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Identifier	Subject	Date	Office	Classification	Tags
09ASHGABAT519	TURKMENISTAN: PRICE CONTROLS ON FOOD REMAIN IN PLACE; [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A recent price check in local markets revealed that, compared with December 2008, posted prices reflected a 26 percent average decrease for basic imported food items, and a 17 percent average decrease for locally [...]	2009-04-23 12:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV SOCI TX

09ASHGABAT520	HUMAN RIGHTS REFORM TO IMPLEMENT INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 15, the director of the National Institute for Democracy and Human Rights discussed Turkmenistan's efforts at human rights reform with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher. Duri [...]	2009-04-24 06:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL TX
09ASHGABAT521	TURKMENISTAN: BORDER GUARDS APPRECIATIVE OF U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary of State George Krol met April 22 with Colonel Myrat Yslamov, head of the State Border Service(SBS). They discussed Afghanistan, U.S. cooperation with the SBS, and potential cooperation between Turkmen and Afghan border services, and Turkmen preparedness [...]	2009-04-24 11:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR TX
09ASHGABAT522	TURKMENISTAN: DAS KROL'S MEETING WITH THE GRAND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 22, 2009, visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol, met with Grand Mufti, Rovshen Allaberdyev, and the Deputy Chairman of the Council on Religious Affairs, Nurmuhammet Gurbanov. The Mufti emphasized [...]	2009-04-24 12:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL TX
09ASHGABAT526	DAS KROL'S MEETING WITH TURKMENISTAN'S MINISTER OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a rather positive April 22 meeting, Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol met with Turkmen1. (C) SUMMARY: In a rather positive April 22 meeting, Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol met with Turkmenistan's Minister of Energy and Development, Yarmuhammet Orazguliyev. Orazg [...]	2009-04-24 12:24:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ENRG ETRD TRGY TX
09ASHGABAT529	TURKMENISTAN: GRANT PROPOSAL FOR PRM FY 2009 JULIA TAFT [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The following is Embassy Ashgabat's recommendation for FY 2009 support via the Julia Taft Refugee Fund to finance a refugee assistance project. The proposed project would provide equipment and materials for th [...]	2009-04-24 13:28:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF TX
09ASHGABAT53	TURKMENISTAN: CHEVRON EXEC OFFERS VIEWS ON HOW TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: USTDA Regional Director for Europe and Eurasia, Dan Stein, met with the Amcit Chevron country representative to hear how the company has been faring regarding its proposal to work with the Turkmen government on onshore sub-salt energy exploration and development. The company h [...]	2009-01-14 12:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT530	CONSTRUCTION IN TURKMENISTAN: FOR MAJOR COMPANIES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the local representative from Deloitte in Turkmenistan, Turkmen-owned construction companies register offshore in order to move money overseas and take part in the part of the lucrative construction industry reserved for foreign companies. Foreign companies that are [...]	2009-04-27 04:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TX
09ASHGABAT533	TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT DECLINES TO ATTEND GICNT [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-27 10:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM KNNP PTER MNUC KGIC TX
09ASHGABAT536	TURKMENISTAN: AFGHANISTAN REGIONAL ECONOMIC [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-28 05:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG ETRD EAGR KPWR EAID BEXP PREL AF TX
09ASHGABAT539	TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV - LOVER OF QUIRKY [...] (C) On April 25, Boeing Turkmenistan Representative Serdar Gurz introduced Emboff to the Amcit founder of Aero Toy Store and Worldwide Aircraft Sales and his son, who were in Ashgabat on business. As it turns out, this was the pair's fifth or sixth visit to Turkmenistan. On this visit, the b [...]	2009-04-28 07:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ECON TX
09ASHGABAT541	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO THE GOVERNMENT OF TURKMENISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-29 09:03:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON EAID ADB TX
09ASHGABAT542	UPDATE ON TURKMENISTAN'S INFORMATION COLLECTION, SCREENING [...] (U) Post presents the following updates to the survey on Turkmenistan's immigration control and watchlist systems for terrorist screening. Responses are keyed to lettered subheadings in ref B. 2. (SBU) A: Immigration Databases and Traveler Information Collection: No updates to report. [...]	2009-04-29 09:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV ASEC KVPR KHLS TX
09ASHGABAT543	TURKMENISTAN: OFFICIAL TRAVEL TO DASHOGUZ PROVINCE IS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: ECA Policy and Evaluation Director, Rick Ruth, visited Turkmenistan in early April to tour sites undergoing restoration thanks to support from the Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation. During the visit to Das [...]	2009-04-29 10:03:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PCUL PINR KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT546	TURKMENISTAN: LEGISLATIVE REFORMS ARE A GOOD THING [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 27, 2009, Professor of Law, and internationally recognized arbitration specialist, Dr. Murad O. Haitov discussed with Embassy Officer recent legislative actions adopted by the Turkmenistan Parliament. The acts cover a wide variety of issues from labor code to food safet [...]	2009-04-30 03:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TX
09ASHGABAT55	IRAN/TURKMENISTAN: POLISH AMBASSADOR'S PERSPECTIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poland's Ambassador to Turkmenistan reports that Iran and Turkmenistan have not agreed on a price for natural gas sales to Iran and are waiting until Turkmenistan and Russia reach a similar agreement. He said that Iran not only hopes to gain a foothold in Turkmenistan's energy s [...]	2009-01-14 12:45:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET IR PGOV PREL TX
09ASHGABAT550	TURKMENISTAN: THY ASKS FOR ASSISTANCE ON TECHNICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an April 30 meeting with DATT, Turkmen State Civil Aviation officials asked for U.S. assistance in four areas, which would allow Turkmenistan to raise the blanket overflight cap: get the Afghanistan to expand the flight altitude range and routes for Turkmen civilian aircr [...]	2009-04-30 11:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TX
09ASHGABAT556	TURKMENISTAN: MFA NOT ABLE TO MAKE OVERFLIGHT [...] (C) During a meeting with Charge on April 29 regarding recent denial of overflight to U.S. VIP planes, Deputy Foreign Minister Wepa Hajiyev encouraged the Embassy to follow up with MFA's America's Department following a meeting between DATT and Turkmen State Civil Aviation (THY) officials, sc [...]	2009-05-01 12:48:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TX
09ASHGABAT557	TURKMENISTAN: "TRUST" NGO HELPING FILL SOCIAL SERVICE GAP [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Political Assistant met with NGO Chairperson Lyudmila Petuhova to learn about the NGO Ynam's ("Trust") activity. The NGO provides legal, psychological and reproductive health consultation services and [...]	2009-05-01 13:23:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT558	SPECIAL 301 - TURKMENISTAN 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-01 14:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR TX
09ASHGABAT559	TURKMENISTAN'S FINANCIAL SITUATION SOLID, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol met with Deputy Cabinet Chairman for Economy and Finance Tuvakmammet Japarov on April 22, and discussed the global financial crisis and its impact on Turkmenistan, goals for the national economy, and development plans. According to Japaro [...]	2009-05-02 05:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EINV EFIN TX
09ASHGABAT56	TURKMENISTAN: NEWLY-CONSTITUTED PARLIAMENT HOLDS FIRST [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 9, the newly-constituted Mejlis (Parliament) convened for the first time with President Berdimuhamedov in attendance. During the session, the deputies elected the Credentials Committee that certifie [...]	2009-01-15 03:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM TX
09ASHGABAT560	TURKMENISTAN: MEREDOV ADDRESSES OVERFLIGHT AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: DAS Krol met with Deputy Chairman and Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov on April 23 on the sidelines of the Turkmenistan government's two-day energy security conference. Meredov expressed his appreciation for U.S. comments on the conference draft, and said the government might p [...]	2009-05-02 05:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TX
09ASHGABAT562	TURKMENISTAN: EFFECTIVE MEDIA COVERAGE OF DAS KROL AT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia, George Krol, visited Turkmenistan April 22-24, 2009, holding meetings with government officials and heading the U.S. delegation at the "Reliable and Secure Tran [...]	2009-05-04 06:29:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT564	TURKMENISTAN: OIL AND GAS SECTOR OFFICIALS SHOW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) representatives met on April 30 with six top oil and gas officials to answer questions and get government commitment to a two-day seminar on pipeline management. The appearance of the six officials in one meeting and their confirmation that th [...]	2009-05-04 12:09:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EPET TX
09ASHGABAT565	TURKMENISTAN HOLDS PIPELINE SECURITY CONFERENCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 23-24, the Turkmen Government held a conference on "Reliable and Stable Transit of Energy and Its Role in Ensuring Sustainable Development and International Development." The conference was attended by an [...]	2009-05-04 14:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT567	TURKMENISTAN REVISES LAW ON FOOD QUALITY AND TIGHTENS BABY [...] (U) SUMMARY: On April 28, the official newspaper, "Neytralniy Turkmenistan," published two revised laws that impose new measures to ensure the safety of baby food and other food products and that outline the government's responsibilities to assure that imported foods, in particular, are safe [...]	2009-05-05 10:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ETRD SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT568	TURKMENISTAN: CHILD MURDER SHOCKS RESIDENTS OF ASHGABAT'S [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A local staff member learned about the details of two alleged child murders that reportedly happened in the eleventh microdistrict on the east side of Ashgabat in April. A knife-wielding attacker murdered a you [...]	2009-05-05 10:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT569	TFFLU01: OFFICIAL TURKMEN REACTION TO INFLUENZA A [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) Although there have been no reported cases of H1N1 in Turkmenistan or in the Central Asia region, the government has taken certain steps in reaction to the influenza A (H1/N1) scare and has publicized many of these measures i [...]	2009-05-05 11:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09ASHGABAT570	TURKMENISTAN: FM MEREDOV PROPOSES A TRIP TO [...] (C) After years of trying to get Deputy Chairman and Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov to travel to Washington on his own, he has finally decided to do it. On May 4, he called in the Charge to say it was time for the two countries to meet at the level of Foreign Minister. He said that the lev [...]	2009-05-05 12:29:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TX
09ASHGABAT571	NEW LAW ON ELECTION TO GENGESHES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At the end of April, the Government of Turkmenistan published a revised election law specific to the lowest level of governance, the Gengesh, or local council. Most of the revisions were done to bring the law into [...]	2009-05-05 12:49:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM TX
09ASHGABAT572	TURKMENSITAN TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY TO UN HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-06 09:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL TX
09ASHGABAT573	TURKMENISTAN: FOUR WEEKS UNDER GAS SIEGE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: It has been almost four weeks since the supply of Turkmen gas exported to Russia stopped due to the April 8 gas pipeline blast. In the days following the accident, the two sides exchanged high-tempered public sta [...]	2009-05-06 10:32:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT574	TURKMENISTAN: DEA DRUG IDENTIFICATION TRAINING COURSE TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 4, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent conducted a Drug Identification training course for newly recruited officers of Turkmenistan's State Counter Narcotics Service (SCNS) at the SCNS Trai [...]	2009-05-06 12:48:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT575	INFORMATION REGARDING U.S. COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-07 10:06:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KIRF PGOV PHUM PREF KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT576	TURKMENISTAN: DETAILS EMERGE REGARDING RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: A longtime European resident and energy sector insider, Michael Wilson (protect),told Political Officer that Russia had indeed been the party that halted the gas flow from Turkmenistan immediately after the early April pipeline explosion, and was continuing the embargo under we [...]	2009-05-07 12:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET TX RS
09ASHGABAT578	TURKMENISTAN: MEDIA REACTION ON APRIL POST EVENTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: In addition to coverage of visits by Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher and DAS George Krol in April (Refs A and B),April saw media provide generally accurate and favorable coverage of numerous U.S. visitors and P [...]	2009-05-08 04:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT580	TURKMENISTAN'S SAFEGUARDS AGAINST A/H1N1 VIRUS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a televised May 1 Cabinet meeting, President Berdimuhamedov ordered subordinates to undertake a range of preventive measures in an effort to block the arrival of the H1N1 flu virus in Turkmenistan. The Min [...]	2009-05-08 14:10:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KFLU TX
09ASHGABAT595	TURKMENISTAN: TWO CASES OF OFFICIAL CORRUPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a May 8 Security Council meeting, the Turkmen President chose to make public two official corruption cases that were related to the compilation of the traditional list of those to be freed from prison on major national holidays. Considering the lack of public information re [...]	2009-05-11 13:00:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCRIM TX
09ASHGABAT597	NGO CHARITY WITHOUT BORDERS SEEKS OPPORTUNITIES TO [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 6, Post Political Assistant met with Selbi Akmuradova, leader of the public organization, Charity Without Borders (CWB),to learn about their activities. The NGO carries out charitable activities, an [...]	2009-05-12 01:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT598	TURKMENISTAN: INDIVIDUAL HUMAN RIGHTS CASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post learned that individual human rights case subject Bazargeldy Berdiyev has been missing sincQay 9 while in possession of a letter from an international court that obliges the Turkmenistan Government to pay him and his family $7 million in damages. The family had received t [...]	2009-05-12 13:00:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TX UN
09ASHGABAT599	TURKMENISTAN RELUCTANT TO SIGN EU ENERGY AGREEMENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Neither Turkmenistan nor the other two Central Asian states present at the May 8 EU energy summit signed an EU agreement that would have committed gas supplies to future energy transport projects including Nabucco [...]	2009-05-13 01:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT600	TURKMENISTAN: A REBORN PUSHKIN THEATER PUSHES BOUNDARIES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Ashgabat's resurrected Pushkin theater has on its own initiative begun to introduce audiences to a growing variety of international plays, some of which push the boundaries of what is generally acceptable in offic [...]	2009-05-13 04:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT601	TFFLU01/TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON REMOVING TRADE [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-13 07:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON TX
09ASHGABAT605	TURKMENISTAN COMMEMORATES VICTORY DAY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet publication. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The May 9 Victory Day commemorations in Ashgabat focused on the fact that it has now been 64 years since the end of World War II. Russian representatives held some special events marking the heroic roles pl [...]	2009-05-13 11:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI TX RS
09ASHGABAT608	TURKMENISTAN: UN CENTRE FOR PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A diplomat from the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy disputed press reports that the meetings of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea "broke down in bitter disagreement." He maintained that t [...]	2009-05-13 11:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG SENV TX UN ZK AORC
09ASHGABAT611	TURKMENISTAN ADOPTS A NEW LABOR CODE [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedow signed a new Labor Code to bring provisions of Turkmenistan's labor legislation into compliance with international norms and practices of the International Labor Organization, which Turkmenistan joined in 1993. The new Labor Code provides legal norms for [...]	2009-05-13 12:54:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB TX
09ASHGABAT617	TURKMENISTAN: IMF ARTICLE IV REVIEW CAPTURES HALF [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) confirmed that the international financial crisis has not affected Turkmenistan because of the country's limited integration in international financial markets. [...]	2009-05-14 12:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAGR EFIN EIND EINV EPET ETRD SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT619	TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON UN DESIGNATION OF ABDUL [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-15 08:17:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID CH TX
09ASHGABAT623	TURKMENISTAN'S SUPREME COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council for Science and Technology, Akjeren Allanurova, said in a meeting on May 12 that her organization is interested in collaboration with the following U.S. agencies under the Embassy Scie [...]	2009-05-15 11:10:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ENRG EPA EPET PGOV SENV TBIO TSPL
09ASHGABAT624	"TIMING WAS RIGHT" FOR EUROPEAN INTERIM TRADE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several European diplomats agree that the time was right for the European Parliament to adopt an interim agreement on trade and trade-related matters with Turkmenistan, especially since Europe's top priority is energy. While the interim agreement mentions benchmarks, it does [...]	2009-05-15 11:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EAGR EINV EPET ETRD TX EU
09ASHGABAT625	IRAN: HUNGARIAN DIPLOMAT SAYS IRAN STILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: A visiting Hungarian diplomat from Tehran, accredited to both Iran and Turkmenistan, shared with us his latest impressions of both living and working in Iran. These included his frustration with trying to get an accurate picture of economic conditions there, as well as trying to [...]	2009-05-15 11:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV PHUM PREL TX
09ASHGABAT626	TURKMENISTAN HOSTS CURIOUS BUSINESS EXHIBITION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 13 - 15, the Turkmen Government hosted another well-publicized exhibition devoted to private and government commercial enterprises. Both state enterprises and foreign private companies were represented, bu [...]	2009-05-15 12:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EINV EIND TX
09ASHGABAT627	ONE PERSON ALLEGES TURKMENISTAN IS READY TO LOOK [...] (C) In a meeting on May 13, Europa House Co-Coordinator, Theo Hensels (please protect),said that in addition to Turkmenistan's search for political support following the gas pipeline explosion on April 9 (reftel),the Turkmens' "eyes are opened and they now have a strong will to go for diver [...]	2009-05-15 12:56:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EU SOCI TX RU XG
09ASHGABAT628	TURKMEN DELEGATION TO UN IN VIENNA PRESENTS LIST [...] (C) On May 15, a Western embassy passed to post a copy of the Note Verbale sent by the Permanent Mission of Turkmenistan (to the United Nations office in Vienna) to the Secretariat of the Human Rights Council in Geneva on March 3, 2009. The list contains a total of 78 people who can be cla [...]	2009-05-15 14:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TX
09ASHGABAT629	TURKMENISTAN: FIGHTING TUBERCULOSIS IN THE ISOLATED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Recently thought of as a disease of the turn of the last century, tuberculosis (TB) has once again reared its ugly head. While, in modern times, TB is mostly associated with HIV infection in developing countries, [...]	2009-05-19 03:48:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID EINV TBIO SOCI KZ
09ASHGABAT64	FOREIGN BUSINESSMAN DISCUSSES HOW TO DO BUSINESS [...] (C) Indian businessman, George Jacob, (strictly protect throughout) told econoff at a meeting on January 8 that success in business in Turkmenistan depends on three things: building good relationships, having contacts with the right people, and understanding the system. Jacob became an entre [...]	2009-01-15 12:32:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PINR SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT640	TURKMENISTAN: DIFFERENCES WITH RUSSIA BLOCK PROGRESS ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Turkmenistan has taken no actions that would advance the development of the Caspian Littoral (aka Pre-Caspian) Gas Pipeline project since at least the run-up to President Berdimuhamedov's visit t [...]	2009-05-21 10:31:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT641	TURKMENISTAN: TRADE UNIONS PROMOTE STATE PRIORITIES; FAIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Having inherited the Soviet-era trade union structure, the Government of Turkmenistan has made trade unions part of its mechanism for maintaining social and political stability. Independent trade unions do not exist, to the detriment of workers' rights. Besides providing minor [...]	2009-05-22 07:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV ECON TX
09ASHGABAT643	TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON DESIGNATION OF ABDUL HAQ [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-22 12:31:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC TX
09ASHGABAT644	TURKMENISTAN: BERDIYEV RELEASED FROM DETENTION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post learned on May 13 that Bazargeldy Berdiyev had been released from Ministry of National Security (MNB) detention on that day. Berdiyev has been seeking compensation from the government for violations of his and his wife's rights during the 1990s (Ref A). Poitical Officer [...]	2009-05-22 12:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT647	TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON VOTING FOR KOSOVO'S [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-26 08:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL KV TX
09ASHGABAT648	TURKMENISTAN: STATUS OF ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Oil and gas sector development in Turkmenistan is making progress, albeit slowly. There has been no change in the policy of barring foreign companies from onshore PSAs, but the door appears to be open rega [...]	2009-05-26 08:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EPET TX RS
09ASHGABAT649	TURKMENISTAN: NGO FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED FACES [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The local NGO "Dayanch" provides moral support and technical assistance to visually impaired and blind people by publishing audio books and organizing reading sessions for them. Despite its affiliation with the [...]	2009-05-26 08:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT65	HOW THINGS WORK (OR DON'T) -- INSIGHTS INTO THE [...] (C) Churchill once described Russia as a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. Turkmenistan remains a black box behind a translucent window. You kind of see something, but you're not sure. You have your hand on something, but what is it? All of this makes observing and working in [...]	2009-01-15 13:26:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EPET ETRD TX
09ASHGABAT654	TURKMENISTAN: STREET PRICE OF HEROIN REPORTED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (U) On May 22, the Ashgabat weekly "Adalat" (Justice) published an article by Ulugbek Amankulov, Judge of Hojambaz Etrap (district) Court of Lebap province, reporting that a resident of Olam village named Azat Abdyrahmanov purcha [...]	2009-05-27 09:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT655	TURKMENISTAN TO PRODUCE METAL CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Last week, President Berdimuhamedov commissioned Turkmenistan's first metal works plant. The project, which was approved when former President Niyazov was still alive, was intended to reduce the importation [...]	2009-05-27 09:10:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EIND EINV ECON TX
09ASHGABAT66	TURKMENISTAN: UNICEF OFFICIALS HAVE NO PROOF OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 14, poloff met with local UNICEF officials to discuss UNICEF's findings on the issue of child labor in Turkmenistan. Prior to 2005, child labor in the cotton harvest was a widespread practice in Turkmenistan, but a 2005 presidential decree banning the practice and subs [...]	2009-01-15 13:27:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI KTIP TX
09ASHGABAT661	TURKMENISTAN: WHERE WILL PETRONAS SEND ITS CASPIAN GAS WHEN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Petronas officials are making confident statements regarding the company's goal of delivering its first natural gas from offshore Block 1. The company is etimating it will begin delivering five bcm per year of ga [...]	2009-05-28 06:56:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT662	TURKMEN MINISTRY OF TRADE: TRADE VOLUME WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a productive meeting, Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative, Claudio Lilienfeld exchanged ideas with Vepa Garriyev, the Head of the International Directorate of Turkmenistan's Ministry of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations. Very little time was spent discussing the re [...]	2009-05-28 11:34:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EIND EINV ETRD TIFA TX AZ AF ZK
09ASHGABAT663	TURKMENISTAN: RUMORS OF VISA TROUBLES AS CITIBANK [...] (C) The Relationship Manager of Citibank's Central Asia and Transcaucasia Department, Sinan Tan (please protect),said in a meeting on May 14 that he was meeting with representatives of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Vneshekonombank, Senagatbank, and Turkmenbashybank. [...]	2009-05-28 11:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN CVIS EXIM TX AZ TU
09ASHGABAT664	TURKMENISTAN: DAUSTR LILIENFELD DISCUSSES TIFA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for South and Central Asia, Claudio Lilienfeld, visited Turkmenistan as part of a five-country tour through Central Asia to discuss the future of TIFA -- the U.S. Government's Trade and Investment Framework Agreement with the five Centr [...]	2009-05-29 01:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAGR ENRG EFIN EIND EINV ETRD EPET SOCI
09ASHGABAT665	TURKMENISTAN: FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE ON VOTING FOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-29 05:32:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL KV TX
09ASHGABAT666	TURKMENISTAN SEES NEUTRALITY AS PART OF ENERGY DIPLOMACY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 21, state-controlled newspaper "Neytralny Turkmenistan" published an op-ed by a Turkmen MFA official outlining the main objectives, directions, and energy diplomacy component of Turkmenistan's foreign polic [...]	2009-05-29 07:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PREL PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT667	TURKMENISTAN INVITES U.S. COMPANIES TO [...] On May 28, Turkmenistan Minister of Communications Jumaguliyev and Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Taganov announced to diplomatic missions in Ashgabat via diplomatic note that the third annual Turkmentel-2009 International Exhibition/Turkmenistan and World Telecommunication [...]	2009-05-29 09:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PGOV EIND EINV ECON TX
09ASHGABAT668	EXBS: TURKMENISTAN EXBS ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] Site Assessments and Meetings during this Reporting Period. a. From 1 to 9 May the EXBS Advisor was in Uzbekistan as part of his regional responsibilities. b. On 14 May EXBS Advisor conducted an introductory meeting with Lieutenant Colonel Bekiyev Ybrayim, First Deputy Commander of the St [...]	2009-05-29 10:32:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KG
09ASHGABAT671	TURKMENISTAN: TRADITIONS OF NOHUR CHALLENGED BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nohur, a remote settlement of about 5,000 people located in a mountainous area near Iran in the Western part of Ahal province, is notable for its traditional culture and animalistic-superstitious variant of Islamic belief. Living conditions are primitive and the economy is based [...]	2009-06-01 09:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PINS SCUL SOCI EAGR TX IR SA TC
09ASHGABAT672	TURKMENISTAN: LOCALS RECOUNT LIVES MARRED BY DRUG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In conversations with Iran Watcher, two Turkmen women candidly described how addiction to heroin and opium, the drugs of choice for Turkmenistan's addicts, has affected members of their own families and communities. The two women, of differing socioeconomic backgrounds, both a [...]	2009-06-01 10:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT673	TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV ALLEGEDLY FURIOUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: According the general manager of Turkmenistan's official Mercedes-Benz importer, President Berdimuhamedov is a big fan of automobiles. He claims that the President told the Deputy Chairman of Trade and Textiles that he would put a new Bentley -- whose delivery has been delayed [...]	2009-06-01 12:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ELTN ETRD TX
09ASHGABAT675	TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-01 13:35:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA TX
09ASHGABAT676	TURKMENISTAN: POINTS ON LETHAL TRANSIT [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-01 13:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL RS TX
09ASHGABAT677	TURKMEN GOVERNMENT RELUCTANT TO OPENLY DISCUSS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: While the Government of Turkmenistan has recently authorized environmental cleanup projects, it appears to be motivated more by preparations for the Avaza Tourism Zone than by a desire to improve the living condit [...]	2009-06-02 08:15:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SENV EIND ENRG TRGY TX RU AORC
09ASHGABAT678	TURKMENISTAN: PHYSICIANS' ARREST FOR SELLING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Twenty employees of a prison hospital in Mary were reportedly arrested two weeks ago for selling drugs to prisoners who were being treated at the hospital. The Minister of Internal Affairs was held responsibl [...]	2009-06-02 09:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT679	TURKMENISTAN: MIGRATION OFFICIALS DO NOT [...] (SBU) On May 27, Political Officer met with Senior Inspector of the Central Apparatus of the State Migration Service, Mekan Hojayev, and Acting Head of the Visa Department, Dowran Kurbannazarov, to discuss the situation of freedom of emigration in Turkmenistan. Hojayev stated that according t [...]	2009-06-02 11:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SMIG PGOV PHUM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT680	TURKMENISTAN: THEOLOGICAL TRAINING REMAINS UNDER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Theological training in Turkmenistan takes place at the State University in a department that is part of the History Faculty. The theology professors were trained by Turkish theologians during the post-Soviet era. The admissions process is overseen by the Mufti, and the number [...]	2009-06-02 11:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT681	TURKMENISTAN HAS MI-17 HELICOPTERS; STILL CHECKING ON [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) On June 2, Post informed the Turkmenistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) about reftel request to support Government of Pakistan forces with additional Mi- 17 helicopters. Post also asked for MFA assistance to arran [...]	2009-06-02 12:20:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SMIG PARM PK TX
09ASHGABAT684	TURKMENISTAN INTRODUCES NEW ANTI-MONEY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet publication. ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AND COUNTER-TERRORISM FINANCING ACT 2. (U) on May 29, State-run Russian-language newspaper "Neytralniy Turkmenistan" printed the full text of the newly adopted Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrori [...]	2009-06-03 08:12:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT686	TURKMENISTAN: 195 GAS WELLS SHUT DOWN AS RESULT OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Turkmen official recently provided further details about the impact on Turkmenistan of the halt of gas exports to Russia. The information sheds light on the damage that the dispute may be inflicting on Turkmenistan's gas infrastructure. An astounding 195 gas wells have been [...]	2009-06-03 09:24:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX RS
09ASHGABAT687	IRAN ELECTIONS: FOR THESE MASHHAD TRUCKERS, IT'S [...] (C) In conversations with Iran Watcher near the Turkmenistan/Uzbekistan border last week, a dozen or so Iranian truckers, most coming from the northern city of Mashhad, voiced strong and nearly unanimous support for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Iran's upcoming presidential election. We spoke with d [...]	2009-06-03 10:12:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV PHUM PREL TX
09ASHGABAT690	TURKMENISTAN: DEPORTED TURKMEN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of illegal Turkmen migrant workers deported from Turkey due to the violations of the visa regime has reportedly increased significantly in the past year. Failing to find jobs in their hometowns in Tu [...]	2009-06-04 10:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PMIG PGOV KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT691	TURKMENISTAN: DESPITE REGISTRATION, KRISHNA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Two leaders of the Society for Krishna Consciousness described the registered religous group's situation in generally positive terms, but mentioned many restrictions and uncertainties that hinder the group from attracting new members and becoming better established. Members are [...]	2009-06-04 12:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT692	TURKMENISTAN: DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS DOOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 29, Deputy Foreign Minister, Toyly Komekov, told members of the Morningstar delegation that the door to Turkmenistan is open to foreign energy companies, provided they respect Turkmen policies concerning the development of its energy resources. He cited President Berdimuh [...]	2009-06-05 05:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV TX
09ASHGABAT693	TURKMENISTAN: THREE ENERGY OFFICIALS DESCRIBE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The heads of Turkmenistan's Oil and Gas Ministry and Gas and Oil Concerns met with SE/EE Morningstar's delegation, and shared their understanding and interpretation of Turkmenistan's energy development strategy. The group reiterated the government's intention to use foreign [...]	2009-06-05 05:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EINV TX
09ASHGABAT694	TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT STATES HIS INTENT TO [...] (C) Summary. The first meeting between President Berdimuhamedov and newly appointed Special Envoy for Eurasia Energy Morningstar went quite well. Prospects for the American energy companies were explored and Berdimuhamedov made clear his intent in expanding cooperation with the United Sta [...]	2009-06-05 05:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET EINV TX
09ASHGABAT695	TURKMENISTAN: TAKING ITS OWN PATH ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 29, Deputy Cabinet Chairman for Oil and Gas, Tachberdy Tagiyev, told members of the Morningstar delegation that Turkmenistan prefers Western technology and has had a long and successful working relationship with Western service firms. He said Turkmenistan is very focu [...]	2009-06-05 11:31:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EINV TX
09ASHGABAT696	TURKMENISTAN: ISRAEL TO OPEN EMBASSY "SOON" [...] (S) The Israeli Ambassador to Central Asia and the Caucasus (currently based in Jerusalem),Shemi Tzur, said in a meeting with Charge on June 4 that Israel was planning to open an embassy in Ashgabat "very soon" -- in July or perhaps even sooner -- in part due to Foreign Minister Avigdor Libe [...]	2009-06-05 12:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PREL EINV PTER EPET ETRD SNAR TX IS AJ KZ
09ASHGABAT701	TURKMENISTAN: U.S. FORENSICS OFFICIALS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Visiting DOJ/ICITAP Forensic Advisor and DEA Chemist met with section chiefs of the Turkmen Prosecutor General's Office. The purpose of the meeting, the first between U.S. forensics experts and the prosecutor's [...]	2009-06-08 10:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT704	TURKMENISTAN: CHEVRON RECEPTIVE TO PROPOSALS THAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Morningstar delegation's meeting with Chevron's country manager was an opportunity to exchange information and brainstorm on creative ways that U.S. energy companies can try to engage Turkmen officials on innovative types of agreements. For its part, Chevron is willing to [...]	2009-06-08 12:01:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV TX CH
09ASHGABAT712	TURKMENISTAN: COUNTERNARCOTICS SERVICE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Visiting DOJ/ICITAP Forensic Advisor and DEA Chemist recently met with section chiefs of the Turkmenistan State Counter Narcotics Service (SCNS) to discuss possible cooperation between the USG/ICITAP and SCNS on [...]	2009-06-09 06:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM SOCI TX

09ASHGABAT720	TURKMENISTAN: MEDIA REACTION ON MAY POST EVENTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat maintained a high profile in state media during the month of May. Post organized events such as USAID's 15th anniversary celebration of partnership with Turkmenistan in early May, a one-week tour [...]	2009-06-09 09:29:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT721	TURKMENISTAN: UN CENTER FOR PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The head of the UN Center for Preventive Diplomacy, Ambassador Miroslav Jenca, plans to brief UN and U.S. officials on the activities of the Center during an upcoming visit to the U.S. The Center is working on some ideas to promote stability in Afghanistan and high-level regio [...]	2009-06-09 10:47:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAGR SNAR UN TX AF
09ASHGABAT722	TURKMENISTAN: EFFECTIVE MEDIA COVERAGE OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S. Secretary of State's Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard L. Morningstar visited Turkmenistan May 29, 2009, holding meetings with President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and high-ranking government off [...]	2009-06-09 10:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT723	TURKMENISTAN: NONDENOMINATIONAL PROTESTANT GROUP [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to Pastor Vladimir Tolmachev, his registered Greater Grace Church encounters numerous government hindrances, despite its legal status. Religious literature, youth camps, property ownership, registration of branches, and invitations for foreign visitors all need govern [...]	2009-06-09 11:35:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT729	TURKMENISTAN: KAKAYEV DESCRIBES DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Morningstar delegation's May 29 meeting with State Agency for the Management and Use of Hydrocarbons Chairman Kakayev provided some insights into Turkmen thinking regarding the current energy sector development strategy, the export pipeline question and commercial proposa [...]	2009-06-10 08:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EINV TX
09ASHGABAT733	IRAN ELECTION UPDATE: TRUCKERS INDICATE SUPPORT [...] (C) Conversations with Iranian truck drivers held in and around Ashgabat on June 10 demonstrate that support for candidate Mir Hussein Mousavi is growing among working class Iranians. Iran Watcher spoke with transiting drivers representing various geographic areas and ethnic groups and found [...]	2009-06-10 12:49:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV PREL TX
09ASHGABAT734	TURKMENISTAN: PURPOSE OF MEREDOV'S VISIT IS TO [...] (C) On June 10, the Charge met with Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov to discuss Meredov's upcoming visit to Washington. Meredov confirmed that he will depart Ashgabat on June 22 and travel to Washington via Frankfurt. His arrival in Washington will be in the early afternoon on June 22. He w [...]	2009-06-10 13:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT735	TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON EUROPEAN SECURITY AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-11 05:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL EU NATO PGOV PHUM KDEM TX
09ASHGABAT737	TURKMENISTAN/IRAN: ASHGABAT RESIDENT RECOUNTS [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-11 11:24:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT738	TURKMENISTAN: DETENTION OF TWO JEHOVAH'S WITNESS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Jehovah's Witness leaders recently provided details about the imprisonment of two Jehovah's Witness conscientious objectors who had previously received suspended sentences for refusing to enlist in the milit [...]	2009-06-11 11:28:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT739	TURKMENISTAN: BOEING DEAL IN THE HANDS OF [...] (C) Deputy Chairman for Transportation and Communications, Nazarguly Shagulyev, said in a meeting with the Charge on June 11 that Turkmenistan has not signed the contract for a pending deal with Boeing Company for three 737 aircraft because Turkmenistan wants to review the financial details c [...]	2009-06-11 11:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EAIR MARR MASS MOPS TX
09ASHGABAT740	TURKMENISTAN: SOUTH KOREAN COMPANIES DOMINATE A [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The June 7-9 textile exhibition in Ashgabat, organized by the Turkmen Government, hosted the representatives and displays of local enterprises and some 30 foreign companies seeking to enter the market or expand th [...]	2009-06-11 12:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ERD EIND TX KS
09ASHGABAT741	NATO LIAISON PESSIMISTIC ABOUT COOPERATION WITH [...] (C) On June 10, visiting NATO Liaison officer, Evan Tracz, painted a negative picture about NATO-Turkmenistan cooperation for a group of political officers from the Polish, German, UK, Turkish and U.S. Embassies. The reason for Tracz's meetings with Turkmen officials was to solicit their rene [...]	2009-06-11 12:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NATO TX
09ASHGABAT742	TURKMENISTAN ANNOUNCES BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS [...] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced via diplomatic note on June 9 that the "Books, a Means of Collaboration and Progress" trade show will take place on September 28-30 under the auspices of the Turkmen State Publication Service. The conference will cover topics such as Turkmenistan's li [...]	2009-06-11 13:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD SCUL TX
09ASHGABAT743	TURKMENISTAN: 2009 INTERIM REPORT ON INVESTMENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-12 08:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT747	TURKMENISTAN: NAVY ONI MARITIME SMUGGLING TECHNIQUES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 9, a regional analyst from the United States Navy Counter Narcotics Division conducted a Maritime Smuggling Techniques training course to the newly recruited officers of the State Counter Narcotics Service [...]	2009-06-12 10:54:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT75	2009 TURKMENISTAN BFIF PROPOSAL [...] Brief justification -- U.S. Embassy Ashgabat would like to bring an individual with a proven track record of success in business, and with specific experience in marketing and advertising, to Turkmenistan to lead a one-day seminar on the basics of marketing and advertising for 40-50 entreprene [...]	2009-01-16 10:01:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD BEXP TX
09ASHGABAT750	TURKMENISTAN: CADDO EXPLORATION MAKING SOLID [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. energy services company Caddo Exploration has signed an agreement to do a pilot oil well sand control project in Balkan province, representatives told poloff. If the pilot goes well, the company expects to sign a large contract that will have Caddo doing sand control and [...]	2009-06-12 12:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV TX
09ASHGABAT751	TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON 2009 GICNT PLENARY [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-12 12:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PTER KGIC TX
09ASHGABAT753	SABIT COORDINATOR BUILDS RELATIONSHIPS WITH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The coordinator of the Central Asia office of the U.S. Department of Commerce Special American Business Internship Training (SABIT) program met with Turkmen government officials to promote the program. She focuse [...]	2009-06-12 13:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAGR EAID ECON EFIN EIND EPET SOCI
09ASHGABAT754	LEAHY VETTING FOR GOTX NATO-RUSSIA [...] Per reftel, Post was asked to conduct a human rights review for the nominees listed below to attend the USG-funded NATO-Russia Counter- Narcotics Training 22 June-26 June 2009, Turkmenistan. 2. Post has reviewed its files and finds that as of June 12, 2009, it possesses no credible informa [...]	2009-06-15 06:48:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL SNAR TX
09ASHGABAT755	TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON U.S. VIEWS ON THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-15 10:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KGHG SENV TX
09ASHGABAT757	IRAN POST-ELECTION: [Source removed] CALLS [...] (C) In a conversation today with Iran Watcher, a [Source removed] in Ashgabat labeled the announcement of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's victory in Friday's presidential election a "coup d'etat," and called Iran's incumbent President "another Pinochet." [Name removed] said that based on calculations from Mo [...]	2009-06-15 13:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	IR TX PGOV PREL PHUM
09ASHGABAT76	TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON DESIGNATION OF THE WAAD [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-16 10:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR LE TX
09ASHGABAT760	TURKMENISTAN: DOE-SPONSORED PIPELINE WORKSHOP [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Post successfully assisted the Department of Energy in organizing a Pipeline Integrity and Management Workshop in Ashgabat on June 10-11. The workshop provided 25 largely mid-level technical representatives of [...]	2009-06-17 10:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT761	TURKMENISTAN: MEJLIS COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, SCIENCE, AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Post's PAO had a friendly and open meeting with the Chair of the Mejilis (Parliament) committee on Education, Science, and Culture. The discussion revealed that the committee has a massive portfolio of issues, bu [...]	2009-06-17 10:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO ECA TX
09ASHGABAT762	IRAN: SUPREME LEADER KHAMENEI REPORTEDLY CALLS IN [...] (C) Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei met with presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi on June 15 to discuss the presidential election results and recent unrest involving Mousavi's supporters, according to Polish Ambassador to Turkmenistan Maciej Lang. Lang, who is a fluent Farsi speaker and pr [...]	2009-06-17 11:28:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	IR KDEM PHUM PREL TX
09ASHGABAT763	TURKMENISTAN -- A NEGLECTED OPPORTUNITY FOR U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although Turkmenistan's population is small, the country's wealth -- due primarily to its natural gas deposits -- makes it a potentially attractive market for U.S. businesses. Obstacles include a restrictive visa regime, lack of rule of law, bureaucracy and corruption. Despit [...]	2009-06-17 13:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL EIND EFIN TX
09ASHGABAT764	TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON GICNT UPDATED MODEL [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-17 13:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PTER KGIC TX
09ASHGABAT765	TURKMENISTAN: "DRUG GODMOTHER" ARRESTED IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The acting Chief of the State Counter- Narcotics Service (SCNS) reported at the June 12 session of the Cabinet of Ministers about a recently identified group of drug traffickers led by a female resident of Dasho [...]	2009-06-18 03:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT767	TURKMENISTAN RE-ESTABLISHES ITS ACADEMY OF SCIENCES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 12, President Berdimuhamedov signed a decree re-establishing the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan as the country's premier scientific institution. It marked the end of the Supreme Council for Science an [...]	2009-06-18 06:09:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPL PGOV TPHY SCUL SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT768	UNICEF OFFICIAL DISCUSSES TURKMEN RELUCTANCE TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A UNICEF official said that Turkmenistan lacks the motivation to supply education statistics necessary to be considered for Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) funds. In addition, Turkmenistan's gross domestic product per capita income most likely puts it in the middle-inco [...]	2009-06-18 12:20:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT769	TURKMENISTAN: AVAZA NATIONAL TOURIST ZONE OPENS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov officially opened the Avaza National Tourism Zone on June 15, accompanied by the government, the diplomatic corps, businessmen, and international journalists. "Avaza" consists currently of two hotels. Although plans are for an artificial ri [...]	2009-06-18 12:28:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON TX
09ASHGABAT77	TURKMENISTAN: ANNOUNCEMENT OF RATIFICATION OF THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-16 10:03:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IAEA ENRG NPT PREL KNNP TRGY KTIA PARM
