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04ABUJA1463	GON REQUEST FOR USG INTERVENTION WITH LIBYA [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (C) The Nigerian National Security Advisor, Aliyu Mohammed, on August 24 relayed a request from President Obasanjo for the USG to intercede with the Libyans to turn off a proposal that the Darfur peace talks be moved from Abuja to Libya (ref e-mail). The N [...]	2004-08-26 06:22:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU LY NI

04ABUJA1525	INTERVENTION ON CAMEROON-NIGERIA MAY BE PREMATURE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: As per reftels from Abuja and Yaounde, Presidents Obasanjo and Biya have long been working together to implement the ICJ verdict on Nigeria's and Cameroon's border. President Obasanjo has told us (Ref A) August 23 that he and President Biya are "personally satisfied" with the sta [...]	2004-09-03 12:37:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PINR CM NI
04ABUJA1528	OBASANJO TO SEND LETTER ADVOCATING LARGER AU FORCE [...] (C) The Ambassador met with President Obasanjo September 5 to deliver Darfur demarche. The Ambassador laid out the proposed draft UNSCR, and provided Obasanjo with a copy of the excerpts (reftel). Obasanjo read the excerpts and said he thought they would work well. He has been pushing for a [...]	2004-09-06 11:46:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS SU NI DARFUR
04ABUJA1555	RECOMMEND POTUS MEET WITH PRESIDENT OBASANJO [...] (C) U.S. Mission recommends POTUS, or the Secretary, meet with Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo during his September 21-24 trip to the United States, to thank and encourage Obasanjo on Darfur, Liberia and Nigeria's domestic reforms, and to raise the level of our bilateral dialogue on oil a [...]	2004-09-08 12:33:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
04ABUJA1584	INTERNAL SQUABBLES THREATEN NIGERIA'S MAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The ANPP, Nigeria's leading opposition party, issued a series of competing suspensions of senior leaders from the party last week in an replay of a theme all to common in Nigerian politics. For now, however, the suspensions have been lifted by the competing factions pending reco [...]	2004-09-15 13:08:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI
04ABUJA1597	WASHINGTON MEETING PROBLEMS [...] (C) It seems we may be getting to the point of diminishing returns on the many invitations to GON officials, especially the Economic Dream Team, for participation in meetings outside Nigeria. We delivered the October 4 G8 transparency/anti-corruption follow-up meeting invitation (Ref A) on Se [...]	2004-09-17 10:37:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN KCOR NI
04ABUJA1598	U.S./NIGERIA BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP: OBASANJO LAYS [...] (C) Summary: In a public speech given at a Nigeria-U.S. investment conference sponsored by the Corporate Council on Africa/The Nigerian Economic Summit Group on September 16, President Obasanjo departed from his previously prepared text to lay down markers on the U.S./Nigeria bilateral relat [...]	2004-09-17 10:56:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EFIN KDEM NI
04ABUJA1657	MFA ON DARFUR AU PROTECTION FORCE, BAKASSI [...] (C) Polcouns met September 24 in the evening with the MFA UnderSecretary for African Affairs, Ambassador Ukonga, to make the Ref A demarche on Darfur and discuss Bakassi per Ref B. U/S Ukonga said President Obasanjo was pleased that our joint efforts on Darfur were succeeding. She was rather [...]	2004-09-27 06:12:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS SU NI CM DARFUR
04ABUJA1663	(U) GON DIRECTIVE COULD COMPEL HALLIBURTON TO [...] (C) Summary: Recent GON decisions banning Halliburton from receiving new government contracts and requiring it to export all of its radioactive resources from Nigeria threaten Halliburton's continued operations in the country. Halliburton is doing all it can to reverse these decisions and ha [...]	2004-09-28 08:41:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	BEXP ETRD ECON PREL NI OIL
04ABUJA177	PREVENTING NIGERIAN MISSILE-RELATED COOPERATION [...] (C) February 4, CDA delivered demarche (REF A) on Nigerian missile-related cooperation with North Korea to President Obasanjo's National Security Advisor, LTG (ret.) Aliyu Mohammed Gusau. CDA explained the seriousness with which the USG views North Korean missile and WMD programs, and asked t [...]	2004-02-04 13:27:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC KSCA MNUC KNNP KN NI MTCRE
04ABUJA1801	NIGERIAN ARMY 6BN DEPLOYMENT TO DARFUR [...] (C) Summary. On October 22, a senior Nigerian military officer told Post that Nigeria intended to deploy the 6th Battalion from Abak to Darfur on October 28. This is a change from the GON's preferred unit, 72d Para Battalion, in response to USG concerns over that unit's human rights record. [...]	2004-10-23 17:26:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PINR SU NI
04ABUJA1813	PEACEKEEPING AND THE NIGERIAN ARMY'S OPERATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Meetings with senior Nigerian defense staff involved in peacekeeping revealed Nigeria has recently changed its PKO rotation schedule from one year to six months. Given current and future commitments, this will require the deployment of 24 units per year, and a reduction in the [...]	2004-10-26 12:34:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NI
04ABUJA183	NIGERIAN "TALIBAN" ATTACKS MOST LIKELY NOT TIED TO [...] (C) Summary: Political, religious and economic leaders in Yobe State told Econoff in late January that what government officials and media initially labeled a radical Islamist organization or "Taliban," instead called itself the Hijra Group and probably had no links to foreign terrorist groups [...]	2004-02-06 04:14:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PHUM KISL NI
04ABUJA1997	VISIT TO NIGERIAN COMMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE AND [...] (U) Summary. The USG-funded JCATS simulation center at the Nigerian Command Staff and College is actively training Nigerian brigade and battalion command elements, and has recently included police units in joint internal security simulations. Funding and personnel shortfalls from the GON li [...]	2004-12-03 08:16:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM KPKO NI POLMIL
04ABUJA1998	EMBASSY OFFICER BARRED FROM "PUBLIC" COURT MARTIAL [...] (C) Summary: The court martial continues of three Nigerian Rear Admirals allegedly involved in the disappearance from naval custody of the tanker MT African Pride, which had been seized with a cargo of stolen crude oil. The GON has said the court martial proceeding is open to the public, bu [...]	2004-12-03 08:20:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MCAP KCOR NI
04ABUJA2028	MFA CONCERNED ABOUT U.S. EMBASSY'S SECURITY, [...] (C) MFA Undersecretary for Protocol Abdulwahab called in the Ambassador November 7 to discuss several issues. Amb. Abdulwahab started by expressing condolences for the attack on ConGen Jeddah, and asking detailed questions on whether we were comfortable with GON security measures to protect E [...]	2004-12-08 06:43:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC CVIS NI
04ABUJA2039	CONCLUSIONS ABOUT NIGERIAN MILITARY [...] (C) Summary. U.S. efforts to assist Nigerian Army deployment to Darfur were obstructed by the Nigerian Defense Headquarters, apparently at the highest levels. U.S. provision of airlift for Nigerian troops to Darfur on October 28 was deeply resented by Defense Headquarters and the Nigerian [...]	2004-12-10 05:33:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR MARR KPKO MOPS NI SU POLMIL
04ABUJA2041	PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION 7750 VISA BAN -- JOSHUA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post is entering the name of Joshua Dariye, present Governor of Plateau State, into the visa system as P212F for corruption under Presidential Proclamation 7750. Part of the corruption case against Gov. Dariye has been made publicly by the GON, and the GON statement text was in Re [...]	2004-12-10 10:12:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCOR CVIS PHUM NI
04ABUJA2060	AU-LED TALKS ON DARFUR IN ABUJA ROCKED BY [...] (C) Summary. African Union-led peace talks on Darfur hit a new snag on Monday, December 13, when rebel movements announced suspension of their participation until the Government of Sudan meets a series of demands, including a halt to the current GOS military offensive to "open the roads." M [...]	2004-12-14 12:10:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EAID MARR SU DARFUR
04ABUJA2068	DARFUR PEACE TALKS: STATUS REPORT [...] (C) Summary: Reftel described fragility of African Union-led peace talks on Darfur due to intense fighting in Darfur. AU and international observers met with the SLM on December 14 and with the JEM and GOS on December 15. The CFC representative to the talks reported that Sudanese Government [...]	2004-12-15 11:07:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR EAID PREF PGOV SU NI DARFUR
04ABUJA2105	CORRECTED COPY: PRESIDENTIAL TRIBUNAL: PARTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The longest case in Nigerian legal history closed with a three to one split decision on the 2003 Presidential elections. While the court declined to throw out the results nation-wide, elements of the decision were as good as the Buhari legal team expected. The dissenting justi [...]	2004-12-21 10:00:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI KDEM
04ABUJA380	OBASANJO APPOINTS NEW SUPREME COURT JUSTICES [...] (U) President Obasanjo named two new justices to Nigeria,s Supreme Court in a letter to the Senate on 9 February. These appointments were recommended to him by the National Judicial Council (NJC) on 27 November, 2003. 2. (U) The first appointee is George Adesola Oguntade, a judge on th [...]	2004-03-05 07:23:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS NI
04ABUJA523	BUHARI'S SUIT CONTINUES, HE IS UPBEAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hearings continue at the Court of Appeals in ANPP candidate Buhari's legal challenge to Obasanjo's election as president, and Buhari is happy with how the election tribunal is going. He and most observers at the trial believe the evidence being presented is helping his case, and [...]	2004-03-25 15:03:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM NI
04ABUJA571	ENCOURAGING DIALOGUE AND ENGAGEMENT ON ZIMBABWE [...] (C) After Charge had requested meetings over the past month with the Foreign Minister and UnderSecretary for African Affairs, A/DCM was given an appointment and delivered reftel demarche on Zimbabwe to MFA African Affairs Director Steve A. Owolabi on March 26. Owolabi characterized Nigeria's [...]	2004-04-02 05:38:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI NI
04ABUJA572	NIGERIA'S NATIONAL ELECTIONS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: Nigeria held its long-postponed (reftel) national round of Local Government Area (LGA) elections March 27. Overwhelmingly, whatever party ruled the state government also won the LGA elections in each state, not surprising as the "State Independent Electoral Commissions" (SIECs [...]	2004-04-02 05:38:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NI
04ABUJA634	UNCHR COUNTRY RESOLUTIONS - UNLIKELY NIGERIA WILL [...] (C) POLOFF delivered demarche (REF A) requesting support for country-specific resolutions at the UNCHR to MFA Second United Nations Division Minister Counselor Alhassan A. Hussain. While Hussain was unable to confirm how the GON delegation in Geneva intended to vote on other UNCHR resolution [...]	2004-04-14 13:31:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL ZI NI
04ABUJA635	THE ROLE OF A DEMOCRACY CAUCUS IN UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel demarche April 13 on the Democracy Caucus to MFA Second United Nations Division Minister Counselor Alhassan A. Hussain. Hussain agreed that CD countries should work together to achieve common policy goals and said he would discuss the Democracy Caucus and the upcom [...]	2004-04-14 14:18:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM NI PHUN
04ABUJA647	SUDAN: NIGERIA AGREES TO DEPLOYMENT OF VMT [...] (C) April 15, per request from Embassy Khartoum (REF B) CDA raised the African Union's request to re-assign monitors from the VMT to Darfur with Minister of Foreign Affairs Adeniji and MFA Undersecretary for Regions and International Organizations Amb. Ashiru. The MFA had not yet been inform [...]	2004-04-15 13:43:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF MARR SU NI
04ABUJA709	WORRIES ABOUT SECURITY, NOT ABOUT STABILITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Several press reports indicate that Nigerian security agencies are becoming increasingly worried about the potential of the opposition groups to create trouble on the streets, specifically a group of opposition politicians called the Coalition of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP),[...]	2004-04-22 11:11:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM ELAB ASEC NI
04ABUJA712	GON BAN ON RETRANSMISSION OF FOREIGN NEWS PROGRAMS [...] (C) The new British High Commission press officer told Abuja IO on April 20 that the High Commission is very unhappy with the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC) decision to stop rebroadcasting of all foreign news and programs by Nigerian media, which has had a direct impact on BBC and VOA. [...]	2004-04-22 13:50:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM OPRC PGOV PREL NI
04ABUJA763	CNPP PROMISES MAY 3 DEMONSTRATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The opposition Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) is moving ahead with its plans to stage a protest march on May 3, supported by civil society, religious, and ethnic organizations, and says the lack of police clearance will not stop the demonstration. The CNPP produ [...]	2004-04-29 13:16:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
04ABUJA972	VIOLENCE IN NIGERIA -- POSSIBLE EFFECTS ON [...] (U) Summary: Serious ethnic violence has continued for some time in various parts of Nigeria, most prominently in the Delta, Plateau State and Benue State. Various armed militias competing for resources and manipulated by politicians continue to fight there and elsewhere, while mobs have chan [...]	2004-06-02 10:47:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC ASEC KDEM NI
04ACCRA1171	GHANAIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON FAILED GBAGBO MEETING [...] (C) Ambassador Yate and polchief met with Foreign Minister Nana Akufo-Addo at his request on June 2. Akufo-Addo told Ambassador Yates that a meeting scheduled for June 3 in Abuja, consisting of Presidents Kufuor, Obasanjo and Gbagbo, Prime Minister Diarra, and ECOWAS Executive Secretary Ibn [...]	2004-06-03 09:22:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM GH ECOWAS
04ACCRA1199	SUGGESTED POINTS FOR POWELL/KUFUOR MEETING [...] (C) Mission proposes the following points for use by Secretary Powell in his June 11 meeting with President SIPDIS Kufuor. We recommend a supportive message, which acknowledges the Kufuor government's leading role in working toward peace in the sub-region, particularly Cote d'Ivoire and [...]	2004-06-07 17:27:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GH
04ACCRA1234	GHANA; RESPONSE TO UPDATE ON AGOA III [...] (C) Post expects that the economic impact of ending the AGOA third country fabric provision (Ref A) would be limited, given Ghana's (and the region's) minor apparel exports under AGOA, However, the textile and apparel sector in Ghana (and the region) would be devastated, so individual companies [...]	2004-06-10 13:37:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL ECON GH WTO AGOA
04ACCRA1271	PRM A/S DEWEY'S DISCUSSIONS WITH UNHCR AND [...] Summary: PRM A/S Gene Dewey met with UNHCR branch office and regional resettlement personnel while in Ghana on a mission to review resettlement operations. Duly impressed by the efforts of the Accra branch office as illustrated through two camp visits, Dewey came away with a sound appreciatio [...]	2004-06-16 12:25:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH PREF
04ACCRA1382	THREE MURDERED JUDGES HONORED; OPPOSITION STAYS [...] (SBU) On June 28, the Ghanaian Government honored the memory of three judges murdered in 1982, in the turbulent early years of former President Rawlings' PNDC military government. President Kufuor unveiled busts of the three executed jurists before a solemn audience of Ghana's social and poli [...]	2004-06-30 08:50:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR GH
04ACCRA1412	GHANA NOT KEEN ON RECEIVING ABDI MOHAMMED [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-07 08:37:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL GH
04ACCRA1484	GHANA ON ICJ OPINION AND ARAB GROUP RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-15 11:20:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GH ICJ UNGA
04ACCRA1500	LABOR UNIONS IN GHANA NOT LIKELY TO RAISE CUBAN [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-19 13:28:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM GH ILO
04ACCRA1509	GENERAL CHARLES WALD CALLS ON PRESIDENT KUFUOR [...] (SBU) Summary. General Charles Wald, Deputy EUCOM Commander, accompanied by Ambassador Yates and the Wald delegation, called on President Kufuor July 16. Wald offered congratulations on Ghana's MCA selection, offered to assist with GAF mobility problems, praised Ghana's ECOWAS leadership, a [...]	2004-07-19 18:16:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GH ECOWAS
04ACCRA1524	ACCRA III IS ON (FOR NOW) [...] (C) On July 21, in a briefing for the diplomatic corps, Foreign Minister Nana Akufo-Addo formally announced the holding of the Accra III peace talks July 29-30. Akufo-Addo listed presidents Mbeki, Obasanjo, Bongo, Toure, Kerekou and Kufuor as attendees, as well as Prime Minister Sama of Togo, [...]	2004-07-21 17:15:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GH ECOWAS
04ACCRA1539	CUBA TERRORISM RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-23 12:41:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM GH
04ACCRA1556	FOREIGN MINISTER ON ACCRA III AND LIBERIA TALKS [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Yates met with Foreign Minister Akufo-Addo July 27, and spoke on the upcoming Accra III peace talks on Cote d'Ivoire, and the convocation of Liberian signatories to the Comprehensive Peace Agreement of last summer. The minister's comments focused largely on the mecha [...]	2004-07-27 17:24:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH PAREL ECOWAS
