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08NAIROBI2673 | SOMALIA - November 24 Joint Security Committee Communique [...] (U) Summary and Comment: At the conclusion of their November 20-24 talks in Naivasha, Kenya, the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS) Joint Security Committee (JSC) issued a communique, the text of which appears in paragraph 3. The JSC agre [...] | 2008-11-26 12:48:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SO |
08NAIROBI2679 | SOMALIA - PM Installs New Banadir Government [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 23, a Transitional Federal Government-appointed committee elected a new Banadir administration, in accordance with an IGAD-imposed deadline and more than two months after Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein dissolved the former administration on September 12 in a bitter [...] | 2008-11-28 03:59:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SO |
08NAIROBI2681 | SOMALIA - Agreement to Structure Unity Government and [...] (SBU) Summary: At the latest round of Djibouti Agreement talks on November 25, the moderate islamist Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS) and the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) agreed on plans for a unity government. The text of their communique is in paragraph 5. The parti [...] | 2008-11-28 07:40:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SO DJ |
08NAIROBI2690 | SOMALIA - Harassment of Two Media Outlets [...] (SBU) The week of November 24 witnessed two incidents of apparent media harassment in Somalia. Early in the week, the Director of Warsan Radio was arrested by Transitional Federal Government (TFG) forces for "giving out misleading information about the TFG." The charges appear to stem from co [...] | 2008-12-01 16:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KPAO PREL PGOV SO |
08NAIROBI2696 | PARTIES SCRAMBLE TO COMPLY WITH POLITICAL PARTIES [...] Kenya's notoriously disorganized political parties are scrambling to comply with a series of administrative, organizational, and financial requirements imposed by the Political Parties Act (the Act) before the December 31 deadline. The Act aims to bring much-needed order to Kenya's party sys [...] | 2008-12-02 09:32:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI2701 | KENYA - ADDITIONAL AMISOM TROOP PLEDGES [...] (C) Post delivered reftel para 4 points on November 28 to Ben Ogutu, MFA Director for Political Affairs. While there has been no definite decision on providing troops to the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM),Ogutu opined that press reporting on alleged Kenya troop contributions "did n [...] | 2008-12-02 14:53:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MOPS MASS MARR PREL KE |
08NAIROBI2702 | SOMALIA - PRESIDENT YUSUF CRITICIZES UNITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Transitional Federal Government President Yusuf called Special Envoy Yates on December 1 to condemn the proposals from the November 26 Djibouti meetings (ref A) as "unworkable." He also complained about Ethiopian troops' alleged recent actions at Villa Somalia and stated that [...] | 2008-12-02 16:24:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR SO ET |
08NAIROBI2710 | GOK EFFORT TO PRESERVE VITAL FOREST HITS POLITICAL [...] The Kenyan government's (GOK) attempt to preserve and restore the environmentally and economically important Mau Forest Complex (the Mau Forest) by evicting legal and illegal settlers (reftel) has caused political problems within Prime Minister Raila Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) p [...] | 2008-12-04 06:36:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ENRG SENV SOCI KE |
08NAIROBI2718 | SOMALIA - Somaliland: "Terror Attacks Will Not Deter Us" [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 3, Somaliland Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdullahi Mohamed Duale and Minister of Planning Ali Ibrahim Mohamed told us that despite the recent terror attacks, Somaliland will not veer from its democratic path. Ministers Duale and Mohamed said that Somaliland author [...] | 2008-12-04 15:11:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PNAT SOCI ECON SO |
08NAIROBI2722 | NO SALES OF KENYAN RUBIES TO BURMA [...] Summary: According to three senior Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources officials, Kenya does not export rubies to Burma. End Summary. 2. In separate December 4 meetings with Kenya's Commissioner of Mines and Geology Lojomon Biwott, acting Chief Geologist Shadrack Kimomo, and Ward [...] | 2008-12-05 09:03:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EMIN ECON PREL PGOV EFIN BM KE |
08NAIROBI2736 | EMBASSY CONCURRENCE FOR FY09 AFRICOM 1206 MARITIME [...] Embassy Nairobi has reviewed and supports AFRICOM's proposal to help the Kenyan Navy build its maritime capacity to counter the threat posed by terrorist organizations operating from Somalia. 2. Kenya's naval capacity has always been weak, and Kenya's overall security has suffered as a resu [...] | 2008-12-08 13:58:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PTER PREL KE SO |
08NAIROBI2737 | SOMALIA - POST SUPPORT FOR 1206 PROPOSAL [...] PROPOSAL NAME: SOMALI JOINT SECURITY FORCE EQUIPMENT AND TRAINING POC FOR THIS MESSAGE IS JOSEPH F. TRIMBLE, POLITICAL OFFICER, EMBASSY NAIROBI SOMALIA UNIT, PHONE: 254-20-363-6185, CELL: 254-721-617-500, FAX 254-20-363-6329, EMAIL: TRIMBLEJF@STATE.(SGOV).GOV. SECONDARY POC IS CDR SCOTT [...] | 2008-12-08 14:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR KTIA PGOV PREL SO |
08NAIROBI2745 | SOMALIA - SCENESETTER FOR A/S KIMMITT'S PARTICIPATION IN UN [...] (SBU) Post welcomes your visit to Nairobi for the UN/Government of Kenya Conference on Piracy. The conference is an opportunity to help shape the international community's response to Somali piracy. The conference conclusions may also feed Washington deliberations in advance of the planned Ne [...] | 2008-12-09 16:52:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT PGOV PREL OVIP SO |
08NAIROBI2747 | GOK PREPARES TO OUST ELECTORAL COMMISSION [...] On November 27, the Cabinet approved a draft constitutional amendment which will disband the Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) and remove all 22 current ECK commissioners. If, as expected, Parliament approves the measure before it recesses on December 18, the ECK will be replaced by an Int [...] | 2008-12-10 12:38:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI2759 | SOMALIA - ARS Delegation Arrives in Mogadishu, Rallies [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On December 10, ARS Chairman Sheikh Sharif Ahmed and more than twenty other ARS leaders arrived in Mogadishu. This is expected to be a permanent relocation. Sheikh Sharif was encouraged to make the journey by supporters, who urged immediate action on the ground in light of re [...] | 2008-12-11 12:10:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SO |
08NAIROBI2760 | HEIGHTENED INSECURITY AT DADAAB REFUGEE CAMP [...] (SBU) On December 8 around 8:40 a.m a German development aid organization (GTZ) ambulance was attacked by gunmen. The GTZ ambulance was traveling from the Dadaab NGO compound to Hagadera refugee camp with 7 people on board. The UN-mandated government of Kenay (GOK) police escort for all vehic [...] | 2008-12-11 12:16:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KE PGOV PREF PREL |
08NAIROBI2769 | SOMALIA - Humanitarian Response [...] (SBU) Summary. As conditions in Somalia continue to deteriorate, aid agencies are grappling with fundamental humanitarian dilemmas. Although the crisis has worsened it is not, nor will it likely become, a famine. Nevertheless, the latitude to operate in Somalia is shrinking, blurring the lin [...] | 2008-12-11 22:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SO |
08NAIROBI277 | KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS - INTERNATIONAL HUMAN [...] Summary: The post-election violence that has killed over 700 people and displaced an estimated 250,000 more has drawn the attention of international human rights groups and institutions. Human Rights Watch currently has a research team in country to collect information and analyze events and [...] | 2008-01-25 09:15:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL KE |
08NAIROBI2776 | SOMALIA - PRESIDENT'S ATTEMPT TO SACK PM FOILED BY [...] (SBU) Summary. Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Abdullahi Yusuf's effort to fire the Prime Minister on December 14 has triggered a backlash from the transitional Parliament in Baidoa where, on December 15, a reported 143 parliamentarians passed a vote of confidence in the Prime [...] | 2008-12-15 13:56:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT PREL PINS PGOV SO |
08NAIROBI2779 | SOMALIA - KENYANS WILL JOIN PIRACY CONTACT GROUP [...] (C/Rel KE) We shared reftel A points and non-paper with MFA Director of Political Affairs Ambassador Benson Ogutu, Americas Desk Head Ambassador Binsai Chepsongol, and International Organizations and Conferences Head Anthony Andanje. Andanje responded that the Kenyans will join the Contact G [...] | 2008-12-15 15:36:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT PREL PINS PGOV SO |
08NAIROBI278 | KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: ODM HOLDS MOSTLY [...] The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) on January 23 held public funerals in Nairobi, Kisumu (Nyanza Province),and Kakamega (Western Province) for victims of Kenya's post-election violence. These deaths were all alleged by ODM to be the result of police action, and not civilian on civilian vi [...] | 2008-01-25 09:25:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KE |
08NAIROBI2780 | SOMALIA - December 16 International Contact Group Meeting [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The December 16 International Contact Group (ICG) session comes at a critical time in the history of the TFG. A protracted fight between President Yusuf and Prime Minister Hussein took a further nosedive December 14, when Yusuf attempted to dismiss the Prime Minister. The Par [...] | 2008-12-15 16:02:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI PINR SO |
08NAIROBI2781 | SOMALIA - SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR FEINGOLD'S DECEMBER 18-20 [...] Your December 18-20 meetings with Somalia and Somaliland politicians, the UN Secretary General's Special Representative as well as NGO and private sector representatives come at a time when some progress in the UN-led Djibouti Peace Process is being undercut by continued feuding among the Tran [...] | 2008-12-15 16:17:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI PINR SO |
08NAIROBI2782 | SOMALIA - December 16 International Contact Group Meeting [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The December 16 International Contact Group (ICG) session comes at a critical time in the history of the TFG. A protracted fight between President Yusuf and Prime Minister Hussein took a further nosedive December 14, when Yusuf attempted to dismiss the Prime Minister. The Par [...] | 2008-12-16 04:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI PINR SO |
08NAIROBI279 | KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: MINISTER OF INTERNAL [...] On January 24 we received Minister of Internal Security George Saitoti's response to the Ambassador's letter of January 17 (reftel) requesting; 1) a precise statement of the Rules of Engagement currently in effect for Kenyan security forces in dealing with unarmed peaceful demonstrators; 2) a [...] | 2008-01-25 09:26:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI2790 | AMBASSADOR'S TRIP TO GARISSA ELICITS CANDID [...] The Ambassador recently travelled to Garissa, the provincial center of Kenya's predominantly Muslim North Eastern Province, to talk to the community about a range of issues. Feedback from the (mostly) Kenyan Somali community was generally positive toward the United States. There was great ap [...] | 2008-12-16 11:12:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER KISL KDEM SOCI PHUM KE SO ET |
08NAIROBI2793 | GENERAL WARD DISCUSSES SECURITY WITH KENYAN LEADERS [...] (C) On November 24 and 25, AFRICOM Commander General William Ward had introductory meetings with President Kibaki, Prime Minister Odinga, Assistant Minister for Defense Major General (retired) Joseph Nkaisserry, and Chief of General Staff General Jeremiah Mutinda Kianga. The conversations foc [...] | 2008-12-16 12:15:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP MOPS PHSA PBTS PREL KE SO SU CG |
08NAIROBI2806 | SOMALIA - Ambassador Hosts Humanitarian Roundtable [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador Ranneberger hosted a roundtable meeting at Embassy Nairobi on December 10 with some of USAID's Somalia implementing partners. The discussion focused on the increasingly challenging operating environment in which aid assistance is being delivered in Somalia and the r [...] | 2008-12-16 15:37:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SOCI PGOV PREL SO |
08NAIROBI2807 | SOMALIA - PRESIDENT CONTINUES EFFORTS TO OUST PRIME [...] (U) Continuing his effort to oust Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein "Nur Adde," on December 16 President Abdullahi Yusuf nominated Mohammed Mahmud Guled "Gamadheere" prime minister. On December 15 Yusuf tried to sack the prime minister, but was rebuffed by the parliament in the form of a stro [...] | 2008-12-16 15:57:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI PINR SO |
08NAIROBI281 | KIBAKI-ODINGA TAKE FIRST STEP TOWARD DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary. A meeting between President Kibaki and Raila Odinga facilitated by Kofi Annan on January 24 sent a very positive message to the Kenyan people and will help end violence. The agenda and modalities for subsequent dialogue have not yet been worked out. The process of dialogue will [...] | 2008-01-25 11:44:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI2839 | KENYA -- 2009 AGOA FORUM UPDATE [...] This cable is not/not for internet distribution. 2. Summary. Pending confirmation from the Office of the President, Kenya is now likely to propose hosting the 2009 AGOA Forum in Nairobi during the August 3-7 timeframe versus the originally proposed timeframe of August 9-14. The preferred [...] | 2008-12-18 13:47:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC AMGT ECON ETRD AGOA PGOV PREL KE |
08NAIROBI2850 | PROTESTS OVER RESTRICTIVE MEDIA BILL [...] Parliament passed a Media Bill on December 10 which, if signed by President Mwai Kibaki, would potentially subject the independent media to intrusive government interference. The Media Bill was presented to Parliament and the public as a series of amendments to the Communications Act of 1998. [...] | 2008-12-19 13:01:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO KE |
08NAIROBI2851 | PARLIAMENT AMENDS CONSTITUTION, OUSTS ELECTORAL [...] Parliament on December 16 passed the Kenya Constitution Amendment Bill of 2008 (the Amendment). The Amendment follows the recommendations of the Kriegler Commission (Reftel B) and abolishes the Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK),which was widely discredited for its mishandling of Kenya's 2 [...] | 2008-12-19 13:02:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM KE |
08NAIROBI2864 | INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS MARRED BY POLICE [...] Celebrations of Kenya's 45th Jamhuri (Independence) Day in Nairobi on December 12 turned slightly chaotic when police cracked down on protesters who disrupted President Mwai Kibaki's speech. Civil society aimed to use the event to highlight widespread discontent about skyrocketing food price [...] | 2008-12-23 08:04:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC KE |
08NAIROBI2869 | UPDATE ON KENYAN PROSECUTION OF SUSPECTED SOMALI [...] This is an action message. Action recommendations and requests are at paragraphs 7, 8, 9, 12, and 16. 2. Summary: On December 11, the eight Somali nationals charged with piracy again appeared before a magistrate judge in Mombasa. The prosecutors asked the magistrate to postpone the trial to [...] | 2008-12-23 12:11:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ASEC PHSA MOPS KCRM KJUS SO YM DA |
08NAIROBI2883 | SOMALIA - URGENT NEED FOR A UNPKO [...] (C) Summary: A decision to deploy a United Nations peacekeeping operation (UNPKO) in Somalia offers the best, and probably only, opportunity to preserve and advance the important and hard-won gains our policy has made in Somalia. Specifically, the Djibouti Process is making serious steps towa [...] | 2008-12-29 16:11:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR EAID SOCI USUN SO ET |
08NAIROBI2892 | Somalia - Two Recent Media Outlet Closures [...] (SBU) Islamists allegedly forced the closure of two radio stations in Somalia in mid-December, both reportedly for playing music of which they did not approve. Radio Markabley was closed from December 10 for two days. HornAfrik's Kismayo office was closed on December 13 and remains closed as [...] | 2008-12-30 16:08:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KPAO PREL PGOV SO |
08NAIROBI299 | DOCUMENTS RE NATIONAL DIALOGUE ON THE RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-28 14:04:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KE PGOV PHUM PREL |
08NAIROBI309 | KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: ODM MP SLAIN - VIOLENCE [...] (U) The opposition Orange Democratic Movement MP for Embakasi (Nairobi),Melitus Were, was murdered by two gunmen as he was driving up to his home just after midnight on January 29. In the current crisis, the perception that this is a politically-motivated killing has taken hold. Were was a L [...] | 2008-01-29 13:26:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI312 | KENYA: A/S FRAZER,S MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT KIBAKI [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Frazer, joined by Ambassador Ranneberger, met with President Mwai Kibaki on January 5 and January 7 to seek a path towards ending the political crisis stemming from the disputed December 27 presidential election results. She carried with her Secretary Rice's [...] | 2008-01-29 14:47:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI330 | KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: AMBASSADOR'S LETTER TO MINISTER [...] On January 30, the Ambassador sent the following letter to the Minster of Internal Security and Minister of Foreign Affairs asking for an investigation of threats against human rights activists. Begin text. Hon. George Saitoti Minister of Internal Security Hon. Moses Wetangula Minister o [...] | 2008-01-30 12:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI331 | KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: AMBASSADOR'S LETTER TO MINISTER [...] On January 30, the Ambassador sent the following letter to the Minister of Internal Security and the Orange Democratic Movement's Secretary General. Begin text. SIPDIS Hon. Prof. George Saitoti Minister of Internal Security Hon. Prof. Anyang Nyong'o ODM Secretary General Dear Sirs: [...] | 2008-01-30 13:24:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI339 | KENYA - JANUARY 31 SITREP [...] (SBU) POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS: Orange Democratic Movement (ODM - opposition) Member of Parliament for Ainamoi (Kericho District) David Kimutai Too (ethnic Kalenjin) was shot dead in Eldoret by Police Constable Andrew Moache (ethnic Kissi). Moache was arrested and will be transferred to Nakuru [...] | 2008-01-31 13:41:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AMGT CASC PGOV EAID ECON PHUM PREL KE |
08NAIROBI341 | APPROVAL REQUEST FOR TRAVEL TO SOMALIA [...] (C) Action Request: Post seeks Department approval and country clearance for travel of the following DS security personnel and delegation members to Hargeysa, Somaliland on February 2 and 3. Ambassador Ranneberger, Ambassador Yates, and Regional Security Officer Robert Whigham concur with the [...] | 2008-01-31 13:58:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | OTRA AMGT PGOV PREL KE SO |
08NAIROBI354 | KENYA - FEBRUARY 1 SITREP [...] (SBU) POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS: The talks continue, but there are signs that the PNU continues to search for means of peeling away ODM members of parliament, encouraging ODM schisms and otherwise finding a way out that does not involve actual power sharing with Raila Odinga. The ODM tried unsuc [...] | 2008-02-01 13:06:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AMGT CASC PGOV EAID ECON PHUM PREL KE |
08NAIROBI356 | KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: SECOND OPPOSITION MP [...] On January 31, Orange Democratic Movement (ODM-opposition) Member of Parliament for Ainamoi (Kericho District, Rift Valley) David Kimutai Too (ethnic Kalenjin) was shot dead in Eldoret by Police Constable Andrew Moache (ethnic Kisii). The police maintain this was a "crime of passion," with C [...] | 2008-02-01 13:25:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI357 | KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS - PROCESS OF DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenyans welcomed the political dialogue launched by Kofi Annan on January 29 as a desperately needed step towards ending violence and achieving a resolution of the crisis. Annan has chosen Cyril Ramaphosa as his chief mediator. The visit of Ban Ki-moon provided support for the m [...] | 2008-02-01 19:21:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KE |
08NAIROBI370 | KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: PNU AND [...] Summary: The Party of National Unity (PNU) and the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) agreed a framework for further negotiations to resolve Kenya's electoral crisis. The parties signed several documents, all of which were witnessed by former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in his capacity as [...] | 2008-02-05 08:29:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI371 | KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: FEBRUARY 4 AGREEMENT [...] On February 4, PNU and ODM issued the following public statement. Begin text. Public Statement Kenya National Dialogue and Reconciliation Mediated by H.E. Kofi Annan and the Panel of Eminent African Personalities Feb 4, 2008 Preamble: Goal: To ensure that the National Dialogu [...] | 2008-02-05 12:03:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI378 | KENYA: LINKING VISAS TO VIOLENCE [...] (C) To follow up on recent statements by Assistant Secretary Jendayi Frazer and the Ambassador indicating that the Department will review the visa eligibility of Kenyan politicians and businessmen suspected of supporting, inciting, or perpetrating violence in Kenya, Post delivered eight letter [...] | 2008-02-05 15:52:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS PGOV KCOR PREL KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI380 | KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS - STATE OF PLAY AND NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary. Having reached agreements regarding violence and humanitarian issues, the Annan-mediated talks between the government and ODM today started focusing on elements of a political solution. Annan wants to achieve this by February 13. The two sides start this discussion with diamet [...] | 2008-02-05 19:25:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KE |
08NAIROBI384 | KENYA - FEBRUARY 6 SITREP [...] (SBU) POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS: As noted in ref C, the Kofi Annan-lead negotiations entered their most critical and difficult phase today as the parties began talks on power-sharing. The parties begin these discussions far apart and continued interference by hardliners from each camp threaten to [...] | 2008-02-06 13:21:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AMGT CASC PGOV EAID ECON PHUM PREL KE |
08NAIROBI417 | KENYA - FEBRUARY 8 SITREP [...] (SBU) POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS: As noted ref B, the Kofi Annan-led negotiations in Nairobi entered their most critical and difficult phase February 7, as the parties began talks on power-sharing. We spoke with one ODM negotiator at their 1430 break and were told that the parties were making si [...] | 2008-02-08 12:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AMGT CASC PGOV EAID ECON PHUM PREL KE |
08NAIROBI419 | KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: NEARING THE CRUNCH POINT [...] (C) Summary. Now that Kenya's peace talks have begun to focus on political issues, they are expected to rapidly reach the crunch point regarding power-sharing. There are constructive developments that mitigate in favor of progress, but also indications that achieving this will be extremely d [...] | 2008-02-08 13:12:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KE |
08NAIROBI420 | KENYA: MORE VISA WARNING LETTERS SENT [...] (C) Reftel reports on the February 5 conveyance of eight letters to Kenyan individuals warning the latter that indications they may be involved in supporting, inciting, and perpetrating inter-ethnic violence in Kenya are relevant to their eligibility for U.S. visas. 2. (C) On February 8, [...] | 2008-02-08 13:23:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS PGOV KCOR PREL KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI444 | KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: AT THE CRUNCH POINT [...] (SBU) Summary. Following his meeting with Kibaki and Odinga on February 9, Annan announced that the two sides had agreed on the need for a political solution. The talks will reconvene February 11 to discuss details. The two sides remain far apart regarding what power-sharing should entail. [...] | 2008-02-11 10:33:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KE |
08NAIROBI446 | Somalia - Tour d'Horizon with the Prime Minister [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Somalia's Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein offered his perspectives on establishing security in Mogadishu, reconciliation, training troops, selecting ministers, and focusing on transitional tasks during a February 8 lunch meeting. The Prime Minister reviewed many of the same [...] | 2008-02-11 12:59:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN EAID SO |
08NAIROBI450 | KENYA ELECTORAL CRISIS: $6.5 MILLION IN FUNDING [...] (U) Kofi Annan's negotiating team, headed by the African Union Secretariat and supported by UNDP, called a meeting of donors on February 9 to discuss their funding requirements over the next six months. (The parties to Kenya's current political crisis have agreed on a time-table of up to a yea [...] | 2008-02-11 14:12:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KE |
08NAIROBI462 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PRIORITY LOBBYING FOR KOSOVO [...] (C) On February 12, the Ambassador sent a letter to Minister of Foreign Affairs Moses Wetangula urging the government of Kenya to recognize Kosovo as soon as possible after it declares independence. The mission followed up with a formal diplomatic note. 2. (C) Given the nature of the curre [...] | 2008-02-12 12:42:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU |
08NAIROBI473 | Somalia -- Travel Request [...] (U) This is an action message. See paras 2 and 10. 2. (C) Embassy Nairobi requests Department approval for Bradley G. Anderson, Colonel, Defense Attache, U.S. Defense Attache Office Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Lisa R. Schade, Lieutenant Colonel, Marine Corps Attache, U.S. Defense Attache Offi [...] | 2008-02-12 15:39:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | OTRA PREL ASEC PTER MOPS ET SO |
08NAIROBI477 | KENYA - FEBRUARY 13 SITREP [...] (SBU) POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS: The Kofi Annan-led negotiations made limited progress on Monday, February 11, as both sides were busy consulting with MPs who were assembled in Nairobi in advance of an informal session of parliament scheduled for the following day. (Comment: We consider this con [...] | 2008-02-13 13:45:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AMGT CASC PGOV EAID ECON PHUM PREL KE |
08NAIROBI486 | TALKS FOCUS INTENSIVELY ON POLITICAL ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary. Since February 11 the two sides have been engaged in intensive and relatively constructive discussions of modalities for a political solution. Off-site discussions hosted by Annan sincQFebruary 12 adjourned the afternoon of February 14 without an agreement. The talks are expec [...] | 2008-02-14 15:41:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KE |
08NAIROBI493 | KENYA: PARTNERSHIP PRESENTATION [...] The text of the U.S.-Kenya Partnership Presentation was first reported via reftel in January 2007. It is repeated below for your information. In preparing the Secretary for her trip to Nairobi on Monday, the presentation serves as a reminder that, the current political crisis notwithstandin [...] | 2008-02-15 10:51:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID ECON ETRD EFIN KE |
08NAIROBI495 | KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: KOFI ANNAN PRESS [...] At a press conference held on February 15, Kofi Annan, as expected, put a positive spin on the negotiations. However the agreement signed restates progress made to date, but makes clear that there is no real progress on the core issue of power-sharing. 2. To follow is the text of an agree [...] | 2008-02-15 17:03:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI496 | KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: KOFI ANNAN PRESS [...] At a press conference held on February 15, Kofi Annan, as expected, put a positive spin on the negotiations. However the agreement signed restates progress made to date, but makes clear that there is no real progress on the core issue of power-sharing. 2. To follow is the text of an agree [...] | 2008-02-15 17:39:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI499 | Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia [...] (C) The Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS) is increasingly distancing itself from extremist leaders of some Shabaab factions and is receiving considerable attention from the international community as an organized opposition block to the TFG. Against this backdrop, Prime Minister H [...] | 2008-02-19 14:46:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC SO |
08NAIROBI506 | Somalia Prime Minister's European Travel and Security [...] (C) Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein briefed the Ambassador February 15 on his trip to Brussels and Paris. He also outlined his recent efforts at reconciliation, and spoke of his concerns about security in Mogadishu and those tasked to ensure it. End Summary. ----------------------------- E [...] | 2008-02-20 07:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SO ET |
08NAIROBI514 | KENYA - FEBRUARY 20 SITREP [...] (SBU) POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS: On the heels of the Secretary's successful visit, which is being reported in septels, the Kofi Annan-led negotiations in Nairobi resumed in earnest on February 19. Annan says that the parties are close to a deal on political power-sharing and we are optimistic t [...] | 2008-02-20 12:56:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AMGT CASC PGOV EAID ECON PHUM PREL KE |
08NAIROBI515 | KENYAN TALKS MOVE FORWARD [...] (SBU) Summary. The Secretary's February 18 visit has propelled the talks forward. Discussion of the structure of a coalition government has begun. However, Raila Odinga remains concerned that the government is seeking a minimalist outcome and threatened to resume mass action within a week i [...] | 2008-02-20 13:20:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI516 | Somalia -- Former PM Gedi Concerned about Debt, Reputation [...] (C) SE Yates met with former Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi February 12 to review current developments in Somalia and the status of Gedi's asylum request. Gedi spent considerable time spinning self-serving refutations of allegations that while Prime Minister he engaged in corrupt practices an [...] | 2008-02-20 14:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SO ET |
08NAIROBI518 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. DECISION TO RECOGNIZE [...] (C) On February 21, the Ambassador raised the issue of Kosovo's independence directly to Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula. He urged Wetangula to recognize Kosovo's independence as quickly as possible. 2. (C) Wetangula and other Government ministers remain deeply engaged in negotiations wit [...] | 2008-02-21 09:22:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KE |
08NAIROBI544 | Somalia - Revised Travel Request [...] (U) This is a revised version of reftel with additional personnel, new dates, more detailed travel information, and a revised and expanded security plan. Per DOD requirements, proposed travelers are concurrently seeking Special Area and Theater clearances. See paras 2 and 24 for action reques [...] | 2008-02-25 13:33:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | OTRA PREL ASEC PTER MOPS ET SO |
08NAIROBI545 | KENYA TALKS - KEY ISSUES STILL UNRESOLVED [...] (SBU) Summary. Although both sides agreed to creation of a prime minister position following the Secretary's February 18 visit, the talks have bogged down over the authority the PM will be given and over related issues, including formation of a cabinet. Gordon Brown spoke with Kibaki Februar [...] | 2008-02-25 18:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PDEM KE |
08NAIROBI547 | KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS - KOFI ANNAN'S FEBRUARY [...] On February 25, Kofi Annan issued the following press statement after meeting with both Orange Democratic Movement leader Raila Odinga and President Mwai Kibaki. Begin Text. KENYA NATIONAL DIALOGUE AND RECONCILIATION Press Statement By Kofi Annan After four hours of intense negoti [...] | 2008-02-26 05:53:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI566 | Somalia -- TFG Divided at the Top [...] (C) SUMMARY. Differences between President Abdullahi Yusuf and Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein threaten to halt the recent progress made by Somalia's Transitional Federal Government. The primary issue is how to pursue the process of reconciliation while at the same time addressing the thre [...] | 2008-02-26 15:13:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SO |
08NAIROBI585 | KENYA'S POLITICAL CRISIS: ODM CALLS OFF [...] (U) The opposition Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) announced that it was calling off nationwide demonstrations planned for February 28 to protest the lack of progress in the negotiations to resolve Kenya's ongoing political crisis. The announcement was made by ODM leader Raila Odinga after h [...] | 2008-02-28 06:41:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI588 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ADVANCING THE U.S. POSITION [...] (C) On February 26, the Ambassador intervened directly with Minister of Foreign Affairs Moses Wetangula regarding reftel demarche and emphasized the importance of helping Cuba work toward a peaceful process of meaningful change that will lead to a democratic end. 2. (U) Kenya generally has [...] | 2008-02-28 07:55:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KE CU |
08NAIROBI59 | KENYA ELECTIONS: TEXT OF PRESIDENT KIBAKI?S SPEECH ON [...] The following is the text of the speech Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki read in English to journalists at Nairobi's State House by Kenyan privately-owned TV station NTV on 3 January. Begin text. Fellow Kenyans, I am deeply disturbed by the senseless violence instigated by some leaders in purs [...] | 2008-01-04 09:15:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL KE |
08NAIROBI598 | Kenya's Mayoral Elections Show ODM Strength, [...] Summary: On February 25, Kenyan city councils nationwide held mayoral elections. Comporting with the sordid tradition of such elections in Kenya, tales of blatant vote-buying and graft abounded on all sides. The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) won a plurality of council seats nationwide du [...] | 2008-02-28 13:59:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI6 | KENYA ELECTIONS: GOK PRESS STATEMENT ON SUSPENSION OF LIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-02 14:49:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL KE |
08NAIROBI601 | KENYA'S POLITICAL CRISIS: TEXT OF FEBRUARY 28 [...] On February 28, President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga signed a much awaited power-sharing agreement in Nairobi, paving the way for a coalition government. The text of the agreement and its proposed companion legislation, which will be considered by Parliament when it conve [...] | 2008-02-28 18:27:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI609 | Somalia -- Reconciliation at the Top [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum spent February 27 in Baidoa primarily in an effort to bridge the schism between President Abdullahi Yusuf and Prime Minister Hussein (Ref A),but also to iron out concerns on the bilateral GOE-TFG relationship. Tactics for accomplishing greate [...] | 2008-03-01 11:25:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PGOV PREL ET SO |
08NAIROBI621 | Somalia - Inquiries on Air Strike Reports [...] (S) Post has received several inquiries from media outlets and other diplomatic missions regarding reports of air strikes in Dhoble, Somalia on night of March 2 or early morning March 3. Most press reports cite local residents allegations that "missiles" were launched by a U.S. plane. Press r [...] | 2008-03-03 13:35:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PGOV PREL SO |
08NAIROBI641 | KENYA'S POLITICAL ACCORD AND U.S. ENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. President Kibaki and Raila Odinga have a positive public tone regarding their commitment to implement the coalition agreement. When I met with them separately on March 3 to lay out U.S. plans and to discuss next steps, they were upbeat. Sorting out the disposition of cabinet [...] | 2008-03-05 09:38:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI653 | SECURITY UPDATE: NORMAL CALM IN KENYA [...] (SBU) Summary. The security situation in Kenya is normal calm, and there have been no reports of election-related violence since well before the February 28th power-sharing agreement reached between President Kibaki and Raila Odinga. On March 4, media reported violence in Kenya's Mt. Elgon [...] | 2008-03-06 08:29:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI680 | Ambassador Addresses Kenya Law Society [...] The following is the text of a speech delivered by the Ambassador to the Law Society of Kenya's Annual Dinner on March 8. It received extraordinary positive coverage in national and local television, radio, and print media: Begin text: --------------------------------------------- ------ [...] | 2008-03-10 14:47:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI682 | CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT FOR PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE [...] On March 6, the Kenya Gazette Supplement published the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill of 2008. This proposed constitutional amendment will be debated by Parliament at its next session on March 11. Begin text. THE CONSTITUTION OF KENYA (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2008 A Bill for an Act of [...] | 2008-03-10 15:39:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI693 | TEXT OF NATIONAL ACCORD AND RECONCILIATION BILL [...] On March 6, the Kenya Gazette Supplement published the National Accord and Reconciliation Bill of 2008. This Bill will be debated by Parliament at its next session on March 11. Begin text. A Bill for An Act of Parliament to give effect to the Agreement on the Principles of Partnership of [...] | 2008-03-11 10:37:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI723 | KENYA HUMAN RIGHTS: PRELIMINARY FINDINGS OF UN [...] (C) Poloff met with representatives of the UN Office for the High Commissioner Human Rights (OHCHR) investigative team, which recently ended a three-week fact-finding mission to investigate post-election violence in Kenya (ref a). The representatives outlined the team's preliminary conclusions [...] | 2008-03-14 07:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KE |
08NAIROBI726 | Somalia Cancels Plans for Prime Minister to Attend Damascus [...] (C) During a March 10 meeting with Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf (to be reported septel),SE Yates carried out reftel instructions to discourage the Somali government from sending a high level delegation to the Damascus Summit. 2. (C) President Yusuf replied, "I got your message." Yusu [...] | 2008-03-14 09:20:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SO |
08NAIROBI734 | Somalia -- Conversation with TFG President Yusuf [...] (S) Summary: President Yusuf confirmed that he had endorsed the draft TFG Reconciliation Strategy prepared by the Prime Minister and Cabinet during meeting with Special Envoy March 10. He asked again for our support to assist the TFG to accomplish the tasks stipulated in the Transitional Fede [...] | 2008-03-14 10:21:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PGOV PREL SO |
08NAIROBI786 | KENYA'S PARLIAMENT AMENDS CONSTITUTION AND ADOPTS [...] Kenya's grand coalition government is now a legal reality. On March 18, Kenya's parliament adopted the Constitutional Amendment Bill and the National Accord and Reconciliation Bill (reftels a and c),which create a prime minister position and further secure the power-sharing agreement betwee [...] | 2008-03-19 15:21:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI792 | KENYA'S POLITICAL PROCESS AND U.S. ENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Since the signing of the political accord on February 28, President Kibaki and Raila Odinga have sent positive signals and maintained the momentum for peace and political reconciliation generated by the February 28th landmark power-sharing accord. Odinga will likely be sworn [...] | 2008-03-20 10:32:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC KE |
08NAIROBI794 | International Women's Day and Mission Efforts on Gender [...] On March 11 the Ambassador hosted a reception for 500 prominent Kenya women to celebrate International Women's Day. The event and the Ambassador's remarks were widely covered by the media. Guests included women from civil society, the private sector, government, Parliament, and various [...] | 2008-03-20 11:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KWMN KPAO KE |
08NAIROBI796 | Somalia -- Conversation with TFG President Yusuf [...] (C) Ambassador and Special Envoy Yates met with President Yusuf to discuss reconciliation efforts, the humanitarian situation, the fight against terrorism, and security concerns. The President agreed to take action on appointing a single point-of-contact in the TFG on humanitarian issues, a lo [...] | 2008-03-20 11:54:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV UNSC PREL SO |
08NAIROBI798 | CORRECTED COPY: KENYA'S POLITICAL PROCESS AND U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary. Since the signing of the political accord on February 28, President Kibaki and Raila Odinga have sent positive signals and maintained the momentum for peace and political reconciliation generated by the February 28th landmark power-sharing accord. Odinga will likely be sworn [...] | 2008-03-20 12:17:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC KE |
08NAIROBI8 | KENYA ELECTIONS: INTERIM REPORT OF PAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-02 15:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV PREL KE |
08NAIROBI803 | Kenya After the Crisis: The Ambassador's Visit [...] (U) Summary. On March 1-2 the Ambassador visited several areas of Rift Valley which were hit hard by the post-election violence. While all these areas were calm in the wake of the signing of the February 28 political accord, they remain traumatized by what happened. People are hopeful that [...] | 2008-03-20 16:22:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID ASEC PHUM KE US |
08NAIROBI811 | SOLICITATION FOR G/TIP-MANAGED FY 2008 ESF AND INCLE [...] Embassy Nairobi regrets the delay in submission of project nominations for G/TIP-managed FY 2008 ESF and INCLE project funds, but is pleased to nominate the following three projects in priority order. Ripe For Harvest ---------------- 2. (a) Ripe For Harvest (b) $249,989 (c) Production o [...] | 2008-03-25 12:59:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KCRM PHUM ELAB PREL SMIG KE |
08NAIROBI813 | International Women's Day and Mission Efforts on [...] On March 11 the Ambassador hosted a reception for 500 prominent Kenya women to celebrate International Women's Day. The event and the Ambassador's remarks were widely covered by the media. Guests included women from civil society, the private sector, government, Parliament, and various walk [...] | 2008-03-25 13:01:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KWMN KPAO KE |
08NAIROBI815 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF AL-SHABAAB AS A [...] (C) On March 20, PolOff delivered reftel demarche on the designation of al-Shabaab as a terrorist organization to Stella Sokoto, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Political Officer, Americas Desk. Sokoto said she would direct our request that the Government of Kenya consider taking similar actions [...] | 2008-03-25 13:44:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PREL KCRM KE SO |
08NAIROBI817 | International Women's Day and Mission Efforts on Gender [...] On March 11 the Ambassador hosted a reception for 500 prominent Kenya women to celebrate International Women's Day. The event and the Ambassador's remarks were widely covered by the media. Guests included women from civil society, the private sector, government, Parliament, and various [...] | 2008-03-26 06:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KWMN KPAO KE |
08NAIROBI824 | FORMING KENYA'S CABINET PREDICTABLY CONTENTIOUS [...] (SBU) Disagreement over the size and composition of President Kibaki's cabinet has delayed the final step needed to form Kenya's coalition government. Forming a cabinet was never expected to be a neat or easy exercise, according to our political contacts, so this delay comes as no surprise. [...] | 2008-03-26 10:13:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI869 | INDEPENDENT REVIEW COMMISSION SET TO BEGIN REVIEW [...] As part of their historic February 28 power-sharing deal, the Party of National Unity (PNU) and Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) agreed to form an Independent Review Committee (IREC) to undertake a top-to-bottom review of Kenya's flawed 2007 elections. Commissioners and a Chair, South African [...] | 2008-03-31 13:16:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI878 | Somalia Prime Minister and President at Odds [...] (C) Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein confided in SE Yates that he believes President Yusuf is organizing to have him removed from office. He asked for our support and advice on how to handle what he termed as "increasingly aggressive attacks" aga [...] | 2008-04-01 15:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SO ET |
08NAIROBI893 | COALITION CABINET STILL NOT FORMED [...] (C) Summary. The failure of the two sides thus far to reach agreement on composition of a coalition cabinet threatens momentum to resolve the Kenya post-elections crisis. We have been working intensively with both sides to press for rapid agreement (see ref A which lays out U.S. engagement) [...] | 2008-04-03 09:56:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI896 | DEAL REACHED ON COALITION CABINET [...] (C) Per reftel, President Kibaki and Prime Minister (designate) Odinga met on April 3 to discuss the composition of a coalition cabinet. Odinga told me that the meeting resulted in an "agreement in principle." Kibaki and Odinga agreed that there will be 40 ministries. Kibaki's side will ke [...] | 2008-04-03 13:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI9 | KENYA ELECTIONS: KENYAN DOMESTIC OBSERVERS FORUM PRESS [...] Deployment 2. Polling 3. Counting 4. Tallying at constituency centers 5. Announcement of results 6. Delivery of Constituency results by Returning Officers to the ECK Headquarters at KICC 7. National tallying of Presidential Results from all the 210 constituencies Deployment ----- [...] | 2008-01-02 15:17:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL KE |
08NAIROBI902 | Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia [...] (C) Ambassador and Special Envoy met in Nairobi the week of March 31-April 4 with senior members of the Asmara-based Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS),including Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Executive Committee Chairman, and Sharif Hassan Sheikh Adan, Central Committee Chairman. [...] | 2008-04-04 16:09:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SO |
08NAIROBI903 | Somalia: SRSG Ould-Abdallah on Way Forward [...] (C) UN Special Representative of the Secretary General Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah called on the Ambassador and Special Envoy to discuss the visit to Nairobi of the Alliance for the Re-Libration of Somalia (ARS),to vent his frustrations over dealing with ?the Europeans,? and to provide details on h [...] | 2008-04-04 16:09:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PGOV PREL SO |
08NAIROBI960 | RESOLVING KENYA'S CABINET IMBROGLIO [...] (C) Summary. President Kibaki and PM-designate Odinga have still not reached agreement on composition of a coalition cabinet. The difference between them is over 2-3 ministries. The impasse has heightened tensions. There was sporadic violence April 8 and 9, but the country is now calm. H [...] | 2008-04-09 18:11:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI971 | Somalia -- Country Clearance for Contractors [...] (U) This is an action request, see para 6. 2. (C) In order to implement more effectively USG assistance programs designed to support capacity building of the Transition Federal Institutions (TFIs),Post requests that a new policy be established that will permit USAID contractors to travel to [...] | 2008-04-10 14:22:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | OTRA ASEC PREL SO |
08NAIROBI989 | KENYA'S GRAND COALITION CABINET UNVEILED [...] President Mwai Kibaki unveiled a 40 member grand coalition cabinet on April 13, 2008 in a televised speech to the nation. The text of the speech, containing the list of Ministries, Ministers, and Assistant Ministers, follows. An analysis of the cabinet and challenges ahead will follow septel. [...] | 2008-04-14 11:40:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI999 | CABINET DEAL REACHED [...] (C) Summary. Intervention by the Secretary and strong support from A/S Frazer were decisive in persuading President Kibaki and Prime Minister-designate Odinga to reach agreement on the cabinet, which was announced April 13. Kibaki and Odinga both saw the U.S. as the only party who could work [...] | 2008-04-15 12:25:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
08NAPLES48 | VENEZUELAN CONSULATE PROMOTES CHAVEZ BRAND OF SOCIALISM [...] (C) Venezuela appears to be using its long-dormant Consulate General in Naples as a platform for spreading propaganda on behalf of the Chavez brand of socialism. After leaving the Consul General position vacant for over a year, reflecting Venezuela's apparently minimal interests in southern I [...] | 2008-06-18 08:58:00 | Consulate Naples | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR IT VE |
08NAPLES96 | CAN CALABRIA BE SAVED? [...] (SBU) Summary: If it were not part of Italy, Calabria would be a failed state. The 'Ndrangheta organized crime syndicate controls vast portions of its territory and economy, and accounts for at least three percent of Italy's GDP (probably much more) through drug trafficking, extortion and usury. La [...] | 2008-12-02 15:02:00 | Consulate Naples | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREL BEXP SENV SOCI KCRM KCOR IT |
08NASSAU191 | U.S.-BAHAMAS COUNTER-DRUG TASK FORCE REVIEWS TRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) The Ambassador and Deputy Prime Minister co-chaired the semi-annual Joint Counternarcotics/Illegal Migration Task Force Meeting (JTF) between the United States, The Bahamas, and the Turks and Caicos Islands on December 14, 2007. The parties discussed trafficking trends, reviewed year-to- [...] | 2008-03-03 22:18:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV PREL BF |
08NASSAU228 | CARICOM LEADERS ADDRESS CRIME, TOURISM, ECONOMIC [...] (U) CARICOM heads of government gathered in Nassau March 7-8 for an inter-sessional Heads of Government meeting that focused on preventing crime, lowering the cost of living, and improving domestic economic links with their important tourism sectors. Reflecting mounting concerns throughout th [...] | 2008-03-19 15:51:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ETRD BF XL |
08NASSAU398 | SECOND TRIPARTITE CONFERENCE DISCUSSES DRUG AND MIGRANT TRAFFICKING AND ASSISTANCE FOR HAITI [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-21 18:18:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV PREL TK UK BF DR HA |
08NASSAU404 | BAHAMAS DEMARCHE ON NPT PREPCOM DELIVERED [...] (U) PolOff conveyed reftel demarche points on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Preparatory Committee Meeting to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Permanent Secretary, and Head of Legal Division, Donna Knowles-Lowe, and Under Secretary, International Relations Division, Marilyn Zon [...] | 2008-05-23 17:13:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA BF |
08NASSAU405 | BAHAMAS REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF LIBERTAD ACT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post recommends waiver of the provisions of Title III of the Libertad Act for The Bahamas. The Bahamas has had a cordial relationship with Cuba, has supported Cuba in international fora, and has engaged in both cultural and economic exchanges with Cuba, including promotion of Cub [...] | 2008-05-23 17:15:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU BF |
