISOR [...] EMBASSY BRATISLAVA WELCOMES MICHAEL BURR AND GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THE PERIOD OF JANUARY 27 TO FEBRUARY 5, 2004. THE EMBASSY POINT OF CONTACT FOR YOUR VISIT IS DAVID NOBLES, ECONOMIC OFFICER. PHONE NUMBER IS +420-2-5922-3394 (OFFICE). THE FAX LINE IS +420-2-5922-3109. CELL PHO [...] | 2004-01-07 14:07:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON LO |
04BRATISLAVA44 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KEITH CLARK, RESIDENT TREASURY [...] EMBASSY BRATISLAVA WELCOMES KEITH CLARK AND GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THE PERIOD OF JANUARY 22 TO JANUARY 31, 2004. THE EMBASSY POINT OF CONTACT FOR YOUR VISIT IS DAVID NOBLES, ECONOMIC OFFICER. PHONE NUMBER IS +420-2-5922-3394 (OFFICE). THE FAX LINE IS +420-2-5922-3109. CELL PHONE [...] | 2004-01-09 14:53:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON LO |
04BRATISLAVA607 | SLOVAK ECONOMY SEES FASTEST GROWTH IN SIX YEARS [...] SUMMARY. SLOVAKIA'S REAL ANNUAL GDP GREW BY 5.5 PERCENT DURING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2004, ITS HIGHEST EXPANSION IN SIX YEARS AND THE SECOND STRONGEST RATE IN THE CENTRAL EUROPEAN REGION. EXTERNAL DEMAND DROVE MOST OF THE GROWTH, BUT DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION ALSO INCREASED DUE TO HIGHER REAL WAGES [...] | 2004-06-21 10:33:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD LO |
04BRATISLAVA823 | STRENGTHENING TRANSATLANTIC ECONOMIC RELATIONS [...] (SBU) Promoting transatlantic economic ties has been a dominant theme at Embassy Bratislava for several years. As a result of the GOS's sweeping economic reforms and improving investment climate, trade and investment between our two countries are up markedly. Post has hosted large business c [...] | 2004-09-07 12:45:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD AMGT BEXP KPAO LO |
04BRATISLAVA880 | EXCELLENT RESULTS FOR THE SLOVAK ECONOMY [...] Summary. The Slovak economy rose at a real annual rate of 5.4 percent in the second quarter of 2004, beating the market forecast of 5.0 percent. Household consumption and robust investment led the growth, replacing external demand, which had been powering the economy for the previous six qua [...] | 2004-09-24 14:15:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD LO |
04BRATISLAVA99 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY ADVISOR JIM RUTH. [...] EMBASSY BRATISLAVA WELCOMES MR. JIM RUTH AND GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THE PERIOD OF FEBRUARY 8 TO FEBRUARY 10, 2004. THE EMBASSY POINT OF CONTACT FOR YOUR VISIT IS KATHY MCENANY, FASCELL FELLOW. PHONE NUMBER IS +420-2-5922- 3376(OFFICE). THE FAX LINE IS +420-2-5922 3026. CELLPHON [...] | 2004-01-21 16:22:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON LO |
04BRUSSELS1134 | EU COUNTER-TERRORISM POLICY AFTER MADRID [...] (SBU) The EU is re-examining its role in the war against terrorism following the March 11 attack in Madrid. Many EU efforts to improve its counter-terrorism (CT) effectiveness -- for instance by revising the EU CT Action Plan and creating and streamlining the Clearinghouse -- were in the work [...] | 2004-03-17 17:01:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV PINR PREL PTER EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1338 | EU LEADERS PLEDGE ACTION ON TERRORISM, NAME NEW CT [...] (U) In the wake of the Madrid bombings, EU leaders on March 25 issued a Declaration on Combating Terrorism (available at http://ue.eu.int/). They pledged to improve cooperation, to speed up implementation of agreed EU measures, and announced new initiatives to counter the terrorist threat. A [...] | 2004-03-26 18:25:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV PINR EFIN KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2086 | EC MOVING FORWARD WITH AUDITORS FOR LIBERIA [...] Following receipt of reftel, USEU contacted DG Development Liberia Desk Officer Arend Biesenbroek for a status report on their funding of auditors to assist in the review of financial controls at six key government agencies. Biesenbroek reported that the terms of reference for this program ha [...] | 2004-05-13 15:33:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN PGOV LI EUN IMF USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2605 | EC RESPONSE TO HAITI DEMARCHE FOR BUDGET SUPPORT [...] (SBU) USEU Development Counselor presented reftel demarche to European Commission (EC) Desk Officer for Haiti Lut Fabert-Goossens, in the Directorate-General for Development. Fabert-Goossens said the EC appreciates concerns expressed by the US and concurs with our assessment of needs and prio [...] | 2004-06-18 09:55:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID EFIN HA XL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2828 | OPERATION BALKAN VICE IV: EU RESPONSE [...] (C) We met on June 30 with Council and Commission representatives to discuss ref A demarche. Council Secretariat Director for the Western Balkans, Eastern Europe, SIPDIS and Central Asia Stefan Lehne and desk officer Helene Holm-Pedersen had no comment on the four entities mentioned in ou [...] | 2004-07-01 11:49:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC EUN KWAC USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2983 | A/S WAYNE MEETING WITH COMMISSION ON HAITI [...] (SBU) Summary. In a meeting with EB Assistant Secretary Wayne, Commission Development Director Sipke Brouwer explained the Commission would pledge approximately 160 million Euros for Haiti over the next two years including up to 77 million Euros as non-project (more rapidly available) funds, [...] | 2004-07-13 14:26:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN HA EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4317 | EU ASSET FREEZE ON FUGITIVE ICTY INDICTEES [...] (C) The Dutch Presidency has told us that an EU Regulation enacting an asset freeze against the three most prominent ICTY fugitive indictees, Mladic, Karadzic and Gotovina, will be adopted at the October 11 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting. As reported reftel, thi [...] | 2004-10-07 09:11:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN ZL ICTY EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS5391 | EU LEADERS ENDORSE REVISED ACTION PLAN OF COUNTER- [...] EU leaders at the December 16-17 European Council endorsed a revised EU Action Plan for the fight against terrorism and noted other contributions, including a strategy against terrorist financing that will continue to be a priority in 2005. Other priorities next year will be the protection o [...] | 2004-12-23 11:30:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER EFIN SMIG PREF SNAR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS5393 | ENSURING A COORDINATED U.S.-EU MESSAGE IN BIH [...] (C) Our messages alerting the EU to Operation Balkan Vice measures (REFS B and C) apparently did not penetrate very far into the EU apparatus. Although the EU and Solana's office have been supportive of the measures taken by High Rep Ashdown, and understand the steps taken by the US in support [...] | 2004-12-23 12:48:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV EFIN BK EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS87 | OUTLOOK FOR THE IRISH EU PRESIDENCY: KEEPING [...] (U) As our engagement with the Irish Presidency picks up momentum with next week's Task Force and Political Directors' meetings in Dublin, it is important to keep in mind the political and institutional changes that will buffet the EU during the next several months. The Irish have a fuller pl [...] | 2004-01-09 10:53:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR EFIN ETRD EAID EI EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BUCHAREST3413 | IRAQ DEBT: ROMANIA WANTS ITS MONEY BACK [...] (C) Summary: Joint U.S. and British Embassy discussions with Romanian government (GOR) officials reveal little enthusiasm for debt reduction for Iraq. Instead, Romania is aiming for a &flexible8 solution that could involve oil deliveries, equity in joint ventures or debt restructuring. GOR o [...] | 2004-12-10 15:40:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL RO |
04BUCHAREST3414 | ROMANIA'S PARLIAMENT PASSES 2005 BUDGET [...] (U) In anticipation of the November 28 general elections, Romania's Parliament rushed to pass the budget this year, bypassing substantive debate. Both the 2005 state budget and social assistance budget laws, passed by both legislative chambers on November 10, and ratified by President Iliesc [...] | 2004-12-10 15:54:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EIND EFIN RO |
04BUCHAREST3446 | The Lion in Winter: Romania's Foreign Exchange [...] (SBU) Summary: The National Bank of Romania (BNR),the country's central bank, has recently shifted from its long- standing policy of closely managing the Romanian Leu (ROL) foreign exchange (forex) rate to an infrequently managed free float. The BNR now limits its interventions on the forex [...] | 2004-12-15 16:30:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EIND EFIN RO |
04BUCHAREST3560 | ROMANIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-30 15:22:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV RO |
04CARACAS100 | GOV SEIZES USD 2.5 MILLION BELONGING TO LARGEST [...] (C) VENEZUELAN CUSTOMS AUTHORITIES SEIZED A SHIPMENT OF USD 2.5 MILLION IN CASH OWNED BY ITALCAMBIO, THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST CURRENCY EXCHANGE HOUSE. THE MONEY WAS ABOARD A FLIGHT FROM MIAMI. ITALCAMBIO PRESIDENT CARLOS DORADO CLAIMED THE SHIPMENT WAS ROUTINE AND THE SEIZURE IS IN RETALIATION [...] | 2004-01-09 19:34:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV VE |
04CARACAS103 | CHAVEZ TURNS UP THE HEAT ON CENTRAL BANK FOR [...] (C) President Chavez has renewed his struggle with the Central Bank over USD 1 billion in international reserves, which he has demanded be handed over to the GOV for agricultural spending. The Bank has to this point resisted, citing controlling legal restrictions. The National Assembly joine [...] | 2004-01-12 12:09:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV VE |
04CARACAS1479 | VENEZUELA MACROECONOMIC UPDATE [...] (U) Venezuela's most recently published economic indicators illustrate the negative effects of deep recession, exchange and price controls, and chronic fiscal deficits. Strong international reserves position and high average oil prices have contributed to reduce the country risk and facilitate [...] | 2004-05-03 16:26:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV VE |
04CARACAS1548 | FOREIGN EXCHANGE AGENCY: DESPITE CORRUPTION AND A [...] (SBU) Amid considerable press attention on reports of corruption at CADIVI (the Commission for Administration of Foreign Exchange) which has led to the dismissal of 50 employees, a pamphlet bomb exploded at their main office in the early morning hours of April 29. CADIVI's President is more c [...] | 2004-05-11 21:02:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV VE |
04CARACAS1554 | MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE [...] (U) THE GOV UNILATERALLY DECREED A 30 INCREASE IN THE MINIMUM WAGE, ATTEMPTING TO KEEP UP WITH INFLATION FOR THE LOWEST-EARNING WORKERS. HOWEVER, THOUGH OVERALL INFLATION IS RELATIVELY DOWN, FOOD PRICES ARE INCREASING FASTER THAN ANY OTHER CATEGORY, AND THIS NEW ACTION IS ONLY GOING TO EXACE [...] | 2004-05-12 15:03:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV VE |
04CARACAS1904 | GDP GROWTH OR REBOUND? DEPENDS ON WHO YOU ASK [...] (SBU) THE CENTRAL BANK (BCV) HAS REPORTED 1ST QUARTER GDP GROWTH OF 29.8% COMPARED TO THE SAME PERIOD OF 2003, WHEN IT FELL 27.8%. MINISTER OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT JORGE GIORDANI SAYS THAT THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF A PERIOD OF SUSTAINED GROWTH. HIS IS A LONE VOICE, AS INDEPENDENT ECONOMIS [...] | 2004-06-04 17:46:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV VE |
04CARACAS1943 | PDVSA MONEY GOES STRAIGHT TO GOV SPENDING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Central Bank (BCV reserves) peaked on May 14, and have since been dropping sharply. The chairman of the National Assembly Finance Committee and the President of state-owned oil company PDVSA have publicly confirmed that the reason for the decline is that PDVSA has ceased turning [...] | 2004-06-09 12:50:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EPET PGOV VE |
04CARACAS2060 | REVOLUTION FIRST AT GOV DEPOSIT GUARANTEE FUND [...] (U) FOGADE (Banking Protection Guarantee Fund, FDIC-equivalent) President Jesus Caldera Infante proposed raising the assessment (paid by banks) on all bank account deposits from 0.5% to 2.0%. Industry experts say that this will force up interest rates, though Caldera disagrees. With the extr [...] | 2004-06-22 20:29:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV VE |
04CARACAS2118 | PDVSA - OIL COMPANY OR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY? [...] (C) Through budgetary and non-budgetary spending, Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) is now the primary agent for implementation of Chavez Administration social programs. Over $1.7 billion has been designated to social development programs in PDVSA's 2004 budget while up to an additional $2 billi [...] | 2004-06-29 20:16:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EFIN PGOV VE ECON |
04CARACAS2487 | ECONOMY ON UPSWING AS REFERENDUM DRAWS NEAR [...] (SBU) In accordance with a decree issued by President Chavez in May, the minimum wage rose 10% on August 1, after having increased 20% on May 1. Meanwhile, the parallel dollar rate remains steady at lower levels than before, much more foreign currency is available than at any time since excha [...] | 2004-08-04 18:26:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV VE |
04CARACAS2575 | TERRORIST FINANCE LIST 53 [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-11 17:19:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN PTER VE |
04CARACAS2592 | ECONOMIC ASPECT OF OPPOSITION CONSENSUS PLAN [...] (SBU) The Plan Consenso Pais ("National Consensus Plan"),launched June 9 by the Coordinadora Democratica, has a very strong economic focus. However, while long on optimism, it is short on details. For example, while it emphasizes job creation, it provides no specific method to create jobs; i [...] | 2004-08-12 20:28:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV VE |
04CARACAS2728 | VENEZUELA MACROECONOMIC UPDATE [...] (U) Venezuela's most recently published economic indicators illustrate an economic rebound based on increasing government expenditures. Levels of new foreign direct investment remain low. A strong international reserves position and high average oil prices have contributed to reduce the cou [...] | 2004-08-27 13:38:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV VE |
04CARACAS2814 | GOV TAKES FULL CREDIT FOR GDP GROWTH, BUT STILL [...] (SBU) First half GDP statistics show a 23.1% increase over last year, which also represents the first improvement over 2002 figures. Second quarter growth was 13.6%, led by non-petroleum growth of 15.0%. Considering these factors, the GOV has revised its 2004 growth estimate from 6 to 12%. M [...] | 2004-09-08 16:28:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV VE |
04CARACAS2907 | THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET - THERE OUGHTTA BE A LAW [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-17 16:17:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV VE |
04CARACAS3015 | TAX COLLECTION PLAN: A SERIOUS EFFORT OR [...] (SBU) The head of the Venezuelan tax authority (SENIAT) announced on September 7 that the GOV's goal for 2005 tax collections (including taxes on oil revenues) would be 56% higher than the 2004 goal. This comes at a time when tax collection methods, particularly a program called "Plan Zero Ev [...] | 2004-09-24 15:15:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV VE |
04CARACAS3110 | PRESSURE ON CENTRAL BANK INCREASES ON THREE FRONTS [...] (C) The GOV has renewed pressure on the Venezuelan Central Bank (BCV),by again demanding a large sum of money. It asserts the BCV owes more than USD 2 billion from improperly accounting for foreign exchange profits. While the BCV has resisted this demand, it may be caving in another area. I [...] | 2004-10-05 11:17:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV VE |
04CARACAS3501 | AMBASSADOR'S TOUR D'HORIZON WITH FINANCE MINISTER [...] (C) At a November 10 luncheon with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Nobrega touched on a range of issues including: Eximbank lending (he'd like it to return, but downplays the impact of its absence); the GOV's surprise increase in petroleum royalties (he admits it was badly handled); Minist [...] | 2004-11-15 17:13:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL VE |
04CARACAS3575 | CAUTION: THE ROAD IS WET - TREASURY REP GETS VIEWS [...] (C) U.S. Treasury representative for South America Mathew Haarsager visited Caracas from November 2-5, and in a series of meetings with the Venezuelan private and public sectors was treated to a variety of perspectives. GOV officials asserted that, with the strike, presidential referendum, and [...] | 2004-11-19 18:10:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV VE |
04CARACAS3617 | TRANSPARENCY OF BUDGETS/MILITARY SPENDING [...] This message responds to action request (REFTEL). 2. Q: How (or are) military expenditures audited? A: Each branch of the Venezuelan Armed Forces (army, navy, air force, and national guard) has its own budget and planning office. The services submit proposed expenses and acquisit [...] | 2004-11-23 18:26:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID MARR VE |
04CARACAS363 | CHAVEZ CONTINUES FIGHT WITH CENTRAL BANK AT A [...] (C) President Chavez has continued his campaign against the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV),on January 18 characterizing the Bank's international reserve holdings as "excessive." In a speech January 28, BCV Director Domingo Maza Zavala held firm, saying the reserves were necessary to maintai [...] | 2004-02-02 16:54:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV VE |
04CARACAS3686 | MICRO-LENDING BOOM - QUANTITY VS. QUALITY [...] (C) Micro-lending has long been a neglected area in Venezuela, though it is currently getting more attention than ever. Banks have been required since November 2002 to commit at least three percent of their credit portfolio to micro-lending, but the GOV is now taking more direct role through [...] | 2004-11-29 21:03:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV VE |
04CARACAS3747 | GROWTH IS NOT ENOUGH - HAND OVER THE CASH! [...] (C) Amidst good news on the economic front, the GOV's thirst for cash remains unslaked. Third quarter GDP grew 15.8% versus the same period in 2003, and the official unemployment figure for October was 13.7%, the lowest since 2001. However, the GOV's row with the Venezuelan Central Bank con [...] | 2004-12-06 18:53:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV VE |
04CARACAS3806 | NEW MINISTER OF FINANCE - SAME AS THE OLD MINISTER [...] (C) On December 5 President Chavez announced that Finance Minister Tobias Nobrega would be replaced by Nelson Merentes, a former Minister of Finance and current Minister of Development Finance and President of the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BANDES). While Chavez gave n [...] | 2004-12-09 19:47:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV VE |
04CARACAS3917 | VENEZUELA MACROECONOMIC UPDATE [...] (U) Venezuela's economic recovery continues based on high government expenditures and strong consumption levels. Unemployment has continued its slow decline. Inflation, while slowing, remains somewhat high. The balance of payments has moved from strong surplus to a near even position. Fore [...] | 2004-12-22 15:56:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV VE |
04CARACAS3918 | VENEZUELA MACROECONOMIC UPDATE [...] (U) Venezuela's economic recovery continues based on high government expenditures and strong consumption levels. Unemployment has continued its slow decline. Inflation, while slowing, remains somewhat high. The balance of payments has moved from strong surp lus to a near even position. Fo [...] | 2004-12-22 16:40:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV VE |
04CARACAS3927 | THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE MESSY - VENEZUELAN [...] (C) Recent economic news in Venezuela is mixed. Third quarter GDP growth is an impressive 15.8%, and total 2004 growth estimates are being revised upward to as much as 18%, though the GOV predicts 15-16%. Venezuelan oil prices for December, on the other hand, are 28% below their October high [...] | 2004-12-23 11:55:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV VE |
04CARACAS3940 | VENEZUELA 2005 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] (U) Summary: The Following is Embassy Caracas' submission for the 2005 National Trade Estimate Report. This document was also submitted as a MS Word document to G. Blue and B. Harmon at USTR by e-mail on December 23, 2004. End Summary ------------- TRADE SUMMARY ------------- 2. (U) The [...] | 2004-12-27 18:47:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD VE |
04CARACAS549 | AFTERMATH OF DEVALUATION: INFLATION AND PRIVATE [...] (C) THE GOV FOLLOWED ITS FEBRUARY 9 DEVALUATION (REF A) WITH PRICE INCREASES ON SOME IMPORTANT PRICE-CONTROLLED STAPLES THE NEXT DAY. THE CHIEF ECONOMISTS OF VENEZUELA'S TWO LARGEST BANKS SAW THE DEVALUATION DIFFERENTLY IN CONVERSATIONS WITH ECONOFF. LUIS ZAMBRANO OF BANCO MERCANTIL SAID THE [...] | 2004-02-13 20:59:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV VE |
04CARACAS610 | IMF REP SEES LITTLE TO CHEER ABOUT IN VENEZUELA'S [...] (C) In a February 19 meeting with Econcouns, IMF Resident Representative Humberto Arbulu expressed deep skepticism over Chavez administration economic policies and frustration over the lack of transparency in economic information made available to him. He gave the Finance Ministry high mark [...] | 2004-02-20 13:50:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV VE |
04CARACAS714 | ECONOMIC FALL-OUT FROM INCREASED POLITICAL TENSIONS [...] (SBU) The rise in political tensions over the revocatory referendum on Chavez's tenure in office and attendant violence is beginning to spill over into the economy. The parallel market bolivar/dollar rate has spiked as has the spread on Venezuelan bonds. It appears, however, that a planned [...] | 2004-03-02 20:41:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV EFIN ENRG VE |
04COLOMBO1272 | Gasoline Hike a First, Tiny Step Forward [...] (U) Summary: The Government took a tiny step to cut subsidies by increasing the price of gasoline last week. Gasoline accounts for just 10% of oil consumption in Sri Lanka, and the hike is unlikely to have a big impact on the cost of living. This is the first price increase announced by the [...] | 2004-07-30 06:02:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN CE ECONOMICS |
04COLOMBO1304 | REPUBLIC OF MALDIVES -- JULY 2004 APPENDIX TO [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-06 05:58:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ELAB KTDB PGOV MV ECONOMICS |
04COLOMBO1342 | SRI LANKA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT APPENDIX, [...] This appendix serves as an update to the 2003 Investment Climate Statement for Sri Lanka. It has been provided to assist investors in the interim period resulting from the U.S. Government's decision to begin publishing the Country Commercial Guide (of which the Investment Climate Statement i [...] | 2004-08-17 11:20:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ELAB KTDB PGOV CE ECONOMICS |
04COLOMBO1573 | BRIEFING SRI LANKA'S "GOOD FRIEND" HIGH ON FINMIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Finance Minister Sarath Amunugama reviewed for the Ambassador his recent discussions with OPEC and outlined his thoughts on the WB/IMF meetings in Washington in early October. He looks forward to meeting USTR Zoellick and seeks to assure USTR of the GSL's commitment to support th [...] | 2004-09-22 01:41:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EFIN EPET CE ECONOMICS |
04COLOMBO1839 | TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER (TFCO) AT [...] Per request reftel, the following are Post's Terrorism Finance Coordination Officers: James F. Entwistle, Deputy Chief of Mission, office no.: 94-11-244-8007 ext. 2433, home no.: 94-11-269-5495, cell no.: 94-77-770-9571, fax no.: 94-11- 243-7237, email: EntwistleJF@state.gov Dean R. T [...] | 2004-11-10 05:29:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | CE EFIN ETTC KVPR MV PREL PTER |
04COLOMBO1858 | NEW TAX SQUEEZE PRIOR TO UNVEILING SRI [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Sri Lanka has introduced a series of politically motivated taxes just prior to its presentation of the 2005 budget. Most of the taxes attempt to satisfy the Marxist elements in the current government, who want to be seen as protectors of the national heritage, [...] | 2004-11-17 06:18:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD CE ECONOMICS |
04COLOMBO1905 | GSL BUDGET "NOT AS BAD AS WE THOUGHT;" BUSINESSES [...] (SBU) Summary: Finance Minister Amunugama presented the GSL's 2005 budget proposal to Parliament on November 18. The budget included a number of provisions to expand revenue collection, widen the tax base and numerous new spending initiatives aimed primarily at the public sector, the rural se [...] | 2004-11-24 09:22:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN CE ECONOMICS |
04COLOMBO1906 | MALDIVES, TRANSPARENCY OF BUDGETS/MILITARY [...] RESPONSE TO REFTEL FOLLOWS: A. General Overview of Auditing Procedures: 2. The Maldives has a system of public audit by the Auditor General (AG),a civilian authority. The Auditor General is appointed by and reports to the President. Audit reports are also sent to the heads of the [...] | 2004-11-24 09:49:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID MV |
04COLOMBO1907 | SRI LANKA TRANSPARENCY OF BUDGETS/MILITARY [...] POST RESPONSE TO REFTEL FOLLOWS: A. General Overview of Auditing Procedures: 2. In Sri Lanka, the Auditor General (AG),a civilian authority, audits military expenditures as well as expenditure of all other government agencies. The Constitution provides for the appointment of the AG [...] | 2004-11-24 09:59:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID CE |
04COLOMBO2002 | TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT LTTE ACTIVITIES [...] Summary and Action Request (C): The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is engaging in numerous fundraising activities worldwide, from both "legitimate" sources and organized crime activities. As much as $200 million of funds raised from their organized crime and "legitimate" fundraisi [...] | 2004-12-16 09:29:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER EFIN CVIS KCRM PREL CE LTTE |
04COLOMBO327 | FOLLOW-UP ON MADRID CONFERENCE DONORS FOR IRAQ [...] In response to Embassy queries, Mr. Weerakoon of Economic Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs relayed the follwing status report on the Government of Sri Lanka's assistance to Iraq. 2. Sri Lanka's commitment to Iraq was 100,000 kilograms of tea and 100,000 pieces of clothing. As o [...] | 2004-02-27 05:22:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN IZ CE |
04COLOMBO437 | TERRORIST FINANCE FOLLOW UP: SRI LANKA AND MALDIVES [...] (C) Summary: Post believes the GSL and the GORM have been fully cooperative with counterterrorism finance initiatives, to the extent they are able. While neither has frozen terrorist assets, we do not believe either Sri Lanka or the Maldives presents an attractive banking alternative for terr [...] | 2004-03-11 10:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC PREL PTER MV CE LTTE |
04COLOMBO532 | TERRORIST FINANCING: COLOMBO IN-HOUSE VIEWS ON AL [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-25 11:33:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PTER EFIN ETTC ECON PREL |
04COLOMBO933 | MALDIVES: MAJOR ECONOMIC CHANGES ON THE HORIZON? [...] (U) Econoff traveled to Male, and Gan May 17-20 and learned about the following economic activities: -- New Legislation -- Major Construction Opportunities -- Garment Factories Closing -- New International Airport -- Customs Cooperation and Agreement -- Terrorist Financing -- GLOBE New [...] | 2004-06-08 02:15:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EAIR ECON EFIN ETRD MV PREL SNAR ECONOMICS |
04COLOMBO951 | SRI LANKA: REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] No summary [...] | 2004-06-09 08:37:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN PGOV KIDE CASC CE OPIC ECONOMICS |
04DJIBOUTI1034 | MARKED PROGRESS AT DORALEH PORT; U.S. NAVY SIGNS FURTHER CONTRACTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Progress continues on schedule at the Doraleh port with the completion of the causeway and 70 percent completion of the medians. THE U.S. Navy recently contracted two additional storage tanks, two outbuildings for storage of drums and diving equipment and a facility for security [...] | 2004-07-29 14:32:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BA DJ ECON EFIN ET ETRD PGOV PREL TC |
04DJIBOUTI111 | THE IMPACTS OF AFRICAN RIFT VALLEY GEOTHERMAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: The involvement of the African Rift Geothermal Development Facility (ARGeo) has the potential to bring an end to the stalemate in the negotiations between the Government of Djibouti (GODJ) and the private American company Geothermal Development Associates (GDA). The proposed GDA p [...] | 2004-01-26 13:56:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENRG SENV TRGY EINV DJ |
04DJIBOUTI1202 | TERRORIST FINANCE: LIST 61 DELIVERED [...] (U) PolOff delivered demarche per reftel 14 September 2004 to Mohamed Omar Djama, Americas Desk of Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Djama said he would pass the list through the necessary channels to the National Counterterrorist Finance Committee. RAGSDALE [...] | 2004-09-14 12:50:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | KSEP ETTC EFIN PTER CVIS DJ |
