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Identifier	Subject	Date	Office	Classification	Tags
07ANKARA2652	TURKEY: STATUS OF 123 AGREEMENT WITH TURKEY [...] SUMMARY: (C) GOT officials are certain to ask Energy Secretary Bodman about the status of US ratification of the SIPDIS Agreement on the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy (123 Agreement) during his November 15-20 visit to Turkey. Turkish officials insist that ratification is necessary to rein [...]	2007-10-25 15:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG KNNP MNUC PREL TU

07ANKARA2656	TURKEY PURSUES DIPLOMACY, POISED FOR MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOT continues to pursue diplomacy to pressure Iraqi and Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) officials, as well as the U.S., to take concrete steps to root out the PKK presence inside northern Iraq. However, Turkey remains poised to conduct a cross border operation (CBO) at any [...]	2007-10-26 11:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ US
07ANKARA2657	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-26 11:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2658	TURKEY PURSUES DIPLOMACY, POISED FOR MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOT continues to pursue diplomacy to pressure Iraqi and Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) officials, as well as the U.S., to take concrete steps to root out the PKK presence inside northern Iraq. However, Turkey remains poised to conduct a cross border operation (CBO) at any [...]	2007-10-26 12:01:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ US
07ANKARA2660	TURKEY: LONG-TIME ADVOCATES CITE BETRAYAL AND [...] (C) Summary: Anger on the streets pales in comparison with the deep sense of betrayal long-time friends of America are expressing to us. They assert we are on the brink of a full blown rupture in relations. End summary. 2. (C) Suat Kiniklioglu is the former head of the German Marshall Fu [...]	2007-10-26 12:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV TU US
07ANKARA2662	TURKISH VIEW OF PKK TALKS WITH IRAQ [...] (c) Summary: Turkish MFA Apakan gave Ambassador on October 27 a disappointed account of the talks in Ankara the day before with the Iraqis regarding the PKK. He did not dismiss the ideas brought from Baghdad, but said Turkey needs actions that will have an impact now. Apakan noted that the [...]	2007-10-28 13:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IZ TU
07ANKARA2663	TURKS HEAR DIALOGUE, BUT NO ACTION FROM KRG [...] (c) Summary: In follow-up talks here the week of October 21, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) officials offered to create a propaganda campaign to counter and discredit the PKK pursuant to a written, Turkey-KRG agreement to be signed by PM Erdogan and KRG President Barzani that would effect [...]	2007-10-28 14:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IZ TU
07ANKARA2664	TURKEY: GOT FRUSTRATED BY YEREVAN'S SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) MFA U/S Apakan told the Ambassador on October 18 that GOT officials are deeply frustrated by what they describe as contentment on the part of Armenian officials regarding the progress of AGR in the U.S. House of Representatives. The GOAM is "totally wrong" to believe that it can force Tur [...]	2007-10-28 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL AM TU
07ANKARA2670	GOT OFFICIALS STRESS UNITY, RECORD NUMBERS MARCH [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: As senior GOT officials stressed national unity on the 84th anniversary of the founding of the Turkish Republic, Turks marched in record numbers in cities across the country to commemorate the holiday and to protest PKK terrorism. Turkish officials publicly characterized Octobe [...]	2007-10-30 11:58:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ US
07ANKARA2674	TURKEY: MPS ACROSS POLITICAL SPECTRUM EXPRESS [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MPs across the political spectrum have stressed to us that expectations for action are high. The context is public fury against the U.S. following recent PKK terrorist attacks in southeast Turkey. The MPs, ranging from ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) members to [...]	2007-10-30 14:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU IZ
07ANKARA2675	TURKEY'S PARTICIPATION IN LEBANON SIDE MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-30 14:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE SY TU
07ANKARA2676	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-30 15:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2677	Update on PKK Violence (October 16-23, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK as well as casualties incurred. The TGS does not account for police casualties and the Ministry of [...]	2007-10-30 15:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA2678	ADVANCE NOTICE TO TURKISH GOVERNMENT OF [...] (S) This is an action message. Post requires action to provide timely advance notification of US reconnaissance flights along the Iraqi-Turkish border as promised in ref a. 2. (S) As instructed, Ambassador notified D/CHOD Gen. Saygun October 16 that the U.S. planned to resume air reconnaiss [...]	2007-10-30 16:15:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL PTER IZ TU
07ANKARA2680	MINISTERS TO DECIDE ON ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish Council of Ministers will meet in emergency session on October 31 to consider authorizing economic actions against Northern Iraq. Four potential measures are on the agenda: cutting off of electricity exports, closing road access through Habur Gate, restricting Turkis [...]	2007-10-31 10:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KFPC ECON ETRD ETTC PREL EAIR TU
07ANKARA2682	PM ERDOGAN ROLLS OUT WASHINGTON AGENDA, CABINET [...] (C) Summary: During his October 30 address to his Justice and Development Party (AKP) parliamentary group, PM Erdogan laid out his agenda for his November 5 meeting with President Bush. Erdogan identified three main messages: 1) the U.S. must take necessary steps against the PKK; 2) the U.S [...]	2007-10-31 12:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ US
07ANKARA2684	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-31 12:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2685	TURKEY SUPPORTS USG POLICY IN BOSNIA [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-31 13:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BK TU NATO
07ANKARA2693	TURKISH MFA OUTLINES EXPECTATIONS FOR ERDOGAN AND [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA U/S Apakan summoned Ambassador late October 31 to relay on behalf of FM Babacan Turkey's expectations for the Secretary's bilateral visit here and PM Erdogan's upcoming meeting with the President. Apakan emphasized that the PKK problem has changed qualitatively and n [...]	2007-10-31 17:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IZ US TU
07ANKARA2695	DEALING WITH TURKISH SUSPICIONS REGARDING US ARMS [...] (C) Rising PKK violence and the leakage of potentially thousands of US-procured weapons from Iraq have heightened Turkish government and public sensitivities about the transfer of weapons to Iraq. Delays and confusion as we attempted to provide the GOT with information on the origin and desti [...]	2007-11-01 10:04:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR PTER MOPS ETTC KOMC MG UP CY IZ TU
07ANKARA2696	EXPANSION OF BTC PIPELINE CONTINGENT ON NEW OIL [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: On October 5, we met with local BP representatives Djan Suphi, Director for Exploration and Production in Turkey and Norman Rodda, Project Manager for Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline company to discuss two projects to increase the capacity of the line to 1.2 and [...]	2007-11-01 11:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ ENRG EPET IR IZ KZ RS TU
07ANKARA2697	GOT DECIDES ON SANCTIONS, CONVEYS EXPECTATIONS FOR [...] (C) Summary: On October 31, the Council of Ministers agreed upon an as yet undisclosed package of economic sanctions aimed at the PKK and those who help them in Northern Iraq. Civilian flights that use Turkish airspace to travel to and from Erbil appear to have been largely curtailed, though [...]	2007-11-01 12:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ US
07ANKARA2698	TURKEY: DAS BRYZA REVIEWS SOUTH CAUCASUS ISSUES [...] (SBU) EUR DAS Bryza and the DCM met with Turkish MFA Deputy U/S for South Caucasus and Central Asian Affairs Unal Cevikoz on October 24 in Ankara, on the margins of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) Foreign Ministers meeting. Cevikoz and Bryza exchanged views on developments in Nagorn [...]	2007-11-01 15:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS AJ AM GG TU
07ANKARA2699	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-01 15:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA270	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-08 15:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2702	WARM RECEPTION FOR FM BABACAN IN IRAN; TEPID [...] SUMMARY. Turkish FM Babacan received a warm reception from Iranian political leaders in his first visit to Iran, October 27-28. Iran is well-positioned to understand Turkey's PKK dilemma, but Iranian leaders did not extend support for a Turkish military incursion into northern Iraq. Iran an [...]	2007-11-02 09:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KNNP PARM EFIN IR IZ TU
07ANKARA2707	TURKEY: WELL-CONNECTED DIYARBAKIR MP TAKES A HARD [...] (C) Summary and comment: Governing party MP from Diyarbakir Ihsan Arslan's prescription for solving the current impasse Turkey faces with respect to the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK),northern Iraq and the US is that Turkey must take a hard look at the damaging policies it has purs [...]	2007-11-02 15:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TU IZ US
07ANKARA2708	TURKEY APPROVES ECONOMIC MEASURES AGAINST NORTHERN [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish Council of Ministers approved a set of economic measures directed against the PKK and Northern Iraq on October 31, but did not announce what measures they had approved. The GOT said November 2 that it has not yet implemented any of the approved economic measures. Tu [...]	2007-11-02 15:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KFPC ECON ETRD ETTC PREL EAIR TU
07ANKARA2709	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-02 15:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2713	TURKEY: THE KURDISH DTP PARTY'S SQUANDERED [...] (U) This is a Consulate Adana cable. 2. (C) Summary: Despite having 20 of its representatives in parliament, the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) has entirely sidelined itself during Turkey's confrontation with Iraq over the terrorist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). The DTP erred [...]	2007-11-05 11:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA2716	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-05 14:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2717	TURKEY REACTS TO HOSTAGE RELEASE [...] (SBU) All media headlined the November 4 release of the eight Turkish soldiers held hostage since October 21 by the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). Before boarding his plane to Washington for his November 5 meeting with President Bush, PM Erdogan thanked the U.S. and Iraqi governme [...]	2007-11-05 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ US
07ANKARA2718	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-05 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2719	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-05 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2720	DAS BRYZA AND TURKISH ENERGY MINISTER GULER ON [...] (C) Summary: On October 25, EUR DAS Matt Bryza met with Turkish Energy Minister Guler and reaffirmed their commitment to a shared U.S. )Turkey strategic vision to help Europe diversify its natural gas supplies away from dependence on Russia. Guler warmly welcomed positive news from Bryza on [...]	2007-11-06 09:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ ENRG EPET IR IZ KZ RS TU
07ANKARA2722	TURKEY: EXPECTATIONS FOR MID-NOVEMBER IAEA REPORT [...] (C) We met with MFA Department Head for South Asia Devrim Ozturk to share USG expectations for the upcoming IAEA report on Iranian implementation of the work plan (ref a). Ozturk welcomed the points and promised to share them with colleagues in other departments. He said the GOT continues t [...]	2007-11-06 11:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA AORC IR TU
07ANKARA2724	ERDAL INONU: A TURKISH PATRIOT IS LAID TO REST, [...] (SBU) Erdal Inonu -- professor and physicist, reluctant politician, social democrat, former Deputy PM and FM, and son of Turkey's second President, General Ismet Inonu -- was laid to rest November 4 in Istanbul. Inonu's epitaph could well read: here lies an honest, decent human being who wante [...]	2007-11-06 15:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR TU
07ANKARA2727	EXBS: TURKEY ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - [...] Summary: The EXBS Advisor transition was completed with Robert Cieslinski assuming duties as EXBS Advisor to Turkey. The language in the property grant to transfer Z-Backscatter Van (ZBV) to Turkish Customs has been reviewed with A/LM/AQM and is under consideration by Turkish Customs. Turki [...]	2007-11-07 08:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
07ANKARA2728	TURKEY: REQUEST TO MEET WITH PLO REPRESENTATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-07 11:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG GZ IS WB
07ANKARA2730	TURKEY: HOLDING US TO THE RULES ON MIL-MIL [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish General Staff (TGS) has continued its trend, seen since late 2006, of tightening requirements and more strictly enforcing rules for routine military cooperation, within established bilateral agreements. On October 31, TGS informed us that we would be held more strictl [...]	2007-11-07 14:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU
07ANKARA2731	TURKEY'S NATIONALISTIC JUDICIARY AN OBSTACLE TO [...] (C) Summary: A diverse array of legal experts agree the judiciary (judges and prosecutors) has been a major force in Turkey's failure to fully implement legal reforms related to its EU harmonization effort. Contacts from academia, private practice, government, and civil society told us that, [...]	2007-11-07 14:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA2733	TURKEY'S KURDS RELIEVED BY OUTCOME OF PM ERDOGAN'S [...] (C) Summary: Our contacts in southeast Turkey have all reacted positively to PM Erdogan's Oval Office meeting, noting that the chance of a cross-border land attack by Turkish forces has diminished significantly, though many still expect air strikes against PKK targets in the Qandil mountains [...]	2007-11-07 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL TU IZ
07ANKARA2734	PERES AND ABBAS TO MEET IN ANKARA [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Turkey will host Israeli President Peres and Palestinian Authority President Abbas for concurrent visits from November 11-13. GOT officials say they have scheduled the coinciding visits to reinforce U.S. and others' efforts prior to a possible Middle East meeting. Th [...]	2007-11-07 15:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KWBG MARR TU IS
07ANKARA2736	DEMARCHE TO TURKISH GOVERNMENT ON HAMAS [...] (U) This contains an urgent action request - please see para 5 below. 2. (C) Charge raised reftel points November 8 with MFA Deputy Undersecretary Rafet Akgunay. He was accompanied by Middle East Deputy Director General Omer Onhon. Charge stressed both USG and Palestinian Authority Presid [...]	2007-11-08 09:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV KTFN TU
07ANKARA2739	Update on PKK Violence (October 24-31, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK as well as casualties incurred. The TGS does not account for police casualties and the Ministry of [...]	2007-11-08 11:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA2741	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-08 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2742	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary. Your first official visit to Turkey will be an opportunity to reaffirm U.S ) Turkish shared strategic vision on the development of Caspian oil and gas resources and diversification of transit routes to lessen Europe's dependence on Russia. You will need to encourage Turkey to [...]	2007-11-08 15:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET IR IZ KZ RS TU
07ANKARA2744	TURKEY REACTS POSITIVELY TO ERDOGAN-POTUS MEETING [...] (U) SUMMARY: Reactions in Turkey to PM Erdogan's November 5 meeting with President Bush span the spectrum depending on the political and ideological views of the individual or media outlet offering comment. In public comments subsequent to his meeting with POTUS, Erdogan has made clear his ap [...]	2007-11-09 06:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER TU US IZ
07ANKARA2745	TERRORIST FINANCE: FOLLOW-UP ON ILLICIT CASH [...] We spoke with Ergin Ergul, Deputy Director General for Foreign Relations at the Justice Ministry. His comments related to questions in reftel are shown below. In addition, we have included information from the April 2007 Financial Action Task Force review of Turkey, which are relevant to th [...]	2007-11-09 08:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN KCRM EFIN ETTC PREL PTER
07ANKARA2747	TURKEY WILL CONSIDER REQUEST TO INSPECT FLIGHTS [...] (S) We shared ref a. points concerning potential shipment of sensitive equipment to Syria from Iran with MFA Department Head for Aviation Affairs Hamit Olcay on the morning of November 9. Olcay said a request for these flights has not been submitted, and GOT regulations require a 10-day advan [...]	2007-11-09 12:35:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL ETTC MASS TU IR SY
07ANKARA2749	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-09 13:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2751	DEMARCHE TO TURKISH GOVERNMENT ON HAMAS [...] (S) Ambassador used the opportunity of a meeting late November 8 with Turkish FM Babacan on other subjects to urge steps by the Turkish authorities to stop the planned "International Jerusalem Meeting" planned for Istanbul and prevent HAMAS-related fundraising that may be planned there. Drawi [...]	2007-11-09 14:56:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV KTFN TU
07ANKARA2752	TURKISH FM BABACAN ON RELATIONS WITH YEREVAN [...] (c) Ambassador used a meeting late November 8 with Turkish FM Babacan on other subjects to update him on House Resolution 106 (the "Armenian genocide resolution"). Many with whom he spoke during consultations in Washington following PM Erdogan's White House meeting November 5 believed it ver [...]	2007-11-09 16:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AM TU
07ANKARA2753	TURKEY'S PLANS FOR COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES [...] (U) We delivered reftel points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Human Rights Department Head Hasan Ulusoy on November 6, 2007. Ulusoy reported that Mr. Yalcin Kaya Erensoy, Turkey's Ambassador to Senegal, will represent Turkey at the November 14-17 Mali Ministerial. 2. (U) Ulusoy told us the [...]	2007-11-09 16:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA TU
07ANKARA2754	TURKEY: 2006 DOMESTIC REPORT ON COMBATING HUMAN [...] (SBU) The GOT recently issued its 2006 Report on Combating Human Trafficking in Turkey. The report provides an overview of Turkey's anti-TIP legal framework, international cooperation mechanisms, TIP prevention and victim protection measures, and supporting 2006 statistical data. The report [...]	2007-11-09 16:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM PGOV SMIG KCRM KWMN TU
07ANKARA2755	TURKEY PASSES ITS NUCLEAR ENERGY LAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Turkish Parliament passed the long pending Nuclear Energy Law on October 8, after just two days of debate and despite criticism from opposition parties and NGO's. The law is expected to be approved by the President. The law establishes an extremely rapid selection process, [...]	2007-11-09 17:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV BEXP TU
07ANKARA2756	DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS [...] Per reftel we met with and advised all relevant parties in the Turkish Government to inform them of these designations. Those contacts are Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director General for Iranian Affairs, Babur Hizlan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director General for Security A [...]	2007-11-09 17:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PREL PARM EFIN
07ANKARA2758	Update on PKK Violence (November 1-7, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK as well as casualties incurred. The TGS does not account for police casualties and Ministry of Inte [...]	2007-11-13 10:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA2760	DEMARCHE TO TURKISH GOVERNMENT ON HAMAS [...] (s) Further to ref a, Ambassador raised November 13 with Turkish Presidency/PM foreign affairs advisor Davutoglu US objections to the "International Jerusalem Meeting" planned for Istanbul. Davotoglu indicated that President Gul had discussed this earlier in the day with Palestinian President [...]	2007-11-13 13:17:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV KTFN TU
07ANKARA2761	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-13 14:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2762	TURKEY: EU PROGRESS REPORT BRINGS NO SURPRISES [...] (C) Summary: The EU's annual progress report on Turkey, released November 6, went largely unnoticed here as the public and media remained focused on the latest PKK terrorist crisis. The GOT was pleased to see a "balanced" report, according to MFA and its EU Secretariat officials. Human righ [...]	2007-11-13 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA2765	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-14 11:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2768	TURKEY: REPORTS OF STRIKES INTO IRAQ UNCONFIRMED [...] (S) Summary: Intensive counter-terror operations continue in the Southeast and along the Turkey-Iraq border. However, there is no evidence to confirm November 13 press reports of Turkish air strikes against PKK targets inside northern Iraq. Prime Minister Erdogan publicly denied knowledge of [...]	2007-11-14 14:36:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MOPS IZ TU
07ANKARA2769	PERES ENCOURAGES MODERATION, COMPROMISE WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Israeli President Shimon Peres addressed a group of Bilkent University students and faculty on November 11, his first public event during a three-day visit to Ankara. He encouraged the students to embrace a future defined by moderation and risk-taking. Throughout his talk, Pe [...]	2007-11-14 14:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KMDR TU IS
07ANKARA277	NATIONALISM TURNING NASTY IN TURKEY [...] (C) Summary. The nationalism that has been a unifying force since the Turkish Republic's founding in 1923 is becoming dangerously divisive under the pressure of national elections, government-military tensions and the continuing focus on the PKK in Iraq. The Dink assassination offered a bri [...]	2007-02-09 10:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
07ANKARA2774	TURKEY: PRO-KURDISH DTP PARTY ELECTS HARDLINER AS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) members elected Nurettin Demirtas, 34, as party chairman and adopted the concept of "democratic autonomy" during a November 8 extraordinary convention in Ankara. Several Kurdish contacts believe the elevation of Demirtas, a h [...]	2007-11-15 12:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA2775	TURKEY: PRESIDENT GUL CELEBRATES [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Gul descended on Azerbaijan, November 6-8, with a delegation of over 140 businessmen, pledging to elevate the bilateral economic relationship to a level matching the two countries' strong political ties. GOT officials and media alike interpret Gul's first state visit [...]	2007-11-15 14:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG AJ AM TU
07ANKARA2776	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-15 14:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2777	TURKISH GOVERNMENT VIEWS ON BANK MELLI AND BANK [...] (U) This is an action cable. Post requests guidance on related item outlined in paragraph 4. 2. (S) Per Reftel A, we informed leaders at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BRSA),and MASAK, the Turkish financial intelligence unit, of Bank Mell [...]	2007-11-15 14:37:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	KNNP MNUC TU PREL IR PARM EFIN
07ANKARA2779	ANKARA FORUM PROVIDES GOT PLATFORM FOR PERES, [...] (SBU) In what the Turkish media has labeled a "mini-summit," President Gul hosted Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at a November 13 meeting of the private sector-led, government supported Ankara Forum. Bringing together Turkish, Israeli, and Pal [...]	2007-11-15 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KMDR TU IS
07ANKARA278	TURKEY'S FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION DEBATE HEATS UP [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-09 11:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA2780	TURKEY: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNGA RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-15 15:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KWMN SOCI UNGA TU
07ANKARA2781	GOT LAYS ANNAPOLIS MARKER WITH PERES, ABBAS [...] (SBU) Summary: As the first Israeli leader ever to speak before a predominantly Muslim parliament, President Shimon Peres joined Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in addressing the Turkish Grand National Assembly on November 13. In consecutive speeches, the two leaders expressed [...]	2007-11-15 15:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KMDR TU IS
07ANKARA2785	TURKISH PARTICIPANTS FOR ONDCP/INL DEMAND [...] We spoke with leaders at the Turkish International Academy Against Drugs and Organized Crime (TADOC) and the Alcohol and Substance Addiction Treatment and Training Center (AMATEM) to discuss the best candidates for the January 23-24, 2008 ONDCP/INL International Demand Reduction Seminar on Be [...]	2007-11-16 13:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SNAR
07ANKARA2786	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-16 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA279	TURKEY: PAKISTANI PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF'S NEW [...] (C) Pakistani President Musharraf visited Ankara February 6, meeting wit President Sezer and Prime Minister Erdogan over the course of his one-day stay. According to MFA Deputy Director General for the Middle East Omer Onhon, Musharraf's meetings focused solely on what Onhon described as "Pak [...]	2007-02-09 11:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PK TU
07ANKARA2790	TURKEY: UNAMI OFFICIAL SEES GREATER GOT INTEREST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) Charge Michael Schulenburg sees increased GOT interest in a UN role in defusing tensions over the future status of Kirkuk. He sensed a new GOT willingness and approach. Schulenburg indicated that Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) Pres [...]	2007-11-19 09:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM UN IZ TU
07ANKARA2792	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-19 13:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2798	Update on PKK Violence (November 8-15, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK as well as casualties incurred. The TGS does not account for police casualties and the Ministry of [...]	2007-11-19 15:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA2805	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-20 12:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2807	TURKEY: PROSECUTOR OPENS CLOSURE CASE AGAINST [...] (C) Summary and comment. Turkey's top prosecutor filed an indictment with the Constitutional Court on November 16 to close down the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) for alleged ties to the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). The indictment calls for a ban against DTP participat [...]	2007-11-20 15:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA281	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-09 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2811	TURKEY: 2008 NTE SUBMITTED NOVEMBER 13 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-21 12:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN TU
07ANKARA2813	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-21 13:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2814	TURKEY: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-21 14:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA PHUM PREL UN TU
07ANKARA2815	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MURTHA'S VISIT TO TURKEY, [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit comes on the heels of PM Erdogan's November 5 meeting with President Bush, when we promised to support effective measures to eliminate the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terrorist threat from northern Iraq. A November 20 follow-up visit by Generals Cartwright and Pet [...]	2007-11-21 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER MASS PARM IR IZ TU
07ANKARA2817	CFE/ISTANBUL: TURKEY SHARES OUR SKEPTICISM ABOUT [...] (C) We shared ref a points with MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Deputy Director General Ahmet Gun on November 21. Gun was grateful to have our views in advance of the arrival of the German and Spanish ambassadors, who met with Deputy Undersecretary Rafet Akgunay later that day to push the G [...]	2007-11-23 12:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS NATO OSCE KCFE TU
07ANKARA2818	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-23 13:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2819	TURKEY: DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA [...] (C) We delivered reftel points on November 21 to MFA Latin America Head of Department Ece Ozturk Cil. Cil assured us that U.S. concerns in Latin America are strongly taken into account in Turkey's Latin America policies, given her department's location in the MFA Americas Directorate and Tur [...]	2007-11-23 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM VE TU WHA
07ANKARA2820	TURKEY: PRESIDENT GUL TO TRAVEL TO PAKISTAN; WILL [...] (C) Turkish President Gul telephoned President Musharraf November 19 to request an opportunity to visit Pakistan, preferably in early December, according to MFA South Asia desk officer Ilhan Sener. Traditionally, Pakistan is one of the first foreign visits by a Turkish President, after north [...]	2007-11-23 15:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF PK TU
07ANKARA2826	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-26 14:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA283	Cases of H5N1 Avian Influenza Confirmed in Poultry in [...] (U) Summary. In a press release, the Ministry of Agriculture (MARA) confirmed that 170 birds died of Avian Influenza (AI) on a small farm in the village of Bogazkoy in the province of Batman. On Feb. 9, MARA confirmed that the birds were indeed infected with the H5N1 strain of AI. All precau [...]	2007-02-09 14:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO AMED CASC EAID SENV TU KFLU
07ANKARA2831	TURKEY: CENTER-RIGHT DEMOCRAT PARTY DOWN FOR THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. After an abysmal showing in Turkey's July 22 election, Democrat Party's (DP) reflections on how it got to this point and how to recover have been supplanted by fractious internal jockeying. Center-right consensus holds that DP was doomed as soon as the planned merger with the Mo [...]	2007-11-26 17:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
07ANKARA2833	TURKEY: CODEL MURTHA DISCUSSES IRAQ, ARMENIA, AND [...] (SBU) Turkish President Gul expressed great appreciation for the efforts of Rep. Murtha and other Codel members to prevent House passage of the Armenian genocide Resolution (AGR). He said the meeting between President Bush and PM Erdogan on November 5 had brought Turkey and the US to a "good [...]	2007-11-27 12:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OREP AM IZ IR TU
07ANKARA2834	TURKEY: CHP LEADER BAYKAL MAKES POTEMKIN SENSE, AT [...] (C) Summary. Deniz Baykal, Chairman of the Republican People's Party (CHP),recently proposed surprising policy approaches to Turkey's Kurdish problem, including starting to deal with northern Iraqi authorities. Baykal, a chronic contrarian, urged strategic thinking and outreach to Iraqi Kur [...]	2007-11-27 12:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU IZ
07ANKARA2835	JERUSALEM MEETING UNNECESSARY DISTRACTION FROM [...] (S) Summary and Comment: Despite repeated requests from the international community and the MFA to cancel the conference, Turkish authorities decided to allow the most recent "International Jerusalem Meeting" to occur as scheduled in Istanbul, November 15-17. Speakers advocated the use of vio [...]	2007-11-27 13:34:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER TU IS
07ANKARA2836	TURKEY: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ELECTION FOR THE [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-27 14:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA PREL PHUM TU
07ANKARA2837	TURKEY: MALATYA MURDER TRIAL GETS UNDERWAY AMID [...] (C) Summary: The high-profile trial of seven men accused of the April murder of three Christian bookstore workers in the southeastern city of Malatya began on November 23. Five defendants face multiple life sentences for murder and terrorist acts; two others are charged with assisting in the [...]	2007-11-27 14:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA2839	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-28 06:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU

07ANKARA2846	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-28 15:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2847	TURKEY EXTENDING A DIPLOMATIC HAND TO GEORGIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Through frequent high-level visits, the GOT has reaffirmed its strong support for Georgian independence and territorial integrity. It has sought, too, to reduce any sense of diplomatic isolation felt by Tbilisi since the deterioration of Russian-Georgian relations and, more rec [...]	2007-11-28 15:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN ETRD ELTN SMIG NATO AJ AM GG TU ZJ
07ANKARA2848	TURKEY: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Post responses are keyed to reftel questions. 2. (U) A. Watchlisting (see para 10, below) 3. (U) B. Traveler Information Collection. -- Who collects traveler information? Turkish National Police (TNP) Foreigner [...]	2007-11-28 15:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS TU
07ANKARA2850	TURKEY'S ATTITUDE CHANGE; PRESSURE FOR MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since PM Erdogan's November 5 meeting with President Bush, pressure for immediate Turkish military action against Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terrorist camps has subsided. While both government and military leaders continue to stress Turkish readiness to carry out cross-borde [...]	2007-11-29 07:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ US
07ANKARA2851	TURKEY: CODEL MURTHA'S MEETING WITH DEPUTY DEFENSE [...] (SBU) Summary: DCHOD GEN Ergin Saygun briefed Codel Murtha on Turkey's struggle with PKK terrorism, the PKK's involvement in narcotics smuggling and organized crime, and the inadequate response of many European allies. On Armenia, Saygun stressed Yerevan's implied territorial claims on Turkey [...]	2007-11-29 08:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OREP IZ IR AM TU
07ANKARA2852	U.S. COURT RULING BRINGS HEAVY CASH PENALTY TO UZAN FAMILY [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 21, Motorola won an appeal in a long-standing U.S. fraud case against the Turkish Uzan family, the former owners of the Turkish GSM company Telsim. The U.S. Court of Appeals upheld a $1 billion award, which the Uzans had appealed claiming they could not afford to pay [...]	2007-11-29 10:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ECPS EFIN TU
07ANKARA2853	Update on PKK Violence (November 16-23, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK as well as casualties incurred. The TGS does not account for police casualties and the Ministry of [...]	2007-11-29 10:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA2856	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-29 14:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA286	ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION: TURKS PREDICT DIRE [...] (C) Summary: Contacts from across the Turkish political spectrum are deeply alarmed at the prospect that a Congressional Armenian genocide resolution (AGR) is likely to pass for the first time this year. All predict a harsh reaction, especially from the public, in this already politically-cha [...]	2007-02-09 15:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU AM US
07ANKARA2860	TURKEY/IRAQ: TURKEY REQUESTS US HELICOPTER SUPPORT [...] (C) The Turkish military has requested U.S. support to transport Turkish Special Forces liaison officers (LNOs) co-located with US/Coalition forces in Northern Iraq to the Habur Gate border crossing. MND-N has previously provided helicopter support for this rotation on an informal basis but [...]	2007-11-30 13:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS IZ TU
07ANKARA2862	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-30 15:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2863	CODEL SHAYS TALKS PKK, KURDISH ISSUE, IRAQ, AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rep. Christopher Shays met with MFA Under Secretary Apakan, Turkish General Staff (TGS) Plans and SIPDIS Operations Chief Maj. Gen. Kocak, and a group of current and former parliamentarians representing southeastern Turkey in Ankara on November 26 and 27, the first two days of [...]	2007-11-30 16:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ
07ANKARA2864	TURKEY/IRAQ: GOVERNMENT APPROVES OCTOBER 17 [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Erdogan reportedly stated November 30 that the Council of Ministers and President Gul have authorized the Turkish Armed Forces to conduct a cross-border operation (CBO) against PKK terrorists operating in northern Iraq. Foreign Ministry and Turkish parliament contacts tel [...]	2007-11-30 16:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ
07ANKARA2865	CRASH OF ATLASJET FLIGHT FROM ISTANBUL TO ISPARTA, TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary: An Atlasjet flight from Istanbul to Isparta, Turkey crashed 12 km from the Isparta Airport at approximately 01:45 local time on 30 November, 2007. The plane was a McDonald-Douglas 83. The remains of all 57 onboard have been located by Search and Rescue teams. The pilot, Serh [...]	2007-11-30 17:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ASEC TU
07ANKARA2867	TURKISH FORCES FIRE ON PKK CAMP IN NORTHERN IRAQ [...] (C) Summary. Turkish artillery fired on a terrorist PKK camp in the eastern Zap region along Iraq's northern border from 10:38 til 11:05 Zulu December 1. In two announcements made following the action, the Turkish General Staff (TGS) confirmed the operation, asserting TGS forces killed 30 P [...]	2007-12-02 11:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR TU
07ANKARA2870	AVOIDING CUTOFF OF TURKISH ELECTRICITY TO NORTHERN [...] (SBU) Summary: Karadeniz Toptan Elektrik Ticareti(Kartet) supplies electricity to Northern Iraq from a plant in SE Turkey. Kartet Director Nuray Atacik told us that this year, delays in getting annual renewal of Kartet's fuel oil export permit and letter of credit from the Government of Ira [...]	2007-12-03 09:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG IZ TU
07ANKARA2874	TURKEY: POSITIVE REACTIONS TO DECEMBER 1 [...] (U) Summary: There has been no subsequent military action following artillery strikes against PKK positions in northern Iraq on December 1. However, senior GOT officials have publicly reaffirmed Turkey's readiness to make additional hits on PKK bases across the border and have said it is no [...]	2007-12-03 12:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS MARR IZ TU
07ANKARA2875	Update on PKK Violence (November 24-31, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website. TGS does not account for police casualties and Ministry of Interior casualty data is not made public. As a result, actual numbers for total Turkish [...]	2007-12-03 12:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA2877	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-03 14:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2879	POLL OPENS DOOR INTO TURKEY'S SOUTHEAST [...] (SBU) Summary. A clear majority of residents polled in 14 southeastern Turkish provinces said they would prefer to live in Turkey even if an independent Kurdish state were founded in northern Iraq. The Turkish polling company Metropoll claimed its November survey of 1,079 people is the first [...]	2007-12-03 15:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA2885	CODEL SHAYS GOES TO SOUTHEASTERN TURKEY [...] (U) This is a Consulate Adana cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Representative Christopher Shays obtained first-hand insight into the Kurdish issue and efforts to counter the PKK during a November 27-28 visit to southeastern Turkey. He also toured the Habur border gate and was briefed on Turkish-Iraq [...]	2007-12-04 08:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ
07ANKARA2886	TURKEY: GREEK ORTHODOX ARCHONS CLAIM ECUMENICAL [...] (C) Summary: Turkish government policies are slowly suffocating the Ecumenical Patriarchate (EP),according to representatives of the Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, a U.S.-based group of Greek Orthodox laymen. In November 29 meetings, the delegation told Turkish officials crawling re [...]	2007-12-04 08:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA2888	FIVE YEARS WAITING IN THE WINGS: CHILDREN'S LAW SIGNED [...] Turkish President Gul on December 1 signed into law the "Children's Law" which includes language implementing the Hague Convention on International Child Abduction. The Turkish Parliament passed the law on November 22. 2. This marks the successful culmination of a five-year effort by pos [...]	2007-12-04 09:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC PGOV PREL TU
07ANKARA2891	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-04 14:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2893	TURKEY: RELIEF ON THE WAY FOR ANKARA TIP SHELTER [...] (SBU) The Ankara TIP shelter, operated by the Foundation for Women's Solidarity (FWS),remains open despite a three-month funding short-fall. FWS could not pay salaries in September, October, or November 2007. The Canadian International Development Agency has responded positively to the IOM [...]	2007-12-04 15:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID AFIN ELAB PHUM SMIG SOCI TU
07ANKARA2894	TURKEY SIGNS ELECTRICITY AGREEMENT WITH IRAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey and Iran signed an electricity agreement on November 21 and pledged to continue cooperation on energy issues despite U.S. objections. The agreement calls for private sector construction of two thermal power plants and one hydropower plant and investment in trans-border t [...]	2007-12-04 16:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV BEXP TU IR
07ANKARA2895	Rising Inflation Challenges the Central Bank [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's headline consumer inflation was 1.95 percent in November, considerably higher than the 1.58 percent consensus estimate, and this result surpassed even the most pessimistic economic forecasts. Core indicators were not encouraging and non-food inflation picked up sharply [...]	2007-12-05 05:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN TU
07ANKARA2898	TURKEY: SECDEF'S MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (S) Our real-time intelligence and cooperation with Turkey in attacking PKK encampments in northern Iraq has turned around a relationship that soured in September and October due to the Armenian genocide resolution and PKK attacks. You should highlight our commitment to helping Turkey combat t [...]	2007-12-05 14:11:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS TU IZ
07ANKARA2905	TURKEY: ADANA GOVERNOR REVEALS HIS SUSPICIONS [...] (U) This is a Consulate Adana cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: At an opening ceremony of the Adana chapter of the EU-supported Civil Society Development Center (STGM),Adana Governor Ilhan Atis verbally attacked the coordinator, questioned European motives (and competence),and insisted civil soci [...]	2007-12-06 14:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM TU
07ANKARA2907	TURKEY/IRAN: INITIAL TURKISH REACTION TO NATIONAL [...] (C) Ambassador reviewed the NIE key judgments and reftel points with MFA Undersecretary Apakan and President/Prime Minister advisor Davutoglu on December 4. Drawing on points in reftel, Ambassador highlighted the NIE's conclusion that Iran had a nuclear weapons program and stopped it in 2003, [...]	2007-12-06 15:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP MNUC PARM IR TU
07ANKARA2909	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-06 15:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2914	TURKEY: PEACE UNIVERSITY TO DEVELOP ECONOMY, [...] (SBU) This cable contains confidential business information not intended for external distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: As President Gul prematurely announced during the recent Peres/Abbas visit to Turkey, Bilkent University Rector and philanthropist Ali Dogramaci is building a "Peace Unive [...]	2007-12-07 11:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PRELEVU EINV TU IS
07ANKARA2915	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-07 13:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2917	BLOCKING MONEY FLOWS TO THE PKK IN NORTHERN IRAQ: [...] (S) Summary. As the United States works together with Turkey to implement the President's directive for effective action against PKK terror, we must also redouble our efforts to shut down the financial support that flows from Europe into PKK headquarters located in northern Iraq. While previ [...]	2007-12-07 14:48:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	KTFN EFIN PTER PREL TU IZ
07ANKARA2918	DESIGNATING TAK AND PJAK TERRORIST GROUPS: NEED [...] (S) Summary: The USG should move quickly to formally designate TAK (Kurdish Freedom Falcons) and PJAK (Party of Free Life of Kurdistan),two terrorist groups that work in close collaboration with the northern Iraq-based PKK. Designation would help efforts to cut off financing to these well-k [...]	2007-12-07 14:49:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER CBIS TU
07ANKARA2919	TURKEY'S CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM FOCUSES POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary and comment. After a clumsy start, the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) efforts to push through comprehensive constitutional revisions are gaining momentum. AKP officials, at least in private, are forthrightly stating that wholesale changes are necessary to wrench contr [...]	2007-12-07 14:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM TU
07ANKARA2921	PRESIDENT GUL PROPOSES GAS PIPELINE VIA IRAN AND JOINT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkish President Abdullah Gul's December 5-6 visit to Turkmenistan focused on energy and economic relations. Gul proposed to his Turkmen counterpart to transport Turkmen gas to market via Turkey, and joint oil and gas exploration in Turkmenistan. Energy Minister Guler was quo [...]	2007-12-07 15:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV BEXP TU
07ANKARA2922	TURKEY: POLITICAL HOT-BUTTON APPOINTMENT TESTS NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. President Gul will shortly appoint a new chairman of the Higher Education Council (YOK),a body enshrined in the 1982 Constitution to oversee Turkey's university system and preserve its staunchly secularist nature. In a country perpetually challenged by perceived thr [...]	2007-12-10 05:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
07ANKARA2926	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-10 13:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2928	TURKEY: PRESIDENT GUL URGES PAKISTAN OPPOSITION TO [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Turkish President Gul, during a December 2-3 visit to Islamabad, urged Pakistan's opposition leaders to put President Musharraf above the political fray and compete amongst themselves in the upcoming, January 6 elections. Pointing to the long and bumpy road Turkish [...]	2007-12-10 13:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF PK TU