08NASSAU406 | BAHAMAS ASKED TO SUBSCRIBE TO HCOC [...] (U) PolOff conveyed reftel demarche points encouraging The Bahamas to subscribe to the Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Permanent Secretary, and Head of Legal Division, Donna Knowles-Lowe, and Under Secretary, Internat [...] | 2008-05-23 17:16:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA BF |
08NASSAU407 | BAHAMAS NON-COMMITTAL ON US-EU DECLARATION [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel demarche points urging co-sponsorship of the draft US-EU declaration on prisoners of conscience to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Marilyn Zonicle April 23. Zonicle gave no indication of the ministry's position on the draft declaration. Post will rep [...] | 2008-05-23 17:19:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | EUN PHUM PREL BF |
08NASSAU470 | BAHAMAS SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR IOM DG IN [...] (SBU) Ambassador Siegel delivered reftel demarche points requesting GCOB support for Ambassador Bill Swing, U.S. candidate for Director-General of IOM, to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Brent Symonette during a conversation on May 30. The Minister indicated that hi [...] | 2008-06-23 20:37:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREF PREL SMIG BF |
08NASSAU471 | BAHAMAS APPROVES PSI SHIP-BOARDING AGREEMENT [...] (U) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed Post via diplomatic note dated June 13 that the GCOB had approved the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) reciprocal ship-boarding agreement preliminarily concluded by the U.S. and Bahamian delegations on April 30-May 1, 2008 in Nassau (reftel [...] | 2008-06-23 20:49:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA KNNA EWWT MARR PARM PGOV PHSA PREL BF |
08NASSAU56 | MP'S SURPRISE RESIGNATION UPSETS POLITICAL [...] (SBU) The opposition PLP lost a seat in parliament January 9 as a Nassau MP resigned suddenly and declared himself an independent. The MP's defection undermines the PLP leadership's post-election strategy of contesting three races in election court in hopes of overturning the governing FNM's [...] | 2008-01-22 22:51:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BF |
08NASSAU590 | WHA DAS MADISON SIGNS PSI SHIPBOARDING AGREEMENT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: WHA DAS Madison signed a Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) shipboarding agreement with Bahamas Acting Prime Minister Symonette on August 11 in Nassau. In separate discussions with top Bahamian officials, Madison focused on the GCOB,s stated security priority of improving [...] | 2008-08-14 20:37:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SNAR PREL PHSA KTIA KNNA EWWT MARR PARM |
08NASSAU62 | BAHAMAS REMAINS COMMITTED TO DEPORTEE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Top Bahamian government officials remain committed to implementing IOM's State Department-funded Deportee Reintegration Pilot Project, voicing no regional reservations or caveats. The Bahamian position indicates that there is no "CARICOM consensus" to decline U.S. aid on depo [...] | 2008-01-23 22:38:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM BF EAID |
08NASSAU628 | GEORGIA-RUSSIA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) PolChief delivered reftel demarche points rejecting Russian recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia to newly-appoined Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary (PS),Dr. Patricia Rodgers, September 2. PS Rodgers made no substantive comments in reply but indicated the GCOB was lik [...] | 2008-09-03 18:53:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RU BF |
08NASSAU629 | BAHAMAS NOT INTERESTED IN KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT [...] (C/NF) PolChief delivered reftel demarche points regarding Serbia's proposal to refer the question of Kosovo's declaration of independence to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for an advisory opinion to newly-appoined Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary (PS),Dr. Patricia R [...] | 2008-09-03 18:54:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNGA KV BF |
08NASSAU630 | BAHAMAS UNPREPARED TO DISCUSS SUMMIT OF THE [...] (U) PolChief delivered reftel demarche points and asked newly-appoined Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary (PS),Dr. Patricia Rodgers, for GCOB impressions of the draft Declaration of Commitment of Port of Spain, September 2. PS Rodgers did not appear briefed on the summit or the [...] | 2008-09-03 18:57:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ENRG ETRC PGOV PREL BF |
08NASSAU645 | BAHAMAS NON-COMMITTAL ON PRESSURING FARC [...] (C) PolChief delivered reftel demarche points encouraging further pressure on the FARC to newly-appoined Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary (PS),Dr. Patricia Rodgers, September 2. PS Rodgers made no substantive comments in reply but indicated the GCOB was unlikely to take any s [...] | 2008-09-12 20:47:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PTER SNAR PGOV PREL BF |
08NASSAU646 | CUBA HUMAN RIGHTS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) PolChief delivered reftel demarche points encouraging dialogue on respect for human rights in Cuba to newly-appoined Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary (PS),Dr. Patricia Rodgers, September 2, referencing DAS Madison's discussion on the matter with then-Acting Prime Minister/ [...] | 2008-09-12 20:48:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EUN CU BF |
08NASSAU657 | PM'S OFFICE FOCUSED ON TRAVEL, PORT SECURITY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Prime Minister's Permanent Secretary focused on domestic issues that impact the tourism sector, the bedrock of the national economy, such as consular and travel issues, air and seaport security, and U.S. investment during a wide-ranging discussion with DCM September 15. They [...] | 2008-09-17 16:01:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC EAIR ECON EINV PGOV PREL BF |
08NASSAU676 | DEMARCHE ON BOLIVIA-VENEZUELA AMBASSADORS DELIVERED [...] (C) PolChief delivered demarche points on the declarations of U.S. ambassadors in Bolivia and Venezuela persona non grata (reftel) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary and Head of International Relations Division, Marilyn Zonicle September 22. Ms. Zonicle took note that the USG's a [...] | 2008-09-23 21:58:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PROV PREL KDEM ASEC BF |
08NASSAU678 | UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS PRIORITIES DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) PolChief delivered demarche points on UN General Assembly Third Committee human rights priorities (ref A)to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary and Head of International Relations Division, Marilyn Zonicle September 22, completing an introductory round of MFA meetings that urged c [...] | 2008-09-23 22:06:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN BF |
08NASSAU69 | RIOT OVERWHELMS POLICE ON BIMINI, GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Arson and rioting rocked the island of Bimini December 22 as angry residents destroyed police property in the wake of the fatal shooting of a local man by police the previous night. The unrest overwhelmed local law enforcement, with order restored only after significant reinfo [...] | 2008-01-24 21:46:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL MARR BF |
08NASSAU691 | GCOB TO NAME NEW AMBASSADOR TO CUBA [...] (C) The director of the Department of Immigration, Vernon Burrows, told PolChief September 23 that he was preparing to take up an assignment as ambassador in Havana soon, possibly by the end of next month. There has been no official announcement of any impeding change, though an opposition-a [...] | 2008-09-30 14:15:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR BF CU |
08NASSAU692 | GCOB TO NAME NEW AMBASSADOR TO CUBA [...] (C) The director of the Department of Immigration, Vernon Burrows, told PolChief September 23 that he was preparing to take up an assignment as ambassador in Havana soon, possibly by the end of next month. There has been no official announcement of any impeding change, though an opposition-a [...] | 2008-09-30 14:15:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR BF CU |
08NASSAU709 | PM CANDID, UNHELPFUL ON UNGA VOTING DEMARCHE AND [...] (C) Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham received reftel demarche from Charge late October 4. PM Ingraham took on-board USG points regarding the UN having great potential for progress if like-minded countries would agree to work together on balanced and reasonable UN resolutions and other [...] | 2008-10-07 18:33:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNGA CU BF |
08NASSAU710 | BAHAMA,S PRIME MINISTER CONSIDERING VISIT TO CUBA [...] (C) Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham informed Charge October 4 that he was considering joining a "group of his peers" on a CARICOM-sponsored visit to Cuba in December (NFI). PM Ingraham said he had last traveled to Cuba "a couple of decades" ago and noted that his Free National Moveme [...] | 2008-10-07 18:41:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BF CU |
08NASSAU711 | HAITIAN AMBASSADOR OPPOSES SLOOP BAN, SEEKS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Haitian Ambassador told Charge he seeks to better organize the Haitian-Bahamian community in order to more effectively lobby the GCOB on issues of concern. He also expressed opposition to a new GCOB ban on wooden-hulled commercial sailing sloops citing its negative economic [...] | 2008-10-07 21:14:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SNAR BF HA |
08NASSAU715 | UNGA NON-PROLIFERATION RESOLUTION DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche points soliciting Bahamian support for a planned U.S. draft resolution on compliance with non-proliferation, arms limitations and disarmament agreements to be introduced at the UNGA First Committee during the 63rd UNGA session to Ministry of Foreign Affa [...] | 2008-10-10 19:09:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM CDG PREL UNGA BF |
08NASSAU776 | BAHAMAS APPLAUDS HISTORIC US ELECTION RESULT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Bahamian public, press and government greeted the U.S. presidential election outcome with joy and satisfaction at the historic success of an African-American candidate and admiration for the U.S. and the American democratic process. Optimism marked the view of the potential [...] | 2008-11-06 15:09:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PROG PREL BF |
08NASSAU780 | NO TIMETABLE YET FOR BAHAMAS PSI ENTRY INTO FORCE [...] (U) On October 21, PolOff asked Ministry of Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary Natasha Turnquest about GCOB internal procedures for the entry into force of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) reciprocal shipboarding agreement, which was signed in Nassau in August, and inquired about [...] | 2008-11-07 21:31:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT KNNP KTIA MARR PARM PGOV PHSA PREL BF |
08NASSAU785 | U.S. CANDIDACY FOR CIM DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel demarche points November 4 on the U.S. candidacy for the Executive Committee of the Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary, International Relations Division, Marilyn Zonicle. Ms. Zonicle had previously informed Post [...] | 2008-11-10 20:33:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC OAS KWMN PGOV PREL BF |
08NASSAU811 | WHA CHIEFS OF MISSION CONFERENCE: ATTENDANCE OF [...] (SBU) Ambassador Ned L. Siegel respectfully requests permission to travel to Washington, D.C. from December 3-5, 2008 to attend the 2008 WHA Chiefs of Mission Conference to be held at the Brookings Institue, Department of State and the National Press Club. The Ambassador's travel schedule is [...] | 2008-11-20 19:38:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT CMGT ECON OTRA PGOV PREL BA |
08NASSAU855 | PM INGRAHAM HEADED TO CUBA FOR CARICOM EVENT [...] (C) Local press reported December 3 that Bahamian Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham will travel to Santiago, Cuba on December 8 to attend the Third CARICOM-Cuba Ministerial Meeting and Summit (December 7-8). The article noted that the CARICOM meeting apparently will include a tribute to Fidel [...] | 2008-12-04 20:36:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CU BF |
08NASSAU856 | NOVEMBER TSA ASSESSMENT REPORTS MAJOR IMPROVEMENT [...] (C) Summary: A TSA assessment team visited Nassau November 17 ) 26 to conduct a follow-up inspection of airport security procedures at Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA). The team noted &tremendous amounts of improvement8 to security procedures since their last visit in September [...] | 2008-12-04 22:16:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON PREL PGOV BF |
08NASSAU861 | PM INGRAHAM CALLS PETROCARIBE A "STUPID PROPOSAL" [...] (U) At a &meet the press8 event on November 30 Prime Minister Ingraham called signing onto the PetroCaribe accord with Venezuela a &stupid proposal.8 The PM stated the opposition PLP nearly signed onto Petrocaribe last year without fully understanding the ramifications the proposal would hav [...] | 2008-12-08 22:36:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL BF |
08NASSAU867 | BAHAMAS REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post recommends waiver of the provisions of Title III of the Libertad Act for The Bahamas. The Bahamas has had a cordial relationship with Cuba, has supported Cuba in international fora, and has engaged in both cultural and economic exchanges with Cuba, including promotion of Cuban [...] | 2008-12-11 18:36:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU BF |
08NASSAU870 | GCOB, OPPOSITION BARBS ON CUBA REVEAL FOREIGN [...] (C) Prime Minister Ingraham, in Santiago de Cuba for a CARICOM high-level meeting December 8, framed his government's basic continuation of the previous PLP government's Cuba policy as a matter of pragmatism, rather than conviction. In remarks to media widely reported in The Bahamas, the PM [...] | 2008-12-12 16:25:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL BF |
08NASSAU896 | BAHAMAS: UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche points regarding the UNESCO Director-General election to Marilyn Zonicle, Under Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs December 15. Ms. Zonicle took down the details but made no reply. Later, speaking on another matter, she told PolOff that, having [...] | 2008-12-18 20:07:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNESCO BF |
08NASSAU899 | DRUG CASE CHALLENGES CONSTITUTIONALITY OF BAHAMIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Accused drug trafficker and former fugitive Melvin Maycock Sr. has challenged the constitutionality of the Bahamian Listening Devices Act in an attempt to undermine the evidence against him and to thwart attempts to extradite him to the United States. Maycock's argument was rejecte [...] | 2008-12-19 18:15:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL UK BF |
08NASSAU94 | AMBASSADOR REVIEWS DRUG AND MIGRANT STRATEGIES IN TRI-LATERAL MEETINGS IN TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-01 12:18:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV PREL TK UK BF |
08NDJAMENA106 | FRENCH READY FOR ONE LAST CHAD EVACUATION, ACTIVE IN PROMOTING POLITICAL REFORM PROCESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the French Charge D'Aaffaires, a reprise of the February 2-3 attack on N'Djamena is less likely, particularly in view of the thinning Zaghawa forces Timan Erdimi's RFC. France is ready to perform another evacuation if need be, but a second evacuation would trigger t [...] | 2008-03-20 13:44:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF CD SU CASC |
08NDJAMENA108 | EASTERN CHAD: EUFOR OUTPACING MINURCAT, IMPROVING SECURITY [...] SUMMARY. Despite earlier delays, the European Mission in eastern Chad has now leapfrogged impressively ahead of the UN police training mission which provides the raison d'etre for its presence. Hopes are pinned on the recent arrival of UN Special Representative Victor Angelo to speed up MINUR [...] | 2008-03-20 16:43:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF PGOV ASEC CD SU |
08NDJAMENA111 | NEW SRSG FOR MINURCAT/EAST CHAD GIVES AMBASSADOR [...] (U) This is an action message: See para 10. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) New MINURCAT SRSG Victor Angelo briefed ambassador 3/21 on progress since he arrived two weeks ago, especially signing a Status of Mission Agreement with the GOC, after having successfully for now resisted GO [...] | 2008-03-25 10:46:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PREF MARR EAID UN EU SU CD |
08NDJAMENA117 | HAVING DEFENDED DEBY, JEM/CL MOVES TO SOLIDIFY NEW UMBRELLA [...] (SBU) Summary. JEM/Collective Leadership fought on behalf of President Deby's government during the February rebel offensive in order to prevent Sudan from using Deby's collapse to "finish off" the Darfur conflict, JEM/CL Chairman Bahar Idriss Abu Gharda told Poloffs on March 25. Abu Gharda cl [...] | 2008-03-27 12:31:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF UN AU CD SU |
08NDJAMENA119 | CHAD FOREIGN MINISTER: GIVE BORDER MONITORING MORE [...] (C) Summary: In a wide ranging meeting with Chad Foreign Minister Allam-mi the Ambassador broached the topic of what messages the United States might usefully convey to Chadian rebels that approached us. Allam-mi urged commitment to the Sirte accords and asked for U.S. assistance in putting [...] | 2008-03-28 12:42:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF SU CD |
08NDJAMENA122 | JAMOUS: DEBY STRONG, ABDELWAHID AL NUR WEAK, AND DARFUR [...] (SBU) Summary: Due to recent defections within two of the major Chadian opposition movements, President Idriss Deby's Government "faces no major danger" in the next year, SLA/Unity leader Suleiman Jamous told Poloffs on March 25. He nonetheless warned that Deby's overthrow at the instigation o [...] | 2008-03-28 12:44:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF UN AU CD SU |
08NDJAMENA123 | DARFUR: TENSIONS MOUNT BETWEEN JEM AND URF REBELS [...] (C) Two Darfur rebel movements--JEM and the URF--are on the verge of "war" and conflict has erupted between their forces in Chad in recent weeks, according to the chief URF commander. While JEM's military strength is declining as a result of a recent Sudanese offensive and widespread defectio [...] | 2008-03-28 14:47:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF EAID CD SU |
08NDJAMENA124 | AMB BRIEFS U.S. DIPLOMATIC STRATEGY TO DEBY ADVISOR; [...] (SBU) This message is an action request. See para. 5. 2. (SBU) Implementation of the Dakar agreement has not advanced and Khartoum continues to instigate violence in both Chad and Sudan, Presidential Advisor on International Affairs Yousef Abba Saleh told Ambassador Nigro on March 28, 2008. [...] | 2008-03-31 07:06:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU CD SU |
08NDJAMENA126 | CHADIAN INSIDER CONFIRMS RIFT WITH JEM, UNITY [...] (C) A rift has emerged between the Chadian Government and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM),a businessman with close ties to President Deby and a prominent SLA/Unity commander, told Poloff. Verifying previous reports that SLA/Unity's leadership has ceased its infighting and coalesced a [...] | 2008-03-31 17:57:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | SECRET | PREL PGOV UN AU CD |
08NDJAMENA127 | DAUSA DEBY IMPLIES MORE DIRECT CHADIAN ROLE IN [...] (C) The international community is ill-suited to mediate the Darfur conflict without the assistance of the Chadian Government, Dausa Deby, the influential half brother of President Idriss Deby and long-time interlocutor with Darfur's rebel movements, told Poloff. Recalling Chad's success in b [...] | 2008-04-01 09:33:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN AU CD SU |
08NDJAMENA128 | CHAD: PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCED REBEL [...] (U) On April 1, Chadian Prime Minister Kassire convoked the diplomatic corps at his office to announce that at 6:40 a.m. Chad time a group of armed rebels had attacked Ade, 68 kilometers from the Chad/Sudan border. Prime Minister Kassire stated that this attack was proof that Sudanese Presid [...] | 2008-04-01 13:02:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV CD SU |
08NDJAMENA134 | JEM DEVELOPS FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT FOR TALKS AS UN/AU [...] (SBU) Viewing the UN/AU mediation for Darfur as "paralyzed," JEM is crafting a "framework agreement" that outlines its conditions for adherence to a cessation of hostilities and participation in negotiations with the Sudanese Government. If Sudan then rejects negotiations, JEM will return to a [...] | 2008-04-03 09:25:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UN AU CD SU |
08NDJAMENA136 | UMMA PARTY ATTEMPTS TO RECONCILE CHAD, SUDAN [...] (SBU) Ahead of Sadiq al Mahdi's upcoming visit to Chad, Sudan's opposition Umma Party is attempting to broker an agreement between Sudan and Chad for both governments to cease their support for rebel groups. A member of Al Mahdi's advance party confirmed rumors that Umma is in "serious talks" [...] | 2008-04-03 17:53:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UN AU CD SU |
08NDJAMENA149 | PRESIDENT DEBY ON TALKING TO REBELS, THREAT [...] (C) President Deby told Ambassador April 8 that he welcomed U.S. interest in engaging with Chadian rebel factions to encourage them to lay down weapons and seek a peaceful solution to their grievances. Deby asked the United States to support ongoing regional efforts to reduce tensions between [...] | 2008-04-09 15:50:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF MARR MASS SU CD |
08NDJAMENA163 | SRSG ANGELO MULLS MINURCAT ROLE IN MILITARY BORDER [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE: SEE PARA 6. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: UN SRSG VICTOR ANGELO TOLD THE AMBASSADOR 4/16 THAT A UN FORCE OF 100-150 MILITARY OBSERVERS COULD BE PLACED RELATIVELY QUICKLY ALONG THE CHAD-SUDAN BORDER TO IMPLEMENT THE DAKAR PEACE ACCORD IF THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL (UNSC) W [...] | 2008-04-17 16:33:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CD UN EU SU MARR MASS SE LY |
08NDJAMENA165 | CHAD'S NEW PRIME MINISTER: MR. RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Summary: Youssouf Saleh Abbas, Chad's new Prime Minister (and former International Visitor) sees himself as a patriot with a "visceral" attachment to national unity. He brings to the position experience in national reconciliation and credibility (as a former member of the MDJT rebel group) [...] | 2008-04-18 18:09:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF SU CD |
08NDJAMENA171 | CHAD PRIME MINISTER ASKS U.S. HELP IN [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 8. 2. (C) Summary: New Prime Minister Youssouf Saleh Abbas urgently asked for U.S. assistance in requesting the postponement of what he fears may be a World Bank decision to terminate activities in Chad. We agree that the new government should be g [...] | 2008-04-21 17:33:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID CD |
08NDJAMENA18 | ESCALATING TENSIONS AS A CONFIDENT DEBY ATTACKS [...] (C) Summary: On January 5, Chadian President Deby delivered a blunt and confrontational speech to a pro-government rally accusing Sudan of trying to destabilize Chad by backing Chad's rebel groups. Meanwhile, news media reported on January 7 that Chadian forces bombed rebel bases along the Dar [...] | 2008-01-08 14:18:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL CD SU |
08NDJAMENA197 | REQUEST FOR USG ASSISTANCE TO CHADIAN NATIONAL [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE: SEE PARA 6. 2. (SBU) THE USG COULD SIGNIFICANTLY SUPPORT THE "OPENING" OF THE CHADIAN INTERNAL POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT PROCESS BY PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO THE NATIONAL INVESTIGATIVE COMMISSION SET UP TO SHED LIGHT ON EVENTS FOLLOWING THE FAILED REBEL ATTACK O [...] | 2008-04-30 13:22:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CD UN PREF PHUM EU SU |
08NDJAMENA198 | JEM RECRUITING IN CHAD REFUGEE CAMPS [...] (SBU) On Friday, April 25 the Ambassador raised reftel points with Minister Mahamat Ali Nassour. (Nassour is the outgoing Minister of Defense and was formerly Minister of the Interior). Nassour served as the Chair of the Darfur Cease-Fire Commission when it was based in Chad and continues to [...] | 2008-05-02 09:15:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF SU CD |
08NDJAMENA228 | NEW SRSG FOR MINURCAT/EAST CHAD GIVES AMBASSADOR [...] (C) The PRM Chad Program Officer met with UN Mission to the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT) Police Commissioner Antero Lopes to discuss the status of MINURCAT,s deployment. The deployment has been delayed several months but seems to be finally picking up speed under the current [...] | 2008-05-22 09:01:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF MARR EAID UN EU SU CD |
08NDJAMENA237 | CHAD: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR CONTACT INFORMATION [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, the following is updated information on names, titles and contact numbers for leading government officials. Head of Government Last name/Family name: Youssouf First name: Saleh Abbas Conventional usage: Youssouf Saleh Abbas Formal Title: Prime Minister Office tel [...] | 2008-05-29 16:59:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL CD |
08NDJAMENA238 | CHAD RESPONSE: CHINA'S ENGAGEMENT IN AFRICA [...] (SBU) Summary: Since reopening its embassy in N'djamena in 2006, China's engagement with Chad has focused on responding to a variety of needs expressed by the Chadian government. Among the focus areas of Sino-Chadian cooperation are social services, energy, infrastructure, and military assistan [...] | 2008-05-29 17:21:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG PREL CD |
08NDJAMENA248 | THE FIRST 30 DAYS: CHAD'S NEW "GOVERNMENT OF [...] (SBU) In its first month in office, Prime Minister Youssouf Saleh Abbas's new "government of National reconciliation" has brought key former opposition figures into the cabinet; welcomed the reformed opposition coalition back to participation in the electoral reform process; seen the Commissio [...] | 2008-06-05 13:43:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM EFIN ECON SU LY CD |
08NDJAMENA259 | UK AMBASSADOR TO CHAD SHOULD VISIT CHAD REGULARLY TO [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE: SEE PARA 6. 2. (SBU) THE UK AMBASSADOR TO CHAD, WHO IS RESIDENT AS HIGH COMMISSIONER IN YAOUNDE, SHOULD VISIT CHAD REGULARLY TO REINFORCE BOTH THE UN AND EU PKO MISSIONS HERE. A REGULAR VISIT BY UK AMBASSADOR WOULD SERVE USG INTERESTS BY DEMONSTRATING BROA [...] | 2008-06-20 08:59:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF PHUM UK EU UN CD |
08NDJAMENA262 | CHAD: RESPONSE TO GUANTANAMO CASE [...] On May 15, the MFA sent a diplomatic note to the Embassy requesting the release of alleged Chadian national currently under DOD control at Guantanamo. Paragraph 2 contains the summary of the note. Post will pouch a copy of the note in French to Department. 2. Begin text of diplomatic note: [...] | 2008-06-23 16:54:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINR PREL PTER CD |
08NDJAMENA275 | THE EFFECTIVENESS OF UN EFFORTS TO COMBAT SEXUAL [...] Per reftel, Embassy N'Djamena assesses that UN efforts regarding SEA and TIP in MINURCAT in Chad have been completely successful and that MINURCAT has worked actively and effectively to prevent and respond to SEA and TIP in its area of responsibility in Chad. 2. Host government and popular p [...] | 2008-07-07 08:06:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO PHUM UN SE KCRM KWMN CD |
08NDJAMENA276 | SRSG SEEKS CHANGES TO MINURCAT MANDATE TO PREPARE -- FOR EXPANDED UN PKO TO REPLACE EUFOR IN CHAD, CAR. [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE: SEE PARA 10. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: SRSG Victor Angelo briefed UNSC member Chiefs of Mission July 3 on the upcoming report of the UNSYG on the UN Mission to Chad and CAR. He requested that UNSC member Chiefs of Mission alert capitals and PermReps of the changes [...] | 2008-07-07 12:17:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO PREF PHUM UN EU LY CT CD SU |
08NDJAMENA288 | HARD TIMES: CHAD NEEDS USG HELP TO MEND FENCES [...] (U) This is an action message: See para 15. ------------ Summary: ------------ 2. (SBU) Chad's new Prime Minister believes that the World Bank already has unfairly and unilaterally decided at the highest level to end its relationship with Chad in the petroleum sector, which would be [...] | 2008-07-14 13:28:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EFIN IMF IBRD EPET ETRD CD |
08NDJAMENA292 | FORMIN FAKI SAYS GOC SEEKS BIGGER UN [...] (C) FORMIN Faki told Ambassador July 14 that although Chad was committed to the Dakar Accord process, the GOC was becoming less confident in the "practicability" of implementation of the process's key piece -- military observers along the Chad-Sudan borders to identify violations by governmen [...] | 2008-07-15 15:05:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF MARR KPKO UN EU |
08NDJAMENA299 | MINURCAT - SRSG SEEKS USG SUPPORT TO KEEP IT IN [...] (U) This is an Action Message: See Para 6. 2. (C) SRSG Victor Angelo (PROTECT) asked me yesterday in confidence yesterday for USG assistance regarding the renewal of MINURCAT,s mandate, required before 25 September. Angelo asked for USG help (A) in overcoming reticence within the UN bure [...] | 2008-07-18 10:48:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF MARR KPKO UN EU FR SU CD |
08NDJAMENA325 | SCENESETTER FOR SE WILLIAMSON VISIT TO CHAD [...] (SBU) CHAD UNDER PRESSURE: SPECIAL ENVOY FOR SUDAN WILLIAMSON'S VISIT TO N'DJAMENA COMES AS THE RAINY SEASON LULL MASKS CONTINUING TENSION ALONG THE CHAD-SUDANESE BORDER, AS CHADIAN REBELS WHO OPERATE FROM OF SUDAN SANCTUARIES ARE HAMPERED BY WEATHER AND TERRAIN UNFAVORABLE TO THE CHADIAN STY [...] | 2008-08-04 14:59:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON UN EU SU LY KPKO CD |
08NDJAMENA334 | LIBYAN AMBASSADOR BRIEFS ON TRIPOLI'S "TRILATERAL [...] (C) Libyan Ambassador Emhemmed Shlback briefed me on Libya,s recent &Trilateral Initiative8 to bring peace between Chad and Sudan August 5. Shlback said that Qaddafi believed that the time was now ripe to try to bring the two feuding leaders back to the more productive relationship they once [...] | 2008-08-06 10:53:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF UNAUS EU SU LY FR CD |
08NDJAMENA336 | LIBYAN AMBASSADOR BRIEFS ON TRIPOLI?S [...] (C) Libyan Ambassador Emhemmed Shlback briefed me on Libya?s recent ?Trilateral Initiative? to bring peace between Chad and Sudan August 5. Shlback said that Qaddafi believed that the time was now ripe to try to bring the two feuding leaders back to the more productive relationship they once [...] | 2008-08-06 15:31:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF UN EU SU LY FR CD |
08NDJAMENA34 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR MR. PIERRE-RICHARD PROSPER [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-15 15:28:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA CD |
08NDJAMENA381 | CHAD CHRONICLE: AUGUST 2008 [...] INVESTIGATION INTO THE JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 2008 EVENTS: PRESIDENT DEBY SAYS HE WILL "FOLLOW UP" RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE REPORT. THE COMMISSION INVESTIGATING THE EVENTS OF JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 2008 SUBMITTED ITS REPORT TO PRESIDENT DEBY ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 5. IN RECEIVING THE REPORT, PRESIDENT D [...] | 2008-09-02 17:42:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PREF ECON EFIN IBRD PHUM UN LY CD |
08NDJAMENA382 | EUFOR FINDS A FOLLOW-ON FORCE: UNPKO PLANNING [...] (SBU) Summary. UN Peace Keeping chief Edmond Mulet told Chad-based diplomats that President Deby had endorsed an expanded MINURCAT designed to replace EUFOR in Chad next March. A 6,000 strong Chapter Seven PKO would be 25 percent larger than the total strength of EUFOR plus MINURCAT I, and wo [...] | 2008-09-03 09:19:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | CD KPKO PREL CT PGOV SU LY |
08NDJAMENA384 | LIBYAN AMBASSADOR RESPONDS TO USG OFFER TO BE [...] (C) I met with Libyan Ambassador Shlback on Thursday, August 14. He said he wanted to respond to my request for Tripoli's thinking on how the United States might usefully support Libya's recent "Trilateral Initiative" to bring peace between Chad and Sudan. He said that he had spoken to Dr. A [...] | 2008-09-03 13:17:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LY SU FR EU IR IS SA ER CD |
08NDJAMENA39 | CLAMPDOWN ON CHAD'S INDEPENDENT VOICES AS SUDAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Chad is ratchetting up hostility against Sudan and displaying less tolerance for criticism. Human rights activists have noted a deterioration in the overall human rights situation: targets of the clampdown include radio and print journalists, a human rights ac [...] | 2008-01-18 14:08:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL CD SU |
08NDJAMENA396 | THERE WILL BE BLOOD: A RAINY-SEASON [...] (C) Chadian rebels nearly took the capital last February and attacked in force again in the east in June. The rebellion's order of battle has changed since then, with the Zaghawa RFC suffering major defections and a new "Quadruple Alliance" of UFDD, FSR, UFCD, and UFDD/F replacing the old "Tri [...] | 2008-09-05 11:45:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MARR MASS PREF ASEC |
08NDJAMENA40 | CHAD: UPDATE ON EUFOR/MINURCAT IN CHAD [...] (SBU) Summary. Chadian Foreign Minister Allam-mi told diplomats January 16 that Chad welcomed EUFOR/MINURCAT for the development dividend that the force was expected to bring and stressed that the force had "no hidden agenda to destabilize a neighbor." Although Allam-mi assured diplomats that [...] | 2008-01-18 14:48:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSCR CD CT SU PREF PREL |
08NDJAMENA411 | CHAD CHRONICLE: SEPT 8-12, 2008 [...] FOLLOWING SIGNATURE ON AUGUST 18, 2008 OF A PROTOCOL ANNEXED TO THE SIRTE ACCORD, 22 OFFICERS FROM THE REBEL "RASSEMBLEMENT DES FORCES DE CHANGEMENT" (RFC) ARRIVED IN NDJAMENA TO BEGIN REINTEGRATION INTO GOVERNMENT SERVICE. THE DELEGATION WAS LED BY COLONEL ISAACK BACHAR TOGOU, RFC'S DEFENSE CO [...] | 2008-09-15 09:44:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PREF ECON PHUM UN LY CT CD |
08NDJAMENA413 | ASMARA CONTACT GROUP MTG ON CHAD/SUDAN: READ OUT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-15 14:58:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU CD LY KPKO ER SG UN |
08NDJAMENA416 | MINURCAT UPDATE [...] (C) SRSG Angelo reported that following the signing of the MOU last month, he anticipates the issuance, perhaps later this week, of the implementing decree that will assign and deploy Chadian police to the east. Meanwhile MINURCAT police personnel are deployed throughout the east in preparation [...] | 2008-09-16 09:18:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO PHUM CD SU UN |
08NDJAMENA431 | CHAD'S CONFUSED FINANCES [...] (C) Summary. IMF and Chad are on the verge of agreeing to an interim program that should lead back to a regular formal monitoring program in 2009. IMF rep Karangwa said new Finance Minister Ngoulou has the talent for the job, but is unproven in the rough and tumble politics of Chad's money mana [...] | 2008-09-23 08:06:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL ECON CD |
08NDJAMENA438 | GOVERNMENT OF CHAD EASTERN RELIEF EFFORTS - SMOKE, [...] (C) The head of Chadian relief and multinational force coordination for the east advised that his priorities included smoothing the way for MINURCAT and EUFOR, plus helping IDPs return home. He thought that rebel recruitment in the camps would diminish as MINURCAT and Chadian policemen deploy [...] | 2008-09-24 15:19:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KPKO REFPAN PGOV UN CD |
08NDJAMENA439 | CHAD: CHARGE PRESSES MINISTER ON RECRUITMENT/CHILD [...] (SBU) Summary: Charge met September 24 with newly appointed Chadian Minister of Human Rights H.E. Abderaman Djasnabaille to press the Minister on human rights problems, specifically on child recruitment. Djasnabaille welcomed continued dialogue with the U.S. and the international community on [...] | 2008-09-25 14:11:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL CD |
08NDJAMENA441 | CHAD CHRONICLE: SEPT 15-26, 2008 [...] THERE WAS MUCH PRESS DISCUSSSION DURING THE WEEK REGARDING REPLACEMENT OF THE EUROPEAN PEACEKEEPING FORCE BY AN EXPANDED UNITED NATIONS PRESENCE. DESPITE GIVING SPACE TO OXFAM CRITICISMS SAYING THAT NO IMPROVEMENT OF THE SECURITY SITUATION HAS BEEN OBSERVED ON THE GROUND AS WELL AS OXFAM'S ALLE [...] | 2008-09-26 11:36:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PREF ECON PHUM UN LY CT CD |
08NDJAMENA451 | CHAD CHRONICLE: SEPT 29 - OCT 3, 2008 [...] EDUCATION -------------- SCHOOLS RESUMED ON OCTOBER 01, 2008. HOWEVER, REGISTRATION IS VERY SLOW AND SOME CLASSROOMS ARE NOT READY FOR STUDENTS. REPORTEDLY MANY PARENTS FIND IT DIFFICULT TO PAY SCHOOL FEES FOR CHILDREN IN ADDITION TO BUYING UNIFORMS AND SCHOOL MATERIALS. A GROUP OF UNIV [...] | 2008-10-03 09:33:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PREF ECON PHUM UN LY CT CD |
08NDJAMENA459 | CHAD: MFA REACTION TO AFRICOM UPDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-09 17:07:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL CD |
08NDJAMENA460 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-09 17:10:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UN UNGA CD |
08NDJAMENA461 | EUFOR - POISE AND PROMISE IN CHAD'S TROUBLED EAST [...] (C) Summary. The European Peace Keeping Force (EUFOR) in eastern Chad is operational and robust. Well equipped with APCs, tracked vehicles and helicopters, but even resorting to horses during te height of the rains, EUFOR patrols circulate egularly throughout the operational zone. Troopsassure [...] | 2008-10-10 08:22:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF EU UN KPKO CD CT SU |
08NDJAMENA466 | CHAD CHRONICLE: Oct 6-10 [...] ECONOMY ------------------------------------- TO CELEBRATE THE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OPENING OF THE CHAD/CAMEROON OIL PIPELINE, THE CHADIAN GOVERNMENT ORGANIZED A THREE DAY CONFERENCE DUBBED "CHAD INTERNATIONAL OIL, MINING AND ENERGY"(CIOME 2008) WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF ATTRACTING INVESTOR [...] | 2008-10-10 11:46:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PREF ECON PHUM UN LY CT CD |
08NDJAMENA477 | PEACEKEEPING IN CHAD: MINURCAT UPDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-15 13:57:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO CD SU UN |
08NDJAMENA478 | BRIEFING THE AFRICAN UNION MISSION [...] (C) Summary. I advised the visiting African Union mission members whose mandate is to find ways to reduce tension between Chad and Sudan that the prospects for improved relations between the two capitals were marginal, probably only cosmetic, pending the outcome of projected fighting with rebe [...] | 2008-10-15 14:01:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF AU CD SU |
08NDJAMENA481 | CHAD CHRONICLE: Oct 13-17 [...] MR. ALAIN LE ROY, UN DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL FOR PEACKEEPING OPRTATIONS, MET WITH PRESIDENT DEBY ON OCTOBER 14. SPEAKING TO THE PRESS AFTER THE MEETING, MR. LE ROY DECLARED THAT THE AIM OF HIS VISIT WAS TO DISCUSS THE FUTURE OF THE MINURCAT, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO TAKE OVER FROM EUFOR ON MARCH [...] | 2008-10-17 10:30:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PREF ECON PHUM UN LY CT CD |
08NDJAMENA491 | SRSG ANGELO ON MINURCAT CURRENT AND FUTURE: [...] (C) UN SRSG Angelo told Ambassador October 21 that MINURCAT I was up to 750 of its authorized 900 personnel; that it was about to deploy the first of 450 Chadian police and gendarmes it has trained along with their UNPOL mentors to refugee camps in eastern Chad; and that Chadian President De [...] | 2008-10-23 13:13:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN PKO MARR PINR SU LY FR EU CD |
08NDJAMENA493 | WORLD BANK TEAM IN CHAD VISIT SEEKS STRONG [...] (C) A World Bank "technical" team is in Chad for a two-week visit to conduct a dialogue with the government designed to lead to a fuller resumption of ties and activities, but much will depend on the GOC's willingness and ability to meet minimum Bank criteria. The team will probe the GOC's c [...] | 2008-10-27 16:34:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF ECON ETRD PHUM CD |
08NDJAMENA494 | FRENCH SEE RESPITE FROM EARLY REBEL ASSAULT, [...] (C) The French here doubt that Chad rebels, discouraged and disunited, will attack in force before the New Year, and believe that of the rebel formations, only the Ouaddaian UFCD group led by Hassabalah was stronger than in February. Intra- Chadian diplomacy had undermined the Erdimi's Zaghaw [...] | 2008-10-27 16:34:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF MARR UN SU LY FR ASEC CD |
08NDJAMENA500 | MORE MINURCAT TRAINED GENDDARMES AND POLICE [...] (U) DCM attended the October 28 graduation parade for 111 Chadian policewomen (and men) assigned to MINURCAT's DIS (Integrated Security Detachment) police force. Under the joint field direction of MINURCAT and their Chadian commanders, these graduates of the specialized UN training course are [...] | 2008-10-28 15:41:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO PREF PGOV PHUM CD |
08NDJAMENA501 | SRSG BRIEFS ON MINURCAT II AND GROWING INSTABILITY [...] (C) SRSG Victor Angelo told AMB and DCM Oct 28 that his negotiations with the GOC regarding the composition and mandate for a reinforced MINURCAT II were progressing satisfactorily, but that he still needed to convince some in UN HQ in New York regarding his own conception of the reconfigured [...] | 2008-10-29 11:11:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF MARR KPKO PINR PGOV UN SU CD |
08NDJAMENA508 | LIBYAN TO FLY CHAD AND SUDANESE AMBASSADORS TO [...] (C) Libyan Ambassador Emhemmed Shlback told Ambassador October 30 that the GOL would facilitate the return of a Chadian Ambasador to Khartoum and a Sudanese Ambassador to Ndjamena by bringing a special plane from Libya to Chad November 4. The plane, with Amb Shlback on board if necessary tak [...] | 2008-10-31 11:30:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF LY SU CD |
08NDJAMENA509 | IMF DELEGATION TO VISIT CHAD AS "STAFF MONITORED [...] (SBU) IMF RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE JOSEPH KARANGWA TOLD AMBASSADOR OCTOBER 30 THAT THE IFI WILL SEND AN "OVERSIGHT DELEGATION" TO CHAD EARLY NEXT MONTH EVEN THOUGH THE FUND'S AMBITIOUS PLAN TO PUT CHAD ON A "STAFF MANAGED PROGRAM" FOR THE SECOND HALF OF 2008 HAS FAILED. THE REASON FOR THE FA [...] | 2008-10-31 11:30:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV IMF IBRD MASS US CD |
08NDJAMENA510 | EU WORKING TO KEEP CHAD ON TRACK FOR 2009 [...] (C) The Chief European Union Representative in Chad believes that the electoral reform process that he is spearheading can result as planned in communal/legislative elections in 2009, but that success is by no means assured at this point. The EU Ambassador believes that enough momentum has de [...] | 2008-10-31 11:30:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PREF EU PINR IBRD EIB CD |
08NDJAMENA511 | DAKAR CONTACT GROUP MEETING SET FOR NDJAMENA [...] (U) Embassy received a diplomatic note on October 30 from the Chadian Foreign Ministry advising that the 6th ministerial meeting of the contact group charged with implementing the Dakar Accord of 13 March 2008 between Chad and Sudan would meet in Ndjamena on November 15. The ministerial meeti [...] | 2008-10-31 11:31:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF CD SU |
08NDJAMENA514 | GTMO DETAINEE RETURN TO CHAD? [...] (S/NF). Summary. Post believes that the question of returning a Chadian from GTMO to Ndjamena needs to be fully coordinated inter-agency and with some thought for the consequences in terms expanding the terrorist threat aimed at Americans in Chad. On the basis of information available to us no [...] | 2008-11-07 08:46:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER ASEC CD |
08NDJAMENA515 | CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA [...] Embassy has received the following message for President-elect Obama from President Deby. Original will be forwarded by diplomatic pouch. Unofficial translation from the French follows. 2. His Excellency Mr. Barrack Obama, President elect of the United States Mr. President, With gre [...] | 2008-11-07 09:34:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL OVIP CD |
08NDJAMENA516 | CHAD CHRONICLE: NOV 3-7 [...] US ELECTION 2008 --------------------------------------------- -------- --- "THE WHITE HOUSE PAINTED BLACK" SAID L'OBSERVATEUR NEWSPAPER ABOUT THE ELECTION OF BARACK OBAMA. SEVERAL ARTICLES FOCUSED ON HOW OBAMA WON THE ELECTION AND THE AMERICAN ELECTORAL SYSTEM. THE HEADLINE PIECE CONCLUDE [...] | 2008-11-07 11:23:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PREF ECON PHUM UN LY CT CD |
08NDJAMENA518 | FRENCH SUPPORT COORDINATION ON UN FOLLOW-ON [...] (SBU) EMBASSY SUPPORTS THE DEPARTMENT'S EFFORTS TO COORDINATE WITH THE FRENCH ON CHAD POLICY IN GENERAL AND ON PKO ISSUES IN PARTICULAR. 2. (SBU) FROM OUR PERCH HERE, THE FOLLOWING SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AS KEY OBJECTIVES OF SUCH COORDINATION REGARDING THE UN FOLLOW-ON FORCE (MINURCAT II) [...] | 2008-11-10 10:59:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PGOV PKO PREF PREL FR CD |
08NDJAMENA519 | WORLD BANK ENDS CHAD VISIT ON HIGH NOTE, POINTING TOWARD [...] (SBU) The World Bank delegation finished its visit to Chad on a high note, if not the highest possible note, this week. In a presentation to the diplomatic corps November 7 by the GOC Ministers of Finance and Economy and the Bank delegation head, the visit was portrayed as "positive" and "co [...] | 2008-11-10 13:34:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL EPET IBRD UN IMF PGOV FR CD |
08NDJAMENA520 | CHAD - DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON MAURITANIAN COUP [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-12 11:02:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL USAU CD |
08NDJAMENA521 | CHAD: DEMARCHE DELIVERED - UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-12 11:05:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UN CD |
08NDJAMENA524 | EU READOUT OF FIRST DAY OF DAKAR ACCORD TECHNICAL TALKS IN [...] (SBU) The EU Special Envoy for Sudan and Eastern Chad, AMB Torben Brylle, gave us NOV 13 a readout on the first day of the technical military experts talks that took place on NOV 12. We inform addressees of its content in paras 2-5, below. 2. (SBU) The NOV 12 meeting was cut short and s [...] | 2008-11-13 10:23:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL LY SU KPKO UN AU EU CD |
08NDJAMENA526 | CHAD CHRONICLE: Nov 10-14 [...] CHAD-SUDAN RELATIONS AND REGIONAL COOPERATION ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------- ----- ---CHAD AND SUDAN EXCHANGED AMBASSADORS DURING THE WEEK. 2008. CHADIAN AMBASSADOR TO SUDAN, BAHARADINE HAROUN, WENT TO KHARTOUM ON A LIBYAN FLIGHT AND SUD [...] | 2008-11-14 11:16:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PREF ECON PHUM UN LY CT CD |
08NDJAMENA53 | DARFUR REBEL BAKHIT PREVIEWS NEW REBEL UNIFICATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Sudanese rebel Adam Bakhit informed N'Djamena Emboffs January 18 that he and his associates were forming a "united front" encompassing five rebel factions, with participants from SLM/Unity; SLM (Khamis Abdullah); JEM (Bahr Idriss); NMRD (Abdel-Karim) and URFF. Bakhit criticized [...] | 2008-01-25 12:32:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SU CD |
08NDJAMENA530 | CHAD OPPOSITION, PESSIMISTIC ABOUT ELECTION [...] (C) The leaders of the main opposition parties told AMB November 12 that they are increasingly pessimistic that legislative and communal elections will be held in 2009, primarily because, absent external pressure, they say that President Deby has no real interest in electoral reform or the ho [...] | 2008-11-17 13:36:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF UN EU SU CD |
08NDJAMENA531 | AMB BECHIR SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT FOR "HIS" [...] (C) Chadian Ambassador to the U.S. Bechir told AMB and DCM November 14 that the opportunity was ripe for the incoming Obama administration to engage President Deby at a senior level to craft an end to the Darfur/Chad crisis. Bechir described his own role as Chad interlocutor for dialogue with [...] | 2008-11-17 13:36:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SU LY US CD |
08NDJAMENA532 | CONTACT GROUP MTG IN NDJAMENA MAINTAINS DAKAR [...] (C) The November 15 Meeting of the Contact Group for implementation of the Dakar Accord achieved its core objectives of furthering confidence-building between Chad and Sudan, and maintaining the CG's deliberate progress toward a border monitoring and observation mission. On the ground there wa [...] | 2008-11-17 14:15:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PKO UNAUS AU SU LY CD |
08NDJAMENA533 | POTENTIAL VISIT OF MRS. CINDY MCCAIN TO CHAD [...] (SBU) Embassy N,Djamena has learned from AF/C that Mrs. Cindy McCain intends to visit Chad December 1-4, 2008 on a private, humanitarian mission. We would like some clarification so that we may be as supportive of this visit as possible. Below are questions to which we request answers. (a [...] | 2008-11-17 14:59:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PREF PHUM ASEC AMGT AFIN UN CD |
08NDJAMENA534 | IMF DELEGATION IN NDJAMENA TO PURSUE THE FUND'S [...] (SBU) The head of the current visiting IMF delegation told the Ambassador Nov 12 that the visit was aimed at helping Chad get to the budgetary performance point at which the IMF could hope to put a Staff-Monitored Program in place. The IMF wanted to help Chad's public finance team craft a re [...] | 2008-11-17 15:48:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IMF PGOV PREL US IBRD MASS CD |
08NDJAMENA54 | DARFUR REBEL BAKHIT PREVIEWS NEW REBEL UNIFICATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Sudanese rebel Adam Bakhit informed N'Djamena Emboffs January 18 that he and his associates were forming a "united front" encompassing five rebel factions, with participants from SLM/Unity; SLM (Khamis Abdullah); JEM (Bahr Idriss); NMRD (Abdel-Karim) and URFF. Bakhit criticized [...] | 2008-01-25 12:32:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SU CD |
08NDJAMENA541 | SUDAN REBEL RECRUITMENT SURGE IN REFUGEE CAMPS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-19 11:51:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PGOV PREL MARR KPKO KTIP UNAUS CD |
08NDJAMENA543 | CHAD: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Based on the narratives of other African countries in the 2007 reports (there was no Chad narrative),post has complied the following report for Chad for 2008. 2. During 2008 Chad experienced several incursions by anti-regime rebel forces aimed at taking power. These military confrontation [...] | 2008-11-20 07:04:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER ASEC CD |
08NDJAMENA546 | FOREIGN MINISTER CITES CHADIAN DIPLOMATIC AND [...] (C) Chadian Foreign Minister Faki told Ambassador and DCM November 19 that he attributed last week's Dakar Contact Group meeting's success to incremental steps taken during the past six months to repair Chad's relations with Sudan, but cautioned that more needed to be done, especially de-fangin [...] | 2008-11-20 11:50:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL |
08NDJAMENA547 | IMF HOLDS OUT HOPE FOR CHAD, BUT INSISTS ON FISCAL [...] (SBU) The November 18 debrief to the diplomatic community by the visiting IMF delegation tracked what delegation head Sukhwinder Singh had told Ambassador earlier (Ref A). The IMF is trying to persuade the GoC to prepare and live within budgets that are sustainable without oil revenue, in m [...] | 2008-11-20 15:13:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IMF PGOV PREL US IBRD MASS CD |
08NDJAMENA548 | CHAD - OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-21 08:11:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA IS PA CD |
08NDJAMENA55 | CHAD GOVERNMENT NOT ORDERING SUMMARY EXECUTIONS [...] (C/NF) Summary: ICRC Chief told Ambassador January 23 that rumors of summary executions of rebels taken prisoner in recent fighting in Eastern Chad by government forces were exaggerated. ICRC Chief said that there was some evidence of abuse of POWs, including executions on the battlefield "in [...] | 2008-01-25 13:15:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MASS PGOV PHUM PREL SU CD |
08NDJAMENA556 | 63RD UNGA - CHAD - DEMARCHE TO INCREASE PLENARY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-24 15:26:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA MNUC PARM PREL CD |
08NDJAMENA567 | CHAD - THE EFFECTIVENESS OF UN EFFORTS TO COMBAT [...] This message responds to Ref A request for an update on measures to prevent sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) and trafficking in persons (TIP) involving UN peacekeeping personnel in Chad. 2. MINURCAT, the UN Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad, now has 863 personnel, of whic [...] | 2008-12-03 16:38:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO PREL PHUM UN CD CT |
08NDJAMENA57 | CHAD: NO STRONG VIEWS ON LIBYAN TSCTP MEMBERSHIP [...] (U) DCM raised the question of Libyan membership in the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership (TSCTP) December 28 with Youssef Saleh Abbas, the President's International Relations Advisor. Abbas said that he didn't see any problems in principle, and suggested that this was an item which t [...] | 2008-01-29 07:05:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR PINS PREL PTER CD |