09ASHGABAT770	TURKMENISTAN: GAS PRICE IS THE ONLY BIG ISSUE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 18 EU-TACIS Program Manager Michael Wilson shared news he had recently heard through his energy sector network regarding the ongoing negotiations with Gazprom. He said government officials are saying that the future price of gas is the only remaining business issue, but [...]	2009-06-19 08:32:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV RU BO TX
09ASHGABAT771	TURKMENISTAN: UNDP PUSHING ELECTORAL REFORM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A meeting with UNDP's Electoral Project Manager revealed that the project is moving forward very slowly, due largely to financial issues, in exposing this government to international standards and helping put them into practice. The manager has put significant hopes on the s [...]	2009-06-19 08:32:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM UN TX
09ASHGABAT772	TURKMENISTAN: BERDIYEVS CONTINUE TO SEEK [...] (C) SUMMARY. Following up on recent information that the Berdiyevs were under virtual house arrest, with security police not allowing them to leave and forbidding visitors, Political Oifficer made an unannounced visit to the Berdiyev's home on June 19. There was no sign of security official [...]	2009-06-19 12:20:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT773	TURKMENISTAN: "NUMBER 1 IS HAPPY" ABOUT THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: As reported reftel, the general manager of the official Mercedes-Benz dealership in Turkmenistan traveled to the United States under heavy pressure from the Presidential Apparat to take delivery of President Berdimuhamedov's new armored Bentley. Upon his return, the manager rep [...]	2009-06-19 12:45:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ELTN ETRD TX
09ASHGABAT78	KAZAKH AMBASSADOR'S VIEWS ON TURKMENISTAN'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a recent meeting with the Charge, Kazakhstan's Ambassador to Turkmenistan touched upon his country's improving relations with Turkmenistan, ongoing negotiations about Caspian Sea boundaries and drug trafficking routes through Central Asia. He analyzed the Turkmenistan governm [...]	2009-01-16 10:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KZ TX
09ASHGABAT786	TURKMENISTAN: U.S. COMPANIES DOMINATE WIRELESS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: One of the few segments of the Turkmen market that U.S. brands and products largely dominate is wireless telecommunications (excluding cellular phone communications). For the most part, Turkmen military and law [...]	2009-06-23 11:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT787	TURKMENISTAN: REVISED GRANT PROPOSAL FOR PRM FY [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The following is Embassy Ashgabat's revised recommendation for FY 2009 support via the Julia Taft Refugee Fund to finance a refugee assistance project. The proposed project would provide equipment and mate [...]	2009-06-23 12:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF TX
09ASHGABAT788	TURKMENISTAN CONTINUES WORK ON FIRST STAGE OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: According to the Deputy Chairman for Agriculture and Water Management, the first stage of the man-made, mid-desert Turkmen Lake will be complete in a month or two. He claimed that Turkmenistan grows enough wheat [...]	2009-06-23 12:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAGR SENV TX
09ASHGABAT79	EU'S CASPIAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION PROPOSAL DELIVERED TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-16 10:56:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET CR EU TK TX
09ASHGABAT790	TURKMENISTAN: INPUT FOR OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION [...] (SBU) In preparation for the annual OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting, Post highlights the following areas in which the Government of Turkmenistan fails to implement its OSCE commitments with respect to human rights and fundamental freedoms. Improvement in many of these areas would [...]	2009-06-24 05:24:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI KIRF OSCE KDEM TX
09ASHGABAT794	TURKMENISTAN: MILITARY CADETS ARRESTED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Two senior cadets of the Military Institute were arrested on June 14 for making and distributing counterfeit bus passes. The Deputy Defense Minister promised to prosecute all those who were involved. The cadets, [...]	2009-06-24 11:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT797	AVAILABILITY OF QURAN IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A survey of bookstores in central Ashgabat to check the availability of the Quran, the holy book of Muslims, revealed that the book was practically unavailable in state stores except for rare cases of second- [...]	2009-06-25 07:09:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PGOV SOCI SCUL TX
09ASHGABAT798	TURKMENISTAN: OIL "GUSHES" IN CENTRAL KARAKUM DESERT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan state media recently announced the launch of oil production from fields in the middle of the Karakum Desert. Production from the new fields is part of Turkmenistan's effort to increase oil production [...]	2009-06-25 10:35:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT80	TURKMENISTAN 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) Sensitive by unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Following please find post's 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Turkmenistan. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT Turkmenistan is a relatively large but sparsely inhabited country (about five million) with abundant hydroc [...]	2009-01-16 11:00:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	OPIC KTDB USTR TX
09ASHGABAT800	TURKMENISTAN: TWO JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES DETAINED IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jehovah's Witness leaders recently provided details about the June 19 detention of two Jehovah's Witnesses in Turkmenbashi. The two women were picked up on the street, although it is not clear whether they were proselytizing or simply walking somewhere. They have been held in [...]	2009-06-25 12:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF SOCI PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT801	TURKMENISTAN: AGRICULTURE TRAINING FACILITY AT [...] (C) The General Manager of the official distributor of John Deere and Case New Holland equipment in Turkmenistan, IPC Agri, said in a conversation on June 25 that he and a Case New Holland official discussed shipment of donated equipment with the Ministry of Agriculture three weeks ago. Case [...]	2009-06-25 12:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EIND EAGR TX
09ASHGABAT802	TURKMENISTAN: UPDATE ON PENTECOSTALS IN ABADAN; [...] (C) On June 24, Political Officer met with Pentecostal pastor, Ruslan Atajanov, the leader of a small unregistered group located in the town of Abadan outside Ashgabat. Atajanov's group has been waiting three years since first applying for registration. During Political Officer's last meeting [...]	2009-06-25 12:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF SCUL SOCI PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT803	TURKMENISTAN: AFGHAN OFFICIALS WERE NO-SHOWS AT [...] (C) On June 26, Political Officer provided an overview of INL cooperation with Turkmenistan to an OSCE-organized counternarcotics training course for Customs officials carried out at the Ashgabat "Golden Century" Customs Training Center. The ten participants were supervisory-level officials f [...]	2009-06-26 10:24:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV OSCE AF TX
09ASHGABAT805	TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1874 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-26 12:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE KN TX
09ASHGABAT806	TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-26 12:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PARM PREL KNNP TX
09ASHGABAT808	TURKMENISTAN: EDUCATIONAL CORRUPTION EXPENSIVE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: A well-connected local said that all students in Turkmenistan's institutions of higher learning are enrolled because their parents paid bribes of up to $70,000, with few exceptions. While some who accept bribes for university places work directly in the institution, some are si [...]	2009-06-29 10:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT809	TURKMENISTAN: LUKASHENKO VISIT FOCUSED ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Lukashenko's recent visit to Turkmenistan focused on enhancing bilateral commercial relations. The relationship is particularly important to Belarus, given large Turkmen purchases of Belarus tractors and trucks and the mammoth potash fertilizer project that was just k [...]	2009-06-29 10:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD EMIN PREL PGOV BO TX
09ASHGABAT81	TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT SHUFFLES GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL; [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 15, the government held an extended Cabinet of Ministers meeting at which President Berdimuhamedov announced a sweeping reshuffling of the Cabinet and other government posts. Especially hard hit wer [...]	2009-01-16 12:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT812	TURKMENISTAN: TANKER FIRE AT LOCAL GAS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On June 25, a spark caused a gasoline tanker truck fire at a gas station near the 11th Microdistrict of Ashgabat. More than 15 tons of gasoline (approximately 4,995 gallons) was drained from the burning tanker to [...]	2009-06-30 02:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT813	TURKMENISTAN: CATHOLIC CHURCH MAINTAINS LOW [...] (C) SUMMARY: While the local unregistered Catholic congregation enjoys certain benefits from the diplomatic status of the Apostolic Nunciature, it nonetheless maintains a low profile that attracts little unwelcome attention from the government. The church offers regular weekly services in a [...]	2009-06-30 02:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF SCUL PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT815	TURKMENISTAN: CHINA GETS NO ADDITIONAL ONSHORE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 24, the Governments of Turkmenistan and China agreed that the annual volume of Turkmen natural gas supplied to China will reach 40 bcm, which is ten bcm more than the initially planned volume. They also [...]	2009-06-30 07:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT817	EXBS: TURKMENISTAN EXBS ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] Site Assessments and Meetings during this Reporting Period. a. From 1 to 6 June the EXBS Advisor was in the Republic of Georgia for the world-wide EXBS Advisor's Conference. b. On 8 June, EXBS Assistant Batyr Hommadov resigned without notice. c. From 17 - 24 June EXBS Assistant from Uzbe [...]	2009-06-30 11:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KG
09ASHGABAT818	TURKMENISTAN: THE TURKMEN SCNS AND MEMBERS OF FOREIGN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 26, the Turkmen State Counter Narcotics Service (SCNS) and members of several foreign missions participated in a symbolic drug burn that took place at a border guard installation in the rural area of the c [...]	2009-06-30 11:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT819	TURKMENISTAN: FOR CATERPILLAR, DOING BUSINESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan does not buy from U.S. heavy equipment manufacturer Caterpillar on a regular basis, but when there are purchases, they are significant. Caterpillar shows its appreciation for Turkmenistan's business by donating simulators, equipment, and tools for educational use a [...]	2009-06-30 12:20:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAGR EIND TX KZ
09ASHGABAT82	TURKMENISTAN: PSA HOLDER BURIED HILL DELAYING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The UK-registered Buried Hill energy company completed its seismic work in the contested Serdar/Kyapaz field in Block III, and reported the government was pleased with the results. The company is moving forward with plans to undertake exploratory drilling of three sites there, [...]	2009-01-16 13:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT820	DIRECTOR OF TURKMENISTAN'S DESERT INSTITUTE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The National Institute of Desert Flora and Fauna is active in all aspects of desert studies and has worked extensively internationally. The Institute supports the creation of the Turkmen Lake and serves as the g [...]	2009-06-30 12:20:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAGR SENV TX
09ASHGABAT824	TURKMENISTAN MARKS PRESIDENT BERDIMUHAMEDOV'S 52ND [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 29, Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov turned 52. The country celebrated its leader's birthday by various festive events and inauguration ceremonies of a number of facilities, includi [...]	2009-07-01 12:09:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SCUL SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT825	TURKMENISTAN: DRUG DEALING VILLAGERS DIG MOATS TO [...] (SBU) On June 27 at 07:00am, a local contact riding in an SUV saw a resident of the village Gysa in Ruhabat district outside of Ashgabat parked in an old car. As the contact's SUV approached, the driver of the old car started his car and sped off quickly. Post's contact was not surprised, b [...]	2009-07-02 03:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT83	TURKMENISTAN: GENERAL PETRAEUS MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary. On January 16, CENTCOM Commander, General Petraeus, accompanied by Charge Miles, met with Turkmen President Berdimuhamedov for over an hour. Berdimuhamedov was accompanied by Foreign Minister Meredov. Berdimuhamedov paid close attention to the detailed strategic briefing of th [...]	2009-01-19 07:48:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TX
09ASHGABAT837	SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' VISIT TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as a timely opportunity to demonstrate the U.S. commitment to regularizing our bilateral diplomatic dialogue. Key issues are increased transit for [...]	2009-07-02 08:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT838	TURKMENISTAN: SMALL PENTECOSTAL GROUP FACES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite a long history of Pentecostalism in Turkmenistan dating back to the 1940s, the current Full Gospel Church is a small, scattered group that meets in its members' homes. Registered since 2004, the group is currently in the process of re-registering due to changes in its l [...]	2009-07-02 11:35:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV SCUL SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT84	TURKMENSITAN: GENERAL PETREAUS MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary. On January 16, following his conversation with Turkmen President Berdimuhamedov, CENTCOM Commander Petraeus, accompanied by Charge Miles, met for an hour and a half with Turkmen Foreign Minister Meredov. The Minister was accompanied by the Ministry's North American Office Chief [...]	2009-01-19 07:54:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL TX
09ASHGABAT840	TURKMENISTAN ANNOUNCES TURKMEN CONSTRUCTION 2009 [...] On July 1, 2009, Post received a letter from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan announcing the international exhibition "Turkmen Construction 2009," scheduled for August 20-22, 2009 in Ashgabat. The Ministry of Construction, The Ministry of Construction Materials Industry, [...]	2009-07-06 07:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT842	TURKMENISTAN: FM MEREDOV CALLS FOR A MORE ACTIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 3, Deputy Chairman and Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov met with the Charge to discuss his recent visit to Washington. He thanked the Charge for assistance in arranging his meetings and noted how useful they had been, especially the one with the Secretary. Meredov said tha [...]	2009-07-06 13:32:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EPET TX
09ASHGABAT843	THE OUTLOOK FOR TURKMENISTAN'S 2009 WHEAT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The wheat harvest in Turkmenistan is in full swing. Provincial governments expect to report their final production figures by the end of July. As in the past two years, the government has not released official s [...]	2009-07-07 02:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT845	NOHUR TRIBE DOMINATES TRADE AND SERVICES IN ASHGABAT [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Nohurs, members of a tribe from southwest Turkmenistan, have been flourishing in trade and restaurant businesses in Ashgabat since 2004, when former Minister of National Security Ashyrmuhammedov, a member of [...]	2009-07-07 06:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI SCUL PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT847	TURKMENISTAN: EXCHANGE RATE ILLUSTRATES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Significant aspects of the dual exchange rate system that existed in Turkmenistan until May 2008 remain a mystery. While people knew that someone or some people profited handsomely from the system, it was not clear who the beneficiaries were. After exchange rate unification, [...]	2009-07-07 07:32:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN AORC TX
09ASHGABAT849	SOME INSIGHTS INTO HOW TURKMENISTAN SUPPORTS THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The cost of living in Turkmenistan has risen dramatically since exchange rate unification and redenomination, without an improvement in the standard of living. According to the International Monetary Fund and financial experts in Ashgabat, the Turkmen manat is strong due to a [...]	2009-07-07 09:31:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN EIND TX RU PK CH IR
09ASHGABAT85	GOVERNMENT SHAKEUP LEADS MINFIN TO REQUEST IFRS TRAINING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to the January 15 government personnel changes, a Ministry of Finance department head requested a meeting on January 16 with USAID FSN in which he pleaded for USAID training for the Ministry's staff on [...]	2009-01-20 10:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID TX
09ASHGABAT851	TURKMENISTAN: MEDIA REACTION ON JUNE POST EVENTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: June saw media provide generally accurate and favorable coverage of U.S. government and post conducted events in Turkmenistan. The U.S. Department of Energy-organized workshop on pipeline integrity and management [...]	2009-07-07 11:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT857	TURKMENISTAN: ONE MORE MINISTER OF EDUCATION SHUFFLED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the July 3 Cabinet of Ministers meeting, President Berdimuhamedov continued criticism of the Ministry of Education, noting the rampant problem of corruption in admissions at institutions of higher education. During the meeting, he promoted the Deputy Minister of Educati [...]	2009-07-08 10:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL KMDR KPAO OIIP TX
09ASHGABAT858	TURKMENISTAN: FREE DISTRIBUTION OF ANTI-DRUG BROCHURES AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The Red Crescent Society's Drug Demand Reduction Project (DDRP) recently conducted several public activities dedicated to the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Drug Trafficking. Among the public acti [...]	2009-07-08 12:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT859	GERMAN BUSINESS IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: To date, German companies have been more successful than any other Western companies in doing business in Turkmenistan. Although there are no available official statistics regarding the number of German companies [...]	2009-07-09 04:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL PGOV EINV GM TX
09ASHGABAT86	BOUYGUES APPEARS TO HAVE A SHELF LIFE IN [...] (C) During a January 18 conversation with XXXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX shared the following comments about Bouygues's relations with the Turkmen government and its business prospects in the country: -- It is well known in the company that Minister of Construction, Shamuhammet Durdylyev, and f [...]	2009-01-20 13:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR EIND CIS FR TX
09ASHGABAT864	TURKMENISTAN: LOCAL NGO HOLDS SEMINAR ON PENITENTIARY [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At a July 9 seminar for the public on the penitentiary system of Turkmenistan, local NGO "Bosfor" Director Zalina Rossoshanskaya explained types of penitentiary systems in the world, types of penitentiary insti [...]	2009-07-09 13:32:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM TX
09ASHGABAT867	TURKMENISTAN: LOCAL MEDIA REACTION TO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) U.S. President Barak H. Obama delivered a speech at a graduation ceremony of New Economic School in Moscow on July 7. While there was no reaction by local Turkmen media or coverage of the event, people with access to Internet [...]	2009-07-10 10:12:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT87	TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON DESIGNATION OF A.Q. KHAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-20 13:23:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC GM PREL PARM EFIN TX
09ASHGABAT872	IRAN/TURKMENISTAN: UNHCR REPORTS NO MOVEMENT OF [...] (C) In a July 9 conversation with Iran Watcher, the UNHCR Representative in Turkmenistan said her office has received no indications that Iranians have been attempting to cross into Turkmenistan recently to seek protection in the wake of the protests and arrests in Iran that followed the June 1 [...]	2009-07-13 11:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV PHUM PREF PREL TX
09ASHGABAT873	TURKMENISTAN: UPDATE ON GAS EXPORTS TO IRAN, CHINA [...] (C) A recent meeting with two local expatriate contacts provided updates about Turkmenistan's gas export woes, as well as views about the increased prevalence of corruption. One source, the local representative of a foreign energy company, informed that as of July 1, Turkmen gas exports to Ira [...]	2009-07-13 11:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV TX
09ASHGABAT875	TURKMENISTAN: CHEVRON READY TO SUBMIT REVISED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chevron plans to present a new proposal for an onshore gas project to the Turkmen government. It will focus on development of the Minara, South Yolotan and Osman deposits, but not include exploration. Chevron is prepared to be flexible about the terms of an eventual agreement, b [...]	2009-07-14 05:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT876	TURKMENISTAN: DISMISSAL OF TURKMENISTAN'S HIGHEST RANKING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During an expanded Cabinet session on July 10, President Berdimuhamedov announced the dismissal of Tachberdi Tagyev, the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet in charge of the oil and gas industry. Berdimuhamedov cited t [...]	2009-07-14 06:28:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT877	TURKMEN GOVERNMENT COMMISSIONS THE FIRST STAGE OF THE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 15 the President will commission a 2,600 kilometer drainage canal built in the Karakum desert designed to collect agricultural irrigation runoff. The commission of the canal will mark the first phase of t [...]	2009-07-14 08:34:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EINV EAGR TX
09ASHGABAT879	TURKMENISTAN: A WORRISOME SUMMER FOR ASHGABAT DRIVERS [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In June, Turkmen authorities put a network of traffic monitoring cameras into operation throughout Ashgabat. Since the authorities did not provide citizens with advance notice about the system and its consequen [...]	2009-07-14 12:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT88	TURKMENISTAN: SOUTH KOREAN NATIONAL ENERGY [...] (C) Chevron's Amcit country manager told poloff January 16 that a South Korean diplomat had invited him to lunch recently to talk about energy development in Turkmenistan. The South Korean wanted to know about the status of Chevron's project proposal process with the Turkmen government. He [...]	2009-01-21 08:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EPET ECON TX
09ASHGABAT880	CORRUPTION IN EDUCATION - BLESSING FOR SOME, CURSE FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Corruption in higher education is pervasive and comes at a high cost to the integrity of the educational system, as well as a high cost to parents who are forced to borrow huge sums from family and friends in order [...]	2009-07-15 03:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL KMDR KPAO OIIP TX
09ASHGABAT883	TURKMENISTAN: DEA SPECIAL AGENT COMPLETES A LONG TERM TDY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: From March 10, 2009, through July 25, 2009, a DEA special agent conducted a long-term TDY in Ashgabat. The agent was involved in various activities with the Turkmen State Counter-Narcotics Service (SCNS) in order [...]	2009-07-15 08:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM SNAR SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT886	TURKMENISTAN/IRAN: AGREEMENT FOR A NEW PRICE AND INCREASED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 12, 2009, Turkmen state media reported that Turkmenistan and Iran had agreed to a new price for Turkmen natural gas, to be based on an international formula, as well as to increase the volume of supplies to [...]	2009-07-15 12:31:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX IR
09ASHGABAT888	TURKMENISTAN: U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH TURKMEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an hour and a half, wide-ranging discussion on July 10, Under Secretary for Political Affairs Bill Burns and Turkmen President Berdimuhamedov touched on regional issues, including Turkmen support for the stability of Afghanistan. Other participants in the meeting incl [...]	2009-07-16 10:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PHUM PREL TX
09ASHGABAT897	IRAN/TURKMENISTAN: IRANIAN COMPANY MANAGER SAYS [...] (C) In a July 14 conversation with Iran Watcher, the general manager of the Ashgabat branch of Iran Samen said that the U.S. needs to focus on reaching out to the "more than 20 million Iranians who voted for Mir-Hussein Mousavi." Gholamreza Gieahpour, who has headed the office since 1996. He a [...]	2009-07-17 12:35:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV PHUM PREL TX
09ASHGABAT898	TURKMENISTAN: SPECULATING ON A FUTURE SUCCESSION [...] (C) Given the stove-piped sovereign power and authority that seems to be the Turkmen president's alone, there is frequently speculation about what would happen if the current president suddenly died or was assassinated. Since the sitting president is only the second president elected in Tur [...]	2009-07-17 12:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM TX
09ASHGABAT899	TURKMENISTAN: U/S BURNS MEETS FM MEREDOV [...] (C) SUMMARY: Under Secretary for Political Affairs Bill Burns and a delegation of senior U.S. officials met with Deputy Chairman and Foreign Minister Meredov on July 11 for a productive discussion of bilateral and regional issues. Meredov welcomed further exploration of a bilateral mechanism [...]	2009-07-17 12:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ENRG ECON TX

09ASHGABAT900	TURKMENISTAN: OSCE HOLDS SEMINAR ON TURKMEN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At a July 16 seminar for government officials devoted to the subject of improving the work of Turkmen human rights institutions, an OSCE expert from Sweden explained the international legal framework regulating [...]	2009-07-17 13:01:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL TX
09ASHGABAT908	GERMAN RWE SIGNS PSA WITH TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 16, RWE AG, a German energy company (and Nabucco pipeline project shareholder) and the Government of Turkmenistan signed a production sharing agreement (PSA) for Block 23 of the contractual territory locate [...]	2009-07-20 10:34:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX IR
09ASHGABAT909	TURKMENISTAN FY 2010 IVLP PROPOSAL [...] Education, focus on adult education, community colleges four (4) slots, approximate date November 2009 This project, designed for academic administrators, civic leaders, student advisors/counselors, and ministry officials involved in education issues, will examine the variety of programs and se [...]	2009-07-20 10:50:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP OEXC SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT912	TURKMENISTAN: BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON KEY NEW [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) At the July 10 Cabinet of Ministers session, President Berdimuhamedov dismissed 12 senior officials, including one Deputy Cabinet Minister, one provincial governor, one deputy provincial governor, one Minister, one State [...]	2009-07-20 12:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT914	TURKMENISTAN: STILL NO PRISON ACCESS FOR ICRC [...] (C) ICRC's Deputy Head of Delegation for Central Asia, Raffaello Muller paid a courtesy call on the Charge on July 16 and said that although his organization still has no access to prisons in Turkmenistan, they are encouraged by the fact that the Turkmen government has not definitively rejecte [...]	2009-07-21 12:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TX
09ASHGABAT915	TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT BERDIMUHAMEDOV TO ATTEND [...] (SBU) A. Attendance of the Head of State -- Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, President of Turkmenistan -- Arrival and departure dates unknown. -- Unkown if spouse will accompany. -- Russian interpretation will be required in meetings. B. Attendance of Head of Government -- Not applicable. [...]	2009-07-21 12:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP CVIS UNGA TX
09ASHGABAT916	TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON ASSISTING AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-21 12:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF TX
09ASHGABAT918	TURKMENISTAN: EXXONMOBIL PLANS TO STEP UP [...] (C) On July 22, ExxonMobil officials called on the Charge to discuss the company's current strategy for Turkmenistan. Their visit to Ashgabat, for meetings with oil and gas sector officials, was intended to raise ExxonMobil's profile with the Turkmen. According to one company official, ExxonMo [...]	2009-07-22 12:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV TX
09ASHGABAT919	TURKMEN REACTION TO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S JUNE 4, 2009 SPEECH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post held a series of roundtable discussions with alumni of U.S. programs and representatives of local NGOs to determine local reaction to President Obama's speech. General consensus was that Americans were more likely to hold stereotypes about Muslims in general rather than abo [...]	2009-07-22 12:47:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL KMDR KPAO OIIP TX
09ASHGABAT92	TURKMENISTAN: POST FINDINGS ON COTTON CHILD LABOR [...] This is Post's response to Ref A's request for information concerning child labor in the cotton fields and forced labor in Turkmenistan. According to local UNICEF representatives, reports about the widespread use of child labor in the cotton harvest in Turkmenistan predate the government's 2 [...]	2009-01-21 11:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM EIND ETRD SOCI KTIP TX
09ASHGABAT920	TURKMENISTAN: GTZ RULE OF LAW PROJECT FOCUSES ON [...] (C) On July 21, poloff discussed GTZs (German Society for Technical Cooperation) Supporting Legal and Judicial Reform in Central Asia Program with Head of Program Hirbod Aminlari, based in Tashkent, and its local Legal Coordinator Alexander Jumayev. Aminlari stressed that the program focuses o [...]	2009-07-22 12:50:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID SOCI KCOR TX
09ASHGABAT923	TURKMENISTAN: MOST GOVERNMENT WORKERS CANNOT AFFORD TO BUY [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov's decree of January 2008 offered long-term mortgage loans to Turkmen citizens to buy elite apartments and family houses. In a populist move, Berdimuhamedov's decree extended a fifteen-year loan term, established by his late predecessor, to thirty years. [...]	2009-07-23 09:29:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI ECON PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT924	U.S. FIRM ASPECT ENERGY PURSUING BUSINESS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Aspect Energy, a U.S. energy exploration and investment company, has been persistent in attempting to enter the Turkmen market over the past year. The company unsuccessfully bid for a license to explore and deve [...]	2009-07-23 09:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT925	TURKMENISTAN: LOCAL IWPR REPORTER MAINTAINS LOW [...] (C) On July 22, poloff discussed conditions for independent journalists in Turkmenistan with local Institute for War and Peace Reporting ("IWPR") contributor Svetlana Mamedova. Prior to 1999, Mamedova worked 24 years as a correspondent and editor for State Radio and Television. Her ability t [...]	2009-07-24 12:10:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT926	TURKMENISTAN: NO SURPRISES EXPECTED IN UPCOMING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Central Election Commission and Mejlis officials recently outlined highlights of the upcoming July 26 Gengesh (local council) elections that will be held in rural areas across Turkmenistan. The electoral process for the gengeshes was similar to the process used during the 2008 [...]	2009-07-24 12:28:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT928	TURKMENISTAN: GENGESH ELECTION DAY VISIT TO [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Gengesh (local council) elections in Turkmenistan's villages and rural areas took place on July 26. A visit to three polling stations in villages outside of Ashgabat indicated that, [...]	2009-07-27 09:47:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT93	TURKMENISTAN RAISES FARMER COMPENSATION TO ENCOURAGE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov recently announced higher state prices paid to farmers for wheat and rice and increased 2009 crop production targets at an extended Cabinet meeting. The new prices are meant to encourage f [...]	2009-01-21 12:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON TX
09ASHGABAT932	TURKMENISTAN: LAND OF USED CARS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The passenger car market in Turkmenistan has rapidly expanded over the past seven years. Most of the cars that have been imported to Turkmenistan during that period were U.S., Japanese, and German models. More th [...]	2009-07-27 12:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT933	CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite Turkmenistan's huge hydrocarbon wealth and the government's multimillion dollar, lavish construction projects, there are many residential areas in Ashgabat and elsewhere that lack normal roads, street l [...]	2009-07-28 04:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT938	TURKMEN STUDENTS PREVENTED FROM EXITING COUNTRY TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Institute of Education, an office within the Ministry of Education, must now approve the foreign post-high school study of all Turkmen students. This new requirement is in direct opposition to President Berdimuhamedov's stated goals of increasing foreign education possibi [...]	2009-07-28 11:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO OEXC SCUL SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT94	TURKMENISTAN: UNODC PROMOTES CROSS-BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an introductory meeting with the Charge, the head of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) office in Turkmenistan described his continued efforts to promote bilateral counter-narcotics and border security cooperation between Turkmenistan and neighboring cou [...]	2009-01-21 12:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR TX
09ASHGABAT940	IRAN/TURKMENISTAN: HOW TURKMEN VIEW RECENT EVENTS [...] (C) Decreased travel to and from Iran in the last decade and the lack of independent media and internet access in Turkmenistan have all contributed to a general lack of knowledge or understanding among Turkmen about their neighbor to the south, despite the presence of over a million ethnic Tur [...]	2009-07-28 13:24:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PHUM PREL TX
09ASHGABAT941	TURKMENISTAN: CIVIC ACTIVIST FOLLOWS "PARTISAN [...] (C) On July 27, poloff met with civil society activist Natalya Shabunts to discuss her activities and the current situation for rights activists in Turkmenistan. Shabunts has long had ties with the Embassy, including her participation in a 2000 International Visitors Program on civil society, [...]	2009-07-28 13:29:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT943	TURKMENISTAN: IDHR EXPRESSES INTEREST IN WORKING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative Country Director in Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan Catherine Dwyer briefed Charge July 28 on a meeting she had with National Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (IDHR) Direct [...]	2009-07-29 06:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAID ECON TX
09ASHGABAT947	TURKMENISTAN'S PERSPECTIVE ON CASPIAN DELIMITATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the July 24 Cabinet of Ministers session, President Berdimuhamedov made a strong statement that Azerbaijan's position on delimitation of the Caspian boundary hampers the negotiation process. He criticized Azerbaijan for its unilateral decision to start development of the [...]	2009-07-29 13:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET PBTS EINV AZ TX
09ASHGABAT948	ENERGY AND TRADE MAIN TOPICS FURING VISIT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Romanian President Trajan Basescu visited Turkmenistan July 21-22. The Romanians consider the visit successful and believe that it has put bilateral relations on a higher plane. The main emphasis was on trade and energy. Although the Romanians state that Berdimuhamedov expressed [...]	2009-07-29 13:48:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ECON ENRG RO TX
09ASHGABAT950	THE MINI PENSIONER REVOLT OF 2006 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In January 2006, then President Niyazov enacted pension reform, which left a third of pensioners without a pension and decreased the remaining pensions by 20%. Pensioners in Dashoguz province mobilized to protest t [...]	2009-07-30 07:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT951	TURKMENISTAN: MEDIA REACTION ON JULY POST EVENTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: In July, media carried accurate and favorable coverage of post events. U.S. Independence Day and the speech which the Charge d'Affaires delivered at Post's official reception were highlighted in state print media. [...]	2009-07-30 08:01:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT953	TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT'S TOUTED CRACKDOWN ON THE DRUG [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's local press continue to report an increase in arrests and convictions of drug dealers. Ashgabat residents, however, are skeptical about the government's so-called "rigorous measures" to crack down [...]	2009-07-30 09:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT954	EXBS: TURKMENISTAN EXBS ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] Site Assessments and Meetings during this Reporting Period. a. On 6 July, EXBS Advisor and Assistant met with Gurbangeldi Temirov, Deputy Chief for Logistics of the State Border Service, Gurban Begliyev, Head of the State Immigration Service, and Hemra Amannazarov, MFA representative. The p [...]	2009-07-30 10:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KG
09ASHGABAT965	PRINCE ANDREW DISCUSSES ENERGY DURING JUNE 27-28 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Envoy of Great Britain on the issues of International Trade and Industry Prince Andrew, Duke of York, visited Turkmenistan July 27-28. Prince Andrew's talks with President Berdimuhamedov and Foreign Minister Meredov centered almost exclusively on energy issues. Andrew a [...]	2009-07-30 12:49:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ENRG SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT967	TURKMENISTAN: FEES AND TAXES LEVIED ON IMPORTED [...] SUMMARY: The legislation of Turkmenistan does not provide for levying Customs duties on computer equipment imported into Turkmenistan. However, complicated procedures for getting Customs clearance and a local tax system that differentiates between types of businesses create numerous obstacle [...]	2009-07-31 10:29:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PGOV ECON TX
09ASHGABAT97	TURKMENISTAN: THREE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Three mid-ranking Turkmen law enforcement officials took part in a four-day study tour in London, the culmination of a year-long English language course funded by INL. The trip gave them an opportunity to prac [...]	2009-01-21 12:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SNAR TX
09ASHGABAT973	TURKMENISTAN: MFA-AUTHORED ARTICLE OUTLINES [...] SUMMARY: On July 30, state-run Neutralniy Turkmenistan newspaper published an article prepared by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan outlining the country's energy policy. The article also highlighted recent gas-export developments in the country's energy sector and speculated a [...]	2009-07-31 12:28:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT974	TURKMENISTAN: NEW COUNTER NARCOTICS CHIEF BROUGHT FROM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 29th, President Berdimuhamedov replaced the Acting Chief of the State Counter-Narcotics Service (SCNS) of Turkmenistan with the Deputy Minister of National Security. No background information is yet ava [...]	2009-07-31 12:34:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT975	PANDEMIC H1N1 INFLUENZA RESPONSE - TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: To date, there have been no officially documented cases of H1N1 in Turkmenistan. However, it appears that the country would be unprepared, if there was an outbreak. Primary health care is limited in the capital a [...]	2009-07-31 12:34:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU PREL AEMR CASC PINR AMGT SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT976	TURKMENISTAN: BURIED HILL CEO NOT CONCERNED ABOUT LATEST EXCHANGES OVER CASPIAN DELIMITATION [...] (C) On July 30, poloff discussed recent developments in the Turkmenistan-Azerbaijan Caspian delimitation dispute with the CEO of Buried Hill Energy, Roger Haines. Buried Hill has a production sharing agreement (PSA) with the Turkmen government for an offshore block that includes the disputed [...]	2009-07-31 12:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV TX
09ASHGABAT977	TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OSCE HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-31 12:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM OSCE TX
09ASHGABAT988	TURKMENISTAN: BOEING CONTRACT DELAY WAS ALL ABOUT [...] (C) On August 3, Boeing's regional sales representatives called on the Charge and reported that the contracts for the sale of three 737 aircraft to Turkmenistan Airlines (THY) were signed earlier in the day in Ashgabat. The two representatives were clearly delighted and relieved that the form [...]	2009-08-04 05:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PGOV PREL TX
09ASHGABAT990	TURKMENISTAN: EDUCATION NGO "GIVES UP" ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. After seven attempts to register since 2007, the director of a nongovernmental education association said it is useless to continue re-applying until the Turkmen government changes its NGO policy. Even the presence of many of the organization's alumni in high government posts ha [...]	2009-08-05 12:27:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT991	TURKMENISTAN: EBRD MOVING AHEAD ON SME GREEN FIELD [...] (SBU) On August 4, Poloff met with a visiting EBRD Small Business Development Mission, Senior Banker Oksana Pak and Senior Investment Officer Marie-Paule Claes, and local Head of Office Neil McKain to discuss EBRD's proposed start-up bank project. The concept to establish a privately held ba [...]	2009-08-05 12:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EBRD PGOV EFIN SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT992	TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CENTCOM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to advance our bilateral dialogue in the area of military cooperation. Your second visit to Turkmenistan follows the visits of Assistant Secretary Boucher in April, Special Envoy Morningsta [...]	2009-08-05 12:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON EPET SNAR SOCI MARR TX
09ASHGABAT993	IRAN/TURKMENISTAN: SCHOLAR PREDICTS MORE OF THE [...] (C) In a conversation this week with Iran Watcher, Ghandeem Gurbanov, Turkmenistan's most prominent Farsi language scholar, who currently teaches at the Iranian Embassy's Cultural Center in Ashgabat, said that Iranians residing in Turkmenistan voted nearly unanimously for and continue to suppo [...]	2009-08-05 12:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV PHUM PREL TX
09ASHGABAT994	PRESIDENT BERDIMUHAMEDOV REVIVED CIRCUS [...] During the July 31 Cabinet of Ministers meeting, President Berdimuhamedov signed a decree authorizing the re-establishment of the national circus. The decree lifted his predecessor's seven-year long ban on circus performances which, along with opera and ballet, were considered "uncongenial" a [...]	2009-08-05 13:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT995	TURKMEN GOVERNMENT'S ARGUMENTS IN THE CASPIAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On August 4, state-owned "Neutralniy Turkmenistan" newspaper published an MFA-authored article outlining Turkmenistan's arguments in its dispute with Azerbaijan on the Caspian Sea delimitation issue. The article me [...]	2009-08-06 11:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV PBTS AZ TX
09ASHGABAT996	TURKMENISTAN: OMV ESTABLISHES LOCAL PRESENCE; [...] (C) On August 5, the Charge met with the newly-arrived expatriate country manager for Austrian energy firm OMV. Although new to Turkmenistan, the manager has had years of experience in Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan. He described himself as "an exploration and production guy" whose job it is to d [...]	2009-08-07 05:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV TX
09ASMARA100	PERSPECTIVES ON BASHIR'S VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sudanese and Sudan watchers in Asmara agree Bashir's visit was a defiant move against the ICC. The disagreement lies, however, in Bashir's leadership capabilities. While the Sudanese Embassy stuck to the party line that Bashir is on his way to fixing the Darfur crisis, the Eritr [...]	2009-03-27 08:53:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SU ER
09ASMARA103	AWEYS ON THE MOVE [...] (C) AWEYS IN SUDAN - JUST VISITING? --------------------------------------- Hassan Dahir Aweys, a UN-listed terrorist and leader of the hard-line faction of the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia, recently traveled to Sudan, according to Embassy Asmara contacts. Embassy Khartoum report [...]	2009-03-30 15:03:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ER SO SU
09ASMARA105	RADIO ASENA IS THE NEW OPPOSITION VOICE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Opposition website assenna.com recently launched Radio Asena, airing hour-long broadcasts on Mondays and Wednesdays in Tigrinya and on Fridays in Arabic. ("Asena" means "good" in the congratulatory sense). The station, found on 9610kHz, reports on a variety of topics including [...]	2009-04-02 13:03:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PROP SOCI PGOV ER
09ASMARA11	TIGRAY PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT IN ERITREA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The anti-TPLF Tigray People's Democratic Movement (TPDM) based in Eritrea recently selected a new leader after the death of the group's founder. Eritrean television often commends the TPDM for its armed actions against the Ethiopian government, but these stories are uncorrobora [...]	2009-01-08 14:19:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINS PGOV PBTS ET ER
09ASMARA110	ERITREA AND SUDAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Eritrea is on bad terms with all of its neighbors except Sudan. Sudan is Eritrea's closest and most important friend, as it supplies petroleum, grain, consumer goods, political support, and cooperates on military issues. Eritrea, in turn, provides strategic political depth to B [...]	2009-04-06 08:55:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ER SU
09ASMARA113	EC GREENLIGHTS 122 MILLION EURO AID PACKAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: European Commission (EC) member countries have officially signed off on a 122 million euro aid package for Eritrea, according to an EC representative. The decision now goes to the EC president for final approval, which the representative believes will happen. The EC funds will g [...]	2009-04-08 15:10:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL PGOV ER
09ASMARA117	THE ARS "PATRIOTIC WING" [...] (C) SUMMARY: With Sheikh Hassen Dahir Aweys still in Khartoum, senior representatives of the hard-line ARS faction met with emboffs in Asmara April 8. They were dismissive of the TFG's limited writ in Somalia and claimed an "inclusive" peace process was needed. Sheikh Aweys, invited to Sudan [...]	2009-04-09 12:26:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS SO ER
09ASMARA119	A SIMMERING CHALLENGE TO ISAIAS [...] (C) Summary: The Isaias regime is seeking to defuse opposition posed by mid-level military officers who have set conditions on their continued support of the status quo, according to an opposition figure. The deteriorating economy means that the coming four months are likely to determine wh [...]	2009-04-13 13:20:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS ER
09ASMARA126	STRENGTHENING EASTERN SUDAN CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Peacebuilding Center for the Horn of Africa (PCHA) is concluding its fifth USG-funded workshop for eastern Sudanese NGO leaders. The week long workshop invited 29 participants from the four previous workshops to attend a final session on "training the trainers." Embassy offic [...]	2009-04-20 13:20:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM SOCI EAID SU ER
09ASMARA127	ARS "PATRIOTIC WING" GRASPS FOR RELEVANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Members of the "patriotic wing" of the Aweys faction of the ARS told Emboffs they were disappointed with the Somali Parliament's decision to implement sharia law, asserting that the majority of Somalis are against sharia and the law only passed due to fear of reprisal. The patriot [...]	2009-04-22 08:42:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS SO ER
09ASMARA128	AWEYS DISCOURAGED AND ALONE IN ASMARA [...] (C) HOME AGAIN: Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys returned April 18 from his stay in Khartoum "completely discouraged" by Sudan's pressure on him to reconcile with the TFG on President Sharif's terms, according to Dr. Taisier Ali, the Sudanese director of the Peacebuilding Center for the Horn of Afri [...]	2009-04-22 11:22:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ER SO SU EG
09ASMARA13	ERITREANS REFOULED FROM EGYPT SPOTTED ON [...] (SBU) Two separate groups of Eritreans recently refouled from Egypt were spotted on commercial flights landing in Asmara. Emboff noticed approximately 25 Eritrean males between the ages of 25 and 30 grouped in the rear of an EgyptAir flight bound for Eritrea on Sunday January 4. A UNICEF emp [...]	2009-01-08 14:44:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV PHUM EG ER
09ASMARA131	EMBASSY'S USAID FSN RELEASED AFTER 15 MONTHS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Asmara's sole USAID FSN was released on April 18 after 15 months in prison. The Eritrean government (GSE) arrested him in January 2008, holding him in a prison in downtown Asmara. He spent four months in solitary confinement in a 3x6 foot cell. The FSN, Mehreteab Araya, [...]	2009-04-24 08:13:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV EAID PINR ASEC ER