04DJIBOUTI1293 | DJIBOUTI - RESPONSE TO IARA DESIGNATION [...] (S) Agencies at post do not have any information regarding the presence, or activities, of the Islamic African Relief Agency (IARA). Post cannot comment on Government of Djibouti (GOD) reaction to this particular agency, though the GOD has been cooperative in the past on all counter-terrorist [...] | 2004-10-08 08:46:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET | KTFN PTER EFIN ECON ETTC DJ |
04DJIBOUTI1365 | 30th Permanent Conference General Assembly of [...] (U) Summary: The 30th general assembly of the Permanent Conference of African and French Consular Chambers (CPCCAF) took place in Djibouti from October 3 to October 6, 2004. Several Djiboutian high officials in the Djiboutian government, the President of the CPCCAF and the French Ambassador sp [...] | 2004-10-26 01:12:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EINV EFIN EAID DJ |
04DJIBOUTI1376 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF JAMA'AT AL- [...] (U) Poloff delivered demarche per reftel 21 October to Mohamed Ali Hassan, Director of Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Hassan stated he would pass the new list for distribution to the banks and financial agencies. RAGSDALE [...] | 2004-10-28 05:39:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS DJ |
04DJIBOUTI1500 | 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT - DJIBOUTI [...] (U) Embassy point of contact for Annual Terrorism Report is Pol/Econ Officer Erinn Reed (reedec@state.gov). Below is post changes to 2003 Country Section for Djibouti. 2. (U) Djibouti, a staunch supporter in the global war on terrorism and a member of the Arab League, has taken a strong sta [...] | 2004-11-23 03:58:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO DJ |
04DJIBOUTI1511 | TERRORIST FINANCING: DJIBOUTI 1267 REPORT [...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel 23 November to Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Badri SIPDIS Ali Bogoreh. Bogoreh was unaware of follow-up or supplemental reports requested by the 1267 Committee, but suspected the message was probably delivered to the Djibouti [...] | 2004-11-24 06:02:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PREL PTER DJ |
04DJIBOUTI1516 | DJIBOUTI: TRANSPARENCY OF BUDGETS/MILITARY SPENDING [...] (U) Expenditures by the Djiboutian military are audited on a yearly basis by the Chambre des Comptes (the Public Accounts Auditing Board). The audit is limited to accounting books and other financial documents. Audits of military budgets are reported only to the President of the Republic, who [...] | 2004-11-28 01:05:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID MASS DJ MAAR |
04DJIBOUTI1562 | BUDGETARY SESSION OPENING INDICATIVE OF FRICTION [...] (U) Summary: On November 29th, the Djibouti National Assembly officially opened its second session, known as the budgetary session, for 2004 in a ceremony presided over by Prime Minister Dileita Mohamed Dileita. The ceremony, in which PM Dileita and National Assembly President Idriss Arnaoud A [...] | 2004-12-08 07:39:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL EPET PHUM DJ |
04DJIBOUTI1576 | LIST 63 AMENDMENT DELIVERED [...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel 9 December to Director of Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Ali Hassan. Hassan said he would pass the list to the national committee. He had no particular comments on the list itself. RAGSDALE [...] | 2004-12-12 02:09:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | KSEP ETTC EFIN PTER CVIS DJ |
04DJIBOUTI1598 | DJIBOUTI - 2005 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE [...] SUMMARY: DJIBOUTI OFFERS A STABLE POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT IN A HISTORICALLY UNSETTLED REGION. DJIBOUTI HAS MAINTAINED CLOSE COMMERCIAL LINKS WITH FRANCE, WHICH WAS FORMERLY THE COLONIAL POWER AND MAINTAINS A LARGE MILITARY PRESENCE IN THE COUNTRY. HOWEVER, DJIBOUTI IS NOW SEEKING TO EXPAND ITS [...] | 2004-12-16 11:41:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN DJ |
04DJIBOUTI1600 | 2005 NTE ON THE ARAB LEAGUE - DJIBOUTI [...] (U) Post's 2004 report on the subject remains valid. Djibouti does not currently enforce any aspect of the boycott against the state of Israel. Israel's import code has not been removed from the local import codification manual and remains 624; however, there is little to no direct trade. [...] | 2004-12-16 11:42:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | KBCT ETRD ECON EFIN PGOV PREL IS KPAL DJ USTR |
04DJIBOUTI1601 | DJIBOUTI - 2004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] Much of the information included in Post's 2003-2004 report remains the same. Djibouti is still the most stable country in the Horn of Africa. It is a financial hub in the sub-region, thanks to its US dollar-pegged currency and its unrestricted foreign exchange. Officials from the Central Ban [...] | 2004-12-17 01:38:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM KSEP PTER SNAR KTFN DJ |
04DJIBOUTI1623 | TERRORIST FINANCE: AL-FAQIH AND BATTERJEE DEMARCHE [...] (U) Acting Pol/Econ Officer delivered demarche (reftel A) to Mohamed Ali Hassan, Director of Bilateral Relations in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Hassan said he would pass the additions to the Ministries of Justice and Finance for information and, if applicable, action. He said that the Dji [...] | 2004-12-28 11:22:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR |
04DJIBOUTI21 | SUMMARY OF DECEMBER ACTIVITIES AT AMEMBASSY [...] No summary [...] | 2004-01-06 11:02:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | DJ ECON EFIN KPAO PREL |
04DJIBOUTI23 | SUMMARY OF DECEMBER ACTIVITIES AT U.S. [...] (U) A review of items of interest in Djibouti for the month of December follows. DJIBOUTI-SOMALIA RELATIONS -------------------------- 2. (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary for Bilateral Relations Miriam Goumaneh updated visiting AF/E Deputy Director Phil Carter and Political Of [...] | 2004-01-07 07:17:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EFIN KPAO DJ |
04DJIBOUTI290 | IMF TO MONITOR DJIBOUTIAN ECONOMIC REFORMS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The IMF's February 22-29 visit resulted in the beginning of a Staff Monitored Program (SMP) to assess the Government of Djibouti's (GODJ) commitment to the carrying out the required reforms that went unmet in the 1999-2003 Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility (ESAF) program. F [...] | 2004-03-02 11:53:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID ECON EFIN DJ |
04DJIBOUTI300 | DESALINIZATION FEASIBILITY STUDY RECEIVES USTDA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador Marguerita D. Ragsdale represented the U.S. in signing a grant agreement 3 March 2004 between the U.S. Trade and Development Agency and the Office National des Eaux de Djibouti (ONED) to fund a feasibility study for a Desalinization Plant for Djibouti City. END SUMMARY. [...] | 2004-03-03 13:53:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV PREL EFIN EAID PGOV DJ |
04DJIBOUTI327 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION SHAYKH AL-ZINDANI [...] (U) PolOff delivered List 52 to the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Badri Ali Bogoreh, on March 8, 2004. Bogoreh said he would pass it to the Terrorist Finance Committee for dissemination among the banks in Djibouti. RAGSDALE [...] | 2004-03-08 12:38:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | KSEP ETTC EFIN PTER CVIS |
04DJIBOUTI346 | AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK WARY OF GIVING AID TO [...] (U) African Development Bank (ADB) Economist charged with East Africa, Mahamadou Drame, met with Pol/Econ Off March 9th to discuss U.S. aid to Djibouti and ADB's plan for Djibouti. Drame inquired about which areas United States aid would cover and asked how money given to Djibouti is managed. [...] | 2004-03-10 10:20:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN ECON PGOV DJ |
04DJIBOUTI432 | TERRORIST FINANCE: NAMES PASSED TO DJIBOUTI [...] (U) Ambassador used opportunity of a meeting with Mahamoud Youssef Ali, Minister of Cooperation in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to convey content of reftel. Ali said he doubted any of the persons had assets in Djibouti or financial ties to Djibouti but would ensure appropriate handling of [...] | 2004-03-24 14:52:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR DJ EUN |
04DJIBOUTI447 | DJIBOUTIAN GOVERNMENT COMMITTED TO PURSUING [...] (U) SUMMARY: Djibouti was the site of a kick-off conference for the African Rift Valley Geothermal Development Facility (ARGeo) March 17-20, 2004. The conference focused on energy needs in Djibouti, next steps for the exploration and exploitation of geothermal resources in Djibouti and lesson [...] | 2004-03-28 06:16:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN ENRG SENV PREL DJ GM XW |
04DJIBOUTI465 | TERRORIST FINANCE: ADDITION OF NEW ALIASES TO THE [...] (U) PolOff delivered the new aliases for List 32 to the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Badri Ali Bogoreh, on March 30, 2004. Bogoreh said he would pass it to the Terrorist Finance Committee for dissemination among the banks in Djibouti. RAGSDALE [...] | 2004-03-30 11:37:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KSEP ETTC EFIN PTER CVIS |
04DJIBOUTI665 | TERRORIST FINANCE LIST 54 DELIVERED [...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered to Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Badri Ali Bogoreh, 6 May, demarche and terrorist finance list 54. Bogoreh said he would pass the list to the Terrorist Finance Committee for distribution to the banks and financial institutions. RAGSDALE [...] | 2004-05-06 13:53:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | KSEP ETTC EFIN PTER CVIS |
04DJIBOUTI713 | LIBYAN SANCTIONS: DJIBOUTIAN COMPANY REQUESTS [...] (U) This is an action message. 2. (U) Following the announcement ending most commercial sanctions against Libya, the Banque Indosuez Mer Rouge branch located in Djibouti sent Embassy Djibouti a letter requesting assistance, on behalf of SVAMC SARL DJIBOUTI, in recovering assets frozen by C [...] | 2004-05-17 15:18:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EFIN DJ LY |
04DJIBOUTI786 | TERRORIST FINANCE: LISTS 55, 56, 57 DELIVERED [...] (U) Ambassador delivered list 56 to Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Badri Ali Bogoreh on 1 June. Bogoreh noted that the list would be distributed to the Terrorist Finance Committee for distribution to the banks and financial institutions. 2. (U) Poloff delivered list [...] | 2004-06-08 10:46:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PTER EFIN PREL |
04DJIBOUTI825 | EACTI: PRIORITIZATION OF DJIBOUTI CT PROGRAMS [...] (C) In response to reftel, Embassy Djibouti sections and agencies reviewed East Africa Counter-Terrorism Initiative (EACTI) objectives and supporting programs. Embassy provides the following list of objectives and supporting programs in order of priority: a. (C) EACTI objective - Limit Free [...] | 2004-06-16 12:35:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET | PTER EAID EFIN PREL PGOV DJ |
04DJIBOUTI854 | TERRORIST FINANCE: LIST 58 DELIVERED [...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered to Director of Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Ali Hassan, 21 June, demarche and terrorist finance list 58. Hassan said he would pass the list to the Terrorist Finance Committee for distribution to the banks and financial institutions. RAG [...] | 2004-06-21 12:28:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PTER PREL CVIS DJ |
04DJIBOUTI856 | DORALEH PORT: DJIBOUTI'S ECONOMIC GATEWAY FORGES AHEAD [...] (U)Summary: With the help of Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC),Djibouti is moving ahead with its major port construction project at Doraleh. Increasingly seen as the future economic lifeline for Djibouti, the port's site manager, an Indian national of Dubai residency, admits that he is und [...] | 2004-06-21 12:53:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EFIN ET DJ TC |
04DJIBOUTI88 | TERRORIST FINANCE: ABO GHAITH (LIST 50) DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Poloff Erinn Reed delivered List 50 to Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Badri Ali Bogoreh, on Tuesday, January 20, 2004. Bogoreh thanked us for the update and said the new name would be forwarded to the Committee for Counter Terrorism for distribution. SMITH [...] | 2004-01-21 10:20:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ETTC EFIN KSEP KVPR DJ |
04DJIBOUTI890 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF SIX NAMES [...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered to Director of Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Ali Hassan, 29 June, demarche and terrorist finance list 59. Hassan said he would pass the list to the Terrorist Finance Committee for distribution to the banks and financial institutions. RAG [...] | 2004-06-30 05:18:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | KSEP ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS |
04DJIBOUTI969 | TERRORISM FINANCE: CIRA ADDITION PASSED TO [...] (U) Embassy passed reftel demarche orally to Ministry of Foreign Affairs on July 15 and provided non-paper for same with points and background information. RAGSDALE [...] | 2004-07-15 08:20:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KSEP CVIS KVPR DJ EUN |
04DUBLIN1063 | IRELAND WILL ATTEND HAITI DONORS' CONFERENCE BUT [...] Emboff, drawing on reftels a and b, spoke on July 15 with Don Sexton, First Secretary in the Development Cooperation Division at the DFA. As Foreign Minister Brian Cowen is unavailable and Minister of State for Development Tom Kitt is currently in Darfur, Sexton stated the GOI plans to send a [...] | 2004-07-15 14:59:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN PREL |
04DUBLIN1103 | TERRORIST FINANCING: POST DELIVERED INFORMATION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-26 10:39:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER EFIN ECON PREL ETTC |
04DUBLIN1213 | IRELAND HAILS MCCREEVY'S COMMISSION APPOINTMENT [...] Irish political and business circles hailed Finance Minister Charlie McCreevy's August 12 appointment as EU Commissioner for the Internal Market and Services, one of the Commission's premier economic portfolios. The post is widely viewed as a reward for Ireland's successful turn in the EU Pr [...] | 2004-08-13 15:32:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EFIN EUN |
04DUBLIN1260 | IRISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UNHELPFUL ODA [...] Summary: Ireland is skeptical of innovative financing mechanisms for Official Development Assistance (ODA),such as the International Financing Facility and global taxation schemes. The Irish Government, however, has not been public about its skepticism, due to diverse opinions among EU Membe [...] | 2004-08-27 14:59:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ECON EINV PREL |
04DUBLIN1345 | IRELAND'S GAME PLAN ON ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS [...] Summary: Firms in Ireland must move increasingly into high-value goods and services in order to safeguard the country's prosperity, advises a high-profile, government-commissioned report on Ireland's economic competitiveness. The report notes that rising costs, poor performance by indigenous [...] | 2004-09-13 15:40:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN EINV EIND ELAB |
04DUBLIN1367 | IRELAND'S AUTHORITY TO FREEZE TERROR ASSETS [...] (C)Summary. Ireland generally follows the European Union lead in the fight on terrorist financing. Currently, Ireland can automatically freeze the assets of domestic terrorist groups or transnational terrorist groups designated by the EU. In all other instances, Ireland can only freeze asse [...] | 2004-09-15 16:01:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ETTC EFIN KTFN EUN |
04DUBLIN1403 | IRELAND NOT TO ATTEND IRAQ TOKYO DONORS' CONFERENCE [...] Emboff, drawing on reftel points, spoke on September 21 to First Secretary Aine Hearns at the DFA's Development Cooperation Ireland office. Hearns stated that the GOI will not be sending anyone to the Tokyo Donors' Conference in October due to shortage of staff. The GOI pledged 3 million eu [...] | 2004-09-22 06:55:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN PREL |
04DUBLIN1443 | IRELAND'S TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER [...] Per Reftel, post provides names of Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) and deputy. (a) TFCO: Jonathan Benton, DCM, 353-1-668-8777 ext. 2302, BentonJS@state.gov. Deputy TFCO: Thomas Rosenberger, poloff, 353-1-668-8777 ext. 2330, rosenbergertm@state.gov (b) TFCO will chair Law Enfor [...] | 2004-09-29 07:02:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL |
04DUBLIN1470 | IRISH PRIME MINISTER PICKS HIS NEW CABINET [...] (C) Summary and Comment. On September 29, the Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern announced a cabinet shuffle, anticipated since early summer. The shuffle saw eight ministers switch portfolios, three members retain their positions, and four lower ranking officials join the Cabinet. Ahe [...] | 2004-10-01 12:35:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON EFIN PINR PREL SENV |
04DUBLIN1475 | PRENOTIFICATION OF JAMA'AT AL-TAWHID WA'AL-JIHAD [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-04 11:44:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KTFN LVPR |
04DUBLIN1515 | TERRORIST FINANCING: IRELAND'S IN-HOUSE VIEWS ON [...] (S) Post has no objection to the domestic US designation of Islamic African Relief Agency (IARA) for asset freezing under E.O. 13224. There is no known current activity of IARA in Ireland, but until recently, questionable activities were conducted under the name of the Islamic Relief Agency-Du [...] | 2004-10-07 16:16:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | PTER EFIN ECON ETTC KTFN |
04DUBLIN1598 | TERRORIST FINANCE: IARA AND FIVE OFFICIALS, JTJ [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-21 15:09:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KTFN EFIN PTER PREL CVIS ECON LVPR |
04DUBLIN1634 | TERRORIST FINANCE: IARA INFORMATION REQUEST [...] (C) Emboff raised points in reftels with contacts in the Justice Ministry and Department of Foreign Affairs. Both ministries greatly appreciated the information in Ref B. Regarding Ref A, both ministries confirmed that there are no legal grounds under which they can prevent Buisir's travel at [...] | 2004-10-29 16:42:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN ETTC EFIN CVIS PREL PTER LVPR |
04DUBLIN1704 | GOVERNMENT SPENDING PROJECIONS FOR 2005 RELEASED [...] (SBU) Summary: The annual Book of Estimates released by Finance Minister Brian Cowen on November 18 projects a 6 percent increase in public spending over 2004 as part of its forecast for the 2005 government budget, to be published December 1. Minister Cowen characterized the expenditure plan [...] | 2004-11-22 12:38:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON |
04DUBLIN1753 | IRELAND'S 2005 GOVERNMENT BUDGET [...] (SBU) Summary: Tax relief and social welfare spending increases are the marquis features of the 2005 Irish Government Budget, a reflection of the Government's newly embraced "caring" image. The Budget provides for a 9 percent increase in government spending over 2004, slightly above the incr [...] | 2004-12-06 14:24:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN SOCI |
04DUBLIN1782 | IRISH RESPONSE TO FSC/ETI REPEAL DEMARCHE [...] On December 9, post delivered reftels' talking points to Tony Joyce, Senior Trade Negotiator in the Department of Enterprise, Trade, and Employment (DETE). Joyce noted the GOI's view that it had been reasonable for the Commission to seek WTO confirmation that the FSC/ETI repeal included in th [...] | 2004-12-10 17:21:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EFIN USTR |
04DUBLIN1803 | TERRORIST FINANCE: JANJALANI, AL-FAQIH, BATTERJEE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-15 16:58:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KTFN LVPR |
04DUBLIN1823 | IRELAND: 2004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Please see below outline for post's submission as chapter for 2004-2005 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INSCR) Part II. The primary sources of funds laundered in Ireland are narcotics trafficking, fraud and tax offenses. Money laundering mostly occurs in financial instituti [...] | 2004-12-21 13:41:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PTER KSEP SNAR KTFN EFIN |
04DUBLIN1844 | TERRORIST FINANCE: JANJALANI, AL-FAQIH, BATTERJEE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-23 11:26:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KTFN EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR KPAO |
04DUBLIN1854 | OPERATION BALKAN VICE V: IRELAND [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-30 14:41:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC ICTY |
04DUBLIN749 | IRAQ ASSISTANCE: IRELAND EARMARKS 1 MILLION EURO [...] Ireland and UNDP have exchanged administration contracts for Ireland's one million Euro contribution to the International Reconstruction Trust Fund Facility for Iraq (IRGFFI). In response to reftel demarche, Aine Hearns, Assistant Principal in the Development Cooperation Directorate, Rehabil [...] | 2004-05-17 14:24:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN PREL |
04DUBLIN881 | 2004 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] Post is aware of one (1) claim of a United States citizen that is outstanding against the Government of Ireland (GOI). 2. The dispute involves the salvage rights of the United States citizen Greggory Bemis to the wreck of the ocean liner Lusitania. In 1998 the GOI imposed a "Heritage Or [...] | 2004-06-09 12:36:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN PGOV KIDE |
04DUBLIN885 | TERRORIST FINANCE: PRENOTIFICATION OF DESIGNATION [...] (SBU) Emboff delivered reftel points, names, and background paper on June 9 to Irish Department of Foreign Affairs EU Correspondent Kevin Conmy and DFA EU External Relations Director Kevin Dowling. The DFA officials undertook to circulate U.S. designation requests/papers to other appropriate [...] | 2004-06-09 16:45:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS EFIN ETTC KVPR PREL PTER |
04DUBLIN926 | HAITI DEMARCHE FOR BUDGET SUPPORT - IRISH RESPONSE [...] (U) We shared reftel points with Jonathan Conlon, in the DFA's Latin American and Caribbean office, and Bronagh Carr, development specialist at the DFA's Development Cooperation Ireland office. Conlon said that Ireland had already contributed EUR 500,000 to Haiti through UNICEF, OCHA, and t [...] | 2004-06-17 10:04:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN PREL |
04FRANKFURT10393 | Accounting - Bumpy Ride to The Big Deal [...] (SBU) Summary: Having all 7,000 EU firms listed on EU stock exchanges use the same accounting standards will be a very big deal for European financial markets. Investors will be able to compare investment opportunities, capital will be allocated more efficiently, and supervisors will more c [...] | 2004-12-10 13:17:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EUN |
04FRANKFURT10394 | Council Agrees on Cross-Border Merger Directive: [...] (SBU) Summary: The European Council's agreement on the proposed directive on cross-border mergers concludes a nearly 20-year process. The directive is to facilitate cross-border mergers of companies with share capital, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises that opt not to establis [...] | 2004-12-10 13:17:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EUN |
04FRANKFURT10640 | "King Maker" Deal For Europe's Stock Exchanges: [...] (SBU) Summary: The German Stock Exchange's (Deutsche Brse (DB)) informal approach to purchase the London Stock Exchange (LSE) has unleashed the next and biggest round of consolidation in Europe's capital market infrastructure. Euronext, DB's continental rival, reportedly has made its [...] | 2004-12-21 13:45:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EUN |
04FRANKFURT3169 | Commission proposes directive on auditor regulation [...] (SBU) Summary: The European Commission has proposed a directive to clarify the duties of statutory auditors in the European Union and to set out clear principles to ensure their objectivity and independence. The proposal mirrors much of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and reflects close consultation [...] | 2004-04-16 08:29:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EUN |
04FRANKFURT3351 | The Lisbon Agenda: targets missed [...] (SBU) Summary: The March 25/26 European Council confirmed that there is little news regarding the so-called Lisbon Agenda, which aims at making the EU the world's most dynamic and competitive economy by 2010. Lack of progress in meeting the Lisbon targets has been highlighted in structural i [...] | 2004-04-20 10:27:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EUN |
04FRANKFURT3861 | New Bundesbank President calms situation; [...] (SBU) Summary: Well-respected monetary policy expert Axel Weber was appointed as the new Bundesbank President. A supporter of stability-oriented monetary policy, his nomination was well-received across party- lines and among academics as well as in the financial markets. While many observer [...] | 2004-05-03 13:51:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EUN |
04FRANKFURT8336 | European Commission Blinks on French and German [...] (SBU) Summary: According to European Commission, French and German Finance Ministry officials, the Commission is likely to await the 2005 national budgets for France and Germany at year's end before deciding its next step against the two under the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP). If [...] | 2004-09-27 08:17:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EUN |
04FRANKFURT8337 | European Commission Proposes Changes to Stability [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 3 the European Commission initiated a discussion of possible changes to the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP). The Commission is seeking to find a balance between flexibility that accommodates individual country circumstances and strict rules that instill [...] | 2004-09-27 08:17:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EUN |
04FRANKFURT8717 | Forecast for Germany: Moderate Growth, High [...] (SBU) Summary: Our forecast for Germany shows moderate real GDP growth of 1.7% in 2005 after 1.8% in 2004. The government deficit should top 4% of GDP this year, then decline to 3.5% in 2005, based on current policies. Persistent joblessness in western Germany, and even more so in the East, [...] | 2004-10-08 10:55:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EUN |
04FRANKFURT9010 | BUNDESBANK CHEERS REFORMS BUT WORRIES WHETHER [...] (C) SUMMARY. Bundesbank analysts see tangible results coming out of the current labor-market reforms and a modest improvement in German competitiveness, but not enough to engineer a strong turnaround. Further reforms are necessary, e.g., to expand the number of employed, but the Bundesbank f [...] | 2004-10-19 15:02:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENRG GM |
04GUATEMALA1417 | GUATEMALA'S 2004 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] Land invasions (squatter takeovers) of large farmlands are fairly common in Guatemala. Private sector organizations complained that the squatters sometimes acted with government complicity during the four-year administration of President Portillo, who left office in January 2004. The new ad [...] | 2004-06-08 18:52:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN PGOV KIDE CASC OPIC |
04GUATEMALA1550 | GOG RESPONSE TO HAITI DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-06-23 15:03:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN HA PREL GT XLUM |
04GUATEMALA1641 | FISCAL PACKAGE PASSED: LESS THAN IDEAL, BUT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Guatemalan Congress passed on June 21 and 23 the Temporary and Extraordinary Tax to Support the Peace Agreements (IETAP),reforms to the Corporate Income Tax, and reforms to the Tax on the Distribution of Alcoholic Beverages. Reform of the value added and personal income tax [...] | 2004-07-02 16:52:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON GT |
04GUATEMALA1758 | GOG WILL NOT ATTEND HAITI DONORS' CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-15 22:51:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN HA PREL XL GT |
04GUATEMALA1791 | Guatemala - July 2004 Appendix to 2003 [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-20 19:44:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV KIDE KTDB EFIN ECON GT OPIC |
04GUATEMALA2146 | GUATEMALAN CONGRESS APPROVES PAYMENTS TO EX-PACS [...] (U) Summary: Guatemala's Congress has approved payments to ex-members of the civil self-defense patrols (PAC) that served as adjuncts to the Guatemalan Army from 1981 to 1996. The Congress agreed to pay the equivalent of about 665 dollars in three payments to each ex-PAC between now and the [...] | 2004-08-24 22:07:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EFIN EAID MASS SNAR PREF ASEC GT |
04GUATEMALA2365 | GUATEMALAN MILITARY COOPERATING WITH INVESTIGATION [...] On September 10, the Guatemalan Defense Ministry complied with a civilian court order and released to government investigators the military financial records from the 2001-2003 calendar years. The investigation is focused on allegations of mishandling approximately $115 million in military f [...] | 2004-09-14 22:31:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PGOV PHUM EFIN KCOR SNAR GT |
04GUATEMALA2391 | GUATEMALA ON WORLD HUNGER SUMMIT [...] (U) The Ambassador took advantage of a previously scheduled meeting with Guatemalan FM Briz to deliver reftel points. 2. (U) The Ambassador reviewed the USG's commitment to fighting hunger and alleviating poverty, noting that President Bush had already increased ODA by 50 percent. He stre [...] | 2004-09-17 18:14:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN ECON PREL GT |