08NDJAMENA571 | CHAD AMB UPBEAT ON REBEL THREAT AND CHAD-SUDAN [...] (C) Chad Ambassador to the U.S. Adam Bachir told Ambassador and DCM December 1 that he would carry a letter from President Deby to President-Elect Obama's Chicago Transition Office proposing a meeting in DC between the two Presidents after January 20, 2009, to discuss regional security issues. [...] | 2008-12-04 15:26:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR LY SU PREF CD |
08NDJAMENA573 | CHAD - TWO KEY ELECTION-RELATED LAWS PASSED BY [...] (SBU) The process leading up to future elections is proceeding in a typically desultory, Chadian fashion, but it is indeed proceeding. Only one of the seven draft laws sent by the Comite de Suivi to the Government is still stuck in the GOC apparatus, and it is one that the opposition does not [...] | 2008-12-11 07:07:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PREF PINR CD |
08NDJAMENA582 | JEM "FOREIGN SECRETARY" COMMENTS ON ACTIVITIES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 14, the Justice and Equality Movement's "Foreign Secretary" Bushara Suliman Nour, based in Ndjamena, labeled recent JEM military movements in Darfur as "routine" and "strictly within our areas," but later asserted that JEM could easily attack and control all three st [...] | 2008-12-16 12:04:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM MARR KPKO PINR PGOV AU UN SU |
08NDJAMENA583 | DEBY'S TONE MORE CONCILIATORY TOWARD SUDAN AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Deby's December 10th speech marking Freedom and Democracy Day contained a more conciliatory tone toward the Government of Sudan and Chadian rebels than previously, even as he presided over a massive demonstration of the GOC's ongoing military rearmament campaign. De [...] | 2008-12-16 15:41:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM MARR PINR EAID UN SU CD |
08NDJAMENA598 | CHAD: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING [...] A search of Embassy biographic and human rights files found no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights as of this date by the following individuals nominated for IMET training. 2. For training in ACSS Next Generation Leadership Course, of Jan - Feb 09: LTC Kasto Douri, Jan 1 [...] | 2008-12-23 15:04:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ASEC MASS MOPS PREL PINR PINS CD |
08NDJAMENA62 | FRENCH AMBASSADOR ON CHAD-SUDAN, POWS, CHILD [...] (C) SUMMARY: French Ambassador Foucher told Ambassador January 28 that France regretted that President Deby did not take stronger action or speak out more clearly against mistreatment of POWs and recruitment of child soldiers. He expressed the strong French view that Sudan was far more to bl [...] | 2008-01-29 15:55:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SU CD UNSC |
08NDJAMENA64 | CHAD REBEL INCURSION MOVES WESTWARD [...] (SBU) Summary: Chad rebels have moved across the border, bypassed Abeche and are reported to be holding in the Am Dam area southwest of Abeche. There has been no major confrontation with the government, other than aerial bombing by the government on January 28th. The government has moved to f [...] | 2008-01-30 17:52:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR CASC MOPS SU CD PINS ASEC |
08NDJAMENA65 | SITREP 1: CHAD REMAINS JITTERY AS REBELS ADVANCE [...] (SBU) As of 15:10, January 31, the U.S. Embassy is staffed with the following personnel: AMB, A/DCM, OMS, POL/ECON, CONS, IPC, PAO, FMS, FMO, GSO, RSO (2) and DAO, as well as selected locally engaged staff. All other personnel and eligible family members (EFMs) are at standfast at their respe [...] | 2008-01-31 15:00:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR CASC MOPS SU CD PINS ASEC |
08NDJAMENA66 | SITREP 2: EVENING IN CHAD IS QUIET BUT ANXIETY [...] (SBU) As of 2200 local, January 31, the Mission moved to consolidate all official Americans due to continued concern of imminent rebel attacks on N'djamena. Embassy officials and eligible family members are consolidated in three locations: at the Embassy compound; the American school compound [...] | 2008-01-31 20:52:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR CASC MOPS SU CD PINS ASEC |
08NDJAMENA67 | SITREP 3: MORNING STARTS CALM IN CHAD [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-01 08:15:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR CASC MOPS SU CD PINS ASEC |
08NDJAMENA69 | SITREP 4: CHAD SITUATION AT 1330 ON 1 FEBRUARY [...] (SBU) N'djamena is still tense but calm. Agence France Presse (AFP) reports that fighting has broken out near Massaguet, 60-90 miles NE of the capital. A few hundred Chadian riot police and various armored tanks have been seen moving about the city. Chadian military aircraft have left the air [...] | 2008-02-01 12:13:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR CASC MOPS SU PINS ASEC CD |
08NDJAMENA70 | SITREP 5: FIGHTING ONGOING IN NDJAMENA [...] (SBU) Sounds of artillery fire and automatic weapons have been heard off-and-on beginning 0845 2 February in N'djemana. Fighting between elements of the Chadian military forces loyal to President Deby and rebel forces continue. The road in front of the presidential palace is closed. There is l [...] | 2008-02-02 08:07:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR CASC MOPS SU PINS ASEC CD |
08NDJAMENA81 | JEM REBELS: DEBY'S SAVIOUR AND BUDDING NATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Representatives of the Sudanese rebel group JEM told N'Djamena Emboffs on March 7 that JEM was well on the way to becoming an inclusive Sudanese national movement. They acknowledged that JEM forces had come to the aid of President Deby during the February 2-3 rebel attacks on N'D [...] | 2008-03-07 16:48:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF SU CD |
08NDJAMENA83 | GOC ASKS FOR U.S. ASSISTANCE IN DEVELOPMENT FOR EASTERN [...] (U) AMBASSADOR CALLED MARCH 4 ON YOUSSOUF SALEH ABBAS, PRESIDENTIAL COUNSELOR FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AND RECENTLY APPOINTED SPECIAL PRESIDENTIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR MINURCAT AND EUFOR IN CHAD, AND AS SUCH, CHIEF OF A NEW GOC AGENCY, THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR INTERNATIONAL FORCES IN CHAD (CON [...] | 2008-03-10 13:51:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PREF EAID CD EU |
08NEWDELHI1008 | CONGRESS TINKERS WITH CABINET, NO DRAMATIC CHANGES [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reshuffled the second tier of his cabinet on April 6, inducting seven new Ministers of State. (Note: Minister of State is approximately the Deputy Secretary level in the USG. End Note.) Six of the seven are Congress MPs while the seve [...] | 2008-04-07 13:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI TBIO IN |
08NEWDELHI1013 | GREYBEARDS AND INSIDERS GIVE DAS FEIGENBAUM THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During three days of meetings in Delhi, SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum heard from Indian academics, politicians and former top bureaucrats gave varying views on the bilateral relationship, Indian domestic politics, and regional affairs. Former Ambassador to the U. [...] | 2008-04-08 07:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM IN BM CH CE NP |
08NEWDELHI1018 | CONGRESS PARTY WOES CONTINUE [...] (SBU) Summary: With little political headway on the civil nuclear initiative and election defeats in Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, and the Northeast (refs A,B,C,D,E),good news for the Congress Party has been in short supply in recent months. The latest piece of bad news: rising food prices, whi [...] | 2008-04-08 12:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PREL PINR ECON PREF CH IN |
08NEWDELHI1019 | BIOGRAPHY: BHUTAN'S FIRST DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED [...] (SBU) On April 5, Druk Phuensum Tsogpa (DPT) President Jigmi Thinley was unanimously endorsed by his party to serve as Bhutan's first Prime Minister of its new democratically elected government. On March 24, the DPT crushed the opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) during National Assemb [...] | 2008-04-08 12:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM IN BT INR |
08NEWDELHI102 | MENON CLAIMS IAEA NEGOTIATORS NOT GOING BEYOND 123 [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador told Foreign Secretary Menon January 11 that the demands made by the Indian negotiators during the January 2-4 safeguards talks with the IAEA appeared to go over beyond the principle of safeguards in perpetuity established in the 123 agreement. Menon countered that the [...] | 2008-01-11 12:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN IR AF |
08NEWDELHI1026 | NEW PRO-DEAL VOICES EMERGE IN NUCLEAR LULL [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the lack of forward movement on the U.S.-India civil nuclear cooperation initiative in recent weeks, political, business and religious proponents have emerged in India, revealing that the issue remains alive. Previously quiet Congress Party politicians have spoken in fav [...] | 2008-04-09 11:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
08NEWDELHI103 | DELHI DIARY, JAN 7-11 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for January 7-11, 2007, that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- India, Israeli Kick Off 2008 with High-Level Defense Talks -- India Remains Israel's Largest Defense Customer -- National Defense [...] | 2008-01-11 13:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL PTER SCUL SNAR SOCI |
08NEWDELHI1035 | DALAI LAMA PLEADS FOR U.S. TO PERSUADE CHINESE TO [...] Action request in para. 7. 2. (C/REL UK, CANADA, AUSTRALIA) Summary: Hours before his April 9 departure for the U.S., the Dalai Lama summoned PolCouns to convey a message: please use all effective means to persuade the PRC to engage in dialogue with him. He said recent events had left him increasi [...] | 2008-04-10 11:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM IN CH |
08NEWDELHI1044 | INDIA DOUBLES ITS ANTE IN AFRICA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Amid positive press reporting and official press statements, Indian and African leaders concluded the two-day New Delhi based India-Africa Summit by unanimously accepting drafts of the Delhi Declaration and the India-Africa Framework for Cooperation. Nations agreed in principle [...] | 2008-04-11 11:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON EAID ECIN ETRD KECF IN |
08NEWDELHI1065 | IRAN'S AHMADINEJAD TO VISIT INDIA APRIL 29 [...] (SBU) This is an action request for SCA and NEA. Please see paragraph six. 2. (S/NF) A senior Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) official notified PolCouns on April 15 that Iranian President Ahmadinejad will visit India on April 29. The official said she was providing the Embassy with this inf [...] | 2008-04-15 11:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IR IN |
08NEWDELHI107 | INDIA GRAVELY CONCERNED ABOUT PAKISTAN [...] (C) In a January 11 conversation with the Ambassador, Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon asked how the U.S. views recent developments in Pakistan. The Ambassador conveyed that the U.S. and India share concerns about Pakistan turning into a failed state, and he commended the Indian government' [...] | 2008-01-11 13:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL PTER PK IN |
08NEWDELHI1096 | INDIA COMES TO GRIPS WITH MAOIST VICTORY IN NEPAL [...] (C) Summary. Official India welcomed Nepal's relatively free and fair election, saying in public statements that it was satisfied with the results and looked forward to working with the Maoist goernment. Foreign Minister Mukherjee has called Pushpa Dahal ("Prachanda") to offer official congr [...] | 2008-04-17 13:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM IN |
08NEWDELHI1109 | MAYAWATI'S BSP SWEEPS FIVE U.P. BY-ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: In Uttar Pradesh (UP) last week, Chief Minister Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) swept five by-elections: two Lok Sabha races and three State Assembly races. Except for one Lok Sabha contest, the elections primarily pitted the BSP against Mulayam Singh Yadav's Samajwadi Par [...] | 2008-04-21 11:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI IN |
08NEWDELHI1124 | GOI LIKELY TO SUPPORT PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-23 12:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PHUM PREL IN CU |
08NEWDELHI1134 | INDIAN IRAN RETORT MIGHT LAY GROUNDWORK FOR [...] (C/NF) Summary: External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee echoed April 23 the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesman's strong and unhelpful reaction to the U.S. statement on India's relationship with Iran. While the Communists expressed their approval for the MEA statement, Left leaders als [...] | 2008-04-24 12:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN IR |
08NEWDELHI1141 | INDIAN DEFENSE ATTACHE WILL ATTEND PSI WORKSHOP IN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-25 12:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM KNNP MNUC PK IN |
08NEWDELHI1166 | DELHI DIARY, APR 21-28 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for April 21-28, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Composite Dialogue Dates Set For May 20 and 21 -- UPA Announces Record Foodgrain Harvest Estimate -- Naxalite/Maoist Incidents Increase [...] | 2008-04-29 13:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM PBTS TBIO EAGR NP IN BG |
08NEWDELHI1180 | AHMADINEJAD VISIT TO INDIA FOCUSES ON PIPELINE, [...] (C) Summary. Iranian President Ahmadinejad's April 29 visit to India focused primarily on energy and trade issues, according to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) contacts. Indian officials announced the Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline deal "is doable" within 45 days, though "a lot of work" needs [...] | 2008-04-30 12:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNNP KISL ENRG ECON ETRD IR IN |
08NEWDELHI1193 | MENON CAUTIOUS AND ADVANI SKEPTICAL ABOUT NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon told the Ambassador May 1 that the Indian government would seek approval to submit the safeguards agreement to the IAEA in the May 6 UPA-Left committee meeting. Although he did not divulge any specifics, Menon believed that External Affairs Min [...] | 2008-05-01 11:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
08NEWDELHI1194 | MENON SAYS AHMADINEJAD PLAYED TO MASSES DURING [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon related to the Ambassador May 1 that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told the Prime Minister during his April 29 stop in Delhi that the world is changing in Iran's favor. When asked for specifics, Menon noted, Ahmadinejad voiced more mild opini [...] | 2008-05-01 11:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNNP EPET KISL ENRG ECON ETRD IR IN |
08NEWDELHI1210 | SHIPPING MINISTER HIT BY CORRUPTION ALLEGATION [...] (C) Summary: On April 28 and 30, Parliament erupted in chaos when BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) members staged a walk-out to highlight Minister for Shipping, Transport, and Highways T.R. Baalu,s alleged abuse of his position to seek favorable GOI terms for supply of natural gas to [...] | 2008-05-02 12:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM IN |
08NEWDELHI1218 | MEA AMERICAS DIVISION ASSURES DASD CLAD MIL-MIL [...] (S) Summary. In a private meeting with Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense James Clad, Ministry of External Affairs SIPDIS (MEA) Joint Secretary Gaitri Kumar: -- assured DASD Clad that the military-to-military relationship was a top priority of her ministry; -- warned that the ""reopening"" o [...] | 2008-05-05 11:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR IN |
08NEWDELHI1237 | INDIA AND DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE CUBAN PEOPLE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-06 12:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PHUM PREL EUN CU IN |
08NEWDELHI1248 | INDIA'S UPA-LEFT NUCLEAR COMMITTEE STALLS AGAIN [...] (C) Summary: The UPA government and its Left allies agreed May 6 to hold a ninth committee meeting on May 28 to continue discussion about implementing the civil nuclear cooperation initiative. Although press reports indicated that External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee gave a pessimistic [...] | 2008-05-07 13:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
08NEWDELHI126 | LET'S FIX IRRITANTS THAT PLAGUE THIS PARTNERSHIP, [...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador told Foreign Secretary Menon January 11 that a range of bilateral problems has started to make people question the strategic partnership that both sides seek, and wonder why the USG has encountered such difficulty when it has done so much to try to bring India into the g [...] | 2008-01-14 14:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL AMGT KREC OFDP ODIP IN |
08NEWDELHI1264 | GOI INTENDS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE UNESCO YOUTH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-08 12:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL OEXC SOCI UNESCO IN |
08NEWDELHI1277 | DELHI DIARY, APRIL 28-MAY 09 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for April 28-May 09, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- India and Pakistan Trade Tit-for-Tat Missile Tests -- Lok Sabha Speaker Withdraws Action Taken Against Unruly MPs -- Indian Custodia [...] | 2008-05-09 13:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR KPRP MCAP MNUC PARM SOCI |
08NEWDELHI1279 | INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY TO CALL BURMESE [...] (C) Ambassador called Foreign Secretary Menon on May 10 to follow up on the Secretary's call to Foreign Minister Mukherjee, and to urge India to use its influence with the Burmese government to allow"international aid to reach Cyclone Nargis disaster areas. Menon noted FM Mukherjee had promis [...] | 2008-05-10 06:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL BM IN |
08NEWDELHI1284 | INDIA: CUBAN PEOPLE SOLIDARITY DAY: AMERICAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-12 08:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PHUM PREL EUN CU IN |
08NEWDELHI1295 | THEATER IN THE ROUND: INDIAN BUDGET SESSION COMES [...] (SBU) The Indian Parliament adjourned its Budget Session in the Lok Sabha on May 5 and in the Rajya Sabha on May 6, both ahead of the May 9 scheduled date. Increasingly criticized as ineffective and unproductive, the Lok Sabha worked for 77 percent of the scheduled hours and the Rajya Sabha w [...] | 2008-05-12 13:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM IN |
08NEWDELHI1296 | BURMESE FM TELLS MUKHERJEE ALL COUNTRIES CAN SEND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-12 13:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL PGOV BM IN |
08NEWDELHI130 | MAYAWATI THREATENS TO WITHDRAW FROM UPA [...] (SBU) Summary: At a January 7 press conference, notoriously mercurial Uttar Pradesh (UP) Chief Minister (CM) Mayawati threatened to withdraw support from the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and claimed that certain Congress members were trying to kill her. Congress waved off the claims an [...] | 2008-01-15 05:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI IN |
08NEWDELHI1311 | EX-PRESIDENT OFFERS GLIMMER OF HOPE FOR INDIA'S [...] (C) Summary: Former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam's explicit endorsement of the civil nuclear initiative has added further pressure to the opposition BJP party to reverse its stance against the nuclear deal. However, BJP leader Jaswant Singh countered the building momentum by claiming that for [...] | 2008-05-13 13:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
08NEWDELHI1321 | MENON INDICATES FLEXIBILITY IN END-USE ISSUES FOR VVIP AIRCRAFT [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon told the Ambassador May 14 that, after reading and having his people analyze note 1 in Amendment 1 of the Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) for the Boeing VVIP Aircraft Self-Protection Suite (SPS),provided to Menon by the Ambassador the previous [...] | 2008-05-14 10:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
08NEWDELHI1325 | INDIA EXPECTS BURMA TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO ALL [...] (C/REL AGCU) In a May 14 meeting with Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon, the Ambassador thanked him for conveying to the Burmese junta the U.S. concern about the immense difficulty in foreign assistance reaching the cyclone victims. Menon said that while the message seems to have had an imp [...] | 2008-05-14 11:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL BM IN |
08NEWDELHI1330 | INDIAN COMMUNIST LEADER URGING CEREMONIAL ROLE FOR [...] (C) Summary. In a May 13 meeting with PolCouns, Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPI-M) leader Sitaram Yechury: -- said the Maoists won the Nepalese election because they turned out to be the most pragmatic, mature and best organized of any of the competing parties; -- reported that he h [...] | 2008-05-14 12:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM NP IN |
08NEWDELHI1332 | SUPREME COURT EXACERBATES STRUGGLING UPA'S HEALTH [...] (C) Summary: In a public anti-corruption slap in the face to the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) coalition, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss, the Supreme Court reinstated Dr. P. Venugopal as director of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) af [...] | 2008-05-14 12:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI IN |
08NEWDELHI1333 | DALAI LAMA REQUESTS BUSH TO VISIT LHASA DURING [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 10 meeting, the Dalai Lama requested Poloff to convey a request to President Bush to visit Lhasa during the President's August 2008 Beijing visit. He characterized the April 27-29 China-Tibet talks as "productive," noting that China's representatives adopted a "softer" [...] | 2008-05-14 12:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KIRF CH IN |
08NEWDELHI1336 | SPIKE IN TERRORISM HAS INDIAN OFFICIALS WORRIED ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: A sharp and heavily publicized resurgence of infiltration and terrorism has Indian officials deeply worried about the situation in Pakistan and wondering whether domestic problems there could result in more violence, Foreign Secretary Menon told the Ambassador May 14. The Border S [...] | 2008-05-14 13:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PBTS MOPS KISL PGOV ASEC CASC IN |
08NEWDELHI1345 | INDIAN POLITICAL PARTIES CYNICALLY WOO WOMEN VOTERS [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 6, amid chaos in the Rajya Sabha, the UPA government introduced the Women's Reservation Bill, which would reserve 33 percent of all seats for women in Parliament and the state assemblies. In an effort to appeal to women voters before a slew of state elections and nationa [...] | 2008-05-15 12:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWMN KDEM PHUM PREL KIRF IN |
08NEWDELHI1351 | AMBASSADOR PUSHES INDIAN DEFENSE MINISTER FOR [...] (S) Summary. During a May 14 meeting with Defense Minister AK Antony, Ambassador: -- advocated for the Sikorsky S-92 helicopter in the VVIP helicopter competition and for Honeywell to be able to compete its F125IN engine for the Jaguar engine upgrade; -- handed over a draft Memorandum of Understan [...] | 2008-05-16 10:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PGOV PREL MARR ETRD IN |
08NEWDELHI1353 | AMBASSADOR MEETS L.K. ADVANI TO URGE BJP TO BACK NUKE DEAL [...] (C) The Ambassador on May 8 again urged BJP leader L.K. Advani in a private meeting to exhibit statesmanship and either back the nuclear deal or withdraw opposition to it. Advani did not alter his argument, but I sensed that he is much less comfortable than he was a month ago. Advani informed the [...] | 2008-05-16 11:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM SOCI IN |
08NEWDELHI1356 | DELHI DIARY, MAY 12-16 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for May 12-16, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Akali-BJP Deadly Clash During Local Polls in Punjab -- Child Laborers Wake Up Parliamentarians -- Reservation Policy Hits a Snag Akali- [...] | 2008-05-16 13:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SCUL IN |
08NEWDELHI1364 | TERROR TOP ON INDIAN MINDS AS THE FIFTH ROUND OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The fifth round of the Indo-Pak Composite Dialogue, scheduled to take place in Islamabad May 20-21, will cover the gamut of bilateral issues, according to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). Foreign Secretary Menon will meet his counterpart Salman Bashir May 20, while Exter [...] | 2008-05-19 13:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PBTS PK IN |
08NEWDELHI1372 | AFTER BOMBS, RAJASTHAN THREATENS ACTION AGAINST [...] (SBU) On May 16, the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)-led Rajasthan government asked its district magistrates to identify illegal Bangladeshi immigrants living in the state over the next 30 days. In the aftermath of the bombings which rocked Jaipur on May 13 to which the Indian government has link [...] | 2008-05-20 12:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL PINR KDEM IN |
08NEWDELHI1375 | CHINA'S ATTACKS ON DALAI LAMA ALARM TIBETAN MPS [...] Send a fact-finding delegation to access the real situation inside Tibet. Urge upon the UN to do the same. 2. Impress upon China to stop killings & uphold the Fundamental Human Rights inside Tibet. 3. Facilitate International medical communities / organizations to render medical assistance t [...] | 2008-05-21 03:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | CH IN KIRF PGOV PHUM PREF PREL |
08NEWDELHI1388 | URGENT DEMARCHE ON UN SYSTEM OF INTERNAL JUSTICE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-21 11:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR PGOV PREL UNGA |
08NEWDELHI1406 | INDIA MAINTAINS MODEST RELATIONS WITH CUBA [...] (SBU) In response to the request for information on India's relations with Cuba set out in reftel A, Embassy New Delhi provides the following assessment based on the most recent and readily available information. Bilateral Visits Increase, but Relations Mostly Symbolic Legacy of NAM ------- [...] | 2008-05-23 11:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU IN |
08NEWDELHI1409 | NARAYANAN POINTS TO INSPECTIONS AS STICKING POINT IN VVIP AIRCRAFT [...] (C) The Ambassador urged Indian National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan May 23 to use the May 28-29 visit by a delegation led by Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Mitchell Shivers to resolve quickly the enhanced end-use monitoring (EEUM) issue related to the Low-Aircraft Infrared Cou [...] | 2008-05-23 12:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
08NEWDELHI1410 | NARAYANAN WORRIED ABOUT PAKISTAN AND NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary: National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan told the Ambassador May 23 that the May 13 Jaipur blasts had HUJI "fingerprints," but he expressed greater concern about increased infiltration from Pakistan, which he believed could lead to greater tragedy. He related that Pakistan had not [...] | 2008-05-23 12:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
08NEWDELHI1429 | CONGRESS SETBACK PROMPTS POSTPONEMENT OF INDIA'S [...] (SBU) Bruised by election losses in Karnataka (septel) and blocked by the intransigent Left, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government postponed the UPA-Left nuclear committee meeting originally scheduled May 28. According to May 27 press reports, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukhe [...] | 2008-05-27 12:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
08NEWDELHI1432 | SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR FEINGOLD'S MAY 2008 VISIT [...] (SBU) Dear Senator Feingold: The Country Team and I warmly welcome you to India. Your visit comes at a critical juncture in what has been a period of profound transformation in Indo-US relations. While we have successfully accelerated and expanded the ties between our two democracies into a [...] | 2008-05-27 13:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON KNNP IN |
08NEWDELHI1433 | NARAYANAN DISCUSSES PAKISTAN, COUNTER-TERRORISM [...] (C) National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan described for CODEL Nelson and the Ambassador on May 26 his views on Afghanistan, Pakistan, Naxalites, counter-terrorism cooperation, and the state of the relationship in light of the nuclear deal and Enhanced End Use Monitoring (EEUM). Narayanan de [...] | 2008-05-27 13:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | IN KNNP PARM PK PREL PTER TSPL |
08NEWDELHI1440 | INDO-PAK DIALOGUE: INDIA LOOKING TO MAINTAIN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The fifth round of the Indo-Pak Composite Dialogue took place in Islamabad May 20-21, marking the first high-level contact between the two governments since Pakistan's newly elected government came to power in March. Foreign Secretary Menon met his counterpart Salman Bashir May [...] | 2008-05-28 12:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PBTS PK IR CH IN |
08NEWDELHI1441 | GOI TO SEND MINISTER, NOT MONEY, TO PARIS [...] (C/REL ACGU) SUMMARY: MEA Deputy Secretary (Afghanistan) Piyush Srivastava disclosed to Poloffs May 28 that the GOI will likely send a Minister level GOI representative to the June 12 International Conference on Afghanistan in Paris, corroborating what the Australian PolOff told Post at a May [...] | 2008-05-28 12:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID EFIN IN AF |
08NEWDELHI1442 | RAJASTHAN GUJJARS STIR UP VIOLENCE [...] (C) Summary: On May 23, just as the Rajasthan tourism industry was crawling towards recovery after the May 13 Jaipur bomb blast (ref A),an old controversy resurfaced, threatening to disrupt life in parts of Rajasthan and beyond, including in the greater Delhi area. The Gujjar community once [...] | 2008-05-28 13:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM CASC ASEC IN |
08NEWDELHI1457 | INDIA, U.S. INITIAL END-USE MONITORING AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary. PDASD Shivers, Ambassador Mulford, Foreign Secretary Menon, and Defense Secretary Singh initialed on May 29 a text for End-Use Monitoring for self-protection suites (including LAIRCM),clearing away the largest obstacle to finalization of the sale of head of state aircraft to India. I [...] | 2008-05-29 13:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL ETRD IN |
08NEWDELHI1469 | RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR UPDATES TO NAMES, TITLES [...] This cable is in response to reftel. 2. Country: Republic of India Date: May 30, 2008 India Country Code is 91. New Delhi Area Code is 11. Both (91) and (11) must be dialed prior to all landline numbers below. The Area Code is omitted for mobile phone numbers. -------------------- [...] | 2008-05-30 10:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI1475 | CODEL FEINGOLD DISCUSSES PAKISTAN, NUCLEAR DEAL, [...] (C) Summary: Special Envoy to the Prime Minister Shyam Saran told Senator Russ Feingold May 29 that India hoped to use its relative economic prosperity to promote the integration of South Asia. Saran expressed hope that the Indian government would soon submit the safeguards agreement to the I [...] | 2008-05-30 11:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
08NEWDELHI1489 | NARAYANAN URGES BETTER BILATERAL UNDERSTANDING ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-02 10:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL PTER KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
08NEWDELHI1503 | SENATORS FEINGOLD AND CASEY MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary. In a May 30 meeting with Senators Feingold and Casey, Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee noted that the key to stability in the region lies in addressing extremism in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border regions. He expressed concern over increasing cross-border infiltration attempts o [...] | 2008-06-03 11:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM ENRG KISL PHUM PREL TRGY TSPL AF |
08NEWDELHI1514 | DEFENSE MINISTER DISCUSSES REGIONAL AND NUCLEAR [...] (C) Minister of Defense A.K. Antony discussed with Senator Feingold on May 30 regional issues including Pakistan, Burma, and Afghanistan, nuclear issues in the context of the U.S. presidential election and Iranian proliferation, and the U.S.-India defense relationship. Antony said that India [...] | 2008-06-04 13:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR PARM KNNP IN |
08NEWDELHI1515 | INDIAN MUSLIMS RALLY AGAINST TERRORISM, AGAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Leading Indian Muslim clerics denounced terrorism as un-Islamic at two separate, very different events over the May 31-June 1 weekend. Seizing the political upper hand, the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) publicly welcomed the events and focused on their anti-government [...] | 2008-06-04 13:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KISL IN |
08NEWDELHI1549 | STAFFDEL ANDERSON DISCUSES REGIONAL ISSUES, [...] (SBU) Staffdel Anderson discussed a wide range of regional and domestic issues with government officials and non-governmental commentators during a visit to Delhi on June 1-4. A Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary justified India's relationship with Iran, emphasized its commitment to [...] | 2008-06-06 08:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KNNP ENRG IN |
08NEWDELHI156 | UTTAR PRADESH: NEW TERRORIST HUB [...] (C) Summary: In the last eight weeks, terrorists struck twice in Uttar Pradesh (UP) killing twenty-one people: seven Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officers and fourteen civilians (reftels). Analysts as well as Embassy contacts fear that jihadi terrorists who have traditionally focused [...] | 2008-01-16 10:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PGOV CASC PREL KISL KCRM IN |
08NEWDELHI1560 | DELHI DIARY, MAY 30-JUNE 6, 2008 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for May 30-June 6, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- MEA Chief of Mission Conference -- Government Officials Retain Public Information -- Karunanidhi Birthday Bash: Bashing the BJP -- Pa [...] | 2008-06-06 12:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SCUL KDEM IN |
08NEWDELHI1563 | NUCLEAR DEAL REMAINS HOT POLITICAL ISSUE AS [...] (C) Despite the domestic policy challenges of rising gas prices and Gujjar community unrest, the nuclear deal remains very much on the political agenda in Delhi as political factions pre-position themselves for upcoming state and ultimately national elections. The Congress Party is distracted [...] | 2008-06-06 12:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
08NEWDELHI1578 | GOI TO SEND MINISTER SHARMA TO AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-09 11:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID EFIN IN AF |
08NEWDELHI1606 | UAE AMBASSADOR TO INDIA (DESIGNEE-TO-BE FOR IRAQ?) [...] (S) In response to reftel, Post has obtained the following information on United Arab Emirates Ambassador to India (and, according to reftel, likely to be named Ambassador to Iraq). Post has had only limited contact with Ambassador Al Shehhi in the past, and will seek further information as app [...] | 2008-06-11 11:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV IZ AE IN |
08NEWDELHI1610 | INDIA PLAYS COY ON IOM DG - COURTED BY CANADIANS [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered demarche (Ref A) to MEA Director (United Nations Economic and Social) Dinesh Patnaik on May 30, urging the GOI to support Ambassador Bill Swing as the new Director General (DG) for the International Organization for Migration (IOM). On June 11, Patnaik articulated to Po [...] | 2008-06-11 12:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | IN PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI |
08NEWDELHI1611 | INDIA WILL ENDORSE GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] (C) This is an action request for SCA and ISN. Please see para 3. 2. (C) Ministry of External Affairs Disarmament and International Security Director Amandeep Singh Gill told poloff in a June 11 telcon that India's Cabinet Committee on Security decided June 10 to join the Global Initiative [...] | 2008-06-11 12:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
08NEWDELHI1620 | INDIA STILL NONCOMMITTAL ON APDP EOM - WANTS [...] (SBU) Poloff followed up on demarche (Ref A) with MEA Joint Secretary Sanjiv Arora (United Nations Political) and his Deputy, Sanjay Rana, regarding Foreign Secretary Menon's April 24 conversation with Under Secretary Dobriansky indicating that India will participate in the Asia-Pacific Democr [...] | 2008-06-12 10:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | IN KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL |
08NEWDELHI1622 | INDIA THINKS BIG BUT DOES LITTLE AT DISARMAMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: A June 9-10 disarmament conference in New Delhi commemorated the 20th anniversary of the Rajiv Gandhi Action Plan on disarmament, but produced little in terms of concrete commitments by the Indian government. In his inauguration, the Prime Minister reaffirmed India's commitment [...] | 2008-06-12 11:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
08NEWDELHI1628 | INDIA DISAPPOINTED WITH USG WITHDRAWAL FROM HRC [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered demarche (Ref A) to MEA Director (United Nations Economic and Social) Dinesh Patnaik on June 11, explaining why the USG will no longer participate in the UN Human Rights Council's (HRC) session and couching this as an opportunity for US-India cooperation on UN reform. Pa [...] | 2008-06-12 11:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI IN |
08NEWDELHI1636 | INDIA DELIVERS OFFICIAL GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] (C) Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Disarmament and International Security (DISA) Director G. Dharmendra gave poloffs June 13 the official letter notification from the Indian government endorsing the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI). Dharmendra said that the Indian Ambass [...] | 2008-06-13 10:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KGIT IN |
08NEWDELHI1644 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR: HIGH TURNOUT EXPECTED IN [...] (C) Summary: During a May visit to Jammu and Kashmir, Poloff learned that state assembly elections will be held in October, although the precise dates have not yet been announced. There was agreement among Poloff's interlocutors that the elections would see a record turnout barring a sustain [...] | 2008-06-16 11:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN |
08NEWDELHI1665 | INDIA SIGNALS LUKEWARM -- BUT UNCOMMITTED -- [...] (SBU) In a meeting with the Ambassador on June 17, Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon gave a luke-warm affirmation of India's support for Ambassador Bill Swing as the new Director General (DG) of the UN's International Organization for Migration (IOM),however would not formally commit. After [...] | 2008-06-17 14:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI IN |
08NEWDELHI1669 | CEQ CHAIRMAN CONNAUGHTON TALKS CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY [...] (U) Summary: On June 16, Chairman James Connaughton of the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) met with Dr. Kirit Parikh, Member, Planning Commission of India, and Ministry of Commerce Secretary G. K. Pillai to discuss key climate-change and energy-security issues ahead of the M [...] | 2008-06-18 05:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECON ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV PREL SENV IN |
08NEWDELHI1674 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR: DELICATELY POISED AHEAD OF [...] (C) Summary: The political, economic and security environment in Jammu and Kashmir appears to have improved significantly during the last year. During a May visit to the state, Poloff/PolFSN found that violence and the public's fear of it has declined, the economy is booming and tourism is a [...] | 2008-06-18 08:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN |
08NEWDELHI1677 | UPA-LEFT MEETING ON NUCLEAR DEAL POSTPONED TO JUNE [...] (SBU) The United Progressive Alliance-Left committee meeting scheduled for June 18 to decide whether the government will take the next step toward completing the U.S.-India Civilian Nuclear Cooperation Agreement was postponed until June 25. Media reported that the official reason for the post [...] | 2008-06-18 10:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
08NEWDELHI1691 | NUCLEAR DEAL END-GAME: CONGRESS PARTY TO DECIDE [...] (C) The Congress Party, at the request of Prime Minister Singh, abruptly postponed the June 18 United Progressive Alliance-Left committee meeting to prepare to move forward with the next crucial step toward completion of the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative without the support o [...] | 2008-06-19 10:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
08NEWDELHI1721 | DELHI DIARY, JUNE 13-20 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for June 13-20, 2008, that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Congress and JDS Team Up Against the BJP in Karnataka -- Jammu and Kashmir: Amarnath Yatra Begins -- Presumed "Dead" Former Bonded Labor [...] | 2008-06-23 07:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SCUL SOCI KWMN KDEM KISL IN |
08NEWDELHI1726 | INDIA IN COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES: NOT SATISFIED [...] (SBU) In response to Ref A, A/PolCouns delivered reftel demarche on India's role in the Community of Democracies (CD) to Joint Secretary (UN Political) Sanjiv Arora. On June 20 Arora contacted A/PolCouns to provide India's position on the withdrawal of Indian support for the Diplomat's Handboo [...] | 2008-06-23 11:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA ZI SF PO CA IN |
08NEWDELHI1756 | SCENESETTER FOR REPRESENTATIVE ACKERMAN JULY 2008 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Dear Representative Ackerman and Delegation: The Country Team and I warmly welcome you to India. Your visit comes at a critical juncture in what has been a period of profound transformation in Indo-US relations. While we have successfully accelerated and expanded the ties between our [...] | 2008-06-25 12:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON KNNP IN |
08NEWDELHI1760 | FS MENON DESCRIBES HARDENED POSITIONS, [...] (C) Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon described for the Ambassador on June 26 a hardening of positions on the part of the Left and within the Congress Party on whether to take the next step in advancing the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative. The Left ultimately rejected submis [...] | 2008-06-26 07:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN KDEM |
08NEWDELHI1763 | QURESHI'S INDIA TOUR: INDIA EXPECTING GOODWILL TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA),Pakistani Foreign Minister Qureshi will visit New Delhi, Jaipur, Ajmer, Chandigarh and Amritsar and will meet PM Singh, L.K. Advani, Jaswant Singh, PM Vajpayee, and a few state governors during his June 27-29 visit to India. T [...] | 2008-06-26 11:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ETRD PBTS PINR PK IN |
08NEWDELHI1765 | RAJASTHAN RESOLVES STATE GUJJAR DILEMMA, PUNTING [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 17, with the announcement of a new state reservation/quota policy, Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje brought an end to the 27-day agitation launched by the Gujjar community who were demanding classification as a Scheduled Tribe (ST) in order to access greater emp [...] | 2008-06-26 13:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM IN |
08NEWDELHI1779 | GAY RIGHTS IN GANDHI-LAND [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 29, several hundred gay activists plan to march in three Indian cities (New Delhi, Kolkata and Bangalore) in what is anticipated to be the largest display of gay pride in a country where homosexuality is considered illegal or "against the order of nature." Incidentally, [...] | 2008-06-27 12:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SOCI IN |
08NEWDELHI1795 | TIBETAN YOUTH SEE POTHOLES IN THE MIDDLE PATH - [...] (C) Summary. A May visit to six Tibetan settlements across north and northeastern India underscores concerns that frustrated and dissatisfied Tibetan youth and concurrent Indian separatist movements could pose serious problems for the future viability of Tibetan settlements. A widening generational [...] | 2008-06-30 10:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SOCI CH IN |
08NEWDELHI1798 | CONGRESS SEEKS SP SUPPORT ON NUCLEAR DEAL TO BUCK [...] (C) The Congress Party appears on the verge of securing sufficient support from the Samajwadi Party (SP) to permit the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) coalition government to advance the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative and to prove a parliamentary majority even if the Left wi [...] | 2008-06-30 12:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
08NEWDELHI1799 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR: BOARD WITHDRAWS LAND CLAIM, [...] (C) Summary: On June 30, for the seventh consecutive day, Kashmiri Muslims in Sringar and Hindus in Jammu protested in response to the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) state government decision to transfer 100 acres of land to the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB),a government-run organization that [...] | 2008-06-30 15:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM IN |
08NEWDELHI1821 | QURESHI VISITS INDIA, LEAVES POSITIVE IMPRESSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pakistani Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi met with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Leader of the Opposition L.K. Advani, senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh, former Prime Minister Vajpayee, and a few state governors during his June 27-29 visit to India. Pakistan Polit [...] | 2008-07-01 13:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IN PK |
08NEWDELHI1825 | INDIA: KOSOVO RECOGNITION DEMARCHE DELIVERED; NO [...] (C) A/PolCouns delivered reftel demarche on "Kosovo recognition, donors conference, IMF and World Bank membership following UN reconfiguration" to External Affairs Ministry Joint Secretary (Americas) Gaitri Kumar on June 30. In a July 1 follow up with Kumar's staff, Americas Director Vani Rao [...] | 2008-07-02 06:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KPKO KV IN |
08NEWDELHI1847 | SAMAJWADI PARTY SUPPORTS NUCLEAR DEAL, GOVERNMENT STRIVING FOR EARLY IAEA ANNOUNCEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A flurry of political activity over the past two days has culminated in the Samajwadi Party (SP) expressing public support for the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative following a meeting with Prime Minister Singh and negotiations with Congress Party President Sonia Gandh [...] | 2008-07-04 16:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
08NEWDELHI1875 | PM DEPARTS FOR G-8 WITH GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Singh departed on July 7 for the G-8 Summit in Japan where he plans to ask world leaders to support the Indian government following its decision on July 4 to advance the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative to the IAEA and Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). [...] | 2008-07-07 14:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
08NEWDELHI1894 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR'S CONGRESS-LED GOVERNMENT FALLS [...] (SBU) Summary: Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Congress Party Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad resigned on July 7, thereby ending the rule of his Congress-led coalition government in the state. Azad's coalition government lost its majority when its key ally, the People's Democratic Party (PDP),pulled [...] | 2008-07-08 12:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KDEM IN |
08NEWDELHI1895 | CONFIDENCE VOTE FOLLOWS LEFT WITHDRAWAL AS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Left Front stated on July 8 its intention to withdraw from the Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government and to seek a confidence vote, tentatively scheduled for July 21. The Samajwadi Party reiterated its support for the UPA government and the nuclear [...] | 2008-07-08 14:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
08NEWDELHI1906 | INDIANS BEGIN TO FOCUS ON NEXT STEPS IN NUCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Speculation about the timing and likely result of a confidence vote following the Left Front's withdrawal of support from the Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government dominated local media on July 9. Comments by Foreign Minister Mukherjee caused confusion [...] | 2008-07-09 14:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
08NEWDELHI1921 | PAKISTANI HIGH COMMISSIONER DISCUSSION UNDERSCORES [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's call on him to explain next steps needed to bring the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Agreement to fruition, Pakistani High Commissioner Shadid Malik focused on the need for the Nuclear Suppliers Group to follow a "criteria-based approach,"specifying, "We can onl [...] | 2008-07-10 13:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY PK IN |
08NEWDELHI1922 | SARAN AND MENON OUTLINE MODEST INDIAN ACTION PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Ambassador discussed on July 10 next steps in the U.S.-India Civilian Nuclear Cooperation Initiative separately with Prime Minister's Special Envoy for the Nuclear Deal Shyam Saran and then Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon. Saran and Menon previewed planned travel by Ind [...] | 2008-07-10 15:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
08NEWDELHI1928 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE WELCOME DEMARCHE DELIVERED, [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered Ref A demarche and associated documents welcoming India as a new partner in the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI) to Ministry of External Affairs Disarmament and International Security division director Gaddam Dharmendra on July 9. (Dharmendra had postp [...] | 2008-07-11 07:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP JO IN RS |
08NEWDELHI193 | NRI CONFERENCE CONNECTS INDIA TO ITS DIASPORA [...] (U) Summary: Critics called the sixth Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, an annual gathering of overseas Indians, nothing more than a talk shop. However, the event draws a large crowd and more press coverage every year and participants appeared content engaging informally with old friends and making n [...] | 2008-01-18 12:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SOCI EINV ECON IN |
08NEWDELHI1934 | KABUL EMBASSY BLAST UNLIKELY TO SPARK HARSH INDIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indian reaction thus far has been muted to the July 7 attack on the Indian Embassy in Kabul, which killed four Indian personnel and at least 37 others, and the implication by President Karzai and others that Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency was behind the blast [...] | 2008-07-11 12:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PTER PGOV PN ID |
08NEWDELHI194 | MODERATE KASHMIRI SEPARATISTS BANDING TOGETHER [...] (C) Former violent insurgent and longtime peaceful Kashmiri separatist Shabir Shah decided January 14 to join the Mirwaiz faction of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference led by moderate separatist Mirwaiz Omar Farooq. The decision had been a long time coming, with Mirwaiz and his cohorts spe [...] | 2008-01-18 12:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
08NEWDELHI1944 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL, MIDDLE [...] "NO MORE DELAY," editorial in the July 14 independent Kolkata Bengali daily, ANANDABAZAR PATRIKA. "At the end of his rule, the Prime Minister has taken the first bold step on the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal by prioritizing national interests and ignoring nonsense opposition by the Leftists... If th [...] | 2008-07-14 11:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI1945 | POLITICAL REALIGNMENT CONTINUES AS JULY 22 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government continued to maintain its slim majority leading toward the July 22 confidence vote. Several small, marginal parties remained uncommitted, hoping to use their leverage to extract concessions for their support. [...] | 2008-07-14 11:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IN PARM PK PREL TRGY TSPL |
08NEWDELHI1952 | PSI DEMARCHE DELIVERED, INDIA TO CONTINUE [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of External Affairs Disarmament and International Security division director Gaddam Dharmendra on July 15 and encouraged India to endorse the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). Dharmendra said he understood that the Indian Defense Attac [...] | 2008-07-15 08:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL |
08NEWDELHI1957 | INDIA-PAKISTAN CONFIDENCE BUILDING MEASURES TALKS [...] (SBU) The Indian Ministry of External Affairs Director for Pakistan Affairs and the Political Counselor at the Pakistani High Commission told us in separate conversations on the afternoon of July 14 that the July 18 Confidence Building Measures (CBM) talks in Islamabad are still on, and that th [...] | 2008-07-15 11:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PARM PGOV PREL PTER AF PK IN |
08NEWDELHI1959 | MENON HOSTS NSG AND IAEA REPRESENTATIVES TO PUSH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On July 14, Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon hosted more than fifty representatives from countries represented on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors and Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). Menon described the benefits "for India, for the IAEA and fo [...] | 2008-07-15 11:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IN PARM PK PREL TRGY TSPL |