09ASMARA134	REFERRAL TO THE U.S. REFUGEE ADMISSIONS PROGRAM [...] (U) This is an action cable. Action request is in paragraph five. 2. (C) U.S. Embassy Asmara supports the referral of Mr. Mahari Tesfagergishfor to the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program for resettlmement in the United States based on his fear of persecution and based on USG interest in his s [...]	2009-04-27 14:43:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF KE ER
09ASMARA138	ICRC UNDER NEW PRESSURE FROM ISAIAS REGIME [...] (C) NO FUEL, NO TRAVEL PERMITS ----------------------------------- ICRC, which has a relatively large and active program in Eritrea, has long been seen as unusually favored by the Isaias regime, which dislikes NGOs and is contemptuous of UN agencies. For no apparent reason, ICRC is now bein [...]	2009-04-29 12:24:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PREF PHUM PBTS ICRC ER
09ASMARA139	ERITREA'S NASAIR STRUGGLING TO TAKE FLIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nasair, a privately owned Eritrean airline, is gamely attempting to succeed amid Eritrea's atrophying economy. With no aviation fuel available in Asmara and almost no tourist or business travelers, the deck appears stacked against Nasair, which is putting the final touches on a [...]	2009-04-29 12:34:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON PGOV PREL ER
09ASMARA14	GSE STALLS SPLM DESERTER REPATRIATION [...] (C) For the past four weeks, the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) has been unable to repatriate 105 deserters from the Sudanese People's Liberation Army currently in the Eritrean border city of Tessenai. The GOSS is currently waiting for the Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) to appr [...]	2009-01-08 14:48:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL SU ER
09ASMARA140	ERITREAN MILITARY "DRAINED OF PATIENCE" [...] (S/NF) VETERANS AND SOLDIERS REPORTEDLY FED UP: Many former fighters, both civilian and active duty veterans of Eritrea's 30-year war for independence, believe that Isaias is "destroying the country," according to a supposed senior leader of Eritrea's internal opposition (strictly protect). T [...]	2009-04-29 12:50:00	Embassy Asmara	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV MOPS ER
09ASMARA141	FORMER ERITREAN PRISONER TO PRODUCE MOVIE ON HUMAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former Eritrean detainee, Semere Kesete, is in the process of filming a movie about the G-15, the fifteen high-ranking Eritrean party officials that stood up to the President in 2000 and have been jailed since. Semere is the former student body president of the now-defunct Unive [...]	2009-04-30 09:17:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PREL ER
09ASMARA142	POST'S PD EFFORTS HELP ERITREAN STUDENTS STUDY IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Despite poor bilateral relations and Eritrea's fledgling education system, Post's PD efforts regularly assist hundreds of Eritreans interested in educational opportunities in the United States. Post operates an educational advising system that provides students with materials on [...]	2009-04-30 13:08:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI PREL KPAO ER
09ASMARA143	CHINA'S MERCANTILIST AID TO ERITREA [...] (C) SUMMARY: China's foreign assistance to Eritrea consists in part of a multi-million dollar shopping spree for Chinese manufactured goods selected by a senior Eritrean official, according to the Chinese ambassador to Eritrea. End Summary. 2. (C) MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR GIFT CARD ----------- [...]	2009-05-04 12:02:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL ECON ER CH
09ASMARA146	PROMOTING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR ANTI-REGIME [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Eritrea, only the elderly and pro-regime individuals are allowed passports and exit visas to travel abroad. The regime closed the University of Asmara in 2005 and conscripts almost all young adults into open-ended national service, which borders on indefinite forced labor. Per [...]	2009-05-05 13:53:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS CMGT PREL PGOV SOCI PREF ER
09ASMARA147	GSE FURTHER ISOLATES RELIGIOUS DETAINEES [...] (C) The Eritrean government (GSE) has recently been relocating prisoners from Asmara to an isolated prison in the small town of Meiter, located 113 miles northeast of Asmara, near the costal city of Massawa. The newly constructed prison is already filled with between 150 and 200 detainees hel [...]	2009-05-06 11:03:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PGOV ER
09ASMARA153	GSE WARNS AGAINST "UNAUTHORIZED CELEBRATIONS" [...] (SBU) The Eritrean Embassy in Washington, D.C. reportedly distributed a notice on April 29 warning Eritrean citizens in the United States to not partake in "unauthorized" celebrations for the upcoming Liberation Day, May 24, according to the opposition website www.assenna.com. The website disp [...]	2009-05-12 12:37:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PROP PREL PGOV ER
09ASMARA154	CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES APPEALS FOR ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Country Director Jim McLaughlin told the ambassador that CRS will close down in June if it is unable to secure USG funding of at least $750,000 to $800,000. McLaughlin had just returned from consultations with CRS headquarters in Baltimore where this decisio [...]	2009-05-12 14:50:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ER PREL
09ASMARA156	INCREASED MILITARY ROUND-UPS AS INDEPENDENCE DAY [...] (C) The Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) is conducting its usual military round-up of persons in Asmara as the May 24th Independence Day approaches. Thus far, the round-ups have consisted of plainclothes military and security officials at traffic circles during the daytime hours looki [...]	2009-05-14 14:41:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV MOPS ER
09ASMARA157	DEMARCHE: GSE ACKNOWLEDGES HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN [...] (S) Charge delivered the demarche as instructed per referenced conversations to Director General All Desks Fessahazion Petros at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (roughly the "P" equivalent). After delivering the first two objectives, the Charge then noted that in various exchanges in recent m [...]	2009-05-15 08:22:00	Embassy Asmara	SECRET	PREL MOPS PGOV PTER SO ER
09ASMARA159	LATE NIGHT SEARCH OF ASMARA HOTEL FOR SUSPICIOUS [...] (C) Eritrean soldiers and police raided the Nyala Hotel from 0100-0400 hrs on 05/13/09. An embassy source told RSO she and the rest of the guests of the 50-room hotel were woken up by soldiers as they went room to room. The soldiers searched the each room, under the beds and in the closets. [...]	2009-05-15 08:40:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV ER
09ASMARA16	ANNUAL OVERSEAS SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL (OSAC) [...] The following unclassified crime and medical information is provided for the OSAC public website. Responses are keyed to Reftel. I. Overall Safety and Crime Environment A. Post continues to receive reports of violent crime in Eritrea. According to Eritrean police, local sources, and [...]	2009-01-13 09:30:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC AMGT APER ER
09ASMARA161	ASTER YOHANNES CONTACTED IN JAIL [...] (C) Our recently freed USAID FSN (protect) said that in the weeks prior to his April 17 release from prison, he had a chance to talk with Aster Yohannes, wife of G-15 member Petros Solomon. Aster, jailed since December 2003, said she had been in good health but recently developed stomach ulce [...]	2009-05-19 09:42:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ER PGOV PHUM
09ASMARA163	DECREASING MILITARY PRESENCE IN ASMARA [...] (C) The military presence in Asmara has decreased in Asmara since the May 24th independence day celebrations, but is still above normal levels. Soldiers are manning static positions, but are no longer asking Eritreans for their identification cards and the mass arrests appear to have subsided [...]	2009-05-27 12:15:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC MOPS PGOV PREL PTER ER PINR
09ASMARA166	MFA WARNS DESK OFFICER TO AVOID USG [...] (C) The Eritrean government (GSE) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has recently warned its Desk Officer responsible for the Americas to not contact the U.S. Embassy, according to a close Embassy source. The Desk Officer was told "the relationship between the U.S. and Eritrea is not good," an [...]	2009-06-01 13:17:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ER
09ASMARA167	PATRIOTIC WING FORMALLY CUTS TIES WITH AWEYS [...] (C) The Patriotic Wing of the ARS has officially cut ties with Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, according to the group's Inspector General, Mahad Yusuf. Yusuf told PolOff that the organization has no desire to be affiliated with Sheikh Aweys, Hezbul Islam, or Al-Shabaab. Instead, he continued, the [...]	2009-06-01 13:22:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SO ER
09ASMARA168	GSE COURTS NEW MINING COMPANIES [...] (SBU) The Eritrean Government (GSE) welcomed representatives from two large-scale mining companies May 28-31, hoping that these companies would be the first large-scale investors in the mining sector. The companies, one South African and one Australian, expressed interest in mining operations [...]	2009-06-01 14:57:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN PGOV ER
09ASMARA169	GSE DEPORTS ETHIOPIANS, SHRUGS OFF ICRC [...] (C) The GSE has begun deporting Ethiopians by the busload after cutting off support for the ICRC repatriation program (reftel). According to the ICRC deputy head of protection (please protect),the GSE has so far deported three mini-busloads of 15-30 Ethiopian passengers each, two in May and [...]	2009-06-04 12:51:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ET ER
09ASMARA17	ERITREA SPURNS WORLD BANK, ACCEPTS UAE LOAN [...] (C) BANK: WANT $30 MILLION? ERITREA: NO THANKS --------------------------------------------- ----- Eritrea, objecting to conditions considered "an infringement on its sovereignty," has forgone World Bank funding amounting to about $30m in project support that would have, inter alia, renovated [...]	2009-01-14 11:11:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL ECON PGOV ER AE
09ASMARA173	MINING FIRMS SEEK "FLAGSHIP" LICENSE IN GOLD [...] (SBU) Chalice Gold Mines will likely purchase Sub-Sahara mining as its flagship gold mining operation, according to a representative from Sub-Sahara. Sub-Sahara, the Australian company that owns the coveted license to the gold strip in Eritrea's Zara region, is jointly owned by Australian-base [...]	2009-06-08 14:53:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN PGOV ER
09ASMARA175	U.S. RESIDENT ERITREANS THREATENED [...] (C) Private Eritreans residing in Oakland, California continue to demand tax payments and threaten other Eritreans on behalf of the GSE, according to a former FSN who recently emigrated there. The center for these activities is the Eritrean community center located at 5255 Claremont Ave, Oakl [...]	2009-06-11 09:11:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PROP PREL PGOV ER PINS
09ASMARA177	ERITREA POWER GRID RUNNING ON "LUCK" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Eritrea's main generators, located in Massawa, are one overhaul away from a country-wide power failure, according to representatives from Eritrea's fuel industry. The four generators are currently operating beyond recommended capacity, doing the work of six generators. Critical [...]	2009-06-12 06:08:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG PGOV ER
09ASMARA178	(SE) ERITREA FEELING THE SQUEEZE ON SOMALIA [...] (S) Summary. The Office of the President hastily convened two separate meetings of ambassadors on June 10 to present a white paper on the GSE position on Somalia, according to British Ambassador Andrea Reidy (protect). Reidy attended the second session comprising EU ambassadors and chaired b [...]	2009-06-12 07:49:00	Embassy Asmara	SECRET	PREL PGOV ER SU SO
09ASMARA18	REPORTS OF GANG ACTIVITY IN ASMARA [...] (SBU) Zoba regional administrative officials and Eritrean police representatives in northeast Asmara recently held a townhall meeting to discuss the rise of gang activity in Asmara. These officials stated there are over 10 gangs in Asmara, comprised of 20-30 members each, based on neighborho [...]	2009-01-15 05:10:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ER
09ASMARA185	UN SECURITY OFFICER CONCERNS OVER CRIME AND WATER [...] (C) The UN security officer told RSO he is concerned about the rise in crime in Asmara. Recently, he has instructed all UN personnel to avoid walking in Asmara, even during daylight hours. He is also upgrading residential security at all houses to include grills and 24/7 residential guard cov [...]	2009-06-18 13:51:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PINS ER
09ASMARA187	ERITREA'S FLAT DENIAL AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT [...] (S/NF) Foreign Minister Osman Saleh adamantly and hotly denied Eritrean support for radical Somali Islamists June 17 as we delivered the President's letter addressed to Isaias (ref). This is the same line we've heard from numerous other Eritrean officials both in public and private. From a s [...]	2009-06-18 14:39:00	Embassy Asmara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER PROP PARM ER SO
09ASMARA192	ETHIOPIA REPORTEDLY BACKS AFAR REBELS [...] (C) Ali Dato Mohamed, the Djboutian CDA in Asmara, is an ethnic Afar with good contacts in Eritrea's Afar community. He told post June 16 that the Red Sea Afar Democratic Organization (RSADO) operates from Ethiopia and has lately stepped up small-scale guerrilla attacks in Eritrea's Southern R [...]	2009-06-22 13:58:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV PREL MOPS ER ET DJ
09ASMARA195	CHINESE MINING WOES IN ERITREA [...] (C) LOWERED CHINESE EXPECTATIONS: The Chinese mining company "Eritrea-China Exploration and Mining Company" (ECEM),one of four Chinese mining or exploration companies operating in Eritrea, has run into substantial problems and is pessimistic about its prospects, according to a well-placed Ch [...]	2009-06-25 12:29:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ECON PINS PREL ER CH
09ASMARA196	SITUATION DIRE FOR ERITREAN REFUGEES IN SUDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: There are more than 62,000 Eritreans registered in UNHCR refugee camps in eastern Sudan, and tens of thousands more living in Khartoum and in refugee camps in the east that have been officially closed over the years. Eritreans in Sudan face discrimination from the Sudanese governm [...]	2009-06-25 13:48:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL SU ER
09ASMARA197	AN ERITREAN IN SUDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nafa Ashie, an Eritrean refugee in Sudan, fled his home country in 2005 to escape the Isaias regime. He explained that during his seven years of national service, he saw little opportunity for Eritrea's youth and eventually decided to flee the country. His description of national [...]	2009-06-25 14:09:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV SU ER
09ASMARA198	ERITREAN DEFENSE MINISTER ON U.S.-ERITREAN [...] (S) Major General Sebhat Efrem, Eritrea's popular minister of defense, warmly greeted the ambassador on the margins of an Italian defense attache function June 25. He was aware of the letter from President Obama to President Isaias (ref) and said he seemed pleased at the prospect of improved r [...]	2009-06-26 07:54:00	Embassy Asmara	SECRET	PREL MOPS ER
09ASMARA2	ISAIAS TELLS MINAWI TO BE PROACTIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sudanese senior presidential advisor Minni Minawi met with President Isaias December 25 and 26 (ref A),reportedly complaining about Bashir's inability to bring about peace and his own lack of influence within the Bashir government. Isaias reportedly told him he should take action [...]	2009-01-02 07:56:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ER SU
09ASMARA205	TENSIONS IN SUDAN-ERITREA RELATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Relations between Sudan and Eritrea have become strained as a result of Sudan's vote to sanction Eritrea on the Somalia issue in IGAD and the AU. The Sudanese DCM said Sudan could not sacrifice its relationship with the region and the continent for the sake of Eritrea. In respons [...]	2009-06-30 05:34:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL SU ER
09ASMARA207	ERITREA SLAMS U.S. SOMALIA POLICY [...] (SBU) The Eritrean government (GSE) has criticized the USG for its financial support to the Transitional Federal Government (TFG). In a June 26 press release, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs referred to the TFG as a "government that is devoid of any legitimacy." The statement also said "US m [...]	2009-06-30 13:32:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ER SO
09ASMARA212	GSE SCRAPES UP FOREIGN CURRENCY FOR WHEAT [...] (SBU) The Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) recently completed a $6.5 million transaction with the Minnesota-based international grain distributor Cargill. The GSE sent $5.5 million to Cargill from the Commercial Bank of Eritrea earlier in June as the final payment for 28,000 tons of wh [...]	2009-07-01 14:28:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR PREL PGOV ER
09ASMARA213	ISAIAS SPURNS QADHAFI'S AU INVITATION [...] (C) Qadhafi sent a special envoy to Asmara to issue a personal invitation to Isaias to attend the African Union summit in Sirte, the Libyan charge d'affaires told the ambassador July 1. "The special envoy emphasized that the Sirte summit would provide Eritrea an opportunity to make its case a [...]	2009-07-02 11:10:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ER LY AU
09ASMARA219	GSE DEMANDS FOREIGN CURRENCY FROM FOREIGN VISITORS [...] (SBU) GSE-owned establishments have increased their demand for hard currency from foreign patrons. When the GSE re-opened the Asmara Palace Hotel (formerly the Intercontinental) it required guests traveling on foreign passports to pay in U.S. dollars, British pounds, or euros (and only gave ch [...]	2009-07-09 11:00:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV ER

09ASMARA22	UNMEE AIMS TO LEAVE BY END OF MONTH [...] (C) According to an UNMEE officer, the mission intends to close by the end of January. UNMEE has 48 international staff remaining in Asmara and all of its "Group 1" assets have been shipped to Massawa (note: Group 1 consists of equipment less than five years old. End note). As of mid-January [...]	2009-01-20 07:43:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PBTS PREL PGOV ER
09ASMARA220	MASS ARREST OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES IN ASMARA [...] (C) Eritrean police arrested a group of 22 Jehovah's Witnesses in Asmara in late June and detained them in Police Station 4. The group consisted mostly of women as authorities had targeted men in earlier round-ups. According to a close embassy source, police detained four children between th [...]	2009-07-10 08:22:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM SOCI PGOV ER
09ASMARA221	OPPOSITION TV LAGS BEHIND RADIO/INTERNET COUNTERPARTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The opposition website www.assenna.com and its sister radio station have seen considerable success over the past few months and have continued to expand both audience and programming. Assenna's sotries stimulate much discussion around Asmara, but its consumers are not discrimin [...]	2009-07-13 05:44:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PREL ER
09ASMARA224	MINING UPDATE: TAKEOVERS AND NEWCOMERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The mining and exploration sector is one of the only areas of forward momentum in Eritrea. New entrant companies continue to sign new exploration contracts and well-established Sanu Resources plans to merge with a larger Canadian entity. Collectively, the companies, new and old, [...]	2009-07-14 09:28:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ECON PGOV ER
09ASMARA225	ERITREA TIGHTENS VICE ON ICRC [...] (C) ONCE FAVORED, NOW UNWANTED ---------------------------------- The Isaias regime has greatly restricted the operations of the once-favored International Committee of the Red Cross, according to the ICRC Head of Delegation Gherardo Pontrandolfi (strictly protect). The operational environm [...]	2009-07-14 11:52:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PHUM PREF PGOV ER
09ASMARA231	SUMMARY OF PUBLIC DIPLOMACY EVENTS FOR APRIL-JUNE 2009 [...] Summary of Public Diplomacy sponsored special events for the time period of April-June 2009: a) Monthly alumni American club lecture over 200 guests in attendance at each event: April: Global Climate Change and Global Warming May: Eritrea's Journey to Independence June: The American [...]	2009-07-16 14:54:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SCUL OEXC AMGT ER
09ASMARA233	ISAIAS AND THE CIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Isaias Afwerki's interview with Reuters appears to be the ramblings of a paranoiac. He blames imagined CIA conspiracies for all of Eritrea's manifest woes and holds himself up as a hero who has stymied this "powerful opposition." In addition to calling into question [...]	2009-07-21 08:59:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL ER
09ASMARA239	RELEASE OF ARRESTED AMCIT EMBASSY EMPLOYEE AFTER 4 [...] (C) SUMMARY. On July 14, pol/econ assistant Helen Tesfazion, a dual Eritrean-American citizen, was arrested, held in a small cell, and interrogated for four days at an unknown location in Keren, 60 miles from Asmara, Eritrea. She was released on July 18th, after being told she was a spy, doin [...]	2009-07-24 08:55:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	APER ASEC CASC EAID ER KDEM PGOV PHUM PINR
09ASMARA242	GSE RELEASES MUSLIM "RADICALS," ARRRESTS [...] (SBU) On July 21, the Eritrean government (GSE) released the remaining Muslims imprisoned since January 2009 (reftel). Simultaneously, the GSE rounded up 30 young, possibly influential Muslims from around Asmara. The GSE reportedly entered homes and workplaces to find the targeted victims. T [...]	2009-07-30 11:22:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV ER
09ASMARA245	SECURITY FORCES OPENLY HARASS GUESTS AT PD EVENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Eritrean National Security Forces openly harassed more than 200 guests at the embassy's monthly Public Diplomacy lecture series on July 30. Security forces posted themselves outside the event, coerced attendees into providing their national ID cards, and filmed guests in the lobb [...]	2009-08-03 14:32:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINS PGOV ASEC ER
09ASMARA247	ERITREAN OFFICIAL ON BILATERAL TIES, SOMALIA [...] (C) Summary: Rewinding the tape to before the August 08 Djibouti Process is the best way to mend Somalia, contends key regime insider Yemane Ghebreab. While robustly denying that Eritrea supports Somali jihadists, Yemane said Eritrea favors an all-parties meeting that would form the basis of [...]	2009-08-04 14:38:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ER
09ASMARA248	ERITREA'S MORIBUND FREE ZONES [...] (SBU) Eritrea's planned Free Zones (foreign investor and trader friendly enclaves) are often touted along with gold mining as the key to reviving the country's flagging economy. However, following the June 08 border clash with Djibouti, shipping costs to Massawa have increased and port capabi [...]	2009-08-04 14:38:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV EWWT ER DJ
09ASMARA249	ERITREAN OFFICIAL ON BILATERAL TIES, SOMALIA [...] (C) Summary: Rewinding the tape to before the August 08 Djibouti Process is the best way to mend Somalia, contends key regime insider Yemane Ghebreab. While robustly denying that Eritrea supports Somali jihadists, Yemane said Eritrea favors an all-parties meeting that would form the basis of [...]	2009-08-04 14:38:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ER
09ASMARA25	MASSAWA'S ECONOMY DWINDLES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Emboffs traveled to Massawa January 14-15 for a Public Diplomacy engagement (septel) and observed a more hollow, destitute city than we saw in April 2008. Although the city's vice mayor remained optimistic about the city's situation, the evidence on the ground suggested a more b [...]	2009-01-21 10:47:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI PGOV ER
09ASMARA252	ISAIAS GIVES EC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONER COLD [...] (C) Louis Michel, former European Commission (EC) Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, met with President Isaias July 30 to discuss the details of the upcoming 122 million euro aid package Eritrea is set to receive (reftel). In addition, Michel brought up two specific political [...]	2009-08-04 14:53:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID EUN ER
09ASMARA260	ERITREA CONFISCATES YEMENI FISHING BOATS [...] (SBU) Eritrean maritime authorities have recently seized a number of Yemeni fishing vessels allegedly fishing illegally in Eritrean waters. The crewmembers are jailed in Massawa until their companies or relatives pay a sizable fine, then they are released to make their way back to Yemen. Erit [...]	2009-08-07 07:15:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIS ER YM
09ASMARA261	ISAIAS PUSHES ITALIAN GOVERNMENT FOR MORE [...] (C) The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for Sub-Saharan Africa, Giuseppe Morabito, visited Asmara the week of July 27. According to an Italian embassy source, Morabito obtained a last-minute meeting with President Isaias on Friday. The president made a strong push for gr [...]	2009-08-07 07:45:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ER SO IT
09ASMARA264	BIOGRAPHICAL DATA OF ERITREAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) Biographical data is incuded for the following Eritrean government officials, as requested: 2. (SBU) Ali Abdu Ahmed. Male. DPOB: 15 May 1965, Asmara, Eritrea. Diplomatic passport number: D000512; issued 20 JUL 1999; expiration date: 13 JUL 2009. Note: Though the passport has expi [...]	2009-08-11 12:59:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER EAID UNSC ER
09ASMARA266	ARS PATRIOTIC WING DOWN TO ONE MEMBER IN ERITREA [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff met with Mahad Yusuf, the self-proclaimed Inspector General of the ARS Patriotic Wing in Asmara. Mahad admitted that he was the last member of the wing in Asmara and that he would soon be leaving to seek the support of Somali diaspora business leaders in Dubai and Canada. [...]	2009-08-11 14:33:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PTER SO KE ER
09ASMARA267	MOST OF G-15 REPORTED DEAD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nine of the 11 imprisoned members of the G-15 are dead, according to a recent news article from the website assenna.com. The website published Tigrinya documents supposedly from the Office of the President that detail the arrest and cause/date of death for nine members of the [...]	2009-08-12 04:39:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PROP PHUM ER
09ASMARA269	ICRC IN ERITREA BEING UNMEE'ED [...] (C) AN ASMARA VERB: The Isaias regime is attempting to UNMEE the ICRC in Eritrea, fears ICRC Head of Delegation Gherardo Pontrandolfi (please protect). Among Eritrea's dwindling expat community, the verb "to UNMEE" is used to connote the regime's purposeful tightening of restrictions on an u [...]	2009-08-12 13:28:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV ER
09ASMARA27	GSE TAKES NEW COOPERATIVE APPROACH TO UNMEE [...] (C) The Eritrean government (GSE) has become more cooperative in its dealings with UNMEE, according to our closest UNMEE contact. Last week, the GSE sent four officials from the Ministry of Finance to help facilitate a VAT refund to UNMEE of more than $500,000, levied during the past eight ye [...]	2009-01-26 08:45:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO ER ASEC PGOV
09ASMARA278	ERITREAN AIR ASSETS [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Asmara is aware of nine former or current airports in Eritrea, based on unclassified imagery or personal observation. Four airports have long concrete runways capable of handling jet aircraft. Only Asmara airport has military aircraft visible; over half of the 43 airc [...]	2009-08-20 07:00:00	Embassy Asmara	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS EAIR PINR PGOV ER
09ASMARA279	CORRUPTION IN THE ERITREAN PASSPORT OFFICE [...] (C) Ten officials in the Department of Immigration (DOI) passport authority have been imprisoned for running an illegal passport operation, according to close embassy sources. The illegal outfit involved preparing false documentation for clients, including national service release and medical [...]	2009-08-24 13:57:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CONS ASEC PINS ER
09ASMARA28	ERITREAN MILITARY SITUATION NEAR BADME [...] (C) Living conditions and morale are poor for the military stationed near Badme, according to a source whose son is on leave from his assignment with the 21st Tanks unit (NFI) in that area. The son stated the soldiers are fed three meager meals per day, two consisting only of a piece of bread [...]	2009-01-26 08:47:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS ASEC PGOV ER
09ASMARA280	4,200 SOMALI REFUGEES IN MASSAWA [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNHCR Senior Protection Officer Zipporah Msagah met with PolOff to discuss the Somali refugee camp in Massawa. The camp currently hosts 4,800 registered refugees. Of this group, more than 600 refugees are suspected to be simply registering and moving through the camp to opportu [...]	2009-08-24 14:05:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV SO KE ER
09ASMARA290	ERITREAN YOUTH: "I'M FLEEING... AND HERE'S WHY" [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff recently met with several young Eritreans who have all mentioned their plans to flee the country. The reasons range from avoiding national service to anger at the Eritrean government (GSE) for its dictatorial practices. This cable highlights the story of one particular Er [...]	2009-08-26 05:06:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PGOV ECON CPAS ER
09ASMARA292	ERITREA AND THE EECC FINAL AWARD [...] (SBU) GSE DISAPPOINTED: The Government of Eritrea (GSE) is sorely disappointed at "losing" the Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission (EECC) Final Award for Damages Claims arising from the 1998-2000 Border War. On August 17 the EECC awarded Eritrea and its citizens a total of $163,521,865 for da [...]	2009-08-26 13:37:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL ER ET
09ASMARA293	EAC ON AUGUST 20TH INCIDENT (ASSAULT OF U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: EAC met on 08/21/09 to discuss the August 20th incident in which plainclothes agents from the Eritrean National Security Organization (ENSO) assaulted a U.S. diplomat outside a regularly scheduled embassy outreach event. Members in attendance were: AMB, A/DCM-RSO, MO, PAO, POL, [...]	2009-08-27 08:35:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PHUM PGOV PINS PREL ER
09ASMARA295	ERITREA'S FRUSTRATED FORMER FIGHTERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The 95,000 veterans of Eritrea's 30-year war for independence made huge sacrifices for their country's independence and for the opportunity for better lives. Many "former fighters" (as they are known) are growing increasingly embittered with Isaias' continued brutal dictatorship [...]	2009-08-27 12:39:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS SOCI PINS ER
09ASMARA298	GSE SHUTS DOWN EMBASSY ASMARA IFTAR [...] (SBU) The Eritrean government (GSE) Office of Protocol sent a note verbale on August 27 expressly forbidding the embassy from hosting a planned Iftar meal and showing the film "Islam in America." The note verbale was in response to the embassy's official protest of the August 20th incident wh [...]	2009-08-27 14:50:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO ASEC ER
09ASMARA3	SOMALIA TAKES CENTER-STAGE IN ERITREA [...] (C) SUMMARY: December 25-28 featured a Somali-heavy media weekend. A combination of news articles, radio reports, press conferences, television specials, and roundtable discussions dominated the GSE media, each one with the common theme of condemning the "U.S.-led invasion of Somalia." The h [...]	2009-01-02 07:58:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SO ER
09ASMARA30	SOURING RELATIONS BETWEEN ERITREA AND ISRAEL [...] (C/NF) Over the past 8 months, the once cordial relations between the Israeli and the Eritrean governments have deteriorated. The Israeli security officer told RSO that they previously had good relations with the GSE and never had any problems obtaining travel permits or TDY visas. In the pa [...]	2009-01-27 07:24:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ER IS
09ASMARA31	JEM'S INTER-ETHNIC HOSTILITIES [...] (C) Summary: On January 1, gunmen led by ethnic Zaghawa JEM commanders fired on 32 unarmed JEM members of the Meidob ethnic group of North Darfur, according to JEM's Secretary for Legal Affairs. The attack was aimed at eliminating potential opposition to Khalil Ibrahim's retention by force o [...]	2009-01-27 08:20:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL SU ER
09ASMARA314	POLICE MEETING ON RISE IN CRIME IN ASMARA [...] (C) Regional administrators and Eritrean police held a discussion on 09/01/09 with over 2500 Eritreans near the Asmara suburb of Adi Segedo about the rising crime rates. During this meeting, residents complained of severe increases in burglaries, assaults, and robberies and asked for addition [...]	2009-09-15 13:36:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV ER
09ASMARA317	ASMARA PUBLIC DIPLOMACY EVENTS FOR AUGUST 2009 [...] A summary of Public Diplomacy sponsored special events for the month of August is as follows: a) Embassy Asmara's summer hire employees, in partnership with Public Diplomacy, taught a successful six week Summer English and art enrichment program that ended on August 13. The program featured [...]	2009-09-18 08:33:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SCUL OEXC AMGT ER
09ASMARA319	ERITREA AND SOUTH SUDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sudanese VP and SPLM chairman Salva Kiir, accompanied by top Southern officials, concluded a two-day visit to Eritrea September 15. President Isaias, reportedly worried that the SPLM lacks strategy and cohesion, fears that Sudan could tip into chaos in the context of the upcoming [...]	2009-09-22 09:06:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ER SU
09ASMARA323	RUSSIAN BUSINESS PRESENCE IN ERITREA (C-CI9-01825) [...] (C) Per Reftel post submits the following responses as requested: A. (C) There is no Russian trade representative in Eritrea. The Russian Embassy consists of three officers: an ambassador, a DCM, and one attache. B. (C) There are no Russian companies operating in Eritrea. The Russian Em [...]	2009-09-24 12:57:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR BBSR ECON EINV ER
09ASMARA324	SUSPICIOUS MILITARY CHECKPOINTS OUTSIDE OF ASMARA [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-24 13:03:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC MOPS PGOV PINS ER
09ASMARA326	ERITREAN SOLDIERS COMMITTING SUICIDE [...] (SBU) An Eritrean soldier killed himself and his estranged wife by detonating a hand grenade on 09/22/09 near the town of Mendefeira. The soldier who had been on national service since 1994 was despondent over his estranged relationship with his wife and bleak prospects of being released from [...]	2009-09-25 07:59:00	Embassy Asmara	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC MOPS PINS PGOV ER
09ASMARA338	HOW LONG WILL WE HAVE ELECTRICITY? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Eritrea's main power generators in Massawa have approximately 30 days left of vital lubricants. Without timely delivery of new lubricant, Eritrea could experience rolling brown outs or even massive black outs, according to Total's managing director, Mohammed Gpebo (protect). Alth [...]	2009-10-01 13:47:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV ER
09ASMARA339	HOW LONG WILL WE HAVE ELECTRICITY? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Eritrea's main power generators in Massawa have approximately 30 days left of vital lubricants. Without timely delivery of new lubricant, Eritrea could experience rolling brown outs or even massive black outs, according to Total's managing director, Mohammed Gpebo (protect). Alth [...]	2009-10-01 13:48:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV ER
09ASMARA340	Eritrea Fraud Summary through August 2009 [...] The Eritrean government (GSE) continued its harsh economic policies, which further increased the scarcity of basic goods and the impoverishment its people. Grocery stores are thinly stocked; meat and fish are not always available, and basic commodities such as sugar, flour, cooking oil, coffee [...]	2009-10-01 14:05:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC DJ ET ZA IL KE SD EG ER
09ASMARA35	GSE LIGHTENS UP ON TRAVEL, VISAS, AND POUCHES [...] (C) Summary: In recent weeks, Post has seen a marked loosening of restrictions in our interactions with the GSE, and since the inauguration of President Obama, GSE officials have been uncharacteristically cordial and cooperative. The three major local bilateral irritants-- TDY visas, pouches, [...]	2009-01-29 13:13:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AMGT ER
09ASMARA350	MINE WORKERS KILLED IN ATTACK IN ERITREA [...] (C/NF) Three Eritreans working for the Australian mining company Chalice Gold Mined Ltd were shot and killed at approximately 1200 hrs on 10/04/09 approximately 25 miles north of Keren. Reliable embassy sources stated that two cars left the Chalice Gold Ltd camp near Zara on the morning of 1 [...]	2009-10-08 12:09:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC PTER PGOV PINS ER
09ASMARA354	THE MINING MURDER: AN INSIDER PERSPECTIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff recently met with a long-time ex-patriate from the mining community who offered his personal take on the October 4 murder of three Eritrean mining workers (reftel). He did not believe the culprits were an organized militia and emphasized that Eritreans living near mining s [...]	2009-10-14 13:06:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN PTER ASEC PGOV ER
09ASMARA355	UNHCR: TOWARDS PROTECTION OR RESETTLEMENT? [...] (C) The UNHCR office in Asmara may begin focusing less on resettlement and more on protection issues, according to Christina Linner (protect) from the UNHCR Inspector General's Office. During a regularly planned inspection of the UNHCR office in Asmara, Ms. Linner told Poloff that she is cons [...]	2009-10-14 13:07:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL SO ER
09ASMARA359	ERITREAN SEMINAR ON CRIME [...] (SBU) The Eritrean government held a seminar last week on crimes involving emotionally disturbed persons (EDPs) and juveniles. The seminar was composed of court officials, judges, police, and prison administrators and was held in response to a rapid increase in criminal acts being committed [...]	2009-10-16 05:04:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL ER
09ASMARA36	QATARIS SEEK U.S. CONTRACTOR'S HELP WITH STALLED [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-30 08:19:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EINV ER QA
09ASMARA363	ISAIAS ZEDONG? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki, who trained as a political commissar in China during the depths of the Cultural Revolution, continues to idolize Mao, remains fond of China, and governs Eritrea and its relations with the outside world based on his decades of experience as a rev [...]	2009-10-20 10:12:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ER CH
09ASMARA364	REPORTS OF ATTACKS IN ERITREA [...] (SBU) An Eritrean Democratic Alliance website claimed that two Eritrean males were wounded when unknown assailants launched an RPG rocket at their pickup truck on the Aderde highway halfway between Keren and Agordat. Eritrean military and security forces searched the area and according to the [...]	2009-10-20 13:39:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL ER
09ASMARA365	INFORMATION MINISTER NOT WORRIED ABOUT SANCTIONS [...] (C) Minister of Information Ali Abdu told Reuters he is unconcerned with sanctions, according to Jeremy Clarke (protect),Reuters' new Asmara correspondent. During Clarke's October 14 interview with the minister, Ali repeatedly denied allegations that Eritrea had any involvement in Somalia. [...]	2009-10-20 13:42:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ER
09ASMARA366	ISAIAS WOOS EGYPT ON SOMALIA [...] (C) Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit and Director of the Egyptian General Intelligence Service Omar Suleiman met with President Isaias on October 3 to discuss Somalia and other regional issues, according to the deputy at the Egyptian embassy, Hossam Nureldein (protect). FM Gheit's [...]	2009-10-21 06:04:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EG ER SO
09ASMARA368	KHARTOUM BLASTS ERITREA ON DARFUR AND SOMALIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Government of Sudan (GOS) Presidential Advisor Ghazi Salahuddein met with President Isaias Afwerki October 15 to chastise the Eritrean government's (GSE) support for Darfur rebel groups. He warned Isaias that the backdoor shipments of oil and foodstuffs would cease if the GSE con [...]	2009-10-23 07:03:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SU ER
09ASMARA374	ERITREA'S "INCLUSIVE FRAMEWORK" FOR SOMALIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Eritrea supposedly seeks a stable and peaceful Somalia, "even if it were on good terms with Ethiopia," according to Yemane Ghebreab, Eritrea's point man on Somalia and the ruling party's Director of Political Affairs. Eritrea proposes an inclusive framework of Somali groups lead [...]	2009-10-27 11:12:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ER SO
09ASMARA376	GSE MISMANAGEMENT OF POWER SUPPLY [...] (C) Vital lubricants for Eritrea's main generators are at least five days away from machinery that needed them a month ago (Ref A),according to Mohammed Gbepo (protect),Total's managing director in Eritrea. In a typical last minute deal, the Eritrean government (GSE) scraped together more th [...]	2009-10-27 12:19:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PREL PGOV KU ER
09ASMARA378	ERITREA: GERMAN BANKS BAILING ON BISHA? [...] (C) WARY OF POLITICAL RISK OF INVESTING IN ERITREA? --------------------------------------------- ----------- The German government extended a credit guarantee to a consortium of mostly German banks for a commercial loan of $146m to Eritrea's Bisha mining project (REF A). The exact terms o [...]	2009-11-02 11:36:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EMIN PREL ER GM
09ASMARA379	ERITREAN AVIATION: GOVERNMENT SQUEEZING THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The four international airlines serving Asmara are discouraged by the Eritrean government's (GSE) refusal to allow them to convert $20 million worth of local currency and its repeated attempts to gouge them for hard currency. The GSE, through its wholly owned Eritrean Airlines, [...]	2009-11-04 10:40:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ATRN ASEC CASC EFIN ECON ER
09ASMARA38	UPDATE ON SHEIKH AWEYS AND THE HARD-LINE ARS [...] (C)) DWINDLING PRESENCE: Only about 20 members of the hard-line faction of the Alliance for the Reliberation of Somalia (ARS) remain in Asmara, according to Pekka Haavisto, Finland's Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, who met with the faction's representatives earlier this week. Sheikh Oma [...]	2009-01-30 08:40:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL ER SO
09ASMARA385	REPORTED OCTOBER ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST [...] (C) On 10/28/09 President Isaias narrowly missed being killed in an IED attack east of Barentu, according to a reliable embassy source. The source told RSO that Isaias visited a micro-dam project in Tessesnei and then traveled east in a motorcade to Keren. Outside of Barentu, an IED explode [...]	2009-11-05 10:04:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINR PINS MOPS PGOV PREL ER
09ASMARA386	REPORTED OCTOBER ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST [...] (C) On 10/28/09 President Isaias narrowly missed being killed in an IED attack east of Barentu, according to a reliable embassy source. The source told RSO that Isaias visited a micro-dam project in Tessesnei and then traveled east in a motorcade to Keren. Outside of Barentu, an IED explode [...]	2009-11-05 13:16:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINR PINS MOPS PGOV PREL ER
09ASMARA39	SOME UNMEE GEAR TO AMISOM [...] (SBU) At a Norwegian-hosted "Friends of UNMEE" luncheon in Asmara January 27, Dr. Lebohang Moleko, UNMEE's chief in Eritrea, reported that much of UNMEE's equipment has been dispatched to Sudan for use by UNAMID and UNMIS. He said some "Category Two Items" will be shipped to Italy for "destru [...]	2009-01-30 08:40:00	Embassy Asmara	SECRET	KPKO PREL PBTS MOPS ER
09ASMARA391	ERITREAN GOVERNMENT RELOCATES MILITARY TRAINING [...] (C) The Eritrean government (GSE) is reportedly planning to relocate its Sawa training center to a newer facility located in the vicinity of Massawa along the Red Sea, according to a reliable embassy source. NOTE: All 12th grade students in Eritrea report to Sawa in western Eritrea to conduct [...]	2009-11-10 09:03:00	Embassy Asmara	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS PGOV PREL PINS ASEC ER
09ASMARA392	ISAIAS ORDERS ERITREA/SUDAN BORDER TIGHTENED [...] (C) President Isaias, upset at the high number of Eritreans illegaly leaving the country, ordered Major General Gerezgiher "Wuchu" Andemariam to tighten the Eritrea-Sudan border, according to an embassy source. Wuchu, who formerly was in charge of the Zoba Makael region, where Asmara is locat [...]	2009-11-10 09:53:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PGOV PREF SU ER
09ASMARA393	GSE ARRESTS 10 MORE RELIGIOUS LEADERS [...] (C) Eritrean government (GSE) security forces arrested 10 members from the Full Gospel Church in Asmara, during a mid-October raid at the home of Pastor Tewelde Hailom, according to a close embassy source. The GSE placed the pastor under house arrest and sent the other nine church members to [...]	2009-11-10 09:55:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PGOV ASEC ER
09ASMARA394	ERITREA TO NATIONALIZE MEDICAL CLINICS [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-12 13:19:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED SOCI PGOV ECON AMGT ER
09ASMARA395	GSE CONFISCATES CATHOLIC BUILDING MATERIALS [...] (C) Over the last two weeks the Eritrean government (GSE) has confiscated truckloads of building materials used for various outreach projects from the San Francesco Catholic Church in Asmara. The building materials were purchased legally two years ago, according to one of the priests, some ev [...]	2009-11-16 06:33:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PGOV ER
09ASMARA397	ERITREA'S MFA ISSUES RARE APOLOGY [...] (SBU) MOI ATTEMPTS TO HALT THE AMBASSADOR'S PRESENTATION --------------------------------------------- --------------- The Eritrean MFA told Embassy Asmara in August to suspend PD outreach activities until further notice (ref). On November 9 MFA informed post in writing that scheduled PD activ [...]	2009-11-16 12:08:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SOCI KPAO ER
09ASMARA398	EASTERN SUDAN OUTREACH CONCLUDES FIRST WORKSHOP [...] (SBU) The Peacebuilding Center for the Horn of Africa (PCHA) successfully concluded the first week of a five-part workshop series for eastern Sudan civil society leaders. A total of 24 participants traveled to Asmara to take part in the 10-day workshop, hosted by Dr. Taisier M. Ali, an exiled [...]	2009-11-16 13:14:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SOCI PGOV SU ER
09ASMARA40	ERITREAN MUSLIMS NOT EXEMPT FROM GSE ABUSE [...] (C) Mohammed Salih (protect),an Eritrean working as the information officer for a UN agency in Asmara, provided insight on the government's recent spate of Muslim arrests. According to Mohammed, the Eritrean government is using the threat of radical Islamism to justify a country-wide sweep an [...]	2009-01-30 08:40:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KIRF PHUM ASEC SOCI ER
09ASMARA403	REUTERS REPORTER RESTRICTED TO ASMARA [...] (C) After nine weeks in country, Reuters correspondent Jeremy Clarke (protect) predicts he may serve his entire time in Eritrea without ever being allowed to leave the capital. Clarke has had early success thus far, interviewing President Isaias only weeks after his arrival (his predecessor was [...]	2009-11-19 03:06:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PROP PGOV ER
09ASMARA406	MFA GRANTS FULL PERMISSION FOR PD EVENTS [...] (SBU) The embassy received a dipnote from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on Nov 19 granting permission to resume "all public outreach programs as scheduled as of today." To our surprise, the MFA followed through that evening when notified that the Ministry of Information (MOI) had order [...]	2009-11-20 07:36:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PREL PGOV ER
09ASMARA407	ISAIAS ADMITS FAMINE PRESENT IN ERITREA; PROMISES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a surprising departure from his public pronouncements on the non-existence of hunger in Eritrea, President Isaias admitted to visiting UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Hilde Johnson that there is famine in the country and UNICEF's help is needed. Johnson briefed Western diplom [...]	2009-11-20 07:40:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ER PGOV PREL
09ASMARA41	GSE REVIVES ITS GRAIN REGULATION POLICIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a recent interview, President Isaias mentioned a defunct grain regulation policy that has taken effect once more in Eritrea. The result is a visible tightening on the selling of grain in the marketplace as well as greater government control over the movement of grain between [...]	2009-02-03 14:00:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR PGOV SOCI ER
09ASMARA413	YEMEN DOUBTS ERITREA'S SUPPORT OF AL-HOUTHI REBELS [...] (C) Yemen is skeptical of reports that Eritrea is providing direct support to the Al-Houthi rebels, according to Mr. Abdella Al-Suqarti, deputy of the Yemen embassy in Asmara. While Mr. Al-Suqarti maintains that Iran is supplying arms to the rebels, he told poloff he is not convinced that Eri [...]	2009-11-24 11:25:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS PREL PGOV YM ER IR
09ASMARA415	ADI QUALA BORDER AREA LARGELY DEMILITARIZED [...] (SBU) The border area near Adi Quala, 60 miles south of Asmara and just 15 miles north of Ethiopia is largely demilitarized, according to a young Eritrean who recently visited the area. Residents of the area freely pass between Eritrea and Ethiopia, he continued, either to follow livestock or [...]	2009-12-02 02:36:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PREF PGOV ET ER
09ASMARA423	ASMARA PUBLIC DIPLOMACY EVENTS FOR NOVEMBER 2009 [...] A summary of Public Diplomacy sponsored special events for the month of November is as follows: a) On November 12, Ambassador McMullen delivered a lecture titled "Eritrea: Africa's Bridge to the World." The lecture illustrated recent advances in genetic paleoanthropology. Ambassador McMulle [...]	2009-12-10 04:00:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SCUL OEXC AMGT ER
09ASMARA426	ENGAGING THE ERITREAN DIASPORA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Eritrean diaspora is a complex mixture of asylum seekers who fled during the Liberation War, political outcasts who were shunned during the country's formative years, Eritrean youth (some of whom have never seen Eritrea and others who visit mainly during the summer),and cur [...]	2009-12-14 09:43:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM PGOV SOCI ER
09ASMARA427	GSE ARRESTS 27 WOMEN FOR PRAYING [...] (SBU) The Eritrean government (GSE) arrested 27 women praying together in Asmara on December 6, according to multiple embassy sources (Note: although numerous media outlets report 30 arrests, local sources contend it to be 27. End Note). The women were members of the Faith Mission Church, a [...]	2009-12-14 10:53:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PGOV SOCI ER
09ASMARA429	ERITREAâ€™S SQUABBLING COLONELS, FLEEING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Things are getting worse and worse in Eritrea. The regime is facing mounting international pressure for years of malign behavior in the neighborhood. Human rights abuses are commonplace and most young Eritreans, along with the professional class, dream of fleeing the country, even to [...]	2009-12-15 11:19:00	Embassy Asmara	SECRET	PGOV MOPS SOCI PREF ER