07ANKARA293	BEST YEAR EVER: TURKEY IMPORTANT MARKET FOR U.S. PHRMA [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey currently represents the 14th largest market in the world in terms of pharmaceutical sales, and it is on track to grow to the 10th largest by 2009. The size of the market comes from volume and not from the pricing of pharmaceuticals, which PhRMA company representatives c [...]	2007-02-12 12:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR USTR EUN TU
07ANKARA2931	Update on PKK Violence (December 1-7, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the December 1-7, 2007 reporting period, one GOT se [...]	2007-12-11 05:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA2934	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-11 12:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2935	TURKEY: GOT FLOATS A TRIAL BALLOON ON GENERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Erdogan sent up a trial balloon December 9 on the possibility of issuing some form of amnesty to PKK members. As the GOT and military continue to work closely with us to implement the November 5 understanding, they want to keep the pressure on both the PKK in northern Iraq and [...]	2007-12-11 13:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL TU IZ
07ANKARA2938	INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS ASSOCIATION SETS 2008 PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Moving Turkey's informal economy (still estimated at over 40% of the Turkish workforce) into the formal economy and tax rolls again topped the International Investors Association of Turkey's (YASED) priorities for 2008. During their November annual meeting in Ankara, YASED exec [...]	2007-12-11 15:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV BEXP KIPR TU
07ANKARA2940	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-11 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2942	TURKISH EFFORTS ON LEBANESE PRESIDENCY [...] (c) Further to reftels, Ambassador spoke December 11 with Turkish Presidency/PM foreign affairs advisor Davutoglu about the Lebanese presidency state of play. Davutoglu said that he and PM Erdogan have been in touch on an almost daily basis over the past couple of weeks with key players in Bei [...]	2007-12-11 16:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY TU
07ANKARA2943	EXBS: TURKEY ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORT- (NOVEMBER [...] Summary: The EXBS Advisor completed transfer of the Z-Backscatter Van (ZBV) to Turkish Customs. Turkish MFA continues to withhold implementation of EXBS Agreement pending U.S. ratification of the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy (123) Agreement. Progress continues for ongoing enforcement tra [...]	2007-12-12 05:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
07ANKARA2944	TURKEY: GUL'S APPOINTMENT TO HIGHER EDUCATION [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-12 09:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA2945	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-12 15:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2949	MFA OFFICIAL PREDICTS RENEWED NATO-EU TENSIONS [...] (C) Summary: EU plans to deploy an ESDP police mission to Kosovo could spark renewed NATO-EU tensions by mid-January unless the issue of NATO support for the mission, and the broader problem of Turkey's relationship with ESDP, are addressed to Turkey's satisfaction. A Turkish MFA official hi [...]	2007-12-13 11:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL TU YI
07ANKARA2952	TURKEY: GOT CONCERNED ABOUT NEW YORK SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-13 13:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL TU
07ANKARA2953	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-13 14:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2955	TURKISH THINKING ON AZERI GAS VOLUMES AND TRANSIT [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's energy priorities are increasing gas supply and diversity of suppliers, and reducing its energy costs. The Turkey-Greece-Italy Intergovernmental Agreement that allows Turkey to buy 15% of transiting gas at a netback price plays a central role in meeting these needs. Netba [...]	2007-12-13 15:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU EINV AZ
07ANKARA2958	TURKEY: NEW JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS LAW IRKS SECULAR [...] (C) Summary: President Gul's midnight signing of a new law governing the selection process for prosecutors and judges brought sharp criticism from a legal establishment that sees the move as a challenge to its independence by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). The truth is more [...]	2007-12-14 11:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA2959	TURKEY: 2007 DECA INSPECTION FOCUSES ON INCIRLIK [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-14 11:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR TU
07ANKARA296	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-12 13:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2960	TURKEY/IRAQ: TAKING THE PULSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador urged GOT Iraq Coordinator Celikkol to move forward with a GOT invitation to President Talabani to visit Ankara, noting such a step could help break the ice between the Turks and Iraqi Kurds and lead to eventual dialogue with Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) officials. [...]	2007-12-14 11:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER ETRD TU IZ
07ANKARA2962	EXBS: TURKISH ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY REQUESTS [...] (U) Action request at para 5. 2.(C) Summary: The Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK) has requested that the USG send a team of experts to conduct a joint nuclear smuggling threat assessment with TAEK to obtain a better understanding of the threat to Turkey of proliferation of nuclear mat [...]	2007-12-14 11:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
07ANKARA2963	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-14 12:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2965	TURKEY: UPDATE ON WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] Turkey continues its efforts to eliminate all forms of child labor, increasing access to basic and vocational education to improve the prospects of children currently working, and withdrawing them from employment while they are children. Post provides new information below in response to the [...]	2007-12-14 14:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI TU
07ANKARA2968	TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP: October & November 2007 [...] In the keynote speech delivered at the opening of the Turkish War Academies on Oct. 1, CHOD GEN Yasar Buyukanit underlined the theme that no power can divide Turkey, change its secular structure, or shake the Turkish nation's confidence in its military. Emphasizing the importance of the fight [...]	2007-12-14 15:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL YI CI AJ IZ GR KS IT UK IS CY PL
07ANKARA2969	TURKEY: 2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-14 15:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR TU
07ANKARA2970	TURKEY: 2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-14 15:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR TU
07ANKARA2973	TURKEY: CURRENT THINKING ON THE IRAN NUCLEAR THREAT [...] (C) Summary: Conversations with Turkish officials, parliamentarians, academics, and opinion-makers following publication of the latest National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran, reveal the following: -- While the GOT remains opposed to and very concerned about a nuclear-armed Iran, it f [...]	2007-12-16 01:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNUC OREP TU IR
07ANKARA2974	TURKEY/IRAQ: TURKEY CONDUCTS AIRSTRIKES AGAINST [...] (C) Turkish warplanes attacked suspected PKK terrorist targets in northern Iraq between 0100 and 0400 hours local time on December 16. Turkish General Staff (TGS) officials provided approximately one hour advance notice to U.S. personnel via the Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) in Ankara, [...]	2007-12-16 10:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PTER IZ TU
07ANKARA2975	TURKEY: POLITICAL SUPPORT FOR KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: There is little public concern in Turkey over Kosovo's final status. The GOT continues to view independence as inevitable. Because public support cuts across party lines, there will be a strong political consensus for Turkey to play a post-independence role. Neverthel [...]	2007-12-17 07:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU KV
07ANKARA2983	TURKEY: REACTION TO MILITARY STRIKES AGAINST PKK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reaction to Turkish military air and artillery strikes (ref A) against PKK targets in northern Iraq early December 16 dominated Turkish media on December 17. President Gul, PM Erdogan, and other government officials praised the Turkish military's ability to carry out night-tim [...]	2007-12-17 12:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS PTER TU IZ
07ANKARA2985	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-17 14:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2989	MAY 1 DANISH FLIGHT SEARCH NETS 19 PKK CASH [...] (S) Danish authorities briefly detained 19 suspected PPK cash couriers on a May 1 charter flight that stopped in Copenhagen en route from Stockholm to Erbil in northern Iraq, Danish Embassy Police Liaison Officer Jens Mortensen told Regional CT Coordinator on December 14. The flight was given [...]	2007-12-17 16:05:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER PREL EFIN KTFN IZ DA TU
07ANKARA2991	TURKEY/IRAQ: TURKISH AIR AND ARTILLERY STRIKES ON [...] (S) Turkish warplanes attacked suspected PKK positions in the Zap region, in northern Iraq along the Turkey-Iraq border, between 1200 and 1400 hours local time on December 17. The Turkish General Staff (TGS) provided advance warning to the Ankara Coordination Center (ACC) located in the Offic [...]	2007-12-17 17:38:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MOPS TU IZ
07ANKARA2992	PKK-LINKED ROJ-TV DOMINATES TURKEY-DENMARK CT [...] (C) Summary. Denmark needs "better" evidence from the Turks to successfully prosecute PKK-linked ROJ-TV, Danish U/S Taksoe-Jensen told his Turkish counterparts during inaugural Turkey-Denmark CT consultations on December 12. Given the strict independence of Denmark's prosecutors, he suggested [...]	2007-12-17 18:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL KTFN DA TU
07ANKARA2994	TURKEY: RELIGIOUS MINORITIES VOICE OPPOSITION TO [...] (C) Summary and comment: Turkey's traditional religious minority communities -- Greek Orthodox, Armenian Orthodox, and Jewish Community -- recently have criticized elements of a draft Foundations Law, vetoed in 2006 by then-President Sezer, that Parliament is expected to take up in early 2008 [...]	2007-12-18 09:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA2997	TURKEY/IRAQ: TURKISH TROOPS ENTER NORTHERN IRAQ ON [...] (S) Summary: Turkish troops in battalion strength entered northern Iraq in the Hakurk and Ava Shin regions late December 17 and into December 18. Turkish General Staff (TGS) claims this was a hot pursuit operation, initiated by a local commander and to a limited depth, and therefore was unabl [...]	2007-12-18 10:49:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MOPS PTER IZ TU
07ANKARA2998	TURKEY: RELIGIOUS MINORITIES VOICE OPPOSITION TO [...] (C) Summary and comment: Turkey's traditional religious minority communities -- Greek Orthodox, Armenian Orthodox, and Jewish Community -- recently have criticized elements of a draft Foundations Law, vetoed in 2006 by then-President Sezer, that Parliament is expected to take up in early 2008 [...]	2007-12-18 10:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA3000	TURKEY: JORDANIAN KING DISCUSSES MEPP, SYRIA WITH [...] (C) Jordanian King Abdullah's discussions with President Gul and PM Erdogan during his December 10 visit focused primarily on regional security issues, according to MFA Levant desk officer Cem Ulusoy. All three leaders expressed support for the latest round of the Middle East peace process ( [...]	2007-12-18 11:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU IS JO SY
07ANKARA3004	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-18 13:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA3006	TURKEY: REACTION TO MILITARY STRIKES AGAINST [...] (S) SUMMARY: Senior GOT and military officials continue to praise the strikes against PKK targets in northern Iraq and deny that civilian targets there were hit. However, inadequacies in interagency coordination and the sidelining of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs plague GOT efforts to addre [...]	2007-12-18 15:55:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MOPS PGOV PTER TU IZ
07ANKARA3008	Update on PKK Violence (December 8-15, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the December 8-15, 2007 reporting period, no GOT se [...]	2007-12-19 09:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA3009	TURKEY TO FOLLOW-UP AGAINST WITH IRANIANS ON [...] (S) GOT officials have said they will again follow-up with Government of Iran authorities to press for information related to the disappearance of Robert Levinson. MFA Deputy Director General for South Asia Babur Hizlan told us December 18 that he will ask the Turkish embassy in Tehran to cont [...]	2007-12-19 09:40:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	CASC PREL PHUM TU IR
07ANKARA3010	TURKEY: CATHOLIC PRIEST STABBED IN IZMIR [...] (C) Summary and comment: Police detained a 19-year old Turkish man shortly after he stabbed Italian Priest Adiano Franchini inside Izmir's St. Antoine Church on Sunday, December 16. Franchini, who survived the attack and is recovering well, said he would not press charges against the attacke [...]	2007-12-19 09:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA3014	TURKEY'S TOP BUSINESS GROUP TAKES LEAD IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodities Exchanges (TOBB) is a leader in the Ankara Forum for Economic Cooperation between Turkey, Palestine, and Israel (refs A-C). They are developing free trade zones in Gaza and the West Bank, although they are frustrated by lack of pro [...]	2007-12-19 10:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID ETRD PREL TU IZ AF PA IS
07ANKARA3015	TURKISH OPPOSITION APPEALS TO COURT TO ANNUL THE NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) and Democratic Left Party (DSP) asked the Constitutional Court on December 6 to annul the recently passed Nuclear Power Law. They assert that the law is unconstitutional because it usurps parliamentary authority, violates the "great [...]	2007-12-19 10:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV BEXP TU
07ANKARA3016	TURKEY: RULING AKP TACKLES A TABOO -- IMPROVING [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-19 14:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA3017	TURKEY: MHP'S BRIEF MOMENT OF NOTORIETY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Opposition Nationalist Action Party (MHP) members are quietly distancing themselves from the words of their colleague in parliament, Osman Durmus, who sharply criticized Chief of the General Staff General Buyukanit. MHP will wisely keep itself at arm's length from direct attacks [...]	2007-12-19 14:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TU
07ANKARA3020	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-26 07:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA3028	TURKEY: REACTIONS TO CONTINUED AIRSTRIKES AGAINST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Public reaction to repeated Turkish strikes against PKK targets in northern Iraq continues to be positive. The role the U.S. has played in sharing intelligence and deconflicting Iraqi airspace has also received a great deal of positive attention. Turkish media continue to note [...]	2007-12-26 15:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER MOPS PREL PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA3031	Update on PKK Violence (December 16-23, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the December 16-23, 2007 reporting period, no GOT s [...]	2007-12-27 06:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA3033	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-27 08:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA3039	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-27 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA3040	TURKEY: 2007 ADVANCE SPECIAL 301 INITIATIVE UPDATE [...] (SBU) The Turkish government has made little progress on six action items in the 2007 Advance Special 301 Initiative Action Plan since we presented it to them in August. Foreign Trade Undersecretariat (FTU) officials enthusiastically accepted the plan but, we surmise, ran into resistance with [...]	2007-12-27 16:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV TU
07ANKARA3043	(S) SHIELD S15A-06: TURKEY PREPARED TO HELP BLOCK [...] (S) We delivered reftel paper to MFA Department Head for Arms Control and Disarmament Elif Ulgen on December 17. Ulgen, who personally reviews all export licenses to Syria involving Australia Group-controlled items, expressed appreciation for the information and promised to share the informati [...]	2007-12-28 08:00:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PARM ETTC
07ANKARA3044	TURKEY PREPARING TO REVIVE EU REFORMS IN 2008 [...] (C) Summary and comment: The EU's December 19 decision to open negotiations with Turkey on two new policy chapters appears to have calmed GOT officials infuriated by French President Sarkozy's maneuvering to have the terms "accession" and "membership" removed from the GAERC's December 10 stat [...]	2007-12-28 08:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA3045	TURKEY: CODEL SKELTON DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES [...] (C) President Gul, PM Erdogan, DCHOD Saygun and DefMin Gonul all expressed satisfaction with U.S. support to Turkey against PKK terrorism. The Turkish people have a more positive view of the U.S. as a result. Codel Skelton stressed the common struggle against terrorism and U.S. understanding [...]	2007-12-28 11:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OREP AM IZ IR TU KV IS KPAL
07ANKARA3047	TURKEY SHARES USG CONCERNS ABOUT OSLO PROCESS, BUT [...] (C) We delivered reftel papers on December 17 to MFA Department Head for Arms Control and Disarmament Elif Ulgen, who was a member of the Turkish delegation to the Oslo Process meeting in Vienna on 5-7 December. Ulgen stated that, as a country with cluster munitions in its arsenal, Turkey sha [...]	2007-12-28 11:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL NATO TU
07ANKARA3049	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-28 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA3051	TURKEY: BATMAN SEES LOCAL POLITICAL TENSIONS RISING [...] (U) This is a Consulate Adana message. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Two prominent Batman Bar Association leaders in southeast Turkey told us during a recent visit that local political tensions between the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) have inc [...]	2007-12-28 15:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA3052	MGPKO2: TURKEY CONDEMNS BHUTTO ASSASSINATION, [...] (U) Turkey has strongly condemned the assassination of former Pakistani PM Benazir Bhutto and called for unity in the face of terrorism and extremism. In its December 27 statement, the MFA greeted the news of Bhutto's death with great sorrow and went on to state, "There is no doubt that thes [...]	2007-12-28 15:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PK TU
07ANKARA307	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-13 15:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA308	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR S/P DIRECTOR STEPHEN KRASNER [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to S/P Director Stephen Krasner and S/P Delegation. 2. (U) Janice Weiner, Political Counselor, is your Control Officer for Ankara. She can be reached at: Office 011-90-312-455-5555, Ext 2515; Home: 011-90-312-448-2108 or ext 2114; [...]	2007-02-13 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PREL TU

07ANKARA310	EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (JAN 2007) [...] Summary: Turkish Parliament ratified the U.S. - Turkish NP Cooperation Agreement, a major step in fully opening the EXBS program in Turkey. EXBS Advisor continued coordination of training opportunities for Turkish Customs Officials. GOT approved the upgrade of previously installed por [...]	2007-02-14 05:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
07ANKARA311	MIDNIGHT EXPRESS IT'S NOT: MODEL TURKISH PRISON [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-14 07:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA313	TURKEY: IMPACT OF THE ARMENIA BILL ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: French interests in Turkey have suffered as a result of votes taken by the French National Assembly to recognize (in 2001) the events of 1915 as a "genocide," and then in October 2006 to criminalize the denial of those events. In the case of the former, French embassy officials [...]	2007-02-14 11:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON MARR ETRD FR AM TU
07ANKARA316	Scenesetter for the Visit of CODEL Dicks to Turkey [...] Summary: Your visit comes at a critical period in the U.S.-Turkey bilateral relationship as the government grapples with continued PKK terrorist attacks from northern Iraq, fears that Iraq's instability will spread beyond its borders, the aftermath of the Dink murder, a potential U.S. congressi [...]	2007-02-14 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER ETRD PGOV TU IZ IR
07ANKARA317	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION@SDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2007 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-14 15:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA318	Nomination for Woman of Courage Award - Nebahat Akkoc, [...] (U) The following is Mission Turkey's nomination for the Secretary's "Woman of Courage" awards. SIPDIS 2. (U) Nominee: Nebahat Akkoc, President and founder of KA-MER (Women's Center),Turkey. Age: 54. Contact addresses: Ali Emiri 4. Sk. Diskale Apt No:2/4 Yenisehir, Diyarbakir, Turkey; [...]	2007-02-14 16:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PHUM PREL KPAO TU
07ANKARA319	TURKEY: NATIONALIST PEOPLE'S PARTY CHAIRMAN DEVLET BAHCELI: NATIONALISM FOR ALL TURKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 5, Nationalist People's Party (MHP) Chairman Devlet Bahceli outlined to Ambassador the party's priorities for the coming election year. His candor was hampered by an adherence to the party's declared goal of becoming the sole governing party after the general electio [...]	2007-02-15 06:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
07ANKARA324	UNSCR 1737: TURKEY WILL SEARCH FOR ASSETS, BUT [...] (C) Summary. Demarches on implementation of UNSCR 1737 have been delivered to the Minister of Finance, Turkey's financial intelligence unit, and the Foreign Ministry. The senior foreign ministry official responsible for intelligence and security appreciated the information, but admitted tha [...]	2007-02-15 12:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KFTN PARM KNNP IR TU
07ANKARA325	SUCCESS STORY - AFGHAN-TURKISH COUNTERNAROCTICS TRAINING [...] (SBU) Summary: Post organized an INL-funded, DEA-run counternarcotics training program for Afghan and Turkish counternarcotics supervisory agents in Ankara January 29-February 2. The course advanced multiple USG goals at very modest cost: bringing together Afghan and Turkish officials to enha [...]	2007-02-15 13:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR EAID KPAO TU
07ANKARA335	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-15 15:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA336	ANKARA DELIGHTED WITH PKK ARRESTS IN FRANCE AND [...] (S) Summary: Turkish MFA Director General for Security Guven stressed the importance of the recent French and Belgian arrests of PKK individuals and looked forward to further cooperation with the French on the case. At the same time, Guven noted French concerns about press reports crediting [...]	2007-02-15 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	KTFN PTER EFIN FRU TU BE
07ANKARA338	WHY KIRKUK MATTERS TO TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: The future status of Kirkuk is the number one issue in Turkish political debate on Iraq. Policymakers have told us that it is more significant than the PKK problem. Turkish concern is primarily centered on the fear that Kurdish control of Kirkuk will lead to an independent Kurdish [...]	2007-02-16 06:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PTER TU IZ
07ANKARA339	PKK Issue: Update on Violence and Political Developments [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News`ency, and international wilties and are often otherwise unreliable. 2. (U) During the January 16-31, 2007 [...]	2007-02-06 08:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA343	TURKS ASK FOR MORE JUSTIFICATION FOR WMD TASK [...] (C) Summary: ISN/WMD Office Director Thomas Lehrman presented a draft MOU on the creation of a bilateral Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Terrorism Enforcement Task Force to Serhan Yigit, Head of Section, MFA Department of Arms Control and Disarmament on February 13 on the margins of the Anka [...]	2007-02-16 12:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PREL PTER TU
07ANKARA351	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-16 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA354	TURKEY AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - NO HUMAN CASES [...] SUMMARY: The GOT moved rapidly to contain outbreaks of avian influenza in chickens in villages in Batman and Diyarbakir provinces in the southeast that began on February 5 (refs). Ministry of Agriculture (MARA) officials culled nearly 3,000 birds and are implementing other appropriate biosecu [...]	2007-02-16 15:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TBIO AMED CASC EAID SENV TU KFLU
07ANKARA356	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL TILLEMANN [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Tomicah Tillemann. 2. (U) Jeff Collins, Political Officer, is your Control Officer for Ankara. He can be reached at: Office 011-90-312-455-5555, Ext 2521; Home: 011-90-312-495-6433; Cellular: 011-90-532-620-3849. Chris Fri [...]	2007-02-20 07:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA OREP AMGT AFIN ASEC TU
07ANKARA367	TURKEY SEEK TO REVITALIZE BSEC AS IT FETES 15 YEARS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey aims to use its BSEC (Black Sea Economic Cooperation) chairmanship to revitalize BSEC as it commemorates its 15th anniversary at its Istanbul Summit on June 25. BSEC and Turkey urge high level participation at this event. BSEC hopes to highlight BSEC institutional refo [...]	2007-02-20 15:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SENV KCRM TU
07ANKARA369	TURKEY COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DHS/DNDO [...] Embassy Ankara to Mr. Dave Smith and will travel to Ankara and@fuclear Research Facility Q February 24 to March 3, rol Officer is Kevin Lyon who can be contacted via the IVG 295-2524 or Commercial (90)(312)455-5555 ext.2524 or through Embassy switchboard ext 0. 3. Local contact and lodgin [...]	2007-02-21 09:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP OTRA PREL TU
07ANKARA372	IRAQ: TURKEY EAGER TO MOVE ON NEIGHBORS CONFERENCES [...] (S) Following up on ref email conveying the Secretary's interest in pursuing FonMin Gul's proposal to host a senior "Iraq neighbors" plus P5/G8 meeting in the near future, Ambassador met Feb. 16 with Gul and Feb. 19 with GOT Special Coordinator for Iraq Celikkol. They confirmed that Turkey en [...]	2007-02-21 09:25:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV TU IZ IR SY EG SA
07ANKARA373	Special 301 - Recommendation to Put Turkey on Watch List [...] (SBU) Post recommends moving Turkey to the Special 301 Watch List in 2007 to recognize improved legislative protections for intellectual property as well as the increase in seizures and resources dedicated to capturing and sentencing IPR violators. Turkish officials provided comprehensive and f [...]	2007-02-21 10:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR USTR TU
07ANKARA375	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-21 13:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA378	TURKISH CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR EXPRESSES CONFIDENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Central Bank Governor Durmus Yilmaz told A/S Sullivan that the Bank was hopeful it could achieve its 2008 target and would attain a respectable 5.1% in 2007 if current conditions prevailed for the remainder of the year. While this is below the official target (of 4%),the Gover [...]	2007-02-22 09:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN TU
07ANKARA379	TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, January 2007 [...] The Turkish Parliament ratified on January 24 the Bilateral Agreement on Cooperation to Facilitate the Provision of Assistance for Nonproliferation Purposes (EXBS),which was originally signed on June 14, 2005. The agreement, which was ratified despite the objection of the CHP (Republican Peop [...]	2007-02-22 10:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL LE GR UP IS AJ TU
07ANKARA38	KAYSERI'S BOOM SHOWS TURKEY'S PROMISE, POLITICS PERMITTING [...] (SBU) A recent visit to the thriving central Anatolian city of Kayseri showed the potential for expanding the geographical base of U.S.-Turkey trade beyond the megalopolis of Istanbul and how economic stability and openness are spreading growth in Turkey's regional cities, creating opportunit [...]	2007-01-09 12:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN BEXP SOCI TU
07ANKARA381	CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-22 11:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN AMGT OREP OTRA PGOV TK TRY
07ANKARA382	U/S JOSEPH ASKS TURKISH FINANCE MINISTER FOR [...] (C) Summary: U/S Joseph briefed Turkish Finance Minister Unakitan on the nuclear threat from Iran and sought Turkish support in taking financial measures against Iran, with specific reference both to export credits and sanctions on entities controlled by AIO and IRGC. Unakitan seemed concerned [...]	2007-02-22 12:14:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	KNNP KTFN EFIN TU IR
07ANKARA383	SCENESETTER FOR CENTRAL ASIA CONSULTATIONS IN [...] (C) Introduction: The U.S.-Turkey bilateral relationship is in a critical phase as the government grapples with continued PKK terrorist attacks from northern Iraq, fears that Iraq's instability will spread beyond its borders, the aftermath of the Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink murder, [...]	2007-02-22 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
07ANKARA384	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-22 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA385	Kayseri: Eye of the Anatolian Tiger [...] (SBU) Summary: Kayseri, a city of one million people in the center of Turkey, is one of the centers of Turkey economic revival. The business elite tends to recycle investment capital back into the city, and credit is usually obtained overseas. The limits on Kayseri's development are its fic [...]	2007-02-22 15:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON SOCI TU
07ANKARA386	IRAQI VP ABDEL MAHDI ASKS FOR TURKEY'S SUPPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-22 15:49:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA387	TURKISH GOVERNMENT AND MILITARY CLASH OVER [...] (C) Summary: A dispute between Turkey's military and government over contacts with Iraqi Kurdish leaders is threatening to scuttle an already twice-postponed meeting between FonMin Gul and KRG PM Nechirvan Barzani. The military, even more than the political opposition, will attempt to use thi [...]	2007-02-22 15:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA388	TURKEY CONFIRMS OFFER TO COMMAND UNIFIL NAVAL [...] (C) MFA Middle East Department Head Sedat Onal and Turkish Navy Plans and Policy CDM Cem Gurd to take oveQ after Germany. 2. (C) Both officials insist%d that the Turkish offer was made without Cyprus-related caveats. Turkish command of the force would not prejudice the ability of contributi [...]	2007-02-22 16:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM UNIFIL CY LE TU
07ANKARA391	HIGH ADMINISTRATIVE COURT MAINTAINS FREEZE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's High Administrative Court has maintained the freeze on Yassin Al-Qadi's assets in Turkey by overruling last July's lower court ruling. The lower court had challenged the Government's authority to freeze. The High Court's ruling appears to be final, unless the Council [...]	2007-02-23 14:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN TU
07ANKARA399	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-23 14:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA4	TURKISH CONCERNS ON IRAQ, ARMENIAN GENOCIDE [...] (C) Summary: Turkey will continue closely to cooperate with the US on Iraq and hopes Washington will share its evolving thinking prior to any public announcements, newly promoted MFA U/S Apakan told Ambassador December 30. After repeating remarks on Iraq made December 27 to the DCM (reftel),[...]	2007-01-04 10:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
07ANKARA40	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-09 15:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA403	RUSSIAN THREATS AGAINST MISSILE DEFENSE IN POLAND [...] (C) Ambassador raised ref a points February 22 with MFA Deputy Undersecretary (U/S-equivalent) Haydar Berk, stressing unacceptable Russian threats to Poland and the Czech Republic even though Russia knows missile defenses based in those countries pose no threat to the Russian strategic arsenal. [...]	2007-02-23 16:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PL CZ RU TU
07ANKARA404	TURKISH PROFESSOR RECEIVES MULTIPLE DEATH THREATS [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-23 17:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA406	TURKISH FM GUL REAFFIRMS IMPORTANCE OF BILATERAL [...] SUMMARY: Turkish FM Gul told a congressional delegation that the US/Turkey relationship has weathered many storms but that a US congressional Armenian genocide resolution threatens to undermine cooperation on our shared goals for Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, NATO and more. US failure in Iraq will [...]	2007-02-26 10:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS TU IZ AR
07ANKARA407	ENERGY MIN TELLS A/S SULLIVAN READY TO TRANSIT AZERI GAS TO EUROPE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In February 10 meetings with EEB A/S Dan Sullivan on the margins of U.S.-Turkey Economic Partnership Committee meetings, Energy Minister Hilmi Guler and state-owned pipeline company (BOTAS) acting Director General Saltuk Duzyol emphasized that Turkey is ready facilitate transit [...]	2007-02-26 10:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL TU GG AJ RS IZ
07ANKARA408	TURKISH MINISTER DESCRIBES EU AND ECONOMIC REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Minister of Economy and EU Negotiator Ali Babacan described the profound transformation of Turkey as a more transparent, globally-interconnected country to visiting EEB A/S Sullivan on February 10. Following the EU's December suspension of negotiations over eight chapters, [...]	2007-02-26 11:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN EFIN EU TU
07ANKARA41	TURKEY: ELECTRICITY PRIVATIZATION POSTPONED UNTIL AFTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Confirmation that the Government has decided to postpone electricity distribution company privatizations planned to begin this month put a damper on markets at the start of the new year. The reason for the delay appears to be the political desire of the AKP Government to avoid e [...]	2007-01-10 05:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG EFIN TU
07ANKARA418	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-26 15:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA42	Turkey Seeks Clean Coal Cooperation [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: In an introductory meeting with THE state-owned Turkish Coal Enterprises (TKI),Director Selahaddin Anac expressed hope for activity under the bilateral Implementing Arrangement for Cooperation in the Field of Coal and Power Systems. He voiced strong interes [...]	2007-01-10 10:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG BEXP SENV TU
07ANKARA421	INVITATION FOR TURKEY TO PARTICIPATE IN COESPU [...] We delivered reftel demarche jointly with Italian PolCouns Lucio Demichele on February 22 to Gulin Dinc, Head of Department, MFA International Political Organizations. We emphasized that the program was designed for training of trainers and that we would be prepared to send a joint U.S.-Itali [...]	2007-02-27 07:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PGOV TU
07ANKARA423	TURKEY: STAFFDEL TILLEMANN DISCUSSES ARMENIAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-27 09:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE AM TU
07ANKARA424	TURKISH FM GUL REAFFIRMS IMPORTANCE OF BILATERAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkish FM Gul told a congressional delegation that the US/Turkey relationship has weathered many storms but that a US congressional Armenian genocide resolution threatens to undermine cooperation on our shared goals for Iraq, Afghani and more. US failure `ill be Turkey's failu [...]	2007-02-27 09:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS TU IZ AR
07ANKARA429	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-27 11:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA430	ANKARA'S MAMAK DISTRICT: VOICES OF ANKARA'S HAVE NOTS [...] (SBU) Summary. A visit to one of Ankara's oldest squatter settlements provided insight into the multiple challenges Turkey faces in dealing with its endemic squatter housing problem, which is linked to persistent regional income disparities and the country's deep urban and rural poverty. Res [...]	2007-02-27 11:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SOCI PHUM PGOV ECON TU
07ANKARA432	HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR TURKEY'S NEW MORTAGE LAW [...] (U) Summary. In a social and economic watershed moment for Turkey, officials, real estate developers and finance experts are trumpeting the recent passage of a long-awaited mortgage law as an important step toward transforming Turkey's housing market and blighted urban landscape, a move that c [...]	2007-02-27 12:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV TU
07ANKARA438	CFE FLANK ENTITLEMENTS: TURKEY REVIEWING THE MOU [...] (C) Turkish MFA Deputy Director General for Arms Control and Disarmament Ahmet Muhtar Gun told us February 23 that the ministry's legal office is reviewing U.S. comments on the draft MOU for Turkey's transfer of flank entitlements to the U.S. Gun said he is arguing for the more flexible, poli [...]	2007-02-28 08:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KCFE NATO NO GR TU
07ANKARA439	TURKISH LOGISTICAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO COALITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Incirlik Air Base (IAB) in southern Turkey has been a strategic asset to coalition efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan since the first Gulf War. Current Turkish authorization to use IAB as air-refueling, cargo transit and FAA navigation aid operation hubs has saved the US hundreds of [...]	2007-02-28 08:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS TU IZ AF
07ANKARA444	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Departm Amy Ritualo. Chris Fri@er, is your Control Of 0@779. 2. (U) Post underQlogistical arrangementQng made by ILO. 3. (U)Visas: Please note that all Americans entering Turkey must have a valid Visa. The onlyexception [...]	2007-02-28 11:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB OTRA AFIN AMGT TU
07ANKARA449	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-28 14:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA45	TURKISH FM GUL WILL ATTEND NATO FOREIGN MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-10 13:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL NATO TU
07ANKARA450	GLOBAL RISK REDUCTION HITS TURKISH MARKETS [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-28 15:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN TU
07ANKARA451	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] (SBU) In the wake of the second Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism meeting held in Ankara on February 12-13, we addressed follow-up items with MFA Arms Control Deputy Director General Ahmet Muhtar Gun on February 23. Gun noted that, as a contribution to the GI workplan, Turkey has [...]	2007-02-28 16:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KNNP TU
07ANKARA452	TURKEY ON IAEA REPORT ON IRAN'S NONCOMPLIANCE WITH [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-28 16:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PREL TU IR
07ANKARA458	TURKEY 7TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: OVERVIEW AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 1 of 3 (septel). Embassy point of contact is Cathy Westley, telephone number 90-312-455-5555 X 2513, fax number 90-312-468-4775. Westley (FS-03) spent [...]	2007-03-01 09:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU
07ANKARA459	TURKEY 7TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: INVESTIGATION AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 2 of 3 (septels). -------------------------------------------- Investigation and Prosecution of Traffickers ------------------------------------------ [...]	2007-03-01 09:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU
07ANKARA460	TURKEY 7TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: PROTECTION AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 3 of 3 (septels). ------------------------------------ Protection and Assistance to Victims ------------------------------------ A. (U) The GOT [...]	2007-03-01 09:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU
07ANKARA461	TURKEY'S KURDS ALARMED BY GROWING EXTREMISM; [...] (C) Summary. Heading into the traditionally with thQ Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) (or even IQaqi president Talabani) as disrespectful, particularly given Turkey's readiness to defend Iraqi Turkomans. Baydemir said the escalation of tension, particularly the prospect of a Turkish military [...]	2007-03-01 11:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA462	TURKEY'S OWN "24" -- "VALLEY OF THE WOLVES" [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-01 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA463	NEXT STEPS ON PKK IN EUROPE [...] (S) Summary: Recent French arrests of PKK operatives on criminal charges are a good sign of progress against PKK networks in Europe. To most effectively build on this, we need to follow up to move law enforcement and intelligence cooperation with Europeans to an operational level. Post recom [...]	2007-03-01 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	KTFN TU
07ANKARA465	DESPITE ILL WILL, TURKEY PLANS TO MOVE FORWARD ON [...] (C) Summary: Turkey plans to proceed with its planned outreach to the Iraqi Kurds, but what officials view as a steady stream of unhelpful rhetoric from the KRG leadership complicates this effort. Turks are dismayed by Masoud Barzani's Feb. 26 interview on Turkish television -- and annoyed by [...]	2007-03-01 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA467	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-01 15:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA468	HOPE FOR OUTREACH TO ARMENIA FADES [...] (C) Summary: Even as concern over a U.S. Congressional Armenian genocide resolution mounts, Turks from across the spectrum caution that in this election year Turkey will not/cannot make a dramatic gesture to Armenia. End summary. 2. (C) The hot-button issue of a possible Armenian genocide [...]	2007-03-01 16:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM TU AM AJ
07ANKARA469	TURKEY: RACE FOR UNSC SEAT BRINGS RENEWED [...] (C) SUMMARY: As Turkey gears up its campaign for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council for 2009-2010, the GOT is taking a renewed interest in Africa, reflected in part by PM Erdogan's recent visit to Addis Ababa for the African Union Summit. Never a key focus of Turkey's foreign pol [...]	2007-03-01 16:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON AORC UN XA TU
07ANKARA47	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-10 15:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA470	TURKEY: HAK-PAR POLITICIANS CONVICTED FOR USING [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-02 07:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA474	TURKEY FOCUSED ON POLITICAL PRESSURE TO STOP [...] (C) Summary: Recently announced plans by the Republic of Cyprus to move ahead with a licensing round for offshore oil exploration (reftel) are of great concern to Turkey. Although Turkey claims rights to the area in question under the Law of the Sea, Foreign Ministry officials say they will [...]	2007-03-02 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EWWT PGOV PREL TU CY
07ANKARA476	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-02 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA477	TURKISH TREASURY UNDER SECRETARY NOT WORRIED ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Treasury Under Secretary Ibrahim Canakci told us March 3 he was not worried about the current wave of market turbulence. He said it would not have substantial macroeconomic impact unless it persisted for a longer period. Nor did Canakci express concerns about the IMF Mis [...]	2007-03-02 15:59:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN TU
07ANKARA478	TURKISH MFA COMPLAINT ABOUT SENATE RESOLUTION ON [...] (c) Turkish MFA U/S Apakan called in Ambassador March 2 regarding the Senate draft resolution on the Hrant Dink assassination that has been introduced by Sen. Biden. 2. (c) Reading from a Washington embassy report, Apakan noted that S-Res 65 is listed publicly on the SFRC agenda for March [...]	2007-03-02 16:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM TU
07ANKARA479	IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MOTTAKI'S VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: Turkish officials say they pressed Mottaki to make Iran's nuclear program more transparent and to carefully consider diplomatic offers already on the table, including the P5 1. The Turks cautioned that the international community's lack of confidence about Iran's nuclear program [...]	2007-03-02 16:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP ENRG PREL TU IR
07ANKARA480	TURKEY: GREEK MEASURES TO STRENGTHEN RIGHTS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey believes Greece's efforts to address the concerns of the ethnic Turkish minority population of Western Thrace fall short. While noting that the GOG had made a start, MFA officials indicate they await final Greek action on the proposed legislation and other details before [...]	2007-03-02 18:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM GR TU
07ANKARA482	TURKEY AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] As of February 28, the H5N1 strain of avian influenza has been detected in 12 locations of four districts in Batman province, including one area with wild birds, and in six locations of two districts in Diyarbakir province. There have been a total of 283 dead birds with confirmed cases of H5N [...]	2007-03-05 07:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU ETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO AMED CASC EAID SENV TU
07ANKARA486	PKK Issue: Update on Violence and Political Developments [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these are more reliable than most Turkish press sources, they [...]	2007-03-05 07:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA488	MFA CENTRAL ASIA CONSULTATIONS IN ANKARA [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's approach to Central Asian countries largely echoes ours: ensuring security and stability, promoting democracy and human rights and fostering economic development and integration. During broad consultations in Ankara, SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum and MFA interlocutors explor [...]	2007-03-05 08:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TX AJ UZ TI AF KG TU
