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07PORTAUPRINCE1649	CONSENSUS NEAR ON RE-FORMING ELECTION COUNCIL; [...] (C) Summary: Following a meeting of President Preval with political party leaders October 9, a senior government official announced October 10 that the Provisional Election Commission (CEP) has been dissolved. However, some party leaders say there is agreement with the President only that a [...]	2007-10-10 18:46:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA

07PORTAUPRINCE1668	RELIGION AND SUPPORT FOR LAVALAS IN HINCHE [...] (C) Summary. Local leaders in the central plateau town of Hinche believe that Lavalas remains a dangerous political force that may win seats in upcoming Senate elections. Some of Hinche's political class fear and detest Lavalas because they were once victims of attacks by Lavalas partisans. [...]	2007-10-15 12:09:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1683	ELECTORAL COUNCIL MEMBERS DEFEND THEIR [...] (C) Summary: The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) continues in office despite public announcements that President Preval is seeking to form a new provisional council. Six of the CEP's nine counselors claim to be willing and capable of managing both the indirect elections - part of their [...]	2007-10-17 18:00:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1701	HAITIAN PRIVATE SECTOR AT ODDS OVER PREVAL'S [...] (C) Summary. Haiti's private sector leaders are divided over President Preval's proposal to replace the provisional electoral council (CEP),set a date for senatorial elections, and launch a process which would lead to the drafting of a new constitution. One group of leading businesspeople, [...]	2007-10-22 15:44:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	HA PGOV PREL ECON
07PORTAUPRINCE1704	PREVAL PLAYS COY ON ELECTIONS: EVERYONE PLAYS THE [...] (C) Summary. n a series of encounters wth President Preval over the past week, he has continued to insist that he will go forward with senatorial elections. He has not offered any specifics or date. At the same time, he said, he will press ahead on constitutional reform. The President was su [...]	2007-10-22 19:35:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	HA PGOV PREL
07PORTAUPRINCE1721	PREVAL: THE DAY THE CEP IS RE-FORMED, I CAN GET ON [...] (C) Summary. In a three hour meeting October 22, President Preval told me and my French and Canadian colleagues that he wants to move on Senatorial elections "as fast as possible." He is convinced that the current Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) is dysfunctional. He proposes replacing t [...]	2007-10-25 15:38:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	HA PGOV PREL
07PORTAUPRINCE1752	PREVAL NEARS COMPROMISE ON CEP; PRIVATE SECTOR TO [...] C) Sources both within the Presidency and without have told us that a compromise is near on the reformation of the Provisional Electoral Council. If true, this would permit President Preval to name a new council and set the date for Senatorial elections, ending an impasse that has preoccupied [...]	2007-10-31 18:33:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	HA PGOV PREL
07PORTAUPRINCE1853	SLOW PROGRESS TOWARD NEW PROVISIONAL ELECTORAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-21 20:07:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1880	AMBASSADOR VISITS LES CAYES [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador traveled November 14 and 15 to the South Department's capital city, Les Cayes, accompanied by DepDir USAID and Emboffs. Haiti's ''southern claw'' is still recovering from flooding caused by Tropical Storm Noel and its aftermath. Les Cayes thus far has been spared si [...]	2007-11-29 19:47:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS EAID ECON SNAR SOCI HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1899	POSTCARD FROM LES CAYES: POOR BUT PEACEFUL [...] (SBU) Summary: The southern city of Les Cayes does not face the major security concerns common to Port-au-Prince, but social problems stemming from widespread poverty do arise on occasion. Local Haitian National Police grapple with drug trafficking, poor prison conditions and a faulty justic [...]	2007-12-04 13:57:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ECON SNAR SOCI HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1904	HAITI MONTHLY: NOVEMBER, 2007 [...] (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. End summary. 2. (SBU) PREVAL SEEKS CONSENSUS ON NEED FOR CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM FROM MAJOR LABOR UNIONS. Gesner Milcent, General Coordinator for the Haitian Syndicate Initiative (I [...]	2007-12-05 18:47:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON HA PGOV SMIG SNAR
07PORTAUPRINCE1931	PRESIDENT CONTINUES TO DITHER ON PROVISIONAL [...] (SBU) President Preval has yet to make the final appointments of counselors of the reconstituted Provisional Electoral Council (CEP). He continues to quibble with certain social sectors he called on to nominate persons to sit on this body. After rejecting one private sector nominee, the Pres [...]	2007-12-07 20:28:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1955	JUSTICE REFORM PASSES PARLIAMENT AFTER MONTHS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The second and third of a package of three laws governing judicial reform passed the Chamber of Deputies in late November. The three laws require establishment of a judicial council to oversee the judiciary, set down required qualifications and obligations of "magistrates" (in [...]	2007-12-13 18:14:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1959	NEW PROVISIONAL ELECTORAL COUNCIL SWORN IN [...] (C) Summary: President Preval and the Cabinet of Ministers signed a decree December 11 naming new members of the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP). The new councilors were sworn in and assumed office December 12. Preval has yet to officially announce his choice for Director General, Jacqu [...]	2007-12-14 14:24:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1989	VENEZUELAN & CUBAN CONSTRUCTION OF 3 ELECTRICITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Venezuela and Cuba appear to be taking advantage of Haiti's electricity gap. GOH sources up to and including President Preval say Haiti is accepting delivery of three Venezuela-supplied generators to supply Port-au-Prince, Cap Haitien and Gonaives. The generators are to be inst [...]	2007-12-20 19:15:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ENRG EFIN XL HA VE CU
07PORTAUPRINCE1992	LAVALAS: A CONFLICT OF LEADERSHIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The pro-Aristide party, Fanmi Lavalas, is increasingly beset by infighting. A key divisive issue is that absentee party chairman and former president of Haiti Jean Bertrand Aristide continues to pull the strings and make leadership appointments from exile, while leading party f [...]	2007-12-20 20:11:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	HA KDEM PGOV PREL
07PORTAUPRINCE210	PM RAISES DRUGS, AIRPORT WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Having asked for a meeting on an hours notice, Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis on January 26 raised concerns to the Ambassador about potential USG plans to add Haiti's international airport to a list of those requiring "extraordinary security measures" and expressed a desire for clo [...]	2007-02-01 15:57:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM EAIR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE252	MINUSTAH SLOWS DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS [...] (C) Summary: MINUSTAH has a habit of blaming international aid agencies for moving too slowly to implement projects in the disadvantaged neighborhoods of Port-au-Prince. However, staff at the International Organization for Migration (IOM),USAID's main implementing partner in community deve [...]	2007-02-06 13:43:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO EAID HA
07PORTAUPRINCE303	SENATE PRESIDENT LAMBERT: I AM NOT A [...] (C) Summary. Senate President Joseph Lambert on February 6 calmly and methodically denied accusations that he had connections to drug traffickers in a two-hour conversation with Polcouns. Lambert acknowledged that suspicions arose as a result of his association with Jean Marie Fourel Celestin [...]	2007-02-13 17:23:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR KDEM
07PORTAUPRINCE342	GOH AND MINUSTAH ON HSI [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 7-8 the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization, Ambassador John Herbst, accompanied by Ambassador Sanderson and WHA/CAR Director Brian Nichols met with Prime Minister Alexis and select members of his cabinet, the UN Country Team, and NGOs currently opera [...]	2007-02-22 15:46:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO MARR KCRM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE343	HNP DG ANDRESOL ON HSI [...] (SBU) Summary: Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization John Herbst, accompanied by the Ambassador and WHA/CAR Director Nichols, met with Haitian National Police (HNP) Director General (DG) Mario Andresol February 8 to discuss the police portion of the new US $20 million stabilization [...]	2007-02-22 15:48:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KCRM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE365	CITE SOLEIL: GANGS SCURRY FOR COVER [...] (U) Summary: MINUSTAH is continuing operations in the Port-au-Prince neighborhood of Cite Soleil. Recent successes include the arrest of 17 suspected gang members, the take-over of a major base of operations for gang leader Amaral Duclonat, and the arrest of an Evans deputy named "Ti Bazil". [...]	2007-02-26 13:07:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EAID HA KCRM MARR MOPS PGOV
07PORTAUPRINCE37	GOH OFFICIALS: DO NOT WORRY ABOUT MANDATE RENEWAL; [...] (C) Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Jean Raynald Clerisme January 9 (the day President Rene Preval departed for Nicaragua) to discuss the Haiti/Taiwan/China issue, which threatens to affect the renewal of MINUSTAH's UNSC mandate in February. Citing her previous conversations with Chine [...]	2007-01-10 19:52:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KPKO HA CH
07PORTAUPRINCE42	PREVAL CALLS FOR UNITY, HITS U.S. ON DRUG [...] (C) Summary: President Preval used his constitutionally-mandated speech opening the new parliamentary session on January 8 to blame drug trafficking for instability in Haiti, which is a victim of the United States, "a drug-consuming country." Preval's speech followed a three-hour long di [...]	2007-01-11 21:33:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE424	SCENESETTER FOR DEA ADMINISTRATOR TANDY'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Post retransmits below, beginning para 3, Ambassador Sanderson's message to DEA Administrator Tandy, prepared in January in advance of her visit subsequently rescheduled for March 7. Since the original transmission of that message, post has continued to engage with various senior officials [...]	2007-03-05 14:59:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE433	JUAN GABRIEL VALDES RETURNING TO HAITI [...] (C) According to Denneth Modeste (strictly protect),the OAS' representative to Haiti, on March 8, the former Special Representative of the Secretary General in Haiti (2004-2006),Juan Gabriel Valdes (Chile),will return to Haiti under the auspices of the Secretary General of the OAS to hold p [...]	2007-03-05 20:03:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE440	POLITICIANS IN HAITI NOT ALWAYS WHAT THEY SEEM [...] (C) Summary: Cite Soleil mayoral candidate Andou Evel met with Poloff and detailed his knowledge of the neighborhood and his hope that he would be declared the winner of the election. However, Poloff later learned that he may be heavily implicated in violent gang activity and has since cut [...]	2007-03-06 18:00:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE477	LAVALAS CLASHES WITH CAP HAITIEN PORT AUTHORITY [...] (C) Summary: Lavalas demonstrations began on February 24 at the Port of Cap Haitien in response to an incident in which a port security guard pepper sprayed a Fanmi Lavalas deputy mayor-elect, Fritz Joseph. Joseph was attempting to gain entry to the port without proper identification as part [...]	2007-03-09 18:41:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PINR SNAR EWWT HA
07PORTAUPRINCE506	PREVAL HIGHLIGHTS DRUG-TRAFFICKING WITH CODEL PRICE [...] Summary: President Preval on February 23 focused his meeting with CODEL Price on narcotics trafficking, thanking the delegation for their efforts to assist the Haitian parliament, but devoting most of the rest of the 75-minute meeting to a discussion of the threat that drugs pose to Haitian st [...]	2007-03-14 19:41:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE512	CAP HAITIEN'S UNSAVORY NEW LAVALAS MAYOR [...] (C) Summary: Fanmi Lavalas (FL) won the December 3 mayoral election in Cap Haitien, Haiti's second largest city. The three-person slate, consisting of mayor-elect Michel Saint Croix and two deputy mayors, has little experience in formal politics but campaigned heavily in Cap Haitien's urban [...]	2007-03-15 18:22:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE52	PREVAL-TAIWAN RELATIONSHIP: THE LOVE CONNECTION [...] (C) Summary: The personal relationship between Preval and the Taiwanese started during Preval's first presidency from 1996-2001, with agricultural projects in Marmalade, Preval's hometown. The foreign ministry's director of political affairs Weiner Jean Baptiste told Poloff January 11 that th [...]	2007-01-12 19:33:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KPKO HA CH
07PORTAUPRINCE522	PREVAL: CHAVEZ VISIT A MESS [...] (C) Summary: To hear President Rene Preval tell it, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez' visit to Haiti on March 12 was a logistical nightmare and an annoyance to the GoH. Chavez thwarted Preval's efforts to keep the public profile of the visit low key. In the aftermath of the visit, Preval t [...]	2007-03-16 19:16:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID XM XL HA VE
07PORTAUPRINCE54	PREVAL ON THUGS, DRUGS, AND HIS HEALTH [...] (C) I met with President Preval for an hour the evening of January 11, shortly after the president returned from the Ortega inauguration in Manugua. Key topics of discussion included the security situation, Haiti's drug problem and his agreement to meet with his Colombian and Dominican counte [...]	2007-01-12 19:43:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR HA US
07PORTAUPRINCE577	PM ALEXIS IN TROUBLE IN PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Summary: Both senate and chamber majorities are ready to give Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis a vote of no confidence, according to President of the Senate Joseph Lambert. The government under Alexis, in the view of his parliamentary opponents has few tangible accomplishments, and [...]	2007-03-23 18:11:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HA
07PORTAUPRINCE578	OAS ''FRIENDS GROUP'' MEETS RESISTANCE [...] (SBU) Organization of American States (OAS) Special Representative, Denneth Modeste, said that the OAS Assistant Secretary General, Albert Ramdin, proposed to re-establish a SIPDIS Group of Friends during his visit to Haiti on March 19. (Note: The OAS convened the Group of Friends in Port- [...]	2007-03-23 18:13:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HA XA
07PORTAUPRINCE59	DEPUTIES TO ELECT NEW LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: As a result of continuing political maneuvering and lobbying, the deputies in Haiti's lower house have delayed executive board elections originally scheduled for the first day of the new session on January 8. A coalition of the Fusion, Alyans, and OPL parties has reportedly agree [...]	2007-01-12 20:40:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE661	ROBERT LECORPS MURDERED [...] (U) On April 4, Robert Lecorps, who was arrested (but never charged) in connection with the April 3, 2000 murder of journalist Jean Dominique, was gunned down near his home in Pernier, a suburb of Port-au-Prince. He was shot several times in what appears to be a contract killing. Radio Car [...]	2007-04-11 16:01:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM ASEC HA
07PORTAUPRINCE715	PM ALEXIS SAFE FOR NOW [...] (C) Summary: Following President Preval's intervention with legislators on Prime Minister Jacques Edward Alexis' behalf and an intense round of discussions among Haitian political leaders during the first week of April, parliamentary leaders are voicing their support for stability and have [...]	2007-04-18 16:56:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HA
07PORTAUPRINCE723	LAVALAS SENATOR APPEALS FOR RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Summary: Senator Rudy Herivaux (Famni Lavalas (FL),West Department) laments that Lavalas partisans feel left out of the political process. The party has practically no links to the executive branch and plays a limited role in parliament. Herivaux criticized the Prime Minister for his u [...]	2007-04-19 12:17:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC PINR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE76	REPATRIATION OF CRIMINAL DEPORTEES [...] This message contains a request for guidance from BICE and the Department. Please see paragraphs 8 and 9. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff On January 9 met with GOH officials to schedule the next transfer of criminal deportees and to resolve continued problems that have plagued the deportation pro [...]	2007-01-17 21:02:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE78	GOH ON PETROCARIBE: STOKING THE FIRES [...] (C) Summary: Michel Lecorps, the newly-appointed head of the independent monetization office (formally known as the PL-480 office),met with Poloff January 10 to discuss Petrocaribe implementation in Haiti. Lecorps, apparently infuriated by Chevron's lack of cooperation with the GoH, stresse [...]	2007-01-18 13:59:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON EAID HA
07PORTAUPRINCE781	PREVAL GOING TO ALBA SUMMIT: RETURNING WITH A [...] (C) Secretary General of the Presidency Fritz Longchamps on April 26 reported to Polcouns that President Preval will attend the Alba summit in Venzuela as a "special observer" for the express purpose of finalizing a tri-lateral assistance agreement between Haiti, Venezuela, and Cuba, whereby V [...]	2007-04-26 19:51:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE799	(C) BOB MANUEL LEAVES HAITI - BUT FOR HOW LONG? [...] (C) Saying that he will not/not return to Haiti until President Preval gives him a paying job that will allow him to decently support his family, Presidential Counselor Bob Manuel called me from the airport April 29 to say that he was leaving the country to return to Guatemala for good. Manuel [...]	2007-04-30 19:25:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HA
07PORTAUPRINCE824	JUSTICE REFORM ADVANCES SLOWLY [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis will officially present the justice ministry's three laws on reform (ref A) on May 3, along with the rest of the government's legislative program. MINUSTAH political officer Lizbeth Cullity said the presidents of the national assembly and ch [...]	2007-05-04 18:25:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HA
07PORTAUPRINCE833	TENSION BEHIND THE SCENES AT ALBA [...] (C) Summary: Senate President Joseph Lambert described a "very tense" atmosphere behind the scenes of the ALBA summit between President Preval and President Chavez in a meeting with Embassy staff on May 4. According to Lambert, Preval refused to join ALBA and told Chavez that if ALBA membersh [...]	2007-05-07 15:28:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HA VE
07PORTAUPRINCE88	DEPUTIES SELECT JEAN-JACQUES FOR A SECOND TERM [...] (U) The chamber of deputies, stunning outside observers, reelected Pierre Eric Jean-Jacques (Lespwa - Delmas, West) on January 18 to lead the lower house. Lespwa deputy Jean Delouis Felix, reportedly Prime Minister Alexis' preferred candidate, led by 34 votes to Jean-Jacques' 32 in the first [...]	2007-01-19 17:45:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE89	JUDICIAL/POLICE TENSIONS REEMERGE [...] (U) Chief Prosecutor for Port-au-Prince Claudy Gassant announced on January 7 that the previous night unknown individuals purportedly entered the prosecutors' office and stole investigation files and weapons and other evidence held in pending cases. Gassant also criticized the Haitian Nation [...]	2007-01-19 19:09:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE939	DEMARCHE ON IRAN/VENEZUELA [...] (C) The Ambassador on May 21 delivered the points contained in reftel to Foreign Minister Clerisme regarding the regional impact of Iran and Venezuela's growing relationship. She emphasized that Iran represented a danger to the region and that Iran and Venezuela together threatened to underm [...]	2007-05-23 17:42:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MARR PTER PHUM HA VE IR
07PORTAUPRINCE944	(C) C-AL7-00733: VENEZUELAN AID TO HAITI [...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan promises of over USD one billion in aid and assistance to Haiti have not materialized except for two examples of in-kind assistance. Venezuela delivered a shipment of petroleum and asphalt, both of which arrived without forewarning, and the GoH re-sold the goods to no [...]	2007-05-24 17:45:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR EPET EAID VE HA
07PORTAUPRINCE948	AMBASSADOR/PM REVIEW BILATERAL AGENDA [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador on May 16 called on Prime Minister Alexis to discuss with him President Preval's visit to Washington and review other bilateral issues, including cooperation on money-laundering, illegal emigration, and Cite Soleil development. The PM reported that Preval had exp [...]	2007-05-25 15:23:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM KJUS HA
07PORTAUPRINCE959	HAITIAN DELEGATION PLEASED WITH WASHINGTON VISIT [...] (C) Members of the delegation who accompanied President Preval and other Haitian officials informed Emboffs that Preval was very pleased with the reception he received from President Bush, Secretary Rice, other USG officials and members of Congress. Presidential counselor Gabriel Verret cla [...]	2007-05-29 14:47:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE966	UNREST CONTINUES IN GONAIVES [...] (C) Summary. Violent demonstrations against the government and MINUSTAH on May 22 and 24 are the most recent result of increased gang activity and tensions in the northern port city of Gonaives. The murder of a local journalist and civic activist Alix Joseph sparked the most recent disturb [...]	2007-05-30 17:42:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC KCRM PHUM PINR HA
07PORTLOUIS568	MAURITIUS TO SUPPORT ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR RED [...] (C/REL to Argentina) Embassy Port Louis delivered reftel demarche on October 26, 2007, in a meeting with Mauritius' Commissioner of Police, Ramanooj Gopalsingh. Gopalsingh stated that he would support Argentina's position at the Interpol General Assembly Meeting in Morocco. 2. (C/) The Com [...]	2007-10-30 07:11:00	Embassy Port Louis	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PTER ASEC PREL PGOV IR MP
07PORTMORESBY226	MCGANN MAKES WAVES IN PORT MORESBY [...] (U) Summary: EAP/ANP Office Director Steven McGann met with PNG Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Permanent Secretary Lucy Bogari, heads of diplomatic missions, Australian SIPDIS High Commission officers, and several other government officials. He also attended a reception wit [...]	2007-06-26 06:48:00	Embassy Port Moresby	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PP
07PORTOFSPAIN1167	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO - LIBERTAD ACT TITLE III REVIEW [...] (C) QUESTION: What is the nature of investments that host country businesses have in Cuba? ANSWER: Post is aware of no Trinidad & Tobago (T&T) companies or individuals with significant presence or investments in Cuba. 2. (C) QUESTION: Are there any bilateral trade agreements between host [...]	2007-11-30 17:42:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL TD
07PORTOFSPAIN299	T&T PM MANNING MEETS CHAVEZ, SIGNS GAS AGREEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: T&T Prime Minister Patrick Manning met with BRV President Hugo Chavez for four hours on March 20 and signed a framework unitization agreement, a key step toward joint development of substantial cross-border gas fields. Manning also used the meeting as an opportunity to propose br [...]	2007-03-26 18:55:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE TD
07PORTOFSPAIN436	T&T NOT WILLING TO ASSIST NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ [...] (C) Embassy Port of Spain believes the GOTT would not respond favorably to any USG requests for troops to supplement the coalition forces in Iraq. This country has historically been opposed to sending its troops, however few in number, on military missions overseas and, even within the regio [...]	2007-05-02 18:55:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ MARR MAS MOPS PREL PTER TD
07PORTOFSPAIN480	GOTT UNHCR VOTE [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-11 18:13:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC TD
07PORTOFSPAIN489	T&T WILL SUPPORT BELARUS FOR THE HUMAN RIGHTS [...] MFA Multilateral Affairs Division Director Margaret Rousseau told Polchief, on May 16, that T&T has already made a commitment to Belarus to support its candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council, along with the candidacy of Slovenia. She claimed the GOTT had made this commitment &last week som [...]	2007-05-17 10:32:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC TD
07PORTOFSPAIN518	T&T RELUCTANT TO CRITICIZE EITHER VENEZUELA OR IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to Ambassador Austin,s demarche on the expanding relationship between Venezuela and Iran, Foreign Minister Piggott was strictly neutral, saying that T&T is primarily interested in the maintenance of peace and the solution of all conflicts through dialogue. He implied [...]	2007-05-24 21:43:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR VZ PM AR TD
07PORTOFSPAIN52	IRAQ: GUIDANCE ON PRESIDENT'S POLICY ADDRESS [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-18 15:31:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ MARR MOPS PGOV PREL TD
07PORTOFSPAIN541	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO - LIBERTAD ACT TITLE III REVIEW [...] (C) QUESTION: What is the nature of investments that host country businesses have in Cuba? ANSWER: Post is aware of no Trinidad & Tobago (T&T) companies or individuals with significant presence or investments in Cuba. 2. (C) QUESTION: Are there any bilateral trade agreements between host [...]	2007-06-01 16:56:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU TD
07PORTOFSPAIN545	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO GOVERNMENT REACTS TO JFK TERROR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Patrick Manning requested a meeting with Ambassador Austin June 4 to pledge continued assistance in all law enforcement and legal matters to fight terror, including efforts to extradite two of the JFK bomb plotters currently being held in Trinidad. Manning had a [...]	2007-06-05 15:24:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL CVIS TT
07PORTOFSPAIN652	SOUTHCOM COMMANDER STAVRIDIS VISITS TRINIDAD & [...] (C) SUMMARY - Southcom Commander Admiral James Stavridis visited Trinidad and Tobago June 29 for meetings with Ambassador Austin and Embassy Senior Staff, Prime Minister Patrick Manning, Chief of Defense Staff Edmund Dillon and his regiment chiefs. PM Manning seemed particularly pleased with [...]	2007-07-05 14:07:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL SNAR MASS MOPS TD
07PORTOFSPAIN657	SOUTHCOM COMMANDER STAVRIDIS VISITS TRINIDAD & [...] (C) SUMMARY - Southcom Commander Admiral James Stavridis visited Trinidad and Tobago June 29 for meetings with Ambassador Austin and Embassy Senior Staff, Prime Minister Patrick Manning, Chief of Defense Staff Edmund Dillon and his regiment chiefs. PM Manning seemed particularly pleased with [...]	2007-07-05 17:41:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL SNAR MASS MOPS TD
07PRAGUE102	MISSILE DEFENSE: CZECH GOVERNMENT STRATEGY - MEET [...] (C) The Czech Government has adopted a strategy of maximum openness with the public in an effort to ensure the success of its plans to host a U.S. missile defense (MD) radar. Czech opponents of missile defense have tried to draw analogies with Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia; opponents also [...]	2007-02-02 15:49:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ
07PRAGUE1027	CZECH COMMENTS IN ADVANCE OF EU FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) In a meeting with Pol-Econ Counselor Sept 5 to discuss the upcoming Gymnich meeting, Vaclav Balek, Director of the Czech MFA's Common Foreign Security Policy Department offered the following assessment of Czech views and goals for the meeting: Russia and the Portuguese EU Presidency --- [...]	2007-09-06 15:19:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	CH EUN EZ IN PGOV PREL RS
07PRAGUE103	CZECH REPUBLIC: AGAINST THE EU CONSTITUTION, WANTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sparked by the January 26 visit of Germany Prime Minister Angela Merkel, several prominent Czech politicians -- with President Klaus in the lead -- have made strong statements against reviving the EU constitution. The renewed debate is illuminating divisions within the governing [...]	2007-02-04 08:52:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV EUN EZ
07PRAGUE104	CZECHS ENDING NORTH KOREAN LABORER PROGRAM BUT [...] (C) As a result of passage of UNSCR 1718, the Czech Foreign Ministry has pushed through an interministerial decision to end the North Korean work program that has been in place since 1998. No new visas will be issued, and the 408 DPRK laborers currently in country will leave when their visas [...]	2007-02-05 05:45:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUN ELAB EZ KN
07PRAGUE106	CZECH OPPOSITION LEADER PROMISES FLEXIBILITY IN [...] (C) Summary: Czech opposition leader Jiri Paroubek told Ambassador that he would ensure that his party continued to maintain a flexible approach on a missile defense (MD) radar in the Czech Republic. Paroubek confirmed that he felt that for internal party reasons he had no choice but to have [...]	2007-02-05 15:21:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EZ
07PRAGUE1078	DHS VISA WAIVER OFFICIALS BRIEF CZECHS, PROVIDE [...] (U) DHS DAS for Policy Nathan Sales and DHS Visa Waiver Chief Dan Sullivan met with Czech MFA Political Director Povejsil and Deputy Interior Minister Salivar on September 7. They continued with a working-level meeting on September 10. Sales and Sullivan provided details about the seven new [...]	2007-09-18 14:45:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CMGT CVIS EZ PREL
07PRAGUE1084	CZECH REPUBLIC: EU BORDER MISSION FOR LEBANON [...] (C) Embassy official met with Czech desk officers for Syria and Lebanon regarding the Spanish proposal for a European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) mission on the Lebanon-Syria border. These Czech officials indicated that this possible mission, while discussed on September 14 at the Poli [...]	2007-09-20 12:24:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	EU EZ PGOV PREL IS SY LE
07PRAGUE1144	DASD CAGAN SEEKS CZECH HELP IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary and Comment: DOD DASD Cagan held talks with Czech First Deputy Minister of Defense Martin Bartak and Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar on October 4, 2007. DASD Cagan sought from the Czechs an additional 20 troops for Iraq, a company (100 to 120 troops) to help the Dutch in Uruzg [...]	2007-10-12 15:23:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	IR AF MARR MASS PREL NATO
07PRAGUE1146	CZECH COMMENTS IN ADVANCE OF THE EU GAERC [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboff met with Vaclav Balek, Director of the Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy regarding the upcoming October 15-16 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). Of note were his comments on Iran, Russia, Chad and Uzbekistan, as well as his negative as [...]	2007-10-15 09:24:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN EZ PGOV PREL RS KV IR BM UZ
07PRAGUE1154	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DEFENSE SECRETARY GATES [...] (C) Your October 23 visit to Prague will be important to our effort to win Czech approval of our missile defense (MD) proposals, and to generally solidify the partnership with a key U.S. ally. While MD is likely to dominate discussions with government officials and members of parliament, you [...]	2007-10-17 16:22:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL MARR PGOV NATO EZ
07PRAGUE1156	IRANIAN DELEGATION VISIT: CZECH REPUBLIC SEEKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Iranian Parliamentarian Majlis Alaeddin Boroujedi of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee met with Czech Foreign Minister Schwarzenberg and several parliamentary groups during his visit to Prague October 15-17. Based on conversations with the Foreign Minister, M [...]	2007-10-18 14:07:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IR PHUM EUN EZ
07PRAGUE1160	MISSILE DEFENSE IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC: THE ROAD [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-19 13:15:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV NATO EZ
07PRAGUE1174	CZECH GOVERNMENT FACES A FIRESTORM OF CRITICISM [...] (C) Summary: The friendly and positive atmosphere during the official meetings of Secretary of Defense Gates (SecDef) in Prague on October 23 has been overshadowed by a media firestorm sparked by the SecDef's comments regarding possible Russian access to MD sites, including the planned radar [...]	2007-10-26 11:01:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV NATO EZ
07PRAGUE1177	CZECHS PREPARATIONS FOR DEPLOYMENT TO LOGAR, [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-26 14:43:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	AF MARR MASS PREL NATO EZ
07PRAGUE1180	CZECHS INFORM ARGENTINES OF SUPPORT FOR INTERPOL [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-29 15:22:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV EZ XG AR
07PRAGUE1191	2008 CZECH FOREIGN DEPLOYMENT BILL [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-01 14:42:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	IR AF MARR MASS PREL NATO EZ
07PRAGUE1193	SCENESETTER FOR CZECH OPPOSITION LEADER PAROUBEK'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jiri Paroubek, Chairman of the largest Czech opposition party, CSSD or the Czech Social Democratic Party, will visit Washington next week with the primary purpose of discussing missile defense with U.S. policy makers. To win the Czech parliament's approval of the MD agreements, [...]	2007-11-01 16:47:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EZ
07PRAGUE1201	2008 CZECH BUDGET: THE ANOREXIC BEAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The draft 2008 state budget passed the first reading in Parliament on October 23 and final approval is expected in December. The Czech government, in an effort to meet the Maastricht budget deficit ceiling of 3 percent of GDP, has proposed a comparatively lean budget for 2008. [...]	2007-11-06 17:13:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV EZ
07PRAGUE1205	THIRD VISIT OF STATUS OF FORCES NEGOTIATION TEAM [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-07 15:15:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ
07PRAGUE1207	CZECH REPUBLIC: SURVEY OF IRAQ DEPLOYMENT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-08 16:18:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ MARR MOPS PREL
07PRAGUE1215	CZECH REPUBLIC MISSILE DEFENSE: CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: Visits to Prague of USD(P) Eric Edelman and U/S Rood, together with clear Czech statements following a government meeting on November 6, appear to have put to rest Czech concerns about possible Russian troops at the proposed missile defense radar site (reftel). The Czechs told Ede [...]	2007-11-13 14:15:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV NATO PINS EZ XG
07PRAGUE1224	CZECH INSIGHTS INTO EU POLICY ON CUBA [...] (C) Embassy Officials met with Czech MFA Officials in the office of Human Rights and Transition Policy as well as the office of the Americas to discuss working together for real change in Cuba. The Czechs noted that our proposals (reftel A) were disseminated by the Portuguese EU Presidency to [...]	2007-11-15 13:24:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CU UNGA EZ EUN
07PRAGUE123	DHS A/S PAUL ROSENZWEIG CHAIRS SEVENTH BCWG AND [...] (C) DHS Acting Assistant Secretary for International Affairs Paul Rosenzweig and DHS Office of International Enforcement Director Daniel Sullivan met with Czech Foreign and Interior Ministers on a visit to Prague on January 24 and 25. After addressing a multilateral meeting hosted by the In [...]	2007-02-08 13:15:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS CMGT PREL CPAS ASEC EZ
07PRAGUE1232	CZECH-HUNGARIAN ENERGY JOINT VENTURE: POTENTIAL [...] (U) This is a joint cable by Embassy Prague and Embassy Budapest. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION: The proposed joint venture between Czech electricity giant CEZ and Hungarian energy group MOL is a deal driven by business interests -- CEZ's desire to get its foot in the door in Hungary as a [...]	2007-11-16 10:21:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EINV PREL EZ
07PRAGUE1233	CZECH COMMENTS IN ADVANCE OF THE EU GAERC [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboff met with Vaclav Balek, Director of the Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy prior to the November 19 EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). Of note were his comments on the Western Balkans, Iran, the EUFOR Chad-RCA mission and upcoming Sum [...]	2007-11-16 15:59:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	EZ EUN PGOV PREL IR KVPR
07PRAGUE1234	CZECH POLITICS: CUNEK HALF-WAY OUT THE DOOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Corruption has brought down another high-profile Czech politician. Jiri Cunek, head of the KDU-CSL party (Christian Democrats),formally resigned on November 13 from his cabinet post of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Regional Development. While Cunek's latest scandal p [...]	2007-11-16 16:21:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EZ
07PRAGUE1241	CZECH PRIORITIES FOR OSCE MADRID MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Poloffs met November 20 with Veronika Kuchynova-Smigolova, Director of the Czech MFA's Security Policy Department, to discuss the OSCE Ministerial that will take place in Madrid 29-30 November. The Czechs reviewed our proposals (reftel) and raised their three priorities for the Ministeri [...]	2007-11-20 16:31:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL EZ
07PRAGUE1250	CZECH REPUBLIC: REVIEW FOR WAIVER OF TITLE III OF [...] (U) The Czech Republic has a strong record of active engagement and support for democracy, human rights and fundamental freedoms in Cuba. Former Czech President Vaclav Havel, an internationally recognized advocate for human rights, established the Czech government's principled position on Cub [...]	2007-11-21 15:14:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREF CU EZ XG
07PRAGUE1274	CZECHS BRIEFED ON IRAN NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE [...] (C) Pol-Econ Counselor delivered reftel points on the NIE on Iran's nuclear program to Czech MFA Political Director Martin Povejsil on December 4. Povejsil appreciated receiving the NIE conclusions and the U.S. position. Povejsil thought that the NIE's conclusions regarding the nuclear progra [...]	2007-12-04 16:05:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IR EZ
07PRAGUE1276	CZECH REPUBLIC BRIEFED ON US MISSILE DEFENSE AND [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-05 14:11:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS KPAO NATO EU EZ PL RS
07PRAGUE1281	CZECH GOVERNMENT WRAPS UP A GOOD WEEK IN PARLIAMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Topolanek government again demonstrated this week that despite the tensions within the coalition and internal disputes in all three coalition parties, the government can come together on important votes and continues to press ahead with its agenda. Although the government's [...]	2007-12-07 13:20:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EZ
07PRAGUE1282	2008 CZECH FOREIGN DEPLOYMENT BILL APPROVED [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-07 13:28:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	IR AF MARR MASS PREL NATO EZ
07PRAGUE1293	IRAN BLASTS THE CZECHS FOR REACTION TO NIE [...] (C) Summary: Iran has reacted harshly to the Czech stance on the recently released NIE and their decision to continue missile defense negotiations. They appear to have, at least temporarily, halted what were tentative steps towards normalizing relations. End summary 2. (C) During a meeti [...]	2007-12-12 15:10:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PREL PGOV IR EZ EUN
07PRAGUE1304	CZECHS WILL INQUIRE WITH IRAN ON MISSING AMCIT [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-14 15:23:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CASC EZ IN PGOV

07PRAGUE133	CZECHS CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT HAMAS/FATAH [...] (SBU) Poloff met with the Czech MFA Director of the Middle East and Africa Department Josef Rychtar on February 9 to discuss the announcement that Fatah and Hamas have agreed to form a new Palestinian government. Rychtar agreed the announcement seems to be a positive step, but noted press repo [...]	2007-02-09 16:26:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL KPAL KWBG IS XX EZ
07PRAGUE158	GREEN CHAIR BURSIK OFFERS PRAGMATIC APPROACH ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Martin Bursik, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Green Party, assured the Ambassador that he would work to keep his party's position on missile defense flexible. Bursik indicated that, while he is confident he will be reconfirmed as party chair at the February 17-18 Gre [...]	2007-02-16 15:09:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MASS EZ
07PRAGUE159	CZECHS TO PAY INCREASED ATTENTION TO ASIA BUT [...] (C) With a long history of criticizing China's human rights abuses, new FM Karel Schwarzenberg and Prime Minister Topolanek are likely to put Czech - China relations on the back burner while pushing for expanded ties with Vietnam and India as counterweights to China in the region. Schwarzenbe [...]	2007-02-16 16:11:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EZ
07PRAGUE186	CZECH REPUBLIC/MISSILE DEFENSE: RESPONDING TO [...] (C) As part of the ongoing dialogue with the Czech Republic on missile defense, both Washington and Embassy officials have briefed senior levels of the Czech government and opposition about U.S.-Russian consultations on missile defense and specifically the fact that the proposed MD system pose [...]	2007-02-27 07:54:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ
07PRAGUE211	CZECHS ON RELIABLE REPLACEMENT WARHEAD PROGRAM [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-02 11:29:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL EZ
07PRAGUE212	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CZECH PRESIDENT VACLAV [...] (C) Czech President Vaclav Klaus's March 5-9 visit to the United States comes less than two months after the USG proposed negotiations on a missile defense radar facility in the Czech Republic, and one month before Klaus heads to Moscow for meetings with President Putin. It comes as the Czech [...]	2007-03-02 13:35:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV MARR EZ
07PRAGUE22	SCENESETTER FOR EUR A/S FRIED'S JANUARY 11 VISIT [...] (C) Dan, I'm looking forward to seeing you again. Your visit will be our first opportunity to meet the "new" Czech government that President Klaus will formally appoint tomorrow (Tuesday) morning. You are set to call on new/old Prime Minister Topolanek, new Foreign Minister Schwarzenberg, an [...]	2007-01-08 15:36:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PGOV PREL EZ
07PRAGUE230	CZECH REPUBLIC: DEPUTY VICE PRIME MINISTER SEDIVY [...] (C) Visiting EUR/NCE Director Judy Garber met with Deputy Vice Prime Minister Dr. Jiri Sedivy March 2 to discuss Czech preparations for the rotating EU Presidency during the first half of 2009. As reported in reftel, Sedivy, who was formerly Defense Minister under the previous unconfirmed Top [...]	2007-03-06 13:23:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EZ PREL
07PRAGUE236	CZECHS HESITANT ON SPECIAL SESSION ON BURMA AT UN [...] (C) Summary: While the Czech MFA has not reached a final decision, MFA staff are concerned about the timing and tactics of hosting a UNHRC special session on Burma. Czech unease relates to the possibility that a special session could undermine efforts to complete UNHRC institution building p [...]	2007-03-07 14:25:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNHRC UNGA UNSC BM EZ
07PRAGUE246	CZECHS SUPPORT EFFORTS TO RAISE BURMA DURING ASEAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-09 14:30:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BM EUN EZ
07PRAGUE25	CZECH POLITICS: NEW GOVERNMENT TAKES POWER WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On January 9 Czech President Vaclav Klaus officially appointed the second government of Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek (ODS),launching the latest chapter in the electoral saga that began with the deadlocked June 2-3 parliamentary elections. Topolanek's center-right coalition w [...]	2007-01-09 15:37:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EZ
07PRAGUE289	U.S. AND RUSSIANS JOINTLY DEMARCHE CZECH REPUBLIC [...] (C) On March 16, DCM and Russian DCM Oleg Lushnikov presented the points outlined in reftel to Jan Kara, director of the United Nations Department of the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Kara was very receptive to the message, and responded that he was "nearly 100 percent sure" the Czechs w [...]	2007-03-19 14:40:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PREL PINS PARM PGOV EZ RU
07PRAGUE296	CZECH REPUBLIC SUPPORTS UNHRC ACTION ON ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Summary. According to Czech MFA Human Rights Department official Jan Kaminek, the Czech government strongly condemns the Mugabe government's violent, anti-democratic actions. Accordingly, the Czech government has supported the EU's statements on the issue and will support an UNHRC proclama [...]	2007-03-20 15:27:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ZI EZ
07PRAGUE316	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF USD(P) EDELMAN TO PRAGUE [...] (C) Eric, Welcome back to Prague. Your visit provides an excellent opportunity to reinforce the themes concerning missile defense that Secretary Gates relayed to Czech President Klaus during his visit to Washington earlier this month. Your meetings in Prague -- with Deputy Defense Minister [...]	2007-03-24 11:19:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV EZ
07PRAGUE321	CZECHS ON RELEASE OF TALIBAN PRISONERS [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-26 15:18:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER AF IT EZ
07PRAGUE328	AGING CZECH SOCIAL DEMOCRATS RE-ELECT A WEAKENED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Czech Social Democrats (CSSD) held their annual party congress March 23-25, as an opposition party for the first time in nine years. Party Chairman Jiri Paroubek was re-elected. In spite of running unopposed, Paroubek received only 60% of the votes, down from the 92% he recei [...]	2007-03-27 15:19:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR EZ
07PRAGUE333	MISSILE DEFENSE: CZECH GOVERNMENT AGREES TO [...] (U) The Czech Cabinet took the formal decision on March 28 to begin negotiations with the United States on basing a U.S. missile defense radar on Czech Territory. In a televised press conference following the Cabinet meeting Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek emphasized that this decision would beg [...]	2007-03-28 16:13:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ
07PRAGUE343	VISIT OF UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ERIC EDELMAN [...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman visited Prague on March 27-28 and met separately with Czech Deputy Prime Minister Alexandr (Sasa) Vondra, Deputy Defense Minister Martin Bartak, and a group of key Czech parliamentarians. While there was some substantive discussion [...]	2007-03-30 13:08:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR MOPS YI NATO AF EZ
07PRAGUE356	CZECH/MISSILE DEFENSE: DRAFT DCA DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-03 15:35:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EZ
07PRAGUE367	CZECH RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES DOUBTFUL [...] (C) DCM met with Deputy Foreign Minister Pojar on April 6 to request resettlement of Guantanamo detainees in the Czech Republic. Pojar thought it was "doubtful" the Czechs would accept the detainees, but agreed to consider the request. (The Czechs declined a similar request when it was posed by [...]	2007-04-06 11:48:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC AU BE BU CA DA EN
07PRAGUE368	CZECH RESPONSE: DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S DEFENSE [...] (C) On April 2, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Pavel Klucky, Head of the Nonproliferation and Disarmament Unit in the UN Department at the Czech MFA. Klucky stated that the Czech government would need some time to formulate a response. On April 6, Poloff again contacted Klucky, who rep [...]	2007-04-06 13:20:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP PARM IR KN EZ
07PRAGUE369	CZECH RESPONSE: REQUEST FOR NSG COUNTRIES TO [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-06 13:21:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC KNNP IAEA IR EZ
07PRAGUE38	MISSILE DEFENSE: CZECH PARLIAMENTARIANS ENCOURAGED [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-17 08:56:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ
07PRAGUE398	RUSSIAN DEPUTY FM TELLS THE CZECHS THAT MISSILE [...] (C) Summary: Russian DFM Kislyak, visiting Prague on March 11-12 for meetings with FM Schwarzenberg, DFM Pojar and the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee, asserted that the planned missile defense sites in the Czech Republic and Poland are a step in a larger effort by the U.S. to develop a [...]	2007-04-13 16:11:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR RU EZ
07PRAGUE400	NORTH KOREAN DG FOR EUROPEAN AFFAIRS VISITS CZECH [...] (SBU) On April 12, Political Economic Counselor met with Jan Fury, Director of the Asian and Pacific Affairs Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to discuss the recent visit of Mr. Kim Chun Guk, DPRK MFA Director General for European Affairs. Kim visited Prague on April 3 after att [...]	2007-04-16 05:34:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EZ KN
07PRAGUE401	NORTH KOREAN DG FOR EUROPEAN AFFAIRS VISITS CZECH [...] (SBU) On April 12, Political Economic Counselor met with Jan Fury, Director of the Asian and Pacific Affairs Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to discuss the recent visit of Mr. Kim Chun Guk, DPRK MFA Director General for European Affairs. Kim visited Prague on April 3 after att [...]	2007-04-16 05:34:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EZ KN
07PRAGUE418	SCENESETTER FOR CZECH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Czech Foreign Minster Karel Schwarzenberg pays his first official visit to Washington this week. The Czechs are a dependable and engaged, albeit small, ally in NATO and the EU. Schwarzenberg himself is a committed transatlanticist. It is important for us that Schwarzenberg be a [...]	2007-04-18 11:38:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CVIS MARR EZ
07PRAGUE44	A/S FRIED IN PRAGUE: MISSILE DEFENSE, VISAS, AFGHANISTAN, KOSOVO, ENERGY [...] (C) Summary: In discussions with senior Czech officials in Prague on January 11, A/S Fried covered the following: -- Missile Defense: the President is likely to reach a decision soon that will initiate a period of negotiations with the Czechs and/or Poles about terms for basing MD assets in [...]	2007-01-18 12:08:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR ENRG EZ
07PRAGUE45	CZECHS WANT TO COOPERATE WITH THE U.S. "AS MUCH AS [...] (SBU) Summary. Czech efforts to promote human rights and democracy in Iran are limited primarily to support for Radio Farda, an annual scholarship, a few internships, and humanitarian relief following the Bam earthquake. However, the Deputy Director of the MFA Middle East Department emphasized [...]	2007-01-18 15:02:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO IR EUN EZ
07PRAGUE471	CZECH GOVERNMENT; FIRST 100 DAYS - NO HONEYMOON, [...] SUMMARY (C) The three-party coalition led by Mirek Toplanek (ODS),which marked its 100th day in power April 30, is facing several internal conflicts that threaten its long-term survival, though collapse or early elections are not imminent. One simmering threat is a bitter dispute over Jiri C [...]	2007-05-02 09:52:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EZ
07PRAGUE486	CZECH-RUSSIAN PRESIDENTIAL MEETINGS CORDIAL; NO [...] (C) Summary. The visit of President Klaus with President Putin in Moscow was cordial and productive. Although press reports focused on the missile defense aspect of the visit, only about 10 per cent of the discussions in meetings concerned the issue. President Putin, who has been passionate in [...]	2007-05-03 13:30:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ RU
07PRAGUE495	VISIT OF CZECH GREEN PARTY CHAIR AND ENVIRONMENT [...] (SBU) Martin Bursik, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Environment, and Chairman of the Czech Green Party, will visit the U.S. May 8-12. He will attend the UN Commission on Sustainable Development before traveling to Washington for consultations on May 11. These meetings are expected to [...]	2007-05-04 15:58:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SENV EZ