04GUATEMALA2416 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: SCUTTLING THE DOMINICAN [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-21 20:02:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL GT DR XK |
04GUATEMALA2429 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: SCUTTLING THE DOMINICAN [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-23 21:52:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL DR XK GT |
04GUATEMALA244 | AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON NEW MINISTER OF FINANCE [...] (C) Ambassador called on new Minister of Finance Maria Anonieta de Bonilla on January 22. Bonilla is a former banker and executive director at the IMF and IDB and is close to economic cabinet coordinator Richard Aitkenhead and new tax and customs chief Willy Zapata (septel). Her immediate [...] | 2004-02-02 19:25:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV ECON PINR GT |
04GUATEMALA245 | DESPISED TAX AND CUSTOMS CHIEF ABADIO QUITS; IS [...] (C) President Berger appointed respected banker and former Central Bank President Willy Zapata to be the new Superintendent of Tributary Administration on January 28. His exceptionally unpopular predecessor, Marco Tulio Abadio, quit as rumors circulated that the government sought his removal [...] | 2004-02-02 19:39:00 | Embassy Guatemala | SECRET | EFIN PGOV KCOR SNAR GT |
04GUATEMALA3198 | GUATEMALA NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-15 16:26:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD GT |
04GUATEMALA3244 | GUATEMALA: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] The following is Embassy Guatemala's submission for the 2004 Annual Terrorism Report: Begin text: There were no significant acts of international terrorism in Guatemala in 2004. The Government of Guatemala has supported the war on terrorism in international fora such as the UN and OAS a [...] | 2004-12-21 23:20:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO GT |
04GUATEMALA525 | EMBASSY SUPPORTS GUATEMALAN REQUEST FOR QUICK [...] (C) Guatemala's new government is strapped for cash. It inherited a backlog of unpaid bills and lost 10% of its tax base to a court challenge. It is proposing serious fiscal reform, including cutting the military by half and attacking the corruption that depletes or diverts revenues, but its [...] | 2004-03-02 20:53:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV GT |
04GUATEMALA526 | RESUMPTION OF FTAA TNC AND NEXT STEPS [...] (SBU) EconCouns discussed resumption of FTAA Trade Negotiating Committee activities (reftel) with Vice Minister of Economy for Trade and Integration Eduardo Sperisen on March 1. Sperisen fully agreed on the importance of moving ahead quickly and across the board on a high-quality plurilater [...] | 2004-03-02 20:53:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV SNAR GT |
04GUAYAQUIL937 | COUNTERFEITING OF US CURRENCY IN ECUADOR [...] On July 29 Guayaquil Consul General and Central Bank General Supervisor Mauricio Pareja Canelos briefed some 150 bank and media representatives on the features of the new fifty-dollar bill and its advantages. Counterfeit money, most of which enters the country from Colombia, has been a relati [...] | 2004-08-26 21:36:00 | Consulate Guayaquil | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KFRD EC |
04HALIFAX97 | ATLANTIC CANADA: TOUGH BUDGETS PROVOKE LABOR UNREST [...] (SBU) Two Atlantic provinces took very different approaches to the issue of public sector wages in their just-announced budgets. The Premiers of Newfoundland and Labrador and New Brunswick both said they needed civil service wage freezes to help achieve fiscal soundness. The results -- a [...] | 2004-03-31 20:09:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EFIN ECON PGOV CA |
04HANOI1016 | VIETNAM AND THE IMF ENTER A NEW PHASE [...] (U) IMF Resident Rep confirmed to Econ/C April 13 that the GVN and IMF had agreed to allow their three-year loan arrangement under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) to expire on April 12. Agreed in 2001, the loan had made available up to SDR 290 million to support the GVN's de [...] | 2004-04-13 09:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON VM |
04HANOI1056 | MCA Trade Indicator For Vietnam [...] (SBU) In clearing the two-page Millenium Challenge Account Summary on Vietnam, we noted a problem with the data on Vietnam. On the Economic Freedom Indicator on Trade Policy, we note that Vietnam's indicator has not changed since 1999 despite significant changes in trade policy, e.g. signing, [...] | 2004-04-14 09:35:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ETRD ECON VM |
04HANOI158 | VIETNAM CONSULTATIVE GROUP MEETING [...] (U) Summary: The eleventh Vietnam Consultative Group of Donors (CG) meeting took place in Hanoi December 1-3, 2003. Donors at the meeting, co-chaired by the Government of Vietnam (GVN) and the World Bank, expressed continued support to the GVN's action program for 2002-2007 and emphasized th [...] | 2004-01-16 10:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN ETRD ECON PREL VM HIV AIDS ETMIN SOE |
04HANOI1918 | VIETNAM RESPONDS TO INFLATIONARY PRESSURE [...] SUMMARY. Vietnam's CPI has registered an increase of 7.2% so far this year. While the GVN attributes this rise to external forces such as oil prices, the CPI is also heavily weighted to reflect rises in the price of food and foodstuffs. Credit growth has also rapidly increased by 33% this [...] | 2004-07-09 10:02:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON VM FINREF |
04HANOI2003 | VIETNAM: US-ASEAN BUSINESS COUNCIL MEETINGS IN [...] During a visit to Hanoi July 12-13, 26 member firms of the US-ASEAN Business Council, accompanied by Ambassador and embassy officers, met with key GVN leaders including Prime Minister Phan Van Khai, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan, Foreign Minister Nguyen Dy Nien, Finance Minister Nguyen Sinh [...] | 2004-07-19 08:14:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETRD EINV VN IPROP ASEAN |
04HANOI2068 | VIETNAM: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT APPENDIX [...] This cable provides the suggested text of the 2004 Investment Climate Statement Appendix for Vietnam. As requested reftel, post has also sent the ICS/A via email to EB/IFD/OIA Alexander T. Bryan. 2.Begin text of the 2004 Investment Climate Statement Appendix for Vietnam: Vietnam - July 2 [...] | 2004-07-26 08:02:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC VN FINREF IPROP LABOR |
04HANOI218 | 2003: THE YEAR OF THE VIETNAMESE BOND [...] SUMMARY: Following the success of Vietnam's first- ever corporate bond issue, Vietnam has decided to embrace this capital mobilization mechanism. In September, the GVN outlined a plan to issue bonds totaling 63 trillion Vietnamese Dong (about 4 billion USD) for infrastructure development thr [...] | 2004-01-28 09:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EINV VM FINREF |
04HANOI2860 | VIETNAM: TERRORIST FINANCE COORDINATION [...] (U) As a follow-up to the meeting described in ref A, Hanoi's full TFC team met on October 7, 2004 to clarify and coordinate Post's position on terrorist financing. While terrorist financing and money laundering are similar, these two issues are treated separately by the Government of Vietnam. [...] | 2004-10-21 08:38:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN KVPR PTER EFIN ETTC PREL VM FINREF CTERR |
04HANOI3097 | VIETNAM ECONOMY IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2004 - STABLE [...] SUMMARY: The Vietnamese economy grew steadily at an annual rate of seven percent in the first six months of 2004. Nonetheless, the economy is facing increasing inflation primarily resulting from external supply factors. Boosted by higher oil prices, export performance remained strong with gro [...] | 2004-11-17 07:47:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN VM FINREF |
04HANOI3273 | VIETNAM: TRANSPARENCY OF BUDGETS/MILITARY SPENDING [...] Summary: The transparency of Vietnam's budget and audit process has improved since the last reporting on this issue. The Law on State Budget effective January 2004 made significant changes including giving the National Assembly (NA) final approval over the budget and its allocation to all GVN [...] | 2004-12-09 03:03:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID VM |
04HANOI3331 | VIETNAM CONSULTATIVE GROUP MEETING [...] (U) Summary: The Twelfth Vietnam Consultative Group (CG) Meeting took place December 1-2, 2004 in Hanoi. Minister of Planning and Investment Vo Hong Phuc and World Bank Country Director for Vietnam Klaus Rohland co-chaired the meeting. A wide range of Vietnamese Government officials and repr [...] | 2004-12-17 07:43:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ETRD ECON PREL VM KKIV AFLU HIV AIDS SOE WTO |
04HANOI3335 | VIETNAM: INSCR RESPONSE PART II, MONEY [...] (U) Summary: Although the government monitors international financial transactions in Vietnam closely, it is not clear whether the procedures are adequate to preclude money laundering or terrorism financing. Some branches of the government are more cooperative than others in trying to addres [...] | 2004-12-20 04:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER EFIN KTFN ETTC PREL VM EUN CTERR CNARC FINREF |
04HANOI335 | VIETNAM'S BANKING SECTOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Vietnam's banking sector is presently characterized by a few dominant state-owned commercial banks (SOCBs),a number of comparatively small joint stock banks (JSBs),and some foreign banks. In recent years, the GVN has undertaken a number of reforms, with the goals of ensuring [...] | 2004-02-09 01:29:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID ETRD VM BTA FINREF SOE |
04HANOI3356 | 2004 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT (INCSR) - VIETNAM [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-20 10:12:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EFIN HIV KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR SOCI VM |
04HANOI517 | AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON CPV ECONOMIC CHAIRMAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Ambassador, CPV economic czar Truong Tan Sang underscored the importance of the private sector and SOE reform in maintaining high growth rates and employment generation. He promised to privatize parts of Vietnam Airlines and to strengthen IPR enforcement. T [...] | 2004-02-23 09:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR EFIN PREL PINR VM IPROP FINREF SOE WTO BTA |
04HANOI719 | RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN VIETNAM'S STOCK MARKET [...] (U) Summary. Econ Counselor met with State Securities Commission (SSC) Vice Chairman who spelled out his vision for expanding Vietnam's capital markets. The Vice Chairman confirmed the Prime Minister's recent decision to place the SSC directly under Ministry of Finance authority. DPM Vu Kh [...] | 2004-03-10 10:20:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD VM FINREF |
04HANOI898 | VIETNAM: STATE OWNED ENTERPRISE REFORM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reform of the state-owned enterprise (SOE) sector is one of the primary pillars of Vietnam's reform efforts and ongoing transition to a market economy. Relying on a four-pronged strategy that includes increasing competition, hardening budget constraints, divesting "non- strateg [...] | 2004-03-30 08:30:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID VM SOE |
04HARARE1018 | POLITBURO MEMBER ON RULING PARTY INTENTIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: ZANU-PF Central Committee member Simba Makoni told the Ambassador on June 17 that GOZ efforts to reach out to the international community, including international financial institutions, were not a compelling priority for the ruling party. The party leadership would not accept [...] | 2004-06-18 10:34:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EFIN EINV ZI ZANU PF |
04HARARE1900 | GOZ Promises Floating Exchange Rate to IMF [...] (SBU) Summary: International Monetary Fund (IMF) Africa Director Abdoulaye Bio-Tchane said Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono indicated he has set September 2005 as the target month for introducing market- determined exchange and interest rates. End summary. 2. (SBU) Accom [...] | 2004-11-22 11:11:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1966 | A Rose-Tinted 2005 Budget [...] (U) Summary: Echoing the line laid out in Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon's Oct 28 address (ref a),acting GOZ Finance Minister Herbert Murerwa forecast robust 3.5- 5 percent GDP growth and 30-50 percent inflation for 2005. In his long annual budget presentation to Parliament on Nov 25, M [...] | 2004-12-06 06:13:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE1969 | Vic Falls Tourism Up - Slightly [...] (SBU) Summary: After striking rock bottom in 2003, Victoria Falls tourism activity has picked up marginally this year. Still, hospitality sector business at Zimbabwe's leading tourist destination is probably off two-thirds from 1997, forcing operators to find innovative ways to break even. I [...] | 2004-12-06 11:56:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE2012 | GOZ CABINET OFFICIAL "TALKS" CLOSER TIES [...] (C) Summary: Acting Finance Minister Herbert Murerwa told the Ambassador he believes the U.S. has exaggerated the GOZ,s democratic shortcomings and urged us to reengage more with Zimbabwe. The Ambassador responded that the U.S. is aware of recent GOZ overtures, but that reality on the ground [...] | 2004-12-14 08:19:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE2052 | GIDEON GONO: ZIMBABWE,S WOULD-BE KINGMAKER? [...] (C) Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono, claiming to be speaking on behalf of President Mugabe, told the Ambassador that Mugabe wanted better relations with the U.S. The Ambassador responded that the U.S. welcomed these overtures, but that we needed to see real changes that matched the rhe [...] | 2004-12-17 10:20:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN ECON ETRD EINV ZI |
04HARARE2058 | Monthly Inflation Still in 5-10 Percent Band [...] Summary: Despite claims in the Dec 14 Herald that inflation is "on a downward spiral," the rate has held within an approximate 5-10 percent monthly band since the Reserve Bank (RBZ) reasserted control over the exchange rate in January. End summary. 2. While the annual inflation rate has fa [...] | 2004-12-21 06:30:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
04HARARE2082 | ZIMBABWE,S SUGAR QUOTA [...] (C) Zimbabwe has a small U.S. sugar quota that has been fully filled in recent years. In 2003-04, the first year that the GOZ,s land reform policies affected the sugar sector, we estimate that 25 percent of the quota may have come from resettled farms. However, this year overall production h [...] | 2004-12-29 12:26:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN ECON ETRD EINV ZI |
04HARARE59 | CENTRAL BANKER MEETS GROWING HOSTILITY [...] (C) Summary: Drenched in palpable exasperation, Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono says his market-friendly proposals have unleashed a "shrill" cacophony of covert memos and emissaries to President Mugabe. He is uncertain whether Mugabe will continue to grant him wide latitude to tame Zi [...] | 2004-01-12 12:32:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV ZI |
04HARARE73 | RULING PARTY TURNS ON ONE OF ITS OWN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Flamboyant ZANU-PF MP and prominent businessman Philip Chiyangwa was arrested January 10 on charges relating to a GOZ investigation of troubled ENG Capital Asset Management (ENG). His arrest manifests divisions within the ruling party that probably are based on business consider [...] | 2004-01-13 15:23:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON EFIN ZI ZANU PF |
04HELSINKI1592 | MONEY LAUNDERING AND FINANCIAL CRIMES IN FINLAND: [...] Summary: The following is Embassy Helsinki's submission to the money laundering and financial crimes section of the 2004-2005 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR). End summary. -------- Overview -------- 2. Finland is not a regional center for money laundering, financ [...] | 2004-12-23 12:22:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PTER KSEP SNAR KTFN EFIN FI |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1383 | FORMER PM VO VAN KIET ON U.S. TIES, WTO, ECONOMIC REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: Former Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet, one of the fathers of Vietnam's economic reform policy and an informal advisor to the GVN and the Party, stressed to the Consul General October 30 that Vietnam is on the verge of eliminating the last vestiges of its central planning system, div [...] | 2004-11-04 07:33:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR ECON EAID EFIN ETRD VM WTO SOE |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1528 | VIETNAM'S SOUTHERN ECONOMIC TRIANGLE SUCCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Consul General and ConGen team traveled to Dong Nai and Binh Duong provinces to examine the two provinces' economic performance that is double the national average. Local officials credit their economic success to 1990's policy decisions creating the southern economic zones. I [...] | 2004-12-13 10:52:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD EFIN ECON PREL PGOV VM PHUM KIRF SOE RELFREE HUMANR |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1582 | HCMC ECONOMIC LEADERS REPORT 2004 PROGRESS, LISTEN TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) government leaders for the third straight year reported to the foreign business community on the city's annual progress in achieving economic and development goals. The leaders then listened as their audience articulated difficulties foreign businesses e [...] | 2004-12-22 11:11:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD EFIN ELAB PGOV EIND ELTN PINR VM |
04HOCHIMINHCITY280 | VIETNAM'S STOCK MARKET: A VIEW FROM THE FLOOR LOOKING UP [...] Vietnam's stock market has stirred recently. Since last fall, the market index has more than doubled. This comes, however, after a two-and-a-half year decline, during which the HCMC stock market lost more than three-fourths of its value. Much of the recent run up in prices is attributed to [...] | 2004-03-16 11:50:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN VM FINREF |
04ISTANBUL1371 | ISTANBUL ANALYSTS ON CURRENT ACCOUNT RISKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite positive international and domestic developments, including the Turkish government's recognition of the need for a new stand-by agreement for the 2005-2007 period, Turkish markets have remained range-bound in recent weeks. Many analysts attribute the markets' failure t [...] | 2004-09-01 11:35:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN TU |
04ISTANBUL1558 | CUKUROVA FAILS TO COME THROUGH AGAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's stock market was shaken Tuesday as it absorbed news that the Cukurova Group had again missed the deadline for completion of the first payment under its early payment plan with the Turkish Savings Deposit Fund (SDIF). The ISE-100 dropped 2.15 percent Tuesday as a resul [...] | 2004-10-15 06:17:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN TU |
04ISTANBUL1728 | ISTANBUL BUSINESS LEADERS FOCUS ON EU [...] (SBU) Summary: In separate meetings the week of November 8, Istanbul business leaders told visiting State Department Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs Frank Mermoud and U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Rockwell Schnabel that they are optimistic both about Turkey's [...] | 2004-11-19 07:56:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON TU |
04ISTANBUL1807 | TURKISH TEXTILE FIRMS SEE A GRIM FUTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: Leading Turkish textile exporters tell us they are deeply pessimistic about prospects for the sector, warning that the end of the global quota system next month will lead to mass layoffs in Turkey unless "an exit" is found. In a recent meeting organized by the Istanbul Textile [...] | 2004-12-06 11:31:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON TU |
04ISTANBUL190 | ISTANBUL EMPLOYERS' MUTED REACTION TO TURKEY'S [...] Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: The recent decision of the Turkish government to increase Turkey's minimum wage by 38 percent, while also raising pensions by 21 percent, has sparked strong criticism in financial circles, but only a muted reac [...] | 2004-01-30 13:56:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN PGOV TU |
04ISTANBUL1925 | ISTANBUL ANALYSTS ON MARKET DEVELOPMENTS, [...] (u) Summary: Istanbul market analysts were not surprised at the relatively moderate size of the post-EU decision rally, because they believe that much of the good news had already been priced into the markets during the last few months. They expect, however, that interest in Turkish financial [...] | 2004-12-27 05:44:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN TU |
04ISTANBUL356 | EXECUTIVES HIGHLIGHT BUOYANT STOCK MARKET BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with Ambassador Edelman on February 26, executives at the Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE) and Foreign Investors' Association (YASED) focused on two extremes of Turkey's current economic performance: the buoyant stock market, which has risen 80 percent over the last ye [...] | 2004-03-08 11:49:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN TU |
04ISTANBUL402 | ISTANBUL INVESTMENT CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS FAMILIAR [...] (U) Summary: The long-planned but oft-delayed International Investment Advisory Council (IAC) meeting grouping CEO's from leading multinationals finally took place in Istanbul on March 15. Organized by the Turkish government with cooperation from the World Bank and International Monetary Fu [...] | 2004-03-17 13:10:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN TU |
04JERUSALEM926 | ARAFAT BLOCKS COURT ORDER UNFREEZING HAMAS ACCOUNTS [...] (C) ON THE EXPLICIT INSTRUCTIONS OF YASIR ARAFAT, PALESTINIAN MONETARY AUTHORITY (PMA) GOVERNOR AMIN HADDAD CALLED ECON/C MARCH 23 TO REPORT THAT ARAFAT HAD INSTRUCTED THE PMA AND THE PA SECURITY SERVICES TO BLOCK IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MARCH 21 HIGHER JUDICIAL COUNCIL ORDER UNFREEZING 39 BANK [...] | 2004-03-23 15:05:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER EFIN KPAL KWBG PREL IS |
04KATHMANDU484 | NEPAL: DAS PATTERSON MEETS WITH FINANCE MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. On March 17, DAS Torkel Patterson and Ambassador called upon Finance Minister Prakash Chandra Lohani. The three discussed the Government of Nepal's financial situation, U.S. military assistance, the Maoist insurgency and current political impasse between the King and political p [...] | 2004-03-18 05:46:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN PTER PREL NP |
04KATHMANDU937 | NEPAL: TERRORIST FINANCE UPDATE [...] (U) The Government of Nepal (GON) indicates that no terrorist assets listed by the United Nations 1267 Sanctions Committee have been identified in Nepal and therefore, no accounts have been frozen. The U.S. Embassy in Kathmandu has no evidence of financial links in Nepal to international ter [...] | 2004-05-18 08:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER EFIN ETTC PREL NP |
04KINSHASA1140 | ECONOMIC REPORT - MARCH THROUGH JUNE 2004 [...] SUMMARY. Prices and the exchange rate remain stable even through political difficulties. The mining sector has been extremely active. Mining company America Mineral Fields (Amfi) wins approval and signature of its USD 300 million contract and then changes its name to Adastra Minerals. The UK g [...] | 2004-06-21 14:24:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ELTN EMIN EPET ETRD PGOV PREL CG |
04KINSHASA1399 | ECONOMIC REPORT - LATE JUNE THROUGH 23 JULY [...] Summary. Bank of Commerce and Development (BCD) liquidation and conflict in eastern DRC temporarily raise exchange rates. Prices remain relatively stable. The diamond sector continues to see increased activity with CEEC projecting exports of USD 1 billion by 2006 (up from current USD 700-800 [...] | 2004-07-29 06:15:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EIND EINV ELAB ELTN EMIN ETRD PGOV PREL CG |
04KINSHASA1490 | ECONOMIC REPORT - JULY 25 THROUGH AUGUST 04 [...] Summary. Exchange rates are quite stable, but prices show signs of impending increase due to transportation problems between Kinshasa and the provinces, including the collapse of the Mai-Ndombe bridge. The GDRC reported significant macroeconomic progress for 2003, including 5 percent GDP gro [...] | 2004-08-07 06:55:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR ECON EFIN EIND ELTN EMIN ETRD PGOV PREL CG |
04KINSHASA1540 | ECONOMIC REPORT - AUG 05 THROUGH AUG 12 [...] Prices remain stable despite the collapse of the Mai- Ndombe bridge. Exchange rates are very stable. COPIREP will pay out USD 11.5 million in severance packages to liquidate three Congolese banks. The government of the People's Republic of China is funding construction of a 150 bed hospital [...] | 2004-08-13 15:13:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID EAIR ECON EFIN EIND ENRG EPET PGOV PREL CG |
04KINSHASA1553 | PRIDE AND PREJUDICE BY VP BEMBA [...] (C) Summary. On Aug 12, Ambassador Meece paid a courtesy call on DRC Vice President for Economic and Financial Affairs, Jean-Pierre Bemba. Bemba made clear his pride in the economic achievements of the past year and his extreme prejudice toward Rwandan President Kagame as the primary culprit b [...] | 2004-08-17 13:53:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ETRD PGOV PREL CG HIPC OPIC |
04KINSHASA1562 | ECONOMIC REPORT - AUG 13 THROUGH AUG 20 [...] Food prices have decreased due to the reopening of the Mai-Ndombe bridge. Exchange rates remain stable, but the FC is trading at a slightly higher value on the Kinshasa parallel market than official rates. The DRC's National Assembly created a commission to investigate Gecamines' mining and [...] | 2004-08-19 12:33:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECIN ECON EFIN ELTN EMIN EPET EWWT PGOV PREL CG |
04KINSHASA1631 | ECONOMIC REPORT - AUG 20 THROUGH AUG 27 [...] (U) Summary. Both exchange rates and prices remain stable. Gravity Diamonds of Australia is planning a joint venture with BHP Billiton for diamond exploration in the Kasais. CHEMAF has resumed production at a Mine de l'Etoile concession abandoned by Gecamines. The DRC became a member of th [...] | 2004-08-27 16:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ELTN EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD EWWT PGOV PREL CG |
04KINSHASA1669 | ECONOMIC REPORT - AUG 28 THROUGH SEPT 3 [...] Summary. Prices are stable with the exception of food items, which registered a 7 percent increase. Exchange rates remain stable. Adastra Minerals is seeking to become a major metals producer in the region. Bindura Nickel Corporation (BNC) and Gecamines are in advanced negotiations for a jo [...] | 2004-09-03 14:32:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECIN ECON EFIN EIND EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD CG |
04KINSHASA1742 | ECONOMIC REPORT - SEPT 11 THROUGH SEPT 17 [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary. Prices decreased slightly, bringing monthly inflation to -1.1 percent. Exchange rates rose to rates above FC 400 to the USD. Diamond exports decreased from 2.79 million carats in July to 1.92 million carats in August. Ang [...] | 2004-09-17 09:21:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EFIN EIND ELAB ELTN EMIN CG |
04KINSHASA1802 | ECONOMIC REPORT - SEPT 18 THROUGH SEPT 24 [...] Summary. Prices are stable, with no inflation reported. Exchange rates continued to rise, with parallel markets trading at FC 400-420 per USD. The Australian firm, Anvil Mining, is seeking joint venture opportunities in the DRC. Banro Corporation plans to begin its gold exploration operati [...] | 2004-09-27 12:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID ECPS EFIN ELAB ELTN EMIN EPET CG |
04KINSHASA1836 | TERRORIST FINANCE: CONGO (LIST 61) [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-04 06:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EFIN KSEP KVPR PREL PTER KTFN CVIS CG |
04KINSHASA1849 | IMF TEAM HELPS GDRC DRAFT 2005 BUDGET [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. 2. (U) Summary. An IMF team led by Director For Africa Cyril Brianson visited Congo the week of September 13 to assist in the preparation of the DRC's 2005 budget. The team noted that most macroeconomic indicators continue to be on target; that, encouragingly [...] | 2004-10-04 14:03:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN CG |
04KINSHASA1975 | EXCHANGE RATE FLUCTUATIONS PROMPT CENTRAL BANK [...] (U) Summary. The Congolese Franc (FC) has suffered from mild instability for the past two months, declining in value by 12 percent. The Congolese Central Bank has directly intervened to the tune of USD 37 million and has raised interest rates over the past month. The impact on the formal secto [...] | 2004-10-22 14:57:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL CG |
04KINSHASA2004 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF JAMA'AT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-28 15:44:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS CG LVPR |
04KINSHASA2005 | TERRORIST FINANCE: IARA AND FIVE OFFICIALS (LIST [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-28 15:45:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KTFN EFIN PTER PREL CVIS ECON LVPR |
