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08ISLAMABAD1383 | PAKISTAN: SOMALIA AND PIRACY, SEEKING VIEWS ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-01 09:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PBTS PGOV PK PREL SO UNGA UNSC |
08ISLAMABAD1384 | FATA IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE FOR 03/28/08 [...] (U) Below is a summary of US Mission Islamabad's activities in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) along its northwest border with Afghanistan during the past two weeks up to March 28, 2008. ODRP FATA Activities -------------------- 2. (SBU) CCMR Contact Group: The [...] | 2008-04-01 09:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID MASS PK |
08ISLAMABAD139 | GOP APPROVES SIGNING OF IRAN-PAKISTAN PIPELINE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para five. Pakistan approves signing of Iran-Pakistan pipeline --------------------------------------------- ------ 2. (SBU) The GOP approved the gas sale purchase agreement with Iran on January 8, which paves the way for signing the Iran-Pakis [...] | 2008-01-10 01:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EFIN EINV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1404 | AMBITIOUS UNHCR STRATEGY FOR AFGHAN REFUGEES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) is revising its strategy for Afghan refugees to complement voluntary repatriations. It includes regulatory mechanisms to allow Afghans in Pakistan to better support themselves; development of refugee affected hosting areas [...] | 2008-04-02 06:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL PK AF |
08ISLAMABAD1414 | PAKISTAN: UNAMID DEMARCHE RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-02 12:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PK PREL UNGA |
08ISLAMABAD1420 | THE PORT OF GWADAR: MEGA PORT DREAM REQUIRES ENERGY TO BE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Without fanfare and in the midst of the political changeover, Pakistan's strategic new seaport in Balochistan became operational and opened the trade routes to Central Asia, Afghanistan and Iran. Investors and energy are desperately needed to make the Pakistani dream of a mega-p [...] | 2008-04-03 08:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1421 | PAKISTAN NOT READY TO DISCUSS VOTE ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-03 09:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1424 | CODEL TIERNEY MEETS WITH PAKISTAN'S DEPOSED CHIEF [...] (C) Summary. In a March 27 meeting with Codel Tierney, former Chief Justice Chaudhry and his lawyer Aitzaz Ahsan affirmed their commitment to seeing the Chief Justice return to his duties, along with other judges removed by President Musharraf following the November 3 State of Emergency. Chau [...] | 2008-04-03 10:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1432 | POST REQUESTS FBI RECALL DEROGATORY INFORMATION ON [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 2. 2. (S/NF) Post requests FBI recall information about Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F) leader Fazlur Rehman noted in Reftel. Reftel indicates that an individual "˜Fasil Ul Rehman' believed to be associated with Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) is behind the March 20 [...] | 2008-04-03 12:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD144 | CODEL LIEBERMAN'S MEETING WITH THE PML-N [...] (C) Summary. In a January 9 meeting with Codel Lieberman, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Chair Raja Zafrul Haq detailed alleged fraud and electoral irregularities, questioned U.S. ties with the person of President Musharraf instead of support for the people of Pakistan, and urged closer USG o [...] | 2008-01-10 06:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD1447 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: During a March 28 meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard SIPDIS Boucher, Awami National Party (ANP) leader Asfundyar Wali Khan clarified the government's plan to engage in dialogue with militants. Asfundyar said his party intends to hold t [...] | 2008-04-04 05:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1449 | CODEL TIERNEY MEETS WITH PAKISTAN'S FIRST FEMALE [...] (C) Summary. On March 27, Codel Tierney met with Dr. Fehmida Mirza, Pakistan's first female National Assembly speaker. She stressed that women's rights, especially in the areas of healthcare and education, would be her top commitment while in this historic position. The Speaker also eagerly a [...] | 2008-04-04 06:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK PREL KWMN |
08ISLAMABAD145 | CODEL LIEBERMAN MEETS WITH HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST, [...] (C) Summary: In a January 9 meeting with Codel Lieberman, human rights activist Asma Jahangir expressed her great concern for the current political and economic atmosphere within Pakistan. She also has hope for the elections but sees that the relationship between the American and Pakistani go [...] | 2008-01-10 08:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1450 | CODEL TIERNEY MEETS WITH AHSAN IQBAL, PML-N [...] (C) Summary. On March 27, Codel Tierney met with Ahsan Iqbal, a newly elected National Assembly member and former Chief Coordinator and Information Secretary for the Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N). Iqbal discussed the need for the deposed judiciary to be reinstated, that the War on Ter [...] | 2008-04-04 06:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1459 | CODEL TIERNEY MEETS WITH ZARDARI [...] (C) Summary: On March 27, CODEL Tierney met with Pakistan People,s Party (PPP) co-chair Asif Zardari. Zardari professed his appreciation for U.S. support for the election and stressed that the U.S. should consider the new Parliament the primary decisonmaking entity in the government. He deta [...] | 2008-04-04 09:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD146 | CODEL LIEBERMAN'S MEETING WITH PPP LEADER FAHEEM [...] (C) Summary. Pakistan People's Party candidate for Prime Minister Amin Faheem told Senator Lieberman January 9 that the party was concerned about election fraud and related arrests of party workers in Sindh. Faheem said that he would follow Benazir Bhutto's moderate political agenda, and no [...] | 2008-01-10 09:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD1469 | CODEL TIERNEY MEETS WITH ANP'S ASFUNDYAR WALI KHAN [...] (C) Summary: On March 27, Codel Tierney met with Awami National Party (ANP) leader Asfundyar Wali Khan. Asfundyar explained his plan to incorporate the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) into the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) and said he hoped to see the Political Parties Act ext [...] | 2008-04-04 13:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PGOV PK PREL PTER |
08ISLAMABAD1475 | CODEL BIDEN'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF [...] (C) In a February 19 meeting with President Musharraf, Codel Biden congratulated the President on keeping his commitment to hold free and fair elections. Musharraf shared his views on why he believed the deposed judiciary could not be restored, expressed satisfaction with progress against e [...] | 2008-04-07 03:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PK |
08ISLAMABAD1476 | CODEL BIDEN'S MEETING WITH ASIF ZARDARI [...] (C) Summary. Pakistan People's Party leader Asif Zardari told Codel Biden February 19 that he is seeking U.S. advice on the way forward. He is meeting or talking with all parties in pursuit of some form of a national unity government but suggested the PPP would try to form a government wit [...] | 2008-04-07 03:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PK |
08ISLAMABAD1493 | BOUCHER DINNER WITH PAKISTAN MUSLIM LEAGUE-NAWAZ [...] (C) Summary. During a dinner hosted by the Charge, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher discussed challenges facing the new Pakistani government with leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz. Finance Minister-designate Dar outlined steps the new governmen [...] | 2008-04-08 08:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PK |
08ISLAMABAD1494 | BOUCHER MEETING WITH LEADERS OF PAKISTAN MUSLIM [...] (C) Summary: During a March 28 meeting, Pakistan Muslim League President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and General Secretary Mushahid Hussain told Assistant Secretary for South SIPDIS and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher that their party would now act as a "calm opposition." The party's onl [...] | 2008-04-08 09:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1497 | BOUCHER'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER QURESHI [...] (C) During a March 28 meeting with Assistant Secretary or South and Central Asian Affairs Boucher, Foreign Minister-designate Shah Mehmood Qureshi confirmed that the new government wanted to work with the U.S. to combat extremism, increase trade and extend cooperation with India and Afghanistan. [...] | 2008-04-08 09:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PK |
08ISLAMABAD1498 | BOUCHER,S MEETING WITH RELIGIOUS PARTY LEADER [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher met with religious party leader Fazlur Rehman March 28. While the maulana thanked Boucher (and Deputy Secretary Negroponte) for reaching out to all of Pakistan's political parties during their recent visit, he [...] | 2008-04-08 09:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1499 | BOUCHER'S MEETING WITH MUTTAHIDA QUAMI MOVEMENT [...] (C) Summary: On March 28, Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) leader Farooq Sattar met with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher to discuss the party's plans for sitting in opposition of the new government. Sattar expressed satisfaction with the credibility of th [...] | 2008-04-08 09:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1525 | PROFILE: PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER GILLANI [...] (SBU) Summary: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Vice Chairman Yousef Gillani was elected as Pakistan's new Prime Minister on March 24 by the National Assembly (Ref A),receiving a unanimous vote of confidence from the Assembly four days later. Gillani is a seasoned politician who descends from a [...] | 2008-04-10 10:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1526 | PROFILE: SENIOR MINISTER AND COMMUNICATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 31, PML-N heavyweight Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan was sworn in as Senior Minister and Minister of Communications. Nisar, as Senior Minister, will be the country's de facto Deputy Prime Minister. Nisar has been elected a member of the National Assembly in every election si [...] | 2008-04-10 10:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1527 | PROFILE: PAKISTANI DEFENSE MINISTER AHMED MUKHTAR [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 31, Ahmed Mukhtar was sworn into office as Pakistan's new Minister of Defense. Mukhtar is a Pakistan People's Party (PPP) stalwart and a close associate of PPP co-chair Asif Zardari; until recently he had been a top contender for the position of Prime Minister. End Summ [...] | 2008-04-10 10:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1528 | PROFILE: PAKISTANI FOREIGN MINISTER QURESHI [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 31, Shah Mehmood Qureshi was sworn into office as Pakistan's new Foreign Minister. Qureshi is a polished and pro-western politician from Punjab; however, he is a longstanding political rival of newly elected Prime Minister Yousef Gillani. Qureshi is a relative newcomer [...] | 2008-04-10 10:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1532 | PAKISTAN'S FISCAL DEFICIT PUTTING ECONOMIC STABILITY AT [...] (U) Summary: Pakistan's Finance Minister Ishaq Dar gave the Cabinet the bad news on Pakistan's economy, followed by a press conference where he made very clear his plans for government austerity. During the press conference, he accused the Shaukat Aziz government of fudging figures and misma [...] | 2008-04-11 01:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1534 | AMBASSADOR AND FINANCE MINISTER DAR DISCUSS PAKISTAN'S [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with newly-appointed Finance Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar (PML-N) April 8. Pakistan's current fiscal crisis and need for fiscal austerity shape Dar's plan to ask for a shadow International Monetary Fund (IMF) program, pending Coalition Support Fund (CSF) payments, [...] | 2008-04-11 02:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN EINV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1536 | DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE'S MEETING WITH THE AMERICAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary Negroponte and Assistant Secretary Boucher met with the elected Executive Board of the American Business Council (ABC) in Karachi on March 27. Representatives from U.S. companies were optimistic about Pakistan's investment climate but expressed concerns over the [...] | 2008-04-11 03:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1573 | BALOCHISTAN: THE NEGLECTED PROVINCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-15 12:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PHUM PK PREL PTER |
08ISLAMABAD1574 | AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON INTERIOR ADVISOR REHMAN MALIK [...] (C) Summary: In an April 14 meeting with Ambassador, the new senior Advisor for Interior Rehman Malik repeatedly emphasized the new coalition government's commitment to fighting terrorism, his long-standing ties to American law enforcement, his closeness to Benazir Bhutto during the negotiations le [...] | 2008-04-15 12:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER SNAR ASEC |
08ISLAMABAD1585 | RIOTS OVER POWER BLACKOUTS TURN VIOLENT IN MULTAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: In the Punjab provincial city of Multan, protests organized by local textile mill owners to object to rolling blackouts which have forced factories to remain closed, turned violent on April 14. The Power Loom Association in Multan organized a rally of textile workers and day labor [...] | 2008-04-16 17:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ENGY ECON PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD16 | IMPLEMENTATION OF RECONSTRUCTION OPPORTUNITY ZONES REQUIRES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-03 05:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV PK ETRD EAID PREL AFGHAN |
08ISLAMABAD1600 | CODEL CAPUANO MEETS WITH NEW GOP [...] (C) Summary: Codel Capuano visited Islamabad April 13-14, meeting with Pakistan's new Prime Minister, Interior Minister and Deputy National Assembly Speaker. The delegation included U.S. Representatives Michael Capuano (D-MA),William Pascrell (D-NJ) and Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ),as well as House [...] | 2008-04-17 13:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER |
08ISLAMABAD1601 | GOP NOT YET FOCUSED ON BIT NEGOTIATIONS BUT INTERESTED IN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para five. 2. (SBU) Summary: Econoffs met with Board of Investment (BOI) Executive Director General Major (Rtrd) Iqbal Ahmad and BOI staff April 17 to discuss resumption of BIT negotiations and organization of a Pakistan energy investment confere [...] | 2008-04-17 13:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ENGY ECON PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1609 | MUSHARRAF ON RELEASE OF TALIBAN/AQ DETAINEES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-18 11:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1611 | FATA IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE FOR 04/11/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-18 12:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID MASS PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1613 | PAKISTANI LEADERS DENY INTENT TO RELEASE A.Q. KHAN [...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings with Strategic Plans Division (SPD) Chief Kidwai,Pakistan People's Party Co-Chair Zardari, and President Musharraf, DCM and Ambassador expressed our deep concern over GOP statements and press reports indicating that the restrictions on A.Q. Khan were about to be [...] | 2008-04-18 14:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM KNNP PK |
08ISLAMABAD1614 | PM GILLANI SAYS NO TO RELEASING 27 AQ/TALIBAN DETAINEES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-18 15:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1615 | ANP COALITION PARTNER ASFANDYAR WALI KHAN COMMENTS [...] (S) Summary: On April 18, Peshawar Principal Officer Lynne Tracy followed up with Awami National Party (ANP) leader Asfandyar Wali Khan about the GOP's plans to sign a peace agreement with tribal elders in South Waziristan. While Khan thought the document ""was not bad"" and consistent with hi [...] | 2008-04-19 09:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PK PREL PTER PHUM PINR |
08ISLAMABAD1623 | NAVIGATING THE MAZE OF PAKISTANI ENERGY POLICY- PART ONE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pakistan's energy crisis has the potential to slow down economic growth and create law and order problems. With massive blackouts affecting every region and every demographic, energy policy and shortages are daily front page news. Not a single mega-watt of electricity has been [...] | 2008-04-21 10:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENGY EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1633 | SUPREME COURT ABOLISHES GRADUATION REQUIREMENT FOR [...] (U) Pakistan's Supreme Court ruled April 21 to abolish the constitutional requirement that candidates for elective office have a bachelors degree, among other qualifications. This pre-qualification to run was introduced by President Pervez Musharraf in the lead-up to the 2002 parliamentary ele [...] | 2008-04-21 13:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL KJUS |
08ISLAMABAD164 | CODEL LIEBERMAN'S MEETING WITH PAKISTAN COAS KAYANI [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-11 04:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MARR PK |
08ISLAMABAD1641 | RESTORATION OF JUDICIARY: DEADLOCKED FOR NOW [...] (C) Summary: After two intense days of personal negotiations, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-Chair Asif Zardari and Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif remained deadlocked over the issue of how/when to restore the deposed judiciary. They continue to debate whether to restor [...] | 2008-04-22 14:02:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL KJUS PHUM |
08ISLAMABAD1648 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW MINISTER OF PETROLEUM AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with the Minister of Petroleum and Natural Resources on April 16 to discuss Pakistan's plans for dealing with the current energy crisis. The Government of Pakistan (GOP) requests assistance with attracting investors to its energy sector, organizing an investment [...] | 2008-04-23 09:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1655 | PAKISTAN'S NEW HEARTS AND MINDS CAMPAIGN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-23 14:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PK PREL PTER |
08ISLAMABAD1657 | EMBASSY ENDORESEMENT OF FY 2008 SECTION 1206 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post endorses CENTCOM/ODRP's FY 08 Section 1206 proposal for a $21 million helicopter sustainment program. These resources will fund a maintenance and sustainment program for Pakistan's U.S. origin helicopters. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) The FY 08 1206 proposal will enable Pakis [...] | 2008-04-24 03:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1659 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW MINISTER OF WATER AND POWER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with the Minister of Water and Power on April 21 to discuss Pakistan's plans for dealing with the current energy crisis. The Government of Pakistan (GOP) emphasizes its desire to have more engagement with the U.S. on energy issues and specifically requests assist [...] | 2008-04-24 05:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV PREL EAID EINV ENGY PK |
08ISLAMABAD1673 | PAKISTAN'S F-16 PROGRAM -- AT RISK OF FAILURE? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has approached the U.S. with a request to use Foreign Military Financing (FMF) to help pay for Mid-Life Updates (MLU) on its existing fleet of F-16 fighter aircraft. This request would require the modification of the original Letter of Offer and Accepta [...] | 2008-04-24 15:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1678 | GOP RESPONSE TO SUPPORT FOR UN 1267 REGIME [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-25 12:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | KTFN PK PREL PTER |
08ISLAMABAD1679 | GROWING CONCERN OVER JUDGES' RESTORATION [...] (C) Summary. There is growing concern over the continued deadlock between the Pakistan People's Party and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz over how to resolve the issue of the deposed judiciary. A new court petition attempting to prevent the National Assembly from considering a legislative [...] | 2008-04-25 14:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1684 | NATURAL GAS PIPELINE FOR TURKMENISTAN, AFGHANISTAN, [...] (U) SUMMARY. With the signing of a framework agreement in Islamabad on April 25, the Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan natural gas pipeline project formally includes India as a partner and agrees to move forward quickly on implementation. With construction scheduled to start in 2010 and comp [...] | 2008-04-28 06:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGY EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK IN AF TX |
08ISLAMABAD169 | GOP RESPONSE ON UPCOMING LET DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-11 09:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PETER PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1691 | PAKISTAN REMAINS OPPOSED TO FMCT NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) During an April 24 call on MFA Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan, Ambassador raised reftel points and urged Islamabad to direct the Pakistani Delegation to the Conference on Disarmament to support commencement of negotiations on a Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty (FMCT). Khan reiterated the GOP [...] | 2008-04-28 10:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM CDG UNGA PK |
08ISLAMABAD1695 | PAKISTAN IMPLEMENTING TRAVEL BANS AS REQUIRED BY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-29 09:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1696 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL WITH NEW DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: During an April 21 introductory call on the Defense Minister Ahmed Mukhtar, Ambassador raised Coalition Support Funds (CSF),the need for a formal agreement governing the use of Pakistan's Airspace, consideration of a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA),the F-16 payment schedule [...] | 2008-04-29 09:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1699 | NO ACTION BUT MORE RHETORIC ON PAKISTAN IRAN PIPELINE DEAL [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para eleven. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Following a brief state visit from Iranian President Mahmound Ahmadinejad on April 28, local media reports that the path has been cleared for Pakistan and Iran to sign the much touted natural gas pipeline deal. While [...] | 2008-04-29 12:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EFIN EINV PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD170 | PAKISTAN ENERGY WOES: A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Violence, sabotage, and supply disruptions following Bhutto's December 27 assassination combined with routine winter hydroelectric maintenance have pushed Pakistan's normally tight energy supplies past the limit. Since December 27, Pakistan's 3000MW electricity deficit has in [...] | 2008-01-11 09:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EINV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1701 | NAVIGATING THE MAZE OF PAKISTANI ENERGY POLICY- PART TWO [...] (SBU) Summary. Further complicating Pakistan's maze of government organizations with responsibility over energy, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources and its 16 subordinate agencies, determine the natural gas, oil, mineral and coal policies for a country which desperately needs energ [...] | 2008-04-29 13:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENGY EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1702 | WILL THE JUDICIARY ISSUE BRING DOWN PAKISTAN'S [...] (C) Summary: Though seemingly close to a deal on restoration of the deposed judiciary, the Pakistan People's Party and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz continue to negotiate (now in Dubai). The sticking point continues to be former Chief Justice Chaudhry, who likely will return to the bench. But [...] | 2008-04-29 14:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL KJUS |
08ISLAMABAD1705 | POVERTY IN PAKISTAN: WHOSE NUMBERS ARE RIGHT? [...] (SBU) Summary: Pakistani government officials frequently cite poverty alleviation as one of President Musharraf's key economic legacies. However, economic analysts frequently dispute the Government of Pakistan's (GOP) statistics. Separate studies conducted by the GOP and the World Bank indicat [...] | 2008-04-30 05:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1715 | PAKISTAN: THE IMPACT OF RISING FOOD AND COMMODITY PRICES [...] (U) The following is a response to the Department's request for information on the impact that rising food and agricultural commodity prices are having on Pakistan's economic and political stability. 2. (SBU) Summary: The prices of almost all essential agricultural commodities have steadil [...] | 2008-04-30 14:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1719 | INTERNATIONAL LEADERS FLOCK TO ISLAMABAD [...] (C) Summary: In the past few weeks, international leaders have been streaming into Pakistan to meet the newly elected government. They included UK Foreign Secretary Miliband, the Chinese FM Jiechi, Turkish FM Babacan, EU Foreign Policy Chief Solana, Afghanistan FM Spatna, Malaysian FM Yatim, [...] | 2008-05-01 06:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER AF CH EAID IN MY EU |
08ISLAMABAD172 | USG MEDIA LEAKS HAVE PAKISTANI MILITARY "REVIEWING CONTINGENCIES" [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Tariq Majid separately called in Ambassador January 8 and 9 to express their concern about repeated media reports stating senior USG officials were considering unilateral action within Pakistan. Both official [...] | 2008-01-11 10:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR KPAO PK |
08ISLAMABAD1723 | PAKISTAN RUPEE FALLS BUT NO CAPITAL FLIGHT [...] (SBU) Summary: Pakistan's rupee has lost ground against the dollar as the current account deficit continues to grow due to increased international commodity prices. It hit a new low against the dollar on April 24, breaching the September 22, 2001 low. The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) believe [...] | 2008-05-01 12:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD ECON PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1734 | NAVIGATING THE MAZE OF PAKISTANI ENERGY POLICY- PART THREE [...] (U) Please see Action Request in paragraph 28. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Concluding the three part roadmap of agencies involved in Pakistan's energy policy, this cable outlines the involvement of the Prime Minister's Secretariat, four additional Cabinet level Ministries, and five other regulatory a [...] | 2008-05-04 05:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENGY EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1735 | HELPING RESOLVE THE DEADLOCK OVER THE JUDGES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-04 11:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1742 | PAKISTAN'S NEW FOREIGN SECRETARY SALMAN BASHIR [...] (SBU) Summary: Salman Bashir has replaced Riaz Mohammad Khan as Pakistan's Foreign Secretary. Bashir--who previously served as Ambassador to China and Denmark--is a veteran Foreign Service officer. Bashir told local press he intends to focus on "economic diplomacy" during his tenure as Foreign [...] | 2008-05-05 10:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1745 | DRL ASSISTANT SECRETARY KRAMER'S CALL ON MINISTER OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-05 11:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KPAO PK |
08ISLAMABAD1746 | DRL ASSISTANT SECRETARY KRAMER'S CALL ON MINISTER OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-05 11:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KPAO PK |
08ISLAMABAD1747 | DRL ASSISTANT SECRETARY KRAMER'S CALL ON FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary. On April 21, DRL Assistant Secretary Kramer urged a conservative Foreign Secretary Khan to be proactive in supporting human rights initiatives at the UN and encouraged higher levels of commitment with Broader Middle East and North Africa Initiative (BMENA). Khan suggested that co [...] | 2008-05-05 11:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1749 | DRL ASSISTANT SECRETARY KRAMER MEETS WITH FEMALE [...] (C) Summary: On April 22, Assistant Secretary Kramer and PolCouns met with female National Assembly members from the Pakistan People's Party (PPP),Pakistan Muslim League (PML),and the Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM). During a lively one hour discussion, the women discussed election reform and [...] | 2008-05-05 11:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK PREL KWMN |
08ISLAMABAD1750 | DRL ASSISTANT SECRETARY KRAMER MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary: On April 22, DRL A/S Kramer met with Pakistan's Chief Election Commissioner Farooq to review possible areas of electoral reform on which the U.S. might be able to assist. In response, Farooq announced the recent formation of an Electoral Reforms Commission and noted that the EU O [...] | 2008-05-05 11:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PHUM |
08ISLAMABAD1751 | DRL ASSISTANT SECRETARY KRAMER'S CALL ON THE [...] (SBU) Summary. DRL Assistant Secretary Kramer met with Khursheed Shah, the new Minister of Labor, Manpower, and Overseas Pakistanis on April 22. During the meeting, they discussed the government's initiatives to combat child labor and the trafficking of persons for bonded labor purposes. The [...] | 2008-05-05 11:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PK PREL ELAB ETRD |
08ISLAMABAD1756 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PML-N LEADER NAWAZ SHARIF [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador called on former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on May 2 to discuss the judges restoration issue, the South Waziristan peace deal and the Pakistani economy. Nawaz said a committee would be established to draft a parliamentary resolution to reinstate the judges on May 12. [...] | 2008-05-05 13:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KJUS PK |
08ISLAMABAD1757 | BY-ELECTIONS POSTPONED [...] (C) Summary: In a tactical move designed to frustrate Nawaz Sharif, the Pakistan People's Party is delaying National and Provincial Assembly by-elections from June 18 to August 18. The delay allows PPP Co-Chairman Asif Zardari time to determine if the coalition can settle the judges issue. [...] | 2008-05-05 15:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1758 | BUDGET DEFICIT NUMBERS LOWER BUT SLOW GROWTH AHEAD [...] (C) Summary: Private sector economists, the Ministry of Finance Special Advisor and IMF Resident Representative all expressed concern over Pakistan's record USD 8.3 billion budget deficit, but for different reasons. Citibank's Aziz Rahman was concerned that Finance Minister Ishaq Dar's overs [...] | 2008-05-06 06:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN ECON PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1772 | COMMITTEE ON JUDGES INCHES FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: Senior attorneys charged by the political parties with drafting a resolution to restore the pre-November 3 judiciary continue to bicker, and some committee members have already quit. On the table is a resolution that labels the November 3 firing of the judges as illegal and allow [...] | 2008-05-07 14:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL KJUS |
08ISLAMABAD1783 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: ENCOURAGING ATTENDANCE AT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-08 08:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PK PREL PHUM OXEM SOCI UNESCO |
08ISLAMABAD1784 | PAKISTAN COMMITMENT TO COESPU INVITATION FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-08 08:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PK PREL KTIA MARR MASS |
08ISLAMABAD179 | CHINESE EMBASSY SEEKS IMPROVED EXCHANGES [...] (C) Following up on a phone conversation between U/S Burns and China's Assistant Foreign Minister, the Chinese DCM in Islamabad shared China's views on the political situation in Islamabad. China's primary foreign policy goals are to promote stability, fight terrorism, increase economic exc [...] | 2008-01-11 12:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD1803 | PAKISTAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION OFFICIAL DISCOUNTS REPORTS [...] (C) Summary: Unsurprisingly, a source in the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission said that a May 9 article in national circulation daily "Dawn News" reporting enhanced China-Pakistan civil nuclear cooperation was unfounded. The May 9 article alleged that, following President Musharraf's April 20 [...] | 2008-05-10 10:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ENGY ECON PGOV PREL KNNP PK |
08ISLAMABAD1804 | BY-ELECTIONS NOW SET FOR JUNE 26 [...] (C) Summary: After a firestorm of public criticism, the Election Commission (ECP) reversed its decision to postpone by-elections until August 2008; on May 7, it announced by-elections will be held June 26. This was an embarrassing, if minor, debacle involving multiple excuses and finger poin [...] | 2008-05-10 11:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1805 | PML FORWARD BLOCK IN THE WINGS [...] (C) Summary: As the deadlock over restoration of the judiciary drags on, back room negotiations continue over what might happen should the coalition collapse. Pakistan Muslim League (PML) parliamentarian Mian Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo claims that Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Asif Zardari h [...] | 2008-05-10 11:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD181 | ELECTION COMMISSION CONFIRMS OBSERVER ACCESS [...] (SBU) Summary. Officials at the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) confirmed there were no ECP restrictions on the activities of foreign or domestic election observers. Observers could pay unannounced visits to polling stations; all the ECP asked was that observers notify district offici [...] | 2008-01-11 12:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM PK |
08ISLAMABAD1811 | OIC ENVOY SADA CUMBER'S VISIT TO PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary. In meetings May 2 with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the General Coordinator of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation (COMSTECH),the Chairman of the Council of Islamic Ideology, journalists, religious lead [...] | 2008-05-12 09:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1825 | LIFE AT NDU: TRAINING PAKISTAN'S NEXT GENERATION OF MILITARY LEADERS [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan's National Defense University's curriculum is designed to foster national pride, but many of its students and instructors have an anti-American bias. Their attitudes demonstrate why we should continue our efforts to increase IMET opportunities, especially those aimed at the ge [...] | 2008-05-12 12:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1826 | APRIL 23 PAK-AFGHAN BORDER INCIDENT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-12 12:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | MARR MASS PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1828 | CODEL SMITH MEETS PRIME MINISTER GILANI [...] (C) Summary: Codel Smith visited Pakistan April 27-28. In their meeting with Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani, U.S. Representatives Adam Smith (D-WA),Mac Thornberry (R-TX),Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ),Bill Shuster (R-PA) and Mike Conaway (R-TX) stressed the U.S.'s continued commitment to our long [...] | 2008-05-12 12:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER PINR |
08ISLAMABAD1829 | CODEL SMITH MEETS PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting April 28, Codel Smith discussed the political and economic situation and efforts to combat extremism in Pakistan. Musharraf expressed appreciation for U.S. assistance in the tribal areas but said more was needed; he defended efforts by the new government to begin n [...] | 2008-05-12 12:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1830 | PAKISTANI RUPEE CONTINUES TO FALL [...] (SBU) Summary: Pakistan's growing current account deficit and increasing uncertainty over the future of the government coalition are causing the rupee to fall against the dollar. The rupee closed at record lows against the dollar again on May 8, rebounding only slightly on May 9. The State Ba [...] | 2008-05-12 13:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD ECON PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1831 | NAWAZ PULLS MINISTERS BUT STAYS IN PPP-LED GOP [...] (C) Summary: Nawaz Sharif announced May 12 that his Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) party's nine federal ministers would resign from the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) led cabinet on May 13. He lamented this course of action, caused, Nawaz said, because the pre-November 3 judges were not rest [...] | 2008-05-12 13:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PHUM KJUS |
08ISLAMABAD1832 | PAKISTAN CAMPAIGNING FOR SEAT ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (U) On May 7, A/DCM delivered Ref A points to Hasan Javed, MFA Director General of the UN and Economic Cooperation Division. Hasan confirmed that Pakistan did plan to run for one of the four Asian-designated seats on the Human Rights Council (HRC) and said he was confident of victory. 2. (C) Re [...] | 2008-05-12 14:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PHUM UNHCR |
08ISLAMABAD1840 | REQUEST TO MFA ON LEVEL OF PAKISTAN COMMITMENT TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-13 13:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PK PREL KPOV MARR |
08ISLAMABAD1841 | LETTER FROM SECRETARY RICE ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-13 13:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PK PREL UN |
08ISLAMABAD1866 | NAWAZ PULLS MINISTERS BUT STAYS IN PPP-LED GOP [...] (C) Summary: Nawaz Sharif announced May 12 that his Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) party's nine federal ministers would resign from the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) led cabinet on May 13. He lamented this course of action, caused, Nawaz said, because the pre-November 3 judges were not rest [...] | 2008-05-15 14:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PHUM KJUS |
08ISLAMABAD1867 | ZARDARI PUSHES "GLOBAL DEAL," BUT NAWAZ MAY HAVE [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with the Ambassador May 14, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Asif Zardari was optimistic about reaching a "global deal" on the judiciary, wooing the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) back into the cabinet, and finalizing a budget by the June 30 deadline. PML-N lead [...] | 2008-05-15 14:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD188 | PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF AND CODEL LIEBERMAN DISCUSS BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a January 9 meeting with Codel Lieberman, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf explained the mechanisms to ensure the election process is free and fair, and commented on improved relations with Afghanistan. Lieberman delivered two messages: (1) the February 18 general electi [...] | 2008-01-14 10:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD189 | ISLAMIC FINANCE DEVELOPS SLOWLY IN PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pakistan has started to develop well-managed financial products for Islamic banking and finance, but their market share is still low and will take time to grow. Currently there are six full fledged Islamic banks and 13 conventional banks that offer Islamic finance products at a [...] | 2008-01-14 10:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETRD ECON PREL EAID EINV PK |
08ISLAMABAD1894 | SHOWDOWN MAY LOOM OVER JUDGES' RESTORATION [...] (C) Summary: On May 18, Pakistan's legal fraternities, frustrated with the new GOP's lack of progress to restore the pre-November 3 judges, called for a "long march" on the capital to begin June 10. The lawyers' movement is hoping sympathetic civil society organizations and political parties [...] | 2008-05-19 15:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL KJUS |
08ISLAMABAD1900 | INITIAL ECONOMIC POLICY DIRECTION LOOKS GOOD [...] (U) Prior to his resignation as Finance Minister, Ishaq Dar set out broad priorities for Pakistan's FY 2008-2009 budget during a May 12 speech at a pre-budget seminar at the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce. Dar pledged to focus on "fiscal consolidation" and to raise the tax-to-GDP [...] | 2008-05-20 11:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1905 | PAKISTAN: ACTING CENTCOM COMMANDER MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary: Acting USCENTCOM Commander, Lieutenant General Martin Dempsey visited Pakistan May 12. In his meeting with Secretary of Defense Kamran Rasool, Dempsey stressed the U.S.'s continued commitment to our long-term relationship with Pakistan and made assurances regarding continuity o [...] | 2008-05-21 07:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1906 | PAKISTAN: ACTING CENTCOM COMMANDER MEETS WITH JCSC [...] (C) Summary: Acting USCENTCOM Commander, Lieutenant General Martin Dempsey visited Pakistan May 12. In his meeting with General Tariq Majid, Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff Committee, Dempsey stressed the U.S.'s continued commitment to our long-term relationship with Pakistan and made [...] | 2008-05-21 07:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD191 | AMBASSADOR PATTERSON MEETS WITH CARETAKER FINANCE MINISTER [...] SUMMARY. In a January 4 meeting with caretaker Minister of Finance Salman Shah, Ambassador Patterson inquired about the state of Pakistan's economy following the violence after Bhutto's December 27 assassination and raised commercial advocacy issues, coalition support funds, anti-money launderi [...] | 2008-01-14 12:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PREL PK EAID |
08ISLAMABAD1914 | PROPOSED ENERGY AND FOOD ASSISTANCE FOR PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: As follow up from President Bush's May 18 meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Gilani, Embassy Islamabad has two suggestions for assistance that the Deputies may wish to consider. Post proposes providing USD 180 million over three years for energy and food assistance, two areas t [...] | 2008-05-22 11:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID ENRG EPET PTER PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1916 | FINANCE MINISTER QAMAR SAYS BUDGET WILL BE ON TIME [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Naveed Qamar, the Acting Minister of Finance, who has replaced Ishaq Dar after the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Ministers tendered their resignations May 13. Qamar said that the budget would be prepared for the Parliament to debate and pass it by the [...] | 2008-05-22 11:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1919 | SOUTH WAZIRISTAN AGREEMENT: GOP BEGINNING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Interior Minister Rehman Malik briefed Ambassador on the May 20 jirga with Mehsud tribal leaders. Malik said the GOP would likely sign the peace agreement "after a while." It appears the GOP has begun piecemeal implementation of the agreement. Malik outlined the GOP's negotiati [...] | 2008-05-22 13:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD1931 | FATA IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AS OF MAY 16, 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-23 12:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID MASS SNAR PK |
08ISLAMABAD1932 | PAKISTAN: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR VIGILANCE REGARDING BANK [...] (S) Economic Counselor and Economic Officer delivered reftel demarche May 22 to senior officials at the Ministries of Finance and Foreign Affairs (MFA). Both Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Director General Sohail Mahmood and Ministry of Finance Senior Joint Secretary Iqbal Hussain pledge [...] | 2008-05-23 12:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | ECON EFIN ETTC KNNP MNUC PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1933 | CONSTITUTIONAL HURDLES FOR PROPOSED 18TH AMENDMENT [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) this week prepared and appears ready to present an omnibus amendments package to reinstate the pre-November 3 judiciary, indemnify President Pervez Musharraf for his actions related to the judges' removal, and diminish significantly the possibility of [...] | 2008-05-23 16:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL KJUS |
08ISLAMABAD1934 | ANP'S KHAN LOBBIES FOR SWAT AGREEMENT; DISAVOWS [...] (C) Summary: Peshawar Principal Officer (PO) Lynne Tracy met Awami National Party (ANP) leader Asfandyar Wali Khan in Islamabad May 23 to discuss the peace agreements being negotiated in Swat and in South Waziristan, separately. Khan was emphatic that the ANP would only take responsibility for [...] | 2008-05-23 16:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER |
08ISLAMABAD1936 | NO IMF PROGRAM FOR PAKISTAN RIGHT NOW [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-25 06:47:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1947 | CODEL FEINGOLD MEETS WITH LAWYERS' MOVEMENT LEADERS [...] (C) Summary: U.S. Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI),visiting Islamabad May 26, met with leaders of Pakistan's lawyers' movement. The Senator noted his long-standing support for the lawyers, calling both the USG's response to Musharraf's 2007 state of emergency and the new GOP's plans to reinstate [...] | 2008-05-28 10:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL KJUS PHUM |
08ISLAMABAD195 | THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA: WAZIRS VS. MEHSUDS IN PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-14 12:47:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PK PREL PTER |
08ISLAMABAD1953 | STATE BANK OF PAKISTAN ANNOUNCES TIGHTER [...] (U) Summary: The State Bank of Pakistan Governor Dr. Shamshad Akhtar announced a series of measures to tighten monetary policy, drain excessive liquidity from the system, and decrease imports to firm up the rupee in a May 22 speech. Most of the new measures, which are effective immediately, a [...] | 2008-05-28 11:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD ECON PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1954 | 62 PARTS OF AMENDMENTS PACKAGE GOES PUBLIC [...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 24 press conference, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Asif Zardari provided the details of a comprehensive constitutional amendments package, including abolishing the presidential power to dissolve the National Assembly, allowing criticism of Pakistan's armed forces [...] | 2008-05-28 11:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL KJUS |
08ISLAMABAD1955 | 62 PARTS OF AMENDMENTS PACKAGE GOES PUBLIC [...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 24 press conference, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Asif Zardari provided the details of a comprehensive constitutional amendments package, including abolishing the presidential power to dissolve the National Assembly, allowing criticism of Pakistan's armed forces [...] | 2008-05-28 12:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL KJUS |
08ISLAMABAD1956 | PAKISTAN: ACTING CENTCOM COMMANDER MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary: Acting USCENTCOM Commander, Lieutenant General Martin Dempsey visited Pakistan May 12. In his meeting with General Ashfaq Kayani, Chief of Army Staff, Dempsey stressed the U.S.'s continued commitment to our long-term relationship with Pakistan and made assurances regarding contin [...] | 2008-05-28 12:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1957 | CODEL FEINGOLD MEETS WITH PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF [...] (C) Summary: In a May 26 meeting with President Musharraf, Senator Russ Feingold discussed Pakistan's current political and economic climate as well as efforts to combat extremism in Pakistan. Describing his current personal status as "confused," Musharraf reported that he would not become a "usele [...] | 2008-05-28 13:02:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR ECON PK |
08ISLAMABAD1958 | CODEL FEINGOLD MEETS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER QURESHI [...] (C) Summary: In a May 26 meeting with CODEL Feingold, Foreign Minister Qureshi reiterated Pakistan's support to combat terrorism but suggested that the Pakistan and the U.S. form a broad relationship based on common ideals and interests beyond counter-terrorism. Foreign Minister Qureshi asked [...] | 2008-05-28 13:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR ECON ENRG EPET PK |
08ISLAMABAD1959 | CODEL FEINGOLD MEETS WITH PRIME MINISTER GILANI [...] (C) Summary: In a May 26 meeting with CODEL Feingold, Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani expressed gratitude for U.S. support for democracy and reiterated Pakistan's commitment to combat terrorism. Gilani believes that there is an opportunity for a multi-dimensional U.S.-Pakistan relationship and sou [...] | 2008-05-28 13:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR ECON PK |
08ISLAMABAD196 | PAKISTAN: RIGHT-SIZING THE OFFICE OF THE DEFENSE [...] (U) This is an action request - see Para 4. 2. (U) Following 9/11, military assistance to Pakistan increased so sharply that the U.S. security assistance program here is now the third largest in the world. Since 2002, DoD has provided just under $7 billion in funding to Pakistan, primarily [...] | 2008-01-14 12:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER AMGT APER MASS MARR PK |
08ISLAMABAD1967 | FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE PROPOSED AGENDA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-29 11:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PK PREL IZ MARR MOPS OTRA |
08ISLAMABAD1968 | CODEL NELSON MEETS WITH PRIME MINISTER GILANI [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting May 27 with Pakistan Prime Minister Gilani, Codel Nelson discussed the political and economic situation and efforts to combat extremism in Pakistan. Gilani expressed appreciation for U.S. assistance, particularly in the tribal areas, but said more was needed. He ou [...] | 2008-05-29 14:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD1970 | FATA IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AS OF MAY 23, 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-30 03:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID MASS SNAR PK |
08ISLAMABAD1979 | DELIVERY OF UN SYSTEM OF INTERNAL JUSTICE DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-30 06:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PK PREL UNGA AORC APER |
08ISLAMABAD1980 | 2007 UN VOTING REPORT DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-30 06:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PK PREL AORC UNSC UNGA |
08ISLAMABAD1981 | DEMARCHE DELIVERY TO MOVE ENGINEERS FROM UNMIS TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-30 06:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PK PREL UNSC KPKO SU |
08ISLAMABAD1982 | SUPPORT TO IOM DG CANDIDATE IS UNKNOWN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-30 06:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PK PREL AORC PREF SMIG |
08ISLAMABAD1995 | RUMORS OF MUSHARRAF RESIGNATION, NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary: As one press headline announced May 30, "Rumors and Denials Galore." Pakistan is abuzz at the possibility that President Pervez Musharraf may be ready to resign from office, or, alternatively, use his 58(2)(b) constitutional powers to dissolve the National Assembly. A particular [...] | 2008-05-30 14:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD1996 | ZARDARI REPEATS COMMITMENT TO JUDICIARY, TONES [...] (SBU) In a late May 30 press conference, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Zardari reaffirmed the GOP's commitment to restore the Supreme Court and provincial High Court judges removed on November 3, 2007. He added that he and Law Minister Farooq Naek would discuss this evening th [...] | 2008-05-30 15:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL KJUS |