07PRAGUE497	CZECH PRESIDENT: PUTIN SERIOUS ABOUT MISSILE [...] (C) Czech President Vaclav Klaus asked to see Ambassador on May 7 to brief on his April 26-29 state visit to Moscow, and specifically his discussions with President Putin on missile defense (MD). Klaus said he found Putin to be more strident than he had expected on the issue, adding that he " [...]	2007-05-07 15:01:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR RU EZ
07PRAGUE500	VISIT OF CZECH GREEN PARTY CHAIR AND ENVIRONMENT [...] (SBU) Martin Bursik, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Environment, and Chairman of the Czech Green Party, will visit the U.S. May 8-12. He will attend the UN Commission on Sustainable Development before traveling to Washington for consultations on May 11. These meetings are expected to [...]	2007-05-09 08:27:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SENV EZ
07PRAGUE507	CZECHS ON UNHRC ELECTION [...] (C) The Czechs have told us they will vote for Slovenia, and will not vote for Belarus, in the upcoming UNHRC election (ref b). They have said they would support Bosnia, if it formally declares itself a candidate. But they also fear that the Bosnian candidacy could weaken support for Slovenia [...]	2007-05-10 15:41:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC EZ
07PRAGUE52	CZECH PM PUBLICLY WELCOMES U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel non paper on the fielding of U.S. missile defense assets to Czech Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar at 10:45 a.m., Saturday, January 20. Pojar, who was visibly excited, welcomed the document, indicating that it largely tracked with what he had heard about Undersecreta [...]	2007-01-20 11:14:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL EZ PL
07PRAGUE528	CZECHS WARN THAT RADAR-ONLY MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (C) Czech Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar warned DCM on May 10 that the recent Congressional move to cut funding for the proposed missile defense (MD) assets in Poland, even though it leaves funding for the Czech radar intact, would undercut the rationale for the system and make it difficul [...]	2007-05-11 16:14:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV EZ
07PRAGUE529	FIRST VISIT OF STATUS OF FORCES NEGOTIATION TEAM [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Robert Loftis and an interagency delegation met with representatives of the Czech Government in Prague to open negotiations on a supplemental Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) May 10-11. Overall, discussions were productive and the Czech negotiation team was well-prepar [...]	2007-05-11 17:13:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ
07PRAGUE538	SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO PRAGUE. [...] (C) The President will be welcomed warmly in Prague, both at his bilateral events and for the conference on "Democracy and Security." President Klaus and the government are thrilled to have the opportunity to host the President again, after the November 2002 visit for the NATO Summit. Three [...]	2007-05-14 12:49:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL EZ
07PRAGUE552	CZECHS SUPPORT UNSC NEGOTIATIONS ON KOSOVO; SHARE [...] (C) Summary. The Czech government strongly supports the UNSC resolution on Kosovo independence. The Czech MFA has minor reservations with the draft resolution (which it obtained from its mission in New York) and suggested ways to make the text more effective. The Czechs also expressed concern [...]	2007-05-16 11:26:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YI EZ
07PRAGUE565	CZECH PM RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT FUNDING OF MISSILE [...] (C) Summary: Czech PM Topolanek told Ambassador that questions regarding U.S. funding of missile defense projects in Central Europe are damaging Czech efforts to build political support for the system. Referring to the proposal in the House version of the defense appropriations bill that fun [...]	2007-05-18 12:57:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EZ
07PRAGUE590	CZECH REPUBLIC: REVIEW FOR WAIVER OF TITLE III OF [...] (U) The Czech Republic has actively advocated for democracy and human rights in Cuba since its own transition from a totalitarian regime in 1989. Former Czech President Vaclav Havel, an internationally recognized human rights activist, established the Czech government's principled approach t [...]	2007-05-23 14:06:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREF CU EZ
07PRAGUE60	CZECH PLANS FOR THE JANUARY 26 NATO FOREIGN [...] (C) Poloff met January 23 with MFA Security Policy Director Veronika Smigolova to discuss Czech plans for the January 26 NATO foreign ministerial in Brussels. The meeting followed up on delivery of Ref A demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar by CFC-A Commander Lieutenant General Karl [...]	2007-01-23 17:56:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS NATO PINS PREL AF PK EZ
07PRAGUE612	MISSILE DEFENSE: IRAN OFFERS THE CZECHS A VISIT TO [...] (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Deputy Minister of Defense Martin Bartak told DCM on May 28 that the Iranian Charge d'Affaires recently approached senior representatives of the Czech government with an invitation to visit Iran. The invitation is intended to d [...]	2007-05-29 12:32:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ
07PRAGUE62	MISSILE DEFENSE: CZECH PARLIAMENTARIANS ENCOURAGED [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-25 08:20:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ
07PRAGUE634	CZECHS SUPPORT U.S. SANCTIONS ON SUDAN; MIGHT [...] (C) Poloff met with Czech MFA Deputy Director of Middle East and Africa Department Josef Koutsky on May 31 to discuss the U.S. sanctions against the Sudanese government over lack of progress on Darfur. When asked whether the Czech Republic would consider imposing bilateral sanctions, Koutsky sa [...]	2007-06-01 07:40:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ETTC UNAUS SU EUN EZ
07PRAGUE644	CZECHS AGREE WITH U.S. APPROACH TO CFE [...] (C) Poloff delivered the authorized portions of Ref A demarche on June 6 to Veronika Smigolova, MFA Director for Security Policy. Smigolova, who will lead the Czech delegation to the June 12-15 CFE Extraordinary Conference, shared her fear that Allies could be faced with Russian tactics design [...]	2007-06-06 11:58:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE NATO PARM PREL EZ RU
07PRAGUE646	CZECHS REQUEST U.S. APPROVAL TO SELL L-159 [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) The Czech Deputy Minister of Defense has written to Ambassador Graber to formally request a U.S. opinion about the possible future transfer of ten Czech L-159 aircraft with U.S. content to Bolivia. Post sees no impediment to this [...]	2007-06-06 12:34:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ VE BL
07PRAGUE648	USNATO PERMREP NULAND IN PRAGUE - PROMOTING [...] (C) Summary: USNATO Ambassador Victoria Nuland visited Prague May 31 - June 1 to address an Atlantic Council-sponsored conference on the consequences for transatlantic relations of U.S. missile defense in Europe. At the conference, in press interviews, and in meetings with senior Czech leaders [...]	2007-06-06 13:00:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ AF NATO
07PRAGUE66	MISSILE DEFENSE: CZECH NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Czech National Security Council agreed January 24 to start talks with the United States on the placement of a missile defense radar in the Czech Republic. DCM delivered reftel dipnote to Deputy FM Pojar morning of January 25. PM Topolanek several hours later announced to th [...]	2007-01-25 14:22:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ
07PRAGUE67	CFC-A COMMANDER DISCUSSES THE WAY FORWARD IN [...] (C) Summary. Visiting Prague, Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan (CFC-A) Commander General Karl Eikenberry briefed Czech Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar on January 22nd. In a wide ranging and positive conversation on Afghanistan they discussed contributions, the current situation, and fu [...]	2007-01-25 16:31:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF PK EZ
07PRAGUE672	CZECHS SKEPTICAL ABOUT MISSILE DEFENSE VISIT TO [...] (C) Acting DCM delivered reftel demarche to MFA Political Director Martin Povejsil on June 11. Povejsil and MOD representatives indicated they share the U.S. view that Tehran's invitation for a Czech missile defense visit to Iran is not genuine. Povejsil said the Czechs have put a moratorium o [...]	2007-06-11 16:41:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ IR
07PRAGUE674	CZECHS SKEPTICAL ABOUT MISSILE DEFENSE VISIT TO [...] (C) Acting DCM delivered reftel demarche to MFA Political Director Martin Povejsil on June 11. Povejsil and MOD representatives indicated they share the U.S. view that Tehran's invitation for a Czech missile defense visit to Iran is not genuine. Povejsil said the Czechs have put a moratorium o [...]	2007-06-11 18:03:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ IR
07PRAGUE700	CZECHS AGREE TO RAISE CONCERNS WITH SCO [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Monika Studena of the MFA Security Policy Department on June 12. The following day Ms. Studena replied that the Czech Republic agrees with the U.S. position, and it will use whatever influence it has to work to prevent possible threats to Coalition intere [...]	2007-06-14 14:22:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO EZ
07PRAGUE701	CZECH DEP FM TO VISIT TEHRAN JUNE 18-19; AGENDA TO [...] (C) Poloff met with Czech MFA Iran Desk Officer Eva Jelinkova on June 14 to deliver ref A points on American detainees in Iran and to discuss the planned trip of Deputy Foreign Minister Helena Bambasova to Tehran. Jelinkova said Bambasova will travel to Iran at the invitation of the Iranian go [...]	2007-06-14 15:43:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IR PHUM EUN EZ
07PRAGUE71	CZECH POLITICS: NO HONEYMOON FOR TOPOLANEK, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Czech PM Mirek Topolanek's second government, which passed its vote of confidence January 19, faces numerous challenges. In its first week it has already had one minister resign and seen a corruption scandal emerge involving a deputy prime minister. While it is likely to overcom [...]	2007-01-26 16:51:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EZ
07PRAGUE729	MAIN CZECH OPPOSITION CONTENT TO PLAY WAITING [...] (C) Summary: The main Czech opposition party, the Social Democrats (CSSD),is in no hurry to return to power, content to allow their main rival, the ruling Civic Democrats (ODS),to take difficult stands and alienate more voters. CSSD's strategy, at least for now, is to criticize the coalition [...]	2007-06-18 17:54:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EZ
07PRAGUE788	TEHRAN SPRING? CZECHS SEE POSSIBLE THAW IN [...] (C) Summary. In a June 18-19 visit to Tehran, Czech Deputy Foreign Minister Helena Bambasova had surprisingly friendly meetings with key Iranian government officials to explore the possibility of improving relations between the estranged countries. While the focus of the trip was squarely on n [...]	2007-06-29 15:22:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IR PHUM EUN EZ
07PRAGUE789	CUBANS WILL SOON HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET AT [...] (C) Poloff met with Czech MFA Director of the Transformation Cooperation Unit Gabriela Dlouha to discuss Internet access in Cuba and deliver reftel. Dlouha said that after a year and a half of trying to get the necessary hardware onto the island, the Czech mission in Havana has finally succeed [...]	2007-06-29 15:51:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EINT ECON TINT CU XL XG EZ
07PRAGUE853	CZECH OPPOSITION LEADER ON MISSILE DEFENSE: [...] (C) Summary: Jiri Paroubek, Chairman of the opposition Czech Social Democrats (CSSD),told Ambassador July 18 that he continues to have no personal objection to missile defense, but has been placed in a bind because of the lack of support within his party and the absence of maneuvering room t [...]	2007-07-19 13:53:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV GE EZ
07PRAGUE861	CZECH REPUBLIC ON JULY 23 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Czechs expect Kosovo to dominate GAERC discussions and noted continue divide within the EU on final Kosovo status. Czechs believe forcing a vote now in the UNSC would result in a Russian veto that would leave a future EU mission without a legal mandate. On Ukraine, the focus wil [...]	2007-07-20 17:25:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN UN EZ
07PRAGUE883	CZECH REPUBLIC COMMITTED TO UNSC IRAN SANCTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Czech Republic remains fully committed to pressuring Iran to give up its nuclear program and to fully implementing UNSCRs 1737 and 1747. At the same time, based on signs that Iran is finally willing to accept that Radio Liberty/Radio Farda broadcast from the Czech [...]	2007-07-27 13:16:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM EFIN ETRD OECD EUN UNAUS IR EZ
07PRAGUE905	UNVIE AMBASSADOR SCHULTE'S AUGUST 2 CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: UNVIE Ambassador Greg Schulte, in town for consultations with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Radio Farda, met on August 2 with Czech Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar and Political Director Martin Povejsil, who expressed characteristic Czech support for the U.S [...]	2007-08-06 09:20:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG KNNP MARR IR EZ
07PRAGUE929	CZECHS SUPPORT U.S. POSITION ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary: The Czech position on Kosovo remains strongly supportive of U.S. and Contact Group thinking. The Czech MFA supports the upcoming round of talks between Belgrade and Pristina, but remains skeptical a mutual agreement will be reached. The MFA predicts the Czechs would recognize a [...]	2007-08-09 14:57:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KV EUN UN EZ
07PRAGUE966	RADIO FREE EUROPE'S STRUGGLE WITH CZECH GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: A Czech government investigation of surveillance detection practices at the Prague headquarters of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE) is gathering steam, with increasing numbers of prominent Czech politicians involved behind the scenes but seemingly unwilling to su [...]	2007-08-23 09:42:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC EZ
07PRAGUE968	CZECH GOVERNMENT APPROVES PRT IN AFGHANISTAN'S [...] (SBU) Summary: The Czech government on August 22 formally approved plans for the Czechs to send a PRT to Logar Province, Afghanistan in 2008. The government plans to place up to 200 personnel in Logar, including a number of civilian experts. Current Czech support to the PRT in Fayzabad will [...]	2007-08-23 13:10:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NATO AF EZ
07PRAGUE970	CZECH REACTION TO U.S. NONPAPER ON CFE [...] (C) On June 20, post delivered reftel demarche and nonpaper to Veronika Kuchynova-Smigolova, Director for Security Policy at the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Kuchynova-Smigolova said that she would study the U.S. proposal, but her immediate reaction was less than positive. She expressed [...]	2007-08-24 07:42:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	EZ KCFE NATO PARM PREL
07PRETORIA1016	DRC SANCTIONS LISTING DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Per reftel instructions, PolOff shared with Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Director for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),Gabriel Setlhoke, on March 19 the names of individuals and entities proposed for targeted sanctions under UNSC Resolutions 1596 and 1649. Setlhoke said h [...]	2007-03-20 15:06:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC CG SF
07PRETORIA1018	(C) SOUTH AFRICA EXPRESSES FRUSTRATION WITH BASHIR [...] (C) PolCounselor delivered reftel points to DFA Chief Director for Africa Multilateral (DAS-equivalent) Themba Rubusche on March 20. (NOTE: Rubusche and other key SAG officials were traveling and unavailable until the 20th. END NOTE.) Rubusche expressed frustration with President Bashir's M [...]	2007-03-20 17:02:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO UNSC SU SF
07PRETORIA1053	SAG SENDS MUFAMADI TO DRC TO TRY TO CALM TENSIONS [...] (U) Sydney Mufamadi, Minister of Local and Provincial Government, will travel to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as President Mbeki's special envoy to negotiate a solution to the crisis between President Kabila and opposition leader Jean-Pierre Bemba. Deputy Foreign Minister Aziz P [...]	2007-03-23 15:20:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CG SF
07PRETORIA1054	(C) MDC HAS "CONSTRUCTIVE" MEETING WITH SOUTH [...] (C) SUMMARY. Zimbabwean opposition MDC leaders met March 23 with senior South African Government (SAG) officials in Pretoria. SAG officials sought the views of the MDC on the situation in Zimbabwe and asked them to describe the MDC "roadmap" for solving the crisis. Earlier that day, DepForM [...]	2007-03-24 14:15:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SF ZI
07PRETORIA1077	VAN ECK SAYS FNL WANTS POLITICAL TALKS [...] (C) Burundi's last remaining rebel group, the Palipehutu-FNL, refuses to rejoin the peace process until the Government of Burundi (GOB) agrees to negotiate "political issues" with them, according to Institute for Security Studies (ISS) analyst (and de facto FNL advisor) Jan van Eck (protect). [...]	2007-03-27 11:44:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BY SF
07PRETORIA1090	ANC NEC REJECTS INTERNAL HOAX EMAIL REPORT [...] SUMMARY. (C) The ANC's National Executive Committee (NEC) on 16 March firmly rejected the results of an internal investigation into the origins of "hoax emails" between government officials regarding the succession battle. The rejection chalks up a victory for Mbeki, but backfires on ANC Secr [...]	2007-03-28 12:31:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SF
07PRETORIA1096	ZIMBABWE: CHURCH LEADERS CAUTIOUS ON VATICAN ROLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Vatican shares U.S. concerns about the deteriorating situation in Zimbabwe, but will be cautious about speaking out publicly, according to Papal Nuncio Green. Public comments by the Pope are the final card to play, and the Vatican will want to save that step for the right mom [...]	2007-03-28 15:00:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ZI VT SF
07PRETORIA1135	SAG'S EFFORTS TO CURB GENDER VIOLENCE SLOWLY MOVES [...] (SBU) Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka officially launched the SAG's "365 Days National Action Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children" on International Women's Day (8 March) despite the conspicuous absence of an action plan. Mlambo-Ngcuka claimed that South Africa is the first [...]	2007-03-30 13:59:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KWMN KCRM KHIV SF
07PRETORIA1289	BURUNDI: MAMABOLO SAYS FNL PEACE PROCESS STALLED [...] (C) SUMMARY. South Africa is increasingly frustrated with the "stubborn" FNL-Palipehutu rebel group, according to South African Great Lakes Envoy Kingsley Mamabolo. Mamabolo sees little sign that the FNL will rejoin the peace process. South Africa is preparing its report to Uganda and Tanzani [...]	2007-04-16 12:07:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR BY SF
07PRETORIA1380	VISIT OF A/S SILVERBERG [...] (C) We warmly welcome your visit to South Africa to consult with the South African Government (SAG) on the President's strategy to end the suffering in Darfur. Sudan is one of Pretoria's top foreign policy priorities. SAG principals will appreciate the opportunity to discuss Darfur, souther [...]	2007-04-20 12:56:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM OTRA SU SF
07PRETORIA1447	PROSPECTS FOR MBEKI FACILITATION IN ZIMBABWE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. As recently-appointed SADC "facilitator" for Zimbabwe, President Mbeki is off to the races but may not make it to the finish line. Mbeki has taken on Mugabe in the past and failed, and we should not underestimate Mugabe's ability to outfox him again. Nevertheles [...]	2007-04-24 14:50:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM ZI SF
07PRETORIA1465	SOUTH AFRICA TO ASSIST BOLIVIA ON CONSTITUTION, [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY. During the Bolivian Vice President Garcia Linera April 10-12 visit to Pretoria, South Africa agreed to provide advice to Bolivia on the ongoing constitution drafting process. Bolivia will send a delegation to South Africa May 14 [...]	2007-04-26 08:57:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PINR BL SF
07PRETORIA1495	(C) ZIMBABWE: SENIOR SAG OFFICIALS OUTLINE VIEWS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a series of meeting with IDASA analyst Sydney Masamvu on April 24-25, senior South African officials questioned Masamvu in detail about the situation in Zimbabwe. DepForMin Pahad made clear he held MDC leader Tsvangirai in low regard, but had a much higher opinion of MDC Secr [...]	2007-04-30 14:12:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM ZI SF
07PRETORIA1497	AQ KHAN TRIAL - LOCAL MEDIA CONTEST IN CAMERA [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-30 14:52:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MNUC PREL KNNP SF
07PRETORIA150	ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT ATTEMPTS TO REVOKE PUBLISHER [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Government of Zimbabwe is attempting to revoke the citizenship of well-known publisher Trevor Ncube. In blatant violation of international and Zimbabwean law, the GOZ claims that Ncube is no longer a Zimbabwean citizen because his father was born in Zambia. Ncube is challengi [...]	2007-01-12 14:24:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ZI SF
07PRETORIA1500	AQ KHAN TRIAL - LOCAL MEDIA CONTEST IN CAMERA [...] (C) As predicted Ref A, on 20 April South African weekly the Mail & Guardian filed a notice of intent to oppose the National Prosecution Authority's 16 February request that the trial of alleged A.Q. Khan proliferators Gerhard Wisser and Daniel Geiges be conducted in camera. Joining the Mail [...]	2007-05-02 04:25:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MNUC PREL KNNP SF
07PRETORIA152	SOUTH AFRICA CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY WORKS TO [...] (C) Summary. The South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) has made some progress but must take additional corrective actions in order to maintain its desirable Category One status when the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) conducts a technical review in May. SACAA has been working w [...]	2007-01-12 14:56:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON SF
07PRETORIA1535	SOUTH AFRICA TO PROVIDE LIMITED AID FOR COMOROS [...] (C) The Government of South Africa (SAG) will provide assistance for the upcoming Union of the Comoros Presidential election. Acting under an AU mandate, the SAG will deploy a small number of troops and/or police to train Comoran security personnel, an election observation team, and limited a [...]	2007-05-03 08:58:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KDEM SF CN
07PRETORIA154	FNL PEACE PROCESS BOGGED DOWN, VAN ECK SAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The FNL peace process remains bogged down in administrative arguments, according to ISS analyst Jan van Eck. The FNL still refuses to participate in the JVMM because the GOB has not released from prison some of the FNL representatives for the JVMM and because the South African M [...]	2007-01-12 16:20:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR BU SF
07PRETORIA1554	MDC WRITTEN SUBMISSION TO MBEKI DETAILS OBSTACLES [...] (C) The Zimbabwe opposition party Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) presented its concerns about upcoming elections in a formal, 10-page written submission to South African President Mbeki, dated 11 April 2007. Mbeki is serving as the "facilitator" in Zimbabwe on behalf of the Southern Afr [...]	2007-05-03 14:29:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM ZI SF
07PRETORIA1556	DFA DIRECTOR BELIEVES MBEKI SUDAN TRIP A SUCCESS, [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Mbeki's April 10-11 trip to Sudan focused on the North-South peace process, according to DFA Director Maitland. Mbeki's delegation came away "rather positive" on CPA implementation, believing that both sides were committed to discussing the key issues. The SAG plans t [...]	2007-05-03 15:01:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SO SF SU
07PRETORIA1597	DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE PUTS BEST FOOT FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Democratic Alliance (DA) will elect a new leader during its annual conference 5-6 May, with the hope that a fresh face and a new strategy will allow the party to break through racial barriers and become more relevant, not only as an ANC watchdog but as a viable political altern [...]	2007-05-04 14:06:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SF
07PRETORIA1654	THE LOGIC BEHIND COSATU'S ZUMA SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Long-time Embassy contact, academic, and labor activist Eddie Webster discussed COSATU's rocky relationship with the ANC and its calculated strategy of taking over ANC policy by supporting ANC Deputy President Jacob Zuma, who they consider an "empty vessel." Webster argued that [...]	2007-05-09 08:46:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SF
07PRETORIA1712	LIMPOPO PROVINCE SPLIT OVER ZUMA AND MBEKI [...] (C) SUMMARY. PolOff and PolAsst's trip to Limpopo Province on 24 April confirmed press reports that Zuma's camp has made inroads in gaining provincial support for Zuma as ANC President, but the province remains split and difficult to call. As expected, Zuma's supporters were fervent but short on su [...]	2007-05-11 13:32:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SF
07PRETORIA1723	AQ KHAN TRIAL - NPA MAKES CASE FOR IN CAMERA [...] (C) On 02 May, Pretoria High Court Judge Joop Labuschagne heard arguments on the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) application requesting that extensive portions of the A. Q. Khan prosecution be held in camera. Intervening parties opposing the application were South African weekly Mail & [...]	2007-05-11 14:45:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MNUC PREL KNNP SF
07PRETORIA1744	TRAVEL OF UNSC DESIGNATED IRANIANS [...] (SBU) DFA senior and working-level officers charged with oversight of SAG implementation of UNSCR 1737 and 1747 have been unavailable for meetings; we will continue to try to engage them on Ref A topic. Acting PolCouns did raise the matter with DFA Deputy Director for Nuclear Disarmament and [...]	2007-05-14 14:39:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP UNSC IR RS SF
07PRETORIA1801	DFA UN DIRECTORATE ON KOSOVO, LEBANON TRIBUNAL, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The SAG has not finalized its position on Kosovo final status, but is getting closer. The ForMin's Brussels meeting with President Sejdiu was positive and helpful. Lower level Pretoria meetings with Bishop Artemije and Ulber Hysa were not. DFA working levels remain poorly inf [...]	2007-05-17 15:42:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ETTC PINR KNNP UNSC UNMIK SF YI IR
07PRETORIA1813	SOUTH AFRICA HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT VALUE OF ARMS [...] (SBU) DepPolCouns passed reftel non-paper to DFA Deputy Director: Biological, Chemical, Missile and Arms Control Mauritz Lindeque on 16 May. Lindeque warmly welcomed the information, stating that South Africa was "all for the principle" behind the proposed ATT, and also saw it as a useful me [...]	2007-05-18 14:18:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PARM KOMC KTIA UNDC SF
07PRETORIA1815	SOUTH AFRICA HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT VALUE OF ARMS [...] (SBU) DepPolCouns passed reftel non-paper to DFA Deputy Director: Biological, Chemical, Missile and Arms Control Mauritz Lindeque on 16 May. Lindeque warmly welcomed the information, stating that South Africa was "all for the principle" behind the proposed ATT, and also saw it as a useful me [...]	2007-05-18 14:29:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PARM KOMC KTIA UNDC SF
07PRETORIA1816	ITALIAN MINING COMPANIES BRING EXPROPRIATION CASE [...] (C) Summary: Italian mining companies have filed a case in the World Bank's International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) alleging that new South African mining legislation amounted to expropriation of their South African property. The companies, unable to find Broad [...]	2007-05-18 15:04:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV SF
07PRETORIA1826	SOUTH AFRICA 2007 RESPONSE TO [...] (C) Ref A requests post's assistance in obtaining updated information necessary to provide the President with an assessment of South Africa's policy toward Cuba for use in assessing whether to suspend Title III of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act. 2. (C) South Af [...]	2007-05-21 08:46:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU SF
07PRETORIA1853	AQ KHAN TRIAL - IN CAMERA RULING EXPECTED MAY 25TH [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-22 13:19:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MNUC PREL KNNP SF
07PRETORIA1933	AQ KHAN TRIAL: JUDGE NIXES BLANKET IN CAMERA [...] (C) The State's application that extensive portions of the A.Q. Khan prosecution be conducted in camera was dismissed by the Pretoria High Court on May 25th, on the grounds that the principle of open justice requires closed court proceedings to be the exception rather than the rule and that t [...]	2007-05-29 15:48:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MNUC PREL KNNP SF

07PRETORIA1965	HEALTH MINISTER'S RETURN RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT [...] (C) Controversial and ailing Minister of Health Dr. Manto Tshabalala-Msimang received a successful liver transplant in March. For the last several weeks, there have been reports about the return of Dr. Tshabalala-Msimang to her duties as Minister of Health. Most of the South African healt [...]	2007-05-31 11:53:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON SOCI PGOV PREL SF
07PRETORIA1982	AMBASSADOR CANAVAN REENGAGES SADC MEMBERS [...] (C) SUMMARY. As part of the Department's efforts to reengage with the Southern African Development Community, U.S. Ambassador to Botswana Katherine Canavan and PolEcon Chief Charles Stonecipher on 21 May held discussions in Pretoria with SADC's resident diplomatic corps and SAG officials to e [...]	2007-06-01 13:55:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	SADC PREL ETRD ECON POL SF
07PRETORIA2044	MDC CALLS ON INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO REACT [...] (C) SUMMARY. On 5 June, MDC Leader Morgan Tsvangirai held his first briefing for Pretoria's diplomatic corps to brief them on the ongoing human rights abuses in Zimbabwe and the plight of Zimbabwean refugees in southern Africa. A short video clip was shown of Tsvangirai visiting hundreds of [...]	2007-06-07 04:28:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV ZI SF
07PRETORIA2105	ZIMBABWE: SADC INITIATIVE OFF TO SLOW START [...] (C) SUMMARY. Political analyst Sydney Masamvu told PolOff on 5 June that the SADC initiative is off to a slow and disheartening start. ZANU-PF's official submission to Mbeki includes troublesome non-starters like demanding that the MDC acknowledge that Mugabe was elected in a free and fair pol [...]	2007-06-12 13:30:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV SADC ZI SF
07PRETORIA2106	SHE,S BACK - HEALTH MINISTER MANTO [...] (U) South Africa's Dr. Manto Tshabalala-Msimang resumed 100 percent of her duties as Health Minister on June 6, 2007 following a three-month absence to recover from a liver transplant. Her first action was to decline participation in the 3rd Annual South African Aids Conference in Durban (Ju [...]	2007-06-12 13:30:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON SOCI PGOV PREL SF
07PRETORIA2209	ZIMBABWE TALKS FINALLY BEGIN IN PRETORIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. The long-awaited talks between ZANU-PF and the MDC kicked off in Pretoria June 17-18 with the two sides agreeing on a five point agenda for future negotiations: constitution, electoral laws, security legislation, communications, and political climate. On the constitution, the Z [...]	2007-06-20 04:28:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM SF ZI
07PRETORIA2210	ZIMBABWE TALKS FINALLY BEGIN IN PRETORIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. The long-awaited talks between ZANU-PF and the MDC kicked off in Pretoria June 17-18 with the two sides agreeing on a five point agenda for future negotiations: constitution, electoral laws, security legislation, communications, and political climate. On the constitution, the ZA [...]	2007-06-20 04:28:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM SF ZI
07PRETORIA2247	FORMIN DLAMINI-ZUMA TO LEAD AU MISSION TO COMOROS [...] (C) ForMin Nkozasana Dlamini-Zuma will lead an African Union delegation to the Comoros June 23-24, 2007, according to Department of Foreign Affairs Director Graham Maitland (protect). The Dlamini-Zuma trip follows the AU Ministerial Committee of the Countries of the Region on the Comoros, held [...]	2007-06-21 14:59:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM CN SF
07PRETORIA2294	ANC POLICY CONFERENCE TO SET STAGE FOR PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY. The African National Congress (ANC) begins its four-day national policy conference on 27 June, ostensibly thrashing out the party's policy direction over the next decade against the backdrop of a fierce succession struggle. The conference has been portrayed by the media and the [...]	2007-06-27 07:58:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SF
07PRETORIA2370	ANC POLICY CONFERENCE LEAVES DOOR SLIGHTLY AJAR [...] (C) SUMMARY. The ANC Policy Conference ended on 30 June exactly as it started, with ANC members bitterly divided over who the party's next president will be. The unresolved succession debate overshadowed the conference, disappointing those who hoped it would reveal any changes to the party's [...]	2007-07-03 14:03:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SF
07PRETORIA2402	SOUTH AFRICA TO HOST COMOROS TALKS [...] (C) South Africa will host AU-sponsored talks on the political crisis in Comoros July 7-9 in Pretoria, according to Department of Foreign Affairs Director Graham Maitland (protect). (NOTE: South African ForMin Dlamini-Zuma is Chair of the "African Union Ministerial Committee of Countries of t [...]	2007-07-06 15:45:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM CN SF
07PRETORIA2414	ZANU-PF NO SHOW AT PRETORIA TALKS [...] (C) The ZANU-PF negotiating team did not show up at the July 7 South African-sponsored talks in Pretoria, according to Roy Bennett, Treasurer of the Zimbabwean opposition party the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). (NOTE: The first round of the SADC/South African-mediated talks took place [...]	2007-07-09 15:05:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ZI SF
07PRETORIA2470	AU WAITING FOR COMORAN RESPONSE TO PEACE PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Anjouan "President" Bacar is unlikely to accept the AU proposal to resolve the political crisis in Comoros, speculated DFA official Graham Maitland (protect). The AU plan, presented at the July 8-9 Pretoria talks, calls for new elections on Anjouan by mid-August, AU security for [...]	2007-07-16 10:42:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM CN SF
07PRETORIA2478	ZIMBABWEAN BUSINESSMEN DEVELOPING RECONSTRUCTION [...] (C) SUMMARY. A group of exiled Zimbabwean economists and businessmen is developing plans for Zimbabwe's economic recovery once an internationally-acceptable government takes office, according to South African-based businessman Strive Masiyiwa. Nkosana Moyo, former Zimbabwean Minister of Indu [...]	2007-07-16 14:00:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON SF ZI
07PRETORIA2533	ANALYST OLOJEDE SAYS MBEKI REMAINS IN DRIVING SEAT [...] (C) SUMMARY. South African President Thabo Mbeki will control the ANC succession race, with either himself or his hand-picked successor elected president at the December conference, claimed Pulitizer-Prize winning journalist and political analyst Dele Olojede. Mbeki is holding his cards clos [...]	2007-07-20 04:31:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM SF
07PRETORIA254	MBEKI INTERVENES IN RADJABU SITUATION [...] (C) CNDD-FDD leader Hussein Radjabu departed the South African Embassy in Bujumbura the morning of January 23 after spending the night at the Embassy, confirmed South African Department of Foreign Affairs Director Rasheeda Adam (protect). Adam said that Radjabu, Minister of Communications Kar [...]	2007-01-23 14:43:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BY SF
07PRETORIA2542	ANC CULTURE COULD PREVENT BACKLASH [...] (C) European Commission delegate to South Africa, Andrea Rossi (protect),told PolOff on 18 July that he believes President Mbeki will manage to stay on as ANC President for at least another two years, but more if Mbeki has his wish. Rossi, who attended the entire policy conference, said that [...]	2007-07-20 10:59:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SF
07PRETORIA2569	HANI ASSASSINATION CONTINUES TO HAUNT MBEKI [...] (C) SUMMARY. Once again, the 14-year old political assassination of South African Communist Party (SACP) and ANC armed wing (Umkhonto we Sizwe) leader Chris Hani has grabbed the media spotlight, starting with the SACP's resolution calling for a renewed investigation and ending with the South [...]	2007-07-23 13:49:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SF
07PRETORIA2602	SACP LONG ON IDEALS, SHORT ON IDEAS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Attending the South African Communist Party's 12th Congress (SACP) in Port Elizabeth 11-15 July was like traveling back in time. Communist dogma was used to justify the severe measures the party has recently taken to maintain discipline. SACP policy proposals such as nationaliz [...]	2007-07-25 12:22:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CU SF
07PRETORIA2636	CHAVEZ TO VISIT SOUTH AFRICA SEPTEMBER 5-6 [...] (C) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will visit Cape Town, South Africa September 5-6, according to DFA Deputy Director Annelize Schroeder (protect). South Africa will roll out the red carpet for Chavez, treating the trip as a full-fledged State Visit. Schroeder told PolOff July 24 that Chave [...]	2007-07-27 15:30:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VE SF
07PRETORIA2675	AQ KHAN TRIAL: POSTPONED UNTIL 04 SEPTEMBER [...] (C) The trial of A. Q. Khan network proliferators Daniel Geiges and Gerhard Wisser resumed on 31 July before the Pretoria High Court, but the proceedings were not nearly as juicy as media observers had anticipated. Wisser's attorney immediately moved for postponement to 04 September, citing [...]	2007-07-31 16:10:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MNUC PREL KNNP SF
07PRETORIA2727	VAN ECK SAYS FNL PEACE PROCESS "CRASHING" [...] (C) The Burundi FNL peace process is "crashing," according to Institute for Security Studies analyst Jan van Eck. Van Eck told PolOff August 1 that trust between the National Force for Liberation (FNL) and the Government of Burundi (GOB) is at an all time low, following the departure of the F [...]	2007-08-03 09:41:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM BY SF
07PRETORIA2817	PRESIDENT MBEKI FIRES DEPUTY HEALTH MINISTER [...] (SBU) President Mbeki on 8 August issued a terse press statement informing the public that he had, "acting in terms of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa....relieved the Deputy Minister of Health, Ms. Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge, of her duties with effect today." President Mbeki's [...]	2007-08-10 15:16:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KHIV EAID SF
07PRETORIA2818	MBEKI TO PUT POSITIVE SPIN ON ZIMBABWE MEDIATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite limited progress on the core political issues, President Mbeki will likely paint an upbeat picture for SADC Heads of State on his Zimbabwe political facilitation at the upcoming summit in Lusaka. Mbeki believes the positive spin will help keep the GOZ negotiators at the [...]	2007-08-13 05:15:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM ZI SF
07PRETORIA285	MBEKI WANTS PREVAL TO REACH OUT TO ARISTIDE [...] (C) South African President Thabo Mbeki wants Haitian President Rene Preval to "reach out" to former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, according to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Director Pieter Swanepoel. Swanepoel told PolOff January 16 that there has been no contact between Preval and [...]	2007-01-25 09:48:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL HA SF
07PRETORIA2872	PAN-AFRICAN PARLIAMENT FACT-FINDING MISSION TO [...] (C) The planned Pan-African Parliament (PAP) fact-finding mission to Zimbabwe is bogged down in political and administrative bickering, according to PAP Member of Parliament (MP) Suzanne Vos (protect). Vos, who also serves as an MP in the South African Parliament for the Inkatha Freedom Party [...]	2007-08-16 06:32:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM AORC KDEM ZI SF
07PRETORIA2886	SOUTH AFRICA'S EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT TO CUBA [...] (C) SUMMARY. South Africa's relationship with Cuba remains close, based largely on Cuba's support for the ruling African National Congress during the anti-apartheid struggle. Despite South Africa's rhetorical support for principles of democracy and human rights, the SAG is highly unlikely to [...]	2007-08-16 13:15:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM CU SF
07PRETORIA2906	APARTHEID-ERA PROSECUTION REOPENS WOUNDS [...] (C) SUMMARY. On 17 August, former Law and Order Minister Adriaan Vlok, former police chief Johann van der Merwe, and three lower-ranking officers pleaded guilty to the charge of attempted murder of anti-apartheid activist Reverend Frank Chikane in 1989. The National Prosecuting Authority's (N [...]	2007-08-17 14:50:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KHUM SF
07PRETORIA293	SOUTH AFRICA PRESSURES FNL TO JOIN JVMM FEBRUARY 10 [...] (C) South African Burundi Mediator Minister Charles Nqakula met Palipehutu-FNL leader Agathon Rwasa in Dar es Salaam the weekend of January 13 and pressured the FNL to join the Joint Verification and Monitoring Mechanism (JVMM),according to ISS analyst Jan van Eck. Van Eck, who traveled to D [...]	2007-01-25 16:23:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BY SF
07PRETORIA2937	ANC SUCCESSION STILL UP IN AIR [...] (C) Exactly four months before the ANC elects its new President, the race remains largely undecided. ANC insider Dr. Fazel Randera told PolOff on 17 August that though everyone seems to have a theory, he is uncertain who will prevail in December. Randera argued that, "the days of backroom de [...]	2007-08-22 11:24:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SF
07PRETORIA2940	FOREIGN LAND OWNERSHIP REGULATIONS UNLIKELY TO BE [...] (C) Summary. After three years of study, a government-appointed panel of experts recommended on 24 July to Cabinet that South Africa implement a legal framework governing land ownership by foreigners. Contrary to media reports hinting that the days of foreign land ownership may soon be over, [...]	2007-08-22 12:32:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EAGR SF
07PRETORIA2956	SOUTH AFRICA'S DEMAND FOR LAND LATENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Land reform remains a low priority for the SAG for numerous reasons, according to Professor Ruth Hall at the University of Western Cape's Programme for Agrarian and Land Studies. The demand for land is latent, unorganized, and often unarticulated, leaving the SAG under little pr [...]	2007-08-23 14:05:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EAGR SF
07PRETORIA2957	CALLS FOR HEALTH MINISTER'S DISMISSAL INTENSIFY [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Mbeki's August 8th dismissal of Deputy Health Minister Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge (ref A) has unleashed relentless domestic and international criticism of the controversial lifestyle and tenure of current Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang. Increasingly, media and [...]	2007-08-23 14:42:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KHIV SF
07PRETORIA3009	DA LEADER ZILLE EXPLAINS PARTY PHILOSOPHY [...] (U) On August 14, Democratic Alliance (DA) Leader Helen Zille spoke about "The Future of the Democratic Alliance" as part of the US-funded Africa Dialogue Lecture Series at the University of Pretoria. Zille spoke at length to a crowd of about 75, almost all white men, about what the DA stands [...]	2007-08-28 14:55:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SF
07PRETORIA3010	VLOK'S PROSECUTION SPARKS PURSUIT OF ANC OFFICIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY. On 21 August, AfriForum CEO Kallie Kriel told PolOff that they are trying to stop all prosecutions arising from information found during the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). If they do not succeed, AfriForum, which promotes "white civil rights," will settle for "evenh [...]	2007-08-28 14:59:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SF
07PRETORIA3013	CHAVEZ CANCELS SOUTH AFRICA VISIT AT LAST MINUTE [...] (C) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez canceled his long-planned September 4-5 visit to South Africa despite extensive preparations, according to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Deputy Director Annelize Schroeder (protect). Schroeder said that Venezuelan officials called on August 25 to info [...]	2007-08-29 08:14:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VE SF
07PRETORIA3069	MDC ACTIVIST TELLS OF DETENTION AT LUSAKA SADC [...] (C) Zambian security officials arrested and questioned Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Political Liaison Officer Nqobizitha Mlilo at the recent August 16-17 SADC Summit. Mlilo described to PolOff on August 30 his detention. Mlilo, a recent University of Cape Town graduate, works for Roy [...]	2007-08-31 12:55:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ZI SF
07PRETORIA3075	TREVOR NCUBE FLOATS "THIRD WAY" [...] (C) SUMMARY. South African-based publisher and Mugabe opponent Trevor Ncube believes that Zimbabwe needs a "third way" political force to take the country forward. Ncube is thoroughly disgusted with both the ruling ZANU-PF and the MDC opposition. Strive Masiyiwa, Nkosana Moyo, or Simba Makon [...]	2007-08-31 15:01:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM SF ZI
07PRETORIA3100	FORMER DEPUTY HEALTH MINISTER'S DISMISSAL SHOULD [...] (C) South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) member Dr. Fazel Randera believes the August 8 firing of Deputy Health Minister Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge is likely to have a limited impact on the implementation of South Africa's second National Strategy on HIV and AIDS (2007-2011) now that Heal [...]	2007-09-04 14:21:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KHIV SF
07PRETORIA3102	SOUTH AFRICA SCRAMBLES TO AVOID CATEGORY II STATUS [...] (C) Summary. Economic Counselor and Transportation Officer recently met with South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) CEO Zakes Myeza and his team to discuss the FAA audit process. Myeza sought to find out what the potential "showstoppers" would be in terms of retaining Category I statu [...]	2007-09-05 04:40:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC EAIR FAA PREL ICAO SF
07PRETORIA3116	SA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY WOES [...] (U) Summary. The pharmaceutical sector in South Africa is faltering under the SAG's current mandates and slow regulatory processes for drug and clinical trial approvals. The proposed benchmark policy for the single exit price and intellectual property right concerns are causing further jitt [...]	2007-09-05 13:37:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV SOCI KIPR SF
07PRETORIA3122	EASTERN CAPE DIVIDED OVER ANC NOMINATIONS [...] (C) The Eastern Cape Province, which took a resolution endorsing President Mbeki for a third term in December 2006, now appears divided on who it will officially nominate as ANC President. Though the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) on 31 August quoted ANC Provincial Secretary Si [...]	2007-09-05 14:08:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM SF
07PRETORIA317	WESTINGHOUSE PURSUES SOUTH AFRICAN NUCLEAR REACTOR [...] (U) Summary. Westinghouse and Areva will compete fiercely for construction of one, and possibly more, conventional nuclear reactors to help South Africa meet its growing energy needs. Energy supplier Eskom will make a February 2007 fact-finding trip to Westinghouse headquarters in the U.S. a [...]	2007-01-29 06:27:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG TRGY IAEA SF
07PRETORIA3189	SAG WAITING FOR FORMAL EXTRADITION REQUEST FROM [...] (C) The South African Government (SAG) is still waiting for a formal extradition request from the Government of Lesotho (GOL) for six Basotho men who fled to South Africa seeking political asylum (reftel),according to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Chief Director for Southern Africa (DA [...]	2007-09-10 08:54:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PREF PGOV SF
07PRETORIA3210	AQ KHAN TRIAL: FURTHER DETAIL ON WISSER GUILTY PLEA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY and INTRODUCTION: As reported reftel, on 04 September German citizen Gerhard Wisser was convicted in the Pretoria High Court of unlawful manufacture of components for illicit gas centrifuge uranium enrichment plants intended for Libya and Pakistan and associated export control [...]	2007-09-11 14:12:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MNUC PREL KNNP SF
07PRETORIA3213	SAG OFFICIAL SAYS PUBLIC CRITICISM OF MUGABE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The South African Government is "making progress" in the facilitation talks between ZANU-PF and MDC, but recognizes that the process will not be easy, according to DFA Chief Director (DAS-level) Tselane Mokuena. Mokuena acknowledged that political and economic reforms in Zimbabwe [...]	2007-09-12 09:24:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM ZI SF
07PRETORIA3277	MEYER OPTIMISTIC ON HELSINKI IRAQ PROCESS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The August 31 - September 3 meeting of Sunni and Shia Iraqi politicians, hosted by the Crisis Management Initiative (CMI) in Helsinki, went "better than expected," according to South African conflict resolution consultant and former SAG minister Roelf Meyer. Meyer was impressed t [...]	2007-09-14 14:56:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM IZ EI FI SF
07PRETORIA3298	RESPONSE RECEIVED TO IRAN DEMARCHES [...] (SBU) Congratulations to all involved in the successful senior-level interventions which resulted in positive movement of the South African position on Iran (Ref A). Closing the loop on Mission's efforts (Ref B),Deputy Foreign Minister Aziz Pahad faxed the following brief written reply to th [...]	2007-09-18 11:04:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MNUC PREL KNNP AORC IAEA UNSC IR SF
07PRETORIA3303	SOUTH AFRICA MULLING RECONCILIATION PROGRAM FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-18 12:40:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SO SF
07PRETORIA3328	ANC AUDITS BY THE BOOK [...] (C) The ANC's Head of Research Wande Makalima described to PolOff on 18 September the "tedious and timeconsuming task" of ANC branch audits, which will determine the number of voting delegates each province will have at the ANC's national conference in December. Makalima, who participated in [...]	2007-09-20 14:48:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SF
07PRETORIA3329	FLOOR CROSSING HELPS ANC INCH TOWARD THREE-QUARTER [...] (C) SUMMARY. South Africa's latest floor crossing period ended on 15 September with the lowest number of elected officials choosing to defect to other parties, leaving the distribution of political power virtually unchanged. The top three political parties -- the ruling African National Cong [...]	2007-09-20 14:49:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SF
07PRETORIA3425	SAG APPLAUDS ZIMBABWE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS; [...] (C) SUMMARY. The South African Cabinet praised the ZANU-PF-MDC agreement on Constitutional Amendment 18 (ref A),calling it a "breakthrough" and "a major step forward." DepForMin Pahad suggested that the accord paves the way for a "political solution that all Zimbabweans will hail." The agree [...]	2007-09-28 09:14:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM SF ZI
07PRETORIA3448	ZUMA ALLY UPBEAT ON ANC ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY. Jacob Zuma will likely win the ANC presidency at the upcoming December party conference, claimed informal Zuma advisor Mo Shaik. An optimistic Shaik suggested that the tide has shifted toward Zuma, that Mbeki is increasingly isolated, and that neither Tokyo Sexwale nor Cyril Ram [...]	2007-10-01 14:06:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM SF
07PRETORIA3474	ZUMA CO-CONSPIRATOR LOSES LAST APPEAL FOR FREEDOM [...] (U) Schabir Shaik's application to appeal his 15-year sentence for corruption and fraud was dismissed on 02 October by the Constitutional Court. In his appeal, Shaik's attorneys argued that the trial was unfair because the State did not charge him together with ANC Deputy President Jacob Zuma [...]	2007-10-02 15:30:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS SF
