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05ABIDJAN1003	COTE D'IVOIRE: PRIVATE SCHOOLS TO REOPEN, STUDENTS [...] (U) Based on a gentlemen's agreement between the school owners and the Minister of Higher Education, Ivoirian private schools will reopen on June 20. The owners have kept the schools closed since May 17 to protest the USD 44 million in arrears owed them by the government (reftel). The Ministr [...]	2005-06-16 16:15:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV ELAB IV

05ABIDJAN1861	COTE D'IVOIRE: ICCAT CHAIRMANSHIP AND NEW [...] On October 7, econoff delivered ref A and B demarches to Seraphin Dedi Nadje, Director of Fishery Production, Ministry of Animal Production and Fishery Resources. 2. In response to ref A demarche, Mr. Dedi Nadje replied that Cote d'Ivoire would be interested in supporting Dr. Hogarth's ca [...]	2005-11-09 10:23:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS ETRD PHSA SENV AORC IV ICCAT IATTC
05ABIDJAN1864	COTE D'IVOIRE INTENDS TO KEEP WEST AFRICAN CENTRAL [...] (U) The term of Charles Konan Banny, the current governor of the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO),will expire in December 2005. The BCEAO is the common central bank for the eight West African Economic Monetary Union (WAEMU) countries. The BCEAO governor is appointed by the Council [...]	2005-11-09 14:53:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV IV
05ABIDJAN1871	TOGO NOT READY FOR REFUGEE RETURNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: RefCoord met UN and government agencies in Lome and Accra from November 8-10 to discuss the Government of Togo's proposed National Repatriation Plan (NRP) and the UN's 2006 Consolidated Appeal (CAP) for Togo. UN and EU representatives stated security conditions in Togo were not [...]	2005-11-16 07:44:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM TO GH BE
05ABIDJAN487	COTE D'IVOIRE -- OUTSIDE LEGAL EXPERTS REVIEW [...] (C) Summary. A panel of legal experts from Burundi and Rwanda, led by the Advisor to South African President Thabo Mbeki, has issued an analysis of the Linas-Marcoussis legislation, and determined that many of the bills are not in compliance with either the letter or spirit of the Linas-Marc [...]	2005-03-25 08:53:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO IV SA
05ABIDJAN695	COTE D'IVOIRE: ADDRESSING PROTECTION CONCERNS [...] (SBU) The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is conducting training sessions for militia groups, as well as the National Armed Forces of Cote d'Ivoire (FANCI) and the Armed Forces of the Forces Nouvelles (FAFN) in International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and the Geneva Conventions. [...]	2005-04-27 08:29:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF IV LI PHUM WFP
05ABIDJAN716	WE DON'T NEED NO EDUCATION - STRIKING TEACHERS IN [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Union of Secondary School Teachers (SYNESCI) is staging a 48-hour strike starting April 28 to protest non-payment of 2004 exam-correction allowances. This strike comes just two weeks after a 72-hour strike by primary school teachers on April 11-13, also to protest non-payment [...]	2005-04-28 19:16:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB IV
05ABIDJAN944	COTE D'IVOIRE: CLOSED PRIVATE SCHOOLS, WORRIED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Since May 17 the owners of secondary- and university-level private schools have kept their institutions closed in protest over nonpayment of government subsidies. According to the owners, the government owes them a total of USD 37 million for the years 2003 through 2005. On Jun [...]	2005-06-07 18:08:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV ELAB IV
05ABUDHABI1002	DISCUSSION OF POLITICAL REFORM IN UAE STARTS TO [...] (C) Summary: The UAE is now the only state in the Gulf without elected bodies. However, discussion is starting to percolate in the UAE media and in private settings about the potential for political reforms in the country, including the possibility of holding elections at the local and federal [...]	2005-03-02 12:14:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV KMPI TC
05ABUDHABI1003	SUBJECT: DUBAI ARRESTS COUNTERFEIT AUTO PARTS [...] (U) UAE officials remain staunchly committed to stemming the flow of counterfeit auto parts, and they routinely publicize their efforts against counterfeit dealers. A February 27 news article in a local newspaper detailed police and law enforcement actions against counterfeit auto parts deale [...]	2005-03-02 12:14:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR PREL ETRD TC
05ABUDHABI1005	UAE PREPARING ACTIVELY FOR FTA FIRST ROUND [...] (C) Summary: The UAEG continues its preparations for negotiating an FTA with the USG. UAE negotiators have reached out to the private sector, including banks, textile manufactures, and insurance companies to solicit input in advance of the March 6 launch of the first round of FTA negotiations [...]	2005-03-02 13:28:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON ELAB EFIN PHUM TC
05ABUDHABI1006	POINTS FOR A/USTR NOVELLI'S FTA BILATS [...] (U) Summary. During your March 7-11th visit to the United Arab Emirates for the first round of Free Trade Agreement negotiations, you will have a number of bilateral meetings with senior UAEG officials. We are providing short bios of your interlocutors and an overview of probable points of di [...]	2005-03-02 13:28:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV ELAB ECON PREL USTR NEA PI
05ABUDHABI1049	UAE, GERMANY, AND IRAQ SIGN MILITARY TRAINING [...] (U) During German Chancellor Schroeder,s visit to the UAE March 4-5, the UAE, Germany, and Iraq signed an agreement which provides for the training of Iraqi military personnel. The agreement, which expands the role of Germany and the UAE in training members of the Iraqi armed forces, clears the [...]	2005-03-07 08:20:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL IZ TC
05ABUDHABI1055	RECONSTRUCTION DISBURSEMENTS TO IRAQ [...] (U) Embassy continues to press the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) for details of assistance to Iraq. On February 26, the MFA formally informed post, via diplomatic note, that the UAE has disbursed its entire $215 million Madrid reconstruction pledge "on projects inside Iraq." On March [...]	2005-03-07 09:37:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN
05ABUDHABI1069	UAE RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE - SYRIA MUST WITHDRAW [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel talking points to Information Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan on March 7, noting that the UAE and the international community needed to make clear that a complete and immediate withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon was required. (Sheikh Abdullah [...]	2005-03-07 12:33:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE TC
05ABUDHABI1091	UAE: 2005 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] Embassy TIP points of contact are PolOff Susan Raddant and PolChief Joel Maybury, office: 971-2-414-2444, fax: 971-2-414-2639; email: raddantsk@state.gov, mayburyjf@state.gov. 2. OMB Reporting Requirements: One FS-04 officer spent approximately 40 hours preparing for and writing the repor [...]	2005-03-08 12:46:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG TC
05ABUDHABI1153	CHILD MARRIAGE IN THE UAE [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-13 11:21:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI KWMN TC
05ABUDHABI1155	UAE PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR ON POLITICAL REFORM, [...] (C) Summary: Minister for Presidential Affairs Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan told Ambassador March 12 that Abu Dhabi will begin consultations with leaders in the western part of the emirate about broadening political participation through representative municipal councils. When the Ambas [...]	2005-03-14 02:06:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM TC
05ABUDHABI1156	THE UAE FOUR MONTHS AFTER SHEIKH ZAYED'S DEATH [...] (C) Summary: UAE President and Abu Dhabi Ruler Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has overseen a smooth transition of power in his first four months in office. Gradually, the UAE leadership has restructured and rejuvenated government institutions, set in motion several infrastructure projects, [...]	2005-03-14 02:06:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON KDEM TC
05ABUDHABI1165	DISSUADING IRAN FROM INTERFERING IN IRAQI POLITICS [...] (S) Pol Chief discussed reftel points March 14 with MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Political Affairs Tariq Al Haidan. Al Haidan said that MFA officials have spoken to the Iranian ambassador advising Iran not to interfere in Iraq's domestic affairs, but explained that the Iranians have a d [...]	2005-03-14 08:55:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL IR IZ TC
05ABUDHABI1166	U.S. EFFORTS TO SUPPORT EU-3 DIPLOMACY ON IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-14 08:55:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR TC
05ABUDHABI1167	UAE ANNOUNCES CAMEL JOCKEY LAW IN EFFECT BY MARCH [...] (C) Summary: After weeks of lobbying by the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister and de facto Foreign Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed (HbZ) issued a statement March 13 announcing that a law will be on the books by April 16, 2005 banning jockeys under age 16 from participating in camel [...]	2005-03-14 10:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ELAB PHUM TC
05ABUDHABI1169	UPCOMING UAE INTERNATIONAL HAWALA CONFERENCE [...] The UAE Central Bank, in cooperation with the International Monetary Fund and the Middle East North Africa Financial Action Task Force (MENAFATF),will host the Third International Conference on Hawala in Abu Dhabi April 2-3, and the UAE has issued an invitation to Post to attend. 2. The pr [...]	2005-03-14 10:48:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN PTER EFIN TC
05ABUDHABI1170	DUBAI BUSINESSMAN CRITICIZES DUBAI CROWN PRINCE [...] (C) Summary: In a recent conversation with DCM, Dubai developer and government official Mohammed Al-Abbar sharply criticized Dubai Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum (MbR) for arrogance and for losing touch with the people of Dubai. Al-Abbar told DCM that the only reason MbR h [...]	2005-03-14 11:16:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL PINR TC
05ABUDHABI1171	UAE Information Minister Reviewing Press Law [...] (U) UAE Information Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) has called for an amendment to the existing Press and Publication Law to protect press freedom and to prevent harassment of journalists. The Ministry of Information and the UAE Journalists Association are jointly submitting suggesti [...]	2005-03-14 11:46:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KMPI OIIP KMDR TC
05ABUDHABI1210	MESSAGE TO THE ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) Charge discussed Ref. A points on Syria/Lebanon, Israeli-Palestinian affairs, Iraq, and Magen David Adom, with MFA Under Secretary Abdullah Rashid Al Noaimi on March 16. On Syria and Lebanon, Al Noaimi said that it was the UAE,s position that the Syrians should undertake the complete and i [...]	2005-03-16 12:27:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE IZ IS TC
05ABUDHABI1271	UAE CONDEMNS TERROR ATTACK IN QATAR [...] UAE leaders have denounced the March 19 attack in Doha, and have pledged to cooperate with Qatar in fighting terrorism. Press reports said that President Khalifa called the Emir of Qatar on March 20 to condemn the attack. Khalifa said the security of Qatar was an "integral part" of the UAE' [...]	2005-03-21 10:59:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL QA TC
05ABUDHABI1272	WOLFOWITZ NOMINATION FOR WORLD BANK: UAE RESPONSE [...] On March 20, EconChief delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Finance A/US for Revenue and Budget Khalid Al- Bustani. EconChief stressed our hope that the World Bank Executive Board could approve this nomination quickly. Al- Bustani promised to discuss our nomination with MinState Khirbas [...]	2005-03-21 11:05:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID ECON EINV PREL TC
05ABUDHABI1274	UAEG OFFICIALS: "WE WILL SOLVE THE CAMEL JOCKEY [...] (C) Summary: Senior UAEG officials have publicly and privately committed to ending the problem of underage camel jockeys. In response to reftel demarche, they have told Charge that their priority is to identify, rescue and repatriate the children, and not drive the problem underground. To [...]	2005-03-21 11:57:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ELAB PHUM PGOV SOCI TC
05ABUDHABI1295	MEDIA REACTION 3/21-3/22: QATAR EXPLOSION/ ARAB SUMMIT [...] SUMMARY: THE TERRORIST EXPLOSION IN QATAR AND THE PREPARATIONS FOR THE ARAB SUMMIT IN ALGERIA DOMINATED COVERAGE IN LOCAL ELECTRONIC AND PRINT MEDIA. AN EDITORIAL IN "AL ITTIHAD" NOTED THAT THERE IS A NEED FOR ARAB COOPERATION AND COLLABORATION TO ACHIEVE REFORM. ANOTHER EDITORIAL IN "AL BA [...]	2005-03-22 11:21:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
05ABUDHABI1297	MEDIA REACTION: A/USTR NOVELLI'S VISIT TO THE UAE TO NEGOTIATE FTA, MARCH 8-10 [...] SUMMARY: ALL LOCAL ELECTRONIC AND PRINT MEDIA PROMINENTLY COVERED ASSISTANT USTR CATHERINE NOVELLI'S MARCH 8-10 VISIT TO THE UAE TO NEGOTIATE THE FTA. ABU DHABI PA ARRANGED A PRESS ROUNDTABLE WITH FOURTEEN LOCAL AND REGIONAL PRINT MEDIA, IN ADDITION TO ONE-ON-ONE TELEVISION INTERVIEWS WITH A [...]	2005-03-22 11:22:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
05ABUDHABI1307	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: APPOINTMENT OF KAREN HUGHES [...] SUMMARY: TWO PIECES IN LARGEST CIRCULATION ARABIC LANGUAGE DAILY, SHARJAH-BASED, PAN-ARAB "AL-KHALEEJ" 3/20 COMMENT ON APPOINTMENT OF NEW UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY KAREN HUGHES. AN EGYPTIAN COLUMNIST COMPARES HER TASK OF JUSTIFYING AMERICA'S POLITICAL AND MILITARY ACTIONS [...]	2005-03-22 12:46:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
05ABUDHABI1315	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF AMBASSADOR DAVID GROSS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy and Consulate General welcome the visit of Ambassador David A. Gross, U.S. Coordinator of International Communications and Information Policy. The UAE has both a rapidly growing economy and a rapidly growing population, which makes it an attractive market for U.S. com [...]	2005-03-23 08:01:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON ECPS OTRA TC
05ABUDHABI132	UNDERSCORING THE IMPORTANCE OF IRAQI ELECTIONS [...] (C) On January 8, Pol Chief delivered reftel points to MFA Assistant Under Secretary for International Cooperation Mohammed Abdul Jaleel, emphasizing that the January elections are part of a larger process aimed at choosing Iraq,s future leadership and shaping the country,s future. Abdul Jalee [...]	2005-01-08 13:07:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ TC
05ABUDHABI1330	UAE NOMINATIONA FOR IPR ENFORCEMENT ACADEMY AND [...] In response to reftel, Post asked the UAE Ministry of Justice and the Judicial Training and Studies Institute to nominate Emirati judges to participate in the May 9-26 IPR Enforcement Academy and U.S. Study Tour. The Ministry of Justice nominated three judges, and post supports their nominati [...]	2005-03-23 11:54:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KIPR KMPI OTRA TC
05ABUDHABI1331	UAE INCREASES SECURITY AFTER BOMBING IN QATAR, [...] (C) Summary: After the Doha theater bombing, UAE officials markedly increased the security presence throughout the cities of Abu Dhabi and Dubai in locations such as diplomatic communities, western schools, and residential neighborhoods. UAEG officials are worried they are vulnerable to this [...]	2005-03-23 13:30:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PTER PREL ASEC QA TC
05ABUDHABI1333	LABOR UNION RIGHTS A LENGTHY AND COMPLICATED TASK [...] (U) This is a joint Abu Dhabi and Dubai cable. 2. (C) Summary: DoL D/US Levine held labor consultations March 19-21 with a wide range of senior UAE officials, professional associations, and businesspeople. The labor delegation discussed current labor laws and practices and workers right [...]	2005-03-26 03:58:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ETRD PHUM PREL TC
05ABUDHABI1438	US/UAE FTA FIRST ROUND [...] (C) Summary: The United States and the UAE held the first round of Free Trade Agreement negotiations in Abu Dhabi, March 8-10. UAEG leaders are enthusiastic about the prospect of an FTA with the United States. After a somewhat slow start the negotiators made significant progress, concluding [...]	2005-04-02 02:18:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV ELAB ECON PREL USTR TC FTA
05ABUDHABI1523	UAE MINISTER OF CABINET AFFAIRS ON CAMEL JOCKEYS, [...] (C) Summary: Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Saeed Al Ghaith told Ambassador April 5 that he expects federal cabinet approval of a new law banning underage camel jockeys at its next meeting on Monday, April 11. Although formal approval is pending, the UAEG has implemented it effective [...]	2005-04-05 12:20:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM ELAB ETRD TC
05ABUDHABI1550	ARBIFT $116 MILLION UNFROZEN...FINALLY [...] (SBU) On April 2, Abu Dhabi EconChief and Manama OFAC attach met with Ibrahim Lootah, the Managing Director of the Arab Bank for Investment and Foreign Trade (ARBIFT). They met to discuss whether J.P. Morgan Chase Bank had released ARBIFT's assets frozen pursuant to the lifting of U.S. sanctio [...]	2005-04-06 12:23:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN KIDE
05ABUDHABI1551	UPTICK IN UNDERAGE CAMEL JOCKEY REPATRIATION [...] (U) Summary: In the three weeks since the UAEG announced that a new law banning underage camel jockeys would take effect March 31, a small but growing number of children from TIP source countries (especially Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sudan) have been "rescued" from their captors and are now ei [...]	2005-04-06 12:39:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM ELAB ETRD TC
05ABUDHABI158	ARAB MEDIA REFORM - "NO LONGER POSSIBLE TO SELL [...] (U) Summary: On January 9 the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research in Abu Dhabi opened its three day 2005 conference entitled "Arab Media in the Information Age." Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (MBR),Crown Prince of Dubai, delivered an emphatic message, as keynote speake [...]	2005-01-10 11:34:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC PREL PGOV
05ABUDHABI159	NATIONAL WAR COLLEGE REGIONAL STUDIES PROGRAM [...] Embassy Abu Dhabi and Consulate General Dubai welcome the proposed visit of 8 students and 2 faculty to the UAE as part of the National War College's "Field Studies in National Security" program in May. Post, which has already had some e-mail exchanges with NWC student Jim Swan, looks forward [...]	2005-01-10 11:34:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA MARR MOPS TC
05ABUDHABI16	Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit Sharing [...] THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES DOES NOT HAVE A REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR ACCESS AND BENEFIT SHARING. ALTHOUGH THERE ARE ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS, THEY DO NOT SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS ABS ISSUES. THE MOST IMPORTANT OF THESE IS FEDERAL LAW #24 OF 1999 ON THE PROTECTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE EN [...]	2005-01-02 10:26:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID SENV TC
05ABUDHABI160	DUBAI CUSTOMS REENGINEERS FOR UPCOMING FTA [...] This cable is a joint Abu Dhabi - Dubai message. 2. (SBU) Summary: The UAE press reported this week on three recent events that are relevant for upcoming planned U.S. - UAE FTA negotiations. Dubai customs is in the middle of multi-million dollar program to upgrade its customs and document [...]	2005-01-10 11:39:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ELAB ETTC TC
05ABUDHABI1604	UAE CAMEL JOCKEY SOLUTION: ROBOTS [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister and de facto Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed told Ambassador April 10 that the UAE was working to resolve the camel jockey/trafficking in persons (TIP) problem. Sheikh Hamdan, who is also Chairman of the Camel Racing Federation, said the UAE has alr [...]	2005-04-11 11:48:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM ELAB ETRD TC
05ABUDHABI1605	SHEIKH HAMDAN ON IRAQ, GAZA, MLAT [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed (HbZ) and Ambassador met April 10 to review regional developments and U.S.-UAE relations. The UAE remains very worried about Iranian influence in Iraq. HbZ urged the U.S. to stand behind Mahm [...]	2005-04-11 12:23:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD JO IZ IR TC
05ABUDHABI1680	AMB. JONES CONSULTS WITH SHEIKH HAMDAN ON IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Senior Advisor and Coordinator for Iraq Policy Ambassador Richard Jones consulted with Deputy Prime Minister/Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed on April 12 on Iraq developments. Ambassador Jones, who had been in Iraq three days earlier, briefed Sheikh H [...]	2005-04-14 10:48:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON IZ IR TC
05ABUDHABI1683	UAE ENERGY SECTOR: SECURITY, SPARE CAPACITY, AND [...] (C) Summary: Although the United Arab Emirates has taken many steps to improve oil and gas facility security, a number of vulnerabilities for both off and onshore facilities still exist. The UAE needs to improve information sharing and interagency coordination to further enhance security. AD [...]	2005-04-16 07:34:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET TC
05ABUDHABI1712	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR ON U.S. - UAE BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: On April 16, Ambassador called on long-time presidential advisor Mohammed Habroush Al-Suwaidi to review our bilateral agenda (FTA, MLAT, and Camel Jockey Trafficking). On FTA, Al-Suwaidi opined that there was no reason the process would not move ahead. The concerns of some busin [...]	2005-04-17 11:17:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET PHUM ELAB ETRD SA TC
05ABUDHABI1788	SUPPORT FOR REGIONAL ESTH HUB IN OMAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: EMBASSY ABU DHABI STRONGLY SUPPORTS ESTABLISHING A REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND HEALTH HUB OFFICE IN OMAN TO PROVIDE PROGRAMMATIC AND POLICY SUPPORT TO THE UAE AND THE WIDER GULF REGION. THE ENHANCED EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE OF THE HUB OFFICE WOULD ALLOW THE [...]	2005-04-24 09:33:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TBIO KSCA TC
05ABUDHABI1858	COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP - EMBASSY ABU DHABI [...] (SBU) Summary: The British DCM convened the Abu Dhabi G-8 Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) on March 23. CTAG members discussed their perspectives of the threat environment in the UAE, and their observations of the UAE response to the recent theater bombing in Doha. Each country detailed [...]	2005-04-27 02:19:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL ASEC ETTC TC KJAN
05ABUDHABI1872	OIL INDUSTRY REPS ON POTENTIAL PRODUCTION [...] (C) Summary: Western oil executives told Ambassador, at an energy roundtable, about Abu Dhabi plans to add 200,000 barrels per-day capacity over the next two years in onshore production and 150,000 capacity in the near term offshore. They agreed that Saudi ARAMCO would be able to meet Saudi Oil [...]	2005-04-27 10:38:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON TC
05ABUDHABI1873	UNICEF MOBILIZING TO HELP UNDERAGE CAMEL JOCKEYS [...] (C) UNICEF is firmly committed to helping the UAE Government develop a master plan for registering and safely repatriating underage camel jockeys. In a telephone conversation from her office in Muscat, UNICEF Gulf Area Office acting representative, June Kunugi, told Pol Chief April 26 that he [...]	2005-04-27 23:39:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ETRD ELAB TC
05ABUDHABI1874	ILO VISITS UAE, WILL REVIEW DRAFT LABOR LAWS [...] (C) Summary: During his April 23-25 visit, the UAE Ministry of Labor presented ILO regional Middle East director Dr. Taleb Al Rafai with its draft revised labor law and draft labor union law for formal ILO review and comment in bringing UAE labor laws in line with international standards. Alt [...]	2005-04-27 23:43:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ETRD PHUM PREL TC
05ABUDHABI1875	MINI DUBLIN GROUP MEETING -- EMBASSY ABU DHABI [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-28 02:55:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SNAR TC
05ABUDHABI1951	UAEG PREPARATIONS FOR ROUND TWO OF FTA TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and EconChief discussed FTA round two with lead UAE negotiator, MinEcon Sheikha Lubna Al-Qasimi and MinFin FTA coordinator Khalid Al-Bustani on May 1. Sheikha Lubna confirmed the UAEG's commitment to a successful second round, although she predicted that the complexity o [...]	2005-05-03 13:26:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON EFIN TC FTA
05ABUDHABI1983	UAE WELCOMES FIRST BATCH OF F-16 BLOCK 60'S [...] (U) The UAE welcomed home the first installment of F-16 Block 60 combat aircraft during a May 3 ceremony that featured a precision fly-by before a crowd of several hundred dignitaries assembled at Al Dhafra Air Base. Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces [...]	2005-05-04 12:04:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL TC
05ABUDHABI2067	UAE OPENS TELECOM SECTOR FOR COMPETITION [...] (U) The UAE Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) announced this week it has approved the establishment of a new telecommunications company that will compete with Etisalat, which up until now was the sole telecommunications entity in the UAE. According to a May 7 Gulf News report, TRA [...]	2005-05-09 13:03:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS EINT ETRD EFIN PGOV KPRV TC
05ABUDHABI2070	UAE WELCOMES IRAQ TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT [...] (U) The UAE Cabinet of Ministers issued a statement May 9 welcoming the Iraq Transitional Government (ITG). The statement, which was carried in the Arabic and English press May 10, said that the UAE hailed the final composition of the Iraq government and hoped that this latest political devel [...]	2005-05-10 05:08:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IZ TC
05ABUDHABI2090	TOUR D'HORIZON WITH DEPUTY PM SHEIKH HAMDAN [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed (HbZ) and Ambassador met May 8 to review developments in Iraq and U.S.-UAE relations. At our urging, the UAE issued a statement May 9 welcoming the newly formed Iraqi government. HbZ agreed th [...]	2005-05-10 09:46:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CJAN KNNP PK GZ IZ WEU TC
05ABUDHABI2113	UAE MONEY EXCHANGES CONCERNED ABOUT ACCESS TO U.S. [...] (U) Summary. The UAE's 110 licensed money exchange houses have formed a Steering Committee to ensure that the UAE's regulated exchange houses can continue to do business with banks and financial institutions overseas. The steering committee will work with the UAE Central Bank and financial i [...]	2005-05-11 09:15:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KTFN EFIN TC UAE
05ABUDHABI2143	RESPONDING TO CROWN PRINCE'S LETTER ON CAMEL [...] (C) Summary: The UAE has taken several positive actions since March 31 to address Trafficking in Persons related to child camel jockeys. These achievements generally track with those noted in Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed's (MbZ) April 28 letter to the Secretary, Deputy Sec [...]	2005-05-11 12:34:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB TC
05ABUDHABI2158	SUBJECT: UAE UPSET OVER PUBLICITY OF COOPERATION WITH U.S. MILITARY IN PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-14 09:00:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PK PTER TC
05ABUDHABI2169	UAE CHARITY - HUMAN APPEAL INTERNATIONAL [...] (S) Summary and Comment: Human Appeal International (HAI),headquartered in the Emirate of Ajman, is one of the most visible UAE international charities. Aware of ongoing U.S. concerns about HAI's activities and terror finance connections, Econoff visited HAI on April 25 and met with the foun [...]	2005-05-15 09:25:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PTER KTFN EAID EFIN IQ TC UAE
05ABUDHABI2173	UAE DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY TO SUPPORT FREEDOM [...] (C) Summary: Although the United Arab Emirates is a wealthy and economically advanced country, an open political system and political competition do not exist. The UAE has no elections, no political parties, and no trade unions. The existing appointed consultative bodies that debate and adop [...]	2005-05-16 05:06:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV ECON KPAO PREL XF KMPI TC
05ABUDHABI2178	MBZ ON IRAQ, IRAN, PAKISTAN [...] (U) Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed,s weekly Sunday "VIP Majlis" provided an excellent opportunity for a visiting National Defense University delegation to observe first-hand the UAEG,s informal consultative process. MbZ, brothers MinState Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan and Interior [...]	2005-05-16 09:12:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL MASS PHUM ELAB IR IZ XF SA PK FR TC
05ABUDHABI2179	GUANTANAMO ISSUES - ARB AND KORAN DESECRATION [...] (C) Ambassador met with MFA Under Secretary Abdullah Rashid Al Noaimi on May 14 and discussed ref A information regarding the Administrative Review Board's (ARB) assessment of UAE detainee Abdullah Al Hamiri, and the allegation that the Koran had been desecrated at the U.S. Naval Station at Gu [...]	2005-05-16 09:12:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KAWC PINR PREL KISK TC
05ABUDHABI2180	MFA UNDER SECRETARY MEETS NDU DELEGATION [...] (C) Summary: MFA Under Secretary Abdullah Rashid Al Noaimi met May 14 with Ambassador and a visiting delegation from the National Defense University's (NDU) National War College and reviewed the UAE's security concerns, and the political reform trends that are under way in the region. Al Noaim [...]	2005-05-16 09:13:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL KDEM PGOV IZ IR SA TC
05ABUDHABI2195	UAE ACCESS STUDENTS: "I THOUGHT THAT AMERICANS [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-17 03:04:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL XF TC
05ABUDHABI224	2005 Investment Climate Statement, United Arab Emirates [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-12 10:48:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON OPIC KTDB USTR TC
05ABUDHABI231	ASD RODMAN MEETS UAE MINDEF MOHAMMED BIN RASHID [...] (C) Summary: In a January 11 meeting with Dubai Crown Prince and UAE Minister of Defense Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid (MBR),ASD Rodman expressed USG appreciation for UAE's contributions to our counter-terror and counter-proliferation efforts. In response to a question on Iraq, ASD Rodman outli [...]	2005-01-16 04:00:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MOPS MARR PREL IR IQ TC
05ABUDHABI2358	UAE HOSTS UN INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN [...] Summary. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Sweden co-hosted a meeting in Abu Dhabi on 9 May to discuss coordination of international humanitarian assistance. The meeting was part of an evolving campaign to engage emerging donors in humanitarian response activities. Each the participating c [...]	2005-05-25 09:20:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF UN TC
05ABUDHABI2365	UAE HOLDS CAMEL RACE WITHOUT BOY JOCKEYS [...] (SBU) On May 19, Emirates TV station carried a live broadcast of a camel race featuring jockeys whose age and weight appeared to conform with camel racing guidelines adopted by the UAE Government in mid-March (ref B). Embassy officers who watched the race on television noted that the jockeys [...]	2005-05-25 12:17:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB TC
05ABUDHABI2437	REACTION TO TIP REPORT: UAEG EXPECTED TIER 3 [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with MFA Under Secretary Abdullah Rashid Al Noaimi June 1 to deliver the 2005 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, ranking the UAE at Tier 3, and the companion mini-action plan. Ambassador also discussed the TIP report and action plan with director for internationa [...]	2005-06-01 11:34:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KCRM ELAB KWMN TC
05ABUDHABI2489	BASRAH MEDIA REPORTING TRIP - "TELL THEM THAT OUR DOOR IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS." [...] (U) Summary. On May 18-21 PA Abu Dhabi conducted a media- reporting trip for Abu Dhabi TV, Arabic Language daily Al-Ittihad and monthly Gulf Defense Magazine to Basrah, Iraq to highlight Basrah political and economic stability and UK/Iraqi joint military training activities. The group met wit [...]	2005-06-05 12:07:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR IZ TC
05ABUDHABI2495	UAE LEADERS COMMITTED TO TIP PLAN FOLLOW THROUGH [...] (C) Summary. The UAE leadership has reacted calmly to the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Tier 3 designation and action plan. UAE leaders designated Presidential Affairs Minister Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed to oversee the plan's implementation and have asked two specific questions about the action [...]	2005-06-06 04:14:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB TC
05ABUDHABI2497	POST VIEWS ON OUTREACH TO IRAQIS IN UAE [...] (C) Summary: The Embassy has considered ways to accelerate engagement with Iraq's Sunni Arab community (ref A),and believes that there could be a role for the UAEG in using its good offices to bring together U.S. and ITG officials with influential Sunni leaders. Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Moh [...]	2005-06-06 04:43:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM IZ TC
05ABUDHABI2500	RELIGIOUS LEADERS DISCUSS QU'RAN DESECRATION [...] (SBU) DURING A MEETING MAY 24 WITH UAE RELIGIOUS ADVISOR, DR. ALI AL HASHEMI, AND A MEETING MAY 31 WITH MINISTRY OF JUSTICE UNDER SECRETARY FOR ISLAMIC AFFAIRS, DR. MOHAMED JUMA AL MEHAIRI, POL CHIEF DISCUSSED THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING THE DESECRATION OF THE HOLY QU'RAN AT THE DETENTION FACIL [...]	2005-06-06 06:53:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KIRF KISL TC
05ABUDHABI2512	UAEG REQUESTS INFORMATION ON U.S. POSITION ON G-4 [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (SBU) In a June 6 meeting, MFA International Organizations Director Yacoub Al-Hosani asked Econchief if the Embassy could provide him with any information on the U.S. position with regard to the draft G-4 resolution on UN reform. Al-Hosa [...]	2005-06-06 09:25:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UN TC
05ABUDHABI2528	CONGRESSIONAL STAFFERS SEE UAE INTEREST IN FTA [...] (SBU) Summary: A group of eight House and Senate staffers visited the UAE from May 28 to June 1 at the invitation of the UAEG to discuss FTA issues. UAEG interlocutors stressed the close relationship between the U.S. and the UAE and their interest in a mutually beneficial FTA. Information Min [...]	2005-06-07 09:42:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON ELAB OVIP OREP TC FTA
05ABUDHABI2529	UAE ONE STEP CLOSER TO RATIFYING TWO ANTI-TERROR [...] The UAE Cabinet of Ministers approved, on June 6, the accession to two UN Conventions on Terrorism -- the 1999 Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism and the 1997 Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings. This decision brings the UAE one step closer to formal [...]	2005-06-07 09:42:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KTFN TC
05ABUDHABI2543	AUSTRALIANS GENERALLY SATISFIED WITH FTA [...] (C) Summary: On June 7, lead Australian negotiator Stephan Deady told Ambassador that he was "quite pleased" with the results of the second round of FTA negotiations, although the talks are still in a very preliminary stage. The Australians plan to move the agreement forward, but are not going [...]	2005-06-08 09:08:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL AS TC FTA
05ABUDHABI2559	PAKISTAN'S MUSHARRAF ON OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE UAE [...] (C) Summary: Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf paid his first official visit to the UAE since President Khalifa succeeded the late Sheikh Zayed last November. During the June 4-5 visit, the two leaders discussed the war on terror, Pakistan's internal political stability, Pakistan's ties wit [...]	2005-06-08 10:41:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ECON PK TC
05ABUDHABI257	DEMARCHE ON IAEA COMPREHENSIVE SAFEGUARDS [...] (C) On January 16, Pol Chief and G-8 representatives (France, Japan, Russia, Italy, Canada, and UK -- Germany had a schedule conflict) jointly delivered reftel points to MFA Director for International Organizations, Yacub Al Hosani. Pol Chief also provided Al Hosani with a copy of the letter e [...]	2005-01-17 09:01:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP TRGY PREL AORC IAEA TC
05ABUDHABI2574	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: ABUSE OF THE KORAN [...] SUMMARY: A COLUMNIST IN THE ARABIC DAILY "AL-BAYAN" WARNED ALL MUSLIMS AGAINST AN ALLEGED AMERICAN-ISRAELI PLAN TO DESTROY AL-AQSA MOSQUE. THE COLUMNIST CLAIMS THAT THE KORAN ABUSE IN GUANTANAMO IS A CONSPIRACY AND SHOULD BE TREATED AS A WAR CRIME. THE COLUMN URGES MUSLIMS TO NOT BE TOLERANT [...]	2005-06-08 12:20:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
05ABUDHABI2624	SUSTAINING ENERGY DIALOGE - UAE [...] (C) Summary: On June 12, Ambassador met with UAE Energy Minister Al-Hamili as part of our continued dialogue on energy issues, to include briefing him on U.S. efforts to spur conservation and improve energy efficiency and exchanging views on the volatile oil supply situation. Al-Hamili noted t [...]	2005-06-12 10:50:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ENRG ETRD ELAB TC
05ABUDHABI2704	UAE PROGRESS ON FTA ISSUES -- SLOW BUT STEADY [...] (C) Summary: The UAE continues to make slow, but steady progress on outstanding Free Trade Agreement issues in advance of the proposed June 27 or 28 DVC between the lead negotiators. We have noticed an up tick in UAE preparations as the date of the DVC draws near. For that reason, Embassy su [...]	2005-06-15 11:04:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON EFIN AS CH TC FTA
05ABUDHABI2705	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: TIP REPORT [...] SUMMARY: A UAE COLUMNIST RIDICULES THE TIP REPORT BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT SAYING THAT THOSE WHO PREPARED THE REPORT "HAVE DEALT ONLY WITH THE MOST EXTREME EXAMPLES OF ABUSES OF HOUSEMAIDS AND IGNORED THE MAJORITY THAT ARE TREATED WELL AND WITH DIGNITY IN OUR HOMES". HE CALLED ON SECRETARY RU [...]	2005-06-15 11:48:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
05ABUDHABI2706	MEDIA REACTION: WOMEN'S RACE TO THE BALLOT BOX [...] (U) SUMMARY: A UAE COLUMNIST CALLS FOR EQUAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS FOR ARAB WOMEN IN SOCIETY. SHE STATED THAT THE DEMOCRATIC TRANSFORMATION OF ARAB SOCIETIES WILL BE COMPLETE ONLY WHEN WOMEN ATTAIN EQUAL RIGHTS. SHE CALLS FOR GREATER ACCESS TO EDUCATION AND INCREASED POLITICAL REPRESENTATION [...]	2005-06-15 11:57:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
05ABUDHABI2741	INCONSISTENT UAE CHARITY OVERSIGHT, A SYSTEM [...] (C) Summary. The UAE Government, aware that mechanisms of charitable giving could be used to provide a cover for the financing of terror, has established regulations and procedures to try to ensure that charitable funds are not diverted for terrorist purposes. The regulatory regime for licen [...]	2005-06-19 09:03:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KTFN EAID EFIN TC UAE
05ABUDHABI2759	FGM ON THE DECLINE IN UAE [...] SUMMARY: THE TRADITIONAL PRACTICE OF FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION (FGM) HAS ALMOST DISAPPEARED AMONG UAE NATIONALS DUE TO THE SPREAD OF EDUCATION, GREATER AWARENESS OF THE HEALTH RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH FGM, AND GOVERNMENT INSTRUCTIONS TO HOSPITALS AND CLINICS PROHIBITING THE PRACTICE, ACCORDING TO [...]	2005-06-20 07:16:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KOCI KWMN TC
05ABUDHABI2781	SCENESETTER FOR PDAS CHENEY'S VISIT TO THE UAE [...] (C) Summary: We look forward to welcoming you to Abu Dhabi and Dubai. The UAE leadership will be very interested in hearing your perspectives on the latest developments in Iraq and on the Mideast peace process, as well as listening to your views on reform in the region. We have requested mee [...]	2005-06-20 10:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PGOV KMPI PTER ETRD PHUM MASS IZ AF TC
05ABUDHABI2782	NO PLAN TO OPEN COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP TO WOMEN THIS YEAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DESPITE PRESS REPORTS THAT THE UAE'S APPOINTED REPRESENTATIVE BODY, THE FEDERAL NATIONAL COUNCIL (FNC),MIGHT BE OPENING ITS MEMBERSHIP TO WOMEN, FNC SECRETARY GENERAL MOHAMMED AL MAZROUIE TOLD POL CHIEF JUNE 14 THAT THERE WAS NO TIMELINE FOR HAVING WOMEN JOIN THE FNC BY THE TIME [...]	2005-06-20 10:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KWMN MEPI TC
05ABUDHABI2815	UAE-IRAN RELATIONS: AN UNEASY CALM [...] (C) Summary: The UAE and Iran have long had a wary co-existence. While the two countries enjoy robust trade ties and have historical social and cultural links, Iran's nuclear program and the possibility of a clandestine weapons component, interference in Iraq's internal affairs, and continued [...]	2005-06-21 11:57:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL ETRD PINR IZ IR GCC TC
05ABUDHABI2816	UAE REQUESTS PARTICIPATION IN NATO'S ICI [...] (C) The UAEG on June 14 formally notified the NATO SecGen of its interest in participating in NATO's Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI). NATO's approval of the request would mean the UAE would join Gulf neighbors Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar as ICI partners. Assuming NATO brings the UAE into [...]	2005-06-21 15:01:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PTER SA IR AF IZ NATO TC
05ABUDHABI2833	UAE PROGRESS ON TIP ACTION PLAN [...] (C) Summary: Since receiving the TIP report and mini-action plan from us on June 1, the UAE Government has made steady progress in addressing the suggested steps in the plan. Ministry of Interior police continue to identify and rescue underage camel jockeys. Government social workers working [...]	2005-06-22 11:45:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB ETRD TC
05ABUDHABI2945	PDAS CHENEY MEETS WITH UAE PRESIDENT KHALIFA [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting June 26 with NEA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Cheney, UAE President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan offered his assessment of the situation in Iraq, commented on the Iranian elections and discussed Syria's involvement in the region, reform in the UAE, and effo [...]	2005-07-01 09:08:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KMPI KPAL PHUM IZ IR SY WE GZ TC
05ABUDHABI2946	PDAS CHENEY CONSULTS WITH SHEIKH HAMDAN ON KSA, [...] (S) Summary: NEA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Cheney consulted with Deputy Prime Minister/Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed (HbZ) on June 26 on debt relief for Iraq, Saudi Arabia, political reform, assistance for the Palestinians, and free trade. With respe [...]	2005-07-01 09:23:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PGOV ETRD KMPI KPAL SA WE GZ TC

05ABUDHABI2947	PDAS CHENEY DISCUSSES REFORM, TIP AND TRADE [...] (C) Summary: During NEA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Cheney's visit to the UAE June 26-27, she had an SIPDIS opportunity to speak to different audiences about political reform, trafficking in persons, and economic issues. Cheney emphasized that to fully empower its citizens, the UAE [...]	2005-07-01 09:34:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD KMPI PHUM TC
05ABUDHABI2957	DOE WILLIAMSON ENERGY DISCUSSIONS IN UAE [...] (C) Summary. DOE officials Molly Williamson and John Brodman met UAEG counterparts to discuss the UAE's oil sector and oil market issues. The delegation, accompanied by Ambassador and econoff, briefed UAEG interlocutors on Secretary Bodman's recent travel to Moscow, Baku and Kiev. SIPDIS [...]	2005-07-02 08:23:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG TC
05ABUDHABI296	USG EMPHASIZES NEED FOR LABOR LAW REVISIONS IN [...] (U) Summary: The UAEG told A/USTR Clatanoff a revised labor law and trade union law should be issued by summer 2005. The original 1980 labor law will be revised to bring it into compliance with ILO standards and address needed labor market reform. The trade union law will allow expatriate [...]	2005-01-18 10:01:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ETRD PHUM TC
05ABUDHABI2968	HIGH PROFILE UAE GOVERNMENT OUTREACH ON FTA [...] (U) The UAE government has been actively pursuing high-level outreach to the press and UAE business community on the benefits of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States. Minister of Economy and Planning Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi and Minister of State for Finance and Industry Dr. Moh [...]	2005-07-03 09:56:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV ELAB ECON PREL USTR TC
05ABUDHABI2975	CENTCOM DEPUTY COMMANDER GENERAL SMITH VISITS UAE [...] (C) Summary: CENTCOM Deputy Commander Lieutenant General Smith met July 2 with UAE Armed Forces Deputy Chief of Staff Major General Mohammed Al Kaabi and UAE Air Force and Air Defense Commander Staff Pilot Major General Khaled Al Buainnan. Smith briefed Al Kaabi on international troop deploym [...]	2005-07-05 03:04:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MASS AF IZ IR PK SA TC
05ABUDHABI3002	UAE CAMEL JOCKEY LAW ON THE BOOKS [...] (U) UAE President Khalifa issued a federal law July 5 that prohibits persons below 18 years of age from taking part in camel races, and subjects traffickers to jail sentences and/or fines. The new law received prominent coverage in both the Arabic and English press, which touted it as the fir [...]	2005-07-06 10:23:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB TC
05ABUDHABI3008	ONE MORE CRACK IN THE GCC - UAE/SAUDI BORDER [...] (S) Summary. Tensions between UAE and Saudi Arabia over a border dispute have broad implications for intra-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) relations and the long-term viability of the GCC. UAE officials view Saudi objections to a planned causeway to link the UAE and Qatar as Saudi Arabia's at [...]	2005-07-06 11:29:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PBTS PREL PHSA EPET ENRG TC GCC
05ABUDHABI301	SCENESETTER - NSC HOMELAND SECURITY ADVISOR [...] (C) Overview: We look forward to welcoming you to the United Arab Emirates February 6-7. U.S.-UAE cooperation in the security and counterterrorism fields is robust and the UAE leadership is actively seeking ways to enhance the relationship. Your visit here will be an excellent opportunity to [...]	2005-01-18 11:17:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER PINS EFIN IZ IR TC
05ABUDHABI3013	SCENESETTER - DEA ADMINISTRATOR TANDY'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Administrator Tandy: I would like to welcome you to the UAE. Your visit comes during a dynamic period in the U.S.-UAE bilateral relationship. Over the last few years, relations between the U.S. and the UAE have deepened and expanded in the economic, military, counter-terror, and nonproli [...]	2005-07-07 14:55:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	SNAR PTER KTFN EFIN ETTC TC
05ABUDHABI303	WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS: REQUEST FOR COMMENTS - [...] The UAE is an attractive place for U.S. businesses, but the legal framework here favors local over foreign investors. Post assesses that the overall level of openness for services in the UAE is medium. In some cases, we have assessed different sectors at different levels of openness. 2. [...]	2005-01-18 12:00:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTO TC
05ABUDHABI3043	UAE DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY: QUARTERLY [...] (C) Summary: Since the May 16 submission of the UAE democratic reform strategy (ref A),visiting DOS and embassy officials have highlighted the need for greater public participation with President Khalifa, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed, MinState Foreign Affairs Hamdan bin Zayed, [...]	2005-07-11 06:58:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV ECON KPAO PREL XF KMPI TC MEPI
05ABUDHABI305	DISAPPOINTING FIRST DAY'S TURNOUT IN UAE'S IRAQI [...] (C) Summary: The first day of Iraqi out-of-county voting registration (OCV) ended on a low note, with only about 1,000 people showing up at registration tents in Abu Dhabi and Dubai on January 17, according to an IOM staffer in Dubai. Registration will continue through January 23, with polls o [...]	2005-01-18 12:48:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KDEM PREL TC
05ABUDHABI3050	UAE DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON EXECUTIVE ORDER BLOCKING [...] (S) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid Al Noaimi on July 5 and provided him with copies of E.O. 13382 and UNSCR 1540. At Al Noaimi's request, we will also pass a copy of the E.O. to the UAE's State Security Organization. 2. (S) On July 6, Econoff delivered ref [...]	2005-07-11 08:42:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PARM PREL PGOV MNUC EFIN ETTC
05ABUDHABI3068	MTCR REGIME OUTREACH MISSION TO THE UAE [...] (C) Summary: Given the UAE's strategic geographic location, booming economic activity, and outstanding shipping facilities, the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) identified the UAE as a priority country for outreach. South Korea, as current MTCR Chair, led a June 7-9 mission to the UA [...]	2005-07-12 07:19:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP MNUC ETTC TC
05ABUDHABI3072	G-4 FRAMEWORK RESOLUTION ON UN REFORM: UAE RESPONSE [...] (C) Ambassador made reftel demarche on the G-4 framework resolution on UN reform to MFA Under Secretary Abdullah Rashid al Noaimi on July 12, emphasizing that governments should continue to focus on a broad range of UN reform issues rather than pushing for quick action and a quick vote. Al No [...]	2005-07-12 08:41:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC TC
05ABUDHABI3073	UAE: DEAD SEA DONORS MEETING, IRAQI DEBT RELIEF [...] (U) On July 11, Econoff delivered Ref A demarche on the International Reconstruction Trust Fund Facility for Iraq to Mohammed Abdul Rahim Abduljalil, MFA Assistant Undersecretary for International Cooperation. Abduljalil reported that the UAE had not yet designated a representative to the IRFF [...]	2005-07-12 09:21:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN IZ TC
05ABUDHABI3074	TIP ACTION UPDATE: LABOR [...] (C) Summary: The UAE Ministry of Labor has taken a number of proactive steps since June 1 in response to the TIP Mini-Action Plan (reftel) that requires the UAE to establish shelters for trafficking victims, articulate how the UAEG will extend formal protection to domestic workers and other l [...]	2005-07-12 10:01:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM ETRD PREL TC
05ABUDHABI3131	ABU DHABI EMIRATE RESTRUCTURES ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY [...] (U) President Khalifa bin Zayed signed a law on July 10, 2005 that restructures the Emirate of Abu Dhabi's environmental authority. Formerly known as the Environmental Research and Wildlife Development Agency (ERWDA),the new Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi has greatly increased enforcement auth [...]	2005-07-17 04:40:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KSCA ECON EPET ETRD TC
05ABUDHABI3144	LABOR: SPONSORSHIP TRANSFER REGULATIONS LOOSENED [...] (SBU) Summary: The UAE Cabinet formally approved new sponsorship transfer regulations on July 12, 2005 which grant the Ministry of Labor's 2.1 million workers more freedom of movement in the labor market. The new laws allow a worker to change sponsorship after 1, 2 or 3 years of employment (d [...]	2005-07-17 09:13:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM ETRD PREL TC