07ANKARA489	TURKEY EAGER TO COOPERATE ON CENTRAL ASIA [...] (C) Summary: Turkish government officials agreed with SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum to explore complementary cooperation where possible on our approaches to Central Asia (septel). Representatives from the Turkish General Staff, the Turkish International Cooperation Administration, the Foreign Trade [...]	2007-03-05 08:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TX AJ UZ TI AF KG TU
07ANKARA49	TURKEY'S TELECOM SECTOR - VOIP AND OTHER REGULATION: SLOW [...] SUMMARY: While Turkey's Telecom sector achieved a critical milestone with privatization of Turk Telekom (TT) in early 2006, the six-year old regulatory body Telecom Authority (TK) is still struggling to gain competence and maintain its independence vis a vis still dominant TT and the Ministry [...]	2007-01-10 16:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS EINT EINV TU
07ANKARA491	PROGRESS IN TURKEY'S EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: A visiting U.S. team was impressed by the level of commitment and sophistication in emergency planning evidenced in a range of meetings with national-level disaster assistance players in the Turkish capital. FEMA and OFDA committed to follow up with the Turkish Emergency Manage [...]	2007-03-05 13:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SENV EINV TU
07ANKARA493	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-05 15:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA494	TURKEY: WEAPONS TRAINING DEPLOYMENTS REINITIATED [...] (C) On February 23, the US 22nd and 23rd Fighter Squadrons, based at Spangdahlem Air Base in Germany, completed a six-week long Weapons Training Deployment (WTD) (NOTE: Turkey prefers the use of the term Rotational Training Deployment) at Incirlik Air Base, the first significant WTD to take pl [...]	2007-03-05 15:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS TU
07ANKARA495	TURKEY CRITICAL OF FRENCH DEFENSE AGREEMENT WITH [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-05 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS GR TU
07ANKARA496	TAEK PRESIDENT ON HEU FUEL EXCHANGE AND SISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK) President Okay Cakiroglu stated TAEK is open to discussing areas for peaceful nuclear cooperation, including repatriation of HEU current held at the Cekmece Nuclear Research Center and the USG-proposed nuclear laboratory-to-laboratory ("Si [...]	2007-03-06 07:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP PARM PREL TRGY TU
07ANKARA50	TURKEY: ERDOGAN SUPPORTS SINIORA IN LEBANON, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although PM Erdogan and Lebanese PM Siniora reportedly speak often and, according to remarks in the press attributed to iniora, "have had a visible chemistry together," it seems the GOT prefers to support "stability" in Lebanon above all else. Erdogan met with most Lebanese polit [...]	2007-01-10 16:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU LE SY
07ANKARA501	EXCITEMENT AND FRUSTRATION IN TURKEY'S TELECOM SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Fresh from participation at the annual 3GSM World Conference in Barcelona, participants at a recent telecom sector conference in Istanbul were agog with new visions, technology, and opportunities. Coming back to earth, there was widespread frustration with recently privatized an [...]	2007-03-06 11:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EINT EINV TU
07ANKARA502	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-06 14:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA508	TURKISH REPRESENTATIVE FOR IRAQ DISCUSSES [...] (S) Summary. Turkey's Special Representative for Iraq Oguz Celikkol told Ambassador on March 6 that the Iranians have agreed to attend the March 10 Baghdad meeting and the Neighbors of Iraq plus P5, but the Saudis remain unconvinced. Celikkol plans to travel to Tehran on March 7 to lock in [...]	2007-03-06 16:36:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL IZ TU
07ANKARA512	BRIEFINGS ON ILLICIT TRAFFICKING AND REVIEW OF [...] (SBU) Summary; Two nuclear smuggling and forensics experts from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory conducted a nuclear smuggling workshop for members of the Turkish National Police (TNP). They also met with Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK) scientists at the Cekmece Nuclear Research [...]	2007-03-07 08:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM TU
07ANKARA513	A/S HARTY'S MEETINGS WITH TURKISH OFFICIALS STRIKE [...] (SBU) Summary. A/S Harty met with senior Turkish officials from the Ministries of Justice, Interior, and Foreign Affairs during a visit to Ankara on March 6. Expressing gratitude for Turkey's recent efforts to resolve a number of high profile child abduction cases, A/S Harty also conveyed the [...]	2007-03-07 10:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CMGT CVIS TU
07ANKARA514	CFE FLANK ENTITLEMENTS: CROSS-GROUP STATIONING [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-07 11:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE NATO GR NO UK CA RO BU TU
07ANKARA515	CFE FLANK ENTITLEMENTS: TURKS WILLING TO WORK ON [...] (C) In the absence of MFA Arms Control Deputy Director General Ahmet Muhtar Gun, we pressed Department Head Serhan Yigit on March 7 for Turkish reaction to our comments on the draft MOU for the transfer of 35 tank and 20 ACV entitlements, explaining our desire to complete notification of the [...]	2007-03-07 11:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KCFE NATO GR NO TU
07ANKARA516	TURKEY: DISPLACED VILLAGERS CRITICIZE [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-07 13:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA517	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-07 15:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA518	TURKEY ENERGY MINISTER ON EXPANDING SOUTHERN GAS [...] (C) On March 6 Ambassador and Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler discussed state of play on the "southern gas corridor," including the potential roles of Iraq, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan. The Minister looked forward to the March 9 meeting with Iraqi gas experts in Istanbul as a start on a [...]	2007-03-07 15:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL TU AJ TX IZ IR
07ANKARA519	"MODERATE ISLAMIC" SUMMIT STILL UP IN THE AIR [...] (C) Summary: Timing for a follow-on summit to the February 24 Islamabad foreign ministers meeting on Middle East Peace remains unclear, according to Turkish MFA. Pakistan, Indonesia, Malaysia and Turkey are concerned that the effort not be perceived as an anti-Iran initiative. Saudi Arabia wa [...]	2007-03-07 16:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
07ANKARA521	TURKEY-IRAN JEC RESULTS IN PLAN FOR EXPANDED TRADE [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Foreign Trade (FTU) officials provided a more positive readout of the recent Turkey-Iran Joint Economic Commission meeting than their MFA colleagues (ref A). They reported that the two sides agreed to begin negotiating a preferential trade agreement and also discussed Ec [...]	2007-03-08 08:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL ENRG KNNP TU IR

07ANKARA522	RUSSIAN THREATS AGAINST MISSILE DEFENSE IN POLAND [...] (C) MFA Arms Control Acting DDG Serhan Yigit told us March 7 that Turkey had decided against making any public statement concerning Russian threats to Poland and the Czech Republic as we had urged MFA officials to do on February 22 and 23 (ref a). 2. (C) Yigit told us the MFA is concerned t [...]	2007-03-08 09:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PL CZ RU TU
07ANKARA523	RELIABLE REPLACEMENT WARHEAD POINTS DELIVERED TO [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-08 09:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM PREL TU
07ANKARA525	EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (FEB 2007) [...] Summary: EXBS Advisor assisted in Embassy support to U.S. delegation attending Global Initiative (GI) meetings, coordinated Turkish participation at export control conference and began coordination of Turkish customs officials' participation at upcoming International Border Interdiction [...]	2007-03-08 12:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
07ANKARA527	TURKISH READ ON BAGHDAD/CAIRO/ISTANBUL CONFERENCES [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA Special Representative on Iraq Oguz Celikkol, just back from meetings in Tehran, told DCM March 8 that the Iranians have committed to participate at both the March 10 preparatory meeting in Baghdad and the expanded Istanbul ministerial, which the Turks hope will take [...]	2007-03-08 14:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU IZ IR SY
07ANKARA528	English Language Fellow Program in Turkey [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The English Language Fellow (ELF) Program has proven to be a valuable public diplomacy tool for reaching younger and broader audiences across Turkey, at a time when US foreign policies are viewed with suspicion by Turkish opinion leaders and citizens. ELF access to educators, off [...]	2007-03-08 15:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC KPAO SCUL TU
07ANKARA529	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-08 15:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA531	SMOOTHING THE ENTRY OF TURKISH OFFICIALS INTO THE [...] (U) Action request at para. 5. 2. (SBU) A Turkish delegation headed by Minister of State Ali Babacan and Deputy Chief of the General Staff (DCHOD) GEN Ergin Saygun and including Undersecretary for Defense Industries Murad Bayar, TGS J-5 Strategy Division Chief MGEN Serdar Savas and other o [...]	2007-03-08 15:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR CMGT TU
07ANKARA532	TURKEY: STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1737 [...] (SBU) We presented reftel points and U.S. report to MFA Iran Desk Officer Aziz Sevi who provided us in return a copy of the Turkish status report to the UN on its compliance with UNSCR 1737 dated February 21 (faxed to ISN/RA). The one-page Turkish report states that the MFA organized a number [...]	2007-03-09 07:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP UNSC AORC ETRD TRGY TU IR
07ANKARA533	INVITATION FOR MIAMI LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-09 09:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL TU
07ANKARA534	TURKEY WILL NOT OBJECT TO U.S. UAV/CRUISE MISSILE [...] (C) We delivered reftel points to Bora Kerimoglu, Chief of Section, MFA Department of Arms Control and Disarmament, and urged GOT support for the U.S. proposal on Modifications to UAV/Cruise Missile Criteria at the Oslo MTCR Technical Experts Meeting. Kerimoglu told us on March 8 that Ministry [...]	2007-03-09 09:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA MNUC TSPA
07ANKARA539	Central Bank Governor Firm on Independent Policies [...] (SBU) Once again showing his readiness to speak out in implied criticism of government policies and to assert his independence in monetary policymaking -- including in an election year -- Central Bank Governor Durmus Yilmaz told a conference in Istanbul March 7 that the inflation rate was not [...]	2007-03-09 13:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN TU
07ANKARA541	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-09 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA542	TURKISH COURT BLOCKS ACCESS TO "YOUTUBE" WEBSITE [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-09 15:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ECPS OSCE TU
07ANKARA548	SPECIAL ENVOY FOR COUNTERING THE PKK RALSTON [...] (S/NF) Summary: Turkey will review U.S. suggestions for deliverables on the PKK, GOT Special Envoy Baser told U.S. Special Envoy Ralston March 8. Turkey remains concerned that the PKK maintains a potentially intimidating presence in the Makhmour refugee camp, but will proceed with negotiations [...]	2007-03-12 09:33:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PREF PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA55	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-11 15:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA552	TURKISH GENERAL STAFF TAKING A HARDER LINE WITH [...] (C) The Turkish General Staff (TGS),in some cases fronted by the Foreign Ministry, is taking a harder line on routine military cooperation with allies. -- Ankara-based diplomats told us that blanket overflight clearances granted to France, Germany, Spain, and Canada for support to Operati [...]	2007-03-12 11:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR FR GE SP AU TU
07ANKARA555	U.S.-TURKEY RENEWS CALL FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The February 8 and 9 U.S.-Turkey EPC meetings resulted in an invigorated bilateral economic dialogue and a plan for cooperation in the coming year. The EPC began in Istanbul with a series of meetings with the U.S. and Turkish private sectors that provided a first-hand account [...]	2007-03-12 12:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD TU
07ANKARA558	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-12 15:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA559	TURKEY: PRO-KURDISH PARTY HOLDS CONVENTION AMID [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-12 15:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA56	U/S BURNS VISIT TO TURKEY JANUARY 18-19 [...] (S) Your visit comes at the start of a pivotal year for Turkey. Presidential and parliamentary elections will intensify internal political competition and aggravate nationalism at a time when Turkey finds itself more uncertain about its future -- both domestically and externally -- than any t [...]	2007-01-11 15:14:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV TU
07ANKARA560	KEY TURKISH OFFICIAL ON TURKISH-IRAQI KURD CONTACTS [...] (C) Turkish FM/PM foreign affairs advisor Ahmet Davutoglu told Ambassador and EUR DAS Bryza March 8 that contacts with the Iraqi Kurdish leadership will go forward, but probably not before late-spring or summer. As the initiator of Turkey's current effort at dialogue with the Iraqi Kurds begi [...]	2007-03-12 16:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ
07ANKARA563	TURKEY: CHIEF OF STAFF BUYUKANIT TAKES ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Long-standing strains between the Turkish General Staff (TGS) and the AKP -led government have escalated recently into regular confrontations over foreign policy. On France, Cyprus and Iraq, Chief of Staff (CHOD) Buyukanit has preempted or disputed government positions, leaving t [...]	2007-03-13 07:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS TU
07ANKARA57	TURKEY: THE GOT ON LEDRA STREET BRIDGE REMOVAL: [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although GOT officials were not supportive of "TRNC President" Mehmet Ali Talat's decision to dismantle the Ledra Street footbridge at the Green Line in Nicosia, they nonetheless stated in the end it was Talat's decision to make. While Talat had broached the subject in late Novem [...]	2007-01-11 16:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNFICYP MOPS TU CY
07ANKARA573	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-13 14:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA574	TENSION ESCALATING IN RUN-UP TO NEVRUZ HOLIDAY IN [...] (U) This is a Consulate Adana cable. 2. (C) Summary: The judicial offensive against several DTP politicians and growing militant activity by PKK supporters raise the possibility that this year's Nevruz (March 21) holiday could be particularly violent, according to many of our contacts in t [...]	2007-03-13 15:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA58	BSEC: TURKEY ASKS FOR FLESHED OUT PROPOSAL ON ENVIRONMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey seeks to coordinate with the U.S. and the EU as it composes its strategy for its BSEC chairmanship starting in May 2007. Its priority areas are trade and development, transportation, energy security and safety, organized crime, and environment. Turkey asks that the U.S [...]	2007-01-12 10:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON TU
07ANKARA581	TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, February 2007 [...] Turkey's National Security Council (NSC) held its bi-monthly meeting on February 23. Internal developments affecting Turkey's national security and the PKK terrorist organization topped the agenda. Recent developments in Iraq were discussed and the importance of territorial integrity and poli [...]	2007-03-14 10:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL ET AJ AL JO AF TU
07ANKARA584	TURKEY: GOT POSITIVELY INCLINED TO US REQUEST FOR [...] SUMMARY: Turkish government officials are likely to make a positive decision in response to the USG request to resettle Iraqi refugees currently located in Turkey. They expressed some initial hesitation, primarily because they fear an increased influx of refugees from Iraq and elsewhere in t [...]	2007-03-14 13:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM TU IZ
07ANKARA585	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-14 14:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA588	TURKEY: PRESSURE MOUNTING ON PM ERDOGAN BEFORE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Erdogan is the target of a growing pressure campaign from various quarters in the run-up to the filing for presidential candidacy on April 16. Recent remarks by military and opposition leaders, along with provocative media campaigns, are ratcheting up the tension in [...]	2007-03-14 15:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
07ANKARA591	IMF CONFIDENT DESPITE ELECTION YEAR [...] (C) Summary. At a March 13 breakfast briefing hosted by Ambassador at the midpoint of the ongoing 6th review of Turkey's stand-by program, Mission Chief Lorenzo Giorgianni told G-7 ambassadors and embassies that he was facing difficult negotiations of specific structural and fiscal issues. [...]	2007-03-14 16:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN TU
07ANKARA592	TURKEY'S INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY; INCREASED [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-15 10:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR OSCE TU
07ANKARA596	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-15 14:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA598	TURKEY/GREECE/NATO: NOBLE ARCHER CANCELLATION AND [...] (C) We understand the commander of the NATO Air Component Command in Izmir cancelled NATO involvement in the February 27 Noble Archer exercise in the Aegean after Greek authorities posted a NOTAM that included the island of Limnos, whose demilitarized status is in dispute. MFA Deputy Directo [...]	2007-03-15 15:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO GR TU
07ANKARA599	TURKEY'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM: [...] (SBU) We delivered ref points to Turkish MFA Deputy Directorate for International Political Organizations Head, Zeynep Kiziltan, on March 15. Kiziltan had no immediate substantive response, but she had already discussed the matter with the Turkish mission in New York. We will follow up. V [...]	2007-03-16 07:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC APER PREL TU
07ANKARA604	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-16 12:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA606	FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS' SCRUTINY OF IRANIAN TRAVELERS [...] (S) Summary: Queries to Iranian visa applicants regarding how they obtained visas to travel to countries other than the United States revealed that in most cases obtaining a tourist visa is simply a matter of filing the proper forms and paying the requisite fees. The relative ease with whic [...]	2007-03-16 15:16:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	CVIS IR PINR PREL TU
07ANKARA610	Business Sees Nationalism as Bigger Risk than Elections [...] (SBU) Summary. The head of Merrill Lynch's new Istanbul branch is not overly concerned about the short-term outlook for the Turkish economy or politics. He minimizes the double election year political risk, estimating a 95% chance that PM Erdogan will seek and get the presidency and a large [...]	2007-03-17 07:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV TU
07ANKARA614	TRILATERAL IRAQ GAS GROUP MEETS FOR FIRST TIME IN ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S., Turkish, and Iraqi officials met March 9 in Istanbul to discuss potential development of Iraq natural gas production for domestic use and export via the "Southern Corridor" network of gas pipelines to Europe. The group agreed to cooperate on attracting gas sector investme [...]	2007-03-19 07:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET PREL TU IZ
07ANKARA615	TURKEY OPEN TO PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC [...] (SBU) We have provided reftel's non-paper to several different offices at the Turkish MFA, particularly those involved in the recent Policy Planning Talks: the Americas desk, their Policy Planning shop and the Office of Multilateral Economic Affairs. S/P Krasner raised the PDG in his February [...]	2007-03-19 08:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID OECD KDEM TU
07ANKARA616	MFA PREVIEWS TURKEY'S RESPONSE TO EPC ACTION PLAN [...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 14 meeting with Ambassador, Foreign Ministry Under Secretary Ertegrul Apakan previewed Turkey's reaction to our draft of the Economic Partnership Commission (EPC) Action Plan. Stressing that MFA staff needed a week or two to get interagency clearance, Apakan said h [...]	2007-03-19 09:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD TU
07ANKARA622	TURKS ANTICIPATE BANNER TOURISM YEAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On the heels of dashed expectations for tourism in 2006, Turkish officials expressed confidence that tourist arrivals for 2007 would surpass the record 21.1 million set in 2005. To attract more tourists from North and South America, the Government of Turkey (GOT) has invested [...]	2007-03-19 10:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON TU
07ANKARA624	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-19 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA628	TURKEY: POST SUPPORTS FY07 SECTION 1206 SUBMISSION [...] (S) In response to reftel request, post stands by its FY07 1206 program request. The proposal was comprised of two parts: an $8.5M UAV training and maintenance program for the upgrade of and training on three grounded Unmanned Aerial Vehicles currently in Turkey's inventory, and a $2.5M count [...]	2007-03-19 16:15:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MASS PARM TU
07ANKARA629	TURKEY: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS ONE MONTH OUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: With the presidential election process beginning in just four weeks, political circles are bursting with theories about what the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) will do. For his part, Prime Minister Erdogan has stuck to his declared intention not to signal any decision [...]	2007-03-19 16:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
07ANKARA632	TURKEY SUPPORTS U.S. NATO GOALS [...] (C) Summary: Turkish officials told USNATO PermRep Nuland that Turkey will maintain its commitments in Afghanistan and expand Wardak PRT operations, but would not commit to sending additional helicopters. Amb. Nuland praised Turkish contributions to ISAF while urging the Turks to do more and [...]	2007-03-20 10:59:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO OVIP TU
07ANKARA635	TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY REACTION TO WMD [...] (C) Summary: The Foreign Ministry is reviewing the draft WMD Enforcement Task Force MOU but told us it will be tough to sell to other agencies without modification and further justification. Post suggests we focus our efforts on the Consequence Management MOU instead and recommends ISN bureau [...]	2007-03-20 13:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PREL PTER TU
07ANKARA636	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-20 15:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA639	TURKEY'S WATER WORRIES - WAITING FOR APRIL SHOWERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With only 1642 cubic meters/year per capita usable water, Turkey is far from a water-rich country and acutely subject to increased dryness due to global warming. Now a particularly dry winter has left many of Turkey's reservoirs at low levels. Although Ankara authorities have [...]	2007-03-21 08:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ENGR SENV EAGR TU
07ANKARA64	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-12 13:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA641	TURK-AZERI DIASPORA TAKES AIM AT ARMENIAN DIASPORA [...] (C) Summary: A recent Turkish-Azeri diasporas forum in Baku is seeking to develop an organized counterbalance to the influence of the Armenian diaspora worldwide. Possible Turkish-Armenian rapprochement looks bleak, although MFA sources tell us FM Gul plans to approach Secretary Rice with a p [...]	2007-03-21 12:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM AJ TU
07ANKARA642	TURKISH GOVERNMENT MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR AKDAMAR [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-21 13:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA643	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] (C) We notified MFA Arms Control Deputy Director General Ahmet Muhtar Gun that the U.S and Russia have invited most of the world's countries to participate in the initiative (ref a). In response, Gun repeated earlier Turkish concerns about Cyprus becoming a partner. He warned that, while the [...]	2007-03-21 13:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KNNP IAEA CY TU
07ANKARA644	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-21 14:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA646	TURKISH, ISRAELI, PALESTINIAN BUSINESS LEADERS TO [...] (SBU) In a March 20 meeting with the Ambassador, Rifat Hisarciklioglu, the chairman of TOBB, Turkey's leading business association, described plans to hold a meeting of the Ankara Forum, which includes Hisarciklioglu,s Israeli and Palestinian counterparts, on March 26 in Washington, DC. The po [...]	2007-03-21 14:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ECON ETRD IS KWBG TU
07ANKARA648	THE TRUTH BEHIND THE AKP'S "SECRET ISLAMIC AGENDA" [...] (C) Summary. Ever since its victory in the 2002 general elections, rumours and suspicion have swirled around the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) "secret" Islamist agenda. After more than four years in power, some doubters are relieved to find an AKP that appears conservative, We [...]	2007-03-21 15:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON TU
07ANKARA652	TURKEY: LEFT-LEANING OPPOSITION SHOWING SOME SIGNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the past two weeks, Turkey's long-moribund, inchoate left has begun to show signs it may coalesce into a pre-election alliance. While there are significant hurdles to overcome -- in particular, who should head the formation -- they evince a new resolve to get in the game befor [...]	2007-03-22 11:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
07ANKARA653	TURKEY: FESTIVE NEVRUZ CELEBRATIONS PASS WITHOUT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-22 12:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA654	TURKEY: HIGH HOPES FOR PALESTINIAN NUG; MUBARAK [...] (U) Action Request in Para 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Turkish officials are hopeful the establishment of the new Palestinian National Unity Government (NUG) represents a chance for a fresh start in establishing peace and security in the Palestinian territories as well as for dialogue between the Pa [...]	2007-03-22 12:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL IS TU
07ANKARA655	SETTING THE TONE FOR THE 2007 U.S.-TURKEY TIFA MEETINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: The fifth U.S. Turkey TIFA discussions in Washington provide an opportunity to build on the positive tone set in the 2006 meetings to further improve our bilateral trade relationship. Turkey has made significant improvements to its investment climate, and FDI is rising consider [...]	2007-03-22 13:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR KIPR TU
07ANKARA658	TURKEY: WILL GO WITH THE EU FLOW ON ZIMBABWE, BUT [...] (C) We delivered ref a points March 19 to MFA Africa Department Head Raif Karaca. Karaca asked for time to discuss the issue internally and came back to us March 21. Karaca noted that Turkey, as an EU accession candidate country, associates itself routinely with EU statements on Zimbabwe and [...]	2007-03-22 16:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ZI TU
07ANKARA659	TURKEY TELECOM BOARD - VISIT TO FCC MAY 11 [...] Turkish Telecom Board President Tayfun Acarer has informed the Embassy that he would like to visit the FCC on May 11 to have a meeting with the FCC Chairman to build a strong institutional relationship and learn from U.S. experience. Embassy has long supported high-level interaction between t [...]	2007-03-22 16:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS EINT EINV TU
07ANKARA661	PKK: PUSHING INTRA-EUROPEAN COOPERATION ON S/CT [...] (S) Summary: Turkish MFA Security Affairs DG Hayati Guven recommends that S/CT Urbancic use his travel to Paris, Brussels and Copenhagen next week to maximize intra-European information-sharing on PKK financial operations. He stressed the financial links between the PKK financiers arrested i [...]	2007-03-22 17:14:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	EFIN PTER KTFN TU JO IZ FR DA BE
07ANKARA662	TURKEY SEEKING TO HOST WORLD PETROLEUM [...] SUMMARY: The government-supported Turkish Organizing Committee seeks U.S. support for its candidacy to host the 20th World Petroleum Congress in 2011 in Istanbul. Turkey's Organizing Committee will meet U.S. World Petroleum Council (WPC) members (Chevron, API, Schlumberger) in Houston April [...]	2007-03-23 11:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG AORC TU
07ANKARA663	KRG MAY BE PONDERING DELAYED KIRKUK REFERENDUM [...] (C) Summary: The Iraqi Kurdish leadership is weighing political modalities for a delay in a Kirkuk referendum, visiting KRG foreign policy adviser Dizayee told us March 20. KRG-GOT dialogue is continuing, even though a meeting at the political level may not occur until after Turkey's mid-May [...]	2007-03-23 12:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PREF PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA666	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-23 13:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA668	VISA ASSISTANCE FOR IRAQIS ATTENDING GERMAN MARSHALL FUND [...] (SBU) Turkey's Union of Chambers of Commerce and Commodities Exchange (TOBB),the leading Turkish business association, and the German Marshall Fund will co-host a conference on "Iraq Futures" in Washington, DC April 10 - 11. TOBB has asked for assistance in facilitating travel of some Iraqi c [...]	2007-03-23 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS PREL ECON TU IZ JO AE
07ANKARA67	TURKEY GENERALLY SUPPORTS NEW IRAQ STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: Turkey supports the USG's new Iraq strategy, MFA Undersecretary Apakan told the Ambassador Jan. 12. Turkey still attaches significant importance to the Kirkuk and PKK issues, and will seek continued consultations on these in the weeks ahead. End summary. 2. (C) Ambassador call [...]	2007-01-12 15:59:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA670	TURKEY: SURVEY SPOTS U.S. BUSINESS CONCERNS [...] (SBU) Summary. A membership survey by the American Business Forum in Turkey (ABFT) paints a mixed picture of how American companies view the challenges and opportunities of doing business in Turkey. They see a lucrative market with vast potential for growth, a stable macroeconomic environme [...]	2007-03-23 14:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV BEXP TU
07ANKARA671	TURKISH DEFMIN GONUL URGES AGAINST CLOSURE OF NATO [...] (C) Minister of National Defense Vecdi Gonul expressed to Ambassador on March 21 Turkey's concerns regarding NATO consideration in the Command Structure PE review of closing Component Command Air Izmir. Closure of that command would be "bad news for the Turkish people" for two reasons, accord [...]	2007-03-23 15:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR TU
07ANKARA676	TURKEY'S ELECTRICITY SECTOR: ANGST AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey's long anticipated electricity shortage is at hand. The government's slow progress on liberalization, market pricing, rule- making, and privatization have led to failure to deliver new investment, so the government is already confronted with managing electricity supply [...]	2007-03-26 13:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV BEXP TU
07ANKARA680	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-26 13:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA681	TURKEY CFE ENTITLEMENT TRANSFER MOU [...] (SBU) As requested reftel, we informed MFA Arms Control DDG Ahmet Muhtar Gun's office that the U.S. agrees with all of the Turkish proposed changes to the draft text of the CFE entitlement transfer MOU, and that we seek to put the MOU into final form, exchange notes, and transmit the text to W [...]	2007-03-26 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE NATO PARM PREL TU
07ANKARA682	ELECTRICITY PRICE ISSUE HOLDING UP IMF PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The IMF mission left Ankara March 21 without reaching agreement on the terms of the Sixth Review. Both sides, however, were at pains to explain that agreement was reached in every area but one: what to do about the fiscal impact of constant electricity prices charged by state-ow [...]	2007-03-26 14:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN TU
07ANKARA685	ELECTRICITY PRICE ISSUE HOLDING UP IMF PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The IMF mission left Ankara March 21 without reaching agreement on the terms of the Sixth Review. Both sides, however, were at pains to explain that agreement was reached in every area but one: what to do about the fiscal impact of constant electricity prices charged by state-ow [...]	2007-03-26 14:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN TU
07ANKARA686	TRADITIONAL TURKISH TROOP BUILD-UP UNDERWAY FOR [...] (C) On the eve of the March 21 Newroz celebrations in honor of the Kurdish New Year, the Turkish press reported a significant troop build-up along Turkey's border with Iraq in preparation for the traditional spring offensive by the PKK terrorist organization in southeast Turkey. Land Forces C [...]	2007-03-26 14:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PTER TU IZ
07ANKARA687	GOT CONSIDERING SENDING SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE TO [...] (C) Summary: Turkey will likely send a senior MFA official to Armenian PM Margarian's March 28 funeral, MFA Deputy Undersecretary Cevikoz told the Charge. Given that the Akdamar Church opening ceremony is the following day, Cevikoz will push for the GOT to allow a direct Yerevan-Van flight to [...]	2007-03-26 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM TU AM
07ANKARA688	TURKEY: LOOKING TO NAIL DOWN DATE FOR IRAQ [...] (S) Action Request in para five. 2. (S) Turkey is moving ahead with planning of the Iraq neighbors plus ministerial to take place in Istanbul based upon reports that Iraqi PM Maliki has agreed on Istanbul as the venue. According to GOT Special Envoy for Iraq Amb. Oguz Celikkol, this inform [...]	2007-03-26 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV IZ TU
07ANKARA694	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-27 13:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA699	TURKEY CONTINUING EU REFORMS DESPITE SETBACK [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-28 06:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA700	TURKEY: VERDICT IN CLOSELY WATCHED TORTURE TRIAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-28 06:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA701	TURKEY: NEGOTIATING WITH TERRORISTS AGAINST GOT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-28 07:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV AF IT TU
07ANKARA708	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-28 13:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA709	REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-28 14:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC TU
07ANKARA710	TURKEY ON KOSOVO: SUPPORT AHTISAARI PLAN; HOPE TO [...] (C) Turkey continues to support UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari's plan, including his recommendation that Kosovo become independent. We delivered ref a points March 27 to MFA Balkans Department Head Ilhan Saygili, who reiterated Turkey's long-standing position (reported ref b) in support of the pr [...]	2007-03-28 14:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI TU
07ANKARA711	TURKEY: STONEWALLING ON UN-BROKERED CYPRUS TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey's MFA characterizes recent Greek Cypriot steps to re-start UN-brokered talks and to facilitate a re-opening of the Ledra Street crossing of the Green Line in central Nicosia as "just for show." The GOT believes G/C President Papadopoulos is feeling pressure from the EU and [...]	2007-03-28 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU
07ANKARA712	TURKEY: FIRST REACTIONS TO UNSCR 1747 SANCTIONS [...] (C) We delivered ref a points on UNSCR 1747 to MFA Head of Department for South Asia Murat Ahmed Yoruk on March 26. Yoruk said the MFA is studying the text of the resolution and commented that its provisions appear to be similarly targeted as those in UNSCR 1737. He advised that the text of la [...]	2007-03-28 16:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP EFIN IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC IR TU
07ANKARA719	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-29 12:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA722	TURKEY: MUBARAK VISIT LONG ON RHETORIC, SHORT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish MFA and Egyptian embassy officials described the March 22-23 visit of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to Turkey as "symbolically important" and "a useful exchange between two regional powers." Despite agreement by both countries to establish a structured "strategic dialo [...]	2007-03-29 15:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET ENRG EG TU
07ANKARA723	TURKEY TO SUBMIT FINAL CFE ENTITLEMENT TRANSFER [...] (SBU) Per ref a, we followed up with Ahmet Muhtar Gun, MFA Deputy Director General for Arms Control and Disarmament, on March 28 to underscore US acceptance of Turkey's changes to the CFE Entitlement Transfer MOU text and press for the exchange of final documents by March 30. Gun said that the [...]	2007-03-29 15:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE NATO PARM PREL TU
07ANKARA726	BODRUM: TURKISH TOURIST HOTSPOT "FIGHTING THE MAN" [...] (SBU) Summary: Located on the southern Aegean and one of Turkey's most famous tourist destinations, Bodrum currently faces many challenges as its plans for infrastructure expansion are stymied by the inefficiency of Turkey's centralized government bureaucracy in Ankara. Of main concern to t [...]	2007-03-30 10:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PREL TU
07ANKARA728	EU Funding takes off in Turkey [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-30 12:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EU PGOV TU
07ANKARA73	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-16 15:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA734	TURKEY: VISIT OF PALESTINIAN NUG "OUT OF QUESTION" [...] (C) The GOT has flatly rejected press reports suggesting an imminent visit of Palestinian National Unity Government (NUG) officials to Turkey. Both publicly and privately, the Turks have told us that Erdogan's March 28 meeting with Abbas (on the margins of the Arab League Summit in Riyadh) was [...]	2007-03-30 14:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS TU
07ANKARA735	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-30 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA737	TURKEY WWF AND TRILATERAL WATER TALKS [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) The Turkish MFA was pleased with the kick-off planning meeting for the 2009 World Water Forum (WWF) conference in Istanbul (ref A) and the subsequent "River Basin Management" Conference in Antalya. On the margins of the latter, Turkish, Iraqi, and Syrian ministers restarted tr [...]	2007-04-01 12:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV EAGR KPAO OEXC SCUL TU IZ
07ANKARA74	TERRORISM FINANCE: U/S LEVEY MEETINGS IN ANKARA [...] (C) Summary: In his meetings with the Turkish Foreign and Finance Ministries, Treasury Under Secretary Stuart Levey pointed out how better use of counterterrorism finance tools could help Turkey elicit stronger European cooperation against PKK. Turkish MFA expressed satisfaction with U.S. coo [...]	2007-01-16 15:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN PTER EFIN ETTC TU
07ANKARA747	TURKEY'S RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS DIRECTORATE'S [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-02 11:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA749	TURKISH IRAQ COORDINATOR ON NEIGHBORS-PLUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Ambassador April 2, Turkish MFA Iraq Coordinator Oguz Celikkol urged a prompt decision on the timing and venue of the Iraq Neighbors-plus ministerial, which Turkey hopes will be April 23-24 in Istanbul. He said that PM Maliki should have no concerns about an Ista [...]	2007-04-02 12:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ TU
07ANKARA75	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR UNDER SECRETARY NICHOLAS [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Under Secretary for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns and Special Assistant Herro Mustafa. 2. (U) Cathy Westley, Political Officer, is your Control Officer. She can be reached at: Office 011-90-312-455-5555, EXT 2513; Home: 011-9 [...]	2007-01-16 15:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP OTRA AMGT AFIN PGOV TU

07ANKARA750	PKK Issue: Update on Violence and Political Developments [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these are more reliable than most Turkish press sources, they [...]	2007-04-02 13:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA754	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-02 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA755	EXCHANGE OF NOTES ON CFE ENTITLEMENTS TRANSFER MOU [...] (SBU) The Turkish Foreign Ministry and embassy exchanged diplomatic notes in Ankara on March 30 to formalize the transfer of Conventional Forces Europe (CFE) Treaty equipment entitlements based on the memorandum of understanding text in ref b as modified in ref c. Turkish note was e-mailed to [...]	2007-04-03 07:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE NATO PARM PREL TU
07ANKARA756	TURKEY: ADVANCING BYPASSES AND IRAQ GAS/OIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkish public and private sector officials are eager to move forward on consideration of Iraqi gas for export to and via Turkey. The GOT is ready to discuss scheduling the second meeting of the Iraq Gas Working Group, but expects to receive a draft from the USG on conclusions [...]	2007-04-03 08:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EINV TU IZ
07ANKARA757	DENIZLI: TEXTILES REIGN SUPREME NEAR TURKEY'S "COTTON [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's Denizli province, located just east of the Port of Izmir, is yet another example of how Turkey's economic recovery is trickling down to its diverse regions. One of Turkey's largest textile producing regions, companies who previously lost U.S. business at the end of the [...]	2007-04-03 09:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON BEXP KTEX TU
07ANKARA76	TURKEY/GREECE: DUST UP OVER IMIA/KARDAK ISLET AND [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish military is downplaying a series of confrontations between Turkish Coast Guard vessels and Greek fishermen near the disputed islet of Imia/Kardak, as well as reports of air intercepts over the Aegean since mid-December. The MFA described the December encounters aroun [...]	2007-01-17 05:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU GR
07ANKARA762	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-03 13:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA767	TURKISH OFFICIALS BRIEFED ON MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Deputy Director BG Patrick O'Reilly briefed Turkish military as well as Defense and Foreign Ministry officials April 2 on the Iranian ballistic missile threat and the U.S. Integrated Ballistic Missile Defense System. BG O'Reilly's presentation address [...]	2007-04-04 11:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR IR TU
07ANKARA77	TURKEY: 2007 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),are [...]	2007-01-17 09:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV OPIC KTDB USTR TU
07ANKARA773	TURKEY: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WINDOW ABOUT TO OPEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey's presidential election process officially begins April 16. Despite months of tail-chasing by the political classes, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's enigmatic silence on his own candidacy has frustrated pundits and opponents alike, while serving gradually to acclima [...]	2007-04-04 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
07ANKARA774	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-04 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA776	SHIELD S02-07: MFA REQUESTS MORE INFORMATION ABOUT [...] (S) We delivered ref a demarche to MFA Arms Head of Department Serhan Yigit on April 3. We thanked Yigit for MFA's efforts (reported ref b) on the Turkish firm Norm Limited and explained that we have new information that the Turkish firm Rottest A.S. and a second firm located in Izmir are pro [...]	2007-04-04 15:13:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC IR TU
07ANKARA777	BANK SEPAH AND DEFENSE INDUSTRIES ORGANIZATION [...] (S) Summary: The head of the Foreign Ministry's Iran Department (which has the MFA lead on Iran sanctions) told us that measures are underway within the bureaucracy to implement UNSCRs 1737 and 1747, but that action against Sepah accounts at banks in Turkey had not yet been taken. He said that [...]	2007-04-04 16:37:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	KNNP EFIN TU IR
07ANKARA778	DESPITE ALLEGATIONS, MEDIA TAKEOVER PROBABLY NOT [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Turkish Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (SDIF) re-seized a major media group (including Sabah newspaper and ATV television) and other companies nominally belonging to businessman Turgay Ciner on April 1. The SDIF acted after it came to its attention in March that Ciner had e [...]	2007-04-05 05:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN TU
07ANKARA779	TURKEY-ARMENIA PUSH AFTER ELECTIONS; NO HAMAS VISIT [...] (C) Summary: In an April 3 meeting with Turkish MFA U/S Ertugrul Apakan, Ambassador reviewed the status of the draft Armenian genocide resolution in Congress and discussed prospects for an opening in Turkish-Armenian relations, highlighting USG willingness to work with Turkey once the electio [...]	2007-04-05 08:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU AM KPAL
07ANKARA78	TURKEY: GOVERNMENT DEVELOPS 2007 EU ROADMAP [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-17 09:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA780	TURKS PREFER CYPRUS NOT BE A PARTY TO THE GLOBAL [...] (C) In an April 3 meeting with Ambassador, Turkish MFA U/S Ertugrul Apakan restated Turkish objections to Cyprus becoming a party to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI) (reftel). Apakan and Deputy Director General for Arms Control Ahmet Gun explained that, at the February A [...]	2007-04-05 08:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KGIT PREL PARM TU CY
07ANKARA783	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-05 11:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA794	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-06 11:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA799	THE POLITICS OF SPRAWL IN ANKARA'S NEIGHBORHOODS [...] (C) Summary. In visits to three of Ankara's poorer neighborhoods, we found officials and residents grappling with rural to urban migration challenges, unemployment and a political system that leaves many feeling unheard. As Turkey's presidential and parliamentary elections approach, politica [...]	2007-04-06 12:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON TU
07ANKARA801	FIFTH YEAR OF STRONG GROWTH IN TURKEY [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-06 14:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV EU TU