04ACCRA1560	CHAMBAS ON ACCRA III, LIBERIA, SUDAN [...] (C) Summary. According to ECOWAS Executive Secretary Ibn Chambas, the Accra III talks will focus on four main points: return of dismissed ministers, resumption of the government of "national unity", passage of LMA legislation, and DDR. Legislation will be the most difficult issue, with Articl [...]	2004-07-28 12:28:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GH ECOWAS
04ACCRA1564	UPDATE ON CHINA LOAN SCANDAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: GoG officials continue to tell Post privately that the USD 300 million loan from China New Techniques Construction and Investment (CNTCI),which was approved by Parliament in April 2004, is dead (see Refs A and B for background). In May 2004, Minister of Finance and Economic Plan [...]	2004-07-28 16:37:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EAID EFIN CH GH GOG
04ACCRA1584	MUSLIM WORLD OUTREACH -- GHANA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the events of 9/11/01 Post has made special efforts to increase contacts with and outreach to Ghana's Muslim community. Post relations with most elements of this community, which is far from monolithic, are very good and, with some groups, they are excellent. We have foc [...]	2004-08-02 07:45:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM OIIP OPRC PGOV PHUM PREL KPAO OEXC GH
04ACCRA1591	ACCRA III: AGREEMENT REACHED ON COTE D'IVOIRE; [...] (SBU) Ivoirien parties reached late-night agreement July 30 to revive the Linas-Marcoussis Accords (LMA). The Agreement sets forth four main components: use of presidential powers to revise eligibility for the presidency; a new DDR timetable; delegation of powers to the prime minister; and re [...]	2004-08-02 11:20:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GH ECOWAS
04ACCRA1610	GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE: GHANA [...] (C) Ambassador Yates delivered reftel points on the USG's Global Defense Posture review to Foreign Minister Akufo-Addo July 27. She emphasized the collaborative nature of the review, and noted that a similar demarche would be made upon the Ministry of Defense. She said that with the comple [...]	2004-08-05 13:00:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP MOPS GH
04ACCRA1930	GHANA'S NATIONAL REFORM PARTY: PROMOTING REFORM [...] (C) Summary: On September 21, Charge and poloffs met with leaders of the National Reform Party (NRP). A minor party with no presidential candidate in the December elections, the NRP is contesting in ten parliamentary seats and hopes its anti-corruption/good grassroots governance message wi [...]	2004-09-27 15:36:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV GH
04ACCRA1934	GHANA'S ELECTION: THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC [...] (C) Summary: On September 22, Charge and Poloffs hosted a lunch for National Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate Atta Mills and several senior party lieutenants to discuss the upcoming election. Mills was predictably critical of the ruling National Patriotic Party (NPP)'s perfo [...]	2004-09-27 17:44:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GH
04ACCRA1978	UPDATE ON U.S. INVESTOR'S PLANS TO TAKE OVER FOR [...] (C) Charge and EconChief met with Amcit representatives of Ghana International Air (GIA) to discuss its agreement with the Government of Ghana (GoG) to create a new airline to take over Ghana Air's routes. GIA reps confirmed that the GoG and GIA have agreed to form a partnership, with the GoG [...]	2004-10-04 18:13:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR EINV GH
04ACCRA1980	WESTEL FILES USD 60 MILLION EXPROPRIATION CLAIM [...] (C) SUMMARAY: Western Wireless International (WWI) told post they filed on September 21 for international arbitration to settle subsidiary Westel's seven-year-old dispute with the GoG. According to Westel's Managing Director Bill Taylor, WWI will not fund any further expansion in Ghana and is [...]	2004-10-05 12:37:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS GH
04ACCRA1985	GHANA GEARING UP FOR ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: With slightly over two months to go before Ghana's presidential and parliamentary elections, the two major political parties have launched their campaigns, published manifestos and announced their vice-presidential candidates. Other minor parties remain disorganized. The pre- [...]	2004-10-06 11:26:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH PGOV PHUM PREL
04ACCRA1986	GHANA'S ELECTION: NKRUMAH LIVES ON IN THE CPP [...] (C) Summary: Charge hosted a lunch on October 1 for Convention People's Party (CPP) presidential candidate George Aggudey and two of his lieutenants. They highlighted Nkrumahist ideals of self-reliance, state-run industry, and "African solutions". Aggudey was unhappy with what he saw as t [...]	2004-10-06 11:31:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON GH PGOV
04ACCRA1993	GHANA'S ELECTORAL COMMISSION CONFIDENT ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: Electoral Commission (EC) Chairman Kwado Afari-Gyan and other EC members are confident that preparations are on track for free and fair presidential and parliamentary elections in Ghana. Afari-Gyan said the EC was open to party complaints, and that he did not perceive dispropo [...]	2004-10-07 17:11:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH PGOV
04ACCRA2041	GHANA'S ELECTION: NPP CONFIDENT OF VICTORY [...] (C) Summary: Charge met on October 13 with the Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) and several senior NPP officials to discuss upcoming elections. The Chairman was confident the NPP would win the election, largely because of the government's economic performance. He was please [...]	2004-10-15 12:50:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH PGOV PHUM GOG
04ACCRA2044	GHANA'S PARLIAMENT MEETS ONE LAST TIME BEFORE [...] (C) Ghana's Parliament convened October 5 for a final, abbreviated session prior to the December elections. Parliament's agenda includes a number of bills and agreements important to the U.S. This includes the Ghana-OPIC Agreement, the Ghana-Kaiser Aluminum Agreement on the Sale of Valco, the [...]	2004-10-16 17:51:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAIR ENRG EINV EIND PREL GH OPIC
04ACCRA2082	IVORIAN PRESIDENTIAL BODYGUARD SEEKS REFUGEE [...] (C) Five Ivorian presidential bodyguards have applied for refugee status in Accra, according to UNHCR sources. The Ivorians reportedly faced threats within Cote d'Ivoire because the refused to participate in human rights abuses. 2. (C) According to UNHCR, the highest ranking applicant f [...]	2004-10-20 19:16:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL GH
04ACCRA2182	GHANA ELECTION SEASON UPDATE: ONE MONTH TO GO [...] (C) A month before Ghana's December 7 presidential and parliamentary elections, the campaign is heating up but the political atmosphere is generally peaceful. The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) appears to have the edge over its three party rivals. Poor turnout during the public exhibition of [...]	2004-11-05 08:19:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GH
04ACCRA2189	GHANA'S TIP LAW: COMMENTS FROM THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL [...] (C) PolChief met on November 3 with Ghana,s Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Papa Owuso-Ankomah, to raise concerns about progress on the draft bill of a trafficking-in-persons (TIP) law. Owuso-Ankomah was familiar with the pending legislation and its status, and said that if the mini [...]	2004-11-05 11:36:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KWMN SMIG PHUM GH
04ACCRA2205	KAISER COMPLETES SALE OF VALCO TO THE GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Kaiser Aluminum has sold its 90-percent stake in the Volta River Aluminum Company (Valco) to the Government of Ghana (GoG)for USD 18.5 million. After Parliament ratified the sale agreement on October 28 (septel),GoG and Kaiser officials met in London on October 29 to complete the officia [...]	2004-11-08 17:22:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EMIN ENRG GH EXIM OPIC
04ACCRA2207	FORMER PRESIDENT RAWLINGS RAISES ELECTION CONCERNS [...] (C) On November 6, PolChief met with former President (and senior National Democratic Party activist) J.J. Rawlings, at Rawlings' request, in his home. He was joined by his wife and two senior NDC party officials. Rawlings decried what he saw as an unlevel playing field in this election, clai [...]	2004-11-08 17:50:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GH
04ACCRA2251	SENATOR INHOFE MEETS WITH GHANA'S PRESIDENT KUFUOR [...] (U) During a brief overnight visit to Accra on November 11, U.S. Senator James Inhofe met with Ghanaian President John Kufuor and held a private evening meeting. Embassy officers met the Senator at the airport and made transportation, hotel and scheduling arrangements. 2. (C) The Amba [...]	2004-11-16 18:46:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET GH MARR PGOV PTER
04ACCRA2307	GHANA'S 2004 ELECTION: THE VOLATILE NORTHERN REGION [...] (C) Summary: The Northern Region of Ghana has a long history of conflict revolving primarily around ethnic, chieftaincy, and land disputes. In this pre-election period, intense party rivalries, tensions between claimants to the Dagomba tribal throne, and an apparent abundance of arms furth [...]	2004-11-24 07:01:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH PGOV PHUM
04ACCRA2339	GHANA MFA VIEWS OF COTE D'IVOIRE [...] (C) On November 24, Ghanaian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Director for African Affairs, Mr. G.A.A. Saame, told PolChief he was hopeful that the tensions in Cote D'Ivoire have eased. He and Ghana's Foreign Minister had participated in initial Africa Union/ECOWAS discussions in Lagos on th [...]	2004-11-30 16:52:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH IV PGOV PREL
04ACCRA2340	INTERNATIONAL CONTACT GROUP ON LIBERIA - GHANA [...] (C) On November 24, PolChief met with Mr. G.A.A. Saame, Ghana's Acting Director for African Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and his Acting Deputy, Mrs. Abadoo, to deliver reftel points on the need for better local coordination and consensus within the International Contact Group [...]	2004-11-30 17:27:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH LI PREL
04ACCRA2350	PRESIDENTIAL BODYGUARD FROM COTE D'IVOIRE ALLEGES [...] (C) Summary: Post is processing a refugee request from a Cote d,Ivoire presidential bodyguard currently in a safe house in Accra. This message relays a rambling statement he made to us on November 12, 2004 detailing an attempted assassination against him by forces under the orders of Ivoria [...]	2004-12-02 07:10:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH IV PGOV PHUM PINR PREF
04ACCRA2366	GHANA IS PREPARED FOR LARGELY FREE AND FAIR [...] (C) The stage is set for a substantially free, fair, and peaceful election on December 7. All political parties have publicly and privately committed themselves to promoting transparent and violence-free elections. Although the Electoral Commission has not managed its budget well, they seem o [...]	2004-12-02 16:47:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GH
04ACCRA2367	GHANA ELECTION ANALYSIS: NPP LIKELY TO WIN [...] (C) Summary: The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) is likely to win Ghana's December 7 parliamentary and presidential election. The NPP is well-positioned in its traditional strongholds, the heavily populated Ashanti and Eastern regions (with 67 combined constituencies out of a total of 230. [...]	2004-12-02 16:49:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH PGOV PHUM
04ACCRA239	GHANA CTAG MEETING [...] (C) Per reftel instructions, Ambassador Yates convened a CTAG meeting on February 2 in Accra. In attendance on the donor side were the G-8 ambassadors or charge d'affaires in Accra, plus the EU and Swiss Ambassadors (the Spanish Ambassador was invited but out of country). National Security C [...]	2004-02-06 13:09:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PREL GH
04ACCRA2401	KUFUOR AND NPP STILL LEAD IN GHANA'S ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: As of 4:30 pm on December 9, with 185 of 230 constituency results reported, President Kufuor of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) remains in the lead in Ghana's December 7 election. The NPP has won 114 parliamentary seats. The Electoral Commission is expected to officially declare [...]	2004-12-09 17:18:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GH
04ACCRA2410	PRESIDENT KUFUOR REQUESTS POTUS MEETING [...] (C) This message has two requests: A) A request from President Kufuor for a meeting with President Bush, and B) A request from me for a congratulatory phone call from President Bush or senior USG official to Kufuor on his reelection. 2. (C) Ghanaian President John Kufuor specificall [...]	2004-12-10 13:00:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH PREL
04ACCRA2443	PRESIDENT KUFUOR WINS GHANA'S ELECTION [...] (U) Summary: The Electoral Commission has officially declared President John Kufuor the winner of the December 7 presidential election, with 52.7 percent of the vote (with 3 constituencies not yet confirmed). As of noon December 10, NDC candidate John Atta Mills had not yet conceded defeat. [...]	2004-12-10 13:50:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GH
04ACCRA2526	FAA REASSESSMENT OF GHANA: INITIAL READOUT [...] (C) Summary. FAA Safety Inspectors Fred Dryden and David Everett completed a three-day review of the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) on December 16. FAA's representative for Sub-Saharan Africa, Ed Jones, and EconOff observed the process. The team reviewed the new Civil Aviation Act, G [...]	2004-12-22 08:27:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR GH
04ACCRA256	ELECTIONS V: TO BE OR NOT TO BE - SMALL PARTIES [...] (SBU) Ghana has two large political parties, two small parties, and 6 tiny mom-and-pop operations that exist mainly on paper. Ghana's Electoral Commission (EC) hopes to cull moribund also-rans from the ranks of registered parties for the December national elections. Some of these parties d [...]	2004-02-09 16:19:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM GH
04ACCRA317	TSA INSPECTS GHANA AIRWAYS AFTER 6 CANCELLED [...] (SBU) Summary: Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials came to inspect flight security operations procedures at Ghana Airways (GA) because of the recent incident regarding a banned co-pilot. After enduring six flight cancellations, TSA Officials were able to finally inspect a Gh [...]	2004-02-17 11:34:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR GH
04ACCRA362	PRESIDENT KUFUOR ON INTERNAL SECURITY SITUATION [...] (C) Summary. President Kufuor told the Ambassador February 23 that he has placed Ghanaian security forces on a quiet "state of alert" while he attends the AU summit in Tripoli. Concern over the recent activities of former President Rawlings, public allegations against Kufuor's National Secu [...]	2004-02-24 16:31:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR GH
04AMMAN10141	PARLIAMENT RESPONDS TO KING'S CALL FOR [...] (C) In response to King Abdullah's speech opening Parliament (reftel),the leaders of the Lower House and the Senate pledged support for the King's calls for continued development, modernization and security. Both men agreed with the King's emphasis on translating economic growth into improv [...]	2004-12-23 08:34:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KMPI JO
04AMMAN1017	UPDATE ON JORDAN'S SUBMISSION TO THE ICJ CASE ON [...] (C) MFA Legal Department head Samer Naber told PolCouns and PolOff February 9 that Jordan has not yet decided whether it will make an oral presentation to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the Israeli security barrier. Nevertheless, it will likely request from the court permission [...]	2004-02-10 08:23:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS JO ICJ
04AMMAN10177	ALLAWI MEETS WITH KING AND WOLFENSOHN [...] (C) In a December 22 meeting, Iraqi PM Iyad Allawi discussed with King Abdullah and World Bank (WB) President James Wolfensohn assistance to Iraq for the coming year, efforts to strengthen the Jordan-Iraq border, and GOJ proposals to develop the Aqaba-Al Karama road and upgrade the port at Aqa [...]	2004-12-27 12:00:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO
04AMMAN10191	KING ABDULLAH'S MEETING WITH CODEL KOLBE [...] (C) The upcoming elections in Iraq, the peace process, and Jordan's economic situation dominated CODEL Kolbe's meeting with King Abdullah in Amman on December 23. King Abdullah said Jordan is working to encourage Sunni participation in the January 30 Iraqi election, but voiced concern that [...]	2004-12-27 16:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID PTER KPAL IZ JO
04AMMAN10245	KING OPTIMISTIC ON WEST BANK, "MORE NERVOUS" ON [...] (C) King Abdullah told Senators Joseph Lieberman and Mark Dayton that the Palestinians need to see quick results after the January 9 election, and that Iraq,s political leadership should create an Arab identity for Iraqis to overcome religious schisms and interference by Iran. End summary. [...]	2004-12-29 13:35:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON KPAL IZ IS JO
04AMMAN10304	SECURITY COURT CLEARS ANTI-U.S. PLOTTERS OF [...] (U) The State Security Court on December 27 acquitted 13 men -- 10 Jordanians in custody and three Saudis tried in absentia -- on charges of conspiring to commit terror attacks against the U.S. Embassy in Amman and Jordanian military bases near the Iraqi border, where the plotters apparently [...]	2004-12-30 12:56:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC JO
04AMMAN10314	DEMARCHE ON JORDANIAN PROPOSAL TO HOST IRAQ [...] (C) Charge delivered reftel points to Foreign Minister Hani al-Mulki on December 30. Mulki said he was very pleased to hear the message. He reiterated that the GOJ is in "total agreement" that encouraging Sunni participation in the elections is a key goal. He said the conference is in line [...]	2004-12-30 14:14:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ JO
04AMMAN1078	UNHCR CONFIRMS IT WILL NOT PURSUE RESETTLEMENT OF [...] (C) Summary and comment: Contrary to statements made by UNHCR's regional mission in Cairo (ref a),UNHCR Jordan Representative Bronee confirmed that UNHCR currently does not plan to pursue resettlement of Iraqi-Palestinians outside the region. UNHCR would only consider third-country resettle [...]	2004-02-11 14:41:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL KPAL KWBG IZ JO
