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06ALMATY2905 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (C) Summary: Your visit comes at a time of accelerating U.S. Kazakhstan bilateral engagement. With its economic strength, vast energy resources, strong commitment to the fight against international terrorism, and capacity and demonstrated willingness to craft an independent foreign policy, K [...] | 2006-08-15 07:11:00 | US Office Almaty | SECRET | PREL KZ |
06ALMATY2935 | KAZAKHSTAN WILL NOT BUDGE ON 2009 OSCE CHAIRMANSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstan has heard the U.S. message on its 2009 OSCE CiO bid but has nevertheless decided not to withdraw or defer its candidacy, according to FM Tokayev. The GOK believes it has widespread support among OSCE member states and would view withdrawing or postponing its bid as def [...] | 2006-08-17 12:21:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KZ |
06ALMATY2953 | KAZAKHSTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER ON GUANTANAMO [...] (SBU) Summary: During an August 17 meeting, Foreign Minister Tokayev told Ambassador Ordway that he would recommend to President Nazarbayev that Kazakhstan send a "fact finding" team to Afghanistan to investigate possible Kazakhstani participation in a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT). T [...] | 2006-08-19 03:39:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KZ |
06ALMATY2955 | KAZAKHSTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER ON GUANTANAMO [...] (SBU) Summary: During an August 17 meeting, Foreign Minister Tokayev told Ambassador Ordway that he would recommend to President Nazarbayev that Kazakhstan send a "fact finding" team to Afghanistan to investigate possible Kazakhstani participation in a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT). T [...] | 2006-08-19 03:39:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KZ |
06ALMATY3002 | KAZAKHSTAN: AUTHORITIES FREE 21 TRAFFICKING VICTIMS [...] Summary: On August 14, Astana city policemen announced that they had freed 21 Tajik citizens from confinement by an Astana labor trafficker, who they promptly arrested. The Tajik victims were kept in a shed and forced to work at construction sites in the rapidly growing capital city. The E [...] | 2006-08-23 11:12:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM KCOR PREL PINT KZ TJ |
06ALMATY3025 | Kazakhstan, Russia Assess Damage Caused by Rocket Crash [...] Summary: Russia is prepared to pay Kazakhstan 385 million tenge (approximately $3 million) as compensation for immediate damages resulting from the failed launch of a Dnepr rocket at Baikonur. A joint Kazakhstan-Russian committee is still investigating possible environmental damage and will re [...] | 2006-08-26 14:24:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV ENRG EPET KZ |
06ALMATY3026 | KAZAKHSTAN: DAS FEIGENBAUM'S MEETINGS IN ALMATY [...] (SBU) Summary: During an August 22-24 visit to Almaty, SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum met with a wide range of civil society, political, and business representatives who painted a vivid picture of the political and economic challenges facing Kazakhstan. His interlocutors expressed concern about res [...] | 2006-08-28 02:53:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM KZ |
06ALMATY3027 | KAZAKHSTAN: TIMUR KULIBAYEV GIVES DAS FEIGENBAUM [...] (SBU) Summary: During an August 25 meeting in Astana, Presidential son-in-law Timur Kulibayev provided SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum with an overview of Kazakhstan's oil and gas sector, outlining his vision for the next decade. Kulibayev expressed firm support for the Trans-Caspian gas pipeline proj [...] | 2006-08-28 05:14:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KZ |
06ALMATY3028 | KAZAKHSTAN: VICE MINISTER OF TRADE DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) Summary: During an August 25 meeting in Astana with SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum, Vice Minister of Industry and Trade Askar Batalov described Kazakhstan's economic diversification strategy and highlighted the promise of, and obstacles to, greater regional trade. Of the [...] | 2006-08-28 05:14:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KZ |
06ALMATY3040 | SECURITY COUNCIL CHAIRMAN: KAZAKHSTAN WILL SEND [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-28 08:13:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KZ |
06ALMATY3041 | SECURITY COUNCIL CHAIRMAN TAZHIN, DAS FEIGENBAUM [...] (SBU) Summary: During an August 25 meeting in Astana, the Chairman of Kazakhstan's Security Council, Marat Tazhin, told SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum that the GOK was assembling an inter-agency "Survey Team" to study possible Kazakhstani participation in an Afghan Provincial [...] | 2006-08-28 09:28:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KZ |
06ALMATY3062 | KAZAKHSTAN: DAS FEIGENBAUM MEETS WITH DEPUTY PRIME [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 25, SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum and Ambassador Ordway met with Deputy Prime Minister Karim Masimov in Astana. Conversation centered on preparations for a joint U.S.-Kazakhstan meeting on the margins of the upcoming World Bank-IMF meetings in Singapore, President Nazarbaye [...] | 2006-08-28 11:35:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON KZ |
06ALMATY3065 | KAZAKHSTAN: DAS FEIGENBAUM MEETS WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary. SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum and Ambassador Ordway held a wide-ranging discussion with Foreign Minister Kasymzhomart Tokayev in Astana on August 25. Tokayev stated that Kazakhstan would continue to press its bid for the 2009 OSCE chairmanship. Feigenbaum respond [...] | 2006-08-28 11:38:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | KZ PGOV PREL |
06ALMATY3075 | KAZAKHSTAN NONCOMMITAL ON INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Kazakhstani MFA welcomes progress in the U.S. and India on laying the groundwork for civil nuclear cooperation, and will consider making a statement of support at the upcoming NSG meeting in Vienna. Kazakhstan would like to ensure that Pakistan's views are considered as th [...] | 2006-08-31 04:44:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ENRG KSCA PARM KNNP ETTC IN KZ |
06ALMATY3076 | KAZAKHSTAN: CANWFZ SIGNING WILL HAPPEN AS PLANNED [...] (SBU) Summary: The countries of Central Asia will sign the Central Asian Nuclear Weapons Free Zone Treaty on September 8 in Semipalatinsk despite P-3 concerns, according to Deputy Foreign Minister Abdrakhmanov, because it is too late to postpone the event. End summary. 2. (SBU) In an Augu [...] | 2006-08-31 04:46:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM UNGA KZ |
06ALMATY3080 | (S) KAZAKHSTAN UNABLE TO TRANSFER MANPADS [...] (S) In an August 28 meeting, Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov informed the Ambassador that Kazakhstan would not be able to turn over MANPADS slated for destruction in the NATO Trust Fund project to the U.S. as requested (reftel). Abdrakhmanov said that several bilateral agreements [...] | 2006-08-31 10:44:00 | US Office Almaty | SECRET | PARM PREL PTER MASS MARR NATO KZ |
06ALMATY3086 | KAZAKHSTAN: MFA EAGER TO RESOLVE DETAINEE ISSUE [...] (SBU) Following up on his discussion of the issue with Foreign Minister Tokayev (reftel),the Ambassador on August 28 pressed Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov on the need for Kazakhstan to accept the return of its citizens detained at Guantanamo. The Ambassador stressed that there [...] | 2006-08-31 11:11:00 | US Office Almaty | SECRET | PTER KAWC PHUM PREL PINR KZ |
06ALMATY3092 | KAZAKHSTAN: GOK TO CONSIDER ENDORSING G8 ENERGY [...] In an August 31 meeting, Energy Officer delivered reftel demarche and text of the G8 Statement on Energy Security Principles to Dauren Toleukhanov, Deputy Director of the Europe and Americas Department of Kazakhstan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Toleukhanov acknowledged that the statem [...] | 2006-09-01 00:45:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET KZ |
06ALMATY3102 | KAZAKHSTAN: POTPOURRI OF TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS CASES [...] Summary: The following is a collection of media reports on various types of TIP ranging from debt servitude to sex tourism. End summary. --------------------------------------------- ----- DEBT OF THE PARENTS PAID BY ENSLAVING THE CHILDREN --------------------------------------------- ---- [...] | 2006-09-02 07:59:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PINS PGOV PHUM KCRM KCOR KZ |
06ALMATY3107 | CONTACTING MISSION KAZAKHSTAN DURING THE MOVE FROM [...] (SBU) Embassy Almaty is preparing to move to Astana, pending completion of the New Embassy Compound (NEC) in Kazakhstan's capital. Although the move into the NEC will not start until September 29, many sections have already relocated to temporary offices in the Embassy Branch Office in Asta [...] | 2006-09-06 02:29:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT ACOA AFIN ASEC KZ |
06ALMATY3143 | KAZAKHSTAN: SUPREME COURT DENIES HARE KRISHNA [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 24, the Supreme Court of Kazakhstan denied the Hare Krishnas' appeal of an adverse lower court ruling concerning title to their commune in the Karasai district, near Almaty. The GOK now intends to form a special commission to resolve the issue. The Hare Krishnas are [...] | 2006-09-06 21:57:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV KZ |
06ALMATY3178 | KAZAKHSTAN: KAZMUNAIGAS ANNOUNCES OFFERING OF [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 4, KazMunaiGas Exploration and Production company (KMG E&P),the onshore production subsidiary of Kazakhstan's state-owned oil company, formally announced its intention to issue shares on both Kazakhstan's stock exchange (KASE) and the London Stock Exchange. Accord [...] | 2006-09-11 08:48:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KZ |
06ALMATY3211 | EXBS: KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING [...] EXBS TDY Advisor Larry Adkins continued to assist the EXBS office in Astana throughout the month of August. Gulnara Abildaeva, EXBS Program Coordinator, took annual leave for much of the month. 2. September will likely be the EXBS program office's final month in its present interi [...] | 2006-09-13 01:07:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ |
06ALMATY324 | KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. Government. -- New Inter-State Bank in Russia and Kazakhstan -- EBRD is Among [...] | 2006-01-30 07:19:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ ECONOMIC |
06ALMATY3242 | KAZAKHSTAN: INFORMATION RESPONSE FOR INTIATIVE ON [...] The following information, provided by USAID Almaty in response to reftel request, represents existing programs that support Internet freedom. Total funding levels are listed. A. Project Name: Information and Communication Technology Statistics Improvement Recipient: Kazakhstan Agency o [...] | 2006-09-15 00:49:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINT EAID PHUM KZ |
06ALMATY3245 | KAZAKHSTAN: GOK AGREES TO THE TRANSFER OF [...] (SBU) Summary: This is an action request. The Government of Kazakhstan has agreed to receive the transfer of the Kazakhstani detainees at Guantanamo Bay, according to Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs Officer Ualikhan S. Sanginkhanov. Post requests Department guidance on the mechanism [...] | 2006-09-15 01:15:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KAWC PINR PREL KZ |
06ALMATY326 | KAZAKHSTAN: CHARGE MEETS WITH GALYMZHAN ZHAKIYANOV [...] (C) Summary: Opposition leader Galymzhan Zhakiyanov is satisfied with the conditions under which he was released, although resentful of the three-month delay in the process. He plans to stay involved in politics, but has not yet determined exactly what his role will be in the opposition. Zhak [...] | 2006-01-30 08:28:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | KZ PGOV PHUM |
06ALMATY3271 | BOUCHER AND AITZHANOVA DISCUSS STATUS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: During a September 9 meeting in Astana, Assistant Secretary Boucher and Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Aitzhanova discussed the timing of the next round of bilateral World Trade Organization negotiations, next steps on Kazakhstan's negotiations with Working Party members, [...] | 2006-09-18 06:42:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD ECON KZ |
06ALMATY3272 | KAZAKHSTAN: BOUCHER AND TAZHIN COVER AFGHANISTAN, [...] (SBU) Summary: Kazakhstan will send a survey team to Afghanistan in September to examine ways to support reconstruction, Security Council secretary Tazhin told Assistant Secretary Boucher during a September 8 meeting. Boucher welcomed the news and encouraged Kazakhstan to look at assistance p [...] | 2006-09-18 06:44:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM EINV ENRG SNAR IQ KZ |
06ALMATY3273 | BOUCHER TO DZHAKSYBEKOV: CONCRETE PROGRESS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: In a September 8 meeting with Presidential Administration head Dzhaksybekov, Assistant Secretary Boucher outlined U.S. hopes for President Nazarbayev's upcoming visit to Washington, pressing on the importance of showing concrete progress on democratic reform. In the context of [...] | 2006-09-18 06:45:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM ETRD MOPS AF KZ |
06ALMATY3274 | KAZAKHSTAN: A/S BOUCHER AND DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Masimov expressed concern regarding the pace of bilateral WTO negotiations with the U.S. during a September 8 meeting with Assistant Secretary Boucher and requested a sign of U.S. support for SIPDIS Kazakhstan's early accession during President Nazarbayev [...] | 2006-09-18 07:13:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD ECON EINV ENRG AF KZ |
06ALMATY3275 | KAZAKHSTAN: A/S BOUCHER MEETS WITH SENATE SPEAKER [...] (SBU) Summary: Senate Speaker Abykayev told Assistant Secretary Boucher on September 9 that Kazakhstan saw SIPDIS President Nazarbayev's upcoming visit to the U.S. as an opportunity to highlight its record on economic reform and security. A/S Boucher underscored the need to discuss plans f [...] | 2006-09-18 07:14:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM KZ |
06ALMATY3278 | KAZAKHSTAN: CEO UPDATES AMBASSADOR ON STATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Sauat Mynbayev, Acting CEO of Samruk, Kazakhstan's Holding Company for State Assets, told Ambassador on September 12 that Samruk had completed its "organizational phase" and was now concentrating on improving corporate management. Mynbayev confirmed the anticipated privatizati [...] | 2006-09-18 09:41:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ENRG EPET KZ |
06ALMATY3280 | KAZAKHSTAN: "KAZENERGY" LOBBYING ASSOCIATION [...] (SBU) Summary: "KazEnergy," Kazakhstan's new "power industry" association founded by presidential son-in-law Timur Kulibayev, made its public debut the week of September 5 by organizing the first annual "Eurasia Energy Forum" in Astana. The high-level GOK and private sector attendance at the [...] | 2006-09-18 10:17:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KZ |
06ALMATY3296 | KAZAKHSTAN TO SEND SURVEY TEAM TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: A high-level Kazakhstani survey team will visit Afghanistan the week of September 24 in order to examine participation in a Provincial Reconstruction Team and possible investment/reconstruction projects. The team will provide its recommendations to President Nazarbayev soon af [...] | 2006-09-19 05:24:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM AORD NATO KZ |
06ALMATY333 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV,S "NEW" CABINET [...] (SBU) Summary/Introduction: President Nazarbayev has completed naming his government, following his January 11 inauguration, and held his first cabinet meeting on January 25. While technically "new," most of the 16 ministers retained their posts or made lateral moves to other ministries. N [...] | 2006-01-30 11:54:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KZ |
06ALMATY335 | KAZAKHSTAN: SECOND ROUND OF ARB REVIEWS [...] (C) EBO Astana principal officer delivered Ref A demarche on January 26 to Valikhan Konurbayev, Head of the MFA Consular Department. The demarche concerned the upcoming ARB review of GTMO detainee Abdulrahim Kerimbakiev. Konurbayev noted that when Kerimbakiev first came up for ARB review (Re [...] | 2006-01-30 12:12:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL KZ |
06ALMATY336 | KAZAKHSTAN CONSIDERING TRANSFER OF DETAINEES [...] (SBU) This cable contains a request for guidance, para. 5. 2. (C) EBO principal officer delivered Ref A demarche to Valikhan Konurbayev, Head of the MFA Consular Department on January 26 (re: proposed transfer of GTMO detainee Abdullah Tohtasinovich Makrubov). Konurbayev confirmed that his [...] | 2006-01-30 12:14:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PHUM PINR KZ |
06ALMATY3380 | KAZAKHSTAN: MINE EXPLOSION KILLS 41 [...] Summary: An explosion in Kazakhstan's "Lenin" coal mine, owned by Rotterdam-based Mittal Steel, killed an estimated 41 miners on the morning of September 20. More than 300 escaped the mine after the blast, which was reportedly caused by a methane gas buildup. The GOK has formed a committee [...] | 2006-09-22 03:15:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ENRG EPET KZ |
06ALMATY339 | KAZAKHSTAN: REQUEST FOR NUCLEAR SMUGGLING TALKS [...] (SBU) Post conveyed reftel points to the Kazakhstani MFA by diplomatic note on January 20. Olzhas Togyzbayev, of the MFA's international security department told POEC chief on January 25 that, in principle, he thought the idea of a systematic review of programs to combat nuclear smuggling was [...] | 2006-01-31 02:46:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PREL PARM PINS KZ POLITICAL |
06ALMATY3394 | KAZAKHSTAN: FEEDBACK ON GICNT DOCUMENTS PROMISED [...] (U) Pol-Econ Chief, along with Counselor Gennadiy Spiglyazov and Third Secretary Dmitriy Tretyakov from the Russian Embassy, conveyed Ref A points and documents to Olzhas Togyzbayev of the MFA's international security section on September 21. 2. (SBU) Togyzbayev indicated that despite the f [...] | 2006-09-25 06:29:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KGIC MCAP PINR PINS KNNP KZ |
06ALMATY3396 | KAZAKHSTAN: INVITATION TO IRAQ CONFERENCE DELIVERED [...] (U) Pol-Econ Chief conveyed reftel demarche and invitation letter addressed to FM Tokayev to Daniyar Sarekenov of the MFA's Middle East division on September 22. 2. (SBU) Sarekenov noted that in the absence of FM Tokayev, currently in New York for UNGA, he would forward the letter to Deputy [...] | 2006-09-25 06:30:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS PREL IZ KZ |
06ALMATY345 | KAZAKHSTAN: BLUE LANTERN CASE GC-0825-05 [...] Per reftel instructions, on January 24 Econoff confirmed the existence of TOO CII "International Engineering" at 142, Boghenbai Batira Street, Office 625, Almaty, Kazakhstan. The company occupied a modest, yet apparently legitimate and functional, suite of rooms. 2. However, at the time o [...] | 2006-01-31 10:35:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC KZ RS GM ECONOMIC |
06ALMATY379 | KAZAKHSTAN: JANUARY 27 MEDIA ROUNDUP [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-01 12:15:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ |
06ALMATY4 | 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. -- Parliament Approves Amendments to Comply with WTO Rules -- Fore [...] | 2006-01-02 07:45:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ ECONOMIC |
06ALMATY406 | KAZAKHSTAN: PROPOSAL ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PSI [...] (SBU) Summary: The Kazakhstani Government has expressed interest in information exchange with relevant USG bodies to help combat weapons proliferation, as well as training courses for its specialists to study U.S. practices. See request for guidance, para. 5. End summary. 2. (C) In respo [...] | 2006-02-02 13:18:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KZ |
06ALMATY410 | KAZAKHSTAN-CHINA GAS PIPELINE PROJECT: STATUS [...] (C) Summary: The state-owned Kazakhstani and Chinese oil and gas companies recently completed a "pre-feasibility study" for the construction of a 30 billion cubic meter (bcm) gas pipeline from Central Asia to China. The study outlines three proposed pipeline routes across Kazakhstan, the eco [...] | 2006-02-03 02:18:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET KZ CH |
06ALMATY411 | EUCOM DEPUTY COMMANDER GENERAL WALD,S MEETING WITH [...] (U) Participants: U.S. European Command Deputy Commander Charles F. Wald Charge Mark Asquino Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense James MacDougall Rear Admiral Michael J. Lyden, J4 Director of Logistics and Security Assistance, EUCOM Brigadier General Melvyn Spiese, J5/J8, Deputy Direc [...] | 2006-02-03 02:19:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PINS PTER PREL KZ POLITICAL |
06ALMATY425 | KAZAKHSTAN: GENERAL WALD,S MEETING WITH SECURITY [...] (U) Participants: U.S. European Command Deputy Commander General Charles F. Wald Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense James MacDougall Charge Mark Asquino Lieutenant Colonel Michael E. Corson Lieutenant Colonel Richard Lee Kazakhstan Security Council Chairman Bulat Utemuratov Deputy [...] | 2006-02-03 10:31:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS OVIP KZ |
06ALMATY434 | KAZAKHSTAN: GENERAL WALD,S MEETING WITH ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary: During a January 19-20 visit to Astana, EUCOM Deputy Commander General Charles Wald discussed energy security with oil and gas company representatives. General Wald underscored the importance of energy as a security issue, informing his interlocutors that NATO's new mission inc [...] | 2006-02-03 12:06:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MAS PREL ENRG KZ |
06ALMATY456 | KAZAKHSTAN: RUSSIANS HOST CTAG MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: During the first CTAG of the Russian G-8 presidency, representatives of G-8 embassies discussed the threats to Kazakhstan posed by international terrorism, organized crime, and drug trafficking. While expressing general satisfaction with the GOK's approach to counterterrorism [...] | 2006-02-07 03:43:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER RS KZ |
06ALMATY485 | KAZAKHSTAN: NEW INFORMATION MINISTER APPOINTED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-08 11:14:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ |
06ALMATY49 | KAZAKHSTAN: SUIT AGAINST ZHUMA TIMES BEGINS [...] SUMMARY. The trial to close the opposition newspaper Zhuma Times began January 6 and was immediately put on hold pending a request to move the case to another jurisdiction. Lawyer Sergey Utkin asked that the case be transferred from Almaty's inter-district economic court to the Auezovskiy di [...] | 2006-01-05 12:49:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ POLITICAL |
06ALMATY541 | EUCOM DCDR GENERAL CHARLES WALD DISCUSSES SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary. Deputy Commander of the US European Command (EUCOM) General Charles F. Wald had separate meetings on January 20 with Minister of Defense General Mukhtar Altynbayev and Lieutenant General Bolat Zakiyev, Director of the Border Guards (BG) Service. At the Ministry of Defense (MOD) [...] | 2006-02-09 19:15:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS POLITICAL |
06ALMATY546 | EXBS: KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] EXBS program Advisor Offenbacher was in the United States for training and annual leave for much of the month of December. He also spent the first half of January in the US on leave and consultations. II. COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD A. SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS CONDUCT [...] | 2006-02-10 08:37:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ EXBS |
06ALMATY557 | 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. -- Law on Private Entrepreneurship Signed -- Kazakhstan to Invest [...] | 2006-02-11 10:41:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ ECONOMIC |
06ALMATY560 | KAZAKHSTAN ENVIRONMENT UPDATE, JANUARY 31, 2006 [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani press and has not yet been verified. The opinions expressed in this report, therefore, should not be interpreted as official positions and/or policy of the U.S. Government. -- GOK Appropriates over 60 Million Tenge for Bird [...] | 2006-02-12 04:23:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV ENRG EPET KZ ECONOMIC |
06ALMATY575 | KAZAKHSTAN: REACTION TO CARTOON CONTROVERSY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-13 13:36:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ |
06ALMATY576 | KAZAKHSTAN: OPPOSITION FIGURE MURDERED IN ALMATY [...] (SBU) Summary: The body of leading opposition figure Altynbek Sarsenbaiuly, along with those of two associates, was found in an Almaty field on February 13. All three men had been shot to death and appear to have been murdered. The Minister of Internal Affairs is personally supervising the i [...] | 2006-02-13 13:48:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | POLITICAL |
06ALMATY598 | KAZAKHSTAN: GOK DENIES REFOULEMENT OF UZBEK [...] (C) Summary: Three months after a group of Uzbek citizens was forcibly returned to Uzbekistan from southern Kazakhstan, the Kazakhstani MFA formally responded to UNHCR's multiple inquiries with a flat denial of any GOK involvement. This contradicts previous, informal high-level GOK acknowledg [...] | 2006-02-14 11:33:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PTER KZ UZ |
06ALMATY6 | KAZAKHSTAN: SHKOLNIK ON NUCLEAR POWER INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Kazakhstani Minister of Energy spoke publicly on December 21 about the need for Kazakhstan to develop a domestic nuclear power industry. He cited Kazakhstan's enormous uranium reserves and significant experience with nuclear technology as factors in the decision. Although [...] | 2006-01-03 05:31:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PGOV KZ ECONOMIC |
06ALMATY601 | KAZAKHSTAN'S REACTION TO RESULTS OF 2005 MADRID [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstan is frustrated that the U.S. does not support its application for membership in the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR). The MFA is seeking expert-level discussions in order to obtain a better understanding of U.S. objections and to lay out its case. Post believes [...] | 2006-02-14 12:01:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM ETTC KSCA PREL TSPA KZ |
06ALMATY602 | KAZAKHSTAN INTENSIFIES EFFORTS TO DEVELOP NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstan plans to develop its nuclear industry, from increased uranium production to nuclear power generation. The topic has attracted a significant amount of press coverage in recent weeks, primarily due to a joint statement on cooperation issued by President Nazarbayev and P [...] | 2006-02-14 12:03:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PREL KZ |
06ALMATY603 | KAZAKHSTAN: LUKOIL, CHINESE BIDDING FOR "NATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Patrick O'Mara, Vice President of the privately-held Canadian oil company "Nations Energy," told Poloff on February 10 that Lukoil and "the Chinese" were bidding to buy his company, Kazakhstan's eighth-largest oil producer. Contrary to press reports, India's Oil and Natural Gas C [...] | 2006-02-14 13:48:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET KZ CH |
06ALMATY629 | A/S HARTY VISIT TO ALMATY: TACKLING TOUGH TOPICS [...] SUMMARY. Assistant Secretary Maura Harty's visit to Kazakhstan served to underscore the importance of consular work to our multi-faceted bilateral relationship. In a series of high-profile events, A/S Harty discussed our consular commitment to the business community, the variety of education [...] | 2006-02-15 02:10:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | ECONOMIC |
06ALMATY646 | KAZAKHSTAN: UPDATE ON MURDER OF OPPOSITION FIGURE [...] (SBU) Summary: An estimated three to five thousand people, including the Ambassador, DCM and representatives from other missions and international organizations, attended the February 15 memorial services in Almaty for slain opposition leader Altynbek Sarsenbaiuly. No prominent GOK official [...] | 2006-02-15 12:54:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | POLITICAL |
06ALMATY694 | AMBASSADOR'S FIRST MEETING WITH OPPOSITION LEADER [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 17, the Ambassador and DCM met with Galymzhan Zhakiyanov, founder of the Democratic Choice for Kazakhstan political opposition movement. Zhakiyanov, who was recently released on parole after serving 3 1/2 years in prison (ref A),had not previously met with the Amb [...] | 2006-02-22 07:17:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM KZ |
06ALMATY717 | KAZAKHSTAN: SEVEN ARRESTED IN SARSENBAIULY MURDER [...] (C) Summary: The Ministry of Interior (MVD) announced the arrest of six suspects in the Sarsenbaiuly murder case (reftels) on February 20. According to the MVD, five of the suspects -- all current KNB (National Security Committee) agents -- have confessed to kidnapping the victims on orders o [...] | 2006-02-22 12:14:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KZ POLITICAL |
06ALMATY733 | KAZAKHSTAN: ALLEGED SARSENBAIULY MURDER MASTERMIND [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstani law enforcement officials have detained the alleged mastermind of the Sarsenbaiuly murder (reftels),current Head of the Senate Administration, Yerzhan Utembayev. Utembayev was detained on February 22, after the alleged murderer (in custody but unidentified -- hereaft [...] | 2006-02-24 01:43:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KZ POLITICAL |
06ALMATY756 | KAZAKHSTAN: WHITHER IN 2006 [...] (C) Summary: The U.S.-Kazakhstan relationship is broad and deep, built on a number of significant points of congruence. The GOK is a potential ally and partner on a whole range of issues that are critically important to the U.S., including diversifying Eurasian gas supplies and routes to w [...] | 2006-02-24 14:00:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EINV KDEM PHUM PARM KPAO KZ POLITICAL |
06ALMATY761 | KNB HEAD STEPS DOWN FOLLOWING ARRESTS IN [...] (U) Summary: On February 22, two days after the arrest of five KNB officers in the Sarsenbaiuly murder case (reftel),Kazakhstani President Nursultan Nazarbayev accepted the resignation of Committee of National Security (KNB) Chairman Nartai Dutbayev. According to press reports, KNB Vice Cha [...] | 2006-02-25 10:05:00 | US Office Almaty | SECRET | PHUM PGOV PREL PTER KZ POLITICAL |
06ALMATY78 | KAZAKHSTANI RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON AFGHAN COMPACT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) On December 22, Poloff delivered reftel demarche on donor pledging for the Afghanistan Compact in London to Aitzhan Aidashev, First Secretary in the Asia Department of the Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Aidashev co [...] | 2006-01-12 05:07:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID PREL AF KZ POLITICAL |
06ALMATY79 | KAZAKHSTAN: BAYMENOV LOOKS TOWARD ASTANA [...] (SBU) Summary: Unsuccessful Ak Zhol presidential candidate Alikhan Baymenov is moving to reorganize his party, with the goal of occupying the Mazhilis seat it won in 2004 elections and engaging the GOK in discussion of political reform. The party also intends to take part in the Democratizat [...] | 2006-01-12 05:08:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KZ POLITICAL |
06ALMATY808 | KAZAKHSTAN: UZBEK REFUGEES UNDER RENEWED PRESSURE? [...] (C) Summary: In a February 28 meeting in Almaty, imam Abidkhan Nazarov of the Tukhtaboy mosque in Tashkent told Poloff that he fears that Uzbek and Kazakhstani authorities have recently intensified their efforts to locate him and his followers in Kazakhstan. Nazarov voiced his concerns three [...] | 2006-03-01 12:29:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF PTER KZ POLITICAL |
06ALMATY821 | OPPOSITION, AMBASSADOR DISCUSS SARSENBAIULY CASE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 2 meeting, opposition leaders Oraz Zhandosov and Tulegan Zhakayev told Ambassador that, while they could accept that the ten people arrested thus far in the Sarsenbaiuly murder case (reftels) had been involved in the crime, they did not believe that Senate Administ [...] | 2006-03-02 12:57:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KZ POLITICAL |
06ALMATY869 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY BODMAN'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Almaty welcomes your upcoming visit to Kazakhstan. We wanted to use this occasion to provide you with background on some of the most important energy and nonproliferation issues where your engagement with the Government of Kazakhstan (GOK) could help us move forward. Oil a [...] | 2006-03-06 12:47:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET OVIP KZ |
06ALMATY886 | CHEVRON'S EURASIA MANAGER OFFERS INSIGHT INTO CPC [...] (C) Summary. Guy Hollingsworth, Chevron's Eurasia Business Unit President, told Ambassador on March 2 that he believes that Russia is conditioning CPC pipeline expansion on the construction of a Burgas-Alexandroupolis (B-A) bypass in part because both Energy Minister Viktor Khristenko and Tra [...] | 2006-03-07 11:43:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET KZ RS |
06ALMATY887 | KAZAKHSTAN: PARLIAMENTARIAN, SARSENBAIULY FAMILY [...] (C) Summary: In separate messages, a prominent parliamentarian and 18 members of Alynbek Sarsenbaiuly's family harshly criticized the course of the investigation and pointed toward political motives behind the murder. The chairman of the international relations committee of the lower house o [...] | 2006-03-07 13:26:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KZ |
06ALMATY888 | OSCE: PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] This cable responds to Ref A request for comments on OSCE project proposals. None of the proposals forwarded by USOSCE and the local OSCE Center duplicates activities in which Post is currently involved. Specifically, the proposal on creating a training center for defense lawyers would comp [...] | 2006-03-07 13:52:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AFIN ABUD EAID ECON KCRM PHUM KZ OSCE ECONOMIC |
06ALMATY895 | KAZAKHSTAN: REQUEST FOR TRANSFER OF SA-16 AND [...] (S) On February 28, Poff delivered ref B demarche immediately following the delivery of Ref C demarche to Gaukhar Biseyeva, Head of the Office of European Security in the Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and her assistant Yerzhan Zhukenov. Biseyeva appeared cautiously optimistic abo [...] | 2006-03-09 07:07:00 | US Office Almaty | SECRET | PARM PREL PTER MASS MARR KZ POLITICAL |
06ALMATY897 | 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. -- Quality of Economic Growth in Kazakhstan in 2005 -- Foreign Lab [...] | 2006-03-09 07:37:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ ECONOMIC |
06ALMATY924 | EXBS: KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] EXBS Almaty devoted a substantial amount of time this month to preparing for the delivery of three boats and organizing an event to celebrate their arrival to the Caspian (additional information below in section D). 2. EXBS Kazakhstan's move to Astana is rapidly approaching. The offic [...] | 2006-03-13 02:19:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ |
06ALMATY925 | ALMATY AVIAN INFLUENZA PREPAREDNESS UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Embassy Almaty Emergency Action Committee Pandemic Influenza (PI) Subcommittee has re- convened to discuss and execute the "Preparedness Checklist" (Ref C). Participants in the PI Subcommittee include the DCM and representatives from MED, CDC, ADM, PAS, RSO, Principal Offic [...] | 2006-03-13 05:09:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | APER AMGT AEMR AMED KPAO KFLU KZ ECONOMIC |
06ALMATY960 | SECRETARY BODMAN'S MARCH 14 MEETINGS IN KAZAKHSTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Secretary Bodman conducted a full day of meetings with Government of Kazakhstan (GOK) officials and energy sector representatives in Astana on March 14, on the eve of the Secretary's G8 energy meetings in Moscow. (Secretary Bodman's meeting with President Nazarbayev is reported [...] | 2006-03-16 01:43:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL ECON ENRG ETRD KZ ECONOMIC |
06ALMATY965 | KAZAKHSTAN ENVIRONMENT UPDATE; FEBRUARY 28 [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani press and has not yet been verified. The opinions expressed in this report, therefore, should not be interpreted as official positions and/or policy of the U.S. Government. -- New National Park Established in Southern Kazakh [...] | 2006-03-16 10:41:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV ENRG EPET KZ ECONOMIC |
06AMMAN1019 | JORDAN FOCUSING ON PHARMACEUTICAL IPR ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge delivered ref (A) points from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to Jordan Food and Drug Administration (JFDA) Director General Salah Mawajdeh February 12, noting they answered ref (B) request for the USG assessment of pharmaceutical IPR protection in Jorda [...] | 2006-02-12 17:15:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KIPR KTIA BEXP PGOV ECON EIND JO |
06AMMAN1027 | MEPI AND TREASURY FUNDED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE [...] (U) SUMMARY: During the week of January 22, Department of Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) conducted a highly successful three-day public cash management workshop in Amman. The program successfully introduced finance managers from all of Jordan's 24 ministries, and the Budget D [...] | 2006-02-13 09:46:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN ECON JO |
06AMMAN1035 | BOOK TRANSLATION PROGRAM ANNUAL REPORT FOR [...] Summary: Embassy Amman's Arabic Book Program translated and published nine titles by American authors in Arabic during FY-05. We sent out over 10,000 books to libraries and American Corners. Through the program, the publishers we work with printed a total of 22,500 copies of those titles and [...] | 2006-02-13 13:13:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRC KPAO OIIP OPRC JO |
06AMMAN1059 | EXBS-JORDAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE JANAURY 2006 [...] On January 4-6, EXBS Advisor completed a program Consultation Visit to Washington D.C. to discuss country and regional plans with representatives of the EXBS interagency working group. The following is a summary of discussions and EXBS events: A. Wednesday January 4, 2006. Â [...] | 2006-02-14 07:05:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL MASS KSTC KNNP JO |
06AMMAN1083 | EXBS-MIDDLE EAST REGION ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] On January 4-6, EXBS Advisor completed a program Consultation Visit to Washington D.C. to discuss country and regional plans with representatives of the EXBS interagency working group. The following is a summary of discussions and EXBS events: A. Wednesday January 4, 2006. Â [...] | 2006-02-14 14:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP JO |
06AMMAN1095 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION ON HAMAS OUTREACH TO [...] Summary. Lead stories in all papers over the past fortnight, February 2-14, focus on Hamas' efforts to reach out to Jordan and other nations such as Russia. Media coverage has consisted of meticulous reports of Hamas' statements as they evolved. Editorials and commentary have discussed Jordan [...] | 2006-02-14 16:09:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN1100 | DEMARCHE ON THE APPOINTMENT OF THE NEXT UN [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Jamal Al-Shamayleh, deputy chief of the Foreign Ministry's International Organizations Department, during a February 13 meeting at the Foreign Ministry. Shamayleh agreed that the post of Secretary General should not be bound by a rotational system, and [...] | 2006-02-15 10:31:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN KS JO |
06AMMAN1109 | EXTRADITION TREATY WITH JORDAN [...] (C) Post is working to re-focus the GOJ on resolving the status of the extradition treaty between the U.S. and Jordan. This is a priority point in our meetings with senior GOJ officials, and we ask visiting senior U.S. officials to lend their weight as well, and to consider raising with Jordan [...] | 2006-02-15 13:02:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CASC CJAN KTIA JO |
06AMMAN1116 | JORDAN TO REPLACE PEACEKEEPING MISSION LEADER IN [...] (S) King Abdullah told Ambassador on February 1 enroute to Washington that he had concluded there was a problem with the leadership of the Jordanian peacekeeping unit in Haiti. This problem had been worsening since the killing there December 24 of two Jordanian soldiers. The King said the com [...] | 2006-02-15 14:06:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL MARR KPKO HA JO |
06AMMAN1118 | LOWER HOUSE CONSIDERS BUDGET [...] SUMMARY: Jordan?s draft Budget Law for 2006 in front of Parliament?s Chamber of Deputies this week estimates a deficit of USD 635 million, with gross public expenditures at USD 4.9 billion, revenues at USD 4.2 billion, and foreign aid at USD 333 million. In the budget submission, the Deputy [...] | 2006-02-15 14:51:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV JO |
06AMMAN1129 | PROJECT PROPOSAL FROM IOM JORDAN TO REPATRIATE [...] Fernando Arocena of the International Organization for Migration (IOM)'s Jordan Office approached post with a repatriation project proposaQfor female foreign domestic workers (FDWs) stranded in Jordan, and a request that the USG consider funding it. Embassy Amman endorses this proposal. Deta [...] | 2006-02-16 07:16:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG JO |
06AMMAN1156 | PSI DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-16 14:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHSA ETTC KNNP MNUC JO |
06AMMAN1157 | CANDIDATES FOR THE PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION - [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-16 14:38:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO JO |
06AMMAN1174 | LOWER HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT APPROVES BUDGET AMIDST [...] (SBU) The Chamber of Deputies on February 15 approved the GOJ's budget for 2006 (reftel) with only minor modifications during a chaotic session marked by a walkout of MPs and a vote by a hurried show of hands. During the full week of debate prior to the vote, 72 out of 110 MPs insisted on ex [...] | 2006-02-16 16:08:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN JO |
06AMMAN1175 | PALESTINIAN-JORDANIANS SHARE THEIR VIEWS ON HAMAS [...] (C) While the GOJ is in full agreement with the U.S. on the need for Hamas to renounce terror, recognize Israel and respect past international agreements, Palestinian-Jordanian opinion makers believe that Hamas should be given a "fair chance" to run a Palestinian government without expressly [...] | 2006-02-16 16:10:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL KPAL KWBG JO |
06AMMAN1176 | VERDICTS IN THE CHEMICAL PLOT, ZARQAWI SENTENCED [...] (U) Summary: Jordan's State Security Court (SSC) on February 14 sentenced nine men to hang, including al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, for the 2004 plot to carry out a chemical/vehicle-borne explosive attack against the U.S. Embassy and Jordanian government targets. The plot's ma [...] | 2006-02-16 16:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PHUM ASEC IZ SY JO |
06AMMAN1177 | PRAGMATISTS LEAD MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD'S LEADERSHIP [...] ( C ) Summary and introduction: Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood and its political auxiliary, the Islamic Action Front, have traditionally been pragmatic and established participants in Jordan's political order. Rank and file zealots -- mostly Palestinian-Jordanians and now energized by Hamas' e [...] | 2006-02-16 17:07:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KPAL KDEM PINR JO |
06AMMAN1199 | JORDAN'S IPR CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS: PART IV - [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite good intentions on the part of the Government of Jordan (GoJ) and support from the USAID program, enforcement of intellectual property rights is hampered on several fronts, notably by the overlapping jurisdiction of key government agencies, the lack of clear IPR mission d [...] | 2006-02-20 17:52:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KIPR KTIA PGOV ECON JO |
06AMMAN1214 | INVITATION FOR DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY [...] (U) SUMMARY. Embassy Amman invites the Defense Threat Reduction Agency International Counterproliferation Program to begin a partnership with the Government of Jordan. Post will coordinate program events with other USG assistance. END SUMMARY. 2. INVITATION. A. (SBU) Embassy Amman is p [...] | 2006-02-21 11:10:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL MASS KSTC KNNP JO |
06AMMAN1253 | MEDIA REACTION ON AFTERMATH OF PALESTINIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-21 12:02:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN1261 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO JORDAN OF LIEUTENANT [...] (C) EMBASSY AMMAN IS LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR VISIT ON 22-24 FEBRUARY 2006. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. YOUR VISIT WILL ALLOW YOU TO REITERATE TO THE JORDANIANS OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR JOINT EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORISM AND MAI [...] | 2006-02-21 12:25:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL MARR JO |
06AMMAN1285 | MUQTADA AL-SADR VISITS JORDAN [...] (U) Muqtada al-Sadr visited Jordan February 17-19 for meetings with the King and Prime Minister, and to visit shrines venerated by Shiites. According to press reports, the King told Sadr that Jordan was eager to protect Iraq's unity, and stressed the importance of the political process and of [...] | 2006-02-21 16:30:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL IZ JO |
06AMMAN1289 | SHIITE INSIDER DISCUSSES IRAQI POLITICAL [...] (C) London-based Al-Khoei Foundation Director Ghanem Jawad gave Emboff a run-down on past political intrigues and current political ambitions of several prominent Iraqi political figures, including Ahmed Chalabi, Ibrahim Ja'afari, Abdel Aziz al-Hakim, and Jalal Talabani. Jawad Ja'afari's sup [...] | 2006-02-22 07:13:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KISL JO IZ |
06AMMAN1305 | YEAR 2006 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: JORDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's leadership has endorsed a vision of intellectual property rights that remains one of the strongest in the Arab world, best captured by Microsoft Corporation's commitment to doing business here. The Government of Jordan (GoJ) is no less committed to IPR protection today, [...] | 2006-02-22 09:55:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETRD KIPR ECON KTIA PGOV JO |
