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04TAIPEI4050 | TAIWAN'S NEW FINANCIAL SUPERVISORY COMMISSION [...] (SBU) Summary: Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission has been very active since it was established in July 2004 to encourage market liberalization and reform. Although some foreign businesses have complained about difficulty in keeping up with the flurry of new regulations, the regulati [...] | 2004-12-22 09:05:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR EINV EFIN ECON TW CH |
04TEGUCIGALPA116 | TAIWANESE ALIEN SMUGGLER ARRESTED IN HONDURAS AS HE [...] LIN WEI-CHUNG (alias LIN WAYNE, WAYNE LIN, COC: TAIWAN, POB: TAIWAN, date of birth 09-08-1965, PASSPORT M20182450, NIV foil 52681302),is the second Taiwan citizen arrested in Honduras during 2003 on charges of alien smuggling. LIN tried to smuggle three impostor PRCs with bona fide Taiwanese [...] | 2004-01-16 17:08:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KFRD KHLS ASEC KCRM EFIN PREL HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1395 | PROSECUTION OF CHINESE ALIEN SMUGGLERS ARRESTED IN [...] SUMMARY: Prosecution of Chinese illegal alien smugglers arrested in Honduras in late 2003 on charges of people smuggling, money laundering, possession of instruments for the forgery of public documents, and forgery of public documents, has turned into a very difficult task for the Honduran Pu [...] | 2004-06-21 19:02:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | SMIG PHUM KFRD CVIS KHLS ASEC KCRM EFIN HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1411 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SHELBY'S JUNE 28 - 30 VISIT [...] (U) Summary: Post welcomes the visit of CoDel Shelby to Honduras June 29-30. Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, two-and-a-half years through his constitutionally-mandated single four-year term, faces a difficult task leading one of the poorest countries in Latin America. However, there have [...] | 2004-06-22 22:33:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP ECON ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV PHUM HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1526 | Honduran Economic Highlights: April-June 2004 [...] On April 14, Paris Club creditors and the GOH agreed to a restructuring of Honduras' public external debt, leading to the cancellation of approximately $147 million of Honduran debt, and the rescheduling of $214 million more (see reftel). Under the agreement reached between Paris Club partic [...] | 2004-07-09 18:35:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD EWWT KJUS PGOV HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1543 | TWELVE ILLEGAL CHINESE NATIONALS VIOLENTLY FREED [...] SUMMARY: On June 13, 2004 two armed individuals broke into the detention center at GOH Migration in Tegucigalpa. They freed twelve People's Republic of China (PRCs) nationals apprehended early in 2004 and six South Americans. END SUMMARY. 2. Since November 2003, GOH investigative and migra [...] | 2004-07-13 13:22:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | SMIG PHUM KFRD CVIS KHLS ASEC KCRM EFIN HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1554 | CODEL SHELBY DISCUSSES BANKING, MONEY LAUNDERING, [...] Summary: Codel Shelby's June 28-30 visit underscored the close economic and political relationship between the U.S. and Honduras, while providing a welcome focus on financial regulation and prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing. In meetings with GOH officials and business an [...] | 2004-07-13 21:42:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN ETRD KJUS PREL PTER OREP HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1984 | HONDURAS' FINANCIAL REFORM LAWS: THREE DOWN, ONE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Honduran Congress has approved three of the four financial sector reform laws required under the IMF agreement. The three that have passed are the shortest and simplest of the laws, leaving the longest and most important for last. However the President of the Banking Commis [...] | 2004-09-03 19:57:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2223 | HONDURAS: FAST-FOOD BOOM CONTINUES AS FIRST [...] (SBU) Summary: Honduras, fast-food sector continues to flourish and, with new entrant &Quiznos Sub,8 remains dominated by U.S. franchises. Quiznos sees strong growth potential in Honduras, based on the strong market acceptance of U.S. brands and continuing economic growth. Quiznos did n [...] | 2004-10-05 19:17:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2267 | HONDURAS: UNDP PROCUREMENT DEBATE CONTINUES TO [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 27, the Honduran National Association of Industries (ANDI) issued a two-page open letter denouncing the United Nations Development Program,s (UNDP) handling of the ongoing bid process for container inspection systems at Puerto Cortes. Post has already received comp [...] | 2004-10-12 20:02:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECPS EINV PGOV EWWT KJUS KMCA HO UNDP |
04TEGUCIGALPA2289 | HONDURAS: TAX MAN IS MOVED BACK INTO MINFIN [...] (C) Summary: The Honduran National Congress has decreed that the Executive Revenue Directorate (DEI) will no longer be a semi-autonomous tax agency and will instead be folded into the Ministry of Finance (MOF). The DEI is overstaffed and highly politicized, as alleged in the justification to [...] | 2004-10-13 18:25:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA232 | HONDURAS IMF AGREEMENT FULL STEAM AHEAD -- PRIOR [...] (C) Summary. The Honduran government has fully completed the prior conditions listed in the preliminary Letter of Intent (LOI) for a three-year Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility Program (PRGF) agreed to with the IMF mission on November 25. In addition, the GOH has put to rest two new IMF [...] | 2004-01-30 21:43:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV EAID ETRD EINV EPET ELAB HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2424 | HONDURAS: TAX SERVICE STRENGTHENS INTERNAL [...] (C) Summary: The tax authority,s internal affairs unit, known as the Transparency Unit, has mounted a vigorous effort over the last 18 months to investigate and combat corruption within the tax and customs services. Anecdotal evidence suggests that the dismissals for corruption have had an a [...] | 2004-10-29 15:44:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON KCOR ETRD PGOV PINR KMCA KJUS HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2426 | CORRECTED COPY: HONDURAS CASHIERS ITS TAX MAN; [...] (C) Summary: On October 15, it was reported that Mario Duarte, head of the Executive Revenue Directorate (DEI, the GOH equivalent of the USG,s Internal Revenue Service) will be moved out of his position effective November 1. Duarte will become the new Director of the National Ports Company. [...] | 2004-10-29 15:52:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD PGOV PINR KMCA HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2427 | HONDURAS TELECOMMS UPDATE OCTOBER 2004 [...] (C) Summary: On October 12, EconChief met with Jose Renan Caballero, Chief Telecommunications Advisor on the President,s Modernization Commission, to discuss recent developments in the telecommunications sector. Caballero was candid regarding Alcatel, Communitel, Megatel, the new telecommuni [...] | 2004-10-29 17:11:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECPS EINV PGOV ELAB KJUS KMCA HO UNDP |
04TEGUCIGALPA2435 | Honduras: 2003 Trade Overview [...] SUMMARY: Post submits its annual trade overview for Honduras for the year 2003, based on the official economic statistics released by the GOH in the fall of 2004. This cable contains information on imports, exports and the trade deficit; information on macroeconomic, monetary and financial d [...] | 2004-10-29 21:00:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EINV EFIN HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2452 | Honduras: 2003 Macroeconomic Overview [...] SUMMARY: Post submits its annual macroeconomic summary for Honduras for the year 2003, based on the official economic statistics released by the GOH in the fall of 2004. Reftel contains information on imports, exports, and the trade deficit; this cable contains information on economic growth, [...] | 2004-11-02 12:30:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD PGOV HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2458 | Honduras: 2003 Monetary and Financial Overview [...] SUMMARY: Post submits its annual monetary and financial overview for Honduras for the year 2003, based on the official economic statistics released by the GOH in the fall of 2004. Ref A contains information on imports, exports, and the trade deficit, and ref B contains information on economi [...] | 2004-11-02 20:36:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2724 | HONDURAS: TRANSPARENCY OF BUDGETS/MILITARY SPENDING [...] The following answers are keyed to the questions in reftel: A. General Overview of Auditing Procedures: 1,2,3,4: Responsibility for auditing Honduran military expenditures lies with a civilian Auditor who is named by the President and works for the Ministry of Defense (MOD). Underneath [...] | 2004-12-06 17:13:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2765 | HONDURAS ECONOMIC REFORM: DEPOSIT INSURANCE AGENCY [...] (U) SUMMARY: In September 2004, at IMF insistence, the GOH passed four banking reform laws aimed at strengthening the nation's financial system. While the GOH missed the IMF's target date by nearly three months, the laws passed in late September do meet the terms of the IMF agreement and, mor [...] | 2004-12-10 21:31:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV HO IMF |
04TEGUCIGALPA2787 | HONDURAS NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT 2005 [...] The text of the 2005 National Trade Estimate report for Honduras follows. TRADE SUMMARY (Note that the following paragraph is to be updated by Washington with USDOC statistics.) In 2003, the U.S. trade deficit with Honduras was $486.4 million, a decrease of $203.8 million from deficit o [...] | 2004-12-14 18:37:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EFIN HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2826 | HONDURAS ECONOMIC REFORM: CENTRAL BANK REFORMED AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: In September 2004, at IMF insistence, the GOH passed four banking reform laws aimed at strengthening the nation's financial system. This is the second in a series of four cables that analyze each of these laws, assess their impacts on the Honduran financial system, and outline ch [...] | 2004-12-22 12:12:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV HO IMF |
04TEGUCIGALPA2870 | Honduras: Biosafety Update [...] Summary: The GOH has introduced no new restrictive laws or regulations that pertain to Living Modified Organisms (LMOs) or biotechnology since the First Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety in February 2004. Honduras remains generally open to the import of LMOs and bi [...] | 2004-12-29 20:46:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EFIN HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA325 | Honduran Econ Highlights: December 2003 - January [...] (U) On December 30, 2003, Congress passed the 2004 federal budget. The consideration of the budget, traditionally undertaken in a special December session of Congress, took on particular importance this year, as the government of Honduras worked under the constraint of meeting the prior condi [...] | 2004-02-12 15:28:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EFIN ETRD ELAB EINV PGOV HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA457 | ANTI-TERRORIST FINANCING: NEW ALIAS TO PKK, AND [...] As instructed in reftels (A) and (B),Post delivered the notice of an addition of new aliases to the PKK designation and List 50, and the respective talking points, to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on January 21, 2004. On February 12, we received confirmation that the Ministry had forwarded [...] | 2004-02-27 18:00:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KVPR CVIS KSEP HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA467 | ANTI-CORRUPTION UPDATE: MADURO INVITES TRANSPARENCY [...] (U) Summary: In a February 25 private briefing with international donors, the Transparency International (TI) delegation, led by TI Vice Chair of the Board of Directors Rosa Ines Ospina from Colombia, acknowledged positive anti- corruption efforts by President Ricardo Maduro's administration [...] | 2004-02-27 23:22:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCRM ECON EFIN PHUM PINR HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA498 | TERRORIST FINANCE: FOLLOWUP - HONDURAS [...] (SBU) Honduran cooperation on counter-terrorism finance continues to be strong. As noted in ref B, the Honduran Banking and Insurance Commission promptly sends out freeze orders to the entire regulated financial sector each time the U.S. Executive Order lists are amended. The financial secto [...] | 2004-03-02 18:26:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER EFIN ETTC KJUS PREL HO UN |
04TEGUCIGALPA543 | High Gas Prices: First Test of Honduran IMF Program [...] (SBU) Summary. A third price hike, in as many months, has brought gasoline and diesel prices in Honduras up to new highs of USD 2.94 and USD 2.02 per gallon, respectively. Gas prices are now 19 percent higher than at the end of 2003 (diesel is up 17.6 percent) and are now clearly the highest [...] | 2004-03-08 15:33:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EFIN ECON PGOV PINR ELAB HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA560 | Honduran Econ Highlights: February 2004 [...] (U) On February 2, the GOH signed a Letter of Intent for a three-year Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF),which was then approved by the IMF Board in Washington on February 18. This marks the end of two long years of negotiations between the IMF and the Maduro government, but the re [...] | 2004-03-09 21:38:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD PGOV TSPA HO IMF |
04TEGUCIGALPA70 | ALIEN SMUGGLERS OF CHINESE NATIONALITY ARRESTED IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 9 and 11, Hu Weng RONG (DPOB: 7/28/1975, China) and He Jia BIN (DPOB: 5/06/1975, China) were arrested in Honduras. Both had obtained Honduran nationality in the early 1990s. The arrests were carried out by the Honduran General Directorate of Special Investigative Ser [...] | 2004-01-13 16:30:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS KFRD KHLS ASEC KCRM EFIN PREL HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA819 | Honduras' Fight Against Money Laundering: A Good [...] (U) Summary and Action Request: Two years after passing a new law against money laundering, the GOH has made considerable progress in implementing the law and establishing the entities responsible for the investigation and prosecution of financial crimes. The USG, through the Department of [...] | 2004-04-12 18:27:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PTER SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL HO |
04TELAVIV1335 | U/S LARSON DISCUSSES "GREATER MIDDLE EAST," AN [...] (C) Summary. Under Secretary Larson reviewed the President's "Greater Middle East" vision with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General Yoav Biran February 23, noting the initiative's efforts at promoting democracy, expanding education, and increasing economic cooperation. Larson sugges [...] | 2004-03-04 09:06:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL EG IS GOI EXTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
04TELAVIV1336 | ISRAEL'S ECONOMIC POLICIES GET HIGH MARKS AT THE [...] (C) Summary. The U.S. delegation to the 2004 U.S.-Israel Joint Economic Development Group meeting in Jerusalem (JEDG),led by Under Secretary Larson and Treasury Under Secretary Taylor, expressed satisfaction with the steps the Government of Israel has taken to implement the government's ec [...] | 2004-03-04 09:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD BEXP IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS |
04TELAVIV1392 | GOI INFO ON RAMALLAH BANK RAID [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings this week with Shin Bet liaison officers and the head of Israel's counter terrorist financing effort at the Israeli NSC and the Mossad, GOI officials provided some additional details on last week's raid on Palestinian banks. The GOI officials rejected the c [...] | 2004-03-05 15:00:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM |
04TELAVIV1413 | MEETING OF POST TERRORISM FINANCING WORKING GROUP [...] (S//NF) On March 5, the DCM chaired a meeting of mission officers involved in terrorist financing issues. Post Economic, Political, FBI, ORCA, and DATT sections participated in the meeting, updating most recent efforts in working with the GOI on terrorist financing issues. ---------------- [...] | 2004-03-08 13:30:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN PTER SNAR KWBG IS COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS |
04TELAVIV1561 | ISRAELI FIU LEFT OUT OF RAMALLAH BANK OPERATION [...] (C) Summary: The Director of the Israeli Money Laundering Prohibition Authority (IMPA),Yehuda Shaffer, told econoff on March 10 that the Israeli financial intelligence unit (FIU) was left out of the Shin Bet/IDF raid on the Palestinian banks on February 24. Shaffer claimed the FIU was only [...] | 2004-03-11 15:50:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG EFIN KPAL IS COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV1708 | THE COSTS OF THE INTIFADA TO THE ISRAELI ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary. More than three years into the Intifada, a lively debate has ensued about its costs to the Israeli economy, both past and future. A fair degree of unanimity exists among experts that past costs were huge, with Bank of Israel and Ministry of Finance estimates falling somewhere b [...] | 2004-03-19 14:13:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
04TELAVIV1839 | Israeli Economy Pauses following Yassin Killing [...] (SBU) The jury is out on the economic effect of the Yassin killing, but it already appears that tourism is taking a significant hit. While there has been only a moderate fall in Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE),the shekel has fallen steadily since Monday morning against the dollar. Our persona [...] | 2004-03-25 14:08:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV2035 | BOI Reduces Interest by 0.2% in March [...] (U) On March 29, the Bank of Israel announced a 0.2 percent reduction in interest rates. This brings the Bank of Israel interest rate to 4.1 percent and represents the thirteenth consecutive interest rate decline since the end of March, 2003. In the press release accompanying its latest rate [...] | 2004-04-02 11:41:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
04TELAVIV2067 | NETANYAHU ANNOUNCES MAJOR TAX REDUCTION PROGRAM [...] (U) On Sunday, April 4th, Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a press conference at which he announced the third major tax reduction initiative of his tenure. It foresees the following changes in tax and investment laws: -- personal income taxes, primarily for low-income workers, would f [...] | 2004-04-05 12:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS |
04TELAVIV2167 | While Israel's Economy Grows, Unemployment Remains [...] (SBU) Finance Minister Netanyahu's declaration in late 2003 that the recession has ended appears to look more realistic today than it did at the time. There is increasing optimism in Israeli economic circles regarding a return to growth in 2004. All indications currently point to growth of m [...] | 2004-04-14 07:20:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE LABOR COMMERCE GOI INTERNAL |
04TELAVIV2257 | MAKING BREAD, NOT WAR, IN JAFFA: AN ISRAELI ARAB [...] (SBU) Summary: In the mixed city of Jaffa, where Jews and Arabs buy and sell side-by-side in one of the busiest marketplace environments in Israel, prominent bakery owner Hamis Abouelafia made news this week by presenting a ceremonial loaf of leavened bread to Jews at an end-of-Passover cele [...] | 2004-04-20 11:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND PGOV PHUM IS ISRAELI SOCIETY |
04TELAVIV2271 | BIBI BULLISH ON ISRAELI ECONOMY TO CODEL ISSA [...] (C) Summary: An ebullient Binyamin Netanyahu told CODEL Issa April 14 that Israel's economy is continuing to improve now that reforms are beginning to take effect. Netanyahu's "success" in battling the unions, GDP growing at 3 percent this year, pension reform, and lower taxes are all contri [...] | 2004-04-20 16:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD ELAB PREL IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
04TELAVIV2381 | ISRAELI ARABS SPLIT OVER THE MERITS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Arab League is hosting a conference on ties between the Arab world and the Arab citizens of Israel in Cairo April 26-27. Arab League Deputy Secretary and PLO Representative Said Kamal, along with mid-level diplomats from the Arab League countries, arranged the program, wh [...] | 2004-04-26 14:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND PGOV PHUM IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SOCIETY GOI EXTERNAL |
04TELAVIV2384 | Israeli Economic News: Klein Puts Cuts on Hold; [...] (U) On Sunday, April 25, the Bank of Israel announced that there would be no change in interest rates in May, leaving the BOI rate unchanged at 4.1 percent. On the same day, the GOI approved Finance Minister Netanyahu's plan for reducing taxes announced earlier in the month. The cuts include [...] | 2004-04-26 14:49:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
04TELAVIV6406 | GOI RELEASES MORE ATTACHED REVENUES TO PA [...] (C) Summary. Finance Ministry Senior Advisor Rani Loebenstein informed Mission that Israeli courts will release in December an additional NIS 136 million in attached revenues related to acts of terror. Of this, NIS 16 million will be deducted to pay down PA debts to Israeli utilities. The Mo [...] | 2004-12-16 15:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
04TELAVIV6431 | ISRAELI ECONOMIC GROWTH SLOWS IN THIRD QUARTER [...] (SBU) Summary. Although the economy slowed in the third quarter, it will grow close to 4% for the year as a whole. The deficit is likely to come in under the targeted level of 4% as a result of the GOI's lid on spending and a positive revenue picture. The Bank of Israel (BOI) took advantage o [...] | 2004-12-17 14:01:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
04TELAVIV6454 | NETANYAHU AND PERES PRESENT STARKLY DIFFERENT [...] (C) Summary: Finance Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told CODEL Talent December 6 that the new Palestinian leadership must show serious intent to fight terror and corruption before receiving any "gifts" from the U.S. or Israel. Netanyahu said that the GOI should simply "walk out of the Gaza Strip [...] | 2004-12-20 16:14:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN KPAL GZ IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
04TELAVIV6563 | ISRAEL: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (SBU) Post provides below additional information to be used in preparation of the 2004 "Patterns of Global Terrorism" report. -------------------------------------- Bilateral and Multilateral Cooperation -------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Israel has been among the staunche [...] | 2004-12-27 11:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAL KPAO KWBG GZ IS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS EXTERNAL |
04TELAVIV6626 | ISRAELI OFFICIALS ON BUDGET, BACHAR COMMITTEE [...] (C) Summary. Treasury Desk Officer for Israel Catherine Downard discussed the budget, privatization, and other subjects with Israeli officials on December 13. Her visit to the Karni Industrial Zone will be reported septel. The highlights of her discussions: -- The GOI is committed to mainta [...] | 2004-12-29 06:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL LABOR COMMERCE |
04TELAVIV6632 | NETANYAHU AND CODEL LIEBERMAN DISCUSS ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: CoDel Lieberman met with Minister of Finance Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, December 28 to discuss elements of the Ministry's economic reform package, as well as prospects for advancing the peace process in the wake of Arafat's death and the rise of a new PA leadership. On the [...] | 2004-12-29 12:09:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL EFIN KWBG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE PEACE PROCESS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
04THEHAGUE1440 | IRAQ ASSETS: DUTCH CONFISCATION DECREE PROMULGATED [...] No summary [...] | 2004-06-10 15:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC EFIN IZ NL |
04THEHAGUE1657 | OPERATION BALKAN VICE IV: THE NETHERLANDS [...] (S) PolOffs and Deputy Legal Counselor made ref A demarche to MFA Western Balkans Director Klaas van der Tempel on June 30. Van der Tempel said the GONL supported OHR's work against such individuals. Concerning freezing the assets of the individuals named in ref A, van der Tempel said that [...] | 2004-07-01 08:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC BK MK HR GM CY HU SL SZ YI NL ICTY NK |
04THEHAGUE1776 | HAITI: PROSPECTIVE EC ASSISTANCE, DUTCH [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-15 15:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN PREL NL |
04THEHAGUE1812 | TERRORIST FINANCE: CIRA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) As requested reftel, post delivered the CIRA points on July 14 to Margreet Wenting, Senior Policy Advisor in the Department of Financial Integrity at the Ministry of Finance (MOF). Post also delivered the points on July 15 to Alle Dorhout, who has the lead on EU designation issues in t [...] | 2004-07-19 17:39:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE1813 | TERRORIST FINANCE: THE HAGUE: PKK/KADEK DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) As requested, post delivered reftel talking points on July 14 to Margreet Wenting, Senior Policy Advisor in the Department of Financial Integrity at the Ministry of Finance (MOF). Post also delivered the points on July 15 to Alle Dorhout, who has the lead on EU designation issues in t [...] | 2004-07-19 17:39:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE1816 | HAITI:PROSPECTIVE EC ASSISTANCE, DUTCH [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-19 18:43:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN PREL NL |
04THEHAGUE1837 | IRAQ INSURGENT FINANCE: DUTCH VIEWS [...] (SBU) As requested, post delivered reftel talking points on July 15 to Alle Dorhout, who has the lead on EU designation issues in the Directorate for European Integation within the Department of External Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Post also delivered the points on July [...] | 2004-07-21 13:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ECON EFIN ETTC NL |
04THEHAGUE1840 | DUTCH AGREE TO PARTIAL DEBT CANCELLATION FOR IRAQ; [...] DUTCH DEVELOPMENT AID MINISTER AGNES VAN ARDENNE ANNOUNCED JULY 16 THAT CANCELLATION OF PART OF IRAQ'S 245 MILLION EURO (APPROX USD 300M) DEBT TO THE NETHERLANDS WOULD BE NECESSARY. MINISTER VAN ARDENNE'S STATEMENT, WHICH CAME IN RESPONSE TO A PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY, NOTED THAT THE IMF'S DEBT [...] | 2004-07-21 16:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID NL IZ |
04THEHAGUE1902 | NETHERLANDS/NEPAL: DEMARCHE ON MAOIST VIOLENCE [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch are in discussion with EU colleagues regarding designation of the Maoists, but expect to release a "balanced" statement condemning violence on both sides as an interim measure. They expect the Maoists will be designated this Fall. End Summary. Dutch Presidency Statem [...] | 2004-07-28 15:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ETTC EFIN NP NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE1906 | ACCOUNTING STANDARDS: AEGON CFO REVIEWS STATE OF [...] Jos Streppel, the Chief Financial Officer of AEGON, a large Netherlands-based insurance group also active in the U.S., met with the Ambassador July 28 to review current efforts to unify European accounting standards and to achieve greater harmonization between the U.S. and Europe in this area. [...] | 2004-07-29 11:17:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE1912 | IRAQ INSURGENT FINANCE: FOLLOWING UP ON DUTCH VIEWS [...] (C) As a follow up to initial GONL views reported in ref A, Wouter Jurgens, Senior Policy Advisor in the MFA's Political Affairs Department, provided econoff with reactions from the MFA's legal department to ref B talking points. Jurgens reiterated that the GONL remains interested in working [...] | 2004-07-29 15:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ETTC ECON EFIN NL |
04THEHAGUE22 | DUTCH COMMENTS ON BOLIVIA SUPPORT GROUP [...] EconOff delivered ref demarche on January 5 to Jan Plantingha of the MFA's Western Hemisphere Division (Note: MFA was closed week of December 29, 2003. End Note). Plantingha said the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Washington had received the invitation/agenda to the Bolivia Support Group. [...] | 2004-01-07 13:49:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BL EFIN NL PGOV PREL |
04THEHAGUE2208 | DUTCH CONSIDERING CONTRIBUTIONS TO IFC'S PRIVATE [...] ECONCOUNS and Econoff delivered September 2, 2004, reftel points to Gita Salden, Head of the International Economy and Financial Institutions Division within the Foreign Financial Relations Directorate of the Dutch Finance Ministry. (POLCOUNS delivered points separately on August 31 to Michiel [...] | 2004-09-03 14:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID PREL ECON EINV NL |
04THEHAGUE2331 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DUTCH AUTHORITY TO FREEZE ASSETS [...] The following is provided in response to ref A request for information on the status of the Netherlands' national authority to freeze assets related to terrorism financing. Ref B contains a detailed description of Dutch laws and regulations on terrorism financing and related money laundering [...] | 2004-09-15 15:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PTER EFIN KTFN NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE2453 | IRAQ: TOKYO DONORS' MEETING [...] We delivered reftel demarche and nonpaper on 14 September to Adri van Loopik, head of the Gulf States Division of the Dutch MFA's North Africa and Middle East department, as well as Willemein Kallenberg, Iraq desk officer. They had no substantive response at that time. 2. On September 22 [...] | 2004-09-25 08:30:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN PREL NL |
04THEHAGUE2496 | TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER AT EMBASSY [...] (SBU) Embassy The Hague's Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) is DCM Daniel Russel: russeldr@state.gov; tel: 31-70-310-9317; and fax: 31-70-310-9322. 2. (SBU) The Deputy TFCO responsible for day-to-day action and reporting is Economic Officer Karen Enstrom: enstromkl@state.go [...] | 2004-09-30 12:58:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL |
04THEHAGUE2534 | TERRORIST FINANCE: THE HAGUE PRENOTIFICATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-05 15:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KTFN NL LVPR |
04THEHAGUE26 | 2003-2004 INCSR FOR THE NETHERLANDS - PART II: MONEY [...] ATTACHED IS THE HAGUE'S SUBMISSION OF PART II OF THE 2003- 2004 INCSR: MONEY LAUNDERING AND FINANCIAL CRIMES. POST'S RESPONSE HAS BEEN ORGANIZED ACCORDING TO CHAPTERS PROVIDED IN THE INCSR QUESTIONNAIRE (REF. A). THE DOLLAR/EURO EXCHANGE RATE ON JANUARY 5 WAS 0.7880 EUROS TO THE DOLLAR. THE [...] | 2004-01-07 15:28:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KSEP SNAR PTER ECON EFIN ETTC KCRM PREL PGOV NL |
04THEHAGUE2831 | DUTCH TO SUPPORT EU DESIGNATION OF LEBANESE [...] (U) On November 1, Dutch Foreign Minister Bot informed the Dutch Second Chamber (lower house of parliament) of the GONL's intentions to seek EU designation of both the political and military branches of the Lebanese Hizballah. The GONL previously had maintained a distinction between the two [...] | 2004-11-03 14:17:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL NL |
04THEHAGUE3290 | TERRORIST FINANCE: JAM'AT AL-TAWHID WA'AL JIHAD [...] (SBU) As requested, post conveyed on December 10 reftel points concerning the amendment of the previous designation of Jam'at Al-Tawhid Wa'al Jihad (List 63) to Wouter Jurgens, Senior Policy Officer responsible for terrorist financing issues in the Political Affairs Department of the Dutch M [...] | 2004-12-17 15:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EFIN PTER NL |
04THEHAGUE3291 | TERRORIST FINANCE: JANJALANI PRENOTICATION OF [...] (S) As requested, post delivered on December 14 reftel points and information concerning the USG intention to designate Khadafi Abubaker Janjalani under E.O. 13224 and to seek UN designation through the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee to Wouter Jurgens, Senior Policy Officer responsible for terr [...] | 2004-12-17 15:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | ETTC EFIN PTER NL |
04THEHAGUE3292 | TERRORIST FINANCE: AL-FAQIH AND BATTERJEE [...] (S) As requested, post delivered on December 17 reftel points and background papers concerning the USG intention to designate Saad Rashed Mohammad Al-Faqih and Adel Abdul Jalil Batterjee under E.O. 13224 and to seek UN designation through the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee to Jules Gerzon, Senio [...] | 2004-12-17 15:18:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | ETTC EFIN PTER KTFN PREL NL |
04THEHAGUE3301 | OPERATION BALKAN VICE V: DUTCH RESPONSE [...] (S) Poloff and Deputy Legal Counselor made ref A demarche to Klaas van der Tempel, Dutch MFA Western Balkans Chief and Pauline Diepenbroek, MFA Bosnia Desk Officer on December 17. Van der Tempel said the GONL was pleased with High Rep Ashdown's actions, and viewed U.S. actions as supporting th [...] | 2004-12-20 15:49:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC NL ICTY |
04THEHAGUE3328 | 200434 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] ATTACHED IS THE HAGUE'S SUBMISSION OF PART II OF THE 200434 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT: MONEY LAUNDERING AND FINANCIAL CRIMES. POST'S RESPONSE IS ORGANIZED ACCORDING TO CHAPTERS PROVIDED IN THE INCSR QUESTIONNAIRE (REFTEL. A). THE DOLLAR/EURO EXCHANGE RATE ON DECEMBER 15J [...] | 2004-12-22 16:17:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN KCRM PTER SNAR ECON EFIN ETTC PREL PGOV NL |
04THEHAGUE382 | OPERATION BALKAN VICE III: THE NETHERLANDS [...] (S) EmbOffs delivered reftel demarche to Dutch Ministries of Finance and Foreign Affairs respectively on February 9 and 10. Dutch MFA Western Balkans Chief Klaas van der Tempel expressed support for the action, noting the GONL had been active last year in arguing for EU visa restrictions on [...] | 2004-02-13 15:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC BK MK HR GM CY HU SL SZ YI NL ICTY NK |
04THEHAGUE462 | IRAQ: UPDATE ON DUTCH MADRID PLEDGES AND ABU [...] (SBU) The Dutch have not yet delivered their EUR 10 million Madrid pledges but are in the process of doing so. They expect to release EUR 5 million to the UN/World Bank Trust fund in April 2004. The other EUR 5 million, which was pledged for humanitarian assistance, is expected to be disp [...] | 2004-02-23 15:22:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN IZ |
04THEHAGUE639 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DUTCH TO PUSH FOR ECOFIN [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-12 13:28:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PTER EFIN NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE65 | Dutch Support Early FATF Review of Guatemala [...] No summary [...] | 2004-01-12 15:06:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KCRM EFIN PTER SNAR GT |
04THEHAGUE746 | IRAQI ASSETS: TRANSFERING ASSETS FROZEN IN THE [...] (SBU) Dutch authorities are preparing a Ministerial decree that will allow them to confiscate Iraqi assets frozen in the Netherlands. This decree should be promulgated within the next 90 days and will apply to assets of the former regime that are already frozen and any that have not yet been [...] | 2004-03-22 13:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EFIN IZ NL |
04THEHAGUE879 | NETHERLANDS: RISING BUDGET DEFICIT RESULTS IN NEW [...] The Dutch government is reacting with outward calm to the news that the EU Commission will launch an "excessive deficit" procedure against the Netherlands for running a budget deficit in 2003 of 3.2 percent - 0.2 percent greater than allowed by EU Growth and Stability Pact (GSP) rules. Financ [...] | 2004-04-05 13:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PGOV NL |
04THEHAGUE98 | IRAQ: EMBASSY RE-DELIVERED IFC DEMARCHE TO THE [...] (SBU) Post re-delivered talking points on the IFC Small Business Fund for Iraq to Netherlands Ministry of Finance Official Ammarens Bruggenkamp. Ms. Bruggenkamp said she still does not have a definite GONL position on IFC funding but would re-submit the request for consideration at the MO [...] | 2004-01-15 16:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN IZ NL |
04VATICAN2684 | VATICAN BOOKS STILL IN RED [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-09 14:07:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EFIN VT |
04VATICAN2767 | HAITI: HOLY SEE AWAITS NEW NUNCIO [...] (SBU) Holy See Country Director for Haiti Monsignor Giorgio Lingua told us July 15 the Vatican was eager for new Papal Nuncio (Ambassador) Mario Giordano to take the reins in Port au Prince. Giordano was just ordained an archbishop and is due to begin work in Haiti "any day now." Lingua was [...] | 2004-07-16 04:38:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CU EAID EFIN ETRD EU HA PHUM PREL VT |
04VATICAN3318 | Vatican Conference Lends Support to Gordon Brown's [...] (U) A July 9 Vatican seminar on "Poverty and Globalization: Financing for Development gave an implicit Holy See blessing for UK Chancellor Gordon Brown's International Finance Facility (IFF). Brown sold the IFF as an innovative finance mechanism that could increase funding to meet the UN Mill [...] | 2004-08-30 09:35:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN VT UK |
04VILNIUS1403 | LITHUANIAN POLICE SEIZE NINE MILLION COUNTERFEIT [...] Summary. The Lithuanian Police achieved a major victory in the fight against counterfeiting November 6, arresting thirteen people and seizing over nine million counterfeit Euros. The Police believe that the group has been printing Euros for several years. The Police also found printing plat [...] | 2004-11-15 05:22:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PREL EFIN LH |
04VILNIUS1566 | LITHUANIA: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) Post submits the annual terrorism report for Lithuania. Embassy's update on Lithuania for the Department's 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism report (reftel) is in paras 2-4. 2. (SBU) Lithuania has been fully supportive of the war against terrorism. Lithuania is implementing the Nation [...] | 2004-12-27 14:19:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO LH |
04VILNIUS1578 | 2004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] In 2004, Lithuania strengthened its counter-narcotics efforts, rolling out a National Drug Addiction Prevention and Drug Control Strategy for 2004-2008. The use and sale of narcotics, however, continues to increase in Lithuania. Lithuania remains a transit route for heroin from Asia to West [...] | 2004-12-30 13:55:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR EFIN KSEP LH |
04WELLINGTON1069 | NEW ZEALAND: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Post offers the following submission for this year's terrorism report: BEGIN TEXT OF SUBMISSION 2. New Zealand has implemented all 12 UN terrorism conventions. A Counter-terrorism bill passed in October 2003 increased the government's ability to prosecute terrorist activities and thre [...] | 2004-12-22 21:38:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO NZ |
04WELLINGTON1075 | 2005 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT: NEW ZEALAND [...] Following is post's input for the 2005 National Trade Estimate Report on New Zealand. We assume that Washington agencies will provide updated trade and investment data. 2. We also note that the section on "Biotechnology Food Approval" should be consistent with the NTE on Australia. 3. [...] | 2004-12-29 03:18:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EFIN NZ |
04WELLINGTON558 | INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT ON NEW ZEALAND [...] No summary [...] | 2004-06-30 05:11:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN KTDB PGOV NZ OPIC |
04WELLINGTON798 | NEW ZEALAND'S VIEWS ON WORLD HUNGER SUMMIT [...] Post on September 16 delivered reftel demarche regarding the World Leaders Meeting on Action Against Hunger and Poverty to Phillip Taula of the New Zealand Agency for International Development (NZAID). The demarche shared U.S. concerns about a draft declaration and a technical paper released [...] | 2004-09-16 04:21:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN ECON PREL NZ |
04WELLINGTON840 | NEW ZEALAND ON IRAQ ASSISTANCE AND OCTOBER 13-14 [...] The New Zealand government is not yet able to report whether it has disbursed the remainder of the NZ $5.5 million (U.S. $3.3 million) that it had pledged for Iraq assistance at the Madrid Donors' Conference, according to Matt Dalzell of the New Zealand Agency for International Development (NZ [...] | 2004-10-05 03:43:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN PREL IZ NZ |
04WELLINGTON847 | TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER AT EMBASSY [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-07 00:26:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER NZ KVRP |
04WELLINGTON932 | TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER AT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-09 02:33:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER NZ KVRP |
04YEREVAN1456 | ARMENIA SEEKS TO END ARMENTEL MONOPOLY [...] (SBU) In eleventh-hour negotiations to reach an agreement in the Armentel dispute, Minister of Justice David Harutiunian agreed to put off the June 30 deadline for reaching a settlement until September 28, 2004. Despite the extension, the government's threat still stands: If the sides do not [...] | 2004-06-29 11:47:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS KPRV EINV EFIN BEXP AM |
04YEREVAN1473 | ARMENIA: SURPRISINGLY LITTLE TRADE WITH IRAN [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Please protect accordingly -------- SUMMARY -------- 2. (SBU) Despite Armenia's geographic isolation and closed borders, trade with its southern neighbor Iran remains surprisingly small. While the April 12-13 meeting between Armenian Foreign Minister V [...] | 2004-06-30 12:37:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAIR ETRD AM |
04YEREVAN1651 | CENTRAL BANK, MINISTRIES SCRAMBLE TO KEEP THE [...] (SBU) As the Central Bank of Armenia's (CBA) Chairman Tigran Sargsyan left for his summer holiday July 19, a sharp and unexpected appreciation of the Armenian Dram (AMD) against the dollar and euro caused uncertainty and suspicion in Armenia's currency markets. With rare volatility, the dram [...] | 2004-07-26 12:15:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN AM RU |
04YEREVAN1707 | TERRORIST FINANCE: YEREVAN: PKK/KADEK [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-02 12:27:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EFIN ETTC TU AM |
04YEREVAN1745 | ARMENIA'S BANKING SECTOR: IT NEEDS MORE THAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. Not for internet distribution. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Armenia's Central Bank (CBA) has outlined a new reform program to strengthen the banking sector. But bank officials caution that legal and regulatory reforms al [...] | 2004-08-05 13:30:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID AM |
04YEREVAN1746 | LOS ANGELES BANK FRAUD COMES HOME TO ARMENIA [...] (SBU) The U.S. Secret Service provided information on a large transfer of fraudulently obtained funds from a U.S. bank to bank accounts in Russia and Armenia. We sought GOAM assistance in freezing the account in Armenia and recovering the money already disbursed. Based on our intervention, A [...] | 2004-08-05 13:46:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS ASEC ECON EFIN AM |
04YEREVAN1773 | TERRORIST FINANCE: YEREVAN: PKK/KADEK [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-09 13:04:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EFIN ETTC TU AM |
04YEREVAN1781 | ARMENIAN INFLATION: CENTRAL BANK IN A CORNER [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. A rising tide of dollars in the economy is forcing Armenia's Central Bank to choose between an appreciated local currency or increased inflation. Although it is choosing to let the Dram rise, inflation neverth [...] | 2004-08-11 12:20:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN AM |
04YEREVAN2407 | ARMENIA'S STEADY GROWTH, STABLE ECONOMY: [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Armenia's 2004 economic performance should lend confidence to investors and development economists alike. Armenia's oft-cited problems maintaining a transparent and fair business [...] | 2004-11-01 13:35:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EFIN EAID AM |
04YEREVAN2510 | THE GOAM'S CREATIVE ACCOUNTING: CREATING AN [...] (C) During the summer and fall of 2004 the GOAM transferred two valuable state assets into the control of the Ministry of Defense or organizations it controls, keeping the revenues and their subsequent expenditure off the books. In June the GOAM transferred 25 aircraft from the defunct Armeni [...] | 2004-11-22 07:02:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ECON EFIN AM |
04YEREVAN2579 | IFI'S CONCERNED ABOUT TRANSPARENCY [...] (C) Lack of transparency in recent GOAM financial actions is an increasing concern for the representatives of the IMF and World Bank in Yerevan. Because Armenia continues to record steady economic growth and will likely continue to meet criteria set by both the Fund and the Bank, these conce [...] | 2004-12-01 07:45:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN AM |
04YEREVAN2588 | ARMENIA, TRANSPARENCY OF BUDGETS/MILITARY SPENDING [...] (U) Following is Yerevan's response to ref A request for information. Section A: Overview of Military Expenditure Audits --------------------------------------------- ------ 2. (U) The primary responsibility for auditing the GOAM's military spending lies with the Ministry of Defense's [...] | 2004-12-02 13:28:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID AM |
04YEREVAN2604 | NEW ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING LAW MOVING FORWARD [...] (SBU) On November 24, 2004 the Armenian parliament adopted the first reading of the Law Against Money Laundering and Terrorist Finance, which is intended to implement recommendations that MoneyVal (the Council of Europe's committee on anti-money laundering) made during its review of Armenia e [...] | 2004-12-06 02:15:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KCRM KSEP PTER SNAR AM |
04YEREVAN2609 | FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT DEVELOPMENT [...] On November 24 the National Assembly of Armenia adopted the Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Bill in the first reading (ref). The adoption of the bill sanctions the Central Bank of Armenia to proceed with the establishment of the Financial Intelligence Unit as proposed in the law [...] | 2004-12-06 08:58:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM SNAR EAID EFIN AM |
04YEREVAN2798 | NA ADOPTS NEW ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING LAW [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-28 12:45:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AM EFIN KCRM KSEP PTER SNAR |
04YEREVAN349 | ARMENIA: DOUBLE DIGIT GROWTH [...] Armenia's 2003 economic performance exceeded all predictions; despite the rounds of elections and political tremors during the year, the real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 13.9 percent, a record high since 1991 independence. Construction (mostly donor financed) and industry contribute [...] | 2004-02-12 13:50:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG EFIN EAID EAIR AM RU |
04YEREVAN350 | ARMENIA: INCREASING (BUT STILL MODEST) TRADE [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Please protect accordingly -------- SUMMARY -------- 2. (SBU) The Armenian press noted that trade turnover for the first nine months of 2003 between Armenia and Russia increased 84 percent over 2002 levels of the same period and was distributed almost e [...] | 2004-02-12 13:52:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAIR ETRD AM |
04YEREVAN790 | COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP (CTAG): IN-COUNTRY [...] (SBU) Per Ref A, and in the effort to promote counterterrorism cooperation (Ref B),Post hosted a follow-up meeting of the in-country Counterterrorism Action Group, April 1, 2004, comprising representatives from the French, German, Italian, British and Russian Embassies. Post invited Deputy M [...] | 2004-04-02 11:08:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC EFIN PREL AM |
04ZAGREB1228 | OPERATION BALKAN VICE IV: CROATIAN RESPONSE [...] (C) ON JUNE 30, WE PRESENTED REFTEL DEMARCHE TO ANDREA BEKIC, HEAD OF THE AMERICA'S DEPARTMENT AT THE FOREIGN MINISTRY. BEKIC WELCOMED THE NEWS OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE HIGH REPRESENTATIVE, AND USG ACTION TO TARGET THE SUPPORT NETWORK OF PIFWCS. BEKIC SAID SHE WOULD IMMEDIATELY FORWARD THE [...] | 2004-07-01 17:10:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC BK HR |
04ZAGREB1277 | DAS STEPHENS REVIEWS RELATIONSHIP, URGES CROATIA'S [...] (C) During her June 28-30 visit to Zagreb, EUR DAS Kathleen Stephens reviewed developments in our bilateral relationship. Satisfaction with the NATO Istanbul Summit was an important theme. Government interlocutors agreed that progress on refugee returns and the search for Gotovina must cont [...] | 2004-07-13 05:49:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN MASS KAWC HR NATO |
04ZAGREB1297 | CROATIAN PROGRESS ON PRIVATIZATION [...] Since assuming office in December 2003, the new government of Croatia (GoC) has, on several occasions, publicly repeated its commitment to rapid and transparent privatization by 2006 of virtually all of the approximately 1,100 companies in which the GoC holds equity. This divestiture will con [...] | 2004-07-15 09:58:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EFIN ETRD EAID PGOV HR |
04ZAGREB1335 | CROATIA HALTS VAT EXEMPTIONS FOR MOST NGOS [...] (SBU) A recent change to taxation law means Croatian NGOs will again be required to pay VAT on purchases financed with foreign donations. Though some NGOs have raised alarms over alleged unfairness and lack of transparency, GoC efforts to clean up its tax policy are welcome steps. Although the [...] | 2004-07-22 07:18:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SOCI PHUM EFIN PREL HR |
04ZAGREB1646 | EMBASSY COMMENTS ON ICRAS RATING REVEIW FOR CROATIA [...] (SBU) Embassy Zagreb supports proposal to maintain Croatia's ICRAS rating on sovereign debt at the current C minus, and to increase the non-sovereign risk rating to C minus. 2. (SBU) While the fiscal and current account deficits warrant close monitoring, and the failure of Croatia to com [...] | 2004-09-15 15:54:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON HR |
04ZAGREB185 | COURT ORDERS TRANSFER OF IRAQ NATION BANK FUNDS TO [...] (U) THE COUNTY COURT OF ZAGREB SENT THE EMBASSY A COPY OF ITS DECISION, DATED JANUARY 27, ORDERING THE TRANSFER OF FUNDS FROM THE ACCOUNT OF THE CENTRAL BANK OF IRAQ IN PRIVREDNA BANKA ZAGREB TO THE DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR IRAQ. ACCORDING TO THE RESOLUTION, THE FUNDS ARE TO BE TRANSFERRED VIA FE [...] | 2004-01-30 14:02:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL IZ HR |
04ZAGREB2041 | CROATIA: TRANSPARENCY OF BUDGETS/MILITARY SPENDING [...] In response to reftel, post provides the following, keyed to reftel questions: A. General Overview of Auditing Procedures: (1) - According to the MOD, military expenditures are audited in various ways. Commanders, heads of units and the Financial Section of the MOD are responsible for [...] | 2004-11-24 13:47:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID MARR HR NATO |
04ZAGREB280 | NEW FINANCE MINISTER TALKS FISCAL DISCIPLINE [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met new Finance Minister Ivan Suker February 10. Suker declared the government's intention to negotiate a new Standby Arrangement with the IMF -- apparently EU pressure caused the government to overcome earlier misgivings about another SBA. Such an agreement would mean [...] | 2004-02-13 14:44:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL HR |