08ISLAMABAD1998 | CODEL SCHIFF MEETS WITH PPP LEADER ZARDARI: [...] (C) Summary: On May 26, Codel Schiff -- U.S. Representatives Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) -- met with Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Zardari, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, NSA Ambassador Mahmud Ali Durrani and Ambassador-designate to the U.S. Husain Haqqan [...] | 2008-05-30 16:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER |
08ISLAMABAD1999 | CODEL NELSON MEETS PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting May 27 with Pakistan President Musharraf, Codel Nelson discussed the political and economic situation and efforts to combat extremism in Pakistan. Musharraf expressed appreciation for U.S. assistance and understanding on the strategic issue of terrorism and hoped clo [...] | 2008-05-30 16:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD2000 | FATA IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AS OF MAY 23, 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-31 03:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID MASS SNAR PK |
08ISLAMABAD2001 | CODEL SCHIFF MEETS WITH MUSHARRAF [...] (C) Summary: Codel Schiff -- U.S. Representatives Adam Schiff (D-CA),Allyson Schwartz (D-PA),and Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD) -- met May 27 with President Pervez Musharraf. The President recounted his three-stage plan to transition Pakistan to a full-fledged democracy. He outlined that Pakistan [...] | 2008-05-31 05:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER EAID |
08ISLAMABAD2002 | CODEL FEINGOLD MEETS WITH PPP CO-CHAIRMAN ASIF ZARDARI [...] (C) Summary: In a May 26 meeting with CODEL Feingold, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Zardari reaffirmed his support to combat terrorism, adding that the Pakistani people have to take ownership of this "struggle of ideas." He pledged that the Government of Pakistan (GOP) will no [...] | 2008-05-31 11:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR ECON PK |
08ISLAMABAD2003 | CODEL FEINGOLD MEETS WITH PML-N PARLIAMENTARY LEADER NISAR [...] (C) Summary: In a May 26 meeting with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) parliamentary leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, Senator Russ Feingold discussed Pakistan's current political situation and efforts to combat extremism. The PML-N, Nisar insisted, considers the U.S. to be a friend but took [...] | 2008-05-31 11:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR ECON PK |
08ISLAMABAD2006 | CODEL SCHIFF MEETS WITH PM GILANI: PUSHING [...] (C) Summary: Codel Schiff -- U.S. Representatives Adam Schiff (D-CA),Allyson Schwartz (D-PA),and Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD) -- met May 27 with Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani. The Prime Minister reiterated Pakistan's full support for the war on terror and noted improving relations [...] | 2008-06-02 04:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER |
08ISLAMABAD2019 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 03, 2008 [...] "Blast Rocks Danish Embassy In High-Security Area: 8 Killed" "Dawn" (06/03) "A car-bomb exploded outside the Danish Embassy in Islamabad in one of the most high-security residential districts on Monday, killing eight people and injuring more than 25 others." 2. "Terrorism Remains A Real [...] | 2008-06-03 09:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2020 | NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR DURRANI ADDRESSES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-03 10:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER |
08ISLAMABAD2021 | NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR DURRANI DISCUSSES FATA [...] (U) SUMMARY. On May 29, Mahmud Ali Durrani, Pakistan's new National Security Advisor (NSA),addressed counties with troops in Afghanistan on Pakistan's strategies for combating terrorism and enforcing peace agreements within the tribal areas. He stressed that it was important not only to him [...] | 2008-06-03 10:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER |
08ISLAMABAD2041 | CODEL SCHIFF MEETS PML-N INFO SECRETARY AHSAN IQBAL [...] (C) Summary: Codel Schiff -- U.S. Representatives Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) -- met May 27 with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Information Secretary and National Assemblyman Ahsan Iqbal. He argued that the U.S. had relied too heavily on President Pervez Musharraf, pa [...] | 2008-06-04 13:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER |
08ISLAMABAD2042 | CODELS LEVIN AND CASEY DISCUSS SECURITY WITH [...] (C) Summary: President Musharraf met with Senator Levin and Senator Casey May 25 to discuss Pakistan's counterterrorism efforts, recent peace agreements in the border areas, U.S. security assistance, and the worsening economic situation. Musharraf supported the agreements, saying the military [...] | 2008-06-04 13:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PINR ECON PK |
08ISLAMABAD2049 | PAKISTAN'S ECONOMY WORSE THAN THE PM EXPECTED; PM SEEKS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-05 13:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV MARR MASS PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2050 | CODELS LEVIN AND CASEY DISCUSS SECURITY AND [...] (C) Summary: Senator Carl Levin and Senator Robert Casey met May 25 with Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Zardari, National Security Advisor Mahmud Ali Durrani and Ambassador-designate to the U.S. Husain Haqqani to discuss recent negotiations with militants, counterterrorism effo [...] | 2008-06-05 14:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PTER ECON PK |
08ISLAMABAD2051 | CODELS LEVIN AND CASEY DISCUSS BORDER SECURITY AND AID WITH PM GILANI [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-05 14:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ECON PINR PREF PK |
08ISLAMABAD2052 | STATE BANK CONCLUDES PAKISTAN'S ECONOMY SHOWING INCREASING [...] (SBU) Summary: In its third quarter fiscal year 2008 report, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) highlighted the multiple pressures on the national economy from rising fiscal and current account deficits and inflation. As a result, the SBP has used USD 4.8 billion in reserves, putting downward pre [...] | 2008-06-05 14:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD ECON PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2055 | CODEL SCHIFF MEETS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKER MIRZA [...] (C) Summary: Codel Schiff -- U.S. Representatives Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) -- met May 26 with Pakistan National Assembly Speaker Dr. Fehmida Mirza. She promised the new GOP would remain tough in the fight against terrorism, but requested that the USG focus more resources [...] | 2008-06-06 05:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL EAID PHUM KPAO |
08ISLAMABAD2061 | FOOD CRISIS IN PAKISTAN: REASONS BEHIND THE SHORTAGES [...] (SBU) Summary: While rising fuel prices, nation-wide power cuts, insufficient irrigation water and global price trends are all to blame for the shortage of basic agricultural commodities in Pakistan, government mismanagement remains a primary cause of the country's agricultural problems. The p [...] | 2008-06-09 01:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2068 | FATA PROGRAM UPDATE AS OF MAY 30, 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-09 11:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID MASS SNAR PK |
08ISLAMABAD2095 | PAKISTAN: RESPONSE TO PRE-NOTIFICATION OF TRUST ALTERNATIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-11 11:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | KTFN PREL PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD2096 | THE PAKISTANI LAWYERS 'LONG MARCH' BEGINS [...] (C) Summary: The much promised lawyers' Long March to protest for restoration of the deposed judiciary has begun its journey from Karchi through Lahore; officials expect hundreds of thousands of demonstrators will converge on Islamabad June 12 and 13. The march is a difficult challenge for P [...] | 2008-06-11 14:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD2101 | FOREIGN SECRETARY CONDEMNATION OF RECENT [...] (C) Summary: On the evening of June 11, Ambassador was called by Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir to protest the U.S. Coalition strike earlier that day, which reportedly killed eleven Pakistan civil armed forces, injured eight, and resulted in an undetermined number of missing personnel. Bashir [...] | 2008-06-12 08:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER |
08ISLAMABAD2104 | USDP EDELMAN DISCUSSES SECURITY AND TERRORISM WITH [...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary for Defense Eric Edelman met with President Pervez Musharraf June 2 to discuss U.S. concerns regarding recent peace agreements in the border areas, Pakistan's counterterrorism efforts and U.S. security assistance. Portraying civilian government leaders as soft on [...] | 2008-06-12 13:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MASS ECON PK |
08ISLAMABAD2105 | FATA PROGRAM UPDATE JUNE 6, 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-12 13:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID MASS SNAR PK |
08ISLAMABAD2106 | PAKISTAN MISSES MAJOR ECONOMIC TARGETS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Finance Minister Naveed Qamar released on June 9 the Economic Survey for the 2007-08 fiscal year. The document, released one day before the fiscal year 2008-09 budget, reported that all major economic indicators for the first ten months of the current fiscal year (July 07 to Ap [...] | 2008-06-13 00:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD ECON PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2107 | PAKISTAN'S 2008-09 BUDGET: FOCUS ON DEVELOPMENT AND [...] (SBU) Summary: During the official announcement of Pakistan's fiscal year 2008-09 budget proposal to Parliament, Finance Minister Naveed Qamar described poverty reduction as the "main plank" of the Government of Pakistan's (GOP) economic policy. Qamar announced a proposed development strategy [...] | 2008-06-13 00:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EAGR ENRG ELAB PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD2108 | PAKISTAN'S 2008-09 BUDGET: NO MONEY SLOTTED FOR ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 10, Finance Minister Naveed Qamar delivered the Government of Pakistan's (GOP) proposed budget for fiscal year 2008-2009 which must still be approved by the National Assembly. Despite acknowledging that the shortage of energy and prolonged nationwide blackouts were the w [...] | 2008-06-13 00:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EAGR ENRG PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD2109 | PAKISTAN'S 2008-2009 BUDGET: OVERLY OPTIMISTIC, PART ONE OF [...] (SBU) The Government of Pakistan (GOP) released its USD 31 billion 2009-2009 budget June 11 in a speech by Finance Minister Naveed Qamar to Parliament. In addition to setting revenue targets and expenditure levels, Pakistan's budget also includes assumptions on economic growth and economic pol [...] | 2008-06-13 00:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EAGR ENRG PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD2135 | A WORLD BANK-LED CONSORTIUM FOR PAKISTAN'S AFGHAN BORDER [...] (U) This is an action request, please see para 14. 2. (SBU) Summary and Introduction: Embassy recommends the establishment of a World Bank consortium to coordinate and expand donor activities focused on areas along Pakistan's border with Afghanistan. Stabilization of this border area is v [...] | 2008-06-17 10:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2139 | LONG MARCH ENDS WITH NO DECISION ON JUDICIARY [...] (U) Summary: On June 14, the "Long March" of the lawyers' movement ended quietly in Islamabad, leaving supporters disappointed, disgruntled and no closer to a solution on the judicial restoration issue than when the march began. Organizer Aitzaz Ahsan was widely criticized for allowing Nawaz S [...] | 2008-06-18 03:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD2140 | LONG MARCH ENDS WITH NO DECISION ON JUDICIARY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-18 03:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD2141 | LONG MARCH ENDS WITH NO DECISION ON JUDICIARY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-18 03:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD2165 | WORLD BANK LOAN NOT YET FINALIZED [...] (C) Summary: World Bank Senior Economist Dr. Hanid Mukhthar briefed Economic and Commercial Counselor on the recent Bank efforts to negotiate a USD 500 million structural adjustment loan with the Government of Pakistan (GOP). Despite over two months of negotiations, the loan has not been final [...] | 2008-06-19 09:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV MARR MASS PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2201 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL CARDIN [...] (SBU) Summary. Pakistan's newly elected civilian government remains a fragile coalition beset by differences over how to restore the deposed judiciary and President Musharraf's future. Continuing political deadlock over the judiciary has seriously undermined the GOP's ability to tackle grow [...] | 2008-06-23 12:42:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD2203 | PARLIAMENT SETS SYMBOLIC PRECEDENT WITH DEFENSE [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 17, Pakistan's parliament debated the defense budget for the first time in the nation's history. Although details were sparse and debate limited, this marked a symbolic move toward greater civilian oversight of the armed forces. Chief of Army Staff General Kayani supp [...] | 2008-06-23 12:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PK PREL MARR ECON |
08ISLAMABAD2218 | JUNE 26 BY-ELECTIONS IN PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the June 23 decision by the Lahore High Court to declare Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif ineligible to run (reftels),Pakistan's June 26 by-elections will continue. The GOP June 25 petitioned the Supreme Court to overrule the decision against Nawaz [...] | 2008-06-25 11:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2219 | FREE NATIONAL IDENTITY CARDS [...] (U) On June 23, the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) announced that it would begin to issue free Computerized National Identity Cards (CNICs) to Pakistani citizens. Currently, only approximately 60% of citizens have received CNICs. Because the CNICs had to be purchased, t [...] | 2008-06-25 13:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD2226 | KIDNAPPING, RELEASE OF CHRISTIAN GROUP [...] (SBU) Summary: Unidentified militants kidnapped an estimated 25-32 Christian men and boys in Peshawar on 21 June and released them in the early morning of 22 June. While the incident is part of a widening deterioration in security in the Northwest Frontier Province, it also demonstrates the [...] | 2008-06-26 10:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER |
08ISLAMABAD2233 | OPTIONS FOR MITIGATING PAKISTAN'S FOOD CRISIS [...] (C) Summary: In response to Pakistan's worsening food situation and its potential impact on the country's most vulnerable groups, Embassy Islamabad suggests six program options for food assistance for Washington agencies' consideration. With 100 million Pakistanis living on two dollars or les [...] | 2008-06-26 14:47:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREL EAID ETRD EAGR PK |
08ISLAMABAD2244 | TRANSIT TRADE BETWEEN AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN: PROVISIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-27 17:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD EAGR EAID PREL PGOV PK AF |
08ISLAMABAD2245 | BY ELECTION RESULTS IN PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite some violence and procedural irregularities, voting in the June 26 by-Elections was held in a generally free and fair environment. Turnout was reportedly 32%. As expected, the ruling coalition swept the polls. Both the Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) and Pakistan Peop [...] | 2008-06-28 10:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PK |
08ISLAMABAD2250 | WORLD FOOD PROGRAM-LED ASSESSMENT OF PAKISTAN'S FOOD [...] (SBU) Summary: World Food Program (WFP),the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and other international organizations briefed Government of Pakistan (GOP) officials, donors, non-governmental organizations (NGOs),and diplomats on the initial phase of its food security assessment for Pakis [...] | 2008-06-30 04:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EAGR ETRD PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2252 | TRANSIT TRADE BETWEEN AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN: HOPE FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-30 04:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD EAGR EAID PREL PGOV PK AF |
08ISLAMABAD226 | NSA TARIQ AZIZ ON A NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-15 13:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD228 | ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF RECENT VIOLENCE IN PAKISTAN [...] This cable was coordinated with Consulates Karachi, Lahore and Peshawar. Summary 2. (SBU) Summary: The violence following Benazir Bhutto's December 27 assassination cost Pakistan approximately $2 billion dollars in lost tax revenue, foregone production, and infrastructure damage. In [...] | 2008-01-16 02:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ENRG EINV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2303 | PRIME MINISTER GILANI AND CODEL CARDIN DISCUSS BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a June 30 meeting with Codel Cardin, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Gilani requested increased cooperation with the U.S. on security and economic assistance. He also firmly asserted that Pakistan's nuclear assets are protected and expressed hope for greater international focu [...] | 2008-07-07 07:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID PTER IN PK |
08ISLAMABAD2304 | PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF AND CODEL CARDIN DISCUSS BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a June 30 meeting with Codel Cardin, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf explained the importance of concluding agreements with the tribal groups in the border areas to secure peace. He also expressed hope for stronger military and intelligence cooperation with the U.S as well [...] | 2008-07-07 07:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID PTER IN PK |
08ISLAMABAD2305 | BOUCHER AND GILANI DISCUSS BORDER SECURITY AND [...] (C) Summary: During a July 1 meeting, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani told Assistant Secretary Boucher that his government was serious about the need to confront militant extremists, establish a foundation for sustainable development and address Pakistan's growing economic crisis. Gilani al [...] | 2008-07-07 07:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ECON PK |
08ISLAMABAD2313 | USDP EDELMAN DISCUSSES MILITANT THREAT WITH ARMY [...] (C) Summary. Under Secretary for Defense Policy Eric Edelman met separately with 11th Corps Commander Lieutenant General Masood Aslam and Inspector General Frontier Corps Major General Muhammed Alam Khattak on June 3 in Peshawar to discuss negotiations with tribal leaders and the importance o [...] | 2008-07-07 13:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MASS PK |
08ISLAMABAD2314 | Stabilization Measures for Pakistan's Falling Stock Market [...] (SBU) After consulting with the Karachi Stock Exchange Board (KSE),the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) announced measures to stabilize the stock market. These measures include: a ban on short selling to stop speculation; use of bank guarantees as security deposits; change [...] | 2008-07-07 13:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2315 | Pakistan Ministry of Finance explains its "fiscal [...] (C) Visiting Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher met with Pakistan Ministry of Finance Secretary Farrukh Quayyum and Special Advisor Dr. Ashfaque Hasan Khan July 2. The Minister was in Karachi for a cabinet meeting. Quayyum gave a frank overview of recent economic developments, emphasizing t [...] | 2008-07-07 13:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV ENRG PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2316 | USDP EDELMAN DISCUSSES SECURITY WITH PRIME [...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary for Defense Policy Eric Edelman and Ambassador met with Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on June 2. USDP Edelmen stressed the U.S.'s long-term commitment to Pakistan and discussed how the U.S. might assist Pakistan in addressing the growing security threat posed [...] | 2008-07-07 13:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MASS PREF PK |
08ISLAMABAD2317 | USDP EDELMAN MEETS WITH PAKISTAN CJCSC GENERAL [...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary for Defense Policy Eric Edelman met June 2 with General Tariq Majid, Pakistan's Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee. USDP Edelman and Majid discussed strains on the Pakistan military and recent peace negotiations in the tribal areas. Majid also supported U.S [...] | 2008-07-07 13:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MASS PK |
08ISLAMABAD2320 | KOSOVO RECOGNITION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-08 04:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PK PREL UNMIK YI EU KPKO KV |
08ISLAMABAD2323 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 08, 2008 [...] "Fear Grips Citizens As Seven Blasts Rock Karachi" "The News" (07/08) "A series of seven bomb blasts rocked Karachi on Monday, killing at least one person and injuring more than 40, the state-run television reported. Intelligence sources claimed that the criminals wanted to provoke ethnic [...] | 2008-07-08 09:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2328 | WALI KHAN'S STRATEGY FOR CONTAINING MILITANCY [...] (C) Summary. Awami National Party (ANP) leader Asfundyar Wali Khan told Ambassador July 7 that security in Peshawar was under control. He questioned the seriousness of the recent Khyber operation in Bara, but said that if the Pakistani security forces can continue to push the militants int [...] | 2008-07-08 12:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD2329 | NEW GLOBAL PARTNERS RECOGNIZED AND POC PROVIDED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-09 05:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PK PREL PARM PTER KGIC KNNP JO IN RS |
08ISLAMABAD2336 | PRIME MINISTER GILANI AND CODEL GREEN DISCUSS BORDER ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: In a July 4 meeting with CODEL Green focused on cross-border issues with Afghanistan, Prime Minister Gilani explained his views on the causes of terrorism in Pakistan and his government's three prong counter-terrorism policy. He also requested additional Parliamentary exchanges [...] | 2008-07-09 11:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD2337 | CODEL GREEN DISCUSSES MADRASSAS, EXTREMISM WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: In a July 4 meeting with President Musharraf, CODEL Green discussed extremism in Pakistan and their support for madrassa reform. The CODEL cited a specific case of two young U.S. citizens apparently being held against their will in a Karachi madrassa; the Embassy is facilitating [...] | 2008-07-09 11:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD2351 | REP. JACKSON-LEE MEETS NA SPEAKER MIRZA [...] (C) Summary: Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee met July 1 with National Assembly Speaker Dr. Fehmida Mirza. Mirza informed Rep. Jackson-Lee of her intention to visit the U.S. and women's advances in the current assembly. They also discussed President Musharraf's future. Rep. Jackson-Lee voiced concer [...] | 2008-07-10 11:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PHUM |
08ISLAMABAD2352 | BOMBING MARKS RED MOSQUE OPERATION ANNIVERSARY [...] (C) Summary: The latest suicide bombing on the one-year anniversary of the Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) military operation in Islamabad demonstrates just how potent a symbol the mosque remains in the militants' battle with the Pakistani government. We believe the bombing was more a demonstration [...] | 2008-07-10 11:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER |
08ISLAMABAD2353 | FISSURES IN THE PPP [...] (C) Summary: A split in the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) is not imminent. However, led by estranged party Vice Chair Amin Faheem and disgruntled Bhutto family members, fissures in the PPP have begun to emerge publicly. PPP Co-Chair Asif Zardari is widely disliked for reasons that range from [...] | 2008-07-10 11:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD2365 | AMBASSADOR BRIEFS MOD ON SECURITY ISSUES [...] (S/NF) Ambassador, RAO and the Office of Defense Representative July 9 briefed Defense Minister Mukhtar on U.S. intelligence cooperation, military cross border operations and U.S.-Pakistan security assistance. Mukhtar noted that press reports about impending unilateral military action, civil [...] | 2008-07-11 12:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD2377 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 12-14, 2008 [...] "10 U.S. Soldiers Killed In Attack On Afghan Base" "Dawn" (07/14) "A multi-pronged militant assault on a small, remote U.S. base in the eastern Nuristan province and killed 10 American soldiers and wounded 15 on Sunday in the deadliest attack on U.S. forces in Afghanistan in three years." [...] | 2008-07-14 09:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD238 | NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT: A NON-STARTER [...] (C) Summary. The trial balloon launched to test the idea of a national unity government combined with an election delay (reftels) was shot down very quickly. President Musharraf and all the major political parties have firmly rejected the idea. However, the political and security uncerta [...] | 2008-01-16 10:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD2381 | KASHMIR LINE OF CONTROL VIOLATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Pakistani MFA sources confirm reports from New Delhi (reftel) that neither country wanted recent violations of the Kashmiri Line of Control (LOC) to impede bilateral confidence building measures (CBMs). However, the Indians reportedly have just canceled the next round of CBM ta [...] | 2008-07-14 13:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD2400 | REQUEST FOR PL-480 EMERGENCY FOOD AID TO PAKISTAN THROUGH [...] (SBU) The following is an action request. Please see paragraph 12. SUMMARY - - - - 2. (SBU) Summary: In Reftel I, Post recommended six food aid options for assistance to Pakistan - three options with existing ESF resources and three options with additional resources. This message pr [...] | 2008-07-15 11:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EAGR ETRD PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2403 | FOOD AND AGRICULTURE POLICY REFORM OBJECTIVES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY - Pakistan's current food problems are the result of high world market prices and serious policy distortions that are a disincentive to farmers. The World Bank is currently addressing some of the most difficult food pricing policy issues with the USD 500 million budget support loa [...] | 2008-07-15 14:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EAGR ETRD PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2404 | FINANCE MINISTER QAMAR WELCOMES POSSIBILITY OF FOOD [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Naveed Qamar, the Acting Minister of Finance July 10. He welcomed the possibility of U.S. food assistance, asked for a briefing from Ministry of Finance staff regarding the bilateral investment treaty (BIT),previewed Under Secretary Jeffery's upcoming trip [...] | 2008-07-15 14:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2405 | SAUDI ARABIA AGREES TO DEFER PAKISTAN'S OIL PAYMENTS BUT [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Pakistan is once again asking for assistance from Saudi Arabia to bail out the country's faltering economy by providing deferred oil payment concession. Details on the size and duration of this concession are still being finalized with Saudi authorities and are not publicly avai [...] | 2008-07-16 00:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGY EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2415 | NEW IRI POLL: MUSHARRAF DOWN, NAWAZ UP, AND [...] (C) Summary: The results of the latest International Republican Institute (IRI) poll quantified clear political trends in Pakistan. Nawaz Sharif's popularity grew to 83 percent because there is solid support across party lines for key components of his campaign -- President Pervez Musharraf's [...] | 2008-07-16 09:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PINR PTER |
08ISLAMABAD2416 | PAKISTAN NOTIFIED OF ARB-4 PROCEEDINGS PERTAINING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-16 09:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER KDRG |
08ISLAMABAD2428 | State Bank of Pakistan acts to stop rupee slide [...] (SBU) Summary: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) took measures on July 8 to stop the Pakistan rupee from further decreases against the U.S. dollar. The rupee has lost 16.8 percent of its value against the dollar since the beginning of 2008. The State Bank of Pakistan will now make 100 percent [...] | 2008-07-17 08:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2431 | UPDATING ARF ON REGIONAL DISASTER PREPAREDNESS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-18 05:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PK PREL EAID ARF ASEAN KNNP PARM |
08ISLAMABAD2432 | NEW U.S. POLICY ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-18 05:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PK PREL PARM MOPS KPOA NATO |
08ISLAMABAD2433 | PAKISTAN DELEGATION FOUND MAY 2008 PSI WORKSHOP [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-18 05:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PK PREL KNNP MNUC PARM |
08ISLAMABAD2434 | PAKISTAN TO REMAIN "BALANCED" ON IRAN WITHIN NAM [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-18 05:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | IAEA IR KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PK PREL TRGY |
08ISLAMABAD2435 | PAKISTAN COMPLIANCE WITH IRISL CARGO INSPECTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-18 07:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL EFIN EWWT ETRD PARM PINR KNNP |
08ISLAMABAD2436 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: POSSIBLE PAKISTAN DIVERSIONS OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-18 07:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL ETTC KOMC |
08ISLAMABAD2438 | PAKISTAN STAYS COMMITTED TO UNSCRS 1737, 1747, 1803 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-18 09:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PK PREL KNNP EFIN PARM IR |
08ISLAMABAD2441 | QURESHI TALKS TOUGH ON MILITANTS WITH BOUCHER [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Boucher met July 2 with Foreign Minister Qureshi. Qureshi assured Boucher that the new Pakistani government would not "shy away from using force" against militants in either the frontier areas or in other parts of Pakistan. He argued that recent Frontier Corp [...] | 2008-07-18 09:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER PINR |
08ISLAMABAD2444 | PROPOSED HUMAN RIGHTS REFORMS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Pakistan People's Party-led government used the occasion of what would have been Benazir Bhutto's 55th birthday to propose several important human rights initiatives. The cabinet approved PM Gilani's plan to commute the death sentences of approximately 7,000 prisoners to [...] | 2008-07-19 08:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PK PREL PHUM PTER |
08ISLAMABAD2455 | REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON PAKISTANI DETAINEES [...] (C) Please see action request para 3. On July 17, Mansoor Khan, Director of the Americas Desk with the MFA, requested a meeting with Poloff to compare lists of Pakistani detainees currently held by the U.S. as a follow up to the June 18 meeting concerning the recent ARB-4 (Ref B). The MFA lis [...] | 2008-07-21 13:35:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PHUM PINR PTER KDRG |
08ISLAMABAD2456 | COURT RULES ON AQ KHAN [...] (C) Summary: The Islamabad High Court July 21 expanded AQ Khan's ability to visit friends and relatives within Pakistan but banned Khan from giving press interviews. The Court made clear that the GOP would continue to impose security restrictions on Khan. The Attorney General and the Law M [...] | 2008-07-21 14:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER |
08ISLAMABAD2457 | PAKISTANI REACTION TO THE INDIA-IAEA SAFEGUARD [...] (C) On July 21, Ambassador raised with FM Qureshi USG concern that Pakistan was blocking IAEA action on the proposed India Safeguard Agreement. She noted that the Pakistani Embassy in Vienna had circulated a fax to other missions insisting that the Agreement be subject to a 45-day review, th [...] | 2008-07-21 14:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PARM ETTC |
08ISLAMABAD2462 | PAKISTAN MILITARY ARRIVE AT KHYBER BORDER [...] (C) Pakistan's first six man military contingent arrived July 21 at the Khyber Border Coordination Center (BCC) for an initial 3-6 month tour. This long-awaited development will allow ISAF, Pakistani and Afghan military together to monitor real-time intelligence on border activity to help avoi [...] | 2008-07-22 12:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER |
08ISLAMABAD2463 | STATE BANK OF PAKISTAN PAINTS GLOOMY PICTURE FOR UNDER [...] (C) Summary: In a July 17 meeting with Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Shamshad Akhtar explained her efforts to address Pakistan's worsening macroeconomic situation and expressed concern that the lack of politi [...] | 2008-07-22 12:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2466 | UNDER SECRETARY JEFFERY'S MEETING WITH FINANCE MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: In a July 18 meeting with Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery, Acting Minister of Finance Naveed Qamar described this year as one of the most difficult in Pakistan's economic history. He highlighted recent steps taken by the Government of [...] | 2008-07-22 13:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2467 | PRIME MINISTER ADDRESSES ECONOMIC CHALLENGES IN SPEECH TO [...] (C) Summary: In his first live address to the nation on July 19, Prime Minister Yousaf Gilani provided an overview of economic problems facing the Government of Pakistan (GOP) and what steps the government is taking to mitigate the effects on the people of Pakistan. However, his halting 11:30 [...] | 2008-07-22 13:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD EAGR ENRG PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD2468 | CLARIFICATION ON POSSIBLE FUNDING SOURCES FOR ADDITIONAL FOOD [...] (C) Summary: In a response to a National Security Council request to provide clarity on proposed food assistance to Pakistan in advance of the Prime Minister's upcoming visit to Washington, the following cable outlines possible financial modalities of increased food assistance to Pakistan. Thi [...] | 2008-07-22 15:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EAGR EAID PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2483 | COURT REJECTS A.Q. KHAN'S APPEAL [...] (U) On July 23, the Islamabad High Court rejected on technical grounds A.Q. Khan's appeal of its July 21 decision, allowing him more personal access but confirming the need for governmental clearance of such access and any research projects (reftel). The Court ruled it cannot hear Khan's appe [...] | 2008-07-23 12:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD2505 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 24, 2008 [...] "Coalition Leaders Go For Talks In FATA; Parliament To Evolve Greater Consensus Against Extremism" "The News" (07/24) "Leaders of the ruling coalition in their meeting here on Wednesday resolved to pursue dialogue rather than military operation in the militancy-hit FATA, saying force would b [...] | 2008-07-24 09:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD251 | ELECTIONS OBSERVATION UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: On January 15, Charge met with NSA Tariz Aziz to urge the GOP to immediately renew visas for International Republican Institute (IRI) Pakistan mission staff. Charge later met with IRI to discuss plans for election monitoring. IRI said that they expected their board to meet in Was [...] | 2008-01-16 11:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD2514 | PAKISTAN WILL NOT "IMPEDE" THE IAEA INDIA SAFEGUARDS [...] (C) On July 24, A/DCM met with MFA Additional Secretary for the U.N. and E.C. Khalid Aziz Babar to reiterate U.S. concern that Pakistan is blocking IAEA action on the proposed India Safeguards Agreement (Ref A). Babar reported that despite the previous position of the Embassy of Pakistan in [...] | 2008-07-24 13:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM ETTC PK |
08ISLAMABAD2515 | COALITION SECURITY MEETING: FOCUS ON NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary: PM Gilani chaired a seven hour meeting of coalition partners on July 23 to discuss the security situation. It produced a predictable statement affirming the GOP's three-pronged strategy of political engagement, economic development and force when needed. The public accent was o [...] | 2008-07-24 14:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER |
08ISLAMABAD2524 | SCENESETTER FOR PM GILANI'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (S/NF) Summary. Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani will be anxious to prove that he is committed to fighting "Pakistan's war" on terrorism and will outline the GOP's partial response to the July demands presented by CJCS Mullen/DDCIA Kappes. Gilani will publicly support the coaliton's "neg [...] | 2008-07-25 13:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD2525 | CABINET EXPANSION POSTPONED; BUREAUCRACY SHAKEUPS CONTINUE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-25 13:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD2528 | PAKISTAN LIKELY TO ATTEND GI CONFERENCE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-26 07:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KNNP MCAP PK PINS PARM PREL PINR |
08ISLAMABAD2531 | PAKISTAN: MESA'S IAEA BOARD SEAT "DIFFICULT" [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-26 07:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | IAEA KNNP PREL KZ SY PK AORC |
08ISLAMABAD2532 | LAWYERS' MOVEMENT: ON THE MOVE OR OUTMANEUVERED? [...] (C) Summary: The lawyers' movement met July 19 to renew its call for restoration of the pre-November 3 judiciary, setting a deadline of August 14 (Pakistan Independence Day). This time, they threatened civil disobedience as well as marches and boycotts. But the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) i [...] | 2008-07-26 08:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD2554 | WANTED: TAX REFORM AND TAX PAYERS [...] (U) Non-payment of taxes by Pakistan's numerous small businesses, large agricultural sector, and informal economy continue to constrain GOP taxation efforts. The tax base has not been able to keep pace with economic growth spurred on by the services and industrial sectors, and GOP efforts at t [...] | 2008-07-29 03:47:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD EAID PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2576 | STATE BANK OF PAKISTAN RAISES KEY DISCOUNT RATE AS MULTIPLE [...] (SBU) Summary: In an effort to curb rising inflation, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) raised its key discount rate by 100 basis points to 13 percent. SBP Governor Dr. Shamshad Akhtar defended the Bank's decision, citing increased risks to the economy from rising inflation and worsening current [...] | 2008-07-30 12:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2586 | EMBASSY LEGAL ATTACHE NAMED IN CASE INVOLVING [...] (C) Summary: Islamabad attorney Javed Jaffrey filed a habeas corpus petition July 29 on behalf of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani national who allegedly has been held and mistreated at the Bagram Theater Internment Facility since 2004. The court July 30 ordered Interior Ministry Secretary Shah to r [...] | 2008-07-31 12:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER |
08ISLAMABAD2587 | NATURAL GAS PRICE HIKES TURN BACK REFORMS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: By turning back previous reform measures, the Government of Pakistan (GOP) has created new categories and sub-categories of natural gas consumers with variable pricing rates. With over 95 percent of all domestic automobiles fueled by compressed natural gas (CNG),increases at th [...] | 2008-07-31 12:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2589 | TELECOM WORKERS END STRIKE THAT TIED UP LINES AND [...] (U) Communications giant Pakistan Telecommunication Co. Ltd. (PTCL) has been beset by labor-relations controversies since its privatization in 2005. In the latest chapter, PTCL employees went on a two-week strike, which ended July 30, over the introduction of the Unified Pay Scale (UPS). The [...] | 2008-07-31 13:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ECPS EINT PK |
08ISLAMABAD2590 | UNDER SECRETARY JEFFERY,S MEETING WITH NWFP [...] (C) Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery met with Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) Governor Owais Ghani July 18. The Governor outlined the province,s three-pronged strategy of the selective application of force, political dialogue, and socio-economic [...] | 2008-07-31 13:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PK PTER MOPS ETRD EIND PREL |
08ISLAMABAD2605 | PAKISTAN: "JUST AN OBSERVER" AT SCO SUMMIT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-04 10:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PK PREL MARR MOPS AFIN |
08ISLAMABAD2606 | TELECOM WORKERS END STRIKE THAT TIED UP LINES AND [...] (U) Communications giant Pakistan Telecommunication Co. Ltd. (PTCL) has been beset by labor-relations controversies since its privatization in 2005. In the latest chapter, PTCL employees went on a two-week strike, which ended July 30, over the introduction of the Unified Pay Scale (UPS). The [...] | 2008-08-04 10:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ECPS EINT PK |
08ISLAMABAD2608 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 02-04, 2008 [...] "SAARC Accord To Curb Terror, Fight Hunger" "Dawn" (08/04) "South Asian leaders signed a legal cooperation pact on Sunday to combat terrorism and agreed to set up a food bank to fight hunger in the face of rising food prices in one of the world's poorest regions. But the South Asian Associat [...] | 2008-08-04 11:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2611 | NAWAZ GOVERNMENT: NOT YET READY FOR PRIME TIME [...] (C) Summary. Although Nawaz Sharif would like to exploit his status as Pakistan's most popular politician, he does not now have the votes to bring down the government and force new elections. If Nawaz quits the current coalition, PM Gilani could continue to lead a minority government with th [...] | 2008-08-04 14:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD2631 | KARACHI STOCK EXCHANGE HITS 23-MONTH LOW [...] (U) Summary: On August 4, ebbing investor confidence brought on by panic over foreign selling and margin calls pushed the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) 100 index 3.13 percent lower, to a 23-month low. Morning trading was initially suspended on August 5, as the KSE Board and the Securities and [...] | 2008-08-05 13:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2657 | PAKISTAN: UNAWARE OF AIR KORYO FLIGHT; LAWYERS [...] (S) PolOff delivered August 7 reftel demarche points to MFA Disarmament Director Mohammad Kamran Akhtar. Akhtar later reported back that he had checked with MFA's Territorial Division, which had no record of a flight clearance request matching the description in our points. The MFA requested [...] | 2008-08-07 09:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PK PREL PTER PARM MNUC |
08ISLAMABAD2689 | COALITION CONFIDENT; MUSHARRAF WEIGHING OPTIONS [...] (C) Summary: The media campaign over President Musharraf's impeachment swung into high gear over the weekend as coalition members met to draft an impeachment charge sheet and there was wild speculation about the potential vote count for impeachment. Al Qaeda weighed in with a purported audio [...] | 2008-08-11 14:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD2690 | COUNTERING NEGATIVE PRESS ON THE AAFIA SIDDIQI CASE [...] (SBU) Summary: To counter a growing avalanche of negative press stories alleging that the U.S. has been illegally detaining and torturing Pakistani scientist Dr. Aafia Siddiqi, post will place several letters to the editor from Ambassador in local print media (text para 6). End summary. [...] | 2008-08-11 14:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PK PREL PTER |
08ISLAMABAD2736 | PML DEBATES MUSHARRAF'S OPTIONS [...] (C) Summary. In an August 15 meeting with Ambassador, Pakistan Muslim League (PML) leaders outlined their realistic best case scenario for Musharraf. He resigns with an indemnity package guaranteed by the Chief of Army Staff (COAS),the Army provides him and his family lifetime security, a [...] | 2008-08-16 04:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD2750 | PERVEZ MUSHARRAF RESIGNS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-18 09:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PINR ASEC PK |
08ISLAMABAD2752 | FINANCE MINISTER QAMAR REQUESTS URGENT U.S. INTERVENTION FOR ECONOMIC STABILITY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-18 10:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2772 | POTENTIAL PAKISTANI PRESIDENTS [...] (C) Summary: Following Musharraf's resignation August 18, Pakistan's political party leaders began immediate debates over who would become the next president; they have now taken a 72 hour break. On August 20, the Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) made a surprise announcement that it would suppor [...] | 2008-08-21 03:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK PINR |
08ISLAMABAD2797 | SEPTEMBER 6 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: A PRIMER [...] (SBU) Summary: A 30-day clock to elect a new president commenced August 18 when President Pervez Musharraf resigned from office. He had served less than a year into his second term, after a controversial and contested re-election on October 6, 2007. Pakistan's president is elected indirectly [...] | 2008-08-22 10:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PK PREL PINR KJUS |
08ISLAMABAD2798 | HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN BAJAUR [...] (U) This is an action cable. See para 2. (C) Summary: One of our goals with the Pakistani government and military has been to improve their ability to execute all the elements of a successful counter-insurgency (COIN) strategy simultaneously. The current fighting in Bajaur, and the floo [...] | 2008-08-22 14:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL EAID PREF PTER MOPS |
08ISLAMABAD2801 | PAKISTANI OFFICIALS, ACTING AUSTR, AND U.S. [...] (C) Summary: On August 13, Acting Assistant U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Claudio Lilienfeld and Department of Commerce South Asia and Oceania Director Linda Droker met with Pakistani officials in the Ministries of Commerce and Health, the Privatization Commission, and the Intellectual Pro [...] | 2008-08-23 08:47:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD IP PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD2802 | IMMUNITY FOR MUSHARRAF LIKELY AFTER ZARDARI’S [...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings with Asif Zardari, PM Gilani and Chief of Army Staff Kayani, Ambassador pressed for quick action on immunity for former President Musharraf. Zardari and Gilani said flatly that they were committed to providing immunity, but not until after the presidential election [...] | 2008-08-23 14:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV EAID PK |
08ISLAMABAD2803 | HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT'S MEETING WITH THE PRIME MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 19, Health and Human Services Secretary Leavitt met with Prime Minister Gilani at the Prime Minister's official residence. The Prime Minister talked about the importance of the health and education sectors in Pakistan's efforts to combat terrorism. He emphasized that [...] | 2008-08-25 00:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PREF PGOV SOCI PK |
08ISLAMABAD2809 | PAKISTAN: MANAGING VISITOR OVERLOAD [...] (SBU) Summary. Mission Pakistan welcomes codels and distinguished USG visitors, but the increase in the number of visitors has dangerously increased our threat profile and overtaxed our limited support resources. Effective immediately, the Mission advises Washington that we will deny count [...] | 2008-08-25 10:02:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER ASEC AMGT OVIP PK |
08ISLAMABAD2817 | NAWAZ PULLS OUT OF THE COALITION [...] (C) Summary. As expected, Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif announced August 25 that the PML-N was formally withdrawing from the coalition government because it had lost faith in its coalition partner, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Asif Zardari. In a news confere [...] | 2008-08-25 13:42:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD2819 | PAKISTAN: POSITIVE REACTION TO PLANNED RETURN OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-26 05:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PHUM PTER |
08ISLAMABAD2850 | INSIGHTS ON ZARDARI'S PLANS FOR THE PARTY, [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan People's Party Deputy Secretary General Sheik Mansoor admitted August 27 that his party leadership, including those serving in government, would not focus on the extremist threat or other pressing issues until its Co-Chair Asif Zardari was elected Pakistan's president on Septe [...] | 2008-08-27 12:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL KJUS PTER |
08ISLAMABAD2851 | PPP RESTORING JUDGES FROM THE BOTTOM UP [...] (C) Summary: The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) has begun to restore the judges deposed by then President Musharraf last November, beginning with the Sindh High Court. Eight of 15 deposed Sindh justices re-took the oath of office on August 27. Restoration of the Lahore High Court judges cou [...] | 2008-08-27 12:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS PHUM PK |
08ISLAMABAD2852 | GOP BANS TEHREEK-E-TALIBAN PAKISTAN [...] (U) Pakistan's Interior Ministry on August 25 banned the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP),an umbrella group of Taliban-associated militants. It also asked the State Bank of Pakistan to freeze the group's accounts and ordered its assets seized under the GOP's Anti-Terrorism Act. Interior Mini [...] | 2008-08-27 12:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PK PREL PTER |
08ISLAMABAD2862 | THE 2008 U.S.-PAKISTAN ECONOMIC DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: The U.S.-Pakistan Economic Dialogue was held in Islamabad on August 11, co-chaired by Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs Dan Sullivan and Pakistani Minister of Finance Syed Naveed Qamar. A topic of particular concern was the current state of th [...] | 2008-08-29 09:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV EAGR ENRG PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2868 | PLANNING FOR ROZS: STAKEHOLDERS MEETING ON LOCATIONS [...] (SBU) Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti convened an August 21 meeting between provincial and federal officials to discuss the selection of Reconstruction Opportunity Zones (ROZs) in the NWFP and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). Federal Minister [...] | 2008-08-29 10:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD PGOV PREL PK AF |
08ISLAMABAD2869 | PAKISTAN TO REMAIN NEUTRAL ON ALL KOSOVO ISSUES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-29 10:47:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL UNGA KV |
08ISLAMABAD2870 | PAKISTAN: RUSSIA/GEORGIA CONFLICT TOO FAR AWAY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-29 10:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL RU GG KPKO MARR |
08ISLAMABAD2872 | PAKISTAN NOTIFIED OF ARB-4 PROCEEDINGS PERTAINING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-29 11:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PHUM PTER PINR KDRG AF |
08ISLAMABAD2874 | ECONOMIC WOES FINALLY MAKING TOP HEADLINES IN [...] (SBU) Summary: For the first time, local newspapers are carrying prominent coverage of a possible impending economic crisis, with headlines touting warnings from visiting World Bank senior officials and excerpts from a Citibank report. Such press attention helps sensitize the public to the im [...] | 2008-08-29 13:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD2876 | BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Summary: Ref A laid out the opportunity that the current situation in Bajaur and Rajanpur presents to achieve some of our counterterrorism goals. While mission's long term programs are designed to pursue those same goals, we are missing the immediately-available funding that would allow u [...] | 2008-08-29 14:02:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PTER PREL MOPS PK |