04KINSHASA2100 | MINISTER OF BUDGET ON BUDGET AND EXPENDITURE [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Budget Francois Muamba stressed GDRC compliance with the IMF program and progress on government reforms during a recent call with the Ambassador. Muamba emphasized the good faith of the GDRC to comply with IMF parameters in spite of some minor slippage. Budgeting for e [...] | 2004-11-16 15:41:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV PREL CG |
04KINSHASA2138 | TRANSPARENCY OF BUDGET/MILITARY SPENDING [...] Summary. This message is in response to reftel and answers are keyed to those questions. The GDRC is a post- conflict transitional government composed of all parties to the Global and Inclusive Accord signed in Sun City in 2002. The focus of the government is to finish the transition with e [...] | 2004-11-23 15:19:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID CG |
04KINSHASA2167 | CONSULTATIVE GROUP PLEDGES $5.7 BILLION FOR DRC [...] Summary. The Paris Club Consultative Group met in Kinshasa November 11-12 to review the DRC's economic transition and recovery program (Minimum Partnership Program for Transition and Recovery - MPPTR),and to pledge support for the country's development needs over the next 3-4 years. Of a t [...] | 2004-11-26 15:15:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN ECON CG |
04KUWAIT2524 | PRIME MINISTER'S AIDE REPORTS ALLAWI CRITICAL OF [...] Biographical information included. For biographical information, please see para. 10. 2. (C) Summary. During an August 8 meeting, Assistant U/S of the Diwan of the Prime Minister Shaykh Fawaz Saud Al-Sabah gave Poloff a readout of Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's July 30 meeting with K [...] | 2004-08-09 13:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL KU IZ MOPS EAID EFIN PTER |
04KUWAIT2909 | KUWAIT BANKING AND FINANCE UPDATE, SEPTEMBER 2004 [...] (SBU) Summary: In this edition of the Kuwait Banking & Finance Update: the Central Bank raises interest rates; a Kuwaiti bank limits its business in Iraq due to security concerns; the banking sector opens to foreign banks; a new Islamic bank is formed; and a new draft tax law is approved by [...] | 2004-09-01 13:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL IZ FR KW |
04KUWAIT3063 | IAMB RECEIVES KPMG UPDATE ON DFI AUDIT, EXPRESSES [...] (SBU) Summary: The International Advisory and Monitoring Board (IAMB) on Iraq met in Kuwait on 7-8 September to receive a briefing from KPMG on the status of the second stage of the external audit work on the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI). In its press release after the meeting, the IAMB n [...] | 2004-09-11 11:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN IZ UN KW |
04KUWAIT3768 | KUWAIT CALLS IRAQI PRESIDENT VISIT A SUCCESS: [...] (C) Summary/Comment: During a November 2 meeting, Kuwaiti MFA U/S Ambassador Khaled al-Jarallah gave the Ambassador a readout of IIG President Ghazi al-Yawar's October 30 - November 1 visit to Kuwait. Jarallah said the visit had been "very fruitful," though Yawar had not come with a specific [...] | 2004-11-03 13:08:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN KU IZ |
04KUWAIT3842 | GOK TO TAKE "LEADERSHIP ROLE" ON IRAQI DEBT [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador delivered 8 November reftel points to Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah, following up on Deputy Secretary Armitage's 7 November raising of Iraqi debt and the Sharm el-Sheikh conference with Prime Minister Sabah. Dr. Mohammed said the GOK would t [...] | 2004-11-09 08:43:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID PREL IZ KU |
04KUWAIT4016 | GOK MOVES CLOSER TO DEBT REDUCTION FOR IRAQ, NO [...] (U) 22 November newspapers reported that "diplomatic sources asserted that Kuwait will write off 80 percent and more of the Iraqi debts, if there was an international consensus in the Club of Paris." The newspapers did not identify the diplomatic sources, and no one from the GOK has been quo [...] | 2004-11-23 13:17:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PREL IZ KU |
04KUWAIT4200 | TERRORIST FINANCE: REQUEST FOR POSTS' VIEWS ON [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-06 12:51:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | EFIN PTER ETTC PREL KU |
04KUWAIT4219 | MINISTER SHARAR NOT THOROUGHLY COOKED: ANOTHER [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah's cabinet survived yet another Parliamentary grilling. Mohammed Dhaifallah Sharar, (Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs, and Minister of State for National Assembly Affairs),survived a grilling launched by two Members of Par [...] | 2004-12-07 14:25:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN KU |
04KUWAIT4366 | KUWAIT 2005 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] Please find the 2005 National Trade Estimate Report for Kuwait below. As requested reftel, the text has also been sent by email. 2. BEGIN TEXT OF REPORT TRADE SUMMARY The U.S. trade deficit with Kuwait for the first ten months of 2004 was $1.25 billion. U.S. exports to Kuwait were r [...] | 2004-12-15 13:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD KU |
04KUWAIT4413 | AMBASSADOR URGES GOI ACTION ON TERROR THREAT IN [...] (S/NF) Ambassador met with Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah on December 18 and initiated the conversation by stressing the gravity of the recent security threat posed to U.S. interests in Kuwait. Ambassador noted that the matter was being dealt with in liais [...] | 2004-12-19 14:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER CASC EFIN KU |
04KUWAIT4419 | KUWAIT'S 2004-2005 INSCR, PART II [...] (U) Post's input for Part II of the 2004-2005 INSCR follows in para 2. Key changes include: Para 1: Kuwait has nine commercial banks, including two Islamic banks. One of Kuwait,s two specialized banks, the Kuwait Real Estate Bank, will soon convert into an Islamic bank. Para 3: Curre [...] | 2004-12-20 08:03:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PTER SNAR KTFN KCRM KU |
04KUWAIT4428 | Kuwait: 2004 Annual Terrorism Report Draft [...] (U) Embassy Kuwait's submission for the 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism report is provided below. The text will also be submitted electronically as instructed reftel. Addendum information will be provided septel. Post contact is Political Chief Natalie E. Brown who can be reached at Brown [...] | 2004-12-20 14:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO KU |
04KUWAIT4559 | REQUEST FOR EXAMPLES OF GOOD TERROR FINANCE [...] (U) This is an action request, see para 4. 2. (C) Following up on earlier requests to Kuwait's Minister of Finance and Central Bank Governor to develop and implement strong terror finance interdiction legislation (Refs A and B,) Ambassador raised the issue December 29 with National Assembl [...] | 2004-12-29 11:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN KU |
04KUWAIT474 | COORDINATING WITH THE UK ON IRAQI DEBT REDUCTION [...] (C) UK Deputy Head of Mission in Kuwait Jamie Bowden reported to EconChief on February 8 that the UK Embassy here did not intend to demarche GOK on a reduction in Iraqi debt as described Reftel. According to Bowden, debt reduction for Iraq had been discussed January 27 at a meeting in Kuwait [...] | 2004-02-11 13:36:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL KU IZ |
04KUWAIT480 | (C) OFAC MEETS WITH CENTRAL BANK: KUWAIT TO [...] (C) Summary: Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Director Richard Newcomb met with Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) Governor Shaykh Salem Al-Sabah on January 19, 2004 to discuss issues outstanding from OFAC's October 2003 visit to Kuwait. Shaykh Salem verified that the CBK will give instructio [...] | 2004-02-11 14:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETTC PTER PREL KU IZ |
04KUWAIT481 | (U) KUWAIT COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Embassy convened the first meeting of Kuwait's counterterrorism action group (CTAG) under US leadership; the French, Japanese, British, Russian, Italian, German, Canadian, Swiss and Spanish embassies participated. Only the US and British have specific anti-terrorism programs i [...] | 2004-02-12 05:41:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PTER ASEC EFIN ETTC PREL KU |
04KUWAIT494 | (C) TERRORIST FINANCE: LDI ATTEMPTS TO CLEAR ITS [...] (C) Summary: OFAC Director Richard Newcomb met with representatives of Kuwaiti charity Lajnat al-Dawa al-Islamiya (LDI) and its parent organization, the Social Reform Society (SRS) at the Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on January 19. The group discussed a number of issues outstandi [...] | 2004-02-15 12:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | EFIN ECON ETTC PTER PREL KU |
04KUWAIT495 | (C) KUWAIT FINANCE HOUSE OPENS UP TO OFAC [...] (C) Summary: On January 19 OFAC Director Richard Newcomb met with Kuwait Finance House (KFH) General Manager Jassar Al-Jassar and officials from the KFH Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Finance Unit (AML). KFH officials described in detail to OFAC representatives their efforts to combat te [...] | 2004-02-15 12:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETTC PTER PREL KU |
04KUWAIT498 | (C) TERRORIST FINANCE: KUWAITIS WAITING FOR LDI [...] (C) Summary: Econoff met with MP Nasser Al-Sane on February 8 to follow up on the Office of Foreign Assets Control's (OFAC) January visit to Kuwait. Al-Sane detailed the history of his efforts to get the Kuwaiti charity Lajnat Al Da'awa Al-Islamiyah (LDI) de-listed as a United Nations-desig [...] | 2004-02-15 14:15:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETTC PTER PREL KU |
04KUWAIT510 | (C) IRAQI ASSETS: KUWAIT'S $85 MILLION TRANSFER [...] (U) This is an action request: please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) Post reported in Ref A that the Government of Kuwait decided in December 2003 to transfer $85 million held in the Commercial Bank of Kuwait's Nassau branch to the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI),pursuant to UN Security Council [...] | 2004-02-17 09:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC ECON PREL KU IZ |
04KUWAIT91 | (C) OFAC'S CHANGE OF HEART ELICITS GOK REQUEST FOR [...] (U) Action request at paragraph 5. 2. (C) Post has received a diplomatic note dated December 28, 2003 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the October 5 meeting between OFAC Director Richard Newcomb and representatives from Kuwaiti charitable organizations. The note says that "w [...] | 2004-01-10 07:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ECON ETTC PTER PREL KU |
04LAGOS1093 | NIGERIA ECONOMIC UPDATE, MAY 21 [...] (U) This update includes: -- Econet and Vodacom Sign Five-Year Management Deal -- SAA Accepts Memorandum of Understanding -- New Money Laundering Law Signed --------------------------------------------- ---- Econet and Vodacom Sign Five-Year Management Deal ------------------------------- [...] | 2004-05-21 16:16:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EAIR EINV EFIN ECON NI |
04LAGOS115 | HIGHER AND HIGHER: NIGERIA'S MEANS OF [...] (U) Summary: Officers' in-country travel, anecdotal evidence, and media commentary point to inordinately high and steadily rising prices in Nigeria. People regularly complain that frequent increases in the cost of living and slow economic growth are hardly the dividends of democracy they expe [...] | 2004-01-20 14:01:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD NI |
04LAGOS1364 | Privatization of the Central Mint? [...] (U) Summary: The GON plans to divest itself of Nigeria's Mint. But, with the Central Bank of Nigeria vying to buy the majority stake, the privatization of the nation's official printer is in question. End summary. 2. (U) The media have reported that Nigeria's government wants to get out [...] | 2004-07-06 11:26:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN NI |
04LAGOS1410 | JULY 2004 INTERIM UPDATE OF 2003 NIGERIA INVESTMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-13 10:10:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ECON ELAB KTDB NI OPIC |
04LAGOS1639 | NIGERIA ECONOMIC TIDBITS, AUGUST 11 [...] (U) This update includes: -- Maritime Stakeholders Support Cabotage Law -- WAGP Environmental Impact Assessment and Resettlement Plan Released -- Nigerian Economic Summit Group Leaders Support Economic Reform -- Local Professor/Journalist Confirms Obasanjo's Economic Dream Team Lacks Poten [...] | 2004-08-11 13:09:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT SENV EINV EFIN ECON NI |
04LAGOS1775 | UPDATE ON BANKS' REACTION TO NEW [...] (SBU) In response to the Central Bank of Nigeria's (CBN) new N25 billion capital base requirement (about USD 200 million),banks are forming strategic alliances through consolidations, mergers and acquisitions. Big banks are expected to comply fully, many smaller banks face the unwelcome choic [...] | 2004-08-30 07:25:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV PREL NI |
04LAGOS2014 | ENACTMENT OF NEW PENSION ACT [...] (U) Summary. Nigeria's National Assembly has enacted a new Pension Reform Act that establishes a uniform contributory pension scheme for public and private sector employees. The new law confers pension management responsibilities on professional pension fund administrators, who will maintain [...] | 2004-09-30 18:28:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ELAB AMGT PGOV NI |
04LAGOS218 | WHY IS NIGERIA SO EXPENSIVE? [...] (U) Summary: From ICASS to inspectors, anyone monitoring the cost of living in Nigeria should be warned that Nigeria is getting more expensive every day. Diplomatic and international management officers are particularly frustrated by prices that play havoc with any organization's plans. Why [...] | 2004-01-28 14:49:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ECON EFIN EINV ETRD NI |
04LAGOS2195 | NIGERIA ECONOMIC UPDATE OCTOBER 2004 [...] (U) Summary: Nigerian manufacturers estimate they lost roughly USD 150 million due to the October 11-14 nationwide fuel price strike. The strike may resume as early as November 1. Several local airlines have increased fares on domestic routes, primarily in response to the increase in aviatio [...] | 2004-10-29 06:19:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAIR EPET ELAB EFIN NI |
04LAGOS2374 | AMBASSADOR VISITS NIGERIAN STOCK EXCHANGE [...] (U) Ambassador John Campbell visited the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in late October. The program included remarks by NSE management, the Ambassador's ringing of the closing bell, brief question and answers with the press, lunch with NSE management and traders, and interaction with principa [...] | 2004-11-26 10:30:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EINV NI |
04LAGOS424 | NIGERIA: SMALL ENTREPRENEURS THINK BIG [...] (U) Summary: Small entrepreneurs face many constraints, but they think big. Increasing interest in microfinance may expand access to credit and alleviate a particularly pressing problem. If it does, Nigerian entrepreneurs may think even bigger. End summary. 2. (SBU) The Nigerian busines [...] | 2004-02-26 05:32:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON NI |
04LAGOS629 | NIGERIA: HANDLING OF COUNTERFEIT U.S. CURRENCY [...] (U) Summary: An informal survey of Lagos commercial banks and currency exchangers suggests that procedures for handling counterfeit U.S. currency vary widely. Official guidelines do not exist, and counterfeit notes are rarely reported to Central Bank or law enforcement officials. End summary. [...] | 2004-03-23 15:18:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON NI |
04LAGOS767 | SCANDAL BREWING OVER NIGERIAN FUEL IMPORTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. A scandal is brewing in Nigeria over prices paid by the government for imported fuel. International fuel traders have been falsifying the dates of bills of lading to reflect particularly high market prices, overcharging the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) by $300 mi [...] | 2004-04-08 08:33:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET EINV EFIN PGOV NI |
04LAPAZ2814 | PRESIDENT MESA AND CONGRESS TO WORK TOGETHER ON [...] (C) Summary: The Chamber of Deputies' Economic Development Committee has proposed nullifying all of the contracts signed under the current (soon-to-be-invalid) hydrocarbons law. This follows three days of intense meetings in the MAS/NFR-led committee. Minister of Economic Development and h [...] | 2004-09-03 20:13:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON SOCI EFIN EINV ENRG PGOV PREL BL |
04LILONGWE1013 | MALAWI HIKES FUEL PRICES, BUT NOT ENOUGH [...] (SBU) The Government of Malawi has recently raised retail fuel prices for the first time since March 2004. The increase amounts to 8.9 percent on gasoline and diesel, reflecting only about half of the increase in world petroleum prices during the past six months. The increase, which is expec [...] | 2004-10-27 14:25:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV EPET EFIN PGOV MI |
04LILONGWE1016 | MALAWI'S FORMER FINANCE MINISTER ARRESTED FOR [...] (U) Former Minister of Finance Friday Jumbe was arrested on October 27 as he attempted to leave Malawi for South Africa. Though the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Anti-Corruption Bureau, and Jumbe's lawyer have not publicly said what charges Jumbe faces, his arrest is widely thought to [...] | 2004-10-28 09:13:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR PGOV ECON EFIN PINR MI |
04LILONGWE1018 | MALAWI'S NEW ANTI-CORRUPTION CHIEF [...] (SBU) The new director of the Anti Corruption Bureau recently discussed his pending prosecutions and strategic vision for the agency. He is focusing on five grand corruption cases, all against senior public figures. He intends to forego longer-range public outreach and prevention plans for w [...] | 2004-10-28 14:02:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR ECON EFIN PGOV PREL MI |
04LILONGWE1067 | IMF REVIEW TEAM IN MALAWI [...] (U) The International Monetary Fund's Staff Monitoring Program assessment team has briefed donor mission representatives twice since its arrival in Malawi. The team leader has characterized the GOM's performance as good through the end of September and outlined a scenario under which the Fund [...] | 2004-11-22 09:13:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL MI |
04LILONGWE1072 | BUNGLED WAGE REFORMS CAUSE LABOR PROBLEMS [...] (SBU) Government wage reforms that took effect in October have produced some unrest among civil servants. Hospital workers briefly struck in Lilongwe early this month, and teachers are threatening to strike in Blantyre. The problems center on miscalculations in a consolidated pay packaged de [...] | 2004-11-23 12:37:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EFIN EINV KMCA MI |
04LILONGWE1073 | MALAWI: TRANSPARENCY OF BUDGETS/MILITARY SPENDING [...] General Overview of Auditing Procedures: With an instituted public finance act of Parliament, Malawi's military expenditures are audited by the Auditor General, as is the case with all other Government institutions. Audit reports are circulated to relevant civilian ministries: Defense, Financ [...] | 2004-11-23 12:37:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID MASS MARR MI BUD FIN |
04LILONGWE1089 | SHIFTING HANDOUTS FOR MALAWI'S FARMERS [...] (SBU) The GOM has changed its approach to providing subsidized inputs to subsistence farmers. The new plan will provide seed and fertilizer packages to 2 million families--twice the amount planned earlier--and free fertilizer to another 500,000, at a total cost of MK3.68 billion ($34.4 millio [...] | 2004-11-26 11:24:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAID EFIN MI |
04LILONGWE1164 | MALAWI'S FERTILIZER SHORTAGE THREATENS 2005 HARVEST [...] (U) Malawi's farmers are unable to find enough fertilizer as they near the end of their yearly planting season. The shortage results largely from Government delays in ordering stocks for its subsidy programs and confused signalling to private sector suppliers. While the shortages are expected [...] | 2004-12-23 14:25:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR KMCA EFIN EAID MI |
04LILONGWE1175 | MALAWI INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2005 [...] Openness to Foreign Investment A. 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. The Competition And Fair Trading Act -- passed by Parli [...] | 2004-12-30 13:50:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | KTDB EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV OPIC USTR BUD FIN |
04LILONGWE154 | MALAWI UPDATE FOR PRESIDENT'S AGOA REPORT [...] (SBU) Malawi's AGOA exports (excluding GSP) continued to grow in 2003, and now exceed $58 million. More than $20 million of those exports are clothing, and a fifth garment company began operations. Privatization and reorganization of Malawi's primary textile manufacturer may extend the AGOA [...] | 2004-02-24 16:01:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN KPAO MI |
04LILONGWE179 | MALAWI: DONORS SPLIT OVER BANK AND FUND PROGRAMS [...] (SBU) Minster of Finance Jumbe made a pitch on March 1 for donors to support Malawi's IMF and World Bank programs. Stating that statistical discrepancies in its submission to the Fund have been largely resolved, Jumbe claimed that Malawi has made progress on its macroeconomic stabilization p [...] | 2004-03-02 21:09:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV MI |
04LILONGWE22 | MALAWI'S PLEA TO THE IMF: SAME OLD DOG, SAME OLD [...] (C) Presidential Economic Advisor Goodall Gondwe reportedly met with the Treasury Department in Washington in December to make a pitch for waivers on Malawi's IMF commitments. Contrary to his message, we assess that a lack of political will has caused the GOM's persistently missed fiscal and [...] | 2004-01-08 14:47:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV KCOR EAID MI |
04LILONGWE270 | CABINET GROWS YET AGAIN IN PATRONAGE PAY-OFF [...] (U) New Congress for Democracy (NCD) president Hetherwick Ntaba has been appointed Minister of the new Ministry of Energy and Mining, the Office of President and Cabinet announced on March 29. Ntaba, who formed NCD after being dismissed from the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) National Executive [...] | 2004-03-30 13:57:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM EFIN PINR MI |
04LILONGWE283 | IMF: SOME PROGRESS UNDERCUT BY FRESH PROBLEMS [...] (C) Malawi has made progress on its macroeconomic stabilization program, but it is unclear if that progress will be enough for the Executive Board to approve further disbursements, IMF Mission Chief to Malawi John Green told donors on March 23. Behind the scenes, an IMF staff member told Po [...] | 2004-04-02 14:31:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV MI |
04LILONGWE375 | MALAWI TO MUDDLE THROUGH ELECTIONS [...] (C) The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) confirmed on May 5 that presidential and parliamentary elections will take place on May 18 in spite of continuing difficulties with the voters' roll, a flawed verification process, and a significant funding gap. On the political scene, a last-ditch cl [...] | 2004-05-07 09:47:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EFIN PINR MI |
04LILONGWE382 | GOM AGAIN CO-OPTS LABOR UNION; "APPOINTS" ILO [...] (U) At Labor Day festivities on May 1, President Muluzi appointed Malawi Congress of Trade Unions (MCTU) President Sunduzwayo Madise, who was recently convicted of corruption, as Malawi's "representative" to the International Labor Organization (ILO). Muluzi also donated MK 10 million (USD 95 [...] | 2004-05-10 09:21:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV EFIN KDEM MI |
04LILONGWE401 | KWACHA SET TO TUMBLE AFTER ELECTIONS [...] (C) Currently trading around 109 to the dollar, Malawi's kwacha is set to tumble after next week's elections, Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) Governor Elias Ngalande told Pol/Econoff. Ngalande speculated that the kwacha will quickly depreciate to the range of 120-125. 2. (C) The RBM, which [...] | 2004-05-13 14:34:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV MI |
04LILONGWE457 | MUTHARIKA MEETS DONORS, SENDS MIXED MESSAGES [...] (U) Summary. President Bingu wa Mutharika convened heads of mission from donor countries and agencies in Lilongwe for a two-hour meeting on May 27 during which he outlined his plans to move Malawi from "poverty to prosperity." While the bulk of the meeting was spent paraphrasing the inaugur [...] | 2004-05-27 15:16:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM EFIN PINR MI |
04LILONGWE499 | INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - MALAWI [...] The following is the June 2004 update of Malawi's Investment Climate Statement. Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. The Government encourages both domestic and foreign investment in most sectors of the economy, without restrictions on ownership, size of inve [...] | 2004-06-08 13:28:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV MI |
04LILONGWE503 | IMF: TEAM LOOKS FOR FRESH START [...] (SBU) Visiting IMF officials told donors that poor fiscal and monetary performance had caused the Fund's Executive Board not to consider Malawi's case in April. Given the country's poor performance, the current facility (which was to have run through December) has been abandoned. Having lost [...] | 2004-06-08 14:45:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV MI |
04LILONGWE540 | NEW FINANCE MINISTER BRIEFS DONORS ON PLANS TO GET [...] (SBU) Summary. Two days after being sworn in, new finance minister Goodall Gondwe briefed donor heads of mission of his plans to get Malawi back on track with the international financial institutions; indicated that Malawi is entering into an IMF staff-monitored program; made a pitch for early [...] | 2004-06-21 15:51:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV MI |
04LILONGWE596 | MUNYENYEMBE ELECTED SPEAKER, MUTHARIKA OPENS [...] (SBU) With a narrow margin of victory, United Democratic Front (UDF) MP Rodwell Munyenyembe was elected Speaker of the National Assembly on June 28. The House also elected First and Second Deputies, both of whom are pro-UDF. President Bingu wa Mutharika, in his first address to Parliament on [...] | 2004-06-30 11:38:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM PINR KCOR ECON EFIN MI |
04LILONGWE614 | FINANCE MINISTER SEEKS USG SUPPORT FOR WORLD BANK [...] (C) Minister of Finance Goodall Gondwe, in an introductory call with the Charge on July 2, made a direct request for the USG to support disbursement of Malawi's World Bank Structural Adjustment Credit (SAC) and for an expert economist to be imbedded into the Ministry of Finance. Gondwe argued [...] | 2004-07-02 09:39:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID PINR MI |
04LILONGWE649 | MUTHARIKA ASSUMES AID TO RESUME [...] (U) Upon arrival from the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, President Bingu wa Mutharika reportedly told the media on July 9 that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) had written to donor governments, instructing them to resume aid because the Fund was pleased with Malawi's renewed commitme [...] | 2004-07-13 14:58:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ECON PGOV PREL MI |
04LILONGWE719 | SPARKS OF INDEPENDENCE FROM THE COULD-BE REFORM [...] (C) Mere days after former President Muluzi left on his annual (government-funded) ex-presidential vacation, President Bingu wa Mutharika replaced several key government officials. He appointed a new Commander of the Army (reftel),a new Director of Public Prosecutions, and a new Chief of Sta [...] | 2004-07-30 10:35:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EFIN PINR MI |
04LILONGWE768 | MALAWI AT A CROSSROADS WITH IMF [...] (SBU) At last week's outbriefing to donor countries, the IMF's Article IV assessment team said Malawi's new government is going in the right economic direction and that the IMF team would recommend a Staff Monitoring Program for the 2004/05 fiscal year. They assessed the GOM's draft budget as [...] | 2004-08-09 13:54:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EINV PREL MI |
04LILONGWE839 | NOISE ABOUT CORRUPTION IN MALAWI [...] (C) Malawi's new administration has been very public about its intention to bring corruption under control. President Bingu wa Mutharika has replaced the chief government prosecutor, who in turn has publicly targeted several former ministers and ruling party members. The noise of a crackdown [...] | 2004-08-30 06:04:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KCOR PGOV PREL MI |
04LILONGWE842 | MALAWI'S CENTRAL BANK FIGHTS TO MAINTAIN KWACHA [...] (U) With the Malawian kwacha under increasing pressure, the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) has so far managed to maintain its value by using a combination of methods, conventional and otherwise. A small, heavily invested market with few speculative options has helped them up to now. In the lon [...] | 2004-08-30 10:45:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON MI |
04LILONGWE844 | A TECHNOCRAT TAKES OFFICE: MUTHARIKA AT 100 DAYS [...] (C) Elected by a small margin and achieved only with former President Bakili Muluzi's support, President Bingu wa Mutharika has made surprisingly independent strides in rooting out corruption, instilling fiscal discipline, and professionalizing government. His operating assumption is that if [...] | 2004-08-31 14:25:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR ECON EFIN MI |
04LILONGWE849 | AGOA UPDATE FOR MALAWI [...] (U) SUMMARY: Malawi meets AGOA eligibility requirements for 2004. The GOM continues to liberalize its economy to a market-based model, improve rule of law, remove barriers to trade and investment, reduce poverty through economic policy, combat corruption, and protect worker rights. AGOA benef [...] | 2004-09-01 14:17:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ELAB PREL EFIN PHUM MI AGOA |
04LILONGWE850 | AFRICAN PEERS RATE MALAWI [...] (SBU) In line with President Bingu wa Mutharika's commitment at the recent African Union Summit to have Malawi reviewed by the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM),a preliminary report commissioned by the GOM finds "significant gaps" in economic management, a need for executive branch checks, [...] | 2004-09-02 09:40:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON EFIN PREL KCOR MI |