08NEWDELHI196 | DELHI DIARY, JAN 14-18 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for December 14-18, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Bhutan Election Commission Announce Historic Election Date -- Coalition Crisis in Goa -- Darul Uloom Deoband Madrasa authorizes use o [...] | 2008-01-18 13:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SCUL KIRF SOCI KISL IN |
08NEWDELHI1972 | POLITICAL BARGAINING CONTINUES PRIOR TO KEY VOTE IN PARLIAMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-17 13:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
08NEWDELHI1985 | JULY 22 CONFIDENCE VOTE RESULT FAR FROM ASSURED [...] (C) SUMMARY. As of July 18, the last business day before the special session of parliament begins on July 21 and culminates in the confidence vote on July 22, the Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government's victory is far from assured, with the future of the U.S.-India C [...] | 2008-07-18 13:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
08NEWDELHI1998 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED - INDIA LOOKS FORWARD TO [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered the information contained in ref A on July 21 to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) directors for Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA) Gaddam Dharmendra and Amandeep Singh Gill. Dharmendra replied that India looks forward to fully participating in Globa [...] | 2008-07-21 11:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL ID |
08NEWDELHI1999 | INDIA ADVISES KAZAKHSTAN MUST CLARIFY MESA STATUS [...] (S) Kazakhstan should submit a formal request to India as chair of the IAEA Middle East/South Asia Group (MESA) to be considered a member of that group, according to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) directors for Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA) Gaddam Dharmendra and Ama [...] | 2008-07-21 11:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | IAEA KNNP PREL KZ SY AORC |
08NEWDELHI2003 | MENON SEEKS INDO-BANGLA COUNTER-TERROR EFFORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Mohd Touhid Hossain met with Indian Foreign Minister Shivshankar Menon during his July 17 visit to New Delhi. During a joint press conference, both expressed interest in addressing security issues, specifically cross-border terrorism and escalating [...] | 2008-07-21 12:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL PTER PINR KDEM BG IN |
08NEWDELHI2004 | PARLIAMENT BEGINS DEBATING CONFIDENCE MOTION, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The first day of the two-day special session of parliament opened on July 21 and will culminate in the confidence vote late on July 22 that will determine the future of the Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) coalition government and its ability to advance the U [...] | 2008-07-21 14:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
08NEWDELHI2011 | FS MENON'S COMMENTS POINT TO RISING TENSION IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 21, Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon voiced allegations of Pakistan involvement in the July 17 bombing of the Indian Embassy in Kabul, on the heels of the fifth round of the Indo-Pak Composite Dialogue (CD) with Pakistan Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir earlier [...] | 2008-07-22 14:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM PK IN |
08NEWDELHI2012 | INDIA'S UPA GOVERNMENT SURVIVES CONFIDENCE VOTE -- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The two-day special session of parliament to consider the confidence motion culminated late on July 22 with a victory for the Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) coalition government. The tally was 275 votes in favor of the confidence motion, 256 opposed, and 1 [...] | 2008-07-22 14:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
08NEWDELHI2019 | INDIA DISPATCHES ENVOYS TO 54 CAPITALS, EMBASSY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Embassy hosted 41 local representatives of Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) member countries to an information-sharing lunch on the next steps in the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative on July 23. Comments focused on the difficulties imposed by the compressed tim [...] | 2008-07-23 13:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
08NEWDELHI2021 | IPI GAS PIPELINE ON BACK BURNER; RETAIL REFINED [...] (C) SUMMARY: India's Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MPNG) Secretary M.S. Srinivasan met with Econ Counselor Minister on July 22. Srinivasan said that IPI negotiations are "completely on the back burner." Concerning the proposed Turkmenistan- Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) natural gas [...] | 2008-07-24 05:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EFIN EINV EWWT EAGR PGOV PREL IN IR |
08NEWDELHI2038 | INDIA'S DOMESTIC POLITICAL LANDSCAPE AFTER THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Following a dramatic July 22 confidence vote (Ref A),the political fallout has produced an emboldened United Progressive Alliance (UPA),a demoralized National Democratic Alliance (NDA),and somewhere in between, a regional party amalgam "Third Front," struggling to achieve nat [...] | 2008-07-25 09:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI IN |
08NEWDELHI2047 | COOL HEADS PREVAIL IN RESPONSE TO KABUL ATTACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indian Ministry for External Affairs (MEA) Director for Pakistan Affairs Balasubramanian told Poloffs on July 23 that Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon,s aggressive press statements, alleging Pakistan's complicity in the July 7 Indian Embassy bombing, indicate a do [...] | 2008-07-25 11:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM PK IN |
08NEWDELHI2078 | SCENESETTER FOR VICE ADMIRAL WIERINGA DPPG AUGUST [...] (SBU) The Country Team and I warmly welcome you to India. Your visit comes at an important juncture in our military relationship with India. The commanding position that the Soviet Union and later Russia enjoyed on military sales to India is weakening, the Ministry of Defense is progressing [...] | 2008-07-30 09:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IN MASS MOPS PARM PREL XD |
08NEWDELHI2086 | INDIA CONTINUES TO DEBATE NUCLEAR INITIATIVE, WARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A week after the United Progressive Alliance (UP) government's victory in the July 22 confidence vote, the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative remains a focus of media coverage and political positioning. Print media scrutinized negotiations over the language of Indi [...] | 2008-07-30 13:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
08NEWDELHI2109 | OPTIMISM REPLACE BY TENSION IN KASHMIR, BUT [...] Summary: (SBU)"Tension" is the new byword in Kashmir, replacing the optimism that seemed to be cautiously growing prior to the June outbreak of rioting related to the transfer of land to the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board. An ongoing "bandh" (work stoppage) has been in place in Hindu-dominated [...] | 2008-08-01 12:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER KDEM PK IN |
08NEWDELHI2110 | RAJASTHAN BELLWETHER: RAJE REMAINS A STRONG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With the western state of Rajasthan facing elections in November 2008, Poloffs held meetings July 7-11 with high-level state officials, journalists, industrialists and state assembly members. Despite the May 13 Jaipur terrorist incident (Ref B) and the violent Gujjar-led agit [...] | 2008-08-01 13:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM IN |
08NEWDELHI2111 | KARZAI TO VISIT INDIA, TO BE GREETED WITH OPEN ARMS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Within weeks of the July 7 suicide attack on the Indian Embassy in Kabul, Afghan President Hamid Karzai will visit New Delhi August 3-5. According to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA),Karzai will meet with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, President Pratibha Patil, Vice P [...] | 2008-08-01 13:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM AF PK IN |
08NEWDELHI2126 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL, [...] "A BIG SUCCESS," editorial in August 3 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "India's government and its diplomats should be given credit for the green signal given to the India- specific safeguards agreement by the IAEA board of governors. The next step is to secure the vital 45-member NSG's approval, w [...] | 2008-08-04 10:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI2137 | INDIA WELCOMES BHUTANESE PM ON FIRST TRIP ABROAD [...] (U) Summary. Bhutan's first democratically elected Prime Minister (PM) Jigmi Y. Thinley visited India July 14 - 17. The four-day visit to Delhi marked Thinley's first trip abroad after assuming power in April. Thinley met with Indian PM Manmohan Singh and other officials to continue the dialo [...] | 2008-08-05 12:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM IN BT INR ENRG |
08NEWDELHI2146 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR: VIOLENCE AND PROTESTS CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary: Jammu and Kashmir remained on edge as violence sparked by the Amarnath land transfer controversy (reftels) continued into its second month. Over 50 people were injured on August 5 and rail and road traffic remained disrupted. The Prime Minister called an all-parties meeting on [...] | 2008-08-06 11:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN |
08NEWDELHI2163 | COUNTER-TERROR, NEW AID MONEY, REAFFIRMATION OF [...] (C) Summary. In the aftermath of the bombing of the Indian Embassy in Kabul and terrorist bombings in Bangalore and Ahmedabad, President Karzai's August 3-5 visit to New Delhi focused on discussing counter-terrorism with Indian officials. Karzai and his Indian interlocutors emphasized the sh [...] | 2008-08-07 13:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL EAID AF IN |
08NEWDELHI2168 | INDIA CANCELS OVERFLIGHT PERMISSION FOR FLIGHT OF [...] (S) The Charge d'Affaires delivered ref A demarche on August 6 to Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma and Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary for the Americas Gaitri Kumar. Sharma noted the urgency of the issue and the Indian government's obligation to comply wi [...] | 2008-08-08 09:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
08NEWDELHI2170 | NSG MUST "ACCEPT INDIA AS IT IS," ACCORDING TO [...] (C) Summary. In an August 6 meeting with the Charge, Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma thanked the USG for its efforts to advance the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Initiative and reaffirmed the GOI message -- accept India as it is -- in the lead up to the August 21-22 Nuclear Sup [...] | 2008-08-08 10:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM ENRG KNNP PARM TSPL |
08NEWDELHI2175 | SCO SUMMIT DEMARCHE: INDIA SEES ITSELF MERELY AS [...] (S) In response to reftel demarche, PolMilOff delivered talking points to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Americas Division Director Vani Rao and Eurasia Director Sandeep Arya. On August 8 Arya replied that the Indian government noted our points and shared our broader goals, particular [...] | 2008-08-08 11:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL AFIN IN |
08NEWDELHI2223 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR: VIOLENCE AND PROTESTS PEAK [...] (C) Summary: Following two days of increasing tension and violence in Jammu and Kashmir, the situation improved on August 13. There were fewer protests and confrontations, with only one reported incident of police firing on protestors. Curfew was relaxed for most of the day and truck traff [...] | 2008-08-13 14:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN |
08NEWDELHI223 | MENON SAYS HE REALIZES THAT THE NUCLEAR CLOCK IS [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Menon told the Ambassador January 23 that India and the IAEA have settled all technical issues but must still decide how to reflect the terms of the 123 Agreement in the safeguards agreement. Although he hesitated to predict that the January 29-30 round would wra [...] | 2008-01-23 12:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
08NEWDELHI2234 | DELHI DIARY, AUGUST 11-14 [...] (U) Below is a complilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for August 11-14, 2008, that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- September 6 Deadline for Poll Schedules -- Congress Dilemma in Jharkhand -- No Change in Uttarakhand Leadership -- Women Turn C [...] | 2008-08-14 13:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM IN |
08NEWDELHI2238 | VULNERABLE TIBETANS BULLIED BY NEIGHBORS - PART 2 [...] (C) Summary. In discussions with Refcord and Poloff earlier this summer, Tibetan settlement leaders in Northeastern India discussed day-to-day intimidation by average Indians as well as by Indian separatist movements. In most settlements, bullying neighbors have taken advantage of Tibetans, t [...] | 2008-08-18 08:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM CH IN |
08NEWDELHI2246 | MUSHARRAF RESIGNS: INDIAN REACTION PURPOSEFULLLY [...] (C) Summary. Official Indian reaction to news of President Musharraf's resignation has been a calculated message of non-interference and a desire to work with the GOP to continue to improve bilateral ties. Below the surface is a fear that Musharraf's departure could lead to a breakdown of ci [...] | 2008-08-19 11:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PINR PTER KNNP PK IN |
08NEWDELHI2255 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-21 05:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN KTFN PTER IR GM |
08NEWDELHI2264 | PM'S INDEPENDENCE DAY ADDRESS: INDIA'S MOMENT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: While giving prominent attention to issues that most directly involve U.S. interests -- U.S.-India Civil Nuclear initiative, Jammu and Kashmir, terrorism and regional security -- Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's traditional Independence Day address on August 15 focused primaril [...] | 2008-08-21 12:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY |
08NEWDELHI2265 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR: TENSION EXPECTED IN THE VALLEY [...] (C) Summary: After a relatively calm week so far, August 22 is expected to be tense in the Kashmir valley because separatist leaders have called for a march in memory of those who died in police firings in recent weeks. Any clash between security forces and the protesters will further infla [...] | 2008-08-21 13:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN |
08NEWDELHI2266 | INDIA SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER [...] (SBU) On behalf of Ambassador Mulford, we welcome your upcoming visit and offer this snapshot of the bilateral relationship. Coming only days after the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) plenary in Vienna, your visit gives us a chance to gauge where we stand in the NSG process and discuss next s [...] | 2008-08-21 13:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MASS OREP KSTC KOMC IN IR PARM PK |
08NEWDELHI2288 | DELHI DIARY, AUGUST 18-25 [...] (U) In the wake of the July 22 trust vote in Parliament over the U.S.-India civil nuclear deal in which the Samajwadi Party (SP) lined up squarely with the Congress Party, the two parties announced on August 18 the establishment of a high-powered coordination committee to ensure smooth relati [...] | 2008-08-25 13:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KISL KDEM IN |
08NEWDELHI2289 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR: THE GOI CRACKS DOWN [...] (C) Summary: Indian security forces cracked down forcefully in the Kashmir valley to prevent a protest march in Srinagar on August 25. They arrested prominent separatist leaders and imposed a complete curfew in the entire valley. The police and paramilitary aggressively enforced the curfew [...] | 2008-08-25 13:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN |
08NEWDELHI2297 | SPECIAL ENVOY SARAN SAYS NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS [...] (U) Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher cleared this report. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The Prime Minister's Special Envoy for the Civil Nuclear Initiative Shyam Saran reviewed with visiting Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher and Ambassador Mulford progress toward an India-specific exception in th [...] | 2008-08-26 12:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
08NEWDELHI2308 | INDIAN PARLIAMENT TO CONVENE ON OCTOBER 17 [...] (SBU) The Indian parliament will hold its next session October 17 through November 21, 2008. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs on August 26. The session will be a continuation of the brief July 21-22 session in which the United Progressive [...] | 2008-08-27 14:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM IN |
08NEWDELHI2319 | AMBASSADOR ALERTS "GROUP OF SIX" ENVOYS THAT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador Mulford told the heads of mission of the "Group of Six" members of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) at a lunch on August 28 that the amendments to India's exception that their delegations proposed at the August 21-22 Plenary could cause India to walk away, leading to [...] | 2008-08-28 12:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
08NEWDELHI2322 | INDIA TO CONTINUE ADVOCACY FOR DEVOLUTION OF POWER [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-29 03:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER KTIA MOPS IN CE |
08NEWDELHI2370 | INDIA CLINGING TO UNSCR 1244 REGARDING KOSOVO [...] (SBU) PolOffs delivered reftel demarche on the "Kosovo/International Court of Justice (ICJ) Resolution at UNGA" to Ministry of External Affairs Director (Central Europe) M. Sevala Naik on September 03. Naik responded by referring to India's "long-standing policy" on recognizing states based o [...] | 2008-09-04 06:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL UN UNGA KV IN |
08NEWDELHI2373 | INDIA NOT TAKING SIDES ON RUSSIA - GEORGIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-04 09:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV GG RU IN |
08NEWDELHI2378 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR: CALM AND VIOLENCE-FREE WEEK [...] (C) Summary: The Kashmir valley and the Jammu region have been calm this week, with few reports of violence or police-protester clashes. Security forces lifted curfew around the state. Everyday life returned to normal with government offices, markets, businesses and schools reopening. The [...] | 2008-09-04 13:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN |
08NEWDELHI239 | CONGRESS ROUTED, BJP FORMS GOVERNMENT IN HIMACHAL [...] (SBU) On January 9, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) formed the state government in Himachal Pradesh (HP) after routing the Congress Party in a head-to-head contest. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati,s party did not make any impression, winning only one seat and failing to replicate in H [...] | 2008-01-24 11:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI IN |
08NEWDELHI2399 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER TELLS INDIAN MEA: WE [...] (C) Summary: In a September 1 meeting with Indian External Affairs State Minister Sharma, Assistant Secretary Boucher stressed the importance of political engagement in Nuclear Supplier Group members' capitals to make clear what was at stake at the upcoming NSG plenary in Vienna. Boucher a [...] | 2008-09-05 12:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
08NEWDELHI2401 | GOI OFFICIALS TELL AMBASSADOR PATTERSON POLITICAL PROGRESS CONTINGENT ON CT PROGRESS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-06 05:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | IN PGOV PINR PK PREL |
08NEWDELHI2446 | YANG DEFENDS CHINA'S NSG POSITION ON FIRST TRIP TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jeichi,s first official trip to India September 7-9, ostensibly to inaugurate the new Chinese consulate in Kolkata and lay the groundwork for better momentum in India-China relations, was overshadowed by controversy over China's perceived lack of sup [...] | 2008-09-11 11:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PBTS CH IN |
08NEWDELHI2457 | BRAJESH MISHRA SAYS BJP LOOKING TO MODIFY NUCLEAR [...] (C) Former National Security Advisor Brajesh Mishra told the Ambassador on September 12 that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders recognize that their continuing opposition to the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Initiative is not likely to pay off in the next elections. BJP chiefs are considering at [...] | 2008-09-12 13:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
08NEWDELHI2479 | AUSTRALIA HIGH COMMISSION LABELS FM'S VISIT A [...] (C) SUMMARY: While Indian media coverage of Foreign Minister Stephen Smith's visit to New Delhi focused overwhelmingly on Australia's decision not to provide uranium to India, the Australian High Commission focused on atmospherics and labeled the visit a success. The Government of Australia f [...] | 2008-09-16 11:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI2498 | ORISSA VIOLENCE: CALM RESTORED BUT TENSION REMAINS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Orissa state government, aided by the central government which provided additional security forces, has stopped the unrest in riot torn areas following the violence that shook the state when a prominent Hindu leader was assassinated on August 23. The peak of the violence w [...] | 2008-09-17 12:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KIRF SOCI IN |
08NEWDELHI2503 | MINISTER CHOWDHURY WILL ATTEND SECRETARY'S WOMEN [...] (U) Minister Renuka Chowdhury confirmed that she will attend the Secretary's Women Leaders' Working Group breakfast on September 25. Per reftel, please find requested information below: Title: Minister for Women and Child Development Dietary Restrictions: No restrictions Translation Nee [...] | 2008-09-18 03:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KWMM UNGA IN |
08NEWDELHI2513 | KARNATAKA CHURCH ATTACKS ROOTED IN POLITICS; BJP MISHANDLES [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 14, many Christian churches came under simultaneous attack by Hindu mobs in the coastal districts of southwest Karnataka (ref B) and the city of Mangalore. The damage to the churches was extensive, and exacerbated by heavy-handed police responses to Christian prot [...] | 2008-09-18 12:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KIRF SOCI IN |
08NEWDELHI2535 | DASD CLAD MEETING WITH INDIA'S DEFENSE SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 17, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia and the Chief, Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) New Delhi, met with India's Defense Secretary, Vijay Singh. The purpose of the meeting was to reiterate to the senior most permanent official [...] | 2008-09-19 13:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MASS ETTC IN |
08NEWDELHI2541 | INDIAN HOME MINISTRY SECRETARY GUPTA RECEPTIVE TO [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Home Ministry Secretary Madhukar Gupta on September 19 to give condolences for the September 13 terrorist attacks, offer the GOI a look into the USG's model of counterterrorism, and express U.S. concerns about recent violence directed at religious minorities [...] | 2008-09-22 06:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | IN PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SOCI KWRF |
08NEWDELHI2542 | INDIAN HOME MINISTRY SECRETARY GUPTA RECEPTIVE TO [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Home Ministry Secretary Madhukar Gupta on September 19 to give condolences for the September 13 terrorist attacks, offer the GOI a look into the USG's model of counterterrorism, and express U.S. concerns about recent violence directed at religious minorities [...] | 2008-09-22 06:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | IN PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SOCI KWRF |
08NEWDELHI2543 | INDIAN HOME MINISTRY SECRETARY GUPTA RECEPTIVE TO [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Home Ministry Secretary Madhukar Gupta on September 19 to give condolences for the September 13 terrorist attacks, offer the GOI a look into the USG's model of counterterrorism, and express U.S. concerns about recent violence directed at religious minorities [...] | 2008-09-22 06:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | IN PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SOCI KWRF |
08NEWDELHI2544 | INDIAN HOME MINISTRY SECRETARY GUPTA RECEPTIVE TO [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Home Ministry Secretary Madhukar Gupta on September 19 to give condolences for the September 13 terrorist attacks, offer the GOI a look into the USG's model of counterterrorism, and express U.S. concerns about recent violence directed at religious minorities [...] | 2008-09-22 06:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | IN PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SOCI KWRF |
08NEWDELHI2545 | INDIAN HOME MINISTRY SECRETARY GUPTA RECEPTIVE TO [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Home Ministry Secretary Madhukar Gupta on September 19 to give condolences for the September 13 terrorist attacks, offer the GOI a look into the USG's model of counterterrorism, and express U.S. concerns about recent violence directed at religious minorities [...] | 2008-09-22 06:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | IN PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SOCI KWRF |
08NEWDELHI2552 | INDIAN HOME MINISTRY SECRETARY GUPTA RECEPTIVE TO [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Home Ministry Secretary Madhukar Gupta on September 19 to give condolences for the September 13 terrorist attacks, offer the GOI a look into the USG's model of counterterrorism, and express U.S. concerns about recent violence directed at religious minorities in [...] | 2008-09-22 11:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | IN PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SOCI KWRF |
08NEWDELHI2553 | NEW CHAPTER IN INDO-NEPAL RELATIONS? REACTION TO [...] (C) Summary: On his first official visit to India, Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal declared that a new chapter in Indo-Nepal relations had begun. Press coverage of the visit was positive, filled with talk of change and hope for renewed, strengthened relations and cooperation. Inte [...] | 2008-09-22 12:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI2556 | UPA STEPS UP ANTI-TERROR REGULATIONS [...] (C) Summary: The Government of India faced yet another political storm after a series of bombs ripped through New Delhi on September 13, killing 21 people and injuring more than 100. The Indian Mujahideen -- a new, homegrown Islamic extremist group -- claimed responsibility for the attacks. [...] | 2008-09-22 14:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM PTER IN |
08NEWDELHI2558 | REES DELIVERS UNGA 3RD COMMITTEE 2008 HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 5, visiting Special Representative for Social Issues Grover Joseph Rees delivered reftel points to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary (UN - Economic and Social) Manjeev Singh Puri. Puri took all points on board; periodically rejoined by undersc [...] | 2008-09-22 14:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UN IN |
08NEWDELHI2567 | GOI CURRENTLY HAS NO PLANS TO OFFER AID TO GEORGIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-24 02:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN KCRS KMCA EUMEM PREL GG RS IN |
08NEWDELHI2589 | INDIA-EU SUMMIT PREVIEW (CANCEL THIS TELEGRAM) [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-26 12:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KNNP ETRD ENRG EAIR PHUM SENV TRGY |
08NEWDELHI2591 | INDIA-EU SUMMIT PREVIEW NEW DELHI 00002591 001.2 OF 003 [...] (C) Summary. On September 29 and 30 Prime Minister Singh will travel to Marseilles for the ninth India-EU summit. While neither GOI nor EU interlocutors have expectations of big deliverables out of the summit, the two sides will deliver two declarations: one highlighting progress made in the India- [...] | 2008-09-26 12:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KNNP ETRD ENRG EAIR PHUM SENV TRGY |
08NEWDELHI2604 | RAILROADS AND REFUGEES: GOI'S TAKE ON DAHAL'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI was favorably impressed by the new Nepalese PM Dahal, according to Joint Secretary Preeti Saran, who reviewed the highlights of Dahal's September 13-18 visit to New Delhi. Saran called him "a statesman with political dexterity" and said that he was reassuringly mindful of [...] | 2008-09-29 15:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ENRG PHUM IN |
08NEWDELHI2606 | INDIA SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Madame Secretary, we welcome your upcoming visit and offer this overview of the bilateral relationship. Coming only hours after hoped-for congressional approval of the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Agreement, your visit gives us a chance to mark this milestone in the relationship while pus [...] | 2008-09-30 07:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PARM ECON PGOV PTER EAID IN |
08NEWDELHI2613 | MEDIA REACTION: INDO-U.S. NUCLEAR DEAL, U.S. [...] "JUST A STEP AWAY," editorial in the September 29 AMAR UJLA Hindi daily: "The U.S.-India nuclear deal is just a step away from its conclusion after the approval by the U.S. House of Representatives. Now there will be a discussion on the deal in the senate. The U.S. Congress' clearance is just [...] | 2008-09-30 12:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI2627 | INDIAN DELEGATION TO UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE WILL [...] (SBU) In response to reftel demarche, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Director for Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA) G. Dharmendra advised poloff on September 29 that the U.S. delegation to the UN General Assembly First Committee (UNFC) should raise the issue of support [...] | 2008-10-01 11:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM CDG PREL UNGA |
08NEWDELHI2628 | INDIA REITERATES INTEREST IN TAKING ACTIVE ROLE IN [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on September 29 to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Director for Disramament and International Security (DISA) G. Dharmendra. Dharmendra made no immediate reply about whether India plans to participate in the Global Initiative (GI) Exercise Planning Gr [...] | 2008-10-01 11:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC |
08NEWDELHI2629 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL, IRAN: [...] "NUCLEAR AGREEMENT: WHAT TO LOSE, WHAT TO GAIN?" editorial in the September 30 right-of-center Urdu daily "MUNSIF", Hyderabad: "As desired by Manmohan Singh, the final seal on the Indo-U.S. Nuclear Agreement is just a matter of formality now. Very soon, the agreement would see the light of day [...] | 2008-10-01 11:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN SIPDIS |
08NEWDELHI2631 | THE POLITICS OF BANNING THE BAJRANG DAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Recent violence against Christians in Karnataka spurred on by members of the Hindu militant group Bajrang Dal has renewed calls to ban the group. This issue has become entwined with the UPA government's consideration of a variety of measures to strengthen the GOI's ability to com [...] | 2008-10-01 13:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | IN KDEM KWIR PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER SOCI |
08NEWDELHI264 | BOMB BLASTS SHAKE BHUTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-25 12:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR PTER IN BT |
08NEWDELHI2643 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL, GLOBAL [...] "INDIA DID IT" editorial in October 3 Kolkata Bengali independent ANANDABAZAR PATRIKA. "... As if ridiculing those of his allies...who regard the agreement as America's imperialist design, Manmohan Singh signed a nuclear deal with the French President... That Manmohan could come back with a d [...] | 2008-10-03 12:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI2653 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL, U.S. [...] "AMERICAN SENATE APPROVES DEAL", editorial in theM October 4 right-of-center Urdu daily "MUNSIF", Hyderabad: "At last, the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal has been given the green signal by the American Senate by a huge margin. It was an extremely vital stage of the entire process, concluding in the de [...] | 2008-10-06 11:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI2664 | SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT - INDIAN MEDIA OPINION ON [...] Begin summary: U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's October 4 visit to New Delhi was widely labeled by the Indian media as her victory lap, with expectations that the 123 Agreement would be inked. The October 5 coverage was generally straightforward, reflecting a clear sense of disapp [...] | 2008-10-07 05:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI2665 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL, INDIA- [...] "AFTER THE NUCLEAR DEAL," editorial in the October 5 centrist DAINIK BHASKAR Hindi daily: "The US-India civil nuclear agreement has ensured that India's emergence as a global power has now been formally certified. The U.S.- India Nuclear Cooperation Approval and Nonproliferation Enhancement Ac [...] | 2008-10-07 09:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI267 | DEMARCHE ON NMIS FORCE COMMANDER - MIXED SIGNALS [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MEA Undersecretary (United Nations Political) Vishwesh Negi on January 25. Negi had hinted to PolOff on January 23 that Lidder would be extended, saying that the official response would come from the Mission in NYC, but that the answer was "good." Ho [...] | 2008-01-25 12:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI2670 | TIBETANS' SITUATION SUFFERABLE, BUT NOT [...] (C) Summary. During a series of visits to Tibetan settlements in six Indian states in May, June, and September, EmbOffs and visiting Refcoord learned that, overall, Tibetans fare better than other refugee populations in India, especially in the areas of primary and secondary education. Unfort [...] | 2008-10-07 12:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM CH IN |
08NEWDELHI2671 | U.S. TREASURY AND GOI DISCUSS PROLIFERATION AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 9-11, Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorism Finance and Financial Crimes Patrick O'Brien met with GOI and banking officials in Delhi and Mumbai to discuss the following: (a) international efforts to counter the illicit financial and commercial activities of Iran [...] | 2008-10-07 13:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | KTFN ECON EFIN PREL PINR PTER IR IN |
08NEWDELHI2672 | INDIA AND DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF THE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-07 13:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC ECON ETRD KNNP PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI2673 | RESOLVING END USE MONITORING WITH INDIA [...] (U) This is an action request for the Department. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Summary: Indian Foreign Minister Mukherjee handed Secretary Rice proposed text (paragraph 7) on End Use Monitoring (EUM) during their 4 October 08 meeting in New Delhi. Post believes the involvement of Muk [...] | 2008-10-08 01:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MASS ETTC IN |
08NEWDELHI2678 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL, INDIA- [...] NUCLEAR DEAL A TRIBUTE TO INDIA'S INTERNATIONAL STATURE," op-ed in the October 7 centrist DAINIK HINDUSTAN Hindi daily by foreign affairs writer Pranay Sharma: "The nuclear deal with the U.S. is a big triumph for the UPA government, although it may not translate into votes for the Congress par [...] | 2008-10-08 10:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI2681 | BJP LEADER NAIDU DISCUSSES ELECTIONS, RELIGIOUS [...] (C) Summary: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Venkaiah Naidu told PolCouns that he expects inflation, terrorism and the crisis in agriculture to be the main issues in the upcoming national elections. He was confident of the BJP winning state assembly elections due in four states this Nove [...] | 2008-10-08 11:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KDEM KIRF CVIS IN |
08NEWDELHI269 | DAS FEIGENBAUM PRESSES POSSIBILITIES FOR SYNERGIES [...] (C) Summary. In a January 24 meeting with Ministry of Defense Director General (Acquisitions) S.K. Sharma, SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum: -- pressed for defense cooperation to be one impetus for moving the broader bilateral relationship forward; -- stressed that India has w [...] | 2008-01-28 05:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR ETRD IN |
08NEWDELHI2692 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL, U.S. [...] "ONE-SIDED LAW," op-ed in the October 9 right-of- center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by strategic affairs specialist Brahma Chellaney: "The U.S.-India civil nuclear agreement lacks even the basic elements. India has no assured fuel-supply guarantee. It is certain that if the U.S. disrupts its nu [...] | 2008-10-10 10:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI2696 | INDIA: NO SUBSTANTIAL RESPONSE ON KOSOVO IJC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-10 12:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN UNGA KV IN |
08NEWDELHI270 | DAS FEIGENBAUM MEETS BRAJESH MISHRA AND M.K. [...] (U) Summary: Two of Delhi's top foreign policy experts, former National Security Advisor Brajesh Mishra and former Foreign Secretary M.K. Rasgotra, told visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum that the civil nuclear initiative is may yet move through the governing coalition bu [...] | 2008-01-28 06:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM PTER TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY |
08NEWDELHI2709 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL, GLOBAL [...] "GEORGE BUSH'S GIFT," op-ed in the October 11 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by political commentator and Congress party leader Rajiv Shukla: "President Bush's gesture of signing the nuclear agreement on the Indian Dasshera festival day is significant in that it is a unique and unprecedented agreem [...] | 2008-10-14 12:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI2713 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL, [...] "PRANAB'S REQUEST," editorial in the October 14 RASHTRIYA SAHARA Hindi daily: "After signing the India- U.S. civilian nuclear agreement with the U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee's remarks in Washington were significant. He urged Pakistan not to be app [...] | 2008-10-15 10:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI2721 | MEDIA REACTION: GLOBAL ECONOMY / FINANCIAL [...] "SELF-CREATED CRISIS", editorial in the October 15 right-of-center Urdu daily "HAMARA SAMAJ", New Delhi: "The President of the World Bank, Robert Zoellick, termed the present world financial crisis as man-made "catastrophe". His statement needs no comment. Need not to explain the reason behind [...] | 2008-10-16 11:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI2722 | MIXED SENTIMENT AMONG INDIANS OVER ZARDARI [...] (C) Summary: The Indian Government has been in wait-and-see mode regarding the path of India's bilateral relationship with Pakistan since President Zardari's election on September 6. Indian media has paid much attention to positive comments made by Zardari, as well as to the possibility of tr [...] | 2008-10-16 11:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER KNNP PK IN |
08NEWDELHI2725 | ABBAS VISIT TO INDIA REAFFIRMS INDIAN SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary. President Mahmoud Abbas' October 6-9 visit to India was highlighted by: -- an explicit Indian reaffirmation of support to the Palestinian cause for a sovereign, independent, viable and united state; -- $20 million in aid, including $10 million for budgetary support and $10 mil [...] | 2008-10-16 13:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPAL KWBG PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI2732 | INDIAN AMBASSADOR IN SEOUL TO PARTICIPATE IN [...] (SBU) In an October 17 meeting with MEA Under Secretary Vishwesh Negi and Korean Embassy Counselor Lee Jeongkyu, Policy Planning Staffer Daniel Twining urged the MEA to consider sending a Joint Secretary level official to the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP) senior officials meeting i [...] | 2008-10-17 09:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI2736 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS; NEW [...] "ZARDARI REKINDLES HOPES," op-ed in October 16 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by former diplomat and parliamentarian Kuldip Nayar: "Asif Ali Zardari was never taken seriously in India. People either knew him as Benazir Bhutto's husband or Mr. 10 per cent. But his pronouncements after assuming charg [...] | 2008-10-17 11:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI2739 | INDIAN, PAKISTANI NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISORS [...] (C) Summary. In their first meeting together as counQrparts, Indian National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan and Pakistani National Security Advisor Mahmud Ali Durrani: -- explored ways to revive the Indo-Pak joint anti-terror mechanism; -- discussed allegations of continuing ceasefire viol [...] | 2008-10-17 12:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK IN |
08NEWDELHI2742 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR: ELECTION COMMISSION STILL [...] (C) Summary: Several weeks of peace and quiet in Kashmir have reignited discussion of whether or not state assembly elections should be held as scheduled before January 8 or whether they ought to be postponed to some time after spring next year. No decision has been made as of the afternoon [...] | 2008-10-20 01:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN |
08NEWDELHI2744 | PM SINGH TO FOCUS ON SECURITY COOPERATION, [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will focus on enhancing Indo-Japan security cooperation and economic cooperation during his October 21-23 visit to Japan. He will have an audience with the Emperor, and meet with Prime Minister Aso and Energy Minister Nikai. PM Singh will be accomp [...] | 2008-10-20 09:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PROV PREL JA IN |
08NEWDELHI2745 | PARLIAMENT SESSION LIKELY TO BE STORMY [...] (SBU) Summary: Both houses of the Indian Parliament convened a session on October 17 to open up a new session of Parliament, possibly its last before national elections due before May 2009. The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is preparing itself for heated attacks from the Left Parties, [...] | 2008-10-20 11:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL KNPP ECON IN |
08NEWDELHI2746 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR: STATE ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: After weeks of consideration and consultations, the Election Commission finally decided to hold state assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir in seven phases over a five week period starting November 17. Results will be announced on December 28. Most of the political partie [...] | 2008-10-21 01:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN |
08NEWDELHI2749 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN, U.S. [...] "AMERICAN ATTACK ON PAKISTAN", editorial in October 18 right-of-center Urdu daily "MUNSIF", Hyderabad: "For the last few months, Pakistan is paying the price of friendship and cooperation with America. America sought no permission from Pakistan for air attacks within its territory. Either Amer [...] | 2008-10-21 03:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI2759 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S-INDIA NUCLEAR AGREEMENT, [...] "GOVERNMENT OF HOLLOW PROMISES," op-ed in October 20 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by strategic analyst Brahma Chellaney: "After concluding the flawed nuclear deal with the US, PM Manmohan Singh should now be reminded of his assurance to allow a parliamentary probe into the deal. Not only has the [...] | 2008-10-21 11:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI2762 | INDIAN MEA SIGNALS DESIRE TO NEGOTIATE END-USE [...] This is an action request for the State Department and Department of Defense. Please see paragraph three. 2. In an October 21 meeting, Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary (Americas Division) Gaitri Kumar told Acting DCM that the Indian government would welcome a visit from a U.S. [...] | 2008-10-21 13:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MARR MASS ETTC PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI2763 | INDIA, BRAZIL, SOUTH AFRICA DISPLAY SOUTH-SOUTH [...] (SBU) Summary. During the October 15 India-Brazil-South Africa summit in New Delhi, the three countries: -- emphasized their solidarity by pledging to work together to meet shared challenges of the global financial crisis, while criticizing rich countries for the crisis; -- signed seven agr [...] | 2008-10-21 13:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREL SF BR IN |
08NEWDELHI2764 | FOREIGN MINISTER LAVROV VISIT TO INDIA REAFFIRMS [...] (C) Summary. During his October 20 visit to New Delhi, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov: -- brought a message that Russia's relations with India remain a priority for Moscow; -- announced Russia will assist India in building four additional nuclear reactors at the Kudankulam power project; [...] | 2008-10-21 13:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY PREL RU IN |
08NEWDELHI2768 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, [...] THIS YEARS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN AMERICA, editorial-page article in the October 22, 2008 CPI (M) Organ GANASHAKTI Bengali daily, Kolkata by senior columnist Dr. Dilip Ghosh Roy. Those who take interests on the issues of social justice and equality will certainly understand the significance [...] | 2008-10-22 10:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI277 | INDIA TRIES TO OUTFLANK COMMUNISTS WITH GLOBAL [...] (C) Summary: The wintertime flurry of diplomatic engagement between India and China, the UK, Australia, Canada and France has provided the opportunity for the Indian government to demonstrate to its Communist coalition partners the full international dimension of civil nuclear cooperation and [...] | 2008-01-28 13:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
08NEWDELHI2771 | INDIA WILL CONTRIBUTE TO AFGHAN ELECTIONS, DETAILS [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on "Elections in Afghanistan" to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Deputy Secretary (Pakistan Afghanistan, and Iran),Piyush Shrivastava on October 14. Shrivastava assured PolOff that India would contribute to the Afghan elections, but was vague about w [...] | 2008-10-22 12:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KDEM PGOV PREL AF IN |
08NEWDELHI2772 | PARLIAMENT COULD ADJOURN EARLY [...] (SBU) There are increasing signs that the Parliamentary session which began on October 17 and was scheduled to run through November 21, will be adjourned early, perhaps as soon as October 24, and reconvened at a later date. Finance Secretary Ashok Chawla told Acting DCM on October 22 that the [...] | 2008-10-22 13:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM IN |
08NEWDELHI2780 | MEDIA REACTION: WORLD FINANCIAL CRISIS, U.S. [...] "EASY SOLUTION TO ECONOMIC CRISIS," op-ed in October 22 right-of-center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by former diplomat and parliamentarian Kuldip Nayar: "When you are hard up you reach for the money you have hidden. India or, for that matter, the entire South Asia, is facing the crisis of liquid [...] | 2008-10-23 10:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI2783 | MAYAWATI: PORTRAIT OF A LADY [...] (C) Summary: Poloff traveled to three cities in Uttar Pradesh (UP) during the week of October 13-17 to gauge the political state of play. A wide range of business, political, academic and media contacts generally agreed that Chief Minister Mayawati and her Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) have done [...] | 2008-10-23 12:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI PINR KISL IN |
08NEWDELHI2786 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN; NEW DELHI. [...] "PAKISTAN BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE," op-ed in the October 23 AMAR UJALA Hindi daily by senior journalist Kuldip Talwar: "Pakistan is facing a serious threat to its security and sovereignty. The army is struggling with the Taliban in Swat and Bajaur areas. On the other hand, U.S. forces [...] | 2008-10-24 10:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI2794 | PARLIAMENT ADJOURNS EARLY, WILL RECONVENE DECEMBER [...] (U) The Indian parliamentary session which began on October 17 and was scheduled to run through November 21 ended early when the ruling United Progressive Alliance government and the opoosition Bharatiya Janata Party agreed to adourn today. Cutting short the session allows lawmakers to go hom [...] | 2008-10-24 12:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM IN |
08NEWDELHI2800 | MEDIA REACTION: US-INDIA NUCLEAR COOPERATION, [...] "BRIGHT PROSPECTS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY TRADE," commentary in October 24 nationalist RASHTRIYA SAHARA Hindi daily by Jayantilal Bhandari: "The picture of nuclear energy, which has emerged in India after the conclusion of the U.S.-India civilian nuclear deal, promotes new possibilities for economic [...] | 2008-10-27 08:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI2801 | INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE AWARD: GEETHA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-27 09:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KWMN KISL PROG IN |
08NEWDELHI2803 | SRI LANKA EVENTS CREATE "TSUNAMI" IN INDIAN [...] (C) Summary. The recent uptick in violence and the plight of Tamils in Sri Lanka has created a political firestorm in India, with a potential faceoff between the ruling Congress Party and its coalition DMK partners in Tamil Nadu. However, a political crisis appears to have been avoided, as th [...] | 2008-10-27 11:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS CE IN |
08NEWDELHI2812 | MEDIA REACTION: WORLD ECONOMIC CRISIS, U.S. [...] "PM's STRAIGHT TALK," editorial in the October 28 nationalist RASHTRIYA SAHARA Hindi daily: "When markets fail, governments must act. At the Asia-Europe summit in Beijing, India's Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh minced no words. He said the international financial crisis has resulted because [...] | 2008-10-30 10:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI2816 | MENON ADDRESSES CIVIL NUCLEAR NEXT STEPS AND OTHER [...] (C) This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Mulford discussed next steps on civil nuclear cooperation and a range of bilateral issues with Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon on October 30. Menon said he was prepared to review draft diplomatic notes to bring [...] | 2008-10-30 14:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
08NEWDELHI2824 | MEDIA REACTION: WORLD ECONOMIC CRISIS, U.S. [...] "MANMOHAN ON RECESSION," editorial in the October 27 AMAR UJALA Hindi daily: "Prime Minister Manmohan Singh clearly said in the 7th Beijing Asia-Europe summit that this economic crisis is a result of developed countries' economic policies and the developing countries are paying the price. He s [...] | 2008-10-31 10:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI2825 | INDIA AND DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-31 10:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN ECON IN |
08NEWDELHI2828 | INDIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TO VISIT TEHRAN TO DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: India,s External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee will visit Tehran on November 1 to attend the annual Joint Commission meeting with his Iranian counterpart Davood Jafari. Mukherjee,s visit to Iran will focus on economic issues related to trade and is unlikely to result in any s [...] | 2008-10-31 12:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID EPET IR PK IN |
08NEWDELHI2829 | PUNJAB: BELLWETHER STATE CAUGHT BETWEEN CONSUMER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Punjab remains the richest state in India with its historically strong agricultural sector, and nascent real estate and industrial sectors. However, there are signs of decline in Punjab as other states surge ahead. Its long-held claim to highest per capita income in India has [...] | 2008-10-31 13:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM IN |
08NEWDELHI2830 | REGIONAL SECURITY INITIATIVE: DEVELOPING A SOUTH [...] (S/NF) Summary: U.S. Ambassadors to India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka met in New Delhi on August 26 with key members of the Washington interagency community and the Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Dell Dailey for the second Annual Regional Security Initiative (RSI). [...] | 2008-10-31 13:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PTER PGOV PREL KISL BG CE NP PK IN |
08NEWDELHI2831 | INDIA-PAKISTAN JOINT ANTI-TERROR MECHANISM: SLOW [...] (C) Indian External Affairs Ministry Additional Secretary Vivek Katju and his Pakistani counterpart, Aizaz Ahmad Choudry, held a Special Session of the Joint Anti-Terror Mechanism (JATM) on October 24 in New Delhi. This meeting, which was scheduled when Indian Prime Minister Singh and Pakista [...] | 2008-10-31 13:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK IN |