08ISLAMABAD288 | STATE BANK OF PAKISTAN: ECONOMIC OUTLOOK LESS THAN ROSY [...] (C) Summary: In its January 5, 2008 first quarterly report, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) reduced its June 30, 2007 - July 1, 2008 (FY08) growth rate target range to 6.6-7.0 percent from 7.0-7.4 percent due to deterioration in the investment climate resulting from increased domestic insta [...] | 2008-01-18 12:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD2891 | PAKISTANI LEADERS DISCUSS THE CURRENT STATE OF THE ECONOMY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-02 09:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD2893 | GITMO DETAINEE MADNI RETURNED TO PAKISTAN [...] (C) Pakistani Guantanamo Bay detainee Hafiz Qari Mohammed Saad Iqbal Madni was returned August 31 to the GOP's custody (reftel). Arriving at Pakistan's Air Force Base Chaklala, Rawalpindi, Madni was met by Islamabad Capital Police and Embassy A/RSO, who coordinated the transfer. 2. (C) Pol [...] | 2008-09-02 12:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER PHUM KDRG PINR |
08ISLAMABAD2894 | "SUSPENSION" NOT CEASE-FIRE [...] (C) Summary. During a September 2 meeting with Ambassador, Interior Minister Malik insisted that there was no "cease-fire" in the tribal areas but only a one-month suspension of air operations during Ramadan. This was in response to parliamentarians' complaints about collateral damage and [...] | 2008-09-02 13:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK PREF |
08ISLAMABAD2895 | PAKISTAN LOAN STATUS REPORT - ADB AND WORLD BANK [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the media reported the Asian Development Bank (ABD) will disburse USD 500 million in budgetary support to the GOP by September 30, an ADB official informed the Embassy the loan remains contingent on an International Monetary Fund (IMF) comfort letter which the ADB has n [...] | 2008-09-02 14:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID EFIN ENGY PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD290 | POLICE FIRED FOR NEGLIGENCE IN RAUF CASE [...] (C) Summary: On 17 January, the government of Pakistan fired nine police officers for negligence leading to al-Qaida operative Rashid Rauf's escape from police custody in December 2007 in Islamabad. A committee formed by the Ministry of Interior determined Rauf escaped due to police negligence [...] | 2008-01-18 12:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER |
08ISLAMABAD2904 | TALIBAN KIDNAP CHINESE ENGINEERS FROM THE NWFP [...] (U) Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan claimed on September 2 the Taliban were holding two Chinese nationals and two Pakistanis as leverage to force the GOP to stop military action against militants. Two Chinese engineers went missing from Shal Plam in the Lower Dir District of the Northwest Fro [...] | 2008-09-03 13:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER CH |
08ISLAMABAD2907 | GOP CONDEMNS ALLEGED ISAF SEPTEMBER 3 INCIDENT IN [...] (C) Late September 3, Pakistani Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir called in the Ambassador to relay the GOP's intent to release a public statement, from the Foreign Ministry and possibly later from the Army's Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR),condemning the alleged early morning September [...] | 2008-09-03 14:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER MOPS |
08ISLAMABAD292 | PAKISTAN MINISTRY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: "COSMETIC [...] (C) Summary: On January 17, Polcouns met with Pakistan's first Human Rights Minister, Ansar Burney, to discuss the formation of the new federal ministry and its chances to survive beyond the caretaker government. Burney, a former G/TIP "hero," wants to create a National Human Rights Commission [...] | 2008-01-18 13:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD293 | SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL FALLON [...] (C) Summary. Benazir Bhutto's assassination and its potential to oust Musharraf's party in delayed parliamentary elections, electricity and flour shortages, a disturbing increase in suicide bombings throughout the country, and emboldened attacks by militants in the tribal areas are combinin [...] | 2008-01-19 10:35:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER MARR PK |
08ISLAMABAD2935 | DCM'S MEETING WITH PAKISTANI FINANCE SECRETARY [...] (C) DCM and EconOff called on newly re-installed Finance Secretary Dr. Waqar Masood at his office on September 5. Masood noted that he had been back in office only four days but nevertheless, he was deeply engaged in managing the current economic crisis. He welcomed the visit by Embassy offi [...] | 2008-09-05 12:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD2940 | AFTER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION; ACTION WILL MOVE TO [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan's electoral college will choose the country's next president on September 6; we expect the new president to be sworn in on September 7. Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-Chair Asif Zardari is confident of victory and has been working overtime to ensure he receives the maxi [...] | 2008-09-06 05:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD2941 | PPP'S ZARDARI WINS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Nineteen days after former President Pervez Musharraf resigned and nine months after Benazir Bhutto's assassination, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) candidate Asif Zardari was elected September 6 as the new President of Pakistan. We now expect he will be sworn in on September 9. De [...] | 2008-09-06 11:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PK PREL PINR |
08ISLAMABAD2962 | WAY FORWARD ON BAJAUR AND COIN STRATEGY [...] (C) Reftels laid out the opportunity that the current situation in Bajaur presents to help the Pakistani government implement a comprehensive counterinsurgency (COIN) strategy, and our recommended approach for helping them get there. While the circumstances on the ground have changed somewhat, [...] | 2008-09-08 14:02:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS PREF PINR PK |
08ISLAMABAD2983 | ZARDARI BRINGS (SOME) JUDGES BACK... HIS WAY [...] (C) Summary: Asif Zardari's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) is fulfilling its promise to reinstate the Musharraf-deposed judiciary, though it is doing it piecemeal and selectively. The GOP has now wooed back judges to all the provincial High Court benches. More significantly, though, three junio [...] | 2008-09-10 13:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PHUM KJUS |
08ISLAMABAD2994 | ADDITIONAL REACTION TO THE SOUTH WAZIRISTAN STRIKE [...] (C) MFA Director General for Americas Sohail Mahmood convoked Polcouns September 11 to express deep concern about today's New York Time's story, which alleged that President Bush had approved U.S. military raids into Pakistan. Asking who was providing this information and what were their mo [...] | 2008-09-11 13:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER MOPS |
08ISLAMABAD3008 | PAKISTAN MILITARY DECLARES IT HAS ORDERS TO [...] (SBU) Summary. GOP leaders are falling beyond Chief of Army Staff General Kayani's September 10 statement defending Pakistan's sovereignty and denying the agreed rules of engagement allow U.S. forces to conduct operations inside Pakistan. The Pakistani military spokesman declared that the [...] | 2008-09-12 11:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3009 | PAKISTAN RESPONSE TO UNGA HUMAN RIGHT PRIORITIES: [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-12 11:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK PREL SOCI |
08ISLAMABAD3010 | CORRECTED COPY: THE 2008 U.S.-PAKISTAN ECONOMIC [...] (U) This is a corrected copy of reftel. 2. (C) Summary: The U.S.-Pakistan Economic Dialogue was held in Islamabad on August 11, co-chaired by Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs Dan Sullivan and Pakistani Minister of Finance Syed Naveed Qamar. A topic of partic [...] | 2008-09-12 12:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV EAGR ENRG PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3011 | GILANI HIGHLIGHTS COUNTERTERRORISM AND ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary: Codel Tauscher -- U.S. Representatives Ellen Tauscher (D-CA),Tom Petri (R-WI),Jim Cooper (D-TN),Jon Porter (R-NV),Dave Reichert (D-WA),and Nancy Boyda (D-KS) -- met September 7 with Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani. He thanked the USG for its support in helping transi [...] | 2008-09-12 14:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL MOPS PTER EAID |
08ISLAMABAD3012 | PROGRESS ON PAK-AFGHAN JIRGA; HINTS AT [...] (U) Summary: On September 11, Pakistani and Afghan Foreign Ministers agreed to a re-engagement plan between the two countries and to convene a mini-jirga shortly after the Eid holiday (early October). Relations between the two countries had soured after the bombing of the Indian Embassy in Kab [...] | 2008-09-12 14:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PK PREL PTER AF |
08ISLAMABAD3013 | REQUEST TO APPROACH GOP ABOUT [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) Summary: In an August 30 letter, Finance Minister Qamar requested the United States and Pakistan reopen Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) negotiations and asked that we propose a date for a single round of protracted negotiations o [...] | 2008-09-13 00:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3014 | PAKISTAN MILITARY DECLARES IT HAS ORDERS TO [...] (SBU) Summary. GOP leaders are falling beyond Chief of Army Staff General Kayani's September 10 statement defending Pakistan's sovereignty and denying the agreed rules of engagement allow U.S. forces to conduct operations inside Pakistan. The Pakistani military spokesman declared that the [...] | 2008-09-13 05:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3027 | PRM VISIT TO PAKISTAN: JULY 14-24 [...] (SBU) Summary: This is a report from PRM/ECA Deputy Director Nancy Iris and Program Officer Amy Wendt's visit to Pakistan July 14-24. The GOP is looking to the international community for a renewed commitment to assist with the impact Afghan refugees have had on Pakistan's environment, infras [...] | 2008-09-15 09:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PK PREL PHUM PREF |
08ISLAMABAD3035 | DEVELOPING PAKISTANI COIN CAPABILITY [...] (C) Summary: To help Pakistan roll back an increasingly virulent combination of foreign terrorists and domestic insurgents, the U.S. is implementing a three-part strategy to improve governance, provide economic development and fight extremism in the tribal areas along the Afghanistan border. [...] | 2008-09-16 09:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV MOPS PK |
08ISLAMABAD3036 | DEEPENING U.S. PAKISTAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The first U.S.-Pakistan Science and Technology Conference was held in Islamabad August 25 to 28, bringing together research scientists from the U.S. and Pakistan who have worked on projects funded by the U.S.-Pakistan Science and Technology Cooperation Agreement. Under the 2003 [...] | 2008-09-16 10:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON TBIO PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3037 | U.S.-PAKISTAN BILATERAL INVESTMENT TREATY [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 16, DCM met with Pakistan's Board of Investment (BOI) Executive Director General Major (Retd.) Iqbal Ahmad to deliver the demarche in Reftel B. The BOI is the lead Pakistani agency for Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) negotiations, and the Ministry of Finance told [...] | 2008-09-16 10:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3059 | GOP STILL LACKS PLAN TO TACKLE ECONOMIC ISSUES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-18 12:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PREL PK EAID |
08ISLAMABAD3068 | FATA UPDATE - 17 SEPTEMBER 2008 [...] (C) SUMMARY. Military operations continue in Bajaur Agency, and internally displaced persons (IDPs) continue to move in and out as the situation evolves. International organizations and NGOs are providing aid outside the Agency, but local Pakistani government (GoP) authorities still recommen [...] | 2008-09-19 12:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PTER PREL PHUM MOPS PK |
08ISLAMABAD3070 | OUTREACH TO ASFUNDYAR WALI KHAN AND CHAUDHRY NISAR [...] (C) Summary. In separate discussions with Ambassador September 19, Awami National Party leader Asfundyar Wali Khan and Pakistan Muslim League-N leader Chaudhry Nisar both said they were encouraged by signs that some local tribes had decided to rise up and fight militants. Khan said candidly [...] | 2008-09-19 14:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV MOPS PK |
08ISLAMABAD3071 | PAKISTANIS REMAIN DEFENSIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: The September 3 raid into South Waziristan has drawn greater attention to alleged U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan's border areas. Strikes that previously generated regular but tepid press now prompt bold headlines. Pakistani papers and political statements have focused on the Se [...] | 2008-09-19 15:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PK |
08ISLAMABAD3073 | ZARDARI TO PARLIAMENT: "I HAVE A DREAM FOR [...] (C) Summary: On September 20, a smiling but nervous President Asif Zardari addressed in English a packed joint sitting of parliament. This was the first time a Pakistani President had addressed the parliament in eight years; Zardari pledged to respect the supremacy of parliament and called fo [...] | 2008-09-20 12:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER PINR |
08ISLAMABAD3074 | SITREP 01, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: EXPLOSION AT [...] (C) Post reports major explosion at 2000 hours (local time) at the Marriott Hotel in downtown Islamabad. A car bomb reportedly rammed the front gate of the Marriott, setting fire to the hotel. The lobby leading into the reception area was destroyed and multiple fires continue on several floo [...] | 2008-09-20 16:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL AMGT CACS ASEC PTER PINR |
08ISLAMABAD3075 | SITREP 02, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: "LINE CROSSED" IN [...] (C) As of September 21, 0030 hours (local time),Pakistani media continues to report 40 persons were killed and more than 250 injured in the Marriott blast. According to Interior Minister Rehman Malik, as much as one thousand kilograms of explosives were used in the initial vehicle-borne blas [...] | 2008-09-20 18:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL AMGT CACS ASEC PTER PINR |
08ISLAMABAD3076 | SITREP 03, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: ISLAMABAD QUIET, [...] (C) As of September 22, 1000 hours (local time),two TDY staff remain missing. Pakistani media report at least 60 dead and over 200 injured. Media also reports that the Marriott hotel is structurally compromised and may collapse. 1200 kilos of explosives were used in the attack. Due to extr [...] | 2008-09-21 04:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PREL AMGT CACS ASEC PTER PINR PK |
08ISLAMABAD3080 | SITREP 04, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: ONE MISSING TDY [...] (C) As of September 21, 1830 hours (local time) the body of one missing TDY employee has been identified in the ruins of the Marriott hotel, bringing the total number of official Americans killed to two. One TDY employee remains missing and is feared dead. A Department of Defense medevac flig [...] | 2008-09-21 13:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL AMGT CACS ASEC PTER PINR |
08ISLAMABAD3096 | SITREP 05, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: DEATH TOLL RISES; [...] (C) As of September 22, 1800 hours (local),two Embassy personnel are confirmed deceased, one remains missing. One Embassy contractor remains at Shifa Hospital, Islamabad, for observation; one Embassy official was mil medevaced at 0100 hours. 2. (C) In total, approximately 95 Pakistanis [...] | 2008-09-22 13:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PK PREL AMGT CACS ASEC PTER PINR |
08ISLAMABAD3104 | DECREASE IN CONSUMER FINANCE LIKELY TO IMPACT INDUSTRIAL [...] (SBU) Growth in consumer financing slowed in FY07-08 compared to FY06-07, due to rapidly increasing food and energy costs, coupled with stagnant incomes. These have eroded consumers' ability to pay large loan installments, thereby reducing the demand for new lending. Banking executives report [...] | 2008-09-23 11:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3105 | ALLEGED LIVE BURIAL OF HONOR KILLING VICTIMS [...] (C) Summary: The September 17 intervention by the Supreme Court in a reportedly gruesome honor killing has raised the stakes about a case that has provoked widespread outrage. Although the facts of the case are very much in dispute, between two and five women were killed and buried (report [...] | 2008-09-23 12:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PHUM |
08ISLAMABAD3117 | STATE BANK OF PAKISTAN DISCUSSES INCREASING EQUITY MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) officials met with market stakeholders on September 22 to discuss proposed fiscal and monetary measures to provide increased liquidity to equity markets. The Karachi Stock Exchange's KSE-100 Index has been frozen at 9,144 points, its value on August 2 [...] | 2008-09-24 13:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3119 | BMENA FORUM INVITATION DELIVERED TO PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-24 13:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD3121 | PAKISTAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON WORLD FOOD PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Economic Counselor delivered reftel demarche on September 23 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Americas Director Mansoor Ahmed Khan. Khan promised to process the request immediately given the time sensitivity of the World Food Program food shipments. Khan noted that he will pass it t [...] | 2008-09-24 14:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR MARR MCAP WFP PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3133 | CREATING A CERP-LIKE FUND FOR PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary. Pakistani military action in Bajaur and Swat is generating up to 200,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) who likely will need shelter and support through the winter unless they receive help in refurbishing homes and communities destroyed by ground and aerial attacks. In a n [...] | 2008-09-25 13:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV MOPS MCAP MASS PK |
08ISLAMABAD3136 | THE NEGATIVE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF PAKISTAN'S ELECTRICITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Small and medium-sized businesses across Pakistan are feeling a severe economic impact from the country's rolling blackouts. Pakistan's acute electricity deficit - compounded by rising fuel, material, and labor costs - is slowing the economy, and small and medium enterprises are [...] | 2008-09-26 08:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3137 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 26, 2008 [...] "Pakistan, US Blow Hot and Cold Over Flare-Up" "Dawn" (09/26) "Security forces fired on two NATO helicopters which had intruded into Pakistan territory on Thursday, forcing them to turn back to Afghanistan, officials said. "Two helicopters from the Afghanistan side crossed into Saidgai, Ghul [...] | 2008-09-26 09:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3156 | ECONOMIC UPDATE: TRADE IMBALANCE WIDENS AND KSE LOSES USD [...] (SBU) Summary. The Karachi shares market displayed lackluster performance during the week ending on September 26th as trading volumes reached a 10-year low of 2.477 million shares. During the month of September, foreign investors withdrew USD 14.33 million from the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE [...] | 2008-09-29 10:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3176 | U.S.-PAKISTAN COUNTER-TERRORISM BILATERALS [...] (C) Summary: On August 22, a delegation led by Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Dailey met with a delegation led by Minister of the Interior Malik for a counter-terrorism bilateral, the first such dialogue since 2006. The topics of discussion included security forces training, terro [...] | 2008-10-02 11:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER |
08ISLAMABAD3177 | A SETBACK TO OUR COIN STRATEGY [...] (U) This is an action cable, please see para 10. 2. (C) Summary. Funding to train and equip Pakistan's Frontier Corps has been reduced to $25 million in the 2009 DOD Authorization bill. (It was $75 million in the FY08 DOD Supplemental. There is no FMF available.) Since a better trai [...] | 2008-10-03 10:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR PK |
08ISLAMABAD3182 | REVISED COPY: U.S.-PAKISTAN COUNTER-TERRORISM [...] (C) Summary: On August 22, a delegation led by Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Dailey met with a delegation led by Minister of the Interior Malik for a counter-terrorism bilateral, the first such dialogue since 2006. The topics of discussion included security forces training, terro [...] | 2008-10-06 05:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER |
08ISLAMABAD3183 | TASKINGS FOR IDP/REFUGEE INFORMATION [...] (U) This is a joint cable from Embassy Islamabad and Embassy Kabul. 2. (C) In recent weeks, Embassy Islamabad and the Regional Refcord in Embassy Kabul have received requests, both orally and through e-mails, from the DAO and USSOCOM (and its XXXXXXXXXXXX contractor) requesting information on ca [...] | 2008-10-06 05:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PREF PK |
08ISLAMABAD3186 | TOUR D'HORIZON WITH ZARDARI [...] (C) Summary: In a discursive conversation with President Zardari on October 2, Ambassador again encouraged the appointment of a czar for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). She stressed that the federal and provincial governments were not working well together to confront the is [...] | 2008-10-06 10:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3188 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH FINANCE MINISTER QAMAR FOR ECONOMIC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-06 10:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3202 | WITH RECORD HIGH Q1 BORROWING FROM THE STATE BANK, PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite numerous pledges to the contrary, the Government of Pakistan's (GOP) borrowing from the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is at a record high in spite of commitments to reduce borrowing to net zero levels in every quarter. While the Federal Board of Revenue has performed r [...] | 2008-10-07 11:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3221 | PAKISTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. UNGA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-08 13:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PARM CDG UNGA PK |
08ISLAMABAD3222 | PAKISTAN INVITED TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-08 13:02:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PARM PINR PINS PTER KGIC MCAP PK |
08ISLAMABAD3226 | PAKISTAN TO SUPPORT U.S. UNGA COMPLIANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-09 09:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PARM CDG UNGA PK |
08ISLAMABAD3231 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: OCTOBER 09, 2008 [...] "Military Seeks Politicians' Support to Fight Militants; Opposition Dissatisfied" "Dawn" (10/09) "The military took elected representatives of the nation into confidence on Wednesday about the worsening situation in FATA, NWFP and Balochistan and the U.S.-led 'war on terror' during a joint [...] | 2008-10-09 10:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3236 | GSM 102 AND GOP WHEAT SUBSIDIES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-09 12:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID ETRD EAGR PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD324 | PAKISTAN: JUDICIARY UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Attorney General Qayyum reported that he expected the three attorneys still under house arrest to be released "soon" and noted that the attorney's movement was fizzling under economic pressure. He was pessimistic about convincing Musharraf to release the eleven remaining detain [...] | 2008-01-22 12:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PK |
08ISLAMABAD3240 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: OCTOBER 10, 2008 [...] "Bomber Runs Down Anti-Terror Office In Islamabad" "The News" (10/10) "At least eight people were injured when a suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden vehicle into the central office of anti-terrorist squad (ATS) located in the premises of Police Headquarters, Islamabad on Thursday." [...] | 2008-10-10 10:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3248 | PAKISTAN'S PARLIAMENT BEGINS TERRORISM DEBATE [...] (C) Summary. The October 8-9 closed joint session of parliament convoked by President Zardari to address the security situation has been widely praised as a good first step in convincing Pakistan's elected leadership to take ownership of the fight against extremism; this effort now should be extend [...] | 2008-10-13 09:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3249 | ZARDARI IS SECURE, BUT THE GOP IS VULNERABLE [...] (C) Summary. Despite political parlor talk that Asif Zardari has only a few months to get control of Pakistan or face a military coup, we see no immediate threat Zardari will be ousted from power. His chief threat comes from Chief of Army Staff General Kayani, who has no desire to take on [...] | 2008-10-13 09:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD326 | PAKISTAN: ALL GEO CHANNELS BACK ON THE AIR [...] (U) After 78 days off the air, President Musharraf announced on January 20 that the GEO news and sports channels would resume broadcast immediately. These were the last two channels that remained blocked after access for many television channels was severed November 3 when Musharraf announced [...] | 2008-01-22 13:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD3264 | FOREIGN RESERVES CONTINUE TO FALL AND LACK OF LIQUIDITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Pakistan's foreign exchange reserves fell to USD 4.3 billion on October 10 and the GOP has decided to reduce petroleum reserves to 10 days instead of 21 days in hopes of reducing the outflow of dollars. Pakistan's stock markets and inter-bank market continue to experience liquid [...] | 2008-10-14 12:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD327 | FORMER PUNJAB CHIEF MINISTER PERVAIZ ELAHI OPPOSES [...] (C) Summary: During a courtesy call on former Punjab Chief Minister and Punjab Pakistan Muslim League (PML) leader Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi on Thursday January 17 by CDA, Elahi dismissed this week's speculation of establishing a new national consensus government and postponement of elections as [...] | 2008-01-22 13:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER ECON PK |
08ISLAMABAD3287 | GOP CABINET APPROVES DRAFT HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Pakistani cabinet (of the Government of Pakistan (GOP)) approved a draft bill establishing a National Commission on Human Rights (NCHR) and reversing the Musharraf administration's amendments to the Legal Practitioners Act, which drastically curtailed Bar Council authoritie [...] | 2008-10-16 12:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM PK |
08ISLAMABAD33 | POLITICAL PARTIES ACCEPT ELECTION POSTPONEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Opposition reaction to the postponement of general elections to February 18 was swift but measured. Most interlocutors confirmed that their parties were not consulted by Pakistan's Election Commission (ECP) and expressed suspicions that the delay was for political rather than the [...] | 2008-01-03 13:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD3300 | CORRECTED COPY: GSM 102 AND GOP WHEAT SUBSIDIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Post, USDA, and the Government of Pakistan (GOP) continue to hammer out the details for the Food for Progress monetization of wheat. Under the program, the GOP wants to sell US donated wheat at USD 195 per ton while USDA regulations prevent the sale of donated commodities below l [...] | 2008-10-17 10:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID ETRD EAGR PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3305 | PAKISTAN'S Q1 INDICATORS REFLECT ECONOMIC DECLINE [...] (SBU) Summary: First quarter economic performance indicators reflect a continuing decline in the country's overall economic stability. Despite pledges to make significant reforms, first quarter data is disappointing as Government of Pakistan (GOP) borrowing from the central bank reached new h [...] | 2008-10-17 13:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EAID PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3316 | POT OF GOLD CONTINUES TO ELUDE GOP [...] (U) Summary: Per State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) statistics, in the first quarter of FY09, Pakistan's current account deficit increased by 74 percent year-on-year, mainly due to the rapid increase in the trade deficit, while foreign investment dropped by 9.67 percent driven by large outflows from [...] | 2008-10-20 10:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3332 | LASHKARS FORMING, BUT THEY ARE NOT THE AWAKENING [...] (C) Summary and Comment. In various agencies within the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and parts of the Northwest Frontier Province, local communities are raising homegrown security forces to fight militants, known as lashkars. These lashkars are fully supported logistically by their lo [...] | 2008-10-21 12:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREF PREL PTER |
08ISLAMABAD3337 | FATA TRIBES SIGN PEACE ACCORD FOR KURRAM AGENCY [...] (C) Summary. On October 17, Border Coordinator met with Munir Khan Orakzai, Member of the National Assembly from lower Kurram agency in the Federally Administered Tribal Area, to discuss the recent peace agreement brokered during a three-day jirga held in Islamabad in which he participated. A [...] | 2008-10-22 07:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD3339 | ZARDARI EXPRESSES DELIGHT WITH CHINA VISIT, LOOKS [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a wide-ranging discussion with visiting SCA Assistant Secretary Boucher, President Zardari expressed complete satisfaction with his just concluded visit to China, reviewed planning for the Friends of Pakistan, and reiterated his determination to press the fight against extrem [...] | 2008-10-22 08:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PK PREL PTER |
08ISLAMABAD3343 | UPDATE ON DISPLACED POPULATIONS IN FATA AND NWFP [...] (SBU) Summary: Separate assessment visits to Lower Dir by post,s Refugee Affairs Specialist in early August and late September show the Government of Pakistan (GOP) has the current situation moderately under control, and current efforts seem more organized than in the past. Overcrowding in [...] | 2008-10-22 10:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD3349 | NAWAZ'S TENETS FOR WAR ON TERROR [...] (C) Summary: The opposition Pakistan Muslim League-N's (PML-N) Nawaz Sharif has submitted a letter to PM Gilani outlining his party's six tenets for any counterterrorism strategy. While blaming the Musharraf administration for misguided policies and claiming a desire for consensus, the letter [...] | 2008-10-22 12:47:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS EAID PK |
08ISLAMABAD3350 | BOUCHER OUTLINES WAY FORWARD FOR "FRIENDS OF A [...] (C) Summary. At an October 20 meeting in Islamabad hosted by President Zardari, representatives of Pakistan, the U.S., the UK, Saudi Arabia, UAE, and China discussed the organization and possible goals of the Friends of Democratic Pakistan group. They agreed to Foreign Secretary Bashir's s [...] | 2008-10-22 13:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3359 | UNANIMOUS CT RESOLUTION FOCUSES ON DIALOGUE BUT AVOIDS [...] (SBU) Summary: After 15 days of an in-camera joint session of Pakistan's parliament, the legislative body late October 22 unanimously approved a 14-point resolution providing the principles under which the GOP is to implement its national counterterrorism strategy. Blaming former "dictatorial [...] | 2008-10-23 12:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS EAID PK |
08ISLAMABAD3361 | RUCKUS BY LAWYERS BUT LEADERS MOVING ON [...] (U) Hundreds of Pakistan's activist lawyers streamed on to the streets of Islamabad October 20 in an impromptu demonstration on behalf of former Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry. Chaudhry had attempted to leave the judicial enclave and travel to the Supreme Court building just bloc [...] | 2008-10-24 03:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KJUS EAID PK |
08ISLAMABAD3362 | GILANI FOCUSES ON PARLIAMENT'S COUNTERTERRORISM [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-24 03:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER EAID PK |
08ISLAMABAD3363 | KASHMIR TRADE OPENS BETWEEN PAKISTAN AND INDIA FOR [...] (C) Summary: Official trade between Pakistan and India across the Line of Control (LoC) separating Kashmir commenced on October 21 for the first time in over sixty years. The exchange of trucks carrying goods, mostly produce, was limited in scale but not in significance. It heralds what m [...] | 2008-10-24 03:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IN PK |
08ISLAMABAD3366 | CONFUSION PERSISTS OVER PAKISTAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-24 07:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KPKO SU PK |
08ISLAMABAD3371 | FRIENDS OF PAKISTAN: NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary. At a meeting October 22 with Ambassador, Foreign Secretary Bashir reported that the MFA was circulating to GOP ministries a tasking for an options paper on Pakistan's sectoral needs to build security and economic capacity. The MFA will share that paper with the U.S. and the UK [...] | 2008-10-24 12:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PK |
08ISLAMABAD3373 | BOUCHER REVIEWS COUNTER-TERRORISM EFFORTS WITH [...] (C) Summary. In two separate wide-ranging discussions with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Boucher, Interior Minister Malik reported that the Pakistani government remained firmly committed to completing military action against extremists in Bajaur. Malik expressed co [...] | 2008-10-25 08:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER |
08ISLAMABAD3374 | BALOCHISTAN PROVINCE: FINANCIALLY DEPENDENT ON THE FEDERAL [...] (U) Summary. As an underdeveloped region in Pakistan, Balochistan is dependent on the federal government for 94 percent of its budget and faces an estimated budget deficit of PKR 8.81 billion (USD 112 million) for the current 2008-09 financial year. Despite being the largest province in size [...] | 2008-10-27 03:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID EIND ENGY EPET PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3375 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH FINANCE ADVISOR TAREEN [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador met with newly appointed de facto Finance Minister Shaukat Tareen on October 23 to discuss economic affairs. Tareen noted that he supports the IMF program and thinks the final plan will be concluded soon. He also noted that the Government of Pakistan (GOP) will be rea [...] | 2008-10-27 05:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3377 | PAKISTAN-CHINA AGREEMENTS: NEITHER NEW NOR SPECIFIC [...] (SBU) Summary. To further the strategic partnership between the two countries, Pakistan and China signed 11 agreements during President Zardari's recent visit to China. These agreements range in scope from economic cooperation to the construction of two nuclear power plants to a Memorandum o [...] | 2008-10-27 05:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID EIND ENGY EPET PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3383 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: OCTOBER 27, 2008 [...] "Gilani Terms U.S. Raids Disastrous" "Dawn" (10/27) "U.S. attacks in tribal areas are harming the government's efforts to isolate extremists and mobilize people against militancy, according to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani. Addressing a press conference after returning from Beijing on S [...] | 2008-10-27 09:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3388 | TAREEN ANNOUNCES HIS ECONOMIC PLAN AND KSE RETAINS FLOOR [...] (SBU) Summary. Pakistan's Advisor on Finance Shaukat Tareen discussed his nine point economic plan with the business community on October 25th, which according to him will bring the economy back on track. He asserted that he will raise the tax-revenue to GDP ratio to 15 percent from the curren [...] | 2008-10-27 12:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3398 | QURESHI TALKS TO BOUCHER ABOUT FRIENDS AND [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Boucher met Foreign Minister Qureshi late October 20. Qureshi was appreciative of the effort put into the "Friends of Pakistan." He hoped the initiative would be more than "just a donors' group," and informed Boucher that an action plan was with President Zar [...] | 2008-10-28 09:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER EAID PK |
08ISLAMABAD3399 | NAWAZ ASSURES BOUCHER HE WILL NOT EMBARRASS THE [...] (C) Summary. In an October 20 meeting with Assistant Secretary Boucher, Nawaz Sharif expressed disappointment with the outcome of an ongoing joint session of parliament on the security situation and said he was sending a letter to Prime Minister Gilani outlining his party,s strategy on coun [...] | 2008-10-28 11:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3400 | SUPPORT FOR OPIC-BACKED FUNDS AND INTERGEN POWER PROJECT [...] ( SBU) Summary. Post expresses its support to OPIC-backed funds investing in renewable energy in Pakistan. In addition, Post received updates from OPIC and Intergen regarding the proposed 158 MW power plant in Laachi. Post understands that OPIC has decided to hold off financing the deal unti [...] | 2008-10-28 11:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN EINV ENRG PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3402 | DURRANI TELLS BOUCHER OF SUCCESSFUL VISIT TO INDIA [...] (C) Summary. During an October 20 meeting with Assistant Secretary Boucher, National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister Durrani said military progress in Bajaur was slow because militants were being reinforced with fighters from Afghanistan, neighboring tribal areas and from Arab and North A [...] | 2008-10-28 12:42:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3403 | PAKISTAN'S INACTION MAKES DEFAULT MORE PROBABLE [...] (SBU) Summary. Over the past ten days foreign exchange reserves dropped 13 percent to USD 3.52 billion on October 27. Fuel subsidies have been quietly phased out but electricity subsidies are on pace to exceed the budgeted funds for FY 2008-09. Credit-default swaps (CDS) spreads on Pakistan' [...] | 2008-10-28 14:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3414 | PAKISTAN'S FOREIGN SECRETARY & SENATE FORMALLY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-29 11:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PTER PREL |
08ISLAMABAD3417 | KURD ELECTED BAR PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Ali Ahmad Kurd was easily elected late October 28 as the new president of Pakistan's powerful Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA). Kurd, former vice-chair of the Pakistan Bar Council, was backed by the lawyers' movement to succeed Aitzaz Ahsan. While Kurd is advertised as a " [...] | 2008-10-29 12:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS EAID PK |
08ISLAMABAD3418 | AMBASSADOR CONVOKED OVER U.S. ATTACKS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-29 13:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PTER PREL TFIN ETRD |
08ISLAMABAD3419 | FATA UPDATE - 24 OCTOBER 2008 [...] (C) Summary: Pakistani military operations in Bajaur continue, but Inspector General Frontier Corps MG Tariq Khan says his forces are making good progress. They have cleared most of the main towns and the main road, and say they have taken the town of Lowi Sam, although attacks by militants c [...] | 2008-10-30 02:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PTER PREL MOPS PK |
08ISLAMABAD3430 | TAREEN PRIMES SENATE FOR IMF PROGRAM AND REFORM [...] (SBU) On October 29 Economic Advisor Shaukat Tareen tried to convince Pakistan's Senate members that any IMF program would be on terms favorable to Pakistan and presented an extensive economic reform agenda. He also revealed that the fiscal deficit projection of 7.4 percent of GDP is actually [...] | 2008-10-30 12:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3431 | MINI-JIRGA ENDORSES OUTREACH TO "ALL THOSE [...] (C) Summary. The Pak-Afghan mini-jirga meeting in Islamabad concluded October 28 after two days with an agreement to form follow-up committees on both sides of the border tasked with opening a dialogue with the "opposition," defined by Pakistani jirga leader Governor Ghani as "all those invo [...] | 2008-10-30 12:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD3461 | BANKS REQUIRED TO HOLD FEWER RESERVES [...] (SBU) The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) reduced the cash reserve requirement of banks in Pakistan by 100 basis points to 5 percent, a 4 percent drop in the last three weeks. The reduction in cash reserve requirement and statutory liquidity requirement carried out earlier combined have generat [...] | 2008-11-03 11:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3463 | PROTESTS ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF MUSHARRAF'S STATE [...] (C) Summary: Lawyers commemorated the November 3 anniversary of last year's State of Emergency (SOE),demonstrating in front of bar association offices and court houses across the country. They blasted the current government for reinstating only some of the judges removed by former President [...] | 2008-11-03 12:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PK |
08ISLAMABAD3492 | ALLEGATIONS OF CORRUPTION IN WHEAT SALES ARE FALSE [...] (S//NF) Summary. Post is concerned over a recent RAO report (Reftel A) regarding the misuse by the Government of Pakistan (GOP) of USG funds earmarked to purchase wheat. Post takes any claim regarding the misuse of U.S funds seriously. In response, EconOff has attempted to confirm some of the [...] | 2008-11-05 13:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ETRD PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD3493 | PAKISTAN'S APPEAL FOR WHEAT THROUGH THE GSM 102 PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Pakistan (GOP) faces a wheat shortage of 1.75 million tons, valued at approximately USD 450 million. Post recommends approval of a USD 450 million U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) GSM-102 credit guarantee program for Pakistan in FY 2009 to support sales o [...] | 2008-11-05 13:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID ETRD EAGR PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3499 | TWO PAKISTANI ULEMA GROUPS CONDEMN SUICIDE BOMBINGS [...] (C) Summary: However haltingly, the GOP has begun work on its own strategic information campaign to convince civil society to take ownership of the fight against extremism. The pro-secular Pakistan People's Party recognizes it must bring the religious right, which thrives on anti-Americanism, [...] | 2008-11-06 10:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK PHUM KISL |
08ISLAMABAD35 | GOP RELEASES PALESTINIANS FROM PAN AM 73 HIJACKING [...] MFA Americas Desk Director Mansoor Khan advised PolCouns January 3 that the Pakistan Federal Review Board had reviewed the cases of the four Palestinians who were jailed in 1988 for their involvement in the September 1986 hijacking of Pan Am Flight 73. The Board decided that, because the four [...] | 2008-01-03 15:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD3532 | DCM MEETS WITH STATE BANK GOVERNOR AKHTAR [...] (C) Summary: In a November 5 meeting, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor, Dr. Shamshad Akhtar confirmed that negotiations with the IMF are stuck on the issue of how much to raise interest rates. The GOP plans to make a decision on this issue November 12. She expressed surprise on being a [...] | 2008-11-07 13:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3533 | ZARDARI REACHES OUT TO BALOCHISTAN [...] (C) Summary: In a marked change from the previous government, President Zardari has been reaching out to the oft forgotten province of Balochistan. Especially after the October 29 earthquake, Zardari is intensifying GOP efforts to settle a long-simmering Baloch rebellion through political reco [...] | 2008-11-10 03:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD3537 | HEAD OF PML-N PARTY CONGRATULATES PRESIDENT-ELECT [...] (SBU) The following letter was sent by Nawaz Sharif, the President of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party. It is a center-right secular party with a conservative, urban base in Punjab. Nawaz Sharif was Prime Minister of Pakistan twice; he was ousted in 1999 in a coup led by then G [...] | 2008-11-10 05:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL OVIP |
08ISLAMABAD3538 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: NOVEMBER 10, 2008 [...] "NATO Jets Kill 8 Banned Outfit Members In Khyber" "Daily Times," "The Nation" (11/10) "NATO jets today bombed Tirah Valley in Khyber Agency, killing eight members of a banned outfit - Amar Bil Maroof - and injuring three, 'Dawn News' reported. The channel said the NATO jets targeted hideo [...] | 2008-11-10 08:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3545 | GOP PROPOSED KARACHI STOCK EXCHANGE SUPPORT SCHEME [...] (SBU) Summary. The Board of the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) placed a trading "floor" on August 28 to halt the market plunge and block the withdrawal of approximately USD 2 billion foreign investors have invested in the KSE. Market participants say the floor will remain until positive news, s [...] | 2008-11-10 12:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID ETRD EAGR PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3546 | MONEYCHANGERS ARRESTED TO PRESERVE FOREIGN EXCHANGE [...] (U) Summary. At least four money changers, including a CEO of a leading foreign exchange company, were arrested on November 8 by Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) for smuggling and illegal cross border transfer of foreign exchange. The FIA is closely watching other exchange compan [...] | 2008-11-10 12:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3558 | CENTRAL BANK RAISES RATES TWO PERCENT AMID BLEAK ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor, Dr. Shamshad Akhtar, announced that the policy rate would be raised 200 basis points, from 13 percent to 15 percent, presumably in acceptance of International Monetary Fund (IMF) conditionality. However, Akhtar warned banks not to rais [...] | 2008-11-12 14:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3560 | GOP PROPOSED KARACHI STOCK EXCHANGE SUPPORT SCHEME [...] (SBU) Summary. The Board of the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) placed a trading "floor" on August 28 to halt the market plunge and block the withdrawal of approximately USD 2 billion foreign investors have invested in the KSE. Market participants say the floor will remain until positive news, s [...] | 2008-11-13 05:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID ETRD EAGR PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3584 | FATA UPDATE - 13 NOVEMBER 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-13 11:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER MOPS PK |
08ISLAMABAD3586 | GILANI TO CODEL SNOWE: HELP US HIT TARGETS [...] (C) Summary: Codel Snowe met November 11 with Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani. Gilani thanked the USG for its support in helping transition the country to a full democracy and congratulated the U.S. on its recent election. Gilani reiterated that the struggle against extremism was "Pakistan' [...] | 2008-11-13 11:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS EAID PK |
08ISLAMABAD3590 | IDEAS FOR USG ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE FOR PAKISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. As the Government of Pakistan (GOP) and the IMF edge closer to finalizing an agreement, additional donor assistance will likely be sought to bolster the IMF package. Post recommends consideration of the following economic options to support the democratically-elected Government o [...] | 2008-11-14 12:02:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3592 | IDEAS FOR USG ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE FOR PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-15 03:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3593 | ZARDARI TO PETRAEUS: "DEFEAT IS NOT AN OPTION" [...] (C) Summary. During a November 3 meeting with CENTCOM Commander Petraeus, President Zardari repeated his commitment to fight terrorism, saying "defeat is not an option." He renewed his request for U.S. economic support, indicated he could support some unilateral U.S. military actions if they w [...] | 2008-11-15 05:02:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3594 | MOD MUKHTAR MEETS GENERAL PETRAEUS [...] (C) Summary. During a November 3 meeting with CENTCOM Commander General Petraeus, Minister of Defense Mukhtar expressed concern about the political difficulties that ongoing U.S. strikes in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) were creating for the Pakistani government. He reques [...] | 2008-11-15 05:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3595 | CJCS MAJID HOSTS CENTCOM CMDR PETRAEUS [...] (C) Summary. During a November 3 meeting and lunch, CENTCOM Commander General Petraeus and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Tariq Majid discussed bilateral relations, the need to improve military-military cooperation, and Pakistan's efforts to combat extremism. End Summary. [...] | 2008-11-15 05:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD36 | IMPLEMENTATION OF RECONSTRUCTION OPPORTUNITY ZONES REQUIRES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reconstruction Opportunity Zones (ROZs) will be an important tool for economic development in Afghanistan and the border areas of Pakistan. Embassy Islamabad has developed a description of initiatives which will be essential for the implementation of the ROZs. Many, such as imp [...] | 2008-01-03 15:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV PK ETRD EAID PREL AF |
08ISLAMABAD3606 | GOP'S PLAN FOR THE BENAZIR INCOME SUPPORT PROGRAM [...] Summary. Details of the GOP plan to create a social welfare type program, the Benazir Income Support Program, were presented to diplomatic representatives. Through the program the GOP will disburse Rs. 2000 (USD 24.39 at R82 per USD) every other month to over 3 million families that have a mo [...] | 2008-11-17 06:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3627 | FATA UPDATE - 13 NOVEMBER 2008 [...] (C) Summary: Pakistani military and Frontier Corps have made progress in clearing the main north-south corridor in Bajaur and forces are poised to move into Mohmand Agency to begin operations. The latest attack on the Salarzai tribe served to underscore the need for adequate post-conflict se [...] | 2008-11-18 10:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER MOPS PK |
08ISLAMABAD3630 | PAKISTAN'S VIEWS ON AFGHAN REFUGEE CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: On November 13, Poloff and DepPolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Imran Siddiqui, responsible for human rights issues within the United Nations division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Siddiqui saw the November 19 international conference on Afghan refugees as "positive" b [...] | 2008-11-18 11:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PREL AF PK |
08ISLAMABAD3634 | GOP STILL NOT READY TO APPROVE PNR [...] (C) Summary. On November 18, DCM delivered reftel A demarche regarding data sharing for passenger name records to Ministry of Interior Secretary Kamal Shah. Shah noted that the Government of Pakistan (GOP) has been having internal discussion on the issue of providing data to fulfill the Depart [...] | 2008-11-18 12:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR PGOV PTER ECON PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3635 | NO WEAPONS OR AMMUNITION TRANSPORTED IN NATO [...] (S/NF) Embassy has seen ref (B) indicating that ammunition and arms off hijacked U.S. convoys are being sold in Pakistan. To be clear, no weapons, ammunition or sensitive electronics are shipped to Afghansitan by land routes through Pakistan, according to the Office of Defense Representation [...] | 2008-11-18 12:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER MARR PK |