04ZAGREB382 | AGREEMENT ON SUCCESSION ISSUES RATIFIED [...] (U) SUMMARY: LATE ON MARCH 3, THE CROATIAN PARLIAMENT RATIFIED THE AGREEMENT ON SUCCESSION ISSUES AND ADOPTED A CONCLUSION COMMITTING THE GOVERNMENT TO CONTINUE THE INVESTIGATION INTO $589 MILLION WHICH ARE "MISSING" FROM JOINT VENTURE BANK ACCOUNTS. CROATIA IS THE LAST COUNTRY OF THE F [...] | 2004-03-05 13:23:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN HR |
04ZAGREB627 | THE ECONOMY -- SANADER GOVERNMENT'S ACHILLES HEEL? [...] (C) While the Sanader government has scored points on the foreign policy and political fronts, it is faltering on the economic front. The government inherited certain economic weaknesses, further handicapped itself with slavish campaign promises, then shot itself in the foot with weak appoint [...] | 2004-04-09 05:55:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL HR |
04ZAGREB737 | IMF MISSION DIRECTOR OPTIMISTIC; GOC PLANNING [...] (C) The recent visit of IMF Mission Director to Zagreb showed that there is political will (for the moment) to conclude a Standby Agreement, but considerable political blood will have to be spilled along the way. While the government is figuring out how to backtrack on promises to the pensio [...] | 2004-04-24 22:13:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON SOCI HR |
05ABIDJAN1864 | COTE D'IVOIRE INTENDS TO KEEP WEST AFRICAN CENTRAL [...] (U) The term of Charles Konan Banny, the current governor of the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO),will expire in December 2005. The BCEAO is the common central bank for the eight West African Economic Monetary Union (WAEMU) countries. The BCEAO governor is appointed by the Council [...] | 2005-11-09 14:53:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV IV |
05ABUDHABI1005 | UAE PREPARING ACTIVELY FOR FTA FIRST ROUND [...] (C) Summary: The UAEG continues its preparations for negotiating an FTA with the USG. UAE negotiators have reached out to the private sector, including banks, textile manufactures, and insurance companies to solicit input in advance of the March 6 launch of the first round of FTA negotiations [...] | 2005-03-02 13:28:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON ELAB EFIN PHUM TC |
05ABUDHABI1055 | RECONSTRUCTION DISBURSEMENTS TO IRAQ [...] (U) Embassy continues to press the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) for details of assistance to Iraq. On February 26, the MFA formally informed post, via diplomatic note, that the UAE has disbursed its entire $215 million Madrid reconstruction pledge "on projects inside Iraq." On March [...] | 2005-03-07 09:37:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN |
05ABUDHABI1169 | UPCOMING UAE INTERNATIONAL HAWALA CONFERENCE [...] The UAE Central Bank, in cooperation with the International Monetary Fund and the Middle East North Africa Financial Action Task Force (MENAFATF),will host the Third International Conference on Hawala in Abu Dhabi April 2-3, and the UAE has issued an invitation to Post to attend. 2. The pr [...] | 2005-03-14 10:48:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN PTER EFIN TC |
05ABUDHABI1272 | WOLFOWITZ NOMINATION FOR WORLD BANK: UAE RESPONSE [...] On March 20, EconChief delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Finance A/US for Revenue and Budget Khalid Al- Bustani. EconChief stressed our hope that the World Bank Executive Board could approve this nomination quickly. Al- Bustani promised to discuss our nomination with MinState Khirbas [...] | 2005-03-21 11:05:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID ECON EINV PREL TC |
05ABUDHABI1550 | ARBIFT $116 MILLION UNFROZEN...FINALLY [...] (SBU) On April 2, Abu Dhabi EconChief and Manama OFAC attach met with Ibrahim Lootah, the Managing Director of the Arab Bank for Investment and Foreign Trade (ARBIFT). They met to discuss whether J.P. Morgan Chase Bank had released ARBIFT's assets frozen pursuant to the lifting of U.S. sanctio [...] | 2005-04-06 12:23:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN KIDE |
05ABUDHABI1951 | UAEG PREPARATIONS FOR ROUND TWO OF FTA TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and EconChief discussed FTA round two with lead UAE negotiator, MinEcon Sheikha Lubna Al-Qasimi and MinFin FTA coordinator Khalid Al-Bustani on May 1. Sheikha Lubna confirmed the UAEG's commitment to a successful second round, although she predicted that the complexity o [...] | 2005-05-03 13:26:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON EFIN TC FTA |
05ABUDHABI2067 | UAE OPENS TELECOM SECTOR FOR COMPETITION [...] (U) The UAE Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) announced this week it has approved the establishment of a new telecommunications company that will compete with Etisalat, which up until now was the sole telecommunications entity in the UAE. According to a May 7 Gulf News report, TRA [...] | 2005-05-09 13:03:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS EINT ETRD EFIN PGOV KPRV TC |
05ABUDHABI2113 | UAE MONEY EXCHANGES CONCERNED ABOUT ACCESS TO U.S. [...] (U) Summary. The UAE's 110 licensed money exchange houses have formed a Steering Committee to ensure that the UAE's regulated exchange houses can continue to do business with banks and financial institutions overseas. The steering committee will work with the UAE Central Bank and financial i [...] | 2005-05-11 09:15:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KTFN EFIN TC UAE |
05ABUDHABI2169 | UAE CHARITY - HUMAN APPEAL INTERNATIONAL [...] (S) Summary and Comment: Human Appeal International (HAI),headquartered in the Emirate of Ajman, is one of the most visible UAE international charities. Aware of ongoing U.S. concerns about HAI's activities and terror finance connections, Econoff visited HAI on April 25 and met with the foun [...] | 2005-05-15 09:25:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PTER KTFN EAID EFIN IQ TC UAE |
05ABUDHABI2704 | UAE PROGRESS ON FTA ISSUES -- SLOW BUT STEADY [...] (C) Summary: The UAE continues to make slow, but steady progress on outstanding Free Trade Agreement issues in advance of the proposed June 27 or 28 DVC between the lead negotiators. We have noticed an up tick in UAE preparations as the date of the DVC draws near. For that reason, Embassy su [...] | 2005-06-15 11:04:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON EFIN AS CH TC FTA |
05ABUDHABI2741 | INCONSISTENT UAE CHARITY OVERSIGHT, A SYSTEM [...] (C) Summary. The UAE Government, aware that mechanisms of charitable giving could be used to provide a cover for the financing of terror, has established regulations and procedures to try to ensure that charitable funds are not diverted for terrorist purposes. The regulatory regime for licen [...] | 2005-06-19 09:03:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KTFN EAID EFIN TC UAE |
05ABUDHABI301 | SCENESETTER - NSC HOMELAND SECURITY ADVISOR [...] (C) Overview: We look forward to welcoming you to the United Arab Emirates February 6-7. U.S.-UAE cooperation in the security and counterterrorism fields is robust and the UAE leadership is actively seeking ways to enhance the relationship. Your visit here will be an excellent opportunity to [...] | 2005-01-18 11:17:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER PINS EFIN IZ IR TC |
05ABUDHABI3013 | SCENESETTER - DEA ADMINISTRATOR TANDY'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Administrator Tandy: I would like to welcome you to the UAE. Your visit comes during a dynamic period in the U.S.-UAE bilateral relationship. Over the last few years, relations between the U.S. and the UAE have deepened and expanded in the economic, military, counter-terror, and nonproli [...] | 2005-07-07 14:55:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | SNAR PTER KTFN EFIN ETTC TC |
05ABUDHABI3050 | UAE DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON EXECUTIVE ORDER BLOCKING [...] (S) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid Al Noaimi on July 5 and provided him with copies of E.O. 13382 and UNSCR 1540. At Al Noaimi's request, we will also pass a copy of the E.O. to the UAE's State Security Organization. 2. (S) On July 6, Econoff delivered ref [...] | 2005-07-11 08:42:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PARM PREL PGOV MNUC EFIN ETTC |
05ABUDHABI3073 | UAE: DEAD SEA DONORS MEETING, IRAQI DEBT RELIEF [...] (U) On July 11, Econoff delivered Ref A demarche on the International Reconstruction Trust Fund Facility for Iraq to Mohammed Abdul Rahim Abduljalil, MFA Assistant Undersecretary for International Cooperation. Abduljalil reported that the UAE had not yet designated a representative to the IRFF [...] | 2005-07-12 09:21:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN IZ TC |
05ABUDHABI3211 | DEA ADMINISTRATOR'S UAE VISIT - IT'S ALL ABOUT THE [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 11. 2. (U) Summary: In a 15-17 July visit to the UAE, DEA Administrator Karen Tandy met with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ),Interior Minister Sheikh Saif bin Zayed, and Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser Al [...] | 2005-07-23 01:42:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PTER KTFN EFIN ETTC AF TC |
05ABUDHABI327 | EFFECT ON INSURANCE SECTOR OPENING LIMITED IN NEAR [...] (C) Summary: The UAE has announced that it will open its insurance sector to new foreign insurance companies. The impact of this move, meant to fulfill WTO obligations, is likely to be limited in the near term, as locally-owned companies are likely to continue to have preferential access to [...] | 2005-01-23 11:08:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD TC |
05ABUDHABI3436 | UAE MAKING PROGRESS ON FTA ISSUS OVER SUMMER [...] (C) Summary: The UAEG continues to make progress on FTA issues over the summer months. The UAE Rules of Origin Committee announced a set of conditions that companies would need to comply with in order to have a good classified as "made in the UAE." According to MinFin's Saeed Al-Rukn, these [...] | 2005-08-08 06:26:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON EFIN TC |
05ABUDHABI3475 | UAE ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (U) Summary. This cable is an initial report of some of the program aid that the UAE has provided to the Palestinians, including the $62 million Sheikh Zayed City, the planned $100 million Sheikh Khalifa City, and the $88 million in proje [...] | 2005-08-09 14:10:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN PREL KPAL TC |
05ABUDHABI356 | UAE TERRORIST FINANCING AND MONEY LAUNDERING LAWS, [...] (SBU) Summary: Abdelrahim Mohammed Al Awadi, head of the Anti-Money Laundering Unit at the Central Bank (AMLSCU) presented UAE laws and regulations governing money laundering and terrorist financing to USG officials at the Terrorist Financing Subcommittee of the January 11-12 Joint Military [...] | 2005-01-24 12:52:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETTC PTER TC |
05ABUDHABI3565 | GULF STRATEGY TO COMBAT TERRORIST FINANCING - [...] (S/NF) Summary. Embassy supports the priorities and initiatives for the UAE as outlined in the Gulf Strategy to Combat Terrorist Financing. Establishing a Joint Terrorist Finance Coordination Committee (JTFCC) will feed into the paper's priorities of enhancing charity regulation, monitoring a [...] | 2005-08-16 15:00:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER KTFN EFIN ETTC TC |
05ABUDHABI3735 | TFUS01: UAE OFFER OF ASSISTANCE FOR HURRICANE [...] Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan called Ambassador early Saturday afternoon, September 3, to reiterate UAE President Sheikh Khalifa's message of condolence to President Bush (full text below, para 6) as well as the UAE's offer of [...] | 2005-09-03 11:14:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON EFIN AEMR KPAO CASC MARR AMGT US TC |
05ABUDHABI3746 | TFUS01: UAE OFFERS $100 MN IN HURRICANE KATRINA [...] Sultan Al Rumaithi, Office Director for Deputy PM/MinState Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamden Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, informed Ambassador today that the UAEG was prepared to extend $100 million dollars in assistance for Hurricane Katrina Relief. A UAEG inter-ministerial committee has been formed to [...] | 2005-09-05 07:47:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON EFIN AEMR KPAO CASC MARR AMGT US TC |
05ABUDHABI3772 | TFUS01: UAE DONATION - HURRICANE KATRINA [...] Obeid Al Marra, from UAE Ministry of Presidential Affairs, telephoned DCM to request instructions for in-kind delivery of donated materials (MREs, medical aid, bedding, generators) for Hurricane Katrina victims. 2. Al Marra stated that most probably the UAEG donation would be half cash an [...] | 2005-09-05 14:08:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON EFIN AEMR KPAO CASC MARR AMGT US TC |
05ABUDHABI3888 | COMMENTS ON HUMAN APPEAL INTERNTIONAL NONPAPER [...] (S) Summary. Embassy thanks Department for forwarding Treasury's draft nonpaper on Human Appeal International (HAI),which is intended for OFAC Director Bob Werner's use during his 9/16-20 visit to the UAE (ref A). Embassy strongly recommends against passing the paper as currently drafted to [...] | 2005-09-12 15:05:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PTER KTFN EFIN TC |
05ABUDHABI4102 | SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR JEFFREY AND TEAM'S [...] (C) Summary: The United Arab Emirates has been a key Arab partner and has supported our objectives in Iraq, condemned terror attacks, allowed Coalition forces access to UAE air force bases and ports, and hosted German training for the Iraqi military and police. UAE aid to Iraq, both pledged an [...] | 2005-09-28 08:48:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PGOV MASS EFIN IZ IR SY TC |
05ABUDHABI4103 | OFAC DISCUSSES WMD, TERFIN WITH UAEG, BANKS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-28 08:53:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | KTFN PTER EFIN SNAR PK KN IR TC |
05ABUDHABI4105 | UAE DESIRES MECHANISM TO REVIEW ASSET FREEZES [...] (C) Summary. During his September 17-19 visit to the UAE, Bob Werner, Director of the Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC),met with Sheikh Ahmed bin Zayed, General Manager of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA),to discuss concerns the UAE has raised during [...] | 2005-09-28 12:09:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EFIN PTER ETRD ECON TC |
05ABUDHABI4308 | MBZ MEETING WITH SENIOR ADVISOR ON IRAQ JEFFREY [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) October 8, Senior Adviser on Iraq Ambassador Jeffrey and an interagency team received a pledge of further UAEG assistance in reaching out to Sunni Arab Iraqis and other moderates to encourage them to play a p [...] | 2005-10-15 07:34:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EFIN IZ IR SY SA TC |
05ABUDHABI4573 | UAE FTA CO-CHAIRS ON UPCOMING FTA ROUND [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: On November 8, UAE FTA Co-Chairs MinEcon Sheikha Lubna and Minstate Finance Dr. Khirbash told Ambassador (in separate conversations) that the Emirati side is committed to an FTA with the U.S. and that they were working to ma [...] | 2005-11-08 14:15:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON EFIN AE |
05ABUDHABI4579 | STATUS OF ABU DHABI GENERATOR DONATION TO IRAQ [...] (SBU) Summary. As part of the its promised assistance to Iraq, the UAE intends to donate 2 ABB 200 megawatt/day power stations to Iraq. Although the UAE pledged to send the generators over a year ago, they have not yet been sent. The UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs indicated last y [...] | 2005-11-09 06:41:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN IZ AE |
05ABUDHABI4592 | ASSESSMENT OF CASH COURIER ENVIRONMENT IN THE UAE [...] (S) Summary. The UAE is a largely cash-based society, and the importation of large sums of cash is not frowned upon. In fact, the UAE tends to regard Westerners bringing in large sums of cash as good for the country's economy, and we note that it is common for people here to carry large amount [...] | 2005-11-09 13:34:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PTER KTFN EFIN ETTC AE |
05ABUDHABI468 | UAE CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR DISCUSSES CT FINANCE, FTA [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador met with Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser Al Suwaidi to discuss counterterror finance cooperation on January 29. Governor Al Suwaidi focused on regional CT finance engagement and on expected Free Trade Agreement discussions with the banking sector. End summary. [...] | 2005-02-01 11:15:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETRD IZ PTER TC |
05ABUDHABI4828 | PROPOSAL FOR A U.S.-UAE JOINT TERRORIST FINANCE [...] (S) On November 26, Ambassador and Econchief met with Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser Al-Suwaidi and the head of the Central Bank's Anti-Money Laundering and Suspicious Cases Unit, Abdulrahim Al-Awadi, to discuss reftel proposal for the establishment of a Joint Terrorist Finance Coordinati [...] | 2005-11-27 14:29:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | KTFN PTER EFIN AE |
05ABUDHABI4904 | CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION [...] (U) In an interview published November 30 in the English language "Khaleej Times," Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser Al Suwaidi discussed the UAE Central Bank's cooperation with foreign law enforcement agencies and financial intelligence units in other countries. Al-Suwaidi said that, to dat [...] | 2005-11-30 14:47:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN PTER EFIN TC |
05ABUDHABI4982 | CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR REACTION TO PROPOSED [...] (U) Please see para 5 for an action request. 2. (S) On December 10th, Ambassador and econoff met with the UAE Central Bank Governor, Sultan Nasser al-Suwaidi, to discuss the proposed U.S.-UAE Joint Terrorist Finance Coordinating Committee (JTFCC). This meeting was a follow-up to the Novemb [...] | 2005-12-12 05:03:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | KTFN PTER EFIN AE |
05ABUDHABI509 | UAE CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR DISCUSSES CT FINANCE, FTA [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador met with Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser Al Suwaidi to discuss counterterror finance cooperation on January 29. Governor Al Suwaidi focused on regional CT finance engagement and on expected Free Trade Agreement discussions with the banking sector. End summary. [...] | 2005-02-04 05:59:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD IZ PTER TC |
05ABUDHABI5115 | UAE CONTRIBUTION TO 2005-2006 INCSR, FINANCIAL [...] The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is an important financial center for the Gulf region. The UAE is still a largely cash- based society. However, the financial sector is modern and progressive. Dubai, in particular, is a major international banking center. There is also a growing offshore sector. T [...] | 2005-12-20 11:24:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR |
05ABUDHABI600 | UAE Federal Cabinet Approves FTA negotiating Committee [...] (U) The UAE Cabinet, on February 7, formally approved establishment of a committee to negotiate a Free Trade Agreement with the United States. According to the Cabinet decision, the committee would negotiate "within the framework of the Ministry of Finance and Industry's efforts on the issue." [...] | 2005-02-08 11:58:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECIN ECON EFIN |
05ABUDHABI636 | US TREASURY ABU DHABI OFFICE [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6 2. The US Treasury Office of Technical Assistance (OTA),has opened a regional office in Embassy Abu Dhabi funded by the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) under the Partnership for Financial Excellence (PFE). The office serves all c [...] | 2005-02-12 12:21:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMPIO EFIN |
05ABUDHABI716 | UAEG EXPRESSES VIEWS ON ISRAEL-PALESTINE [...] (C) Summary: On February 13, MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid Al-Noaimi told visiting ARPI Office Director Alan Misenheimer and DCM that he is more optimistic about the prospect for peace in Israel and Palestine since Abu Mazen,s election. He noted that motion on this front will help solve other regio [...] | 2005-02-15 12:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG PREL TC |
05ABUDHABI720 | HOMELAND SECURITY ADVISOR FRAN TOWNSEND MEETS WITH [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 12. Summary ------- 2. (S/NF) Homeland Security Advisor Frances Townsend and UAE Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser Al-Suwaidi met February 7 and discussed the possible formation of a USG-UAEG terrorist financing task force. They agreed t [...] | 2005-02-15 12:12:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON EFIN ETTC PTER TC KTFN |
05ABUDHABI834 | EMIRATI BUSINESSMAN LOOKING TO INVEST IN WEST BANK [...] (C) Summary: Mohammed Al-Abbar, Chairman of Emaar, Dubai's largest publicly-traded real estate development company, called on DCM and Econ Chief to discuss his February 18 meetings with Palestinian and Israeli leaders regarding his development proposals for the Gaza settlements to be evacuated [...] | 2005-02-22 12:32:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EAID EINV PREL KPAL IS TC |
05ABUDHABI864 | STAFFEDL FISCHER EXPLORES UAE REGULATIONS ON [...] (SBU) Begin summary. Visiting Senate Banking Committee Staffdel met with UAE Minister for Economy Sheikha Lubna Al-Qasimi and officials from the Central Bank for briefings on the regulatory regime for all financial institutions in the UAE -- including money changers, hawaladars, stock exchang [...] | 2005-02-23 11:00:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KTFN EFIN ETTC TC |
05ABUDHABI911 | UAE INVESTMENT IN PALESTINE: GOOD INTENTIONS, BAD [...] (C) Summary: Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (MbZ) told Ambassador that he had been briefed on Dubai real estate developer Mohammed Al-Abbar's visit to the Palestinian territories and proposed investments there in advance of Al-Abbar's trip, and had no objection to A [...] | 2005-02-27 12:06:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID ECON EINV PREL KPAL IS TC |
05ABUJA1133 | NIGERIA'S TRADE POLICY: ECOWAS COMMON EXTERNAL [...] Summary: Since July 2003, Nigeria's trade policy has taken a protectionist turn, with import bans imposed on various items including textiles, many consumer goods, and industrial minerals. Now Nigeria appears slowly to be implementing ECOWAS's new Common External Tariff (CET),which would har [...] | 2005-06-24 14:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EFIN ECON NI ECOWAS |
05ABUJA118 | TRADE AND INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, NIGERIA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-27 10:52:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV NI |
05ABUJA1186 | PARIS CLUB REDUCES NIGERIA'S DEBT: JUBILATION NOW, [...] Summary: The Paris Club group of creditor nations has agreed to reduce Nigeria's debt by about 60 percent. This is seen as a reward for Nigeria's effort at reforming its economy with its home-grown economic reform program. Modalities for implementing the agreement will be negotiated between t [...] | 2005-07-05 06:42:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON KGCN PGOV PREL NI |
05ABUJA1408 | DISTRIBUTION OF OIL REVENUES TO NIGERIA'S [...] Summary and Introduction: Talks in the just-concluded National Political Reforms Conference (the "confab") reached a deadlock when the issue of the share of oil revenues paid to the oil-producing states to take care of environmental problems and infrastructure came to the fore on June 13. Th [...] | 2005-08-02 16:36:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EPET PGOV NI OIL |
05ABUJA1684 | NIGERIA ON INNOVATIVE SOURCES OF FINANCING [...] Embassy Abuja's Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) and an economic officer met on Sept. 9, 2005 with Ambassador Abdul Bin Rimdap, director general of the Nigerian Foreign Ministry's international organizations. 2. DCM presented ref talking points on the U.S. Government's views on the Declaration [...] | 2005-09-09 16:43:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN EAIR EAID EFIN NI UNGA |
05ABUJA1692 | NIGERIAN PRESIDENT ABOLISHES EXPORT INCENTIVES [...] (U) The federal government of Nigeria has withdrawn the Bona-fide Manufacturers Scheme, and Manufacturer-in-Bond Export Scheme - two incentives the government extended to local manufacturers to be more competitive due to their alleged abuse. The Bonafide Manufacturers Scheme allowed manufactur [...] | 2005-09-12 09:04:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV EFIN NI |
05ABUJA1861 | NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT FINANCE: THE KNOWN UNKNOWNS [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite improved government reporting on the Nigerian budget, neither the amount of revenue nor the actual expenditure is known with any confidence. The bulk of government revenue comes from the petroleum sector, but reported revenue is based on estimates and company figures. Fe [...] | 2005-09-29 14:33:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID EPET NI |
05ABUJA2087 | OIL PRICE IMPACT ON NIGERIA [...] (SBU) Summary: High oil prices have proved a very mixed blessing for Nigeria. While greatly boosting government revenues, they have increased the challenge of managing those revenues. Though the government is wisely directing much revenue to debt repayment, some of the windfall is finding i [...] | 2005-10-31 15:52:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EPET PGOV NI OIL |
05ABUJA2142 | A/S FRAZER MEETING WITH NIGERIAN FINANCE MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 24, Assistant Secretary Frazer and Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala discussed Nigeria's completed Paris Club deal and Nigeria's efforts to improve its budget process and promote increased trade and investment. The Minister urged favorable U.S. action on [...] | 2005-11-07 15:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAIR ETRD EINV NI |
05ACCRA1051 | SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT KUFUOR'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Ghana is a democratic, market-oriented, pro-American country in a region marked by conflict and authoritarian rule. It has one of the best human rights records in Africa and has made significant efforts to combat trafficking in persons. President John Kufuor is five months into his secon [...] | 2005-05-27 16:34:00 | Embassy Accra | SECRET | EAIR ECON EFIN ELAB GH KWMN PGOV PREL PTER MAS |
05ACCRA1085 | AMBASSADOR MEETS GHANA'S MINISTER OF INTERIOR [...] (C) Summary: On May 27, Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Ghana's new Minister of Interior, Papa Owusu-Ankomah. He hoped for increased assistance in counter-narcotics and noted that the Cabinet has approved a draft trafficking in persons (TIP) bill. He promised to respond to us on propose [...] | 2005-06-01 17:56:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EFIN GH KWMN PGOV PREF PREL PTER |
05ACCRA1134 | GHANA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS, MAY 2005 [...] (U) This report covers noteworthy economic events and activities in Ghana for May 2005. The issues covered are: -- GoG Moves Forward on MCA Program Development -- Ghana Hosts G8/NEPAD Summit on Agriculture -- GoG/donors discuss new Poverty Reduction Strategy -- Local Poultry Producers Sue G [...] | 2005-06-07 17:28:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KMCA EAGR EFIN ECPS ENRG GH |
05ACCRA1282 | GHANA: VIEWS ON UN REFORM AND G-8 DEBT [...] Summary: The Ambassador met Ghanaian Foreign Minister Nana Akufo-Addo on June 28 to deliver demarches on UN reforms. Akufo-Addo said Ghana supports most of the USG priorities in UN reform, including creation of a Democracy Fund, reform of the UN Human Rights Commission, the creation of a Pe [...] | 2005-06-30 18:12:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ECON EFIN GH KUNR PGOV PREL |
05ACCRA1284 | GHANA'S PRESIDENT KUFUOR RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (C) Ambassador Yates met June 29 with President Kufuor, at his request. Kufuor complained about reports that the U.S. had attempted to delay the June 20 Board review of Ghana's IMF program over concerns on petroleum deregulation. Ambassador reassured Kufuor that the USG had supported Ghana's [...] | 2005-07-01 15:47:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON GH |
05ACCRA136 | CTAG MEETING IN GHANA [...] (C) Summary: The British High Commission convened a CTAG meeting January 12 in preparation for a UK meeting on January 28. The group agreed that there had been no deterioration of the terrorist potential in Ghana, although there were isolated concerns. The GOG has not presented proposals [...] | 2005-01-19 17:02:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EFIN GH PREL PTER UK |
05ACCRA1499 | POST COMMENT ON APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE: [...] Post has consulted with various sources in Ghana and found no adverse information on Ghana Home Loans Co. Ltd., CAL Bank Ltd., or on any of the individuals mentioned Ref A. 2. Dominic Adu, the proposed Executive Chairman, is a Ghanaian trained in the U.K. as an accountant. Prior to workin [...] | 2005-07-28 16:19:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN GH OPIC |
05ACCRA1516 | GHANA CENTRAL BANK'S HALF YEAR 2005 ANAYSIS OF THE [...] The Bank of Ghana (BoG) issued its half year economic review and analysis of financial and monetary policies. Inflation declined to 15.7% in June, monetary growth slowed, interest rates and commercial lending rates are falling, remittances are almost 60% higher than in 2004, reserves are stead [...] | 2005-08-01 17:14:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON GH |
05ACCRA1517 | GHANA CENTRAL BANK'S NEW MONETARY POLICY [...] (SBU) The Bank of Ghana (BoG) instituted a new monetary policy framework on July 1 -- including reduced reserve requirements -- to move towards an inflation targeting regime, increase transparency, and make the financial sector more competitive. Despite the potential expansionary effect of th [...] | 2005-08-01 17:15:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON GH |
05ACCRA1812 | GHANA ECON HIGHLIGHTS AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2005 [...] (U) This report covers noteworthy economic events and activities in Ghana for August and September 2005. The issues covered are: -- ExxonMobil Exits Ghana, Thirteen other African Countries -- Visit of US Coast Guard Port Security Liaison Officers -- MCC gives $3 million to Develop GoG Compa [...] | 2005-09-08 12:25:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD ECPS KMCA GH |
05ACCRA2012 | GHANA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS, SEPTEMBER 2005 [...] (U) This report covers noteworthy economic events and activities in Ghana for September 2005. The issues covered are: -- GoG/Donors plan for November 7 Consultative Group Meeting -- U.S. Customs Assesses Ghana Customs' Capabilities, Needs -- Ghana's oil refinery suffers exodus of senior emp [...] | 2005-10-01 10:35:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAGR ETRD EAID ENRG GH |
05ACCRA2036 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRAZER [...] (C) Ghana is a democratic, market-oriented, and pro-American country. It has one of the best human rights records in Africa and has made significant efforts to combat trafficking in persons. President John Kufuor is nine months into his second term, which has been marked by intra-party tensi [...] | 2005-10-04 18:05:00 | Embassy Accra | SECRET | EAIR ECON EFIN ELAB KWMN PGOV PREL PTER GH MAS |
05ACCRA228 | INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] Introduction: Post appreciates the extensions given for completion of this report, but wishes to underscore the difficulties involved in collecting the data. The Government of Ghana employs one person at the Bank of Ghana to monitor all issues related to money laundering. His long recent ab [...] | 2005-02-02 18:32:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PTER KSEP SNAR KTFN EFIN GH |
05ACCRA2401 | GHANA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS, OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 2005 [...] This report covers noteworthy economic events and activities in Ghana for October-November 2005. The issues covered are: -- Government Submits Annual Budget to Parliament -- World Bank Review of Consultative Group Meeting -- World Bank Seminar on Fighting Corruption -- Treasury Advisors Ho [...] | 2005-11-23 18:30:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAGR PREL SENV EMIN GH |
05ACCRA248 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MINISTER-DESIGNATE FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 26, 2005 Minister)designate for Finance and Economic Planning, Kwadwo Baah-Wiredu and Acting Minister of State for Economic Planning, Dr. Nii Ashong paid an informal visit on the Ambassador to express appreciation for the U.S. Government,s (USG) support to Ghana. The [...] | 2005-02-04 15:06:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET GH |
05ACCRA2563 | AMBASSADOR MEETS GHANA'S MINISTER OF FOREIGN [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Minister of Foreign Affairs Nana Akufo-Addo on December 7 and discussed the Millenium Challenge Account (MCA) proposal, regional issues, the WTO Ministerial in Hong Kong, the Iraqi elections and Ghana's new seat on the UN Security Council. En [...] | 2005-12-19 10:49:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN GH PGOV PREL WTO MCA |
05ACCRA2566 | GHANA: COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Ghana was not included in the 2004 Country Report on Terrorism. To date, no acts of international terrorism have ever occurred in Ghana. Ghana is not a sanctuary or safe haven for terrorists. Per reftel A instructions, Ghana will not require a detailed assessment. 2. The Government of Ghan [...] | 2005-12-19 12:43:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO GH |
05ACCRA2619 | GHANA'S PRESIDENT REJECTS CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS [...] (C) President Kufuor rejected recent corruption allegations (reftels) and assured his support for press freedom during a December 21 meeting with Ambassador Bridgewater. Ambassador warned Kufuor of the perception that corruption is worsening in Ghana, and noted U.S. concerns with lack of tran [...] | 2005-12-30 07:06:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PHUM PINR PREL PGOV GH |
05ACCRA400 | USAID/WARP DISCUSSION OF A SECOND COMMON CURRENCY [...] Summary: USAID/West Africa Regional Program (WARP) hosted a January 28 meeting in Accra, Ghana, to discuss the establishment of a common currency (the "Eco") for the West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ) --which consists of Ghana, The Gambia, Guinea, Nigeria and Sierra Leone-- and the work of the [...] | 2005-02-24 17:33:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN GH |
05ACCRA406 | USAID/WARP DISCUSSION OF A SECOND COMMON CURRENCY FOR [...] Summary: USAID/West Africa Regional Program (WARP) hosted a January 28 meeting in Accra, Ghana, to discuss the establishment of a common currency (the "Eco") for the West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ) --which consists of Ghana, The Gambia, Guinea, Nigeria and Sierra Leone-- and the work of the W [...] | 2005-02-25 12:19:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN GH |
05ACCRA471 | AMBASSADOR AND AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION [...] SUMMARY: Ambassador Mary C. Yates, African Development Foundation (ADF) Board Chairman Edward Brehm, and ADF President Nathaniel Fields met with President Kufuor March 2 to discuss the current state and future of ADF's assistance to Ghanaian businesses. Minister for Private Sector Development [...] | 2005-03-08 17:20:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EAID EFIN ETRD GH |
05ACCRA519 | AMBASSADOR MEETS GHANA'S PRESIDENT ON MCA, TIP, [...] (C) Ambassador Yates met March 9 with President Kufuor to recommend urgent action on Ghana's Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) proposal, Trafficking in Persons (TIP) legislation, and planning for the April G8/NEPAD Agricultural Productivity Conference (Ref A). The President acknowledged the [...] | 2005-03-15 17:22:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN EAGR ETRD KWMN PHUM PREL KMCA GH |
05ACCRA552 | AMBASSADOR MEETS GHANA'S NEW ENERGY MINISTER, MIKE [...] (C) The Ambassador used a March 14 courtesy call on new Energy Minister Mike Oquaye to inquire about the status of petroleum sector deregulation and highlight USAID technical assistance to the energy sector and West Africa Gas Pipeline. Oquaye confirmed the GoG would halt the deregulation proc [...] | 2005-03-18 13:57:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ENRG ETRD KMCA GH |
05ACCRA553 | AMBASSADOR AND NEW ENERGY MINISTER DISCUSS [...] (C) During a March 14 courtesy call on new Energy Minister Mike Oquaye (see Reftel for readout) Ambassador Yates inquired about the GoG's recent agreement with "Arabian Gulf Oil Limited," purportedly from Bahrain, on a USD 2.8 billion oil refinery investment. Oquaye was unable to give details, [...] | 2005-03-18 14:01:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ENRG ETRD KMCA GH |
05ACCRA570 | GHANA'S PRESIDENCY RESPONDS TO EMBASSY LOBBYING ON [...] (C) Summary: Senior GoG advisors to President Kufuor told Emboffs of steps they are taking to accelerate Ghana's Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) process. They have instructed the Finance Ministry to expedite the financing and full-time staffing of a permanent Ghanaian MCA team, with the g [...] | 2005-03-22 15:03:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ENRG ETRD KMCA GH MCA |
05ACCRA650 | AMBASSADOR AND FINANCE MINISTER SIGN BILATERAL [...] Ambassador Yates and GoG Finance Minister Kwadwo Baah-Wiredu signed the bilateral Paris Club debt reduction agreement (Refs A and B) on Thursday, March 31, 2004. Under the agreement, the U.S. forgives USD 4,641,600, which represents 100 percent reduction of the eligible stock of debt owed to [...] | 2005-04-01 14:13:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTIA KMCA |
05ACCRA658 | GHANA'S PRIORITIES AND CHALLENGES IN THE NEXT FOUR [...] (C) Post,s view of Ghana,s prospects over the next four years follows, and is in part based on the President's hour-long tour d'horizon with the Ambassador on March 9 and post-election conversations between Emboffs and key Ghanaian players. The political challenges ahead include increases in [...] | 2005-04-04 09:11:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN GH KMCA PGOV PHUM PREL EINV |
05ALGIERS1164 | ALGERIAN BANKS WILL FINANCE DESALINIZATION PLANTS [...] (C) Minister of Energy and Mines Khelil made clear in a June 6 meeting with Ambassador that the GOA had given careful consideration to its plans to finance future desalinization plants. While Algerian state banks did not have much experience in project financing, they had to start somewhere. [...] | 2005-06-07 17:37:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON AG OPIC |
05ALGIERS1233 | NEW PRO-REFORM FINANCE MINISTER MOVING QUICKLY ON [...] Ambassador called on Finance Minister Mourad Medelci to extend congratulations and discuss the Minister's financial and economic vision for the country after his first five weeks in office. Medelci was bullish on the need for reform; announced the imminent privatization of three state-owned b [...] | 2005-06-15 18:26:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV AG |
05ALGIERS1302 | THE KHALIFA LEGACY: BAD HABITS PERSIST AS ALGERIA [...] (C) At least one bank in Algeria's public-dominated banking industry appears to have retained some of the bad habits that caused the collapse of the entire sector in 2003. Ambassador and Econoff learned May 24 from the president of a large western bank in Algeria that the specialized Algerian [...] | 2005-06-28 17:38:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV AG |
05ALGIERS1952 | ALGERIAN EFFORTS AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (C) In a September 14 meeting with Department of Justice money laundering expert Suzanne Hayden, the head of Algeria's inter-ministerial financial action task force, Mohamed Benamar Aid, briefed on the group's activities since the adoption of new national money-laundering legislation in Februa [...] | 2005-09-20 16:47:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KCRM PREL PTER AG |
05ALGIERS2245 | POTENTIAL NEXT GENERATION ALGERIAN LEADER COMMENTS [...] (C) Arslan Chikhaoui (strictly protect),a private consultant in his late thirties or early forties, has close ties to the Algerian military and intelligence communities, the business world, and the political leadership. A strong advocate of Algerian reform and modernization, Chikhaoui is a t [...] | 2005-11-07 12:51:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN MARR AG |
05ALGIERS2293 | ALGERIA BANKING SECTOR SUFFERS ANOTHER SETBACK [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Algerian banking system was recently hit by another scandal of fund embezzlement at the state- owned National Bank of Algeria (BNA). This comes at a time when the GoA is making a big push to privatize and reform the banking sector. According to media sources, between 2002 and [...] | 2005-11-14 16:09:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EIND ETRD EFIN AG |
05ALMATY1927 | KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. government. -- Mazhilis Committee Suggests Foreign Borrowing Limits -- Pipe Pl [...] | 2005-05-20 11:11:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ ECONOMIC |
05ALMATY2122 | KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. Government. -- Government Submitted Draft Amendments to Tax Code -- Pension As [...] | 2005-06-06 14:25:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ ECONOMIC |
05ALMATY2308 | KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. Government. -- New Joint Russian- Kazakh Space Venture -- Senate Approves Law [...] | 2005-06-21 02:57:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ ECONOMIC |
05ALMATY24 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEATH OF PROMINENT BANKER SPARKS RUMORS [...] (SBU) Summary: The December 19 death of Bank TuranAlem (BTA) president Erzhan Tatishev in a hunting accident has put the local rumor mill into high gear. Despite calming words from representatives of the bank, the second largest in Kazakhstan, the accident has received a great deal of media a [...] | 2005-01-04 07:46:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV PHUM KZ ECONOMIC POLITICAL |
05ALMATY2407 | GOK ANNOUNCES PURCHASE OF ALMATY POWER CONSOLIDATED [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 27, Prime Minister Akhmetov announced last-minute plans for the GOK to purchase Almaty Power Consolidated (APK) after a disputed bankruptcy auction, scheduled for the same day, was cancelled for unspecified reasons. A leading opposition figure, later joined by deputies [...] | 2005-06-28 10:55:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG EFIN KZ ECONOMIC |
05ALMATY2637 | MARCHENKO BELIEVES ELECTIONS TO BE EARLY, CALLS [...] (C) Summary: At a July 11 meeting at the Almaty headquarters of the Halyk Savings Bank where he is Chairman of the Board, Grigoriy Marchenko had a wide-ranging discussion of the political and economic atmosphere in Kazakhstan with Econoff and the Embassy Moscow Treasury Attache. Inter alia, [...] | 2005-07-18 07:47:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PINR KZ ECONOMIC |
05ALMATY2638 | DEMARCHE ON EXECUTIVE ORDER ON WMD PROLIFERATOR [...] Emboff delivered Reftel talking points and the text of the Executive Order to Olzhas Togyzbayev, head of the MFA Division on the OSCE and International Security Institutes, on July 15. 2. Togyzbayev did not have an immediate substantive response to the demarche; he however reiterated Kazakh [...] | 2005-07-18 08:53:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PGOV MNUC EFIN ETTC KZ WMD POLITICAL |
05ALMATY2688 | KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. Government. -- Kazakhstan Elected to WCO Political Commission -- Parliament Ap [...] | 2005-07-20 13:28:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ ECONOMIC |
05ALMATY2850 | KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. Government. -- National Bank Raises Refinancing Rate -- Commerzbank to Invest [...] | 2005-08-04 11:19:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ ECONOMIC |
05ALMATY2950 | KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. Government. -- Special Economic Zone in South Kazakhstan -- Kazakhstan Cuts Po [...] | 2005-08-16 05:17:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ ECONOMIC |
05ALMATY304 | AMBASSADOR ORDWAY MEETS WITH DPM AND TRADE MINISTER [...] (U) Summary/Background: Ambassador Ordway called on Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Sauat Mynbayev January 25 in Astana. They discussed Kazakhstan's WTO accession, the Minister's prospective attendance at the inaugural TIFA Council meeting and his possible trip to Sa [...] | 2005-01-28 08:16:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV KZ ECONOMIC |
05ALMATY3172 | KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. Government. -- Changes in the Cabinet -- WTO Protocol with Turkey Signed -- [...] | 2005-09-01 09:06:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ ECONOMIC |
05ALMATY3476 | KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. Government. -- WTO Protocol with China Signed -- E-Government Contract with Al [...] | 2005-10-05 04:46:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ ECONOMIC |
05ALMATY4047 | KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. Government. -- Forecast Inflation Rate 2005 Not to Be Reconsidered -- Halyk Ba [...] | 2005-11-10 09:24:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ ECONOMIC |
05ALMATY4160 | 2006 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE FOR KAZAKHSTAN [...] Per Reftel request, Embassy Almaty submits 2006 National Trade Estimate (NTE) below and separately via email to USTR. TRADE SUMMARY (UPDATED DATA TO BE PROVIDED BY USTR) Kazakhstan submitted its application for WTO membership on January 29, 1996 and the fact-finding phase of the accessi [...] | 2005-11-23 04:32:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD KZ ECONOMIC USTR |
05ALMATY4256 | KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. Government. -- Early Repayment of Foreign Loans in 2005 -- WTO Protocol with J [...] | 2005-11-30 07:42:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ ECONOMIC |
05ALMATY428 | KAZAKHSTAN: DAS KENNEDY'S MEETING WITH DPM AND [...] (SBU) This cable contains an action request for USTR, para. 10. 2. (U) Summary: EUR DAS Laura Kennedy and Ambassador Ordway called on Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Sauat Mynbayev February 3 in Astana. They discussed Jackson-Vanik, WTO accession, the Minister's pr [...] | 2005-02-07 01:21:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV KZ ECONOMIC |
05ALMATY4426 | KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. Government. -- Republican Budget for 2006 Signed -- National Fund to be Modifi [...] | 2005-12-16 11:40:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ ECONOMIC |
05ALMATY4431 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE ON POSSIBLE NORTH KOREAN [...] (SBU) On December 8, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Yerlan Kubashev, Asia Department in the Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Kubashev indicated that the GOK will look into the issue. He asked Poloff to bring any future related information to his attention. ORDWAY NNNN [...] | 2005-12-20 10:37:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KZ ECONOMIC |
05ALMATY4523 | KAZAKHSTAN TO CONDUCT CENSUS IN 2009 [...] Summary: Kazakhstani authorities have announced that the second national population census will take place in February 2009. Preparation for the project will begin in 2006. The methodology of the census process will be changed in order to produce more accurate results than the previous ce [...] | 2005-12-28 12:35:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN KZ ECONOMIC |
05ALMATY607 | COMMERCE DAS ERIC STEWART VISITS ASTANA, DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) Summary: Department of Commerce DAS Eric Stewart (Market Access and Compliance-Europe) visited Astana February 8 and met with several key contacts in Kazakhstani ministries. DAS Stewart told the Kazakhstani officials that, on balance, the economic and trade relationship between the tw [...] | 2005-02-16 07:46:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EIND KZ ECONOMIC |
05ALMATY933 | AMBASSADOR ORDWAY'S MEETING WITH FINANCE MINISTER [...] (U) Ambassador Ordway met with Kazakhstani Minister of Finance Arman Dunayev March 2 in Astana. The Ambassador pressed Dunayev for progress on ratification of the U.S.- Kazakhstan Bilateral Assistance Agreement and for prompt payment of the $10 million award to AIG by an international arbitra [...] | 2005-03-11 00:08:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV KZ ECONOMIC |
05ALMATY934 | AMBASSADOR ORDWAY PURSUES PED, BILATERAL AGREEMENT [...] Ambassador Ordway met with Kazakhstani Minister of Economy and Budget Planning Kairat Kelimbetov on March 3 in Astana. The Ambassador urged Kelimbetov to take action to speed the ratification of the U.S.-Kazakhstan Bilateral Assistance Agreement and to ensure that the GOK commits to a cost-s [...] | 2005-03-11 00:08:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV KZ ECONOMIC |
05AMMAN1038 | TERRORISM FINANCE DESIGNEE AL-SUDANI [...] (S/NF) Post Legatt, acting on instructions it has received through its own channels, has moved to contact al-Sudani in order to follow up on his offer of cooperation, and Legatt will pass reftel points to Mr. al-Sudani. After Legatt has made contact with al-Sudani, post will reassess the desi [...] | 2005-02-08 05:17:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER PGOV JO |
05AMMAN1087 | AMMAN STOCK EXCHANGE REACTS TO RUMORS, THEN NEWS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: A week-long, 12% drop in Arab Bank,s share price appears to have paused, as the price rose 1.5% today on domestically-reported news that the bank is considering voluntary closure of its New York branch. While the recent slide in price was not due entirely to rumors of impending e [...] | 2005-02-08 16:54:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KTFN JO |
05AMMAN1192 | World Bank Holds Successful Iraq IDA Talks [...] (U) This cable was cleared by Embassy Baghdad. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) World Bank and Iraqi government delegations concluded successful negotiations on the modalities of up to $700 million in World Bank assistance in Amman on February 10. Bank representatives were impressed by both [...] | 2005-02-13 15:38:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EAID EFIN IZ JO |
05AMMAN1234 | PARLIAMENT APPROVES 2005 BUDGET BY WIDE MARGIN [...] (C) The Lower House of Parliament approved the government's 2005 budget of 3.3 billion Jordanian dinars (JD) -- approximately USD 4.7 billion -- on February 12 by a vote of 82 to 24. During the four days of debate preceding the vote, 99 out of 110 MPs insisted on presenting individual speech [...] | 2005-02-14 15:41:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN JO |
05AMMAN1356 | U/S LEVEY BILATS ADDRESS ARAB BANK AND AML LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: In bilateral meetings held in Amman February 16, a multi-agency delegation led by Under Secretary of Treasury for the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey heard GOJ and Arab Bank concerns about the impending regulatory action against Arab Bank. In response [...] | 2005-02-17 17:03:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON EFIN PREL ETTC KTFN PINR JO IZ |
05AMMAN1652 | SECRETARY'S ORAL MESSAGE TO ARAB LEAGUE: JORDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-27 15:57:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG JO |
05AMMAN1720 | GOJ REOPENING PARIS CLUB DEBT FORGIVENESS REQUEST [...] (C) King Abdullah told Charge on February 26 that during his recent visit to Europe he had heard positive responses from French, German, and British leaders to his request to revisit the question of debt forgiveness, collectively through the Paris Club and bilaterally. Finance Minister Abu H [...] | 2005-03-01 16:20:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN PREL JO |
05AMMAN1837 | AML LAW GOES TO PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) Finance Minister Mohammed Abu Hammour informed Charge on March 5 that Jordan's Cabinet had approved the anti-money laundering (AML) bill that it had been considering over the past month. Abu Hammour had consulted with Abdul-Hadi al-Majali, the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, and not [...] | 2005-03-07 06:23:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN KTFN ETTC PGOV JO |
05AMMAN1957 | TERRORISM FINANCE: 2005 UPDATE NO. 2 - EMBOFF ROLE [...] Post provides replies to reftel queries as follows: 2. (C) Over the past two years, the GOJ has not reported the seizure of any funds belonging to 1267-designated individuals or entities, though it has sent out freeze orders after each 1267 designation. (They did, however, freeze hundreds o [...] | 2005-03-08 15:02:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | KTFN KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL CVIS JO |