08NEWDELHI2835 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, [...] "U.S. ELECTIONS: THE COLOR OF CHANGE" op-ed article by Delhi-based foreign affairs columnist Ravi Amle in the November 3, 2008, Mumbai edition of centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL. "While the opinion polls indicate a definite nationwide preference for Barack Obama, there is still a fear that Obama [...] | 2008-11-03 10:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI2838 | AMBASSADOR URGES NSA NARAYANAN TO CONSIDER [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador sought to bolster U.S.-Indian counter-terrorism cooperation in a November 3 meeting with National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan. Pointing to the string of terrorist attacks in India this past year, the Ambassador said that they were intensifying and increasingl [...] | 2008-11-04 08:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PTER PINR PGOV IN |
08NEWDELHI2849 | MEDIA REACTION: ECONOMIC CRISIS, U.S. [...] "U.S. PREDICTION," editorial in the November 4 RASHTRIYA SAHARA Hindi daily: "Western countries, which dominate the world, have started showing signs of collapsing. According to the U.S. intelligence report if the current trend continues, China will emerge as the world's largest economy and to [...] | 2008-11-05 11:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI2852 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL [...] "YES, HE CAN," editorial in the November 6 centrist THE TIMES OF INDIA. "Obama campaigned consistently as the candidate for change by handing a landslide victory to its first ever African-American president, America already is a different country ... With Obama's election America has come cl [...] | 2008-11-06 11:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI2860 | SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT - LANDSLIDE VICTORY FOR [...] Begin summary: The India media gave unprecedented attention to the U.S. elections this year. Only India's own national elections aftermath could have surpassed Senator Barack Obama's election victory in sheer volume of coverage. In reporting and commentary, there was widespread admiration fo [...] | 2008-11-06 13:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI2872 | KING OF BHUTAN CONGRATULATES PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA [...] (U) Even in the midst of hi coronation celebrations, His Majesty the Fifth Druk Gyalpo Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck sent a congratulatory message to President-Elect Barack Obama via fax on November 5. The speed with which the Bhutanese sent the message reflects the intense interest the U.S. [...] | 2008-11-07 07:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL OVIP KDEM PGOV PHUM BT IN |
08NEWDELHI2874 | INDIA,S CONTRIBUTION TO AFGHAN RECONSTRUCTION [...] (C) Summary: In a November 5 meeting with Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for South and Central Asia Michael Delaney, Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran) T.C.A. Raghavan discussed India,s involvement in reconstruction and development efforts in Afg [...] | 2008-11-07 09:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PGOV AF PK SA IN |
08NEWDELHI2878 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL [...] "SOMETHING THAT WON'T CHANGE," editorial in the November 7 nationalist English daily HINDUSTAN TIMES (Circulation: 1.6 million). "Does the departure of Mr. Bush change the amplitude of India-U.S. ties? The answer is a resounding no for two significant reasons. Mr. Obama is a man who is clear a [...] | 2008-11-07 11:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI2884 | DHARAMSALA DISQUIET: AS EIGHTH ROUND FAILS, [...] (C) Summary: During meetings over the past two weeks, Tempa Tsering, Representative of the Dalai Lama, updated PolOff on recent developments that have catapulted Tibet into the international headlines. Tsering stressed that the Dalai Lama's renewal of his demanding travel schedule proves his [...] | 2008-11-07 12:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF IN CH |
08NEWDELHI2889 | INDIANS EXCITED, GOI CAUTIOUS ABOUT OBAMA VICTORY [...] (U) Summary: The Indian public and the media heralded Barack Obama's presidential victory with joy, amazement and admiration. Indians from all social strata had followed the election with more interest than any previous U.S. presidential election. Many of the national dailies devoted several [...] | 2008-11-07 13:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KMDR KPAO ECON PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC |
08NEWDELHI289 | GORDON BROWN IN INDIA: "PARTNERSHIP OF EQUALS" [...] (C) Summary. Gordon Brown's first trip to India as Prime Minister brought nearly unanimous positive public reaction, despite "deliverables" being mostly reiterations of previous policy declarations and confirmations of the potential for a more prosperous future. The UK High Commission emphasi [...] | 2008-01-29 10:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON UNSC IN |
08NEWDELHI2895 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION; NEW [...] "CHALLENGES AHEAD FOR OBAMA" Sunday supplement special article in the November 9, 2008, Mumbai edition of left- of-center Marathi daily LOKSATTA. "The American media which is going gaga over Barack Obama's electoral victory is soon going to show its true colors. It will shower praises on Obam [...] | 2008-11-10 12:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI29 | PUT THE ONUS ON INDIA FOR UNSC SEAT [...] (C) Summary. As we look to engage with India on greater cooperation within the United Nations (reftels),concurrent with a possible completion of the civil-nuclear deal in sight and inter-governmental negotiations on United Nations Security Council expansion, the time may be near when the USG [...] | 2008-01-04 12:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO KUNR USUN IN |
08NEWDELHI2904 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, [...] "CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE," editorial in November 10 centrist HINDUSTAN Hindi daily: "Iranian President Ahmedinejad's congratulatory message to US President- elect Barack Obama makes it evident that Obama's victory has raised optimism in the Muslim world, including Iran... The message indicates [...] | 2008-11-12 10:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI2905 | INDIAN GOVERNMENT UNWILLING TO AGREE TO END-USE [...] (C) Summary: While Indian National Security Advisor M. K. Narayanan and Defense Secretary Vijay Singh stated their urgent interest on reaching agreement on end-use monitoring, talks led by Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Asian and Pacific Security Affairs) Mitchell Shivers [...] | 2008-11-12 10:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PROV MASS KOMC IN |
08NEWDELHI2906 | MENON OUTLINES VIEWS ON CIVIL NUCLEAR NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador asked Foreign Secretary Menon in a November 10 meeting about India's timetable for next steps in implementing the civil nuclear agreement. Menon said that a GOI legal review of the draft texts of diplomatic notes that would bring the agreement into force would be [...] | 2008-11-12 10:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP ENRG EFIN IN |
08NEWDELHI2918 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION- [...] "OBAMA AND INDIA: OBAMA'S NAIVE VIEW ON KASHMIR" op-ed article by guest columnist and retired air vice marshall P.L. Purohit in the November 13, 2008, Mumbai edition of centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL. "Unfortunately, Barack Obama's understanding of the Kashmir issue is based on some half-truths [...] | 2008-11-14 12:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI2926 | MENON ADDRESSES CIVIL NUCLEAR NEXT STEPS WITH NRC [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and NRC Chairman Klein discussed next steps on civil nuclear cooperation with Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon on November 12. Menon underlined the importance of India adopting a nuclear regulatory regime that would allow the industry to expand and avoid hamp [...] | 2008-11-14 13:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
08NEWDELHI2930 | MEDIA REACTION: WORLD ECONOMIC CRISIS, U.S.- [...] "FIGHT AGAINST RECESSION," editorial in the November 16 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "The situation calls for such a global regulatory system, which warns the world in advance of a crisis. The two renowned U.S.-led financial institutions-- IMF and the World Bank --should realize that their negli [...] | 2008-11-17 10:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI2941 | MEDIA REACTION: GLOBAL WARMING / ENVIRONMENT, G-20 [...] "CLOUDS OF DANGER," editorial in November 17 right-of- center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "With the winters' starting in the Asian countries the air turns into a thick layer of pollution. This atmospheric brown cloud hanging over major Asian cities is a serious threat to the environment. These [...] | 2008-11-18 10:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI2946 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR: GOI PULLS OFF A SUCCESSFUL [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite bad weather, aggressive calls from separatists to stay home, and tight security, Jammu and Kashmir voters went to the polls in larger than expected numbers on November 17 in the first phase of elections for the state legislature. The voter turnout was estimated at 55 [...] | 2008-11-18 13:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN |
08NEWDELHI2953 | MEDIA REACTION: WORLD ECONOMIC CRISIS / G-20 [...] "INDIA'S CONVICTION," editorial in November 18 centrist HINDUSTAN Hindi daily: "The tables have turned as the G-20 summit on the financial crisis concluded in Washington. This time, it is the developed countries that are under the scanner, while countries like India, China and Brazil have the [...] | 2008-11-19 10:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI2954 | GOI SEEMS OPEN TO DEVELOPING RECONSTRUCTION AND [...] (C) Summary: Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization Ambassador John Herbst met MEA officials November 6 to explore potential areas of cooperation between the United States and India in civilian reconstruction and stabilizatioN efforts. United Nations-Political Division Joint Secreta [...] | 2008-11-19 11:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | IN KCOR KCRS KDEM KPKO PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
08NEWDELHI2960 | GOI OFFICIALS SHARE VISIONS OF NUCLEAR NEXT STEPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings, Prime Minister's Special Envoy Shyam Saran, Minister of Science & Technology and Earth Sciences Kapil Sibal, and Principal Scientific Advisor to GOI Dr. R. Chidambaram shared their thoughts on the way forward for the civil nuclear industry with Nuclear Reg [...] | 2008-11-19 12:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG TRGY ETTC KNNP PARM PREL TSPL IN |
08NEWDELHI2961 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS, G- [...] "WILL HISTORY HELP RADIATE A NEW GLOW ON AMERICA, WITHIN AND WITHOUT?" editorial-page article in November 20 Kolkata pro-BJP Bengali daily BARTAMAN by Nashville- based columnist Subhankar Mukherjee. "Obama used a refreshing slogan during his campaign, 'Change we need.' He altered this soon af [...] | 2008-11-20 10:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI2964 | 25 YRS LATER: MUBARAK VISITS INDIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a four day visit to India marked more by pomp and ceremony than solid results, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak signed a number of technical agreements and promised to establish a Foreign Minister-level strategic dialogue. He also formally received the Jawaharlal Nehru Awa [...] | 2008-11-21 03:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON UNSC MARR EG IN |
08NEWDELHI2969 | DID DIKSHIT DELIVER? DELHI DECIDES [...] (U) Summary: Delhi Assembly elections, to be held November 29, are heading to a tight finish between the sitting Congress Party government of popular, two-term Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, and her Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) opponent V.K. Malhotra. Adding drama, and national significance, t [...] | 2008-11-21 10:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI PINR KISL IN |
08NEWDELHI297 | DELHI DIARY, JAN 21-28 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-29 11:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI KWMN PBTS IN FR |
08NEWDELHI2970 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ELECTIONS/OBAMA PRESIDENCY, [...] "OBAMA'S NEW ECONOMICS!" op-ed article by columnist Girish Jakhotia in the November 21, 2008, Mumbai edition of left-of-center Marathi daily MAHARASHTRA TIMES. "President-elect Obama should realize that America's economic woes stem from many of its own counterproductive and self-serving polici [...] | 2008-11-21 10:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI2973 | IRAN NO-ACTION MOTION: BHUTAN TO ABSTAIN, INDIA [...] (SBU) After a full-court press by numerous mission officials, Bhutanese Prime Minister Jigme Thinley told the Ambassador on November 20 that the RGOB would again abstain on the Iran no-action motion despite pressure from fellow Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) states, especially Iran. Post views th [...] | 2008-11-21 11:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL BT IN |
08NEWDELHI2983 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ELECTIONS/OBAMA PRESIDENCY, [...] "HOW BENEFICIAL IS THE OBAMA WIN TO THE ISLAMIC WORLD?" editorial in the November 24, 2008, Mumbai edition of right-of-center Marathi daily SAAMNA. "The world knows that neither the U.S. Presidential elections nor the elections to the House of Representatives make any difference to the U.S. p [...] | 2008-11-24 10:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI2985 | ATOMIC ENERGY CHAIRMAN KAKODKAR SHARES CANDID [...] (SBU) This cable was cleared by NRC staff. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) Chairman Anil Kakodkar provided visiting Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman Dale Klein November 18 in Mumbai with an unprecedently candid overview of India's plans and expectations for ci [...] | 2008-11-24 12:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG TRGY PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC BEXP IN |
08NEWDELHI2987 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR: SECOND ROUND OF ELECTIONS TOPS [...] (C) Summary: For the second time in less than a week, Jammu and Kashmir voters went to the polls in larger than expected numbers on November 23 in the second phase of elections for the state legislature. The voter turnout was estimated at 65 percent for the six seats contested. Each contes [...] | 2008-11-24 13:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN |
08NEWDELHI2993 | MEDIA REACTION: US-INDIA RELATIONS, WORLD [...] "HURDLES OF EMERGING NATION," editorial in the November 24 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "The U.S. Directorate of National Intelligence assessment is in line with the expectations of many Indians that India will emerge as a major world power by 2025. Hopefully, this U.S. assessment will inspire t [...] | 2008-11-25 11:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI2996 | BARC DIRECTOR BRIEFS NRC DELEGATION, PROVIDES TOUR [...] (C) SUMMARY. On 21 November, Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) Director Dr. Srikumar Banerjee and several senior members of the BARC staff briefed Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman Klein and delegation on activities at BARC, and provided a tour of the Dhruva reactor, Engineering [...] | 2008-11-25 13:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | BEXP ENRG ETTC IN KNNP PARM PREL TRGY TSPL |
08NEWDELHI30 | TERRORISTS RAID INDIAN POLICE COMPOUND IN UP [...] (C) Summary: Four terrorists, dressed as paramilitary officers, attacked a federal police compound in Uttar Pradesh (UP) during the early hours of January 1st and killed eight people. The attack displayed the hallmarks of a few different terrorist groups active in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K),th [...] | 2008-01-07 01:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER AESC PGOV CASC PREL KISL KCRM IN |
08NEWDELHI3000 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS; NEW [...] "HOW SERIOUSLY CAN WE TAKE ZARDARI'S COMMENT?" op-ed article in November 25 centrist DAINIK BHASKAR Hindi daily by foreign affairs writer Ved Pratap Vaidik: "What's the similarity between Rajiv Gandhi (former Indian prime minister) and Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari? Both got the PM's thr [...] | 2008-11-26 09:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI3002 | ENDORSEMENT FOR MIDDLE WAY LEAVES TIBETANS IN [...] (C) Summary. On November 17-22, over 560 Tibetans gathered in the north Indian hill station of Dharamsala - capital of the "government-in-exile" - to consider fundamental questions on the future strategy of the Tibetan movement. The conclave, called by the Dalai Lama, required Tibetan exiles [...] | 2008-11-26 11:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM IN CH |
08NEWDELHI3003 | INDIA RELUCTANT ON TALIBAN TALKS, CONSULTING [...] (C) Summary: In a 24 November meeting with PolCouns, Indian Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran) T.C.A. Raghavan expressed his government's concern over ISAF members' willingness to engage the Taliban. Raghavan welcomed a USAID proposal for a Trilatera [...] | 2008-11-26 13:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID ENRG KDEM AF IR PK XD IN |
08NEWDELHI3009 | MISSION INDIA EAC MEETING - 27 NOVEMBER 2008 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The New Delhi Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened on Thursday, November 27, 2008 in response to multiple terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India that targeted a number of locations in the southern part of the city including the historic Taj Mahal Palace & Tower Hotel (TAJ),Obe [...] | 2008-11-28 00:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC IN PREL PTER |
08NEWDELHI3013 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS [...] "IT'S WAR," editorial in the November 28 centrist English Daily THE TIMES OF INDIA (Circulation: 2.1 million). "This nation is under attack ... India is effectively at war and it has deadly enemies in its midst ... The government should immediately work on an internal security doctrine that de [...] | 2008-11-28 11:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI3016 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCAIN DECEMBER 2008 VISIT [...] (U) Senators McCain, Lieberman, and Graham: On behalf of Ambassador Mulford and the Country Team, I warmly welcome you to Bhutan. Your visit comes at the end of a historic year for the small Himalayan nation, marked by the successful transition to a constitutional monarchy and the coronation [...] | 2008-11-28 11:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | BH CH IN KNNP PGOV PREF PREL |
08NEWDELHI3018 | MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS: INDIAN PUBLIC'S ANGER AND [...] (C) Summary: Indians across the country reacted with anger and outrage at the Mumbai terrorist attacks. They were jolted by the brazenness of the attacks and the level of sophistication involved. They are furious at the country's political leadership for its failure to protect them. They [...] | 2008-11-28 13:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL PINR KDEM KISL IN |
08NEWDELHI3020 | INDIA & PAKISTAN TALK AS TERROR CRISIS UNFOLDS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-28 14:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | IN KDEM KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL PRER |
08NEWDELHI3023 | MENON FAVORS CLOSER COOPERATION FOLLOWING MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon told Ambassador Mulford November 29 the terrorist at4acks in Mumbai were ""on a whole new level"" and that he looked forward to closer cooperation with the U.S. as the ""silver lining"" of the tragedy. Menon confirmed the FBI team had been cleared [...] | 2008-11-30 14:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IN KCRM |
08NEWDELHI3024 | MENON FAVORS CLOSER COOPERATION FOLLOWING MUMBAI [...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon told Ambassador Mulford November 29 the terrorist attacks in Mumbai were "on a whole new level" and that he looked forward to closer cooperation with the U.S. as the "silver lining" of the tragedy. Menon confirmed the FBI team had been cleared [...] | 2008-11-30 14:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IN KCRM |
08NEWDELHI3025 | MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS: GOI HEADS BEGIN TO ROLL [...] (C) Summary: The Prime Minister began to take some initial steps to respond to the anger and fury of the Indian public at GOI failures that made the Mumbai attacks possible. Home Minister Shivraj Patil resigned on November 30. Finance Minister P.C. Chidambaram takes over from him while the Prime M [...] | 2008-11-30 16:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL PINR KDEM KISL PK IN |
08NEWDELHI3030 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR: PEACEFUL POLLING CONTINUES [...] (U) Summary: Voters in Jammu and Kashmir went to the polls in record numbers on November 30, and for the third time in a row, defied separatists' calls for an election boycott. The high turnout for phase three of the state assembly elections was all the more impressive as it came amidst the te [...] | 2008-12-01 12:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN |
08NEWDELHI3031 | MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS: POLITICAL FALLOUT CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: A day after the Home Minister was sacked, the impact of the Mumbai tragedy continued to play out domestically and in the Indo-Pakistan relationship. There is likely to be a shakeup in the Maharashtra state government today. At an all-party meeting, the Prime Minister unveiled a number [...] | 2008-12-01 13:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL PINR KDEM KISL PK IN |
08NEWDELHI3032 | INDIA CAREFULLY CONSIDERING ANTI-PIRACY PLANS, [...] (C) Summary. While media reports begin to surface that the INS Tabar sunk a pirated fishing boat with hostages -- and not a pirate "mothership," as the Indian Navy had first claimed -- Indian officials are struggling to come up with a policy for Indian involvement in anti-piracy operations i [...] | 2008-12-01 16:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHSA MARR PTER EWWT KPKO IN |
08NEWDELHI3035 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION (CONTINUED): MUMBAI [...] "GO TO THE SOURCE," editorial in the December 1 centrist English Daily THE TIMES OF INDIA (Circulation: 2.1 million). "It's also time for New Delhi to work together with the US, the UK and other concerned governments to evolve a common approach towards Pakistan, which is the world's central t [...] | 2008-12-02 01:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI3037 | NSA NARAYANAN TELLS AMBASSADOR INDIA HAS NO INTENTION OF ACTING MILITARILY AGAINST PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-02 06:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | IN MOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER |
08NEWDELHI3041 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION (CONTINUED): MUMBAI [...] "DEALING WITH THE NEIGHBOR," editorial in the December 2 nationalist English Daily THE HINDUSTAN TIMES (Circulation: 1.6 million). "There is little doubt that the origins of the Mumbai terror attack lie within the borders of Pakistan. India could consider severing the peace process and rolling [...] | 2008-12-02 11:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI3043 | (U) SECRETARY RICE'S DECEMBER 3 MEETING WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-02 13:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL PHUM KIRF PGOV PTER |
08NEWDELHI3044 | MUMBAI ATTACKS UPDATE: DIPLOMATS IN DELHI DELIVER [...] (C) Summary: Diplomatic missions in Delhi have agreed to offer a more sympathetic message to the Indians rather than pound on the government for its massive intelligence failure. Evidence that Pakistani-based extremist group Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) was the culprit is still not out in the open, alt [...] | 2008-12-02 15:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL PINR KDEM KISL PK IN |
08NEWDELHI3050 | MEDIA REACTION: MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS; NEW [...] "THE STRENGTH OF THE NATION," editorial in the December 2 NAVBHARAT TIMES Hindi daily: "Terrorist organizations have miserably failed to play the Islam card and influence India's Muslims. Terrorists have tried many times, but each time they failed. A sign if this is that Muslims in Kashmir def [...] | 2008-12-03 09:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI3052 | MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS: CODEL MCCAIN TOLD THAT [...] (C) Summary: External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee told Senators McCain, Lieberman and Graham that India expected Pakistan to respond directly and promptly to New Delhi's demands for the return of accused terrorists provided refuge in Pakistan. In a December 2 meeting, Mukherjee said [...] | 2008-12-03 11:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK IN |
08NEWDELHI3054 | PM SINGH URGES MCCAIN CODEL TO DELIVER TOUGH [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told Senators McCain, Lieberman, Graham, and the Ambassador in a December 2 meeting that the November terrorist attacks in Mumbai were of an unprecedented level of sophistication, clearly launched by LeT from Pakistani soil, with at least the knowle [...] | 2008-12-03 11:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | IN KDEM KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER |
08NEWDELHI3058 | INDIA: TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) Criminal prosecutions against individuals for trafficking offenses remain a challenge in India, due to several inherent problems. Law and order is a state responsibility per the Indian constitution, which makes it difficult for the central government to intervene to enforce laws effecti [...] | 2008-12-04 09:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | IN KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SOCI KTIP |
08NEWDELHI3059 | MEDIA REACTION: MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS; NEW [...] "LET PAKISTAN BE DECLARED A TERRORIST STATE," editorial in the November 29 Leftist Agartala (Tripura) Bengali daily, TRIPURA DARPAN. "Pakistan should immediately be declared a terrorist state. All sorts of relations should be snapped with this country. Merely pointing fingers toward Pakistan [...] | 2008-12-04 11:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI3062 | MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS: MUKHERJEE-ZARDARI CALL DID NOT TAKE PLACE [...] (C) Post now believes that Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee did not in fact phone Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari November 28 despite conflicting reports from the Indian Government. Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary (Americas) Gaitri Kumar had originally told P [...] | 2008-12-04 11:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IN KCRM |
08NEWDELHI3064 | SPECIAL REPORT: MEDIA COVERAGE OF SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT [...] SUMMARY: The highly positive media coverage of Secretary Condoleezza Rice's visit to New Delhi on December 3 has left behind the lasting image of America being India's First Friend in the time of need. In creating that image, the Secretary's visit was supplemented by other significant American [...] | 2008-12-04 13:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI3065 | SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT - INDIA'S MUSLIMS STAND UP AGAINST [...] SUMMARY: In an unprecedented show of solidarity against terrorism, Muslims from Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and several other leading cities across India, have condemned the Mumbai terror attack and are gearing up to oppose all those who spread terror in the name of Islam. Unequivocally condemning t [...] | 2008-12-04 13:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI3066 | RAJASTHAN STATE ELECTIONS: IT'S ANYONE'S GAME [...] (SBU) Summary: As Rajasthan votes to elect a new assembly on December 4, it is unclear as to which of the two state's main parties - the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) or the Congress Party - would get the nod of the voters to form the next state government. Both these parties have had t [...] | 2008-12-04 15:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL SOCI PINR IN |
08NEWDELHI3067 | MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS: INDIA REELS UNDER STRAIN [...] (C) Summary: A week after the Mumbai attacks, the Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, the Indian security bureaucracy and the Indian public continued to struggle to make sense of how the attacks occurred and what form a proper response should take, both internally a [...] | 2008-12-04 15:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL PINR KDEM KISL PK IN |
08NEWDELHI3068 | SPECIAL REPORT: MEDIA COVERAGE OF SECRETARY [...] SUMMARY: For the second day today, the focus of the Indian media stayed on Secretary RiceQs South Asia visit. Her visit to Islamabad and her meetings with the Pakistani leadership received extensive play in the print and electronic media. The mediaQs interpretation of the outcome of her India- [...] | 2008-12-05 09:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI3071 | MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY RICE VISIT TO INDIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-05 11:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI3079 | KAIGE NUCLEAR POWER STATION AT HALF CAPACITY BUT HIGH [...] Summary: (SBU) On 21 November U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Chairman (NRC) Chairman Klein and delegation, accompanied by Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) Director of Operations Mr. G. Nageswara Rao, toured the Kaiga Generating Station located in North Karnataka State. Kaiga supplies po [...] | 2008-12-08 07:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY EFIN EINV PREL BEXP SENV KGHG PARM KNNP IN |
08NEWDELHI3084 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN [...] "PAKISTAN'S HYPOCRISY," editorial in the December 7 right-of-center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari's asking for concrete evidence of Pakistani involvement in the Mumbai terror attacks is nothing but a ploy to distract India. Pakistan always declares the eviden [...] | 2008-12-08 10:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI3088 | SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT - INDIAN MUSLIMS CONDEMN [...] SUMMARY: Prior to the Eid-ul-Zuha holiday (December 9),Muslims across the country demonstrated or spoke out in condemnation of terrorism, asserting that it has no place in Islam. Thousands demonstrated in the streets of Mumbai. Celebrities joined other Muslim community members in denouncing [...] | 2008-12-08 11:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI3091 | INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY TELLS AMBASSADOR "NEVER [...] (S) Summary. Ambassador met with Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon on December 8 to discuss the Secretary's trip to the region (Menon was out of the country during on December 4) and to follow up on the latest developments in Indo-Pak relations. Referring to the reaction to the M [...] | 2008-12-08 12:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PROV PTER MOPS PK IN |
08NEWDELHI3094 | CONGRESS COMES TO POWER IN RAJASTHAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After a five-year gap, the Congress Party returned to power in Rajasthan as poll results were announced on December 8. Congress soundly defeated the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),winning 98 out of 200 seats in the state assembly. Despite spiraling commodity prices an [...] | 2008-12-08 13:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM IN |
08NEWDELHI3095 | DIPLOMATIC NOTE EXCHANGE WITH INDIA BRINGS 123 [...] (SBU) The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Americas Division initiated the exchange of diplomatic notes as planned December 6 with Embassy New Delhi to bring into force the U.S.-India Agreement Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy as signed October 10 in Washington, DC. The diplomati [...] | 2008-12-08 13:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
08NEWDELHI3096 | DIKSHIT DELIVERS DELHI FOR CONGRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a surprise, Delhi voters returned the Congress Party and Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit to power with a comfortable majority on December 8. The vote assumes greater significance because it occurred on November 29, during the Mumbai attacks. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) attem [...] | 2008-12-08 14:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI PINR KISL IN |
08NEWDELHI3097 | CONGRESS PARTY'S SURPRISE WIN POST-MUMBAI [...] (SBU) Summary: In what came as a surprise to many, the Congress Party exceeded post-Mumbai attack expectations and fared well in elections for legislatures in five states. It won three of the states convincingly and reduced the margin of the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in a fourt [...] | 2008-12-08 15:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI PINR KISL IN |
08NEWDELHI3113 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA/PAKISTAN RELATIONS IN WAKE [...] "THE ACTION AGAINST LASHKAR-E-TOIBA," editorial in the December 9, 2008, Mumbai edition of left-of-center Marathi daily MAHARASHTRA TIMES. "Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari who until recently maintained that Pakistan had no connection with the Mumbai terror attacks, has suddenly woken up t [...] | 2008-12-10 11:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI3114 | PRESIDENT MEDVEDEV INDIA VISIT CONFIRMS CIV-NUKE [...] (C) Summary. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev capped off a 24 hour visit to India by delivering as promised on agreements for civil nuclear, space and defense cooperation. Medvedev expressed Russia's solidarity with India in the war on terror in the wake of the Mumbai attacks, reiterating a [...] | 2008-12-10 12:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNUC KNNP ECON TSPA RS IN |
08NEWDELHI3115 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IRAN-INDIA JOINT VENTURE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-10 13:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN KNNP PARM PREL IR IN |
08NEWDELHI3116 | MUMBAI ATTACKS UPDATE: INDIA DISMISSES PAKISTAN'S [...] (C) Summary: On December 10, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary for Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran T.C.A. Raghavan met with PolCouns to discuss the current status of Indo-Pak cooperation two weeks after the Mumbai attacks. Criticizing Pakistan's decision not to send to India the Ch [...] | 2008-12-10 13:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK IN |
08NEWDELHI3123 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA/PAKISTAN RELATIONS IN WAKE [...] "PAKISTAN'S HELPLESSNESS," editorial in the December 10 HINDUSTAN Hindi daily: "Pakistan, for the first time, has really acted against terrorists, but under pressure. If the Pakistani rulers really want to eradicate terrorism their actions should match their words. They should stop the diploma [...] | 2008-12-11 10:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI3124 | CONGRESS BRACES FOR STORMY POST-MUMBAI PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Summary: The fallout from Mumbai terror attacks will dominate debate in the Indian Parliament, which reconvened on December 10. The political opposition will seek to lay the blame squarely on the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and accuse it of being soft on terrorism. [...] | 2008-12-11 11:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
08NEWDELHI3125 | INDIA SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] (C) India is grappling with its worst crisis of political confidence in recent memory. The Mumbai terrorist attacks deeply demoralized and angered the Indian public. Indians have directed their fury at the political establishment, which they feel failed to protect them and responded in a hap [...] | 2008-12-11 12:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KMDR KPAO ECON PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC |
08NEWDELHI3127 | INDIA SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR KERRY [...] (C) Senator Kerry, as you know your visit comes at a time of new tensions between India and Pakistan after the Mumbai attacks. The U.S. has encouraged the GOI to pursue a measured action. Both Secretary Rice and Deputy Secretary Negroponte have traveled to the region to meet with leaders in [...] | 2008-12-11 13:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KMDR KPAO ECON PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC |
08NEWDELHI313 | MENON SAYS INDIAN NEGOTIATORS AWAIT ASSURANCE FROM [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon told the Ambassador January 30 that the Indian government sought to arrange a call between Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) Secretary Anil Kakodkar and IAEA Director General Muhammad SIPDIS ElBaradei before sending a negotiating team back to [...] | 2008-01-30 14:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
08NEWDELHI314 | CONTRACT FARMING HAS LIMITED USE THUS FAR FOR ORGANIZED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Contract farming offers farmers a stable and profitable way to sell to agro-businesses, and is gaining popularity as a means of cutting out middlemen in the agricultural supply chain. A number of companies are successfully sourcing agricultural products directly from farmers f [...] | 2008-01-31 05:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BTIO EAGR ECON EINV IN ETRD EFIN PREL |
08NEWDELHI3144 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA/PAKISTAN RELATIONS, GLOBAL [...] "INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE," editorial in December 11 HINDUSTAN Hindi daily: "The Pakistan government is caught between the devil and the deep blue sea. If it defends Jamaat-ud-Dawa it will have to face an even stronger global opposition. At the same time, it is incapable of acting tough against [...] | 2008-12-12 10:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI3152 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA/PAKISTAN RELATIONS, GLOBAL [...] "PAKISTAN AT ITS DECEIVING BEST," op-ed article in December 14 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by security affairs specialist K. Subrahmanyam: "In the name of action, Pakistan has rounded up a handful of Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists. This is out of fear that U.S. may declare Pakistan terrorist-sponso [...] | 2008-12-15 11:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI3156 | INDIAN AND BRITISH PM'S DISCUSS TERROR [...] (C) Summary: One day before U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown met with India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to discuss the necessity of cooperation between India and Pakistan, two Indian air force jets flew into the Lahore and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir sectors, violating Pakistani territory on [...] | 2008-12-15 12:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PGOV PREL PK UK IN |
08NEWDELHI3157 | NARAYANAN AND MENON TO DEPUTY SECRETARY: [...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon and National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan told Deputy Secretary Negroponte December 12 that Pakistan's actions so far in response to the Mumbai terrorist attacks have been inadequate and were reminiscent of the insufficient efforts Pakistan [...] | 2008-12-15 14:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN |
08NEWDELHI3158 | INDIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS DEPUTY SECRETARY: [...] (C) Summary. In a December 12 meeting between Deputy Secretary Negroponte and Indian Foreign Minister Mukherjee, the Deputy Secretary provided Mukherjee with a readout of his meetings with Pakistani officials and urged India to consider the Pakistani proposal to send a high-level delegation [...] | 2008-12-15 14:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN |
08NEWDELHI316 | ADVANI TO LEAD NDA COALITION IN NEXT ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: In another signal that the political parties are getting ready for national elections, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) unanimously picked L.K. Advani of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to lead the alliance into the next parliamentary poll. The NDA also provided a previe [...] | 2008-01-31 08:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM IN |
08NEWDELHI3161 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA/PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] "ZARDARI'S EXCUSES," editorial in December 15 right- of-center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "Pakistan is refusing to hand over the terrorists wanted by India and denying that the sole terrorist captured in the Mumbai terror attacks is a Pakistani national. Despite the international pressure, it [...] | 2008-12-16 10:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI3163 | EAM MUKHERJEE TELLS CODEL KERRY HE DOUBTS PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: On December 15 External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee reiterated to Senator Kerry his demands for the Government of Pakistan (GOP) to bring the ISI under civilian control, destroy terrorist training camps, turn over wanted criminals, and end infiltration of India by Pakistani [...] | 2008-12-16 12:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK IN |
08NEWDELHI3164 | PAKISTAN MUST ACT: SENATOR KERRY HEARS FROM HOME [...] (C) Summary: Senator Kerry and Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram discussed the state of Indo-Pak relations at a 30 minute December 15 meeting. The Home Minister stated that recent GOP actions against Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and other terrorist groups in Pakistan were not sufficient in the GOI' [...] | 2008-12-16 12:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK IN |
08NEWDELHI3165 | PM SINGH TELLS CODEL KERRY RE PAKISTAN: ENOUGH IS [...] (C) Summary: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told Senator Kerry in a December 15 meeting that India had exercised tremendous restraint in responding to the Mumbai terror attacks but that India had reached its limit. He called on the U.S. to make clear to Pakistan that it must take ser [...] | 2008-12-16 12:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PTER SENV AF PK IN |
08NEWDELHI3166 | INDIAN NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER TELLS SENATOR [...] (C) Summary. In a December 14 meeting with Indian National Security Adviser MK Narayanan, Senator John Kerry: -- urged Narayanan to consider which Pakistani actions could be considered as sincere confidence building measures in responding to the Mumbai terrorist attacks, cautioning agains [...] | 2008-12-16 12:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PK IN |
08NEWDELHI3167 | ADVANI SAYS ISI MUST HAVE KNOWN OF MUMBAI [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Leader of the Opposition L.K. Advani on December 15, Senator Kerry extended his condolences for the Mumbai terror attacks and said he would deliver a strong message to the Pakistani leadership. Advani demanded immediate action from Pakistan on dismantling the i [...] | 2008-12-16 12:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV SENV AF PK IN |
08NEWDELHI3175 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA/PAKISTAN RELATIONS, IRAQ, [...] "PAKISTAN'S STALEMATE" editorial in the December 17, 2008, Mumbai edition of centrist Marathi daily LOKMAT. "For the first time in recent history, the international community has taken strong open cognizance of the presence of terrorist outfits in Pakistan. In this context, the Mumbai terror [...] | 2008-12-17 12:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI3181 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA/PAKISTAN RELATIONS, IRAQ, [...] "LETS RID OURSELVES OF THE FEAR PSYCHOSIS OVER PAKISTAN'S NUCLEAR ARMS" op-ed article by retired air marshal P L Purohit in the December 18, 2008, Mumbai edition of centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL. "Pakistan is acting under international pressure as of now. But once the pressure recedes, the no [...] | 2008-12-18 11:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI3185 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR ELECTIONS: SIXTH DOWN, ONE TO GO [...] (C) Summary: The sixth round of state assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir went like the first five - record turnout, no violence, and no allegations of coercion. Voter turnout in this round was estimated at 65 percent, with dramatic increases from the 2002 election in constituencies tha [...] | 2008-12-18 13:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN |
08NEWDELHI3187 | LAND OF THE THUNDER DRAGON IMPRESSES CODEL MCCAIN [...] (SBU) Summary. The December 3-5 visit to Bhutan of Senators McCain, Lieberman, and Graham demonstrated strong U.S. support for the tiny Himalayan kingdom as this historic year draws to a close. The delegation met with the current and former Kings, the Prime Minister, the Foreign Minister, the [...] | 2008-12-19 06:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KNNP BH IN CH |
08NEWDELHI3191 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA/PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-19 10:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI3197 | GOI'S SWIFT COUNTERTERRORISM STEPS HELP LIMIT [...] (C) To respond to the public outcry following the Mumbai terror attacks, the GOI moved quickly to limit the political damage and demonstrate that it is serious about combating terrorism. It forced through a bill to create a new crime fighting federal agency that will concentrate on terrorism [...] | 2008-12-19 12:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL PINR KDEM KISL PK IN |
08NEWDELHI3204 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] "PAKISTAN UP TO ITS GAMES," op-ed article in the December 21 right-of-center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by strategic columnist K. Subrahmanyam: "With its statements, Pakistan is trying hard to provoke India to take military action. Its objective is to blackmail the U.S. Pakistan wants to use it [...] | 2008-12-22 10:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI3215 | RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST: CUBA: COUNTRY BY [...] (U) In response to the reftel request for information on India's relations with Cuba, Embassy New Delhi provides the following assessment based on the most recent and readily available information. Overall Friendly and Symbolic Relations ---------------------------------------- 2. (C) As [...] | 2008-12-22 12:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | CU ETRD ETTC PREL |
08NEWDELHI322 | AUSTRALIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER URGES U.S. TO KEEP UP [...] (C) Summary: Australian High Commissioner John McCarthy urged Ambassador David Mulford January 30 to ensure that the U.S. continue pressuring the new Australian leadership to support an Indian exception in the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). "It is important to continue to have the nuclear iss [...] | 2008-01-31 12:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
08NEWDELHI3224 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, GLOBAL [...] "BEATING OF WAR DRUMS" editorial in the December 23, 2008, multi-edition right-of-center Gujarati daily GUJARAT SAMACHAR. "It seems that war beats have gathered momentum. A feeling rather than a sense of belief is running deep in the nerves of the people of India that Pakistan needs to be t [...] | 2008-12-23 10:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI3228 | CONGRESS PARTY STUNG PLAYING RELIGIOUS POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: On the floor of parliament, Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram officially dismissed comments made by the Minority Affairs Minister A.R. Antulay that implied Hindutva elements may have been involved in the Mumbai attacks. Antulay sparked a political controversy on December 17 with comm [...] | 2008-12-23 13:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KISL IN |
08NEWDELHI3234 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS; NEW [...] "IT IS BETTER TO EVADE WAR", editorial in the December 22, 2008 right-of-center Urdu daily "URDU TIMES", Mumbai: "The most worrisome aspect of Indo-Pak imbroglio is that both countries are nuclear states. Both of them will be destroyed in the event of a nuclear war. India's economy was growin [...] | 2008-12-24 07:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI3236 | GOI Leaders' Statements on Pakistan and Terrorism, December [...] (SBU) Mission reports below statements made by the Indian Foreign Minister, the Indian Prime Minister, the Foreign Minister and President of the ruling United Progressive Alliance government over the last three days on Pakistan and terrorism. Despite the often heated headlines in both India a [...] | 2008-12-24 11:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER PK IN |
08NEWDELHI3242 | December [...] "STUMBLING BLOCK IN THE PATH OF U.S.," op-ed in December 28 right-of-center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by strategic affairs specialist K. Subrahmanyam: "What Pakistan is doing is nothing but a ploy to make the U.S. continue the struggle on Afghanistan-Pakistan border for a long time. U.S. troop [...] | 2008-12-29 10:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI3244 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS; NEW [...] "STUMBLING BLOCK IN THE PATH OF U.S.," op-ed in December 28 right-of-center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by strategic affairs specialist K. Subrahmanyam: "What Pakistan is doing is nothing but a ploy to make the U.S. continue the struggle on Afghanistan-Pakistan border for a long time. U.S. troop [...] | 2008-12-29 10:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI3248 | INDIA CENSURES ISRAELI STRIKES IN GAZA [...] (U) The Government of India has over the last two days condemned the air strikes Israel carried out in the Gaza Strip and urged an ""immediate end to use of force against Palestinian civilians in Gaza that has resulted in large number of casualties"". The GOI statement, released by the External Af [...] | 2008-12-29 12:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER PREL IS IN |
08NEWDELHI3253 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] "WHO WANTS WAR?" op-ed article by columnist Anant Bagaitkar in the December 29, 2008, Mumbai edition of centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL. "As tempers ran high after the Mumbai terror attacks, almost everyone was putting forth the idea of a conventional war with Pakistan, the notorious neighbor w [...] | 2008-12-30 10:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI3254 | INDIANS STATE IRANIAN PRESIDENT WILL NOT VISIT [...] (C) Summary: The Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has categorically denied the reported upcoming visit of Iranian President Ahmedinejad to Delhi this week, while Indian and Pakistani press continue to speculate on the purpose of the rumored visit. End Summary. Ahmedinejad,s Visit " [...] | 2008-12-30 12:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK IR IN |
08NEWDELHI3259 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] "INDIA IN SEARCH OF A STANCE VIS-A-VIS PAKISTAN" editorial in the December 31, 2008, Mumbai edition of centrist Marathi daily LOKMAT. "China's Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei's visit to Pakistan seems to have eased considerable tension between India and Pakistan. If Pakistan's mellowed politica [...] | 2008-12-31 08:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI3265 | MENON WELCOMES END USE MONITORING TALKS, HAS NOT [...] (C) Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon told Ambassador Mulford December 31 that he welcomed a visit by Department of Defense Assistant Secretary Mitch Shivers on January 7 to seek an agreement on End Use Monitoring (EUM),and confirmed that he planned to meet personally with Shivers early in h [...] | 2008-12-31 10:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN |
08NEWDELHI3267 | MENON SAYS INDIA TO DECIDE ON INFORMATION-SHARING WITH PAKISTAN, OPPOSED TO SPECIAL ENVOY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon told Ambassador Mulford December 31 that the Indian government would make a decision later in the day on whether and how much information from the Mumbai terrorist attack investigations to share with Pakistan and other countries. Menon emphasized th [...] | 2008-12-31 11:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN |
08NEWDELHI3268 | INDIAN HOME MINISTER CHIDABARAM ON INVESTIGATION OF MUMBAI ATTACKS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-31 15:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | CJAN IN PK PREL PTER |
08NEWDELHI332 | GOI WARNS POWELL OF GROWING UML-MAOIST ALLIANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary for North (Nepal and Bhutan) Preeti Saran told SIPDIS Ambassador Nancy Powell she thought the United Marxist-Leninist (UML) Party and the Maoists were forming an alliance ahead of Nepali elections. Saran expressed concern th [...] | 2008-02-01 09:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS KDEM NP IN |