05ABUDHABI3160	NEW UAE FAMILY LAW [...] (U) ON JULY 11, THE FEDERAL CABINET APPROVED A PERSONAL STATUS LAW COVERING MARRIAGE, LEGAL COMPETENCE, GUARDIANSHIP, WILLS, INHERITANCE, AND ENDOWMENT. SIGNIFICANTLY, THE NEW DRAFT LAW GRANTS UAE WOMEN THE RIGHT TO DIVORCE THEIR HUSBANDS. CURRENTLY A WOMAN CAN SEEK DIVORCE THROUGH COURTS, BUT [...]	2005-07-18 07:53:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KWMN TC
05ABUDHABI3161	UAE IMAMS DENOUNCE TERROR, EXTREMISM [...] (C) Summary: In response to the July 7 terror attacks in London and the continuing violence in Iraq, the UAEG has stepped up its efforts to denounce terrorist violence. The UAEG's latest push has included a public campaign with unequivocal condemnations of extremism in government-approved Fri [...]	2005-07-18 07:54:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL KPAO PTER TC
05ABUDHABI3175	DEFEATING THE G-4 FRAMEWORK RESOLUTION: UAE [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-19 04:41:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC TC
05ABUDHABI3194	UAE PROGRESS ON TIP ACTION PLAN [...] (C) Summary: With two weeks to go before the end of the 60-day TIP action plan, the UAE continues to make progress in addressing the suggested steps in the action plan (ref C). The following is a review of progress made to date on the mini-action plan, keyed to the six points provided by G/TIP. [...]	2005-07-19 09:58:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB ETRD TC
05ABUDHABI3200	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: SAUDI INTELLECTUAL CONDEMNS [...] SUMMARY: SAUDI INTELLECTUAL JAMAL KHASHOGGI WROTE IN THE SEMI- OFFICIAL ARABIC DAILY "AL-ITTIHAD" THAT THE SUICIDE BOMBINGS REPRESENT THE LARGEST INTELLECTUAL AND ETHICAL CRISIS ENCOUNTERING ISLAM. HE ASSERTS THAT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MUSLIMS AND THE WEST ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE, BUT RESORTIN [...]	2005-07-19 11:11:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
05ABUDHABI3211	DEA ADMINISTRATOR'S UAE VISIT - IT'S ALL ABOUT THE [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 11. 2. (U) Summary: In a 15-17 July visit to the UAE, DEA Administrator Karen Tandy met with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ),Interior Minister Sheikh Saif bin Zayed, and Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser Al [...]	2005-07-23 01:42:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PTER KTFN EFIN ETTC AF TC
05ABUDHABI3220	UAE JUDICIAL COOPERATION WITH THE EUROPEANS [...] (SBU) Summary. The UAE does not have a robust judicial cooperation relationship with the U.S. or European countries. The Ministry of Justice would like to sign bi- lateral judicial cooperation treaties with the U.S. and is holding the judicial cooperation relationship hostage in order to mak [...]	2005-07-23 10:09:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KJAN KJUS PGOV KTFN SOCI TC
05ABUDHABI3237	SAJGAS IPO AND IRANIAN GAS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 5. 2. (C) Dow Jones Correspondent Simeon Kerr (protect) telephoned EconChief on July 23 and July 24 to say that Crescent Petroleum and the Emirate of Sharjah planned to issue an initial public offering (IPO) in September for their SajGas proj [...]	2005-07-25 03:22:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET BEXP ENRG ECON PREL IR TC
05ABUDHABI3241	PRESIDENT KHALIFA IN ABU DHABI'S WESTERN REGION [...] (C) Summary: President Khalifa traveled to the less advantaged Western Region of Abu Dhabi Emirate July 21-23 to fulfill the traditional practice of the ruler meeting with tribal leaders, but also to inform residents about planned infrastructure upgrades. Khalifa may be using such visits arou [...]	2005-07-25 07:27:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EPET TC
05ABUDHABI3242	UAE CONDEMNS SHARM AL SHEIKH ATTACK [...] (C) Summary: UAE leaders have publicly condemned the July 23 attack in Egypt's Sharm Al Sheikh, and have called on religious leaders to preach tolerance and moderation. Three UAE nationals were injured in the explosions, according to press reports. As reported reftel, after the July 7 attack [...]	2005-07-25 07:46:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL KISL KPAO TC
05ABUDHABI3243	UAE COUNTERTERRORISM EFFORTS: GOOD HARDWARE, BUT [...] (S) Summary: The UAE, keenly aware that the threat of extremist violence on its soil is real, is implementing numerous measures in hopes of preventing terrorist attacks. In the past year, the UAEG has prioritized homeland security within its national security strategy. However, the UAE lacks [...]	2005-07-25 07:52:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PTER PINS ASEC EPET MCAP TC
05ABUDHABI3244	GENERAL ABIZAID MEETING WITH ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE [...] (C) Summary: CENTCOM Commander General Abizaid met July 20 with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ). Abizaid praised the UAEG for its steadfast determination to wage a public campaign against extremist i [...]	2005-07-25 07:54:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MASS PREL IZ AF PK IR SY SA TC
05ABUDHABI326	SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO THE UAE [...] (C) I look forward to welcoming you back to the United Arab Emirates January 30-February 1. Your visit will provide a timely opportunity to discuss our common concerns about the Iranian nuclear program with the UAEG as well as to review progress on the UAEG,s export controls program. The UAE [...]	2005-01-23 11:06:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM ETTC KNNP KOMC KSTC IZ IR TC
05ABUDHABI3264	UAE DISMISSES ISLAMIST WEB SITE WARNING [...] An Islamist Web site features a statement warning the UAE to expel non-Muslims and Westerners within 10 days or risk attack. The statement, which appears to be a copy of a March 2005 statement posted on another Islamist Web site, was posted on the Al Sakifah Web site on July 19 by an unidenti [...]	2005-07-25 11:25:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC PREL KPAO MCAP TC
05ABUDHABI327	EFFECT ON INSURANCE SECTOR OPENING LIMITED IN NEAR [...] (C) Summary: The UAE has announced that it will open its insurance sector to new foreign insurance companies. The impact of this move, meant to fulfill WTO obligations, is likely to be limited in the near term, as locally-owned companies are likely to continue to have preferential access to [...]	2005-01-23 11:08:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD TC
05ABUDHABI3272	SHEIKH ABDULLAH ON SYRIA, GAZA, SAUDI BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY. On July 24, UAE Minister of Information Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan and Ambassador discussed UAE attention to halting the flow of foreign fighters into Iraq; Abdullah's planned travel to Damascus to meet with Syrian President Bashar Al Asad; Gaza disengagement and the UAE [...]	2005-07-26 09:56:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PTER UNSC PHUM PINR EAID SY IZ GZ SA
05ABUDHABI3297	UAE TIP ACTION PLAN UPDATE: PROSECUTIONS [...] Summary: With one week to go before the end of the 60-day TIP action plan assessment period, the UAE continues to make progress in addressing the suggested steps in the action plan (ref A). The UAEG has provided data on 19 investigations and prosecutions of persons of different nationalities [...]	2005-07-27 10:07:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB ETRD KJAN TC
05ABUDHABI3299	UAE USING OUTREACH TO THE FAITHFUL TO COMBAT [...] (C) Summary: The UAEG is capitalizing on the nation's reputation as a moderate, tolerant Muslim country to try to persuade its citizens and large expatriate community that extremist-inspired violence has no place in Islam. Through a series of carefully crafted Friday sermons, the Ministry of [...]	2005-07-27 10:53:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL KPAO PTER TC
05ABUDHABI330	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT BUSH'S INAUGURATION [...] SUMMARY: LOCAL AND REGIONAL MEDIA COVERED PRESIDENT BUSH'S INAUGURATION EXTENSIVELY AND EXCERPTS FROM HIS SPEECH WERE CARRIED IN ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS. AL ARABIYAH AND AL JAZEERA BROADCAST THE INAUGURATION LIVE WITH SIMULTANEOUS ARABIC TRANSLATION, ABU DHABI TV AND DUBAI TV ALSO REPORTED THE [...]	2005-01-23 13:02:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
05ABUDHABI332	ASD RODMAN MEETING WITH UAE INFORMATION MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: During a January 12 meeting with UAE Information Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, ASD Peter Rodman discussed Iraq,s upcoming election and its role in achieving stability. Sheikh Abdullah shared concerns about Sunni participation in the election and representation in [...]	2005-01-23 13:13:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	AF ETRD IR IZ MAS PREL PTER TC
05ABUDHABI3346	STATUS OF UAE EXPORT CONTROLS [...] (C) Summary: The issue of export controls in the UAE has been raised in a number of contexts recently, including during the recent MTCR outreach mission to the UAE (Refs A and E) and FTA negotiations between the US and the UAE. This message reviews the status of export controls in the UAE as [...]	2005-07-31 12:22:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	ETTC KNNP PREL PARM TC
05ABUDHABI3352	UAE PLANNED ATTENDANCE AT HLE AND UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-01 07:10:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA TC
05ABUDHABI3391	UAE THINK TANK PAINTS ROSY PICTURE ON TERROR [...] (C) Summary: An editorial by a quasi-governmental Abu Dhabi think tank asserting that the UAE is "an island isolated from terrorism" because of its "alert and advanced" security services appears to be part of an effort to attempt to reassure investors, tourists, and residents that the UAE rema [...]	2005-08-03 06:57:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PINS ASEC TC
05ABUDHABI34	MEDIA REACTION: SOUTH ASIAN CATASTROPHE [...] SUMMARY: THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE ASIAN TSUNAMI, THE ELECTIONS IN IRAQ AND PALESTINE, AND SUDANESE PEACE AGREEMENT DOMINATED COVERAGE IN LOCAL ELECTRONIC AND PRINT MEDIA THIS WEEK. AN EDITORIAL IN "AL KHALEEJ" STATED THAT THE WORLD SHOULD FOCUS ON SPENDING MONEY ON HUMANITARIAN AID INSTEAD OF [...]	2005-01-03 09:00:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
05ABUDHABI3436	UAE MAKING PROGRESS ON FTA ISSUS OVER SUMMER [...] (C) Summary: The UAEG continues to make progress on FTA issues over the summer months. The UAE Rules of Origin Committee announced a set of conditions that companies would need to comply with in order to have a good classified as "made in the UAE." According to MinFin's Saeed Al-Rukn, these [...]	2005-08-08 06:26:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON EFIN TC
05ABUDHABI3437	REPORT OF MORE TIP PROSECUTIONS, CAMEL JOCKEY [...] Summary: UAEG progress on addressing the human trafficking problem has continued right through the August 2 60-day TIP action plan assessment period deadline (ref A). At the request of the Consul General, the Dubai Justice Department provided information on three new sex trafficking prosecuti [...]	2005-08-08 07:25:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD PHUM KJAN TC
05ABUDHABI3439	ABU DHABI OIL PRODUCTION AND SECURITY [...] (S) Summary: Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations (ADCO) GM told Econchief that ADCO is currently producing 1.2 mb/d and will be able to produce 1.4 mb/d by end 2006. He expressed concern about the impact of a sea borne attack on ADCO's main export terminal, which could shut down expo [...]	2005-08-08 07:56:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	ENRG EPET PTER TC
05ABUDHABI3440	ABU DHABI AWARE OF SHARJAH AND IRANIAN GAS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 9. 2. (C) Summary: Abu Dhabi Executive Council member Khaldoon Al-Mubarak told Econchief that Abu Dhabi emirate leadership was aware of the planned Crescent petroleum project to pipe Iranian gas to the UAE and was trying to develop an appropr [...]	2005-08-08 07:57:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL IR TC
05ABUDHABI3441	OVERVIEW OF OIL AND GAS IN THE UAE [...] (C) Begin Summary. Oil and natural gas form the basis of the modern economy in the United Arab Emirates, which holds 8 to 9 percent of the world,s proven oil reserves and controls the world,s fifth largest natural gas reserves. Over 90 percent of the country,s established oil and natural gas [...]	2005-08-08 07:57:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	ENRG EPET TC
05ABUDHABI3475	UAE ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (U) Summary. This cable is an initial report of some of the program aid that the UAE has provided to the Palestinians, including the $62 million Sheikh Zayed City, the planned $100 million Sheikh Khalifa City, and the $88 million in proje [...]	2005-08-09 14:10:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN PREL KPAL TC
05ABUDHABI349	PROPOSED CHANGES TO UAE LABOR LAW [...] (U) Summary: During meetings with A/USTR William Clatanoff on January 17(reftel),Ministry of Labor officials listed points that are expected to change in the revised labor law that is expected to be issued by summer 2005. The UAEG has been working on a revision to the 1980 Labor Law for sev [...]	2005-01-24 07:46:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ETRD TC
05ABUDHABI35	UAE APPROVES IOM OVERSEAS VOTER PROGRAM FOR IRAQIS [...] (U) The UAE and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) signed a memorandum of understanding January 2 in Abu Dhabi allowing Iraqi expatriates living in the UAE and other Gulf countries to take part in the January 30 Iraqi elections. The agreement covers all aspects of the Out-of-C [...]	2005-01-03 09:11:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM IZ TC
05ABUDHABI353	USTR VISIT REINFORCES TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant United States Trade Representative for Labor William Clatanoff met with representatives from the Ministries of Interior, Labor, and Foreign Affairs on January 17-19 to discuss a number of labor issues related to upcoming free trade negotiations. One subject Clatanoff [...]	2005-01-24 09:07:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ETRD PHUM PREL TC
05ABUDHABI354	CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM UAE PRIME MINISTER TO [...] Post has received a letter of congratulations from UAE Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Sultan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, to President Bush on the occasion of his re-election to a second term, that we are transmitting for the Department's information/action. 2. Begin Text: The Honorable Mr. George [...]	2005-01-24 10:35:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL TC
05ABUDHABI3546	DEVELOPMENT AID TO ABU DHABI'S WESTERN REGION [...] (C) Summary: Abu Dhabi Executive Council members told Econchief that the Emirate of Abu Dhabi's western region was relatively underdeveloped and poorly served, especially in the areas of health care and education. They were working on a plan to improve services and infrastructure in the weste [...]	2005-08-16 09:26:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EPET TC
05ABUDHABI356	UAE TERRORIST FINANCING AND MONEY LAUNDERING LAWS, [...] (SBU) Summary: Abdelrahim Mohammed Al Awadi, head of the Anti-Money Laundering Unit at the Central Bank (AMLSCU) presented UAE laws and regulations governing money laundering and terrorist financing to USG officials at the Terrorist Financing Subcommittee of the January 11-12 Joint Military [...]	2005-01-24 12:52:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETTC PTER TC
05ABUDHABI3565	GULF STRATEGY TO COMBAT TERRORIST FINANCING - [...] (S/NF) Summary. Embassy supports the priorities and initiatives for the UAE as outlined in the Gulf Strategy to Combat Terrorist Financing. Establishing a Joint Terrorist Finance Coordination Committee (JTFCC) will feed into the paper's priorities of enhancing charity regulation, monitoring a [...]	2005-08-16 15:00:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER KTFN EFIN ETTC TC
05ABUDHABI3580	ABU DHABI'S OFFSHORE PRODUCTION [...] (C) Summary: Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (ADMA/OPCO) GM Bud Fackrell (protect) told Econchief August 16 that ADMA/OPCO had taken several steps to increase oil production over the last year and had a project to bring sustainable oil production capacity to 600,000 barrels per day bp/d by [...]	2005-08-17 12:26:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON TC
05ABUDHABI3583	(S) S29G-04: SYRIAN USE OF UAE FIRM TO ACQUIRE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (S) On August 15, the UAE's State Security Directorate passed A/Legatt a request for further information on ref b demarche on Al-Mazroui Medical and Chemical Supplies (AMMCS). An informal translation of the document text follows. 3. [...]	2005-08-17 13:57:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL CBW ETTC SY AE
05ABUDHABI3618	STAUNCHING THE FLOW OF SAUDI SUICIDE BOMBERS TO [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-22 07:39:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PGOV PTER PREL GCCC TC
05ABUDHABI3735	TFUS01: UAE OFFER OF ASSISTANCE FOR HURRICANE [...] Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan called Ambassador early Saturday afternoon, September 3, to reiterate UAE President Sheikh Khalifa's message of condolence to President Bush (full text below, para 6) as well as the UAE's offer of [...]	2005-09-03 11:14:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON EFIN AEMR KPAO CASC MARR AMGT US TC
05ABUDHABI3746	TFUS01: UAE OFFERS $100 MN IN HURRICANE KATRINA [...] Sultan Al Rumaithi, Office Director for Deputy PM/MinState Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamden Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, informed Ambassador today that the UAEG was prepared to extend $100 million dollars in assistance for Hurricane Katrina Relief. A UAEG inter-ministerial committee has been formed to [...]	2005-09-05 07:47:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON EFIN AEMR KPAO CASC MARR AMGT US TC
05ABUDHABI3767	IRAN AND LIBYA SANCTIONS ACT (ILSA): SHARJAH/UAE [...] (C) On September 4, Ambassador stressed our opposition to investment in Iran's oil sector to MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid Al-Noaimi, using Ref a talking points. She emphasized deep USG concerns about Iranian actions and policies, including pursuit of WMD and delivery systems, support for terrorism, [...]	2005-09-05 13:56:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EPET ENRG PREL ECON IR TC
05ABUDHABI3772	TFUS01: UAE DONATION - HURRICANE KATRINA [...] Obeid Al Marra, from UAE Ministry of Presidential Affairs, telephoned DCM to request instructions for in-kind delivery of donated materials (MREs, medical aid, bedding, generators) for Hurricane Katrina victims. 2. Al Marra stated that most probably the UAEG donation would be half cash an [...]	2005-09-05 14:08:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON EFIN AEMR KPAO CASC MARR AMGT US TC
05ABUDHABI3801	DEMARCHE ON ISOLATING SYRIA AT UNGA [...] (S) In a September 4 call on Abdullah Rashid Al Noaimi, U/S for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador delivered ref A demarche and argued that Syria must be isolated at the UNGA Summit in order to send a strong message that Syria will be held accountable for its abysmal record on support for terrorist a [...]	2005-09-06 14:39:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER SY TC
05ABUDHABI3802	UAE VIEWS ON CAIRO FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEETING [...] (S) Summary: On September 4, the Ambassador delivered ref A demarche on the upcoming Cairo Arab League Foreign Ministers meeting during a call on Abdullah Rashid Al Noaimi, U/S for Foreign Affairs. Ambassador reinforced USG views on terrorism, Israel-Palestine, Syria-Lebanon and Iraq. Al Noa [...]	2005-09-06 15:15:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV TC
05ABUDHABI3804	UAE NOTES COOPERATION ON COMBATING WMD [...] (C) Ambassador discussed the importance of FIU-FIU cooperation to combat WMD proliferation with MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid on Sunday September 4 and provided him with a copy of Executive Order 13382. Abdullah Rashid reaffirmed the UAE's commitment to working with the United States on combating th [...]	2005-09-07 06:53:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC TC
05ABUDHABI3808	UAE: DEVELOPMENT ISSUES AT UN HLE [...] In September 4 call on Abdullah Rashid Al Noaimi, U/S for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador enumerated several concerns about the outcome paper on development issues which will be discussed at the upcoming UN high level event (HLE),and left reftel non-paper detailing these concerns. Ambassador not [...]	2005-09-07 09:06:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECIN PREL UNGA TC
05ABUDHABI3829	MEDIA REACTION:UAE DENIAL, WITHDRAWAL FROM GAZA, KATRINA [...] SUMMARY: UAE PRESIDENT'S ORDERS TO SEND URGENT RELIEF TO THE VICTIMS OF KATRINA AND UAE'S OFFICIAL DENIAL OF REPORTS IN THE ISRAELI PRESS REGARDING THE OPENING OF A REPRESENTATIONAL OFFICE IN DUBAI RECEIVED PROMINENT COVERAGE IN THE UAE'S PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. "AL-ITTIHAD" DAILY URGED [...]	2005-09-07 15:40:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
05ABUDHABI3851	WHAT'S BEHIND THE UAE-SAUDI BORDER DISPUTE [...] This is an Action Request. Please see para. 15 2. (C) Summary: In response to the rising volume of private and public sniping between the UAE and Saudi Arabian governments over the status and meaning of their 1974 Agreement on the Delimitation of Boundaries (refs),Embassies Abu Dhabi and [...]	2005-09-10 15:17:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PBTS EPET PGOV ETRD SA TC
05ABUDHABI3877	UAE LABOR: EXPANDING EXPAT WORKER RIGHTS TARGETS [...] (C) Summary: The UAE Ministry of Labor has been proactive in changing many of the most restrictive laws and regulations governing the expatriate labor market over the past two months, Labor Minister Dr. Al Ka'abi told Ambassador September 10. These changes -- including changing the sponsors [...]	2005-09-12 12:05:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PREL ETRD KDEM PINR PHUM TC
05ABUDHABI388	LOW REGISTRATION TURNOUT FOR IRAQI OCV PROGRAM [...] (C) Summary: While participant turnout significantly improved after the first disappointing day of Iraqi out-of-county voting (OCV) registration (ref. A),IOM officials are still questioning why so few UAE-based Iraqis are taking the opportunity to vote in the January 28-30 elections. Registr [...]	2005-01-26 13:03:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KDEM PREL TC
05ABUDHABI3883	UAE 9/11 COMMEMORATION: "WE MUST ALL STAND UNITED" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Abu Dhabi held a ceremony commemorating the fourth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks and honoring the memory of those from eighty-two countries who lost their lives on September 11. UAE senior officials from the Presidency, and Ministries of Justice and Islamic Affairs, [...]	2005-09-12 12:49:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO OEXC SCUL PTER XF TC
05ABUDHABI3884	MEETING WITH UAE ENERGY MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: On September 11, Ambassador met with UAE Energy Minister Al-Hamili to thank him for UAE and OPEC support after Hurricane Katrina (including a $100 million UAE donation to relief efforts) and brief him on U.S. and international efforts to respond to the crisis. Al-Hamili said that [...]	2005-09-12 13:06:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ENRG ETRD ELAB IR MU TC
05ABUDHABI3888	COMMENTS ON HUMAN APPEAL INTERNTIONAL NONPAPER [...] (S) Summary. Embassy thanks Department for forwarding Treasury's draft nonpaper on Human Appeal International (HAI),which is intended for OFAC Director Bob Werner's use during his 9/16-20 visit to the UAE (ref A). Embassy strongly recommends against passing the paper as currently drafted to [...]	2005-09-12 15:05:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PTER KTFN EFIN TC
05ABUDHABI3905	ONE MAN'S NEGATIVE REACTION TO UAE FRIDAY SERMONS [...] (C) Summary: While the UAEG program of prepared Friday sermons is undoubtedly a strong step towards fighting radicalism and thus terrorism, there is an element of UAE society that is rankled by what it sees as heavy-handed government interference, and which attributes this interference to U.S. [...]	2005-09-14 08:34:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV TC
05ABUDHABI3925	TROUBLED UAE TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR PINNING [...] SUMMARY: The UAE textile industry is slowing down due to increased international competition sparked by the elimination of the worldwide textile quotas. The Ministry of Economy and Planning and senior officials from five textile factories in the Jebel Ali Free Zone (AlPine Creation, Fine Texti [...]	2005-09-14 13:52:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	KTEX ECON ETRD TC
05ABUDHABI3927	MEDIA REACTION: 9/11/ CONTRIBUTION TO KATRINA VICTIMS [...] SUMMARY: ALL ARABIC AND ENGLISH-LANGUAGE DAILIES COVERED MISSION'S COMMEMORATION OF THE FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11 TERRORIST ATTACKS THAT WAS ATTENDED BY THE RELIGIOUS ADVISOR OF THE PRESIDENT, SENIOR UAE OFFICIALS AND CHIEFS OF MISSIONS ACCREDITED IN THE UAE. A SEPARATE PRESS RELEASE THANKIN [...]	2005-09-14 15:33:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
05ABUDHABI3954	ENGAGEMENT OF UAEG ON IRAQ-UNGA THEMES AND [...] (C) Summary: During call on MFA Assistant Under Secretary Tariq Ahmed Al Haidan on September 13, DCM engaged the Assistant U/S on a range of issues including Hurricane Katrina, Avian Flu, and Iraq themes at UNGA. DCM thanked UAEG for its generosity following Hurricane Katrina. He encouraged [...]	2005-09-18 11:49:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KPAL KDEM UNGA AEMR EAID TC IZ
05ABUDHABI3966	ABU DHABI CIVIL AVIATION: RAISING THE PROFILE [...] (C) Summary: Abu Dhabi is raising its profile in the civil aviation arena, building a new government-sponsored airline and renovating the airport to accommodate significant growth, as it begins investing money to raise Abu Dhabi's international profile. Although Abu Dhabi is the capital cit [...]	2005-09-19 12:51:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ETRD PREL PINR TC
05ABUDHABI4025	MINSTATE FOREIGN AFFAIRS HAMDAN ON IRAQ, SAUDI [...] (U) Summary. Ambassador called on Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed al Nahyan (HbZ) September 19 to thank the UAE for its $100 million in Hurricane Katrina assistance and to discuss Iraq, the UAE-Saudi border, UAE assistance to the Palestinians, and possible addi [...]	2005-09-22 15:51:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID SA JO TC
05ABUDHABI4045	MBZ ON IRAQ, EXTREMISM, PALESTINIANS, SAUDIS [...] (C) Summary: Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) told Ambassador and a visiting delegation led by retired U.S. four-star generals over dinner September 20 that he expected the Iraqi people would approve a new Constitution on October 15. MbZ reiterated his support for former [...]	2005-09-25 10:06:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IZ IR SA SY PK TC
05ABUDHABI4048	WOMEN'S STOCK MARKET TIPS EVENT DRAWS A [...] SUMMARY: EMBASSY ABU DHABI AND MEPI REGIONAL OFFICE HOSTED A WOMEN'S EVENT FEATURING A PROMINENT LOCAL SPEAKER GIVING STOCK MARKET TIPS IN ARABIC. THE EVENT, HOSTED AT THE AMBASSADOR'S RESIDENCE, DREW A WIDE VARIETY OF UAE PROFESSIONAL WOMEN, ALL OF WHOM ASKED DETAILED AND INFORMED QUESTIONS O [...]	2005-09-25 14:20:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM MEPI ECON TC
05ABUDHABI4049	UAE DEMARCHE: CUTTING OFF CONVENTIONAL ARMS TRADE [...] (U) This message contains an action request at the end of para 2. 2. (S) Summary: Reminding MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid Al Noaimi of the UAE's commitment to working with the United States on shutting down proliferators and targeting their assets (refs A and B),Ambassador highlighted the need t [...]	2005-09-26 08:17:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PARM MNUC KNNP IR CH KN TC
05ABUDHABI406	INAUGURAL U.S.-UNITED ARAB EMIRATES JOINT MILITARY [...] (S) Summary: Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Peter W. Rodman and newly appointed and promoted UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff Lt. General Hamad Mohammed Thani Al Rumaithy co-chaired the inaugural U.S.-UAE Joint Military Commission in Abu Dhabi January 11-12. [...]	2005-01-29 12:30:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL MASS PTER IZ IR AF TC
05ABUDHABI4074	MFA U/S ON IRAQ; WELCOMES IRAQ COORDINATOR'S VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid Al Noaimi September 24 to preview Iraq Coordinator Ambassador Jeffrey's October 8 visit to the UAE. She had earlier previewed the goals of the Jeffrey visit with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed and MinState for Foreign Affair [...]	2005-09-26 12:20:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ SA IR SY TC
05ABUDHABI4086	MEDIA REACTION: RELEASE OF BRITISH SOLDIERS/ TWO [...] SUMMARY: A UAE DAILY CLAIMED THAT THE TWO BRITISH SOLDIERS DETAINED IN BASRA AND LATER FREED FROM POLICE DETENTION WERE MOSSAD AGENTS. ANOTHER DAILY WELCOMED THE LAUNCH OF TWO UAE DAILY TABLOIDS IN ENGLISH AND ARABIC URGING THEM TO REFLECT THE HOPES AND ASPIRATIONS OF THE STREET. A UAE ACAD [...]	2005-09-26 14:29:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
05ABUDHABI4102	SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR JEFFREY AND TEAM'S [...] (C) Summary: The United Arab Emirates has been a key Arab partner and has supported our objectives in Iraq, condemned terror attacks, allowed Coalition forces access to UAE air force bases and ports, and hosted German training for the Iraqi military and police. UAE aid to Iraq, both pledged an [...]	2005-09-28 08:48:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PGOV MASS EFIN IZ IR SY TC
05ABUDHABI4103	OFAC DISCUSSES WMD, TERFIN WITH UAEG, BANKS [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-28 08:53:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	KTFN PTER EFIN SNAR PK KN IR TC
05ABUDHABI4104	UAE ANNOUNCES NEAR TERM OIL PRODUCTION CAPACITY [...] (C) Summary: On September 25, UAE Minister of Energy Al-Hamili announced that the UAE would raise its oil production by 200 kb/d by March 2006, which tracks with what we have been told privately by Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) officials. The same day, Exxon Al-Khaleej President Fran [...]	2005-09-28 12:09:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ENRG TC
05ABUDHABI4105	UAE DESIRES MECHANISM TO REVIEW ASSET FREEZES [...] (C) Summary. During his September 17-19 visit to the UAE, Bob Werner, Director of the Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC),met with Sheikh Ahmed bin Zayed, General Manager of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA),to discuss concerns the UAE has raised during [...]	2005-09-28 12:09:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN EFIN PTER ETRD ECON TC
05ABUDHABI4111	ENCOURAGING A NATIONAL SEISMIC NETWORK FOR UAE [...] (U) Two Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) seismologists, Dr. Keith Nakanishi and Dr. Arthur Rodgers, visited the UAE on September 13 and 14 in coordination with a planning meeting for the 2006 Gulf Seismic Forum that will be hosted in Oman. The two seismologists have been working wi [...]	2005-09-30 13:10:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA ECON EPET ETRD TC
05ABUDHABI4113	UAE REFORM STRATEGY: SECOND QUARTERLY UPDATE [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-30 13:34:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV KPAO KMPI TC
05ABUDHABI4134	MEDIA REACTION: KAREN HUGHES'S MIDDLE EAST VISIT [...] SUMMARY: AN EDITORIAL IN THE POPULAR UAE DAILY "AL-KHALEEJ" 9/27 NOTED THAT UNLESS THE U.S. CHANGES ITS POLICY TOWARDS THE ARABS AND BECOMES A FAIR AND JUST PLAYER IN THE MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT, NEITHER KAREN HUGHES NOR ANY OTHER AMERICAN ENVOY WILL SUCCEED IN IMPROVING THE U.S. IMAGE IN THE AR [...]	2005-10-01 06:46:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
05ABUDHABI4175	UAE LABOR: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Labor laws and practices in the United Arab Emirates are in a state of flux; the young Minister of Labor, Dr. Ali Al Ka'abi, is a technocrat appointed in the November 2004 Cabinet reshuffle for his energetic plans for reform rather than for family connections. In the [...]	2005-10-03 14:24:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PREL ETRD KDEM PINR PHUM TC
05ABUDHABI4200	MINSTATE FOREIGN AFFAIRS MEETS AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD [...] (C) Summary: U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad visited Abu Dhabi October 4 to urge Deputy Prime Minister/Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed (HbZ) and the UAE to support the Iraqi political process. HbZ agreed that the UAEG would encourage Dubai-based Iraqi Su [...]	2005-10-04 11:13:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR IZ QA TC
05ABUDHABI4225	UAEG PREPARES FOR AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] (U) Summary: Recently, the UAEG established a task force to devise a contingency plan to block avian influenza from entering the country. As such, the Agriculture and Fisheries Ministry has imposed a ban on the import of live birds and their products from countries where cases of the diseas [...]	2005-10-05 13:04:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KSCA EAGR ECON PREL SOCI WHO FAO OIE
05ABUDHABI4227	SUBJECT: UAE PROMISES CONTINUED COOPERATION ON COUNTERPROLIFERATION [...] (S) Summary: On October 1-2, 2005, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Robert Joseph, National Security Director for Counterproliferation Strategy David Stephens, and T Senior Advisor Patricia McNerney met with UAE officials to discuss the issue of Iran,s nuclear progr [...]	2005-10-05 13:11:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC KNNP PARM IR PK TC SY NK
05ABUDHABI4232	FOLLOW-UP ON ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: Two Department of Commerce officials from the Office of Anti Boycott Compliance visited the UAE on September 28. They had productive meetings with three U.S. businesses and with the Director of the Ministry of Economy's trade control department. Subsequently [...]	2005-10-05 14:03:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KBCT KMPI ETRD ECON TC
05ABUDHABI4239	MEDIA REACTION: NONPROLIFERATION/DEMOCRACY IN THE [...] SUMMARY: A UAE COLUMNIST WONDERS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF ARABS SUCCEED IN ACQUIRING NUCLEAR WEAPONS. HE NOTES THAT ARAB CAPITALS WOULD HAVE BEEN DESTROYED BY OTHER ARABS IF THEY HAD POSSESSED NUCLEAR WEAPONS. HE CONCLUDES THAT IT IS THE WISDOM OF GOD THAT PLACED NUCLEAR WEAPONS OUT OF THE REAC [...]	2005-10-09 07:45:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
05ABUDHABI4261	MINSTATE FOREIGN AFFAIRS HOSTING PROMINENT IRAQIS [...] (C) Deputy Prime Minister/Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed (HbZ) is making good on his October 2 promise to U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Khalilzad to urge prominent Iraqi Sunni Arabs to engage positively on the draft constitution. The former leader of the Sunni Waqf (E [...]	2005-10-10 13:06:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IZ TC

05ABUDHABI4262	UAE MINISTER LAYS FOUNDATION STONE FOR KHALIFA BIN [...] On October 8, the UAE Minister of Information and Culture, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan, laid the foundation stone of the $100 million residential area in Gaza, Khalifa bin Zayed City, funded by the UAE and which will house 25,000 persons in 3,500 apartments in Rafah city. 2. KHALIFA [...]	2005-10-10 14:49:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID KPAL KWBG GZ TC
05ABUDHABI4283	UAE RESPONSE TO PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE SIGNIFICANT [...] (U) Summary: With Pakistanis being the second largest ethnic group in the UAE, the impact from, and the response to, the earthquake disaster in Pakistan has been both immediate and significant. President Khalifa approved the disbursement of USD 100 million to Pakistan to provide immediate rel [...]	2005-10-11 14:07:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL EAID PK TC
05ABUDHABI4284	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI CONSTITUTION/ARAB LEAGUE [...] SUMMARY: UAE'S SEMI-OFFICIAL DAILY "AL-ITTIHAD" REPORTED THAT IRAQI SUNNIS ARE OPPOSED TO THE NEWLY-DRAFTED CONSTITUTION AND INTEND TO VOTE NO TO THE REFERENDUM ON OCTOBER 15. EDITORIALS WELCOME THE ARAB LEAGUE DELEGATION'S UPCOMING VISIT TO BAGHDAD, DESCRIBING IT AS AN OVERDUE VISIT THAT REP [...]	2005-10-11 14:12:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
05ABUDHABI4305	IRAQ'S CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM -- VIEWS FROM UAE [...] (C) Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed (HbZ) confirmed to Charge October 11 that he had positive meetings with Iraqi parliament speaker Hajim al-Hassani, Sunni Waqf (Endowment) leader Ahmed al-Ghaffour al-Samarrai, and former Sunni Waqf lead [...]	2005-10-12 14:31:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ TC
05ABUDHABI4306	SHEIKH HAMDAN DISTURBED BY LACK OF FTA PROGRESS IN [...] (C) Summary: On October 11, UAE Deputy Prime Minister/Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed told Charge and Econ Counselor that he was disturbed by the performance of both sides during the high level FTA talks in London on October 7. He stressed that FTA negotiations w [...]	2005-10-12 15:33:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL TC
05ABUDHABI4308	MBZ MEETING WITH SENIOR ADVISOR ON IRAQ JEFFREY [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) October 8, Senior Adviser on Iraq Ambassador Jeffrey and an interagency team received a pledge of further UAEG assistance in reaching out to Sunni Arab Iraqis and other moderates to encourage them to play a p [...]	2005-10-15 07:34:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EFIN IZ IR SY SA TC
05ABUDHABI446	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI ELECTIONS [...] SUMMARY: ALL PAPERS CARRIED FRONT PAGE PHOTOS OF IRAQIS VOTING AND HEADLINES SUCH AS "IRAQIS WIN DEMOCRACY," IRAQIS DEFY TERROR TO CAST VOTES," IRAQIS EMERGE FROM THE TUNNEL WITH 60% PARTICIPATION," AND "IRAQIS VOTE IN BIG NUMBERS AND THE OCCUPATION RULES OUT A REQUEST TO WITHDRAW." EDITORIA [...]	2005-01-31 11:49:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
05ABUDHABI447	IRAQI OCV PROGRAM RUNS SMOOTHLY IN THE UAE [...] Summary: Counting ballots cast by UAE-based Iraqis who participated in elections began Monday in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. International Organization for Migration (IOM) officials estimate it will take two to three days for 36 staff members to tally votes and publish unofficial results. Poll offic [...]	2005-01-31 14:04:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ KDEM PREL TC
05ABUDHABI4537	MEDIA REACTION:CRITICISM OF AMR MOUSA [...] SUMMARY: A UAE COLUMNIST DIRECTED STRONG AND UNPRECEDENTED CRITICISM TO ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY GENERAL AMR MOUSA, BLAMING HIM FOR DISREGARDING A PROPOSAL MADE BY THE LATE SHEIKH ZAYED, THUS PAVING THE WAY FOR THE AMERICAN OCCUPATION OF IRAQ. THE COLUMNIST URGES MOUSA TO PUBLICLY APOLOGIZE FOR [...]	2005-11-01 14:32:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
05ABUDHABI4540	AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD MEETS ABU DHABI, DUBAI [...] (S) Summary: During an October 18-20 visit to the UAE, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad met leaders of Abu Dhabi and Dubai emirates, as well as former Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi. Ambassador Khalilzad reviewed the just-held constitutional referendum and the approaching December 1 [...]	2005-11-07 03:19:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PGOV IR SY IZ AE
05ABUDHABI4541	UAE CENTRAL BANK RAISES INDEMNIFICATION -- AGAIN [...] (U) This is an action request, please see para 5. 2. (S/NF) OFAC analyst Andreas Morgner and IRS Special Agent Raymond Orzel met with UAE Central Bank and Ministry of Interior (MoI) officials on October 30th to discuss the UAE connections of international arms trafficker Victor Bout. Morgne [...]	2005-11-07 06:52:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM KNNO KTFN ETTC AE
05ABUDHABI4546	SCENESETTER - VISIT OF ENERGY SECRETARY BODMAN TO [...] (C) We look forward to Secretary Bodman and team's November 11 to 13 visit to the UAE. The UAE is both a key regional security partner and a major oil producer. It holds 8 to 9 percent of the world's proven oil reserves and is the world's fifth largest natural gas reserves. The individual e [...]	2005-11-07 12:04:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	EPET ENRG ETRD AE
05ABUDHABI4548	SYRIAN DEPUTY FM MOALLEM VISIT TO UAE [...] (C) Summary: Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Walid Moallem visited Abu Dhabi October 31 for meetings with President Khalifa and Information Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Sheikh Abdullah told Ambassador that Moallem "had nothing new to offer" and that he had declined the invitation to [...]	2005-11-07 14:37:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY AE
05ABUDHABI4573	UAE FTA CO-CHAIRS ON UPCOMING FTA ROUND [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: On November 8, UAE FTA Co-Chairs MinEcon Sheikha Lubna and Minstate Finance Dr. Khirbash told Ambassador (in separate conversations) that the Emirati side is committed to an FTA with the U.S. and that they were working to ma [...]	2005-11-08 14:15:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON EFIN AE
05ABUDHABI4579	STATUS OF ABU DHABI GENERATOR DONATION TO IRAQ [...] (SBU) Summary. As part of the its promised assistance to Iraq, the UAE intends to donate 2 ABB 200 megawatt/day power stations to Iraq. Although the UAE pledged to send the generators over a year ago, they have not yet been sent. The UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs indicated last y [...]	2005-11-09 06:41:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN IZ AE
05ABUDHABI4592	ASSESSMENT OF CASH COURIER ENVIRONMENT IN THE UAE [...] (S) Summary. The UAE is a largely cash-based society, and the importation of large sums of cash is not frowned upon. In fact, the UAE tends to regard Westerners bringing in large sums of cash as good for the country's economy, and we note that it is common for people here to carry large amount [...]	2005-11-09 13:34:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PTER KTFN EFIN ETTC AE
05ABUDHABI4629	DEMARCHE: URGING ISOLATION OF SARG IN WAKE OF [...] (S) Summary: On November 15, Ambassador discussed isolation of Syria with Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed(AbZ),Minister of Information and ruling family point-man on UAE-Syria relations. On November 9 Ambassador also delivered reftel demarche(ref A) to MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid al Noaimi. Ambassador [...]	2005-11-16 10:28:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PGOV SY TC
05ABUDHABI468	UAE CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR DISCUSSES CT FINANCE, FTA [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador met with Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser Al Suwaidi to discuss counterterror finance cooperation on January 29. Governor Al Suwaidi focused on regional CT finance engagement and on expected Free Trade Agreement discussions with the banking sector. End summary. [...]	2005-02-01 11:15:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETRD IZ PTER TC
05ABUDHABI4691	MEDIA REACTION:SEC ENERGY BODMAN [...] SUMMARY: THERE WAS GOOD AND UNIFORMLY POSITIVE MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE VISIT TO THE UAE BY SECRETARY OF ENERGY SAMUEL BODMAN. ARABIC AND ENGLISH DAILIES PROMINENTLY REPORTED EXCERPTS OF REMARKS MADE BY THE SECRETARY DURING A PA-ARRANGED PRESS CONFERENCE AND HIS MEETINGS WITH UAE PRESIDENT AND [...]	2005-11-16 15:08:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
05ABUDHABI4696	UAEG RECOMMENDATIONS FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] (S) Summary: On November 9, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, Ronald Neumann, visited Abu Dhabi and met with Minister of Information Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan (AbZ) and MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid al Noaimi. He inquired about GCC states, views and UAEG's recommendations on Afghanistan. [...]	2005-11-19 12:50:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PGOV AF KU QA SA TC
05ABUDHABI470	UAE ATTENDANCE AT SAUDI COUNTERTERRORISM CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-01 12:50:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER SA TC
05ABUDHABI471	UAE SUPPORT FOR IRAQI ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: The UAE leadership,s public and private comments on the Iraqi elections were overwhelmingly positive. President Khalifa,s 1/31 telephone call to the Iraqi President was widely publicized, while the UAE Ministers of Defense, Information, and Interior praised the higher-than-expect [...]	2005-02-01 13:25:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KDEM PGOV PREL TC
05ABUDHABI4713	UAEG BOOSTS PLEDGE FOR PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF [...] During the November 19 Pakistan Earthquake Relief Donors' Conference in Islamabad, the UAE announced an increase in its aid pledge to Pakistan from $100 million to $200 million. 2. UAE Minister for Labor and Social Affairs, Dr. Ali Al-Kaabi announced that the UAE is committed to "channel" [...]	2005-11-20 14:51:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PHUM SENV AE
05ABUDHABI4715	UAE LEADERS DISCUSS REGIONAL SECURITY AHEAD OF [...] (U) Summary: The 9th Dubai Air Show got under way November 20 with the UAE leadership underscoring the UAEG's role in defusing regional tension by promoting dialogue and condemning terrorism, and at the same time stressing the importance of modernizing the military to safeguard the UAE's natio [...]	2005-11-21 06:45:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MCAP IZ AE
05ABUDHABI4720	UAE REQUESTS DESIGNATION OF UAE ETIHAD AIRWAYS [...] The Embassy received via diplomatic note a letter to the Secretary of Transportation entitled "Designation of UAE SIPDIS Airlines- Etihad Airways." 2. Begin text: Dear Sir, We wish to intimate that the UAE national airline, 'Etihad Airways' is hereby designated in accordance with Ar [...]	2005-11-21 09:29:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON AE
05ABUDHABI4735	BOEING WINS BIG AT DUBAI AIR SHOW [...] (U) On November 20, during the 9th Annual Dubai Air Show, the Dubai-based Emirates Airline awarded Boeing a $9.7 billion order to buy 42 B-777s with an option to purchase 20 more. With this newest order, the Emirates fleet will increase to more than 200 making it the largest carrier in the Ar [...]	2005-11-21 13:03:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON TC
05ABUDHABI4737	TIP: INTERIM ASSESMENT FOR NEA SPECIAL [...] (U) Summary: Since being placed on the Tier 2 Special Watch List, the UAEG has made steady progress in addressing the problem of trafficking, especially with regard to women in the sex trade and children in the camel racing industry. The answers in paragraphs 2-5 below are keyed to the four qu [...]	2005-11-21 13:14:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ELAB KCRM KWMN SMIG AE
05ABUDHABI4741	ENERGY SECRETARY BODMAN'S VISIT TO THE UAE [...] (C) Summary: UAEG and Abu Dhabi government interlocutors told Secretary Bodman during his November 11-13 visit that the UAE is committed to expanding crude oil production (including condensates) to 4 mb/d over the next seven to ten years, with 200,000 b/d coming on line in early 2006. The UAE [...]	2005-11-21 14:19:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV ETRD PK AF SA IR IZ
05ABUDHABI4742	UAE -- DAS CARPENTER CALL AT MFA [...] (C) Summary: November 14, DAS Scott Carpenter met with MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid al Noaimi to seek UAEG views on Iran and Syria. Al Noaimi characterized Iran as a dangerous, destabilizing force in the region that needs to be treated firmly but carefully. He recommended that the USG "depersona [...]	2005-11-22 07:08:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR SY AE
05ABUDHABI4768	USG AND UAEG HOST "ADVANCED FINANCIAL CRIMES" [...] (U) The Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training of the United States Department of Justice (OPDAT),the Central Bank of the UAE and the Middle East and North African Financial Action Task Force (MENA/FATF) held a conference in Abu Dhabi, UAE from November 19-21. [...]	2005-11-22 13:59:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	TFIN PREL TC
05ABUDHABI4815	AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD VISITS ABU DHABI [...] (C) Summary: On November 23, Ambassador Khalilzad met with Deputy Prime Minister/MinState for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed (HbZ). They discussed the role Dubai-based Iraqi cleric Ahmed Al Kubaysi might play in encouraging greater Sunni Arab participation in Iraq's political process [...]	2005-11-27 09:07:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PINR PTER IR IZ SA AE
05ABUDHABI4826	LETTER FROM U/S JOSEPH TO CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR AL [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (C) On November 26, Ambassador met with Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser Al-Suwaidi to pass him the text of U/S Joseph's letter on the legal basis for U.S. actions against the financiers of proliferation. Ambassador had previously ta [...]	2005-11-27 14:05:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PREL AE
05ABUDHABI4828	PROPOSAL FOR A U.S.-UAE JOINT TERRORIST FINANCE [...] (S) On November 26, Ambassador and Econchief met with Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser Al-Suwaidi and the head of the Central Bank's Anti-Money Laundering and Suspicious Cases Unit, Abdulrahim Al-Awadi, to discuss reftel proposal for the establishment of a Joint Terrorist Finance Coordinati [...]	2005-11-27 14:29:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	KTFN PTER EFIN AE
05ABUDHABI4880	PREPARING FOR THE DECEMBER 4-5 KABUL CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) On November 26, Econchief briefed MFA A/US for International Cooperation Mohammed Abduljaleel about the Kabul Conference. Abduljaleel suggested that Econchief also brief MFA A/US for Political Affairs Tariq Al-Haidan as the person responsible for the conference. On November 28, Econch [...]	2005-11-29 14:21:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KPWR PREL ECON PGOV AF AE
05ABUDHABI4881	UAEG BACKS AWAY FROM THREAT TO IMPOSE HORMONE [...] (U) As widely reported in the local and international media, on November 23 the Abu Dhabi Police arrested 26 allegedly gay men who had gathered at an Abu Dhabi hotel for a party. The men were arrested on a tip by UAE nationals to police, according to the press. For several days the local med [...]	2005-11-29 15:40:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KISL AE
05ABUDHABI4901	MDA AND PRCS AGREE ON MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-30 14:46:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRS AE
05ABUDHABI4902	UAEG'S PREPARATIONS FOR AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] (U) In response to the questions posed Reftel A regarding the UAEG's efforts to protect against avian influenza (AI) and its capability to respond to a pandemic, the following information is provided. ------------ Preparedness ------------ 2. (U) The UAEG has formed a National Avian Inf [...]	2005-11-30 14:46:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL TC
05ABUDHABI4903	CAMEL JOCKEY REPATRIATIONS RECOMMENCE [...] (U) On November 24, the UAEG recommenced repatriations of camel jockeys to their countries of origin, sending 64 boys back to Pakistan. Repatriations were temporarily suspended in October due to the earthquake in Pakistan and the subsequent social upheaval (ref A). The repatriation of this l [...]	2005-11-30 14:47:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ELAB AE