04AMMAN1120	UN REP SAYS UN STAFF TO GO IN AND OUT OF IRAQ FOR [...] (C) Summary. Special Representative Ross Mountain said the UN would re-enter Iraq gradually with "in and out" trips from Amman and Kuwait. He confirmed that major UNAMI operations would be based in Amman, while HQ would remain in Cyprus. A February 10 UNAMI donor briefing, co-chaired by Mou [...]	2004-02-12 16:10:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID IZ JO UNSC
04AMMAN1214	FALCON-50 AIR CREW ON JET'S IRAQI OWNERSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of meetings, crew members of a Jordan-based Falcon-50 executive jet described their version of the history and current condition of thE aircraft and its substantial links to the government of Iraq (Reftel). They turned over to the Embassy documents relating to activiti [...]	2004-02-18 10:51:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ETTC IZ JO
04AMMAN122	SECURITY THREATS TO HUMANITARIAN AID AGENCIES: [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Per reftel, refcoord reviewed UNRWA security issues with Deputy ComGen AbuZayd on January 4. According to AbuZayd, the majority of security threats to UNRWA stem from IDF-Palestinian fighting in the West Bank and Gaza. UNRWA workers also face harassment and verbal [...]	2004-01-07 08:49:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PHUM PREF PREL PTER KPAL IS JO UNSC
04AMMAN1260	JORDAN SUBMITS STATEMENT ON ISRAEL'S SEPARATION [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Muasher's Office Director Ali al-Ayed on February 17 presented the DCM with a copy of Jordan's written argument to the International Court of Justice on the legality of Israel's separation barrier. He was doing so separately with many members of the diplomatic corps. [...]	2004-02-19 09:42:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL JO IS
04AMMAN1280	JORDANIAN MPS ADDRESS IRAQI OIL BRIBES & PUBLIC [...] (C) The Jordanian Parliament grappled in recent weeks with a variety of political topics. In addition to debating the government's proposed budget and controversial price hikes (reported septel),the Parliament addressed allegations of Iraqi oil "bribes" under Saddam Hussein, approved a cont [...]	2004-02-19 17:41:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAL PHUM IS IZ JO
04AMMAN1333	UN ACTING SRSG ROSS MOUNTAIN DISCUSSES IRAQ WITH [...] (C) Summary and comment: In a February 16 meeting, UN SRSG, a.i. Ross Mountain told PRM PDAS Greene that Special Advisor Brahimi's "good" visit to Iraq, a February 14 security mission to Basra and "a change of mood in CPA" were helpful for the UN's reentry to Iraq. Mountain hopes to resume [...]	2004-02-23 16:06:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF EAID IZ JO UNSC
04AMMAN1334	PRM PDAS GREENE DISCUSSES PALESTINIAN REFUGEES [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In a February 16 meeting with PRM PDAS Greene, UN Assistant High Commissioner for Refugees Morjane requested U.S. assistance in finding durable solutions for 345 Iraqi-Palestinians in Jordan's Ruweished refugee camp. Morjane -- to the surprise of the UNHCR Jordan re [...]	2004-02-23 16:27:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL KPAL KWBG IZ IS JO UNRWA
04AMMAN1336	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: POSSIBLE CHR RESOLUTION ON IRAQ [...] (C) On February 19, PolCouns delivered reftel follow-up demarche to the Director of the FM's Private Office, Ali Al-Ayed. Al-Ayed said he was unaware of the issue, but promised to contact Jordan's Permrep in Geneva to obtain a copy of the Algerian Permrep's resolution. Al-Ayed stated that he [...]	2004-02-23 16:37:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL IZ JO
04AMMAN1451	JORDANIAN ISLAMIC ACTION FRONT KEEPS "MODERATE" [...] (U) The Shura Council of the Jordanian Islamic Action Front (IAF),the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood, on February 21 reelected current Secretary General Hamzeh Mansour for another two-year tenure. In the IAF's 12-member Executive Committee, the Council replaced only four members w [...]	2004-02-25 16:27:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KISL KPAL JO
04AMMAN1452	JORDANIAN MPS APPROVE GOVERNMENT BUDGET, BUT WARY [...] (C) Following a lengthy debate, 77 out of 97 deputies present in the Lower House of the Jordanian Parliament voted February 19 to approve the government's budget for 2004 as proposed. Prior to the vote, the government made a concerted effort to engage MPs and public opinion makers on the need [...]	2004-02-25 16:45:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN JO
04AMMAN1469	MFA IN BAGHDAD TELLS IRAQ MISSION IN AMMAN TO HALT [...] (C) Maan Barakat, Charge d'Affaires at the Iraq Mission in Amman, told PolOff February 24 that he had been instructed by the Consular Department at the MFA in Baghdad to stop issuing ITDs. Barakat said he was advised that the ITD and the accompanying stamp imprint were too easy to forge. He [...]	2004-02-26 09:41:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO
04AMMAN1471	UPDATE ON BOEING [...] (C) SUMMARY: In several conversations during the past 10 days, King Abdullah told the Ambassador that, even though the latest Airbus offer was better than Boeing's, he intended to make a "political" decision to have Royal Jordanian buy Boeing aircraft. Several recent developments, including [...]	2004-02-26 12:24:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR BEXP ETRD PREL JO
04AMMAN1532	UN DISARMAMENT COMMISSION (UNDC) DEMARCHE: JORDAN [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper February 26 to Rima Alaadeen, Deputy Director of the International Affairs Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Alaadeen said the GOJ most likely would not be opposed, in principle, to a U.S. proposal calling for the UNDC to focus [...]	2004-03-01 05:49:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PARM PREL JO UNDC CDG

04AMMAN1539	U/S LARSON MEETINGS IN AMMAN, FEBRUARY 24 [...] (C) Summary. Under Secretary Larson used February 24 meetings with senior Jordanian officials to reinforce their commitment to fiscal discipline and growth-oriented economic policies, urge a quick return to Iraq of the full amount of Iraqi assets frozen in Jordan, and seek input and feedback [...]	2004-03-01 05:57:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON JO
04AMMAN1604	UNHCR REPEATS REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE IN RESETTLING [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: In a February 26 meeting with refcoord, UNHCR Middle East Director Radhouane Nouicer repeated previous requests (ref) for assistance in finding durable solutions for 348 Iraqi-Palestinians in Ruweished, Jordan. While UNHCR policy remains focused on finding re [...]	2004-03-02 16:17:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL KPAL KWBG IS IZ JO UNRWA UNHCR
04AMMAN1638	JORDAN STRONGLY CONDEMNS TERRORIST ATTACKS IN IRAQ [...] (C) Acting PolCouns delivered reftel points March 3 to Manar Dabbas, Acting Director of the Foreign Minister's Private Office. Dabbas agreed on the need for Arab states to publicly denounce the March 2 terrorist bombings in Iraq and noted that King Abdullah had strongly condemned the attacks [...]	2004-03-04 09:57:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PTER IZ JO
04AMMAN1665	JORDANIAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER BACKS INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Abdul Hadi Al-Majali, Speaker of the Lower House of Parliament, told the Ambassador on March 4 that he had been in contact with a group called "The League for the Defense of the Rights of the Iraqi People" regarding a proposed conference comprised of representatives from many different gr [...]	2004-03-04 19:56:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL IZ JO
04AMMAN1736	PM FAYEZ TELLS U/S GROSSMAN THAT REFORM IN REGION [...] (U) U.S. U/S Marc Grossman Amb. Edward W. Gnehm NSC Staffer Dan Fried NEA DAS Alina Romanowski EUR A/DAS Glyn Davies P Special Assistant Jonathan Carpenter A/DCM Doug Silliman (notetaker) JORDAN ------ Prime Minister Faisal al-Fayez Special Assistant Majed Qatarneh Media Advisor [...]	2004-03-08 16:19:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XF PHUM ECON JO
04AMMAN1737	JORDANIAN CIVIL SOCIETY REPS QUESTION U.S. STAYING [...] Jordanian civil society reps told U/S Grossman March 3 that they supported reforms in the Middle East, but saw deep mistrust of U.S. motives among Arabs. Most doubted the ability of the U.S. to carry through on its commitments to democratic reform. Many asked that the U.S. not impose ideas [...]	2004-03-08 16:19:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM JO
04AMMAN1738	JORDANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER WILL FOCUS ON REFORM [...] (C) Jordanian Foreign Minister Muasher on March 8 provided a visiting delegation with a preview of his agenda for his upcoming visit to Washington. He said he will emphasize to U.S. officials that any reform efforts in the Middle East must be homegrown, country-specific, and linked to solvi [...]	2004-03-08 16:56:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS JO
04AMMAN1784	IMPENDING PRICE AND TAX HIKES THREATEN PUBLIC [...] (C) The GOJ has publicly confirmed that it will raise the general sales tax rate and the prices of oil derivatives as early as April. Despite the GOJ's efforts to prepare the country for these increases, Jordanian public opinion remains overwhelmingly opposed to price hikes. Prime Minister Fa [...]	2004-03-09 15:53:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ECON JO
04AMMAN1872	JORDAN WELCOMES SIGNING OF IRAQ'S INTERIM [...] (SBU) Summary. The GOJ welcomed the IGC's signing of an interim constitution as a "step forward" that contributed to rebuilding Iraq's national institutions. Press reports were positive with many calling the interim constitution's signing a reassuring and positive step. Embassy contacts were [...]	2004-03-11 13:22:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL JO
04AMMAN1918	IRAQI BUSINESSMAN "CAUTIOUSLY" OPTIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (C) Summary. An Iraqi businessman who operates a small office supply factory in Baghdad told us that he is cautiously optimistic about social and economic developments in Iraq, and that he has increased production and is operating two shifts at his Baghdad factory. He hopes for better bankin [...]	2004-03-13 07:43:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL SOCI JO
04AMMAN1968	DEMARCHE TO JORDAN ON MOVING TOWARD A DEMOCRATIC [...] (C) In the absence of Foreign Minister Muasher, PolCouns covered ref points March 15 with Ali al-Ayed, Director of FonMin Muasher's Private Office. Ayed thanked PolCouns for the presentation, noting that Jordan remains very concerned with the situation in Iraq. He asked that the USG continu [...]	2004-03-15 16:09:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PARM IZ JO
04AMMAN1970	IRAQI ASSETS: LISTINGS SUBJECT TO UNSCR 1483, [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-15 16:26:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL JO IQ UNSC
04AMMAN2004	KING ABDULLAH TO CODEL STEVENS ON HIS CONCERN [...] (C) King Abdullah told CODEL Stevens that Iraqi security forces will not be ready for a July 1 handover of authority, and expressed continuing concern over what he sees as Iranian influence among the Shia in southern Iraq. He was pessimistic about prospects for progress on the MEPP before t [...]	2004-03-17 09:12:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KPAL IZ IS JO
04AMMAN204	RESUMPTION OF ROYAL JORDANIAN BAGHDAD FLIGHTS [...] (C) National Security Adviser and General Intelligence Department Director Sa'ad Khair told the Ambassador January 8 that he had authorized the resumption of Royal Jordanian (RJ) charter service to Iraq. Khair said that the government had concluded that with the passage of time the specific s [...]	2004-01-08 18:50:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR PREL PINR IZ JO
04AMMAN2165	SHEIKH YASSIN'S KILLING COMPLICATES JORDAN-ISRAEL [...] (C) A visibly upset FonMin Muasher told us March 22 that Israel's killing of HAMAS spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmad Yassin just days after King Abdullah's meeting with Prime Minister Sharon in Israel embarrassed the King, whose government has recently come under intense criticism for continued [...]	2004-03-22 18:26:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KISL IS JO
04AMMAN2197	JORDANIANS UNITE TO PROTEST YASSIN KILLING [...] (C) Following harsh public condemnation from Jordan's King and Prime Minister, cabinet ministers and other government officials joined large and emotional demonstrations in Jordan against Israel's assassination of HAMAS leader Ahmad Yassin on March 22. Protesters and the Islamic Action Fron [...]	2004-03-23 17:30:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ASEC IS JO
04AMMAN2198	IRAQI ASSETS IN JORDAN - INVITATION TO THE CPA [...] (U) This is an action message. See last Para. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Jordan (GOJ) late on March 11 passed to Embassy a list of Iraqi counterparties earlier requested by Iraqi and CPA officials to review Iraqi assets frozen in Jordan. The local Rafidain Bank manager has sta [...]	2004-03-23 18:45:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL IZ JO
04AMMAN2277	FOMIN MUASHER DISCUSSES WITH AMB. JONES "BUMPY" [...] (C) Summary. FonMin Muasher has proposed to Iraqi FM Zebari that they form and chair a bilateral committee to resolve irritants in the relationship. End Summary. JORDAN-IRAQ BILATERAL RELATIONS "BUMPY" -------------------------------------- 2. (C) In a meeting with visiting Deputy CPA Ad [...]	2004-03-25 22:44:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM IZ IS JO
04AMMAN2520	DEPUTIES EASILY APPROVE SALES TAX INCREASE OVER [...] (C) MPs on March 28 endorsed a three percent increase in the general sales tax as part of the GOJ's budgetary price and tax hike package. Apart from a few independent MPs and the members of the Islamic Action Front, a large majority of the 95 deputies present voted in favor of the legislation [...]	2004-04-01 12:58:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN JO
04AMMAN2552	JORDANIAN WOMEN ACTIVISTS AT ODDS OVER NATIONAL [...] (C) Infighting among Jordanian women's groups has hindered development of a coordinated national strategy for advancing women's rights in Jordan. Several leading women's groups boycotted a recent conference to discuss women's role in political development, saying that the organizing group -- [...]	2004-04-01 14:26:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KWMN PGOV KDEM JO
04AMMAN2579	JORDANIAN FINANCE MINISTER ON WANING ASSISTANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's Finance Minister revealed that although Saudi Arabia had ended its oil donations to Jordan as of April 1, Jordan had received and expected to continue to receive further financial support from the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) In an April 1 [...]	2004-04-04 13:29:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EPET JO PREL
04AMMAN2601	JORDAN AND JAYSH AL-MAHDI VIOLENCE [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-05 08:38:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS IZ JO MAR
04AMMAN2633	JORDAN AWAITS VERDICTS IN CASES TIED TO [...] (C) Jordan's high-profile prosecution of suspected terrorists linked to al-Qa'ida affiliate Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is moving forward against the backdrop of intense security operations to disrupt a plot by his associates in early April (refs a and b). A verdict is expected on April 6 in the t [...]	2004-04-05 15:38:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER JO
04AMMAN2644	U.S.-RUSSIA CT COOPERATION AND JORDAN [...] (C) Embassy Amman and the Russian Mission have a regular dialogue at the DCM level on a range of issues, including counterterrorism. The Russian DCM participates in the G-8 Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG) meetings, most recently hosted by Post on February 5. Although he thus far has c [...]	2004-04-06 16:22:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER JO
04AMMAN2729	PARTIAL JORDANIAN DOMESTIC REFORM PLAN IN DRAFT, [...] (SBU) The Jordanians are continuing their efforts to give the reform effort a local flavor, in both the regional and their domestic agendas. Jordan is already a regional leader in innovative economic reform and liberalization. The GOJ itself has recently been more forward leaning in its calls [...]	2004-04-08 16:29:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM ECON KMDR JO
04AMMAN2751	IRAQ CONSUL AGAIN ISSUING INTERIM TRAVEL DOCUMENTS [...] (C) Iraq Consul Ahmad Jirallah Al-Dabbagh informed ConsOff on April 1, 2004 that the Iraq Mission in Amman is back to issuing Interim Travel Documents (ITD) to its citizens. As of April 5, 2004, the Iraq Mission has issued a total of 377 ITDs. The Iraq Mission does not issue ITDs to those in [...]	2004-04-12 14:18:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PREL JO
04AMMAN2754	JORDAN PUBLISHES GIST OF KING'S LETTER TO [...] (U) The semi-official Arabic-language daily al-Ra'i on April 12 summarized a letter from King Abdullah to President Bush stating Jordan's support for the President's vision of a two-state solution as the only acceptable means for ending the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and achieving stability [...]	2004-04-12 15:42:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS JO
04AMMAN2764	GOJ AND MPS BRISTLE AT ALLEGATIONS BY JORDANIAN [...] (C) The Islamic Action Front (IAF) has denounced legislators who voted to approve a recent tax increase, prompting strong reaction from government officials. The GOJ also responded forcefully to allegations that it may have fabricated reports of a recent terrorist threat to the country. The [...]	2004-04-13 07:24:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KISL JO
04AMMAN2780	U.S. COMPANY WINS DEFENSE FUELS CONTRACT LOST BY [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The U.S.Firm Trigeant has replaced the Jordanian-owned Shahin Group under part of a $71.8 million contract to supply refined oil products to Iraq for the Defense Energy Support Center. The Shahin Group was terminated for cause because it was unable to deliver the amount of [...]	2004-04-13 14:56:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ETRD MOPS
04AMMAN2789	DEMARCHE ON BERLIN ANTI-SEMITISM CONFERENCE: JORDAN [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-13 15:24:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SOCI JO OSCE