04LILONGWE854 | MALAWI'S FISCAL PERFORMANCE IMPROVING [...] (C) Based on performance in its first 100 days in office, the administration of President Bingu Wa Mutharika appears to be focusing effectively on fiscal discipline. Recent consultations with Ministry of Finance officials and resident staff of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World B [...] | 2004-09-02 13:18:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV PREL PGOV MI |
04LILONGWE895 | UDF INSIDER VENTS ON THE MUTHARIKA ADMINISTRATION [...] (C) Ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) MP Austin Muluzi, son of former President Bakili Muluzi, spoke freely about the UDF's displeasure with President Bingu wa Mutharika at a September 15 lunch with poloff. According to Austin, UDF MPs plan to feign support for Mutharika's budget at a Septe [...] | 2004-09-16 13:24:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN PINR KCOR MI |
04LILONGWE896 | MALAWI HAS THE MONEY--NOW WHAT? [...] (U) The World Bank vice president for Africa recently briefed donors in Lilongwe, confirming that the Bank was disbursing $25 million in order to support the new government's fiscal reform agenda and to avoid a currency crisis. He reported that the GOM is looking to raise the bar on economic [...] | 2004-09-16 13:43:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EAID EFIN PREL MI |
04LILONGWE968 | MALAWI'S BUDGET APPROVED [...] (U) Malawi's Parliament approved the FY 2004/05 budget on September 24. During the course of deliberations, Parliament added MK4.2 billion ($39 million) of additional spending, principally for HIV/AIDS programs. The deficit would remain at about MK8.5 billion ($79 million),or 4.3 percent of [...] | 2004-10-08 11:12:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID ETRD PREL MI BUD FIN |
04LJUBLJANA1081 | SLOVENIA ON REPEAL OF FSC/ETI [...] (U) On 30 November Pol/Econ chief met with Dimitrij Grcar, State Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Economy to present reftel points on repeal of FSC/ETI. Grcar knows the case well and explained that Slovenia considers it resolved. He was not aware of the latest Euro [...] | 2004-12-01 03:15:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD SI USTR |
04LJUBLJANA1119 | COM CALL ON NEW SLOVENE FINANCE MINISTER, ANDREJ [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador paid a courtesy call on newly confirmed Finance Minister, Andrej Bajuk, on December 13. Accompanying the Ambassador were DCM and Pol/Econ chief. Bajuk, interestingly, held the meeting with no staff present. Throughout the discussion, Bajuk stressed the need for the [...] | 2004-12-16 10:41:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL SI |
04LJUBLJANA1121 | OPERATION BALKAN VICE V: SLOVENIA [...] (S) Pol-Miloff delivered reftel talking points and list to MFA International Security Department staffers Bostjan Jerman and Maja Zuzek on 17 December. Jerman and Zuzek received the information gratefully and said they would pass it on directly to representatives at the Bank of Slovenia, Off [...] | 2004-12-17 09:57:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | SECRET | KAWC PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC SI ICTY |
04MADRID1562 | SPANISH DEPUTY MINISTER OF FINANCE COMMITTED TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Over lunch with the DCM and Economic Counselor May 3, Secretary of State for Budget and Finance Miguel Angel Fernandez Ordonez expressed his strong commitment to continued fiscal restraint and pushing forward Spain's economic reform agenda to spur competitiveness and enhance Spa [...] | 2004-05-04 15:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN SP |
04MADRID1806 | IRAQ ASSISTANCE: MAY 25-26 DOHA MEETING ON IRAQ [...] According to our contact at the Ministry of Economy, the GOS will be represented at the Doha Meeting by Technical Adviser Ines Menendez de Luarca Bellido of the Ministry of Economy's General Directorate for International Finance, and the Director of the Spanish Commercial Office in Dubai, UAE, [...] | 2004-05-19 10:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN PREL IZ SP |
04MADRID1816 | TERRORIST FINANCING: SPAIN'S ABILITY TO FREEZE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-05-19 15:19:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER EFIN ECON PREL ETTC SP |
04MADRID1842 | IRAQI ASSETS: RASHEED BANK ASSETS LOCATED IN SPAIN [...] (C) Working level contacts at SEPBLAC, Spain's financial intelligence unit, informed us that they located the suspected Rasheed Bank (REF A) assets during a recent unannounced (REF B) investigation of Banco Arab Espanol. The numbered account contained USD 25,863.79 and has been dormant since [...] | 2004-05-20 11:13:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL IZ SP UNSC |
04MADRID1857 | IRAQ ASSISTANCE: NO CHANGES TO DATE ON SPANISH [...] We discussed the status of Spain's pledge for Iraq reconstruction with Directorate General of International Finance Technical Adviser Ines Menendez de Luarca Bellido. Menendez said that her Director General and Secretary of State for Economy have not yet been able to discuss this matter with t [...] | 2004-05-21 10:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN IZ PREL SP |
04MADRID2012 | SPAIN'S ECONOMY MINISTER LOOKS FOR FISCAL [...] Summary. Second Vice President and Minister of Economy and Finance Pedro Solbes described to Ambassador May 27 his role in the Zapatero government as finding a balance between the "excess enthusiasm" of his fellow ministers and maintaining the fiscal discipline committed to by President Zapat [...] | 2004-06-01 15:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PTER ETTC SP |
04MADRID2204 | MIXED SIGNALS ON IRAQ ASSISTANCE PLEDGES [...] (C) An article in the June 9 issue of El Pais quotes Foreign Minister Moratinos as saying the GOS is reconsidering its USD 300 million pledge towards Iraq reconstruction. The article suggests the review comes because so little has been used. This statement seems to contradict Foreign Minister [...] | 2004-06-10 16:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN IZ SP |
04MADRID2248 | SPANISH SECRETARY OF STATE FOR ECONOMY: TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Summary. In a June 14 meeting with Charge, Spanish Secretary of State for Economy David Vegara said the fight SIPDIS against terrorism finance, including close cooperation with the United States, would continue to be a priority for the Ministry of Economy and Finance. On Iraq reconst [...] | 2004-06-15 16:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID ETTC PTER PINR SP |
04MADRID2250 | ECONOMISTS OFFER MIXED OUTLOOK ON GOS ECONOMIC [...] Summary: In a breakfast with the Ambassador, leading Spanish economists offered mixed views on the ability of Vice President and Minister of Economy and Finance Pedro Solbes to hold the line on sound economic policies in a heavily political cabinet. The economists cited as major policy challe [...] | 2004-06-16 08:13:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN SP |
04MADRID2381 | ZAPATERO ECONOMIC ADVISOR OFFERS VIEWS ON [...] Summary. Miguel Sebastian, President Zapatero's key economic advisor, recently presented his analysis on Spain's productivity and economic growth to corporate leaders. Sebastian declared that Spain's relatively low labor productivity is the most important issue that may hinder future economic [...] | 2004-06-23 15:40:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN SP |
04MADRID2397 | POSITIVE SIGNS ON SPAIN'S IFC AND IRFFI PLEDGES [...] Summary: A call to a key contact on Iraq reconstruction issues adds additional weight to assurances by high level GOS contacts that Spain would honor its Iraq Donors' Conference commitments. Our working level contact predicted the IFC $5 million and half of the IRFFI $20 million would be disbu [...] | 2004-06-24 14:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN IZ SP |
04MADRID2418 | SPAIN'S UNDERGROUND ECONOMY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several European researchers have published studies outlining the problem of Spain's underground economy. The most recent study, published by Friedrich Schneider in March 2004, claims that Spain's underground economy is currently equivalent to 22.3% of official GDP. Spain's co [...] | 2004-06-28 07:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ELAB KIPR SP |
04MADRID2453 | SPAIN INCREASES MINIMUM WAGE MIDYEAR [...] The Spanish Council of Ministers approved June 26 a 6.6% increase in the minimum wage to EUR 490.80 (USD 599.34) from EUR 460.50 (USD 562.40) per month. The new wage will be effective July 1. This increase will affect 600,000 workers. The increase in cost to the Spanish government is predict [...] | 2004-06-29 14:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN SP |
04MADRID2484 | OPERATION BALKAN VICE IV: SPAIN [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to Alvaro Rodriguez, MFA Director for Central and Southern Europe on June 30. Rodriguez stated that he would pass along our information to his MFA colleagues in Brussels, as he believed that there would be a meeting of the EU's Western Balkan Working Group on M [...] | 2004-07-01 09:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC SP ICTY |
04MADRID2518 | HAITI DEMARCHE FOR BUDGET SUPPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-02 11:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN PREL |
04MADRID2534 | TERRORIST FINANCE: ITALIAN NAMES - LIST 59 [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-06 09:54:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSEP KVPR ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS |
04MADRID2602 | VP SOLBES SAYS BUSINESS RELATIONS WITH U.S. CRUCIAL [...] SUMMARY: AT a June 24 Embassy-hosted lunch, Second Vice President and Minister for Economy and Finance Solbes said the new Spanish Administration wants to foster U.S.-Spanish business relations. He reiterated his intention to retain budget stability and increase productivity while devolving [...] | 2004-07-08 14:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN PREL SP |
04MADRID2679 | IRAQI ASSETS: LISTING OF INDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-14 15:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PREL IZ SP UNSC |
04MADRID2724 | SPAIN: ASSISTANCE TO HAITI [...] We delivered ref A&B demarches July 15 to Manuel de la Iglesia, Chief of Cabinet to the Secretary of State for International Cooperation, and Francisco Javier Jimenez de Gregorio, Chief of Cabinet to the Secretary General of the Spanish Agency for International Development. Spain's total assi [...] | 2004-07-16 15:40:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN PREL HA SP |
04MADRID2725 | SPAIN: FULFILLS IRAQI DINAR DONATION PLEDGE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-16 15:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN IZ SP |
04MADRID2745 | SPAIN: ASSISTANCE TO HAITI (CORRECTED COPY) [...] We delivered ref A&B demarches July 15 to Manuel de la Iglesia, Chief of Cabinet to the Secretary of State for International Cooperation, and Francisco Javier Jimenez de Gregorio, Chief of Cabinet to the Secretary General of the Spanish Agency for International Development. Spain's total assi [...] | 2004-07-19 16:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN PREL HA SP |
04MADRID2830 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Jaime Marquez, Senior Economist, Division of International Finance, Federal Reserve Board, to travel to Madrid, August 25-31 to attend a meeting of the Econometric Society, hosted by the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. 2. Embassy understa [...] | 2004-07-23 14:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA EFIN SP |
04MADRID2852 | SPAIN: TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF CIRA AS [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche July 15 to Luis Felipe Fernandez de la Pena, Special Ambassador for Counterterrorism, and Juan Antonio Aliaga Mendez, the Ministry of Economy's Deputy Director for Inspection and Control of Capital Movements. In a July 22 meeting, Desk Officer Miguel Garcia- [...] | 2004-07-27 08:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSEP KVPR KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS SP EUN |
04MADRID2871 | FINANCE MINISTER SOLBES CLEANS UP BOOKS [...] SUMMARY: Finance Minister Pedro Solbes announced July 16 his intention to add EUR 6.14 billion (USD 7.4 billion),or 0.78% of GDP, of non-performing government investments to the 2004 budget. This is predicted to give Spain its first budget deficit (at 1.2% of GDP),since 1999. These liabil [...] | 2004-07-28 07:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN SP |
04MADRID2902 | TERRORIST FINANCE: VIEWS FROM THE WORKING LEVEL IN [...] (C) Summary. SEPBLAC's (Spain's financial intelligence unit) working level officer responsible for terrorist finance issues, offered his views on legal and organizational issues affecting the fight against terrorist finance in Spain. He predicted that the regulations for Spain's 2003 Terroris [...] | 2004-07-29 16:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN PTER KTFN SP |
04MADRID3059 | SPANISH HOUSING PRICES CONTINUE TO SOAR [...] Housing prices continue to rise in the Spanish real estate market. According to Tinsa (Spanish society of home appraisers) the price of used housing was 16% higher and new dwellings 19% higher midway through the second trimester of 2004 than the same period of 2003. These numbers indicate th [...] | 2004-08-10 16:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ABLD SP |
04MADRID3106 | SPAIN REDUCES CIVIL SERVANT WAGE INCREASE [...] SUMMARY. The Spanish press reported in late July that the new Socialist government is proposing a 3.2% increase in civil servant wages, rather than the 3.5% union goal, in the 2005 National Budget. This excludes the 0.3% allocated for the recovery of purchasing power lost in the last eight ye [...] | 2004-08-13 15:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB EFIN SP |
04MADRID3163 | SPAIN: IMMIGRANT REMITTANCES ACHIEVE RECORD LEVELS [...] Summary. The large increase in cash remittances by immigrants from Spain to their home countries has caught the attention of the general Spanish media and the business press this summer. According to the Bank of Spain immigrants and other foreigners residing in Spain have remitted approximat [...] | 2004-08-20 14:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON SP |
04MADRID3625 | TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER AT POST [...] (SBU) Information provided below is keyed to ref A's para. 5. 2. (SBU) DCM Robert Manzanares serves as Terrorism Finance Coordinator (TFCO). Phone number: 34 - 91 587 2205. E-mail: ManzanaresB@state.gov 3. (SBU) Economic Officer Carl Schonander serves as Deputy Terrorism Finance Coor [...] | 2004-09-21 15:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL SP |
04MADRID3644 | SPANISH GOVERNMENT STRONGLY SUPPORTS NEW [...] Summary: In a delayed response to ref A demarche, Technical Advisor Manuel Alhama Orenes in the Cabinet of Secretary of State for International Cooperation (aid) Leire SIPDIS Pajin, defined the new position of the GOS on international aid as "anything is possible". Spain is now a major sup [...] | 2004-09-23 13:32:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN ECON EINV PREL SP |
04MADRID3696 | SPAIN: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON IFC PRIVATE [...] Embassy will continue to engage GOS on supporting the IFC facility. MANZANARES [...] | 2004-09-24 15:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID PREL ECON EINV SP |
04MADRID3715 | SPANISH BUDGET NEGOTIATIONS: THE CATALAN POSITION [...] Summary: Budget negotiations between the Catalan regional government and the central government will be a key challenge during the budgeting season which begins in earnest this week. The three parties currently in the Catalan government are unified in seeking increased funding for the regional [...] | 2004-09-27 14:46:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN SP |
04MADRID3741 | SPAIN: IRAQ DONOR'S MEETING TOKYO [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-28 13:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN IZ PREL SP |
04MADRID3773 | TERRORIST FINANCE: JAMA'AT AL TAWHID WA'AL-JIHAD [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-29 15:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | CVIS EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN SP LVPR |
04MADRID4297 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ANDREA CORCORAN AND [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Andrea Corcoran, Director, Office of International Affairs, and Robert Rosenfeld, Deputy Director, Office of International Affairs, to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 14-19, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend an IOSCO Seminar [...] | 2004-11-08 16:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN OTRA SP |
04MADRID4318 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROBERT D. STRAHOTA [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Robert D. Strahota, Assistant Director, United States Securities and Exchange Commissioner, to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 13-17, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Organization of Securities Commissions [...] | 2004-11-12 08:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN OTRA SP |
04MADRID4385 | SPAIN'S 2005 BUDGET TRIES TO BALANCE SOCIALIST [...] SUMMARY: Vice President and Minister of Economy Pedro Solbes Mira presented the Socialist government's first General State budget to Congress on 30 September. After passing the Chamber of Deputies, the budget has been forwarded to the Senate for debate and approval. It will then be returned [...] | 2004-11-16 14:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV SP |
04MADRID4405 | ANDALUSIA BALANCES BUDGET WITH GOS AND EU HELP [...] Summary: The Andalusian budget which was presented to the regional Parliament the final week of October contains EUR 24.5 billion (USD 31.7 billion) in outlays, an increase of 10% over 2004. Andalusia has already received the funds necessary to pay for its budget expenditures from the central [...] | 2004-11-18 12:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN SP |
04MADRID4415 | TERRORISM FINANCE DISCUSSIONS WITH GOS TREASURY [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-18 15:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EFIN PREL PTER SP |
04MADRID4432 | AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL LUNCH WITH ECONOMY MINISTER [...] Summary. During a farewell lunch with the Ambassador, Second Vice President and Minister of the Economy Pedro Solbes gave a tour d'horizon of the status of the 2005 budget, current and projected growth rates for the economy, government plans to ease the overheated housing market, and his tak [...] | 2004-11-19 12:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN SP |
04MADRID4485 | SPAIN FORGIVES IRAQ PARIS CLUB DEBT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-24 14:21:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN SP |
04MADRID4504 | SPAIN FORGIVES IRAQ PARIS CLUB DEBT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-29 10:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN SP |
04MADRID4753 | SPANISH BUDGET VETOED IN THE SENATE AS EXPECTED [...] Summary. Spain's Senate vetoed December 13 the Socialist government's 2005 budget. The budget, which already passed the lower house, will now be returned for further consideration. The lower house may pass the budget over the Senate's objections next week by an absolute majority, or by a si [...] | 2004-12-17 17:40:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON SP |
04MADRID4777 | POPULAR PARTY FORESEES ECONOMIC CHALLENGES AHEAD [...] (C) Summary: The opposition Popular Party's Economic Spokesperson in Parliament Miguel Arias Canete predicted 2005 would be a good year for Spain, but that beginning in 2006 Spain's economy would sour and imperil Spain's Socialist government. He declared strong respect for Minister of Economy and F [...] | 2004-12-20 17:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAGR ETRD TBIO SP |
04MADRID4793 | INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-21 14:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM SP EFIN |
04MADRID4803 | INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-21 14:47:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM SP EFIN |
04MADRID4851 | GOS PASSES BUDGET OVER SENATE VETO [...] The Spanish parliament passed the 2005 General Budget December 22 with an absolute majority over the Senate's veto. The budget passed with a vote of 180 to 162. The parties voting in favor of the budget were the Socialists, the Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC),the United Left (IU),the Ca [...] | 2004-12-27 10:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN SP |
04MADRID520 | ENCOURAGING SPAIN TO PURSUE BUSINESS IN IRAQ [...] (C) Summary. With continued "bad press" over the lack of Iraq reconstruction-related contracts for Spanish firms, we met with Ministry of Economy's Director General for Commercial Policy Carlos Jimenez to share lessons learned reftel. Our overtures were welcome, but we also received a clear [...] | 2004-02-13 15:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN IZ SP |
04MADRID526 | SPAIN: FOLLOW-UP ON MADRID DONORS' CONFERENCE FOR [...] We met February 13 with Ministry of Economy officials Ramon Guzman, Director General for Trade and Investments, and Carlos Jimenez, Director General for Commercial Policy, to discuss reftel. Both participate regularly in the Core Group conference calls. According to Guzman and Jimenez, the GO [...] | 2004-02-13 16:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN IZ SP |
04MADRID604 | SPANISH HOUSING COSTS: A GROWING ECONOMIC AND [...] SUMMARY: Recent public opinion polls show that rising housing prices are a serious concern of the Spanish public. Between 1997 and 2002, housing prices rose 78% in real terms. A hot real estate market based on strong demand and low interest rates has fed the sharp increase. Government regul [...] | 2004-02-20 17:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV SP |
04MADRID650 | REQUEST FOR SECURITY SECTOR ASSISTANCE IN LIBERIA: [...] No summary [...] | 2004-02-25 16:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID EFIN PGOV PREL LI SP |
04MADRID670 | SPAIN: REQUEST TO SUPPORT JAPAN AS CHAIR OF TRUST [...] No summary [...] | 2004-02-26 17:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN IZ SP |
04MADRID711 | IRAQI ASSETS:RASHEED BANK ACCOUNTS IN SPAIN [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-01 16:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PREL IZ SP UNSC |
04MADRID756 | BETTER INFORMING SPANISH ON IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION [...] (C) Summary: Following up on our February 12 meeting with Ministry of Economy contacts (ref A),we met March 4 with Enrique Navarro, who is spear-heading Ministry of Defense efforts to help Spanish business get Iraq reconstruction contracts. We shared lessons learned from the January 2004 Cze [...] | 2004-03-04 18:12:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN ETRD IZ SP |
04MADRID774 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USSEC RANDALL ROY [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to United States Securities and Exchange Commission (USSEC) official Randall Roy, Special Counsel, to travel to Madrid March 4-8 to attend a meeting being hosted by the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO): IOSCO Standing [...] | 2004-03-08 08:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN OTRA SP |
04MADRID812 | PSOE ECONOMIC ADVISOR: IF YOU CAN'T BEAT THEM, [...] (SBU) Summary. Spain's main opposition party, the Socialist Workers' Party of Spain or PSOE, faces the unenviable task of running against what is inarguably an impressive record of economic growth and job creation under the ruling Popular Party (PP). According to Miguel Sebastian, the archit [...] | 2004-03-10 11:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV SP PSOE |
04MADRID841 | Spanish Customs Administration [...] This cable contains responses to reftel cable re: EU member state customs regimes. Responses are queued to questions listed in reftel para 6. We collected the information during routine visits with Customs and business contacts. A. CUSTOMS PROCEDURES The formal procedure is comprised of t [...] | 2004-03-12 09:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN SP ETRD EU WTO USTR |
04MADRID856 | IRAQI ASSETS:RASHEED BANK ACCOUNTS IN SPAIN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (U) Though we received information from the Ministry of Economy that Rasheed Bank accounts were liquidated by the Banco Arab Espanol (ref b),we were contacted by officials of Spain's Financial Intelligence Unit, SEPBLAC (Executive [...] | 2004-03-12 16:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL IZ SP UNSC |
04MADRID901 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FINCEN BAITY AND SHOWELL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Deputy Director William Baity and Country Desk Officer Jennifer Showell, Department of Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FINCEN),to travel to Madrid March 21-24 to attend meetings hosted by Spain's Financial Intelligence Unit, SEP [...] | 2004-03-16 15:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PREL SNAR SP PTER |
04MADRID995 | TERRORISM FINANCE: MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER FOR [...] (C) Summary. Spain has been a strong ally in the fight against terrorism finance. That said, the GOS has not always been as pro-active as we believe they could and should be in this fight. While Spain passed bold new laws after September 11 providing the government with administrative author [...] | 2004-03-24 11:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN PTER SP |
04MANAMA1000 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF SIX NAMES [...] No summary [...] | 2004-06-27 08:31:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KSEP KVPR BA |
04MANAMA1118 | EMBASSY CONGRATULATES GOB FOR FATF DECISION TO [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-14 13:05:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON BA |
04MANAMA1175 | BAHRAIN - JULY 2004 APPENDIX TO 2003 INVESTMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-25 10:25:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ELAB KTDB PGOV BA OPIC |
04MANAMA1391 | BAHRAIN SUPPORTS BMENA INSTITUTE [...] (U) The Ambassador met with Bahraini Minister of Finance and National Economy Abdullah Saif September 7 to discuss the October 1 meeting of finance ministers on the G8 Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) initiative (Ref A),the IFC's Private Enterprise Partnership for the Middle East a [...] | 2004-09-10 12:28:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL BA |
04MANAMA1475 | BAHRAIN: TOKYO DONORS' MEETING FOR IRAQ [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ chief September 21 delivered reftel demarche regarding the Tokyo donors' meeting for Iraq to MFA Director for Bilateral Affairs Dhafer Al-Umran. He noted that he had already been approached by both the Japanese and Iraqis concerning Bahraini participation in the meeting. He s [...] | 2004-09-26 13:48:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PREL BA IZ |
04MANAMA1495 | EMBASSY MANAMA - TFCO RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-29 13:06:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | BA ECON EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN |
04MANAMA1607 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF JAMA'AT [...] (U) Pol/Econ chief delivered Ref A designation of Jama'at Al-Tawhid wa'al-Jihad, background paper, and non-paper via diplomatic note number 379 October 18 to MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Coordination and Follow-Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz SIPDIS bin Mubarak Al Khalifa. Al Khalifa promised to [...] | 2004-10-20 12:04:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS BA LVPR |
04MANAMA1676 | BAHRAIN: IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION THROUGH EXPORT CREDIT [...] (U) EconOff delivered reftel talking points to Dr. Khalid Abdulla Ateeq, Executive Director of Banking Supervision at the Bahrain Monetary Agency (BMA). Bahrain does not have an Export Credit Authority, and therefore could not enter into a framework agreement with the Trade Bank of Iraq. Howe [...] | 2004-11-07 13:36:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV IZ BA |
04MANAMA1699 | BAHRAIN TO HOST INAUGURAL MENA FATF MEETING [...] (U) Bahrain will host the inaugural meeting of the Middle East/North Africa Financial Action Task Force (MENA FATF) on November 29-30. The establishment of a FATF-styled regional body in the Middle East and North Africa is, according to the Bahrain Monetary Agency's (BMA) Compliance chief, "a [...] | 2004-11-10 11:30:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN BA |
04MANAMA1781 | BAHRAIN: BMENA FORUM FOR THE FUTURE DEMARCHE AND [...] (U) On November 28 Embassy Manama delivered the letter from Secretary Powell regarding the Forum for the Future meeting on December 11 (reftel A) to Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa via diplomatic note. 2. (U) As requested in reftel C, EconOff reviewed the status of t [...] | 2004-11-29 13:43:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN ETRD KDEM PREL KMPI BA |
04MANAMA1835 | MENA FATF ESTABLISHED TO COMBAT MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (U) SUMMARY: The inaugural meeting of the MENA FATF held on November 29 and 30 in Manama, Bahrain was attended by Ministers of Finance and Central Bank Governors from fourteen countries in the Middle East and North Africa. The ministers selected a President, Vice President and Executive Secre [...] | 2004-12-08 14:47:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN BA |