07ANKARA803	TURKEY-IRAN: ENERGY PARTNERS OR WARY NEIGHBORS? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Turkish press reports April 6 that the GOT is moving forward on energy cooperation with Iran, including investment in it upstream energy production. Ambassador delivered a strong warning on Iran to the Energy Minister last month, just after the visit of the Iranian Foreign Mi [...]	2007-04-06 16:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL TU IR
07ANKARA804	TURKEY PLANS ITS BSEC SUMMIT BIRTHDAY PARTY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Turkish MFA held a meeting with Embassies April 4 to describe its planning for the June 25 BSEC (Black Sea Economic Cooperation) Summit meeting of heads of state and government. Turkey aims to use its chairmanship to revitalize BSEC as it commemorates its 15th anniversary a [...]	2007-04-09 05:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SENV KCRM TU
07ANKARA805	TURKEY SHOCKED BY GOI DECISION ON IRAQ EXPANDED [...] (C) SUMMARY: In successive conversations April 6 with Ambassador, Turkish MFA Iraq Coordinator Celikkol and PM/FM foreign affairs advisor Davutoglu expressed "shock" and great disappointment that Egypt rather than Istanbul is being chosen to host the Iraq Neighbors-plus ministerial. Both urge [...]	2007-04-09 05:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ TU
07ANKARA811	TURKISH AMBASSADOR DOES NOT ATTEND NATANZ CEREMONY [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-09 10:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC IR TU
07ANKARA812	PKK VIOLENCE MAGNIFIES TURKISH ANGER AT IRAQI [...] (C) Summary: A sudden spike in Turkish casualties in operations against the PKK -- along with mounting anger at what is seen here as increasingly provocative rhetoric from KRG President Barzani -- have likely combined to put the possibility of a Turkish cross-border operation back on the table [...]	2007-04-09 10:44:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER MOPS TU IZ
07ANKARA814	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-09 11:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA82	TURKEY: GOT AND KRG MOVING TOWARD DIALOGUE? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kurdish Regional Government and the GOT are moving in the direction of initiating a dialogue, perhaps in early February, according to Masoud Barzani's foreign policy advisor (and former KDP Ankara rep.) Safeen Dizayee. According to Dizayee, GOT officials this week offered to [...]	2007-01-17 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PREF TU IZ
07ANKARA822	TURKEY WARNS IRAQ AND US TO BRING BARZANI AND THE [...] (C) Summary: MFA separately called in both the Iraqi Ambassador and us to reiterate its concerns about recent combative rhetoric from KRG President Barzani, and to warn that Turkey reserves the right to take action against the PKK if the Iraqis will not. Turkish officials are concerned that B [...]	2007-04-09 16:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA828	TURKEY: TROUBLED GOVERNMENT-MEDIA RELATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Secularist contacts assert that Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government pressures an important voice in society -- the media -- through a variety of means. Such charges have been leveled against previous governments, but AKP's concentrated hold on power m [...]	2007-04-10 13:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
07ANKARA83	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-17 14:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA830	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-10 13:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA832	TURKISH ANGER CONTINUES OVER SHIFT OF [...] (C) Summary: Turkish officials remain persuaded that the Iraqi Kurds, then the Egyptian and Iraqi governments, essentially conspired to shift the "neighbors-plus" ministerial from Istanbul to Egypt. They have serious doubts as to whether all neighbors will attend the meeting, though Turkey wi [...]	2007-04-10 14:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU IZ EG
07ANKARA833	ANKARA PUK REP OUTLINES TALABANI'S EFFORTS TO [...] (S/NF) Summary: Iraqi President Talabani will work to defuse Turkey-KRG tensions, according to the PUK representative in Ankara. Talabani will seek to create breathing room for PM Erdogan and his ruling AKP party to weather the political storm of presidential and parliamentary elections, as h [...]	2007-04-10 15:12:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER MOPS TU IZ
07ANKARA838	TURKEY COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DOC/BIS [...] Embassy Ankara grants country clearance to Ms. Rossitza Petrov and Mr. Brian O'Brien who will travel to Ankara to provide an "Internal Control Program (ICP)" Instructor Training workshop to Government of Turkey officials from April 30 to May 3, 2007. 2. Embassy Control Officer is Kevin Lyo [...]	2007-04-11 07:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KSTC OTRA PARM PREL TU
07ANKARA84	MFA: TURKEY NOT READY TO SWALLOW U.S. [...] (C) During a Jan. 12 meeting, MFA Undersecretary (D-equivalent) Apakan told the Ambassador that the Turkish public will react harshly if the U.S. Congress passes a resolution asserting that the Ottoman Empire committed genocide against Armenians during World War I. This reaction will in turn [...]	2007-01-17 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU AM
07ANKARA840	EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (MAR 2007) [...] Summary: Two USG nuclear smuggling and forensic experts met with Turkish Atomic Energy scientists to continue cooperation on nuclear forensic review. EXBS Advisor completed mid-year program review and consultation trip to Washington DC. EXBS Advisor continued work with Turkish Customs to i [...]	2007-04-11 10:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
07ANKARA842	TURKEY COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR [...] Embassy Ankara grants country clearance to Dr. Louise Shelley to travel to Ankara to meet with Turkish National Police representatives to discuss the NNSA's research project on nuclear smuggling from April 19 to 21, 2007. 2. Embassy Control Officer is Kevin Lyon who can be contacted via th [...]	2007-04-11 11:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP OTRA PREL TU
07ANKARA844	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-11 12:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA845	PRESS REPORTS OF TURKISH ATTACKS ON NORTHERN IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-11 14:29:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MARR MOPS PTER PREL TU IZ
07ANKARA847	LOOKING EAST: TURKEY'S MILITARY INVESTS IN THE [...] (C) Turkey has invested heavily in its security relationships in the Caucasus and Central Asia, with the bulk of its military assistance going to Azerbaijan. Turkey provides security assistance funds and training to all the countries in the region except Armenia and Uzbekistan. Historical and [...]	2007-04-12 09:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR PINS ZJ ZK AJ GG TI RS TU
07ANKARA849	TURKEY: ERDOGAN OPPONENTS TALKING BIG BEFORE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In the final days before Turkey's presidential election process officially begins on April 16 (ref A),Prime Minister Erdogan's opponents are waging a last gasp effort to prevent his candidacy. Secularists' attempts to stir the public to action against the perceived Is [...]	2007-04-12 11:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
07ANKARA858	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-12 14:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA859	TURKISH MFA APPRECIATES EFFORTS TO AVERT GENOCIDE [...] (C) Summary: In an April 11 meeting with Ambassador, MFA U/S (D equivalent) Ertugrul Apakan expressed appreciation for US Administration efforts to avert a congressional Armenian genocide resolution and asked about language of the Presidential proclamation that would be issued on the occasion [...]	2007-04-12 15:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU
07ANKARA860	TURKS SEEKING ENHANCED ROLE IN ESDP PLANNING [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA U/S (D equivalent) Apakan told Ambassador April 11 that Turkey would like an enhanced role in ESDP planning. The Turks are approaching other NATO and EU members individually; PM Erdogan spoke with Javier Solana in Riyadh. As an EU accession candidate which participa [...]	2007-04-12 15:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL NATO EUN TU
07ANKARA861	TURKISH CHIEF OF STAFF PUTS THE MILITARY BACK IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey's Chief of Staff General Yasar Buyukanit in an hour-long televised speech to assembled military brass and press at the General Staff headquarters on April 12 addressed the military's three-decade long fight against terrorism, defended the military from accusations of wron [...]	2007-04-12 15:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA862	HIJACKING OF TURKISH AIRLINER ON APRIL 10 [...] (U) On April 10, a Boeing 737 owned by private Turkish airline Pegasus heading to Istanbul from Diyarbakir was hijacked 25 minutes after takeoff. The hijacker, Mehmet Goksingol, told crew members he would explode a cell-phone activated bomb in a package he had with him if the plane did not ta [...]	2007-04-13 04:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER EAIR ASEC CASC TU
07ANKARA863	MARE NOSTRUM? BLACK SEA MARITIME SECURITY AND [...] (C) Turkey seeks to maintain its leadership role in Black Sea maritime security but remains frustrated that not all six littoral countries are enthusiastic followers. Ankara complains of Romanian foot-dragging as the GOT seeks to add anti-WMD and anti-terrorism capabilities to BLACKSEAFOR. An [...]	2007-04-13 05:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS GG RO RS UP BU TU
07ANKARA868	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-13 13:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA874	TURKEY MAINTAINS HARD LINE ON MAKHMOUR CAMP [...] (C) Summary: Turkey is not ready to agree on moving forward on closing the Makhmour Camp, MFA Director General Guven told the Ambassador April 13. Guven remains unconvinced that the PKK has been expelled from the camp; believes the Iraqis' insistence on third-country resettlement will lead to [...]	2007-04-13 15:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREF AORC PREL MOPS TU IZ
07ANKARA875	TURKEY ON NOTICE THAT BUYUKANIT STATEMENT ON CBO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador notified NSC SecGen Alpogan on April 13 that the statements by Chief of Staff Buyukanit on April 12 regarding Turkish Armed Forces support for a cross-border operation (CBO) into Iraq were harmful to US efforts to facilitate Iraqi cooperation on the PKK terrorist issue [...]	2007-04-13 15:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL PGOV IZ TU
07ANKARA876	MESSAGE TO PM ERDOGAN: TURKEY MUST REMAIN SECULAR [...] (C) Summary. Turkey's secularists staged a triple play to deter PM Erdogan from running for president as the election process gets underway on April 16. On April 14, hundreds of thousands of demonstrators turned out in Ankara for a peaceful rally in support of secularism and the Republic. Th [...]	2007-04-15 11:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
07ANKARA88	TURKEY'S VIEWS ON GOALS FOR AFGHANISTAN AT JANUARY [...] (C) Ambassador reviewed US thinking on Afghanistan ahead of the January 26 NATO foreign ministers meeting with Turkish MFA U/S Ertugrul Apakan on January 17. Drawing on reftel points, he highlighted the NATO leaders, discussions in Riga and their commitment to Afghanistan and the success of th [...]	2007-01-18 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF PK TU
07ANKARA889	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-16 13:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA89	TURKEY: KOSOVO STATUS PROCESS TIMELINE [...] (C) Turkey continues to agree with the U.S. view of Kosovo's final status process and supports UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari's timeline for moving forward toward resolution. Ambassador discussed the issue with MFA Undersecretary (D-equivalent) Ertugrul Apakan January 17, emphasizing (per ref a) o [...]	2007-01-18 14:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU OPDC
07ANKARA891	TURKEY: NSC SECGEN ON TURKISH HEZBOLLAH AND CYPRUS [...] (C) During an April 13 meeting to discuss CHOD Buyukanit's April 12 press conference (reftel) and the April 10 NSC meeting, outgoing NSC SecGen Yigit Alpogan advised Ambassador that Turkish Hezbollah could overtake PKK as the most serious security threat to Turkey and expressed pessimism about [...]	2007-04-16 13:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER TU GR CY
07ANKARA894	KAZAKHSTAN FM VISIT TO TURKEY -- BOSPORUS BYPASS [...] (c) During a recent meeting on various subjects, Turkish MFA Deputy U/S for Eurasia Unal Cevikoz described the results of Kazakh FM Murat Tazhin's visit to Turkey on April 5. Cevikoz attached significance to the fact that this visit was the first by a Kazakh foreign minister to Turkey since 199 [...]	2007-04-16 14:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET KZ TU
07ANKARA90	EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (DEC 2006) [...] Summary: Turkish National Police (TNP) sent two participants to an FBI-hosted WMD exercise in New York City; coordination for approval by GOT of the change out of portal monitors continued; and continued progress was made on the Internal Control Program (ICP). Finally, EXBS Advisor cont [...]	2007-01-18 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
07ANKARA906	Drowning in Tea Leaves - Turkish Press Coverage of the [...] Summary: As the Turkish Presidential election begins officially, the media's coverage leading up to the election has been obsessed with "will he or won't he," playing a guessing game rather than conducting any serious analysis of what it would mean for the country, should PM Erdogan become pr [...]	2007-04-17 10:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV KPAO TU
07ANKARA908	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-17 12:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA91	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-18 15:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA910	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR S/I AMBASSADOR DAVID [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State and Coordinator for Iraq Ambassador Davie Satterfield and Treasury Malachy Nugent. David Burger, Chief of the Political Section's External Affairs Unit,is your Control Officer for Ankara. He [...]	2007-04-17 13:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA OREP AMGT TU IZ
07ANKARA916	TURKISH OPPOSITION'S DESPERATE MANEUVERING AS [...] (C) SUMMARY. With little ammunition to force PM Erdogan and his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) to present a consensus candidate for Turkey's next president, the opposition has resurrected its threat to boycott the first round of voting (reftel A). Relying on a specious interpret [...]	2007-04-18 11:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
07ANKARA917	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-18 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA926	PUSHING TURKEY TO IMPLEMENT UNSC SANCTIONS ON [...] (C) Summary. Following up on earlier demarches, Ambassador met April 19 with Foreign Ministry Middle East Director General Bozkurt Aran to keep the pressure on Turkey to implement UNSC Resolutions 1737 and 1747. Bozkurt said the process of adopting a Council of Ministers implementing decre [...]	2007-04-19 11:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KNNP IR TU
07ANKARA931	TURKEY PREPARED TO ENGAGE IN IRAQI NEIGHBORS PLUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey will send a delegation to Sharm el-Shaikh to participate in the May 3-4 meetings of the International Compact with Iraq and the Neighbors Plus Ministerial, but FM Gul may be unable to make the trip due to domestic political requirements. GOT Special Envoy for Iraq Amb. Ogu [...]	2007-04-19 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU IZ EG IR SY
07ANKARA932	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-19 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA933	AFTERMATH: TRIPLE-MURDER OF CHRISTIAN BOOKSTORE [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-19 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA934	TURKEY RESPONSE TO WMO DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-20 08:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TPHY WMO TU
07ANKARA936	TURKS CONCERNED ABOUT UNBALANCED ARMENIAN GENOCIDE [...] (SBU) Turkish MFA Deputy Director General for Security Affairs Sakir Torunlar called us in April 18, under instructions, to express concern about a program they had heard would be aired on Iraqi TV station Al Hurra soon regarding allegations of Armenian genocide. Torunlar said that, were thi [...]	2007-04-20 09:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV TU IZ AM
07ANKARA938	TURKEY COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR WISCONSIN [...] Embassy Ankara grants country clearance to Mr. Gary Milhollin and Ms. Kelly Motz to travel to Ankara to meet with Government of Turkey official to discuss the Wisconsin Project/Risk Report from April 23 to 26, 2007. 2. Embassy Control Officer is Kevin Lyon who can be contacted via the IVG [...]	2007-04-20 11:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC PARM PREL TU
07ANKARA940	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EUR/ERA JOHN ROBINSON [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to EUR/ERA John Robinson. Jeff Collins, Political Officer is your point of contact for Ankara. He can be reached at Office: 011-90-312-455-5555, EXT 2521; Home: 011-90-312-495-6433; Cell: 011-90-532-620-3849. 2. (U) Hotel and ot [...]	2007-04-20 12:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TU
07ANKARA943	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-20 14:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA944	TURKEY'S NEXT PRESIDENT: FM ABDULLAH GUL [...] (U) The suspense is over. PM Tayyip Erdogan, at an April 24 meeting of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP),announced that FM and Deputy PM Abdullah Gul is AKP's candidate to be Turkey's 11th president. AKP has the votes to elect its candidate by the third round, all but assuring [...]	2007-04-24 10:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR TU
07ANKARA949	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LEE ANN SCHEUER AND [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Lee Ann Scheuer and Leah-Ming Toomer. Christina Bobrow, Political Officer, is your Control Officer She can be reached at: Office 011-90-312-455-5555, Ext 2539 Home: 011-90-312-491-7700; Cellular: 011-90-555-358-6803. 2. (U) Hot [...]	2007-04-24 11:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TU
07ANKARA953	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-24 13:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA954	TURKEY INFORMED THAT CYPRUS JOINS THE GLOBAL [...] (C) Ambassador informed MFA U/S Apakan on April 20 of the adherence by Cyprus to the Global Initiative Statement of Principles, drawing on the points provided reftel. He emphasized the importance the USG attaches to combating nuclear terrorism and our view that the forum should not be used/m [...]	2007-04-24 15:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KNNP KGIC PREL PARM TU CY
07ANKARA957	MNF-1 GEN. PETRAEUS MEETING WITH TURKISH D/CHOD [...] (S) Summary: MNF-I Commanding Gen. David Petraeus met April 22 with Turkish General Staff (TGS) D/CHOD Gen. Ergin Saygun at Incirlik Air Base to discuss Iraq. Saygun stressed Turkey's strong interest in Iraq's success and in putting past US-Turkish differences behind us. He expressed misgiv [...]	2007-04-24 15:49:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER IZ TU
07ANKARA959	TURKEY: STILL COMMITTED TO JULY 8 PROCESS, BUT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Turkish MFA Deputy Under Secretary responsible for Cyprus Haydar Berk claims that Turkey remains committed to the July 8 process. He said Turkey wants to ensure, though, that the Turkish Cypriots do not shoulder the blame for the process breaking down by agreeing to discuss [...]	2007-04-25 12:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNFICYP TU CY
07ANKARA961	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-25 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA964	TURKEY: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE GUL CAUTIOUSLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Many in Turkey are cautiously welcoming Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul's nomination for president (ref A) as one that eases national tensions and will serve Turkey's international standing well. Those who dreaded the specter of Prime Minister Erdogan's a [...]	2007-04-25 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL TU
07ANKARA965	TURKEY: PRO-KURDISH DTP EXPECTS ELECTORAL SUCCESS [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-25 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA969	AMBASSADOR PRESSES GOT ON ATTENDANCE AT SHARM [...] (C) Summary: Turkey is still weighing its level of attendance at the May 3-4 Sharm el-Sheikh meetings on Iraq, according to PM/FM foreign policy advisor Davutoglu. Turkey is still smarting from Iraq's decision not to hold the ministerials in Istanbul, and will press Iraqi FonMin Zebari for an [...]	2007-04-26 09:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ IR SY EG
07ANKARA971	TURKEY ANNOUNCES 7-YEAR EU REFORM PLAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-26 10:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA974	Turkey: FY 2008 IVLP Nomination Slate [...] M. Gunden Cinar, Turk Telecom Privatization Coordinator, Privatization Administration European Regional Project, NEW Election Year Politics for Journalists (2 weeks) (March 3 - March 14, 2008) 2. Nagehan Alci, Reporter and Columnist, Aksam daily European Regional Project, Trade and Ec [...]	2007-04-26 12:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC KPAO SCUL TU
07ANKARA978	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-26 13:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA979	TURKEY: QUORUM QUESTION CONTINUES TO COMPLICATE [...] (C) Turkey's parliament will convene Friday, April 27, at 3pm to begin the first round of the presidential election process. The opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) is standing firm on its threat to boycott. If the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) fails to muster 367 deputi [...]	2007-04-26 14:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
07ANKARA984	TURKEY: NPT PREPCOM DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-27 11:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT TU
07ANKARA986	AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN-TURKEY TRILATERAL: EMBASSY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey will promote constructive dialogue and seek to cool negative Karzai-Musharraf rhetoric during April 30 three-way, AF-PK-TU discussions, senior MFA officials told the Ambassador April 26. The GOT would like to achieve a Joint Statement and agrees that the Organization of the [...]	2007-04-27 12:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PTER ISCON AF PK TU
07ANKARA995	ANKARA-BASED KURDISH RADIO STATION FACES RISING [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-27 12:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA996	TURKEY WILL SEND MINISTER TO SHARM MEETINGS, [...] (C) Summary: Turkey will send a state minister (to be named) to the May 3-4 Iraq meetings at Sharm el-Sheikh, GOT officials and the Iraqi Ambassador confirmed to us. MFA expects Iran and Syria will also send ministers. FonMin Gul reportedly appealed to visiting Iraqi FonMin Zebari April 26 f [...]	2007-04-27 12:59:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ IR SY EG
07ANTANANARIVO100	COMOROS EAGER FOR BILATERAL TALKS WITH U.S. [...] SUMMARY. During meetings January 22-23 in the Union of the Comoros, PolEcon Chief and visiting Desk Officer laid the ground work for the first meeting of the U.S.-Comoros Joint Committee for Bilateral Cooperation. The Comoran officials expressed interest in discussing the African Growth and O [...]	2007-01-31 13:18:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EAID ECON ENRG KISL CN
07ANTANANARIVO1005	BOEING PRESENTATION WELL RECEIVED BY AIR MAD [...] (SBU) A perfectly-timed Boeing visit to Madagascar September 24-28 included a sales presentation for new long-haul aircraft to the Board of Directors of Air Madagascar. Consistent with President Ravalomanana's recent pledge to "keep Air Madagascar a Boeing airline," Board members were report [...]	2007-10-01 10:02:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR BEXP ECON EFIN PREL MA
07ANTANANARIVO1016	Embassy's Third Annual Iftar Reception [...] The Ambassador and DCM hosted September 25 the Embassy's third annual Iftar reception in Antananarivo. Friends and contacts from Madagascar's diverse Muslim communities attended - Khoja, Sunni, Bohra, and Ismailis -- again expressing their appreciation for our hospitality. Interestingly, Mad [...]	2007-10-05 03:19:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV MA
07ANTANANARIVO102	INFLUENTIAL WOMEN IN MADAGASCAR AND COMOROS [...] Per reftel, the following is Post's recommendation of the five most influential women in Madagascar and The Union of the Comoros. Post officer following women's issues in both countries is Silvana Rodriguez. She can be reached at (261) 20 22 21257, Ext 2409 or by email at RodriguezSD@state.gov [...]	2007-02-01 12:40:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN PREL PINR MA CN
07ANTANANARIVO1021	HILTON TO LEAVE MADAGASCAR [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Hilton Corporation confirmed that as of November 1 they will no longer manage the largest hotel in Madagascar. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) La Gazette, a local newspaper known for exaggeration, first reported the imminent departure of the Hilton. In typical sensationalist fashion, [...]	2007-10-05 03:24:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PGOV ECON MA
07ANTANANARIVO1034	HISTORIC SHIP VISIT WELL RECEIVED BY PRESIDENT [...] SUMMARY: The historic port call of the USS NORMANDY on the northern coastal city of Diego Suarez from September 29 through October 2, the first such formal ship visit to Madagascar since 1972, showcased greater U.S. engagement in Madagascar. President Ravalomanana's visit onboard the ship wa [...]	2007-10-09 12:55:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR MA
07ANTANANARIVO1035	ARRESTED MALAGASY MAYORS RECEIVE DUE PROCESS [...] The verdicts from the trials of two political opponents of President Ravalomanana were recently made public. After five months in pre-trial detention, former Mayor of Tamatave and presidential candidate Roland Ratsiraka (REF A) was acquitted October 4 of embezzlement of government funds and f [...]	2007-10-10 03:49:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM ASEC MA
07ANTANANARIVO104	SENATOR RASAMOELY NAMED NEW CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR [...] The President on January 31 appointed Senator Frederick Rasamoely to be the new Governor of the Central Bank of Madagascar, replacing Gaston Ravelojaona who retires after 10 years as head of the Bank. Senator Rasamoely was previously the General Manager of Ny Havana Insurance Company and serv [...]	2007-02-01 12:41:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EFIN ECON MA
07ANTANANARIVO1056	COMORAN PRESIDENT SAMBI, "I WILL END ANJOUAN CRISIS OR [...] (U) This message includes an Action Request, see para 5. 2. (SBU) Celebrating the end of Ramadan October 13, Union of the Comoros President Ahmed Sambi made a public declaration that he would resolve the ongoing Anjouan crisis or resign. Reflecting on public opinion that he had accomplished [...]	2007-10-15 09:05:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS EAID PHUM CN

07ANTANANARIVO1063	RULING PARTY VICTORIOUS IN LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The High Constitutional Court (HCC) announced October 13 the official results of the September 23 National Assembly elections: President Ravalomanana's "Tiako I Madagasikara" (TIM) party won 105 seats, others won 20 seats, and two elections were voided for irregularities. New el [...]	2007-10-16 06:30:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR MA
07ANTANANARIVO1083	TALKS BETWEEN COMORAN ISLAND LEADERS SEW CONFUSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Grand Comore Island President Mohamed Abdouloihab's unannounced October 19 visit to Anjouan has Union Government officials irate and the international community confused. Anjouan authorities reportedly hope Abdouloihab's visit will be perceived as the first step toward official [...]	2007-10-22 13:35:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR CN
07ANTANANARIVO1085	FORMER PRIME MINISTER HEADS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (U) As expected, former Prime Minister and ruling "Tiako-i-Madagasikara" (TIM) party member Jacques Sylla was unanimously elected President of Madagascar's National Assembly October 23 at the body's opening session. The only candidate, Sylla was approved by all 124 deputies present, with the [...]	2007-10-23 12:57:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR MA
07ANTANANARIVO109	UPDATE ON THE MURDER OF MOHAMMED JAMAL KHALIFA [...] (U) Post is providing an update on the Mohammad Jamal Khalifa murder from a security and political standpoint. Below is an assessment by the Regional Security Officer (RSO) and the Political Office. 2. (S) On the security front, RSO continues to engage local Law Enforcement Officials concer [...]	2007-02-05 13:54:00	Embassy Antananarivo	SECRET	ASEC PTER MA
07ANTANANARIVO1099	MADAGASCAR NOMINATES INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE [...] Per reftel, Post nominates the following two candidates from Madagascar for the International Women of Courage Award. 2. Dr. Mathilde Rabary is the National President of the non-governmental organization (NGO) "S.O.S. to Human Rights Victims," Coordinator of the Mifohaza Center, and a form [...]	2007-10-26 08:39:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN PREL KPAO MA
07ANTANANARIVO1103	SECOND MALAGASY CABINET RESHUFFLE IN 2007 [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Marc Ravalomanana's October 27 cabinet reshuffle, the second of his current term in office, had few significant changes but portends some improvement in overall governance. Only three of the 19 Cabinet members are new to the government. Seven former ministers were dro [...]	2007-10-29 12:51:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR PBIO MA
07ANTANANARIVO1105	EASWIO II NEXT STEPS: MADAGASCAR [...] (U) Post response to reftel action request. 2. (SBU) Madagascar sent three personnel to the EASWIO conference held in Mombasa, Kenya. a. The delegates stated the following were most beneficial: - Communications with their other African counterparts; - Exchange of information; - U.S. [...]	2007-10-30 10:30:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL ECON EWWT MA
07ANTANANARIVO1114	DIPLOMATIC CORPS IN MORONI DISCUSSES CRISIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The diplomatic corps in Moroni and Government of the Union of the Comoros were surprised by Grande Comore island president Abdouloihab's visit to Anjouan. The international community, led by the African Union (AU),is working to apply sanctions and encourage the Union Governm [...]	2007-11-02 10:11:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS EAID PHUM CN
07ANTANANARIVO1131	GRENADE ATTACK ON PRESIDENT'S COMPANY IN TULEAR [...] (SBU) An early morning grenade attack on a MAGRO building, part of the TIKO conglomerate owned by President Marc Ravalomanana, slightly injured one gendarme and caused minor material damages November 5. Local security forces in the southwestern city of Tulear have launched an investigation to [...]	2007-11-07 04:55:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ASEC MA
07ANTANANARIVO1137	PRESIDENT EMPOWERS WOMEN, WARNS SEX TOURISTS [...] SUMMARY: October was a groundbreaking month for women in Madagascar. Following the designation of the first ever female Minister of Defense (REF A),President Ravalomanana kicked off the opening conference of the Presidential Initiative on Women and Leadership with a sweeping speech calling [...]	2007-11-08 09:13:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SOCI SCUL PINR PGOV MA
07ANTANANARIVO1147	COMOROS SANCTIONS UNDERWAY, BACAR NOT BACKING DOWN [...] (U) African Union (AU) sanctions, including a travel ban and the freezing of assets, against 145 persons on the island of Anjouan (ref) are underway in the Union of the Comoros. With contradicting dates in media reports, the AU confirmed sanctions started on October 20 and will run out 45 day [...]	2007-11-09 08:58:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS PHUM CN
07ANTANANARIVO116	MCC CEO DANILOVICH VISITS MADAGASCAR [...] SUMMARY: MCC CEO Ambassador John J. Danilovich, accompanied by Catholic Relief Services President and MCC Board Member Kenneth Hackett assessed progress under Madagascar's Compact January 31 to February 2. President Ravalomanana committed to take immediate steps for the remediation needed on [...]	2007-02-06 08:12:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KMCA ECON PGOV PREL MA
07ANTANANARIVO1171	UNION PLEDGES NO ACTION AGAINST ANJOUAN BEFORE [...] (C) The people of the Union of the Comoros are on "standby" as the standoff with Anjouan continues. Union Government officials are committed to cooperating with the African Union (AU) to give sanctions against Anjouan (which will run out on November 24) a chance to work, but they will not wai [...]	2007-11-16 08:23:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS PHUM CN
07ANTANANARIVO1173	COMOROS TOO INDEBTED FOR DEBT RELIEF [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-16 10:01:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV PREL CN
07ANTANANARIVO1191	COMOROS, NEW MIDDLE EAST TOURISM DESTINATION? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent press reports suggest a surge in tourism investment interest in the Comoros, most notably Dubai World and a Saudi delegation. While promising for the embattled Sambi government, the timing and certainty of most of these investments are unclear. Still, in a tiny impove [...]	2007-11-26 13:30:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL CN
07ANTANANARIVO1202	COMOROS SHELL BANKS ILLEGAL AND UNAUTHORIZED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. "Just as the United States is not responsible for the criminals who manufacture counterfeit dollars, so the Comoros should not be blamed for criminals who market banking licenses when they lack the legal authority to issue them." With this argument, Vice Governor of the Centra [...]	2007-11-28 12:50:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL CN
07ANTANANARIVO1215	FORMER COMORAN PRESIDENT AZALI ON SAMBI'S MISCUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former President Azali told the Ambassador the Union should negotiate with Anjouan's Colonel Bacar for the sole purpose of organizing elections on the island. Azali said President Sambi and the African Union had miscalculated in dealing with Bacar, but thought a solution was [...]	2007-12-03 05:24:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON CN
07ANTANANARIVO1216	WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR UPDATE: MADAGASCAR AND [...] Post provides below updated information on the Worst Forms of Child Labor in Madagascar and the Union of the Comoros, keyed to questions in reftel, as available and appropriate. 2. Madagascar -------------- The Government of Madagascar continues to be a regional leader in combating chi [...]	2007-12-03 13:49:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID PREL MA CN
07ANTANANARIVO1221	LIFE IN ANJOUAN UNDER COLONEL BACAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reports from Anjouan, where EmbOffs have been unable to visit for six months, indicate life in limbo for most of the 240,000 people living there. There are unconfirmed reports that many opponents to Bacar, journalists, activists, intellectuals, and teachers, have been impriso [...]	2007-12-04 04:55:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON SOCI EAID CN
07ANTANANARIVO1227	COMOROS: HOPE REMAINS FOR A NEGOTIATED ANJOUAN [...] (C) I visited Moroni November 28-30 to take stock of political and economic developments there, and to pave the way for A/S Frazer,s December 22-23 visit there. This visit came in the immediate wake of the AU Peace and Security Council,s (PSC ) see reftel a) decision to extend Anjouan sanctio [...]	2007-12-06 04:17:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON SOCI EAID CN
07ANTANANARIVO1231	MADAGASCAR MUNICIPAL ELECTION CAMPAIGNS UNDERWAY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Campaign season for Madagascar's December 12 municipal elections is well underway, with the ruling TIM party dominating throughout most of the country. As usual, the Government of Madagascar (GOM) is mobilizing at the highest levels to pitch in with the campaigns; ministers are s [...]	2007-12-10 13:24:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR MA
07ANTANANARIVO1236	BRINGING COMOROS INTO THE FOLD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As we look at the question of AGOA eligibility for Comoros, the two key interlocking issues are security and opportunity - and how each could be strengthened by AGOA. The Comoran people have a tragic history and few economic endowments; their most famous native son is infamous - [...]	2007-12-12 13:23:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON EAID KDEM CN
07ANTANANARIVO1241	PRESIDENT LOSES ANTANANARIVO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Unofficial results from the December 12 municipal elections show the ruling TIM Party of President Marc Ravalomanana faring well throughout the country, with the notable exception of a humiliating upset in the capital of Antananarivo. Andry "TGV" Rajoelina, a successful busines [...]	2007-12-13 13:58:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR MA
07ANTANANARIVO1243	PRESIDENT LOSES ANTANANARIVO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Unofficial results from the December 12 municipal elections show the ruling TIM Party of President Marc Ravalomanana faring well throughout the country, with the notable exception of a humiliating upset in the capital of Antananarivo. Andry "TGV" Rajoelina, a successful busines [...]	2007-12-14 04:14:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR MA
07ANTANANARIVO1251	SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRAZER'S VISIT TO MADAGASCAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Welcome to Antananarivo! Your visit to Madagascar and the Union of the Comoros comes at an important time as both countries - in quite different circumstances - face challenges that are likely to define the future character of their governance. Your arrival, as the highest ra [...]	2007-12-17 11:03:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON OVIP MA CN
07ANTANANARIVO1252	SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRAZER'S VISIT TO THE COMOROS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Welcome also to Moroni! Your visit to the Union of the Comoros comes as this fragile country faces the latest in a long series of challenges. Your arrival, as the highest ranking U.S. government official ever (we believe) to visit the archipelago, gives you leverage to help s [...]	2007-12-17 13:52:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON OVIP MA CN
07ANTANANARIVO1269	RULING PARTY CEDES POWER GRACEFULLY IN THE CAPITAL [...] (U) Official results trickling in from the December 12 municipal elections seem to confirm early speculation that the President's TIM party won throughout most of the country, with the exception of a spectacular defeat in Antananarivo (Reftel). Businessman and political unknown Andry "TGV" Ra [...]	2007-12-27 13:51:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR MA
07ANTANANARIVO128	BUILDING A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COMOROS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The U.S. Government is missing the opportunity to build a strong relationship with the Union of the Comoros. In light of the recently-completed Operational Plan process for the Comoros, Post considers that USD 100,000 in security assistance is inadequate to seriously advance tran [...]	2007-02-08 14:09:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PTER PREL IR CN
07ANTANANARIVO160	AUSTR Encourages Madagascar to Build on AGOA Success [...] SUMMARY: AUSTR Liser engaged public and private AGOA partners during her February 6-8 visit to Madagascar. While the AGOA third-country extension will boost the apparel sector, Madagascar also shows promise in diversifying exports to the United States. High cost and reduced service in shippi [...]	2007-02-16 08:39:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD AGOA EINV ECON MA
07ANTANANARIVO161	TACKLING SEX TOURISM IN NOSY BE, ROUND TWO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Embassy staff traveled to Nosy Be, an island off Madagascar's northwest coast notorious for its growing sex tourism, and Diego Suarez, a nearby port on the mainland, to follow up on Embassy Antananarivo's 2005 report on the nature of sex tourism and trafficking in persons (TIP) al [...]	2007-02-16 10:00:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM SMIG ELAB MA
07ANTANANARIVO175	Malagasy Gendarmes Arrest Three in Khalifa Murder [...] (SBU) Gendarmerie contacts confirmed to the RSO February 20 that three Malagasy men suspected in the murder of Jamal Khalifa were arrested in the southern part of Madagascar (reftels). A fourth suspect who attempted to flee was shot and killed. Police did not recover any of the stolen items a [...]	2007-02-21 08:22:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER MA
07ANTANANARIVO177	MADAGASCAR DECLARES FLOOD DISASTER [...] With tens of thousands of Malagasy displaced by flooding from the worst rainy season in recent memory, Foreign Minister Marcel Ranjeva convened donors February 20 to coordinate the ongoing humanitarian response and make an appeal for emergency assistance. FonMin Ranjeva affirmed the GOM had ma [...]	2007-02-21 13:18:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL SOCI SENV MA
07ANTANANARIVO180	CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM TO BE HELD APRIL 4 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Madagascar (GOM) has announced a Constitutional Referendum to be held April 4, 2007. A hastily-convened committee is considering over 200 possible changes, and will soon make recommendations to the Council of Ministers, who will then decide which changes shoul [...]	2007-02-22 12:59:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA
07ANTANANARIVO221	MADAGASCAR 2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] SUMMARY: Madagascar is not a country of origin, transit or destination for internationally trafficked men and women. During the year, there were reports of trafficking within the country's borders. Madagascar has a confirmed child sex tourism problem. The domestic legal framework, cultural [...]	2007-03-06 14:07:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB EAID
07ANTANANARIVO225	COMOROS 2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) The Embassy Point of Contact for TIP is Political Officer Silvana Rodriguez. Ms. Rodriguez can be reached via email at RodriguezSD [at] state.gov, via telephone at 261.20.22.212.57, or via facsimile at 261.20.22.251.71. POLOFF Rodriguez spent approximately 1 hour preparing this report. [...]	2007-03-07 11:48:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB EAID CN
07ANTANANARIVO226	AGOA Eligibility Recommendation For Comoros [...] This is an Action Request for the Department - see Paragraph 4. 2. SUMMARY: Democratically-elected President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi has made significant improvements in governance in the Union of the Comoros since taking office in May 2006, despite inadequate resources. His government has [...]	2007-03-08 05:29:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD AGOA ECON CN
07ANTANANARIVO227	President's 2007 Report on AGOA - Madagascar [...] Per reftel, Post provides the following input on Madagascar for the President's 2007 Report on AGOA. MARKET ECONOMY/ECONOMIC REFORM/ELIMINATION OF BARRIERS --------------------------------------------- --------- 2. Madagascar continues to implement its program of macro-economic and stru [...]	2007-03-08 06:56:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD AGOA ECON PGOV MA
07ANTANANARIVO23	COMORAN UNION PRESIDENT SAMBI AND ANJOUAN'S BACAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate conversations with Union of the Comoros President Sambi and Anjouan Island "President" Bacar, Ambassador and DCM encouraged dialogue to resolve the ongoing dispute over security responsibility (reftel). A calmly intransigent Bacar insisted he had a right to have arme [...]	2007-01-08 06:53:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL CN
07ANTANANARIVO232	GOM PROPOSES CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Government of Madagascar (GOM) has publicly proposed a number of constitutional changes to be voted on in a referendum April 4, with the stated goal of driving forward the Madagascar Action Plan (MAP),its signature development program (REF A). Changes include eliminating the [...]	2007-03-09 06:16:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA
07ANTANANARIVO236	AMERICAN WEEK IN MAHAJANGA IS A HIT [...] SUMMARY: From February 27 - March 1, 40 Mission personnel and numerous partners hosted American Week in Mahajanga, a city on Madagascar's northwestern coast with a sizeable Muslim population. Well over 5,000 local citizens visited our exhibit booths, attended an Embassy-sponsored basketball to [...]	2007-03-09 10:23:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM KMCA KPAO EAID PHUM PINR AMGT ASOC MA
07ANTANANARIVO237	CONCERNED PRESIDENT DENIES POWER GRAB [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-09 12:37:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ASEC PREL FR MA EAID SENV KDEM
07ANTANANARIVO238	AMBASSDOR'S MEETINGS WITH MAHAJANGA BUSINESS LEADERS [...] During American Week in Mahajanga (reftel),the Ambassador met with business and Muslim leaders to discuss the overall business climate and to listen to their concerns. Prevailing sentiment among business leaders was generally negative. They voiced complaints about the poor state of the Port [...]	2007-03-09 13:33:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON PGOV PHUM PREL KISL MA
07ANTANANARIVO239	COMOROS SUPPORTS COMPLIANCE WITH UNSCR 1737 [...] Post received Comoran diplomatic note number 07-129/MIREX/A.A.Y/fi via facsimile on March 8 assuring the U.S. that the Government of the Comoros supports compliance of UNSCR 1737 by Iran. 2. Post will email a copy of the diplomatic note to Desk Officer Maria Beyzerov. MCGEE [...]	2007-03-09 13:33:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KNNP IR UNSC CN
07ANTANANARIVO248	CONCERNED PRESIDENT DENIES POWER GRAB [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-12 14:11:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ASEC PREL FR MA EAID SENV KDEM
07ANTANANARIVO252	CONCERNED PRESIDENT DENIES POWER GRAB [...] (C) President Ravalomanana summoned Ambassador McGee to his office on the morning of March 9 to address a number of issues. First, the President conveyed his concern at seeing Somalis and Pakistanis on the northern coast of Madagascar (location still being determined) during a recent vacation [...]	2007-03-13 08:15:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ASEC PREL FR MA EAID SENV KDEM
07ANTANANARIVO262	CYCLONE INDLALA STRIKES MADAGASCAR - FIRST REPORT [...] SUMMARY: Tropical cyclone Indlala struck the east coast of Madagascar early morning on March 15, with the city of Antalaha hardest hit. Due to the ongoing lack of communications, we do not have reliable information about casualties and property damage, but expect it may be considerable. Six [...]	2007-03-15 12:33:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID PREL SOCI CASC MA
07ANTANANARIVO270	CYCLONE INDLALA STRIKES MADAGASCAR - SECOND REPORT [...] SUMMARY: After hitting Antalaha and Maroantsetra hard, tropical cyclone Indlala has gradually dissipated as it moves west/southwest over land. Amidst the ongoing lack of definitive communication, unofficial reports of structural and flooding damage are considerable; contacts cite "thigh-deep" [...]	2007-03-16 11:07:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID PREL SOCI CASC MA