05AMMAN1997 | FM MULKI ON HIS MARCH 5-6 VISIT TO ISRAEL AND THE [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Mulki described to Charge a very positive visit to Israel. Israel and Jordan agreed to seek U.S. support for reviving the trilateral economic committee, and Mulki believes he gained PM Sharon,s support for a deal on the release of Jordanian prisoners in Israeli [...] | 2005-03-09 16:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN KPAL IS JO |
05AMMAN2044 | FORMER PM'S LICENSE APPLICATION IS A TEST FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The announcement by former Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb that he has applied for a new banking license has stirred up considerable interest in the Jordanian business community, but also provoked controversy and a war of words between Abul Ragheb and another former prime minister, [...] | 2005-03-10 18:03:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ECON PGOV JO |
05AMMAN2050 | A STEP FORWARD AND A SHUFFLING OF FEET: BANKING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The excellent recent profitability of banks is continuing to drive change in the Jordanian banking sector. A successful medium-sized bank is looking for a partner in what would be the first merger not driven by a bank failure in well over a decade and the last remnants of the 200 [...] | 2005-03-13 06:53:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV JO |
05AMMAN2295 | ECONOMIC REFORM PROGRAM ON TRACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: While Jordan remains dependent on foreign aid, its economic reform program is making substantial progress that has continued, undiminished in scope and urgency, since its "graduation" from an IMF program in summer 2004. The GOJ has succeeded in limiting the growth of current exp [...] | 2005-03-21 11:05:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EFIN KPRV EPET PGOV JO |
05AMMAN2328 | AML LAW DEFERRED [...] (U) In a procedural vote March 20, the Chamber of Deputies, Jordan's lower house of Parliament, declined to give "urgent" status to the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) bill approved by the GOJ Cabinet on March 5 (reftel). After hearing a defense of the bill's importance from Justice Minister Sal [...] | 2005-03-21 15:48:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN ETTC PGOV JO |
05AMMAN2428 | IMF IRAQ CHIEF SEES NEED FOR REMEDIAL ACTION TO [...] (C) Coordinator for Iraq Reconstruction Ambassador Robin Raphel met with IMF Iraq Resident Representative Ibrahim el-Tigani in Amman on March 17. In a frank discussion Tigani provided his assessment of the government of Iraq's performance to date in meeting the policy and information provisi [...] | 2005-03-24 04:55:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EINV EAID PGOV PREL IZ |
05AMMAN2753 | FINANCE MINISTER REVIEWS STATUS OF OIL GRANTS [...] (C) In a March 30 meeting with Charge, Finance Minister Mohammed Abu Hammour reviewed the likelihood of Jordan's receipt of oil grants in 2005. Abu Hammour noted that during the most recent visit by King Abdullah to Saudi Arabia in early March, the Saudis had promised to grant Jordan 25,000 ba [...] | 2005-04-03 14:49:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PREL EFIN SA KU JO TC |
05AMMAN2776 | AMMAN STOCK EXCHANGE BUBBLE: WIDER DANGER FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: A dramatic rise at the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) over the past two years has both reflected and reinforced the Jordanian economy,s healthy growth since the 2003 coalition invasion of Iraq. The ASE was one of the best performers in the world over 2004, turning in one of the best [...] | 2005-04-04 11:33:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV KPAL JO |
05AMMAN2858 | TERRORIST FINANCE: JORDAN'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE [...] (S) Emboffs on April 6 delivered reftel demarche to Walid Obeidat of the Foreign Minister's Private Office and Siwar Massadeh of the MFA's Legal Affairs Department. Obeidat commented that because Hiyari, a Jordanian citizen, was convicted in the State Security Court of financing Zarqawi's ne [...] | 2005-04-07 08:10:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PTER PREL KTFN EFIN ETTC CVIS JO |
05AMMAN2970 | NEW FINANCE MINISTER REVIEWS PARLOUS STATE OF GOJ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Newly appointed Jordanian Minister of Finance (and former Minister of Planning) Bassem Awadallah told Charge on April 12 that Jordan will likely face a $282-352 million shortfall as a result of higher-than-expected crude oil prices and lower-than-expected grant income. The Minist [...] | 2005-04-12 14:16:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN PREL EPET KPRV JO |
05AMMAN3151 | FOREIGN MINISTER ON BILATERAL ISSUES [...] (C) During an introductory call on Foreign Minister Qasrawi on April 19, Charge reviewed important outstanding bilateral issues, emphasizing that they came in the context of our overall excellent relationship. Qasrawi had received a non-paper on these issues prior to the meeting, and in res [...] | 2005-04-19 14:00:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CASC CJAN EFIN PHUM MARR JO |
05AMMAN3551 | OPPOSITION TO NEW CABINET IN PARLIAMENT REMAINS [...] (C) Opposition to King Abdullah's new reform cabinet continues to grow. Rumor mongers point to the cabinet's many reformist ministers and conclude the U.S. must have pressured the King to appoint them. PM Badran is proceeding with his public and private outreach efforts to shore up support [...] | 2005-05-05 15:56:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM MARR EFIN PTER JO |
05AMMAN3649 | JORDAN HAS A PROMISING NEW ECONOMIC TEAM, BUT CAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's new economic team only took office as part of the new cabinet on April 7 but has already shown its eagerness to move ahead with economic reform. It has quickly moved to resolve several long-standing economic and investment problems. In an initial series of calls with [...] | 2005-05-10 03:33:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EFIN PGOV JO |
05AMMAN4228 | DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S MAY 20 MEETING WITH [...] (U) Friday, May 20, 2005, 1:30 p.m., King Hussein Convention Center, Dead Sea, Jordan. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Deputy Secretary Executive Assistant to the Deputy Secretary Ross Wilson Embassy Amman Charge d'Affaires David Hale (notetaker) Farah Pandith (NSC) Jordan King [...] | 2005-06-01 07:01:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KISL KMPI KPAL ECON EFIN IZ SU SY JO |
05AMMAN4320 | HOUSE STAFFDEL MEETS WITH KING ABDULLAH [...] (C) Summary. A staff delegation from the U.S. House of Representatives, accompanied by Charge, met with King Abdullah on May 29. The staffdel trip was hosted by the Government of Jordan, arranged by the Jordanian Embassy in Washington, and the Jordanian Foreign Ministry. Also present were Roya [...] | 2005-06-02 06:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL EFIN IZ JO |
05AMMAN4368 | IS THE GOVERNMENT TURNING THE CORNER IN GAINING [...] (C) Jordan's eight-week old reform-oriented cabinet continues to encounter stiff resistance from members of parliament (now in recess) and their allies in the press. This opposition stems from fear of genuine reforms, antagonism toward the leading reformist personalities, hostility toward the [...] | 2005-06-02 13:07:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN JO |
05AMMAN4391 | A/S WAYNE,S MEETING WITH JORDAN CENTRAL BANK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings on the margins of the BMENA Trade and Investment Finance Conference held in Amman May 18, EB Assistant Secretary E. Anthony Wayne raised with Jordan Central Bank Governor Umayya Touqan counter terrorism financing and anti-money laundering issues, including the Arab [...] | 2005-06-03 13:44:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN ETTC PGOV PREL JO |
05AMMAN4597 | BMENA CONFERENCE: A/S WAYNE'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the margins of the BMENA Trade and Investment Conference in Amman on May 18, Pakistan's Minister of State for Economic Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar told Assistant Secretary E. Anthony Wayne that her government was pleased to be part of the BMENA process and was committed to broa [...] | 2005-06-09 05:25:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID KMPI PREL ECON JO PK |
05AMMAN4680 | GOJ NOTIFIED OF USG POSITION ON PARIS CLUB DEBT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-12 10:02:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN PREL JO |
05AMMAN4782 | 2005 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (SBU) Per reftel, post herewith updates the October 2004 "Report of U.S. Citizen Expropriation Claims and Certain Other Commercial and Investment Disputes" regarding an outstanding investment dispute by a "U.S. person" against the Government of Jordan (GOJ). Claimant A refers to Jacobs Eng [...] | 2005-06-15 15:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC EFIN EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV JO |
05AMMAN5228 | FUEL PRICE INCREASES IN JORDAN ON THE HORIZON [...] (U) SUMMARY: Royal Court Minister Marwan Muasher June 27 spoke briefly about lifting oil subsidies in remarks carried prominently in most of the Arabic-language dailies. It is only a matter of time before the first wave of oil and gas price hikes are announced and implemented. Muasher's re [...] | 2005-06-29 14:33:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EFIN ECON JO |
05AMMAN531 | JORDAN - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2005 [...] In response to reftel request, post submits the Investment Climate Statement for 2005 for Jordan. As requested, post will also send a copy of the ICS via email to EB/IFD/OIA. BEGIN TEXT OF INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, JORDAN: Investment Climate Openness to Foreign Investment Since [...] | 2005-01-23 07:11:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD KTDB JO OPIC USTR |
05AMMAN5311 | IMF ADVANCE REPORT PRESENTS STARK FISCAL PICTURE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to advance reports, a quarterly IMF review of Jordan,s economic situation shows a dramatic deterioration in the fiscal position of the GOJ, broadly in line with figures that we have seen from the Ministry of Finance, that stems from the rise of world crude prices and the [...] | 2005-07-03 11:30:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN PREL KPRV JO |
05AMMAN538 | FIRST NEW BANK LICENSES IN DECADE PROVOKE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The past two years have seen the Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) perform an increasingly difficult, but so far successful, balancing act. On the one hand, CBJ has remained committed to consolidation of the fragmented Jordanian banking sector and resisted pressure from domestic mag [...] | 2005-01-23 12:31:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL EINV ECPS KPRV JO |
05AMMAN5451 | GOJ TO PARTIALLY ELIMINATE FUEL SUBSIDIES JULY 9 [...] (C) In Charge's initial courtesy call on recently appointed Finance Minister Adel al-Kodah on July 7, Minister Kodah stated that the Council of Ministers had finalized its decision to raise fuel product prices. In its first session, on July 5, the Cabinet had set July 9 as the date on which t [...] | 2005-07-07 12:34:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EAID EFIN PGOV PREL JO |
05AMMAN5575 | JORDANIAN COMMENTS ON JULY 18-19 IRAQ DONOR'S [...] (SBU) Embassy passed reftel demarche on July 10 to Ghaith Zureikat, Director of the U.S., South America, and Australia Bilateral Cooperation Division at the Ministry of Planning and Bilateral Cooperation. (Note: The Ministry has lead responsibility within the GOJ for organizing the Jordan-h [...] | 2005-07-13 05:36:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EFIN PREL JO IZ |
05AMMAN5626 | AML LAW SNAFU MAKES ITS SWIFT PASSAGE MORE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The failure of the GOJ to place a draft anti-money laundering law on the agenda for the extraordinary session of Parliament beginning July 14 may mean that the bill,s consideration will be delayed until the start of the next regular session of Parliament. Whenever it is considere [...] | 2005-07-14 14:17:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON KTFN ETTC JO |
05AMMAN5725 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY WAYNE'S JULY 10 MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In July 10 meetings with Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) Governor Umayya Touqan and with Minister of Finance Adel Al-Kodah, A/S Wayne repeated earlier calls (Ref B) for action by the Government of Jordan (GOJ) on anti-money laundering/counter-financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) contro [...] | 2005-07-19 05:09:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN ETTC PGOV PREL EAID JO |
05AMMAN5737 | SUPPORTING REFORM - JORDANIAN PLANNING MINISTER'S [...] (SBU) New Jordanian Planning Minister Suhair al-Ali will visit Washington the week of August 1. The articulate, Georgetown-educated Citibanker is on the frontlines of Jordan,s reform program, and was handpicked by the King. Her intention is to brief on Jordan,s economic and fiscal situation [...] | 2005-07-19 09:04:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EFIN EAID JO |
05AMMAN5849 | JORDAN'S AUSTERITY PLANS KEEP GROWING DEFICIT IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOJ strategy for getting through the present fiscal crisis (Refs A, B) consists of austerity measures (most importantly a 20 percent cut in Ministries' operational spending),revenue enhancement through accelerated privatization and tax reform, an end to costly fuel and oth [...] | 2005-07-21 15:41:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV EAID PREL JO |
05AMMAN5887 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH JORDAN [...] (U) The Deputy Secretary met with Jordanian Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Suhair al-Ali July 10 at 3:40 p.m. at the Ministry during a visit to Jordan in connection with the U.S.-Iraq Joint Commission for Reconstruction and Economic Development (JCRED) held July 11. 2. [...] | 2005-07-24 15:13:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN PREL JO |
05AMMAN5912 | CBJ'S $1.3 BILLION TRADE LEDGER ACCOUNT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The $1.3 billion deficit in the Iraqi trade ledger account in the Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) is a recurring issue among Jordan, the U.S., and Iraq. A legacy of the former Jordan-Iraq trade protocol, the account is not considered by the GOJ to fall under any Paris Club treatment [...] | 2005-07-25 13:56:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN PREL IZ JO |
05AMMAN5988 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY WAYNE'S CONVERSATIONS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the margins of the Donors Committee meeting of the July 18-19 International Reconstruction Fund Facility for Iraq (IRFFI),EB Assistant Secretary Wayne had conversations with Jordanian Prime Minister Adnan Badran and with Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Suhai [...] | 2005-07-28 10:39:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN IZ JO |
05AMMAN5995 | JORDAN FORWARDS NAMES FOR POSSIBLE CONSIDERATION [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (C) Foreign Ministry interlocutors July 27 handed to Legatt a list of 16 Jordanian nationals which they said at the time was for the UN 1267 Committee. In a follow-up conversation July 28, FM Legal Department Director Bishir Al-Khasawneh s [...] | 2005-07-28 14:08:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PTER KTFN ASEC KVPR PREL EFIN ETTC CVIS JO |
05AMMAN631 | TERRORIST FINANCE: PRENOTIFICATION OF DESIGNATION [...] (S) On January 18 emboffs delivered reftel points to Walid Obeidat, special assistant to the office director for the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Siwar Massadeh from the Ministry,s Legal Affairs Department. Obeidat stated that he would immediately take initial steps to coordinate with Jor [...] | 2005-01-25 12:25:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS |
05AMMAN6445 | JORDANIAN GOVERNMENTAL ASSISTANCE TO THE [...] (C) Jordan (which formerly administered the West Bank) offers significant support to Palestinian society in keeping with its extensive economic and social ties to the Palestinian territories. King Abdullah, who most recently met with Abu Mazen in Amman on August 2 (ref B),and other senior G [...] | 2005-08-11 12:30:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN PREF PREL KPAL JO |
05AMMAN6529 | Jordanian Businesswomen Tackle Gender Barriers [...] SUMMARY: Over the past decade, women's ability to succeed in Jordan's private sector has improved. Although financial and social barriers are still present, the establishment of business and gender-focused organizations combined with a general optimism suggest that many Jordanian businesswo [...] | 2005-08-16 10:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI KWMN ECON EFIN JO |
05AMMAN657 | ARAB BANK [...] (S) Charge delivered reftel points to Foreign Minister al-Mulki on January 26. Mulki expressed Jordanian appreciation for the cooperative spirit of the message and agreed fully on the need to close any gaps that terrorists might exploit at Arab Bank. He intended to call Arab Bank Chairman S [...] | 2005-01-26 09:47:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL EFIN PTER KTFN JO |
05AMMAN671 | TERRORIST FINANCE: JORDAN SUPPORTS DARWISH [...] (SBU) Post informed the MFA via diplomatic note of the U.S. intention to designate Sulayman Khalid Darwish under E.O. 13224 on January 25 (refs). Walid Obeidat of the Foreign Minister's private office called to inform poloff on January 26 that the Ministry late on January 25 had instructed [...] | 2005-01-26 13:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS JO |
05AMMAN6782 | (S) IRAQ FRE ASSETS: AL-SADUN [...] (S) Acting Econ/C August 14 delivered reftel background paper to Central Bank of Jordan Deputy Governor Faris Sharaf and requested that he inquire closely into the case and share with us any information that he or the CBJ fraud investigation unit might uncover. Sharaf said that he would per [...] | 2005-08-23 11:45:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KTFN IZ JO LVPR |
05AMMAN7273 | READOUT ON JORDANIAN MINISTERS' SEPT. 10 VISIT TO [...] (U) In the first visit of a senior Arab state official to Iraq since the fall of Saddam, Jordanian PM Adnan Badran, accompanied by four other cabinet members, met in Baghdad September 10 with Iraqi Vice President Adel Abdul Mehdi and Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari. 2. (C) Jordanian Foreig [...] | 2005-09-12 05:31:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN IZ JO |
05AMMAN7547 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF TREASURY ACTING A/S [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The USG has enjoyed improved engagement with the GOJ on anti-money laundering/countering terrorist financing issues over recent months, as Jordanian officials increasingly understand the importance the USG places on these issues and the vulnerabilities of Jordan's economy to a [...] | 2005-09-21 06:28:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | KTFN ETTC EFIN PREL JO IZ |
05AMMAN7951 | JORDAN'S ECONOMY: TOP OFFICIALS CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's Finance Ministry and the Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) are increasingly concerned that high levels of liquidity and increasing prices will fuel inflation over the coming year. The CBJ recently raised interest rates by half a percentage point, double the size of increases [...] | 2005-10-05 11:52:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON JO KU |
05AMMAN7986 | ADVOCATES AND SKEPTICS SHARE THEIR VIEWS ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: As the Jordanian political class awaits the release of the reform recommendations of the Royal Commission for the National Agenda (NA),Jordanian officials and political observers shared their views on the prospects for reform with visiting NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Elizabet [...] | 2005-10-06 06:48:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN PREL JO |
05AMMAN8031 | CHARGE REVIEWS MONETARY ISSUES WITH CBJ GOVERNOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an Oct 5 meeting with Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) Governor Umayya Touqan and his two deputies, Faris Sharaf and Mohammed Shahin, Charge and Ecouns followed up on Treasury A/S Daniel Glaser's recent visit to Jordan, and elicited feedback on a wide range of monetary issues. Gove [...] | 2005-10-10 07:55:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON JO |
05AMMAN8166 | AMBASSADOR JEFFREY AND DELEGATION MEET WITH [...] (S) SUMMARY: On October 9, S/I Ambassador Jeffrey and his delegation met with King Abdullah, Foreign Minister Farouq Kasrawi, Finance Minister Adel Kodah, Chairman of the Jordanian Armed Forces General Khalid Sarairah, and General Intelligence Directorate chief Samih Asfoura. The Jordanians p [...] | 2005-10-14 14:25:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER EFIN IR IZ SY JO |
05AMMAN8168 | CBJ MOVING FORWARD ON TREASURY AGENDA [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a second follow-up meeting to Treasury DAS Glaser's recent visit to Amman (see ref),Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) Deputy Governor Faris Sharaf was optimistic the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) bill might pass by December, and agreed tentatively to a December FIU study tour in Egyp [...] | 2005-10-14 14:32:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IZ JO PGOV |
05AMMAN8170 | TREASURY ACTING A/S GLASER DISCUSSES TERRORIST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Treasury Acting A/S Daniel Glaser met with Finance Ministry and Central Bank of Jordan officials to discuss terrorism finance issues, including the status of the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) law and Arab Bank's follow-up to U.S. regulatory actions against it. He also explored Jor [...] | 2005-10-14 14:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EFIN JO |
05AMMAN9 | GOJ SAYS KUWAITI AND EMIRATI CASH GRANTS ALREADY [...] (C) Finance Minister Abu Hammour, in a January 3 conversation, reconfirmed to Charge that Jordan's arrangement to receive 50,000 barrels per day in crude from Saudi Arabia is currently scheduled to conclude at the end of April 2005. Abu Hammour also confirmed that the Kuwaiti and Emirati pledg [...] | 2005-01-03 11:30:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID EPET EFIN ENRG JO |
05AMMAN9036 | JORDAN PREPARES A TOUGH BUDGET FOR 2006 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's revised 2006 budget goes a long way to getting the country's fiscal house in order. The GOJ will continue to cut fuel subsidies, will base its budget on an estimate of $60/barrel oil, and will assume only guaranteed foreign assistance. The budget of Finance Minister A [...] | 2005-11-22 06:50:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN JO |
05AMMAN911 | RE: TERRORIST FINANCE: POSTS' VIEWS ON POTENTIAL [...] (S/NF) A record search on al-Sahaba Bookstore produced the following Ministry of Industry and Trade company registry information: Al-Sahaba Publishing and Distribution House Proprietor: Ala Subhi Mahmoud Fleifil Establishment Trade Registration Number 96179 Registered on April 10, 2002 Reg [...] | 2005-02-03 17:07:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | KTFN ETTC EFIN PREL PTER JO |
05AMMAN9213 | CONTACT INFORMATION FOR TERRORISM REPORTING OFFICER [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-29 07:38:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM JO |
05AMMAN9367 | CBJ DEPUTY GOVERNOR ON BUDGET HOPES, NEW FINANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Central Bank of Jordan Deputy Governor Faris Sharaf expects that next year's budget deficit could be lower than expected, thanks to the cautious assumptions made in the budget. New Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Ziad Fariz,s extensive banking and finance background wil [...] | 2005-12-05 05:11:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PINR JO |
05AMMAN9795 | MEPI-FUNDED TREASURY ADVISOR HELPING JORDAN WITH [...] SUMMARY: Since May 2004, the Treasury Department's Office of Technical Assistance has provided a debt advisor to Jordan's Ministry of Finance. Funded by MEPI, the advisor has helped the Ministry rationalize its debt issuance and improve its coordination with the Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) [...] | 2005-12-21 07:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID JO |
05AMMAN9954 | JORDAN'S TAX REFORM: A PROTRACTED TURN IN THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 19, Jordan's government enacted a temporary law - effective January 1 - that makes fundamental changes to the tax code. The changes are based primarily on two years of work by Jordan's Income and Sales Tax Department (ISTD) and its USAID contracted advisor. While n [...] | 2005-12-29 12:50:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KMPI KTDB ECON JO |
05ANKARA1062 | AMBASSADOR'S ESF-LINKED SCHOOL VISIT: ESF [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 7, the Ambassador participated in a signing ceremony for the $9 million U.S. ESF grant to the World Bank to be used for conditional cash payments to poor families. Remarks by the Ambassador, World Bank director, Turkish Treasury Undersecretary and the manager of the [...] | 2005-02-28 14:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL EFIN KPAO TU |
05ANKARA1090 | AMBASSADOR'S ESF-LINKED SCHOOL VISIT GENERATES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador and Minister of Education visited a primary school in a poor neighborhood of Ankara February 23. The school visit was linked to the U.S. ESF grant to a project providing cash to poor families conditioned on their keeping their children in school. There was wides [...] | 2005-03-01 12:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL EFIN KPAO TU |
05ANKARA1093 | IMF RESREP MORE HOPEFUL ABOUT STANDBY AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: IMF Resrep confirmed that the GOT has decided to water down its proposal to expand the investment incentives law, thereby opening the way to resolving the current standoff with the IMF. Provided the GOT: a)follows through on revising the investment incentives law so that it [...] | 2005-03-01 13:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN TU |
05ANKARA110 | Turkey: New Bond Issue Signals Increasing [...] (SBU) Summary: Amid signs of increased foreign investor interest in Turkish lira assets, especially longer maturities, the World Bank has issued a 5-year Turkish Lira bond. Turkish financial officials are not concerned the new instrument would compete with Government paper. The World Bank i [...] | 2005-01-07 16:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN TU |
05ANKARA1202 | MILD INITIAL REACTION TO CONGRESSIONAL DECISION ON [...] (C) Summary: Turkish financial markets seem to have shrugged off the House Appropriations Committee decision to reallocate the $1 billion in extraordinary assistance offered to Turkey in the FY03 Iraq Supplemental. The Government has also handled it well, including in a positively-spun Turkish [...] | 2005-03-07 14:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID PREL TU |
05ANKARA1263 | TURKEY'S CONTINUES TO WAIT FOR IMPROVED SECURITY [...] On MArch 7, Turkey's new Coordinator for Iraq Reconstruction, Ambassador Toray Targay, told Econ Counselor that Turkey is ready to begin disbursing its $50 million pledge for Iraqi reconstruction, but they continue to wait for the security situation to improve. We emphasized that the U.S. ha [...] | 2005-03-10 06:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN IZ TU |
05ANKARA1318 | HIGH CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT IN 2004; REVIVED [...] (SBU) Summary: Final 2004 data put Turkey,s current account deficit at $15.4 billion or 5.2% of GDP, Turkey's highest such deficit in memory. There are two views of the sustainability of deficits of this magnitude: optimists say that financing by private sector actors (roughly half of total [...] | 2005-03-10 15:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON TU |
05ANKARA1330 | Visa Data Tracks Turkey's Economic Recovery [...] (SBU) Summary. Contrary to popular wisdom, non- immigrant visa data shows that the recovery from the 2000-1 economic crisis is having a real impact on Turkey's middle and lower classes. This is confirmed by other signs of growing household consumption, but income disparities, unemployment, [...] | 2005-03-11 13:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN CVIS PGOV ECON TU |
05ANKARA1335 | TURKEY: CONTROLS ON MUNICIPAL BORROWING [...] (SBU) Summary: A Turkish Treasury official responsible for external borrowing claims that the proposal to expand municipalities' powers and responsibilities will not lead to uncontrolled borrowing. He cited caps on municipal borrowing and approvals required from the central government as key [...] | 2005-03-11 15:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN TU |
05ANKARA1559 | CENTRAL BANK AND GLOBAL SELL-OFF STOP RALLY IN [...] (SBU) Summary: A global sell-off in emerging markets, coming on the heels of a Central Bank rate cut and intervention, have caused a correction in the sustained rally in Turkish financial markets. The lira, which had hit its highest level in three years earlier this month, finally reversed co [...] | 2005-03-17 16:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN TU |
05ANKARA1575 | TERRORISM FINANCE 2005 UPDATE NO. 2--TURKEY [...] (U) This cable responds to questions in paragraph 10 of reftel. --------------------------------- ASSETS FROZEN FORFEITED OR SEIZED --------------------------------- 2. (C) Since the establishment of the UN consolidated lists of individuals/entities linked to al-Qaida (AQ),Usama bin La [...] | 2005-03-18 12:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL |
05ANKARA1664 | GOT TAKES STEPS TO BOLSTER ITS COUNTER-TERROR [...] (C) Summary. Turkey's current counter-terror finance regime lacks the legal authority to carry out effective action against financiers of terror and it is weak on enforcement and interagency coordination. For example, terrorism finance is not clearly criminalized in Turkish law and Turkey do [...] | 2005-03-22 15:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EFIN PTER TU |
05ANKARA1727 | MOVEMENT ON IMF CONDITIONS HELPED BY MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOT has re-energized its efforts to complete the prior actions needed to finalize its IMF new program. Following a recent sell-off in Turkish markets, the GOT seems to be moving on the three prior actions: Tax Administration Reform Law, Banking Law and Social Security Refor [...] | 2005-03-24 15:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN TU |
05ANKARA1867 | TURKEY: WORLD'S FASTEST GROWING ECONOMY [...] (U) Summary: Turkey's real GDP grew by 8.9% in 2004, surpassing expectations and making Turkey one of the fastest growing economies in the world -- if not the fastest growing. A 14% increase in domestic demand was driven by the private sector and evenly balanced between consumption and inve [...] | 2005-04-01 04:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON TU |
05ANKARA1908 | TURKEY: THRIVING ECONOMY IN INDUSTRIAL TOWN [...] (U) Summary. A visit to a thriving industrial town near Ankara showed the spreading positive impact of Turkey's economic recovery on ordinary citizens. It also showed what seemed to be a newfound commitment on the part of elected politicians and businessmen to practicing entrepreneurship and [...] | 2005-04-03 14:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV SOCI TU |
05ANKARA197 | Central Bank Inaugurates Monetary Board with [...] (SBU) Summary: The Turkish Central Bank surprised markets January 11 by announcing a 1 percent rate cut decided at the first meeting of the Bank's newly-created Monetary Board January 10. Analysts were surprised by the timing of the cut, and took it as a sign of increased Central Bank confid [...] | 2005-01-12 05:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN TU |
05ANKARA2032 | IMF MISSION MAKING PROGRESS BUT NO LOI BEFORE [...] (C) Summary: IMF Deputy Resrep confirmed that the mission currently in town is making progress with two out of three prior actions completed. The Regional Investment Incentives Scheme remains an issue, however, with improvements still needed before the IMF can accept it. In terms of timing, th [...] | 2005-04-07 15:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN TU |
05ANKARA2034 | TERRORIST FINANCE: MFA REQUESTS MORE BACKGROUND [...] (C) Summary: The asset freezes of Nasreddin Group Holding and Yasin Al-Qadi are currently being challenged in Turkey's highest administrative court. MFA officials requested more background information on these UN 1267 Committee designees to help support the GOT's case. A court ruling in favo [...] | 2005-04-08 05:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER KTFN TU |
05ANKARA2045 | TURKEY: SMALL FARMING TOWN WITH THRIVING [...] (SBU) Summary. As one of Anatolia,s small agriculture-based communities, Bala is representative of Turkey's traditional economy. Farmers rely heavily on the central government,s direct income support payments to compensate for increasing input costs. Although there are hopes to establish an [...] | 2005-04-08 08:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV SOCI TU |
05ANKARA2070 | TURKEY:WHAT IF INVESTORS HEAD FOR THE DOOR? [...] (SBU) Summary: The acceleration of--and Turkey's dependence on--short-term portfolio investment flows has revived fears of what could happen if these investors head for the exits. If an exogenous shock is big enough, this "hot money" will indeed flee. Structural changes since 2001, however, [...] | 2005-04-11 11:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN TU |
05ANKARA2078 | PETKIM: PA GOES ON THE ROAD TO PROMOTE TURKEY'S [...] (SBU) Summary. PETKIM (Petrokimya Holding A.S.),Turkey's state petrochemical company, is preparing for an IPO of 30 percent of its shares in late April. Turkey,s privatization officials, together with privatization consulting companies, left for the U.S. last week to attend an investor,s c [...] | 2005-04-11 13:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV PGOV TU |
05ANKARA2129 | U.S.-TURKEY FINANCIAL AGREEMENT [...] On April 13, post received a diplomatic note from the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs stating that the Government of Turkey no longer intends to bring the Financial Agreement into effect. The language (para 2 below) parallels that suggested by reftel. In reply, the Embassy sent on April [...] | 2005-04-14 09:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN TU |
05ANKARA2159 | PA CONFIDENT ABOUT PRIVATIZATION DEALS, DESPITE [...] (SBU) Summary. Privatization Administration (PA) President Metin Kilci's confidence in the PA,s ability to move forward with its ambitious privatization agenda for 2005 has been boosted by proposed changes to the GOT,s privatization law that should reduce legal challenges to PA transactions a [...] | 2005-04-15 14:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV BEXP TU |
05ANKARA2161 | Turkish Parliament Moves on IMF Prior Action [...] (SBU) Summary: With the April 14 passage of a new Tax Administration Reform law, Turkey has satisfied the remaining "prior action" for finalizing a Letter of Intent (LOI) for a new three-year IMF stand-by program. However, differences with the IMF over controversial amendments to the region [...] | 2005-04-15 15:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN TU |
05ANKARA2229 | COUNTER TERRORISM FINANCE WORKING GROUP (CTFWG): [...] (SBU) On April 18, A/DCM chaired the meeting of the Counter Terrorism Finance Working Group (CTFWG). Other participants included representatives from ECON, RSO, DEA, CONS, OSI, LEGATT, and DAO. 2. (C) ECON reported that MFA officials responded to our request for more information on Movlad [...] | 2005-04-19 13:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN PTER EFIN ETTC TU |
05ANKARA2260 | TURKISH VIEWS ON OECD ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey has not yet determined its position on the U.S. task force proposal or on the Differentiated Engagement Strategy (DES) at the OECD. The MFA Department Head responsible for OECD issues, however, outlined Turkey's general approach to these issues in a way that suggests sig [...] | 2005-04-21 14:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD PREL TU RS OECD |
05ANKARA2261 | MEETING WITH DEPUTY IMF RESREP [...] (SBU) Summary: IMF Deputy Resrep confirmed press reports that all three prior actions are now completed and reiterated the expected timing for finalizing the new IMF program: signed Letter of Intent by end of April, board meeting mid-May. IMF staff expects the final version of the Regional In [...] | 2005-04-21 14:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN TU |
05ANKARA2294 | APPAREL EXECUTIVES ON CHINESE EXPORTS, TIFA, [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Amconsul Istanbul. 2. (SBU) Summary: In an April 8 lunch, textile and apparel industry representatives praised U.S. movement toward limits on Chinese textile imports and expressed the hope the European Commission would follow suit. They also supported [...] | 2005-04-22 10:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KTEX EFIN TU CH EUN |
05ANKARA254 | 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TURKEY [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-18 07:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV KTDB EFIN TU |
05ANKARA2552 | BANK COMPLIANCE [...] (SBU) Summary. In a round of meetings with Turkish bankers, Econoff obtained their perspective on Turkey's anti-money laundering and terrorist financing regime. Currently, Turkish banks are following a less vigilant framework of policies and procedures than those of their foreign bank counter [...] | 2005-05-04 13:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN PTER TU |
05ANKARA2696 | TURKEY'S PENSION REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Turkish government has submitted to Parliament a major reform of Turkey's social security institutions. The reform--a requirement of IFI programs--will consolidate three separate social security agencies into one, aligning the three systems' parameters on a less costly glid [...] | 2005-05-10 14:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV TU |
05ANKARA2732 | TREASURY DAS MEETING WITH TURKISH TREASURY U/S [...] (SBU) Summary: On the margins of the Asian Development Bank annual meeting in Istanbul, U.S. Treasury DAS David Loevinger met with Turkish Treasury U/S Ibrahim Canakci on May 5. Council of Economic Advisors Member Kristin Forbes also attended. Canakci downplayed the link between the French r [...] | 2005-05-12 10:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV TU |
05ANKARA2737 | New Data Continue Pattern of Stubbornly-High [...] Summary: The National Statistics Office (SIS) announced that the unemployment rate was 11.5 percent in January, higher than the year-end 2004 rate of 10.3 percent. Seasonal factors and the use of a new methodology, however, mean that it is not clear the higher rate reflects a worsening unemplo [...] | 2005-05-12 14:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB SOCI TU |
05ANKARA2786 | TURKS AGREE TO REGULAR CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) On May 13, Acting DCM discussed reftel list of proposed consultations with Turkey with Amb. Selahattin Alpar, MFA Director General for Bilateral Political Affairs. Visiting EUR DAS Laura Kennedy and MFA Under Secretary Ali Tuygan had informally agreed on reftel list in their May 3 meeting [...] | 2005-05-17 04:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN ETRD PGOV US TU IZ |
05ANKARA2812 | TURK TELEKOM'S PRIVATIZATION: OPTIMISM AND GLOOM [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's Privatization Administration has extended to June 24 from May 31 the deadline for bids in the sale of the 55% stake in state telecom company Turk Telekom. While there is lively demand from eight separate bidding groups for the tender, in combination with broad recognit [...] | 2005-05-17 13:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS BEXP EFIN TU |
05ANKARA2890 | SIKORSKY SEAHAWK SALE TO TURKEY CONTINGENT ON EXIM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sikorsky Aircraft Corps, after three years of negotiation, may be closing in on an agreement with Turkey for the sale of Seahawk helicopters to the Turkish Navy. According to the local Sikorsky rep, the Turkish Naval Forces Commander wants an agreement finalized before the Prime M [...] | 2005-05-20 15:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MARR PREL EFIN BEXP TU EXIM |
05ANKARA2916 | TERRORISM FINANCE-TURKEY SCENESETTER FOR CODEL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-24 07:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN TU |
05ANKARA2972 | CENTRAL BANK PREPARES TO WEATHER FRENCH "NO" [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-25 14:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON TU |
05ANKARA2975 | BABACAN NAMED TURKEY'S EU NEGOTIATOR [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Erdogan announced that Minister of Economy Ali Babacan will be Turkey's EU negotiator. Although Babacan is among the most internationally-savvy Ministers, having long experience dealing with the IMF and the international financial community, some observers believe [...] | 2005-05-26 04:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECIN ECON EFIN TU |
05ANKARA3033 | IMF FIGHTING GOT'S POST-BOARD VOTE POPULISM, AGAIN [...] (C) Summary: In yet another case of proposing populist measures shortly after a board vote, in contravention of its commitments to the IMF, the GOT proposed legislation in mid-May that would soften repayment terms and penalties for missed social security premia payments. IMF pressure (and pe [...] | 2005-05-27 14:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN PGOV TU |
05ANKARA304 | 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TURKEY [...] OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT The Government of Turkey (GOT) views foreign direct investment as vital to the country's economic development and prosperity. Accordingly, Turkey has one of the most liberal legal regimes for FDI in the OECD. With the exception of some sectors (see below),a [...] | 2005-01-18 09:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV KTDB EFIN TU |
05ANKARA3058 | DREAMS OF DISNEYLAND ON TURKEY'S MEDITERRANEAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Turkey,s tourism numbers continue to sky-rocket, with the first quarter forecast showing that 2005 will more than likely be a record-breaking year for the Turkish tourism industry. So far this year, 3.8 million tourists have visited Turkey*a 27 percent increase from the same p [...] | 2005-06-01 10:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN TU |
05ANKARA31 | New Currency Rings in the New Year; 2004 [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey rang in the New Year by successfully putting into circulation the New Turkish Lira, which eliminated six zeros from the old lira. Despite fears of operational problems associated with the introduction, the Turkish Central Bank said today that commercial banks, inter-ban [...] | 2005-01-04 05:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON TU |
05ANKARA310 | REFORM DELAYS PUSH BACK TIMING OF IMF LETTER OF [...] (SBU) Summary: With the completion of the required "prior actions" likely to take several more weeks, the IMF board vote on Turkey's new Stand-by Program is unlikely to take place before March. The delays seem to stem more from the complexity of the reforms, or internal Turkish issues than fr [...] | 2005-01-18 13:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN TU |
05ANKARA3180 | TURKS COMPLAIN SOMO STIFFING TURKISH OIL COMPANIES [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's Coordinator for Iraq Reconstruction, Ambassador Koray Targay, says the Iraqi Central Bank has stopped making payments to the 16 Turkish energy companies providing refined products to SOMO because of a lack of cash. The MFA fears that the over $800 million in arrears th [...] | 2005-06-07 13:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL EPET IZ TU |
05ANKARA3192 | TURKISH MFA ON BRUSSELS CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign Minister Gul will head Turkey's delegation to the Brussels conference. The GOT does not yet have a position on bilateral debt, but is resisting outright forgiveness. MFA officials say progress on assistance continues to be on hold until security improves. End Summary. [...] | 2005-06-08 12:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID TU IZ |
05ANKARA3194 | CODEL SHELBY FOCUSES ON TERROR FINANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: In its meetings in Turkey, Codel Shelby advanced the bilateral terrorism finance agenda, securing Turkish Ministers' agreement to sending U.S. terror finance experts to work with their Turkish counterparts. Minister of Finance Unakitan confirmed that the new law restructuring t [...] | 2005-06-08 13:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN PREL OVIP TU IZ |
05ANKARA320 | 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TURKEY [...] OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT The Government of Turkey (GOT) views foreign direct investment as vital to the country's economic development and prosperity. Accordingly, Turkey has one of the most liberal legal regimes for FDI in the OECD. With the exception of some sectors (see below),a [...] | 2005-01-18 14:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV KTDB EFIN TU |
05ANKARA3258 | TURKEY'S TUPRAS REFINERY COMPANY PRIVATIZATION - [...] (U) Summary: There is significant foreign and domestic interest in the privatization of Turkish state refinery company (TUPRAS),reportedly including a U.S. company. The petroleum labor union, which successfully battled the last tender attempt (to Russian Tatneft),is gearing up a public camp [...] | 2005-06-09 13:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EPET EFIN TU |
05ANKARA3354 | POSSIBLE DELAYS IN IMF REVIEW [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-14 04:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON TU IMF |
05ANKARA3357 | GMAC/DILLINGHAM UPDATE [...] (SBU) On June 1, ECON/C raised GMAC/Dillingham's problems in completing the long-delayed Izmir Ring Road project with Under Secretary Ibrahim Canakci, the head of the Turkish Treasury who reports directly to State Minister Ali Babacan. Canakci was familiar with the letter sent by OPIC VP Ro [...] | 2005-06-14 07:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EFIN EINV TU OPIC |
05ANKARA3369 | NO KNOWLEDGE OF NORTH KOREAN COUNTERFEITING IN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-14 10:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM EFIN KN TU |
05ANKARA3381 | Incentives in Turkey's Technology Development [...] (SBU) Summary: As a part of its efforts to attract foreign investment and promote high technology development, the GOT has given a variety of incentives to companies and individuals working in Technology Development Zones. These zones have had some success in attracting foreign entrepreneurs [...] | 2005-06-14 13:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EIND EFIN TSPL TU EUN |
05ANKARA3412 | Euro-Investors Shopping, Not Buying [...] (SBU) Summary. European investors have flocked to Turkey since the December 17 EU decision to go ahead with accession negotiations, but U.S. companies are not joining them. Despite all the shopping, concrete investment decisions are not slow in coming as would-be investors, European and U. [...] | 2005-06-15 14:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EINV EFIN TU |
05ANKARA3637 | TURKEY'S EU EFFORT PLAGUED BY LOW MORALE, [...] (C) Summary: Top GOT leaders insist publicly that the rejection of the EU Constitution in France and the Netherlands will not affect Turkey's EU candidacy, though our MFA contacts concede that recent events in Europe have sapped morale. The GOT's recently-appointed lead EU negotiator must org [...] | 2005-06-27 15:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EFIN TU EU |
05ANKARA3824 | GOT STRUGGLING TO PUSH THROUGH IMF-REQUIRED [...] (SBU) Summary: Parliament, which normally goes on summer recess July 1, is working long hours to complete its work on two legal reforms needed for a successful IMF review in July, and is being held over at least through July 3, and perhaps longer, to pass these laws. The problem seems to be p [...] | 2005-07-01 12:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV TU IMF |
05ANKARA3845 | SAUDI-ITALIAN CONSORTIUM WINS TURK TELECOM BID [...] (SBU) Summary: The Privatization Authority took a major step in the privatization of 55 percent of Turk Telekom July 1, opening the four consortia,s bids and short-listing the two top bidders: Oger Telecoms-Telecom Italia and a consortium led by Etisalat of UAE. In a televised bargaining ses [...] | 2005-07-01 16:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV BEXP EFIN TU |
05ANKARA3863 | TREASURY UNDERSECRETARY LEVEY PRESSES GOT ON WEAK [...] Put in place as quickly as possible legal provisions that criminalize the financing of terrorism and allow "safe harbor" for bank filers of suspicious transaction reports. We note that these provisions have been included in legislation recently submitted to parliament. If this legislation [...] | 2005-07-05 15:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER TU |
05ANKARA3907 | FAILURE TO PASS SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM JEOPARDIZES [...] (SBU) Summary: Partly as a result of parliamentary obstructionism from the opposition CHP, the GOT failed over the weekend to pass social security legislation that was a condition for a favorable first review of its new IMF stand-by program and release of an $800 million credit. The GOT is [...] | 2005-07-07 09:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN PGOV TU |
05ANKARA4081 | CHARGE WARNS TURKISH DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL POLICY MAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In her initial call on Turkey's Under Secretary for Defense Industries (Savunma Sanayi Mustesarligi SIPDIS -SSM) Murad Bayar, Charge d'Affaires underscored that SSM's plans to require pre-approval of licenses before a contract is awarded could result in the inability of US comp [...] | 2005-07-14 09:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PREL PGOV EFIN ETTC BEXP TU IS |
05ANKARA4141 | TURKEY'S LIBERALIZATION WOES: SMOKE, BUT NO FIRE [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite a modest but tangible political will to privatize, and efforts by the Privatization Administration, Competition Authority, and other sectoral regulatory bodies, Turkey's program of sectoral reform, liberalization, and privatization remains delayed and troubled. Across [...] | 2005-07-18 04:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN ECPS PGOV TU ENGR |
05ANKARA4214 | DEMARCHE ON IRAQ DEBT AND ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Summary: On Iraq debt, Turkish MFA officials again confirmed they have not been pressed on the debt issue by the ITG. The MFA officicals made very clear that they want to negotiate this issue directly with ITG officials, not outside advisors, although they agreed to meet with the advisors. [...] | 2005-07-20 16:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN EAID PREL IZ TU |
05ANKARA4226 | PRIVATIZATION AUTHORITY CONFIDENT ABOUT TURK [...] (SBU) Summary: The Turkish Privatization Authority (PA) is confident that the privatization of Turk Telekom will be finalized after Cabinet approval in the late fall, despite initial confusion and allegations following announcement of the Oger consortium winning the tender on July 1. The PA [...] | 2005-07-21 12:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV BEXP EFIN TU |
05ANKARA446 | "2005-YEAR OF PRIVATIZATIONS?" [...] (U) Summary: Vice President of the Privatization Administration (PA),Hasan Koktas, told us he is bullish on Turkey's privatization prospects for 2005 noting Turkey's favorable market conditions. Koktas is in charge of several of the GOT's largest pending privatizations: the tobacco division [...] | 2005-01-27 12:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV PGOV TU |
05ANKARA4494 | FOREIGN PORTFOLIO INVESTORS FIGHT WITHHOLDING TAX [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-03 08:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV BEXP TU |
05ANKARA4517 | TURKEY REQUESTS EXIM FACILITY EXTENSION TO SUPPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Turkish Treasury on July 26 submitted a letter of request to EXIM Bank for the extension of an existing $1.366B facility to finance Turkey's purchase of a second batch of Sikorsky Seahawk Helicopters. Sale of the helos is conditional on extension of the EXIM facility. Turke [...] | 2005-08-03 14:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL EFIN TU EXIM |