04AMMAN2790	JORDAN'S DPM ON IPR ISSUES, PRE-INSPECTION [...] (C) Jordan's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade, when confronted with the first known U.S. exporter casualty of Jordan's pre-inspection program, promised to look into the case and said that the government is trying to work out a formula for freezing inspections of U.S. [...]	2004-04-14 05:15:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KIPR JO
04AMMAN2791	JORDAN'S EXPORTS TO IRAQ SURGE DESPITE ANTI-JORDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although Jordan's exports to Iraq surged by 47% over the first two months of this year, a top Jordanian Trade Ministry official reported that Jordan still faces an anti-Jordan bias in some quarters in Iraq. He recently met with a visiting Iraqi trade official who had promised [...]	2004-04-14 05:17:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD IZ JO PREL
04AMMAN2875	DEMARCHE ON PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE: [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-15 14:21:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PREL PARM JO
04AMMAN2882	JORDANIANS WORRY CONCESSIONS TO ISRAEL PAVE WAY [...] (C) Jordanian commentators and contacts almost uniformly criticized President Bush's remarks on April 14 endorsing Israel's plan to withdraw from Gaza, seeing his statements about Palestinians' right of return and Israeli settlements as an inappropriate attempt to prejudge final status issues [...]	2004-04-15 18:54:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF ASEC KPAL IS JO
04AMMAN2957	JORDANIANS REACT TO RANTISSI KILLING [...] (C) King Abdullah and the GOJ strongly condemned the Israeli killing of Hamas leader Abdel Aziz Rantissi, stating that the move would only lead to more violence and anger in the region. A spontaneous demonstration erupted at the Baqaa refugee camp shortly after news of the killing broke, but [...]	2004-04-18 14:17:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KPAL PREL PGOV PTER JO
04AMMAN3027	IRAQI ASSETS: RECOVERING ASSETS OF SADDAM HUSSEIN [...] (C) POLCOUNS DELIVERED THE POINTS RELAYED IN REFTEL TO ALI Al-AYED, THE DIRECTOR OF FOREIGN MINISTER MARWAN MUASHER'S PRIVATE OFFICE, AND TO PRIVATE OFFICE U.S. ACTION OFFICER MANAR DABBAS, ON APRIL 15. BOTH PROMISED TO FOLLOW UP. 2. (U) EMBASSY ALSO DELIVERED THE FORMAL DIPLOMATIC NOT [...]	2004-04-20 11:29:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN IZ JO PREL
04AMMAN304	CURRICULUM REFORM RANKLES IN JORDAN [...] (C) A recent Ministry of Education (MoEd) announcement of plans to incorporate human rights concepts in school curriculum unleashed a media frenzy in opposition to the perceived imposition of western standards. While the status of the changes remains unclear, GOJ statements and the timing of b [...]	2004-01-14 06:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL IS JO
04AMMAN3126	GOJ REQUESTS INVESTIGATION OF ATTACK AGAINST [...] (U) On April 20, post received via fax a diplomatic note from the Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding an attack on two Jordanian citizens, one of whom was killed, on April 14 while driving a vehicle in Iraq. (A translation of the note in English is provided below in paragraph fo [...]	2004-04-21 15:17:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IZ JO
04AMMAN3129	DEMARCHE TO OIC ON IRAQ ISSUES: JORDAN [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-22 04:18:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO OIC
04AMMAN3148	KING'S DECISION TO POSTPONE D.C. VISIT LOWERS [...] (C) Summary. Activists have continued to express the anger and sympathy felt in Jordan after the Rantissi assassination and President Bush,s assurances to Sharon. The GOJ has aligned itself with public opinion, denouncing the Israelis' "heinous crime" in the killing and postponing an Abdulla [...]	2004-04-22 15:47:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC KISL KPAL IS JO
04AMMAN3209	GOJ REITERATES IMPORTANCE OF U.S. TIES IN WAKE OF [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador and PolCouns April 25, Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher said that King Abdullah wants to make sure the USG knows that he wants to visit Washington, and that the postponement of his April 21 meeting with the President was not in any way meant to damage U.S. [...]	2004-04-26 15:51:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON US IS IZ JO
04AMMAN3225	ABU MAHJOOB MEETS BART SIMPSON AND NEMO [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-27 13:29:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI KPAO US JO
04AMMAN3230	JORDANIANS IN CUSTODY IN IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action request for CPA, CENTCOM, and CJTF-7. See para 4 below. ------------------------------ JORDANIANS IN CUSTODY IN IRAQ ------------------------------ 2. (C) Let me take this opportunity to offer my sincere appreciation for your continuing efforts in Iraq. As we [...]	2004-04-27 16:41:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS IZ US JO
04AMMAN3274	DEMARCHE TO JORDAN ON UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) PolCouns delivered ref points on the draft GA resolution on the UN Palestinian observer mission April 28 to Manar Dabbas, U.S. Action officer in FonMin Muasher's Private Office. Dabbas promised to consider the points carefully and deliver the points to Jordan's UN Mission in New York. [...]	2004-04-28 13:53:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL PREL JO UNGA
04AMMAN3288	VARIED JORDANIAN REACTION TO TELEVISED TERRORIST [...] (C) Jordanian emotions were all over the map in reaction to the televised confessions of suspected al-Qaeda/Zarqawi affiliates who planned to unleash massive truck bombs against GOJ targets and the U.S. Embassy in Amman. The GOJ's motivations in airing the confessions appear to have been to [...]	2004-04-28 15:54:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC KISL JO
04AMMAN3301	GOJ'S RESPONSE TO ALLEGATION OF 1000 MISSING OR [...] (C) A member of Parliament this week alleged that there are 1000 Jordanians who are either missing or detained in Iraq. The GOJ publicly refuted the number, but the MFA formally requested USG assistance in collecting a list of all Jordanians in CPA or Coalition military custody. End summary. [...]	2004-04-29 12:20:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM IZ JO
04AMMAN3305	JORDAN BRIEFED ON ESTABLISHING A U.S. MISSION IN [...] (C) Per ref, PolCouns on April 26 briefed Ali al-Ayed, Foreign Minister Muasher's Private Office Director, and Manar Dabbas, Private Office U.S. Action Officer, on the establishment of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. Ayed and Dabbas took extensive notes and said they would brief the Minister. [...]	2004-04-29 13:22:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AMGT IZ US JO
04AMMAN3328	FINANCE MINISTER'S RESPONSE ON PRICING OIL [...] (C) John, During an April 8 call on you in Washington by GOJ Finance Minister Mohammad Abu Hammour mentioned to you the serious impact of higher oil prices on Jordan's budget. You asked for details. When I called on Abu Hammour April 27 to discuss a range of issues, he noted that he had prom [...]	2004-04-29 15:45:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN JO
04AMMAN3348	JORDANIAN PARLIAMENT ASKS KING TO CALL SPECIAL [...] (U) The Speaker of the Lower House of Parliament delivered a petition April 27 to the Prime Minister requesting an extraordinary session to debate 88 of the remaining provisional laws approved by the GOJ during Parliament's almost two-year absence. The petition was signed by 71 of the 110 me [...]	2004-05-03 13:19:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL JO
04AMMAN3380	ISLAMISTS CONDEMN MISTREATMENT OF IRAQI INMATES, [...] (U) The Jordanian Islamic Action Front (IAF),the political wing of the national Muslim Brotherhood, issued a scathing statement May 2 condemning U.S. mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners of war (POWs) and claiming that it proved American "contempt" for Islam and the Arab people. The IAF alleged [...]	2004-05-03 15:29:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KISL IZ JO
04AMMAN3405	MAY 4 JORDAN-IRAQ REPORT: ABU GHREIB PRISON, [...] (U) This is another of post's periodic wrap up cables on Iraqi items as seen from Amman followers. -------------------- UNAMI and Abu Ghreib -------------------- 2. (C) A United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq's (UNAMI) Political Officer, Alan Fellows, suggested to PolOff on May 4 t [...]	2004-05-04 14:44:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IZ JO
04AMMAN3406	IRAQ PRISON ABUSE CHARGES SHAKE JORDANIAN VIEW OF [...] (C) Shocked and consumed by heavy media coverage of the Iraqi prison abuse scandal, Jordanians tell us that the resulting damage to America's image in the region may be "irreversible." The bombardment of images of naked Iraqi men forced into humiliating sexual positions, as American personn [...]	2004-05-04 17:00:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL ASEC PTER KISL IZ JO
04AMMAN3429	A KALEIDOSCOPE OF ARAB ICT ISSUES: EB/CIP DAS [...] SUMMARY: Earlier this year, Amb. David Gross, U.S. Coordinator for Communications and Information Policy, attended and gave keynote addresses at annual conferences of the Arab Telecommunications Regulatory Network (ATRN) and the Arab Regional IT Association (ARAITA). On the margins of these c [...]	2004-05-05 16:49:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS EAID PGOV JO
04AMMAN3430	JORDAN: UPDATE ON IRAQI ASSETS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordanian Finance Minister Abu Hammour told us that to date $170 million in frozen Iraqi assets had been released to settle Jordanian commercial claims, with an additional $60 million agreed for release last week. ($235 million has been transferred to Iraq to date.) He said the [...]	2004-05-05 17:23:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PREL IZ JO
04AMMAN3432	IRAQI FALCON 50: JORDAN READY TO HAND IT OVER ONCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's Director General of Civil Aviation said that the Iraqi Falcon 50 which has been parked at Marka Airport for the past year could be turned over to Iraq once several issues are resolved. These include the fees charged for the aircraft, the need for the aircraft to be re [...]	2004-05-06 05:35:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ETTC IZ JO SZ
04AMMAN348	JORDAN: KUWAITIS DO NOT PROMISE TO CONTINUE FREE [...] (C) On the margins of a separate meeting, Foreign Minister Muasher gave the Ambassador a readout of his recently concluded trip to Kuwait for a meeting of the bilateral Jordan-Kuwait Higher Committee. Muasher said he had been very well received ("like royalty," in fact),including extensive [...]	2004-01-15 15:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL EPET KU JO
04AMMAN3484	JORDANIANS VENT ANGER AT U.S., WHILE OTHERS [...] (C) Strong public opposition to U.S. policies in the region and, more recently, outrage over the Abu Ghreib prisoner abuse story continue to fuel anti-U.S. sentiment in Jordan. Articles attacking the U.S. figure prominently in the press while opposition groups have stepped up their activitie [...]	2004-05-06 16:54:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PHUM PREL KISL KPAL IZ IS JO
04AMMAN3485	JORDAN: CLARIFICATION ON IRAQI ASSET FIGURES [...] (C) On May 6, 2004, Charge called alone on Jordanian Finance Minister Mohammad Abu Hammour to clarify the figures on the remaining frozen Iraqi assets he relayed in the earlier May 4 meeting (Reftel). Abu Hammour admitted to some reluctance to speaking openly in front of the Iraqis who part [...]	2004-05-06 17:07:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PREL IZ JO
04AMMAN3486	MFA CLAIMS AS MANY AS 35 JORDANIANS IN CUSTODY IN [...] (C) MFA officials told the Embassy this week that they believe there are as many as 35 Jordanians in Coalition custody in Iraq, and that the Jordanian Embassy in Baghdad and CPA have identified 23 detainees in Coalition custody as Jordanian. The MFA believes other Jordanians might be mis-id [...]	2004-05-06 17:12:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM US IZ JO
04AMMAN3488	FREE SAUDI OIL FOR ANOTHER YEAR! OR MAYBE NOT... [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOJ announced yesterday that Saudi Arabia will provide Jordan with free oil for another year. Unfortunately, this public announcement may well endanger Jordan's informal accord with the publicity-shy Saudis. If the oil deal falls through, Jordan still faces a bleak budgetary [...]	2004-05-06 19:44:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON EFIN JO SA
04AMMAN3504	THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ONE YEAR LATER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The National Center for Human Rights (NCHR) has begun to improve Jordan's domestic human rights situation through education and influencing the GOJ's decision last year to admit several hundred refugees from Iraq. Despite centralized decision-making that has led to some internal p [...]	2004-05-10 06:34:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREF KPAL JO
04AMMAN3600	PUBLIC ACCOLADES FOR KING'S WHITE HOUSE MEETING, [...] (C) Jordanians lauded King Abdullah for his May 6 meeting with President Bush, crediting the King with three specific achievements: 1) securing written U.S. guarantees to protect Jordan's interests; 2) encouraging a much-awaited presidential apology for Iraq prison abuse; and 3) influencing [...]	2004-05-10 15:10:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS IZ JO
04AMMAN3677	IRAQ MISSION IN AMMAN ALLEGES IRAQ-JORDAN BORDER [...] (C) The Iraq Mission in Amman alleges that Iraqi border police at the border between Iraq and Jordan are actively soliciting bribes before allowing Iraqis to pass to the Jordanian side. Iraqi border police in many cases are letting Iraqis pass without verifying the existence or authenticity o [...]	2004-05-12 08:45:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IZ JO
04AMMAN3690	IRAQ, PEACE PROCESS WILL DOMINATE DEAD SEA WEF [...] (C) In hosting the second World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting at the Dead Sea, King Abdullah hopes to promote Jordan as an island of political stability and economic opportunity in the region, and portray himself as both a peacemaker and deal-maker. Your participation underscores U.S. suppor [...]	2004-05-12 12:09:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PTER ASEC OVIP KPAL JO
04AMMAN3733	GOJ PROGRESSING ON PLAN OF ACTION FOR POLITICAL [...] (C) The Ministry of Political Development recently distributed a draft strategy and plan of action for political reform to selected diplomatic missions, members of Parliament (MPs),journalists and NGOs. The plan is relatively forthright in its assessment of the obstacles to the development [...]	2004-05-13 09:06:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM JO
04AMMAN3803	U/S LARSON MEETING WITH JORDAN'S DEPUTY PRIME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Under Secretary for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs Alan Larson reviewed trade issues with Government of Jordan (GOJ) Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Trade Mohammad Halaiqa on the margins of the World Economic Forum (WEF) May 15. Halaiqa noted the GOJ's pr [...]	2004-05-16 12:36:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL EAID ECON JO
04AMMAN381	ISLAMISTS WEIGH IN AGAINST THE U.S., ISRAEL AND [...] (C) The Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood and its political wing, the Islamic Action Front (IAF),have recently joined a charge against reform of the state educational curriculum and spearheaded a new drive in Parliament to sever relations with Israel. The Islamists also denounced the French gover [...]	2004-01-15 17:15:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KISL IS JO
04AMMAN3822	JORDAN MFA REQUESTS INFORMATION ON 19 JORDANIANS [...] (U) This is an action request for CPA, CENTCOM, and CJTF-7. See para 5 below. ----------------------------- JORDANIANS IN CUSTODY IN IRAQ ----------------------------- 2. (C) There have been persistent reports of the detention of Jordanian citizens in Iraq. Members of the Jordanian Pa [...]	2004-05-17 06:10:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS IZ US JO
04AMMAN3829	ARAB PARLIAMENT SPEAKERS DEBATE FUTURE OF IRAQ, [...] (C) Speakers of seven parliaments in the region held a two-day conference May 12-13 in Amman to discuss the situation in Iraq. Participants called for an end to U.S. occupation, highlighted their support for democratic institutions in Iraq, and advocated a wider UN role in rebuilding the cou [...]	2004-05-17 09:42:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM IZ SY JO
04AMMAN385	PRIME MINISTER REAFFIRMS DECISION ON RJ FLIGHTS, [...] (C) The Iraqi Ba,ath party,s January 14 public threat to Royal Jordanian flights to Baghdad, which had only just resumed on January 9 following a month-plus long suspension, again has given Jordanian officials a severe case of cold feet over RJ,s service and their own accountability in the eve [...]	2004-01-15 18:00:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR EAIR IZ JO
04AMMAN388	TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE: BURNS STAFFER PROPOSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT) staffer Myron Nordquist and Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) CEO Muna Nijem discussed a possible training session for Iraqi regulators to be held in Amman soon. The proposed training session could further Nijem's goal of establishing a regio [...]	2004-01-15 19:11:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS EAID KPAO JO
04AMMAN3958	MAY 19 JORDAN-IRAQ REPORT: NGO COORDINATION, [...] (U) This is another of post's periodic wrap up cables on Iraqi items as seen from Amman. We report these views without assessing their validity. ------------------------ NGO LACK OF COORDINATION ------------------------ 2. (U) Iraqi Reconstruction and Development Council rep Bushra Jam [...]	2004-05-19 14:24:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS IZ JO
04AMMAN401	KING ABDULLAH ON IRAQ, MEPP, SAUDI ARABIA WITH [...] (C) King Abdullah addressed his concerns on Iraq, the Palestinian-Israeli peace process and Saudi Arabia in a meeting with Staffdel Nordquist on January 13. The King voiced concerns over the U.S. timetable in Iraq, in-fighting in the Palestinian Prime Ministry, and extremists in Saudi Arabia. [...]	2004-01-19 17:21:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL IS SA IZ JO
04AMMAN4052	DEMARCHE TO JORDAN ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SYRIA [...] (C) PolCouns and PolOff covered ref points on the implementation of the Syria Accountability Act May 20 with Basheer Zoubi, Deputy Director of the Foreign Minister's Private Office, and Manar Dabbas, Private Office U.S. action officer. Neither Zoubi nor Dabbas made any substantive comment, [...]	2004-05-20 13:38:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD SY JO