05ABUDHABI4904	CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION [...] (U) In an interview published November 30 in the English language "Khaleej Times," Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser Al Suwaidi discussed the UAE Central Bank's cooperation with foreign law enforcement agencies and financial intelligence units in other countries. Al-Suwaidi said that, to dat [...]	2005-11-30 14:47:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN PTER EFIN TC
05ABUDHABI4905	UAE ANNOUNCES INDIRECT ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan announced December 1 that indirect elections will be held for half of the Federal National Council (FNC),with the other half being appointed. This move had been anticipated, and in fact promised by UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Mi [...]	2005-12-02 14:19:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL KPAL PTER IZ AE
05ABUDHABI4919	UAE: LIMITED POLLS A PRELUDE TO DIRECT ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: The UAE's Supreme Ruling Council on December 3 endorsed President Sheikh Khalifa's reform initiative that includes a plan for indirect elections of half of the Federal National Council (FNC),with the other half being appointed. President Khalifa also announced that the decision to [...]	2005-12-05 17:34:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL PTER AE
05ABUDHABI4946	ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE PUBLICLY DENOUNCES TERROR [...] (C) Summary: Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) used a speech at the inauguration of the Abu Dhabi National Consultative Council December 6 to publicly denounce terrorists as disloyal towards their fellow citizens. MbZ's strongly worded message follows his equally powerful [...]	2005-12-07 12:26:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KISL PREL KPAO AE
05ABUDHABI4951	26 ALLEGEDLY GAY MEN IN DETENTION AWAITING TRIAL [...] (SBU) THE 26 ALLEGEDLY GAY MEN ARRESTED BY ABU DHABI POLICE DURING A PARTY ON NOVEMBER 23 REMAIN IN POLICE CUSTODY AWAITING TRIAL, ACCORDING TO AN ABU DHABI POLICE CAPTAIN WORKING IN THE INVESTIGATIONS DEPARTMENT. THE MEN WILL BE CHARGED WITH "OFFENSES AGAINST RULES OF DECENCY," THE POLICE CA [...]	2005-12-07 14:37:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM AE
05ABUDHABI4952	IRAQ INTERIOR MINISTER PLEASED WITH UAE LAW [...] (U) Iraq's Interior Minister Bayan Jabr Al Zubeidi was in Abu Dhabi December 6 to thank the UAEG for supporting the development of Iraq's security apparatus. During his visit, Al Zubeidi met with his UAE counterpart, Interior Minister Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and toured Abu Dhabi Polic [...]	2005-12-07 14:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC IZ AE
05ABUDHABI4953	AMBASSADOR TAHIR-KHELI MEETINGS ON UN REFORM IN UAE [...] (C) Summary: Senior Advisor to the Secretary on UN Reform Ambassador Tahir-Kheli visited the UAE December 4-5 for separate meetings on proposed UN reforms with Information Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, and with MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid Al Noaimi and MFA International Organizations Director [...]	2005-12-07 15:13:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN AE
05ABUDHABI4979	RIGHTS ACTIVIST ALLEGES CAMEL JOCKEYS TRAIN AT [...] (C) Summary: Pakistani human rights activist Ansar Burney alleges that underage camel jockeys continue to train after dark in several camel racetracks in at least three of the country's seven emirates. Burney, who plans to be in Washington to meet with G/TIP later this month, told us that he [...]	2005-12-12 04:59:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB PREL PK AE
05ABUDHABI4982	CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR REACTION TO PROPOSED [...] (U) Please see para 5 for an action request. 2. (S) On December 10th, Ambassador and econoff met with the UAE Central Bank Governor, Sultan Nasser al-Suwaidi, to discuss the proposed U.S.-UAE Joint Terrorist Finance Coordinating Committee (JTFCC). This meeting was a follow-up to the Novemb [...]	2005-12-12 05:03:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	KTFN PTER EFIN AE
05ABUDHABI4983	UAE: 2005 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) This is the UAE Mission's unclassified submission for the 2005 Country Reports on Terrorism. We will transmit to the Department a classified addendum septel. The information in this report is divided into the four broad categories suggested in the provided style guide, and the septel add [...]	2005-12-12 05:27:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC AE
05ABUDHABI5021	UAE: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM - ADDENDUM [...] (U) This is the UAE Mission's classified addendum to the 2005 Annual Terrorism Report transmitted to the Department on December 12 (ref A). Subject headings are keyed to the headings in the unclassified report, and information contained in each paragraph is strictly supplemental to the corres [...]	2005-12-13 11:41:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER ASEC AE
05ABUDHABI5025	CHARGE CALL ON HBZ: HURRICANE KATRINA, IRAN NUKE [...] (C) Summary. In call today by CDA to present House of Representatives resolution on Hurricane Katrina foreign donors, UAEG Deputy PM/Min State Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed raised concern over Haaretz report that Iran could be three months away from acquiring a nuclear weapon. See [...]	2005-12-13 15:18:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PTER PREL PHUM PNUC ASEC KNNP LE AF IR
05ABUDHABI5038	ABU DHABI READYING FOR GCC SUMMIT, DEC. 18-19 [...] (C) On December 14, Embassy delivered the "Secretary,s Oral Message to the GCC Foreign Ministers" to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed's Office in advance of the GCC Ministerial scheduled to take place in Abu Dhabi a day before the opening of the December 18-19 GCC [...]	2005-12-14 13:30:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GCC IZ AE
05ABUDHABI5039	MEDIA REACTION:UAE SOCIETY THROUGH ONLINE FORUMS [...] Summary: Arabic language online forums are becoming increasingly popular as a means of expressing opinions about current events. Contributions to these online forums provide a window on what is of interest to the Arabic street. End Summary. 2. The UAE has several dynamic Arabic language on [...]	2005-12-14 13:59:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
05ABUDHABI5042	MEDIA REACTION: TUENI'S ASSASSINATION [...] SUMMARY: THE ASSASSINATION OF LEBANESE MP GIBRAN TEUNI RECEIVED PROMINENT COVERAGE IN THE UAE'S PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. UAE MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND CULTURE AND UAE AMBASSADOR IN LEBANON CONVEYED UAE'S CONDOLENCES TO TUENI'S FAMILY AS WELL TO THE LEBANESE GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE. A LEB [...]	2005-12-14 14:07:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
05ABUDHABI5043	NEW ORLEANS JAZZ HERITAGE TOURS: THE MARDI GRAS [...] Summary: More than 500 UAE nationals including government officials, media representatives, businessmen, and students attended two performances of Mardi Gras Indian Collective. The program included two performances, one at the Emirates Heritage Village in Abu Dhabi on Saturday, November 26, and [...]	2005-12-14 15:05:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC KPAO
05ABUDHABI5065	MEDIA REACTION: GCC SUMMIT/IRAQI ELECTIONS [...] SUMMARY: SPECIFIC COMMENTARY ON THE GCC SUMMIT AND ELECTIONS IN IRAQ. AL-KHALEEJ PAPER CRITICIZED THE GULF SUMMIT AS FOCUSING ONLY ON THE BUSINESS BETWEEN THE GULF STATES AND NOT THE DAILY PROBLEMS OF GULF CITIZENS. AL-BAYAN QUESTIONED THE ROLE OF THE GCC COUNSELING COMMITTEE AND HOPED THAT [...]	2005-12-17 12:14:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
05ABUDHABI507	UAE INTERIOR MINISTER COMMITTED TO CAMEL JOCKEY [...] (C) Interior Minister Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al-Nahyan told the Ambassador on February 1 that he is committed to solving the problem of underage foreign boys being trafficked to the UAE as camel jockeys. He said that the October HBO report on child camel jockeys in the UAE had affected him gre [...]	2005-02-02 13:24:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM TC
05ABUDHABI5078	UAE'S POPULATION TAPESTRY: AN OVERVIEW [...] (C) Summary: While many UAE nationals see the ongoing rapid expansion of the country's expatriate population as a positive factor contributing to the UAE's 8% annual economic growth rate, others see a potential threat to their political and social fabric. Officially, foreigners are welcome in [...]	2005-12-18 11:57:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS SOCI IR PA IN AE
05ABUDHABI5079	GCC SUMMIT GETS UNDER WAY IN ABU DHABI [...] (SBU) Summary: The December 18-19 GCC Summit in Abu Dhabi has a robust agenda judging from statements issued by GCC Secretary General Abdul Rahman Al Attiyah and other officials SIPDIS after Saturday's GCC ministerial. The summit agenda includes the post-election situation in Iraq, the Pale [...]	2005-12-18 12:20:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER GCC ECON KPAL KNNP IZ IR AE
05ABUDHABI508	UAE INTERIOR MINISTER ENGAGED ON REGIONAL CT [...] (C) Summary. In a February 1 meeting with the Ambassador, Interior Minister Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al-Nahyan discussed his view of regional security cooperation with UAE,s neighbors and suggested ideas for bilateral training efforts. Saif noted that the smaller GCC countries have often been f [...]	2005-02-02 13:24:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PTER TC
05ABUDHABI5080	IRAQI OVERSEAS VOTE IN THE UAE [...] (U) Summary: Iraqis resident in the GCC countries voted in greater numbers in their country's parliamentary elections hosted by the UAE December 13-15 than in Iraq's January 2005 parliamentary elections. The increase, from 11,409 to 17,967, was due in part to a UAE decision to grant a visa wa [...]	2005-12-18 12:23:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM IZ AE
05ABUDHABI5085	MEDIA REACTION: GCC SUMMIT/IRAQ ELECTIONS [...] Summary: "Al-Bayan" explains that previous GCC summits did not have so many issues on the table. English daily "Gulf News" calls on the GCC to take significant steps to increase cooperation in the region. A Kuwaiti editorialist in "Al- Ittihad" cites elections in Iraq as a good example of de [...]	2005-12-19 08:42:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
05ABUDHABI509	UAE CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR DISCUSSES CT FINANCE, FTA [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador met with Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser Al Suwaidi to discuss counterterror finance cooperation on January 29. Governor Al Suwaidi focused on regional CT finance engagement and on expected Free Trade Agreement discussions with the banking sector. End summary. [...]	2005-02-04 05:59:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD IZ PTER TC
05ABUDHABI510	U/S BOLTON VISITS UAE [...] (S) Summary: Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security John Bolton met with UAE officials on January 31 to discuss the status of Iran,s nuclear weapons programs and to present future options for addressing the threat on the UAE,s doorstep, including referral to the [...]	2005-02-05 02:09:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	ETTC IR IZ KNNP PARM PK TC
05ABUDHABI5111	UAE CONTRIBUTION TO 2005-2006 INCSR, NARCOTICS [...] Although not a narcotics-producing country, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is believed to be a transshipment point for traffickers moving illegal drugs from the major drug producing countries, including Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran. Frequent reports of seizures of illegal drugs in the UAE [...]	2005-12-20 09:48:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR
05ABUDHABI5112	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: GCC SUMMIT [...] SUMMARY: A UAE COLUMNIST IN "AL-ITTIHAD," LAUDED THE GCC'S CALL TO CLEAR THE MIDDLE EAST OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS. AN ARABIC EDITORIAL PRAISED THE SUMMIT FOR TAKING MODERATE RESOLUTIONS. END SUMMARY. 2. Abu Awad, a columnist in Abu Dhabi-based Arabic daily "Al- Ittihad" (circulation 65,000) [...]	2005-12-20 10:07:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
05ABUDHABI5115	UAE CONTRIBUTION TO 2005-2006 INCSR, FINANCIAL [...] The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is an important financial center for the Gulf region. The UAE is still a largely cash- based society. However, the financial sector is modern and progressive. Dubai, in particular, is a major international banking center. There is also a growing offshore sector. T [...]	2005-12-20 11:24:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR
05ABUDHABI5129	GCC SUMMIT COMMUNIQUE: IRAN ESCAPES CONDEMNATION [...] (C) Summary: The Gulf Cooperation Council concluded its 29th annual summit in Abu Dhabi December 19 by expressing support for Iraq's December 15 elections, condemning the assassinations of "Lebanese symbols and leaders," calling for a Middle East weapons of mass destruction-free zone, and urgi [...]	2005-12-20 13:56:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KNNP KPAL IR IZ SY LE IS AE
05ABUDHABI5131	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. AND HAMAS/GCC SUMMIT/IRAN'S [...] Summary: A columnist in "Al-Bayan" asks why the United States considers Palestinian resistance an act of terror. Columnists in "Al Ittihad" and "Al-Bayan criticize the Gulf Summit as ineffective. English daily "Gulf News" comments on the GCC's concerns with Iran's nuclear program and alligat [...]	2005-12-21 09:02:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
05ABUDHABI5153	DETAINED GAYS RELEASED; NO CHARGES FILED [...] THE 26 GAY MALES ARRESTED BY ABU DHABI POLICE DURING AN ALLEGED "GAY WEDDING" NOVEMBER 23 WERE RELEASED FROM POLICE CUSTODY THIS WEEK AND WERE NOT CHARGED WITH ANY CRIME, AN ABU DHABI POLICE CAPTAIN WORKING IN THE INVESTIGATIONS DEPARTMENT TOLD EMBASSY FSN EMPLOYEE. THIS IS THE OUTCOME THAT A [...]	2005-12-21 14:11:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM AE
05ABUDHABI5168	EXBS ADVISOR VISIT TO UNITED ARAB EMIRATES OCTOBER 2005 [...] Several times during the period October 9-23, EXBS Advisor met with principal US Embassy and Consulate staff to discuss the state of EXBS in UAE. Salient points of subsequent conversation were as follows: A. UAE has unique challenges with implementation of EXBS principles due to the st [...]	2005-12-21 14:16:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP JO
05ABUDHABI5171	UAE: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM ADDENDUM -- [...] (U) This is the UAE Mission's classified addendum to the 2005 Annual Terrorism Report transmitted to the Department on December 12 (ref B). (Note: This message is being re-sent with corrected paragraph classifications. End note.) Subject headings are keyed to the headings in the unclassified [...]	2005-12-21 14:49:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PTER ASEC AE
05ABUDHABI5208	MEDIA REACTION: DEMOCRACY AND DOUBLE STANDARDS [...] Summary: A columnist in "Al-Ittihad" urged Arab governments to use Western countries as examples in bringing liberty upon themselves. A columnist in "Al-Bayan" questioned the US pressure on religious groups and sanctions on their respective countries while at the same time ignoring similar t [...]	2005-12-27 11:51:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
05ABUDHABI5210	MEETING WITH NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR OF IRAQ, [...] (C) Summary: In response to Dr. Rubaie's out-of-the-blue request for a meeting, CDA met with Iraqi National Security Adviser Mowaffak Al Rubaie at 6 p.m., December 26. Visiting the UAE to address a conference on the Iraqi Constitution, Al Rubaei expressed interest in approaching UAEG for f [...]	2005-12-27 14:43:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC IZ IR AE
05ABUDHABI5231	CALL BY NEPAL CHARGE D'AFFAIRES IN UAE [...] (C) Nepalese Charge in Abu Dhabi Madhuban Prasad Paudel paid courtesy call on CDA today (December 28). He talked mostly about problems faced by upwards of 70,000 Nepalese workers in the UAE, non-payment of salaries, visa overstays and deportations, and trafficking issues (including some cas [...]	2005-12-28 13:50:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM NP
05ABUDHABI5241	UAE PENAL CODE AMENDED TO REFLECT SECURITY CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary: On December 24, the Emirates News Agency, the Ministry of Information's official website, announced that President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al Nahyan had issued Federal Law No. 34 for 2005 amending a range of Articles in the Federal Penal Code. The Khaleej Times quotes Mohammed b [...]	2005-12-28 14:02:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KTFN AE
05ABUDHABI5243	AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD VISIT TO ABU DHABI: ACHIEVING [...] (S) Summary: On December 27, Ambassador Khalilzad met with Deputy Prime Minister/MinState for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan(HbZ). Discussion centered on recent elections in Iraq and the need for a unification government to bring peace and stability to the country. Ambassad [...]	2005-12-30 10:23:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PINR PTER IR IZ AE
05ABUDHABI527	MEDIA REACTION: CONDOLEEZZA RICE [...] SUMMARY: SECRETARY CONDOLEEZZA RICE'S STATEMENTS DURING HER FIRST VISIT AS SECRETARY OF STATE DOMINATED COVERAGE IN LOCAL PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. ABU DHABI TV AND DUBAI TV BOTH CARRIED EXCERPTS OF HER STATEMENT DURING A PRESS CONFERENCE IN THE UK. AN UNUSUALLY POSITIVE EDITORIAL IN "AL [...]	2005-02-05 13:20:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
05ABUDHABI528	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION:STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS [...] SUMMARY: ALL ARABIC AND ENGLISH-LANGUAGE PRINT MEDIA IN THE UAE DEVOTED EXTENSIVE COVERAGE TO PRESIDENT BUSH'S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS. RADIO AND TV STATIONS REPEATEDLY CARRIED LENGTHY EXCERPTS OF THE SPEECH, PARTICULARLY SECTIONS RELATED TO THE MIDDLE EAST AND THE PEACE PROCESS. ALL MEDI [...]	2005-02-05 13:21:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
05ABUDHABI600	UAE Federal Cabinet Approves FTA negotiating Committee [...] (U) The UAE Cabinet, on February 7, formally approved establishment of a committee to negotiate a Free Trade Agreement with the United States. According to the Cabinet decision, the committee would negotiate "within the framework of the Ministry of Finance and Industry's efforts on the issue." [...]	2005-02-08 11:58:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECIN ECON EFIN
05ABUDHABI634	EB ASSISTANT SECRETARY WAYNE MEETS WITH UAE ENERGY [...] (C) Summary: UAE Energy Minister Al-Hamili told visiting A/S Wayne that the UAE would be adding 200,000 barrels of production capacity in 2005. He explained that the UAE decision to buy gas from Qatar was one of price. In response to A/S Wayne's questions about reported Iranian-UAE gas purch [...]	2005-02-12 12:16:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON IR TC
05ABUDHABI636	US TREASURY ABU DHABI OFFICE [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6 2. The US Treasury Office of Technical Assistance (OTA),has opened a regional office in Embassy Abu Dhabi funded by the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) under the Partnership for Financial Excellence (PFE). The office serves all c [...]	2005-02-12 12:21:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMPIO EFIN
05ABUDHABI663	ABU DHABI LEADERSHIP REITERATES COMMITMENT TO [...] (C) Summary: On February 13, MbZ aide Yousef al Otaiba told Ambassador Sison that the smaller emirates would suffer a financial penalty from Abu Dhabi if they do not cut the trafficking of underage camel jockeys. MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid al-Noaimi told visiting ARPI Office Director Alan Misen [...]	2005-02-14 08:02:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ETRD PHUM PREL TC
05ABUDHABI675	AMERICANS AND EMIRATIS HIGHLIGHT POSITIVES OF FA, [...] (SBU) Summary: State Department Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs Frank Mermoud supported our strong commercial relationship and highlighted how a free trade agreement would enhance trade and investment during his January 29-31 visit to the UAE. His interlocutors exp [...]	2005-02-14 10:24:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS ECON ETRD PREL TC
05ABUDHABI685	AMERICANS AND EMIRATIS HIGHLIGHT POSITIVES OF FTA, [...] (SBU) Summary: State Department Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs Frank Mermoud supported our strong commercial relationship and highlighted how a free trade agreement would enhance trade and investment during his January 29-31 visit to the UAE. His interlocutors exp [...]	2005-02-14 11:14:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS ECON ETRD PREL TC
05ABUDHABI706	MEDIA REACTION: AL HARIRI ASSASSINATION [...] SUMMARY: THE ASSASSINATION OF RAFIQ AL-HARIRI, FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF LEBANON, DOMINATED COVERAGE IN LOCAL ELECTRONIC AND PRINT MEDIA. THE UAE GOVERNMENT CONDEMNED THE ASSASSINATION OF AL HARIRI IN AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT. AN EDITORIAL IN "AL ITTIHAD" POINTED OUT THAT THE ASSASSINATION OF A [...]	2005-02-15 12:04:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
05ABUDHABI711	EMIRATI PREPARATIONS FOR FTA TALKS CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary: In meetings over the past several days, we have gained more of a sense of how the UAEG is preparing for its upcoming FTA talks with the U.S. In addition to the formal addition of MinEcon Sheikha Lubna Al-Qasimi as a co-chair of the negotiating committee (reftel),it appears that [...]	2005-02-15 12:10:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON TC
05ABUDHABI713	WHITE HOUSE HOMELAND SECURITY ADVISOR FRAN [...] (S) Summary. In a February 7 meeting with HSC Homeland Security Advisor Frances Townsend, the Director of UAE State Security Department (SSD),Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, expressed support for U.S. efforts regarding the Israeli/Palestinian situation. Sheikh Hazza also said that the UAE [...]	2005-02-15 12:10:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	IR IZ PREL PTER SA TC
05ABUDHABI716	UAEG EXPRESSES VIEWS ON ISRAEL-PALESTINE [...] (C) Summary: On February 13, MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid Al-Noaimi told visiting ARPI Office Director Alan Misenheimer and DCM that he is more optimistic about the prospect for peace in Israel and Palestine since Abu Mazen,s election. He noted that motion on this front will help solve other regio [...]	2005-02-15 12:11:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG PREL TC
05ABUDHABI718	HOMELAND SECURITY ADVISOR TOWNSEND MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a February 7 meeting with Dubai Crown Prince (and UAE Defense Minister) Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid (MBR),White House Homeland Security Advisor Frances Townsend expressed appreciation for the UAE's contributions to our counterterrorism efforts. Noting that it was a hopeful time [...]	2005-02-15 12:11:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	IR IZ PREL PTER SA TC
05ABUDHABI720	HOMELAND SECURITY ADVISOR FRAN TOWNSEND MEETS WITH [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 12. Summary ------- 2. (S/NF) Homeland Security Advisor Frances Townsend and UAE Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser Al-Suwaidi met February 7 and discussed the possible formation of a USG-UAEG terrorist financing task force. They agreed t [...]	2005-02-15 12:12:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON EFIN ETTC PTER TC KTFN
05ABUDHABI721	WHITE HOUSE HOMELAND SECURITY ADVISOR FRAN [...] (C) Summary: White House Homeland Security Advisor Fran Townsend met with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ) February 7 to discuss counter terrorism trends in the Gulf region, U.S.-UAE CT cooperation, and the th [...]	2005-02-15 12:12:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	IR IZ PTER SA TC
05ABUDHABI760	UAE DESIGNATES LEAD NEGOTIATORS FOR FTA [...] On February 15, Minister of State for Finance and Industry Dr. Mohammed Khalfan bin Kharbash chaired the first meeting of the UAE FTA negotiating committee. The committee, established by the UAE Cabinet on February 7 (reftel),assigned the lead negotiating responsibility for various sections [...]	2005-02-16 12:06:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON TC
05ABUDHABI767	GENERAL ABIZAID VISITS ABU DHABI [...] (S) Summary: CENTCOM Commander Gen. Abizaid met with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ) February 14 to discuss Iraq,s security situation in the wake of the January 30 elections. They also discussed othe [...]	2005-02-20 02:24:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PTER MCAP IZ IR SA SY LE AF TC
05ABUDHABI831	ENCOURAGING SUPPORT FOR THE IRAQI TRANSITIONAL [...] (C) Pol Chief delivered reftel points to MFA Assistant Under Secretary Tariq Al Haidan on February 22, stressing the importance of Iraq,s neighbors, such as the UAE, to publicly signal their willingness to work with the Iraqi Transitional Government (ITG). Al Haidan said the UAEG will support [...]	2005-02-22 12:14:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ TC
05ABUDHABI833	G/TIP VISIT TO UAE INFORMATIVE BUT DISAPPOINTING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. G/TIP Senior Coordinator for Reports Mark Taylor visited the UAE February 5-8 to update information for the 2005 Trafficking in Persons Report. High ranking UAEG officials assured him of their ongoing commitment to combating all forms of human trafficking. (Note: On February 1 [...]	2005-02-22 12:15:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PHUM PREL TC
05ABUDHABI834	EMIRATI BUSINESSMAN LOOKING TO INVEST IN WEST BANK [...] (C) Summary: Mohammed Al-Abbar, Chairman of Emaar, Dubai's largest publicly-traded real estate development company, called on DCM and Econ Chief to discuss his February 18 meetings with Palestinian and Israeli leaders regarding his development proposals for the Gaza settlements to be evacuated [...]	2005-02-22 12:32:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EAID EINV PREL KPAL IS TC
05ABUDHABI841	EMBASSY ABU DHABI COMMENTS ON SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: The UAE Government remains strongly committed to protecting intellectual property rights (IPR). The UAE continues to enforce copyright, trademark, and patent laws passed in 2002 to protect U.S. intellectual property, and remains committed to the 2002 agreement prov [...]	2005-02-23 07:58:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR PREL ETRD TC
05ABUDHABI846	UAE TRAINING IRAQI DIPLOMATS [...] (SBU) Nine Iraqi diplomats are currently receiving six weeks of training offered by the Emirates Institute of Diplomacy, which is an integral part of the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The training, which Iraq,s Foreign Ministry requested, consists of a series of lectures on topics ranging [...]	2005-02-23 08:30:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IZ TC
05ABUDHABI863	CSW WOMEN'S ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT RESOLUTION - UAE [...] Pol Chief discussed the draft resolution on the Economic Advancement of Women with MFA Director for International Organizations Yacub Al Hosani on February 20. Post also shared copies of it with the Abu Dhabi Businesswomen,s Council and with the General Women,s Union, whose director, Noora Al [...]	2005-02-23 10:56:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	UN CSW KWMN EAID KMPI TC
05ABUDHABI864	STAFFEDL FISCHER EXPLORES UAE REGULATIONS ON [...] (SBU) Begin summary. Visiting Senate Banking Committee Staffdel met with UAE Minister for Economy Sheikha Lubna Al-Qasimi and officials from the Central Bank for briefings on the regulatory regime for all financial institutions in the UAE -- including money changers, hawaladars, stock exchang [...]	2005-02-23 11:00:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KTFN EFIN ETTC TC

05ABUDHABI883	EMIRATI PREPARATIONS FOR FTA TALKS CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary: On February 19 Minister of Economy Sheikha Lubna Al-Qasimi told Ambassador that she understood that labor was a potential "show stopper" for the USG on the FTA, and that the UAE Minister of Information had stressed to the UAE cabinet that the UAEG needed to push forward with labor [...]	2005-02-23 12:06:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON ELAB KBCT TC
05ABUDHABI908	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: "STOP THE APPOINTMENT" OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: UAE PROFESSOR DR. ABDULKHALEQ ABDULLAH WROTE AN OP-ED IN THE PRIVATELY-OWNED, SHARJAH-BASED, PAN-ARAB DAILY "AL- KHALEEJ" (CIRCULATION 85,000) ENTITLED "STOP THE APPOINTMENT". DR. ABDULLAH STRONGLY CRITICIZES THE CURRENT PRACTICE OF APPOINTING MEMBERS TO THE FEDERAL NATIONAL COUNCI [...]	2005-02-27 09:26:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
05ABUDHABI911	UAE INVESTMENT IN PALESTINE: GOOD INTENTIONS, BAD [...] (C) Summary: Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (MbZ) told Ambassador that he had been briefed on Dubai real estate developer Mohammed Al-Abbar's visit to the Palestinian territories and proposed investments there in advance of Al-Abbar's trip, and had no objection to A [...]	2005-02-27 12:06:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID ECON EINV PREL KPAL IS TC
05ABUDHABI917	SECRETARY'S ORAL MESSAGE AND THE UAE [...] (C) Ambassador delivered the Secretary,s oral message to the Arab League to MFA Under Secretary Abdullah Rashid al Noaimi on February 27. Al Noaimi reported that UAE Foreign Minister Rashid Abdullah (his father) looked forward to seeing the Secretary in London on March 1 to discuss the issue [...]	2005-02-28 04:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID TC
05ABUDHABI95	UAE SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: YEAR END EXPECTATIONS FOR [...] SUMMARY: REPORTS AND OP-EDS IN ARABIC DAILIES IN THE UAE INDICATED THAT THE PLIGHT OF THE ARAB PEOPLE IS ONE OF THEIR OWN MAKING, ATTRIBUTING IT TO THE LACK OF FREEDOM AND HUMAN RIGHTS, TOTALITARIANISM AND BAD GOVERNANCE. ONE OP-ED ANTICIPATED THAT THE PLIGHT OF ARABS WILL CONTINUE TO DETERI [...]	2005-01-05 11:54:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
05ABUDHABI959	UAE ARAB MEDIA CONFERENCE CALLS FOR REDUCED [...] (U) The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR) held its annual conference entitled "Arab Media in the Information Age" January 9-11, 2005. A common theme throughout the conference was the need for Arab governments to reduce their roles in controlling the media. Despite a l [...]	2005-03-01 11:58:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC PREL PGOV
05ABUDHABI964	UAE: INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK ACTIVITIES [...] (U) Summary: PAO Abu Dhabi postponed International Education Week activities due to the mourning period following the death of UAE President Sheikh Zayed. PAO subsequently spread the activities out over several weeks in November and December. Public Affairs Officers and Education Advisors vi [...]	2005-03-01 12:38:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO TC SCUL CVIS
05ABUDHABI97	UAE ENGLISH LANGUAGE MICROSCHOLARSHIPS [...] (U) Summary: The inauguration of the English-language Microscholarship Program in the UAE has generated goodwill and a positive image for the US at a time when Emirati students are bombarded with negative images from press and television. This is the first program to reach out to UAE youth in [...]	2005-01-05 12:52:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO TC SCUL
05ABUDHABI970	UAE WOMEN SEE A PROMISING BUT CHALLENGING FUTURE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UAE WOMEN ARE GENERALLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THEIR ROLE IN UAE SOCIETY, TELLING US THAT THEY FORESEE WOMEN BEING APPOINTED TO THE FEDERAL NATIONAL COUNCIL AND MAKING OTHER GAINS IN THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SPHERES. HOWEVER, THEY ALSO SPOKE CANDIDLY ABOUT THE OBSTACLE [...]	2005-03-02 08:12:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KWMN MEPI TC
05ABUDHABI992	SCENESETTER FOR FIRST ROUND OF US-UAE FTA [...] (U) Summary: The UAE is a federation of seven emirates (Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al-Qaiwain, Fujairah, and Ras Al-Khaimah) founded in December 1971. Over the last 34 years, the UAE has developed into the third largest economy in the Arab world, with an estimated 2004 GDP of at [...]	2005-03-02 10:34:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB ETRD PREL TC EINV USTR
05ABUDHABI993	ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY TO REMAIN A LONG-TERM [...] (SBU) Summary: Former UAE President Sheikh Zayed, who died in November 2004, was widely respected in the UAE as an avid environmentalist who worked to "green" the UAE by promoting forestry and agriculture. Rapid expansion of agriculture, however, has negatively impacted the UAE,s ground wat [...]	2005-03-02 10:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET ETRD KSCA SENV TC
05ABUDHABI999	MEDIA REACTION: LEBANON [...] SUMMARY: THE SITUATION IN LEBANON AND THE LONDON CONFERENCE SUPPORTING THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY DOMINATED COVERAGE IN LOCAL ELECTRONIC AND PRINT MEDIA. AN EDITORIAL IN "AL ITTIHAD" LAUDED THE RESIGNATION OF OMAR KARAMI. ANOTHER EDITORIAL IN "AL BAYAN" WAS SKEPTICAL ABOUT THE REASONS BEHI [...]	2005-03-02 11:17:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
05ABUJA1024	REGIME STABILITY QUESTIONED BY RECENT INCIDENTS [...] (S) SUMMARY: Joseph Wayas, the chairman of the political committee at the National Conference on Political Reform (Confab),avoided an apparent assassination attempt on June 3 and has been absent from the Confab since the incident. President Obasanjo apparently collapsed twice on June 7, s [...]	2005-06-08 15:14:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM NI
05ABUJA1034	CHEEKY JIHADIST QUIVERS AS SACK FEVER GRIPS [...] On Friday, June 3, Governor Adamu Aliero of Kebbi State announced the removal of the Emir of Gwandu, one of the most senior traditional rulers in northern Nigeria, Mustapha Haruna Jokolo. Jokolo was quickly replaced by General Muhammadu Jega, a retired two-star general who twice served as mi [...]	2005-06-10 14:16:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PINR KDEM KIRF NI
05ABUJA1079	AN EVENING WITH THE VICE PRESIDENT [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-20 10:45:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NI ECOWAS
05ABUJA1086	MEDIA REACTION: NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE COUNCIL [...] In a May 24 letter to the Senate president transmitting copies of the US National Intelligence Council (NIC) Report, "Mapping Sub-Saharan Africa's Future," President Obasanjo started a firestorm of legislative and media debate that has lasted for more than two weeks. Released just days before [...]	2005-06-20 18:13:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI PINR OIIP OPRC KDEM NI
05ABUJA1119	NIGERIAN LEGISLATORS THREATEN PRESIDENT OBASANJO [...] (U) On May 3, members of Nigeria's lower house initiated steps to impeach President Olusegun Obasanjo, listing 19 impeachable offenses against the president, generally related to the Obasanjo's altering or ignoring decisions of the National Assembly. The impeachment's prime movers say about [...]	2005-06-23 09:48:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM NI
05ABUJA1121	ALLEGED AL-QA'IDA THREAT PARALYZES ACTIVITIES IN [...] Fear and anxiety gripped the citizens of crisis-ridden Plateau State in Nigeria's Middle Belt following an alleged plan by the Al-Qa'ida terrorist group to unleash terror attacks on some parts of the state. Trepidation over the possibility of another religious conflict also became rife follo [...]	2005-06-23 11:46:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PINR PTER KDEM KIRF NI MILITANTS
05ABUJA1129	SUPREME COURT SET TO DECIDE 2003 ELECTIONS CASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The two-year saga of Nigeria's 2003 elections is due to close its final legal chapter on or about July 1 when the Supreme Court is slated to announce its decision in the case brought by ANPP candidate Buhari against PDP's President Obasanjo over abuse of security forces, lapses [...]	2005-06-24 11:14:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM NI ELECTIONS
05ABUJA1132	HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP, JUNE 2005 [...] This cable is a roundup of various incidents that impacted human rights in Nigeria, organized by section of the annual Human Rights Report. These incidents have not been reported in other cables, or are updates of previously reported items. --------------------------------------------- -- [...]	2005-06-24 13:19:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL KCOR KIRF ELAB NI HUMANRIGHTS
05ABUJA1133	NIGERIA'S TRADE POLICY: ECOWAS COMMON EXTERNAL [...] Summary: Since July 2003, Nigeria's trade policy has taken a protectionist turn, with import bans imposed on various items including textiles, many consumer goods, and industrial minerals. Now Nigeria appears slowly to be implementing ECOWAS's new Common External Tariff (CET),which would har [...]	2005-06-24 14:14:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EFIN ECON NI ECOWAS
05ABUJA114	CHARLES TAYLOR DEMARCHE [...] (C) Ambassador presented reftel demarche and talking points to MFA PermSec N.U.O. Nadibia-Anyanwu on January 19, and also sent a copy to National Security Advisor Aliyu Mohammed. The PermSec responded that such fears of Taylor's influence had been investigated in the past and proved overblown [...]	2005-01-26 14:46:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SL LI NI
05ABUJA1140	LAWYERS ACCUSE POLICE AUTHORITIES OF HUMAN [...] Summary: The uneasy relationship between the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and the Nigerian Police continues in Kogi State and Abuja. In late March in Kogi State, the NBA accused the police force of committing "gross" Human Rights abuses, while the police responded that the lawyers were he [...]	2005-06-27 14:58:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KCRM NI HUMANRIGHTS
05ABUJA1142	STOP THE PRESSES: KOGI STATE POLICE REACT [...] Summary: Following the publication of an article in three Nigerian newspapers that reported a Kogi State police commissioner's humiliation by armed bandits, Kogi State police occupied the headquarters of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) in the state capital. There, they harassed, in [...]	2005-06-27 15:05:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV ASEC KCRM NI
05ABUJA115	PRESIDENTIAL TRIBUNAL MOVES AHEAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Federal Court of Appeal's 3-1 decision in December favored Obasanjo on Buhari's challenge to the 2003 presidential election, but the four justices were unanimous that the "Independent National Electoral Commission" (INEC) failed during the election due to partisanship, bias [...]	2005-01-26 16:08:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KJUS NI
05ABUJA1152	POLICE KILL 6 TRADERS, ATTEMPTED COVER-UP [...] The killing of six Igbo youths by police in an Abuja satellite town sparked anger among local residents, but the attempt by police to cover up the crime attracted nationwide attention. In the early morning hours of June 7, police shot and killed six auto parts traders, then attempted to disp [...]	2005-06-29 11:04:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KCOR KIRF KCRM NI
05ABUJA1153	HIGH COURT STRIKES DOWN "PUBLIC ORDER ACT" [...] Summary: An Abuja High Court struck down the 1990 Public Order Act that had required a police permit to be issued for all public rallies and processions. Security forces have regularly used the Act to suppress opposition rallies, refusing to issue police permits for "security reasons." Alt [...]	2005-06-29 11:04:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV ASEC KCRM NI
05ABUJA1154	UN REFORM DEMARCHES DELIVERED: NIGERIA AGREES [...] (U) On the morning of June 29 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in Abuja, Acting DCM delivered reftel demarches on UN reform to Ambassador Anigbo, Director of the First United Nations Division of the MFA. Poloff served as notetaker. 2. (U) A/DCM delivered talking points in Ref A [...]	2005-06-29 14:52:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KUNR AORC NI UNSC
05ABUJA1155	JUNE 12 ANNIVERSARY UNITES NIGERIAN OPPOSITION [...] (C) Despite a torrential rainstorm in Lagos on June 12, prominent opposition politicians and human rights activists gathered to mark the twelfth anniversary of the annulment of the 1993 presidential elections won by Chief MKO Abiola, politician and business icon who later died in detention in [...]	2005-06-29 16:08:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC NI
05ABUJA1156	NIGERIA: EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF THE NIGER [...] The Extraordinary Session of the NBA Council of Ministers took place from May 9 to 13, 2005, in Abuja, Nigeria. The Ministers met to review progress in developing a framework for sustainable integrated water resources management and cross-border cooperation, the "Shared Vision". Session par [...]	2005-06-29 16:16:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	AID AMGT ABLD ASEC NI
05ABUJA1164	ARMED ROBBERY AT HOUSING COMPOUND ADJACENT TO [...] SUMMARY: On June 26, 2005 at about 0300 hours, a private apartment was robbed by ten robbers. The residence is located adjacent to two of the Embassy Housing Compounds. End Summary. 2. DETAILS: On June 26, 2005 at about 0300 hours, a private residence located next to Malibu and Newport Ho [...]	2005-06-30 12:40:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER NI CRIME
05ABUJA1172	ON DAY OF SUPREME COURT DECISION ON 2003 [...] With the Supreme Court due to deliver its judgment today, July 1, in the suit filed by 2003 ANPP presidential candidate General Muhammadu Buhari against the April 2003 re-election of President Olusegun Obasanjo, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) police command warned yesterday that it woul [...]	2005-07-01 09:16:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR NI ELECTIONS
05ABUJA1178	DARFUR PEACE TALKS UPDATE: OBASANJO MEETS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: President Olusegun Obasanjo met with the leaders of the Darfur rebel movements on June 30 and urged them to be flexible over the remaining points of contention on the Declaration of Principles. He also encouraged them to continue the negotiations, and above all, be patient. A [...]	2005-07-01 12:38:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KAWC KCRS SU NI DARFUR
05ABUJA118	TRADE AND INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, NIGERIA [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-27 10:52:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV NI
05ABUJA1181	SUPREME COURT UNANIMOUSLY ENDORSES OUTCOME OF [...] (SBU) On the morning of July 1, the Supreme Court unanimously and strongly rejected the challenge to the 2003 election filed by All Nigerian People's Party (ANPP) presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari. The Court found that the election was in "substantial compliance" with the election law [...]	2005-07-01 15:34:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR NI ELECTIONS
05ABUJA1184	ON THE EVE OF THE DECISION ON THE 2003 ELECTION [...] (SBU) Intrigue, politics, and mudslinging have taken center stage at Nigerian Supreme Court. On June 21, a few days before delivering a judgment on the conduct of 2003 Nigerian presidential elections, Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Muhammadu Uwais was accused of receiving bribes from a par [...]	2005-07-05 06:33:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM KCOR KCRM NI ELECTIONS
05ABUJA1185	GON OFFICIAL SUGGESTS POSSIBLE NUCLEAR ENERGY [...] (C) During a wide-ranging discussion with the Ambassador, Prince Adegboyega Christopher Ariyo, Director of Asia and Middle East Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),expressed concern about the possibility of Nigeria's oil and gas reserves' becoming depleted over the next forty yea [...]	2005-07-05 06:33:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM ENRG TRGY KNNP NI
05ABUJA1186	PARIS CLUB REDUCES NIGERIA'S DEBT: JUBILATION NOW, [...] Summary: The Paris Club group of creditor nations has agreed to reduce Nigeria's debt by about 60 percent. This is seen as a reward for Nigeria's effort at reforming its economy with its home-grown economic reform program. Modalities for implementing the agreement will be negotiated between t [...]	2005-07-05 06:42:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON KGCN PGOV PREL NI
05ABUJA1209	PRESIDENT OBASANJO ANNOUNCES NEW MINISTERS, [...] On July 5, President Obasanjo sent a list of 11 ministerial nominees to the Senate for approval, indicating that he plans to drop some of the current Cabinet, possibly to give those with political ambitions the opportunity to focus on 2007 rather than policy making and implementation. The li [...]	2005-07-05 17:09:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NI
05ABUJA1217	DARFUR PEACE TALKS: DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Sudan, the Sudan Liberation Movement, and Justice and Equality Movement signed a Declaration of Principles for the Resolution of the Sudanese Conflict in Darfur (DOP) on July 5. This evolved after more than three weeks of African Union (AU) mediation assiste [...]	2005-07-06 14:54:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF NI SU CD DARFUR
05ABUJA1250	NIGERIA RESPONDS TO DEMARCHE ON G-4 RESOLUTION [...] (U) On the morning of July 11 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in Abuja, Acting DCM delivered reftel demarche on UN reform to Ambassador Chike Alex Anigbo, Director of the First United Nations Department of the MFA. Poloff served as notetaker. 2. (SBU) A/DCM delivered reftel ta [...]	2005-07-11 17:23:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KUNR AORC NI UNSC
05ABUJA1271	NIGER DELTA REMAINS TENSE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 6 meeting, NGO Director and Obasanjo associate, Judith Asuni, told the Ambassador tensions remain high in the Niger Delta. Small arms proliferation, cult/gang violence, and oil bunkering are all rampant, she said. The Peace and Security Strategy (PASS),a joint go [...]	2005-07-14 12:41:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NI EPET SOCI DELTAVIOLENCE
05ABUJA1323	NIGERIA: IBB FACTOTUM SPECULATES ON A COUP, [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-20 16:25:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	NI PGOV PREL
05ABUJA1334	NIGERIA TO ENACT PEACEFUL USE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY; [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-21 16:31:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP TRGY PARM NI IAEA
05ABUJA1338	CHINESE AMBASSADOR TO NIGERIA CONFIRMS NIGERIA'S [...] (C) On the afternoon of July 22, Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria Wang Yongqiu visited the Ambassador to discuss UNSC reform. He told the Ambassador he had met with the Acting Permanent Secretary of Nigeria's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Mr. Asiru (phonetic),the previous afternoon, and th [...]	2005-07-22 16:30:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KUNR NI UNSC UNGA
05ABUJA1339	NATIONAL POLITICAL REFORM CONFERENCE ENDS. NOW [...] (C) Summary: Unable to reach consensus on key issues of resource control, presidential term limits, and whether former military leaders should be precluded from contesting future elections, the National Political Reform Conference (NPRC) ended deliberations July 12. Conference chairmen plan [...]	2005-07-22 16:39:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET PHUM KDEM NI
05ABUJA137	AF PDAS RANNEBERGER'S MEETING WITH AU CHAIRPERSON [...] (C) Summary. At his 29 January meeting in Abuja with African Union (AU) Chairperson Konare, Ambassador Ranneberger underscored the priority the U.S. attaches to strengthening its relationship with the AU. He emphasized U.S. support for the AU mission in Darfur. He stressed the need to use th [...]	2005-01-31 16:25:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AU SU NI
05ABUJA1381	G-4 RESOLUTION: NIGERIA WILL SUPPORT COMMON AU [...] (SBU) On July 27, Poloff asked Ambassador Chike Alex Anigbo, Director of the First United Nations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),about Nigeria's position on the G-4 resolution. 2. (SBU) Anigbo replied that the G-4 resolution and the AU resolution were very similar, d [...]	2005-07-27 11:15:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KUNR AORC NI UNSC
05ABUJA14	OGBEH KEPT AS PDP CHAIRMAN, NGIGE AND UBA [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Obasanjo's effort (Ref A) to fire the ruling PDP's National Chairman, Audu Ogbeh, failed at least temporarily January 4 with the PDP National Executive Committee (NEC) keeping Ogbeh, an ally of VP Atiku, but suspending Governor Chris Ngige and his self-styled godfather C [...]	2005-01-06 11:01:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
05ABUJA1408	DISTRIBUTION OF OIL REVENUES TO NIGERIA'S [...] Summary and Introduction: Talks in the just-concluded National Political Reforms Conference (the "confab") reached a deadlock when the issue of the share of oil revenues paid to the oil-producing states to take care of environmental problems and infrastructure came to the fore on June 13. Th [...]	2005-08-02 16:36:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EPET PGOV NI OIL
05ABUJA1479	OBASANJO TASKS NORTHERN GOVERNORS: IMPROVE [...] (SBU) Summary: At the Presidential Villa on August 8, President Obasanjo tasked several northern Governors with improving their states' poor social conditions. In group discussions, attendees agreed that public health services had collapsed, and that local government had failed to deliver [...]	2005-08-11 10:32:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID NI
05ABUJA1480	WHAT WENT WRONG BETWEEN THE AU AND THE G-4? [...] (C) Summary: According to the Japanese Ambassador to Nigeria, who was at the AU Summit in Addis Ababa, emotional appeals about Africans standing up for their rights against Western "colonialists" carried the day in persuading the AU to stick to its demand for veto rights for any new permanent [...]	2005-08-11 16:12:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AORC KUNR NI UNSC
05ABUJA1497	SUPREME COURT VERDICT UPHOLDING 2003 ELECTION [...] (SBU) A month after the Supreme Court judgment upheld President Obasanjo's 2003 election, Nigeria is calm, with no reports of violence related to the verdict. The media provided only modest coverage of the judgment. Ordinary Nigerians have been more interested in discussing other issues suc [...]	2005-08-12 15:53:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR NI ELECTIONS
05ABUJA1498	INEC'S FEATHERS RUFFLED, THEN SMOOTHED, AFTER [...] Summary: In an August 8 front page article, a Nigerian newspaper printed an article highly critical of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman Maurice Iwu. The article claimed to be based on comments from an anonymous US Embassy source. Both INEC and the USAID-funded NGO [...]	2005-08-12 15:54:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI PINR OIIP OPRC KDEM NI
05ABUJA1514	NIGERIAN RAILWAY CORPORATION SEEKS TO PRIVATIZE [...] (SBU) Begin summary. Economic officers met on July 5 with A.A. Abubakar, managing director of the state-owned Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC). Abubakar asserted that the state of Nigeria's railways was rather good, and improving. He sketched out the NRC's plan, to be introduced later in 2 [...]	2005-08-16 08:14:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELTN NI