09ASMARA433	RDFF ACCUSES GSE OF COLLABORATING WITH JEM [...] (SBU) The leader of a small Darfuri rebel group is suspicious of Eritrea's interest in Darfur. Salah Abdurrahman Abualsurra, president of the Revolutionary Democratic Forces Front (RDFF),an Arab-aligned Darfur movement, told poloff the group is skeptical of Eritrea's interest in Darfur. "Ev [...]	2009-12-17 14:50:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MOPS SU ER
09ASMARA436	ERITREA: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] In 2009, Eritrea experienced no major act of international terrorism; however, the Eritrean government is widely regarded as being supportive of extremist activities in Somalia, particularly by providing financial and logistical support for Al-Shabaab and Hizbul Islam. The Assistant Secretary [...]	2009-12-21 11:53:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC ER
09ASMARA437	SOON JUST TWO NGOS LEFT IN ERITREA? [...] (C) New Eritrean government (GSE) policies could force two of the remaining four international NGOs to leave Eritrea, according to Ayman Omer, director of Oxfam. According to Omer, the Ministry of Labor and Human Welfare (MLHW) will now require international NGOs to have an operating budget of [...]	2009-12-21 12:07:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PGOV ER
09ASMARA438	ASMARA EAC REGARDING UNSC SANCTIONS ON ERITREA [...] (SBU) EAC met on 12/17/09 to discuss the ramifications of impending UNSC sanctions against Eritrea. Members in attendance were: Ambassador, DCM, MO, RSO, POL, PAO, and GSO. 2. (C) Ambassador briefed the EAC on the status of possible sanctions and stated the UNSC could vote as early as 1 [...]	2009-12-22 07:12:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER PGOV PREL PINS ER
09ASMARA445	ERITREA: HUMAN RIGHTS TRENDS REGARDING SEXUAL [...] (SBU) In response to reftel A, homosexual conduct is criminalized under Article 600 of the Penal Code of 1957, inherited from Ethiopia, as an "unnatural carnal offence." Homosexual conduct is punishable by "simple imprisonment," which is reserved for lesser offences. In cases involving adults [...]	2009-12-31 13:38:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV ER
09ASMARA446	CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES SHUTS DOWN [...] (C) Catholic Relief Services (CRS) will close its doors by February 2010, reducing to three the total number of international NGOs in Eritrea. The Ministry of Labor and Human Welfare (MLHW),which oversees NGO operations, recently mandated CRS to end its operations because it could not "meet [...]	2009-12-31 13:38:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PGOV ER
09ASMARA47	AN ERITREAN OVERTURE TO THE UNITED STATES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Eritrean officials in recent weeks have signaled their interest in re-engaging with the United States in areas of mutual interest. They have done so by loosening restrictions on Embassy Asmara (REF),by engaging in more diplomatic interaction with embassy personnel, by ending th [...]	2009-02-09 14:53:00	Embassy Asmara	SECRET	PREL PTER ECON ER
09ASMARA50	ISAIAS AND QADHAFI HUDDLE IN MASSAWA [...] (C) SUMMARY: AU Chairman Muammar al-Qadhafi flew to the Red Sea port city of Massawa, spending February 6-8 in coastal Eritrea on a "working visit" with President Isaias. Qadhafi urged Isaias to resolve the deadlocked Eritrea-Ethiopia border dispute. While in Massawa, Qadhafi also met with S [...]	2009-02-12 13:33:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ER LY
09ASMARA56	ERITREA 2008 WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] (U) Per reftel the following provides the answers for the Department of Labor to complete the Worst Forms of Child Labor Report. Sections are keyed to questions posed in reftel para 9. Eritrean officials routinely fail to provide basic statistical information. The answers will also be sent vi [...]	2009-02-18 13:03:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM SOCI PGOV ER
09ASMARA57	2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) ERITREA'S TIP SITUATION: --------------------------------- --A. Information on trafficking in persons was scarce during the reporting year. The government remained elusive to requests to provide information for this report and published neither data nor statistics regarding TIP. Vari [...]	2009-02-18 15:05:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KTIP SOCI PREF PGOV ER
09ASMARA60	30% INCREASE IN CRIME IN ASMARA [...] (C) The leader of the Maekel Zoba, Beraki Haile, told an Embassy source that there has been a 30% increase in crime in the last six months in the Asmara region. The Maekel Zoba includes Asmara and extends out a radius of 30 km outside of Asmara. Haile stated there has been an increase in re [...]	2009-02-19 13:41:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ECON ER
09ASMARA65	ERITREA'S ENERGY POLICY: JUST IN TIME DELIVERY [...] (C) As of February 20, Eritrea was close to running out of both gasoline and diesel, though 3 million gallons total were due to arrive from Sudan on February 24 or 25, according to the Total Oil country manager. He said he had gasoline, but believed there were only 42,000 gallons in the countr [...]	2009-02-23 12:31:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV ER
09ASMARA66	MEETINGS WITH SHEIKH AWEYS [...] (C) AWEYS MEETS WITH DIPLOMATS ------------------------------------ In recent weeks Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, leader of the hard-line faction of the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia based in Asmara, has met with diplomats from a number of countries, including Canada, Egypt, Libya, [...]	2009-02-23 13:47:00	Embassy Asmara	SECRET	PREL PTER ASEC ER SO
09ASMARA67	BRITISH VSO VOLUNTEER DETAINED IN ASMARA [...] (C) Summary. The deputy head of mission at the British embassy told RSO that on February 19, Eritrean security forces detained a 70-year-old VSO volunteer during a raid on his job site, a government-sanctioned radio station. The volunteer was released the following day. The GSE did not info [...]	2009-02-23 14:36:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC ER
09ASMARA70	ASMARA SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE [...] (SBU) On 02/25/2009, EAC met to discuss Post's response to the Security Environment Profile Questionnaire (SEPQ). the following responses are keyed to Reftel. --------------------------------------------- - POLITICAL VIOLENCE --------------------------------------------- - Â [...]	2009-02-26 14:07:00	Embassy Asmara	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER ER
09ASMARA74	BOMB ATTACK IN SOUTHWEST ERITREA [...] (SBU) The Eritrean government announced a bomb exploded in a restaurant in the village of Haikota on February 25, 2009, killing two persons and injuring eight others. Haikota is located approximately 125 miles west of Asmara and approximately 15 miles east of Tessenei. The wounded are being [...]	2009-03-03 14:23:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PINS MOPS PREL ER
09ASMARA75	ISAIAS URGES SUDAN TO LOOK BEYOND ICC INDICTMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: A small SPLM delegation headed by Sudanese Foreign Minister Deng Alor met with President Isaias Afwerki February 28, largely to address the president's recent anti-GOSS remarks. Isaias reportedly told Alor to focus on the long-term, decide what it wants, and develop a strategy to [...]	2009-03-03 15:41:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SU ER
09ASMARA76	UN ISSUES SECURITY NOTICE AHEAD OF BASHIR [...] (C) The United Nations Office of Security (UN/DSS) has issued a worldwide travel warning to all UN offices regarding the possibility of riots erupting as a result of the impending indictment of Sudanese President Bashir, according to the UN/Asmara security officer. The notice expressed partic [...]	2009-03-04 11:52:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PINS ER
09ASMARA79	UNMEE BIDS FAREWELL [...] (C) Summary: The UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) has finally closed down its operations in Eritrea, according to the acting UN resident representative. All remaining staff left on February 28, bound for Sudan on a chartered UN flight. UNMEE sent out all sensitive equipment on the [...]	2009-03-05 12:42:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PREL ER ET
09ASMARA80	IS ERITREA UNRAVELING? [...] (S) Summary: Young Eritreans are fleeing their country in droves, the economy appears to be in a death spiral, Eritrea's prisons are overflowing, and the country's unhinged dictator remains cruel and defiant. Is the country "on the brink of disaster" as posited by Eritrea's first cousins across the [...]	2009-03-05 13:21:00	Embassy Asmara	SECRET	PGOV PREL ECON PINR ER

09ASMARA81	ISAIAS ANGERED OVER MILITARY DESERTIONS [...] (C) In late February, an Eritrean infantry platoon (unit/exact location unknown) located in the vicinity of Om Hager deserted its post, with some soldiers fleeing to Sudan and the others to Ethiopia, according to a UN source. Upon hearing of this news, President Isaias became irate and wanted [...]	2009-03-06 08:24:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS ASEC ER
09ASMARA83	INCREASED CORRUPTION WITHIN THE ERITREAN POLICE [...] (C) Corruption within the Eritrean police continues to increase as economic conditions within Eritrea worsen. The police are conscripts who are paid between $5-$30 per month and many are forced to live in barracks. These police officers are unable to support their families, pay their rent, o [...]	2009-03-10 13:09:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV ER
09ASMARA84	ERITREAN AIRMAN MURDERS MILITARY GUARDS [...] (C) An Eritrean airman reportedly murdered six air force guards on March 6. He had recently been arrested for desertion and was being held with other deserters at the air force base adjacent to the Asmara international airport, pending transportation to his unit in Massawa. The airman was abl [...]	2009-03-10 13:11:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC MOPS PGOV PREL ER
09ASMARA85	ERITREAN PRESIDENTIAL GUARDS KILLED IN AN ON-DUTY [...] (SBU) Eritrean media have reported five members of the pesidential protective detail were killed last week in the Gash Barka region of western Eritrea. A local source told RSO the five security personnel were in a follow car and became separated from Isaias's car during a vehicle movement. W [...]	2009-03-10 13:23:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL ER
09ASMARA86	FEW BRIGHT SPOTS IN EASTERN SUDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: A group of eastern Sudanese lawyers and political activists, all past participants of the Peacebuilding Center for the Horn of Africa (PCHA) workshop series, expressed concern over the faltering implemention of the Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement (ESPA). They said the GOS has crimi [...]	2009-03-10 13:25:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ER SU
09ASMARA89	ERITREA'S MINING SECTOR GENERATING INTEREST [...] (SBU) MORE FOREIGN PARTNERS --------------------------------- The government of Eritrea has notified seven foreign mining companies that they will be awarded mineral exploration licenses contingent on final contract negotiations in mid-April. Th%kaQQJ]q (3),and Australia (1). Eritrea den [...]	2009-03-16 13:37:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ECON EFIN PREL ER
09ASMARA95	CABINET RESHUFFLE BRINGS LITTLE NEW BLOOD [...] (U) After weeks of rumor and speculation, the GSE announced eight Cabinet changes. The new ministers and their portfolios, with predecessors in parentheses, are: Woldemichael Gebremariam, Local Government (unfilled since 2003) Tesfai Gebreselasie, Land, Water and Environment (Woldemichael [...]	2009-03-23 11:52:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ER
09ASMARA96	SECURITY REPRESENTATIVES SHARE CRIME INFORMATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post hosted a meeting of security officers and others who handle security affairs at their embassies. Topics of discussion included the rapid increase of crime in Asmara, food security in Eritrea, and reports of attacks outside of Asmara by insurgent groups. END SUMMARY. 2. [...]	2009-03-23 13:00:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL ER
09ASTANA1000	KAZAKHSTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER ON NONPROLIFERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 10, Foreign Minister Marat Tazhin: -- praised President Obama's Cairo speech for its intelligence and candor; -- expressed gratitude for the briefing on the possibility of a U.S.-Russia agreement to transit lethal supplies for Afghanistan; -- undertook to facilita [...]	2009-06-11 09:28:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PARM ECON ETTC MARR MCAP OSCE RS
09ASTANA1002	KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION ON PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CAIRO [...] SUMMARY: President Obama's Cairo speech has received overwhelmingly positive press coverage in Kazakhstan. Official "Khabar TV" broadcast President Nazarbayev's welcoming comments about the speech, and daily "Liter" published an in-depth, analytical story on the address. The overall coverag [...]	2009-06-12 02:17:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON SOCI KDEM KCRM KPAO KMDR AF KZ
09ASTANA1005	KAZAKHSTAN: WTO NEGOTIATOR AITZHANOVA CONFIRMS DECISION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan's lead WTO negotiator, Vice Minister of Industry and Trade Zhanar Aitzhanova, told the Ambassador on June 11 that the decision by Kazakhstan, Russia, and Belarus to launch joint WTO accession negotiatio [...]	2009-06-12 07:29:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD WTRO RS BO KZ
09ASTANA1006	KAZAKHSTAN: KEY MAJILIS LEADER NAMED AMBASSADOR TO IRAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Majilis International Relations, Defense, and Security Committee Chairman Nurbakh Rustemov told the Ambassador on June 11 he has been appointed ambassador to Iran and is awaiting agrement. He described the draft Internet law as "not right, but necessary," admitted that it was par [...]	2009-06-12 09:56:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG ETRD KDEM RU IR KZ
09ASTANA1015	SUMMER WORK AND TRAVEL: VIEWS FROM CENTRAL ASIA [...] SUMMARY. The Summer Work and Travel (SWT) programs of Central Asia are all tiny compared to our neighbor to the north. Nonetheless, the countries of Central Asia each have interesting insights into the program. There are few commonalities among SWT experiences in the region, which is not surpr [...]	2009-06-15 08:52:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KFRD KZ KG TJ UZ TX
09ASTANA1018	KAZAKHSTAN: CUSTOMS UNION WITH RUSSIA TRUMPING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent evidence suggests the Russia-Belarus-Kazakhstan (RBK) Customs Union that Russian Prime Minister Putin announced in Moscow on June 9 was already becoming concrete a reality in May, if not earlier. Even before that, we had ample warning that Kazakhstan was weighing the adva [...]	2009-06-15 11:15:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EAGR ENRG WTRO EU RS BO
09ASTANA1019	KAZAKHSTAN: CONOCOPHILLIPS SIGNS N BLOCK CONTRACT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On June 12, ConocoPhillips (Conoco) signed a contract to explore and develop the offshore N Block, expected to contain significant oil and gas deposits. Under the terms of the contract, which is consistent with a p [...]	2009-06-15 11:27:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA102	KAZAKHSTAN STILL UNDECIDED ON NABUCCO SUMMIT IN [...] (C) Hungarian Ambassador Janos Balla called on the Ambassador January 20 to deliver the current Hungarian draft of the Budapest Nabucco Summit scheduled for January 27. He expressed deep frustration that one week before the summit he has yet to pin down who will represent Kazakhstan, if anyon [...]	2009-01-20 09:44:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EPET RS HU KZ
09ASTANA1027	KAZAKHSTAN: AFGHAN AMBASSADOR COMMENTS ON KAZAKHSTAN'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Afghan Ambassador Abdul Haider called on the Ambassador on June 15. During an hour-long discussion, a relaxed and well-informed Haider spoke openly in fluent English about three issues. He expressed gratitude for U.S. and Kazakhstani assistance to Afghanistan, registered concer [...]	2009-06-16 10:22:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON AF KG PK RS KZ
09ASTANA1028	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR'S JUNE 11 PRESS CONFERENCE [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador gave a press conference on June 11, in which he highlighted President Obama's Cairo speech, reported on his participation in Kazakhstani Foreign Minister Marat Tazhin's visit to the United States, and answered journalists' questions on hot-button political topics. Thi [...]	2009-06-16 11:13:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON SOCI KDEM KPAO KMDR AF KZ
09ASTANA1029	KAZAKHSTAN: LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IN PEACE CORPS CASE OVER, [...] (S) SUMMARY: Peace Corps Volunteer Anthony Sharp departed Kazakhstan on June 13, after an appellate court vacated his two-year probation at the Prosecutor General's request. Sharp's departure ends an affair that began on November 26, when he was arrested in what appeared to be a classic Sovie [...]	2009-06-16 11:19:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR CASC KZ
09ASTANA1030	KAZAKHSTAN: DRAFT INTERNET LAW HEADED TOWARD SECOND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) This cable includes an action request. Please see paragraph three. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: The draft Internet law went through its first reading in the Senate on June 11. The second reading may take pla [...]	2009-06-16 11:28:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1033	KAZAKHSTAN: BUSINESS AS USUAL IN THE URANIUM MINING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 10-11, Energy Officer met with senior managers from Kazakhstan's national nuclear energy company Kazatomprom (KAP) and KAP's foreign partners in Almaty to discuss the impact of the Prosecutor General's ong [...]	2009-06-17 09:25:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR EMIN ENRG EINV ELAB KNNP KZ
09ASTANA1034	KAZAKHSTAN: ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, MAY 24-JUNE 6 [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Reorganization in Response to Five-Year Plan -- Banking Sector News -- Samruk-Kazyna Establishes New Direct Investment Fund -- May Inflation -- Critic Suggests Revising [...]	2009-06-17 10:01:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EPET ENRG EINV EFIN ELAB CH KZ
09ASTANA1035	KAZAKHSTAN: DOING BUSINESS WITH CHINA [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 11, Energy Officer met separately with a Western manager from the U.S. oil services company Baker Hughes and an American partner with the consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, both of whom shared experience [...]	2009-06-17 10:54:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINR ECON EPET EINV ELAB SMIG CH KZ
09ASTANA1038	KAZAKHSTAN: 2009 INVESTMENT DISPUTES REPORT UPDATE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) This cable constitutes post's response to reftel. The United States Government is aware of one (1) claim by United States persons against the Government of Kazakhstan (GOK). 3. (SBU) a. Claimant A b. 1996 c. Alt [...]	2009-06-18 02:23:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EINV CASC KIDE OPIC KZ
09ASTANA1041	KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS FY 2009 PROGRAM PLAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-18 11:46:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ
09ASTANA1042	KAZAKHSTAN TIP REPORT -- ONLY FRIENDS CAN TELL EACH OTHER [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) Per reftel, on June 16, Post delivered the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report for Kazakhstan to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Director of the Department of International Law of the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) Elvira Azim [...]	2009-06-19 09:07:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI KCRM KTIP KZ
09ASTANA1044	KAZAKHSTAN: USCIRF'S COSMAN HEARS DIFFERENT VIEWS ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Catherine Cosman, Senior Analyst for the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF),met June 4 - 11 with Kazakhstani civil society and religious leaders and government officials, to discuss the c [...]	2009-06-19 09:36:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF KDEM KZ
09ASTANA1045	KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SCOPING [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points and non-paper on scoping interest in membership in the G-8 Global Partnership against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction on June 5 to Anuar Tanalinov, the Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Chief of the Multilateral Cooperation Depar [...]	2009-06-19 12:07:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KNNP ETTC KZ
09ASTANA106	KAZAKHSTAN: MAZHILIS LEADERS DISCUSS BILATERAL AGENDA [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During separate January 16 meetings with the Ambassador, Mazhilis Speaker Ural Mukhamedzhanov and Mazhilis International Relations, Defense, and Security Committee Chairman Nurbakh Rustemov expressed hope that the O [...]	2009-01-20 10:38:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER ECON KDEM KNNP KZ
09ASTANA1068	KAZAKHSTAN: EMBASSY INPUT FOR OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This cable responds to reftel's request for post's input on Kazakhstan for demarches in advance of the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM). DEMOCRATIC REFORM 3. (SBU) The September 26 - October 9 HDIM is [...]	2009-06-24 07:08:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1084	CONCEPT APPROVAL FOR FY09 USCENTCOM/SOCCENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN ACCORDANCE WITH REF D, THIS MESSAGE CONVEYS EMBASSY ASTANA APPROVAL OF CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS FOR COUNTER NARCO TERRORISM (CNT) TRAINING DEPLOYMENT (CKZ2009CNT021N) WITH THE KAZAKHSTAN SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES (SOF) DURING 4TH QUARTER FY09. 2. (SBU) U.S. AGENCY REQUESTING CN [...]	2009-06-26 10:18:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS SNAR KZ
09ASTANA1088	KAZAKHSTAN: ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, JUNE 7-20 [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Kazakhstan Welcomes IMF Technical Assistance -- National Bank Reduces 2009 Inflation Forecast -- Kazatomprom News -- Agip KCO News -- Energy Statistics KAZAKHSTAN W [...]	2009-06-28 08:34:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EPET ENRG EINV EFIN KZ
09ASTANA1089	PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV URGES FOREIGN COMPANIES TO CONTINUE [...] SUMMARY: On June 12, in the provincial northern city of Kostanai, President Nazarbayev convened the 21st plenary session of Kazakhstan's Foreign Investors' Council (FIC). Nazarbayev encouraged foreign companies to continue investing in Kazakhstan's economy and discussed the country's plan fo [...]	2009-06-29 06:50:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET KZ
09ASTANA109	KAZAKHSTAN: WORLD BANK HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM REFORM PROJECT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The World Bank's five-year project for reforming Kazakhstan's outmoded health-care system is progressing but faces considerable difficulties. Planned reforms include health financing and budget planning; health-car [...]	2009-01-21 10:44:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID SOCI SENV KZ
09ASTANA1090	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS REMARKS AT EVENT [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador traveled to Semey on June 18 to participate in a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the cessation of Soviet nuclear tests at the Semipalatinsk test site. President Nazarbayev's speech at the event received heavy media coverage. He highlighted Kazakhstan's decisi [...]	2009-06-29 08:02:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MNUC SOCI KNNP KPAO KMDR RS KZ
09ASTANA11	KAZAKHSTAN: MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT UNDERSTAFFED AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Environmental Protection has been restructured, but faces a shortage of inspectors who inspect enterprises to ensure they comply with emissions regulations. Because it takes too long to get the Procu [...]	2009-01-06 09:58:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SENV KZ
09ASTANA1103	KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY BURNS'S JULY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Your visit to Astana is a key opportunity for engagement with the leadership of our most important partner in Central Asia. We have a robust bilateral relationship, with close cooperation on such critical issues as [...]	2009-07-02 11:33:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EPET KNNP AF RS KZ
09ASTANA1104	KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, JUNE 15-26 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series from U.S. Office Almaty focuses on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital." LUKEWARM RESPONSE TO AZAT'S CALL FOR A MERGER 2. Bulat Abilov, the leader of the opposition Azat party, publicly hailed the recen [...]	2009-07-07 09:55:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KCRM KZ
09ASTANA1105	KAZAKHSTAN: CHEVRON DISCUSSES NEW INVESTMENTS, CPC [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 10, Chevron executives told Energy Officer that they will press hard to sanction expansion of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) pipeline by the end of the year, despite indications from KazMunaiGas (KM [...]	2009-07-07 11:09:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA112	KAZAKHSTAN: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Per reftel, below is Post's submission for the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Kazakhstan. 2. BEGIN TEXT: Kazakhstan 2009 Investment Climate Statement - Kazakhstan Openness to Foreign Investment Kazakhstan has made significant progress toward creating a market economy sinc [...]	2009-01-22 00:46:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR KZ
09ASTANA1131	KAZAKHSTAN: CONGRESSMAN FALEOMAVAEGA HEARS, "PLEASE TELL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During Congressman Eni Faleomavaega's July 2-3 visit to Astana, - President Nazarbayev told him that he has been urging Russian Prime Minister Putin and President Medvedev to seize the opportunities President [...]	2009-07-08 08:14:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KDEM KNNP AF RS KZ
09ASTANA1136	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON DRAFT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This message contains an Action Request. Please see para 5. 3. (SBU) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche outlining our concerns about Kazakhstan's draft Internet legislation to Deputy Foreign Minister Konstantin Zhigal [...]	2009-07-09 02:00:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KZ
09ASTANA1145	KAZAKHSTAN: RBK CUSTOMS UNION, WTO, AND THE WAY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 9, Kazakhstan's WTO negotiator -- reiterated that Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan have suspended, not abandoned their individual WTO accession negotiations; -- revealed Russia will hire, probably befo [...]	2009-07-09 10:56:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD WTRO RS BO KZ
09ASTANA1161	KAZAKHSTAN: UNDER SECRETARY BURNS'S MEETING WITH CIVIL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 10, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Bill Burns met in Astana with civil society leaders. Burns told them that Kazakhstan's 2010 OSCE chairmanship presented unique opportunities for Kazakhsta [...]	2009-07-13 02:06:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1164	KAZAKHSTAN: UNDER SECRETARY BURNS'S JULY 10 MEETING WITH [...] (S) SUMMARY: Under Secretary Burns brought greetings to President Nazarbayev from President Obama and underscored the importance of the U.S.-Kazakhstan relationship by noting Kazakhstan was his delegation's first stop in Central Asia. He told Nazarbayev that President Obama is committed to st [...]	2009-07-13 03:52:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PREL PHUM KDEM KNNP OSCE AF RS KZ
09ASTANA1165	KAZAKHSTAN: UNDER SECRETARY BURNS'S JULY 10 MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 10 meeting in Astana with Prime Minister Karim Masimov, Under Secretary of State Bill Burns urged Kazakhstan to continue its bilateral WTO accession negotiations and not to close any doors, even if Astana is currently focusing on the Russia-Belarus-Kazakhstan (RBK) Custo [...]	2009-07-13 03:52:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EINV EFIN WTRO BO RS KZ
09ASTANA1166	KAZAKHSTAN: UNDER SECRETARY BURNS'S JULY 10 MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a July 10 meeting in Astana, Under Secretary of State Bill Burns told Foreign Minister Marat Tazhin that the United States wants to move forward on establishing a commission to oversee bilateral relations. Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blak [...]	2009-07-13 03:53:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM KNNP OSCE AF RS KZ
09ASTANA1170	KAZAKHSTAN: ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, JUNE 21-JULY 4 [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Banking Sector News -- GE Locomotive Assembly Plant Opened in Astana -- KazMunaiGas Acquires Rompetrol Group -- Kazatomprom Launches Semizbay Mining Project -- KMG E&P [...]	2009-07-13 08:10:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EPET EINV EFIN KZ
09ASTANA1171	KAZAKHSTAN: DRUG AND CRIME UPDATE [...] SUMMARY: Drug seizures in Kazakhstan increased by 75% during the first quarter of 2009 while drug-related crimes dropped almost 2%. Prime Minister Masimov criticized law enforcement efforts to combat drug trafficking and called for the establishment of an interagency unit to arrest governmen [...]	2009-07-13 09:06:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM KZ
09ASTANA1172	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT SIGNS RENEWABLE ENERGY LAW [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 7, President Nazarbayev signed the law "In Support of Renewable Energy Sources" that will promote environmentally friendly power generation, including the use of renewable energy sources. This legislation [...]	2009-07-13 09:21:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ENRG EINV SENV KZ
09ASTANA1173	KAZAKHSTAN: FATE OF LARGEST BANKS TO BE DECIDED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This is the third in a three-part series analyzing recent developments in Kazakhstan's banking sector, the possible future liquidation of its assets, and potential implications for international export credit agencies. 3. [...]	2009-07-13 09:23:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN KZ
09ASTANA1174	KAZAKHSTAN: FATE OF LARGEST BANKS TO BE DECIDED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This is the first in a three-part series analyzing recent developments in Kazakhstan's banking sector, the possible future liquidation of its assets, and potential implications for international export credit agencies. 3. [...]	2009-07-13 09:23:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN KZ
09ASTANA1175	KAZAKHSTAN: FATE OF LARGEST BANKS TO BE DECIDED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This is the second in a three-part series analyzing recent developments in Kazakhstan's banking sector, the possible future liquidation of its assets, and potential implications for international export credit agencies. 3 [...]	2009-07-13 09:23:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN KZ
09ASTANA1177	KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, JUNE 29 - JULY 12 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series from U.S. Office Almaty focuses on developments in civil society, the media, and the political opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital." TUYAKBAY APPEALS TO NAZARBAYEV 2. On July 1, opposition National Social Democratic Party leader Zharmakhan Tuyakbay addr [...]	2009-07-13 10:44:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON ELAB SOCI KDEM KCRM KZ
09ASTANA1178	KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS ADVISOR'S REPORTING CABLE (JUNE 2009) [...] On June 2, President Nazarbayev signed legislation ratifying Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) umbrella agreement, officially known as the Amendment to the Agreement Between the United States of America and the Republic of Kazakhstan Concerning the Destruction of Silo Launchers of Intercontine [...]	2009-07-13 10:48:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ
09ASTANA1179	KAZAKHSTAN: NAZARBAYEV PLAYS AN ACTIVE ROLE IN THE THIRD [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan hosted the third triennial Congress of World and Traditional Religions in Astana July 1-2. More than 70 delegations with 400 participants representing Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism and other relig [...]	2009-07-13 10:52:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KIRF KNNP KZ
09ASTANA1182	KAZAKHSTAN: CIVIL SOCIETY DISAPPOINTED WITH KAZAKHSTAN'S [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 22, several leading civil society activists briefed members of the diplomatic community in Astana on the status of Kazakhstan's democratic reform efforts. The activists asserted that, despite modest progr [...]	2009-07-14 09:57:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1183	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV SIGNS INTERNET [...] (SBU) The Presidential Press Service reported on July 10 that President Nazarbayev has signed pending Internet legislation into law. (NOTE: As a technical matter, this legislation amends several existing Kazakhstani laws. END NOTE.) Nazarbayev's move came despite objections and concerns rai [...]	2009-07-14 09:57:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1184	KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION FOR THE ASTANA VISIT OF [...] SUMMARY: The Kazakhstani media broadly reported Under Secretary of State Bill Burns's July 10 meeting in Astana with President Nazarbayev; however, the majority of the coverage was factual rather than analytical, due to the fact that the event happened on a Friday, after all of the weekly ana [...]	2009-07-14 10:08:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KNNP KDEM KPAO KMDR RS KZ
09ASTANA1187	KAZAKHSTAN: GAS PRODUCTION AND TRANSPORTATION UPDATE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Officials from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources and national oil company KazMunaiGas recently briefed Energy Officer on the latest natural gas production forecasts and pipeline projects. END SUMMARY. [...]	2009-07-15 04:56:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA1195	KAZAKHSTAN: GOVERNMENT RESPONSE ON POSSIBLE TRANSFER OF [...] (S) MFA Americas Department Deputy Director Alim Kirabayev called in Pol-Econ Chief on July 16 to provide the Government of Kazakhstan's official response to our demarche on the possible sale of D-30 Howitzers to Syria by the firm Kazakhstan Special Engineering (reftels). Kirabayev explained t [...]	2009-07-17 07:37:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PREL PGOV PARM PINR ETTC MARR KZ
09ASTANA1196	KAZAKHSTAN: THE CONFLICTED POST-SOVIET MIND: [...] (C) SUMMARY: After a regional official who was assigned as the Ambassador's "minder" during a two-day visit to Aktau interfered with the Ambassador's meeting with NGO representatives, the same official spoke frankly in private about Kazakhstan's post-Soviet history, NGOs, and democracy. Thou [...]	2009-07-17 08:30:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SOCI KZ
09ASTANA12	KAZAKHSTAN: SECURITY SERVICES QUESTION CDC/USAID [...] (C) SUMMARY: In December 2006, the Kazakhstani Ministry of Health (MoH) requested the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Central Asia Region, Almaty (CDC/CAR-Almaty) conduct an epidemiological investigation relating to a pediatric HIV outbreak in Shymkent (southern Kazakhstan). Two [...]	2009-01-06 11:06:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ASEC TBIO UZ KZ
09ASTANA1205	KAZAKHSTAN: ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, JULY 5-18 [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- State Will Fund Shymkent Oil Refinery Modernization -- KazMunaiGas To Acquire Pavlodar Oil Refinery -- Kazakhstan Seeks To Reduce Kashagan Project Costs -- Karachaganak [...]	2009-07-21 07:16:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EPET ENRG EINV EFIN ELAB KZ
09ASTANA1206	KAZAKHSTAN: TIP PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN COMPLETED [...] SUMMARY: INL funded an information campaign conducted by a local NGO to increase public awareness of the risks of human trafficking, targeting in particular those at risk when seeking jobs in-country or abroad. The campaign was conducted concurrently with the Ministry of Interior's anti-traff [...]	2009-07-21 07:21:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB SMIG SOCI KCRM KTIP KZ
09ASTANA1207	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR'S PRESS CONFERENCE IN AKTAU [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador travelled to Aktau on July 15-16. Aktau, located in Mangystau oblast (province) in western Kazakhstan, is a small city known primarily for its oil production and as Kazakhstan's only operational port on the Caspian Sea. While in Aktau, the Ambassador met with Askar Nu [...]	2009-07-21 07:25:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON SOCI KPAO KMDR KZ
09ASTANA1208	KAZAKHSTAN: MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE'S RESPONSE TO H1N1 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The Regional Environmental Officer (REO) on May 6 delivered ref A demarche urging Kazakhstan to lift its H1N1-related bans on the importation of pork and other meats. Ref B reports the government's initial reaction to the de [...]	2009-07-21 10:19:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON SENV KZ
09ASTANA1210	KAZAKHSTAN: LOCAL UIGHURS CONCERNED ABOUT UNREST IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Kazakhstani media outlets, think tanks, and interest groups are expressing concern that Uighur-related unrest in China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) may negatively affect Kazakhstan because of Kazakhsta [...]	2009-07-21 10:27:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI KDEM CH KZ
09ASTANA1215	KAZAKHSTAN: PUBLIC-PRIVATE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Coordinating Committee of the Public-Private Economic Partnership Initiative (PPEPI) held its second meeting on July 17 in Astana. During the meeting, the PPEPI Secretariat summarized the initiative's progress to date. The meeting revealed that there are obstacles and imp [...]	2009-07-22 10:18:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EAID SOCI KZ
09ASTANA1220	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR RAISES BN-350 PROGRAM, WTO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador asked Prime Minister Karim Masimov on July 22 to ensure Kazakhstan meets its funding commitment for the BN-350 spent fuel program and to sign a decree facilitating transfer of the program's fuel tra [...]	2009-07-23 01:56:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD KNNP WTRO AF RS KZ
09ASTANA1222	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR VISITS BN-350 NUCLEAR REACTOR, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 16, the Ambassador toured the Mangistau Atomic Energy Complex (MAEC),including the decommissioned BN-350 fast-breeder nuclear reactor, the sodium processing facility (SPF),and a desalinization plant. Th [...]	2009-07-23 07:29:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EMIN ENRG EINV KNNP KZ
09ASTANA1250	KAZAKHSTAN OFFERS 'LOGISTICS BASE' FOR NORTHERN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a meeting with USTRANSCOM Commander General Duncan McNabb, Kazkahstan's Security Council Deputy Chairman Nurlan Abdirov was pleased to learned that the United States has approved local procurement of non-lethal supplies along the Northern Distribution Network, including i [...]	2009-07-24 07:31:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR AF KZ
09ASTANA1251	KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BOEHNER'S AUGUST 8-9 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Astana warmly welcomes your August 8-9 visit to Kazakhstan, which comes at a particularly opportune time. With its upcoming 2010 chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) [...]	2009-07-24 08:53:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV PHUM EPET KDEM KNNP KZ
09ASTANA1252	KAZAKHSTAN: STILL UNDECIDED ON ECOSOC BUT OPEN TO OUR VIEWS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On July 24, we raised reftel demarche asking Kazakhstan to support our position on the accreditation to ECOSOC of two NGOs with Zhanar Kulzhanova, the deputy director of the MFA's International Organizations Directorate. [...]	2009-07-24 09:33:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI KCRM KZ
09ASTANA1253	KAZAKHSTAN REPORTS OF FIRST CASES OF H1N1 [...] SUMMARY: The local press reported the first cases of H1N1 influenza in Kazakhstan on July 23. There are three confirmed and three suspected cases. CDC Almaty reports that the Kazakhstanis will send viral samples from the infected individuals to an outside laboratory for independent confirma [...]	2009-07-24 10:45:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SENV KFLU KZ
09ASTANA1254	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON ASSISTING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche requesting assistance to Afghanistan beyond the elections to Deputy Foreign Minister Konstantin Zhigalov on July 23. He provided Zhigalov with a non-paper detailing Afghanistan's pri [...]	2009-07-24 10:45:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF KZ
09ASTANA1255	KAZAKHSTAN: LAWYER FOR FORMER KAZATOMPROM HEAD RETAINS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 22, the Almaty Bar Association rejected a motion filed by the Committee for National Security (KNB) to disbar Daniyar Kanafin, the lawyer hired by the family of Mukhtar Dzhakishev, the former head of sta [...]	2009-07-24 10:45:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM SOCI KDEM KCRM KZ
09ASTANA1265	KAZAKHSTAN: NEW UNIFIED PROCUREMENT SYSTEM FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: According to the Ministry of Health's Pharmaceutical Control Committee, Kazakhstan's plan to consolidate most state procurement of pharmaceuticals under one provider will stimulate the economy and increase domestic p [...]	2009-07-27 04:19:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SENV KZ
09ASTANA1266	KAZAKHSTAN TAKES FURTHER STEPS TO PROTECT INVESTORS [...] SUMMARY: On July 14, President Nazarbayev signed legislation that will toughen and improve general reporting requirements for joint stock companies (JSCs) as well as certain business transactions of JSCs. The new provisions will also require disclosure of potential conflicts of interest by m [...]	2009-07-27 04:19:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID EINV SOCI KZ
09ASTANA1292	KAZAKHSTAN: UNHCR, UIGHUR ACTIVIST HAVE RECEIVED NO [...] (C) SUMMARY: A UNHCR official told us on July 28 that UNHCR has received no reports that Kazakhstani authorities have deported Chinese Uighurs back to China. However, he was aware of several cases of Uighur refugee activists being detained by the Almaty police for several hours, which he bel [...]	2009-07-30 07:07:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI KDEM CH KZ
09ASTANA1302	KAZAKHSTAN: BTA BANK OFFERS TO RESTRUCTURE ITS DEBT [...] SUMMARY: On July 24, BTA Bank, one of Kazakhstan's largest commercial banks, declared a moratorium on interest payments. This follows the bank's decision in April to cease debt principal payments. BTA's external debts are valued at $13 billion, of which the bank said it will repay $3 billio [...]	2009-08-03 09:41:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EPET ENRG EINV EFIN ELAB KZ
09ASTANA1303	KAZAKHSTAN: THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF AKTAU SEA PORT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Post has been informed that the U.S. Trade and Development Agency has decided not to approve two proposed projects to develop Kazakhstan's maritime and port capabilities because Kazakhstan conducts trade with Iran [...]	2009-08-03 09:48:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV MARR RS IR KZ
09ASTANA1306	KAZAKHSTAN: INTERIM REPORT ON HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT [...] The following is an interim report on Kazakhstan's high-level attendance at the 64th UN General Assembly (UNGA),in the requested format. Foreign Minister Tazhin will lead Kazakhstan's delegation. A. Attendance of the Head of State: -- Nursultan Nazarbayev, President -- No plans to att [...]	2009-08-03 11:13:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA KZ
09ASTANA131	KAZAKHSTAN: CHEVRON CAUTIONS CPC EXPANSION NOT YET A DONE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Chevron is pleased with the December 17, 2008, agreement to expand the capacity of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) pipeline, but is concerned that the deal could still fall through before the project is sanc [...]	2009-01-22 11:10:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA1320	KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, July 27-31 [...] This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might interest and [...]	2009-08-04 07:48:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI SENV KCRM KDEM KZ
09ASTANA1327	KAZAKHSTAN: FOR THE HUMAN DIMENSION IMPLEMENTATION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 4, we met with Sayagul Konakbayeva, the head of the Office of Humanitarian Issues within the MFA's OSCE Directorate, to deliver reftel demarche on Kazakhstan's human rights and democracy performance in a [...]	2009-08-04 11:11:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KIRF OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1328	KAZAKHSTAN PRAISES BILATERL RELATIONSHIP, SAYS "LOGISTICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: State Secretary Kanat Saudabayev opened an August 3 meeting with the Ambassador with an unusually long introduction with the media present in which he stressed that U.S.-Kazakhstan relations are a top priority for President Nazarbayev and detailed the full spectrum of bilateral c [...]	2009-08-04 11:39:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MARR KNNP AF KZ
09ASTANA1330	KAZAKHSTAN: REQUEST FOR TWO SCIENCE FELLOWS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Post requests the assistance of two Embassy Science Fellows for a two-week period from mid-August through September 2009. The Fellows will work in Astana, Kazakhstan, under the supervision of the Political-Econo [...]	2009-08-04 11:49:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ETRD EAGR TSPL BEXP KSCA KZ
09ASTANA1339	KAZAKHSTAN: "NEWSWEEK" GOT IT WRONG ON KIMEP [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In an on-line article appearing August 1, "Newsweek" magazine accused the Kazakhstani government of suppressing Western-oriented education at what is arguably the country's most prestigious university. The articl [...]	2009-08-05 07:55:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM KPAO KMDR KZ
09ASTANA134	KAZAKHSTAN: DEMOCRACY IN ACTION AT EDITOR'S CLUB [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On January 21, the Ambassador attended a meeting of the Astana Editors-in-Chief Club. Though this organization has been in existence for some time, it has recently risen in profile through increased government ties [...]	2009-01-23 10:21:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI KPAO KDEM KZ
09ASTANA1348	KAZAKHSTAN REDUCES BURDENSOME BUSINESS INSPECTIONS [...] SUMMARY: Inspections of business enterprises in Kazakhstan have traditionally served as disincentives to entrepreneurs due to their intrusive and burdensome nature. Recognizing this as a drag on business development and economic diversification, President Nazarbayev ordered a moratorium on i [...]	2009-08-05 10:41:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EAID SOCI KZ
09ASTANA135	KAZAKHSTAN: MFA PROPOSES DEAL ON PEACE CORPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: After State Secretary Kanat Saudabayev declined to intervene in the criminal case involving Peace Corps Volunteer Anthony Sharp, the Ambassador raised it with Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Kairat Sarybay on January 15. Sarybay tasked resolving the matter to MFA Americas D [...]	2009-01-23 10:48:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CASC KZ
09ASTANA1355	KAZAKHSTAN: ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, JULY 19-AUGUST 1 [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Refinancing Rate is Reduced Again -- Amendments to Currency Control and Currency Regulation Law Approved -- National Bank's Comments on New Currency Law -- Banking Sector [...]	2009-08-06 07:25:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EPET ENRG EINV EFIN ELAB KZ
09ASTANA1357	KAZAKHSTAN: PRELIMINARY RESPONSE TO TIFA AGENDA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Acting Pol-Econ Chief met on August 5 with Saadat Asanseitova, Director of the Department for Regional Integration at the Ministry of Industry and Trade, to discuss the draft agenda for the 4th U.S.-Central Asia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council meeting on [...]	2009-08-06 10:20:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ETRD ECON EINV EFIN KZ
09ASTANA1365	KAZAKHSTAN: PRIME MINISTER BRIEFS BOEHNER CODEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 8, Prime Minister Karim Masimov briefed a U.S. Congressional delegation led by House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) on a wide range of economic and energy issues. Masimov said Kazakhstan is showing signs of recovery from the global economic and financial crisis, an [...]	2009-08-10 13:58:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EAGR EPET ECON EFIN EINV SOCI
09ASTANA1366	KAZAKHSTAN: NEW MINISTER OF DEFENSE OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Minister of Defense Adilbek Dzhaksybekov on August 7 to congratulate him on his June 24 appointment, and discuss U.S.-Kazakhstani military cooperation. Dzhaksybekov: -called bilateral military relations positive, and expressed hope relations would cont [...]	2009-08-10 14:02:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MARR RS KZ
09ASTANA1373	POWERING AFGHANISTAN: CONSIDERING THE CONTRIBUTION OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Reliable, affordable electricity is vitally important to Afghanistan's economic growth, prosperity, and stability. Donors are investing substantial resources in Afghanistan to build a power transmission and distr [...]	2009-08-11 06:07:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PGOV ECON EAID EINV KZ AF ZK
09ASTANA1376	KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS ADVISOR'S REPORTING CABLE (JULY 2009) [...] The Export Control and Related Border Security Program (EXBS) was successful in nominating three Kazakhstani Customs Officers, Ermek Smagulov, Marat Kabdushev, and Abzal Shogelbaev, for participation in the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) in Washington D.C., from August 24 to S [...]	2009-08-12 06:43:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ
09ASTANA139	KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, JANUARY 17-23 [...] The following is another of the weekly cables from Embassy Astana with tidbits on daily life in Kazakhstan. UPROAR LEADS TO RETENTION OF NATIONALITY IN PASSPORTS 2. On January 5, Kazakhstan began issuing new, electronic passports. Complying with international conventions, the new documen [...]	2009-01-23 11:23:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KPAO KDEM KZ
09ASTANA1399	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER HEARS MESSAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a frank conversation with the Ambassador on August 12, Presidential Adviser Kairat Sarybai said he expected that the new State Commission for the OSCE would propose further steps, "since that is part of the commission's mandate," that could be taken on democratization bef [...]	2009-08-17 01:41:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MARR KDEM OSCE RS KG KZ