05ANKARA4530 | IMF RESREP SEES COMPRESSED FALL CALENDAR, INCREASED [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-03 16:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN TU IMF |
05ANKARA4598 | MINISTER BABACAN ON EU, IMF [...] (C) Summary: In his first meeting with the Charge, Minister of Economy--and now EU negotiator--Babacan painted a typically rosy picture of the GOT's role, claiming the IMF program was really the Government's, and asserting the program was effectively on track despite the delays in key reform l [...] | 2005-08-05 09:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN PGOV PREL EINV EU TU |
05ANKARA4622 | TERRORIST FINANCING: CHARGE MEETS FINANCE MINISTER [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-08 11:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN PTER TU |
05ANKARA4754 | LETTER FROM THE DEFENSE MINISTER TO SECDEF ON THE [...] On August 11, 2005, Embassy received the letter in para 2 from the Turkish Ministry of National Defense. In it, Defense Minister Gonul requests SECDEF's support for extension of the 1990 EXIM Bank facility for the sale of military helicopters to Turkey. This extension is a condition of the s [...] | 2005-08-12 13:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL EFIN TU |
05ANKARA498 | Turkish Central Bank Intervenes: Motives [...] (SBU) Summary: The Turkish Central Bank made a rare direct intervention in foreign exchange markets on January 27, buying about $1.5 billion to control excess foreign exchange (FX) market volatility and excess FX liquidity. This is the first direct intervention since February 2004 when the [...] | 2005-01-28 16:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN TU |
05ANKARA503 | Turkish Central Bank Intervenes: Motives [...] (SBU) Summary: The Turkish Central Bank made a rare direct intervention in foreign exchange markets on January 27, buying about $1.5 billion to control excess foreign exchange (FX) market volatility and excess FX liquidity. This is the first direct intervention since February 2004 when the [...] | 2005-01-29 13:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN TU |
05ANKARA5037 | TURKEY FOLLOW UP ON TERROR FINANCE [...] (SBU) Summary. Taking up Treasury U/S Levey's offer to help in Turkey's preparation for its upcoming FATF review, Turkey's financial intelligence unit, MASAK, is organizing an interagency GOT group to meet with Embassy on September 15. The goal of the meeting is to identify areas for focused [...] | 2005-08-26 15:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN PTER TU |
05ANKARA5139 | TERRORISM FINANCE: YASIN AL-QADI - STATUS OF ASSET [...] (SBU) Accoring to Turkish Foreign Ministry officials, a freeze on $3 million in al-Qadi assets found in Turkish bank accounts remains in place, although al-Qadi continues his legal challenge in Turkish courts of the Council of Ministers' freeze order (see ref b). The Turkish Court that revi [...] | 2005-09-02 12:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER PGOV PREL TU EUN |
05ANKARA5416 | EXECUTIVE ORDER BLOCKING PROPERTY OF WMD [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-16 12:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC MNUC PARM PGOV PREL TU |
05ANKARA5448 | US OFFICIALS COOPERATION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] (C) Summary: In an important gesture of our preparedness to work together with Turkey to shut down the PKK's European support network, Washington analysts presented a list of PKK financiers to an interagency group of Turkish officials. In subsequent meetings, the Charge urged Finance Minister [...] | 2005-09-20 14:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EFIN PREL TU PKK |
05ANKARA5502 | BABACAN SCENESETTER: TURKISH ECONOMY AT A WATERSHED [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister Babacan comes to Washington at what may be a watershed moment for the Turkish economy. If Turkey officially becomes an EU accession country October 3, and recent privatization and FDI deals are consummated, Turkey will have taken another important step away from its bo [...] | 2005-09-22 14:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV BEXP TU |
05ANKARA5635 | TURKEY: INTERAGENCY TERRORISM FINANCE MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: In follow-up to Treasury U/S Levey's June visit and the subsequent exchange of letters regarding Turkey's counter-terror finance (CTF) regime, Embassy met with an interagency GOT group on September 15. The focus was on pending legislative changes that GOT officials assert wi [...] | 2005-09-27 14:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER TU |
05ANKARA5721 | BOTH GOT AND MARKET PLAYERS SAY THEY'RE READY [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-29 15:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL TU |
05ANKARA5986 | TURKISH BUSINESS RELIEVED OVER START OF EU [...] (SBU) Summary: As expected, the business community breathed a collective sigh of relief over the start of EU accession talks, though many claimed they had always been confident of the outcome. The business community has been among a key constituency in support of EU accession, however, their [...] | 2005-10-04 16:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ECIN TU EU |
05ANKARA6004 | TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER (TFCO) [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-05 13:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KTFN KVPR EFIN ETTC PREL TU |
05ANKARA606 | TURKEY IMF AGREEMENT IN TROUBLE OVER INVESTMENT LAW [...] (C) Summary. According to the local IMF representative, a Turkish government decision to move ahead with a regional investment incentives law is imperiling the Fund's December agreement on the terms of a new three-year stand-by program. Minister Babacan was apparently powerless to prevent Co [...] | 2005-02-02 15:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN TU |
05ANKARA6065 | MILITARY PENSION FUND WINS STEEL PRIVATIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 5, the Turkish Privatization Authority held a tender auction for another "Crown Jewel," the state-owned steel company, Erdemir (Eregli Iron and Steel Industries of Turkey). The OYAK group, the military pension fund with diversified industrial holdings, won the auction [...] | 2005-10-06 15:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPRV EFIN ECON BEXP EIND EINV TU |
05ANKARA6292 | IS TURKEY'S FISCAL POLICY TOO TIGHT? [...] (SBU) Summary: The very large size of Turkey's primary fiscal surplus target -- 6.5 % of GDP for the last four years -- has emerged as a key issue in discussions between the IMF and Turkey. While the IMF seems to have prevailed in its insistence on additional fiscal tightening in 2006, the [...] | 2005-10-17 14:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN TU |
05ANKARA6326 | AFYON: PROSPERITY AND INEQUALITY IN AN ANATOLIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Afyon, a prosperous town located three hours southwest of Ankara, is better off than many Turkish cities, yet visiting PolOffs heard complaints about the economy. We met with a variety of citizens in Afyon, including businessmen, farmers, academics and government officials. A [...] | 2005-10-20 06:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS ECON EFIN EAGR TU |
05ANKARA6399 | IMF PROGRAM: GOT ACCEPTS FISCAL AUSTERITY,NEEDS [...] (C) Summary: Though the GOT has accepted the IMF's fiscally austere 2006 primary surplus target, the GOT has again run into fierce delaying tactics by the political opposition party on the social security reform legislation. Fund staff (strictly protect) is awaiting a decision from IMF Managem [...] | 2005-10-24 14:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ECIN IMF |
05ANKARA6448 | USG SUPPORT TO TURKEY"S FIGHT AGAINST THE PKK [...] (S) Summary: Charge delivered the points in reftel to MFA Deputy U/S Sensoy, going over the broad range of U.S. actions on PKK, and pressing him hard regarding public statements by senior GOT officials. On law enforcement cooperation in Europe, the Charge asked for more information on the tar [...] | 2005-10-26 14:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | KTFN PTER EFIN PGOV PKK |
05ANKARA6550 | MERMOUD IN ANKARA: INVESTMENT, TELECOM, NUKES [...] (SBU) Summary. In October 21 Ankara meetings, Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs Frank Mermoud found improvements and opportunities in Turkey's telecom, energy, and other investment sectors. Turkey has made significant progress on improving its investment environmen [...] | 2005-11-02 10:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ECPS EINV EFIN ENRG TU |
05ANKARA6593 | Turkey's Policies Moderate Impact of High Oil [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-08 14:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EPET ECON TU |
05ANKARA6634 | PUSHING FOR PROGRESS AGAINST PKK NETWORKS IN [...] (C) Summary: Now that the Turks have given us their initial response to our list of PKK support groups in Europe, we should move quickly to the next phase of our strategy. We recommend that Washington send an interagency team to Ankara as soon as possible so that we can begin the process of c [...] | 2005-11-09 15:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN PTER EFIN PGOV TU PKK |
05ANKARA6701 | THEY SAID IT COULDN'T BE DONE - TURK TELEKOM [...] (U) Summary: In a major step forward for economic reform in Turkey, the $6.55 billion sale of a 55% share of Telekom (TT) deal was finalized on November 14. In a ceremony attended by the Ministers of Transport and Finance, the Saudi-owned Oger Group and TT signed the final concession contract [...] | 2005-11-14 16:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EFIN EINV BEXP TU |
05ANKARA686 | TURKISH TREASURY WORRY ON IMF STATE OF PLAY [...] (C) Summary: Showing considerable frustration and concern about Turkey's relations with the IMF, Treasury Undersecretary Ibrahim Canakci explained the GOT's thinking in its recent decision to expand the investment incentives law despite the strong opposition of top IMF management. With the Pr [...] | 2005-02-04 16:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN TU |
05ANKARA6870 | Iraq: Turkey Companies Need Cash to Increase Oil [...] (SBU) Summary. Turkish companies supplying refined petroleum products to Iraq's State Oil Marketing Company (SOMO) say they have the physical capacity to boost shipments to Iraq dramatically, but are not able to do so unless SOMO regularizes overdue payments. They appreciate the help of th [...] | 2005-11-22 12:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EFIN IZ |
05ANKARA688 | SUBJECT: Turkey unveils adopted a nnew [...] (U) Summary: Using new, updated inflation baskets for the first time, the State Institute of Statistics (SIS) announced February 3 that ptionswith base year 2003, and the new inflation data based Forthe January , theConsumer Price Index (CPI) increased 0.55 percent and the Producers Price Ind [...] | 2005-02-05 11:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON TU |
05ANKARA6898 | ECONOMY MINISTER: TURKEY TO LAUNCH INVESTMENT [...] (C) Summary: Minister Babacan says the GOT will create a foreign investment promotion office reporting to the Prime Minister and Babacan makes the case that foreign direct investors can now have confidence in the GOT's three-year track record of political stability and economic stabilization. [...] | 2005-11-22 16:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECON EFIN TU |
05ANKARA7097 | TURKEY'S MOH OPTIMISTIC ABOUT NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish Health U/S Necdet Unuvar appeared optimistic about his ministry's new responsibilities after the MOH assumed many of the programs previously administered by Turkey's Social Security Commission (SSK). The GOT views these reforms, and the costs involved with them, as nec [...] | 2005-12-02 16:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD TBIO KIPR EFIN TU |
05ANKARA7136 | MEHLIS REPORT FINANCING DEMARCHE: TURKEY [...] (C) Turkey is a likely refuge for Syrians implicated in the Mehlis report to try to hide their assets. Econcouns met separately with MFA DDG for Security Huseyin Bicakli and, Genc Osman Yarasli, President of MASAK, Turkey's FIU, to deliver reftel demarche. In both meetings, EconCouns discusse [...] | 2005-12-05 15:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KTFN EFIN SY TU |
05ANKARA7210 | Killing Off Inflation - Move to Formal Inflation [...] (SBU) Summary: The Turkish Central Bank announced that it will begin formal inflation targeting in 2006, and announced a targeted inflation rate of 5% in 2006, and 4% each in 2007 and 2008. This marks another milestone in Turkey's quest for economic normalcy. Although not without risk, the m [...] | 2005-12-08 15:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN TU |
05ANKARA7266 | GOT TAKES STEPS TO BOLSTER ITS COUNTER-TERROR [...] (C) Summary. Turkey's current counter-terror finance regime lacks the legal authority to carry out effective action against financiers of terror and it is weak on enforcement and interagency coordination. For example, terrorism finance is not clearly criminalized in Turkish law and Turkey do [...] | 2005-12-12 13:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EFIN PTER TU |
05ANKARA7399 | TURKEY RECEIVES PARTIAL PAYMENT FROM SOMO [...] (SBU) MFA confirms that on December 14 SOMO made a partial payment of $150 million on its arrears to its Turkish fuel suppliers. Before the payment, arrears (amounts more than 45 days past due) exceeded $600 million out of total debt of over $800 million. With this one-quarter payment SOMO [...] | 2005-12-16 15:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET PREL EFIN TU IZ |
05ANKARA7440 | Treasury Official Sparks Interest in [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IN A FOLLOW-UP TO TREASURY U/S LEVEY'S VISIT IN JUNE AND SUBSEQUENT MEETINGS AND LETTERS, U.S. TREASURY OFFICIAL CHRISTOPHER BURDICK MADE A PRESENTATION TO GOT OFFICIALS ON TERRORIST FINANCE DESIGNATIONS ON DECEMBER 13. THE MEETING WAS WELL- ATTENDED BY AN INTERAGENCY GROUP [...] | 2005-12-19 15:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER TU |
05ANKARA7443 | TURKEY: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Combating terrorism has long been a priority for the Government of Turkey (GOT). In 2005, Turkey continued its strong support of the coalition in the global war against terror in Afghanistan by commanding the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) from February to August 2005. T [...] | 2005-12-20 09:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO |
05ANKARA7562 | DPM SENER ENGAGED ON ECONOMIC, INVESTMENT, AND EU [...] (SBU) Summary. Deputy Prime Minister Sener, who has coordinating responsibility for economic issues, told the Ambassador that despite Turkey's successful economic recovery, more work needs to be done: interest rates are too high, the current account deficit is large, and obstacles to foreig [...] | 2005-12-23 14:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN TU |
05ANKARA812 | TURKEY-IMF: IS IT ANY DIFFERENT THIS TIME? [...] (C) Summary: Although the IMF has gone public with its serious concerns about a new regional investment incentives law, markets are betting that the IMF and Turkish government will find a way to paper over their differences and work things out, as they have several times over the past three [...] | 2005-02-11 16:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN TU |
05ANKARA912 | ESF SIGNING CEREMONY GENERATES POSITIVE NEWS [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 7, the Ambassador participated in a signing ceremony for the $9 million U.S. ESF grant to the World Bank to be used for conditional cash payments to poor families. Remarks by the Ambassador, World Bank director, Turkish Treasury Undersecretary and the manager of the [...] | 2005-02-17 12:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL EFIN TU |
05ANKARA944 | TURKISH CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON IMF DISPUTE [...] (C) Summary: Central Bank Governor Serdengecti described how the government's effort to extend regional investment incentives over the objection of the IMF opened the door to a resurgence of the dangerous political notion that Turkey could go it alone without the support of the IMF in particu [...] | 2005-02-18 15:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN TU |
05ASUNCION1041 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY BANKING ADVISOR [...] Per reftel, country clearance is granted for Jean Jacques Deschamps, U.S. Treasury Regional Banking Advisor, (Security clearance: secret),for travel to Asuncion during the period of August 23-26, 2005, for the purpose of meeting with Central Bank President, international financing agencies an [...] | 2005-08-18 20:16:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN OTRA PA |
05ASUNCION1047 | PARAGUAY: EXPROPRIATION CASE A SETBACK FOR [...] (U) In a blow to Paraguay,s business climate, the Senate passed a bill on August 4 calling for the expropriation of 52,000 hectares (130,000 acres) of land owned by Reverend Sun Myung Moon,s Korea-based Unification Church in Paraguay,s northern Chaco region. It now must get through the Chamber [...] | 2005-08-22 10:57:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EFIN PREL PA |
05ASUNCION1069 | PARAGUAY: IMF MISSION BRIEFS AMBASSADOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) During a lunch hosted by the Ambassador, the visiting IMF team told us that the government appears to have stayed the course on fiscal responsibility and to have tentatively met all of the e [...] | 2005-08-24 21:04:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PA |
05ASUNCION1095 | PARAGUAY: DIALOGUE WITH TAIWAN ON PRC WHA [...] (S) The Taiwanese Ambassador to Paraguay took up his assignment this year. The Ambassador has infrequent social contact with him but believes the Taiwanese Ambassador would be amenable to contact on PRC activities. The Polcouns has relatively frequent social and professional contact with th [...] | 2005-08-31 15:34:00 | Embassy Asuncion | SECRET | EAGR ECON EFIN EMIN ENRG ETRD ETTC PHUM PREL CH PA |
05ASUNCION1149 | PARAGUAY: POST PLAN FOR UNSCR 1617 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Post agrees with Department's view on the importance of the passage of UNSCR 1617 and has developed an action plan as suggested in refel. Our public diplomacy strategy plans to incorporate all relevant points into our [...] | 2005-09-12 20:52:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KPAO OIIP PA |
05ASUNCION1191 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FINCEN REPRESENTATIVE [...] Per reftel, country clearance is granted for Representative of the Department of Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FINCEN),Regional Specialist Jennifer Showell (Security clearance: Top secret),for travel to Asuncion during the period of September 25-October 1, 2005, for the pu [...] | 2005-09-21 19:04:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PREL PTER SNAR PA |
05ASUNCION1213 | PARAGUAY'S 2006 BUDGET PROPOSAL, PUBLIC BANK LAW [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Paraguay's 2006 budget proposal, recently submitted to Congress, projects a fiscal deficit of 0.66% of GDP, with 2006 real GDP growth of 3.5 percent (vice 3.25 percent for 2005 [...] | 2005-09-26 12:51:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PA |
05ASUNCION1214 | PARAGUAY'S 2006 BUDGET PROPOSAL, PUBLIC BANK LAW [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Paraguay's 2006 budget proposal, recently submitted to Congress, projects a fiscal deficit of 0.66% of GDP, with 2006 real GDP growth of 3.5 percent (vice 3.25 percent for 2005 [...] | 2005-09-26 12:53:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PA |
05ASUNCION1215 | MINISTER OF FINANCE REQUESTS BUDGET EXECUTION [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Finance Minister Bergen has asked the Ambassador for USG assistance with a major overhaul of the Ministry's financial management function, as part of a general restructuring of [...] | 2005-09-26 13:07:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PA |
05ASUNCION1216 | MINISTER OF FINANCE REQUESTS BUDGET EXECUTION [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Finance Minister Bergen has asked the Ambassador for USG assistance with a major overhaul of the Ministry's financial management function, as part of a general restructuring of [...] | 2005-09-26 13:08:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PA |
05ASUNCION1242 | PARAGUAY'S PLAN TO FORMALIZE CDE [...] The GOP has announced a new tax plan designed to help formalize the economy of Ciudad del Este, situated on the border with Brazil. The system will be voluntary and is expected to take effect in November. Participants will receive benefits such as lower tariffs and lower up-front tax paymen [...] | 2005-10-04 14:52:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD KIPR KCRM KMCA KTFN PREL PA |
05ASUNCION1266 | PARAGUAY: TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-07 13:37:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KTFN KVPR EFIN ETTC PREL PA |
05ASUNCION149 | PARAGUAY: MONEY LAUNDERING IN CASINOS (C-TN4-01119) [...] (U) SUMMARY: Paraguay is a principal money laundering center. Although no figures are known, Paraguayan Government officials suspect criminals, drug traffickers, and terrorist financiers use a range of illicit and licit activities to launder funds. While laws regarding casinos and a regulat [...] | 2005-01-28 14:15:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR EFIN KCRM KTFN PA SOCI |
05ASUNCION1515 | PARAGUAY: INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Paraguay is a principal money laundering center, involving both the banking and non-banking financial sectors. The multi-billion dollar contraband re-export trade that occurs largely on the border shared with Argentina and Brazil facilitates much of the money laundering in Paraguay. Paraguay i [...] | 2005-12-16 13:44:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN KCRM SNAR PTER EFIN PA |
05ASUNCION166 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DARWISH DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-01 13:19:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | KSEP KVPR ETTC EFIN PTER CVIS KTFN PA |
05ASUNCION417 | PARAGUAY: SENATE PASSES PUBLIC BANKING LAW [...] In a special session on March 8, the Paraguayan Senate passed the public banking law establishing a single second tier public bank, complying with a performance criterion and opening the way for the fourth review of Paraguay's International Monetary Fund program. The Senate debated for about [...] | 2005-03-28 10:41:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV KMCA PGOV PREL PA |
05ASUNCION423 | PARAGUAY: POST SUPPORTS ICE PROPOSAL FOR A TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: USG Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have proposed the creation of a Trade Transparency Module (TTM) in Paraguay, identified as the second highest priority country after Colombia. A TTM involves the use of sophisticated data mining software to ana [...] | 2005-03-28 19:05:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD KIPR KMCA KCRM KTFN PTER PA |
05ASUNCION458 | PARAGUAY'S CENTRAL BANK PRESIDENT RESIGNS [...] Angel Gabriel Gonzalez Caceres, the President of the Central Bank of Paraguay, resigned on April 4 after coming under fire for a shooting incident at his home on March 30. Gonzalez faces a criminal investigation into the incident and although he said he doesn't fear the outcome, he also deem [...] | 2005-04-04 19:09:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL PINR PA |
05ASUNCION481 | PARAGUAY: WIPO SESSION ON IPR AND DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified - protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On March 31, Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche to the GOP's Director General of Intellectual Property, Astrid Weiler. Ms. Weiler, who has been a very effective advocate of intellectual property rights in Paraguay, said tha [...] | 2005-04-07 21:00:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD KIPR OIIP PA WIPO |
05ASUNCION597 | PARAGUAY'S VP ON MONEY LAUNDERING AND MWH CASE [...] (U) May 2 the Ambassador asked VP Castiglioni to push money laundering legislation presently before two Senate committees (legislation, and budget.) Noting that the draft meets international standards and addresses major GOP and USG priorities but has been in the Senate for almost a year, the [...] | 2005-05-03 20:36:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV SNAR PA |
05ASUNCION621 | PARAGUAY: IMF MISSION BRIEFS AMBASSADOR [...] Summary: On May 3, the Ambassador received the visiting IMF team, here for the fifth review of Paraguays Standy-by Arrangement. The program remains on track quantitatively, but faces some continued delays on the structural reform front. The Mission Chief was not overly concerned since, in [...] | 2005-05-06 11:35:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD PINR PA |
05ASUNCION675 | PARAGUAY'S FINANCE MINISTER RESIGNS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified - protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: President Duarte accepted the resignation of Finance Minister Dionisio Borda today, and shortly thereafter named current Minister of Industry and Commerce Ernst Bergen as Borda's replacement. In naming Bergen, the Pres [...] | 2005-05-19 21:00:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PINR PA |
05ASUNCION726 | AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW FINANCE MINISTER WHO [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified - please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador and Treasury technical advisors on May 26, new Minister of Finance Ernst Bergen assured the Ambassador that the GOP would maintain the same fiscally conservative policies and [...] | 2005-06-01 21:28:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PINR PA |
05ASUNCION733 | EX-FINANCE MINISTER BORDA BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON HIS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador hosted ex-Minister of Finance Dionisio Borda and his top advisor, Fernando Masi at a private breakfast on May 27. Borda claimed that he had been forced out under a pretext (see ref B) to clear the way for excessive, politically motivated economic stimulus in adva [...] | 2005-06-02 21:06:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PINR PA |
05ASUNCION745 | AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW MINISTER OF INDUSTRY AND [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: On May 31, Ambassador, Econcouns and Resident Enforcement Advisor (REA) called on new Minister of Industry and Commerce Raul Vera. Vera started off by assuring the Ambassador that he intended to follow the sam [...] | 2005-06-06 19:28:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PINR PA |
05ASUNCION750 | DEBTORS AT THE DOOR [...] (C) Summary: Finance Minister Ernst Bergen shared his concerns with me about a renewed attempt by industrialists and bankers to raid government coffers. They seek a rollover and/or forgiveness of debts owed by industrialists to banks dating back to the mid-1990's, with the GOP picking up th [...] | 2005-06-07 21:14:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PINR PA |
05ASUNCION813 | PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, JUNE 18-24 [...] (SBU) Summary ---------------- -- Mendes Mesquita,s Extradition Expected -- Customs Official Guilty of Enrichment -- New Senate Leadership -- Delay on U.S.-Paraguayan Military Exercises Mendes Mesquita,s Extradition Expected -------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) On June 22, t [...] | 2005-06-24 16:00:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL CJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR EFIN MOPS PA |
05ASUNCION841 | MERCOSUR SUMMIT: LONG ON RHETORIC, SHORT ON [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-30 18:12:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ECIN EFIN EPET ETRD KIPR CU PA KICC VZ |
05ASUNCION844 | PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, JUNE [...] (U) Summary --------------- -- Protest on behalf of Former Army General -- Drug Busts Give Hope -- Senate Grants Entry of US Troops -- Peasants Killed in Land Dispute -- Revival of Privatization Law Halted Protest on behalf of Former Army General ---------------------------------------- [...] | 2005-07-01 16:21:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EFIN MASS SNAR |
05ASUNCION873 | PARAGUAY'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FALLS BUT [...] Summary: The GOP's annual unemployment report indicates that open unemployment fell to 10.9 percent of the labor force in 2004 from 13 percent in 2003. However, another 24 percent of the population is classified as under-employed, meaning that more than a third of the work force has less wor [...] | 2005-07-08 15:02:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PA |
05ASUNCION883 | PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, JULY 2-8 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-11 19:29:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EFIN AFIN |
05ASUNCION890 | PARAGUAY: EXECUTIVE ORDER BLOCKING PROPERTY OF WMD [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-12 15:17:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PGOV MNUC EFIN ETTC PA |
05ASUNCION90 | PARAGUAY: CODEL DISCUSSES TERRORIST FINANCING, [...] Summary. On 1/11 Senators Dodd, Chaffee, and Nelson toured Ciudad del Este (CDE) and visited the Itaipu Hydroelectric Dam. On 1/12, they met with President Duarte (see reftel),Paraguayan Senators and Presidential Advisors. In their meeting with Senators, CODEL Dodd registered its concern [...] | 2005-01-18 15:59:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER SNAR EFIN ETRD PA |
05ASUNCION951 | PARAGUAY'S NEW CENTRAL BANK PRESIDENT ON IMF, BANK [...] (C) Summary: In an introductory call on July 20 with Monica Perez, Paraguay's new Central Bank President, the Ambassador described the in-country programs of Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA),introduced OTA's debt advisor, and extended the offer of OTA's banking team to do an a [...] | 2005-07-27 20:58:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PINR PA |
05ATHENS1770 | 2005 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] Per ref A, the following are the investment dispute and expropriation claims that have come to attention of ConGen Thessaloniki and FCS and Consular and Economic sections Athens since post's last report in June 2004 (ref B). 2. Case 1: a) Claimant A b) June 1999 c) Claimant A is [...] | 2005-06-30 14:09:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN PGOV KIDE CASC GR |
05ATHENS187 | 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT GREECE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-18 07:45:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV KSPR KIDE KTDB ELAB GR |
05ATHENS1982 | PRELIMINARY GREEK REACTION TO UNSCR 1267 SUCCESSOR [...] (C) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche OOB local time July 25 to Ambassador Frangiskos Verros, head of the MFA's Directorate for International Organizations Affairs. At that time, Verros was unaware of the proposed "European" language to limit the designation process to those who "willingly" [...] | 2005-07-25 14:25:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC GR PREL PTER KTFN EFIN UNSC |
05ATHENS2054 | SUBJECT: GREECE MAKES SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-01 14:05:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN GR |
05ATHENS2092 | GOG PLANS NEW TAX PACKAGE AS REVENUES FALL SHORT [...] (U) Summary: The GoG is considering a new round of tax increases in the face of disappointing half-year revenue and expenditure actuals. As a result of lower than expected revenues and higher than expected government expenditures from previous revenue efforts, the 2005 budget deficit will b [...] | 2005-08-05 12:36:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN GR |
05ATHENS210 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE AND THREAT ASSESSMENT FOR [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of IRS Tax Specialist, Carol A. Saunders March 9-March 15, 2005 to provide assistance to overseas residents (part of a customer service tour). 2. Per reftel no Embassy assistance is requested. 3. Pursuant to State 66 [...] | 2005-01-19 14:38:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP EFIN OTRA GR CTRYCLR |
05ATHENS218 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE AND THREAT ASSESSMENT FOR [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of EX-IM Bank Officials Vasilios Aristomenis Giannopoulos, Senior Project Officer, Structured Finance Division and Michael Sams, Electrical Engineer, Engineering and Environment Division to visit Greece, January 23- February 1 [...] | 2005-01-20 07:45:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP EFIN OTRA GR CTRYCLR |
05ATHENS2441 | GREEK TOURISM IMPROVES AFTER 2004 OLYMPICS, [...] (U) Summary. Tourism in Greece is up in 2005, one year after the country played host to the Olympics. Tourist arrivals are projected to reach 14 million by the end of the year, marking a 10 percent increase over 2004, but receipts from tourism are projected to increase only 5 percent over las [...] | 2005-09-16 10:18:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAIR EWWT EFIN GR TOURISM |
05ATHENS2625 | TOUR D'HORIZON WITH FINMIN ALOGOSKOUFIS: WE'RE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In the wake of PM Karamanlis' Thessaloniki speech (reftel) Finance Minister Alogoskoufis detailed GOG economic reform efforts in a wide-ranging meeting with Ambassador on October 3. Stressing that Greece needed to change its international image from being "a country of ten mi [...] | 2005-10-06 06:49:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL GR AMB |
05ATHENS263 | AMBASSADOR RIES CALLS ON GOVERNOR OF THE BANK OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador Ries paid an introductory call on Greek Central Bank Governor Garganas on January 20 and thanked him for his efforts, and those of his staff, in combating terrorist financing. They discussed the January 17 ECOFIN meeting, which covered measures Greece must take to bring it [...] | 2005-01-25 12:56:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV GR AMB |
05ATHENS2684 | GREEK INDUSTRIES CHIEF ON THE ILLS THAT PLAGUE THE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador met October 11 with Federation of Greek Industries (SEV) Chair Ulysses Kyriacopoulos to discuss the state of the Greek economy. Although the SEV Chair was broadly supportive of PM Karamanlis' rhetoric at the Thessaloniki trade fair, but he was critical of the g [...] | 2005-10-13 06:28:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN GR |
05ATHENS2693 | DEPUTY FINANCE MINISTER ON ATTRACTING INVESTMENT [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador discussed Greek efforts to attract more investment, as well as the Macedonia name issue, with Deputy Minister for Finance and National Economy Christos Folias on October 12. On economics, Folias recounted the GoG's economic reform efforts, stressing that his majo [...] | 2005-10-14 08:47:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL GR AMB |
05ATHENS2805 | GREEK GOVERNMENT APPROVES NEW ANTI MONEY- [...] (U) The Greek government approved October 24 a draft bill aimed at combating money laundering, which brings Greek legislation into line with EU directive 2001/97/EC. According to the Ministry of Economy, the bill greatly extends the ambit of Greece's anti- money-laundering legislation to a n [...] | 2005-11-03 08:42:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN GR |
05ATHENS3229 | 2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] The following is the 2005-2006 International Narcotics Control Survey Report (INSCR) Part II Financial Crimes and Money Laundering for Greece. 2. While not a major financial center, Greece is vulnerable to money laundering related to narcotics- trafficking, prostitution, contraband cigare [...] | 2005-12-23 08:09:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KTFN EFIN GR |
05ATHENS3246 | GREECE,S 2006 BUDGET APPROVED; TARGETS DEFICIT OF [...] Summary. The Greek Parliament passed the 2006 budget on December 22, 166 to 132, along strict party lines. Opposition party criticism and European Commission concerns forced the Greek government to skip plans to securitize government debt (ref B) to increase revenues. Nevertheless, the GoG pl [...] | 2005-12-28 06:07:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN GR |
05ATHENS365 | AMBASSADOR'S JANUARY 26 MEETING WITH MINISTER OF [...] (U) Summary: On January 26th Ambassador Ries called on Minister of National Economy and Finance Giorgos Alogoskoufis. Alogoskoufis thanked the U.S. for its assistance on combatting terrorist financing and explained the government of Greece's plans for meeting its Stability and Growth Pact obliga [...] | 2005-02-03 15:54:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD GR PTER AMB |
05ATHENS515 | TERRORISM FINANCE - DESIGNATION AUTHORITIES IN [...] In response to reftel questions, para 7, the Ministry of Economy and Finance (Office of the Secretary General) and the Bank of Greece (Supervision Department) implement sanctions against organizations and entities listed by the UNSC pursuant to Resolutions 1267 and 1373. If sanctions involve [...] | 2005-02-22 13:27:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PGOV PTER GR |
05ATHENS659 | GREECE: RECONSTRUCTION DISBURSEMENTS TO IRAQ [...] Per reftel request, the MFA has provided us with the following data on the GoG's Iraq reconstruction disbursements to date. (All of GoG's official reconstruction funds are disbursed through UN agencies or Greek NGOs operating in Iraq.) 2. Under the category of "Development Assistance": [...] | 2005-03-09 11:53:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN IZ |
05ATHENS777 | TERRORISM FINANCE: 2005 UPDATE NO. 2 - GREECE [...] (C) According to GoG officials, assets frozen, forfeited or seized by the GoG pursuant to UNSCR resolutions 1267 and 1373 have been insignificant (several thousand dollars). 2. (C) The Bank of Greece (central bank) and the Ministry of Economy and Finance have the legal and administrative a [...] | 2005-03-18 14:54:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC CVIS GR |
05ATHENS892 | VAT, CIGARETTE AND ALCOHOL TAX HIKES TO BRING DOWN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-01 10:50:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN GR |
05BAGHDAD2107 | DEPUTY FINANCE MINISTER AZEZ'S LAST WORDS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Deputy Finance Minister Azez Hassan said Iraq's reporting on fiscal data to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has improved significantly and is now strong. MOF is ready to close the books on 2004 and Azez said he expects the Budget Department to finalize by the June 6 Articl [...] | 2005-05-18 20:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL IZ |
05BAGHDAD2381 | IRAQ - INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the fifth meeting of the National Energy Committee (NEC),DPM Chalabi discussed his recent visit to the Al-Fatah crossing, expressing dissatisfaction with its current security. He instructed the Ministry of Defense to immediately develop an effective security plan for the [...] | 2005-06-03 07:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON EFIN ENRG EPET IZ MASS MOPS PGOV PREL |
05BAGHDAD2453 | IRAQ: MINISTER OF FINANCE ON POLITICAL DYNAMICS, [...] (S) SUMMARY: Describing his take on current maneuvering within the Iraqi Transitional Government (ITG),Finance Minister Allawi told the DCM June 8 he does not think Prime Minister Ja'afari has done a good job in articulating a clear political position and is having difficulty managing the gov [...] | 2005-06-09 16:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | EFIN ECON EAID PGOV PREL IZ SY LE |
05BAGHDAD2517 | IRAQIS EXPECT NORTHERN OIL PRODUCTION TO INCREASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Production capacity in the Northern Oil Company (NOC) fields will increase from 450,000 bpd to 768,000 bpd by Dec 31, 2005 when NOC well workovers are completed, according to the Director General (DG) of the Northern Oil Company. The constriction on oil exports will be the capac [...] | 2005-06-15 09:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON EFIN ENRG IZ MASS MOPS |
05BAGHDAD2588 | IRAQ: MINISTER OF FINANCE ON CONFERENCES, ARTICLE [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 16. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Finance Minister Allawi stressed to Charge and DCM on June 16 his readiness to engage fully in ensuring the success of the upcoming Brussels and AMMAN conferences and the July 10-11 Joint Economic Commission (JEC),and [...] | 2005-06-17 19:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EAIR PREL PGOV PTER IZ IMF |
05BAGHDAD2593 | IRAQ INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY: MOD PLAN NOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 16 Iraq's National Energy Committee (NEC) sent the Iraqi Army back to the drawing boards on its proposed infrastructure security plan, stating that the plan presented was too costly and inconsistent with guidance the NEC has provided in its recent meetings. The NEC remains [...] | 2005-06-18 14:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON EFIN ENRG EPET IZ MASS MOPS PGOV PREL |
05BAGHDAD2790 | IRAQ INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY: MOD PLAN UPDATE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq's National Energy Committee (NEC) reviewed the Ministry of Defense's (MOD) most recent plan for northern oil pipeline and infrastructure security during its 10th meeting on June 27. DPM Chalabi and other NEC members were frustrated with MOD's failure to produce what they con [...] | 2005-07-01 07:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET MASS MOPS EFIN EAGR PREL PGOV IZ |
05BAGHDAD2839 | PROMOTING PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT (PART 1) [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Development of the private sector through mobilization of domestic and foreign investment is crucial to Iraq's economic recovery and reconstruction, long-term growth, and generation of sustainable jobs. Economic growth and creation of jobs is also essential for political stabil [...] | 2005-07-06 14:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV IZ |
05BAGHDAD2845 | IRAQI OIL MINISTER ON CURRENT OIL ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq's Minister of Oil agreed to attend the JCRED in Amman, but formally protested the location, stating it should have been held in Iraq. He is deeply interested in USG perspectives on how to shape the oil sector in Iraq, and looks forward to launching a continuing partnership wi [...] | 2005-07-07 09:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET MASS MOPS EFIN EAGR PREL PGOV IZ |
05BAGHDAD2861 | COSTS OF INTERDICTION TO IRAQI OIL SECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. The ITG is increasingly concerned about attacks to its oil infrastructure. Security has become a priority in recent ITG Cabinet-level meetings. DPM Chalabi has led extensive ministerial discussions in the National Energy Council, consisting of the Ministers of Oil, Electricity, [...] | 2005-07-07 18:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG MASS MOPS SENV EFIN PREL IZ |
05BAGHDAD2869 | COSTS OF INTERDICTION TO IRAQI OIL SECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. The ITG is increasingly concerned about attacks to its oil infrastructure. Security has become a priority in recent ITG Cabinet-level meetings. DPM Chalabi has led extensive ministerial discussions in the National Energy Council, consisting of the Ministers of Oil, Electricity, [...] | 2005-07-08 02:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG MASS MOPS SENV EFIN PREL IZ |
05BAGHDAD2991 | DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S MEETING WITH IRAQI [...] (S/NF) Summary: Prime Minister Jafari reiterated to the Deputy Secretary that security conditions on the ground, and not terrorist demands, should determine the manner of withdrawal of Coalition forces. The Deputy Secretary agreed and noted approvingly the Prime Minister's naming of an Iraqi [...] | 2005-07-19 11:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV EFIN MOPS KISL SY JO IZ IR |
05BAGHDAD3092 | NORTHERN OIL COMPANY MOVING FORWARD DESPITE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On 13 July, Charge d'Affaires David Satterfield and Emboffs met with North Oil Company (NOC) Director General (DG) Adil Al-Qazzaz to discuss pipeline security and plans for expanding oil production in Northern Iraq. Pipeline attacks and dilapidated infrastructure continue to ham [...] | 2005-07-26 13:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV EAID PREF PHUM ECIN ECON IZ |
05BAGHDAD3103 | IRAQ INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY: FIRST REAL PROGRESS [...] SUMMARY: (C) On July 4, the Deputy Commander of the Iraqi Armed forces briefed the NEC on a new plan for the defense of the oil infrastructure in the vicinity of Kirkuk-Bayji, including the Al-Fathah Crossing. The key elements were the planned commitment of two battalions of the Iraqi Army t [...] | 2005-07-27 03:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET MASS MOPS EFIN EAGR PREL PGOV IZ |
05BAGHDAD3163 | IRAQI CONSUMER PRICES ROSE 5.7 PERCENT IN FIRST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Consumer prices increased modestly during June by 1 percent and prices are up 5 percent for the first half of 2005. The 12-month inflation rate - from July 2004 through June 2005 - rose slightly to 37 percent. Consumer prices may increase more rapidly in the second half of 2005 [...] | 2005-07-31 16:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IZ |
05BAGHDAD3427 | IRAQ NATIONAL ENERGY COUNCIL REVIEWS ENERGY [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) On August 16, the National Energy Council met to update DPM Chalabi on energy production and infrastructure security actions in Iraq. Ministry of Electricity reported an average electric power production rate of 4300 MW/hr with a high total of 4760 MW/hr, and a daily total of [...] | 2005-08-20 15:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ENRG EPET IZ MASS MOPS PGOV PREL |
05BAGHDAD3450 | CURRENT STATE OF IRAQ'S LABOR MARKET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Iraq's labor market is in transition as the economy shifts from a centrally planned to a market- based economy. A (the)Fifty percent of Iraq's population is below the age of 18: this has important implications for the ability of the economy to provide jobs for such a large numbe [...] | 2005-08-23 19:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON EAGR EFIN IZ |
05BAGHDAD3453 | MINISTER OF FINANCE ON GOI 2006 BUDGET AND 2005 [...] (C) Summary. On August 21, Finance Minister Allawi told us how he plans to structure the GOI 2006 budget and address food and fuel price subsidies within that budget. Allawi has withdrawn his request for a 2005 supplemental, and will use emergency funding to meet 2005 spending needs. He plans t [...] | 2005-08-23 21:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EPET PGOV IZ |
05BAGHDAD3488 | FOOD PRICE DECREASES PULL IRAQI CONSUMER PRICE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Led by a decline in food prices, consumer prices fell in July by 2.6 percent. Nonetheless, inflation remains a concern. The increase in the consumer price index from July 2004 through July 2005 was 33 percent. A year ago after comparative stability in the first seven months of [...] | 2005-08-27 15:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAGR IZ |
05BAGHDAD3547 | UN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME'S IRAQ DIRECTOR LAYS OUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Paolo Lembo, Country Director of the United Nations Development Programme Iraq, met with IRMO Director Daniel Speckhard on August 14 to discuss UNDP priorities in Iraq after having recently opened its liaison office in Baghdad. He stressed UNDP's focus on building Iraq's weak g [...] | 2005-08-30 15:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL ETRD EINV EAID ELAB IZ KCRS UN |
05BAGHDAD3550 | FUEL SHORTAGE REACHES BAGHDAD, ITG TAKES ACTION [...] (C) Summary: A series of events culminating in the August 24 suspension of fuel shipments from Turkey to Iraq, due to the State Oil Marketing Company (SOMO)'s unpaid debt to Turkish firms, has caused a serious fuel shortage in northern Iraq that is cascading into Baghdad and points south. A [...] | 2005-08-30 18:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EPET ENRG ETRD PGOV TU IZ ECON |
05BAGHDAD3584 | GOI RECOMMENDS BAGHDAD FUEL RATIONING, [...] (C) Summary: An August 28 emergency session of the National Energy Council (NEC) addressed the critical fuel shortage in Iraq. The NEC recommended fuel rationing in Baghdad and, to increase security for critical oil and Electric power infrastructure, augmenting the Strategic Infrastructure B [...] | 2005-09-02 06:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EFIN MOPS MARR PGOV PTER IZ BAGHDAD |
05BAGHDAD3603 | FINANCE MINISTER CHANGES TRAVEL PLANS [...] (C) Further to ref A request, on September 2 the Ambassador called Minister of Finance Allawi to ask that Allawi not/not accompany President Talabani to the United States September 8-16 (ref B). Allawi agreed and said that he needs to stay in Iraq to work on the budget. Allawi will travel la [...] | 2005-09-03 11:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN IZ OTRA |
05BAGHDAD3760 | TETSURO SHARES JAPANESE PLANS TO FULFILL FUNDS [...] (SBU) On September 2 Amano Tetsuro (Minister- Counselor of the Embassy of Japan, Baghdad and Chief Liaison and Representative of Japan to Baghdad) met with IRMO Director Daniel Speckhard and Deputy Director David Harris to discuss Japan's fulfillment on the commitment of funds pledged to Iraq [...] | 2005-09-13 02:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL ETRD EINV EAID ELAB IZ KCRS |
05BAGHDAD3805 | SCENE-SETTER: FINANCE MINISTER'S CHALLENGES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: After his fellow ministers rebuffed the 2005 budget supplemental, Finance Minister Allawi is trying to commit the next government to a 2006 budget that will pass muster with both the IMF and the Transitional National Assembly (TNA). This task will not be easy, but much is at stak [...] | 2005-09-14 17:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ELAB PGOV PINR IZ IMF |
05BAGHDAD3876 | THE IRAQI BUDGET DILEMMA - TOUGH CHOICES [...] (C) Summary: Iraq faces hard choices on its budget, with difficult policy considerations for the USG. Iraqi ability to meet expenditure needs for normal functions, reconstruction, and security are severely constrained. Funding estimates for security needs have risen substantially, with "high [...] | 2005-09-19 15:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ENRG EPET MOPS MARR PGOV PINR IZ |
05BAGHDAD3947 | FOOD AND FUEL PRICE INCREASES IN AUGUST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Led by a 78 percent increase in fuel and electricity prices and a 12 percent increase in food prices, consumer prices rose 10.5 percent in August after falling in July by 2.6 percent. The twelve-month increase in the index from August 2004 through August 2005 was 42 percent, up [...] | 2005-09-24 12:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAGR IZ |
05BAGHDAD3976 | VP ADEL ABD AL-MAHDI UPBEAT WITH CODEL STEARNS [...] (SBU) VP Adel Abd al-Mahdi told CODEL Stearns September 24 that he expects the referendum to pass without problems. He added that the U.S. had facilitated the negotiations but it was an Iraqi product. In the end, it was the best that could be produced, he said, even if he was not entirely hap [...] | 2005-09-26 11:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ECON EFIN ETRD IZ |
05BAGHDAD4008 | LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY DISAPPOINTS ENERGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 22, the Ministers of Oil, Water Resources, and Electricity reported to the National Energy Council (NEC) an increase in attacks against electrical power generation and distribution systems as well as export pipelines. Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Chalabi and the minis [...] | 2005-09-27 12:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET EFIN MOPS MARR PGOV IZ |
05BAGHDAD4041 | MOVING TOWARDS FOOD SUBSIDY REFORM [...] (C) Summary: The Public Distribution System (PDS) for food has failed to ensure adequate food to needy Iraqis. It is inefficient, underfunded, and corrupt. The proposed 2006 budget includes provision to zero out GOI funding to the PDS over the next four years (reftel A),and planning is und [...] | 2005-09-30 02:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON ELAB EFIN IZ |