05ABUJA1526	NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OBASANJO ON U.S. AMBASSADOR TO [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with President Obasanjo in his villa private quarters on the morning of August 18. Poloff served as notetaker. Obasanjo supported the nomination of a U.S. ambassador to the African Union, discussed the coup in Mauritania, and welcomed the visit to Nigeria by [...]	2005-08-18 11:36:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV OVIP KDEM NI
05ABUJA1532	ACOTA PROGRAM MOVES FORWARD IN NIGERIA [...] SUMMARY. During 8-11 August 2005, an African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) Program team met with officials of the Nigerian Army to jointly plan the future of the ACOTA program in Nigeria. The meetings resulted in decisive progress in terms of a concept and schedule f [...]	2005-08-19 11:35:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MASS MCAP PHUM KPKO NI
05ABUJA1535	NIGERIAN SENATE CALLS FOR ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT TO [...] (C) Summary: The Nigerian Senate passed a resolution requesting that President Obasanjo rescind Nigeria's Article 98 Agreement because the National Assembly was not consulted before the agreement was signed. However, the GON determined at the time of signing that it was an executive agreemen [...]	2005-08-19 12:44:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS KTIA NI KICC
05ABUJA1556	NO SPILLOVER FROM NIGER IN NORTHEASTERN NIGERIA'S [...] Abuja economic officer and two U.S. Army Office of Defense Cooperation humanitarian-assistance personnel visited Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State in far northeastern Nigeria, on August 19 and 20, 2005. Officers observed no evidence of Nigerien refugees in Maiduguri; in Borno's Baga town [...]	2005-08-23 16:50:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID SOCI SMIG XY NI
05ABUJA1609	NIGERIAN AVIATION MINISTER ON OPEN SKIES [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Summary. Embassy officers met on August 25 with Nigerian Minister of Aviation Babalola Borishade on two aviation disputes: the GON's failure to grant American Airlines the authorization to introduce codeshare serv [...]	2005-08-30 08:24:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR NI
05ABUJA1610	THE STATE OF HIV/AIDS IN NIGERIA AS OF JUNE 2005 [...] Summary: This cable evaluates broadly HIV/AIDS' impact on Nigerians and their institutions. Roughly 4 million (UNAIDS, 2003) of the nation's 130 million people (PRB, 2002) are infected with HIV/AIDS, reflecting a national HIV/AIDS infection rate of 5 percent (NPS, 2003). Nigeria had at lea [...]	2005-08-30 08:58:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV SOCI TBIO ECON PREL PGOV NI HIV AIDS
05ABUJA1635	ATIKU DISCUSSES 2007 ELECTIONS [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a two-hour meeting, a relaxed Vice President Atiku Abubakar expressed little concern about the search of his Potomac, Maryland residence and offered his insights on President Obasanjo and PDP party politics. He also expressed concerns about new INEC chairman Maurice Iwu and [...]	2005-09-01 15:16:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM NI ELECTIONS
05ABUJA1676	IVLP Returnee Spearheads Judicial Reforms in [...] Summary: Ms. Faustinah I. Kola-Olalere, Chair of Magistrate Association of Nigeria (MAN) returned from her IVLP program with a consuming passion: transforming Nigeria's courts emphasis on punishment to correction and reformation. She hopes this new emphasis would red [...]	2005-09-09 12:36:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SCUL OEXC NI
05ABUJA1677	NIGERIA: EXXON MOBIL CHIEF ON REFINING DEMANDS, [...] (C) Exxon Mobil Nigeria Chief John Chaplin told the Ambassador on September 6 that oil majors were in the midst of renegotiating their MOU with the Nigerian government (GON),which would allow them to keep a part of the revenue over $30 per barrel, all of which now goes to the GON. They also a [...]	2005-09-09 12:51:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ETRD NI OIL
05ABUJA1683	GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA ON AVIAN, PANDEMIC INFLUENZA [...] Embassy Abuja's Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) and an economic officer met on Sept. 9, 2005 with Ambassador Abdul Bin Rimdap, director general of the Nigerian Foreign Ministry's international organizations. 2. DCM presented ref talking points on the U.S. Government's intention to launch at t [...]	2005-09-09 16:42:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON KSCA PREL SOCI TBIO XX NI AVIANFLU
05ABUJA1684	NIGERIA ON INNOVATIVE SOURCES OF FINANCING [...] Embassy Abuja's Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) and an economic officer met on Sept. 9, 2005 with Ambassador Abdul Bin Rimdap, director general of the Nigerian Foreign Ministry's international organizations. 2. DCM presented ref talking points on the U.S. Government's views on the Declaration [...]	2005-09-09 16:43:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN EAIR EAID EFIN NI UNGA
05ABUJA1692	NIGERIAN PRESIDENT ABOLISHES EXPORT INCENTIVES [...] (U) The federal government of Nigeria has withdrawn the Bona-fide Manufacturers Scheme, and Manufacturer-in-Bond Export Scheme - two incentives the government extended to local manufacturers to be more competitive due to their alleged abuse. The Bonafide Manufacturers Scheme allowed manufactur [...]	2005-09-12 09:04:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV EFIN NI
05ABUJA1703	NIGERIA: UK PROPOSED PRESS GUIDANCE ON A [...] (U) Action Request Para 11. 2. (S) SUMMARY: Despite repeated public denials and constitutionally mandated term limits, President Obasanjo's alleged aspiration to a third term has become a lightening rod among the political elites. The British High Commission proposes a common, public p [...]	2005-09-13 09:45:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM OPRC NI THIRDTERM
05ABUJA1745	MAIDUGURI CUT OFF FROM NIGERIA RAILROAD 5 YEARS ON [...] (U) Summary. Embassy Abuja officers visited the Maiduguri train station of the state-owned Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) on August 19. Theis depot is the terminus of Nigeria's northeastern rail line, but heavy flooding in 2000 washed away tracks and bridges, leaving Maiduguri cut off fro [...]	2005-09-19 16:45:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN ECON NI
05ABUJA1789	ARRESTS SPARK RENEWED UNREST IN DELTA [...] (C) Simmering tensions in the Niger Delta took a dramatic upturn with the arrest of Ijaw militia leader Asari Dukubo late on September 20. With passions already enflamed by the arrest in London last week of Bayelsa Governor Alamieyeseigha, reportedly a major financier to Ijaw militias, Asari [...]	2005-09-21 17:01:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET ASEC NI DELTAVIOLENCE
05ABUJA1798	NIGERIA'S DELTA TENSE; ASARI IN COURT [...] (C) An uneasy calm has settled on Port Harcourt, but it is overshadowed by the fear among Embassy contacts that this incident could push the country into its most serious crisis in years. Some of the militia members have returned to the rivers even as Asari appeared before a court in Abuja. [...]	2005-09-23 06:55:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET ASEC NI DELTAVIOLENCE
05ABUJA1821	NIGERIA PUBLIC DIPLOMACY INFLUENCE ANALYSIS [...] Introduction: Nigeria is Africa's most populous nation and the central gravity for the continent's emerging democracies. Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo is the current Chair of the Africa Union, and with approximately 130 million people and still growing, Nigeria provides the largest s [...]	2005-09-26 13:58:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO NI
05ABUJA1829	NIGERIA'S SOBERING SOCIAL INDICATORS [...] (SBU) Summary: USAID provided technical assistance to analyze and publish data from Nigeria's 2003 Demographic and Health survey. The data analysis from that survey demonstrates two startling facts. In many areas, Nigeria has social indicators significantly worse than its poorer neighbors, [...]	2005-09-26 15:59:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID SOCI TBIO PHUM NI
05ABUJA1831	NIGERIA: JOINT CRITIQUE WITH BRITISH ON NDLEA'S [...] (C) Summary: The U.S. and British Ambassadors agreed to develop and deliver a joint critique of the poor performance at present of the Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to the Nigerian Attorney General in an attempt to highlight U.S./UK concern regarding Nigeria's massive problems [...]	2005-09-26 16:00:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV SNAR NI
05ABUJA1836	NIGERIA DENIES MILITARY TIES TO NORTH KOREA [...] (C) Summary. Nigeria claims to have no military relationship with North Korea, and only a limited non-military relationship. The MFA's Director for Asia and Pacific Affairs said Nigeria's policy toward the DPRK is based on hopes for the peaceful resolution of all issues in the Six Party Talk [...]	2005-09-27 14:09:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC KNNP NI ZO POLMIL
05ABUJA1845	NIGERIA: IBB ON THE FUTURE OF DOMESTIC POLITICS [...] (S) Summary: Former military ruler and possible future presidential candidate Ibrahim Babangida will make a final decision only in the Spring of 2006 about whether to run for president. He also expressed interest in establishing his own political party. He urged the U.S. and other major do [...]	2005-09-28 08:08:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV PREL NI
05ABUJA1846	NIGERIA: DIALOGUE WITH TAIWAN RE PRC IN AFRICA [...] U.S. Mission Nigeria has had some contact with official Taiwanese in Nigeria. Deputy Chief of Economic Section recently met socially with the Deputy Director of the Taiwan Trade Delegation, Mr. CHANG Ming. Two recently arrived Missions members have transferred from Taiwan. 2. Post believe [...]	2005-09-28 08:43:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV PREL CH TW NI
05ABUJA1850	Nigeria: COMBATING EXTREMISM [...] Summary: Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa with roughly an equal number of Muslims and Christians. Despite its prominence as a leading oil producer, the majority of Nigerians eke out a meager existence on less than a dollar a day, as the country finds itself near the bottom of the [...]	2005-09-28 11:50:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM EAID KDEM KPAO KMPI NI
05ABUJA1856	NIGERIA: CENSUS DELAYED IS CENSUS DENIED [...] (U) As expected, the National Population Commission (NPC) requested a postponement the national census, which had been planned for December, explaining at a September 22 presentation at the Presidential Villa that there were delays in preparations for the long-awaited head count. For exampl [...]	2005-09-29 07:50:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM NI
05ABUJA1861	NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT FINANCE: THE KNOWN UNKNOWNS [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite improved government reporting on the Nigerian budget, neither the amount of revenue nor the actual expenditure is known with any confidence. The bulk of government revenue comes from the petroleum sector, but reported revenue is based on estimates and company figures. Fe [...]	2005-09-29 14:33:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID EPET NI
05ABUJA1862	NIGERIA:LIBERIA DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO ECOWAS [...] (C) Summary. Despite sensitivities about the need in principle to support the legal structures of Liberia, the Executive Secretary of ECOWAS agreed with U.S. concerns about the Liberian Supreme Court rulings. He said that the U.S. and ECOWAS share a common position on how to respond to those [...]	2005-09-29 15:50:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LI NI ECOWAS
05ABUJA1870	IAEA SAFEGUARDS COMMITTEE DEMARCHE [...] Embassy economic officer met on Sept. 7, 2005 with Director (EPA) of the Energy Commission of Nigeria, Professor O. L. Hoeje and Director General of the Energy Commission of Nigeria Professor A. S. Sambo. 2. Econoff presented ref talking points on the Board of Governors of the International [...]	2005-09-30 10:54:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP AORC TRGY ECON IAEA
05ABUJA1873	NIGERIA/LIBERIA:GENERAL ABUBAKAR ON ECOWAS AND THE [...] (C) The Ambassador, with PolMilOff, met with CPA Mediator and former Head of State Abdulsalami Abubakar the evening of September 29 to deliver Ref A points, which were left as a nonpaper. Abubakar accepted the U.S. position and said that it is "in the line of our thinking." His response di [...]	2005-09-30 11:21:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LI NI ECOWAS
05ABUJA1891	ECOWAS SUMMIT ON COTE D'IVOIRE AND OTHER REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary. The ECOWAS Heads of State and Government met in Abuja for an Extraordinary Summit on September 30 to discuss the situation in Cote d'Ivoire. Liberia was a late addition to the agenda. The leaders created a list of recommendations, which they have not made public, which will be [...]	2005-10-04 15:25:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PBTS XY ECOWAS
05ABUJA1892	ECOWAS: AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS [...] The Ambassador presented the letter from S to the Executive Secretary of ECOWAS designating him as her "Special Representative to ECOWAS" on October 3. The short ceremony was also attended by the DCM, DATT, and PolMilOff and by the Deputy Executive Secretary for Political Affairs, Defense, a [...]	2005-10-04 15:28:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL NI ECOWAS
05ABUJA1900	NIGERIA AGOA SUBMISSION AND RECOOMENDATION [...] (U) Country: Nigeria Current AGOA Status: Eligible 2. (U) Country Background Summary: Estimated population of 140 million. 2004 GNI was $55.9 billion; 2004 GNI per capita was $390. (World Bank 8/2005 Data) Nigeria completed civilian-run national and state elections in 2003 that were m [...]	2005-10-05 07:41:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PHUM NI AGOA
05ABUJA1902	NIGERIA: VICE PRESIDENT ATIKU CONVINCED [...] (S) Summary: Atiku believes that President Obasanjo will try anything to stay in power past 2007, including exploiting unrest in the Delta and the Bakassi dispute to justify postponement of the elections. The Vice President fears that he himself could be assassinated. Atiku wants the U.S. [...]	2005-10-05 08:40:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV PREL NI THIRDTERM
05ABUJA1904	THE ECOWAS LOGISTICS DEPOT AND UNSC SANCTIONS [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. As UNAMSIL vacates Sierra Leone at the end of the year, ECOWAS will assume control of the Hastings Airfield Complex outside of Freetown for the purpose of establishing a full-service peacekeeping logistics depot. This depot is one of the ke [...]	2005-10-05 15:39:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPKO MARR SL NI UNSC ECOWAS
05ABUJA1925	CHINA'S INFLUENCE IN NIGERIA [...] Summary. (U) The People's Republic of China (hereafter China) has been for some time expanding its economic and business activity in Nigeria. Trade, energy, telecoms, and agriculture are the main areas of activity. Military cooperation is also an important area of engagement, both with Nig [...]	2005-10-07 07:35:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	EAID ECON PREL MASS EMIN ENRG ETRD AF CH
05ABUJA1956	NIGERIA: NARCOTICS [...] Summary: On October 7, I raised with the NDLEA Chairman, the Attorney General of the Federation and the Principal Secretary to the President Nigeria's apparently flagging performance in narcotics interdiction. Reaction ranged from denial -- the NDLEA chairman said our data about arrests and [...]	2005-10-11 16:45:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	SNAR PREL PGOV NI NARCOTICS
05ABUJA1957	NIGERIA: VICE PRESIDENT ATIKU REITERATES FIERCE [...] (S) Summary: Vice President Atiku believes that the North will erupt if its leaders are convinced that President Obasanjo is seeking a third term. This eruption, he believes, will occur whether or not Obasanjo changes legally the constitution to provide for a presidential third term. Atiku [...]	2005-10-11 16:48:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV PREF PREL NI THIRDTERM
05ABUJA1986	SLM CONFERENCE: CHADIAN/FRENCH PROPOSAL FOR [...] (U) On the margins of the Ninth Session of the Joint Commission (for the Cease-fire in Darfur) held in Ndjamena October 13-14, both SLM Chairman Abdelwahid Nur and France's Special Representative Ambassador Henri de Coignac had private meetings with Chadian President Deby touching on the Darf [...]	2005-10-17 13:38:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KAWC KCRS SU NI DARFUR
05ABUJA1987	LONGTIME NIGERIA OBSERVER ON KANO'S SOCIO-ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Embassy officers met Sept. 1 with Professor Paul Lubeck, who recently visited Kano State. Lubeck formerly lived in Kano and has visited Nigeria for more than 40 years. Lubeck's observations about Kano were: - anti-Americanism there is at its highest point in more than 40 years; - [...]	2005-10-17 16:30:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV ECON EAID KIRF NI
05ABUJA2006	NIGERIA ECOWAS COMMON EXTERNAL TARIFF UPDATE [...] Summary: Nigeria appears set to implement the ECOWAS Common External Tariff (CET),before the end of October 2005. The CET would harmonize Nigeria's tariffs with those of other ECOWAS member states, and make Nigeria's trade policies more predictable. Though Nigeria had earlier abolished impor [...]	2005-10-19 08:18:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECIN EINV NI AGOA ECOWAS
05ABUJA2008	ABUJA: ROUND SIX [...] (SBU) Summary: The Sixth Round of the Darfur talks at Abuja, held from September 15 - October 20, were hindered by controversy within the SLM/A, poor planning, and a perceived lack of serious approach by the GOS and the JEM/SLM. The African Union did not provide the stern leadership needed [...]	2005-10-19 13:14:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KAWC KCRS SU NI DARFUR
05ABUJA2020	NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OBASANJO ON NARCOTICS [...] (S) Summary: President Obasanjo wants immediate action taken on Nigeria's flagging performance in narcotics interdiction and is acutely aware of the consequences should Nigeria fail recertification. He has recalled Dr. Bello Lafiaji, Chairman of the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLE [...]	2005-10-20 15:43:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	SNAR PREL PGOV NI NARCOTICS
05ABUJA2030	ABUJA SITREP #2: CRASH OF BELLVIEW FLIGHT 3210 [...] (C) The EAC convened at 12:00 and was chaired by Ambassador Campbell. We continue to receive incomplete and sometimes conflicting reports about the location of the crash site and the presence and number of possible survivors. Pol Counselor spoke this morning to a Nigerian pilot who said he [...]	2005-10-23 13:18:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC AEMR AMGT NI
05ABUJA2031	SITREP #1 - 10/23/2005 1130 HOURS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The EAC reconvened and was chaired by Ambassador Campbell. Nigerian officials originally declared that Bellview flight B3-210 crashed in the Atlantic Ocean but have now stated that it crashed in Oyo state. The suspected place of impact is well northwest of the flight plan. Thi [...]	2005-10-23 13:19:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC AEMR AMGT CASC NI
05ABUJA2032	ABUJA SITREP #3: CRASH OF BELLVIEW FLIGHT 3210, TIME 16:30 LOCAL [...] (C) Abuja EAC reconvened at 15:00 October 23, 2005, chaired by the Ambassador. Our latest information, confirmed by eyewitnesses, indicates that the crash site is near the village of Lissa, in Ifo local government area, Ogun State (Geocoordinates approximately 06 48 02 N, 003 18 21 E). This [...]	2005-10-23 15:58:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC EAIR ASEC AEMR AMGT NI
05ABUJA2037	INEC'S PROMISES RAISE QUESTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a rhetoric-heavy and superficial one-hour presentation to the donor's election support group, Independent National Elections Commission (INEC) chair, Professor Maurice M. Iwu, laid out his strategy to organize a high tech enabled election that would cost $66 Billion Naira, " [...]	2005-10-24 08:32:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI ELECTIONS

05ABUJA2039	NIGERIA REQUESTS U.S. ASSISTANCE IN INVESTIGATING BELLVIEW AIRLINES' FATAL CRASH [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (U) The Government of Nigeria (GON) requested in a letter dated Oct. 24 technical assistance from the U.S. Government in investigating the Oct. 22 crash of a Bellview Airlines Boeing 737 about 30 km north of Lagos. Acco [...]	2005-10-24 15:44:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC EAIR ASEC AEMR AMGT NI
05ABUJA2070	REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE IN INVESTIGATING BELLVIEW CRASH [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (U) On October 25, 2005, post received the following letter from President Olusegun Obasanjo. The text of the letter is as follows: Dear Ambassador: Re: Crash of Nigerian Bellview Airline On Saturday, 23rd October 2005, Bellvie [...]	2005-10-26 17:11:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC EAIR ASEC AEMR AMGT NI
05ABUJA2071	BELLVIEW CRASH SITE SECURITY [...] 1.(SBU) Following reports On October 25 by ConGen Consular Reaction Team and others of concerns that security at the crash site was limited and that heavy equipment had been brought into to start excavation of the crash site crater before the arrival of U.S. investigators, Abuja Mission member [...]	2005-10-26 17:12:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR CASC ASEC AMGT NI
05ABUJA2072	MEETING WITH BELLVIEW AIRLINES RE CRASH [...] (C) Summary: On October 25, Bellview Airlines CEO, Kayode Odukoya, Exexcutive Director Gbenga Olowo and Abuja Airport Station manager Owo M called on the Ambassador to offer condolences on the death of Embassy staffer Major Joseph Haydon, to offer assistance to family members, and to provide w [...]	2005-10-26 17:13:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR CASC ASEC AMGT NI
05ABUJA2073	A/S FRAZER MEETING WITH NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR [...] (C) Summary: On 24 October, Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer met with Nigerian National Security Advisor Aliyu Mohammed. They discussed the Sudan Peace Process, recent Liberian elections, Cote D'Ivoire, the Bakassi dispute with Cameroon, upcoming Nigerian elections, the s [...]	2005-10-27 11:55:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM NI XY XW
05ABUJA2075	A/S FRAZER,S MEETING WITH NIGERIAN MFA RE [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Jendayi Frazer met with Nigeria's Foreign Minister Oluyemi Adeniji on 24 October to discuss the Sudan, Cote d'Ivoire (CDI),and other issues. During the meeting, Adeniji was vague on many issues, but spoke generally about the need to push the Southern Sudan [...]	2005-10-28 08:00:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PTER MARR PHUM XW XY NI
05ABUJA2079	RULING PARTY'S ILLEGAL ACTIONS CAUSE CONFUSION AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: The crisis within the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) widened after its leadership ignored an Abuja High Court order and organized non-elective congresses on October 15, which excluded non-Obasanjo loyalists and their supporters. The congresses were characterized by [...]	2005-10-31 07:01:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
05ABUJA2087	OIL PRICE IMPACT ON NIGERIA [...] (SBU) Summary: High oil prices have proved a very mixed blessing for Nigeria. While greatly boosting government revenues, they have increased the challenge of managing those revenues. Though the government is wisely directing much revenue to debt repayment, some of the windfall is finding i [...]	2005-10-31 15:52:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EPET PGOV NI OIL
05ABUJA2119	LEADERS OF YORUBA MILITIA GROUP ARRESTED [...] Summary: The leaders of two warring factions of the outlawed militant group Odua People's Congress (OPC),Fredrick Fasehun and Gani Adams, were charged by a Lagos Magistrate Court last week. OPC is the Yoruba militia responsible for violent communal clashes in Lagos and other parts of the S [...]	2005-11-04 08:20:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM NI MILITANTS
05ABUJA2127	NIGERIA: NIGERIAN AMBASSADOR TO U.S. FEARS [...] (S) Summary George Obiozor, Nigeria's ambassador to the U.S., fears that Nigeria will break up "like Yugoslavia" unless the presidency's rotation amongst the geopolitical regions is "institutionalized" by a new or revised constitution. He advocates President Obasanjo remaining in office past [...]	2005-11-04 14:03:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV PREF PREL NI
05ABUJA2138	Embassy on Road in Nigeria: Sokoto [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 12-14, Ambassador and members of Embassy Public Affairs, Political, Economic and Defense Cooperation Sections decamped to the far northwestern state of Sokoto, doing two Iftar dinners, outreach events, and taking a closer look at education facilities in a region that [...]	2005-11-07 08:48:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON KISL PGOV SOCI NI
05ABUJA2142	A/S FRAZER MEETING WITH NIGERIAN FINANCE MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 24, Assistant Secretary Frazer and Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala discussed Nigeria's completed Paris Club deal and Nigeria's efforts to improve its budget process and promote increased trade and investment. The Minister urged favorable U.S. action on [...]	2005-11-07 15:23:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAIR ETRD EINV NI
05ABUJA2148	NIGERIA: DEMOCRACY AT THE TIPPING POINT [...] (C) With the shadow of the 2007 elections looming and a democracy scorecard that is mixed at best, Nigeria finds itself at a critical tipping point. There is great concern about whether the GON has the political will to implement the political reforms needed to increase transparency and enhance [...]	2005-11-09 10:20:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM NI ELECTIONS
05ABUJA2151	DEMARCHE DELIVERED- IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S EXTREMISM [...] (U) On November 7, Poloff delivered reftel demarches to Ambassador Abdul bin Rimdap, Director for International Organizations at the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ambassador Rimdap was aware of the Iranian President's inflammatory remarks but said that the GON had not yet publicly rea [...]	2005-11-09 15:28:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PHUM IR NI
05ABUJA2168	NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OBASANJO CONVENES MEETING ON [...] Summary: President Obasanjo convened a meeting November 9 to continue the discussion on Nigeria,s record on fighting narcotics trafficking. The Chairman of the NDLEA, Dr. Bello, gave an impassioned presentation refuting American and British allegations of poor performance that was wea [...]	2005-11-10 14:06:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	SNAR PREL PGOV NI
05ABUJA2188	ECOWAS ON LIBERIA AND TOGO [...] In response to reftel, Charge met with National Security Advisor (NSA) Aliyu Mohammed Gusau on Friday, November 11. NSA said he would personally convey the contents of the message to President Obasanjo on the afternoon of November 11 on his return to Abuja. 2. PolMilOff called ECOWAS Exec [...]	2005-11-15 06:57:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM NI LI ECOWAS
05ABUJA2234	NIGERIA'S PLAN ON AVIAN FLU STILL IN INITIAL STAGE [...] (SBU) Summary. In February 2004, Nigeria held a consultative forum on Avian Influenza (AI),and Nigerian President Obasanjo is "very aware" of the threat AI poses to Nigeria. The Ministry of Health (MOH),in late October 2005 issued the third draft of the government's AI Position Paper. On N [...]	2005-11-16 14:17:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SENV EAGR AMED CASC EAID XX NI WHO FAO AVIANFLU
05ABUJA2242	LOCAL PRESS REPORTS BUSH-OBASANJO LETTER RE THIRD [...] (U) SUMMARY: A local newspaper reported 17 Novemeber that a letter from President Bush to President Obasanjo had been delivered advising Obasanjo to not seek a third term. While not new, this is the most prominent reporting of the issue. The question came up in a press briefing held during [...]	2005-11-17 12:10:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM NI THIRDTERM
05ABUJA2244	SCENARIOS FOR 2007 ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Though potential candidates are already flinging mud and jockeying for position, there is no clear front-runner for Nigeria's 2007 presidential election. The role that President Obasanjo will play is still an important and open question. Will he be a kingmaker, eventually anoi [...]	2005-11-17 13:15:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL NI ELECTIONS
05ABUJA2253	CHARGE CONVOKED OVER PUNCH ARTICLE [...] (C) Acting Under Secretary for Regions and International Organizations in Nigeria's Foreign Ministry (MFA) A. C. Ariyo convoked Charge during the evening of 17 November on instructions of the MFA's Permanent Secretary to relay a message from President Obasanjo. Ariyo was anxious to meet an [...]	2005-11-18 12:37:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM NI
05ABUJA2256	NIGERIAN POLICEMAN KILLED OUTSIDE USG HOUSING [...] SUMMARY: This is one of many serious criminal incidents that have taken place in less than three days in Abuja. On November 16, 2005 at 1920 hours, a Nigerian uniformed policeman was shot and killed just outside of a USG housing compound. END SUMMARY 2. DETAILS: On November 16, 2005 at 1920 [...]	2005-11-18 14:48:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER NI CRIME
05ABUJA2283	Phytosanitary Program Assessment Trip [...] (U) Reftel requested post to meet with ECOWAS Secretariat and judge its interest and ability to host a program to develop phytosanitary capacity. We have not met with the ECOWAS Secretariat by hope to do so by November 23 and will report on the results. 2. (SBU) As an interim response, po [...]	2005-11-21 16:25:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID TBIO NI ATRD ECOWAS
05ABUJA2287	RUMBLINGS INCREASE AGAINST THIRD TERM BID [...] (C) The controversy over possible attempts by President Obasanjo to extend his tenure beyond 2007 continues to dominate current political discussions in Nigeria. Some lawmakers who spoke to POL staff admitted that there "is pressure from the presidency" to endorse a constitutional amendment [...]	2005-11-22 15:05:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM NI THIRDTERM
05ABUJA2289	PRES. OBASANJO CONSOLIDATES HIS GRIP ON RULING [...] (C) President Obasanjo continues to consolidate his grip on the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) in preparation for its national convention early next year. The results of the latest regional (zonal) congresses of the PDP confirm Obasanjo's control over party machinery. Success in c [...]	2005-11-23 06:40:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL NI ELECTIONS
05ABUJA2295	SHOOT OUT NEXT DOOR TO A USG RESIDENTIAL [...] On November 22, 2005 between 2020 and 2230 hours the local police engaged five carjackers that were pursued to a house locate directly next door to a USG housing compound. Embassy local guards and attached Nigerian police assisted authorities with the loaning of their po [...]	2005-11-23 15:30:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC NI CRIME
05ABUJA2322	ECOWAS And Phytosanitary Program Proposal [...] (U) On November 25 Economic Counselor met with Dr. Subah, who handles agricultural programs at ECOWAS. In response to the questions in Ref A, Dr. Subah reported the following. 2. ECOWAS has been working with the USAID West Africa Regional Program (WARP) in Accra on SPS policy harmonization [...]	2005-11-28 14:56:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID TBIO NI ATRD ECOWAS
05ABUJA2326	NIGERIA: VICE PRESIDENT ATIKU UPDATE ON [...] (S) Summary: Vice President Atiku says that he has taken the necessary steps to register, legally, a new political party through which he can contest the 2007 elections should he fail to win the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) nomination. For the time being, however, he is using the Movement [...]	2005-11-29 11:00:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV PREF PREL NI
05ABUJA2339	DARFUR PEACE TALKS: "FINAL, DECISIVE ROUND" OPENS [...] (SBU) Summary. The seventh round of the Inter-Sudanese Peace Talks on the conflict in Darfur opened on November 29 with all speakers emphasizing the importance of reaching a comprehensive agreement in this round. SLM leaders avoided an early setback by compromising on a single speaker for th [...]	2005-11-30 13:51:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF SU NI DARFUR
05ABUJA59	OBASANJO ON SUDAN TRIBUNAL CONCEPT [...] (C) Ambassador presented the Sudan Tribunal Concept demarche to the Foreign Ministry and National Security Advisor, and then to President Obasanjo, on January 14. After explaining where he was going on the Darfur talks (below),Obasanjo asked how it would be decided who would be prosecuted by [...]	2005-01-14 15:08:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KAWC SU NI DARFUR
05ABUJA60	WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS: U.S. MARKET-ACCESS [...] The following responds to ref's request for information about U.S. service suppliers' market access in Nigeria. This cable ranks Nigerian sectors' level of priority for U.S. service providers (a value from 1 to 5, with "1" being a top priority for U.S. service suppliers). This rating is bas [...]	2005-01-14 17:17:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTO NI
05ABUJA676	MOVING FORWARD ON ACOTA [...] (C) Summary. In meetings with visiting USG delegation led by Gen. Wald, Dr. Courville and DASD Whelan on May 2, the GON indicated its agreement to move forward on ACOTA. Intra-GON coordination has been accomplished, at least for now, and Post recommends keeping up momentum by dispatch soone [...]	2005-05-04 14:59:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR PHUM KPKO NI
05ABUJA677	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ECOWAS ON TOGO [...] (C) Summary. The Executive Secretary of ECOWAS, Dr. Mohammed ibn Chambas, briefed Ambassador at length May 4 on ECOWAS's actions in Togo since the death of President Eyadema. ECOWAS supported the Togo elections happening within 60 days because that is what the Constitution provided for, al [...]	2005-05-04 15:11:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NI TO
05ABUJA698	DRAFT ELECTORAL ACT REVISION--NET NEGATIVE, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two years after Nigeria's greatly flawed 2003 and 2004 elections, a draft bill revising the Electoral Act is moving to committee in the National Assembly on its second reading. The net of what is in the draft is a slight step backwards in terms of the many serious concerns rai [...]	2005-05-06 13:03:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM EAID KCOR NI
05ABUJA70	IRANIAN PRESIDENT KHATAMI PASSES UP U.S.- [...] Summary. On a state visit to Nigeria, Iranian President Khatami passed up an opportunity to bash the U.S. in public remarks. Instead, in responding to a journalist's leading question during his press conference with Nigeria's Foreign Minister, Khatami condemned Saddam Hussein and the Taliba [...]	2005-01-18 09:12:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IR NI
05ABUJA728	NIGERIA (AND UK) RE-WRITE G8 TRANSPARENCY [...] (SBU) With the British, the GON has expanded its Action Plan requests of January 2005 into a thematic structure that happens now to include most existing and pipeline DfID anti-corruption projects. It does not include any existing or pipeline USG anti-corruption programs in Nigeria, although [...]	2005-05-12 23:05:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM EAID KCOR NI
05ABUJA743	OBASANJO AND CHARLES TAYLOR [...] (S) Summary: In our May 13 meeting, President Obasanjo reiterated his familiar arguments against turning Taylor over to the Special Court in Sierra Leone. He showed no sense of urgency and made it clear that he did not want to engage. However, he agreed on the importance of continued dialog [...]	2005-05-13 16:59:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV PREL SU NI LI
05ABUJA756	GON PRESENTATION ON NIGER DELTA [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Obasanjo has given us a document asking for cooperation in "ensuring availability, security and stability of hydrocarbon resources in the Niger Delta," although he refers to it as about the Gulf of Guinea as a whole and includes some regional efforts as a figleaf that it [...]	2005-05-16 08:42:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS EPET PREL NI
05ABUJA771	NIGERIA - OUTREACH ON NEWSWEEK STORY [...] (SBU) Post has been pursuing the Newsweek story since it surfaced in the Nigerian press on May 9. Most versions, and all in the beginning, were repeats of foreign media reports of demonstrations/riots in Afghanistan. The Nigerian Government is aware that the story could be used to incite vio [...]	2005-05-17 14:44:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KISL NI
05ABUJA792	SHIA-SUNNI CLASHES IN SOKOTO KILL THREE MORE [...] (U) Summary: A two-day conflict between rival Muslim groups in the northwestern city of Sokoto, seat of Nigeria's senior Islamic leader, the Sultan of Sokoto, led to the deaths of at least three people while dozens were injured. Shops, houses and other valuables were torched as Shia and Sunni [...]	2005-05-19 06:40:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KISL NI
05ABUJA797	LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT OF THE NIGERIAN MILITARY [...] (C) Summary: Legislative oversight of the Nigerian military is still in its infancy. Meeting recently with a group from the U.S. National War College and Embassy staff, members of Nigeria's House Committee on Defense did not seem to understand what role they should play but were very inter [...]	2005-05-19 14:29:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MARR KPKO NI
05ABUJA809	ECOWAS' CHAMBAS ON ABUJA'S TOGO MEETING [...] (C) Summary: The Executive Secretary of ECOWAS believes a split is developing in the Togolese opposition, with Gnininvi and Agboyibo leading a faction that trusts Faure's intentions and is willing to work with him in a new government. Chambas is not sure that Olympio and the UFC are committ [...]	2005-05-20 16:30:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS TO NI
05ABUJA850	CONTACTING OBASANJO ON ETHIOPIAN ELECTION [...] (C) Upon receipt of Ref A e-mail containing State 93687, we began asking for a meeting with President Obasanjo to deliver the talking points therein on how the AU is treating the Ethiopian election. Obasanjo is still in Paris on a four-day visit to France and is not expected to return to Nig [...]	2005-05-26 13:30:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ET NI
05ABUJA873	NAVAL CHIEF COMPLICIT IN EXTRAJUDICIAL SHOOTING [...] (U) Two local newspapers reported on March 22 and 23 that a 50-year old female civilian, Gloria Ekeh, was shot by Chief of Naval Staff Afolayan's security detail. The newspapers reported that Ekeh's car collided with one of the Naval Chief's escort vehicles, causing an accidental discharge [...]	2005-05-27 09:21:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PHUM KCRM MARR PGOV PINR KDEM NI
05ABUJA880	WHAT NEXT ON BAKASSI? IS THE UN STILL IN THE [...] (C) From Embassy Abuja's perspective, it seems UNSGSR Ould Abdullah's efforts to bring Nigeria and Cameroon to closure on Bakassi may be in trouble. As we have long reported (Ref B and before),the GON is only President Obasanjo on Bakassi, and Obasanjo has often said that he and President Biy [...]	2005-05-27 15:21:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CM NI
05ABUJA953	NIGERIA'S MILITARY: PART I OF THE SERIES [...] (S) Summary. Nigeria's military is the largest in West Africa, but is significantly less capable than its size and equipment inventory would indicate. A large percentage of the Army is capable of little more than basic defensive operations, and most of Nigeria's ships and aircraft are inop [...]	2005-06-02 07:14:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	MCAP MASS PGOV PINR KDEM KPKO NI POLMIL
05ABUJA965	MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS KALU AND [...] (C) Summary: Governors Kalu of Abia State and Makarfi of Kaduna State paid separate courtesy calls to the Ambassador recently amongst their campaigns for Nigeria's presidency in 2007 (Ref A). Both were critical of President Obasanjo, continuing ideas they had raised with us well before the N [...]	2005-06-03 06:53:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NI
05ABUJA970	NIGERIAN DEFENSE POWER DYNAMICS: PART II OF THE [...] (S/REL UK) SUMMARY: Leadership of the Nigerian military is personality-driven, from the President through the officer corps. Senior leaders rarely delegate decision-making authority and the "transmission lines" from these power centers are often weak and erratic, frequently leading to a fa [...]	2005-06-03 13:54:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR MARR MCAP KPKO NI POLMIL
05ABUJA971	AMBASSADOR'S LUNCH WITH DR. CHAMBAS [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador and the Executive Secretary of ECOWAS, Dr. Mohammed ibn Chambas, discussed the role of ECOWAS in election monitoring on May 27. Chambas expressed concerns about the coming elections in Guinea-Bissau, particularly about candidate Kumba Yala, but said that neighbo [...]	2005-06-03 13:55:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM EAID NI
05ABUJA972	MIXED REACTIONS AS NIGERIA MARKS DEMOCRACY DAY [...] Begin Summary: On May 29, 2005, Nigeria marked six years since President Obasanjo's return to power. Reactions to the celebration of Obasanjo's inaugurations were mixed. While some Nigerians say it is six years of democratic rule, others argue it is merely a return to civil rule devoid of t [...]	2005-06-03 13:58:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SOCI NI
05ACCRA1051	SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT KUFUOR'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Ghana is a democratic, market-oriented, pro-American country in a region marked by conflict and authoritarian rule. It has one of the best human rights records in Africa and has made significant efforts to combat trafficking in persons. President John Kufuor is five months into his secon [...]	2005-05-27 16:34:00	Embassy Accra	SECRET	EAIR ECON EFIN ELAB GH KWMN PGOV PREL PTER MAS
05ACCRA1085	AMBASSADOR MEETS GHANA'S MINISTER OF INTERIOR [...] (C) Summary: On May 27, Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Ghana's new Minister of Interior, Papa Owusu-Ankomah. He hoped for increased assistance in counter-narcotics and noted that the Cabinet has approved a draft trafficking in persons (TIP) bill. He promised to respond to us on propose [...]	2005-06-01 17:56:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EFIN GH KWMN PGOV PREF PREL PTER
05ACCRA110	GHANA: REQUEST FOR FUNDS FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY [...] This cable, in response to Ref A, requests funds for FY 05 public diplomacy outreach projects related to agricultural biotechnology. Post requests funding for upcoming workshops to be undertaken in conjunction with USAID,s Program for Biosafety Systems, the goal of which is to promote the judi [...]	2005-01-14 10:51:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO EAGR ECON BIOTECHNOLOGY
05ACCRA1110	WESTEL UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: In an effort to avert the high cost of arbitration, Westel's Managing Director, Bill Taylor, and the GoG are working towards an agreement to end their seven-year-old dispute. According to Taylor, Westel submitted a terms sheet acceptable to the GoG in March, but Westel's Seatt [...]	2005-06-03 11:09:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV KMCA GH ECPS
05ACCRA1122	GHANA'S FOREIGN MINISTER ON TOGO AND COTE D'IVOIRE [...] (SBU) The Ambassador and PolChief met on June 10 with Ghanaian Foreign Minister Nana Akufo-Addo to deliver a demarche on trafficking in persons (reported septel) and discuss his and President Kufuor's upcoming trip to Washington and meeting with President Bush. During the meeting, the minis [...]	2005-06-06 18:46:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH IV PGOV PREL TO
05ACCRA1134	GHANA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS, MAY 2005 [...] (U) This report covers noteworthy economic events and activities in Ghana for May 2005. The issues covered are: -- GoG Moves Forward on MCA Program Development -- Ghana Hosts G8/NEPAD Summit on Agriculture -- GoG/donors discuss new Poverty Reduction Strategy -- Local Poultry Producers Sue G [...]	2005-06-07 17:28:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KMCA EAGR EFIN ECPS ENRG GH
05ACCRA1148	U.S. CHOCOLATE MANUFACTURERS IN GHANA TO WORK ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. chocolate industry is pressuring the GOG to issue a high level statement no later than mid-June declaring its commitment to eliminate child labor from the cocoa sector. Industry reps hope such a step may persuade members of Congress to drop draft legislation that would [...]	2005-06-10 17:19:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECON EIND ELAB ETRD GH PGOV PREL
05ACCRA1187	GHANA: DEMARCHE ON SWISS CIRCULAR NOTE [...] (C) On June 17, Pol Chief spoke with the Ghanaian Foreign Ministry's Acting Director for International Organizations Edwin Adjei and delivered reftel demarche on the Swiss Circular Note on the Conference for a Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Convention. Adjei said the Foreign Minist [...]	2005-06-17 12:35:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC GH IS PHUM PREF PREL SZ
05ACCRA1203	GHANA WILL SUPPORT WCO FRAMEWORK OF STANDARDS TO [...] On June 16, Econoffs delivered reftel demarche seeking support for the World Customs Organization (WCO) Framework of Standards to Secure and Facilitate Global Trade to Brigadier-General Baiden, Commissioner of the Government of Ghana's (GoG) Customs Service. Baiden said he was planning to at [...]	2005-06-20 13:23:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON GH CTM
05ACCRA1226	GHANA'S TROKOSI REVISITED [...] (C) Summary: After another investigation of the issue, Post has been unable to find evidence of systematic human rights abuses in the traditional Trokosi practice. Fewer than 50 Trokosis are currently serving in shrines, and Trokosi is a dying practice. Some organizations have used fraudulen [...]	2005-06-23 16:17:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAID KDEM ELAB SOCI GH
05ACCRA1282	GHANA: VIEWS ON UN REFORM AND G-8 DEBT [...] Summary: The Ambassador met Ghanaian Foreign Minister Nana Akufo-Addo on June 28 to deliver demarches on UN reforms. Akufo-Addo said Ghana supports most of the USG priorities in UN reform, including creation of a Democracy Fund, reform of the UN Human Rights Commission, the creation of a Pe [...]	2005-06-30 18:12:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ECON EFIN GH KUNR PGOV PREL
05ACCRA1284	GHANA'S PRESIDENT KUFUOR RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (C) Ambassador Yates met June 29 with President Kufuor, at his request. Kufuor complained about reports that the U.S. had attempted to delay the June 20 Board review of Ghana's IMF program over concerns on petroleum deregulation. Ambassador reassured Kufuor that the USG had supported Ghana's [...]	2005-07-01 15:47:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON GH
05ACCRA1317	GHANA PRESIDENT KUFUOR AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS WAY [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Yates met July 1 with President Kufuor to discuss ways to accelerate Ghana's Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) program. Ambassador delivered Ref A talking points, emphasizing that both sides needed to increase engagement in order to conclude an agreement within a rea [...]	2005-07-06 17:08:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KMCA GH MCA
05ACCRA1351	GHANA: DEMARCHE ON G-4 FRAMEWORK RESOLUTION ON UN [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-12 08:50:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC GH PREL
05ACCRA1357	GHANA: COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-12 15:07:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC GH PTER UNGA
05ACCRA136	CTAG MEETING IN GHANA [...] (C) Summary: The British High Commission convened a CTAG meeting January 12 in preparation for a UK meeting on January 28. The group agreed that there had been no deterioration of the terrorist potential in Ghana, although there were isolated concerns. The GOG has not presented proposals [...]	2005-01-19 17:02:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EFIN GH PREL PTER UK
05ACCRA1386	GHANAIAN PUBLIC OPINION SURVEY SHOWS RISING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A March survey of popular opinion in Ghana, released on July 6 by the Center for Democratic Development, revealed mounting concern about the economy and corruption, especially perceived corruption by the president and his staff. Nonetheless, the survey revealed that support f [...]	2005-07-14 17:11:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON GH PGOV PREL SOCI
05ACCRA1389	WESTEL UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After three months of negotiations, Westel has broken off talks with the GoG and is once again pursuing international arbitration. With the June 30 arbitration filing date looming, Westel reached an agreement with the GoG that included the mobile spectrum it has sought since th [...]	2005-07-14 17:32:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON KMCA GH ECPS
05ACCRA1391	GHANA AND AGOA: RECENT SUCCESSES WITH A DIVERSE [...] (SBU) In 2004, Ghana increased its exports to the U.S. under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) by over 85%, to over $74 million dollars -- accounting for over 50% of Ghana's total exports to the U.S. In 2005, USAID's West Africa Regional Program's Accra-based West Africa Trade Hub [...]	2005-07-14 17:34:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV KMCA GH
05ACCRA1429	GHANA RESPONSE ON LOCAL USE OF GEOGRAPHICAL [...] Per reftel, Post reports that there do not appear to be any products in Ghana that would be affected by the EU's proposals on Geographic Indications. Ghana currently imports most of the types of products listed reftel and on the EC website, including many such products from South Africa. Ghan [...]	2005-07-20 17:07:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KIPR OTRA GH
05ACCRA1435	GHANA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS -- JUNE/JULY 2005 [...] (U) This report covers noteworthy economic events in Ghana for June-July 2005. The issues covered are: -- Jeff Sachs Reiterates Call for Higher Aid flows -- Visit of State's Senior Advisor on Biotech -- Kufuor Hosts Ghana Investors Advisory Council ---------------------------------------- [...]	2005-07-21 11:12:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID GH PGOV TBIO EINV UNGA
05ACCRA1448	GHANA ON THE G-4 RESOLUTION: AN ADVOCATE OF THE [...] (C) On July 22, the Ambassador delivered ref A points on the USG position on the G-4 resolution to Ghanainan Foreign Minister Nana Akufo-Addo. She urged Ghana to oppose the G-4 resolution or abstain, stressing the need to avoid a divisive debate on UN Security Council membership. He responde [...]	2005-07-22 16:40:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC GH PREL UNGA
05ACCRA1450	SUDANESE REFUGEES ON THE BRINK OF EXPULSION FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: A melee that broke out on July 21 at Ussher Fort involving Sudanese refugees resulted in a host of negative publicity and exposed GOG contingency plans to spirit them out of the country. Both UNHCR Representative Thomas Albrecht and Ambassador Yates have appealed for careful c [...]	2005-07-22 17:42:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL GH SU
05ACCRA1499	POST COMMENT ON APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE: [...] Post has consulted with various sources in Ghana and found no adverse information on Ghana Home Loans Co. Ltd., CAL Bank Ltd., or on any of the individuals mentioned Ref A. 2. Dominic Adu, the proposed Executive Chairman, is a Ghanaian trained in the U.K. as an accountant. Prior to workin [...]	2005-07-28 16:19:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN GH OPIC