06AMMAN1309 | MEDIA REACTION ON SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-22 13:54:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN1315 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION HOST COUNTRY AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-22 16:02:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS KTIA JO |
06AMMAN1364 | EAST BANKER VIEWS ON HAMAS [...] (S) Summary: Three political thinkers from Jordan's East Bank establishment shared with us their views ) ranging from alarmist to confident ) on the "Hamas effect" and Jordan's internal politics. In a separate meeting, the chief of Jordan's security service expressed confidence that the GOJ [...] | 2006-02-23 15:55:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PGOV KISL KPAL JO |
06AMMAN1405 | ARAB BANK REQUESTS USG GUIDANCE ON HANDLING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The expectation of a Hamas led Palestinian government is raising a number of regulatory compliance questions for Jordanian banks, the major handlers of banking transactions in the Palestinian territories. Arab Bank, the third largest regional bank in the Middle East and largest i [...] | 2006-02-27 08:47:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON KWBG KPAL KTFN JO |
06AMMAN1430 | NEXT STEPS ON ELECTORAL REFORM LAWS [...] ( C ) Summary: With the recent passage in parliament of a government budget, attention is turning to Jordan,s pending political reform agenda. The King, Prime Minister and Planning Minister have emphasized to us a determination to proceed promptly with the introduction to parliament of bill [...] | 2006-02-27 16:39:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL JO |
06AMMAN1441 | HAMAS LEGISLATORS IN JORDAN FOR ARAB PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hamas PLC members Mahmoud al-Zahar and Saeed Syam, in Jordan to attend an Arab parliamentarian conference, called in local press for "close relations" between Jordan and a Hamas-led Palestinian Authority. They met with local Islamists and MPs, but did not have contact with GOJ o [...] | 2006-02-28 13:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL KPAL JO |
06AMMAN1477 | MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST AND IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-01 12:27:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN1479 | TRIDE Hits Its Stride [...] Summary: Senior management from the Trilateral Industrial Research and Development (TRIDE) Foundation met Jordanian and USG representatives in Amman on February 20 for a strategic planning session. The productive and upbeat meeting inaugurated the Ministry of Industry and Trade as the lead J [...] | 2006-03-01 12:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND EINV ECIN PREL IS JO |
06AMMAN1500 | UPDATE ON DEMINING IN JORDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prince Mired bin Ra,ad, Chairman of Jordan,s National Committee on Demining and Rehabilitation (NCDR),updated the Ambassador February 21 on demining efforts since the launching of the Mine Action Plan in June 2005 (reftel). He also discussed Jordan,s strategy for meeting the Ma [...] | 2006-03-01 15:08:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR MASS KHPD JO |
06AMMAN1501 | THREE PRISONS BACK UNDER CONTROL AFTER RIOTS [...] (C) Summary: Authorities have regained control of three prisons after overnight riots. Islamist extremists at the prisons appear to have been at the center of the disturbances. According to local security contacts, members of parliament from the Islamic Action Front took part in successful n [...] | 2006-03-02 07:27:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM ASEC JO |
06AMMAN1505 | AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON'S MEETING WITH PRINCE ALI [...] (S/NF) Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Henry Crumpton met February 28 with Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein, one of King Abdullah's closest advisors and his half-brother. Discussions focused on Jordan's Counterrorism (CT) support request (Ref A). Ambassador Crumpton was joined in the mee [...] | 2006-03-02 09:59:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER MARR PHUM LE SY JO |
06AMMAN151 | ARTICLE 98 -- PARLIAMENT COMPLETES RATIFICATION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-08 15:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR JO KICC |
06AMMAN1511 | AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON'S VISIT TO JORDAN'S 71ST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Henry Crumpton, U.S. Coordinator for Counterterrorism (CT),discussed Jordanian CT capabilities - and CT training for foreign special operations forces - with the commander of the 71st Jordanian Counterterrorism Battalion during a February 28 visit to Jordan. END SUMMA [...] | 2006-03-02 10:38:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PTER MARR MCAP IZ JO |
06AMMAN1513 | Jordan and EU Declare Reciprocal Liberalization [...] Summary: Jordan and the EU declared reciprocal liberalization measures in agricultural trade on February 28. The change liberalizes some categories of agricultural products ahead of schedule. However, some Jordanian producers and exporters report that the benefits of the agreement will st [...] | 2006-03-02 10:38:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD JO |
06AMMAN1523 | JORDANIAN AUTHORITIES CAPTURE TERRORISTS [...] (U) Jordanian dailies led with the GOJ's announcement that the General Intelligence Directorate (GID) foiled a suicide bombing plot by capturing three terrorists. GOJ spokesman Nasser Judah said the captured terrorists planned to attack a "vital civilian facility" in Amman. State-run TV showe [...] | 2006-03-02 14:10:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PHUM ASEC IZ SY JO |
06AMMAN1526 | AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON'S MEETING WITH THE CHIEF OF [...] (C) Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Henry Crumpton met with Lt. General Mohammad Majid Al-Eitan February 28. Discussions focused on terrorist tactics, border security, and regional security cooperation. Ambassador Crumpton was joined in the meeting by the Ambassador, A/RSO, and Po [...] | 2006-03-02 14:24:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PTER IZ SY LE JO |
06AMMAN1534 | AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON'S MEETING WITH FM KHATIB [...] (SBU) Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Henry Crumpton met with Foreign Minister Abdul Ilah Al-Khatib February 28. Discussions focused on regional concerns including Hamas, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and Jordan,s efforts to combat radical Islamist ideologies. Jordanian participants incl [...] | 2006-03-02 15:55:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PTER MARR PHUM KISL SY JO IR IZ |
06AMMAN1557 | MEDIA REACTION ON HAMAS IN MOSCOW [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-05 13:15:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN1576 | PAPERS FOR PSI PLANNING MEETING DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-05 15:28:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHSA ETTC KNNP MNUC JO |
06AMMAN1599 | CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON IMPLICATIONS FOR JORDAN'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the wake of Hamas' victory in the Palestinian elections, the Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) will continue to require Jordanian banks to apply terrorism-financing sanctions against all accounts held by Hamas individuals. According to CBJ Governor Umayya Toukan, deciding what to d [...] | 2006-03-06 11:56:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON KWBG KPAL KTFN JO |
06AMMAN1606 | DIPLOMATIC NOTE REGARDING USE OF KASOTC DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-06 13:41:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PM JO |
06AMMAN1657 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO JORDAN OF LIEUTENANT [...] (S) EMBASSY AMMAN IS LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR VISIT ON 8-9 MARCH 2006. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. YOUR VISIT WILL ALLOW YOU TO REITERATE TO THE JORDANIANS OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR JOINT EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORISM AND MAINTAIN [...] | 2006-03-07 05:29:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | JO MARR PREL |
06AMMAN1691 | JORDAN'S SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) Embassy point of contact on trafficking in persons is political officer Jonathan Peccia (grade 4),phone number 202-536-4173, ext. 6597 or 962-6-590-6597, fax number 962-6-592-0159. Officer spent approximately 40 hours preparing the report. Pol FSN spent 16 hours preparing the report. [...] | 2006-03-07 15:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB JO |
06AMMAN1692 | EAST BANK MODERATE ELECTED LEADER OF MUSLIM [...] ( U ) The newly-elected Shura Council of Jordan,s Muslim Brotherhood chose a new executive board March 3, to be led by Salem al-Falahat as Controller General (&al-Muraqib al-Aam.8) Falahat succeeds 12-year incumbent Abdul Majeed Al-Thuneibat, who surprised Amman,s political pundits by withdr [...] | 2006-03-07 15:51:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KISL JO |
06AMMAN1735 | SOME JORDANIAN VIEWS ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR AMBITIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOJ shares U.S. concerns about Iran,s nuclear ambitions, but also fears a U.S.-Iran crisis that adds to regional tensions. Jordan,s political class and the popular press, however, often link the Iran nuclear issue to complaints about the Israeli nuclear program. END SUMMARY [...] | 2006-03-08 14:02:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MNUC IR JO |
06AMMAN177 | JORDANIAN ATTITUDES TOWARDS IRAQIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Most of the estimated 400,000 Iraqis living in Jordan are well-integrated. Following the November 9 Amman hotel bombings, however, the Iraqi Embassy reported several isolated physical attacks against Iraqis. Meanwhile, UN officials report an up-tick in the local detention of Ira [...] | 2006-01-09 14:38:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM IZ JO |
06AMMAN1787 | EXBS-MIDDLE EAST REGION ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] On February 1-28, Regional Advisor assisted ISN/ECC-DoS, EXBS Interagency Group Members and their contractors to update the interagency EXBS event schedule for the Middle East Region. ISN- ECC expects to disseminate an updated schedule in March 2006. 2. The new point of contact for EXBS in [...] | 2006-03-09 16:02:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP JO |
06AMMAN1788 | EXBS-JORDAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE FEBRUARY [...] On February 13, the EXBS Advisor participated in a telephone conference with EXBS program managers from DOS and DOC to discuss future DOC EXBS events in Jordan. Scheduling training in legal infrastructure, licensing, enforcement and presentation of the DOC automated Product Identification Trai [...] | 2006-03-09 16:03:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL MASS KSTC KNNP JO |
06AMMAN1789 | EXBS-JORDAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE FEBRUARY [...] On February 13, the EXBS Advisor participated in a telephone conference with EXBS program managers from DOS and DOC to discuss future DOC EXBS events in Jordan. Scheduling training in legal infrastructure, licensing, enforcement and presentation of the DOC automated Product Identification Trai [...] | 2006-03-09 16:08:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL MASS KSTC KNNP JO |
06AMMAN179 | VETTING FOR JORDANIAN COESPU STUDENTS COMPLETED [...] Post possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by any of the Jordanian police listed below. They have been nominated for training at the Center of Excellance for Stability Police Units (COESPU) in Vincenza, Italy. Name: Captain Ramadan Al Battah DOB: 03/01/1962 [...] | 2006-01-09 16:25:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS PHUM MASS IT JO |
06AMMAN1790 | ARAB BANK MOVES TO REDUCE RISK IN THE EVENT OF A [...] (C) SUMMARY: Arab Bank, Jordan's largest bank and the largest provider of banking services in the West Bank and Gaza, has been steadily lowering the amount of credit it offers the Palestinian Authority (PA) since the Hamas parliamentary victory. In anticipation of a worst-case scenario with [...] | 2006-03-09 16:54:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON KWBG KPAL KTFN JO |
06AMMAN1792 | TRUCKING DELAYS AT JORDAN-IRAQ BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Queues have been getting longer since the new year on the Iraqi side of the Jordan-Iraq border at Al Karama-Trebil, due to security screening on the Jordanian side, and a lack of resources on the Iraqi side. Coalition convoys traveling eastward are also facing delays. END SUMMA [...] | 2006-03-12 06:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MARR IZ JO |
06AMMAN18 | PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS RATIFICATION OF [...] (U) The legal committee of the Chamber of Deputies - the lower house of Jordan's parliament - on January 2 formally recommended the ratification of the U.S.-Jordan Article 98 agreement. The Chamber of Deputies had referred the agreement to the legal committee on December 7, after earlier rej [...] | 2006-01-03 15:47:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JO KICC |
06AMMAN1827 | TWO FOLEY ASSASSINS HANGED [...] (U) Jordanian authorities carried out the executions of two men convicted for the October 28, 2002 assassination of USAID diplomat Lawrence Foley. Libyan national Salim Suwayd, and Jordanian national Yasir Furayhat were hanged at dawn March 11. 2. (U) The executions came ten days after rio [...] | 2006-03-12 16:40:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PHUM ASEC JO |
06AMMAN1830 | UNRWA STAKEHOLDERS RE-INVIGORATE AGENCY'S ADVISORY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives of 20 governments and observers from the European Commission, the PLO and the Arab League convened in an extraordinary meeting in Amman February 27-28 to re-invigorate the moribund governance structure of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine R [...] | 2006-03-13 08:40:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF KPAL KUNR PREL JO UNGA |
06AMMAN1838 | MEDIA REACTION ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-13 11:33:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN1848 | ABU MAZEN: "ONE POLICY FOR PA" [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) met with foreign ambassadors in Amman, March 12. Abu Mazen told the ambassadors that there is only one policy for the Palestinians - to pursue peace through the Quartet-led roadmap. He signaled he would not back down [...] | 2006-03-13 13:14:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PGOV IS JO |
06AMMAN1850 | JORDAN,S STOCK MARKET INDEX CORRECTION RAISES [...] (U) SUMMARY: In the last two weeks, the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) suffered a 25% net drop before leveling off, tracking similar declines in neighboring bourses. Described by most Amman-based analysts as a "much-needed correction," the decline exposed some vulnerability in the Exchange. With [...] | 2006-03-13 14:56:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON JO |
06AMMAN1852 | PAS AMMAN BRINGS HIP HOP TO JORDAN [...] SUMMARY: PAS Amman organized a highly successful musical program with the American hip hop jazz ensemble Opus Akoben February 27-March 1, 2006. The group performed live at three venues in Irbid and Amman, and also conducted three master classes. More than 550 young people from a broad range [...] | 2006-03-13 15:03:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL JO |
06AMMAN1867 | Planning Minister on Economy and Reform [...] (U) SUMMARY. On March 2, Planning Minister Suhair Al- Ali told visiting U.S. military officers that Jordan faces important economic and security challenges in the near term, but that ongoing reforms had built a strong basis for longer- term development. She also outlined Jordan's agenda for [...] | 2006-03-14 13:08:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EAID JO |
06AMMAN1896 | GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS: SUPPORT FOR THE JOINT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to reftel demarche to Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) contacts, a senior trade official said March 12 that while Jordan was still in the early stages of handling geographical indications (GIs),the Government of Jordan (GoJ) was inclined to endorse the "easies [...] | 2006-03-14 14:46:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR JO WTRO |
06AMMAN1914 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ AND MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-15 13:37:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN1917 | FIRST PREPARATORY MEETING FOR THE 2006 FORUM FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the prepcon for the Forum for the Future, Russian co-chairs pushed for control over the end product of the Forum -- including drafting the Chairman's Summary and attempting to move much of the decision-making on themes to be discussed to an additional prepcon in Moscow in May [...] | 2006-03-15 15:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KDEM ECON RS JO |
06AMMAN1921 | JORDANIANS CONDEMN ISRAELI RAID ON JERICHO PRISON [...] (C) The GOJ, local press and post contacts denounced Israel's March 14 military raid on the Palestinian prison in Jericho. Government spokesman Nasser Judeh issued a statement to media that said the Israeli action "represents an unjustifiably serious escalation ... that will only enhance ten [...] | 2006-03-15 16:25:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO |
06AMMAN1926 | JORDANIANS CONDEMN ISRAELI RAID ON JERICHO PRISON [...] (C) The GOJ, local press and post contacts denounced Israel's March 14 military raid on the Palestinian prison in Jericho. Government spokesman Nasser Judeh issued a statement to media that said the Israeli action "represents an unjustifiably serious escalation ... that will only enhance ten [...] | 2006-03-16 04:39:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO |
06AMMAN1935 | MEDIA REACTION ON JERICHO PRISON RAID [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-16 12:31:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN1953 | ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT MEETING - JORDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-16 18:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL XF KBCT JO |
06AMMAN1957 | Entry-Level Initiative to Celebrate African-American [...] (U) SUMMARY: In celebration of African-American History Month, Embassy Amman scheduled a series of events for Jordanian and American audiences. The Embassy honored African-Americans through art exhibitions, film showings, discussion, concerts, and a formal ball. Each event shared an aspect [...] | 2006-03-19 06:32:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL KPAO APER JO |
06AMMAN1986 | JORDAN ELIMINATES SOME OIL SUBSIDIES, REDUCES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Bakhit's government is set to completely liberalize prices in three oil product categories, and raise fuel prices across five remaining subsidized products, effective April 1. The average weighted increase to fuel prices will be about 25 percent, but will include a [...] | 2006-03-19 14:05:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV ENRG SOCI JO |
06AMMAN2001 | MEDIA REACTION ON THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-20 10:13:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN2016 | WOMEN ACTIVISTS PRESS FOR MORE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Women's rights activists are calling for parliament to expand quotas that guarantee women,s representation in municipal councils and the national parliament. The government agrees, at least for the municipal level, and the municipal elections law that it plans to submit to par [...] | 2006-03-20 13:36:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KWMN JO |
06AMMAN2046 | PALESTINIANS STRANDED AT JORDAN-IRAQ BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: As of mid-day March 20, 89 Palestinians who left Baghdad with the assistance of an American NGO, were stranded in the no-man's land between the Iraqi and Jordanian border posts at the Karamah-Trebil crossing. The Jordanian Government is not admitting the Palestinians who claim [...] | 2006-03-21 10:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL XF IZ JO |
06AMMAN2047 | JORDAN DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER REQUESTS ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) On March 20, Ambassador received a letter dated March 7 from Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Ziad Fariz requesting USG assistance in concluding new agreements for debt swaps. Minister of Planning Suhair Al-Ali clarified to the Ambassador on March 20 that "this is just a fo [...] | 2006-03-21 10:54:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID JO |
06AMMAN2052 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-21 11:46:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN2056 | FIRST PREPARATORY MEETING FOR THE 2006 FORUM FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the prepcon for the Forum for the Future, Russian co-chairs pushed for control over the end product of the Forum -- including drafting the Chairman's Summary and attempting to move much of the decision-making on themes to be discussed to a much-expanded prepcon in Moscow in M [...] | 2006-03-21 12:01:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KDEM ECON RS JO |
06AMMAN2061 | PALESTINIAN REFUGEES AT JORDAN-IRAQ BORDER [...] (U) Reached on March 21, Jordan,s Interior Minister, Eid al-Fayez, responded positively to the Ambassador,s request that UNHCR be granted access to the 89 Palestinian refugees now on the Jordan-Iraq border. His staff later confirmed to Ambassador that the minister had issued his authorizati [...] | 2006-03-21 14:16:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF KPAL IZ JO |
06AMMAN2068 | AI Task Force Meets With Diplomatic Community, [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Amman's Avian Flu Task Force met with representatives from other embassies, Amman-based UN organizations and the Government of Jordan (GoJ) on March 2, 2006 to share information on avian flu preparedness. All participants are following similar lines of action: stockin [...] | 2006-03-22 06:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU XF JO |
06AMMAN2073 | JORDAN'S PARTIAL PRIVATIZATION OF PHOSPHATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's recent sale of a 37% stake in the Jordan Phosphate Mining Corporation (JPMC) to the Brunei Investment Agency (BIA) for US$110 million met with public and parliamentary disapproval before the deal was concluded. Given BIA's overall size of over US$100 billion, the investme [...] | 2006-03-22 07:21:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KPRV EMIN EIND ECON JO BX |
06AMMAN2108 | JORDAN LOOKS TO NEIGHBORS FOR HELP WITH WATER [...] (SBU) Summary: With rainfall at 65% of the long-term average for this time of year, and reservoirs at 54% of capacity, Jordan is seeking help from Israel and Syria to cover an emerging water supply gap. Israel has been helpful, Syria reluctant. Reftel Red-Dead feasibility study should start [...] | 2006-03-22 13:58:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAGR PREL PGOV SY IS JO |
06AMMAN2109 | JOINT USG-GOJ FLOOD RELIEF PROVIDED TO ALGERIA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-22 14:38:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PREL EAID AL JO |
06AMMAN2114 | NEW ISLAMIC ACTION FRONT LEADER LINKED TO HAMAS? [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's Islamic Action Front (IAF) has elected as its new secretary general a Palestinian-Jordanian, apparently over the objections of some elements of the East Bank establishment in the Islamic Movement and in the GOJ. However, real control over the movement rests with the newl [...] | 2006-03-22 15:29:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KPAL PINR JO |
06AMMAN2118 | JORDAN'S STATE SECURITY COURT MOVES ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan's State Security Court (SSC) indicted 20 defendants for terrorist activities in connection with attacks in Amman and Aqaba last year, and indicted members of the "Al-Mansurah" cell for conspiring to carry out terrorist acts. The SSC reached verdicts in six terrorism-rela [...] | 2006-03-22 16:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PHUM ASEC IZ SY JO |
06AMMAN2119 | GOJ SUBMITS NEW MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS LAW TO [...] (SBU) The GOJ submitted a new municipal elections law to parliament on March 20, accompanied by a request that it be given priority status. The draft law provides for the direct election of all mayors and municipal council members in Jordan, except for the capital of Amman. The bill also set [...] | 2006-03-22 16:21:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KWMN JO |
06AMMAN2145 | NINE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 2002 MA'AN UPRISINGS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The State Security Court (SSC) sentenced nine of the 108 defendants in the 2002 Ma'an uprising (refs A, B) to death on March 22. The defendants, charged with carrying out terrorist acts, possessing automatic weapons, and illegal public assembly, claimed that their confessions we [...] | 2006-03-23 15:51:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PHUM ASEC JO |
06AMMAN2163 | BOOK TRANSLATION PROGRAM ANNUAL REPORT FOR [...] Summary: Embassy Amman's Arabic Book Program translated and published nine titles by American authors in Arabic during FY-05. The copyright permission for all these titles was obtained by the post and agreements were signed between U.S. and local publishers. We sent out over 10,000 books to l [...] | 2006-03-26 08:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRC KPAO OIIP OPRC JO |
06AMMAN2164 | MEDIA REACTION ON THE ARAB SUMMIT IN KHARTOUM [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-26 11:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN2176 | Jordan: No Further H5N1 Cases Confirmed [...] Summary: As of 1500 local time on March 26, H5N1 avian flu in Jordan has not spread beyond the four cases confirmed in turkeys in northern Jordan reported March 23 (reftel). No human cases have been reported, although rumors persist. The GOJ is stressing transparency with the media. In addit [...] | 2006-03-26 15:32:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO CASC KFLU JO |
06AMMAN2199 | GOJ REMAINS WILLING TO SUPPORT ABU MAZEN IF ASKED [...] (C) Summary: King Abdullah told LTG Keith Dayton that Jordan wants to bolster PA President Abbas' position, and, if asked, is ready to help build the capacity of security services under Abbas' direct control. Jordan will not give any assistance to forces under the authority of Hamas. Foreign [...] | 2006-03-27 13:28:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL IS JO |
06AMMAN2234 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO JORDAN OF GENERAL [...] (S) EMBASSY AMMAN IS LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR VISIT ON 28-29 MARCH 2006. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. YOUR VISIT WILL ALLOW YOU TO REITERATE TO THE JORDANIANS OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR JOINT EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORISM AND MAINTA [...] | 2006-03-28 12:05:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | JO MARR PREF |
06AMMAN2240 | JORDAN'S PM MEETS U.S. SENATE STAFFERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit met with nine U.S. Senate staff members, accompanied by Ambassador, on March 23 as part of their week-long, GOJ-hosted visit. The PM discussed a range of topics from domestic reform to regional issues. Bakhit shared his concern over reactions to an i [...] | 2006-03-28 14:38:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ECON JO |
06AMMAN2273 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, ARAB SUMMIT, REFORM [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-29 11:25:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN230 | CODEL OBAMA MEETS WITH JORDAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (U) Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) met with Jordanian Foreign Minister Abdelelah Khatib on January 9. The Senator was joined in the meeting by his staff, the Ambassador, and poloff. 2. (C) Sen. Obama thanked Khatib for his successful efforts to persuade Jordan's parliament to ratify the Artic [...] | 2006-01-12 14:04:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER JO |
06AMMAN2302 | MEDIA REACTION ON ISRAELI ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-30 12:03:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN2322 | FOREIGN FIGHTER DEMARCHE [...] (C) Polcouns made Ref A points on foreign fighters in a March 9 meeting with Dimai Haddad, head of Foreign Minister Khatib's private office. Haddad said the GOJ views it as in its own interest to stop any young men, Jordanian or foreign, who fit the foreign fighter profile. He pointed to Jor [...] | 2006-03-30 14:40:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER PREL ASEC CG XA XF XG XI JO |
06AMMAN2325 | CODEL MCCAIN MEETS WITH KING ABDULLAH [...] ( S ) Summary: King Abdullah briefed Codel McCain on his proposal to help pacify Anbar province, discussed Iraq, Iran, Hamas, and his effort to convene a conference of Iraqi religious leaders. He accused Syrian intelligence of giving &a green light8 to terrorists seeking to carry out attacks [...] | 2006-03-30 17:14:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL OVIP KPAL IS IZ JO |
06AMMAN2326 | Jordan/H5N1: Government to Compensate for Culled [...] Summary: As of 1630 local time on March 30, there have been no new cases of H5N1 avian influenza in Jordan since the original cases first reported on March 24. GOJ officials feel they have the situation under control. On March 28, the GOJ announced that it will compensate farmers in the Kuf [...] | 2006-03-30 17:15:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO CASC KFLU JO |
06AMMAN234 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO JORDAN OF LIEUTENANT [...] (C) EMBASSY AMMAN IS LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR VISIT 16-17 JANUARY 2006. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. YOUR VISIT WILL ALLOW YOU TO REITERATE TO THE JORDANIANS OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR JOINT EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORISM AND MAINTAI [...] | 2006-01-12 18:09:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | JO MARR PREL |
06AMMAN2358 | Jordan/H5N1: First Human Case Arrives by Ferry from [...] Summary: A 31 year-old Egyptian who arrived on March 27 in Jordan already sick from H5N1 avian flu is Jordan's first human case. The man raises poultry at his home in Egypt, the presumed source of the infection. The man's medical condition on April 2 is stable. No other human cases are rep [...] | 2006-04-02 14:20:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO CASC KFLU JO |
06AMMAN2367 | JORDAN APPLIES FOR HUMANITARIAN DEMINING GRANT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-03 12:19:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR KHPD MASS PGOV JO |
06AMMAN2378 | JORDAN APPLIES FOR HUMANITARIAN DEMINING GRANT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-04 07:40:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR KHPD MASS PGOV JO |
06AMMAN2388 | ARAB BANK GLOBAL HEAD OF REGULATORY COMPLIANCE [...] (C) Summary: Arab Bank, Global Head of Regulatory Compliance Michael Matossian requested USG guidance on Palestinian Authority (PA) accounts at Arab Bank, expressed his support for Jordan's draft Anti-Money Laundering/Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) law, and provided additional [...] | 2006-04-04 11:55:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KPAL KWBG KTFN ECON JO |
06AMMAN239 | FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF JORDAN'S NEW CABINET [...] (C) SUMMARY: King Abdullah II has tasked Jordan's new government with three broad goals: --boosting security (but maintaining civil rights) in the wake of the November 9 bombings, --restoring momentum to economic and especially political reforms, and --attending to poverty alleviation an [...] | 2006-01-16 07:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREL EFIN KISL PINR JO |
06AMMAN2395 | ROYAL JORDANIAN SEEKS UPDATE ON TRAVEL BAN FOR USG [...] This is an action message -- see para. 4 for action requested. 2. A senior official of Jordan's state-owned Royal Jordanian Airlines (RJ) asked the Embassy April 4 for the current status of the ban on the use of commercial airlines by USG travelers traveling to and from Iraq. 3. Emba [...] | 2006-04-04 14:02:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR JO IZ |
06AMMAN2403 | GOJ AGREES TO KASOTC ARRANGEMENT [...] (SBU) Post received a diplomatic note dated April 2 from the Foreign Ministry accepting ref A proposals regarding the King Abdullah Special Operations Training Center (KASOTC). 2. (SBU) The substantive portion of the note's text follows: With reference to the Embassy's diplomatic note no. [...] | 2006-04-05 06:37:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS PREL JO |
06AMMAN2404 | ISLAMIC ACTION FRONT CALLS FOR TWO-HOUR GENERAL [...] (C) Jordan,s Islamic Action Front called April 3 for a two-hour general strike on Sunday, April 9. The Front said the work stoppage would be in protest against the GOJ,s fourth round of fuel subsidy cuts, which most here expect the GOJ to implement in the coming days (ref A). Post,s contacts [...] | 2006-04-05 06:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KISL ELAB JO |
06AMMAN2418 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-05 10:56:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN2446 | ANNUAL STAFFING DATA FOR UNRWA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-06 12:09:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER ECON KUNR UN JO |
06AMMAN2452 | EFFECTS OF JORDAN'S UPCOMING FUEL PRICE HIKE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The one-time fuel price hike for 2006 - the largest jump to date, which is expected in coming days - will bring Jordan's budget to manageable levels by eliminating $415 million in fuel subsidies (Ref C),but will stretch many household budgets close to the breaking point. Some [...] | 2006-04-06 14:12:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PGOV SOCI EPET JO |
06AMMAN2495 | JORDAN TO HOST IRAQ CONFERENCE [...] (U) Jordan's official news agency, Petra, announced April 5 that the GoJ will host a conference of "senior Iraqi religious and tribal leaders" in Amman on April 22 under the patronage of King Abdullah. The conference, to be organized in cooperation between Jordan,s Aal al-Bayt Institute and t [...] | 2006-04-09 14:30:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL IZ JO |
06AMMAN2496 | SPOTTY RESPONSE TO CALL FOR GENERAL STRIKE; [...] ( SBU )The Islamic Action Front,s call for a two-hour general strike April 9 met with a mixed response. In several East Amman lower middle-class neighborhoods known for Islamist sympathies, poloff observed between one quarter and one half of shops closed on some commercial streets. Several [...] | 2006-04-09 14:48:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ASEC KISL ECON ELAB JO |
06AMMAN2504 | JORDAN TO RUN FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-10 08:34:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KUNR PGOV PHUM UNGA JO |
06AMMAN2506 | EXBS-JORDAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE MARCH 2006 [...] On March 5, the EXBS Advisor participated in meetings with representatives of Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) to discuss border security ideas of benefit to Jordan. SNL offered to fund a small group of Jordanian experts to come to Albuquerque to work jointly for about a month with SNL scien [...] | 2006-04-10 09:02:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL MASS KSTC KNNP JO |
06AMMAN2507 | EXBS-MIDDLE EAST REGION ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] On March 1-31, Regional Advisor assisted ISN/ECC-DoS, EXBS Interagency Group Members, and their contractors to update the interagency EXBS event schedule for the Middle East Region. ISN- ECC expects to disseminate an updated schedule in April 2006. 2. On March 1-26, Regional Advisor coordin [...] | 2006-04-10 09:03:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP JO |
06AMMAN2509 | KING, QUEEN AND FOREIGN MINISTER MEET WITH SENATE [...] (C) Summary: A Government of Jordan-sponsored U.S. Senate staff delegation accompanied by Ambassador Hale met March 23 with King Abdullah. The King focused on Iran,s role in Iraq, Hamas,s electoral victory, and Syria. The King appreciated Capitol Hill support, but stressed Jordan will need [...] | 2006-04-10 10:07:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KDEM JO IR SY |
06AMMAN2525 | JORDAN FUEL PRICE HIKES, "SAFETY NET" IMPLEMENTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Businesses, consumers, and government offices were moving rapidly April 9 to adjust to the fuel price hikes approved by the cabinet April 8 and implemented at midnight (see ref's). In addition to a JD 61.7 million ($87 million) "social safety net" program (Ref C) already in ef [...] | 2006-04-10 13:50:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV SOCI EPET JO |
06AMMAN2526 | DETAINED ISLAMISTS RELEASED [...] (SBU) According to the website of the Islamic Action Front (IAF),Jordanian authorities have released "most" of the IAF activists who had been detained over the last few days (reftel). A statement by IAF Secretary General Zaki Bani Irsheid posted on the site claimed that "around 20" party act [...] | 2006-04-10 14:05:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KISL JO |
06AMMAN2527 | CENTRAL BANK OF JORDAN RESPONSE TO GUIDANCE ON [...] (C) Summary: Post delivered Ref A talking points on the permissibility of commercial and financial relationships with private individuals and entities within the Palestinian territories to Central Bank of Jordan Governor Umayya Toukan on April 9. Toukan said that Arab Bank is moving to sever [...] | 2006-04-10 14:08:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KPAL KWBG KTFN ECON JO |
06AMMAN2528 | ARAB LEAGUE ENVOY TO ADDRESS IRAQI ISLAMIC [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-10 14:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KISL IZ JO |
06AMMAN2540 | A/S WELCH TALKS REGIONAL ISSUES WITH JORDAN'S [...] (C) SUMMARY. Assistant Secretary Welch met with Jordanian Foreign Minister Abdelelah Al-Khatib April 3, on the coattails of the Quartet envoys meeting in Amman. Centcom J-5 Director Rear Admiral Robert Moeller and the Ambassador joined the discussions. The meeting focused on continuing assi [...] | 2006-04-12 07:51:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JO |
06AMMAN2541 | A/S WELCH'S MEETING WITH INTELLIGENCE CHIEF [...] (C) Summary: A/S Welch and Jordanian intelligence chief Dhahabi discussed Iran's ambitions in the region, and how to deal with Hamas. End summary. 2. (S/NF) Assistant Secretary for NEA David Welch met with Muhammad Dhahabi, the chief of Jordan's General Intelligence Directorate (GID),in [...] | 2006-04-12 08:14:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINR IR IZ JO |
06AMMAN2572 | NORTH KOREAN FLAGS OF CONVENIENCE DEMARCHE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche April 10 to Jamal Al-Shamayleh, deputy chief of the Foreign Ministry's International Organizations Department. Shamayleh said that he would notify Foreign Minister Khatib and Minister of Transportation Saud Nseirat of our position regarding any Jordanian o [...] | 2006-04-12 14:14:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PHSA KNNP MNUC EWWT KN JO |
06AMMAN2575 | JORDANIAN LABOR MINISTRY OPENS NEW OFFICE FOR [...] (SBU) Jordan's Ministry of Labor will open an office to integrate many of the governmental procedures that relate to foreign domestic workers (FDWs). According to the Ministry's Secretary General, Majed al Habashneh, the new office will SIPDIS handle requests from recruiting agents for work [...] | 2006-04-13 05:33:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ELAB PHUM JO |
06AMMAN2647 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-13 12:46:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN2648 | HIKMA PHARMACEUTICALS SHOWCASES ANOTHER GROWING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan's $330 million pharmaceutical industry is a bright spot in the nation's industrial development and one of the front-runner sectors in the leadership's strategy of export-led economic growth. Hikma Pharmaceuticals and its parent, the Hikma Group, is the shining star amon [...] | 2006-04-13 13:05:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD TSPL KIPR TBIO JO |
06AMMAN2657 | QAFQAFA PRISON RIOT BY TAKFIRI ISLAMISTS [...] (SBU) On April 13, at approximately 0900 hours (local),a riot took place in Qafqafa prison, located near Irbid approximately fifty miles north of Amman. According to RSO sources in the Public Security Directorate (PSD),the riot occurred when PSD officers assigned to the prison attempted to [...] | 2006-04-13 13:47:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PTER PHUM JO |
06AMMAN2661 | COESPU DEMARCHE DELIVERED, JORDANIAN CANDIDATES [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche April 10 to Jamal Al-Shamayleh, deputy chief of the Foreign Ministry's International Organizations Department. Shamayleh said that he would notify Foreign Minister Khatib and contact Jordan's Public Security Directorate regarding nominees for the Center [...] | 2006-04-13 14:13:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO MARR IT JO |
06AMMAN2669 | AMMAN'S NOMINATION FOR 2005 DEPARTMENT FSN [...] THE UNITED STATES EMBASSY IN AMMAN, JORDAN IS PROUD TO NOMINATE PROTOCOL ASSISTANT MAHA KALAJI FOR THE 2006 FOREIGN SERVICE NATIONAL OF THE YEAR AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING LIAISON WITH HOST COUNTRY OFFICIALS WHICH FACILITATED THE WORK OF THE AMERICAN OFFICERS AND THE GOALS OF THE MISSION. MS. KA [...] | 2006-04-16 08:24:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | AFSN APER AMGT KSEP JO |
06AMMAN2694 | MAHMOUD ZAHAR TO GET COLD RECEPTION IN AMMAN [...] (C) Foreign Minister al-Khatib informed the Ambassador on April 16 that he would receive his Palestinian counterpart, Mahmoud Zahar, on April 19, during the latter's regional swing. He said Zahar had a mixed delegation, with representatives of Nabil Shaath's office joining him. Khatib said [...] | 2006-04-16 14:06:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JO |
06AMMAN2711 | JORDAN DEMOCRATIC REFORM STATUS REPORT: FIRST [...] (C) Prime Minister Marouf Al Bakhit continues working to build consensus within Jordan's political system for several of the recommendations contained in the report of the Commission for the National Agenda, a blue-ribbon panel which produced a ten-year plan for reform toward the end of the te [...] | 2006-04-17 04:58:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KMPI JO |
06AMMAN2735 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-17 12:20:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV KUNR UNGA OPDC JO |
06AMMAN2737 | DARFUR TROOP CONTRIBUTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-17 12:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO SU JO |
06AMMAN2738 | INDEPENDENT INQUIRY DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-17 12:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KFIN IZ JO |
06AMMAN2740 | Jordan: 2006 Request for Science Fellows [...] Summary: Embassy Amman would like to request Embassy Science Fellows (ref A) for 1) an assessment of the marine ecosystem, 2) environmental law enforcement, 3) further work on managing industrial wastewater, and 4) developing Jordan's research sector. End summary. Marine Ecosystem Assessme [...] | 2006-04-17 12:39:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPL SENV APER KSCA JO |
06AMMAN2741 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL COCHRAN [...] (C) Embassy Amman welcomes your visit April 18-20. Jordan is a key partner for U.S. efforts in Iraq, the war against terrorism, regional reform and promotion of moderate Islam, and Israel-Palestinian peace. 2. (C) You are scheduled for an audience with Prince Faisal, who is serving as Rege [...] | 2006-04-17 12:42:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV OVIP JO |
06AMMAN2750 | KING ASKS HIS GOVERNMENT TO AID THE POOR, WHILE PM [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a public letter addressed to Prime Minister Bakhit on April 13, King Abdullah urged the GOJ to ease the impact on the poor of the recent cut in fuel subsidies, and to make the rich shoulder more of the tax burden. Meanwhile, the Planning Minister confirmed that a more progre [...] | 2006-04-17 13:36:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ECON EFIN ENRG SOCI JO |
06AMMAN2767 | JORDAN: MIDDLE EAST NORTH AFRICA FINANCIAL ACTION [...] (C) ECOUNS and TREASATT delivered reftel points to Central Bank of Jordan Deputy Governor Faris Sharaf on April 17, 2006. When asked about Jordan's position on the MENA/FATF charities paper, Sharaf had no concerns about the current draft of the paper. He asserted, however, that "for politi [...] | 2006-04-18 12:11:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KTFN PERL PTER JO |
06AMMAN277 | REINVIGORATING PUBLIC DIPLOMACY CULTURAL AND [...] Amman strongly endorses Washington's wish to support more cultural and sports programs. These are bridges of communication that are extremely effective notwithstanding the nature of political relations or perceptions. Because of its popular appeal, basketball has opened doors for the U.S. in [...] | 2006-01-17 07:14:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL JO |
06AMMAN2771 | MEDIA REACTION ON TEL AVIV BOMBING [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-18 13:23:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN2813 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON COMMERCIAL BANK OF SYRIA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-20 04:37:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KJUS KTFN KNNP MNUC PARM PREL EU JO |
06AMMAN2841 | SENATOR LIEBERMAN MEETING WITH PRINCE FAISAL [...] (C) Summary: Senator Lieberman and Prince Faisal met April 17 to discuss regional issues including Iraq, Iranian ambitions, and Hamas. End Summary. 2. (U) U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman met with Prince Faisal of Jordan April 17 in Amman. Prince Faisal is King Abdullah's brother, and was [...] | 2006-04-20 11:12:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KWBG KPAL IZ JO |
06AMMAN2854 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S HILLEN [...] (C) Embassy Amman and the Jordanian government look forward to your visit April 30 to May 3. Jordan is a key partner for U.S. efforts in Iraq, the war against terrorism, regional reform and promotion of moderate Islam, and Israel-Palestinian peace. You are scheduled for an audience with King [...] | 2006-04-24 06:15:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PARM MASS MARR JO |
06AMMAN2906 | REACTION TO POSTPONEMENT OF ZAHAR VISIT TO AMMAN [...] (C) Summary: Most Jordanian editorials supported the GOJ decision to postpone the visit of Palestinian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Zahar after allegations of Hamas weapons smuggling into Jordan. Several prominent columnists ) echoing the broadcasts of Arab satellite channels ) have, however, e [...] | 2006-04-24 14:56:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KISL KPAL JO |