04AMMAN4054	BRIEFING JORDAN ON U.S. POLICY TOWARD CIVILIAN [...] (C) PolCouns and PolOff covered ref points on U.S. policy toward civilian hostages in Iraq May 20 with Basheer Zoubi, Deputy Director of the Foreign Minister's Private Office, and Manar Dabbas, Private Office U.S. action officer. Zoubi thanked PolCouns for the information, and asked that th [...]	2004-05-20 13:38:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER PREL PGOV IZ JO
04AMMAN4065	JORDAN MFA REQUESTS INFORMATION ON 10 MORE [...] (U) This is an action request for CPA, CENTCOM, and CJTF-7. See para 4 below. ----------------------------- JORDANIANS IN CUSTODY IN IRAQ ----------------------------- 2. (C) The GOJ believes that as many as 38 Jordanians may be in coalition custody, 10 to 15 of which may be incorrectly [...]	2004-05-23 04:03:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS IZ US JO
04AMMAN407	FM MUASHER SAYS ISRAELI WALL IS KILLING PROSPECTS [...] (C) FM Muasher told a Senate staff delegation on January 15 that the Israeli separation barrier - "the wall" - is killing prospects for a two-state solution, and that he expects negative movement in the peace process this year. He fears a future partitioning of Iraq if any arrangement is made [...]	2004-01-19 17:37:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL IS IZ SY IR SA JO MEPP
04AMMAN409	JORDANIANS PROTEST AGAINST ISRAEL AND U.S. IRAQ [...] (C) A non-violent demonstration held January 16 in Amman garnered several hundred Jordanians who protested against Israeli policies and the U.S. presence in Iraq. In contravention of parameters pre-arranged with the GOJ, several demonstrators held up pictures of Saddam Hussein and Iraqi flag [...]	2004-01-19 18:32:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL KISL IS IZ JO KTER
04AMMAN4132	GOJ CONFRONTS POSSIBLE LABOR TRAFFICKING SCAM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post has learned of several dozen third country nationals (TCNs) brought to Jordan by apparently unscrupulous recruiting agents and sent to Iraq. All have needed some assistance in returning to their home countries and in at least one case, the workers were physically abused in Ir [...]	2004-05-24 15:51:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB PREF KWMN IZ JO KTIP
04AMMAN4133	JORDAN'S TRADE MINISTER REVIEWS FTA TRADE ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: DPM and Trade Minister Mohammad Halaiqa reviewed with the Ambassador a number of trade issues, most related to the upcoming June 8 meeting of the FTA Joint Committee. Halaiqa reported that he had spoken with Israeli DPM and Trade Minister Ehud Olmert regarding accelerated tarif [...]	2004-05-26 04:47:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KTIA KIPR PREL JO
04AMMAN4236	IRAQIS IN JORDAN FEAR JUNE 30 HANDOVER WILL RESULT [...] (C) SUMMARY: There are Iraqis in Jordan who fear that the June 30 transfer of authority to the Iraqi Interim Government (IIG) will result in an escalation of violence, and support the presence of coalition forces until a stable government is in place. END SUMMARY. -------------------------- [...]	2004-05-27 13:19:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IZ JO
04AMMAN4310	ENERGY MINISTER ADDRESSES TRANSPARENCY CONCERNS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to Energy Minister Khreisat, the al-Samra power plant construction tender has been and will remain transparent, despite complaints by U.S. contractor Black & Veatch (B&V). In a May 24 meeting, Khreisat also shared the Energy Ministry,s plans for modernization of the Z [...]	2004-05-31 14:18:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV JO
04AMMAN4330	VISITING IMF TEAM IMPRESSED BY THE STATE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the end of a two-week mission, a visiting IMF team tallied a long list of indicators reflecting the current strength of Jordan's economy. Economic growth continues to build momentum and the IMF has increased its estimate for real growth in Jordan's GDP this year to 5.5%. Fi [...]	2004-06-01 10:24:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC EAID IZ JO
04AMMAN4485	DEMARCHE TO JORDAN ON SUPPORTING THE IIG AND [...] (C) PolCouns and PolOff covered ref A and B points on the revised draft text of the new UNSCR on Iraq and supporting the Iraq Interim Government (IIG) June 2 with Ali Al-Ayed, Director of the Foreign Minister's Private Office. Al-Ayed said that the GOJ was pleased with the selection of Ghazi A [...]	2004-06-03 09:08:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO
04AMMAN4542	JORDAN PRIVATELY WELCOMES THE IIG; PRESS CRITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Official GOJ reaction to the selection of Ghazi Al Yawer as the President of the Iraq Interim Government (IIG) was positive. King Abdullah issued a statement of support to the Iraqi leadership, and FM Muasher told the press that the GOJ welcomed the appointment of Al Yawer. Pre [...]	2004-06-06 10:25:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO
04AMMAN4555	JORDANIAN PRESS: WHEN IN A PICKLE, PRAISE THE KING [...] (C) Summary. Given the anti-American sentiment on the street and the recent events of Abu Ghreib prison and the violence in Rafah, the Jordanian news media have not missed an opportunity over the past month to attack not only U.S. policy, but American institutions and society in general. The [...]	2004-06-06 13:04:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PA PREL KPAO IO
04AMMAN4581	ROYAL WEDDING ROCKS AMMAN [...] (U) Jordan -- or at least part of it -- was swept up in elaborate festivities May 26-28 marking the wedding of Crown Prince Hamza to his 22-year old distant cousin, Princess Noor Bint Assem, despite the prince's reported desire for a low-key event. The widely-publicized celebration makes o [...]	2004-06-06 14:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR JO
04AMMAN4582	REMOVING HURDLES TO DEEPER U.S.-JORDAN ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S.-Jordanian economic and trade relations have boomed over the past five years of economic reforms launched by King Abdullah. The U.S. has become Jordan's No. 1 trade partner and Jordan's economy is strengthening on a number of fronts. However, there remains room for impro [...]	2004-06-06 14:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD JO
04AMMAN4629	INTERIOR MINISTER TAKES JORDAN'S ANTI-NORMALIZERS [...] (C) Interior Minister Habashneh has strongly chastised Jordan's professional associations for resurrecting the previously banned "anti-normalization" committee that advocates ending Jordan's peace treaty with Israel. Habashneh also slammed the associations for attempting to enlist Lebanese H [...]	2004-06-07 14:23:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC IS KPAL JO
04AMMAN4670	JORDAN'S FINANCE MINISTER DISCUSSES IMF VISIT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Finance Minister Abu Hammour related to the Ambassador June 2 that the visiting IMF team said Jordan would graduate from the IMF program "with honors." Although the IMF had raised its growth estimate for Jordan for 2004 to 5.5%, he said it could just as easily have been 6%. Bo [...]	2004-06-08 15:24:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID IZ JO
04AMMAN4694	IRAQ CHARGE IN AMMAN URGES U.S. FOCUS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq Charge in Amman Ma'an Barakat urged the U.S. to focus on the reconstruction of Iraq once the Iraq Interim Government (IIG) assumes sovereignty after June 30. He asserted that Iraqis will accept the authority of the IIG if it takes charge in civil and criminal matters. He also [...]	2004-06-09 13:41:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO
04AMMAN4698	NO TALK OF KUWAITI OIL IN JORDAN [...] (C) REF B requested Embassy Amman's readout on a reported Jordanian claim of an understanding regarding Kuwaiti provision of oil to Jordan. In the Ambassador's recent discussions with the King, the Prime Minister and the Finance Minister (Ref A),we have heard no claims of a Kuwaiti promise [...]	2004-06-09 14:52:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN IZ KU JO
04AMMAN4748	NAQUORA KURDS STUCK IN AMMAN [...] (U) The nearly two-and-a-half year saga of the "Naquora Kurds," Iraqi Kurds who attempted to seek political asylum in Israel and ended up stranded on the Israeli-Lebanese border under UNIFIL protection (ref),hit a new snag this week when the UN plane carrying the remaining 14 Kurds from Leban [...]	2004-06-10 14:10:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL IZ LE JO UNHCR
04AMMAN479	UNAMI OFFICIALS HINT DEPUTY SRSG FOR IRAQ WILL BE [...] (C) Summary: Although the UN has not yet decided where to base Deputy Special Representative for Iraq Ross Mountain, UNAMI staff have been instructed to establish a 17-person "coordination cell" to support his activities in Amman. Mountain will oversee UN operational and program issues in I [...]	2004-01-21 09:54:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ASEC IZ JO UNSC
04AMMAN4855	JORDAN TAKES ACTION TO PREVENT TRAFFICKING OF [...] (C) King Abdullah and senior GOJ officials have strongly condemned the possible trafficking of third country nationals (TCNs) into Iraq from Jordan. The Minister of Interior promised the Ambassador that he would take firm action against unscrupulous labor recruiting agents and others complic [...]	2004-06-15 12:03:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB PREF KWMN IZ JO KTIP
04AMMAN4887	UNRWA COMGEN HANSEN TESTS WATERS FOR POSSIBLE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In a June 14 phone call to refcoord, UNRWA chef de cabinet Aquarone indicated that ComGen Peter Hansen may not intend to step down after his current term expires in February 2005. We believe that a fourth term for Hansen serves neither U.S. nor UNRWA interests and r [...]	2004-06-16 10:54:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL KPAL JO UNRWA
04AMMAN4953	LOWER HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT DEBATES COOPERATION WITH [...] (C) The Lower House of Parliament tentatively approved an amendment to a human rights law which bans the National Center for Human Rights from cooperating with organizations belonging to "the Jewish entity and those who support it." Islamist MPs overcame an earlier committee defeat of the ame [...]	2004-06-17 10:38:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL KPAL IS JO KHUM
04AMMAN4983	JORDAN'S BORDER PROCEDURES REGARDING SCRAP METAL, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Government of Jordan (GOJ) Customs Department described procedures for handling scrap metal and spare parts at the Al Kerama border station with Iraq, a process that was upgraded in early May after the CPA issued licensing procedures in Iraq. Screening at the border includes a [...]	2004-06-17 15:29:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC IZ JO
04AMMAN5007	JORDANIAN VISITS TO WEST BANK STIR CONTROVERSY [...] (C) The visit of two Jordanian delegations to the West Bank earlier this month has fueled speculation among some quarters about the GOJ's future role in the West Bank. On June 2-3, a group of retired Jordanian generals conducted a Track II related visit to Israel and the West Bank. Separate [...]	2004-06-21 07:08:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC KPAL IS JO
04AMMAN5086	PARLIAMENT REVERSES COURSE ON PROPOSED BAN ON [...] (C) The Lower House of Parliament voted June 20 to remove a controversial amendment to a human rights law that it had earlier approved which banned cooperation with Israeli organizations and "those who support it." While a strong GOJ lobbying campaign succeeded in swaying the votes of former [...]	2004-06-22 12:52:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KPAL PGOV PREL IS JO KHUM

04AMMAN5088	IRAQ MISSION IN AMMAN: NO INSTRUCTIONS FOR VISA [...] (U) Recent international press articles reported that the Iraq Ministry of Interior (MOI) will require visas for all foreigners visiting Iraq after June 30. One article quoted Hadi Muhanna, Iraq MOI travel department director, that "without exception" all foreign visitors must apply for visas [...]	2004-06-22 13:34:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO
04AMMAN5109	JORDANIAN-PALESTINIANS ON EDGE AS CONFLICT ROILS [...] (C) The festering Palestinian-Israeli conflict has rekindled sensitivity among some Jordanians of Palestinian origin about their position in Jordanian society, highlighting their strained relationship with the dominant (but minority) East Bank Jordanian community. It also has given rise rec [...]	2004-06-23 10:53:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL KPAL IS JO
04AMMAN5131	JORDAN'S EDUCATION MINISTRY EMBROILED IN CHEATING [...] (C) The Education Ministry is under fire after the GOJ announced on June 21 the suspension of Jordan's annual high school exams (tawjihi) to investigate allegations that students obtained copies of at least one of the exams in advance. The head of the GID's Anti-Corruption Unit says that at [...]	2004-06-23 15:20:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC JO
04AMMAN5397	IRAQIS IN JORDAN REACT POSITIVELY TO HANDOVER, BUT [...] SUMMARY: Iraqi contacts in Jordan see the transfer of sovereignty to the Iraq Interim Government (IIG) as a positive step toward a better Iraq. They expect that the violence will continue in coming months, but subside as the IIG asserts its authority. These contacts maintain that security i [...]	2004-06-30 13:53:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO
04AMMAN540	ISLAMISTS RENEW DEMANDS TO CANCEL VISIT OF ISRAELI [...] (U) In a statement released to the press January 20, the Jordanian Islamic Action Front (IAF),the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood, urged the GOJ to cancel the upcoming visit to Jordan of Israeli Foreign Minister Shalom. The statement read, in part, that, "The announcement of a visit [...]	2004-01-21 16:34:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL IS JO
04AMMAN5403	MOBILE TELEPHONY COMPETITION EXPANDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) has granted a new mobile telephony license, on a preliminary basis, to a consortium of local Jordanian businessmen and Kuwaiti investors. The new entrant should further enhance the competitiveness of Jordan,s telecommunicati [...]	2004-06-30 15:42:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS EAID PGOV KPRV JO
04AMMAN5419	CURRENT STATUS OF IRAQI FROZEN ASSETS IN JORDAN [...] (C) On June 29, ECOUNS spoke with Finance Ministry Secretary General Mohammad Mumtaz about the current status of SIPDIS the frozen Iraqi assets remaining in Jordan. As reported in reftels, Jordan is reviewing private sector claims against these assets and will transfer the remaining balan [...]	2004-07-01 14:10:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID IZ JO
04AMMAN5431	KING ABDULLAH WELCOMES IIG; PRIVATE JORDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The official GOJ reaction to the surprise early transfer of sovereignty to the Iraqi Interim Government (IIG) was strongly positive. King Abdullah sent separate congratulatory messages to President al-Yawar and Prime Minister Allawi pledging Jordan's full support to ensure Iraqi [...]	2004-07-02 08:44:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO
04AMMAN5674	JORDANIAN CABINET SENDS MEDIA REFORM MEASURES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE JORDANIAN CABINET APPROVED JULY 6 THREE MEASURES AIMED AT LIBERALIZING PRINT AND BROADCAST MEDIA IN JORDAN. DRAFT REFORMS INCLUDE THE ELIMINATION OF PRE-PUBLICATION REVIEW OF BOOKS; PROTECTION OF JOURNALISTS FROM DETENTION OR THE CLOSURE OF PUBLICATIONS WITHOUT A COURT ORDE [...]	2004-07-08 14:36:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM JO
04AMMAN5684	ACTIVISTS LAUNCH CAMPAIGN AGAINST GOJ SECURITY [...] (C) Media reports of King Abdullah's purported readiness to send troops to Iraq elicited a quick "clarification" by the Foreign Ministry while prompting opposition activists to launch a petition campaign against the government's Iraq policy. One of the campaign organizers accused the King and [...]	2004-07-08 15:40:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ JO
04AMMAN5685	JORDAN: COMING TO CLOSURE ON AN ARTICLE 98 [...] (U) This is an action request for the Department. Please see para 4. 2. (C) Ambassador raised forcefully with Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher the USG's strong desire to come to closure on an Article 98 agreement in two separate meetings on July 7 and 8. The Ambassador noted that the GO [...]	2004-07-08 16:00:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL US JO KICC
04AMMAN5725	GOJ APPROVAL RATING RISES IN POLL, BUT HOW LONG [...] (C) The government of Prime Minister Faisal al-Fayez enjoyed a rise in public approval ratings, according to an opinion poll conducted 200 days after the government's formation. The poll director attributed this development to low initial expectations and a combination of one-time factors, a [...]	2004-07-11 13:04:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL PTER ECON JO
04AMMAN5726	JORDAN'S FINANCE MINISTER ON IRAQI ASSETS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's Finance Minister Abu Hammour related to the Ambassador July 5 that he expected all claims on Iraqi frozen assets to be settled by mid-July and the balance remaining transferred to Iraq. On other Iraqi issues, Abu Hammour reported that Jordan had still not heard from I [...]	2004-07-11 13:08:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL ETRD JO IZ
04AMMAN5784	TALES OF CORRUPTION CIRCULATE AROUND AMMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Amman is rife with rumors of high-level manipulation and alleged official corruption, with stories of a multi-million dollar theft of royal jewelry in shipment from Europe and a multi-layered Kuwait oil deal that gives Palace and GID slush funds -- not just the Treasury -- part [...]	2004-07-12 07:23:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM JO
04AMMAN5891	DEMARCHE TO JORDAN ON ICJ ADVISORY OPINION ON [...] (C) PolCouns delivered ref points on the ICJ advisory opinion on the Israeli security barrier July 13 to Manar Dabbas, USA action officer in Foreign Minister Muasher's Private Office. PolCouns emphasized that all parties must remain focused on realizing President Bush's vision of two states [...]	2004-07-13 14:55:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL US IS JO