07ANTANANARIVO276	CYCLONE INDLALA STRIKES MADAGASCAR - THIRD REPORT [...] Government of Madagascar officials are starting to release initial assessments of the comprehensive damage tropical cyclone Indlala left in its wake, primarily in the northeastern and northwestern regions of the country. The National Bureau of Management of Risk and Catastrophe reports 14,000 [...]	2007-03-19 14:09:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID PREL SOCI CASC MA
07ANTANANARIVO277	ZIMBABWE DEMARCHE PENDING MARCH 21 [...] Ambassador McGee is scheduled to meet Foreign Minister Marcel Ranjeva on March 20, at which time he will raise the demarche on Zimbabwe per reftel. Post will report on the Government of Madagascar's response immediately following the meeting. McGEE [...]	2007-03-20 10:14:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ZI MA
07ANTANANARIVO287	IMF Finds GOM Performance Satisfactory [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A just-completed IMF Mission reviewed five major themes in Madagascar: the Madagascar Action Plan (MAP),trade competitiveness, institutional capacity at the Ministry of Finance and Central Bank, private sector reform (especially the electric utility),and fiscal / monetary pol [...]	2007-03-22 12:32:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN IMF PREL MA
07ANTANANARIVO288	DEMARCHE: MADAGASCAR RESPONSE ON ZIMBABWE VIOLENCE [...] (S) Ambassador delivered REF B demarche to Minister of Foreign Affairs Marcel Ranjeva the evening of March 21 on the sideline of a dinner in honor of the departing UNDP Resident Representative. After listening carefully to demarche points, Ranjeva replied that as a SADC Member, Madagascar can [...]	2007-03-22 13:38:00	Embassy Antananarivo	SECRET	PREL PHUM ZI MA
07ANTANANARIVO301	MIXED REACTIONS TO PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES [...] (U) SUMMARY: With only eight days to go, Madagascar's upcoming constitutional referendum has failed to garner the same amount of enthusiasm seen in the recent presidential election. The average citizen has little understanding of the proposed amendments and public reactions have been mixed wi [...]	2007-03-27 13:07:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA
07ANTANANARIVO304	Sambi Announces New Cabinet, Island Election Dates [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Sambi expanded his cabinet by adding four new Ministers and shrinking the massive portfolios of his existing team. None of the Ministers in place since 2006 was removed. The electoral commission also announced the Island President elections will be held June 10, with r [...]	2007-03-28 08:05:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR CN
07ANTANANARIVO315	JOINT DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO MADAGASCAR ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] (U) Ambassador delivered the joint demarche with the Russian Ambassador to the Malagasy Minister of Foreign Affairs Marcel Ranjeva. The Minister promised to look at the declaration within the framework of existing treaties and Madagascar's position in SADC and the Indian Ocean. A response wil [...]	2007-04-02 13:32:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KGIC KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL MA
07ANTANANARIVO321	JAYA: MADAGACAR'S SIXTH CYCLONE [...] Tropical Cyclone Jaya made landfall on Madagascar's battered northeast coast on April 3, weakened as it crossed the north end of the island, then re-emerged into the Mozambique Channel on April 4. As of 1200 local time on April 4, the storm has largely dissipated, although it will be watched c [...]	2007-04-04 11:35:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SENV PREL PGOV SOCI CASC MA
07ANTANANARIVO322	MADAGASCAR SEEKS AGREMENT FOR NEW AMBASSADOR TO WASHINGTON [...] On April 2, Post received two Diplomatic Notes, both dated March 23, 2007. One gave formal notice of the recall of Malagasy Ambassador to the United States, H.E. Mr. NARISOA Rajaonarivony, while the other sought agrement for his replacement, Mr. RADIFERA Jocelyn Bertin. Diplomatic notes and [...]	2007-04-04 12:34:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL MA
07ANTANANARIVO325	TURNOUT FOR REFERENDUM LOW BUT PEACEFUL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Anecdotal and radio reports from around the country reflect a peaceful day at the polls for Madagascar's constitutional referendum with no security incidents. Voter turnout seems to be considerably lower than for the recent presidential election due to apathy that the constitut [...]	2007-04-04 13:33:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA
07ANTANANARIVO352	RESULTS NEARLY COMPLETE, REFERENDUM VICTORIOUS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Waiting on results from only 27 of the country's 17,000-plus polling stations, Madagascar's constitutional referendum passed with a 75.37 percent approval rate and a 43.7 percent voter turnout. The usual criticism from the opposition post-referendum will likely fall on deaf ears [...]	2007-04-12 13:47:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA
07ANTANANARIVO393	AF/E Director Reddick in Antananarivo [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In Madagascar April 15-18, East Africa Bureau (AF/E) Director Reddick paid a courtesy call on the Prime Minister to discuss the April 4 referendum and ongoing disaster response. In meetings with the Red Cross and the Presidency, Director Reddick explored possible solutions to M [...]	2007-04-23 13:44:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA
07ANTANANARIVO396	Comoros Protests French Country Code Change In Mayotte [...] (U) Comoran Ambassador to Paris Soulaimana Mohamed Ahmed will reportedly travel to Geneva as soon as possible to submit an official protest to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) after France unilaterally changed the telephone country code for its territory Mayotte from 269 (like t [...]	2007-04-24 11:29:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON ECPS ITU FR MF CN
07ANTANANARIVO399	DELEGATION HOLDS BILATERAL TALKS WITH COMOROS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following up on Assistant Secretary Jendayi Frazer's suggestion to President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi on the sidelines of UNGA last September (REF B),a U.S. delegation led by Director of the Office of East African Affairs Eunice Reddick held the first ever bilateral discussions wi [...]	2007-04-24 11:39:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR CN
07ANTANANARIVO402	MADAGASCAR TIP PROPOSALS FOR 2007 ESF AND INCLE FUNDS [...] (U) Per reftel, Embassy Antananarivo is providing the following four proposals for 2007 ESF and INCLE funds for Trafficking in Persons (TIP) projects. The full text of the proposals, budgets and resumes are being forwarded via email to the appropriate G/TIP POC as requested. Post POC for all [...]	2007-04-24 13:21:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG MA
07ANTANANARIVO404	MADAGASCAR AT THE HALFWAY POINT OF MCC COMPACT [...] (U) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Two years ago Madagascar became the first country to sign a Compact with the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC),recognizing progress in investing in people, economic freedom, and governing justly. Remarkable achievements in the Compact's priority areas of l [...]	2007-04-25 08:23:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KMCA ECON PGOV PREL MA
07ANTANANARIVO409	Coastal City Boils Over Electricity Outages [...] (SBU) Public discontent over electricity outages boiled over April 26 as thousands of protestors set fire to a public building in the southern coastal city of Tulear. According to sources in the gendarmerie, members of the mob also kidnapped the regional director of the Penitentiary Administr [...]	2007-04-26 12:40:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM MA
07ANTANANARIVO411	Comoran Union Government Fights Shell Banks [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an ongoing struggle to attract foreign investment and repair the country's reputation, the Government of the Union of the Comoros has taken steps to address its "shell banking" problem and has renewed its request for U.S. assistance. Vice President Idi recently briefed PolEco [...]	2007-04-27 05:30:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PTER PGOV PREL ECON CN
07ANTANANARIVO414	TULEAR RIOTS CONTINUE, OTHER CITIES ON LOW SIMMER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the wake of unrest in Tamatave, political opposition groups are trying to take advantage of a string of student-initiated protests over poor university conditions and black-outs in a number of coastal cities -- particularly Tulear (REF A) -- to further their anti-referendum age [...]	2007-04-27 10:53:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM MA
07ANTANANARIVO417	Opposition Leaders Arrested; Merina Flee Tulear [...] (SBU) Police in Tulear arrested four opposition leaders for allegedly leading the demonstrations which turned violent in the city April 27 (reftel): Senator Robert Razaka; National Assembly Deputy Dimby Benaria; Luc Vital, Chairman of the Tulear Communal Council; and Tsimarivo Railala. The [...]	2007-04-30 14:07:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM ASEC MA
07ANTANANARIVO418	AVIATION FEES MADAGASCAR [...] Post provides answers to reftel action request for Madagascar. The Malagasy aviation authority (ADEMA) confirms OACI CODE for each of the following airports: MAHAJANGA FMNM NOSY BE /FASCENE FMNN TOAMASINA FMMT TOLIARA [...]	2007-04-30 14:16:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR MARR MOPS KREC MA
07ANTANANARIVO419	PRE-ELECTION SHOWDOWN IN THE COMOROS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Political tensions are running high in the Union of the Comoros as the Union and Anjouan Island Governments jockey over whether President of Anjouan Mohamed Bacar (known for his secessionist tendencies and prickly relationship with the Union Government) must step down preceding th [...]	2007-04-30 20:17:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PBTS MASS CN
07ANTANANARIVO420	PRE-ELECTION SHOWDOWN IN THE COMOROS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Political tensions are running high in the Union of the Comoros as the Union and Anjouan Island Governments jockey over whether President of Anjouan Mohamed Bacar (known for his secessionist tendencies and prickly relationship with the Union Government) must step down preceding th [...]	2007-05-02 05:09:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PBTS MASS CN
07ANTANANARIVO421	NO HELP FOR IRAQ FROM MADAGASCAR OR THE COMOROS [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-02 11:45:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER CN MA
07ANTANANARIVO425	UNION AND ANJOUAN FORCES FINALLY CLASH IN COMOROS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The political tension in the Union of the Comoros that has been simmering in recent months between the rival jurisdictions of the Union Government of President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi and the Anjouan Island government headed by "President" Mohamed Bacar has finally broken into viole [...]	2007-05-02 18:16:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PBTS MASS ASEC CASC CN
07ANTANANARIVO426	Seaboard Reaches Verbal Agreement to Extend Lease [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After over a year of intense lobbying, including Ambassador McGee insisting on a level playing field in a meeting with President Ravalomanana, the U.S. company Seaboard reached an oral agreement with Tamatave Port Director Botozaza April 27 to extend the company's lease on silos [...]	2007-05-03 05:08:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MA
07ANTANANARIVO430	U.S. FUND SEEKS MADAGASCAR FOREST DEAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since a meeting in September, 2006, between President Ravalomanana and the president of the Global Environment Fund (GEF),a deal to create a 30,000 hectare sustainable forestry operation in Madagascar has progressed in fits and starts. Interrupted by the December 3 presidential [...]	2007-05-03 09:40:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAGR EAID ECON PGOV PREL MA
07ANTANANARIVO431	COMORAN PRESIDENT SEEKS U.S. ASSISTANCE [...] Post received the following letter to President George W. Bush from His Excellency Mr. Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi, the President of the Union of the Comoros, via facsimile on May 2, 2314 local time. A copy of the letter is being faxed and emailed to AF/E Desk Officer Maria Beyzerov. 2. B [...]	2007-05-03 11:29:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM PBTS MASS ASEC CASC CN
07ANTANANARIVO435	COASTAL UNREST CONTINUES IN MADAGASCAR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Public demonstrations in Madagascar against blackouts and poor study conditions (reftels) have expanded to include political opposition grievances. Protests seem to be spreading to different coastal cities and even potentially Antananarivo. After several days of protests with li [...]	2007-05-04 09:47:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA
07ANTANANARIVO438	COMOROS ISLAND IN DE FACTO SECESSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After seizing control of the Union radio station and Union President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi's home on Anjouan May 3, "President" Mohamed Bacar's forces seem to be even more in control of the island. The first reported deaths of Union soldiers have sparked conflict between villag [...]	2007-05-04 12:36:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PBTS MASS ASEC CN
07ANTANANARIVO442	Anjouan's Bacar Clings To Power [...] (SBU) Press reports that (former) Anjouan Island "governor" Bacar has accepted the Constitutional Court's decision for him to step down remain unconfirmed. Post Comoros Liaison indicates that Bacar stated he would resign - on the condition that he, not Union President Sambi, name the interim [...]	2007-05-07 12:56:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM MA
07ANTANANARIVO452	COMOROS AWAITS SAMBI'S REACTION TO BACAR'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The African Union's (AU) special envoy to the Comoros Jose Francisco Madeira returned May 8 from a second mission to Anjouan, bringing back with him approximately 15 Union government officials and soldiers who had been held hostage by "President" Bacar's forces. Bacar told Made [...]	2007-05-10 13:48:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR CN
07ANTANANARIVO454	AU BROKERS SHAKY ACCORD IN THE COMOROS [...] (SBU) In a deal signed late May 11 between Union of the Comoros Vice President Ikililou, African Union (AU) Envoy Madeira, Arab League Envoy Husni, and deposed Anjouan Island "president" Bacar, the defiant Bacar finally agreed to step down as ordered by the Constitutional Court (reftels). The [...]	2007-05-14 13:13:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM CN
07ANTANANARIVO477	COMORAN PRESIDENT SEEKS HELP TO DISARM MILITIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador McGee met May 19 with Union of the Comoros President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi, high-level Union officials, and island presidential candidates on both Grand Comores and Anjouan to urge all parties to work towards free, fair, transparent, and peaceful elections in the upcomi [...]	2007-05-21 13:41:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM XA CN
07ANTANANARIVO520	EMBEZZLING PLAGUES MADAGASCAR'S CENTRAL BANK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Central Bank of Madagascar (BCM) faces growing concerns about its competence following recent cases of embezzlement. Three weeks ago evidence came to light that USD six million was missing at the BCM's Manakara agency. Local press reported last week another case of theft of [...]	2007-05-31 11:22:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV EAID MA
07ANTANANARIVO522	MIXED SIGNALS TO SEABOARD IN MADAGASCAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tamatave Port Director Pierrot Botozaza kept U.S. Seaboard Corporation representatives waiting for 12 hours on May 25 for scheduled negotiations to renew its lease on silos at the Port (Reftels). When the Port's lawyers finally met with Seaboard, they insisted an application for [...]	2007-05-31 11:23:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD ECON KTDB PGOV PREL MA
07ANTANANARIVO523	NORWAY-FUNDED CORRUPTION EXPERT ADVISES MALAGASY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Fredrik Galtung of the organization "tiri: Making Integrity Work" provided donors and anti-corruption officials a briefing May 25 following extensive consultations in Madagascar. He identified judicial reform as the top priority for any substantial improvement on transparency a [...]	2007-05-31 12:45:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ETRD PREL ECON NO MA
07ANTANANARIVO524	MADAGASCAR WELCOMED AS GLOBAL INITIATIVE PARTNER [...] Political/Economic Section Chief and Russian Federation DCM separately welcomed the Government of Madagascar (GOM) into the Global Initiative as a new partner nation and provided them with the most current version of the Plan of Work, Terms of Reference, Statement of Principles, Explanatory Not [...]	2007-05-31 12:45:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KGIC PARM PREL MA
07ANTANANARIVO557	LABOR TRAFFICKING VICTIMS RESCUED IN DIEGO SUAREZ [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Antananarivo's reporting on trafficking in persons (TIP) has tended to focus on the conspicuous sex trafficking of minors in tourism hotspots along Madagascar's coast, namely on the island of Nosy Be (reftel). While the same kind of sexual exploitation exists in the northern [...]	2007-06-05 13:28:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM SMIG ELAB MA
07ANTANANARIVO566	ANJOUAN'S BACAR MOVES TO DERAIL COMOROS VOTE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Violence broke out again on the Comoran island of Anjouan June 5 as island strongman Mohamed Bacar continued his pattern of extralegal efforts to cling to power. Bacar, who stepped aside as island president to run for reelection (Reftels),appears to have no intention of losing [...]	2007-06-06 12:58:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR ASEC CASC CN
07ANTANANARIVO567	COMOROS' SAMBI POSTPONES ANJOUAN'S ELECTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Union of the Comoros President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi postponed Anjouan's island election to June 17, contrary to international pressure. Deposed Anjouan island president Bacar continues his "end-game" threatening to hold elections anyway. Votes in Grand Comore and Moheli will go [...]	2007-06-07 12:53:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR ASEC CASC CN
07ANTANANARIVO568	ASECNA AVIATION FEES - THE COMOROS [...] Post provides answers to reftel action request for the Comoros. The Comoran aviation authority confirms OACI CODE for each of the following airports: FMCH Hahaia Airport, Grand Comores 2. Airport Questions and Answers: - Question No. 1: AIMPSI or Aeroport International Moroni Prince [...]	2007-06-07 12:54:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR MARR MOPS KREC CN
07ANTANANARIVO569	MADAGASCAR WILL SEND REPRESENTATIVE TO GI THIRD MEETING [...] Post received diplomatic note no. 07-470-AE/M/NV/DCM from the Malagasy Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Office in Charge of the United Nations and International Organizations, dated June 5, informing the Embassy that the Government of Madagascar will be represented by its Ambassador in Moscow, duri [...]	2007-06-08 05:41:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KGIC PARM PREL MA
07ANTANANARIVO573	TWO-THIRDS OF COMOROS ISLAND ELECTIONS SUCCESSFUL [...] (U) This is an Action Request - see para 6. 2. (SBU) The people of Grand Comore and Moheli in the Union of the Comoros went to the polls June 10 to elect new island "presidents" (governors). The pro-Sambi candidate Abduloihabi (known as "Albino") leads in Grand Comore, followed by a chari [...]	2007-06-11 10:06:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR ASEC CASC CN
07ANTANANARIVO580	STUDENTS BURN MADAGASCAR CAMPUS AMPHITHEATRE [...] (U) Police contacts report that an unknown number of students set fire to the amphitheatre on the campus at the University in Fianarantsoa, in south-central Madagascar, early June 13. The entire building and an adjoining registrar's office, where many students' files are stored, burned to the [...]	2007-06-13 09:29:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM MA
07ANTANANARIVO583	AU CHALLENGES ANJOUAN'S BACAR IN COMOROS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The African Union insists deposed island president Mohamed Bacar must allow island elections on Anjouan June 17; however, it cannot so far enforce compliance. The renegade Bacar is reportedly fortifying his position on the island against possible attack. (Note: No AmCits are [...]	2007-06-13 12:41:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR ASEC CASC CN
07ANTANANARIVO585	COMORAN PRESIDENT SEEKS U.S. MILITARY ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a letter to President Bush (full translation in Paragraph Two),Ahmed Abdallah Sambi, President of the Union of the Comoros, seeks U.S. support for a military effort to restore democracy to the island of Anjouan. Sambi describes the repeated efforts - by his government as we [...]	2007-06-13 13:35:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS EAID PHUM PINR ASEC CN
07ANTANANARIVO595	COMOROS ELECTION POSTPONED AS BACAR SEIZES POWER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Shortly after inaugurating himself "President" of Anjouan on the morning of June 14, Colonel Mohamed Bacar resumed his position at the presidential palace. A high-level Comoran delegation will arrive in Addis Ababa June 14 to lobby the African Union (AU) to hold an extraordinar [...]	2007-06-14 14:12:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS EAID PHUM PINR ASEC CN
07ANTANANARIVO60	U.S. DELEGATION CONGRATULATES MADAGASCAR'S PRESIDENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: A Presidential Delegation led by Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns attended the inauguration of President Marc Ravalomanana's second term and held a number of meetings on the sidelines. Applauding Ravalomanana's progressive leadership style, the delegation extended its congra [...]	2007-01-22 14:13:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA CN
07ANTANANARIVO608	COMOROS AWAITS AU DECISION ON MILITARY OPTIONS [...] (U) With "President" Bacar of Anjouan refusing to hold new island presidential elections sanctioned by the international community, South Africa is reportedly organizing an urgent meeting of regional foreign ministries and an official from the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council June [...]	2007-06-18 13:27:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS EAID PHUM PINR ASEC CN
07ANTANANARIVO615	AFRICAN UNION CHALLENGES BACAR IN THE COMOROS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An African Union (AU) ultimatum and ministerial delegation to the Union of the Comoros is applying pressure on renegade Anjouan island "President" Mohamed Bacar. All three islands of the Union are calm, awaiting Bacar's response to the AU. Rumors abound from Anjouan that Bacar [...]	2007-06-21 09:36:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR ASEC AU CN
07ANTANANARIVO623	ICRC NOTES MINOR IMPROVEMENT IN MADAGASCAR PRISONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Of 80 countries in which the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) monitors prison conditions; Madagascar continues to stand among the worst. An ICRC representative met with Embassy staff to note that while there have been positive trends over the past year in the Gov [...]	2007-06-22 09:36:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PGOV PREL MA
07ANTANANARIVO636	COMOROS ELECTIONS: TWO OUT OF THREE SUCCEED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Island elections in Grande Comore and Moheli successfully completed their second rounds June 24. Embassy observers found the election in Grande Comore to be transparent and well-organized. Tensions are high between the Union government, African Union (AU),and other internatio [...]	2007-06-27 13:56:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM AU CN

07ANTANANARIVO640	SEABOARD SILOS SOLUTION SIGNED IN MADAGASCAR [...] Seaboard Corporation's Armando Lopes signed a five-year lease extension for its silos at the Tamatave Port June 28. Tamatave Port Director Pierrot Botozaza and Minister of Transport Julien LaPorte have approved and signed the agreement. According to Lopes, the terms and conditions of the ext [...]	2007-06-28 11:10:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD ECON KTDB PGOV MA
07ANTANANARIVO642	COMORAN PRESIDENT SEEKS U.S. POLITICAL SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a letter to President Bush (full translation in paragraph two),Ahmed Abdallah Sambi, President of the Union of the Comoros, seeks U.S. support urging an African Union (AU) decision to take robust action against Comoran warlord Mohamed Bacar. Sambi expresses his disappointmen [...]	2007-06-29 11:26:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU EAID PHUM PINR ASEC MOPS CN
07ANTANANARIVO646	MADAGASCAR'S TROOP CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE HYBRID OPERATION [...] (SBU) Charge and U.S. Defense Attache met with Madagascar's Minister of Defense Petera Behajaina July 2 to discuss Madagascar's current troop contributions to the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) and potential contributions to the upcoming UN/AU Hybrid Operations in Darfur. Behajaina affi [...]	2007-07-02 14:05:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO AU UNSC MASS SU MA
07ANTANANARIVO681	COMORANS HOLD BREATH WAITING FOR ANJOUAN ELECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Delegates of the Government of the Union of the Comoros as well as those sent by renegade Anjouan Island warlord Mohamed Bacar met under African Union auspices July 8 and 9 in Pretoria to seek a solution to their inter-island impasse. Rather than holding a negotiation between [...]	2007-07-11 12:54:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR ASEC AU CN
07ANTANANARIVO685	COMOROS STABILITY IMPROVING ON TWO ISLANDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Compared to their predecessors, the newly installed island presidents on both Grande Comore and Moheli appear more conciliatory and more willing to work constructively with the Government of the Union of the Comoros. As such, prospects for greater Union stability - [...]	2007-07-12 13:20:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PINR ASEC AU CN
07ANTANANARIVO687	MADAGASCAR ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM AT RISK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USAID continues to play a vital leadership role among environment donors in Madagascar seeking to advocate and implement sound conservation and natural resource management policies. Review of the third phase of the environment program has been protracted and did not result in c [...]	2007-07-12 13:32:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TBIO EAGR ECON EAID PGOV MA
07ANTANANARIVO692	FRENCH VIEW OF THE COMOROS [...] (C) French Ambassador to the Comoros, Christian Job, met Charge July 9 in Moroni and provided an overview of French-Comoran relations. According to Job, from the French side the relationship is grounded in four facts. First, the shared history dating from 1841. Second, legitimate French in [...]	2007-07-13 10:03:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	CN EAID FR PGOV PINR PREL
07ANTANANARIVO702	MOHELI, THE FORGOTTEN COMORAN ISLAND [...] SUMMARY. There are four inhabited islands in the Comoran archipelago. France administers Mayotte. Of the other three, comprising the Union of the Comoros, two are of comparable size and population - Grande Comore being slightly larger than Anjouan. The third is Moheli, an environmental jew [...]	2007-07-17 06:29:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SENV TBIO EAGR ECON PGOV CN
07ANTANANARIVO710	ENVIRONMENTAL TRAFFICKING IN MADAGASCAR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Recent cases involving tropical hardwood and endangered tortoises highlight the serious problem of environmental smuggling in Madagascar. The island is attractive to smugglers because a broad range of unique species inhabit the island and because law enforcement services tend to [...]	2007-07-19 10:44:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TBIO EAGR ECON EAID PGOV CH MA
07ANTANANARIVO715	RAVALOMANANA'S CONTRADICTORY LEADERSHIP STYLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 3, 2006, Marc Ravalomanana won a landslide reelection victory emerging ahead of 13 other candidates with 55 per cent of the vote. His nearest rival tallied less than 12 per cent. Coming five years after his initial disputed victory had plunged the nation to the brink [...]	2007-07-20 05:13:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL MA
07ANTANANARIVO717	MORE BANG FOR YOUR BUCK: SSH/DHRF SUCCESS [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador's Special Self Help (SSH) and Democracy and Human Rights Funds (DHRF) provide direct, inexpensive, and meaningful assistance to projects throughout Madagascar and the Comoros. They generate tremendous positive publicity and good will for the United States. From women [...]	2007-07-20 09:05:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL KPAO MA CN
07ANTANANARIVO718	MALAGASY MAYOR FINALLY CAPTURED [...] (U) After eight months on the lam (REF D),former Mayor of Fianarantsoa and presidential candidate Pety Rakotoniaina was arrested by mixed police and gendarmes forces in the southern city of Fianarantsoa on the evening of July 19. For the moment, he is being held in Antananarivo under charges [...]	2007-07-20 09:21:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ASEC MA
07ANTANANARIVO721	PRESIDENT TO DISSOLVE MADAGASCAR NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Marc Ravalomanana announced July 20 his intention to dissolve the National Assembly and call legislative elections. His justifications include "realignment" with his Madagascar Action Plan (MAP) and the recent Constitutional Referendum; the Deputies' terms are also se [...]	2007-07-23 12:45:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR MA
07ANTANANARIVO723	PROSPECTS AND PROSTITUTION IN MINING BOOM TOWN [...] SUMMARY: As Qit Madagascar Minerals (QMM) ramps up its mining activities in southeastern Madagascar, the former "ghost town" of Fort Dauphin is rapidly changing. Embassy staff consulted local officials and NGOs to assess the potential for human trafficking. While it is clear "trafficking in p [...]	2007-07-23 13:01:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM SMIG ELAB EAID MA
07ANTANANARIVO74	PRESIDENT RAVALOMANANA PROMISES MINISTRY OF [...] (C) An animated President Ravalomanana insisted he was "neutral and not interested" in Seaboard Corporation's operations at the Port of Tamatave; neither as President of Madagascar nor as owner/founder of the TIKO company (reftels). Holding up literature from the Dynatech Corporation, the Pre [...]	2007-01-23 09:00:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EAGR KTDB PGOV PREL MA
07ANTANANARIVO749	MADAGASCAR PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS SEPTEMBER 23 [...] (U) Following a July 24 decree dissolving Madagascar's National Assembly, the Council of Ministers decided July 25 the election for Deputies to the National Assembly will be held September 23. In a power guaranteed by Article 69 of the Constitution, the Council also decided the new Assembly w [...]	2007-07-27 04:18:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR MA
07ANTANANARIVO757	COMOROS, THE COUNTRY DEBT-RELIEF LEFT BEHIND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: One of the world's poorest Muslim democracies, the Union of the Comoros has a stock of debt equal to 70 percent of GDP. If not for an annual influx of over USD 12 million in remittances from Comorans living abroad, the tiny country of 700,000 mostly subsistence farmers would f [...]	2007-07-30 11:11:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN IBRD IMF ECON EAID PREL CN
07ANTANANARIVO758	MADAGASCAR M.P. ARRESTED ON CORRUPTION CHARGES [...] (SBU) Roger Zara, a former deputy from the island of Nosy Be who represented President Marc Ravalomanana's Tiako I Madagasikara (TIM) party in the recently dissolved National Assembly (ref A),was arrested July 27 on corruption-related charges. He was reportedly summoned to the tribunal, accus [...]	2007-07-30 12:50:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCOR KDEM PHUM MA
07ANTANANARIVO760	MALAGASY AND COMORAN ATTENDEES PENDING FOR 62ND UNGA [...] As requested in reftel, the Government of Madagascar (GOM) will be unable to provide any information on the attendance of GOM officials at the 62nd UN General Assembly (UNGA) before the beginning of September. President Marc Ravalomanana and Foreign Minister Marcel Ranjeva are likely to atten [...]	2007-07-31 09:12:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP UNGA MA CN
07ANTANANARIVO761	MALAGASY AND COMORAN ATTENDEES PENDING FOR 62ND UNGA [...] Per reftel, the Government of Madagascar (GOM) will be unable to provide any information on the attendance of GOM officials or their spouses at the 62nd UN General Assembly (UNGA) before the beginning of September. President Marc Ravalomanana is likely to attend again this year pending the ou [...]	2007-07-31 09:12:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SOCI TSPL UNGA MA CN
07ANTANANARIVO77	COMOROS PRESIDENT WELCOMES U.S. COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The President of the Union of the Comoros, Ahmed Abdallah Sambi, met with the Ambassador January 18 and with Peace Corps Director Ronald Tschetter January 19 on the margins of the investiture of Madagascar's President Marc Ravalomanana (Ref A). Sambi reaffirmed his desire for as [...]	2007-01-23 13:10:00	Embassy Antananarivo	SECRET	PREL PMIL PINR EFIN PGOV PTER EAID KISL CN
07ANTANANARIVO777	CROP REPORTS FORECAST ACUTE RICE SHORTAGES [...] SUMMARY: According to harvest forecasters in the Government of Madagascar's (GOM) Prime Minister's office, Madagascar's severe 2006-07 cyclone season destroyed the equivalent of 60,000 tons of rice (reftels). Already an annual rice importer, Madagascar will likely need almost 300,000 tons of [...]	2007-08-02 10:34:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EAGR PREL SOCI MA
07ANTANANARIVO778	MALAGASY SURPRISED BY TIP CONDITIONS IN SOUTH [...] SUMMARY: In a July 25 meeting of the Human Rights Working Group, Embassy Antananarivo teamed up with multiple NGOs to present the issue of trafficking in persons (TIP) in the different regions of Madagascar. The fact that Malagasy participants were shocked to find out certain widespread pract [...]	2007-08-02 10:37:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM SMIG ELAB MA
07ANTANANARIVO779	BACAR'S DEFIANCE LEAVES AU FEW OPTIONS IN THE COMOROS [...] (U) Little has changed in the Union of the Comoros in recent days (reftels). African Union (AU) Envoy Francisco Madeira again threatened Anjouan island renegade, Mohamed Bacar, and again offered an ultimatum. In a press statement July 28, Madeira said, "Bacar's boat is sinking and anyone lef [...]	2007-08-02 12:50:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS EAID PHUM PINR ASEC CN
07ANTANANARIVO78	GENERAL NAMED PRIME MINISTER OF MADAGASCAR [...] (U) SUMMARY. On January 20 President Marc Ravalomanana appointed former Minister of Interior Lt-General Charles Rabemananjara as his new Prime Minister, to replace outgoing Prime Minister Jacques Sylla. Rabemananjara now has the task of forming a new Cabinet in consultation with the President [...]	2007-01-23 14:27:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PGOV MA
07ANTANANARIVO79	FRENCH AGRICULTURE MINISTER REHASHES HIS POSITION [...] On the margins of a Presidential Delegation visit to Madagascar to attend the inauguration of President Marc Ravalomanana (Reftel),Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns met with French Minister of SIPDIS Agriculture Dominique Bussereau at Ambassador McGee's residence for a wide-ranging disc [...]	2007-01-23 14:27:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD PREL FR MA
07ANTANANARIVO802	PRESS REPORTS INDIAN LISTENING POST IN MADAGASCAR [...] (C) Press reports indicate the Indian Government has opened a "listening post" on the northern coast of Madagascar to monitor seagoing traffic in the Indian Ocean. Most recently "Asia Times Online" reported the station took a year to construct and opened in July to contribute to India,s secu [...]	2007-08-10 06:01:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR ECPS PREL MOPS MARR MCAP IN MA XO
07ANTANANARIVO813	CANDIDATES LINING UP FOR MADAGASCAR'S ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With August 14 ending of the open season to declare candidacy in upcoming legislative elections (REF A),political parties are forming coalitions and preparing their hopefuls. President Ravalomanana's TIM party is actively selecting candidates throughout the 119 districts. To [...]	2007-08-16 12:48:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR MA
07ANTANANARIVO815	COMORAN PRESIDENT CONSIDERING MILITARY OPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Comoran President Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi wants the AU to take control of Anjouan by force to allow free elections there, and he believes this could be done without bloodshed. However, he will not wait indefinitely and has a plan for Union forces to take Anjouan - which he [...]	2007-08-16 13:50:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU EAID PHUM PINR ASEC MOPS CN
07ANTANANARIVO816	CATHOLIC HOSPITAL IN COMOROS ATTACKED [...] In what appears to be a religiously motivated attack, unknown actors set off a petrol-bomb in a dispensary run by the Catholic relief agency Caritas in the village of Mbeni on the northeastern side of Grande Comore late August 12. No one was injured, but material damages included four burne [...]	2007-08-20 05:04:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ASEC SCUL CASC CN
07ANTANANARIVO823	MORE COMORANS DROWN ON FAILED CROSSING TO MAYOTTE [...] (U) Seventeen illegal immigrants reportedly drowned August 13 when their boat capsized while trying to evade the French Coast Guard as they tried to cross from the Union of the Comoros island of Anjouan to the nearby French territory of Mayotte. At least 30 people have died trying to make this [...]	2007-08-20 05:11:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL CN
07ANTANANARIVO835	UPDATE ON MALAGASY AND COMORAN ATTENDEES FOR 62ND UNGA [...] The Government of Madagascar and the Government of the Comoros provided the following information on the attendance of their officials at the 62ND UN General Assembly (UNGA). Post is providing the information in the format requested in ref A. 2. The delegation from Madagascar will be compr [...]	2007-08-22 12:56:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP UNGA MA CN
07ANTANANARIVO836	AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE PRESIDENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Little more than 48 hours after arriving in Madagascar, Ambassador R. Niels Marquardt presented his credentials to Malagasy President Marc Ravalomanana. In a wide-ranging discourse, the President expressed appreciation for U.S. programs and support, while requesting further assi [...]	2007-08-22 13:19:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID MA
07ANTANANARIVO84	MADAGASCAR PRIME MINISTER SELECTS NEW CABINET [...] (U) As anticipated in reftels, newly appointed Prime Minister Gen. Charles Rabemananjara (who maintains his portfolio as Minister of Interior),named his new cabinet January 25: -- Minister to the Presidency in charge of Decentralization and Land Use Planning: Yvan Andrianasandratriniony (F [...]	2007-01-25 14:39:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR MA
07ANTANANARIVO851	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON MALAGASY PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Charles Rabemananjara invited Ambassador Marquardt for a meeting the day after the credentials ceremony with the President. A friendly but direct Rabemananjara said Malagasy do not want a single ballot and the electoral commission is already strong and independent [...]	2007-08-24 09:53:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM EAID EWWT ASEC SNAR MA
07ANTANANARIVO852	IMF AFRICA DIRECTOR LAUDS MALAGASY ECONOMY [...] (U) International Monetary Fund Africa Director Bio-Tchane met President Marc Ravalomanana August 22 for consultations on Madagascar's economic management and performance. Bio-Tchane also held meetings with Minister of Finance Radavidson, Central Bank Governor Rasamoely, and private sector re [...]	2007-08-24 10:17:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV EAID MA
07ANTANANARIVO853	COMORAN FM JAFFAR REITERATES PRO-AMERICAN STANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Ahmed Said Ben Jaffar welcomed the Ambassador to the region, encouraging him to visit the Comoros to deliver credentials and see the country at the first opportunity. Jaffar expressed frustration that the African Union (AU) had not upheld commitments with regar [...]	2007-08-27 11:18:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID CN
07ANTANANARIVO869	HIGH COURT ANNOUNCES LEGISLATIVE CANDIDATES [...] (U) On August 23, Madagascar's High Constitutional Court published the official list of candidates for the September 23 National Assembly elections. 1,542 candidates, of whom 666 are former deputies, will compete for 127 seats. President Ravalomanana's Tiako I Madagasikara (TIM) party is the [...]	2007-08-29 04:58:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR MA
07ANTANANARIVO870	UPDATE ON ADDITONAL COMORAN ATTENDEES FOR 62ND UNGA [...] The Government of the Comoros provided the following additional information on the attendance of their officials at the 62ND UN General Assembly (UNGA). Post is providing the information in the format requested in ref C. 2. Additions to the delegation from the Union of the Comoros: -- M [...]	2007-08-29 07:11:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP UNGA MA CN
07ANTANANARIVO88	AU CHAIRMANSHIP DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO MADAGASCAR [...] (U) Madagascar: Madagascar's Foreign Minister Marcel Ranjeva had already departed the country when reftel demarche was received. After repeated attempts to reach him abroad, Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Acting Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) who promised [...]	2007-01-26 10:33:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AU SU CN MA
07ANTANANARIVO881	ENERGY, THE FOUNDATION FOR DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Energy Minister Ramiaramanana is pursuing multiple partnerships to revitalize the state electric utility company. He explained to the Ambassador August 30 his ambitious plans to improve electricity supply in major coastal cities and in Antananarivo. The Minister is also keen [...]	2007-08-31 06:16:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET PGOV PREL ECON MA
07ANTANANARIVO89	MADAGASCAR OFFERS PEACEKEEPING TROOPS TO SOMALIA [...] (SBU) The Government of Madagascar (GOM) is prepared to pledge up to 800 troops for African Union Peace Keeping Operations (PKO) in Somalia. Major General Claude, head of the Gendarme, informed DATT that he has 100 troops ready for immediate deployment. 2. (SBU) General Mampianina, head of [...]	2007-01-29 04:44:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREL AU PGOV IO MA
07ANTANANARIVO892	EITI: CAN MADAGASCAR AVOID THE RESOURCE CURSE? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Madagascar's Government and mining companies joined August 28 in making public declarations for the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI). Much work remains for the GOM to meet all conditions, but the Presidency and Ministers of Energy and Mines are committed to m [...]	2007-09-04 11:05:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EFIN EPET ECON PGOV EAID MA
07ANTANANARIVO895	FRAUDULENT "BAHAMAS" RECRUITER CONS MALAGASY [...] (U) SUMMARY: A scam promising jobs in the Bahamas took in reportedly thousands of Malagasy job seekers before the Government of Madagascar (GOM) exposed the fraud. Gateway Global Consultants, posing as recruiters for West Palm Textiles and Apparel, took USD 50 fees for a promise of possible e [...]	2007-09-05 12:52:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB ETRD PREL MA BF
07ANTANANARIVO91	MADAGASCAR'S FM MAKES PUBLIC STATEMENT ON AF CHARTER ON [...] Malagasy Foreign Minister Marcel Ranjeva had already departed the country upon receipt of reftel demarche, to attend the preparatory meeting and then to lead the African Union (AU) Summit delegation for the Government of Madagascar. 2. Nonetheless, Madagascar's support for the African Charte [...]	2007-01-29 13:49:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM MA
07ANTANANARIVO919	ANTANANARIVO'S INPUT TO THE PRESIDENT'S HUMAN RIGHTS [...] SUMMARY: Post is pleased to respond to Reftel with the following brief summary of Post's programs and activities to promote human rights and protect human rights defenders. END SUMMARY. Promoting Human Rights and Protecting Human Rights Defenders - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - [...]	2007-09-12 10:53:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL MA CN
07ANTANANARIVO920	REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON TEXTILES AND APPAREL PRODUCTION [...] Post provides responses to paragraph four of REF A, sourced from the Ministry of Trade, the National Statistical Agency (INSTAT),the Association of Exporting Companies (GEFP),and industry associations: -- Estimate of 2006 total industrial production: USD 1.4 billion -- Estimate of 2006 [...]	2007-09-12 11:28:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KTEX MA
07ANTANANARIVO922	UPDATE ON MALAGASY ATTENDEES FOR 62ND UNGA [...] The Government of Madagascar provided the following updated information on the attendance of officials at the 62ND UN General Assembly (UNGA). Post is providing the information in the format requested in ref C. Detailed itinerary will be provided septel. 2. The delegation from Madagascar [...]	2007-09-13 09:11:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP UNGA MA
07ANTANANARIVO923	FLIGHT SCHEDULE FOR PRESIDENT MARC RAVOLOMANANA TO THE 62ND [...] Post has been advised by the Government of Madagascar of the following flight itinerary for President Marc Ravalomanana and delegation to New York for the 62ND UNGA and to Washington, D.C. All times are local. SUN SPT 23 Depart Antananarivo 14:50 Private Plane Arrive Johan [...]	2007-09-13 10:30:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP UNGA MA
07ANTANANARIVO930	ANTANANARIVO UPDATED CONTACT INFORMATION [...] Post submits current contact information as requested in reftel for leadership at Post and for key host government officials. 2. Mission contact information: Country Code (Madagascar): +261 Country Code (Comoros): +269 IVG Access Code: 590 24 hour Switchboard: 20 22-212-57/58/59; 20 [...]	2007-09-17 08:50:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT PGOV MA CN
07ANTANANARIVO933	AU SANCTIONS NEXT IN THE COMOROS IMPASSE? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of the Union of the Comoros (GOC) is expecting the African Union (AU) to apply concrete measures against rebel Anjouan warlord Col. Mohamed Bacar when its Foreign Ministers meet September 18 in Cape Town. Privately, we have heard the next step is likely to be sanct [...]	2007-09-17 13:34:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER MOPS CN AU MO
07ANTANANARIVO935	COMOROS: PRESIDENT APPEALS TO U.S. WHILE HOPING [...] (C) Summary: With virtually his whole country's progress and prospects held hostage over the continuing impasse in Anjouan (reftel),Union of the Comoros President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi nonetheless projected an air of friendly calm in his first meeting with Ambassador Marquardt on September [...]	2007-09-18 09:36:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER MOPS CN AU MO
07ANTANANARIVO955	FLIGHT SCHEDULE FOR PRESIDENT SAMBI TO THE 62ND [...] Post has been advised by the Government of the Union of the Comoros of the following flight itinerary for President Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi and delegation to New York for the 62ND UNGA. All times are local. THU SPT 20 Depart Moroni 14:55 Kenya Air 455 Arrive Na [...]	2007-09-19 06:27:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP UNGA CN