06AMMAN2907 | IRAQ RECONCILIATION CONFERENCE POSTPONED [...] (U) The GOJ announced April 21 the postponement of the conference of Iraqi religious and tribal leaders that was to have taken place in Amman on April 22 under the patronage of King Abdullah and the Al Al-Bayt Foundation (reftel). The GOJ statement emphasized the fact that Iraqi President T [...] | 2006-04-24 15:08:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL IZ JO |
06AMMAN2916 | Sandia Workshop Works to Lower Bioterrorism Risks, [...] Summary: An April 11-13 workshop sponsored by Sandia National Lab gathered thirty Middle Eastern lab scientists in Amman to discuss biosafety and biosecurity risks and risk reduction strategies at health and agricultural biology labs. Expert speakers outlined best practices for lowering risk [...] | 2006-04-25 03:03:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO PTER XF JO |
06AMMAN2965 | MEDIA REACTION ON EGYPT ATTACKS AND [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-26 08:21:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN303 | JORDAN - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2006 [...] In response to reftel request, post submits the Investment Climate Statement for 2006 for Jordan. As requested, post will also send a copy of the ICS via email to EB/IFD/OIA. BEGIN TEXT OF INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, JORDAN: Jordan 2006 Investment Climate Statement - Jordan Openne [...] | 2006-01-17 13:20:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD KTDB JO OPIC USTR |
06AMMAN3036 | SYRIA OFFERS TO ADMIT (SMALL) NUMBERS OF [...] (U) Embassy Damascus has cleared this message. 2. (C) SUMMARY: UNHCR Damascus and UNRWA each report that the SARG has in fact agreed to admit Palestinian refugees fleeing Iraq during Palestinian FM Zahar's April 20 visit to Damascus (ref A). However these UN agencies caution that the SARG i [...] | 2006-04-27 14:42:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL UNRWA UNHCR IZ SY JO |
06AMMAN3101 | DEMARCHE ON PSI ASSISTANCE DELIVERED, DELEGATION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-01 11:40:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP JO |
06AMMAN3111 | SUA PROTOCOL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-01 13:05:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PHSA KNNP MNUC EWWT KTIA JO |
06AMMAN3112 | FOLLOW UP TO DARFUR TROOP CONTRIBUTION DEMARCHE - [...] (C) Jamal Al-Shamayleh, deputy chief of the Foreign Ministry's International Organizations Department, told poloff April 27 that Arab African states were lining up against the UN taking charge in Darfur, and that the African Union wanted to retain control of peacekeeping operations in Darfur. [...] | 2006-05-01 13:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO SU JO |
06AMMAN3179 | IMPLEMENTATION OF BOYCOTT STATUTES [...] Post provides the following responses to the questions posed in para 8 of reftel. Jordan has not followed Arab League guidance on boycotting Israel since concluding its peace treaty with Israel in 1994. 2. --the Government of Jordan does not require boycott compliance questions of any co [...] | 2006-05-04 14:24:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KBCT ABLD PHUM AL JO PIRF |
06AMMAN3180 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO JORDAN OF LIEUTENANT [...] (S) EMBASSY AMMAN IS LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR VISIT ON 6-7 MAY 2006. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. YOUR VISIT WILL ALLOW YOU TO REITERATE TO THE JORDANIANS OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR JOINT EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORISM AND MAINTAIN RE [...] | 2006-05-04 14:34:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | JO MARR PREL |
06AMMAN3229 | JORDAN REJECTS IRANIAN CANDIDACY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Ambassador delivered ref B demarche May 3 to Foreign Minister Al-Khatib, who confirmed that Jordan will not support Iran in the upcoming Human Rights Council (HRC) election. Khatib reiterated to the Ambassador that Jordan is seeking one of the Asia Group's seats on the HRC (ref C). 2. [...] | 2006-05-07 13:05:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KUNR UNHCR JO |
06AMMAN3257 | JORDAN LAUNCHES MAJOR ENFORCEMENT CAMPAIGN IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to a highly-publicized report criticizing the labor conditions of foreign workers in Jordan's garment industry, the Government of Jordan (GOJ) and the association representing the sector are launching a swift campaign to strengthen the enforcement of Jordan's labor la [...] | 2006-05-08 12:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ETRD KTEX ECON PGOV JO |
06AMMAN327 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-18 10:45:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN3299 | PRINCE FAISAL'S MEETING WITH SENATORS COCHRAN, [...] (C) Summary: Senators Cochran, Dodd, and Gregg, accompanied by Ambassador Hale, met April 19 with Prince Faisal, who was serving as Regent on that day. Faisal focused on Iran, Iraq, and Hamas' electoral victory. Faisal expressed his appreciation for Congress's support, but stressed Jordan w [...] | 2006-05-10 03:19:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IR SY JO |
06AMMAN3319 | KING COVERS DOMESTIC AND REGIONAL ISSUES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: King Abdullah gave an extensive interview May 7 with Arab satellite station Al-Arabiya in which he discussed both domestic and regional issues. He reiterated earlier pledges to balance security with public freedoms, hailed positive signs in Iraq, and claimed there is only a "tw [...] | 2006-05-10 14:24:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KDEM KPAL JO |
06AMMAN3325 | TERRORISM TRIALS UPDATE [...] SUMMARY: Jordan's State Security Court (SSC) began proceedings against would-be suicide bomber Sajida Rishawi - an Iraqi woman who attempted to blow herself up during the November 2005 hotel bombings in Amman - and against six defendants charged with firing rockets at two U.S. vessels in Aqab [...] | 2006-05-11 05:20:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PHUM ASEC IZ JO |
06AMMAN3327 | JORDAN'S INDUSTRY AND TRADE MINISTER ON QIZ LABOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's Minister of Industry and Trade Sharif Zu'bi told visiting Commerce Department official Peter Hale that he expects the GoJ to take further actions within the next days against several garment manufacturing companies accused of violating foreign workers' labor rights. Thes [...] | 2006-05-11 05:48:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KIPR ELAB JO IZ |
06AMMAN3346 | CODEL PENCE MEETING WITH PM BAKHIT AND FM KHATIB [...] (U) Summary: CODEL Pence met May 6 with Prime Minister Bakhit and Foreign Minister Al-Khatib to discuss regional issues including the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the situation in Iraq, and problems posed by Iran and Syria. End Summary. 2. (U) U.S. Representatives Mike Pence (R-Indiana [...] | 2006-05-11 15:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL JO |
06AMMAN3375 | IRAQ: AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD DISCUSSES MOD NEEDS, [...] (C) During a May 9 meeting in Amman with U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad, Lt. General Abdel Al-Qadir, Iraqi Ground Forces Commander, underlined the need for an experienced professional as the next Iraqi Minister of Defense. Al-Qadir negatively assessed the ability of the Iraqi Army [...] | 2006-05-14 09:15:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MCAP PTER IZ |
06AMMAN3507 | HAMAS CONSPIRACIES - MANY AREN'T BUYING IT [...] (C) Summary: Many Jordanians are unconvinced by the GOJ's public charges that Hamas cached weapons and sent terrorists to Jordan with the goal of targeting the GOJ. Local media, however, which initially expressed some skepticism toward the GOJ's version, is now largely backing the government [...] | 2006-05-18 08:14:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PGOV PTER KISL KPAL JO |
06AMMAN3551 | JORDAN RELEASES INITIAL REPORT ON ALLEGED LABOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 18, Minister of Labor Bassem Salem released the Ministry of Labor's (MOL) initial report of its actions regarding alleged labor abuses in the Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ) garment industry (Ref C). The MOL report indicates serious problems with QIZ factories' underp [...] | 2006-05-18 17:05:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ETRD KTEX ECON PGOV JO |
06AMMAN3563 | A/S HILLEN'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER KHATIB [...] (C) Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs John Hillen, accompanied by the Ambassador, met with Foreign Minister Al-Khatib May 3. Khatib expressed appreciation for U.S. aid to Jordan, but stressed the GOJ will need continued assistance to achieve reforms in a difficult security en [...] | 2006-05-21 08:50:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR IZ JO |
06AMMAN3564 | SOCIALIST PARTY LEADER ON HOW PS-LED FRANCE WOULD [...] (C) Socialist Party (PS) First Secretary Francois Hollande and PS National Secretary for International Affairs Pierre Moscovici briefed the Ambassador June 8 on the turbulent race for the presidential nomination within the PS and the hurdles facing the party as it looks to next year's presiden [...] | 2006-05-21 08:53:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR IZ JO |
06AMMAN3565 | A/S HILLEN'S MEETING WITH JAF CHAIRMAN GENERAL [...] (C) Assistant Secretary for Political Military Affairs John Hillen, accompanied by the Ambassador, met May 2 with the General Khalid Sarayreh, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF). General Sarayreh discussed border security and expressed his appreciation fo [...] | 2006-05-21 08:53:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IR IS IZ SY SA JO |
06AMMAN3566 | A/S HILLEN'S MEETING WITH PRINCE FAISAL [...] (C) Assistant Secretary for Political Military Affairs John Hillen, accompanied by the Ambassador, met May 2 with Prince Faisal, who is King Abdullah,s brother. Faisal expressed his appreciation for U.S. support, but stressed Jordan will need continued assistance to face rising oil prices and [...] | 2006-05-21 08:59:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR JO |
06AMMAN3602 | GOJ WELCOMES NEW IRAQI GOVERNMENT, URGES COMPLETION [...] (U) King Abdullah's office issued a press release May 20 describing the King's congratulatory telephone call that day to Iraqi President Jalal Talabani. The release, given prominent play in local media, described the King as expressing hope that the selection of a new Iraqi cabinet would be [...] | 2006-05-22 08:08:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ JO |
06AMMAN37 | MEDIA REACTION 12/19/2005-01/04/2006 [...] Summary: Jordanian press in the last ten days has focused on regional issues, specifically the run-up to the Palestinian elections, Iraq's government formation process, and statements by former Syrian Vice President Abdul Halim Khaddam. Editorial commentary follows. End summary. 2. Mideas [...] | 2006-01-04 15:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN3729 | AMBASSADOR'S FUND FOR REFUGEES: FY06 FUNDING [...] Embassy Amman received applications from six Jordanian organizations seeking to participate in this year's Ambassadors' Fund for Refugees initiative (reftel). The Ambassador requests USD 19,457 to help an UNRWA-affiliated volunteer community rehabilitation center in Talbieh camp, an informal [...] | 2006-05-29 05:35:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL EAID KPAL JO |
06AMMAN3800 | KING ABDULLAH'S MAY 25 SPEECH [...] (C) Summary: King Abdullah's independence day speech included pointed references to unnamed foreign powers, a gesture to domestic critics who see him as too close to the U.S. The speech's theme of self-reliance also aimed at lowering expectations that Gulf governments will launch dramatic ne [...] | 2006-05-30 13:44:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN JO |
06AMMAN3834 | FM KHATIB ON IRAN-HOSTED IRAQ NEIGHBORS, [...] (C) Jordanian Foreign Minister Abdelelah al-Khatib told Ambassador May 30 that there is much behind-the-scenes collusion underway among some of Iraq's neighbors to prevent an Iranian-hosted neighbors' event. Differing slightly from the assessment provided by Iraqi FM Zebari (ref B),Khatib sa [...] | 2006-05-31 10:48:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ IR JO |
06AMMAN3840 | JORDAN WELCOMES U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] (C) In the absence of King Abdullah, who is traveling outside Jordan, Ambassador made reftel demarche to Foreign Minister Abdelelah Al-Khatib the evening of May 31. 2. (C) Khatib reiterated his support for the U.S. approach to the Iran nuclear issue, and was receptive to the announcement. [...] | 2006-06-01 05:39:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR JO |
06AMMAN3855 | GOJ REQUESTS INCREASE IN "BASE-LINE" ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Jordanian Minister of Planning Suhair Al-Ali presented Ambassador May 18 with a paper, approved by Prime Minister Bakhit, conveying the GOJ's request that the USG increase economic support fund (ESF) assistance for Jordan to $450 million in each fiscal year 2007, 2008, and 2009. (Note: [...] | 2006-06-01 08:56:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN PGOV JO |
06AMMAN3901 | JORDANIAN ASSISTANCE TO PALESTINIANS [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche May 30 to Foreign Minister Khatib. Khatib welcomed the proposed creation of a temporary international mechanism to provide direct assistance to the Palestinian people, and stated that international aid was sorely needed to prevent a humanitarian crisi [...] | 2006-06-04 10:24:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KPAL PREL JO |
06AMMAN3954 | GEN DAYTON MEETS WITH JORDANIAN INTELLIGENCE CHIEF [...] ( C ) Summary: Dayton and Dhahabi discussed the Palestinian situation, Iran,s role in it, a proposal to train Abu Mazen loyalists in Jordan, and the pro-Hamas lobbying of several Amman personalities, including the Russian Ambassador. End summary. 2. ( C ) USSC Lieutenant General Keith [...] | 2006-06-05 13:50:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KPAL IS JO |
06AMMAN3955 | GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS FOR WINES AND SPIRITS: [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-05 14:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR WTRO JO |
06AMMAN3985 | MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF PRM'S GRANT TO NGO [...] (U) This message contains a monitoring and evaluation report on the $90,000 grant PRM awarded to the U.S. non-profit organization Seeds of Peace (SPRMCO05GR140) to help it extend its conflict resolution programming to Palestinian refugee youth residing in the West Bank, Jerusalem and Gaza dur [...] | 2006-06-06 11:00:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL EAID KPAL IS JO |
06AMMAN3987 | MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-06 11:54:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN4025 | CRITICISM OF DRAFT COUNTERTERRORISM BILL [...] (SBU) Human rights groups, liberal NGOs, and professional associations denounced a draft of the GOJ's counterterrorism bill that appeared in the local press May 31. The draft includes several provisions that provoked controversy. If approved by Parliament, the new law would make it a crime to [...] | 2006-06-06 13:05:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER JO |
06AMMAN4026 | JOURNALISTS TO APPEAL SENTENCING OVER DANISH [...] (U) Amman's Conciliation Court on May 30 sentenced two editors to two months, imprisonment for "attacking religious sentiment" over their publication of the controversial Danish cartoons of the prophet Mohammed (reftels). Prosecutors originally charged the two, Jihad Al-Momani of the Arabic [...] | 2006-06-06 13:05:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KISL KDEM JO |
06AMMAN4030 | PILLARS OF JORDAN,S HASHEMITE RULE: THE TRIBES [...] (SBU) This is the first in a series of messages that will assess the traditional pillars of Hashemite rule in Jordan. 2. (C) Introduction: The three traditional pillars of Jordan's Hashemite rule - the East Bank tribes, the security and military services, and the business elite - remain [...] | 2006-06-06 14:14:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI ECON KPAL IZ JO |
06AMMAN4037 | A/S WELCH MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER KHATIB [...] (C) Summary: NEA A/S David Welch, Qmpanied by Ambassador, Staff Assistant Ann Donick and poloff (notetaker),met June 5 with Foreign Minister Abdelelah al-Khatib in Amman. In addition to bilateral issues, they discussed recent developments in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the Iranian [...] | 2006-06-07 05:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KPAL KWBG JO IS IR |
06AMMAN4063 | JORDAN ANNOUNCES CANDIDATE FOR WCO CHAIRMANSHIP; [...] (SBU) The Foreign Ministry informed Embassy via diplomatic note June 4 that Jordan is nominating Customs Director General Ala'a Batayneh for the World Customs Organization chairmanship in the WCO election being held in Brussels at the end of the month. The GoJ seeks U.S. support for the nomi [...] | 2006-06-07 10:04:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD AORC EFIN PINR JO |
06AMMAN4124 | SCENESETTER FOR THE CONUS VISIT OF GENERAL KHALID [...] (S) GENERAL KHALID JAMIL SARAYREH WILL VISIT THE UNITED STATES AT THE INVITATION OF GENERAL PETER PACE, CJCS, 15-24 JUN 2006 UNDER THE COUNTERPARTS' VISIT PROGRAM. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. THIS VISIT WILL ALLOW US TO FURTHER ENHANC [...] | 2006-06-08 09:19:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | JO MARR PREL |
06AMMAN4144 | MEDIA REACTION ON HAMAS, ANTI-TERROR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-08 11:10:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN4162 | GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN HAILS U.S. IRAN INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-08 13:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IR JO |
06AMMAN4175 | A/S WELCH MEETING WITH JORDANIAN INTELLIGENCE CHIEF [...] (C) Summary: NEA A/S David Welch met June 5 with Jordanian General Intelligence Directorate (GID) chief General Muhammad Dhahabi in Amman. Their discussions focused on Iranian intentions and activities in the region, Hamas, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. End Summary. Iran and Hama [...] | 2006-06-11 07:03:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL KPAL KWBG JO IS IR |
06AMMAN4221 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION ON ZARQAWI [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-12 05:13:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN4230 | MEDIA REACTION ON ZARQAWI [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-12 10:21:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN4265 | KING ABDULLAH MEETS WITH ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a good-spirited meeting with Israeli PM Olmert on June 8, King Abdullah expressed Jordanian opposition to Olmert's unilateral convergence plan and encouraged the GOI to strengthen Abu Mazen. Olmert reassured the King that Israel would heed Jordan's interests in its plans conc [...] | 2006-06-13 09:49:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KPAL KWBG JO IS |
06AMMAN4266 | MEDIA REACTION ON ZARQAWI AND U.S. DEMOCRACY PROMOTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-13 09:56:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN4297 | "Get the Lead Out! Sulfur, Too" - Middle East Clean Fuels [...] Summary: Fifty participants in the Partnership for Clean Fuels and Vehicles met in Cairo May 24-25. Stakeholders discussed plans to eliminate the use of leaded gasoline, and to promote low sulfur gasoline and diesel in the Middle East and North Africa. Studies from the United States show tha [...] | 2006-06-14 05:21:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TBIO ENRG XF EG |
06AMMAN4318 | MEDIA REACTION ON TARGETED ASSASSINATIONS AND GUANTANAMO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-14 09:35:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN4356 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL (HRC) DEMARCHE DELIVERED - [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-14 14:58:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL JO |
06AMMAN4368 | DRAFT DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-15 09:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL JO |
06AMMAN4374 | MEDIA REACTION ON PRESIDENT BUSH IN IRAQ, TARGETED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-15 11:34:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN4386 | BUILDING SUPPORT FOR GUATEMALA IN UN SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-15 13:02:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC GT VE JO |
06AMMAN4387 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OIC MINISTERIAL IN BAKU - [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-15 13:03:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL IR JO |
06AMMAN4388 | JORDANIAN REACTION TO THE SUICIDES AT GUANTANAMO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's Islamic Action Front (IAF) described the prisoner suicides at Guantanamo Bay as "heartbreaking news," while the head of the Islamist-led professional associations condemned the "killing" of the three prisoners. Members of Parliament and the press issued more measured, [...] | 2006-06-15 13:27:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL JO |
06AMMAN4420 | MEDIA REACTION ON ZARQAWI'S DEATH AND WAR ON TERROR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-18 11:07:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN4440 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON MDA VOTE IN GENEVA - JORDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-18 12:17:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM ICRC JO |
06AMMAN4456 | MEDIA REACTION ON WAR ON TERRORISM AND IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-19 08:40:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN4508 | MEDIA REACTION ON SADDAM HUSSEIN'S TRIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-20 10:11:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN4514 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL--ANTICIPATED OIC ASSAULT [...] (C) Per Ref A, Charge reiterated to Foreign Minister Abdelelah al-Khatib June 20 the U.S. position on the inaugural meeting of the HRC, and our fears that OIC delegations intend to pursue lopsided resolutions regarding Israel, noting that he was doing so on the Secretary's instruction. Khatib [...] | 2006-06-20 10:36:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM JO |
06AMMAN4527 | Jordan: Post Supports Start of S&T Agreement Negotiations [...] Summary: Embassy Amman supports beginning negotiations on a Science and Technology Agreement between the United States and Jordan. It is Post's view that successful conclusion of this agreement will promote U.S. social, political and economic interests in Jordan. End summary. ------------ [...] | 2006-06-20 12:07:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPL SENV KTIA TBIO TPHY ETRD JO |
06AMMAN457 | OUTREACH TO PRIVATE AMERICANS ON PANDEMIC [...] In response to reftel, Embassy's Avian Influenza Task Force (AITF) met to review the status of our program on avian influenza (AI) awareness and explore ways of expanding it. Embassy has already held two town halls (separate ones for American staff and FSNs due to space limitations) in which A [...] | 2006-01-22 11:48:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC TBIO JO |
06AMMAN4651 | GOJ AND ISLAMISTS TRADE BARBS ON ARREST OF MPS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite some vigorous prodding, Jordanian Islamists have to date refused to apologize for the four Islamic Action Front (IAF) MPs detained for allegedly glorifying deceased terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. King Abdullah and GOJ officials continue to defend the arrest of the MPs, [...] | 2006-06-22 14:58:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KISL JO |
06AMMAN4653 | JORDAN SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT IN DOHA ROUND FOR MORE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a letter to the Ambassador received June 18, Jordan's Minister of Industry and Trade sought U.S. government support on two positions the GoJ has staked out with other groups of developing nations in the WTO Doha Round of trade negotiations. The key issues for Jordan are pr [...] | 2006-06-22 16:40:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KTEX PREL JO |
06AMMAN4654 | Red-Dead Project Feasibility Study Moving Towards Start-Up [...] (SBU) Summary: The feasibility study for the Red Sea to Dead Sea water conveyance project ("Red-Dead"),strongly supported by Jordan as a source of fresh water, is gradually moving towards starting up, perhaps as early as fall 2006. The World Bank is planning a donors meeting for the feasibil [...] | 2006-06-23 11:24:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL JO XF |
06AMMAN4685 | JORDAN'S STATE SECURITY COURT MOVES ON TERRORISM [...] SUMMARY: Jordan's State Security Court (SSC) continued proceedings against would-be suicide bomber Sajida Rishawi, as well as six defendants charged with firing rockets at two U.S. warships in Aqaba. The SSC began proceedings against nine defendants - including Azmi Jayousi - for an attempted [...] | 2006-06-25 13:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PHUM ASEC IZ IS JO |
06AMMAN4686 | LOCAL G-8 COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP MEETS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The G-8 plus three (Australia, Switzerland, and Spain) Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG) met in Amman June 20 to discuss the status of counterterrorism security assistance to Jordan. Representatives from the UN's Counterterrorism Executive Directorate (UNCTED) joined the CTAG m [...] | 2006-06-25 13:44:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC UN JO |
06AMMAN4692 | JORDAN INCREASINGLY DESPERATE FOR WATER THIS SUMMER [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's senior water officials are trapped between dwindling water supplies, fixed water obligations under treaties, and ever-growing demand from Amman and other cities for domestic water. Irrigation in the Jordan Valley is the only place they can cut some deliveries. Even unde [...] | 2006-06-25 14:49:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR JO SENV XF |
06AMMAN4768 | NEW JORDANIAN AMBASSADORS TO ISRAEL AND LEBANON [...] (U) Jordan's new Ambassador to Israel is career diplomat Ali Al-Ayed, most recently the chief political advisor to Prime Minister Bakhit. A charge d,affaires has run the Jordanian Embassy in Tel Aviv since August 2005. Al-Ayed is to arrive in Israel June 27. 2. (U) PM Bakhit (himself, a f [...] | 2006-06-27 12:47:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR IS JO LE |
06AMMAN4770 | KING BRIEFS FOREIGN CHIEFS OF MISSION ON DOMESTIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: King Abdullah convened chiefs of mission (COMs) from G8 and European Union nations on June 25 to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the regional threat posed by Iran, the recent arrest of four Islamist MPs in Jordan, and domestic reform efforts. END SUMMARY. ISRAEL-PAL [...] | 2006-06-27 14:11:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KISL KPAL JO |
06AMMAN4793 | MEDIA REACTION ON GAZA INCURSION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-28 10:02:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN483 | NEGOTIATIONS TOWARD A CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION [...] (C-Rel Jordan) An interagency team led by Dr. David Cooper, Director for Nonproliferation Policy in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, met December 13 in Amman with Jordanian officials to work toward conclusion of a U.S. - Jordan Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) Host Country Agreement (H [...] | 2006-01-23 09:19:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL JO CWC BWC CBW |
06AMMAN4833 | JPRC EXPANSION PLANS MOVING SLOWLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The future of Jordan Petroleum Refinery Corporation (JPRC) - operator of Jordan's sole refinery - remains unclear as its 25-year concession over production, distribution, and marketing of petroleum products draws to an end in 2008. JPRC, a semi-public corporation, hopes that it w [...] | 2006-06-28 14:18:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET KPRV ECIN ECON JO |
06AMMAN4879 | UNDERCUTTING THE IRANIAN SPONSORED IRAQ'S [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-29 12:15:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR IZ JO |
06AMMAN4936 | DEMARCHE FOR PROFESSOR WEDGEWOOD'S CANDIDACY FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-02 13:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL JO |
06AMMAN4978 | MEDIA REACTION ON GAZA INCURSION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-03 11:40:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN4982 | JORDAN REACTS TO STATEMENTS OF UN RIGHTS RAPPORTEUR [...] (U) Summary: Dr. Manfred Nowak, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, visited Jordan June 25-29. Nowak visited prisons and police stations, as well as attorneys and NGOs working on human rights issues. In a June 29 press conference, Nowak said he had observed indications that torture had taken pl [...] | 2006-07-03 13:57:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL JO UN |
06AMMAN500 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, IRAN, TERRORISM [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-23 13:19:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN5033 | FM KHATIB ON IRAQ NEIGHBORS' CONFERENCE IN TEHRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-06 09:01:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ IR JO |
06AMMAN5123 | Iraq Water Seminar Links Government, Academics [...] Summary: The seminar "Clean Water in Iraq - Water Purification and Environmental Remediation," sponsored by State's ISN (International Security and Nonproliferation) Bureau and held June 25-29 in Amman, made important contributions towards linking the policy, technical, governmental and academ [...] | 2006-07-09 12:52:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV IZ JO |
06AMMAN5182 | FDW RECRUITING AGENTS, STRIKE FAILS [...] (U) Summary: The Ministry of Labor has opened a new Directorate tasked with improving the lot of Foreign Domestic Workers (FDW) in Jordan, who are usually brought here by licensed recruiting agencies. On June 1, some agencies ) led by the Recruiting Agents Association - went on strike to pro [...] | 2006-07-11 12:17:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL JO |
06AMMAN520 | BAKHIT CABINET'S PLANS FOR POLITICAL REFORM [...] (C) Summary. The Bakhit cabinet has an ambitious agenda for political reform legislation, with five key bills developed in the National Agenda to be submitted to parliament in the next two months. Prominently absent from the list is a new national election law. The Prime Minister told Amba [...] | 2006-01-23 17:17:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KMPI JO |
06AMMAN5208 | MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-12 10:49:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN521 | JORDANIAN PARLIAMENT RATIFIES UN CONVENTION FOR [...] In a January 8 session, the Jordanian Parliament ratified the UN Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism. While the vote breakdown was not publicized, Post understands that it was by a wide margin. 2. The majority of objections were raised by Islamic Action Front (IAF) [...] | 2006-01-23 17:40:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PGOV JO |
06AMMAN5219 | REGIME TURNS UP THE HEAT ON JORDAN,S MUSLIM [...] (C) Summary: The GOJ accused the Muslim Brotherhood,s extensive charity network of financial irregularities and announced prosecutors will soon open legal proceedings against the charities, board of directors. The move intensifies the ongoing confrontation between the GOJ and the Brotherhood [...] | 2006-07-12 11:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL JO |
06AMMAN5222 | GOJ TAKES OVER MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD CHARITIES, [...] (U) SUMMARY: The government suspended the board of directors of the Muslim Brotherhood's charity organization. Prosecutors released one of the four Islamic Action Front (IAF) members of parliament detained in early June (ref A). The three MPs who remain in custody were referred to the State Se [...] | 2006-07-12 12:12:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV JO |
06AMMAN5250 | A/S WELCH'S MEETING WITH KING'S ADVISOR [...] (C) A/S Welch and DAPNSA Abrams met with Bassem Awadallah, director of the King's office, in Amman July 12. Awadallah's political director Jafar Hassan, Ambassador, and polcouns (notetaker) joined. Discussions focused on that day's Hizballah capture of two Israeli soldiers, the Gaza crisis, [...] | 2006-07-13 07:58:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JO |
06AMMAN5251 | MEDIA REACTION ON ACTION IN SOUTH LEBANON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-13 08:16:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN5269 | TFLE01: DEMARCHE ON MIDDLE EAST RESOLUTION [...] ( C ) Ambassador, along with visiting A/S Welch and DAPNSA Abrams, made ref A points July 12 to FM Khatib, intelligence chief Dhahabi, the Director of the King,s Office Bassem Awadallah, and government spokesman Nasser Judeh (ref B and septel.) The GOJ officials agreed that the vote on the [...] | 2006-07-13 13:57:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPAL KWBG IS JO |
06AMMAN5324 | JORDAN'S STATE SECURITY COURT [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan's State Security Court is responsible for handling all terrorism, state security, and drug-related cases. These trials are conducted in a mixed military and civilian court with hearings open to the public. The court has an increasing workload, with most of the growth [...] | 2006-07-16 07:31:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PTER PHUM JO |
06AMMAN534 | GOJ REMAINS COMMITTED TO PEACEKEEPING IN HAITI [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-24 11:18:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR KPKO HA JO |
06AMMAN5352 | MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-17 11:50:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN5363 | MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-17 12:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN5388 | MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-18 09:34:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN5396 | TFLE01: REACTION TO EVENTS IN LEBANON, GAZA [...] (U) Summary: Several non-violent demonstrations took place after Friday prayers July 14. The leader of the Islamic Action Front implicitly criticized the July 14 joint statement of King Abdullah and President Mubarak. Jordanians are following events closely. Most feel deep sympathy with th [...] | 2006-07-18 11:12:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS GZ JO |
06AMMAN5397 | JORDANIAN-SYRIAN HIGHER JOINT COMMITTEE [...] (U) SUMMARY: A Jordanian diplomat provided his views on the Jordanian-Syrian Joint Higher Committee meetings in Damascus in June. They were co-chaired by Jordanian Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit and Syrian Prime Minister Otari in Damascus in late June. Septel reports a readout on water issues. [...] | 2006-07-18 11:18:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY JO |
06AMMAN540 | PARLIAMENTARY OPPOSITION PUTS TAX REFORM OFF FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan's anti-reform parliament dealt a significant, temporary blow to Jordan's economic reform agenda by rejecting a draft income tax law. Parliament was on strong constitutional grounds in doing so, as the bill had been enacted as a temporary law in the waning days of the Bad [...] | 2006-01-24 11:50:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV KMPI KTDB JO |
06AMMAN5428 | MEDIA REACTION ON LEBANON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-19 10:46:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN546 | A/S PATTERSON MEETS WITH GOJ OFFICIALS TO DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Anne Patterson met with General Mohammad Majed al-Eitan, head of Jordan,s Public Security Directorate (PSD) in Amman January 17. They discussed possibilities for the future of the Jordan International Police Tra [...] | 2006-01-24 13:42:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IZ JO |
06AMMAN5486 | TFLE01: GOJ BACKS U.S. EFFORTS WHILE SEEKING TO [...] ( C ) Summary: The GOJ wants to work with the U.S. toward a long-term improvement in southern Lebanon, but is under strong public pressure, from all sectors of society, to call publicly for an immediate ceasefire. End summary. Attacks in Arab Media Sting --------------------------- 2. (SBU) News [...] | 2006-07-20 14:41:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LE IS RU JO |
06AMMAN5491 | JORDAN INVITED TO LEBANON CORE GROUP [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-21 10:29:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC IS LE JO |
06AMMAN5492 | INTELLIGENCE DIRECTOR COMMENTS ON IRAN-SYRIA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-21 11:33:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM ETTC IR SY SA IS LE JO |
06AMMAN5498 | MEDIA REACTION ON LEBANON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-23 10:31:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN5516 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR ZALMAY KHALILZAD [...] (U) Because of recent terrorist attacks and attempted terrorist operations in Jordan (see para 9),the U.S. Government has urged all Americans to review the need for planned travel to Jordan. In addition, Embassy Amman requires U.S. government agencies and travelers to limit their official t [...] | 2006-07-23 12:24:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT ASEC OTRA IZ JO |
06AMMAN5529 | TFLE01: PROTESTERS DENOUNCE ISRAEL, U.S. AND GOJ; [...] (C) Summary: Friday after-prayer protests remained peaceful but were larger and more widespread than the previous week's. The New York Times' report that the USG was accelerating supplies of bombs to Israel dominated local media, along with allegations that U.S. diplomatic efforts were aimed [...] | 2006-07-23 14:18:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC MARR IS LE JO |
06AMMAN5537 | MEDIA REACTION ON LEBANON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-24 09:21:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN5566 | MINISTERS PROMISE ACTION ON QIZ LABOR ISSUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador raised continuing USG concerns about the QIZ labor situation with the King's top aide and relevant ministers, in each case without aides present. GoJ leadership understands the importance of the problem but there was divergence on how different GoJ elements perceived [...] | 2006-07-25 07:05:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ETRD PHUM GTIP KTEX JO |
06AMMAN5567 | TFLE01: JORDAN'S KING DISCUSSES REGIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: King Abdullah reviewed for codel Hoekstra his long-standing concerns about the strategic threat posed by Iran, and his efforts to build quietly a unity of purpose among Arab states, focusing on Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Yemen. The King also discussed the situation in Lebanon, offered adv [...] | 2006-07-25 09:04:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG LE IR SY IZ AJ JO |
06AMMAN5568 | MEDIA REACTION ON LEBANON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-25 09:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN5595 | UPDATE ON GOJ STEPS TO ADDRESS QIZ LABOR ISSUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan signed an agreement with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) that in early 2007 should begin assisting with capacity building in the Ministry of Labor (MOL) and enhance a program of corporate social responsibility in the Qualifying Industrial Zones. The MOL appo [...] | 2006-07-25 13:24:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD PHUM GTIP KTEX JO |
06AMMAN5609 | MEDIA REACTION ON LEBANON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-26 11:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN568 | A/S SILVERBERG'S MEETING WITH KING ABDULLAH [...] (U) A/S Kristen Silverberg met with King Abdullah on January 18. Jordanian participants included Deputy Prime Minister Ziad Fariz, Foreign Minister Abdelelah al-Khatib, Royal Court advisor Abdullah Woreikat, and Rania Atallah, the King's communications director. The A/S was joined in the mee [...] | 2006-01-25 07:46:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV KWBG SY IR IZ IS JO |
06AMMAN5697 | MEDIA REACTION ON ISRAEL-HEZBOLLAH COMBAT AND IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-30 10:53:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN5711 | IRAQI PRIME MINISTER VISITS JORDAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Iraqi PM Nouri Al-Maliki visited Jordan July 27, meeting with Jordanian PM Ma'ruf al-Bakhit and King Abdullah. Talks focused on economic and security cooperation, a proposal for a Jordanian-hosted Iraqi religious leaders' conference, and the possible resumption of preferential o [...] | 2006-07-31 06:33:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ JO NOTAG |
06AMMAN5743 | MEDIA REACTION ON ISRAEL-HEZBOLLAH COMBAT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-31 10:23:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN5745 | TFLE01 - REACTIONS TO QANA TRAGEDY [...] (C) Contacts and press express anger over the Qana attack, but are still digesting the Secretary's success in gaining a 48-hour suspension of airstrikes and prospects for comprehensive action in the Security Council. In most respects, it is business as usual in Amman but we are monitoring security [...] | 2006-07-31 11:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC IS LE JO |
06AMMAN5768 | MEDIA REACTION ON ISRAEL-HEZBOLLAH COMBAT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-01 11:30:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN5775 | TFLE01: MORE PROTESTS AND ANGER OVER LEBANON [...] ( SBU ) Two-thousand protested outside the UN,s Amman offices July 31, burning Israeli and U.S. flags. The demonstration was organized by the professional associations. According to local media, slogans and banners denounced the UN and Arab leaders and called for the expulsion of the Israe [...] | 2006-08-01 13:30:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS LE JO |
06AMMAN5806 | MEDIA REACTION ON ISRAEL-HEZBOLLAH COMBAT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-02 09:34:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN5879 | TFLE01: KING COVERS DOMESTIC FLANK WITH PUBLIC [...] ( U ) With public sympathy for Hizballah getting stronger, King Abdullah warned publicly that ending &Israeli occupation8 and establishing a Palestinian state are together the only long-term solution to the current conflict. The King,s statement, which led all local media August 3, said &the U.S. s [...] | 2006-08-03 13:56:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL IS LE JO |
06AMMAN5889 | TFLE01: JORDANIAN FM ON AL MINISTERIAL AND DRAFT [...] ( C ) Summary: Jordan welcomes the draft UNSCR, but FM Khatib warns the Arab League ministers may feel a need to endorse Siniora,s seven points without amendment. Khatib plans to work for a communique that glosses over differences between the draft UNSCR and the seven points. A UNSC vote before the [...] | 2006-08-06 11:00:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS UN LE IS JO |
06AMMAN5895 | MEDIA REACTION ON ISRAEL-HIZBOLLAH COMBAT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-06 12:10:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN5907 | PRISON TERMS FOR MPS WHO PAID CONDOLENCES TO [...] ( U ) Jordan's State Security Court convicted and sentenced two members of the Chamber of Deputies August 6 to prison terms on charges of "fueling national discord and inciting sectarianism" under Article 150 of Jordan's penal code (ref A). The Court sentenced Mohammed Abu Fares to two years [...] | 2006-08-06 13:36:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL IZ JO |
06AMMAN5918 | MEDIA REACTION ON ISRAEL-HIZBOLLAH COMBAT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-07 09:33:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN5945 | PALACE-SPONSORED UNITY CONFERENCE SEEKS TO RALLY [...] ( C ) Seven-hundred Jordanian leaders and opinion-shapers assembled at the Palace's invitation for a retreat at a Dead Sea resort July 26 and 27, under the slogan "We Are All Jordan." Part scripted rally, part off-site encounter session, the gathering was aimed at strengthening a consensus [...] | 2006-08-07 11:14:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KMPI KMCC JO |
06AMMAN5952 | Jordan Lifts Its Temporary Ban on US Beef [...] SUMMARY: The Government of Jordan resumed imports of US beef after the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) endorsed the recommendations of the Higher Committee (HC) for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) to adopt the new World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) risk-based code on BSE. END SUMM [...] | 2006-08-07 12:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD JO |
06AMMAN5953 | JORDAN'S PROSECUTOR GENERAL: RESPONSES TO JUDICIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's senior Prosecutor General told emboffs that the GoJ will assist in all judicial cooperation cases requested by the U.S. related to terrorism and narcotics because of Jordan's commitments to international agreements. One case was complete, and will be relayed to the Mini [...] | 2006-08-07 13:12:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN PGOV SNAR PINR PREL JO |
06AMMAN5963 | TFLE01: DEMONSTRATION LEADS TO SCUFFLE, ARRESTS [...] ( SBU ) Media and security contacts report that an unlicensed protest after Friday prayers August 4 at an Amman mosque led to sparring that left two police and two protesters hospitalized with minor injuries. Police detained 10 protesters, all of whom were released on bail after a few hours [...] | 2006-08-07 14:07:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC IS LE JO |
06AMMAN5987 | JORDAN AND IRAQ IN DISCUSSIONS ON CRUDE OIL [...] (C) Embassy has confirmed press reports that Jordan and Iraq have begun discussions regarding the supply to Jordan of crude oil from the Kirkuk oil fields. The article, cited by Platts Commodity news from the August 5 issue of the London-based daily Azzaman, reported that crude supplies will [...] | 2006-08-08 13:06:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET JO IZ |
06AMMAN6008 | MEDIA REACTION ON ISRAEL HIZBOLLAH COMBAT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-09 10:48:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN6023 | FEELING MORE DOMESTIC PRESSURE, JORDAN,S KING [...] (C) Summary: Following up on statements August 2 to domestic media, King Abdullah expressed concerns about Lebanon and other regional conflicts in an August 8 BBC interview that was widely covered by the local print media. The King is feeling the heat from Jordanians' resentment of perceived U.S. b [...] | 2006-08-09 13:29:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS IS LE JO |