04AMMAN5894	UNAMI TO REDUCE STAFF IN AMMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Interim Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq (A/SRSG) Ross Mountain and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Malloch Brown, the United Nations Assistance Mission to Iraq (UNAMI) plans to reduce its staff profile in Amman sligh [...]	2004-07-14 02:25:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IZ JO
04AMMAN5918	UNRWA BEGINS CONSULTATIONS ON GOVERNANCE REFORM [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 13. 2. (SBU) Summary and Action Request: As follow-up to its June 7-8 conference in Geneva, UNRWA held informal consultations July 8 in Amman to review governance issues with key stakeholders: current and incoming Advisory Commission chairs Japan [...]	2004-07-15 07:24:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL KPAL JO UNRWA
04AMMAN5939	KING BACKS DECENTRALIZATION, PUSHES RELUCTANT [...] (SBU) King Abdullah has made a priority of decentralization through expanding the responsibilities and capacity of the 12 regional governorates beyond their traditional security mandate. The appointed administrative governors have not made much progress in exercising the authority granted them [...]	2004-07-15 12:16:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM JO
04AMMAN6160	PERSONAL STATUS LAW DEFEATED, AGAIN [...] (C) Despite lobbying by activists, conservative, tribal, and Islamist members of Jordan's Lower House of Parliament joined to reject for a second time a provisional "Personal Status Law" that gives a woman the right to divorce her husband. Dubbed the "khuloe law," it also includes a provisi [...]	2004-07-21 12:49:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWMN JO
04AMMAN6173	ALLAWI HAS PRODUCTIVE VISIT TO JORDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan FM Marwan Muasher told A/S Bloomfield and Charge July 19 that the then-ongoing visit of Iraqi Interim Government (IIG) Prime Minister Allawi was proceeding positively. Both sides showed a clear political will to establish solid, positive bilateral relations and to resolve [...]	2004-07-22 04:26:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO
04AMMAN6179	MFA LEGAL ADVISOR ON JORDAN'S "DECLARATION" ON THE [...] (C) Charge and PolCouns queried MFA Legal Department Head Samer Naber July 21 on the meaning of Jordan's "declaration" about national liberation movements on the Convention on the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism. Naber clarified that the Jordanian statement was a "declaration" and [...]	2004-07-22 07:35:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL EFIN JO UN
04AMMAN6211	UNMIK: JORDAN AWAITS INVESTIGATION RESULTS, [...] (C) Charge discussed the status of Jordanian police units in Kosovo July 22 with Samir Rifai, Minister of the Royal Court to King Abdullah. Charge expressed serious USG concern over the apparent pattern of improper and violent behavior of Jordanian police personnel in UNMIK. Even if the UN [...]	2004-07-22 13:37:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC CASC PTER KCRM YI KPKO JO UNMIK
04AMMAN6213	KING URGES GOVERNMENT TO PULL UP ITS SOCKS [...] (C) King Abdullah wrote a critical letter to Prime Minister Faisal Fayez on July 20 prodding the government to take action on the priorities that the King laid out at the formation of the government in October 2003. Debate ranges on whether the tone of the letter indicates a reaffirmation of s [...]	2004-07-22 14:03:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM JO
04AMMAN6215	JORDANIAN EXTREMISTS SUSPECTED IN INFILTRATION [...] (C) On July 19 at approximately 0600 local time, Jordanian border security forces detected four individuals attempting to infiltrate northern Israel from Jordanian territory near Waqqas. A siege ensued when the gunmen refused orders to surrender and opened fire on the Jordanian security for [...]	2004-07-22 14:09:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER KISL IS JO
04AMMAN6249	JORDAN'S FINANCE MINISTER ON IRAQI ASSETS, IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Finance Mohammad Abu Hammour July 21 told the Charge that the final payment to DFI of Iraqi assets would be about USD 50 million, but averred he did not know the precise number. He noted the cabinet had released the Rafidain Bank's USD 84 million in operating capit [...]	2004-07-23 08:30:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL ETRD IZ JO
04AMMAN6250	JORDAN'S FINANCE MINISTER ON IRAQI ASSETS, IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Finance Mohammad Abu Hammour July 21 told the Charge that the final payment to DFI of Iraqi assets would be about USD 50 million, but averred he did not know the precise number. He noted the cabinet had released the Rafidain Bank's USD 84 million in operating capit [...]	2004-07-23 08:31:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL ETRD IZ JO
04AMMAN6341	DIMONA RADIATION FEARS HEIGHTENED BY VANUNU [...] (C) SUMMARY: Comments made by Israeli nuclear scientist Mordechai Vanunu to a UK paper have inflamed public concerns in Jordan regarding Israel's Dimona reactor. The GOJ quickly countered Vanunu's claims that Jordanians - and others in the region - are at risk from leaks or other environmental [...]	2004-07-26 15:03:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV PREL PGOV KRAD JO
04AMMAN6356	GOJ PROMISES TO CLAMP DOWN ON RADICAL CLERICS, ACT [...] (C) Prime Minister Faisal al-Fayez pledged July 22 to take action on unaccomplished goals identified by King Abdullah. In accordance with the King's directive to "improve the living standards of citizens," Fayez promised to hold a national conference on poverty and unemployment in September [...]	2004-07-27 13:37:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL JO
04AMMAN6360	JORDANIAN REPLACEMENT OFFICERS EN ROUTE TO KOSOVO, [...] (C) Public Security Directorate (PSD) Chief Tahseen Shurdom told Charge on July 26 that four Jordanian officers are en route to Kosovo to replace the four that are currently subject of an internal UNMIK investigation for threatening U.S. soldiers in June. Shurdom said that he understood the [...]	2004-07-27 14:28:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC CASC PTER KCRM YI KPKO JO UNMIK
04AMMAN6370	JORDAN SEIZED BY HOSTAGE CRISIS IN IRAQ [...] (C) Two Jordanian truck drivers, who work for a Jordanian company operating in al-Qaim, were seized by militants in Iraq on July 26. The kidnappers reputedly have demanded that the company withdraw from Iraq and pay a ransom. Despite GOJ advice not to give in to the demands, their employer [...]	2004-07-27 17:31:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC JO IQ
04AMMAN6435	PALACE BRINGS EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Just as MPs were being criticized for not getting their work done, the Palace surprised them with a snap adjournment of their summer extraordinary session. With most decision makers traveling with the King, there has been little clarity on the strategy behind the adjournment. A second e [...]	2004-07-29 14:36:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM JO
04AMMAN6436	FOUR MORE JORDANIANS REPORTED KIDNAPPED IN IRAQ [...] (C) The Jordan-Iraq hostage saga continues, as Jordanian officials scrambled to confirm press reports that militants kidnapped another four Jordanians in Iraq. The two men abducted on July 26 are not yet free despite their employer's acquiescence (at least on the surface) to the kidnappers [...]	2004-07-29 14:45:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC JO IQ
04AMMAN6437	IRAQI CHARGE UPBEAT ON RECEPTION, ALLAWI VISIT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Charge in Amman Ma'an Barakat portrayed a July 26 reception celebrating the transfer of sovereignty to the Iraqi Interim Government (IIG) as a "major success". The turnout, however, was far smaller than Iraqi National Day receptions of the recent past. Barakat said that v [...]	2004-07-29 15:24:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO
04AMMAN6438	IRAQ MISCELLANY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Consul in Amman Ahmad Jirallah confirmed a July 28 media report that the mission would not place visas inside passports containing Israeli stamps. EU rep Ana Gallo Alvarez said the EU is hoping to open a Baghdad office at the end of 2005, though this date could be moved up. [...]	2004-07-29 15:31:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO
04AMMAN6439	FM MUASHER CLAIMS HANDS ARE TIED ON TERRORISM [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-29 15:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL PTER JO UN
04AMMAN6473	GOJ SPOKESWOMAN BRISTLES AT REPORTS OF ISRAELI [...] (U) The GOJ reacted angrily to Israeli media reports August 1 claiming that Israel is trying to block the U.S. sale of AMRAAM missiles to Jordan. Minister of State and Government Spokeswoman Asma Khader alleged that Israeli opposition to the arms deal was in response to Jordan's strong stanc [...]	2004-08-02 14:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL IS JO
04AMMAN6505	IMPLEMENTING THE CWC: JORDAN [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-03 15:06:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM ABUD JO AROC CWC CBW OPCW
04AMMAN6507	JORDAN-IRAQ HOSTAGE CRISIS ESCALATES [...] (U) Jordanian officials on August 3 confirmed that yet another Jordanian has been kidnapped in Iraq, bringing the total number of hostages to seven. Foreign Minister Muasher said that the government is exerting "huge" efforts to win their release, and is keeping the families apprised of dev [...]	2004-08-03 15:25:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC JO IQ
04AMMAN652	JORDAN PM PLEDGES CONTROVERSIAL TAX AND PRICE [...] (C) Summary. With unusual candor, Prime Minister Faisal al-Fayez publicly announced oil product price and tax hikes to take effect later this year. Although Fayez softened the blow by announcing public pay increases and blaming previous governments and external forces, his political honeymo [...]	2004-01-26 18:02:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV EAID PREL JO
04AMMAN6545	KING'S SLAP AT PA STIRS CONTROVERSY [...] (C) Summary. King Abdullah's comments about the stymied peace process during a prime-time interview with al-Arabiya has sparked controversy, prompting Palestinian officials to seek "clarification" from Amman. The King reiterated the importance of the roadmap. In response to a suggestion th [...]	2004-08-04 15:40:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAL IS JO
04AMMAN655	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON [...] (C) Embassy's preliminary investigation of TELETEC Corporation indicates that TELETEC is currently under investigation by the U.S. Customs Department. It is our understanding that this investigation is sensitive in nature and thus we suggest PM/DTCC case officer confer with U.S. Customs on th [...]	2004-01-27 11:14:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KOMC ETTC JO
04AMMAN6574	FOUR JORDANIAN HOSTAGES FREED IN IRAQ [...] (U) Four Jordanian citizens kidnapped in Iraq last week have been freed as a result of the intervention of Iraqi tribal leaders and the Muslim Ulema Committee in Fallujah, according to MFA official Ali al-Ayed. Press reports indicate that Iraqi Shaykh Haj Ibrahim Jassam learned on August 3 [...]	2004-08-05 14:25:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC JO IQ
04AMMAN6575	JORDAN TO HOST SECOND MEETING WITH GENEVA ACCORD [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian and Israeli supporters of the Geneva Accord will convene in Jordan August 5-6 in the hopes of gaining momentum for their unofficial peace initiative. Foreign Minister Muasher will speak at the opening of the meeting, and Jordanian officials say they hope the effort [...]	2004-08-05 14:32:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL IS JO
04AMMAN6581	JORDAN'S EXPORTS TO IRAQ ARE STRONG AND GROWING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bilateral Jordan-Iraq trade is flourishing, even without considering the strong transit trade. Domestic exports to Iraq took off in 2003 in unexpected sectors. Iraqis' pent-up demand for tobacco and alcohol are keeping Jordanian manufacturers and truckers busy. Soaps, animal [...]	2004-08-05 17:16:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL EFIN IZ JO
04AMMAN6587	WARNING SIGNS ON BOEING SALE TO RJ [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of conversations with Jordanian stakeholders in Royal Jordanian Airlines' proposed purchase of five Boeing 737s, Charge and Emboffs have received mixed signals on how salvageable negotiations between Boeing and RJ may be. This may reflect a decision by Jordanian stakeho [...]	2004-08-05 18:00:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR BEXP JO
04AMMAN665	MUASHER ASKS FOR HELP WITH THE SAUDIS ON OIL [...] (C) Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher told the Ambassador and PolCouns January 21 that neither Kuwait nor the UAE had yet provided all the free oil they had promised to Jordan in the aftermath of the Iraq war. Kuwait, he asserted, had committed to providing 25,000 bpd for six months, and Jorda [...]	2004-01-27 13:05:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PREL KU SA JO TC
04AMMAN6691	OIL-FOR-FOOD VIOLATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent visit by HIRC STAFFDEL Scharfen may have uncovered hard, documentary evidence of involvement of some Jordanian banks in facilitating the payment of kickbacks during the closing years of the Oil-for-Food (OFF) program. This evidence, if verified, would still leave some doub [...]	2004-08-09 14:46:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL JO IZ UN
04AMMAN6736	PALESTINIAN-JORDANIAN LEADERS CRITIQUE THE KING [...] (C) Summary. Prominent Palestinian critics of the regime -- malcontents who nonetheless voice views held more widely -- recently shared with us their analysis of King Abdullah,s standing. They attacked his political reforms as lacking in substance, and therefore uninspiring to the public an [...]	2004-08-10 15:02:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL PGOV JO
04AMMAN6760	JORDAN'S KING ABDULLAH VISITS ASIA SEEKING TRADE, [...] (U) SUMMARY: King Abdullah's swing through Asia was aimed at diversifying the Kingdom's trade and investment partners and seeking bilateral assistance. The King succeeded in obtaining several grants and loans from China and South Korea; Jordan and Korea also signed a tax treaty. The King's [...]	2004-08-11 13:36:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV EAID JO CH KS TH
04AMMAN6765	GENEVA ACCORD BACKERS CONVENE IN JORDAN; GOJ [...] (C) Summary. Geneva Accord supporters met at the Dead Sea August 5-7. They agreed to develop a response to PM Sharon's Gaza withdrawal plan in the coming weeks. Prior to kicking off the meeting, Foreign Minister Muasher met with the Israeli author of the plan, Yossi Beilin, and re-stated [...]	2004-08-12 13:14:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL IS JO
04AMMAN6771	ANTI-NORMALIZERS, ISLAMISTS DEFY GOVERNMENT AND [...] (C) The Jordan Engineers Association (JEA) announced a "boycott" of MP Raed Qaqish after he appeared on an Al Hurra television program debating an Israeli official. The GOJ publicly rebuked the JEA and the related Professional Associations Council (PAC),reminding them that the PAC Anti-Norm [...]	2004-08-12 14:35:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL IS JO
04AMMAN6803	JORDAN'S ISLAMIC CENTRIST PARTY PUSHES AHEAD [...] (C) A small party that has splintered from the Islamic Action Front -- and strives to be a moderating Islamic counterweight -- has suffered internal, personality driven rivalries. Nonetheless, the Islamic Centrist Party is expected to weather a recent leadership crisis and continue to advoc [...]	2004-08-15 09:58:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ASEC KISL KWMN JO
04AMMAN688	JORDANIANS NOTE THAT STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH [...] (U) President Bush's state of the union address has received substantial coverage in all major dailies. While many of these reports were mostly factual in nature, several prominent articles highlighted the absence of references to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, as well as the Democrats' c [...]	2004-01-27 17:09:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS JO KTER
04AMMAN695	JORDANIAN BUSINESSMAN RELATES DANGERS OF DOING [...] (C) A Jordanian businessman, Dureid Mahasneh (please protect),told PolOff January 26 of the dangers his transportation and shipping company has experienced while operating in Iraq. After paying protection money to keep his Baghdad warehouse free from attack, the facility was subsequently bu [...]	2004-01-28 07:57:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD IZ JO ELTD KTER
04AMMAN6968	IRAQ MISCELLANY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq named a new Ambassador to Jordan, Ata Abdul Wahab. Recent guidance from the Iraqi MFA on visa procedures appears to have cleared up some of the Amman Embassy,s confusion on this issue. Separately, a former Iraqi minister criticized PM Allawi,s performance. End Summary. [...]	2004-08-18 13:13:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CVIS CPAS KFRD IZ JO
04AMMAN7153	JORDAN'S FINANCE MINISTER ON DEBT POLICY, IRAQI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's Finance Minister reviewed how he hopes to reduce Jordan's debt burden, complying with a Jordanian debt management law setting a debt/GDP ratio of 60% by end-2006. He explored with a visiting Treasury delegation the measures he has taken and the steps he hopes to take t [...]	2004-08-26 03:44:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN JO IZ
04AMMAN7179	IRAQ, PEACE PROCESS, SYRIA DOMINATE LANTOS VISIT [...] (C) During separate meetings with King Abdullah, GID Director General Sa'ad Kheir, and Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher, in Amman on August 19, Congressman Tom Lantos focused on the positive in Jordan and criticized leaders from neighboring Arab countries. The Jordanians reiterated their suppor [...]	2004-08-26 05:55:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL IS IZ SA SY JO
04AMMAN7199	JORDANIAN REACTION TO EVENTS IN IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Strong GOJ backing for the Iraqi Interim Government (IIG) continues, but the GOJ has yet to comment publicly on the situation in Najaf or the new Iraqi Interim National Council (IINC). The Najaf situation draws significant negative attention here. End Summary. -------------- [...]	2004-08-26 15:43:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO
04AMMAN72	JORDAN: COMMITMENT TO PETROLEUM PRICE HIKES [...] (C) Summary. Jordan's Finance Minister believes he has met the 2003 budget deficit target in substance, although a delay in receiving expected oil aid from Gulf countries will likely require a waiver of the budget deficit target when the IMF Board reviews the stand-by agreement in mid-late F [...]	2004-01-05 16:29:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL JO