07PRETORIA3475	ANC NOW ACCEPTING OFFICIAL PARTY NOMINATIONS [...] (SBU) The ANC finished its membership audit on 30 September, according to press reports, revealing that the party has increased its membership by almost 50 percent since 2002. Total membership now stands at 619,255 members, compared to 416,846 members immediately before the ANC's last nation [...]	2007-10-02 15:39:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SF
07PRETORIA3486	MDC TREASURER BENNETT "CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC" ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. The pressure is now on SADC facilitator Mbeki and ZANU-PF to deliver on reforms for the 2008 elections in Zimbabwe, argued MDC Treasurer Roy Bennett. Bennett, who said he was initially skeptical of the MDC-ZANU-PF agreement on Constitutional Amendment 18, stressed that the MDC re [...]	2007-10-03 10:06:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM SF ZI
07PRETORIA356	(C) EXILED ZIMBABWEAN BUSINESSMEN FLOAT ZIMBABWE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Exiled Zimbabwean businessmanXXXXXXXXXXXX is quietly floating an idea to shift executive power from President Mugabe to a "technocratic" Prime Minister. To get Mugabe to accept the deal, Mugabe would remain President until 2010 with some power over the security apparatus, but the Prime [...]	2007-01-30 16:07:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ZI SF
07PRETORIA3603	PIKOLI PAYS PRICE FOR NOT BEING TEAM PLAYER [...] (C) SUMMARY. The government announced on 03 October that suspended Director of Public Prosecutions Vusi Pikoli would be investigated by longtime ANC member Frene Ginwala for putting national security at risk by giving criminals immunity in exchange for testimony against others and for failing [...]	2007-10-12 13:23:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM KJUS SF
07PRETORIA3624	ZUMA REASSURES FOREIGN INVESTORS [...] (C) SUMMARY. ANC Deputy President Jacob Zuma on 26 September met with international investors at Citigroup's request, signaling that markets are preparing for the possibility of a Zuma presidency. Citigroup debriefed the Mission's Commercial Attache the following day, saying Zuma reassured t [...]	2007-10-15 13:00:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SF
07PRETORIA3640	CHRONOLOGY OF SOUTH AFRICAN FACILITATION IN [...] (C) Following is a chronology of key events in the South African mediation in Zimbabwe since the Southern African Development Community (SADC) appointed President Thabo Mbeki as "facilitator" at its March 29, 2007 summit in Dar es Salaam. The South African Government (SAG) has not publicly an [...]	2007-10-17 06:54:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ZI SF
07PRETORIA3651	SAG PRESSURES FNL TO PARTICIPATE IN JVMM [...] (U) The Burundi Joint Verification and Monitoring Mechanism (JVMM) will meet on Saturday, October 20, in Bujumbura, announced South African Minister for Safety and Security and Regional Facilitator for the Burundi Peace Process Charles Nqakula. The JVMM is the key vehicle for implementing the [...]	2007-10-17 15:32:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BY SF
07PRETORIA3670	DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE MAKEOVER [...] (C) SUMMARY. Paul Boughey, Chief of Staff in the Office of the Leader of the Opposition, described to PolOffs on 26 September the Democratic Alliance's (DA) goals leading up to South Africa's national parliamentary elections in 2009: counter the party's whites-only image, modernize party stru [...]	2007-10-18 12:32:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SF
07PRETORIA3673	BIO NOTES ON DA LEADER HELEN ZILLE [...] (C) Paul Boughey, Chief of Staff for Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Helen Zille, talked to PolOffs on 26 September about the first few months working for Zille. Boughey, who used to work for former DA Leader Tony Leon, admitted that working for Zille has been challenging, but not necessarily [...]	2007-10-18 12:39:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SF
07PRETORIA3721	MASIYIWA SKEPTICAL ON MBEKI ZIMBABWE MEDIATION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mugabe is not serious about the SADC/Mbeki facilitation, according to exiled Zimbabwean businessman Strive Masiyiwa. Masiyiwa dismissed reports of a MDC-ZANU-PF agreement on a new constitution (refs A & B),noting that the two sides reached a similar deal in 2004 that went nowher [...]	2007-10-23 09:40:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM ZI SF
07PRETORIA3723	MBEKI COMES UNDER CRITICISM AS PARTY ELECTION NEARS [...] (U) President Thabo Mbeki's approval rating fell from 54 percent in June to 40 percent in September, its lowest point in four years, according to nation-wide poll results released by private international polling agency TNS Research on 22 October. The single most newsworthy event in that thre [...]	2007-10-23 10:00:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SF
07PRETORIA3765	AMBASSADOR DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON AVIATION ASSETS [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-25 15:10:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO UN SU SF
07PRETORIA3766	AMBASSADOR ENGAGES ENVOYS ON ZIMBABWE, CRIME, [...] (C) SUMMARY. During an October 23 lunch hosted by Ambassador, envoys from eight countries expressed their concern about the political and economic situation in Zimbabwe and skepticism about President Mbeki's facilitation efforts there. One High Commissioner suggested that Mbeki did not feel [...]	2007-10-25 15:12:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC MASS MARR ZI SF
07PRETORIA3829	ZUMA ADVISOR SHAIK OUTLINES CAMPAIGN STRATEGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: ANC Deputy President Jacob Zuma hopes to defeat current ANC President Thabo Mbeki during the ANC nomination process, before the December 16-20 national conference even begins, according to Zuma informal advisor Mo Shaik. Zuma is confident and has public support, but even Shaik ad [...]	2007-11-01 07:23:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM SF
07PRETORIA3873	SAG GREAT LAKES ENVOY URGES AID FOR FNL [...] (C) SUMMARY. The internal PALIPEHUTU-FNL divisions are complicating the Burundi peace process, according to the South African Government (SAG) Great Lakes Envoy Kingsley Mamabolo. Mamabolo urged the international community to provide protection and humanitarian relief for FNL "defectors," ar [...]	2007-11-06 11:44:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BY CG SF
07PRETORIA3874	ANC ELECTORAL COMMISSION TO LOOK FOR COMPROMISE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite the ANC's efforts to clearly spell out its election procedures, including the hiring of a non-governmental entity to monitor the actual election, ANC insider Iqbal Jhazbhay portrayed the lead-up to December's election in terms of patience, persuasion, and interpretation, r [...]	2007-11-06 14:10:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SF
07PRETORIA3907	ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT, NOT RESOURCE NATIONALISM [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to reftel request for information, the South African Government (SAG) does not practice overt "resource nationalism" as in nationalization, but the state is exercising a greater role in resource development and control, and in effect is imposing "resource affirmative [...]	2007-11-08 07:27:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EMIN PGOV ENRG SF
07PRETORIA3917	SUPREME COURT RULES AGAINST ZUMA [...] (C) In a decision that could portend the recharging of ANC Deputy President Jacob Zuma on corruption charges, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) on 08 November overturned a lower court decision against the admissibility of evidence in the Zuma case. (NOTE: A Durban High Court judge ruled in 20 [...]	2007-11-08 14:52:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS SF
07PRETORIA3929	PIKOLI COMMISSION RESULTS NOT EXPECTED SOON [...] (U) The Ministry of Justice on 18 October submitted the government's official explanation as to why the National Director of Public Prosecutions Vusi Pikoli was suspended, but it is not expected to be made public. On 07 November, the former Speaker of Parliament Frene Ginwala, who is in charg [...]	2007-11-09 14:25:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS SF
07PRETORIA3939	(C) ALLEGATIONS OF POLITICAL INTERFERENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the run-up to the ANC national conference 16-20 December, allegations of bribes and intimidation directed at ANC branch members and Polokwane delegates are surfacing from Zuma, Mbeki, and Sexwale camps. Press reports allege that ANC branch members in North West are being intim [...]	2007-11-13 15:21:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SF
07PRETORIA3948	GRASSROOTS ANC WANT CONSENSUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: ANC policy coordinator Michael Sachs told EmbOffs on 12 November that grassroots ANC members are "sick at heart" over the current bitter succession race and would accept a compromise ballot. However, he admitted that the battle looks more and more like it will come down to ANC P [...]	2007-11-15 08:20:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SF
07PRETORIA3985	ABYEI BOUNDARY COMMISSION MEMBER GUTTO SAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Abyei Boundary Commission (ABC) member Shadrack Gutto suggested that ABC experts present their findings to influential fora, such as IGAD, Arab League, AU, and UN, as a way to encourage Khartoum to implement the report. Explaining the ABC report to as many people as possible "is [...]	2007-11-19 13:46:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR SU SF
07PRETORIA3995	ANALYST OLOJEDE CLAIMS MBEKI LIKELY TO WIN, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Analyst Dele Olojede claimed that President Thabo Mbeki has essentially sewn up the nomination as ANC president at the upcoming December 16-20 party conference. Mbeki used the power of the incumbency to sideline his rival Jacob Zuma. According to Olojede, ForMin Nkosazana Dlamin [...]	2007-11-19 15:38:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KPAO SF
07PRETORIA4083	SOUTH AFRICA RESPONSE TO CUBA:COUNTRY-BY-COUNTRY [...] (C) Ref A requests post's assistance in obtaining updated information necessary to provide the President with an assessment of South Africa's policy toward Cuba for use in assessing whether to suspend Title III of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act. 2. (C) South Af [...]	2007-11-29 14:46:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU SF
07PRETORIA4105	ANC SUCCESSION: ZUMA HAS EDGE, BUT IT'S NOT OVER [...] (C) With only two weeks to go before the ANC elects its next President the field has narrowed to a tight race between ANC President Thabo Mbeki and Deputy President Jacob Zuma, with Tokyo Sexwale and Cyril Ramaphosa trailing far behind. Some still hold out hope that the animosity generated bet [...]	2007-12-03 14:18:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM SF
07PRETORIA4109	TSVANGIRAI FRUSTRATED BY LACK OF PROGRESS IN SADC [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) is increasingly frustrated by the slow pace of the SADC-sponsored Zimbabwe talks, MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai told visiting U.S. Ambassador to Zimbabwe. The SIPDIS MDC has made significant concessions, but received nothing in retur [...]	2007-12-04 10:09:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM SF ZI
07PRETORIA4157	ANC RELEASES CANDIDATE LISTS FOR TOP PARTY [...] (U) The ANC on 6 December publicly announced its candidates for the top party positions, as well as candidates for the National Executive Committee (NEC). Each of the top six positions will be contested by two candidates, almost all of whom are firmly grounded in either the Mbeki or Zuma camp. [...]	2007-12-07 15:01:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SF
07PRETORIA4166	ZUMA CAMP CONFIDENT IN LEAD UP TO POLOKWANE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Advisors to ANC Deputy President Jacob Zuma are confident that their candidate will defeat ANC President Thabo Mbeki at the December 16-20 national conference, although they acknowledge that Mbeki may yet have "tricks up his sleeve." Mbeki is trying to buy delegate votes, the Zum [...]	2007-12-10 13:42:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM SF
07PRETORIA4178	TOKYO SEXWALE JOINS ZUMA'S CAMP [...] (U) After two weeks in the U.S., UK, and India, Zuma has returned to South Africa more buoyant and aggressive than ever. During an international human rights day lecture at the University of Witwatersrand on 10 December, Zuma made numerous thinly veiled attacks against Mbeki's leadership styl [...]	2007-12-12 12:41:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM SF
07PRETORIA4180	ANC ELECTION: IDEA OF COMPROMISE STILL ALIVE, BUT [...] (SBU) Efforts within the ANC to find a "compromise candidate" for ANC president have devolved into finding simply a compromise between Mbeki and Zuma, and not a very obvious one at that. Press reports on 09 December noted that former first lady Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has launched a last-mi [...]	2007-12-12 13:11:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM SF
07PRETORIA4196	MBEKI CAMP UPBEAT [...] (C) According to Mbeki camp lobbyists, Mbeki has succeeded in changing the minds of enough delegates to win the ANC Presidency for a third term. On 12 December, PolAsst received a text message on his phone, allegedly from the national coordinator of the Mbeki lobby (Andile Nkuhlu),stating, " [...]	2007-12-14 05:54:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SF
07PRETORIA4217	ANC ELECTIONS: ZUMA WINS PRESIDENCY [...] (SBU) Results of elections for the six ANC leadership positions were released at 20:30 local (13:30 EST),revealing a clean sweep for the Zuma camp. Winners are as follows: President: Jacob Zuma (previous ANC Deputy President) won with 2,329 votes. Mbeki received 1,505 votes; there were 8 [...]	2007-12-18 19:29:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM SF
07PRETORIA4218	NO IMMEDIATE CHANGES IN SOUTH AFRICA'S FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The election of Jacob Zuma as African National Congress (ANC) President (Ref C) will not result in any immediate changes in South Africa's foreign policy. Should Zuma become national president following parliamentary elections in early 2009 -- not a foregone conclusion with corru [...]	2007-12-18 19:54:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM ZI SF
07PRETORIA4227	DFA OFFICIAL CALLS FOR DIALOGUE IN COMOROS, [...] (C) SUMMARY. The AU sanctions against the Comoran island of Anjouan are beginning to create a "certain amount of nervousness" on Anjouan and thus some momentum for negotiations, according to DFA Director Maitland. The AU Commission is planning a roundtable discussion on Comoros o/a January 2 [...]	2007-12-20 12:40:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS SF SO CN AU
07PRETORIA4231	CODEL KERRY VISIT TO SOUTH AFRICA [...] (C) Summary: Senator John Kerry, accompanied by his wife, Ms. Teresa Heinz Kerry, and two staff members, visited South Africa November 18-28, 2007. Ms. Heinz Kerry, who attended school in South Africa, received an honorary doctorate from Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg, of which she [...]	2007-12-21 07:26:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PGOV PINR PREL SF
07PRETORIA4243	ANC CONFERENCE: CHAOTIC, DISORGANIZED, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. In spite of innumerable logistical problems and delays, the ANC's 52nd national conference ended successfully with voters clearly choosing Jacob Zuma as ANC President in a transparent and democratic process. Allegations of vote-buying circulated throughout the conference, but vo [...]	2007-12-21 16:24:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SF
07PRETORIA4248	MEYER ON IRAQ, KOSOVO, COLOMBIA, AND BASQUE PEACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former South African Government (SAG) minister and conflict resolution expert Roelf Meyer updated A/PolCounselor and PolOff December 20 on his various international peace initiatives and gave his views on the recent ANC election (septel). Meyer will participate in the second mee [...]	2007-12-27 14:41:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PINR IZ YI CO SP SF
07PRETORIA4251	MEYER SAYS ZUMA ELECTION OFFERS WINDOW OF [...] (C) Former South African Government (SAG) minister and businessman Roelf Meyer told A/PolCouns and PolOff December 20 that he is not "overly concerned" about the election of Jacob Zuma as ANC President (ref A). Zuma is unlikely to move South Africa "dramatically to the left," at least in the [...]	2007-12-28 07:34:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SF
07PRETORIA480	(C) IAEA/CSV: SOUTH AFRICA SKEPTICAL ON FUTURE OF [...] (C) Achieving consensus on the IAEA recommendations at the February meeting of the Committee on Safeguards and Verification (CSV) will be very difficult, claimed Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Deputy Director for Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Michiel Combrink. During delivery [...]	2007-02-08 15:22:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC ENRG TRGY PARM PREL AORC KNNP IAEA SF
07PRETORIA498	SOUTH AFRICA POINT OF CONTACT FOR NUCLEAR [...] (C) Per reftel, talking points regarding signature of the Nuclear Energy R&D agreement were delivered by econoff to Department of Minerals and Energy (DME) Nuclear Chief Tseliso Maqubela February 5. Econoff provided Maqubela with a blank copy of the agreement and sample copies of Nuclear Safeg [...]	2007-02-09 14:18:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP KTIA ENRG PARM PREL ETTC MNUC AORC IAEA
07PRETORIA520	MBEKI EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR AU IN SOMALIA, BUT NO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Though President Mbeki said February 9 that South Africa will "respond appropriately" to the AU request for assistance in Somalia, we believe the SAG remains skeptical about the AU operation and is content to sit back and watch the situation evolve. However, a specific request f [...]	2007-02-12 16:23:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SO SF
07PRETORIA533	ANC SECRETARY-GENERAL DISCUSSES ZANU-PF TENSIONS [...] (C) African National Congress (ANC) Secretary General Kgalema Motlanthe told Embassy contact Sydney Masamvu February 9 that the South African Government opposes the extension of Mugabe's term to 2010. Motlanthe said that South Africa is encouraged by the growing split within ZANU-PF. Masamvu [...]	2007-02-13 14:06:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ZI SF
07PRETORIA537	BOLIVIAN VP TO VISIT SOUTH AFRICA; ANC DELEGATION [...] (C) Bolivian Vice President Alvaro Garcia plans to visit South Africa soon, likely in March, according to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Deputy Director Annelize Schroeder. During a February 8 discussion with PolOff, Schroeder said she hopes that the Garcia visit will "energize" the South [...]	2007-02-13 15:10:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BO SF
07PRETORIA554	SOUTH AFRICA/CHINA TRADE IS BOOMING [...] (U) Summary: China continues to expand its economic ties with South Africa. South Africa/China trade has more than doubled since 2003, and China is today South Africa's fourth largest trading partner. South Africa is one of the few mineral-rich African countries that runs a trade deficit wit [...]	2007-02-14 13:21:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN PREL CH SF
07PRETORIA565	SOUTH AFRICA EXPROPRIATES FIRST FARM [...] (U) The South African government revealed on 8 February that it had expropriated its first farm on 26 January after negotiations with the farm's owner, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of South Africa (ELCSA),ended in a stalemate. The 25,200 hectare farm in the Northern Cape was claimed by 47 [...]	2007-02-15 14:17:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KJUS SF
07PRETORIA568	WMD FOREIGN CONSEQUENCE MANAGEMENT MOU [...] (C) Despite South Africa's deep commitment to nonproliferation, we anticipate that the proposed bilateral MOU will be met with "principled" skepticism from the SAG. Pretoria has a strong preference for multilateral structures and instruments, especially in the area of proliferation. Long befor [...]	2007-02-15 15:22:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PTER KTIA SF

07PRETORIA569	SA STRUGGLES TO FORM TRADE AGENDA WITH CHINA [...] (C) Summary: South Africa has not devised a comprehensive strategy to promote and govern trade with China, despite a booming bilateral trade relationship. SAG policy on China trade tends to be reactive and ad hoc, and framed in response to "emergencies" such as surges of Chinese textile impor [...]	2007-02-16 04:52:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN PREL CH SF
07PRETORIA607	CIVIL SOCIETY CRITICIZES SOUTH AFRICA'S PEER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. South Africa is in the final stages of its African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) process. The South Africa APRM review has been mired in controversy, with civil society organizations arguing that the South African Government (SAG) exerted too much control over [...]	2007-02-21 08:08:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON AF SF
07PRETORIA827	(C) SOUTH AFRICA CONCERNED ABOUT CNDD-FDD SPLIT [...] (C) PolOff delivered Ref A demarche to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Deputy Director Rasheeda Adam March 5. Adam said that South Africa is "concerned" about tensions within the ruling CNDD-FDD party, as well as the increase in state-sponsored violence in Burundi. The South African Embas [...]	2007-03-06 15:39:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BY SF
07PRETORIA828	SOUTH AFRICA SAYS NO TO LRA REQUEST TO MEDIATE [...] (C) South Africa fully supports the mediation of the Government of South Sudan (GOSS) in the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) peace talks, according to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Deputy Director Rasheeda Adam. Adam told PolCounselor March 5 that South Africa will not facilitate or host t [...]	2007-03-06 15:50:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UG SF
07PRETORIA920	SOUTH AFRICA WELCOMES U.S. REENGAGEMENT WITH SADC [...] (C) SUMMARY: South African officials welcomed U.S. reengagement in SADC and urged support for Executive Secretary Salomao's five priority areas: economic SIPDIS integration, infrastructure development, disaster management, cross-cutting social sectors, and peace and security. They cauti [...]	2007-03-14 12:31:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON SF
07PRETORIA957	SOUTH AFRICA EXPRESSES "CONCERN" ABOUT ZIMBABWE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Zimbabwe's March 11 violent attack on opposition leaders has revitalized the debate on Zimbabwe in South Africa and put pressure on the South African Government (SAG) to act. DepForMin Pahad's carefully worded March 13 statement, expressing concern about the ar [...]	2007-03-16 16:20:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON SF ZI
07PRISTINA104	KOSOVO: AMB. WISNER DELIVERS STRONG MESSAGE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: USG Special Envoy for Kosovo Status Amb. Frank Wisner, in Pristina February 4-5, told the Kosovo Albanian leadership, Kosovo Serb leaders, Assembly MPs, and the media that the Ahtisaari final status package is good for Kosovo and should be strongly supported. He received a posit [...]	2007-02-07 14:56:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA112	KOSOVO: "SELF-DETERMINATION MOVEMENT" PROTEST [...] (C) Summary: A planned protest by radical "Self-Determination" Movement members in Pristina February 10 turned deadly when two protestors were killed as a result of police efforts to block demonstrators from reaching and ransacking key Kosovo government buildings. Order was restored within [...]	2007-02-12 10:41:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA113	KOSOVO: FOLLOW-ON RULE OF LAW MISSION TAKING SHAPE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The EU Planning Team (EUPT) continues to develop plans for the ESDP follow-on rule of law mission in Kosovo. Team leader Casper Klynge told us recently he is confident that the transition will be relatively smooth on the policing side and that the mission will be at authorized s [...]	2007-02-12 11:01:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA114	KOSOVO: UNMIK/PISG SELECT KOSMOCELL CONSORTIUM FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kosovo Telecommunications Regulatory Authority announced local consortium Kosmocell, which included American companies Computer Science Corporation and the Omni Group, as the winner of the second mobile telephone tender. UNMIK officials said the selection of Kosmocell was c [...]	2007-02-12 11:06:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS ECON PREL YI
07PRISTINA115	KOSOVO: THE IMPORTANCE OF OPEN VOTING IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: As we have seen in recent high-profile Kosovo Assembly deliberations, the use of secret ballots combined with weak party discipline and back-bencher discontent has greatly complicated our ability to get key legislation passed. Working with the leadership of the Assembly and oth [...]	2007-02-12 12:34:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA126	KOSOVO: SERBIAN JUDGE ALLOWS EXPLORATORY DIG AT [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Belgrade/U.S. Office Pristina cable. 2. (C) In a meeting on February 13 at the Belgrade District Court, Judge Milan Dilparic agreed to permit an exploratory dig at the site just over the administrative boundary line (ABL),where it is suspected that up to several [...]	2007-02-21 16:37:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS PGOV
07PRISTINA141	KOSOVO: DACI CONVENES "DEMOCRATIC LEAGUE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The break-away faction of the ruling Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) held its first political convention on February 17, endorsing ex-Assembly Speaker Nexhat Daci as its leader and approving his hand-picked slate of deputy presidents. The party chose the name "Democratic League [...]	2007-02-26 14:49:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA142	KOSOVO: UNMIK POLICE APPLY LESSONS LEARNED IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent USOP conversations with top UNMIK police leaders reveal that UNMIK plans to use the same overall approach toward the planned March 3 demonstration of the extremist Self-Determination Movement (SDM) that it used during the violent SDM protest on February 10. That is, a fir [...]	2007-02-26 17:40:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM KDEM MOPS UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA151	KOSOVO: USOP HELPS BUILD KOSOVO SPECIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite initial hurdles, the Kosovo Special Prosecutors' Office (KSPO) is taking shape under USOP leadership and will help fill a gap in prosecutions for sensitive cases. One special prosecutor started work in January, three others transferred on February 28, and a fifth was s [...]	2007-02-28 15:06:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA159	KOSOVO: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF A/S FRIED TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Status fever continues to grip all residents of Kosovo, with ethnic Albanians focused on the conclusion of the Ahtisaari process and Serbs grimly wondering how they will cope once the outcome is clear. With careful management and assiduous courting of both Albanian and Serb leade [...]	2007-03-01 18:08:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA164	KOSOVO: CASE EMERGING AGAINST ALBIN KURTI FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 13, following the violent February 10 protest led by the Self-Determination Movement (SDM),in which two people were killed and approximately 80 injured, Kosovo Police Service (KPS) detained SDM leader Albin Kurti for 30 days based on the ruling of an international pr [...]	2007-03-02 17:07:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA168	KOSOVO: SDM MARCH 3 PROTEST PEACEFUL, RESULT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Self-Determination Movement (SDM),virulently opposed to President Ahtisaari's final status package for Kosovo and continued UNMIK presence, held a peaceful protest March 3 in the center of Pristina that attracted fewer than 3000 participants. No serious incidents, injuries [...]	2007-03-05 12:14:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA169	KOSOVO SERB HARD-LINERS AND MODERATES FACE OFF IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. In what was clearly an orchestrated effort, Kosovo Serb hardliners prevented moderate Serb leaders from holding the founding session of the Serbian National Assembly (SNS) on March 4 in Gracanica. The meeting was originally the brainchild of noted Croatian Serb activist Milorad [...]	2007-03-05 15:56:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK
07PRISTINA180	KOSOVO: ASSEMBLY INVESTIGATES FORMER SPEAKER DACI, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kosovo Assembly's ad-hoc Investigative Committee presented its report on financial wrongdoing to the full Assembly, which dutifully adopted it on February 22. The report was essentially a watered-down version of the Auditor General's earlier findings, and was even less firm in [...]	2007-03-08 08:11:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA181	KOSOVO: ASSEMBLY INVESTIGATES FORMER SPEAKER DACI, [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-08 08:12:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA186	KOSOVO: ON THE HUSTINGS FOR THE PACKAGE: ALL [...] (C) Summary: USOP outreach efforts to encourage understanding of the Ahtisaari package have uncovered some interesting trends, particularly with regard to Kosovar Albanian perceptions of the document. By far, decentralization as it affects southern Kosovo has proven to be the most contentio [...]	2007-03-12 11:37:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI
07PRISTINA188	KOSOVO: VILLAGE LEADERS WILLING TO DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A March 7 visit by the USKFOR Polad to Debelde, a town affected by the 2001 border agreement between Macedonia and the then-FRY, suggests that village leaders there talk a tough game on not giving up their land, but are actually quite willing to discuss compensation. Indeed, thes [...]	2007-03-12 12:42:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA19	KOSOVO: KILLING OF POLICE OFFICER AND SUBSEQUENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovo Police Service (KPS) officer Avni Kosumi was shot and killed on January 3 near the Serb village of Babin Most in Vushtrri municipality, 10 miles north of Pristina. Since the shot may have come from the direction of the village, the KPS searched homes in the area, once by [...]	2007-01-10 16:09:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA194	KOSOVO: A/S FRIED TELLS SERBS AND ALBANIANS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his March 6-8 visit to Kosovo, EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried warned both Albanians and Serbs to make sure that extremists from both sides do not raise tensions in the run up to the decision on Kosovo's final status. Serb leaders from the north were resolute in thei [...]	2007-03-13 11:46:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA204	KOSOVO: UNMIK/PISG SELECT NEW WINNER OF SECOND [...] (SBU) Summary: The Kosovo Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) recently announced the consortium of Telecom Slovenia/Ipko/Albright Group as the winner of the second mobile tender after the initial winner Kosmocell was unable to make its payment for the operating license. The consorti [...]	2007-03-16 12:58:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECPS PREL YI
07PRISTINA206	KOSOVO: NEW POLICE COMMISSIONER INTENDS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: New UNMIK Police Commissioner Richard Monk told COM March 14 that he will work to maintain UNMIK Civpol's strength throughout the transition period to the European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) rule of law mission. The same day, EU Planning Team Head Casper Klynge said the [...]	2007-03-16 15:44:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA208	KOSOVO: COM EMPHASIZES REDLINES IN FRANK [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a conversation with E.O.-listed northern Kosovo Serb hardliner Milan Ivanovic on March 15, COM emphasized that Serbs are free to express their opinions about Ahtisaari's proposals and the UN-led status process underway, but that if their rhetoric spills into violent or pr [...]	2007-03-16 17:50:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM
07PRISTINA21	KOSOVO: UNMIK CUSTOMS ASSISTS IN SEIZURE OF OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNMIK Customs Service became suspicious when a truck later found to contain about 430 kilograms of cocaine entered Kosovo from Montenegro. They held the truck overnight in Peja, and escorted it to the Macedonian border January 8, where Macedonian authorities discovered the cocai [...]	2007-01-10 17:00:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS SNAR KCRM KJUS EAID UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA224	KOSOVO GOVERNING COALITION GROWS PROGRESSIVELY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Weak leadership, opposition enticements, and the departure of AAK leader Ramush Haradinaj for the Hague have all combined to progressively undermine the governing coalition of Kosovo, which continues to limp along despite intensified pressure from a variety of sources. The inte [...]	2007-03-21 13:12:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL YI UNMIK
07PRISTINA237	KOSOVO: THE NORTH'S ALBANIAN MINORITY WORRIED [...] (C) Summary: Albanian residents of two communities north of Kosovo's Ibar River were highly supportive of the Ahtisaari proposal and grateful for USG assistance. Residents told us they generally feel secure in their villages and in their travels to the southern part of Kosovo. They have not [...]	2007-03-28 16:09:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO PHUM EAID YI
07PRISTINA258	KOSOVO'S IPR REGIME STILL WEAK BUT FUTURE PROGRESS [...] (SBU) Summary. Kosovo's intellectual property rights (IPR) regime remains a bad mix of little institutional IPR experience, a struggling economy and high unemployment, limited interest from UNMIK and the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government (PISG) in implementing laws, and weak enforce [...]	2007-04-03 11:24:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KIPR ECON PREL YI
07PRISTINA259	KOSOVO: RECENTLY LAUNCHED PILOT KPC REINTEGRATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UK's Ministry of Defence (UKMOD) launched a pilot reintegration program for 80 separated Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC) members in January 2007. The program, which the International Organization for Migration (IOM) is managing, assists participants with finding new jobs or [...]	2007-04-04 09:53:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA260	KOSOVO: COM ADVISES ENERGY MINISTER TO MAINTAIN [...] (C) Summary. After hearing the World Bank's proposal (described by a World Bank team visiting Kosovo the week of March 26) to suspend temporarily its involvement in the multi-billion dollar Kosovo C project, COM told Minister of Energy and Mining Ceku to mend relations with the Bank in order [...]	2007-04-04 10:20:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON ENRG PGOV PREL YI
07PRISTINA261	KOSOVO: UNIFIED ASSEMBLY DECLARES OVERWHELMING [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a show of overwhelming unity, the Kosovo Assembly declared its support April 5 for UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari's report, committed to implement fully its provisions, and welcomed without reservation the international civilian and security presence that will be established in Ko [...]	2007-04-05 12:51:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA273	KOSOVO: TRANSITION WORKING GROUPS MOVE FORWARD, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The nine transition working groups set up by UNMIK, the core team for the post-UNMIK International Civilian Office, USOP, and the Kosovo government have focused attention on necessary actions required to be taken by the Kosovo government in time for UNMIK's departure. The first [...]	2007-04-11 15:43:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA281	KOSOVO: GROWING PRESSURE ON AND FROM KOSOVO SERBS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent instances in which Kosovo Serb officials have refused to accept U.S. assistance if Kosovo Albanians are involved in the projects or in the provision of USOP/USAID security suggest that these communities are coming under increased and deliberate pressure from Belgrade and t [...]	2007-04-12 08:01:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA293	KOSOVO: UNMIK REQUEST FOR USG ASSISTANCE IN [...] (C) UNMIK CivPol Commissioner Richard Monk has asked USOP for assistance in persuading the governments of Denmark and Norway to extend the tours of two civilian police officers deemed mission-essential. We concur with Monk that the extension of these two officers, and possibly additional pers [...]	2007-04-13 12:57:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA303	KOSOVO: CODEL ROHRABACHER SUPPORTS AHTISAARI, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Kosovo April 14-15, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) conveyed a strong message of support for UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari's package, saying it was past time for Kosovo's status to be resolved. In meetings with Kosovo officials, UNMIK, OSCE and US KFOR, Rohrabacher also stressed th [...]	2007-04-18 11:03:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA304	KOSOVO DELEGATION PRAISES EXPORT CONTROL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNMIK Customs Directors Malcolm Brown and Ekrem Hajdari, upon return from their highly rewarding participation in a U.S.-funded conference, queried us on the status of what they described as an EXBS offer to provide Kosovo with a mobile scanner in 2007. They were delighted wi [...]	2007-04-18 11:08:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA323	KOSOVO SERBS REACT POSITIVELY TO USG-FUNDED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On April 19, COM inaugurated three USAID projects in Serb-majority northern Kosovo. These included renovations to both the Technical Sciences faculty and the technical high school in northern Mitrovica, along with the construction of a new water reservoir and water distributio [...]	2007-04-24 16:29:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM
07PRISTINA336	KOSOVO: SECURITY COUNCIL VISIT TO KOSOVO LEAVES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Whatever Russian hopes may have been for an April 27-28 UN Security Council trip that would leave permreps more sympathetic to the plight of Kosovo Serbs and hostile to the prospect of Kosovo independence, it appears that goal was not achieved; instead, delegation members appear [...]	2007-04-30 09:52:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK UNSC YI
07PRISTINA349	KOSOVO: 3,000 RALLY IN PRISTINA FOR FORMER PM AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: An estimated 3,000 people rallied peacefully in Pristina during lunch hour on May 2 in support of ICTY indictee and former Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj. Some high-level officials of Haradinaj's Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) party participated, as well as prominent m [...]	2007-05-03 16:01:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA362	KOSOVO: FUTURE STAND-UP OF MINISTRY OF FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) has the lead and has made progress on plans to stand up a new Kosovo Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) after the status decision is made. Budget, organizational structure, and necessary legislation have already been drafted as part of the [...]	2007-05-07 15:29:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA380	KOSOVO: UNITY TEAM SET TO APPROVE INTERIM PASSPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: After much prodding from UNMIK and USOP, the Kosovo government has scrapped plans to produce an expensive biometric passport in favor of an interim solution, far more practical, that essentially represents a revision of the current UNMIK travel document. UNMIK sources tell us the [...]	2007-05-15 15:46:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA386	KOSOVO CHURCH RECONSTRUCTION UNDER ATTACK BY SERB [...] (C) SUMMARY. The work of Kosovo's highly successful Reconstruction Implementation Commission for Serbian Orthodox Religious Sites in Kosovo (RIC) is grinding to a halt due to attacks from the hardline Serbian government representative on the commission, in coordination with the intractable Ser [...]	2007-05-17 15:28:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM
07PRISTINA392	KOSOVO: KOSOVO PROTECTION CORPS (KPC) COORDINATOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) held a May 10 briefing in Pristina on what it said was an "urgent requirement" to fund the Office of the Kosovo Protection Corps Coordinator (OKPCC),an UNMIK organization, for one year after status. KPC Coordinator Major General Syk [...]	2007-05-18 16:11:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MASS EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA405	KOSOVO: POOR POE BOARD NOMINATIONS RAISE CONCERNS [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-22 15:21:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KPRV ENRG PGOV PREL YI
07PRISTINA406	KOSOVO: DRAFT KPC EARLY RETIREMENT LAW: FISCALLY [...] (C) Summary. The initial draft Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC) early retirement law is a fiscally irresponsible, poorly-written piece of legislation that potentially provides beneficiaries with life-long pensions and free primary health all KPC members who would not be eligible to join the Kosov [...]	2007-05-22 15:36:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL YI
07PRISTINA407	THE ROAD AND THE WALL: GETTING THE GOVERNMENT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two issues that have seen recent negative developments -- plans to construct a road near the Decani Monastery, linking western Kosovo to Montenegro, and controversy over the building of a security wall around the Pec Patriarchate -- foreshadow the difficulties regarding implement [...]	2007-05-22 15:47:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA414	KOSOVO: REAL WORK ON NOVEMBER ELECTIONS NEEDS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Transition Working Group on Elections has finished work and submitted a report of its four months of deliberations at the May 21 meeting of the Strategic Group on Transition, headed by UNMIK SRSG Joachim Ruecker. While there was early agreement on proportional voting based on [...]	2007-05-28 15:37:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EAID UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA428	KOSOVO: POST-INDEPENDENCE SERB-RELATED CHALLENGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The eventual declaration of Kosovo's independence, as we have always anticipated, will pose a number of challenges on the ground given continuing Belgrade and Kosovo Serb refusal to countenance any settlement based on the Ahtisaari plan or to accept the end of Serbian sovereignt [...]	2007-06-01 16:47:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK UNSC YI
07PRISTINA444	KOSOVO: FIVE TRAFFICKING SUSPECTS RECEIVE A TOTAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovo media reported on May 29 that the Pristina Regional Court sentenced five people accused of trafficking in persons (TIP) to a total of 19 years in prison, ranging from 7.6 years for the group's ringleader to 2 years for a Moldovan woman whom the Kosovo Police Service (KPS) [...]	2007-06-05 17:06:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	GTIP KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA453	KOSOVO: ALBIN KURTI INDICTED FOR FEBRUARY 10 RIOT, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An international prosecutor filed an indictment against Vetevendosje/Self-Determination Movement (SDM) leader Albin Kurti in the Pristina District Court on June 4, 2007 for crimes related to the violent February 10 SDM demonstration in Pristina. Although the indictment recomme [...]	2007-06-08 17:19:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA464	KOSOVO'S SOUTHERN SERBS INCREASINGLY RESISTANT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a series of meetings in the southern enclaves in mid-to-late May, Kosovo Serbs continued to exhibit a strong degree of denial about the imminence of a status decision, expressing firm belief in Russia's ability to halt or at least delay independence. Serbs in the future [...]	2007-06-13 11:50:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM
07PRISTINA469	KOSOVO: WORLD BANK'S IFC INVOLVEMENT IN KOSOVO C [...] (C) Summary. The proposal from the World Bank's International Finance Corporation (IFC) to take a 10 percent equity stake in one of the consortia short-listed to compete for the Kosovo C energy sector development tender has raised concerns within UNMIK, the PISG and USOP about the fairness, i [...]	2007-06-14 15:33:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG ECON PGOV PREL AID YI
07PRISTINA477	KOSOVO FINAL STATUS: SPECIAL ENVOY WISNER FINDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Pristina June 14-17, USG Special Envoy for Kosovo Amb. Frank Wisner delivered a message to Kosovo Albanian national and local political leaders, businesspeople, media, academics, and religious figures that the quality of Kosovo's independence is as important as the speed at whi [...]	2007-06-19 14:28:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA489	KOSOVO: EUPT PROPOSES BROAD TRAINING CONCEPT FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent weeklong course in Finland for candidates for the anticipated Kosovo European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) mission covered ESDP concepts, the goals of the Kosovo ESDP mission, an overview of rule of law sectors in Kosovo, Kosovo-specific case studies, and the missi [...]	2007-06-22 13:07:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC KCRM KJUS PGOV PINS YI UNMIK KCRS
07PRISTINA490	KOSOVO: UNITY TEAM UNDER MOUNTING PRESSURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Media attacks against Kosovo's fragile Unity Team (UT),composed of leading governing and opposition figures, are becoming an almost daily occurrence, as public frustration mounts over the continued uncertainty of final status. In the face of what is perceived here to be backsli [...]	2007-06-22 15:05:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA492	KOSOVO: KFOR AND UNMIK POLICE BRIEF ON READINESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The KFOR commander and UNMIK police commissioner recently provided updates on their readiness posture as the status process moves into July and beyond. Both have focused on immediate challenges, including the June 23-28 presence in Kosovo of "marchers" from Serbia who will culmin [...]	2007-06-25 07:50:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA50	KOSOVO: AFTER A HEATED PRE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN, [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the run-up to the January 21 Serbian parliamentary elections, Serbia-based political parties have been actively campaigning in Kosovo, and some even include Kosovo Serbs as candidates on their electoral lists. In the past weeks, there have been peaceful rallies in Serb-majorit [...]	2007-01-19 17:32:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM
07PRISTINA503	KOSOVO: CONSTITUTIONAL DRAFTING CONFERENCE FOCUSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presentations by U.S. experts at a June 13-16 meeting in Skopje of the expanded pre-constitution working group organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo and supported by USAID/Kosovo (and attended by, among others, representatives of Kosovo's Serb community) have sparked discussion [...]	2007-06-29 10:10:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA504	KOSOVO: ALBANIAN TEEN ATTACK ON ELDERLY KOSOVO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 12, an eighteen-year old Albanian punched his elderly Kosovo Serb neighbor in the face, breaking her nose. Police arrested the perpetrator the same day, but released him less than 72 hours later since the municipal public prosecutor did not seek detention on remand. Th [...]	2007-06-29 14:49:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM KDEM PHUM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA520	KOSOVO: SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF SERBS RETURN TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A total of 82 Serb villagers from Srpski Babush, located in Ferizaj/Urosevac municipality, returned to their recently-reconstructed homes on Saturday, June 23. Greeted warmly by Ferizaj Mayor Faik Grainca, most returnees told us they are happy with their homes, but some unresol [...]	2007-07-06 12:04:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PREF PRM YI
07PRISTINA521	KOSOVO: SERB CHURCH RECONSTRUCTION BACK ON TRACK [...] (C) SUMMARY. After months of delay, the Reconstruction Implementation Commission for Serbian Orthodox Religious Sites in Kosovo (RIC) met June 21 and approved five new tenders. RIC Project Manager Francisco Montanes is very pleased with Vera Pavlovic Luncharsky, the new Serbian Government re [...]	2007-07-06 12:11:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL KCRM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM
07PRISTINA54	SERBIAN ELECTIONS IN KOSOVO: NO INCIDENTS, RADICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Kosovo Serbs voted peacefully at polling stations throughout Kosovo in the Serbian parliamentary elections on January 21. There were no significant incidents. Preliminary results indicate that Kosovo Serb support for the Serbian Radical Party (SRS) has fallen markedly since th [...]	2007-01-22 14:15:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM
07PRISTINA543	KOSOVO: OKPCC, EUPT AND ICO AGREE TO SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: USOP delivered reftel non-paper on building an effective security sector to contacts at the Office of the Kosovo Protection Corps Coordinator (OKPCC),the European Union Planning Team for Kosovo (EUPT) and the International Civilian Office (ICO). All agreed in principle to par [...]	2007-07-13 09:34:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA544	KOSOVO: SECURITY WORKING GROUPS SLOWLY LEAVE THE [...] (C) Summary: The sub-Working Groups on Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC) Issues and Security Institutions, two of the six sub-Working Groups (sub-WGs) created by the Working Group on Security (WGS) to carry out its mandate to plan for implementation of Annex VIII of the Ahtisaari final status pac [...]	2007-07-13 09:47:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS MARR PGOV PINS PREL YI KCRS UNMIK
07PRISTINA557	KOSOVO FINAL STATUS: A/S FRIED DISCUSSES NEXT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Pristina July 9-10, EUR A/S Fried reassured Kosovo's restive Unity Team, made up of the main governing and opposition leaders, that the U.S. would neither abandon Kosovo nor weaken in support for Kosovo's independence, and briefed them on the details of a new "minimalist" UNSC [...]	2007-07-16 12:26:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA56	KOSOVO: KOSOVARS FULFILL ANOTHER STANDARD BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Local Contact Group (CG) representatives agreed that the PISG has met the standard on reconstructing Serb houses in Svinjare destroyed in the March 2004 violence. At a joint meeting between the Contact Group and Serb representatives, Russian COM told the Zvecan mayor, northern K [...]	2007-01-23 12:05:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA577	KOSOVO: NORTH MITROVICA KPS CHIEF EVINCES GUARDED [...] (C) SUMMARY: North Mitrovica Kosovo Police Service (KPS) Commander Milija Milosevic, speaking for the first time directly with USOP on July 18, maintained that his officers would continue to do their job regardless of the outcome of Kosovo status. Eager to show goodwill, he asserted that, at [...]	2007-07-26 11:13:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA591	KOSOVO: ASSEMBLY FINAL STATUS DEBATE ENDS WITHOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kosovo Assembly held a marathon July 31 session to hear an update on final status from Kosovo's Unity Team (UT) upon the latter's return from Washington. Speaking of the expected 120-day period of further talks between Belgrade and Pristina, President Sejdiu said the UT would [...]	2007-07-31 14:44:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA592	KOSOVO: NORTHERN POLITICIANS DISCUSS STATUS, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Two Serb politicians from Leposavic and Zubin Potok evinced a desire to cooperate with the international community on security and stability, but also continued reluctance to cooperate with the PISG. Both stressed that relations with KFOR are currently good and emphasized their [...]	2007-07-31 15:12:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINR PREL EAID PHUM SOCI KV UNMIK
07PRISTINA593	KOSOVO: SIGNS OF HARDLINE SERB CONSOLIDATION IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent disturbing moves by Serb hardliners linked with the Belgrade's Coordinating Center for Kosovo (CCK) and the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) provide evidence that Belgrade is working to sow fear and mistrust between Kosovo Serbs and their Albanian and international interlocu [...]	2007-07-31 15:47:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL EAID PREF PHUM SOCI KV UNMIK