05BAGHDAD4084 | JCRED - PROGRESS REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary. Significant progress has been made with Iraq in many economic policy areas since the July 10- 11 Joint Commission on Reconstruction and Economic Development (JCRED) in Amman, Jordan. The Iraqis have moved toward the approval of their 2006 budget and beginning negotiations on a [...] | 2005-10-03 12:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAID EFIN EINV EPET KBCT IZ ENRG ETRD |
05BAGHDAD4091 | IRAQ'S CHALLENGES IN COMBATING TERRORIST FINANCING [...] (C) Summary: Iraq faces many challenges in building its capacity to come to grips with terrorism financing and money laundering. The unique security situation also makes it extremely difficult to conduct an in-depth assessment of Iraq's needs and deliver technical assistance in this area. [...] | 2005-10-04 03:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KTFN KCOR EFIN ETTC PREL IZ |
05BAGHDAD4107 | UPDATE ON SYRIAN RETURN OF IRAQI ASSETS [...] (C) Emboff met Dr. Saladin H. Al-Hadithi, Director General, Iraqi Fund for External Development (DFI),Ministry of Finance, October 4 for his take on his recent trip to Damascus to discuss the current status of Iraqi funds in Syrian banks (reftel; Saladin headed the GOI team). The main purpose [...] | 2005-10-04 17:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL SY IZ |
05BAGHDAD4108 | MINISTRY OF TRADE FOOD SUBSIDY REFORM PLANS [...] (C) Summary: State and MNF-I representatives met with Ministry of Trade (MoT) on October 3 to discuss Public Distribution System (PDS) reform. Minister Abd al-Basit Karim Mawlud told us that Prime Minister Jafari tasked an inter-ministerial committee to develop a reform plan by the end of t [...] | 2005-10-04 18:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON EFIN IZ |
05BAGHDAD4204 | IRAQ - AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD DISCUSSES THE IMF, [...] (C) SUMMARY: DPM Ahmed Chalabi invited Ambassador Khalilzad to break the Ramadan fast with him October 7. During wide-ranging discussions, Chalabi expressed confidence that Iraq will succeed in negotiating a Standby Arrangement (SBA) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) before year's en [...] | 2005-10-12 09:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV ECON IZ IMF |
05BAGHDAD4218 | PRELIMINARY IRAQI THINKING ON FALL JCRED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified; not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) In a meeting with EconOffs and Treasury Attache on October 12, the Minister of Finance's chief of staff shared some of FINMIN Allawi's thinking on the next US/Iraq Joint Commission on Reconstruction and Economic Develo [...] | 2005-10-13 16:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR PREL IZ |
05BAGHDAD4335 | IRAQ FUEL PRICES - A SNAPSHOT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Black market prices are far outstripping the modest GOI efforts at price reform. "Unofficial" price rises for gasoline begun in September (Ref B) have spread to Basrah, Kirkuk and Mosul. END SUMMARY. ------------------- BLACK-MARKET PRICES ------------------- 2. (SBU) [...] | 2005-10-20 14:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON EFIN KCOR PGOV IZ |
05BAGHDAD4345 | IRAQ'S FUEL SITUATION WORSENS UNDER IMPACT OF [...] (S) Summary: National power blackouts and repeated interdictions of crude oil and product supply lines to and from major refineries have reduced Iraq's domestic fuel production, and increased its reliance on imported fuel. Stores of gasoline are low (critically in the north) and dropping, as [...] | 2005-10-21 18:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ECON ENRG EFIN ETRD EPET MOPS MARR PGOV PREL TU IZ |
05BAGHDAD4347 | UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE EDELMAN MEETS WITH PM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (USDP) Eric Edelman and LTG Victor Renuart, Director of Strategic Plans and Policy, met with Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari at his office on October 18. They discussed the ongoing development of the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF). Jaafari s [...] | 2005-10-22 03:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS ECON EFIN PTER KCOR IZ |
05BAGHDAD4356 | NATIONAL ENERGY COUNCIL REVIEWS ENERGY CRISIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The National Energy Council October 20 reviewed the increasing attacks against energy infrastructure and tactics used in response resulting in Iraq,s current energy shortages. An increase in the effectiveness of attacks in the north has cut off the electricity flow to Baghdad and [...] | 2005-10-23 08:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ENRG EPET EFIN ECON MOPS PGOV PREL TU IZ |
05BAGHDAD4407 | IMF DISCUSSIONS WITH IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOI and IMF discussions in Amman on October 20-22 for a Standby Agreement (SBA) were successful. Although there are few quantitative targets, significant areas for reform have been set out. They include an emphasis on budgetary discipline; modest but required increases in fuel p [...] | 2005-10-26 18:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL MCAP IZ IMF |
05BAGHDAD4434 | WORKING DINNER WITH BAGHDAD MAYOR AND [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 26, 2005, IRMO Director Ambassador Daniel Speckhard, MG Robert Heine, BG O'Neill, Ferris Nesheiwat, LTC William Duddleston met with the Mayor of Baghdad, Saber Al-Esawi, and accompanying delegation, Amer Al-Saadi, Deputy Mayor for Managerial Affairs; Mohammad Amanuel, [...] | 2005-10-27 19:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ELAB IZ |
05BAGHDAD4447 | IMF DISCUSSIONS WITH IRAQ: CHALABI [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging discussion with CDA Satterfield, DPM Chalabi emphasized the need for a less alienating security posture vis--vis the minority Sunni population, including the use of lower tier former Baathist officers to lead operations in sensitive areas. On security of infras [...] | 2005-10-30 14:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL MCAP IZ IMF |
05BAGHDAD4449 | IRAQI ENERGY COUNCIL IN DISARRAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The National Energy Council (NEC) assessed the energy infrastructure siege of Baghdad October 27. Attacks against infrastructure in the North have cut off the oil flow to Baghdad and Turkey, reducing fuel supplies in parts of Iraq to critically low levels. Deputy Prime Minister C [...] | 2005-10-30 15:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | ENRG EPET EFIN ECON MASS MOPS PGOV PREL IZ TU |
05BAGHDAD4466 | IRAQI FUEL PRICES RISES -- FACT AND FICTION [...] (C) Summary: Attention by the IMF to fuel price increases as one of several criteria for the Standby Arrangement with the IMF suggests that an explanation of the real fuel price situation might be useful. First, the Council of Ministers (CoM) decision of October 6 raising fuel prices effectiv [...] | 2005-10-31 19:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET EFIN PGOV PREL IZ |
05BAGHDAD4786 | CENTRAL BANK OF IRAQ FUNDS IN LEBANESE BANKS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 9. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) has reported that despite progress toward the repatriation of CBI funds deposited in banks in Lebanon, the balance of such funds held by banks there is USD 197,858,652.82. The CBI is in commu [...] | 2005-11-30 14:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL PGOV LE IZ |
05BAGHDAD4893 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BUDGET, BANK RESTRUCTURING, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador urged Minister of Finance Allawi on December 1 to ensure the passage of the 2006 budget in order to fulfill the GOI's commitment to the IMF. (NOTE: The Transitional National Assembly (TNA) passed the budget on December 4. END NOTE.) The Ambassador also pressed the Mini [...] | 2005-12-08 08:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PINR PGOV KBCT MOPS |
05BAGHDAD4908 | PM DISCUSSES PRISON INSPECTIONS, VISIT TO SAUDI [...] (C//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: On the evening of December 3, Prime Minister Ibrahim Ja'afari hosted a meeting at his residence attended by Charge, MNF-I Commanding General and Deputy Commanding General, UK Ambassador Patey, and DepPolMilCouns. Present with the PM were Chief of Staff Dr. Abdul Azi [...] | 2005-12-08 19:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EFIN ETRD IZ |
05BAGHDAD4942 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING GOI REQUEST FOR WORLD [...] Embassy transmitted demarche talking points to the Special Assistant to Planning Minister Barham Salih on December 11. In a telecon with the advisor, we were told that Barham Salih remains intensely interested in establishing a permanent World Bank (WB) Office here. He also promised to inco [...] | 2005-12-12 08:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN IZ PREL IBRD |
05BAGHDAD4971 | FALLUJANS MOBILIZED FOR ELECTION AMID INCREASED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fallujans stand mobilized for the December 15 election. Momentum flowing from the October 15 referendum - when an estimated 200,000 residents in the city and surrounding communities voted - should lead to repeat high turnout. Campaign posters and fliers dot the city; Ahmed Chal [...] | 2005-12-13 14:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EFIN KDEM IZ XL |
05BAGHDAD5092 | IRAQ'S ROLLERCOASTER RIDE TO DECEMBER 23 IMF [...] (C) Summary: Popular protests against December 18 fuel prices have died down. Some southern provinces might be resisting price hikes, but the Central Government took a tough stance against recalcitrant governors December 21. In reaction to surprising news concerning last minute debt assurance [...] | 2005-12-22 18:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL IZ IMF |
05BAGHDAD5153 | IRAQI OIL SECURITY IN DISARRAY [...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: The Steering Group for Critical Infrastructure Integrity assessed the security problems in the oil infrastructure and fuel product distribution systems across Iraq. Intimidation of Ministry of Oil (MOO) employees continues to be a problem for both product distribution an [...] | 2005-12-29 14:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET EFIN MASS MOPS IZ |
05BANDARSERIBEGAWAN431 | TFUS01: OFFER OF CASH DONATION FROM THE SULTAN OF [...] (C) MFA Political II Acting Director Alihashim Yusof contacted Charge on September 7 to inform him that the Sultan had decided in principal to make a cash contribution in support of Hurricane Katrina victims and to inquire into the modalities of donation. Alihashim reported a specific dollar [...] | 2005-09-07 08:38:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN AEMR AMGT BX |
05BANGKOK1072 | AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON FINANCE MINISTER [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. On February 3, the Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Minister of Finance Somkid Jatusripitak. The Ambassador discussed the ongoing Thai-US FTA negotiations, and stressed the need to work together to ensure the talk [...] | 2005-02-10 07:41:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PREL TH US FTA |
05BANGKOK1266 | THAKSIN,S ECONOMIC POLICY: THE NEXT FOUR YEARS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-18 08:46:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN PREL TH |
05BANGKOK2013 | FIGHTING TERRORIST FINANCING IN THAILAND [...] (S) The following responds to reftel A questions regarding RTG efforts to combat terrorist financing: (A) The RTG has not seized, frozen or forfeited any assets under UN Security Council resolutions 1267 or 1373. The Thai Anti-Money Laundering Act of B.E. 2542 (1999) makes "offenses related [...] | 2005-03-18 09:31:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER ETTC KTFN TH |
05BANGKOK2137 | MEGAPROJECTS: WE KNOW WHY, NOBODY KNOWS HOW [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-25 05:18:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL TH |
05BANGKOK4780 | CHINA REVALUES; THAI BUSINESS SHRUGS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-26 10:04:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD ECON CH TH |
05BANGKOK5217 | THAI ECONOMY CONTINUES TO SLOW [...] Sensitive but Unclassified. not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Increasing oil prices exacerbated a turn in Thailand's business cycle resulting in GDP growth of 3.3 percent in 2Q 2005. Continued declines in consumer and business sentiment caused weakness in consumer spending an [...] | 2005-08-15 08:41:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD TH |
05BANGKOK5271 | AMBASSADOR'S FTA MEETING WITH DEPUTY PM [...] (SBU) On August 16, Ambassador Boyce called on Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Somkid Jatusripitak to express USG concerns about the slow pace of FTA negotiations, explain that an FTA with the U.S. must be a single undertaking (the Thai-Japan FTA model is not an option for us),the [...] | 2005-08-17 03:45:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN TH US FTA |
05BANGKOK5699 | THAILAND: CAPITAL ALLOCATION TO TSUNAMI VICTIMS [...] The streets of Patong Beach are busy, not as busy as normal and with a distinct scarcity of the Asian tourists typical during the summer months that comprise the low tourist season in Phuket, but still enough to give the place a certain buzz. Hotels report a 40-50 percent occupancy rate, about [...] | 2005-09-06 08:40:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID TH |
05BANGKOK6960 | UN ESCAP: REQUEST FOR TESTIMONY ON ASIAN [...] (U) This message is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (U) UN ESCAP has requested nominations of experts to participate in the Expert Group Meeting on Development Issues and Policies: Infrastructure Development, to be held in Bangkok, Thailand, December 14-15, 2005. The purpo [...] | 2005-11-07 03:05:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN AORC EAID TH |
05BANGKOK7000 | EXPORTS REVIVE THAI ECONOMY [...] Summary: After a weak showing in the first quarter, the Thai economy has strongly recovered, achieving 4.4 percent GDP growth in the second quarter with even stronger growth anticipated for the second half. Exports account for almost all this growth as domestic consumption and private investme [...] | 2005-11-09 04:23:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD TH |
05BOGOTA10027 | STRONG ECONOMIC OUTLOOK [...] Summary: Public support for the re-election of President Uribe generally focuses on the administration's security policy. The recent performance of the macro economy, however, suggests the President's economic policies have been likewise successful. While significant improvements in macro i [...] | 2005-10-25 18:49:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN CO |
05BOGOTA10993 | CHINA'S LIMITED TIES TO COLOMBIA [...] Summary. Ties between China and Colombia are based on a modest economic relationship with minimal interaction on political issues. The level of Chinese investment in Colombia has been very small compared to other countries, but 2005 will show a slight increase from past levels. China views [...] | 2005-11-28 16:04:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL ETRD ETTC EINV ENRG EAGR EFIN PGOV |
05BOGOTA1397 | NAS Monthly Report January 2005: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In January, Colombian National Police (CNP) sprayed 15,723 hectares of coca and finalized plans for a large manual poppy eradication campaign to start in February in Narino. A Colombian Army helicopter carrying sixteen Counter-Narcotics (CD) Brigade soldiers and four crewmembers [...] | 2005-02-14 18:04:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR EFIN KCRM PTER CO |
05BOGOTA2505 | NAS MONTHLY REPORT FEBRUARY 2005 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The spray program eradicated 18,086 hectares of coca in February. Colombian Army (COLAR) and Colombian National Police Antinarcotics Directorate (DIRAN) units conducted joint interdiction operations (septel). Colombian Army Plan Colombia helicopters provided 1,993 hours of supp [...] | 2005-03-15 21:26:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR EFIN KCRM PTER CO |
05BOGOTA2634 | UPDATED INPUT FOR ICRAS PROCESS [...] Summary: The 2005 ICRAS draft contains out of date information on the political, economic, and security situation in Colombia. Below, post provides an accurate update for input to the ICRAS process. End Summary. 2. Expected Payments Performance Overview: In 2003, the economy grew at 3. [...] | 2005-03-22 12:05:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ECON EFIN CO |
05BOGOTA5017 | Details of Pension Reform Legislation [...] Background: Approximately 6.1 million Colombians receive some sort of public pension assistance. In 2003 COP 5.6 trillion (USD 2.4 billion) went towards the public pension system. In 2004 the number increased to COP 6.7 trillion (USD 2.9 billion). However, while GOC is forced to allocate m [...] | 2005-05-25 18:04:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EFIN CO |
05BOGOTA6060 | CONGRESS PASSES PENSION REFORM [...] Summary: On June 20, the Colombian Congress sent pension reform legislation to President Uribe for his signature. The reform, which required a constitutional amendment, will save the GOC over USD 17 billion over the next 50 years. The Uribe administration originally proposed a reform packa [...] | 2005-06-24 22:10:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EFIN CO |
05BOGOTA6340 | 2005 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] This is post,s response to reftel request for the 2005 report on U.S. citizen expropriation claims and other investment disputes involving the Government of Colombia. It is worth noting that the two cases in the 2005 report are being decided through normal judicial action or in transparent n [...] | 2005-07-05 22:56:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KIDE EINV EFIN PGOV CASC CO |
05BOGOTA6450 | PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNING AND NEW LOW INCOME [...] (SBU) Summary. The national banking association,s (Asobancaria) annual conference served as an opportunity for presidential hopefuls to showcase their social agendas. The highlight of the conference was the announcement that banks would make over USD 430 million available in GOC-guaranteed [...] | 2005-07-08 17:23:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON CO |
05BOGOTA8814 | COLOMBIA: SECOND QUARTER PERFORMANCE BODES WELL [...] Summary: The Colombian economy continues to grow steadily, fueled by increased exports, a strong peso, and a low, stable inflation rate. These factors in turn increased investor confidence leading to record levels for the stock exchange and a dramatic increase in private investment. While the [...] | 2005-09-19 16:20:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EPET PREL PGOV CO |
05BRASILIA1118 | BRAZIL MOVING FORWARD WITH PUBLIC-PRIVATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The GoB is close to launching an inter- agency review of its first two Public-Private Partnership (PPP) proposals for major infrastructure investments, according to Ministry of Planning Chief Economic Advisor Antonio Alves and special PPP coordinator Mauricio Ribeiro. These pro [...] | 2005-04-26 19:40:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON PGOV EFIN BR |
05BRASILIA1168 | BRAZIL MOVING FORWARD WITH PUBLIC-PRIVATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The GoB is close to launching an inter- agency review of its first two Public-Private Partnership (PPP) proposals for major infrastructure investments, according to Ministry of Planning Chief Economic Advisor Antonio Alves and special PPP coordinator Mauricio Ribeiro. These pro [...] | 2005-05-03 15:39:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON PGOV EFIN BR |
05BRASILIA123 | BRAZIL 2004-2005 INCSR PART II - MONEY LAUNDERING [...] This cable transmits Embassy Brasilia's submission of Part II of the 2004-2005 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR),on Money Laundering and Financial Crimes. Ref B is post's submission of Part I of the INCSR. 2. Due to its great size and large economy, Brazil is con [...] | 2005-01-12 18:34:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM EFIN PTER SNAR KTFN BR |
05BRASILIA1567 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTRY U/S [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Hugueney of Brazil's Foreign Ministry (Itamaraty) told Ambassador June 6 that U.S. pharmaceutical companies should improve their offers on pricing and/or voluntary licenses for AIDS treatment drugs so as to avoid compulsory licensing by the Ministry of Health (MoH). H [...] | 2005-06-10 13:53:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | KIPR ETRD EAGR EFIN BR IZ WTRO IPR |
05BRASILIA1662 | BRAZIL - ECONOMIC GROWTH AND INFLATION SLOW [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's economy slowed more sharply than expected in the first quarter, clocking growth of 0.3%. Growth expectations for the year, therefore, are being downgraded, to the 2.5% to 3% range. The good news is that previously intractable inflation and inflationary expectations al [...] | 2005-06-22 17:49:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN |
05BRASILIA167 | TERRORIST FINANCE: BRAZIL PRENOTIFIED OF FADHLI [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-19 14:42:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS |
05BRASILIA1682 | BRAZIL - THE ECONOMICS OF A POLITICAL CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: Rattled by a mounting scandal over alleged Lula administration vote-buying in the Congress, the GoB has, among other measures, attempted to shore up support among the economic elite by enacting a decree to remove certain taxes on capital investments by exporters. The scandal h [...] | 2005-06-23 19:20:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN |
05BRASILIA1695 | BRAZIL DEBATING MERITS OF A DEBT-FOR-NATURE SWAP [...] (SBU) Summary and action request: The GoB is studying the idea of participating in a debt-for-nature swap of USG debt to support environmental projects. The GoB likely will have at least one significant hurdle to clear before it can engage in a swap, since it would need new legislative autho [...] | 2005-06-24 19:38:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN SENV AID |
05BRASILIA1696 | BRAZIL: SUBMISSION FOR INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-24 20:06:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ENRG EFIN OPIC |
05BRASILIA1850 | TERRORIST FINANCE: HOTEL NASCO PRENOTIFICATION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-12 19:37:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER |
05BRASILIA1879 | BRAZIL: DISPUTES CAST SHADOW OVER FUTURE ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary. Investment disputes between U.S. investors and Brazil are currently concentrated in the country's energy sector. The majority of the disputes involve contracts for thermoelectric plants that were signed during a period of drought-induced energy shortage (2001- 2002) with guara [...] | 2005-07-15 15:05:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ENRG EFIN KIDE OPIC |
05BRASILIA1893 | BRAZIL - DELIVERED LISTING OF PERSONS SUBJECT TO UNSCR [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-15 19:17:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL ETTC UNSC |
05BRASILIA1929 | MP 252 - BRAZILIAN TAX BREAKS FOR EXPORTERS [...] As reported in reftel, on June 15 the Lula administration issued Provisional Measure (MP) 252, which enacts a series of changes in the tax system to benefit multiple sectors. Some Brazilian analysts have questioned the WTO-consistency of the tax benefits provided by the MP to exporters. Spe [...] | 2005-07-19 15:01:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV EFIN EAGR BEXP |
05BRASILIA1968 | BRAZIL - POLITICAL SCANDAL HAS NOT DAMAGED THE [...] (C) Summary: The mounting political scandal over (alleged) Lula Administration vote buying/influence peddling in Congress has had negligible effects to date on the financial markets or Brazil's overall economic performance. Market participants and economic analysts told visiting regional Trea [...] | 2005-07-22 12:10:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD |
05BRASILIA1974 | SCENESETTER CABLE FOR VISIT OF SECRETARY SNOW [...] (U) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your visit to Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro, and Vitoria (Espirito Santo) July 31-August 3. We are currently working with your staff on the logistical arrangements for your travel. In Brasilia, we have confirmed meetings for you with Presid [...] | 2005-07-22 20:12:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN OVIP ETRD |
05BRASILIA1993 | OFFICIAL-INFORMAL: ELIMINATION OF LATIN AMERICA [...] (SBU) Post has learned that as part of a world-wide cost- cutting move, as of October 1 Treasury intends to eliminate the Regional Attache position based in Buenos Aires. That slot covers not only Argentina, but with the position incumbent frequently traveling to Brasilia, Sao Paulo, and Rio [...] | 2005-07-27 14:10:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT EFIN |
05BRASILIA2012 | BRAZIL: WORRIES THAT POLITICAL SCANDAL WILL [...] (SBU) While to date the Brazilian economy has largely been immune to the growing three-month old vote- buying/influence peddling scandal which is currently plaguing the Lulu administration, there are growing signs that contamination could soon occur. Between July 21 and July 25, the real drop [...] | 2005-07-29 11:26:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN |
05BRASILIA2067 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF THREE NAMES [...] (SBU) EmbOff delivered reftel designation of three names submitted to the U.N. 1267 Sanctions Committee by Italy to Luiza Lopes da Silva of the Foreign Ministry's office for the Combat of Illicit International Activities and to Jaime Freitas of Brazil's Financial Intelligence Unit (COAF). Frei [...] | 2005-08-04 19:06:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN PTER KSEP |
05BRASILIA2125 | SCENESETTER CABLE FOR VISIT OF TREASURY ASSISTANT [...] (U) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your August 20-23 visit to Brasilia. We are currently working with your staff on the logistical arrangements for your travel. Embassy has requested meetings for your delegation with counterparts at the Finance, Justice, and Foreign Mini [...] | 2005-08-10 19:41:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC |
05BRASILIA2133 | BRAZIL - OPIC PROPOSED LOAN TO PORT SECURITY INTL [...] Post has no objection to OPIC's proposed loan to Port Security International, LLC (PSI) in support of the installation and operation by that firm of scanning equipment at three ports in Brazil (Itajai, Sao Francisco do Sul, and Paranagua). The Foreign Commercial Service Office in Brasilia doe [...] | 2005-08-11 16:43:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN EWWT OPIC |
05BRASILIA2145 | SECRETARY SNOW'S MEETINGS WITH FINANCE MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Secretary Snow met separately with Central Bank President Meirelles and Finance Minister Palocci August 1 in Brasilia for broad discussions of Brazil's current economic performance. Meirelles and Palocci both argued that Brazil's stellar economic performance, with a current accoun [...] | 2005-08-12 14:31:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON |
05BRASILIA2146 | SECRETARY SNOW'S AUGUST 1-3 MEETINGS IN BRAZIL - [...] (C) Summary: During his bilateral meetings in Brasilia and the Group for Growth (GfG) session in Rio de Janeiro, U.S. Treasury Secretary Snow emphasized the importance of trade liberalization to increasing productivity and economic growth. Brazilian and U.S. businesses which participated in [...] | 2005-08-12 14:32:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD ECON PREL BR |
05BRASILIA2149 | BRAZIL - POTENTIAL ECONOMIC SCENARIOS AS THE [...] (C) Summary: Financial markets have, to date, largely taken in their stride the interlocking set of vote-buying and corruption scandals currently engulfing Brazil's political class (ref A). Several factors are working together to insulate the economy against the political turbulence, includi [...] | 2005-08-12 17:08:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV |
05BRASILIA2237 | BRAZIL SCANDAL: NEW ALLEGATIONS TOUCH FINANCE [...] (C) Summary: Rogerio Buratti, a former advisor to Finance Minister Antonio Palocci during the latter's tenure as Mayor of the city of Ribeirao Preto (Sao Paulo State),told police during a deposition August 19 that Palocci was involved in a kickback scheme that sent Reals 50,000 per month to PT [...] | 2005-08-19 20:00:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV ECON EINV |
05BRASILIA2242 | More on Corruption Allegations Against FinMin [...] (U) Summary and Introduction. Over the August 20-21 weekend, the surprise August 19 corruption allegations (reftel) leveled at Finance Minister Palocci continued to reverberate through the Brazilian body politic. In an August 21 press conference, Palocci emphatically denied the charges made [...] | 2005-08-22 14:22:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EFIN |
05BRASILIA2318 | SENIOR PRIVATE BANKER ON BRAZIL'S POLITICAL SCANDAL [...] (C) Summary: In an August 23 conversation with Econoff, Banco Itau Executive Director Sergio Werlang, a leading financial markets expert and senior figure in Brazil's second largest private bank, dismissed market fears that Brazil's overall economic policy would change even if Finance Minister [...] | 2005-08-29 19:22:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EFIN PREL |
05BRASILIA2339 | BRAZIL ON COMBATING WMD PROLIFERATION VIA [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche to Gustavo Rodrigues of COAF (Brazil's financial intelligence unit),Luiza Lopes da Silva of the Ministry of External Relations' (MRE's) Office for the Combat of Illicit Transnational Activities and Santiago Morao of the MRE's Disarmament and Sensitive Techno [...] | 2005-09-02 12:35:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC KTFN EFIN |
05BRASILIA2467 | BRAZIL: FINANCE MINISTER PALOCCI REPORTEDLY UPSET [...] (U) The September 16 "O Estado de Sao Paulo" reported that Finance Minister Antonio Palocci told two PT federal deputies that if his brother was called to testify before any of the congressional committees looking into influence peddling, Palocci would resign. The Minister's brother -- Adhem [...] | 2005-09-19 11:20:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EFIN |
05BRASILIA2477 | THE BRAZILIAN MACRO-ECONOMY: SOARING HIGH BUT NO [...] (SBU) Summary. The past 30 days have seen a wealth of good news for the Brazilian economy as a number of fiscal, growth, and financial indicators are trending up. Given this positive turn of events, some market watchers are beginning to wonder whether the conventional wisdom is correct - i.e [...] | 2005-09-20 13:41:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EFIN |
05BRASILIA2486 | TERRORISM FINANCE: AL-AKHTAR TRUST INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) EmbOff delivered reftel designation of Al-Akhtar Trust International to Luisa Lopes da Silva of the Foreign Ministry's office for the Combat of Illicit International Activities and to Jaime Freitas of Brazil's Financial Intelligence Unit (COAF). Freitas undertook to search COAF's databa [...] | 2005-09-20 18:14:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP KVPR |
05BRASILIA2488 | TERRORIST FINANCE: LIST 72T [...] (SBU) EmbOff delivered reftel designation of Dr. Abdul Latif Saleh (List 72T) to Luisa Lopes da Silva of the Foreign Ministry's office for the Combat of Illicit International Activities and to Jaime Freitas of Brazil's Financial Intelligence Unit (COAF). Freitas undertook to search COAF's dat [...] | 2005-09-20 18:19:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN PTER KVPR |
05BRASILIA2649 | THE SURGING REAL HAS EXPORTERS SINGING THE BLUES [...] Summary. The Brazilian export sector is pressuring the Central Bank to curb the slide of the dollar (US$) against the Real (R$). As of September 29, the dollar was trading for Real 2.21, its lowest price since May 8, 2001. Exporters are concerned that if the devaluation of the US$ against the [...] | 2005-10-04 15:59:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD |
05BRASILIA2653 | HEAD OF BRAZIILAN TAX AGENCY PROPOSES NEGOTIATION [...] (SBU) In a October 3 meeting with DCM, Jorge Rachid, head of Brazil's Receita Federal, and his International Affairs Advisor Zayda Manatta, proposed that Brazil and the USG negotiate a Tax Information and Exchange Agreement (TIEA). By facilitating the exchange of tax records and other data, ou [...] | 2005-10-05 11:08:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON SNAR PGOV |
05BRASILIA2684 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH BRAZILIAN FINANCE [...] October 6, 2005, 5:00 P.M., Finance Ministry, Brasilia, Brazil. 2. Participants: United States: The Deputy Secretary Tom Shannon, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor for Western Hemisphere Affairs Ambassador John Danilovich Phillip Chicola, Deputy Chief of Mission C [...] | 2005-10-07 16:47:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN ETRD ECON |
05BRASILIA2709 | TERRORIST FINANCE: LIST 72U [...] (SBU) EmbOff delivered reftel designation of seven names (List 72U) to Luisa Lopes da Silva of the Foreign Ministry's office for the Combat of Illicit International Activities and to Jaime Freitas of Brazil's Financial Intelligence Unit (COAF). Freitas undertook to search COAF's databases and [...] | 2005-10-11 18:10:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PTER PREL KVPR |
05BRASILIA2724 | BRAZIL LOOKS TO THE IDB FOR HELP ON INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (SBU) On October 11, EconCouns met with Ministry of Planning International Affairs Secretary Jose Carlos Miranda at the latter's request. In that conversation, Miranda stated that the Brazilian government wanted to work closely with new IDB President Moreno so as to facilitate the flow of Ban [...] | 2005-10-13 12:14:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ENRG |
05BRASILIA2774 | VISITING TEAM FROM THE OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER [...] (SBU) Summary. The week of September 28 Robert J. Scavotto, Senior International Economic Advisor in the Comptroller of the Currency's International Banking and Finance unit and Oliver Taft, Financial Economist in the same office, visited Brazil to meet with a variety of government officials a [...] | 2005-10-18 17:34:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV |
05BRASILIA2811 | FINANCE MINISTRY QUERIES ON BILATERAL RELATIONS IN [...] (SBU) On October 18, Regional Treasury Attache Mat Haarsager, EconCouns, and Econ Assistant met with Finance Ministry U/S Joaquim Levy. The wide-ranging conversation touched upon the issue of debt-for-nature swaps, the USG's democracy/development agenda, and U.S. industry's GSP petition on co [...] | 2005-10-21 11:43:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SENV KIPR PGOV EFIN US |
05BRASILIA285 | BRAZIL AND THE OECD: CO-HABITATING FOR NOW, BUT [...] (U) THIS CABLE WAS COORDINATED WITH AMCONSULATES RECIFE, RIO DE JANEIRO, AND SAO PAULO. 2. (U) SUMMARY. WHILE PRESIDENT LULA AND FOREIGN MINISTER AMORIM SUPPORT THE IDEA OF EVENTUAL BRAZILIAN ACCESSION TO THE OECD, ENTRY INTO THAT ORGANIZATION IN THE SHORT-TERM IS NOT CURRENTLY ONE OF THE G [...] | 2005-01-31 18:39:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EINV BR OECD |
05BRASILIA3008 | BRAZIL - FINANCE MINISTER PALOCCI UNDER FIRE [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Brazil's Finance Minister, Antonio Palocci, considered by many the anchor of GoB economic policy, has been coming under increasing fire in recent days as new allegations have surfaced that he had a role in illegal fund-raising activities by the ruling PT party and kn [...] | 2005-11-14 12:13:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET | ECON PGOV PREL EFIN BR CU |
05BRASILIA3043 | BRAZIL - FINANCE MINISTER PALOCCI'S 11/16 [...] (SBU) Summary: Finance Minister Antonio Palocci categorically denied accusations of corruption during his tenure as mayor of the city of Riberao Preto and of illegal financing of President Lula's 2002 presidential campaign (including an alleged $3 million contribution from the Government of Cu [...] | 2005-11-18 13:33:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EFIN PREL BR CU |
05BRASILIA3060 | TERRORIST FINANCE: ASG PRENOTIFICATION - BRAZIL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-21 16:44:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC RP BR |
05BRASILIA3091 | Brazil: Tax Agency Chief Under Investigation [...] Summary: On November 18, 2005, federal prosecutors filed a civil lawsuit against Jorge Rachid, Secretary of the Ministry of Finance's Secretariat da Receita (i.e., the Brazilian counterpart of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service) alleging "administrative improbity." Prosecutors are seeking to [...] | 2005-11-23 17:17:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON SNAR PGOV BR |
05BRASILIA3092 | BRAZIL - FINANCE MINISTER PALOCCI ON SOMEWHAT [...] (SBU) Summary: After another marathon session in front of one of Congress' economic oversight committees, Finance Minister Antonio Palocci appears to have solidified his political position, allowing him some temporary respite from the political and scandal-related crossfire he has been receivi [...] | 2005-11-23 17:27:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EFIN PREL BR CU |
05BRASILIA3135 | RESPONSE: POST TERRORISM REPORTING OFFICERS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-30 16:58:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL ASEC EFIN KCRM KTFN KVPR PTER |
05BRASILIA317 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ECONOMIC AGENDA WITH FINANCE [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction. In a private February 1 meeting with Finance Minister Palocci, Ambassador emphasized the need for the GOB to continue making progress on its micro-economic reform agenda. Discussion, in particular, focussed on the GOB's recently-enacted Public- Private Partner [...] | 2005-02-03 18:55:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV BEXP SENV BR |
05BRASILIA3207 | BRAZIL - ECONOMY CONTRACTS, CRITICISM EXPANDS [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's economy contracted 1.2% in the third quarter of 2005, falling further than even the pessimists had predicted. Growth expectations for the year, therefore, are being downgraded to the 2.3% to 2.7% range. The unexpectedly abrupt fall in GDP has intensified criticism of [...] | 2005-12-08 11:03:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV EIND BR |
05BRASILIA321 | BRAZIL'S FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY LAW FACES FIRST [...] (U) This cable has been coordinated with Consulates Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Brazil's Fiscal Responsibility Law (LRF),a cornerstone of the nation's fiscal recovery, is facing its most serious threat since its enactment in 2000. The law, meant to enforce prudent [...] | 2005-02-04 12:00:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EFIN SOCI BR |
05BRASILIA3251 | BRAZIL - CAPETOWN CONVENTION ACCESSION LIKELY IN [...] (U) Econoff made reftel points on the Cape Town convention to Michel Arslanian of the Foreign Ministry's Division of Services, Investment and Financial Affairs. Arslanian stated Brazil will likely accede to the treaty, but with a few reservations since certain points of the treaty were "incomp [...] | 2005-12-13 18:51:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAIR EIND ETRD KTIA BR |
05BRASILIA3255 | BRAZIL: POC FOR MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANK [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-14 16:33:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID ECON PREL BR |
05BRASILIA3277 | BRAZIL: 2005 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] The Tri-Border Area (TBA) -- where Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay converge -- has been characterized as a regional hub for Hizballah and HAMAS fundraising activities. However, the region is more widely known as a center for arms and drug trafficking, contraband smuggling, document and currenc [...] | 2005-12-16 13:55:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO BR |
05BRASILIA3324 | TERRORISM FINANCE - ASG INDIVIDUALS - JOINT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-22 11:27:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN ETTC PTER PREL BR |
05BRASILIA3346 | BRAZIL AND THE PARIS CLUB - PREPAYMENT OR [...] (SBU) The Finance Ministry's Strategic Debt Planning Coordinator, Anderson Silva, confirmed to Emboff December 21 that the Finance Ministry is studying a proposal to pay off all of its Paris Club (PC) debt in 2006. According to Silva, no final decision has yet been made despite press reports [...] | 2005-12-22 13:02:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON SENV PREL BR |
05BRASILIA3349 | BRAZIL WILL BEGIN NEW YEAR WITHOUT A FEDERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil will begin 2006 without having approved a federal government budget. Federal Deputy (congressman) Colbert Martins told Emboff December 20 he believes the budget would not be passed until February. The GoB will be limited to paying salaries and current expenses (utilitie [...] | 2005-12-22 18:33:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV EIND BR |
05BRASILIA417 | BRAZIL - STRONG 2005 MACROECONOMIC SCENARIO [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil enters 2005 in a position of relative macroeconomic strength. GDP growth, debt ratios, the trade balance and external accounts are all favorable or moving favorably. In conversations with industry and government economists, all were hard pressed to name a single econ [...] | 2005-02-17 09:02:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV EINV BR |
05BRASILIA447 | BRAZIL MAKES REFORMING REGULATORY AGENCIES A PRIORITY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Brazilian Congress is considering a new law governing the functioning of Brazil's nine regulatory agencies. The legislation aims to bring greater social accountability, operational transparency, and financial oversight to their operations. The law includes, however, controver [...] | 2005-02-18 19:45:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV EFIN PGOV EWWT ECON BR |
05BRASILIA490 | BRAZIL - HOW MUCH SPENDING SEQUESTRATION IS ENOUGH? [...] (SBU) Summary. The GoB is preparing to issue on February 25 a decree sequestering Reals 5 to 10 billion (approximately USD 2 to 4 billion) of spending called for in the 2005 budget law passed by the Brazilian Congress December 29. This is part of an annual exercise in which the executive b [...] | 2005-02-24 18:35:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV EINV BR |
05BRASILIA521 | BRAZIL - THE MICROECONOMIC REFORM AGENDA [...] (SBU) Summary: In contrast to Brazil's recent outstanding macroeconomic performance, its progress on the microeconomic and structural reforms necessary to sustain healthy growth levels has been mixed. The GoB has a well- articulated reform agenda and continues to push key measures through [...] | 2005-02-28 19:28:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV EINV BR |
05BRASILIA61 | BRAZIL 2004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Following is Brazil's 2004-2005 INCSR. As requested in reftel, the money laundering portion of the INCSR will be submitted separately. BRAZIL ---------- I. SUMMARY ---------- 2. The principal event of 2004 in Brazil's anti-narcotics effort was the long awaited implementation of a s [...] | 2005-01-06 13:43:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR EFIN KSEP BR NAS |
05BRASILIA682 | BRAZIL'S STEELY MONETARY POLICY [...] (SBU) The GoB published a decree March 4 reducing to zero the import tariff on fifteen different categories of steel. The measure is temporary and does not represent a general liberalization, but rather is aimed at containing inflationary pressures driven by price increases in steel and oth [...] | 2005-03-11 19:30:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV EIND BR |
05BRASILIA770 | BRAZIL: CENTRAL BANK ON BANCO SANTOS CASE [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met Central Bank President Henrique Meirelles March 17 to advocate on behalf of American creditors to Banco Santos, a Brazilian bank that has been under Central Bank intervention since November 2004 (reftel). The Ambassador relayed the desire of U.S. creditor banks, which [...] | 2005-03-22 11:45:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAGR ECON PREL BR |
05BRASILIA788 | TERROR FINANCE: 2005 UPDATE NUMBER 2 - BRAZIL [...] (U) This cable responds to ref A request for an evaluation of the GoB's ability to cooperate in disrupting terrorism financing. The answers below are keyed to questions in ref A paragraph 10. Question A - Amounts Frozen and Authorities ------------------------------------------- 2. (U) [...] | 2005-03-23 17:46:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EFIN PTER KVPR CVIS PREL BR |
05BRASILIA809 | TERRORISM FINANCE: LET PRENOTIFICATION - BRAZIL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-24 15:01:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL BR |
05BRASILIA949 | BRAZIL: CHIPPING AWAY AT THE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY [...] (SBU) Summary. Faced with the awkward prospect of enforcing the Fiscal Responsibility Law (LRF) against former Sao Paulo mayor, friend of Lula and prominent Workers' Party (PT) figure Marta Suplicy (reftel),the GoB has been less than coherent. Finance Minister Palocci sent to Congress a let [...] | 2005-04-06 17:46:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV EINV BR |
05BRATISLAVA1001 | SLOVAKIA FORGIVES 100 PERCENT OF IRAQI DEBT [...] (SBU) The Slovak cabinet decided December 21 to forgive 100 percent of Iraq's outstanding debt by December 31, 2005. Total debt as of October 31 was approximately USD 145 million. According to a Ministry of Finance source involved in the discussions, the GOS determined that the administrative [...] | 2005-12-21 14:49:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PREL LO IZ |
05BRATISLAVA242 | DEBT RELIEF FOR POOR COUNTRIES [...] (SBU) On March 1, the post delivered talking points per reftel to the Ministry of Finance's (MOF) Department of Coordination for Relations with the EU. Representatives of the MOF replied several weeks later and expressed a great deal of enthusiasm for a 100 percent debt relief program on all [...] | 2005-03-23 14:30:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID LO |
05BRATISLAVA31 | SLOVAKIA LOSES USD 867 MILLION ARBITRATION WITH [...] Summary. An arbitration court has ruled in favor of the Czech bank Ceskoslovenska Obchodna Banka (CSOB) in its claim against Slovakia and ordered the GOS to pay the bank SKK 24.7 billion (USD 867 million). CSOB's claim dates back to 1993, when it provided a loan to a special state agency set [...] | 2005-01-14 10:18:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN LO EZ |
05BRATISLAVA428 | KEY TO SUCCESS FOR SLOVAKIA'S FLAT RATE TAX SYSTEM [...] Summary. Slovakia's adoption of a 19-percent flat rate tax for corporations and individuals has generated much attention internationally, but the Slovak general public has been quite mute. Contending international policy camps have cited statistics to support their claims that the system is [...] | 2005-06-06 05:38:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD LO |
05BRATISLAVA952 | SLOVAKIA TIES ITS CURRENCY TO EURO [...] SUMMARY. On November 26, Slovakia entered the European Exchange Rate Mechanism II (ERM-2),a minimum 2-year probation period before joining the Euro, at a central rate of 38.4550 SKK/EUR. The entry, which came several months ahead of schedule, would make it possible for the country to adopt [...] | 2005-11-30 15:58:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN LO |
05BRUSSELS1583 | THE PROPOSED EU CONSTITUTION: WHAT IT COULD MEAN [...] (SBU) The Constitutional Treaty signed last October requires ratification by all 25 Member States. It faces its first serious test in the May 29 French referendum, and a second critical vote in the Netherlands on June 1. Under those circumstances, entry into force is a distant and uncertain [...] | 2005-04-22 08:22:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN EAID ECIN MARR SMIG EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1628 | US-EU CONFERENCE ON IRAQ: VISIT OF S/I AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary. On April 21, Senior Advisor and Coordinator for Iraq Policy Ambassador Richard Jones met with a wide range of EU officials from the Luxembourg Presidency, the Commission and the Council to consult on planning for the U.S.-EU co-hosted International Conference on Iraq in June. Th [...] | 2005-04-26 08:21:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN IZ EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2208 | EU ON HAITIAN ELECTIONS BUDGET SHORTFALL [...] (SBU) We presented reftel demarche on June 8 to John Caloghirou, Head of the Caribbean Affairs Unit in the Development Directorate-General of the European Commission (EC). Caloghirou said the EC would contribute 18 million euros for elections, plus 2-1/2 million euros for an election-related [...] | 2005-06-09 06:48:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EAID EFIN HA PGOV PREL EUN OAS UN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2419 | BARROSO CALLS FOR EU BUDGET COMPROMISE; [...] European Commission President Barroso on June 22 said the EU could face "paralysis" unless its budget quarrel was settled quickly. Barroso said a clause permitting review of the budget situation in 2008 might break the deadlock. He cautioned against "explicitly" linking farm spending and th [...] | 2005-06-23 13:36:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EFIN TU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2440 | Juncker, Blair Debate EU Future [...] SUMMARY: Outgoing EU Presidency Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker of Luxembourg and incoming Presidency Prime Minister Tony Blair of the UK outlined different visions for Europe and perceptions of the "European crisis" during speeches before the European Parliament on June 22-23. Juncker bl [...] | 2005-06-27 10:40:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EFIN UK LU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS643 | EU WILL RAISE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-15 11:01:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG EAID ECON EFIN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BUCHAREST1035 | TAX REVENUES IN ROMANIA SHOW IMPRESSIVE GROWTH IN [...] (SBU) Romania's budget revenues soared in the first three months of 2005. Embassy attributes this to a variety of factors, including unexpectedly high GDP growth in 2004, wider general tax compliance (perhaps linked to the new flat tax) and the threat of increased tax collection enforcement. [...] | 2005-04-28 09:22:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EIND EFIN RO |
05BUCHAREST1044 | TAX REVENUES IN ROMANIA SHOW IMPRESSIVE GROWTH IN [...] (SBU) Romania's budget revenues soared in the first three months of 2005. Embassy attributes this to a variety of factors, including unexpectedly high GDP growth in 2004, wider general tax compliance (perhaps linked to the new flat tax) and the threat of increased tax collection enforcement. [...] | 2005-04-28 14:00:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EIND EFIN RO |
05BUCHAREST1205 | ROMANIA PLANS TO USE THE CAPITAL MARKETS TO PAY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Tariceanu Government has proposed the creation of a real estate investment fund as a novel way of addressing the property restitution issue without drawing from government funds. By unlocking the value of static state holdings through transfer to a publicly traded fund, the [...] | 2005-05-25 13:30:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV ETRD EIND EFIN RO |
05BUCHAREST130 | ROMANIA: NEW GOVERNMENT INAUGERATES FISCAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Just before New Year's eve, and the day after receiving Parliament's vote of confidence, the new center-right government of PM Calin Popescu-Tariceanu carried out its campaign pledge to amend the Fiscal Code and introduce a 16% flat tax on personal income and corporate profits. [...] | 2005-01-14 15:46:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EIND EFIN RO |
05BUCHAREST1304 | PROSPECTIVE EBRD LOAN WOULD REINFORCE UNFAIR [...] (SBU) Summary: Post was unpleasantly surprised to learn that the EBRD office in Bucharest is contemplating a loan worth over 200 million dollars to a Romanian company that has repeatedly come into our sights as an unfair and abusive competitor in the soft drinks and consumer product markets. P [...] | 2005-06-03 13:24:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD RO EBRD |
05BUCHAREST1307 | BECHTEL BEGINS TO SHUTDOWN ROAD CONSTRUCTION IN [...] (SBU) Summary: High-ranking Bechtel representatives currently in Bucharest failed to obtain sufficient funds from the GOR to cover mounting arrears on work performed on the 2.8 billion dollar Transylvania Motorway project. Discussions at ministerial level have provided no clear way ahead for [...] | 2005-06-03 14:23:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL RO |