04AMMAN7200	JORDANIAN PM'S VISIT TO SYRIA: "SOME POSITIVENESS" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade said the recent Jordanian visit to Syria found "some positiveness" on most economic issues, especially on trade. Jordan's main interest on the economic side was getting Syria to implement agreements already in p [...]	2004-08-26 15:55:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON JO SY
04AMMAN7203	FORUM FOR THE FUTURE - JORDAN WANTS MORE COMPANY [...] (C) Summary: FM Muasher says Jordan will attend the FFF meetings September 23-24 in New York if Egypt or Saudi Arabia are also there. End summary. 2. (C) A/DCM delivered reftel points, agenda and paper on the G-8 Broader Middle East Initiative Forum for the Future to Manar Dabbas of FM [...]	2004-08-28 15:12:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KMPI JO UNGA
04AMMAN723	IRAQIS IN JORDAN SHOW LITTLE INTEREST IN RETURNING [...] (C) Summary and comment: A range of embassy contacts report that Iraqis continue to seek refuge in Jordan, with only limited returns from Iraq to Jordan. The handful of voluntary returns in the last six months was limited to new caseload refugees or individuals with particular reasons to ret [...]	2004-01-29 08:12:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL EAID KPAL IZ JO
04AMMAN725	JORDAN FDA DECISION ON OSTEOPOROSIS DRUG GENERIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan appears on a collision course with Merck Sharp and Dohme over MSD's osteoporosis drug, FOSAMAX OW, which a Jordanian drug firm called JOSWE is marketing as a generic after receiving permission last September from the Jordan Food and Drug Administration (JFDA). After info [...]	2004-01-29 08:12:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KIPR PREL JO
04AMMAN728	IRAQI SUNNIS VISIT AMMAN, SEEK TO ENGAGE U.S. IN [...] (S) A group of Sunni Iraqis representing the Iraqi Peace Party told PolCouns January 22 that they want to cooperate with the CPA and Coalition Forces in Iraq, but are put off by tough security measures there. The group said that anti-U.S. violence in the Sunni triangle does not represent sup [...]	2004-01-29 08:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM KISL ECON IZ JO
04AMMAN730	JORDAN: FY04 FOOD AID [...] (C) We understand that USDA and State are considering reducing Jordan's PL480 Title I allocation from $20 million in FY03 to $15 million in FY04 due to a reduction in the global amount of funding available for this program. We cannot comment on competing needs, but Washington should be awar [...]	2004-01-29 09:12:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PREL JO
04AMMAN7336	CABINET SHAKE-UP EXPECTED [...] (C) Summary: PM Fayez has told the press a cabinet shuffle will occur soon, probably by early October. For different reasons, he and ministers heavily involved in Jordan's economic and social reform successes appear safe for now, but a degree of royal disfavor with Fayez remains evident. [...]	2004-09-01 17:57:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JO
04AMMAN7337	RJ WILL LEASE AIRBUS, BUT KING REITERATES [...] (C) An August 31 article in Al-Rai, a daily generally regarded as an official mouthpiece, cited an unidentified government official as stating that Royal Jordanian Airlines would announce, at its September 1 board meeting, its decision to acquire ten Airbus aircraft. Samer Majali, in a conver [...]	2004-09-02 05:30:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR BEXP JO IZ
04AMMAN7360	MUASHER MEETING WITH S/P DIRECTOR REISS: PEACE [...] (C) Summary: FM Muasher expressed his frustration with the stalemate in the peace process, calling the Palestinians "unhelpful." Jordan is committed to helping Iraq stabilize, but Muasher noted the GOJ's growing concern about Iran's intentions in Iraq. He criticized Syria's "negative" impac [...]	2004-09-02 15:36:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS KPAL JO
04AMMAN7403	JORDAN'S FINANCE MINISTER ON DEBT AND OIL PRICES; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although making considerable progress on Jordan's public debt front, Jordan's Finance Minister is pushing for more. Driven by targets set by a Jordanian Public Debt Law, he seeks U.S. support in the Paris Club to support Jordan's debt swap plans as well as technical assistanc [...]	2004-09-07 14:10:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EPET EAID JO IZ
04AMMAN7404	GOJ REFORMERS TOUT PROGRESS DURING MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) Summary: Key GOJ reformers presented a positive picture to S/P Director Mitchell Reiss of Jordan's pioneering progress to implement key economic, political and social reforms, but acknowledged that significant obstacles remain. Several activists, including a former Prime Minister, are no [...]	2004-09-07 14:37:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAL IZ JO
04AMMAN7405	JORDANIAN CIVPOL PROBLEMS IN KOSOVO: POSITIVE GOJ [...] (C) Charge shared reftel points with Foreign Minister Muasher on September 7, emphasizing our expectations for improved leadership, management, and the proper vetting of Jordanian officers participating in the peacekeeping mission in Kosovo. Charge also highlighted the request for periodic [...]	2004-09-07 15:01:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YI JO UNMIK
04AMMAN7406	JORDAN ENDORSES UNSC RESOLUTION ON LEBANON [...] (C) Jordanian Foreign Minister Muasher publicly endorsed the recent UNSC resolution on the Lebanese presidential elections during a press conference on September 6. While stressing that the resolution "must be carefully studied," he noted that Jordan had never stood against any of the Securi [...]	2004-09-07 15:16:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE JO
04AMMAN7528	BOEING VS. AIRBUS: WHAT IS GOING ON?? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The past month of the Royal Jordanian Airlines (RJ) Boeing purchase saga has seen an increasingly clear-cut paradox. All available signs point to a clear decision by the GOJ, especially including the Palace, in favor of a continued RJ relationship with Airbus as sole provider of [...]	2004-09-09 13:51:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR BEXP PINR JO LY
04AMMAN7529	IRAQ BORDER UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordanian security officials at the Karameh border crossing have eased restrictions on the entry of Iraqis. Communications between Jordanian and Iraqi border officials remain poor, and Iraqi border officials are, reportedly, demanding bribes at numerous "check points" prior to f [...]	2004-09-09 14:35:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CVIS CPAS PTER MOPS IZ JO KINR
04AMMAN7619	GOJ DETAINS, RELEASES UNLICENSED PREACHERS [...] (C) Summary: A GOJ crackdown on unlicensed preachers over the weekend ignited a furious reaction from Jordan's powerful Muslim Brotherhood, which accused the GOJ of kowtowing to U.S. demands and restricting public freedoms. Intervention from the Prime Minister resulted in the release of 11 [...]	2004-09-14 14:38:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL JO
04AMMAN7659	JORDAN'S NEW BORDER TASK FORCE AIMS AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOJ cabinet approved a new inter-ministerial border management task force that will focus on facilitating trade and travel. The cabinet decision appointed National Customs as the lead agency in a task force comprising nine ministries and agencies. It is too soon to say whe [...]	2004-09-15 13:58:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP ETRD JO
04AMMAN7660	POLISH POLICE PRESENCE IN JORDAN AT RISK [...] (C) Summary. A high level USG approach in Warsaw is recommended to seek reevaluation of a decision to withdraw Polish trainers from the Iraq cadet program in Jordan. End summary. 2. (C) Polish Ambassador Biera (protect) confirmed to Charge on September 15 that Poland,s Ministry of Inter [...]	2004-09-15 15:11:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL JO PL
04AMMAN7752	ISLAM AND POLITICS IN JORDAN [...] (C) There has been a steady and unmistakable increase in the influence of Islam in Jordanian society over the last two decades. The younger generation, in particular, has embraced its Islamic roots. Surprisingly, participation in the Muslim Brotherhood and its political wing, the Islamic Ac [...]	2004-09-19 08:18:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL PTER JO
04AMMAN783	JORDAN, ISRAEL SEEK QIZ CONTENT OF EIGHT PERCENT [...] (U) This is an action cable. See paras 7 - 9. 2. (SBU) Government of Jordan (GOJ) Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade January 29 delivered a package to the Ambassador containing a letter addressed to USTR Zoellick informing the USG that Israel and Jordan have reached [...]	2004-01-29 17:17:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL IS JO
04AMMAN784	ASSETS: JORDANIANS SAY $50 MILLION MORE TO DFI, [...] (C) Summary. Finance Minister Abu Hammour committed to transfer an additional $50 million to the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) in early February and to finalize a list of pending and paid claims against frozen Iraqi funds so that an Iraqi team that could travel to Amman -- ideally in mid- [...]	2004-01-29 17:26:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC IZ JO
04AMMAN7841	GOJ SUPPORTS IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION; PRESSES RELATED [...] (C) At a September 20 meeting in Amman, the Jordanian Minister of Planning confirmed that he will head the Jordanian delegation to the upcoming Tokyo IRFFI conference. He reiterated strong GOJ support for our Iraq reconstruction efforts, offered to host the second IRFFI donor conference next [...]	2004-09-21 07:22:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN EAID JO IZ
04AMMAN7862	KING FACES IN TWO DIRECTIONS AS HE PROCEEDS WITH A [...] (C) Summary. The King will proceed with a cabinet reshuffle and new government mandate in October, but in two contradictory directions: reinforcement of the cabinet reformists while redoubling efforts to silence Islamists and troublesome political activists in the professional associations [...]	2004-09-21 13:34:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KISL JO
04AMMAN7927	IRAQ ROUNDUP: NEW IRAQI AMBASSADOR AND FORMER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Newly-arrived Iraqi Ambassador to Jordan Ata Abdul Wahab,s primary mission is to change the distorted picture many Jordanians have of developments in Iraq. Abdul Wahab last served in the Iraqi government as King Faisal II's private secretary in 1958. Separately, former Jordan Am [...]	2004-09-23 11:22:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO KINR
04AMMAN7959	DEATH OF PRISON INMATE AND RELATED ABUSE [...] (C) A report on abuses in Jordanian prisons, including the alleged beating death of an inmate, has prompted government and press inquiries. End Summary. -------------------- DEATH AT AL-JUWEIDEH -------------------- 2. (U) On September 19, the Jordanian press made public a report by [...]	2004-09-23 15:23:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KMPI JO
04AMMAN8013	MORE ON EU SUPPORT FOR IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION, [...] (C) European Commission (EC) Iraq Delegation chief Ana Gallo Alvarez provided additional information to us on planned EU support for Iraq reconstruction and elections (ref A) during a meeting in Amman on September 21. According to Alvarez (who resides in Amman pending improvement in the secu [...]	2004-09-27 08:08:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN EAID JO IZ EU
04AMMAN8073	MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR GUANTANAMO DETAINEE [...] (C) A/DCM called on Manar Dabbas, of FM Muasher,s personal staff, September 20 to deliver points provided reftel requesting treatment in Jordan of an ailing Afghani being released from Guantanamo. Dabbas replied that, while he recognized the humanitarian dimensions of the case, the GOJ woul [...]	2004-09-28 11:21:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PTER KAWC AF PK JO
04AMMAN8107	JORDANIAN REQUEST FOR IRAQ-RELATED AID [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOJ has launched a two-track push for increased aid for Jordan, which would also benefit Iraq. One track proposes debt forgiveness for Jordan. Jordan would then apply some of the savings from the debt forgiveness against the debt it is owed by Iraq, thereby reducing Iraq's [...]	2004-09-29 15:56:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN EAID IZ JO
04AMMAN8133	SHEMAILEH SCANDAL BANKS BACK FROM THE DEAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan is clearing up the final residue of a 2002 scandal involving hundreds of millions of dollars in unsecured bad loans to 31-year-old businessman Majed Al-Shemaileh (Ref A). The Shemaileh fiasco brought down the former head of Jordan,s General Intelligence Directorate, pushed [...]	2004-09-30 13:25:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV JO
04AMMAN8135	ARAB MINISTERS LAUNCH REGIONAL GOOD GOVERNANCE [...] (U) Fifteen Arab ministers meeting in Amman, Jordan, along with representatives from the OECD and UNDP, announced September 26 the launch of a regional reform initiative focused on good governance and administrative modernization. The initiative is an outgrowth of commitments to reform made a [...]	2004-09-30 14:08:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM KMPI JO
04AMMAN8146	UNRWA'S ADVISORY COMMISSION ATTEMPTS TO USE ANNUAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Breaking with recent practice, UNRWA's Advisory Commission (AdComm) met in Amman on September 30 in advance of the informal fall meeting of UNRWA major donors and host governments (MDM). Incoming AdComm Chair, Jordan, chose the unusual timing to further its campaign to invigora [...]	2004-10-01 16:12:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL EAID KPAL JO
04AMMAN832	JORDANIAN FM DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS, RELATIONS [...] (C) Jordanian FM Marwan Muasher told visiting NEA DAS Satterfield on February 1 that he was pushing for an Arab League resolution to help bolster the peace process, including a provision that would specifically condemn suicide bombings. He said it remained unclear whether the Arab League sum [...]	2004-02-03 17:23:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS IZ JO KTER
04AMMAN8350	KING ABDALLAH FIVE YEARS ON [...] (C) Jordan's King Abdallah continues to enjoy firm backing from the Hashemites' traditional pillars of support -- the East Bank tribes and the security/military services -- as well as the economic elite. His supporters give him credit for navigating Jordan through several regional crises dur [...]	2004-10-06 12:14:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KISL KMPI ECON JO
04AMMAN8380	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) CHALLENGE [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-07 13:18:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MARR MASS MOPS JO
04AMMAN8401	JORDAN'S CENTRAL BANK CONCERNED ABOUT POSSIBLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Jordanian Central Bank and several Jordanian and foreign banks here have reported over recent weeks attempted cash deposits of large dollar amounts by individuals who claim to be operating on behalf of Iraqi government entities or contractors operating in Iraq. The CBJ Dep [...]	2004-10-07 13:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KTFN KCRM KFRD JO IZ
04AMMAN8402	TENSIONS APPARANT ON HANDLING OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary. Interior Minister Habashneh, taking his cue from the King, has continued to apply pressure on the Muslim Brotherhood, with a series of arrests of activist preachers and threats to prosecute certain MPs. Each step he takes seems to be reversed the following day by PM Fayez, who [...]	2004-10-07 15:05:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL JO
04AMMAN8596	ICT EVENTS SPOTLIGHT EMERGENT SECTOR OF JORDAN'S [...] (U) SUMMARY: Three recent and ongoing events have thrust Jordan,s growing information and communications tecnology sector once more into the spotlight. The industry, which has benefited from active royal patronage and substantial USAID and other donor support, has successfully carved out a nic [...]	2004-10-18 14:00:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS EAID EINV BEXP PGOV JO
04AMMAN8600	FOREIGN MINISTER SET FOR A NEW CABINET POST; HANI [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Muasher informed us that he will leave his job with next week,s cabinet reshuffle. He has been offered a senior post to drive the King,s public sector and administrative reform agenda. Muasher, aware of the considerable obstacles to the political component of r [...]	2004-10-18 16:00:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KMPI JO
04AMMAN8793	THE JORDAN-ISRAEL PEACE TREATY: TEN YEARS LATER [...] (C) At the ten year mark, the Jordan-Israel peace treaty remains a cornerstone for Jordan's security and economic strategy. Despite a rocky political relationship, intelligence and military relations between Jordan and Israel are solid. Furthermore, the treaty provided the breakthrough whic [...]	2004-10-25 19:18:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAL IS JO
04AMMAN8794	KING RESHUFFLES CABINET [...] (C) The long-awaited cabinet reshuffle took place October 24 in line with expectations (ref A). Only three ministers were replaced, while seven other new ministers were added. The new government retains, even sharpens, a division between the reformist wing and conservative East Bankers. Biogra [...]	2004-10-26 08:41:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM JO
04AMMAN8809	UNRWA WEST BANK STRIKE: UNION LEADERS HOPE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. UNRWA's West Bank Field is entering a third week of strike action by its locally-hired employees. UNRWA staff report that militant union leaders demanding hazard pay and other wage increases are enforcing the action through threats of violence. The strike has severely impacted t [...]	2004-10-26 12:18:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF EAID ELAB JO SY LE IS

04AMMAN8812	BIOS FOR JORDAN'S NEW CABINET MEMBERS [...] (U) King Abdullah swore in ten new ministers October 24 and accepted the resignation of three (ref A). The expanded cabinet raised the number of ministers from 21 to 28 by separating ministerial portfolios combined when PM Fayez's first cabinet was formed in October 2003 and by creating two ne [...]	2004-10-26 13:29:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV KDEM JO