07PRISTINA594	KOSOVO: AT DONOR URGING, UNMIK COMMITS TO CLOSING [...] (C) Summary: UNMIK committed to closing the Cesmin Lug Roma camp, which CDC has consistently maintained is unsafe for human habitation. In a July 23 meeting with UN, USOP and donor representatives, PDSRSG Schook gave the instruction that alternative sites be found for the current Cesmin Lug [...]	2007-07-31 15:54:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV EAID KCRS YI KV UNMIK SENV PHUM
07PRISTINA616	KOSOVO: KLINA PROPERTY DECISIONS FINALLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent actions by the mayor and CEO of Kline/Klina municipality to challenge two high-profile Kosovo Property Agency (KPA) decisions in favor of Kosovo Serbs sent disturbing signals about the property restitution process (especially for Kosovo Serbs) and the general rule of law [...]	2007-08-09 13:28:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINR PREF PHUM SOCI KV UNMIK
07PRISTINA617	KOSOVO: DEPORTATION OF FAILED ASYLUM SEEKERS FROM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. According to UNMIK's Office of Communities, Returns and Minorities (OCRM),more than 47,500 people have been deported to Kosovo since 2000, with Germany alone accounting for 8,454. Concern is growing among internationals, the PISG, and the Roma, Ashkali, and Egyptian (RAE) c [...]	2007-08-09 13:32:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL EAID PREF PHUM SOCI UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA622	KOSOVO: PRESIDENT SEJDIU PUSHES BACK ON TWO TROIKA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Local Troika representatives delivered the oral message to the PISG as requested by the Troika principals. UT Coordinator Blerim Shala pushed back on two points, saying that the Kosovo side had already made substantial and painful concessions and that security in Kosovo was the [...]	2007-08-13 16:06:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA630	STRPCE'S ANTIPODE: NORTHERNMOST ALBANIAN VILLAGES [...] (U) Summary: Albanians in Kosovo's Leposavic Municipality are concerned about their security and worried about the long term prospects for their three villages. They eke out a modest living from agriculture and livestock, and are isolated from Pristina, UNMIK, Mitrovica and Leposavic. They [...]	2007-08-20 08:07:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PREL KV
07PRISTINA636	KOSOVO: FAMILIES OF MISSING PERSONS ASK TROIKA TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 20 families of Kosovo Albanians missing since the 1998-99 conflict asked local Troika representatives, made up of Charge, Russian Charge Kurbatskiy, and ICOPT head Jonsson, to pressure Belgrade to unlock its files and reveal the fate of their relatives. The Troika assur [...]	2007-08-21 13:17:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID UNMIK YI KV
07PRISTINA640	KOSOVO: SEVEN OF KOSOVO'S MOST DANGEROUS PRISONERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Seven of Kosovo's most notorious and dangerous criminals escaped from the Kosovo Corrections Service (KCS)-run Dubrava Prison at approximately 4:15 p.m. on August 18. The prisoners, convicted of crimes ranging from murdering an international police officer to committing terroris [...]	2007-08-23 12:28:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM PINR EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA643	KOSOVO: PROGRESS STALLED ON CRITICAL VETTING [...] (C) Summary. Competencies with national security implications are slowly being transferred from UNMIK to the Provisional Institutions of Self Government (PISG),making it critical that the legal framework and implementing mechanisms are in place for the PISG to vet personnel, classify informat [...]	2007-08-24 13:27:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA644	KOSOVO: MAIN OPPOSITION LEADER THACI WANTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Main opposition leader Hashim Thaci reiterated to us August 23 his position that elections had to happen during their constitutionally-mandated timeframe and noted that Kosovo's Unity Team (UT) had already agreed to holding them by the third week of November. Thaci promised that [...]	2007-08-24 14:14:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA668	KOSOVO: CENTRAL AND LOCAL ELECTIONS SET FOR [...] (C) Summary. On August 31, UN SRSG Ruecker announced that elections will be held in Kosovo on November 17. Three ballots will be cast by voters for the central Assembly, the Municipal Assemblies, and for the first time, direct election of mayors. Additionally, Ruecker announced a five percen [...]	2007-09-06 15:42:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KV
07PRISTINA669	KOSOVO: DEMINING REPORT RECOMMENDS MORE CLEARANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Geneva International Center for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) published a report in July 2007 on landmine and unexploded ordnance (UXO) contamination in Kosovo and the local capacity to address it. The report, the result of a February GICHD mission to Kosovo to review prog [...]	2007-09-06 15:52:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA671	KOSOVO: SPECIAL PROSECUTORS' OFFICE MAKES PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kosovo Special Prosecutors' Office (KSPO) now has six prosecutors pursuing complex cases and beginning to file indictments in serious cases; however, it is facing significant obstacles that threaten its future viability. Among these are a lack of resources and unhelpful atti [...]	2007-09-06 15:55:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI KV
07PRISTINA677	KOSOVO: TECHNICAL, FINANCIAL, POLITICAL ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovo's energy sector is dominated by Kosovo Energy Corporation (KEK),a publicly-owned, vertically integrated monopoly that provides ninety-eight percent of Kosovo's electricity. With help from contractors provided by USAID, KEK has made significant improvements in its operatio [...]	2007-09-10 13:45:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PGOV UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA68	KOSOVO: HARADINAJ TRIAL TO COMMENCE IN MARCH IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) announced on January 24 that the war crimes trial of former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) commander and former Kosovo PM Ramush Haradinaj and his subordinates, Idriz Balaj and Lahi Brahimaj, will commence on March [...]	2007-01-25 18:09:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK ICTY YI
07PRISTINA683	KOSOVO: PRESIDENT SEJDIU ON TROIKA TALKS, ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a September 11 meeting with COM, President Sejdiu agreed that the Kosovar side had to "do better" in the ongoing Troika-led talks and would submit on paper a "Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation between Kosovo and Serbia" at the September 19 meeting in London, as well as an a [...]	2007-09-12 12:33:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA686	KOSOVO: USOP WORKS TO REASSURE STRPCE SERBS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Nestled in the Shar mountains, Strpce municipality - the southernmost Serb-majority area in Kosovo - holds great potential for economic development, but is also faced with several critical issues: delayed privatization of a potentially lucrative ski area that has stalled economi [...]	2007-09-14 10:50:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINR PHUM SOCI KV UNMIK
07PRISTINA687	KOSOVO ELECTIONS: 64 PARTIES, INCLUDING SOME SMALL [...] (C) SUMMARY: After extending the deadline twice, the Central Elections Commission (CEC) received applications late September 12 from 64 political parties, coalitions, citizens' initiatives and independent candidates for the November 17 elections at the central and municipal levels. Albanian p [...]	2007-09-14 14:40:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM UNMIK YI KV
07PRISTINA694	KOSOVO: USOP INTERVENTION STOPS SERB PROPERTY [...] SUMMARY (C) Despite USOP's recent intervention in a pair of property disputes involving Kosovo Serbs in Klina (reftel),the municipal government has since attempted to repossess the property known as the "Youth Center." After initial attempts to use expropriation (similar to eminent domain i [...]	2007-09-19 13:09:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINR PREF PHUM SOCI KV UNMIK
07PRISTINA697	KOSOVO: TREPCA AND THE NEED FOR SOUND ECONOMIC AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In August, the Kosovo Assembly was poised to pass an ill-advised resolution mandating that the debt-ridden Trepca mining and minerals company be designated a publicly-owned enterprise (POE) rather than a socially-owned enterprise (SOE). The move would have been a disastrous one, [...]	2007-09-21 14:28:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID ECON KDEM UNMIK YI KV
07PRISTINA698	KOSOVO: MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS SLOWLY TAKES [...] (C) Summary: Operating for more than a year, the embryonic Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) is gradually taking over the law enforcement competencies of UNMIK, starting with civil status and registration, production of documents, emergency management, and vehicle registration. Those remaini [...]	2007-09-21 14:41:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA705	KOSOVO: KURTI TRIAL OPENS BEFORE PACKED COURTROOM, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 19, Self-Determination Movement (SDM) leader Albin Kurti's trial began in a circus-like atmosphere before an international three-judge panel and a packed courtroom on charges stemming from his instigation of violence at the February 10 SDM demonstration that left two [...]	2007-09-26 08:15:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA706	KOSOVO: KURTI TRIAL OPENS BEFORE PACKED COURTROOM, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 19, Self-Determination Movement (SDM) leader Albin Kurti's trial began in a circus-like atmosphere before an international three-judge panel and a packed courtroom on charges stemming from his instigation of violence at the February 10 SDM demonstration that left two [...]	2007-09-26 08:15:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA707	KOSOVO: TRANSITION PLANNING MOVING AHEAD [...] (SBU) Summary: In the first Strategic Transition Group meeting since the August recess, SRSG Ruecker on September 20 urged a renewed focus on the transition process and reaffirmed UNMIK's support for the Ahtisaari plan as the blueprint for moving ahead on transition implementation. Progress r [...]	2007-09-26 12:38:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA711	KOSOVO: VIOLENCE OVER PROPERTY SALES LEAVE NORTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The multiethnic north Mitrovica neighborhood of Little Bosnia, or Bosniak Mahalla, is on edge as a result of a series of recent criminal incidents, including explosions, an arson attack and newly-planted unexploded ordnance (UXO). The incidents date back to January 2007 and appe [...]	2007-10-01 14:04:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA714	KOSOVO: ELECTION OUTLOOK FOR SERBS BLEAK [...] (C) SUMMARY: The decision, under heavy pressure from Belgrade, to opt out of November 17 central elections by members of moderate the Serbian List for Kosovo and Metohija (SLKM),the incumbent Kosovo Serb grouping in the Assembly, has opened the door for a less-desirable group of Serb politic [...]	2007-10-02 16:08:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINR SOCI KV UNMIK
07PRISTINA715	KOSOVO: ELECTION OUTLOOK FOR SERBS BLEAK [...] (C) SUMMARY: The decision, under heavy pressure from Belgrade, to opt out of November 17 central elections by members of moderate the Serbian List for Kosovo and Metohija (SLKM),the incumbent Kosovo Serb grouping in the Assembly, has opened the door for a less-desirable group of Serb politic [...]	2007-10-02 16:08:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINR SOCI KV UNMIK

07PRISTINA723	KOSOVO: ELECTIONS PLANNING GAINS TRACTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: An approaching November 17 elections date and clear signals from UNMIK, OSCE and others to get to work have compelled Kosovar politicians and election officials to focus more energy on necessary organizational issues and less on public grandstanding about the alleged deficiencies [...]	2007-10-04 15:16:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KV
07PRISTINA734	KOSOVO: ROMA CAMPS CONTINUE TO BE PROBLEMATIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The lead-contaminated Roma IDP camp Cesmin Lug remains open more than three months after UNMIK committed to closing it (reftel). Funding is running out at Osterode, the alternate and safer camp, for services essential to preserving the health of Roma children vis-a-vis their lead [...]	2007-10-09 08:50:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID KDEM UNMIK YI KZ
07PRISTINA74	KOSOVO: KOSOVARS ANXIOUS AND EXPECTANT, BUT CALM, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovar Albanians eagerly anticipate the upcoming Feb. 2 visit by UN Special Envoy for Kosovo Martti Ahtisaari, believing that his arrival will mark the final phase in the status determination process. The Kosovar Albanian "Unity Team" of negotiators from the major political pa [...]	2007-01-27 16:55:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA749	KOSOVO: COM INAUGURATES US KFOR/USAID PROJECT IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. At the inauguration of a joint USKFOR/USAID community development project in the Serb enclave of Partes (Gjilan/Gnjilane municipality),COM and other visitors witnessed genuine appreciation from local Serbs for USKFOR/USG efforts on their behalf. This project, the first officia [...]	2007-10-19 13:54:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR EAID PHUM SOCI KV UNMIK
07PRISTINA75	KOSOVO: EXHUMATION OF POSSIBLE LARGE MASS GRAVE [...] (C) SUMMARY. UNMIK's Department of Justice has what it believes to be reliable information regarding a mass grave that could contain up to several hundred bodies. The site is just over the administrative boundary line with Serbia. UNMIK has asked USG assistance to pressure the Serbian judge [...]	2007-01-29 10:10:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KJUS PGOV PINR PREL ICTY UNMIK EAID PHUM
07PRISTINA756	KOSOVO: K-ALBANIAN PARTIES PREPARE FOR ELECTIONS; [...] (C) SUMMARY: The six Kosovar Albanian political parties with a realistic chance of passing the five-percent parliamentary threshold are scrambling to prepare for the coming election campaign, which formally begins on October 26. The Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) hopes to remain the larg [...]	2007-10-25 17:16:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM UNMIK YI KV
07PRISTINA757	POSSIBLE SCENARIOS IF BELGRADE DISCONNECTS KOSOVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Various scenarios exist if Serbia, in response to a unilateral declaration of independence by Kosovo, chooses to disconnect Kosovo from its energy grid. Our USAID energy experts tell us that the most likely scenario would have Kosovo muddling through, but only if both its aging l [...]	2007-10-26 15:05:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA760	KOSOVO: NORTHERN SERB LEADERS HARDEN POSITION, [...] (C) SUMMARY. There were no surprises in our recent meetings with hardline northern Kosovo Serb leaders. We emphasized the leaders' responsibility for security and sought to maintain open lines of communication. For their part, our interlocutors were consistent in asserting that Kosovo Serb [...]	2007-10-29 15:47:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI KV UNMIK
07PRISTINA764	KOSOVO: AHTISAARI-MANDATED CONSTITUTIONAL DRAFTING [...] (C) Summary. A three day off-site planned for November 1-3 should see the culmination of seven months of intense discussions by the so-called "Pre-Constitutional Working Group" -- whose activities have been closely monitored and guided by USOP and ICO -- and result in a first rough draft of [...]	2007-10-31 15:52:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KV
07PRISTINA775	KOSOVO: HOW TO VOTE ON NOVEMBER 17 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovars will head to the polls on November 17 for the first election in three years. An unofficial NGO parallel count might provide results within hours of polls closing, and thus lead to immediate coalition discussions. The Council of Europe (CoE) has 150 short term observers on [...]	2007-11-09 16:21:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KV UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA777	KOSOVO: BELGRADE INCREASES RHETORICAL AND OTHER [...] (C) SUMMARY. Recent statements - public and private - by Serbian Minister for Kosovo Slobodan Samardzic and others in the Ministry's hierarchy demonstrate Belgrade's intention to increase pressure on Kosovo's Serbs to toe the line, strengthen parallel structures, and -- as a likely outcome -- [...]	2007-11-14 15:39:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KV UNMIK
07PRISTINA778	KOSOVO: EU PLANS FOR THE PENITENTIARY SYSTEM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the August 2007 escape of seven of Kosovo's most dangerous criminals from Dubrava Prison (reftel),which highlighted security problems in Kosovo's penitentiary system, the European Union Planning Team for Kosovo (EUPT) shared with USOP its assessment of Kosovo's prisons [...]	2007-11-14 15:53:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA782	KOSOVO: CALM CAMPAIGN CLOSES WITHOUT PROVOCATIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The three-week campaign period ended on November 15 with most talk of Kosovo's status being successfully kept out of the fray. The pre-election deal struck among the main K-Albanian parties held and kept the tone of discussion of non-status issues positive for much of the campaig [...]	2007-11-16 17:11:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM UNMIK YI KV
07PRISTINA783	KOSOVO ELECTIONS PROCEED CALMLY: PDK WINS BIG, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovars went to the polls on November 17 to elect their central and local assemblies, as well as mayors in Kosovo's 30 municipalities. USOP observer teams, plus the Council of Europe mission and local NGOs, all reported technically sound balloting. KFOR, UNMIK and the Kosovo P [...]	2007-11-19 11:59:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM
07PRISTINA786	KOSOVO ENERGY: PLANNING FOR A POTENTIAL BELGRADE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Planning for the potential of Belgrade disconnecting Kosovo from its energy grid, Kosovo energy transmission experts have begun quiet talks with their Macedonian, Albanian and Greek counterparts to coordinate action to preserve the stability of the regional energy system. In oth [...]	2007-11-20 16:22:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA793	KOSOVO: ALBIN KURTI'S TRIAL RESUMES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vetevendosje/Self-Determination Movement (SDM) leader Albin Kurti's trial resumed on November 15. The atmosphere, again, was circus-like, with Kurti trying to make political statements and the presiding judge repeatedly yelling at him to "get to the point" and "move on." It star [...]	2007-11-26 13:43:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA804	KOSOVO: ELECTION RESULTS ALLOW FOR SERB [...] (C) SUMMARY. With the preliminary results in and 3,297 ballots counted for Serb parties contesting the Assembly vote, Kosovo Serb participation in the November 17 elections appears greater than in 2004. The ten Assembly seats set aside for Serbs were split between six small Kosovo Serb part [...]	2007-12-06 12:46:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV KV UNMIK
07PRISTINA806	KOSOVO: PROGRESS ON MISSING PERSONS AND FORENSICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presenting a unified front, USOP, the EU Rule of Law planning team (EUPT),UNMIK's Department of Justice (DOJ),UNMIK's Office of Missing Persons and Forensics (OMPF),and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) together persuaded the Ministry of Justice to scrap its [...]	2007-12-06 17:05:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID UNMIK YI KV
07PRISTINA81	KOSOVO: BREAK-AWAY "DEMOCRATIC LEAGUE" FAILS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the creation of the break-away Democratic League (LD) on January 12, LD leader and former Assembly speaker Nexhat Daci and his allies have tried to portray the party as a significant force that has hived off a good portion of the ruling Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK). Ho [...]	2007-01-29 15:45:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA810	KOSOVO: EFFECTS OF POSSIBLE SERBIA ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite negative consequences for its own economy, Serbia appears determined to implement an economic blockade against Kosovo when independence is declared. While the length and degree of a blockade is impossible to predict, complete closure of every Serbia-Kosovo checkpoint to a [...]	2007-12-07 17:53:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK
07PRISTINA811	KOSOVO: ASSEMBLY ELECTION RESULTS BRING IMPORTANT [...] (C) SUMMARY: SRSG Ruecker certified the results of the November 17 Kosovo Assembly election on December 5. Among the Albanian parties, seat distribution of the 120-seat Assembly comprises the following (previous number of seats in parentheses): Hashim Thaci's PDK 37 (30),President Sejdiu's L [...]	2007-12-07 18:10:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM UNMIK YI KV
07PRISTINA813	KOSOVO ELECTIONS: PDK WINS MORE MAYORSHIPS, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to preliminary results issued December 9 by the OSCE, Hashim Thaci's PDK party won 14 of the 23 municipalities up for grabs in the December 8 mayoral run-offs in Kosovo. President Sejdiu's LDK party won 6 -- including Pristina -- while Ramush Haradinaj's AAK party won [...]	2007-12-10 15:06:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA829	KOSOVO'S WATER SYSTEM: INTERDEPENDENCE OF NORTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Gazivoda reservoir, located in the northern Serb-majority municipality of Zubin Potok, is Kosovo's largest body of water and a vital resource for both Kosovo Albanian and Kosovo Serb communities. The lake supplies drinking water to areas of northern Kosovo and essential cooling [...]	2007-12-20 16:34:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK
07PRISTINA93	KOSOVO: UNMIK CIVPOL'S TRANSITION TO AN EU-LED [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNMIK CivPol and the EU Planning Team (EUPT) continue to cooperate on planning for the eventual transfer of the international civilian police mission in Kosovo. UNMIK intends to maintain its authorized CivPol strength of 1,565 until the beginning of the transition, and the EUPT a [...]	2007-02-02 18:28:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA96	KOSOVO: POSITIVE KOSOVAR ALBANIAN REACTION TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reaction by Kosovo Albanian leaders and the media to the final status package, as presented in Pristina by UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari on February 2, has been positive. The Unity Team welcomed the package and issued a statement saying they were committed to continuing the process [...]	2007-02-05 16:42:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA99	KOSOVO: CREATING GOOD GOVERNANCE OF PUBLICLY OWNED [...] (C) Summary. The final status package proposal presented to Kosovo on February 2 provides UNMIK the opportunity to establish corporate governance and oversight structures for publicly-owned enterprises (POEs) as they transition to Kosovar authority. Several UNMIK agencies and some PISG offic [...]	2007-02-06 13:42:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KPRV KCOR PGOV PREL YI
07QUITO1039	CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY RACE BEGINS [...] (U) This message contains an action request for DRL and WHA/USOAS. See para 18. 2. (SBU) Summary: With national constituent assembly elections officially announced for September 30, Rafael Correa's undiminished popularity makes his Alianza PAIS movement the party to beat. Although poll [...]	2007-05-08 14:32:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EC
07QUITO1046	AMBASSADOR AND FORMIN CLEAR THE AIR; PREPARE FOR D [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Maria Espinosa on May 8 to discuss the Deputy Secretary's May 9 visit, probe the ForMin on her harsh comments about the Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT),and to clarify the USG position on the 2007 UNITAS move. She expressed USG hope tha [...]	2007-05-08 23:11:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
07QUITO1102	PETROECUADOR'S NEW PLANS [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Embassy officials, Petroecuador President Carlos Pareja outlined Petroecuador's plans to open the ITT fields project to international bidding, sell high octane gasoline at market prices (a possible first step towards reducing subsidies),introduce a gasoline/et [...]	2007-05-15 17:56:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV ECON EC
07QUITO1164	GOE AMBIVALENT ON IRAN-VENEZUELA RELATIONS [...] (C) PolOff conveyed RefTel points on May 15 to MFA Director General for Multilateral Affairs, Lourdes Puma. After listening to our views, Puma asserted that "it is not Ecuador's way to insert itself into the affairs of other sovereign nations and tell them with whom they should be friends." [...]	2007-05-18 20:51:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN BO EC
07QUITO1176	CENTRAL BANK MANAGER OFFERS RESIGNATION [...] (SBU) Summary. Central Bank General Manager Mauricio Pareja has offered to resign, but the Central Bank Board has yet to decide whether to accept his resignation. If it accepts his resignation, the Board will select his replacement. The rumor is that Maria de Lourdes Andrade, a close confi [...]	2007-05-21 21:56:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL EC
07QUITO1182	VIDEO OF ECONOMY MINISTER PATINO IMPLIES MARKET [...] (U) Summary. Recently released excerpts of a video of a February meeting between Economy Minister Patino and former Economy Minister Rodas imply (but do not confirm) that if Patino frightened the international bond market, Rodas could have earned $50 million. Patino and Rodas separately ass [...]	2007-05-22 21:12:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV PREL PINR EC
07QUITO1239	ECUADOR REVIEW FOR TITLE III SUSPENSION OF [...] (C) In response to reftel request, Post provides the following information regarding trade and other relations between Ecuador and Cuba. Trade between the two countries is not extensive. In 2006, Ecuadorian exports to Cuba, mostly tuna, totaled $6,434,690 (FOB) and Ecuadorian imports from Cu [...]	2007-05-30 14:06:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL CU EC
07QUITO1258	NEW COLOMBIAN FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS ECUADOR [...] (U) Summary: Colombian Foreign Minister Fernando Araujo made his first official visit to Ecuador on May 28. During the visit, Araujo stressed the need for continued anti-narcotics cooperation; communicated GOC willingness to compensate border residents for damage caused by aerial fumigations [...]	2007-05-31 22:59:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
07QUITO127	CORREA INAUGURAL CHARTS PRIORITIES, SIGNALS STYLE [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-17 21:13:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EC
07QUITO128	CORREA INAUGURAL CHARTS PRIORITIES, SIGNALS STYLE [...] (C) Summary: Rafael Correa on January 15 was sworn in as Ecuador's 81st president since Ecuador's independence from Spain in 1830, and the 8th in the past 10 years. In his inaugural address, Correa laid out an idealistic agenda heavy on rhetorical flourishes and calling for what he termed a [...]	2007-01-17 21:25:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EC
07QUITO1302	CORREA AND GARCIA TALK BORDER DEVELOPMENT; DENY [...] (U) Summary: Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa and Peruvian President Alan Garcia met on June 1 in Tumbes, Peru for the presidents' first binational meeting on border issues. Correa stressed the need for continued investment by Ecuador, Peru, and the international community in the border re [...]	2007-06-06 20:15:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC
07QUITO1478	ECUADOR SUPPORTS AN EU-CAN ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Ecuador's President Correa supported the European Union (EU) - Andean Community (CAN) association agreement talks launched June 14 and reportedly played a mediator role in moving them forward, even though he opposed a free trade agreement (FTA) with the U.S. as it was negotiated [...]	2007-06-27 16:33:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EC
07QUITO1497	ECUADOR'S BIG ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVE: KEEPING [...] (U) Summary: President Rafael Correa is challenging the world to help Ecuador avoid drilling for oil in one of its largest and most biodiverse areas of protected Amazon rainforest, the Ishpingo-Tambocoha-Tiputini (ITT) field in Yasuni National Park. The GOE wants the international communit [...]	2007-06-29 13:17:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EC EFIN EPET PREL SENV
07QUITO1534	VICE FOREIGN MINISTER REVIEWS THE RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) Summary. In reviewing the main messages that the GOE delivered in Washington during its lobbying efforts for ATPA extension, the Vice Foreign Minister presented Ecuador's take on the key elements in our relationship: the importance of ATPA renewal, the need to think about what might succ [...]	2007-07-05 18:00:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL SNAR EC
07QUITO155	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH VICE PRESIDENT MORENO [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Vice President Lenin Moreno on January 17. Moreno demonstrated his good humor, openness to the U.S. and conveyed a sincere desire to improve coordination of GOE social programs, his core interest and assignment. He also made an impassioned [...]	2007-01-19 18:53:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EC
07QUITO1553	GLYPHOSATE TAKES ANOTHER HIT IN ECUADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ecuadorian Commission studying the health and environmental impacts of Colombia's aerial coca eradication program on Ecuador's north released its findings on July 2. The Commission argues that the chemical mixture used by the GOC since 2000 is highly toxic and has caused e [...]	2007-07-09 20:11:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
07QUITO156	GOVERNMENT MINISTER LARREA PUSHES REFORM AGENDA [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Minister of Government Gustavo Larrea on January 18 to promote continued bilateral law enforcement cooperation. Larrea, a prominent leftist critic of the U.S. in the past, and president Correa's chief political strategist and operator, was disarmingly co [...]	2007-01-19 19:09:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SNAR ECON EC
07QUITO158	GARCIA/USDEL BILAT: PERU'S QUIXOTIC MISSION [...] (C) Summary: Peruvian President Alan Garcia met with U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez on the margins of President Rafael Correa's inauguration ceremony. Garcia raised ATPA, the U.S./Peru free trade agreement and Peru's lonely opposition to Chavez in South America. End Summary. Bac [...]	2007-01-19 19:17:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EC
07QUITO1637	CORREA SIGNS DECREE TO PREVENT AIRING OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 9, President Correa signed an executive decree prohibiting reproduction of clandestinely recorded video and audio without the authorization of those involved. The media association responded saying the decree was unconstitutional. While Vice President Lenin Moreno claims [...]	2007-07-20 17:24:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EC
07QUITO1680	CORREA LEGALIZES "INCIDENTAL" SHARK FISHING [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 20 President Rafael Correa signed a declaration legalizing the sale, transport and export of shark "caught incidentally in the catch of other fish." Political observers have called the move an effort to shore up votes from coastal fishermen in the upcoming September el [...]	2007-07-27 14:36:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV EFIS PHSA PGOV UNESCO EC
07QUITO175	NEW MINDEF EMPHASIZES SOCIAL MISSION [...] (C) Summary: In her initial call on Minister of Defense Guadalupe Larriva on January 18, the Ambassador expressed USG willingness to deepen security cooperation, and highlighted successful U.S. led development projects and military humanitarian exercises. Larriva welcomed USG support for ci [...]	2007-01-22 19:56:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
07QUITO1779	ECUADOR ARRESTS U.S. CITIZEN ENVIRONMENTALIST FORCOMBATING [...] (U) Summary: On August 4 Ecuadorian immigration police arrested U.S. citizen Sean O'Hearn, Country Director of the environmentalist group Sea Shepherd, revoked his visa and issued an order for his immediate deportation. O'Hearn was charged with "crimes against Ecuadorian sovereignty" for his [...]	2007-08-07 19:25:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV EFIS CASC PHSA PGOV
07QUITO1791	ECUADOR CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS: NOT CLEAR [...] (C) With only two months to go before Ecuador's Constituent Assembly elections, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal is facing significant challenges. A July 15 mock election revealed that the size and complexity of the ballots are likely to be a technical nightmare. The TSE has proposed some meas [...]	2007-08-08 21:32:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EC
07QUITO1816	US COMPANIES MCI POWER GROUP AND NEW TURBINE, INC. [...] (U) On July 31, the arbitration tribunal established under the International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) ruled against U.S. firms MCI Power Group and New Turbine, Inc.(MCI-NT) in their international arbitration case against Ecuador. It ruled that ICSID did not ha [...]	2007-08-09 21:55:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EC
07QUITO1900	LIMITED VENEZUELAN SUPPORT FOR TENTATIVE NEW [...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan and Ecuadorian state oil companies signed an MOU August 9 for a $5 billion joint refinery project in Ecuador. A Petroecuador official explained that the two state companies would form a "mixed company" to execute the project. However, he expressed concern that obtain [...]	2007-08-21 19:01:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EINV ECON EC
07QUITO194	COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ' MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Argentinean Vice President Daniel Scioli met with Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez on the margins of Rafael Correa's presidential inauguration. Scioli and his delegation emphasized overall good relations, shared his views on how to improve the U.S. image in Latin America and [...]	2007-01-23 20:54:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EC
07QUITO1992	ECUADOR: PROPOSALS ILLUMINATE KEY ISSUES FOR [...] (C) Ecuadorian political parties and civil society groups have put forward a variety of proposals for the new constitution, which will be drafted by the Constituent Assembly to be elected on September 30. Some of the major issues Assembly members are likely to address include the extent of s [...]	2007-08-30 21:02:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ELAB ENRG KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL EC
07QUITO1993	ECUADOR: DEFENSE MINISTER RESIGNS [...] (SBU) Ecuadorian Defense Minister Lorena Escudero announced her resignation on August 30, saying that she had decided to accept "another challenge" within the national government. She indicated that President Correa would soon announce her new position. Escudero appears to have left on goo [...]	2007-08-31 11:29:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR EC
07QUITO1995	NEW MINISTER OF FINANCE: LOWERING DEBT'S POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary. Fausto Ortiz, the new Minister of Finance, told the Ambassador that his top objective is to lower the rhetoric on debt. Ortiz plans to travel to Washington the first week of September for meetings with the Interamerican Development Bank, World Bank and IMF. End summary. Lowe [...]	2007-08-31 13:40:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV EC
07QUITO2057	ECUADOR CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS: ALL ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: The campaign for the September 30 Constituent Assembly elections is playing out primarily as a referendum on President Correa's policies, as polls indicate that most voters are ignorant of the candidates and their platforms. Although the President's popularity has inched down t [...]	2007-09-11 14:03:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KPLS EC
07QUITO211	HELICOPTER COLLISION KILLS MINDEF AND DAUGHTER [...] (C) Summary: Ecuadorian Minister of Defense Guadalupe Larriva, her 17-year-old daughter Claudia Avila Larriva, and five Ecuadorian Army officials were killed in a collision of two helicopters at 8:19 pm on January 24 in Manta, Manabi province. While details on the exact cause of the collision [...]	2007-01-25 21:36:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
07QUITO2114	GOE TO FIGHT BREAD PRICE INCREASES WITH LOWER [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOE is pursuing a mixed-bag of interventionist strategies to prevent bread prices from increasing before the September 30 Constituent Assembly elections: pressing producers to cap prices, lowering tariffs on wheat and wheat flour, and subsidizing the price of flour for mi [...]	2007-09-14 17:14:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAGR EC
07QUITO2117	ECUADOR: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT CORREA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Meeting one on one with the Ambassador on September 12, Ecuadorian President Correa sounded confident of a strong showing in the September 30 Constituent Assembly elections and was open to the Ambassador's advice on his New York trip later this month. He took on board the Ambas [...]	2007-09-14 20:04:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EC
07QUITO2124	ECUADORIAN CONGRESS CENSURES ENVIRONMENT MINISTER [...] (U) SUMMARY: On September 13 the Ecuadorian Congress censured Environment Minister Ana Alban in absentia when she failed to appear at a previously-scheduled hearing -- the second of Correa,s cabinet members to be censured in recent weeks. Despite a government statement of "total" support for [...]	2007-09-14 21:16:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV PGOV UNESCO EC
07QUITO2131	ECUADORIAN CONGRESS CENSURES ENVIRONMENT MINISTER [...] (U) SUMMARY: On September 13 the Ecuadorian Congress censured Environment Minister Ana Alban in absentia when she failed to appear at a previously-scheduled hearing -- the second of Correa,s cabinet members to be censured in recent weeks. Despite a government statement of "total" support for [...]	2007-09-17 13:10:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV PGOV UNESCO EC
07QUITO2133	ECUADOR FM'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON IRAN AND THE [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Minister Maria Fernanda Espinosa on September 7. Espinosa responded that she was extremely interested and concerned about the Iranian nuclear program. She asked us to follow up with Ambassador Emilio Izquierdo, the Multilateral Affairs [...]	2007-09-17 14:39:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PREL AORC KNNP IAEA EC IR
07QUITO2134	ECUADOR: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT CORREA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Meeting one on one with the Ambassador on September 12, Ecuadorian President Correa sounded confident of a strong showing in the September 30 Constituent Assembly elections and was open to the Ambassador's advice on his New York trip later this month. He took on board the Ambas [...]	2007-09-17 20:15:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KJUS EC
07QUITO216	US JURISDICTION OF VISITING US MILITARY PERSONNEL [...] (C) Summary: The Ecuadorian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 28 September 2006 approved U.S. military training activities in Ecuador from 01 October 2006 through 30 September 2007. Post, per RefTel request, exchanged diplomatic notes with the MFA as has been done each year since 1999 in lieu [...]	2007-01-26 21:00:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
07QUITO2166	INSIGHTS INTO CORREA,S NATIONALIST VISION FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior Ecuadorian officials uniformly stressed, in a series of recent meetings with visiting WHA/AND Director Chacon, the importance that President Correa places on changing the political landscape, economic playing field and social fabric of Ecuador. Security officials discu [...]	2007-09-20 19:11:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL
07QUITO2167	ECUADOR'S CIVIL AVIATION UNDER SECRETARY RESIGNS [...] (SBU) Summary: Ecuador's 28-year old Under Secretary for Aviation and Airports, Juan Francisco Ospina, resigned September 5, after a series of particularly public disputes in the aviation industry. Early this year, the government of Ecuador created a new under secretariat in its Ministry of [...]	2007-09-21 12:00:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR PGOV EC
07QUITO2182	NEW MINISTER OF ECONOMY LOOKING FOR IDB AND WORLD [...] (C) Summary. Reversing its initial reluctance to work with the Washington-based development banks, the Correa Administration is seeking funding from the Inter-American Development Bank for a range of projects. It is also beginning to work with the World Bank. Its contacts with the World Ba [...]	2007-09-24 17:55:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EAIR EC
07QUITO2204	ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: 62ND UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered relevant points on U.S. UNGA priorities to MFA's Multilateral Affairs Directorate on September 21, 2007. He was not able to obtain a response until September 25 because Lourdes Puma, MFA Director General of Multilateral Affairs, was on travel. 2. (C) Climate Change [...]	2007-09-26 20:43:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA EC BR
07QUITO2205	ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR [...] (C) PolOff met with Lourdes Puma Puma, MFA Director General of Multilateral Affairs, on September 25, and shared U.S. objectives on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. Puma expressed her understanding of the need to support the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, adding that Ecuador generally suppor [...]	2007-09-26 20:43:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PTER EC LE
07QUITO2206	ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: SUPPORT FOR UN SYG'S [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-27 11:22:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AR BR BL CI CO EC ES GT HA PE
07QUITO2207	CORREA'S MOVEMENT IN STRIKING RANGE OF A [...] (SBU) Summary: Ecuador's two top polling firms differ on how close President Rafael Correa's Alianza PAIS movement is to winning a majority of Constituent Assembly seats on September 30. Whether or not Alianza PAIS alone gets the necessary 66 seats to command a majority, it is likely to con [...]	2007-09-27 11:23:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPLS EC
07QUITO2208	MIXED VIEWS: AMERICAN BUSINESSES WITH DIFFERENT [...] (C) Summary. At an AmCham meeting, U.S. companies in heavily regulated industries noted a number of ongoing problems, but a textile company stressed that lightly regulated industries have fared much better. Several companies said they have good relations with the Correa Administration, whic [...]	2007-09-27 12:12:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD EPET EFIN EAIR BEXP EC
07QUITO2212	ECUADOR ASSEMBLY ELECTION: READY OR NOT, HERE IT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: September 30 Constituent Assembly voting and determination of winners will be complicated and possibly chaotic. So far few predict significant fraud. The Supreme Electoral Tribunal reversed itself on September 23 to allow exit polls and quick counts, which will lend greater [...]	2007-09-27 22:53:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EC
07QUITO2219	ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: U.N. COMMITTEE AGAINST [...] (SBU) PolOff met with Lourdes Puma, MFA Director General of Multilateral Affairs, on September 25, and shared reftel points emphasizing USG candidate Felice Gaer's performance as an incumbent of the Committee. As expected, Puma expressed interest in the USG's support of Ecuador's candidate, [...]	2007-09-28 16:20:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC EC
07QUITO2233	AMBASSADOR INAUGURATES REGIONAL ANTI-NARCOTICS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador Jewell participated in the inauguration of an approximately $2 million NAS-funded regional antinarcotics center in the northern city of Tulcan, Carchi province, on September 24. The facility will serve as a command center and checkpoint five miles from the Colombian [...]	2007-10-01 19:23:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MAS MOPS PREL SNAR EC CO
07QUITO2237	ECONOMIC ISSUES FOR THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary. According to Luis Rosero, Vice Minister for Economy, the Correa administration will use the upcoming Constituent Assembly to reform and strengthen public sector economic institutions, but will not seek significant changes for private sector institutions. Many of the changes will [...]	2007-10-02 20:38:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EC
07QUITO2277	GOE CLAIMS 99 PERCENT SHARE OF EXTRAORDINARY [...] (C) Summary: Ecuadorian President Correa issued a presidential decree late October 4 increasing the State's share to 99 percent of "extraordinary" petroleum revenues produced by private companies. Petroleum operators claim the decree is a complete surprise and contrary to assurances of amica [...]	2007-10-05 20:04:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON PREL EC
07QUITO2344	ECUADOR GOVERNMENT MINISTER LARREA ON CONSTITUENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Speaking October 10 at a luncheon meeting with eight Ambassadors (including Ambassador Jewell),Government Minister Gustavo Larrea described the Correa administration's philosophy, how it translated into success in the Constituent Assembly elections, and provisions the adminis [...]	2007-10-18 16:41:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR PREL EAGR KCOR EC
07QUITO2373	OIL COMPANIES CONSIDERING OPTIONS UNDER ECUADOR,S [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. and foreign oil companies are evaluating whether service contracts could be feasible alternatives to participation contracts in light of the new "99 percent" petroleum revenue sharing decree. U.S. firms City Oriente, Murphy Oil, and Burlington Resources are affected by t [...]	2007-10-25 13:33:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON PREL EC
07QUITO2382	ECUADOR MAY (OR MAY NOT) SEEK TO EXCLUDE OIL AND [...] (C) Summary. President Correa, through his legal secretary, instructed the Foreign Ministry to inform ICSID, SIPDIS an arbitration center, that Ecuador would not accept ICSID jurisdiction for oil and mining cases. The Foreign Ministry informed Correa that the notification would not protec [...]	2007-10-25 19:01:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON EC
07QUITO2398	ECUADOR'S RESPONSE TO FARC LETTER [...] (SBU) On October 18, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) Secretariat member Raul Reyes sent a public letter to President Correa expressing the FARC's desire to establish peaceful political and diplomatic relations with the GOE and avoid any confrontation with the Ecuadorian military. [...]	2007-10-26 20:19:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL SNAR EC CO
07QUITO245	ECUADOR'S COMPLEX MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL DIVESTMENT [...] (C) Summary: In a January 22 meeting with DATT and EconOff, senior managers of HoldingDINE, one of Ecuador's military-industrial conglomerates, expressed confidence that they would continue to enjoy freedom of operation even as a newly ratified law aims to impose strict limitations on the mili [...]	2007-01-30 20:16:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON MARR PINR EIND ETRD SNAR EC
07QUITO2491	PETROECUADOR RECOMMENDS CANCELLING U.S. CITY [...] (C) Summary: Petroecuador recommended on November 8 that the GOE cancel U.S. oil company City Oriente,s contract, since the company has not made any payments to the GOE under a 2006 law requiring companies to provide the government with at least 50% of "extraordinary" petroleum revenues. A [...]	2007-11-13 21:16:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON PREL EC
07QUITO2513	GROWTH OF RESOURCE NATIONALISM IN ECUADOR [...] (C) This cable is in response to reftel a asking for post's views on resource nationalism in Ecuador. 2. (C) In the petroleum sector, the GOE has taken a number of actions over the past year and a half resulting in increased revenues for the state. In 2006 under the previous administrati [...]	2007-11-20 12:13:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON PREL EC
07QUITO2514	ECUADOR : PAIS CONSOLIDATES POWER AS ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Supreme Electoral Tribunal issued official, final results of the September 30 elections on November 19. As a result, the Constituent Assembly will be installed in Montecristi on November 29. President Correa,s Proud and Sovereign Fatherland (PAIS) movement secured a comfo [...]	2007-11-20 16:02:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EC
07QUITO2528	DAS MCMULLEN'S MEETINGS WITH ECUADORIAN CABINET [...] (C) Summary: In two wide-ranging, cordial discussions, Coordinating Minister Fernando Bustamante and Acting Foreign Minister Rafael Paredes told DAS McMullen that the GOE continues to desire a positive, robust relationship with the United States. Although there are areas of disagreement, B [...]	2007-11-21 17:52:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EC
07QUITO2531	ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered relevant points on U.S. UNGA Third Committee country specific resolutions to MFA's Multilateral Affairs Directorate on November 16, 2007. We received a response on November 20 from Lourdes Puma, MFA Director General of Multilateral Affairs. 2. (C) Puma first stated [...]	2007-11-21 18:54:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KTIA UN EC
07QUITO2532	ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: IAEA DG'S NOV 15 REPORT [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points on November 20, 2007, to Lourdes Puma, MFA Director General of Multilateral Affairs. 2. (C) Puma called Ecuador a strong proponent of disarmament and non-proliferation, as well as of the IAEA. She opined that Iran had made efforts to comply with the W [...]	2007-11-21 18:59:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC IAEA IR PARM AORC EC
07QUITO2533	ECUADOR ANALYSTS DEBATE CORREA'S INTENTIONS DURING [...] (C) Summary: Ecuadorian analysts reflected differing assessments of President Correa's policies during a November 13 luncheon with visiting WHA DAS Christopher McMullen, hosted by the Ambassador. Participants highlighted the difficulty of predicting the economic model that President Correa [...]	2007-11-21 19:18:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EC VE CO
07QUITO2556	THE MANTA PORT, ECUADOR'S POSSIBLE LINK TO ASQAND BRAZIL [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong-based port operator Hutchison Port Holdings, now a year into its concession agreement, has ambitious plans to turn Manta, Ecuador's second (but only natural deep-sea) port, into a world-class seaport. The port is a key element in the GOE's plans to build a Manta-Manaus [...]	2007-11-28 10:58:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT ETRD ELTN EAIR PREL MARR MOPS PGOV EC CN
07QUITO2560	CORREA NEUTRALIZES EXTREME LEFT BY CO-OPTING [...] (C) Summary: After decimating the centrist and rightist political parties, President Correa has now undercut the old, radical left. By issuing an Executive Decree calling for the hiring of 12,000 new teachers, President Correa co-opted the education agenda away from the ultra-left Popular [...]	2007-11-28 12:47:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EC
07QUITO2571	CORREA CHALLENGES AIRPORT CONCESSIONS [...] (U) Summary: President Correa has challenged two airport concessions run by private operators in Quito and Guayaquil, and asserted the federal government should receive a share of their earnings. The Quito airport is operated by a U.S.-Canadian-Brazilian joint venture and receives the major [...]	2007-11-30 13:19:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR EFIN EINV PGOV EC
07QUITO2575	PRESIDENT CRACKS DOWN ON PETROLEUM PROTESTS - [...] (SBU) Summary: President Correa declared a state of emergency for Petroecuador after community protestors demanding additional benefits damaged oil wells and blocked access to Petroecuador's Auca camp, severely impeding production. Correa replaced Petroecuador's President with Guillermo Zur [...]	2007-11-30 18:28:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV PREL EC
07QUITO2580	INAUGURATION OF ECUADOR'S CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY [...] Summary: (SBU) The Constitutional Assembly, charged with writing Ecuador,s twentieth Constitution, was inaugurated on November 29. Declaring itself &the highest authority in Ecuador8, the Assembly suspended congress, retained President Correa and Vice President Moreno, and fired two key Corr [...]	2007-12-03 17:24:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EC
07QUITO2604	IMF ON ECUADOR: "A HIGH LEVEL OF ANXIETY IS NOT [...] (C) Summary. IMF staff are measured in their assessment of the Ecuadorian economy. They noted a number of weaknesses and risks, including uncertainty, falling investment, declining petroleum production, and weak growth. Even so, they do not foresee any major economic difficulties, and beli [...]	2007-12-05 17:23:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EC