06AMMAN6039 | DEMARCHE ON UN HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE ON MIGRATION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-10 04:52:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL JO |
06AMMAN6049 | MEDIA REACTION ON ISRAEL HIZBOLLAH COMBAT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-10 10:25:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN6088 | LEBANON UNSCR DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-12 09:07:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE JO |
06AMMAN6105 | MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-13 09:43:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN612 | FIGHT FOR CONTROL OF PARLIAMENT'S FINANCE [...] (SBU) A dispute over the membership of a key committee brought the Chamber of Deputies' business to a crawl for over two weeks. The controversy froze all committee work and significantly delayed review of the government's annual budget. END SUMMARY. --------------------------- TIE VOTE S [...] | 2006-01-25 15:36:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN JO |
06AMMAN613 | JORDAN'S ISLAMISTS FLIP-FLOP ON STANCE TOWARD SARG [...] (C) Jordanian Islamists were put on the defensive after expressing support for possible cooperation between the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood and former Syrian VP Khaddam against the SARG. Faced with local accusations of interference in Syrian affairs and aiding Western governments, Islamists c [...] | 2006-01-25 15:54:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL SY JO |
06AMMAN6151 | JORDANIAN REACTION TO UN RESOLUTION 1701 [...] (U) SUMMARY: Although hopeful that UN resolution 1701 will end hostilities, many Jordanians are skeptical of the general impact of the resolution, citing Israel's continued ground operations in southern Lebanon and air strikes on Beirut. Mainstream press commentary views the resolution as the b [...] | 2006-08-13 14:21:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IS LE JO |
06AMMAN6162 | MEDIA REACTION ON AIRLINE TERROR PLOT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-14 09:53:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN6167 | KING RECALLS PARLIAMENT FOR EXTRAORDINARY SESSION [...] ( U ) King Abdullah issued a royal decree on August 10 to recall Parliament for an extraordinary session, a move Jordan's political class had been expecting and which GoJ contacts had confirmed was coming. The session, which begins August 13 and is expected to last up to two months, will con [...] | 2006-08-14 10:56:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KMPI KMCC KTFN EFIN JO |
06AMMAN617 | REPORT ON MENA OECD MEETING [...] (U) Summary: The Jordan Investment Board hosted a meeting January 23 and 24 to plan for the upcoming Ministerial on the MENA OECD Investment Program scheduled for February 13 and 14 at the Dead Sea. The UK, Japan and U.S. (as primary OECD donors) joined OECD and Jordan for the meeting. The Mi [...] | 2006-01-26 08:26:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EINV JO |
06AMMAN6179 | KING PHONES SINIORA, BACKS GOL [...] (U) Jordan's official news agency reported that King Abdullah telephoned Lebanese PM Siniora August 13 to "reaffirm Jordan's support for Lebanon's position on UNSCR 1701." The King reportedly assured Siniora that Jordan would continue working with Arab and other governments to "ensure the f [...] | 2006-08-14 12:42:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS LE JO |
06AMMAN6187 | MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-15 09:15:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN6222 | MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-16 09:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN628 | MEDIA REACTION ON PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-26 13:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN629 | JORDAN LEADERS START THEIR ENGINES IN WORLD [...] (C) SUMMARY: King Abdullah's address to leading U.S. garment industry CEOs February 3 in Washington marks a turning point in Jordan's rapid entry into this sector in the global market. With apparel exports topping $1 billion in 2005, Jordan has arrived on the world garments scene and will w [...] | 2006-01-26 13:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD BTIO KTIA ELAB KTEX ECON ELTN PGOV JO |
06AMMAN632 | JORDAN'S PACE OF PRIVATIZATION TO PICK UP SPEED IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan's Executive Privatization Commission (EPC) Chairman, Mohammed Abu Hammour, provided upbeat prospects for privatization efforts in 2006. He forecasted $1 billion USD in revenue generated for the first six months of 2006, with an incremental $200 million in the second hal [...] | 2006-01-26 15:23:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EINV PGOV KPRV ECON JO |
06AMMAN6329 | PM BAKHIT'S WORKING VISIT TO BAGHDAD [...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit and seven Jordanian cabinet ministers traveled to Baghdad August 15 for a working visit. A new Jordanian Ambassador presented his credentials to the GOI during the visit. The trip followed PM Maliki's July 27 meeting with King Abdallah and Bakhit in [...] | 2006-08-17 12:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET IZ JO |
06AMMAN6334 | PARLIAMENT OPENS UNDER SHADOW OF ISLAMIST MP TRIALS [...] (U) Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit opened the extraordinary session of parliament that began on August 16, outlining his agenda for reform legislation and briefing deputies on the court proceedings against three Islamic Action Front MPs who were convicted on charges of "fueling national discord [...] | 2006-08-17 12:59:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL JO |
06AMMAN6335 | "STREET" EXULTS OVER HIZBALLAH "VICTORY" [...] (SBU) Summary: Many Jordanians who were once resigned to the view that armed resistance to Israel was no longer an option for the Arab world have changed their minds as a result of the supposed Hizballah "victory" over Israel's army. The Embassy's friends in the establishment tell us this with worr [...] | 2006-08-17 13:25:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPAL IS LE SY JO |
06AMMAN6342 | DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF AUGUST 20 ARAB LEAGUE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-19 11:02:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL LE IS JO |
06AMMAN6351 | MEDIA REACTION ON LEBANON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-21 09:38:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN6400 | MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-22 09:27:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN6432 | JORDANIANS WARN CODEL SHAYS OF CHAOS IN IRAQ IF [...] (C) Summary: During its brief holiday weekend stay in Jordan August 20-21, Codel Shays met with Minister of Political Development Sabri Rbeihat and Palace Advisor for International Affairs Jafar Hassan, and lunched with a group of Peace Corps volunteers in Madaba. In the meetings, the Jord [...] | 2006-08-22 13:48:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR IZ JO |
06AMMAN645 | SENATOR KERRY'S MEETING WITH JORDAN'S INTELLIGENCE [...] ( C ) Summary: Senator John Kerry,s 90-minute meeting with Jordan,s intelligence chief centered on Iraq, and on the intelligence service,s worries about Iran,s role there and throughout the region. They also discussed Syria and security in Jordan. End summary. 2. ( C ) Senator John Ker [...] | 2006-01-27 10:16:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER IR IZ IS JO |
06AMMAN6460 | MEDIA REACTION ON LEBANON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-23 10:58:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN6471 | JORDANIAN DETAINEES SHARAFAT AND HILAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-24 05:50:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS IZ JO |
06AMMAN6481 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-24 09:35:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN6519 | SOME REFORM ACTIVISTS BOYCOTT EMBASSY OVER LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: Citing U.S. policy toward Lebanon and the Palestinians, several long standing Embassy contacts among the reform activist community have begun in recent weeks to boycott Embassy functions or have ended information-sharing relationships. Those who continue to work with us report feeling [...] | 2006-08-24 13:18:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IS LE JO |
06AMMAN6542 | LEBANON: STOCKHOLM DONORS, CONFERENCE [...] (S) Summary: Jordan's Foreign Minister will probably attend the August 31 donors' conference in Stockholm. Jordan is providing important support and facilitation for Lebanon's recovery. Some of the GOJ's most useful help stems from its good relations with Israeli security and military services; the [...] | 2006-08-27 13:39:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL EAID EAIR MOPS LE JO IS |
06AMMAN664 | Jordan: Points on SAICM Chemicals Management [...] Econ Counselor and ESTH Officer made reftel talking points to Ministry of Environment Director of Chemicals and Waste Management Dr. Mohammed Khashashneh. Dr. Khashashneh and Ms. Abeer Zairah (phonetic) from the Ministry of Industry and Trade will represent Jordan at the February 4-6 Dubai U [...] | 2006-01-29 08:54:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ETRD PREL EAID ECON JO |
06AMMAN6706 | FIRST TRANCHE OF JUDICIAL COOPERATION REQUESTS [...] (C) Foreign Minister Abdelelah Al-Khatib informed the Ambassador the morning of August 30 that the first tranche of documents in response to pending Department of Justice requests for judicial cooperation was ready for delivery. 2. (C) ECOUNS and EXBS Advisor obtained custody of 14 binders [...] | 2006-08-30 13:47:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN PGOV SNAR JO |
06AMMAN6707 | UNANNOUNCED, PRIME MINISTER TOURS QIZ FACTORIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister (PM) Ma'ruf al-Bakhit made unannounced visits on August 23 to four Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ) factories, including two "bad" factories chosen by the Ministry of Labor (MoL). According to an MoL contact, the PM was "surprised" by the working conditions, inclu [...] | 2006-08-30 13:48:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD PHUM GTIP KTEX JO |
06AMMAN6708 | ANTI-TERRORISM LAW PASSES LOWER HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's lower house of parliament approved a new anti-terrorism bill. Passage of the measure was a priority for the Bakhit government because of the King's call for new anti-terrorism legislation. The law strengthens Jordan's regime for countering terrorism financing and closes [...] | 2006-08-30 14:04:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KTFN JO |
06AMMAN6724 | PETITIONERS CALL FOR "REVIEW" OF JORDAN-ISRAEL [...] (U) Summary: Citing Israeli and U.S. policies toward the Palestinians and Lebanon, one-hundred Jordanian political and tribal figures petitioned King Abdullah to "reconsider" Jordan's peace treaty with Israel. End Summary. 2. (U) Ahmed Obeidat ) Prime Minister from 1984 to 1985 and chi [...] | 2006-08-31 09:31:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS LE JO |
06AMMAN6742 | MEDIA REACTION ON LEBANON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-31 11:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN6761 | USG ASSESSMENTS OF TERRORIST/INSURGENT FINANCE [...] (C) INTRODUCTION: This cable provides the assessment of Embassy Amman's country team of the terrorist/insurgent financing environment in Jordan. As instructed in reftel, post's response is divided into separate sections providing background information on the terrorist/insurgent operating env [...] | 2006-08-31 12:22:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN PGOV PREL PTER JO IZ |
06AMMAN6781 | IRAQI POPULATION IN JORDAN INCREASING [...] (U) Informed estimates of the number of Iraqis here now range from 500,000 to one million. Jordan's Ministry of Interior estimates that approximately thirty thousand Iraqis have moved to Jordan in the first half of 2006. By comparison, about thirty thousand Iraqis moved to Jordan in all of 2 [...] | 2006-08-31 14:49:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREF ECON SMIG IZ JO |
06AMMAN6783 | DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL [...] (S) Ambassador spoke to King Abdullah's Office Director, Bassem Awadallah, September 2 by phone. Awadallah said Jordan is in complete agreement with the U.S. on the need to stop the Arab League proposal for a Middle East peace process ministerial in New York. He said the Royal Palace would i [...] | 2006-09-04 05:22:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL IS LE JO |
06AMMAN6838 | MEDIA REACTION ON TERRORISM [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-05 09:53:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN6867 | MEDIA REACTION ON TERRORISM [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-06 08:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN6886 | WHERE HAVE ALL THE BANGLADESHIS GONE? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an attempt to stem labor violations in Jordan's Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs),the Ministry of Labor (MoL) took an informal decision in late May to halt all approvals of work permits for Bangladeshis and overturn any previous approvals for Bangladeshis who had not yet tra [...] | 2006-09-07 03:44:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ELAB ETRD PHUM GTIP KTEX JO IN BG |
06AMMAN6896 | MEDIA REACTION ON ANNIVERSARY OF SEPTEMBER 11 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-07 11:24:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN691 | MEDIA REACTION ON PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-29 12:48:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN6917 | REACTIONS TO SEPTEMBER 4 AMMAN SHOOTINGS [...] (SBU) Jordanians of all political tendencies joined the GOJ in condemning the September 4 shooting in Amman (ref A),which killed one Briton and injured five other tourists and a Jordanian policeman. From King Abdullah to Muslim Brotherhood leader Salem Al-Falahat, Jordans speaking out on th [...] | 2006-09-07 12:34:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER IS LE JO |
06AMMAN6925 | PARTICIPANTS IN THE NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-07 13:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA PTER PHUM CU JO |
06AMMAN6932 | JORDAN NOMINATES PRINCE ZEID TO SUCCEED KOFI ANNAN [...] (U) The GOJ announced that on September 5 its UN mission nominated Prince Zeid Bin Raad Al-Hussein, Jordan's Permanent Representative to the UN since 2000, for the post of UN Secretary General. Jordan also formally asked the Arab SIPDIS League to support Prince Zeid's candidacy. 2. (U) [...] | 2006-09-07 14:31:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR UN IZ JO |
06AMMAN6933 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF JORDAN,S KING ABDULLAH [...] (C) King Abdullah will be in New York for the General Assembly opening and will meet with U.S. and other officials its margins. 2. (C) During the Israel-Hizballah hostilities, the King's stock plunged among both ordinary Jordanians and elites (refs a-f) because of his early public criticism of Hi [...] | 2006-09-07 14:53:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL UN IS LE IZ JO |
06AMMAN6972 | NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT / IRAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-10 15:07:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PTER UNGA IAEA UNSC CU JO IR |
06AMMAN7004 | MEDIA REACTION ON 9/11 COMMEMORATION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-11 13:04:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN7025 | MEDIA REACTION ON 9/11 COMMEMORATION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-12 09:53:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN7051 | EMBASSY AMMAN COMMEMORATES SEPTEMBER 11 [...] (U) Post marked the fifth anniversary of the attacks of September 11 with a memorial ceremony at the Ambassador's residence, a DVC between NEA/PPD's Alberto Fernandez and a dozen leading Jordanian columnists, and the electronic distribution to 900 Embassy contacts of the August 2006 IIP e-jour [...] | 2006-09-13 05:56:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KPAO JO |
06AMMAN713 | AMMAN FRAUD PREVENTION MANAGEMENT REPORT [...] (SBU) Jordan is a small country with limited natural resources and high unemployment and poverty rates. While the economy has made significant gains in recent years, the poverty level remains at or near 30 percent and estimated unemployment ranges from 15 to 30 percent. There are roughly 5.3 [...] | 2006-01-29 15:11:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS CPAS KFRD KCRM CMGT ASEC JO IZ |
06AMMAN718 | IMPLICATIONS FOR JORDAN OF THE HAMAS ELECTION [...] (C) The GOJ publicly said it "respected" the outcome of the Palestinian legislative elections, while King Abdullah stressed the need for the peace process to continue. Most Jordanian political analysts viewed the Hamas victory as a reaction to Fatah mismanagement, rather than Palestinian s [...] | 2006-01-29 17:59:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL KPAL KWBG JO |
06AMMAN7213 | REACTION TO POPE BENEDICT'S SPEECH [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordanians reacted negatively to press accounts of Pope Benedict XVI's September 14 speech in Regensburg. Sensational media coverage of this episode feeds many Jordanian Muslims' perception that Islam is under attack from all quarters. Jordanian Christians also sought to dis [...] | 2006-09-19 15:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KISL JO |
06AMMAN7277 | SAJIDA AL-RISHAWI SENTENCED TO DEATH [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-21 13:49:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PHUM ASEC IZ JO |
06AMMAN7306 | MEDIA REACTION ON LEBANON, PALESTINIAN GOVERNANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-24 10:27:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN7325 | HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH ALLEGES TORTURE IN JORDAN [...] (U) Summary: Human Rights Watch released a report accusing Jordan's lead security service of mistreating detainees. The government's official spokesman said Jordan will study the report and reply; GID officials and pro-government media attacked the report as baseless or politically motivated. [...] | 2006-09-24 15:06:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL JO |
06AMMAN7362 | MEDIA REACTION ON DEMOCRACY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-26 05:32:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN7374 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ AND LEBANON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-26 10:38:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN738 | JORDAN ENERGY PLAN: DIVERSIFY, RELY ON PRIVATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GoJ plans to aggressively pursue policies to expand natural gas use, get the government out of the business of power generation, and end the oil refinery monopoly concession while bringing in three additional fuel distribution companies, according to the chairman of Jordan's [...] | 2006-02-01 10:55:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV ECON JO |
06AMMAN7420 | JORDAN'S ISLAMISTS BACK DOWN, FOR NOW [...] (C) Summary: After ten months of tension between the GOJ and Jordan's legal Islamist movement, advocates for confrontation appear to have lost the debate within the movement's leadership. Some in the leadership are confident of gains in 2007 elections; others worry that more Jordanians are growing [...] | 2006-09-27 14:33:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL KPAL LE JO |
06AMMAN7448 | MEDIA REACTION ON AL-QAIDA GLOBAL INFLUENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-28 10:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN746 | MEDIA REACTION ON PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-01 14:41:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN7478 | GOJ CANDIDATE FOR INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) Embassy received from the Foreign Ministry a note dated September 24 requesting U.S. support for Jordan's candidate for the Asian seat on the UN International Law committee, Mahmoud al-Hmoud, currently director of the MFA legal department. In the two months of his latest tenure as legal [...] | 2006-09-28 13:31:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL JO |
06AMMAN7484 | GCC+2 FOLLOW-UP MEETING DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-28 13:48:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EG JO |
06AMMAN7522 | MEDIA REACTION ON SECSTATE VISIT TO REGION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-02 06:15:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN7538 | MEDIA REACTION ON PALESTINIAN GOVERNANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-02 10:31:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN7553 | PARDONS FOR TWO ISLAMIST POLITICIANS [...] (U) King Abdullah pardoned jailed Islamists Muhammad Abu Fares and Ali Abul Sukkar on September 30. The two were imprisoned for "inciting sectarianism" for statements they made after the death of Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi in June (ref B). They also lost their seats in the Chamber of Deputies up [...] | 2006-10-02 15:21:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM KISL JO |
06AMMAN7592 | GOVERNMENT AND MEDIA LASH OUT AT QATAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan's official government spokesman sharply criticized Qatar for failing to support the candidacy of Prince Zeid for SecGen. Media and lawmakers also piled on. END SUMMARY. GOJ: QATAR BROKE FROM ARAB RANKS 2. (U) GOJ spokesman Nasser Judeh told media October 2 that th [...] | 2006-10-03 14:33:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN AL QA JO |
06AMMAN7624 | JORDAN RECALLS AMBASSADOR FROM QATAR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Jordan escalated its row with Qatar by recalling its Ambassador from Doha. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) The dispute between Jordan and Qatar escalated October 3 when Jordan recalled its Ambassador for "consultations." The GOJ's official spokesman explained that Jordan took this step in [...] | 2006-10-04 13:51:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN AL QA JO |
06AMMAN7625 | MCC SCORE CARD DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-04 14:10:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PGOV ETRC ECON KMCA MCC JO |
06AMMAN7628 | MEDIA REACTION ON SECSTATE VISIT TO THE REGION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-05 05:32:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN7630 | TERRORISM TRIALS UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan's State Security Court (SSC) handed down sentences in six terrorism-related cases and began proceedings against Nabil Ahmad Issa Jaaoura, a Jordanian who allegedly killed a British tourist at Amman's Roman Amphitheater in early September, and Ziyad Khalaf Karbouli, an Ira [...] | 2006-10-05 06:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PHUM ASEC IZ SY JO |
06AMMAN7668 | IRAQI OIL SHIPMENTS TO JORDAN: NOTHING MOVING YET [...] (C) Jordan's Energy Minister Azmi Khreisat told Ecouns October 4 that no Iraqi oil has yet been shipped to Jordan as provided for under a bilateral deal signed in August to provide cash-strapped Jordan with oil at concessionary prices for refining in the state-owned oil refinery north of Amman [...] | 2006-10-09 09:05:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PGOV JO IZ |
06AMMAN7682 | DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF UNSC ELECTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-09 14:06:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC GT VE JO |
06AMMAN7684 | NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-09 16:28:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL PARM JO |
06AMMAN7687 | First-Ever Labor Forum Held During U.S.-Jordan Free Trade [...] (U) SUMMARY: Jordan's Ministry of Industry and Trade hosted its the first-ever Labor Forum as part of the U.S.-Jordan FTA Joint Committee 2006 meetings. Minister of Industry and Trade (MoIT) Zu'bi stressed that the GOJ would have "zero tolerance" for labor violations, while at the same time r [...] | 2006-10-10 06:32:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ETRD EAID PHUM JO |
06AMMAN7695 | MORE DETAILS ON JORDAN PROVIDING ELECTRICITY TO [...] (C) Further to reftel, Jordan's Energy Minister Azmi Khreisat told Ecouns October 5 that the country's NEPCO power company will supply the Jerusalem District Electricity Company (JDECO) with electricity in a project which will require two phases. The project comes at Palestinian request, and [...] | 2006-10-10 10:15:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL KWBG JO |
06AMMAN7726 | Jordan Welcomes S&T Engagements with Business Flavor [...] Summary: Jordanian officials, academics and businessmen welcomed progress on two major, parallel S&T projects during late-September meetings with USG and private Americans: the private-sector focused Jordan Science and Technology Initiative (JSTI),and the government-to-government Science and [...] | 2006-10-10 12:33:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPL BEXP SENV KTIA TBIO TPHY ETRD JO |
06AMMAN7727 | New Environment Law Creates Incentive Fund, Ranger Force [...] Summary: The Ministry of Environment has a new basic law, a new enforcement corps of environmental rangers, a new "Environmental Fund" to provide economic incentives for environmental protection, and has been fundamentally reorganized. QIZs are a priority area for enforcement. End summary. [...] | 2006-10-10 12:33:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ETRD EAID PGOV JO |
06AMMAN7734 | NGOs, Chamber Satisfied with Progress on Environmental [...] (SBU) Summary: Leaders from two of Jordan's largest environmental NGOs and from the Jordan Chamber of Industry are satisfied with the transparency and engagement of the GOJ on environmental policy issues. One major NGO noted its pleasure at the creation of the "Environmental Rangers" enforcem [...] | 2006-10-10 14:10:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ETRD EAID PGOV JO |
06AMMAN7735 | NUCLEAR TEST DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-10 14:12:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP KN JO |
06AMMAN7737 | PRODUCTIVE EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF PARLIAMENT [...] ( SBU ) Summary: Jordan's Parliament concluded its extraordinary session September 28, six weeks after King Abdullah recalled the legislators and handed them an ambitious 42-bill agenda (ref A). A potential crisis over two imprisoned Islamist MPs was averted when the Islamic Action Front ba [...] | 2006-10-10 15:03:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KMCA KDEM KMPI KTFN EFIN JO |
06AMMAN7742 | MEDIA REACTION ON NORTH KOREA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-11 05:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN7750 | LABOR MINISTER ON LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan's Labor Minister Basem Salem reports that his Ministry has intervened directly to prevent Jordanian garment factory management from sending foreign workers back to their home countries without due process. The Minister issued a letter September 22 stating that no worker [...] | 2006-10-11 06:58:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD EAID PHUM JO |
06AMMAN7753 | MEDIA REACTION ON NORTH KOREA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-11 10:31:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN7789 | JORDAN'S GROUP OF ELEVEN INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan joined ten other countries on the margin's of last month's UN General Assembly to launch a "Group of Eleven." Nine lower middle income countries joined Croatia and Pakistan to form a group dedicated to advance mutual interests in the global economic, investment and trade [...] | 2006-10-12 05:53:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETRD ECON EAID JO |
06AMMAN7810 | Jordan Seeks Help in Defining WTO Environmental Goods and [...] (U) Summary: DAUSTR Jennifer Prescott and Jordanian trade officials discussed ways to define environmental goods and services on the margins of the U.S.-Jordan FTA Joint Committee meetings. Jordan requested technical assistance. End summary. ------------------------------------------- Poten [...] | 2006-10-12 13:04:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ETRD EAID PREL JO |
06AMMAN7831 | FTA Sparks Strengthened Environmental Protection in Jordan [...] (U) Summary: During the environment session of the September 17 Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Joint Committee meeting, Jordanian Minister of Environment Khaled Irani noted that Jordan has made major strides in strengthening environmental protection since the U.S.-Jordan FTA was ratified in 2001. [...] | 2006-10-13 11:29:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ETRD PREL EAID KMPI KTIA JO |
06AMMAN7894 | DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-16 13:51:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KTIA UN JO |
06AMMAN7896 | MEDIA REACTION ON NORTH KOREA AND PALESTINIAN GOVERNANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-17 05:50:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN7922 | UNCAC - FOREIGN MINISTRY INFORMED OF USG SUPPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-17 13:51:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL JO |
06AMMAN7924 | DEMARCHE ON PRESERVING SINIORA,S GOVERNMENT [...] (S) A/DCM delivered reftel demarche October 15 to Thamar Al-Adwan, FM Khatib's chief of staff. Al-Adwan took careful notes and undertook to brief Khatib immediately, but offered no substantive comment. 2. (S) During a follow-up demarche October 16 with Jaffar Hassan, foreign affairs advi [...] | 2006-10-17 14:44:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS LE SY JO |
06AMMAN7983 | INVITATION TO ATTEND PSI EXERCISE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche October 19 to Ayman Aamiry and Azzam Alameddin of the Foreign Ministry's International Organizations Department. Aamiry said he would inform Foreign Minister Khatib, and that he would contact Embassy if an observer could be identified before the Eid holi [...] | 2006-10-19 15:15:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM MNUC KNNP JO |
06AMMAN7984 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GAO IRAQ REVIEW VISIT TO [...] (U) Embassy Amman welcomes the visit of GAO staff members Joseph Christoff, Stephen Lord, Kathleen Monahan, and Amy Sheller to Amman, Jordan from October 22 until October 25 (for the purpose of transit and annual leave en route to an assignment in Baghdad) and from November 5 until November [...] | 2006-10-20 09:37:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | AGAO OTRA IZ JO |
06AMMAN7992 | NATO CENTER - GOJ WILLING ONLY IF NEW FUNDING [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-22 10:23:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR JO |
06AMMAN809 | JORDANIAN ISLAMISTS AFTER THE HAMAS VICTORY [...] (C) Jordanian Islamists celebrated the Hamas election victory with assertive public statements and by sending a delegation to Damascus to congratulate Hamas leaders. Jordan's legal Islamists have a long history of pragmatism, but some of their leaders have adopted a new, more assertive tone i [...] | 2006-02-02 15:51:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL KMPI JO |
06AMMAN8106 | RUMORS OF CABINET RESHUFFLE [...] (C) Rumors of an impending cabinet reshuffle, which are virtually constant in Jordan, have now intensified and broken onto the front pages of mainstream newspapers. Pro-government members of parliament and others close to the palace and government have for some time been trading, in poloffs' [...] | 2006-10-29 15:50:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV JO |
06AMMAN8150 | IRAN AND SHI'ISM - JORDANIANS' VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: GOJ establishment and popular views of Iran now diverge starkly, in part as a result of this summer's fighting between Israel and Hizballah. Many ordinary Jordanians have come to admire Iran and its partners in the region for "confronting" Israel. Many of these same Jordania [...] | 2006-10-31 13:32:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KPAL LE IR JO |
06AMMAN8241 | Market Liberalization in Jordan Will Not Meet 2006 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Chairman of Jordan's Executive Privatization Committee (EPC),former Finance Minister Mohammed Abu Hammour, offered an upbeat analysis of the government's privatization efforts and successes in 2006. The much-delayed but ongoing privatization of Jordan Telecom (JT) should c [...] | 2006-11-02 18:21:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN KPRV JO |
06AMMAN8269 | PROSECUTOR DISMISSES COMPLAINT AGAINST ADNAN ABU [...] (SBU) Summary: The prosecutor for Jordan's State Security Court announced November 5 that he had determined there were no grounds to take action on a complaint that several private citizens had lodged against Palestinian-Jordanian elder statesman and author Adnan Abu Odeh. End summary. [...] | 2006-11-05 15:14:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PGOV PINR KPAL KDEM JO |
06AMMAN8272 | TERRORISM FINANCING COORDINATING OFFICER [...] (C) The Terrorism Finance Coordinating Officer (TFCO) for Embassy Amman is Brian Grant, Treasury Department Attach (Office of Terrorist Finance and Financial Crimes). His contact information is as follows: Tel: 962-6-590-6544, Fax: 962-6-592-7653; Email: grantbr@state.gov; SIPR email: grantbr@ [...] | 2006-11-05 16:05:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN JO |
06AMMAN8302 | A/S WELCH AND DAPNSA ABRAMS MEET WITH FM KHATIB [...] (C) NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Elliot Abrams met November 2 in Amman with Foreign Minister Abdellelah Khatib. Ambassador also attended, as did U.S. and Jordanian note-takers. Palestinians and Israelis ----------- [...] | 2006-11-07 08:36:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS IZ LE JO |
06AMMAN8303 | MUTED REACTION TO SADDAM'S SENTENCING [...] (SBU) Protesting Saddam Hussein's sentencing November 5, an impromptu gathering of students burned an American flag at the University of Jordan's Amman campus before authorities peacefully dispersed them. Several Islamist and other opposition members of parliament publicly denounced Saddam's [...] | 2006-11-07 08:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC IZ JO |
06AMMAN8312 | MEDIA REACTION ON SADDAM TRIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-07 13:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN8318 | MINISTERS REMAIN ENGAGED ON LABOR PROBLEM; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Labor (MoL) Salem and Minister of Industry and Trade (MoIT) Zu'bi offered the Ambassador varying interpretations of the labor challenges Jordan faces in the QIZ sector. Both agreed the issue needs constant attention. With both ministers, the Ambassador covered the fo [...] | 2006-11-07 16:16:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ETRD GTIP KTEX BG JO |
06AMMAN8341 | QIZ MANAGERS COMPLAIN ABOUT GOJ LABOR CRACKDOWN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. garment buyer representatives, QIZ estate owners, and factory operators have started to complain in recent weeks about the state of Jordan's QIZ industry. Contacts say they are losing revenue as costs rise and machines sit idle with no workers available. Some owners have h [...] | 2006-11-08 16:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ETRD GTIP KTEX JO BG |
06AMMAN8363 | DEMARCHE ON DEBT RELIEF FOR IRAQ [...] (C) Ambassador delivered the points requested to the Foreign Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade on November 2 but received no substantive reply. Ambassador will also deliver the points to the Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, who handles this issue but has been unavailable [...] | 2006-11-09 13:57:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IZ JO |
06AMMAN8398 | MEDIA REACTION ON GAZA INCURSION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-14 06:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN840 | JORDANIANS REACT TO INTERNATIONAL CARTOON [...] (U) Jordanians angry over the publication of cartoons of the prophet Mohammad demonstrated peacefully in downtown Amman on February 3. Jordanian Islamists have called for a boycott of European products, while the GOJ, facing public pressure, arrested the fired editor of a weekly newspaper for [...] | 2006-02-05 16:17:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL SOCI JO |
06AMMAN8401 | Jordan's Water and Sanitation Sector [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan is a country that is critically and chronically short of water. It has immense needs in its water and sanitation sector. There is much potential for enhancing the already significant USG engagement in this sector. A coordinated, multi-agency approach within the USG wil [...] | 2006-11-14 07:43:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID PGOV EAGR JO |
06AMMAN8408 | ANGRY REACTIONS TO BEIT HANUN DEATHS AND U.S. VETO [...] (SBU) Most Jordanians reacted with anger to full-page photos in local papers of dead Gazan women and children, and to Arab satellite media coverage of the story. Israel's announcement that it would investigate the incident, and the USG's expression of regret, were received by the public and [...] | 2006-11-14 08:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC JO |
06AMMAN8409 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION ON U.S. MIDTERM ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-14 08:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN8429 | FOLLOW-UP ON DEMARCHE ON DEBT RELIEF FOR IRAQ [...] (C) As reported in reftel, the Ambassador followed up earlier demarches on Iraqi debt relief in a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Ziad Fariz on November 13. According to Fariz, he had "gotten nowhere" in his discussions on the Jordanian claims on Iraq left over from th [...] | 2006-11-14 16:00:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IZ JO |
06AMMAN8482 | INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-19 08:39:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ILC UNGA JO |
06AMMAN8486 | UPDATE ON THE DAMAN PROGRAM AND WHAT COMES AFTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan's long-running DAMAN pre-inspection program is set to expire September 2007. According to the head of the Jordan Institute of Standards and Metrology (JISM),DAMAN's contractor will have built or upgraded by the end of the program four labs to test the safety of four cat [...] | 2006-11-19 09:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD JO |
06AMMAN8487 | DPRK DEMARCHES [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarches and letter requesting GoJ cooperation on UNSCR 1718 to the Foreign Ministry's desk officer for the U.S., Asal al-Tal. Al-Tal said she would deliver the letter to FM Al-Khatib. She also undertook to provide any substantive response to the demarches onc [...] | 2006-11-19 09:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP PARM PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS JO |
06AMMAN8495 | MIDDLE EAST REGIONAL BIOMETRIC CONFERENCE OUTCOMES [...] (C) Summary: The November 7-8 Jordanian-hosted regional biometric conference was a significant success. All fourteen Middle East countries invited by Jordan attended, represented mostly by Interior Ministry officials. A number of participants told the U.S. delegation that this was the first [...] | 2006-11-19 15:34:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL JO |
06AMMAN8510 | Avian Flu: Jordan Takes Major Steps in Planning, Training, [...] (SBU) During the summer of 2006, the GOJ continued to invest in avian influenza (AI) planning and preparedness measures, and is significantly further along in its preparations now than it was last year at this time. A major train-the-trainers program and an AI public awareness campaign began [...] | 2006-11-20 08:28:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO EAGR KFLU JO |
06AMMAN8529 | U.S.-JORDAN JOINT MILITARY COMMITTEE MEETS [...] (S) The U.S. and Jordan held their annual bilateral Joint Military Committee (JMC) meetings in Amman, Jordan (reftel) November 8 and 9. The session, co-chaired by the Jordan Chairman of Defense Gen. Khaled al-Saraireh and Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Peter [...] | 2006-11-21 10:03:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL MARR MASS JO |
06AMMAN8532 | LEBANESE NATIONAL DAY RECEPTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-21 11:20:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE JO |
06AMMAN8549 | U.S.-JORDAN JOINT MILITARY COMMITTEE MEETS [...] (S) The U.S. and Jordan held their annual bilateral Joint Military Committee (JMC) meetings in Amman, Jordan (reftel) November 8 and 9. The session, co-chaired by the Jordan Chairman of Defense Gen. Khaled al-Saraireh and Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Peter [...] | 2006-11-22 09:07:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL MARR MASS JO |
06AMMAN8557 | A/S WELCH'S MEETING WITH FM KHATIB [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM KHATIB RECEIVED SENIOR U.S. OFFICIALS' BRIEFINGS ON BADR BRIGADE DEVELOPMENTS. HE EXPRESSED CONCERN FOR LEBANON'S STABILITY AND FOR SINIORA PERSONALLY. THE FM REAFFIRMED THE GOJ'S COMMITMENT TO ADDRESSING CONDITIONS OF FOREIGN LABORERS, ESPECIALLY IN JORDAN'S QUALIFYING INDU [...] | 2006-11-22 12:16:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL ELAB IS SY IR JO |
06AMMAN8572 | CABINET RESHUFFLE [...] ( U ) AS EXPECTED (REFTEL),PM BAKHIT RESHUFFLED HIS CABINET ON NOVEMBER 22 WITH THE BIGGEST CHANGES COMING IN ECONOMY-RELATED MINISTRIES. KING ABDULLAH ATTENDED THE SWEARING-IN CEREMONY, AND THANKED DEPARTING MINISTERS FOR THEIR SERVICE AND EFFORTS. PARAGRAPH TWO LISTS THE NEW MINISTERS. [...] | 2006-11-22 16:10:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV JO |
06AMMAN8573 | FORUM FOR THE FUTURE: PARALLEL CONFERENCES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IN ADDITION TO THE PARALLEL CIVIL SOCIETY CONFERENCE ENVISIONED AND SUPPORTED BY FORUM FOR THE FUTURE (FFF) PLANNERS, TWO OTHER CIVIL SOCIETY GATHERINGS WILL OCCUR IN JORDAN DURING THE SAME TIMEFRAME AS THE FORUM. SOME PARTICIPANTS IN THE CONFERENCES NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE FF [...] | 2006-11-23 09:20:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MEPI JO |
06AMMAN8577 | CONCERN OVER GAS STATION POLLUTION UNITES MIDDLE EAST [...] (U) SUMMARY: TWENTY-TWO PARTICIPANTS FROM ISRAEL, THE WEST BANK AND GAZA, AND JORDAN PUT REGIONAL TENSIONS ASIDE AT A WORKSHOP IN ISTANBUL ON NOVEMBER 12-16 TO FOCUS ON A COMMON CONCERN -- POLLUTION FROM LEAKING STORAGE TANKS AT GASOLINE STATIONS. TWO EPA SPECIALISTS PRESENTED A MEATY, PRACTI [...] | 2006-11-25 13:08:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL TU XF |
06AMMAN8596 | AVIAN FLU/PANDEMIC INFLUENZA: EMBASSY PREPAREDNESS AND [...] (U) Summary: Post has regularly and consistently encouraged the personal responsibility measures suggested reftel for avian flu preparedness (stockpiling non-perishable food, water, and medicines, maintaining good hygiene by washing hands and surfaces, and cooking food properly). Post also ma [...] | 2006-11-26 15:02:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT AMED TBIO ASEC EAGR KFLU JO |
06AMMAN8598 | JORDAN AWAITS THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT [...] ( SBU ) SUMMARY: JORDAN IS ABUZZ IN ANTICIPATION OF PRESIDENT BUSH'S SECOND VISIT TO THE COUNTRY. THE LEADERSHIP VIEWS THE VISIT AS A CHANCE TO ADVANCE ITS VIEWS ON IRAQ AND OTHER REGIONAL ISSUES AND BE SEEN AS A FAVORED PARTNER OF THE U.S. TRADITIONAL CRITICS ARE RAISING THEIR VOICES IN P [...] | 2006-11-26 16:21:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV JO |
06AMMAN863 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO JORDAN LIEUTENANT [...] (C) EMBASSY AMMAN IS LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR VISIT ON 8 FEBURARY 2006. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. YOUR VISIT WILL ALLOW YOU TO REITERATE TO THE JORDANIANS OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR JOINT EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORISM AND MAINTAI [...] | 2006-02-06 15:23:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | JO MARR PREL |
06AMMAN865 | NATIONAL AGENDA ROLLED OUT SOFTLY TO THE JORDANIAN [...] (C) Jordan's 10-year comprehensive reform plan, the National Agenda, was rolled out to the public via a popular television news show and the Internet in late January. Plans to aggressively market the National Agenda and sell its benefits to a partially-skeptical public are on hold while a mi [...] | 2006-02-06 15:52:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KMPI ECON JO |
06AMMAN8656 | JORDAN'S MINISTER OF LABOR RE-APPOINTED AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Minister of Labor Basem Salem was re-appointed in the cabinet re-shuffle announced November 22 (reftel). Salem intends to re-double efforts to address labor problems in Jordan. Salem feels that Jordan's policy decision to readily admit its labor problems has been well receiv [...] | 2006-12-03 05:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD GTIP KTEX JO BG |
06AMMAN866 | JORDAN BATTLES GROWING DEFICITS; LESS THAN MEETS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 31, global credit rating agency Moody's lowered its outlook for Jordan's sovereign rating - not the rating itself - from stable to negative. Utilizing 2003 as a benchmark, Moody's cited "ongoing deterioration" in the country's external balance of payments and fiscal [...] | 2006-02-06 20:49:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EFIN ECON ENRG EINV JO |
06AMMAN8687 | ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-03 14:48:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ JO |
06AMMAN8690 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USDEL TO THE CONFERENCE OF [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman welcomes and grants country clearance for the following officials to visit Jordan to represent the U.S. at the Conference of State Parties to the UN Convention Against Corruption: Elizabeth Verville, Peter Ainsworth, John Brandolino, Christine Cline, Elizabeth Hart, Benjamin [...] | 2006-12-04 08:10:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KCRM SNAR OTRA JO |
06AMMAN8725 | CONTESTING TERRORIST USE OF THE INTERNET [...] (U) Reftel asked for post's estimate of the most popular websites for Jordanians. According to the Alexa Internet service provider the top ten websites visited by Jordanians are: Yahoo (yahoo.com),Google (google.jo),Microsoft Network (msn.com),Google (google.com),Maktoob.com Inc (maktoob. [...] | 2006-12-05 15:00:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KISL KPAO OIIP JO |
06AMMAN873 | POST'S NOMINATIONS FOR THE "FY-06 MIDDLE EAST [...] THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION NOMINATES FIVE PRINCIPALS AND ONE ALTERNATE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT FOR SUBJECT PROGRAM. 2. THE CANDIDATES ARE MEMBERS OF THE KING ABDULLAH II FUND FOR DEVELOPMENT (KAFD). THE FUND WAS INITIATED BY HIS MAJESTY KING ABDULLAH II. IT AIMS TO COME UP WITH A MECHANIS [...] | 2006-02-07 10:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL JO |