07ANTANANARIVO98	OSAMA BIN LADEN'S BROTHER IN LAW, MOHAMMED JAMAL [...] (SBU) Post became aware of media reports early this morning that Mohammed Jamal Khalifa, brother in law of Osama bin Laden, had been murdered during a "raid" and robbery in the early morning hours of January 31, 2007. The inital report came from the Reuters bureau in Dubai; "Saudi businessman [...]	2007-01-31 12:06:00	Embassy Antananarivo	SECRET	ASEC PTER MA
07ANTANANARIVO99	ANTAQNARIVO: ANNUAL CRIME EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIRE (ACEQ)Q [...] (U) CRIME MOBILITY: B. Criminal elements generally concentrate their activities in high crime areas, but sometimes enter nearby neighborhoods, including those containing Mission housing. COMMENT: Criminal elements in the capital usually focus on densely populated areas and commercial zone [...]	2007-01-31 13:17:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC KRCM MA
07ANTANANARIVO998	LUKEWARM COMORAN REACTION TO LATEST AU MEETING [...] (U) Six "concerned" African Foreign Ministers met in Cape Town September 18 to discuss the ongoing de facto secession in Anjouan, Union of the Comoros. This Ministerial Council adopted the recommendations of an experts group that met in Addis Ababa September 4. While the declaration calls fo [...]	2007-10-01 03:35:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS EAID PHUM CN
07APIA27	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RAYMOND W. MILLAR [...] (SBU) Post grants country clearance for Foreign Service National Investigator (FSNI) Raymond W. Millar for travel to Apia, Samoa, from February 19-25, 2007, in order to conduct background investigations and security interviews and to train FSNI Apia. 2. (U) Post understands that no assistan [...]	2007-02-16 04:04:00	Embassy Apia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC OTRA NZ WS
07APIA29	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RSO JAMES P. DOHERTY [...] (SBU) Post grants country clearance for Regional Security Officer (RSO) James P. Doherty for travel to Apia, Samoa, from February 19-23, 2007, in order to conduct a constitutent post visit. 2. (U) Post understands that no assistance from the Embassy is requested. If necessary the Embassy ca [...]	2007-02-17 01:48:00	Embassy Apia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC OTRA NZ WS
07APIA50	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RSO JAMES P. DOHERTY AND FSNI RAYMOND [...] Post grants country clearance for RSO James P. Doherty and FSNI Raymond Millar April 16 -20, 2007 to visit Apia, Samoa to meet Samoan Police regarding an ongoing investigation and toprovide constituent post services. 2. Post understands that no assistance from the Embassy is requested. If n [...]	2007-04-14 03:37:00	Embassy Apia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ASEC NZ WS
07ARAJEVO753	BOSNIA - BOSNIAK POLITICAL LEADERS WARY OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 29 and April 2, we met separately with Bosniak member of the Tri-Presidency Haris Silajdzic, President of the Party for Democratic Action (SDA) Sulejman Tihic, and President of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) Zlatko Lagumdzija to discuss the situation in Srebrenica and [...]	2007-04-06 07:52:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KAWC KJUS BK
07ASHGABAT1001	TURKMENISTAN: NATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION SERVICE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a recent introductory meeting with U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) Regional Director Dan Stein, officials of Turkmenistan's National Civil Aviation Service expressed interest in possible developme [...]	2007-09-21 12:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EAIR PGOV PREL TX
07ASHGABAT1003	TURKMENISTAN: MEETING WITH INSTITUTE OF DEMOCRACY [...] (U) Sensitive byt unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Institute for Democracy and Human Rights Deirector Shirin Ahmedova told poloff September 21 that the new Human Rights Commission has plans to cooperate closely with the UN and EU. The Commission also wants to devel [...]	2007-09-21 13:17:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL TX
07ASHGABAT1008	SUBJECT: TURKMENISTAN: WHO IS PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Little in the way of personal detail is known about the real President Berdimuhamedov, but examining rumors, official biographies and the comments of those who have worked with him provide some insight into his personality. Descended from Turkmen intelligentsia, Berdimuhamedov [...]	2007-09-24 07:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ECON KDEM TX
07ASHGABAT1009	TURKMENISTAN: PUBLIC DIPLOMACY SUPPLIES READING MATERIAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) If you want to know about the United States, there probably is no better source than the Embassy's Public Diplomacy Section. Apparently, the people in charge of the preparations for President Berdimuhamedov's trip to UNGA rea [...]	2007-09-24 09:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TX
07ASHGABAT1014	TURKMENISTAN: A TURKISH BUSINESSMAN WORRIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish Businessman and Turkmenistan insider Ahmet Chalik (protect throughout) describes President Berdimuhamedov as weak because he is beholden to outside interests, principally Russian. He says Turkey's Prime Minister Erdogan and President Gul are eager to promote a trilatera [...]	2007-09-24 11:35:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON EPET KDEM TU AJ KZ RS TX
07ASHGABAT1015	TURKMENISTAN: WORLD BANK CAUTIOUSLY LOOKING AT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The World Bank's Bishkek-based Country Manager for Turkmenistan, Roger Robinson, told the Charge September 24 that he was in Ashgabat to look for ways the World Bank can re-engage with the Government of Turkmenistan. In re [...]	2007-09-24 11:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID EFIN IBRD TX
07ASHGABAT1018	TURKMENISTAN: STATE AND INTERNATIONAL MEDIA HIGHLIGHT [...] (U) SUMMARY. The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) delegation's August 20-25, 2007 visit to Turkmenistan, headed by Michael Cromartie, received positive state and international media. However, state media avoided any frank discussion of religious freedom issues with [...]	2007-09-25 07:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID ECON KPAO OIIP TX
07ASHGABAT1030	TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV PROMISES RELEASE OF [...] (C) During a September 24 debrief of UK Minister of Energy Malcolm Wick's 19-20 visit that focused primarily on oil and gas issues (septel),UK Ambassador Peter Butcher reported Wicks raised political development and human rights in meetings with President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and Deputy [...]	2007-09-25 10:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TX
07ASHGABAT1033	TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT SHOWS SOME LEG ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 20 meeting with UK Minister of Energy Malcolm Wicks, President Berdimuhamedov for the first time expressed Turkmenistan's support for a Nabucco pipeline, and even promised to guarantee Turkmen gas reserves for the Nabucco project. This formulation, which woul [...]	2007-09-25 12:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET PBTS UK AJ TX
07ASHGABAT1035	TURKMENISTAN: CONDITIONS IN OWADAN PRISON [...] (C) A longtime Embassy contact, whose brother was imprisoned for the 2002 attack on the presidential motorcade, spoke recently with one of the 11 individuals granted clemency in August. (NOTE: The contact did not specify which one. END NOTE.) This person told our contact that rumors she ha [...]	2007-09-26 12:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS TX
07ASHGABAT1036	TURKMENISTAN: RUSSIAN BAZAAR BURNS, BUT NO TAPE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: An early morning fire on September 24 destroyed temporary kiosks as well as badly damaging two permanent retail areas of Ashgabat's Russian Bazaar in the center of downtown. Although there is no information rega [...]	2007-09-26 13:34:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON TX
07ASHGABAT1037	TURKMENISTAN MINISTRY OF EDUCATION GRANTS FLEX RECRUITMENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) The Ministry of Education (MOE) has approved the Future Leaders Exchange Program (FLEX) recruitment for 2007/2008, which will begin September 30. The surprise early approval is a break from the past and signals a possible chan [...]	2007-09-27 03:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
07ASHGABAT1039	CATERPILLAR EXEC NOTES CHALLENGES, BUT "IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a September 26 meeting, Vladimir Naumov, General Manager of Zeppelin Caterpillar Turkmenistan JV said while President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov continues his predecessor's hands-on habits in terms of making [...]	2007-09-27 09:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ETRD JA TX
07ASHGABAT1040	TURKMENISTAN: EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN GROUP IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Post confirmed today that the evangelical Christian Source of Life Church in Turkmenabat was successfully registered on the 24th of September, after two years of process. The preacher, Jabar Aliyev, received news of it fro [...]	2007-09-27 10:47:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF TX
07ASHGABAT1041	TURKMENISTAN: REGIONAL UNODC MEETING PARTICIPANTS AGREE ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a September 17-19 regional counternarcotics meeting sponsored by the United Nations Office on Drug Control (UNODC) in Turkmenbashy, Turkmenistan, representatives of Paris Pact countries and international or [...]	2007-09-27 11:28:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SNAR SOCI TX
07ASHGABAT1042	TURKMENISTAN: ASHGABAT INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL [...] The Ashgabat International School (a Quality Schools International supported by the Department),Turkmenistan's only English-language expatriate school, suddenly and unexpectedly received a request from state-controlled Turkmen television to come and interview teachers and students at the sch [...]	2007-09-27 12:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASCH SCUL TX
07ASHGABAT1043	DEA/ICITAP VISITS ASHGABAT AND FINDS IDEAS FOR NEW [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a September 10-14 training visit to Turkmenistan, a joint Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Department of Justice (DOJ) International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) dele [...]	2007-09-27 12:50:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PREL SNAR TX
07ASHGABAT1047	TURKMENISTAN'S TEXTILE MINISTER SHARES HER -- AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DCM met with Turkmenistan's Minister of Textiles Jemal Geoklenova on September 26 for an introductory meeting on the textile industry in Turkmenistan. Appreciative of the experience brought by and lessons learned from international investors, Geoklenova explained that Presiden [...]	2007-09-28 12:17:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EIND ETRD TX
07ASHGABAT1048	TUKRMNEISTAN: AHAL PROVINCE OFFICIALS SHOW REMARKABLE NEW [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a distinctive change over previous visits to Ahal in post's provincial reporting program, PAO was warmly welcomed and treated to a new level of hospitality and openness, particularly by a high-ranking alumnus of t [...]	2007-09-28 12:49:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON SOCI KPAO TX
07ASHGABAT1050	TURKMENISTAN FOREIGN MINISTER: GIVE US MORE TIME [...] (S) Charge met with Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov September 28 for a read-out of President Berdimuhamedov's September 23-27 visit to New York (septel). At the end of the meeting, Charge asked Meredov to dismiss his notetaker, as is normal practice for this issue, and raised the U.S. strong [...]	2007-10-01 05:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PGOV PREL ASEC TX
07ASHGABAT1053	TURKMENISTAN PRESIDENT PLEASED WITH NEW YORK TRIP; [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Foreign Minister Meredov, President Berdimuhamedov left New York with a strongly positive reaction to his bilateral, business, and UN meetings. Meredov said the president asked him to thank the United States for its high level of professionalism in organization and [...]	2007-10-01 07:20:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET SCUL KPAO KIRF TX
07ASHGABAT1054	TURKMENISTAN: NAVCENT COMMANDER OFFERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a September 29 meeting, the U.S. Navy Commander of the Combined Maritime Forces (NAVCENT),Vice Admiral Kevin Cosgriff, offered Minister of Oil and Gas Baymyrat Hojamuhamedov assistance with improving Turkmenistan's capacity to deal with a variety of security threats to [...]	2007-10-01 07:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR EPET MARR TX
07ASHGABAT1055	VISAS VIPER REPORT, SEPTEMBER 2007 [...] (SBU) Post's Visas Viper committee met on September 25, 2007. The acting Consular Section chief, along with the DCM and representatives from RSO, Pol/Econ, Pol/Mil, PAO, Management, DAO, CLO, Peace Corps and USAID were in attendance. ConOff, as Visas Viper coordinator, reviewed the Visas Viper [...]	2007-10-01 09:06:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC TX
07ASHGABAT1056	TURKMENISTAN: RISING MARKET BASKET COSTS BEGINNING TO BE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As President Berdimuhamedov's latest foreign policy moves continue to receive heavy media play, citizens are beginning to complain about rising food prices. A recent market basket price comparison shows prices have increased an average of 20% since last year. While the reason [...]	2007-10-01 09:06:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI TX
07ASHGABAT1057	VISAS VIPER REPORT, SEPTEMBER 2007 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Post's Visas Viper committee met on September 25, 2007. The acting Consular Section chief, along with the DCM and representatives from RSO, Pol/Econ, Pol/Mil, PAO, Management, DAO, CLO, Peace Corps and USAID were in attendan [...]	2007-10-01 09:07:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC TX
07ASHGABAT1059	ASHGABAT RESPONSE TO CALL FOR INFORMATION-HOST [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Please find below post's responses to the information requested reftel. Watchlisting - The government of Turkmenistan maintains a law enforcement-based watch list against which the names of incoming Turkmen citizen passenger [...]	2007-10-01 11:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER PINR KVPR KHLS CVIS ASEC TX
07ASHGABAT1064	POLIMEKS EXECUTIVE WANTS COLLABORATION WITH U.S. [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 27, a senior Turkish construction company official outlined the difficulties of living and doing business in Turkmenistan, such as police harassment and lack of Internet access, and how it makes find [...]	2007-10-02 11:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EIND SOCI TU TX
07ASHGABAT1066	TURKMENISTAN: STATE AGENCY FOR HYDROCARBON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Just back from a week-long orientation trip to the United States hosted by the U.S. Trade Development Agency (USTDA),the Executive Director of Turkmenistan's State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbon Resources, Bayrammurat Muradov, told Charge October 2 that the trip ha [...]	2007-10-03 10:49:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET AJ TX
07ASHGABAT1067	TURKMENISTAN: CHEVRON PLANS TO OPEN OFFICE, HOPES [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to two Chevron security officers, the oil company plans to open an office in Ashgabat in November or December, with an expatriate staff of four or five persons. Chevron is yet to name a country director. The company has proposals to work two sectors of Serdar off-shore [...]	2007-10-03 11:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET EINV ASEC TX
07ASHGABAT1068	TURKMENISTAN'S MARY PROVINCE: FARMERS PRO PRIVATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Farmers in Mary expressed their disgruntlement with the government cotton-growing and state-controlled purchasing system, and argued that farming private land would make farmers more prosperous, during a recent post visit to the province. Turkish factories appear to be provid [...]	2007-10-03 12:10:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EAGR SOCISZX KPAO TX
07ASHGABAT1070	TURKMENISTAN ACCEPTS ENERGY DEPARTMENT'S PROPOSAL [...] The Government of Turkmenistan has finally informed the United States by diplomatic note that the Cabinet of Ministers has approved the Department of Energy's (DOE's) 12-month plan proposed during the May 30-June 2 Energy Delegation for promoting bilateral cooperation in the hydrocarbon secto [...]	2007-10-03 13:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EPET TX
07ASHGABAT1072	TUKRMENISTAN: ASHGABAT INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL FEATURED ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: State Television channel "TV4" October 3 ran a positive feature on Ashgabat International School that highlighted the school's American curriculum and international staff and students. In his interview, the school [...]	2007-10-04 13:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASCH KPAO TX
07ASHGABAT1073	TURKMENISTAN: NARYSHKIN VISIT PROBABLY FOCUSED ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) According to press reports, during an October 3 meeting in Ashgabat, Sergei Naryshkin, Russian Deputy Prime Minister and Co-Chairman of the Turkmenistan-Russia Intergovernmental Economic Cooperation Commission, told Turkmeni [...]	2007-10-04 13:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EPET RS TX
07ASHGABAT1074	TURKMENISTAN: BURREN ENERGY MANAGER DISCUSSES THE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Over dinner, the Amcit operations manager for Burren Energy talked about many of the challenges that his company -- and most foreign firms doing business in Turkmenistan -- are facing, including problems with the [...]	2007-10-05 04:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EPET TX
07ASHGABAT1075	"NIGHT OF OMNIPOTENCE" AMNESTY LIST INCLUDES SOME [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) On October 1, the state-run newspaper, "Neutral Turkmenistan," published the list of prisoners to be pardoned on October 9, in honor of the Night of Omnipotence. Some 8,837 names appeared, along with brief details about whe [...]	2007-10-05 05:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM TX
07ASHGABAT1076	PETRONAS IN TURKMENISTAN: FULL OF GAS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Petronas, which unexpectedly hit substantial (an estimated 20 billion cubic meters at maximum production) reserves of ethane- and propane-rich natural gas in the Caspian Sea, is looking at gas export options. The [...]	2007-10-05 06:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EPET RS AJ TX
07ASHGABAT1078	TURKMENISTAN: OSCE SEES IMPROVEMENT IN HUMAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: OSCE sees an improvement in human rights, in the attitude of the government toward human rights, and in the ability of the OSCE Ashgabat Center to do business, since Berdimuhamedov came to power in early 2007. For [...]	2007-10-05 11:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI TX
07ASHGABAT1079	TURKMENISTAN: GERMAN EXPERTS PRESS LEGAL REFORM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A German academic delegation from the German Association for Technical Cooperation visited Ashgabat the week of October 1 to hold a roundtable with a number of Turkmenistan's ministries and government agencies dir [...]	2007-10-05 11:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM TX
07ASHGABAT1081	TURKMENISTAN: HIGH-PROFILE AND IRF-CONCERN NAMES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) Post has learned that several additional names of interest were on the list of those to be amnestied on October 9. A source at the Turkish embassy confirmed that it was notified that six Turkish citizens were on the list [...]	2007-10-05 12:34:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF TX
07ASHGABAT1082	DEMARCHE ON DRAFT RESOLUTION CONDEMNING RAPE AS AN [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-05 12:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UN TX

07ASHGABAT1083	TURKMENISTAN: STATE MEDIA UNSURE OF ITSELF WHILE THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. State media gave minor coverage to the U.S. CENTCOM visit, headed by the Commander of the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, Vice Admiral Kevin J. Cosgriff, September 27-28. However, it had been believed that the visit would not be covered at all, according to working level sta [...]	2007-10-09 03:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID ECON KPAO OIIP TX
07ASHGABAT1084	DEMARCHE ON DRAFT RESOLUTION CONDEMNING RAPE AS AN [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-09 06:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UN TX
07ASHGABAT1085	YOUR VISIT TO TURKMENISTAN [...] (C) Erica: We look forward to your visit and want to ensure it will contribute to building our new bilateral relationship with Turkmenistan. In the nine months since the death of former President Niyazov, the new government has taken deliberate steps to move the country back toward the main [...]	2007-10-09 07:29:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TX
07ASHGABAT1088	TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV REPLACES INTERIOR, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov replaced two power ministry heads during an October 8 meeting at the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The Interior Minister, who is taking the blame for the fire in the Russian bazaar as well as other crimes, will likely be arrested for abuse of office, [...]	2007-10-09 12:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR TX
07ASHGABAT1089	TURKMENISTAN'S BALKAN PROVINCE: ALUMNI KEEPING THE FLAME [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Meetings with FLEX alumni during a recent trip to Balkan province demonstrated the considerable thirst for greater exposure to the world beyond Turkmenistan's borders. Emboff also met a blind pastor of a still-un [...]	2007-10-09 13:49:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI SCUL KPAO TX
07ASHGABAT1090	TURKMENISTAN: TEHRAN CASPIAN SEA SUMMIT DEMARCH [...] (C) Charge delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov on October 10 and left an informal Russian translation of the talking points. Meredov listened closely to the demarche and then read the points again carefully. He initially replied that the United [...]	2007-10-10 09:35:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG ETTC IR TX
07ASHGABAT1093	TURKMENISTAN: FM MEREDOV ASKS DRL TO POSTPONE [...] (C) During the course of other business on October 10, Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov asked Charge if the DRL DAS Barks-Ruggles delegation couldn't please postpone its visit to Ashgabat planned for October 25. 2. (C) Looking pained, Meredov said, "I realize we did [...]	2007-10-10 10:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TX
07ASHGABAT1094	TURKMENISTAN: ANOTHER RELIGIOUS GROUP TO BE [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Timur Muradov, the pastor of the "Word of Life" Church, a small unregistered evangelical Christian group based in Turkmenbashy, called the Embassy October 10 to report that the Council on Religious Affairs Deputy Chairman, Nur [...]	2007-10-10 10:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF TX
07ASHGABAT1096	TURKMENISTAN: ONE AMERICAN'S TALE OF STARTING AN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Over lunch October 9, an American businessman (cautiously) told of his experiences in opening an Ashgabat office of his information technology company, including a bump in the road involving a poorly chosen local [...]	2007-10-10 12:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV TX
07ASHGABAT1097	TURKMENISTAN: CATHOLIC CHURCH PLANS PUSH FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Vatican representative will come to Ashgabat on December 11 or 12 to formally request that the Turkmenistan government register the Roman Catholic Church. The requirement that the head of a religious organization be a Turkmenistan citizen still remains a major impediment to reg [...]	2007-10-10 12:29:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF SOCI TX
07ASHGABAT1098	UNITED NATIONS REVIEWS RECENT GOVERNMENT REQUESTS FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In an October 8 donor meeting organized by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP),Turkmenistan Resident Representative Richard Young provided an update on recent United Nations' activity, and outlined the [...]	2007-10-11 04:15:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM UN TX
07ASHGABAT1102	TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes you to Turkmenistan. You are coming to Turkmenistan in the early months of an expanding dialogue between Turkmenistan and the international community in general, and the OSCE and the Unite [...]	2007-10-11 11:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM TX
07ASHGABAT1103	TURKMENISTAN: CORRECTION TO LIST OF THOSE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Post has learned from OSCE human dimension officer Benjamin Moreau that Turkmenistan's former Ambassador to the OSCE Batyr Berdiev was not/not listed among the almost 9,000 names of those amnestied on Tuesday (reftel). [...]	2007-10-11 11:09:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM TX
07ASHGABAT1104	TURKMENISTAN: CONSIDERING NEW HYDROCARBON OPTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 22-29 orientation visit to Washington and Houston sponsored by the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA),a high-level delegation of Turkmenistan hydrocarbon officials stressed they will be making substantial changes to Turkmenistan's hydrocarbon structure [...]	2007-10-12 08:00:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET EINV TX
07ASHGABAT1106	EU SOLANA'S TURKMENISTAN VISIT: INTENSIFYING [...] (C) SUMMARY: French Ambassador Christian Lechervy briefed the non-EU diplomatic corps October 12 (the EU ambassadors' briefing was October 11) on the October 9 Ashgabat visit by European Union High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana. The United States, Ukrai [...]	2007-10-15 05:12:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EINV EPET SNAR EU IR AF RS TX
07ASHGABAT1108	TURKMENISTAN: MORE OPEN STATE MEDIA REFLECT GOVERNMMENT'S [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Post has observed steps towards a more open and informative state news media in Turkmenistan. Since the death of former President Niyazov, state media have slowly become more open to coverage of U.S. Government vis [...]	2007-10-15 10:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPAO TX
07ASHGABAT1115	TURKMENISTAN: LEBAP PROVINCE: CORNERSTONE OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a recent visit to Lebap province, officials from the provincial governor's office concerned with the cotton harvest provided provincial harvest statistics and answered some questions about growing cotton in [...]	2007-10-15 12:27:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAGR SOCI KPAO TX
07ASHGABAT1117	TURKMENISTAN COTTON HARVEST - AN EXPERIMENT IN CAPITALISM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: During a recent visit to one of Turkmenistan's top producing cotton regions, EmbOff learned that the country is likely to be facing dramatically low cotton yields this year. Surprisingly, the government is turning [...]	2007-10-16 06:09:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAGR SOCI TX
07ASHGABAT1118	TURKMENISTAN AND U.S. PRESIDENTS' UNGA PHOTO-OP: [...] (U) On September 29, Turkmenistan's two largest state dailies, "Neutral Turkmenistan" (Russian, circ. 39,851) and "Turkmenistan" (Turkmen, circ. 29,091) highlighted President Berdimuhamedov's photo-op handshake with President Bush during UNGA in New York with a front-page, above-the-fold, thr [...]	2007-10-16 06:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PROP KPAO TX
07ASHGABAT1119	TURKMENISTAN: LIFE FOR JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES NOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post met with the leader of the Jehovah's Witnesses in Turkmenistan and with one member who is currently serving a suspended sentence after refusing compulsory military service. The conversation with these individuals underscored the fact that little has yet changed in how the [...]	2007-10-16 11:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF SOCI TX
07ASHGABAT1124	TURKMENISTAN: NEW CURRENCY POSSIBLE HARBINGER OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Turkmenistan has announced the introduction of new currency in 2009. The new notes will be go from one manat to 500 manats, vice the 5,000 and 10,000 manats, which are the notes most common in circulation now. Unlike the current bills, which all carry the lik [...]	2007-10-17 12:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN TX
07ASHGABAT1126	TURKMENISTAN: TURKISH BUSINESS LEADER "STRESSED [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Turkish businessman has recounted to us insider accounts of corruption and incompetence in Turkmenistan. We note his lament might be colored by his company's progressive loss of influence and contracts under the new government. His anecdotes suggest President Berdimuhamedov [...]	2007-10-18 08:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EINV KCOR TU TX
07ASHGABAT1127	TURKMENISTAN: BOEING REPORTS NEW ORDERS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan Airlines' long-anticipated aircraft order is becoming reality. In addition to three airplanes -- two for the airline, and one for the president -- they are contracting for additional maintenance training and tools. The government anticipates a financial savings [...]	2007-10-18 09:07:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR EAIR ENRG ETRD TX
07ASHGABAT1128	TURKMENISTAN: COTTON INDUSTRY STILL TROUBLED [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Visits to the regions revealed that although President Berdimuhamedov can continue to rely on the cotton industry to bring in revenue, the sector needs reform and modernization. One positive change this year is [...]	2007-10-18 14:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAGR ECON EIND TX
07ASHGABAT1129	LONGTIME TURKMENISTAN EXPERT REPORTS POSITIVE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: EU-Tacis Turkmenistan Advisor Michael Wilson told econoff October 17 the Central Bank is cautiously considering a unified exchange rate, but the government fears the effect of shock therapy on the population. Wil [...]	2007-10-19 05:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN TX
07ASHGABAT1130	TURKEMNISTAN ASKS FOR U.S. ASSISTANCE ON HUMAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Institute for Democracy and Human Rights Chairman Shirin Ahmedova told USAID Regional Democracy and Governance Office Director Kim Delaney October 18 that the Institute is on the hook to President Berdimuhamedov to [...]	2007-10-19 06:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL EAID KDEM TX
07ASHGABAT1133	POULTRY AMENDMENT DOUBTFUL TO ALLEVIATE SHORTAGE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) On October 1, President Berdimuhamedov signed an amendment to agricultural legislation that makes poultry producers exempt from tax on profits for the next three years, starting from the date of registration of the investment [...]	2007-10-19 11:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAGR ECON TX
07ASHGABAT1137	TURKMENISTAN PASSES LAWS ON NATIONAL TOURISM ZONE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan has established a new National Tourism Zone (NTZ) instead of the Free Economic Zone that President Berdimuhamedov had previewed in May. The purpose of the NTZ is to promote development of tourism, pa [...]	2007-10-19 13:17:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV TX
07ASHGABAT1140	TURKMENISTAN: SUPREME COUNCIL REQUESTS PRESENTATION ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: In USAID's first meeting with Turkmenistan's Supreme Council on Science and Technology on October 18, the Council's Deputy Chairwoman and Department Head for State Science Policy Realization explained the body's role [...]	2007-10-22 09:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID SOCI TX
07ASHGABAT1141	TURKMENISTAN: PETRONAS HAS BIG PLANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Petronas plans to ramp up operations in Turkmenistan and hopes to process 10 bcm of natural gas per year by 2012. According to Petronas' Turkmenistan general manager, Russia is a much more reliable business partner than Turkey, Azerbaijan, or Iran. Plans to sell gas to Russia [...]	2007-10-22 09:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EPET TX
07ASHGABAT1143	TURKMENISTAN: IRC ASHGABAT REQUESTS DEPARTMENT APPROVAL TO [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. The Information Resource Center in Ashgabat (IRC Ashgabat),part of Embassy Ashgabat's Public Affairs Section, would like to extend its Internet access service via wireless internet service (WIFI) to its patrons. The availability of the Intern [...]	2007-10-23 09:29:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ASEC ANET PGOV PHUM EAGR KPAO SOCI TX
07ASHGABAT1144	TURKMENISTAN: IRC ASHGABAT REQUESTS DEPARTMENT APPROVAL TO [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. The Information Resource Center in Ashgabat (IRC Ashgabat),part of Embassy Ashgabat's Public Affairs Section, would like to extend its Internet access service via wireless internet service (WIFI) to its patrons. The availability of the Intern [...]	2007-10-23 09:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC ANET PGOV PHUM EAGR KPAO SOCI TX
07ASHGABAT1146	TURKMENISTAN: THE DE-NIYAZOVICATION OF ASHGABAT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) As part of a building boom that continues apace (septel),Turkmenistan will soon erect a number of new statues of prominent Turkmen historical figures in parks, along roadsides, and in fountain complexes. One sculpture will [...]	2007-10-23 11:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI TX
07ASHGABAT1147	MORE CHANGES TO THE FACE OF ASHGABAT, AND TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov has approved $1.8 billion in construction projects since he became president in February. As additional projects are constructed outside of Ashgabat, provincial residents say that infrastr [...]	2007-10-23 11:47:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV SOCI TU TX
07ASHGABAT1149	TURKMENISTAN'S EVOLVING FACE OF NEUTRALITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Eight months into his term in office, Berdimuhamedov's diplomatic activity and public statements this year have begun to reveal a redesigned version of Turkmenistan's longstanding policy of "permanent neutrality" that may well assure the country's security and independence, whil [...]	2007-10-24 10:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR TX
07ASHGABAT1150	TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-24 13:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC UNGA TX
07ASHGABAT1151	REQUEST FOR SUPPORT OF THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-24 13:34:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KTIA UN TX
07ASHGABAT1156	TURKMENISTAN: INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 24, the Director of the Institute of Democracy and Human Rights Under the President of Turkmenistan, Shirin Ahmedova, proposed that the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL) jointly organize [...]	2007-10-26 06:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM TX
07ASHGABAT1159	TURKMENISTAN: KARIMOV VISIT FOSTERS EXPANSION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Uzbekistan Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Rakhman Rasulov described President Islom Karimov's October 18-19 visit to Turkmenistan as very successful in that it marked the first formal warming of the two countries' relationship since Niyazov's death. The new relationship can o [...]	2007-10-26 09:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EPET UZ TX
07ASHGABAT1162	DEMARCHE ON THE CUBA'S RESOLUTION CONDEMNING THE U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-26 10:34:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UNGA ETRD TX
07ASHGABAT1164	TURKMENISTAN'S 16TH INDEPENDENCE DAY: THE PAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rather than simply a family picnic in the park to watch fireworks, Independence Day in Turkmenistan was really Independence Week (and more) -- an elaborate, undeniably expensive, and highly choreographed series of events calculated to extol Turkmenistani contemporary sovereignty [...]	2007-10-29 08:29:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON EPET SOCI EU RS TX
07ASHGABAT1165	TURKMENISTAN 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-29 12:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR TX
07ASHGABAT1166	TURKMENISTAN: "DECISIVE STEP" CLOSES ANOTHER [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) On Sunday evening, October 28, as the capital relxed after the successes of its Independence Day events, Turkmen television aired a surprising film from the old Soviet film vaults that captured our attention. "Decisive Ste [...]	2007-10-30 04:32:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI SCUL TX
07ASHGABAT1167	TURKMENISTAN: RUSSIAN ENERGY COMPANIES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 25, Turkmenistani government media reported that a rich gas deposit that will produce 4 bcm per year had been tapped at South Yoloten. On October 26, the eve of Turkmenistan's Independence Day, Presiden [...]	2007-10-30 07:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EINV EPET RS TX
07ASHGABAT1168	ACTION REQUEST: VETTING FOR GOTX CENTRAL ASIAN [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph four. 2. (U) Post has been asked to conduct a human rights review for the following nominees attending the US government-funded Central Asian Parliamentarians Seminar IV, scheduled for 13-15 November in Berlin, Germany: Last name: AT [...]	2007-10-31 08:28:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL SNAR TX
07ASHGABAT1169	TURKMENISTAN: ELI LILLY RE-ENTERS MARKET WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: After a seven-year absence from the Turkmenistani market, U.S. pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly is re-engaging, initially with diabetes and cancer medications. Their registration process is underway, and they are working with the Ministry of Healthcare on capacity building to ensu [...]	2007-10-31 08:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD TBIO TX
07ASHGABAT1170	TURKMENISTAN: FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE ON IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-31 10:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL ECON MNUC TX
07ASHGABAT1171	TURKMENISTAN: NON-PAPER DELIVERED REGARDING U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-31 10:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PGOV PREL EFIN KNNP IR TX
07ASHGABAT1172	TURKMENISTAN: MAJOR INTERNATIONAL OIL PLAYERS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) With the Turkmen International Oil and Gas Exhibition less than two weeks away, post provides the following compendium of the major foreign companies cooperating with the Turkmen government on oil exploration and developmen [...]	2007-10-31 12:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EPET EINV ETRD TX
07ASHGABAT1173	TURKMENISTAN: U.S. DRAFT RESOLUTION ON CONDEMNING [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-31 12:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA TX
07ASHGABAT1179	TURKMENISTAN: POSITIVE TRENDS IN STATE MEDIA ENVIRONMENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: October's state media coverage of U.S. embassy events showed further improvement and suggests Turkmenistan is moving away from the exclusive cult-of-personality policies of the former President Niyazov era. In Tur [...]	2007-11-01 06:28:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PROP SCUL KPAO TX
07ASHGABAT1180	TURKMENISTAN 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-01 06:29:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR TX
07ASHGABAT1181	TURKMENISTAN: GAC MARINE FACES THE HURDLES OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: GAC Marine S.A. plays a vital role in Turkmenistan's hydrocarbons industry as the only contractor offering shipping and marine services to companies in offshore drilling. Gregory Flint (please protect),General Manager of the Turkmenistan office, recognizes the profitability [...]	2007-11-01 09:29:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV EPET SOCI TX
07ASHGABAT1182	AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE TURKMEN PROMOTE COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The California-based Christian evangelical group "Friends of the Turkmen" has spent a dozen years slowly building relations with Turkmenistan government officials. Although they have contacts with small Protestant congregations in the country, their focus is more on education and [...]	2007-11-01 12:17:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID SOCI KIRF TX
07ASHGABAT1185	TURKMENISTAN/AZERBAIJAN: COMPENSATION, NOT JUST [...] (S) SUMMARY: According to Foreign Minister Meredov, Turkmenistan's problem with Azerbaijan is more fundamental than bilateral Caspian Sea delimitation. He accuses Azerbaijan and British Petroleum of stealing Turkmenistan's wealth from the disputed Osman/Chirag natural gas deposit. He also q [...]	2007-11-02 10:27:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PGOV PREL EPET AJ TX
07ASHGABAT1186	TURKMENISTAN: UKRAINIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SEEKS TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Ukrainian Foreign Minister Yatsenyuk's late-October visit to Ashgabat is part of an effort to re-establish a normal relationship between the two countries, after years of commercial disputes and changes in leader [...]	2007-11-02 11:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ETRD SCUL UP TX
07ASHGABAT1187	TURKMENISTAN: ALONG THE IRANIAN BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: EmbOffs toured on October 30 State Border Service (SBS) facilities near the Iranian border, including a kennel where tracker dogs are trained. In contrast to recent months, SBS hosts were warm and rather informal. Smuggling remains a seious problem along Turkmenistan's border with [...]	2007-11-02 12:34:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC MARR IR TX
07ASHGABAT1188	TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV'S NEW EMPHASIS ON IMPROVING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The President of Turkmenistan told State media and cultural officials that they must improve their profession. The President emphasized the need for developing creativity, learning from contemporary world practices [...]	2007-11-05 04:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SCUL KPAO TX
07ASHGABAT1190	TURKMENISTAN: REUTERS REPORT ON EXCHANGE RATE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The November 1 report by Reuters that Turkmenistan state media had reported Turkmenistan would unify the official and black market exchange rates as part of a wider economic reform program is untrue. European Bank for Reco [...]	2007-11-05 11:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN TX
07ASHGABAT1192	SCENESETTER FOR THE ADJUTANT GENERAL, NEVADA [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Your visit to Turkmenistan follows the celebration on October 27th of Turkmenistan's 16th Anniversary of its independence. This visit helps continue the ongoing, bilateral dialogue on security issues, while r [...]	2007-11-05 12:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET MARR PGOV PREL TX
07ASHGABAT1196	ALBUQUERQUE-ASHGABAT SISTER CITY PROGRAM ILLUSTRATES [...] (U) SUMMARY: Representatives of Albuquerque's Sister City Foundation found their visit to be productive, and more significantly a major step forward in their relationship with the Ashgabat Mayor's office. The delegation attended multiple Independence Day events and conducted successful outre [...]	2007-11-06 05:24:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SCUL KPAO TX
07ASHGABAT1202	TURKMENISTAN'S 2007 HRR TO UNDERGO LOCAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-06 11:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO APER TX
07ASHGABAT1204	TURKMENISTAN: IN-PRISON DEATHS OF "SPECIAL [...] (C) An embassy FSN (please protect) reported that she received a letter during the weekend of November 3 from her brother, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence for his alleged participation in the November 2002 attack against former President Saparmyrat Niyazov's motorcade. (NOTE: The F [...]	2007-11-06 12:07:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TX
07ASHGABAT1205	TURKMENISTAN 2008 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-07 04:07:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN TX
07ASHGABAT1206	TURKMENISTAN DESIGNATES WORKING-LEVEL [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a diplomatic note to the Embassy on November 6 responding to an October 3 U.S. request for a working-level contact with whom the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) could liaise on counter- [...]	2007-11-07 08:01:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SNAR TX
07ASHGABAT1208	TURKMENISTAN: TOO MUCH PRESS ADO ABOUT BILATERAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) "The Times of London" and Dow Jones International News separately ran stories November 6 stating that, during a September 22 visit to Turkmenistan, UK Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks had signed a memorandum of understanding ( [...]	2007-11-07 12:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EPET UK TX
07ASHGABAT1209	TURKMENISTAN: U.S. FIRMS SEEKING TO ENTER HYDROCARBON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Business Sensitive. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Moderate reforms and a promise of a better investment climate in Turkmenistan by the country's new leadership have attracted renewed serious interest from U.S. oil majors, including both old an [...]	2007-11-07 12:29:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EINV EPET RS AJ TX
07ASHGABAT1210	TURKMENISTAN RECEPTIVE TO CHINESE CALL FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's November 4 official visit to Turkmenistan, which focused on implementing the agreements that Berdimuhamedov signed during his July visit to Beijing, appears to have gone well, and the Turkmenistan-PRC bilateral relationship seems to be on the upsw [...]	2007-11-08 05:20:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EPET SCUL CH TX
07ASHGABAT1211	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF ENERGY [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Your visit to Turkmenistan, the first by a cabinet-level official since 2002, will add value to the newly reinvigorated Turkmenistan International Oil and Gas Exhibition (TIOGE). This visit will advance our bilateral [...]	2007-11-08 07:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EPET ECON TX
07ASHGABAT1213	TURKMENISTAN'S OIL AND GAS EXHIBITION LEAVES NO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The administrative officer at Turkmenistan's Ministry of Oil and Gas (please protect) told an embassy employee that foreign interest in the November 13-15 Turkmenistan International Oil and Gas Exhibition (TIOGE) has far e [...]	2007-11-08 11:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EPET TX
07ASHGABAT1220	DEMARCHE ON SUPPORT OF U.S. CANDIDACY FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-09 07:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM ECON OSCE TX
07ASHGABAT1221	ADB IN TURKMENISTAN: OUT OF TOUCH BUT LOOKING FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Asian Development Bank (ADB),long dormant in Ashgabat, especially after the Government of Turkmenistan failed to respond decisively to the bank's initial feasibility study for a Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakis [...]	2007-11-09 07:17:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EPET EAID EFIN EINV TX
07ASHGABAT1222	TURKMANISTAN TRIANGULATES: CONOCOPHILLIPS/LUKOIL TANDEM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Business sensitive. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: ConocoPhillips and Lukoil are in the very final stages of negotiating a product-sharing agreement (PSA) for the Ordekli (Block 21) and Ogurji (Blocks 19 and 20) offshore fields. The PSA for t [...]	2007-11-09 09:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET RS TX