08ISLAMABAD3640 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: NOVEMBER 19, 2008 [...] "U.S. Commander Says Pakistan Backed Raid" "Dawn" (11/19) "The U.S. military has launched a coordinated operation with Pakistani forces to put pressure on insurgents on both sides of Afghanistan's wild eastern frontier, a U.S. military commander said on Tuesday. Dubbed "Operation Lionheart," [...] | 2008-11-19 10:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3644 | PAKISTAN'S NEED FOR PL-480 WHEAT [...] (C) Summary. Embassy recommends food assistance for Pakistan. Domestic food shortages - but most fundamentally the inability of the new civilian government to deliver to its citizens - can and will undermine American security objectives in Pakistan. As we have reported, the Pakistani military [...] | 2008-11-19 12:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3645 | TORKHAM TO KHYBER HIGHWAY OPENS TO CONVOYS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The main land route to Afghanistan through Pakistan, the Torkham to Khyber highway, was re-opened to truck convoys on November 17. It had been closed by local authorities for five days because of security concerns following a November 10 attack on a convoy in which 13 trucks, in [...] | 2008-11-19 13:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER MARR PK |
08ISLAMABAD3654 | MFA AGAIN CONVOKES AMBASSADOR RE DRONE STRIKES [...] (C) Following press reports of an alleged U.S. drone strike November 19 against a target in Bannu, Northwest Frontier Province, Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir convoked Ambassador to issue a formal GOP protest. A clearly uncomfortable Bashir said that the strike "undermined our efforts agai [...] | 2008-11-20 12:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3655 | A POWER PLAY FOR THE EMBATTLED PAKISTAN MUSLIM [...] (C) Summary: The leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML) party have abandoned former President Pervez Musharraf and are engaged in a battle to keep the party intact and hold on to power in the face of an internal rebellion after losses in the February parliamentary elections. PML President [...] | 2008-11-20 12:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PK |
08ISLAMABAD3656 | USAID/OFDA PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE SHELTER UPDATE [...] On October 29, a magnitude 6.4 earthquake in Balochistan Province of Pakistan caused significant damage to the traditional mud and timber houses, primarily affecting Ziarat and Pishin districts, with some damage also reported in Harnai district. Different assessments produced a range of estim [...] | 2008-11-20 13:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV PK PINR PREL PTER |
08ISLAMABAD3671 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: NOVEMBER 21, 2008 [...] "Suicide Attack on Mosque: Lashkar Chief Eliminated" "Dawn" (11/21) "The chief of a tribal lashkar and eight other people were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a mosque in Bajaur Agency on Thursday. According to an official claim, 17 militants, including 11 foreigners, were k [...] | 2008-11-21 10:47:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3672 | PRISON RIOTS PROMPT CALLS FOR REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Four prison riots in rapid succession in mid-October prompted NGO leaders to call for systemic reform. The problems stem from extreme overcrowding, severe health and sanitation risks, inequities within the prison population, and lengthy pre-trial detention. Conviction rates in [...] | 2008-11-21 10:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SNAR PK |
08ISLAMABAD3676 | EMBASSY ISLAMABAD REFUGEE AFFAIRS SECTION WEEKLY [...] (SBU) Summary: The following is a Refugee Affairs weekly activity report for November 10 - 14. The recent spate of violence in Peshawar has caused the United Nations to drawn down international staff at their Peshawar offices; other NGOs in Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) have limited oper [...] | 2008-11-22 08:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PREF PREL PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD3677 | REACTION TO ALLEGED DRONE ATTACKS IN BANNU [...] (C) Summary: According to local press, the alleged U.S. strike in Bannu on November 19 marked the first such attack in the settled areas of the Northwest Frontier Province, outside of the tribal areas. The strike drew a new round of condemnation by Prime Minister Gilani, coalition political pa [...] | 2008-11-24 01:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD3678 | SPOT REPORT ON MOHMAND AGENCY [...] (C) Summary: Preliminary operations against militant forces by the Pakistan military have begun in Mohmand agency within the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). Local news sources and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) report that the numbers of those internally displaced persons (I [...] | 2008-11-24 02:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREF PREL PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD3691 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH AGRICULTURE SECRETARY ON FOOD AID [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 21 MINFAL Secretary Zia ur Rehman and Additional Secretary Shahid Hussain Raja requested an urgent meeting with Ambassador to discuss agricultural issues in Pakistan. The Secretary requested USG assistance on wheat imports, specifically access to the USDA GSM-102 pr [...] | 2008-11-24 14:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3711 | FATA UPDATE - 21 NOVEMBER 2008 [...] (C) Summary: Operations continued in Bajaur Agency as the military continued to move to the southern border. In Mohmand Agency, Pakistan air assaults continued on the northern border and limited unit movement on the southern border to cordon and search for militants on a house-by-house basis. [...] | 2008-11-26 14:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREF PREL PTER PK MOPS |
08ISLAMABAD3715 | MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION (MCC): DELIVERY OF [...] EconOff delivered reftel demarche outlining Pakistan's FY09 score for consideration under the Millennium Challenge Corporation to Ministry of Finance Joint Secretary/Director M. Mumtaz Malik on November 19. Malik thanked EconOff for the information and said the GoP will continue to work toward [...] | 2008-11-28 11:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KMCA MCC PK |
08ISLAMABAD3716 | PAKISTAN REACTIONS TO TERROR IN MUMBAI [...] (S) Summary. President Zardari, PM Gilani and FM Qureshi have made all the right public statements condemning the November 27-28 militant attacks in Mumbai; Gilani has agreed to an Indian request and is sending ISI Chief MG Pasha to India to participate in the investigation. Interior Minister Malik [...] | 2008-11-28 12:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER IN UK PK |
08ISLAMABAD3717 | ISI DISBANDS ITS "POLITICAL WING" [...] (C) ... [...] | 2008-11-28 12:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD3718 | CHARGE URGES FM QURESHI TO SEND ISI MG PASHA TO INDIA [...] (S) Summary. In a November 29 meeting with FM Qureshi, Charge urged Pakistan to send ISI Director MG Pasha to India, as agreed publicly, to participate in investigations of the Mumbai terrorist attacks. If Pasha did not go to India, this would be seen as a bad sign that Pakistan was retreating [...] | 2008-11-29 07:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3719 | ZARDARI PROMISES TO SEND AN ISI DIRECTOR TO INDIA [...] (S) Summary. Pakistani leaders and media remained defensive November 30 about accusations of Pakistani involvement in the Mumbai attacks and demanded evidence from India. Zardari, Qureshi and an unnamed senior defense official are quoted as denying involvement and promising to take action again [...] | 2008-11-30 09:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3722 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: NOVEMBER 28, 2008 [...] "Mumbai Death Toll Rises To 125; India Blames Neighbors" "The News" (11/28) "Indian commandos killed the last three gunmen at the Taj Hotel late Thursday and were sweeping another luxury hotel in search of hostages and trapped people after militants stormed targets across Mumbai, leaving 125 [...] | 2008-12-01 02:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3733 | PAKISTAN: MUMBAI SITUATION UPDATE [...] (C) Ambassador has returned and will see Chief of Army Staff General Kayani at 3 pm local time. Zardari is unavailable for meetings today. 2. (C) UK PM Gordon Brown is trying to call President Zardari today. 3. (C) NSA Durrani advised DCM that Zardari is meeting this evening with all of the Pak [...] | 2008-12-01 11:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3744 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 02, 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-02 09:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3748 | FM BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON MUMBAI; GOI EMBASSY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-02 14:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3760 | PAKISTAN ABOLISHES ITS NSC [...] (C) Summary: On November 28, Prime Minister Gilani publicly announced that he and President Zardari had dissolved the National Security Council (NSC). The move was designed to stave off demands by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz that Zardari deliver on promises to cede presidential powers t [...] | 2008-12-03 13:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD3776 | DECISION NEEDED ON PAKISTAN GSM-102 APPEAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Post requests that a decision be made for a plan under GSM-102 for Pakistan. Two items are delaying Pakistan from purchasing U.S. wheat under the GSM-102 program. First, Post renews its appeal for USDA's speedy approval of the 5 Pakistani banks, originally identified by the Gov [...] | 2008-12-05 07:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAID PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3779 | FM BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON MUMBAI; GOI EMBASSY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-05 08:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3783 | FM BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON MUMBAI; GOI EMBASSY [...] (S) Summary. FM Qureshi briefed the diplomatic corps December 2 on the GOP reaction to the Mumbai attacks. He complained about the negative effect of Indian media hype and announced that Pakistan was proposing a joint investigation led by the two National Security Advisors. He reiterated that Pakis [...] | 2008-12-05 10:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3788 | PML-N KITCHEN CABINET: NAWAZ'S BETTER HALF [...] (C) Summary: On November 25 last year, opposition leader Nawaz Sharif triumphantly returned to Lahore. Even then, however, prospects for his Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz looked dim. In fact, Nawaz announced (three times) that his party would boycott the February 18 parliamentary elections, j [...] | 2008-12-07 11:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PK |
08ISLAMABAD3790 | AMBASSADOR TAHIR-KHELI HIGHLIGHTS WOMEN'S [...] (C) Summary: Senior Adviser to the Secretary for Women's Empowerment Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli visited Islamabad on November 24 and 25 to discuss women's empowerment issues and the Women Against Terrorism Initiative. Ambassador Tahir-Kheli met with National Security Adviser Mahmud Ali Dur [...] | 2008-12-08 08:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV WE PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3791 | PM GILANI TELLS CODEL MCCAIN PAKISTAN WILL ACT [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Gilani told Senators John McCain, Joseph Lieberman and Lindsey Graham the GOP will take action against individuals implicated in the Mumbai attacks as Secretary Rice had urged. On December 6, the Prime Minister, joined by Foreign Minister Qureshi, said the government h [...] | 2008-12-08 08:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IN PK |
08ISLAMABAD3796 | NEW IRI POLL: ZARDARI BLAMED FOR PAKISTAN'S [...] (C) Summary: The latest International Republican Institute poll, funded by the National Endowment for Democracy and conducted at the end of October, found this GOP as unpopular as the previous administration of former President Pervez Musharraf. Current President Asif Zardari is taking the bl [...] | 2008-12-08 14:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR MOPS PK |
08ISLAMABAD380 | SHARIA LAW: TRYING IT AGAIN IN NWFP'S MALAKAND, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) has sent legislation to the federal government proposing Sharia Muslim law be instituted in Malakand agency, Swat, and some other areas north of Peshawar. This is tied to ongoing efforts to mollify Malakand and Swat leaders, but by so doin [...] | 2008-01-25 09:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR PK |
08ISLAMABAD3811 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 06-09, 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-11 11:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3819 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S DECEMBER 11 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: The Deputy Secretary and Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, joined by Foreign Minister Qureshi, met December 11 in Islamabad. Zardari pledged his interest in cooperating with the government of India to prosecute those implicated in the Mumbai terror attacks. The GOP has deta [...] | 2008-12-12 08:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PGOV PREL PTER IN PK |
08ISLAMABAD382 | STAFFDEL BLAZEY MEETS WITH PAKISTAN'S 11TH CORPS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. StaffDel Blazey traveled to Peshawar January 18-19 to meet with the leadership of Pakistan's 11th Corps and the Deputy Director General (DDG) of the Frontier Corps. Discussions centered on efforts to combat the growing insurgency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA [...] | 2008-01-25 10:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PGOV MASS PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3820 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S DECEMBER 11 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Secretary John Negroponte met with Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi to discuss the terrorist attacks in Mumbai and relations with India, progress being made on border cooperation with Afghanistan and upcoming multilateral and bilateral meetings. End summary. [...] | 2008-12-12 09:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3821 | DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE'S MEETING WITH FINANCE [...] (C) Summary: On December 11, Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with the Prime Minister's Advisor on Finance Shaukat Tareen. They discussed the present state of Pakistan's economy, the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) stand-by agreement, Reconstruction Opportunity Zones (ROZs) and the Bilat [...] | 2008-12-12 09:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3822 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 12, 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-12 09:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3823 | DEPUTY SECRETARY MEETS WITH PAKISTAN PRIME [...] (C) SUMMARY. Pakistani Prime Minister Gilani told Deputy Secretary Negroponte December 11 of Pakistan's commitment to cooperate fully with India in the investigation of the Mumbai attacks. He welcomed UNSCR 1267, which gave Pakistan face-saving cover under which to act against Lashkar-e-T [...] | 2008-12-12 10:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3827 | ALL PARTIES COMMUNIQUE ON INDO-PAK RELATIONS [...] (U) Late December 2, in Islamabad, Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani convened an "all political parties conference" to discuss Pakistan's unequivocal condemnation of the October 29 Mumbai bombings and their unified position vis-a-vis Pakistan's relations with neighbor India. The text of the unanim [...] | 2008-12-12 14:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IN PK |
08ISLAMABAD3837 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: December 15, 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-15 10:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3838 | SHEDDING LIGHT ON PAKISTANI THINKING ON BIT, ENERGY [...] (C) Summary: On December 12 EconCouns met with Secretary General Salman Farruqui and discussed the Energy Dialogue, the Friends of Pakistan and the International Fund Donor's Conference. Farruqui said that he would be the GOP's organizational lead for both the Friends of Pakistan and the IMF D [...] | 2008-12-15 12:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3841 | SENATOR LIEBERMAN MEETS WITH PPP AND PML [...] (C) Summary: Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-CT),traveling to Pakistan as part of Codel McCain, met separately December 6 in Islamabad with representatives of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League (PML). The PPP parliamentarians reiterated the government's support for the [...] | 2008-12-16 03:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS IN PK |
08ISLAMABAD3849 | PREVENTIVE DETENTION FOR MUMBAI ATTACKERS [...] (SBU) Summary: The continued police round-ups in Pakistan of persons even tangentially connected to the Mumbai attacks have generated much puzzlement about the country's sweeping ability to use preventive detention remedies. For Pakistani authorities, however, this is pretty much business as usual. [...] | 2008-12-16 14:02:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KJUS IN PK |
08ISLAMABAD388 | PAKISTAN RESPONSE TO USG QUESTIONS REGARDING DECEMBER 18 [...] (SBU) Econ Counselor met with Jameel Ahmad, Executive Director, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) in Karachi on January 24 to discuss the Bank Sepah transaction (reftel). Ahmad explained that Bank Sepah had opened two letters of credit (the first for USD 626,091.42; the second for USD 677,640.89) o [...] | 2008-01-25 13:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP IR PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3885 | PAKISTAN'S SHARIAT COURT BANS SHORT SELLING ON STOCKS [...] (SBU) Summary: In October, the Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan, a court traditionally concerned with social matters, expanded its jurisdiction into the economic realm by directing the government to amend its financial laws within six months to impose significant penalties on those who engag [...] | 2008-12-19 09:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3886 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 19, 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-19 09:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3889 | FATA UPDATE - 19 DECEMBER 2008 [...] (C) Summary. Consulate Peshawar personnel report that rocket attacks are becoming a near-daily occurrence throughout Peshawar, but continue to result in little damage and very few deaths. Government of Pakistan (GoP) and Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) officials have noted to Ambassador an [...] | 2008-12-19 13:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREF PREL PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD3902 | LAWYERS POLITICIZED, BLAME U.S. FOR MUMBAI ATTACKS [...] (C) Since the ouster of President-General Pervez Musharraf, the lawyers' movement has become less and less an independent force on Pakistan's political scene. Many of its original leaders are looking for dignified exits, ceding ground to some die-hard firebrands (reftel). The opposition Paki [...] | 2008-12-22 08:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS EAID PK |
08ISLAMABAD3903 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: December 22, 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-22 10:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3906 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE INVITATION PASSED TO PAKISTAN [...] (U) In concert with Russian and Dutch counterparts, Post passed reftel invitation message on the fifth Global Initiative plenary meeting to Kamran Akhtar, Disarmament Director in Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on December 22. 2. (C) Akhtar thanked the group for the invitation and [...] | 2008-12-22 12:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP PINR KGIC PINS PK |
08ISLAMABAD391 | AMERICAN COMPANIES EXPERIENCE INCREASED DIFFICULTY DOING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Islamabad has received an increased number of complaints from American companies over the last several months regarding unfair practices on the part of GOP, many stemming from action of the caretaker government. General Electric, Oracle, Bell Helicopters and AES have exper [...] | 2008-01-26 03:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL ETRD EAID EINV EFIN PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD392 | AMERICAN COMPANIES EXPERIENCE INCREASED DIFFICULTY DOING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Islamabad has received an increased number of complaints from American companies over the last several months regarding unfair practices on the part of GOP, many stemming from action of the caretaker government. General Electric, Oracle, Bell Helicopters and AES have experience [...] | 2008-01-26 03:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL ETRD EAID EINV EFIN PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD3933 | PAKISTANI MEDIA AND GOP ATTITUDES TOWARD THE BIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent article in the Pakistani press has criticized the Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) as "one-sided" and "in favor of U.S. investors" only. The article presents some misconceptions about the BIT and was refuted by a Ministry of Investment official. Five outstanding issues [...] | 2008-12-23 13:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EFIN ENGY ECON PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3942 | GOP PLANNING FOR FRIENDS OF PAKISTAN, DONORS CONFERENCE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 23, the DCM met with Secretary General Salman Farruqui in order to discuss the upcoming Friends of Democratic Pakistan meetings, the proposed Donors Conference and the Energy Dialogue. Farruqui extended the GOP's invitation to Secretary-designate Clinton to attend the [...] | 2008-12-25 04:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EFIN ENGY ECON PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD3945 | BHUTTO ASSASSINATION COMMEMORATED: A YEAR NO ONE [...] (C) Summary: On the one-year anniversary of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) -- in control of government again -- prepares to commemorate the life of its slain leader. This December 27 will see day-long speeches and memorials across the country. Bhutto's [...] | 2008-12-26 08:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER EAID PINR PK |
08ISLAMABAD398 | PAKISTAN: ELECTIONS COMMISSIONER STEPS UP [...] (U) On January 23, the Election Commissioner of Pakistan, retired Justice Qazi Muhammad Farooq, publicly flexed his pre-election muscle and ordered the current acting president of Pakistan to suspend his campaigning. Chaudhry Amir Hussain, the current National Assembly Speaker and acting Presi [...] | 2008-01-26 07:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD399 | PAKISTAN: GOVERNMENT ADDS NEW TELEVISION CHANNELS [...] (U) Couched in the idea of furthering democracy, the government of Pakistan (GOP) issued satellite licenses to twelve additional private television channels on January 23. Local media report that in a ceremony to inaugurate the new channels, caretaker Minister for Information and Broadcasting [...] | 2008-01-26 07:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD405 | AMBASSADOR’S CONDOLENCE CALL ON ASIF ZARDARI [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-28 09:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD417 | IRAN PAKISTAN GAS PIPELINE PROJECT DEFERRED- AGAIN. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Local media report a delay in the signing ceremony to formalize the Iran Pakistan pipeline deal. Pres contacts traveling with President Musharraf confirmed the delay in signing the agreement beyond January 31 and a press report indicated that Pakistan has renewed bilateral disc [...] | 2008-01-29 12:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD418 | GOP REQUESTS NEW DATE FOR ENERGY DIALOGUE DISCUSSIONS IN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para five. --------------------------------------------- ---------- GOP Requests New Date for Discussion with USG on Energy --------------------------------------------- ---------- 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. In response to a letter dated October 25, 2007 [...] | 2008-01-29 12:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EFIN EINV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD419 | FATA IMPLEMENTATION PLAN UPDATE 1/28/08 [...] (SBU) Summary. This cable reports our weekly update of USG activities in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Territories (FATA). It also gives a broad brush look at our on-going programs in the region to show how deeply and in what variety we are reaching into this difficult and often h [...] | 2008-01-29 12:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID MASS SNAR PK |
08ISLAMABAD420 | AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON MUNIR MALIK [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting January 26, former Supreme Court Bar Association President Munir Malik advised Ambassador that his health had improved and he no longer needed a kidney transplant. He confirmed that the Pakistani lawyers' movement is struggling to remain united behind a boycott as [...] | 2008-01-29 13:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD421 | MQM LOOKING FOR RESPECT [...] (C) Summary. The Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) based in Karachi appears to be transforming itself from a group of thugs to a service-based grass-roots political party. Expecting to win 20-25 seats in the upcoming National Assembly elections, MQM also sees itself as a potential kingmaker in formati [...] | 2008-01-29 13:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD422 | CRIMINAL PLANNING BEHIND POST-ASSASSINATION [...] (C) Summary. During a visit to Karachi January 25-26, Ambassador heard a consistent message about the violence that wracked the city for three days after Benazir Bhutto's assassination. According to our contacts, while there were grief-stricken mobs, much of the damage was carefully planned [...] | 2008-01-29 13:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD424 | PAKISTAN BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS AND FOREIGN MEDIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. On January 25, Lt. General (ret.) Khalid Kidwai, Director General of the Strategic Planning Division (SPD),presented the third and final iteration of a briefing on the security of Pakistan's nuclear arsenal. The initial two briefings were directed at the diplomatic community, th [...] | 2008-01-29 16:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC PK |
08ISLAMABAD440 | KARACHI STOCK EXCHANGE PREPARING IPO; DIRECTORS INSIGHT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) is preparing an initial public offering (IPO) for later this year, provided the GOP implementing legislation is signed by President Musharraf. Following the IPO, only 20 percent of the shares will be owned by members, with 40 percent owned by st [...] | 2008-01-30 10:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL EINV EFIN PK |
08ISLAMABAD443 | VOA TV PROGRAMMING STILL OFF THE AIR IN PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-30 14:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAO PK |
08ISLAMABAD46 | DISCUSSION WITH NAWAZ SHARIF DESIGNEES REGARDING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-04 07:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC PTER CASC PINR PK PGOV |
08ISLAMABAD464 | PAKISTAN ELECTION OBSERVATION [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request. We need to move quickly to field an election observation team to partially fill the hole left by the International Republican Institute's (IRI) decision not to return its observer team to Pakistan. We recommend that USAID support Democracy International un [...] | 2008-01-31 14:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PK |
08ISLAMABAD469 | MOTOROLA AND MOI SIGN 11.8 MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Motorola signed an $11.8 million dollar contract on January 21 with MOI for implementation of a secure police radio system in five major cities of Pakistan. Motorola will provide training to GOP personnel at a facility that it is building in Lahore as part of a recently signed Wi [...] | 2008-02-01 09:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD470 | TAKING THE KARACHI BUSINESS COMMUNITY'S PULSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Econ Counselor and Econoff traveled to Karachi to meet with a broad section of Karachi's dynamic business community. The overall consensus was that 2007 had been a good year for business in spite of repeated political turmoil and violence. Concern over lack of law and order and t [...] | 2008-02-01 09:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EFIN PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD480 | PAKISTAN FINANCE MINISTER PAINTS ROSY PICTURE IN MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Finance Salman Shah painted a rosy picture for Pakistan's 2008 economic outlook during his January 31 meeting with SCA PDAS Don Camp. He forecast economic growth at 6.5-7 percent; anticipated decreases in rural poverty because of high crop prices; complained about th [...] | 2008-02-01 12:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV EAID PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD481 | AITZAZ AHSAN FREED FROM HOUSE ARREST [...] (U) Summary: On January 31, Aitzaz Ahsan, the Supreme Court Bar Association president, was released after 90 days of detention in his Lahore home. Former Chief Justice Iftikar Chaudhry released a letter rebuffing President Musharraf's criticisms. Lawyers and civil rights activists around Pak [...] | 2008-02-01 12:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD482 | PUBLIC SHRUGS AFTER RETIRED GENERALS CENSURE [...] (U) In a January 31 meeting, a group of retired army officers urged Musharraf to step down and hand over power to deposed Supreme Court Chief Justice Chaudhry, who could then create a national unity government. The group also endorsed the lawyers' movement, demanded the government appoint forme [...] | 2008-02-01 12:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD483 | “THE BEST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN IN PAKISTAN†[...] (C) Summary. During a meeting with Ambassador January 31, Nawaz Sharif confirmed he was ready to work with the Pakistan People's Party in a post-election coalition government and described this union as "the best thing that could happen in Pakistan." He dismissed reports of threats against his life [...] | 2008-02-01 13:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD504 | DETAINED LAWYERS RELEASED AND DETAINED AGAIN [...] (U) Summary: On February 2, days after they were released from 90 days of house arrest, Aitzaz Ahsan, Supreme Court Bar Association President; retired Justice Tariq Mehmood, a Supreme Court lawyer; and Ali Ahmed Kurd, Supreme Court lawyer and National Assembly candidate, were placed back under [...] | 2008-02-04 12:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD505 | AMIN FAHEEM: SINCERE BUT UNPREPARED TO BE PRIME [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met January 31 with Amin Faheem, the Pakistan People's Party Vice-Chairman, who confirmed the party will not decide on a candidate for Prime Minister until after the February 18 elections. Faheem continues to remain open to working in a coalition with Musharraf's part [...] | 2008-02-04 12:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD507 | INFLATION CONCERNS TRUMP GROWTH: PAKISTAN RAISES DISCOUNT [...] (SBU) The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) further tightened monetary policy by raising its discount rate by half a percentage point to 10.5 percent and increasing cash reserve requirements for deposits up to one year maturity. According to the SBP's semi-annual Monetary Policy Statement issued J [...] | 2008-02-05 01:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD508 | MEDIA REPORTS FURTHER TALKS ON IRAN PIPELINE DEAL BUT NO [...] (SBU) Summary: Local Pakistani media reports that further talks on the Iranian pipeline deal will occur February 14-16 in Tehran. As of February 4, government officials in Pakistan do not have travel plans to attend such meetings. End Summary. 2. (U) Local Pakistani media picked up the Iranian [...] | 2008-02-05 01:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD525 | SCENESETTER FOR CJCS ADMIRAL MULLEN [...] (S) Summary. We look forward to your visit to begin the process of strengthening and refocusing our military to military relations with Pakistan's CJCS General Majid and COAS Kayani. This has become increasingly urgent because of the expanding insurgency in the tribal areas and attacks against [...] | 2008-02-05 14:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD549 | PM ASIF ZARDARI? [...] (C) Summary. Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Zardari released his late wife Benazir Bhutto's will to the press to prove she had chosen him to run the party. This sparked a firestorm of speculation about his desire to be the PPP's candidate for Prime Minister. NSA Aziz told A [...] | 2008-02-07 07:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PK |
08ISLAMABAD576 | SCOTLAND YARD BRIEFS PAKISTAN ON THE BHUTTO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-08 13:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD588 | PAKISTAN: HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: Politician Imran Khan again was prevented from entering Karachi by Sindh authorities out of fear that he will further promote a boycott of the upcoming elections. Fifteen lawyers in Peshawar were charged with sedition, which carries a maximum penalty of death if convicted, after th [...] | 2008-02-09 12:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD589 | ADMIRAL FALLON DISCUSSES SECURITY COOPERATION WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-10 11:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MARR MOPS PK |
08ISLAMABAD591 | ANOTHER QUIET KASHMIR SOLIDARITY DAY [...] (C) Summary: Kashmir Solidarity Day on February 5 sparked small and mostly peaceful rallies in Islamabad. Although Pakistani politicians, as expected, called for international intervention and concessions from India, most of the demonstrations were a front for political statements pertaining t [...] | 2008-02-11 03:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL IN |
08ISLAMABAD592 | ELECTION COMMISSION TAKES SOME POSITIVE, [...] (U) Summary: Pakistan's Election Commission (ECP) decided February 7 to require the certification of polling results to party agents and to set a new date for elections in four constituencies because of the death of candidates, including PPP's Benazir Bhutto. With the assistance of USG-support [...] | 2008-02-11 06:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PK PREL EAID |
08ISLAMABAD609 | ADMIRAL FALLON DISCUSSES SECURITY COOPERATION WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. Admiral William J. Fallon, USCENTCOM Commander, met with Pakistan's General Ashfaq Kayani, Chief of Army Staff, on 22 January. Kayani provided a snapshot of Pakistan's current overall security situation and described the status of counter-insurgency efforts in Swat. Fallon and [...] | 2008-02-11 11:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER MARR MOPS PK |
08ISLAMABAD61 | DISCUSSION WITH NAWAZ SHARIF DESIGNEES REGARDING [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the request of Nawaz Sharif, RSO Islamabad met January 03, 2008 in Lahore, with three individuals empowered by Nawaz Sharif to discuss his security. RSO duplicated the discussion he had with the security representatives of Benazir Bhutto (see Reftel) and also provided the same names [...] | 2008-01-04 11:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC PTER CASC PINR PK PGOV |
08ISLAMABAD613 | PAKISTAN ELECTION DAY BASICS [...] (SBU) Summary. Pakistan goes to the polls on February 18 to elect National Assembly and Provincial Assembly members. Polls will be open from 8 am to 5 pm; partial and unofficial results will be reported to the public by the Pakistan Election Commission beginning on February 19. Final unoffici [...] | 2008-02-11 11:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PK |
08ISLAMABAD614 | PAKISTAN ELECTIONS: MANAGING EXPECTATIONS [...] (C) Summary. Regardless of who "wins" the February 18 elections in Pakistan, the challenge will be managing expectations of the Pakistani public, the political parties and the international community. Despite assumptions that Bhutto's assassinaton will propel her party to a big victory, we [...] | 2008-02-11 12:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD621 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PAKISTAN MINISTER OF HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: During a February 7 meeting, Caretaker Minister for Human Rights Burney told Ambassador he was struggling to staff and fund his new ministry. He reviewed plans to establish a National Human Rights Commission and drove home his passion for working with trafficked children and the [...] | 2008-02-11 14:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD635 | PAKISTAN: CJCS MULLEN MEETS PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF [...] (C) SUMMARY. Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, met with Pakistan President Musharraf February 9 to emphasize the critical importance of the U.S.-Pakistan relationship and his personal commitment to strengthening that relationship. Admiral Mullen conveyed two mess [...] | 2008-02-12 11:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MASS PHUM PK |
08ISLAMABAD651 | KAYANI WITHDRAWS OFFICERS FROM CIVIL DEPARTMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Following through on his public pledges to reduce military involvement in civilian politics, Chief of Army Staff General Kayani decided February 7 to withdraw military personnel who are currently serving in civil departments and return them to military positions. On February 1 [...] | 2008-02-13 12:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD652 | POTENTIAL PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER: AMIN FAHEEM [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-13 12:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD653 | PAKISTAN'S MADRASSAS [...] (C) Summary: The majority of Pakistan's 15,000-16,000 madrassas are registered religious schools that provide some level of learning combined with food, shelter and clothing for poor children. Only 4-5% of school-age Pakistani children attend madrassas. The problems emanate from the 1,000 or so unr [...] | 2008-02-13 13:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD654 | PAKISTAN: KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE DEMARCHE [...] (U) This is an action request - see para 3. 2. (C) On February 12, Ambassador delivered reftel talking points to Pakistani Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan. Khan acknowledged USG and EU views, but indicated the Government of Pakistan (GOP) does not want to be one of the first countries to recogn [...] | 2008-02-13 13:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV EU PK YI |
08ISLAMABAD655 | ENERGY CRISIS AND LOADSHEDDING IMPAIRING ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Pakistan is currently experiencing severe electricity and gas shortages across the country due to insufficient energy generation capacity exacerbated by unprecedented cold weather. Some northern regions are currently suffering from 23 hours of power outage per day, while Islamaba [...] | 2008-02-13 14:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EFIN ECON EINV PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD664 | PAKISTAN: CJCS MULLEN MEETS WITH GENERAL TARIQ [...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 9, Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS),met with General Tariq Majid, Pakistan's Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee. Admiral Mullen offered to assist Pakistan in enhancing its counterterrorism and counter-insurgency capab [...] | 2008-02-14 09:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PK |
08ISLAMABAD671 | PAKISTAN: THE ELUSIVE 2/3 VOTE [...] (C) Summary. Since President Musharraf's decision November 3 to declare a state of emergency and suspend the constitution, his opponents have been gaming out the possibility of impeachment in the next National Assembly. Some have suggested that the government's attempts to rig the polls are [...] | 2008-02-14 13:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PK |
08ISLAMABAD676 | POTENTIAL PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER: AMIN FAHEEM [...] (C) Summary: This is one of several profiles on potential Pakistani candidates for Prime Minister. The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) is embroiled in a leadership struggle; the Central Executive Committee will decide after the February 18 election who will be its choice for Prime Minister. A [...] | 2008-02-15 04:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD688 | WAGAH BORDER PRIMED FOR GROWTH [...] (SBU) Summary: Economic/Commercial Counselor visited Pakistan's Wagah border crossing point with India on February 11 and met Assistant Customs Collector Tauqueer Dar to discuss cross-border and transit trade issues. Dar sees a bright future for cross border trade, which has been increasing si [...] | 2008-02-16 04:42:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD69 | ECONOMIC ELECTION ISSUES; LOAD-SHEDDING AND WHEAT SHORTAGE [...] SUMMARY: Against the backdrop of the Bhutto assassination, recent civil unrest, and the upcoming elections, Pakistan now confronts power shortages and increasing domestic wheat prices. There are signs that the electricity shortage may abate by the end of January, but eight hours per day of "l [...] | 2008-01-04 13:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD ENRG EINV PREL PK PBTS EAGR PGOV |
08ISLAMABAD690 | PAKISTAN TO BEGIN 3G LICENSING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has announced that it will begin third-generation (3G) mobile phone licensing this year. Three licenses will be auctioned off, but only the five current mobile phone operators in Pakistan will be permitted to bid. By offering 3G licenses, [...] | 2008-02-16 04:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECPS EIND EINT PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD691 | ZARDARI'S POST ELECTION PLANS [...] (C) Summary: National Security Adviser Aziz told Ambassador February 15 that he, Musharraf, and ISI Director Taj have met several times with Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Zardari on post-election planning. Zardari has scheduled a PPP Executive Committee meeting on February 19 to ch [...] | 2008-02-16 06:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD696 | ELECTION COMMISSION SECRETARY'S PREDICTIONS AND [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with the Election Commission Secretary February 15. In addition to predicting a strong showing by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, he commented on the relative strength of Pakistan's three main parties and their leaders. He thought turnout would be generally [...] | 2008-02-16 12:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD698 | PAKISTAN'S ELECTION EVE [...] (SBU) Summary: On the eve of Pakistan's general elections, local media reported approximately five incidents of bombings and/or gun fire at polling stations (out of 65,000) in various towns across the country. Codel Jackson-Lee arrived in Islamabad, visiting the headquarters of the Pakistan Pe [...] | 2008-02-17 13:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD70 | FRENCH AMBASSADOR BRIEFS FM KOUCHNER VISIT [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met January 4 with French counterpart Regis de Belenet to discuss the recent visit to Pakistan of French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner. Kouchner intended to meet with Asif Ali Zardari, husband of the late Benazir Bhutto, but the GOP recommended against the trip [...] | 2008-01-05 07:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD720 | SITREP 5: PAKISTAN'S ELECTIONS: THE LATEST NUMBERS [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan's Election Commission continues to tally and review results at its Islamabad headquarters. Final "unofficial results" are not expected until February 20. Once these numbers are known, candidates winning in multiple constituencies will need to resign from all but one of [...] | 2008-02-19 15:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD736 | PAKISTAN: CJCS MULLEN MEETS WITH GENERAL KIDWAI ON SAFEGUARDING NUCLEAR ASSETS [...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 9, Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, met with LTG Kahlid Ahmed Kidwai (ret),Director General of Pakistan's Strategic Plans Division, to discuss the security of Pakistan's nuclear infrastructure. Kidwai presented a detailed briefing on the infra [...] | 2008-02-20 12:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MASS MNUC PK |
08ISLAMABAD743 | PAKISTAN: FROM HERE TO A NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The results of Pakistan's February 18 general elections should be confirmed in about a week. The Election Commission notifies the results to the prior Speaker of the National Assembly, who calls the new Assembly into session. After taking oaths, the new Assembly will elect a n [...] | 2008-02-20 14:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD744 | INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS COMMENT ON PAKISTAN'S [...] Summary: International election observation teams, including Pakistani NGO Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN),the European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM),and Democracy International (DI) issued statements on February 19 and 20 commenting on the February 18 parliamentary ele [...] | 2008-02-20 15:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PK PHUM PREL KDEM EAID |
08ISLAMABAD745 | ZARDARI EXAMINING A COALITION WITH NAWAZ SHARIF [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of the losses suffered by Musharraf's Pakistan Muslim League (PML) and the religious parties, scenarios for the next government are being debated. Bhutto widower Zardari described the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) as supporting a government of ""national unity,"" [...] | 2008-02-20 15:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PK |
08ISLAMABAD746 | ANATOMY OF A DEFEAT [...] (C) Summary. Overall, Pakistan's February 18 election process went better than anyone expected. Voter turnout was approximately 48%, and violence was lower than in past elections. Musharraf's Pakistan Muslim League (PML) party suffered a stunning defeat, dropping from 144 to 40 seats; its [...] | 2008-02-20 15:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM PK |
08ISLAMABAD75 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PAN AM 73 HIJACKERS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-07 01:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD762 | STRUGGLING TOWARDS A COALITION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-21 12:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD764 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-21 15:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD767 | PAKISTAN STILL CONSIDERING RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO [...] (C) In a February 20 meeting with Mirza Afzal Mahmood, MFA Director of the European Division, PolOff drew on Ref A points to explain the U.S. decision to recognize Kosovo as an independent state. PolOff asked if Pakistan was considering recognizing Kosovo's independence, noting the MFA had re [...] | 2008-02-22 02:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNMIK UN KV PK |
08ISLAMABAD779 | PAKISTAN'S STOCK MARKETS REACH NEW HIGHS [...] (U) Summary: Pakistan's stock markets have rebounded following February 18 parliamentary elections. The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) 100 index has touched a new high on post election stability hopes. The banking, cement and oil and gas sectors performed well, and market capitalization increased [...] | 2008-02-22 09:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD786 | PPP AND PML-N AGREE TO TRY AND FORM A GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary. Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-Chair Asif Zardari and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif announced February 21 that they planned to form a coalition government. However, this is an agreement in principle; details on key issues including a choice for Prim [...] | 2008-02-22 12:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PK |
08ISLAMABAD787 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PML'S CHAUDHRY SHUJAAT [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and DCM met late February 21 with leader of the defeated Pakistan Muslim League (PML) party Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain. Shujaat described the party, as well as President Pervez Musharraf, as stunned by the February 18 election results. He added that Pakistan Muslim Leag [...] | 2008-02-22 12:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD788 | POTENTIAL PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER JAVED HASHMI [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-22 14:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD789 | HI-TECH START-UP COMPANIES IN LAHORE -- A BRIGHT SPOT [...] (SBU) Summary: Economic and Commercial Affairs Counselor and FCS Specialist visited a number of hi-tech start-up companies founded by Pakistanis with extensive U.S. experience in the Lahore area February 11-13. NetSol, PalmChip and Raffles were particular standouts, with each NetSol license [...] | 2008-02-23 04:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD806 | PAKISTAN AUTHORITIES BLOCK ACCESS TO "YOUTUBE" [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-25 13:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON EINT KPAO PK |
08ISLAMABAD807 | NAWAZ STILL NEGOTIATING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-25 13:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD808 | MUSHARRAF DISCUSSES ELECTIONS, HIS ROLE, AND EFFORTS IN THE [...] (C) Summary: President Musharraf discussed elections, set out his vision for a President whose party is in the minority, and explained the GOP's continuing efforts to combat extremism in the FATA to CODEL Hutchison on February 22. Regarding elections, Musharraf thought that the most importa [...] | 2008-02-25 14:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD809 | ZADARI EXPLAINS HIS VISION TO CODEL HUTCHISON [...] (C) Summary: CODEL Hutchison met February 22 with Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Zadari. The CODEL expressed its condolences for Bhutto's assassination and admiration for her courage and vision. In response to Senator Hutchison's question, Zadari explained his ideas for str [...] | 2008-02-25 14:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD810 | NATURAL GAS DEPENDENCY- A CHALLENGE FOR THE FUTURE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Natural gas meets about 50 percent of Pakistan's energy requirements, making the country one of the most natural gas dependent economies in the world. At the present rate of consumption, the Government of Pakistan (GOP) anticipates a natural gas shortfall in 2009. Although pipeli [...] | 2008-02-26 01:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENGY EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD822 | FATA IMPLEMENTATION PLAN UPDATE 2/22/08 [...] (U) This cable covers this week's developments in USG programs in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) along its border with Afghanistan. 2. (C) FATA Briefings --------------------- The Ambassador, the Deputy Chief of Mission, ODRP Chief, and the Deputy Director of USAID [...] | 2008-02-26 13:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID MASS SNAR PK |
08ISLAMABAD835 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ANP LEADER WALI KHAN [...] (C) In a February 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Awami National Party (ANP) Chairman and Member of National Assembly-elect (MNA) Asfundyar Wali Khan, whose name has come up as potential Prime Minister, eschewed any desire to head a national coalition government. The ANP leader is counseling [...] | 2008-02-27 09:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD852 | MQM WAITING FOR PPP'S CALL [...] (C) Summary: Karachi-based Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) leader Farooq Sattar asked Ambassador February 26 to push subtly for his party's inclusion in any Pakistan People's Party-led government. Sattar highlighted his party's secular, pro-western policies and suggested the Pakistan Muslim L [...] | 2008-02-27 13:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD856 | PAKISTAN BACKS DOWN FROM "YOUTUBE" BLOCKAGE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-27 14:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ECPS ECON EINT KPAO PK |