06AMMAN8744 | DEMARCHE ON HAMAS OFFICIALS - GOJ KEEPS THE DOOR [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Minister Khatib during a December 6 meeting. Khatib told the Ambassador that Jordan would not be receiving Palestinian Prime Minister Haniyyeh or any other Hamas figures. Khatib said that Government spokesman Nasser Joudeh's December 4 stat [...] | 2006-12-06 15:08:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL JO |
06AMMAN8745 | JORDANIAN FM OFFERS SUPPORT TO LEBANESE GOVERNMENT [...] (C) In a move calculated to show support for the Siniora government, Jordanian Foreign Minister Abdelilah al-Khatib visited Beirut on December 4. He met twice with Prime Minister Siniora, as well as with Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, former President Amin Gemayel (father of recently assa [...] | 2006-12-06 15:30:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE JO |
06AMMAN8749 | Jordanian Cabinet Following the November 22 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-07 06:08:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON JO |
06AMMAN8754 | JORDANIAN CABINET FOLLOWING THE NOVEMBER 22 RESHUFFLE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-07 07:13:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON JO |
06AMMAN8785 | U.S. GLOBAL PEACE OPERATIONS INITIATIVE: [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-10 07:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO MARR MASS JO |
06AMMAN8806 | NGOS CRITICAL OF U.S. POLICY DENOUNCE FORUM FOR [...] (U) Summary: Jordanian and international NGOs opposed to the Forum for the Future convened an alternative conference, dubbed "The Forum to Oppose Hegemony," from November 30 to December 1. Ninety civil society organizations from across the Middle Eastern region, and from France and Norway, [...] | 2006-12-11 05:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM JO |
06AMMAN883 | JORDANIAN REPRESENTATIVE TO THE IAEA DONOR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-07 13:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KNNP OTRA IZ JO IAEA |
06AMMAN8850 | TRIALS IN JORDAN'S STATE SECURITY COURT - AN UPDATE [...] (SBU) Jordan's State Security Court (SSC) handed down sentences in four terrorism-related cases, and continued proceedings against Nabil al-Jaaoura, a Jordanian who allegedly killed a British tourist at Amman's Roman Amphitheater in early September, and Ziyad Khalaf Karbouli, an Iraqi charged [...] | 2006-12-13 05:45:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PHUM ASEC IZ SY JO |
06AMMAN888 | MEDIA REACTION ON PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS AND [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-07 14:20:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
06AMMAN8907 | POLITICAL OPPOSITION IN JORDAN: AN UPDATE [...] ( C ) SUMMARY: The Islamic Action Front remains the largest organized opposition group. The professional associations also continue to function as ersatz opposition parties. Liberal, leftist, Arab nationalist and other opposition points of view find outlets in the media, but political par [...] | 2006-12-14 15:11:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL JO |
06AMMAN8908 | KING URGES PARLIAMENT TO ACT ON POLITICAL REFORM [...] ( U ) Summary: In an address to parliament, King Abdullah urged a focus on the government's political reform agenda, as well as combating poverty. End Summary. 2. ( U ) King Abdullah addressed the opening session of parliament for 20 minutes November 28. The speech, as is the tradition [...] | 2006-12-14 15:33:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
06AMMAN8909 | SENATOR NELSON'S MEETING WITH JORDANIAN FM KHATIB [...] (C) Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) and his delegation met with Foreign Minister Abdelilah Al-Khatib December 13. Discussions focused on Nelson's meeting earlier that day with Bashar al-Asad, the situation in Lebanon, Iran, the Baker-Hamilton Report, and the Jordan International Police Training Ce [...] | 2006-12-14 15:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JO SY IZ LE IS KWBG IR |
06AMMAN8910 | SENIOR INTERACTION WITH SYRIAN OFFICIALS [...] (C) Polcouns made reftel points to Thamer Adwan, director of the Foreign Minister's private office, on December 14. Adwan observed that Jordan agreed it was important to avoid the appearance of excusing the SARG for its negative policies, and added he would find it hard to imagine King Abdulla [...] | 2006-12-14 15:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY JO |
06AMMAN8915 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED - RESULTS OF 2006 MTCR PLENARY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-17 08:17:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA JO |
06AMMAN8934 | AMENDMENT TO EXTEND TRAINING AT JIPTC SIGNED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-17 11:14:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM SNAR PREL IZ JO |
06AMMAN8943 | JORDANIAN AND IRAQI INTERIOR MINISTERS DISCUSS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Jordanian Interior Minister Eid al-Fayez and his Iraqi counterpart Jawad al-Bolani (along with Iraqi Minister of State for National Security Sherwan al-Wa'li) met in Amman on December 13 to discuss the formation of joint committees aimed at countering terrorism, border control, and [...] | 2006-12-17 16:33:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS JO IZ |
06AMMAN8947 | DETAINEE TRANSFER FRAMEWORK NOTE DELIVERED [...] (C) Polcouns delivered reftel diplomatic note December 12 to Thamer Adwan, Director of the Foreign Minister's private office, and to Mahmoud Hmoud, the Ministry's legal advisor. Adwan and Hmoud stated that the ministry would provide a substantive reply after studying the proposed framework th [...] | 2006-12-18 08:34:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM JO |
06AMMAN8959 | Red-Dead Feasibility Study Launch - Hopeful Start [...] (U) Summary: The World Bank and regional beneficiaries Jordan, Israel, and the Palestinian Authority launched the $15.5 million feasibility study and environmental and social assessment for the Red Sea to Dead Sea Water Conveyance project on December 10. With only $8.8 million in contribution [...] | 2006-12-18 14:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON PREL XF JO |
06AMMAN8964 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION NATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-18 14:34:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW BWC JO |
06AMMAN8965 | UN SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-18 14:35:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AMGT AORC UNGA JO |
06AMMAN8966 | JORDAN TO ABSTAIN AT UNGA VOTE ON THIRD COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-18 14:36:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNAUS JO |
06AMMAN8967 | WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR: UPDATE [...] (SBU) In response to ref A, Post has contacted appropriate ministries and NGOs in order to update Ref B reporting on the worst forms of child labor in Jordan, and the efforts in place to combat them. The bulk of the information reported in Ref b remains accurate, and the worst forms of child [...] | 2006-12-18 14:47:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID PREL JO |
06AMMAN9005 | FIRST CONFERENCE OF THE STATES PARTIES TO THE UN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USDEL to the 1st Conference of the States Parties (COSP) to the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) ) held December 10-14 at the Dead Sea in Jordan ) garnered support for several decisions that will serve as a strong foundation for effective implementation of UNCAC. Despit [...] | 2006-12-20 15:38:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KCOR KCRM JO |
06AMMAN905 | Jordan Adds Muscle to Avian Flu Preparedness [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan continues to develop its resources in preparation for avian influenza (AI). It now has rapid testing capability in labs around the country, an inclusive interagency committee, a public outreach plan, professional training programs for the agricultural and medical commun [...] | 2006-02-08 11:07:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR PGOV JO |
06AMMAN9071 | KING ABDULLAH CLOSES AL-JAFR PRISON [...] (U) KING ABDULLAH ANNOUNCED DECEMBER 17 THAT AL-JAFR PRISON, LOCATED IN THE DESERT APPROXIMATELY 260 KM SOUTH OF AMMAN, WOULD BE CLOSED AND TRANSFORMED INTO A VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTER. IN REMARKS MADE AT THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (NCHR) THE KING EMPHASIZED THE NEED TO IMPROVE PR [...] | 2006-12-24 10:53:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JO |
06AMMAN9088 | IRAN - UNSCR 1737 DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-26 14:06:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC KNNP JO |
06AMMAN9101 | ARABSAT/NILESAT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Afram Jamil, Acting Secretary General of the Ministry of Information on December 27. Jamil explained that Jordan no longer sits on the Arabsat board, due to Jordan's small stake in the company (4 per cent) and its limited content contribution and usa [...] | 2006-12-27 14:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETTC KPAL KPAO PTER JO XF |
06AMMAN9129 | Lab Standards for Iraq to Emerge from Biological Risk [...] (SBU) Summary: A dozen Iraqi scientists attended a Department of Energy-sponsored workshop in Amman December 18-20 on reducing safety and security risks at biological labs. The workshop was put on by staff from Sandia National Laboratories (SNL). The workshop introduced current best practice [...] | 2006-12-28 18:17:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO IZ JO |
06AMMAN932 | A/S SILVERBERG'S MEETING AT JORDANIAN FOREIGN [...] (C) Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations Affairs Kristen Silverberg met with MFA Secretary General Nabih Shuqom January 17. Discussions SIPDIS focused on the formation of the new Human Rights Council, the UN Peacekeeping Commission, and Syria. Jordanian participant [...] | 2006-02-08 14:36:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SY IZ IS JO UN UNHRC |
06AMMAN960 | NON-VIOLENT PROTESTS CONTINUE [...] (U) SUMMARY. Non-violent protests continued against the publication of cartoons deemed insulting to the Prophet Muhammad. The U.S. was a target of some demonstrators' ire, along with Europe and Israel. Jordanian authorities have maintained control of the protests. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) Ac [...] | 2006-02-08 16:15:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KISL JO |
06AMMAN964 | QUARTET SPECIAL ENVOY JAMES WOLFENSOHN -- JORDAN [...] Because of recent terrorist attacks and attempted terrorist operations in Jordan (see para 9),the U.S. Government has urged all Americans to review the need for planned travel to Jordan. In addition, Embassy Amman requires U.S. government agencies and travelers to limit their official trave [...] | 2006-02-09 09:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | JO OTRAO |
06AMSTERDAM160 | NETHERLANDS/MUSLIM OUTREACH: AMSTERDAM MOSQUE HOSTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Nearly 300 Dutch-Moroccan women crowded a hall at Amsterdam's Al Kabir Mosque on February 19 to hear spokeswomen from four political parties in advance of March 7 local elections. The meeting was indicative of growing minority interest in the upcoming polls. Long-term residen [...] | 2006-02-28 12:35:00 | Consulate Amsterdam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL KISL PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL KPAO NL |
06ANKARA100 | TURKEY: 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Openness To Foreign Investment The Government of Turkey (GOT) views foreign direct investment as vital to the country's economic development and prosperity. Accordingly, Turkey has one of the most liberal legal regimes for FDI in the OECD. With the exception of some sectors (see below),areas [...] | 2006-01-06 12:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV KTDB TU OPIC USTR |
06ANKARA1002 | NO JOY IN ANKARA OVER EU AID FOR TURKISH CYPRIOTS [...] (C) Summary: FM Gul, MFA working levels and Turkish opposition politicians believe that the EU's de-coupling of trade and aid for Turkish Cypriots forecloses any possibility the EU will approve direct trade with the "TRNC," a top Turkish priority. They are also unhappy with the degree of Gre [...] | 2006-02-28 16:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU CY EU |
06ANKARA1003 | TURKISH MFA UNREPENTANT OVER REFUSING ACCESS TO [...] (C) Northeastern Mediterranean Affairs DDG Bilman told us openly on February 27 that Turkey's February 22 refusal to grant access to the Cypriot-flagged vessel Able F reflects GOT policy of not admitting Cypriot-flagged ships. This is in contrast with the MFA's earlier technical excuses. Bil [...] | 2006-02-28 16:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU CY |
06ANKARA1010 | TURKEY,S MINISTER CALLS TCP DRIVING FORCE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOT Energy Minister Guler appealed February 27 to Ambassador for USG support on the Trans-Caspian Pipeline fQ natural gas from Turkmenistan and Samsun-Ceyhan Bosphorus bypass oil pipeline. He welcomed cooperation with the U.S. on approaching Turkmenistan to advance TCP, as an al [...] | 2006-03-01 12:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EWWT SENV TU IZ RU IR TX |
06ANKARA102 | ANKARA EAC MEETING 01/06/2006 [...] (U) Charge chaired the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on 01/06/06 to discuss recent developments with Avian Influenza (AI) in Turkey before the upcoming Turkish holiday. In attendance were representatives from the following sections/agencies: RSO, MGT, IMO, RMO, CON, DAO, POL, MSG, FCS, EC [...] | 2006-01-06 13:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC AMGT CASC AMED TU |
06ANKARA1020 | TURKEY/IRAQ: FM GUL AND UNSYG ANNAN DISCUSS [...] (C) Turkey's Iraq Coordinator Oguz Celikkol told Ambassador March 1 that, at a February 26 meeting in Doha, Foreign Minister Gul and UN Secretary General Annan discussed holding an "Iraq and its Neighbors" meeting of foreign ministers. This would be in the context of an existing series of " [...] | 2006-03-01 16:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR SY IZ TU |
06ANKARA1021 | AEGEAN: TURKEY STOPS FILING DAILY FLIGHT [...] (C) Summary: Turkey stopped filing Daily Flights Schedules with NATO for military flights over the Aegean as of Jan. 18, but the GOT only informed us Feb. 28. MFA officials are concerned about rising tensions over the Imia/Kardak islets. End summary. 2. (C) During a Feb. 28 meeting on anot [...] | 2006-03-01 16:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NATO MARR TU GR |
06ANKARA104 | Turkey Avian Influenza Update - January 6 [...] Summary. As of mid-day January 6 there are three confirmed deaths resulting from bird flu. The third death has not confirmed as H5N1, however the three positive cases yesterday have now been confirmed as H5N1. European Union and WHO teams arrived in Turkey January 5 and travelled to the affe [...] | 2006-01-06 13:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EAGR KPAO TU |
06ANKARA1042 | TURKEY: CONCERN OVER U.S. POLICY UNDERMINES [...] (U) This message is from AmConsulate Adana. 2. (C) Summary: During a recent visit to Diyarbakir and Sanliurfa in southeast Turkey, many of our interlocutors expressed concerns about the recent Danish cartoon issue and U.S. Middle East policy. Even our more moderate contacts who tend to b [...] | 2006-03-02 10:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
06ANKARA1043 | TURKEY TO CONSIDER CFE FLANK ENTITLEMENT REQUEST [...] (S) Per reftel, we approached the MFA on Feb. 28 and the Turkish General Staff (TGS) on Mar. 1 with our request for Turkey to consider a transfer of some of its unused CFE ground equipment entitlements to the US to allow the rotational training of US forces in Romania and Bulgaria. MFA Deputy [...] | 2006-03-02 10:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | NATO PREL MARR KCFE PARM TU GR RO NO BU RU |
06ANKARA1057 | TURKEY: APPROACHING POTENTIAL DONORS TO THE MARCH [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-02 12:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PGOV BK TU |
06ANKARA1065 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-02 15:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA1066 | TURKEY/IRAQ: PM JAFARI VISIT TO ANKARA AND [...] (C) Turkey's Iraq Coordinator Oguz Celikkol reviewed his visit to Baghdad (ref a),described PM Jafari's meetings in Ankara, and discussed Muqtada al-Sadr's probably visit here with Ambassador on March 1. Turmoil surrounding the Samarra bombing dominated both sets of talks, although the two [...] | 2006-03-02 15:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ IR TU |
06ANKARA1069 | TURKISH PRESS DOUBTS U.S. INTENTIONS IN BLACK SEA [...] (C) The Turkish press on March 1 and 2 has been full of speculation that the U.S. has an aggressive policy to gain dominance over the Black Sea. When asked, we are explaining to the media and the diplomatic community that U.S.-Turkish cooperation and dialogue on potential threats in the Black [...] | 2006-03-03 05:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL NATO MOPS TU US |
06ANKARA1075 | TURKEY/IRAQ: GETTING TURKEY TO DO MORE [...] (C) Three years after the crisis of March 2003 and long-standing doubts about the Iraq war, Turkey now seems convinced that Coalition success in Iraq is essential to this country's security. Turkey's contribution to coalition efforts in Iraq is multifaceted. The GOT has expressed a willing [...] | 2006-03-03 07:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR KDEM ECON IZ TU |
06ANKARA1100 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-03 14:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA1101 | TURKEY READY TO ENGAGE ON MAKHMOUR, SEEKS SECURITY [...] (C) MFA's Director General for Security Affairs, Hayati Guven, told us March 1 that Turkey is ready to engage on closing the Makhmour refugee camp and that it considers such a step as an important objective in its battle against the PKK. The GOT seeks assurances that there will be sufficient [...] | 2006-03-03 14:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF MOPS EAID SOCI PHUM PREL PTER IZ TU |
06ANKARA1103 | RETHINKING ELIMINATION OF THE VOA TURKISH SERVICE [...] Summary: The proposed elimination of the VOA Turkish Service in FY-07 has unleashed an outpouring of protest in this country, particularly from those who are long-time friends of the United States. Over the last two years, listenership and usage of VOA radio, television, and Internet servic [...] | 2006-03-03 15:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO TU |
06ANKARA1104 | TURKISH MFA CAUTIOUS ABOUT CYPRUS TECHNICAL TALKS [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish MFA is approaching cautiously the idea of UN brokered technical-level talks (reftel),wanting to avoid topics the GOT considers final settlement issues. MFA officials welcome the talks cautiously for what they are and recognize the importance of face-to-face discuss [...] | 2006-03-03 16:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU CY UNFICYP EU |
06ANKARA1105 | THE ALLEGED OVERVALUATION OF THE TURKISH LIRA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-03 16:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD TU |
06ANKARA1114 | AVIAN INFLUENZA IN IRAN [...] (C) Summary: AI is present only along Iran's eastern and northern borders according to Iranian visa applicants in Ankara. Iranians in the medical field believe that the GOI does not have the plans, the resources, or vaccine stock to handle an AI outbreak. Iranians outside the medical profes [...] | 2006-03-06 12:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PGOV PINR PREL TU TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EFIN EAGR KFLU |
06ANKARA1115 | TURKISH PM TAKES CRITICS TO COURT [...] (C) Summary: PM Erdogan has opened numerous legal cases against writers, politicians, cartoonists, and others whose criticism he found personally offensive. Contacts say Erdogan's aggressive response to criticism reflects a combative nature honed during his childhood in an impoverished distri [...] | 2006-03-06 13:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE PINR TU |
06ANKARA1121 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-06 15:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA1137 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-07 13:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA1152 | EUROPEAN DIPLOMATS IN ANKARA OPEN TO ENHANCED [...] (C) Summary: At a briefing by a visiting JAC analyst, French, British and German diplomats in Ankara were receptive to enhanced cooperation against PKK networks in their countries. Both the British and French DCM's believed their host government's attitude towards Kurdish issues was evolving, [...] | 2006-03-08 09:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER KTFN FR GM UK TU PKK |
06ANKARA1153 | TURKEY: LAWSUIT AGAINST ARMY COMMANDER RAISES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish Land Forces (TLFC) Commander GEN Yasar Buyukanit (slated to take the top job in TGS this Aug.) is again at the center of public controversy. On Mar. 5, the Van Public Prosecutor filed a complaint against Buyukanit for allegedly trying to influence the trial of Jandarma off [...] | 2006-03-08 11:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PGOV TU |
06ANKARA116 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-06 16:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA1160 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-08 14:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA118 | Turkey Avian Influenza Update - January 7 [...] Summary. As of mid-day January 7 there are no new deaths or additional confirmations of human cases. Nine or ten sub- provinces are under animal quarantine. Though there are multiple reports of dead birds in other regions, none have been confirmed as AI, with the possible exception of two wi [...] | 2006-01-09 09:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EAGR KPAO TU |
06ANKARA120 | Turkey Avian Influenza Update - January 8 [...] Summary. There are 14 human cases confirmed by local testing, so far, but no new deaths. There is still no evidence of human-to-human transmission. The geographic distribution of the confirmed cases has broadened to central Anatolia. 17 provinces have had outbreaks in birds with animal qua [...] | 2006-01-10 08:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EAGR KPAO TU |
06ANKARA121 | Turkey Avian Influenza Update - January 9 [...] Summary. There are 14 human cases confirmed by local testing, so far, but no new deaths. There is still no evidence of human-to-human transmission. The geographic distribution of the confirmed cases has broadened to central Anatolia. 17 provinces have had outbreaks in birds with animal qua [...] | 2006-01-10 08:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EAGR KPAO TU |
06ANKARA1213 | TURKISH MFA READ-OUT OF IRANIAN PARLIAMENTARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: MFA Deputy Director General (DDG) for Arms Control and Disarmament Bulent Meric briefed select missions about the March 3 visit of a delegation led by Iranian Parliamentary Foreign Policy, National Security and Defense Affairs Committee Chair Alaadin Boroujerdi to Ankara to disc [...] | 2006-03-09 12:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU FR UK AU GR CH IS |
06ANKARA1227 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-09 14:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA1250 | TURKEY/ARMENIA: NEW TURKISH PROPOSAL? [...] (C) MFA Caucasus DDG Karslioglu told us March 8 that Turkey would present a new "paper" to Armenia on March 10, but would not elaborate on its content or method of delivery. He stated "significant progress" must be made on both Nagorno-Karabakh as well as on bilateral issues (genocide and a [...] | 2006-03-10 12:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OSCE AR AJ TU |
06ANKARA1251 | TURKEY AND THE PKK: TERRORIST ATTACKS CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary: There have been several terrorist attacks over the past week in southeastern Turkey and in the Aegean city of Izmir. These attacks, which have resulted in several fatalities, are likely the first salvos of PKK/Kongra-Gel's expected, annual spring offensive. End Summary. 2. (C [...] | 2006-03-10 12:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER ASEC TU |
06ANKARA1252 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried, Ambassador Steven Mann, and Elizabeth Rood to travel to Turkey from March 16 - 21, 2006 for meetings with government officials. We understand that A/S Fried will depart Turkey on March 17, and Ambassad [...] | 2006-03-10 13:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PGOV TU AM AJ GG |
06ANKARA1253 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRIED'S MARCH 16-17 VISIT TO [...] (C) We look forward to your visit to Ankara, which is very timely in view of events in the Caucasus. The Turkish government has heard conflicting accounts of the Rambouillet talks, is disappointed at the apparent lack of progress, and is anxious to hear your and Steve Mann's views on the way [...] | 2006-03-10 13:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ IR SY IS KWBG AR AJ TU |
06ANKARA1254 | TURKEY'S MILITARY AND RULING AKP GOVERNMENT: [...] (C) Summary: Since being elected in 2002, Turkey's pro-Islam Justice and Development Party (AKP) government has coexisted uneasily with the staunchly secular military. Direct communication between the Prime Ministry and military has dropped off demonstrably compared to previous eras; the AKP [...] | 2006-03-10 14:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TU |
06ANKARA1256 | TURKEY: TELECOM/IT SECTOR CLAMORING FOR MORE [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the privatization last July of Turkey's fixed line telecom company Turk Telekom, operators are urging the Telecommunications Regulatory Board to move more quickly in licensing cable and new technologies and to augment competition. Still dominant Turk Telekom's new man [...] | 2006-03-10 15:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EINT EINV TU |
06ANKARA1257 | EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (FEBRUARY [...] Summary: EXBS Advisor coordinated and participated in meetings for a multi-agency team, led by US Ambassador to UNVIE, which came to Turkey to brief Turkish officials on the Iranian nuclear program. He continued to promote action on several projects -- (Internal Control Project (ICP),[...] | 2006-03-10 16:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM TU |
06ANKARA130 | Turkey Avian Influenza Update - January 12 [...] Summary. There are 18 human cases confirmed by local testing, so far, but no new deaths. There is still no evidence of human-to-human transmission. The geographic distribution of the confirmed cases continues to broaden with the two new cases in southeastern Turkey. Official sources now pu [...] | 2006-01-13 11:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EAGR KPAO TU |
06ANKARA1325 | TURKISH RESPONSE TO U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-13 14:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PINS TU |
06ANKARA1328 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EUROPEAN REGIONAL [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance to European Regional Affairs (EUR/ERA) Officer John Robinson to travel to Ankara from March 16-18, 2006. The purpose of this trip is for consultations with embassies and host government officials. Embassy control officer for the visit is Political [...] | 2006-03-13 14:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PGOV BE BU TU |
06ANKARA133 | Turkey Avian Influenza Update - January 12 [...] Summary. There are 18 human cases confirmed by local testing, so far, but no new deaths. There is still no evidence of human-to-human transmission. The geographic distribution of the confirmed cases continues to broaden with the two new cases in southeastern Turkey. Official sources now pu [...] | 2006-01-13 11:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EAGR KPAO TU |
06ANKARA1330 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-13 15:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA1332 | ERDOGAN'S RISKY ECONOMIC DECISIONS COINCIDE WITH [...] (SBU) Under pressure from exporters, the GOT announced a Value-Added Tax rate cut for the textile sector without consulting the IMF and in violation of its agreement with the Fund. At the same time, the GOT has decided not to renew the mandate of the respected Central Bank Governor. These two [...] | 2006-03-13 15:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN TU |
06ANKARA1344 | TURKEY: IRANIAN OBSERVATIONS ON MEDIA [...] (C) Summary: A recent survey of Iranian visa applicants suggests that most are distrustful of news from official Iranian sources and prefer to get their news from western media. Applicants relied heavily on satellite television and the internet to keep informed on world events. At least in Te [...] | 2006-03-14 11:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PGOV PINR PREL TU |
06ANKARA1346 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-14 13:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA135 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: REQUEST FOR MILITARY AIR SUPPORT [...] This is an action request. See para 3. 2. Based on information received January 13 from Washington, we expect an interagency team to arrive in the next few days to assess the AI situation in Turkey and what role the USG could usefully play to support GOT and international agencies' efforts [...] | 2006-01-13 12:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PREL OTRA TU AR GG AZ |
06ANKARA1352 | U.S. CHAMBER-TURKEY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM [...] (SBU) The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and its Turkish counterpart, the Union of Chambers and Exchanges (TOBB),tell us they are not prepared to sign a "memorandum of understanding" in Ankara on March 17. Activities under the MOU would be implemented by the private contractor Carana, which has [...] | 2006-03-14 15:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID BEXP TU |
06ANKARA1353 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY'S ALEVI COMMUNITY UPDATE [...] (U) This message is from AmConsulate Adana. 2. (C) Summary: Southeast Turkey's Alevi population is deeply alienated by perceived Sunni attempts to change Turkey's secular identity and is asserting its concerns more widely, including in EU institutions, and seeking to establish a higher p [...] | 2006-03-14 16:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TU |
06ANKARA1354 | TURKEY REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL LAW [...] Embassy Ankara received a diplomatic note dated March 13, 2006 from the MFA, requesting U.S. support for Professor Rauf Versan for the International Law Commission. 2. The text of the diplomatic note is as follows: MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY The Ministry of [...] | 2006-03-15 08:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL UNGA TU |
06ANKARA136 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR US INTERAGENCY AVIAN [...] Embassy Ankara grants country clearance for the US Interagency Avian Influenza Team traveling to Turkey arriving January 16 to assess the Avian Influenza outbreak in Turkey and to assist the response by the GoT, WHO and FAO/OIE. 2. Embassy Ankara will meet and assist team members at Anka [...] | 2006-01-14 15:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TBIO CDC WHO TU AGMT |
06ANKARA137 | TURKISH AGRICULTURE MINISTER ON AVIAN FLU [...] Summary. Turkish Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Eker, in a meeting with Ambassador January 13, reported on the progress made in responding to the recent outbreak of Avian Influenza in Turkey and agreed to a proposed US assessment team visit the week of January 16. He appealed for U [...] | 2006-01-14 16:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EAGR KPAO TU |
06ANKARA1378 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-15 12:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA1392 | TURKEY-IRAQ HABUR GATE SLOWS TO A TRICKLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: fuel shipments from Turkey to SOMO in Iraq remain suspended for lack of implementation of the February 15 agreement between GOI and GOT to resolve persistent arrears. In combination with the imposition of new truck licensing regulations, particularly onerous for older trucks, [...] | 2006-03-15 16:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EPET PREL TU IZ |
06ANKARA1400 | TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, February 2006 [...] Turkey's National Security Council (NSC) held its first meeting of 2006 on February 23. Turkey-Iran relations, February 4 IAEA decision on Iran's nuclear program, and Turkey's foreign assistance policy topped the agenda. Turkish media coverage of the meeting was wider than other months. The [...] | 2006-03-16 09:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL TU UP KS TC PK SU IR AL RU |
06ANKARA1402 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-16 12:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA1409 | Turkish Treasury Under Secretary Optimistic about [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-16 14:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN TU |
06ANKARA141 | TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, DECEMBER 2005 [...] (U) Turkey's Supreme Military Council (YAS) - convened under PM Tayyip Erdogan on December 1 - assessed war readiness of the TAF (Turkish Armed Forces) and major modernization projects, discussed recent developments in the Middle East, assessed fight against separatism, reactionism and separat [...] | 2006-01-16 14:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS PREL PGOV TU |
06ANKARA1410 | SCENESETTER FOR MARCH 22-23 VISIT OF CODEL WARNER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Your March 22-23 visit comes at a time when Turkey is attempting to balance its commitments to the West against its desire to maintain harmonious relations with its neighbors and to play a constructive role with other Muslim countries. Turkey remains a significant contributor to [...] | 2006-03-16 14:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR MASS TU IZ AF IR IS |
06ANKARA1414 | UNODC AND TURKISH POLICE SUPPORT RESUMED U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary. The local rep of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) sought us out to request that the U.S. help fund programs to combat the floods of Afghan opiates that transit Turkey annually. Turkish National Police officials separately suggested that INL funding assist with regional [...] | 2006-03-16 15:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL TU |
06ANKARA1415 | TURKISH IRAQ COORDINATOR UPDATE ON TURKEY'S IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: In a March 15 meeting with DCM, Turkish Special Representative for Iraq Oguz Celikkol outlined Turkey's efforts to bridge Iraq's sectarian divides by meeting with a wide range of interlocutors. There is still no firm date or any specific plans for an al-Sadr visit to Turkey. D [...] | 2006-03-16 15:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU IZ |
06ANKARA1421 | U. S. EXPERTS MEET WITH TURKISH OFFICIALS ON [...] (U) Summary: Officials from the Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK) and Turkish National Police (TNP) shared information concerning the August 2005 seizure of uranium (ref tels) with a US delegation from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory on March 2-3, 2006. TAEK officials and the US [...] | 2006-03-17 12:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AU KNNP PARM RS TU |
06ANKARA1426 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-17 15:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA1434 | TURKEY 2005 END USE MONITORING REPORT [...] Since 1986, the International Narcotics Crime and Control (INCC) program has provided approximately 5,500 units of equipment and training, valued at over USD 5.7 million, to five Turkish agencies with responsibility for Turkey's anti-narcotics programs: the Turkish Grain Board (TMO),Turkish [...] | 2006-03-20 09:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN SNAR TU |
06ANKARA1440 | PSI: TURKISH EXERCISE ANATOLIAN SUN [...] The Government of Turkey held a planning conference on March 15, 2006 in Ankara for the upcoming PSI exercise Anatolian Sun. (Originally named Anatolian Deer, in late January the name was change to Anatolian Sun; TGS tells us this was to better match the operating area and objectives of the [...] | 2006-03-20 11:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL TU |
06ANKARA1442 | INDICTMENT OF TURKISH LAND FORCES COMMANDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Turkish General Staff (TGS) has reviewed the indictment issued against TLFC Commander GEN Buyukanit (ref a) and determined that there is no reason to approve a trial, while the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Justice Minister has launched an investigation into the p [...] | 2006-03-20 12:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS TU |
06ANKARA1458 | U.S. - INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION INITIATIVE [...] (C) We delivered ref a and b demarches to Turkish MFA Disarmament and Arms Control First Secretary Serhan Yigit on March 17. Yigit appreciated the demarches and stated that MFA is interested in learning more about the agreement and how it could effect the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Yigit [...] | 2006-03-20 13:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG KNNP PREL TU |
06ANKARA1460 | TURKEY'S LOWER 2006 TOURISM NUMBERS COULD [...] (U) SUMMARY. ON THE HEELS OF 2005'S RECORD TOURISM NUMBERS, A "SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS" - THE AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK, THE CARTOON CONTROVERSY, AND RUMORS OF AN ALCOHOL BAN - HAS LED TO A SHARP DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF 2006 BOOKINGS FOR FOREIGN VISITORS IN TURKEY. WHILE THE ANTALYA'S M [...] | 2006-03-20 13:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON TU |
06ANKARA1463 | TURKEY: EVOLVING VIEWS ON IRANIAN NUKES [...] (SBU) In recent weeks, AKP officials have gradually been ratcheting up public pressure on Iran, simultaneously sending messages to their domestic constituencies that the situation has reached a more serious level. Over the weekend of March 11, Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdulla [...] | 2006-03-20 16:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PINS IR TU |
06ANKARA1464 | NEVRUZ HOLIDAY SPURS CONCERN OF INCREASE IN PKK [...] (S/NF) Summary: Protests in major Turkish cities and in the southeast in advance of a traditional Kurdish holiday may harbinger the escalation of PKK/Kongra-Gel-related violence and tensions in Turkey. Although we expect an increase in violence -- including rural military clashes and urban te [...] | 2006-03-21 05:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER MOPS PREL PGOV TU IZ |
06ANKARA1465 | TURKEY: UN OCHA DONOR CONFERENCE ISTANBUL [...] With respect to the UN OCHA Donor Support Non- Traditional Donors Conference co-chaired by the GOT and USAID and scheduled for April 27-28 in Istanbul at the Hotel Dedeman, Embassy POC is David Young (90-312-455 5555 X2256; YoungDK@state.gov) and Consulate PA POC is Katharina Gollner-Sweet (9 [...] | 2006-03-21 07:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT EAID PREL TU |
06ANKARA1468 | SCENESETTER FOR THE 23-26 MARCH VISIT OF CHAIRMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Your March 23-26 visit comes at a time when progress has been made in improving the character of US-Turkish relations that frayed badly in 2003-2005. Senior level dialogue, including on the military-to-military side, has resumed; Turkey has downplayed its whining about the PDD and [...] | 2006-03-21 08:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PGOV TU IZ AF RU |
06ANKARA1477 | TURKEY: ATTACK ON CATHOLIC CLERGY AMID [...] (U) This message is from AmConsulate Adana. 2. (SBU) Summary: A Catholic friar and several other church members were attacked on March 11 in the Mersin Catholic church by a Turkish man wielding a knife and yelling anti-Christian epithets. No one was injured. Catholic contacts told us tha [...] | 2006-03-21 09:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
06ANKARA1478 | TURKEY: PLAYING CHICKEN ON BTC AND CASPIAN GAS [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador Steve Mann's March 17 meetings in Ankara, Turkish government and BTC officials said they are still aiming for loading the first oil tanker May 27 in Ceyhan, although the target date for an official ceremony has slipped to July. The BTC consortium and BOTAS are a [...] | 2006-03-21 10:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV PREL TU GG AZ |
06ANKARA1479 | GOT CONCERNED FRENCH PROPOSAL COULD STALL EU [...] (U) Summary: GOT and UK Embassy contacts say they are concerned about a French-led proposal that would require Turkey -- and perhaps other accession candidates -- to make progress on human rights reforms before opening talks on EU acquis chapters. GOT officials called the proposal a "headache [...] | 2006-03-21 10:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE EU TU |
06ANKARA1480 | TURKISH REPLY ON SAJID MOHAMMED BADAT DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) The Turkish MFA has responded to reftel demarche with a diplomatic note informing the Embassy, "that Sajid Mohammed Badat, born in 1979, holder of the British passport No: 703114075 had entered Turkey on 8 Decmeber 2001through Istanbul Ataturk Airport and left the country on 10 December [...] | 2006-03-21 11:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN PTER TU |
06ANKARA1485 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-21 12:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA1489 | TURKEY, SEEKING UNSC SEAT, CUTS RECIPROCAL SUPPORT [...] (C) Turkish MFA Deputy Director for International Political Organizations Tunc Ugdul called us in March 20 to pitch Turkey's UNSC candidacy for 2009-2010 and place the Guatemala/Venezuela issue in perspective. Turkey's candidacy, within the WEU and others group, is a high GoT priority. They [...] | 2006-03-21 15:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC TU |
06ANKARA1496 | TURKEY: TRADE MINISTER SEEKS TO END WTO RICE CASE [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Trade Minister Tuzmen told Ambassador March 21 that he will present a letter to USTR Portman on March 27 agreeing to abolish the tariff quota system and licensing requirement. Separately, post receive by anonymous fax an internal memo from Tuzmen to other GOT Ministers a [...] | 2006-03-22 09:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EAGR WTO TU |
06ANKARA1511 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-22 14:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA1513 | DECLINE IN TURKISH-AMERICAN DEFENSE INDUSTRY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Defense industrial cooperation, historically the strongest area of US-Turkish bilateral relationship, has deteriorated in recent years. No US firm has won a direct commercial sale (DCS) since 2002 and post-contract negotiations hamper the few US direct sale and FMS projects that [...] | 2006-03-22 17:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MASS TU |
06ANKARA1524 | AI Continues to Plague Turkish Poultry Sector [...] (U) Summary. The AI outbreak continues to plague the poultry sector in Turkey albeit at a reduced pace. AI has been confirmed in 151 locations in 28 provinces throughout Turkey, according to the most recent report from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. Poultry consumption remain [...] | 2006-03-23 10:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO AMED TU CASC EAID SENV ECON |
06ANKARA1527 | TURKEY: PLAYING CHICKEN ON BTC AND CASPIAN GAS [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador Steven Mann's March 17 meetings in Ankara, Turkish government and BTC officials said they are still aiming for loading the first oil tanker May 27 in Ceyhan, although the target date for an official ceremony has slipped to July. The BTC consortium and BOTAS are [...] | 2006-03-23 11:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV PREL TU GG AZ |
06ANKARA1528 | DISARRAY OVER CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR SYMPTOMATIC OF [...] (C) Summary: The process of selecting a new Central Bank Governor moved from comedy to farce as President Sezer and Prime Minister Erdogan traded confusing statements about the state of play. The disarray over selection of a new Central Bank Governor reflects Erdogan,s pro-Islam ruling Jus [...] | 2006-03-23 12:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV TU |
06ANKARA1529 | TURKISH TREASURY TAKES LEAD ON IRAQ DEBT ISSUE [...] (SBU) A Turkish official confirmed that Turkish Treasury has now taken the interagency lead on the stalled Iraq debt issue. With Turkish officials receiving Iraq's debt advisors next week, Turkish officials are reviewing bilateral claims on Iraq and may report a higher figure than the $1.6 bill [...] | 2006-03-23 12:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN TU IZ |
06ANKARA1530 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-23 13:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA1533 | TURKEY/IRAQ: CELIKKOL-KHALILZAD CONVERSATION [...] (C) Summary. During a brief March 20 meeting in Ankara, Turkish Iraq envoy Celikkol told Ambassadors Khalilzad and Wilson that Turkey was ready to agree to a request from Muqtada al-Sadr to accept thirty Iraqi civilians wounded in recent Sadr City bombings for medical treatment. Khalilzad ur [...] | 2006-03-23 13:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU IZ |
06ANKARA1547 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, February 16- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial Embassy translation. 2. Published by the Turkish Daily News on Sunday [...] | 2006-03-24 08:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
06ANKARA1557 | TURKEY/GEORGIA: SOME BUMPS IN THE ROAD [...] (C) President Sezer's March 14-15 visit to Georgia highlighted the relationship's growing economic dimension, as the two sides agreed on the joint use of the new, Turkish-built, Batumi airport. Turkey asked for Georgian help on repatriation of Meskhetian Turks, preserving Ajara's autonomy, an [...] | 2006-03-24 11:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR GG TU |
06ANKARA1568 | TURKEY-SYRIA FTA: NARROW SCOPE AND MODEST [...] (C) Summary: Turkish government officials and businessmen do not share the SARG's optimism about the recently-approved Turkey-Syria Free Trade Agreement. Turkish officials tell us that Turkey's FTAs are dictated by European Customs Union requirements, and business contacts tell us that Syria [...] | 2006-03-24 13:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD POL ECON TU SY |