05BUCHAREST131 | ROMANIA: ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AGENCY LACKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Romanian authorities have the political will to combat illegal currency flows out of the country, but the Director of Romania,s National Office for the Prevention and Control of Money Laundering (NOPCML) claims his office lacks the training and resources to track illicit fund trans [...] | 2005-01-14 15:59:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR KSEP EFIN RO KFTN |
05BUCHAREST1349 | IMF'S VIEW OF THE ROMANIAN ECONOMY: THE GLASS IS [...] (SBU) According to the IMF's Resident Representative in Romania, the Romanian economy shows signs of overheating this year and Romania's economic situation weakened in 2005. Inflation and the current account deficit are two leading indicators that will likely fail to meet targets by year's end [...] | 2005-06-13 11:08:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EIND EFIN RO |
05BUCHAREST1430 | ECON, EBRD, EFIN, RO [...] (C) Summary: A meeting with the EBRD Director in Romania failed to change the Embassy's stance that a proposed loan to a local company of dubious business ethics is a good use of the American taxpayers' money. An attempt at fencemending on EBRD's part does not make up for the EBRD Director's lack o [...] | 2005-06-24 11:45:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN AA RO EBRD |
05BUCHAREST1445 | CONSUMER CREDIT BOOM FUELS ECONOMIC GROWTH IN [...] The consumer credit market is booming in Romania, with lending institutions offering a wide and growing range of products reaching a total volume of $4.7 billion in 2004. The resulting shopping frenzy has contributed to an increase in retailers' profits, as well as a jump in the country's for [...] | 2005-06-27 12:59:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EIND EFIN RO |
05BUCHAREST1456 | ROMANIA'S REDENOMINATED CURRENCY PREMIERS JULY [...] Romania officially and hopefully marks the end of its period of high inflation by introducing its redenominated currency, the "heavy" Leu, on July 1, 2005. Redenomination will slash four zeros off the existing currency, making one leu worth approximately 0.30 cents (U.S.). Although the upco [...] | 2005-06-29 10:52:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EIND EFIN RO |
05BUCHAREST1461 | APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE: DOMENIA CREDIT [...] This is the Embassy-USAID/Romania's response to OPIC Action Request dated June 16, 2005. 2. Summary: The Mission believes the addition of resources to expand mortgage lending in the country is essential for long- term sustainable growth in the industry. Currently, the legal framework for [...] | 2005-06-29 13:06:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID OTRA EINV EFIN RO |
05BUCHAREST1584 | ROMANIA STRUGGLES TO OVERCOME EFFECTS OF FLOODS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent flooding in Romania's eastern regions have caused extensive damage to roads, suspended electricity and gas networks, submerged prime agricultural land and affected more than 14,000 households. This comes on the heels of prior spring floods in the southwestern areas that [...] | 2005-07-15 13:58:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EIND EFIN RO |
05BUCHAREST1609 | ROMANIAN FLOOD UPDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-20 15:24:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EIND EFIN RO |
05BUCHAREST1644 | ROMANIA REAFFIRMS STRONG CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR CONTINUED TROOP PRESENCE IN IRAQ DESPITE FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-26 07:00:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR EFIN OVIP RO IZ |
05BUCHAREST189 | THE GLASS HALF EMPTY: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND [...] (SBU) Summary: The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) representative in Romania is pessimistic about the country's short-term future prospects for macroeconomic stability and progress on economic reforms. The new government, in his view, is inexperienced and will lose valuable time understa [...] | 2005-01-21 12:22:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EIND EFIN PGOV RO |
05BUCHAREST721 | ROMANIAN ECONOMY APPEARS ON GOOD TRAJECTORY [...] Summary: Romania made impressive economic progress in 2004, demonstrating strong GDP growth, curbing inflation and lowering unemployment. On the negative side, strong consumer demand fueled a growing current account deficit as Romania's trade deficit rose due to surging imports. The country [...] | 2005-03-22 15:25:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EIND EFIN RO |
05BUCHAREST728 | ROMANIA: COMBATING TERRORISM FINANCE: COUNTRY [...] (U) Reftel requests Post TFCO,s response to questions below evaluating the host government,s ability to cooperate in disrupting terrorism financing: A. (SBU) Question: Describe the amount of assets frozen, forfeited or seized by host government pursuant to UNSCR Resolutions 1267 and 1373, [...] | 2005-03-23 15:29:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL RO |
05BUCHAREST742 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE ZOELLICK'S MARCH 30 VISIT TO BUCHAREST [...] (C) Introduction and Summary: Embassy Bucharest warmly welcomes your March 30 visit as a tangible demonstration of the deepening U.S./Romanian partnership. Your visit will provide an opportunity to underscore the points raised during the successful March 8-10 visit by newly elected President Traian [...] | 2005-03-24 13:37:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ECON PHUM EINV EFIN RO ETRO |
05BUCHAREST835 | ROMANIA: CORRUPTION IN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM REMAINS AN ISSUE FOR NEW ROMANIAN GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) One of the key challenges facing Romania,s new Health Minister Mircea Cinteza is a state-run health system plagued by corruption. Two types of corruption manifest themselves in Romania: high-level manipulation of the system for personal gain and low-level &facilitation payments8 that state-em [...] | 2005-04-05 13:50:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TBIO ETRD KCRM EFIN PREL RO USTR |
05BUCHAREST84 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH KEY ECONOMIC MINISTERS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador's first calls on new Romanian government ministers responsible for the economy reveal pro-business and pro-American attitudes. They want to move ahead aggressively to change perceptions of Romania as a destination for foreign direct investment. In particular, they [...] | 2005-01-11 14:48:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL RO |
05BUCHAREST986 | ROMANIA: PRIVATIZATIONS PROGRESSES, BUT MORE WORK [...] Romania made substantial progress in privatizing state- owned assets in 2004, a year which could be dubbed "the year of energy privatizations." Major priorities for 2005 include completion of energy privatizations, privatization of the Romanian Commercial Bank and National Savings House, and [...] | 2005-04-21 05:19:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND EFIN ENRG EINV RO |
05BUENOSAIRES159 | CODEL DODD VISIT TO ARGENTINA [...] Summary: (C) During their 24-hour visit to Argentina January 12-13, CODEL Dodd, accompanied by Ambassador Gutierrez, held informative and wide-ranging discussions with President Nestor Kirchner, Minister of Interior Anibal Fernandez, Deputy Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana, and Central Bank [...] | 2005-01-21 18:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD PHUM AR |
05BUENOSAIRES3179 | Province of Buenos Aires Debt Exchange [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The Province of Buenos Aires debt exchange closed on December 16. Preliminary results indicate that the province received tenders for USD 2.8 billion of old bonds, achieving a 93 percent par [...] | 2005-12-30 18:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
05CAIRO2281 | CODEL PELOSI MARCH 19-20 VISIT TO CAIRO: MEETING [...] (C) Summary. During a meeting with CODEL Pelosi, PM Nazif asserted that Egypt is "systematically" building a democratic system. He also highlighted Egypt's economic reforms and called for strengthening the bilateral economic relationship. Nazif expressed concern over the image of the U.S. [...] | 2005-03-23 15:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PREL PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD EG IZ |
05CAIRO2534 | SUDAN: EGYPT TO SEND CABINET MEMBER TO OSLO [...] (C) The Charge met with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit March 30 and raised the issue of the upcoming Sudan donors conference. Drawing on the points contained in ref B, the Charge stressed the importance of high-level Egyptian attendance at and support for the Oslo-hosted Sudan d [...] | 2005-03-31 15:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID EFIN PHUM EG SU NO |
05CAIRO2957 | GOE MONETARY POLICY COORDINATING COUNCIL HOLDS [...] (U) The Monetary Policy Coordinating Council of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) held its first meeting on April 10, 2005. The Council discussed a work plan to maintain price stability and increase economic growth rates. It also reviewed monetary, financial and economic developments in Egypt [...] | 2005-04-18 14:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EG |
05CAIRO2967 | EGYPTIAN AMERICAN BANK TO BE SOLD [...] (C) Roderick Richards (protect),Managing Director of the Egyptian American Bank (EAB),told the Charge on April 18 that the Board of EAB intended to put the bank up for sale. Richards said the EAB Board would meet on April 19 to approve the intended sale, and that public announcement would f [...] | 2005-04-18 15:03:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EFIN EG |
05CAIRO3147 | EGYPTIAN AMERICAN BANK: BOARD OF DIRECTORS [...] (C) The Board of Directors of the Egyptian American Bank (EAB) met last week to approve the sale of EAB to a strategic investor, as reported in reftel. According to EAB General Manager Roderick Richards, the Bank of Alexandria (BOA) was instructed by the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) to sell it [...] | 2005-04-27 16:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID EG |
05CAIRO3445 | IT'S THE REAL THING: U.S. SOFT DRINK COMPANIES [...] (SBU) Post contacted Tarek Kabil, Chairman and CEO of Pepsi Egypt, and Lobna El Dessouky, Chief Financial Officer for Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Egypt, to confirm implementation of the recently lowered tax rate on locally produced soft drinks (reftel). Kabil said that Pepsi had been pleas [...] | 2005-05-08 13:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EINV EG |
05CAIRO3493 | CODEL FRIST MAY 4-6 VISIT TO CAIRO: PRIME [...] (C) Summary: Egyptian Prime Minister Nazif and Finance Minister Boutros Ghali reviewed for CODEL Frist the GOE's economic reform policies and plans, particularly regarding tariff and income tax cuts. Nazif also described his efforts to use information technology (IT) to boost Egypt's economy, [...] | 2005-05-09 16:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PREL ECON EFIN EG |
05CAIRO3779 | EGYPT: TREASURY OFFICIALS HEAR GOE APPEAL FOR TAX [...] (U) On May 4, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Treasury for Technical Assistance James Fall, Treasury officials Robert Warfield and Keith Krchak, and Emboffs met with Minister of Finance Youssef Boutros Ghali (YBG) and GOE tax administration officials to discuss the possibility of Treasury prov [...] | 2005-05-17 14:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN EG |
05CAIRO3889 | EGYPT MONTHLY ECONOMIC REPORT: MARCH AND APRIL 2005 [...] (U) In this edition: Banking and Finance: Parliament considers amendments to the Banking Law and the first foreign medical insurer enters Egypt's market. Telecom and IT: The Government of Egypt (GOE) announces plans for a public offering of shares in Telecom Egypt, while the Minister o [...] | 2005-05-22 16:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EWWT SENV EG |
05CAIRO4374 | EGYPT'S FY2005/06 BUDGET: A MAKEOVER [...] (U) On June 7 the People's Assembly passed the budget for fiscal year (FY) 2005/2006. The new budget was drafted using the IMF Government Finance Statistics format, which allows for better use of fiscal tools and better assessment of the impact of fiscal policies on Egypt's economy. Total e [...] | 2005-06-12 11:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EG |
05CAIRO4532 | EGYPT: 2005 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] a) Claimant A b) 2001 c) In June 2001, the Alexandria Governorate took approximately 6,000 square meters of claimant's land (on which a factory had been built) to widen the adjoining highway. The Governorate's ensuing construction work also damaged a wall and some property. As a re [...] | 2005-06-15 15:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC EFIN EINV KIDE PGOV EG OPIC |
05CAIRO4836 | EGYPT: MONETARY POLICY ON TRACK [...] (U) In early June, the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) published the minutes of the first meeting of the Monetary Policy Coordinating Council on April 10 (reftel). According to Banking Law 88 of 2003, the CBE must implement a monetary policy that targets price stability as its main objective, im [...] | 2005-06-27 06:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EG |
05CAIRO5083 | PDAS CHENEY'S MEETING WITH GOE MINISTER OF [...] (C) NEA PDAS Liz Cheney met with Egyptian Minister of Investment Mahmoud Mohieldin to discuss the Fund for the Future. The U.S. envisioned contributing $50 million to the Fund, Cheney explained, and would like Egypt to participate along with Morocco, which had already agreed in principle to [...] | 2005-07-06 16:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN EINV EG |
05CAIRO5344 | EGYPT MONTHLY ECONOMIC REPORT: MAY-JUNE 2005 [...] In this edition: More Egyptian companies make it into international emerging market stock indices and the GOE signs an S&T agreement with the EU. The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology announces a third mobile phone license will be issued and minister Tarek Kamel visits th [...] | 2005-07-13 13:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EWWT EG |
05CAIRO5350 | UPDATE ON EGYPT'S PRIVATIZATION PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Since taking office in July 2004, Prime Minister Nazif's administration has reinvigorated the GOE's program to privatize state-owned industries. Under the leadership of the new Ministry of Investment, the revitalized program aims to speed up privatizations by making public enterprises m [...] | 2005-07-13 16:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EG |
05CAIRO5545 | DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY 14 MEETING WITH [...] (U) July 14, 2005; 8:30 a.m.; Cairo, Egypt. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Charge Michael Corbin NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney Deputy Spokesman Adam Ereli D Executive Assistant Ross Wilson Egypt ----- Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif Minister of Foreign Trade and Ind [...] | 2005-07-20 12:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID EFIN OVIP EG |
05CAIRO5935 | NEA SENIOR ADVISOR MALLORY MEETING WITH EGYPTIAN [...] (SBU) NEA Senior Advisor King Mallory and private sector consultant Ahmed Dabbous met on July 28 with Egyptian Minister of Investment Mahmoud Mohieldin. Mohieldin was accompanied by Mohamed Atallah, Vice Chairman of the General Authority for Free Zones and Investment (GAFI),and the Hani Sar [...] | 2005-08-02 13:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN EINV EG |
05CAIRO5941 | EGYPT: BANK PRIVATIZATION UPDATE [...] (SBU) In early July the Ministry of Investment (MOI) announced the choice of Citibank as the financial advisor for privatization of the Bank of Alexandria (BOA),the first of Egypt's "big four" public banks scheduled for privatization. Bids will be considered in September, with the goal of c [...] | 2005-08-02 14:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EG |
05CAIRO6171 | EGYPT: BANKING SECTOR REFORM UPDATE [...] (SBU) As part of its banking sector reform program, the GOE has pushed legislation through parliament designed to strengthen the sector. As a result, banks now have more leeway in pursuing legal remedies and setting compensation for public bank staff. Requirements on foreign exchange bureau [...] | 2005-08-10 13:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV EG USTR |
05CAIRO6419 | EGYPT'S NEW TAX LAW [...] (SBU) In June President Mubarak signed into law a new tax code that substantially reduces personal and corporate taxes. The law also includes provisions to settle outstanding tax debts and to encourage the informal sector of the economy to begin paying taxes. The Ministry of Finance (MOF) c [...] | 2005-08-21 15:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EG |
05CAIRO6510 | ARAB ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY: [...] (SBU) Reftel requests financial information on Egyptian and other Arab contributions to the Palestinian Authority in order to assist the work of Special Envoy James Wolfenson. MFA officials responded to post's request with the following information, noting that the financial data had just been [...] | 2005-08-24 10:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID ECON ETRD EFIN KPAL EG IS |
05CAIRO6914 | TFUS01: EGYPT'S DONATION TO KATRINA RELIEF ON THE [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs two and four. 2. The Government of Egypt (GOE) has dispatched to Little Rock two Egyptian C-130 aircraft containing Katrina relief, including 3,000 blankets, 1.1 tons of jam, and 1.3 tons of powdered milk. Post requests that Task Force ens [...] | 2005-09-06 17:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON EFIN AEMR KPAO AMGT US EG |
05CAIRO7041 | AMBASSADOR RICCIARDONE'S SEPTEMBER 8 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Ambassador Ricciardone had an introductory meeting on September 8 with Egyptian Minister of Finance Youssef Boutros Ghali (YBG). YBG asked how the GOE could "package" the elections for U.S. audiences. YBG explained that he had not yet signed the Loan Guarantee Commitment Agreement (LGCA) [...] | 2005-09-11 15:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL EG |
05CAIRO7087 | INNOVATIVE SOURCES OF DEVELOPMENT FINANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-12 14:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EAID EFIN EG UNGA UNSC |
05CAIRO7466 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO EGYPT OF ACTING A/S OF [...] (SBU) In May 2002, Egypt passed a law criminalizing money laundering, which included terrorist financing within the scope of crimes covered by the law. The GOE has also used restrictions on NGO financing to combat terrorist financing. These restriction, however, have also impeded legitimate N [...] | 2005-09-27 11:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PTER EG |
05CAIRO7548 | SURPRISES IN EGYPT'S BANKING SECTOR [...] (SBU) In a surprise move earlier this week, the GOE announced the merger of two of Egypt's state-owned banks, Banque du Caire and Banque Misr. The GOE also announced that the banks' management would be changed in anticipation of the merger. The banking sector reacted positively to the news; [...] | 2005-09-29 13:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV EG |
05CAIRO8134 | VISIT TO EGYPT OF TREASURY ACTING A/S FOR [...] (C) Treasury Acting Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes Daniel Glaser met on October 1 with officials of the Egyptian Ministries of Social Affairs (MSA),Finance (MOF),Justice and the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE). At MSA, officials reviewed the Egyptian law regul [...] | 2005-10-23 13:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PTER EG |
05CAIRO8161 | GOE PRIVATIZES "STRATEGIC" FIRMS, WITHIN LIMITS [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Investment (MOI) has recently acted to extend the revitalized privatization program to cover petrochemical firms, which were previously considered untouchable "strategic" companies, theoretically important to Egypt's overall economic security. Nevertheless, there remain [...] | 2005-10-24 13:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV EIND EG |
05CAIRO9385 | ECONOMIC MONTHLY REPORT: October-November 2005 [...] (U) In this edition: The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) narrows the overnight interest rate band, and issues new checking regulations. Planners from the World Economic Forum (WEF) meet with GOE officials to discuss the WEF meeting on the Middle East, to be held in Sharm el Sheikh in May 2006. [...] | 2005-12-20 14:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EWWT EG |
05CAIRO9387 | EGYPT: 2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Egypt is not a significant destination for money laundering or terrorist financing, due to its antiquated and cumbersome financial system. The Government of Egypt (GOE) has implemented reforms in the financial sector in 2005, but this modernization has not made Egypt more attractive to money [...] | 2005-12-21 05:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR EG |
05CAIRO9583 | STATUS OF EGYPTIAN BANK PRIVATIZATION [...] (C) An early December discussion between the Ambassador and Egyptian Central Bank Governor Farouk El Okdah focused on the USG-GOE Financial Sector MOU, specifically benchmarks for item three of the MOU, i.e., divestment of GOE shares in the four largest joint venture (JV) banks by 6/30/05 and [...] | 2005-12-29 16:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID EG |
05CARACAS1088 | VENEZUELA'S FINANCIAL SECTOR FACING MORE POLITICAL [...] (C) Several issues are causing heads to turn in Caracas financial circles. It is rumored that the Central Bank is unloading its U.S. treasury instruments, for fear that they might be vulnerable to a U.S. economic embargo on Venezuela. Meanwhile the Finance Ministry has successfully carried o [...] | 2005-04-14 19:52:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV VE |
05CARACAS1336 | CAN YOU SPARE A BILLION? NO? HOW ABOUT SEVEN? [...] (C) As Venezuela's international reserves continue to grow - to over USD 27 billion - the GOV continues to pursue methods to gain control of part of them. The amount the GOV wants also continues to rise. While a year ago Chavez wanted a "mere billion" ("un millardito"),and later that year go [...] | 2005-05-02 20:21:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV VE |
05CARACAS1359 | CHAVEZ VISIT TO HAVANA LEAVES PLETHORA OF ECONOMIC [...] (C) In Havana April 28, Presidents Hugo Chavez of Venezuela and Fidel Castro of Cuba signed a series of economic agreements which will assertively strengthen trade between the two countries. In addition to sending USD 412 million of various products duty free to Cuba, Venezuela will also incr [...] | 2005-05-04 17:09:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV VE |
05CARACAS1501 | BANKS FACE INTEREST RATE CONTROLS [...] (C) On April 28, the Venezuelan Central Bank published new regulations capping the interest rates at which Venezuelan banks can lend money, as well as setting minimum interest rates for both savings accounts and time deposits, effective May 1. Embassy economic contacts agree that while this wi [...] | 2005-05-13 19:38:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV VE |
05CARACAS152 | SHUFFLE OF ECONOMIC MINISTRIES - THE MORE, THE [...] (C) President Chavez announced on January 9 several Ministerial changes. The Ministry of Production and Commerce has been divided, as has been the Ministry of Energy and Mines, and there are three new institutions: the Ministry of Light Industry and Commerce, the Ministry of Basic Industries [...] | 2005-01-18 20:00:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV VE |
05CARACAS1658 | PDVSA OIL EARNINGS - WHAT THEY MEAN ABOUT [...] (C) A controversy is raging in Venezuela over just how much money state-owned oil company PDVSA delivered to the Venezuelan Central Bank (BCV) in the first quarter of 2005, which in turn calls into question whether its claimed oil production is accurate. (As we reported ref A, industry observ [...] | 2005-06-02 18:30:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET ENRG EFIN PGOV VE |
05CARACAS195 | HOW LOW MUST IT GO? OIL REVENUES AND CHAVEZ'S [...] (C) Key to President Chavez's political success thus far has been his expansive fiscal policy, in which large sums, only partially accounted for in budgeting procedures, are provided to pay for popular social "missions" in education, health care, and job creation, and for (promised) big-ticke [...] | 2005-01-21 19:23:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EFIN ENRG VE |
05CARACAS288 | GOV CONSOLIDATES CONTROL AT CENTRAL BANK [...] (C) Leftist economist and former state oil company head Gaston Parra has been confirmed as the new President of the Venezuelan Central Bank, just a few days after President Hugo Chavez hand-picked him as the replacement for out-going President Diego Castellanos. The Bank also agreed to give up [...] | 2005-01-28 17:10:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV VE |
05CARACAS669 | VENEZUELA DEVALUES TO KEEP THE SPENDING MACHINE [...] (C) The GOV has announced announced the devaluation of the bolivar from 1920 to 2150 bolivars per dollar. The rise will mean that the GOV will have more local currency at hand to continue its highly aggressive spending policies, which have proven to be so politically popular. With high oil [...] | 2005-03-04 20:01:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV VE |
05CARACAS806 | BANKS UNDER PRESSURE [...] (C) Government intervention in the economy has taken another step forward with the issuance of regulations which force the banking sector to devote 10% of its lending portfolio to mortgage and home construction loans and which increase from 10% to 16% the portion which must be dedicated to the [...] | 2005-03-17 15:51:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV VE |
05CARACAS857 | FINANCE MINISTRY OFFICIAL MAKES SALES PITCH [...] (C) In a March 21 meeting with econcouns, Rudolfo Romer, the head of the Finance Ministry's National Public Credit Office (and thus chief liaison with the international investment community),expressed satisfaction with a recently concluded billion euro bond issue. He asserted that the GOV [...] | 2005-03-22 19:10:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV VE |
05CASABLANCA1295 | FINANCIAL SERVICES VOLUNTEER CORPS MEETS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of the Financial Services Volunteer Corps (FSVC),accompanied by Ambassador and Econoff, met with Prime Minister Jettou on December 2 to discuss FSVC's programs and solicit Jettou's thoughts on Morocco's financial sector. Jettou described Morocco's business env [...] | 2005-12-16 15:23:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND ETRD MO |
05COLOMBO1026 | 2005 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] The following dispute is being submitted for 2005 as per section 527 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act (FRAA) for Sri Lanka: (A) Claimant A (B) 2004 (C) Claimant had been contracted in June 2000 to provide power to the national grid under a combined cycle agreement signed [...] | 2005-06-08 09:56:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC EFIN EINV KIDE PGOV OPIC |
05COLOMBO1031 | GSL AIMS FOR MID-SUMMER MCA COMPACT PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) has begun to use provincial-level meetings to form local steering committees to review the GSL's Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) Concept Paper and provide feedback to the Finance Ministry. The process has largely been an effort to get valid [...] | 2005-06-09 10:52:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN CE |
05COLOMBO1315 | PROVINCIAL COUNCILS LACK FISCAL AUTONOMY TO [...] (U) Provincial Councils PCs have limited revenue generating capabilities and are dependent on the central government for funding. Transfers to the PCs do not meet the amount required to fulfill their responsibilities. Corruption remains a widely recognized problem within the PCs. Consequent [...] | 2005-07-28 10:59:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EFIN CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO1366 | IMI - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2005 - SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-04 10:59:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | CE ECON ECONOMICS EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR |
05COLOMBO1375 | Sri Lanka to apply for a sovereign rating [...] Summary: The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) is getting ready to apply for a sovereign debt rating. The rating is expected to facilitate debt financing and improve awareness of Sri Lanka in international fixed income markets. Sri Lanka is one of few countries in the region without a sovereign [...] | 2005-08-05 06:03:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID CE ECONOMICS |
05COLOMBO1547 | SRI LANKAN GOVERNMENT URGES EU TERRORIST [...] (C) In a September 2 meeting, Foreign Secretary H.M.G.S. Palihakkara briefed Charge' on the status of Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) efforts to persuade the European Union to proscribe the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as a terrorist organization and to review possible funding flows f [...] | 2005-09-02 09:43:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL EFIN EAID PGOV CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO1621 | MALDIVES: FORMER DETAINEE-TURNED-CABINET MINISTER [...] (C) In a September 6 meeting with the DCM in Colombo, Maldivian Foreign Minister Dr. Ahmed Shaheed and Finance Minister Qasim Ibrahim each asserted their strong belief in President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom's commitment to democratic reform, citing several recent positive developments, such as the [...] | 2005-09-13 10:46:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EFIN MV |
05COLOMBO1812 | CONTINUED IMPROVEMENT IN SRI LANKA?S GROWTH, [...] (U) Summary: Since the last economic update (reftel),the Central Bank of Sri Lanka has released second quarter GDP data which shows a 6 percent annualized growth rate in the second quarter. The growth rate for the first half of 2005 is estimated at 5.1 percent. Exports have also been a s [...] | 2005-10-17 10:54:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN CE |
05COLOMBO1860 | COLOMBO TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-27 11:02:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KVPR PREL PTER KTFN CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO1935 | PROPOSED SRI LANKA 2006 BUDGET DEAD ON ARRIVAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Finance Minister Sarath Amunugama (Amunugama) presented a 2006 budget proposal of the current Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) to a less-than-packed Parliament on November 8, just 10 days before presidential elections. The main opposition United National Party (UNP) and its alli [...] | 2005-11-10 10:15:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN CE ECONOMICS |
05COLOMBO2069 | Sri Lankan Initial Sovereign Rating Sub- [...] (SBU) Summary: Sri Lanka received its first sovereign rating on December 8. Fitch Ratings assigned Sri Lanka a ?BB minus? rating (sub-investment grade) noting that all the long term rating outlooks were stable. Standard and Poor's rating was slightly lower at 'B plus.' The sub- investment [...] | 2005-12-09 04:28:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN CE ECONOMICS |
05COLOMBO2094 | 2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] UPDATED RESPONSE TO REFTEL FOLLOWS: 2. The Maldives is not an important regional financial center. The financial sector of the Maldives is very small, with five commercial banks (one international bank, three branches of public banks from neighboring countries and the state owned bank),t [...] | 2005-12-14 07:56:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PTER SNAR KCRM MV |
05COLOMBO2101 | SRI LANKA: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) The Sri Lankan government strongly supports the Global War on Terror and continues to demonstrate an unwavering commitment to combating terrorism. Sri Lanka has acceded to all international conventions that deal with combating terrorism, with the exception of the 1980 Nuclear Materials Co [...] | 2005-12-15 07:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO2111 | 2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] UPDATED RESPONSE TO REFTEL FOLLOWS: 2. Sri Lanka is neither an important regional financial center nor a preferred center for money laundering. Money laundering currently is not a criminal offense. There are strict bank secrecy laws, under which the Government of Sri Lanka is required to [...] | 2005-12-19 08:17:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PTER SNAR KCRM CE ECONOMICS |
05COLOMBO2112 | POST (AGAIN) RECOMMENDS INVESTIGATION INTO [...] (C) This is an action request, please see para 10. This is a follow-on to reftel, in which Post specifically requested USG efforts to investigate possible LTTE-linked fundraising in the US. 2. (C) Summary: In the wake of reports of increased LTTE fundraising activities in Canada, France, U [...] | 2005-12-19 08:23:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ECON EFIN KCRM CE LTTE ECONOMICS |
05COLOMBO2116 | PRESIDENT PROMISES SIGNIFICANT WELFARE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Sri Lanka?s newly elected President presented the revised 2006 budget to Parliament on November 8. In keeping with the President?s election manifesto, the budget contained a series of ?pro-poor? welfare measures and a significant salary hike to government servants. The budg [...] | 2005-12-19 10:42:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN CE ECONOMICS |
05COLOMBO2119 | Sri Lanka requests assistance to enforce [...] (U) This is an action cable. See action request in para 7 below. 2. (U) SUMMARY: A Computer Crimes bill will soon become law in Sri Lanka, and submission of an electronic transactions bill is anticipated for early 2006. Sri Lanka would appreciate USG technical assistance in developing [...] | 2005-12-20 02:15:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EFIN EINT ETRD PTER KCRM CE |
05COLOMBO2139 | US GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE TO SRI LANKA?S DEVELOPMENT [...] United States Treasury?s Office of Technical Assistance (OTA),Financial Enforcement team visited Colombo December 12- 16, 2005, to provide training to government officials on establishment of an effective AML/CFT regime. The timing of the visit was appropriate since the government of Sri La [...] | 2005-12-21 11:28:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON KTFN KCRM SNAR PTER CE |
05COLOMBO280 | SRIL LANKA AND MALDIVES THOUGHTS ON TSUNAMI DONORS [...] Ambassador delivered points in reftel during a February 2 discussion with Presidential Advisor and Head of Sri Lanka's Task Force for Rebuilding the Nation (TAFREN) Mano Tittawella. Tittawella thought a local donor's conference in Sri Lanka presented the best opportunity for donors to discuss [...] | 2005-02-03 09:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN CE ECONOMICS |
05COLOMBO310 | DIFFERENCES IN REBUILDING COST ESTIMATES DISSIPATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent estimates of rebuilding costs by the Government's Task Force for Rebuilding the Nation (TAFREN) and the Multi-Lateral Development Banks (MDBs) seemed divergent following initial public statements, but further analysis has revealed greater commonality. Both the Government [...] | 2005-02-08 10:12:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID CE |
05COLOMBO322 | DONOR'S DISCUSS RELIEF COORDINATION CONCERNS, [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified - Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Donors in Sri Lanka are concerned about a lack of coordination on remaining emergency relief efforts. UNDP is providing assistance to the Ministry of Public Security, which has been charged with [...] | 2005-02-10 10:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CE EAID ECON EFIN |
05COLOMBO424 | SRI LANKAN REQUEST FOR POST TSUNAMI DEBT RELIEF [...] On February 24, Post received a letter from Finance Minister Sarath Amunagama addressed to US Treasurer Anna Escobedo Cabral (unclear why Cabral was addressee). The original is to be sent directly to Treasury by the Sri Lankan Embassy in Washington. The letter (text below) repeats Amunugama [...] | 2005-02-25 06:36:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN ECON CE ECONOMICS |
05COLOMBO464 | SRI LANKA RELIEF TO RECONSTRUCTION UPDATE [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, please handle accordingly. SIPDIS 2. (U) We are sending these various items in hope they will be helpful in this week's IAWG discussions. 3. (U) Summary: --The GSL has outlined its policy on housing and tourism industry rebuilding alo [...] | 2005-03-03 12:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN CE |
05COLOMBO497 | SRI LANKA RELIEF TO RECONSTRUCTION UPDATE (MARCH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified, please handle accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: The GSL has issued new guidance on NGO and donor activity in Sri Lanka, particularly with regard to the duty free entry of relief and reconstruction supplies into the country, but the situation remains confused. H [...] | 2005-03-08 11:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN CE MV |
05COLOMBO500 | IMI - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2005 - MALDIVES [...] THE FOLLOWING IS THE INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR MALDIVES FOR 2005. INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT MALDIVES FEBRUARY 2005 OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------ 2. Maldives is made up of over 1,190 islands, of which 198 are inhabited and 87 are exclusi [...] | 2005-03-09 10:44:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV ECON MV |
05COLOMBO574 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF MCC CEO PAUL APPLEGARTH [...] (SBU) Summary: MCC CEO Applegarth's visit comes as Sri Lanka begins the post-Tsunami transition from relief to reconstruction. With ample public and private funds available for tsunami reconstruction, the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and the Embassy see MCA funding as an opportunity to addre [...] | 2005-03-22 11:09:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KMCA ECON EAID EFIN CE |
05COLOMBO816 | GSL IPR Enforcement Continues, Expands; [...] Summary: Sri Lankan courts recently convicted three stores in Colombo for IPR violations, following a major police crackdown on illegal music and video stores. The raids were carried out as a result of complaints made by a leading local agent of international movie and video recordings. Sri [...] | 2005-05-02 03:54:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN KIPR OTRA CE ECONOMICS |
05COLOMBO831 | COLOMBO IPR TRAINING REQUEST [...] Per request ref B, Post is pleased to submit the following proposals for funding. Since the passage of a new IPR law in 2003, Sri Lanka has taken strong action to curb IPR violations in the past few months. The public and private sectors are working together to implement the IPR law. Econo [...] | 2005-05-04 06:49:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN OTRA KIPR CE USTR |
05COLOMBO875 | IMI - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2005 - SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-12 07:40:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | CE ECON ECONOMICS EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR |
05COLOMBO934 | SRI LANKAN DEVELOPMENT FORUM EXCEEDS [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives from the Government of Sri Lanka and the donor community met in Kandy May 16-17 to discuss Sri Lanka's post-tsunami situation, the country's development goals and the peace process. Hosted by the Ministry of Finance and organized in collaboration with the World [...] | 2005-05-20 05:51:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN CE LTTE |
05COLOMBO974 | SRI LANKA ACCEPTS US DEBT RELIEF OFFER [...] This is an action request, please see para 3. Post has received a letter from Mr. J.H.J. Jayamaha, Additional Director General for External Resources at the Sri Lankan Finance Ministry, accepting the USG offer for debt relief, asking us to conclude a bilateral agreement, providing a copy of [...] | 2005-06-01 09:46:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN ECON CE |
05DAKAR3179 | GUINEA-BISSAU: GOVERNMENT'S STEPS AND MISSTEPS [...] (SBU) The Government budget and program presentation to the National Popular Assembly (ANP) has been postponed until January. The Supreme Court's decision on the constitutionality of President Vieira's naming Aristides Gomes as Prime Minister has also been delayed. The government workers an [...] | 2005-12-22 21:02:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINS EFIN PGOV KDEM PU |
05DAKAR3185 | SENEGAL ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT: GREAT HARVEST DOES NOT [...] SUMMARY: Quarterly Ministry of Finance statistics for the last trimester confirm that the strongest contributors to economic growth continue to be government capital investments and remittance-fueled consumer spending. The banking sector,s contribution to facilitating formal sector capital i [...] | 2005-12-23 15:06:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR ETRD EFIN EINV SG |
05DAMASCUS2165 | ASAD FIRES PRO-REFORM ADVISOR [...] (C) Summary: On April 14, President Bashar al-Asad sacked his French-educated and reform-promoting advisor Dr. Nibras al-Fadil. Asad himself reportedly convinced Fadil to return to Syria in 2003, after more than twenty years abroad, to assist in moving the country forward. However, rumors o [...] | 2005-04-29 13:17:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL SY |
05DAMASCUS5909 | DEPUTY PM DARDARI: REFORMER OR APOLOGIST? [...] (C) Summary. After a two-week absence, Deputy PM Dardari spoke out last week to reassure the Syrian public that their government has a plan to deal with any possible sanctions the international community may impose on the country. His recent pronouncements (ref A, B) seem to fit more with a [...] | 2005-11-13 15:09:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV SY |
05DAMASCUS5937 | POST,S ASSESSMENT OF CASH COURIER ENVIRONMENT [...] (U) This cable is post,s informal, in-house assessment of the cash courier environment in Syria as per ref A tasking. 2. (C) The SARG has restrictions for bringing money into or out of the country but the requirement to declare is neither well publicized nor visible when traveling through [...] | 2005-11-01 18:53:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN SY |
05DAMASCUS6224 | REGIME INSIDERS ALREADY MOVED TO PROTECT ASSETS [...] (C) Summary: Contacts report that those who may be named in the UNIIIC report on December 15 already have protected their assets in anticipation of new sanctions. Regime insiders have spread their assets both at home and abroad under the names of family members, and avoid moving money through [...] | 2005-11-29 09:56:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EFIN PTER KTFN SY |
05DAMASCUS6225 | TERRORIST FINANCE: SARG FREEZES ACCOUNTS SUSPECTED [...] (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) informed Post by diplomatic note on November 26 that the Central Bank's Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Financial Terrorism Commission had identified and frozen two accounts that may be [...] | 2005-11-29 13:03:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KVPR SY |
05DAMASCUS6280 | SARG EFFORTS TO PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE NEW SANCTIONS [...] (C) Summary. The SARG has benefited initially from Syrians' fears of new international economic sanctions, as the average Syrian,s instinct has been to rally around the flag when threatened from the outside. The SARG,s message has been that the country is well placed to withstand the consequ [...] | 2005-12-01 15:59:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETTC SY |
05DAMASCUS6367 | HIGHLIGHTING FRAGILITY OF REFORM, REGIME LOYALIST [...] (C) Summary: A regime insider recently announced that the SARG will not reduce the subsidy on diesel or other basic commodities, publicly contradicting Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Abdullah Dardari and effectively marginalizing the work of a committee of reformers tasked with dev [...] | 2005-12-07 15:16:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN SY |
05DAMASCUS6439 | THE SARG PRESENTS ITS DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO THE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-12 11:38:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN EINV SY |
05DAMASCUS6524 | 2005 REPORT ON FINANCIAL CRIMES AND MONEY [...] (U) Summary: Throughout 2005, Syria has enacted legislation to strengthen Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terror (AML/CFT) regulations in its financial sector, which has opened up in the last two years to include four private banks. It has begun to develop a Financial Int [...] | 2005-12-18 07:23:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR |
05DAMASCUS6544 | SARG STABILIZES ITS CURRENCY [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-18 09:54:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV SY |
05DAMASCUS6571 | SARG TRUMPETS COSMETIC STEPS TO CRAFT AML/CFT [...] (SBU) In a further attempt to reach out to the international community and promote the Asad regime as reform-minded (ref A),SARG officials used a two-day regional conference last week on strategies to combat money laundering and the financing of terror (AML/CFT) to assert that the SARG alread [...] | 2005-12-19 13:05:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PTER SY |
05DARESSALAAM1185 | EAC CUSTOMS UNION: UPDATE ON TARIFFS [...] Per reftel, econoff and commercial FSN spoke with the East African Community (EAC) Director of Customs, Peter Kiguta, and with Dr. Kaboyoka of the Tanzanian Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIT) to solicit information on updated tariff rates under the EAC's Common External Tariff (CET). 2. A [...] | 2005-06-17 03:29:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PREL ECON EFIN ECIN KTEX TZ |
05DARESSALAAM2272 | TERRORIST FINANCE: TANZANIA TO SEARCH FOR THREE [...] (U) On December 13, Econoff delivered reftel to Susan Mkapa, Director of Legal Services at the Ministry of Finance (MOF),regarding the addition of the Abu Sayeff Group (ASG) leaders to the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee list. Mkapa said she would forward the names to the Bank of Tanzania (BOT) [...] | 2005-12-15 11:45:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC TZ |
05DARESSALAAM2276 | 2005-2006 TANZANIA'S INCSR PART II: FINANCIAL [...] SUMMARY: In 2005, the Government of Tanzania (GOT) delayed building the legal foundation for an effective anti-money laundering regime. While the anti-money laundering (AML) bill was finalized and presented to the Cabinet in May 2005, the Cabinet did not approve and table the draft AML bill [...] | 2005-12-16 04:02:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR TZ |
05DARESSALAAM2346 | TERRORIST FINANCE: TANZANIA TO SEARCH FOR EIGHT [...] On December 12, Econoff delivered reftel to Ms. Mwanakombo Ngingite, Principal Planning Officer in the Ministry of Finance, regarding the December 5 addition of eight names to the 1267 Sanctions Committee list. Ngingite agreed to forward the names to the Bank of Tanzania (BOT) for a search [...] | 2005-12-30 11:38:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KVPR TZ |
05DARESSALAAM597 | Terrorism Finance: LET Prenotification [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-23 05:46:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PREL PTER TZ |
05DARESSALAAM685 | TANZANIA AND THE CONSOLIDATED PRENOTIFICATION LIST [...] (C) Post has reservations about being included on the Terrorist Finance consolidated prenotification list as described reftel A. For the reasons noted below, post requests to be allowed to deliver prenotification demarches at our discretion, and not to be required to make a demarche at every [...] | 2005-04-06 12:58:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KTFN EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR TZ |
05DARESSALAAM696 | Terrorism Finance: Buisir Prenotification [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-08 04:27:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PREL PTER TZ |
05DARESSALAAM723 | Financial Systems Assessment for Tanzania [...] (SBU) Summary: A multi-agency team from Washington and the European Union visited Tanzania to assess Tanzania's compliance with international standards to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. Their full report follows below. While Tanzania has signed and/or ratified [...] | 2005-04-13 08:16:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KTFN EFIN TZ |
05DARESSALAAM775 | TANZANIA: 2005 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (U) Post is not aware of any new investment disputes or expropriation claims in 2005. 2. (U) Our 2004 submission reported on a long-standing claim of two United States companies, Cargill and Louis Dreyfuss, against the Government of Tanzania. This claim has since been settled. (Please see [...] | 2005-04-20 12:47:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN PGOV KIDE CASC TZ OPIC |
05DHAKA1305 | IMF ROUTINE REVIEW TEAM MAKES POSITIVE INITIAL [...] (C) An early March IMF preliminary review of the BDG's progress under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) program was positive, according to IMF country representative, Jonathan Dunn during a March 16 meeting with EconOff. Under the PRGF $500 million loan arrangement, the BDG must [...] | 2005-03-22 10:20:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN ECON PREL BG |
05DHAKA1800 | READOUT ON IMF VISIT TO BANGLADESH [...] (SBU) Summary: An IMF team visited Bangladesh from March 27 to April 9 to hold Article IV consultations and the third review of the economic program supported by the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF). The team's overall assessment was positive. Bangladesh is on target for appr [...] | 2005-04-18 10:43:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD BG |
05DHAKA2069 | NEW GOVERNOR FOR BANGLADESH BANK [...] (U) Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed assumed command on May 2 as the new Governor of the Bangladesh Bank, the central bank of Bangladesh. Dr. Salehuddin was previously the managing director of the Palli Karma Sahayak Foundation (PKSF),a non-profit organization known for its work in micro-finance. He wa [...] | 2005-05-02 07:57:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PINR BG |
05DHAKA2400 | BANGLADESH: TERRORISM FINANCE: ADDITION OF JI-3 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-24 07:56:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN ETTC PREL PTER CVIS KVPR BG |
05DHAKA2403 | BANGLADESH: TERRORIST FINANCE: ELEHSSAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-24 07:56:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KTFN EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR BG |
05DHAKA2748 | AMBASSADOR PAYS FAREWELL CALL ON FINANCE MINISTER [...] (SBU) On June 12, Ambassador called on Finance Minister Saifur Rahman to discuss the latter's recent trip to Washington and other issues. He was accompanied by USAID Director George and econoff (notetaker). Septel reports Rahman's comments on the new BDG budget. 2. (C) Noting that he woul [...] | 2005-06-13 09:01:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV EAID BG |
05DHAKA2749 | BANGLADESH UNVEILS ELECTION-FOCUSED FY 2006 BUDGET [...] (SBU) Summary: Finance Minister Saifur Rahman unveiled the FY 2006 (July 2005-June 2006) budget on June 10, generating controversy over extension of the "whitening of black money" provision and general concern that the budget is election focused and potentially inflationary with its strong em [...] | 2005-06-13 09:55:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD BG BGD |
05DHAKA3178 | CELLPHONE CONNECTION TAX CHOKES SECTOR GROWTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The BDG has attempted to squeeze private cellphone providers with a new tax on SIM/RIM cards. The four largest cellphone providers, already in control of the most lucrative portion of the cellphone user market, have balked, leading to a new tax that will be passed along to the [...] | 2005-07-07 09:11:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | KMCA ECON KSCA ECPS EFIN ETRD PGOV TSPL BG |
05DHAKA331 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DARWISH DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-25 11:34:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR BG |
05DHAKA3401 | BANGLADESH: TERRORIST FINANCE: LIST 70T - [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-18 05:32:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KTFN EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR BG |
05DHAKA3608 | TERRORIST FINANCE: AMENDMENT TO NASCO BUSINESS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-27 06:30:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KTFN EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR BG |