07ASHGABAT1223	TURKMENISTAN: STATE TV REQUESTS U.S. EXPERTS FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See para nine below. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Post's PAO had an especially productive and open meeting with a Ministry of Culture and Broadcasting official that demonstrated a firm commitment and deisre for tangible movement on President Berdimuhamedov's recent ca [...]	2007-11-09 13:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PROP EAID SCUL KPAO KDEM TX
07ASHGABAT1226	TURKMENISTAN 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] This is the 2007-2008 INCSR Part II report on Turkmenistan. The text is keyed to the questions in reftel. The Post's point of contact for the INCSR, Part II draft is Kristine Marsh, Economic Officer (MarshKA@state.gov). GENERAL 2. Turkmenistan is not an important regional financial ce [...]	2007-11-13 03:20:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EFIN SNAR KCRM KTFN TX
07ASHGABAT1227	TURKMENISTAN'S BERDIMUHAMEDOV IN BRUSSELS: A BRIEF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov's November 5-7 visit to Brussels seemed to reinforce that Turkmenistan is following its own path and, as yet, has little interest in the kinds of outward-looking compromises that could mak [...]	2007-11-13 04:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EINV EPET SCUL EU TX
07ASHGABAT123	CAMPAIGN TRAIL: MARY WELAYAT STRESSES UNITY, STABILITY, [...] (U) CAO and POL/ECON LES met with Mary Welayat officials on January 18 to assess activity in the lead-up to Turkmenistan's first multi-candidate presidential elections (Niyazov was the sole candidate in the 1992 election). City and welayat (provincial) officials maintained a consistent line o [...]	2007-01-26 12:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAGR ECON ETRD TX TNGD KPAO
07ASHGABAT1230	TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT SHAKES UP HIS ECONOMIC [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a November 12 session of the Cabinet of Ministers held less than a week after his return from Brussels, President Berdimuhamedov renamed the Ministry of Trade and Consumer Cooperation the Ministry of Trade [...]	2007-11-14 08:48:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ECON EFIN EAGR ETRD SCUL TX
07ASHGABAT1235	TURKMENISTAN: RESOURCE NATIONALISM EXISTS, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although the Government of Turkmenistan up to now has pursued a policy of resource nationalism by banning foreign companies from its gas fields in the East (foreign companies are working the Caspian oilfields),Turkmenistan may be reconsidering this policy. At the heart of this [...]	2007-11-15 10:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET ECON TX
07ASHGABAT1236	TURKMENISTAN MINISTER OF EDUCATION WELCOMES PROPOSAL FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: In a November 9 meeting to discuss possible cooperation under USAID's new regional basic education program, Education Minister Muhammetgeldi Annaamanov told USAID representatives that training for primary and seconda [...]	2007-11-15 11:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID SOCI TX
07ASHGABAT1237	DEMARCHE ON UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION CONDEMNING RAPE [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-15 12:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC KWMN SOCI UNGA TX
07ASHGABAT1238	DEMARCHE FOR GOTX'S POINT OF CONTACT ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-15 12:20:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA TX
07ASHGABAT1239	TURKMENISTAN: SUDDEN DROP IN UNOFFICIAL DOLLAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The unofficial exchange rate for the U.S. dollar in Ashgabat suddenly dropped sharply -- around 40% -- November 13 and 14, leading to panic in the city as individuals who had been exchanging their manat savings into dollars for more convenient storage in their homes (nobody here [...]	2007-11-16 07:26:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON TX
07ASHGABAT124	Turkmenistan Reportedly Bans Travel on Russian Passports by [...] (SBU) The Government of Turkmenistan has reportedly issued instructions to border guards not/not to accept Russian passports as a basis for travel abroad by citizens who until now were able to do so on the basis of their no-longer-recognized dual citizenship. END SUMMARY. Dual Nationals Be [...]	2007-01-26 13:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PINS RU TX
07ASHGABAT1243	TURKMENISTAN: MARY PASTOR DENIED EXIT [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The pastor of a small evangelical congregation in Mary province, Ilmurad Nurlyyev, told poloff November 16 that the Turkmenistan government prevented him from exiting the country. Nurlyyev, who heads a Turkmen Baptist C [...]	2007-11-16 12:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF TX
07ASHGABAT1244	TURKMENISTAN FAVORS GENERAL ELECTRIC, DISTANCES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov wants General Electric to participate in Turkmenistan,s energy sector but without its current partner Chalik Energy, clear evidence that the president is continuing to distance himself fr [...]	2007-11-19 09:49:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OGIV ECON ENRG EINV TK TX
07ASHGABAT1246	TURKMENISTAN: A PEEK BEHIND THE CURTAIN [...] (C) Turkmenistan has one of the most opaque political systems in the world. The decision-making process and relationships among the various elites are difficult for outside observers to ascertain. However, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) country director Tony Myron ( [...]	2007-11-19 11:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR TX
07ASHGABAT1247	DEMARCHE ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS ON FOUR [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-20 03:34:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNGA TX
07ASHGABAT1248	TURKMENISTAN MISSES POLISH NATIONAL DAY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) Polish Ambassador Maciej Lang hosted a reception in Ashgabat on November 19 in honor of Poland's National Day. Standard practice for national day receptions in Ashgabat is for both Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Mered [...]	2007-11-20 05:20:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GG UP PL RS TX
07ASHGABAT1249	DEMARCHE ON SUPPORT OF U.S. CANDIDACY FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-20 09:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM ECON OSCE TX
07ASHGABAT1251	BERDIMUHAMEDOV EMPHASIZES: DO NOT ROCK THE MANAT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) According to a November 20 article in "Neutral Turkmenistan," Minister of Economy and Finance Hojamyrat Geldimyradov reported on the "leveling" of the manat/dollar exchange rate (reftel) at a Council of Ministers meeting on [...]	2007-11-20 12:12:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN TX
07ASHGABAT1252	DRAFT TURKMENISTAN-EU MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On November 19, the EU-TACIS office in Ashgabat informally passed to the Embassy a copy of the draft MOU, dated November 9, 2007, for further cooperation between the EU/EC and the Government of Turkmenistan. According to E [...]	2007-11-20 12:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON ENRG EPET TX
07ASHGABAT1255	LOSS OF RESTRICTED BLANKET OVERFLIGHT AND LANDING [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 11. NO MORE BLANKET OVERFLIGHT 2. (C) The Government of Turkmenistan notified Embassy Ashgabat via diplomatic note on 20 November that it will not renew the blanket overflight and landing clearance number 999C that allows certain U.S. aircraft t [...]	2007-11-20 14:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAIR MARR MCAP MOPS TX US
07ASHGABAT1256	SECRETARY OF ENERGY SAMUEL W. BODMAN'S MEETING [...] (U) U.S. PARTICIPANTS: Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman SIPDIS Senior Adviser Molly Williamson Assistant Secretary Karen Harbert Public Affairs Director Andrew Beck Charge d,affaires Richard Hoagland TURKMENISTAN PARTICIPANTS: President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov Deputy Prime M [...]	2007-11-21 10:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET EINV AF AJ IR KZ RS TX
07ASHGABAT1257	TURKEMNISTAN'S PRESIDENT BERDIMUHAMEDOV AND SCA [...] (U) U.S. PARTICIPANTS: SCA PDAS Steven Mann Charge d,affaires Richard Hoagland TURKMENISTAN PARTICIPANTS: President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov 2. (C) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov continues to ask for cooperation in educati [...]	2007-11-21 10:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AMGT SCUL TX
07ASHGABAT1258	TURKMENISTAN'S PRESIDENT BERDIMUHAMEDOV AND SCA [...] (U) U.S. PARTICIPANTS: SCA PDAS Steven Mann Charge d,affaires Richard Hoagland TURKMENISTAN PARTICIPANTS: President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov 2. (C) SUMMARY: During a nearly 90-minute meeting on November 16 with SCA PDAS Steve [...]	2007-11-21 10:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EPET EINV RS TK AJ KZ TX
07ASHGABAT1259	TURKMENISTAN: UNUSUALLY OUTGOING DEPUTY PREMIER [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 16 meeting with Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Steven Mann, Turkmenistan's Deputy Chairman of the SIPDIS Cabinet of Ministers for hydrocarbon issues, Tachberdi Tagiyev, was unusually forthcoming, even acknowledg [...]	2007-11-21 10:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET TX
07ASHGABAT1260	SECRETARY OF ENERGY SAMUEL W. BODMAN'S MEETING [...] (U) U.S. PARTICIPANTS: Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman SIPDIS Senior Adviser Molly Williamson Assistant Secretary Karen Harbert Public Affairs Director Andrew Beck Charge d,affaires Richard Hoagland TURKMENISTAN PARTICIPANTS: Deputy Prime Minister for Oil and Gas Tachberdi Tag [...]	2007-11-21 11:03:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET EINV AF AJ KZ RS TX
07ASHGABAT1262	ENERGY SECRETARY BODMAN PRESS CONFERENCE AT TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) On November 15, Energy Secretary Bodman held a press conference at the Turkmenistan International Oil and Gas Exhibition. The following is the transcript of the press conference: BEGIN TEXT: Secretary Bodman: Hello everyone. I'm Sam Bodman, the United States SIPDIS Secretary of [...]	2007-11-23 04:31:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON ENERG EPET TX
07ASHGABAT1263	TURKMENISTAN: MARKET BASKET COSTS CONTINUE TO RISE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A recent market basket price comparison showed that many basic market prices have continued to increase sharply over the last two months, with milk scoring the biggest increase (33%). While the reasons for this rapid increase vary, the higher cost of food globally, a shortage [...]	2007-11-23 07:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI PREL

07ASHGABAT1266	TURKMENISTAN: IMF INCREASES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation visiting Turkmenistan in mid-November recommended that the government of Turkmenistan initiate step-by-step reforms to unify the dual exchange rate and increase transparency within government budgets, according to the IMF's repre [...]	2007-11-23 09:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV PREL TX
07ASHGABAT1269	TURKMENISTAN: ENERGY SECRETARY BODMAN WARMLY COVERED IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. U.S. Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman's November 14-15 visit to Turkmenistan received broad coverage in both state and international media. Bodman's remarks at Turkmenistan's International Oil and Gas Exhibition conference (TIOGE),and his meetings with Turkmenistan's preside [...]	2007-11-23 11:54:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID ECON KPAO OIIP TX
07ASHGABAT1270	UN COMMITTEE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION [...] (U) On November 23, 2007, the Embassy delivered reftel demarche to Turkmenistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, requesting the Government of Turkmenistan's support for Mr. Pierre-Richard Prosper's re-election to a seat on the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. [...]	2007-11-23 11:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KWMN SOCI UNGA TX
07ASHGABAT1271	TURKMENISTAN LIFTS REQUIREMENT FOR FOREIGNERS TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The Head of the Department for Registration of Foreign Citizens at Turkmenistan's State Service of Registration of Foreign Citizens told an Embassy employee on November 20 that the government has lifted its ban requiring a [...]	2007-11-23 12:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI TX
07ASHGABAT1272	UNDP BRINGS FORMER CZECH ECONOMY MINISTER TO [...] (C) In October, the Government of Turkmenistan requested UNDP assistance with economic reform in the following areas: -- Microeconomic regulations -- Private sector development -- State property management -- Training and certification of state employees -- International accounting standar [...]	2007-11-23 12:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL TX
07ASHGABAT1274	TURKMENISTAN: IMPENDING PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Provincial People's Council elections are to be conducted on December 9, for the first time since the Berdimuhamedov government approved amendments to the law governing these elections in July 2007. The amendment [...]	2007-11-23 15:28:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM TX
07ASHGABAT1275	DEMARCHE TO REQUEST GOTX'S SUPPORT FOR U.S. AGENDA FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-26 10:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI EAGR UNGA TX
07ASHGABAT1281	BLANKET OVERFLIGHT APPROVED [...] (C) The Government of Turkmenistan has agreed to renew the blanket overflight and landing clearance request number 999C that had been due to expire November 30. Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers and Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov called in the Charge to deliver this news. Meredov s [...]	2007-11-26 11:28:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAIR MARR MCAP MOPS US TX
07ASHGABAT1282	TURKMENISTAN: MINISTRY OF ECONOMY AND FINANCE MISSES BOAT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite earlier expressions of interest in a USAID proposal to develop an Investor's Roadmap to improve Turkmenistan's investment climate, the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MOEF) is unwilling to commit to USG te [...]	2007-11-26 13:12:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EAID PINR PREL PGOV TX
07ASHGABAT1283	TURKMENISTAN INTERNATIONAL OIL AND GAS EXHIBITION AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: This year's Turkmenistan International Oil and Gas Exhibition (TIOGE) and conference had the highest attendance since 2000 and attracted unprecedented interest from major petroleum companies, regional stakeholders [...]	2007-11-26 13:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ENERG EPET TX
07ASHGABAT1284	TRIBES OF TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Notwithstanding 70 years of Soviet rule, tribalism remains a potent issue of potential division in Turkmenistan. One's tribal identity continues to influence who one will marry, whether one will enter the univers [...]	2007-11-26 14:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI TX
07ASHGABAT1285	TURKMENISTAN: LAUNCH IN BALKAN PROVINCE BRINGS NATIONAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On November 16, USAID's implementing partner Project HOPE organized a ceremony in Balkanabat city marking the expansion of DOTS, the internationally recognized approach to control tuberculosis (TB),to three new town [...]	2007-11-26 14:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID SOCI TX
07ASHGABAT1286	DEMARCHE ON NEW DELHI AVIAN INFLUENZA CONFERENCE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-27 03:20:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI EAGR UNGA TX
07ASHGABAT1287	PSI DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO TURKMENISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-27 03:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TX
07ASHGABAT1293	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO TURKMENISTAN OF DRL [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes the visit of Deputy Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Rights and Labor Erica Barks-Ruggles to Turkmenistan. Your visit will help to reinforce the U.S. government's message as it has [...]	2007-11-27 13:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EPET TX
07ASHGABAT1296	TURKMENISTAN/CIS SUMMIT: BERDIMUHAMEDOV PUSHES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: For the first time in nearly 15 years, Turkmenistan hosted the November 22 CIS Heads of Government summit. Although many may have been hoping that President Berdimuhamedov would agree to more active participation [...]	2007-11-28 13:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON TX CIS
07ASHGABAT1297	TURKMENISTAN/RUSSIA: BERDIMUHAMEDOV AGREES TO NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After a hardcore blitz campaign by Russia and Gazprom, headed by Russia's Prime Minister Victor Zubkov and Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller, President Berdimuhamedov agreed on November 23 to move up the timeline for construction of a Caspian littoral pipeline to Russia, and to sign a [...]	2007-11-28 14:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET ETRD RU TX
07ASHGABAT1298	TURKMENISTAN: ELECTION OFFICIALS CONFIDENT IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloffs met November 27 with Myrat Garryev, longtime chairman of the National Central Election Commission, and Shirin Akhmedova, the Director of the Institute for Democracy and Human Rights, to assess the status [...]	2007-11-28 14:35:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM TX
07ASHGABAT1299	TURKMENISTAN: NIGHTLIFE OF THE RICH AND POWERFUL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Emboffs recently got a glimpse into the nocturnal habits of Turkmenistan's rich and powerful. A male relative of President Berdimuhamedov was involved in a bar fight with a foreigner, but the police were never called. Two high-ranking Ministry of National Security officials (sec [...]	2007-11-29 03:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR TX
07ASHGABAT1300	TURKMENISTAN: MOVEMENT ON INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The Government of Turkmenistan has decided to support the registration of the Quality Schools International-run (QSI) Ashgabat International School. Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers and Foreign Minister Rashit Me [...]	2007-11-29 10:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ASCH TX
07ASHGABAT1301	UNDP MAKES CLIMATE CHANGE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) At the official launch event on November 28 in Turkmenistan for UNDP's 2007/2008 Global Human Development Report entitled "Fighting climate change: Human solidarity in a divided world," UNDP Resident Representative in Tur [...]	2007-11-29 13:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EPET ECON TX
07ASHGABAT1302	UK ENERGY OFFICE PLANS STUDY TOUR FOR TURKMEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The British government is moving forward with plans to provide training to Turkmen officials in the oil and gas industry in January. Foci will include energy sector regulation, licensing, and the current Turkmen policy of selling hydrocarbon product at the border. The U.K. gov [...]	2007-11-29 13:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PREL TX UK
07ASHGABAT1303	TURKMENISTAN: LOSS OF BLANKET CLEARANCE - WHAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: After first declining to renew an existing blanket clearance for U.S. aircraft, Turkmenistan changed its position and granted the renewal when the U.S. government challenged the decision. A combination of factors probably led to the initial denial, includig pressure from Russia, [...]	2007-11-29 14:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAIR MARR MCAP MOPS US TX
07ASHGABAT1305	EBRD DELEGATION CONSIDERS GREATER ENGAGEMENT IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A high-level EBRD delegation visited Turkmenistan to evaluate if there has been progress on reforms since President Berdimuhamedov took office in February. Delegation members wanted, in particular, to evaluate the status of human rights in Turkmenistan. In the next five to s [...]	2007-11-30 12:48:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PHUM PREL TX
07ASHGABAT1306	TURKMENISTAN: EUROPEAN COMMISSION-FUNDED STUDY ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The European Commission has concluded from a just completed a study on establishing a gas transit corridor from Kazakhstan to the EU region that the project is feasible. The 400-page feasibility study looked at a [...]	2007-12-01 08:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EPET ECON ENRG TX
07ASHGABAT1307	TURKMENISTAN: "THE DOOR IS OPEN, BUT WE FOLLOW [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging discussion with SCA PDAS Mann on November 16, Foreign Minister Meredov: -- reaffirmed Turkmenistan welcomes proposals from world-class energy companies; -- agreed more work needs to be done to reform the economy and improve the business climate; -- tout [...]	2007-12-01 08:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EPET ETRD SOCI TX
07ASHGABAT1308	TURKMENISTAN: CREEPING FORWARD ON BANKING REFORM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At a meeting that President Berdimuhamedov held with senior bank officials on November 28, Central Bank (CBT) Chairman Geldimyrat Abylov reported that the CBT is continuing to study available options regarding fi [...]	2007-12-03 07:07:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN TX
07ASHGABAT1310	TURKMENISTAN: MEETING WITH MINISTRY OF EDUCATION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The next step in the process of registering the Quality Schools International (QSI)- run Ashgabat International School (AIS) took place November 30 when MFA arranged a meeting for the Embassy with the Ministry of Education ( [...]	2007-12-03 07:12:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ASCH TX
07ASHGABAT1311	TURKMENISTAN: ENI PURCHASES ONSHORE OIL COMPANY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) Burren Energy, a second-tier hydrocarbon company registered in the UK that is the holder of one of the the few onshore production sharing agreements (PSAs) in Turkmenistan, has just been sold to the Italian-based hydrocarbon [...]	2007-12-03 08:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EPET ECON TX
07ASHGABAT1312	GLOBAL INITIATIVE WORKSHOP ON RADIOLOGICAL SEARCH AND [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-03 10:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER TX
07ASHGABAT1314	TERRORISM FINANCE: SYRIA/LEBANON DESIGNATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-03 10:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN TX
07ASHGABAT1316	TURKMENISTAN/INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY: [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a November 28-30 visit to Turkmenistan, the Deputy Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) Ambassador William Ramsay, found a country in the process of transition. Although there were [...]	2007-12-03 15:24:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EPET PGOV TX IEA
07ASHGABAT1317	TURKMENISTAN: PHOTO OF TWO PRESIDENTS MAKES SECOND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) On December 1, the photograph of President Bush and President Berdimuhamedov shaking hands when they met during the UN General Assembly in September was run on the front of page of both the Russian-language "Neutral Turkmenista [...]	2007-12-04 08:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TX
07ASHGABAT1318	TURKMENISTAN: MARATHON TRIES TO INTEREST [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Marathon Oil Corporation Senior Vice President told the Charge December 3 that his company wants to interest Turkmenistan in its proprietary gas-to-fuels technology, a gas-conversion process that he claimed is more carbon [...]	2007-12-04 10:09:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EPET TX
07ASHGABAT1325	BERDIMUHAMEDOV TELLS OFFICIALS TO CLEAN UP THE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At an impromptu Cabinet of Ministers meeting held during an Iranian trade show on November 30, President Berdimuhamedov was seemingly inspired by a three-dimensional satellite map of Ashgabat to issue several dir [...]	2007-12-05 13:12:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL TX
07ASHGABAT1326	TURKMENISTAN: JAZZ CD RELEASE A HUGE SUCCESS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the Embassy hosted an event "releasing" a free compact disk, with songs by the joint Turkmen-American Jazz group supported by the performing arts initiative program in July 2007. [...]	2007-12-05 14:28:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL PINR KPAO TX
07ASHGABAT1335	"DUBAI ON THE CASPIAN" LIKELY TO STILL BE "LAKE ERIE ON A [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A December 3 business forum showcased multi-billion dollar, world-class plans for the Avaza Tourism Zone. World-renowned design companies, architectural firms, and developers are involved in the project, guaranteeing [...]	2007-12-10 11:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EPET ECON ETRD TX
07ASHGABAT1336	TURKMENISTAN'S PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S COUNCIL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Amid very light turnout, Turkmenistan's citizens voted for members of their provincial people's councils December 9. The Central Election Commission provided its typical overexaggerated estimates, claiming by th [...]	2007-12-10 13:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM TX
07ASHGABAT1338	TURKMENISTAN: INTRODUCTORY INTERNEWS VISIT -- "TWO OUT OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On November 28-29, representatives from Internews and USAID met with the Minister of Culture, a group of Mejlis (Parliament) deputies, and Turkmen State University's initial class of future journalists to discuss pos [...]	2007-12-11 09:17:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI TX
07ASHGABAT1339	TURKMENISTAN'S COUNCIL ON RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: DRL DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles met December 7 with the Chairman of the Council for Religious Affairs, Charygeldi Seryayev to discuss religious freedom issues. Seryayev emphasized the there is inter-confessional harmon [...]	2007-12-11 11:26:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR SOCI TX
07ASHGABAT1340	PSI 5TH ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE NONPAPER DELIVERED TO THE [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-11 11:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM PREL TX
07ASHGABAT1344	TURKMENISTAN TAKES UNPRECENDENTED STEP, ANNOUNCES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 11, officials of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) discussed U.S. support of U.S.-funded UNODC border crossing projects with the Charge. In a major policy change, Turkmenistan's Ch [...]	2007-12-13 13:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SNAR TX
07ASHGABAT1345	TURKISH PRESIDENT GUL WOOS TURKMEN LEADERSHIP ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The government of Turkmenistan hosted a highly-politicized December 6-8 official visit by Turkish President Abdullah Gul, who is the first Turkish president to visit here in seven years. President Gul arrived w [...]	2007-12-14 04:07:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD TU TX
07ASHGABAT1346	INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS GIVES GREEN LIGHT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On December 7, the Director of the Institute of Democracy and Human Rights under the President of Turkmenistan told a delegation led by Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) Er [...]	2007-12-14 04:15:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TX
07ASHGABAT1348	TURKMENISTAN CORRUPTION: WHAT HAPPENS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Corruption and nepotism remain problems in Turkmenistan, and Turkish firms and Bouygues have done particularly well in the lucrative construction industry because they have mastered the business environment here. Bouygues CEO Martin Bouygues' close and direct relationship to the p [...]	2007-12-14 08:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EIND ETRD PGOV PREL TX
07ASHGABAT1349	TURKMENISTAN: MEJLIS CHAIRMAN FOCUSES ON BUILDING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A delegation led by DRL Deputy Assistant Secretary Erica Barks-Ruggles discussed parliamentary reform SIPDIS December 7 with the chairman of Turkmenistan's Mejlis (Parliament),who focused her comments on the [...]	2007-12-14 08:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TX
07ASHGABAT1350	TURKMENISTAN MOJ OFFICIALS INTRIGUED BUT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 7, Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Erica Barks-Ruggles and other delegation members met with Ministry of Justice (MOJ) officials to discuss registration of religious groups and NGOS as well as various [...]	2007-12-14 08:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF EAID TX
07ASHGABAT1352	TURKISH INSTRUCTORS MAKE OBSERVATIONS AT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Two officers from Turkey's Ministry of the Interior, Department of Anti-Smuggling and Organized Crime led a workshop sponsored by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) for a group of Turkmenistan la [...]	2007-12-14 11:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SNAR EAID TX
07ASHGABAT1353	TURKMENISTAN: REPORTS ABOUT LUKOIL/CONOCOPHILLIPS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On December 12, Moscow's Interfax news agency issued a report, cited to Lukoil board member Richard Matske, that Lukoil had signed an agreement with Turkmenistan to develop three Caspian Sea blocks. The following day, Int [...]	2007-12-14 12:10:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EPET TX
07ASHGABAT1358	TURKMENISTAN CONFIRMATION FOR ADVISER NINA AFANASYEVA [...] Post confirms the participation of Turkmenabat American Corner Adviser Nina Afanasyeva in the May - June 2008 U.S. based training program for overseas educational advisers. NOMINATION ---------- 2. NUMBER OF VISITORS/CONTACTS THE CENTER HAS ANNUALLY (PHONE, FAX, E-MAIL AND WEB, IF APPLI [...]	2007-12-14 12:48:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP OEXC SCUL KPAO TX
07ASHGABAT1359	RUSSIAN DCM PLAYS UP GREAT GAME TO EXPLAIN U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: In what was supposed to be a briefing by Russian DCM Aleksey Demin on the recent visit of Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov to Turkmenistan, we instead got an earful regarding American favoritism toward Ukraine and the U.S. hidden agenda on a trans-Caspian pipeline. He also alleged t [...]	2007-12-14 16:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ENERG EPET SOCI TX
07ASHGABAT1361	TURKMENISTAN: REQUEST FOR ECA SPORTS PROJECTS [...] Post has witnessed a slow and gradual opening of Turkmenistan since February 2007. Under President Berdimuhamedov, physical education was re-introduced into secondary schools and universities. Berdimuhamedov also frequently emphasizes the value of cultural exchanges. Post believes that in th [...]	2007-12-17 04:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PCUL PINR KPAO TX
07ASHGABAT1364	TURKMENISTAN: CONOCO-PHILLIPS AND CHEVRON UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The new year is approaching with the two U.S. hydrocarbons firms -- ConocoPhillips and Chevron -- just a few months ago were bullish on perceived new opportunities in Turkmenistan but now resigned to the reality that ageements may still be at least a few months away. In ConocoP [...]	2007-12-17 12:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET PGOV TX
07ASHGABAT1365	TURKMENISTAN: OPENING OF UN PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The United Nations Center for Preventive Diplomacy opened in Ashgabat December 10, amidst intense state media coverage and international attendance. Although the Center is to receive an operating budget of abou [...]	2007-12-17 12:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UN TX
07ASHGABAT1367	TURKMENISTAN: NO PROGRESS ON REGISTRATION DURING [...] (C) SUMMARY: No progress was made on registration of the Roman Catholic Church during the recent visit of two Vatican officials to Turkmenistan. Only one of the sought after meetings with Turkmen officials took place. The Minister of Justice, during that meeting, affirmed that there is no wa [...]	2007-12-17 12:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SOCI KIRF TX
07ASHGABAT1369	TURKMENISTAN: CEC CHAIRMAN MORE THE PROBLEM THAN THE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a meeting with DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles, Turkmenistan's Central Election Commission chairman declared Turkmenistan a democratic nation for the past 5,000 years and needs little in the way of reform. The cha [...]	2007-12-18 05:47:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM TX
07ASHGABAT137	EUR/ACE COORDINATOR ADAMS MEETS WITH [...] (C) Turkmenistan's Minister of Foreign Affairs Rashit Meredov on January 31 provided EUR/ACE Adams a well-targetted series of requests for expanded cooperation in the fields of education, health, economic reforms and security. Meredov acknowledged Adams's caveat that the U.S. Congress was un [...]	2007-02-02 13:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR OSCE PGOV PHUM PINR PREL TX US
07ASHGABAT1370	TURKMENISTAN: NGO ACTIVISTS ADVANCE LEGAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: NGO activists sat down with members of the visiting DRL delegation led by DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles in the modest ABA/CEELI office in Ashgabat to talk about the work they have been doing in cooperation with a vari [...]	2007-12-18 07:23:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AID SOCI TX
07ASHGABAT1371	TURKMENISTAN: FRENCH AMBASSADOR ON EU ENERGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge met with French Ambassador Christian Lechervy December 18 for a read-out of European Union Special Representative for Central Asia Pierre Morel's December 10-11 visit to Ashgabat for the opening of the UN Preventive Diplomacy Center. As the contact representative for t [...]	2007-12-18 10:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EPET KDEM EU FR TX
07ASHGABAT1374	TURKMENISTAN: MIXED REPORTS AND CYNICISM FROM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a December 8 roundtable discussion with minority registered and unregistered religious groups and a December 6 roundtable with community leaders and staff from USAID civil society implementing partner Coun [...]	2007-12-18 15:48:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TX
07ASHGABAT1376	TURKMENISTAN/RUSSIA: PRESIDENTS PUTIN AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) According to Turkmenistan's state media, Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and Russia's President Putin agreed during a December 18 telephone call to sign the tripartite agreement on construction of a new Ca [...]	2007-12-19 09:24:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EPET RU TX
07ASHGABAT1377	TURKMENISTAN: ANOTHER FREEDOM-OF-MOVEMENT CASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The sister of a Turkmen exile opposition leader is being barred from leaving Turkmenistan and pressured to relinquish her Turkmen citizenship. Authorities barred her from boarding an aircraft bound for Moscow on November 24, and seem bent on convincing her to leave the country [...]	2007-12-19 09:24:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TX
07ASHGABAT1378	TURKMENISTAN: DIP DOYEN DEPARTS [...] (C) Some of the diplomatic corps gathered December 18 for the farewell dinner to fete diplomatic doyen Armenian Ambassador Aram Grigoryan, who departs Turkmenistan December 30 after serving nearly 11 years in his post. When Charge asked about his next assignment, the decidedly drunk Grigorya [...]	2007-12-19 09:24:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SOCI AM KG TX
07ASHGABAT1379	TURKMENISTAN: DAS BARKS-RUGGLES VISIT HIGHLIGHTED IN [...] (U) SUMMARY. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Erica Barks-Ruggles visited Turkmenistan December 6-9, 2007. State media highlighted her meetings at Turkmenistan's ministries and government agencies. "Reuters" gave accurate coverage of the visit, focusing on a [...]	2007-12-19 11:56:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID ECON KPAO TX
07ASHGABAT1380	INTERNET IS COMING TO TURKMENISTAN, BUT AT ITS OWN [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to an AmCit businessman in the information technology sector, progress on setting up a countrywide Internet network is behind schedule, perhaps because of the authorities' fear of change. That being said, the Ministry of Communications will announce the winner of a te [...]	2007-12-19 12:15:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EFIN TX
07ASHGABAT1381	TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT NOTES REFORM PROGRESS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During an unusually wide-ranging December 18 Cabinet of Ministers meeting, Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov reviewed his government's accomplishments over the past year. Although the president said he was generally pleased with the pace of reforms, he noneth [...]	2007-12-19 12:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET EINV EFIN ECON TX
07ASHGABAT1387	TURKMENISTAN'S GOVERNMENT PUBLISHES NEW LAWS ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet 2. (U) Turkmenistan's official Russian-language government newspaper, "Neutralnyy Turkmenistan," published two new laws on December 19 and 20: the 26-article "Law of Turkmenistan on State Guarantees of Equal Rights of Women" and the [...]	2007-12-20 12:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KCRM KWMN TX
07ASHGABAT1389	TURKMENISTAN: SUPREME COUNCIL OFFERS TO HOST USAID'S [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a very positive development on December 13, representatives of the Supreme Council for Science and Technology (SCST) verbally agreed to a proposal for cooperation with the USAID-funded Internet Access and Traini [...]	2007-12-21 12:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TX
07ASHGABAT1390	TURKMENISTAN'S 2008 STATE BUDGET: STILL OPAQUE, STILL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The 2008 State Budget that Turkmenistan's President Berdimuhamedov approved on December 14 has grown by 20% in nominal terms to slightly over 123 trillion manats ($23.7 billion at the official rate). Even at the w [...]	2007-12-26 03:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN TX
07ASHGABAT1391	TURKMENISTAN: MFA WELCOMES USAID PROPOSAL FOR NEW [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: As part of his initial visit to Turkmenistan, USAID/CAR Regional Mission Director Bill Frej met with First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Vepa Hajiyev on December 13 to discuss potential opportunities to expan [...]	2007-12-26 03:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID ECON TX
07ASHGABAT1393	NEW TURKMENISTAN-KAZAKHSTAN-IRAN RAIL LINE: SIGN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov has added yet one more important construction project to his list: a railway line connecting Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Iran into a single north-south railway route. The countries ex [...]	2007-12-27 08:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON ELTN ETRD IR KZ TX
07ASHGABAT1396	LIMITED COMMEMORATION OF FIRST DEATH ANNIVERSARY OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan commemorated the first anniversary of former President Saparmyrat Niyazov's death on December 21 with little fuss or true mourning. Reversing an earlier decision to let the people focus on the Kurban Bayram (Eid) holiday rather than the anniversary of Niyazov's de [...]	2007-12-27 12:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI TX
07ASHGABAT1398	TURKMENISTAN: CHALIK RECONCILED BUT DRAWS DOWN; [...] (C) SUMMARY: During Turkish President Gul's recent visit to Turkmenistan, President Berdimuhamedov and Turkish businessman Ahmet Chalik reconciled, and Chalik will finance and build a major mosque near Dashoguz. Chalik will maintain his energy interests in Turkmenistan but is mostly withdra [...]	2007-12-27 12:17:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON SOCI TK TX
07ASHGABAT140	TURKMENISTAN APPARENTLY MOVES TO RELEASE EX-OIL [...] (C) According to the usually well-informed Turkish Ambassador, the Government of Turkmenistan is taking steps to release former Oil and Gas Deputy Chairman Yolly Gurbanmyradov, who has been in prison since October 2005 on charges of embezzlement and corruption. The ambassador also said the m [...]	2007-02-05 14:07:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PGOV PHUM PIA PINR PREL TX
07ASHGABAT1400	TURKMENISTAN'S NEW WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's new laws on women's rights and trafficking-in-persons, published on December 19 and 20 (reftel),demonstrate a noteworthy desire to address these two problem issues, according to two locally based foreign legal experts. Nonetheless, the two laws contain some subs [...]	2007-12-28 10:28:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SMIG SOCI KWMN TX
07ASHGABAT1403	BERDIMUHAMEDOV DECREES CHANGES TO EXCHANGE RATE, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) At a Cabinet of Ministers meeting on December 27, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov named "wide incorporation of the principles of market economy" as a "priority task" for 2007. In preparation for achieving a unified exch [...]	2007-12-31 06:10:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN TX
07ASHGABAT144	Turkmenistan: Security Cooperation Has a Bright Future [...] (SBU) During two law enforcement/security meetings with four different ministries, the U.S. government assistance delegation visiting Turkmenistan January 31-February 2 were provided positive assessments of current United States - Turkmenistan cooperation in the law enforcement and security sph [...]	2007-02-06 08:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SNAR KIPR PREL TX US
07ASHGABAT145	COORDINATOR ADAMS MEETING WITH CENTRAL ELECTIONS COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) Assistance coordinator Tom Adams and Central Elections Commission Chairman Myrat Garryev discussed Turkmenistan's February 11 presidential elections in an hour-long meeting January 31. Garryev, who was mostly affable and responsive, began to bristle when Adams offered USG technical assis [...]	2007-02-06 12:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAGR ECON ETRD TX TNGD KPAO
07ASHGABAT146	Mejlis Speaker Nurberdiyeva Meeting with Adams Del: [...] (SBU) During a January 31 meeting with EUR/ACE Coordinator Tom Adams, USAID Assistant Administrator Doug Menarchik and USAID Senior Democracy and Governance Advisor Eric Rudenshiould, the new Speaker of Turkmenistan's Mejlis (Parliament),Akja Nurberdiyeva, signaled cautious interest in cooper [...]	2007-02-06 12:17:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM PREL TX US
07ASHGABAT150	TURKMENISTAN'S MINISTRY OF CULTURE OPEN TO COOPERATION -- [...] (U) In the first meeting between the embassy and the Minister of Culture in over a year, Minister Enebay Atayeva proved herself a seasoned apparatchik but nervous about appearing too open in this time of political transition. Though she dominated the meeting with rhetoric of cultural national [...]	2007-02-06 13:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL PINR TX
07ASHGABAT158	U.S. ASSISTANCE GROUP MEETING WITH CENTRAL BANK ACTING [...] (SBU) Under the umbrella of EUR/ACE Coordinator Adams' visit, USAID Regional Director Crowley raised program implementation issues with Central Bank of Turkmenistan (CBT) Chairman Geldymurad Abylov on January 30. Abylov stated that the CBT was working to prepare for introduction of national a [...]	2007-02-07 12:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN PGOV PINR EAGR ECON ETRD TX
07ASHGABAT162	U.S. ASSISTANCE COORDINATOR ADAMS' MEETING WITH AGRICULTURE [...] (SBU) EUR/ACE Coordinator Adams and delegation heard upbeat accounts of farming-sector developments from Turkmenistan's Agriculture Minister, Esenmyrat Orazgeldiyev, on January 31. Without mentioning recent years' notorious crop shortfalls and other problems, Orazgeldiyev depicted his sector a [...]	2007-02-08 11:48:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN PGOV EAGR ECON ETRD TX US
07ASHGABAT163	COORDINATOR ADAMS MEETING WITH MINISTER OF HEALTH AND [...] (SBU) Minister of Health Care and Medical Industry Byashim Sopiev expressed undiluted appreciation for past and present joint health programs, and readiness for new ones, throughout a one-hour meeting with EUR/ACE Assistance Coordinator Tom Adams, USAID Assistant Administrator Douglas Menarchi [...]	2007-02-08 11:48:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SOCI EAID TX US
07ASHGABAT164	Balkan Province Election Commission: Voter Education [...] (SBU) Poloff met with a by now familiar, enthusiastic, Balkan Welayat (region) election commission in the regional capital, Balkanabat, on January 31. There was ample evidence that the commission was working to make the local presidential election process open and available to all eligible vot [...]	2007-02-08 12:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM TX
07ASHGABAT167	Adams Delegation in Dashoguz Province: Also Optimistic [...] (SBU) Discussion of future assistance needs and hopes -- a welcome replacement to rote glorification of Niyazov and the Ruhnama -- dominated an intensive visit to Dashoguz on February 2 by members of the U.S. interagency assistance delegation led by EUR/ACE Coordinator Tom Adams. In meeting a [...]	2007-02-08 14:09:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR TX US
07ASHGABAT168	U.S. ASSISTANCE TEAMS VISIT TO MARY WELAYAT [...] (U) Throughout official and unofficial site meetings, Mary Province (Welayat) displayed a first-class welcome and openness to a visiting eight-member USG group including five members of EUR/ACE Coordinator Adams's assistance delegation on February 2. The day began with a cordial meeting at th [...]	2007-02-08 14:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PINR PREL PGOV TX
07ASHGABAT169	Turkmenistan's Very Public Drug Burn [...] (SBU) The media, the diplomatic corps and Turkmenistan's State Counternarcotics Commission at the Cabinet of Ministers witnessed the incineration of 562 kilograms of narcotics, primarily seized along the border with Afghanistan from December 2006 through early February, on February 7. This, th [...]	2007-02-09 06:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SNAR KIPR PREL TX US
07ASHGABAT171	EUR/ACE VISIT WITH MINISTRY OF ECONOMY AND FINANCE [...] (SBU) EUR/ACE Director of FSA Programs Deborah Klepp discussed potential areas for U.S. technical assistance with Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance (MOEF) Tuvakmammed Japarov and Chief International Specialist Galina Romanova on January 31 as part of EUR/ACE Coordinator Adams's Turkmenist [...]	2007-02-09 10:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN PGOV EAGR ECON ETRD PINR TX US
07ASHGABAT174	Elections, Activists and Faith in Dashoguz [...] (SBU) During a recent pre-election trip to Dashoguz Welayat (Province),local election officials were friendly but constrained, given the (unexpected) presence of Central Election Commission Chairman, Myrat Garryev. They maintained to the A/DCM that Turkmenistan's February 11 presidential ele [...]	2007-02-09 11:20:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL TX
07ASHGABAT175	EUR/ACE Adams' Visit: Turkmenistan's Newest [...] (SBU) U.S. government security assistance delegates visiting Turkmenistan January 31-February 2 met with law-enforcement donor-community members from several international organizations and diplomatic missions for a discussion that quickly focused on border-security issues, specifically border- [...]	2007-02-09 11:29:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PHUM SNAR KIPR PREL TX US