06ANKARA1570 | PM ERDOGAN TO ATTEND ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT, DELIVER [...] (SBU) MFA Under Secretary Uzumcu told Ambassador that PM Erdogan will be visiting Khartoum March 28-29 for the Arab League summit. PM Advisor Ali Yakital, (who just returned 3 months ago as Turkish ambassador in Khartoum),confirmed Erdogan was invited as a guest of the Arab League in his ca [...] | 2006-03-24 14:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KAWC PHUM PREF SU TU |
06ANKARA1575 | SCENESETTER FOR THE MARCH 31-APRIL 1 VISIT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Your visit comes at a time when Turkey is trying to balance its role as regional good neighbor with its responsibilities as a NATO member and EU candidate. The Government of Turkey (GOT) counsels engagement over isolation in dealing with countries like Iran and has presented itsel [...] | 2006-03-24 14:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MASS TU IZ IR |
06ANKARA1579 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-24 15:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA1581 | TURKISH INTEREST IN NUCLEAR ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's need for energy diversification has become a more prominent issue after this winter's problems with the supply of hydrocarbon products provided by Iran and Russia. Nuclear power is being actively considered and several countries have offered to assist in this developm [...] | 2006-03-27 04:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | BEXP ECON ENRG IR KNNP PARM TRGY TU |
06ANKARA1605 | 2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON TURKEY'S [...] (U) This is Mission Turkey's contribution to the 2005/2006 Report to Congress on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense. We follow reftel's format. General Assessment ------------------- 2. (U) A. Turkey has NATO's second-largest military after the United States. It has taken on an [...] | 2006-03-27 08:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PREL NATO US TU |
06ANKARA1614 | MARCH 24 LETTER TO SECRETARY RICE FROM TURKISH [...] On March 24, Deputy Chief of Mission Nancy McEldowney received from MFA Deputy Under Secretary Apakan a copy of a letter dated March 22 from Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdullah Gul addressed to Secretary Rice. 2. The text of the letter is as follows: MESSAGE FR [...] | 2006-03-27 10:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL TU |
06ANKARA1622 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, March 1-15, [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial Embassy translation. 2. Reported by Aksam on Thursday, March 2: TITLE: "The C [...] | 2006-03-27 13:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
06ANKARA1623 | CODEL WARNER MEETS WITH TURKISH PARLIAMENTARIANS [...] Summary: In a March 23 meeting with Codel Warner, a group of Turkish parliamentarians representing both the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) expressed concerns about ongoing violence in Iraq and the PKK presence in northern Iraq. [...] | 2006-03-27 13:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL TU IZ |
06ANKARA1627 | ANOTHER LOOK AT TURKEY'S BLACK SEA MARITIME [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para. 13. Summary ------- 2. (C) Turkey welcomes U.S., NATO, EU and others' active involvement in political and economic challenges facing the greater Black Sea region, such as frozen conflicts and energy flows. However, Turkey prefers that th [...] | 2006-03-27 13:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL NATO MOPS TU US RO |
06ANKARA1628 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-27 14:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA1629 | IMF CRITICISM OF TURKEY COINCIDES WITH PRESIDENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-27 14:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PBIO TU |
06ANKARA1630 | Terrorism Finance: Turkish FIU Still Waiting for [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-27 14:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN PTER TU |
06ANKARA1651 | A/S FRIED'S MEETINGS WITH TURKISH MFA U/S TUYGAN [...] (C) A/S Daniel Fried, accompanied by Special Negotiator Steven Mann and EUR/NCE Director Elizabeth Rood, discussed Nagorno-Karabakh, the Armenian genocide resolution, Cyprus, Iran and the Balkans with MFA Undersecretary Ali Tuygan and Deputy Undersecretary Ahmet Uzumcu on March 16. Fried said [...] | 2006-03-28 13:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PGOV PREL AM AJ GG IR KPAL IS CY TU |
06ANKARA1652 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-28 13:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA1653 | INCOME INEQUALITY DECREASING IN TURKEY, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: According to updated data for 2004, the share of the population living in poverty in Turkey decreased from 28.12 percent to 25.6 percent. The data also shows a growing city/countryside divide as urban poverty declines and rural poverty increases. Contrary to widespread percept [...] | 2006-03-28 14:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SOCI PHUM TU |
06ANKARA1655 | URGING A POSITIVE TURKISH APPROACH TO CYPRUS [...] (C) Summary: DCM urged MFA Deputy U/S Apakan on March 24 to set a positive agenda for upcoming technical talks between Turkish and Greek Cypriots, and to develop a good working relationship with SRSG Moeller (refs A and B). Apakan blamed Moeller for what he termed the "professional mistake" [...] | 2006-03-28 16:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU CY UNFICYP |
06ANKARA1656 | TURKEY: CODEL WARNER WITH PM ERDOGAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senator John Warner led a six-member Senate Armed Services Committee delegation to Turkey on Feb. 23 for meetings with the Parliament (reftel) and Prime Minister Erdogan. (Note: Complete delegation list provided at para. 8) The delegation emphasized the importance of the bila [...] | 2006-03-29 05:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PGOV PREL OREP TU IZ |
06ANKARA1657 | CJCS AND CHOD OZKOK STRESS IMPORTANCE OF [...] (S) Summary: CJCS Gen Pace and TGS Chief Ozkok reaffirmed the importance of the US-Turkey military relationship. Ozkok underscored Turkey's record of cooperation on Iraq, acknowledged recent progress there, stressed the importance of Kirkuk, and warned that sectarian strife could draw neighbo [...] | 2006-03-29 06:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR PTER OVIP PACE PETER TU IZ IR SY |
06ANKARA1659 | CJCS GEN PACE'S MARCH 23 MEETING WITH PM ERDOGAN [...] (C) Summary: Turkey continues to support the Iraqi people and coalition efforts, but the PKK, ethnic and religious strife, and Kirkuk remain difficult issues for the GOT, Prime Minister Erdogan told CJCS Gen Pace March 23. Erdogan praised the U.S.-Turkey strategic partnership and hoped the re [...] | 2006-03-29 07:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PACE PETER PREL MOPS MARR PTER TU US |
06ANKARA1666 | TURKEY/BELARUS: TURKEY KEEPING A LOW PROFILE ON [...] (C) We shared ref b points concerning our talks with EU member states on responding to Belarus elections with MFA Commonwealth of Independent States Department Head Meltem Buyukkarakas on March 28. We asked if Turkey has considered making public statements concerning the fraudulent elections [...] | 2006-03-29 12:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CVIS BO TU |
06ANKARA1668 | GOT PLANS TO RENOVATE CHURCHES, SYNAGOGUE [...] (U) ConGen Istanbul contributed to this report. 2. (C) Summary: The GOT's Directorate General for Foundations (DGF) is planning to renovate seven historic churches and a synagogue this year, marking the first time the agency has renovated non-Muslim places of worship. Christian and Jewish [...] | 2006-03-29 13:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL TU |
06ANKARA1676 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-29 14:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA168 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-17 15:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA1697 | THE CAUCASUS WORKING GROUP: NEXT STEPS [...] (C) The Caucasus Working Group began in 1999 as a bilateral mechanism for the United States and Turkey to coordinate on security assistance to the South Caucasus (except Armenia). It has since expanded to cover Kazakhstan. CWG has developed into a "political-military" discussion of the regio [...] | 2006-03-30 12:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS TU AJ AM GG KZ RS |
06ANKARA1705 | TURKEY: BTC OIL ADVANCES - ERZURUM AS ENERGY CROSS- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With first oil at Pump Station 3, BTC is still on track for first tanker loading at Ceyhan on May 27. The project has achieved good "buy-in" from the local population from jobs and its community programs. Nearby major city Erzurum hopes to benefit more from development as an [...] | 2006-03-30 14:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EINV TU IR |
06ANKARA1723 | TURKEY REQUESTS U.S. DEMARCHE TO DENMARK ON ROJTV [...] (C) MFA DG for Intelligence and Research Hayati Guven asked to see the Charge March 31 to raise the GOT's ongoing concerns about Roj TV's broadcasts from Denmark. Guven said the GOT believes that Roj TV's broadcasts have been intentionally used by the PKK to incite the current civil unrest [...] | 2006-03-31 12:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV TU DA |
06ANKARA1727 | TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY STATEMENT ON PALESTINIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-31 13:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KPAL IS TU |
06ANKARA1741 | PROPOSED ELIMINATION OF THE VOA TURKISH SERVICE [...] Post continues to hear comments from influential Turks alarmed by the possible elimination of the VOA Turkish Service. VOA serves as a compass for many journalists working in Turkey's free but irresponsible media. Elimination of the VOA Turkish service (while the Kurdish service continues) wo [...] | 2006-03-31 14:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO TU VOA |
06ANKARA1742 | PROPOSAL FOR INL-FUNDED REGIONAL IPR TRAINING [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Embassies, Athens, Bucharest, Sofia, and Tirana and Consulate Thessaloniki. 2. (U) As requested ref A, this message provides a proposal for FY '06 INL-funded regional IPR training. IPR: A REGIONAL PROBLEM ----------------------- 3. (SBU) Accordin [...] | 2006-03-31 15:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR KCRM TU |
06ANKARA1743 | TURKEY: PROPOSAL FOR INL-FUNDED IPR TRAINING [...] (U) As requested ref A, this message provides a proposal for FY '06 INL-funded IPR training in Turkey. 2. (SBU) While Turkey's IPR regime improved significantly in 2005, gaps in protection, particularly in enforcement, remain. Turkey will most likely remain on the Special 301 Priority Watc [...] | 2006-03-31 15:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR KCRM TU |
06ANKARA1744 | TURKEY: WTO PANEL CONTINUES AND MEDIA ANNOUNCES [...] (SBU) Summary: A March 31 article in "Referans" (Turkey's business paper of record) reports that the Ministry of Agriculture will begin issuing control certificates for rice imports on April 1. Upon hearing about the decision, Turkish domestic producers sharply criticized the GOT for this de [...] | 2006-03-31 15:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR WTO TU |
06ANKARA1746 | The Anatolian Tiger Roars: 7.4% GDP Growth in 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-03 05:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON TU |
06ANKARA1748 | TURKISH RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON ETLO [...] (C) We met with Huseyin Ozdemir, Chief of Section for the International Security Section of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on March 30 to follow up on our January demarche (reftels) regarding China's request that the UN designate the East Turkistan Liberation Organization (ELTO/SHAT) [...] | 2006-04-03 06:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PTER TU CH |
06ANKARA1768 | Reports of Turkish Clash with IMF Overstated [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-03 13:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN TU |
06ANKARA1771 | ANKARA MEDIA EACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-03 13:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA1789 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-04 14:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA1790 | TURKEY SUPPORTS ENGAGING GEORGIA IN NATO'S [...] (C) We contacted MFA NATO Affairs Deputy Director General Serdar Kilic on April 3 to urge support for NATO's engaging Georgia, delivering ref a points. Kilic recalled Turkey's long-standing support for eventual Georgian entry into Euro-Atlantic institutions, and undertook to provide a conside [...] | 2006-04-04 15:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL GG TU NATO |
06ANKARA180 | PSI: UPDATE ON TURKISH EXERCISE ANATOLIAN DEER [...] MFA Disarmament and Arms Control First Secretary Serhan Yigit provided us with a list of the 57 countries which were invitd to participate in the May 2006 Turkish-led PS exercise "Anatolian Deer,"annotated with their responses to date. 17 have responded that they will attend the exercise, 3 [...] | 2006-01-18 14:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL TU |
06ANKARA1812 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, March 16- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial Embassy translation. 2. Reported by Anadolu Ajansi on Friday, March 17: TITLE: [...] | 2006-04-05 12:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
06ANKARA1813 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-05 12:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA1821 | TURKEY, PKK TERRORISM, AND NEXT STEPS BY THE USG [...] (S) SUMMARY: PKK terrorism in Turkey is on the upswing. Violent protests in the southeast and bomb attacks in Istanbul have resulted in over 15 deaths in under a week. On April 3, the Kurdish Freedom Falcons issued a warning to foreign tourists to avoid Turkey and called on Kurdish youth to j [...] | 2006-04-06 04:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ |
06ANKARA183 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, December 16- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial Embassy translation. 2. Published by the Turkish Daily News on Friday [...] | 2006-01-18 14:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
06ANKARA1846 | CFE HOST COUNTRY AGREEMENT WITH TURKEY: NOW IN [...] Embassy transmitted the following diplomatic note to the Turkish MFA on March 29, 2006: BEGIN TEXT OF NOTE No. 511 The Embassy of the United States of America presents its compliments to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey and has the honor to refer to the Minist [...] | 2006-04-06 11:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KCFE PARM PREL TU NATO |
06ANKARA1853 | EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (MARCH 2006) [...] Summary: EXBS Advisor coordinated DOE instructor training for Turkish Commodity Identification Training (CIT) instructors; meetings between US and GOT nuclear smuggling experts; and US participation in the exercise planning conference for the upcoming Turkish led PSI exercise Anatolian S [...] | 2006-04-06 13:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
06ANKARA1858 | DAS GRAY DISCUSSES IRAN WITH TURKISH MFA OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary. DAS Gordon Gray visited Ankara on March 22 to discuss USG ideas on the Iranian nuclear program with several senior Turkish MFA officials. DAS Gray delivered a strong message emphasizing that, while Washington has taken no option off the table, the USG remains committed to a dipl [...] | 2006-04-06 14:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINS IR TU |
06ANKARA1876 | TURKEY/IRAQ: DAS BRYZA MEETING WITH IRAQ [...] (C) Turkish Government Iraq Coordinator Oguz Celikkol told DAS Bryza he was satisfied with his recent meetings in Washington on U.S. - Turkey cooperation in Iraq. He suggested Kirkuk's status should be resolved first through negotiations and only then subjected to a plebiscite. Turkey sees J [...] | 2006-04-07 10:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ TU |
06ANKARA1877 | DAS BRYZA'S DISCUSSIONS AT FOREIGN MINISTRY ON [...] (S) MFA Caucasus Director General Resit Uman briefed DAS Bryza April 4 on Turkey-Georgia relations, focusing on President Sezer's March visit to Tbilisi (ref a). He said Georgian MFA officials had told the Turks Georgia would prefer a "5 plus 2" formula in order to internationalize negotiatio [...] | 2006-04-07 10:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL GG AR TU |
06ANKARA188 | IRAN/TURKEY - DISCUSSION WITH ACTING TURKISH FM [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and British Ambassador Westmacott used a meeting on Cyprus with Acting Turkish FM Tuygan January 18 to register US concerns on Iran and urge stronger Turkish support of diplomatic efforts to persuade Iran to abandon its nuclear program and cooperate with the internatio [...] | 2006-01-18 15:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MNUC TU IR |
06ANKARA1882 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-07 11:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA189 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-18 15:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA1891 | TURKEY/IRAN NUKES: GOT ON BOARD DIPLOMATIC TRACK; [...] (C) Summary: The GOT supports UNSC deliberations on the Iranian nuclear program and has indicated a willingness to dialogue with us about future steps including targeted sanctions. FM Gul has made supportive public statements and has convoked Turkish Ambassadors in the region to brainstorm ab [...] | 2006-04-07 13:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IR TU |
06ANKARA1897 | TURKEY: PKK VIOLENCE CONTINUES, CASUALTIES RISE, [...] (U) SUMMARY: PKK-related attacks continue both inside and outside of Turkey. The Turkish Freedom Falcons (TAK) have taken credit for several Istanbul attacks and warned of further violence against the government. In the face of escalating casualites, the government has publicly stated its re [...] | 2006-04-07 13:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR MASS TU IZ |
06ANKARA1898 | TURKEY: DANISH COMPANY COULD BE FIRST TO [...] (SBU) Summary: According to Istanbul-based U.S. pharmaceutical company reps, a Danish pharmaceutical company may be the first to have a generic application approved in Turkey for a product approved in the EU after January 1, 2001 and in Turkey after January 1, 2005, for which they believe the [...] | 2006-04-07 14:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR USTR TU |
06ANKARA1899 | TURKEY: PKK VIOLENCE AND KURDISH VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: In discussing the recent unrest in southeastern Turkey (reftels A-E),Kurdish contacts describe a growing sense of rage and frustration in the region. They say many Kurds oppose violence by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK),but have lost hope that the GOT will address the region [...] | 2006-04-07 14:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PREL PGOV TU |
06ANKARA19 | TURKEY/RUSSIA: DEMARCHE ON CONTINUING U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-03 14:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV TU RS |
06ANKARA191 | TURKEY/CYPRUS/EU - MEETING WITH TURKISH ACTING FM [...] (U) This is an action message. See paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: Ambassador and UK Ambassador Westmacott were convoked January 18 by Turkish Acting FM Tuygan to discuss Cyprus and related EU accession issues. Tuygan described in familiar terms the elaboration of FM Gul,s proposals to deal [...] | 2006-01-18 16:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU EU CY |
06ANKARA1943 | KIRSEHIR: A CITY CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kirsehir, two hours southeast of Ankara, is an Anatolian city of 88,000 plagued by a lack of business investment. Blessed with geothermal resources and included in the government investment incentive scheme for low-income provinces, Kirsehir hopes to generate a tourism market [...] | 2006-04-10 12:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS ECON EFIN EAGR TU |
06ANKARA1950 | COMPETITION SPURRING TURKISH AVIATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The entry of private airlines into Turkey's scheduled domestic market has increased competition for state-owned Turkish Airlines. Such private airlines provide cheaper fares and alternatives to Turkish consumers, but they also add to the regulatory burden faced by Turkey's Dir [...] | 2006-04-10 13:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON TU |
06ANKARA1957 | TURKEY/SUDAN: PM ERDOGAN TO ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT AND [...] (C) In a first for Turkey, PM Erdogan was invited to address the March 28-29 Arab League Summit in Khartoum on the Alliance of Civilizations. The GOT sees greater cooperation with the AL as a useful tool for helping to mediate regional disputes and increasing trade. Erdogan discussed increase [...] | 2006-04-11 07:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF EAID BMENA SU XA XW TU |
06ANKARA1958 | EUR DAS BRYZA'S BLACK SEA DISCUSSIONS IN ANKARA [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS Matt Bryza discussed Black Sea security with MFA, Turkish Navy and Turkish Land Forces officials during his April 4-6 visit to Ankara. Bryza expressed appreciation for what Turkey was doing to foster security cooperation among the littorals, suggested efforts were neede [...] | 2006-04-11 08:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR TU RO BU RS UP GG |
06ANKARA1961 | PSI: INVITATION TO EXERCISE ANATOLIAN SUN FOR GCC [...] (U) This is an action request --see para 3. 2. (C) We delivered talking points to Turkish MFA Disarmament and Arms Control First Secretary Serhan Yigit on April 11. Yigit responded that he would discuss the request with senior MFA and Turkish General Staff exercise developers. Yigit exp [...] | 2006-04-11 11:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TU ZP |
06ANKARA1963 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-11 13:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA1977 | Project Proposal for Afghan-Turkish [...] (SBU) Summary: As discussed reftel, Post, working with the Regional DEA office in Ankara and Kabul, has developed the following proposal for enhancing Turkish-Afghan counternarcotics cooperation. The training, to be led by DEA's training team, would entail bringing together Afghan and Turkish [...] | 2006-04-12 08:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR EAID TU AF |
06ANKARA1978 | TURKEY CAUTIOUS, SUPPORTS GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP IN [...] (C) We discussed NATO's Global Partnership initiative (reftels) with MFA NATO Political Department Head Vural Altay on April 11. In response to ref a points, Altay said this was a sensitive issue which Turkey was approaching carefully. Ankara worried that a hasty decision could have a negativ [...] | 2006-04-12 09:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR TU |
06ANKARA20 | Avian Influenza Situation in Turkey - No Human Cases [...] Summary. On December 31, 2005, and January 1, 2006, a total of seven people, five of which were children, from the Eastern part of Turkey were hospitalized with bird flu-like symptoms. One child died late in the evening of January 1, 2006. On January 2, test results showed that the child d [...] | 2006-01-03 14:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO AMED TU CASC EAID SENV ECON |
06ANKARA2004 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-12 14:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA2008 | TURKEY/IRAQ: NSC, SADR, AIRCRAFT [...] (C) Turkish MFA Iraq Coordinator Celikkol told the DCM April 10 that the GOT would like the USG to persuade the Government of Iraq (GOI) to increase the seats on the Iraqi National Security Council (NSC) from 19 to 21, to allow for the addition of representatives of the Turkmen and Assyrian co [...] | 2006-04-12 15:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ TU |
06ANKARA2009 | TURKEY: BTC AND BOTAS AT ODDS OVER COST OVERRUNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: While construction of the BTC oil pipeline is still reportedly on track for a first tanker loading at Ceyhan on May 27 and a formal opening ceremony on July 13, BP and the Turkish pipeline construction company BOTAS, which has a lump sum, turnkey contract for construction of the [...] | 2006-04-13 04:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV TU AZ GG |
06ANKARA2010 | TURKISH ECONOMY MINISTER ON EU PROCESS, CONTINUED [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Minister of Economy and EU Accession lead negotiator Babacan described to the Ambassador on April 7 a fast-paced EU screening process that he expects to be completed by October, at the same time recognizing the political difficulties inherent in actual chapter negotiations [...] | 2006-04-13 04:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN MASS PREL EUN TU |
06ANKARA2027 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-13 13:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA2037 | DAS BRYZA URGES TURKISH MFA TO THINK FORWARD ON [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with Turkish MFA officials on April 4, DAS Bryza urged them to support intercommunal technical talks, work with SRSG Moeller, and consider possible options for joint administration of Famagusta port that could provide a way for the GOT to open ports and airports to the Rep [...] | 2006-04-14 10:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU CY EU |
06ANKARA2038 | TURKEY: FM GUL ON NEXT STEPS WITH IRAN [...] (C) Iranian aspirations for nuclear weapons are the single most important -- and difficult -- problem facing Europe and the Middle East today, according to Turkish Foreign Minister Gul. In an April 14 meeting with visiting Congressional Staff and DCM, Gul stated emphatically that a solution [...] | 2006-04-14 10:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IR TU |
06ANKARA2041 | TURKEY'S FINANCE MINISTER REITERATES COMMITMENT TO [...] (C) Summary. In a wide-ranging April 11 conversation, Finance Minister Unakitan told Ambassador that Turkey's government remains committed to fiscal discipline, sound economic policies, and structural reforms, welcoming the fact that Ambassador had come to him rather than rely on distorted [...] | 2006-04-14 11:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN TU |
06ANKARA2042 | TURKEY FM GUL AND DAS BRYZA ON ENERGY, CYPRUS, EU, [...] (C) Summary: At a meeting with Turkey FM Abdullah Gul, EUR DAS Matt Bryza covered PKK, regional energy, Greece, EU, Cyprus, Armenia and Iran issues, almost universally citing shared objectives. Bryza emphasized that the U.S. sought to enable Turkey to take tough decisions to resolve Cyprus [...] | 2006-04-14 11:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET MARR PREL TU |
06ANKARA2043 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-14 11:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA2044 | TURKEY: GAS AND THE GREAT RACE TO EUROPE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In April 4-6 meetings in Ankara, senior Turkish officials agreed with EUR DAS Bryza on the need for rapid cooperation to facilitate export of Azerbaijani gas to Greece and Italy via a "Southern Corridor" stretching from the Caspian Sea through the South Caucasus and Turkey. A [...] | 2006-04-14 12:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PREL TU AZ GG RU IZ IR |
06ANKARA2045 | TURKISH-IRANIAN RELATIONS, BY THE NUMBERS [...] (SBU) As the constroversy over the Iranian nuclear program continues and many in Turkey become increasingly anxious about next steps, we thought it useful to review the basic elements of Turkey's relations with this troublesome neighbor. What follows is a snapshot overview of Turkey's interac [...] | 2006-04-14 12:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PGOV PINS IR TU |
06ANKARA2046 | PRESIDENT ABBAS'S UPCOMING VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish MFA depicts the upcoming April 23-24 visit of Palestinian President Abbas as a way for the GOT to help solidify Abbas's position in a crucial period. The GOT plans to continue aid to Palestinians through Abbas, not the HAMAS government. End Summary. An Attempt to [...] | 2006-04-14 12:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL TU IS |
06ANKARA2047 | CONGRESSMAN WEXLER'S APRIL 10 VISIT TO ANKARA [...] (SBU) Summary: Representative Robert Wexler met April 10 with PM Erdogan, FM Gul, Economy Minister and lead EU negotiator Babacan, D/CHOD Kosaner, PM foreign policy advisor Davutoglu, and Turkish Union of Chambers President Hisarciklioglu. Wexler's message was that although the HAMAS visit [...] | 2006-04-14 12:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER ECON TU IZ |
06ANKARA2048 | DAS BRYZA AND AMBASSADOR MEET WITH PM'S FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS Bryza met with PM Erdogan's senior foreign policy advisor Ahmet Davutoglu April 5. On Iraq, Davutoglu urged more ethnic diversity on the Iraqi NSC and worried about what he sees as growing Iranian-backed Shia power. He averred that Turkey does not want a nuclear-armed I [...] | 2006-04-14 12:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ IR IS CY GR TU |
06ANKARA2049 | THIRD TIME'S A CHARM ON SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM? [...] (SBU) Summary: After two earlier aborted attempts, the Turkish Government seems to be on the verge of passing social security reform legislation. Under an expedited procedure to prevent opposition party delaying tactics, a bill merging the three social security institutions passed on April 13. [...] | 2006-04-14 12:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV TU |
06ANKARA2053 | GOT RESPONDS TO EU CRITICS BY ANNOUNCING REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Turkish FM Gul announced April 12 a package of political reforms Turkey plans to adopt to advance its EU candidacy. GOT contacts say the announcement was a response to unfair criticism from the EU that Turkey's reform process has stalled. They argue that the criticism reflects EU [...] | 2006-04-14 12:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL EU TU |
06ANKARA2054 | TURKEY: BASE REALIGNMENT - ROUND 40 CONSULTATIONS [...] (S) SUMMARY: TGS indicated that Turkey would likely respond positively to a US notification to close the Yumurtalik Sea Terminal in accordance with provisions of the bilateral Defense and Economic Cooperation Agreement (DECA) which assume the Terminal will be turned over to Turkey. TGS also s [...] | 2006-04-14 12:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | MARR TU |
06ANKARA206 | Tourism Key to Economic Impact of Avian [...] (SBU) Summary: Unless the Avian Influenza outbreak continues to expand and stays in the headlines, the economic impact for the overall Turkish economy is likely to remain confined to the poultry sector and additional hardships for poor families with backyard flocks. The larger risk -- that t [...] | 2006-01-19 15:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAGR TU |
06ANKARA2069 | Turkish Agriculture Import Policies [...] (SBU) Summary. Turkey is a major market for U.S. bulk commodities and other raw materials important to the domestic processing sectors. Nonetheless, Turkey continues to restrict trade in food and agricultural products with a host of tariff and non-tariff barriers. In addition to excessively [...] | 2006-04-17 10:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR PGOV PREL GR TU |
06ANKARA207 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-19 16:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA208 | TOPICS FOR TURKISH NSC SECGEN'S MAIDEN VOYAGE TO [...] (C) Kenan Ipek, Special Advisor to National Security Council Secretary-General Ambassador Yigit Alpogan, advised us on Jan. 17 that the SecGen is pleased with the meetings scheduled for his Jan. 23-27 visit to Washington and looks forward to this opportunity to discuss issues of mutual interes [...] | 2006-01-20 08:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU IZ IR SY |
06ANKARA2083 | TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, March 2006 [...] Chief of the Turkish General Staff (CHOD) General Hilmi Ozkok gave his annual speech to the Istanbul War Academy on March 16. He noted the importance of a cohesive domestic government in the international place of a country; underlined the importance of a sound security strategy based on a st [...] | 2006-04-17 12:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL TU UP KS TC PK SU IR AL RU |
06ANKARA2099 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-17 14:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA2100 | TURKISH TV AIRS FILM DEPICTING ARMENIAN "GENOCIDE" [...] A Turkish cable TV channel on April 13 broadcast, for the first time in Turkey, the 2002 movie "Ararat," a film by Canadian-Armenian director Atom Egoyan that promotes the idea that the massacre of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire in 1915 constituted genocide. The ultra-nationalist station Kana [...] | 2006-04-17 14:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
06ANKARA2113 | TURKISH AGR MINISTER ON AI AND WTO RICE CASE [...] Summary. Turkish Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Mehmet Eker, in a meeting with Ambassador April 17, reported that bird flu had been essentially eliminated in Turkey and thanked the United States for its financial support in dealing with AI. Eker also reported that with the next fe [...] | 2006-04-18 12:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EAGR KPAO TU |
06ANKARA2114 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-18 13:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA2119 | TURKEY PLEDGES TO SUPPORT SEARCH FOR ADDITIONAL [...] (C) Per ref a request, we met with MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Office Head Osman Yavuzalp on April 17 to urge Turkey to encourage the participation of 50 new countries in the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). Yavuzalp said Turkey would review the US request, but he expected a posit [...] | 2006-04-19 04:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP TU |
06ANKARA2120 | TURKEY REVIEWING CFE ENTITLEMENT REQUEST POSITIVELY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-19 04:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE MARR NATO PARM PREL TU |
06ANKARA2143 | TURKEY - PRIVATE SECTOR NUCLEAR ENERGY SUMMIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an April 13 meeting with Turkish energy companies, Energy Minister Hilmi Guler proposed a public-private partnership (PPP) model to be used in building Turkey's first nuclear power plant, with a pilot plant to be built in the Black Sea province of Sinop. Both Guler and State [...] | 2006-04-19 11:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV BEXP TU |
06ANKARA2153 | TURKEY WORRIED ABOUT PKK'S SMUGGLING ARMS FROM IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 7. 2. (S) Summary: MFA requests the USG investigate the loss of 617 handguns that were intended for Iraqi government use and that ended up in criminals' hands in Turkey. Two people have been killed with these weapons, including the Italian priest [...] | 2006-04-19 14:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER TU |
06ANKARA2154 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-19 14:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA2155 | TURKEY REVIEWING A CONTRIBUTION TO AFGHAN ELECTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-19 14:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PREL TU AF |
06ANKARA2156 | BMENA: DAD INTERGOVERNMENTAL CONFERENCE IN ANKARA, [...] (U) Turkish MFA BMENA Coordinator Ambassador Omur Orhun briefed representatives from G-8 and BMENA embassies April 19 on Turkey's preparations for a May 21-23 Democracy Assistance Dialogue (DAD) Intergovernmental Conference entitled "Empowering Women in Public Life." Orhun stressed that the [...] | 2006-04-19 14:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM BMENA TU |
06ANKARA2176 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-20 11:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA2179 | TURKEY: MFA ON TEL AVIV SUICIDE ATTACK [...] (C) Summary. An MFA contact told us Ministry officials are disappointed Hamas has not changed since its February 16 visit to Ankara. He claimed the GOT has had no contact with Hamas since then and confirmed that Turkey only provides in-kind aid to specific projects and beneficiaries in the Pa [...] | 2006-04-20 14:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS TU |
06ANKARA2180 | TURKEY/IRAN: LARIJANI SEEKING INVITATION TO ANKARA [...] (C) We queried MFA South Asia Department Head Mural Ulku April 20 about press reports that Iranian nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani would visit Ankara on April 24. Ulku told us that no such visit was planned, but acknowledged that Iran had previously asked Turkey to receive Larijani and the GOT [...] | 2006-04-20 14:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IR TU |
06ANKARA2183 | Central Bank Governor Appointed and Social Security [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-21 04:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN TU |
06ANKARA2199 | SCENESETTER: YOUR APRIL VISIT TO ANKARA [...] (S) Thank you for coming to Turkey. The Mission and I look forward to seeing you here. Your visit can help us achieve three things. -- First, we need to restore lost confidence --on both sides -- about intent and capacity for genuine collaboration. Announcing the start of a strategic dialo [...] | 2006-04-21 09:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV TU VISIT |
06ANKARA2206 | TURKEY: PARLIAMENT TO ADOPT ANTI-TERROR LAW [...] (U) The GOT on April 18 submitted to Parliament a package of amendments to the Anti-Terror Law. Parliament is expected to adopt the package by early May. Key elements of the draft include: Tougher Domestic Anti-Terror Provisions --------------------------------------- -- Terrorist Propa [...] | 2006-04-21 10:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU |
06ANKARA2211 | TURKISH MFA FRUSTRATED WITH TECHNICAL TALKS AND [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials have contacted us twice in the past week to express concerns over the direction in which they see intercommunal technical talks headed and over SRSG Moeller. We have encouraged the MFA to keep their concerns out of the press and urged that they improve communicatio [...] | 2006-04-21 11:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU CY |
06ANKARA2213 | JOURNALISM: THE IMPOSSIBLE PROFESSION IN IRAN [...] (C) Summary: An Iranian journalist, who has been working for Iranian newspapers since 1973, told us that journalism has become "impossible" under Iranian President Ahmadinejad, with restrictions on press freedom now very tight. He characterized the recent release from prison of outspoken jou [...] | 2006-04-21 12:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU IR |
06ANKARA2214 | LOCAL G8 COUNTER-TERRORISM ACTION GROUP MEETING IN [...] (SBU) The Russian Embassy in Ankara convened a meeting of G8 Embassies plus Australia, Switzerland and the European Commission on April 12 as the local Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG). Most Missions were represented at the counselor level. Russian Ambassador Petr Stegniy opened the ses [...] | 2006-04-21 13:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER TU |
06ANKARA2226 | TURKISH PRESS EXAGGERATES TROOP BUILD-UP IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent Turkish press reports claim the Turkish Land Forces Command (TLFC) has initiated a movement of its headquarters to southeast Turkey and undertaken a massive build-up of troops there to fight the PKK. Some go further to suggest this will include cross-border operations int [...] | 2006-04-22 14:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS TU |
06ANKARA2231 | DEMARCHE TO TURKEY ON RATIFICATION OF SUA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-24 08:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT |
06ANKARA2241 | TURKEY/IRAQ: MFA STATEMENT ON IRAQ POLITICAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-24 11:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL TU |
06ANKARA2242 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-24 13:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA2246 | TURKISH PRESS PUTS PKK FRONT AND CENTER ON EVE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. On the eve of Secretary Rice's April 25 visit to Ankara, Turkish and regional press reporting is increasingly focused on the PKK in general and Turkish military activity against the PKK in specific, presenting wildly divergent accounts of operations in the southeast on both sides [...] | 2006-04-25 04:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS TU |
06ANKARA2269 | PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT ABBAS TO TURKEY: ECONOMIC [...] (C) A downbeat Palestinian President Abbas told FM Gul that the economic situation in Palestine is dire, especially for Fatah members, and that he sees little chance that Hamas will change, according to MFA Middle East DG Bozkurt Aran. Abbas told Gul he will try to reorganize the Fatah movement [...] | 2006-04-25 11:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN KPAL IS TU |
06ANKARA2277 | TURKISH SUPPORT FOR CASPIAN GAS FOR EUROPE [...] Summary. In an April 19 meeting, Turkey's senior MFA energy expert said Turkey was feeling pressure from Russia, but was supportive of the regional gas ideas laid out by EUR DAS Bryza during his April 4-6 meetings in Ankara (refs). Rende thought the best way to make quick progress was to form [...] | 2006-04-25 12:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET TU GR IT |
06ANKARA2282 | GETTING TURKEY ON BOARD WITH NATO'S MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Drawing on reftel, we raised the proposal for a NATO Middle East Security Cooperation Center with MFA NATO Affairs DDG Serdar Kilic on April 25 after coordinating with the Norwegian and Italian embassies. Kilic said he had read the US-Italy-Norway paper on the subject and agreed with its [...] | 2006-04-26 04:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MARR TU |
06ANKARA2287 | TURKEY: MFA REACTION TO PRESIDENT BUSH'S ARMENIAN [...] Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Namik Tan made the following statement April 25, in reply to a question about President Bush's Armenian Remembrance Day statement. Informal Embassy translation follows: Begin Text &This year, as every year, the U.S. President continued the practice of i [...] | 2006-04-26 10:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL TU |
06ANKARA2310 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-26 13:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA2327 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NANCY WENTZLER AND [...] Embassy Ankara welcomes and grants country clearance to Nancy Wentzler, Deputy Comptroller and Chief Economist and Teresa Rutledge, Senior International Advisor for travel to Turkey from May 11-13, 2006. Purpose for the visit is to meet with the BDDK, the Central Bank, US Banks and other Fina [...] | 2006-04-27 13:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN OTRA TU |
06ANKARA2332 | FULL STEAM AHEAD ON TURKISH PRIVATIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Privatization Administration (PA) has already realized USD 8 billion in cash proceeds from privatizations in 2006, with several profitable sales still in the pipeline for this year. Initial public offerings are planned for several state-owned enterprises and a new wave of p [...] | 2006-04-27 13:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ENRG EFIN TU |
06ANKARA2333 | GOI PROTESTS PRESENCE OF TURKISH TROOPS IN [...] (S/REL GBR, AUS) The Government of Iraq has requested the removal of the 1500 Turkish troops who have long been stationed in northern Iraq to monitor the PKK, according to the Turkish MFA. We understand from Embassy Baghdad that this request may not have been fully coordinated within the Iraq [...] | 2006-04-28 04:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | MOPS PREL TU IZ IR |
06ANKARA2351 | TURKISH RESPONSE TO IRANIAN RELIGIOUS MINORITIES [...] (C) MFA Iran desk officer Aziz Sevi told us April 27 that Turkey is unlikely to make any public statements regarding the treatment of religious groups in Iran. He said the Iranian regime views the Bahai and other religious groups as a threat, and international criticism of Iranian treatment of [...] | 2006-04-28 12:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM TU IR |
06ANKARA2352 | TURKISH RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR MORE INFORMATION [...] (C) We met with Huseyin Ozdemir, Chief of Section in the International Security Department of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on April 27 to follow up on our January demarche (refs a and b) regarding China's request that the UN designate the East Turkistan Liberation Organization (ELT [...] | 2006-04-28 12:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER TU CH |
06ANKARA2358 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-28 13:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA237 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-20 15:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA238 | TURKEY'S REPONSE ON INCB ELECTION [...] (SBU) On January 20 we met with Peyami Ciklakalyoncu, attache in the MFA's Deputy Directorate General for International Political Organizations, regarding the USG's nomination of Ambassador (retired) Melvyn Levitsky to the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB). Ciklakalyoncu told us th [...] | 2006-01-20 15:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC TU |
06ANKARA2381 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-01 14:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA2383 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL PENCE + 8 TO [...] Embassy Ankara welcomes and grants country clearance to the House International Relations Committee Congressional Delegation led by Rep. Mike Pence and including Rep. Mike Ferguson, Rep. Lincoln Davis, Rep. Jim Costa, Professional Staff Members Sam Stratman, Alan Makovsky and Hillel Weinberg, [...] | 2006-05-02 06:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN AMGT ASEC GM GR IZ JO OREP TU |
06ANKARA2384 | TURKEY: DIYARBAKIR SYRIACS THREATENED, LOCAL IMAMS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-02 06:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
06ANKARA2385 | TURKEY: EUR A/S FRIED AND NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR [...] (C) Senior MFA officials expressed concern to EUR A/S Daniel Fried and NSC Senior Director for Europe Judith Ansley that France may criminalize denial of the Armenian "genocide" and said France's position on Cyprus is unhelpful. The GOT has received an interim response from Yerevan on its Marc [...] | 2006-05-02 06:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR IZ GG AJ AR FR TU |
06ANKARA2387 | TURKEY: DIYARBAKIR SYRIACS THREATENED, LOCAL IMAMS [...] (U) This message is from Consulate Adana. 2. (C) Summary: A group of men recently entered the compound of Diyarbakir,s ancient Syriac Christian Church and uttered threats and insults at the Syriac members. Despite requests from the Syriacs and other residents in the neighborhood of the [...] | 2006-05-02 08:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