07QUITO2625	SECOND ROUND OF CHANGES IN THE ECONOMIC CABINET [...] (C) Summary. There have been a number of changes in Correa's economic team over the past two months, the second significant round of changes in his economic team in less than a year. For the most part, the new members are pragmatic or technically competent, but lack experience. The new Coo [...]	2007-12-13 13:10:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAIR PGOV EC
07QUITO2626	CORREA MEETS AMBASSADOR, ACKNOWLEDGES NEED TO PAY [...] (c) Summary. President Correa told the Ambassador that Ecuador would pay an arbitral award that determined that the GOE owes Occidental Petroleum a multi-million dollar tax refund. Correa reaffirmed his interest in establishing an economic dialogue with the U.S., said that Ecuador is contin [...]	2007-12-13 15:13:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EPET EAIR ETRD PGOV PREL EC
07QUITO2631	ECUADOR: CORREA APPOINTS NEW FOREIGN MINISTER, [...] (SBU) Summary. Following harsh criticism by President Rafael Correa of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Minister Maria Fernanda Espinosa resigned her position as Ecuador's Foreign Minister on December 5, 2007, citing health reasons for her departure. Two days later, President Correa announce [...]	2007-12-13 17:51:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD EC
07QUITO2643	ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: UNGA PLENARY VOTES ON [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered relevant points on U.S. UNGA Third Committee country specific resolutions to Augusto Saa, MFA Director General of Multilateral Affairs, on December 14, 2007. 2. (C) Saa first reiterated a previous MFA statement (reftel) that Ecuador is a strong proponent of the pro [...]	2007-12-14 19:26:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV UNGA EC
07QUITO2650	CANADIAN-US COMPANY PURSUING MAJOR PETROLEUM [...] (C) Summary: Ivanhoe Energy, a Canadian firm with substantial U.S. investment, is pursuing oilfield development in Ecuador that would use its proprietary technology to develop and upgrade super-heavy oil. President Correa is reportedly supportive and wants to move quickly to sign a contract [...]	2007-12-17 12:59:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON PREL EC

07QUITO2651	ECUADORIAN CABINET INSTABILITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Since President Correa,s inauguration on January 15, 2007, 16 cabinet ministers have left office, though many of them have been transferred to other government offices. During his eleven months of government, President Correa has increased the number of ministries from 17 to 2 [...]	2007-12-17 13:49:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EC
07QUITO2659	CORREA ASKS CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY TO APPROVE BROAD [...] (U) Summary. The Correa Administration sent an ambitious tax reform package to the Constituent Assembly, with a request that it be approved before the end of the year. The package retains the value-added tax at 12%, creates a 0.5% capital outflow tax, raises the excise tax on a number of pr [...]	2007-12-18 20:50:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV PGOV EC
07QUITO2665	REPRIEVE FOR U.S. OIL COMPANY CITY ORIENTE [...] (C) Summary: A recommendation to cancel the contract of U.S. oil company City Oriente appears to be on hold as the GOE is preparing to initiate contract renegotiation. In addition, criminal complaints against City Oriente personnel now appear to be being handled fairly and a request for "pr [...]	2007-12-19 19:53:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON PREL EC
07QUITO2691	ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: IRAN NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered relevant key judgment and non-paper points on Iran National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) from Reftel B to MFA's Multilateral Affairs Directorate on December 12, 2007. We received a response on December 26, 2007, from Lourdes Puma, MFA Director General of Multilateral Af [...]	2007-12-28 11:33:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC IAEA IR PARM AORC PREL EC
07QUITO2694	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NEW ECUADORIAN FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Jewell met one-on-one for the first time with new Foreign Minister Isabel Maria Salvador Crespo on December 26, during which the tone was positive and constructive, and Salvador appeared cordial, smart, warm and open. Salvador communicated the importance of maintaining [...]	2007-12-31 16:04:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PGOV PREL KJUS MARR EC
07QUITO27	CODEL REID VISIT SETS POSITIVE TONE WITH NEW [...] (C) Summary: Codel Reid's visit to Ecuador from December 29-31 sent a message to the incoming government of President-Elect Rafael Correa of USG openness to dialogue, respect for Ecuadorian sovereignty and determination to continue cooperation on issues of mutual importance. The bipartisan vi [...]	2007-01-04 09:23:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EAID PINR MARR SNAR OREP
07QUITO271	WEAKENING ECONOMY MAY BE VULNERABLE [...] (C) Summary. After six years of solid growth, the Ecuadorian economy will likely slow in 2007, and the Central Bank estimates the economy will grow 3.3%. This may overstate growth, since the economy has a number of vulnerabilities ) declining petroleum production and prices, falling busines [...]	2007-02-01 19:28:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV EC
07QUITO280	ARMY COMMANDER CANNED; NEW MINDEF NAMED [...] (U) Summary: Fulfilling his promise to replace deceased MinDef Guadalupe Larriva (RefTel) with a female civilian from the southern highland city of Cuenca, President Correa on January 30 named Lorena Escudero as the new Minister of Defense. Escudero, who assumed control of the Ministry of De [...]	2007-02-05 12:13:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
07QUITO290	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary. In a friendly, courteous meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Economy Patino said that he has a close working relationship with President Correa, congratulated himself on the ease with which he prepared his first budget, allowed that he does not know what Ecuador will do abo [...]	2007-02-05 20:54:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID ECON EC
07QUITO3	CODEL REID MEETING WITH PRESIDENT-ELECT CORREA [...] (C) Summary. In a wide ranging conversation with Codel Reid, president-elect Rafael Correa asked for better treatment of Ecuadorian migrants, welcomed Sen. Reid's statement that he would work for ATPA extension, expressed a commitment to combat narcotic trafficking, complained vociferously ab [...]	2007-01-03 09:07:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR CVIS ETRD ECON EFIN EINV EC
07QUITO321	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF ENERGY ACOSTA [...] (C) Summary. In a wide-ranging meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Energy Acosta presented himself as a problem-solver. He said that he intends to solve the problems of U.S.-owned electric generator Machala Power and would study the situation of City Oriente, a small U.S.-owned petrole [...]	2007-02-07 20:46:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EINV ECON PREL EC
07QUITO347	MOD DEATH - MECHANICAL FAILURE RULED OUT; MILITARY [...] (U) Summary: The congressional investigatory commission studying the helicopter collision that killed former MinDef Guadalupe Larriva and her daughter on January 24 announced on February 7 that human error, not technical malfunction nor any kind of deliberate conspiracy, was to blame for the cr [...]	2007-02-09 22:53:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC
07QUITO475	CODEL NELSON CONVEYS MESSAGE OF FRIENDSHIP [...] (C) Summary: During a February 20 and February 21 visit to Quito, Senator Bill Nelson (D-Fl) reiterated a message of friendship and continued engagement with Ecuador in a meeting with President Correa, Foreign Minister Espinosa, and senior Correa-advisor Fernando Bustamante, and in a brief pre [...]	2007-03-01 16:54:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EC
07QUITO494	AMB TOBIAS DELIVERS MESSAGE OF COOPERATION AND [...] (C) Summary: During a February 26-27 visit to Quito, U.S. Director for Foreign Assistance and USAID Administrator Ambassador Randall L. Tobias conveyed a message of continued USG support to Ecuador, despite U.S. budget constraints. In meetings with Foreign Minister Maria Espinosa, Police Chie [...]	2007-03-05 14:35:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR EC
07QUITO520	GOE ACTUALLY DOES WANT SOME IDB MONEY [...] (SBU) Summary. After initially telling the Interamerican Development Bank (IDB) that it wanted to limit its borrowing from the IDB to the bare minimum, the Correa administration has now indicated that it wants to sign two previously approved budget support loans worth $80 million and guarant [...]	2007-03-06 16:17:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID ECON EC
07QUITO537	AMBASSADOR AND NEW MINDEF DISCUSS COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: In her initial call on newly appointed Minister of Defense Lorena Escudero on March 1, the Ambassador highlighted successful U.S. military led humanitarian and security projects, and stressed the importance of continued cooperation. She conveyed USG concern over reports that Esc [...]	2007-03-07 22:44:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC
07QUITO542	ECONOMIC OUTREACH: USFQ SCHOLARS SLAM EX-COLLEAGUE [...] (C) Summary: In a February 28 meeting with EconOffs, academics from the business school at the University San Francisco of Quito (USFQ) engaged in a playful and energetic discussion about the economic policies of their ex-colleague President Rafael Correa. Most expressed concern about what t [...]	2007-03-08 14:35:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PINR SCUL EC
07QUITO554	ECUADOR: INSTITUTIONAL BRINKMANSHIP PROVOKES NEW [...] (C) Summary: Culminating a series of moves of dubious legality by the Correa Government, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE),and Congress, the TSE stripped 57 members of Congress (from the center-right opposition coalition of PRIAN, PSP, PSC and UDC) of their political rights for one year, [...]	2007-03-08 18:04:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PINS KDEM EC
07QUITO565	ECUADOR: CONGRESS SEEKING WAY OUT OF CRISIS; [...] (C) Summary: Reacting to footage of the beating of one opposition deputy by radical leftist protesters on March 8, influential media and other civil society leaders reacted strongly on March 9. Denouncing political infighting among Congress, the Electoral Tribunal (TSE),and the Correa gove [...]	2007-03-09 22:05:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PINS KDEM EC
07QUITO587	POLITICAL CRISIS ESCALATES; CONGRESS SUSPENDED [...] (C) Summary: Ecuador's ongoing institutional impasse between electoral authorities and Congress continued on March 13 as the Constitutional Court announced its refusal to decide the dispute -- eliminating for now at least the best opportunity for resolution. In a show of high political thea [...]	2007-03-13 22:23:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS ASEC EC
07QUITO645	CONGRESS CRISIS FESTERS [...] (C) Summary: The confrontation between Congress and the Supreme Electoral Tribunal continues, and could come to a head again on March 20, when President of Congress Jorge Cevallos attempts to call the Congress back into session following its disruption on March 12. The center-right oppositi [...]	2007-03-20 12:04:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EC
07QUITO647	BIOGRAPHIC NOTES: ECONOMIC POLICY COORDINATOR [...] (C) President Rafael Correa named Carlos Mauricio Antonio Jose Davalos Guevara to the newly formed position of Minister for Coordination of Economic and Production Policy on February 17, 2007. Davalos is in charge of coordinating the efforts of the Ministries of Economy, Industry, Agriculture [...]	2007-03-20 14:21:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EC
07QUITO648	BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES: FOREIGN MINISTER MARIA [...] (C) Summary: On December 13, 2006, President Correa named Maria Fernanda Espinosa Minister of the new Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Commerce and Promotion of Investment and Integration, a fusion of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Commerce. Although inexperienced, Espino [...]	2007-03-20 16:32:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EC PINR PREL
07QUITO658	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MAURICIO DAVALOS, [...] (C) Summary. In a March 13 meeting with the Ambassador, Mauricio Davalos, President Correa's minister-level coordinator for production and economic policy, focused much of his discussion on the need to support income-generating agricultural projects. He also said that the GOE's vision is di [...]	2007-03-20 21:56:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAGR EFIN PREL EC
07QUITO659	REPLACEMENT CONGRESS SWORN IN [...] Summary: (SBU) The festering confrontation between the government-backed Supreme Electoral Tribunal and Congress continued on March 20 as President of Congress Jorge Cevallos swore in 21 new replacement congressional deputies and then opened a new session of Congress with 52 members. Dismisse [...]	2007-03-20 22:49:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EC
07QUITO704	GOE TO LAUNCH "PLAN ECUADOR"; BACKS OFF [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Espinosa, Defense Minister Escudero, and Minister Coordinator Bustamante on March 20 announced vague plans to develop a "Plan Ecuador" to promote peace, attack poverty, and manage negative impacts on Ecuador of Colombia's internal conflict, and solicited internati [...]	2007-03-23 21:58:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EAID EC CO
07QUITO719	CHINESE PARTY STANDING COMMITTEE MEMBER VISITING [...] (C) Summary: Newly-arrived Chinese Ambassador Cai Runguo shared his first impressions of Ecuador with the Ambassador on March 23. Cai also said that a senior member of the Chinese Communist Party's nine-member Politburo Standing Committee would visit Ecuador briefly this week. Cai said the [...]	2007-03-27 14:17:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EC
07QUITO72	AMBASSADOR BUILDS RAPPORT WITH FM-DESIGNATE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Foreign Minister-designate Maria Fernanda Espinosa on January 8. She agreed to meet with Commerce Secretary Gutierrez during the upcoming presidential inauguration, expressed hope Colombian President Uribe would attend, and shared GOE concern over percei [...]	2007-01-09 22:01:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EC
07QUITO734	CONGRESS SUSPENDED PENDING APPEAL [...] (SBU) Summary: A local judge's ruling has elevated the issue of the composition of Congress to the Constitutional Court, and provoked a new dispute over whether the injunction takes effect immediately or only after judicial review by the higher court. On one side are the 57 dismissed members [...]	2007-03-28 20:00:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EC
07QUITO767	GOE PROTESTS ALLEGED INCURSION; GOC FIRES BACK [...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign Minister Espinosa on March 29 announced that Ecuador had proof that Colombian military units entered Ecuador on March 22 in pursuit of two suspected FARC members. She said that the GOE would immediately send a diplomatic note protesting the incursion, and calling on Co [...]	2007-03-30 21:58:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
07QUITO768	PRIVATE SECTOR RESPONSE TO PERCEIVED CORREA THREAT [...] (C) Summary. The usually fractious Ecuadorian private sector has begun to develop what could become a cohesive response to what it perceives as threats from the Correa administration. This effort, led by Guayaquil-based figures and supported by the leading business chambers, has two main el [...]	2007-03-30 22:15:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EC
07QUITO78	CONGRESS READY TO ACT; CORREA RALLYING SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: An overwhelming but still fluid majority in Congress is preparing to act quickly on its own package of constitutional reforms and to seize control of key independent positions, including the positions of Attorney and Comptroller General. Its intention is to attempt to thwart th [...]	2007-01-10 21:42:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EC
07QUITO795	ECUADOR WAITS FOR CONGRESS AND REFERENDUM [...] (C) Summary: Congress President Jorge Cevallos has been successful so far in his efforts to delay legislative business so the Constitutional Court has a chance to rule on the institutional crisis in favor of one or the other of the two Congressional blocs claiming legitimacy. The 57 removed [...]	2007-04-04 20:44:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EC
07QUITO826	REFERENDUM ON ASSEMBLY LIKELY TO PASS APRIL 15 [...] (SBU) Summary: Ecuadorians vote again in a nation-wide election on Sunday, April 15, to approve or defeat a referendum convoking an unbounded national constituent assembly to re-write the constitution. Public understanding of the details of the assembly statute is low and support for the as [...]	2007-04-11 19:27:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EC
07QUITO880	ECUADOR PAYS IMF DEBT, BLASTS WORLD BANK [...] (U) Summary. On Saturday, April 15, President Correa announced Ecuador had paid off its IMF debt and was ending its relations "with that international bureaucracy." He also threatened to expel the World Bank representative in Ecuador if an investigation "confirms" that the World Bank "black [...]	2007-04-18 12:39:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV EC
07QUITO918	FINAL RESULTS: 82% IN FAVOR OF ASSEMBLY; CONGRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) on April 20 issued final results of the referendum approving the government's proposed national constituent assembly, which passed with 81.72% of the vote. The TSE is expected to unveil the timeline for assembly elections soon--most expect [...]	2007-04-20 22:34:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EC
07QUITO953	PLAN ECUADOR FOR PEACE, JUSTICE, AND EQUITY [...] (C) Summary: President Rafael Correa on April 24 unveiled "Plan Ecuador for Peace, Justice, and Equity," aimed at countering the negative impacts of Colombia's internal conflict on Ecuador. The plan purports to guide GOE and international donor development activity in the northern border re [...]	2007-04-26 20:27:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
07QUITO955	ENERGY MINISTRY PLANS NEW LAWS UNDER CONSTITUENT [...] (C) Summary: Ecuador's Energy Ministry hopes to use the upcoming national constituent assembly to make major changes to the laws regulating the sector, according to the Under Secretaries of Petroleum, Mining, and Electricity. They plan SIPDIS to use the Assembly as a substitute Congress, [...]	2007-04-26 20:51:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EINV ECON EC
07QUITO956	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO REMOTE ARMY POST ON COLOMBIA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador visited a remote Ecuadorian military post located in Puerto El Carmen, Sucumbios province, on April 23. While there, she discussed illegal armed group activity with Ecuadorian military officials, viewed USG funded military projects, and met with the beneficiarie [...]	2007-04-26 22:04:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
07QUITO957	OPPOSITION DEPUTIES FLEE TO BOGOTA [...] (C) Summary: With up to 16 dismissed/restituted members of Congress in Bogota winning headlines (although little domestic sympathy) decrying perceived political persecution at home, pressure is mounting on the GOE to seek a consensual exit from the current political stand-off between the Gov [...]	2007-04-26 22:20:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EC
07RABAT1034	SCENESETTER FOR DIRECTOR MUELLER'S VISIT TO MOROCCO [...] (C) My staff and I are delighted to welcome you to Morocco at a time of increased focus on the terrorist threat in North Africa. The U.S. finds in Morocco a capable and active partner in the war against terror, though there is still room for closer cooperation and enhanced support from our sid [...]	2007-06-21 16:39:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PREL PGOV MO
07RABAT1046	BRIEFING MOROCCO ON AFRICOM [...] (C) Summary: The visit of an interagency delegation headed by PDUSD Ryan Henry to Morocco June 11 to brief on AFRICOM helped reassure the government and provided the opportunity to alert the public to the proposed new command. The delegation briefed a GOM interagency group headed by MFA Dire [...]	2007-06-22 16:09:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MO PTER PREL
07RABAT1050	SENIOR JCO LEADER SOUNDS OFF ON ELECTIONS AND GOM [...] (C) Summary: During a June 20 meeting, a senior leader of "Al-Adl wal Ihsane" - the Justice and Charity Organization (JCO),Morocco's large quasi-legal Islamist political organization, told poloQ that the group was adhering to its rejection of participation in the political system but was not [...]	2007-06-25 12:49:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PTER PGOV PHUM MO
07RABAT1062	MOROCCO: GOM STRONGLY BACKING FATAH, BUT PUBLIC [...] (C) Summary: King Mohammed VI wrote to Palestinian President Abbas on June 15 to express the GOM's support. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs described the letter to us as "the highest expression of support for Abu Mazen we can provide." Despite the Moroccan government's firm support for Abbas [...]	2007-06-26 13:04:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MO XF
07RABAT1105	SCENESETTER FOR APHSCT TOWNSEND'S VISIT TO MOROCCO [...] (C) My staff and I are delighted to welcome you to Morocco at a time of increased focus on the terrorist threat in North Africa. The U.S. finds in Morocco a capable and active partner in the war against terror, though there is still room for closer cooperation and enhanced support from our sid [...]	2007-07-03 18:22:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PREL PGOV MO
07RABAT1112	CCDH HEAD SAYS MOROCCO SEEKS ELECTION OBSERVERS AND HUMAN [...] (SBU) Ahmed Herzenni, newly appointed President of the Royal Consultative Council on Human Rights (CCDH),told Ambassador Riley July 2nd that Morocco would welcome senior international observers in the upcoming parliamentary elections. He did not, however, want a flood of NGOs participating. [...]	2007-07-06 10:45:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM MO PHUM PREL
07RABAT1122	CORRECTED COPY: CCDH HEAD SAYS MOROCCO SEEKS [...] (SBU) Ahmed Herzenni, newly appointed President of the Royal Consultative Council on Human Rights (CCDH),told Ambassador Riley July 2nd that Morocco would welcome senior international observers in the upcoming parliamentary elections. He did not, however, want a flood of NGOs participating. [...]	2007-07-09 16:42:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM MO PHUM PREL
07RABAT1128	FRENCH FURIOUS OVER MOROCCO'S "MALADROIT" [...] (C) A French diplomatic colleague (protect) privately admitted July 9 that the upper reaches of the French government were furious about the postponement/cancellation of the Sarkozy visit planned for July 10. This was done directly between MFA Minister-Delegate Fassi Fihri and the Elysee at t [...]	2007-07-10 17:41:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MO FR
07RABAT1145	MOROCCO MOVES TO HIGHEST LEVEL OF TERRORISM ALERT [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Interior Benmoussa proclaimed on July 6 a "maximum state of alert" citing a "serious threat of terrorist attack" based on "reliable intelligence." Despite a flurry of speculation in the domestic and international press, the alert is not based on specific threat informa [...]	2007-07-13 14:23:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KISL ASEC MO SP
07RABAT1155	MOROCCO ELECTIONS: AMBITIOUS PARTY PLATFORMS, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Less than two months before Morocco's lower house elections, political parties have just begun to promote their platforms, but this is still earlier than in previous cycles. All parties have put more emphasis on their platforms, which generally are more detailed, and they have wo [...]	2007-07-17 12:29:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MO
07RABAT1161	THE PRESIDENT'S JULY 16 SPEECH ON ARAB-ISRAELI [...] (C) Mohammed Azeroual, Director-General for Arab and Islamic Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told polcouns on July 18 that Morocco "welcomed all initiatives" aimed at restarting the Arab-Israeli peace process and was eager to learn more about the modalities of the U.S. proposal unve [...]	2007-07-18 16:57:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MO
07RABAT1223	PM CLAIMS AND RECEIVES CREDIT FOR SUCCESSFUL TERM [...] (SBU) Summary: In the customary end-of-term address, Prime Minister Driss Jettou gave parliament an upbeat assessment of his accomplishments since 2002. He focused on political, economic, and social reform, as well as stability and treatment of Berbers. Jettou also touched on ways in which [...]	2007-07-27 16:23:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS PHUM ECON MO
07RABAT1232	62ND UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE [...] (C) We delivered the points conveyed reftel regarding the upcoming United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to MFA Chief of International Organizations Section Nasser Bourita on July 26. He said that the GOM will be in flux until after the September 7 election, making it impossible to predict w [...]	2007-07-31 15:57:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ITRA OVIP KSEP UNGA
07RABAT1238	MOROCCAN TROOPS IN COTE D'IVOIRE: INVESTIGATION OF [...] (C) In response to the points conveyed reftel, MFA Chief of International Organizations Section Nasser Bourita told us on July 26 that the GOM takes the accusations of sexual misconduct against its troops in Ivory Coast seriously, and is sending a high level military delegation to join the UN [...]	2007-08-01 12:22:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO IC MO
07RABAT1248	MOROCCO: ELECTORAL CAMPAIGNS HEAT UP IN FES, MEKNES [...] (C) Summary: On a pre-election tour of the Moroccan "heartland," poloffs found broad cynicism towards elections and expectations of low voter turnout, even among some politicians. Fes, a spiritual center with a medieval core, and its imperial twin Meknes are politicized but less modernized t [...]	2007-08-02 14:18:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MO
07RABAT1249	MOROCCO MOVES FORWARD ON INTERNATIONAL ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Efforts to add Morocco's first-ever international elections observation to the existing domestic monitoring of the elections are gaining steam, but running against the clock. The Interior Minister publicly affirmed the mandate of the Human Rights Consultative Council (CCDH) to [...]	2007-08-02 14:19:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MO EU EAID
07RABAT1255	KING'S THRONE DAY SPEECH FOCUSES ON WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) Summary: King Mohammed VI's July 30 Throne Day speech focused on his commitment to gradual reform as well as the two most pressing national issues: the Western Sahara and upcoming parliamentary elections. He reaffirmed Morocco's intention to negotiate on the basis of autonomy, but "noth [...]	2007-08-03 15:05:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PBTS MO KDEM IZ LE SO SU XI
07RABAT1258	MOROCCO CAUTIOUSLY SUPPORTS PRESIDENT'S MIDDLE [...] (SBU) Speaking after the July 30 Arab League meeting, Moroccan Foreign Minister Mohammed Benaissa expressed support for President Bush's July 16 Middle East peace initiative. "We detected several positive elements in the recent speech of the U.S. president on the Palestinian issue which, we [...]	2007-08-06 09:42:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS XF MO
07RABAT1272	THE KING'S RIGHT-HAND MAN RESIGNS TO RUN FOR [...] (U) Shocking the conventional wisdom, the Royal Palace announced the resignation of Fouad Ali El Himma from his post of Delegate Minister of the Interior late on August 7. The Palace said he was leaving his post to run in the upcoming elections "on equal footing with all Moroccan citizens." [...]	2007-08-09 16:10:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR XI
07RABAT1274	MOROCCAN ELECTIONS: OPTIMISM FROM ACROSS THE ATLAS [...] (SBU) Summary. Econoff and Econ FSN visited the largely Berber, rural-oriented Atlas and trans-Atlas towns of Azrou, Midelt and Errachidia preliminary to the September 7 parliamentary elections. Among the business associations, non-government organizations (NGOs),local government officials, [...]	2007-08-10 08:52:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL MO
07RABAT1335	STAFFDEL CAMMACK:THE MOROCCAN ELECTORAL ORCHESTRA [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-23 14:01:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MO OREP OVIP
07RABAT1340	STAFFDEL CAMMACK: CAN MOROCCO BE FRANCHISED? [...] (SBU) During an August 8-10 visit, Democratic Senate Foreign Relations Committee Staff Member Perry Cammack heard that reformers in Morocco, unlike in many other Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries, already have a safe space within which to operate, and are working to expand existing [...]	2007-08-23 16:39:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM MO OVIP
07RABAT1392	MOROCCO ELECTIONS - FEELING ABANDONED BY RABAT, [...] (C) During an Embassy visit to Khenifra and Mrirt in Morocco's Middle Atlas region we found a mix of apathy and anger among interlocutors. According to one candidate, and many residents, vote buying by parties is the norm in rural areas and slums. Most welcomed the idea of observers, but s [...]	2007-09-04 16:06:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MO
07RABAT1393	MOROCCO ELECTIONS - FEELING ABANDONED BY RABAT, [...] (C) During an Embassy visit to Khenifra and Mrirt in Morocco's Middle Atlas region we found a mix of apathy and anger among interlocutors. According to one candidate, and many residents, vote buying by parties is the norm in rural areas and slums. Most welcomed the idea of observers, but s [...]	2007-09-04 16:19:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MO
07RABAT1394	MOROCCO ELECTIONS - FEELING ABANDONED BY RABAT, [...] (C) During an Embassy visit to Khenifra and Mrirt in Morocco's Middle Atlas region we found a mix of apathy and anger among interlocutors. According to one candidate, and many residents, vote buying by parties is the norm in rural areas and slums. Most welcomed the idea of observers, but s [...]	2007-09-04 16:28:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MO
07RABAT1395	MOROCCO'S EASTERN PROVINCE UNENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: During a pre-election visit to Morocco,s eastern province emboffs found a broad lack of enthusiasm toward parliamentary elections, particularly among youth and women. Youth of the region feel they have no role in the current political system, and consequently, do not plan to vot [...]	2007-09-04 17:02:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MO
07RABAT141	COURT RULING SETS BACK KING'S EFFORT TO [...] (C) Summary: In a decision that could lead to enhanced separation of powers in Morocco, the Constitutional Court has struck down a provision of the bill revising the electoral code that would have required small parties to either merge with larger parties or sit out the 2007 parliamentary ele [...]	2007-01-26 13:09:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM KWMN MO
07RABAT1417	MOROCCO'S SEPTEMBER 7 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Morocco's September 7 parliamentary elections will be its first in five years and second of King Mohammed VI's reign. A crowded, fragmented field of 33 political parties will be competing for the 325 seats in Parliament's lower house, the Chamber of Deputies, of which 30 seats a [...]	2007-09-07 10:21:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MO
07RABAT1419	MOROCCAN ELECTIONS: ISLAMISTS TO GROW BUT NO GREEN [...] (C) Summary: We project the September 7 election for the Lower House of Parliament will return only a modest change in the Chamber, though it could produce a different-looking government. We expect 17 parties in the new House, none with a majority, none even with more than half the seats in a [...]	2007-09-07 12:36:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV MO
07RABAT1429	MOROCCAN MINORITY RETURNS EXISTING MAJORITY [...] (C) Summary: A paltry third of the Moroccan electorate returned the current majority parties in the September 7 parliamentary elections. The vote was fair and transparent. The low turnout of 37 percent and high number of blank or protest ballots are a sharp critique of the political parties, [...]	2007-09-10 10:08:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV MO
07RABAT143	ANTI-U.S. SENTIMENTS THWART OUTREACH OPPORTUNITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON JANUARY 19, A PROVINCIAL UNIVERSITY ADVISED THE EMBASSY THAT IT WAS "POSTPONING" AN INVITATION TO THE AMBASSADOR TO SPEAK TO STUDENTS AND FACULTY ON JANUARY 23. THE UNIVERSITY'S DECISION WAS APPARENTLY IN REACTION TO PRESSURE COORDINATED BY A COALITION OF DOMESTIC NGOS. PULLI [...]	2007-01-26 13:50:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KISL SCUL MO
07RABAT1433	DEMARCHING MOROCCO ON IRAN/IAEA; THE LATEST FROM [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Riley conveyed ref. B ministerial demarche to MFA Min-Del Fassi Fihri, who accepted the point but would not commit to a statement. Fassi Fihri had benefited from the receipt of the substance of ref. A from his I/O Chief, Nasser Bourita. Bourita, who had just returned [...]	2007-09-11 07:39:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP IAEA IR MO
07RABAT1460	PRESIDENTS HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDTABLE AT 2007 UNGA [...] (C) Summary. Morocco has placed increasing priority on democracy and human rights, including a commitment by its executive monarch, King Mohammed VI to build a "culture of human rights" from the Ambassador down, Embassy Rabat works to promote Human Rights in Morocco through transformational d [...]	2007-09-13 09:07:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL MO
07RABAT1478	MOROCCO RAMPS DOWN SECURITY THREAT LEVEL [...] (SBU) Morocco's Interior Ministry announced September 15 that it was lowering its state of alert from "maximum" to "medium." The Interior Minister was subsequently quoted in the press explaining that the decision to ramp down was made for the same reasons that they had initially raised the th [...]	2007-09-17 16:37:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MO
07RABAT1495	KING NAMES ISTIQLAL PARTY HEAD EL FASSI NEW PRIME [...] (C) Summary: Local media report that King Mohammed VI named Abbas El Fassi as the new Prime Minister on September 19. Abbas is the Secretary General and leader of the "nationalist" Istiqlal Party, which won the most seats in Parliamentary elections a fortnight ago. Abbas, as Minister of St [...]	2007-09-19 18:54:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MO
07RABAT1504	MOROCCAN ELECTIONS: MORE TRANSPARENT BUT A SOUR [...] (C) As the dust settles after Morocco's 2007 Parliamentary elections, we are hearing increasing complaints, despite the government's continued openness after polls hailed internationally for their unprecedented transparency. Two factors are leaving a sour aftertaste. First, the low participa [...]	2007-09-21 13:00:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL MO
07RABAT1513	MOROCCO ON U.S. PRIORITIES FOR THE 62ND UN GENERAL [...] (C) Drawing from ref A, Polcouns provided MFA IO Chief (A/S equivalent) Nasser Bourita an overview of U.S. priorities for the upcoming UN General Assembly session during a September 18 meeting. Bourita reacted to several points in the presentation: -- On Iraq, he noted Morocco's consisten [...]	2007-09-21 16:01:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA MO
07RABAT1515	IRAN: FOLLOWING THE SEPTEMBER IAEA MEETING [...] (C) In a September 18 meeting with MFA IO Chief (A/S equivalent) Nasser Bourita, Polcouns expressed U.S. appreciation for Morocco's strong message at the recent IAEA Board of Governors meeting and drew from reftel to emphasize the U.S. view that DG ElBaradei's "Plan of Action" represented a la [...]	2007-09-21 16:17:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP IAEA PARM MO IR
07RABAT1516	SAHARA: MOROCCAN VIEWS ON THE UPCOMING FOURTH [...] (C) During a September 18 meeting, MFA IO Chief (A/S equivalent) Nasser Bourita told polcouns that Morocco would press during the upcoming Fourth Committee session for a "cleaned up" consensus fourth committee resolution that reflected the spirit of UNSCR 1754. Bourita said past resolutions w [...]	2007-09-21 16:41:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA MO
07RABAT1522	ISLAMIST DISSIDENT: LOW TURNOUT PROVES [...] (C) A leader of the dissident Islamist Justice and Charity Organization (JCO) told us that the low turnout in Morocco's September 7 elections were a failed referendum on the regime. He believed that the turnout was actually below the reported 37 percent. He stressed that the JCO had not activ [...]	2007-09-25 09:33:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV MO
07RABAT1542	MOROCCO: BREAD RIOT SHAKES BUCOLIC HAMLET [...] (C) Summary: A rise in the price of subsidized bread, though hastily retracted by the GOM (reftel),nonetheless prompted a riot September 23 that caused serious property damage, numerous injuries, and at least 30 arrests in the normally tranquil hamlet of Sefrou, about 30 KM south of Fes. Tho [...]	2007-09-27 16:36:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON MO
07RABAT1556	AMU PROPOSAL TO "INSTITUTIONALIZE" U.S. - MAGHREB [...] (C) In an October 1 meeting, Zoheir Merchaoui, Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) Minister-Plenipotentiary and Counselor for Political Affairs and Information, told A/Polcouns that AMU Secretary-General Habib Ben Yahya returned from New York encouraged by the September 27 meeting of AMU Foreign Minister [...]	2007-10-01 16:42:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XF
07RABAT1575	MOROCCAN DEMARCHE ON FOURTH COMMITTEE SAHARA [...] (C) On the afternoon of October 4, Moroccan MFA Secretary-General Omar Hilale summoned chiefs of mission from SIPDIS OAS states resident in Rabat to a demarche anticipating wrangling over the text of a Western Sahara resolution in the UN Fourth Committee, set to begin next week. In addition [...]	2007-10-04 16:34:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MO XA XF
07RABAT1586	MOROCCAN REBUTTAL OF ALGERIAN DRAFT 4TH COMMITTEE [...] (C) MFA Secretary General Omar Hilale convoked Ambassador and counterparts from the Americas again on October 9, to discuss UNGA Fourth Committee consideration of the Western Sahara issue. Hilale called this follow-up to his briefing of October 5 (ref. A),to explain the Moroccan response to [...]	2007-10-09 17:04:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN AG MO
07RABAT1599	MOROCCAN PUBLIC AND PALACE IRE PROMPTS REPORTED [...] (C) Summary: Propelled by mounting palace and public ire over shameless wrangling for ministerial portfolios, leaders of Morocco's returning coalition parties appear to have reached at least informal agreement on a new government, just in time for the October 12 Parliament opening. In the mor [...]	2007-10-12 07:19:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MO
07RABAT1601	PROPOSED NEW MOROCCAN GOVERNMENT TO INCLUDE TFF AS [...] (SBU) Multiple press reports indicate that PM-designate Abbas El-Fassi submitted late October 11 his nominations for the Council of Ministers to King Mohammed VI. There are some inconsistencies in the different reports and the lists remain unofficial and unconfirmed. The King could render hi [...]	2007-10-12 11:49:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MO
07RABAT1607	MOROCCO: NEW CABINET SWORN IN [...] (C) Summary: On the afternoon of October 15, King Mohammed VI swore in the cabinet assembled by new Prime Minister Abbas El-Fassi. As predicted ref A, Taieb Fassi Fihri is Morocco's new Foreign Minister. The other "sovereign" ministries - Defense, Interior, and Islamic Affairs, remain in t [...]	2007-10-15 18:07:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MO
07RABAT1617	MOROCCO: AN INSIDE LOOK AT NEW PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Abbas El-Fassi, sworn in on October 15, is an experienced and seasoned politician with four past Ministerial stints and a ten year diplomatic career. El-Fassi was chosen PM as leader of the largest party in the incoming parliament, but there are doubts about his e [...]	2007-10-18 09:16:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL PGOV MO
07RABAT1647	NEW PARLIAMENT: MINORITY GOVERNMENT WITH SPOTLIGHT [...] (C) Summary: Morocco's parliament has begun its new session with a minority government composed of 146 members of the 325 seat Chamber of Representatives. The failure of PM Abbas El-Fassi's coalition negotiations led to direct intervention by the Palace. The King reportedly gave a cabinet li [...]	2007-10-25 16:37:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MO
07RABAT1652	MOROCCAN PRIME MINISTER UNVEILS AMBITIOUS BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: In his inaugural speech to Parliament on October 24, incoming Prime Minister Abbas El-Fassi outlined an ambitious but vague economic program that largely represents continuation of efforts undertaken by Prime Minister Jettou and his team. Fassi pledged to seek to raise Morocc [...]	2007-10-26 16:31:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN MO
07RABAT1657	SARKOZY SWEEPS MOROCCO OFF ITS FEET [...] (C) Summary: French President Sarkozy's October 22-24 visit to Morocco was viewed as a success by both sides. During a star-like visit and speech to the Moroccan parliament, Sarkozy offered the most explicit French statement to date in support of Morocco's autonomy plan as the basis for a negotiate [...]	2007-10-29 16:44:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MO FR
07RABAT1661	MOROCCAN COMMITMENT TO NEXT ROUND OF WESTERN [...] (C) On October 26, MFA Chief of Staff Nasser Bourita, providing an initial response, underscored Morocco's commitment expressed at Manhasset II to participate in the next round. As conveyed then to Van Walsum, Morocco is in process of government formation and the government was still not offi [...]	2007-10-29 17:22:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC MO
07RABAT1672	MOROCCO - INFORMATION COLLECTION, SCREENING, AND [...] (C) The U.S. mission in Morocco continues to pursue the expansion and enhancement of counterterrorism (CT) cooperation with the GOM. The GOM has been an active partner in combating international terrorism and routinely provides biometric data on persons of interest to us. Post's CT working g [...]	2007-10-31 12:43:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CVIS KVPR PGOV PINR PTER KHLS MO
07RABAT1687	TIMING IS EVERYTHING: MOROCCANS IRKED BY FRENCH [...] (C) Summary: The timing of two recent judicial actions in Western Europe has irked Morocco. The past ten days have seen a French indictment of senior Moroccan officials in connection with the 1965 disappearance of a political dissident in Paris, and the launch of a Spanish inquest into allege [...]	2007-11-02 10:22:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MO FR SP
07RABAT1688	MOROCCO COMMITTED TO NEXT ROUND OF SAHARA TALKS, [...] (C) Summary: MFA Chief of Staff and I/O Chief Nasser Bourita confirmed PolCouns November 1 Morocco's determination to pursue UN-sponsored negotiations with the POLISARIO Front, and to clarify the issue of time and place for the next round. He said this can only begin when Morocco's new govern [...]	2007-11-02 12:03:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MO WS
07RABAT1690	VOTE OF CONFIDENCE FORMALLY INVESTS A SHAKY [...] (C) Summary: An October 31 parliamentary vote of confidence formally invested Prime Minister El-Fassi's cabinet with full constitutional authority to govern. Due to the absence of almost one quarter of the members, the government was confirmed with less than a majority of the 325 seats in the [...]	2007-11-02 13:48:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MO
07RABAT1695	MOROCCANS FURIOUS OVER SPANISH ROYAL VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: The Moroccan government is reacting strongly to the announced visit of Spanish King Juan Carlos to the disputed enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla. Following blistering criticism of the intended visit by PM El-Fassi and Information Minister Naciri, the GOM announced in the afternoon of Nove [...]	2007-11-02 17:42:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MO SP
07RABAT1706	MOROCCO: MONARCH CRITICIZES BUT EXTENDS HAND TO [...] (C) On November 6 Morocco's King Mohammed VI criticized Spain over the visit of King Juan Carlos to the disputed enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, but called for "honest and forward-looking dialogue", sending a clear message that the relationship will be preserved. Moroccans across the political spect [...]	2007-11-07 15:19:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MO SP
07RABAT1707	MOROCCO: MONARCH CRITICIZES BUT EXTENDS HAND TO [...] (C) On November 6 Morocco's King Mohammed VI criticized Spain over the visit of King Juan Carlos to the disputed enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, but called for "honest and forward-looking dialogue", sending a clear message that the relationship will be preserved. Moroccans across the political [...]	2007-11-07 15:19:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MO SP
07RABAT1721	MOROCCO: SENIOR MFA OFFICIAL ON ANNAPOLIS, [...] (C) Summary: MFA Director-General for Multilateral Relations Amb. Mohammed Azeroual stressed Morocco's support for the Annapolis peace conference and the Kingdom's "excellent" contacts with Israel during a November 7 meeting. Azeroual, who is de facto P-level and focused mainly on Arab and Is [...]	2007-11-08 16:14:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MO XF

07RABAT1728	WESTERN SAHARA/REFUGEES MOROCCO DROPS UNHCR CBM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Morocco has pulled out of next week's planned UNHCR Confidence-Building seminar. Charge, along with some dozen other COM's, was called in November 9 by MFA Secretary-General Hilale, who said Morocco's decision was SIPDIS based on its belief the seminar, and CBM's in general h [...]	2007-11-09 18:26:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PBTS UNHCR WI AG PREL PGOV MO
07RABAT1729	CORRECTED COPY: WESTERN SAHARA/REFUGEES: MOROCCO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Morocco has pulled out of next week's planned UNHCR Confidence-Building seminar. Charge, along with some dozen other COM's, was called in November 9 by MFA Secretary-General Hilale, who said Morocco's decision was SIPDIS based on its belief the seminar, and CBM's in general h [...]	2007-11-09 18:26:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PBTS UNHCR WI AG PREL PGOV MO
07RABAT1730	NATO/MOROCCO: ICP PROSPECTS DIMMED BY GOM CONCERNS [...] (C) Turkish polcouns Turker Ari on November 8 told us during a meeting concerning the possibility of Morocco entering into a NATO Individual Cooperation Program (ICP) that MFA Director General Youssef Amrani expressed support for the idea of increased alliance cooperation, but made clear his [...]	2007-11-09 18:35:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO MARR MO NATO PGOV
07RABAT1731	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ADVANCING THE DEMOCRACY AGENDA [...] (C) Summary: On November 8, Charge delivered reftel demarche to the GOM MFA General Director of Bilateral Relations Youssef Amrani. Amrani said the GOM, and he personally, remained very supportive of the Community of Democracies (CD). However, he was concerned about any panel discussions [...]	2007-11-09 18:35:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PREL UNGA MO
07RABAT1752	GOM WILL VOTE FOR UNGA RAPE RESOLUTION, BUT... [...] (C) On November 16, MFA Chief of Staff Nasser Bourita told Polcouns that the GOM supports and would co-sponsor and vote for the UN resolution condemning rape as an instrument to achieve political/military objectives if it appeared that it would be adopted by consensus. If no consensus could b [...]	2007-11-16 19:22:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA
07RABAT1754	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. VIEWS ON NOVEMBER 15, [...] (C) On November 16, Charge delivered reftel demarche to GOM MFA Secretary General Omar Hilale, along with a copy of the U.S. press release. Charge, accompanied by Polcouns and Poloff, added that Iran's cooperation with the IAEA had been selective, incomplete, and reactive. He noted that Iran [...]	2007-11-19 15:23:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PP MNUC IAEA AORC IR MO
07RABAT1771	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BELARUS NO ACTION MOTION [...] (C) On November 21, poloff urged Moroccan support on the UNGA Third Committee Resolution on the Human Rights situation in Belarus, which faced a "no-action" vote in New York on the morning of the same day. 2. (C) Farhane stated that the GOM would either vote against the no-action motion o [...]	2007-11-21 13:31:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA MO
07RABAT1772	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ELECTION TO THE ELIMINATION OF [...] (C) On November 21, poloff discussed the re-election of Ambassador Pierre-Richard Prosper to the UN Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (reftel) with MFA UN Affairs Director Azzedine Farhane. 2. (C) Farhane responded that he could not provide an immediate answer but the [...]	2007-11-21 13:31:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA MO
07RABAT1773	CORRECTED COPY: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BELARUS NO [...] (C) On November 21, in a meeting with MFA UN Affairs Director Azzedine Farhane, poloff urged Moroccan support on the UNGA Third Committee Resolution on the Human Rights situation in Belarus, which faced a "no-action" vote in New York on the morning of the same day. 2. (C) Farhane stated t [...]	2007-11-21 13:50:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA MO
07RABAT1807	MOROCCO/SAHARA: COMPLAINTS ABOUT POLISARIO, BUT [...] (C) MFA Director-General Hilale convoked Ambassador Riley and other P-5 Chiefs of Mission December 4 to discuss Sahara. Hilale said the GOM is concerned that the POLISARIO's General Congress will be held this year in Tifarity, on Moroccan-claimed territory but on the POLISARIO-controlled sid [...]	2007-12-04 18:39:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PHUM PREL PGOV AG MO WI
07RABAT1810	2008 BUDGET'S DIFFICULT PASSAGE UNDERSCORES [...] (SBU) Summary: Morocco's lower house approved the government's 2008 budget on Saturday, December 1, after a raucous debate that saw opposition deputies accuse the government of misusing its constitutional power to rule opposition amendments out of order. The budget's torturous passage through [...]	2007-12-05 17:03:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV MO
07RABAT1812	AMU SYG INSISTS ECONOMIC COOPERATION KEY TO [...] (C) Summary: AMU Secretary-General El-Habib Benyahya recently outlined for the Ambassador his view that economic cooperation was the most promising driver for unity and integration in the Maghreb. The agenda for a December 10 economic ministerial in Tripoli would include a draft regional free [...]	2007-12-05 17:23:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ETRD ECON PREL XA
07RABAT1813	AMU SYG MOVING TO ENHANCE DIALOGUE WITH U.S., [...] (C) Summary: Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) Secretary-General El-Habib Benyahya was charged by AMU Foreign Ministers with pursuing enhanced dialogue with the U.S. during their November 30 meeting in Rabat, according to both AMU and GOM sources. The preceding week, Benyahya told the Ambassador that [...]	2007-12-05 17:30:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN XA
07RABAT1814	WESTERN SAHARA: TOUGH APPROACH TO NEXT ROUND, [...] (C) Summary: Moroccan MFA Chief of Staff Bourita projected that the impending third round of negotiations for the Western Sahara with the POLISARIO would be a real challenge. The GOM believes it should focus on substance, but not at all on independence. While appreciating USG support, he ho [...]	2007-12-05 18:07:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV PBTS MO WI
07RABAT1826	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA PLENARY VOTES ON [...] (C) On December 10, poloff discussed the UNGA Plenary Votes on Country-Specific Resolutions (reftels) with MFA Humanitarian Affairs Director Abdelmounaim El Farouq. 2. (C) El Farouq responded that he did not expect the GOM to change its position on any of the resolutions it had voted for [...]	2007-12-10 13:41:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV UNGA
07RABAT1837	MOROCCO EXPRESSES SYMPATHY/SOLIDARITY WITH ALGERIA [...] (SBU) Widespread Moroccan media coverage of Tuesday's bombings in Algiers noted King Mohamed VI's telephone call to President Bouteflika, expressing personal condolence for the tragedy. The King also made a public statement condemning the bombings and expressing Morocco's sympathy and solida [...]	2007-12-13 17:51:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO
07RABAT1838	AL-ADL WAL IHSANE: MAJOR MOROCCAN ISLAMIST GROUP [...] (C) Summary: Al-Adl wal-Ihsane, widely assessed as Morocco's largest Islamist organization, concluded its recent annual meeting warning of a "catastrophic" political and economic crisis in Morocco and calling for comprehensive reform, while flatly rejecting violence and terrorism. A prominent [...]	2007-12-13 18:03:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PTER MO
07RABAT1843	ECONOMIC AGENDA AND ROLE OF WOMEN IN MOROCCO'S [...] (C) Summary: Morocco's Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD) advocates a market economy and has emphasized its commitment to combat corruption as a key to spurring economic growth and job creation. Like other parties, the PJD has focused more on general economic goals and offered less i [...]	2007-12-14 15:00:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR KISL MO