08NEWDELHI338 | SARKOZY'S VISIT TO INDIA LONG ON DRAMA, SHORT ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Sarkozy made a two-day stop in India amid a whirlwind of media speculation regarding whether his famous girlfriend, supermodel Carla Bruni, would accompany him. Sarkozy's visit stimulated both governments to officially confirm that they have finalized their civil nuc [...] | 2008-02-01 12:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MASS KNNP KOMC KUNR FR IN |
08NEWDELHI342 | A RECHARGED BJP PUTS ITS HOUSE IN ORDER [...] (SBU) Summary: On the heels of its sweeping victories in the Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat state assembly elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) national executive meeting on January 27-29 revealed a party reinvigorated with energy and direction. Unlike the previous national executive m [...] | 2008-02-01 12:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN |
08NEWDELHI343 | DELHI DIARY, JAN 21-28 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for January 21-28, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- New HP Government Gets Moving -- Prime Minister Singh to Visit Indo-Chinese Border Areas -- French President's Visit Raises Turban Is [...] | 2008-02-01 13:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL PBTS SOCI KWMN CH IN FR |
08NEWDELHI353 | GAMBARI TELLS INDIA TO USE ITS INFLUENCE ON BURMA [...] (C) Summary. UN Special Envoy for Burma Ibrahim Gambari's late January visit to India delivered the message that India should use its influence to do more to help the democratization and reconciliation process in Burma. Gambari told British and Canadian missions privately that India reiterate [...] | 2008-02-04 12:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM BM IN |
08NEWDELHI354 | NARAYANAN SAYS INDIA SEEKS 123 LANGUAGE IN IAEA [...] (C) Summary: National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan told the Ambassador February 4 that the Indian team negotiating the safeguards agreement has stayed within the bounds of the 123 Agreement. While he admitted that the Indian side has sought to include the 123 language in the operational sa [...] | 2008-02-04 14:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
08NEWDELHI355 | U.S.-INDIA EXPORT CONTROL EXPERTS TALKS: FEBRUARY [...] (U) Underlining the importance of continuing the productive U.S.-India export control dialogue, poloff delivered reftel points February 4 proposing February 13 for the next round of talks in Washington, with alternate dates proposed in March. MEA Director (Disarmament and International Securi [...] | 2008-02-04 14:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
08NEWDELHI379 | U.S. COAST GUARD AND MEA AGREE TO STEP UP MARITIME [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following a series of Indian port inspections, a U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Internet Port Security Program (IPSP) delegation told Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary for Americas Gaitri Kumar that they found Indian port security to be at an acceptably high level and [...] | 2008-02-06 08:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PHSA CE IN |
08NEWDELHI388 | INDIA-IRAN TIES HIT BUMPS IN THE ROAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent developments illustrated the large gap between rhetoric and reality in Indo-Iranian relations. Iran's Ambassador to India expressed concern to the press February 5 over India's recent launch of an Israeli satellite with reconnaissance capabilities, warning India against g [...] | 2008-02-06 12:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNNP PINR MNUC MCAP MARR IR IS IN |
08NEWDELHI430 | MENON QUIETLY TAKING GAMBARI MESSAGE TO BURMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of Under Secretary for Burma Pratibha Parkar told Poloff that UN Special Envoy for Burma Ibrahim Gambari asked the Government of India (GOI) for support during his recent visit to India. Gambari asked the GOI to use its influence to encourage the Burmese to allow him t [...] | 2008-02-08 12:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BM IN |
08NEWDELHI431 | DELHI DIARY, JAN 31 - FEB 8 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for January 31- February 8, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting: -- India to host Summit of India-Africa Forum in April -- Leaders Continue to Beat a Path to India's Door -- Three UP MPs Disqualified, Tel [...] | 2008-02-08 13:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER TBIO KDEM SOCI IN CH BT DA |
08NEWDELHI442 | NEPALI MAOIST RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF "PEOPLE'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reacting to news reports that the Maoists in Nepal had decided to re-establish its parallel "People's Governments" under the direction of the United Revolutionary People's Council, Ministry of External Affairs Under Secretary for Nepal Manish Gupta told Poloff that India views [...] | 2008-02-11 12:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR NP CH IN |
08NEWDELHI444 | MENON SAYS MUNICH MEETING HAS "CLEARED UP" INDIA'S [...] (C) Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon told the Ambassador February 11 that the February 9 meeting in Munich between Indian National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan, Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) Secretary Anil Kakodkar and IAEA Director General (DG) Mohammad ElBaradei has allowed India t [...] | 2008-02-11 14:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
08NEWDELHI449 | CHINA PROTEST OF SINGH'S ARUNACHAL PRADESH TRIP [...] (U) India's major news outlets carried reports February 8-9 that China had informally objected to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's January 31 visit to Arunachal Pradesh (AP),during which he made a point of commenting that "Arunachal Pradesh is the easternmost state of our country, and the sun [...] | 2008-02-12 11:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS CH IN |
08NEWDELHI454 | INDIA UNDECIDED ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) The Ambassador urged Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon February 11 to join the U.S. and key European countries in recognizing Kosovo's independence as early as possible after its expected declaration (reftel). Recognition from India would indicate global solidarity and help stave off i [...] | 2008-02-12 11:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU IN |
08NEWDELHI456 | MENON ATTEMPTS TO DRAW OUT BURMESE REGIME DURING [...] (C) In a February 11 meeting with Ambassador Mulford, Indian Foreign Secretary Menon reported that his February 8-10 visit to Burma made some progress. Regarding UN Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari, Menon related that the Burmese regime would likely meet with Gambari in a third country. However, [...] | 2008-02-12 12:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM IN |
08NEWDELHI467 | ISRAELI DCM BRIEFS DCM ON POSITIVE TREND IN [...] (C) Summary. Israeli DCM Belotsercovsky told DCM recently that he was concerned that a renewal in criticisms from the Left and India's Muslim community could cause the Indian government to pull back from the rapid, positive trend in India-Israel relations. He refused to comment on allegations [...] | 2008-02-13 09:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR TSPA MOPS IN |
08NEWDELHI474 | KARAT AND KAKODKAR SPAR IN PRESS WHILE INDIA [...] (C) Summary: After several weeks of near-silence, Communist leader Prakash Karat denounced the civil nuclear initiative February 11, and demanded that the UPA government wait to finalize the IAEA safeguards agreement until the next U.S. administration comes to power. Department of Atomic Ener [...] | 2008-02-13 11:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
08NEWDELHI475 | ALIGARH'S MUSLIMS WELCOME US EMBASSY OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary: On February 11 Political Officers engaged in a full day of Muslim outreach in the Uttar Pradesh city of Aligarh. The Deputy Political Counselor delivered a well-attended address to students on US - India relations at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) followed by a lunch with comm [...] | 2008-02-13 12:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI KISL IN |
08NEWDELHI478 | TERROR (AND TERRORISM) ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 4 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani cancelled a dozen campaign events scheduled for the coming month after National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan warned him about terror threats to his personal safety. The BJP did, however, hold its kick-off rally, [...] | 2008-02-13 12:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV CASC PREL KISL KCRM IN |
08NEWDELHI483 | SENIOR INDIAN POLICE OFFICER REVIEWS NEPAL BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Director General (DG) of the Indian Border Guard Force (Sashastra Seema Bal or "SSB") Gopal Sharma told DepPolCouns that many competing forces, including the Maoists, Young Communist League (YCL),Muslim extremists and competing Madhesi groups were stirring unrest along the Indo [...] | 2008-02-14 10:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PBTS PTER PINR NP PK IN |
08NEWDELHI485 | NSA NARAYANAN ENCOURAGES GREATER ASIAN COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: National Security Advisor MK Narayanan unsurprisingly highlighted India,s &benign and stabilizing role8 in his remarks at the Munich Conference on Security Policy on February 10. Although much of Narayanan,s address to the primarily European audience pointed to India,s role [...] | 2008-02-14 11:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS KTFN PK IN |
08NEWDELHI501 | NEW DELHI EXPECTS INDIA-AUSTRALIA RELATIONS TO [...] (C) Summary: India-Australia relations under Prime Minister Rudd should continue to move forward on the positive path set by the Howard administration, according to the Ministry of External Affairs, the Australian High Commission and contacts in Delhi. However, while greater engagement in b [...] | 2008-02-15 12:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON SENV AS IN |
08NEWDELHI502 | INDIA REMAINS UNCOMMITTED ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) Reporting on a joint UK-Germany demarche delivered February 14 to the Ministry of External Affairs Secretary (West),Nalin Surie, British High Commission Poloff Simon Atkinson told Post that India remains uncommitted on the question of recognizing Kosovo's expected declaration of independe [...] | 2008-02-15 13:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU IN |
08NEWDELHI506 | CONGRESS TRIES TO BREATHE LIFE INTO THE PARTY WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: The rattled Congress high command is exploring several moves ) cabinet reshuffle, populist budget, changing alliance partners, promotion of Rahul Gandhi - to recover from its trouncing by the Bharatiya Janata Party in recent state assembly elections. Public bullying by the Le [...] | 2008-02-15 13:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PREL PINR IN |
08NEWDELHI524 | SARAN AND KAKODKAR SEND MIXED SIGNALS ON NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary: While Special Envoy Shyam Saran underlined February 18 the importance of completing the civil nuclear cooperation initiative as soon as possible, Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Anil Kakodkar downplayed the urgency during a press interaction February 18. Speaking at an Institut [...] | 2008-02-19 12:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
08NEWDELHI525 | DELHI DIARY, FEB 11-15 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for February 11-15, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Notice Issued to Sonia Gandhi over Belgian Honor -- Renegade Politician Finally Breaks Ties with Congress -- Supreme Court Seeks Stay [...] | 2008-02-19 12:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CASC IN BE |
08NEWDELHI538 | IRANIAN SPOKESPERSON SOUNDS OFF IN NEW DELHI ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Syed Mohammad Ali Hosseini visited New Delhi February 11-13, reportedly to encourage Indian interaction with Iranian media. Hosseini, however, did not miss the opportunity to publicly urge the Indians to expedite the proposed Iran-Pakistan- [...] | 2008-02-20 11:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ENRG EPET IR PK IS CH IN |
08NEWDELHI54 | DEMARCHE ON SUPPORTING ASPIRATIONS OF THE SYRIAN [...] (C) A/DCM delivered reftel demarche to MEA Joint Secretary (West Asia and North Africa) M. Manimekalai and SIPDIS Director (WANA) N.J. Gangte on January 7, and expressed USG desire that the GOI make public statements in support of the Syrian democracy and human rights activists who formed t [...] | 2008-01-08 11:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XF XG KMPI NSC SY EUN TU CA JA SF IN |
08NEWDELHI541 | INDIAN PEACOCK DOES MATING DANCE FOR VISITING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Three months after Prime Minister Singh's visit to Moscow, Prime Minister Zubkov of the Russian Federation visited New Delhi February 12, accompanied by Russian Trade Minister Elvira Nabiullina and approximately 125 senior executives representing Russian industry and business. [...] | 2008-02-21 05:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MASS EAGR EPET ENRG TRGY ECPS |
08NEWDELHI542 | INDIA CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC AFTER PAKISTAN GENERAL ELECTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-21 08:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | IN KDEM KISL MOPS PBTS PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER |
08NEWDELHI558 | SENATORS' NUCLEAR DEADLINE BRINGS (MOSTLY) [...] (SBU) Summary: The setting of a June deadline by Senators Kerry, Biden and Hagel during their February 20 visit to Delhi has sparked a tepid reaction from the Congress Party and, strangely, the Communists, while media supporters have used the opportunity to remind the Indian government of its [...] | 2008-02-22 08:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
08NEWDELHI560 | CODEL BIDEN MEETING WITH NSA NARAYANAN [...] (C) Summary. In a February 20 meeting with Codel Biden (consisting of Senators Joe Biden, John Kerry and Chuck Hagel),National Security Advisor M.K.A. Narayanan disclosed that GOI negotiations with the IAEA on the India-specific safeguards agreement are going well and he expects the agreemen [...] | 2008-02-22 09:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PARM KDEM KNNP ENRG SOCI IS |
08NEWDELHI574 | DELHI DIARY, FEB 18-22 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for February 18-22, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting: -- Darul Uloom in Deoband says Terrorism is Anti-Islamic -- BJP Targets Women's Vote -- US Presence Overwhelms DEFEXPO -- India and Pakistan Expan [...] | 2008-02-22 13:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM KISL MASS BEXP PK IN |
08NEWDELHI581 | INDIA STILL NON-COMMITTAL ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (SBU) PolCouns delivered Ref A demarche to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary for Americas Gaitri Kumar and MEA Joint Secretary for Central Europe V. Ashok on February 21, neither of whom provided a substantive response. Post notes the MEA released the following statement on Kosov [...] | 2008-02-25 09:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IN |
08NEWDELHI59 | WEAKENED UPA AND LEFT MULL MIDDLE WAY TO COMPLETE [...] (C) Summary: While the Indian government prolongs the safeguards talks to a fourth round, the Congress Party and Left appear to have reacted to the Gujarat election loss by reaffirming that the UPA government will last its full term, which complicates the completion of the nuclear initiative in [...] | 2008-01-08 12:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
08NEWDELHI606 | INDIAN PARLIAMENT BEGINS WITH NUCLEAR BANG [...] (SBU) Summary: Building on the unexpected extension of Ambassador Ronen Sen's tenure in the U.S., President Patil's expression of hope for the completion of the nuclear deal during her first address to Parliament February 25 has injected life back into the civil nuclear cooperation initiative. [...] | 2008-02-26 11:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
08NEWDELHI623 | INFLUENTIAL DEOBAND MADRASSA GATHERING DECLARES [...] (SBU) Summary: At a February 25 conference at the influential and conservative Darul Uloom madrassa in Deoband, Uttar Pradesh, approximately 10,000 - 15,000 Islamic clerics declared terrorism un-Islamic. In equal measure, the declaration by clerics of the madrassa regarded as the ideologica [...] | 2008-02-27 13:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KISL SCUL ASEC CASC PREL KTFN KCRM KIRF |
08NEWDELHI638 | DEFENSE SECRETARY SINGH EMPHASIZES POSITIVE [...] (C) Summary. In a February 27 meeting between Under Secretary of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security, Mario SIPDIS Mancuso, and Defense Secretary Vijay Singh, Mancuso: -- stressed the importance of the U.S.-India relationship; -- expressed appreciation for Singh's contribution to b [...] | 2008-02-28 13:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL MARR KNNP PGOV IN |
08NEWDELHI641 | THINK-TANKERS MULL WAYS TO CURB NAXALITE INSURGENCY [...] (U) The challenges for India in confronting the Naxalite/Maoist threat were highlighted in a seminar at the Indian think-tank Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS),an independent well-respected Delhi-based institution. The discusants agreed: the primary driver of the Naxalite/Maois [...] | 2008-02-29 09:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV ASEC CASC PREL KTFN KCRM IN |
08NEWDELHI645 | COMMERCE UNDER SECRETARY MANCUSO DISCUSSES TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary: In their February 28 meeting, Commerce Minister Nath stressed to Under Secretary Mancuso the importance of progress on all of the U.S.-India economic dilaogues, including the HTCG, to ensure continued interest in the government-to-government engagement and forward progress in [...] | 2008-02-29 12:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD MTCR PARM PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI686 | ERITREAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MEA Joint Secretary (United Nations Political and Peacekeeping SIPDIS Operations) Sanjiv Arora on March 3, seeking the GOI's view on the Eritrean obstruction of the UN Mission in Eritrea and Ethiopia, and what the GOI thinks would be an appropriate ne [...] | 2008-03-05 11:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IN ER ET |
08NEWDELHI690 | SAFEGUARDS TALKS DONE, INDIA WILL SOON MAKE [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Menon and Special Envoy to the Prime Minister Shyam Saran confirmed to Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher March 4 that India and the SIPDIS International Atomic Energy Agency had finally completed their negotiations on a safeguards agreement. Menon discounte [...] | 2008-03-05 11:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
08NEWDELHI7 | CODEL VOINOVICH MEETING WITH PM SINGH [...] (C) Summary. In a December 29 meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Codel Voinovich (consisting of Senator Voinovich, and Congressmen Turner, Gingrey, Pearce and Bishop) expressed appreciation for the Prime Minister's leadership in bringing U.S.-India relations to new heights. Senator V [...] | 2008-01-02 12:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KNNP SOCI IN |
08NEWDELHI702 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER DISCUSSES REGIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-06 12:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ETRD AF BG BT BM PK MV CE |
08NEWDELHI703 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER PRESSES FOR PROGRESS [...] (C) Summary: In separate March 4 meetings, Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher reviewed the bilateral relationship SIPDIS with Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon and Joint Secretary Gaitri Kumar. The Ambassador joined in the Menon meeting. They agreed on a renewed effort to achieve progres [...] | 2008-03-06 12:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAGR ETRD AMGT CVIS MARR OEXC OVIP |
08NEWDELHI722 | ELECTIONS VS. ELECTRONS: POLITICAL DETAILS LOOM [...] (C) Summary: With the resurgence of the civil nuclear political debate during the budget session of Parliament, observers have analyzed the minutiae to try to determine whether the UPA government calls the Left's bluff soon, waits until after the monsoon, or sits on the initiative altogether. [...] | 2008-03-07 12:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
08NEWDELHI724 | DELHI DIARY, FEB 29 - MARCH 7 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for February 29 - March 7, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting: -- Congress's Muslim Problem -- Stalking Tiger, Encroaching Dragon -- Homecoming after 35 Years in a Pakistani Prison Cell Congress's Mus [...] | 2008-03-07 12:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM PBTS PINR MCAP CH BT IN |
08NEWDELHI734 | INDIA'S DEFENSE BUDGET RISES MODERATELY, BUT PROCUREMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The UPA government in its 2008-09 budget presented on February 29 increased its defense spending by 10% to Rs 1056 billion ($ 26.4 billion) from a budgeted Rs 960 billion ($24 billion) for FY 2007-08 and 14% compared to the actual spending for FY 2007-08. The budget seeks to est [...] | 2008-03-11 08:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAGR PREL MARR IN |
08NEWDELHI735 | ELECTION YEAR BUDGET: MINORITIES GET THEIR SHARE [...] (SBU) The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) budget announced last week doubled government spending on minorities (read Muslims) from roughly USD 125M to over USD 250M (reftel) for fiscal year 2008-2009. The Muslim vote bank used to be one of the most reliable in the Congress Party's tradition [...] | 2008-03-11 09:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI KISL ECON EFIN IN |
08NEWDELHI739 | INTERNAL MIGRATION POSES DAUNTING CHALLENGE FOR [...] (U) Summary: A skirmish last week in Parliament underscored a grave challenge facing India in the coming years: large internal migrations caused by the widening gap between successful states and failed states. This displacement of people has the potential for significant political, economic [...] | 2008-03-11 11:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PHUM PREL PREF PINR PINS PROP SOCI |
08NEWDELHI751 | GOI PRESSED TO PUBLICLY SUPPORT NEW SPECIAL [...] (SBU) Acting PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to MEA Undersecretary (United Nations Political) Vishwesh Negi on March 12, urging the GOI to publicly support the new Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Afghanistan, Kai Eide. Negi noted our request and said that he would di [...] | 2008-03-12 11:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL AF IN |
08NEWDELHI752 | GOI URGED TO MAKE CONCRETE COMMITMENT TO UNAMID [...] (SBU) Acting PolCouns and DATT delivered reftel demarche to MEA Undersecretary (United Nations Political) Vishwesh Negi on March 12, urging the GOI to support UNAMID by sending a transport company and a multi-role logistics company. Acting PolCouns stressed India's existing capabilities in th [...] | 2008-03-12 11:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR KPKO SU IN |
08NEWDELHI753 | MEA CHINA JOINT SECRETARY DISPLAYS SANG-FROID OVER [...] (U) This is an action request: please see para 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: PolCouns and DATT jointly delivered the US Department of Defense 2008 report on China to MEA Joint Secretary Vijay Gokhale (East Asia) on March 11. SIPDIS Dissenting with his counterparts in the Ministry of Defense, Gokh [...] | 2008-03-12 12:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI754 | NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR TELLS AMBASSADOR DEFENSE [...] (C) In a March 11 meeting with National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan, Ambassador followed up on Secretary Gates' February 26-27 visit to discuss the status of the Communications Interoperability and Security Memorandum of Agreement (CISMOA),the Logistics Support Agreement (LSA),and an agr [...] | 2008-03-12 12:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR KTIA IN |
08NEWDELHI760 | INDIA CONTINUES TO PURSUE NICKUNJ GRAPHITE CASE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-13 10:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA IR IN |
08NEWDELHI763 | SCENESETTER FOR SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE NANCY PELOSI [...] (SBU) Dear Speaker of the House Pelosi, Members of Congress Markey, McDermott, Miller, Sensenbrenner, Inslee, Holmes Norton, Solis, Eshoo, Holt and the Honorable Mr. Livingood: The Country Team and I warmly welcome you to India. Your visit comes at a critical juncture in what has been a peri [...] | 2008-03-13 12:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON KNNP IN |
08NEWDELHI790 | DELHI DIARY, MARCH 10-14 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for March 10-14, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting: -- The Spy Who Came in from the Cold Changes His Story -- CBI Has Nothing to Show for its Tytler Enquiry -- Supreme Court Avoids Meddling in Politics [...] | 2008-03-14 13:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR PINS PREF PHUM SMIG SOCI MOPS |
08NEWDELHI795 | COMMUNISTS AND BJP/RSS TAKE THEIR KERALA STREET [...] (C) Summary The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPM) battled each other last week in parliament, on the Delhi street and in Kerala over who was to blame for violence between the CPM and the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) in Kerala. BJP members of [...] | 2008-03-17 09:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM PINR IN |
08NEWDELHI799 | INDIA SAYS NO TO REQUEST FOR UNAMID ASSETS [...] (C) In a follow up to refs A and B, PolCouns spoke on March 14 to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary (United Nations Political) Sanjiv Arora, urging SIPDIS India to contribute transport and logistics assets to the United Nations-African Union hybrid peacekeeping operation in [...] | 2008-03-17 12:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KPKO SU AN SA BD PA IN |
08NEWDELHI808 | DALAI LAMA'S REPRESENTATIVE PREDICTS CONTINUED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-18 09:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL OVIP CH IN |
08NEWDELHI822 | INDIA WILL LIKELY SUPPORT HUMAN RIGHTS RAPPORTEUR [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MEA Director (United Nations Economic and Social) Dinesh Patnaik on March 17, seeking India's support for the extension of the mandate for the UN's Special Rapporteur for the human rights situation in North Korea. Patnaik noted that the GOI has supporte [...] | 2008-03-19 12:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KN IN |
08NEWDELHI824 | TIBETAN REFUGEES: INDIA RELEASING DETAINEES, [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon on March 19. Responding to SIPDIS reftel points, Menon stated that the Indian government has spoken with both the Dalai Lama's representatives and four Tibetan non-governmental organizations and assured them th [...] | 2008-03-19 12:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL CH NP IN |
08NEWDELHI825 | BELLWETHER: UTTAR PRADESH - ON THE SLOW ROAD TO [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 12 Polcouns hosted a dinner attended by over 165 in the Uttar Pradesh (UP) capital, Lucknow, to honor longtime embassy contact and friend Dr. Ammar Rizvi. In addition to the dinner, Polcouns and Poloffs held meetings with high-level state officials, local journalists, [...] | 2008-03-19 13:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI KISL IN |
08NEWDELHI836 | ON EVE OF ELECTION, BHUTANESE WARY OF COMMUNIST [...] (U) Due to months of low-level bombing campaigns by leftist groups, Bhutan as a precaution is sealing two border areas with India in the run-up to the Bhutanese National Assembly elections scheduled for March 24. Just as occurred during the December 31 upper house election, the border between [...] | 2008-03-20 13:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL PTER BT IN |
08NEWDELHI849 | BHUTAN: THE LAND OF THE THUNDER DRAGON PLANS FOR [...] (U) Summary: On a January 31 ) February 3 trip to Bhutan, SCA/INS desk officer and Poloff met with Bhutanese government officials and political figures to discuss the current political and social climate in the country ahead of its National Assembly (lower house) elections on March 24. Despite [...] | 2008-03-24 06:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PREF PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN BT |
08NEWDELHI855 | INDIA WILL LIKELY SUPPORT MANDATE EXTENSION, BUT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-24 12:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM BM IN ID |
08NEWDELHI857 | CODEL PELOSI DISCUSSES CIV-NUKE AND OTHER ISSUES [...] (U) Summary: On March 20 Speaker Pelosi and her delegation, and Ambassador Mulford and the DCM, held discussions with Indian Members of Parliament (MP) from across the political spectrum. The civil nuclear initiative dominated the 45 minute meeting but Tibet, Burma and the Doha trade talks wer [...] | 2008-03-25 06:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY ECON |
08NEWDELHI878 | SHIELD S01-08: GOI REQUIRES FURTHER INFORMATION ON [...] (U) This is an action request for ISN and SCA. Please see para 3. 2. (S) PolOffs delivered reftel points March 19 to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Disarmament and International Security (DISA) Division Directors Amandeep Singh Gill and Jayant Khobragade. Gill responded that the Gover [...] | 2008-03-26 11:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC IR IN |
08NEWDELHI879 | INDIA: SUA PROTOCOL AMENDMENTS FORESHADOW INDIAN [...] (C) PolOffs delivered reftel points and sample diplomatic note regarding the Proliferation Security Initiative to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Disarmament and International Security (DISA) Division Directors Amandeep Singh Gill and Jayant Khobragade March 19. PolOff recalled that the U. [...] | 2008-03-26 11:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PHSA PREL KNNP XE XD XO XT |
08NEWDELHI880 | EXPORT CONTROL NONPAPERS DELIVERED [...] (C) PolOffs delivered reftel points to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Disarmament and International Security (DISA) Division Directors Amandeep Singh Gill and Jayant Khobragade March 19. PolOff reiterated that harmonization with and adherence to the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR [...] | 2008-03-26 11:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP ETTC IN |
08NEWDELHI882 | TIBET CLAMP DOWN AND PROTESTS PUT INDIA IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tibet remains a front-burner challenge in New Delhi more than 10 days after protests at the Chinese Embassy and a protest march out of Dharamsala led to the arrest of over 200 Tibetans. After another protest at the Chinese Embassy led to more arrests on March 21, the Indian press rep [...] | 2008-03-26 12:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM CH IN |
08NEWDELHI888 | INDIA WELCOMES GILANI'S INAUGURATION, ANTICIPATES [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Singh warmly congratulated the new Pakistani Prime Minister, Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, on the occasion of his taking office March 25 and expressed GOI optimism that Indo-Pakistani ties will improve. Kashmiri politicians expressed similar optimism for Gilani's tenure, [...] | 2008-03-27 11:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PTER PBTS PK IN |
08NEWDELHI892 | ISRAEL POLISHING ITS IMAGE--AND ITS HARDWARE--IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The recent strategic dialogue between Israel and India, while not producing any new agreements, was viewed as a positive step at greater cooperation and coordination between the two countries. Israel is taking steps to create a shinier image of itself as a friend of the Indian people [...] | 2008-03-28 09:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MASS IS IN |
08NEWDELHI895 | WITH ELECTIONS ON THE HORIZON, RAJASTHAN WRESTLES [...] (C) Summary: On a March 11-14 trip to Rajasthan, Poloffs met journalists, politicians, and academicians to gauge the political and social pulse of the state before elections there in November 2008. Currently under the leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),Chief Minister Vasundhara R [...] | 2008-03-28 10:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM SOCI IN |
08NEWDELHI904 | DEOBANDI MODERATES TRUMP HARDLINERS, BUT DEEP [...] (C) Summary: At a March 6 meeting of Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind (JUH),the political wing of the influential conservative Darul Uloom Deoband madrassa, the anti-US General Secretary Mahmood Madani summarily dismissed the more moderate President Arshad Madani, and tried to install his own candidate. [...] | 2008-03-28 12:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI KISL IN |
08NEWDELHI906 | DALAI LAMA FEARS INFLUX OF HAN CHINESE WILL WIPE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a March 28 meeting with the Ambassador, His Holiness the Dalai Lama sketched out two scenarios for Tibet: a positive scenario, where the PRC agrees to dialogue and permits a degree of Tibetan autonomy; and a negative scenario, where the PRC continues to flood Tibet with eth [...] | 2008-03-28 14:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL CVIS CH IN |
08NEWDELHI932 | DELHI DIARY, MARCH 17-28 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for March 17-28, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting: -- Terrorists Strike Again in Jammu and Kashmir After a 5 Month Lull -- Congress Strikes Out -- Yet Another Joint Indo-Russian Defense Project Hits t [...] | 2008-03-31 13:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER PREF SCUL SOCI TBIO MASS |
08NEWDELHI934 | FS MENON PESSIMISTIC ON TIBET AND PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon told the Ambassador March 31 that he expected elements of the Tibetan community to become more independent of the Dalai Lama's moderate line the longer they reside in India's "free and open society." He asserted that India would have no problem [...] | 2008-04-01 01:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ETRD EINV MNUC PARM IN CH PK |
08NEWDELHI938 | AMBASSADOR FASTS FOR NUCLEAR DEAL [...] (SBU) This is an action request for SCA. Please see para 7. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador told Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon April 1 that he will go on a hunger strike until the UPA government submits the IAEA safeguards agreement to the Board of Governors. Moreover, he continue [...] | 2008-04-01 06:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
08NEWDELHI95 | RELIANCE SLOWING DOWN ITS RETAIL ROLLOUT? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reliance has ambitious plans to develop a comprehensive "farm to fork" supply chain that will support its front-end organized retail venture, but establishing solid backward linkages to the agricultural sector will take time and recent protests against it may require the compan [...] | 2008-01-11 11:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BTIO EAGR ECON EINV IN ETRD EFIN PREL |
08NEWDELHI950 | DAS FEIGENBAUM MEETING WITH MEA'S GAITRI KUMAR, [...] (C) Summary: In a March 31 meeting, Joint Secretary Gaitri Kumar provided SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum with a positive Indian assessment of External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee's March 24 visit to Washington, saying it had helped to bring clarity on many outstanding is [...] | 2008-04-01 13:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAGR ETRD EINV MARR TSPA AMGT OFDP |
08NEWDELHI961 | INDIA BELIEVES THAT IT SATISFIES TERMS OF UNSCR [...] (C) Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Disarmament and International Security (DISA) Director Amandeep Singh Gill thanked poloff April 1 for the "interesting" reftel non-paper and related that he believed India's "existing notifications" fulfill the requirements of UN Security Council Resolutio [...] | 2008-04-02 08:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
08NEWDELHI970 | INDIA REVITALIZES TIES TO AFRICA: INDIA-AFRICA SUMMIT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-02 12:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON AORC EAID ECIN ETRD KECF IN |
08NEWDELHI971 | WELCOME TO THE WORLD'S NEWEST DEMOCRACY: BHUTAN [...] (SBU) Demonstrating a strong commitment to a transition to democracy, Bhutan went to the polls on March 24 to provide a lop-sided victory for the Druk Pheuensum Tshogpa (DPT),one of the two parties in contention. DPT president Jigme Y. Thinley is expected to be sworn in as Prime Minister sho [...] | 2008-04-02 13:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PREF PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN BT |
08NEWDELHI984 | CHINA SPURS INDIA TO REVITALIZE TIES TO AFRICA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: India will host the India-Africa Summit April 8 to April 9 in New Delhi, having extended invitations to leaders of fourteen AU nations and representatives of eight Africa-centric multilateral fora. The GOI seeks to partner with African nations in key areas including technology, [...] | 2008-04-03 12:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON EAID ECIN ETRD KECF IN |
08NEWDELHI989 | 50-50 CHANCE AT BEST FOR NUCLEAR DEAL AFTER MAY 9, [...] (C) Summary: In light of the continuing political debate in Delhi, Indian observers have counseled that the central government will wait at least until Parliament approves the budget on May 9, after which the Congress Party may decide to move forward with the nuclear deal by submitting the saf [...] | 2008-04-04 09:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
08NEWDELHI992 | CONGRESS TURNS UP HEAT ON MAYAWATI, SOFTENS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: At the March 30-31 Congress Party Uttar Pradesh (UP) state unit conference, party leaders including Sonia and Rahul Gandhi fiercely criticized the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) government of Chief Minister Mayawati. The gloves came off as Congress Party leaders accused the BSP and [...] | 2008-04-04 10:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI KISL IN |
08NEWDELHI993 | CONGRESS INSIDER GIVES BLEAK VIEW OF NUCLEAR [...] (C) Manish Tewari, Secretary in the All India Congress Committee (AICC),told poloff April 3 that there was no chance the UPA government would risk the downfall of the government in order to complete the nuclear initiative. If the Congress Party called the Left's bluff, he thought that "90 pe [...] | 2008-04-04 10:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
08NIAMEY1062 | NIGER: WOMAN OF COURAGE NOMINEE HADIJATOU MANI [...] Embassy Niamey enthusiastically nominates Ms. Hadijatou Mani, a 24-year old woman born into caste-based servitude (an inherited status from her mother),who challenged the vestiges of a long-standing affront to humanity, the institution of slavery. On October 27, 2008, she won an historic, pr [...] | 2008-10-30 16:43:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM SOCI SCUL NG |
08NIAMEY1068 | NIAMEY VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR OCTOBER 2008 [...] Post's Visas Viper Committee met on November 3, 2008. No Visas Viper information was received. 2. Visas Viper Post Coordinator is Conoff Karan Swaner. Visas Viper Committee Chair/DCM Eric Whitaker convened the meeting and requested information from committee members. ALLEN [...] | 2008-11-04 13:07:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT ASEC PINR PTER PREL NG |
08NIAMEY1073 | OFFICIAL CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO THE HONORABLE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-06 15:08:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL OVIP NG |
08NIAMEY1081 | NIGER: BURKINA FASO MEMBERSHIP IN THE TRANS-SAHARA [...] (C) On November 4, 2008, using reftel talking points, Ambassador Allen raised with Government of Niger (GON) Foreign Minister (FM) Aichatou Mindaoudou the USG interest in inviting the Government of Burkina Faso to participate in the TSCTP. When asked for the GON's views on the matter and sugg [...] | 2008-11-10 11:36:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER NG UV XA XI |
08NIAMEY1083 | NIGER: BURKINA FASO MEMBERSHIP IN THE TRANS-SAHARA [...] (C) On November 4, 2008, using reftel talking points, Ambassador Allen raised with Government of Niger (GON) Foreign Minister (FM) Aichatou Mindaoudou the USG interest in inviting the Government of Burkina Faso to participate in the TSCTP. When asked for the GON's views on the matter and sugg [...] | 2008-11-10 11:46:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER NG UV XA XI |
08NIAMEY1093 | NIGER: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PRESIDENT TANDJA ON [...] (U) Summary. On November 11, Ambassador Allen, accompanied by USAID Country Program Manager (CPM) Wentling and USAID/MCC Threshold Program Manager (TPM) Schulman, met with President Tandja, his Cabinet Director Maman and Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Dagra to discuss supplemental food s [...] | 2008-11-14 11:27:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KMCA EAID SOCI SCUL NG |
08NIAMEY1112 | OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS [...] Ambassador delivered reftel talking points on 11/24 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General (SG) Dan Maradi, in the absence of Foreign Minister Mindaoudou (out of the country),and left as an aide-memoire a list of the one-sided resolutions (reftel, paragraph six). With regard to the [...] | 2008-11-24 14:03:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA IS PA NG |
08NIAMEY1116 | NIGER: U.S. INSTITUTE OF PEACE (USIP) NEGOTIATION TRAINING [...] Summary. Government of Niger (GON) High Commissioner for the Restoration of Peace (HCRP) Mohamed Anacko made a request in June 2008 (reftel) to former U.S. Department of State Bureau of African Affairs' Deputy Assistant Secretary Todd Moss for assistance in securing negotiation and conflict r [...] | 2008-11-25 10:07:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SOCI PHUM SCUL EAID NG |
08NIAMEY1128 | NIAMEY VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 2008 [...] Post's Visas Viper Committee met on December 1, 2008. No Visas Viper information was received. 2. Visas Viper Post Coordinator is Conoff Karan Swaner. Visas Viper Committee Chair/DCM Eric Whitaker convened the meeting and requested information from committee members. ALLEN [...] | 2008-12-01 13:51:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT ASEC PINR PTER PREL NG |
08NIAMEY1129 | NIAMEY VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 2008 [...] Post's Visas Viper Committee met on December 1, 2008. No Visas Viper information was received. 2. Visas Viper Post Coordinator is Conoff Karan Swaner. Visas Viper Committee Chair/DCM Eric Whitaker convened the meeting and requested information from committee members. ALLEN [...] | 2008-12-01 13:51:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT ASEC PINR PTER PREL NG |
08NIAMEY113 | NIGER: AMBASSADOR JANUARY 24 MEETING WITH GON [...] (U) Summary. On January 24, I met with Government of Niger (GON) Prime Minister (PM) Seini Oumarou to discuss the status of Niger,s MCA Threshold Program, human rights issues (including reports of military/police abuse of civilians and whether the GON or independent organizations were invest [...] | 2008-01-25 11:30:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL EAID NG |
08NIAMEY1151 | BG HIGGINS VISITS NIGER; DEFENSE MINISTER PROVIDES [...] (C) Summary: During a December 4 courtesy call by visiting Commander of Special Operations ) Africa Brigadier General Patrick Higgins, Minister of National Defense Djida Hamadou welcomed the latter,s familiarization visit to Niger and commended AFRICOM's progress. Minister Hamadou provided a [...] | 2008-12-11 10:16:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM MASS PGOV PREL MARR MOPS EAID NG |
08NIAMEY1160 | NIAMEY EAC - UNEXPLAINED DISAPPEARANCE OF UN [...] (S) The EAC discussed the unexplained disappearance of UN Special Envoy Robert Fowler, Special Assistant Louis Guay, and their unidentified local driver. Fowler and Guay are both Canadian nationals. The EAC met twice on December 15 to discuss this; first, as an initial report, and second, t [...] | 2008-12-15 15:04:00 | Embassy Niamey | SECRET | ASEC CASC PGOV PREL NG |
08NIAMEY1162 | (S) NIGER: ENCOURAGING AFRICAN STATES TO TERMINATE [...] (S) DCM presented subject demarche to MFA Secretary General Abdoulaye Dan Maradi on December 15, with talking points in non-papers in both French and English. Sec Gen Dan Maradi understood the issue clearly, and confirmed that Niger did not have defense cooperation arrangements with Iran, and [...] | 2008-12-15 15:45:00 | Embassy Niamey | SECRET | MARR MASS PARM PREL IR NG |
08NIAMEY1166 | NIGER: DETAILS AND UPDATE ON MISSING UNITED [...] (S/NF) Summary. The unexplained disappearances of United Nations Special Envoy (SE) Robert Fowler, Special Assistant Louis Guay and their unidentified driver remains a mystery. The Government of Niger (GON) initial reaction generally has been one of anger, placing blame on the SE for allegedl [...] | 2008-12-16 15:20:00 | Embassy Niamey | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC PGOV PREL UN NG |
08NIAMEY1171 | NIGER: REBEL FACTION RESIGNATIONS [...] (SBU) Recent resignations of seven leaders within the predominantly Tuareg rebel movement Front des Forces de Redressement (FFR) suggest a schism within the FFR element that broke off from the Mouvement des Nigeriens pour la Justice (MNJ) in May 2008 (reftel). The resignations follow two confl [...] | 2008-12-19 10:31:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR PREL MOPS NG |
08NIAMEY1173 | NIGER: DECEMBER 18 REPUBLIC OF NIGER (RON) JUBILEE [...] Summary. The RON celebrated its 50th anniversary with week-long (December 14-20) festivities in the regions of Tillabery and Niamey. There were cultural/sports events, a parade (including a display of security/military hardware),a banquet hosted by Government of Niger (GON) President Tandja a [...] | 2008-12-23 10:45:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MCAP SCUL SOCI NG |
08NIAMEY1183 | (SBU) NIGER: GOVERNMENT OF CANADA SENDS SPECIAL [...] (S) Summary. The Government of Canada (GOC) dispatched its Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) for La Francophonie Jacques Bilodeau to the Republic of Niger (RON) for two days of consultations with Government of Niger (GON) officials on the disappearances of United Nations Special Envoy (SE) Robert Fowle [...] | 2008-12-30 13:58:00 | Embassy Niamey | SECRET | ASEC CASC PGOV PREL NG CA XY |
08NIAMEY148 | GOVERNMENT OF TURKEY PLANS TO OPEN MISSION IN [...] Former Turkish Ambassador to Sudan and Chad, Dr. Ali Engin Oba, paid a courtesy call on me during his 48-hour stop in Niger. Oba informed me that the Goverment of Turkey (GOT) assigned him special envoy status to explore the possibilities of opening more embassies in Sub-Saharan Africa. He s [...] | 2008-02-05 17:12:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD EINV NG TU |
08NIAMEY178 | NIGER: DCM MEETS WITH UN SECGEN SPECIAL ENVOY TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-11 15:30:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL PREF EAID NG |
08NIAMEY197 | NIGER: WHAT'S IN A NUMBER? [...] Summary. Setting his sights on an improved position for Niger on the United Nations (UN) Human Development Index (HDI),Government of Niger (GON) President Mamadou Tandja chose a February 13 launching ceremony for the 2007-2008 HDI World Report as an occasion for experts to inform Nigeriens [...] | 2008-02-14 16:23:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI PREL PGOV EAID |
08NIAMEY198 | NIGER: COUNTER-TERRORISM COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE [...] (U) A U.N. Counter-terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) team led by Mike Smith on February 13 briefed diplomats on their visit to Niger. The meeting was under the auspices of the Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) and was hosted by the French Embassy on behalf of G-8 president [...] | 2008-02-15 07:52:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL NG |
08NIAMEY231 | NIGER GSP PETITION: INTERIM DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) DCM on February 20 made ref A demarche with Labor Ministry Secretary General Assane Harouna, National Commission against Forced Labor and Discrimination director Issa Dan Azoumi and the head of the Labor Ministry's child labor division, Dounama Abdou. They noted that the slavery study [...] | 2008-02-25 08:51:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM ETRD SOCI USAID PREL NG |
08NIAMEY276 | NIGER LIKELY TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] (C) Econoff delivered Ref A demarche on March 7 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs desk officer for the Americas, Asia, and Oceana, Issa Housseyni. Housseyni stated that he believed Niger would most likely recognize Kosovo's independence. He stated that he based this belief on a previous conversa [...] | 2008-03-10 13:20:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NG |
08NIAMEY316 | NIGER: REGIONAL CONFERENCE AND VENEZUELAN BILATS [...] (C) Prime Minister diplomatic counselor Housseini Abdou-Saleye provided the latest on the planned regional conferences on the Sahara/Sahel region in a March 13 meeting with DCM. Current plans are for Niger to host a meeting on regional smuggling, including drugs, cigarettes, arms, people and [...] | 2008-03-13 15:10:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL VE NG |
08NIAMEY446 | RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/AGRICULTURAL [...] (U) As one of the poorest countries in the world, Niger will be among the hardest hit by rising food prices. Post has reported on food developments (refs b, c, and especially d),and will continue to do as the situation evolves. Much will depend on the fall harvest, which will in turn depend [...] | 2008-04-23 09:41:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL NG |
08NIAMEY447 | RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/AGRICULTURAL [...] (U) As one of the poorest countries in the world, Niger will be among the hardest hit by rising food prices. Post has reported on food developments (refs b, c, and especially d),and will continue to do as the situation evolves. Much will depend on the fall harvest, which will in turn depend [...] | 2008-04-23 09:41:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL NG |
08NIAMEY45 | AREVA SIGNS URANIUM CONTRACT WITH NIGER [...] (U) The government of Niger and the French energy company Areva have concluded a contract concerning Areva's mining and purchase of Nigerien uranium, according to press reports and an Areva press release. The contract reportedly calls for the development of the Imouraren uranium mine at a tota [...] | 2008-01-14 14:24:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN ENRG EINV PREL FR NG |
08NIAMEY452 | CHINA'S ENGAGEMENT IN NIGER [...] (SBU) Summary. On April 14, the Chinese Ambassador to Niger gave an interview to the Nigerien weekly newspaper "La Griffe" (The Claw). In the article he summarized China's aid projects in Niger. He stated that Chinese aid to Niger was given "without selfishness and without conditions." The Ch [...] | 2008-04-29 13:33:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECPS EMIN EPET EAID EFIN MARR SENV TRGY |
08NIAMEY48 | NIGER: U.S. AMBASSADOR JANUARY 10 MEETING WITH GON [...] (C) Summary. I met with Government of Niger (GON) Foreign Minister (FM) Mindaoudou on Thursday, January 10, 2008, and discussed the status of Niger,s MCC Threshold Program, security (specifically land mine incidents),human rights-related matters(arrested journalists and military,s killing of [...] | 2008-01-14 16:09:00 | Embassy Niamey | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR PHUM ASEC PGOV NG |
08NIAMEY481 | GOVERNMENT OF NIGER (GON) PRESIDENT TANDJA HOSTS THE NIGER [...] Summary. On April 30, 2008, GON President Mamadou Tandja hosted the Niger Basin Authority (NBA) Eighth Heads of State and Government (HOSG) Summit (much of it held behind closed doors) in Niamey. Three presidents (Benin, Chad and Mali),a prime minister (Burkina Faso),senior government offici [...] | 2008-05-07 14:19:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL EAID EINV SENV EAGR TPHY NG XY |
08NIAMEY505 | HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH RESEARCHER RELEASED [...] (U) Corinne Dufka, Human Rights Watch Senior Researcher for West Africa, was released from detention around 4:30 the afternoon of May 14. She briefed Embassy personnel on both her detention and her ten day visit to Niger during the short time between her release and her departure from Niger l [...] | 2008-05-15 14:27:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CASC NG |
08NIAMEY533 | NIGER: MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS RESPONSE TO [...] (U) Following is an unofficial English translation of the Government of Niger (GON) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Diplomatic Note Number 3413 (dated 19 May 2008),in response to U.S. Embassy Niamey Diplomatic Note Number 36, related to allegations of human rights abuses conducted by Nigerien mil [...] | 2008-05-20 13:52:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM MARR PGOV NG |
08NIAMEY534 | THIRD SPAIN AND AFRICA WOMEN'S CONFERENCE - EMPOWERMENT OF [...] Summary. The Government of Niger (GON) played host to the 3RD annual Spain and African Women's Conference, held May 12-13, 2008, in Niamey. GON President Mamadou Tandja (the only male speaker),Government of Spain (GOS) Vice President (VP) Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega and GON Foreign Min [...] | 2008-05-20 15:13:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KWMN ECON EAID SCUL PHUM XA NG SP |
08NIAMEY546 | NIGER: Request for Intervention to Gain the Liberation of [...] Government of Niger National Commission of Human Rights and Fundamental Liberties (CNDHLF) President, Lompo Garba, sent a letter (dated May 21, 2008) to U.S. Embassy Niamey requesting the Ambassador's intervention to gain the liberation of the CNDHLF Commissioner and other persons in the custod [...] | 2008-05-22 14:23:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PINS PGOV SOCI NG |