06ANKARA2388 | FEARS OF CONTINUED UNREST HIGH THROUGHOUT TURKEY'S [...] (U) This message is from Consulate Adana. 2. (C) Summary: Expectations of continued unrest remain high in Diyarbakir throughout Turkey's southeast. Many believe the PKK was able to exploit latent tensions building over the past few years and benefited from the recent unrest. Most Kurdi [...] | 2006-05-02 08:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
06ANKARA2410 | TURKEY/ARMENIA: YEREVAN'S RESPONSE TO JOINT [...] (S) On April 28 the MFA provided us, in confidence, a copy of Yerevan's response to Turkey's March 10 non-paper seeking to bridge the gap between Turkey's April 2005 proposal for the establishment of a Joint Historical Commission and Armenia's counter-proposal of an Intergovernmental Commissio [...] | 2006-05-02 14:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PHUM AR TU |
06ANKARA2411 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-02 14:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA2416 | SCENESETTER FOR MAY 7-8 VISIT OF CODEL PENCE TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Your visit follows a successful visit by Secretary Rice which paved the way for a new "strategic SIPDIS dialogue" with Turkey on issues of mutual import. Turkey is a strong ally in the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT),facilitating the distribution of critical supplies and fuel [...] | 2006-05-02 14:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP TU |
06ANKARA2417 | INTENSIFYING COOPERATION WITH BELGIUM AGAINST PKK [...] (S/NF) Summary: We should move now to extend the effort to disrupt criminal networks in Europe that support PKK terrorist activity beyond France and Germany to other European countries that host significant PKK support networks. Belgium is a prime candidate. The recent arrest in Switzerlan [...] | 2006-05-02 14:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER EFIN KTFN BE TU |
06ANKARA2444 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-03 14:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA2445 | MDA: TURKISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON AMBASSADOR'S [...] (C) We met with Turkish MFA International Political Organizations Deputy Director General Tunc Ugdul May 2 to discuss ref A points on the upcoming 29th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent in Geneva in June. He said he expected the GOT's position will likely remain the s [...] | 2006-05-03 14:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC SZ TU |
06ANKARA2446 | TURKEY/ARMENIA: JOINT COMMISSIONS, ARMENIAN [...] (S) The Foreign Ministry continues to analyze the Armenian response to Turkey's March 10 proposal on joint commissions. We are encouraging a positive Turkish response and early re-engagement with Yerevan. The MFA is also considering how to respond to the Canadian Prime Minister's statement on [...] | 2006-05-03 14:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PHUM AM CA FR TU |
06ANKARA2447 | EU INVITES TURKEY TO OPEN ACQUIS CHAPTER [...] (U) Summary: The EU has invited the GOT to open negotiations on the Education and Culture chapter of the EU acquis, without requiring Turkey to first make progress on political reforms. The invitation resolves, for now, a dispute over a French-led proposal that would have attached political b [...] | 2006-05-03 14:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EU TU |
06ANKARA2448 | TURKISH RESPONSE TO IRAN'S CANDIDACY FOR THE UN [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche May 2 to Turkish MFA International Political Organizations Deputy Director General Tunc Ugdul. Ugdul told us that he was already well aware of the USG position vis--vis Iran,s candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). The GOT is still considering var [...] | 2006-05-03 15:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KUNR UNHRC PREL TU |
06ANKARA2449 | TURKISH TROOP MOVEMENTS: WHAT DO THEY MEAN? [...] (S/NF) The deployment of troops along the Iraqi border appears to be consistent with GOT practice in past years when PKK terrorism threatened Turkey: The military is apparently sealing the Iraqi border in order to block PKK infiltration. This is what FonMin Gul told the Secretary during their April [...] | 2006-05-03 15:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS PTER TU IZ IR |
06ANKARA2450 | TURKEY ON UNAMI AIRCRAFT: RECEPTIVE BUT NO FINAL [...] (C) We and Washington have raised the UN's need for a C-130E aircraft for UNAMI with the GOT (refs). We have been receiving generally positive responses, but no firm answer yet. On May 3 MFA Deputy Iraq Coordinator Fazli Corman told us that MFA supported our initial request on March 24, but [...] | 2006-05-03 15:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS TU IZ |
06ANKARA2452 | PKK IN EUROPE: DRAFT LONDON/OSLO DEMARCHES [...] (S) Summary. In a May 3 meeting, Turkish MFA Director General for Intelligence and Research Hayati Guven welcomed the proposed demarches to Norway and the United Kingdom urging cooperative action against PKK activities (reftel),and made suggestions to strengthen the message to Norway given [...] | 2006-05-04 05:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PTER TU UK NO |
06ANKARA2472 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-04 14:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA2478 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, April 1-15, [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial Embassy translation. 2. Published by Vatan on Monday, April 3: TITLE: Mobile [...] | 2006-05-04 14:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
06ANKARA2480 | IRAQ ASKS TURKEY FOR NEW EXTRADITION TREATY [...] (C) MFA Director General for Security Affairs Hayati Guven informed us on May 3 that the Iraqi Foreign Ministry had sent to Turkey a note verbale the week of April 17 stating that the Turkey-Iraq Legal Assistance Treaty did not provide sufficient grounds to extradite PKK suspects to Turkey. In [...] | 2006-05-04 15:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER CJAN PREL TU IZ |
06ANKARA2481 | ALLEGED HARASSMENT OF US FLAGGED YACHT BY GREEK [...] (C) The Greek Coast Guard fired warning shots that struck an American-flagged yacht in the Aegean on April 30, according to MFA Maritime/Aviation Deputy Director General Vakur Gokdenizler. The Greek Coast Guard reportedly objected to the boat's flying a Turkish flag on its mast while it was i [...] | 2006-05-05 04:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GR TU |
06ANKARA2482 | BLACK SEA: ROMANIA/BLACK SEA HARMONY AND BLACK SEA [...] (C) Summary: Turkey appreciates our efforts to persuade Romania and Bulgaria to join Operation BLACK SEA HARMONY (OBSH),and asks that we weigh in again with the GOR prior to a May 9 Turkey-Romania bilateral on the subject. MFA told us May 4 that Romania has agreed to begin negotiations on jo [...] | 2006-05-05 05:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR NATO UP RS TU GG BU RO |
06ANKARA2488 | TURKEY/IRAQ: TURKEY PREPARED TO ENGAGE NEW IRAQI [...] (C) Turkish Iraq Coordinator Oguz Celikkol told Ambassador May 4 that Turkey has invited Iraqi PM al-Maliki to visit, will invite other ministers once named, and is prepared to send FM Gul to Baghdad as well. Turkey is prepared to offer Iraq additional border gates, USD 2 million in military [...] | 2006-05-05 12:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS EAID IZ TU |
06ANKARA249 | KARZAI RECEIVES WARM RECEPTION IN TURKEY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Afghan President Karzai in his January 4-7 visit to Turkey expressed concern over waning international attention and asked for continued support, both moral and financial, from Turkey. In addition to a substantial hike in reconstruction aid, he signed agreements with the GOT, [...] | 2006-01-23 13:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU AF |
06ANKARA250 | Turkish Police Create Anti-Terror Finance Unit [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Turkish National Police (TNP) Intelligence Department recently established a terrorism finance division, to be housed under the Intelligence Department's organized crime group. Recep Guven, TNP Intelligence Department Chief of Section in the Organized Crime Division and a [...] | 2006-01-23 13:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PTER KTFN TU |
06ANKARA2502 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-05 13:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA2506 | NO APPARENT INTENT -- NOW -- FOR TURKISH [...] (S/NF) Summary: We continue to see no evidence of Turkish cross-border activity across the northern Iraq border. A senior staff general told us May 3 that two developments would almost certainly precipitate a cross-border operation (CBO): a spectacular attack in Turkey or an attack against Tu [...] | 2006-05-05 14:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS PTER TU IZ IR |
06ANKARA2508 | MAKHMOUR: MFA OFFICIAL READY TO DISCUSS SECURITY [...] (C/REL GBR) Per ref b, we discussed the way forward on steps required to close the Makhmour refugee camp in northern Iraq with MFA Director General for Security Affairs (S/CT-equivalent) Hayati Guven on May 3. Guven reported that he was prepared to travel to Geneva for discussions with U.S. a [...] | 2006-05-05 15:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PREL PREF TU IZ UN |
06ANKARA2509 | GPOI SECTION 505 AGREEMENT: HELD UP IN TGS [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para. 3. 2. (C) We delivered reftel demarche upon receipt and have followed up numerous times with the Turkish MFA, who never responded substantively. Finally, on May 4, MFA Deputy Director General for Security Policy Serdar Kilic told us that th [...] | 2006-05-05 16:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIA MARR MASS PREL PGOV KPKO TU IT GR |
06ANKARA2510 | TURKEY PICKS CALIK TO BUILD SAMSUN-CEYHAN OIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOT has chosen local firm Calik Enerji to build the Samsun-Ceyhan Turkish Straits oil bypass, awarding it a six-month conditional license, still subject to approval by the President. Many of our contacts question whether Calik, whose Chairman Ahmet Calik is close to AKP po [...] | 2006-05-08 05:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EWWT SENV EINV TU |
06ANKARA2513 | EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (APRIL 2006) [...] Summary: EXBS Advisor continued to monitor the progress of the NP Cooperation Agreement, along with other NP projects with the Government of Turkey. EXBS Advisor attended initial planning meeting between Undersecretariat of Foreign Trade (UFT) and Internal Control Program (ICP) contract [...] | 2006-05-08 08:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
06ANKARA252 | INITIAL TURKISH RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-23 14:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER TU CH |
06ANKARA2529 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-08 13:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA2534 | EXBS: TURKEY CTRY CLR GRANTED FOR DOS FEENEY [...] (U) Mission welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of State Official John Feeney to travel to Turkey from May 10 through May 13, 2006. Embassy control officer for the visit is EXBS Advisor Kevin Lyon, who can be contacted 24 hours/day at (90)(312)455-5555, ext. 0. Mr. Lyon will a [...] | 2006-05-08 14:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC OTRA PREL TU |
06ANKARA2539 | DEEPENING ANTI-PKK COOPERATION WITH GERMANY [...] (S) Summary: Following the productive launch of discussions with German authorities on combating illegal PKK support activities in Germany, we may wish to consider bringing Turkish services directly into the conversation with German counterparts in the trilateral exercise foreseen by ref A. [...] | 2006-05-09 08:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | KTFN PTER EFIN PGOV TU GE |
06ANKARA256 | DEMARCHE ON REPORTING IRAN TO UNSC [...] (C) We delivered ref a demarche to Turkish MFA First Secretary Guven Begec on 20 January. Begec told us that SIPDIS Turkey shares USG concerns regarding the Iranian nuclear program and believes that Iranian nuclear weapons would pose a direct threat to Turkey's national security. He also [...] | 2006-01-23 15:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PINS IR TU |
06ANKARA2573 | TURKEY PRESSING FOR 2009-2019 UN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] Summary: Turkey continues to make the case for its 2009-2010 UNSC bid. Foreign Minister Gul made a strong pitch for Turkey's candidacy for a non-permanent UNSC seat for 2009-2010 to the Ankara Diplomatic Corps on April 19. His presentation focused on Turkey's contributions to peacekeeping, d [...] | 2006-05-09 11:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL UNSC |
06ANKARA2583 | STATOIL TARGETS TURKEY FOR A SOUTHERN GAS CORRIDOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a May 3 meeting with the Ambassador, Statoil Country Manager Per Myrvang said that Statoil was seriously looking at the Turkish market for commercializing Shah Deniz Phase II gas volumes when Azerbaijan's Shah Deniz Phase II begins producing in 2011-12. While there are a nu [...] | 2006-05-09 13:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EINV BEXP TU AZ |
06ANKARA2586 | TIP IN TURKEY: FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR OUTLINES RESEARCH, [...] (U) Ambassador hosted Fulbright scholar Dr. Cindy J. Smith May 5 for a lecture and discussion on trafficking in persons (TIP),attended by more than 60 government officials, international and domestic organization representatives, academics and others. Smith, from the University of Baltimore, [...] | 2006-05-09 13:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
06ANKARA2587 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-09 13:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA2595 | TURKEY/IRAN: FM GUL'S MEETING WITH ALI LARIJANI [...] (C) MFA Deputy Undersecretary for Security Affairs Akgunay Larijani provided Ambassador an initial readout of Iranian Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani's May 8 meeting with FM Gul. (Larijani's meeting with Turkish NSC SecGen Alpogan is described septel.) Akgunay reporte [...] | 2006-05-09 14:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNUC PTER IR TU |
06ANKARA2596 | ACCUSATIONS OF GOT MEDDLING IN JUDICIARY RING [...] (U) Summary: Judicial officials and opposition politicians often accuse Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) of stocking the judiciary with judges and prosecutors who share the party's Islam-oriented views. Most contacts, however, say the accusations are alarmist. They note tha [...] | 2006-05-09 14:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU |
06ANKARA2597 | TURKISH U/S ALI TUYGAN ON GREEK ISSUES AND OTHER [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA U/S Ali Tuygan debriefed Ambassador May 5 on PM Erdogan's May 4 meeting in Thessaloniki with Greek PM Karamanlis and distanced Turkey from FM Gul's reported hard line on the Halki Seminary. Tuygan reviewed follow up on Secretary Rice's recent visit. Discussion also t [...] | 2006-05-09 14:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER GR IR IZ TU |
06ANKARA2598 | TURKISH NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER BRIEFS CODEL [...] (C/REL GBR) Turkish National Security Council Secretary-General Yigit Alpogan told CODEL Pence May 8 that SIPDIS he and other leaders delivered a tough message to his Iranian counterpart, Ali Larijani, during his visit to Ankara the same day. Alpogan said he told Larijani that Iran's attemp [...] | 2006-05-09 14:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL UN IR TU |
06ANKARA2614 | SECOND ACTION REQUEST--TURKEY WORRIED ABOUT ARMS [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para. three. 2. (S) MFA Director General for Security Affairs (S/CT-equivalent) Hayati Guven reminded us May 3 that he had requested information from us April 18 (see reftel) on 617 firearms that the Turkish authorities have recovered that apparen [...] | 2006-05-10 13:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER TU IZ |
06ANKARA2618 | AEGEAN: GREECE REPORTEDLY RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO [...] (C) TGS J5 Greece/Cyprus Chief RADM Mucahit Sislioglu told us April 28 that Greece had accepted Turkey's long-standing offer of Aegean-related confidence-building measures (CBMs). These offers had apparently been outstanding since late last year. 2. (C) While Sislioglu touts the CBMs as sig [...] | 2006-05-10 13:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR TU GR |
06ANKARA262 | COURT DROPS PAMUK CASE [...] (U) Summary/Comment: An Istanbul court has dropped the case against Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk. The court did so on a technicality after Justice Minister Cicek declined to either grant or deny permission to proceed with the trial. While this is good news, attorney contacts believe the decis [...] | 2006-01-23 16:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU |
06ANKARA2620 | TURKEY NOMINEES FOR FY 07 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR [...] Huseyin Aygun, Attorney 2. Seyhmus Diken, Advisor to the Mayor of Diyarbakir 3. Sait Kilic, Vice Chairman, Gaziantep Youth Group of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) SCP on "Rule of Law" Project Dates: TBD 4. Kemal Derin, Attorney 5. Tahir Elci, Vice President, Diyarbakir [...] | 2006-05-10 14:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL TU |
06ANKARA2624 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-10 14:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA2625 | COG COMPLAINS OF EXCLUSION FROM PSI EXERCISE [...] (C) We do not believe that it would be productive to approach the GOT again to invite Cyprus to the May 24-26 PSI exercise "Anatolian Sun" at this late date, as recommended ref a. We agree with Embassy Nicosia that Turkey will not issue this invitation. 2. (C) In October, Turkey requested [...] | 2006-05-10 15:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | CY PGOV PREL PARM TU |
06ANKARA263 | TURKEY AVIAN INFLUENZA: AMBASSADOR'S JAN 19 [...] SUMMARY: In his first meeting with the GOT Minister of Health, Ambassador focused on the Avian Influenza (AI) situation, expressing U.S. sympathy, commitment to provide support, and admiration for Turkey's response, transparency, and collaboration. The Minister stressed that AI was a global [...] | 2006-01-24 05:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EAGR KPAO TU |
06ANKARA264 | TURKEY/ISRAEL/PALESTINE: FM GUL SIGNS AGREEMENT ON [...] (C) Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul visited Israel and the Palestinian Authority in early January and signed separate agreements with the PA in Ramallah and with Israel in Jerusalem, giving a Turkish consortium organized by the Union of Chambers and Commodities Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) [...] | 2006-01-24 08:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EINV IS TU |
06ANKARA2640 | TURKEY CALLS ON IRAN TO STOP URANIUM ENRICHMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The MFA characterized Turkey's May 8 talks with visiting Iranian Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani as direct. Larijani took a hard line SIPDIS on Iran's right to nuclear energy and Turkey responded that the onus is on Iran to overcome international suspic [...] | 2006-05-11 10:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KNUC PARM PREL UN IR TU |
06ANKARA2643 | TURKEY RESPONSES ON ITU CANDIDACIES [...] Embassy submitted a diplomatic note on March 30 to relay the U.S. request for Turkey's support for the U.S. candidate Julie Napier Zoller for the ITU Radio Regulations Board (Ref A). The GOT MFA responded by diplomatic note on April 24 that "it would give its most careful consideration" to th [...] | 2006-05-11 12:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ECPS TU |
06ANKARA2644 | TURKEY: SPECIAL BUSINESS REP MERMOUD DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following closely on the heels of the Secretary's visit to Turkey, which broached an enhanced SIPDIS bilateral strategic vision and dialogue on economic - as well as political and security issues, EB/CBA Special Representative Frank Mermoud conducted a series of meetings in [...] | 2006-05-11 12:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV BEXP TU ZK |
06ANKARA2646 | PM ERDOGAN VISITS DIYARBAKIR: MORE MODERATE [...] (U) This is an AmConsul Adana message. 2. (SBU) PM Erdogan returned to Diyarbakir on May 7, for the first time since the March street unrest and since his August 2005 speech in which he declared that Turkey had "a Kurdish problem." He was in the city to attend the Diyarbakir provincial Jus [...] | 2006-05-11 12:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TU |
06ANKARA2662 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-11 14:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA2663 | TURKEY SUPPORTS LEVITSKY IN INCB ELECTION [...] (SBU) In a diplomatic noted dated May 10, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed us that Turkey supports the U.S. candidate, Ambassador (retired) Melvyn Levitsky, for re-election to the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB). This decision came as a result of two diplomatic notes, two [...] | 2006-05-11 14:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC TU |
06ANKARA2664 | TURKEY/DPRK: MFA BRIEFING ON DPRK VISIT TO ANKARA [...] (C) Turkish MFA Deputy Director General for Africa and East Asia Erdem Mutaf briefed several diplomatic corps representatives May 10 on MFA meetings with Democratic People's Republic of North Korea (DPRK) Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials on May 4. The DPRK had requested the visit as part [...] | 2006-05-11 14:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KN KS TU |
06ANKARA2665 | CODEL PENCE'S MAY 8 DISCUSSION WITH TURKISH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with FM Gul, a congressional delegation led by Representative Mike Pence (R-IN) pledged congressional support for Turkey's EU accession process and appreciation of Turkey's efforts to support the democratization process in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Middle East. Congr [...] | 2006-05-11 14:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OVIP TU |
06ANKARA2666 | TURKEY/IRAN: PM ERDOGAN'S MESSAGE TO LARIJANI [...] (C) Summary. Prime Ministry advisor Ahmet Davutoglu told Ambassador May 10 that PM Erdogan delivered a strong message to Iranian National Security Secretary Ali Larijani during the latter's May 8 visit to Ankara, warning Iran that it must regain the international community's trust by behaving [...] | 2006-05-11 14:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KNUC PARM PREL UN IR TU |
06ANKARA2667 | TURKISH COURT ACQUITS PROFESSORS ON SPEECH CHARGES [...] (U) An Ankara court on May 10 acquitted professors Baskin Oran and Ibrahim Kaboglu on charges of "inciting hatred and animosity" in a 2004 report on minorities in Turkey (reftel). The prosecutor at the May 10 hearing, the trial's third session, surprised the defense by stating that no crime ha [...] | 2006-05-11 15:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU |
06ANKARA2671 | DEMARCHE: MAY 9-13 D-8 SUMMIT IN BALI [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-12 10:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS IS IR TU |
06ANKARA2673 | MIXED PICTURE ON TOURISM NUMBERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to an 11.5 percent year- on-year drop in first-quarter tourist arrivals, Minister of Culture and Tourism Atilla Koc admitted that Turkey will not meet its goal of 26 million tourists in 2006. Tourism is both a key generator of jobs and a vital source of foreign exc [...] | 2006-05-12 11:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON TU |
06ANKARA2677 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-12 12:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA2698 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EUR/SE DIRECTOR [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to EUR/SE Director Douglas A. Silliman to travel to Turkey May 17 - 18, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to conduct meetings and consultations with Turkish officials. The point of contact for the visit is Political Officer Carl Sieben [...] | 2006-05-12 14:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PGOV TU BE UK |
06ANKARA2699 | TURKEY REQUESTS LIMITED SUPPORT FOR SECOND MISSION [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para. 6. 2. (C) Summary: The Turkish MFA continues to plan to re-open its consulate in Mosul. We have emphasized the need for Turkey to be self-reliant in this endeavor. While we believe MFA understands this, the CG-designate has made some limite [...] | 2006-05-12 14:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS TU IZ |
06ANKARA27 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-03 16:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA2700 | TURKEY: MFA ANNOUNCEMENT ON DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-12 14:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM TU |
06ANKARA2708 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: TURKEY AND THE WORLD BANK [...] SUMMARY: Coming on the heels of the WHO/FAO hosted Avian Influenza (AI) conference in Ankara (supported by USAID),The World Bank gained Executive Board approval on April 24 for a $34.4 million loan to Turkey (out of a $54 million package) that will support Turkey's AI readiness and capacity [...] | 2006-05-14 12:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EFIN EAGR TU KFLU |
06ANKARA273 | EUCOM DCDR DISCUSSES IRAN, CAUCASUS, BLACK SEA [...] (C) Summary: EUCOM Deputy Commander Gen Charles Wald emphasized the risk to Turkey of Iran's WMD program on January 17 in separate sessions with Turkey's CHOD and Deputy CHOD as well as at a roundtable with TGS staff chaired by DCHOD GEN Isik Kosaner. In all meetings, TGS officials acknowled [...] | 2006-01-24 14:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PARM TU IR ZJ ZL |
06ANKARA2741 | RUSSIA-TURKEY RELATIONS: KEEPING THE EAST-WEST [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Erdogan's Justice and Development Party (AKP) government has worked to improve relations with Moscow, a process fueled by booming trade centered on energy, tourism, and construction. The GOT sees engagement of Russia as part of a wider policy of seeking good relat [...] | 2006-05-15 11:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG EPET TU RU |
06ANKARA2742 | SHARP SELL-OFF IN TURKISH MARKETS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-15 12:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN TU |
06ANKARA2746 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-15 13:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA278 | TURKEY: INTERRUPTED FUEL SUPPLIES TO IRAQI SOMO [...] (C) Summary. Turkey's Foreign Trade Undersecretariat (FTU),saying it wants to solve the payments issues as urgently as possible, has invited an Iraqi delegation to Turkey for technical talks. The FTU appears ready to discuss a staged repayment of arrears owed by SOMO to Turkish companies, [...] | 2006-01-25 12:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EFIN PREL IZ TU |
06ANKARA2789 | TURKEY/IRAN: FM GUL TALKS MAY 15 WITH LARIJANI [...] (S) MFA Spokesman Namik Tan told the Ambassador May 15 that FM Gul took a long phone call from Larijani late that day to review and discuss further the state of play on Iranian nuclear issues. According to Tan, Gul was again insistent that Iran has a credibility problem and must compromise. [...] | 2006-05-16 12:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | KNUC PREL PARM UN IR TU |
06ANKARA2791 | TURKISH PM ERDOGAN AND FM GUL ON VISITS TO THE U.S. [...] (c) Summary: Turkish PM Erdogan informed Ambassador May 15 that he now wants to proceed with plans to visit the US and meet President Bush in early June. FM Gul,s travel plans are unclear. Erdogan and Gul said the Turkish government will approach us on specifics shortly. End Summary. 2 [...] | 2006-05-16 12:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP OTRA AMGT ASEC PREL PGOV TU |
06ANKARA2793 | MAKHMOUR: GOT CONTEMPLATING UNHCR OPERATIONS PLAN, [...] (C) UNHCR-Turkey informed us May 12 that UNHCR-Geneva had forwarded its draft Operations Plan for effecting durable solutions for the residents of Makhmour refugee camp in northern Iraq to the U.S. and Turkish permanent missions in Geneva, and that UNHCR-Turkey had forwarded the plan to MFA Di [...] | 2006-05-16 13:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PREL PREF TU IZ UN |
06ANKARA2798 | HOPES AND FEARS IN TURKEY'S ELECTRICITY SECTOR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-17 04:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV BEXP EXIM OPIC TU |
06ANKARA28 | AMBASSADOR URGES TURKISH NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER [...] (C) Ambassador used his Jan. 2 introductory call on National Security Council Secretary-General Alpogan to urge Turkey to define what new role it is ready to play in the diplomatic effort to deal with Iran's nuclear ambitions. Alpogan assured the Ambassador that Iran's nuclear program is a rea [...] | 2006-01-03 16:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP TU IZ IR SY US |
06ANKARA2800 | TURKEY/CANADA/FRANCE: TENSIONS OVER ARMENIAN [...] (C) Turkey has reacted to Canadian PM Harper's recognition of the Armenian genocide by pulling out of a joint military exercise and officials have hinted further measures may be taken against Ottawa. At the same time, French draft legislation that would penalize denial of the genocide has com [...] | 2006-05-17 09:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM CA AR FR TU |
06ANKARA2804 | TURKEY'S AKP GOVERNMENT ON THE DEFENSIVE [...] (C) Summary: A confluence of events has Turkey,s ruling pro-Islam Justice and Development Party (AKP) government on the defensive. AKP,s reaction to secularists, criticism, launched by President Sezer, has revealed cracks within the party. At the same time, the failed March indictment of La [...] | 2006-05-17 12:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON TU |
06ANKARA2805 | TURKEY NOTIFIED OF SECOND ROUND OF GTMO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-17 13:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL TU GE |
06ANKARA2808 | TURKEY: FOLLOW-UP ON DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT [...] (C) We met MFA Africa Department Head Raif Karaca on May 17 regarding support to the Darfur Peace Agreement, including NATO support to peacekeeping operations and humanitarian assistance (ref A). He welcomed the UNSC resolution passed May 16 and said the GOT is keen to support a United Nation [...] | 2006-05-17 13:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL SOCI SU TU |
06ANKARA2812 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-17 14:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA2820 | TURKEY: NO DEAL YET WITH IMF [...] (C) Summary: The IMF has not yet agreed with Turkish officials on key fiscal measures to compensate for spending overruns that would allow the third review to go forward. The IMF's key message is that global and local risks are increasing, especially in the run-up to elections next year, and [...] | 2006-05-18 04:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV TU |
06ANKARA2824 | HOPES AND FEARS IN TURKEY'S ELECTRICITY SECTOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With growing fears of an electricity supply deficit in Turkey by the end of the decade, the Turkish government has announced plans to add nuclear power to its energy mix and the private sector is calling for greater clarity on the investment framework. While the U.S. firm AES [...] | 2006-05-18 07:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV BEXP EXIM OPIC TU |
06ANKARA2828 | ATTACK AT TURKISH COUNCIL OF STATE ROILS [...] (C) Summary: The May 17 attack by a gunman on Turkey's staunchly secularist Council of State killed one judge and left four wounded, greatly heightening tensions between Turkey's secularists and Islamists. The gunman attacked the Council of State's second banc, the same court that issued a F [...] | 2006-05-18 08:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TU |
06ANKARA284 | TURKEY/JAPAN: PM KOIZUMI'S MAKES LONG-AWAITED [...] (C) Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi paid a four-day official visit to Ankara and Istanbul January 9-12, the first by a Japanese head of government since 1990. While the visit was largely symbolic, the two sides discussed common approaches to the Iran nuclear issue, Iraq reconstruction, and t [...] | 2006-01-26 12:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON JA TU |
06ANKARA2848 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK OF [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: We met with officials from Kucuk Pazarli (KP) Kelip ve Makine Sanayi, Ltd., to discuss contract number 05-989885 per reftel, and confirmed that KP appears to be a responsible recipient of USML items. End Summary. 2. During a May 1, 2006 meeting at KP's office in Sinjan, Anka [...] | 2006-05-18 12:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TU |
06ANKARA2854 | JUSTICE MINISTER DEFENDS DEFINITION OF TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to a letter from the Ambassador to Justice Minister Cicek expressing concern over the retention of Turkey's narrow definition of terrorism in draft anti-terror legislation (ref),a Justice Ministry letter argues that provisions in current Turkish law allows Turkey to [...] | 2006-05-18 12:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PTER KTFN TU |
06ANKARA2864 | TURKEY: TIMELINE IF NEW ELECTIONS CALLED [...] (SBU) Summary: Parliamentary elections in Turkey are constitutionally mandated to be held at least once every five years. No legislative term has lasted the full five years since 1980. Current political debate centers in part on whether or not early elections will be called before their sche [...] | 2006-05-18 13:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV TU |
06ANKARA2869 | TURKEY/IRAQ: TURKEY REQUESTING HELO SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Turkish government Iraq Coordinator Oguz Celikkol contacted Ambassador May 18 to request urgently U.S. support for a trip he plans to make to Baghdad immediately after the new Iraqi government is announced. Celikkol said he had been advised by his embassy in Baghdad to limit his visit to t [...] | 2006-05-18 14:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IZ TU |
06ANKARA287 | ERDOGAN GIVES SHAKY PERFORMANCE BEFORE EU [...] (C) Summary: PM Erdogan, recovering from the flu, gave what contacts described to us as a "rambling" and "nearly incomprehensible" performance at a January 20 lunch meeting with EU ambassadors in Ankara. After a positive though unremarkable opening speech, he made a weak statement on Iran, de [...] | 2006-01-26 13:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE PINR TU EU |
06ANKARA2870 | A DEVELOPMENT TALE OF TWO SOUTHEASTERN CITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Adiyaman and Sanliurfa provinces, located in Turkey's southeastern region, are home to some of the country's most notable tourist attractions, yet both provinces suffer from poverty and underdevelopment. Seasonal migration, gender inequality, and a lack of economic opportunity [...] | 2006-05-18 14:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SOCI PHUM KWMN TU |
06ANKARA2876 | TURKISH TROOPS MOVEMENTS OUT OF THE NEWS--FOR NOW [...] (S/REL GBR) Summary: Other events have pushed the issue of PKK violence and troop movements within Turkey to deal with it off the front pages, but this is likely only temporary. PKK violence and Turkish countermeasures continue. Turkey may/may have fired two mortar rounds near an Iraqi village [...] | 2006-05-18 15:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER MOPS TU IZ IR |
06ANKARA2877 | HOPES AND FEARS IN TURKEY' ELECTRICITY SECTOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With growing fears of an electricity supply deficit in Turkey by the end of the decade, the Turkish government has announced plans to add nuclear power to its energy mix and the private sector is calling for greater clarity on the investment framework. While the U.S. firm AES [...] | 2006-05-22 06:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV BEXP TU EXIM OPIC |
06ANKARA2897 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-22 14:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA2899 | CURRENT PLANNING FOR BTC OPENING CEREMONY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Turkish government and BP are set on July 13 as the date for the official ceremony marking completion of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline. The Turks are focusing on high level participation, including from the United States, but have not yet delivered invitations [...] | 2006-05-22 14:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EINV TU |
06ANKARA2901 | ANKARA: THE SECULARISTS DEMONSTRATE, THE [...] (C) Summary: The May 18 funeral of slain Council of State Judge Ozbilgin transformed into a political show of force by the Ankara secular establishment. The elites - President Sezer, military brass, party leaders - turned out, it appeared, less to honor Ozbilgin and more to take a stand agai [...] | 2006-05-23 05:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TU |
06ANKARA2902 | ACTION REQUEST: TURKEY REQUESTS ASSISTANCE FOR [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para. three. 2. (U) On April 28, we received a diplomatic note from the Turkish MFA announcing the "Expo Gateway to Iraq" trade fair to be held in Gaziantep, Turkey June 7-11. In its note, the MFA requested that we "make a demarche to the Multinat [...] | 2006-05-23 05:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL IZ TU |
06ANKARA2903 | PKK VIOLENCE ONGOING [...] (U) According to press reports, PKK violence in Turkey continued the week of May 13-19. In various PKK attacks (usually involving IEDs) and Turkish military operations, six soldiers or police, four civilians (all children),and five PKK terrorists were killed, with two security forces personn [...] | 2006-05-23 05:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PGOV PREL TU IZ |
06ANKARA2904 | MONTREUX CONVENTION: MILITARY LIMITS ON THE [...] (C) Summary: The Montreux Convention (MC) obligates Turkey to keep the Dardanelles and the Bosporus open to commercial shipping and to limit naval passage into and out of the Black Sea. In addition, non-littoral navies face limits on both tonnage and duration of stay in the Black Sea. Civil [...] | 2006-05-23 05:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIA MOPS EWWT XH ZJ TU |
06ANKARA2922 | PSI: TURKISH PRESS STATEMENT ON PSI EXERCISE [...] The Turkish MFA released an announcement on May 22, stating that the PSI exercise "Anatolian Sun" is not directed at any one country but an attempt to strengthen international cooperation in the fight against proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. An informal Embassy translation is at [...] | 2006-05-23 14:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL TU |
06ANKARA2923 | AEGEAN: TURKISH AND GREEK WARPLANES COLLIDE [...] (C) Summary: A Greek F16 and Turkish F16 collided in midair in international waters near the Greek island of Karpatos at mid-day May 23. The Turkish pilot was rescued; it appears the Greek pilot died. Turkish FonMin Gul called Greek FonMin Bokayannis to express regret over the incident and c [...] | 2006-05-23 15:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MASS PREL TU GR NATO |
06ANKARA2924 | (S/NF) GUN USED TO KILL TURKISH JUDGE APPARENTLY [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 4. 2. (S/NF) Turkish National Police (TNP) sources informed LEGATT May 22 that the weapon used to murder Council of State judge Ozbilgin and wound five others May 17 was a Glock pistol. TNP sources further reported that the Glock company had [...] | 2006-05-23 15:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER KCRM PREL PGOV TU IZ US |
06ANKARA294 | TURKEY PROVIDES THIRD-PARTY TRANSFER ASSURANCES [...] This is an action request -- see para. 4. 2. Embassy received MFA Diplomatic Note no. 2005/ALGY/534937, dated Jan. 26, 2006, which provides the third-party transfer assurances of the Ministry of Defense, on behalf of the Government of Turkey, for the depot structural and electronic Mid-Li [...] | 2006-01-26 14:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS PGOV JO TU |
06ANKARA296 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, January 1- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial Embassy translation. 2. Published by Sabah on Sunday, January 1: [...] | 2006-01-26 15:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
06ANKARA297 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-26 16:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA2970 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-24 14:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA2971 | EUR/SE DIRECTOR SILLIMAN'S MEETING WITH TURKISH [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with MFA Security Affairs DDG Bicakli, EUR/SE Director Silliman briefed on his meetings in Brussels and London and discussed deepening cooperation with European countries to fight criminal activity there. Silliman also raised possible U.S. designation of the Turkish F [...] | 2006-05-25 05:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN PTER TU |
06ANKARA2981 | TURKEY'S SOUTHEAST: A POLITICAL PRIMER [...] (U) This message is from Consulate Adana. 2. (C) Summary: Turkey's southeast encompasses 23 provinces stretching from Gaziantep in the west to Kars in the north and Hakkari in the far southeast. This region includes most of Turkey's Iranian and Syrian borders and its entire Iraqi border [...] | 2006-05-25 06:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER TU |
06ANKARA2989 | EUR/SE DIRECTOR DISCUSSES CYPRUS IN ANKARA MAY 18 [...] (C) Summary: On May 18, EUR/SE Director Silliman gave MFA Northeastern Mediterranean DDG Bilman a readout of recent Cyprus-related meetings in New York, London and Brussels and asked for Ankara's ideas on measures for Turkish Cypriots that could provide Turkey the political space it needs to [...] | 2006-05-25 08:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU CY |
06ANKARA3 | FRAUD SUMMARY - TURKEY [...] Until recently Turkey could be considered a low-fraud country from a consular perspective. In the past year, however, Mission Turkey has seen an increase in the number of fraudulent documents presented during interviews, and also uncovered several alien smuggling rings. These more recent ex [...] | 2006-01-03 07:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC TU |
06ANKARA3004 | SCENESETTER FOR MAY 30 VISIT OF CODEL BLUNT TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ankara warmly welcomes the visit of CODEL Blunt on May 30. Turkey is a strong ally in the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT),facilitating the distribution of critical supplies and fuel to the coalition in Iraq and supporting the NATO Training Mission (NTM-I) there; publicly [...] | 2006-05-25 11:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP TU |
06ANKARA3005 | TURKEY: POLITICS REINFORCES MARKET TENSION [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish markets have sold off sharply over the past two weeks in line with most global financial markets. Turkey has been among the harder hit emerging markets because of its current account deficit, but also because the global sell-off coincided with rising domestic political [...] | 2006-05-25 13:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV TU |
06ANKARA3006 | TURKEY-GERMANY CONSULTATIONS ON IRAN, CAUCASUS AND [...] (C) Turkish officials reportedly told visiting German PolDir Schaefer that PM Erdogan had given Iranian President Ahmadinejad the undiluted U.S./EU-3 message during their recent meetings in Baku and Bali. The GOT is convinced Iran seeks to develop a nuclear weapon and this is a threat to Turk [...] | 2006-05-25 13:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR AR YI AJ TU |
06ANKARA3020 | TURKEY REVISES REQUEST FOR SECOND MISSION TO MOSUL [...] (C/REL USA, GBR, AUS, CAN) Turkish Mosul Consul General-designate H. Avni Botsali contacted us May 24 to convey the GOT's revised request for limited CF support for his next mission to Mosul. Botsali reported that the Governor of Ninewah Province has undergone successful surgery at an Ankara [...] | 2006-05-25 13:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS TU IZ |
06ANKARA3021 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-25 13:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA3028 | TURKEY WELCOMES NEW IRAQI GOVERNMENT, GOT IRAQ [...] (C/REL USA, GBR, AUS, CAN) The GOT welcomes the new government in Iraq, and will send its Special Envoy there next week to meet the leadership and invite the Iraqi PM, FonMin, and Speaker of Parliament to Turkey. FonMin Gul hopes to go there "soon." The GOT is maintaining a positive public s [...] | 2006-05-25 14:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER TU IZ |
06ANKARA3031 | UNAMI PLANE: TURKEY HAS YET TO HEAR FROM UN [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para. 3. 2. (C) We understand per ref b that while Denmark has agreed to provide a C-130 for UNAMI, the aircraft will not be available until November. We had been pushing Turkey to provide an aircraft for UNAMI, and we understand from the Turkish [...] | 2006-05-25 14:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS UN TU IZ |
06ANKARA3033 | TURKEY: POLITICS REINFORCES MARKET TENSION [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish markets have sold off sharply over the past two weeks in line with most global financial markets. Turkey has been among the harder hit emerging markets because of its current account deficit, but also because the global sell-off coincided with rising domestic political [...] | 2006-05-26 04:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV TU |
06ANKARA3034 | TURKISH REPRESENTATION AT THE BLACK SEA FORUM [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-26 05:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO MARR MOPS RS BU GG RO TU AR AJ |
06ANKARA3075 | ISLAMIST CHARITY REACHES 350,000 OF TURKEY'S [...] (C) Summary: In its short history, Deniz Feneri, a non-governmental charity based out of Istanbul, has provided assistance to nearly 350,000 needy families, making it one of the country,s largest aid organizations. It is run like a well-oiled machine, with an extensive volunteer network, auto [...] | 2006-05-26 10:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN SOCI TU |
06ANKARA3081 | TURKISH MFA PROTESTS U.S. SHIP VISITS TO RHODES [...] (SBU) We received a diplomatic note from the Turkish MFA dated May 17 protesting the May 2-4 visit of two USN vessels to Rhodes (text of note below). The GOT's long-standing position has been that the 1947 Paris Peace Treaties bar all navy ship visits to the demilitarized Greek Dodecanese isl [...] | 2006-05-26 11:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS GR TU NATO |
06ANKARA3093 | DEMARCHE ON RUSSIAN ACTIVITIES IN SOUTH OSSETIA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-26 13:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL RU GG OSCE TU |
06ANKARA3096 | TURKEY'S ATTENDANCE AT PSI HIGH-LEVEL POLITICAL [...] (SBU) We approached the MFA team attending the Anatolian Sun PSI exercise in Antalya on May 26 about the GOT's planned attendance at the June 23 High Level Political Meeting. MFA officials said their initial thinking was that International Security Affairs Director General (A/S equivalent) Tom [...] | 2006-05-26 13:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC KNNP PARM US PL TU |