07RABAT1850	G-8 COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP REVIEWS THREAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rabat,s G-8 Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG) met on December 12 to review the threat environment and to take stock of G-8 member, EU and Moroccan efforts to counter the threat. G-8 Ambassadors and DCMs agreed that the threat of terrorism in Morocco is real but see no imminen [...]	2007-12-17 13:43:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PINS MO
07RABAT1857	MOROCCO BERBERS: A PLEA FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Berber (Amazight) activists want greater recognition and clout, a majority of Morocco's population Berbers are among its poorest citizens although there has been an expansion of Berber cultural rights, including in schools and media. Growing frustration among Berber youth may lead to viol [...]	2007-12-18 15:13:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM MO PREL
07RABAT1861	WESTERN SAHARA CBM UPDATE. [...] (U) UNHCR Sahara program Chief Mazen Abu Shenab briefed the Rabat diplomatic community December 12 on the HCR Confidence Building Measures for Western Sahara and the refugees. Mazen said in CPY 07 HCR had received S2.4 million in pledges for a $3.4 million program, but UNHCR covered the short [...]	2007-12-19 12:54:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	AG MO WI PHUM
07RABAT1863	ISLAMISTS SETBACK IN "GAY WEDDING" CULTURE SKIRMISH [...] (C) The case of an alleged gay wedding in a rural town led to a national debate over morality and forced government leaders to publicly call for tolerance. Convictions against six defendants implicated in the case were overturned on appeal despite strong pressure from Islamic newspapers, Imam [...]	2007-12-19 13:23:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KISL SCUL MO
07RABAT1864	MOROCCO: KING CRITICIZED AT ELECTION ASSESSMENT [...] (C) The final reports of the international and domestic election observation efforts praised the Government of Morocco's (GOM) execution of the September 7 elections. Speakers at the roll-out, hosted by the royally sanctioned human rights council, were blunt in their criticism of parties and [...]	2007-12-19 15:39:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PGOV MO
07RABAT1871	WESTERN SAHARA: A NEW BREED OF SAHARACRAT? [...] (C) The Security Wali (territorial police commissioner),Bouchaib Rmili along with the Wali (governor) of Laayoune, Boujdor and Sakia al-Hamra, who arrived in Laayoune over a year ago, and the new director of the Laayoune Prison, who arrived eight months ago, appear to represent a type of more [...]	2007-12-20 15:50:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO UNSC MO PHUM
07RABAT1873	WESTERN SAHARA: THINKING ABOUT AUTONOMY AND [...] (C) In the course of several visits to Western Sahara and conversations with contacts in Rabat, we have sensed the beginnings of a sometimes reluctant willingness by some pro-separatists, including human rights activists, to entertain the idea of autonomy rather than independence. Most Sahraw [...]	2007-12-20 16:40:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PHUM UNSC MO
07RABAT225	MOROCCO: ISLAMIST PJD GEARING UP FOR PRIME TIME [...] (C) Summary: The Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD) may emerge from elections later this year as Morocco's single largest party in the directly-elected lower house of parliament. In recent conversations, key party leaders indicated confidence that the PJD could double (or more than [...]	2007-02-06 18:43:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PREL MO
07RABAT265	WESTERN SAHARA: PROMOTING AUTONOMY, BUT NOT YET A [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Moroccan Government (GOM) is in the throes of a campaign here and abroad to sell its notion to provide autonomy to Western Sahara. Domestic consultations have targeted parliament and political parties, the GOM has not yet, however, reached more than the broad outlines of thei [...]	2007-02-09 12:43:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MO
07RABAT266	REFORM MESSAGE FOR GOM DELEGATION [...] (C) Summary: Although focused on the Western Sahara, the February 12-13 GOM visit led by Interior Minister Benmoussa also gives us an opportunity to promote democratic reform. In recent months, press freedom and freedom of expression have become increasingly sensitive issues. The date for the [...]	2007-02-09 12:55:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PGOV
07RABAT273	WESTERN SAHARA: PROMOTING AUTONOMY, BUT NOT YET A [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Moroccan Government (GOM) is in the throes of a campaign here and abroad to sell its notion to provide autonomy to Western Sahara. Domestic consultations have targeted parliament and political parties, the GOM has not yet, however, reached more than the broad outlines of thei [...]	2007-02-09 16:22:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MO
07RABAT291	MOROCCO WILL NOT CONTRIBUTE TO PEACEKEEPING IN [...] (C) In a February 6 meeting with MFA Director General for Arab and Islamic Affairs Mohammed Azeroual, Polcouns urged Moroccan support for international peacekeeping forces being assembled for Darfur and Somalia. Azeroual responded that while Morocco was concerned about the situation in both p [...]	2007-02-12 18:00:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO MO
07RABAT335	MOROCCO AND THE PALESTINIAN UNITY GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Drawing on points conveyed reftel, Poloff met with Hassan Hami, Office Director of Arab Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on February 15, to urge that Morocco avoid premature statements of support or engagement with the new Palestinian National Unity Government (NUG) before its new [...]	2007-02-20 18:59:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MO
07RABAT362	AMU INCREASING CT FOCUS, ADVANCING TRADE DIALOGUE, [...] (C) Foreign Ministers from Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania, Tunisia, and Libya gathered in Rabat February 10-11 for the 26th Ministerial Council meeting of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU). A senior AMU contact told us discussions among the Ministers reflected increased focus in AMU fora on stemming [...]	2007-02-26 09:00:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KISL ETRD MO LY AG TS XA XF
07RABAT368	LARGEST U.S. INVESTOR SELLS MOROCCAN POWER PLANT [...] (SBU) Summary. The largest American investor in Morocco, electric utility CMS Energy (CMS),has agreed to sell its $1.4 billion investment in Morocco, CMS Generation Company (CMSGC),to the Abu Dhabi National Electric Company (TAQA),pending approvals. CMSCG owns 50 percent of the Jorf Lasf [...]	2007-02-26 17:50:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EIND ENRG EFTA MO
07RABAT375	MOROCCO, THE QUDS COMMITTEE, AND THE AQSA MOSQUE [...] (C) Summary: King Mohammed VI has recently become more visibly active as Chairman of the OIC's Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Committee. In letters to President Bush, P-5 heads of state, the UN SYG, and the EU, he protested Israeli excavations on the disputed Temple Mount. The King also publicly suggest [...]	2007-02-27 11:13:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PREL MO
07RABAT376	MOROCCO, THE QUDS COMMITTEE, AND THE AQSA MOSQUE [...] (C) Summary: King Mohammed VI has recently become more visibly active as Chairman of the OIC's Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Committee. In letters to President Bush, P-5 heads of state, the UN SYG, and the EU, he protested Israeli excavations on the disputed Temple Mount. The King also publicly suggest [...]	2007-02-27 11:13:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PREL MO
07RABAT396	MOROCCO: LEADER OF ISLAMIST JCO DECRIES [...] (C) Summary: A senior leader of Morocco's Islamist Justice and Charity Organization (JCO) denounced the Moroccan state as a corrupt and despotic regime and claimed government "persecution" of the group and its members was much worse today than in the era of Hassan II, in our first conversation [...]	2007-03-01 10:50:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PHUM MO
07RABAT417	MOROCCO ON ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Summary: Poloff met with Hassan Hami, MFA Director for Arab Multilateral Affairs, on the morning of March 2 to convey U.S. positions on the Arab League's Ministerial agenda (reftel). Hami confirmed that Foreign Minister Benaissa would lead the Moroccan delegation to the March 3-4 Cairo ta [...]	2007-03-02 18:26:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL XF
07RABAT458	MOROCCO ON INTERPOL'S AMIA PROPOSAL FOR EXECUTIVE [...] (C) On March 7, poloff met with Karim Halim, Bilateral Affairs and Counterterrorism Officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to discuss the Interpol Secretariat's recommendation to issue six Red Notices related to the 1994 bombing of the Argentine-Israeli Mutual Association (reftel). Reca [...]	2007-03-12 10:21:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL IR MO AR
07RABAT493	RABAT POL COUNSELORS INFORMALLY DISCUSS WESTERN [...] (C) Spain hosted Polcounselors from U.S., U.K., France and EU-President Germany for an informal discussion of Western Sahara developments March 14. In general, participants noted the intensity of Moroccan diplomatic efforts, including multiple consultations with U.S., France, and Spain. The [...]	2007-03-19 08:48:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PHUM PGOV MO FR GE SP
07RABAT494	RABAT POL COUNSELORS INFORMAL DISCUSS WESTERN [...] (C) Spain hosted Polcounselors from U.S., U.K., France and EU-President Germany for an informal discussion of Western Sahara developments March 14. In general, participants noted the intensity of Moroccan diplomatic efforts, including multiple consultations with U.S., France, and Spain. The energy [...]	2007-03-19 08:49:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PHUM PGOV MO FR GE SP
07RABAT528	ARAB MAGHREB UNION SYG BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON [...] (C) Summary: Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) Secretary-General Habib Ben Yahya told the Ambassador he was promoting technical cooperation and trade among member states to advance regional integration, in a March 2 meeting. "We can't wait for a miracle political solution," he emphasized. Ben Yahya ci [...]	2007-03-23 17:58:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD MO AG LY TS MR XA XF
07RABAT549	MOROCCO: (ISLAMIST) PJD LEADER DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: Abdallah Baha, Deputy Secretary-General of Morocco's (Islamist) Party of Justice and Development (PJD),complained to poloff during a mid-March meeting that the party believed the electoral system was unfairly tilted against them. He said the party nonetheless expects to do well [...]	2007-03-27 10:59:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KISL MO
07RABAT565	MFA ON SAHARA: SEEKING ANOTHER WASHINGTON MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-28 17:37:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTBS MO FR AL
07RABAT572	SAHARANS ON AUTONOMY: PRO AND CON, BUT NO ONE'S [...] (C) Summary and Comment: During a week-long visit to the Western Sahara, Rabat Polcouns found many supporters of autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty. Many residents, however, including what a veteran observer described as a majority of the original inhabitants, were opposed - unsurprising g [...]	2007-03-30 10:38:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KPKO MO
07RABAT573	WESTERN SAHARA: MORE RESPONSIVE BUT STILL TOUGH [...] (C) Summary and introduction: Rabat Polcouns traveled for a week to the Western Sahara, March 4-9, principally in Laayoune, with one day in Smara - the traditional seat of Sahrawi culture and religion. He met Moroccan government representatives, pro-government business, tribal and youth lead [...]	2007-03-30 10:46:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KPKO MO
07RABAT576	MOROCCO STILL CONSIDERING F-16 PURCHASE [...] (C) Summary: On March 27, Ambassador met with Inspector General of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR) General Abdelaziz Bennani, Morocco,s Chief of Defense equivalent, to discuss the potential purchase of F-16 aircraft by the GOM. Clarifying the Moroccan military's position on the potential fighter [...]	2007-03-30 14:36:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MO
07RABAT594	WESTERN SAHARA: UNHCR CBMS PLAYING AN IMPORTANT [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Rabat strongly urges the Department to look favorably upon requests for continued financial support of UNHCR's "confidence building measures" (CBMs) program in Western Sahara. The CBMs have injected a hopeful and positive element into a conflict which has often seemed in [...]	2007-04-04 11:01:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL KPKO MO
07RABAT601	WESTERN SAHARA: THOUGHTS ON THE USG APPROACH [...] (C) Summary: As we prepare for UN discussion of the renewal of the MINURSO mandate, Embassy Rabat would like to offer several thoughts for consideration on the USG's approach to the very delicate Western Sahara process. The Moroccans have been conducting extensive and far-reaching consultati [...]	2007-04-05 18:03:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PREF KPKO MO
07RABAT638	A MODERATE ISLAMIST MAYOR - THE PJD IN MEKNES [...] (C) Summary: Abu Bakr Belkora, the moderate Islamist mayor of Meknes, told poloff he was wrestling with poverty and governance issues during an April 10 visit to the city. Meknes is Morocco's sixth largest city and the largest local government controlled by the (moderate Islamist) Party of Jus [...]	2007-04-12 15:55:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV MO
07RABAT657	SITUATION REPORT AS OF 1500 GMT 14 APRIL 2007: [...] (SBU) The DCM convened the Embassy's Emergency Action Committee at 1145 GMT to review information and next steps following the detonation of two suicide bombs near the U.S. Consulate General and the American Language Center in Casablanca at approximately 0900 GMT on April 14. Consul-General Ca [...]	2007-04-14 15:11:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER CASC AMGT MO
07RABAT658	SITUATION REPORT AS OF 1945 GMT 14 APRIL 2007: [...] (SBU) At 1700 GMT, DCM convened the Embassy's full EAC, including (via telephone) members of Casablanca's core EAC, to review the latest information, steps taken, and next steps in light of this morning's suicide attacks near the U.S. Consulate-General and American Language Center (ALC) in Cas [...]	2007-04-14 19:54:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER CASC AMGT MO
07RABAT660	MOROCCO: AMBASSADOR RILEY MEETS WITH WALI IN [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-16 10:44:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL MO
07RABAT675	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ELECTION PREPARATIONS WITH [...] (C) Summary: With Morocco,s next legislative election fast approaching, the Ambassador called on leaders of the three largest parties in the ruling coalition to discuss preparations for September's ballot as well party plans to increase voter participation, particularly among youth. All thre [...]	2007-04-18 07:21:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MO
07RABAT680	PARTY FOR PROGRESS AND SOCIALISM LEADER STRESSES [...] (C) Summary: Ismail Alaoui, leader of the (leftist) Party for Progress and Socialism (PPS),and Minister of Communication Benabdallah, told the Ambassador April 4 their party had an election platform heavily focused on combating corruption. The formerly communist PPS is a member of the gover [...]	2007-04-18 16:15:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MO
07RABAT683	THEIR RABAT CHARGE SAYS SOUTH AFRICA MIGHT BE [...] (C) Summary: South African Charge to Morocco Charl Moller told Polcouns April 16 that South Africa will not abandon the principle of self determination for the Western Sahara without wavering, it would accept a political settlement agreed to by the POLISARIO. Moller said that South Africa is [...]	2007-04-18 21:56:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PHUM PREL WI MO SF UNSC
07RABAT701	MOROCCO TERRORISM: STATE OF "HIGH ALERT," [...] (C) Summary: Morocco is on a "state of high alert" in the wake of recent terror attacks in Casablanca, said GOM spokesman and Communications Minister Nabil Benabdellah in a press conference on April 18. Responding to recent NGO criticism, the Minister asserted that the GOM would take human ri [...]	2007-04-20 18:54:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PHUM MO
07RABAT704	ALGERIAN AMBASSADOR SAYS GOA MIGHT BE READY TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Algerian Ambassador Belkheir told Ambassador Riley April 17 that although Algeria was not prepared to listen to the Moroccans about their autonomy proposal, Algiers might accept a delegation from Rabat "after the end of the Security council debate," if it was not to talk about th [...]	2007-04-23 07:24:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PBTS PHUM PREL AG WI
07RABAT745	PJD LEADERS AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS TERRORISM, [...] (C) Summary: The leadership of the Islam-oriented Party of Justice and Development told the Ambassador on April 17 that all Moroccans condemned the recent terrorist attacks against U.S. facilities in Casablanca, but said that feelings of "injustice" prompted by U.S. policies in the region were [...]	2007-04-26 14:07:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PTER PREL MO
07RABAT751	MOROCCO TERRORISM: MINISTER BRIEFS ON CT STEPS, [...] (C) In remarks before parliament on April 25, Minister of Interior Benmoussa warned that the threat from terrorism is real and always present. He detailed efforts to upgrade security across the country and said there have been 59 terror-related arrests since March 11. A parliamentary contact [...]	2007-04-26 17:50:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KISL PGOV MO
07RABAT852	MOROCCO: VOTER REGISTRATION LAGGING [...] (C) Summary: Poorer than expected results have prompted the GOM to extend by another week open season for voter registration. So far less than half of the anticipated three million new and updated registrations have been processed. This could be an early indicator of voter apathy, or worse, [...]	2007-05-11 18:24:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MO
07RABAT864	MOROCCO ON BELARUS UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) In a May 14 meeting with Abdelmounaim El Farouq, Chief of the Social and Humanitarian Issues Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, poloff urged Morocco to use its vote at the upcoming elections for the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) to elect countries with strong human rights record [...]	2007-05-15 17:03:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL MO
07RABAT909	RE-PROGRAMMING FY2007 AML RESOURCES FOR PUBLIC [...] (SBU) With confirmation from Moroccan Finance Ministry officials that planned USG assistance to help establish Morocco's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) and train its personnel would be most effective if provided in 2008, after the unit is up and running, post recommends that a portion of th [...]	2007-05-24 11:35:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN EFIN PTER PGOV MA
07RABAT912	CASABLANCANS REACT TO CONTINUED POST CLOSURE [...] (C) Summary: In the more than five weeks since two suicide bombers detonated near the Consulate General, the atmosphere among the populace has gone from sympathetic concern to frustration and anger. Even many Moroccans who offered support immediately after the explosions now feel that the c [...]	2007-05-24 15:20:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PREL PGOV MO
07RABAT935	MOROCCAN GOVERNMENT CONFRONTS EXTREMIST THEOLOGY [...] (C) Summary: In late May, Morocco's Ministry of Islamic Affairs convened more than 1200 Moroccan religious scholars and prayer leaders to rebut and condemn the use of religious pretexts for acts of terrorism. The event, which received high profile coverage in Moroccan media, came in the wake [...]	2007-05-30 17:48:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KISL MO
07RABAT940	UPDATE ON CONDITIONS IN WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) Summary and Comment: While recent weeks have seen many demonstrations of Sahrawis in Moroccan universities, unrest inside the territory remains limited. At least nine Sahrawi students have recently received jail terms for their role in demonstrations. In Sahara, Layoune reportedly remains [...]	2007-05-31 18:27:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PBTS PHUM PREL
07RABAT942	MOROCCO SEEKS US SUPPORT FOR GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] This is an action message. Please see para 4. 2. (C) During a May 31 meeting, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Division Chief for United Nations Affairs Azzedine Farhane told poloff that Morocco is interested in potential USG assistance for Morocco,s planned Global Initiative to Combat [...]	2007-06-01 13:22:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PTER PREL KGIT MO
07RABAT947	MOROCCO: PRESS CONFERENCE PREEMPTED, ISLAMIST JCO [...] (C) Summary: A May 23 Moroccan security force operation preempted a press conference scheduled by the Justice and Charity Organization (JCO),the large Islamist political organization which rejects the legitimacy of the monarchy. Though prevented from conducting their media event, the JCO iss [...]	2007-06-04 13:10:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PGOV PINR KISL
07RABAT95	MINURSO FREE OF TIP/SEA PROBLEMS [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy continues to believe Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) are not a problem with the MINURSO mission in the Western Sahara. MINURSO Force Commander Maj. General Kurt Mosgaard told Polcouns that there had been two incidents that were of con [...]	2007-01-19 17:44:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV MO KPKO
07RABAT974	MOROCCANS RECEIVE ISRAELI DELEGATION [...] (C) During a June 5 meeting with DAS Carpenter (septel) Moroccan MFA Director-General Amrani said that he had received an Israeli MFA delegation for a full day of discussions in Rabat during the last week of May. The Israeli delegation was led by Policy Planning Chief Abramovitch and also the [...]	2007-06-08 18:57:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MO
07RABAT981	MFA DG BRIEFS DAS GRAY ON MOROCCAN PLANS FOR [...] (C) NEA DAS Gordon Gray and Ambassador Riley met with MFA Director General Bilateral (P-equiv.) Youssef Amrani June 11, on the margins of the AFRICOM briefing (septel) to discuss the Western Sahara. Amrani asserted that Morocco was faithfully implementing the UN Security Council Resolution on [...]	2007-06-11 17:42:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PBTS PHUM PREL
07RABAT994	DAS CARPENTER DISCUSSES OUTLOOK FOR ELECTIONS WITH [...] (C) Summary: During his June 4-6 visit, NEA DAS Scott Carpenter discussed the outlook for Morocco's September legislative elections a range of GOM and non-governmental contacts. There was broad consensus that the elections will be generally transparent and free of systematic fraud. Most civi [...]	2007-06-13 10:46:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM MO
07RABAT996	DAS CARPENTER DISCUSSES FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION WITH [...] (C) Summary: Moroccan Minister of Communications Benabdellah told visiting DAS Carpenter during a June 6 meeting that the latest and presumably final draft of the revised press code reduced from 24 to four the number of categories of offenses that could land journalists in jail. He emphasized [...]	2007-06-13 11:19:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL MO
07RANGOON100	BURMA: ICRC CHIEF OUTLINES FUTURE STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: Frustrated by lack of progress with the regime, ICRC might issue public denunciations of repeated GOB violations of international humanitarian law and approaching third countries to enlist extra assistance. In response to the GOB's continued refusal to allow the ICRC access to [...]	2007-01-30 04:51:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM
07RANGOON1009	BURMA: ACTIVISTS BEGIN TO TENTATIVELY REGROUP [...] (C) Summary. A veteran political activist told Poloff that a handful of pro-democracy activists have tried to reorganize in Burma since the crackdown but are still unwilling to stage protests or other public demonstrations due to fear of immediate regime reprisals. GOB raids against monaste [...]	2007-10-10 10:07:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1012	BURMESE GOVERNMENT PLAYING GAMES WITH INTERNET [...] (C) Summary. The Burmese Government on October 9 granted Myanmar Teleport and the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications (MPT),the two local internet providers, permission to reestablish internet connections at specific times during the day. We have observed that the internet is now avail [...]	2007-10-11 09:44:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECPS PGOV PREL BM
07RANGOON1014	BURMA: REGIME ATTEMPTS TO SHIFT FOCUS BACK TO [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Rangoon received a faxed letter from Acting PM Thein Sein addressed to Vice President Cheney, objecting to the UN PRST on Burma and declaring the regime intends to proceed with its seven step "roadmap to democracy." The regime's mass-member organization (USDA) continues [...]	2007-10-11 09:54:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1018	ARRESTS CONTINUE IN BURMA [...] (C) Reports of ongoing arrests, torture, and deaths in custody continue to circulate although they are growing more difficult to confirm as more activists go into hiding and become increasingly nervous about meeting Embassy employees. The authorities have reportedly begun arresting relatives o [...]	2007-10-12 09:44:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1019	BURMA: REGIME GUTS PRO-DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Prominent 88 Generation Students leader Htay Kywe was arrested October 13 along with four other pro-democracy activists. American Center students continue to be detained and arrested, and the leader of the Tuesday Prayer Campaign has been confined to her township for one year. [...]	2007-10-15 10:05:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1025	BURMA'S MONKS: PRAYING FOR THE REGIME TO FALL [...] (C) Summary: One of Burma's most senior monks told us the recent demonstrations of monks in Rangoon had grown from spontaneous outrage to the Pakkoku incident and in response to calls for a boycott broadcast on the Burmese language stations. Though he could not speak for all forty-seven of [...]	2007-10-16 10:54:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1026	BURMA: TRACK II PROCESS TRASHED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Advocates of engagement who looked to the unofficial European-led Track II process to reach key members of the GOB and offer concessions to promote further dialogue, were morose at the end of their October 2007 visit to Burma, which occurred shortly after the regime's latest brut [...]	2007-10-16 11:40:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1031	BURMESE REGIME TALKS RESTRAINT BUT CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary. Embassy contacts confirmed authorities sentenced four NLD members to prison terms for their alleged roles in last month's protests, including an 85-year-old man. NLD sources reported three members of the NLD's youth wing were arrested in Mandalay on October 14. NLD Spokesman U [...]	2007-10-17 10:00:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1035	LIMITED PRODUCTION FROM BURMA,S ONSHORE GAS WELLS [...] (C) Summary. The GOB earned more than $2 billion in revenues last year from the oil and gas sector, although very little came from Burma's onshore fields. The Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE) controls more than 70 percent of onshore fields, although the GOB has recently granted foreign [...]	2007-10-19 08:37:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV EPET BM
07RANGOON1036	BURMESE GOVERNMENT IN DEBT FOR OIL AND GAS [...] (C) Summary. Despite more than $2 billion in revenues from oil and gas last year, the GOB owes three private companies more than $10 million for onshore oil production. GoldPetrol has outstanding invoices dating back to mid-2006, Focus Energy has not been paid in six months, and MPRL, a Burm [...]	2007-10-19 08:47:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV EPET BM
07RANGOON1037	BURMA: REGIME FOCUS ON "ROADMAP" IGNORES ABUSES [...] (C) Summary. On October 18, the regime announced a new constitutional drafting commission amidst reports of ongoing arrests and convictions of pro-democracy activists. Embassy sources reported several family members of prominent monk U Gambira were arrested on October 16 and 17. NLD official [...]	2007-10-19 09:59:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1042	ILO SEEKS TO STRENGTHEN LABOR MECHANISM [...] (C) Summary. While the GOB has made some progress this year in addressing forced labor claims, it still drags its feet when investigating cases involving the military, ILO Liaison Officer Steve Marshall emphasized. Since signing the GOB-ILO Forced Labor Mechanism Agreement in February, the GO [...]	2007-10-22 10:56:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1043	BURMA: CRITICISM OF "ROADMAP" [...] (C) Summary. A etnic Karen former National Convention delegate told us the September crackdown makes it highly unlikely the public will ever support the results of the regime's so-called "roadmap to democracy." He said several of his fellow delegates have privately voiced concern over the re [...]	2007-10-23 07:41:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1048	AIR BAGAN LAMENTS LASTEST SANCTIONS [...] (C) Summary. Air Bagan's Managing Director rejected claims that the company's profits were being used to prop up the Burmese regime during an October 23 meeting. Instead, he and his colleagues emphasized that the company's only mission was to develop Burma's deteriorating aviation sector. Th [...]	2007-10-23 08:58:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL EAIR BM
07RANGOON1052	MANDALAY CRACKDOWN MILDER THAN RANGOON [...] (C) Summary. Poloff visited Mandalay to observe any changes in the city since the September uprising and to try to obtain details of the demonstrations and subsequent military crackdown there. According to contacts we met in Mandalay, the demonstrations here were not as political as they wer [...]	2007-10-24 08:03:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1056	FEMINIST WRITERS' GROUP EXPRESSES OPTIMISM FOR [...] (C) Summary. Writers for a local feminist magazine expressed optimism for the future of democracy in Burma. They noted that the demonstrations in September differed from the 1988 demonstrations because this time the international community was watching. They also felt that a new generation ha [...]	2007-10-24 10:24:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1057	MEMBER LACKS CONFIDENCE IN CONSTITUTION COMMISSION [...] (C) Summary. Tun Aung Chain, a member of the Commission for Drafting the State Constitution, told us he harbors little hope that the process will lead to meaningful democracy in Burma. He explained that while the commission consists of 54 members representing various ethnic groups and profes [...]	2007-10-25 05:09:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1060	AUNG SAN SUU KYI MEETS WITH REGIME LIAISON [...] (C) Summary: Aung San Suu Kyi met with newly appointed liaison Aung Kyi at the Government Guest House the afternoon of October 25. Burmese State Television announced Acting PM Thein Sein would be appointed Prime Minister and that Quarter Master General LT GEN Tin Aung Myint Oo would replace T [...]	2007-10-25 10:50:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1064	BURMA: SOME PRISONERS RELEASED; KEY LEADERS STILL [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 25 the regime released 87 people it had arrested during last month's demonstrations, including 50 NLD members. However, the regime continues to arrest and detain prominent NLD and 88 Generation Students leaders, and to deny them proper medical attention. The gover [...]	2007-10-29 10:23:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1069	FRENCH COMPANY TO CONTINUE OIL AND GAS OPERATIONS [...] (C) Summary. Although the European Union plans to impose new financial sanctions on the Burmese regime in light of the recent political turmoil, French-owned Total, which controls more than 31 percent of the Yadana gas fields, has no plans to pull out of Burma. Total's General Manager predic [...]	2007-10-30 10:23:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV EPET BM
07RANGOON1070	BURMA: REPORTS OF RENEWED FIGHTING IN KAREN STATE [...] (C) Summary. A politically-active ethnic Karen relayed reports of renewed fighting in Karen State between KNU forces and the Burma Army-backed DKBA. The fighting reportedly began on October 28 when KNU forces attacked a Burma Army outpost in Kawkareik in southern Karen State. Our contact ci [...]	2007-10-30 10:48:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1074	BURMA: MONKS ON THE MARCH AGAIN [...] (C) Summary: Following a pro-regime rally in Pakokku that residents were forced to participate in, 200 monks marched through the city chanting and carrying the flag of the Buddhist clergy in a peaceful protest. A monk who participated told DVB the monks plan to continue the protests. He ur [...]	2007-10-31 10:46:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1076	BURMA SANCTIONS HITTING THE REGIME WHERE IT HURTS [...] (C) Summary. The Burmese regime, concerned about the latest U.S. economic sanctions, called several key businessmen to Nai Pyi Taw, including Tay Za and Steven Law, to discuss how best to deal with the sanctions. According to business contacts, the senior generals, unhappy with Tay Za for " [...]	2007-10-31 11:22:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON FIN PGOV PREL BM
07RANGOON1079	BURMESE GOVERNMENT ONCE AGAIN CUTS OFF INTERNET [...] (C) Summary. Following the renewed march by 200 monks in Pakokku on October 31, Burma once again finds itself with no internet access. On November 1, the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications (MTC) and Myanmar Teleport, Burma's two internet service providers (ISPs),officially announced th [...]	2007-11-01 09:05:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECPS PGOV BM
07RANGOON1082	BURMA: MANDALAY MONKS REPORTEDLY PREPARING TO [...] (C) Summary: According to an 88 Generation Students leader, monks in Mandalay are preparing to renew their peaceful protests. Although we have heard no reports of any new demonstrations today, the Australian Ambassador told the Charge 80 monks were dispersed by police yesterday when they at [...]	2007-11-01 10:37:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1083	BURMA PREPARES FOR THE NOVEMBER ILO GOVERNING BODY [...] (C) Summary: The ILO representative in Burma provided an update of labor issues in Burma. This included the progress he has been able to make working with the Minister for Relations (and now Minister of Labor),Aung Kyi. He warned Aung Kyi that the long prison sentences to labor activists [...]	2007-11-02 05:39:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1084	BURMA: REGIME TO PNG UN COUNTRY CHIEF [...] (SBU) Summary: On the eve of Gambari's visit to Burma, the GOB announced that UN Resident Coordinator Charles Petrie was no longer welcome. Despite the UN's desire to maintain control of Gambari's schedule, Petrie was informed today the regime had its own schedule for Gambari and he should r [...]	2007-11-02 11:10:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM

07RANGOON1088	BURMA: REGIME HOLD GAMBARI IN NAY PYI TAW [...] (C) Summary: UN Special Envoy Gambari arrived in Rangoon November 3 and proceeded straight to Nay Pyi Taw where he was granted meetings with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Relations (liaison with Aung San Suu Kyi). A UN official told us Gambari described his meeting with [...]	2007-11-05 10:50:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1090	BURMA: A TALE OF TWO CRONIES [...] (C) Summary. Despite being the senior generals' two favorite cronies, Steven Law and Tay Za could not be more different. Steven Law, the son of a known drug smuggler, keeps a low profile and conducts his business with little fanfare. Known as a consummate businessman, Law is lauded for his [...]	2007-11-06 09:44:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM
07RANGOON1091	BURMA: A TALE OF TWO CRONIES [...] (C) Summary. Despite being the senior generals' two favorite cronies, Steven Law and Tay Za could not be more different. Steven Law, the son of a known drug smuggler, keeps a low profile and conducts his business with little fanfare. Known as a consummate businessman, Law is lauded for his [...]	2007-11-06 09:44:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM
07RANGOON1093	TAY ZA'S FAMILY TELLS THEIR SIDE OF THE STORY [...] (C) Summary. In a November 6 meeting, Tay Za's older brother, Thiha, and Tay Za's eldest son, Pye Phyo Tay Za, responded to the latest U.S. sanctions and attempted to clarify the nature of Tay Za's relationship with the senior generals. Thiha questioned why the USG singled out Tay Za as a cr [...]	2007-11-07 10:48:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM
07RANGOON1094	BURMA: ASSK FINE; USG URGED TO KEEP PRESSURE ON [...] (C) Summary: Aung San Suu Kyi's personal doctor treated her last week for a minor infection in her hand. Her doctor told us she had a good first meeting with Minister of Relations Aung Kyi and that the two would meet on a weekly basis. According to the doctor, last week's meeting was cancel [...]	2007-11-07 11:12:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1095	AIR BAGAN LIVES IT UP WHILE CRYING POOR [...] (C) Summary. Regime crony Tay Za, celebrating Air Bagan's third anniversary on November 5, held a press conference where he emphasized Air Bagan's charity work in Burma, detailed the future of the airline, denounced close ties to the regime, and condemned U.S. sanctions. After the press co [...]	2007-11-08 02:00:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV EAIR BM
07RANGOON1096	GAMBARI ACHIEVES LITTLE IN BURMA [...] (C) Summary: We consider Gambari's most recent visit a failure, and most of the diplomatic and UN community based here agrees with us. He allowed himself to be held captive in the isolated capital, he only met with people the regime approved, and he obtained nothing but vague indications of [...]	2007-11-08 11:06:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM
07RANGOON1098	BURMA'S INTERNATIONAL AVIATION INDUSTRY CRASHING [...] (C) Summary. Two of Burma's three international air carriers, Air Bagan and Myanmar Airways International (MAI),have begun to shut down their operations, although for very different reasons. Air Bagan, feeling the financial pinch of the latest round of U.S. sanctions, stopped its service to [...]	2007-11-09 06:09:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV EAIR BM
07RANGOON1099	TALES FROM INSEIN PRISON [...] (C) Summary. NLD Spokesman U Myint Thein, recently released from Insein prison, detailed for us his experiences during his 34-day detention. While he did not experience physical torture, he said that others did. The police often awoke him in the middle of the night to subject him to three-h [...]	2007-11-09 10:22:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1100	AUNG SAN SUU KYI MEETS NLD LEADERS AND AUNG KYI [...] (C) Summary: In a two hour meeting with her party's Central Executive Committee (CEC),Aung San Suu Kyi described Minister of Relations Aung Kyi as a good man with whom she could work. She also told them that she believed the regime had a "genuine will for national reconciliation" and dialog [...]	2007-11-09 11:18:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1102	BURMA'S DOMESTIC AVIATION INDUSTRY NOSEDIVES [...] (C) Summary. Burma, the aviation hub of Southeast Asia fifty years ago, now struggles to service its domestic market. With tourist levels down more than 60 percent, Burma's aviation industry is in a state of disarray. Four domestic airlines currently operate in Burma -- Air Bagan, Myanmar [...]	2007-11-13 03:13:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV EAIR BM
07RANGOON1104	HOPE AND FEAR IN BURMA'S MON STATE [...] (C) Summary: Charge visited Mawlamyaing, Burma's third largest city and capital of Mon State, November 11 and 12. She met with NLD party members, who described themselves as hopeful that change would come soon, but still distrustful of the Burmese military. They indicated that they have regu [...]	2007-11-14 10:25:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ELAB BM
07RANGOON1105	BURMESE REGIME DESTROYS EDUCATION TO KEEP CONTROL [...] (C) Summary. Myat Ko Ko, a member of the Embassy-funded Cosmopolitan Library Club, explained how the regime consolidates its power by destroying Burma's education system. While the children of the generals can afford to attend foreign universities, over 300,000 university students in Burma m [...]	2007-11-14 11:05:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1107	ZAW ZAW: A CRONY ON THE RISE [...] (C) While Tay Za and Steven Law remain the regime's favorite cronies, Zaw Zaw, Managing Director of construction company Max Myanmar and Chairman of the Myanmar Football Federation, is an up and coming crony. Zaw Zaw actively seeks favor with the senior generals, and competes with Tay Za fo [...]	2007-11-15 05:09:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM
07RANGOON1108	BURMA: WHERE HAVE ALL THE TOURISTS GONE? [...] (C) Summary. Burma continues to feel the economic impact of the regime's violent crackdown in September. The tourism industry, which employs an estimated 500,000 people, continues to flounder as tourists cancel trips to Burma. In October, Burma only received 7,221 tourists, a 228 percent [...]	2007-11-15 08:14:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV BM
07RANGOON1111	PINHEIRO RETURNS TO BURMA [...] (C) Summary: Pinheiro told the dip corps that cooperation he had received from the GOB had been positive. He had been given access to everyone he asked to see and taken to all the places he requested to visit. He noted, however, that his trip was not a "fact finding" mission because he had n [...]	2007-11-15 11:39:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1112	TORTURED DETAINEE SURVIVES BURMESE PRISON [...] (C) Summary. The chairman of an NLD township branch discussed the torture he underwent at interrogation centers and at Insein prison. USDA thugs arrested him on September 26 and sent him to interrogation centers for several days of torture and questioning, before transferring him to Insein Pr [...]	2007-11-16 02:58:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1113	EDEN GROUP PROSPERING DUE TO REGIME CONNECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. Chit Khaing, owner and Managing Director of Eden Group and an up and coming crony, has parlayed his regime connections to amass great wealth, while most Burmese struggle to survive. A prominent construction company, Eden Group received a six-year contract to construct government [...]	2007-11-16 05:31:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM
07RANGOON1118	BUILDING CIVIL SOCIETY IN BURMA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Since 2005 Embassy Rangoon has funded 23 Burmese groups and NGOs to conduct grassroots civil society and capacity building projects throughout the country. To date, we have provided a total of USD 232,536 to these groups to support capacity building, vocational and educational [...]	2007-11-19 09:55:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1119	BURMA: FOUR STEPS BACKWARD, TWO STEPS FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: In his first public address since the September protests and regime crackdown, Senior General Than Shwe asserted the government would move forward with its "roadmap to democracy," and gave no indication he would alter the process to make it more inclusive. Than Shwe has sent hi [...]	2007-11-19 10:27:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1120	FIGHTING MULTIPLE DRUG RESISTANT TB IN BURMA [...] (C) Summary. Although the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated in 2003 that Burma's rate of new cases of multiple drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) was 4.4 percent, health NGOs working in Burma today believe the current rate to be as high as six percent. Independent studies conduct [...]	2007-11-19 10:43:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON TBIO EAID SOCI PGOV AMED BM
07RANGOON1122	THAI PETROLEUM COMPANY TO INCREASE INVESTMENT IN [...] (C) Summary. Thai-owned PTTEP, one of the largest foreign investors in Burma's oil and gas sectors, plans to invest an additional $1 billion over the next three years to develop offshore block M9. PTTEP, which found substantial natural gas reserves in late 2006, intends to drill four addit [...]	2007-11-20 11:42:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV EPET BM
07RANGOON1129	BURMA: WHAT DIALOGUE? JUST ARRESTS [...] (C) Summary. According to an NLD spokesman, the regime has not responded to Aung San Suu Kyi's request for her to have additional, regular meetings with NLD officials. On November 20, authorities detained six more pro-democracy activists, four of whom remain in custody. One of the released [...]	2007-11-21 10:06:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1131	CHINESE NOT ASKING MUCH OF BURMA [...] (C) Summary: China's Ambassador to Burma expressed satisfaction that the Than Shwe regime was making political progress, and urged the U.S. to be more patient and less critical. He did not offer any specific details on the November 14-16 visit of Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi to Burma, whom [...]	2007-11-21 10:55:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM
07RANGOON1136	BURMA: ASSK WANTS ETHNIC LEADERS IN THE DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: Ethnic pro-democracy activists U Ohn Tin and Khun Tu have been released, while the president of the Zomi National Congress and an MP-elect remain detained. During his detention, the authorities questioned U Ohn Tin regarding a statement ethnic leaders had made in support of Aung [...]	2007-11-23 11:26:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1140	BURMESE GENERALS PRIZE ORDER OVER LAW [...] (C) Summary. Kyaw Zaw Naing, head of the Global Green Group, which received a small grant in 2007 from Embassy Rangoon, described his efforts to promote legal knowledge with free law clinics throughout the country. Basic legal knowledge, he explained, will empower citizens to protect themsel [...]	2007-11-26 07:15:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1143	BURMA: UNICEF AND ILO ON CHILD SOLDIERS [...] (C) Summary. UNICEF and ILO representatives in Burma told Poloff they believed the use of child soldiers to be an ongoing problem, but had no way to accurately measure its scope. Current estimates were based almost entirely on anecdotal evidence, so could be misleading, they said. UNICEF de [...]	2007-11-26 10:02:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1146	BURMA: MORE ARRESTS RAISE TENSIONS, HIGHLIGHT LIES [...] (C) Summary. KIO officials confirmed that on November 22, the Burma Army arrested eight of the group's members, six of whom were released the next day. The KIO is negotiating for the release of the remaining two, believed to be senior regional leaders of the cease-fire group. While there we [...]	2007-11-27 11:06:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1148	BURMA: THE DIALOGUE IS DEAD [...] (C) Summary: PM Thein Sein told an Embassy contact that Than Shwe had dispatched him to ASEAN with two objectives: to cancel Gambari's briefing during the Summit, and to undermine support for U.S. sanctions on Burma. Thein Sein said Than Shwe had ordered him to walk out of the Summit if ASEA [...]	2007-11-28 09:00:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1153	HARDSHIP AND HEARTACHE IN BURMA [...] (SBU) Summary. The end of November brought nothing but more hardship to the Burmese people and their beleaguered pro-democracy movement. Authorities obstructed a peaceful procession, closed an important monastery, and prevented a political prisoner from visiting his dying mother. They did [...]	2007-11-30 10:58:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1164	BURMA: THE WORLD ACCORDING TO THAN SHWE [...] (SBU) Summary. At a December 3 news conference for the diplomatic corps and members of the press, Minister of Information Brig Gen Kyaw Hsan, Director General of Police Khin Yi, and Minister of Labor (and Aung San Suu Kyi liaison) Aung Kyi showcased the inaugural session of the constitutiona [...]	2007-12-06 02:36:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1165	BURMA: AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: Charge met with Dr. Tin Myo Win, aka Douglas, on December 6 to discuss his recent meetings with Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK). ASSK appears less optimistic now than previous statements by NLD members have indicated about the quality of the dialogue to date, according to Douglas. Janu [...]	2007-12-06 09:00:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM
07RANGOON1168	BURMA: INCREASED ACTIVITY IN KAREN STATE [...] (C) Summary. Karen National Union contacts told us the Burma Army has been increasing its presence and activities in Karen State. A recent announcement that the KNU will close a portion of a major road between Karen and Mon States was not approved by KNU headquarters and likely came from loc [...]	2007-12-07 09:17:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1170	BURMA: WHO,S WHO IN THE REGIME [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite persistent rumors of divisions within the Burmese military, we have not seen any evidence of exploitable schisms in the Than Shwe regime. While personality conflicts likely exist and some may be more moderate than others, so far no one has stepped up to challenge Than [...]	2007-12-07 11:55:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1175	BURMA: ACTIVISTS DOWN BUT NOT OUT [...] (C) Summary. Contrary to warnings by the authorities, human rights activist Myint Aye and his supporters held a ceremony commemorating the 59th anniversary of the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Rangoon on December 10. Poloffs observed a heavy plain-clothes police presence ou [...]	2007-12-10 10:42:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1177	BURMA: NO NEWS IS BAD NEWS [...] (C) Summary. Activist and DVB stringer Aye Myin Soe is in hiding and informed us there is no one left in Burma to research and file stories for the Norwegian-based broadcaster. Authorities have held his three colleagues - Ko Myat San, Win Maw, and Aung Gyi - in Insein Prison since their arr [...]	2007-12-12 10:06:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1178	BURMESE AIDS ACTIVIST PHYU PHYU THIN TIRED OF [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-14 06:40:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI BM
07RANGOON1181	BURMESE REGIME NOT TALKING [...] (C) Summary. Aung San Suu Kyi's personal physician, Dr. Tin Myo Win (Douglas),said that no meetings between Aung San Suu Kyi and Minister of Relations Aung Kyi have taken place since November 19. Rather than create a real dialogue, the government has preoccupied itself with the visa ban and [...]	2007-12-17 09:23:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1185	JUSTICE WAITS ANOTHER DAY IN BURMA [...] (C) Summary. Pro-democracy activist Htin Kyaw's trial was postponed until December 26 and will now be held in Insein Prison rather than a courthouse in Rangoon. His health continued to decline due to his hunger strike and family and supporters were worried for his well being. Labor activis [...]	2007-12-18 09:31:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1191	BURMA: HELPING PHYU PHYU THIN [...] (C) Summary: HIV/AIDS activist and NLD youth member Phyu Phyu Thin does not want to come out of hiding, contrary to Ref A. She believes she would be quickly arrested and unable to assist her patients. Phyu Phyu Thin's patients are in desperate need of quick funding in order to continue their [...]	2007-12-19 10:09:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM KHIV EAID SOCI
07RANGOON1200	BURMA: THAI MFA DIRECTOR ON THE DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: Thai MFA Director Kallayana described the behind-the-scenes maneuvering at the November ASEAN Summit that led to the cancellation of Gambari's briefing at the event. At the Summit, Thai PM Surayud had urged Burmese PM Thein Sein to upgrade the dialogue with Aung San Suu Kyi by s [...]	2007-12-21 11:35:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1203	WIN AUNG - A RISING CRONY WITH CONNECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. Win Aung, owner of Dagon International Construction Company and Dagon Timber Ltd., and his family continue to use their close connections with the Burmese regime to amass great wealth. Although Dagon International specializes in the construction of luxury housing projects, it [...]	2007-12-26 08:39:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM
07RANGOON1207	BURMA'S PRO-DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT STILL ALIVE [...] (C) Summary: Burma's famous comedian and political activist, Zarganar, is organizing monks, students, factory workers, and others to participate in follow-up demonstrations to the September marches. He recently received a letter from Aung San Suu Kyi thanking him for his role in organizing t [...]	2007-12-27 10:19:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1211	DROPPING THE HAMMER ON CRONY STEVEN LAW [...] (C) Summary. Tun Myint Naing, a.k.a. Steven Law, is known among Burma's business circles as the regime's top crony. He is known to be close with both Senior General Than Shwe and Vice Senior General Maung Aye. In addition to owning Asia World Co. Ltd., one of Burma's most successful constr [...]	2007-12-28 08:14:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM
07RANGOON122	BURMA: MORE INSURGENT GROUPS EMERGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post recently received information about two small insurgent groups, each with about 200 armed soldiers, that continue to resist the SPDC. The Hanthawady Restoration Army in Mon State engages in armed conflict against the Burmese Army, while the Chin ethnic Zomi Revolutionary Army [...]	2007-02-05 08:53:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL BM
07RANGOON135	INDIA'S RELATIONS WITH BURMA'S MILITARY REGIME [...] (C) Summary: In the interest of national security and economic growth, India has taken what it views as a practical and realistic approach in its relations with Burma's military regime. Number 2 General Maung Aye is their main interlocutor, although he has expressed frustration with the slow [...]	2007-02-08 10:30:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM PINR CH IN KS
07RANGOON136	BURMA SAYS, "NO MORE CHILD SOLDIERS...TRUST US" [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Burmese regime brought out its big guns on February 6 to persuade Rangoon-based diplomats that Burmese armed forces no longer recruit child soldiers. SPDC Secretary-1 Lt. Gen. Thein Sein and Foreign Minister Nyan Win SIPDIS both told diplomats that the regime has taken all [...]	2007-02-08 11:34:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KOCI BM
07RANGOON156	BURMA'S ETHNIC MON STRADDLE THE FENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A New Mon State Party (NMSP) leader recently told us relations with the regime are not good, but the NMSP prefers to play along than to break its 20-year cease-fire and return to fighting. The NMSP recently traveled to three Mon districts to explain to the public why it downgrade [...]	2007-02-15 03:38:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL SNAR BM
07RANGOON166	PREPARING FOR CHANGE IN BURMA [...] (C) Summary: China's Ambassador to Burma provided a readout of Gen. Thura Shwe Mann's recent visit to China as well as senior military plans to move forward on its Seven Point Roadmap. He said Burma's number three general was most interested in ideas to get the Burmese economy moving. The C [...]	2007-02-20 06:22:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM CH
07RANGOON174	THAI-BURMA ACMECS PROJECTS OFF TO SLOW START [...] (SBU) Summary: Thai aid projects in Burma, according to local embassy officials, are designed to encourage GOB economic reforms as well as helping those in need. Although the GOB has moved slowly on bilateral projects proposed under the Ayeyarwady/Chao Phraya/Mekong Economic Cooperation Strat [...]	2007-02-21 09:26:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EAID BM TH
07RANGOON181	BURMA'S LEAST WANTED: THE ROHINGYAS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Muslim Rohingyas who inhabit Burma's Northern Rakhine State (NRS) are among the world's most oppressed and marginalized people. Burma's military regime refuses to recognize the Rohingyas as one of Burma's official ethnic groups, denies them citizenship, and systematically [...]	2007-02-22 11:16:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM
07RANGOON183	BURMA EDGES CLOSER TO ILO AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: The ILO and the GOB have reached an ad referendum agreement on the establishment of a mechanism to address forced labor complaints. The ILO Governing Board and the Burmese Cabinet must approve the text before the agreement is signed, probably in Geneva. The ILO Liaison Officer [...]	2007-02-23 09:43:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PGOV BM
07RANGOON184	BURMA REGIME WARNS AMERICAN CENTER, BRITISH COUNCIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The MFA Deputy Director General of Protocol summoned DCMs from the U.S. and U.K. embassies on February 23 to issue a warning about public affairs activities of the embassy's American Center and the British Council. He stated that institutions that teach or provide information to t [...]	2007-02-23 09:57:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO BM
07RANGOON185	BURMA: FRUSTRATION SURFACES IN RANGOON [...] (U) Summary: On February 22, thirty demonstrators gathered in front of Rangoon City Hall to protest Burma's deteriorating economic and social conditions in one of the largest public demonstrations in years. A crowd of two hundred gathered to watch the event. Some shouted to the demonstrator [...]	2007-02-23 10:22:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM
07RANGOON198	LIFE IN SHAN STATE'S FORMER PRINCIPALITY OF HSIPAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent visit to Hsipaw revealed that recent Chinese migrants have changed the demographics and the economy of this former Shan principality. Family members of two Hsipaw political prisoners described their sentences and prison life. The regime maintains a watchful eye on pote [...]	2007-02-26 10:57:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
07RANGOON199	BURMA: PRECARIOUS PEACE IN KAREN STATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Confusion continues to surround the reported cease-fire agreement between the SPDC and a breakaway faction of the KNU. Unlike earlier cease-fire agreements between the regime and other armed ethnic groups, the latest deal does not require the Karen faction to surrender their arms [...]	2007-02-26 11:00:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PREF PREL BM
07RANGOON211	BURMA: REGIME RELEASES DETAINED PROTESTERS [...] (C) Late on February 27, the police released all those detained for participating in last week's public protest against deteriorating economic and social conditions in Burma (reftel). The regime had arrested nine people and detained many of the participants' family members after the initial [...]	2007-03-01 09:22:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM
07RANGOON22	THAN SHWE REPORTEDLY RETURNING TO BURMA [...] (C) According to a contact at the Singapore Embassy, Senior General Than Shwe is alive and was released from Singapore General Hospital on January 8 after being treated for intestinal cancer. This source expected Than Shwe to return to Nay Pyi Taw shortly. Another reliable source confirmed [...]	2007-01-08 09:12:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM
07RANGOON227	BURMESE MILITARY STILL INTERESTED IN TALKING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Charge and DATT met with LTG Myint Swe on March 3 for another of their periodic exchanges of views (ref A). Deputy Foreign Minister Kyaw Thu also sat in on this meeting, unlike previous meetings, but he did not actively participate in the discussion. Charge tried to draw the G [...]	2007-03-05 10:53:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM
07RANGOON248	BURMA REGIME DETAINS MORE DEMONSTRATORS [...] (C) On the evening of March 6, Burmese authorities detained another seven participants in the February 22 protest in downtown Rangoon (ref B). Special Branch police picked up the seven from their homes around 22:00 and indicated that they would release them after further questioning. 2. ( [...]	2007-03-07 12:08:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
07RANGOON262	BURMA: REGIME DETAINS AMERICAN CENTER STUDENTS [...] (C) Summary: In an aggressive move against our American Center, the regime has detained several of our high-profile students and patrons. A prominent American Center student was detained at Yangon International Airport while departing Burma for the U.S. to participate in a State Department f [...]	2007-03-12 11:23:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM KPAO OEXC
07RANGOON269	BURMA: THE NLD OPTS OUT OF THE REGIME'S ROADMAP [...] (C) Summary: The NLD has decided not to insert itself into the regime's "Seven Step Roadmap to Democracy." Instead, it will continue to boycott the steps of the roadmap and call for the regime to honor the results of the 1990 elections and convene the Parliament. Whether this particular dec [...]	2007-03-13 10:37:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM
07RANGOON283	BIOGRAPHY: SHWE MANN, BURMA'S DICTATOR-IN-WAITING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Most observers view General "Thura" Shwe Mann, the Burmese regime's number three, as Senior General Than Shwe's preferred successor. Infrequently seen in public, Shwe Mann quietly runs the Ministry of Defense and appears to have the respect of officers of all ranks. More than a [...]	2007-03-16 07:31:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BM
07RANGOON287	BURMA'S AI OUTBREAK IN POULTRY SPREADS FURTHER [...] (U) Summary: Burma's AI outbreak in poultry, which began on March 10-11, continues to spread. On March 18, the GOB responded to new outbreaks of AI in poultry at eight farms in another Rangoon township located near a major poultry producing area. Officials continue to respond by culling all [...]	2007-03-19 09:21:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
07RANGOON305	BURMESE REGIME CONTINUES TO HARASS ACTIVISTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The regime continues to detain and harass pro-democracy activists. Authorities arrested activist Htin Kyaw for the fourth time in four weeks. They unsuccessfully tried to prevent Min Ko Naing from visiting the family of a political prisoner. They detained two activists in Bago [...]	2007-03-23 04:39:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
07RANGOON313	BURMA'S OFFSHORE WATERS BECOME MORE CROWDED [...] (U) Summary: Despite inconsistent results from new test wells, Burma's oil and gas potential continues to draw significant interest and investment from China, Russia, India, Thailand, Malaysia, Korea, and Japan. The regime has granted exploration rights to all remaining blocks just offshore B [...]	2007-03-28 09:11:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV EPET BM PGOV
07RANGOON314	FOREIGN MINISTRY WARNS AGAIN ABOUT AMERICAN CENTER [...] (U) SUMMARY: MFA Protocol Deputy Director-General U Soe Win summoned DCM and PAO to the Foreign Ministry on March 28 to reiterate warnings about the American Center activities (reftel). After repeating GOB directives that institutions that teach or provide information to the public must be r [...]	2007-03-28 09:14:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO BM
07RANGOON324	BURMA'S AI OUTBREAK IN POULTRY CONTINUES [...] (U) Summary: The GOB confirmed AI was responsible for 600 poultry deaths at another chicken farm in Rangoon Division on March 28-30. Officials destroyed all remaining poultry and utensils on the affected farm in Mingaladon Township and, as a precautionary measure, at three nearby farms. Offic [...]	2007-04-02 09:56:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
07RANGOON328	THE BURMESE REGIME'S NUMBER ONE CRONY: TAY ZA [...] (SBU) Summary: To curry favor and win the most lucrative deals, 42-year old Tay Za, Burma's number one crony businessman, entertains regime leaders lavishly and hires their children in his many business ventures. Now active in all Burma's profitable sectors, Tay Za first made his name as an a [...]	2007-04-03 05:33:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV BM
07RANGOON33	CHIN STATE: WHERE THERE IS WILL, THERE IS A WAY [...] (C) Summary: Charge visited the northern half of Chin State December 6-10 on a UNICEF-organized trip with other diplomats. This is another very pro-American area of Burma due to the past influence of American missionaries. Almost everyone we met spoke of the desire of Chin people to work in [...]	2007-01-10 08:22:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CVIS PREF PHUM BM
07RANGOON335	BURMA LABOR ADVOCATE FORMS HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP [...] (C) SUMMARY: A renowned Burmese labor lawyer and former political prisoner recently established a human rights monitoring group, Leading Stars, to help human rights victims file legal charges against their oppressors. Leading Stars plans to help defend political prisoners and promote politica [...]	2007-04-04 09:03:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB BM
07RANGOON345	BURMA BEGINS TO ADDRESS FORCED LABOR AGAIN [...] (C) Summary: For the first time since early 2005, the GOB responded to two ILO case referrals and took action against officials accused of violating the prohibition against forced labor, and returned a child to his family. Two village officials were sentenced in the first investigation conduct [...]	2007-04-09 10:43:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PHUM BM
07RANGOON357	BURMESE VILLAGERS SUCCESSFULLY RESIST FORCED LABOR [...] (C) Summary. Two recent incidents in Burma demonstrated the effectiveness of raising awareness about individual rights in Trafficking in Persons (TIP) cases. According to Save the Children (STC),villagers in Karen State and Shan State who had received STC training took action to save forcibl [...]	2007-04-11 06:43:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB PGOV SMIG KCRM BM
07RANGOON361	BURMA'S MOE MYINT LAYS LOW AND PROFITS [...] (SBU) Summary: Moe Myint, a well-connected Burmese business leader, was accustomed to making money while keeping a low profile until he burst into the headlines recently as the head of the only Burmese private company to join the international rush for petroleum reserves beneath Burma's waters [...]	2007-04-12 02:58:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EPET BM
07RANGOON387	BURMA: EIGHT MORE DEMONSTRATORS ARRESTED IN RANGOON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Eight persons staged a short demonstration on April 22 to protest continued electricity blackouts, unemployment, inflation, and high taxes. Burmese media coverage claimed that ordinary Burmese citizens, tired of demonstrations, seized eight demonstrators and handed them over to t [...]	2007-04-25 00:54:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
07RANGOON407	BURMA: WHO WOULD BE PRIME MINISTER? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Soe Win's extended stay in Singapore for medical treatment fueled many rumors about his successor. While several names have been suggested for the largely ceremonial post, it is not clear that anybody really wants the job. With several key regime leaders reportedly [...]	2007-05-02 09:07:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
07RANGOON41	BURMA: DETAINED PRO-DEMOCRACY LEADERS RELEASED [...] (C) Summary: Early on January 11, the regime released the five detained leaders of the 88 Generation Students (88GS) movement. The five were treated well during their detention and were provided with food and medicine. They believe the regime detained them as pawns to be released at the ap [...]	2007-01-11 11:06:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM
07RANGOON419	CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM FOR 3D FUND ROLLOUT [...] (SBU) Summary: As manager of the new Three Diseases Fund (3DF),on May 1, UNOPS signed the first contracts for projects in Burma to address malaria, TB and HIV/AIDS. UNOPS will obligate only funds already received from donors, approximately fifty percent of projects approved by the 3DF Board. [...]	2007-05-04 04:38:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI EAID PHUM KHIV PGOV BM
07RANGOON447	BURMA: KARENNI PEACE TALKS GOING NOWHERE FAST [...] (C) SUMMARY: The regime has quietly engaged leaders of the insurgent Karenni National People's Party in peace discussions in recent months. The key sticking point remains the status of Burmese Army bases in Kayah State. The Karenni may eventually cede this point, but appear to be in no hurry [...]	2007-05-11 16:38:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PREF BM
07RANGOON46	TREADING CAREFULLY, BUSINESSMAN SURVIVES WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: To survive in Burma's unpredictable, unfair and complicated business environment, local business reps must stay flexible and well informed. Dr. Maung Maung Lay is an unusual example of a respected business leader who is accepted by regime leaders, even though he criticizes their [...]	2007-01-12 09:42:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV BM
07RANGOON478	BURMA: DEMOCRACY ADVOCATES GEAR UP TO RALLY PUBLIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The 88 Generation Students and other democracy activists continue their campaigns to mobilize the public, with the goal of preparing an effective public response when the regime unveils its dictated constitution. Meanwhile, the regime is using its proxy mass-member organizations i [...]	2007-05-21 11:53:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
07RANGOON52	NO BIG POWER STRUGGLE BEHIND CUSTOMS ARRESTS [...] (C) Summary: Since June, police have arrested over 300 customs officials in an ongoing corruption investigation, including the Director General, reportedly a Than Shwe favorite. While some speculate that the regime acted to increase revenues that were lost through bribes to customs officials, [...]	2007-01-16 06:00:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ETRD BM
07RANGOON526	ICRC READY TO INCREASE PRESSURE ON BURMA [...] (C) Summary: Frustrated by lack of progress in resolving the GOB's restrictions on International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) humanitarian activities in Burma, ICRC has given the Minister of Home Affairs and other GOB officials an ultimatum: if regime leaders will not agree to meet ICRC P [...]	2007-06-01 11:35:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON60	BURMA'S LEADER KEEPING UP APPEARANCES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior General Than Shwe returned to Burma on January 12 from his hospital stay in Singapore. He appeared briefly in the Burmese media on January 15 and 16, chairing the quarterly SPDC meeting in Nay Pyi Taw and welcoming PM Soe Win back from the ASEAN Summit in Cebu. Although ru [...]	2007-01-17 09:25:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
07RANGOON61	BURMA UNSCR: REGIME GLOATS, OPPOSITION REGROUPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reaction in Burma to China and Russia's veto of the UN Security Council Burma resolution has split as expected. The regime gloated and claimed the result demonstrated international repudiation of U.S. and British meddling in Burma's internal affairs. Pro-democracy groups in Burm [...]	2007-01-18 05:14:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
07RANGOON643	BURMA REGIME ISSUES ANOTHER WARNING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: a senior Foreign Ministry official summoned DCM and Acting PAO to a meeting on July 9 to repeat previous GOB complaints about the activities of the American Center. Unlike previous meetings, which focused on specific events the American Center hosted, this time the GOB criti [...]	2007-07-11 08:06:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO BM
07RANGOON645	BURMA: KEY REGIME CRONY LIKELY TO BUILD DEEP SEA [...] (C) Summary: Tun Myint Naing aka Steven Law of Asia World Co. Ltd. has emerged as a key regime crony running one of Burma's most powerful business conglomerates. Local reports that Asia World has won the right to build a deep sea port at Kyauk Phyu in Rakhine State appear premature. However, As [...]	2007-07-12 05:18:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV BM
07RANGOON68	BURMA'S ILO INITIATIVE STALLS AFTER UNSC VOTE [...] (C) Summary: After recently making hurried, but significant, progress on a mechanism to address forced labor with ILO, the GOB fell silent in the wake of the unsuccessful January 12 UN Security Council vote on the Burma resolution. ILO Liaison Officer Richard Horsey attributes the GOB's earlie [...]	2007-01-18 09:45:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PGOV BM
07RANGOON683	NEW ILO REP CAUTIOUSLY OPTAMISTIC ABOUT LABOR [...] (C) Summary: New ILO Liaison Officer Steve Marshall was cautiously optimistic about the GOB's willingness to address its commitments under the 2007 ILO-GOB mechanism to address forced labor. The GOB has begun to set up local committees to address forced labor cases referred by the ILO and r [...]	2007-07-26 01:15:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	BM ELAB PGOV PREL PHUM
07RANGOON7	BURMA'S TOP GENERAL IN SINGAPORE FOR HEART [...] (C) Summary: The Singaporeans confirmed to us that Senior General Than Shwe is in Singapore General Hospital undergoing treatment for a coronary artery blockage. His treatment is expected to continue for the next few days. No. 2 General Maung Aye is reportedly in charge. Post has no reaso [...]	2007-01-03 09:17:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM
07RANGOON706	WILL CHINA OR THE U.S. DEVELOP BURMA'S OIL AND [...] (C) Summary: Well-connected businessman Moe Myint, who is heavily involved in the Burmese oil and gas sector, emphatically denies rumors that the GOB has an agreement to sell Shwe gas to the Chinese. Moe Myint claims the Korean company Daewoo has rights to develop the Shwe gas field and ref [...]	2007-08-02 11:37:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV EPET BM
07RANGOON72	ICRC CUTS STAFF BUT STANDS FIRM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Burma has steadily reduced its staff in the wake of regime requirements that forced ICRC to curtail most of its activities. However, ICRC's prosthetics program continues to operate at full strength. ICRC is committed to maint [...]	2007-01-19 08:48:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EAID BM
07RANGOON721	ILO FOLLOWING BURMA LABOR ACTIVISTS' TRIAL [...] (C) Summary. Upon hearing of the secret trial of six labor activists, four of whom were arrested on May 1 outside of the American Center, new ILO Liaison Officer Steve Marshall relayed concerns that the GOB is unfairly targeting these individuals, not because they attempted to form a labor u [...]	2007-08-09 11:24:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON722	POSITIVE STEPS IN ILO-BURMA COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary. Despite the GOB's lack of transparency on the trial of six labor activists (Ref A),ILO Liaison Officer Steve Marshall is pleased in general with the GOB's cooperation on labor practices. The GOB, implementing the 2007 ILO-GOB mechanism to address forced labor, recently approve [...]	2007-08-10 01:33:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON738	LACK OF COMPENSATION A CONCERN FOR AI REPORTING [...] (C) Summary. While FAO Representative Tang Zhengping is confident that farmers are reporting all cases of avian influenza to the Burmese Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department, he fears that lack of compensation for affected farmers may result in notification delays. Due to a shortage [...]	2007-08-14 08:38:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
07RANGOON746	DAEWOO NEGOTIATING WITH CHINA FOR SHWE GAS [...] (C) Summary. The GOB continues to pressure Daewoo International Corp., the Korean-based company that holds a 25-year concession to develop and produce Shwe gas, to sell the gas to the Chinese. Daewoo has two options - to either sell gas to China or liquid natural gas (LNG) to Korea. The com [...]	2007-08-15 09:35:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV EPET BM
07RANGOON8	THAIS PRESSURE KARENS TO TALK TO THE BURMESE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Karen National Liberation Army sources claim the Thai military is pressuring it to engage in cease-fire talks with the Burmese regime. The Karen say they will insist that the Burmese army pull back from areas where they have driven out Karen villagers and stop its human rights v [...]	2007-01-03 09:25:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS BM
07RANGOON81	BURMA REGIME TRIES TO STOP TUESDAY WORSHIPPERS [...] (C) Summary: On January 16, GOB backed thugs in civilian clothes verbally and physically attacked pro-democracy activist Naw Ohn Hla and her group who go to Shwe Dagon Pagoda every Tuesday to pray for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and all of Burma's political prisoners. When she tried to fi [...]	2007-01-23 10:50:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
07RANGOON838	IMF CONDUCTS ARTICLE IV CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) Summary: An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team visited Burma August 22-September 4 for annual Article IV consultations. The team found that despite improvements in revenue collections and more than $2 billion in oil and gas revenues, the GOB capital expenditures remain high, resultin [...]	2007-09-07 09:36:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	BM ECON EFIN IMF PGOV
07RANGOON840	ILO DISMISSES FOUR FORCED LABOR CASES [...] (C) Summary. For the first time since the ILO has been in Burma, the ILO and Burmese Government conducted joint investigations into four forced labor cases. ILO Liaison officer Steve Marshall, accompanied by Ministry of Labor officials, traveled to Southern Rakhine State August 27-30 to foll [...]	2007-09-07 09:57:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PREL PHUM BM

07RANGOON859	BURMESE PRIVATE SECTOR VIEWS OF THE ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary: The Charge on September 4 hosted a roundtable discussion for the IMF Article IV Consultation team with Burmese private sector business and economic observers. The Burmese roundtable participants discussed problems in the banking industry, the rampant problem of illegal border t [...]	2007-09-11 10:44:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV IMF BM
07RANGOON861	IMF PERSPECTIVES ON GOB ECONOMIC DECISIONMAKING [...] (C) Summary. The IMF team, during its Article IV consultations August 22-September 24, observed that all economic decisions, including the August 15 fuel price hike, are made at the top, with some input from the Ministries. The GOB ministries are highly compartmentalized, and economic recomm [...]	2007-09-11 11:28:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV IMF BM
07RANGOON89	REGIME STRONGARMS BURMESE SUGARCANE FARMERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Authorities from Aunglan Township, Magway Division, ordered local sugarcane farmers to sell their crops to government sugar mills at less than one-third the market price. When farmers opted to sell their cane to local cottage industries that produce brown sugar using traditional [...]	2007-01-24 10:46:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
07RANGOON897	GOB DEFENDS PUNISHMENT OF SIX LABOR ACTIVISTS [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with ILO Liaison Officer Steve Marshall, the Minister of Labor defended the September 7 conviction of six labor activists for their affiliation with a May 1 labor workshop at the American Center. He denounced claims that the six were being punished for filing forc [...]	2007-09-18 09:28:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON9	REQUEST FOR ADVISORY OPINION ON REFUGEE INQUIRY [...] (U) On 29 December 2006, Post received an e-mail forwarded by AskCA@state.gov, requesting the inquirer to contact the U.S. Embassy or nearest consulate for information and assistance. The original 19 December 2006 e-mail from Journalist.sss@gmail.com reads as follows: Begin text. Dear Si [...]	2007-01-03 11:01:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PREF BM
07RANGOON900	MONKS MARCH AGAIN IN BURMA [...] (C) Summary. On September 18, large groups of monks staged peaceful processions in Rangoon and at least three other cities in Mandalay Division and Rakhine State. We received no reports of violence and are seeking to confirm information authorities in Rangoon arrested ten monks affiliated w [...]	2007-09-18 12:20:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON904	ILO DISCUSSES GOB ACTION ON FORCED LABOR [...] (C) Summary. Since the February signing of the GOB-ILO Forced Labor Mechanism Agreement, the Burmese Government has investigated 10 cases of forced labor involving the military, resolving five of them. According to the ILO, the GOB resolved the cases involving children first, but has yet to [...]	2007-09-19 08:07:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON906	BURMA WATCHES AS MONKS CONTINUE PROCESSIONS [...] (C) Summary. Since September 16, we have confirmed at least ten processions by monks in five separate states and divisions in Burma. On September 19, monks led processions in Rangoon and Mandalay. Embassy sources reported that the day before, police in Sittwe used tear gas to disperse a mar [...]	2007-09-19 09:53:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON910	BURMA: PROTESTS GATHER MOMENTUM [...] (C) Summary. On September 24, Embassy officers observed several demonstrations in Rangoon, the largest of which numbered well into the thousands and consisted of both monks and civilians. In a significant change, the demonstrations have taken on an overt political tone in the past few days w [...]	2007-09-25 10:44:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON911	BURMA: PROTESTS GROW INCREASINGLY POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 25, several thousand monks and civilians again marched unimpeded through Rangoon for over four hours. Embassy observers reported these protests have now taken on a clearly political tone. Several other smaller protests reportedly occurred in other parts of the co [...]	2007-09-25 11:38:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON913	REGIME CRACKS DOWN BUT PROTESTS CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary. On September 26, the regime began to crack down on protestors in Rangoon. The government announced a dusk to dawn curfew would begin at 1745 tonight. At least 500 monks and 2,000 civilians defiantly continued their demonstrations on September 26, despite a significant and visi [...]	2007-09-27 01:19:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON924	GOB TRIES TO DEFEND ITS ACTIONS AGAINST PROTESTORS [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister U Maung Myint on September 27 relayed to the diplomatic corps the GOB's version of "real" political situation. He argued that the 88 Generation Students, the NLD, and the U.S. Government were behind the marches, forcing monks to protest and that the gov [...]	2007-09-27 11:11:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON926	CRACKDOWN RESULTS IN CASUALTIES [...] (C) Summary. The regime resorted to violence against peaceful protests for a second day of the regime's crackdown. Embassy officers observed security forces shooting into crowds, using tear gas to disperse crowds, and beating defiant protesters. We have received reports of numerous injuries [...]	2007-09-27 11:59:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON93	BURMA: RELEASED PRO-DEMOCRACY LEADERS STRATEGIZE [...] (C) Summary: Recently released leaders of the 88 Generation Students, Min Ko Naing and Ko Ko Gyi, appreciate the United States' efforts to pass a UNSC resolution on Burma and emphasize their group is not discouraged by China's and Russia's vetoes. They believe the regime is gearing up for a [...]	2007-01-26 10:53:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM
07RANGOON941	BURMA PROTESTS SUBSIDE BUT BECOME MORE VIOLENT [...] (C) Summary. Clashes between security forces and small groups of demonstrators continued in downtown Rangoon on September 28. Today's demonstrations were significantly smaller and less organized than in the past. For the first time since August 17, we did not observe any monks participatin [...]	2007-09-28 11:13:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON948	BURMA: A REVOLUTION PAUSES - ANGER SEETHES [...] (SBU) Summary: The appearance of normalcy returned to Rangoon today. Many barricades have been removed from downtown intersections, monasteries, and the Shwe Dagon Pagoda. Military and police are stationed throughout the city, although in fewer numbers. UN Special Envoy Gambari was whis [...]	2007-10-01 11:29:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON949	PROTESTS AFFECT BANKING AND DEMAND FOR DOLLARS [...] (C) Summary. The kyat has depreciated 7.3 percent against the dollar since August 15, due to the unexplained fuel price hike, subsequent rise in commodity prices, and ongoing political turmoil. The number of money changers in Rangoon has decreased, and those left prefer to change and hold [...]	2007-10-01 11:29:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EFIN PREL BM
07RANGOON970	BURMESE GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO BLOCK INTERNET [...] (C) Summary. The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications and Myanmar Teleport, Burma's two internet service providers (ISPs),continue to block access to the internet, following a September 27 government order to cut service. Myanmar Teleport subscribers can still send email to other local [...]	2007-10-03 11:00:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECPS PGOV BM
07RANGOON971	BURMA: UN SILENT ON GAMBARI VISIT [...] (C) Summary: UN Resident Coordinator Charles Petrie declined to give us a readout on Gambari's meetings until after Gambari briefs UNSYG Ban Ki Moon and the UN Security Council, although we learned he provided a quiet readout to the French and UK Ambassadors yesterday evening. Nightly raids [...]	2007-10-03 11:23:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON972	BURMA: REGIME ACTIONS HARDEN JAPANESE, FRENCH, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Journalists and diplomats in Rangoon are scrambling to get read-outs on Gambari's September 30-October 2 visit to Burma, but the senior UN official in Burma will not offer many insights (septel). The Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister could not meet with many senior officials duri [...]	2007-10-03 11:40:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM JA FR GM BM
07RANGOON974	IGNORING POLITICS, INDIA AND BURMA SIGN ENERGY [...] (C) Summary. Indian Minister of Petroleum Murli Deora, accompanied by GOI-owned Oil and Natural Gas Company Videsh Ltd. (OVL) Managing Director R.S. Butola, visited Burma September 23-25 to discuss new opportunities for oil and gas investment. On September 24, OVL signed a petroleum sharing [...]	2007-10-04 07:19:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV EPET BM
07RANGOON977	RAIDS AND ARRESTS CONTINUE IN BURMA [...] (C) Summary: The Charge d'Affaires has been summoned to Nay Pyi Taw to meet with the Deputy Foreign Minister for a one-on-one meeting about the situation; we learned that the Chinese and Russian Ambassadors had been invited for similar meetings today. Nightly arrests and raids on monasteries [...]	2007-10-04 11:29:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON982	BURMA: U.S. URGED TO SUPPORT OFFER TO AUNG SAN SUU [...] (C) Summary: A contact close to Burma's military leadership urged the U.S. to support Than Shwe's offer to begin a dialogue with Aung San Suu Kyi and urged the U.S. or UN to seek a meeting with her soon. He recommended Aung San Suu Kyi consult with prominent members of Burmese society other [...]	2007-10-05 12:23:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON984	BURMA: CALM APPEARANCE MASKS ONGOING ABUSES [...] (C) Summary. Raids and arrests continued in Burma despite the appearance of normalcy in the streets. Authorities publicly claimed to have detained 2,093 persons since September 25. Separately the Deputy Foreign Minister told Charge 2,787 people had been released and only 1,034 remain. The N [...]	2007-10-05 12:23:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON985	BURMA: UN FINALLY TALKS TO US ABOUT GAMBARI'S VISIT [...] (C) Summary: UN Resident Coordinator told us today Gambari's schedule had undergone intense negotiation during his three day stay in Burma. The regime eventually relented to grant Gambari meetings with Aung San Suu Kyi and Senior General Than Shwe. While in Lashio, Gambari dropped by a ral [...]	2007-10-05 12:40:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON986	BURMESE EFFORTS TO GAIN U.S. UNDERSTANDING [...] (C) Summary: Charge received word from the Foreign Ministry of a possible attack on the U.S. Embassy, which she dismissed as ludicrous, and advice that Embassy officers stay away from demonstrations, which she rejected on the grounds that we needed accurate information about what was going on [...]	2007-10-05 15:05:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM
07RANGOON996	BURMA: REGIME APPOINTS LIAISON TO AUNG SAN SUU KYI [...] (C) Summary: In a sign the regime is serious about engaging in dialogue with Aung San Suu Kyi, the GOB appointed Deputy Minister of Labor Aung Kyi as liaison between Aung San Suu Kyi and Senior General Than Shwe. Aung Kyi has been a key interlocutor during past negotiations with the ILO and [...]	2007-10-09 10:53:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RECIFE37	SETBACK TO ANTI-PIRACY EFFORT IN BRAZIL'S NORTHEAST [...] (C) Summary: The lawyer leading the fight for intellectual property rights (IPR) in the Northeast, Monica Lustosa, (PROTECT NO FORN) told consular officers that due to concern for her personal safety she will no longer publicly demand enforcement of anti-piracy laws. She was shaken to learn th [...]	2007-05-10 13:13:00	Consulate Recife	CONFIDENTIAL	KIPR ETRD ECON PGOV BR
07REYKJAVIK158	ICELAND: HAARDE REMAINS PM IN NEW COALITION, SOCIAL [...] (C) Summary: Iceland's new government coalition of the Independence Party (IP) and the Social Democratic Alliance (SDA) announced their ministers and policy statement on May 22-23. Geir Haarde will stay on as Prime Minister, while SDA leader Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir will become Iceland's [...]	2007-05-23 17:31:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PINR IC
07REYKJAVIK166	ICELAND SHARES U.S. CONCERN ON CFE EXTRAORDINARY CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-06 17:25:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO KCFE PARM PREL IC
07REYKJAVIK192	Icelandic PM, FM Host U/S Burns for First Bilat "Security [...] (C) SUMMARY: Under Secretary Burns' visit to Iceland on June 14 reiterated the U.S. commitment to Iceland's security and laid the groundwork for new areas of cooperation, particularly in energy security and scientific research. New Foreign Minister Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir carried hersel [...]	2007-07-03 08:02:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO SENV ENRG IC
07REYKJAVIK233	ICELAND SCENESETTER FOR EXERCISE NORTHERN VIKING 07 AND [...] (C) Your visit and NORTHERN VIKING 07 come as Iceland's government gets back to work after summer vacation, with a new governing coalition for the first time in 12 years. The parliamentary election on May 12 strengthened Prime Minister Geir Haarde's mandate to govern. The new Foreign Ministe [...]	2007-08-09 16:14:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL MARR PGOV IC
07REYKJAVIK247	ICELAND: EXERCISE NORTHERN VIKING, [...] (C) Summary: Exercise NORTHERN VIKING 2007, held August 14-15, was the first defense exercise conducted under our commitments set out in the bilateral Joint Understanding of October 2006. The successful exercise brought new positive attention to the U.S. defense commitment to Iceland as [...]	2007-08-27 17:38:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL MARR PGOV RU IC
07REYKJAVIK248	ICELAND: TIMELINE ON ADAPTED CFE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-29 08:39:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO KCFE PARM PREL IC
07REYKJAVIK298	ICELAND PRESENTS ITS VISION FOR NATO AIR POLICING [...] (C) Summary: In advance of the November Force Generation Conference, the Icelandic Defense Department briefed resident NATO ambassadors October 12 on Iceland's air policing wishlist: quarterly Allied deployments featuring planes on the ground at Keflavik for up to three weeks at a time. As i [...]	2007-10-16 16:46:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS NATO PREL MARR PGOV IC
07REYKJAVIK313	Icelandic MFA "confirms" CIA detainee flights through [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iceland's Minister for Foreign Affairs told the press on October 27 that an internal ministry review had confirmed that aircraft linked to CIA rendition operations had transited Iceland on a number of occasions since 2001, including as recently as July 2007. The Minister noted t [...]	2007-10-30 17:38:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PHUM NATO KPAO IC
07REYKJAVIK80	ICELAND APPROVES OF AHTISAARI'S WORK ON KOSOVO [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-26 17:25:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI IC
07REYKJAVIK81	ICELAND DISAPPROVES OF PRISONER EXCHANGES [...] (C) Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Valgerdur Sverrisdottir and advisor Jorundur Valtysson on March 26 and conveyed reftel message, noting the presence of Icelandic government employees in Afghanistan. Valtysson stated the Icelanders shared our views and they did not support prisoner exch [...]	2007-03-26 17:25:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PTER AF IT IC
07REYKJAVIK82	ICELAND NON-COMMITTAL ON RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (C) On March 26 Ambassador discussed resettlement of Guantanamo detainees in a meeting with Foreign Minister Valgerdur Sverrisdottir and MFA advisor Jorundur Valtysson. Sverrisdottir said she would welcome the eventual closing of the detention facility but her government would need to study clo [...]	2007-03-26 17:30:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC IC
07REYKJAVIK92	ICELAND UNABLE TO TAKE GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-02 10:03:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC IC
07REYKJAVIK93	ICELAND STRONGLY SUPPORTS AHTISAARI'S PROPOSAL ON KOSOVO [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-02 10:05:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI IC
07RIGA102	LATVIAN VIEWS ON FEB 12-13 GAERC [...] (C) Pol/Econ Off delivered points in reftel to Veronika Erte, MFA A/S-level official responsible for EU affairs, on February 7. Latvia's GAERC positions had already been set, but Erte welcomed the US points. Latvian positions are very close to US views on the issues discussed. Kosovo and S [...]	2007-02-09 14:56:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EUN LG
07RIGA106	LATVIA: UNSCR 1737 POINTS ON FREEZING ASSETS OF [...] (C) PolEconOff delivered reftel nonpaper February 13 to Liga Rozeniece, Head of International Organizations Division at the MFA. Rozeniece responded that Latvia has no significant economic ties with Iran. She added that she will forward the nonpaper to other interested GOL officials, includi [...]	2007-02-13 11:22:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KNNP EFIN ETTC IR LG
07RIGA110	RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR: RELATIONS WITH LATVIA GOOD, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 14 meeting, Ambassador Bailey and Russian Ambassador Kalyuzhny discussed the possibility of inclusion of non-citizens in the Visa Waiver Program; Kalyuzhny's view that there was a potential for significant transit cargo growth at the Freeport of Riga if the Latvians [...]	2007-02-15 11:42:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON CVIS ETRD PINR RS LG
07RIGA140	LATVIA RESPONDS TO ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS OF [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel talking points to Rudolfs Bremanis, Latvian Foreign Ministry US Desk Officer, and Agnese Vilde of the International Operations and Crisis Management Division Security Policy Department. Vilde said that there should be no problem with Latvia freezing any and all a [...]	2007-02-23 15:49:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP KN PARM LG
07RIGA143	LATVIA SEES NO PROBLEMS WITH BOSNIA AND SLOVENIA [...] (C) Latvian political director Klava told Pol/econ chief February 23 that he foresaw no difficulties in Latvian supporting Bosnia and Slovenia for the Eastern European seats on the Human Rights Committee. Latvia certainly would not support Belarus, he said, and he agreed that Bosnia raised fe [...]	2007-02-27 07:31:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC LG
07RIGA144	LATVIA ISSUES STRONG STATEMENT ON MISSILE DEFENSE, [...] (C) Pol/econ chief delivered reftel points on missile defense to Latvian Political Director Ilgavrs Klava February 23. As Latvian FM Pabriks had just received a call from his Lithuanian counterpart on this issue, Klava was grateful for our points. He said Latvia would look to issue a stateme [...]	2007-02-27 07:33:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MARR PREL RS EUN LG
07RIGA165	LATVIAN PLANS ON IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Recent decisions by the UK and Denmark to draw down their troops in Iraq, and suggestions that Lithuania may do the same, have had little impact in Latvia. The GOL continues with its plan, developed last fall and extensively briefed to partners, to make the current rotation of com [...]	2007-03-06 12:05:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL EAID NATO IZ AF LG
07RIGA166	LATVIA: DEVALUATION UNLIKELY BUT INVESTORS NERVOUS [...] (U) Summary. Three weeks of debate on whether Latvia will need to devalue its currency has left investors nervous. While key players agree that the risk of devaluation remains remote, they also agree that serious concerns exist regarding Latvia's macroeconomic situation. Talk of devaluation a [...]	2007-03-06 12:09:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV LG
07RIGA167	LATVIA TO CONSIDER REQUEST TO JOIN GLOBAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-06 12:41:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL LG
07RIGA192	LATVIAN PRESIDENT DELAYS IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] (C) Summary: President Vike-Freiberga invoked a heretofore never used constitutional provision to delay for two months controversial amendments to the laws on the oversight of Latvia's security services. She said it was clear that the government had unduly rushed the legislation adding that a [...]	2007-03-12 12:45:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR ASEC PGOV KCRM PREL NATO LG
07RIGA200	SHOW ME THE MONEY - LATVIA TACKLES CASH COURIERS [...] (U) Summary: Per reftel, PolOff delivered background notes on Cash Couriers to Viesturs Burkans, head of Latvia's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) and Agnese Vilde of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Legal Department. In response, Vilde and Burkans outlined the key provision of Latvia's new [...]	2007-03-15 15:17:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM SNAR LG
07RIGA208	LATVIA GENERALLY SYMPATHETIC TO US VIEWS ON [...] (C) PolEconOff delivered reftels A and B points March 19 to Liga Rozeniece, Head of International Organizations Division at the MFA. Rozeniece responded that the GOL is aware of the situation in Zimbabwe and that the Latvian delegation in Geneva will discuss the issue today. Rozeniece stated [...]	2007-03-20 09:03:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	UNHCR PHUM PREL ZI EUN LG
07RIGA215	LATVIA CONSIDERS RESOLUTION ON EXTENSION OF THE [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-22 14:52:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNHRC PHUM LG
07RIGA227	LATVIA SUPPORTS UN KOSOVO PROPOSALS [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-27 14:58:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI EU LG
07RIGA228	LATVIA: IMPORTANCE OF SWIFT IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-27 14:59:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP IR PARM EFIN KTFN ETTC LG
07RIGA229	LATVIA: INFORMATION REGARDING UNSCR 1747 AND [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-27 15:00:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP EFIN IR IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY OARC UNSC LG
07RIGA262	REQUEST TO RESETTLE PROTECTED MIGRANTS FROM GITMO: [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-11 12:54:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF SMIG LG
07RIGA290	SCENESETTER FOR LATVIAN PRESIDENT VIKE-FREIBERGA'S [...] (C) Summary: Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga will make her final official visit to Washington the week of April 30. In her eight years in office she has been a leader in securing democratic values in Latvia and bringing it into the EU and NATO, and a force in supporting others who wish [...]	2007-04-23 15:19:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CVIS MOPS LG
07RIGA295	LATVIAN WILLINGNESS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE NEW WAY [...] (C) The Latvians remain committed to the mission in Iraq and support the new way forward. However, they cannot extend their combat troops beyond their planned departure this summer but are willing to respond to our existing requests to provide headquarters, PRT, and training support. They hop [...]	2007-04-25 08:36:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL IZ LG
07RIGA300	LATVIAN PLANS FOR NPT PREPCOM [...] (C) PolEconOff delivered reftel points April 25 to Andris Pelss, Head of Nonproliferation and Arms Control Division at the MFA, and Sanita Krumina, who works in the same division. Pelss responded that the GOL's current representation in Vienna will attend the first session of the Preparatory C [...]	2007-04-26 08:24:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT LG
07RIGA345	LATVIA SUPPORTS PROPOSED ARMS TRADE TRADE TREATY [...] (C) PolEconOff delivered reftel points May 11 to Inga Marcinkevica, Head of Export Control of Strategic Goods Division at the MFA. Marcinkevica responded that, while the GOL agrees with the USG that effective export controls and universal support for such controls are needed, the GOL supports [...]	2007-05-15 08:27:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KOMC UNDC PARM LG
07RIGA349	LATVIAN GOVERNMENT STUMBLES OVER ESTONIA [...] (C) Summary: When the Latvian parliament rejected a resolution of support for Estonia on May 3, it soon became clear that the governing coalition had mishandled its response, either out of political pettiness, an effort to avoid violence here, a desire to maintain good relations with Moscow, o [...]	2007-05-15 12:06:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EN LG
07RIGA358	DAS DAVID KRAMER'S MAY 10 VISIT TO RIGA [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS David Kramer paid a one day visit to Riga, mainly focused on Moldova. In a bilateral meeting at the MFA, the Latvians reviewed their efforts to provide assistance in Moldova and their hope to find ways to provide training to mid-level Belarusian officials. MFA State Secr [...]	2007-05-16 07:42:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID BO MD RS LG
07RIGA365	CLUSTER MUNITIONS - LIMA TEXT: LATVIA OPPOSES [...] (C) PolEconOff delivered ref A points May 17 to Andris Pelss, Head of Nonproliferation and Arms Control Division at the MFA. Pelss acknowledged that he had not yet seen the draft Lima Text. However, he stated that the GOL "is not looking for a complete ban" on cluster munitions (CM),and tha [...]	2007-05-17 14:32:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS NATO PARM PREL LG
07RIGA366	LATVIA SUPPORTS UNSCR 1267 CT OBJECTIVES, WILL [...] (C) PolEconOff delivered reftel points May 16 to Liga Rozeniece, Head of International Organizations Division at the MFA. Rozeniece responded that the GOL agrees that both UNSCR 1267 and UNSCR 1735 are important and effective counter-terrorism instruments. She added that the cover sheet prov [...]	2007-05-17 14:46:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC LG
07RIGA379	MOLDOVAN PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO RIGA [...] (C) Summary: On May 18, Charge met with Latvian MFA U/S for bilateral affairs Edgars Skuja and MFA staff to discuss the recent visit of Moldovan PM Tarlev and Deputy PM Osterlap to Latvia. Skuja stated the visit was highly successful and expressed appreciation for EUR DAS Kramer's recent meeti [...]	2007-05-21 12:17:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EUN MD LG
07RIGA382	RUSSIAN DRAFT OSCE "CHARTER": LATVIA SYMPATHETIC [...] (C) PolEconOff delivered reftel points May 22 to Liga Rozeniece, Head of International Organizations Division at the MFA. Rozeniece responded that the GOL mission in Vienna is well aware of the Russian proposal for an OSCE "charter" and of Russian FM Lavrov's planned intervention at the May 23 [...]	2007-05-22 14:05:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL KTIA PGOV LG
07RIGA409	LATVIA WILL NOT PROVIDE UNAMI MIDDLE RING SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-29 15:16:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR KPKO UN IZ LG
07RIGA410	LATVIA HAS STRONG INTEREST IN ISAF OMLT [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-29 15:35:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL MARR NATO AF LG
07RIGA418	LATVIA WILLING TO SHARE IRAN EXPORT DENIAL [...] (C) PolEconOff delivered reftel non papers on (ref a) NSG open-ended seminar to discuss UNSCR 1737 and 1747 implementation, (ref b) proposal to share Iran export denial information, and (ref c) follow up Q and A points to Liga Rozeniece, Head of International Organizations Division at the MFA, [...]	2007-05-31 14:56:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC IR LG
07RIGA422	LATVIA'S FIU REPORTS HISTORIC SUCCESS FOR 2006 [...] (U) Summary: Over the past nine years, the Latvian Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has grown both in size and experience and is considered on of the most sophisticated in the region. The number of suspicious activity reports turned over to the FIU from looking forward has nearly doubled [...]	2007-06-01 13:10:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR EFIN PGOV PTER KCRM LG
07RIGA427	LATVIA STILL LOOKING AT SUDAN SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-04 15:34:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC ETRD EUN SU LG
07RIGA430	LATVIA: SCENESETTER FOR USG PARTICIPANTS AT THE [...] (U) Summary: Your visit to the June 11-13 Baltic Regional Energy Forum provides an excellent opportunity to view first hand both the challenges and opportunities that Latvia (and the other Baltic States) faces as it strives to craft an energy policy that: enhances security, ensures a stable en [...]	2007-06-05 15:23:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON LG
07RIGA432	LATVIA SUPPORTS CFE REVIEW GOALS; DOESN'T WANT TO [...] (C) A/DCM delivered ref a points and ref b background to Latvian MFA PolDir Ilgvars Klave on June 6. Klava took detailed notes throughout the conversation. Although Latvia will not participate in the review conference (it is not party to the CFE treaty),it would actively engage at the HLTF [...]	2007-06-06 14:49:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KCFE PREL NATO LG