08ISLAMABAD857 | PAKISTAN WORKERS FEDERATION SECRETARY GENERAL CRITICAL OF [...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 13 meeting with Economic and Commercial Affairs Counselor, Pakistan Workers' Federation (PWF) Secretary General Khursheed Ahmad criticized the Government of SIPDIS Pakistan's (GOP) economic and labor policies, accusing them of "taking for granted that labor doesn [...] | 2008-02-27 14:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD PGOV SOCI PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD872 | POTENTIAL PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER SHAH MEHMOOD [...] (C) Summary: This is one of several profiles on political leaders who will play a large role in Pakistan's new government. The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) is in the process of coalition negotiations on forming a government but still faces a leadership struggle within its own ranks. With hi [...] | 2008-02-28 11:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD876 | PPP: "GIVE US TIME" [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-29 01:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD89 | POLITICAL FALLOUT FROM BHUTTO'S ASSASSINATION [...] (C) Summary. Ten days after Benazir Bhutto's assassination, Pakistan is slowly recovering, and the various political parties are gaming out the way forward. Before Bhutto's death, it was clear that no one party would win enough votes to form a government, and even a pro-Pakistan People's P [...] | 2008-01-07 12:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PK |
08ISLAMABAD898 | AMIN FAHEEM: WAITING QUIETLY TO BE CHOSEN PM [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-29 13:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD899 | ANP LEADER ASFUNDYAR WALI KHAN [...] (C) Summary: This is one of several profiles on politicians who may be major players in the new Pakistani government. Asfundyar Wali Khan is leader of the Awami National Party (ANP),a Pashtun nationalist party with support throughout the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) and Federally Admini [...] | 2008-02-29 14:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD9 | PAKISTAN ELECTIONS-FEBRUARY 18; INVESTIGATION UPDATE [...] (C) Summary. The Election Commissioner announced today that elections will be postponed until February 18. It is not yet clear how the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) will react. We expect President Musharraf in a nationally televised address tonight at 2000 local to announce the GOP is acceptin [...] | 2008-01-02 12:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER PINR ASEC PK |
08ISLAMABAD900 | AN ADDITION TO THE PM SHORT LIST: AHMED MUKHTAR [...] (C) Summary: This is one of several profiles on politicians who may be major players in the new Pakistani government. Ahmed Mukhtar, a crony of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-Chair Asif Zardari, emerged this week in the press as an another possible candidate for PPP Prime Minister. End su [...] | 2008-02-29 14:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PHUM |
08ISLAMABAD921 | PAKISTAN OIL RESOURCES: ENERGY CORRIDOR WANTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Pakistan's oil reserves of 353.4 million barrels are inadequate to meet the country's growing energy requirements. Pakistan depends on expensive imports of crude oil, furnace oil and diesel to meet its energy needs, costing the country over 30 percent of its export earnings. A p [...] | 2008-03-03 10:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENGY EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD924 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH POTENTIAL NEW MINISTER OF FINANCE [...] (C) Summary: In a February 29 meeting with the Ambassador, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Member of National Assembly Syed Naveed Qamar, whose name has come up as a potential PPP Minister of Finance, reviewed economic priorities and challenges facing a PPP-led national government. Qamar rejected [...] | 2008-03-03 11:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD932 | FATA IMPLEMENTATION PLAN UPDATE 2/29/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-03 12:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID MASS PK |
08ISLAMABAD959 | PAKISTAN: INPUT FOR REPORT ON FISCAL TRANSPARENCY IN [...] (U) The following cable is in response to Washington's request for information on fiscal transparency in countries receiving USG assistance. 2. (U) Pakistan publishes its national budget following its approval by the National Assembly. The budget is produced in paper format and posted on t [...] | 2008-03-04 11:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD969 | PAKISTAN'S GOVERNMENT INCREASES FUEL, ELECTRICITY PRICES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Pakistan (GoP) increased fuel prices and electricity tariffs March 1 to stem the growing fiscal deficit due to subsidizing the growing differential between domestic Pakistani prices and international fuel prices. Pakistan's last fuel price increase was in Febru [...] | 2008-03-04 12:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD970 | POTENTIAL PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER YOUSEF RAZA [...] (C) Summary: This is one of several profiles on political leaders who will play a large role in Pakistan's new government. The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) is in the process of coalition negotiations on forming a government but still faces a leadership struggle within its own ranks. With his [...] | 2008-03-04 13:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISLAMABAD980 | PPP/NAWAZ: TACTICAL ALLIES BUT STRATEGIC ENEMIES [...] (C) Summary. Pakistan Muslim League (PML) General Secretary Mushahid Hussain believes that Asif Zardari's SIPDIS Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) party are "tactical allies but strategic enemies" so the alliance may be short-lived. Mushahi [...] | 2008-03-05 04:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PK |
08ISLAMABAD996 | PAKISTAN 2008 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Post recommends that Pakistan be elevated to the Priority Watch List (PWL) at the conclusion of the 301 Review process. Although some progress was made on data protection in the fall, forward movement seems to have stalled. The combination of lack of progress on data protectio [...] | 2008-03-05 13:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR PREL PK |
08ISLAMABAD997 | JUI-F IN DENIAL OVER ELECTORAL LOSS [...] (C) Summary: In a March 4 meeting with PolCouns, Maulana Haideri, Secretary General of the religious party Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) complained about election rigging and accused the USG of helping secular parties such as the Pakistan People's Party (PPP). He said that the JUI-F had not ye [...] | 2008-03-05 14:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
08ISTANBUL104 | TURKEY-IRAN BUSINESS COUNCIL PREPARES FOR MARCH 11 [...] (S/NOFORN) Summary: An official from Turkey's "Foreign Economic Relations Board" (DEIK) shared with us the proposed schedule, agenda, and participants list for the March 11, 2008 meetings in Iran of the "7th Turkey-Iran Joint Business Council." Turkey's 60-person delegation will be led by Tu [...] | 2008-03-03 13:23:00 | Consulate Istanbul | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON ETRD PREL PGOV IR TU |
08ISTANBUL105 | FEBRUARY 26-28 BSEC SENIOR OFFICIALS MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary. Overt expressions of political discord were notably absent from the February 26-28 meeting of the Organization of Black Sea Economic Cooperation's (BSEC) Committee of Senior Officials, despite on-going international tension surrounding Kosovo's February 17 unilateral declarati [...] | 2008-03-03 15:22:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN PREL TU |
08ISTANBUL128 | TURKISH CYPRIOT ENVOY EAGER TO START SUBSTANTIVE [...] (SBU) The election of Cypriot President Demertis Christofias provides an opportunity to resolve the Cyprus Problem according to both Turkish Cypriot Special Envoy Kurtaly Erk and DAS Matt Bryza in a March 2 meeting in Istanbul. Erk stated that "President" Talat is ready to begin negotiations [...] | 2008-03-13 12:25:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL TU CY |
08ISTANBUL140 | BSEC SEEKS ADDITIONAL U.S. COOPERATION ON [...] (SBU) Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) Environmental Working Group representatives greatly appreciated U.S. support of the September 2007 BSEC Environmental Symposium (reftel) and requested the U.S. government sponsor similar symposiums to be held in tandem with future BSEC Environmenta [...] | 2008-03-20 13:02:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN ENIV KPAO PREL SENV TU |
08ISTANBUL146 | THE ECO BANK AND IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) bank officials told us March 20 that the ECO bank, established by Iran, Turkey, and Pakistan under ECO auspices, has 480 million dollars (300 million SDR) in funds, seeks to fund projects in ECO countries that promote intra-ECO trade and dev [...] | 2008-03-24 12:25:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN ETRD OIC TU IR |
08ISTANBUL152 | MARCH 11 TURKEY-IRAN BUSINESS COUNCIL MEETING: [...] (C) Summary: A Consulate Istanbul contact who works for Turkey's Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEIK) shared with us internal DEIK reports summarizing the March 11 Turkey-Iran "Joint Business Council" meeting in Iran. According to those reports and our contact's impressions of the meeting [...] | 2008-03-27 15:44:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL PGOV IR TU |
08ISTANBUL156 | SATTERFIELD AND DAVUTOGLU ON BASRAH, NORTHERN [...] (S) Summary: In an April 1 meeting with Turkish Prime Ministerial advisor Ahmet Davutoglu, S/I David Satterfield reviewed the state of play in Basrah and urged Turkey to give full support to Maliki and the GOI. Davutoglu said GOI stability was in Turkey's strong interest, and also agreed to [...] | 2008-04-02 13:09:00 | Consulate Istanbul | SECRET | PGOV PINS PREL MOPS TU IZ IR |
08ISTANBUL166 | REDEVELOPMENT PUSHING OUT THE ROMA [...] (U) The Fatih municipality of Istanbul is demolishing substandard homes in the predominantly ethnic Roma area of Sulukule to renovate the district before 2010, when Istanbul is slated to become the "Cultural Capital of Europe". A total of 541 homes adjacent to the ancient Byzantine city wall [...] | 2008-04-04 16:31:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL SOCI TU |
08ISTANBUL181 | AKP STATE MINISTER CUBUKCU PESSIMISTIC ON CLOSURE [...] (C) Summary: State Minister Nimet Cubukcu expressed her concerns regarding the Justice and Development Party (AKP) closure case to Consul General at a small dinner party April 4 in Istanbul. Despite the "baseless" charges against the party, Cubukcu expected the high court would ban the party i [...] | 2008-04-11 15:04:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
08ISTANBUL182 | TURKEY: THIS COUNTRY IS NOT WITHOUT AN OWNER [...] (C) Summary. Consul General called on Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) Chairman Can Paker on April 1, the day after Turkey's Constitutional Court agreed to hear arguments in the Justice and Development Party's (AKP) closure case. Paker said the secular elite is fighting [...] | 2008-04-11 18:10:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
08ISTANBUL198 | JOURNALISTS COMMENT ON AKP CLOSURE CASE [...] (C) Summary. The Consul General met recently for off-the-record discussions with two sets of journalists to discuss recent political developments, including the closure case against the Justice and Development Party (AKP). In the first meeting, Cengiz Candar from Referans, Sami Kohen from M [...] | 2008-04-22 16:57:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
08ISTANBUL199 | CUKUROVA MEDIA SAYS U.S. BEARS IMAGE BURDEN OF [...] (C) Summary. In an April 11 meeting, Consul General and senior management and editors from the Cukurova Media Group discussed US-Turkey relations. The media representatives identified Kurdish Northern Iraq as a major source of negative public opinion about the U.S., as well as a more "conte [...] | 2008-04-22 17:13:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
08ISTANBUL225 | CHIEF EDITOR SPEAKS CANDIDLY AMIDST NEWSPAPER'S OWNERSHIP CONTROVERSY [...] (C) Summary and comment. Turkish daily Sabah's editor in chief Ergun Babahan conducted a surprisingly candid tour d'horizon with the Consul General a day after the controversial financing of his new parent company Calik Holding's purchase of Turkey's third most circulated newspaper came to l [...] | 2008-05-07 15:53:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN PREL TU |
08ISTANBUL233 | BIG LNG PLANS BREWING AT THE NATIONAL IRANIAN [...] (C) Summary and comment: Mohammed Souri, the Chairman of Iran's state-owned National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC),pitched to an oil and gas tanker industry conference in Istanbul on April 22 Iran's ambitious plans in the coming decade to leverage its vast natural gas reserves into commerci [...] | 2008-05-12 12:33:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ENRG EPET EINV IR TU |
08ISTANBUL241 | ALBANIAN FM REVIEWS BSEC PRIORITIES [...] Albania will serve as organization for Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) Chairman in Office from May 1 - October 31. On May 12 at BSEC headquarters in Istanbul, Albanian Foreign Minister Lulzim Basha addressed representatives of the BSEC member states, observers and related bodies, desc [...] | 2008-05-14 08:23:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECIN TU |
08ISTANBUL245 | (C) TURKEY-IRAN ELECTION WORKSHOPS CONTINUING; NO [...] (C/NOFORN) Summary: A Turkish professor who has held several academic exchanges on election-related issues with an influential Iranian think-tank since last year said that his Iranian counterparts are under renewed pressure not to allow European experts to participate. He believes that the [...] | 2008-05-14 11:49:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM IR TU |
08ISTANBUL263 | UNDP SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT FOR BSEC PROJECTS [...] (SBU) Summary. UNDP Business Development Advisor Lovita Ramguttee is seeking USG support for UNDP's on-going business development work with the organization for Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) as well as for possible future initiatives. She provided background information on UNDP's on- [...] | 2008-05-20 07:46:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN PREL TU |
08ISTANBUL279 | IRAN,S MAJLES ELECTIONS: A TECHNICAL PERSPECTIVE [...] (C) Summary: A Turkish professor who led an unofficial (unbeknownst to the Iranian regime) election observation mission to Iran's recent Majles elections shared his findings with Consulate Istanbul "Iran Watcher." (Election results and post-election analysis were reported in refs B and C). [...] | 2008-05-23 12:57:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KDEM IR TU |
08ISTANBUL287 | THE IRANIAN MFA'S THINK-TANK DIRECTOR ON IRAN AND [...] (C) Summary and comment: Dr. Rasoul Mousavi, the director of the Iranian MFA's think-tank, claimed at a conference on Asian security held in Istanbul on May 21 that Iran stands ready to help resolve outstanding regional security challenges; has the most to lose from continued instability and [...] | 2008-05-29 04:27:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR TU |
08ISTANBUL308 | CODEL TANNER ISTANBUL MEETINGS [...] (SBU) Summary. Ten members of the U.S House Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly headed by Congressman John Tanner met in Istanbul on May 28 with public intellectuals and civil society to discuss the economic and political challenges facing Turkey. Their interlocutors acknowledged t [...] | 2008-06-12 12:38:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TU |
08ISTANBUL310 | AN IRANIAN ANALYST LOOKS AT US-IRAN RELATIONS [...] (S/NOFORN) Summary and comment: A prominent Tehran-based political and economic analyst spoke with Consulate Istanbul's Iran Watcher June 6 about the prospects for US-Iran relations, Iran's nuclear program and the P5 1 offer, and Iran's compelling need for US energy investment and technology [...] | 2008-06-13 10:32:00 | Consulate Istanbul | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINS IR |
08ISTANBUL319 | TURKEY SEEKS ARAB INVESTMENT [...] (C) Summary. The third annual Turkish-Arab Economic Forum attracted high level attendance including the Prime Ministers of Turkey, Syria, Qatar, Somalia and the Palestinian Authority as well as the Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister and a number of finance, energy and investment ministers. Turkish [...] | 2008-06-16 11:40:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV PREL TU |
08ISTANBUL32 | TURKEY: ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF HRANT DINK [...] (C) Summary and comment. As Turkey prepares to recognize the one year anniversary of the Hrant Dink assassination on January 19, we can't help but look back at the causes to which Dink dedicated his life - including human rights and Turkish-Armenian reconciliation - as well as to the invest [...] | 2008-01-18 09:23:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL AM TU |
08ISTANBUL320 | IRAN/ENERGY: THE IRANIAN DEPUTY OIL MINISTER'S [...] (C) Summary and comment: Iran's Deputy Oil Minister responsible for natural gas, Seyed Reza Kasaezadeh Mahabadi, gave a detailed overview of Iran's current and future natural gas capacities, plans, and needs at the May 30 "8th International Energy Arena" hosted by a consortium of Turkish pub [...] | 2008-06-16 13:20:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL PGOV ECON IR TU |
08ISTANBUL334 | ISTANBUL ANAVATAN PARTY REPEATING OLD POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Motherland Party (Anavatan) Istanbul Deputy Chairman Korhan Kongaz expects the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) will be banned and that early elections will result from the party's closure. Kongaz said a reconstituted AKP under a different name would be severely weakene [...] | 2008-06-23 13:14:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
08ISTANBUL335 | THE CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS: CONVERSATION WITH [...] (C) Summary. U.S.-educated, Bilgi University Professor Soli Ozel offered us a tour d'horizon of the political situation in Turkey. Like other observers we've seen over the last several weeks, Ozel expresses bitter disappointment that the Justice and Development Party (AKP) squandered politi [...] | 2008-06-23 15:07:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
08ISTANBUL344 | BSEC EXCUTIVE CALLS U.S. PROJECT AN EXEMPLAR, [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-25 11:42:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN ENIV KPAO PREL SENV TU |
08ISTANBUL347 | RALLY IN ISTANBUL AGAINST MILITARY AND JUDICIAL [...] (U) On June 21 a reported 20,000 people gathered on Istiklal Boulevard to protest anti-democratic practices in Turkey. The march, called "70 Million Steps against Coups," was widely publicized in ads sponsored by the Young Civilians (Genc Siviller) in the major daily papers. The event, which h [...] | 2008-06-25 13:58:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TU |
08ISTANBUL354 | OLD AND NEW IDEAS AT THE ISTANBUL BRANCH OF CHP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a recent meeting, the Istanbul head of Republican People's Party (CHP) Gursel Tekin criticized the Justice and Development Party (AKP),yet provided little substance to back up his comments. Tekin expects the closure case against AKP will result in early elections and the pu [...] | 2008-07-02 04:40:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL TU |
08ISTANBUL358 | THE AKP TURNS UP THE HEAT [...] (C) Summary. As the decision by the Constitutional Court in the closure case looms nearer, AKP (Justice and Development Party) party officials and sympathizers in Istanbul have begun to press us more forcefully for visible USG support for the party. We have been careful in our responses to [...] | 2008-07-02 12:26:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOC TU |
08ISTANBUL361 | IRAN/P5+1 OFFER: LOCAL EXPERTS PESSIMISTIC, [...] (C) Summary: In discussions with several well-informed contacts over the past two weeks regarding the updated P5 1 offer to Iran and the regime's likely response, Consulate Istanbul "Iran Watcher" was told that the regime would most likely claim to be responding to the offer in good faith -- [...] | 2008-07-03 12:35:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS KNNP EU IR TU |
08ISTANBUL369 | A LIFE COMBATTING ARTICLE 301 [...] Summary: On June 27, we met with Turkish publisher and freedom of expression activist Ragip Zarakolu to discuss his June 17 sentence in the first case tried under the amended Turkish Penal Code (TPC) Article 301 (insulting the Turkish nation) (refA). An Istanbul court sentenced Zarakolu to pa [...] | 2008-07-09 08:31:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AM TU |
08ISTANBUL37 | A TURKISH PROFESSOR'S PLAN TO OBSERVE IRAN'S [...] (C/NOFORN) Summary: A professor at Isik University in Istanbul is using his ties to a well-connected Iranian think-tank and to an Iranian political party association to try to arrange for a small team of non-Iranian election experts to observe the March 14 Majles elections. He and three uni [...] | 2008-01-23 16:11:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IR TU |
08ISTANBUL370 | FIRST OPEN SESSION OF DINK MURDER TRIAL [...] The sixth session of the trial of the accused murderers of Agos newspaper editor Hrant Dink convened on July 7 and was for the first time open to the public, since the primary murder suspect, Ogun Samast, is no longer a minor. In addition to U.S. Consualte General istnabul observers, members o [...] | 2008-07-09 08:45:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL AM TU |
08ISTANBUL38 | GREEK PRIME MINISTER TO CALL ON ECUMENICAL [...] (C) Summary. Greek PM Costas Karamanlis will wrap up his three-day trip to Turkey on January 24 and 25 in Istanbul with visits to the Ecumenical Patriarchate and to a Greek minority high school. Ecumenical Patriarchate senior advisor Metropolitan Meliton expects Karamanlis and Ecumenical Pa [...] | 2008-01-24 11:10:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PREL GR TU |
08ISTANBUL380 | ERGENEKON INDICTMENT FINALLY FILED WITH COURT [...] Summary. Istanbul Chief Prosecutor Aykut Cengiz Engin announced today that his office has submitted the so-called "Ergenekon Indictment" to Istanbul Heavy Penal Court No. 13. He said 86 suspects have been charged, 48 of whom are currently in custody. Engin also announced that 36 of the people [...] | 2008-07-14 16:14:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL TU |
08ISTANBUL387 | JEWISH COMMUNITY DISCUSSES ARMENIA, ANTI-SEMITISM [...] (C) Summary. The leadership of the Jewish Community of Turkey (JCT) at the Chief Rabbinate of Istanbul shared with us on July 14 their positive perceptions of a visit earlier this month by representatives of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) to address the ADL's position on the Armenian Genocid [...] | 2008-07-21 11:11:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL OSCE TU |
08ISTANBUL394 | IRAQI OFFICIALS MEET IN ISTANBUL TO CREATE [...] Summary. On July 17-19, 26 Iraqi men and women gathered in Istanbul to create a development plan for the City of Samarra, where in 2006 the bombing of the Golden Mosque initiated two years of country-wide sectarian violence. Attendees included the provincial governor, members of the provincial [...] | 2008-07-25 12:47:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IZ KDEM PGOV TU |
08ISTANBUL397 | POST-MODERN YOUTH MOVEMENT USES NEW MEDIA IN [...] Summary At a time when most Turkish youth are politically disengaged and apathetic (REF A),the Young Civilians (Genc Siviller) are an important indication of emerging social change, helping to organize recent anti-coup rallies in key cities. The five year old organization, with 2000 members i [...] | 2008-07-29 08:47:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV PREL SCUL TU |
08ISTANBUL40 | TURKEY'S FIRST FEMALE JUDGE ON THE EUROPEAN COURT [...] (U) The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly appointed Professor Isil Karakas as the new Turkish judge on the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on January 22. With this appointment, Karakas became the first, female Turkish jurist to be given a European appointment. According to the E [...] | 2008-01-25 07:31:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL TU |
08ISTANBUL400 | TURKEY-ADDING MORE DEMOCRACY TO THE DEMOCRATIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Newly elected Istanbul chair of the Democratic Party (DP) Remzi Sen said the party is incorporating additional democratic principles, including a primary system to select its candidates. This is part of DP's new strategy to broaden its appeal and "embrace all 70 million Turks". [...] | 2008-07-29 13:06:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TU |
08ISTANBUL418 | ISTANBUL DEMOCRATIC LEFT PARTY TAKING AIM AT [...] (SBU) Summary: Democratic Left Party (DSP) is targeting its former political partner -- the Republican People's Party (CHP) -- in the upcoming local elections, according to Mustafa Aslan, Istanbul Chair of the DSP. Despite an alliance that yielded 13 seats in Parliament for DSP, Aslan said a [...] | 2008-08-06 13:21:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TU |
08ISTANBUL43 | STATUS OF TURKISH POLICY ON ECUMENICITY QUESTIONED [...] (C) Summary. Ecumenical Patriarchate senior advisor Metropolitan Meliton described Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis' 23 - 25 January visit to Turkey as "significant" and believed Prime Minister Erdogan was sincere when he told his Greek counterpart that he is "evaluating" the issue of [...] | 2008-01-28 15:41:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL GR TU |
08ISTANBUL438 | AHMADINEJAD IN ISTANBUL [...] (C) Summary: Iranian President Ahmadinejad led an Iranian delegation to Istanbul August 14-15 for a bilateral "working visit." Five agreements -- on security cooperation, the environment, transportation, tourism, and archives -- were signed, but observers said these were not likely to conta [...] | 2008-08-15 17:40:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS KNNP TU IR |
08ISTANBUL439 | AHMADINEJAD IN ISTANBUL [...] (C) Summary: Iranian President Ahmadinejad led an Iranian delegation to Istanbul August 14-15 for a bilateral "working visit." Five agreements -- on security cooperation, the environment, transportation, tourism, and archives -- were signed, but observers said these were not likely to conta [...] | 2008-08-16 08:35:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS KNNP TU IR |
08ISTANBUL440 | AHMADINEJAD IN ISTANBUL [...] (C) Summary: Iranian President Ahmadinejad led an Iranian delegation to Istanbul August 14-15 for a bilateral "working visit." Five agreements -- on security cooperation, the environment, transportation, tourism, and archives -- were signed, but observers said these were not likely to conta [...] | 2008-08-16 08:35:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS KNNP TU IR |
08ISTANBUL452 | HONOR KILLINGS MIGRATE TO THE CITY [...] Summary and comment. A recently-released GOT report suggests the traditionally rural practice of honor killings has spread to Western Turkish cities such as Istanbul. The report concludes honor killings increased from 150 in 2002 to 231 in 2007, with 1000 honor killings between 2003 and 200 [...] | 2008-08-21 14:35:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL OSCE TU AA |
08ISTANBUL459 | SPECIAL ENVOY CUMBER'S ISTANBUL VISIT WITH OIC SYG [...] (SBU) Summary: Presidential Special Envoy Cumber underscored the need for OIC and USG interaction and cooperation prior to international gatherings during his August 22 meetings in Istanbul with OIC Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu and members of the Turkish media. During their meeting a [...] | 2008-08-25 09:08:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OIC PGOV PHUM TU |
08ISTANBUL466 | IRAN'S "BRAIN DRAIN": A SNAPSHOT FROM SHARIF [...] (C) Summary and comment: We spoke recently with several students from Iran's prestigious Sharif University of Technology who are headed to the U.S. for graduate/PhD studies. The students shared their views on Sharif's academic competitiveness and student body; described their reliance on th [...] | 2008-08-27 13:45:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM IR TU |
08ISTANBUL468 | ISTANBUL BRANCH OF NATIONALIST ACTION PARTY LOOKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Ihsan Barutcu, Istanbul chair of the National Action Party (MHP),along with his deputy -- Nazme Celenk, and Mithat Melen, MHP MP from Istanbul, all welcomed greater cooperation with the United States in recent conversations with us. All three MHP officials stated Turkey must [...] | 2008-08-28 08:58:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TU |
08ISTANBUL481 | WHY ARE THERE SO FEW IRANIANS IN IZMIR? [...] (C) Summary: Local police officials, human rights experts, and Izmir-based diplomats and consular agents told us that Izmir does not host a large or active Iranian community. A police official estimated the number of legal Iranian residents as "fewer than 1,000,", while a human rights exper [...] | 2008-09-09 07:00:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL PHUM PREF TU IR |
08ISTANBUL491 | CONTRASTING PIOUS APPROACHES TO WOMEN'S RIGHTS [...] Summary. Analysts and the press often classify the participants in the battle for "Turkey's soul" to fit within one of two groups: the secular elite or the religious middle class. Such oversimplification fails to capture the complex state of play as Turkey transforms from a relatively close [...] | 2008-09-15 11:51:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
08ISTANBUL492 | STAFFDEL MAKOVSKY MEETS WITH AKP INSIDER AND U.S. [...] (U) Summary: On September 3 a House Foreign Relations Committee staff delegation led by Alan Makovsky discussed the future of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) with AKP founding member H. Cuneyd Zapsu; and, in a separate meeting, discussed the Turkish business climate with members [...] | 2008-09-15 11:51:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU EINV IR |
08ISTANBUL493 | STAFFDEL MAKOVSKY HEARS PRAISE FOR ERDOGAN FROM [...] (C) Summary. On 3 September a House Foreign Relations Committee Staff delegation led by Alan Makovsky discussed the situation of the Greek Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate with Father Dositheos, Press Relations Chair for the Patriarchate. While the situation of Halki Seminary has not improved, [...] | 2008-09-15 13:24:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL TU OSCE AA |
08ISTANBUL498 | IRAN/MEDIA: "THE DAILY ABSURDITIES" OF WORKING [...] (C) Summary: The Istanbul correspondent (protect) for Iran's English-language "Press TV" satellite news channel shared with us recently a number of anecdotes illustrating Press TV's "inconsistent approach" to journalistic standards, including refusing to air her report on recent corruption a [...] | 2008-09-17 08:21:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL TU IR |
08ISTANBUL499 | PUBLIC INTELLECTUALS URGE VIGOROUS ERGENEKON [...] (C) Summary. Conversations with professors at various Istanbul universities reveal a fear among the left-wing intelligensia that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and Turkey's military establishment have arrived at a modus vivendi that, in order to protect the interests of both, w [...] | 2008-09-17 08:24:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL TU |
08ISTANBUL505 | SEVENTH WAVE OF ERGENEKON ARRESTS [...] (U) On September 18, in a seventh wave of Ergenekon-related detentions, Turkish police in Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Mersin, and Hakkari provinces took into custody 17 people. (The religiously-oriented Zaman daily newspaper reports that 19 people were taken into custody, rather than 17, as repo [...] | 2008-09-22 07:05:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL TU ASEC AA |
08ISTANBUL51 | UMRANIYE ROUND-UP TARGETS DEEP STATE [...] (C) Summary. The January 22 police round-up of scores of people in Istanbul and other cities, related to the discovery of a weapons cache in Istanbul's Umraniye district last June, may be a battle in the war to fight the "deep state" in Turkey. The "deep state" is a vague, ill-defined networ [...] | 2008-01-30 07:20:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
08ISTANBUL516 | ISTANBUL SAADET PARTY HEAD LOOKS TO THE PAST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sadrettin Karaduman, Saadet Party (SP) Istanbul Party Chairman spoke longingly about past glory days when his party controlled the city's administration. Karaduman credited mayors from SP's previous political organizations -- Welfare (Refah) Party (RP) and Felicity (Fazilet) [...] | 2008-09-26 10:45:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TU |
08ISTANBUL518 | IRAN/DEMOCRACY SMALL GRANTS PROPOSAL: PROMOTING [...] (C) Summary: Per Department guidance for the Iran Democracy Small Grants program (ref a),Consulate General Istanbul and Embassy Ankara support and have forwarded to the Department for review, approval, and funding, a proposal submitted to us by an Turkish NGO that aims to develop "corporate [...] | 2008-10-06 10:50:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KPAO PHUM ECON IR TU |
08ISTANBUL527 | TURKEY: ISRAEL AND JEWISH COMMUNITY GOING PUBLIC [...] (C) Summary: A September poll reveals that most Turks have significantly negative perspectives of Israel and the United States. Since 2003, this negativity has also translated into a negative impression of the Turkish Jewish population. To combat these impressions, the Israeli Consulate in Ista [...] | 2008-10-13 08:12:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
08ISTANBUL532 | TURKISH JUSTICE MINISTER ISSUES UNPRECEDENTED [...] (U) Summary and comment: Turkish Minister of Justice Mehmet Ali Sahin publicly apologized October 15 for the death of a detainee caused by the disproportionate use of force. Human rights contacts welcomed the unprecedented step by a public official and hope the statement will lead to concrete [...] | 2008-10-17 12:22:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PHUM PREL TU PGOV |
08ISTANBUL535 | RECTOR: CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS CHANGE THE FACE OF [...] (C) Summary: Bogazici University rector Kadri Ozcaldiran provided Consul General with a bleak prospect for the future of what was once Turkey,s premier small university. The conversation occurred against a backdrop of high media coverage of Ozcaldiran,s unique approach to enforcing a ban on [...] | 2008-10-17 14:22:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM AA OSCE |
08ISTANBUL538 | IRAN PRESSES FOR GREATER ENERGY COOPERATION WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. At an Iraq Neighbor's Process Energy Working Group (WG) meeting in Istanbul on October 11, Iranian Secretary of the Iran-Iraq Economic Development Headquarters Hassan Danaeifard said that Iran is eager to help Iraq "overcome its current obstacles." (Non-Iranian issues discusse [...] | 2008-10-20 09:58:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG IR IZ PGOV PREF PREL TU |
08ISTANBUL539 | EXPANDED IRAQI ENERGY WORKING GROUP CALLS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An Expanded Energy Working Group (WG) meeting on October 11 to assist with Iraq's reconstruction brought pledges and suggestions on how to best help the country become energy self-sufficient along with developing its energy export sector. The first half of the meeting followed [...] | 2008-10-22 12:05:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG IR IZ JO PGOV PREL RS SY TU |
08ISTANBUL540 | IRANIAN AND AFGHAN REFUGEES IN TURKEY: A SNAPSHOT [...] (C) Summary: We met October 8-10 with UNHCR, provincial, municipal, and police officials, an NGO, and Iranian Baha'i families in Van province in southeast Turkey, to look at conditions facing Iranian refugees. Van hosts between 1700 and 2100 registered refugees, mostly Iranian and Afghan. So [...] | 2008-10-23 05:17:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PGOV PINS PREL IT TU |
08ISTANBUL557 | IRANIAN TOURISM: AN OPPORTUNITY FOR LEVERAGE? [...] (C) Summary: Iran is making a strong diplomatic push to promote tourism cooperation with Turkey and "friendly" organizations like the D8 and the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO). Iran sees tourism and related investment as a way to ease its isolation and boost economic growth, and th [...] | 2008-11-03 14:18:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS ECON EINV CVIS SCUL SOCI TU IR |
08ISTANBUL558 | AKP VICE CHAIR DISCUSSES TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary. In a recent discussion with diplomats and media representatives, Egemen Bagis, who is Turkish ruling AK Party (AKP) Vice Chairman in charge of Foreign Affairs, MP for Istanbul, and a confidant to Prime Minister Erdogan, praised the AKP's redirection of Turkey's foreign policies [...] | 2008-11-04 08:55:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL EU SC TU |
08ISTANBUL56 | TURKEY-IRAN BUSINESS COUNCIL SEEKS EXPANDED TRADE [...] (C) Summary. Turkey-Iran Business Council Chairman Ali Osman Ulusoy on January 23 called for expanded commercial ties between Turkey and Iran, arguing such ties promote economic reform inside Iran. Last month he chaired a meeting in Istanbul with the President of the Iranian Chamber of Comm [...] | 2008-02-01 08:01:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL IR TU |
08ISTANBUL560 | IRAN EXPERTS REACT TO US ELECTIONS WITH SURPRISE, [...] (S) Summary: Our contacts in Turkey and in Iran who follow US-Iran relations closely, including think tank experts, correspondents, and businessmen, have expressed a range of reactions regarding the implications for US-Iran relations to the election of Barack Obama. Their views ran the gamu [...] | 2008-11-05 13:01:00 | Consulate Istanbul | SECRET | PREL PGOV IR US TU |
08ISTANBUL562 | STIFLING DIALOGUE - WEB SITE BLOCKS REACH 1,187 [...] Summary and Comment: Since November 2007, the Government of Turkey (GOT) has blocked 1,187 Web sites and received 14,503 public complaints. Lawyers and technology reporters argue that the contentious 2007 law regulating Internet content establishes an outdated and unwieldy regulatory framework [...] | 2008-11-07 07:11:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM AA OSCE TU |
08ISTANBUL563 | DUCHESS OF YORK'S SECRET ORHANAGE VISIT PROMPTS [...] Summary and comment: The November 6 airing of a British documentary made by the UK's Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson evoked strong reactions in Turkey due to the undercover manner in which the Duchess obtained the film's footage. Donning a wig and headscarf to disguise herself, Ferguson entere [...] | 2008-11-10 05:26:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE AA TU |
08ISTANBUL573 | CHIEF RABBI PRAISES GOT, BUT ANTI-SEMITISM A [...] Summary and Comment: During a November 3 farewell call by the Ambassador on Chief Rabbi Isak Haleva and the leadership of the Jewish Community, Haleva expounded on the good relations maintained between the Jewish community and the Government of Turkey (GOT) on national and local levels, but [...] | 2008-11-17 12:20:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM AA TU OSCE |
08ISTANBUL574 | ACTING ARMENIAN PATRIARCH CRITICIZES TREATMENT BY [...] Summary. During a November 3 farewell call by the Ambassador acting Armenian Patriarch, Archbishop Aram Ateysan described Patriarch Mesrob II's failing health and indicated the Patriarch will likely continue in his position until death. Atesyan also outlined the impact of the amended Founda [...] | 2008-11-17 12:24:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM AA TU OSCE |
08ISTANBUL58 | EDITOR CITES IMPROVED US-TURKEY RELATIONS; [...] (C) Summary and comment. Aksam daily newspaper editor-in-chief Serdar Turgut expressed optimism regarding improved U.S.-Turkish relations while lamenting a lack of press freedom in Turkey during a January 24 meeting with the Consul General. Turgut was particularly concerned for his country' [...] | 2008-02-01 11:41:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ TU |
08ISTANBUL589 | AFGHANISTAN'S ISTANBUL CG COMMENTS ON [...] (C) Summary: Afghan CG in Istanbul Azzim Nasser-Zia said his biggest challenge is dealing with smuggled Afghan citizens. Some pay up to USD 10,000 to be smuggled from Afghanistan through Turkey to Europe; most are caught before entering the EU. Turkish police send up to 600 such Afghans a [...] | 2008-11-21 13:22:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PINS PGOV PHUM TU IR AF |
08ISTANBUL590 | IN ISTANBUL ELECTIONS, AKP SETS ITS SIGHTS ON A CHP STRONGHOLD [...] Summary. Besiktas, one of Istanbul's richest and most secular districts, has long been a stronghold of Turkey's secular Republican People's Party (CHP). In both the 2004 local elections and the 2007 parliamentary elections Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) never got above 2 [...] | 2008-11-24 13:36:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL TU |
08ISTANBUL594 | DINK LAWYER OPTIMISTIC DESPITE CONCERNS OF GROWING [...] (C) Summary: The Prime Ministry Inspection Board's report summarizing the findings of its investigation into the murder of Hrant Dink concludes that security officials could have prevented Dink's murder had they acted on available intelligence. Dink family lawyer Fethiye Cetin told us she [...] | 2008-11-25 12:59:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM AA OSCE TU |
08ISTANBUL595 | ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH: MORE CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I congratulated the United States on the election of its new president, discussed the Patriarchate's potential reacquisition of the Buyukada Orphanage as well as hoped for reforms from the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and his views on the [...] | 2008-11-25 13:56:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AA OSCE TU |
08ISTANBUL596 | ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTER NALBANDIAN VISITS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On November 24, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian visited Istanbul in order to pay a working visit to the headquarters of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC). In addition to BSEC-related meetings, Nalbandian also called on Armenian [...] | 2008-11-26 15:00:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN PREL TU AR |
08ISTANBUL598 | SAKARYA: WORKING CLASS PROVINCE IN TURKEY'S [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Sakarya, a working class province about 100 kilometers east of Istanbul, shows some negative impacts from the global financial crisis, despite contrary claims from local leaders. The Consul General visited a sizable Goodyear Tire Factory -- a positive example of U.S [...] | 2008-12-01 15:05:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL TU |
08ISTANBUL599 | NO AMERICANS INJURED IN BOMB ATTACK AT AKP [...] (SBU) Media sources reported, and an official of Turkey's ruling AK Party (AKP) confirmed to Consulate personnel, that at 1500 hours local time an explosion occurred at the AKP Istanbul headquarters in the Sutluce neighborhood of Istanbul. Istanbul Governor Muammer Guler released a statement [...] | 2008-12-02 06:47:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER TU |
08ISTANBUL611 | NO QUICK END IN SIGHT FOR ERGENEKON TRIAL [...] (C) Summary: Because of the peculiarities of the Turkish judicial system, the Ergenekon trial of 85 defendants suspected of plotting to overthrow the Turkish state is expected to last at least a year, and perhaps much longer. End Summary. 2. (U) We recently interviewed three prominent la [...] | 2008-12-15 14:33:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL TU |
08ISTANBUL615 | REGIONAL ACTIVISTS STRATEGIZE ON BOLSTERING THE [...] (C) Summary: Iranian, Azeri, and Turkish human rights experts participated in a "regional women's rights discussion" November 28-29 in Istanbul, co-hosted by Turkish and Azeri human rights NGOs. Focusing primarily on the beleaguered state of women's rights in Iran, the speakers highlighted t [...] | 2008-12-17 10:11:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINS IR TU AZ |
08ISTANBUL62 | KURDISH PROFESSIONALS SUSPECT CHANGE IN U.S. [...] (C) Summary and comment. Members of an association of Kurdish intellectuals recently discussed with us Turkish military operations in Northern Iraq, the state of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) and the importance of democratization for defeating PKK terrorism. Group members l [...] | 2008-02-05 05:56:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ PGOV PHUM TU |
08ISTANBUL620 | ARMENIAN FOUNDATIONS WIN RULING FROM EUROPEAN [...] (SBU) Summary. On December 16 the European Court of Human Rights issued two judgments against Turkey for violating the property rights of two Armenian foundations in cases pertaining to properties they formerly owned. In both cases, the court ruled that Turkey had violated Article 1 of Proto [...] | 2008-12-18 16:42:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL AA OSCE TU |
08ISTANBUL630 | AKP'S ISTANBUL MAYOR TO STAND FOR RE-ELECTION [...] On December 21 Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan announced that Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) will re-nominate Kadir Topbas, the current Mayor of the Greater Istanbul Municipality, for a second five-year term. He is expected to win re-election easily in the upcoming [...] | 2008-12-23 13:40:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PGOV PREL TU |
08ISTANBUL77 | (C) INSIGHTS INTO IRAN'S PRESS TV FROM ITS [...] (C/NOFORN) Summary: Iranian news channel Press TV's Istanbul correspondent, a UK national, told us that the editors in Tehran do not dictate reporting topics or editorial line, but have set some reporting redlines (e.g., no PJAK or gas cut-off stories, no scenes of Turks drinking alcohol). [...] | 2008-02-12 05:36:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IR TU |
08ISTANBUL79 | REDISTRICTING THREATENS OPPOSITION ENCLAVES IN [...] (SBU) The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) intends to redistrict Istanbul before the 2009 March local elections in hopes of weakening further the opposition Republican People's Party's (CHP) power in Istanbul, according to Kadikoy Mayor Selami Ozturk. In both statements to the pre [...] | 2008-02-12 14:22:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU |
08ISTANBUL85 | THE D8 AND IRAN: EVEN WORSE THAN "BUSINESS AS [...] (C) Summary: A tour d,horizon with the Secretary General of the "D8 Developing Countries" revealed an organization trying to find its niche in a crowded arena of multilateral economic organizations. The Secretary General has high hopes of using the D8 to foster "growth and developing across t [...] | 2008-02-15 15:36:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD PINR ECON IR TU OIC |
08ISTANBUL96 | UPDATE ON A TURKISH PROFESSOR'S PLANS TO OBSERVE [...] (C/NOFORN) Summary: A Turkish professor plans to return to Iran on March 12 with five other election experts to quietly observe the March 14 Majles elections. He will portray the visit as a follow-up to past academic exchanges with Iranian counterparts, but once there he plans to divide his [...] | 2008-02-23 07:46:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM TU IR |
08ISTANBUL98 | TURKISH MEDIA FIGURES DISCUSS HEADSCARF, POLITICS, [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Conversations between Consul General and top media representatives in Istanbul in January and February ranged from discussing the headscarf debate to the status of major political parties and the U.S. image in Turkey. Concern about suspension of important reforms an [...] | 2008-02-27 05:24:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREL PHUM PROP SOCI SCUL TU |
08JAKARTA1000 | PRO-PALESTINIAN CONFERENCE IN JAKARTA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The University of Indonesia recently hosted an international conference on Palestinian-related issues. Members of the press, Indonesian Islamic parties and legislators, and some international guests--including anti-Israel rabbis--participated in the event. President Yudhoyono w [...] | 2008-05-21 09:05:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL ID XF |
08JAKARTA1001 | BURMA -- ENGAGING INDONESIA ON DONOR CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Pol/C reviewed with the GOI points related to the May 25 UN/ASEAN Burma Donor Conference. GOI contacts took the points on board. Meanwhile, a National Democratic Institute (NDI)-sponsored p [...] | 2008-05-21 09:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID ID BM |
08JAKARTA1005 | TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS -- BREAKTROUGH IN TRAINING [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a major breakthrough in fighting trafficking in persons (TIP),senior officials from Indonesia's Manpower Ministry and the Overseas Manpower Protection Agency (OMPA) recently participated in [...] | 2008-05-22 01:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ELAB ID |
08JAKARTA1009 | ASEAN SECRETARIAT VIEWS ON BURMA CONFERENCE [...] Summary. Post reviewed the Burma Donor Conference points with the ASEAN Secretariat. According to Dr. Anish Kumar Roy, Director of the Bureau of Resource Development and point person on the ASEAN task force to coordinate aid to Burma, the May 25 pledging conference will focus on the immediat [...] | 2008-05-22 07:38:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM ID BM |
08JAKARTA1017 | NDI SPONSORS VISIT OF BURMESE EXILES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The National Democratic Institute (NDI) and local NGO's sponsored a visit by Burmese exiles to Jakarta this week. At the opening of a photo exhibit on Burma's plight, speakers--including the exiles--highlighted the regime's failure to allow humanitarian relief to reach cyclone [...] | 2008-05-23 05:28:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO ID BM |
08JAKARTA1022 | INDONESIAN FONMIN TO ATTEND BURMA CONFERENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission delivered ref A demarche to Indonesian government and ASEAN Secretariat officials on May 23. The GOI agreed that Burma must allow international assessment teams to reach people in need and promised to press the point during the May 25 UN-ASEAN conference in Rangoon. F [...] | 2008-05-23 09:04:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ID BM |
08JAKARTA1028 | Aceh Update and Fourth CoSPA Meeting [...] (SBU) Summary. Former Finnish president Martti Ahtisaari visited Aceh and Jakarta and pronounced his satisfaction with progress in the peace process while noting concerns regarding rising crime in the province. These concerns were echoed by General Supiadin and FKK Chair Gen Amirrudin who hig [...] | 2008-05-27 06:49:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL ECON SOCI ID |
08JAKARTA1030 | SCENESETTER FOR CHAIRMAN MULLEN'S VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Admiral Mullen's May 28-30 visit to Jakarta builds on solid progress in our bilateral military-military relationship over the past two years. Democratic reforms have made Indonesia a different country from Suharto's military-dominated fiefdom. Dramatic TNI reform since 1998 ha [...] | 2008-05-27 07:00:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV ID |
08JAKARTA1042 | SOMALIA/PIRACY -- GOI REMAINS OPPOSED TO FRENCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission continues to urge the GOI to support the U.S. position regarding the Somalia piracy resolution in the U.N. Security Council. Indonesia's position remains unchanged regarding the broader implications of the version of the resolution proposed by France. As an archipelagi [...] | 2008-05-28 08:40:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KCRM ID SO |
08JAKARTA1044 | LIFTING THE TRAVEL WARNING FOR INDONESIA: MAKING [...] (SBU) Per reftel, the Embassy would like to propose new language to Country Specific Information (CSI) and the Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) Crime and Safety Report. The suggested language is designed to ensure that the security language in all our public documents is consistent. [...] | 2008-05-28 12:44:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC AEMR ASEC PREL AMGT ID |
08JAKARTA1048 | HUMAN RIGHTS -- KEY COMMISSION WILLING TO HELP ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Keith Luse, U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Staff Member, met National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) Chair Ifdhal Kasim on May 27. Kasim said he will consider a suggestion that Komnas HAM assist with the vetting of Indonesian security personnel for USG training. [...] | 2008-05-29 07:21:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ID |
08JAKARTA1052 | Indonesia Withdraws From OPEC [...] (SBU) Summary: Government of Indonesia (GOI) Energy Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro signed a decree on May 29th to formalize Indonesia's withdrawal from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). GOI officials cited high global oil prices and Indonesia's status as a net importer [...] | 2008-05-29 09:35:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN ENRG EINV PREL ID |
08JAKARTA1053 | INDONESIA - UPDATE TO CONTACT INFORMATION [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Updated information regarding the Republic of Indonesia's Head of State and Foreign Minister follows: Head of Government Last/Family Name: YUDHOYONO First/Middle Names: SUSILO BAMBANG Conventional Usa [...] | 2008-05-30 06:39:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ID |