05ACCRA1505	RESULTS OF TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL SURVEY ON [...] (U) Summary: On July 19, the local chapter of Transparency International released a public opinion poll on perceptions of corruption in Ghana. The survey, while limited to three urban areas in the south, indicated that most people view corruption as pervasive and getting worse, although th [...]	2005-07-29 14:26:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON GH PGOV PHUM SOCI
05ACCRA1506	CHARGE DELIVERS UNSC REFORM DEMARCHE: GHANA [...] On July 29, Charge delivered reftel demarche on UNSC reform to Ghanaian Deputy Foreign Minister Kwesi Osei-Adjei. (Note: due to the urgency of this issue, Charge met with the Deputy Foreign Minister rather than the Foreign Minister, who was not available until August 1. In the past, the Depu [...]	2005-07-29 15:27:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC GH KUNR PGOV PREL UNSC
05ACCRA151	ECOWAS MEETINGS IN ACCRA: NIGER NEW ECOWAS CHAIR [...] Summary: A round of ECOWAS statutory meetings in Accra January 10-19 culminated in the 28th Summit of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government. ECOWAS heads of state unanimously selected President Mamdou Tadja of Niger as the new ECOWAS Chairman. There was candid discussion of regional conflict [...]	2005-01-21 16:15:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR EAID ECON GH PGOV PREL ECOWAS
05ACCRA1516	GHANA CENTRAL BANK'S HALF YEAR 2005 ANAYSIS OF THE [...] The Bank of Ghana (BoG) issued its half year economic review and analysis of financial and monetary policies. Inflation declined to 15.7% in June, monetary growth slowed, interest rates and commercial lending rates are falling, remittances are almost 60% higher than in 2004, reserves are stead [...]	2005-08-01 17:14:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON GH
05ACCRA1517	GHANA CENTRAL BANK'S NEW MONETARY POLICY [...] (SBU) The Bank of Ghana (BoG) instituted a new monetary policy framework on July 1 -- including reduced reserve requirements -- to move towards an inflation targeting regime, increase transparency, and make the financial sector more competitive. Despite the potential expansionary effect of th [...]	2005-08-01 17:15:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON GH
05ACCRA1543	UNSC REFORM: GHANA TO DROP VETO TO PRESS FOR SEATS [...] (C) During an Aug. 2 discussion on the proposed Human Rights Council (ref B),MFA official Nana Bema Kumi told PolOff that Ghanaian Foreign Minister Nana Akufo Addo will join African heads of state and other ministers in Addis Ababa on Aug. 4 for a single-issue summit on UN Security Council [...]	2005-08-03 12:08:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL AORC GH KUNR PGOV UNCHR UNGA UNSC
05ACCRA1547	GHANA: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEMARCHE [...] On August 2, PolOff delivered ref A demarche on the proposed Human Rights Council to MFA Supervising Director for Legal, Multilateral and Passports Department Nana Bema Kumi. Kumi reaffirmed the GOG's support for creating a Human Rights Council and said she saw "nothing controversial" in the U [...]	2005-08-03 17:02:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNCHR UNGA
05ACCRA1548	TOGOLESE REFUGEES PREPARING FOR THE LONG HAUL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Togolese refugees in Ghana, now numbering 11,900, are gearing up for the long haul, with plans underway for the construction or renovation of hundreds of homes, the donation of medical supplies in support of refugees, and the establishment of informal summer schools in pre [...]	2005-08-03 17:04:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF GH TO
05ACCRA1615	PROPOSED LAW GIVES GHANAIANS OVERSEAS VOTING [...] (U) Summary: The ruling NPP party has proposed a law to enable Ghanaian citizens abroad to vote in elections. The opposition NDC party opposes the draft bill, fears the NPP wants to push it through, and says it will boycott the 2008 election if the bill is passed. The debate on the bill di [...]	2005-08-10 17:13:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GH PGOV PREL
05ACCRA1644	GOG APPROVES ANTI-TRAFFICKING BILL [...] Summary: With the July 28 passage of an anti-human trafficking law, the GOG is striving to overcome its downgrade to Tier 2 in our annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report and regain its reputation as a regional leader on human rights. This legislation marks the culmination of a protracted [...]	2005-08-16 10:35:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL GH
05ACCRA1679	THE U.S. - GHANA RELATIONSHIP: THE AMBASSADOR'S [...] (C) Summary: The U.S.-Ghana relationship is strong and broad-based. In this message, I offer my parting thoughts on how the relationship has changed during my nearly three-year tenure as Ambassador, and identify some of the main challenges ahead. I leave very optimistic about Ghana. The Go [...]	2005-08-22 07:34:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON GH
05ACCRA1775	OPPOSITION NDC RETAINS SEAT IN PARLIAMENTARY [...] (U) In a hotly contested by-election in Accra on August 30, the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) party retained its seat in Odododiodio constituency, beating the New Patriotic Party (NPP) by a substantial margin. Turnout was 55%, typical for a by-election. Embassy observers no [...]	2005-09-01 16:16:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV GH GOG
05ACCRA1788	GHANA DEMARCHE: FOOD AID AND THE WTO [...] (SBU) USAID Acting Mission Director and EconChief met September 1 with Trade Minister Alan Kyerematen to deliver Ref A demarche on food aid and the WTO. This meeting followed on Post's July 5 letter to the Minister outlining the points articulated in the earlier State cable on food aid reform [...]	2005-09-02 13:12:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EAGR ECON ETRD GH WTO
05ACCRA181	WESTEL UPDATE: GOG AGREES TO PARTICIPATE IN [...] (SBU) The GoG has agreed to participate in the arbitration case filed against it by Westel parent Western Wireless International (WWI). This reversal of the GoG's previously stated position was announced in a letter to Westel Director Bill Taylor December 17. This decision followed AF/W Offic [...]	2005-01-25 18:22:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EINV GH
05ACCRA1812	GHANA ECON HIGHLIGHTS AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2005 [...] (U) This report covers noteworthy economic events and activities in Ghana for August and September 2005. The issues covered are: -- ExxonMobil Exits Ghana, Thirteen other African Countries -- Visit of US Coast Guard Port Security Liaison Officers -- MCC gives $3 million to Develop GoG Compa [...]	2005-09-08 12:25:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD ECPS KMCA GH
05ACCRA1868	GOG BUYS WESTEL TO END SEVEN-YEAR-OLD DISPUTE [...] (SBU) Summary: Western Wireless International (WWI),the primary shareholder in Ghana's embattled second national operator Westel, has sold its interest in the company to the parastatel Ghana National Petroleum Company (GNPC) for USD 10 million. WWI dropped its international arbitration case [...]	2005-09-15 12:47:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH ECON KMCA ECPS EINV
05ACCRA1885	IAEA DECISION ON IRAN: GHANA SYMPATHETIC BUT NOT [...] (C) On September 15, Charge and EconChief delivered Ref A points on reporting Iran to the UN Security Council to the Foreign Ministry. EconChief also delivered these points and Ref B points on safeguards and verification to GoG representatives to the IAEA. Deputy Foreign Minister Kwasi Osei- [...]	2005-09-19 07:11:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL IR TRGY MNUC ENRG AORC GH IAEA
05ACCRA190	VALCO REBORN: ALCOA SIGNS MOU WITH GHANA GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) On January 26, Alcoa signed an MOU with the GOG giving it the exclusive right to assess the feasibility of creating an integrated aluminum industry in Ghana which could pave the way for a USD 600 million investment. If both parties agree on the economic feasibility of the project after [...]	2005-01-27 16:58:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EMIN ENRG GH EXIM OPIC
05ACCRA1900	GHANA SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP ON [...] (SBU) On September 15, Charge delivered Ref A points on seeking Ghanaian participation in an international partnership on Avian Influenza to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Kwasi Osei-Adjei and Deputy Minister of Health Sam Owusu-Agyei. Deputy Foreign Minister Osei-Adjei promised to coordi [...]	2005-09-19 17:09:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECON KSCA PREL SOCI TBIO GH
05ACCRA1969	COMBATING EXTREMISM IN GHANA [...] (S) Summary: There is little political or religious extremism in Ghana. The Mission has an active Muslim outreach program and the USG spends about $12 million in programs annually directed largely at Ghana's 20 percent Muslim population. Other Mission activities help promote tolerance, incl [...]	2005-09-27 13:17:00	Embassy Accra	SECRET	EAIR GH KDEM KPAO PHUM PREL PTER
05ACCRA2012	GHANA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS, SEPTEMBER 2005 [...] (U) This report covers noteworthy economic events and activities in Ghana for September 2005. The issues covered are: -- GoG/Donors plan for November 7 Consultative Group Meeting -- U.S. Customs Assesses Ghana Customs' Capabilities, Needs -- Ghana's oil refinery suffers exodus of senior emp [...]	2005-10-01 10:35:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAGR ETRD EAID ENRG GH
05ACCRA2036	SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRAZER [...] (C) Ghana is a democratic, market-oriented, and pro-American country. It has one of the best human rights records in Africa and has made significant efforts to combat trafficking in persons. President John Kufuor is nine months into his second term, which has been marked by intra-party tensi [...]	2005-10-04 18:05:00	Embassy Accra	SECRET	EAIR ECON EFIN ELAB KWMN PGOV PREL PTER GH MAS
05ACCRA2150	GHANA: DEMOCRACY BUILDING SUCCESSES [...] Summary: In response to reftel A, post offers the following lessons from its efforts to strengthen Ghana's thirteen-year-old democracy. These lessons focus on our efforts to enhance the USG's credibility with political parties and human rights organizations, build capacity of local governments [...]	2005-10-20 16:07:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	AFSI GH KDEM PGOV PHUM
05ACCRA2168	GHANA'S RESPONSE ON ICJ CANDIDATE [...] (U) On Oct. 5, PolOff delivered talking points and curriculum vitae of International Court of Justice candidate Thomas Buergenthal per reftel A to Supervising Director of Multilateral, Legal and Passports Nana Bema Kumi at Ghana's Foreign Ministry. Kumi said the GOG ordinarily develops lists o [...]	2005-10-21 13:18:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GH UNSC UNGA
05ACCRA2205	BELLVIEW PILOTS ALLEGE COVERUP OF EXCESSIVE FLIGHT [...] (C) On October 27, Ghana International Airlines' (GIA) Amcit Vice President of Operations Albert Vitale (STRICTLY PROTECT) told Econoff in confidence that he had recently interviewed four Ghanaian pilots currently employed by Nigeria-based Bellview Airlines for pilot positions at GIA. Vitale s [...]	2005-10-27 16:53:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR GH NI
05ACCRA2267	GHANA'S AGOA ELIGIBILITY: POST'S SUBMISSION [...] Mission's submission regarding Ghana's continuing eligibility for the African Growth and Opportunity Act(AGOA) is formatted at requested in ref a. Submission was originally transmitted in ref. b. 2. Begin eligibility paper: TPSC SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGOA IMPLEMENTATION 2005 COUNTRY ELIGIBI [...]	2005-11-04 13:17:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	AGAO ETRD ECON XA GH
05ACCRA228	INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] Introduction: Post appreciates the extensions given for completion of this report, but wishes to underscore the difficulties involved in collecting the data. The Government of Ghana employs one person at the Bank of Ghana to monitor all issues related to money laundering. His long recent ab [...]	2005-02-02 18:32:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PTER KSEP SNAR KTFN EFIN GH

05ACCRA2287	UNHCR DISCUSSES RESETTLEMENT, KRISAN CAMP, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During their initial courtesy call, Ambassador Bridgewater and Acting UNHCR Representative Luc Stevens discussed resettlement issues, the brewing unrest at Krisan Camp, the possible repatriation of Togolese refugees, and contingency planning for Cote d'Ivoire. Stevens said the [...]	2005-11-08 11:31:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL GH TO CI
05ACCRA2304	GHANA'S DEFENSE MINISTER SEES MILITARY AS [...] (SBU) Summary: In the Ambassador's first official call on Minister of Defense Kwame Addo-Kufuor on November 7, the minister announced his vision to transform Ghana's military into a "development partner" of the Government of Ghana. A presidential hopeful, the minister used the meeting largely [...]	2005-11-09 17:44:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL GH
05ACCRA2311	VIOLENCE AT GHANA'S KRISAN REFUGEE CAMP [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 8, refugees at Krisan camp in the Western Region of Ghana torched houses, and destroyed offices and vehicles, including from UNHCR. UNHCR's Senior Protection Officer in Ghana told PolChief and visiting RefCoord from Abidjan on November 10 that the violence was sp [...]	2005-11-10 17:10:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GH IV PREF PREL TO
05ACCRA2312	AMCIT HOSTAGE SITUATION RESOLVED AT GHANA GOLD MINE [...] (SBU) On November 9, Ghanaian mine workers held hostage senior staff, including Amcits, of a mine operated by the Ghanaian subsidiary )- Bogoso Gold Ltd. (BGL) -- of a U.S. based mining company, Golden Star. BGL informed Post and other affected Embassies about the situation on November 10, st [...]	2005-11-11 10:25:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB PREL PGOV EMIN GH
05ACCRA2315	PALESTINIAN AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES GHANA [...] (C) Summary: During a November 2 courtesy call, outgoing Palestinian Ambassador and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps Ibrahim Omar told the Ambassador that U.S. government efforts to gain allies among West African Muslims and stabilize the region will only succeed if the Israeli-Palestinian conflict [...]	2005-11-11 16:24:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GH IS
05ACCRA2316	GHANA'S INTERIOR MINISTER DISCUSSES NARCOTICS, [...] (U) Summary: On November 2, the Ambassador paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Interior Papa Owusu Ankomah. The Minister emphasized Ghana's increasing role as a transit point for narcotics and pressed for further narcotics enforcement assistance. He also acknowledged Ghana's poor prison c [...]	2005-11-11 16:27:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL GH
05ACCRA2327	AMBASSADOR MEETS VICE PRESIDENT OF GHANA ALHAJI [...] Summary: On November 10, the Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Ghanaian Vice President Alhaji Aliu Mahama. The Vice President praised our strong bilateral relationship, especially the MCA compact. He said the Northern Region of Ghana is calm and he was proud of the GOG's early submission o [...]	2005-11-14 16:42:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON GH PGOV PHUM PREL
05ACCRA2335	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MAJORITY LEADER AND [...] Summary: On November 9, the Ambassador called on Ghana's Majority Leader (and Minister of Parliament) and Speaker of Parliament. She emphasized the importance of parliament and good governance. Both parliamentary leaders praised US-Ghana ties and hoped for more USG support. The Speaker sa [...]	2005-11-15 12:12:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL GH
05ACCRA2344	PRESIDENT KUFUOR AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS MCA [...] (SBU) On November 11, 2005, Ambassador Bridgewater and Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) officials held the most open and frank discussion to date with President Kufuor about the state of Ghana's Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) program. On the eve of meetings in Washington between the [...]	2005-11-16 12:50:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KMCA ECON EAGR PREL GH MCA
05ACCRA2382	GHANA CIVAIR UPDATE - POSITIVE CHANGES AND REAL [...] (U) Summary: Ghana's civil aviation sector has entered a period of rebuilding after a year which saw the demise of Ghana Airways, the crash of Ghana-based MK Airlines' 747 in Nova Scotia, and the subsequent downgrade of the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA),which barred all Ghanaian carrie [...]	2005-11-21 17:11:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EAIR GH ECON
05ACCRA2401	GHANA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS, OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 2005 [...] This report covers noteworthy economic events and activities in Ghana for October-November 2005. The issues covered are: -- Government Submits Annual Budget to Parliament -- World Bank Review of Consultative Group Meeting -- World Bank Seminar on Fighting Corruption -- Treasury Advisors Ho [...]	2005-11-23 18:30:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAGR PREL SENV EMIN GH
05ACCRA2402	AVIAN FLU: GHANA'S PLAN OF ACTION [...] (SBU) The GoG's response to the threat of an Avian Flu outbreak has so far been measured and pro-active. The Ministries of Health and Agriculture are working closely with USAID/Ghana and the World Health Organization (WHO) to create a comprehensive preparedness plan, which includes an assessm [...]	2005-11-23 18:30:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED CASC CMGT KHIV TBIO XA GH SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL XX SEC
05ACCRA2425	CORRUPTION IN GHANA I: PERVASIVE PROBLEM [...] (C) Summary: Corruption in Ghana is not as bad as in many other African countries but it is pervasive and increasingly sophisticated. That said, The GOG is committed to democracy and rule of law and Ghana has a lively media and civil society. The President faces accusations of conflict of [...]	2005-11-29 07:08:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON GH PGOV PHUM PREL
05ACCRA2427	CORRUPTION IN GHANA II: FIGHTING BACK [...] (C) Summary: Reftel looks at corruption in Ghana, and this cable examines efforts to tackle the problem. Since President Kufuor came to office in 2000, Ghana has passed three anti-corruption laws, established an Office of Accountability in the presidency, allowed a more free media environm [...]	2005-11-29 08:50:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON GH PGOV PHUM PREL
05ACCRA2435	EMBASSY GHANA'S RAMADAN OUTREACH TO MUSLIM [...] SUMMARY: This year Post continued to expand its Muslim outreach program during the recently completed Ramadan celebrations. The Embassy hosted more events, took the program to more areas, and reached more Muslim citizens than in any year so far. I was involved personally in several of the act [...]	2005-11-29 14:25:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	GH KISL KPAO PGOV PREL PTER SCUL SOCI
05ACCRA248	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MINISTER-DESIGNATE FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 26, 2005 Minister)designate for Finance and Economic Planning, Kwadwo Baah-Wiredu and Acting Minister of State for Economic Planning, Dr. Nii Ashong paid an informal visit on the Ambassador to express appreciation for the U.S. Government,s (USG) support to Ghana. The [...]	2005-02-04 15:06:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET GH
05ACCRA2484	WTO DOHA ROUND ACTION PLAN: GHANA [...] (SBU) In response to Reftels, Ambassador, Econoffs, and USAID/Ghana and USAID West Africa Regional Program (WARP) officers are working closely with the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MoTI) to prepare GoG representatives for the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial in Hong Kong with trai [...]	2005-12-06 17:32:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD KIRC KPAO OIIP GH WTRO
05ACCRA250	STATUS OF REFUGEES IN GABON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Accra-based Refugee Coordinator and Embassy Libreville officers met with refugees and Gabonese officials on January 25 - 27 to discuss refugee issues. Although GOG officials said they warmly welcomed those fleeing violence in other countries, refugees recited a litany of compl [...]	2005-02-07 07:25:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL GB
05ACCRA2512	OPPORTUNITY MISSED: GHANA UNLIKELY TO BACK U.S. [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Bridgewater met with Minister of Trade and Industry Alan Kyerematen December 7 to discuss the upcoming WTO ministerial in Hong Kong. Kyerematen confirmed Ghana's intention to negotiate as a bloc with other African Union (AU) WTO members --despite serious differences wit [...]	2005-12-09 12:31:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PREL KDEM GH PROV WTRO
05ACCRA2548	POLICE EXCESSES IN CRACKDOWN AT KRISAN REFUGEE CAMP [...] (C) Summary: On December 8, RefCoords from Accra and Abidjan and AF/W Desk Officer for Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire visited Krisan refugee camp in Ghana's Western Region to investigate reports that police had beaten camp residents from November 8 - 11. Emboffs saw first-hand scars on the forehea [...]	2005-12-15 11:33:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM CASC GH
05ACCRA2554	2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-16 09:49:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR GH
05ACCRA2563	AMBASSADOR MEETS GHANA'S MINISTER OF FOREIGN [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Minister of Foreign Affairs Nana Akufo-Addo on December 7 and discussed the Millenium Challenge Account (MCA) proposal, regional issues, the WTO Ministerial in Hong Kong, the Iraqi elections and Ghana's new seat on the UN Security Council. En [...]	2005-12-19 10:49:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN GH PGOV PREL WTO MCA
05ACCRA2565	GHANA'S TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: UPDATED [...] Summary: Ghana's textile and apparel sector is small and -- despite the extension of AGOA benefits -- continues to shrink. Labor problems, cheap imports, lack of access to capital, smuggling, and copyright infringements have all contributed to a slow but steady decline over the last 30 years. [...]	2005-12-19 11:21:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	KTEX ECON ETRD
05ACCRA2566	GHANA: COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Ghana was not included in the 2004 Country Report on Terrorism. To date, no acts of international terrorism have ever occurred in Ghana. Ghana is not a sanctuary or safe haven for terrorists. Per reftel A instructions, Ghana will not require a detailed assessment. 2. The Government of Ghan [...]	2005-12-19 12:43:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO GH
05ACCRA2582	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH IOM CHIEF [...] SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's meeting Davide Terzi, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Chief of Mission, Terzi said the persistent cultural acceptability of child trafficking and the UNHCR's laggard handling of refugee resettlement significantly hamper IOM programs. Terzi al [...]	2005-12-20 17:17:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF GH
05ACCRA2583	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MINISTER OF FOOD AND [...] Summary: Ambassador Bridgewater made a courtesy call on Minister for Food and Agriculture Ernest Debrah December 6. The Ambassador focused on Post's efforts to promote biotechnology, a revised agriculture strategy, and Ghana's agriculture-focused Millennium Challenge Account Compact Proposal. [...]	2005-12-20 17:19:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR GH MCA AGR
05ACCRA2584	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES GAS PIPELINE AND CMS ENERGY [...] Summary: Ambassador Bridgewater made a courtesy call on Minister of Energy Professor Mike Oquaye December 19. The Minister and Ambassador discussed Ghana's preparation for the completion of the West Africa Gas Pipeline, the status of CMS Energy's expansion project, alternative energy sources, [...]	2005-12-20 17:23:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ENRG GH
05ACCRA2585	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES POLICE ABUSES AND CORRUPTION [...] SUMMARY: (C) The Ambassador raised the issue of police beatings at Krisan Refugee Camp during her meeting with the Minister of the Interior on December 16. The Minister indicated a willingness to investigate our findings and expressed indignation that UNHCR had not kept him informed. The Mi [...]	2005-12-20 17:28:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM GH
05ACCRA2587	THE AMBASSADOR RAISES MISSION PROFILE IN TAMALE [...] Summary: During an intensive four-day trip to the Northern Region (November 29-December 2),historically plagued by ethnic conflict, but currently poor but peaceful, Ambassador and Mission team engaged in many successful programs that showcased transformational diplomacy at its best. The hi [...]	2005-12-20 17:31:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON GH KISL KPAO PGOV PHUM
05ACCRA2619	GHANA'S PRESIDENT REJECTS CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS [...] (C) President Kufuor rejected recent corruption allegations (reftels) and assured his support for press freedom during a December 21 meeting with Ambassador Bridgewater. Ambassador warned Kufuor of the perception that corruption is worsening in Ghana, and noted U.S. concerns with lack of tran [...]	2005-12-30 07:06:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PHUM PINR PREL PGOV GH
05ACCRA302	DCM MEETS GHANA'S NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL, DISCUSSES [...] Summary: On February 9, DCM Jerry Lanier and PolChief paid a courtesy call on Ghana's new Attorney General and Minister of Justice Ayikoi Otoo. DCM highlighted our interest in passage of an anti-trafficking law and in negotiating a new extradition treaty, as well as obtaining the extraditio [...]	2005-02-10 12:05:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC CJAN GH KTIA KWMN PHUM
05ACCRA306	DCM MEETS MINISTER-DESIGNATE OF EMPLOYMENT, YOUTH, [...] Summary: DCM and Poloff called on Minister-Designate of Employment, Youth, and Manpower Development Joseph Kofi Adda on February 10 to highlighted our interest in Ghana's passage of an anti-trafficking law. Adda said that Ghana intended to enact the law but it would take some time for the cab [...]	2005-02-11 07:02:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB GH KTIA KWMN PHUM
05ACCRA311	GOG AND UNHCR PREPARING FOR POSSIBLE INFLUX OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The death of former President Eyadema has added a new wrinkle to the historically troubled relationship between Ghana and Togo - despite President Kufuor's close relationship with the Eyadema family. Anticipating trouble, several dozen Togolese have already been observed trekk [...]	2005-02-11 11:17:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL GH TO
05ACCRA314	GHANA: WTO NON-AGRICULTURAL MARKET ACCESS [...] Per reftel criteria, Post recommends the following private sector contacts that can be contacted to discuss a sectoral approach to tariff liberalization: Mr. Andrew Lawson, Executive Director Association of Ghana Industries Tel: 233-21-777283, 779023, 779024, 779793 Fax: 233-21-773143 Ema [...]	2005-02-11 12:20:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD GH WTO
05ACCRA350	INL PROGRAMS INITIATED ON COMMUNITY POLICING AND [...] Two INL-funded programs in Ghana were successfully initiated in January. A new community policing unit was launched in Kumasi on January 28 (with twenty new patrol bikes) and the Embassy donated four computer workstations to the Ghana Police Service (GPS) on January 31. The launchings correspo [...]	2005-02-16 12:20:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SNAR GH
05ACCRA364	MEETING WITH GHANA'S NEW MINISTER OF WOMEN AND [...] (U) Summary: On February 16, A/DCM and PolChief paid a courtesy call on Alima Mahama, Ghana's new Minister of Women and Children Affairs, to inform her about USG interest in passage of a trafficking in persons law. She said the ministry had recently submitted its comments on the draft TIP [...]	2005-02-17 16:58:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB GH KWMN PHUM PREL SOCI
05ACCRA370	GHANA MFA VIEWS ON TOGO [...] (C) In a February 18 meeting, MFA Supervising Director of Political and Economic Affairs Leslie Christian told PolChief he saw some positive signs in the Togo situation. The fact that Faure Gnassingbe went to Nigeria on February 17 is encouraging, he opined. His information was that Gnassin [...]	2005-02-18 14:22:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH PGOV PREL TO
05ACCRA399	GASOLINE PRICES UP 50 PERCENT AS GHANA MOVES [...] (U) Summary: On February 20, Minister of Finance Kwadwo Baah-Wiredu announced significant price increases for petroleum products. The price of gasoline jumped 50 percent, to USD 3.33 per imperial gallon. Diesel and Kerosene went up over 40 percent, to USD 2.94 and USD 2.66 per imperial gall [...]	2005-02-24 17:29:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB ENRG EPET GH
05ACCRA400	USAID/WARP DISCUSSION OF A SECOND COMMON CURRENCY [...] Summary: USAID/West Africa Regional Program (WARP) hosted a January 28 meeting in Accra, Ghana, to discuss the establishment of a common currency (the "Eco") for the West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ) --which consists of Ghana, The Gambia, Guinea, Nigeria and Sierra Leone-- and the work of the [...]	2005-02-24 17:33:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN GH
05ACCRA404	GHANA: INPUT FOR 2005 PRESIDENT'S REPORT ON AGOA [...] Economic Situation: Ghana has a market-based economy with few barriers to trade and investment. In February 2005, the GoG ceded control of petroleum prices to the National Petroleum Tender Board, made up of GOG representatives and oil retailers, and gasoline prices immediately jumped 50 perce [...]	2005-02-25 11:49:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD GH
05ACCRA406	USAID/WARP DISCUSSION OF A SECOND COMMON CURRENCY FOR [...] Summary: USAID/West Africa Regional Program (WARP) hosted a January 28 meeting in Accra, Ghana, to discuss the establishment of a common currency (the "Eco") for the West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ) --which consists of Ghana, The Gambia, Guinea, Nigeria and Sierra Leone-- and the work of the W [...]	2005-02-25 12:19:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN GH
05ACCRA407	FAA COMPLETES REASSESSMENT OF GHANA [...] (SBU) Summary: FAA has completed its reassessment of the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA). The FAA team was impressed with the progress made by the GCAA staff since the last visit in December 2004 (reftel). In the short term, however, Ghana will be downgraded to Category II status somet [...]	2005-02-25 12:37:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAIR EINV GH
05ACCRA416	GHANA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - FEBRUARY 2005 [...] This report covers noteworthy economic events and activities in Ghana for the period December 2004 to February 2005. The issues covered are: -- IAEA in Ghana -- UK Firm Negotiating Power Deal -- West African Agribusiness Conference -- Information Technology Conference -- World Bank Water [...]	2005-02-28 10:41:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR EINV ENRG ETRD GH
05ACCRA432	GHANA 2005 TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS REPORT (PART ONE [...] (SBU) This is the first of post's two-cable response to reftel which requests information for the fifth annual Trafficking in Persons Report. Ghana has problems with both domestic and international human trafficking. The GOG, international and local NGOs have combined efforts to focus on comba [...]	2005-02-28 17:44:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GH
05ACCRA433	GHANA 2005 TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS REPORT (PART TWO [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-28 18:49:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GH
05ACCRA464	A GHANAIAN ANALYST'S VIEW OF THE TOGO CRISIS [...] (C) Summary: James Gbeho, one of Ghana's most prominent foreign policy analysts and a former Foreign Minister, recently presented a paper in Accra on the Togo crisis. He was cynical about the motives of Faure Gnassingbe and the Togolese military. He saw the possibility of civil war, with [...]	2005-03-08 14:18:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH PGOV PREL TO
05ACCRA471	AMBASSADOR AND AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION [...] SUMMARY: Ambassador Mary C. Yates, African Development Foundation (ADF) Board Chairman Edward Brehm, and ADF President Nathaniel Fields met with President Kufuor March 2 to discuss the current state and future of ADF's assistance to Ghanaian businesses. Minister for Private Sector Development [...]	2005-03-08 17:20:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EAID EFIN ETRD GH
05ACCRA49	GHANA'S PRESIDENT AND PARLIAMENT SWORN IN [...] (C) Summary: President John Kufuor was sworn in for a second term on January 7. His inauguration was delayed by several hours because of a tug-of-war over the selection of the new Speaker of Parliament, Ebenezer Sekyi Hughes. This showdown could sour relations for some time between the two [...]	2005-01-11 14:23:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH PGOV GOG
05ACCRA504	POST LOBBIES GOG ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LAW [...] (U) Summary: Over the past three weeks -- in meetings with the President, the Speaker of Parliament, and others -- post has continued to urge the Government of Ghana to pass a trafficking in persons (TIP) bill. There is a reasonable chance the bill will go to parliament by the end of April. [...]	2005-03-11 13:47:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GH KWMN PHUM PREL
05ACCRA505	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES FAA REASSESSMENT WITH [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Mary C. Yates met with President Kufuor March 9, to discuss FAA's assessment of the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA). National Security Advisor, Francis Poku, arranged the meeting. The Ambassador and EconOff explained FAA's decision to downgrade Ghana to Categor [...]	2005-03-11 14:09:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR EINV GH
05ACCRA519	AMBASSADOR MEETS GHANA'S PRESIDENT ON MCA, TIP, [...] (C) Ambassador Yates met March 9 with President Kufuor to recommend urgent action on Ghana's Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) proposal, Trafficking in Persons (TIP) legislation, and planning for the April G8/NEPAD Agricultural Productivity Conference (Ref A). The President acknowledged the [...]	2005-03-15 17:22:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN EAGR ETRD KWMN PHUM PREL KMCA GH
05ACCRA535	MEETING WITH TOGO OPPOSITION LEADER GILCHRIST [...] (C) Summary: On March 15, PolChief met in Accra with Togolese opposition leader Gilchrist Olympio, at PolChief's request. Olympio hoped the April 24 election would be free and fair enough for a credible outcome and was confident the combined opposition would win. Nigerian President Obasanj [...]	2005-03-17 17:10:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH PGOV PREL TO
05ACCRA549	GHANA'S RESPONSE TO SECRETARY RICE'S ECOWAS MESSAGE [...] (C) Summary: D.K. Osei, Secretary to the President, told Emboffs that Ghana would support the U.S. on bringing Charles Taylor to justice, as addressed in Secretary Rice's recent letter to President Kufuor. However, the support "would not be very loud." The GOG is concerned that seeking ju [...]	2005-03-18 12:45:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH LI OPDC PHUM PREL TO
05ACCRA550	GHANA: SURVEY RESPONSE ON CHILD MARRIAGE [...] This message is post's response to reftel, which requested information about the prevalence and adverse effects of child marriage in Ghana. Legal Age of Marriage --------------------- 2. Under Ghana's Children's Act, the legal age required to marry is 18 for both girls and boys. There i [...]	2005-03-18 12:53:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB GH KWMN PGOV PHUM SCUL SOCI
05ACCRA552	AMBASSADOR MEETS GHANA'S NEW ENERGY MINISTER, MIKE [...] (C) The Ambassador used a March 14 courtesy call on new Energy Minister Mike Oquaye to inquire about the status of petroleum sector deregulation and highlight USAID technical assistance to the energy sector and West Africa Gas Pipeline. Oquaye confirmed the GoG would halt the deregulation proc [...]	2005-03-18 13:57:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ENRG ETRD KMCA GH
05ACCRA553	AMBASSADOR AND NEW ENERGY MINISTER DISCUSS [...] (C) During a March 14 courtesy call on new Energy Minister Mike Oquaye (see Reftel for readout) Ambassador Yates inquired about the GoG's recent agreement with "Arabian Gulf Oil Limited," purportedly from Bahrain, on a USD 2.8 billion oil refinery investment. Oquaye was unable to give details, [...]	2005-03-18 14:01:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ENRG ETRD KMCA GH
05ACCRA566	PRESIDENT'S OFFICE ON GHANA'S TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) On March 17, PolChief and EconChief met with Kwadwo Mpiani, the President's Chief of Staff, to follow up on issues raised by the Ambassador during her March 9 meeting with President Kufuor (reftels). PolChief reiterated the importance of passing a trafficking in persons (TIP) bill by th [...]	2005-03-22 14:05:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GH KWMN PGOV PHUM
05ACCRA570	GHANA'S PRESIDENCY RESPONDS TO EMBASSY LOBBYING ON [...] (C) Summary: Senior GoG advisors to President Kufuor told Emboffs of steps they are taking to accelerate Ghana's Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) process. They have instructed the Finance Ministry to expedite the financing and full-time staffing of a permanent Ghanaian MCA team, with the g [...]	2005-03-22 15:03:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ENRG ETRD KMCA GH MCA
05ACCRA605	RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] This message is keyed to questions raised (ref B) regarding post's draft 2005 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report (ref A). 2. Question: Please state the number of trafficking victims processed through Accra's shelters/children's homes in 2004. Ghana's Ministry of Manpower, Youth and Empl [...]	2005-03-29 16:26:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAID ELAB GH KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
05ACCRA626	KEEP GHANA ON TIER 1 [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Ghana, at the very highest levels, has conveyed to us its intent to pass anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) legislation. The bill has been delayed because of bureaucratic problems, the national election, and the demands of forming a new government. However, we [...]	2005-03-31 11:52:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH KWMN PHUM PREL
05ACCRA634	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY COMMANDER, EUCOM, GENERAL [...] (SBU) U.S. interests center on support for Ghana's fifteen-year-old democracy and promotion of open markets. The long-term success of Ghana's constitutional democracy is not guaranteed. Government institutions are still evolving, and economic challenges, left unresolved, could erode popular [...]	2005-03-31 17:44:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GH OVIP
05ACCRA636	REPORT ON MRP "COMBATTING INTERNATIONAL [...] Summary. The Chief Inspector of Police at the Women and Juvenile Unit of the Ghana Police, Elvis Bawa Sadongo, was among the participants in the MRP on "Combatting International Crime" from January 7 - 28, 2005. He said his trip was a real "eye-opener" because he and the other IVLP participa [...]	2005-04-01 06:57:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SCUL OIIP OEXC PGOV GH
05ACCRA637	REPORT ON AFRP "RADIO BROADCASTING IN THE [...] Summary. Two Ghanaian radio broadcasters were among the participants in an AFRP on "Radio Broadcasting in the U.S." from January 31-February 18, 2005. Both had rave reviews for the program and said the experience broadened everyone's perspective. One of the journalists was particularly impr [...]	2005-04-01 06:57:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SCUL OIIP OEXC PGOV GH
05ACCRA644	SPEAKER DEBUTS HIPLIFE DOCUMENTARY TO WIDE [...] Summary. From February 17-26, 2005, post sponsored a series of film screenings across Ghana of a PAS-funded documentary that described links between Ghanaian hiplife artists and the United States. The film showings were part of post's African American History Month celebrations. Post used [...]	2005-04-01 11:02:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SCUL OIIP OEXC PGOV GH
05ACCRA650	AMBASSADOR AND FINANCE MINISTER SIGN BILATERAL [...] Ambassador Yates and GoG Finance Minister Kwadwo Baah-Wiredu signed the bilateral Paris Club debt reduction agreement (Refs A and B) on Thursday, March 31, 2004. Under the agreement, the U.S. forgives USD 4,641,600, which represents 100 percent reduction of the eligible stock of debt owed to [...]	2005-04-01 14:13:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTIA KMCA
05ACCRA652	AMBASSADOR MEETS GHANA'S MINISTER OF MANPOWER, [...] Summary: In a March 30 meeting with the Ambassador, Ghana's new Minister of Manpower, Youth and Employment Joseph Adda said he wants to give labor issues more prominence. His ministry is developing a strategic plan and engaging constructively with labor unions. The Ambassador raised the nee [...]	2005-04-01 14:21:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON ELAB GH KWMN PGOV PHUM
05ACCRA656	FIRE AT PORT KILLS 15, DAMAGES OIL REFINERY SUPPLY [...] (U) Summary: On March 25 a large fire at the port of Tema broke out on a ship at the PCS Tema Shipyard (PCS) and damaged the parastatel Tema Oil Refinery's (TOR) fuel offloading pipeline, the Volta River Aluminum Company's (VALCO) alumina conveyor and a small shipping and cold storage company. [...]	2005-04-04 07:53:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	KMCA ETRD ENRG
05ACCRA658	GHANA'S PRIORITIES AND CHALLENGES IN THE NEXT FOUR [...] (C) Post,s view of Ghana,s prospects over the next four years follows, and is in part based on the President's hour-long tour d'horizon with the Ambassador on March 9 and post-election conversations between Emboffs and key Ghanaian players. The political challenges ahead include increases in [...]	2005-04-04 09:11:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN GH KMCA PGOV PHUM PREL EINV
05ACCRA661	OUTREACH TO THE MUSLIMS OF GHANA'S NORTHERN REGION [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboffs were generally well received on an intense Muslim outreach trip to Tamale, capital of Northern Region, on March 23-25. Interlocutors raised questions about U.S. foreign policy, USG activities in Ghana, and about how they could benefit from scholarships, USG assistan [...]	2005-04-04 09:50:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM GH
05ACCRA754	CHILD LABOR IN GHANA'S COCOA INDUSTRY: HIGH STAKES [...] (SBU) Summary: At least 80,000 children are estimated to be working in Ghana's cocoa industry. Several programs are in place to eliminate child labor in this sector. However, the problem in Ghana and Cote d,Ivoire fueled Congressional demands for U.S. industry to certify their chocolate as ch [...]	2005-04-19 14:09:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EIND ELAB ETRD PGOV
05ACCRA769	TOGO OPPOSITION LEADER GILCHRIST OLYMPIO'S VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: On April 20, PolChief met with Togolese opposition leader Gilchrist Olympio in Accra, at PolChief's request. Olympio was optimistic the opposition would win the April 24 election, although the saw the potential for government manipulation of the vote counting. If the oppositi [...]	2005-04-21 15:59:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH PGOV PHUM PREL TO
05ACCRA770	REFUGEES IN THE GAMBIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Refugees in The Gambia comprise a disparate assortment of illiterate Senegalese farmers, Sierra Leonean professionals, and Liberians. While UNHCR provides for almost every imaginable need for the residents of Bambali Camp, urban refugees in Banjul struggle to eke out a meager [...]	2005-04-21 16:26:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GA SL SE LI PREF
05ACCRA773	INFLUX OF 224 NEW SUDANESE REFUGEES INTO GHANA [...] (SBU) Summary: In what may be the beginning of a larger wave, 224 Sudanese refugees have arrived in Ghana over the past two weeks. Except for four women residing at a UNHCR transient center, all are currently housed at the former Usher Forte prison, which is nearly at full capacity. The g [...]	2005-04-22 11:03:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GH KWMN PREF PREL SU
05ACCRA775	TOGO DEVELOPMENTS: ECOWAS AND GILCHRIST OLYMPIO [...] (C) Summary: ECOWAS President Tandja issued a press release April 22, sent to PolChief by Executive Director Chambas, condemning the 3 am statements of Togolese Interior Minister Boko and restating ECOWAS's commitment to retaining the scheduled April 24 date for the Togo election. Chambas [...]	2005-04-22 15:19:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH KDEM PGOV PREF TO
05ACCRA787	GILCHRIST OLYMPIO'S VIEWS OF ABUJA MEETING AND [...] (C) Summary: PolChief met on April 26 with Togolese opposition leader Gilchrist Olympio in Accra. Olympio said that in Abuja he had agreed to Obasanjo's request that he and Faure Gnassingbe cooperate in a government of national unity. However, the agreement was "in theory", while in practic [...]	2005-04-26 14:19:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH PGOV PREL TO
05ACCRA791	AMBASSADOR MEETS GHANA'S MINISTER OF JUSTICE: [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 20, Ambassador and PolChief met with Ghana's new Minister of Justice and Attorney General Ayikoi Otoo and his new Deputy Minister to discuss extradition matters, pending legislation and several human rights cases. The Ambassador formally asked about the status of th [...]	2005-04-26 18:04:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	CJAN GH KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM SNAR
05ACCRA800	SERIOUS REFUGEE FLOWS OUT OF TOGO BEGIN [...] (SBU) According to UNHCR Representative Rafik Saiki, who is based in Cotonou, some 4,000 refugees have arrived in Benin from Togo as of 16:00 local on April 28. A number of NGO's, including Catholic Relief Services, were assisting the new arrivals as they crossed the border, most of whom had [...]	2005-04-28 16:53:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GH TO BN PREF
05ACCRA809	TOGO OPPOSITION LEADER HOPES FOR U.S./CANADA-LED [...] (C) Summary: On April 28 evening, PolChief met with Togolese opposition leader Gilchrist Olympio in Accra. PolChief urged the opposition to publicly state a willingness to dialogue, to pursue legal channels of protest, and to publicly urge calm. Olympio did not see much scope for an opposi [...]	2005-04-29 13:37:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH PGOV PHUM PREL TO
05ACCRA828	NUMBER OF TOGOLESE REFUGEES SWELLS TO 16,000 [...] Refugees continue to surge across Togo's borders with Benin and Ghana. According to UNHCR, the number in Benin reached 9,874 as of 10 p.m. on May 2, an increase of 799 in one day. Observers are bracing for another wave after Togo's constitutional court rules some time today on the validity o [...]	2005-05-03 18:06:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	GH BN TO PREF
05ACCRA829	REFUGEES IN GABON -- AN UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ref Coord, PRM/A Program Assistant, and Poloff (Embassy Libreville) met with refugees in Libreville on April 14 to address resettlement, protection, and repatriation issues. In response to a small pro-settlement demonstration earlier in the week, we explained that the 41 cases [...]	2005-05-04 07:11:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF GB EG CO
05ACCRA845	TOGO OPPOSITION LEADER GILCHRIST OLYMPIO HEADING [...] (C) Summary: On May 4, PolChief met again with Togolese opposition leader Gilchrist Olympio, at PolChief's request, to discuss recent developments. Olympio had just met with President Kufuor, who asked him if he would meet with Nigerian President Obasanjo again, and with Ghana's Foreign Min [...]	2005-05-05 15:23:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH PGOV PHUM PREL TO
05ACCRA87	GHANA'S PRESIDENT NAMES MAJORITY OF NEW MINISTERS [...] (C) Summary. On January 12, President Kufuor nominated 24 ministers, as well as regional ministers for the ten regions of Ghana. Among other changes, he proposes shifting the Finance and Women and Children's portfolios, dropping the Energy Minister, and retaining the Ministers of Foreign A [...]	2005-01-13 17:36:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON GH KWMN PGOV PINR PREL GOG
05ACCRA870	AMBASSADOR MEET GHANA'S MINISTER OF DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador, PolChief and DATT mt on April 29 with Ghana's Minister of Dfense Kwame Addo-Kufuor (the President's brother),at the Minister's request. The Ambassador highlighted our excellent military-to-military relationship. Kufuor voiced optimism on Togo and Cote d'Ivoire [...]	2005-05-06 14:56:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH IV KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL TO
05ACCRA889	EMBASSY GHANA HOSTS LIVELY HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDTABLE [...] Summary: Post recently sponsored a human rights roundtable of 18 Ghanaian human rights contacts to seek feedback on the Human Rights and International Religious Freedom Reports and to explain USG human rights priorities. Participants appreciated the reports but thought they painted an overly [...]	2005-05-10 17:08:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	GH KDEM PHUM PREL
05ACCRA892	AMBASSADOR MEETS GHANAIAN PRESIDENT KUFUOR [...] (U) This message has an action request (see para 18). 2. (C) Summary: Ambassador Yates had a lengthy, private conversation with Ghanaian President Kufuor on Thursday evening, May 5. They discussed the current situation in Togo, his NPP party,s loss of the first bi-election of his second [...]	2005-05-10 17:50:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL GH PHUM ECON EAID TO EPET EINV
05ACCRA928	REFUGEE REFERRAL FOR TOGOLESE OPPOSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Accra requests authorization for a refugee referral to the U.S. resettlement program on behalf of Togolese opposition party activist Dr. Kofi Biayewa Okouta and his family of seven, who have taken refuge in Ghana. They have presented credible evidence of persecution based [...]	2005-05-11 15:19:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM TO GH
05ACCRA943	GHANA REFUGEE ROUNDUP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Liberian refugees in Ghana recently pelted the camp manager's car with stones, causing UNHCR to withdraw all services to the Budumburam settlement for one week. Of the 224 newly arrived Sudanese refugees, 40% have now been interviewed and 3% have been favorably adjudicated. N [...]	2005-05-12 17:09:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF GH LI SU TO