08NIAMEY559 | NIGER: REBELS RELEASE VICE PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL [...] On Saturday, May 24, 2008, Mouvement des Nigerien Pour la Justice (MNJ) rebels released CNDHLF Vice President Ahamadou Ahalawey and his newphew, taken hostage as reported in reftel, to the custody of the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC). The ICRC delivered Ahalawey and his neph [...] | 2008-05-27 14:49:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PINS PGOV SOCI NG |
08NIAMEY605 | (C) NIGER: TESTY FOREIGN MINISTER (FM) MEETS WITH [...] (U) Summary. Responding to a diplomatic corps request of several weeks ago for an update on the security situation in the north, the status of 2009 election preparations and a review of food security issues, Government of Niger (GON) FM Aichatou Mindaoudou convoked the resident ambassadors and [...] | 2008-06-13 09:49:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAGR EAID NG |
08NIAMEY608 | NIGER: AF DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY MOSS VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary. ------------------------- On June 1, 2008, Department of State Bureau for African Affairs (AF) Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Todd Moss met with several Government of Niger (GON) officials (including President Mamadou Tandja) and a human rights organization, participated in [...] | 2008-06-16 15:01:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MARR EAGR EAID NG |
08NIAMEY619 | UNITED NATIONS HUMANITARIAN AIR SERVICE (UNHAS) [...] Summary. The UNHAS launched an inaugural flight in Niger on June 12, 2008, with a short trip from Niamey to Agadez to Niamey. The UNHAS will facilitate travel to remote locations in country as well as offer limited service from Niger to other countries in west and central Africa. This most w [...] | 2008-06-23 14:13:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID CASC AEMR AMED PREL ASEC NG CD CM CT |
08NIAMEY725 | GOVERNMENT OF NIGER FOOD REQUEST [...] The Government of Niger requests 60,000 tons of rice and 15,000 tons of wheat. 2. Following is post's unofficial translation of a dipnote from the Nigerien Foreign Ministry dated July 21: Complimentary opening... and requests the Embassy to transmit to the appropriate authorities of the U [...] | 2008-07-24 10:57:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREL NG |
08NIAMEY727 | NIGER: VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE [...] Summary. Niger's voter registration drive took place June 19 - July 10, 2008. The National Committee to Pilot the Revision of the Voter Register (known by its French acronym CNPRFE) was created in 2007 to prepare a new voter register. After a long delay related to the committee's organization a [...] | 2008-07-24 14:32:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM NG |
08NIAMEY800 | NIGER: MNJ Rebel Leader Reported to Have Announced [...] Summary. On August 18, a late evening announcement on Tele-Sahel public television reported Mouvement Nigerien pour la Justice (MNJ) leader Agali Alambo had decided to have MNJ rebels lay down their arms. Alambo reportedly arrived at the decision at a meeting in Libya with "Great Sahara" comm [...] | 2008-08-19 14:29:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS SOCI PGOV CASC ASEC NG LY |
08NIAMEY809 | NIGER: RADIO AND TV DOUNIA SUSPENDED FOR ONE [...] High Council for Communication (CSC) Director Daouda Diallo notified Radio and TV Dounia that its operation has been suspended for one month. The official reason given for RTV Dounia's suspension was "failure to meet the specifications for which it is authorized." CSC is the Government of Ni [...] | 2008-08-20 05:29:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KPAO NG |
08NIAMEY815 | NIGER: MNJ LEADERSHIP CONTRADICTS GON [...] (C) Summary. Following August 18 media reports that Mouvement des Nigeriens pour la Justice (MNJ) leader Aghali Alambo had agreed to Libyan leader Mouamar Khaddafi's call for rebels to lay down their arms to faciliate planning for peace talks, the MNJ leadership alleged that Government of Ni [...] | 2008-08-21 14:28:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS PREL CASC NG LY ML |
08NIAMEY821 | NIGER: ACCIDENTAL LANDMINE EXPLOSION AT "LAYING [...] (U) Summary. On the morning of Sunday, August 24, Government of Niger (GON) authorities and Revolutionary Armed Forces of the Sahara (FARS) rebels (of Toubou ethnicity) held a ceremony in which FARS rebels turned over hundreds of weapons (landmines, guns, grenades, etc.). Regrettably, the l [...] | 2008-08-25 13:36:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC PGOV MOPS PREL NG |
08NIAMEY828 | NIGER: HOST COUNTRY MILITARY DECLINES ACOTA [...] (U) Following is an unofficial translation of the text of diplomatic note number 5795 that Embassy Niamey received today from the Government of Niger Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office of Defense Cooperation, dated 25 August 2008: Quote. The Office of Military Cooperation in the Government [...] | 2008-08-26 14:34:00 | Embassy Niamey | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR PREL MOPS NG |
08NIAMEY945 | HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE FOR UNGFA - NIGER [...] The Nigerien attendees to the 63rd UN General Assembly will be as listed below. (Note: no spouses are anticipated to attend, and travel information is not available at this time. All participants speak French. End Note.): A. Attendance of Head of State: No. B. Attendance of Hea [...] | 2008-09-05 14:20:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OVIP OTRA KSEP UNGA NG |
08NIAMEY951 | NIGER: APPLYING LETTER OF THE LAW TO [...] (C) Summary. USAID Country Manager attended a donors' meeting to discuss the current working environment for NGOs. The tense relationships between the Government of Niger (GON) and two NGOs, Medecins Sans Frontier/France (MSF/F) and Agence Contre le Faim/Espagne (ACF/E),after the NGO operati [...] | 2008-09-11 08:55:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ELAB PREL PGOV EAGR NG |
08NIAMEY958 | Nigerien Gov't Delegation Departs for China [...] On September 15, Prime Minister Seini Oumarou led a delegation bound for Beijing. The delegation included: -- Minister of Agricultural Development Mahamane Moussa; -- Minister of Mines and Energy Mohamed Abdoulahi; -- Minister of National Education Ousmane Samba Mamadou; -- Minister [...] | 2008-09-15 14:23:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAGR EPET EMIN EAID CH NG |
08NIAMEY97 | NIGER: ENGAGEMENT WITH FRANCE IN TSCTP COUNTRIES [...] (U) Following is in response to ref b e-mail request for information regarding engagement with France in TSCTP counties. 2. (C) French security interests in Niger are far greater than our own: -- There are more French than American citizens in Niger. Any security incident is therefore m [...] | 2008-01-24 09:23:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV NG FR |
08NIAMEY974 | KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA [...] Charge d'Affaires, a.i., Whitaker briefed Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Director for the Americas, Asia, and Oceania Sani Nana Aicha Andia and Desk Officer for the Americas Aboubacar Danbarma on the subject of reftel on September 19. 2. Aicha Andia stated that the matter woul [...] | 2008-09-20 14:42:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA UN KV NG |
08NIAMEY975 | Community of Democracies at UNGA [...] Charge d'Affaires, a.i., Whitaker and Political Specialist Idi Moussa delivered subject demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Director for the Americas, Asia, and Oceania Sani Nana Aicha Andia and Desk Officer for the Americas Aboubacar Danbarma on September 19. 2. Aicha [...] | 2008-09-20 14:42:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KDEM PGOV PHUM UNGA NG |
08NIAMEY988 | NIAMEY VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR AUGUST 2008 [...] (SBU) Post Visas Viper Committee met on September 15, 2008. Visas Viper Coordinator is Conoff Karan Swaner. Visas Viper Committee Chair CDA Eric Whitaker requested information from the committee. 2. (SBU) Members of the Visas Viper Committee mentioned that sometime in the spring of 2008, A [...] | 2008-09-23 14:18:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEG PREL NG |
08NICOSIA103 | CYPRUS SUPPORTS LEBANON, BUT WON'T ISSUE PUBLIC [...] Per reftel, PolOff on February 11 demarched MFA Middle East Desk Officer Dionysis Dionysiou to request urgent Cypriot support for Lebanon and to urge the RoC to condemn publicly Iran and Syria's interference there. In response, Dionysiou promised to forward to appropriate MFA officials our sp [...] | 2008-02-13 09:07:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM EFIN EINV CY |
08NICOSIA104 | CYPRUS FOLLOWING EU ON CONDEMNING ARREST AND [...] Per reftel, PolOff on February 11 demarched MFA Middle East Desk Officer Dionysis Dionysiou to seek RoC condemnation of the arrest and arraignment of Syrian democracy activists, including Riad Seif. Dionysiou replied that the GoC intended to follow EU consensus on the matter, not opposing the [...] | 2008-02-13 09:08:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL XF XG KMPI NSC SY EUN CY |
08NICOSIA106 | POSSIBILITY OF PAPADOPOULOS RE-ELECTION WEIGHS [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Cypriot leader "President" Mehmet Ali Talat expressed doubt that substantive Cyprus Problem negotiations would resume in the event of a Papadopoulos re-election February 24, but assured that Turkish Cypriots were ready to start talks regardless of which Greek Cypriot prev [...] | 2008-02-13 14:44:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PRGOV PREL TU SR CY |
08NICOSIA110 | CYPRUS TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS SOLICITATION FOR [...] Per Ref A request, the Embassy submits one (1) proposal for an anti-trafficking in persons project to be funded from FY 2008 INCLE and ESF appropriations; details have been sent via e-mail to appropriate Department personnel (Ref B). The request is for a film entitled "Lullaby," by Cypriot fi [...] | 2008-02-15 10:02:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM ASEC ELAB PHUM PREL SMIG CY |
08NICOSIA114 | ROUND TWO DEALS TO DETERMINE ULTIMATE VICTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The February 17 first round of Cypriot elections will narrow to two the list of contenders but simultaneously make the third-place party a potential kingmaker. Current polling on second round scenarios is next to worthless, since the final result will depend more on party lead [...] | 2008-02-15 14:00:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL CY |
08NICOSIA115 | FM TAKING HARD LINE OVER GAERC'S KOSOVO CONCLUSIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: RoC Foreign Minister Erato Marcoullis informed the Ambassador February 15 that Cyprus opposed GAERC conclusions that suggested a common EU platform to recognize Kosovo's independence declaration and thereby flout UNSCR 1244. END SUMMARY. -------------------------------- Dem [...] | 2008-02-15 16:04:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EU UNMIK YI |
08NICOSIA116 | SURPRISE, SURPRISE: INCUMBENT PAPADOPOULOS THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Incumbent Republic of Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos failed February 17 to advance to the second round; instead, challengers Ioannis Kasoulides (DISY, center-right) and Dimitris Christofias (AKEL, left) will do battle February 24. News of Papadopoulos's defeat left Cypr [...] | 2008-02-18 15:30:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU |
08NICOSIA123 | CHRISTOFIAS SEEMINGLY WINNING BATTLE FOR VANQUISHED [...] (SBU) Summary: Following incumbent Tassos Papadopoulos's failure to advance past the February 17 first round of presidential elections, the major parties supporting his candidacy, the Democratic Party (DIKO) and Socialist EDEK announced their decisions to support Communist AKEL leader Dimitri [...] | 2008-02-20 16:23:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CY |
08NICOSIA125 | G/TIP VISITOR SEES FIRST-HAND CYPRIOT EFFORTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: G/TIP Official Jennifer Donnelly visited Cyprus January 31 - February 2 to evaluate RoC efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) on the island. In her meetings, Donnelly acknowledged government successes, such as the recent passage of comprehensive anti-TIP legislation an [...] | 2008-02-22 07:14:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TIP KCRM KWMN CY |
08NICOSIA128 | TURKISH CYPRIOTS GUARDEDLY OPTIMISTIC OVER [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-22 13:08:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TR CY |
08NICOSIA131 | CYPRUS SUPPORTS GEORGIAN TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-25 14:19:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL GG RU YI CY |
08NICOSIA134 | PRESIDENT-ELECT CHRISTOFIAS PROMISES TO REVIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: Greek Cypriots on February 24 elected their first-ever Communist president, AKEL Secretary General Dimitris Christofias. The Soviet-educated Christofias defeated Democratic Rally (DISY)-backed challenger Ioannis Kasoulides by nearly seven points, 53.6 percent to 46.4 percent. [...] | 2008-02-26 09:24:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL CY |
08NICOSIA144 | CHRISTOFIAS SEEKS EARLY ENGAGEMENT WITH TALAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: "If Mehmet Ali (Talat) and I cannot solve the Cyprus Problem, who can?" pondered RoC President-elect Dimitris Christofias in his February 26 meeting with the Ambassador, their first gathering since the February 24 election. Greek Cypriots had selected Christofias due primarily [...] | 2008-02-28 13:02:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP CY |
08NICOSIA146 | TURKISH CYPRIOT BUSINESS; ISOLATION OR [...] (SBU) For decades, maintaining the global (except for Turkey) non-recognition of the "TRNC" has been among the ROC's top foreign policy goals. This, of course, is the inverse of a key objective of the "TRNC;" to achieve even incremental international recognition for its "institutions." There i [...] | 2008-02-28 14:36:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PREL CY |
08NICOSIA152 | HOW COMMUNIST IS CHRISTOFIAS? [...] (C) Summary: The Cypriot business community is confident that despite his education in the old Soviet Union and refusal to disavow his or his party's communist label, President Christofias will keep his promises to maintain the orthodox economic policies that have helped Cyprus grow over the p [...] | 2008-02-29 14:34:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV CY |
08NICOSIA153 | NEW CYPRIOT CABINET NAMED; FEW SURPRISES [...] Summary: After four days of difficult deliberations with the parties that supported his candidacy, RoC President-elect Demetris Christofias on February 28 announced the members of his cabinet. Filling the 11-member body are four ministers from Christofias's AKEL party, three from DIKO, two fr [...] | 2008-02-29 15:10:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL CY |
08NICOSIA156 | TALAT CLAIMS FULL-FLEDGED TALKS WILL IMPROVE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-04 05:08:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU CY |
08NICOSIA189 | LEADERS TO MEET MARCH 21; STILL WORK TO BE DONE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish Cypriot negotiator Ozdil Nami and Republic of Cyprus Presidential Commissioner George Iacovou met March 12, the first gathering of the sides' representatives since the February 24 RoC presidential elections. UNFICYP chief Michael Moller subsequently described the meetin [...] | 2008-03-17 14:22:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CY TU |
08NICOSIA201 | CYPRUS: FINCEN IRAN ADVISORY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-24 12:48:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP IR PREL PARM CY |
08NICOSIA210 | CYPRUS AGREES BELARUS MUST FREE KAZULIN, VOTES TO [...] Per reftel, PolOff demarched Alkis Ieromanachou, First Secretary, Department of Bilateral Relations with Member SIPDIS States of the EU and Neighboring Countries, Cypriot MFA, on March 26. Ieromanachou declared solidarity with the U.S. position that Belarus must free Kazulin and other poli [...] | 2008-03-28 13:58:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL CY |
08NICOSIA212 | CYPRUS TO CONSIDER ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-31 11:36:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PREL CY |
08NICOSIA213 | CYPRUS LIKELY TO ATTEND GI EXERCISE PLANNING GROUP [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-31 11:36:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER CY |
08NICOSIA226 | SOYER SUPPORTS SOLUTION PROCESS AT APRIL 4 MEETING [...] (C) Summary: "Prime Minister" and head of the "governing" Republican Turkish Party (CTP) Ferdi Sabit Soyer was upbeat, if a bit harried, during a forty-five minute meeting with Ambassador Schlicher on April 4. He voiced strong support for keeping the Ledra Street crossing open and blamed the [...] | 2008-04-09 04:14:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TY CY |
08NICOSIA23 | FIFTH CANDIDATE ENTERS RACE, DISMISSIVE OF FEDERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ending weeks of speculation, firebrand European Parliamentarian (MEP) and former Cypriot MP Marios Matsakis announced December 28 his intention to stand as an independent candidate in the February presidential elections. Matsakis, notorious for his anti-British and anti-Turk hi [...] | 2008-01-09 15:02:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CY TU |
08NICOSIA252 | COMPOSITION OF WORKING GROUPS SPURS OPTIMISM [...] (SBU) Summary: President Demetris Christofias's appointment of well-known supporters of the 2004 Annan Plan to the working groups and technical committees soon to begin pre-negotiations preparations has pleased reunification activists but divided Cypriot political parties. Pro-government AKE [...] | 2008-04-21 14:39:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CY |
08NICOSIA263 | CYPRUS: TURKEY CHANGE OF STATUS AT EBRD [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, Post conveyed on April 22 the USG's position concerning Turkey's application to change its membership status in EBRD to Kyriacos Kakouris, Senior Economic Officer, Ministry of Finance. Kakouris said he saw merit in the USG's proposal for an accelerated six-month strat [...] | 2008-04-22 11:54:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL CY |
08NICOSIA264 | RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY [...] (SBU) Following is our response on the impact of rising food/agricultural commodity prices in Cyprus, keyed to Ref A questions. DEMAND: Cyprus has an open, prosperous economy and continues to enjoy an abundance of imported foods and agricultural commodities sufficient for the needs of both [...] | 2008-04-23 08:50:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL CY |
08NICOSIA270 | ECHR ENDORSES PROPERTY SWAP BUT SIDESTEPS THE TURKISH [...] (SBU) Summary: The April 22 decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) approving a property swap between Greek Cypriot refugee Michael Tymvios and Turkey fell short of declaring the Turkish Cypriot "Property Commission" an effective local remedy, a finding that the Republic of Cypr [...] | 2008-04-29 14:05:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CY |
08NICOSIA273 | OPPOSITION LEADER PLEDGES FULL SUPPORT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: New Cypriot President Demetris Christofias could count on DISY supporting his Cyprus reunification strategy "as long he shoots straight and doesn't play games with us," DISY leader Nikos Anastassiades told the Ambassador April 22. Being in opposition did not mean opposing every [...] | 2008-04-30 14:04:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CY TU |
08NICOSIA277 | EMBASSY NICOSIA THOUGHTS ON "DAY OF SOLIDARITY [...] (SBU) In promoting the May 21 "Day of Solidarity with the Cuban People," the Embassy intends to place an Ambassador-drafted op-ed in prominent Greek Cypriot daily newspapers. The article will attempt to draw attention to the plight of Cuba's prisoners of conscience, call for a legitimate pol [...] | 2008-05-05 13:14:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PHUM PREL CY |
08NICOSIA287 | HOW VIRGIN MUST THE BIRTH OF A NEW, POST-SOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: Just two weeks into long-delayed preparatory discussions at the working group/technical committee level, Turkish and Greek Cypriots already are hotly debating (albeit indirectly) one of the prickliest components of a final settlement: the origin and sovereignty of a reunified Cy [...] | 2008-05-09 04:13:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CY TU |
08NICOSIA292 | EMBASSY NICOSIA HOLDS INITIAL EAC ON LEBANON CRISIS [...] (C) Summary: In response to recent developments in Lebanon and a message from the Department ExecSec (Ref A),Ambassador Schlicher chaired a meeting of Post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on May 9 at 1000 hrs local to discuss contingency plans for supporting Embassy Beirut as well as a p [...] | 2008-05-09 14:17:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC PREL PGOV CY LE TU |
08NICOSIA293 | EMBASSY NICOSIA HOLDS SECOND EAC ON LEBANON CRISIS [...] (C) Summary: At 1630 hrs local on May 9, Ambassador Schlicher held an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting to assess the latest developments concerning the Beirut crisis and review progress on Embassy Nicosia contingency planning. The meeting was a follow-up to the initial EAC meeting con [...] | 2008-05-09 15:40:00 | Embassy Nicosia | SECRET | ASEC CASC PREL PGOV CY LE TU |
08NICOSIA294 | EMBASSY NICOSIA EAC LEBANON CRISIS UPDATE MAY 10 [...] (S) Summary: At 1100 hrs local on May 10, Ambassador Schlicher convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting to review the latest developments concerning the Lebanon crisis, follow up on yesterday's EAC meetings (reftel A and B),and discuss the mobilization of services necessary to sup [...] | 2008-05-10 09:55:00 | Embassy Nicosia | SECRET | ASEC CASC PREL PGOV LE CY |
08NICOSIA295 | EMBASSY NICOSIA EAC LEBANON CRISIS UPDATE MAY 12 [...] (SBU) Summary: At 1100 hrs local on May 12, Ambassador Schlicher called an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting to discuss the latest political developments in Lebanon, follow up on last week's EAC meetings (reftel A, B,and C) and discuss preparations for scenarios ranging from the deploy [...] | 2008-05-12 10:04:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC PREL PGOV LE CY |
08NICOSIA300 | EMBASSY NICOSIA EAC LEBANON CRISIS UPDATE MAY 13 [...] (SBU) At 0845 hrs local on May 13, Ambassador Schlicher convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting to review political developments in Lebanon and follow up on the May 12 EAC meeting (reftel). Post submitted an updated staffing request to Washington on May 12. Contingency plannin [...] | 2008-05-13 07:56:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC PREL PGOV LE CY |
08NICOSIA303 | CYPRUS PLEDGES 30,000 EURO FOR HUMANITARIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-14 16:05:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL CY |
08NICOSIA306 | G/C NEGOTIATOR TROUBLED BY TURKISH SIDE'S REFUSAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: "They're not empowered to think or even speculate, much less negotiate," complained Greek Cypriot negotiator George Iacovou in a May 12 meeting with the Ambassador, referring to the Turkish Cypriots staffing the working groups and technical committees currently conducting prepar [...] | 2008-05-15 11:50:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
08NICOSIA307 | LEBANON CRISIS EAC, MAY 15 0845 HRS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-15 12:30:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC PREL PGOV LE CY |
08NICOSIA309 | EMBASSY NICOSIA PLANS UNCHANGED FOR COMMEMORATING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-16 14:24:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KPAO PHUM PREL SOCI CY CU |
08NICOSIA313 | ON LEBANON, CYPRIOTS RELUCTANT TO CRITICIZE [...] (SBU) Ambassador, adding thanks for the steps Cyprus has taken to facilitate USG logistical needs in the recent crisis in Lebanon, spoke with MFA Political Director and former Ambassador to Washington Evripides Evriviades on May 19 to deliver points in reftel. 2. (SBU) Evriviades said th [...] | 2008-05-20 04:08:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL CCY |
08NICOSIA322 | MISSING PERSONS EFFORT STILL A BRIGHT SPOT, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Returning the skeletal remains of 2-3 victims per week to grateful family members, the UN Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) remains a bright example of sustained bi-communal cooperation in Cyprus. The pace of returns likely will spike during the summer, once the Nicosia gene [...] | 2008-05-22 13:33:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM UNFICYP CY |
08NICOSIA323 | CONTACT INFO FOR CYPRIOT OFFICIALS [...] Per reftel, names, titles, and contact information for leading Cypriot officials is included below. Point of contact at post is Political Section OMS Marie Newcomb, newcombma@state.gov, (357) 22-393530. 2. Country: Republic of Cyprus Date: May 22, 2008 Head of Government Last/Famil [...] | 2008-05-23 11:27:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL CY |
08NICOSIA324 | T/C NEGOTIATOR CLAIMS "ENOUGH" PROGRESS IN CURRENT [...] (C) Summary: "When will (Cypriot President Demetris) Christofias ever leave the harbor that (former President and famous hard-liner) Papadopoulos built?" complained Turkish Cypriot negotiator Ozdil Nami in a May 20 meeting with the Ambassador. Nami, without noting his own side's unhelpful pu [...] | 2008-05-23 11:45:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
08NICOSIA34 | CYPRUS GREENS REMAIN FAITHFUL PAPADOPOULOS ALLIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cyprus's Greens should have little affection for a cantankerous chain-smoker who equates Birkenstocks with Wagnerian opera, not fuzzy footwear. Yet the island's pre-eminent environmental movement, represented in Parliament since 2001, steadfastly supports RoC President Tassos P [...] | 2008-01-14 14:53:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SENV CY |
08NICOSIA348 | MAINTAINING POSITIVE MOMENTUM ON CYPRUS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Prospects for substantive progress toward a Cyprus solution appeared bleak in December 2007. RoC President Tassos Papadopoulos enjoyed a clear lead among Greek Cypriot voters, and re-election of the celebrated hard-liner seemed likely. North of the Green Line, [...] | 2008-06-02 04:17:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU |
08NICOSIA40 | CYPRUS WILL SUBMIT HCOC ANNUAL DECLARATIONS BY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-17 14:35:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA CY |
08NICOSIA42 | TURKISH CYPRIOTS DIVIDED OVER GREEK CYPRIOT [...] (C) Summary: Although closely watched by Turkish Cypriot (T/C) politicos, February 2008 presidential elections in the Republic of Cyprus do not engender in the north widespread hope for a future settlement. Of those we polled in the "ruling," pro-solution Republican Turkish Party (CTP),a ma [...] | 2008-01-17 15:28:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TR CY |
08NICOSIA425 | CYPRUS SUPPORTS EUROPEAN CANDIDATE FOR IOM [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-05 13:54:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF SMIG AORC CY |
08NICOSIA426 | GREEK CYPRIOTS DROP EU ASSISTANCE LAWSUITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Citing its satisfaction with a compromise reached days earlier, the Republic of Cyprus on June 3 announced the withdrawal of eight appeals to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) over tenders originating in the European Union's 259-million euro financial aid package for Turkish Cyp [...] | 2008-06-05 14:01:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID ECON CY TU |
08NICOSIA433 | CYPRUS NON-COMMITTAL OVER U.S.-EU SUMMIT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-06 13:05:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM CY |
08NICOSIA434 | TALAT ANGRY AT TWO ESSENTIAL PLAYERS -- THE UN AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-06 15:04:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TY CY |
08NICOSIA44 | CYPRUS SUPPORTS DEPLOYMENT OF ESDP MISSION TO CHAD [...] (C) The Embassy January 17 delivered Reftel non-paper to Haris Christodoulidou, the Cypriot Foreign Ministry's acting head of ESDP/CFSP Affairs. In delivering the demarche, PolChief focused on the urgency of the European Union putting "boots on the ground" soonest in Chad and the Central Rep [...] | 2008-01-18 13:14:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN CD CY TU |
08NICOSIA440 | CYPRIOT FM KYPRIANOU WEIGHING PROPOSAL TO ATTEND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-11 11:29:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PREL PHUM |
08NICOSIA45 | UN PEACEKEEPING MISSION IN CYPRUS SUCCESSFULLY [...] In response to reftel, the Embassy contacted Hala Baber, a front office staffer in the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP). Baber informed us that Maria Wilkins, UNFICYP's senior administrative officer, recently had assumed the mission's "gender focal point" role, charged with educating [...] | 2008-01-18 14:45:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO PREL KCRM CY |
08NICOSIA450 | CYPRIOT REACTIONS MIXED TO RELEASE OF TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reactions to the June 4 release of the 2008 Trafficking in Persons report were mixed in Cyprus, with GOC officials voicing frustration over the Tier 2 Watch List ranking while media and NGOs praised the report for highlighting the severity of the island's TIP problem. Interior [...] | 2008-06-13 13:52:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN PREL PGOV CY SMIG KPAO |
08NICOSIA453 | CYPRUS TO ATTEND BERLIN CONFERENCE, BUT UNLIKELY [...] Per reftel, PolOff on June 11 demarched Cypriot MFA Middle East Desk Officer Dionysus Dionysiou regarding GOC attendance and financial support for the June 24 Conference in Support of Palestinian Civil Police and the Rule of Law in Berlin. Dionysiou replied that Cyprus would attend the event [...] | 2008-06-17 13:08:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KWBG PREL PBTS PHUM CY |
08NICOSIA465 | VISITING ANALYST HEARS MIXED REVIEWS OF CHRISTOFIAS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In meetings with officials and academics, visiting INR biographical analyst Zayda Madriz heard both praise and skepticism of RoC President Demetris Christofias, in office four months. Though Greek Cypriots praised the "change in climate" that accompanied Christofias's election [...] | 2008-06-24 08:13:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR CY |
08NICOSIA479 | PRESIDENT'S HANDLING OF LISBON TREATY CALLS INTO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cyprus likely will ratify the Treaty of Lisbon on July 3, becoming the 20th European Union member state (M-S) to accept Brussels's latest effort at bureaucratic streamlining. In spite of its redefining of M-S relations with Brussels, the matter has generated little substantive [...] | 2008-06-26 10:46:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CY |
08NICOSIA48 | CANDIDATES GEARING UP FOR LAST MONTH OF CAMPAIGN [...] (SBU) Summary: January 18 marked the beginning of the end of the Cypriot presidential race, with candidates formally depositing their paperwork with electoral authorities. With no clear favorite, the campaign is bound to become uglier and more personal in coming weeks. Incumbent Tassos Papa [...] | 2008-01-22 14:18:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CY |
08NICOSIA490 | CONTINUED CYPRIOT "NO" TO KOSOVO RECOGNITION, [...] (C) Ambassador on July 1 delivered Ref A points to Cypriot MFA Political Director (P-equivalent) Euripides Evriviades. On recognition of Kosovo, Evriviades repeated a familiar Cypriot refrain: the RoC would "never" recognize Pristina, even if Serbia did. As such, Cyprus would not participa [...] | 2008-07-01 11:41:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PREL PGOV CY KO SE |
08NICOSIA495 | CYPRUS ASYLUM SERVICES STRUGGLING TO COPE WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Cyprus enjoys the highest per capita rate of asylum seekers in the European Union and is struggling with a backlog of nearly 8,000 asylum applications. RoC migration officials claim the majority pass through Turkey and the northern part of Cyprus en route to the government-con [...] | 2008-07-02 11:56:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM CY |
08NICOSIA499 | CYPRUS: IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1803 [...] (C) Per reftel, on July 1 Post delivered demarche on UNSCR sanctions against Iran Shipping Lines to Alexandros Zenon, Permananet Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We also sent copies to Makis Constantinides, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Communications; Christos Patsalides, Permanen [...] | 2008-07-02 13:51:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD EWWT PARM PINR PREL KNNP CY |
08NICOSIA516 | UN MISSION IN CYPRUS EFFECTIVELY COMBATS TIP AND [...] (U) Per Ref A instructions, the below updates Ref B January 2008 report. 2. (U) Ms. Kyoko Shiotani, Chief Civil Affairs Officer for the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP),confirmed on July 3 that Ms. Maria Wilkins, UNFICYP Civil Affairs Officer, serves as UNFICYP's appointed "gen [...] | 2008-07-09 13:51:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO KCRM KWMN PREL PHUM CY |
08NICOSIA524 | CYPRUS WELCOMES INDIA AND JORDAN TO GLOBAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-11 09:28:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PARM PREL PTER CY |
08NICOSIA529 | GOC PRESIDENT CHRISTOFIAS PREPARES THE GROUND FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 8 press conference, President Christofias stated that his three meetings with Turkish Cypriot leader Talat have fully clarified the basis for full-fledged negotiations - a lingering concern for the G/C leader. He also argued that the Working Groups and Technical Comm [...] | 2008-07-11 12:16:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL CY |
08NICOSIA53 | CYPRUS SUPPORTS "BALANCED" UNHRC GAZA RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) Polchief January 24 delivered urgent Ref A demarche to MFA Acting Political Director (P-equivalent) George Kasoulides. He emphasized the strongly biased nature of the proposed UN Human Rights Council resolution on Gaza, and urged the MFA official to work towards EU consensus in opposin [...] | 2008-01-24 10:28:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CY |
08NICOSIA531 | A/S FRIED'S MESSAGE OF USG SUPPORT FOR UN-BROKERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-14 08:38:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CY TU |
08NICOSIA554 | CYPRUS FOLLOWS EU, SUPPORTS PRISONERS OF [...] Per reftel, PolOff demarched Attach Stelios Georgiades, Cypriot MFA Human Rights Desk Officer, on July 2 regarding support for the Prisoners of Conscience public affairs event in New York. Georgiades responded that the week of July 7-12 he would attend the EU Working Party on Human Rights (COH [...] | 2008-07-21 11:51:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PHUM PREL CY |
08NICOSIA558 | ERDOGAN VISIT: LIMITED CHEST-THUMPING BY THE PM, [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-22 14:42:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU CY |
08NICOSIA559 | G/C ENCLAVED IN KARPAS ARE ENDURING, BUT DWINDLING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-23 06:36:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CY TU ECON |
08NICOSIA620 | CYPRUS STRIVES, HALFHEARTEDLY, TO MEET EU [...] (SBU) Summary: Four years after joining the European Union, Cyprus has not fulfilled several key EU directives on asylum and immigration. Its implementation of the asylum reception conditions directive is subpar; for example: housing is inadequate, welfare distribution is spotty and access to [...] | 2008-07-30 13:17:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM CY |
08NICOSIA628 | CHRISTOFIAS GUARDEDLY OPTIMISTIC REGARDING [...] (C) SUMMARY: If he and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat could not reunite Cyprus, then who could? RoC President Demetris Christofias told the Ambassador during the latter's farewell call July 31. President Christofias, while pleased with the outcome of the March-July preparatory phase [...] | 2008-08-01 13:03:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
08NICOSIA633 | PROVISIONAL INFORMATION ON CYPRIOT PRESENCE AT [...] (SBU) Provisional information regarding Cypriot VIP attendance at the 63rd UN General Assembly appears below. Post will continue to engage Presidency and MFA contacts to ascertain final information, providing Department and other addressees updates as merited. 2. Attendees: President D [...] | 2008-08-05 10:46:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KSEP PREL OTRA OVIP CY |
08NICOSIA644 | CYPRUS SUPPORTS KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON THE FARC [...] Per reftel, PolOff demarched Second Secretary Cyril Nicolaou, the Americas Desk Officer for the Cypriot MFA, on August 5 regarding Cyprus's support for keeping the pressure on the FARC. Nicolaou replied that Cyprus does not support the human rights abuses and terrorist acts of the FARC, and [...] | 2008-08-05 14:10:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL VE HR EUN PTER AF SNAR PGOV CY |
08NICOSIA649 | TALAT STILL TROUBLED BY GREEK CYPRIOT MOTIVATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: "I believe Christofias sincerely desires a solution," Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat informed the Ambassador at his farewell call August 6, "but I doubt his ability to manage the process and control Greek Cypriot hard-liners." Formal negotiations would commence on Sept [...] | 2008-08-07 13:08:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU |
08NICOSIA650 | TURKISH CYPRIOTS DIVIDED ON EVE OF NEGOTIATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-07 13:52:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU CY |
08NICOSIA660 | CYPRIOTS TORN BETWEEN SUPPORTING RUSSIA, GEORGIA'S [...] (C) In response to Ref A, PolChief on August 12 demarched Cyprus MFA Russia Desk Officer Alkys Ieromonachou and Ministerial Counselor Charis Christodoulidou, emphasizing that the Euro-Atlantic community must act in concert to condemn Russian aggression in Georgia, demand an immediate cease-fi [...] | 2008-08-12 13:28:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CY RU GG |
08NICOSIA663 | CYPRUS PLEDGES FULL SUPPORT FOR THE NSG DRAFT [...] (SBU) In response to urgent reftel requesting that Embassies in Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) countries urge host governments to support the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative at the NSG plenary session August 21-22, Polchief on August 12 transmitted points to MFA Multilateral Af [...] | 2008-08-13 12:40:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL ETTC AORC CY |
08NICOSIA668 | CYPRIOTS STILL DIVIDED ON GEORGIA, AT LEAST [...] (C) In response to Ref A, Polchief on August 14 delivered Georgia-related points to MFA Acting Political Director George Kasoulides. Referring to accounts of continued Russian military activity in and around Gori, the MFA diplomat lamented that hard, confirmed accounts were difficult to obta [...] | 2008-08-14 14:39:00 | Embassy Nicosia | SECRET | MOPS PREL PHUM OSCE |
08NICOSIA67 | FATE OF "RULING" TURKISH CYPRIOT PARTY DEPENDS ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-28 15:18:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TR CY |
08NICOSIA673 | TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS HOTLINE NUMBERS FOR CYPRUS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-18 13:30:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL CY |
08NICOSIA675 | ON EVE OF NEGOTIATIONS, TURKISH-CYPRIOT ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary. The economy of north Cyprus continues its year-long decline exacerbated by the "government's" lack of cash in the wake of higher than anticipated expenses. "Government" creditors are not being paid on time and the ripple effects are felt throughout the economy and the banking syst [...] | 2008-08-20 11:13:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV CY |
08NICOSIA68 | CYPRUS SUPPORTS BANNING IMPORTS OF BURMESE GEMS [...] Per reftel, PolOff demarched Republic of Cyprus MFA Asia Desk Officer Nikos Panayi on January 25. Panayi responded that the European Union had a "high interest" in the situation in Burma, as demonstrated by the November 2007 appointment of Italian MP Piero Fassino as EU Special Envoy to Burm [...] | 2008-01-28 15:18:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD PHUM BU CY |
08NICOSIA682 | NEW ARRIVALS CHANGING CYPRUS'S BI-COMMUNAL [...] (SBU) Summary: An island long accustomed to exporting human capital, Cyprus has witnessed an unprecedented wave of immigration in the last ten years, altering the historically bi-communal (Turkish- and Greek-Cypriot) demographic balance and potentially affecting the Republic's political landsc [...] | 2008-08-22 08:50:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL ECON CY |
08NICOSIA691 | CYPRUS: CHURCH AND STATE CONTINUE TO CLASH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Few would expect a chummy relationship between Cyprus's pro-solution, card-carrying Communist President Demetris Christofias and its hard-line nationalist, conservative archbishop, Chrysostomos II. Leader of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus since late 2006, the bombastic Archbisho [...] | 2008-08-25 13:49:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM CY TU |
08NICOSIA697 | CYPRUS WORRIED BY RUSSIA'S RECENT RECOGNITION OF [...] (C) Per Ref A, the Ambassador, in his August 28 introductory call on Cypriot MFA Permanent Secretary (D-equivalent) Nicholas Emiliou, condemned Russia's recent aggression in the Caucasus and August 26 recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Further, he raised Washington's hope that Cyprus [...] | 2008-08-29 12:04:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM CY RU GE |
08NICOSIA698 | CYPRUS IN FAVOR OF SERBIAN ICJ INITIATIVE ON KOSOVO [...] (C) PolChief on August 29 raised Reftel points to MFA Western Balkans Desk Officer Olympia Neocleous, emphasizing that Serbia's intention at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) to seek an International Court of Justice (ICJ) advisory opinion on the legality of Kosovo's declaration of independence w [...] | 2008-08-29 14:41:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNGA UN KV CY |
08NICOSIA70 | CYPRIOT CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND KEY RESOURCES [...] (U) This telegram contains Embassy Nicosia's assessment of critical infrastructure and key resources on Cyprus which, if destroyed, disrupted, or exploited, might have an immediate and deleterious effect on the United States. Embassy responses are keyed in Reftel order. 2. (SBU) Reftel Pa [...] | 2008-01-29 14:17:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ECON PTER PREL PGOV ETTC EAID EFIN CY |
08NICOSIA703 | CYPRUS: WHERE WE ARE AT THE START OF FORMAL TALKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At rock-bottom of a four-year impasse, few believed on January 1 that full-fledged Cyprus Problem negotiations would recommence during 2008. In the eight months since, however, Greek Cypriots dumped their intransigent leader and replaced him with freer-thinking Demetris Chris [...] | 2008-09-02 13:55:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UN UNFICYP CY TU |
08NICOSIA710 | UNGA: CYPRUS SUPPORTS FIRST COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS [...] (SBU) Per reftel, PolOff on September 2 demarched MFA Multilateral Affairs officer Panayiotis Papadopoulos regarding the USG's proposed UN General Assembly First Committee (UNFC) resolution on Compliance with Non-Proliferation, Arms Limitation and Disarmament Agreements. Papadopoulos stated [...] | 2008-09-04 13:42:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL UNGA CY |
08NICOSIA713 | CYPRUS: UN-BROKERED TALKS OPEN WITH FEW SUPRISES, [...] (C) Summary: UN-brokered full-fledged negotiations to resolve the Cyprus Problem recommenced on September 3, with leaders Mehmet Ali Talat and Demetris Christofias participating in a mostly-ceremonial two-hour gathering with UN Special Advisor Alexander Downer. After airing the usual redline [...] | 2008-09-04 15:36:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU CY |
08NICOSIA715 | GYMNICH: CYPRUS AGREES WITH U.S. POSITIONS ON [...] (SBU) Per reftel, PolOff demarched MFA European Division diplomat Nikos Panayiotou regarding issues likely to be raised at the September 5-6 Gymnich informal meeting of EU foreign ministers. Panayiotou stated the GOC supported the Middle East peace process and legitimate Palestinian Authorit [...] | 2008-09-05 15:32:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM CY |
08NICOSIA717 | CYPRUS TRIES TO MAINTAIN "BALANCED APPROACH" TO [...] (SBU) Per Ref A, PolOff on September 4 demarched MFA European Division diplomant Nikos Panayiotou regarding the upcoming Gymnich informal meeting of EU foreign ministers, where Georgia would figure high on the agenda. Panayiotou stated that the GOC was trying to maintain a "balanced approach" [...] | 2008-09-05 15:53:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CY GE |
08NICOSIA728 | CYPRUS: PRESIDENT REPLIES TO AMBASSADOR'S [...] (U) U.S. Ambassador Frank C. Urbancic on September 9 presented his credentials to Republic of Cyprus President Demetris Christofias. Later that day, President Christofias's office sent a formal, written reply to the Ambassador's statement from the presentation of credentials ceremony. The t [...] | 2008-09-10 14:27:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OPDC CY |
08NICOSIA730 | CYPRUS: SUPPORT FOR EGYPT'S MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE ON AVIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-11 14:02:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AORC TBIO EAGR EAID PREL CY |
08NICOSIA731 | CYPRUS: FM KYPRIANOU DESIRES CLOSE U.S.-ROC [...] (C) SUMMARY: "Nothing should divide us" asserted Republic of Cyprus Foreign Minister Markos Kyprianou at Ambassador Urbancic's September 10 introductory call. The United States and Cyprus shared numerous interests, Kyprianou continued, and could cooperate in spheres ranging from science and [...] | 2008-09-12 15:16:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU GE |
08NICOSIA741 | CYPRIOT DELEGATION AND PLANS FOR UPCOMING GENERAL [...] (SBU) The Republic of Cyprus Presidency on September 16 provided the following information regarding the Cypriot delegation to the 63rd UN General Assembly, which updates provisional submission forwarded on August 5 (Reftel): a) Composition: President Demetris Christofias (Head of Delegati [...] | 2008-09-16 13:07:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KSEP PREL OTRA OVIP CY |
08NICOSIA744 | CYPRUS: TURKISH CYPRIOT LEADER TALAT HOPEFUL ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-17 12:11:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TR CY |
08NICOSIA745 | CYPRUS LIKLEY TO SUPPORT US PROPOSALS AT THE IMSO ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, Post delivered on September 9 demarche on the upcoming Assembly of Parties Meeting for the International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO) in Valletta, Malta, from September 29 to October 3, 2008 to Nicholas Emiliou, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. [...] | 2008-09-17 13:04:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EWWT IMO KSCA PBTS PHSA PREL CY |
08NICOSIA759 | CYPRUS' ECONOMY STILL STRONG, THANKS TO RUSSIA [...] (SBU) Finance Minister Charilaos Stavrakis said Cyprus continues to enjoy solid economic growth and a positive economic outlook, but that "it can't go on forever." During Ambassador Urbancic's September 22 introductory call, the Minister noted that Cyprus has "almost zero" exposure to the prob [...] | 2008-09-22 13:07:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL PGOV EFIN CY |
08NICOSIA763 | CYPRIOT BANKS REDUCING US RISK EXPOSURE [...] (SBU) In response to the upheaval in US markets, Cypriot financial institutions are taking a very conservative approach to risk management and reassessing their financial exposure to US financial firms. Most seriously, on September 17 the Bank of Cyprus, the country's largest bank, issued inst [...] | 2008-09-24 13:46:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL CY |
08NICOSIA777 | CYPRUS TO OPEN EMBASSY IN HAVANA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Perhaps the only surprise in the Cypriot Foreign Ministry's September 24 declaration that it would open an embassy in Havana was that the government had waited so long. Cuba holds a fond spot in the heart of Demetris Christofias, the communist AKEL party chairman elected RoC pr [...] | 2008-09-30 09:16:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM CY CU |
08NICOSIA782 | CYPRUS: DENKTASH SCION NOT HOPEFUL ON PROSPECTS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-30 14:03:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU CY |
08NICOSIA785 | CYPRUS: STUDY POINTS FINGERS AT G/C HISTORY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A recently-published study by a respected Greek Cypriot academic that criticizes RoC middle school history instruction has strengthened the case of those G/Cs who are demanding a curriculum revision similar to that carried out in the Turkish Cypriot community five years ago. S [...] | 2008-10-02 14:43:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM CY TU |
08NICOSIA799 | CYPRIOTS CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ICJ RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-07 10:06:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNGA CY KO |
08NICOSIA80 | KOSOVO: CYPRIOTS AGREE ON ESDP CONOPS, NOT YET [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cypriot Political Director Euripides Evriaviades claimed victory in seeing the Kosovo ESDP Concept of Operations document stripped of text "dangerous" to the Republic of Cyprus, leaving instead acceptable, "status-neutral" language. Cyprus has not yet agreed to support the depl [...] | 2008-02-01 10:33:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KO SE CY |
08NICOSIA811 | CYPRUS TO ANNOUNCE TENDERS FOR OFFSHORE [...] (C) The Cypriot Department of Energy is planning to announce the next round of bidding for offshore oil and gas exploration in Cypriot-claimed waters this November. During the first round of bidding in August, 2007, only three of the eleven blocs on offer received bids. Subsequently, only Nob [...] | 2008-10-10 11:13:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL EPET CY |
08NICOSIA813 | CYPRUS TO ANNOUNCE TENDERS FOR OFFSHORE [...] (C) The Cypriot Department of Energy is planning to announce the next round of bidding for offshore oil and gas exploration in Cypriot-claimed waters this November. During the first round of bidding in August, 2007, only three of the eleven blocs on offer received bids. Subsequently, only Nob [...] | 2008-10-10 12:15:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL EPET CY |
08NICOSIA814 | CYPRUS SHORES-UP CONFIDENCE IN BANKS, RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Although the Cyprus Stock Exchange has experienced larger losses than most global exchanges, local banks remain solid and confidence in the country's economic future among consumers and businesspeople remains high. This is due to a lack of Cypriot exposure to stock and bonds, f [...] | 2008-10-10 13:49:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL RU CY |
08NICOSIA815 | CYPRUS: PARLIAMENT GRILLS FM ON PLANNED EMBASSY IN [...] (U) Members of the Cypriot House of Representatives' Foreign Affairs committee voiced displeasure over the RoC's recent decision to open an embassy in Cuba (Reftel),local media reported on October 10. Committee Chairman Averoff Neophytou (DISY, center-right),speaking at the conclusion of a [...] | 2008-10-10 14:08:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM CY CU |
08NICOSIA816 | CYPRUS: CARTER, "ELDERS" OPTIMISTIC OVER TALKS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: "I'm overwhelmingly encouraged at prospects for Cyprus's reunification," asserted U.S. President Jimmy Carter on October 9 in Nicosia. Carter, along with fellow "Elders" Archbishop Desmond Tutu and former Algerian Foreign Minister Lakhdar Brahimi, had come to Cyprus "to commend th [...] | 2008-10-14 14:38:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
08NICOSIA836 | CYPRUS: T/C NEGOTIATOR URGES GREATER U.S. ROLE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-23 14:05:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TR CY |
08NICOSIA841 | CYPRUS NOMINEE FOR THE SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR [...] Per ref tel. action request, Embassy Nicosia nominates anti-TIP activist Ms. Mine Yucel for the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. For further information regarding this nominee, please contact Embassy's Bicommunal Program Coordinator Juliette Dickstein, dicksteinja@state.go [...] | 2008-10-27 15:08:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM PREL KPAO CY |
08NICOSIA859 | CYPRIOT STANCE AT UPCOMING GAERC/GYMNICH [...] (C) On October 30, Poloffs delivered Reftel demarche on upcoming Gymnich and GAERC meetings to MFA European Union desk officer Nikos Panayiotou. Turning first to the Gymnich meeting and its focus on transatlantic relations, Panayiotou stressed that Cyprus and the broader EU understood the nec [...] | 2008-10-31 14:21:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD |
08NICOSIA86 | CYPRUS WILL SEND REPRESENTATIVE TO GLOBAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-07 08:46:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PTER PREL CY |