08JAKARTA1055 | BURMA: GOI CRITICIZES ASSK'S CONTINUED DETENTION; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Wirajuda has criticized the Burmese regime's extension of Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest. Indonesian legislators have also strongly condemned the regime's move and promised to press the Yudhoyono administration to take tougher action. The GOI plans to move fo [...] | 2008-05-30 07:33:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ID BM |
08JAKARTA1057 | CHILD LABOR -- EXPLOITATION IN COTTAGE SHOE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Labatt recently observed a cottage industry making shoes which employs possibly over a thousand children. Wholesale buyers are affluent Jakarta businesses who distribute the shoes domestically to small markets and mega-malls across Indonesia. There was no evidence that any of [...] | 2008-05-30 08:27:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB PREL PHUM ID |
08JAKARTA1058 | SENIOR INDONESIAN DIPLOMAT ADDRESSES RANGE OF [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified--Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge met with Foreign Department Director General Imron Cotan on May 30 to discuss a wide range of common issues. Charge requested improved visa treatment for NAMRU personnel during negotiation [...] | 2008-05-30 11:06:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR TBIO PHUM ID |
08JAKARTA106 | INDONESIA -- CHINESE DEFENSE MINISTER'S VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese Defense Minister Cao met Indonesian VP Kalla and DefMin Sudarsono on January 16 in Jakarta. The visit included discussion of exchanges and joint production of defense transport equipment. Cao also visited a base of the Army Special Forces (KOPASSUS). The visit reciproc [...] | 2008-01-17 09:36:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS ID CH |
08JAKARTA1076 | CONTINUED ANGER ABOUT EXTREMIST ATTACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Many Indonesians have condemned the June 1 attack on a peaceful rally held in Jakarta. The GOI--as of late June 3--has reportedly still not arrested anyone for the attack. Charge underscored to a key contact in the President's Office the need for action against the perpetrator [...] | 2008-06-03 08:31:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KIRF KISL ID |
08JAKARTA1079 | COUNTERTERRORISM -- ACTION GROUP DISCUSSES JIHADI [...] (C) SUMMARY: The local G-8 Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG) met in Jakarta on June 2. A visiting Japanese counterterrorism (CT) expert reviewed the role of CTAG in the international CT effort. A Russian Embassy proposal for a joint local CTAG demarche to the GOI concerning "jihadi" pub [...] | 2008-06-03 09:04:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ID |
08JAKARTA1080 | UNSC -- RESOLUTION ON WOMEN AND CONFLICT [...] (U) This is an Action Request--Please see para 5. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On June 3, Mission delivered reftel message regarding the planned UNSCR on sexual violence in situations of armed conflict. The GOI promised to review the matter carefully and asked that the USG provide a copy of the draft [...] | 2008-06-03 09:11:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KWMN UNSC ID |
08JAKARTA1083 | Villagers Blockade USAID Contractor Office in Aceh [...] (SBU) Summary. Villagers barricaded the complex of USAID-funded engineering subcontractor Parsons near the town of Lamno in Aceh on the night of June 2. Signs on the barricades warned people against attempting to enter or exit the compound. Two Americans and numerous Indonesian staff were in [...] | 2008-06-03 09:49:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ASEC CASC SOCI ID |
08JAKARTA1084 | Villagers Blockade USAID Contractor Office in Aceh [...] (SBU) Summary. Villagers barricaded the complex of USAID- funded engineering subcontractor Parsons near the town of Lamno in Aceh on the night of June 2. Signs on the barricades warned people against attempting to enter or exit the compound. Two Americans and numerous Indonesian staff were [...] | 2008-06-04 00:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ASEC CASC SOCI ID |
08JAKARTA1093 | GOI CRACKS DOWN ON EXTREMIST GROUP [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On June 4, Indonesian police arrested between 80-100 members of the extremist group responsible for an attack on a peaceful demonstration in Jakarta on June 1. Several members of the Islamic Defender's Fron [...] | 2008-06-04 08:45:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KIRF KISL ID |
08JAKARTA1095 | BURMA -- UPDATE ON INDONESIA AND CYCLONE RELIEF [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On June 3-4, Mission reviewed Ref A points regarding access and forced relocations with Indonesian officials from the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Presidential Secretariat. GOI contacts agreed that the Burme [...] | 2008-06-04 09:39:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ID BM |
08JAKARTA11 | SULAWESI UPDATE -- TENSION IN THE SOUTH, CALM IN [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Tensions are bubbling up in the southern part of Sulawesi--an island in central Indonesia with about 20 million people--over a recent election. In the meantime, after years of violence in the Poso region o [...] | 2008-01-03 07:25:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL ID |
08JAKARTA1102 | SOUTHEAST ASIA REPORTING OFFICERS CONFERENCE, [...] (U) SUMMARY: Embassy Jakarta will host the 2008 Southeast Asia Reporting Officers Conference (SEAROC) from October 8-9. This message reviews conference themes and solicits participation from addressees. Subsequent messages will provide further details re the conference schedule and adminis [...] | 2008-06-05 09:23:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON PGOV OTRA XB ID |
08JAKARTA1105 | KEY MUSLIM LEADER DENOUNCES EXTREMIST VIOLENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 2, Charge met Din Syamsuddin, Chair of Muhammadiyah, the country's second largest Muslim organization. They discussed repercussions of the recent attack by extremist groups on a pro-pluralism demonstration. Syamsuddin denounced the violence. They also discussed the cl [...] | 2008-06-06 01:30:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KIRF KISL ID |
08JAKARTA1107 | ADMIRAL MULLEN'S MEETINGS WITH THE GOI: BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with GOI leaders during his visit to Jakarta, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mullen emphasized the U.S. commitment to bilateral military cooperation with Indonesia and pledged to continue building the GOI's defense capabilities at Indonesia's pace. His [...] | 2008-06-06 03:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS ID BM |
08JAKARTA1111 | BURMA -- U.S. BEGINS FLYING TENTS FROM INDONESIA [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. military aircraft have begun transporting relief supplies from Indonesia to Thailand for onward transfer to Burma. The Indonesian military (TNI) and Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) have provided key supp [...] | 2008-06-06 06:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ID BM |
08JAKARTA1114 | UPDATE ON SATELINDO BROADCASTING OF AL-MANAR TV [...] (C) SUMMARY: Based on meetings with Indosat and Government of Indonesia (GOI) officials, they are not inclined to stop broadcasting Al-Manar in Indonesia without a legal basis. While Indosat responded positively towards our arguments, they said they would not cancel their contract with Al-Manar unt [...] | 2008-06-06 08:38:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KPAO ECIP KTFN ID LE XC |
08JAKARTA1115 | ASIA-PACIFIC DEMOCRACY INITIATIVE -- ELECTION [...] (C) On June 4 Umar Hadi, Director for Public Diplomacy at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),told DepPol/C that the GOI had still not decided whether it would send participants to Asia-Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP) and Election Observation Meeting (EOM) in Mongolia in late June. [...] | 2008-06-06 09:03:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM ID MG |
08JAKARTA1128 | UNSC THEMATIC DEBATE JUNE 2008 -- INDONESIAN [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified--Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda cannot attend the June 19 UNSC thematic debate on Women, Peace and Security, according to Fikry Cassidy, Deputy Director for International Security and Disarmament Affairs at [...] | 2008-06-10 05:08:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KWMN UNSC ID |
08JAKARTA1131 | Aceh Update on Budget, Elections, and Law Enforcement [...] (SBU) Summary. The Aceh yearly budget for 2008 was passed by the provincial legislature on May 30, narrowly avoiding costly sanctions for late submission threatened by the central government. Less progress has been made in passing the provincial political party law, where additional delays ma [...] | 2008-06-10 07:17:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL ECON SOCI ID |
08JAKARTA1135 | PDAS FEIERSTEIN ENGAGES GOI ON SUCCESSFUL CT [...] (U) This message requests Washington's approval--Please see para 4. 2. (S) SUMMARY: S/CT PDAS Jerry Feierstein discussed counterterrorism issues with Mission and Indonesian officials on June 4-5 in Jakarta and explored ways to improve the already solid cooperation in this area. Indonesi [...] | 2008-06-10 23:02:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PTER PGOV PREL ID |
08JAKARTA1142 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL -- INDONESIAN RESPONSE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has informed the GOI of the decision by the Government of the United States to disengage from participation in the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) due to the HRC's continued politicization and double standards. Indonesian interlocutors agreed that the HRC had problems but ex [...] | 2008-06-11 07:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ID |
08JAKARTA1152 | DOD REWARDS -- INDONESIAN POLICE PAY 13 INFORMANTS [...] (S) SUMMARY: On May 23, the Indonesian National Police (INP) paid reward money to 13 Indonesian nationals for their role in providing information leading to the capture of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) leader Abu Dujana in June 2007 in Central Java (ref C). The INP used Department of Defense (DOD) [...] | 2008-06-12 08:49:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PTER PREL PINS ID |
08JAKARTA1154 | US AND INDONESIA LAUNCH NEXT-GENERATION TSUNAMI DETECTION [...] (U) Summary. On June 10, Indonesian Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT) Chairman Said Jenie and Ambassador Hume presided over a ceremony in Jakarta to launch a next-generation U.S. DART tsunami detection buoy. The buoy was part of the Indonesia-U.S. bilateral agreem [...] | 2008-06-12 09:54:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID TPHY ECON PREL ID |
08JAKARTA1174 | PAPUA -- GOI PLANNING FOR CONGRESSMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: A senior Indonesian official told Congressman Faleomavaega that President Yudhoyono supported the idea of the Congressman's returning to Indonesia's restive Papua province. Indonesian legislators have also invited Mr. Faleomavaega to Papua and plan to press the GOI that they, to [...] | 2008-06-16 09:38:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ID |
08JAKARTA1175 | AUSTRALIA-INDONESIA: RUDD VISIT A SUCCESS DESPITE [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Australian Prime Minister Rudd's June 13-14 visit to Indonesia highlighted the overall positive relationship between the two countries. PM Rudd and President Yudhoyono agreed on a broad range of political, economic an [...] | 2008-06-16 09:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV EAID ID AS |
08JAKARTA1181 | KOSOVO -- GOI RESPONSE ON PROPOSED RECONFIGURATION [...] (C) On June 17, Poloff met with Fikry Cassidy Deputy Director for International Security at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),to discuss reftel points. Poloff underscored the UN Secretary General's reasons for reconfiguring the UN mission in Kosovo and requested that the GOI support [...] | 2008-06-17 09:54:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC UNMIK ID KO |
08JAKARTA1182 | FIRST TRACK I DISCUSSION ON ASEAN HUMAN RIGHTS BODY [...] (SBU) The May 15-17 ASEAN Workshop on Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (reftel) in Bali, Indonesia, was the first Track I discussion of human rights by ASEAN member country officials. According to various participants, it was a success in discussing ideas and generating recommendations [...] | 2008-06-17 09:54:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEAN PHUM EAID PREL PGOV ID BM |
08JAKARTA119 | INDONESIA, MALAYSIA STEP UP COMMITMENT TO PROTECT [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Embassy Kuala Lumpur. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During President Yudhoyono's recent visit to Malaysia, the two governments stepped up their commitment to protect migrants and combat trafficking. Yudhoyono brought public attention to the plight of Indonesian m [...] | 2008-01-22 04:33:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ID KWMN MY PGOV PREL |
08JAKARTA1191 | DARFUR/UNAMID -- INDONESIAN STABILIZATION POLICE [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The planned deployment of one Formed Police Unit of Indonesian National Police to Darfur is on hold. The unit is reportedly ready for deployment but bureaucratic issues must be addressed befor [...] | 2008-06-18 09:42:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR PKO ID SU |
08JAKARTA1199 | NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH UNIT -- INDONESIA READY TO [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified--Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 16, Ambassador Hume and Eddy Pratomo, Director General for Treaties and Legal Affairs at the Indonesian Department of Foreign Relations, discussed the way ahead on the negotiation of a new [...] | 2008-06-19 08:22:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR TBIO AMED ID |
08JAKARTA120 | BURMA -- INDONESIAN CIVIL SOCIETY PLANS CONFERENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: An Indonesian coalition of civil society activists met January 17 with emboffs in order to plan a regional conference on Burma to take place in March in Jakarta. The USG-funded conference would invite civil society representatives from ASEAN and other Asian nations, as well as [...] | 2008-01-22 06:55:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID BM ID |
08JAKARTA1200 | JUNE 2008 THEMATIC DEBATE ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE -- [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified--Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) On June 19, poloff discussed ref A points with Riado Sembiring, Head of Peacekeeping Affairs in the Directorate of International Security and Disarmament Affairs at the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affai [...] | 2008-06-19 09:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KWMN UNSC ID |
08JAKARTA1207 | FORMER GENERAL ARRESTED FOR ACTIVIST'S MURDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 19, Jakarta police arrested retired general and former Deputy of the Indonesian National Intelligence Agency (BIN) Muchdi Purwopranjono for the 2004 murder of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib. The arrest marks the first time a retired military general has been c [...] | 2008-06-20 09:38:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PREL ID |
08JAKARTA1214 | PRESSING INDONESIA ON ZIMBABWE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission reviewed points with the GOI underscoring USG and international community concern about the situation in Zimbabwe. Pol/C emphasized to contacts the need for a robust Presidential Statement (PRST),noting that the regime's actions have serious implications for the wider [...] | 2008-06-23 06:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM UNSC ID ZI |
08JAKARTA1232 | ASIA-PACIFIC DEMOCRACY INITIATIVE -- INDONESIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI will consider sending an "observer" to the upcoming Asia-Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP) meeting in Seoul, a senior Indonesian diplomat told Paul Lettow of the NSC, Daniel Twining of the Department's Policy Planning Staff and DepPol/C on June 11. Meanwhile, two Ind [...] | 2008-06-24 09:09:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM ID MG |
08JAKARTA1234 | TERRORIST FINANCE -- RENEWING MANDATE OF 1267 [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Drawing on reftel points, poloff urged Indonesian support for the draft resolution related to UNSCR 1267 concerning Al-Qaida and the Taliban. In comments echoed by other GOI officials, Mission [...] | 2008-06-25 02:51:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER EFIN UNSC ID |
08JAKARTA1238 | JAKARTA TO HOST CAPACITY-BUILDING CONFERENCE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia has announcced that it plans n co-host with South Africa a ministerial-level apacity-building conference for Palestine, July 1415. The conference--which would be held in Jakata--aims to generate pledges of training, technial assistance and other forms of capacity-buil [...] | 2008-06-25 08:37:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ID SF XF |
08JAKARTA1240 | LEAHY VETTING -- MISSION REQUESTS REVIEW OF [...] (C) This is an Action Request. Please see Para 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Recently proposed changes to the Leahy human rights vetting process risk undermining U.S.-Indonesia security cooperation and, ironically, contradict the law's intent to promote human rights. The Secretary's 2005 decisio [...] | 2008-06-25 10:01:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MAAR ID |
08JAKARTA1244 | BURMA -- SHAPING POST-CYCLONE ASSISTANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission reviewed USG points re shaping post-cyclone assistance in Burma with contacts in the Presidential Palace and the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU). Tri Sukma Djandam of the Office of the President told Pol/C that the GOI wanted to make sure that the international c [...] | 2008-06-26 06:27:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ID BM |
08JAKARTA1247 | NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH UNIT -- LEGISLATIVE HEARINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) held hearings June 23 and 25 to discuss the future of the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU 2) based in Jakarta. The DPR heard testimony from high-level representatives of the Ministry of Health, the military, and the Departme [...] | 2008-06-26 10:04:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR TBIO AMED ID |
08JAKARTA1260 | MAJOR MUSLIM GROUP SPONSORS CONFERENCE; MODERATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over a hundred prominent experts from 27 countries gathered to discuss the topic of "Addressing Facets of Violence: What can be Done?" at the Second World Peace Forum hosted by Muhammadiyah--Indonesia's second-largest Muslim organization with over 30 million members. The eve [...] | 2008-06-27 08:42:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS KIRF KISL ID |
08JAKARTA1270 | ZIMBABWE -- URGENT DEMARCHE RE DRAFT UNSC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission reviewed latest points re Zimbabwe with the GOI, underscoring deep international concern about the sham election held there recently. Pol/C noted that the USG wanted to work with Indonesia on a draft UNSC resolution that would address the situation, and call for an asset [...] | 2008-06-30 06:23:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM UNSC ZI ID |
08JAKARTA1271 | RESPONSE TO ENGAGING HOST GOVERNMENTS ON CERTAIN [...] (C) Post points of contact regarding terrorist broadcast issues are as follows: Until July 31, 2008: Yvonne Gonzales GonzalesYM@state.gov Office: 62-21-3435-9070 Mobile: 62-812-106-8449 Starting September 1, 2008: Pablo Valdez ValdezPM2@state.gov Office: 62-21-3435-9070 Mobile: 6 [...] | 2008-06-30 06:37:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER XF AL ID |
08JAKARTA1272 | TERRORIST FINANCE -- ENCOURAGING SUPPORT FOR 1267 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C met with GOI contact, urging that Indonesia join the U.S. in publicly welcoming on June 30 the follow-on resolution to UNSCR 1735 related to Al-Qaida and the Taliban. Pol/C urged that the GOI join the USG in strongly supporting the resolution in public. Pol/C noted that [...] | 2008-06-30 07:33:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EFIN UNSC ID |
08JAKARTA1276 | RELIGIOUS FREEDOM -- MINORITY SECT UNDER PRESSURE [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya and Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Mission continues to receive reports of discrimination against the Ahmadiyah religious sect. Mission has received reports, for example, that in West Java eight Ahmadi mosques have been [...] | 2008-06-30 08:58:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KIRF PREL ID |
08JAKARTA1278 | U.S. MILITARY TRAINING OF INDONESIAN POLICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 27, the Ambassador and Imron Cotan, the second-highest ranking official in the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),discussed the training of Indonesian police by U.S. military (special) forces. Mission has suspended such training, most of it counternarcotic [...] | 2008-06-30 09:51:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS KNAR PTER ID |
08JAKARTA1282 | IRANIAN PARTICIPATION IN DEFENSE-RELATED EVENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a recent visit to Jakarta, Acting A/S for International Security and Nonproliferation McNerney reviewed points related to Iranian participation in defense-related events, including international defense expositions. McNerney urged Indonesia to work to exclude Iran from s [...] | 2008-07-01 06:36:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PGOV ID IR |
08JAKARTA1283 | PRESSING INDONESIA ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission reviewed points related to recognizing Kosovo and participation in the Kosovo Donors Conference with GOI contact. Pol/C underscored that Indonesian recognition would help Kosovo on its positive path and noted that 43 countries had already taken that step since February. [...] | 2008-07-01 08:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN UNMIK KV ID |
08JAKARTA1286 | POINTS FOR THE PRESIDENT'S POSSIBLE MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission understands that President Bush may have a short meeting with Indonesian President Yudhoyono on the margins of the upcoming G-8 Summit. We recommend that the President raise the troubled state of health cooperation as the most pressing issue to advance our bilateral rel [...] | 2008-07-01 09:00:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TBIO MARR ID |
08JAKARTA1293 | ZIMBABWE -- URGING INDONESIA TO SUPPORT A ROBUST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission reviewed latest points re Zimbabwe with GOI contacts, focusing on key aspects of the draft resolution. Pol/C noted the regime's use of violence and the completely illegitimate election, stressing that the Security Council had to react in a strong, convincing manner. Con [...] | 2008-07-02 07:42:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM UNSC ZI ID |
08JAKARTA1298 | INDONESIAN POLICE ARREST SUSPECTED JI MEMBERS IN [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On July 2, an Indonesian National Police counterterrorist unit raided a house in South Sumatra and arrested at least nine suspected Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorists. During the raid, the police also seized several Im [...] | 2008-07-03 06:39:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PTER PREL ID |
08JAKARTA130 | MAJOR ECONOMIES MEETING II: PARTIAL LIST OF INDONESIAN [...] (U) Per reftels, Post conveyed the draft agenda and logistical information for the Major Economies Meeting on Energy Security and Climate Change (MEMII),to the Government of Indonesia (GOI) on January 18. Post delivered copies to all Indonesian ministries and agencies represented at the first [...] | 2008-01-22 10:04:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV KGHG ECON PREL ID |
08JAKARTA1303 | ZIMBABWE -- REVIEWING DRAFT RESOLUTION WITH GOI [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 7, Pol/C touched base again with the Indonesian Foreign Ministry re Zimbabwe and the need for a robust UNSC resolution. Contact noted that the GOI "condemned the Zimbabwean government's actions," but was not "very comfortable" with the draft resolution, which it conside [...] | 2008-07-07 06:43:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM UNSC ZI ID |
08JAKARTA1311 | DEFMIN REVIEWS MIL-TO-POLICE TRAINING [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 2, the Ambassador asked Indonesian DefMin Sudarsono to reconsider the Defense Ministry's request that U.S. military forces cease providing counternarcotics training to the Indonesian police. Sudarsono said he would review the matter. The two also discussed U.S. assistan [...] | 2008-07-08 04:14:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KNAR PGOV ID |
08JAKARTA1317 | RELIGIOUS FREEDOM -- CARDINAL EXPRESSES SOME [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cardinal Darmaatmadja, the senior Catholic prelate in Indonesia, told Pol/C that he was "deeply concerned" by the Indonesian government's recent decree constraining the religious activities of an Islamic sect. He said he was concerned that the religious freedom climate could de [...] | 2008-07-08 09:02:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KIRF SOCI ID VT |
08JAKARTA1319 | ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM -- GOI ON REGIONAL DISASTER [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff reviewed reftel proposal on regional disaster preparedness with the Indonesian Foreign Ministry (DEPLU). Mission also reviewed U.S. points with the ASEAN Secretariat. DEPLU officials [...] | 2008-07-09 06:08:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID MARR ASEAN ID |
08JAKARTA1322 | ZIMBABWE -- URGING INDONESIA TO SUPPORT PROPOSED [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 9, DCM delivered ref A demarche concerning the draft UNSC resolution on Zimbabwe to a senior Indonesian official. The official said the GOI would consider USG views as it formulated its position. Russian and Chinese embassy officials offered no substantive comment on th [...] | 2008-07-09 09:58:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ID ZI |
08JAKARTA1323 | ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS -- URGING GOI TO REJECT DRAFT [...] (C) The DCM delivered ref A demarche to Bunyan Suprapto, Director for North American Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),on July 9. The DCM underscored that no resolution should be adopted given the ongoing bilateral negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority [...] | 2008-07-09 10:08:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ID XF |
08JAKARTA1328 | PLAN FOR LEADERS TO RECEIVE TIMOR-LESTE/INDONESIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leaders from Indonesia and Timor-Leste will meet in Bali on July 15 to receive official copies of the Timor-Leste and Indonesia Commission of Truth and Friendship (CTF) report, a senior Indonesian commissioner recently told the DCM. A joint statement has been prepared although t [...] | 2008-07-10 08:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV TT ID |
08JAKARTA133 | AS PARDON DEBATE SWIRLS, SUHARTO'S CONDITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Indonesian president Suharto remains hospitalized in a Jakarta hospital. As his condition continues to fluctuate, the debate over whether the government should drop corruption charges against him gains steam. Some political parties have come out in support of a pardon. [...] | 2008-01-23 07:56:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCOR ID |
08JAKARTA1335 | PALEMBANG ARRESTS SHOW GOI RESOLVE ON TERRORISM [...] (U) This is a message cleared by the country team. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The arrest of suspected Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorists in Palembang, South Sumatra on July 2 shows that terrorism remains a threat in Indonesia but that the Indonesian National Police (INP) are effectively disrupting te [...] | 2008-07-11 08:44:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PTER PREL ID |
08JAKARTA1336 | AA/S MCNERNEY ADVANCES NONPROLIFERATION AGENDA IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: During a June 25-27 visit to Jakarta, AA/S McNerney discussed U.S. nonproliferation priorities with Indonesian counterparts. Discussions covered the Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT),including the recent NPT PrepCom meeting, the reduction of U.S. nuclear arsenals and U.S. initiativ [...] | 2008-07-11 08:51:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP TRGY ID IR |
08JAKARTA1337 | ZIMBABWE -- ENGAGING INDONESIA ON UNSC RESOLUTION [...] (U) This message contains an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On July 11, the DCM delivered reftel demarche to Secretary General Imron Cotan, the number-two official at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU). Cotan did not say how Indonesia would vote but repeat [...] | 2008-07-11 09:19:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ID ZI |
08JAKARTA1338 | DEFMIN CONFIRMS OPPOSITION TO MIL-TO-POLICE [...] (C) Reftel reported Indonesian Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono's undertaking to review the U.S. request to allow a future counter-narcotics exercise with Indonesian police forces to proceed, despite Sudarsono's earlier request that such training by U.S. military forces cease. 2. (C) DefAt [...] | 2008-07-11 09:30:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KNAR PGOV ID |
08JAKARTA1345 | CHILD LABOR -- LAUNCH OF MAJOR USG-FUNDED PROJECT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The International Labor Organization (ILO) on July 9 officially launched the second five-year phase of its anti-child labor project in Indonesia. The project is funded by the U.S. Department of Labor/International Program on the Elimination of Child Labor (ILO-IPEC). Both the [...] | 2008-07-14 08:42:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ELAB ID |
08JAKARTA1346 | IN LULA'S VISIT, GOI-BRAZIL HIGHLIGHT ENVIRONMENT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his July 11-12 visit to Jakarta, Brazilian President da Silva signed cooperation agreements on biofuels development and education. President Yudhoyono also endorsed Lula's call for expansion of the UN Security Council and seemed to voice outright support for Brazil's cand [...] | 2008-07-14 09:25:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SENV UNSC ID BR |
08JAKARTA1348 | INDONESIAN-HOSTED PALESTINIAN CONFERENCE WRAPS UP [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesia and South Africa co-sponsored a capacity building conference for the Palestinian Authority on July 14 in Jakarta. Officials representing over 60 countries from Asia and Africa met to [...] | 2008-07-15 05:17:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ID SF XF |
08JAKARTA1351 | TIMOR-LESTE: LEADERS RECEIVE REPORT OUTLINING [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: In a ceremony in Bali on July 15, President Yudhoyono and President Ramos-Horta formally received copies of the Commission of Truth and Friendship (CTF) report. The official report has not been publicly released as [...] | 2008-07-15 06:51:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ID TT |
08JAKARTA1354 | GOI PROPOSES BILATERAL DEFENSE COOPERATION [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) has sent Embassy Jakarta the text of a proposed Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA). Indonesia is in the process of concluding DCAs with it [...] | 2008-07-15 06:52:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR ID |
08JAKARTA1368 | ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM -- GOI ON DISASTER RELIEF [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a discussion with GOI contact, DepPol/C reviewed the U.S. proposal to incorporate the proposed statement on regional disaster relief into the Chair's statement at the upcoming ASEAN Regional [...] | 2008-07-16 09:13:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MASS EAID ARF ASEAN ID |
08JAKARTA1372 | IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM--PRESSING INDONESIA ON NAM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission urged GOI interlocutors not to allow Iran to use the July 27-30 Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Tehran as a show of support for Iranian defiance of international requirements re its nuclear program. Our contacts affirmed Indonesia's opposition to [...] | 2008-07-17 02:14:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP ID IR |
08JAKARTA1373 | SINGAPORE WILLING BUT NOT EAGER TO HOST NAMRU-2 [...] (C) Singaporean Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Balaji Sadasivan told Ambassador Hume July 14 that Singapore would be willing to host NAMRU-2 if it is ultimately forced to leave Indonesia. At a dinner hosted by the Singaporean Ambassador, Sadasivan said that Singapore is worried [...] | 2008-07-17 02:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR TBIO AMED ID |
08JAKARTA1375 | GOI UNDERSCORES NEED FOR REFORM--AND PRESENTS PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a July 9 meeting, Indonesia's Director General for Corrections solicited feedback on a blueprint for prison reform from a group of experts, diplomats and other GOI officials. The Director General was candid about failings in the prison system (weak security controls, overcro [...] | 2008-07-17 03:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KJUS PREL ID |
08JAKARTA1377 | PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO'S RE-ELECTION CHANCES DIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) possesses many of the attributes which Indonesians respect in a leader--intelligence, integrity, and honesty. However, he faces widespread criticism for being indecisive. Lacking a united Cabinet and strong political base, SBY's cautious [...] | 2008-07-17 06:40:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL PREL ID |
08JAKARTA1384 | ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM -- POINTS FOR POSSIBLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: If the Secretary meets Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda on the margins of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) in Singapore, we suggest that she urge the GOI to carry out the recommendations of the report of the Indonesia-Timor-Leste Commission on Truth and Friendship. We [...] | 2008-07-18 08:11:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ID |
08JAKARTA1385 | GOI ACCEPTS RESPONSIBILITY FORHQUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian and East Timorese leaders have underscored their support for the conclusions of the Com(ission on Truth and Friendship (CTF) Report, stressing that the report assists the reconciliation r"ocess. The report itself places institutional eesponsibility on Indonesian secu [...] | 2008-07-18 08:30:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ID TT |
08JAKARTA1390 | DARFUR PEACEKEEPING -- INDONESIA STILL COMMITTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian government tells us that it remains firmly committed to the deployment of peacekeeping police to Darfur. That said, recent attacks on UNAMID forces and the indictment of Sudanese President Bashir by an International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor are weighing on [...] | 2008-07-21 05:40:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PKO ID SU |
08JAKARTA1394 | ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM -- GOI DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON [...] (SBU) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission has received a diplomatic note from the GOI containing Indonesia's latest response to the U.S. proposal to create an Inter-sessional Meeting (ISM) on Nonproliferation and Disarmament. [...] | 2008-07-21 07:25:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR ASEAN ARF ID |
08JAKARTA1396 | SE Asian Hot Topics at Regional AML-CFT Meetings [...] (SBU) The annual meetings of the regional Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG),held in Bali July 7 to 11, helped highlight the challenges facing Southeast Asian countries and clarify many acute training needs. The APG discussed and adopted three joint Mutual Evaluation Reports (MERs) [...] | 2008-07-21 09:24:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV PGOV PREL KCRM KTFN KCOR ID MY |
08JAKARTA1408 | SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: FBI assistance programs are critical for Indonesia's democratic development. Over the past ten years of its democratic transition, Indonesia has worked to establish the laws, institutions, and procedures for sustained go [...] | 2008-07-22 08:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KJUS KCOR PTER ID |
08JAKARTA1410 | PREAH VIHEAR -- GOI PROPOSES CONTACT GROUP TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia has proposed the creation of an Indonesian-led ASEAN Contact Group to resolve the dispute between Cambodia and Thailand over the Preah Vihear temple. Indonesian officials are not certain exactly how the Contact Group will function nor whether other ASEAN members will s [...] | 2008-07-22 09:23:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ID CB TH |
08JAKARTA1416 | TIMOR-LESTE: HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS PRAISE--AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Local human rights groups have praised the GOI's support for the Commission on Truth and Friendship (CTF) report documenting violence in East Timor. That said, they say the report--which was released last week--does not go far enough. They urge that the GOI hold individuals re [...] | 2008-07-23 09:30:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ID TT |
08JAKARTA142 | COMMEMORATING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF DR. MARTIN [...] (U) SUMMARY: A large group of Indonesian activists, labor leaders, scholars and students gathered at Pol/C's residence on January 22 to commemorate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. They watched a short film about Dr. King and the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, and listened to [...] | 2008-01-23 10:24:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KPAO ID |
08JAKARTA1428 | IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM--PRESSING INDONESIA ON NAM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has urged key Indonesian interlocutors not to allow the upcoming Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Foreign Ministers' meeting in Tehran to be used as a platform for Iran's continued defiance of UNSC and IAEA obligations. In reply, Indonesian officials reaffirmed their oppositi [...] | 2008-07-24 08:52:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP ID IR |
08JAKARTA1429 | UN MISSION ETHIOPIA/ERITREA -- SHARING U.S. VIEWS [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission delivered reftel message outlining USG views on the way forward for the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) to GOI interlocutors on July 24. They took note of our views and prom [...] | 2008-07-24 08:57:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO UNSC ID ET ER |
08JAKARTA1435 | TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS -- USG TRAINING ASSISTS [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 19, Indonesian National Police (INP) rescued 111 Indonesian women and girls from three Jakarta establishments involved in prostitution. The District Police Chief told us that the three [...] | 2008-07-25 08:09:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN ID |
08JAKARTA1436 | ASIA FOUNDATION PROGRAM SUCCESSFULLY ASSISTS [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission has been funding and actively working with The Asia Foundation (TAF) on its Islam and Civil Society (ICS) program. The program--which recently ended--was designed to strengthen key Isl [...] | 2008-07-25 09:08:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KISL EAID ID |
08JAKARTA144 | ACEH -- AMBASSADOR REVIEWS SITUATION WITH NATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador recently reviewed the situation in Aceh with General Sutanto, Indonesia's national police chief. The Ambassador noted recent trends that were of concern, including the failure of local officials to make full use of federal funds and a rising crime rate in the pro [...] | 2008-01-24 07:35:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS ID |
08JAKARTA1443 | ASEAN CHARTER -- INDONESIAN DEBATE HEATING UP [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI will soon submit the ASEAN Charter to the Indonesian national legislature for ratification. The government vows to press for approval, but many legislators have questioned whether Indonesia should endorse the document. They point to the Charter's relatively weak provis [...] | 2008-07-28 09:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ID BM SN |
08JAKARTA1447 | UN MISSION ERITREA/ETHIOPIA -- GOI TO SUPPORT U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia supports the U.S. position that the U.N. Mission to Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) should be terminated because it is no longer supported by either nation. Our contacts confirm that the GOI will work with the USG on a new resolution that addresses key issues. END SUMMA [...] | 2008-07-29 04:44:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC ID ET ER |
08JAKARTA146 | DARFUR -- INDONESIAN PEACEKEEPERS GET GREEN LIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia is preparing to send a unit made up of approximately 150 police officers to support UNAMID operations in Darfur. The vast majority of the force will come from the Mobile Brigade, the police special forces command. The planned deployment--slated to take place in March [...] | 2008-01-24 09:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KPKO PGOV ID SU |
08JAKARTA1467 | UNGA: INDONESIAN HIGH-LEVEL PARTICIPATION [...] (U) In response to reftel instructions, Mission requested information regarding Indonesian high-level attendance at the 63rd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) via diplomatic note on July 8. As of July 31, despite our requests for information as soon as possible, the GOI had made no decis [...] | 2008-08-01 06:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OVIP UNGA ID |
08JAKARTA1469 | LEBANON PEACEKEEPING: INDONESIA EXPANDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia has sent a 75-person military police force to augment UNIFIL in Lebanon. It also plans to send a 200-person military Force Protection Unit in coming months. These contributions are in addition to the GOI's 850-person peacekeeping battalion which is already stationed [...] | 2008-08-01 07:24:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR KPKO ID XF |
08JAKARTA1470 | IRANIAN DEPUTY FM'S SPEECH FALLS FLAT IN JAKARTA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Mohammadi outlined a grand vision of international order in a July 29 speech in Jakarta. In his schema, Iran is inspiring a global movement of the world's oppressed peoples against domination by the U.S. and its allies. Mohammadi--who extolled Sh [...] | 2008-08-01 08:27:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ID IR |
08JAKARTA1476 | MISSION REVIEW OF PROPOSED DEFENSE COOPERATION [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see para 15. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia has proposed a draft Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) for USG review (reftel). Indonesia is pursuing DCAs with regional partners as part of a policy to regularize and document its existing cooperation. Sign [...] | 2008-08-04 04:34:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR ID |
08JAKARTA1481 | ISLAMIC CONFERENCE STRESSES MODERATE THEMES [...] (C) SUMMARY: A major Indonesian Islamic organization, Nadhlatul Ulama (NU),and the GOI hosted a large international conference of Islamic scholars in Jakarta last week. Starting with President Yudhoyono's opening address, the conference generally hit on positive themes. As part of this mod [...] | 2008-08-04 08:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL ID |
08JAKARTA1496 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered information and points contained in reftel on July 31, 2008 to the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU). On August 6, Embassy spoke with Aris Munandar, Deputy Director for Counter Terrorism, Department of Foreign Affairs, to discuss the designations and urg [...] | 2008-08-06 08:22:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC ID |
08JAKARTA1497 | GOI UNDERSCORES NEED FOR EFFECTIVE DISASTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Wirajuda participated extensively in a recent workshop on disaster relief preparedness. The event was co-hosted by Indonesia and New Zealand. GOI representatives expressed strong support for such preparedness, noting steps the Indonesian government had taken [...] | 2008-08-06 09:00:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID MASS ID |
08JAKARTA1509 | CONSTITUTIONAL COURT: NEW JUSTICE SELECTION PROCESS [...] SUMMARY: (U) The first 5-year term of the nine Constitutional Court justices ends August 15 and three Constitutional Court justices are retiring. Each of the three branches of government is involved in selecting replacements for the Constitutional Court, which is an important player in region [...] | 2008-08-08 06:33:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KJUS KCOR PREL ID |
08JAKARTA1517 | CENTRAL JAVA -- MAJOR OPPOSITION PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C visited Central Java, Indonesia's third-largest province by population, August 7-8. Representatives of the PDI-P, the main opposition party to President Yudhoyono, expressed optimism in light of recent electoral victories. Meanwhile, members of Golkar, a key party in Yudh [...] | 2008-08-11 07:01:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAO ID |
08JAKARTA1522 | PAPUA -- TENSIONS TORQUE UP IN RESTIVE PROVINCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian security forces allegedly shot a Papuan protester to death during an August 9 rally in Papua. The shooting came after activists raised a flag regarded as a separatist symbol during a large rally. On the advice of the GOI, Mission has postponed a trip to Papua due to t [...] | 2008-08-11 09:32:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL ID |
08JAKARTA1527 | VISIT BY NOTED U.S. SCHOLAR PLACES ACCENT ON [...] (U) SUMMARY. Key Indonesian Muslim leaders joined noted U.S. scholar on Islam John Esposito for the August 10 launch of the translated version of his 2008 book, "Who Speaks for Islam?" The discussion focused on how Indonesian Muslims--the largest community of Muslims in the world with roug [...] | 2008-08-12 05:11:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KIRF KISL ID |
08JAKARTA1532 | TFGG01: URGING INDONESIA... [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-12 07:57:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ID GG RS |
08JAKARTA1536 | INDONESIAN MILITARY RECEIVES SIX RUSSIAN MI-17 [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian military recently received six new lift helicopters from Russia. The helicopters can be used for disaster relief or for military operations. The deal is based on a contract signed in 2005 and uses Indonesian credits from 2003 before U.S. sanctions were lifted. [...] | 2008-08-12 09:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS EIND ID RU |
08JAKARTA1542 | CHRISTIAN SCHOOL UNDER PRESSURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 25, small clashes involving local residents and Christian seminary students broke out in East Jakarta. No one was seriously injured. Police have evacuated the seminary and placed students and staff in camps in the Jakarta area. On August 12, the students demonstrated [...] | 2008-08-13 06:42:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS KIRF ID |
08JAKARTA1552 | PREAH VIHEAR: INDONESIA ON THAI-CAMBODIA BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia continues to support Thai-Cambodian efforts to resolve the Preah Vihear temple border dispute through bilateral negotiations. The GOI also remains ready to play a mediating role if both parties agree to it. We expect ASEAN Secretariat officials to discuss the issue o [...] | 2008-08-14 07:19:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEAN ID CB TH |
08JAKARTA1555 | PAPUA -- GOI DOES NOT PLAN TO RELEASE DETAINED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Indonesian officials have announced that the GOI does not plan to release two detained Papuan activists who are the subject of a recent U.S. Congressional letter. Indonesian legislators and some officials continue to condemn the letter as "interference" in Indonesia's in [...] | 2008-08-14 08:19:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS PHUM ID |
08JAKARTA1556 | INDONESIA WILL ATTEND ARF WORKSHOP ON [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Poloff presented reftel invitation package for the September 10-12 ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Workshop on Stabilization and Reconstruction in Bangkok to Fenny Ferranita, ARF Desk Officer at the Departmen [...] | 2008-08-14 08:44:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ARF ID |
08JAKARTA1557 | REGIONAL SECURITY INITIATIVE: COUNTERING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has carefully reviewed Reftel regarding countering terrorist use of the Internet in the Tri-Border Region and the proposed three-part curriculum. We believe that it is consistent with Mission's Country Assistance Strategy. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Mission appreciates Re [...] | 2008-08-15 02:08:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ASEC ID MY RP |
08JAKARTA156 | MAJOR ECONOMIES MEETING II - INDONESIAN DELEGATION AND [...] (U) This message provides updates on Indonesia's delegation to -- and GOI comments on the agenda of -- the Major Economies Meeting on Energy Security and Climate Change (MEMII). Per reftel, Deputy Minister for Environment, Ms. Masnellyarti Hilman will head the Indonesian delegation to MEMII. [...] | 2008-01-25 06:54:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV KGHG ECON PREL ID |
08JAKARTA1566 | IN MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR, WEST JAVA GOVERNOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: West Java Governor Ahmad Heryawan welcomed the Ambassador's offer to explore cooperation, particularly in health, in an August 14 meeting in Bandung, the provincial capital. Heryawan, who recently won the gubernatorial election for the Islamic-oriented Prosperous Justice Party [...] | 2008-08-15 09:01:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TBIO ID |
08JAKARTA1574 | (S) POSSIBLE SALE OF GLOBAL HAWK (UAV) TO [...] (S) SUMMARY: Mission appreciates reftel's solicitation of comment on a possible sale of the Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) to Singapore and has reviewed the implications of the proposed sale. In terms of the GOI's response, the Indonesian military's reaction is likely to be muted [...] | 2008-08-20 01:01:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PREL PARM MASS ID SN |
08JAKARTA1581 | WESTERN SAHARA -- PRESSING INDONESIA ON ANOTHER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has reviewed Reftel related to Western Sahara with the GOI. Department of Foreign Affairs contact, taking our points on board, said that the GOI has not yet formulated its position. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Mission has reviewed Reftel Western Sahara points with the GOI [...] | 2008-08-20 08:02:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PBTS ID MO WI |
08JAKARTA1582 | KEY INDONESIAN COURT PICKS NEW CHIEF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The members of Indonesia's Constitutional Court have chosen Mohammad Mahfud to be the next Chief Judge. Mahfud is considered moderate and to have the requisite legal experience. Mahfud will replace the current chief judge, who was defeated in his bid for re-election. Sharing [...] | 2008-08-20 08:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PREL ID |
08JAKARTA159 | PROMOTING TOLERANCE AMONG INDONESIAN YOUTH [...] (U) SUMMARY: A USG-funded Democracy Small Grant project was launched January 24 near Jakarta. The aim of the project--which provides training to Muslim and Christian students--is to promote tolerance and ethical standards in journalistic writing. One of Indonesia's most respected senior jo [...] | 2008-01-25 06:55:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID SOCI ID |
08JAKARTA1590 | TFGG01 GEORGIA: CONTINUING TO ENGAGE INDONESIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Underscoring key points from Ref A, Mission continues to engage Indonesian officials on the situation in Georgia. Officials agree the situation is serious and have voiced support for a peaceful solution and Georgia's sovereignty. That said, Indonesia does not seem inclined to [...] | 2008-08-21 09:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC ID GG RS |