09ASTANA140	KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA PRAISE INAUGURATION OF "PRESIDENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The Kazakhstani media's reaction to President Obama's inauguration has been overwhelmingly positive and laudatory. The coverage has ranged from detailed accounts of the inaugural speech to human interest stories on [...]	2009-01-26 03:45:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SOCI KPAO KMDR KDEM KZ
09ASTANA1400	KAZAKHSTAN: KMG HALTS KCTS NEGOTIATIONS, THEN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: From recent discussions with energy executives and government officials, it is clear that negotiations over the Kazakhstan Caspian Transportation System (KCTS) have stalled. The key issue is whether and to what [...]	2009-08-17 03:04:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EPET ECON KZ
09ASTANA1402	KAZAKHSTAN: "ALMA-ATA INFO" EDITOR LOSES TWO COURT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 13, Kazakhstan's Supreme Court ruled against "Alma-Ata Info" newspaper and upheld a lower court's ruling that suspended the newspaper for three months for publishing allegedly classified documents. This [...]	2009-08-17 09:58:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1403	KAZAKHSTAN: NARCOTICS AND PROPERTY SEIZURES BY COMMITTEE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan's Committee for National Security (KNB) publicly reported its narcotics seizures for the first half of 2009. Total KNB seizures increased 466% from the same period last year. In addition, the KNB reported [...]	2009-08-17 10:39:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR KCRM KZ
09ASTANA1407	KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY MORNINGSTAR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Astana warmly welcomes your August 26-28 visit to Kazakhstan, which comes at a particularly opportune time. With its upcoming 2010 chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (O [...]	2009-08-18 07:25:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA1415	KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, AUGUST 3-7 [...] This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might interest and [...]	2009-08-18 10:29:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI SENV KCRM KDEM KZ
09ASTANA1416	KAZAKHSTAN: USCENTCOM CDR PETRAEUS' MEETING WITH [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: During an August 13 meeting in Astana, USCENTCOM CDR General Petraeus and Minister of Defense Dzhaksybekov discussed: -- further Kazakhstani assistance in Afghanistan, including staff officers for ISAF HQ in Kabul, noncombatant trainers and instructors for the Explosive Ord [...]	2009-08-19 04:18:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR MARR OSCE AF KZ
09ASTANA1422	KAZAKHSTAN: USCENTCOM CDR PETRAEUS' MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: USCENTCOM Commander General David Petraeus met Minister of Foreign Affairs Marat Tazhin on August 13 to discuss U.S.-Kazakhstani military cooperation and request support for U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Petraeus specifically requested the deployment of Kazakhstani staff office [...]	2009-08-20 06:33:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR MARR OSCE RS AF KZ
09ASTANA1423	KAZAKHSTAN: USCENTCOM CDR GENERAL PETRAEUS' [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: During an August 13 meeting in Astana, USCENTCOM CDR General Petraeus and Security Council Chairman Suleymenov discussed potential Kazakhstani noncombatant military and other assistance to support U.S. policy in Afghanistan, including the possibility of Kazakhstan hosting a l [...]	2009-08-20 07:05:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MARR RS AF KG TI UZ KZ
09ASTANA1427	KAZAKHSTAN: MUSLIM ACTIVIST STRUGGLES TO TURN GRAND IDEAS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Murat Telibekov, a Kazakhstani Muslim activist and president of three NGOs, is never short on grand ideas, and most of them involve the U.S. Embassy. His newest idea is to build Islamic centers in Astana and Alma [...]	2009-08-21 08:59:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KISL KIRF PINR KZ
09ASTANA1428	KAZAKHSTAN STEPS CLOSER TO SUPPORT FOR A SINGLE-WINDOW FOR [...] SUMMARY: Since 2007, the USAID Regional Trade Liberalization and Customs Project, in cooperation with the German International Development Agency (GTZ),has encouraged the Governments of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan to implement electronic single-window systems to simplify the proce [...]	2009-08-24 10:40:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID ECON SOCI KZ
09ASTANA1429	KAZAKHSTAN: WHY TO PAY SERIOUS ATTENTION [...] (S/NF) During USCENTCOM CDR General David Petraeus' August 13 meetings in Astana, senior Kazakhstani officials made more clear than ever that President Nursultan Nazarbayev wants an enhanced relationship with the United States and is offering us a logistics/transit facility for U.S. and Coali [...]	2009-08-25 04:36:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ECON EPET MARR SOCI KNNP KDEM AF
09ASTANA1432	KAZAKHSTAN: AES FILES FOR ARBITRATION, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 10, U.S. power company AES notified the government that it will go to international arbitration to appeal more than $200 million in fines assessed for allegedly monopolistic behavior. This action would be the final step in a long, public, legal battle between the co [...]	2009-08-26 00:15:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ENRG EINV SOCI KZ
09ASTANA1438	KAZAKHSTAN: SPECIAL ENVOY MORNINGSTAR DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging, frank, and lively conversation on August 25, Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard M. Morningstar discussed regional energy security with a panel of senior government officials, including the Deputy Chairman of the National Welfare Fund Samruk-Kazyna, Timu [...]	2009-08-26 10:32:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON EINV EPET IR RS CH GG
09ASTANA1439	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT'S ADVISOR WARNS OF AN "INFORMATION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In an August 22 interview published in the newspaper "Liter," Yermukhamet Yertysbayev, President Nazarbayev's advisor on political issues, railed against the "runaway billionaires" who have declared an "informatio [...]	2009-08-27 05:14:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV PINR KDEM KCOR OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1444	KAZAKHSTAN: SAUDABAYEV ON NUCLEAR SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an August 27 meeting, State Secretary Kanat Saudabayev told the Ambassador: -- President Nazarbayev still wants an Oval Office meeting when he travels to Washington next spring for the Nuclear Security Summit and is willing to be flexible about the timing; -- Kazakhs [...]	2009-08-27 10:59:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KNNP KDEM OSCE AU KZ
09ASTANA1445	KAZAKHSTAN: PRIME MINISTER BRIEFS SPECIAL ENVOY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 26, Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard M. Morningstar met with Prime Minister Karim Masimov to discuss economic and energy security issues, including oil and gas export routes from Central Asia, the September 14 Caspian Sea Summit in Aktau, the influence of Russ [...]	2009-08-27 11:05:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON EINV EPET CH RS TX KZ
09ASTANA1446	KAZAKHSTAN: OBSERVER LETTER DELIVERED TO CARICC [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) As requested in reftel, the request for observer status was delivered to the Central Asian Information and Coordination Center (CARICC) via the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Almaty on August 21. UNODC's Senior CARI [...]	2009-08-28 03:51:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SNAR KCRM KZ
09ASTANA1447	KAZAKHSTAN: UPDATE ON HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT THE UN [...] The following is an update on Kazakhstan's high-level attendance at the 64th UN General Assembly (UNGA),in the requested format. Foreign Minister Tazhin will lead Kazakhstan's delegation. A. Attendance of the Head of State: -- Nursultan Nazarbayev, President -- No plans to attend B. [...]	2009-08-28 05:31:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA KZ
09ASTANA1449	KAZAKHSTAN: SPECIAL ENVOY MORNINGSTAR DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 26, Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard M. Morningstar met with Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) Sauat Mynbayev to discuss two oil export projects: the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) pipeline expansion and the Kazakhstan Caspian Transportation [...]	2009-08-28 10:27:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON EINV EPET AJ CH RS TX KZ
09ASTANA1450	KAZAKHSTAN: IN VINO VERITAS [...] (C) On August 28, I hosted a reception at Embassy Astana's Chief of Mission Residence in honor of USNAVCENT Deputy Commander Rear Admiral Thomas Cropper and his team. Deputy Minister of Defense Rear Admiral Ratmir Komratov attended as the senior-most Kazakhstani military official, and stayed [...]	2009-08-31 05:44:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MARR SOCI KZ
09ASTANA1453	KAZAKHSTAN: STILL MULLING OVER AMCIT CANDIDACY FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On August 19, we followed up with Azat Matenov, Attache with the MFA's Department of Multilateral Cooperation, on Kazakhstan's position on the candidacy of Ms. Lucretia Myers for the International Civil Service Commission ( [...]	2009-09-02 01:50:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC APER KAWC KJUS UNGA KZ
09ASTANA1454	KAZAKHSTAN: "WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS IS, A POLICE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) While the Ambassador was getting a haircut on September 1 at a Turkish-owned unisex salon in Astana, the client in the next chair was cracking up the stylists with a high-volume, endless stream of jokes about how people avo [...]	2009-09-02 04:02:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI KISL KZ
09ASTANA1458	KAZAKHSTAN: COMMITTEE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY COMMENTS ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On August 29, the Chairman of Kazakhstan's National Security Committee (KNB),Amangeldy Shabdarbayev, issued a highly unusual public statement regarding the case of Ramazan Yesergepov -- the Kazakhstani journalist sentenced [...]	2009-09-02 10:45:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KZ
09ASTANA146	KAZAKHSTAN: MINISTER OF FINANCE PROMISES ANTI-MONEY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 23, the Ambassador met with Minister of Finance Bolat Zhamishev and Deputy Customs Committee Chairman Sofia Aisagalieva to discuss Kazakhstan's response to the global financial crisis, pending legislati [...]	2009-01-26 10:04:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER ECON EFIN KNNP KCRM KZ
09ASTANA1464	KAZAKHSTAN: WHAT'S BEHIND THE CURRENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The well-connected Israeli Ambassador analyzes that the current anti-corruption campaign in Kazakhstan is not a political-economic clan struggle to succeed President Nazarbayev. Rather, it is Nazarbayev himself cracking down to preserve his generally positive economic legacy an [...]	2009-09-03 08:10:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON KCOR KZ
09ASTANA1465	KAZAKHSTAN: ISRAELI AMBASSADOR EXPLAINS MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli Ambassador to Kazakhstan Israel Mei-Ami told the Ambassador on September 2: -- Kazakhstan is a major oil supplier for Israel; -- this year's military procurement scandal has left lingering headaches for him; -- despite the scandal, Israel-Kazakhstan relations are t [...]	2009-09-03 08:16:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD EPET EAGR MASS KCOR IS SA KZ
09ASTANA1468	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BILATERAL CONSULTATIONS, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 2, the Ambassador met with Deputy Foreign Minister Konstantin Zhigalov to present officially Under Secretary Blake's proposal on Annual Bilateral Consultations. Zhigalov responded that the government i [...]	2009-09-03 11:19:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KZ
09ASTANA147	KAZAKHSTAN: ENTREPRENEUR NURLAN KAPPAROV DESCRIBES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. SUMMARY: During a January 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Kazakhstani entrepreneur Nurlan Kapparov stressed the need for further banking-sector reforms and signaled his approval of the recent appointment of Grigoriy Marchenko to hea [...]	2009-01-26 10:45:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV EFIN EAGR EPET ENRG KZ
09ASTANA1470	KAZAKHSTAN: TRIAL COURT HANDS DOWN GUILTY VERDICT IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 3, a Kazakhstani district court sentenced human rights activist Yevgeniy Zhovtis to four years imprisonment for criminal negligence in connection with a vehicular accident. Zhovtis' legal team is exp [...]	2009-09-04 07:46:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KZ
09ASTANA1478	KAZAKHSTAN: LAND-LOCKED OIL POWER WANTS TO IMPROVE NAVY, [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On August 28, U.S. NAVCENT Deputy Commander Rear Admiral Thomas Cropper met General-Major Mazhitov, Deputy Director of Kazakhstan's Border Guard Service; Rear-Admiral Abikeyev, Chief of Kazakhstan's Border Guard Service Coast Guard Directorate; and Rear-Admiral Ratmir Komratov [...]	2009-09-04 11:32:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR MARR RS AF KZ
09ASTANA148	KAZAKHSTAN: UPDATE OF INFORMATION ON WORST FORMS OF CHILD [...] SUMMARY: Per retel A, this cable provides updated information on Kazakhstan's compliance with international norms on the prevention of the worst forms of child labor. The cable updates reftels C, D, E, and F. This information is provided to assist in the determination of Kazakhstan's continu [...]	2009-01-26 10:45:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ELAB EIND ETRD SOCI KZ
09ASTANA1487	KAZAKHSTAN: OSCE AMBASSADOR BELIEVES KNB TOOK CONTROL OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 4 meeting, the head of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Center, Ambassador Alexandr Keltchewsky, told the Ambassador Kazakhstan has taken some positive steps in its preparations to become the 2010 OSCE Chairman-in-Office. He added [...]	2009-09-08 06:25:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1494	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR RAISES ZHOVTIS WITH KAZAKSTANI [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 8, the Ambassador met with Presidential Foreign Policy Adviser, Kairat Sarybai, for a frank exchange on the case of internationally-respected human rights advocate, Yevgeniy Zhovtis, who was convicted of vehicular manslaughter and sentenced to four years in a penal c [...]	2009-09-09 06:16:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1495	EAST KAZAKHSTAN: AT THE CROSSROADS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 20, the Ambassador visited Oskemen (Ust-Kamenogorsk),East Kazakhstan, an industrial region well-endowed with natural resources and populated by blue-collar miners, shady businessmen, political patrons, a [...]	2009-09-09 07:19:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EINV KZ
09ASTANA1498	KAZAKHSTAN: THE BOLASHAK REVOLUTION [...] (SBU) At a September 8 dinner in honor of the UK Minister for Europe, Baroness Glenyth Kinnock of Holyhead, the Ambassador was seated next to the deputy head of Prime Minister Masimov's office, Dauren Toleukhanov. Before moving to the Prime Minister's apparat, Toleukhanov was a diplomat, hav [...]	2009-09-09 09:18:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI KPAO KCOR KZ
09ASTANA150	KAZAKHSTAN: MINISTER OF ECONOMY SUPPORTS CLOSER [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 23, the Ambassador met Minister of Economy and Budget Planning Bakhyt Sultanov and discussed the government's response to the financial crisis, the new tax code, administrative barriers to doing busines [...]	2009-01-27 01:42:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN EAID KNNP KZ
09ASTANA1508	KAZAKHSTAN: ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING LAW SIGNED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On August 28, President Nazarbayev signed the long-awaited law on anti-money laundering (AML),which will enter into force in March 2010. The law should increase the effectiveness of measures aimed at combating mon [...]	2009-09-10 09:06:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR KCRM KZ
09ASTANA1509	KAZAKHSTAN: FINANCE MINISTER LAUDS COOPERATION - [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a September 5 meeting, Minister of Finance Bolat Zhamishev discussed with the Ambassador stability in the financial sector and U.S. technical assistance provided under the Cooperative Threat Agreement (CTR) [...]	2009-09-10 10:28:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN KZ
09ASTANA1512	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR RAISES ZHOVTIS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 10, the Ambassador and Kazakhstan's State Minister and Foreign Minister, Kanat Saudabayev, exchanged frank views on the Zhovtis case reftel A. The Ambassador delivered a strong message on the importance of a transparent appeals process and finding a way forward that [...]	2009-09-11 09:16:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1513	KAZAKHSTAN: KEEPING PERSPECTIVE [...] (C) With the Yevgeniy Zhovtis case -- Zhovtis is the internationally renowned human rights advocate whose most unfortunate auto accident some in the government of Kazakhstan appear to be exploiting -- we can all agree that Kazakhstan has stepped on its tail in a most appalling and old-guard K [...]	2009-09-11 09:27:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM KNNP OSCE AF RS KZ
09ASTANA1514	KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS ADVISOR'S REPORTING CABLE (AUGUST 2009) [...] Two Kazakhstani Customs Officers, Lieutenant Colonel Marat Kabdushev, and Lieutenant Colonel Abzal Shogelbaev, are participating in the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) from August 24 until September 16. 2. In response to a diplomatic note, Dr. Gulnara Eligbayeva, Kazakhstan [...]	2009-09-11 10:02:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ
09ASTANA1516	KAZAKHSTAN: GOVERNMENT PRESENTS HUMAN RIGHTS ACTION PLAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The government of Kazakhstan presented its National Human Rights Action plan for 2009-2012 on September 9 at a well-attended event in Astana. Generally considered to be a well-prepared, ambitious document, its impl [...]	2009-09-11 10:18:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KZ
09ASTANA1517	KAZAKHSTAN: DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SAYS FUNDING APPROVED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 10, Deputy Prime Minister Yerbol Orenbayev told the Ambassador that the Cabinet approved VAT exemption for all goods and services procured with Cooperative Threat Reduction funds on September 7, and th [...]	2009-09-11 10:30:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EINV KNNP KPAO KZ
09ASTANA1518	KAZAKHSTAN: FOREIGN MINISTRY PRESSES HIGH-LEVEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In recent days, Kazakhstan has proposed an OSCE Summit in 2010 to be co-chaired by Kazakhstan and the United States, repeated its desire to establish a Joint Presidential Commission, and renewed its effort for an Obama-Nazarbayev meeting at the general time of the April 2010 Nuc [...]	2009-09-13 03:45:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KNNP KISL OSCE RS KZ
09ASTANA1522	KAZAKHSTAN: NO RESPONSE ON UNHCR DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-15 02:20:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KZ
09ASTANA1525	KAZAKHSTAN: UPDATE ON HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT THE UN [...] The following is a second update on Kazakhstan's high-level attendance at the 64th UN General Assembly (UNGA). Please note that the delegation's composition has changed -- it will now be lead by Kazakhstan's recently-appointed new Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev. A. Attendance of the H [...]	2009-09-15 08:09:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA KZ
09ASTANA1530	KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THE CHILD LABOR REPORT [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Per reftel, on September 11, Post spoke with Committee on Control and Social Protection Chairman Serikkali Bissakayev in the Kazakhstani Ministry of Labor and Social Protection. Chairman Bissakayev informed EconOff of the [...]	2009-09-16 11:39:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI KZ
09ASTANA1531	KAZAKHSTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER WILL ATTEND UNGA FOOD [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On September 15, we delivered the official invitation for the head of Kazakhstan's delegation to the UNGA to attend the meeting on Partnering for Food Security (reftel). On September 16, Zhanar Kulzhanova of the MFA's Inte [...]	2009-09-16 11:41:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ETRD EAGR UNGA KZ
09ASTANA1535	KAZAKHSTAN TO RESUME WTO ACCESSION TALKS SEPARATE FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: There are signs Kazakhstan might be willing to resume its suspended bilateral WTO accession negotiations. Concluding U.S.-bilateral WTO negotiations would be in our national interest and would enhance Kazakhstan's independence and sovereignty. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) On Septemb [...]	2009-09-17 06:45:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN WTO RS KZ
09ASTANA1536	KAZAKHSTAN LIKELY TO BUZZ ON IRAN [...] (C) During a September 16 meeting with Kazakhstani Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov, the Ambassador delivered the talking points (ref) urging Kazakhstan to send a strong private message to Iran about its nuclear program, possibly during a bilateral meeting at UNGA. Umarov agreed to pass [...]	2009-09-17 08:43:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MNUC AORC KNNP IAEA UN IR KZ
09ASTANA1538	KAZAKHSTAN: ZHOVTIS' LEAD LAWYER COMMENTS ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Convicted human rights advocate Evgeniy Zhovtis' lead lawyer, Vitaliy Voronov, predicts Zhovtis will not be acquitted at his appeal hearing but that his sentence might be reduced. Voronov said he had been told that "someone high up in the government" had triggered the trial by [...]	2009-09-18 09:24:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1539	KAZAKHSTAN: CASPIAN SEA SUMMIT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 12, President Nazarbayev hosted the presidents of Russia, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan at a private resort in Kenderliy, south of the port city of Aktau in western Kazakhstan. According to press repor [...]	2009-09-18 10:26:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV IR RS KZ
09ASTANA1541	KAZAKHSTAN: A KEY PARTNER ON NON-PROLIFERATION REF: A. A. ASTANA 00607 B. B. ASTANA 01090 C. C. ASTANA 01164 D. D. 08 ASTANA 01867 E. E. 08 ASTANA 01648 F. F. 08 ASTANA 01649 G. G. ASTANA 02232 H. H. ASTANA 00200 I. I. ASTANA 00623 J. J. STATE 76904 K. K. ASTANA 00521 L. L. 08 ASTANA 02298 M. M. 08 ASTANA 02316 N. N. ASTANA 00254 O. O. ASTANA 01536 Classified By: Ambassador Richard E. Hoagland, 1.4 (b/d) [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan is a full and supportive partner of the United States on countering proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). Kazakhstan actively participates in many international counter-proliferation organizations. Recently, it sought to enhance its role in non-proliferation [...]	2009-09-18 11:12:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PARM PGOV PREL ECON MNUC KNNP KZ
09ASTANA1542	KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARACHE DELIVERED ON AFGHAN PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) During a September 16 meeting with Talgat Shaldanbay, Chief of the Middle East Division of the Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs, PolOff delivered the talking points (ref) on the Afghan Presidential Election. Shaldanbay agreed to pass the message to appropriate points of contact wit [...]	2009-09-21 00:57:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO AF KZ
09ASTANA1546	KAZAKHSTAN: ENVIRONMENTAL NGO "REFLECTION" WORKS INSIDE [...] SUMMARY: The environmental organization/NGO Otrazhenie (Reflection),physically located in one of 22 "eco-schools" in Kazakhstan, engages in community service projects, works closely with the Temirtau city council, and serves as the city's environmental information center. The school and NGO [...]	2009-09-21 06:33:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SENV SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA1547	KAZAKHSTAN: TEMIRTAU IS "AIDS CAPITAL OF KAZAKHSTAN" [...] SUMMARY: Home to AcelorMittal, Kazakhstan's giant steel plant, Temirtau is known as the "AIDS capital of Kazakhstan." An "explosion" of new HIV/AIDS cases peaked in 1997, then dropped, and has since held steady. The local AIDS Center believes that financial difficulties and layoffs followin [...]	2009-09-21 06:35:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON SOCI SNAR KHIV KZ
09ASTANA1613	KAZAKHSTAN: GERMANS HYPER ABOUT BTA RESTRUCTURING MOU [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Germany is highly concerned that BTA bank is about to declare bankruptcy, endangering large investments by the German export credit agency. Our sources in ExIm disagree, and believe a settlement is in the works. [...]	2009-09-22 10:26:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN KZ GM UK
09ASTANA1616	KAZAKHSTAN: THE COMPLEXITY OF "OPPOSITION MEDIA" [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a media roundtable the Ambassador hosted in Almaty, independent and opposition journalists detailed their opinions, concerns, and experiences. It was a useful and informative snapshot, but it wasn't the wh [...]	2009-09-23 09:45:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KPAO KDEM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1617	KAZAKHSTAN: IFTAAR DINNER BUILDS RAPPORT WITH [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-23 10:36:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KISL RS KZ
09ASTANA1618	KAZAKHSTAN: IFTAAR DINNER BUILDS RAPPORT WITH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 14, the Ambassador hosted an Iftaar dinner for more than 20 prominent Muslim community members, including the Deputy Chairman of the Kazakhstani Muslims' Spiritual Board Muhammad Alsabekov, many Kazak [...]	2009-09-23 10:37:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KISL RS KZ
09ASTANA1619	KAZAKHSTAN: INDEPENDENT AND OPPOSITION MEDIA ASK TOUGH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador answered questions from independent and opposition journalists during a media roundtable in Almaty on September 14 (ref A). The lively group, pleased to have an opportunity to express their concern [...]	2009-09-23 11:02:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1620	KAZAKHSTAN: NEW POWER LINE INCREASES ENERGY INDEPENDENCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On September 17, Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev attended a ceremony in the northern Kazakhstan city of Ekibastuz to mark the completion of the country's second north-south power transmission line. The [...]	2009-09-25 06:09:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EINV KZ
09ASTANA1622	KAZAKHSTAN: CONOCO DISCUSSES TURKMENISTAN, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 24, senior executives from ConocoPhillips (COP) briefed the Ambassador on their continued pursuit of a natural gas deal in Turkmenistan, the status of the N Block exploration in Kazakhstan's sector of the Caspian, and concerns about exposure and delays with the Ka [...]	2009-09-25 08:50:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON EINV EPET AJ RS TX KZ
09ASTANA1626	KAZAKHSTAN: THE GOVERNMENT'S EVOLVING APPROACH TO BTA [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Kazakhstani financial officials are negotiating with export credit authorities (ECAs) from at least 14 countries, who have demanded sovereign guarantees for debt repayment on several billion in exposure. For seve [...]	2009-09-28 01:05:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN GM UK IT KZ
09ASTANA1627	KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR DOE DEPUTY SECRETARY PONEMAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Astana warmly welcomes your October 5-8 visit to Kazakhstan, which comes at a particularly opportune time. With its upcoming 2010 chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OS [...]	2009-09-28 01:55:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA1628	KAZAKHSTAN: THE TANGLED WEB OF (NON)TRUE TRADE FINANCE AT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: While ECAs represented on the BTA steering committee appear to be finding a compromise (reftel),Alliance Bank has recently reneged on a commitment to separate the restructuring options for trade finance due to pr [...]	2009-09-28 02:00:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN KZ
09ASTANA165	KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REPORTS ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING CASES FOR [...] SUMMARY: The following is a summary of local media reports on human trafficking cases in Kazakhstan from July to December 2008. END SUMMARY. LABOR EXPLOITATION 2. December 2, Kazakhstanskaya Pravda: In October, an oblast-level court in Karaganda increased a lower court's sentence from [...]	2009-01-28 10:36:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI KCRM RU UZ KZ
09ASTANA166	KAZAKHSTAN: MINISTRY OF ENERGY OFFICIAL DISCUSSES NATURAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 21, Energy Officer discussed the production, marketing, and sale of Kazakhstani gas with an official from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources. He described the role of market intermediaries Ka [...]	2009-01-28 11:07:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA167	KAZAKHSTAN: REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF EXTENSION OF PROGRAM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This is an Action Request. Please see para 3. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: According to the USAID Economic Contagion Tracker released in January, Kazakhstan is one of only three CIS countries that is listed as a R [...]	2009-01-28 11:07:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID ECON KZ
09ASTANA169	KAZAKHSTAN: SOUTH KOREANS SEEKING INVESTMENTS, BUT GLOBAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff met several times in January with South Korean Embassy First Secretary Lee Jooil and Second Secretary Lee Moon-bae to discuss economic relations between Kazakhstan and Korea. They explained that overall bi [...]	2009-01-28 11:15:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV ENRG EPET KS CH KZ
09ASTANA1693	KAZAKHSTAN: ZHOVTIS DETERMINED TO KEEP FIGHTING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Convicted human rights advocate Yevgeniy Zhovtis told the visiting First Deputy Director of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on September 19 that he does not want any special treatme [...]	2009-09-28 07:09:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1694	KAZAKHSTAN: REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER FOR CENTRAL [...] SUMMARY: The Regional Environmental Center for Central Asia (CAREC),founded in 1998 by the five countries of Central Asia, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP),and the European Commission (EC),has a mandate to promote regional dialogue and cooperation across a wide range of envir [...]	2009-09-28 09:13:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON SENV SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA1696	KAZAKHSTAN: NEW SCIENCE STRATEGY FACES CONSTRAINTS [...] SUMMARY: In a new strategic plan, Kazakhstan's Academy of Sciences and the Ministry of Education and Science identified future scientific research priorities in the areas of energy, biotechnology, mining and metallurgy, renewable energy, information technology, and agriculture. To achieve it [...]	2009-09-28 10:32:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON SENV SOCI KPAO KZ
09ASTANA1697	KAZAKHSTAN: ECOCENTER, ENVIRONMENTAL WATCHDOG; [...] SUMMARY: Karaganda oblast, home to large coal mines, also boasts the large ArcelorMittal steel plant in nearby Temirtau, Kazakhstan's iron and steel center. One of the world's pre-eminent steel plants, selling steel to more than 60 countries, ArcelorMittal is the only steel plant in the worl [...]	2009-09-28 10:42:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SENV KZ
09ASTANA170	KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, JANUARY 4 - JANUARY [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- New Refinancing Rate -- Update from Samruk-Kazyna -- Humanitarian Aid for Tajikistan -- Arcelor Mittal To Modernize Coal Mines -- China To Build A Gas-Fired Power Plant [...]	2009-01-28 11:15:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EFIN EIND ENRG EPET KTDB TI CH IN KZ
09ASTANA172	KAZAKHSTAN: COMMENTS ON DOL DRAFT LIST OF GOODS MADE WITH [...] Per reftel A, this cable provides Embassy Astana's comments on the Department of Labor's draft list of goods that are allegedly produced by child labor or forced labor. DOL's findings on such goods produced in Kazakhstan coincide with reports and studies post has received from local and inter [...]	2009-01-29 09:49:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ELAB EAGR EIND ETRD SOCI KZ
09ASTANA173	KAZAKHSTAN: KOREANS SHARE U.S. VIEWS ON MADRID COMMITMENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff met several times in January with South Korean Embassy First Secretary Lee Jooil and Second Secretary Lee Moon-bae to discuss political and cultural relations between Kazakhstan and South Korea. South Kore [...]	2009-01-29 09:49:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI SCUL KDEM KIRF KS KZ
09ASTANA1744	KAZAKHSTAN: NATIONAL BANK CHAIRMAN FORESEES 2010 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At a meeting with the Ambassador on September 28, Chairman of the National Bank Grigoriy Marchenko predicted economic recovery would begin early in 2010, following restructuring of BTA Bank. He foresees 2-3% grow [...]	2009-09-30 10:39:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN KZ
09ASTANA175	KAZAKHSTAN: PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER ACCEPTS MFA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Peace Corps Volunteer Anthony Sharp has accepted the proposal made by MFA Americas Department head Talgat Kaliyev for resolving his criminal case -- specifically, that after a brief closed trial, Sharp will be found guilty, given a suspended sentence, and immediately deported fro [...]	2009-01-29 11:12:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CASC KZ
09ASTANA1761	KAZAKHSTAN: POLITICAL ANALYST DISCUSESS "HAWKS AND DOVES" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Independent political analyst XXXXXXXXXXXX believes that the elites surrounding President Nazarbayev are split into two camps -- the "hawks" and the "doves." The hawks, or the "old guard," believe that the international community can do little but accept Kazakhstan "as is" becaus [...]	2009-10-02 05:27:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA1762	KAZAKHSTAN: THE ABLYAZOV FACTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former CEO of Bank Turan Alem (BTA) Mukhtar Ablyazov is accused of having embezzled at least $1.1 billion from BTA before fleeing to London on February 3. Ablyazov reportedly plans an international public relations campaignm with two goals: 1) to rebrand himself as the persecut [...]	2009-10-02 06:26:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN KCOR OSCE UK KZ
09ASTANA1765	KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON EXISTENCE OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarch on October 2 to Chairman of the Security Council of the Government of Kazakhstan Marat Tazhin. 3. (SBU) Tazhin replied that Kazakhstan's position is well-known and has not change [...]	2009-10-02 08:36:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PARM MNUC KNNP IR KZ
09ASTANA1766	KAZAKHSTAN DESIGNATES "HOT-LINE" POC FOR OSCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) During his May 4 meeting with Secretary Clinton in Washington, then Foreign Minister Marat Tazhin suggested that both the United States and Kazakhstan establish a metaphorical hot line -- i.e., a single point of contact on [...]	2009-10-02 08:36:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1767	KAZAKHSTAN HAS NO PROBLEM WITH INAUGURAL FLIGHT OF [...] (C) On October 2, the Ambassador informed Kazakhstan's Security Council Secretary and Assistant to the President, Marat Tazhin, that the inaugural flight of the U.S.-Russia transit agreement would likely occur on October 5 (reftel). The Ambassador emphasized that the U.S. government is mainta [...]	2009-10-02 10:07:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RU KZ KG UA PL
09ASTANA1768	KAZAKHSTAN: FY 2009 PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] Embassy Astana submits the following proposals for FY 2009/2010 FSA funding for counter-narcotics, border security, drug-demand reduction, and anti-trafficking in persons programs. Responses are keyed to paragraph 19 of the reftel. 2. All projects proposed directly respond to targets estab [...]	2009-10-02 11:50:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR SOCI KCRM KTIP KZ
09ASTANA1770	CURRENT U.S.-KAZAKHSTANI NON-PROLIFERATION PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-02 12:12:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PARM ECON MNUC KNNP KZ
09ASTANA1771	KAZAKHSTAN: GRASS-ROOTS DEMOCRACY AT WORK [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Leader of the local non-governmental organization "Shanyrak," Asylbek Kozhakhmetov, described on September 29 the situation of internal migrants and his organization's efforts to assist them. Primarily focused at [...]	2009-10-05 08:50:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA1772	KAZAKHSTAN: FM SAUDABAYEV ON IRAN, OSCE SUMMIT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a meeting with the Ambassador on October 5, State Secretary and Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev: -- reaffirmed that Kazakhstan fully supports the U.S. position on Iran and reported that he personally had made the case to Foreign Minister Manoucher Motakki -- "based on [...]	2009-10-05 08:52:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PARM MNUC MARR KNNP OSCE UZ KZ
09ASTANA1773	KAZAKHSTAN: GREEK TRAGEDY OR SIMPLY SAGA? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Power games and distrust among the elite seem to have increased somewhat in recent months (reftels). Although there is no one straight-line trend to point to, there does seem to be a sense that all's not as well as it could be. This sense of unease might be the result of Nazarb [...]	2009-10-05 09:09:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KCOR KZ
09ASTANA1774	KAZAKHSTAN AND AZERBAIJAN SIGN ENERGY AGREEMENTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 2, during President Nazarbayev's visit to Baku, the national oil companies of Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan signed three documents on energy cooperation. The agreements do not preclude the participation of [...]	2009-10-05 10:12:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV AZ KZ
09ASTANA1775	KAZAKHSTAN: CHINA INVESTS ANOTHER $1 BILLION IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On September 30, the China Investment Corporation (CIC),China's sovereign wealth fund, announced that it had purchased an 11% stake in KazMunaiGas Exploration and Production (KMG EP),the operating branch of Kazakh [...]	2009-10-06 01:01:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA1776	KAZAKHSTAN: ENVIRONMENTAL NGO "GREEN SALVATION" TAKES ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The environmental NGO Green Salvation, one of the oldest NGOs in Kazakhstan, defends the environmental rights of citizens including with lawsuits, if necessary. It monitors implementation of the Aarhus Convention that grants citizens access to information concerning the enviro [...]	2009-10-06 03:37:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SENV SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA1807	KAZAKHSTAN: CIVIL SOCIETY URGES VIGILANCE ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Civil society activists are expressing concern about what they see as Kazakhstan's "conservative shift" on political liberalization, pointing specifically to the recent conviction of human rights activist Yevgeniy [...]	2009-10-06 09:10:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1809	KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS ADVISOR'S REPORTING CABLE (SEPTEMBER [...] September 1-10, EXBS Advisor Paul Shott processed into Embassy Astana and conducted office turnover with departing EXBS Advisor Robert Colbert. 2. September 15, EXBS Advisor and administrative assistant met with the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Customs Control Committee. The Chairma [...]	2009-10-07 00:54:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ
09ASTANA1810	KAZAKHSTAN: PARLIAMENTARIAN SEES GROWING ROLE FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 23, Parliamentarian Daria Klebanova spoke about the growing role of the Parliament and anticipated domestic violence legislation. Also an active journalist, she contradicted recent negative reports b [...]	2009-10-07 01:21:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KPAO KZ
09ASTANA1813	KAZAKHSTAN: U.S.-KAZAKHSTAN JOINT ENERGY PARTNERSHIP [...] (U) On October 7-8, the United States and Kazakhstan held the sixth meeting of the U.S.-Kazakhstan Energy Partnership. Four working groups -- nuclear security and nuclear power, oil and gas, renewable energy and energy efficiency, and electric power -- took place. After chairing a plenary se [...]	2009-10-09 10:36:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EPET MNUC KNNP KPAO KZ
09ASTANA1814	KAZAKHSTAN: U.S.-KAZAKHSTAN ENERGY PARTNERSHIP MEETING [...] (U) On October 7-8, the United States and Kazakhstan held the sixth meeting of the U.S.-Kazakhstan Energy Partnership. Four working groups -- nuclear security and nuclear power, oil and gas, renewable energy and energy efficiency, and electric power -- took place. After chairing a plenary se [...]	2009-10-09 10:37:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EPET MNUC KNNP KZ
09ASTANA1816	KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES -- ZHOVTIS' CASE DISCUSSED ON [...] The "Almaty Notes" series is intended to maintain focus on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Almaty, Kazakhstan's "southern capital." For this edition, we review how the local media and civil society have reacted to the conviction of leading human rights activist [...]	2009-10-13 02:31:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KZ
09ASTANA184	KAZAKAHSTAN WILL ATTEMPT TO ADVOCATE FOR MANAS [...] (C) As instructed reftel, Embassy Astana attempted to communicate talking points to the highest possible level. Presidential Foreign Policy Adviser Khairat Sarybay is in Davos, Switzerland, at the World Economic Forum with President Nursultan Nazarbayev. Foreign Minister Marat Tazhin is in A [...]	2009-01-30 08:53:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR RS KG KZ

09ASTANA1840	KAZAKHSTAN: CENTRAL REFERENCE LABORATORY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) During the October 7-8 visit of Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman to Astana, Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense Andrew Weber asked several Kazakhstani officials to designate a single government entity to [...]	2009-10-13 05:07:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TBIO KZ
09ASTANA1842	KAZAKHSTAN FY 2010 COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT OF 1206 FUNDING [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador and Embassy Astana's Country Team approve the Kazakhstan Fiscal Year 2010 1206 funding proposal. The proposals are for equipment and training for the Kazakhstan Peacekeeping Brigade (KAZBRIG) of the Airmobile Forces Command and the Air Defense Forces. The proposal fo [...]	2009-10-13 06:30:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MASS MCAP PARM EAID KOMC KZ
09ASTANA1843	KAZAKHSTAN PRESSES AGAIN ON OSCE SUMMIT, ANNUAL [...] (C) To follow up on the October 7-8 visit to Astana by Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman, the Ambassador met on October 12 with Deputy Foreign Kairat Umarov to seek clarification how the Foreign Ministry would coordinate Kazakhstan's inter-agency process to designate a single lead ent [...]	2009-10-13 08:12:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OSCE RS CH AF KZ
09ASTANA1844	KAZAKHSTAN: REQUEST FOR SECTION 1004 COUNTERNARCOTICS [...] Embassy Astana Country Team and Deputy Chief of Mission have approved the Kazakhstan FY10 request for DOD support under Section 1004 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991, as amended for support concerning the Government of Kazakhstan Counternarcotics (CN) effort. 2. Emb [...]	2009-10-13 09:15:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MASS MCAP PARM EAID KOMC KZ
09ASTANA1853	KAZAKHSTAN: DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER REQUESTS MEETING WITH [...] SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Yerbol Orenbayev would like to meet in Washington the last week of November with Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius to seek linkages between the National Institutes of Health and Kazakhstan's new national university. We encourage this meet [...]	2009-10-15 10:24:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OEXC SOCI KZ
09ASTANA1856	KAZAKHSTAN: NEW AFGHANISTAN ASSISTANCE AGENCY? [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 14, Talgat Kaliyev, head of the Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs' new policy planning staff, told the DCM that with FM Saudabayev's endorsement, he is exploring plans to establish a bureau within [...]	2009-10-16 02:09:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID SOCI AF KZ
09ASTANA1857	KAZAKHSTAN: GEARING UP INSTITUTIONALLY FOR OSCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During lunch on October 15, Doulat Kuanyshev, Kazakhstan's Ambassador-at-Large for OSCE Issues, described Kazakhstan's special state commission for the OSCE and again pressed the Ambassador for an OSCE summit in 2 [...]	2009-10-16 05:05:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OSCE AF RS KZ
09ASTANA1858	KAZAKHSTAN: ENERGY DEPUTY SECRETARY PONEMAN BRIEFED ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 6, during the visit of French President Nicolas Sarkozy to Astana, the government of Kazakhstan signed a memorandum of understanding with a consortium of French companies to study construction of a 730- [...]	2009-10-16 05:19:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV FR KZ
09ASTANA187	KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, JANUARY 24-30 [...] The following is part of a series of weekly cables from Embassy Astana with tidbits on daily life in Kazakhstan. KARAGANDA DISABLED: "SEX PLEASE" 2. A disability rights group in Karaganda called on the government to legalize prostitution and to provide disabled people with special "card [...]	2009-01-31 02:32:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM EPET SOCI KDEM KCRM KWMN KZ
09ASTANA1886	KAZAKHSTAN: DEPUTY SECRETARY OF ENERGY'S BILATERALS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman discussed cooperation on counter-proliferation and peaceful nuclear energy production with several of Kazakhstan's most influential non-proliferation policymakers during h [...]	2009-10-19 05:03:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PGOV PREL ECON MNUC KNNP KZ
09ASTANA1891	KAZAKHSTAN: WORLD BANK OFFICIAL DISCUSSES REGIONAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 7, the DCM met Motoo Konishi, the World Bank's Regional Representative for Central Asia, who described his surprisingly positive views on each Central Asian country's economic situation, the potential i [...]	2009-10-20 05:18:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EAGR ECIN EINV KZ
09ASTANA1897	KAZAKHSTAN: COURT UPHOLDS ZHOVTIS' CONVICTION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 20, the Almaty Oblast Court upheld the conviction and four-year sentence of prominent human rights defender Yevgeniy Zhovtis on charges of vehicular manslaughter. Over 100 observers attended the hearing [...]	2009-10-21 08:56:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KZ
09ASTANA1898	KAZAKHSTAN: COURT UPHOLDS ZHOVTIS' CONVICTION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 20, the Almaty Oblast Court upheld the conviction and four-year sentence of prominent human rights defender Yevgeniy Zhovtis on charges of vehicular manslaughter. Over 100 observers attended the hearing [...]	2009-10-21 09:04:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KZ
09ASTANA1899	KAZAKHSTAN: BLUNT TALK TO DEPUTY FOREIGN [...] (C) On October 20, an hour after a provincial appeals court upheld the conviction of human rights advocate Yevgeniy Zhovtis and affirmed his four-year sentence to a penal colony for vehicular manslaughter (septel),I pulled aside Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umararov at the Slovak National D [...]	2009-10-21 09:06:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1900	KAZAKHSTAN: DEPUTY SECRETARY OF ENERGY PONEMAN'S MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a meeting between Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman and Prime Minister Karim Masimov in Astana on October 8: -- Poneman urged rapid forward movement on the final steps for the full decommissioning of the BN-350 fast-breeder nuclear reactor at Aktau, as well as [...]	2009-10-21 09:16:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG KNNP FR IR KZ
09ASTANA1901	KAZAKHSTAN: DEPUTY SECRETARY OF ENERGY PONEMAN'S MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: During an unusually warm and cordial meeting between Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman and State Secretary-Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev in Astana on October 7: -- Poneman pressed Kazakhstan to commit the required funding to finish fully the final step [...]	2009-10-21 09:17:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EPET KNNP IAEA IR KZ
09ASTANA1902	KAZAKHSTAN: U.S. DEPUTY SECRETARY OF ENERGY DISCUSSES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 6, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman met Mangystau Oblast Akim (governor) Krymbek Kusherbayev to discuss U.S.-Kazakhstani energy and non-proliferation projects in western Kazakhstan. Ponem [...]	2009-10-21 09:22:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PGOV PREL ECON MNUC SOCI KNNP AJ RS TX KZ
09ASTANA1903	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR LETS LOOSE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 20, the DCM met with Presidential Advisor Yermukhamed Yertysbayev, who explained his views on the development of democracy in Kazakhstan, presidential power, and the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) in Warsaw, September 28-October 9. Yertysbayev also disc [...]	2009-10-21 10:07:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1904	KAZAKHSTAN: KAZENERGY VERSUS KIOGE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: This fall, two major energy conferences in Kazakhstan clashed head-on. On September 24-25, the KazEnergy business association, chaired by Timur Kulibayev, President Nursultan Nazarbayev's son-in-law, held its fou [...]	2009-10-22 00:48:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET KZ
09ASTANA191	KAZAKHSTAN: DETAINED NEWSPAPER EDITOR YESERGEPOV [...] (C) SUMMARY: Media reports link Ramazan Yesergepov, the Editor-in-Chief of "Alma-Ata Info" newspaper who has been detained and charged with disseminating classified information, with an unsavory business tycoon, Sultan Makhmadov. One of Makhmadov's companies is under investigation for tax [...]	2009-02-02 10:26:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KPAO KZ
09ASTANA1914	KAZAKHSTAN: "BIG FRIEND" MEDDLES AGAINST U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov suggested on October 21 that disinformation from Russian intelligence played a role in Yevgeniy Zhovtis' conviction and prison sentence being upheld. He also said that Russian intelligence is getting the word to President Nazarbayev that th [...]	2009-10-22 07:07:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM MARR KDEM OSCE RS UZ KZ