05DHAKA3733 | PROGRESS ON BANGLADESH AML AMEMDMENTS [...] (C) Central Bank Governor Salehuddin Ahmed informed econoff July 27 that he had forwarded amendments to Bangladesh's anti-money laundering law to the Finance Minister for final review. Ahmed expects the Finance Minister will convene a senior level policy meeting within the next two weeks to [...] | 2005-08-02 07:09:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN BG |
05DHAKA3816 | BANGLADESH: TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-07 05:57:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR BG |
05DHAKA3884 | FINANCE MINISTER DISCUSSES CHALLENGES FACING [...] (C) Summary: Finance Minister Rahman told CDA he is satisfied with the economy's performance in FY05. He cited several factors, including continued high oil prices, which may adversely affect the economy going forward. End summary. 2. (U) CDA Judith Chammas paid a courtesy call on Financ [...] | 2005-08-09 08:49:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON KCRM KTFN BG |
05DHAKA4293 | Bangladesh Finance Minister To Lead World [...] Bangladesh Finance Minister Saifur Rahman will lead the Bangladesh delegation to the annual meeting of the World Bank-IMF. During this visit, the delegation will also attend the High Level Plenary Meeting of 60th session of the United Nations General Assembly to discuss the MDG's Developmen [...] | 2005-08-30 10:59:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID ECON BG |
05DHAKA4704 | TERRORISM FINANCE - AL-AKHTAR TRUST INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-18 09:48:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KTFN PTER EFIN BG UN |
05DHAKA4744 | TERRORISM FINANCE LIST 72T DR. ABDUL LATIF SALEH [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-21 07:26:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN ETTC PTER EFIN BG UN |
05DHAKA51 | MDB LOAN REVIEW PROCEDURES -- POC FOR BANGLADESH [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-04 09:52:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID ECON EINV PREL BG |
05DHAKA5813 | BANGLADESH: POST TERRORISM REPORTING OFFICER [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-28 07:42:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM CBG BG |
05DHAKA6064 | TERRORISM FINANCE: ASG INDIVIDUALS - BANGLADESH [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-12 05:28:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KTFN EFIN PTER PREL BG |
05DHAKA6065 | TERRORISM FINANCE: LIST 74 - BANGLADESH [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-12 05:32:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KTFN EFIN PTER PREL BG |
05DHAKA6145 | POC FOR MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANK LOAN REVIEW [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-15 06:30:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID ECON EINV PREL BG |
05DHAKA6191 | BUSINESS NERVOUS, BUT NOT HURT, BY JMB ATTACKS [...] (C) Summary: The business community in Bangladesh is thus far unaffected by increasing violence by the JMB. Business leaders are concerned, however, that escalating violence will at some point begin to take its toll, yet they are reluctant to press aggressively for government action. A high [...] | 2005-12-15 11:10:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ECON EFIN EAID PREL BG |
05DHAKA6193 | 2006 INSCR PART II - BANGLADESH [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-18 01:15:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR BG |
05DHAKA6194 | 2006 INSCR PART II - BANGLADESH [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-18 01:15:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR BG |
05DHAKA6195 | BUSINESS NERVOUS, BUT NOT HURT, BY JMB ATTACKS [...] (C) Summary: The business community in Bangladesh is thus far unaffected by increasing violence by the JMB. Business leaders are concerned, however, that escalating violence will at some point begin to take its toll, yet they are reluctant to press aggressively for government action. A high [...] | 2005-12-18 01:21:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ECON EFIN EAID PREL BG |
05DJIBOUTI1006 | INAUGURATION OF HODANE CITY, AN 842 [...] (U) Summary: President Guelleh inaugurated October 11 Djibouti's first social housing complex designed to greatly improve the housing situation in Djibouti. The 842 residences, consisting of apartments and villas cost USD 24 million and was co- financed by the Arab Fund for Economic and Soci [...] | 2005-10-10 12:07:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID ETRD EFIN DJ PGOG |
05DJIBOUTI103 | 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - DJIBOUTI [...] Summary: Lacking natural resources, Djibouti's economy is service-based, with the country's seaport and a railroad linking it to Addis Ababa accounting for the bulk of economic activity. Almost all food and many other goods are imported from Ethiopia, the Gulf, or France. The services and co [...] | 2005-01-31 11:35:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EFIN EAID PGOV DJ |
05DJIBOUTI1159 | DJIBOUTI - 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, which maintains a large military presence in the country. However, Djibouti is now seeking to expand [...] | 2005-11-22 16:09:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EFIN DJ |
05DJIBOUTI1238 | DJIBOUTI - 2005-2006 [...] Much of the information included in Post's 2004-2005 report remains the same with the exception that Djibouti intends to have an operational Financial Intelligence Unit by February 2006. Djibouti is still the most stable country in the Horn of Africa. It is a financial hub in the sub-regi [...] | 2005-12-18 13:54:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM KSEP PTER SNAR KTFN DJ |
05DJIBOUTI191 | USITC STUDY ON EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES AND BARRIERS IN [...] Summary: The Government of Djibouti (GOD) has not been able to benefit from AGOA to date due to a lack of developed industries. After a decade of uncertainty, Djibouti's economy looks brighter as a result of the country's foreign policy and assistance from donors. Djibouti has very few inte [...] | 2005-02-27 07:45:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EAID ETRD PGOV PREL DJ |
05DJIBOUTI219 | U.S. VIEWS ON DEBT RELIEF FOR POOR COUNTRIES [...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered reftel demarche 2 March to Director of Bilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Ali Hassan. Hassan stated Djibouti would be very interested to examine the U.S. position on debt relief. He told Pol/Econ it would also be good to pass the demarche to th [...] | 2005-03-02 12:57:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID DJ |
05DJIBOUTI220 | TERRORIST FINANCE: FADHLI DESIGNATION UNDER E.O. [...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered reftel demarche 2 March to Director of Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Ali Hassan. Hassan said he would pass it on to the National Terrorism Finance Committee. RAGSDALE [...] | 2005-03-02 12:58:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | KSEP ETTC EFIN PTER CVIS DJ |
05DJIBOUTI237 | PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND SELF-HELP HOST ARTS AND CRAFTS [...] (U) Summary: Public Diplomacy funded the Self-Help Program with end of year grant money to host an exposition and sale of locally made arts and crafts. The Self-Help Program has funded many Associations that teach women and girls the skills of sewing, as well as their traditional crafts. Thi [...] | 2005-03-06 11:59:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO EAID ECON EFIN DJ |
05DJIBOUTI343 | DJIBOUTI FREE ZONE [...] (U) Summary: Djibouti Free Zone (DFZ),inaugurated in June 2004, is a pilot project for the larger free zone planned for Doraleh Port. Djibouti Port and Free Zone Authority (DPFZA) controls the DFZ and delivers licenses to eligible firms. DPFZA gave the management of the free zone to Jebel [...] | 2005-04-10 13:52:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EFIN EAID PGOV DJ TC |
05DJIBOUTI477 | DJI-PHARMA, DJIBOUTI'S PHARMACEUTICAL FACTORY [...] (U) Summary: President Guelleh recently inaugurated Dji- Pharma, a government owned pharmaceutical plant. Dji- Pharma, engineered by the French firm "Ingenerie Pharmaceutique Modulaire," plans to fulfill all the needs of the country in the four mostly used intravenous perfusions in Djibouti h [...] | 2005-05-18 10:20:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EFIN EAID PGOV DJ TC |
05DJIBOUTI543 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TERRORIST FINANCE LIST 71 [...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel 2 June to Director of Bilateral Relations, Mohamed Ali Hassan. Hassan said he would pass the list to the National Committee for Terrorism Finance and financial institutions. RAGSDALE [...] | 2005-06-07 07:06:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN ETTC PREL PTER CVIS KVPR DJ |
05DJIBOUTI680 | ANTI-CORRUPTION SHAKE-UPS AT FINANCE MINISTRY [...] (C) New Minister of Finance Ali Farah Assoweh has launched a wide-spread operation to "clean-up" his Ministry of some "bad habits" in what appears to be a serious anti-corruption campaign. Some directors have been suspended and a judicial inquiry has been launched. 2. (C) The Director of Cu [...] | 2005-07-18 14:52:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN PHUM DJ |
05DJIBOUTI712 | COMMERCE MINISTER'S REVIEW OF AGOA FORUM [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador called on Minister of Commerce, Rifki Abdoulkader Bamakhrama, 26 July to discuss his impressions of the AGOA Forum in Dakar, Senegal. Bamakhrama was pleased with his experience in Dakar and said while it was a very intense schedule, it was very educational and useful. H [...] | 2005-07-27 07:55:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EFIN DJ |
05DJIBOUTI784 | DATA REQUEST: DJIBOUTI ASSISTANCE TO THE [...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel 10 August to Director of Bilateral Relations, Mohamed Ali Hassan. Hassan looked into the issue and replied 11 August. Djibouti has no records of any assistance in the 2000-2005 time frame. There is no regular assistance to the Palestinian Authority, wi [...] | 2005-08-11 10:31:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN PREL DJ |
05DJIBOUTI8 | MINISTER OF COMMERCE SEEKS SUPPORT FOR TRADE ROUND [...] (U) SUMMARY: On Sunday, January 2, the Ambassador met with Djibouti's Minister of Commerce and Industry, Saleban Omar Oudine, at his request. The main purpose of the meeting was to solicit the Embassy's financial support for a Round Table to promote trade. In addition, the Minister requested th [...] | 2005-01-02 14:33:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON EAID EFIN DJ SZ |
05DJIBOUTI882 | TFUS01: CASH DONATIONS FROM FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS [...] (U) The Government of Djibouti has informed Post that it would like to donate 50,000 USD cash to the USG for general assistance to the Katrina relief effort. The Director of the Central Bank said there are also private individuals in Djibouti that have expressed interest in making donations as [...] | 2005-09-06 09:09:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL ECON EFIN AEMR CASC MARR AMGT DJ |
05DJIBOUTI9 | DJIBOUTI TO HOST COMESA SUMMIT IN 2006; RWANDA IN [...] (U) In the Ambassador's January 2 meeting with Djibouti's Minister of Commerce and Industry, Saleban Omar Oudine (reported Ref A),the Minister told the Ambassador that Djibouti and Rwanda have switched dates for hosting the annual Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) summit. [...] | 2005-01-02 14:37:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EFIN ECON EAID PREL PGOV EAGR DJ RW |
05DJIBOUTI984 | TERRORISM FINANCE - ADDITION OF AL-AKHTAR TRUST [...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel 21 September to Mohamed Bourhan, Americas Bureau in the Department of Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Bourhan said he would pass it to the Terrorism Finance Committee for distribution. RAGSDALE [...] | 2005-10-04 11:19:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | KSEP ETTC EFIN PTER CVIS DJ |
05DJIBOUTI985 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF NAME APPROVED BY [...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel 21 September to Mohamed Bourhan, Americas Bureau in the Department of Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Bourhan said he would transmit the new list to the Terrorism Finance Committee for distribution. RAGSDALE [...] | 2005-10-04 11:19:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS DJ |
05DJIBOUTI995 | CHINA'S INFLUENCE IN DJIBOUTI [...] (C) The Republic of Djibouti and the People's Republic of China have had diplomatic relations for 26 of the 28 years Djibouti has been independent. Over those 26 years, China has given a substantial amount of aid to Djibouti in the form of loans, grants, building projects and cooperative trade [...] | 2005-10-05 13:48:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD EFIN EMIN EINV ENRG ETTC PHUM SENV AF CH DJ |
05DOHA1445 | DATA REQUEST: QATARI ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-18 10:41:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN PREL IS WE GZ QA |
05DOHA85 | 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: QATAR [...] This report serves as the 2005 Investment Climate Statement for Qatar. It will be provided to assist U.S. investors wishing to do business in Qatar. 2. A.1 Openness to Foreign Investment: 3. The Government of Qatar, under the leadership of His Highness the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa [...] | 2005-01-12 11:10:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ELAB ENRG EPET QA KTBD OPIC USTR |
05DOHA861 | DOHA SECURITIES MARKET OPENING TO FOREIGN [...] Summary. On April 3 the Doha Securities Market (DSM) opened up to allow greater yet limited foreign investment in all sectors of the economy. The opening of the DSM has created a lot of excitement and speculation among Qatari investors who see opportunities to create wealth. However, foreig [...] | 2005-05-15 09:09:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD QA |
05DUBAI126 | DUBAI'S PROPERTY MARKET PART THREE -- BOOM OR BUST? [...] (SBU) Summary: Dubai's property market has been growing too big, too fast, according to many observers. Others, concerned that currently skyrocketing property prices in Dubai are not good for business, look to the construction surge to assuage this demand. Since the 2002 advent of property sal [...] | 2005-01-09 13:42:00 | Consulate Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV PGOV EFIN TC |
05DUBAI57 | PRESIDENT OF DUBAI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EXPRESSES CONCERN [...] (C) Summary: Obaid Al-Tayer, prominent Dubai businessman and President of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI),told Consul General December 29 that the process of negotiating a US-UAE Free Trade Agreement "will not be easy." That said, Dubai businessmen were not against the FTA; [...] | 2005-01-05 13:52:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EFIN PREL TC |
05DUBLIN1088 | IRELAND: SECOND APPEAL TO EU TO ASSIST HAITI IN MEETING FIRST-HALF FY06 FINANCING GAP [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-02 12:58:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EUN EFIN EI |
05DUBLIN111 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DARWISH DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-28 16:49:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KTFN EFIN PTER KSEP KVPR CIVS |
05DUBLIN1151 | TERRORISM FINANCE: AL-AKHTAR TRUST INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-16 15:38:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC KSEP KVPR CIVS UN |
05DUBLIN1162 | TERRORISM FINANCE: LIST 72T [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-20 13:56:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KVPR |
05DUBLIN1203 | IRELAND PREFERS EU DESIGNATION MECHANISM [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-28 15:28:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN KPAO PREL PGOV PTER EUN |
05DUBLIN1212 | IRELAND: TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER [...] (SBU) 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. (b) Deputy TFCO: Thomas Rosenberger, poloff, 353-1-630-6275, rosenbergertm@state.gov (c) Post suggests EU-wide sem [...] | 2005-10-03 08:14:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KTFN KVPR EFIN ETTC PREL |
05DUBLIN1233 | TERRORISM FINANCE: LIST 72U [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-06 16:11:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN ETTC PTER PREL CVIS KVPR |
05DUBLIN1426 | TERRORIST FINANCE: ASG PRENOTIFICATION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-23 09:43:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC RP EI |
05DUBLIN1494 | TERRORISM FINANCE: ASG INDIVIDUALS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-08 16:09:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC EI |
05DUBLIN1515 | TERRORIST FINANCE: LIST 74 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-13 15:44:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KVPR EI |
05DUBLIN1517 | BIG HELP FOR WORKING FAMILIES: IRELAND'S 2006 [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 7, Finance Minister Brian Cowen unveiled the 2006 Government budget, a televised event that annually serves as Ireland's financial state-of-the-union address and a window on the governing Fianna Fail party's political strategy. With a robust economy and a euro four [...] | 2005-12-13 16:39:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PREL EI |
05DUBLIN1524 | IRELAND: NO BANCO DELTA ASIA ILLICIT FINANCIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-14 15:40:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KJUS KNNP KTFN KN EI |
05DUBLIN1564 | TERRORIST FINANCE: LET AMENDMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-30 10:41:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | KTFN PREL EFIN ETTC PK PTER EI |
05DUBLIN193 | IRELAND WANTS EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT HIZBALLAH [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-14 17:42:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PTER EFIN EUN |
05DUBLIN206 | TERRORIST FINANCE: FADHLI DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-17 16:59:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KTFN EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR |
05DUBLIN222 | TERRORISM FINANCE - IDENTIFYING DESIGNATION [...] Summary: Per reftel's request on Ireland's designation mechanisms and authorities, Ireland's authority in combating terrorism financing rests with the Departments of Foreign Affairs, Justice and Finance. Under the auspices of Finance, the Central Bank of Ireland plays a key role in monitorin [...] | 2005-02-22 17:21:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PGOV PTER EUN |
05DUBLIN254 | IRELAND IS UNDECIDED ON HIZBALLAH DESIGNATION, [...] (S) Summary. In a March 1 demarche, DFA said that it remained undecided on whether to support designation of Hizballah. "At first glance," DFA said, the information emboffs provided fell short of a "smoking gun." Moreover, DFA expressed concern that verbal information might not satisfy the [...] | 2005-03-02 15:17:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | ETTC PTER EFIN EUN |
05DUBLIN286 | IRELAND: FINANCE MINISTER COWEN ON THE NORTH, [...] (C) Summary. In a brief March 7 meeting with Finance Minister Brian Cowen, the Ambassador recommended U.S.-style tax incentives for university endowment contributions as a model for Ireland in addressing funding shortfalls for higher education. Cowen noted Ireland's drive on economic and academic c [...] | 2005-03-08 14:11:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN SOCI |
05DUBLIN353 | TERRORISM FINANCE: 2005 UPDATE NO. 2 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-22 18:01:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL CVIS |
05DUBLIN360 | IRISH VIEWS ON DEBT RELIEF FOR POOR COUNTRIES [...] Summary: Irish aid officials support the general principal of debt relief/forgiveness for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPCs),but question whether resources would be sufficient to implement the U.S. debt relief proposal. Irish officials believe that the most effective approach to develop [...] | 2005-03-23 17:27:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID |
05DUBLIN388 | TERRORIST FINANCE: LET PRENOTIFICATION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-01 14:18:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL |
05DUBLIN409 | TERRORIST FINANCE: BUISIR PRENOTIFICATION [...] (S) On April 7, Maurice Biggar, acting director of the DFA's UN office, and Stephan Dawson, deputy director of the Middle East office, briefed POL/ECON counselor on the hurdles the GOI would have to jump in order to co-sponsor submission of Buisir to the UN 1267 Committee. Because Buisir is [...] | 2005-04-07 15:28:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | PTER KTFN EFIN ECON ETTC EAID TC |
05DUBLIN417 | BUISIR: GOI SUPPORTS USG ACTION [...] (S) On April 8, Maurice Biggar, acting Director of the DFA's UN office, called to say that following consultations with Ireland's DOJ and higher levels at the DFA, the GOI wishes to confirm its support of the USG plan to submit Buisir to the UN 1267 Committee. 2. (S) Biggar noted that the [...] | 2005-04-08 14:35:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | PTER KTFN EFIN ECON ETTC EAID TC |
05DUBLIN439 | TERRORIST FINANCE: LET SUBMISSION TO 1267 COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-13 15:46:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL CVIS KVPR AEMR AFIN |
05DUBLIN440 | TERRORIST FINANCE: AL-HIYARI DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-13 15:46:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC KSEP CVIS KVPR |
05DUBLIN455 | IRELAND SHARES U.S. VIEWS ON RUSSIA AND OECD [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-15 16:16:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT EFIN ECON ETRD OECD NATO |
05DUBLIN47 | IRELAND - 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Over the past twenty years, Irish governments have actively promoted foreign direct investment (FDI),a strategy that has helped Ireland to achieve unprecedented economic growth during this "Celtic Tiger" period. FDI flows into Ireland increased from an annual average of USD 140 million in [...] | 2005-01-14 16:58:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV |
05DUBLIN522 | TERRORIST FINANCE: JI-3 PRENOTIFICATION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-04 15:27:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL ADPM |
05DUBLIN523 | TERRORIST FINANCE: ELEHSSAN DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-04 15:28:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KTFN EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR |
05DUBLIN587 | TERRORIST FINANCE: IJG PRENOTIFICATION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-19 09:13:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL |
05DUBLIN59 | TERRORIST FINANCE: FADHLI AND DARWISH DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-19 17:03:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KTFN |
05DUBLIN606 | GOI UNVEILS AVIATION POLICY PACKAGE [...] (C) Summary: On May 18, the Irish Government announced an aviation policy package that includes plans to sell a majority stake in Aer Lingus, the national carrier, and to build a second terminal at Dublin Airport. The package capped months of negotiations between the governing party, Fianna [...] | 2005-05-23 14:37:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON ETRD EFIN ELAB |
05DUBLIN671 | 2005 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] Below is Post's submission pursuant to Section 527 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, requested ref A. There have been no substantive changes to last year's submission, as the case remains before the Irish High Court (ref B). (A) Claimant A (B) 1995 (C) The dispute involves t [...] | 2005-06-03 14:00:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KIDE EINV PGOV EFIN |
05DUBLIN847 | IRISH RESPONSE TO OECD GOVERNANCE REFORM DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-08 14:21:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD AMGT OECD |
05DUBLIN853 | TERRORIST FINANCE: NASCO AMENDMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-11 15:24:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL |
05DUBLIN872 | IRISH RESPONSE TO DEAD SEA MEETING DEMARCHE [...] On July 12, Post delivered reftel demarche to Fiona McCabe, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Third Secretary for the Middle East and North Africa. McCabe noted that Ireland would not send a representative to the July 18-19 Dead Sea Donors Committee Meeting and was not planning to announce [...] | 2005-07-14 15:12:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN PREL |
05DUBLIN894 | TERRORIST FINANCE: MOVEMENT FOR ISLAMIC REFORM IN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-18 12:36:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC KSEP KVPR CIVS |
05DUBLIN936 | UPDATE ON IRA MONEY-LAUNDERING INVESTIGATION [...] (C) Summary: Irish criminal justice officials are convinced that pound sterling notes seized in Dublin and Cork in mid-February in an apparent IRA-tied money-laundering scheme was money stolen from Belfast's Northern Bank. Police are attempting to establish forensic links between the seizure [...] | 2005-07-27 16:10:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN SOCI KCRM EI NIPP |
05DUBLIN977 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF THREE NAMES [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-05 16:03:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC KSEP KVPR CIVS |
05FRANKFURT1092 | International Use of the Euro - Broadly Stable; [...] (SBU) Summary: The European Central Bank's (ECB) annual publication on the international role of the Euro concludes that the euro's role in international capital and foreign exchange markets and use as an international reserve currency "has remained largely stable," while "there have [...] | 2005-02-04 15:56:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EUN |
05FRANKFURT1373 | Lisbon Acton Program: Its All About Growth and [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 2 European Commission President Barroso presented his proposal to make economic growth and job creation the focus of EU activities for the next five years. To move beyond slogans, Barroso has proposed setting out who, the EC or member states, is respons [...] | 2005-02-15 11:04:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EUN |
05FRANKFURT174 | EU's Stability and Growth Pact: Tidying Up the [...] (SBU) Summary: In December the European Commission (EC) issued several statements for member states under the Stability and Growth Pact's (SGP) excessive deficit procedures (EDP). For Germany and France, the Commission acknowledged that (a) both would get an extra year, to 2005, to correct t [...] | 2005-01-07 15:30:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EUN |
05FRANKFURT2410 | New Legal Payments Framework: Monetary Integration [...] (SBU) Summary: The European Commission (EC) intends to propose a directive for payments services in the internal market by June or September. A legally consistent framework for the EU payments market, providing for transparency of payment services contracts, competition and consumer [...] | 2005-03-24 11:52:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EUN |
05FRANKFURT2435 | Stability Pact Revision: Art Imitates Life [...] (SBU) Summary: Ecofin's report that was approved by the European Council on improving the stability and growth pact (SGP) is a vindication of the Council's application of the SGP, not its demise. While the Council had always implicitly considered prolonged economic stagnation and [...] | 2005-03-24 15:40:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EUN |
05FRANKFURT2671 | Structures and Trends in German Banking Industry: [...] (SBU) Summary: There is a lively debate about whether the relatively poor performance of the German banking sector is related to its "three pillar" structure of (1) private commercial, (2) public state and savings, and (3) cooperative banks. The discussions were triggere [...] | 2005-04-05 13:08:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EUN |
05FRANKFURT312 | EU Financial Supervisory Framework: Standing on [...] (SBU) Summary: The EU-wide financial supervisory framework created and made operational in less than three years is about to come into its own. The three new supervisory committees, the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR),the Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) a [...] | 2005-01-13 12:01:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EUN |
05FRANKFURT4988 | Stability and Growth Pact: Revived, Passes First [...] (SBU) Summary: Even before modifications of the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) were adopted by the Council on June 27, the European Commission (EC) had passed its first test applying the "spirit" of the new rules to Italy and Portugal. The EC's recommendations that thes [...] | 2005-07-01 12:58:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EUN |
05FRANKFURT5048 | German Finance Agency Issues USD Bond [...] (SBU) Summary: The German Finance Agency made news with its first borrowing in US dollars since World War II, a cool USD 5 billion. The move was taken in response to Asian demand and to save money, but does not mark the beginning of a regular dollar-borrowing program by [...] | 2005-07-05 13:30:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EUN |
05FRANKFURT5056 | The Chancellor and Hedge Funds [...] (SBU) Summary: Chancellor Schroeder has pledged to raise "standards for hedge funds" at the G-8 Summit. His position reflects a negative characterization, publicly stated by the Chairman of the SDP and others in the Chancellor's party, of investors fixed on quick financi [...] | 2005-07-05 14:53:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EUN |
05FRANKFURT549 | Germany's Economy Grows in 2004: Break Out the [...] (SBU) Summary: Germany's Federal Statistical Office reported that Germany's economy grew 1.7% in real terms last year. Even taking into account that 0.6 percentage points of that growth came from extra working days, the growth was higher than any experienced since 2000. The cause for celebr [...] | 2005-01-21 09:36:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EUN |
05FRANKFURT7207 | Drama in EU Clearing and Settlement Heightens: US [...] (SBU) Summary: European securities infrastructure industry of stock exchanges, clearing and settlement activities is among the most dynamic in the financial industry, undergoing substantial change in the last decade. As the European Commission (EC) prepares to decide whe [...] | 2005-09-23 11:50:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EUN |
05GABORONE1113 | BOTSWANA'S ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN FUELS POVERTY [...] Summary. Botswana's "middle income status" masks its rising poverty and unemployment that could impact future political stability. The economy is declining, with real GDP growth expected to be a sluggish 2.3 percent in 2005. While the central government's official statistics put the unemp [...] | 2005-08-11 06:05:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EFIN ELAB BC |
05GABORONE346 | TERRORISM FINANCE 2005 UPDATE NO. 2 - BOTSWANA [...] (U) The following is post's response to reftel request for an evaluation of the host government's ability to cooperate in the disruption of terrorist financing. Answers below are keyed to questions in reftel. 2. (U) A. As yet, the GOB has not identified any assets within Botswana subjec [...] | 2005-03-10 04:56:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL CVIS BC |
05GABORONE461 | BOTSWANA ANXIOUS FOR AML-CTF ASSISTANCE [...] (U) SUMMARY: A bilateral technical assistance program with Botswana could quickly and significantly improve its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism finance (AML- CTF) regime, a March 20-25 visit by advisors from US Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (Enforcement) revealed. Me [...] | 2005-03-31 04:37:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER EFIN KTFN BC |
05GABORONE532 | BOTSWANA TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY [...] (C) Summary. This cable is an analysis of the Botswana telecommunications industry's efforts at greater liberalization and the potential consequences of political interference in the nation's regulatory framework. The Botswana Telecommunications Authority (BTA) held a stakeholders' workshop in [...] | 2005-04-15 15:33:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | BEXP BTIO ECON EFIN EINV EIND ETRD OTRA BC KPRP |
05GABORONE745 | BOTSWANA DEVALUES CURRENCY [...] Summary: The Ministry of Finance and Development Planning (MOF) announced a 12 percent devaluation of the Pula on May 29 as well as a restructured formula for calculating the exchange rate. The Pula is currently pegged to a basket of currencies, including the U.S. Dollar, the Yen, the Euro, [...] | 2005-06-02 11:39:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON BEXP EFIN ETRD BC TRADE |
05GENEVA1815 | WMO EXECUTIVE COUNCIL 57TH SESSION: FINANCIAL AND [...] (U) This cable provides an overview of the key financial and administrative matters considered by the World Meteorological Organization's (WMO) Executive Council (EC) at its 57th session from June 21 to July 1 and by the WMO Financial Advisory Committee (FINAC) at its June 20 session. Reportin [...] | 2005-07-29 11:31:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN AORC KUNR WMO |
05GENEVA1922 | REPORT OF THE WMO EXECUTIVE COUNCIL 57TH SESSION [...] The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) 57th Executive Council (EC) Session was held June 21-July 1, 2005 in Geneva. The EC addressed a number of items including continuing financial reform efforts, potential changes to the WMO convention, program details, financial and administrative ma [...] | 2005-08-11 12:54:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY TSPL SENV EFIN KUNR AORC WMO |
05GEORGETOWN1273 | President's Economic Vision for Guyana [...] At a December 1 speech to the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce, President Jagdeo threw away his speech and instead spelled out, unscripted, his economic vision for Guyana's future. His remarks highlight a strategy for Guyana's infrastructure, macroeconomic policy, and growth sectors. ------- [...] | 2005-12-06 12:46:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON BTIO PGOV EAGR EFIN ENRG GY |
05GEORGETOWN1313 | GLIMMER OF HOPE IN GUYANA'S ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Guyana's Director of Public Prosecutions met with PolOff on December 13 and indicated that she is preparing what would be a watershed money laundering case. Two suspects implicated in a 2004 UK drug bust received wire transfers in Guyana in 2002 totaling almost USD 300,000 and exc [...] | 2005-12-15 20:05:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR EFIN PGOV KCRM GY |
05GEORGETOWN1329 | CABINET INSIDER AMBIVALENT ABOUT PROSECUTING DRUG [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador met with Head of Presidential Secretariat Roger Luncheon on December 16 to discuss DEA SIPDIS plans in Guyana (reported septel). Luncheon's comments during the meeting about how to fight the drug trade in Guyana, such as his stated preference for sanctioning rather [...] | 2005-12-20 20:59:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR EFIN PGOV PREL KCRM GY |
05GUATEMALA1464 | NO CHEAP PETROLEUM FROM VENEZUELA; FREE TRADE ZONE [...] (SBU) EconCouns met with Minister of Energy and Mines Luis Ortiz and congressional Energy and Mines Committee chair Mynor Lopez the evening of June 7 for a readout on their recent trip to Venezuela (reftel). The two reported that there had been no surprises: Venezuela offered no special de [...] | 2005-06-09 20:21:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EINV EFIN KCOR EPET VE GT |
05GUATEMALA2050 | CHINESE ACTIVITIES IN GUATEMALA [...] (S) Summary: Guatemala does not maintain substantial public or private sector ties with PRC China. Taiwanese influence in political and military affairs effectively blocks Chinese access. That influence has been maintained through direct assistance and bribes to government officials and is [...] | 2005-08-26 18:37:00 | Embassy Guatemala | SECRET | ECON PREL ETRD ETTC EINV ENRG EAGR EFIN EMIN PINS PGOV KCOR CH TW GT ESENV |
05GUATEMALA218 | GUATEMALA: 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-31 13:20:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV KIDE KTDB EFIN ECON GT USTR OPIC |
05GUATEMALA2483 | Top economists' views on Guatemala [...] (SBU) Summary: Guatemalan economists generally agree that to address the country's socio-economic problems institutions must become more effective. However, for this the government will need more revenue, and tax increases have been repeatedly blocked by special interest groups, including bu [...] | 2005-10-28 18:13:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV EAGR GT |
05GUATEMALA2644 | GUATEMALA INCREASINGLY FOCUSING ON HEALTH AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Although Guatemala's social indicators still lag behind most countries in Latin America, the Berger administration has made education and health a top priority and has undertaken convincing initiatives that are moving the country in the right direction. The relevant indicators [...] | 2005-11-21 17:52:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SOCI EAID EFIN GT |
05GUATEMALA2653 | CONTRABAND, CUSTOMS REFORM AND THE INFORMAL ECONOMY [...] (C) Contraband poses an ongoing threat to Guatemala's economic development, undermining growth in the formal sector and diminishing the government's ability to collect taxes. The potential nexus with organized crime, human and drug smuggling, along with the incentive to corrupt and undermine [...] | 2005-11-22 22:06:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EFIN BEXP ETTC KCOR KCRM KIPR PGOV PM PINR ASEC SNAR GT |
05GUATEMALA2656 | GUATEMALA: CABLE SUBMISSION FOR THE 2006 NATIONAL [...] Below is Post's cable submission of the email version sent to USTR for the 2006 National Trade Estimate Report. Post was not required to update the trade summary section of the report. IMPORT POLICIES Free Trade Agreement The United States began free trade negotiations with five Cent [...] | 2005-11-22 22:44:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EFIN ECON PREL GT |
05GUATEMALA2685 | TERRORISM FINANCE IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS COVER [...] (SBU) Guatemala's Financial Intelligence Unit (IVE) proposed implementing regulations for the recently passed terrorism finance legislation. The regulations will need to be approved by the monetary board before implementation. In advance of this submission, the IVE consulted EconOff and pro [...] | 2005-11-29 20:04:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL SNAR GT |
05GUATEMALA703 | IMF AND FINANCE MINISTRY NOT PURSUING STAND-BY [...] (SBU) Summary: Guatemala and the IMF have decided not to proceed with a new stand-by agreement (SBA). The IMF is insisting on a commitment to pass fiscal reform legislation by a given date, which Guatemala does not believe it can guarantee in the current congressional environment. Both si [...] | 2005-03-17 17:36:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN SENV GT |
05GUATEMALA888 | IMMIGRATION IN U.S.-GUATEMALAN RELATIONS: [...] This is an action request: See paras 8 and 9. 2. (C) Summary: Supported by civil society and the mainstream media, the Guatemalan community in the U.S. has from the outset of the Berger administration brought acute pressure on the Government of Guatemala to be assertive with us on t [...] | 2005-04-08 16:06:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SMIG ELAB PHUM EAGR EAID EFIN CVIS KPAO GT |
05GUAYAQUIL1334 | PYRAMID SCHEME COLLAPSES, THOUSANDS LOSE LIFE [...] Summary: The death of Jose Cabrera Roman, a notary in the City of Machala in El Oro province, exposed and precipitated the collapse of a massive pyramid scheme he had run for over a decade. Reports indicate that anywhere from 26,000 to 37,000 people made deposits with Cabrera, reportedly tota [...] | 2005-12-02 20:49:00 | Consulate Guayaquil | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM MOPS PGOV SOCI KCOR KFRD EFIN EC |
05HALIFAX30 | ATLANTIC CANADIAN PERSPECTIVES: OFFSHORE ENERGY REVENUE [...] SUMMARY: The recently-concluded agreement on offshore revenues highlighted the differing tactics, strategies and personalities of Nova Scotia's John Hamm and Newfoundland-Labrador's Danny Williams. Although Hamm started the campaign to wrest more offshore revenues from the federal governmen [...] | 2005-02-01 20:56:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV BEXP EPET PINR CA |
05HANOI1044 | Vietnam: BTA Joint Committee Review [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: DAUSTR Elena Bryan led the U.S. delegation and Nguyen Thu Do, Deputy Director, Office of the Government, led the GVN side at the expert- level meeting of the Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) Joint Committee in Hanoi April 11-12. Other USG participants in the Jo [...] | 2005-05-05 10:06:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV EFIN ECON VM BTA IPROP WTO |
05HANOI1047 | VIETNAM'S UNHEALTHY BANKING SECTOR [...] This cable contains sensitive information and should not be placed on the internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's banking sector is underdeveloped and dominated by state owned commercial banks, many of which would be insolvent by international standards. Joint stock banks comprise the fas [...] | 2005-05-05 10:09:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID ETRD VM FINREF |
05HANOI1065 | VIETNAM: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OPENING [...] (SBU) Summary. Although WTO accession continues to be the focus at the spring National Assembly (NA) session that opened on May 5, the Government has yet to show the swift actions on the legislative agenda needed to meet its December 2005 accession target. The Government also fails to acknow [...] | 2005-05-09 08:44:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR EFIN ECON ETRD VM HIV AIDS AFLU WTO |
05HANOI1374 | VIETNAM'S MURKY REMITTANCE PICTURE [...] Summary: Remittances through the banking system to Vietnam in 2004 amounted to USD 3.0 billion according to the State Bank. The IMF representative estimates that this was really USD 3.2 billion and that another USD 3 to 4 billion is flowing in through unofficial channels. These informal infl [...] | 2005-06-09 10:04:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON VM LABOR CTERR FINREF |
05HANOI145 | RESPONSIBILITIES AND REFORMS OF STATE AUDIT [...] Summary: ECON/C met with State Audit of Vietnam's Administrative Department Director Mr. Nguyen Hong Long on January 12. The director described SAV's function and authority and confirmed post's recently reported (see reftel) findings on military budget transparency. Long also shared the sta [...] | 2005-01-19 09:01:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID VM |
05HANOI2221 | STATUS OF VIETCOMBANK EQUITIZATION [...] This cable contains sensitive information and should not be placed on the internet. 2. (SBU) Officials at Vietnam's largest State-owned commercial bank (SOCB),Vietcombank, intend to finish "equitizing" (i.e. issuing shares) by the end of 2006, and may even have listed on the Ho Chi Minh Cit [...] | 2005-08-26 10:20:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN VM FINREF |
05HANOI2237 | MONETARY POLICY IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Responsibility for monetary policy-making rests with the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV),which functions as a central bank as well as the owner and supervisor of the State-owned commercial banks (SOCB). For 2005, the SBV decided to focus on controlling the monetary aggregate, rest [...] | 2005-08-29 10:27:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON VM SOE FINREF |
05HANOI2309 | VIETNAM: PETROLEUM PRODUCT PRICE HIKE FUELS [...] Summary: The Government of Vietnam (GVN)'s USD 400 million subsidy of gasoline and petroleum products in the first six months of this year has made a significant dent in the budget. To reduce pressure on the National Government budget at a time of high oil prices, the GVN has raised the price [...] | 2005-09-07 09:43:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EFIN ECON VM SOE |
05HANOI2378 | CHINA'S TRADING HOPES AND REGRETS [...] (SBU) Summary: According to Chinese Embassy Economic and Commercial Counselor He Xiaoling, Chinese businesses face many of the same obstacles - lack of transparency, transportation, and expediency - that American companies face when doing business in Vietnam. She attributed the dramatic rise [...] | 2005-09-12 23:04:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL CM VM CVR ASEAN WTO |
05HANOI2555 | VIETNAM'S EXTRA-BUDGETARY FINANCING [...] (U) Summary: The Development Assistance Fund (DAF) and the Vietnam Postal Savings Company (VPSC) are responsible for an increasingly large share of the Government of Vietnam's (GVN) policy lending efforts. The VPSC raises funds from ordinary citizens through its deposit and transfer [...] | 2005-10-03 09:28:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD VM SOE FINREF |
05HANOI2708 | APEC OFFICIAL MICHALAK'S MEETINGS AT THE MINISTRY [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 10 U.S. Senior Official for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Michael Michalak met separately with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Vice Minister Le Cong Phung and Vice General Director of the General Department of Customs (GDC) Vu Ngoc Anh to discuss b [...] | 2005-10-17 08:52:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV VM WTRO APEC WTO |
05HANOI2715 | APEC OFFICIAL MICHALAK'S MEETING AT THE MINISTRY OF [...] (SBU) Summary: During a meeting between Deputy Director General at Multilateral Trade Policy Department of the Ministry of Trade (MOT) Tran Thi Thu Hang and U.S. Senior Official for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Michael Michalak, the two frankly discussed upcoming opportunitie [...] | 2005-10-17 09:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV VM WTRO APEC AFLU WTO IPROP |
05HANOI3214 | VU KHOAN ANSWERS QUESTIONS FROM HEADS OF MISSION [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan raised the following points while answering questions from thirty heads of mission and donor representatives at a meeting held December 1 in preparation for the December 6-7 Consultative Group (CG) Meeting. One of the dramatic developments in Viet [...] | 2005-12-07 09:53:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN EAID KHIV VM HIV AIDS FINREF AFLU WTO |
05HANOI3337 | VIETNAM'S 2005 BUSINESS FORUM AND CONSULTATIVE [...] Summary: The 2005 Vietnam Business Forum and Vietnam Consultative Group Meeting took place December 5-7, 2005 in Hanoi. Minister of Planning and Investment Vo Hong Phuc and World Bank Country Director for Vietnam Klaus Rohland co- chaired the meetings, in which a wide range of donors and Vie [...] | 2005-12-21 06:08:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN ETRD ECON PREL VM AFLU HIV AIDS SOE WTO FINREF |
05HANOI3342 | VIETNAM'S NEW COMMON INVESTMENT LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's National Assembly (NA) passed fourteen pieces of legislation during its final 2005 session (October 18-November 29). Of the fourteen, none were as controversial as the Common Investment Law (CIL). Approved only in the final hours of this session, the official CIL is [...] | 2005-12-21 09:52:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ETRD ECON PREL VM WTO |
05HANOI3358 | VIETNAM: 2005-2006 INCSR RESPONSE PART II FINANCIAL [...] (U) This cable is in response to an action request (reftel). 2. (U) Summary: In addition to Vietnam's underdeveloped financial sector, its large black market economy, weak customs controls, and substantial remittances make it an easy place to launder money. While the Government of Vietnam [...] | 2005-12-23 08:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR VM CNARC FINREF CTERR |
05HANOI3383 | VIETNAM'S ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: Throughout this year, formal meetings and informal exchanges with officials from the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV),the State Securities Commission, the World Bank, the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (AUSTRAC),and other international agencies in Hanoi have mad [...] | 2005-12-29 10:14:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR VM ECON PREL PINR CTERR FINREF BTA |
05HANOI3385 | VIETNAM'S FISCAL POLICY: STILL MUCH ROOM FOR [...] (U) Summary: After two years of implementation, it id clear that the 2002 "Law on State Budget," which came into effect on January 1, 2005, has significantly improved Vietnam's budgetary fiscal transparency. Other new laws and regulations have helped modernize Vietnam's revenue collection and [...] | 2005-12-29 23:45:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD VM FINREF SOE |
05HANOI3392 | A DOLLAR HERE, A DOLLAR THERE: THE ECONOMIC COST OF [...] (SBU) Summary. The cost of Avian Influenza (AI) both in human and agriculture terms has been greater in Vietnam than in any other country. AI has killed 42 people in Vietnam and over 50 million poultry have been culled to prevent its spread since December 2003. The World Bank estimates that [...] | 2005-12-30 08:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR EAID ECON EFIN EIND EINV ETRD PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU |
05HANOI468 | VIETNAM: 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-25 14:12:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | APEC ASEAN BTA EFIN EINV FINREF ILAB IPROP KTDB OPIC PGOV SOE VN WTO |
05HANOI575 | VIETNAM: 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-09 04:40:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | APEC ASEAN BTA EFIN EINV ELAB FINREF IPROP KTDB LABOR OPIC PGOV SOE VN |
05HANOI579 | VIETNAM: ECONOMIC REFORM SITUATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador hosted a breakfast on March 4 for a number of Ambassadors as well as representatives of the UNDP, IMF and World Bank to discuss the economic reform situation in Vietnam in advance of the mid-term Consultative Group (CG) meeting in early June. IMF Representative [...] | 2005-03-09 10:07:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD VM FINREF SOE WTO |
05HANOI641 | VIETNAM TERRORIST FINANCE: 2005 UPDATE NO. 2 [...] (SBU) The following paragraphs contain answers to reftel questions and provide an evaluation of Vietnam's ability to cooperate in disrupting terrorism financing. 2. (SBU) The Government of Vietnam (GVN) has not frozen, forfeited or seized any assets pursuant to UNSCR Resolutions 1267 and 13 [...] | 2005-03-15 08:09:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN KVPR PTER EFIN ETTC PREL CVIS VM CTERR FINREF |
05HANOI885 | GVN TACKLES LAND ISSUES [...] (U) Summary: Vietnam's rapid economic development and the flow of migrants from the crowded and poor Mekong Delta, Red River Delta and Northwest Highlands into urban centers and the Central Highlands have contributed to considerable tension over land issues. While allocation of title to agric [...] | 2005-04-15 04:02:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EFIN ECON SENV SOCI VM ETMIN |
05HANOI988 | VIETNAM: MEETING WITH MINISTRY OF PUBLIC [...] This cable contains sensitive information. Please do not post on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Econ/C delivered reftel points on AML/CTF to officials at the Ministry of Public Security (MPS). Econ/C reminded MPS of his December 2004 letter requesting the answers to several specific qu [...] | 2005-04-28 10:04:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN KVPR PTER EFIN ETTC PREL VM FINREF CTERR |
05HANOI993 | VIETNAM: DAUSTR BRYAN AND VICE MINISTER OF TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary: During a meeting April 11 with Deputy Assistant USTR, Elena Bryan, Vice Minister of Trade Luong Van Tu highlighted efforts Vietnam has made to implement its obligations under the U.S. - Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA),suggested holding the BTA JC Chairman's meeting in [...] | 2005-04-29 01:54:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV EFIN VM WRTO BTA IPROP FINREF WTO |
05HARARE1009 | SAG-GOZ NEGOTIATIONS AND THE USG [...] (C) The Mugabe regime is confronting a "perfect storm" of converging challenges - international opprobrium over Operation Restore Order, the economy's accelerating implosion, and a looming IMF vote on Zimbabwe's expulsion. As a result, the GOZ is showing growing desperation and signaling unch [...] | 2005-07-25 13:54:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EFIN SA ZI |
05HARARE1088 | ZIMPLATS CEO ON CHINESE INTEREST IN PLATINUM [...] (C) Zimbabwe Platinum Mines (Zimplats) CEO Greg Sebborn told CDA on July 29 that his company was not worried about China's interest in Zimbabwean platinum in the long-term because China lacked the technological know-how to compete. However, the Chinese could cause short-term problems by levera [...] | 2005-08-02 10:22:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EMIN EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV ZI |