05ADANA101	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 09, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-10 05:46:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA102	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 10, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-12 05:42:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA103	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 11, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-12 06:54:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA104	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 12, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-13 05:43:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA105	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 13, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-16 05:37:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA106	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 16, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-17 05:09:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA108	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 17, 2005 [...] BOLGE / SABAH (GUNEY): Ambassadors to Turkey representing Latin American countries were invited to a meeting at Adana's Chamber of Industry (ACI) over the weekend. Umit Ozgumus, Chairperson of the ACI, is optimistic about enhancing economic and commercial ties with Latin American countri [...]	2005-05-18 05:06:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA11	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 7, 2005 [...] BOLGE / MILLIYET / HURRIYET (CUKUROVA) / ZAMAN / EKSPRES: A stormy debate has been going on in many cities (of Turkey),especially in Adana and Gaziantep (Note. The two prominent southeastern cities. End Note.),because the cities were not included within the GoT's recent contentious Incen [...]	2005-01-11 07:17:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA118	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 31, 2005 [...] SABAH (GUNEY) / EKSPRES / ZAMAN / BOLGE: A commercial delegation came to Adana from Holland to promote commercial ties between Holland and Turkey. The delegation paid a visit to Adana Municipality and then to Adana's Chamber of Industry (ACI). ACI Chairperson Ozgumus said that they [...]	2005-06-02 08:28:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA119	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 02, 2005 [...] SABAH (GUNEY) / EKSPRES / BOLGE: The heavy rainfall in two days in Ceyhan district of Adana damaged the wheat crop which would be harvested soon. This situation aggravated the hardships endured by producers who had been complaining about the low prices offered for for their produce. [...]	2005-06-03 12:20:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA120	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 07, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-10 05:48:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA121	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 06, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-10 05:50:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA122	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 9, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-10 11:42:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA

05ADANA123	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 8, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-10 11:42:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA124	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 10, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-10 12:27:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA125	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 16, 2005 [...] EKSPRES/BOLGE/SABAH(GUNEY): A group of farmers in Ceyhan district of Adana, in an attempt to protest the agricultural policies of the government, poured 2.5 tons of wheat into the Ceyhan river. Chairperson of the Ceyhan Chamber of Agriculture said that the farmers were not able to sel [...]	2005-06-17 07:54:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA13	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 12, 2005 [...] MILLI GAZETE / EKSPRES / BOLGE / TURKIYE: Adana is going to establish its infrastructure for the inaugration of natural gas use within the city. The EPDK (Energy Market Regulatory Authority) announced yesterday that Adana is included in the list of cities that will benefit from the n [...]	2005-01-14 06:16:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA132	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 29, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-11 14:23:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA133	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 30, 2005 [...] HURRIYET/EKSPRES/SABAH(GUNEY)/ZAMAN/BOLGE: Water melon producers in Adana's Karatas district of are frustrated about not being able to sell their produce despite water melon's very low price in the market. 2. ZAMAN/BOLGE: The paper reports that despite the recent lifting o [...]	2005-07-11 14:23:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA134	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 11, 2005 [...] ZAMAN: A 60-person group of Syrian businessmen and senior members of Syrian chambers of commerce came to Iskenderun district of Hatay and visited "Istex 2005 Industry and Commerce Fair." The group showed interest in the industrial products section. The group also visited the stand of Alep [...]	2005-07-11 14:23:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA137	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR 07/06, 2005 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for 07/06, 2005. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. HURRIYET (CUKUROV [...]	2005-07-13 11:30:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA138	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 01, 2005 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for July 01, 2005. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. HURRIYET (CUKUR [...]	2005-07-13 11:42:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA139	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 12, 2005 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for July 12, 2005. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. ZAMAN: Chris B [...]	2005-07-15 15:47:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA14	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 18, 2005 [...] CUMHURIYET / TERCUMAN / YENI SAFAK / HURRIYET / VAKIT / TURKIYE: PM Erdogan is expected to announce good news to the farmers before the upcoming religious holiday. During his meeting with farmers and volunteers for agricultural development today, PM is expected to announce ways to r [...]	2005-01-24 14:10:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA140	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 13, 2005 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for July 13, 2005. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS Â [...]	2005-07-15 16:20:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA141	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 15, 2005 [...] EKSPRES: CHP (Republican People's Party) Seyhan district's Women Branch Chairperson complained that few women were able to serve as candidates in last weekend's elections, which were held to nominate district delegates and candidates for the district chairpersons of CHP in Adana (se [...]	2005-07-18 10:37:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA142	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 14, 2005 [...] ZAMAN/RADIKAL/HURRIYET: PKK terrorists reportedly attacked an infantry unit with an RPG in the Digor district Kars at 11.40 p.m. yesterday. The rocket landed on the garden of a house a hundred meters away from the military unit. Following the explosion, the military unit reportedly retur [...]	2005-07-18 11:42:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA143	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 18, 2005 [...] OZGUR GUNDEM: People in Adiyaman's villages, throwing the carcasses of animals infected with brucellosis on open land, instead of burying them, are reportedly aggravating the village brucellosis epidemic. 2. EVRENSEL/OZGUR GUNDEM: The number of people contracting anthrax increa [...]	2005-07-19 06:15:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA145	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 20, 2005 [...] SABAH (GUNEY)/ BOLGE: Turk Telekom (The newly privatized Turkish Communication Company) workers in Adana refused to attend work for half a day to stage a protest against the company's privatization. The workers are protesting the transfer of some Telekom services to a subcontractor comp [...]	2005-07-22 09:21:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA146	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 22, 2005 [...] SABAH (GUNEY): Turk Telekom (Turkish Communication Company) workers in Antakya did not attend work for an (unspecified) length of time to stage a protest against the company's privatization. 2. SABAH (GUNEY): Valeh Haciyev, a deputy minister from Azerbaijan currently visiting th [...]	2005-07-25 07:36:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA149	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 04. 2005 [...] BOLGE: BAK (Global Peace and Justice Commisssion) invited a group of Iraqi doctors to Turkey. The doctors will attend the August 27 regional meeting of BAK in Adana and tell about the massacres carried out in their country. The doctors will be attending anti-war activities of BAK on Sep [...]	2005-08-08 09:39:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA15	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 13, 2005 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 13, 2005. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. OZGUR GUNDEM: [...]	2005-01-25 06:15:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA150	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 15, 2005 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for August 15, 2005. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS Â [...]	2005-08-16 13:33:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA154	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 22, 2005 [...] BOLGE: The daily reports that the purpose of U.S. Embassy Charge d'Affaires Nancy McEldowney's visit last week to Turkey's Agricultural Ministry was to pressure Turkey on its recent decision to restrict rice imports from the U.S. in order to prevent material injury to Turkish rice produce [...]	2005-08-23 10:46:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA155	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 23, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-24 12:30:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA157	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 26, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-26 14:50:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA158	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPEMBER 02, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-06 12:10:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA159	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 29, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-06 12:11:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA16	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 14, 2005 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 14, 2005. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. CUMHURIYET / [...]	2005-01-25 06:17:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA160	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 01, 2005 [...] EVRENSEL: Farmers Union and Citrus Fruit Producers in Adana formed a delegation, which will be visiting the Ministry of Agriculture in Ankara, to demand an urgent announcement of decisions about products such as citrus fruit, cotton and corn. 2. EVRENSEL: State Minister [...]	2005-09-06 12:11:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA161	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 12, 2005 [...] HURRIYET (CUKUROVA): Land Survey studies and site examinations for the Organized Agricultural Zone project have been completed in Mersin's Tarsus district. REID [...]	2005-09-14 07:04:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA164	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 15, 2005 [...] BOLGE: Farmers in Adana's Ceyhan district will hold a big demonstration tomorrow to protest the agricultural policies of the GoT (see press summary 09/14). 2. BOLGE: Export volumes to Iraq over the last eight months have reportedly pleased Southeastern exporters. REID [...]	2005-09-19 05:37:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA165	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 19, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-19 15:12:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA166	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 20, 2005 [...] ZAMAN: Saban Bas, Chairperson of Adana Chamber of Commerce, said that foreign companies would take part for the first time in the third of the annual Cukurova Industry and Commerce Fair that will be held in September 26 in Adana. Bas said that 11 companies from Nahcevan (part of Azerbaij [...]	2005-09-22 09:16:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA167	CATHOLIC BISHOP ANNOUNCES INTENT TO CLOSE ADANA CATHOLIC [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-23 13:52:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KIRF VT TU ADANA
05ADANA168	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 23, 2005 [...] EKSPRES / (CUKUROVA): A group comprised of the senior leaders of Adana, under the leadership of Abdullah Torun, Adana deputy from AKP, and including the provincial chairperson of AKP, the Adana mayor, chairpersons of chambers and agricultural associations, held a press announcement. The [...]	2005-09-26 08:20:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA169	ANXIOUS SOUTHEAST TURKEY PONDERS EU INTEGRATION IN THE [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-03 14:07:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV TU ADANA
05ADANA170	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 4, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-05 11:56:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA171	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 27-28, 2005 [...] BOLGE: A delegation of Turkish origin businessmen from Iraq, in order to foster commercial relationships, will come to Gaziantep on September 29 to visit their counterparts there. 2. BOLGE / EKSPRES: Fethi Coskuntuncel, Chairperson of Adan Chamber of Commodity Exchange, [...]	2005-10-05 11:56:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA172	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 26, 2005 [...] EKSPRES / ZAMAN: According to AKP Adana Provincial Chairperson Abdullah Dogru, followers of the former prime minister and president Suleyman Demirel's agricultural policies devastated the agricultural sector in Turkey. 2. SABAH (GUNEY) / HURRIYET (CUKUROVA / BOLGE / EKSPRES [...]	2005-10-05 11:56:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA173	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 3, 2005 [...] ZAMAN: Adana's 3rd Cukurova Industry and Commerce Fair ended. REID [...]	2005-10-05 13:36:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA174	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 5, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-06 10:54:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA177	SOUTHEAST TURKEY'S ECONOMY GETTING BY [...] (SBU) Summary: The southeast's economy is not booming but it is getting by. Fuel smuggling across Van's border with Iran has taken on significant proportions. Van's business incubation center provides an example of local business succeeding at doing things on its own, without Ankara's help. [...]	2005-10-07 14:47:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PREL PHUM TU SY IZ ADANA
05ADANA179	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 11, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-12 11:18:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA18	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 25, 2005 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 25, 2005. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. CUMHURIYET / [...]	2005-01-28 12:39:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA180	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 12, 2005 [...] ZAMAN: Saban Bas, Chairperson of Adana Chamber of Commerce, said that following the opening of negotiation talks with the EU, investment opportunities and transportation facilities in the Haci Sabanci Organized Industrial Zone (OIZ),will render Cukurova region one of the "shining stars o [...]	2005-10-12 14:11:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA181	LETTER FROM SYRIAC CHRISTIANS IN SOUTHEAST TURKEY [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-13 08:15:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SY TU ADANA
05ADANA182	GOOD NEWS AND BAD: DIYARBAKIR'S PROTESTANTS AND ADANA'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Diyarbakir's Protestant Church has been issued a license by local government offices designating its building as a "religious site facility," and expects to receive "settlement permission" soon, allowing their building to legally function as a church. At the same time, in the a [...]	2005-10-13 08:21:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON SY IZ TU
05ADANA183	TURKEY"S WORK ON AKDAMAR ISLAND ARMENIAN HERITAGE SITE [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-13 11:31:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AM TU
05ADANA185	PKK VIOLENCE IN SE TURKEY CONTINUES DESPITE TURKEY, EU FIRST [...] (SBU) The number of incidents of PKK-related violence in the southeast has shown no sign of decreasing since the October 3 milestone beginning discussions on Turkey's EU accession. At the same time, it does not appear that the GOT has made any changes in its approach of using security forces a [...]	2005-10-17 13:24:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PKK ADANA EU
05ADANA188	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 14, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-18 10:27:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA19	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 26, 2005 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 26, 2005. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. RADIKAL / CUM [...]	2005-01-28 15:56:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA190	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 18, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-19 06:28:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA191	CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION CONTINUES IN TURKEY'S SOUTHEAST [...] (SBU) Two Turkish Christian representatives visited AMCON Adana on October 19 to report on difficulties they have experienced in carrying out their religious practices. Guldane Migi from Adana and Huseyin Yelki from Malatya told ConOffs that they believed they had been treated prejudicially by [...]	2005-10-19 13:56:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA192	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 20, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-21 05:42:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA193	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 21, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-21 12:12:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA194	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 26, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-28 09:40:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA195	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 27, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-28 09:58:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA196	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 24, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-28 09:59:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA197	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 25, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-28 10:00:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA198	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTBOER 28, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-31 11:46:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM ADANA
05ADANA199	DIYARBAKIR POLL SHOWS KURDISH ISSUE TURKEY'S BIGGEST [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent Dicle University poll found that the Diyarbakir's residents had mixed feelings about their government's lack of follow-up after PM Erdogan's August 12 speech promising the use of democratic methods to solve the "Kurdish issue." The poll confirmed that almost 90 percent [...]	2005-11-01 07:09:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON SY IZ ADANA
05ADANA2	NEW TURKISH-SYRIAN TRADE DEAL SIGN OF BETTER THINGS TO [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-03 07:48:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PREL SY JO IZ TU ADANA
05ADANA200	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 31, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-01 10:33:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA201	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 1, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-02 06:12:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA202	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 07, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-14 06:59:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA203	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 02, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-14 06:59:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA205	HABUR GATE CLOGGED BY CONSTRUCTION IN NEAR-TERM [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-17 13:55:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELTN MOPS MARR IZ SY TU ADANA
05ADANA207	LOCAL SOUTHEAST REACTION TO SEMDINLI BOMBING INCIDENT [...] (SBU) Summary: During a November 8-10 trip to the southeast, the Sirnak office of DEHAP's follow-on party, Democratic Society Party (DTP in Turkish),told AMCON Adana officers about the bombing in Hakkari province's Semdinli township allegedly perpetrated by government security forces. The GOT [...]	2005-11-18 10:14:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ADANA
05ADANA208	DIYARBAKIR BAR PRESS RELEASE ON SEMDINLI BOMBING INCIDENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Diyarbakir Bar Association is one of the few credible NGO's in southeastern Turkey and its voice represents the segment of Kurdish civil society in the region which is less influenced by the PKK. Its press report, translated below, is a call to action for the GoT and an e [...]	2005-11-18 10:58:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ADANA
05ADANA209	ADANA CLO ACTIVITY REPORT [...] Number of children attending the Office-of-Overseas-School-assisted school: 1 2. Number of children attending another school at post: 0 3. Number being home-schooled: 0 4. Number attending school away from post, receiving education allowance: [...]	2005-11-18 14:30:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	TU ADANA
05ADANA21	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 1, 2005 [...] MILLI GAZETE: Recent discussions on how to privatize the energy distribution networks seem to focus more on transferring the shares of operational rights, rather than the method of selling the assets to private sector investors. According to authorities at the Privatization Administratio [...]	2005-02-02 11:23:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA213	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 18, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-22 14:41:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA214	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 21, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-22 14:41:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA215	SOUTHEAST TURKEY CIVIL UNREST, CLASHES CONTINUE [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-22 15:12:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER TU ADANA
05ADANA216	SOUTHEAST REMAINS SKEPTICAL ABOUT GOT REFORM PROMISES AFTER [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Reaction in Turkey's heavily-Kurdish southeast to PM Erdogan's November 21 visit to Semdinli, Yuksekova and Hakkari was positive, but skepticism about the government's ability to bring the perpetrators of the Semdinli bombings to justice remains high. Erdogan did no [...]	2005-11-23 06:57:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
05ADANA217	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 22, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-23 07:56:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA220	OIL EXPLORATION, IRAQI BORDER TRADE CAUGHT IN TURKISH [...] (SBU) Summary: AMCON Adana conoff's met with Chevron and Iraqi border province regional business officials on 11/9, taking the temperature on regional attitudes about cross-border trade and energy exploration potential. Conoff's encountered frustration from multiple contacts, but a desire t [...]	2005-11-28 10:26:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ETRD ELTN ECON TU ADANA
05ADANA221	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 25, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-28 11:36:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA222	CONTINUING DEVELOPMENTS IN SEMDINLI BOMBING CASE: TWO [...] (SBU) Summary: Since the November 9 Semdinli bombing (reftels A and B) and the PM's subsequent visit to the region (reftel C),the parliamentary Human Rights Committee toured the region to investigate the case. Hakkari's governor was re-assigned to another province, a move he attempted to depi [...]	2005-11-30 12:26:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA223	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 30, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-02 09:39:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA224	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 1, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-02 09:39:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA225	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 2, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-02 15:14:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA227	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 05, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-06 14:14:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA228	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 6, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-07 07:30:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA229	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 08, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-09 13:58:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA23	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 27, 2005 [...] ZAMAN: "The customs gate at the port of Iskenderun has been modernized by means of significant automation project", said Metin Yucedal, Chief Director of Customs at Iskenderun Customs Directorate. He spoke during a meeting and awards ceremony celebrating World Customs Day (January 26). [...]	2005-02-03 14:56:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA230	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 09, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-12 12:20:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA232	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 12, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-13 07:37:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA234	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 13, 2005 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for December 13, 2005. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. HURRIYET: [...]	2005-12-14 09:52:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA235	VIOLENCE IN SOUTHEAST CONTINUES, WHILE SEMDINLI SETTLES INTO [...] (SBU) Summary: As PKK-related violence continues on a broad scale throughout Turkey's southeast region, developments in the Semdinli case have settled into relatively peaceful investigative and judicial activities (see reftels). Over the past ten days, there have been investigative visits by [...]	2005-12-14 12:54:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM TU ADANA PKK
05ADANA238	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 14, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-15 09:21:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA239	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 15, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-16 07:14:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA24	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 31, 2005 [...] YENI SAFAK: Cantemur Aslan, General Manager of SEKA (Turkish State Pulp and Paper Plant) and Atilla Osmancelebioglu, Governor of Mersin, delivered the good news that SEKA's port in the Tasucu district of Silifke in Mersin will be reopened. It had been idle for ten years. (Note: The S [...]	2005-02-04 07:30:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA241	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 16, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-20 12:06:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA242	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 19, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-20 15:20:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA243	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 20, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-21 10:00:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA26	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 3, 2005 [...] MILLIYET / HURRIYET (CUKUROVA) / EKSPRES: Microsoft Sales Representative Emre Teker visited the Adana Industrialists and Businessmen Association (ADSIAD),and promised to provide technical and educational support for the association's Business Development Center (ISGEM). ISGEM's pr [...]	2005-02-11 07:46:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA27	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 2, 2005 [...] OZGUR GUNDEM / EVRENSEL / SABAH (GUNEY): In Mersin, many people demonstrated against the decision to privatize that city's port. Protesting the privatization process, 400 members of Liman-Is (Union of Ports),Mersin Branch, carried banners reading, "We will not let the ports be sold," "Po [...]	2005-02-11 09:40:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA28	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 14, 2005 [...] EKSPRES / BOLGE / TURKIYE: Ayhan Barut, Branch Chairperon of th Chambr of Aricultural Engineers, state that drastical low temperatures and the frost experienced in the Cukurova region seriously damaged vegetables and fruit (especially citrus fruit) that has not been harvested yet. [...]	2005-02-15 13:43:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA29	CIVIL SOCIETY UNDER PRESSURE FROM JANDARMA IN TUNCELI [...] (SBU) On February 7, 2005, former Tunceli Bar President Huseyin Aygun was reportedly threatened by the Tunceli-based Jandarma Commander in a face-to-face meeting called by the Commander. According to press reports, confirmed by Mr. Aygun in a telcon with post, the Commander accused Aygun of [...]	2005-02-16 15:52:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PHUM ASEC PREL TU ADANA
05ADANA3	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 28, 2004 [...] BOLGE / TURKIYE / EKSPRES / VAKIT / MILLI GAZETE: As compared to the figures of the previous year, the exports from Turkey to the Middle East countries are breaking the records and the volume of exports has increased by 40.9 percent. Mehmet Hadra, President of the Turkish-Arab Businessmen [...]	2005-01-03 09:57:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA30	DEMONSTRATORS CLASH WITH POLICE IN SIIRT [...] (U) Per reftel (SE Turkey Press Summary 1/25/05),as many as 1000 demonstrators reportedly clashed with security officials in Siirt on January 23, 2005. Reportedly throwing stones and breaking windows, they protested what they claimed was a decision by government and municipal officials to b [...]	2005-02-17 14:43:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PHUM ASEC PREL TU ADANA

05ADANA31	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 16, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-18 08:30:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA32	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 15, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-18 08:36:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA33	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 17, 2005 [...] OZGUR GUNDEM: Diyarbakir and Mardin Chambers of Commerce announced that the cotton producer subsidies are insufficient to cover the losses of the cotton producers. The weather conditions permitted the harvest of only half of the produce and the rest was sold at a loss later. Shortcomings [...]	2005-02-18 14:44:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA34	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 18, 2005 [...] HURRIYET (CUKUROVA) / EKSPRES / BOLGE / SABAH (GUNEY): The First International Economic Cooperation Forum is to be held in Adana today. PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan and representatives from 400 domestic and international companies are expected to attend the two-day Forum hosted by the Adana Cha [...]	2005-02-23 07:58:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA35	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 22, 2005 [...] MILLIYET / EKSPRES / BOLGE / ZAMAN / TURKIYE: Adana Chamber of Commerce will open the East Mediterranean Foreign Trade Center today to foster the international relationships of Cukurova Region's SMEs. Among the undertakings of the Center are providing advisory services to the SMEs with r [...]	2005-02-23 08:03:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA37	TURKEY'S 2004 TRADE WITH IRAQ SURPASSES 2003 LEVELS [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-24 12:59:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL ENRG IZ TU ADANA
05ADANA38	SE TURKEY: INFRASTRUCTURE, SECURITY HINDER INCREASED TRADE [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-24 13:12:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV ENRG EPET ELTN IZ TU ADANA
05ADANA39	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 24, 2005 [...] HURRIYET (CUKUROVA): Ali Ihsan Mutlu, Director of the Gaziantep's Authority for Developing and Supporting SMEs, announced that the Authority granted 1 million new Turkish lira ($770,000) to SMEs in 2004 to facilitate their harmonization with EU regulations through increasing productivit [...]	2005-02-25 09:03:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA4	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 30, 2004 [...] VAKIT / EKSPRES / BOLGE / TURKIYE / HURRIYET (CUKUROVA): The EU has accepted the application of the Adana Chamber of Commerce for a project named "Integrated Foreign Trade and Exchange Course" that is worth 80.000 euros. The project aims to educate and enhance the qualifications of foreign [...]	2005-01-03 10:42:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA40	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 23, 2005 [...] HURRIYET (CUKUROVA) / YENI SAFAK / SABAH (GUNEY): Turkey's Aleppo Consul in Syria, Hulusi Kilic, Syria's Gaziantep Consul in Turkey, Bahjat Doughman, and the U.S.'s Adana Consul W. Scott Reid are going to attend the opening ceremony of the third of the five-day GAPSHOES fair which is orga [...]	2005-02-25 09:17:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA41	TURKISH CONGLOMERATE AND TRADE GROUPS WEIGHING SYRIAN [...] (SBU) Summary and guidance request: AMCON Adana in the last three weeks has engaged with a large Turkish conglomerate and a regional trade group whose members are considering investment in Syria, primarily Aleppo, to familiarize the parties with the U.S. sanctions against Syria. So far no la [...]	2005-02-25 15:24:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON ETTC ELAB SY TU ADANA
05ADANA42	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 25, 2005 [...] SABAH (GUNEY): Chambers of Commerce, Chambers of Industry and Commodity Exchanges will hold Assembly elections around Turkey between March 1 and 3. Locally, the Gaziantep Chamber of Commerce and Chamber of Industry election will be March 3, and the Gaziantep Commodity Exchange election Ma [...]	2005-03-01 07:29:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA45	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 3-4, 2005 [...] RADIKAL: According to Radikal, the BTC (Baku-Tiblisi-Ceyhan Pipeline) project agreement stipulated that crude oil should begin to flow into tanks in Ceyhan (in Adana province) on May 10, 2005. Turkey is currently experiencing a delay in the construction of its section of the pipelin [...]	2005-03-08 14:41:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA46	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 6-7, 2005 [...] BOLGE / SABAH (GUNEY) / EKSPRES / MILLIYET: Israel's Ambassador to Turkey expressed his country's wishes to carry out investments in Adana province. During his visit to the Adana Chamber of Industry (ACI),Ambassador Avivi announced that Israeli businessmen support ACI's efforts, ongoi [...]	2005-03-08 14:43:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA47	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 8, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-09 06:27:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA48	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 10, 2005 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for March 10, 2005. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. 2. EVRENSEL / OZGUR GUNDEM: Controversy about th [...]	2005-03-11 15:45:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
05ADANA49	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 14, 2005 [...] BOLGE: The volume of transactions in Adana Commodity Exchange has reached a record-breaking figure of 1,712,592,491,425,944 Turkish lira ($1,3 billion) in 2004. This increase over 2003's figures is attributed to an abundance of products and price increases since last year. REID [...]	2005-03-15 13:31:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA5	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FOR JANUARY 3, 2005 [...] EVRENSEL: Cotton prices have sharply fallen since last year. The farmers could not harvest the cotton on the fields due to the high costs of fuel oil they need for trucking. Although the cotton produced in Diyarbakir is the highest quality cotton in world markets, the Assembly Presid [...]	2005-01-05 06:22:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA50	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 15, 2005 [...] SABAH (GUNEY): The producers of the Cukurova Plain have been producing organically cultivated lettuce and exporting some of the produce to EU countries. The lettuce is either being consumed in supermarkets and fast food chains in Istanbul, Izmir and Ankara, or is being made into salads in [...]	2005-03-15 14:21:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA51	COMMERCIAL LOGISTICS SUPPORT TO U.S. MILITARY IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-17 08:34:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD MARR MOPS IZ JO TU ADANA
05ADANA55	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 17, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-18 13:19:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA59	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 21, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-22 13:14:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA60	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 22, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-22 14:52:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA61	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 24, 2005 [...] ZAMAN / BOLGE: Celik-Is (Steel Union),discontent with contract negotiations, decided to go on a stike at the Iskenderun Iron and Steel Factory in Hatay on May 2. REID [...]	2005-03-25 08:57:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA62	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 23, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-25 11:43:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA63	PRIVATE IRAQ TRADE MEETING SHOWS DIVERGING BUSINESS, [...] (SBU) Summary: A regional Turkish-American Business Association discussion of Iraq trade on March 18 in Iskenderun yielded some proposals from the Turkish business sector to expand their role in Iraq trade and profiled government involvement in the Iraq issue which seemed out of tune to busi [...]	2005-03-28 09:05:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON ELTN IZ TU ADANA
05ADANA64	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 28, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-01 06:00:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA65	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 30, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-01 06:02:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA66	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 29,2005 [...] SABAH (GUNEY) / EKSPRES / BOLGE / HURRIYET (CUKUROVA): Suleyman Onatca, Chairperson of the Adana Industrialists and Businessmen Association, announced that his visits with Syrian and Jordanian authorities last week were very fruitful in terms of economic relations. Onatca said that his vi [...]	2005-04-01 06:53:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA67	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 31, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-01 14:30:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA69	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 3-4, 2005 [...] EKSPRES / HURRIYET (CUKUROVA): Hulusi Kilic, Turkey's consul in Aleppo, Syria, paid a visit to Ali Kavak, Chairperson of the Antakya Chamber of Industry and Commerce. Kilic congratulated Kavak for being re-elected to office. Ambassador Kilic stated that the volume of exports to Syria has [...]	2005-04-05 16:00:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA70	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 1, 2005 [...] ZAMAN / EKSPRES / SABAH (GUNEY) / BOLGE: Moldovan Ambassador to Ankara, Victor Tvircun, paid a visit to Cahit Kirac, Adana Governor; Aytac Durak, Mayor of Adana; and Umit Ozgumus, Chairperson of the Adana Chamber of Industry (ACI). Tvircun drew attention to the trade and investment [...]	2005-04-05 16:00:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA72	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 5, 2005 [...] SABAH (GUNEY): MUSIAD (Independent Industrialists and Businessmen Association) Executive Board members and Mehmet Aygun, MUSIAD Adana Branch Chairperson, paid visits to the Chairperson of the Adana Chamber of Commerce and Adana Chamber of Industry. Aygun called on the deputies, bureaucrats [...]	2005-04-07 09:16:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA73	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 6, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-07 09:18:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA74	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-08 07:30:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA75	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 8, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-08 12:48:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA76	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 7, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-08 13:23:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA77	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 11, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-12 06:39:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA78	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 12, 2005 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for April 12, 2005. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. CUMHURIYET / YE [...]	2005-04-12 14:00:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA8	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 4, 2005 [...] MILLIYET / EKSPRES / BOLGE / TURKIYE: Umit Ozgumus, President of the Adana Chamber of Industry, is going to meet President Erdogan for the second time on January 5, and will mainly discuss the new Incentive Law. Umit Ozgumus, who is selected as the representative of the East Mediterrane [...]	2005-01-07 09:48:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA81	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 18-19, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-20 08:33:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA82	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 20, 2005 [...] ZAMAN / CUMHURIYET / HURRIYET (CUKUROVA): As Mersin emerges as a center for fuel-oil smuggling, the Investigation Commission of the Turkish Parliament has launched a probe into the matter. The (Turkish) state's losses from a variety of smuggling methods reportedly reached three billi [...]	2005-04-21 06:56:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA86	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 21, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-26 07:35:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA87	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 25-26, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-27 08:04:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA9	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 5, 2005 [...] ZAMAN / CUMHURIYET / SABAH (GUNEY): PM Erdogan was not able to resist the demands of MPs on the Incentive Law. Erdogan announced that the scope of the Incentive Law will be expanded and thirteen more cities will be included in the new system. PM Erdogan further added that MPs s [...]	2005-01-07 12:11:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA91	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 27, 2005 [...] ZAMAN / EKSPRES / BOLGE: Chairman of Adana's Chamber of Commerce Saban Bas said that Adana's target for exports in 2005 is 2 billion dollars. REID [...]	2005-04-29 05:50:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA93	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 28-29, 2005 [...] ZAMAN / EKSPRES / BOLGE: Ali Kavak, Chairman of the Antakya Chamber of Commerce and Industry, stated that Turkish investors, attracted by the lower costs of investment inputs such as labor and electricity, have recently been seeking investment opportunities in Syria. 2. SAB [...]	2005-04-29 13:18:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA94	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 02, 2005 [...] HURRIYET / YENI SAFAK: The conditions of the sale of 51 percent of TUPRAS (Turkish Petroleum Refineries Corporation) have been settled. The buyer will reportedly have to pay half of the price immediately and will have the option to pay the other half in two years with a 7 percent [...]	2005-05-03 05:34:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA96	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 03, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-05 13:57:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA97	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 05, 2005 [...] EVRENSEL: A Gaziantep University study revealed that Gaziantep province's unemployment figures were higher than the nationwide average. The study says Gaziantep has a 20.3 percent unemployment rate whereas the nationwide unemployment figure is reported to be as 13.8. REID [...]	2005-05-06 05:37:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA99	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 06, 2005 [...] RADIKAL / SABAH (GUNEY) / EKSPRES / ZAMAN / BOLGE: Umit Ozgumus, Chairperson of the Adana Chamber of Commerce, announced that financial losses incurred by industrialists due to frequent blackouts and electricity power failures might be remedied if the industrialists opened legal actio [...]	2005-05-09 05:23:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADDISABABA3374	ETHIOPIA: WEIGHING IN WITH THE DARFUR REBELS [...] Post is unaware of any SLM leadership presence in Addis Ababa. 2. Minimize considered. HUDDLESTON [...]	2005-09-23 10:28:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SU ET
05ADDISABABA3382	ETHIOPIA: CUD COUNCIL DISTANCES ITSELF FROM HAILU [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 21, the CUD, Ethiopia's largest opposition coalition, issued a statement that distances the CUD Council from provocative comments made by Coalition Chairman Hailu Shawel in Washington. The CUD statement notes that Shawel's comments, which included a commitment to [...]	2005-09-23 15:11:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ET ELEC UNREST
05ADDISABABA3383	ETHIOPIA: INFO MINISTER BEREKET SAY GOE OPEN TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOE Minister of Information Bereket Simon told Charge Sept. 15 that the GOE would consider steps to restore confidence in Ethiopian democratic institutions, but only after the opposition agrees to participate in Parliament. He welcomed the Ambassadors' Donors Group (ADG) statemen [...]	2005-09-23 15:11:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ET ELEC UNREST
05ADDISABABA3401	ETHIOPIA-ERITREA BORDER: NORWEGIAN THOUGHTS [...] (C) Summary: Oslo would support renewed, public USG engagement to resolve the political stalemate between Ethiopia and Eritrea over the border dispute, Norwegian Ambassador and General Jan Erik Wilhelmsen told Charge September 23. However, Norway would also advise the U.S. not to repeat the [...]	2005-09-27 10:10:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO NO ER ET EE BORDER
05ADDISABABA3425	ETHIOPIA: CUD'S BERHANU ON OCT. 2 DEMONSTRATION, POSSIBLE STRIKE [...] (C) Summary: CUD leader and Addis mayor-elect Berhanu Nega told Charge Sept. 26 that if the GOE denies permission for the demonstration the opposition has called for Oct. 2, the CUD and UEDF plan to stand down, but instead call an immediate general strike in which people would stay at home. C [...]	2005-09-28 11:40:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ET ELEC UNREST
05ADDISABABA3443	ETHIOPIA: LEADING OPPOSITION COALITION BECOMES UNIFIED PARTY [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-29 04:50:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ET ELEC
05ADDISABABA3444	ETHIOPIA: CHARGE PRESSES MFA FOR GOE RESPONSE TO [...] (C) Summary: Charge took the opportunity of a summons to the MFA on Sept. 5 to press Deputy Minister Tekeda Alemu on the GOE's response to the current political crisis. Charge argued that while the international community and others urged the opposition to take up its newly-won seats in parlia [...]	2005-09-29 04:50:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ET ELEC UNREST
05ADDISABABA3599	ETHIOPIA: DAS YAMAMOTO DISCUSSES INTERNAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Meles told AF DAS Don Yamamoto that Eritrean President Isaias was seeking to prod U.S. action on the border issue through his recent ban on UNMEE helicopter flights. Meles said he did not expect Isaias to attack, but could not afford to allow Ethiopia's election dispute to dra [...]	2005-10-17 08:38:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO PTER ET ER UN EE BORDER ELEC UNREST
05ADDISABABA3619	UNMEE OFFICIALS GIVE ADVICE FOR NEXT [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNMEE Deputy Head Azouz Ennifar and his political aide told the Charge that any new UN envoy on the Ethiopia/Eritrea border issue should come to the parties with concrete proposals for resolving the conflict and avoid media attention during initial phases of his work. New economic [...]	2005-10-18 08:28:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO ET ER UN EE BORDER
05ADDISABABA3636	ETHIOPIA: CHARGE PRESSES MFA FOR GOE RESPONSE TO [...] (C) Summary: Charge took the opportunity of a summons to the MFA on Sept. 5 to press Deputy Minister Tekeda Alemu on the GOE's response to the current political crisis. Charge argued that while the international community and others urged the opposition to take up its newly-won seats in parlia [...]	2005-10-19 13:59:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ET ELEC UNREST
05ADDISABABA3657	ETHIOPIA-ERITREA BORDER: UNMEE FEARS MORE [...] (S) SUMMARY: UNMEE officials told Charge on October 20 that they fear the Eritrean Government will continue to impose new restrictions on its operations in order to increase pressure on the international community to force Ethiopian compliance with the EEBC border decision. UNMEE warned of th [...]	2005-10-21 09:02:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET	PREL PINS MARR MOPS KPKO ET ER EE BORDER UNSC
05ADDISABABA3713	ETHIOPIA: OPPOSITION CUD SPLINTERING [...] (C) SUMMARY. The CUD, Ethiopia's largest opposition coalition, may be splintering over the question of whether or not to take its seats in Parliament. As of October 25, at least 30 MPs-elect out of 109 had defied the party leadership's decision to boycott Parliament. Lidetu Ayalew, one of t [...]	2005-10-27 12:52:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL ET ELEC UNREST