09ASTANA1915	KAZAKHSTAN: SIX MONTHS AFTER THE ANTI-CORRUPTION DECREE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The anti-corruption decree signed by President Nazarbayev six months ago tasked the government with drafting legislation to improve anti-corruption measures. A series of high-profile corruption investigations may s [...]	2009-10-22 09:11:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR SOCI KCRM KCOR KZ
09ASTANA1916	KAZAKHSTAN: NGOS GIVE GOVERNMENT A PASSING GRADE AT HDIM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: We interviewed several outspoken NGO participants of the Organization for Security and Cooperation and Security (OSCE) Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) in Warsaw to check reports that members of the Kaz [...]	2009-10-22 09:38:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1919	KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST [...] SUMMARY: On October 20, an Almaty regional court upheld the conviction of prominent Kazakhstani human rights activist Yevgeniy Zhovtis on charges of vehicular manslaughter (reftel). Most major pro-government and government-controlled news outlets did not report the story. Notable among thos [...]	2009-10-23 10:34:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO KZ
09ASTANA192	KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, JANUARY 24-30 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Kazakhstani media focused during the week of January 24-30 on President Nazarbayev's trip to Davos and his comments on how the global economy needs an international currency to replace the dollar. Analytical writer [...]	2009-02-02 10:26:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EFIN MARR KMDR KPAO KG KZ
09ASTANA1920	KAZAKHSTAN: PLANS FOR THE NATIONAL SULFUR STORAGE CENTER [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: As Kazakhstan continues to debate sulfur storage, the Caspiy Socially Responsible Corporation has contracted feasibility and technical studies for the government's planned National Sulfur Storage Center (NSSC) in [...]	2009-10-26 07:58:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SENV KZ
09ASTANA1921	KAZAKHSTAN: SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE PANDITH HEARS FROM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During her first overseas trip as Special Representative to Muslim Communities, Farah Pandith visited Kazakhstan October 12-13. In Astana, Muslim civil society leaders told her that Kazakhs are "a different kind of [...]	2009-10-27 04:39:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV KISL KIRF OIC OSCE KZ
09ASTANA193	KAZAKHSTAN: ASTANA MAYOR TASMAGAMBETOV DETAILS PLANS FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Astana Akim (Mayor) Imangali Tasmagambetov told the Ambassador on January 28 that government assistance is facilitating a recovery of Astana's construction sector. He maintained that signature projects in the city' [...]	2009-02-03 01:22:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI KZ
09ASTANA1935	KAZAKHSTAN: SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE PANDITH SPEAKS TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During her October 13 visit to Almaty, Special Representative to Muslim Communities (SRMC) Farah Pandith broke new ground by visiting Kazakhstan's only Islamic University and engaging the students in a lively discuss [...]	2009-10-28 00:49:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV KISM KIRF OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1944	KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON GLOBAL NUCLEAR ENERGY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) We delivered reftel points to the MFA via diplomatic note on October 20. On October 29, the MFA informed us that our non-paper was forwarded to the Ministry of Energy and Minerals for consideration and did not yet have a res [...]	2009-10-30 07:17:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP IAEA KZ
09ASTANA1945	KAZAKHSTAN: NUCLEAR SUMMIT SHERPA AND SOUS-SHERPA [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Per reftel, on October 28, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed Post that Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Kairat Umarov will represent Kazakhstan as Sherpa at the Nuclear Security Summit Sherpa meeting in Tokyo on De [...]	2009-10-30 09:57:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER ENRG KNNP TRGY IAEA KZ
09ASTANA1947	KAZAKHSTAN'S CSIS OSCE SEMINAR REINFORCES THE CHALLENGE OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S. Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the Institute for New Democracies, as part of a year-long joint project with the government of Kazakhstan, brought together in Astana on October 2 [...]	2009-11-02 07:24:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OSCE RS KZ
09ASTANA1949	KAZAKHSTAN: DAS KROL REVIEWS PPEPI, OTHER ECONOMIC ISSUES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol and National Security Council Director for Central Asia Kurt Donnelly met Deputy Prime Minister Yerbol Orynbayev on October 30, primarily to review the structure, goals, and i [...]	2009-11-03 00:41:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV KZ
09ASTANA1950	KAZAKHSTAN: DAS KROL DISCUSSES OSCE WITH DEPUTY FOREIGN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Konstantin Zhigalov told SCA DAS George Krol and NSC's Director for Central Asia Kurt Donnelly on October 29 that as OSCE Chairman, Kazakhstan will be "unbiased" and "equally fulfill all thre [...]	2009-11-03 02:30:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1951	KAZAKHSTAN: SCA DAS KROL DISCUSSES BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During an October 29 meeting, Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov, SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol, and NSC's Director for Central Asia Kurt Donnelly discussed the upcoming Global Nuclear Security Su [...]	2009-11-03 02:48:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG KNNP OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1952	KAZAKHSTAN: DAS KROL DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS ACTION PLAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Chairman of the President's Human Rights Commission, Sagynbek Tursunov, asserted to Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs George Krol and NSC Central Asia Director Kurt Donnelly on Octob [...]	2009-11-03 02:49:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1953	FIRST INTERNATIONAL ARAL SEA 2009 CONFERENCE [...] SUMMARY: The Russian Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg hosted the First International 2009 Aral Sea Conference on October 11-15, with the participation of leading scientists from Russia, Central Asia, Europe, Israel, and the United States. Zoological Institute Director Pugachev said the [...]	2009-11-03 06:45:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SENV KZ
09ASTANA1954	KAZAKHSTAN: MFA APPROVES STATUS CHANGE TO CONSULATE [...] On November 3, Embassy Astana received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirming that the government of Kazakhstan does not object to the United States designating Embassy Branch Office Almaty as Consulate General Almaty. Post seeks Department approval to announce this [...]	2009-11-03 07:20:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ODIP AFIN AMGT ASEC ABUD ABLD KZ
09ASTANA1957	KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON PRIORITIES FOR THE UN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On November 3, PolOff met with Assel Utegenova, the head of MFA's Cultural and Humanitarian Cooperation Division, to deliver reftel points on U.S. priorities for UN General Assembly Third Committee session. Utegenova said th [...]	2009-11-04 07:30:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UN KZ
09ASTANA1960	KAZAKHSTAN: STAFFDEL WOOLFORK POINT OF CONTACT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The control officer for the trip of Staffdel Woolfork to Kazakhstan is Kevin Covert, Deputy Pol/Econ Chief. Contact information: Office phone: +7(7172)-70-24-97 Cell phone: +7-777-222-7079 Email: CovertKT@State.gov Fax: [...]	2009-11-04 10:16:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KZ
09ASTANA1966	KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On November 3, PolOff met with Assel Utegenova, head of MFA's Cultural and Humanitarian Cooperation Division, to deliver reftel points on the upcoming General Assembly debate on the Report of the UN Fact-Finding Mission on th [...]	2009-11-04 10:44:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS KZ
09ASTANA1967	KAZAHKSTAN: DAS KROL COMPARES NOTES WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: SCA DAS George Krol met with Security Council Deputy Chairman Marat Shaikhutdinov in Astana on October 29. Their meeting was a refreshingly open "exchange of views," in which Shaikhutdinov, hand-picked from the Foreign Ministry by Security Council Chairman Marat Tazhin, asserte [...]	2009-11-05 03:45:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MARR SNAR CH RS AF ZK
09ASTANA1971	KAZAKHSTAN: NO COMMENT YET ON PARTNERING FOR FOOD [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On October 23, Post delivered the Secretary's letter and non-paper on food security to Minister of Agriculture Akylbek Kurishbayev per reftel. The Ministry is still studying the non-paper. HOAGLAND [...]	2009-11-05 10:11:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAGR EAID ETRD KZ
09ASTANA1977	KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REPORTS ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING CASES [...] The following is a summary of local media reports of human trafficking cases in Kazakhstan February-April 2009. Septel will summarize media May-July 2009. TRAFFICKING IN CHILDREN 2. February 2, Interfax; February 3, "Liter," February 5 Novosti, February 6 "Kazpravda": A 28-year-old Ru [...]	2009-11-06 09:34:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB SMIG SOCI KCRM KTIP UZ KZ
09ASTANA1978	KAZAKHSTAN: ZHOVTIS CASE -- LEGAL OPTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable summarizes the legal options available to Yevgeniy Zhovtis. Zhovtis' next legal step is to request a review by a judicial panel, which could order a new trial or dismiss the case entirely if it finds procedural irregularities in the case. The Supreme Court cannot r [...]	2009-11-06 10:23:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA198	KAZAKHSTAN: PRIME MINISTER MASIMOV REQUESTS CLEAR MESSAGE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Karim Masimov told the Ambassador on February 3 that he needs a clear message from the United States that Kazakhstan is welcome in the WTO in order to "slow down" the Russian-Belarus-Kazakhstan custom [...]	2009-02-03 10:16:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EFIN ELAB EPET AF KZ
09ASTANA1982	KAZAKHSTAN: CUSTOMS OFFICIALS PREPARE FOR CUSTOMS UNION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 4, Kazakhstani Deputy Chairman of the Customs Control Committee of the Ministry of Finance Serzhan Duisebayev told EconOff that the government will likely approve several long-anticipated amendments to [...]	2009-11-10 05:19:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD KIPR RS BO KZ
09ASTANA1983	KAZAKHSTAN: DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER EVALUATES PPEPI [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 6, the Ambassador, USAID's Mission Director for Central Asia, and the American Chamber of Commerce in Kazakhstan's Executive Director discussed the U.S.-Kazakhstan Public Private Economic Partnership I [...]	2009-11-10 06:33:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID ECON EINV KZ
09ASTANA1985	KAZAKHSTAN: TRAFFICKING AWARENESS CAMPAIGN COMPLETED [...] SUMMARY: INL's anti-trafficking information campaign, including 10 performances of the play "Night Stars," a roundtable, and press conference, received unanimously positive responses. "Night Stars," based on true-life stories of former victims of trafficking, was performed in Astana by the Kok [...]	2009-11-10 10:29:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB EAID SMIG SOCI KTIP KCRM KWKN KZ
09ASTANA199	KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, JANUARY 17-30 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series from U.S. Office Almaty focuses on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital." OPPOSITION PARTIES: NO OPTION BUT TO BOYCOTT 2. National Social Democratic Party (NSDP) head Zharmakhan Tuyakbay, Azat Party Gen [...]	2009-02-03 10:16:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON ELAB KDEM KZ
09ASTANA200	KAZAKHSTAN: NEW OIL AND URANIUM DEALS WITH INDIA [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 23-26, at the invitation of Indian President Pratibha Patil, President Nazarbayev, accompanied by more than 100 state and private business representatives, paid an official visit to India, seven years a [...]	2009-02-03 10:38:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EPET ENRG EINV EMIN KNNP IN KZ
09ASTANA2000	SECURITY COUNCIL SECRETARY ON NON-PROLIFERATION AND OTHER SECURITY ISSUES [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-12 06:12:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR MARR KNNP RS AF KZ
09ASTANA2003	KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS ADVISOR'S REPORTING CABLE (OCTOBER [...] October 8, EXBS Advisor had his initial meeting with Border Guard leadership. The Deputy Chairman was unavailable so the meeting was chaired by Admiral Kenzhebergen Abikeyev, Commander of the Kazakhstan Maritime Border Guards. Admiral Abikeyev welcomed the advisor and thanked him for all the [...]	2009-11-12 08:53:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ
09ASTANA2004	KAZAKHSTAN: STAFFDEL WOOLFORK HEARS VIEWS ON KAZAKHSTAN'S [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 11, Staffdel Woolfork met with DCMs from several European embassies, who said that Kazakhstan has made some progress on liberalization, but it needs to do more. The Spanish DCM said Spain will not suppo [...]	2009-11-12 09:50:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA2005	KAZAKHSTAN: CHEVRON CEO DISCUSSES MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chevron's current and incoming CEOs, Dave O'Reilly and John Watson, briefed the Ambassador on November 11, following their meeting earlier that day with President Nazarbayev. Jay Johnson, Director of Chevron's Eurasia Business Unit, and amira Kanapianova, Country Director for K [...]	2009-11-12 10:17:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET RS TX KZ
09ASTANA2006	KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR ROBERT S. [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Astana warmly welcomes your November 17-18 visit to Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan has proven to be an increasingly reliable security partner and a steady influence in a potentially turbulent region. Although Ka [...]	2009-11-13 05:56:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS SOCI KZ
09ASTANA2007	MINISTER OF ENERGY ON BN-350, SEMIPALATINSK AND ALATAU [...] (S) SUMMARY: On November 12, the Ambassador discussed non-proliferation issues, specifically the transfer of BN-350 spent-fuel and the Semipalatinsk and Alatau projects, with Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Sauat Mynbayev. The Minister welcomed further cooperation on BN-350 security [...]	2009-11-13 06:29:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR ECON EPET MARR KNNP IT TU KZ
09ASTANA2008	KAZAKHSTAN: OSCE SYG HEARS SUMMIT IS NAZARBAYEV'S TOP [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See para seven. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: According to the deputy head of the Astana OSCE Center, Kazakhstan's desire to organize a summit of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) during its 2010 chairmanship was the main topic of discuss [...]	2009-11-13 07:49:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OSCE KDEM KZ
09ASTANA2026	KAZAKHSTAN: ENERGY, EDUCATION, AND EXPECTATIONS IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mud, oil, gas, and ambition blend to form the strange clay that molds the Western Kazakhstani city of Atyrau. In a three-day visit from November 5-7, DCM, Energy Officer, and local staff met with the Deputy Gover [...]	2009-11-13 08:41:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET EAID SOCI KDEM KWMN KZ
09ASTANA2027	KAZAKHSTAN: INVESTING IN ATYRAU [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During two trips to Atyrau November 5-10, Energy Officer met with U.S. and international companies doing business in the region to discuss their opinion of Atyrau's investment climate. They said the region is led [...]	2009-11-16 01:44:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET KZ
09ASTANA2050	KAZAKHSTAN: PREPARATIONS FOR DFM UMAROV'S VISIT -- [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 12. 2. (S) SUMMARY: At the request of Kazakhstan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),PolOff met on November 13 with the Director of the Multilateral Cooperation Department, Barlybai Sadykov, whose Department is responsible for all non- [...]	2009-11-17 11:10:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PARM PGOV PINR PREL KNNP START IR RS UP UZ KZ
09ASTANA2051	KAZAKHSTAN STILL MULLING UN IRAN RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) On November 17, PolOff met with Assel Utegenova, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Cultural and Humanitarian Cooperation Division, to deliver reftel points on country-specific resolutions at the United Nations. Utegenova conveyed that Kazakhstan is still considering its position [...]	2009-11-18 07:27:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UNGA PREL IR KZ
09ASTANA2053	KAZAKHSTAN: SUBSTANCE BEFORE SUMMIT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a November 16 dinner, representatives from the Embassies of Italy, Spain, the UK, and the Netherlands reasserted that their governments' insistence on substance before they commit to a 2010 OSCE Summit. Se [...]	2009-11-19 01:54:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OSCE KZ
09ASTANA2061	KAZAKHSTAN: MFA DIPNOTE ON NOAA CONTRACT EMPLOYEE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 3. (SBU) Embassy Astana has received the following diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs concerning the status of Mamilov, alledged to be a contract emplo [...]	2009-11-19 09:10:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SENV KZ
09ASTANA2064	KAZAKHSTAN: [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 18, deputy head of the Astana OSCE Center further briefed the CDA on the November 12 visit to Astana of the Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Marc Perrin de Brichambaut. President Nazarbayev is prepared to personally [...]	2009-11-19 10:03:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OSCE KZ
09ASTANA2065	KAZAKHSTAN: NAZARBAYEV TO PERSONALLY LOBBY FOR SUMMIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 18, deputy head of the Astana OSCE Center further briefed the CDA on the November 12 visit to Astana of the Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Marc Perrin de Brichambaut. President Nazarbayev is prepared to personally [...]	2009-11-19 10:21:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OSCE KZ
09ASTANA2066	KAZAKHSTAN: DEPUTY SECRETARY OF NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (S) SUMMARY: On November 12, Deputy Director of the Marshall Center, Dr. James MacDougall, met with Kazakhstan's Deputy Secretary of the National Security Council (NSC),Marat Shaikhutdinov, to discuss continued support for participation in Marshall Center programs. Shaikhutdinov -- and form [...]	2009-11-19 10:29:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR MARR CH RS UZ KZ
09ASTANA2067	KAZAKHSTAN TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY FOR IMO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On November 20, Rimma Zhunussova of the MFA's UN office told PolOff that Kazakhstan will support the U.S. candidacy for re-election to Category A membership in the International Maritime Organization Council (ref A and B). S [...]	2009-11-20 07:54:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC EWWT PHSA IMO KZ
09ASTANA2069	KAZAKHSTAN: METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY WANTS [...] Regional Environmental Officer (REO) met with First Deputy Director General of the Ministry of Environment's Department for Hydro-Meteorological Service (KazHydroMet),Kuanysh Bektemirov, on November 20 to discuss future cooperation between KazKydroMet and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric [...]	2009-11-20 11:15:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SENV KZ
09ASTANA2070	KAZAKHSTANI RAILWAY OFFICIALS COMMIT TO BN-350 DRY-RUN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 19, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) representative met with officials from Kazakhstan's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) and Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZh) -- the national railway company a [...]	2009-11-20 11:24:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KNNP MNUC RS KZ
09ASTANA2071	U.S.-KAZAKHSTANI MILITARY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS SUPPORT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: U.S.-Kazakhstani Bilateral Defense Consultations, held in Washington and Arizona November 16-18, discussed how to sustain and strengthen cooperative U.S.-Kazakhstani military-to-military engagement. Key topics during Kazakhstan's Deputy Minister of Defense Sembinov's meetings [...]	2009-11-23 00:40:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PGOV PREL MARR KZ
09ASTANA2072	KAZAKHSTAN: OIL PRODUCTION PLANS AT THE SUPERGIANT FIELDS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The DCM and Energy Officer visited Atyrau, toured the Tengiz oil field, and met with senior government officials and energy executives in November. Previous reports about the visit (ref A and B) have discussed th [...]	2009-11-23 05:53:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET KZ
09ASTANA2073	KAZAKHSTAN AGREES TO PROVIDE ASSURANCES REQUIRED FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On November 17, Post received Diplomatic Note 10-2/4116 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan. It assures the U.S. government that the technology proposed for transfer by Westinghouse Electric Com [...]	2009-11-23 06:54:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PGOV PREL ENRG KNNP TRGY KZ
09ASTANA2083	KAZAKHSTAN: FBI-PROSECUTOR GENERAL MEMORANDUM OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 17, U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Robert S. Mueller III and Kazakhstani Prosecutor General Kairat Mami signed a Memorandum of Understanding on law enforcement cooperation in Astana, whi [...]	2009-11-24 00:45:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS SOCI KZ
09ASTANA209	KAZAKHSTAN'S URANIUM MARKET: KEY PLAYERS, PLANS, AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 15-16, Energy Officer met with top managers of Kazakhstan's state nuclear company Kazatomprom (KAP) and its foreign partners in Almaty, Kazakhstan's commercial hub. They discussed the role of internati [...]	2009-02-04 10:22:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EMIN ENRG EINV ELAB KNNP KZ
09ASTANA2090	ALL IN A DAY'S WORK: KAZAKHSTANI FOREIGN MINISTER IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 22, State Secretary-Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev traveled to Kabul to discuss bilateral cooperation with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and unveil Kazakhstan's 2009-2011 assistance package. Saudab [...]	2009-11-24 09:27:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAID OSCE AF KZ
09ASTANA2093	KAZAKHSTAN: STAFFDEL WOOLFORK EXPENDITURES [...] (SBU) STAFFDEL WOOLFORK EXPENDITURES FOR VISIT TO KAZAKHSTAN, NOVEMBER 8-12, 2009 (APPROPRIATION 00X488.1-2089-010047, SUB-OBJECTS 2166/2167/2168 AS APPROPRIATE) PER DIEM (2167) DOLS 2,575 -- WOOLFORK, BRENT DOLS 1,237 -- WILLIAMS, LISA DOLS 1,338 AIR TRANSPORTATION (2166) DOLS 400 [...]	2009-11-25 03:05:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AFIN OREP KZ
09ASTANA2094	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT'S EID AL-ADHA MESSAGE DELIVERED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On November 25, we passed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs President Obama's Eid Al-Adha message to President Nazarbayev under cover of a Diplomatic Note. SPRATLEN [...]	2009-11-25 09:14:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPDC PREL KZ
09ASTANA2095	KAZAKHSTANI UIGHUR GROUPS REFUSE TO SING AND DANCE IN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Following unrest in July and August in China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR),Kazakhstan's ethnic Uighurs -- one of the largest and fastest growing ethnic groups in Kazakhstan and an important political force -- criticized the Chinese government and staged a large prote [...]	2009-11-25 11:30:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR SOCI KDEM CH KZ
09ASTANA2098	KAZAKHSTAN: NOMINATION FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMAN OF COURAGE [...] In response to ref A, Post submits the following nomination for the International Woman of Courage award: NAME: Galina Morozova TITLE: President ORAGANIZATION: NGO Feminist League DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: 15-Apr-1949, Russia ID NUMBER: 000813104 LANGUAGES: Russian ADDRESS: 107, Lubov She [...]	2009-11-30 09:32:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM SMIG SOCI KPAO KTIP KWMN KZ
09ASTANA2099	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMIT [...] (U) SUMMARY: This cable responds to reftel request for nominees from Kazakhstan for the Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit in 2010. It also summarizes Mission plans to conduct a series of public diplomacy events and business roundtables to highlight the importance of fostering entrepreneu [...]	2009-11-30 10:26:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON EINV EAID KZ
09ASTANA21	KAZAKHSTAN: CONNECTIONS KEY TO SMALL BUSINESS SUCCESS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan is home to a number of government-sponsored initiatives to improve conditions for small and medium enterprises. However, such support from the highest levels of government still has little impact on th [...]	2009-01-08 11:49:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN EINV KCRM KZ
09ASTANA210	KAZAKHSTAN: NEW DIRECTORS NAMED FOR TWO INTERIOR MINISTRY [...] (U) SUMMARY: On January 9, the Karaganda Legal Institute of the Ministry of Interior (MVD) and the MVD Academy in Almaty swapped directors. General Major Serik Yerkenov is the new director of the Legal Institute and General Dzhan Kenzhetayev is the new director of the MVD Academy. INL has c [...]	2009-02-04 10:30:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI SNAR KCRM KZ
09ASTANA2100	KAZAKHSTAN TO STUDY PLANS FOR SAMSUN-CEYHAN PIPELINE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Meeting in Yalta on November 20, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Kazakhstani Prime Minister Karim Masimov witnessed the signing of a protocol to study plans for the construction of an oil pipeline betwee [...]	2009-11-30 10:43:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET KZ RS TK AJ IT
09ASTANA2101	KAZAKHSTAN: ANTI-TRAFFICKING PROGRAMS IN KOKSHETAU - NGO [...] SUMMARY: During a November 12-13 visit to northern city of Kokshetau, the DCM reviewed efforts to fight trafficking in persons (TIP). She met with a local NGO, visited its shelter for victims of trafficking, and opened the anti-trafficking play "Night Stars" and a trafficking-prevention train [...]	2009-12-01 04:47:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB SMIG SOCI KCRM KTIP KWMN KZ
09ASTANA2105	KAZAKHSTAN: MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION APPROVES BN-350 [...] (S) SUMMARY: On November 30, Kazakhstan's Minister of Transport and Communications, Abelgazi Kusainov, opened a meeting with Post's Department of Energy (DOE) representatives, at which Kazakhstani officials approved beginning the BN-350 dry run on December 1 and actual "hot runs" no later than [...]	2009-12-02 10:01:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PGOV PREL KNNP MNUC RS KZ
09ASTANA2106	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR RAISES ABS CASE WITH DEPUTY PRIME [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to reftel, the Ambassador raised the issue of granting the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) official status as a recognized ship classification organization in Kazakhstan with Deputy Prime Minister Ye [...]	2009-12-02 10:18:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV KZ
09ASTANA2107	KAZAKHSTAN: THE ABC'S OF SUCCESSS: U.S. SCIENCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. Company PASCO Scientific has sold laboratory equipment and curriculum to 1700 schools in Kazakhstan to teach students how to gather and analyze data and do modern science. PASCO is working closely with the K [...]	2009-12-03 13:49:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SENV KZ
09ASTANA211	KAZAKHSTAN: "MONEY THROWN TO THE WIND" [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 28, the Soros Foundation of Kazakhstan hosted a roundtable on the effectiveness of social projects funded by oil companies operating in the country. The roundtable featured the premier of a 30-minute d [...]	2009-02-05 03:12:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON EPET SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA2110	KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR INL ASSISTANT SECRETARY DAVID [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Astana warmly welcomes your December 9 visit to Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan has proven to be an increasingly reliable security and law enforcement partner and a steady influence in a potentially turbulent regi [...]	2009-12-04 04:50:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS SNAR SOCI KZ
09ASTANA2127	KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS ADVISOR'S REPORTING CABLE (NOVEMBER [...] November 2-10, EXBS Advisor was TDY to Embassy Yerevan to conduct meetings and briefings for Fred Carter, the newly arrived EXBS Advisor to Armenia. 2. November 12, EXBS office received a Diplomatic Note from the MFA advising EXBS that the Border Guards would not be able to meet with EXBS [...]	2009-12-07 09:40:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ
09ASTANA2128	KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON "DEFAMATION OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On December 7, PolOff met with Zauresh Gabdaulinova of MFA's Cultural and Humanitarian Cooperation Division to deliver reftel points on the "defamation of religions" resolution. Gabdaulinova said the Government of Kazakhstan [...]	2009-12-07 10:09:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UN KZ
09ASTANA2129	KAZAKHSTAN CLOSES IN ON EITI VALIDATION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: From November 23-December 2, independent validators based in the UK interviewed government officials, non-government organizations, energy executives, and diplomatic representatives to assess Kazakhstan's progress [...]	2009-12-08 01:57:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SOCI KZ
09ASTANA213	KAZAKHSTAN: NGO HEAD RECOMMENDS MORE ASSISTANCE TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met on February 4 with Tamara Kaleyeva, director of the media watchdog NGO "Adil Soz." Kaleyeva said the Kazakhstani media are very polarized between pro-government and opposition media outlets, wi [...]	2009-02-05 10:52:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM KPAO KZ
09ASTANA2131	KAZAKHSTAN: 2009 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE [...] The following information responds to reftel request. TRADE SUMMARY The U.S. goods trade deficit with Kazakhstan was $618 million in 2008, an increase of $119 million from $499 million in 2007. U.S. goods exports in 2008 were $986 million, up 30.9 percent from the previous year. Corresp [...]	2009-12-08 09:08:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EFIN EINV KIPR KZ
09ASTANA2138	KAZAKHSTAN SEEKS TO JOIN INTERNATIONAL OIL-SPILL-RESPONSE [...] SUMMARY: Energy Officer attended a November workshop organized by the Astana Center of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE),with the support of the Kazakhstani government and International Maritime Organization (IMO),on ratification and implementation of internatio [...]	2009-12-10 03:37:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SENV OSCE IMO KZ
09ASTANA2139	KAZAKHSTAN: ASTANA TO HOST SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT [...] SUMMARY: The Kazakhstani Ministry of Environment hosted the Advisory Council Meeting on Preparation for the Ministerial Conference on Environment and Development (MCED) to be held in Astana in 2010. The MCED is held every five years, and the next Ministerial theme will be to adopt "green gro [...]	2009-12-10 03:38:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON SENV OSCE UN KZ
09ASTANA2141	KAZAKHSTAN: JUDICIAL PANEL DECLINES TO REVIEW ZHOVTIS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The judicial panel of the Almaty District Court refused on December 10 to review the conviction of prominent human rights advocate Yevgeniy Zhovtis for vehicular manslaughter, thus exhausting the last legal remedy [...]	2009-12-10 09:51:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KZ
09ASTANA2143	KAZAKHSTAN: MFA DIPNOTE ON CDC "ILLEGAL SMUGGLING" [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Embassy Astana has received the following diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs concerning a criminal case involving alleged 2006 "illegal smuggling" of HIV-infected blood samples from Kazakhstan to the Unite [...]	2009-12-14 08:40:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KHIV SENV KG KZ UZ
09ASTANA2146	KAZAKHSTAN: VISIT OF FBI DIRECTOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Robert Mueller, III, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, visited Kazakhstan November 17-18 and met with the Committee on National Security, Prosecutor General, Minister of Internal Affairs, and Chief of [...]	2009-12-14 09:30:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS SOCI KZ

09ASTANA2148	KAZAKHSTAN: PARTY POLITICS INSIDE AND OUT: TWO POLITICIANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Charge met on December 5 with the Secretary of the Nur Otan party, Yerlan Karin. In the surprisingly frank three-hour meeting, Karin readily admitted that Nur Otan's monopoly on power tarnishes Kazakhstan's democratic credentials. In his view, single-party rule is not sustai [...]	2009-12-14 10:53:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM KZ
09ASTANA2153	KAZAKHSTAN: PENITENTIARY COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN SAYS ZHOVTIS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 14, the DCM met with Meiram Ayubayev, Chairman of the Penitentiary Committee, to discuss Zhovtis' November 13 statement, in which he alleges pressure to sign a contract to work in a penal colony enterp [...]	2009-12-15 09:01:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA2157	KAZAKHSTAN: SCA ASSISTANT SECRETARY BLAKE HOSTS MUSLIM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake chaired a roundtable discussion of Kazakhstan's business environment with 14 of the country's leading Muslim entrepreneurs in Almaty. The Decem [...]	2009-12-15 10:28:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV SOCI KCOR KISM KWMN KZ
09ASTANA2158	KAZAKHSTAN: NEW KNB CHAIRMAN VOWS TO FOLLOW THE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Newly appointed KNB Chairman Adil Shayakhmetov told the Ambassador on December 12 that he will strive to increase U.S.-Kazakhstan counter-terrorism cooperation, and that the KNB under his chairmanship will work strictly within the law. When the Ambassador raised several cases o [...]	2009-12-17 07:49:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR PTER PHUM KZ
09ASTANA2159	KAZAHKSTAN: SCA ASSISTANT SECRETARY BLAKE HEARS REALISTIC [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake and the Ambassador found that civil society in Kazakhstan is alive and well during a roundtable with democracy and human-rights leaders on Decem [...]	2009-12-18 05:19:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID SOCI OSCE KZ
09ASTANA2160	KAZAKHSTAN: DFM UMAROV DETAILS HIS DISSIDENT PAST TO A/S [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A/S Robert Blake concluded his successful three-day visit to Kazakhstan with an elegant but relaxed dinner hosted by Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov on December 15. Umarov revealed in great detail his person [...]	2009-12-19 03:15:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KNNP SOCI OSCE KZ
09ASTANA2161	KAZAKHSTAN PUSHES FOR OSCE SUMMIT WITH A/S BLAKE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: State Secretary-Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev and President Nazarbayev's foreign policy advisor Kairat Sarybai separately pressed Assistant Secretary Blake for U.S. support for a 2010 summit of the Organizatio [...]	2009-12-19 12:10:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA2162	KAZAKHSTAN: NUR OTAN'S LIBERAL DEMOCRAT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Yerlan Karin, the secretary of the President's ruling Nur Otan party, is not shy about criticizing the policies of his party and the government. A former think-tanker who came to the government because he became tired of "criticizing from the sidelines," Karin openly assesses the [...]	2009-12-21 05:12:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM OEXC SCUL KZ
09ASTANA2163	KAZAKHSTAN: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan continued to aggressively combat domestic terrorism and extremism, and took tangible steps to continue cooperation and information sharing with various countries and international organizations. Kazakh [...]	2009-12-21 09:13:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR ASEC KZ
09ASTANA2168	KAZAKHSTAN: HU JINTAO'S PIPELINE DIPLOMACY SUCCESS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Prior to Chinese President Hu Jintao's December 12 visit to Kazakhstan, the media touted Kazakhstani and Chinese positive expectations for the visit, as well as reports of a demonstration in protest of a Chinese i [...]	2009-12-22 01:02:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EPET SOCI CH RS TX KZ
09ASTANA218	KAZAKHSTAN: GOVERNMENT DEVALUES TENGE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet distribution. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The National Bank of Kazakhstan allowed the country's currency, the tenge (KZT),to devalue on February 4 from its exchange rate of approximately 122 to the dollar. Announcing that it would abandon it [...]	2009-02-06 03:09:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN EINV ELAB KZ
09ASTANA2190	KAZAKHSTAN'S PRESIDENT COMMENTS ON LOGISTICS [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) President Nursultan Nazarbayev gave his annual summing up to the diplomatic corps on December 22. Since he broke no new ground on any issue, we are reporting only excerpts from his presentation about issues of special in [...]	2009-12-22 08:27:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EPET MARR SENV OSCE EU CH RS
09ASTANA2196	KAZAKHSTAN: 2009-2010 INCSR PART 1, DRUGS AND CHEMICAL [...] In response to reftel, the text of Part 1 of the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) for Kazakhstan follows in paragraphs 2-67. SUMMARY 2. Kazakhstan is primarily a transit country for drug trafficking and is located on the northern route from Afghanistan. According [...]	2009-12-22 10:48:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SNAR KCRM KCOR KZ
09ASTANA2197	KAZAKHSTAN: RUSSIAN HAND IN KAZATOMPROM DRAMA? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The case against Mukhtar Dzhakishev, former head of the state-owned nuclear company Kazatomprom (KAP),finally is heading to court, as rumors intensify about the reasons behind his arrest. In videos posted on YouTube on November 4, Dzhakishev asserts that his arrest is linked to a [...]	2009-12-22 10:50:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EMIN ETRD TRGY RS KZ
09ASTANA2198	KAZAKHSTAN: REQUEST FOR NORTH-SOUTH OVERFLIGHT [...] (S) SUMMARY: The long-existing east-west (trans-Caspian) overflight path agreement the United States has had with Kazakhstan to support U.S. efforts in Afghanistan never specified (or limited) the cargo of the aircraft. The agreement was simply to support Operation Enduring Freedom in Afgh [...]	2009-12-23 01:31:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PGOV PREL MARR AF KZ
09ASTANA22	KAZAKHSTAN: SCENE SETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER [...] (S/NOFORN) SUMMARY: Your visit will foster our bilateral cooperation and our strategic interests, and will provide you the opportunity thank the Government of Kazakhstan for its support to Operation Iraqi Freedom and continued support of Operation Enduring Freedom, to encourage and support [...]	2009-01-09 02:19:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PGOV PREL ECON EPET MARR MCAP MASS AF KZ
09ASTANA2200	KAZAKHSTAN: PRIME MINISTER TELLS SCA A/S BLAKE ECONOMY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: After briefly noting the government of Kazakhstan's obligatory talking points on the need for a 2010 OSCE summit and a bilateral meeting between Presidents Obama and Nazarbayev during the April Global Nuclear Secu [...]	2009-12-23 02:10:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV ETRD EFIN KZ
09ASTANA2201	KAZAKHSTAN: INL ASSISTANT SECRETARY JOHNSON BILATERAL [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During his visit to Kazakhstan for the inauguration of the Central Asian Regional Information and Coordination Center (CARICC) (septel),Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Davi [...]	2009-12-23 05:01:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI SNAR KCRM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA2202	KAZAKHSTAN'S VIEWS ON ITS NEIGHBORS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake thanked State Secretary-Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev and President Nazarbayev's foreign policy advisor Kairat Sarybai for Kazakhst [...]	2009-12-23 05:07:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ETRD ECON OSCE AF CH IN IR KZ
09ASTANA2204	KAZAKHSTAN: TERRORISM AND SECURITY CONCERNS INFLUENCE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On December 22, the Ambassador and Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov met to discuss outstanding U.S. requests to amend the 2001 overflight and 2009 Northern Distribution Network (NDN) agreements (refs A, B). Umarov told the Ambassador that 10 Kazakhstani government agenci [...]	2009-12-23 09:37:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR MARR AF RS UZ KZ
09ASTANA2205	KAZAKHSTAN: NEW POLITICAL PARTY, PIPE DREAM, OR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A Kazakhstani functionary with an intriguing resume says he wants to found a Green Party of Kazakhstan. We are unsure if he is a sincere big dreamer, or if he might possibly have ties to others who want to chall [...]	2009-12-24 02:47:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA222	KAZAKHSTAN: NEW LAW SHOULD BOLSTER PROTECTION OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: A new Special Social Services Law came into force in Kazakhstan at the beginning of 2009 and will pave the way for state funding of a full range of services -- including medical, psychological, and legal services -- t [...]	2009-02-06 08:46:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI KCRM KZ
09ASTANA223	KAZAKHSTAN'S PRIMARY POINTS OF CONTACT FOR THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-06 08:58:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP AORC ENRG MNUC PARM PGOV PREL IAEA
09ASTANA2232	KAZAKHSTAN: GENDER RIGHTS ADVANCE WITH PASSAGE OF TWO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Nazarbayev signed into law legislation on domestic violence and gender equality. The gender-equality law introduces for the first time the legal concept of gender and outlaws gender-based discrimination. [...]	2009-12-24 04:29:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI KWMN KZ
09ASTANA2233	KAZAKHSTAN SETS UP AN ELECTRONIC DATABASE OF POLLUTION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Environment recently hosted a round table on setting up an electronic register of emissions and pollution transmissions (PRTRs) with the participation of several environmental NGOs and the Organiza [...]	2009-12-24 05:56:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SENV KDEM OSCE UN KZ
09ASTANA2234	KAZAKHSTAN: HOT DEBATE ON PRIVACY PROTECTION LAW [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The National Democratic Institute (NDI) in Kazakhstan co-hosted an "expert meeting" roundtable on December 15 with the Majilis (lower house of the parliament) to discuss recently-signed legislation on protection of [...]	2009-12-24 08:48:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA2235	KAZAKHSTANI BANKS: ADJUSTING TO A CHANGING LANDSCAPE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Financial analysts, bank executives, managers, and customers alike agree that the Kazakhstani government's efforts to restructure debt and successfully keep afloat ailing BTA and Alliance banks are critical to the [...]	2009-12-28 00:41:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN KZ
09ASTANA2238	KAZAKHSTAN: MOJ SUSPENDS PARTY'S REGISTRATION, AGAIN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan's Ministry of Justice (MOJ) suspended the registration of the opposition party "Alga" for the second time, alleging irregularities with the party-member lists. Alga's first registration application was [...]	2009-12-28 08:31:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA2255	KAZAKHSTAN: CASPIAN MARITIME TRADE AND TRANSPORTATION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: This report summarizes international donor efforts to promote Caspian maritime trade and transportation, including projects to bring Kazakhstan's maritime legislation in line with international standards, improve [...]	2009-12-30 05:45:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SENV SOCI KZ
09ASTANA2257	KAZAKHSTAN'S INITIAL RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE TO PREVENT THE TRANSFER OF URANIUM TO IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-30 07:48:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PGOV PREL PARM MNUC KNNP IR JA KZ
09ASTANA2258	KAZAKHSTAN: BTA BANK RESTRUCTURING UPDATES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Despite fears and concerns about the progress and results of BTA restructuring talks, BTA bank management signed the "Principal Commercial Terms Sheet" on December 7 in London. Creditor-agreed options include a spec [...]	2009-12-30 08:27:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN KZ
09ASTANA2264	KAZAKHSTAN: BAD SUMMER FOR BANKING BECOMES A WINTER OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A dreary summer has become a cold, dark winter for the banking system in Kazakhstan as investigations into three banks have led to criminal charges and convictions for embezzlement, fraud, and money laundering. Th [...]	2009-12-30 09:02:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN KCRM KZ
09ASTANA2272	KAZAKHSTAN SEEKS NEW OVERFLIGHT AGREEMENT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On December 30, the Ambassador and Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov met again to discuss outstanding U.S. requests to amend the 2001 overflight and 2009 Northern Distribution Network (NDN) agreements (reftel). Umarov told the Ambassador that Kazakhstani government agenci [...]	2009-12-31 05:32:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR MARR AF RS UZ KZ
09ASTANA2273	KAZAKHSTAN STRONGLY DENIES REPORT OF POTENTIAL URANIUM TRANSER TO IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-31 07:44:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PGOV PREL PARM MNUC KNNP IR JA KZ
09ASTANA231	KAZAKHSTAN: REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE - WHAT WEB LINKS ARE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This is an action request. Please see para six below. 3. (SBU) Embassy Astana noticed that a recent article in "The Washington Post" was an excellent expression of the Obama Administration's traditional family and commun [...]	2009-02-09 01:44:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO KIPR KZ
09ASTANA232	KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, JANUARY 31 - FEBRUARY 6 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citiz [...]	2009-02-09 01:44:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EAIR SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA235	KAZAKHSTANI ACADEMICS DISCUSS RELATIONS WITH CHINA, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In December, PolOff met with several academics from one of Kazakhstan's most prestigious universities, Al-Farabi National University in Almaty. PolOff's interlocutors stressed the importance of Kazakhstan's balan [...]	2009-02-10 01:39:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI KPAO KDEM CH KZ
09ASTANA236	KAZAKHSTANI STUDENTS DISCUSS BORAT AND OBAMA [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: As part of our Public Diplomacy Outreach program, PolOff recently gave a talk on American culture and U.S.-Kazakhstan relations with students at one of Astana's elite high schools. In general, the students had ve [...]	2009-02-10 05:22:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SOCI KDEM KPAO KZ
09ASTANA238	KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, JANUARY 18-31 [...] SUMMARY: The information in this Kazakhstan economic and energy update is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani media and has not been further verified for accuracy. -- Banking Sector News -- Labor Market Update -- Energy Ministry Asks Government to Support Subsoil Users -- Prime Minister [...]	2009-02-10 10:25:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR ECON EFIN ELAB EPET RS KZ
09ASTANA240	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV SIGNS MADRID [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) In following through on Kazakhstan's Madrid commitments on democratic reform, President Nazarbayev signed into law new legislation on political parties and the media on February 6 and legislation on elections on February 9. [...]	2009-02-10 11:05:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA248	KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS ADVISOR'S REPORTING CABLE (JANUARY [...] (SBU) On January 23-26, Kazakhstan's President Nazarbayev paid an official visit to India. During this visit, Kazakhstan's national nuclear energy company Kazatomprom (KAP) and the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL),run by India's State Department of Atomic Energy, signed a me [...]	2009-02-11 10:10:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ
09ASTANA249	KAZAKHSTAN: CHIEF MUFTI CRITICISES EXTREMISM, CAUTIOUSLY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a February 6 meeting, Chief Mufti and Head of the Spiritual Association of Muslims in Kazakhstan (SAMK) Absasttar Derbisali told the Ambassador that Islam is undergoing a renaissance in Kazakhstan. He shar [...]	2009-02-12 01:06:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KISL KIRF KPAO KZ
09ASTANA250	KAZAKHSTAN: POLITICAL ANALYST SEES INTRA-ELITE WARFARE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a February 5 meeting with the Ambassador in Almaty, Kazakhstani political analyst Dosym Satpayev said that the recent state take-over of two leading banks is part of a larger trend of increased government contro [...]	2009-02-12 01:06:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON EFIN SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA251	KAZAKHSTAN: REGIONAL ELECTRICITY MARKET MUST OVERCOME [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 5, Energy Officer accompanied USAID Senior Energy Policy Specialist Michael Trainor to meetings with major players in Kazakhstan's power sector to solicit feedback on USAID's new Regional Energy Market [...]	2009-02-12 02:38:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EAID ENRG EINV KZ