05HARARE1126 | CALTEX HEAD ON FUEL SHORTAGES; GOZ POLICIES [...] (C) In an August 4 meeting with the CDA, Caltex Zimbabwe Chairman Simba Kambarami told the CDA that the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) had asked the major oil companies present in Zimbabwe to provide lines of credit for fuel imports to help with fuel shortages. He said the RBZ was also advoca [...] | 2005-08-11 08:08:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PGOV EFIN EINV ELTN ZI |
05HARARE1175 | ZIMBABWE STOCK MARKET PARALYZED [...] (C) The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) has virtually ground to a halt in reaction to GOZ stopgap measures to help close the budget shortfall and finance the burgeoning domestic debt. The introduction of a withholding tax on the sale of securities, and stricter enforcement of requirements for i [...] | 2005-08-24 15:32:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV ZI |
05HARARE1180 | RUMORED DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN NATIONAL PARK [...] (SBU) Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force (ZCTF) Vice President Johnny Rodriguez claimed in July in a widely distributed newsletter that the GOZ was planning an agricultural development project in the middle of the Mana Pools National Park. This claim remains unsubstantiated and appears to be ba [...] | 2005-08-26 07:23:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KIDE ECON EFIN PGOV ZI |
05HARARE1239 | IMF MISSION FINDS MODEST REFORM MEASURES, HEARS [...] (C) Summary. An IMF mission was in country from August 22-September 1 to give advice, assess economic policies, and review the strength of the GOZ,s commitment to economic reform prior to the September 9 meeting of the Fund's Executive Board. The team acknowledged recent modest progress by t [...] | 2005-09-02 16:14:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV ZI |
05HARARE125 | BIG MANUFACTURER HALTS U.S. FURNITURE EXPORTS [...] (C) Once Zimbabwe's largest exporter to the U.S., local furniture manufacturer Wilson International's head recently told Econoff that he now considers his firm uncompetitive in the U.S. market. Due to an overvalued zimdollar and the GOZ,s revocation of export incentives, Wilson currently ships [...] | 2005-01-24 13:42:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR PGOV EFIN ECON ETRD EINV ZI |
05HARARE1269 | CENTRAL BANK SWEEPS FOREX ACCOUNTS TO PAY IMF [...] (C) Summary. In yet another blow to investor confidence, and a reflection of the depth to which monetary probity has sunk, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) appears to have raided private foreign currency accounts to help finance its unexpectedly large recent arrears payment to the IMF. The [...] | 2005-09-08 15:49:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV ZI |
05HARARE1292 | MINISTER SUGGESTS TAKEOVER OF WHITE FIRMS [...] (SBU) Transport and Communications Minister Chris Mushohwe told the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) at its September 7-9 annual congress that the GOZ could decide to take over all white-owned and controlled firms. His remarks, reported in the international press, sent a shudder thr [...] | 2005-09-15 15:51:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PHUM ZI |
05HARARE1322 | SIMBA MAKONI - DISILLUSTIONED AND IN-THE-WAITING [...] (C) Summary: During a September 21 meeting, Politburo member and ex-Finance Minister Dr. Simba Makoni told the Ambassador there was much more questioning of policy by government insiders since Operation Restore Order. Mugabe, however, was out of touch with reality, his mind blocked to what [...] | 2005-09-26 07:34:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
05HARARE1346 | ISOLATED LAND SEIZURES BUT MIXED SIGNALS ON [...] (C) Summary: Incendiary comments about "Faster Track" land reform by GOZ Ministers may have spurred some recent isolated, but violent farm seizures, but it is unclear whether they signal a new series of farm invasions. Nevertheless, pressure on commercial farmers to give up their farms is i [...] | 2005-09-29 06:01:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON EFIN PGOV PHUM ZI |
05HARARE1352 | RESERVE BANK GOVERNOR IN THE SEARCH OF AN OPENING [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-29 15:47:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PHUM ZI |
05HARARE1362 | ZIMBABWE NOT COMPLIANT WITH AGOA ELIGIBILITY [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-03 15:24:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINT ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
05HARARE14 | WHITE FARMER GROUP SAYS SITUATION MIGHT IMPROVE [...] (SBU) Summary: Doug Taylor-Freeme, the head of the Commercial Farmers Union (CFU),said the pace of fast track land reform had perceptibly slowed. He attributed this in part to the efforts of Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono to try to restore productivity to the agriculture sector. H [...] | 2005-01-06 13:36:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR PGOV EFIN ECON ETRD EINV |
05HARARE1446 | VIEWS FROM BULAWAYO [...] (C) Zimbabwe Desk Officer and PolOff visited Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second largest city, October 14 and 15. Eric Bloch, a local economist, detailed his insider's understanding that the GOZ had sourced its US$120 million arrears payment to the IMF solely through "voluntary" payments. In discuss [...] | 2005-10-20 15:13:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL ZI MDC |
05HARARE1448 | SOARING COST OF LIVING HITS WORKING POOR HARDEST [...] Summary: Soaring inflation has hit Zimbabwe,s working poor hardest of all income earners, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers, September 2005 Cost of Living Analyses. While the GOZ,s Central Statistical Office reported September,s overall year-on-year inflation rate at 359.8 percent, up from [...] | 2005-10-21 10:28:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV PHUM ZI |
05HARARE1492 | CORRECTED COPY - NEW FOREX TRADING REGIME - A LOT [...] (SBU) In his Monetary Policy Review Statement for the third quarter of 2005, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gono announced numerous policy shifts, many of which centered around replacement of the auction system of foreign currency allocation by a system intended to be largely governed [...] | 2005-10-31 14:18:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV ZI |
05HARARE164 | EXCHANGE RATE CRIPPLES MIDLANDS INDUSTRY [...] (C) Industrialists in Central Zimbabwe,s manufacturing/mining hub have told Econoff that the overvalued zimdollar has decimated output since the late-1990s, with the sharpest drop having taken place during 2004. Cement production at Sino-Zimbabwe Cement Company is off 67 percent, wire produc [...] | 2005-01-31 14:21:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PGOV EFIN ECON EINV ZI |
05HARARE1674 | THE 2006 BUDGET - FAULTY PREMISES UNDERMINE THE [...] (SBU) Zimbabwe,s 2006 budget, announced December 1 by Finance Minister Murerwa, is premised on a number of unrealistic projections, primarily a strong rebound in the agricultural and mining sectors. It forecasts 2-3.5 percent GDP growth in 2006, a fall in inflation to 80 percent by end-2006, [...] | 2005-12-12 14:31:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EFIN EMIN PGOV |
05HARARE168 | INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - ZIMBABWE [...] The Zimbabwean economy remains very weak, making it unlikely to attract or absorb signficiant foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2005. In recent years, FDI has been less than US$10 million annually, down from US$300-500 million in the mid-1990s. As we note in the more extensive Country Comme [...] | 2005-02-02 05:30:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KTDB EFIN ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
05HARARE1687 | INFLATION RATE AT LEAST 500 PERCENT AND RISING [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOZ's Central Statistical Office reported 502 percent annualized inflation in November. A steep increase in the price of food and non-alcoholic beverages dominated the rise. A more objective report by PricewaterhouseCoopers put the cost of living increase at 809 percent [...] | 2005-12-14 14:34:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN PGOV ZI |
05HARARE171 | ZIMBABWE: 2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Zimbabwe is not a regional financial center and is not considered to be at significant risk for money laundering. 2. Zimbabwe,s Anti-Money Laundering Act criminalizes narcotics-related money laundering. The Government of Zimbabwe in 2004 passed the Anti-Money Laundering and Proceeds of C [...] | 2005-02-03 05:00:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM KSEP PTER SNAR ZI |
05HARARE176 | RBZ: GOLD EXPORTERS GET DEVALUATION; FAST-TRACK [...] (C) The highlight of Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono,s January 26 address to the nation on the country,s economy was the announcement that he had devalued the zimdollar from Z$ 6,151 to 8,692:US$ for gold producers. However, he left in place the controlled exchange rate of Z$ 5900:US$ [...] | 2005-02-04 04:55:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD PGOV ECON EINV ZI |
05HARARE196 | BFIF PROJECT REPORT: EMBASSY TRADE FAIR PROMOTES [...] (SBU) An Embassy-hosted trade fair promoting U.S. information technology (IT) products on Feb. 3 drew an estimated 6,000-8,000 visitors and, according to a post-event survey, generated orders worth US$ 374,000. --------------------------------------------- - Visitors Both Browsed and Purchas [...] | 2005-02-08 12:25:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETRD PGOV ECON EINV ZI |
05HARARE202 | PARALLEL EXCHANGE RATE HITS Z$11,000:US$ [...] (C) Summary: Importers are now buying U.S. dollars at Z$10,500-11,000:US$, a zimdollar depreciation of 20 percent since Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono,s January 26 address to the nation, according to Zimbank Senior Economist Best Doroh. Unless Gono devalues official exchange rates, [...] | 2005-02-09 11:15:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD PGOV ECON EINV ZI |
05HARARE261 | GOZ PORTRAYS IMF DECISION AS "REPRIEVE" [...] (U) In its lead story on February 18, the GOZ,s daily Herald newspaper characterized the International Monetary Fund (IMF),s postponement of a decision on Zimbabwe,s compulsory withdrawal as "reflect(ing) a vote of confidence in the country,s home-grown economic turnaround efforts." The Herald [...] | 2005-02-18 09:47:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD PGOV ECON EINV ZI |
05HARARE301 | CURRENCY FALLS SHARPLY AND HIGH INFLATION RETURNS [...] (C) Summary: Zimbabwe,s inflation has begun to trend sharply upwards, following a sudden spike in the parallel market exchange rate. The Central Statistical Office (CSO) tracked January,s inflation at 14.1 percent, the highest monthly rate in over a year. The ruling ZANU-PF party will still [...] | 2005-02-23 09:52:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV ZI ECON EINV |
05HARARE312 | ZIMBABWE STILL AGOA INELIGIBLE [...] Zimbabwe remains ineligible for African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) benefits. We submit the following input for the President,s Section 106 report to Congress. 2. Market Economy/Economic Reform/Elimination of Barriers to U.S. Trade: Since the late-1990s, the government has approached [...] | 2005-02-24 10:20:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETRD PGOV ECON EINV ZI |
05HARARE326 | EXCHANGE RATE HAMPERS COTTON EXPORTS [...] (C) Summary: Cargill Managing Director John Battershell told Econoff on February 23 that ginners of cotton - the country's top foreign exchange earner in 2004 - have given the GOZ an ultimatum: either the GOZ heavily subsidizes the crop or it permits a more realistic exchange rate than the pr [...] | 2005-02-28 14:30:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD PGOV ECON EINV ZI |
05HARARE327 | CENTRAL BANK TO TOLERATE PARALLEL MARKET UNTIL [...] (C) Reserve Bank (RBZ) Exchange Control Chief O.C. Masiiwa told Econoff on February 22 that the Governor Gideon Gono has instructed him not to pursue high-profile parallel traders until after the March 31 parliamentary elections. Masiiwa said Gono fears many parallel traders are well-connected [...] | 2005-03-01 08:22:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV ZI ECON EINV ZANU PF |
05HARARE547 | ZANU-PF POLITBURO MEMBER DISMISSIVE OF PARTY,S [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a candid exchange with the Ambassador on April 6, politburo member and former Finance Minister Simba Makoni asked about U.S. reaction to the elections. The Ambassador explained USG objections, sharing with Makoni a copy of the Embassy press release. Makoni said the U.S. anal [...] | 2005-04-08 12:01:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN PHUM ZI ZANU PF |
05HARARE656 | ZIMBABWE'S BELEAGUERED ECONOMY: CAN IT EVER BOUNCE [...] (C) Summary: Amembassy Harare's departing econchief offers some reflections on Zimbabwe's dismal economy, which has been in freefall since 1997. At each policy crossroads, the GOZ has chosen and rarely retreated from the interventionist path. Output in nearly every productive sector has falle [...] | 2005-05-06 09:57:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EMIN ZI EFIN |
05HARARE740 | ECONOMIC POLICY STATEMENT OFFERS LITTLE HOPE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono's Monetary Policy Statement of May 19 set out a series of piecemeal prescriptions that most local economists and business people agree will be unable to stem Zimbabwe's continued economic decline, including soaring inflation, a deteriorating curr [...] | 2005-05-27 10:33:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV SOCI PHUM EINV ZI |
05HARARE847 | 2005 ZIMBABWE REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (U) The U.S. Government is aware of seven expropriation claims of U.S. persons that may be outstanding against the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ). All seven claims arise out of the GOZ's Land Resettlement Program, which commenced in 2000. In the past year, the general pace of land reform has c [...] | 2005-06-17 08:34:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC EFIN EINV KIDE PGOV KSPR ZI |
05HARARE976 | STAFFDEL SIMPKINS ENGAGES ON RESTORE ORDER [...] (C) On a visit to assess and discuss the effects of Operation Restore Order, Majority Staffer Gregory Simpkins and Minority Staffer Pearl-Alice Marsh from the House of Representatives International Relations Committee (HIRC) traveled to Harare and Bulawayo, July 2-6. The staffdel saw first ha [...] | 2005-07-15 07:34:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON EFIN SOCI ZI VIP |
05HARARE995 | ZIMBABWE FINANCIAL SANCTIONS - SUGGESTED ADDITIONS [...] (SBU) In response to the flawed March parliamentary elections, the EU,s new sanctions list, and the GOZ,s brutal Operation Restore Order, Post suggests the additions and deletions to the financial sanctions list detailed below. Post relayed suggested additions and deletions to the visa sancti [...] | 2005-07-20 15:30:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN PINR PHUM PGOV ZI |
05HELSINKI1128 | BMENA FUND/FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE - FINLAND [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-21 14:09:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID EFIN EINV PGOV PHUM EU DA |
05HELSINKI1165 | FINLAND OFFERS TO SEND FOUR SHORT-TERM ELECTION [...] On August 25 post delivered reftel talking points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department for America and Asia Haiti desk officer Veikko Soralahti, North America Unit Counselor Anna Wickstrom-Noejgaard, and to the Unit for Humanitarian Assistance, urging Finland to use its voice in EU meeti [...] | 2005-11-02 06:06:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN HA FI EUN |
05HELSINKI202 | FINLAND'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON EU DESIGNATION [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel demarche February 14 to Jarno Syrjala, MFA's "regional director" for Lebanon, Syria, Israel, and the Palestinian Authority in its Middle East Unit, and to Juha Rainne of the Unit for Public International Law. On the same day, Ambassador met with Israel Ambassador [...] | 2005-02-16 14:21:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETTC EFIN XF LE FI EUN EU GAERC |
05HILLAH382 | MOSQUE SERMONS DIFFER ON OIL PRICE HIKE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-24 13:13:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL EPET EFIN EAID IZ |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1238 | FOREIGN BANKER EVALUATES VIETNAM'S FINANCIAL SECTOR [...] SUMMARY: Vietnam's financial markets are evolving, but the pace of evolution is slow and access to capital is limited for all except state-owned enterprises (SOEs),according to one of the leading foreign bankers in the country. At a recent investment conference hosted by the Ho Chi Minh Cit [...] | 2005-11-29 06:50:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV VM WTRO BTA WTO SOE FINREF |
05HOCHIMINHCITY143 | VIETNAM TO GROW EVEN FASTER SAY HCMC LEADERS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ho Chi Minh City leaders reported to the Consular Corps that the Party Central Committee Plenum had endorsed the goal of raising Vietnam's GDP from LDC levels by 2010. Consul General observed that this implied a growth rate of about 15 percent (to raise per capita GDP from just u [...] | 2005-02-04 09:20:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD EFIN PGOV VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY294 | STATE TRADING IN VIETNAM - U.S. BANKS WANT LEVEL PLAYING [...] (U) This is the fourth in a series of cables on industry perspectives in southern Vietnam on the role of the state in the economy. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. banks in Ho Chi Minh City report that while they operate relatively freely in Vietnam, they often face tougher requirements and higher st [...] | 2005-03-21 06:58:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD ECON EINV BEXP PREL VM FINREF |
05HOCHIMINHCITY328 | TRANSNATIONAL CRIME IN VIETNAM - HCMC CONSULATES GENERAL [...] (SBU) Key Ho Chi Minh City consulates met March 23 for the second quarterly, informal discussion of transnational crime issues. Australia National Police rep has organized this group in an effort to foster law enforcement cooperation between key countries and Vietnam. Participation includes co [...] | 2005-03-30 01:39:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PREL KCRM SNAR PTER EFIN AS VM CNARC TIP |
05HOCHIMINHCITY428 | HCMC: WILL LAND LAW CURB SPECULATION? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Vietnam's new land law is intended to stem rampant land speculation, which has been exacerbated by corruption and a lack of other investment alternatives. Domestic and foreign investors hope the new law and related decrees will make the market more transparent and stable, and m [...] | 2005-04-22 03:27:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ECON PGOV SENV VM |
05ISLAMABAD16051 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: MBS GEARING UP FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the detailed needs assessment is just beginning, multilateral development banks (MDBs) are trying to come up with funds to support reconstruction needs following Pakistan's October 8 earthquake. The World Bank board will vote October 25 on a $200 million package of e [...] | 2005-10-25 11:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PREF PK |
05ISTANBUL1164 | AK'S BUSINESS BASE GOES CALLING IN ANKARA [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of the Independent Businessmens' Association (MUSIAD) returned on June 30 from a three-day lobbying junket to Ankara, where they pressed for government action to assist small and medium-sized enterprises, arguing that it is time to "rehabilitate the real sector a [...] | 2005-07-07 14:48:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN TU |
05ISTANBUL1393 | CURRENT ACCOUNT CONTINUES TO SWELL [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's current account deficit set a new record in June, reaching 2.35 billion USD, for a year-to-date total of 13.7 billion USD and a cumulative total of 19.3 billion USD over the last 12 months. The result slightly exceeded market expectations, but was not a surprise, as Tu [...] | 2005-08-12 13:54:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EFIN TU |
05ISTANBUL1492 | GE CAPITAL ENTERS TURKISH BANKING SECTOR AS TURKS [...] (SBU) Summary: The August 24 announcement that GE Capital will acquire 25.5 percent of the shares of Garanti Bank, one of Turkey's four leading private banking institutions, is a welcome indication of U.S. interest in the Turkish financial sector, following a wave of European acquisitions over [...] | 2005-08-26 15:19:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON EFIN BEXP TU |
05ISTANBUL1577 | SDIF CHIEF REVIEWS A SUCCESSFUL BUT TURBULENT YEAR [...] (SBU) Summary: In a wide-ranging conversation with visiting Ankara Econ Counselor and Istanbul P/E Chief, the Chairman of Turkey's Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (SDIF),Ahmet Erturk, reviewed his organization's progress in recouping Turkey's losses from the 2001 banking crisis. Noting that th [...] | 2005-09-15 09:07:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV CASC TU |
05ISTANBUL1941 | INVESTMENT CONFERENCE PRAISES TURKEY'S PROGRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: A November 8-9 investment conference organized by Turkey's Foreign Investors' Association (YASED) offered GOT policymakers a chance to highlight progress registered in recent years and to underline their readiness to accept foreign investment, whatever its source. Business part [...] | 2005-11-14 13:34:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON EFIN TU |
05ISTANBUL2003 | SINNED AGAINST OR SINNING? OWNERS OF FAILED [...] (C) Summary: In recent months, a number of owners of failed Turkish banks have begun to speak out to condemn the Turkish government for pursuing a "vendetta" against them-- including for political and even religious reasons-- and to warn that Turkish government actions to seize their assets ar [...] | 2005-11-23 14:31:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV TU |
05ISTANBUL218 | YAPI KREDI DEAL WILL VAULT KOC INTO BIG LEAGUES OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The January 31 deal to purchase Yapi Kredi Bank from the embattled Cukurova Group will vault Koc Financial Services into the front rank of Turkish banking, fulfilling a long-standing goal of the Koc Group. More critically, it will remove a major cloud hanging over the Turkis [...] | 2005-02-11 06:44:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV TU |
05ISTANBUL357 | INFORMAL ECONOMY TURNS DEADLY AS 10 TURKS SUCCUMB [...] (U) Summary: The problem of counterfeiting in Turkey took a new and deadly turn this week as ten Istanbul residents died from alcohol poisoning after drinking counterfeit raki. Another forty remain hospitalized here, several in critical condition. The homemade brew, some of which was produced [...] | 2005-03-04 07:44:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN TU |
05ISTANBUL422 | TURKISH-U.S. BUSINESS COUNCIL PLANS AGRESSIVE PUSH [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish-U.S. Business Council (TUSBC) leaders outlined an agressive push to expand both their business promotion work and their public relations activities in support of the bilateral relationship in a March 14 breakfast with Consul General. Incoming President Yilmaz Arguden, [...] | 2005-03-17 14:31:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV TU |
05ISTANBUL526 | CORRUPTION: TURKEY'S 800-POUND GORILLA? [...] (SBU) Summary: Public attention has returned to the subject of corruption in Turkey in recent weeks with publication of a country survey by the "Economist" magazine blaming the problem for Turkey's failure to attract more foreign investment. The survey coincided with the publication of Trans [...] | 2005-04-08 05:51:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR ECON EFIN TU |
05ISTANBUL692 | INVESTMENT ADVISORY COUNCIL PRAISES TURKEY'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's second annual Investment Advisory Council Meeting on April 29 in Istanbul brought recognition of the economic and political strides Turkey has made over the past year, including most notably macroeconomic stability and a date for beginning of accession negotiations with [...] | 2005-05-06 15:41:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON EFIN TU |
05ISTANBUL758 | CLOSURE OF YAPI KREDI DEAL HIGHLIGHTS FOREIGN [...] (SBU) Summary: The announcement on Monday, May 9 that Koc Financial Services and the Cukurova Group had reached final agreement by which Koc and its Italian partner Unicredito will purchase Yapi Kredi Bank vaults Koc into the banking big leagues and removes the largest remaining cloud hangin [...] | 2005-05-13 14:54:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV BEXP TU |
05ISTANBUL97 | YAPI KREDI END GAME NEARS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a move that marked the first official step forward towards realization of its long-rumored desire to buy Yapi Kredi Bank, Unicredito-Koc Holding on January 17 announced that it had signed an agreement with the bank's dominant shareholder, the controversial Cukurova Group, for [...] | 2005-01-21 09:25:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON TU |
05KABUL5024 | REVISED AFGHANISTAN COMPACT FOR WASHINGTON REVIEW [...] (SBU) This cable includes the full text of the December 11 revised Afghanistan Compact and three Annexes for Washington review. This final revision reflects the bulk of consensus recommendations reached at a series of December 2- 5 PrepCom meetings held on the margins of the Kabul Regional Ec [...] | 2005-12-13 02:33:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID PREL PGOV AF |
05KABUL5052 | FINANCE MINISTRY DEFLECTS CUSTOMS REFORM [...] (C) Afghan customs reform is lagging due to weak GoA commitment and systemic corruption at all levels. In discussions between USAID and its implementing partner Bearing Point (BP) and with the UK,s DFID and its implementing partner Adam Smith International (ASI),there was broad agreement th [...] | 2005-12-14 09:27:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EAID ETRD PGOV AF |
05KABUL5092 | COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM - AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) In 2005, Afghanistan continued its progress toward building a democratic government. The 2004 Presidential elections were followed by national assembly and provincial council elections in September 2005. In spite of Taliban threats to disrupt the democratic process, only minor inciden [...] | 2005-12-15 13:02:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO AF |
05KABUL5118 | DUELING AFGAN CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE [...] (SBU) An ongoing battle between the AID-supported Afghan International Chamber of Commerce (AICC) and the GTZ- supported Afghan Chamber of Commerce and Industry is heating up with a proposed law that would effectively eliminate the AICC, dealing a significant blow to the development of an inde [...] | 2005-12-17 14:01:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN PREL EAID PGOV AF |
05KABUL5147 | DONOR PLEDGING FOR THE AFGHANISTAN COMPACT [...] (SBU) Per reftel demarche request, on December 17 Ambassador informed President Karzai of USG efforts to encourage international donors to consider new financial pledges to Afghanistan at the upcoming Jan 31 - Feb 1 London Conference and to accelerate disbursements of funds they have already p [...] | 2005-12-19 05:40:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN AF |
05KABUL5185 | URGENT RESOURCE REQUEST TO SUPPORT AFGHAN BORDER [...] (SBU) We have long recognized the Border Management Initiative (BMI) as a top USG priority for mission success in Afghanistan givendue to its links to GoA revenue generation, security, and counter-narcotics initiatives. Reftel laid out the basic elements of a BMIn approach that we now make mor [...] | 2005-12-20 18:39:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINS ECON EFIN AF |
05KABUL5245 | HOW THE WEST ISN'T DONE: AMBASSADOR VISITS HERAT [...] (C) During a December 11-12 visit to Herat, Ambassador observed many of the problems which threaten commercial investment, provincial stability, and rule of law. Although rightly proud of their accomplishments, Herati industrialists face an almost insurmountable task if they are to survive. [...] | 2005-12-27 02:51:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ETRD AF |
05KABUL5250 | IMPACT OF SMUGGLING ON AFGHAN INDUSTRY: HERAT [...] (SBU) PRT Herat State and USAID officers visited a Herat gypsum manufacturer who had been forced to end production due to a flood of lower-priced Iranian gypsum being dumped on the Afghan market. The GoA, in theory, prohibits gypsum imports (used in plaster, whitewash, chalk, etc.) in order, t [...] | 2005-12-27 09:17:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID ETRD AF |
05KABUL5256 | REVISED AFGHANISTAN COMPACT [...] (SBU) The GoA pushed back strongly against Washington's undercutting the reciprocal balance of the Afghanistan Compact but accepted most of our other points. In a December 24 meeting, Senior Economic Advisor to the President Naderi and UNAMA Deputy SRSG Haq reviewed with Ambassador the lates [...] | 2005-12-27 12:11:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID PREL PGOV AF |
05KABUL5260 | AFGHANISTAN'S WINTER FUEL SHORTAGE [...] (SBU) A diesel fuel shortage in Afghanistan threatens to leave Kabul, Kandahar and other regions cold and in the dark this winter. USAID currently provides the GoA with diesel fuel for power generation that is both expensive and logistically challenging to supply. Recent losses of diesel fu [...] | 2005-12-27 13:12:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EAID ECON EFIN ETRD AF |
05KATHMANDU1295 | VICE CHAIRMAN TULSI GIRI AND WIFE ON BANK BLACKLIST [...] (C) After the public revelation that Dr. Tulsi Giri, two-time Prime Minister under the Panchayat system and current Vice Chairman of the Council of Ministers, and his wife Sahara Giri, were on the list of major loan defaulters, Nepal's Ministry of Finance put on hold its request that all gover [...] | 2005-06-14 12:13:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PHUM NP |
05KATHMANDU2206 | TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER (TFCO) [...] (SBU) Embassy Kathmandu's Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) is Deputy Chief of Mission Elisabeth I. Millard. Her phone number is 977-1-441-1179; classified e-mail: MillardEI@state.sgov.gov; unclassified e-mail: MillardE@state.gov. Deputy TFCO is Pol/Econ Officer Natasha Basley un [...] | 2005-10-07 09:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KTFN KVPR EFIN ETTC PREL NP |
05KATHMANDU2210 | NEPAL FACES LOOMING CRISIS IN PETROLEUM SUPPLY [...] (SBU) The state-owned monopoly oil importer, the Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC),is experiencing a serious financial crisis. Unable to collect payment of the balance owed by NOC, the NOC's supplier, Indian Oil Corporation (IOC),has threatened to stop providing petroleum products to Nepal. The [...] | 2005-10-07 11:03:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL NP |
05KATHMANDU2306 | NEPAL: COST OF THE MAOIST INSURGENCY [...] The effect of the ongoing Maoist insurgency is palpable in every sector of Nepal's economy. The estimated economic cost of the conflict, since 1996 when it started, is more than USD 2.3 billion. Insurgents have destroyed public and private property worth USD 71 million. The conflict has re [...] | 2005-10-21 11:05:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER ECON EAID EFIN NP |
05KATHMANDU2307 | NEPAL: COST OF THE MAOIST INSURGENCY [...] The effect of the ongoing Maoist insurgency is palpable in every sector of Nepal's economy. The estimated economic cost of the conflict, since 1996 when it started, is more than USD 2.3 billion. Insurgents have destroyed public and private property worth USD 71 million. The conflict has redu [...] | 2005-10-21 13:17:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER ECON EAID EFIN NP |
05KATHMANDU2308 | FINANCIAL CRISIS IN NEPAL OIL CORPORATION [...] (SBU) Only three weeks after averting a financial crisis, the state-owned monopoly oil importer Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) has again defaulted on payment to its supplier Indian Oil Corporation (IOC). Nepal's Ministry of Finance (MOF) and Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) last averted a petroleum sup [...] | 2005-10-21 13:48:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV NP |
05KATHMANDU2403 | GOVERNMENT'S REVENUE COLLECTION POOR [...] (SBU) THE GOVERNMENT OF NEPAL'S RECENT INCOME AND EXPENDITURE FIGURES, RELEASED BY NEPAL'S MINISTRY OF FINANCE (MOF) ON OCTOBER 26, SHOW THAT TOTAL REVENUE COLLECTION RECORDED A GROWTH OF ONLY 0.6 PERCENT IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF FY 2005/06. (NOTE: FIRST QUARTER IS FROM JULY 16 TO OCTOBER 15. [...] | 2005-11-08 01:03:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN ABUD NP |
05KATHMANDU2686 | NEPAL: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Nepal In April, 2003, Nepal signed an agreement with the U.S. Government establishing an antiterrorism assistance program. The Government of Nepal continued its strong support of the global coalition against terrorism in 2005, and was responsive to both US and multilateral efforts to polic [...] | 2005-12-02 09:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN NP |
05KATHMANDU2723 | WORLD BANK LOAN IN JEOPARDY [...] (SBU) His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) has failed to meet four critical commitments on economic reform that it promised the World Bank by the end of November 2005, putting the status of the USD 100 million Poverty Reduction Strategy Credit II (PRSC II) loan in jeopardy. The four condit [...] | 2005-12-06 10:07:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID EINV ELAB NP |
05KATHMANDU2733 | USTDA IDENTIFIES PROFITABLE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS [...] (SBU) In separate meetings during her recent mission to Nepal, U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) contractor Judy Chang found that U.S. companies may have a competitive advantage in transportation projects in Nepal dealing with cargo rail development, the upgrading of airports, and inte [...] | 2005-12-07 07:48:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EFIN ETRD ELTN EAIR PGOV NP |
05KATHMANDU2737 | POSSIBLE NORTH KOREAN ILLICIT FINANCIAL ACTIVITY [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-07 11:14:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KJUS KNNP KTFN NP |
05KATHMANDU2738 | POSSIBLE NORTH KOREAN ILLICIT FINANCIAL ACTIVITY [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-08 00:38:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KJUS KNNP KTFN NP |
05KATHMANDU2742 | TERRORISM FINANCE: ASG INDIVIDUALS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-08 10:14:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PTER PREL ETTC NP |
05KATHMANDU2784 | TERRORIST FINANCE: LIST 74 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-13 00:59:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KTFN EFIN ETTC CVIS KVPR |
05KATHMANDU2820 | FINANCE MINISTER WANTS TO ENSURE NEPAL QUALIFIES [...] (C) On December 14, newly-appointed Finance Minister Roop Jyoti agreed with the Ambassador that everyone should be worried about Nepal meeting its World Bank commitments to prevent Nepal's USD 100 million Poverty Reduction Strategy Credit II (PRSC II) loan from being jeopardized. He said that [...] | 2005-12-16 05:49:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL PGOV EINV EFIN EAID NP |
05KATHMANDU2828 | 2005-2006 INCSR REPORT, FINANCIAL CRIMES AND MONEY [...] (SBU) This is Post's 2005-2006 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report Part II, Financial Crimes and Money Laundering, per reftel. Begin Text. Nepal Nepal is not a regional financial center and there are no indications that Nepal is used as an international money laundering cen [...] | 2005-12-16 10:51:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR NP |
05KATHMANDU2952 | INDIAN OIL CORPORATION FLEXIBLE WITH NEPAL'S LATE [...] (C) The Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) and Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) concluded a three-day review meeting on December 25th in which the IOC stated it "would extend maximum help" to the NOC regarding the NOC's request to extend payment deadlines. The NOC has recently paid import bills late and [...] | 2005-12-30 07:06:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET ENRG ETRD EFIN PGOV NP |
05KINGSTON1062 | REMITANCES REMAIN A STABLE SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR [...] (U) A steadily increasing number of Jamaican breadwinners no longer live in Jamaica, choosing instead to work overseas and support extended families through payments wired home from abroad. Remittances sent by overseas Jamaican workers remained the most prominent source of external funding fo [...] | 2005-04-18 15:11:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN JM |
05KINGSTON1100 | KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: APRIL 1-21, 2005 [...] This week's topics: -- Golding Wins By-Election in Peaceful Day of Voting -- Violence in West Kingston Follows Golding Election -- Phillips Steps Up Crime-Fighting Measures -- Tourism Industry Resists Government Price Hikes -- Unions Seek Increased Benefits for Sugar Workers -- Chinese Rai [...] | 2005-04-22 21:06:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON JM KCOR KCRM EINV EAID ELAB |
05KINGSTON1109 | TERRORIST FINANCE: BILAL AL-HIYARI SUBMISSION TO [...] Embassy Kingston delivered a dipnote containing the talking points and background paper provided in reftel to Angella Brown, Deputy Director for International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, on April 13, 2005. Brown did not have any immediate comment. TI [...] | 2005-04-26 19:24:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KTFN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR EFIN JM |
05KINGSTON1111 | TERRORIST FINANCE: LET SUBMISSION TO 1267 [...] Embassy Kingston delivered a dipnote containing the talking points and background paper provided in reftel to Angella Brown, Deputy Director for International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, on April 13, 2005. Brown did not have any immediate comment. TI [...] | 2005-04-26 19:24:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KTFN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR EFIN JM |
05KINGSTON1197 | KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: APR 22 - MAY 6, 2005 [...] This week's topics: -- Police Under Attack from Kingston Gunmen -- Latest Crime Statistics -- Prime Minister Rolls Out the Goodies -- PNP Sources Report Concerns of a Party Divided -- Mexican President Fox Visits Jamaica -- Air Jamaica Settles Labor Dispute ----------------------------- [...] | 2005-05-06 20:58:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV JM SNAR KCOR KCRM ELAB |
05KINGSTON1256 | GOJ PROPOSES BALANCED BUDGET FOR 2005/06 [...] (SBU) Finance and Planning Minister Omar Davies proposed Jamaica's 2005/06 fiscal budget on April 14, 2005. The budget, which is formulated within a medium term program aimed at eliminating the fiscal deficit, increasing growth and reducing the debt to GDP ratio, is forecast at USD 5.7 billi [...] | 2005-05-12 20:30:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN JM |
05KINGSTON1257 | 2005 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] Embassy Kingston is aware of one investment dispute between a U.S. citizen/entity and the GOJ. This dispute was first described in ref B, was updated in refs C and D, and was included in the 2004 Report on Investment Disputes. 2. Post was last contacted by Claimant via his lawyer in June [...] | 2005-05-12 20:33:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | KIDE EINV ECON CASC EFIN PGOV JM OPIC |
05KINGSTON1319 | PRICES REMAIN HIGH IN JAMAICA [...] Inflation, as measured by the consumer price index, rose by 13.2 percent for the Jamaican fiscal year 2004/05 (April - March). While this was below the 16.8 percent recorded for the comparative period, it outpaced the original target of nine percent. Inflationary impulses were fed by a prol [...] | 2005-05-20 20:06:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN JM |
05KINGSTON1405 | GOJ ISSUES NEW GLOBAL BOND [...] The GOJ issued a ten-year eurobond amounting to USD 300 million with a coupon of nine percent per year on May 25. This has given the GOJ 60 percent of the USD 500 million it expected to raise on the external capital market this fiscal year. The bond for which Bear Stearns was the lead brok [...] | 2005-06-02 14:57:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN JM |
05KINGSTON1406 | JAMAICAN ECONOMIC GROWTH REMAINS SLUGGISH [...] Summary: Data published by the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) in May 2005 showed that the economy continued to suffer from the residual effects of Hurricane Ivan as well as prolonged drought conditions. The unfavorable weather conditions stymied agricultural production, fueling an incre [...] | 2005-06-02 14:58:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN JM |
05KINGSTON1446 | INTEREST RATE DEBATE HEATS UP IN JAMAICA [...] Summary: Credit starved Jamaican businesses are arguing with commercial banks about the high interest rate regime following the reduction of interest rates on Bank of Jamaica open market instruments, which are at their lowest levels in over a decade. Commercial banks' unwillingness to reduce [...] | 2005-06-06 20:45:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN JM |
05KINGSTON1472 | MEETING WITH PAULWELL - NO GUARANTEE OF ACTION IN [...] (U) This is an action request. See Paragraph 14. 2. (SBU) Summary: On June 6, Charge and Econoff met with Commerce Minister Paulwell to discuss the ongoing blocking of telecommunications circuits by Jamaican carriers. Emboffs communicated USG concern about the tactic of blocking and infor [...] | 2005-06-09 15:31:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN JM TIP |
05KINGSTON1534 | KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: MAY 7 - JUNE 16, 2005 [...] This week's topics: -- TIP: GOJ Responding to Threat of Sanctions -- Foreign Carriers Yield After Call Blocking Crisis -- Mayor of Spanish Town Resigns Following Arrest -- Seaga Offers Advice on his 75th Birthday -- Crime Statistics - Count Them Yourself -- Tax Laws to Fight Crime -- Prime [...] | 2005-06-17 19:11:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV JM SNAR KCOR KCRM ELAB CASC TIP |
05KINGSTON1652 | KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: JUNE 17-30, 2005 [...] This week's topics: -- Poll Shows Davies Gaining Ground -- Six Closer to Extradition to U.S. -- JCF Recruits Abroad as Crime Soars -- Jamaica to Launch Copyright Campaign -- Trade Deficit Deteriorates -- Jamaica and China Sign Bauxite Agreement -- Thailand Views Jamaica As Possible Hub - [...] | 2005-07-05 11:29:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV JM KCRM CASC EAGR |
05KINGSTON1667 | EXECUTIVE ORDER BLOCKING PROPERTY OF WMD [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-06 18:36:00 | Embassy Kingston | SECRET | PARM PREL PGOV MNUC EFIN ETTC JM |
05KINGSTON1757 | JAMAICA STRENGTHENS ECONOMIC TIES WITH CHINA [...] Summary: Recognizing China's emergence as an economic powerhouse and the attendant benefits to be derived, the GOJ led by Prime Minister PJ Patterson has moved to forge closer and stronger ties with the Government of China. The fledgling economic relationship between both countries received a [...] | 2005-07-18 20:32:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN JM |
05KINGSTON1758 | BUSINESS CONFIDENCE REMAINS STRONG [...] Buoyed by improved economic performance and favorable financial prospects for individual firms, Jamaican business confidence remained strong during April to June 2005. In fact, business confidence during the first two quarters of 2005 was higher than at any other time in the four-year histo [...] | 2005-07-18 20:33:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN JM |
05KINGSTON1802 | KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: JULY 1-21, 2005 [...] This week's topics: -- Hurricanes Cause More Damage in Jamaica -- Government Leads Opposition in National Poll -- Police Raids Target Trafficking Victims -- Murder Leading Cause of Death in Males -- Jamaica Opens Embassy in Beijing -- President of Ghana Visits Jamaica -- Tranquility Bay Ru [...] | 2005-07-22 20:15:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV KCRM CASC JM UNGA TIP |
05KINGSTON188 | INVESTMENT CLIMATE - JAMAICA 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-21 20:11:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD EIND EAGR EMIN KTDB JM |
05KINGSTON1905 | IMF GIVES JAMAICA PASSING MARK [...] (SBU) Summary: The IMF Interim Staff Report, issued on June 23, gave the GOJ high marks for stabilizing the economy following the macroeconomic challenges of 2003. By expressing broad agreement with the country's economic policies, the report could have boosted public confidence in Finance Minister [...] | 2005-08-10 13:41:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN JM |
05KINGSTON1919 | KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: JULY 22 - AUGUST 12, [...] This week's topics: -- U.S. Trafficking Report a Wake-Up Call, Says PM -- Two More Officers Charged in Crawle Case -- Six Police Officers Charged in Flankers Case -- Murder Rate Continues to Soar -- Jamaica to Miss Inflation Targets -- Tourism Bookings Tumble -- Hurricane Damage Near USD 3 [...] | 2005-08-12 18:30:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV KCRM PHUM JM TIP |
05KINGSTON2052 | HURRICANES STALL ECONOMIC PROGRESS IN JAMAICA [...] Summary: Data published on August 15 by the Planning Institute of Jamaica showed that economic growth, for April to June 2005, continued to suffer from the lagged effects of Hurricane Ivan and drought conditions. The adverse weather conditions wreaked havoc on the country's already ravaged [...] | 2005-08-31 17:17:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN JM |
05KINGSTON2053 | SOARING INFLATION THREATENS JAMAICA'S MACRO- [...] Summary: Less than two months after the IMF gave Jamaica high marks for stabilizing the economy, spiraling inflation is again threatening macroeconomic stability. Inflation, which reached almost 14 percent last year and has already jumped to 7.4 percent for the first four months of the fisca [...] | 2005-08-31 17:19:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN JM |
05KINGSTON2359 | GOJ'S FISCAL PROGRAM OFF TRACK [...] (SBU) Summary: Data released by the Ministry of Finance on September 30 showed that the GOJ's fiscal deficit of USD 290 million continued to run ahead of the GOJ'S target of USD 270 million. The deficit overrun was primarily due to lackluster revenue generation, reflecting a slump in consump [...] | 2005-10-19 17:32:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN JM |
05KINGSTON2450 | PRIVY COUNCIL RULES AGAINST PROMINENT FORMER [...] Summary: Don Crawford, former head of the failed Century National Bank, has lost his appeal to the Privy Council following a 1999 conviction in civil court for financial fraud and has been instructed to repay about USD 45 million to the GOJ. Although the Director of Public Prosecutions has [...] | 2005-10-28 19:31:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN JM |
05KINGSTON2475 | JAMAICAN BUSINESS CONFIDENCE PLUNGES [...] Summary: Data published by the Jamaica Conference Board on October 12 revealed that business confidence for the September quarter plunged to its lowest level since the second quarter of 2003. High levels of pessimism about the country's economic prospects underlined the significant decline [...] | 2005-11-02 12:15:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN JM |
05KINGSTON2497 | JAMAICAN CURRENCY UNDER PRESSURE [...] (U) Summary: The Jamaican dollar is facing its biggest test following a prolonged period of stability dating back to early 2003. Foreign exchange market instability emerged during September 2005, prompting the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) to institute new measures aimed at identifying and blacklis [...] | 2005-11-03 20:28:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN JM |
05KINGSTON2651 | JAMAICAN ECONOMY STAGES MILD RECOVERY BETWEEN [...] Summary: Data released by the Planning Institute of Jamaica on November 15 showed that the Jamaican economy staged a mild recovery during July to September 2005. Output expanded by an estimated 2.7 percent due to the gradual normalization of some sectors of the economy following the impact o [...] | 2005-12-06 16:04:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN JM |
05KINGSTON2682 | KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: NOVEMBER 26 - DECEMBER [...] This week's topics: -- JLP Holds Annual Conference -- Poverty Cut in Half -- GOJ Increases Social Benefits -- Brazilians to Invest in Sugar Industry -- Chinese Government to Finance Mega Projects -- Tourist Arrivals to Surge -- Police Officers on Trial -- Crime Statistic [...] | 2005-12-09 19:08:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM |
05KINGSTON2784 | KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: DECEMBER 10 - DECEMBER [...] This week's topics: -- Police Officers on Trial for Murder -- Telecommunications Company Goes Belly-up -- Electricity Thieves Cost Power Company -- Cricket World Cup -- Bauxite Industry Labor Issues -- Weak Christmas Retail Season -- Egg Farmers Seek Duty Protection -- E [...] | 2005-12-23 19:29:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM |
05KINGSTON2797 | BOND. JAMAICAN BOND. LESS ATTRACTIVE THESE DAYS. [...] (C) Summary. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) gave its assessment of the Jamaican economy as part of the conclusion of its yearly Article 4 consultations with the Government of Jamaica (GOJ). Ratna Sahay, the Assistant Director of the Western Hemisphere Department for the IMF, acknowled [...] | 2005-12-30 16:47:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN JM |
05KINGSTON379 | Jamaican Consumers Optimistic About Economy [...] Summary: Buoyed by expectations of a rebound in economic growth following Hurricane Ivan, consumer confidence surged from October to December 2004. Consumers are anticipating higher incomes and remittances, but still expect spending plans to stagnate. Conversely, business confidence decline [...] | 2005-02-11 14:29:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN JM |
05KINGSTON390 | Jamaican Interest Rates Plunge [...] The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) has reduced interest rates on all its open market instruments effective February 7, 2005. While this reduction is the first for 2005, it represents the twelfth such decline in just over a year. Interest rates have moved from 21 percent in November 2003 to the curre [...] | 2005-02-11 21:11:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN JM |
05KINGSTON398 | GOJ Raises National Minimum Wage [...] After months of deliberation, the GOJ has raised the national minimum wage by 20 percent, the highest increase since 2001. The adjustment, which took effect on January 31, will see affected workers taking home the equivalent of at least USD 40 per week, up from USD 33. With inflation for 20 [...] | 2005-02-14 16:13:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN JM |
05KINGSTON425 | JAMAICA'S TRADE DEFICIT DECLINED FROM JANUARY TO [...] In mid-February 2005, the GOJ released an official statement of the trade deficit numbers for October 2004. Such data is typically released four to five months after the reporting period. 2. Despite the economic impact of Hurricane Ivan in September 2004, Jamaica's merchandise trade defici [...] | 2005-02-16 18:18:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN JM |
05KINGSTON613 | JAMAICAN ECONOMY DIPS IN FOURTH QUARTER OF 2004 [...] Summary: Data published by the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) in February 2005 showed that Hurricane Ivan dealt a serious blow to economic performance. Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) dropped by 1.8 percent as agriculture continued to suffer from the effects of the hurricane. The r [...] | 2005-03-04 19:14:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN JM |
05KINGSTON622 | GOJ FINANCIAL CRIMES DIVISION PROVIDES HEADS-UP ON [...] (C) Summary: Finance Ministry Financial Investigations Division (FID) Chief Technical Director Mike Surridge told Pol/Econ Chief March 4 that FID is investigating a naturalized Jamaican of Pakistani origin for suspected narcotics-related money laundering. The suspect, Mohammed Tufail Ahmed, [...] | 2005-03-04 22:22:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER ETTC SNAR JM |