07RIGA486	LATVIA: ACCEPTS IRANIAN DESIGNATIONS AND [...] (C) Acting Pol-Econ Chief delivered reftel demarches to Reinis Kalnins, MFA Senior Desk Officer for the Middle East and Africa Division, on June 28. Kalnins stated that the MFA would review the reftel A additions to the list of designated Iranian entities and individuals subject to E.O. 13382. [...]	2007-06-28 15:32:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP EFIN UNSC EUN IR LG
07RIGA497	LATVIA: HARD SELL FOR GOVERNMENT ANTI-INFLATION [...] (C) Summary. The government's anti-inflation plan has been received skeptically, as evidenced by the downgrading of Latvia's credit rating by Standard and Poor's in May. A research group's June recommendation that Latvia devalue its currency to help fight inflation and restore export competi [...]	2007-07-06 08:35:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV LG
07RIGA500	LATVIA NO RESPONSE ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 5TH [...] (C) PolEconOff delivered reftel points July 6 to Aiga Liepina, Director of International Organizations and Human Rights at the MFA. Liepina was unfamiliar with the exact details of the UN Human Rights Council 5th Session and reserved comment on the specific events that occurred in June. Howe [...]	2007-07-06 12:52:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EUN UNHRC LG
07RIGA507	LATVIA BACKPEDALING ON JEWISH PROPERTY RESTITUTION [...] (C/NF) Summary. We recently met with members of the Latvian Jewish Community as well as the Government of Latvia to gauge progress on Jewish property restitution legislation. Local Jewish community leaders stated that they have reached a dead end and are now turning to the international commu [...]	2007-07-10 13:04:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SOCI LG
07RIGA510	LATVIA SYMPATHETIC BUT NONCOMMITTAL TO USG POINTS [...] (C) PolEconOff delivered reftel points July 10 to Evita Cikute of the International Organizations and Human Rights Division at the MFA. Cikute stated that the GOL will take USG views into account when considering whom to support for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Director [...]	2007-07-10 14:21:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC EUN PREF PREL SMIG LG
07RIGA519	LATVIAN PROSECUTORS RECEIVE TRAINING FROM USG [...] (U)Summary: In conjunction with the Department of Justice's Overseas Prosecutorial Development and Assistance Training Division (OPDAT),US Embassy Riga conducted a three-day training program with Latvian Prosecutors and police. The training primarily focused on public corruption, financial c [...]	2007-07-12 16:14:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM EAID CJAN ECON LG
07RIGA521	AMBASSADOR BAILEY'S FIRST MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: Only three days on the job, President Zatlers received Ambassador Bailey on July 11. The new President stressed his desire to continue strong bilateral relations with the US, as Latvia's strategic partner. The Ambassador reviewed the many areas of bilateral military, political, [...]	2007-07-13 13:20:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS CVIS NATO LG
07RIGA55	LATVIAN VIEWS ON AFGHANISTAN AND KOSOVO [...] (C) Ambassador met Foreign Minister Pabriks January 18 to discuss points in reftels on Afghanistan and Kosovo. Pabriks asserted that Latvia remained committed to sending additional troops to ISAF, although the Ministry of Defense was still working on when it would be possible to get additional [...]	2007-01-22 06:54:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL NATO YI AF LG
07RIGA56	LATVIA IN 2007, KEEPING THE RELATIONSHIP STRONG [...] (C) Summary: As we begin 2007, Latvia is in a different place than last year. The NATO summit, which kept Riga on allies' lips for a year, is over and President Vike-Freiberga, who almost single-handedly put Latvia back on the world map, is leaving office in July. Yet, the US maintains impor [...]	2007-01-22 06:55:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM ECON KPAO CVIS LG
07RIGA572	LATVIA WELCOMES INFORMATION ON 123 AGREEMENT WITH [...] (C) A/DCM delivered reftel message and non-paper to Kaspars Ozolins, A/S-level official in charge of security policy at the MFA. Ozolins welcomed the information and consultation with NSG members. He said that Latvia understood India's "legitimate energy needs," but stressed that the key to [...]	2007-07-30 14:27:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP ENRG KTIA IN LG
07RIGA590	LATVIA ALSO CONCERNED WITH DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-03 14:36:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM EUN AJ LG
07RIGA591	LATVIA/RUSSIA: LAVROV TO RIGA? AND [...] (C) Summary: Russian FM Lavrov has proposed coming to Riga September 17 to exchange instruments of ratification on the Latvia-Russia border treaty. The GOL is cautiously agreeing to this, although it could lead to public protests if the constitutional court has not yet ruled on the treaty's v [...]	2007-08-03 14:46:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS RS LG
07RIGA61	HELPING LATVIA DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) Ref A requests a full court press for Allied contributions to Afghanistan in advance of the January 26 ministerial. We are concerned that providing the Latvians a laundry list of initiatives where they might help will simply overwhelm them [...]	2007-01-23 10:27:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL EAID NATO AF LG
07RIGA610	LATVIA STANDING UP FOR GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: Latvia is concerned about the missile impact in Georgia and frustrated by the weak reaction of the Portuguese presidency of the EU. While urging NATO support for Georgia through a NAC briefing and possible NAC visit to Georgia, Latvia will send a person to participate in the inte [...]	2007-08-10 12:02:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO GG LG
07RIGA611	LATVIA/AFGHANISTAN: CN PLAN AND TROUBLES WITH [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-10 12:04:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR MOPS AF LG
07RIGA627	LATVIA SUPPORTS PROPOSED IMPLEMENTATION OF PLAN TO [...] (C) On August 14, PolEconOff delivered ref A points and draft letters to Girts Krumins, Deputy Head of Strategic Goods Export Control Division at the Latvian MFA. Krumins expressed Latvian support for the overall initiative to share nuclear-related export denial information on Iran at the IAEA [...]	2007-08-21 07:32:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP IR LG
07RIGA64	(C) CLUSTER MUNITIONS: LATVIA CONSIDERS CCW BEST [...] (C) PolEconOff delivered reftel points January 23 to Andris Pelss, Head of Nonproliferation and Arms Control Division at the MFA, and Sanita Krumina, who works in the same division. Pelss responded that the GOL shares the USG's humanitarian concerns and also agrees that cluster munitions (CM) [...]	2007-01-23 13:09:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO LG
07RIGA647	LATVIA/RUSSIA: BORDER TREATY SEEMINGLY DELAYED, [...] (C) Summary: Earlier reports of a September 17 Lavrov trip to Riga to exchange instruments of ratification on the Latvian-Russian border treaty appear unlikely. Moscow has told the Latvians of challenges in the sequencing of events mean they would not be ready for action on the treaty by Sept [...]	2007-08-29 14:43:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PGOV RS LG
07RIGA648	LAVROV VISIT TO RIGA OFF FOR SEPTEMBER 17 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-30 08:21:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS RS LG
07RIGA658	LATVIA LIKLEY TO ENGAGE ON GEORGIA AT SEP. 6 PC [...] (C) Pol/econ chief spoke with MFA Pol Dir Ilgvars Klava to encourage Latvia to speak at the September 6 OSCE PC in support of the report by independent experts in which Latvia participated. Klava said that he hadn't focused on the event yet, but agreed that Latvia and other contributors to the [...]	2007-09-05 14:38:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS OSCE GG RS LG
07RIGA665	LATVIA SUPPORTS NAC VISIT TO GEORGIA [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-07 07:11:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO GG LG
07RIGA669	IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE: LATVIAN POSITION UNCLEAR, [...] (C) PolEconOff delivered reftel points September 1 to Sanita Krumina of the Nonproliferation and Arms Control Division at the MFA. Krumina responded on September 7 that the GOL was still clarifying with other EU states regarding its position on any Israel-focused agenda item at the IAEA Gener [...]	2007-09-10 06:05:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL EUN IAEA IS LG
07RIGA738	LATVIA SUPPORTIVE OF US POINTS ON BURMA [...] (C) PolEconOff delivered reftel points on Burma October 2 to Signe Jansone, the A/S level official that covers Asia at the MFA. Jansone agreed broadly with the points raised. Specifically, she stated that the GOL supports stronger sanctions against the Burmese regime and further efforts to en [...]	2007-10-02 14:36:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UN BM LG
07RIGA739	IRAN PROPOSES A VISIT TO LATVIA [...] (C) On the margins separate meeting, MFA A/S level official for bilateral affairs, Signe Jansone, told PolEconOff that the Iranian Embassy in Stockholm approached the GOL to suggest a visit to Latvia by Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Jalili for November. Jansone elaborated that the prop [...]	2007-10-02 14:46:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR LG
07RIGA779	IRAN APPEARS TO REJECT DOWNGRADED VISIT TO LATVIA [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-19 07:31:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR LG

07RIGA801	LATVIA SUPPORTS TIGHTER SANCTIONS ON BURMA [...] (C) PolEconOff delivered both sets of reftel points October 26 to Signe Jansone, the A/S level official that covers Asia at the MFA. Jansone responded that the GOL supports the U.S. initiative to tighten sanctions further against Burma. She added that Latvia has "no connection at all with Bu [...]	2007-10-26 12:43:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CVIS ETRD BM LG
07RIGA815	LATVIA TO FOLLOW EU LEAD ON CUBA ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Pol/Econ Off delivered reftel demarches on October 29 to Dace Rutka, Head of the MFA's Americas Section, and Liga Brige, MFA Cuba Desk Officer. Rutka voided defining Latvia's positions on the specifics of both cables, and would only state that the GOL would follow EU consensus in [...]	2007-10-30 15:24:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	UNGA PHUM ETRD PREL CU LG
07RIGA828	LATVIAN RESPONSE: FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE ON [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Judite Dobele, the GOL MFA's Head of Middle East and Africa Division, Viesturs Burkans, the GOL Prosecutor General's office Head of the Financial Investigation Unit, and Janis Brazovskis, the GOL Head of Financial Integrity Division in the Financial and [...]	2007-11-06 07:05:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC ECON LG
07RIGA831	LATVIA AND RUSSIA TO DELAY EXCHANGE OF [...] (C) Officials in both the PM's office and the MFA have confirmed what we expected - that the current political situation in Latvia has delayed the exchange of instruments of ratification for the Latvia-Russia border treaty. FM Lavrov's proposed visit for November 14 or 15 is off as there is c [...]	2007-11-07 07:19:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS RS LG
07RIGA833	LATVIA WILL NOT ATTEND CD MINISTERIAL IN BAMAKO, [...] (C) Pol-Econ Off delivered reftel demarche on November 7, to Sarmite Danne, First Secretary in the MFA's International Organizations Division. Danne stated that Latvia will not be sending a delegation to the November 14-17 Community of Democracies Ministerial in Bamako, Mali, due to lack of MF [...]	2007-11-07 15:40:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA LG
07RIGA849	LATVIA SUPPORTS FURTHER SANCTIONS ON BURMA [...] (C) PolEconOff delivered reftel points November 13 to Signe Jansone, the A/S level official that covers Asia at the MFA. Jansone responded that the GOL continues to deplore the lack of human rights in Burma: "the people have no basic human rights or education." She noted that the EU has been [...]	2007-11-14 10:28:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EFIN ETRD BM LG
07RIGA850	LATVIA: DAS GARBER DISCUSSES VISA WAIVER, CFE, AND [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS Judith Garber visited Riga on November 7 and 8 for meetings with GOL officials at the MFA and DOD. All MFA officials stressed the Visa Waiver program as priority number one in the bilateral relationship. The Latvian MOD expressed strong support for U.S. efforts to negoti [...]	2007-11-14 10:28:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CVIS MARR LG
07RIGA86	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SPEAKER EMSIS [...] (C) Summary: Saeima speaker Indulis Emsis was optimistic that legislation authorizing the government to sign the border treaty with Russia would pass on February 1, but was skeptical that nationalist party Fatherland and Freedom could remain in the coalition after its opposition to this legisl [...]	2007-01-31 14:59:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS PHUM RS LG
07RIGA865	A/S FRIED'S VISIT TO RIGA [...] (C) Summary: CFE and domestic political developments were key topics in the visit of EUR A/S Dan Fried to Riga October 25 - 26. The Latvians warmly welcomed his assurance that on CFE the USG would pursue a policy of "nothing about you without you" in talking with Moscow and that any consultat [...]	2007-11-21 12:36:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO RS LG
07RIGA869	LATVIA TO SUPPORT GMO ZERO-TOLERANCE POLICY AT [...] (C) Pol/Econ Off delivered reftel demarche on November 21 to Dace Freimane, Deputy Director of the Agriculture Ministry's EU Affairs Division. Freimane said that her office was currently preparing notes for Agriculture Minister Roze regarding the November 26 meeting. She stated that while sh [...]	2007-11-21 16:14:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ETRD EUN TBIO LG
07RIGA872	LAVROV VISIT DEC. 18? KALVITIS TO STAY UNTIL DEC. [...] (C) Summary: Russian FM Lavrov will likely visit Latvia December 18 to exchange instruments of ratification on the Latvian-Russian border treaty. As a result of this and other events, it seems likely that PM Kalvitis will resign as planned on December 5 but stay in caretaker mode through Dece [...]	2007-11-23 13:39:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS EUN RS LG
07RIGA873	E-PINE POLITICAL DIRECTORS, MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. The fall meeting of the e-PINE Political Directors was held October 26 in Riga, Latvia. Political Directors from seven Nordic and Baltic nations met with EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried to compare notes on the countries that make up e-PINE,s core focus: Georgia, Moldova, B [...]	2007-11-23 13:41:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG RS GG MD BO BK LG
07RIGA877	LATVIA ON MADRID: NERVOUS ON CFE [...] (C) Summary: Latvia is wary of the Spanish/German effort on CFE in Madrid and greatly appreciates the US support for core principals in this area. Latvia will make a strong statement of support for ODIHR and election observation. They support the closure of the OSCE mission in Croatia and sup [...]	2007-11-27 16:14:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCFE OSCE LG
07RIGA906	THE APPEARANCE OF BOLD ACTION, LOOKING FOR A [...] (C) Summary: The process of forming the next Latvian government took a not entirely unexpected turn on December 12 when President Zatlers decided to consult with potential candidates for Prime Minister from outside the party structure. Although Zatlers seems interested in doing something unex [...]	2007-12-12 15:48:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV LG
07RIGA908	LATVIA REMAINS ON BOARD REGARDING KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary: Latvia remains fully on board with a way forward on Kosovo based on the Ahtisaari plan. It has no problem with deploying the planned ESDP mission, although budget constraints may limit its participation. When the time comes, Latvia is prepared to recognize an independent Kosovo, [...]	2007-12-13 09:44:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS EUN YI LG
07RIYADH1006	DOW AND SAUDI ARAMCO SIGN MOU FOR $20 BILLION [...] (C) On May 12, US firm Dow Chemical's CEO Andrew Liveris and Saudi Aramco's President and CEO Abdullah Jum'ah signed a detailed Memorandum of Understanding for a major petrochemical facility, the "Ras Tanura Integrated Project" (RTIP),the cost of which will likely reach more than $20 billio [...]	2007-05-14 18:01:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EIND SA
07RIYADH1018	NO DECISION YET: HRC ELECTIONS REFTEL DEMARCHES [...] (C) Reftel demarches were delivered by Ambassador Fraker to Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal on May 12 and on the working level by PolOff to First Secretary Abdulrahman al-Rassi on May 13. Additionally, a non-paper was delivered via dip note on May 7. Prince Saud told the Ambassador th [...]	2007-05-15 14:30:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM UNHRC SA
07RIYADH1036	POLISH FOREIGN MINISTER SUPPORTS IRAQI EFFORTS BUT [...] (C) Polish Foreign Minister Anna Fotyga met with the Saud Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Nizar Madani, Shoura Council Chairman Dr. Saleh bin Humaid, Deputy Minister of Oil Prince Abdul Aziz bin Salman, and Deputy Minister of Commerce Abdullah al Hammoudi during her May 9 visit to R [...]	2007-05-19 04:34:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN ETRD SA
07RIYADH1047	AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON RIYADH PROVINCIAL [...] (C) Riyadh Provincial Governor HRH Prince Salman bin Abdul Aziz emphasized the importance of U.S.-Saudi Arabia ties during Ambassador's courtesy call on May 16. The Prince stated that Saudi Arabia has no issues with nor is it a burden to the United States and discussed the important role tha [...]	2007-05-20 05:02:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR CVIS SA
07RIYADH1062	NEW H5N1 DISCOVERED IN PREVIOUSLY UNINFECTED AREA [...] (C) Summary: Two highly pathogenic H5N1 cases were discovered in Hail during a recent joint FAO-USDA rapid deployment mission to Saudi Arabia. While Saudi officials claim to have conducted bird culls within a 5 kilometer radius of the infected farm, the Ministry of Agriculture failed to prov [...]	2007-05-21 04:36:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	AMED EPET IO PGOV PTER SA
07RIYADH1074	EDUCATION REFORM: WILL KING ABDULLAH'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: King Abdullah announced on February 13 a six-year, SR 9 billion (USD 2.4 billion) project for the Development of Public Education, followed by an April 17 announcement of a general infrastructure project that allocates a total of SR 21.9 billion (USD 5.84 billion) for general and [...]	2007-05-21 15:29:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SA
07RIYADH1133	RELIGIOUS POLICE DETAINED FOR ALLEGED MURDER OF [...] (U) The Saudi press reported on May 27 that the religious police allegedly beat to death on May 23 a 28-year old Saudi, Sulaiman or Salman Al-Huraisi, who was detained for the possession/sale of alcohol. After various conflicting and incomplete media reports, the Riyadh Governorate subseque [...]	2007-05-29 14:54:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KISL SOCI CASC KJUS SA
07RIYADH1375	KING ABDULLAH'S 2007 EUROPEAN TOUR - PART 1 [...] (U) King Abdullah kicked off a week-long series of state visits to both European and Arab nations on June 18. The King has already visited Spain, France, and Poland, and will next visit the Kingdom of Jordan before concluding his tour at Sharm al-Sheikh in Egypt, where he will meet with Egypti [...]	2007-06-26 12:55:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR PREL PGOV SA
07RIYADH1412	GROWING PAINS: IMPROVEMENTS IN SAUDI MEDIA [...] (C) In the past five years, there have been significant and positive changes in the Saudi media thanks to King Abudullah, gains by moderates in the SAG, and subsequent ministry restructuring. There are more moderate commentary in the press, more reporting done on previously taboo subjects, [...]	2007-07-02 13:24:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM ECPS SOCI SCUL SA
07RIYADH1437	SAUDI AND EGYPTIAN LEADERS CALL FOR DIALOGUE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: King Abdullah discussed Lebanon, Palestinian issues, Iran, Iraq, and bilateral relations with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak during their June 26 meeting in Sharm al-Sheikh. The meeting immediately followed the quadripartite meeting on the West Bank and Gaza situation also hel [...]	2007-07-07 14:35:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SA
07RIYADH1452	REQUEST FOR IDENTIFIER AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION [...] (C) On July 3, PolMilOff delivered reftel nonpaper to Dr Adel Babsil of the MFA,s International Organizations Department. After the details of nonpaper were explained, Dr. Babsil said that it would take a couple of months before any type of response could be provided due to the large number of [...]	2007-07-08 14:32:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP EFIN PARM
07RIYADH1454	GCC MINISTERIALS -- MORE OF THE SAME ON IRAQ, [...] (C) Summary: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) ministers of defense, foreign affairs, and national security met on July 3 in Riyadh. This second extraordinary meeting of the GCC ministers focused primarily on Iraq, and was followed on July 4 by a meeting of the GCC foreign ministers. The m [...]	2007-07-08 15:03:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SA
07RIYADH1475	NOPEC WORRIES US, ARAMCO LAWSUITS WORRY US MORE [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph six. --------- SUMMARY --------- 2. (C) In a July 8 meeting, HRH Deputy Minister of Petroleum (MinPet) Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud indicated his concern with pending NOPEC legislation, but frankly told Embassy offi [...]	2007-07-10 15:00:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV IR SA
07RIYADH1519	AMBASSADOR FRAKER MEETS PRINCE ABDULAZIZ ON NOPEC, [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph six. --------- SUMMARY --------- 2. (C) In a July 16 meeting with Ambassador Fraker, HRH Deputy Minister of Petroleum (MinPet) Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud continued to underscore his concern with on-going lawsuits [...]	2007-07-18 09:40:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG EPET VE SA
07RIYADH1525	MOVING FORWARD ON THE JOINT WORKING GROUP: [...] This is an action request. S/CT, DS/ATA, and DOE/OE please see paragraphs 3 4, and 5. 2. (C) In a July 17 meeting with Ministry of Interior (MOI) Joint Working Group (JWG) Co-Chair Dr. Saud al-Semari and MOI Industrial Security Director Khalid al-Ageel, the U.S. JWG Co-Chair/Economic Co [...]	2007-07-18 12:28:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PTER ASEC SA
07RIYADH1528	DESPITE PUBLIC OUTCRY, MUTAWWA'IN REMAIN ROOTED IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In recent weeks, there has been unprecedented media coverage of three legal cases involving the mutawwa'in or religious police working for the Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (CPVPV). Two cases allege that CPVPV members, including non-field staff, [...]	2007-07-18 13:27:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KISL SA
07RIYADH1529	SAUDI ARABIA SUPPORTS PRESIDENT BUSH'S INITIATIVE, CALLING [...] (U) The Saudi Press Agency (SPA) issued an official statement on July 17 welcoming President Bush's initiative, announced on July 16, to resolve the Israeli/Palestinian crisis. The statement specifically supported the President's call to "end occupation, establish an independent and contiguo [...]	2007-07-18 13:38:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SA
07RIYADH1624	CHEVRON UPDATE ON CONCESSION EXTENSION, KUWAIT [...] (C) In a July 31 meeting, Arabian Chevron Business Manager Mohammed Ayaz updated Embassy officers regarding on-going negotiations between Chevron and the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources (MinPet) for the renewal of the firm's concession in the partitioned neutral zone (PNZ) share [...]	2007-08-01 16:00:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV ECON SA
07RIYADH1659	MAJLIS EAGER TO ENGAGE WITH CONGRESS; REQUESTS [...] (C) PolCouns met with Majlis Al-Shura (Consultative Council) member Dr. Bandar bin Mohammed Al-Aiban recently to discuss the possible participation of Majlis members in the new International Visitor Leadership Program for Saudi regulatory body members, including the Capital Market Authority, C [...]	2007-08-08 10:31:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO SA
07RIYADH1691	SAUDI PRINCE BANDAR TRAVELS TO MOSCOW TO DISCUSS [...] (C) Saudi National Security Advisor Prince Bandar bin Sultan traveled to Moscow on July 31-- the same day that U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Defense SIPDIS Robert Gates were in Jeddah meeting with top SAG officials. According to Saudi and international press repo [...]	2007-08-12 11:50:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR RS SA
07RIYADH1699	SAUDI MISSION TO OPEN EMBASSY IN BAGHDAD, NOT JUST [...] (C) Following Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal's August 7 announcement regarding the SAG's intention to send a delegation to Baghdad this week to look into reopening its Embassy in the Iraqi capital, Norwegian Charge d'Affaires Paal Bjornestad told Poloff that the Saudi Head of th [...]	2007-08-13 08:31:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IZ SA
07RIYADH1710	SAUDI DELEGATION TO BAGHDAD REQUESTS LOGISTICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: A/DCM and EmbOffs met on August 13 with Prince Mohammed bin Faisal bin Turki al-Saud, head of the delegation that will travel to Baghdad to set up the Saudi mission there. The Prince, who said the Saudis are sending this delegation to Baghdad to fulfill the King's commitment to [...]	2007-08-14 15:49:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IZ SA
07RIYADH1743	SAG SUPPORT TO SOMALI NATIONAL RECONCILIATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal reportedly pledged approximately USD 30 million towards the Somali National Reconciliation Conference and offered to host a final peace agreement signing ceremony in the Kingdom during his July meeting with Somali Transitional Federal Governm [...]	2007-08-19 14:24:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SOCI SO SA
07RIYADH1767	U.S. COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Members and staff of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) met with representatives of Saudi Arabia,s Human Rights Commission (HRC) and the National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) during their May 27-June 5, 2007 visit to the Kingdom. HRC President Tur [...]	2007-08-25 10:49:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR KIRF KISL SA
07RIYADH1787	MAY 27 - JUNE 5, 2007 VISIT BY U.S. COMMISSION ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Members and staff of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) visited the Kingdom from May 27 to June 5, 2007, traveling to Jeddah (Ref A),Dhahran, and Riyadh. Describing itself as independent -- but part of the USG, the Commission met with SAG ministries [...]	2007-08-26 13:52:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF KISL PGOV PINR PTER SA
07RIYADH1821	SAUDI SHI'A CELEBRATIONS A SUCCESS IN THE EP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two Consulate staff members traveled to the Saudi Shi'a stronghold of Qateef to observe local celebrations of the birthday of Imam Muhammad al-Mahdi, the twelfth or so-called "hidden Imam." (NOTE: Virtually all Saudi Shi'a in the Eastern Province are so called "Twelvers." END NO [...]	2007-08-29 12:43:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PA PGOV PREL SA
07RIYADH1822	SAUDI EDITION AL-HAYAT CROSSES THE LINE, GETS [...] (C) Summary: According to KSA's most influential newspaper editor, Turki Al-Sudairi, Al-Hayat has been shut down for three days for implying a connection between respected religious scholars and a Saudi university, and Al-Qaeda Iraq in a Monday, August 27 article. While an unusual shut-down [...]	2007-08-29 15:36:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPAO PGOV PHUM SA
07RIYADH1889	GCC "100 PERCENT" BEHIND PROPOSED MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) SUMMARY. Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) foreign ministers met on September 1, 2007, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for their 104th session, which was led by Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Nizar Madani. The resulting communiqu renounced terrorism, reiterated the GCC's position t [...]	2007-09-10 14:30:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ECIN PTER IZ IS SA
07RIYADH1905	KING ABDULLAH MEETS WITH PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT [...] (U) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with King Abdullah on September 11 to discuss the ongoing Palestinian crisis. According to the Saudi Press Agency, the King and President Abbas also discussed ways to reinvigorate the Middle East Peace Process. Palestinian Ambassador to Saudi Arab [...]	2007-09-13 11:56:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IS SA
07RIYADH1920	CONOCO PHILIPS INSIDER DEBUNKS MEED ON [...] (C) A respected ConocoPhillips (COP) insider and consultant has told us that press reports of the cancellation of the planned 400,000 barrel a day joint-venture Saudi Aramco/COP refinery are not true. While the project economics are indeed daunting in this era of stretched petroleum supply [...]	2007-09-16 15:01:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON SA
07RIYADH1923	IRAQI DEBT: MEETING WITH SAUDI MINISTRY OF FINANCE [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting on September 16 with the DCM, Hamad Al-Baz'y, Deputy Minister for Economic Affairs in the Ministry of Finance, conveyed a lack of urgency in reconciling the debt owed by Iraq to he Kingdom. Al-Baz'y described the three meetings in which the Saudis and the Iraqis h [...]	2007-09-17 10:18:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL IZ SA
07RIYADH1950	TOO DARN HOT: SAUDI EP BOOM REACHING LIMITS? [...] SUMMARY (C) With temperatures reaching 115 degrees, the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia is both literally and metaphorically "too darn hot." With vast investments being made in oil and petrochemical projects, post hears constant complaints of shortages of materials, qualified workers, and i [...]	2007-09-19 15:24:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET PGOV PREL SA
07RIYADH1999	REGIONAL CONOCOPHILLIPS PRESIDENT CONCURS WITH [...] (C) In a September 25 teleconference, ConocoPhillips (COP) Abu Dhabi-based Regional President Nick Spencer reiterated that press reports regarding the cancellation of the planned 400,000 barrel a day joint-venture Saudi Aramco/COP refinery were not true (ref A). Recent press reports indica [...]	2007-09-30 08:02:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON SA
07RIYADH2024	SAUDI WOMEN PETITION KING ABDULLAH FOR RIGHT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Saudi press reported that on Saudi National Day, September 23, Saudi women activists submitted a petition to King Abdullah urging him to lift the ban on women driving in the Kingdom. The Committee of Demanders of Women's Right to Drive, a component of the newly formed Socie [...]	2007-10-01 13:49:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KWMN KPAO SA
07RIYADH2034	ANOTHER "HOLY" PEACE AGREEMENT IGNORED: SOMALIS [...] (U) In one of dozens of attempts to end the sixteen-year civil war, Somali leaders signed a peace agreement on September 16 in the presence of King Abdullah and Crown Prince Sultan during the final session of the Somali reconciliation conference in Jeddah. The reconciliation conference was i [...]	2007-10-02 09:03:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO XW SO SA
07RIYADH2050	SAUDI HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS DISCUSS PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY. During her June 4 - 7, 2007 to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Erica Barks-Ruggles met with representatives of the Human Rights Commission (HRC) and National Society for Human Rights (NSHR),who conveyed tha [...]	2007-10-03 14:55:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KISL SA
07RIYADH2051	DRL DELEGATION DISCUSSES EXPANDING TIES WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Erica Barks-Ruggles visited Riyadh, Saudi Arabia June 4-7, 2007, to discuss with SAG officials opportunities for legal and legislative exchanges, as well as possible programs for technical support [...]	2007-10-03 15:06:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM ECPS SOCI SCUL SA
07RIYADH2056	NOVEMBER OPEC SUMMIT IN RIYADH [...] This is an action request. DOE/International Policy and EB/ESC please see paragraphs five and nine. -------------- Summary -------------- 2. (C) On September 30, Energy Attache and DOE Officer met with Advisor to the Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources (MinPet) and Director [...]	2007-10-07 13:06:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON SA
07RIYADH2057	SHELL ON GAS EXPLORATION AND MOTIVA EXPANSION [...] (C) In an October 1 conversation, Chairman of Shell Companies in Saudi Arabia, Robet Weener, provided updates on the status of Shell's gas exploration efforts in the Rhub al Khali (RAK) region, as well as the late September final investment decision (FID) to move ahead on the expansion of the [...]	2007-10-07 13:06:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON SA
07RIYADH2080	MORE SUPPORT FOR GRAND MUFTI'S FATWA DISCOURAGING [...] (U) SUMMARY: Commentary from the Saudi press on the October 1 sermon of Sheikh Abdul Aziz Bin Muhammed Al-Asheikh, the most senior Wahhabi cleric and the Grand Mufti of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, continues to be strongly positive. Saudi Islamic scholars and officials are voicing full suppor [...]	2007-10-10 13:02:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KISL KPAO SA
07RIYADH2085	UPDATED DEMOCRACY STRATEGY FOR SAUDI ARABIA [...] (C) Per Ref A request, this constitutes Post's updated strategy for supporting reform in Saudi Arabia. To bolster and advance reform in Saudi Arabia, we need to assist the Majlis Al-Shoura and municipal councils in efforts to expand their role to include oversight, increase independence, and [...]	2007-10-10 15:08:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KMPI AMGT KDEM ECON KPAO PREL PGOV SA
07RIYADH2096	FUROR OVER THE CASE OF SAUDI NATIONAL HOMAIDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Al-Arabiya aired a two-part investigative program in early September regarding Saudi national Homaidan al-Turki, who was sentenced by a Colorado court in August 2006 to 28 years to life for sexually assaulting his Indonesian maid (ref A). The program featured interviews with offi [...]	2007-10-12 14:12:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PGOV PINR SA
07RIYADH2159	POST DELIVERS USG GOALS FOR EXPANDED IRAQ [...] (C) Deputy Chief of Mission Michael Gfoeller delivered reftel demarche to HRH Prince Turki bin Faisal, Head of Political Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Prince Turki asked for further clarification of the support mechanism-- which was provided, then questioned whether Iraqi Prime [...]	2007-10-28 14:52:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ SA
07RIYADH2174	AMBASSADOR INVITED TO OPEC SUMMIT-RELATED EVENTS [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-30 13:33:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PREL SA
07RIYADH2176	SAG RESPONSE: ISTANBUL MINISTERIAL SIDE MEETING ON [...] (C) Acting PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Talal Berri from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on October 30. Ambassador Berri remarked that although he cannot immediately confirm the Foreign Minister's acceptance of this invitation, he is optimistic that Foreign Minister Princ [...]	2007-10-30 14:16:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE SA
07RIYADH22	FOLLOW UP ON AL MANAR AND AL AKSA TELEVISION; ARMS [...] (C) Charge' met with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ambassador Dr. Nizar Obaid Madani on January 7 to follow up on several demarches delivered during the Hajj and 'Eid holiday. Charge' asked for the SAG's support in discontinuing broadcasts of Al Manar television on Arabsat, as well as [...]	2007-01-08 11:30:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EAID PARM KPAO ASEC KPAL LE SA
07RIYADH2260	SAG SAYS STOP IRAN FROM GETTING NUCLEAR WEAPONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his late October 2007 visit to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Staffer Bradley Bowman met with MFA,s HRH Prince Turki bin Faisal, Head of the Political Affairs section on October 28. The discussion focused on Iranian nuclear issues. During the mee [...]	2007-11-13 13:38:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SA
07RIYADH228	HUMAN DEVELOPMENT WORKING GROUP VISITS KING [...] (C) SUMMARY. The U.S. delegation to the U.S. - Saudi Arabia Strategic Dialogue's Human Development Working Group (HDWG),led by Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS),Near East Affairs (NEA),Scott Carpenter, met with representatives of the King Abdulaziz Center for National Dialogue on December 4 [...]	2007-02-04 13:25:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM SA
07RIYADH2292	SAUDI NUCLEAR POWER PROPOSALS: MORE BARK THAN BITE [...] (C) In a November 13 meeting, the Ministry of Foreign Affair's (MFA) Naif Al-Sudeiry, Deputy Director of International Organizations, told us that Foreign Minister Prince Saud al Faisal's recent proposal to set up a body to provide uranium to Iran through a consortium arrangement was essent [...]	2007-11-18 22:22:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ENERG PGOV PREL SA
07RIYADH2331	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: REINFORCING AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Acting Deputy Chief of Mission delivered reftel demarche to Dr. Prince Turki Saud al-Kabeer, the Director of International Organizations and Political Affairs at the MFA. The Prince thanked the A/DCM for delivering the information, noted his enthusiasm to receive Ambassador Crocker, and [...]	2007-11-24 13:44:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SA
07RIYADH2356	THE "SAUDIZATION" OF SERMONS IN THE EP [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to conversations with worshippers at various Eastern Province mosques, the Ministry of Islamic Affairs (MOIA) began a policy of "Saudizing" the delivery of the Friday sermon during the late summer of 2007. The alleged policy allows only Saudi citizens licensed by the [...]	2007-11-27 09:16:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF KISL PGOV PREL PTER SOCI SA
07RIYADH2382	SAG DEMARCHED ON U.S.-IRAQ BILATERAL RELATIONS MOU [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Western Department Head Dr. Riyadh Krimley on December 1. Dr. Krimley said that he had heard of this agreement between the Government of Iraq and the USG in the media and was very pleased that the USG was officially sharing th [...]	2007-12-02 08:30:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL PGOV SA
07RIYADH2404	SAG MFA ANNAPOLIS OBSERVER REPORTS CONFERENCE A [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Western Department Director Dr. Riyadh Krimley, who attended the November Annapolis conference with Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal, told PolOffs during a December 1 meeting that the conference was a success in working towards peace on several i [...]	2007-12-05 09:22:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SA
07RIYADH2429	SAG ALSO ENCOURAGING RAPID LEBANESE PRESIDENTIAL [...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of Arab Department Ambassador Dr. Saleh al-Koheimi on December 8. Al-Koheimi stated that the SAG also supports the encouragement of immediate Lebanese presidential elections without condition, and he asserted that the Saudi [...]	2007-12-09 08:34:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV LE SA
07RIYADH2441	FORMER ARAMCO INSIDER SPECULATES SAUDIS WILL MISS 12.5 MBD IN 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-10 05:54:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON SA
07RIYADH2462	KING ABDULLAH MAKES THE CASE FOR LONGER US VISA [...] (C) During the Ambassador's December 7 meeting with the King, King Abdullah made a specific point of stating his hope that visa reciprocity between Saudi Arabia and the United States soon be increased from two to five years. He reiterated Saudi Arabia's willingness to move forward on this i [...]	2007-12-11 11:35:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL SA
07RIYADH2501	SAUDI GRAND MUFTI CALLS FOR TERRORISTS TO BE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Saudi Interior Ministry announced on November 28 the arrest of 208 suspected terrorists. The Saudi Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah Al-Alsheikh declared two days later during his Friday November 30 sermon (translated text attached) that deviant groups are corrupting [...]	2007-12-15 14:39:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER CVIS KISL SA
07RIYADH2517	QATEEF GIRL RECEIVES FULL ROYAL PARDON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Through media reports and Mission contacts, we are able to confirm the Qateef rape victim (reftels) referred to as "Qateef Girl" in media reports, today was granted a full royal pardon by King Abdullah. Her lawyer, Abdulrahman al-Lahem has also had his law license returned to h [...]	2007-12-17 11:51:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SA SOCI
07RIYADH2531	ISMAILI SHI'A ACTIVISTS THREATEN TO "UNLEASH HELL" [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff met with five Ismaili Shi'a activists recently to discuss the latest efforts to free Hadi al-Mutif, an Ismaili Shi'a who has been in prison for the past 15 years for uttering a profanity against the Prophet. (reftel A) Shi'a and human rights activists maintain that al-Mutif' [...]	2007-12-20 12:39:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM SA
07RIYADH2532	SAUDI REACTIONS TO THE QATEEF GIRL PARDON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Saudi Press Agency (SPA) released an official statement on December 17 that King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz had pardoned the "Qateef Girl" and her male companion. (SPA text attached) Justice Minister Abdullah Al-Alsheikh read the statement aloud during his December 17 late night [...]	2007-12-22 08:17:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI SA
07RIYADH313	ENERGY WORKING GROUP MEETS IN RIYADH, DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) Assistant Secretary of Energy for Policy and International Affairs Karen Harbert and Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman al-Saud, Assistant Minister for Petroleum Affairs, Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources (MOPMR) convened an Energy Working Group (EWG) in Riyadh on February 3. The E [...]	2007-02-14 15:04:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV SA
07RIYADH318	UNOFFICIAL SAUDI REACTION TO PUTIN VISIT: CLEARLY [...] (U) Russian President Vladimir Putin concluded on February 12 a two-day visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia -- the first ever by a Russian head of state. Described by some analysts as an "historic visit," Putin was accompanied by a delegation that included approximately 60 businessmen. The [...]	2007-02-16 13:45:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ECON EPET RU SA
07RIYADH329	DAS CARPENTER AND DAS BARKS-RUGGLES DISCUSS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Near Eastern Affairs (NEA) Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Scott Carpenter, Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles, and Department of Commerce Legal Advisor James Filpi met with the Chair and Deputy Chair of the Law and Administrative Science Departmen [...]	2007-02-18 14:55:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KISL
07RIYADH347	GWOT: BIOMETRICS AND INFORMATION EXCHANGE IN SAUDI [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-21 13:34:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS
07RIYADH368	FEMALE LAWYERS MAY SOON HAVE RIGHT TO PRACTICE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Justice Dr. Abdullah bin Mohammad bin Al-Sheikh announced at the inauguration of the third Annual Meeting of Arbitrators on January 30 that a new consultancy law allowing female lawyers to open their own legal consulting firms is under consideration. As proposed, the [...]	2007-02-24 12:40:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KISL KWMN SA
07RIYADH369	APHSCT TOWNSEND'S FEBRUARY 6 MEETING WITH SAUDI [...] (C) Summary: On February 6 in Jeddah, Saudi Finance Minister Ibrahim Al Assaf told Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Frances Fragos Townsend that the SAG would implement the Royal Decree requiring individuals carrying those funds in excess of $16,000 to decl [...]	2007-02-24 12:59:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EFIN KTFN CVIS GCC SA
07RIYADH373	U.S.-SAUDI ARABIA STRATEGIC DIALOGUE HUMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The U.S. delegation to the U.S. - Saudi Arabia Strategic Dialogue's Human Development Working Group (HDWG),led by Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS),Near East Affairs (NEA),Scott Carpenter, met with representatives of the Majlis Al Shoura on December 4, 2006. Secretary General [...]	2007-02-24 14:49:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KIRF KDEM SA
07RIYADH397	DECEMBER 2006 MEETING OF STRATEGIC DIALOGUE HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-26 10:15:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO PINR KISL KWMN SA
07RIYADH460	POTENTIAL ABUSE IN PROPOSED ORGAN DONATION LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following imminent approvals from the Saudi Organs Transplant Center (SOTC),the Prince Salman Charitable Center for Kidney Diseases, and the Medical Services Council (MSC),the SAG will implement a new organ donation regulation allowing for live donors to donate their organs to u [...]	2007-03-06 09:55:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KHUM TBIO
07RIYADH499	MINIMAL CONTROVERSY REIGNS AT RIYADH BOOK FAIR [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Culture and Information held its third annual book fair in Riyadh March 2 to March 9. Over 400 vendors had their publications available for sale, and topics included children's literature, history, fiction, and religion. The book fair had family hours each morning, aba [...]	2007-03-12 09:27:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SCUL SA
07RIYADH507	SAUDI MFA INFORMATION DIRECTOR ON ARABSAT [...] (C) Saudi MFA Director of Information Osama Ahmed Nugly told PolOff on March 10 that while the Saudis are concerned about the possible transmission via Arabsat of Al-Zawraa television, the SAG cannot unilaterally take steps to block the transmission of any licensed provider's broadcasts. Nugly [...]	2007-03-13 16:00:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAO PTER ETTC ASEC IZ SA
07RIYADH525	SAUDI PLANS FOR UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM EXPANSION [...] (U) This cable reviews Saudi plans for upstream and downstream expansion, discussed during the February US-Saudi Energy Working Group meeting in Riyadh. The Saudi presenters confirmed Saudi Aramco's plans to reach 12 million barrels per day (mbpd) production capacity by 2010-2011, including [...]	2007-03-14 16:18:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG SENV SA
07RIYADH551	SAUDI MFA OFFICIAL ON ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT, IRAQ [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director for Arab Affairs Talal Al Maliki told PolOff on March 13 that he is not convinced that the recent public statements of the Israelis that they are ready to "treat seriously" the 2002 Saudi proposed Arab Peace Initiative carry any weight. He claimed that the Israelis typ [...]	2007-03-19 15:44:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM IZ SA
07RIYADH556	VIGNETTES FROM AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO CONSERVATIVE [...] (SBU) Ambassador traveled to Qassim Province, often referred to as the heart of conservatism in Saudi Arabia, on March 6 and 7. In addition to his meeting with the Governor of Qassim Province Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz (septel),Ambassador attended a dinner meeting with the Qassim [...]	2007-03-20 09:00:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PTER SA
07RIYADH56	USG'S SUCCESSFUL TRAINING FOR SAUDI ARABIA'S [...] (U) Summary. On December 20, 2006, EconOff and FBI representative to the Terrorist Financing Operations Section (TFOS),offered a one-day seminar to the Saudi Arabian Financial Intelligence Unit (SAFIU) geared towards basic analytical and investigative techniques for terrorism finance and m [...]	2007-01-10 15:30:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER KTFN ETTC SA
07RIYADH580	FORCED DIVORCE: A NEW PHENOMENON IN SAUDI ARABIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Saudi press reported on March 11 that the Ministry of Justice has formed a committee to investigate the growing number of "forced" divorces in the Kingdom. Saudi poet and activist Nimah Nawwab is one of several women who have raised the visibility of this issue in the press t [...]	2007-03-24 10:19:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KISL KWMN KPAO SA
07RIYADH581	DRL DAS BARKS-RUGGLES MEETINGS WITH HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) On December 5, 2006, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Erica J. Barks-Ruggles had separate meetings with the Human Rights Commission (HRC) and the National Society for Human Rights (NSHR). These meetings followed up on meetings on Septem [...]	2007-03-24 13:33:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KWMN KDEM SA
07RIYADH619	MFA INSTRUCTS EMBASSIES TO FUNNEL ALL CHARITY [...] (U) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs distributed a notice on March 24 to all diplomatic missions in the Kingdom forbidding direct communication with philanthropic organizations. Begin Translated Text: The concerned agency in the Kingdom noticed that some embassies and consulates are directl [...]	2007-03-26 15:05:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PCUL SA
07RIYADH628	SAUDI TEXTBOOKS DISPLAY REDUCED INTOLERANCE; [...] (C) Post conducted a review of six 2006-2007 textbooks used in Saudi schools for the second, fourth, and eighth grades. The six textbooks do not advocate any particular philosophy toward non-Muslims, and on the whole, appear to be more tolerant than previously reviewed textbooks. Two of the [...]	2007-03-27 16:38:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PHUM SA
07RIYADH635	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL MEETING WITH SAG JUSTICE [...] (C) Ambassador made a farewell call on Justice Minister Dr. Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Ibrahim Al-Shaikh on March 25. The Minister reflected on changes during the past three years and announced that in the next two months, the SAG will establish a separate court for terrorism and national sec [...]	2007-03-28 16:30:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM SA
07RIYADH651	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON RIYADH PROVINCIAL [...] (C) Ambassador made a farewell call on Riyadh Provincial Governor HRH Prince Salman bin Abdul Aziz on March 25. The Prince emphasized personal ties to the U.S, as well as the strong bilateral relationship in the context of the SAG's reform agenda and efforts to resolve the Palestinian conflic [...]	2007-04-01 08:55:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM KISL SA
07RIYADH881	CODEL PELOSI APRIL 5 MEETING WITH MAJLIS AL-SHURA [...] (C) U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and delegation met on April 5 with Majlis Al-Shura Chairman Sheikh Dr. Salih bin Humaid, several other Shura Council members, and Saudi Ambassador to the U.S. Adel Al-Jubeir. During a lively exchange of information and ideas, Humaid expl [...]	2007-04-28 13:45:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG PTER CVIS IS IR SA
07RIYADH931	WOMEN VOTE: STUDENT COUNCIL ELECTIONS A SUCCESS IN [...] (U) Prince Sultan University College for Women (PSU) held its first student council elections on April 25. This private university is the first in Riyadh to establish student councils and hold elections. Following a campus-wide awareness training on the purpose of student councils, the impo [...]	2007-05-05 04:44:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SCUL KWMN SA
07RIYADH965	JAPANESE PM SEEKS TO ENHANCE POLITICAL AND [...] (C) Japanese Prime Minister (PM) Shinzo Abe traveled to Riyadh on April 28 to discuss with the SAG economic and political cooperation, the Middle East Peace Initiative, and Japan's permanent membership on the United Nations Security Council. According to a contact at the Japanese Embassy, the [...]	2007-05-08 15:02:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM BTIO ECON KNNP UNSC SA
07ROME1014	KOSOVO UPDATE: D'ALEMA REITERATES SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary. Italy is becoming more vocal about its support for the Ahtisaari plan. This week, in an interview in the Italian weekly L'Espresso, FM D'Alema stated that Italy was for supervised independence and noted that Kosovo cannot go back to Belgrade rule. PM Prodi, who asserts he is per [...]	2007-05-14 12:40:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO UNSC YI SR IT

07ROME1030	ITALIANS SUPPORT RAPID MOVEMENT ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-16 10:13:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AG MO WI IT

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