09ASTANA253	KAZAKHSTAN SUGGESTS MULTILATERAL APPROACH ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador called on Presidential Foreign Policy Adviser Khairat Sarybay February 11 to seek Kazakhstan's views on Kyrgyzstan's announced decision to close Manas Air Base and Russia's intentions in Central Asia and Afghanistan. Noting that Russia is Kazakhstan's strategic a [...]	2009-02-12 05:16:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR AF KG KZ
09ASTANA254	KAZAKHSTAN: U.S.-FUNDED PROJECTS IN STEPNOGORSK SHOW [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: PolOff recently met with various interlocutors working on several U.S.-funded nonproliferation-related projects in Stepnogorsk. Stepnogorsk today represents the opportunities and challenges the Kazakhstani govern [...]	2009-02-12 08:42:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL EAID EAGR TBIO KNNP KZ
09ASTANA255	KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON LIABILITY AND REDRESS [...] Emboff delivered reftel demarche on liability and redress under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety on February 12 to MFA Americas Department official Alisa Kurmangali, and provided her with a non-paper containing the key issues of concern. She promised to pass this information to Aida Kussai [...]	2009-02-12 08:42:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EAGR ETRD TBIO KPAO KZ
09ASTANA256	KAZAKHSTAN: CIVIL AVIATION COMMITTEE REPORTS THAT AIR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: EconOff met on February 4 with Civil Aviation Committee Deputy Director Daulet Mamekov to solicit official feedback on model bilateral and multilateral Open Skies agreements that we provided the Kazakhstani govern [...]	2009-02-12 08:42:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAIR KZ
09ASTANA260	KAZAKHSTAN: CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL RULES RELIGION LAW IS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 11, Kazakhstan's Constitutional Council ruled that the proposed amendments to the country's religion law are inconsistent with Kazakhstan's Constitution. Before arriving at its decision, the Council st [...]	2009-02-13 01:43:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KIRF KDEM KZ
09ASTANA261	KAZAKHSTAN: RECOMMENDATION THAT WE NOT DEMARCHE [...] (C) In response to reftel, post recommends that we not demarche the Kazakhstani government to recognize Kosovo at this juncture. If not counterproductive, such a demarche would certainly be futile, and viewed by the Kazakhstanis as inconsistent with our demarches urging that they not recogniz [...]	2009-02-13 06:11:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AORC ICJ KV KZ
09ASTANA262	KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, FEBRUARY 7 - 13 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to ci [...]	2009-02-13 07:00:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA264	KAZAKHSTAN: MFA OFFICIAL SAYS FM TAZHIN WILL BE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former MFA Americas Department Director Talgat Kaliyev told Pol-Econ Chief on February 12 that Foreign Minister Tazhin will be replaced in the coming months. Kaliyev explained that he has been appointed to be Tazhin's advisor on OSCE issues. He said that Kazakhstan intends to p [...]	2009-02-13 09:41:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON KNNP OSCE IAEA KZ
09ASTANA265	KAZAKHSTAN: CICA SECRETARIAT OFFICIAL SAYS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 26, PolOff met with Avinash Pandey, an Indian diplomat currently seconded to the secretariat of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in Almaty. Pandey discussed [...]	2009-02-13 09:41:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KZ
09ASTANA266	KAZAKHSTAN: WIFE OF DISAPPEARED BANKER FIGHTS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Armangul Kapasheva, the wife of a missing banker whom Rakhat Aliyev allegedly ordered killed, told us on February 6 that she believes her husband is still alive and that Aliyev knows his whereabouts. She reported that she had given testimony in Austria in the latest "investigatio [...]	2009-02-13 09:42:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PROP KCRM KZ
09ASTANA267	KAZAKHSTAN: NEW MINISTER OF HEALTH PLEDGES CONTINUED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 12, the Ambassador met for the first time with new Minister of Health Zhaksylyk Doskaliyev, and further reinforced the strong partnership that exists between the United States and Kazakhstan in the area [...]	2009-02-13 09:58:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID EINV SOCI KNNP KZ
09ASTANA268	KAZAKHSTAN: DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 11, Deputy Prime Minister Yerbol Orynbayev reiterated his government's commitment to the Public-Private Economic Partnership Initiative (PPEPI) in a meeting with the Ambassador and American Chamber of [...]	2009-02-13 09:59:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV KZ
09ASTANA269	KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, FEBRUARY 7-13 [...] (U) SUMMARY: The reported closure of Manas Airbase in neighboring Kyrgyzstan continues to make news in Kazakhstan, spurring a number of stories about regional politics and the announcement of a Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Rapid Response Force. Both the closure decision and [...]	2009-02-13 09:59:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PROP EFIN MARR SOCI KPAO KMDR KZ
09ASTANA270	KAZAKHSTAN: USAID PROFESSIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM PRODUCES [...] SUMMARY: The 2006 HIV outbreak among children in southern Kazakhstan is a painful reminder to Kazakhstani families of the vulnerabilities in their health-care system. However, as a result of the outbreak, a USAID exchange program conducted in September 2007 contributed to the recent establis [...]	2009-02-13 10:09:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID SOCI KZ
09ASTANA280	ENGLISH LANGUAGE FELLOWS IN CENTRAL ASIA: SURVIVING AND [...] (U) English Language Fellows across Central Asia are making solid contributions to English departments and communities despite the multiple challenges of living and working in Central Asia. Having visited all the Fellows at their sites during the past 18 months, the Regional English Language [...]	2009-02-17 10:27:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL KPAO PGOV SOCI KZ TI UZ TX KG
09ASTANA281	KAZAKHSTAN SECURES LUCRATIVE DEALS WITH INDIA, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Nursultan Nazarbayev's January 23-26 trip to New Delhi as the guest of honor at India's 2009 National Day celebration underscored the close political relations between Kazakhstan and India which have existed since Kazakhstan's independence. However, despite profession [...]	2009-02-17 10:37:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET ETRD MARR IN KZ
09ASTANA283	KAZAKHSTAN CASPIAN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM UPDATE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives from the national oil companies of Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan met with international oil companies in Astana on February 10-11 to negotiate terms and conditions for the transportation of oil westwar [...]	2009-02-18 06:42:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ECON EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA285	KAZAKHSTAN: CZECH PRIME MINISTER PROMOTES SOUTHERN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Representing the rotating presidency of the European Union (EU),Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek visited Astana on February 12 to discuss European energy security, bilateral trade and investment, and other issu [...]	2009-02-18 10:12:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR ECON EPET EINV KDEM KZ
09ASTANA286	KAZAKHSTAN: OPPOSITION LEADER KOZLOV SEES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 4 meeting, Vladimir Kozlov, the head of unregistered opposition party Alga, claimed that ex-BTA bank chairman Mukhtar Ablyazov was ousted from his position for reasons not connected to the bank's financial health. As Kozlov put it, Ablyazov had either grown "too p [...]	2009-02-18 10:25:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EFIN KDEM KZ
09ASTANA295	KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, FEBRUARY 1 - [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Kazakhstan to Allow Islamic Banking -- Salary Ceiling for Top Managers of State Companies -- Ruling Party to Monitor National Fund -- Economic Statistics -- Environment [...]	2009-02-19 09:51:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EFIN EIND ENRG EPET SENV KZ
09ASTANA296	KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, JANUARY 31 - FEBRUARY 13 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series from U.S. Office Almaty focuses on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital." OPPOSITION-ORIENTED ECONOMISTS CRITICIZE DEVALUATION 2. The devaluation of Kazakhstan's national currency, the tenge, dominated t [...]	2009-02-19 10:29:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA297	KAZAKHSTAN: MFA OFFICIAL URGES A POTUS VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 18 with Pol-Econ Chief, MFA Americas Department Director Askar Tazhiyev pressed for a POTUS visit to Kazakhstan in the near future. This would send a clear signal to Russia that the United States remains fully engaged in Central Asia, and would support Kazakhsta [...]	2009-02-19 10:30:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ECON KNNP IAEA RS AF KZ
09ASTANA306	KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, FEBRUARY 14 - 20 [...] NOTE: This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might intere [...]	2009-02-20 08:04:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA307	KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, FEBRUARY 11-18 [...] SUMMARY: A perceived delay in the final decision on closing Manas airbase triggered speculation on whether the Kyrgyz Government's announcement on closing the base was simply an attempt to try to squeeze a few more dollars out of the United States. The U.S. stimulus-package legislation also [...]	2009-02-20 09:22:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SOCI KPAO KMDR KZ
09ASTANA308	KAZAKHSTAN: JUSTICE MINISTER BALIYEVA EXPRESSES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a February 19 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Justice Zagipa Baliyeva expressed appreciation for U.S. government assistance to her ministry and asked for further support. She noted in considerable d [...]	2009-02-20 09:29:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KCRM KDEM KZ
09ASTANA309	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADORS AGREE CIVIL SOCIETY IS WEAK, BUT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At a recent lunch in honor of visiting Dutch Ambassador-at-Large for Human Rights Arjan Hamburger, several Astana-based Ambassadors exchanged views on Kazakhstan's democratic trajectory. All agreed that the recen [...]	2009-02-20 09:48:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA311	KAZAKHSTAN: ONCE "SECRET" BIOWEAPONS CITY STILL IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: PolOff recently accompanied several U.S. scientists on a trip to Stepnogorsk. Once a secret "closed" Soviet city dedicated to research on biological weapons, Stepnogorsk today represents the opportunities and cha [...]	2009-02-20 10:46:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ECON EINV SOCI TBIO KNNP RS KZ
09ASTANA313	KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS FY 2008 PROGRAM PLAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-23 09:20:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ
09ASTANA314	KAZAKHSTAN: WRITTEN ASSURANCES OF HUMANE TREATMENT AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sent the Embassy a diplomatic note confirming in writing that the Kazakhstani government will treat returned GTMO detainee Dolkun Kerimbakiyev (alias Abdul Rahim, partial ISN 521) humanel [...]	2009-02-23 09:23:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER PINR KDRG KAWC KZ
09ASTANA317	KAZAKHSTAN: THE UPWARD TRENDS OF TENGIZCHEVROIL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 20, Jay Johnson, Chevron's Managing Director for Eurasia (protect),briefed the Ambassador on the latest plans and projects of Tengizchevroil (TCO),in which Chevron owns 50 percent, ExxonMobil 25 perc [...]	2009-02-24 10:07:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA319	KAZAKHSTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER TAZHIN SAYS RUSSIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador discussed the U.S. government's Afghanistan-Pakistan policy review and the increase in U.S. military forces in Afghanistan with Foreign Minister Tazhin on February 24. Tazhin said that the Kazakhstani government is considering providing reconstruction and humanit [...]	2009-02-24 10:13:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID AF PK RS KZ
09ASTANA341	KAZAKHSTAN WILL NOT SEND DELEGATION TO ATTEND THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-25 04:09:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SENV KZ
09ASTANA344	KAZAKHSTAN: WORLD BANK OFFICIALS DISCUSS ECONOMIC [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador had an introductory meeting with incoming World Bank Country Director for Central Asia Motoo Konishi on February 24. Konishi and World Bank Country Manager for Kazakhstan Sergei Shatalov explained [...]	2009-02-25 06:22:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EFIN EAID KZ
09ASTANA345	KAZAKHSTAN: DRAFT LAW WOULD EXPAND STATE REGULATION OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Mazhilis -- i.e. the lower house of Kazakhstan's parliament -- is currently considering a draft package of amendments that would, if passed in its current form, greatly increase state regulation of Internet co [...]	2009-02-25 06:42:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KPAO KDEM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA348	KAZAKHSTAN: CHINESE AMBASSADOR DENIES ANY CHINESE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese Ambassador to Kazakhstan Cheng Guoping told the Ambassador on February 24 that he expects China will agree to participate in the Northern Distribution Network (NDN) for commercial shipment of non-lethal supplies to Afghanistan. He described China's principal objective in [...]	2009-02-25 08:18:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MARR CH AF RS KG UP KZ
09ASTANA350	KAZAKHSTAN: PRIME MINISTER MASIMOV BECOMES COUNTRY'S MOST [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a surprising development, Kazakhstan's Prime Minister Karim Masimov recently posted an edition of opposition paper "Respublika" on his government blog. This is the latest move in Masimov's blogging experiment, [...]	2009-02-25 23:54:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA351	KAZAKHSTAN: UPDATE ON CASES OF YESERGEPOV, ATTACKED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Several cases recently reported in local and international media have raised concerns about increasing pressure against journalists in Kazakhstans. Three journalists were the victims of physical attacks fro Decem [...]	2009-02-27 01:05:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KPAO KDEM KZ
09ASTANA352	KAZAKHSTAN: KMG's IDENOV ENTERTAINS, REVEALS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 25, the Ambassador met Maksat Idenov, First Vice President of KazMunaiGas (KMG),and the government's lead negotiator for all new oil exploration and production deals. Idenov was candid and animated t [...]	2009-02-27 01:52:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA353	KAZAKHSTAN: CHIEF MUFTI'S OFFICE EXPRESSES INTEREST IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: As a follow-up to the Ambassador's recent discussion with Chief Mufti and Head of the Spiritual Association of Muslims in Kazakhstan (SAMK) Abasasttar Derbisali (see reftel),Regional English Language Office [...]	2009-02-27 01:53:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KISL KIRF KPAO EG KZ
09ASTANA356	KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE'S [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On February 6, we delivered reftel points and non-paper on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism's workshop on the Nuclear Detection Architecture Model Guidelines Document, which is to be held in Garmisch, Germa [...]	2009-02-27 04:34:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PGOV PREL MCAP KGIC KZ
09ASTANA358	KAZAKHSTAN: OPPOSITION PROTEST FIZZLES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The opposition Azat party organized an anti-government protest rally on Saturday, February 21 in Almaty, but it did not draw a large crowd, despite Azat's active efforts to publicize the event. The protest's part [...]	2009-02-27 09:47:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA359	KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REPORTS ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING CASES FOR [...] The following is a summary of local media reports of human trafficking cases in Kazakhstan for January 2009. UNDERCOVER OPERATIONS 2. January 27, Interfax, Aikyn: Two businesswomen attempting to recruit women from Kyzylorda to work as prostitutes in Astana were arrested by undercover po [...]	2009-02-27 09:50:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB SMIG SOCI KCRM KTIP UZ KZ
09ASTANA361	KAZAKHSTAN: SCIENCE FUND STRUGGLING, BUT CONTINUING TO [...] SUMMARY: Created by Presidential decree in March 2006, Kazakhstan's Science Fund provides loans and grants to worthy applied-science projects in the areas of nanotechnology, new materials, biotechnology, mining technology, nuclear research, and alternative energy. Since April 2008, the Fund' [...]	2009-02-27 09:29:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SENV TSPL KZ
09ASTANA362	KAZAKHSTAN: GENERAL ELECTRIC'S TWO TESTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 25, General Electric (GE) executives briefed the Ambassador on the company's current projects and future prospects in Kazakhstan. Ron Pollett, President and CEO of GE Russia/CIS, said he has "two test [...]	2009-02-27 09:29:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP BTIO PGOV PREL ECON EIND ETRD RS KZ
09ASTANA363	KAZAKHSTAN: GENERAL ELECTRIC'S TWO TESTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 25, General Electric (GE) executives briefed the Ambassador on the company's current projects and future prospects in Kazakhstan. Ron Pollett, President and CEO of GE Russia/CIS, said he has "two test [...]	2009-02-27 09:30:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP BTIO PGOV PREL ECON EIND ETRD RS KZ
09ASTANA366	KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, FEBRUARY 21 - 27 [...] This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might interest and [...]	2009-02-27 09:43:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA367	KAZAKHSTAN: NEW CHAIRMAN APPOINTED TO HEAD DRUG [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Colonel Zhanat Suleimenov was appointed Chairman of the Committee on Combating Drugs on February 25. Colonel Askar Isagaliyev, the previous chairman, resigned in early February, in a suspected attempt to avoid bein [...]	2009-02-27 09:47:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR SNAR KCRM KZ
09ASTANA368	KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REPORTS ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING CASES FOR [...] The following is a summary of local media reports of human trafficking cases in Kazakhstan for January 2009. UNDERCOVER OPERATIONS 2. January 27, Interfax, Aikyn: Two businesswomen attempting to recruit women from Kyzylorda to work as prostitutes in Astana were arrested by undercover po [...]	2009-02-27 09:59:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB SMIG SOCI KCRM KTIP UZ KZ
09ASTANA369	KAZAKHSTAN: OPPOSITION PROTEST FIZZLES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The opposition Azat party organized an anti-government protest rally on Saturday, February 21 in Almaty, but it did not draw a large crowd, despite Azat's active efforts to publicize the event. The protest's part [...]	2009-02-27 10:10:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA371	KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, FEBRUARY 21-27 [...] SUMMARY: During the week of February 21-27, the Kazakhstani media continued to speculate about the regional ramifications of Kyrgyzstan's decision to close the Manas airbase, as well as about the future of both the U.S. dollar and the Kazakhstani tenge amidst the continuing global economic cr [...]	2009-02-27 10:47:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EFIN MARR SOCI KPAO KMDR KZ
09ASTANA372	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT ADVISOR YERTYSBAYEV [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the course of a very frank conversation on February 26, Presidential Advisor Yermukhamet Yertysbayev told the Ambassador that he supports early parliamentary elections and establishing a dialogue between the government and opposition. He explained he favors a two-party system [...]	2009-03-02 06:57:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR SOCI KDEM RS KZ
09ASTANA373	KAZAKHSTAN: PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER SENTENCED TO [...] (S) SUMMARY: Following the conclusion of his criminal trial in Ridder on February 26, Peace Corps Volunteer Anthony Sharp was sentenced to two years in prison on explosives charges -- and taken away in handcuffs straight to jail. The Ambassador immediately raised this development with senior [...]	2009-03-02 10:41:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PGOV PREL CASC KZ
09ASTANA376	KAZAKHSTAN: THE CENTRAL ASIAN PIVOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: We have enormous equities at play in Afghanistan, Russia, and China. Kazakhstan in particular, and Central Asia more widely, has a pivotal role to play in securing our national interests. With the advent of a new Administration, we need to take hold of the opportunities in a f [...]	2009-03-03 06:50:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM RS AF KZ
09ASTANA380	KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, FEBRUARY 17 - 27 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series from U.S. Office Almaty focuses on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital." OPPOSITION PARTIES CRITICIZE THE ELECTION LAW 2. On February 18, four opposition parties -- Azat, the National Social Democratic P [...]	2009-03-03 07:46:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI KDEM CH KZ
09ASTANA381	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PEACE CORPS CASE [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Presidential Administration head Aslan Musin on March 3 to discuss the criminal case against Peace Corps volunteer Anthony Sharp. Musin said the case is a small issue and agreed we should avoid it becoming a major bilateral irritant. However, he maintaine [...]	2009-03-03 10:30:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PGOV PREL CASC KZ
09ASTANA382	KAZAKHSTAN: MANY EXPERTS EXPECT A FURTHER DEVALUATION OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: From February 17-20, Department of Treasury Advisor Thomas Lanier held meetings in Astana and Almaty to assess the Kazakhstani government's response to the global financial crisis. There was significant discussion [...]	2009-03-03 10:35:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN EINV KZ

09ASTANA386	KAZAKHSTAN: FATE OF LARGEST PRIVATE BANK UNCERTAIN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During February 17-20, Department of the Treasury Advisor Thomas Lanier held meetings in Astana and Almaty to assess the government's response to the global financial crisis. A key element of the government's ant [...]	2009-03-04 09:20:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EFIN EAID KZ
09ASTANA387	KAZAKHSTAN: U.S. AIR WAR COLLEGE DELEGATION MEETS WITH [...] SUMMARY: Three main documents serve as the basis for Kazakhstan's environmental activities and underpin the government's environmental policies, Ministry of Environment official told a visiting U.S. Air War College delegation on March 2. These documents are the Environmental Code, the Concep [...]	2009-03-04 09:41:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EPET SENV KZ
09ASTANA410	KAZAKHSTAN: MINISTER OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE EAGER TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During his March 4 introductory call on Minister of Education and Science Zhanseit Tuymebayev, the Ambassador raised U.S.-Kazakhstani cooperation in the field of education, including on the Bolashak program and reg [...]	2009-03-05 08:51:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI TBIO KNNP KPAO KZ
09ASTANA412	KAZAKHSTAN: SENATE CHAIRMAN TOKAYEV PROMISES EXPEDITIOUS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Senate Chairman Tokayev promised the Ambassador on March 5 that the Senate would take swift action to pass the Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) agreement as soon as it receives the legislation from the Majilis. H [...]	2009-03-05 10:15:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KCRM KDEM KNNP KZ
09ASTANA415	KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, FEBRUARY 28-MARCH 6 [...] SUMMARY: During the week of February 28-March 6, Kazakhstani media gravitated away from specific discussions on the Manas base issue in favor of broader analyses of Central Asia's strategic orientation toward Russia and the United States. The Department's recently released 2008 Country Repor [...]	2009-03-06 09:05:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EFIN MARR SOCI KPAO KMDR KZ
09ASTANA416	KAZAKHSTAN: ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, FEBRUARY 15-28 [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Minister Concerned About Manufacturing and Mining -- Inspection Moratorium for Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises -- Population Census -- Economic Statistics -- Kazakh [...]	2009-03-06 09:20:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EFIN EIND ENRG EPET KTDB KZ
09ASTANA417	KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, FEBRUARY 28-MARCH 6 [...] SUMMARY: During the week of February 28-March 6, Kazakhstani media gravitated away from specific discussions on the Manas base issue in favor of broader analyses of Central Asia's strategic orientation toward Russia and the United States. The Department's recently released 2008 Country Repor [...]	2009-03-06 09:23:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EFIN MARR SOCI KPAO KMDR KZ
09ASTANA418	KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, FEBRUARY 28 - MARCH 6 [...] This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might interest and [...]	2009-03-06 09:28:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PROP ECON EAGR SOCI KISL KDEM KZ
09ASTANA419	KAZAKHSTAN WITHDRAWS FROM REGIONAL POWER GRID [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 26, for the second time in ten years, Kazakhstan withdrew from the Central Asian Power Grid (CAPG) by disconnecting all high-voltage lines to Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. The last time Kazakhstan took s [...]	2009-03-06 09:33:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EAID ENRG EINV ZK
09ASTANA420	KAZAKHSTAN: NO GRAND BARGAIN IN THE WORKS [...] (S) SUMMARY: As EEB DAS Hengel conveyed to the Ambassador (ref A),a Shell oil executive expressed concern on March 4 that economic problems in Kazakhstan increase the likelihood that the government will turn to Russia or China for financial assistance. If that were to happen, Shell is conc [...]	2009-03-06 09:44:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PGOV ECON EINV EPET RS CH KZ
09ASTANA421	KAZAKHSTAN: UN PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY CENTER HEAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Miroslav Jenca, Director of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy in Central Asia (UNRCCA),met with the Ambassador on March 2 to discuss regional water and energy cooperation and a conference on those issues that will be held in Almaty April 19-21. Jenca said that Kaz [...]	2009-03-06 09:44:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ENRG SENV UN ZK
09ASTANA422	KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PROPOSAL TO [...] (S) We delivered reftel demarche on the proposal to list Chinese National Abdul Haq with UN Security Council 1267 Committee to Fairzarkhman Kasenov, Counselor in the MFA's Department of Multilateral Cooperation on March 5. Kasenov had no immediate substantive response, but promised he would [...]	2009-03-06 10:01:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	KTFN EFIN ETRD ETTC KZ
09ASTANA425	KAZAKHSTAN'S PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV FOCUSES SOLELY ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: President Nazarbayev delivered his annual address to Parliament on March 6. The entire address was devoted to the economy and overcoming the global economic crisis. He claimed that many governments have come to unde [...]	2009-03-06 12:09:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN SOCI KZ
09ASTANA426	KAZAKHSTAN: DEPUTY MINISTER OF DEFENSE [...] (C) Kazakhstan's Deputy Minister of Defense, General-Lieutenant Bulat Sembinov, accompanied by Embassy Astana's defense attache, travelled via Manas at Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, to Kabul, Afghanistan, February 23-25. In Kabul he met with Commander International Security Assistance Force (COMISAF) [...]	2009-03-10 03:05:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR AF KZ
09ASTANA430	KAZAKHSTAN: THE HIGH-FLYING MARABAYEV BROTHERS ARE A [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Yermek Marabayev and his brother Zhakyp Marabayev are two of Kazakhstan's most influential oilmen. Yermek is General Director of KazMunaiTeniz (KMT),which manages the government's offshore oil exploration and pr [...]	2009-03-11 06:45:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ECON EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA431	KAZAKHSTAN: APPEALS COURT INCREASES FINE TENFOLD AGAINST [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 26, the Almaty City Court ordered the opposition newspaper "Taszhargan" to pay a 30 million tenge (approximately $200,000) damage award to parliamentarian Romin Madinov. This appellate decision increa [...]	2009-03-11 07:32:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA432	KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE FOR [...] (SBU) During February 2-13, the BN-350 Program team traveled to Aktau to conduct a Canister Requalification Meeting and to discuss multilateral transport operations for BN-350 spent fuel project. 2. (SBU) During February 11-13, the Second Line of Defense Program held its quarterly meeting wi [...]	2009-03-11 07:43:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ
09ASTANA433	KAZAKHSTAN: HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION CHAIRMAN TELLS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a cordial March 10 introductory meeting with the Ambassador, the Presidential Human Rights Commission (HRC) Chairman Saginbek Tursunov explained that his organization's primary role is to provide advice on and [...]	2009-03-11 10:20:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI OSCE KDEM KZ
09ASTANA434	KAZAKHSTAN: NEW LEGAL INSTITUTE DIRECTOR LOOKS FORWARD TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 24, INL representatives met with General-Major Serik Yerkenov, the new director of the Ministry of Interior's Karaganda Legal Institute, to discuss his plans for the Study Center on Combating Illegal Mi [...]	2009-03-11 11:10:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI KCRM KTIP KZ
09ASTANA435	KAZAKHSTAN: DFM ZHIGALOV SAYS KAZAKHSTAN WOULD [...] (C) SUMMARY: New Deputy Foreign Minister Konstantin Zhigalov told the Ambassador on March 11 that Kazakhstan would very much welcome a POTUS visit. He said Kazakhstan attaches great importance to hosting the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council's Security Forum in June. Zhigalov explained that [...]	2009-03-12 07:28:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR ETRD KNNP KIRF OSCE NATO AF RS KZ
09ASTANA436	GOVERNMENT OF KAZAKHSTAN HAS FIRST EVER DIALOGUE WITH CIVIL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On February 23, USAID implementing partner Freedom House held a roundtable in Almaty with senior governmental officials and prominent non-governmental organizations working on human rights and the media. The round-ta [...]	2009-03-12 08:29:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAID KZ
09ASTANA441	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV CALLS FOR NEW WORLD [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At the second annual Astana Economic Forum on March 11, President Nazarbayev called for a new world currency and a "more accountable" monetary policy and urged world leaders to take this up at next month's G-20 su [...]	2009-03-13 06:13:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN KZ
09ASTANA442	KAZAKHSTAN: ITALY REMAINS A MAJOR INVESTOR, ACTIVE IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: PolOff met on February 17 with Ugo Boni, First Secretary and DCM at the Italian Embassy in Astana, to discuss the Kazakhstan-Italy relationship. Boni characterized the overall Kazakhstan-Italy relationship as pos [...]	2009-03-13 08:30:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD IT KZ
09ASTANA443	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR RECOMMENDS "BE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Kairat Sarybay called in the Ambassador on March 12 to discuss the criminal case against Peace Corps volunteer Anthony Sharp. He advised the Ambassador it is not "constructive" to describe the case as a "political provocation." He said he woul [...]	2009-03-13 08:31:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR CASC IR KZ
09ASTANA444	KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, MARCH 7 - 13, 2009 [...] (U) This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might interest [...]	2009-03-13 09:38:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI SENV KZ
09ASTANA445	KAZAKHSTAN: REQUEST FOR CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR EMBASSY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Assistant Secretary Johnson, I want to express my great appreciation for INL's support for counter-narcotics, counter-trafficking in persons, and other law-enforcement programs in Kazakhstan. We have a fine INL officer post [...]	2009-03-13 09:39:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL APER EAID SNAR KCRM KTIP AF KZ
09ASTANA446	KAZAKHSTAN: THEY AREN'T READING WHAT WE'RE READING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan is highly oriented toward the Russian language. Much of its media are available only in Russian and come from Russia. Thus, the vast majority of Kazakhstani citizens get their world view from Russia. Eng [...]	2009-03-13 09:39:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OEXC SCUL KPAO KZ
09ASTANA447	KAZAKHSTAN: AK ZHOL LEADER BAIMENOV SAYS PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 5, Alikhan Baimenov, the leader of opposition Ak Zhol party, alleged to us that until recently his party was the target of an "information blockade" by both pro-government and opposition media. The recent easing of this blockade allowed Ak Zhol to re-emerge on the publi [...]	2009-03-13 09:48:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR EFIN KDEM KPAO KZ
09ASTANA448	KAZAKHSTAN: DONORS SEEK TO IMPROVE COORDINATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 27, several bilateral and multilateral donors met in Astana to discuss ways to improve coordination of assistance and resolve common issues and obstacles. Participants discussed information sharing; exemptions for Value Added Tax (VAT) on goods and services received [...]	2009-03-13 09:49:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID SOCI KZ
09ASTANA449	KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 7-13 [...] (U) SUMMARY: During the week of March 7-13, Kazakhstani media buzzed with reactions to President Nazarbayev's annual address to the nation on March 6. Coverage was widely positive with criticism coming largely from opposition sources. Issues of media freedom, specifically the court decision [...]	2009-03-13 09:50:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EFIN MARR SOCI KPAO KMDR AF KZ
09ASTANA450	KAZAKHSTAN: A BILLION-DOLLAR QUESTION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 13, the director of Chevron's operations in Eurasia told the Ambassador that Tengizchevroil (TCO),in which Chevron has a 50% share, has come under "renewed attack" from the government over sulfur storage [...]	2009-03-13 10:01:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA478	KAZAKHSTAN: "MOSCOW WANTS YOU TO FAIL IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Kazakhstani foreign-policy insider told the Ambassador Moscow strongly objects to Kazakhstan playing any kind of military role in Afghanistan, but at the same time Astana is striving to balance its interests and find the best way to be helpful in Afghanistan. He said Kazakhsta [...]	2009-03-17 08:04:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PROP MARR IR RS AF KZ
09ASTANA479	KAZAKHSTAN: SMOOTH OPERATOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 13, the Ambassador had lunch with Nurbakh Rustemov, the Chairman of the International Affairs, Defense, and Security Committee of the Mazhilis (the lower house of the parliament),and Romin Madinov, the C [...]	2009-03-17 09:23:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAGR SOCI KNNP UZ KG KZ
09ASTANA480	KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, MARCH 2-13 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series from U.S. Office Almaty focuses on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital." ALMATY MASLIKHAT ELECTIONS 2. Bi-elections for the Almaty maslikhat (local legislature) will take place on March 29. According t [...]	2009-03-17 09:52:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON EFIN ELAB SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA481	KAZAKHSTAN: SPECIAL 301 REVIEW FOR 2009 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the past year, the Government of Kazakhstan (GOK) has continued to demonstrate a commitment to the development and modernization of its IPR protection regime. The Government of Kazakhstan, and more specifically [...]	2009-03-17 09:58:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ETRD KIPR KZ
09ASTANA482	KAZAKHSTAN: INTERNATIONAL FUND TO SAVE THE ARAL SEA HEAD [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Almabek Nurushev, Executive Director of the International Fund to Save the Aral Sea (IFAS),told us on March 12 that IFAS would like to fashion a bilateral Kazakhstan-Kyrgyzstan agreement on use of water resources. [...]	2009-03-17 10:14:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON SENV AF ZK KZ
09ASTANA484	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS, PUBLISHES DEMOCRACY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 16, the Ambassador delivered a speech on democracy to approximately 100 students and professors at the Kazakh University of Humanities and Law in Astana. The text of the speech was published in full on pa [...]	2009-03-18 00:09:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KPAO KZ
09ASTANA490	KAZAKHSTAN: PUBLIC-PRIVATE ALLIANCES EXPAND BUSINESS [...] SUMMARY: On February 25, USAID established separate public-private alliances with Baker Hughes ($1,250,000 over five years),an American drilling company active in Kazakhstan, and with Chevron ($250,000). The partnerships between these two companies and USAID will improve the supply of ski [...]	2009-03-18 09:45:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EAID SOCI KZ
09ASTANA494	KAZAKHSTAN: NATO REP FOR CENTRAL ASIA BRIEFS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: NATO Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia Robert Simmons told NATO Ambassadors in Astana on March 18 that the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) Security Forum is administratively on track for June 24-25 in Astana, even though Kazakhstani officials made [...]	2009-03-19 09:43:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR NATO OSCE RS KZ
09ASTANA495	KAZAKHSTAN: ASTANA HOSTS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON [...] (U) SUMMARY: During the International Conference on Sustainable Development and Environmental Integration in Central Asia held in Astana on March 13, newly appointed Kazakhstani Minister of Environmental Protection Nurgali Ashimov said that Kazakhstan's Environmental Code is the first in the C [...]	2009-03-19 10:02:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EPET ECON SENV ZK KZ
09ASTANA497	KAZAKHSTAN: LEAD WTO NEGOTIATIOR REQUESTS FLEXIBILITY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 18, the Ambassador met with Vice Minister of Industry and Trade Zhanar Aitzhanova to discuss the status of Kazakhstan's WTO accession negotiations with the United States. Aitzhanova expressed frustrat [...]	2009-03-20 02:26:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EFIN EAID RS KZ
09ASTANA498	KAZAKHSTAN: FRENCH AMBASSADOR TO OSCE ENGAGES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: French Ambassador to the OSCE Eric Lebedel briefed a select group of Western Ambassadors on March 19 that he was in Astana to promote the European Union's perspective on the OSCE and to emphasize Kazakhstan's need to take seriously its responsibilities on democracy, human rights [...]	2009-03-20 05:20:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SENV OSCE KZ
09ASTANA52	KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS ADVISOR'S REPORTING CABLE (DECEMBER [...] Starting January 1, a new, simplified customs control procedure has been implemented that is designed to reduce administrative barriers for imports and exports. The list of documents required at the border has been shortened, and processing times reduced. Kazakhstani customs officials will now [...]	2009-01-12 01:58:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ
09ASTANA521	KAZAKHSTAN: PREVENTION OF NUCLEAR SMUGGLING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The State Department's Preventing Nuclear Smuggling Program conducted a table-top nuclear smuggling exercise in Astana February 24-25. Almost 20 Kazakshtani officials from eight government agencies attended the event. Kazakhstan is currently finalizing a national nuclear smuggl [...]	2009-03-20 08:41:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PTER MARR MNUC KNNP CH KZ
09ASTANA523	KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, MARCH 14-20 [...] (U) This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might interest [...]	2009-03-20 10:50:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI SENV KZ
09ASTANA529	KAZAKHSTAN: CONOCO'S CEO ON THE N BLOCK NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 20, ConocoPhillips (Conoco) CEO Jim Mulva briefed the Ambassador on the status of negotiations with national oil company KazMunaiGas (KMG) to explore and develop the offshore N Block. Mulva expressed f [...]	2009-03-24 09:46:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA530	KAZAKHSTAN: THE POLITICS OF PIPELINES [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 17-18, Energy Officer spoke with representatives from Kazakhstan's national oil company KazMunaiGas (KMG) and international oil companies about planned oil and gas export projects, particularly the Casp [...]	2009-03-24 09:46:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ECON EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA531	KAZAKHSTAN: WILL KAZTRANSGAS LEAVE GEORGIA? [...] SUMMARY: This report provides a Kazakhstani perspective on the management changes to KazTransGas-Tbilisi (KTG-Tbilisi) reported in reftel A. It is derived entirely from open source material. On March 16, the Georgian National Energy and Water Supply Regulatory Commission appointed the Chief [...]	2009-03-25 08:57:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA535	KAZAKHSTAN: CHARGES FILED AGAINST FORMER CHAIRMAN OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. This cable is based on open source material and local press reports in Kazakhstan. It should be read in conduction with reftel B. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 2, the Government of Kazakhstan, represented by Samruk-Kazyna National [...]	2009-03-25 09:24:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR EFIN KCRM KZ
09ASTANA538	KAZAKHSTAN: ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, MARCH 1-14, 2009 [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- News from the Banking Sector -- Samruk-Kazyna Updates -- Unemployment: a Growing Challenge -- 2009 Harvest Projection -- Economic Statistics -- Kazakhstan Seeks Contro [...]	2009-03-26 04:50:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA540	ALMATY AND ASTANA FRAUD SUMMARY SEPTEMBER 2008 - FEBRUARY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) The following sections correspond to questions in Ref A. --------------------- COUNTRY CONDITIONS --------------------- 3. (U) Kazakhstan is a single consular district with two consular offices, Embassy Astana and Embass [...]	2009-03-26 04:56:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KZ
09ASTANA541	KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, MARCH 21 - 27, 2009 [...] (U) This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might interest [...]	2009-03-27 09:07:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI SENV KZ
09ASTANA545	KAZAKHSTAN: ADVOCACY GROUP ADDRESSES LETTER TO THE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 3. (SBU) An ad-hoc advocacy group of journalists and NGO activists sent a letter via public mail received at Embassy Astana to the Secretary, expressing concerns about a [...]	2009-03-30 09:12:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KPAO KZ
09ASTANA55	KAZAKHSTAN: STATE SECRETARY DECLINES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of Internal Affairs investigators have recommended that the Prosecutor General charge Peace Corps Volunteer Anthony Sharp with violation of Article 251, Part 1, of the Kazakhstan Criminal Code, illegal possession of firearms (explosives) while trespassing in a restricted [...]	2009-01-12 08:36:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR CASC RS KZ
09ASTANA555	KAZAKHSTAN: AES AGREES TO EARLY BUY-OUT OF EKIBASTUZ [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 20, Kazakhstan's largest private mining company, Kazakhmys, terminated after just 15 months a three-year management agreement for U.S. power company AES to run the Ekibastuz coal-fired power plant. The co [...]	2009-03-31 10:54:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ENRG EINV KZ
09ASTANA556	KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, MARCH 14-27 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series from U.S Office Almaty focuses on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital." OPPOSITIONISTS RESERVE THE OPTION TO PROTEST 2. On March 17, the leaders of the opposition parties Azat, the National Social Democr [...]	2009-03-31 11:22:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA557	KAZAKHSTAN: NAZARBAYEV ON AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Nazarbayev said on March 30: he wants to be a strong, non-ideological partner with the United States to help on Afghanistan; he continues to advise Tehran to give up their nuclear ambitions, and will do so once again on April 6 when President Ahmadinejad visits Ast [...]	2009-03-31 11:36:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PARM START RS IR AF KZ
09ASTANA558	KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 21-27 [...] SUMMARY: During the week of March 21-27, the Kazakhstani media focused on economic issues, ranging from the U.S. government's stimulus plans to the effect the economy is having on pushing young people out of villages and into the cities. A lengthy analysis was devoted to what Presidents Obama [...]	2009-03-31 11:36:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EFIN MARR SOCI KPAO KMDR AF RS KZ
09ASTANA559	KAZAKHSTAN: MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS SEEKS ASSISTANCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The Ministry of Interior (MVD) sent a letter to the Embassy seeking guidance on how police in the United States handle large public gatherings and uphold public order while ensuring that the civil rights of participants in [...]	2009-03-31 11:53:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KCRM KZ
09ASTANA560	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR ACCOMPANIES NASA DELEGATION TO [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During March 25-27, the Ambassador accompanied a NASA delegation to the Baikonur cosmodrome in south-central Kazakhstan to observe the launch of a Russian Soyuz space capsule destined for the International Space S [...]	2009-03-31 12:18:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TSPA SENV RS KZ
09ASTANA572	KAZAKHSTAN: RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR ON START TREATY, [...] (C) The Ambassador hosted Russian Ambassador Mikhail Bocharnikov for a one-on-one lunch April 2. The Ambassador briefed Bocharnikov in detail on his March 24 meetings at the Foreign Ministry in Moscow with Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin and Director of the Third CIS Department Maksim Peshko [...]	2009-04-02 10:20:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KACT OSCE RS KZ
09ASTANA574	KAZAKHSTAN: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON [...] This cable is keyed to reftel, which requests information on the transparency of central government budgets for countries that receive U.S. foreign assistance. 2. The central government of the Republic of Kazakhstan will receive U.S. foreign assistance from FY09 funds. 3. Kazakhstan's [...]	2009-04-02 10:55:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID ECON KZ
09ASTANA578	KAZAKHSTAN: MARINE TRANSPORTATION EXPERT ADVISES [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 1, Captain Kjell Landin, Marine Manager for Chevron Transport Corporation, briefed Energy Officer on the complexities of the proposed Kazakhstan Caspian Transportation System (KCTS). He said that, from [...]	2009-04-02 13:09:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EPET EINV IR KZ
09ASTANA58	KAZAKHSTAN: ALMA-ATA INFO EDITOR CHARGED WITH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 9, the Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper "Alma-Ata Info", Ramazan Yesergepov, was formerly charged with disseminating classified information in an article his paper published on November 21. Yesergepov [...]	2009-01-12 10:41:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KZ
09ASTANA586	KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, MARCH 28 - APRIL 3 [...] This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might interest and [...]	2009-04-03 10:10:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA587	KAZAKHSTAN: OPINION POLL INDICATES PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a U.S. Government-funded survey commissioned by the International Republican Institute (IRI) and conducted by Baltic Surveys/The Gallup Organization, 41 percent of respondents had a favorable opinion of the Unit [...]	2009-04-03 10:12:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KPAO RS KZ
09ASTANA588	KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE IN A SMALL MINING TOWN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: PolOff visited Ridder, a mining town in East Kazakhstan oblast March 8-12, and had an opportunity to observe the local socio-economic environment. Close to the Russian and Chinese borders, Ridder seems almost lik [...]	2009-04-03 10:19:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON EMIN SENV SOCI CH RS KZ
09ASTANA591	KAZAKHSTAN: JUDICIARY SEEKS TO INCREASE COOPERATION WITH [...] SUMMARY: On March 17, visiting USAID Democracy and Governance Advisor Gavin Helf and other USAID staff met with Abdrashid Zhukenov, Acting Chairman of the Supreme Court and Chairman of the Collegium on Criminal Cases, and Ilyas Ispanov, First Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Court's Administrati [...]	2009-04-03 12:00:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID SOCI KZ
09ASTANA592	KAZAKHSTAN: APPEALS COURT HANDS DOWN SUSPENDED [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 3, an Ust-Kamenogorsk appeals court reaffirmed the criminal conviction against Peace Corps volunteer Anthony Sharp -- but, in accordance with the Kazakhstani government's commitment to us, suspended his two-year prison sentence, essentially putting him on probation for t [...]	2009-04-03 12:08:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PGOV PREL CASC KZ