05ADDISABABA3725	UNITED NATIONS REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE TO MONITOR AND RESOLVE ERITREA-ETHIOPIA CRISIS [...] (C) ACTION REQUEST: Post seeks Department's guidance in responding to the UN's request for satellite imagery of the Ethiopia-Eritrean border area, conveyed on October 26 by the UNMEE SRSG to Charge (see paragraph 8). 2. (C) SUMMARY. Eritrea's restrictions on UNMEE operations within the TS [...]	2005-10-28 14:17:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR MOPS MARR KPKO ET ER EE BORDER UNSC
05ADDISABABA3747	ETHIOPIA CALLS FOR UN SECURITY COUNCIL TO TAKE PEACE-ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST ERITREA [...] (C) On November 1, Mr. Grum Abay, the MFA's Director General for Europe and America, presented Charge and P/E Counselor with the text of a letter dated October 31, addressed by Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin to the members of the UN Security Council and to UN SYG Annan. Grum underscored the n [...]	2005-11-01 14:52:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO ET ER UNSC EE BORDER
05ADDISABABA3748	ETHIOPIA: CUD "LITE" PROTEST ENDS IN GOE CRACK [...] Summary: (C) At least 11 people were killed, reportedly including two policemen, and a similar number injured when riots broke out in the central Mercato and Piazza districts after the CUDP called for a series of street actions. Rock-throwing youth and security forces squared off in a number o [...]	2005-11-01 17:33:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ET UNREST ELEC
05ADDISABABA3757	ETHIOPIA: FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS DIPLOMATS CUD RESPONSIBLE FOR VIOLENCE, BUT DETAINEES WILL RECEIVE FAIR TRIALS [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin told members of the Ambassadors Donors Group (ADG),on November 2 that the GOE will not re-open a dialogue with the detained CUD leadership, but left the door open to engaging more moderate opposition members. He assured the donors that the basic h [...]	2005-11-03 12:00:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ET UNREST ELEC
05ADDISABABA3759	ETHIOPIA: ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS SPREAD, AT [...] (C) Summary: Violent street clashes between anti-government demonstrators and squads of security forces spread beyond their initial flashpoints to most parts of the capital Nov. 2-3. Although confrontations occurred both in the vicinity of the Embassy and in Old Airport, where most embassy r [...]	2005-11-03 16:19:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ET ELEC UNREST
05ADDISABABA3760	ETHIOPIA: MELES SAYS UNSC DRAFT RESOLUTION ON [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Meles contended that the drafted UNSC resolution on the Ethiopia/Eritrea border would jeopardize any chance of a peaceful settlement. Isaias would be emboldened -- and "rewarded for his "blackmail" -- by getting a Security Council endorsement of demarcation of the [...]	2005-11-03 16:20:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR ET ER UNSC EE BORDER
05ADDISABABA3761	ETHIOPIA: PRIME MINISTER GIVES HIS VIEW ON [...] (C) I met with Prime Minister Meles on November 2 shortly after an Ambassador Donor Group meeting with the Forign Minister. During this meeting I was able to raise the issues of concern to us: human rights, realease of CUD/P leaders, restrain in the face of protests, and the need to move for [...]	2005-11-03 16:35:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ET UNREST ELEC
05ADDISABABA3770	ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: UNMEE'S WITHDRAWAL COULD PROMPT [...] (C) SUMMARY. UNMEE DSRSG Amb. Azouz Ennifar does not foresee the imminent outbreak of hostilities between Ethiopia and Eritrea, and dismisses recent public statements by UN officials in New York and Asmara as overly alarming. On the other hand, UNMEE itself could precipitate armed confrontat [...]	2005-11-07 06:17:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS KPKO ER ET EE BORDER
05ADDISABABA3780	AU COMMISSION CHAIRPERSON, UK, AND EU SHARE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On the second consecutive day of a government crackdown on opposition demonstrators in Addis Ababa, AU Commission Chairperson Konare expressed concern about the safety of AU staff and of Ethiopia's ability to weather both domestic unrest and growing tensions with Eritrea. Perhap [...]	2005-11-07 12:48:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM ET AF UNION UNREST
05ADDISABABA3782	ETHIOPIA: MELES SECURITY ADVISOR ON BORDER CRISIS, [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-07 13:04:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PHUM KPKO ET ER EE BORDER UNREST ISLAMISTS
05ADDISABABA3802	AU'S KONARE ON AU ASSEMBLY CHIEF, WASHINGTON [...] (C) Summary: African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Konare told Charge November 8 that Congo-Brazzaville President Denis Sassou-Nguesso appears to be the most likely successor to Nigerian President Obasanjo to serve as Chairman of the AU Assembly. Konare also said that an AU team had just [...]	2005-11-09 04:55:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ET XA AF UNION
05ADDISABABA3803	AU KONARE'S POTENTIAL BREAKTHROUGH ON ETHIOPIAN [...] (C) Summary: African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Konare claims that Ethiopian PM Meles accepted his proposal of dialoguing with opposition members without the precondition of their first joining Parliament. Konare said that AU Assembly Chairman Obasanjo told Meles that he was willing t [...]	2005-11-09 05:10:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ET AF UNION
05ADDISABABA3804	UNREPENTANT MELES: NO TURNING BACK AFTER BLOODY [...] SUMMARY: I asked to meet with Prime Minister Meles to follow up on a promising conversation he had with Chairman Konare of the African Union. Meles said that there was no turning back from the recent crackdown on the opposition CUDP: the jailed leaders would be tried for treason; those demons [...]	2005-11-09 09:35:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ET ELEC UNREST
05ADDISABABA3837	UNSC MISSION TO ETHIOPIA-ERITREA BREAKS NO NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Japan's UN PermRep Amb. Kenzio Oshima told UN Security Council members and troop-contributing countries in Addis that his November 7-8 trip to Ethiopia and Eritrea on behalf of the Council was "technical" in nature, and did not aim at promoting political dialogue. Providing a re [...]	2005-11-12 12:15:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS KPKO ET ER UNSC EE BORDER
05ADDISABABA3843	AU CONVENING PAN AFRICAN CULTURAL CONGRESS [...] Summary/Action Request: The African Union (AU) is convening a Pan African Cultural Congress in Nairobi from December 4-9, 2005 to "review and assess the cultural sector in Africa, and consider the stakes, challenges and opportunities" to develop appropriate programs. The USG has been invite [...]	2005-11-14 13:35:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO SCUL XA AF UNION
05ADDISABABA3844	ENGAGING THE AU - THOUGHTS AHEAD OF THE AF COM [...] (SBU) Summary: The African Union (AU) is displaying tremendous political will to address the continent's problems, which differentiates it from the OAU, its defunct predecessor organization. The AU is also serving as the coordinating body for positive change in Africa by playing a more proac [...]	2005-11-14 13:45:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL XA AF UNION
05ADDISABABA3852	VOA'S AMHARIC SERVICE CONDEMNED BY GOE - NEED FOR [...] This cable contains an action request. See paragraph 12. 2. SUMMARY: On November 8, Charge d'Affaires met with local and London-based Voice of America correspondents. She used the meeting to discuss U.S. policy regarding Ethiopia, the role the VOA is playing in Ethiopia at a time when i [...]	2005-11-15 08:31:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KDEM KPAO PREL ET VOA UNREST ELEC
05ADDISABABA3855	FY04 DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS ANNUAL SUMMARY [...] SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. In FY04, post provided funding for six (6) Democracy and Human Rights projects totaling USD 74,783.00. Post selected these projects in accordance with the Mission Performance Plan. FY04 projects improved the quality of life for approximately 155,125 Ethiopians in f [...]	2005-11-15 10:26:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM KDEM SOCI PREL ET
05ADDISABABA3864	ETHIOPIA: STATE MINISTER VOICES CONCERN ON UNSC [...] (C) SUMMARY: State Minister of Foreign Affairs Tekeda Alemu summoned the Charge Nov. 15 to pass a copy of a letter from Minister of Foreign Affairs Seyoum Mesfin to UN Security Council President Denisov on the Council's pending resolution regarding the Ethio-Eritrean border. Tekeda argued tha [...]	2005-11-15 15:38:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KPKO PGOV ET ER UNSC EE BORDER
05ADDISABABA3867	ETHIOPIA: CHARGE PRESSES MFA STATE MINISTER ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Charge took advantage of a meeting with State Minister of Foreign Affairs Tekeda Alemu to urge that the GOE to move engage those opposition leaders not imprisoned and prevent further unrest. She called for humanitarian treatment -- and preferably release -- of large numbers [...]	2005-11-16 12:23:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ET UNREST ELEC
05ADDISABABA3911	MELES MORE UPBEAT ON INTERNAL SITUATION AND E/E BORDER [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: I met with Prime Minister Meles Saturday afternoon on internal and border issues. Meles rejected the possiblity of CUDP jailed leaders being released, but promised that the democratic process would proceed with a review of Parliamentary rules, NEB -- National E [...]	2005-11-22 11:39:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV ET EE BORDER UNREST ELEC
05ADDISABABA3915	ETHIOPIA: VOA ON THE HOT SEAT [...] (U) SUMMARY: A November 15 meeting with State Minister of Foreign Affairs Tekeda Alemu provided the opportunity for the Charge to discuss the Government of Ethiopia's concerns regarding reporting by the VOA's Amharic Service, as well as larger issues of GOE press outreach and its relatio [...]	2005-11-22 13:53:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM KPAO PREL ET VOA
05ADDISABABA3930	ETHIOPIAN MILITARY OCCUPIES FORMER UNMEE OUTPOST [...] (C) SUMMARY. United Nations officials will publicly announce today that Ethiopia has violated the 2000 cessation of hostilities agreement, by occupying a strategic former UNMEE observation post within the Temporary Security Zone that provides access to Assab. UNMEE military observers abandon [...]	2005-11-22 14:49:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO ER ET EE BORDER
05ADDISABABA3941	DARFUR POLITICAL TALKS: AU PSC DEMANDS SLM/A FOCUS [...] (SBU) Summary: According to African Union (AU) mediator for the Darfur Political Talks Amb. Sam Ibok, the Seventh Round of talks will resume in Abuja on November 28. On November 22, the AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) urged all parties to ensure that the Seventh Round is the "decisive ro [...]	2005-11-23 14:36:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SU XA AF UNION
05ADDISABABA3954	ETHIOPIA: DIVIDED CUD STRUGGLES TO RECOVER FROM CRACKDOWN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOE's comprehensive crackdown on the CUD has left remaining leaders of Ethiopia's largest opposition party fearful, divided and so far paralyzed. At least 25 of 60 supreme council members are in jail; many others are under surveillance and afraid to engage in political activit [...]	2005-11-28 12:56:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ET ELEC UNREST
05ADDISABABA3984	ETHIOPIA: PM MELES WELCOMES USG ENGAGEMENT ON SOMALIA, CALLS IT GREATEST LONG-TERM SECURITY THREAT [...] (C) Summary: PM Meles told visiting DAS Don Yamamoto Nov. 29 that Ethiopia welcomed increased USG engagement on Somalia. He called the rise of extremism in Somalia the greatest long-term security threat to the region, but said there was still time to address it before the danger increased. M [...]	2005-11-30 13:08:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET	PREL KPKO MARR ET ER SO
05ADDISABABA3991	ETHIOPIA: PM MELES TELLS DAS YAMAMOTO THAT GOE IS [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-01 11:02:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ET ELEC UNREST
05ADDISABABA3997	ETHIOPIA: DAS YAMAMOTO TALKS DEMOCRACY, SOMALIA [...] (C) Summary: Visiting DAS Don Yamamoto told Deputy Foreign Minister Tekeda the GOE had to move faster to strengthen key democratic institutions and to release imprisoned CUD opposition leaders. He and Amb. Huddleston highlighted increasing concern about Ethiopian human rights and democracy a [...]	2005-12-01 13:00:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ET ELEC
05ADDISABABA3998	AF DAS YAMAMOTO AND AU COMMISSION CHAIRPERSON [...] (C) Summary: During a November 28 meeting with AF DAS Donald Yamamoto, African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Alpha Oumar Konare voiced concern that lack of progress on the internal political crisis in Ethiopia could push the country to war with Eritrea over the unresolved border issue. H [...]	2005-12-01 13:12:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ER SO ET AF UNION EE BORDER
05ADDISABABA4000	ETHIOPIA: MELES DISCUSSES BORDER ISSUE WITH DAS [...] (C) Summary: Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles told visiting DAS Don Yamamoto and Charge Huddleston November 29, that the time is not yet ripe to move forward on the boundary dispute with Eritrea. The Prime Minister said he would not send a team to attend a meeting called by the EEBC, but was not [...]	2005-12-01 13:33:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR ET ER EE BORDER
05ADDISABABA4016	AU ON AMIS: TRANSITION TO BLUE HATS "ONE OF THE [...] (C) Summary: African Union (AU) Acting Peace and Security Commissioner El-Ghassim Wane confirmed to Addis-based partner representatives December 5 that the AU expects that the December 10-20 planning mission to Darfur to assess AMIS will make recommendations regarding the future of AMIS, to in [...]	2005-12-05 13:29:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS EAID SU AF UNION DARFUR
05ADDISABABA4044	ERITREAN UNMEE EJECTIONS: THE VIEW FROM ADDIS [...] (C) On December 7, NATO ambassadors met to review with UNMEE deputy Amb. Ennifar the Eritrean decision to order the withdrawal of US, Canadian, European and Russian staff from UNMEE within ten days. Amidst considerable hand-wringing, there was consensus that -- as per reftel -- the internatio [...]	2005-12-07 13:33:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR ET ER EE BORDER
05ADDISABABA4046	UNMEE OFFICIALS AWAITING GUIDANCE ON ERITREA'S [...] (C) SUMMARY. Eritrea's demand that American, Canadian, and European (including Russian) UNMEE staff depart within 10 days could affect Ethiopia's previous commitment to withdraw troops from the border, senior UNMEE officials say. UNMEE is awaiting guidance from New York on whether to comply w [...]	2005-12-08 06:08:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MOPS ET ER EE BORDER UNSC
05ADDISABABA4066	MELES ON THE E/E BORDER - ETHIOPIA WILL RE-DEPLOY [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with CJTF-HOA Commander General Ghormley and Ambassador concerning expansion of civil affairs projects in the Ogaden, Prime Minister Meles provided us with a read out on the border situation. He said that Isaias is sending signals to the US and the UN because he want [...]	2005-12-08 15:01:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR ET ER EE BORDER
05ADDISABABA4072	AU CONSIDERING FOUR MILITARY OPTIONS FOR DRC [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the return of its reconnaissance mission to the Great Lakes, the African Union (AU) is considering four military options to support forcible disarmament of ex-FAR and Interahamwe elements in the DRC. The AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) is scheduled to meet in mid- [...]	2005-12-09 09:18:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO MOPS EAID CG AF UNION
05ADDISABABA4073	ETHIOPIA NAMES COMMISSION TO PROBE [...] (C) SUMMARY. In response to calls from the international community and its citizens, the GOE named members of a commission of inquiry to probe the June and November electoral-related violence. Members of the new commission approved on December 6 by Ethiopia's parliament include religious lea [...]	2005-12-09 10:04:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS ET ELEC UNREST
05ADDISABABA4075	PM MELES AND PARLIAMENTARY OPPOSITION AGREE TO [...] (C) Summary: PM Meles told me in a meeting on Dec. 9 that he would personally participate in the new round of political dialogue with Parliamentary opposition leaders, which would begin with three days of talks Dec. 12-14. While initially limited to leaders of the UEDF and OFDM, the PM hoped t [...]	2005-12-09 10:41:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ET ELEC

05ADDISABABA4082	ETHIOPIA: THE WAY FORWARD ON POLITICAL DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: Forward movement on democratization in Ethiopia is essential to avoid further political violence as well as a further deterioration in the human rights and political freedoms. An improveme in the political climate also appears to be the most practical and effective way to obtain [...]	2005-12-09 13:36:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID ET ELEC UNREST
05ADDISABABA4097	ETHIOPIA: THE WAY FORWARD ON POLITICAL DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: Forward movement on democratization in Ethiopia is essential to avoid further political violence as well as a further deterioration in the human rights and political freedoms. An improvement in the political climate also appears to be the most practical and effective way to obta [...]	2005-12-12 14:00:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID ET ELEC UNREST
05ADDISABABA4178	EUCOM J5 AND AU DISCUSS MARITIME SECURITY IN AFRICA [...] (SBU) Summary: The African Union (AU) takes maritime security seriously, AU Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy Bernard Zoba told EUCOM J5 Maj Gen Scott Gration and Polad Amb. Mary Yates December 16. The AU is adopting a step-by-step approach to ensure member states receive the requir [...]	2005-12-22 08:05:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHSA EWWT PTER AU XA
05ADDISABABA4179	AU TELLS EUCOM J5 AFRICAN STANDBY FORCE MOVING [...] (SBU) Summary: The AU Commission hopes a series of thematic workshops will create enough regional buy-in to enable a harmonized approach to the African Standby Force (ASF),AU Planning Element Chief of Staff BG Hassan told EUCOM J5 Maj Gen Scott Gration and Polad Amb. Yates on December 16. T [...]	2005-12-22 08:07:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR KPKO AU XA
05ADDISABABA4181	ETHIOPIAN PM ADDRESSES PARLIAMENT ON UNREST, [...] SUMMARY. In a December 13 address to Parliament, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi focused on the impending prosecution of CUD opposition party members, a newly established commission set to probe the June and December violence, and Ethiopia's commitment to withdraw troops near the borde [...]	2005-12-22 10:35:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS ET
05ADDISABABA4182	ETHIOPIA: LIVELY DEBATE ON MELES' "STATE OF THE [...] (U) SUMMARY. Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi addressed Parliament December 13 on the impending prosecution of CUD opposition party members, a newly established commission set to probe the June and December violence, Ethiopia's commitment to pull military forces away from the border wit [...]	2005-12-22 11:29:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS ET
05ADDISABABA4187	UNMEE TRANSFERS STAFF TO ETHIOPIA TO AVERT [...] (C) SUMMARY. UNMEE has "temporarily" transferred 80 personnel from Eritrea to Ethiopia, in order to comply with Eritrea's demand that U.S., Canadian, European, and Russian staff depart Eritrea. While acknowledging the transfer of civilian administrative staff (e.g., handling personnel and te [...]	2005-12-22 14:50:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO ET ER
05ADDISABABA4199	AMIS FUTURE - AU SETS PSC DATE, PARTNERS SEEK [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Summary: According to African Union (AU) Peace and Security Commissioner Amb. Said Djinnit, the AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) will meet January 12 to decide the future of AMIS. Addis-based AU partners are seeking guidance from c [...]	2005-12-23 12:00:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR KPKO SU AU
05ADDISABABA4201	AMIS FUTURE - AU SETS PSC DATE, PARTNERS SEEK [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Summary: According to African Union (AU) Peace and Security Commissioner Amb. Said Djinnit, the AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) will meet January 12 to decide the future of AMIS. Addis-based AU partners are seeking guidance from c [...]	2005-12-23 12:20:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR KPKO SU AU
05ADDISABABA4202	JAILED ETHIOPIAN OPPOSITION LEADERS AWAIT TRIAL ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On December 21, seven weeks after being detained by the Government as anti-government demonstrations rocked the capital, senior leadership of the opposition Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD),along with independent journalists and members of civil society organizations, f [...]	2005-12-23 12:23:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS KDEM ET
05ADDISABABA4223	AU BUREAU DIRECTOR ON U.S.-AU RELATIONS, AU [...] (C) Summary: The African Union (AU) welcomes plans to enhance U.S.-AU relations and is willing to work with the USG on privileges and immunities for a U.S. Ambassador to the AU, AU Bureau of the Chairperson Director Mamadou Lamine Diallo told PolEconCouns and Poloff December 27. The AU plans [...]	2005-12-28 13:35:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO SU AU ER ET
05ADDISABABA4234	DARFUR: AU TELLS SACEUR NATO ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Summary: The African Union (AU) Commission views its collaboration with NATO on Darfur as "excellent" and welcomes discussion on how to expand NATO assistance in areas such as training, Commissioner for Peace and Security Amb. Said Djinnit told SACEUR Gen. Jones December 16. Amb. Djinnit [...]	2005-12-29 14:13:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR SU AU
05ALGIERS1003	MORE ALGERIAN JOURNALISTS SENTENCED TO PRISON [...] Fouad Boughanem and Reda Belhadjouja have been found guilty of defamation for an article that appeared in 2003 in Le Soir d'Algerie. Each was sentenced to two months in jail and 250,000DA fine (US$3,427). In addition, the newspaper has been fined 250,000DA (US$3,427). Boughamen is the publ [...]	2005-05-18 16:16:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM AG
05ALGIERS1011	POLISARIO "AMBASSADOR" DELIVERS ABDELAZIZ LETTER [...] (C) DCM met with Polisario "Ambassador" to Algiers Mohammed Beissat May 19 at Beissat's request to accept a letter from Polisario Secretary General Abdelaziz to Secretary Rice (original faxed to NEA/MAG) and for a readout SIPDIS on Abdelaziz's May 10-13 visit to the U.S. Abdelaziz's lette [...]	2005-05-20 15:18:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM OPDC WI MO AG
05ALGIERS1013	AMBASSADOR RAISES EXERCISE-SPECIFIC SOFA WITH [...] (C) During Ambassador's May 21 call on newly appointed Foreign Minister Mohammed Bedjaoui (other issues reported septel),Ambassador noted the June 6-18 Flintlock '05 special forces exercise, adding that the exercise would provide an opportunity to advance counterterrorism capabilities in the [...]	2005-05-21 15:11:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL AG SOFA
05ALGIERS1016	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Ambassador conducted his first official call May 21 on Foreign Minister Mohammed Bedjaoui, who was appointed May 1 in place of former Fonmin Belkhadem (septel reports their discussion of an exercise-specific SOFA). The conversation covered U.S.-Algerian relations and a possible Bedjaoui v [...]	2005-05-22 11:58:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNNP ABLD AG IR IS US SOFA
05ALGIERS1027	BOUTEFLIKA MESSAGE TO POLISARIO MENTIONS SUPPORT [...] (U) In a written message to Polisario Secretary General Abdelaziz on the occasion of the 32nd anniversary of the formation of the Polisario Front and published in the Algerian press May 22, President Bouteflika has raised eyebrows and Moroccan ire by mentioning independence for the Sahrawi pe [...]	2005-05-23 10:00:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL WI MO AG
05ALGIERS1030	POTENTIAL FOR GREATER U.S. ACTIVITY IN ALGERIA'S [...] (U) The first half of 2005 has witnessed a small boom in U.S. interest in the Algerian domestic energy supply sector, with one U.S. firm, General Electric, pressing for participation in a new power plant and two other firms looking for opportunities in the market. According to GOA officials, [...]	2005-05-23 15:13:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EPET BEXP AG
05ALGIERS1049	SENHADJI POSITIVELY ASSESSES INAUGURAL JOINT [...] (C) Over May 24 lunch with Ambassador, MOD Secretary General Senhadji expressed great satisfaction with his Washington visit and the inaugural session of the Joint Military Dialogue. He also indicated Algeria would approve a SOFA for the June Flintlock exercises; reaffirmed Algerian interest [...]	2005-05-25 16:33:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PREL PGOV AG MO WI SOFA
05ALGIERS1050	AMBASSADOR PRESSES BELKHEIR ON DEFAMATION [...] (C) During May 24 meeting with Presidential Chief of Staff Belkheir on other issues, Ambassador took the occasion to underscore our serious concerns about the mounting number of Algerian journalists who are either in jail or condemned to prison terms on charges of defamation. (At the time of t [...]	2005-05-25 21:02:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAO AG
05ALGIERS1149	STATUS ON JAIL SENTENCES FOR JOURNALISTS [...] There are currently two Algerian journalists in prison, nine sentenced to prison terms and awaiting appeal, and two on trial for defamation. It is perhaps worth noting that all the defamation cases stem from articles written in 2003 or earlier. TWO JOURNALISTS IN PRISON ---------------- [...]	2005-06-05 16:19:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM AG
05ALGIERS1159	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ALGERIAN-MOROCCAN [...] (C) During June 5 meeting on other issues (septel),Presidential Chief of Staff Belkheir said both Morocco and Algeria were making efforts to send positive signals to the other, proceeding with plans for Prime Ministers Ouyahia and Jettou to meet in Rabat June 21-22, and hoping to re-energize [...]	2005-06-06 13:43:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AG MO WI
05ALGIERS1163	GSPC COMMUNIQUE EXTOLS ATTACK IN MAURITANIA, LINKS [...] (C) The Algerian terrorist organization GSPC (Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat) issued a communique dated June 5 in which the GSPC claimed responsibility for the June 4 attack on a Mauritanian military outpost near the Malian border (reftel) in which at least 15 Mauritanian soldiers and [...]	2005-06-07 14:35:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL MOPS ASEC MR AG
05ALGIERS1164	ALGERIAN BANKS WILL FINANCE DESALINIZATION PLANTS [...] (C) Minister of Energy and Mines Khelil made clear in a June 6 meeting with Ambassador that the GOA had given careful consideration to its plans to finance future desalinization plants. While Algerian state banks did not have much experience in project financing, they had to start somewhere. [...]	2005-06-07 17:37:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON AG OPIC
05ALGIERS1175	FM BEDJAOUI PROVIDES ORAL SOFA ASSURANCES, [...] (C) FM Bedjaoui told Ambassador June 8 that Algeria could not accept our proposed exchange of notes for a Flintlock exercise SOFA because of domestic legal constraints. However, he repeatedly reaffirmed the importance Algeria attached to these exercises; said Algeria was considering possible a [...]	2005-06-08 15:22:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV AG SOFA
05ALGIERS1199	POLISARIO SECRETARY GENERAL SAYS THE NON-VIOLENT [...] (SBU) In a departure from recent sabre-rattling rhetoric, Polisario leader Abdelaziz told a press gathering in Algiers June 11 it was the intent of the Sahrawis to use peaceful means in their struggle for self-determination. Blaming the Government of Morocco for the violence of late May, Abde [...]	2005-06-13 09:41:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO PHUM AG WI MO
05ALGIERS1211	SPANISH AMBASSADOR ON WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) Spanish Ambassador Lena called on Ambassador June 13 to offer GOS views on the need to calm tensions in the region and brief on Spanish State Minister for External Relations Leon's June trip to the region. Lena also shared a copy of Spanish FM Moratinos' letter to Algerian FM Bedjaoui. M [...]	2005-06-15 09:43:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS AG MO WI
05ALGIERS1233	NEW PRO-REFORM FINANCE MINISTER MOVING QUICKLY ON [...] Ambassador called on Finance Minister Mourad Medelci to extend congratulations and discuss the Minister's financial and economic vision for the country after his first five weeks in office. Medelci was bullish on the need for reform; announced the imminent privatization of three state-owned b [...]	2005-06-15 18:26:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV AG
05ALGIERS1242	MORE JOURNALISTS SENTENCED TO PRISON IN NEW "BLACK [...] Three journalists were sentenced June 14 for defamation in separate cases before the local Algiers tribunal. The cartoonist Ali Dilem of Liberte newspaper was sentenced to six months in prison and a DA 250,000 ($3,400) fine, while the journalist Kamel Amarni and the publication director Fouad [...]	2005-06-19 14:22:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV AG
05ALGIERS1243	ALGERIAN RESPONSE TO MOROCCAN STATEMENT CANCELING [...] (C) Initial Algerian government reaction to Morocco's cancellation of the June 21-22 meeting of the Algerian and Moroccan prime ministers in Rabat has taken the form of comments to the press by unidentified "diplomatic sources close to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs." These sources, whose c [...]	2005-06-19 15:13:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM AG MO WI
05ALGIERS1251	ALGERIAN CRITICISM OF MOROCCO SHARPENS [...] (C) While there has still been no official public response to Morocco's cancellation of the June 21-22 Prime Ministers' meeting in Rabat, an unidentified diplomatic source, clearly reflecting GOA views, has sharpened Algerian criticism of Morocco's move. The official, whom we believe was Min [...]	2005-06-20 18:55:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM AG MO WI
05ALGIERS1278	ALGERIA TAKING MORE CONCILIATORY TONE TOWARD [...] (C) Algerian FM Bedjaoui, in the GOA's first public remarks concerning Moroccan-Algerian relations since Morocco's cancellation of the prime ministers' meeting in Rabat, has struck a conciliatory tone. Alongside visiting Dutch FM Bot June 22, Bedjaoui called for "cooling things down" and not [...]	2005-06-26 12:37:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM AG MO WI
05ALGIERS1287	RISE OF CONVERSION TO CHRISTIANITY IN ALGERIA [...] (U) While the overall numbers are very modest compared to the still overwhelming Muslim population, Algeria is currently experiencing an unprecedented rise in conversions to Christianity, particularly by the Berber population in the Kabylie region. Driving this trend are several factors, in [...]	2005-06-27 16:18:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF KISL PHUM AG
05ALGIERS1289	UTILITY PRICES RISING AS THE GOA BEGINS TO [...] Parliament passed June 16 a revised Water Code allowing public water and sanitation services to take on private partners and to adjust the sliding water tariff schedule, which will likely lead to more price increases. (Minimum per cubic meter water prices for typical consumers already increa [...]	2005-06-27 17:02:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EIND ETRD BEXP AG
05ALGIERS1291	RISE OF CONVERSION TO CHRISTIANITY IN ALGERIA [...] (SBU) While the overall numbers are very modest compared to the still overwhelming Muslim population, Algeria is currently experiencing an unprecedented rise in conversions to Christianity, particularly by the Berber population in the Kabylie region. Driving this trend are several factors, [...]	2005-06-28 07:57:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF KISL PHUM AG
05ALGIERS1302	THE KHALIFA LEGACY: BAD HABITS PERSIST AS ALGERIA [...] (C) At least one bank in Algeria's public-dominated banking industry appears to have retained some of the bad habits that caused the collapse of the entire sector in 2003. Ambassador and Econoff learned May 24 from the president of a large western bank in Algeria that the specialized Algerian [...]	2005-06-28 17:38:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV AG
05ALGIERS1304	AMARI SAIFI AKA ABDERREZAK AL-PARA SENTENCED IN [...] (U) According to Algerian press reports June 25, 2005, the Algerian militant and former number two of the al-Qaida linked Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC),Amari Saifi aka Abderrazak Al-Para, was sentenced in abstentia to life in prison for organizing a terrorist group and for sp [...]	2005-06-29 12:10:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER AG
05ALGIERS1325	KHELIL SAYS OIL PRICES TO STAY HIGH AS ALGERIA [...] (SBU) Energy Minister Chakib Khelil in recent comments expressed confidence that oil prices would not drop below $50 per barrel, and he did not rule out barrel prices of $80 or even higher, which he said the international economy could withstand. Algeria's windfall oil revenue topped $17 billi [...]	2005-07-01 14:20:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON AG
05ALGIERS1328	ALGERIA SIGNS ITS FIRST-EVER PROJECT FINANCE DEAL [...] (U) Hamma desalination plant negotiators signed contracts June 25 committing to a loan for the first reverse-osmosis desalination plant in Algeria, one of the largest such plants in the world. OPIC is loaning up to $200 million for the plant, which is expected to be completed in 2007, 24 mont [...]	2005-07-02 08:45:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV SENV AG OPIC
05ALGIERS1358	JULY 3 DISCUSSION OF MOROCCAN-ALGERIAN RELATIONS [...] (C) In an extended exchange July 3 with Presidential Chief of Staff Belkheir, Ambassador reviewed reftel talking points, expressing strong U.S. disappointment over recent setbacks in Moroccan-Algerian relations, noting that provocative actions from both sides had contributed to the current seri [...]	2005-07-05 11:58:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM PGOV AG MO WI
05ALGIERS1366	JUDICIARY REFORM ON THE FRONT BURNER, AND THE [...] (U) Portions of this text are sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. SUMMARY AND COMMENT ------------------- 2. (SBU) A major human rights seminar presently held in Algiers in early July, coming on the heels of a highly publicized visit by Human Rights Watch, has serv [...]	2005-07-06 18:39:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI AG
05ALGIERS1379	PRESIDENT BOUTEFLIKA'S INTERVIEW IN THE TUNISIAN [...] (C) Part of the continuing problem between Morocco and Algeria stems from their habit of protesting their own side's innocence while giving highly colored and exaggerated accounts of the other side's actions and statements. To take but one example, Algerian protestations that Bouteflika's let [...]	2005-07-09 16:35:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM MO AG WI
05ALGIERS1381	BOUTEFLIKA STILL INTERESTED IN POW RELEASE [...] (C) Presidential Chief of Staff Belkheir telephoned Ambassador July 9 at the instruction of President Bouteflika to signal the latter's continuing interest in a Lugar mission to secure the release of all Moroccan prisoners held by the Polisario. Specifically, he asked if Washington had reacted [...]	2005-07-09 17:18:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AG WI MO
05ALGIERS1402	BOUTEFLIKA'S STRATEGIC MANEUVERING ON THE [...] (C) President Bouteflika has spoken out twice in the last ten days against the French law passed by the French Parliament in February citing the positive achievements of the French colonial period. Prior to Bouteflika's comments, however, Algerian Foreign Minister Mohamed Bedjaoui spoke of a n [...]	2005-07-12 06:04:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD FR AG
05ALGIERS1408	AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH VISIT [...] (U) In back to back visits, Amnesty International (AI) and Human Rights Watch (HRW) sent delegations to Algeria, signaling the GOA's greater openness toward international NGOs and open discussion of human rights issues. AI's delegation visited Algeria May 6-25 and HRW's delegation visited J [...]	2005-07-12 11:58:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM AG
05ALGIERS1410	ALGERIAN VIEWS ON LONDON BOMBINGS [...] (C) Algerians, judging from comments made to Embassy staff, press commentaries and other press reporting since the London bombings of July 7, have drawn three main conclusions about these terrorist attacks. First, the bombings should come as no surprise and were a natural consequence of the [...]	2005-07-12 16:25:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KISL AG
05ALGIERS1422	BELKHADEM REBUKES FRANCE ON RELATIONS WITH MOROCCO [...] (U) During a visit to Casablanca on July 12, French Foreign Minister Phillipe Douste-Blazy gave an interview to the Moroccan daily Le Matin Du Sahara commenting on the need for resolution of the Western Sahara dispute. Douste-Blazy stated that France, like Spain and its other partners, was [...]	2005-07-14 08:51:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MO FR AG
05ALGIERS1426	POLISARIO LEADER IS WORKING TO RELEASE MOROCCAN [...] (U) On July 16 Algerian French-language newspapers El Watan, Liberte and Expression, as well as the leading Arabic-language newspaper El Khabar quoted a July 14 article from French newspaper Le Monde stating that Polisario "President" Abdelaziz, on a diplomatic mission to Spain, announced hi [...]	2005-07-16 15:22:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PBTS AG
05ALGIERS1508	BELKHEIR RAISES MOROCCAN REQUEST TO DESIGNATE [...] (C) During a July 18 meeting with Charge on other issues, Presidential Chief of Staff Belkheir raised reports that Morocco has requested the U.S. to designate the Polisario Front as a terrorist organization. Belkheir asserted that an American organization called The Institute for the Preventi [...]	2005-07-18 12:15:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL WI AG MO
05ALGIERS1525	GSPC ANNOUNCES 'NAMES' OF FIVE MEMBERS KILLED IN [...] The Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) issued a communiqu on their website July 15 stating that five GSPC members were killed during the June 4 attack in Mauritania. - Ibrahim Abu Ishak; Ghardaia, Algeria. Ishak also fought in Afghanistan, according to the website. - Yahia; R [...]	2005-07-19 15:31:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PINR AG
05ALGIERS1534	ENGAGING ALGERIAN OPINION MAKERS ON TERRORIST [...] (C) As described Ref A, Embassy Algiers actively engages Algerian governmental, political, social, religious, and media figures on a regular basis. As part of our engagement, we actively encourage public denunciations of terrorist violence in general, and of attacks on Iraqi civilians specif [...]	2005-07-20 17:28:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO KISL PREL PTER AG
05ALGIERS1539	ALGERIAN REACTION TO KIDNAPPING OF ALGERIAN [...] (U) Algerian political parties, including the moderate Islamist MSP party represented in Parliament, joined the government in condemning the July 21 kidnapping of two Algerian diplomats in Baghdad. An MFA source, speaking on background to the media, said the kidnapping "brought about enormou [...]	2005-07-23 16:52:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER AG IZ
05ALGIERS1542	(S) BELKHEIR STRESSES NEED FOR MOROCCO TO MOVE ON [...] (C) Charge delivered ref (a) points confirming that the USG has no intention at this time of designating the Polisario as a terrorist organization to Presidential Chief of Staff Larbi Belkheir July 23. Noting that U.S. policy toward the Polisario remained unchanged, Charge also stressed our [...]	2005-07-24 13:56:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	PTER PREL WI AG MO
05ALGIERS1550	BOUTEFLIKA CONDEMNS SHARM EL-SHEIKH BOMBINGS [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-25 11:21:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER EG AG
05ALGIERS1554	GSPC STATEMENT OF CONGRATULATIONS ON THE ABDUCTION [...] (U) The Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC),an Algerian terrorist group with links to al-Qaida, published July 23 a statement congratulating Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and Al-Qaida in Iraq on the recent kidnapping in Iraq of two Algerian diplomats. The text of the statement is as follow [...]	2005-07-26 06:03:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL AG IZ
05ALGIERS1560	MINISTER DELEGATE MESSAHEL CONFIRMS ALGERIAN [...] (S) Summary and Comment. Minister of State Abdelkader Messahel confirmed to Charge and UK Ambassador Tesoriere July 26, in a meeting held at our request, that the Algerian Embassy in Baghdad remained open officially. Messahel said there had only been three Algerian diplomatic staff in Baghd [...]	2005-07-26 17:50:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	PTER PREL AG IZ
05ALGIERS1571	NEW TRAFFIC PLAN IN ALGIERS CAUSES DISCONTENT, [...] The Ministry of Transportation began enforcing a new traffic plan June 1 in Algiers to reduce daytime traffic congestion throughout the capital. The new measure restricts the movement of trucks of more than 2.5 tons inside the capital to nighttime hours only. Truck drivers, dock workers, and [...]	2005-07-27 16:10:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB EWWT PGOV AG
05ALGIERS1575	ALGERIANS OUTRAGED BY MURDER OF TWO DIPLOMATS IN [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Algerians reacted with shock and outrage to the announcement July 27 by Al-Qaida in Iraq that it had executed the two kidnapped Algerian diplomats, Ali Belaroussi and Azzedine Belkadi. Within two hours of the posting of the Al-Qaida announcement on a jihadist website [...]	2005-07-28 15:10:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL AG IZ
05ALGIERS1590	BOUTEFLIKA CONGRATULATES KING MOHAMMED [...] The Algerian media reported July 31 the text of President Bouteflika's July 30 message to Moroccan King Mohammed VI on the occasion of the Throne Day holiday. Bouteflika expressed "his warmest congratulations and dearest wishes" to the king, praying that God protect him and grant him health a [...]	2005-08-01 16:48:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AG MO
05ALGIERS1591	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES U.S.-ALGERIAN COOPERATION, [...] (C) Ambassador was the first official caller on newly appointed MFA Secretary General Ramdane Lamamra July 31. Lamamra, a former Ambassador to Washington from 1996-99 and to the UN from 1993-96, was recalled from Lisbon last week to replace a colleague (former Secretary General Hocine Meghlao [...]	2005-08-01 17:50:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ETRD MARR AG MO WI IZ US SOFA
05ALGIERS1593	ALGERIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] Air Algerie General Manager Tayeb Benouis has been summoned by the prosecutor in charge of the ongoing Khalifa Airways case. The prosecutor will question Benouis about the relationship between the state airline company and Khalifa Group CEO Abdelmoumen Khalifa. The Khalifa Group and various go [...]	2005-08-02 15:02:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV BEXP PGOV AG
05ALGIERS1604	NEW ALGERIAN MFA SECRETARY GENERAL BIO INFORMATION [...] (C) On July 23, Ambassador Ramdane Lamamra was named as the new MFA Secretary General, replacing Hocine Maghlaoui. Lamamra began his career in 1976 and his notable tours include posts as Algerian Ambassador to the UN, Ambassador to the U.S. and most recently Ambassador to Portugal. Lamamra ap [...]	2005-08-03 16:47:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR AG
05ALGIERS1606	COMMERCE MINISTER SEEKS CONTINUED US SUPPORT ON [...] (C) In a July 30 courtesy call with Commerce Minister El Hachemi Djaaboub, Ambassador delivered USTR talking points (ref) that underscored USG support for Algeria's WTO accession and raised issues for Algeria to address more thoroughly in both bilateral market access and multilateral negotiati [...]	2005-08-06 06:10:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON AG WTRO USTR WTO
05ALGIERS1619	LIBYAN AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ALGERIAN STABILITY, [...] (C) Summary. Over lunch at the Residence August 6, newly arrived Libyan Ambassador Abdel Moula El-Ghadbane described to Ambassador and DCM his views on President Bouteflika's role in stabilizing Algeria's internal political situation, as well as his critique of Islamic extremism in Algeria an [...]	2005-08-07 15:27:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KISL PGOV AG LY
05ALGIERS1624	ALGERIA 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-08 08:24:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	KTDB AG OPIC USTR
05ALGIERS1628	ALGERIAN TERRORISM EXPERT COMMENTS ON MURDER OF [...] (C) Summary. Algerian journalist and terrorism expert Mounir Boudjemaa told DCM August 6 that the GOA had deliberately avoided mobilizing popular support for the release of the two diplomats kidnapped in Baghdad July 21 because the government expected them to be killed. Boudjemaa was uncert [...]	2005-08-08 16:54:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC MOPS AG IZ
05ALGIERS1652	GOA MOVES TO STOP CORRUPTION [...] (C) A growing realization of the economic and development costs of pervasive corruption in Algeria, coupled with reported pressure from some key senior military figures, is prompting increased government efforts against corruption. Over the past several months, President Bouteflika has made a [...]	2005-08-10 15:06:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PGOV EPET AG
05ALGIERS1661	ALGERIA'S NATIONAL RECONCILIATION PLAN [...] (C) Algeria is emerging from a decade of terrorist violence and massive bloodshed beginning in the early 1990's and is now looking to take necessary steps to allow the country to heal its wounds. Much like his 1999 platform of Civil Concord, President Bouteflika's 2004 presidential campaign w [...]	2005-08-10 16:26:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER AG
05ALGIERS1674	UPCOMING SIGNING OF THE U.S.-ALGERIA S&T AGREEMENT [...] Econoff notified MFA Deputy Director of the Americas August 11 of USG agreement to the Algerian proposed changes to the Science and Technology Agreement (preamble paragraph 3) and informed him that we understood U/S for Global Affairs Dobriansky was prepared to come to Algiers for the signing [...]	2005-08-13 18:14:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA TSPL AG US
05ALGIERS1677	EQUIPMENT LICENSES TO ALGERIA SUSPENDED [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-14 09:25:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KOMC MASS AG US
05ALGIERS1702	HIGHLIGHTS OF BOUTEFLIKA'S NATIONAL RECONCILIATION [...] In President Bouteflika's address to the nation August 14, he outlined his vision of national reconciliation and announced that the national reconciliation referendum will take place September 29. National reconciliation will, if the referendum passes, halt legal proceedings and commute sente [...]	2005-08-15 18:06:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL AG
05ALGIERS1753	SENATOR LUGAR DISCUSSES WESTERN SAHARA, [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-19 11:35:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PBTS WI AG MO
05ALGIERS1765	LUGAR VISIT AFTERMATH [...] (C) Despite some scattered grumbling in the media and elsewhere about U.S. "pressure" and unaddressed humanitarian concerns vis-a-vis the Sahrawis, press coverage of Senator Lugar's humanitarian mission and the unconditional release of all remaining Moroccan prisoners by the Polisario has been [...]	2005-08-21 15:25:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM AG MO WI
05ALGIERS1766	SENATOR LUGAR DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES AND UN [...] (C) During their August 18 meeting, President Bouteflika and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Senator Richard Lugar discussed Morocco and the Western Sahara (ref A),U.S.-Algerian bilateral relations, Libya, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel's withdrawal from Gaza, the coup in Mau [...]	2005-08-21 16:40:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER XF AG UNSC US
05ALGIERS1768	SENATOR LUGAR'S MEETING WITH POLISARIO LEADER [...] (C) Summary: In an August 18 meeting with Senator Lugar, Polisario leader Abdelaziz thanked him, the U.S., and President Bush for their help in releasing to the International Red Cross the final 404 Polisario-held prisoners scheduled to return to their families in Morocco. Abdelaziz hoped th [...]	2005-08-22 05:55:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PBTS WI AG MO
05ALGIERS1771	RETIRED CHOD COMMENTS ON MOROCCAN BORDER ISSUES [...] (C) At a dinner hosted by the Saudi Defense Attache August 20, DCM was seated facing former Algerian CHOD General Mohammed Lamari, who retired one year ago. The Tunisian and Moroccan attaches were seated at the same table. Lamari began reminiscing about the war of independence from France, [...]	2005-08-22 12:00:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR MOPS AG MO FR
05ALGIERS1810	NATIONAL RECONCILIATION: DO ALGERIANS SUPPORT [...] (C) President Bouteflika is poised to win a strong majority in the September 29 referendum on his proposed Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation. Through a carefully crafted political and media strategy, he has framed the proposal in a way that makes it hard to oppose; orchestrated a [...]	2005-08-27 09:10:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER AG
05ALGIERS1811	ALGERIAN RESPONSE TO INTERPOL'S REQUEST FOR [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-27 12:49:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM TBIO PTER AG
05ALGIERS1836	DESPITE SOME EARLIER CONCERNS, GOA TAKING POSITIVE [...] (C) Ambassador separately called on Minister-Delegate Messahel and Presidential Chief of Staff Belkheir August 27 to express appreciation for Algeria's role in the Moroccan POW release, take a temperature reading, and discuss the way ahead. Both men expressed satisfaction over the success of [...]	2005-08-29 10:25:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM AG MO WI
05ALGIERS1853	ALGERIA DECLINES OFFER OF DELEGATION TO DISCUSS [...] (C) Ambassador, accompanied by Pol/Econ Chief, called on MFA Americas Director Chikhi August 30 to press the need for SOFA protections for U.S. personnel involved in exercises in Algeria and to seek clarification on the issue of a SOFA team visit in September. Chikhi doggedly adhered to the la [...]	2005-08-31 13:27:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV AG SOFA
05ALGIERS1861	BLUE LANTERN UPDATE [...] (C) In an August 30 meeting dealing with a number of issues, Ambassador, accompanied by PolEc Chief, raised the suspension of equipment licenses to Algeria under the Blue Lantern program with MFA Director General for the Americas Chikhi. Ambassador said we were perplexed by Algeria's recent [...]	2005-08-31 17:19:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KOMC MASS AG
05ALGIERS1866	ALGERIAN POLICY ON MAURITANIA [...] (C) In an August 31 meeting with FM Bedjaoui on other issues, Ambassador briefed on U.S. policy approach toward Mauritania Ref A),emphasizing that the United States wanted to see an early return to constitutional order (6-12 months) and to keep the African Union (AU) in the lead as our princi [...]	2005-09-04 13:46:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV PTER MR AG
05ALGIERS1867	UPDATE ON ALGERIANS SCHEDULED FOR RELEASE FROM [...] (C) In an August 31 meeting on other issues, Ambassador pressed FM Bedjaoui for an early, favorable response conveying Algeria's readiness to accept the return of Algerian nationals scheduled for release from Guantanamo. Ambassador explained that the Embassy had raised this issue with the Mini [...]	2005-09-04 13:53:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL KAWC AG