08NICOSIA860 | CYPRUS CONDEMNS ALLEGED U.S. RAID IN EASTERN SYRIA [...] (U) Via a press release and posting on its web site, the Cypriot Foreign Ministry on October 31 condemned the alleged U.S. raid on Al Qaeda Iraq targets in eastern Syria. Text of the message follows: "The Government of the Republic of Cyprus wishes to extend its deepest condolences to the [...] | 2008-11-03 05:17:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CY SY |
08NICOSIA874 | CYPRUS SHORES-UP CONFIDENCE IN BANKS, RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Although the Cyprus Stock Exchange has experienced larger loses than most global exchanges, local banks remain solid and confidence in the country,s economic future among consumers and businesspeople remains high. This is due to a lack of Cypriot exposure to stock and bonds, fo [...] | 2008-11-04 09:56:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL RU CY |
08NICOSIA877 | CYPRUS: VISITING IO A/S HEARS BOTH SIDES OF STORY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs Brian Hook visited Cyprus October 22-24 to meet Greek and Turkish Cypriot political leaders and witness firsthand peacekeeping operations of the UN Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP). UNFICYP military, police, and civil affairs [...] | 2008-11-05 15:08:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU |
08NICOSIA879 | CYPRIOT VIEWS ON NEW EU APPROACH IN BOSNIA [...] (C) On November 3, Poloff delivered Reftel demarche concerning USG views on the deteriorating situation in Bosnia to MFA Department of Multilateral Affairs and International Organizations attache Doros Venizis. Venezis stated that Cyprus and the broader EU share the same concerns as the USG a [...] | 2008-11-06 13:12:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BK CY |
08NICOSIA880 | CYPRUS: "RULING" TURKISH CYPRIOT PARTY GROWING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-06 15:31:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TR CY |
08NICOSIA881 | PRESIDENT CHRISTOFIAS BEHIND CYPRUS'S CONDEMNATION [...] (C) The Cypriot Foreign Ministry on October 31 condemned the alleged October 26 U.S. raid on Al Qaeda Iraq targets in eastern Syria via a press release and website posting (Reftel). In a November 4 meeting with PolChief, Middle East Desk Officer Dionysus Dionysiou explained MFA thinking in a [...] | 2008-11-07 05:03:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CY SY TU |
08NICOSIA886 | CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT-ELECT BARACK [...] ROC President Demetris Christofias on November 7 issued a congratulatory message to U.S.President-elect Barack Obama, the text of which appears in Paragraph 2. 2. "On behalf of the people and the Government of the Republic of Cyprus, I would like to express my most heartfelt congratulations [...] | 2008-11-10 13:27:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL OVIP CY |
08NICOSIA887 | TURKISH AND GREEK CYPRIOTS AGREE; CUSTOMS TRAINING [...] (SBU) Over the past year there have been reports of increasing levels of people smuggling and drug trafficking through north Cyprus. Although we have no firm evidence, Post believes that the passenger ferry between Famagusta and Syria has augmented previously established smuggling via cargo s [...] | 2008-11-10 14:52:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP KSTC PREL CY |
08NICOSIA896 | CYPRUS: RESIDENT SYRIAN COMMUNITY PROTESTS [...] (SBU) At 1100 hrs on November 8, approximately 50 individuals representing the Syrian diaspora in Cyprus staged a demonstration around the corner from Embassy Nicosia (Ref C). Protesters criticized the alleged October 26 U.S. military operation in eastern Syria. The demonstration was peace [...] | 2008-11-13 13:19:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PREL CY SY |
08NICOSIA897 | CYPRUS WILL CONSIDER USG CONCERNS OVER EXPULSION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-13 13:19:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SNAR BL CY |
08NICOSIA90 | PRIVATE-SECTOR OUTREACH AND THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] Per reftel, PolOff on January 30 demarched First Secretary Panayiotis Papadopolous, Department of Multilateral SIPDIS Affairs, Cypriot MFA, to encourage the Cypriot government to conduct private sector outreach in support of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI). Papadopol [...] | 2008-02-07 13:55:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC IAEA CY |
08NICOSIA91 | DISY CHIEF STILL UNCONVINCED ITS CANDIDATE WILL [...] (C) Summary: In a February 6 meeting with the Ambassador, Democratic Rally (DISY) leader Nikos Anastassiades claimed that candidate Ioannis Kasoulides's presidential prospects were improving, but continued to worry he might not advance to the second round. Harming Kasoulides were DISY's inab [...] | 2008-02-07 14:48:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU |
08NICOSIA910 | CYPRUS: ROC CONDEMNS TURKISH NAVY HARASSMENT IN [...] (U) This cable contains an action request -- please see Paragraph 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Cypriot Foreign Ministry on November 14 summoned the Ambassador to protest Turkey's alleged same-day harassment of two RoC-contracted vessels conducting seismic exploration in waters Cyprus considers [...] | 2008-11-18 14:16:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR ECON EPET CY TU |
08NICOSIA911 | CYPRUS TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT RESPONSE [...] (U) Embassy responses to the TIP interim assessment for Special Watch List countries are keyed Reftel order. 2. (SBU) Law enforcement efforts to combat trafficking: During the interim period covered by this report (April 1 - November 15),the Republic of Cyprus opened 24 cases for investig [...] | 2008-11-18 14:17:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP KCRM KWMN PHUM PGOV PREL SMIG CY |
08NICOSIA916 | CYPRUS: UNFICYP PLEASED BY LATEST LEADERS' [...] (C) SUMMARY: The quickening pace of leaders' meetings and some recent progress on Governance issues have heartened the UN negotiating team, according to UNFICYP Senior Adviser Wlodek Cibor. In a November 19 meeting with Embassy staff, Cibor recounted recent developments in the negotiations an [...] | 2008-11-20 14:50:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
08NICOSIA917 | CYPRUS: DEFENSE MINISTRY COMPLAINS U.S. BLOCKING [...] (C) The Ambassador on November 14 paid a courtesy call on Minister of Defense Costas Papacostas and MoD Permanent Secretary (Deputy Secretary-equivalent) Petros Kareklas. After initial pleasantries, Papacostas commented on the good bilateral relationship between the US and the Government of C [...] | 2008-11-21 08:36:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL CY TU RU |
08NICOSIA918 | MFA OPPOSES EXBS TRAINING IN NORTH, BUT SOFTLY [...] (C) Following his meeting with econoff on November 3 (reftel),the Finance Ministry Permanent Secretary wrote an interagency memo reporting possible USG interest in training customs "officials" in north Cyprus on WMD detection at northern ports. In response to this memo, MFA requested a briefi [...] | 2008-11-21 08:44:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP KSTC PREL CY |
08NICOSIA929 | CYPRUS: "TRNC PM" WARNS OF MID-2009 EARLY ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-25 15:34:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TR CY |
08NICOSIA930 | CYPRUS: TALAT URGES FASTER UN PROCESS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-25 15:52:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TR CY |
08NICOSIA935 | CYPRUS: ROC POSITION UNCHANGED ON ANTI-ISRAEL [...] (C) The Embassy on November 21 shared Ref A points regarding anti-Israel UN General Assembly resolutions with Cypriot MFA Middle East Desk Officer Dionysus Dionysiou. In a follow-up call on November 24, PolChief reviewed the overarching U.S. objective for the Middle East peace process -- to [...] | 2008-11-26 14:31:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNGA MEPP CY IS |
08NICOSIA936 | CYPRUS AGAIN SEEKS USG SUPPORT FOR WASSENAAR BID [...] (U) This message contains an action request; please see Paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) The Cypriot Foreign Ministry on November 25 asked the Embassy to forward immediately correspondence from Foreign Minister Markos Kyprianou to the Secretary. The letter, the text of which appears in Paragraph 6 [...] | 2008-11-26 14:41:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR CY TU |
08NICOSIA938 | CYPRIOTS SUPPORT DISCUSSION OF RUSSIAN SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The head of RoC President Demetris Christofias's diplomatic office, Leonidas Pantelides, met the DCM on November 25 to brief on Christofias's November 19-20 trip to Moscow. Pantelides had accompanied Christofias and was privy to discussions on Russia's European security proposa [...] | 2008-12-01 14:47:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OSCE CY RU |
08NICOSIA94 | LEFT-WING CHALLENGER PROMISES CLOSE RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: AKEL (Communist) Secretary General and presidential candidate Dimitris Christofias promises his administration will seek and value close relations with the United States. Only with U.S. and UK input and support could Cyprus reunify, he told the Ambassador February 5; while rela [...] | 2008-02-08 10:12:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU |
08NICOSIA952 | CYPRUS: DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR DECEMBER 8-9 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-03 15:19:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD CY |
08NICOSIA958 | CHURCH OF CYPRUS AND COMMUNITY OF SANT'EDIGIO HOST [...] (SBU) Summary: Political and religious leaders of numerous nations and various faiths gathered in Nicosia November 16-18 at a conference organized by the Roman Catholic Community of Sant'Egidio and hosted/financed by the Church of Cyprus. Despite earlier misgivings that the event could morph in [...] | 2008-12-08 04:46:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KIRF VT CY |
08NICOSIA961 | LATEST UNFICYP THINKING ON DEMINING, REPORTING TO [...] (SBU) The Ambassador on December 4 met with Wlodek Cibor, UNFICYP Senior Adviser and deputy to Taye-Brook Zerihoun, the UN Secretary General's Special Representative in Cyprus. Cibor was acting mission chief, as Zerihoun was in New York to brief the Security Council on UNFICYP operations and t [...] | 2008-12-08 14:33:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP MOPS CY TU |
08NICOSIA963 | CYPRUS: LIBERTAD ACT [...] (SBU) Following is Post's response to Reftel questionnaire (answers keyed to questions). -- Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? No, the ROC has not worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights [...] | 2008-12-09 13:46:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD ETTC PREL CU CY |
08NICOSIA964 | CYPRUS: ROC UNHAPPY WITH SYG REPORT, DOWNPLAYING [...] (C) The Cypriot Foreign Ministry on December 9 summoned resident P-5 chiefs of mission for consultations on the second, UK-distributed draft of the UNFICYP rollover resolution. DCM called on MFA Permanent Secretary Nicolas Emiliou to receive the MFA demarche. Emiliou considered the draft an [...] | 2008-12-09 15:43:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
08NICOSIA981 | CYPRUS: TURKISH AMBASSADOR'S INTERVIEW HARBINGER [...] (C) Summary: Departing Turkish "Ambassador to the TRNC" Turkekul Kurttekin's call for Turkish Cypriot (T/C) economic and structural reform may in fact be a harbinger of early "parliamentary" elections in 2009 (they are scheduled for 2010.) In two interviews, Kurttekin criticized the Turkish [...] | 2008-12-18 14:32:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TR CY |
08NICOSIA984 | CYPRUS: LOGISTICS FOR EASTERN MED REGIONAL [...] (U) Embassy Nicosia, in conjunction with the State Department's Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism (S/CT),will host the Eastern Mediterranean Regional Strategic Initiative (RSI) review on January 13. Ref message provided background on RSI and a brief rollout of the substantive d [...] | 2008-12-22 07:13:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL CY |
08NICOSIA985 | ECJ ADVOCATE GENERAL'S OPINION FAVORS GREEK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a property-related lawsuit with potentially great precedent value, European Court of Justice Advocate General Julianne Kokott on December 18 opined that a judgment of a court in the Republic of Cyprus must be recognized and enforced in other EU member states, even where it re [...] | 2008-12-22 12:28:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM CY TU |
08NICOSIA992 | CYPRUS: BARROSO TO TALAT - "CONCENTRATE ON THE [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Cypriot Leader Mehmet Ali Talat's December 9-11 visit to Brussels was not particularly productive, according to two Turkish Cypriot (T/C) contacts who accompanied him. European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso largely had turned a deaf ear to T/C entreaties for e [...] | 2008-12-29 06:21:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU CY TU |
08NICOSIA997 | CYPRUS: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-31 10:35:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP EFIN PARM IR CY |
08NOUAKCHOTT113 | MAURITANIAN AUTHORITIES IDENTIFY A SUSPECT IN [...] (SBU) On February 25 the Public Prosecutor officially accused one Al Khadim Ould Semane of participating in the February 1 attack on the Israeli embassy. Semane is a known activist for Al Qaeda who escaped from Nouakchott central prison in 2005 and fled the country immediately afterward. The [...] | 2008-02-26 16:26:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | SECRET | PTER PREL ASEC CASC MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT135 | MAURITANIAN MEDIA REACTION (MARCH 1-10),GAZA CRISIS: RICE [...] SUMMARY: Throughout the past two weeks the Mauritanian media has been closely following events in Gaza and Israel. Almost all coverage has followed mid east wires and other sources from the region with a generally condemnatory tone towards Israel. Comment has been limited. However, a number [...] | 2008-03-11 17:55:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KWBG KPAO IS |
08NOUAKCHOTT232 | KOSOVO RECOGNITION LOBBYING: TARGET COUNTRIES IN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-12 07:51:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNMIK PGOV MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT252 | MAURITANIAN GOVERNMENT CABINET RESHUFFLE -- RETURN [...] (C) One year into his administration, President Abdallahi is changing his team. The change was long anticipated -- a change from a government that reflected the necessary political compromises of the immediate post-election to a government that takes greater account of political, ethnic and [...] | 2008-05-28 13:57:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KMCA MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT256 | MAURITANIA: GENERAL AZIZ GOES TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) Summary: The visit of Personal Military Chief of Staff to the Presidency General Mohamed Abdel Aziz provides the opportunity for Washington policymakers key to sustaining Mauritania's democratic transition and helping face the challenge of terrorism. 2. (S - N/F) The Trip: GRPO will be [...] | 2008-05-29 13:01:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINR PGOV PTER MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT323 | POLITICAL STORM SEASON IN MAURITANIA [...] (C) Over the past several weeks, Mauritanian media has been rife with political intrigue. President Abdallahi is said to have had a falling out with his security head General Aziz leading to rumors of impending coups. The opposition is trying to pull together the one-third majority of the Na [...] | 2008-06-25 18:38:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KMCA MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT332 | MAURITANIAN DEPUTIES VOTE TO INTRODUCE MOTION OF [...] (U) On 30 June 2008, 39 deputies in the Mauritanian Parliament signed a bill to introduce a motion of censure against the government of Prime Minister Waghef. 29 signatories to the bill were from the majority National Pact for Democracy and Development (PNDD-ADIL) party. According to artic [...] | 2008-06-30 17:45:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KMCA MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT400 | DISCONTENT IN THE RANKS: PARLIAMENTARIANS [...] (SBU) Tension continues to mount between President Abdallahi and the Parliament following the installation of a new Government on 15 July 2008. The new Government was the President's attempt to placate Parliamentarians from his PNDD-ADIL party who introduced a motion of censure against Prime [...] | 2008-07-31 14:35:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KMCA MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT405 | ISLAMIC TRADE FINANCE CORPORATION GIVES $40 [...] Summary. The Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) signed a $40 million agreement with the Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (GIRM) to improve food security, agricultural productivity, and land management. Of the $40 million package, $14 million will be for increasing food [...] | 2008-08-03 16:18:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ECIN PREL |
08NOUAKCHOTT413 | SIT REP 3: COUP IN MAURITANIA [...] (C) UNDP Res Rep Maria Ribeiro invited COMs from the US, French, Spanish and German embassies as well as the EU Commission to discuss today's developments. Ambassador Boulware discussed his conversation earlier in the day with General Aziz. Counterparts reported similar discussions with vari [...] | 2008-08-06 20:10:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC PGOV PREL PINR MOPS MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT414 | SIT REP 4: COUP IN MAURITANIA [...] (C) Nouakchott was calm overnight and activity was reduced in town but relatively normal. Post has received reports are that General Aziz moved from BASEP headquarters to the Presidency yesterday evening. He has not been seen in public since the coup took place. The perimeter established by [...] | 2008-08-07 14:19:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | SECRET | ASEC CASC PGOV PREL PINR MOPS MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT421 | SITREP 6: COUP IN MAURITANIA [...] (C) Ambassador received a message from Presidential protocol the afternoon of August 9, inviting him to meet with individually with General Aziz. Once US and EU Ambassadors determined that General Aziz preferred meeting with us individually rather than to receive the joint demarche, the ambas [...] | 2008-08-11 09:47:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ASEC CASC EAID MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT431 | SITREP 7: COUP IN MAURITANIA [...] (SBU) The National Front for the Defense of Democracy (FNDD),a coalition of six political parties opposed to the military coup, held a two-hour rally at the old stadium in Nouakchott. FSNs report a peaceful gathering of 3000-3500 attendees, with police present only to direct traffic. FNDD bus [...] | 2008-08-12 20:46:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT439 | SITREP 10 - VISIT OF U.S. ENVOYS TO MAURITANIA [...] (C) General Aziz, accompanied by his Director of Cabinet, Cheyakh Ould Ely, and Presidential Diplomatic and Security Advisor, Ould Michel, received visiting AF DAS Todd Moss and DoD Principal Director for African Affairs, Michael Dumont as well as Ambassador and DATT. DAS Moss underscored that [...] | 2008-08-17 16:41:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT478 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH JUNTA'S "FOREIGN [...] (C) Ambassador met on September 2 with the junta's "Foreign Minister," Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou at the latter's request. Noting the historically good relations between the United States and Mauritania, Ould Mohamedou hoped that these could continue even under the current "difficult circu [...] | 2008-09-04 12:45:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CPAS MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT480 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FORMER PRESIDENT ELY [...] (C) Ambassador met with former President Ely Ould Mohamed Vall at the latter's residence on September 7. Vall, recently returned from Ireland where he has been studying English, indicated that he would be remaining in Nouakchott at least through Ramadan. Vall wanted to discuss the current p [...] | 2008-09-07 16:10:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT488 | INSPECTOR GENERAL SEES MILITARY CORRUPTION AS [...] (C) DCM met September 8 with Mauritanian National Inspector General Mohamed Abba Ould Sidi Ould Jeilany at the IG's request. A clearly disgusted Jeilany (strictly protect) told DCM that he was convinced the generals had gone after President Abdallahi because they were afraid they would be pro [...] | 2008-09-09 16:04:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT503 | PARLIAMENT ENDORSES CALL FOR NEW ELECTIONS [...] (U) Parliamentary Resolution: On September 14 the Emergency Session of the National Assembly, with 56 of its 95 members present, adopted a resolution supporting the report of a Special Commission established to review the causes of the political crisis and laying out recommendations for an e [...] | 2008-09-15 16:11:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT505 | AEP 15 MEETING WITH AU PEACE AND SECURITY [...] (C) AU Peace and Security Commissioner Lamamra asked UN Resident Coordinator Maria Ribeiro to invite repesentatives of the international community to meet with him on September 15 prior to his meeting with various Mauritanian figures. Commissioner Lamamra noted that he had asked to meet to d [...] | 2008-09-15 17:15:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT514 | FRENCH AND ALGERIAN TAKES ON AU COMMISSIONER [...] (C) The African Union's Peace and Security Commissioner Ramtane Lamamra made his third visit to Nouakchott September 14 and 15. Following his meeting with representatives of the international community (Ref A),Lamamra met with General Aziz. Ambassador met on September 16 with French Ambass [...] | 2008-09-17 13:09:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT515 | MAURITANIAN COUP: IFI'S FIRM, SPANISH IFFY [...] (C) During a regular meeting on September 16 of the ad hoc local coordinating group composed of representatives of the EU, UN, US, World Bank and IMF, attendees had a readout on the just concluded visit of AU Peace and Security Commissioner Ramtane Lamamra (Ref). UN Resident Coordinator Mar [...] | 2008-09-17 14:21:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT558 | EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS PLANNED OCTOBER 5 PROTESTS [...] (U) On October 5, 2008, the Charge convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting to discuss protests in Nouakchott planned for the afternoon (4:00 pm) of the 5th by the anti-coup National Front for the Preservation of Democracy (FNDD). 2. (C) Charge Meetings with Opposition: Charge [...] | 2008-10-05 13:42:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT582 | MORE POLITICAL MOMENTUM [...] (C) Summary: The French share Mission view that slow movement towards a political resolution is underway. General Aziz, while ever stubborn on key points, has shown most flexibility to date in meeting with the French Ambassador. The EU Article 96 process is key leverage while the Mauritania [...] | 2008-10-09 19:41:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT590 | OTHER MAURITANIAN VOICES [...] (C) Charge met October 14 with President of the Senate Ba Mamadou who would constitutionally be designated interim president under the proposal put forward by President of the National Assembly Messaoud Ould Boulkheir whereby President Abdallahi would return to office only to resign. Ba said [...] | 2008-10-14 18:54:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT598 | PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FORMALLY [...] (SBU) Action Request: See paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) The President of the National Assembly, Messaoud Ould Boulkheir, has sent all diplomatic and international organization missions a diplomatic note outlining an exit strategy he hopes "can serve as a basis for responsible discussion acceptabl [...] | 2008-10-19 12:59:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT603 | AZIZ LETS NGO CONTACT GROUP MEETS WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: The NGO "Contact Group" met with General Aziz on October 19 and received permission to meet with President Abdallahi that same evening. The Contact Group, seeking to facilitate a political resolution to the crisis, saw Aziz as anxious to find an exit. They found President Abda [...] | 2008-10-20 17:42:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT616 | REMINISCING WITH ABDALLAHI'S MINISTERS [...] (C) Summary: Charge met with two Abdallahi Ministers, Minister of Agriculture and Livestock through all three Addallahi governments Correa Issagha and Minister of Economy and Finance during the first two governments Abderrahmane Ould Hama Vezzaz, for their political assessment. Both were co [...] | 2008-10-22 18:55:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT620 | REMINISCING WITH ABDALLAHI'S MINISTERS [...] (C) Summary: Charge met with two Abdallahi Ministers, Minister of Agriculture and Livestock through all three Addallahi governments Correa Issagha and Minister of Economy and Finance during the first two governments Abderrahmane Ould Hama Vezzaz, for their political assessment. Both were co [...] | 2008-10-22 18:55:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT624 | FOLLOW-UP MEDIA REVIEW: 3 MONTHS POST-COUP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Three months into what initially appeared a quickly consummated coup, Mauritanian media leaders see the country either no closer to finding a solution to the August 6th coup d'etat or on the brink of another one, depending upon who you talk to. The PAO sat down with media who in [...] | 2008-10-23 13:36:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT627 | DIPLOMATIC DISCORD ON NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary: The first "UNDP Group" meeting following the failure of the October 20 Paris talks highlighted substantial difference between Western missions on the way forward -- centered primarily on the definition of what a "return to constitutional order" means in practical terms. European [...] | 2008-10-26 19:30:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT628 | UPDATE WITH FNDD FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Aziz Tells Lies: Charge met October 26 with FNDD co-leader and effective Abdallahi Foreign Minister Mohamed Ould Maouloud to follow-up on press reports that General Aziz had been on the verge of releasing President Abdallahi as a gesture to the European Union when he had learned the FNDD [...] | 2008-10-26 19:59:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT629 | THE MAYOR OF TIDJIKJA [...] (C) Summary: The anti-coup mayor of Tidjikja, the isolated capital of Tagant Province, says his city council increasingly against the coup despite a "culture of submission." He notes continued pressure on him as an anti-coup mayor. He doubts the seriousness of the recent arrest of "AQIM el [...] | 2008-10-27 17:50:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT633 | MAURITANIAN - ISRAELI RELATIONSHIP SAFE -- FOR NOW [...] (SBU) Articles in the Mauritanian Arab press on October 28 suggested that General Aziz was on the verge of severing relations with Israel in response to "the will of the people." Rumors within the diplomatic community suggested that the Israeli Ambassador had been convoked by Aziz to get the [...] | 2008-10-30 12:20:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT634 | MEDIA REACTION: MAURITANIAN JUNTA VISIT TO TANZANIA [...] (SBU) Summary: On Sunday October 26th, 2008 the President of Tanzania, Jakaya Kikwete, acting in his capacity as Chairman of the African Union, received a delegation from Mauritania's military junta. The Mauritania delegation was led by Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamendou, who serves as the junt [...] | 2008-10-30 15:22:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT636 | MEETING WITH AHMED OULD DADDAH'S VICE-PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. On October 29, AID Rep met with opposition parliamentarian and RFD Vice-President Dr. Hamidou Kane to discuss Mauritania's current political situation. The meeting was at Kane's request. Immediately after the August 6 coup, Kane expressed his ardent support for the junta's "rec [...] | 2008-10-31 12:25:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT637 | QATARI MEDIATION EFFORTS IN MAURITANIA [...] (C) The Qatari royal family, specifically Princess Chiekha Maouze, is beginning to increase its diplomatic profile in Mauritania with the possibility of the first serious mediation talks being held in Doha by mid-month. The Qatari Embassy, and by implication, Foreign Ministry are not central [...] | 2008-11-02 17:28:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV QA MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT640 | "WE NEVER TALK ANYMORE" MAURITANIA JUNTA WANTS TO [...] (C) The USUN Demarche: The recent Mauritanian demarche on US PermRep Ambassador Khalilzad reflects the junta's frustration that the U.S., while maintaining an active dialogue on security matters, has not engaged in direct political talks with the regime as have some of our European partners. [...] | 2008-11-04 16:37:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT654 | MEETING WITH FORMER ECON MINISTER VEZZAZ -- [...] (C) MCC Scorecard A Validation Of Abdallahi Policies: Charge met November 5 with former Minister of Economy and Finance (and current FNDD economic director) Abderrahmane Ould Hama Vezzaz who had been the Mission's principal ministerial counterpart in the development of Mauritania's MCC Thres [...] | 2008-11-06 13:34:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON KMCA MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT659 | MEETING WITH THE REGIME'S "FOREIGN MINISTER" [...] (C) Summary: Regime "Foreign Minister" Ould Mohamedou claims the High State Council wants to find a solution that will restore constitutionality and maintain stability. The Regime will "put something concrete on the table" at the November 10 African Union meeting in Addis Ababa. The regime [...] | 2008-11-09 18:59:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT668 | PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI TRANSFERRED TO NATIVE VILLAGE [...] (C) Local media outlets have reported that President Abdallahi was transferred from Nouakchott during the night of November 12-13 to his native village of Lemden and placed under house arrest. LES contacts have independently confirmed the reports through indirect communication with Abdallahi's [...] | 2008-11-13 14:47:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT671 | REGIME STILL HAWKING SAME PLAN POST-ADDIS ABABA [...] (SBU) Charge was convoked November 12 by regime "Foreign Minister" Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou who, along with Secretary General of the Government Ba Ousmane and several ministry division heads, presented a brief on the regime's plan to convene a national dialogue on democracy. The plan t [...] | 2008-11-13 14:48:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT673 | ANTI-COUP PARLIAMENTARY STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: The President's of the two houses of parliament are taking different tactics in defying the regime based on the political balance of power in their chambers. Both are under pressure from the regime and both greatly appreciate U.S. solidarity against the coup. End Summary Senat [...] | 2008-11-13 15:56:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT676 | ISRAELIS TAKING SOFTER LINE ON MAURITANIAN COUP [...] (C) Israeli Ambassador Michael Arbel briefed Charge November 16 on a senior-level Israeli delegation that had met with the regime the week earlier. Arbel said the Israeli delegation included a senior diplomat for the peace process, the MFA Maghreb Director, and the Israeli head of Diplomatic [...] | 2008-11-16 19:09:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT677 | FNDD STRATEGY FOLLOWING PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI'S [...] (C) Summary: The FNDD sees President Abdallahi's transfer as "20% good news." The President's increased access to political leaders and the media are a plus, but his physical and communications isolation and an apparent regime effort to combat the FNDD directly off-set the benefits. The Pr [...] | 2008-11-16 19:29:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT681 | A DAY WITH PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-17 21:45:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT682 | THE DEEP SOUTH POST-COUP: THE MORE THINGS CHANGE... [...] (C) Summary: Since the August 6 military-led overthrow of President Abdallahi, political and economic conditions in the south of Mauritania have remained largely unchanged, according to numerous community leaders. Politically, most community leaders showed tacit approval for the coup, with o [...] | 2008-11-18 19:01:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EAGR ECON ELTN MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT688 | NEIGHBORING VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: Following the November 10 Addis Ababa Communique and the transfer of President Abdallahi to Lemden, Charge checked with embassies of Mauritanias neighbors Algeria, Mali, Morocco and Senegal to discuss their views on the situation. As could be predicted, Algeria and Mali line up [...] | 2008-11-20 14:22:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AG ML MO SG MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT693 | MAURITANIA AIRWAYS: IF IT CAN SUCCEED IN [...] (C) Summary: Mauritania Airways recently celebrated its first anniversary, marking the end of a difficult year for the company. Its first year of operations has been extremely difficult and the company is struggling to stay afloat. It continues to be hampered by the reputation of the now defu [...] | 2008-11-24 09:15:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAIR EINV ELTN PGOV PREL MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT696 | PRESIDENT BQALAHI ADDRESSES THE NATION FOO [...] (SBU) On November 21, President Abdallahi delivered his first address to the nation since the August 6 coup. Because the official state-run news outlets are tightly controlled by the military junta, the address was broadcast on the pan-Arab Al Arabiyasatellite channel which reaches most of M [...] | 2008-11-24 13:26:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPAO MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT702 | EUROPEANS HOPE AU TRIP WILL PRESSURE ABDALLAHI TO [...] (C) Summary: Strong divisions remain between U.S. and European views of the way forward following the November 21 Addis Ababa meeting. The Europeans believe the high level AU/UN/EU/Arab League/OIC/Francophonie visit of December 5-7 needs to seek negotiation and encourage realism by President [...] | 2008-11-26 19:10:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT706 | ABDALLAHI UNIMPRESSED WITH FRENCH SPECIAL ENVOY [...] (C) Summary: President Abdallahi's advisors claim the special French delegation headed by Elysee Africa Director Romain Serman offered no concrete proposals but suggested the need for a concession by President Abdallahi. Abdallahi held firm to his position of no negations while the military [...] | 2008-11-30 17:19:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT707 | GENERAL AZIZ ADDRESSES THE NATION, PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: General Aziz made a televised speech to the nation on Mauritanian National Day (November 28),but he offered no new proposals or changes in the High State Council's policy. Meanwhile, President Abdallahi was reportedly forbidden from meeting with journalists in his native villag [...] | 2008-11-30 17:21:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAO PTER MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT710 | NATIONAL DAY MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT BUSH GARNERS [...] (U) Charge hand-delivered message from President Bush to President Abdallahi (Reftel) on November 30 to FNDD co-leader in charge of Foreign Affairs Mohamed Ould Maouloud. Local media picked up the story December 1, resulting in several calls to the PAO section asking for confirmation that the [...] | 2008-12-03 14:43:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KDEM MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT716 | SPEAKER VISIT FURTHERS QUIET DIPLOMACY [...] IIP Speaker Mohammed Bashar Arafat visited Nouakchott from November 23 until November 26 2008. During this time, he gave presentations on Islam In America to two universities in Nouakchott, the University of Nouakchott (11/24) and the Islamic Institute, ISERI (11/25) reaching over 600 students [...] | 2008-12-04 12:16:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL KMDR PREL MR PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG |
08NOUAKCHOTT717 | MEETING WITH COL. VALL - "BETTER OFF WITH [...] (C) Summary -- While still looking for a quick transition to new elections, Vall is taking a tougher line on Aziz seeing the current efforts to attack political enemies leading inevitably to a counter-coup with all its inherent risks for civil war. Vall believes serious targeted sanctions mi [...] | 2008-12-04 13:24:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT721 | AU-LED INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS DELEGATION SETS [...] (C) Summary: The mid-level AU and other organizations delegation visiting Mauritania has set the bar low for the regime -- asking for full liberation of President Abdallahi, Abdallahi's participation in the discussions for an exit to the crisis, and early Presidential elections to re-establis [...] | 2008-12-07 15:58:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT722 | THE FNDD'S TAWASSOUL PARTY: STILL CONFIDENT OF [...] (C) Summary: Members of the moderate Islamist party Tawassoul expressed strong anti-coup sentiments and faith that their efforts to fight the military regime would eventually lead to its downfall. They rejected accusations by the High State Council (military junta) that they are "extremists [...] | 2008-12-07 17:18:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT723 | MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI -- A VERY LONG [...] (C) Summary: President Abdallahi has restated his absolute rejection of negotiations with the Mauritanian military but expressed a realistic view of American capacity to bring others around to the U.S. policy approach -- a "standard" for others to compare themselves to. Abdallahi also recog [...] | 2008-12-10 19:16:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT730 | ABDALLAHI'S CHIEF OF STAFF DOUBTS RELEASE [...] (C) Charge met December 13 with President Abdallahi's Chief of Staff Mohamed Kaber Ould Hammoudi at Ould Hammoudi's request. Ould Hammoudi said the President had asked him to pass on his disappointment with the AU-led Brussels meeting on the 12th even though he was not surprised by the result [...] | 2008-12-14 11:24:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT732 | JUNTA FINALLY ANNOUNCES START DATE FOR "NATIONAL [...] (U) The junta-designated "Prime Minister" Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf delivered a long-winded speech December 13 in which he outlined a long list of supposed accomplishments by the High State Council. He stressed the improvements in the daily lives of citizens and actions undertaken "with th [...] | 2008-12-15 12:45:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT737 | JAPANESE REPRESENTATION IN MAURITANIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-17 15:14:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JA MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT739 | RISK OF ETHNIC-BASED ARMED RESISTANCE? [...] (C) Charge met December 15 with the pro-Abdallahi senator of Mbout in Gorgol Province, Youssouf Tijani Sylla, who renewed his October warning (REFTEL) that Afro-Mauritanians were prepared to take up arms against the coup. Sylla, who is half White Moor and half Sonnike who presents himself as [...] | 2008-12-17 15:14:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | SECRET | PREL PGOV ASEC MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT740 | AHMED OULD DADDAH SEES POLITICAL LETHARGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leader of the Opposition Ahmed Ould Daddah continues to try to stake out a middle option between the military and President Abdallahi. Ould Daddah sees little chance of political movement in the near future but sees the economic cards stacked against General Aziz. While disag [...] | 2008-12-17 15:15:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT741 | AHMED OULD DADDAH SEES POLITICAL LETHARGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leader of the Opposition Ahmed Ould Daddah continues to try to stake out a middle option between the military and President Abdallahi. Ould Daddah sees little chance of political movement in the near future but sees the economic cards stacked against General Aziz. While disag [...] | 2008-12-17 15:15:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT744 | "COUP D'ETAT" IN THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AVERTED -- [...] (C) Summary: Pro-coup parliamentarians submitted a motion December 4 to amend the internal procedures of the National Assembly. The motion was a clear attempt to force the dismissal of National Assembly President (and fierce coup opponent) Messaoud Ould Boulkheir and four other FNDD anti-co [...] | 2008-12-17 16:54:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT745 | FRENCH AMBASSADOR ON CURRENT STATE OF PLAY [...] (C) Summary: The French Ambassador sees no movement towards a resolution with General Aziz proceeding with a transparently manipulated "democratic transition" and President Abdallahi offering no political alternative. With no prospects for an early resolution, the French are re-engaging on [...] | 2008-12-18 13:24:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT746 | CONGRATULATORY LETTER ON BEHALF OF PRIME MINISTER [...] (SBU) Mission received December 18 a letter signed by President Abdallahi's Minister of Education on behalf of Prime Minister Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghef who is being held in prison by the post-August 6 coup authorities. An informal translation of the letter (being forwarded in the original F [...] | 2008-12-18 13:44:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OPDC MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT757 | FNDD: EMPTY PROMISES FROM AZIZ AND CONCERN FOR [...] (C) Summary: Anti-coup FNDD coalition leaders see General Aziz's supposed promise to release President Abdallahi "without conditions" as empty, and the upcoming "National Dialogue on Democracy" equally devoid of substance. They are also concerned for Abdallahi's personal safety, and see int [...] | 2008-12-21 11:42:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT758 | PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI RELEASED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE [...] (C) According to President Abdallahi's Chief of Staff Mohamed Kaber Ould Hammoudi, eight military vehicles arrived at President Abdallahi's house in Lemden at 01:00 local on December 21 with troops demanding that President Abdallahi be woken immediately. While still in his bedclothes, the P [...] | 2008-12-21 11:43:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AU |
08NOUAKCHOTT760 | CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL STICKS TO ITS LIMITED GUNS [...] (C) Summary: The High Constitutional Council exercised its limited oversight role in rejecting some of the National Assembly changes designed to kick out Assembly President Messaoud Ould Boulkheir. The Council exercises "pragmatic legalism" under the "exceptional" constitutional circumstanc [...] | 2008-12-22 07:56:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT762 | UPDATE FROM LEMDEN -- PRESIDENT'S PASSPORT TO BE [...] (C) President Abdallahi's Chief of Staff Mohamed Kaber Ould Hammoudi called Charge December 22 to advise that a delegation from the Mauritanian passport office and internal intelligence service has arrived in Lemden yesterday afternoon demanding the diplomatic passports of the President and [...] | 2008-12-22 18:04:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT765 | REASON FOR SENEGALESE VISIT STILL UNCLEAR [...] (C) Charge met December 22 with Senegalese Ambassador Mahmoudou Cheikh Kane to follow up on the December 15-16 visit to Mauritania of Senegalese Foreign Minister Gadio (REFTEL). Kane said President Wade had sent his Foreign Minister to assess the political situation on the eve of President A [...] | 2008-12-22 18:12:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SG MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT770 | PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI RECONFIRMS HIS AMBASSADOR TO [...] (SBU) Charge received December 28 a letter from Mauritanian President Abdallahi to President Bush reconfirming Ambassador Dia Ibrahima as his representative in the U.S. Informal translation of the letter follows (copy of French original will be forwarded to AF/W). 2. (SBU) Begin Text: [...] | 2008-12-28 12:06:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OPDC MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT775 | REGIME'S "NATIONAL DIALOGUE" BEGINS [...] (C) Summary: The long-awaited National Dialogue on Democracy (Etats Generaux de la Democratie) started December 27 to a full house. President Abdallahi's FNDD party has boycotted the meeting as have several key elements of civil society. Official opposition leader Ahmed Ould Daddah's RFD pa [...] | 2008-12-30 18:35:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT776 | SITUATION IN GAZA - A/DCM DELIVERS ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) A/DCM Cornelius Walsh, met with Americas and Asia Director Ambassador Ahmed Deya Ould Mohammed Vall to review contents of reftel and outline American position regarding December 31 Arab League Ministerial. This is one of the very few demarches the Mission has delivered since the coup as w [...] | 2008-12-31 12:33:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL MOPS PHUM MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT777 | AZIZ CONSOLIDATING SUPPORT IN SECURITY SERVICES -- [...] (C) In the past ten days we have seen signs of continued efforts by General Aziz to reposition his supporters in lower levels of the administration. Four governors were reassigned a week ago. Over the weekend senior police officials were reassigned and it is understood changes in the militar [...] | 2008-12-31 14:25:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT779 | A PENSIVE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary: The President of the National Assembly Messaoud Ould Boulkheir is pleased with the results of his extensive round of African contacts leading to a tough policy line by the Peace and Security Council. He praises the U.S. position while he worries about the Europeans. Ould Boulk [...] | 2008-12-31 17:10:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
08OSAKAKOBE33 | GREEN PASSPORTS, RED HEARTS? KOREANS IN JAPAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Ethnic Korean permanent residents in Japan are increasingly switching from GOJ-issued travel documents to ROK passports. The ease with which ethnic Koreans can change nationality makes it difficult to assess ties to the DPRK and apply visa clearance requirements. As this tren [...] | 2008-02-12 07:27:00 | Consulate Osaka Kobe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS PREL KN KS JA |
08OSLO102 | NORWEGIANS RECEIVE CUBA DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-26 06:37:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EU CU NO |
08OSLO119 | NORWAY UNYEILDING ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (C) Norway continues to assert that the Oslo Process to ban cluster munitions will be a success and is not swayed by arguments over interoperability. The GON is openly modeling the Oslo Process on the Ottawa Land Mine Treaty and expects that the results will be similar, both in terms of forcin [...] | 2008-03-04 09:41:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN NO |
08OSLO123 | NORWAY'S 2008 AFGHANISTAN CONTRIBUTIONS [...] (C) Norway's Minister of Defense told Ambassador Whitney on February 28th that Norway had little more to give on Afghanistan. Afghanistan remains Norway's largest military commitment and with the 50 percent increase in aid for 2008 Afghanistan will become its leading aid recipient. No new mi [...] | 2008-03-05 14:34:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID MARR MOPS NATO PREL AF NO |
08OSLO130 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF MEMBERS OF ABU [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-10 06:55:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PTER ETTC PREL KTFN NO |
08OSLO148 | NORWAY'S FORMAL RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO MARCH 28 [...] (C) On February 20, Foreign Minister Stoere announced Norway's intent to recognize Kosovo's declaration of independence. This public, early recognition was designed by the MFA to help stabilize the situation. At the same time, the Ministry worked closely with Serbs to encourage dialogue and [...] | 2008-03-14 13:09:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV KV NO |
08OSLO151 | NORWAY NOT PLANNING A STATEMENT ON IRANS ELECTION [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel points to MFA Iran Advisor Jan Dybfest who stated that Norway was not at this point planning any statement on Iran's elections. Dybfest agreed with the U.S. criticisms of Iran's election and stated that Norway shared many of the same concerns. He said he would r [...] | 2008-03-14 13:43:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL IR NO |
08OSLO154 | NORWAY: GROWING AWARENESS OF TERRORISM THREAT [...] (C) Summary: In a significant shift we have long advocated, the GON has strengthened its counter terrorism awareness, capabilities and planning. This includes a revised law on terrorism, an increased threat perception, arrests of terrorist financiers and new physical and electronic secur [...] | 2008-03-14 14:43:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KTER PGOV PREL ABLD NO |
08OSLO156 | NORWAY WELCOMES DESIGNATION OF AL-SHABAAB AS FTO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-18 15:03:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PREL PGOV KCRM SO BG NO |
08OSLO177 | NORWAY URGED TO ENGAGE GREEKS ON MACEDONIA NAME [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-31 14:47:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PGOV MK GR NO |
08OSLO183 | NORWAY'S NEW DEFENSE PLAN:ILLUSIONARY INCREASES [...] (C) Summary: Norway,s recently announced new long-term defense plan was touted as strengthening the armed forces but in reality politically motivated and costly elements leave little room for any real strengthening of Norway,s Armed Forces. The plan will continue to stress High North and terr [...] | 2008-04-03 06:16:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP PGOV PINS PREL NO |
08OSLO20 | NORWAY AND IRAQ: QUIETLY CONSIDERING INCREASED AID [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-10 07:31:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREF PREL IZ NO |
08OSLO206 | NORWAY'S FM PRAISES NEW NATO, STRESSES RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary. In a gesture indicating the importance Norway places on the Bucharest summit, FM Stoere authored a lengthy article in Norway,s leading newspaper calling the new NATO an opportunity and challenge for Norway. Stoere notes that NATO gives Norway security and is the anchor of Norweg [...] | 2008-04-11 14:36:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL NO |
08OSLO207 | NORWAY'S CHALLENGES WITH SOMALI INTEGRATION AND [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Norway's newest and arguably least successful wave of immigrants comes from Somalia, with over 20,000 settled in Norway. Both this year and in 2001, Norwegian authorities have arrested Somalis for suspicion of financing terrorist groups in Somalia. Most Somalis [...] | 2008-04-15 06:00:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KIRF SO NO |
08OSLO217 | NORWAY INTERESTED IN FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN [...] (C) During the visit of Cuba Transition Coordinator Caleb McCarry to Oslo, 11 April, Senior Norwegian MFA officials, including Deputy Director Generals Petter Willie and Johan Vibe, discussed the idea of opening an internet cafe to support dissident access to information. Although they curren [...] | 2008-04-18 14:02:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PHUM PREL NO CU |
08OSLO219 | NORWAY NOT INTERVENING IN MACEDONIA NAME ISSUE [...] As reported in ref A, DCM delivered reftel points to Vice Foreign Minister Raymond Johansen on March 31, asking that Norway contact Greece, particularly PM Karamanlis, directly on the name issue. Demarche points contained in Ref B were delivered on April 18. In response the MFA stated that Nor [...] | 2008-04-18 15:06:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR NO |
08OSLO225 | NORWAY WORKING THROUGH OSCE ON ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-23 12:19:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL GG NO |
08OSLO230 | NORWAY WILL SIGN THE DECLARATION ON PRISONERS OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-24 15:04:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CU NO |
08OSLO246 | ITALY, TURKEY INVITED TO AHLC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-30 07:11:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EU IT PA PGOV PREL NO |
08OSLO255 | NORWEGIANS CONSIDER NPT POINTS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-05 06:11:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA NO |
08OSLO261 | NORWEGIANS STUDY WIPO POINTS, CONSIDER CANDIDATES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-08 13:53:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC WIPO KIPR ETRD PREL NO |
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