09ASTANA593	KAZAKHSTAN: LEGALIZED PROSTITUTION -- TO BE OR NOT TO BE [...] SUMMARY: Kazakhstan has struggled for years with the question of prostitution. Though not legalized, prostitution is not technically illegal and this legal grey zone has enabled the country to deflect difficult questions. In a recent, public appeal to the government, Rosa Petraus, Chairwom [...]	2009-04-03 12:08:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI KCRM KTIP KWMN KZ
09ASTANA594	KAZAKHSTAN COMMITTED TO PUBLIC PRIVATE ECONOMIC [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 1, the initial Coordinating Committee meeting of the Public Private Economic Partnership Initiative (PPEPI) was held in Astana. While the initiative has been slow getting off the ground since it was laun [...]	2009-04-03 12:21:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID SOCI KZ
09ASTANA596	KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 25-APRIL 1 [...] SUMMARY: During the week of March 25-April 1, there was no one topic that dominated the Kazakhstani media. Independent weekly "Delovaya Nedeleya" ran a lengthy interview with Deputy Defense Minister Bulat Sembinov regarding Kazakhstan's participation in Afghanistan, and pro-government weekly [...]	2009-04-06 08:01:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EFIN MARR SOCI KPAO KCRM AF RS KZ
09ASTANA597	NEW TIMES REQUIRE NEW METHODS FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) As the Obama Administration moves to implement the policy objectives determined by the Afghanistan-Pakistan strategic review, and also works on the U.S.-Russia relationship, it would be useful to reconsider public diplomac [...]	2009-04-06 11:50:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PROP PINR KPAO RS ZK
09ASTANA598	KAZAKHSTAN: SENIOR OFFICIALS DENY GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Mazhilis (i.e., the lower house of parliament) is currently considering draft legislation regarding the introduction of a special currency regime, which would include certain currency control measures. Senior K [...]	2009-04-06 12:12:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EFIN KZ
09ASTANA6	KAZAKHSTAN: YOU WIN SOME, YOU LOSE SOME -- COURTS RULE ON [...] (U)Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Two Almaty courts ruled on December 26 and 27 on two of the five pending libel cases against the opposition paper Taszhargan (reftel),with one decision in the paper's favor, and one against. On December 26, the Almaty Econo [...]	2009-01-05 08:42:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KDEM KZ
09ASTANA601	KAZAKHSTAN: STATE SECRETARY SAUDABAYEV CONFIRMS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 9. 2. (S) SUMMARY: State Secretary Kanat Saudabayev told the Ambassador on April 7 that Kazakhstan is willing to host the international nuclear fuel bank, just as President Nazarbayev had announced to the press on April 6. He said that the ba [...]	2009-04-07 12:35:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM MARR KNNP IAEA AF IR KZ
09ASTANA604	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR SARYBAY SAYS [...] (S) SUMMARY: On April 8, Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Kairat Sarybay gave the Ambassador a readout of President Nazarbayev's April 6 meeting with Iranian President Ahmadinejad. Sarybay said that Ahmadinejad appeared to welcome President Obama's April 5 Prague speech. Ahmadinejad main [...]	2009-04-08 10:14:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PREL PGOV CASC MARR KNNP IAEA AF IR KZ
09ASTANA607	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV DISCUSSES [...] (U) SUMMARY: Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad visited Astana April 6-7, where he met with President Nazarbayev, participated in several ceremonial events, and gave a speech at a local university. During a joint press conference following the Nazarbayev-Ahmadinejad meeting, Ahmadinejad d [...]	2009-04-08 11:32:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV ENRG EPET ETTC KNNP IR KZ
09ASTANA610	KAZAKHSTAN: HUNGARIAN-LED BOMCA DELEGATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with a Border Management in Central Asia (BOMCA) delegation on April 6 to discuss efforts to implement European Integrated Border Management (IBM) in Kazakhstan. According to the delegation's leader, General Istvan Samu, Deputy National Commander of the Hungarian [...]	2009-04-09 05:04:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR KNNP KCRM KZ
09ASTANA613	KAZAKHSTAN: ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, MARCH 15-28 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Adjusted Macroeconomic Forecast and Budget -- "Wartime" Economy -- Government to Issue Domestic Bonds [...]	2009-04-09 11:19:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA62	KAZAKHSTAN: WORLD BANK ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Among the several World Bank environmental projects in Kazakhstan, four stand out as noteworthy. The Drylands Protection Project in the Shetskiy rayon of Karaganda oblast promotes sustainable land use by encouragin [...]	2009-01-13 08:49:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ENRG SENV KZ
09ASTANA620	KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, APRIL 4-10 [...] This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might interest and [...]	2009-04-10 12:49:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI SENV KCRM KZ
09ASTANA621	KAZAKHSTAN: FUTURE LEADERS EXPRESS VIEWS ON FOREIGN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 19, the Ambassador hosted 10 future Kazakhstani leaders who are alumni of the Marshall Center. The alumni, who represented at least five government ministries and agencies, asked the Ambassador questions [...]	2009-04-10 12:55:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI KZ
09ASTANA622	KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, APRIL 2-APRIL 8 [...] SUMMARY: This week Kazakhstani media highlighted what the media believes is a possible visit of President Obama to Kazakhstan, spurred by an invitation from President Nazarbayev that Senate Chairman Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev gave the President during his trip to Turkey. The media also focused o [...]	2009-04-12 07:56:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM MARR SOCI KPAO KMDR KZ
09ASTANA623	KAZAKHSTAN: U.S. ASSISTANCE HELPS CUSTOMS CONTROL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post's Export and Related Border Security (EXBS) and Department of Energy (DOE) offices have provided assistance to strengthen border security at many of Kazakhstan's 112 border crossing points. Typical site assessments indicate Kazakhstan's border crossing points typically pro [...]	2009-04-12 07:57:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL MNUC KNNP CH KZ
09ASTANA625	KAZAKHSTAN: OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE RELATIVELY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Soros Foundation's Open Society Institute's (OSI) Executive Director in Kazakhstan judges that the government of Kazakhstan's political will to provide access to government-related information is "spotty but [...]	2009-04-13 09:47:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA626	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel A demarche on the conclusions of our Afghanistan-Pakistan strategic review and requesting specific Kazakhstani contributions to Afghanistan to Deputy Foreign Minister Konstantin Zhigalov on April 13. He provided Zhigalov with non-papers on both issues, expla [...]	2009-04-13 10:03:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO AF KZ
09ASTANA628	KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS ADVISOR'S REPORTING CABLE (MARCH 2009) [...] In May, the Kazakhstan Customs Control Committee plans to make a presentation at the World Customs Organization (WCO) meeting in Norway regarding an effort to obtain designation of Kazakhstan as a regional WCO training center and get WCO capacity building assistance in creating a regional custo [...]	2009-04-13 11:27:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ
09ASTANA629	KAZAKHSTAN: NEW SUPREME COURT CHAIRMAN TALKS JUSTICE WITH [...] SUMMARY: On April 7, the newly appointed Chairman of the Supreme Court of Kazakhstan, Musabek Alimbekov, met with Paul Magnuson, Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. Alimbekov stated that the judiciary in Kazakhstan is independent, and is implementing reforms consi [...]	2009-04-13 11:38:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID SOCI KZ
09ASTANA638	KAZAKHSTAN: MFA REASSURES VISITING SCA/CEN DIRECTOR THAT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: MFA Americas Department Director Askar Tazhiyev told visiting SCA/CEN Director Tom Hushek on April 8 that Kazakhstan is committed to upholding ODIHR's mandate during its 2010 OSCE Chairmanship. Tazhiyev explained [...]	2009-04-14 11:47:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KNNP TU KZ
09ASTANA64	KAZAKHSTAN HANDS OVER NON-PAPER AND COURT DOSSIER [...] (C) SUMMARY: A government of Kazakhstan non-paper alleges that President Nursultan Nazarbayev's exiled ex-son-in-law Rakhat Aliyev has hired U.S. public relations firms to build the case that he is a political dissident standing up to a tyrannical and corrupt Nazarbayev, with the ultimate go [...]	2009-01-13 10:31:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PROP KCRM KZ
09ASTANA65	KAZAKHSTAN HANDS OVER NON-PAPER AND COURT DOSSIER [...] (C) SUMMARY: A government of Kazakhstan non-paper alleges that President Nursultan Nazarbayev's exiled ex-son-in-law Rakhat Aliyev has hired U.S. public relations firms to build the case that he is a political dissident standing up to a tyrannical and corrupt Nazarbayev, with the ultimate go [...]	2009-01-13 10:31:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PROP KCRM KZ
09ASTANA654	KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, MARCH 28 - APRIL 10 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The "Almaty Notes" series from U.S. Office Almaty focuses on developments in civil society, the media, and the political opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital." OPPOSITION LEADER ABILOV OWES TAX DEBT? 3. (U) Bula [...]	2009-04-17 02:17:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA660	KAZAKHSTAN: INTERNATIONAL CANINE CONFERENCE [...] Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Public Internet 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. INL funded a March 26-27 International Conference on the Role of Canines in the Fight against Drug Trafficking, Extremism and Terrorism in Almaty. Representatives from the canine services of the five Central Asian countri [...]	2009-04-17 10:21:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SNAR SOCI KCRM ZK KZ
09ASTANA661	KAZAKHSTAN: WORLD TUBERCULOSIS DAY -- INSPIRING STUDENTS [...] SUMMARY: The DCM addressed a World Tuberculosis Day conference for medical students at the Kazakhstan National Medical University on April 7. The conference, entitled "We Can Stop TB," aimed to motivate students to get involved in the country's fight against tuberculosis (TB) -- a disease th [...]	2009-04-17 11:02:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID EINV TBIO SOCI KZ
09ASTANA662	KAZAKHSTAN: FUTURE OF LARGEST BANKS REMAINS UNCLEAR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent developments within the Kazakhstani banking sector -- specifically pertaining to BTA and Alliance banks -- indicate continued instability and increased risk of default on the repayment of foreign obligation [...]	2009-04-17 11:40:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV EFIN KZ
09ASTANA663	KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, APRIL 9 - 15 [...] SUMMARY: Kazakhstani political commentators focused on the domestic political scene this week, weighing the relative merits of the ruling Nur Otan party and its adversaries in the opposition. "Delovaya Nedelya," an independent weekly, published a wrap-up of the G-20 summit in which it mocked [...]	2009-04-17 11:50:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON SOCI KDEM KPAO KMDR KZ
09ASTANA664	KAZAKHSTAN: KAZKOSMOS LAYS OUT SPACE AMBITIONS, REQUESTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Kazakhstan's National Space Agency, KazKosmos, expects that Russia and Kazakhstan will sign an agreement this year to allow visits to the Baikonur cosmodrome for tourists. Russia's current Baikonur lease runs until [...]	2009-04-17 12:08:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TSPA SENV KNNP KZ
09ASTANA666	KAZAKHSTAN: INTER-AGENCY DELEGATION TO VISIT [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent us a diplomatic note on April 14 requesting bilateral consultations in Washington during May 4-5 to discuss Kazakhstan's interest in joining the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR). The text of the note follows: BEGIN TEXT No. 10-3/1270 [...]	2009-04-20 11:31:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETTC KNNP MTCR KZ
09ASTANA67	KAZAKHSTAN: UNIFICATION CHURCH MISSIONARY SENTENCED TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 9, an Almaty court found Unification Church missionary Yelizaveta Drencheva guilty on charges of "instilling a sense of inferiority in citizens based on their tribal and social association," and sentenc [...]	2009-01-14 10:33:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF KDEM KZ

09ASTANA672	KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, APRIL 11-17 [...] This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might interest and [...]	2009-04-20 11:53:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI SENV KCRM KZ
09ASTANA673	KAZAKHSTAN: ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, MARCH 29-APRIL [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Banking Sector News -- Etihad Airways to Fly to Astana -- New Commodity Exchange Launched -- Kazakhstan Raises Loan For Europe-China Transit Corridor -- Economic Statis [...]	2009-04-20 11:58:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA674	KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kazakhstani Foreign Minister Marat Tazhin's May 4-5 visit to Washington is the Obama Administration's first opportunity for face-to-face engagement with the leadership of our most important partner in Central Asia. We have a robust bilateral relationship with Kazakhstan, with cl [...]	2009-04-21 11:45:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EPET KNNP AF RS KZ
09ASTANA675	KAZAKHSTAN CASPIAN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The government of Kazakhstan is committed to developing alternative oil export routes, whether by pipeline, rail, or tanker, that reduce its dependence on Russia. From April 9-17, Energy Officer joined a definiti [...]	2009-04-22 07:55:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV RS IR KZ
09ASTANA677	KAZAKHSTAN: GOVERNMENTâ€™S ANTI-CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kazakhstani authorities recently launched a well-publicized anti-corruption campaign that has resulted in the arrest of several high-ranking individuals, including the Minister of Environment and a Deputy Minister of Defense, and in convictions of a number of others. The campaign a [...]	2009-04-22 11:43:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI KCRM KZ
09ASTANA678	KAZAKHSTAN: CHINA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION ACQUIRES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On April 16, during President Nazarbayev's state visit to Beijing, KazMunaiGas (KMG) and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) announced that they will jointly acquire the production assets of MangistauMunaiGa [...]	2009-04-23 07:39:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV RS IR KZ
09ASTANA68	KAZAKHSTAN: GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS HITS HARD, BUT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The financial crisis continues to hit Kazakhstan hard, but the government has responded in a vigorous, aggressive manner that should maintain social stability and support modest economic growth in 2009, particular [...]	2009-01-14 10:44:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN EINV KZ
09ASTANA711	KAZAKHSTAN: U.S. AMBASSADOR'S FUND FOR COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. PROPOSED PROJECT: COUNTERING YOUTH EXTREMISM 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Astana requests $100,000 to counter youth extremism in Kazakhstan through English-language training and sustained exposure to the best of American [...]	2009-04-24 10:18:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EFIN PTER KCRM KPAO KHLS AEMR
09ASTANA713	KAZAKHSTAN -- MORE EURASIA THAN CENTRAL ASIA -- [...] (C) SUMMARY: From many conversations with top-level officials and other signals, it is clear Kazakhstan is seeking an enhanced relationship with the United States, in part to better balance its relations with especially Russia but also with China. Kazakhstan is different from the other four [...]	2009-04-27 04:08:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM ECON RS AF KZ
09ASTANA714	KAZAKHSTANI FM TAZHIN'S PRIORITIES FOR HIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Previewing for the Ambassador his May 4-5 visit to Washington, Foreign Minister Tazhin said: -- he hopes to be prepared to make new "strategic non-military proposals" for enhanced Kazakhstani asssistance in Afghanistan; -- he will be fully prepared to discuss with Secretary [...]	2009-04-27 05:39:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OSCE CH RS KZ
09ASTANA715	KAZAKHSTAN'S EIGHTH EURASIAN MEDIA FORUM: [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Dr. (sic) Dariga Nazarbayeva organized (or at least it was organized in her name),the Eighth Eurasian Media Forum, April 23-24, in Almaty, co-sponsored by CNN and "The International Herald Tribune," with support from EuroN [...]	2009-04-27 06:50:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PROP SOCI KPAO RS KZ
09ASTANA717	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-27 08:45:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON AF PK KZ
09ASTANA718	KAZAKHSTAN: CHANGES TO PROTECTION LAW WILL BENEFIT [...] SUMMARY: Changes to Kazakhstan's witness protection law will enable the government to more quickly provide a full range of services to crime victims during lengthy, complex investigations. These changes will benefit victims of trafficking-in-persons and other serious transnational crimes. EN [...]	2009-04-27 10:48:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI SNAR KCRM KTIP KZ
09ASTANA724	KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, APRIL 18-24 [...] This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might interest and [...]	2009-04-27 11:25:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI SENV KCRM KZ
09ASTANA725	KAZAKHSTAN: RECOMMENDATION THAT WE NOT DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-27 11:40:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KV KZ
09ASTANA728	KAZAKHSTAN: ASD BENKERT PRESSES FOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-28 02:55:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PGOV PREL KNNP RS KZ
09ASTANA734	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PED EXTENSION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an April 28 meeting, the Ambassador informed Minister of Economy and Budget Planning Bakhyt Sultanov about the U.S government's approval of a three-year extension for the Program for Economic Development (PED) and updated him on the progress of the U.S.-Kazakhstan Public-P [...]	2009-04-28 11:35:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID KNNP KZ
09ASTANA744	KAZAKHSTAN: "TASZHARGAN" EDITOR ARRESTED AND RELEASED, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Yermurat Bapi, editor of the opposition newspaper "Taszhargan," was arrested on April 23 for failing to pay a 30 million tenge ($200,000) court-ordered damage award to a parliamentarian, but was released the same [...]	2009-04-29 10:26:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA748	KAZAKHSTAN: A KCTS SCORECARD OF RISKS AND REWARDS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: From April 7-17, Energy Officer accompanied a definitional mission from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency to identify potential technical assistance projects in support of the Kazakhstan Caspian Transportation [...]	2009-04-30 05:21:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV RS KZ
09ASTANA756	KAZAKHSTAN: TV CO-OP SUBMISSIONS 2009 [...] (U) SUMMARY: Embassy Kazakhstan is proud to submit two proposals for the 2009 TV Co-Op Program. The first is a proposal to produce a series of news stories and a 15-minute documentary on trafficking in persons (TIP) in the United States. They will air both locally and on the popular nationa [...]	2009-04-30 12:06:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC OIIP
09ASTANA759	REQUEST FOR FY09 USCENTCOM/SOCCENT COUNTER [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN ACCORDANCE WITH REFS A AND B, THIS MESSAGE IS AN EMBASSY ASTANA REQUEST FOR FY09 DOD OPERATIONAL SUPPORT UNDER 1004, NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT 1991, AS AMENDED, FOR DEVELOPMENT OF COUNTER NARCO TERRORISM (CNT) TRAINING DEPLOYMENT (CKZ2009CNT021N) WITH THE KAZAKHSTAN S [...]	2009-05-04 10:24:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS SNAR KZ
09ASTANA760	KAZAKHSTAN TO PARTICIPATE IN GICNT PLENARY BUT UNCERTAIN [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-04 10:49:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM PTER MNUC KNNP KGIC KZ
09ASTANA771	KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS ADVISOR'S REPORTING CABLE (APRIL 2009) [...] On April 27, Kazakhstan tightened epidemiological control at all airports, seaports, and land border crossings in response to reports of cases of H1N1 influenza virus in other countries. Kazakhstan has prohibited the importation of pork products from certain countries and is using the Fever Sc [...]	2009-05-05 08:49:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ
09ASTANA778	KAZAKHSTAN: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL'S ACTION PLAN LAYS OUT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 14, Kazakhstan's Presidential Human Rights Commission (HRC) unveiled its National Human Rights Action Plan for 2009-2012. The Action Plan, the first one the Kazakhstani government has ever issued, outlin [...]	2009-05-06 02:13:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA811	KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON REMOVING H1N1-RELATED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Akhmetzhan Sultanov, Vice Chairman of the Ministry of Agriculture's State Inspection Committee told us on May 6 that, in response to the H1N1 virus, the Government of Kazakhstan took preemptive steps to prevent the [...]	2009-05-07 08:45:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAGR ETRD ECON SENV KZ
09ASTANA812	KAZAKHSTAN: RESULTS OF BOTA FOUNDATION BOARD MEETING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This cable contains an Action Request. See para 13. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: The BOTA Foundation held a meeting of its Board of Trustees in Almaty on April 29-30. All the items on the fully packed agenda were reviewed, with many [...]	2009-05-07 10:25:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID SOCI KZ
09ASTANA813	KAZAKHSTAN: VICE MINISTER OF ENERGY DISCUSSES NUCLEAR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 6, the Charge d'Affaires met with Vice Minister of Energy Asset Magauov to discuss the Kazakhstani government's financial commitments to the safe storage of spent fuel from the decommissioned BN-350 nuclear [...]	2009-05-07 11:33:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EPET EINV KNNP KZ
09ASTANA814	KAZAKHSTAN: ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, APRIL 12-APRIL [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Financial Sector News -- Updates from Samruk-Kazyna -- CICA the Precursor of an Asian G-20? -- Kazatomprom President Rumored to Have Fled the Country -- Budget Control [...]	2009-05-07 11:43:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EPET EINV EFIN KZ
09ASTANA816	KAZAKHSTAN: INTERNET LAW PASSES THROUGH FIRST READING IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 29, the Mazhilis (the lower house of the parliament) approved at a first reading a controversial draft law on the Internet. The draft now has to go through a second reading before being presented to the [...]	2009-05-08 02:00:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA818	KAZAKHSTAN: SCIENTOLOGISTS, JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES HAVE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 22, USAID's State and Society Advisor met with representatives of the Church of Scientology and the Jehovah's Witnesses in Almaty. The two organizations offered contrasting views of progress on religious f [...]	2009-05-08 08:59:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAID SOCI KIRF KZ
09ASTANA819	KAZAKHSTAN: UK ENERGY ENVOY TOURS REGION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 29, the Ambassador met with UK Caspian Energy Envoy Angus Miller (protect throughout) to discuss his six-week tour through the Caucasus and Central Asia. Miller said that an investor from the United Arab [...]	2009-05-08 09:56:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV RS GG TX KZ
09ASTANA822	KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, May 1-8 [...] This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might interest and [...]	2009-05-08 11:45:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI SENV KCRM KZ
09ASTANA825	KAZAKHSTAN: PETROCHEMICAL PROPOSAL ATTRACTS INVESTORS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 29, Energy Officer met with Raushan Sarmurzina, Director of the Petrochemicals Department at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR),to discuss Kazakhstan's plans to develop a domestic petroc [...]	2009-05-12 09:35:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA827	NEW LAW ENFORCEMENT BLOCK IN KAZAKHSTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: In early April, President Nazarbayev reshuffled the heads of nearly all of Kazakhstan's law agencies. General Major Serik Baimagambetov, a member of the Majilis (i.e. the lower house of parliament),was named Ministe [...]	2009-05-12 11:38:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR SNAR KCRM KTIP KZ
09ASTANA828	KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, APRIL 30 - May 6 [...] SUMMARY: A draft law on Internet regulation, which passed the lower house of Parliament this week, drew a fusillade from opposition and independent media outlets who object to what they see as potential for overbearing government control over new media. Though the Internet law was the hot top [...]	2009-05-12 12:04:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON SOCI KDEM KPAO KMDR KZ
09ASTANA829	KAZAKHSTAN: ISLAMIC LEADERS DISCUSS THEIR WORK, COOPERATION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: During the week of April 20, USAID's Regional Society and State Advisor met in Astana with the Deputy Imam of the Nur Astana Mosque, Beibit Alikpekovich Mirzageldiyev, and in Almaty with the Deputy Mufti of Kazakhstan [...]	2009-05-13 01:32:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAID KZ
09ASTANA83	KAZAKHSTAN: SPECIAL ENVOY CUMBER ENCOURAGES ASTANA TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a January 9 meeting with U.S. Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Sada Cumber, State Secretary Kanat Saudabayev underlined Kazakhstan's commitment to promoting inter-confessional u [...]	2009-01-15 10:33:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KISL KDEM KZ
09ASTANA830	KAZAKHSTAN: KAZAKHSTAN WELCOMES REVITALIZED TIFA [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 24 and April 27, Deputy Assistant United States Trade Representative (DAUSTR) for South and Central Asia Claudio Lilienfeld held meetings in Almaty and Astana to discuss the future of the Central Asia Trad [...]	2009-05-13 03:35:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EFIN EAID KZ
09ASTANA837	KAZAKHSTAN: TRIALS, TRIBULATIONS, AND TRIUMPHS OF THE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 6, AES Vice President Mike Jonagan (protect throughout) met with Energy Officer and a visiting delegation from the Department of Energy's Office of Russian and Eurasian Affairs to discuss the state of Kazakh [...]	2009-05-14 09:00:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ENRG EINV KZ
09ASTANA852	KAZAKHSTAN: KOREAN PRESIDENT LEE'S STATE VISIT PROMOTES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On May 12, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak arrived in Kazakhstan for a three-day state visit (reftel A). Lee and Kazakhstan's President Nazarbayev signed a series of documents during the visit, including a joi [...]	2009-05-15 10:55:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EPET EINV RS CH KS KZ
09ASTANA853	KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, APRIL 27 - MAY 8 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series is intended to maintain focus on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital" following the move of the Embassy to Astana. AZAT'S ABILOV -- THE CHOSEN ONE? 2. Rumors are swirling around Azat party leader Bulat Ab [...]	2009-05-15 11:05:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI KZ
09ASTANA854	KAZAKHSTAN: MFA CALLS APRIL 28 SUMMIT OF CENTRAL ASIAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Kazakhstan's MFA regards the April 28 Summit of the Presidents of the Founding States of the International Fund to Save the Aral Sea as "successful," despite disagreements over water management issues. Kazakhstan h [...]	2009-05-18 04:31:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ENRG ECON SENV ZK KZ
09ASTANA855	KAZAKHSTAN: ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, APRIL 16 - MAY 9 [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- New Refinancing Rate -- Banking Sector News -- Government Procurement Legislation Signed -- Presidents Discuss Customs Union -- Government to Enhance Control Over Anti- [...]	2009-05-18 06:36:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EPET ENRG EINV EFIN EAGR CH KZ
09ASTANA862	KAZAKHSTAN: SMALL OIL COMPANY HOPES TO MAKE IT BIG [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 14, the Chief Executive Officer of Canamens, an independent oil and gas exploration and production company with headquarters in London, briefed the Charge on the company's plans and activities in Kazakhstan [...]	2009-05-19 10:42:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV IR KZ
09ASTANA870	KAZAKHSTAN: ALGA LEADER DISCUSSES ABLYAZOV, TWO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 18, the leader of the unregistered opposition party Alga, Vladimir Kozlov, told us that he recently met in London with ousted BTA bank chairman Mukhtar Ablyazov, who is Alga's principal financial backer. According to Kozlov, Ablyazov will soon declare himself "in open opp [...]	2009-05-21 04:36:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA871	KAZAKHSTAN: RENEWABLE ENERGY PLANS AND PROGRAMS [...] SUMMARY: Kazakhstan's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources has announced its intention to increase the share of renewable sources of energy in Kazakhstan's overall energy mix from 0.02 percent at present to 5.0 percent by 2024. Parliament endorsed the initiative and is now reviewing draf [...]	2009-05-21 07:19:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON ENRG EINV KZ
09ASTANA89	KAZAKHSTAN: OIC SPECIAL ENVOY CUMBER DISCUSSES DEMOCRACY, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a January 9 dinner with U.S. Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Sada Cumber, ambassadors and other diplomats from several OIC-member countries and India freely exchanged views [...]	2009-01-16 10:20:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KISL KZ
09ASTANA898	KAZAKHSTAN: MAZHILIS HOSTS "PATH TO EUROPE" CONFERENCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 21, the Mazhilis (the lower house of parliament) hosted a conference entitled, "Modern Kazakhstan and the Path to Europe." The high-profile event, attended by high-ranking government officials and foreign [...]	2009-05-27 09:37:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA90	KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, JANUARY 10-16 [...] The following is the first in a new series of weekly cables from Embassy Astana with tidbits on daily life in Kazakhstan. MASIMOV JOINS BLOGOSPHERE 2. Prime Minister Karim Masimov has joined the Kazakhstani blogosphere by starting his very own weblog ("primeminister. government.kz"). In [...]	2009-01-16 10:39:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI SCUL KPAO KCRM KZ
09ASTANA909	KAZAKHSTAN: ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, MAY 10 - MAY 23 [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Banking Sector News -- Current Account Statistics -- New Currency Preference? -- Calls for a New Financial System -- Minister of Industry and Trade Replaced -- Kazakhsta [...]	2009-05-28 10:37:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EPET EINV EFIN KZ
09ASTANA91	KAZAKHSTAN: MFA DIPLOMATIC NOTE CONFIRMS GOVERNMENT'S [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The Embassy has received a diplomatic note from the Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirming the government's approval of the transit of non-military goods for Afghanistan shipped through the Distribution Network [...]	2009-01-16 11:37:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR AF KZ
09ASTANA924	KAZAKHSTAN: BTA SAGA CONTINUES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Questions remain about how BTA, Kazakhstan's fourth largest commercial bank which is already in partial default, and its self-exiled former chairman, Mukhtar Ablyazov, managed to wind up in such dire straits. Forei [...]	2009-05-29 12:17:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EPET EINV EFIN KZ
09ASTANA925	KAZAKHSTANI FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT VISITS UNITED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY. A delegation from the Committee of Financial Monitoring of the Ministry of Finance participated in an FIU orientation program presented by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). The orientation program wa [...]	2009-06-01 06:33:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM KCOR KZ
09ASTANA927	KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS ADVISOR'S REPORTING CABLE (MAY 2009) [...] On May 22, the proposed visit of the Kazakhstan Customs Control Committee Chairman Kozy-Korpesh Karbuzov to the U.S. was postponed until the fall, in order to organize a fully coordinated program that will be successful in advancing the broad goals of mutual cooperation. On May 23, Kazakhstan [...]	2009-06-01 10:15:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ
09ASTANA928	KAZAKHSTAN: PUBLIC-PRIVATE ALLIANCE LEADS TO INCREASED [...] SUMMARY: The Sustainable Dairy Global Development Alliance (SD-GDA),initiated in 2006 by USAID in cooperation with U.S. and Kazakhstani based dairy farms and dairy service providers, is a public-private partnership designed to increase the profitability of small and medium sized dairy farms. [...]	2009-06-01 10:26:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID EAGR SOCI KZ
09ASTANA929	KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, MAY 11 - 22 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) The "Almaty Notes" series from U.S. Office Almaty focuses on developments in civil society, the media, and the political opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital." TRIAL OF OPPOSITION LEADERS ENDS 3. (U) The trial of [...]	2009-06-01 10:36:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON SOCI KIRF KDEM KZ
09ASTANA94	KAZAKHSTAN: CENTCOM CDR PETRAEUS MEETS PRESIDENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-20 00:53:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF IR RS KZ
09ASTANA941	KAZAKHSTAN RATIFIES COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION [...] (U) On June 2, President Nazarbayev signed legislation ratifying the extended and amended Umbrella Agreement for our bilateral Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) program. The Presidential Administration released a press statement marking the event which received coverage in the Kazakhstani med [...]	2009-06-03 10:44:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PGOV PREL ECON MNUC KNNP KZ
09ASTANA943	KAZAKHSTAN: CHANGES AND CHARGES AT KAZATOMPROM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 21, former Minister for Industry and Trade Vladimir Shkolnik replaced Mukhtar Dzhakishev as head of the state-owned nuclear company Kazatomprom (KAP). On May 22, the 45-year old Dzhakishev was arrested on [...]	2009-06-03 11:22:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR EMIN ENRG EINV ELAB KNNP KZ
09ASTANA948	KAZAKHSTAN: SECOND ANNUAL EITI CONFERENCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On June 3, Minister of Energy Sauat Mynbayev opened the second national conference on the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in Astana. Mynbayev announced that Kazakhstan will complete the process [...]	2009-06-04 10:19:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EMIN EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA949	FINANCIAL POLICE ACADEMY TRIP TO U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: INL sponsored a visit to the United States by General Major Tleukhan, director of the Academy of the Financial Police. Tleukhan had the opportunity to study the structure and programs of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) in Glynco, Georgia, and the FBI Academ [...]	2009-06-04 11:15:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM KCOR KZ
09ASTANA95	KAZAKHSTAN: CENTCOM CDR PETRAEUS MEETS PRESIDENT [...] (S) SUMMARY: President Nazarbayev told CENTCOM Commander General Petraeus: -- the situation in Afghanistan greatly worries him; the Taliban should never be allowed to become a coalition partner in the Afghan government; -- Iran cannot be allowed to become a nuclear state, but the United States need [...]	2009-01-20 05:56:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF IR RS KZ
09ASTANA953	KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, MAY 22 - 29 [...] SUMMARY: Mukhtar Dzhakishev, the head of the state nuclear company, Kazatomprom, was arrested this week as a part of a continuing government anti-corruption campaign. The other major story was the publication and banning of "Godfather-in-Law," a book written by the former son-in-law of Presi [...]	2009-06-05 05:46:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON SOCI KDEM KCRM KPAO KMDR AF KZ
09ASTANA956	KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ARMS SALE TO [...] (S) Ambassador delivered demarche in reftel on June 5 to Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Kairat Sarybai, including verbatim point. Ambassador stressed the importance of preventing the proliferation of weapons and military-related items and told Sarybai, "We do need to have a reply to this [...]	2009-06-05 10:34:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR PARM PTER ETTC MARR MCAP MOPS
09ASTANA957	KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON LETHAL TRANSIT [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on June 5 to Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Kairat Sarybai. 2. (C) The Ambassador explained that the initiative for the possible transit of lethal materiel across Russian territory came from President Medvedev, and he told Sarybai that he want [...]	2009-06-05 11:15:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR RSZ TI TX UZ KG KZ
09ASTANA959	KAZAKHSTAN: KOSTENAI, THE WHEAT AND SLAVIC HEARTLAND OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 24-26, the Charge d'Affaires visited Kostanai -- a northern city of 250,000 people located in a heavily agricultural area -- to attend a concert by visiting American jazz musicians and to open Kazakhstan's n [...]	2009-06-08 02:37:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EAGR ENRG SCUL SOCI KPAO KZ
09ASTANA982	KAZAKHSTAN: CHINESE AMBASSADOR COMMENTS ON KEY FOREIGN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 5, Chinese Ambassador Cheng Guoping hosted the Ambassador for dinner at the restaurant on the 23rd floor of a striking new hotel built in Astana and owned by the Chinese National Petroleum Company. During a fascinating, wide-ranging, three-hour tour d'horizon, the Chinese Amb [...]	2009-06-08 10:08:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EPET AF GG RS IR KN ZK KZ
09ASTANA983	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BILATERAL [...] (S) SUMMARY: On June 5, the Ambassador delivered demarches on a possible Kazakhstani arms sale to Syria and on U.S.-Russian discussions on the transit of lethal supplies to Afghanistan to Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Kairat Sarybay (see reftels),and briefed Sarybay on his recent visit [...]	2009-06-08 10:13:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PREL PINR MNUC CASC KNNP NATO KZ
09ASUNCION1	PARAGUAYAN PEOPLE'S ARMY STARTS NEW YEAR WITH BANG [...] (S/NF) Armed individuals claiming to be members of the Paraguayan People's Army (EPP) attacked a small military outpost in San Pedro Department around midnight December 31, stealing weapons and burning it to the ground. The Paraguayan government responded January 1 with police roadblocks and [...]	2009-01-02 19:42:00	Embassy Asuncion	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER ASEC PINS MOPS PA
09ASUNCION10	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Alvaro Lopez Cattebecke [...]	2009-01-08 17:00:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION103	IRAN MAKES COMMERCIAL OVERTURES TO PARAGUAY [...] (SBU) Iran's Ambassador to Paraguay, Morteza Tafreshi, resident in Montevideo, met separately January 22 with Paraguay's Foreign Minister Hamed Franco and with Minister of Industry and Commerce Heisecke in Asuncion. During his meeting with Hamed, Tafreshi invited President Fernando Lugo to vis [...]	2009-02-17 18:33:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PA IR
09ASUNCION108	TOUCHING BASE WITH FM HAMED ON TRADE, COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Hamed Franco told Ambassador February 12 that "we will see a change" regarding Paraguay's position in the World Trade Organization opposing U.S. waivers for trade preference programs. On biofuels, Hamed said the GOP just held a meeting among ministries with biofu [...]	2009-02-18 18:13:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV PTER ETRD MASS MARR PA
09ASUNCION109	TOUCHING BASE WITH FM HAMED ON TRADE, COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Hamed Franco told Ambassador February 12 that "we will see a change" regarding Paraguay's position in the World Trade Organization opposing U.S. waivers for trade preference programs. On biofuels, Hamed said the GOP just held a meeting among ministries with biofu [...]	2009-02-18 18:52:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV PTER ETRD MASS MARR PA
09ASUNCION112	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces who are intended recipients of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Carlos Jorge Godoy Uriarte [...]	2009-02-23 12:46:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION117	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNIT COMMANDER OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following unit commander of the Paraguayan security forces that is an intended recipient of U.S. training and security assistance (refs A-D). Ramon [...]	2009-02-24 20:30:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION129	PARAGUAY'S CONCERNS OVER DOL DRAFT LIST FOR TVPRA [...] (U) Embassy Asuncion thanks the Department of Labor for the opportunity to comment on the draft list of goods believed to be produced by child labor or forced labor in Paraguay as mandated in the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) (ref A). 2. (SBU) Post echoes som [...]	2009-03-03 12:27:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI KTIP PA
09ASUNCION13	PRESIDENT LUGO DISCUSSES SECURITY AND DEFENSE [...] (S) President Lugo, joined by two close confidants, frankly and amicably discussed with Charge January 5 current security issues, principally the Paraguayan People's Army's New Year's Eve attack on an Army outpost and the separate subsequent capture by police of stolen plastic explosives by Army pe [...]	2009-01-09 22:20:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PARM MASS PTER SNAR PA
09ASUNCION132	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These Paraguayan National Police officers are sc [...]	2009-03-04 18:01:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION133	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces who are intended recipients of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Selva Noemi Galeano Alvaren [...]	2009-03-04 18:02:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION134	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNIT COMMANDER OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following unit commander of the Paraguayan security forces that is an intended recipient of U.S. training and security assistance (refs A-D). Rojas [...]	2009-03-04 18:04:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION135	2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW - ASUNCION INPUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post recommends Paraguay remain under section 306 monitoring. Post encourages the Special 301 Report to acknowledge, as the industry has, Paraguay's positive efforts on enforcement, particularly the work of the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Specialized Investigative Unit (U [...]	2009-03-04 19:05:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD KIPR PA
09ASUNCION14	PRESIDENT LUGO DISCUSSES SECURITY AND DEFENSE [...] (S) President Lugo, joined by two close confidants, frankly and amicably discussed with Charge January 5 current security issues, principally the Paraguayan People's Army's New Year's Eve attack on an Army outpost and the separate subsequent capture by police of stolen plastic explosives by Army pe [...]	2009-01-09 22:28:00	Embassy Asuncion	SECRET	MASS PTER SNAR PREL PARM PA
09ASUNCION143	FISHING IN TROUBLED WATERS WITH LUGO [...] (C) SUMMARY: I accepted an invitation from President Lugo to join his February 28-29 trip to a nature reserve in Alto Paraguay. The trip included fishing for piranhas, eating alligator or "jacare," and bird watching on the Black River with the President -- providing me with a unique opportunit [...]	2009-03-05 20:39:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON MARR PGOV MASS PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION147	PARAGUAY: NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) This cable responds to reftel questions regarding anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) efforts in Paraguay. 2. (SBU) THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION A. What are the sources of available information on trafficking in persons? What plans are in place (if any) to undertake further docume [...]	2009-03-09 20:01:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09ASUNCION149	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan National Police that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to attend a Crim [...]	2009-03-10 15:40:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION150	CONVICTED NARCOS AND KIDNAPPER ESCAPE PARAGUAYAN [...] (U) Two convicted Brazilian narcotics traffickers and a convicted kidnapper escaped March 6 from a maximum-security police detention facility in Asuncion. Narcotrafficker Nilton Antunez Veron, a member of the Sao Paulo-based First Capital Brigade (PCC),narcotrafficker Eder Pedro de Ferrato, [...]	2009-03-10 22:05:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR PA
09ASUNCION156	PARAGUAY LIBERATES INTERNET SERVICES [...] (U) Paraguay's National Telecommunications Commission (CONATEL) approved March 12 the liberalization of Internet services, ending the monopoly of state-owned telecommunications operator (COPACO). The measure will benefit private providers with fiber optic networks, and consumers will likely se [...]	2009-03-13 19:11:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PGOV EIND ECON EINV ETRD PREL PA
09ASUNCION157	PARAGUAY'S 2008 FOURTH QUARTER INL REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-16 11:11:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR AFIN PREL KCRIM PA
09ASUNCION162	FRAUD SUMMARY Q ASUNCION [...] (U) This cable is in response to an action request in paragraph 6 of retel. ------------------- COUNTRY CONDITIONS ------------------- 2. (U) After the 35-year dictatorship of General Alfredo Stroessner and six decades of Colorado Party rule, Paraguayans elected former Roman Catholic b [...]	2009-03-19 20:48:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CMGT KFRD ASEC CVIS CPAS PA
09ASUNCION165	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Patrocino Rivas Ramirez [...]	2009-03-20 13:11:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION17	LUGO'S MEDIA STRATEGY - MARXIST, MUDDLED, OR [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-12 12:55:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAO PHUM ECPS PGOV PA
09ASUNCION172	PARAGUAY: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR CHILD LABOR [...] (U) This cable responds to the Department of Labor's request for information to determine whether Paraguay is implementing its international commitments to eliminate the worst forms of child labor (ref A). A. What laws have been promulgated on child labor in the country? The 1993 Labor [...]	2009-03-23 15:09:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID PA
09ASUNCION173	END USE MONITORING REPORT [...] (U) Embassy Asuncion's International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) program provided computer equipment, software, vehicles, a construction project, and rent assistance to a variety of Paraguayan government agencies in 2008, including the Anti Drug Secretariat (SENAD),the Women's Secretar [...]	2009-03-23 21:25:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR AFIN PREL PA
09ASUNCION185	CORREA'S PARAGUAY VISIT PRODUCTIVE AND [...] (C) During his March 23-24 visit to Paraguay, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa signed three bilateral accords, unleashed populist rhetoric, bashed the press and "traditional" politicians, offered Paraguay free advice on renegotiating the Itaipu Dam treaty with Brazil, and exchanged medals [...]	2009-03-26 22:02:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EC PA
09ASUNCION187	PRESS ASSOCIATION GIVES LUGO GOOD MARKS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Inter-American Press Association (IAPA),which held its biannual meeting in Paraguay this month, was harshly critical of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, but Paraguay received good marks. As the IAPA director explained: "Whereas other governments in the region are systematically atta [...]	2009-03-27 13:19:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAO PHUM ECPS PGOV PA
09ASUNCION188	SUCCESSFUL SOUTHCOM VISIT TO PARAGUAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: SOUTHCOM Military Deputy Commander Lt. Gen. Spears conducted a successful visit to Paraguay March 24-26. Defense Minister Barreiro Spaini voiced his support to pursuing a general agreement on military cooperation (while cautioning that he is but one of many voices in the governm [...]	2009-03-28 19:31:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS PA
09ASUNCION189	PARAGUAYAN POLS PLOT PARLIAMENTARY PUTSCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rumors persist that discredited General and UNACE party leader Lino Oviedo and ex-president Nicanor Duarte Frutos are now working together to assume power via (mostly) legal means should President Lugo stumble in coming months. Their goal: Capitalize on any Lugo mis-steps to break the [...]	2009-03-28 20:24:00	Embassy Asuncion	SECRET	PGOV PREL MARR PINS PA
09ASUNCION190	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to attend the Pe [...]	2009-03-30 20:06:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION198	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These candidates are scheduled to attend Intelle [...]	2009-04-01 19:44:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION214	ASUNCION RESPONSE - BLUE LANTERN DTC CASE 050139000 [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-07 11:01:00	Embassy Asuncion	SECRET	ETTC KOMC PA

09ASUNCION216	PARAGUAY INVESTS IN GLOBAL PEACEKEEPING COMPANY [...] (C) Paraguayan Military Forces Commander Admiral Cibar Benitez informed Ambassador by letter March 30 that he had authorized over USD 3.5 million in funds to support Paraguay's first United Nations (UN) Peace Keeping Operations Multi-Role Engineer (MRE) Company. The authorization follows Def [...]	2009-04-07 19:18:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL PA

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