05ALGIERS1875	PRESENTATION OF DRAFT IRAQI CONSTITUTION AND [...] (C) Ambassador, accompanied by Pol/Econ Chief, called on FM Bedjaoui August 31 to deliver reftel demarche urging strong support for the Iraqi people, the democratic process in Iraq, and the October 15 referendum on the draft Iraqi constitution. Ambassador reviewed the talking points in some d [...]	2005-09-06 10:24:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ AG
05ALGIERS1876	AMBASSADOR RAISES ALGERIAN DEPORTEE ISSUE WITH [...] (C) During an August 31 meeting with FM Bedjaoui on other issues, Ambassador (accompanied by PolEcon Chief) pressed the GOA to communicate quickly its willingness to accept the return of twelve Algerian deportees and issue them travel documents. Ambassador said that we had raised these cases [...]	2005-09-06 10:27:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	KHLS CASC CFED ASEC AG
05ALGIERS1877	ALGERIAN FOREIGN MINISTER CONFIRMS GOA READINESS [...] (S) FM Bedjaoui told Ambassador August 31 that political sensitivities over the fact or appearance of a permanent U.S. troop presence or basing arrangements precluded Algeria from agreeing to a public, formal SOFA agreement. That said, Algeria understood the importance and mutual benefit of ou [...]	2005-09-06 10:54:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	MARR PREL PGOV AG SOFA
05ALGIERS1878	COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM [...] (C) Due to absence abroad of both Foreign Minister Bedjaoui and Secretary General Lamamra, Ambassador delivered Secretary's letter urging conclusion of the Comprehensive SIPDIS Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT) without delay to MFA Mulilateral Relations Director General Belhimeur [...]	2005-09-06 13:28:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER
05ALGIERS1897	UNITED NATIONS SUMMIT OUTCOME DOCUMENT [...] (C) Ambassador met with MFA Multilateral Relations Director General Belhimeur September 5 per reftel demarche, underscoring U.S. good faith efforts to reach agreement on a strong, meaningful, and detailed outcome document, urging that the Algerian delegation be instructed to work in the same f [...]	2005-09-07 17:05:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AG
05ALGIERS1910	POLISARIO AMBASSADOR URGES U.S. "GESTURE" [...] (C) Polisario "Ambassador" to Algeria Beissat told DCM September 6 that there was considerable internal criticism of Polisario leader Abdelaziz following the Lugar mission due to the impression that the Polisario had received nothing in return for releasing the Moroccan prisoners. Beissat urg [...]	2005-09-11 11:53:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM WI MO AG
05ALGIERS1911	POST LUGAR MISSION: ALGERIAN FM BEDJAOUI ON [...] (C) In an August 31 meeting on several topics with FM Bedjaoui, Ambassador reaffirmed President Bush's appreciation for Algeria's help in facilitating the release of the final 404 Moroccan prisoners previously held by the Polisario. Making reference to President Bush's letter to President Bou [...]	2005-09-11 12:52:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM MO AG WI
05ALGIERS1912	CHILD LABOR MANDATORY REPORTING RESPONSE FOR [...] Child labor is not pervasive in Algeria. Most of the instances where it does occur are in the agricultural sector where there is either a shortage of labor, few educational opportunities, or a combination of both. Algeria has established ages for compulsory education (six to sixteen years o [...]	2005-09-11 16:37:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD AG
05ALGIERS1914	BELKHEIR ON NATIONAL RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Ambassador took advantage of a September 10 meeting with Presidential Chief of Staff Belkheir on other issues to ask about the September 29 referendum on national peace and reconciliation. Without detectable enthusiasm, Belkheir said the goal of the referendum was to move beyond the diviso [...]	2005-09-12 13:11:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PTER AG
05ALGIERS1917	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AVIAN FLU PARTNERSHIP [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-12 15:49:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON KSCA PREL SOCI TBIO AG
05ALGIERS1918	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON RESPONDING TO ENERGY SUPPLY [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche concerning post-Katrina energy supply disruptions, as well as longer term conservation measures, to Minister of Energy and Mines Khelil September 11. Khelil said the shortage of refining capacity was a large contributing factor to current petroleum sh [...]	2005-09-12 16:10:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET AG
05ALGIERS1920	ALGERIAN FM'S READOUT ON IRANIAN ENVOY'S VISIT TO [...] (C) In an August 31 meeting devoted to a number of issues, FM Bedjaoui gave Ambassador a readout of Iranian envoy Alaadine Broujardi's August 29 meeting with President Bouteflika in Algiers. Bedjaoui, who attended the meeting, said Broujardi had given many facts and arguments to bolster Iran [...]	2005-09-12 16:44:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PTER IR AG
05ALGIERS1942	NEW GSPC COMMUNIQUE WARNS OF FAKES [...] (U) The Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) issued a statement September 10 warning against faked communiques issued by Abu Turab al-Jaza'iri in the name of the GSPC. The communique said al-Jaza'iri has no direct or indirect connection to the GSPC and that his communiques are not o [...]	2005-09-18 16:05:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL AG
05ALGIERS1952	ALGERIAN EFFORTS AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (C) In a September 14 meeting with Department of Justice money laundering expert Suzanne Hayden, the head of Algeria's inter-ministerial financial action task force, Mohamed Benamar Aid, briefed on the group's activities since the adoption of new national money-laundering legislation in Februa [...]	2005-09-20 16:47:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KCRM PREL PTER AG
05ALGIERS1956	ALGERIA TO CONTRIBUTE $5 MILLION TO KATRINA RELIEF [...] (SBU) MFA SYG Lamamra told Ambassador, during telephone discussion of other issues late September 21, that Algeria would shortly be contributing $5 million to the relief funds for victims of Hurricane Katrina. Lamamra said it was the President's intention to inform the U.S. of this contributio [...]	2005-09-21 16:53:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM AG
05ALGIERS1957	DISCUSSION WITH FORMER ALGERIAN PM GHOZALI [...] (C) Over coffee September 13, former Algerian Head of Government Sid Ahmed Ghozali told PolEc Chief that he opposed President Bouteflika's plan for National Reconciliation in its current form because there could be no forgiveness without a sincere effort to establish the truth, and without fo [...]	2005-09-21 17:05:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON AG INRB
05ALGIERS1958	NEWSPAPER EDITOR COMMENTS ON BENCHICHOU CASE, [...] (C) During a September 19 visit to Oran, DCM and PD staff visited the offices of the high-brow, French-language daily Le Quotidien d'Oran. Le Quotidien's editor in chief, Mohammed Abdou Benabou (strictly protect),offered his views on President Bouteflika's efforts to rein-in the independent [...]	2005-09-21 17:12:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM MARR AG

05ALGIERS1971	ALGERIA TO ATTEND RABAT DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE [...] DCM participated in a joint demarche with UK Charge Nick Low and Italian DCM Antonio Bellavia on MFA Director General for the Americas Cherif Chikhi September 26 to encourage high level GOA participation at the October 1-3 BMENA Democracy Assistance Dialogue meeting in Rabat. Chikhi, who will [...]	2005-09-26 16:49:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KPAO PREL KMPI AG
05ALGIERS1973	ALGERIA POISED FOR POSITIVE REFERENDUM VOTE ON [...] (C) In the leadup to the September 29 referendum on President Bouteflika's proposed Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation, the GOA has pulled out all the stops to assure a sizable turnout and overwhelming "yes" vote. From Bouteflika on down, the entire senior leadership has barnstormed [...]	2005-09-27 14:44:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AG
05ALGIERS1975	COMBATING EXTREMISM IN ALGERIA [...] (C) Having defeated an armed Islamic extremist insurgency over the past thirteen years, Algeria has gained considerable experience in combating extremism. Algerian military and political leaders openly admit now that at the time of the army's intervention to prevent the election of an Islamis [...]	2005-09-27 16:37:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO EAID AG
05ALGIERS2037	ALGERIANS OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVE NATIONAL [...] (C) According to the Ministry of Interior, about 97 percent of Algerians who voted September 29 approved President Bouteflika's proposal for national reconciliation. Of eligible voters, nearly 80 percent officially went to the polls nationwide. While officials and citizens alike took for gra [...]	2005-10-03 14:31:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM AG
05ALGIERS2042	DELIVERY OF PRESIDENT'S LETTER ON WESTERN [...] (C) Responding to delivery of the President's letter, Algerian Presidential Adviser Rahal agreed with the President's message and the desirability of improved Algerian-Moroccan relations but did not demonstrate any flexibility or imagination as to how Algeria might contribute to such a process [...]	2005-10-03 17:30:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MO WI AG
05ALGIERS2045	ALGERIAN DRAFT RESOLUTION ON WESTERN SAHARA IN [...] DCM represented the Embassy at a meeting October 3 convoked by MFA with the ambassadors of North and South American states. MFA Acting Director General for the Americas Abderrahmane Benmokhtar explained that Algeria is about to introduce a draft resolution on the Western Sahara in the UNGA's [...]	2005-10-04 15:46:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL WI MO AG UNGA
05ALGIERS2047	FRENCH EMBASSY COUNSELOR COMMENTS ON REFERENDUM, [...] (C) At the German national day reception October 3, French Embassy Second Counselor Alexandre Garcia told DCM that the French Embassy was convinced that the official vote participation figures released by Minister of Interior Zerhouni September 30 were fraudulent, at least for the city of Algi [...]	2005-10-04 17:16:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AG FR
05ALGIERS2048	MFA SECRETARY GENERAL SKEPTICAL ABOUT IMPROVING [...] (C) MFA Secretary General Lamamra, in the context of Ambassador's delivery of the President's September 30 letter urging improved Moroccan-Algerian relations, showed little flexibility vis a vis Morocco, reinforcing our impression that the Algerian leadership has given up hope of any near-term [...]	2005-10-04 17:28:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MO AG UN
05ALGIERS2055	SKIKDA REFINERY FIRE EXPECTED TO HAVE NO EFFECT ON [...] (U) This cable has been sent sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Algeria's second largest crude oil refinery at Skikda experienced a fire October 4 that burned through the night and into today. Early morning reports to us from local industry officials said the [...]	2005-10-05 14:10:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ETRD EWWT PTER PINR ASEC AG
05ALGIERS2057	AMBASSADOR RAISES GUANTANAMO DETAINEES WITH MFA [...] (C) During an October 3 meeting on other issues, Ambassador and Pol/Econ chief raised with MFA Secretary General Lamamra the U.S. desire to repatriate some Algerian detainees at Guantanamo. Ambassador, noting an earlier conversation with FM Bedjaoui on the same subject (Ref A) and expressing [...]	2005-10-05 14:39:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL KAWC AG
05ALGIERS2058	AMBASSADOR RAISES BLUE LANTERN IMPASSE WITH MFA [...] (S) In an October 4 meeting with MFA Secretary General Lamamra on other issues, Ambassador pushed hard on the Blue Lantern impasse, frankly cautioning that this issue was damaging perceptions of Algeria in Washington and jeopardizing possibilities for increased military cooperation. Ambassado [...]	2005-10-05 14:44:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	ETTC KOMC MASS AG
05ALGIERS2059	UN SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE BASTAGLI'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) UN Special Representative to the Secretary General for the Western Sahara Francesco Bastagli briefed Ambassador October 1 on his meetings in the region since taking up his new duties. He expressed appreciation for the U.S. contribution to resolving Western Sahara issues; spoke of the nee [...]	2005-10-05 15:00:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM PTER AG MO WI UN
05ALGIERS2082	GOA RESPONDS TO MOROCCAN ACCUSATIONS ON [...] (U) In recent days, Algerian media have devoted much coverage to the plight of African migrants attempting to enter the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, which are located in northern Morocco. The coverage has focused primarily on the allegedly dire humanitarian situation of the migrant [...]	2005-10-10 15:42:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SMIG AG MO XA
05ALGIERS2086	BELKHADEM TO BECOME PRIME MINISTER? [...] (C) According to press reports in recent days, FLN Party Leader and former Foreign Minister Abdelaziz Belkhadem, who is also Minister of State and Bouteflika's Personal Representative, will be named Prime Minister, replacing Ahmed Ouyahia. These rumors have circulated for about a month but a [...]	2005-10-11 09:36:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AG
05ALGIERS2091	VULNERABILITY OF KEY FOREIGN OIL SUPPLIERS [...] (S) Post provides the following answers to the Department's questions on the vulnerability of key foreign oil supplies in Algeria: (S) -- Have host governments completed vulnerability assessments of the facilities (Arzew Terminal and Skikda)? Following the 2004 explosion at Skikda (see par [...]	2005-10-12 09:31:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	KHLS EPET ETRD EWWT PTER PINR ASEC
05ALGIERS2114	REPORTERS SANS FRONTIERES SOUNDS ALARM ON [...] Portions of this cable are sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) The health condition of Mohamed Benchicou, editor-in-chief of the now-defunct French-language daily Le Matin, who was sentenced to two years imprisonment June 14, 2004 for having illegally transferre [...]	2005-10-16 08:37:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KMPI AG
05ALGIERS2116	DISCUSSING ZAWAHIRI-ZARQAWI LETTER WITH HIGH [...] (C) Charge took advantage of an October 15 meeting on other issues with the President of the High Islamic Council, Cheikh Bouamrane, to provide him a copy of the Arabic text, downloaded from the DNI website, of Ayman al-Zawahiri's letter to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Charge stressed that the lett [...]	2005-10-16 10:07:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KISL IZ AG
05ALGIERS2132	MFA RESPONDS SHARPLY TO MOROCCAN ACCUSATIONS OF [...] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued an unusually sharply worded official response October 17 to the October 16 comments of Moroccan Prime Minister Driss Jettou that "strongly condemned Algeria and the Polisario's exploitation of the very complex immigration issue to achieve cheap propaganda [...]	2005-10-18 15:34:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM SMIG AG MO
05ALGIERS2138	POLISARIO ASSERTS THREATENING STATEMENT WAS "NOT [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel demarche to Polisario "Ambassador" Mohammed Beissat October 19, stressing the total inacceptability of threats to American citizens and interests such as those contained in a Polisario press release October 12, and called for the Polisario to issue a statement retract [...]	2005-10-19 15:47:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL PTER AG MO WI
05ALGIERS2145	IMF Recommendations for Algeria [...] Summary: In an October 16 press conference following a two-week visit to Algeria, Mr. Erik De Vrijer, Division Chief for Middle East and Central Asia at the IMF declared that Algeria showed favorable economic development in 2005. De Vrijer highlighted the "significant" structural reforms under [...]	2005-10-22 13:03:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EIND ETRD BEXP AG
05ALGIERS2147	POLISARIO REMOVES OCTOBER 12 PRESS RELEASE AND [...] (C) DCM followed up the evening of October 19 with Polisario "Ambassador" Mohammed Beissat on Beissat's assertion (ref A) that the Polisario's press service, SPS, had not officially released the threatening statement of October 12. DCM noted that the statement continued to appear on the SPS [...]	2005-10-22 13:57:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER AG MO WI
05ALGIERS2149	TALKING POINTS DELIVERED ON ADJUSTING FOOD AID FOR [...] PolEc Chief delivered points requested reftel October 22 to UNDP Resident Representative Marc Destanne de Bernis (in the absence of an available UNHCR representative) and to WFP Representative and Country Director Marius de Gaay Fortman. PolEc Chief stressed that we stood behind efforts to pro [...]	2005-10-22 15:13:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM AG WI
05ALGIERS2155	MEETINGS IN ALGIERS ON GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (S) Ron Miller, Senior Adviser to the Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, held meetings with officials from the MFA, Ministry of Justice, and Presidency officials October 18 on issues related to the detention and repatriation of detainees held at Guantanamo who claim to be Algerian. Mi [...]	2005-10-23 05:33:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	PTER KAWC PINR PREL AG
05ALGIERS2162	INFORMATION PASSED TO GOA ON TRANSFER AND RELEASE [...] (C) Ambassador, accompanied by PolEc Chief, delivered reftel talking points October 24 to MFA Director General for the Americas Fatiha Selmane. Ambassador also passed the proposed diplomatic notes that would be required in advance of the transfer of Algerian detainees from U.S. to Algerian co [...]	2005-10-25 15:30:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KAWC AG
05ALGIERS2165	AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON NEW MFA DIRECTOR [...] (C) During an October 24 courtesy call, Ambassador briefed new MFA Americas Director General Fatiha Selmane on bilateral issues. Selmane, up until a year ago Algeria's ambassador to South Africa, agreed bilateral relations were good and growing; noted our excellent post-9/11 counter-terrorism [...]	2005-10-26 10:48:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS TSPL EAIR SCUL KMPI AG INRB
05ALGIERS2168	SUBJECT: ALGERIA PREPARED TO COOPERATE ON CHAPTER [...] (C) In an October 26 meeting with the U.S., French, and British ambassadors, FM Bedjaoui confirmed he would participate in the October 31 UNSC ministerial, said he would immediately instruct their New York delegation to engage in resolution consultations later today, and indicated Algeria was [...]	2005-10-26 18:08:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IO LY SY AG
05ALGIERS2194	DESPITE PROBLEMS, ALGERIAN REFORM PROCESS MOVING [...] (C) Under the leadership of President Bouteflika, Algeria has embarked on a process of serious and sweeping reform. The process has been uneven, to be sure, and Algeria has a long way to go before it achieves real democracy, rule of law, habits of transparency, and open markets. Executive pow [...]	2005-10-30 14:59:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI ECON KWMN AG
05ALGIERS2213	Algeria Economic Highlights: [...] Spanish Group to Build Desalination Plant 2. $15 Billion Trade Balance Surplus 3. New Payment System Combats Money Laundering 4. Draft Law on Nuclear Energy 5. Sonatrach to Supply LNG to U.S. firm Sampra SPANISH GROUP GEIDA SELECTED FOR DESALINATION PLANT --------------------- [...]	2005-10-31 13:23:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EIND ETRD BEXP AG
05ALGIERS2222	STATUS OF TERRORISM ONE MONTH AFTER PASSAGE OF [...] (C) One month after the favorable September 29 referendum on the Charter for National Peace and National Reconciliation -- which offered a broad but partial amnesty for those involved in the violence of the 1990s -- monthly civilian deaths, military deaths and causalities, and terrorist surren [...]	2005-10-31 15:33:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER AG
05ALGIERS2225	FORCE STATUS PROTECTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (S) Ambassador delivered to FM Bedjaoui on October 26 Ref A demarche on securing protections for personnel engaged in the U.S.-Algerian military exercise this November, leaving behind proposed draft language for an exchange of diplomatic notes. Ambassador stressed our need for written assuranc [...]	2005-10-31 16:57:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL AG SOFA
05ALGIERS2228	Algeria Economic Highlights [...] Oil Export Revenues expected to hit $40 Billion 2. French Interest in Bank Privatization 3. Booming Mobile Phone Sector 4. Spanish Aquatia Selected for Desalination Plant 5. Algeria Among Least Transparent Countries 6. $51 Billion Foreign Exchange Reserve 7. Algerian Purchasing Power Do [...]	2005-11-02 15:27:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EIND ETRD BEXP AG
05ALGIERS2230	BRIEF DISCUSSION OF BLUE LANTERN WITH SENIOR [...] (C) At President Bouteflika's annual November 1 reception commemorating the declaration of the War of Liberation, Ambassador had an opportunity to raise the Blue Lantern issue with both Armed Forces Chief of Staff Gait-Salah and Ministry of Defense Secretary General Senhadji. With both, Ambass [...]	2005-11-02 15:39:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KOMC MASS AG
05ALGIERS2245	POTENTIAL NEXT GENERATION ALGERIAN LEADER COMMENTS [...] (C) Arslan Chikhaoui (strictly protect),a private consultant in his late thirties or early forties, has close ties to the Algerian military and intelligence communities, the business world, and the political leadership. A strong advocate of Algerian reform and modernization, Chikhaoui is a t [...]	2005-11-07 12:51:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN MARR AG
05ALGIERS2247	IRAN RELATED BRIEFING [...] (S) Ambassador called on Energy Minister Chakib Khelil November 7 to deliver reftel talking points and introduce SIMO, who presented a sensitive briefing on Iranian nuclear weaponization efforts. (Reaction to the SIMO brief will be reported in separate channels.) Khelil heads Algeria's interm [...]	2005-11-07 16:17:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	KNNP PARM PREL AORC IR EU AG
05ALGIERS2256	POLICE TO LOSE CIVIL SERVICE STATUS AND GAIN [...] (U) Head of the National Police Ali Tounsi announced November 5 the next phase of the National Program for Police Development, which aims at improving the work conditions and overall situation of police. The Program, originally envisioned as necessary to bolstering recruitment, which was in [...]	2005-11-08 15:35:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC AG
05ALGIERS2264	ALGERIAN MOD AGREES TO COOPERATE ON BLUE LANTERN [...] (SBU) On November 8 the Ministry of National Defense sent DATT a letter whose bottom line, after four paragraphs of venting over the freeze on license authorizations, was that the Ministry has agreed to provide &certifications of receipt for all materials of American origin.8 Prefatory lang [...]	2005-11-09 15:25:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AG
05ALGIERS2270	ALGERIA CIVAIR -- OPEN SKIES NEGOTIATIONS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-09 15:26:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR KTIA AG
05ALGIERS2272	ALGERIANS RIOT IN FRANCE: A REMINDER OF [...] (C) The ongoing rioting in France, which Algerians have followed on French television, Algerian television, and in their press, has produced a mixture of smugness and concern in Algeria. On the one hand, the leadership is not displeased to show the Algerian youth, who have left in droves foll [...]	2005-11-09 16:23:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON AG
05ALGIERS2289	FAREWELL LUNCH WITH BELKHEIR ON EVE OF HIS TAKING [...] (C) Over a one-on-one lunch November 6, Ambassador and departing presidential Chief of Staff Belkheir discussed the latter's November 9 departure to Rabat as Algeria' new ambassador, the challenges that awaited, and the personal factors that made him well-suited for the difficult task of build [...]	2005-11-14 13:27:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MO AG WI
05ALGIERS2292	RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR ARGUES RUSSIA CAN'T SUPPORT [...] (S) We do not follow Moscow reporting on the Iran nuclear issue but report the following November 7 conversation between Russian Ambassador Vladimir Titorenko and Ambassador in case it sheds additional light on Russian thinking and actions in the leadup to the IAEA board meetings later this mo [...]	2005-11-14 15:37:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	PREL PINS PARM MARR MNUC AG
05ALGIERS2293	ALGERIA BANKING SECTOR SUFFERS ANOTHER SETBACK [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Algerian banking system was recently hit by another scandal of fund embezzlement at the state- owned National Bank of Algeria (BNA). This comes at a time when the GoA is making a big push to privatize and reform the banking sector. According to media sources, between 2002 and [...]	2005-11-14 16:09:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EIND ETRD EFIN AG
05ALGIERS2296	BOUTEFLIKA'S MESSAGE TO KING ABDALLAH FOLLOWING [...] Following the bombings in Amman which killed 59 people and wounded 96, President Abelaziz Bouteflika sent a condolence message November 11 on behalf of the Algerian people to King Abdallah II. Bouteflika wrote, "It is with profound sadness and affliction that I have learned about the painful [...]	2005-11-16 06:32:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER AG JO
05ALGIERS2299	NEA/MAG ACTING DIRECTOR'S CALL ON PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) During her familiarization visit to Algeria, NEA/MAG Acting Director Ellen Germain called November 15 on Presidential Counselor for Counter-terrorism issues Rezag Bara. After thanking each other's countries for their cooperation in counter-terrorism efforts, Rezag Bara singled out the Tr [...]	2005-11-16 12:18:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER AG
05ALGIERS2309	FOLLOW UP ON ASSURANCES FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-19 14:55:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL AG
05ALGIERS2317	IRAN-RELATED BRIEFING DELIVERED TO MFA SECRETARY [...] (S) AMBASSADOR, ACCOMPANIED BY POLEC CHIEF AND ACTING SIMO, CALLED NOVEMBER 16 ON MFA SECRETARY GENERAL LAMAMRA TO DELIVER REF A TALKING POINTS AND INTRODUCE SENSITIVE SIMO BRIEFING ON IRANIAN NUCLEAR WEAPONIZATION EFFORTS. AMBASSADOR NOTED THAT DUE TO LAMAMRA'S ABSENCE ABROAD THE PREVIOUS WE [...]	2005-11-20 14:12:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	PARM PREL KNNP IR EU AG
05ALGIERS2321	UPCOMING ELECTIONS IN THE KABYLIE REGION [...] (U) IN APRIL 2001, VIOLENCE ERUPTED IN THE MAINLY BERBER KABYLIE REGIONS FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF AN 18-YEAR-OLD BERBER MALE TAKEN INTO POLICE CUSTODY. THE ENSUING CLASHES BETWEEN THE LOCAL KABYLIE POPULATION AND ALGERIAN SECURITY FORCES, WHICH BECAME KNOWN AS THE BERBER OR BLACK SPRING INCIDEN [...]	2005-11-21 07:10:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AG
05ALGIERS692	BOUTEFLIKA URGES IRANIAN COOPERATION ON NUCLEAR [...] (C) Ambassador took advantage of April 5 meeting on other issues with Presidential Chief of Staff Belkheir to inquire about the April 2-4 visit to Algeria of Iranian Defense Minister Shamkhani. Belkheir said the visit was part of a programmed exchange of bilateral visits, reciprocated the v [...]	2005-04-06 15:34:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP AG IR IAEA
05ALGIERS839	MG SENHADJI SEES JOINT MILITARY DIALOGUE AS STEP [...] (C) MOD Secretary General Senhadji discussed with Ambassador April 25 the upcoming Joint Military Dialogue talks in Washington (May 10-11),expressing appreciation for the excellent program that has been arranged and exchanging views on what to expect from these talks. He agreed with Ambassad [...]	2005-04-26 15:31:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS AG SOFA
05ALGIERS868	BIOGRAPHY OF MOHAMED BEDJAOUI, MINISTER OF FOREIGN [...] (U) Following is a biographical summary of the Algeria's new Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Bedjaoui, the former President of the Constitutional Council from May 2002 until the announcement of his new appointment on May 1: Mohamed Bedjaoui was born in Sidi-Bel Abbes (Algeria) on Septem [...]	2005-05-02 16:37:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR AG
05ALGIERS877	LONG-AWAITED PARTIAL ALGERIAN GOVERNMENT RESHUFFLE [...] (U) On May 1, President Bouteflika announced "a partial reshuffle" of the Algerian government. Six ministers changed portfolios; four ministers left the cabinet; and six new ministers were appointed to the GoA. Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia remains as Prime Minister. The Cabinet contains 16 [...]	2005-05-03 11:52:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR AG
05ALGIERS883	TEMMAR: MUCH WORK REMAINS ON WTO ACCESSION; [...] (C) Ambassador called on Presidential Economic Advisor Temmar April 30 to conduct an informal discussion, based on guidance from USTR, on Algeria's WTO accession progress, as well as to follow up with the status of banking reform, GOA's internal IPR reform, and movement on the east-west highway [...]	2005-05-03 18:13:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV AORC AG USTR WTRO WTO
05ALMATY1011	KAZAKHSTAN: MARCH 9 MEETING WITH NATO SGSR AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: During his March 9 visit to Almaty, NATO SGSR for Central Asia Ambassador Robert Simmons met with NATO chiefs of mission to brief on the organizations efforts to implement Istanbul Summit commitments regarding Central Asia. The two most tangible results were the creation of his [...]	2005-03-16 07:51:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1012	AMBASSADOR HOSTS NATO PARLIAMENTARIANS [...] SBU) Summary: On March 9, the Ambassador hosted two meetings for visiting NATO parliamentarians from the Committee on the Civil Dimension of Security. The NATO Secretary General's Special Representative (SGSR) for Central Asia, Ambassador Robert Simmons, participated in the first meeting. (Det [...]	2005-03-16 07:51:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1027	USAID MEDIA TOUR IN ALMATY SUCCESSFULLY PROMOTES [...] Summary: On March 10, the Ambassador hosted a day-long Media Tour in Almaty, in an effort to increase Kazakhstani public awareness of U.S. assistance projects. USAID's Country Representative in Kazakhstan, Almaz Sharman, also helped to "MC" the event. This was the fourth media tour in a se [...]	2005-03-17 06:06:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1029	Status Update on U.S.-Kazakhstan Cost Sharing [...] (SBU) Summary: An official in Kazakhstan's Ministry of Economy and Budget Planning (MEBP),Maulen Utegulov, confirmed in a meeting with USAID the Government of Kazakhstan's commitment to finalizing a cost-sharing agreement with a budget allocation in 2006. While signing of the agreement mus [...]	2005-03-17 07:28:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY1059	KAZAKHSTAN: TERRORISM FINANCE: UPDATE NO. 2 [...] (SBU) Post submits the following in response to Ref A request, para. 10. 2. (SBU) A. Amount of assets frozen, forfeited, or seized (in U.S. dollars) by host governments pursuant to UNSCR Resolutions 1267 and 1373, the legal authority under which the action was taken (legislative, judicial, [...]	2005-03-23 05:20:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KTFN KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY1081	KAZAKHSTAN: FRACTURED OPPOSITION ATTEMPTS TO [...] (C) Summary: Against the backdrop of the liquidation of Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan and a split in Ak Zhol, the majority of the Kazakhstani opposition has united around former Mazhilis speaker Zharmakhan Tuyakbay as their presidential candidate. The parties have formed an electoral bloc [...]	2005-03-23 09:16:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1109	KAZKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR AND FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Tokayev called Ambassador at 9:30 p.m. on March 24. Tokayev apologized for not being available to meet the Ambassador earlier, as he had requested, due to an extended meeting with President Nazarbayev to review the situation in Kyrgyzstan. The Foreign Minister said that [...]	2005-03-25 06:42:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1130	KAZAKHSTAN'S MEDIA COVERAGE OF KYRGYZSTAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: From the start of the revolt in southern Kyrgyzstan, international media speculated on how events there might affect their rich neighbor in the north. Many international media relied on the Interfax wire service in their reporting, although Interfax sometimes posted uncorrobor [...]	2005-03-28 04:03:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1203	KAZAKHSTANI OIL PATCH: KYRGYZ TULIPS WON'T GROW [...] (C) Summary: The Kazakhstani oil patch, both expats and locals, neither foresee nor seek a Kazakhstani repeat of the Kyrgyz "Tulip Revolution." They cite the following reasons: - Kazakhstani economy is dynamic and growing. Despite rural poverty, many average citizens have a seat at the table; [...]	2005-03-31 06:37:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG KR KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY1215	SHRD REPORT DELIVERED TO MFA [...] Emboff delivered a copy of the report "Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record" to Kuat Seksenalinov, head of the Americas desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on March 30. 2. Seksenalinov accepted the report and indicated his familiarity with it, but inquired what "cons [...]	2005-03-31 07:42:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KZ
05ALMATY13	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH OTAN PARTY [...] (SBU) Summary: During a December 21 introductory meeting with the Ambassador, pro-presidential Otan Party deputy chair Armangeldy Yermegiyayev described a party with a strong vertical structure, an extensive local network, and a clear platform. He outlined a vision of quality-of- life improv [...]	2005-01-04 05:25:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1391	KAZAKHSTAN: SAAKASHVILI AND NAZARBAYEV MEET IN [...] (C) Summary: Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili made a state visit to Astana March 30-April 1. Presidents Nazarbayev and Saakashvili met at Nazarbayev's new residence in Astana, conducted a joint press conference and talked alone for two unscheduled hours following the state dinner for S [...]	2005-04-11 08:33:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KZ GG POLITICAL
05ALMATY1393	KAZAKHSTAN: DEPUTY EUCOM COMMANDER'S MEETING WITH [...] (U) Summary: On April 2, Deputy Commander U.S. European Command (EUCOM) General Charles Wald met with Deputy Minister of Defense General-Major Bulat Sembinov in Astana. Sembinov's staff presented three briefings on transformation of Kazakhstani Armed Forces and Caspian security, Kazakhstani op [...]	2005-04-11 08:33:00	US Office Almaty	SECRET	KZ MARR MOPS PREL POLITICAL
05ALMATY1432	GRAND MOSQUE OPENS IN ASTANA, MADRASSA TO COME [...] SUMMARY: On April 5, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs arranged a tour for diplomats of the new Grand Mosque and Islamic Cultural Center in Astana. Moderate Islam is a central part of traditional Kazakh culture, though years of Soviet influence had a secularizing influence on Kazakhstani soci [...]	2005-04-12 11:47:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINR KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1433	KAZAKHSTAN: CHINESE PIPELINE UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Construction of the stalled Atasu-Alashankou oil pipeline is moving forward after a harsh winter and the late delivery of pipe, according to KMG contacts. However,the Kazakhstanis are unhappy with the Chinese over perceived lower netbacks and lack of control -- Beijing has respons [...]	2005-04-12 11:51:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG CH KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY1434	CHINESE DEMAND CASPIAN OFFSHORE BLOC FOR GAS [...] (C) Summary: The Director of the Kazakhstani Institute of Oil and Gas (KIOG),Serik Burkitbayev, reported that China is demanding an offshore Caspian bloc as quid-pro-quo for support of a natural gas pipeline to China. That pipeline, to be built in stages, will initially transport Turkmen and [...]	2005-04-12 11:59:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG CH KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY1435	ENVIRONMENTALISTS CHARGE OIL MAJORS WITH POLLUTING [...] (U) Summary: A coalition of Kazakhstani and U.S. environmental activists charge the Karachagank Petroleum Operating (KPO) with polluting the village of Berezovka, and demand its relocation. KPO rejects these accusations and points to extensive monitoring data. Local authorities support KPO and [...]	2005-04-12 12:10:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY1436	KAZAKHSTAN: REPONSE TO INQUIRY ON BIOKOMBINAT [...] (C) Summary: The GOK has investigated the USG's concerns regarding dangerous pathogens at the Biokombinat facility in Almaty and discovered a number of strains which, under Kazakhstani law, should be moved to a centralized GOK storage facility. The GOK does not consider the strains to be a pr [...]	2005-04-12 12:14:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP KSCA KZ PARM TBIO POLITICAL
05ALMATY1437	PSI: REQUESTING KAZAKHSTAN'S ENDORSEMENT OF THE [...] (C) POEC chief delivered reftel points and Internet link to Dastan Eleukenov, deputy director of the MFA's security affairs office, on April 6. 2. (C) Eleukenov promised to raise the matter for discussion within the MFA. He considered it important that Russia had already endorsed the Statem [...]	2005-04-12 12:16:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP KZ MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL POLITICAL
05ALMATY1501	KAZAKHSTANI PARLIAMENT PASSES REGRESSIVE AMENDMENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a joint meeting of both chambers on April 8, the Kazakhstani Parliament passed a set of amendments to the Elections Law that raise serious concerns about the GOK's political will to support free and fair elections. Although there are some amendments that appear to be an [...]	2005-04-14 09:36:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1508	KAZAKHSTAN: BAIMENOV WING OF AK ZHOL RE-REGISTERS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Alikhan Baimenov has re-registered Ak Zhol in a very short time, thereby confirming his status as the party's sole leader and giving credence to conventional wisdom that the GOK supports him. He nevertheless appears to be taking great pains to underscore the fact that Ak Zhol r [...]	2005-04-14 11:41:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1522	EXBS: KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] Andrew Offenbacher, incoming EXBS Advisor to Kazakhstan, arrived at Post Almaty on March 10. Richard Morrissey, outgoing EXBS Advisor, departed for the United States on March 17. The new EXBS advisor spent his first week at post meeting embassy staff, attending orientations and learning abo [...]	2005-04-15 12:03:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ EXBS
05ALMATY1525	KAZAKHSTAN: ELECTION COMMISSION CHAIR, JUSTICE [...] (U) Summary: The GOK announced April 13 that Zagipa Baliyeva, the long-serving chair of the Central Election Commission, was stepping down from her position in advance of the scheduled completion of her term in May. The Parliament quickly approved the nomination of Justice Minister Onalsyn [...]	2005-04-15 12:46:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY153	OSCE FIELD MISSION WEIGHS IN ON DCK CASE [...] (SBU) On January 13, OSCE field officer Bjorn Halvarsson told Astana Poloff that OSCE Ambassador Vikki had delivered a statement on January 11 to Kazakhstani MFA authorities (NFI) on the judicial dissolution of opposition party Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan (DCK) (See Refs B-C). While Halva [...]	2005-01-13 21:42:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR PGOV PREL PHUM IO KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1595	KAZAKHSTANI PARLIAMENT CONSIDERS TROUBLING PACKAGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Mazhilis (lower house of Parliament) is currently considering a set of national security amendments that continues the regressive trend of the recent Law on Extremism and amendments to the Elections Law. The draft legislation would set new limits on, inter alia, freedom of [...]	2005-04-22 01:33:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1596	KAZAKHSTANI PARLIAMENT CONSIDERS TROUBLING PACKAGE [...] (U) This cable replaces Almaty 1595. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Mazhilis (lower house of Parliament) is currently considering a set of national security amendments that continues the regressive trend of the recent Law on Extremism and amendments to the Elections Law. The draft legislation woul [...]	2005-04-22 04:22:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1686	DELIVERY U.S. START TREATY ITEMIZED COST LISTS [...] (SBU) On April 29, per reftel instructions, DTRO-Almaty delivered the START treaty itemized cost lists for the period 1 January to 31 March 2005 to 1LT R. Zakirov, Duty Officer, Arms Reduction Control and Inspection Activities Center, Republic of Kazakhstan Ministry of Defense. 1LT Zakirov ha [...]	2005-04-29 12:06:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KTIA KZ KACT DTRO
05ALMATY1707	KAZAKHSTAN: SPECIAL 301 DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Post delivered Reftel talking points to MFA Americas Desk head Kuat Seksenalinov April 29. 2. Per Reftel, points were delivered verbally. Seksenalinov did not provide a substantive response. Ordway NNNN [...]	2005-05-04 08:00:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR KZ
05ALMATY1720	KAZAKHSTAN: AMB. MINIKES' MEETING WITH HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an April 25 roundtable, Kazakhstani human rights activists described for Amb. Minikes a rapidly deteriorating environment in which the GOK is implementing a series of troubling pieces of legislation designed to increase state control over society. With one exception, they b [...]	2005-05-04 11:24:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KIRF PHUM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1721	KAZAKHSTAN: AMB. MINIKES' MEETING WITH OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an April 25 roundtable in Almaty, Amb. Minikes heard the views of opposition politicians on Kazakhstan's bid to become the chair of the OSCE in 2009 and the current state of play with regard to respect for human rights and democratic principles in Kazakhstan. Participants di [...]	2005-05-04 11:24:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1774	CASPIAN PIPELINE CONSORTIUM: STATE OF PLAY [...] (C) Summary: The April 26th Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) shareholders meeting in Almaty ended in an impasse. Russian intransigence on forming a Russian board of directors (CPC-R),combined with a demand for a variable tariff on operating expenses (OPEX),created the logjam. In earlier [...]	2005-05-06 09:58:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY1785	DELIVERY OF U.S. RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) On 5 May 2005, per reftel para. 6, DTRO-Almaty delivered the U.S response to the Russian proposal regarding ground transportation notifications to LTC Anarbek Akhmetalin, Acting Deputy Chief, Arms Reduction Control and Inspection Activities Support Center, Republic of Kazakhstan Ministry [...]	2005-05-06 11:29:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KZ KACT DTRO
05ALMATY1838	KAZAKHSTAN: TROUBLING NGO LAW UNDER CONSIDERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Draft legislation currently under consideration in the Kazakhstani parliament has the potential to severely restrict the activities of NGOs, particularly those receiving foreign assistance. U.S. implementing partners are mobilizing to fight the draft, which legal experts have [...]	2005-05-13 04:36:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAID KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1851	KAZAKHSTAN: ENCOURAGING SUPPORT FOR THE IRAQ [...] (SBU) Drawing on reftel points, EBO Astana principal officer on May 11 conveyed to Zhandos Asanov, director of the MFA's Department of Europe and Americas, the request for Kazakhstan to support the Iraqi Transitional Government. 2. (SBU) Asanov responded positively and said that he would co [...]	2005-05-13 12:37:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL IZ KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1855	KAZAKHSTANAN: ENVIRONMENTAL UPDATE [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been verified. The opinions expressed in this report, therefore, should not be interpreted by readers as conveying positions and/or policy of the U.S. Government. -- Kazakhstan Supports Tight Control [...]	2005-05-16 01:47:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SENV ENRG EPET KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY1856	USOSCE AMBASSADOR MINIKES' MEETINGS WITH ASTANA [...] (SBU) Summary. On April 26, U.S. Ambassador to the OSCE Minikes, accompanied by Ambassador Ordway, met separately with Deputy Speaker of the Mazhilis (lower house of Parliament) Dyachenko, Chairman of the Central Elections Commission Zhumabekov, and Minister of Justice Baliyeva. Ambassador Min [...]	2005-05-16 01:48:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KDEM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1860	EXBS: KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] None. II. COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD A. SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS CONDUCTED Â [...]	2005-05-16 08:34:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ EXBS
05ALMATY1883	OUTREACH FOLLOWING NEWSWEEK'S RETRACTION OF ITS [...] (SBU) Post regrets delay in responding to reftel request. Reporting in Kazakhstan's media on the erroneous Newsweek report of Koran desecration at Guantanamo started only on May 16, and was low-key and non-inflamatory. The May 16 primetime news on one Kazakhstani state channel and one indep [...]	2005-05-18 11:32:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO KISL PREL KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1901	KAZAKHSTAN: DEF MIN COMMENTS ON IRAQ WITHDRAWAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Kazakhstani Defense Minister Gen. Mukhtar Altynbayev commented to journalists May 17 that in his "personal opinion" the country should not send a new contingent of sappers to replace the 27 personnel Kazakhstan currently has in Iraq. The contingent is due to rotate in July 2005 [...]	2005-05-19 01:43:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREL PGOV IZ KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1905	POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION FOR LSC PAVLODAR OIL [...] CS ALMATY SENIOR COMMERCIAL OFFICER MITCHEL AUERBACH AND INDUSTRY SPECIALIST OKSANA CHUKREYEVA CONDUCTED A PSV AT THE LSC PAVLODAR OIL REFINERY/PETROCHEMICAL PLANT, ON APRIL 26, 2005, AS REQUESTED IN REFTEL USDOC 00036. THIS PSV WAS CARRIED OUT REGARDING THE PURCHASE OF A MIKRON INFRARED THERM [...]	2005-05-19 02:35:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC KZ
05ALMATY1920	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR'S TRIP TO ATYRAU OBLAST [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Ordway met with a wide-range of civic groups, businessmen, local officials, and foreign investors during his March 13-16 trip to Kazakhstan's oil-rich Atyrau Oblast. The booming region faces skilled labor shortages while a large rural population idles in villages. Relat [...]	2005-05-19 13:02:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EPET KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY1927	KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. government. -- Mazhilis Committee Suggests Foreign Borrowing Limits -- Pipe Pl [...]	2005-05-20 11:11:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY1932	KAZAKHSTAN: EFFORTS TO OVERTURN BAN ON JET FUEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the April 19 ban on export of jet fuel from Kazakhstan, post has contacted every relevant ministry and agency in the GOK to request it be lifted. Beginning with an April 22 letter to Prime Minister Akhmetov, who signed the decree, Embassy has approached the Ministries of Fore [...]	2005-05-20 11:45:00	US Office Almaty	SECRET//NOFORN	KZ MOPS PREL POLITICAL
05ALMATY1938	KAZAKHSTANI MFA "DISAPPOINTED" WITH CERTIFICATION [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 19, Charge briefed Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksey Volkov on the Department's decision to request a national security interest waiver of Section 578's requirement (Foreign Operations) that Kazakhstan demonstrate significant progress on human rights in order to continue f [...]	2005-05-20 12:28:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KDEM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1944	KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY BODMAN'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: In advance of your planned meeting with President Nazarbayev in Baku, Embassy Almaty wanted to offer background on energy and non-proliferation issues in Kazakhstan, and suggest key issues where your engagement could be crucial. Kazakhstan's market-driven development of its oil se [...]	2005-05-23 10:14:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG AJ GZ KZ WMD ECONOMIC
05ALMATY1952	KAZAKHSTAN: RESPONSE ON REQUEST FOR ENDORSEMENT OF [...] (C) In response to Ref A demarche, the Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent diplomatic note 10/2-1-1205, dated May 17, to Embassy Almaty. Informal Embassy translation of the text follows: The Republic of Kazakhstan shares the goals of the Security Initiative in combating the prolife [...]	2005-05-23 13:00:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP KZ MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL WMD
05ALMATY1953	OPPOSITION PAPER OUTMANEUVERS AUTHORITIES IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On May 5, the information ministry ordered Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan's (DCK) weekly newspaper "Respublika: Business Review" to stop publishing. It revoked the weekly's registration after filing suit in February following Respublica's republication of the transcript of an [...]	2005-05-24 05:21:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1973	KAZAKHSTAN'S SCENTIFIC SPENDING SPREE [...] (SBU) Summary: Kazakhstan has quintupled science- and technology-related spending in its most recent budget. The decision is in keeping with the GOK's long-stated goal of diversification of its economy and reduced dependence on oil revenues. The Industrial-Innovative Development Strategy for [...]	2005-05-25 11:54:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECONOMIC
05ALMATY1988	KAZAKHSTAN: DELIVERY OF JCIC-DIP-05-007 [...] (SBU) On 26 May 2005, per reftel para. 4, DTRO-Almaty delivered JCIC-DIP-05-007 to Captain Rinat Mirsakhatov, Assistant to the Acting Deputy Chief, Arms Reduction Control and Inspection Activities Support Center, Republic of Kazakhstan Ministry of Defense. Captain Mirsakhatov had no comment a [...]	2005-05-26 12:00:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KZ KACT PREL DTRO

05ALMATY1991	DEMARCHE DELIVERED - WCO FRAMEWORK OF STANDARDS TO [...] Econoff delivered Reftel demarche and talking points to Alikhan Mambetalin, Deputy Chairman of the Kazakhstan Customs Committee and Colonel of the Customs Service Daniyar Kerimbekov, Head of the International Relations Division of the Kazakhstani customs service. 2. Kerimbekov seemed very f [...]	2005-05-27 01:33:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KZ

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