04MANAMA1840 | US TREASURY DELEGATION DISCUSSES SYRIAN 311 [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-09 14:55:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN BA |
04MANAMA187 | BAHRAINI BANKS TRANSFER FUNDS TO DFI [...] No summary [...] | 2004-02-09 14:37:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN IZ BA |
04MANAMA1893 | BAHRAIN: 2004-05 INCSR PART II [...] Please see text of updated 2004-05 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report Part II, para 2. Post notes that the Bahrain Monetary Agency, on behalf of the GOB, has responded to a separate and independent inquiry from FINCEN to update the report, and will respond directly to FINCEN thr [...] | 2004-12-15 12:45:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN KCRM PTER SNAR EFIN BA |
04MANAMA218 | FOLLOW-UP WITH MADRID CONFERENCE DONORS FOR IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2004-02-16 14:34:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN IZ BA |
04MANAMA235 | CTAG COUNTRY AMBASSADORS SEE NO IMMEDIATE NEEDS IN [...] (U) CTAG Ambassadors in Bahrain agreed U.S. Embassy-led efforts are meeting key Bahraini needs, but they wondered if the April 2004 Formula One race event's security would be adequate. Over lunch at DCR February 17 with the Ambassadors from Britain, France, Germany, Russia, and the Japanese [...] | 2004-02-18 14:22:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ETTC EFIN ASEC PREL BEXP BA |
04MANAMA269 | INSURANCE - BAHRAIN'S NEXT FINANCIAL SECTOR GROWTH [...] Bahrain has targeted insurance as its next financial growth market. It is revamping the regulatory regime to facilitate more competition and faster growth. Bahraini sources relate that based on market penetration (two percent of GDP),Bahrain is the Arab World's largest and most sophisticate [...] | 2004-02-25 10:19:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV EFIN BA |
04MANAMA311 | BMA REVIEWING OPENING OF LOCAL INSURANCE MARKET TO [...] Bahrain Monetary Agency (BMA) insurance regulators are looking carefully at the possibility of opening the local insurance market to U.S. competitors 24-30 months after an FTA entes into force, BMA Governor Shaikh Ahmed bin Muhammad Al-Khalifa told Charge on March 8. Small local brokers, he c [...] | 2004-03-08 13:52:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETRD BA |
04MANAMA372 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: AWARDS OF IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-17 13:19:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN KPAO PREL IZ |
04MANAMA376 | LABOR MINISTRY ISSUES FINANCIAL REGULATIONS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In early March, Bahrain's Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs issued more stringent regulations for charities' financial activities. The rules require charities to maintain accounts and share them with ministry inspectors on a quarterly basis. Charities' accounts must be audite [...] | 2004-03-17 14:10:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN SOCI KISL BA |
04MANAMA402 | BAHRAIN NOT TRANSFERRING OLD IRAQI ACCOUNT FUNDS [...] (C) Bahrain will not promptly transfer approximately USD 47 million in funds from old Iraqi-owned bank deposits to the United Nations Development Fund for Iraq (DFI),Finance Minister Saif told Charge on March 20. Charge had urged Saif that the issue had been outstanding since the summer of [...] | 2004-03-24 12:14:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | BA EFIN IZ PREL |
04MANAMA448 | COUNTERTERRORISM POLICY PROGRESS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-31 11:14:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER EFIN PREL ASEC BA |
04MANAMA524 | TERRORISM FINANCING - ZINDANI: ENFORCING UN [...] (U) On April 12, Charge delivered reftel demarche to Minister of State of Foreign Affairs Abdelghaffar requesting that the GOB redouble its efforts to locate and freeze all assets linked to Yemeni cleric Shaikh Zindani. 2. (C) Minister Abdelghaffar seemed somewhat surprised that Zindani [...] | 2004-04-14 08:10:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KSEP KVPR BA |
04MANAMA738 | BAHRAIN INTERNATIONAL BANK (BIB) LIQUIDATION [...] SUMMARY: A May 4 Asset Realization Protocol (ARP) formally launched the liquidation of Bahrain International Bank (BIB) after nearly three years of post-9/11 creditworthiness problems. While poor bank management and strategy caused the failure, the Bahrain Monetary Agency (BMA) should have ac [...] | 2004-05-19 12:45:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN BA |
04MANAMA744 | BAHRAIN INTERNATIONAL BANK (BIB) LIQUIDATION [...] SUMMARY: A May 4 Asset Realization Protocol (ARP) formally launched the liquidation of Bahrain International Bank (BIB) after nearly three years of post-9/11 creditworthiness problems. While poor bank management and strategy caused the failure, the Bahrain Monetary Agency (BMA) should have ac [...] | 2004-05-19 12:55:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN BA |
04MANAMA930 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF BARAKAT (LIST [...] No summary [...] | 2004-06-15 12:46:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PTER PREL CVIS LE XM BA ETTD LVPR |
04MAPUTO1053 | INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT APPENDIX FOR [...] Per reftel, post submits Investment Climate Statement (ICS) appendix below: MOZAMBIQUE: July 2004 Appendix to 2003 Investment Climate Statement This appendix serves as an update to the 2003 Investment Climate Statement for Mozambique. It has been provided to assist investors in the interim pe [...] | 2004-08-04 15:28:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ELAB KTDB PGOV MZ OPIC |
04MAPUTO1364 | CORRECTED COPY: EMBASSY MAPUTO TERRORIST FINANCE [...] (SBU) THE FOLLOWING RESPONSES ARE KEYED TO QUESTIONS RAISED IN THE REFERENCED CABLE. A) EMBASSY MAPUTO'S TERRORIST FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER (TFCO) IS DCM JAMES DUDLEY. CONTACT DETAILS: Phone: 258-1-492-797 Fax: 258-1-490-071 Cell: 258-82-306-645 E-mail:dudleyjl@state.gov TFCO Deputy and [...] | 2004-10-13 14:13:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL MZ |
04MAPUTO1479 | TERRORIST FINANCE/MOZAMBIQUE: LIST 63 - [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See para 3. 2. (SBU) On November 8, Econ/Pol Officer delivered reftel List 63, talking points, and background paper to the Director of Legal Issues and Chief of the Accounts Monitoring department for the Banco de Mocambique. The Bank is the financial regulator [...] | 2004-11-10 09:22:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KTFN EFIN PTER PREL CVIS ECON MZ LVPR |
04MAPUTO1480 | TERRORIST FINANCE/MOZAMBIQUE: LIST 62 - [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See para 3. 2. (SBU) On November 8, Econ/Pol Officer delivered reftel List 62, talking points, and background paper to the Director of Legal Issues and Chief of the Accounts Monitoring department for the Banco de Mocambique. The Bank is the financial regulator [...] | 2004-11-10 09:22:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KTFN EFIN PTER PREL CVIS ECON MZ LVPR |
04MAPUTO1627 | INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] Below are post answers to INSCR questions pertaining to money laundering and financial crimes, organized in response to the subheadings provided in State 254401. General Questions ---------------------- 2. Mozambique is not a regional financial center. Money laundering is fairly common and [...] | 2004-12-17 09:24:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PTER KSEP SNAR KTFN EFIN MZ KCOR |
04MAPUTO360 | MOZAMBIQUE: GEOTHERMAL MARKET DEVELOPMENT [...] Per reftel, Maputo provides the following information: --------------------------------------------- --------------- ------------------ Support to Develop Geothermal Energy in East Africa --------------------------------------------- --------------- ------------------ 2. Mozambique is rich [...] | 2004-03-16 12:44:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG EFIN SENV MZ |
04MAPUTO597 | MOZAMBIQUE - INL FY 06/07 WORKPLAN [...] Embassy Maputo requests continued INL funding for FY 06/07 to build on ongoing projects to further develop the Attorney General's Anti-Corruption Unit and the Mozambican Police Sciences Academy, and further requests additional funds for assistance to Mozambican Immigration and Customs to impro [...] | 2004-04-30 10:17:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM ABUD SNAR KCOR KPAO EFIN EAID ASEC MZ |
04MAPUTO923 | MOZAMBIQUE RESPONSE: SOVEREIGN CREDIT RATING FOLLOW- [...] (SBU) Provided below is Post's response to Reftel request for input on Mozambique's Sovereign Credit Rating (SCR). I. LOCAL SUPPORT FOR SCRs: a. The Government of Mozambique (GRM) maintains a strong interest in retaining and updating its SCR. The Government, through the Ministry of Planning a [...] | 2004-07-12 07:22:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN MZ OPIC |
04MUSCAT1942 | AIRPORT PRIVATIZATION GROUNDED [...] (SBU) Summary: A long-expected pullout by British Airports Authority from the privatized consortium managing Oman's international airports means that the government will now run the airports in Muscat and Salalah. One of the alleged key sticking points was the failure of the government and the [...] | 2004-11-03 09:47:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAIR EINV EFIN PGOV ECON MU |
04MUSCAT2022 | OMANI MENAFATF DELEGATION [...] (SBU) The Embassy November 22 confirmed that Minister of National Economy (and de facto Finance Minister) Ahmed bin Abdulnabi Macki will lead Oman's delegation to the upcoming inaugural meeting of the MENAFATF in Bahrain, accompanied by Central Bank of Oman (CBO) Executive President Hamoud Sang [...] | 2004-11-23 07:48:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN MU |
04MUSCAT2126 | AMERICAN ENERGY FIRM ENJOYS STRONG IPO [...] (U) AES Barka, a subsidiary of U.S.-based AES Corporation, recently floated 11.2 million shares of its capital for public underwriting by Omanis and Omani companies. The shares correspond to 35 percent of its paid- up capital, and the preliminary response to this IPO has been extremely positiv [...] | 2004-12-07 08:18:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ENRG EFIN BEXP MU |
04MUSCAT2192 | 2004-05 INCSR SUBMISSION FOR OMAN [...] Oman is not a regional or offshore financial center and does not have a significant money laundering problem. Its small banking sector is supervised by the Central Bank of Oman (CBO),which has the authority to suspend or reorganize a bank's operations. In 2004, Oman had a total of 17 banks wi [...] | 2004-12-18 02:39:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN KCRM PTER SNAR EFIN MU |
04NASSAU1542 | SCANDAL IN THE FAMILY? PRIME MINISTER DENIES [...] (C) Iranian businessman Mohammed Harajchi presented documentation of some of his financial contributions to the ruling Progressive Liberal Party during a press event held at his multi-million dollar Paradise Island home on 11 August 2004. Harajchi denied that his contributions were designed [...] | 2004-08-13 21:05:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR EFIN BF |
04NEWDELHI7291 | TERRORIST FINANCING: INDIA'S CABINET OKAYS [...] (U) India's Cabinet on November 11 gave its approval to establish a Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU),the last formal hurdle for setting up this long-delayed office. Several years have elapsed as the GOI sorted out the intramural wrangling over the unit's composition and responsibilities. L [...] | 2004-11-17 12:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP KTFN SNAR PREL IN KWPR GOI |
04OTTAWA3036 | CANADA: LUKEWARM TO EXPORT CREDIT AGENCY [...] We conveyed the points in reftel to officials at Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC),the Canadian International Development Agency, Export Development Canada (the ECA) and the Department of Finance. Although there is no opposition in principle to signing a framework agreement with the Trade Bank o [...] | 2004-11-10 21:45:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV CA IZ |
04OTTAWA3433 | BANK OF CANADA GOVERNOR IMPLICITLY ENDORSES BANK [...] (U) Bank of Canada Governor David Dodge included a pitch for bank mergers in his December 9 speech on Financial System Efficiency, emphasizing that "scale does matter" and that Canada's financial markets must compensate for their limited "size, depth and liquidity" with greater relative effici [...] | 2004-12-21 21:58:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON CA |
04OTTAWA3434 | CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ENDORSES A NATIONAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. For USG use only. 2. (U) Summary: In a December 9 speech, Bank of Canada Governor David Dodge characterized the provinces' proposed "passport" system of securities regulation (Ref A) as "unworkable." While "declining to weigh in" on the debate over a nati [...] | 2004-12-21 22:09:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON CA |
04PANAMA1116 | PANAMA: IMPLICATIONS OF THE TORRIJOS VICTORY FOR [...] (C) Martin Torrijos, a 40-year-old politician with little national policy experience, scored a crushing electoral victory on May 2, while his Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) is positioned to control Panama's unicameral legislature. After it takes office on September 1, the new governmen [...] | 2004-05-07 20:27:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ETRD EFIN EWWT PM CM CO TW POL CHIEF |
04PANAMA1883 | PANAMA'S PENDING SOCIAL SECURITY CRISIS: A [...] Summary. Reforming Panama's actuarially bankrupt social security fund (CSS),which provides pensions, medical services, and workers' compensation to over 60 percent of Panama's population, will be one of the biggest and earliest challenges to face the incoming Torrijos administration. Plagued [...] | 2004-07-23 14:42:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB PM ECONOMIC AFFAIRS |
04PANAMA2524 | UNDERSTANDING PANAMA'S COLON FREE ZONE [...] (C) Summary: An important pillar of Panama's service-based economy, the Colon Free Zone (CFZ) is the largest duty free zone in the hemisphere and the second largest in the world. Offering much more than just duty-free wholesale shopping, however, the CFZ draws upon the strengths of Panama's wo [...] | 2004-10-12 18:14:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EFIN PTER SNAR PM ECONOMIC AFFAIRS |
04PANAMA2881 | PANAMA: TRANSPARENCY OF BUDGETS/MILITARY SPENDING [...] Military forces are constitutionally banned in Panama. The Central Government oversees Panama's civilian security forces. Panama presently appears to meet the standards set out in the legislation, described in reftel, for international financial institution funding. Per reftel A, the followi [...] | 2004-11-30 16:31:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID PM ECONOMIC AFFAIRS |
04PANAMA2943 | PANAMA AND CUBA: NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW REGARDING [...] (SBU) Embassy Panama offers the following information and analysis in response to Reftel A tasking. CUBA AND PANAMANIAN POLITICS ----------------------------- 2. (C) Six days before leaving office, late on the evening of August 25, 2004, Panamanian President Mireya Moscoso pardoned fou [...] | 2004-12-07 19:52:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC PGOV EFIN ETRD PM CU POL CHIEF |
04PANAMA3009 | PANAMA - 2005 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] TRADE SUMMARY The U.S. trade surplus with Panama was $1.5 billion in 2003, an increase of $443 million from $1.1 billion in 2002. U.S. goods exports in 2003 were $1.8 billion, an increase of 31 percent from the previous year. Corresponding U.S. imports from Panama were $301 million, rou [...] | 2004-12-17 17:06:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD ECONOMIC AFFAIRS |
04PANAMA3025 | PANAMA: ECONOMIC TRENDS AND LOOMING CHALLENGES [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Introduction: Hoping to capitalize early on its campaign promises (anti-corruption, transparency, fiscal responsibility and economic growth),current popularity (70 percent),and control of the legislatu [...] | 2004-12-21 16:53:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PM ECONOMIC AFFAIRS |
04PANAMA3038 | OVERVIEW OF PANAMANIAN EFFORTS TO ADDRESS ILLICIT [...] (SBU) This is the first in a series of reports from Embassy Panama's newly formed Illicit Finance Task Force (IFTF). The interagency IFTF was initiated in September 2004 to monitor terrorist financing and the laundering of narcotics and other criminal proceeds. The task force includes member [...] | 2004-12-22 19:30:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER SNAR PM ECONOMIC AFFAIRS |
04PARAMARIBO1 | SURINAME INTRODUCES SURINAME DOLLAR TO BOLSTER [...] Summary: On January 1, 2004, Suriname will launch its new currency, the Surinamese dollar. The new currency will be set at an exchange rate of SR$ 2.80 to one USD, versus Sf 2,800 to one USD. According to Central Bank President Andre Telting, the introduction of the new currency is meant to [...] | 2004-01-02 18:09:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ETRD ECON EFIN NS |
04PRAGUE1846 | CZECH PARLIAMENT PASSES 2005 STATE BUDGET [...] By a 101-99 vote, the Czech Parliament approved on December 15 the 2005 state budget with a Kc 83.6 billion ($3.7 billion) deficit -- essentially as presented to it by Prime Minister Stanislav Gross. (The state budget differs from the overall public budget in that it excludes certain off-bud [...] | 2004-12-17 14:44:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EZ PGOV |
04PRETORIA3051 | U.S. MULTI-NATIONALS CONTINUE ICT CHARTER [...] (C) SUMMARY. Representatives of U.S. multi-national corporations (MNCs) and the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Charter Working Group continue to negotiate proposed equity ownership requirements. The MNCs have presented a list of barriers to transferring equity and suggested [...] | 2004-07-08 04:58:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS EINV EFIN ETRD ECON SF |
04PRETORIA3308 | ECONOMIC POLICY: SENDING THE WRONG SIGNALS, [...] (C) Summary/Conclusion. Recent policy statements by senior government officials and moves to intervene in the economy send the wrong signals to the business community and undermine investor confidence. Still, despite the counterproductive rhetoric and ill-conceived policy interventions, th [...] | 2004-07-21 15:03:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ETRD EFIN ECON SF |
04PRETORIA3501 | SOUTH AFRICA'S CREDIT RATINGS [...] (U) From the end of June through mid-July 2004, several research and credit agencies (Fitch, Moody's Ratings, Standard & Poor's, and the Economist Intelligence Unit) presented to Johannesburg audiences their outlook and ratings for Sub-Saharan Africa and South Africa in particular. The [...] | 2004-08-03 07:11:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF |
04PRETORIA3681 | SOUTH AFRICA: SARB LOWERS INTEREST RATES [...] (U) Tito Mboweni, Governor of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB),announced a 0.5 percent decrease in the bank's repurchase rate on August 12. The decision, taken by the Monetary Policy Committee, served to lower the repurchase rate to 7.5 percent, the lowest since the inception of a fixed [...] | 2004-08-13 15:09:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN SF |
04PRETORIA3726 | LOCAL REPS FOR U.S. ICT COMPANIES ENDORSE NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Representatives for U.S. information and communication technology (ICT) companies operating in South Africa endorsed new charter language on equity in an August 11 meeting. The new language outlines conditions that must be met before companies may implement alternative equity [...] | 2004-08-17 15:15:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS EINV EFIN ETRD ECON SF |
04PRETORIA3831 | ANSWERS TO KEY EMPOWERMENT QUESTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Several industry charters are non- compliant with Black Economic Empowerment guidelines, according to Teddy Daka, one of the original drafters of the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) Bill. He also explained that sector charters would be issued as Codes of Good Prac [...] | 2004-08-24 15:03:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ETRD EFIN ECIN ECON SF |
04PRETORIA3919 | COUNTERING UNHELPFUL NEW INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVES [...] (SBU) Summary. Econoff met with Sheldon Moulton, head of the Directorate on Global Economic Organizations, to get South African reactions to reftel demarche. Moulton explained that South Africa firmly supported the concept of an International Finance Facility (IFF) and would continue to do s [...] | 2004-08-30 14:00:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ECON EINV PREL SF |
04PRETORIA4098 | INPUT FOR AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW OF SOUTH AFRICA [...] (SBU) South Africa has continued to make progress in establishing a market-based economy, respecting the rule of law, implementing policies to reduce poverty, and combating corruption. There is a strong case to be made that South Africa is meeting the eligibility requirements of the African Gr [...] | 2004-09-10 12:07:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EFIN EAID ECON PREL XA SF |
04PRETORIA4252 | Visit of Treasury Under Secretary for [...] (SBU) Summary. Treasury U/S Taylor and DAS Fratto sought support from South African Finance Minister Manuel to a U.S. proposal to move from loans to grants for HIPC countries in the multilateral development banks. The Minister agreed that the HIPC program had lowered debt levels for partic [...] | 2004-09-21 05:32:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID ETRD OTRA SF |
04PRETORIA4312 | APPROVAL OF SNO LICENSE - AN EMPTY GESTURE? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Minister of Communications Ivy Matsepe- Casaburri conditionally approved a license for the Second National Operator (SNO) on September 17. The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) must now oversee negotiations to issue the license despite the lack of a [...] | 2004-09-25 06:57:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD EFIN ECIN ECON SF |
04PRETORIA4313 | AMERICAN FIRMS CRITICIZE FOURTH DRAFT OF ICT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The American Chamber of Commerce in South Africa (AmCham) submitted comments on the fourth draft of the Information Communication and Technology (ICT) empowerment charter September 15 to the ICT Charter Working Group. American businesses described the fourth draft as impractica [...] | 2004-09-25 06:58:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD EFIN ECIN ECON SF |
04PRETORIA4456 | SOUTH AFRICAN RESERVE BANK (SARB) SEPTEMBER [...] Summary. The September 2004 South African Reserve Bank's (SARB) quarterly bulletin reported mostly positive developments in South Africa's macroeconomic indicators for the second quarter of 2004. Real gross domestic product (GDP) growth continued its over 3 percent growth, reaching 3.9 [...] | 2004-10-05 09:51:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF |
04PRETORIA4503 | UPDATE ON BEE CHARTER ISSUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Finance Minister Trevor Manuel helped to resolve the deadlock over the composition of the Financial Services Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) Council in a September 20 meeting with industry stakeholders. Banks are concerned, however, that community and labor groups, excluded f [...] | 2004-10-07 12:37:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ETRD EFIN ECIN ECON SF |
04PRETORIA4529 | OCTOBER 8 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS [...] Summary. Each week, USEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter include September Motor Vehicle Sales, Update on Trade Con [...] | 2004-10-08 14:48:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF |
04PRETORIA4532 | DTI MINISTER ON BEE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Minister of Trade and Industry Mandisi Mpahlwa reviewed the economic and social rationale for BEE and said that empowerment would contribute to economic growth during a September 30 breakfast briefing. Mpahlwa said that Codes of Good Practice regulating rating agencies were im [...] | 2004-10-08 15:09:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ETRD EFIN ECIN ECON SF |
04PRETORIA4576 | BLACK ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT - AN OVERVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) Act, signed in January 2004, specifies that the Department of Trade and Industry will oversee the BEE process. DTI still has to create a critical advisory council and issue important guidelines. In the meantime, industry char [...] | 2004-10-14 11:39:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ETRD EFIN ECIN ECON SF |
04PRETORIA4582 | SOUTH AFRICA: BARCLAYS TO BUY ABSA [...] (U) Summary. President Mbeki has publicly given his support for Barclays Bank's planned bid to purchase a 50.1% stake in ABSA, the fourth largest bank in South Africa. While Finance Minister Trevor Manuel has the final say, Mbeki's support certainly paves the road for approval. The acquisitio [...] | 2004-10-14 13:12:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV ECON SF UK |
04PRETORIA4621 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 15, [...] Summary. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - No change in Interest Rates; - Tourism Earns Mor [...] | 2004-10-18 13:58:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF |
04PRETORIA4686 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] Summary. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Third Quarter FDI Improves but Still Low; - Nove [...] | 2004-10-22 14:41:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF |
04PRETORIA4689 | AMBASSADOR MEETS DTI MINISTER ON FTA AND BEE [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Frazer discussed the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations and raised U.S. concerns about Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) in her meeting with Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Minister Mpaphlwa on October 19. She underscored U.S. goals for a comprehensive F [...] | 2004-10-25 07:55:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EFIN EAID ECON PREL XA SF |
04PRETORIA4784 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] Summary. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - New Bank Account Aimed at Poor; - Mid Term Expen [...] | 2004-10-29 14:41:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF |
04PRETORIA4833 | SOUTH AFRICA: NEW BANK ACCOUNT FOR LOW-INCOME [...] Summary. The big four South African banks launched a new low-cost bank account named 'Mzansi' on October 25. This bank account fulfills a part of the South African government's goal to increase low-income individuals' access to financial services, as expressed by the Black Economic Empowerme [...] | 2004-11-03 16:51:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV ECON SF |
04PRETORIA4865 | SOUTH AFRICA: FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE CENTRE'S [...] (U) Summary. South Africa's Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) released its 2003-04 Annual Report in early October. In its first full year of operation, the FIC received almost 7,500 suspicious transaction reports (STRs). The FIC is now turning its attention to raising the quality of STRs, r [...] | 2004-11-05 11:34:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL SF |
04PRETORIA4876 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] Summary. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Trade Deficit Narrows; - Tourism Increases Although Si [...] | 2004-11-05 15:11:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF |
04PRETORIA4879 | MID TERM BUDGET POLICY STATEMENT [...] (U) Finance Minister Trevor Manuel presented the Mid Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS),supporting the South African government's three-year budgeting plans under the Mid Term Expenditure Framework. The MTBPS updates economic growth, revenue and expenditure forecasts and suggests pote [...] | 2004-11-05 15:52:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD SF |
04PRETORIA4960 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] Summary. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Manufacturing Growth for Eighth Consecutive Month; [...] | 2004-11-12 12:38:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF |
04PRETORIA5007 | SOUTH AFRICA: FINANCE MINISTER SPELLS OUT [...] (U) Summary. Finance Minister Trevor Manuel addressed Parliament on October 26 to table the Medium Term Policy Statement, an appropriations adjustment bill, and a tax amendment. He presented a detailed overview of the government's development priorities over the next three years and economic [...] | 2004-11-17 10:19:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD SF |
04PRETORIA5043 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 19, [...] Summary. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Foreign Exchange Reserves Target Published Next Year [...] | 2004-11-19 07:53:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF |
04PRETORIA5063 | DTI OFFICIAL CLARIFIES BEE CODES OF GOOD PRACTICE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Director of Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) Jeffrey Ndumo met with representatives from U.S. firms at the American Chamber of Commerce in South Africa (AmCham). Ndumo said that DTI would release nine Codes of Good Practice in two phase [...] | 2004-11-22 09:49:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD EFIN ECIN ECON SF |
04PRETORIA5105 | SOUTH AFRICA TAKES ANOTHER STEP TOWARD THE [...] (U) Summary. In his October Medium Term Budget Policy address to Parliament, Finance Minister Manuel took important steps in the gradual relaxation of foreign exchange controls that began in 1995. He removed foreign exchange controls on South African corporations and allowed foreign company [...] | 2004-11-24 09:34:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV ECON SF |