08JAKARTA1595 | SE ASIA REPORTING OFFICERS CONFERENCE, JAKARTA, [...] (U) This is an Action Request--Please see paras 3-4. 2. (U) Per reftel, Embassy Jakarta will host the 2008 Southeast Asia Reporting Officers Conference (SEAROC),October 8-9. The conference will include policy-oriented panels and tradecraft discussions. We encourage participation by eco [...] | 2008-08-22 09:01:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON OTRA ID XB |
08JAKARTA1596 | CONGRESSIONAL FELLOW REVIEWS TREATMENT OF MINORITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a recent visit to Indonesia, Tina Ramirez--a foreign policy advisor to Representative Trent Franks--met with a wide range of Indonesian government officials and other organizations to discuss discrimination against the Islamic Ahamadiyah sect. Among other items, Ramirez [...] | 2008-08-22 09:05:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KIRF KISL ID |
08JAKARTA16 | Medan Mayor Busted on Corruption Charges, Vice Mayor [...] (SBU) Summary: Notoriously corrupt Medan Mayor Abdillah was arrested in Jakarta on January 2 by the National Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in a case which also implicated his vice mayor and senior provincial legislators. The arrest was not unexpected and the arrest of the Vice Mayor [...] | 2008-01-03 10:03:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR ECON SOCI KCRM ID |
08JAKARTA1600 | GEORGIA -- REVIEWING POINTS RE ABKHAZIA/SOUTH [...] (C) SUMMARY -- Mission has reviewed Ref B points with the GOI regarding Abkhazia/South Ossetia. Pol/C underscored that Russian recognition of the two entities as separate countries would be a serious mistake, setting a dangerous precedent that would lead to further instability. Department of [...] | 2008-08-25 05:56:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL ID GG RS |
08JAKARTA1604 | UNGA -- INDONESIAN HIGH-LEVEL PARTICIPATION [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY -- The GOI has confirmed that Foreign Minister Wirajuda will participate in the upcoming U.N. General Assembly. President Yudhoyono apparently will not be there. Mission will continue to work w [...] | 2008-08-25 07:04:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OVIP UNGA ID |
08JAKARTA1611 | NEW LEADER OF KEY COURT TAKES A STAND AGAINST [...] (C) SUMMARY: The newly appointed Constitutional Court Chief Justice spoke to military officers on August 22 on the importance of upholding the Indonesian Constitution and opposing Sharia-based ordinances put in place by local bodies. In his speech, he explained that these Sharia-based ordin [...] | 2008-08-25 07:50:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KJUS PREL KIRF KISL ID |
08JAKARTA1617 | RESCUING CHILDREN FROM LABOR [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (U) SUMMARY: A half dozen child and labor protection advocates in Medan in western Indonesia recently recounted to Labatt the extreme difficulties they face in saving child workers from unhealthy work conditions. Sometimes when c [...] | 2008-08-26 07:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ELAB ID |
08JAKARTA1624 | PAPUA -- AMBASSADOR HUME'S MEETING WITH GOVERNOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 22 meeting in Jakarta, Ambassador Hume reviewed key priorities with Papua Governor Barnabas Suebu. Suebu said implementation of Papua's Special Autonomy was lagging because Jakarta was reluctant to give up power. He expressed satisfaction with the investigation int [...] | 2008-08-27 05:54:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EMIN ID |
08JAKARTA1625 | GEORGIA--UNDERSCORING USG POINTS REJECTING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission underscored to GOI contacts the USG's rejection of Russia's August 26 recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent states. Pol/C emphasized that this move undercuts efforts to mediate a lasting, peaceful resolution of the disputes in these two regions of Geo [...] | 2008-08-27 07:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ID GG RS |
08JAKARTA1626 | ASEAN SECRETARIAT RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT CHARTER, ROLE [...] (SBU) Summary. ASEAN Secretariat Principal Director for External Relations Dhannan Sunoto and his team raised concerns about growing political opposition to the ASEAN Charter in Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines. The Secretariat officials also expressed regret about ASEAN's limited role [...] | 2008-08-27 07:30:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM ID BM |
08JAKARTA1629 | BURMA -- SPECIAL ENVOY GAMBARI ON HIS LATEST TRIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari reported that during his August 18-23 visit to Burma he pressed key regime figures on the need for progress on reforms. He acknowledged disappointment with being unable to meet opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and Senior General Than Shwe. He [...] | 2008-08-27 09:24:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM UNSC ID BM |
08JAKARTA163 | EAST TIMOR/INDONESIA -- KEY EXPERT PREVIEWS JOINT [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Embassy Dili. 2. (C) SUMMARY: An American advisor to the Commission of Truth and Friendship Indonesia-Timor Leste (CTF) told the DCM on January 18 that the Commission will present its final report to the presidents of the two countries in March. The [...] | 2008-01-25 09:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV TT ID |
08JAKARTA1631 | SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE SET TO RETIRE; SEARCH [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Chief Justice of the Indonesian Supreme Court will retire in November. The selection process for his replacement has started in the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR). Although Chi [...] | 2008-08-28 03:20:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA PREL ID |
08JAKARTA1633 | GEORGIA: PRESSING INDONESIA ON UPCOMING UNSC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has engaged GOI officials to urge that representatives from Abkhazia and South Ossetia not be allowed to participate in the upcoming UNSC meeting on Georgia. Mission also urged Indonesia to press Russia to rethink its recognition of the breakaway regions, affirm Georgia [...] | 2008-08-28 06:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ID GG RS |
08JAKARTA1635 | KEY CABINET OFFICIAL SUPPORTS PRESIDENTIAL REPLY [...] (C) State Secretary Hatta Rajasa offered to encourage President Yudhoyono to reply to Senator Leahy's recent letter regarding military reform, during an August 27 meeting with Ambassador Hume. Rajasa agreed that this reply would be an opportunity to open a dialogue with Senator Leahy. Rajasa, [...] | 2008-08-28 08:33:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | ID KJUS PGOV PREL |
08JAKARTA1636 | KEY CABINET OFFICIAL SEEKS TO EXPAND BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: State Secretary Hatta Rajasa offered recommendations on ways to strengthen U.S.-Indonesian bilateral relations, particularly through the proposed Defense Cooperation Agreement and an umbrella science and technology agreement, during an August 27 meeting with Ambassador Hume. Raja [...] | 2008-08-28 08:42:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | ID PGOV PREL SENV |
08JAKARTA1637 | KOSOVO: URGING INDONESIA TO REJECT REFERRAL TO ICJ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Per reftel, poloff has urged GOI officials to reject a draft UNGA resolution asking the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to issue an advisory opinion on the legality of Kosovo independence. GOI interlocutors said they generally viewed questions of independence as political [...] | 2008-08-28 08:44:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN ID KV |
08JAKARTA1652 | U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY TO THE OIC VISITS INDONESIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sada Cumber, U.S. Special Envoy to the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC),recently visited Indonesia, the largest Muslim country in the world by population. During the visit, he discussed proposals for greater cooperation between the USG and the OIC. He outlined a propo [...] | 2008-09-02 05:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL KIRF ID |
08JAKARTA1655 | LABOR/HUMAN RIGHTS CONTACTS ALLEGE HARASSMENT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: A prominent Indonesian freelance writer--and former fellow at Harvard--told Labatt that he believes that he has been under surveillance by GOI intelligence agencies. He says this could be because of his investigative reporting on human rights issues. He asked that the USG keep [...] | 2008-09-02 08:25:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ELAB PHUM ID |
08JAKARTA1663 | BURMA -- RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS IN INDONESIA [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see para 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: As a spin-off from Mission's successful conference on Burma in March, a key Indonesian legislator is planning a road show at university campuses in order to raise public awareness of Burma-related issues. This legislator [...] | 2008-09-03 08:56:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID KDEM BM ID |
08JAKARTA1670 | ASEAN DISASTER PREPAREDNESS: ASEAN SECGEN [...] (U) SUMMARY: ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan has welcomed the U.S. proposals for ASEAN disaster preparedness and expressed confidence that all elements in the proposed concept paper can be incorporated into the ARF disaster relief exercise that the United States and the Philippines are [...] | 2008-09-04 09:00:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR MASS ASEAN |
08JAKARTA1677 | STRONG CANDIDATES WIN IN TWO MAJOR INDONESIAN PROVINCES [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. It was jointly drafted with U.S. Consulate Medan. 2. (U) Summary. Reputations for good governance and hard grassroots campaigning helped gubernatorial candidates gain apparent victories in successive gubernatoria [...] | 2008-09-05 08:48:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM KISL ID |
08JAKARTA1680 | REQUEST FOR DOD COUNTERDRUG SUPPORT [...] This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) This is a request for Fiscal Year 2009 DoD counterdrug support in Indonesia, to be provided as authorized by the National Defense Authorization Act of 1991 (as amended). See action request in para four. 3. [...] | 2008-09-07 22:36:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SNAR MASS KCRM ID |
08JAKARTA1686 | WEST KALIMANTAN -- ETHNIC TENSIONS ON THE DECREASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C recently visited West Kalimantan Province in Indonesian Borneo. In a September 4 meeting, Dr. Cornelis--who took over as governor earlier this year--underscored his priorities which include improving infrastructure in the region and educational opportunities, especially f [...] | 2008-09-08 05:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL KPAO ID |
08JAKARTA1688 | USG HUMAN RIGHTS PRIORITIES AT UNGA: INDONESIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has urged the GOI to support U.S. positions on the various specific resolutions slated for discussion in the Third Committee of the upcoming UN General Assembly. Department of Foreign Affairs officials from two separate offices took our points on board, but made no comm [...] | 2008-09-08 05:56:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNGA ID |
08JAKARTA1699 | TRILATERAL COUNTERTERRORISM CONSULTATIONS: [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission supports the counterterrorism consultations of the Trilateral Strategic Dialogue that will be held with Japan and Australia in Washington, October 2-3. In the context of steady progress on the counterterrorism front in Indonesia, Mission provides below a summary of ongoi [...] | 2008-09-09 05:22:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ID |
08JAKARTA1702 | MEETING LEAHY AMENDMENT REQUIREMENTS IN INDONESIA [...] (SBU) This is an Action Request. Please see para 11. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Post trained close to 2000 members of the Indonesian military and police in 2007 who were subject to Leahy Amendment human rights vetting. Post faces a central problem with current interpretations of the Leahy Amendm [...] | 2008-09-09 07:34:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM MARR MASS SNAR ID |
08JAKARTA1712 | INDONESIA CREATES NEW DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER POSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) has created the new position of Deputy Foreign Minister and is expected to install career diplomat Triyono Wibowo as its first incumbent on September 11. The precise responsibilities, authority and relationship to other senio [...] | 2008-09-10 09:00:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ID PREL |
08JAKARTA1721 | UNGA -- INDONESIAN HIGH-LEVEL PARTICIPATION [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified--Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesia provided to Mission on September 10 a complete list of its delegation attending the upcoming United Nations General Assembly. The delegation will be led by Foreign Minister Wirajuda, a [...] | 2008-09-11 05:58:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OVIP UNGA ID |
08JAKARTA1729 | NEW INDONESIAN NATIONAL POLICE CHIEF NAMED [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono chose Bambang Hendarso Danuri to be the new Chief of the Indonesian National Police (INP) on September 10. Danuri is slated to replace General Sutanto at the end of September. He still needs to be confirmed by the Indonesian legislature, but that should not [...] | 2008-09-11 08:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL ASEC ID |
08JAKARTA173 | COURT REINSTATES CONVICTION IN KEY HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a landmark ruling for accountability, the Supreme Court on January 25 reinstated the conviction of the chief suspect and sentenced him to 20 years in prison for the murder of human rights activist Munir. Immediately after the ruling, the Indonesian National Police (INP) annou [...] | 2008-01-28 09:53:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PREL ID |
08JAKARTA1738 | COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES: U.S. PRIORITIES [...] (U) On September 13, Dep/Pol/C discussed U.S. priorities for the upcoming meeting of the Community of Democracies with Cicilia Rusdiharini, Deputy Director for North American Affairs at the Department of Foreign Relations. Dep/Pol/C emphasized that the United States took the CD dialogue seri [...] | 2008-09-12 08:38:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KDEM PHUM UNGA ID |
08JAKARTA174 | SUHARTO'S DEATH YIELDS MUTED REACTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former president Suharto died of multiple organ failure in Jakarta, January 27. The former general was buried mid-day January 28 at the Suharto family cemetery in central Java in a ceremony attended by President Yudhoyono and a host of political heavyweights and foreign dignitar [...] | 2008-01-28 10:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS ID |
08JAKARTA1743 | CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION: AMB. WOLCOTT'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 21-22, Ambassador Jackie Wolcott led an interagency delegation to discuss civil nuclear cooperation with officials from the GOI's key nuclear-related agencies plus the Foreign Ministry and the principal national nuclear laboratory. All meetings indicated that Indonesia [...] | 2008-09-15 08:23:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TRGY ENGY PGOV ID |
08JAKARTA1753 | ICC -- GOI PLANS TO ACCEDE TO ROME STATUTE IN 2008 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian preparations are on track to accede to the Rome Statute and become a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC) perhaps by late this year. The principle of accession is part of a 2004 national human rights action plan which the GOI is implementing. The interag [...] | 2008-09-16 07:33:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KICC PGOV ID |
08JAKARTA1764 | A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO ADVANCE OUR ENVIRONMENTAL, [...] (U) Summary. The upcoming World Oceans Conference, Coral Triangle Initiative Summit, and possible voyage of NOAA's Okeanos Explorer present unique opportunities to advance our environmental, scientific and diplomatic agendas in Indonesia and beyond. We should shape these events to advance our [...] | 2008-09-17 23:51:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TBIO EAID ECON PREL ID |
08JAKARTA1766 | A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO ADVANCE OUR ENVIRONMENTAL, [...] (U) Summary. The upcoming World Oceans Conference, Coral Triangle Initiative Summit, and possible voyage of NOAA's Okeanos Explorer present unique opportunities to advance our environmental, scientific and diplomatic agendas in Indonesia and beyond. We should shape these events to advance our [...] | 2008-09-17 23:52:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TBIO EAID ECON PREL ID |
08JAKARTA1773 | HURRICANE IKE -- CONDOLENCE MESSAGE FROM FM [...] (U) On September 18, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),provided Mission with a condolence letter from FM Wirajuda to Secretary Rice regarding Hurricane Ike. Please see paragraph 2 for the text of the letter. Mission will transmit the original via pouch. 2. (U) Begin text: Jaka [...] | 2008-09-18 09:17:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OPDC ID |
08JAKARTA1779 | ADVANCING U.S. RELATIONS WITH INDONESIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Now is the time to lock in place the positive directions that U.S.-Indonesian relations have taken since 2001 and to make more progress. Seven years ago, Indonesia was highly vulnerable to terrorist threats, but Indonesian resolve and U.S. assistance have reduced these risks g [...] | 2008-09-19 03:48:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV SENV PREL KDEM ID |
08JAKARTA178 | ASEAN CHARTER/BURMA -- ROUGH ROAD AHEAD IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian government is committed to pushing the ASEAN Charter through the national legislature (DPR) in 2008, although it has not yet submitted the Charter for ratification. The DPR, however, is committed to scrutinizing the Charter and moving slowly. Civil society is pr [...] | 2008-01-29 08:34:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEAN ID BM |
08JAKARTA1781 | IAEA -- INDONESIA UNDECIDED ON BOARD OF GOVERNORS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel message to Carolina Tinangon, Deputy Director for International Security and Disarmament Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) on September 19. Poloff urged Indonesia to oppose Iranian and Syrian membership in the International Atomic Energy Agency [...] | 2008-09-19 06:49:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP IAEA ID |
08JAKARTA1786 | BANTEN PROVINCE: MUSLIM HEARTLAND PLUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission team visited Banten Province in western Java, September 18-19. Pol/C spoke about the U.S, presidential process to a group of 300 students at a new Christian university. Administrators said the school has had largely positive experiences with its Muslim neighbors. 2. [...] | 2008-09-22 05:34:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KIRF KPAO KISL ID |
08JAKARTA1792 | SOUTHERN THAILAND -- INDONESIA HOSTS NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI hosted talks involving representatives of the Thai government and southern rebel groups, September 20-21. According to Indonesian contacts, both sides underscored their commitment to resolve the conflict peacefully and agreed to regular meetings under Indonesian facilit [...] | 2008-09-22 08:22:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PGOV ID TH |
08JAKARTA1793 | DEFENSE COOPERATION -- GOI PROPOSES NEW JOINT [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOI officials have proposed a new three-way joint counternarcotics training exercise to be discussed at the next Indonesia-U.S. Security Dialogue (IUSSD) in the Spring of 2009. The exercise would involve PACOM/JIATF West, the Indonesian National Police (Polri) and the Indonesian [...] | 2008-09-22 08:34:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KNAR PGOV ID |
08JAKARTA1803 | UNGA: ADVANCING USG PRIORITIES WITH INDONESIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Possible upcoming meetings for senior USG officials with FM Wirajuda or Secretary General Imron Cotan (the number-three official in the Department of Foreign Affairs) on the margins of the UN General Assembly are a key opportunity to advance USG priorities with Indonesia. We su [...] | 2008-09-23 06:43:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD MARR ID BM IR |
08JAKARTA1806 | UNSC/GEORGIA -- OPPOSING SEPARATIST PARTICIPATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has urged the Indonesian government to oppose participation by Abkhazia and South Ossetia in UN Security Council discussions on Georgia. GOI contacts took the points on board. One contact in the President's Office--noting Indonesia's longstanding concern about separati [...] | 2008-09-23 07:45:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ID GG RS |
08JAKARTA1811 | UNGA COMPLIANCE RESOLUTION -- ENGAGING INDONESIA [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche concerning the proposed UNGA Third Committee compliance resolution to Carolina Tinangon, Deputy Director for International Security and Disarmament at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) on September 24. Poloff underscored the importance of a strong [...] | 2008-09-24 07:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM UNGA ID |
08JAKARTA1814 | PRESIDENT'S CHOICE FOR NATIONAL POLICE CHIEF [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono's choice as chief of the Indonesian National Police (INP),Bambang Hendarso Danuri, sailed through his parliamentary confirmation hearings this week. Police contacts told us Danuri will be officially installed as head of the INP, a huge entity with over 300 [...] | 2008-09-25 06:09:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL ASEC ID |
08JAKARTA1817 | PAPUA -- GOI INVESTIGATES RECENT BOMBINGS; ARRESTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Authorities continue to investigate a series of small bombings on the premises of an American-owned mining company in Papua, eastern Indonesia. No clear explanation for the bombings--which caused no injuries and little damage--has yet emerged. Also in Papua, police have arrest [...] | 2008-09-25 08:11:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL ID AS |
08JAKARTA1828 | FRENCH NATIONAL KIDNAPPED IN NORTH ACEH [...] (SBU) Summary. A French national consultant for the World Bank and his Indonesian driver were kidnapped and held by a group calling themselves Sword Force in the Sawang subdistrict of North Aceh Regency on the early afternoon of September 23. After repeated threats to their lives at sword poi [...] | 2008-09-26 07:09:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC CASC SOCI ID |
08JAKARTA183 | JUDICIAL REFORMS MOVE FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Supreme Court is moving ahead on efforts to reform its management practices and is instructing officials on a new judicial code of conduct. Also on the reform track, the Attorney General's Office recently completed a project focused on instructing prosecutors on new human r [...] | 2008-01-30 05:31:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA PREL ID |
08JAKARTA1830 | ASEAN DIALOGUE PARTNERS RAMP UP TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) Summary. The European Commission (EC),Germany and Australia will significantly increase technical assistance to ASEAN and the ASEAN Secretariat over the next few years. Japan and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) also have large ongoing assistance programs for ASEAN. Participants at an [...] | 2008-09-26 07:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM ID BM |
08JAKARTA1833 | UNSC IRAN RESOLUTION--PRESSING FOR INDONESIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 27, DCM delivered reftel demarche urging support for the UNSC resolution on Iran's nuclear program to Secretary General Imron Cotan, the number-three official at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU). He underscored the importance of a 15-0 vote and pressed the [...] | 2008-09-27 03:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP ID IR |
08JAKARTA1839 | AUSTRALIAN REGULATOR INVESTIGATING AL MANAR [...] (C) The Australian Embassy has requested assistance from the Indonesian Broadcast Commission for an ongoing investigation into the broadcast of Al-Manar to Australia by the Indonesian telecommunications company Indosat. According to contacts at the Australian Embassy, the Australian Communica [...] | 2008-09-30 00:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KPAO ECIP KTFN LE XC ID |
08JAKARTA185 | CENTRAL JAVA -- PROMOTING U.S.-INDONESIAN RELATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: POL Regional Security Unit Chief met security policy scholars, and spoke at a local university and Muslim boarding school in Yogjakarta, central Java, January 28-29. He highlighted positive developments in U.S.-Indonesian relations, and opportunities for further cooperation on [...] | 2008-01-30 08:14:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO ID |
08JAKARTA1854 | KOSOVO -- PRESSING INDONESIA TO REJECT ICJ REFERRAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 3, Mission delivered Ref A demarche to GOI contacts. We urged the GOI to vote against Serbia's proposed UNGA resolution referring the question of Kosovo's independence to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for an advisory opinion. GOI officials promised to con [...] | 2008-10-03 05:44:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNGA ID KV |
08JAKARTA1856 | IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM -- ENGAGING INDONESIA ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Per reftel instruction, Mission has engaged GOI contacts, emphasizing the importance of vigorous implementation of all UNSC resolutions on Iran's nuclear program. GOI officials agreed that Iran must comply with its nonproliferation obligations and promised to continue to implem [...] | 2008-10-03 06:25:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP ID IR |
08JAKARTA1867 | URGENT NEED TO REVISE TWO VETTING DECISIONS BASED [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraph 5. 2. (U) SUMMARY: DRL has rejected two candidates based on mistaken identity. Mission has thoroughly vetted both candidates under Leahy guidelines, checking multiple sources, and we are absolutely certain that the two individuals in question [...] | 2008-10-06 09:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR PREL KCRM MARR ID |
08JAKARTA1871 | IN WIN FOR REFORM, PARLIAMENT NIXES SUPREME COURT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Amid mounting pressure from pro-judicial reform groups, the Indonesian Parliament (DPR) has decided to postpone indefinitely consideration of a controversial Supreme Court bill. The bill would have extended the mandatory retirement age for the justices of the Supreme Court, inc [...] | 2008-10-07 08:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA PREL ID |
08JAKARTA1873 | WAY FORWARD ON TRAINING INDONESIAN SPECIAL FORCES [...] (C) SUMMARY: This message provides input for the upcoming meeting between EAP A/S Hill and DRL A/S Kramer regarding a way forward in determining whether Indonesian security units previously associated with human rights violations have been sufficiently rehabilitated for purposes of Leahy vet [...] | 2008-10-08 08:42:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MARR ID |
08JAKARTA1880 | ENSURING THE SUCCESS OF THE CORAL TRIANGLE INITIATIVE: THE [...] Summary. Indonesia will make or break the Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI) and Embassy Jakarta is committed to providing the political and public diplomacy support requested in ref A. The reason is simple: President Yudhoyono launched the CTI and Indonesia represents more than 50 percent of t [...] | 2008-10-09 08:39:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KGHG EAID AORC EFIS PREL ID |
08JAKARTA1887 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: ASKING THE INDONESIANS TO SHARE [...] (SBU) You and your teams have made remarkable progress in consultations with the Indonesians over the avian influenza sample sharing impasse. I understand both sides are willing to support a menu of benefits that would be targeted at developing countries most in need as well as the use of a u [...] | 2008-10-10 04:53:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU TBIO AMED EAGR PREL WHO ID |
08JAKARTA1893 | ASEAN -- INDONESIAN LEGISLATURE TAKES KEY STEP TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: A key parliamentary committee has ratified the ASEAN Charter after a long period of debate centered on Burma and the regional human rights situation. Legislators--in an unusual step fueled by frustration over Burma--also issued non-binding human rights-related "policy directives [...] | 2008-10-10 08:02:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEAN ID BM |
08JAKARTA1895 | ASIA-PACIFIC DEMOCRACY INITIATIVE -- GOI SAYS IT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia has agreed to attend the Asia-Pacific Democracy Partnership initiative (APDP) meeting in Seoul on October 31. Umar Hadi, Director for Public Diplomacy at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),confirmed to DepPol/C and the South Korean Pol/C on October 10 that the [...] | 2008-10-10 08:40:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM ID KS |
08JAKARTA1896 | ENGAGING INDONESIA ON RUSSIAN-SPONSORED UNGA [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission reviewed reftel points with the GOI, urging it to reject the proposed Russian UNGA First Committee resolution on telecommunications and international security. Department of Foreign Af [...] | 2008-10-10 08:49:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM PINS UNGA ID |
08JAKARTA1898 | IMPACT OF BEIJING OLYMPICS: INDONESIAN VIEWS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Per Ref A queries, the Beijing Olympics received favorable coverage in Indonesian media, which focused largely on the selected events in which Indonesian athletes competed. In addition to favorable coverage of the success of the Chinese team, there was a limited amount of com [...] | 2008-10-14 02:42:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SCUL ID CH |
08JAKARTA1902 | GAM FOUNDER HASAN DI TIRO RETURNS TO ACEH [...] (SBU) Summary: Free Aceh Movement (GAM) founder and leader Hasan di Tiro returned to Aceh on October 11 in an historic visit to the province some 30 years after he went into exile. The 83-year old di Tiro has used the visit to call on all sides to respect the 2005 Helsinki MoU, but because o [...] | 2008-10-14 06:50:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL SOCI ID |
08JAKARTA1906 | INDONESIA -- NOMINATION FOR DOL AWARD FOR ELIMINATION OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: Mission Jakarta nominates Seto Mulyadi, a campaigner for child protection, for the USDOL Iqbal Masih Award for Elimination of Child Labor. Details of his leadership in the area of child protection follow. END SUMMARY. THE NOMINEE 2. (U) Nominee: a. Name: Mr. Seto Mulya [...] | 2008-10-14 08:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ELAB ID |
08JAKARTA191 | TRAFFICKING -- PRESSING A KEY MINISTRY TO RENEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission continues to work with the GOI in addressing the abuse of Indonesian migrant labor. During a recent protection workshop, a senior Ministry of Manpower official agreed with USG concerns on the need to provide greater protection for migrants and pledged renewed efforts. S [...] | 2008-01-31 04:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ELAB ID |
08JAKARTA1910 | THAILAND/CAMBODIA -- GOI TRIES TO HELP CALM [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono has made calls to the Cambodian and Thai leaders urging them to work to calm down tensions related to the two countries' border dispute. We were told that both sides listened to Yudhoyono's points, but made no specific commitments. Contacts have told us that [...] | 2008-10-15 07:04:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ID CB TH |
08JAKARTA1912 | GOI DEPLOYS PEACEKEEPERS TO DARFUR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia has deployed a police peacekeeping unit to Darfur. The deployment came after a series of delays reflecting Indonesian concerns regarding Darfur security-related developments and logistical challenges. The Darfur deployment reflects the GOI's continued commitment to i [...] | 2008-10-15 08:01:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PKO ID SU |
08JAKARTA1913 | LOW-KEY APPROACH BEST FOR JAKARTA NAVAL MEDICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission urges USG patience concerning discussions with the GOI re the future of the Naval Medical Research Unit Two (NAMRU-2) in Jakarta. Recent press reports that NAMRU-2 was to be closed are in error. The GOI has told us that it needs time before resuming negotiations toward [...] | 2008-10-15 08:37:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR TBIO AMED ID |
08JAKARTA1919 | DRAFT MANADO OCEAN DECLARATION FOR 2009 WORLD OCEAN [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Post has obtained an advance draft of the Manado Ocean Declaration (MOD). The formal goal of the World Ocean Conference (WOC),taking place from May 11-15, 2009 in Manado, Indonesia, is to produce the Manado Ocean Declaration (ref [...] | 2008-10-16 03:39:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG EAID AORC EFIS PREL ID |
08JAKARTA1927 | DONORS PROPOSE COLLECTIVE ACTION TO STRENGTHEN ASEAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-17 04:36:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM ID BM |
08JAKARTA1937 | HUMAN RIGHTS -- ENCOURAGING INDONESIA TO IMPLEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with DepPol/C, an AmCit adviser to the Commission of Truth and Friendship Indonesia/Timor-Leste (CTF) outlined ways to speed up implementation of the CTF recommendations for security sector reform in Indonesia via human rights training. He recommended that NGOs pav [...] | 2008-10-20 05:42:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ID TT |
08JAKARTA1942 | PROGRAM AIMS TO IMPROVE LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's Human Rights Commission--an independent body--is working with law enforcement agencies on an ambitious program of training focused on improving professionalism. The training includes in-depth courses on ways to work effectively with local communities while protectin [...] | 2008-10-21 06:39:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ID TT |
08JAKARTA1948 | ASEAN CHARTER RATIFIED BY INDONESIAN PARLIAMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian Parliament ratified the ASEAN Charter on October 21. The move was expected and came after the committee dealing with foreign affairs recommended that Parliament in full plenary pass the Charter. We understand that the legislation contains non-binding "policy dir [...] | 2008-10-22 06:55:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEAN ID BM |
08JAKARTA1957 | GAM FOUNDER DI TIRO: ACEH PARTY POLITICAL INSTRUMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Free Aceh Movement (GAM) founder Hasan di Tiro, who returned to Aceh on October 11 in an historic visit some 30 years after he went into exile (reftel),continued his tour of Aceh by visiting the graves of GAM fighters and attending numerous public events including a large rally [...] | 2008-10-23 09:05:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL SOCI ID |
08JAKARTA1970 | ASIA-PACIFIC DEMOCRACY INITIATIVE -- SENIOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia confirmed on October 24 that a senior diplomat will attend the Asia-Pacific Democracy Partnership initiative (APDP) meeting in Seoul on October 31. Ms. Artauli Tobing, Director General for Policy Planning and Development at the Department of Foreign Affairs (Deplu) wil [...] | 2008-10-24 11:12:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM ID MG |
08JAKARTA1973 | ASEAN CENTRE FOR ENERGY PRIORITIES, ASEAN ENERGY ACTION [...] (U) During an October 24 meeting, the Executive Director of the ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE),Mr. Nguyen Manh Hung, said the final draft of ASEAN's Energy Action Plan for 2010-2015 will be presented to Senior Officials in March 2009 and will be adopted by ASEAN Ministers in May 2009. He did n [...] | 2008-10-27 07:05:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEAN EAID ENRG KGHG PREL PGOV |
08JAKARTA1979 | KEY GOI ADVISER ON REOPENING EMBASSY IN BAGHDAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Alwi Shihab, the President's Special Adviser for the Middle East, Indonesian President Yudhoyono urged the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) months ago to re-open the Indonesian embassy in Baghdad. Shihab said he believed that DEPLU was delaying the opening of t [...] | 2008-10-27 09:39:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ID IZ |
08JAKARTA1982 | GOI SAYS BALI BOMBERS WILL BE EXECUTED IN EARLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian Attorney General's Office (AGO) announced on October 24 that the executions of the Bali bombers would take place during the first week of November. Multiple Mission contacts report that preparations are being made, though they do not know the exact date when the e [...] | 2008-10-27 10:44:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KJUS PREL ID AS |
08JAKARTA1986 | TRIALS OF THREE ALLEGED TERRORISTS BEGIN IN JAKARTA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The trials of three alleged terrorists have begun in Jakarta. The three suspects are linked to Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) and allegedly have experience in the Philippines. One of them allegedly is an associate of Noordin Top, a major JI leader who remains on the run from Indonesian [...] | 2008-10-28 10:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC ID |
08JAKARTA2007 | 63RD UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE: INDONESIAN POSITION ON [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified--Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: An official in the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs indicated possible GOI support for the U.S.-backed resolution re "compliance with non-proliferation" in the October 30 vote in the Firs [...] | 2008-10-30 10:49:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM UNGA PREL ID |
08JAKARTA204 | INDONESIA'S 2009 ELECTIONS AND IMPACT ON U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's 2009 presidential election campaign is underway and issues we care about such as counter-terrorism, commodity prices, anti-corruption, and Iran will play a role. President Yudhoyono (SBY) will respond to election pyrotechnics by minimizing risk to preserve his curre [...] | 2008-01-31 09:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PTER ID IR |
08JAKARTA2044 | INDONESIA -- PRESIDENT'S REMARKS ON THE U.S. ELECTIONS [...] (U) On November 5, Indonesian President Yudhoyono made the following remarks regarding the U.S. elections. The text of his remarks is contained in para two. 2. (U) Begin text: PRESIDENT SUSILO BAMBANG YUDHOYONO'S REMARKS ON THE U.S. ELECTIONS JAKARTA, INDONESIA, NOVEMBER 5, 2008 [...] | 2008-11-05 09:55:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV OVIP ID |
08JAKARTA2049 | SAUDI ARABIA -- A PRESENCE TO RECKON WITH IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Saudi Arabia enjoys a positive image among Indonesians and is ramping up its already robust educational assistance. In addition to the annual flow of pilgrims to Mecca, Saudi religious groups are active here. While few have direct links to extremism, Saudi religious influence i [...] | 2008-11-06 02:53:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON KISL ID SA |
08JAKARTA2051 | US-ASEAN 7: SUPPORTING A MEETING AT APEC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission recommends a presidential meeting with the seven ASEAN leaders present on the margins of the November 22-23 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Lima. Indonesian officials and the ASEAN Secretariat propose using such a meeting to discuss the global financi [...] | 2008-11-06 03:52:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ID PREL XC APEC |
08JAKARTA2053 | BINTAN ROUNDTABLE AND MANADO OCEAN DECLARATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Indonesia (GOI) hosted a roundtable meeting last week in Bintan, Indonesia, to prepare for the World Ocean Conference (WOC). At the Roundtable, the GOI presented a draft Manado Ocean Declaration (MOD) that was substantially different from an earlier draft (ref [...] | 2008-11-06 08:30:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG EAID AORC EFIS PREL ID |
08JAKARTA2058 | DISCUSSING NOVEMBER 15 SUMMIT WITH PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono (SBY) wants Indonesia to be part of the solution at the upcoming Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy. At SBY's request, Ambassador Hume briefed him on summit preparations in a meeting on November 5. SBY welcomed the G-20 Leaders format and st [...] | 2008-11-06 10:06:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN SENV ENRG KMCA PGOV PREL MCC ID |
08JAKARTA2059 | CHIEFS OF DEFENSE CONFERENCE IN BALI -- [...] (C) SUMMARY: Admiral Keating's participation in the Chiefs of Defense (CHOD) Conference in Bali (November 11-14) offers an opportunity to consolidate the mil-mil relationship with Indonesia. On the margins of this multilateral event, Admiral Keating will meet with Defense Minister Sudarsono [...] | 2008-11-06 11:13:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS PGOV ID |
08JAKARTA2063 | INDONESIA CLIMATE CHANGE UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Environment Rachmat Witoelar will lead the Indonesian delegation to the U.N. climate change conference in Poznan, Poland this December. However, the delegation's composition is still undefined. Prior to Poznan, Minister of Industry Fahmi Idris will attend the Novem [...] | 2008-11-07 09:31:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV KGHG PREL ID |
08JAKARTA2066 | UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE -- SEEKING INDONESIAN SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The DCM urged a key GOI official to oppose no-action motions on UN General Assembly (UNGA) Third Committee resolutions dealing with Burma, Iran and North Korea. He also urged Indonesia to support the three resolutions so as to highlight the severe human rights problems in those [...] | 2008-11-07 10:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA ID BM IR KN |
08JAKARTA2067 | DEFENSE COOPERATION -- AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 4 discussion with Defense Minister Sudarsono, the Ambassador laid out key U.S. goals for a bilateral defense cooperation agreement with Indonesia. The agreement should document current cooperation, build trust and provide a basis to expand cooperation. The USG wa [...] | 2008-11-07 10:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV ID |
08JAKARTA2071 | CONSTRUCTIVE VISIT BY PRINCE CHARLES HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a five-day visit to Indonesia, Prince Charles highlighted the importance of interfaith dialogue, the environment and education. The visit was focused and constructive, and well-received by Indonesians. END SUMMARY. A ROYAL VISIT 2. (U) Prince Charles visited Indonesia [...] | 2008-11-10 06:56:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KISL SENV ID UK |
08JAKARTA2072 | BALI DEMOCRACY FORUM -- FIRST MEETING TO TAKE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda briefed diplomats about the inaugural meeting of the Bali Democracy Forum (BDF) scheduled for December 10-11 in Bali. Governments from throughout Asia and the Middle East have been invited to participate while other countries--such as the U.S.--c [...] | 2008-11-10 08:32:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV ID |
08JAKARTA2091 | BURMA -- USG-FUNDED PANEL DISCUSSIONS SET TO BEGIN [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: A USG-funded "road show" meant to raise public awareness about the human rights situation in Burma will kick off in early December, traveling to three major Indonesian universities. The program of panel di [...] | 2008-11-13 08:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID KDEM BM ID |
08JAKARTA2093 | INDONESIA CLIMATE CHANGE DELEGATION [...] (SBU) This message updates reftel concerning the composition of the Indonesian delegation to the 14th Conference of the Parties (COP-14) of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Poznan, Poland this December. The Secretariat of Indonesia's National Climate Change Commissi [...] | 2008-11-13 10:35:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV KGHG PREL ID |
08JAKARTA2108 | BURMA -- PRESSING GOI ON THE REGIME'S LATEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission delivered Ref A message regarding the Burmese regime's latest crackdown to Indonesian officials and a key parliamentarian on November 17. Mission underscored the need for continued international pressure in the wake of the harsh sentences imposed on democracy advocates [...] | 2008-11-17 09:32:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNGA ID BM |
08JAKARTA211 | INDONESIA PLANS ITS OWN INTERNATIONAL DEMOCRACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) contact briefed DepPol/C on GOI plans to host the first meeting of what it calls the "Bali Democracy Forum" this year. The details are a bit vague, although the meeting will be at the ministerial level and many countries--democratic and o [...] | 2008-02-01 06:58:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM ID |
08JAKARTA2121 | INDONESIAN TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM LAUNCHED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-18 01:45:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TPSL AEMR TPHY KSCA ECON PREL ID |
08JAKARTA2137 | INDONESIAN SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT SENDS LETTER TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Agung Laksono, Speaker of the Indonesian Parliament (DPR),has sent a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The original copy of the letter has been sent to the Speaker's Office in Washington. A scanned copy has been provided to EAP/MTS. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) In the letter, Speak [...] | 2008-11-19 09:35:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KDEM ID |
08JAKARTA2144 | CONVICTED JI LEADERS TESTIFY FOR PROSECUTION AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The trials of three alleged terrorists continue in Jakarta. Former Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) leaders--who have been convicted of crimes--are cooperating with the prosecution and providing key testimony in the trials. The trials seem to be moving toward probable convictions. The p [...] | 2008-11-20 10:28:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC ID |
08JAKARTA2145 | UNGA -- PRESSING INDONESIA TO OPPOSE ANTI-ISRAEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission delivered reftel demarche regarding anti-Israel resolutions in the UN General Assembly (UNGA) to key GOI officials on November 20. We strongly urged Indonesia to oppose such resolutions. Indonesian interlocutors took our points on board, but did not promise any change [...] | 2008-11-20 10:33:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA ID IS |
08JAKARTA2150 | UNGA NONPROLIFERATION RESOLUTION -- INDONESIA ON [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Per reftel message, poloff on November 21 engaged officials at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) Directorate for International Security and Disarmament Affairs, regarding the UNGA resolution on com [...] | 2008-11-21 10:27:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM MNUC UNGA ID |
08JAKARTA2158 | INDONESIA: KEEPING MOMENTUM GOING AFTER THE CTF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Human rights groups and Indonesian government officials have expressed willingness to publicize and implement recommendations of the Timor-Leste/Indonesia Commission on Truth and Friendship (CTF) report regarding the gross human rights violations which took place following the 199 [...] | 2008-11-24 11:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ID TT |
08JAKARTA217 | MOLUKU: COMMUNITY POLICING AND CULTURE OF [...] (C) Summary: During the DCM,s recent visit to Ambon, interlocutors uniformly described the security situation in Moluku as "stable" and "very safe." Despite continuing concerns about the stress unemployment and poverty placed on local communities, our interlocutors suggested that the local po [...] | 2008-02-04 08:11:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL KIRF ASEC EAID ID |
08JAKARTA2170 | BALI DEMOCRACY FORUM: MORE DETAILS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Indonesia's Bali Democracy Forum will be attended by approximately 28 participants from Asia and the Middle East, including four heads of state, plus several observers from Europe and the Americas. Burma is sending a deputy minister. Iran and North Korea are not attending. Inv [...] | 2008-11-25 11:12:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM ID MG |
08JAKARTA2175 | REDUCED PIRACY IN INDONESIAN WATERS DUE TO TRAINING, [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU). Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary. Sustained peace in Aceh, increased Marine Police capabilities as a result of additional assets and training provided by USG and others, and improved coordination with Singapore authorities hav [...] | 2008-11-28 09:01:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT PHSA PREL ID |
08JAKARTA218 | SCENESETTER FOR FEBRUARY 17-21 CODEL PRICE VISIT [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Embassy Jakarta welcomes you to Indonesia, one of the world's most dramatic democratic success stories. Your visit comes on the heels of former president Suharto's passing, an event which serv [...] | 2008-02-04 08:28:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OVIP ID |
08JAKARTA2186 | FUNDING THE OKEANOS EXPLORER [...] (U) Summary. We have an extraordinary opportunity to advance our environmental, scientific and diplomatic agendas in Indonesia and beyond but we need $1 million in State funding to make it happen. The Indonesian government has invited NOAA to send the Okeanos Explorer, the world's most advance [...] | 2008-12-01 10:32:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TBIO EAID ECON PREL ID |
08JAKARTA2187 | ASEAN SUMMIT -- INDONESIAN AND SECRETARIAT VIEWS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian Government and ASEAN Secretariat officials say it is increasingly likely that the upcoming ASEAN Summit and related meetings will be postponed due to the political standoff in Thailand. If the situation in Thailand is not resolved, one possibility under discussion is [...] | 2008-12-01 10:49:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEAN ID TH |
08JAKARTA2188 | PIRACY RESOLUTION -- INDONESIA REVIEWING [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOI officials say the U.S.-proposed compromise language may allow Indonesia to support the renewal of UNSCR 1816, but the language must still pass the review of foreign affairs legal experts. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Poloff discussed the renewal of UNSCR 1816 authority to conduct [...] | 2008-12-01 11:01:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHSA UNSC ID SO |
08JAKARTA2192 | ARF DISASTER RELIEF EXERCISE -- INDONESIAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Indonesia plans to participate in the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Voluntary Demonstration Exercise (VDR) on Disaster Relief in the Philippines in May 2009 and will likely request USG assistance for planning meetings and/or the exercise itself. Exact participants and role have yet [...] | 2008-12-02 10:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EAID ASEAN ARF ID RP |
08JAKARTA2193 | PIRACY RESOLUTION -- ONE ISSUE STILL OUTSTANDING [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOI officials believe the U.S.-proposed compromise language for the draft UNSC Resolution on anti-priacy operations off Somalia satisfy all but one of Indonesia's concerns. The GOI wants additional language clarifying that the resolution only applies to Somali waters and does n [...] | 2008-12-02 10:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHSA UNSC ID SO |
08JAKARTA2197 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BILATERAL AND REGIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Hume met FM Wirajuda for a wide-ranging discussion of bilateral and regional issues on December 2. The Ambassador urged moving forward on a number of pending bilateral agreements that were close to completion. Wirajuda agreed, particularly in concluding as soon as p [...] | 2008-12-03 10:31:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO ID |
08JAKARTA2199 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON INDONESIA SCHEME FOR PILOTAGE IN THE [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU). Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. The Foreign Ministry (DEPLU) and Transportation Ministry confirmed that the Indonesian pilotage program in the Strait of Malacca (SOM) is an ongoing voluntary program. The program was not v [...] | 2008-12-04 00:58:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT PHSA PREL ID |