07ASHGABAT176	CONFIDENCE AND SINCERE CONCERN FOR A "LEGITIMATE" VOTING [...] (U) Ahal Welayat (province) officials appeared well-prepared, sincere, and uncharacteristically inquisitive about America during PAO's visit concerning preparations for Turkmenistan's first ever multi-candidate election for the presidency. Despite the controlled nature of the transition and e [...]	2007-02-09 13:24:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ETRD TX TNGD KPAO ECON
07ASHGABAT177	PRE-ELECTIONS MEETINGS IN TURKMENABAT: THE SAME, YET [...] (SBU) On January 23, Charge d'Affaires a.i. Jennifer Brush, ConOff, and PolEcon LES visited Turkmenabat, the capital of Lebap Welayat (Province),to observe activity in the lead-up to Turkmenistan's first multi-candidate presidential elections. During her courtesy call with local officials, t [...]	2007-02-09 13:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ETRD TX TNGD KPAO ECON
07ASHGABAT178	TURKMENISTAN'S ECONOMIC PRISONERS MOVED TO [...] (C) According to a local embassy employee, whose brother was among them, 15 high-profile prisoners accused of economic crimes have been moved from the notorious Owadandepe Prison to the more humane Bayramagly prison outside of Mary City. Among those moved were former Minister of Water Managem [...]	2007-02-09 13:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL TX
07ASHGABAT179	TURKMENISTAN AND UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-09 13:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN IR KNNP PGOV PREL TX
07ASHGABAT180	TURKMENISTAN ON THE EVE OF A/S BOUCHER'S VISIT - [...] (C) A/S Boucher, the Government of Turkmenistan is delighted to host you again as is Team Ashgabat. Even though all of Washington may not be excited about the first-ever multi-candidate elections in Turkmenistan, the local population is over the top, soaking up every detail of the campaign. [...]	2007-02-09 14:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TX
07ASHGABAT184	TURKMENISTAN ELECTION DAY: HOPEFUL EXPECTANCY AMID [...] (SBU) Turkmenistan's election-day proceedings were smooth, relaxed and imbued with genuine, unusual popular enthusiasm over the day's proceedings. The already-broadcast official turnout figure of 98.25% is not credible, but should not wreck appreciation of the day's upside: Ashgabat long-tim [...]	2007-02-12 13:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR TX US
07ASHGABAT19	SCENESETTER FOR SCA DAS FEIGENBAUM'S JANUARY 10-13 [...] (SBU) Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes DAS Feigenbaum and looks forward to a productive stay. Your visit, the second by a high-ranking State Department official since President Niyazov's death, will provide an opportunity to stress to Turkmenistan's top leadership that the United States looks [...]	2007-01-05 12:50:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM TX US
07ASHGABAT191	UN SECRETARIAT OFFICIAL ON BERDIMUHAMMEDOV [...] (SBU) Charge exchanged post-Niyazov views February 10 with visiting UN Secretariat official Vladimir Goryayev, a Turkmenistan veteran with extraordinary local access. Goryayev predicted that change would be slow and cautious at best under Berdimuhammedov, since the latter will remain fettere [...]	2007-02-13 11:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR TX US
07ASHGABAT193	TURKMENISTAN MEDIA MAKES RARE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF U.S [...] (U) The presidential campaign in Turkmenistan overshadowed most other news in January. State media omitted coverage of a working visit by U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Evan A. Feigenbaum on January 10-14. However, pro-government website TURKMENI [...]	2007-02-14 09:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP PREL PGOV AF TX
07ASHGABAT197	A/S BOUCHER MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENTS NAZARBAYEV, [...] (C) Presidents of Kazakhstan, Georgia and Tajikistan, in separate February 14 meetings on the margins of the inauguration of Turkenistan's new President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov, provided South Central Asia Assistant Secretary Boucher a uniform message on the need to go slow on SIPDIS pu [...]	2007-02-15 09:54:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG KZ PGOV PINR PREL TX ZF

07ASHGABAT199	A/S BOUCHER DICUSSES DEMOCRACY AND OPPORTUNITY [...] (C) During their 45 minute introductory meeting, Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov, looking relaxed and confident, told South Central Asia Assistant Secretary Boucher that he: SIPDIS -- was elected democratically, though he acknowledged Turkmenistan's electoral system n [...]	2007-02-15 15:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV PHUM PINR PREL TX US
07ASHGABAT201	ACTING PARLIAMENT SPEAKER NURBERDIYEVA WELCOMES A/S BOUCHER [...] (U) Acting Parliamentary (Mejlis) Speaker Akja Nurberdiyeva unreservedly welcomed SCA A/S Boucher's suggestion of legislative exchange and assistance activities in their cordial February 15 meeting. Nurberdiyeva described the Mejlis's altered functions and listed its main current agenda items [...]	2007-02-16 12:06:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI EAID TX US
07ASHGABAT203	TURKMENISTAN'S DEPUTY MINISTER OF DEFENSE TELLS [...] (C) First Deputy Minister of Defense Colonel Atabayev was friendly and relaxed during his February 15 meeting with SCA Assistant Secretary Boucher. Echoing the tone and words of Minister of Defense Agageldi Mammetgeldiyev when he met with the EUR/ACE law enforcement assistance team on January [...]	2007-02-16 13:56:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PINR PREL SNAR TX US
07ASHGABAT204	MFA MEREDOV TELLS BOUCHER TURKMENISTAN EAGER FOR [...] (C) Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov accepted Assistant Secretary Boucher's proposal to send U.S. experts in five SIPDIS areas -- education and health; economic reform, business development and agriculture; energy; political development and human rights; security -- to Turkmenistan over the [...]	2007-02-16 14:00:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TX US
07ASHGABAT21	Turkmenistan's Presidential Candidates Raise Hopes With [...] (U) All channels of Turkmenistan State television were tuned to the first campaign meeting of two presidential hopefuls on the night of January 3, 2007, at a townhall-style gathering held at the Mekan Palace in Ashgabat. The Ashgabat-based candidates, Deputy Minister of the Oil and Gas Indust [...]	2007-01-05 13:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO TX
07ASHGABAT214	Turkmenistan's Second President, Gurbanguly [...] (SBU) Interim President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov was installed as Turkmenistan's second president on February 14, after national election results were announced during a one-hour live broadcast meeting of the national People's Council. According to Central Election Commission Chairman Myrat [...]	2007-02-20 13:28:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM TX
07ASHGABAT215	MINISTRY OF EDUCATION EDGES BLINDLY FORWARD ALONG APPROVED [...] (U) Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher's discussion with the Ministry of Education one day after the inauguration of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov revealed the ministry's grudging acceptance of the president's stated intention to reform higher education and extend the years of secondar [...]	2007-02-20 13:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TX CVIS KPAO
07ASHGABAT216	MODEST VICTORIES TO ACHIEVE COVERAGE OF A/S BOUCHER VISIT [...] (U) Local and international media provided relatively accurate and full coverage of the Ashgabat portions of the visit of Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher. However, host SIPDIS government efforts to ban local and international coverage of his appearance at the [...]	2007-02-21 11:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP PREL PGOV AF TX
07ASHGABAT217	Turkmenistan Releases 2007 Drug Seizure Statistics [...] (SBU) Post received 2006 drug-seizure statistics from the Government of Turkmenistan via diplomatic note on February 9. The government has passed seizure statistics to post intermittently during the past two years, and post has also received data via the Ashgabat office of the [...]	2007-02-21 11:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SNAR PREL TX US
07ASHGABAT219	2007 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) The 2007 Special 301 review process was announced to the Government of Turkmenistan via diplomatic note on January 24. Post recommends keeping Turkmenistan on the 2007 Special 301 Watch List and suggests including the following paragraph on Turkmenistan in the 2007 Special 301 report: [...]	2007-02-21 12:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR BTIO ETRD ECON SNAR TX
07ASHGABAT22	Turkmenistan's Presidential Candidates Raise Hopes With [...] (U) All channels of Turkmenistan State television were tuned to the first campaign meeting of two presidential hopefuls on the night of January 3, 2007, at a townhall-style gathering held at the Mekan Palace in Ashgabat. The Ashgabat-based candidates, Deputy Minister of the Oil and Gas Indust [...]	2007-01-08 04:23:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO TX
07ASHGABAT220	A/S BOUCHER MEETS, VIEWS SUCCESS OF USG PROGRAMS IN LEBAP [...] (SBU) A/S Boucher found Turkmenabat (capital of Lebap province),broadly aglow in anticipation of new post-Niyazov openness and opportunities, and looking for the United States to help realize the latter, in his February 16 meetings with the governor, community-activist groups, American-Corne [...]	2007-02-22 03:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI EAID TX US
07ASHGABAT221	TURKMENISTAN'S PRESIDENT BERDIMUHAMMEDOV'S CABINET [...] (SBU) The collective impression of Berdimuhammedov's Cabinet decisions to date -- especially for the Ministries of Education and of Oil and Gas -- at first glance is dismaying and raises concerns that Turkmenistan's post-Niyazov governance is set to stay the same despite all the campaign hints [...]	2007-02-22 03:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI EAID TX US
07ASHGABAT226	NEW ROUND OF CABINET ANNOUNCEMENTS IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (SBU) President Berdimuhammedov's latest tranche of personnel picks, published February 22, does even less than the prior day's to fuel outsiders' hope of early new approaches in Turkmenistan's governance. Locals, however (including many who have typically been skeptics),stand by their belie [...]	2007-02-22 13:34:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL SOCI EAID TX
07ASHGABAT228	CULTURE AND EDUCATION APPOINTMENTS IN TURKMENISTAN -- MORE [...] (U) President Berdimuhammedov's February 21 appointments in the cultural and educational sectors represent no break with the past, though in the case of the Institute of Culture and state daily newspaper, Neutral Turkmenistan, they may signal some change in the operation of the affected instit [...]	2007-02-22 13:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI EAID TX US
07ASHGABAT230	BERDIMUHAMMEDOV APPOINTS TOP OIL/GAS DEPUTY [...] (SBU) The first, mild surprise in the formation of Turkmenistan,s new government is a positive one: the appointment of Tachberdy Tagiyev as Deputy Chairman with the oil/gas portfolio of the Council of the Cabinet of Ministers. Another February 22 personnel decision from Berdimuhammedov qui [...]	2007-02-23 13:27:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV PREL TX
07ASHGABAT236	IN TURKMENISTAN TOP SECURITY FIGURES RE-CONFIRMED; NEW [...] (U) Turkmenistan's President Berdimuhammedov has reappointed his entire inherited "power ministries" team to serve in his own government, though without reappointing Defense Minister Mammetgeldiyev to his previous dual role as Secretary of the National Security Council. The new president also [...]	2007-02-26 13:26:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI EAID TX US
07ASHGABAT241	OPENING OF ASHGABAT INTERNET CAFES -- SYMBOLIC OR A REAL [...] (U) Turkmenistan State news outlets and international news outlets widely reported the opening of two state-run Internet cafes in Ashgabat soon after the inauguration of new president Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov on February 14. The new Internet cafes represent a small step towards fulfilling B [...]	2007-02-28 13:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ETRD TX TNGD KPAO ECON CH
07ASHGABAT242	PDAS MANN SCENESETTER: TURKMENISTAN'S POST-NIYAZOV OIL/GAS [...] (SBU) In marked contrast to Niyazov, President Berdimuhammedov has no past or expertise in the hydrocarbon sector. His and his new government's first concern has been not to introduce any instability into the status quo, and they may initially be even more unready to enact new directions than [...]	2007-02-28 13:12:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI EAID TX US
07ASHGABAT247	PDAS MANN SCENESETTER (II): TURKMENISTAN, AFGHANISTAN AND [...] (U) Post's knowledge regarding Turkmenistan's supply of electricity to Afghanistan remains essentially limited to the scant and mainly declarative details reported after the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed last April 24 by President Niyazov and an Afghanistani delegation headed by [...]	2007-03-01 13:34:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PREL SOCI EAID AF TX US
07ASHGABAT257	POST OUTREACH IN TURKMENISTAN'S UNCERTAIN JANUARY [...] (U) Post outreach in January 2007 took place in an atmosphere of uncertainty because of the recent death of President Saparmurat Niyazov. In addition to regular post programming and post's annual Alumni Reunion, post hosted a number of official visits by U.S. Government officials, including D [...]	2007-03-05 12:07:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL TX
07ASHGABAT259	PRESIDENT BERDIMUHAMMEDOV RECEPTIVE TO PIPELINE [...] (C) President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov showed sincere interest in Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Steven Mann's detailed March 5 presentation of SIPDIS alternative paths to developing the country's energy sector. In the context of stressing his concern for development [...]	2007-03-05 13:23:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET ENRG PGOV AF KZ TX US UZ TI IR
07ASHGABAT260	PRIVATE SECTOR OIL AND GAS TELLS PDAS MANN MORE FOREIGN [...] (SBU) Private sector oil and gas representatives told visiting PDAS Steven Mann during a March 4 lunch that the primary inhibition to the further (and long-term) development of Turkmenistan's oil and gas sector was lack of foreign direct investment (FDI). They also believed that a corollary t [...]	2007-03-05 13:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PREL SOCI EAID AF TX US
07ASHGABAT261	MEREDOV: TURKMENISTAN READY TO EXPLORE PIPELINE [...] (C) During a March 5 meeting with SCA PDAS Steven Mann, Turkmenistan Foreign Affairs Deputy Chairman/Minister Rashit Meredov stated that Turkmenistan was reexamining its gas pipeline options and was ready to move forward with new gas relationships. He and Mann agreed to hold expert-level bil [...]	2007-03-05 13:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PHUM PREL TX US
07ASHGABAT281	Demarche Delivered to Turkmenistan on Illicit Cash [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-13 13:07:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC KTFN LE PREL PTER TX
07ASHGABAT285	TURKMENISTANI AND AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENTS TALK FOR [...] (C) Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov called Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev March 13, and, according to Foreign Affairs Deputy Chairman/Minister Rashit Meredov, had a "very productive" conversation and agreed to exchange visits. Ashgabat-based diplomats from FSU missions [...]	2007-03-14 13:54:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ EPET GG PREL RS TX
07ASHGABAT291	FORMER SOVIET UNION AMBASSADORS TELL MANN THAT [...] (C) Ashgabat-based Former Soviet Union ambassadors told South Central Asia Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Mann during a March 5 dinner that it was clear that President Berdimuhammedov would introduce welcome reforms to Turkmenistan, though he would be slow to de-Niyazov the trappings o [...]	2007-03-15 10:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL TX US AF
07ASHGABAT296	Demarche Delivered to Turkmenistan on Redesigning UN [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-16 09:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER UNGA USUN TX
07ASHGABAT301	TURKMENISTAN GOVERNMENT LIMITS COVERAGE OF POST EVENTS IN [...] (U) State media gave broad positive coverage on Assistant Secretary Richard A. Boucher's meeting with President SIPDIS Berdimuhammedov on February 15, both on state TV and print media. However, host government's effort to ban local coverage of A/S Boucher's appearance at the Turkmenabat Ped [...]	2007-03-16 12:35:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP PREL PGOV AF TX
07ASHGABAT302	MEDIA COVERAGE OF DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY MANN'S [...] (U) Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Steven Mann's March 3-6 visit to Turkmenistan received wide and generally positive coverage in state media. State media only gave coverage of Mann's March 5 meeting with President Berdimuhammedov and omitted his meetings with other government officials [...]	2007-03-16 12:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP PREL PGOV AF TX
07ASHGABAT306	ALUMNI REUNION [...] (U) Post's 2007 alumni reunion, which included alumni from a range of U.S. Government-sponsored academic and professional exchange programs, demonstrated that such events continue to provide needed psychological, professional and academic support to Turkmenistan's growing alumni community. In [...]	2007-03-19 10:07:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL TX
07ASHGABAT307	BERDIMUHAMMEDOV CONTINUES TO PUSH FOR MORE EDUCATION, [...] (U) President Berdimuhammedov finally filled the position he himself had occupied as Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers and announced further dramatic and likely progressive changes to the education and cultural sector in a March 16 Cabinet of Ministers meeting. In a surprising move, [...]	2007-03-20 06:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL TX
07ASHGABAT309	Information on Malaysian Oil Company Petronas [...] (SBU) Malaysian oil company Petronas, which signed a 25-year production sharing agreement (PSA) in 1996 to develop the offshore Block 1 in the Caspian Sea, has a large and expanding presence in Turkmenistan. Block 1 resources have been estimated at a level of: 1 trillion cubic meters (tcms) o [...]	2007-03-21 11:32:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON ENRG TX MY
07ASHGABAT314	VISIT TO TURKMENISTAN BY NATO SPECIAL [...] (C) During March 20 meetings with Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov, Deputy Chairman/Minister for Foreign Affairs Rashit Meredov and Defense Minister Agageldi Mammetgeldiyev, NATO Special Representative for Caucasus and Central Asia Robert Simmons found a substantial increase i [...]	2007-03-26 05:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO TX
07ASHGABAT317	TURKMENISTAN, AFGHANISTAN TO EXPAND ELECTRICITY TRADE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: USAID-Kabul's power team concluded an "understanding" March 23 in Ashgabat that is likely to lead to Turkmenistan providing northwest Afghanistan (initially) a regular supply of electric [...]	2007-03-26 12:20:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EAID AF TX UZ TI IR
07ASHGABAT322	TURKMENISTAN FM REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO THE "NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 27, First Deputy Chairman and Foreign Minister Meredov touched on recent regional visitors, emphasized Turkmenistan's adherence to non-proliferation regimes and desire to work more closely with the OSCE, and signaled concrete interest in working with the UN on religious [...]	2007-03-28 09:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PARM TX IR AZ KZ GG UN
07ASHGABAT324	SCENESETTER FOR CONGRESSMAN PETER HOEKSTRA'S VISIT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for public Internet. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes Congressman Hoekstra to Turkmenistan as the first visiting member of the United States Congress since 2002. Your visit helps to underscore t [...]	2007-03-29 05:12:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV TX
07ASHGABAT326	Turkmenistan's President Focuses on Hydrocarbons in Cabinet [...] (SBU) President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov mapped out the short-term petroleum sector development objectives for 2007 during his weekly cabinet meeting on March 24. The president emphasized Turkmenistan's need to work with foreign investors and companies to improve the country's internal infra [...]	2007-03-29 11:09:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EPET PGOV TX
07ASHGABAT327	UNSCR 1747 Demarche Delivered to Turkmenistan's Foreign [...] (SBU) Embassy passed reftel information regarding the newly adopted UN Security Council Resolution 1747, as well as the English-language text of the resolution via diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on March 27. On the same day, Acting Charge d'Affaires orally delivered a summ [...]	2007-03-29 12:31:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM UNGA USUN KNNP TX
07ASHGABAT342	POST'S VIRTUAL EMBASSIES DRIVE OUTREACH IN A BUSY FEBRUARY [...] (U) While post was busy hosting visitors, including Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia, Richard Boucher (reftel),the SIPDIS Turkmenistan American Corners and Internet Access and Training Program sites continued to provide the venue for educational and cultural programs on the t [...]	2007-04-03 09:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL TX
07ASHGABAT343	TURKMENISTAN: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) A/CDA met with Russian Ambassador Blatov April 3 and presented reftel talking points and statement of principles in Russian translation. He noted this was a U.S-Russian presidential initiative, and asked Ambassador Blatov to join him, or other EmbOffs, to make a joint demarche to the G [...]	2007-04-03 10:15:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PARM PREL TX RS
07ASHGABAT345	BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPEAKER RANSOM ELECTRIFIES [...] (U) At a watershed moment in Turkmenistan's modern history, Black History Month Speaker Dr. Elbert Ransom energized and inspired audiences in Ashgabat, Mary and Dashoguz during his visit to Turkmenistan from March 8-16. Dr. Ransom's bold oratory style, unusually warm personality and gripping [...]	2007-04-03 12:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL TX US
07ASHGABAT346	Turkmenistan: Avian and Pandemic Influenza; State-DOD [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-04 09:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC KFLU MARR MASS TX
07ASHGABAT347	RUSSIAN WAR PROPAGANDA INFLUENCES TURKMENISTANIS [...] (U) Moscow's tabloid "Argumenty Nedeli" published on March 15 a sensational prediction that the U.S. planned to attack Iran at 0400 hours on April 6. March 30 at a press conference at RIA-Novosti, retired General Leonid Ivashov "confirmed" that such an attack is possible. Also on March 30, [...]	2007-04-05 11:35:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PROP PREL KPAO SOCI IR RS TX
07ASHGABAT348	Moderate Changes Mark Turkmenistan's Agricultural People's [...] (U) President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov followed in the footsteps of his predecessor, Saparmyrat Niyazov, with his unanimous election as Chairman of the national People's Council (Halk Maslahaty) during an extraordinary March 30 session. This was followed by a unanimous decisi [...]	2007-04-05 12:01:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON EAGR KDEM TX
07ASHGABAT349	Turkmenistan HRR 2006 Delivered to Turkmenistan Government, [...] (U) Embassy passed the Report on Human Rights Practices, including the preface, the introduction and the chapter on Turkmenistan, via diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Embassy delivered the English version of the report to the Government of Turkmenistan on March 8, while the [...]	2007-04-05 13:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM TX
07ASHGABAT350	CODEL HOEKSTRA'S MEETING WITH DEPUTY CHAIRMAN FOR [...] (C) Michigan Congressman Peter Hoekstra, Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Minority Staff Director Michael Meermans, Permanent Staff Member Jim Lewis and Acting Charge d'Affaires met for about 75 minutes on April 4 with Deputy Chairman and Minister of For [...]	2007-04-05 13:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ ENRG IR PREL TX US UN
07ASHGABAT367	Turkmenistan Responds to USOSCE Plans to Support OSCE [...] (U) Per reftel, post is providing comments, suggestions and points of contact regarding the scope, focal points, and proposed methodology for assessment of Turkmenistan's borders in conjunction with a general assessment of the five Central Asian states' borders. 2. (SBU) SCOPE: Post envisa [...]	2007-04-12 07:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OSCE PREL TX
07ASHGABAT371	RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER LAVROV PROMISES [...] (SBU) During an April 5 meeting in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan,s President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov and Russia,s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov expanded the traditional Russian-Turkmenistani state dialog, touching on economic cooperation, but focusing a majority of the time on "humanitarion," [...]	2007-04-12 14:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV PHUM PREL RS TX
07ASHGABAT394	LEBAP AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS SEEK BREAK WITH [...] (C) Air traffic controllers in Turkmenabat put forth in a March 21 conversation to PDOFF a litany of complaints of bad management within state airline Turkmenhowayollary (THY) and asked for embassy advice in attempts to found a government agency for air traffic control under the direct mana [...]	2007-04-17 13:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR PGOV PREL TX
07ASHGABAT407	DAS ROMANOWSKI SCENESETTER -- TURKMENISTAN AND ITS [...] (SBU) Your visit to Turkmenistan is an opportunity to help determine whether recently-elected President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov is serious about reform of the educational system or whether his pledge to improve education was more a cynical campaign ploy. Original enthusiasm over Berdimuham [...]	2007-04-20 13:32:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI EAID TX US
07ASHGABAT408	RUSSIA FIGHTS BACK: TURKMENISTAN'S BERDIMUHAMMEDOV [...] (C) President Berdimuhammedov's upcoming April 23-24 visit to Moscow, reported yesterday in Russian press, comes amidst growing signs that Russia is pushing hard to preserve its influence -* politically, economically, and in the cultural sphere -* in post-Niyazov Turkmenistan. Berdimuhammedov [...]	2007-04-20 14:24:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PINR PREL RS TX US
07ASHGABAT422	HUNGARIAN AMBASSADOR TO TEHRAN ON TURKMENISTAN AND [...] (C) During an April 20 meeting, Hungarian Ambassador to Iran and Turkmenistan Istvan Venczel discussed developments in Turkmenistan and briefed Charge on the current political situation in Iran. Venczel, who has lived in Tehran since 2003, commented on issues of concern in Turkmenistan -- inc [...]	2007-04-25 12:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TX IR
07ASHGABAT425	PAYNE MOTIVATES TURKMENISTAN'S CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (U) Health and political communication specialist Dr. Gregory James Payne breathed new life into the value of public speaking skills by showing how effective communication is essential to leadership. Post was pleased to host Payne as part of its U.S. Speaker program from March 3-12; his visit [...]	2007-04-27 03:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL TX
07ASHGABAT430	BERDIMUHAMMEDOV AND PUTIN DISCUSS INCREASED GAS [...] (C) Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov's April 23-24 working visit to Moscow, described by local press as "a political sensation," resulted in no written agreements but represented a step forward in the bilateral relationship. Energy discussions topped the Russian agenda, with R [...]	2007-04-27 13:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PREL RS SCUL TX
07ASHGABAT436	ASHGABAT AMBASSADORS ON POLITICS, GROWING RUSSIAN [...] (C) Visiting Deputy National Intelligence Officer for Russia and Eurasia Dionisio de Leon, Charge, and embassy officers met with Ashgabat-based ambassadors on April 26-27 to solicit their impressions of the current political situation in Turkmenistan. Georgian Ambassador Alexy Petriashvili, U [...]	2007-04-30 13:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET GG PGOV PREL RS TU TX UP
07ASHGABAT44	FOREIGN MINISTER MEREDOV TELLS SCA DAS FEIGENBAUM [...] (C) During a three and a half hour meeting, Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov on January 10 told SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum that Turkmenistan was willing to consider improving bilateral relations on a range of issues from human rights to trade to security. Meredov welcomed F [...]	2007-01-11 15:15:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM OSCE MARR TX US
07ASHGABAT454	PRESIDENT BERDIMUHAMMEDOV TELLS UN HIGH [...] (SBU) UN High Commissioner on Human Rights Louise Arbour characterized her first meeting with Turkmenistan's President Berdimuhammedov on May 3 as "extremely cordial and positive," though she told the Charge later that she had "received the run-around" on a number of issues, including freedom [...]	2007-05-04 13:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV TX UN
07ASHGABAT459	Turkmenistan and Afghanistan Twice Talk on the Border, with [...] (SBU) Embassy staff met with border and counternarcotics officials from Turkmenistan and Afghanistan during a first ever multilateral meeting with U.S. Embassy Kabul representatives at the Aquina border crossing checkpoint in Afghanistan on April 9. The following week, embassy staff participat [...]	2007-05-07 12:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SNAR PINR KIPR PREL AF TX
07ASHGABAT46	Turkmenistan Customs Seeks Increased Cooperation [...] (SBU) Deputy Chief of Customs Amanmamet Muhammetgulyev told SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum during an unexpected sit-down meeting at the Altyn Asyr Customs Training Center on January 10 that Customs has benefited from USG cooperation and looked forward to enhancing this relation [...]	2007-01-16 03:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SNAR TX
07ASHGABAT460	LTG WHITCOMB VISIT TO TURKMENISTAN, 24-25 APRIL [...] (C) Commander, ARCENT was cordially received in meetings with Turkmenistan's Deputy Defense Minister and Deputy Foreign Minister on April 25, 2007. The Deputy Defense Minister characterized current military cooperation with the United States as 'good,' especially in the areas of humanitarian [...]	2007-05-07 12:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TX
07ASHGABAT464	PUTIN, NAZARBAYEV AND BERDIMUHAMMEDOV TO MEET IN [...] (C) Local press this morning confirmed the weekend rumor that Russian President Putin and Kazakhstan President Nazarbayev would join Turkmenistan President Berdimuhammedov May 11 at a one-day summit in Turkmenistan's Caspian port of Turkmenbashy (formerly Krasnovodsk). Discussions are certain [...]	2007-05-07 12:48:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL RS TX
07ASHGABAT466	YELLOW BIRD -- TURKMENISTAN EMBRACES U.S. NATIVE AMERICAN [...] (U) Following close on the heels of its previous performing arts group Yellow Bird [ref A] , post hosted the Ari Roland Jazz Quartet representing Ethiopia, Iran, China, Japan, South Korea, Russia, Uzbekistan, Turkey and Estonia. In the background, the host government's ingrained urge to contr [...]	2007-05-10 08:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL TX US
07ASHGABAT48	TURKMENISTAN: STATE MEDIA INFORMATIVE ON USTDA DELEGATION [...] (U) State media provided positive and informative coverage on the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) delegation visit, headed by its regional director Dan Stein. The delegation held talks at ministries and agencies August 6-11, 2007. STATE MEDIA ANNOUNCES DELEGATION VISITING TURKMENI [...]	2007-09-11 04:00:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID ECON KPAO OIIP TX
07ASHGABAT484	Turkmenistan SHRD 2006 Delivered to Turkmenistan [...] (U) Embassy passed the report entitled "Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record 2006" (SHRD),including the preface, the introductQ and the chapter on Turkmenistan, via diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Post requested that the ministry forward copies of the re [...]	2007-05-14 09:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM TX
07ASHGABAT489	BERDIMUHAMMEDOV, PUTIN, AND NAZARBAYEV: BACK IN [...] (C) In a May 12 tripartite summit in Turkmenistan's western port of Turkmenbashy, President Berdimuhammedov -- along with visiting Russian President Putin and Kazakhstani President Nazarbayev -- agreed in principle to expand the Caspian littoral pipeline route (including possible construction [...]	2007-05-14 14:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TX RS KZ EPET ENRG
07ASHGABAT491	TURKMENISTAN MEDIA SHOWS UNPRECEDENTED WARMTH TO POST IN [...] (U) State media coverage of post events in March was generally full and positive, with some key exceptions. Statements by Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Steven Mann during his March 3-6 visit received full but inaccurate coverage. Coverage of Peace Corps Day, the signing of an agreement [...]	2007-05-15 12:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP PREL PGOV AF TX
07ASHGABAT501	SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR NEUMANN: [...] (C) Ambassador Neumann, Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit here, which offers us an opportunity to engage the Government of Turkmenistan on a more substantive level on the issue of assistance to Afghanistan. Turkmenistan's President Berdimuhammedov, after just a few months on the job, [...]	2007-05-16 10:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR TX AF US
07ASHGABAT504	TURKMENISTAN'S EMINENCE GRISE RELEASED FROM [...] (C) Rumors of shadowy Chief of the Presidential Security Service Akmurat Rejepov's expected departure from the government were confirmed by a May 15 presidential decree announcing his assignment to "other work." An additional -- and more surprising change in Turkmenistan's security structu [...]	2007-05-16 11:29:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINR PO TX
07ASHGABAT505	TURKMENISTAN'S PARLIAMENTARIANS GREET U.S. EDUCATION [...] (U) Rounding out its official meetings in Ashgabat, the education delegation led by Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Exchanges Alina Romanowski met on May 3 with Chairmen of three (Mejlis) parliamentary committees: -- Maral Paltayava - Committee [...]	2007-05-17 03:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SOCI PREL PINR TX
07ASHGABAT520	TURKMENISTAN'S MINISTRY OF NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (S) A representative of Turkmenistan's Ministry of National Security (MNB) contacted polmiloff on May 22 to forward to Charge the ministry's decision to abolish the "black list" of citizens prevented from leaving Turkmenistan. During a follow-up conversation on May 23, the MNB contact said t [...]	2007-05-23 13:01:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL TX US
07ASHGABAT525	TURKMENISTAN'S DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER HAGYEV [...] (C) Turkmenistan's Deputy Foreign Minister Hagyev told SCA Special Envoy for Assistance to Afghanistan Ron Neumann on May 21 that his country was eager to provide additional electricity to Afghanistan on a "mutually beneficial" basis, but was concerned by a "change in the wind" on Afghanistan' [...]	2007-05-24 13:35:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG PGOV TX AF US
07ASHGABAT54	SCA DAS FEIGENBAUM'S DINNER WITH ASHGABAT [...] (U) SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum conferred with the UK, Georgian, Romanian, Ukrainian and Azerbaijani ambassadors plus the French, Turkish and German DCMs over a two-hour supper January 10. DAS Feigenbaum began by summarizing the USG's goals for his visit following the let [...]	2007-01-16 12:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TX
07ASHGABAT548	SCA/CEN OFFICE DIRECTOR SPRATLEN WARNS [...] (C) During an 80-minute May 11 meeting SCA/CEN Office Director Pamela Spratlen urged Deputy Foreign Minister Wepa Hagyev to improve freedom of movement from Turkmenistan or face withdrawal of the Jackson-Vanik Amendment waiver. Hagyev tried to justify his country's travel policy using legalis [...]	2007-06-01 13:49:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KIRF PGOV TX US
07ASHGABAT549	TURKMENISTAN'S GAS PROSPECTS [...] (C) Deputy Chairman for Oil and Gas Tachberdi Tagyev was clear during his March 31 meeting with Principle Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs, accompanied by senior-level representatives from four USG agencies, that his task in President Berdimuhammedov's administrat [...]	2007-06-01 13:50:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL SOCI TX US
07ASHGABAT55	Gazprom's Turkmenistan Contract Secure [...] (SBU) A December 12 visit to Turkmenistan by Gazprom Board Member Valeriy Golubev, a December 21 conversation with the local Gazprom representative, and statements by Turkmenistan's Acting President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov and Russian President Vladimir Putin after Niyazov's death, confirm [...]	2007-01-16 13:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON ENRG ETRD PREL PGOV RU TX
07ASHGABAT550	TURKMENISTAN'S PRESIDENT BERDIMUHAMMEDOV PROMISES [...] (C) Turkmenistan's President Berdimuhammedov offered PDAS Mann and a high-level USG delegation on May 31 a mix of openness and old thinking. After hearing detailed USG proposals for technical assistance, feasibility studies and experts' exchanges -- all contributing to making Turkmenistan a [...]	2007-06-01 13:54:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PGOV PREL TX US
07ASHGABAT551	TURKMENISTAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] (C) Deputy Chairman for Foreign Affairs Rashit Meredov, in a separate May 31 meeting, told SCA PDAS Mann that Turkmenistan had removed a few names from its travel "blacklist" and that Turkmenistan was re-examining the law on migration to see whether the law could be "eased" to better accommod [...]	2007-06-01 14:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PREL PHUM EPET ENRG TX US
07ASHGABAT559	HEAD OF TURKMENISTAN'S GAS "COMPETENT BODY" TELLS [...] (SBU) Bayrammyrat Myradov, the recently appointed Executive Director of Turkmenistan's Executive Administration of the State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbon Resources, told the members of the delegation led by SCA PDAS Steven Mann on June 1 that his agency was in charge, from sta [...]	2007-06-05 13:31:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PINR PREL TX US
07ASHGABAT56	SCA DAS FEIGENBAUM MEETS ASHGABAT BUSINESSMEN ON [...] (SBU) SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum got the up-close private-sector view of Turkmenistan's latest events over summer on January 10 with seven long-time expatriate business executives, most from the oil and gas sector. Pre-dinner discussion included gossip about the actual tim [...]	2007-01-16 13:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV PINR PREL TX
07ASHGABAT563	FOREIGN AFFAIRS DEPUTY CHAIRMAN MEREDOV TELLS [...] (C) Deputy Chairman for Foreign Affairs Rashit Meredov told DAS Romanowski his government wanted to energize its relationship with the United States. While he refrained from making any commitments, and instead referred DAS Romanowski to the Ministry of Education, he listened attentively to he [...]	2007-06-06 11:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI TX US
07ASHGABAT564	SCENESETTER FOR COMMANDER, U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND [...] (C) Executive Summary. Your first visit to Turkmenistan helps continue the ongoing, bilateral dialogue on security issues, while reinforcing the progress made by the United States since December 2006 in "turning a new page" in its overall relationship with Turkmenistan. Although the new pre [...]	2007-06-06 11:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET//NOFORN	MCAP RS AF IR TX
07ASHGABAT565	ARI ROLAND QUARTET PLAYS FOR TURKMENISTAN'S PUBLIC AND IN [...] (U) Following close on the heels of its previous performing arts group Yellow Bird [reftel], post hosted the Ari Roland Jazz Quartet April 18-23 in a program that reminded post of the limits of host government acceptance of non-Turkmen forms of expression. In contrast to its almost overly war [...]	2007-06-06 12:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL TX US
07ASHGABAT567	ASHGABAT HIGHLIGHTS FOR MARCH AND APRIL [...] (U) In March, post hosted two successful speaker programs [reftels A and B], a film festival to mark the end of Black History Month, and co-hosted Turkmenistan's third Fulbright Conference on Interdisciplinary Studies of the United States, focused on the theme of Rule of Law. Meanwhile, post' [...]	2007-06-06 12:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL TX
07ASHGABAT57	TURKMENISTAN IN DECEMBER -- DEATH OF NIYAZOV AND THE [...] (U) Post's December outreach was a mix of highs and lows associated with the annual battle to conduct testing for the Future Leaders Exchange Program, with low-key but effective outreach events at home in the Public Affairs Section. December's drama was matched and surpassed by the sudden dea [...]	2007-01-17 09:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL TX
07ASHGABAT583	BERDIMUHAMMEDOV FIRES MINISTER OF CULTURE, RECTOR OF [...] (U) In his June 8 Cabinet of Ministers meeting, President Berdimuhammedov fired Minister of Culture Enebay Atayeva and former Minister of Education-then-director of the International Turkmen Turkish University (ITTU) Shemshat Annagylyjova. Dismissing Atayeva with a reprimand for "serious shor [...]	2007-06-12 12:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI EAID TX US
07ASHGABAT587	POSITIVE MEDIA COVERAGE OF PDAS MANN'S MAY VISIT TO [...] (U) Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Steven Mann's May 30-June 1 visit to Turkmenistan, at the head of a high-level energy delegation, received wide and positive coverage in state media. The delegation included Regional Director for Europe and Asia of the U.S. Agency for Trade and Develop [...]	2007-06-13 03:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP PREL PGOV AF TX
07ASHGABAT59	SCA DAS FEIGENBAUM VISIT REINFORCES U.S. COMMITMENT TO [...] (U) Building on a three and a half hour meeting with Foreign Minister Meredov that included discussion of education, SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum sent a clear message to Turkmenistan officials of U.S. support for educational development in Turkmenistan, with a visit to a FLEX [...]	2007-01-17 09:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL TX US
07ASHGABAT592	PDAS MANN BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE: UNEVEN PLAYING FIELD HURTS [...] (SBU) During a May 30 roundtable with SCA PDAS Steve Mann, a varied group of expatriate business leaders broadly agreed that there had been very little change in the foreign business climate in Turkmenistan since the December death of President Niyazov. All noted that the Government of Turkme [...]	2007-06-14 13:10:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD TX
07ASHGABAT598	SCA PDAS MANN MEETS WITH BRIDAS CEO DURING VISIT [...] (C) During a May 31 meeting, the CEO of Argentine energy firm Bridas, Carlos Bulgheroni, told SCA PDAS Steven Mann that he was nearing resolution on a deal to recover the $1 billion in arbitration awards owed his company by the Government of Turkmenistan for nationalization of Brida's Turkmen [...]	2007-06-15 13:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET AR TX
07ASHGABAT599	TURKMENISTAN RESPONSE TO SYRIAN OVERFLIGHT [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-18 09:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR PARM PREL MNUC KN SY AM KZ KG TI TX UZ
07ASHGABAT600	TURKMENISTAN'S BERDIMUHAMMEDOV REACHES OUT TO [...] (C) Since his February 11 inauguration, Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov has engaged in an unprecedented level of international engagement, a significant departure from the practices of his xenophobe predecessor. Since his May 11-12 meetings with Russia's President Vladimi [...]	2007-06-18 11:00:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL TX
07ASHGABAT604	TURKMENISTAN DENIES OVERFLIGHT TO SYRIAN FLIGHT [...] (S) Turkmenistan's Foreign Affairs Deputy Chairman Rashit Meredov called in Charge on June 19 to inform her that the flight referred to in ref b had requested overflight both to Pyonyang and back. The flight had reported it was carrying baby food. Meredov said the government had approved the [...]	2007-06-19 12:20:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	EAIR PARM PREL MNUC KN SY AM KZ KG TI TX UZ
07ASHGABAT605	TURKMENISTAN TO SEND ECONOMY AND FINANCE MINSTER TO [...] The Government of Turkmenistan officially confirmed that it would send its Minister of Economy and Finance, Hojamyrat Geldimyradov, to participate in the upcoming U.S.-Central Asian Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council meeting, to be held July 17-19 in Washington D.C. Bio an [...]	2007-06-19 13:00:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL OVIP TX US
07ASHGABAT609	TURKMENISTAN'S BERDIMUHAMMEDOV,S STATE VISIT TO [...] (C) Turkmenistan's President Berdimuhammedov's June 15-16 visit to Tehran demonstrated that Iran continues to call the shots in its relationship with Turkmenistan. The joint communique, calling Iran's foreign policy "a stabilizing and peaceful force in the world," was more a reflection of Pe [...]	2007-06-21 12:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV PINR PREL TX
07ASHGABAT61	TURKMENISTAN'S NURMAMMEDOV RELEASED DECEMBER 30 [...] (C) RFE/RL Ashgabat reporter Halmurad Gylchdurdiyev told poloffs on January 17 that Nurberdy Nurmammedov, a dissident figure from the late 1990s who still resides in Ashgabat and had been rumored for that reason to be a possible presidential candidate of the exiled Turkmenistan opposition, wa [...]	2007-01-17 13:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR TX
07ASHGABAT617	MEJLIS SPEAKER WELCOMES DAS FEIGENBAUM'S OFFERS - BUT STOPS [...] (U) As part of his visit to Ashgabat to press forward in the bilateral relationship since the inauguration of President Berdimuhammedov, Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum met on June 25 with Mejlis (Parliament) Speaker Akja Nurberdiyeva to discuss opportunities for cooperation between [...]	2007-06-26 13:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG PINR PREL PGOV TX US AF
07ASHGABAT618	TURKMENISTAN'S PRESIDENT BERDIMUHAMMEDOV TELLS SCA [...] (C) During a cordial 80-minute meeting on June 25, Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov told SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum that Turkmenistan was committed to expanded cooperation with the United States. He stated that a Trans-Caspian pipeline (TCP) remained on [...]	2007-06-26 14:24:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG ECON ETRD TX AF US
07ASHGABAT619	FOREIGN MINISTER MEREDOV TELLS DAS FEIGENBAUM [...] (C) Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum's two and a half hour meeting with Foreign Affairs Deputy Chairman Rashit Meredov covered a wide range of issues in a friendly and cooperative atmosphere. At times, Meredov added humor to the discussion. Meredov responded favorably to the invit [...]	2007-06-26 15:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ENRG AF TX
07ASHGABAT620	SCA DAS FEIGENBAUM VS. THE TURKMENISTAN BOARD OF [...] (SBU) Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Evan Feigenbaum drew a line in the sand on American values in response to Deputy Chairman for Education, Health, Science, and Technology Hydyr Saparlyev,s feeble calls for a joint selection process of participants in exchange programs during their Jun [...]	2007-06-27 12:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SCUL CVIS KPAO TX

07ASHGABAT636	CENTCOM COMMANDER GENERATES INTEREST IN CASPIAN [...] (C) During 20 June meetings with President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov, Defense Minister GEN Agageldi Mammetgeldiyev, and State Border Service Chief GEN-MAJ Bayram Alovov the Commander of U.S. Central Command, Admiral William J. Fallon, found Turkmenistan's government open to energy pipeline [...]	2007-06-29 12:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PINR ASEC PREL PGOV SNAR EPET IR

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