06ANKARA3097 | TURKEY/IRAQ: SMALL-SCALE ACTIVITY ON BORDER [...] (S/REL USA, GBR, AUS, CAN) Turkish Special Forces Headquarters near the Iraq border have confirmed that Turkish forces have fired mortars against PKK forces on two occasions (May 16 and 20) just across the border. The military also claims to have received small arms fire and indirect fire (NF [...] | 2006-05-26 13:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER MOPS PREL TU IZ IR |
06ANKARA3098 | TURKEY: FINNISH PM URGES PROGRESS ON CYPRUS, REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Visiting Ankara in the run-up to Finland's EU term presidency, Finnish PM Vanhanen told PM Erdogan May 17 that the EU is united on the need for Turkey to open its ports to Greek Cypriot shipping. Vanhanen said Finland will continue its policy of supporting the accession of all EU [...] | 2006-05-26 14:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE EU FI TU |
06ANKARA3099 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-26 14:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA3100 | TURKEY: BTC FIRST OIL - ALMOST THERE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: BTC has struck a deal with BOTAS to pay all of the disputed cost over-runs in exchange for three-year management control of the pipeline operating company BIL. A "cold tap" on the pipeline has delayed line fill and first tanker loading to the week of May 29. BP shares the Tu [...] | 2006-05-26 14:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EINV SENV TU |
06ANKARA3103 | MAKHMOUR: GOT GENERALLY PLEASED WITH UNHCR [...] (C) We met May 26 with MFA Director General for Security Affairs (S/CT-equivalent) Hayati Guven to get Guven's readout of a May 24 GOT interagency meeting he chaired to discuss UNHCR's operations plan for effecting durable solutions for the residents of the Makhmour refugee camp in northern Ira [...] | 2006-05-26 14:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PREF PREL TU IZ UN |
06ANKARA3104 | TOUGH TIMES AT TURKEY'S CENTRAL BANK [...] (C) Summary. Experts agree that the challenge of bringing Turkey's inflation rate down from last year's 8% to normal OECD levels will be far harder than the success over the last four years reducing it from 70% to 8%. Thus, longtime central banker Dormus Yilmaz took the helm of Turkey's Ce [...] | 2006-05-26 14:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN PGOV TU |
06ANKARA3109 | GOT REQUESTS INFORMATION ON PKK MEMBER ERSIN SEFIL [...] (S/NF) MFA Head of Department for Security Affairs (MFA's S/CT-equivalent) Nevzat Uyanik called us in May 25 to request USG assistance in ascertaining the whereabouts of a PKK terrorist who may have been killed in an Iranian attack on PKK forces in northern Iraq o/a April 23. According to Uya [...] | 2006-05-30 07:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PINR PREL TU IZ IR |
06ANKARA3124 | EVALUATION: Voluntary Visitor Project for the [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-30 12:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL TU |
06ANKARA3131 | TURKEY'S SECOND MISSION TO MOSUL PLANNED FOR JUNE 5 [...] (C/REL USA, GBR, AUS, CAN) Turkish Mosul Consul General-designate H. Avni Botsali contacted us May 30 to report that the Governor of Ninewah Province was released from the hospital and was returning to Mosul that day. Botsali did not accompany him as he had hoped because security arrangements [...] | 2006-05-31 05:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS TU IZ |
06ANKARA314 | TURKEY: DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM [...] (SBU) Upon receipt of reftels, we contacted the MFA, shared with them the points on reform, and underscored the importance that the USG places on this issue. We subsequently followed up with Tunc Ugdul, head of the MFA's International Political Organizations Department, stressing the importa [...] | 2006-01-27 14:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KUNR PHUM UN ADCO TU |
06ANKARA3164 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-31 13:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA317 | TURKEY/JORDAN: JORDANIAN PM BAKHIT FINDS BROAD [...] (C) Jordanian Prime Minister Bakhit, accompanied by Foreign Minister Khatib, came to Ankara January 16 to review regional issues prior to King Abdullah's planned visit to Washington, according to Foreign Ministry and Jordanian embassy sources. Bilateral trade issues were discussed as well. [...] | 2006-01-27 15:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR TU JO IZ IR SY XF |
06ANKARA3172 | TURKEY: POSITIVE RESPONSE TO U.S. STATEMENT ON [...] (SBU) Following the Secretary's May 31 telephone conversation with Turkish FM Gul, we contacted DFM Tuygan, Undersecretary Uzumcu, PM spokesman Akif Beki, MFA spokesman Namik Tan and MFA Americas Deputy Director General Murat Esenli. Their responses were uniformly positive and supportive. Se [...] | 2006-06-01 10:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV IR TU US |
06ANKARA3173 | MORE REVISIONS TO TURKEY'S PLANNED SECOND MISSION [...] (C/REL USA, GBR, AUS, CAN) Turkish Mosul Consul General-designate H. Avni Botsali informed us June 1 that he will postpone his arrival in Mosul until June 7. The Turkish military is requesting flight/landing clearances through CENTCOM for June 7; Botsali plans to drive back to Turkey. He plan [...] | 2006-06-01 10:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS OTRA TU IZ |
06ANKARA3189 | TURKEY/IRAQ: G/IWI AMBASSADOR STEINER DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) Summary. Acting Senior Coordinator for International Women's Issues Ambassador Steven E. Steiner met on May 23 with Turkish officials and a quasi-governmental training institute, where he found a willingness, and capacity, to compare notes and potentially collaborate on educational and [...] | 2006-06-01 13:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID KWMN IZ TU |
06ANKARA319 | TURKEY NATURAL GAS CRISIS WITH IRAN [...] (SBU) On January 21, Iran cut its daily natural gas shipment to Turkey from almost 30 million cubic meters to 5- 10 million cm (some daily fluctuation). Coming on the heels of the Russian-Ukraine gas face-off, the current gas crisis in Georgia, and cold weather and concerns in Europe, the cut [...] | 2006-01-27 15:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ETRD TU RU |
06ANKARA3200 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-01 14:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA3201 | BLACK SEA SECURITY AND TURKISH REPRESENTATION AT [...] (C) Summary: Turkey has actively participated in preparations for the Black Sea Forum and will be represented at the Forum at the cabinet level. MFA expects the only heads of state to attend besides Romania to be those from the south Caucasus. Ankara is concerned that the Forum not create a [...] | 2006-06-02 07:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO MARR MOPS RS BU GG RO TU AR AJ |
06ANKARA3203 | SCENESETTER FOR THE JUNE 4 VISIT OF DEPUTY [...] (S) Your visit to Turkey comes at an important moment. Foremost on our immediate agenda is ensuring Turkey's sustained support for Secretary Rice's May 31 announcement that we will join EU-3 talks if Iran suspends enrichment and reprocessing. Turkish officials will be interested in hearing U. [...] | 2006-06-02 08:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PGOV PREL TU |
06ANKARA3205 | TURKISH MFA RELEASES STATEMENT ON NEW U.S. [...] (U) Following our conversations with Turkish officials yesterday on the new USG initiative on Iran (reftel),the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) released a supportive statement on June 1. 2. (U) Text of MFA statement. Unofficial translation. Begin text. The U.S. has announce [...] | 2006-06-02 08:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINS IR TU |
06ANKARA3209 | REVISED: TURKEY NOMINEES FOR FY-07 INTERNATIONAL [...] Huseyin Aygun, Attorney 2. Seyhmus Diken, Advisor to the Mayor of Diyarbakir 3. Sait Kilic, Vice Chairman, Gaziantep Youth Group of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) SCP on "Rule of LKWQx%n7Q6Pmc]Q.Q[[~and Development Party (AKP) Bursa Deputy 12. Mehmet Eraslan, True Path Party [...] | 2006-06-02 11:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL TU |
06ANKARA321 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DRL/IRF STAFF MEMBER [...] (U) Mission welcomes and grants country clearance to DRL/IRF Desk Officer Michael Mates to travel to Ankara and Istanbul February 20 - 25, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to meet religious leaders and NGOs and advocate for USG positions regarding religious freedom with host government offic [...] | 2006-01-27 15:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PHUM AL BU TU |
06ANKARA3227 | OPPOSITION PARTIES UPDATE: LOTS OF TALK, BUT [...] (C) Summary. In the aftermath of the May 17 shooting at the High Administrative Court in Ankara (ref a),there has been increasing talk about forming electoral alliances among smaller opposition parties on the center right and the center left. At this point, it is largely chatter. Forming e [...] | 2006-06-02 13:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS TU |
06ANKARA3228 | TURKEY CTRY CLR GRANTED FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV, [...] Embassy Ankara grants country clearance to Erik Deschler who will travel to Ankara to discuss Second Line of Defense program with Turkish Government officials from June 10 to 14. 2. Control Officer is Kevin Lyon who can be contacted via the IVG 295-2525 or Commercial (90)(312)455-5555 ext.2 [...] | 2006-06-02 13:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP OTRA PARM TU |
06ANKARA323 | TURKISH FINANCE MINISTER TERRORISM FINANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: In his first meeting with Finance Minister Unakitan, the Ambassador stressed the importance of preparing for Turkey's upcoming Financial Action Task Force (FATF) review. Unakitan expressed confidence that the legislation governing Turkey's anti-financial crime agency will be pa [...] | 2006-01-27 16:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER PBIO TU IZ |
06ANKARA3235 | ISRAELI FM LIVNI DISCUSSES IRAN AND MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary: Iran and Middle East peace were the main topics of Israeli FM Livni's first visit to Turkey on May 29. Livni met with PM Erdogan FM Gul, President Sezer and NSC SecGen Alpogan. Although Turkish media emphasized the differences between Turkish and Israeli views on Middle East p [...] | 2006-06-02 14:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS TU IR |
06ANKARA325 | TURKISH FINANCE MINISTER ON TERRORISM FINANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: In his first meeting with Finance Minister Unakitan, the Ambassador stressed the importance of preparing for Turkey's upcoming Financial Action Task Force (FATF) review. Unakitan expressed confidence that the legislation governing Turkey's anti-financial crime agency will be pa [...] | 2006-01-30 12:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER PBIO TU IZ |
06ANKARA3256 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-05 12:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA3257 | CODEL BLUNT MEETING WITH FM GUL: US-TU COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: In a May 30 meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Gul, a congressional delegation led by Rep. Roy Blunt (R-MO) expressed appreciation for the bilateral relationship and Turkey's assistance with Iraq, Afghanistan and the Middle East. The delegation asked that Turkey play a constru [...] | 2006-06-05 12:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
06ANKARA3263 | TURKEY'S IRAQ COORDINATOR EXTENDS INVITATIONS TO [...] (C) Summary: Iraq Coordinator Oguz Celikkol told visiting HIRC professional staff member Alan Makovsky on June 1 that he was impressed by Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki and his focus on security issues during their May 30 meeting in Baghdad. He claimed that Deputy PM Barham Salih agreed with his [...] | 2006-06-05 13:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OREP TU IZ |
06ANKARA3265 | TURKEY/EU - NO APPARENT MOVEMENT ON PORTS ISSUE [...] (C) A downbeat Turkish MFA Northeastern Mediterranean Deputy Director General Bilman told us June 5 there has been no progress on either opening Famagusta port or referral to EU dispute resolution mechanisms of the ports/airports issue. On Famagusta, the MFA appears to be relying on the UN an [...] | 2006-06-05 14:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU UN TU CY |
06ANKARA3267 | TURKISH DEFMIN HINTS AT FLEXIBILITY ON DEFENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul hinted at flexibility but revealed little movement on defense industry issues in his May 24 meeting with the Ambassador. He had structured his May 22 reply to the Ambassador's March 24 letter on US industry problems with recent defense tenders to "mai [...] | 2006-06-05 14:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL MARR TU |
06ANKARA3268 | TURKEY: 2006 TIP REPORT DELIVERED [...] (C) We delivered Turkey's TIP report country text and points (reftel) to MFA Head of the Asylum and Migration Department Melih Ulueren June 5. Ulueren expressed appreciation for the bilateral work done to fight what he termed "modern-day slavery." In a constructive tone, he said the GOT unde [...] | 2006-06-05 14:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KCRM KWMN PGOV SMIG TU |
06ANKARA3269 | PKK VIOLENCE: PRESS REPORTS 12 TURKISH SECURITY [...] According to press reports -- many of them supplemented by television coverage of soldiers' funerals -- 12 members of the Turkish security forces were killed in incidents of PKK violence over the two-week period of May 22 through June 4. These reports also claim 23 security forces were WIA. Ei [...] | 2006-06-05 15:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER MOPS PREL TU IZ IR |
06ANKARA327 | US and GOT Discuss Bilateral Ag Issues [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 24, U.S. and Turkish officials met on the margins of the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council Meeting in Ankara to discuss bilateral trade issues at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA). Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Eur [...] | 2006-01-30 13:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR PGOV PREL GR TU |
06ANKARA3272 | TURKEY'S RESPONSE TO THE DEMARCHE FOR PROFESSOR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-06 07:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM TU |
06ANKARA3287 | EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (MAY 2006) [...] Summary: ISN/ECC Turkey desk officer visited Ankara for program oversight and meetings with Government of Turkey officials. Meetings provided desk officer with direct contact with Turkish interlocutors and an opportunity to gain specific information on the Turkish program and how EXBS i [...] | 2006-06-06 12:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
06ANKARA3293 | TURKEY: SCHEDULING VISITS AND SIDESTEPPING POLITICS [...] (C) Prime Minister Erdogan and Foreign Minister Gul have expressed their strong interest in visiting Washington in the coming months. The lack of coordination between their requests may well indicate behind the scenes friction. The two are partners, but also rivals. The PM's staff highlight [...] | 2006-06-06 12:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
06ANKARA3307 | TURKEY AVIAN INFLUENZA: POULTRY SECTOR [...] (U) Summary. There have been no new AI cases in poultry or on wild birds in Turkey since March 31, 2006. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, the AI outbreak was completely extinguished by April 24, 2006. The Protection and Control General Directorate issued the last follow up report [...] | 2006-06-07 07:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID TBIO AMED CASC KFLU SENV TU |
06ANKARA331 | SCENE-SETTER FOR THE VISIT OF MARINE CORPS COMMANDANT GENERAL HAGEE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-30 13:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PGOV TU IZ AF RU |
06ANKARA3312 | TURKEY: ANTI-TERROR BILL RAISES CONCERNS AMONG [...] (C) Summary: European Commission (EC) officials in Ankara, as well as Turkish scholars and human rights activists, argue that a draft anti-terror bill currently under parliamentary review (reftels) could roll back some of the progress gained during Turkey's EU reform process and heighten tensio [...] | 2006-06-07 09:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE EU TU |
06ANKARA3324 | TURKEY AND IRAQ FINALLY MEET ON REGIONAL WATER [...] (sbu) Summary: Tigris-Euphrates river flows and irrigation issues were the main subjects at an historic May 24 meeting in Ankara between Turkish and Iraqi water experts. Topics included use of "closed system" irrigation in Turkey and restoration efforts for the marshlands in Iraq. The Turki [...] | 2006-06-07 12:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENGR SENV EAGR TU IZ |
06ANKARA3325 | FINANCIAL MONITORING OF TURKEY'S CHARITIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There are two types of private charitable organizations that are subject to different rules and official oversight. Charitable "foundations" have played a prominent role in Turkish society dating back to the Ottoman period, and non-profit "associations" have become increasingly [...] | 2006-06-07 13:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PTER KTFN TU |
06ANKARA3339 | TURKEY/RUSSIA: LAVROV VISIT LESS THAN SATISFYING [...] (C) Foreign Ministry DDG Murat Burhan and Russian embassy PolCouns Vyacheslav Kunekov provided us read-outs of Foreign Minister Lavrov's May 31-June 1 visit to Ankara and Istanbul. While the Russians and Turks were in general agreement on regional issues, the Turkish side was disappointed with [...] | 2006-06-07 14:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETRD ENRG KPAL XF IZ IR IS AM |
06ANKARA3344 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-07 15:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA3351 | CODEL BLUNT MEETS PM ERDOGAN [...] (C) Summary. A May 30 meeting between Codel Blunt and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan stretched well over an hour, despte the thirty minutes Erdogan's staff had alltted during an especially busy day. The PM energetically laid out Turkey's views on Congressional consideration of [...] | 2006-06-08 06:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OVIP TU |
06ANKARA3352 | SCENESETTER FOR JUNE 14 VISIT OF GENERAL SCHWARTZ TO TURKEY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-08 06:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS PREL PARM TU IZ IR AJ AF |
06ANKARA3367 | DISPUTES THREATEN TO UNDERMINE TURKEY-EU MEETINGS [...] (U) Summary: The GOT is concerned that French and Cypriot proposals being debated in the EU could undermine the Turkey-EU meetings scheduled for June 12 in Luxembourg. The French proposal could prevent Turkey from closing its first acquis chapter on June 12, while the Cypriot proposal would a [...] | 2006-06-08 14:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EFIN EU TU |
06ANKARA3368 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-08 14:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA3370 | CENTRAL BANK STRENGTHENS CREDIBILITY WITH BOLD RATE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-09 04:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN TU |
06ANKARA3371 | CENTRAL ASIA CONSULTATIONS IN ANKARA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ankara warmly welcomes the visit of Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher and SCA Ambassadors to Ankara for meetings with Foreign Minister Gul, Energy Minister Guler, and Senior MFA officials following the USTDA Regional Energy Conference in Istanbul. In addition to helpi [...] | 2006-06-09 05:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG TU ZK |
06ANKARA3387 | ENCOURAGING RESPONSIBLE TURKISH BEHAVIOR IN THE [...] (C) Since the May 23 collision of Greek and Turkish F-16s over the Mediterranean, we have been encouraging the Turks to take steps to avoid a recurrence. On May 31, we urged MFA to avoid provocative actions after learning that the Turkish Embassy circulated a note to the diplomatic corps in At [...] | 2006-06-09 08:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR GR TU |
06ANKARA341 | TURKEY AVIAN INFLUENZA: TURKEY AS MODEL FOR REGION [...] SUMMARY: The USG AI Delegation that recently visited Turkey, as well as international organizations on the scene, applaud Turkey's robust and transparent response to recent AI animal and human outbreaks, including good cooperation with international actors. They cite Turkey's response as a r [...] | 2006-01-30 15:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EAGR KPAO TU KFLU |
06ANKARA3416 | PSI; TURKISH HOSTS MAJOR PSI EXERCISE; ANATOLIAN [...] Summary: Turkey hosted a major PSI exercise, Anatolian Sun '06, from May 24-26, 2006. This exercise was the first multidimensional PSI exercise, which combined land, maritime and air interdiction components. The aim of Anatolian Sun-06 exercise was to test and develop the information and int [...] | 2006-06-09 11:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL TU |
06ANKARA3433 | TURKISH POLICE PASS WEAPONS SERIAL NUMBERS [...] (C/NF) On June 8, Turkish National Police handed LEGATT a list of weapons, primarily GLOCK Model 17 and 19 handguns, which have been recovered in recent months in Turkey. TNP requested information on the weapons' provenance from the manufacturers, who apparently reported that many of the weap [...] | 2006-06-09 14:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER TU IZ |
06ANKARA3434 | GTMO: TURKEY PROVIDES PAPER ON DETAINEE [...] (C) On June 9, MFA Head of Section for Security Affairs Huseyin Ozdemir passed us the GOT's submission regarding Turkey's lone detainee at GTMO: Murat KARNAZ. Per ref a, Ozdemir requested the document be passed to the Administrative Review Board (ARB) for its consideration of Karnaz's case. [...] | 2006-06-09 14:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL TU GM |
06ANKARA3435 | BLACK SEA: ADMIRAL OUTLINES CURRENT TURKISH [...] (C/REL USA, GBR, AUS, CAN) Turkey is pleased with Russia's continually improving attitude toward Euro-Atlantic cooperation in maritime security, the Turkish Navy's N5 RADM (LH) Cem Gurdeniz told us June 7. Gurdeniz thanked us for persuading Romania and Bulgaria to be more positive toward Oper [...] | 2006-06-09 15:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR NATO TU RS BU RO GG UP |
06ANKARA3436 | TURKEY'S DISASTER MANAGEMENT - UNTESTED - SLOWLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After the devastating 1999 Marmara earthquake in Turkey, the World Bank made recovery loans contingent on broad changes in Turkey's building codes and disaster management mechanisms. This included creation of a "Turkish Emergency Management Directorate" (TEMAD),which was esta [...] | 2006-06-10 19:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SENV EINV TU |
06ANKARA345 | TURKEY/ISRAEL/PALESTINE: TURKEY RECOMMENDS WAIT [...] (C) Summary. The GOT prefers to look hopefully at Hamas's victory in Palestinian elections; the next task is to help Hamas transform, according to the Foreign Ministry. The GOT believes Hamas is well aware of the Palestinian people's dependence on its relationship with Israel and economic [...] | 2006-01-30 16:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL IS TU |
06ANKARA3451 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-12 11:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA346 | TURKEY CENTRAL BANKER WORRIED ABOUT BACKSLIDING [...] (SBU) Summary. Turkish Central Bank Governor Serdengecti believes that while economic risks, such as from the current account deficit, are receding, the potential for political backsliding on reforms is the main threat to Turkey's economic recovery, along with potential instability in the r [...] | 2006-01-30 16:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN TU |
06ANKARA3464 | MOMENTUM ADVANCING CSI PROGRAM IN TURKEY [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: We appreciate the CSI team's readiness to move forward with the Izmir port assessment despite the current legal questions surrounding the Declaration of Principles (DOP). State Minister Kursad [...] | 2006-06-12 14:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT PTER KTIA TU |
06ANKARA3465 | TURKEY URGES CONSTRUCTIVE IRANIAN APPROACH TO [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director General for Arms Control and Disarmament Bulent Meric on June 9 briefed representatives of Germany and P-5 missions about FM Gul's June 8 phone call to Iranian NSC Secretary-General Larijani to counsel Iranian receptivity to the EU-3 package of incentives for halting its [...] | 2006-06-12 14:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENER KNNP PARM TU FR UK GM CH RS |
06ANKARA347 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-30 16:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA3474 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-13 11:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA3476 | PKK VIOLENCE CONTINUES: TEN YEAR-OLD CHILD AMONG [...] PKK attacks in southeast Turkey for the week of June 5-11 killed four Turkish security forces personnel and one civilian, a ten year-old child (according to press reports). During the same week, 15 security forces were WIA, as were seven civilians. Two PKK terrorists were killed in a firefigh [...] | 2006-06-13 12:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL ASEC MOPS TU IZ |
06ANKARA348 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-31 05:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA3505 | AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO SOUTHEAST [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-14 11:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER KPAO ADANA PKK |
06ANKARA3515 | GOT ANNOUNCES MORE FLEXIBLE POLICY ON KURDISH [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Ankara-Consulate Adana report. 2. (C) Summary: Turkey's High Board of Radio and Television (RTUK) has decided to exempt music and films from the time restrictions placed on broadcasts in Kurdish and other minority languages. A RTUK contact told us the decision i [...] | 2006-06-14 13:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU |
06ANKARA3517 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-14 14:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA3524 | LOW-PROFILE HAMAS DELEGATION VISITS TURKISH HUMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: A four-person delegation of Hamas members arrived in Turkey June 8 and met with NGO representatives and an MP. The Turkish press covered the visit, though not extensively. We raised the issue on a cautionary note with a leader of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP),[...] | 2006-06-15 09:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL IS TU |
06ANKARA3542 | FM GUL AND FM BAKOYANNIS JUNE 10 MEETING [...] (C) Summary: The June 10 meeting between Turkish FM Gul and Greek FM Bakoyannis produced no surprises and few concrete results. Coming on the heels of a May 23 collision between Turkish and Greek fighter jets and other recent Aegean incidents, the most remarkable fact about the meeting was t [...] | 2006-06-15 12:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL NATO KIRF TU GR |
06ANKARA3544 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-15 12:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA3549 | TURKEY LIKELY TO SEEK COMPENSATION FOR F-16 [...] (SBU) In his weekly press briefing on June 14, MFA Spokesman Namik Tan -- in apparently attempting to dodge a loaded question from a reporter -- stated that Turkey may seek compensation for the F-16 Turkey lost in the mid-air collision with a Greek F-16 on May 23. Tan tersely confirmed that i [...] | 2006-06-15 15:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR NATO TU GR |
06ANKARA3556 | OIC MINISTERIAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO TURKISH MFA [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs First Secretary and Iran political desk officer Aziz Sevi on June 15. Sevi had no immediate response, but said he would pass the demarche along to his superiors. Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at http://www.state.s [...] | 2006-06-16 08:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IR TU |
06ANKARA3574 | TURKEY'S IRAQ COORDINATOR ON TURKISH-IRAQI [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Turkey's Iraq Coordinator Oguz Celikkol on June 15 to discuss Turkey-Iraq cooperation. Meetings by Turkish PM Erdogan, FM Gul and other ministers with Iraqi DPM Salih and his delegation on the margins of the Turkey-Arab Economic Forum in Istanbul last week [...] | 2006-06-16 13:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IZ TU |
06ANKARA3575 | TURKISH FM GUL, U/S TUYGAN ON BAKOYANNIS MEETING, [...] (C) Summary: In June 15 meetings with Ambassador, Turkish FM Gul and MFA U/S Tuygan provided more details about Gul's June 10 meeting with Greek FM Bakoyannis (reftel). On Cyprus, Gul expressed interest in working to solve Turkey's ports issue with the EU, adding that details and public rhe [...] | 2006-06-16 13:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU GR CY IR IZ |
06ANKARA3576 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-16 13:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA3593 | R&D HIGHLIGHTS THE 18TH TURKISH/AMERICAN DEFENSE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The 18th Defense Industrial Cooperation (DIC) meeting and subsequent Defense Industry Day on May 23-24 underscored a continued impasse over the barriers to US defense industry participation in Turkish defense contracts but highlighted R&D as a potential area for closer coopera [...] | 2006-06-19 10:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MCAP PREL TU |
06ANKARA3599 | DEMARCHE ON ANTICIPATED OIC ASSAULT ON ISRAEL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-19 13:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM TU |
06ANKARA3617 | A/S BOUCHER CONSULTS WITH TURKEY ON CENTRAL ASIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: As follow-up to Secretary Rice,s April commitment to FM Abdullah Gul to embark on expert consultations as part of new U.S.-Turkey strategic dialogue, Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher consulted with Turkish Officials on June 14 on Central Asia and Afghanistan. Turkish and U.S. [...] | 2006-06-19 14:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET TU ZK |
06ANKARA3619 | PKK IN EUROPE UPDATE WITH TURKISH MFA [...] (S) Summary: Turkish MFA Deputy Director General for Security Affairs Huseyin Bicakli expressed appreciation for USG efforts against PKK in western Europe, noting that they were having an effect. Bicakli supported the creation of trilateral working groups in key western European capitals in o [...] | 2006-06-20 04:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER KTFN TU |
06ANKARA3626 | TURKEY'S DISASTER RELIEF OFFICER [...] Mission Disaster Relief Officer is: David K. Young, Economics Officer, Embassy Ankara Office - (90) (312) 455 5555 x2256; cell - 0532 620 3846; Home - (90) (312) 467 7256; fax - (90) (312) 468 6138 E-mail - YoungDK@state.gov ETD - July 2007 2. Alternate MDRO is: Thomas Goldberger, Econ [...] | 2006-06-20 09:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SENV TU |
06ANKARA3636 | BUSINESS SEMINARS SET FOR FIVE TURKISH CITIES [...] (SBU) U.S. Chamber of Commerce officials visited Turkey June 12-16 to settle the final details of a five-city series of trade outreach seminars aimed at small and medium-sized Turkish firms. The Chamber will implement the one-day long seminars jointly with Turkey's leading business associatio [...] | 2006-06-20 13:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD KPAO TU |
06ANKARA3638 | JANDARMA OFFICIALS SENTENCED TO JAIL TERMS, WILL [...] (C) Summary: A Turkish court on June 19 convicted two Jandarma officers and sentenced them to prison terms of 39.5 years each for their roles in the November 2005 bombing of a bookstore in Semdinli, Hakkari Province. Their attorneys will appeal the verdict. The court acted with unusual speed [...] | 2006-06-20 14:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
06ANKARA3641 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-20 14:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
06ANKARA3643 | TRILATERAL PKK TALKS: TURKISH THINKING ON NEXT [...] (C) MFA Director General for Security Affairs (S/CT-equivalent) Hayati Guven called us in June 20 to provide us the latest GOT thinking on preparing for trilateral (U.S.-Turkey-Iraq) talks on the PKK. He reported that he had discussed the matter with Undersecretary Tuygan and senior ministry [...] | 2006-06-20 14:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL MOPS MARR TU IZ IR |
06ANKARA3644 | Treasury U/S Adams Visits Istanbul Amid Market Turbulence [...] (SBU) Summary: In a day in Istanbul June 13, Treasury Under Secretary Timothy Adams met with the Turkish Treasury Under SIPDIS Secretary, a Central Bank Vice-Governor and private sector analysts SIPDIS and bankers. Despite the sell-off in Turkish markets, neither the officials nor the ba [...] | 2006-06-21 05:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN TU |
06ANKARA3649 | TURKEY AGREES TO TWO ENERGY SEMINARS [...] (SBU) In two diplomatic notes sent by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on June 13, the Turkish government signaled its formal acceptance of two energy/environmental workshops to be conducted in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Energy. Immediate next steps include setting dates, venues, [...] | 2006-06-21 08:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV BEXP EAID TU |
06ANKARA3651 | TURKISH YOUTH: DEMOGRAPHICS AND IDENTITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Nearly three-quarters of Turkey's population is under the age of 35. To better understand this increasingly important cohort, Mission Turkey's first- and second-tour officers conducted several months of outreach, meeting with young people throughout the country and discussing t [...] | 2006-06-21 11:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON SCUL SOCI TU |
06ANKARA3652 | TURKISH YOUTH: ATTITUDES TOWARD POLITICS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As a part of ongoing efforts to reach out to Turkey's booming youth population, we met with young people throughout the country to gauge their opinions on domestic politics, the economy an unemployment, and religion. Overall, Turish youth are apolitical and unsatisfied withthe [...] | 2006-06-21 11:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON SCUL SOCI TU |
06ANKARA3654 | TURKISH YOUTH: ATTITUDES TOWARD THE U.S., EU, AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Accounting for an overwhelming majority of the population, the under-35 cohort will play a major role in shaping Turkey's political future. We met with young people from throughout Turkey to gauge their opinions on the United States, Turkey's bid to join the European Union, and [...] | 2006-06-21 11:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON SCUL SOCI TU |
06ANKARA3656 | END-USE MONITORING IN AFYON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 6, we visited the Turkish Grain Board's (TMO) poppy and alkaloid processing facility in Afyon, about 150 miles southwest of Ankara. We conducted end-use monitoring for several INL-funded items, including seed processing equipment and vehicles. TMO still uses the vast m [...] | 2006-06-21 12:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR AFIN BEXP TU |
06ANKARA3657 | TURKISH MFA ON FUNDING COMPENSATION FOR GREEK [...] (C) Turkish MFA Cyprus Department Head Muftuoglu told us June 20 the GOT "at the moment" has allocated no extra funding for "TRNC" Property Commission compensation to Greek Cypriots but is considering the question. Asked how much the GOT would eventually allocate, Muftuoglu said the GOT does [...] | 2006-06-21 12:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU CY |
06ANKARA3658 | BUSINESS OPTIMISM IN SMALL ANATOLIAN CITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Afyon, three hours southwest of Ankara, is a central Anatolian city of 150,000, home to marble mines and Turkey's licit opium production. A recent visit to Afyon revealed a city with extensive commercial ties to the U.S. that is trying to build up its tourism industry. Business [...] | 2006-06-21 13:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN TU |
06ANKARA367 | TURKEY'S MUCH-IMPROVED DEBT SITUATION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-31 19:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON TU |
06ANKARA3671 | TURKEY: DETENTION OF SCAN BOTHNIA A REMINDER OF [...] The British-flagged vessel Scan Bothnia, en route from Ukraine to the United Arab Emirates (UAE),was detained on June 9 at the port of Derince near the Bosporous by Turkish Coast Guard and Customs authorities on the suspicion that it was illegally smuggling US military equipment. 2. Actin [...] | 2006-06-21 14:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS PREL PGOV IZ |
06ANKARA3676 | TURKEY: KURDISH MAYORS INDICTED FOR ROJ TV LETTER [...] (U) Prosecutors have indicted 56 mayors from Turkey's predominantly Kurdish southeast on charges of supporting the PKK by sending a letter to Danish PM Rasmussen urging him to resist GOT pressure to shut down ROJ TV. The mayors, all from the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP),signed a [...] | 2006-06-22 08:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE EU DA TU |
06ANKARA3685 | ISAF CAVEATS: TURKEY NOT LETTING GO YET [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points to MFA Head of Section for NATO Affairs Ihsan Kiziltan on May 16. Kiziltan had no substantive reply, but said he would consult with the appropriate authorities. 2. (C) TGS/J3 Plans and Operations Chef MG Mehmet Eroz told us May 19 that Turkey's caveats were [...] | 2006-06-22 13:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO MARR MOPS PREL TU AF |
06ANKARA3686 | TURKISH MFA RESPONDS TO BOSNIA RELATED DEMARCHE [...] (C) We delivered reftel talking points to Hasan Asan, Head of the Turkish MFA's Balkans and Western Europe Department, and First Secretary and Bosnia Desk Officer Kazim Cavusoglu. Asan agreed with U.S. opposition to calls within the Republikla Srpska for an independence referendum and agreed w [...] | 2006-06-22 13:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BK |
06ANKARA3691 | TURKEY TRANS-BOUNDARY WATER AND ILISU DAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's DSI (State Hydraulic Works) provided additional information on the May 24 bilateral meeting in Ankara with Iraq (ref),characterizing it as a productive exchange of information, but disappointing in not covering new ground. Turkey is set on building the Ilisu Dam on th [...] | 2006-06-22 14:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENGR SENV EAGR TU IZ |
06ANKARA3692 | TURKEY REQUESTS CLARIFICATION ON SECURITY MEASURES [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para. 5. 2. (C/REL GBR, CAN, AUS) Summary: The GOT is seeking clarification of what security assistance to its consulate in Mosul might expect in the event it were to come under a sustained attack. While a definitive answer may be impossible in t [...] | 2006-06-22 14:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS TU IZ |
06ANKARA3694 | BLACK SEA: PRODUCTIVE TURKEY-ROMANIA-BULGARIA [...] (C/REL USA, GBR, AUS, CAN) Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria held a "productive and fruitful" trilateral meeting on Black Sea maritime security issues June 19, according to MFA DDG for Multilateral Security Affairs Serdar Kilic. Romania presented a paper on NATO and broader international community [...] | 2006-06-23 05:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR NATO TU BU RO |
06ANKARA3712 | TURKEY'S KARTET PERSEVERES IN ELECTRICITY EXPORTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkish Kartet Company seeks U.S. support in its quest to increase electricity exports from Turkey to northern Iraq from 250 MW to 1200 MW. Kartet says this has been blocked by Turkish energy regulator EMRA, which has called for competition, but has been unable to stir up compe [...] | 2006-06-23 12:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ETRD OPIC TU IZ |
06ANKARA3714 | TURKEY: PROSECUTOR INVESTIGATING ECUMENICAL [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Ankara-Consulate Istanbul report. 2. (U) Summary: A Turkish prosecutor is conducting a preliminary investigation of the Ecumenical Patriarch for wearing religious garb at a ceremony in central Anatolia. An attorney for the Patriarch told us the prosecutor assure [...] | 2006-06-23 12:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KIRF TU |
06ANKARA3716 | TURKEY'S KARTET PERSEVERES IN IRAQ ELECTRICITY EXPORTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkish Kartet Company seeks U.S. support in its quest to incrase electricity exports from Turkey to northern raq from 250 MW to 1200 MW. Kartet says this has been blocked by Turkish energy regulator EMRA, which has called for competition, but has been unable to stir up competi [...] | 2006-06-23 14:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ETRD OPIC TU IZ |
06ANKARA3717 | Turkish Government Pulls Back Controversial Investor Tax [...] (SBU) Summary: In a bid to calm bearish financial markets, the Finance and Economy Ministers announced June 21 that the Government was eliminating the controversial 15% withholding tax on foreign investors' earnings from bonds and equities, while reducing the rate on domestic investors from 15% [...] | 2006-06-23 14:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN BEXP TU |
06ANKARA3718 | CHANGE TO SEISMIC RESEARCH STATION AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-23 15:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PARM MARR TU |
06ANKARA3727 | EXPLOSION IN TURKISH TOURIST AREA KILLS FOUR, [...] (C) Summary: A June 25 explosion in the city of Manavgat, on Turkey's south coast, killed four people, none of them AmCits. We have received conflicting information on whether the explosion was an accident or a bombing. End Summary. 2. (U) On June 25, an explosion in Manavgat, on Turke [...] | 2006-06-26 13:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER TU |
06ANKARA3733 | TURKISH MFA READOUT ON FM GUL VISIT TO TEHRAN [...] (C) Summary: MFA U/S Akgunay gave us a detailed readout on Foreign Minister Gul's June 25 visit to Tehran. After five extended meetings, the Turks concluded that debate on the way forward is continuing. Akgunay said National Security Council Secretary General Ali Larijani indicated he will [...] | 2006-06-26 15:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNUC IR TU |
06ANKARA3759 | OPPOSITION PARTIES UPDATE: TALK OF ELECTORAL [...] (C) Octogenarian leftist Rahsan Ecevit --- a former MP, founder of the Democratic Left Party (DSP),and the wife of former PM Bulent Ecevit (currently in a stroke-induced coma) --- is continuing her husband,s efforts to unite the secular opposition parties against the governing, pro-Islam Justi [...] | 2006-06-27 12:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS TU |
06ANKARA3763 | TURKISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM AND [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-27 13:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AORC PREL EU EUN UNGA TU |
06ANKARA3772 | TURKEY'S MILITARY AND AKP GOVERNMENT: FURTHER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The March indictment of Turkish Land Forces Command (TLFC) Commander GEN Buyukanit on charges of interfering in the trial of a Jandarma officer accused in the Semdinli book store bomb attack (ref d) furthered a public decline in the already-cool relationship between Turkish Genera [...] | 2006-06-27 14:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR TU |
06ANKARA3774 | TURKEY MAINLY INTERESTED IN TEXTILE PROPOSAL, [...] (SBU) To ensure wide distribution among concerned Turkish agencies, we provided a copy of ref A letter containing an updated U.S. request in WTO services negotiations to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and hand-delivered to Foreign Trade Undersecretariat (FTU) Deputy Director General for Multi [...] | 2006-06-27 14:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | WTRO ETRD ECON TU |
06ANKARA3775 | PKK AFFILIATE CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR BOMBING [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Kurdish Freedom Falcons (TAK),a well-known PKK affiliate, has claimed responsibility for the June 26 bombing in Manavgat, a tourist destination near the coastal resort of Antalya. This bombing fulfills previous threats by TAK to target foreign tourists and brings the death [...] | 2006-06-27 14:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | ASEC PTER MOPS PKK |
06ANKARA3784 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END USE CHECK [...] SUMMARY: We met with an official from ASELSAN to discuss license numbers 05-952140, 05-935458, and 05-949858 per reftels, and confirmed the orders and the end users. End Summary. 2. During a June 6, 2006 meeting at the ASELSAN HQS building on the outskirts of Ankara, ASELSAN Program Manage [...] | 2006-06-28 13:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TU |
06ANKARA3805 | ACTION REQUEST: TGS REQUESTS U.S. SIGN ON TO [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see paras. 3. 2. (C/REL GBR, CAN, AUS) Naval Attache (ALUSNA) attended June 20-21 planning talks in the southern Aksaz Naval with Turkish General Staff and Israeli military officials for the annual U.S.-Israel-Turkey trilateral RELIANT MERMAID maritime [...] | 2006-06-29 05:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL TU CY IS |
06ANKARA3819 | TURKEY APPROVES CLOSURE OF YUMURTALIK SEA TERMINAL [...] Embassy received on June 29 a positive response from the Turkish government to our notification of the US intent to cease operations at the Yumurtalik Sea Terminal (fuel installation) and close the facility (ref a). The response notes the expectation that the facility will be turned over to [...] | 2006-06-29 12:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR TU |
06ANKARA3821 | GOT DENIES INVOLVEMENT IN "TRNC" DECISION TO BLOCK [...] (SBU) We discussed reftel points on June 28 with Engin Solakoglu, MFA Cyprus Department chief of section. Solakoglu told us the GOT played no role in the decision by Turkish Cypriot authorities to cancel a deal to export Turkish Cypriot potatoes to Europe through the Greek Cypriot port of Lim [...] | 2006-06-29 13:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAID PREL PGOV ECON CY TU |
06ANKARA3835 | TURKISH MFA RELEASES STATEMENT ON ISRAELI [...] (U) The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) released a statement on June 28 in response to the Israeli army's movements into the Gaza Strip. 2. (U) Text of MFA statement. Unofficial translation. Begin text. We are deeply worried about the fact that the tension in the region has e [...] | 2006-06-30 13:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV TU IS |
06ANKARA3837 | TURKEY: WORRISOME TRENDS IN KURDISH POLITICS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-03 07:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PTER PREL TU |