04PRETORIA5158 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] Summary. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - October Consumer Prices Slightly Higher than Market [...] | 2004-11-29 11:59:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF |
04PRETORIA5244 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] Summary. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Gross Domestic Product Revised Upwards; - Octobe [...] | 2004-12-03 08:42:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF |
04PRETORIA5316 | TRADE MINISTER RELEASES BEE CODES OF GOOD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. South Africa's Minister of Trade and Industry Mandisi Mpahlwa released three draft Codes of Good Practice providing long-awaited guidelines on the Black Economic Empowerment Framework, Equity Ownership, and Management. The Minister said these Codes come at a time of "incons [...] | 2004-12-09 11:48:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD EFIN ECON SF |
04PRETORIA5333 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] Summary. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - No Change in Interest Rates; - IMF Seep Progress [...] | 2004-12-10 07:43:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF |
04PRETORIA5357 | SOUTH AFRICA: FINANCE MINISTER THINKS AHEAD [...] (U) Summary. Minister of Finance Trevor Manuel was the guest of honor at the 60th anniversary conference of the Bureau for Economic Research (BER),a well respected South African think tank. Manuel reflected on progress made since the Growth, Employment, and Reconstruction (GEAR) plan was lau [...] | 2004-12-13 12:37:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD SF |
04PRETORIA5407 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 17, [...] Summary. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Third Quarter Bulletin Released; - AmCham Survey [...] | 2004-12-17 07:36:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF |
04PRETORIA5433 | 2005 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT FOR SOUTH [...] This cable responds to reftel request for updating and revising last year's NTE chapter on South Africa. Post is also sending the text by e-mail to EB/MTA/MST and to USTR contacts. Post understands Washington will update the figures contained in the first paragraph in the trade summary. [...] | 2004-12-20 04:58:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EFIN SF |
04PRETORIA5506 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] Summary. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Consumer Prices Increase Slightly Above Expectation [...] | 2004-12-23 12:17:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF |
04QUITO2333 | ECUADOR'S ECONOMIC PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Economy and Finances Mauricio Yepez told Ambassador on August 23 that the GOE had covered its financing needs for 2004 and is now planning for 2005. The GOE would carry out significant reforms this fall, including ending the subsidy of household gas and a reform of [...] | 2004-08-24 22:45:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ENRG EC |
04QUITO2399 | FAWNING THRONGS GREET LULA IN QUITO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cheering crowds met Brazilian President Lula da Silva at every stop during his August 24-25 visit to Quito. Pre-arrival press was universally positive, portraying the ex-labor leader as a third-world savior and counterweight to the United States. Concurrently, editorials ravag [...] | 2004-08-30 18:03:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON EFIN EC BR UN |
04QUITO2941 | MINISTER OF FINANCE CONFIDENT OF STABILITY [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Finance Yepez believes the Gutierrez regime can make it through the current crisis, but remains handicapped by bad advisors at the top. The GOE is maintaining its responsible fiscal policy and continues to work on plans to eliminate the gas subsidy. End Summary. [...] | 2004-11-08 22:14:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV EC |
04QUITO3053 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES SEEK USG HELP ON GOE [...] See action request paragraph 7. 2. Summary. Econ and FCS met November 19 with representatives from Bristol Meyers and Pfizer. The pharmaceutical representatives complained that the GOE is trying to exert further control over drug prices and company profits. This latest initiative by the [...] | 2004-11-22 18:04:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR EFIN EC |
04QUITO3289 | ECUADOR 2005 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] Below is Embassy Quito's submission for the 2005 National Trade Estimate Report. A copy of the report has been provided to USTR Bennett Harman via email. The report was a collaborative effort between State, the Commercial Service and the Foreign Agricultural Service. TRADE SUMMARY ---- [...] | 2004-12-23 19:53:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EFIN EC |
04RANGOON174 | BURMA'S BANKS: THE YELLOW FLAG IS LIFTED [...] (SBU) Summary: After months of speculation and rumor the government has allowed three of the country's six biggest private banks to resume operations -- albeit under strict new regs and a promise to roll heads if there are any foul ups. Though some of the new regulations are sound, others are [...] | 2004-02-09 06:05:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV BM |
04RANGOON239 | BURMA: ANOTHER TENTATIVE STEP ON MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (C) Summary: As is its custom, the GOB released with no warning news of three important steps toward the implementation of its anti-money laundering law. It announced the setting of threshold amounts for banking and real estate transactions, and the naming of members to its nascent Financial [...] | 2004-02-23 10:08:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN SNAR ECON PGOV BM |
04RANGOON305 | BURMA GOES BACK TO BASICS ON TERRORIST FINANCING [...] (S) Summary: Burma's efforts to fight terrorist financing suffer from several systemic and policy problems -- including corruption, a massive informal economy, and lack of professional capacity. Likewise, the GOB has been slow to complete its UN reporting requirements and has not yet taken ac [...] | 2004-03-05 07:56:00 | Embassy Rangoon | SECRET | PTER EFIN ETTC PREL BM |
04RANGOON542 | FREED PRIVATE BANKS WARM UP [...] (C) Summary: Three of Burma's private banks, re-opened under tight new regulations in February, seem to be surviving nicely in the new environment. With deposits reaching pre-crash levels, the banks are set to start issuing loans for the first time since February 2003. However, this bright s [...] | 2004-04-30 05:29:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV BM |
04RANGOON631 | MONEY LAUNDERING: FATF COMES TO BURMA [...] (C) Summary: Anti-money laundering legislation and supervision were the topics of three days of discussions between FATF and the Burmese government. Though the GOB has made much progress on paper, concerns remain over some troubling details and prospects for proper enforcement. As FATF consi [...] | 2004-05-19 10:41:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV SNAR BM |
04RANGOON694 | BURMESE TAKE TO THE ETHER TO AVOID SANCTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: BURMESE BUSINESSES HAVE A WELL-EARNED REPUTATION FOR CREATIVITY IN THE FACE OF OBSTACLES. MANY HAVE FOUND WAYS TO WORK AROUND LAST YEAR'S BAN ON U.S. FINANCIAL SERVICES (INCLUDING TRADE FACILITATION AND CREDIT CARD SERVICES). ONE OF THE LATEST METHODS INVOLVES LARGER COMPANIES [...] | 2004-06-01 10:23:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV BM |
04RANGOON770 | BURMA'S BUDGETEERS WAVE MAGIC WAND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: BURMA'S FY 2004-05 STATE BUDGET MAGICALLY APPEARED IN LATE APRIL, SPORTING FIGURES AND PREDICTIONS FROM UNKNOWN SOURCES. UNSURPRISINGLY, THE MILITARY GETS A BOOST, BUT SO DO HEALTH AND EDUCATION. THE INITIAL TAKE CALLS FOR A REDUCED DEFICIT DUE TO INCREASED TAX RECEIPTS AND AN [...] | 2004-06-21 04:00:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV BM |
04RANGOON805 | THE MADRASSAS OF RANGOON [...] (S) Summary: Despite pervasive and sometimes aggressive religious discrimination that favors Burma's Buddhist majority, Islamic religious education has survived and flourished in Rangoon Division. Though Rangoon's madrassas operate under vigilant MI attention, there are up to 130 schools -- s [...] | 2004-06-25 02:24:00 | Embassy Rangoon | SECRET | SCUL PGOV PTER EFIN KISL BM |
04RIYADH5103 | TERRORIST FINANCING: AL-RAJHI BANK [...] (S) SUMMARY: At the end of the meeting between Treasury A/S Zarate and Ali Al-Gaith, Director of Banking Inspection, Insurance and Financial Leasing at the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA) on September 15, Al-Gaith discussed Al-Rajhi Bank and the recent information forwarded to the SAG via [...] | 2004-09-27 08:57:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL SA |
04ROME1066 | ILLEGAL MONEY TRANSFERS AT ONE OF ITALY'S [...] ITALIAN TAX POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING 97 EMPLOYEES AND NINE CLIENTS OF BANCA FIDEURAM FOR UNAUTHORIZED FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES, PRIMARILY ILLEGAL MONEY TRANSFERS TO SWITZERLAND. BANCA FIDEURAM IS AN ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY PROVIDING INVESTMENT ADVICE AND PERSONAL FINANCIAL SERVICES, 75 PERCENT- [...] | 2004-03-18 06:28:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD IT |
04ROME121 | IRAQ: ITALY UNLIKELY TO CONTRIBUTE TO SMALL [...] No summary [...] | 2004-01-13 17:00:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN ECON IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
04ROME1236 | RIGHT TO FOOD: REPORT OF INTERSESSIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A FORMAL INTERSESSIONAL MEETING (OPEN-ENDED WORKING GROUP [OEWG]) OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL WORKING GROUP (IGWG) FOR THE ELABORATION OF VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES TO SUPPORT THE PROGRESSIVE REALIZATION OF THE RIGHT TO ADEQUATE FOOD IN THE CONTEXT OF NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY MET IN RO [...] | 2004-03-29 12:27:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM EAGR EAID EFIN KUNR FAO |
04ROME1843 | GROWING THE WFP DONOR BASE [...] WFP CONVENED AN INFORMAL CONSULTATION AT ITS HEADQUARTERS ON MAY 5, 2004, IN ORDER TO DISCUSS WITH MEMBER COUNTRIES ITS PLANS TO EXPAND ITS DONOR BASE. EMERGING (NON- TRADITIONAL) AND NEW DONORS CONTRIBUTED U.S. DOLLARS (USD) 151 MILLION AND CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR THIS PAST YEAR [...] | 2004-05-12 12:53:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREF EFIN AORC WFP |
04ROME1950 | IRAQ ASSISTANCE: MAY 25-26 DOHA MEETING ON IRAQ [...] (SBU) ECONOFF RAISED REF A POINTS WITH GIANNI GHISI, COORDINATOR FOR THE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA AT THE MFA'S DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION. ECONOFF ALSO DELIVERED REF A POINTS TO CARLO MONTICELLI, G7 FINANCIAL SOUS-SHERPA AT THE FINANCE MINISTRY. GHISI SAID HE AND GUGLIELMO GIORDANO, [...] | 2004-05-19 14:54:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PREL IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM |
04ROME1955 | SNAPSHOT OF ITALY'S ECONOMY BEFORE UPCOMING [...] Because of a marked decline in domestic demand and exports, the GOI has just decreased 2004 GDP growth estimates from 1.4 to 0.9-1.0 percent. A key economic ratio - budget deficit/GDP -- continues to climb upward, because the deficit is growing faster than the economy (as measured by GDP gro [...] | 2004-05-20 08:25:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD IT EUN NATO |
04ROME2274 | FOOD SECURITY IN GUATEMALA: VISIT OF ALTERNATE [...] Summary: Travel of U.S. Mission Rome's Alternate Permanent Representative to Guatemala provided an opportunity for review of selected projects of the World Food Program (WFP),the UN Food and Agriculture Agency (FAO) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in rural are [...] | 2004-06-14 13:25:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR EFIN AORC SENV GT XK WFP FAO IFAD |
04ROME2277 | FOOD SECURITY IN NICARAGUA: VISIT OF ALTERNATE [...] Summary: U.S. Mission Rome Alternate Permanent Representative traveled to Nicaragua May 2-5 to review efforts by the UN agencies to work with the host government and other donors to address food insecurity in this low- income, food-deficit country that has been hit by recurring natural disa [...] | 2004-06-14 13:27:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR EFIN AORC SENV NU XK WFP FAO IFAD |
04ROME2395 | ETHIOPIA FOOD SECURITY VISIT: FAO PROJECTS [...] Summary: During an 8-day trip to examine food insecurity in Ethiopia, members of a delegation led by Ambassador Tony P. Hall made field visits to two projects funded by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO): (1) a vegetable seed distribution site in Shebedino Woreda, Southern Nation [...] | 2004-06-21 05:54:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EFIN EAID AORC ET FAO |
04ROME2493 | GOI BUDGET SUPPORT FOR HAITI UNLIKELY WITHOUT [...] SUMMARY: THE GOI IS OPEN TO THE POSSIBILITY OF PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE INTERIM GOVERNMENT OF HAITI (IGOH),PROVIDED THIS ASSISTANCE IS ADMINISTERED THROUGH AN INTERNATIONAL TRUST FUND BY AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT CAN MONITOR ITS EFFECTIVENESS. IT IS UNLIKELY THAT ITALIA [...] | 2004-06-28 10:47:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN PREL HA IT |
04ROME2555 | OPERATION BALKAN VICE IV - ITALIANS SUPPORT GOALS, [...] (S) MFA BALKANS OFFICE DIRECTOR ANDREA ORIZIO TOLD POLOFF ON JUNE 30 THAT ITALY FULLY AGREED THAT TARGETING WAR CRIMINALS AND THEIR SUPPORTERS WITH SPECIFIC ACTIONS, SUCH AS TRAVEL/VISA BANS AND FREEZING ASSETS WAS AN IMPORTANT TOOL TO STRENGTHEN MEASURES TAKEN BY THE OHR, AND FOR ACHIEVING OUR [...] | 2004-07-01 15:15:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC IT ICTY EUN |
04ROME2653 | BERLUSCONOMICS - THE RECORD UNDER TREMONTI'S [...] SUMMARY: PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI HAS ANNOUNCED HIS INTENTION TO STAY AT THE HELM OF ITALIAN ECONOMIC DECISION- MAKING, FOLLOWING THE FORCED RESIGNATION OF FINANCE MINISTER GIULIO TREMONTI (REF A). WHILE THERE IS PRESSURE FOR THE PM TO APPOINT A PERMANENT SUCCESSOR SOONER, BERLUSCONI HAS H [...] | 2004-07-07 15:33:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
04ROME2789 | GOI PASSED PASSES A DEFICIT REDUCTION PACKAGE [...] As previously announced by PM Berlusconi, the Italian Cabinet passed on July 9 by decree law a euro 7.5 billion, or 0.6 percent of GDP deficit reduction package, as under pressure from the EU European Commission had requested. The package includes euro 4.2 billion in structural spending cuts, [...] | 2004-07-19 10:07:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT EUN |
04ROME2810 | RIGHT TO FOOD: INTERGOVERNMENTAL WORKING GROUP [...] (U) Summary: The third (and supposedly final) session of the Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) for the Elaboration of Voluntary Guidelines to Support the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the Context of National Food Security met in Rome from 5 to 10 July 2004. [...] | 2004-07-20 12:59:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM EAGR EAID EFIN FAO |
04ROME2836 | Treasury DG Domenico Siniscalco Appointed New [...] (SBU) After two weeks' debate within the Coalition following former Finance Minister Tremonti's resignation, PM Berlusconi appointed Domenico Siniscalco, Treasury Department Director General since 2001, as new Finance Minister on July 16. Over this two-week period, Coalition parties could no [...] | 2004-07-22 04:33:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
04ROME2933 | WFP'S SCHOOL FEEDING EFFORTS IN IRAQ [...] (SBU) WFP's school feeding programs in Iraq are ongoing. During the academic year 2003-2004 in the three northern governorates, WFP provided technical assistance to the local authorities to guarantee a smooth continuation of school feeding activities targeting over 700,000 students. Between Ma [...] | 2004-07-29 04:33:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR AORC EFIN IZ WFP |
04ROME3232 | SINISCALCO UNVEILS ITALY'S CONTROVERSIAL FOUR-YEAR [...] The July 29 release of Italy's four-year economic blueprint opens Italy's annual budget process. The release follows the political turmoil surrounding Finance Minister Tremonti's resignation and the appointment of the new Minister Siniscalco. The DPEF, which sets budgetary guidelines for the [...] | 2004-08-20 14:57:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB IT KPRP |
04ROME3283 | Parmalat Tussles With Major Creditors and Former [...] Following GOI approval of a restructuring plan based on a debt-to-equity swap in late July, Parmalat Commissioner Enrico Bondi opened his legal campaign in August against some of the world's largest banks for their alleged role in helping Parmalat Finanziaria (or "Parmalat," Parmalat's holding [...] | 2004-08-26 15:42:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAGR IT KPRP |
04ROME3590 | IRAQ: ITALIAN PLANS FOR TOKYO DONORS' MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: Italy may not be able to make its planned Euro 10 million disbursement to the International Reconstruction Fund Facility for Iraq (IRFFI) prior to the Tokyo meeting due to chronic budget difficulties. Our judgment is that this is a matter of timing, and that the 2004 pledge is [...] | 2004-09-20 04:32:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PREL IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM |
04ROME401 | IRAQ: ITALY AND THE IFC SMALL BUSINESS FACILITY [...] (U) IN RESPONSE TO REF B, EMBASSY REPORTED THAT THE GOI WAS NOT LIKELY TO CONTRIBUTE ITS MADRID-PLEDGED IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION FUNDS TO THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION'S SMALL BUSINESS FINANCE FACILITY FOR IRAQ (REF E). WE HAVE ALSO DESCRIBED ITALY'S OVERALL RECONSTRUCTION PRIORITIES [...] | 2004-02-04 17:27:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
04ROME403 | ARGENTINE BONDS - ITALIAN BANKERS TAKE A TOUGH [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: All we want is for Argentina to agree to fair and equitable negotiations with foreign bondholders, Nicola Stock (please protect),president of the Global Committee of Argentina Bondholders (GCAB),told econoffs February 3. However, the GCAB seriously doubts Argentin [...] | 2004-02-04 18:01:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON IT |
04ROME4194 | The Italian Banking Sector: a Decade of [...] Since the mid-1990s, the Italian banking sector has undergone significant consolidation through mergers and acquisitions among major banks. The consolidation was the largest in Europe in terms of assets, and was driven in large part by domestic privatization efforts, Italy's entry into the Eu [...] | 2004-10-29 16:21:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB IT KPRP |
04ROME430 | IRAQ: UPDATE ON ITALY AND THE IFC SMALL BUSINESS [...] (C) ECONOFF MADE REF B POINTS FEBRUARY 5 TO LUIGI MACCOTTA, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE MFA IRAQ TASK FORCE, URGING GOI SUPPORT FOR THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION'S SMALL BUSINESS FINANCING FACILITY FOR IRAQ. MACCOTTA NOTED THAT WHILE THE GOI WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL- [...] | 2004-02-06 10:26:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
04ROME4599 | ITALY'S UNDERGROUND ECONOMY [...] The underground economy has been a consistent part of post-war Italy, and is a result of the country's systemic inefficiencies, in particular its bureaucracy, high taxation, and rigid labor market. Recent estimates place the size of the underground economy at about 15-17 percent of Italian G [...] | 2004-12-03 16:48:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP |
04ROME4793 | OPERATION BALKAN VICE V - ITALY ON BOARD WITH VISA [...] (S) MFA Balkans Office Director Andrea Orizio told Poloff on December 17 that Italy was "on board" with USG view that imposing travel entry/travel bans and freezing assets of PIFWC's and their material supporters are important tools for achieving our shared objective to stabilize the region. I [...] | 2004-12-17 16:06:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC BK IT ICTY EUN |
04ROME4796 | FOLLOW-UP WITH ITALY AFTER MEETING OF IRAQI DONORS [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOI has disbursed approximately Euro 65 million ($86.3 million) in humanitarian and reconstruction assistance to Iraq for 2003-2004, according to Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials responsible for Iraq reconstruction aid. This total includes Italy's long-delayed 2004 paym [...] | 2004-12-17 17:39:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM |
04ROME4856 | IRAQ: SUMMARY OF ITALIAN RECONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY [...] Luigi Maccotta, Deputy Director of the Iraq Task Force at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, provided Econoff with the following summary, in English, of Italian humanitarian and reconstruction assistance to Iraq. This document updates a previous summary Maccotta passed to Econoff in Jan [...] | 2004-12-22 14:41:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM |
04ROME4922 | AT ELEVENTH HOUR, ITALY APPROVES 2005 BUDGET [...] ON DECEMBER 29, PARLIAMENT PASSED THE 2005 BUDGET AFTER A LONG DEBATE TO RECONCILE THE COMPETING DEMANDS OF GOVERNING COALITION PARTNERS FOR PORK; PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI FOR A TAX CUT; AND FINANCE MINISTER SINISCALCO FOR A 2005 BUDGET DEFICIT BELOW THE STABILITY PACT THREE-PERCENT BUDGET [...] | 2004-12-30 09:08:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP |
04ROME549 | OPERATION BALKAN VICE III - ITALY ON BOARD WITH [...] (S) MFA BALKANS OFFICE DIRECTOR FERNANDO GENTILINI TOLD POLOFF ON FEBRUARY 12 THAT ITALY WAS "ON BOARD" WITH USG VIEW THAT IMPOSING TRAVEL ENTRY/TRAVEL BANS AND FREEZING ASSETS OF PIFWC'S AND THEIR MATERIAL SUPPORTERS ARE IMPORTANT TOOLS FOR ACHIEVING OUR SHARED OBJECTIVE TO STABILIZE THE REGIO [...] | 2004-02-13 14:38:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC ZL IT ICTY EUN |
04ROME659 | IRAQI ASSETS: ASSISTANCE IN RECOVERING RAFIDAIN [...] (U) INFORMATION CONTAINED IN REF A WAS DELIVERED TO ROBERTO CICIANI, DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE ON MONEY-LAUNDERING AND FINANCIAL CRIMES, FINANCE MINISTRY, ON FEBRUARY 20. HE INDICATED HE WOULD SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH ITALY'S FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT, THE UFFICIO ITALIANO DEI CAMBI (UIC). [...] | 2004-02-23 13:31:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL IZ IT UNSC |
04ROME80 | EXPANDING ITALY'S ROLE IN IRAQ: LETTER FROM FM [...] (U) SUMMARY: Following is a letter and non-paper from FM Frattini to Ambassador Sembler dated December 23, 2003. The letter emphasizes Italy's continued determination to assume a greater role in Iraqi reconstruction and tacitly refers to the GOI's prior request for a senior position in CPA (Re [...] | 2004-01-09 18:48:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO ECON PREL EFIN IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
04ROME978 | ITALY UPGRADES ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING MEASURES AND [...] The GOI approved February 13 a legislative decree implementing the EU's Anti-Money Laundering Directive (2001/97/CE). The legislative decree requires notaries, lawyers, auditors, certified public accountants, accountants, and labor advisers to report suspicious financial activity to the Uffi [...] | 2004-03-12 09:39:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
04SANAA1178 | DPM SOFAN: YEMEN WILLING TO HOST PROPOSED G-8 [...] No summary [...] | 2004-05-16 14:09:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV YM COM |
04SANAA1492 | YEMEN: PRIORITIZATION OF CT PROGRAMS [...] (c) Embassy Sana'a welcomes the opportunity to engage with AF Bureau on counter-terrorism issues and on developing a more comprehensive CT strategy for the region. Post is concerned with border and maritime security as well as the movement of people and arms between Yemen and East Africa, par [...] | 2004-06-20 11:36:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PTER EAID EFIN PREL PGOV PARM YM COUNTER TERRORISM MARITIME SECURITY TRAFFICKING PERSONS |
04SANAA2556 | FM QIRBI WANTS TO OVERCOME OBSTACLES TO EXPAND [...] (S) Summary: In a follow-on meeting from his recent visit to UNGA, FM Qirbi raised questions on BMENA process with Ambassador on October 4. Noting successful and positive meetings in Washington, Qirbi promised to look into recent irritants in the bilateral relationship including recent setbac [...] | 2004-10-06 07:08:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV EFIN YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN |
04SANAA2602 | TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER (TFCO) AT [...] (C) Post offers the following response corresponding to the letter of the questions asked in reftel. (a) Contact information for TFCO: Post's Terrorist Financing Coordination Officer is DCM Nabeel Khoury. Post's Terrorist Financing Action Officer is Pol/Econ Deputy Jill Hutchings, who may b [...] | 2004-10-13 13:07:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL TERFIN |
04SANAA2785 | Services in Yemen: Legally Open For Investment [...] Summary and comment: Insurance, telecommunications and the banking industry are all possible fields for American investment in Yemen. The insurance industry is steadily growing and open to investment. With only 1.3 million fixed lines, potential exists for the telecommunications services to e [...] | 2004-11-01 13:49:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN EINV KMPI YM COM |
04SANAA2940 | TRANSPARENCY OF MILITARY SPENDING IN YEMEN [...] (SBU) Summary. According to the standards defined by the 1997 Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act, the military budgets in Yemen is not transparent. The MOD is not accountable to any civilian auditing authority, and has only limited control over revenues and expenditures within branches [...] | 2004-11-24 10:47:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID YM |
04SANAA3105 | YEMEN: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Below is Embassy Sanaa's submission to the 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism Report. 2004 Addendum sent septel. The text and the addendum have also been forwarded to S/CT POC via e-mail. 2. Begin text. Terrorist Attacks and Prosecutions ---------------------------------- There were n [...] | 2004-12-18 12:20:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
04SANAA3106 | YEMEN: ADDENDUM TO THE 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Below is the text of Post's addendum to the 2004 Yemen submission to the annual terrorism report. The text of the report and the addendum have also been forwarded to CT POCs via e-mail. Report sent septel. The M/V Limburg Trial --------------------- 2. For more detailed information on [...] | 2004-12-18 12:21:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
04SANAA80 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO ROYG ON FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-01-10 11:10:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG YM DEMARCHE |
04SANTODOMINGO1052 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP [...] Summary: Embassy on February 6 hosted a coordination meeting of local embassies of nations involved in the Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG). Poloff and NAS officer briefly sketched U.S. plans as CTAG chair for 2004 and ongoing U.S. law enforcement assistance programs relevant to countert [...] | 2004-02-19 19:38:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC PREL SNAR EFIN DR |
04SANTODOMINGO1088 | DOMINICAN PARIS CLUB NEGOTIATOR WILL NOT VISIT [...] DCM delivered talking points on Paris Club rescheduling and comparability of treatment for private sector creditors to Technical Secretary Carlos Despradel on February 20. Prior to discussing the non-paper Despradel emphasized that the GODR is determined to stick to the terms of the IMF progr [...] | 2004-02-20 20:12:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN DR |
04SANTODOMINGO1319 | DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #25: MEJIA'S [...] (SBU) This is number 25 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: PRESIDENT MEJIA'S PUGNACIOUS CAMPAIGN SPEECH ON NATIONAL DAY In his ceremonial annual address to Congress on Independence Day February 27, President Mejia came off more as a feisty election campaigner on the defe [...] | 2004-03-01 20:10:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN ENRG DR |
04SANTODOMINGO1866 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC MOSTLY ON TRACK TO MEET IMF [...] (SBU) The GODR will likely meet International Monetary Fund fiscal targets for March, but faces difficulty meeting the target for reductions in the monetary base, according to the IMF's local representative March 19. IMF Mission's recent visit to Santo Domingo was brief and confirmed GODR le [...] | 2004-03-23 17:36:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON DR |
04SANTODOMINGO1933 | DOMINICAN PRESIDENT MEJIA WRITES TO ASK FOR [...] (SBU) On March 25 the Foreign Ministry delivered the original of a letter from President Mejia for President Bush, under cover of a note from the Minister. Following is Embassy's unofficial translation. Embassy is faxing copy to WHA/CAR and to Treasury; original follows to SES-CR by pouch. [...] | 2004-03-25 18:04:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DR EFIN OPDC |
04SANTODOMINGO194 | DOMINICAN PROGRAM WITH IMF: HIGH HURDLES, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On January 7 Econoff and USAID Economist called on IMF ResRep Ousmene Mandeng (PLEASE PROTECT) to review current status of IMF proposed program. The GODR has completed legislative action on budget items included as conditionalities and is close to complying with requirements [...] | 2004-01-09 23:25:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN DR |