08JAKARTA2200 | ASEAN MINISTERIAL TO GO AHEAD IN JAKARTA [...] (C) SUMMARY: ASEAN Foreign Ministers will meet in Jakarta in mid-December to continue implementation of the organization's charter. These meetings come in the wake of the decision to postpone the ASEAN Summit, which was to have taken place in Thailand. Thailand will still technically host [...] | 2008-12-04 07:44:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV |
08JAKARTA2201 | INDONESIA STILL CONSIDERING KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission delivered reftel points to GOI officials and urged Indonesia to recognize Kosovo. Indonesia has not yet made a decision on Kosovo recognition but will consider USG views as it considers the matter. END SUMMARY 2. (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Cicilia Rusd [...] | 2008-12-04 07:46:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ID KV |
08JAKARTA2209 | MISSION DELIVERS UNDEF PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) Mission, including Congen Surabaya and Consulate Medan, delivered United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF) grant proposals to eligible organizations, per request in reftel. Mission submitted UNDEF grant proposals to nearly 50 pro-democracy groups, human rights NGOs and government bodies, en [...] | 2008-12-05 10:25:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KDEM UNGA ID |
08JAKARTA2210 | DCM DISCUSSES DRAFT DEFENSE COOPERATION MOU WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 5, Deputy Chief of Mission met with Director General for Defense Strategy MG Syarifudin Tippe at the Department of Defense (DEPHAN) to review the Indonesian proposal and U.S. response regarding an understanding on defense cooperation. DCM urged conclusion as soon as [...] | 2008-12-05 10:38:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV ID |
08JAKARTA2211 | INDONESIA OIL AND GAS HIGHLIGHTS - NOVEMBER 2008 [...] Summary. Indonesian crude oil production has increased in 2008 relative to 2007, although it is below government target of 1 million barrels per day. U.S. companies won 4 of 31 new oil and gas exploration contracts. The Indonesian government is trying several methods to boost its balance of p [...] | 2008-12-09 04:10:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG EINV PREL ID |
08JAKARTA2215 | SYRIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM--DISCOURAGING INDONESIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has presented reftel points discouraging international nuclear cooperation with Syria to a senior GOI official working on nonproliferation matters. Our contact took the USG points on board, noting that he had never heard of any Indonesian intention to work with Syria on [...] | 2008-12-09 10:22:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP IAEA ID SY |
08JAKARTA222 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH INDONESIA'S TOP MILITARY [...] SUMMARY: In a February 1 call on Indonesian Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Santoso, the Ambassador discussed progress in U.S.-Indonesian defense relations and future regional security challenges in Southeast Asia. Santoso, who in December was appointed to the TNI's most senior position, [...] | 2008-02-04 10:39:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS ID |
08JAKARTA2221 | IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM -- URGING INDONESIA TO RAMP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Together with European counterparts, Mission delivered reftel message regarding Iran's nuclear program to key Indonesian officials. Emboffs and counterparts underscored the need for increased vigilance in implementing UN Security Council (UNSC) resolutions regarding Iran's nucl [...] | 2008-12-10 09:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP EFIN MNUC ID IR |
08JAKARTA2222 | USG TRAINING BOLSTERS INDONESIA'S ANTI-TRAFFICKING [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: USG assistance is making a difference in helping the GOI combat trafficking. A joint RSO-DOJ/ICITAP program focused on training Jakarta police and prosecutors on human trafficking law enforcem [...] | 2008-12-10 10:21:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SMIG ASEC ID SNAR |
08JAKARTA2232 | DEATH OF FORMER FM ALI ALATAS: SUGGESTED [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paras 6-7. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Former Indonesian Foreign Minister Ali Alatas died of a heart attack in the early morning of Thursday, December 11, 2008. A seminal figure in the history of Asian diplomacy, Alatas will be buried early on December 12, [...] | 2008-12-11 09:27:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV OVIP ID |
08JAKARTA2233 | ACEH -- ECONOMIC DOWNTURN COULD IMPACT PEACE [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Since the 2004 tsunami, the Aceh reconstruction effort has made real progress thanks to international and GOI assistance, buoying the economy. A considerable amount of funding remains in the pipeline, but assistance [...] | 2008-12-11 11:13:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL ECON ID |
08JAKARTA2234 | KEY ANTI-CORRUPTION OFFICIAL FACING SAO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Mission requires the Department's urgent assistance in securing Security Advisory Opinion (SAO) clearance for two GOI officials who hope to travel to Washington for anti-corruption consultations with the FBI and other USG officials. These officials were specifically invited by t [...] | 2008-12-11 11:40:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CVIS KISL ID |
08JAKARTA2241 | INDONESIA ELECTRICITY AND GEOTHERMAL HIGHLIGHTS - NOVEMBER [...] Summary. Growth of the Indonesian electricity sector has been insufficient to keep up with GDP growth and requires significant additional investment. The government plans for independent power producers to contribute to future growth, but Indonesia must provide additional financial guarantees [...] | 2008-12-12 08:55:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG EINV PREL ID |
08JAKARTA2245 | UNSC/SOMALI PIRACY -- INDONESIA STILL REVIEWING [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission delivered reftel message urging support for a UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution on Somali piracy to Indonesian officials. We underscored the importance of a robust resolution. GOI [...] | 2008-12-12 10:08:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHSA UNSC ID SO |
08JAKARTA2246 | ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION'S FBI VISIT: A KEY [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified--Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The FBI's work with the Indonesian Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is a vital component of our bilateral partnership with Indonesia in the area of law enforcement and rule of law reform. [...] | 2008-12-12 10:43:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
08JAKARTA225 | Aceh: Capacity-Funding Gap Threatens Long-Term Transition [...] (SBU) Acehnese government capacity is severely limited and is insufficient to absorb the central government budget allocations, according to Minister for State-Owned Enterprises and former Aceh peace negotiator Sofyan Djalil. In a January 29 meeting with the Ambassador, Djalil said that this c [...] | 2008-02-05 06:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EINV PGOV PREL ID |
08JAKARTA2263 | PIRACY RESOLUTION -- INDONESIA OUTLINES CONCERNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 14, as requested per ref, DCM discussed Somali piracy with the senior GOI official responsible for United Nations matters. DCM underscored the seriousness of the piracy threat and urged Indonesia to support a strong UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution that granted [...] | 2008-12-15 10:17:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHSA UNSC ID SO |
08JAKARTA2264 | ANNAPOLIS PROCESS -- GOI SUPPORTS UNSC RESOLUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 14, DCM engaged a senior GOI official concerning USG demarche (Ref A) urging adoption of a UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution endorsing the principles of the Annapolis Peace Process. Our GOI contact said Indonesia planned to support the resolution without amendmen [...] | 2008-12-15 10:19:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC ID IS XF |
08JAKARTA2266 | INDONESIA HOSTS INAUGURAL BALI DEMOCRACY FORUM [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesia hosted the inaugural meeting of the Bali Democracy Forum (BDF),December 10-11. The event was attended by 32 Asian countries, and seven observer countries from Europe and North Ameri [...] | 2008-12-15 10:33:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KDEM XB XD XF |
08JAKARTA2269 | INDONESIA/COUNTER-NARCOTICS -- TWO NEW AGREEMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI has entered into two new agreements focused on counter-narcotics and combating transnational crime. The first agreement involves the Indonesian National Narcotics Board (BNN) and the Philippines Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA). The other involves BNN and the Indonesian [...] | 2008-12-16 06:05:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR ID |
08JAKARTA2270 | UNSC/LEBANON TRIBUNAL -- PRESSING FOR INDONESIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered reftel demarche urging support for the UN's International Independent Investigation Commission and the Special Tribunal for Lebanon to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) on December 16. Our contact said the GOI generally supported the UN's work in Lebano [...] | 2008-12-16 06:23:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ID LE |
08JAKARTA2271 | ASEAN CHARTER ENTERS INTO FORCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: ASEAN Foreign Ministers met in Jakarta on December 15 to mark the ASEAN Charter's entry into force. (The Charter makes ASEAN a legal body and sets forth a framework for regional integration.) At the formal ceremony marking the occasion, President Yudhoyono called on ASEAN to pl [...] | 2008-12-16 07:20:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEAN ID |
08JAKARTA2279 | A RARE MOMENT TO ADVANCE U.S. INTERESTS IN [...] This message is Sensitive But Unclassified; please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: 2009 presents a moment of opportunity to advance U.S.-Indonesian relations, with a creative smart power approach. This message describes that opportunity and outlines how we can develop a strong 21st [...] | 2008-12-17 09:28:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM EFIN SENV ID |
08JAKARTA2285 | TERRORISM FINANCE -- LASHKAR-E TAYYIBA DESIGNATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Per reftel, Mission has urged the GOI to block the travel and assets of four target individuals and the Lashkar-e Tayyiba organization following their recent designation by the UN 1267 Committee. We passed on the information for individuals and the organization as a way to facil [...] | 2008-12-18 04:36:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KTFN UNSC ID IN PK |
08JAKARTA2288 | RELIGIOUS FREEDOM -- CULT LEADER ARRESTED FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: An Indonesian religious cult leader, Lia Eden, and a clutch of her followers were arrested on December 15. They face charges of blasphemy for "insulting Islam" after they distributed some leaflets in a peaceful protest. The cult leader has gotten entangled with the law before, [...] | 2008-12-18 08:57:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KIRF ID |
08JAKARTA2293 | INDONESIA'S LEGISLATURE PASSES NEW MINING LAW [...] Summary. On December 16, Indonesia's legislature (DPR) passed a new mining law that will promote domestic small and medium sized investments at the expense of large international mining companies. Bowing to opposition from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, the DPR agreed that the l [...] | 2008-12-19 06:12:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG EINV PREL ID |
08JAKARTA2298 | BUILDING DEMOCRACY ON-LINE -- U.S./INDONESIA [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S. Library of Congress (LOC) and the Indonesian Parliament (DPR) on December 16 jointly launched a U.S.-provided web-based information center for use by legislators and staff. It is call [...] | 2008-12-19 08:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PREL ID |
08JAKARTA2307 | (C-AL8-02576) INDONESIAN REACTION TO THE RISE OF [...] (U) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: This message responds to questions in ref A. We have tried to avoid repeating material presented in previous Jakarta reports on China and refer analysts to refs D and E as well. 2. (C) Indonesians are impressed by China's rise, especially as an economic gia [...] | 2008-12-22 08:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR ECON PINR ID CH |
08JAKARTA2313 | INDONESIA -- 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-23 03:56:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL ASEC ID |
08JAKARTA2316 | THE U.S. ROLE IN INDONESIA'S DEMOCRATIC [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified; please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesia has a great story to tell. This country's ten-year transformation from authoritarianism to democracy was Indonesia's decision and is Indonesia's success. Likewise, the Indonesian gover [...] | 2008-12-23 09:52:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM ECON ID |
08JAKARTA2317 | COUNTERTERRORISM -- IN REACTION TO MUMBAI ATTACKS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On the orders of President Yudhoyono, Indonesian police and military units staged counterterrorism drills in six locations on December 21, including in Jakarta and Bali. The large-scale national exercise was held in response to the Mumbai attacks, with police and military uni [...] | 2008-12-23 10:01:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC ID |
08JAKARTA232 | LEBANON -- SEEKING INDONESIAN SUPPORT [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The DCM delivered reftel demarche to key GOI official Desra Percaya on February 5, underscored the importance of international support for the Lebanese government and urged Indonesia to strengthen its support for that [...] | 2008-02-05 10:31:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM LE SY ID |
08JAKARTA2320 | INDONESIAN SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT SENDS LETTER TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Agung Laksono, Speaker of the Indonesian Parliament (DPR),has sent a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The letter congratulates the Speaker on the results of the November elections. The letter also thanks the Speaker for the recent launch of a USG information network which will [...] | 2008-12-24 04:19:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KDEM ID |
08JAKARTA2321 | INDONESIA -- DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has urged the GOI to exercise vigilance concerning banks domiciled in Iran and to freeze the assets of those entities. We passed on the information regarding the U.S. designations, under E.O. 13382, of Assa Corp and Assa Co Ltd as acting on behalf of Bank Melli. Our GO [...] | 2008-12-24 04:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN IR ID |
08JAKARTA2322 | SOMALIA PEACEKEEPING OPERATION RESOLUTION--SEEKING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission delivered reftel demarche regarding support for a UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution authorizing a peacekeeping operation in Somalia to a Department of Foreign Affairs official on December 24. Poloff underscored the importance of assisting the Somali Transitional Fede [...] | 2008-12-24 05:40:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC ID SO |
08JAKARTA2343 | SOMALI PIRACY -- ENGAGING INDONESIA IN THE CONTACT [...] (C) SUMMARY/ACTION RECOMMENDATION: We have an opportunity to deepen Indonesia's engagement in the global campaign against piracy. Indonesia has had success fighting piracy in its own waters and would bring valuable experience to the fight against Somali piracy. Mission recommends that we w [...] | 2008-12-30 09:25:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHSA MOPS ID SO |
08JAKARTA2344 | AMBASSADOR URGES SWIFT COMPLETION OF DEFENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Hume met December 30 with a key GOI defense official and urged Indonesia to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on defense cooperation with the United States as quickly as possible. Indonesian officials hope to complete their review of the U.S.-proposed text soon [...] | 2008-12-30 10:24:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV ID |
08JAKARTA2355 | DECOMMISSIONED AUSTRALIAN BELL HELICOPTERS: THE [...] (U) This is an Action Request -- Please see para 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY/RECOMMENDATION: Mission recommends that the USG support the transfer of decommissioned Australian Iroquois helicopters--originally sourced from the U.S.--to Indonesia. The transfer would meet critical Indonesian disaste [...] | 2008-12-31 08:50:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR ID AS |
08JAKARTA238 | OECD ENHANCED ENGAGEMENT WITH INDONESIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-06 06:20:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL OECD ETRD ID |
08JAKARTA245 | BANTEN -- OUTREACH IN KEY REGION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C visited Banten Province in western Java, February 4-5. Pol/C spoke about the U.S. presidential election process to a large, friendly group of university students. Pol/C also met Banten's Governor and regional police chief, the only women to hold such positions in Indones [...] | 2008-02-06 09:12:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO TBIO EAGR ID |
08JAKARTA247 | INDONESIAN COUNTERTERRORISM AND DERADICALIZATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: DCM met Indonesia's chief counterterrorism coordinator, Inspector General Ansyaad Mbai, on January 30. Mbai reviewed Indonesia's CT cooperation with Pakistan, and expressed frustration over what he considered a lack of cooperation from other Islamic countries such as Saudi Arabia [...] | 2008-02-06 10:27:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER ID PK |
08JAKARTA248 | PROVIDING AN ACCURATE ACCOUNT OF INDONESIA'S HUMAN [...] (C) Post is working with the Department to finalize the 2007 Indonesian Country Report on Human Rights Practices. Indonesia has undergone dramatic changes in recent years in expanding democracy and advancing human rights protections. Writing the report by DRL's guidelines does not allow for a [...] | 2008-02-06 11:08:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ID |
08JAKARTA26 | PAPUA -- ACTIVIST'S TRIAL ON INCITEMENT CHARGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Detained Papuan human rights lawyer Sabar Iwanggin, accused of inciting public hatred with inflammatory SMS messages, goes to trial Monday, January 7, in Jayapura, Papua. Iwanggin's defense rests on the claim that he was not the source of the messages and that his forwarding the [...] | 2008-01-04 09:54:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS ID |
08JAKARTA265 | SECRETARY GENERAL SURIN ON BURMA, CHINA'S ROLE, AND U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary. Secretary General Surin believes that China gains a heftier -- undeserved -- stature in ASEAN every time U.S. leaders are absent from an ASEAN Summit or high-level meeting, to our detriment. He notes the U.K. has decided to sign ASEAN's Treaty of Amity and Cooperation; it is no [...] | 2008-02-08 02:57:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEAN EAID KDEM KHIV PGOV PREL ID BM CH |
08JAKARTA268 | DEFENSE COOPERATION -- A ROBUST AGENDA FOR FY-2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY: USPACOM and the Indonesian military (TNI) agreed to an agenda of bilateral mil-mil activities for FY2009 at their annual discussions held in Jakarta on February 5-6. The event included U.S. presentations on the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI),and GOI presentations on [...] | 2008-02-08 09:42:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS PGOV ID |
08JAKARTA269 | BURMA -- JAKARTA PLANS REGIONAL CONFERENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian civil society will host a USG-funded regional conference March 6-7 on Burma. The exact agenda is still being developed, but the conference will focus on such topics as HIV/AIDS, human trafficking, and the economic repercussions of the crisis, as well as regional and [...] | 2008-02-08 10:31:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ID BM |
08JAKARTA279 | HUMAN RIGHTS -- A SECOND CONVICTION IN MUNIR CASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 11, a Jakarta Court handed down a second conviction in the murder of well-known human rights activist Munir Said Thalib, sentencing a former airline executive to a year in prison for his role in abetting the October 2004 murder. The Court referred to a "higher cons [...] | 2008-02-11 09:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PREL ID |
08JAKARTA281 | EAST TIMOR -- INDONESIA MONITORING SITUATION [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY -- In the aftermath of the February 11 attack on President Ramos-Horta, Indonesia is monitoring the situation in East Timor with concern. GOI officials have confirmed that Indonesia views the situation as an [...] | 2008-02-11 10:36:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IP TT |
08JAKARTA284 | EAST TIMOR -- INDONESIA CONDEMNS ATTACKS; BORDER [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono has condemned the February 11 attacks on President Ramos-Horta and Prime Minister Gusmao. In response to the situation, the Indonesian military (TNI) has tightened security on the two [...] | 2008-02-12 08:14:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS ID TT |
08JAKARTA288 | INDONESIA ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF JOINT MISSILE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI has announced that joint production of missiles with China has begun and will involve several Indonesian state-owned firms. While cost and technology transfer are the main considerations, the deal also ostensibly reflects Indonesia's desire to avoid over-dependence on W [...] | 2008-02-12 09:45:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MASS MARR ID CH |
08JAKARTA293 | KOSOVO -- SEEKING INDONESIAN RECOGNITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: A senior GOI official told the Charge on February 13 that it would be very difficult for Indonesia to recognize Kosovo anytime soon. He left open the possibility that Indonesia might extend recognition after enough other countries had done so. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) URGING IND [...] | 2008-02-13 08:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNMIK ID YI KV |
08JAKARTA294 | BURMA -- NEW INDONESIAN APPROACH SLOWLY TAKING [...] (C) SUMMARY: A new Indonesian approach regarding Burma is slowly taking shape. Senior GOI officials say they are developing a comprehensive strategy which will address a wide range of concerns re Burma, including the need for a democratic transition, human rights and national integrity. As [...] | 2008-02-13 09:02:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ID BM |
08JAKARTA304 | INDONESIA -- TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS SOLICITATION FOR G/TIP [...] (U) SUMMARY: A Mission interagency panel evaluated 12 proposals for the Trafficking in Persons solicitation for G/TIP managed by 2008 ESF and INCLE funds. We are pleased to recommend the five projects below in priority order. Mission is forwarding the full proposals to G/TIP via e-mail as w [...] | 2008-02-14 09:11:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB PREL SMIG ID |
08JAKARTA307 | PROPOSED NORTHERN TRANS-KALIMANTAN HIGHWAY UNDERMINES USG [...] (SBU) Summary: Post has strong reservations about a proposed Northern Trans-Kalimantan Highway (NTKH),which is the focus of an AsDB technical assistance grant for a pre-feasibility study. The economic rationale for the road is weak, and we support the USG decision to express several reservat [...] | 2008-02-14 10:58:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID KGHG ECON PREL ID |
08JAKARTA316 | INDONESIA-SINGAPORE DEFENSE AGREEMENT IN TROUBLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesia-Singapore Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) is in trouble. The Indonesian government indicates that the agreement--which, in part, would allow the Singapore military to train in Indonesia--has been "put aside." The key reason is that the national legislature (D [...] | 2008-02-15 09:21:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV ID SN |
08JAKARTA319 | KOSOVO -- SEEKING INDONESIAN SUPPORT IN UNSC [...] (C) Charge d'Affaires John Heffern delivered Ref A demarche to Secretary General Imron Cotan--the number two official at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU)--on Sunday February 17. Charge underscored that supporting Kosovo's declaration of independence was of the utmost importance to t [...] | 2008-02-17 03:10:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL ID YI |
08JAKARTA323 | MGKV01 -- URGING INDONESIA TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission delivered latest Kosovo points to GOI contacts on February 19. Pol/C underscored the need for states to support Kosovo's independence publicly and in international fora. GOI contacts noted that Indonesia planned to continue its "wait and see" approach (see Para 7 for t [...] | 2008-02-19 07:40:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN ID YI |
08JAKARTA325 | DEFENSE COOPERATION -- ENHANCING INDONESIA'S AIR [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Air Force Deputy U/S Lemkin told the Indonesian DefMin on February 15 that the U.S. was prepared to help Indonesia develop its air capabilities by broadening bilateral cooperation through sales and upgrades of F-16s and further training and exercise opportunities. Sudarsono [...] | 2008-02-19 10:34:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR ID |
08JAKARTA33 | SUHARTO: FORMER PRESIDENT IN CRITICAL BUT STABLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former Indonesian President Suharto remains hospitalized in critical but stable condition after his physical condition deteriorated sharply on Saturday, January 5. The media and public are closely following his condition. Suharto's supporters have called for the Indonesian go [...] | 2008-01-07 09:35:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ID |
08JAKARTA334 | USG-FUNDED PATROL BOATS MAKE WAVES AGAINST [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: USG-provided patrol boats are making a difference in the GOI's campaign against transnational crime. Over the past several weeks, Indonesian Police Marine Units have seized vessels involved in [...] | 2008-02-20 10:32:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER ID |
08JAKARTA338 | RWANDA/DRC -- SEEKING GOI SUPPORT FOR UNSC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission reviewed reftel points regarding Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU). Pol/C underscored the need for a UN Security Council resolution condemning such groups as the FDLR, the FAR and the Interahamwe. DEPLU [...] | 2008-02-21 07:27:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC UNSC ID RW CG |
08JAKARTA339 | PROSECUTOR TRAINING AND PUBLIC OUTREACH IN [...] (U) This cable was coordinated with Consulate Medan. It is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 14-15, the Attorney General's Terrorism and Transnational Crime Task Force--the GOI's key body involved in prosecuting terrorism-related case [...] | 2008-02-21 07:28:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO PTER KJUS ID |
08JAKARTA341 | COUNTER-TERRORISM -- EXPEDITED FUNDING REQUEST FOR [...] (U) This is an Action Request -- Please see Para 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: A locally contracted Court Monitor has provided valuable information on the trials of Indonesia's most dangerous terrorists. USG funds for these services were exhausted in January. Some time ago, Mission was advised by [...] | 2008-02-21 10:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KJUS PTER ID |
08JAKARTA346 | VISIT OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TO JAKARTA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Secretary Gates' February 25 visit comes at a most opportune time. Our military-to-military relationship with Indonesia has made solid progress during the past two years and now is the time to move forward. Indonesia needs to decide whether it is ready to take that step, and ne [...] | 2008-02-22 06:28:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS PGOV ID |
08JAKARTA350 | Indonesian National Police Discipline Statistics 2007 [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During 2007 the Indonesian National Police (INP) investigated 19,459 police officers for violations of the INP Code of Discipline and Code of Ethics a 323% increase over 2006 discipline cases. [...] | 2008-02-22 07:35:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER SNAR ID |
08JAKARTA353 | MIL-MIL RELATIONS -- U.S. NAVY VISIT REAPS GOODWILL [...] (C) SUMMARY -- A U.S. Navy Oceanographic Survey ship--the USNS Mary Sears--docked at Tanjung Priok, Jakarta's port, on February 18. The stop was part of the USG's effort to enhance cooperation between the two navies. The crew conducted a pier-side technical exchange with the Indonesian Offi [...] | 2008-02-22 10:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV KPAO ID |
08JAKARTA361 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON COMPLIANCE WITH ISPS CODE: INDONESIA [...] (SBU) On February 22, 2008 we formally demarched Director General of Sea Transportation Effendi Batubara, Director of Sea Transport Djoni Algamar and Head of Section for Security Affairs Mukhlis Tohepaly that the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) will issue a Port Security Advisory (PSA) effective on or [...] | 2008-02-25 02:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT KHLS PTER PREL ECON ETRD ID |
08JAKARTA365 | SOMALIA/PIRACY -- WORKING TOWARD A UNSC RESOLUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C reviewed with the GOI the problem of piracy off the Somali coast. Pol/C noted that the USG hoped to use ongoing UNSC consultations to address the problem. Our GOI contact said his government recognized the seriousness of the problem and would review the matter, including [...] | 2008-02-25 05:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC UNSC ID SO |
08JAKARTA372 | CODEL PRICE WORKS TO STRENGTHEN INDONESIAN [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (U) SUMMARY: From February 17-21, CODEL Price visited Indonesia as part of the legislative strengthening program of the House Democracy Assistance Commission (HDAC). CODEL Price toured Aceh, met with President Yudhoyono, and held [...] | 2008-02-25 09:40:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV OVIP EAID KDEM BM ID |
08JAKARTA373 | BURMA -- GAMBARI OUTLINES STRATEGY AND NEXT STEPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a discussion hosted by Ambassador Hume on February 22, UN Special Envoy for Burma Ibrahim Gambari said he would press the regime to include the democratic opposition in the upcoming referendum. Indonesian interlocutors outlined their plans for enhanced regional efforts that [...] | 2008-02-25 10:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ID BM UN |
08JAKARTA376 | RULE OF LAW -- DEPUTY AG UNDERSCORES SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a February 21 meeting with the DCM, Deputy Attorney General Arifin underlined his support for a new, reformed Criminal Procedure Code. Arifin admitted that the AG's institutional relationship with the Indonesian National Police (INP) was weak and requested Mission assistance [...] | 2008-02-26 04:52:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KJUS ID |
08JAKARTA385 | COUNTERTERRORISM -- PERSONNEL MOVES POSITIVE FOR [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The Indonesian National Police (INP) are making various personnel moves involving senior officers. Of key importance, Brigadier General Suprapto--who heads the elite counterterrorism unit Special Detachment 88--is being transferred to become Police Chief for North Sulawesi. [...] | 2008-02-26 09:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER PREL ASEC ID |
08JAKARTA391 | CODEL PRICE FOLLOW-ON: LEVERAGING CONGRESSIONAL [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Assistant Secretaries: Representative David Price (D-NC) recently led a House Democracy Assistance Commission (HDAC) delegation to Indonesia (reftel). While the focus of the visit was on legislative str [...] | 2008-02-27 09:43:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OVIP ID |
08JAKARTA397 | INDONESIA FISCAL TRANSPARENCY FOR CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED [...] (U) This cable responds to reftel request for an update on fiscal transparency and accountability of countries receiving USG assistance. 2. (U) The Government of Indonesia (GOI) has achieved major accomplishments in maintaining macroeconomic stability and restructuring of the financial sect [...] | 2008-02-28 05:39:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EAID PREL PGOV ID |
08JAKARTA399 | CHINESE PRESSURE ON OIL/GAS FIRMS IN THE SOUTH [...] (C) Indonesia is not party to the disputes centering on contested areas of the South China Sea, discussed in reftel. It does have the largest natural gas field in the South China Sea, the Natuna D-Alpha block production sharing contract (PSC),which contains an estimated 46 trillion cubic feet [...] | 2008-02-28 06:13:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PBTS EPET PREL ID |
08JAKARTA400 | PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO TO VISIT IRAN IN MARCH [...] (S) ACTION REQUEST: Mission requests Department's assistance in providing additional USG information on Iran's nuclear program, and Department talking points, to be provided to President Yudhoyono. Mission requests that these be provided NLT March 5. 2. (S) SBY TO IRAN: President Yudhoyon [...] | 2008-02-28 08:32:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PREL PGOV PARM ID IR |
08JAKARTA401 | BURMA -- INDONESIANS OFFER TWO SEPARATE APPROACHES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two distinct and apparently separate Burma initiatives are under development in Jakarta. The two approaches were described to EAP DAS Scot Marciel in separate meetings on February 26. According to Presidential Advisor Dino Djalal, President Yudhoyono's office has prepared, and [...] | 2008-02-28 08:36:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ID BM |
08JAKARTA403 | YUDHOYONO TEHERAN VISIT -- AMBASSADOR URGES YES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential Adviser Dino Djalal told the Ambassador on February 28 that President Yudhoyono would visit Iran on March 10-11 and intended to deliver a "firm" message on the need for Iran to comply with the IAEA process regarding Iran's nuclear program. Ambassador underscored tha [...] | 2008-02-28 10:32:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PGOV UNSC ID |
08JAKARTA404 | IRAN-IAEA -- ENGAGING INDONESIA ON IRAN'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission delivered ref a demarche and underscored that Iran continues to defy international calls to meet all its nonproliferation obligations. Indonesian officials have still not decided how they will vote on the next UNSCR on Iran and remain worried that a new resolution would [...] | 2008-02-28 10:53:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP IAEA ID IR |
08JAKARTA405 | HUMAN RIGHTS -- CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPATES IN UN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Indonesia--one of the first members of the UN Human Rights Council--will be among the first tranche of countries to undergo a Universal Periodic Review (UPR) by that body. Indonesian civil society coalitions have submitted information on human rights to the UN Human Rights Coun [...] | 2008-02-28 11:01:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ID |
08JAKARTA407 | US-ASEAN SUPPORT PROGRAM LAUNCHED [...] (SBU) ASEAN has been waiting with anticipation for a renewed commitment from the U.S., Secretary General (SG) Surin Pitsuwan stated in a February 25 courtesy call by DAS Marciel and representatives of the USAID Asia Regional Mission. The team met with the SG to present and formally launch ADVA [...] | 2008-02-29 02:24:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM ID BM |
08JAKARTA416 | INDONESIA LOOKS AT POST-ELECTION TIES WITH U.S. [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Policy Planning Office of the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) held a retreat in Bali, February 27-28. Pol/C participated in the conference which focused on prospects for U.S.-Indonesia [...] | 2008-02-29 08:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ID |
08JAKARTA421 | IRAN/BURMA -- GERMAN FM PRESSES INDONESIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: German FM Steinmeier visited Jakarta February 26-28 and pressed the GOI on Iran's nuclear program and on Burma. Indonesian FM Wirajuda said publicly that the Burmese opposition and ethnic minority groups should participate in the upcoming referendum. Wirajuda also said that Ir [...] | 2008-02-29 08:54:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP ID BM GM |
08JAKARTA424 | ASEAN REACHES OUT TO INDONESIAN BUSINESS LEADERS [...] Summary. Sundram Pushpanathan, Principal Director of the ASEAN Secretariat's Bureau for Economic Integration and Finance, presented SIPDIS ASEAN's plan for economic integration by 2015 at an Indonesian business forum. According to Pushpanathan, the ASEAN foreign ministers have expressed str [...] | 2008-03-03 02:14:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM ID BM |
08JAKARTA427 | COUNTERTERRORISM -- MULTILATERAL CTAG MEETING IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Japanese Embassy hosted a regular Counterterrorism Assistance Group (CTAG) meeting in Jakarta on February 26. Participants reviewed their assistance to the GOI in the CT area, focusing on the programs of some of the smaller countries, which also provide meaningful assistanc [...] | 2008-03-03 04:37:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ID |
08JAKARTA430 | UNSC -- GOI ON ERITREA/UN AND SOMALIA PIRACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C reviewed Ref A points regarding Eritrean interference with the UNMEE mission. Our GOI contact agreed that Eritrean behavior was a serious problem and that steps must be taken. Further to Ref B, he also noted that the Indonesian government had reviewed our points regardin [...] | 2008-03-03 06:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO ID ER SO |
08JAKARTA434 | IRAN/UNSC -- PRESSING INDONESIA TO SUPPORT [...] (S) SUMMARY: Mission continued efforts to convince Indonesia to support the draft UNSC resolution on Iran's nuclear program. A senior GOI official told the Ambassador on March 3 that Indonesia acknowledged Iran's continued enrichment activities and recognized the strength of UNSC support fo [...] | 2008-03-03 09:33:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PREL PARM UNSC ID IR |
08JAKARTA443 | U.S. ENVOY TO THE OIC -- NOTIFYING INDONESIA [...] (U) Per reftel request, Mission has notified the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) via diplomatic note that the President has appointed Sada Cumber as the U.S. Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). Mission has also provided DEPLU with a copy of Sad [...] | 2008-03-04 09:08:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OIC KISL ID |
08JAKARTA445 | Five ex-GAM killed in Aceh attack [...] (U) Summary. In the worst single incident of violence since the signing of the Helsinki Peace MoU, at least 5 former GAM members were killed on March 1 in an attack on a local office in Central Aceh. The attack followed a series of clashes between former-GAM members and supporters of a local ga [...] | 2008-03-04 09:53:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PINS PREL MARR ECON ASEC SOCI ID |
08JAKARTA446 | U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL -- SEEKING SUPPORT ON [...] (U) Poloff reviewed reftel points with Salman Al Farisi, Director General in the Directorate of Economic Development and Environmental Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),on February 29. Poloff--noting the importance of the issue of climate change--urged Indonesia to reach [...] | 2008-03-04 10:14:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IO ID MV |
08JAKARTA451 | EAST NUSA TENGGARA: POLICE FOCUS ON TRANS-NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: While West Timor and the other islands that make up the province of East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) grapple with wide-spread poverty, thousands of refugees from neighboring Timor Leste, and limited attention from the central government, the security situation and police performance are p [...] | 2008-03-05 08:17:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC PHUM KWMN SMIG KIRF KISL PGOV PTER |
08JAKARTA452 | BURMA -- USG-SPONSORED CIVIL SOCIETY CONFERENCE IN [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: An intensive USG-sponsored conference on "The Role of ASEAN Civil Society in Supporting Human Rights and Democracy in Burma" will take place in Jakarta March 6-7. Over 20 regional experts will [...] | 2008-03-05 10:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID BM ID |
08JAKARTA455 | BURMA -- URGING INDONESIA TO HELP WITH S/E [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission reviewed Ref A points regarding UN Special Envoy Gambari's visit to Burma with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU). DEPLU contact told Pol/C that Indonesia was already doing just that: President Yudhoyono had sent a letter to Burmese regime leader Than Shwe urging [...] | 2008-03-06 02:57:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ID BM UN |
08JAKARTA459 | C-D18-00223 -- INDONESIAN REACTION TO ANTI-ISLAM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reaction in Indonesia to the expected release of the Dutch anti-Islamic video has been calm. So far, there have been no incidents or major protests related to the matter. Local media outlets have hardly reported on the possible release of the video. We have touched base with [...] | 2008-03-06 05:34:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC ID |
08JAKARTA462 | IRAN -- PRESSING INDONESIA ON YUDHOYONO'S TRIP [...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador Hume in a March 6 meeting with Ambassador Alwi Shihab urged that President Yudhoyono use his upcoming trip to Tehran to press Iran to meet its nonproliferation obligations. He also urged Indonesia to support Kosovo at the upcoming OIC Summit. Shihab explained that al [...] | 2008-03-06 09:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PREL PARM KNNP UNSC ID IR |
08JAKARTA464 | Five Suspects Arrested in Aceh ex-GAM killings [...] (U) Summary. Five suspects were arrested on March 5 in relation to the March 1 killings of five ex-GAM members and injury of seven others during an attack on a KPA office in Central Aceh. TQ motive for the attack remains unclear and the police maintain the suspects are not ex-militia or membe [...] | 2008-03-06 10:04:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PINS PREL MARR ECON ASEC SOCI ID |
08JAKARTA472 | Indonesian National Police Discipline Finalize Use of Force [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: the Indonesian National Police (INP) has approved their Use of Force Policy (UOF) and Use of Force Continuum Policy for nationwide socialization. The new policy is inclusive a UOF Report that re [...] | 2008-03-10 05:48:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER SNAR ID |
08JAKARTA474 | OIC -- PASSING S/E CUMBER'S CONTACT INFORMATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Indonesian officials look forward to meeting U.S. Special Envoy Sada Cumber on the margins of the upcoming OIC Summit in Dakar. Indonesia is an active OIC member and participates in a number of OIC-led initiatives. END SUMMARY 2. (U) GOI -- HAPPY TO MEET S/E CUMBER: Poloff [...] | 2008-03-10 07:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KISL OIC ID |
08JAKARTA481 | BURMA -- JAKARTA CONFERENCE ISSUES ROBUST [...] (C) SUMMARY: A regional USG-funded civil society conference on Burma concluded March 7 in Jakarta with a declaration calling on ASEAN to reject the regime's May referendum unless there was genuine dialogue and popular involvement. With participation by regional experts--including a monk who [...] | 2008-03-10 10:22:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID BM ID |
08JAKARTA484 | BEIRUT CONFERENCE -- URGING INDONESIAN ATTENDANCE [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Trini Gunarti, Deputy Director for North American Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),on March 10. Poloff stressed that--as a Muslim-majority democracy and contributor to UNIFIL--Indonesia should show support for Lebanon by attending [...] | 2008-03-11 03:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS ID LE |
08JAKARTA503 | GOI BANS CHEMICAL WEAPONS AS PART OF BROADER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian parliament has passed legislation to implement commitments under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). The legislation is a welcome step which improves Indonesia's export control regime and imposes stiff criminal penalties for proscribed uses. As part of a broa [...] | 2008-03-12 06:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC PGOV ID |
08JAKARTA504 | INDONESIA -- HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT ROLLOUT [...] (U) On March 12, Mission publicly disseminated the 2007 Country Report on Human Rights Practices chapter on Indonesia. Mission's Public Diplomacy Section posted the full text of the Indonesia chapter on Mission's web-site (www.usembassyjakarta.org),as well as a story about Secretary Rice's [...] | 2008-03-12 09:14:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PGOV ID |
08JAKARTA505 | IRAN -- PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO HIGHLIGHTS TRADE [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono visited Tehran from March 10-12. While there, he highlighted bilateral economic cooperation and downplayed the controversy over Iran's nuclear program. Although he signed some deals in the economic area, the nuclear controversy was never far from the surfac [...] | 2008-03-12 09:35:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINS ID IR |
08JAKARTA508 | INDONESIA PORT SECURITY ADVISORY EXEMPTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting on March 10, 2008, an International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code verification team from U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) informed Deputy Director for Patrol and Security Untung, Head of Section for Security Affairs Mukhlis Tohepaly, and other Directorate Genera [...] | 2008-03-12 10:17:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT KHLS PTER PREL ECON ETRD ID |
08JAKARTA513 | MALAYSIAN ELECTIONS -- INDONESIAN REACTION MUTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the aftermath of Malaysia's elections, the GOI has publicly underscored that relations will remain stable and strong. Indonesian media and observers have been less restrained, however, hailing the results as an important step in Malaysia becoming a "real democracy." Indonesi [...] | 2008-03-13 07:45:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO ID MY |
08JAKARTA518 | ANNAPOLIS PROCESS -- JAKARTA POSTPONES CAPACITY [...] (U) Indonesian officials have announced that the "Africa-Asia Capacity Building Conference for Palestine" (reftel),which notionally had been slated to take place in Jakarta in late March or early April 2008, will be postponed. The conference, which Indonesia is organizing with South Africa, [...] | 2008-03-13 09:09:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ID SF XF |
08JAKARTA52 | TNI PROMOTIONS: TIME TO DECLARE VICTORY [...] (C) Over the past two months, President Yudhoyono has replaced the top echelon of the Indonesian military command. All four of the top slots--the TNI Commander and the Army, Navy and Air Force Chiefs--have changed hands (reftels). SBY has made these moves quietly, and without great fanfare. W [...] | 2008-01-09 10:08:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MARR MASS ID |
08JAKARTA526 | UPDATE ON MEGAPORT INITIATIVE IN INDONESIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-14 09:19:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EWWT ID KNNP KTIA PREL TRGY |
08JAKARTA528 | BURMA REFERENDUM -- U.S./INDONESIA ON THE SAME [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C reviewed Ref A points with a contact at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) on March 14. Pol/C stressed the importance of ASEAN and Indonesia pressing the regime on its proposed referendum and election. DEPLU said it shared U.S. concerns, noting that it had made thes [...] | 2008-03-14 09:31:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS ID BM |
08JAKARTA529 | ACTION REQUEST RE U.S. NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH UNIT [...] (U) This is an Action Request -- Please see Para 6. 2. (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 3. (U) Ref B provided Mission recommendations on how to proceed with the next phase of negotiations on the draft MOU for the U.S. Naval Medical Research [...] | 2008-03-14 09:39:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR TBIO AMED ID |
08JAKARTA536 | INDONESIA -- REACTION TO THE 2007 HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Indonesian media has reacted in straightforward fashion to the 2007 Country Report on Human Rights Practices. Government officials and activists expressed general agreement with the Indonesia chapter of the report, commenting that while Indonesia has made progress, it still [...] | 2008-03-17 06:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM ID |
08JAKARTA54 | ISLAMIC PARTY VALUES PUBLIC DIPLOMACY PROGRAMS [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- please handle accordingly. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: Leaders of Indonesia's largest Islamic party (PKS) told the Ambassador that separatism, climate change and transnational crime were the greatest threats to Indonesia's security. PKS officials sa [...] | 2008-01-09 10:13:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KISL KPAO ID |
08JAKARTA543 | USG, GOI SIGN AGREEMENT FOR REGIONAL VOLCANO OBSERVATORY [...] (U) Summary. On March 14, Ambassador Hume and the Head of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources' (MOE) Geological Agency, Bambang Dwiyanto, signed an agreement to establish a regional volcano observatory in North Sulawesi. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) will implement the agreement in [...] | 2008-03-17 09:12:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID TPHY ECON PREL ID |
08JAKARTA544 | RAMPING UP ENGAGEMENT WITH THE INDONESIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has ratcheted up its engagement with the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR),resulting in improved dialogue with this increasingly powerful--but capacity poor--institution. Building upon an existing USG program, Mission has formed an internal committee to further [...] | 2008-03-17 09:32:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KDEM PGOV ID |
08JAKARTA545 | COUNTERTERRORISM -- EXPLORING DERADICALIZATION [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly.. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: CT experts from Indonesia led a recent training workshop which focused on strategies for deradicalizing terrorists in prison. Mission was one of four co-sponsors of the workshop, which includ [...] | 2008-03-17 10:01:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER ID |
08JAKARTA55 | KEEPING INDONESIA'S HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES IN [...] (C) I would like to appeal for your support in finalizing the 2007 Indonesia Country Report on Human Rights Practices. Indonesia has changed dramatically in the last ten years and continues to consolidate these changes. The report needs to include language in the introduction that recognizes t [...] | 2008-01-09 11:02:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ID |
08JAKARTA56 | KEEPING INDONESIA'S HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES IN [...] (C) I would like to appeal for your support in finalizing the 2007 Indonesia Country Report on Human Rights Practices. Indonesia has changed dramatically in the last ten years and continues to consolidate these changes. The report needs to include language in the introduction that recognizes t [...] | 2008-01-09 11:24:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ID |
08JAKARTA571 | COUNTERTERRORISM -- TRILATERAL GROUP MEETS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Trilateral CT Working Group--comprising the U.S., Australia, and Japan--held a regular meeting on March 14 in Jakarta. The group reviewed CT assistance programs. Mission continues to find the Working Group highly useful in coordinating programs and maximizing donor assis [...] | 2008-03-19 04:42:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINS ID AS JA |
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