04SANTODOMINGO2223 | DOMINICAN BANKING SERIES #5; BANINTER/BANCREDITO [...] (SBU) This is cable # 5 in a periodic series on the banking sector in the Dominican Republic. Sensitive but unclassified, entire text. SIPDIS BANINTER and Bancredito Back in the News and in the Campaigns Presidential candidates are trading barbs over responsibility for the massive B [...] | 2004-04-08 17:41:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV PREL DR |
04SANTODOMINGO232 | GODR PRESIDENT MEJIA ON IMF AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: In response to Ambassador,s points drawn from reftel A, President Mejia expressed strong support for staying the course toward resumption of the IMF standby, including maintaining a market-based exchange rate policy. He seeks greater flexibility on the part of the international [...] | 2004-01-12 22:14:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL DR |
04SANTODOMINGO233 | DOMINICAN ELECTION SERIES #14: SLOGANS AND A [...] (SBU) Following is no. 14 in our series on the Dominican presidential elections: SLOGANS AND A SPECIAL SESSION OF CONGRESS The controversy over a proposed election law change (reftel) is heading for a climax. On January 10 President Mejia announced that he would extend the current specia [...] | 2004-01-12 22:39:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN DR |
04SANTODOMINGO2524 | DOMINICAN ELECTION #39: CANDIDATES SKETCH PLATFORMS [...] (SBU) This is no. 39 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: Candidates Sketch Platforms So far only Leonel Fernandez's PLD has published a platform for the May 16 presidential elections. Newspapers of April 26 indicate that Mejia's PRD will release a document in the next f [...] | 2004-04-26 12:19:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN ENRG KCOR DR |
04SANTODOMINGO2525 | DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #41: FERNANDEZ AND ESTRELLA [...] (SBU) This is no. 41 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: Fernandez and Estrella Attack Mejia's Economics, Preach Austerity Leonel's Paradoxical Proposals PLD presidential candidate Leonel Fernandez, spoke April 21 before the American Chamber of Commerce (full text avai [...] | 2004-04-26 13:02:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN ENRG DR |
04SANTODOMINGO2744 | IMF TEAM REPORTS STRONG EFFORT BUT MISSED TARGETS [...] (SBU) Summary: International Monetary Fund review team members commented May 5 that despite strong effort, the GODR has failed to meet the Fund Standby Agreement performance criteria on monetary, fiscal and debt levels. IMF representatives pointed to higher-than-expected first quarter infla [...] | 2004-05-07 11:05:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DR ECON EFIN ENRG |
04SANTODOMINGO2821 | DOMINICAN BANKING SERIES # 06: "RAMONCITO" GOES TO [...] (U) This is cable # 6 in a periodic series on the banking sector in the Dominican Republic. Sensitive but unclassified, entire text. SIPDIS "RAMONCITO" SENT TO TRIAL IN THE BANINTER CASE --------------------------------------------- --------------- What's new: a summary of the bank [...] | 2004-05-10 16:54:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV PREL DR |
04SANTODOMINGO3313 | DOMINICAN TRANSITION #1: TAKING REPONSIBILITY FOR [...] (SBU) Following is number 1 in our series on the Dominican presidential transition: Taking the Responsibility for the Mess - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (SBU) Both sides of this transition are apprehensive of taking blame for the pain necessarily associated with th [...] | 2004-06-06 03:38:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV EFIN DR |
04SANTODOMINGO3548 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CERTIFICATION REPORT CARD, 2004 [...] Following is the narcotics certification report card 2004 for the Dominican Republic, requested Ref A (the 2003 report card is in Ref B). 2. The United States Government (USG) worked with the Government of the Dominican Republic (GODR) to continue progress on establishing a regular and pred [...] | 2004-06-17 21:01:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL EFIN DR |
04SANTODOMINGO3617 | GODR PUBLIC FINANCING STRAINED [...] (SBU) Central Bank Manager Apolinar Veloz told Econoff June 18 that GODR non-financial public sector finances are seriously off track from the IMF agreement for the first trimester of 2004. Veloz's remarks track with what Technical Secretary Carlos Despradel reported to the DCM June 1. SI [...] | 2004-06-18 22:49:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON DR |
04SANTODOMINGO3626 | DOMINICAN TRANSITION # 3: SIDES ENGAGE ON IMF AND [...] (U) This is cable no. 3 in our series on the transition to a new administration in the Dominican Republic. SIDES ENGAGE ON IMF AND TAX REFORM ----------------------------------------- Fiscal reform, necessarily the hot topic ----------------------------------------- As the power outage [...] | 2004-06-22 10:57:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR EFIN DR |
04SANTODOMINGO3627 | RECOMMENDATION ON FINANCING OF MARINE PATROL [...] No summary [...] | 2004-06-22 10:57:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON DR |
04SANTODOMINGO3906 | DOMINICAN TRANSITION #5: PACT BECOMES FACT [...] (SBU) This no. 5 in our series on the transition to a new presidential administration in the Dominican Republic. (SBU) Dominican Transition: Pact Becomes Fact The transition teams really are cooperating. The government is likely to deliver a PLD-shaped tax reform to Congress by the targe [...] | 2004-07-01 20:33:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN DR SP |
04SANTODOMINGO4006 | DOMINICAN TRANSITION #6: POLITICS DRIVES WAGE [...] (SBU) This is no. 6 in our series on the transition to a new presidential administration in the Dominican Republic. POLITICS DRIVES WAGE DEMANDS The grim joke in recent months is that the supermarket has become the "house of horrors," especially for the middle class. The double sting of [...] | 2004-07-09 11:04:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DR EFIN PGOV PINR ELAB |
04SANTODOMINGO4087 | DOMINICAN TRANSITION #7: CONGRESS CONTINUES, [...] (SBU) This no. 7 in our series on the transition to a new presidential administration in the Dominican Republic: CONGRESS CONTINUES, DESPITE DISARRAY When President-elect Leonel Fernandez (PLD) takes office August 16, the present National Congress will be only halfway through its four-year [...] | 2004-07-13 18:16:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EFIN DR |
04SANTODOMINGO4260 | TERRORIST FINANCE: CIRA [...] On July 20, Embassy delivered information in reftel to the Vice Secretary in the GODR Ministry of Foreign Affairs and to the GODR Superintendent of Banks. Embassy will forward any response received. HERTELL [...] | 2004-07-21 19:02:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR EFIN ETTC PTER TD KTFN |
04SANTODOMINGO4392 | TRANSITION #8: DOMINCAN CONGRESS AWASH WITH TAX [...] (SBU) This is number 8 in our series covering the transition between the Mejia and the Fernandez governments. DOMINICAN CONGRESS AWASH WITH TAX CHANGE PROPOSALS Fifteen days ago President Mejia sent Congress the PLD-drafted fiscal package. The Fernandez team projected its proposal would [...] | 2004-07-29 20:53:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DR EFIN PGOV |
04SANTODOMINGO4418 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 2004 INVESTMENT CLIMATE MID [...] This cable provides the 2004 Investment Climate Mid Year Update for the Dominican Republic tasked reftel 2. (begin text) CHAPTER 7: Investment Climate Investment Climate The following is the (preliminary) 2005 Investment Climate Report for the Dominican Republic.(as of July 2004) [...] | 2004-07-30 20:42:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR ECON KIDE EINV EFIN ELAB KTDB PGOV |
04SANTODOMINGO4421 | TRANSITION #9 - DOMINICAN ELECTRICITY: NO ONE'S [...] (SBU) This is number 9 in our series covering the transition between the Mejia and the Fernandez governments. ELECTRICITY: NO ONE'S RESPONSIBLE, EVERYONE SUFFERS The slow-motion collapse of the electricity sector during the countdown to the August 16 presidential election has finally re [...] | 2004-07-30 21:44:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN DR |
04SANTODOMINGO4501 | TRANSITION #10 - THE AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH LEONEL [...] (U) This is cable number 10 in our series covering the transition between the Mejia and Fernandez governments. President-elect Fernandez - Two weeks from power 2. (C) Summary. President-elect Leonel Fernandez told the Ambassador in a private meeting on August 3, 2004, that his govern [...] | 2004-08-04 17:15:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN EINV ENRG MCAP DR |
04SANTODOMINGO4665 | DOMINICAN CONGRESSIONAL LEADER OPTIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (SBU) On August 11 President of the Dominican House of Representatives Alfredo Pacheco told Charge and EcoPol counselor that he expected, in the worst of cases, to obtain House approval for the first reading of the tax reform package on August 12. Congressional procedure requires two approva [...] | 2004-08-12 20:23:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN DR |
04SANTODOMINGO4784 | TRANSITION #14: LEONEL FERNANDEZ AT DOMINICAN [...] (SBU) This is #14 in our series on the transition between the Mejia and Fernandez governments in the Dominican Republic. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Fernandez promises Austerity, Anti-Corruption and Support for Social Concerns - - - - - - [...] | 2004-08-20 17:10:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EFIN DR |
04SANTODOMINGO483 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: USTR ZOELLICK LAUNCHES FTA [...] (U) Summary. U.S. Trade Representative Amb. Robert Zoellick told Dominicans on January 15 that bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations offer an opportunity for new engagement, economic growth and strengthened institutions. He stressed that an FTA, free and fair presidential electio [...] | 2004-01-27 16:39:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DR ETRD EAID EFIN PGOV PREL OVIP OREP |
04SANTODOMINGO502 | Electricity Sector Shutting Down in the Dominican [...] (SBU) Summary: As more power plants shut down, GODR and energy sector representatives in public recriminations. Negotiators are close to an agreement that would put Cogentrix back on line. End summary. 2. (SBU) Nine representatives of the electricity sector briefed the Ambassador on Jan [...] | 2004-01-28 12:20:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL ENRG DR |
04SANTODOMINGO5024 | DOMINICAN POLITICS: SUGAR, IPR, TAXES AND TRADE -- [...] (U) Following is the first in our series on the politics of the new Dominican administration of Leonel Fernandez. (U) Dominican Politics #1: Sugar, IPR, Taxes and Trade ) Trouble for Free Traders (U) Powerful opponents of free trade are mounting a campaign to discredit the agreement with t [...] | 2004-09-07 17:30:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV ETRD EFIN DR |
04SANTODOMINGO5080 | DOMINICAN SENATORS TELL AMBASSADOR THEY'LL BLOCK [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador obtained from Senate and PRD leaders September 8 a commitment to delete a proposed 25 percent tax on beverages using imported high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) from paragraph 9 of the pending fiscal reform legislation (reftel). The Ambassador told them the protection [...] | 2004-09-10 17:59:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ETRD EFIN PREL DR |
04SANTODOMINGO5153 | DOMINICAN TAX REFORM AND TELECOMS [...] Embassy Santo Domingo thanks Department for information about meeting on September 7 with Verizon concerning the tax package currently before the Dominican congress, as well as the September 14 message detailing efforts to date by telecoms companies in Santo Domingo. 2. The Ambassador recei [...] | 2004-09-15 18:46:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS BEXP EFIN DR |
04SANTODOMINGO5154 | DOMINICAN PRESIDENT AND ECON TEAM SEEK TO REASSURE [...] (U) Summary: During the September 8 visit of EXIMBANK Vice President David Miller Dominican President Fernandez and his advisors stressed that the country,s economic crisis was one of liquidity rather than insolvency. They indicated their commitment to meeting the country's debt obligations an [...] | 2004-09-15 18:47:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV EFIN DR |
04SANTODOMINGO5186 | DOMINICAN POLITICS #2: FERNANDEZ, CRISIS AND [...] (U) Following is no. 2 in our Politics 2004 series, our scenesetter for the visit September 16-17 to the Domincan Republic of OAS Amb. John Maisto. Amb. Maisto will participate in public events at the MFA Diplomatic School and the "Foundation for Global Democracy and Development," both to de [...] | 2004-09-16 16:08:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN DR |
04SANTODOMINGO5242 | DOMINICAN PRES. FERNANDEZ OFFERS TO RESOLVE CORN [...] (C) Summary: Visiting USOAS PermRep Ambassador John Maisto and Ambassador Hertell took advantage of a meeting planned on Summit of the Americas to tell President Fernandez and Foreign Secretary Carlos Morales Troncoso September 16 that a proposed 25 percent tax on products containing high fruc [...] | 2004-09-20 18:09:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV DR |
04SANTODOMINGO5302 | FORMER DOMINICAN PRESIDENT OPTIMISTIC THAT SENATE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Former Dominican President Hipolito Mejia told Ambassador Hertell September 22 that he expects that the effort will succeed to remove from the fiscal reform bill now in the Senate the proposed 25 percent tax on beverages that use high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS). It [...] | 2004-09-22 22:52:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL BEXP PGOV EFIN DR |
04SANTODOMINGO5394 | TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER (TFCO) AT [...] (U)As requested, following is the TFCO related information. 2. (SBU)(a) Contact information for: TFCO: Lisa J. Kubiske, DCM, (809)731-4308, kubiskeLJ@state.gov and DTFCO: Stephen S. Wheeler, Chief Econ Officer, (809)731-4293, wheelerSS@state.gov. (b) Who chairs terrorist finance m [...] | 2004-09-29 14:21:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KVPR PREL PTER KTFN |
04SANTODOMINGO5425 | DOMINICAN POLITICS #3: FREE TRADE, PAID JOURNALISM [...] Following is number 3 in our series on Dominican politics in 2004: Free Trade, Paid Journalism and Bad Press for the United States A small, powerful coterie of infuriated sugar barons continues to use influence and money in an effort to convince the Dominican public of the bad faith of D [...] | 2004-09-30 15:32:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EFIN DR |
04SANTODOMINGO5426 | DOMINICAN BANKING SERIES # 7 - NEW LEGAL TEAMS AIM [...] (U) This is cable number 7 in a periodic series on the banking system and bank frauds in the Dominican Republic. SEE ACTION REQUESTS FOR SEC AND DOJ/OIA BELOW. NEW LEGAL TEAMS AIM AT ALVAREZ RENTA AND PROMISE VIGOROUS PROSECUTIONS 2. (U) Legal actions and investigations continue ag [...] | 2004-09-30 15:32:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN PGOV PREL KJUS DR |
04SANTODOMINGO5437 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC SCENESETTER FOR POSSIBLE VIP [...] Following is a backgrounder for a possible VIP visit to the Dominican Republic: (U) Background. The Dominican Republic, just 70 miles from Puerto Rico across the treacherous Mona Passage, is a heavyweight in the Caribbean, a strong trading partner, and a helpful ally in the Caribbean. The U [...] | 2004-09-30 20:37:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN DR |
04SANTODOMINGO5480 | IMF VISIT TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REVEALS LITTLE [...] (C) Summary: An IMF team led by Steven Phillips (protect) to Santo Domingo this week reported that the Dominican Republic continued to face an acute crisis. The GODR had made only limited progress toward an integrated plan that could serve as the basis for resuming its IMF program. The team [...] | 2004-10-01 22:22:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS BEXP EFIN DR |
04SANTODOMINGO5604 | DOMINICAN INTERNAL REVENUE DIRECTOR GENERAL TO [...] (U) Summary: During a visit by Ambassador Hertell to Director General of Internal Revenue Juan Hernandez, Hernandez indicated that the Dominican Republic continues to experience difficulties with tax collections and stated his intention to clamp down on tax cheats. He responded to the Ambassa [...] | 2004-10-12 11:17:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EFIN DR |
04SANTODOMINGO5779 | DOMINICAN ATTORNEY VINCHO CASTILLO - STILL KICKING [...] (C) "Those who love me, love me a lot. Those who hate me, hate me a lot," declared Marino Vinicio Castillo (Vincho) when questioned by a reporter in 2000 about his reputation for controversy. It was a good self-characterization then and remains true today. Vincho, a well known attorney wh [...] | 2004-10-21 11:04:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR EFIN KJUS PGOV DR CASTILLO VINICIO MARINO |
04SANTODOMINGO5952 | DOMINICAN PRESIDENT ON CORRUPTION, FREE TRADE [...] (C) Summary. Dominican President Fernandez asked on October 21 for USG help in addressing corruption issues. He told the Ambassador that he remains strongly in favor of the free trade agreement (FTA). He gave the sugar sector an opportunity of "only three weeks" (until sometime the week of [...] | 2004-10-28 19:16:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PGOV EFIN DR |
04SANTODOMINGO596 | TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANIES UNHAPPY WITH NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Executives from three Dominican telecommunications companies, all with majority U.S. investment, briefed emboffs January 27 on a recent presidential decree they said effectively imposes a 10 percent tax on telecommunications companies' gross revenues. They asked for USG advoca [...] | 2004-01-30 11:23:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EFIN PREL EINV ECON DR |
04SANTODOMINGO5972 | DOMINICAN TECHNICAL SECRETARY OUTLINES PROGRESS [...] (SBU) Dominican Technical Secretary of the Dominican presidency Temistocles Montas received the Ambassador and senior staff last night, October 28 to discuss a variety of topics, including the progress in discussions on a new IMF program, the Paris Club, the country,s new oil finance deal with [...] | 2004-10-29 19:03:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN DR |
04SANTODOMINGO5985 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: IMPLEMENTATION OF 2004 PARIS [...] The Ambassador delivered the draft text of the Paris Club rescheduling agreement, in English only, to Technical Secretary for the Dominican Presidency Temistocles Montas on SIPDIS October 28. Emboffs asked that Montas and his staff examine it and indicate whether any changes would be reque [...] | 2004-11-01 13:21:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR KTIA EFIN |
04SANTODOMINGO6028 | DOMINICAN AIDS OFFICE TELLS GLOBAL FUND IT WILL [...] Summary. Appointees of the new Dominican administration told visiting representatives from the Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria (GFATM) that they will quickly improve management to qualify for the first tranche of the USD 47m grant. GFATM gave the administration until January 31. The [...] | 2004-11-03 13:05:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR ECON EFIN KHIV |
04SANTODOMINGO6052 | SANTO DOMINGO PARTICIPANTS IN WHA ECONOMIC [...] Embassy Santo Domingo will send econ officers Stephen Wheeler and Mark Kendrick, arriving Wednesday, December 8 and departing Friday, December 10. HERTELL [...] | 2004-11-04 17:29:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | XL AMGT APER BEXP ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD DR |
04SANTODOMINGO6062 | IFIS ON DOMINICAN FINANCES - TIGHT TIMETABLE WITH [...] (SBU) Despite progress on institutional reforms, the Dominican government still has a number of decisions to make before a new standby agreement can be reached with the IMF. Concerns about electricity sector reforms and and unanswered questions on fiscal problems mean that a tentative IMF Boar [...] | 2004-11-05 11:15:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EFIN DR PGOV |
04SANTODOMINGO6119 | DOMINICAN - VENEZUELAN AGREEMENTS ON CONCESSIONAL [...] During a November 6 stopover in Santo Domingo lasting less than twelve hours, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez signed with Dominican President Leonel Fernandez two agreements, the first providing favorable terms for Dominican purchase of Venezuelan petroleum products and the second encouragi [...] | 2004-11-09 17:53:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET EFIN ENRG DR |
04SANTODOMINGO6240 | DOMINICAN POLITICS #9 - CHAVEZ BRINGS GENEROUS [...] (C) Summary. Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez made an eight-hour visit to Santo Domingo on November 6, the main event of which was the signature of a bilateral agreement called the "Caracas Accord" to provide generous financing terms for 25 percent of 50,000 barrels a day of Dominican impo [...] | 2004-11-17 13:42:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG EFIN DR |
04SANTODOMINGO6498 | DOMINICAN POLITICS #11: FERNANDEZ'S SPEECH ON HIS [...] (SBU) Following is number 11 in our series on 2004 Dominican politics. Fernandez's Speech on his First 100 Days - - - - - - - - - - - - - - First announced for the 100th day of his administration, November 25, President Leonel Fernandez's speech was postponed until Monday night, November [...] | 2004-12-06 11:06:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN DR |
04SANTODOMINGO6564 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: TRANSPARENCY OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Dominican Republic,s military budget is determined in the national budget process overseen by the Office of the Budget, resulting in an annual national government budget bill considered and voted by Congress and signed and promulgated by the President. The military budget [...] | 2004-12-07 20:57:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | DR EAID EFIN MARR |
04SANTODOMINGO6609 | DOMINICAN VOTE TO REPEAL PROTECTIONIST TAX - [...] (SBU) Summary: The Dominican Senate achieved a breakthrough of sorts on December 7 with a preliminary vote (19 to 1) in favor of repealing a protectionist 25 percent tax on beverages containing imported high fructose corn syrup, which for months has been a barrier to Dominican participation i [...] | 2004-12-09 20:18:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN DR |
04SANTODOMINGO6699 | DOMINICAN STANDOFF ON REPEAL OF PROTECTIONIST TAX [...] (SBU) Summary: President Fernandez on December 14 implied he would veto a bill to repeal a the protectionist 25% tax on fructose-sweetened beverages if the Dominican Senate does not remove all of the "compensatory" tax breaks for agribusiness and industry that have been added to the original d [...] | 2004-12-16 11:15:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN DR |
04SANTODOMINGO6915 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TOWARD PARIS CLUB AND THE IMF [...] (U) Dominican Technical Secretary Temistocles Montas called in Paris Club governments' local representatives on December 29 and asked them to offer financing assurances for the Dominican Republic for 2005-2006 at the next Paris Club meeting, which is scheduled for the week of January 10. Monta [...] | 2004-12-30 18:45:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR EFIN PREL |
04SANTODOMINGO745 | DOMINICAN BANKING SERIES #4: BANCREDITO AND [...] This is the fourth cable in a series on the Dominican Banking Sector. BANCREDITO AND BANINTER MANEUVERS (U) Baninter and Bancredito are no more. Baninter has been dissolved and Bancredito has been sold to Grupo Leon and renamed Banco Leon. Although the legal entities no longer exist, t [...] | 2004-02-05 15:13:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | DR EFIN KJUS PGOV PREL |
04SANTODOMINGO990 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC-PARIS CLUB: AVOIDING BURDEN [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 17 Dominican Presidency official Carlos Despradel asked the Charge to seek U.S. support in an effort to avoid burden sharing for holders of sovereign debt bonds. Having just received the portfolio for Paris Club negotiations, he is deeply concerned about the impact [...] | 2004-02-18 13:15:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | DR EFIN |
04SINGAPORE1301 | IMF ON SINGAPORE'S MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST [...] (U) An IMF assessment praised Singapore's framework for anti-money laundering and terrorist financing (AML/TF),saying it provides a strong framework in terms of the FATF 40 recommendations and eight special recommendations. However, the IMF said there remain areas requiring attention. Key ar [...] | 2004-04-28 10:13:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EFIN PTER KCRM SN |
04SINGAPORE3211 | SINGAPORE-BASED EXPERTS WEIGH IN ON THE ASIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Southeast Asia is better positioned than in recent memory to face the challenges presented by a slowdown in the global economy, especially in China, according to several Singapore-based economists and financial analysts. These economies inevitably will feel the pain of a down [...] | 2004-11-10 10:09:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV CH SN |
04STATE251768 | JOINT EXAMINATION OF AL RAJHI BANK THROUGH THE [...] (S) Summary and action request. This is an urgent action cable. Please pass the proposed terms of reference for the joint examination of the Al Rajhi Bank through the Joint Terrorist Financing Task Force to appropriate Saudi officials at the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency, the Ministry of Finan [...] | 2004-11-25 02:21:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | EFIN PTER PREL KTFN SA |
04TAIPEI3142 | Taiwan's Semiannual BOP Surplus Soaring [...] Taiwan's balance of payments (BOP) surplus in the first half of 2004 doubled from a year ago to US$24 billion, increasing Taiwan's foreign exchange (FOREX) reserves to US$234.6 billion. While this sharp increase is unusual, it is not likely to continue, and does not presage financial problem [...] | 2004-10-08 00:34:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON TW |
04TAIPEI3143 | Taiwan Economic Briefing for September 2004 [...] This cable summarizes selected recent economic events in Taiwan in September 2004. Below is a brief table of contents: Para 2 -- Taiwan's economic expansion began to slow in the third quarter of 2004, but strong exports of iron, steel and petrochemicals will sustain healthy GDP growth and [...] | 2004-10-08 00:35:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON TW |
04TAIPEI3235 | Taiwan Economy Slows in Third Quarter [...] Taiwan's export and industrial production growth slowed in the third quarter, but economists still expect real GDP growth of nearly 6 percent this year, and above 4.5 percent next year. Overall, the economy should be a positive factor for the ruling party in the December legislative elections [...] | 2004-10-18 08:45:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON TW |
04TAIPEI3444 | Problem Bank for Sale [...] Summary. Taiwan authorities will auction off another problem bank currently in receivership at the beginning of December, part of their on-going effort to reduce the number of banks and thereby improve the health of Taiwan's financial sector. However, creditor banks will not receive payment [...] | 2004-11-02 00:13:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON TW |
04TAIPEI3495 | TAIWAN MINISTER OF FINANCE ON GOVERNMENT DEFICIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Finance Minister Lin Chuan discussed financial reform, taxation, and public finance during a courtesy call by AIT/T/DDIR Keegan and EAP/TC/DD Levy on October 28. Lin said that the government budget deficit was the most time-consuming of his responsibilities. He asked if ther [...] | 2004-11-04 23:51:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ECON TW |
04TAIPEI3663 | Taiwan Economic Review for October 2004 [...] This cable summarizes selected economic events in Taiwan in October 2004. Below is a table of contents: - China's Interest Rate Hike - Central Government Budget - China Airlines Privatization - Cross-Strait Economic Normalization - Problem Financial Institutions Effect of China [...] | 2004-11-17 07:05:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON TW |
04TAIPEI3738 | TAIWAN CURRENCY APPRECIATION [...] (C) Summary: On November 22, Taiwan's Central Bank of China (CBC) intervened in foreign exchange markets to slow the ongoing appreciation of the New Taiwan Dollar (NTD) after the currency reached its highest levels in almost four years. Speculators are moving additional foreign capital to Ta [...] | 2004-11-23 07:30:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EINV ECON TW |
04TAIPEI3991 | Taiwan Economic Review for November 2004 [...] This cable summarizes selected economic events in Taiwan in November 2004: - S&P Rating - China-ASEAN FTA - Economic Performance - WTO - Cross-Strait Economic Normalization - Environment S&P Downgrades Taiwan's Debt Outlook ------------------------------------ 2. At the [...] | 2004-12-16 03:49:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON TW |
04TAIPEI3992 | Taiwan Growth Slowing [...] Taiwan's economic growth is expected to drop from 7.3 percent in the first half of 2004 to 4.7 percent in the second half following declines in export growth, industrial production, and private investment. END SUMMARY. Economic Slowdown ----------------- 2. In late November 2004, the [...] | 2004-12-16 03:50:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON TW |