04AMMAN8826	DEPLOYMENT OF PEACEKEEPING FORCES TO HAITI: JORDAN [...] (U) Acting PolCouns delivered ref A talking points October 26 to Ashraf Zeitoon, Acting Deputy Director for the Foreign Minister's private office. Zeitoon said he would immediately forward the points to the military attache at the Jordanian UN Mission in New York, as well as to the Jordanian [...]	2004-10-27 07:22:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO MARR MOPS PREL JO
04AMMAN8865	JORDAN'S NEW FM ON IRAQ, PALESTINIAN REFORM [...] (U) Charge and A/DCM paid an introductory call on Hani Al-Mulki, who was named Foreign Minister October 24 (ref A). Al-Mulki said he looked forward to continuing the close cooperation between the GOJ and USG, and expressed appreciation for the Secretary's congratulatory phone call October 2 [...]	2004-10-28 17:52:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ KPAL JO
04AMMAN8866	JORDAN - NEW FM ON ARTICLE 98 [...] (C) During an introductory call October 27 on newly-appointed Foreign Minister Hani Al-Mulki, Charge raised the high priority the USG places on finalizing an Article 98 agreement. Charge noted that the GOJ had been considering A/S Bloomfield's letter, and expressed his view that the two go [...]	2004-10-28 17:52:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR IZ JO
04AMMAN8868	ANTI-NORMALIZERS, ISLAMISTS ON THE DEFENSIVE [...] (C) A Jordanian court declared illegal an anti-normalizer boycott of a member of parliament. Rumors of corruption are plaguing Islamists, whose push to oust the Interior Minister failed (in fact, may have saved him). A sit-in protesting the peace treaty with Israel drew a smaller than expect [...]	2004-10-28 17:52:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL JO
04AMMAN8944	UNGA HUMAN CLONING RESOLUTION: JORDAN [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-01 14:48:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO PREL JO UNGA UN
04AMMAN8998	NEW CABINET TEAM ACTIVIST ON GOVERNMENT REFORM, [...] (C) Summary: At the King's instigation, the newly reshuffled cabinet has embarked on a wholesale reform of the way government does business -- adopting what amounts to an MPP for government and ministries, in which mission goals, performance standards, and resource allocation are to be seaml [...]	2004-11-03 15:03:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KMPI ECON JO
04AMMAN9085	BOEING IN JORDAN - STILL IN A MUDDLE, DESPITE THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with visiting Boeing officials, King Abdullah reiterated his political commitment to buy Boeing aircraft and his strategic interest in a mixed fleet of Boeing and Airbus aircraft. The possible options include a purchase of four 737s by merging transition start-up [...]	2004-11-09 12:17:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR BEXP JO IZ
04AMMAN9095	JORDANIANS AWAIT NEWS OF ARAFAT'S FATE [...] (C) News of Arafat's impending death and speculation over succession have dominated Jordanian conversations in the waning days of the Ramadan season. Many expect that an announcement of his passing will be marked in Jordan with a non-violent outpouring of emotion; this initial, sympathetic [...]	2004-11-09 14:40:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KPAL IS JO
04AMMAN9097	NODEL WEXLER MEETING WITH KING ABDULLAH [...] (C) In a November 8 meeting with NODEL Wexler, King Abdullah advocated early Palestinian elections to replace Yaser Arafat with a new generation of leaders. The King urged that a new leadership be quickly empowered to improve socio-economic conditions to bolster its legitimacy among the Pale [...]	2004-11-09 15:45:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL IS IZ JO
04AMMAN9149	NEW INDUSTRY AND TRADE MINISTER ON FTA JC [...] (C) SUMMARY: New Minister of Industry and Trade (MOIT) Ahmed Hindawi discussed with Charge follow-up on the Free Trade Agreement Joint Committee and other trade issues. Hindawi noted "very close" relations with the United States, acknowledged that some obstacles to trade might exist, but offe [...]	2004-11-11 14:39:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KIPR EAGR KTIA PREL PINR JO
04AMMAN9151	PENDING JORDANIAN REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE [...] ( U ) With King Abdullah likely to visit Washington on or about December 6, we provide below post,s understanding of the state of play of a number of Jordanian assistance requests, some of which have been on the table for more than a year. Ref A was post,s scene-setter for this visit. XXXX [...]	2004-11-15 14:29:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS EAID EFIN IZ JO
04AMMAN9152	JORDAN TO PUSH FOR INTERNATIONAL ACCEPTANCE OF [...] (C) At the direction of King Abdullah, one of Jordan's leading Muslim clerics issued a strong message November 9 rejecting religious extremism and terrorism while promoting principles of moderation, tolerance and dialogue. The GOJ intends to host an international conference of Muslim scholar [...]	2004-11-15 18:21:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KISL JO
04AMMAN9210	SUBDUED JORDANIAN REACTION TO ARAFAT'S DEATH [...] (U) The drawn-out nature of Yasser Arafat's demise, as well as the long Eid al-Fitr holiday weekend, ensured that there was a subdued response in Jordan to the Palestinian leader's death. Jordan's official reaction was correct: the PM declared a three-day mourning period nationwide and King [...]	2004-11-17 14:37:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL KPAL IS JO
04AMMAN9215	KING DISCUSSES PALESTINIAN LEADERSHIP AND [...] (C) King Abdullah endorsed Abu Mazen and dismissed Qaddoumi as an "eccentric" during a meeting with CODEL Ackerman November 11. The King was concerned about Islamist political activity in Jordan and said that it was time for moderate Muslims world-wide to be more vocal in denouncing violence. [...]	2004-11-17 15:20:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL KPAL IS JO
04AMMAN9226	ZARQAWI'S HOMETOWN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Zarqa, Jordan,s second-largest city, is the home of the bulk of Jordan,s heavy industry and infamous terrorist Abu Mus,ab Al-Zarqawi. Zarqa has been on a losing streak for the past decade. Underrepresented in the Jordanian government and the Parliament because of its large Pales [...]	2004-11-18 12:30:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SENV EINV ETRD SOCI JO IZ
04AMMAN9243	JORDANIAN AUTHORITIES TURN UP THE HEAT ON ZARQAWI [...] (U) Jordanian authorities have issued an ultimatum to convicted terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, demanding that he turn himself in within ten days to face terrorism conspiracy charges. Meanwhile, the State Security Court sentenced Bilal Hiyari, a Zarqawi fundraiser, to six months in jail, but [...]	2004-11-18 17:02:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC KTFN JO
04AMMAN9280	GOJ DIPS IN PUBLIC APPROVAL RATING [...] (U) According to a late October public opinion poll, only 16.8% of Jordanians believed that the government would be greatly successful in achieving its priorities, down from 23.3% of those surveyed four months earlier (ref b). Asked about the October 25 Cabinet reshuffle, 58% of Jordanians t [...]	2004-11-21 12:46:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL ECON KMPI JO
04AMMAN9311	JORDAN'S ECONOMIC REFORMS AFTER FIVE YEARS: [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the past five years, the government of Jordan has carried out a broad range of economic reforms. These have opened Jordan to foreign trade and investment and made the economy run more efficiently. There is hardly an aspect of Jordan's economy that has not been changed, whe [...]	2004-11-22 06:45:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID KPRV KMPI JO
04AMMAN9312	JORDAN'S ECONOMIC REFORMS AFTER FIVE YEARS: [...] (U) SUMMARY: Over the past five years, the government of Jordan has moved boldly to open up its economy to foreign trade and investment. Jordan has become a member of the World Trade Organization, negotiated a Free Trade Agreement with the United States, initialed an Association Agreement [...]	2004-11-22 08:28:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD EAID KPRV KMPI JO
04AMMAN9370	RE: TRANSPARENCY OF BUDGETS/MILITARY SPENDING [...] (SBU) Jordanian military expenditures are audited concurrently by three different entities. Expenditures are audited continuously by the Jordanian Armed Forces' own internal auditors. These expenditures are also reviewed by (civilian) Ministry of Finance personnel detailed from the Office of [...]	2004-11-24 14:24:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID MARR JO
04AMMAN9437	INTERIOR MINISTER IGNITES CONTROVERSY OVER [...] (U) Jordan's interior minister had to backpedal after publicly stating that the GOJ will not consider revamping the current election law -- which favors tribal, East Bank communities at the expense of Jordanian-Palestinians citizens -- until the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is resolved. At [...]	2004-11-28 15:32:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KMPI KDEM KPAL KISL KWMN JO
04AMMAN9468	UNRWA STAKEHOLDERS DEBATE PALESTINE REFUGEE [...] (C) SUMMARY. UNRWA,s stakeholders endorsed a controversial plan to strengthen the Agency,s governance bodies by 2006 at their fall major donors meeting. They also gave conditioned backing to the Agency,s decision to launch its own ambitious USD 1 Billion five-year Medium Term Plan (MTP). Re [...]	2004-11-29 12:06:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF EAID IS SY LE JO
04AMMAN9484	JORDAN AND SYRIA CLOSING IN ON BORDER AGREEMENT [...] (C) An MFA participant in the Jordanian delegation to Damascus that discussed the border dispute told PolOff November 24 that the talks were positive and claimed, "Syria has given us our land back." He cautioned that the agreement had only been initialed by the participants in the bilateral me [...]	2004-11-29 15:45:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KMPI JO SY
04AMMAN9486	IN JORDAN, CROWN PRINCES COME AND GO [...] (C) In a surprise move, King Abdullah relieved his brother Hamza of his duties as Crown Prince on November 28, igniting speculation among Jordanians over the King's motives. The King did not name Hamza's replacement. Until he does so, the constitution provides that Abdullah's eldest son, t [...]	2004-11-29 16:44:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR JO
04AMMAN9602	JORDANIAN REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE - UPDATE [...] (C) Ref A previewed requests for assistance that we expect King Abdullah to pursue during his December 6 meetings in Washington with President Bush and others. Updates follow on likely requests for FMF, ESF, Gulf state support, and debt relief. 2. (C) Military assistance: Prince Faisal p [...]	2004-12-05 08:54:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS EAID EFIN IZ JA JO GCC
04AMMAN9717	GOJ PUSHES 'AMMAN MESSAGE' ON ISLAM [...] (U) Following the GOJ roll-out of the "Amman Message" last month denouncing political abuse of Islam, the Jordanian government has taken steps to show it is serious about promoting a mainstream religious message. In addition to patronizing two large conferences on Islam, the King has increa [...]	2004-12-08 11:40:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL KMPI KPAL JO
04AMMAN9762	KING OPENS PARLIAMENT WITH EMPHASIS ON ECONOMY; [...] (U) King Abdullah opened December 1 a new session of Parliament with a speech focusing on the need to spread the benefits of economic growth to all Jordanians and to aggressively combat poverty and unemployment. References to political reform and democracy were muted, in contrast to the cent [...]	2004-12-09 09:11:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL KMPI JO
04AMMAN9777	POSSIBLE CONTINGENCY PLANNING TO SUPPORT A UN [...] (C) A mid-level Jordanian military officer informed USDAO Amman (septel) that the Jordanian military is conducting contingency planning to deploy approximately 70 soldiers to serve as UN military observers in Darfur, Sudan in January 2005 in the event the UNSC agrees to establish a peace supp [...]	2004-12-09 14:58:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KPKO SU JO UN
04AMMAN9779	KING MEETS WITH PALESTINIAN LEADERS; JORDANIANS [...] (U) In the wake of Yasser Arafat's death and amidst preparations for the Palestinian elections, Jordanians are cautiously optimistic that a new window of opportunity now exists to move the peace process forward. The government of Jordan has pledged moral support for the upcoming vote, and an [...]	2004-12-10 10:08:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAL IS JO
04AMMAN979	IRAQI GC MEMBER AND FRIENDS SHARE VIEWS ON IRAQ [...] (C) Summary. Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) member, Dr. Rajaa H. Khuzai (please protect),and a group of female Iraqi Shi'a, Sunni and Christian friends, expressed to us a mixture of gratitude for the U.S. liberation and criticism for post-liberation mistakes and squandered goodwill. Dr. Khuza [...]	2004-02-09 13:07:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SOCI IZ JO
04AMMAN9891	UNRWA SUCCESSION - UNRWA STAFF AND DONORS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. UNRWA's small cadre of reformist senior managers are resigning themselves to the growing possibility the SYG will extend Peter Hansen's tenure as UNRWA ComGen. They fear that major donors' inability to coalesce around a viable alternative, combined with the fact that [...]	2004-12-14 13:35:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL KPAL JO UNRWA
04AMMAN9915	NOTICE OF GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-15 14:52:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL KAWC JO
04AMMAN9916	STAFFDEL GROVE MEETING WITH PRINCE FAISAL [...] (C) In a meeting with Staffdel Grove on December 8, Prince Faisal advocated support for Jordan's current military funding request, focusing on border security needs. He presented a positive long-term view of Iraq and highlighted opportunity in the Arab-Israeli conflict, while dismissing Syria [...]	2004-12-15 16:14:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL MASS IZ JO
04AMMAN9917	JORDAN'S NON-U.S. AID FUNDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan receives substantial non-military aid from sources other than the U.S. Government. According to the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation (MOPIC),non-U.S. development assistance pledged in 2004 amounted to US$141 million in grants and US$111 million in soft [...]	2004-12-15 16:42:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL JO
04ANKARA1005	AFGHANISTAN: MFA REQUESTS USG REACTION TO [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (C) MFA and TGS reached an agreement February 18 to establish a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Afghanistan. MFA/TGS want to move quickly: their goal is to stand up a PRT by the time of the NATO Summit. MFA/TGS have asked for Washi [...]	2004-02-20 16:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA1036	GEORGIAN FM JAPARIDZE'S FIRST VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: Georgian FM Japaridze reportedly gave Turkish FM Gul a positive readout of President Saakashvili's recent Moscow trip but said Saakashvili had emphasized that Georgia will remain oriented toward the West, will insist on Russian withdrawal from bases in Georgia, and will not agree [...]	2004-02-23 16:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON EPET GG PGOV PREL RS TU
04ANKARA1041	ISTANBUL SUMMIT: TURKEY SUPPORTIVE OF GME BUT [...] (C) Pol-Mil Counselor and polmiloff met with MFA DDG for NATO Affairs Fatih Ceylan to sound out MFA's thinking about the Greater Middle East (GME) initiative at the Istanbul Summit after the late January visit to Washington of Ambassadors Sensoy and Morali. Ceylan said that Ambassadors Sensoy [...]	2004-02-24 11:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL TU
04ANKARA1061	TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY FLOATS IDEA FOR VOLUNTARY [...] (C) MFA Director General for Energy Haki Akil told us the Foreign Ministry is launching a new initiative to reduce the transport of petroleum and refined products through the Turkish Straits. MFA is testing the interest of oil companies in an agreement on voluntary principles that would comm [...]	2004-02-24 16:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EWWT PREL SENV TU
04ANKARA1155	LEYLA ZANA TRIAL - LIKE DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN [...] (U) An Ankara State Security Court February 20 ruled, for the 11th consecutive time, against a defense request to release Leyla Zana and three other Kurdish former MPs for the duration of their retrial. The decision came after lead defense attorney Yusuf Alatas argued, as he has in past heari [...]	2004-02-27 10:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA1230	TGS QUESTIONS ON GME [...] (C) In response to questions from the Turkish General Staff regarding the Greater Middle East Initiative, on February 27 deputy PolMil counselor met with TGS/J5 staff officers and, drawing on reftel, briefed them on the GME concept. They had already seen the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative [...]	2004-03-02 10:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL TU XF
04ANKARA1232	TERRORIST FINANCE: ANALYSIS OF SITUATION IN TURKEY [...] (C) Summary. Turkey has been unsuccessful in locating terrorist assets in its financial institutions or on its territory. Post believes that Turkey,s failure is a consequence of inherent limitations in Turkey,s anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing regime. Although Post and other [...]	2004-03-02 10:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PREL PTER
04ANKARA1258	SCENESETTER FOR U/S GROSSMAN'S VISIT TO TURKEY: [...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Ankara is a key opportunity to explain the Greater Middle East Initiative (GME) and to listen to Turkey's ideas about GME. Although GME has generated considerable commentary, few here understand its methods or aims. Internally, Turkey's path towards EU accession [...]	2004-03-02 16:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER PINS ECON TU
04ANKARA126	POLICE REMOVED FROM HUMAN RIGHTS BOARDS UNDER NEW [...] (C) Summary: Under a new GOT regulation, police and Jandarma have been removed from the provincial and subprovincial Human Rights Boards, and the overall proportion of public officials on the boards has been reduced. The regulation also provides more specific guidelines on how the boards are [...]	2004-01-08 14:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA1275	CHANCELLOR SCHROEDER VISITS TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: Chancellor Schroeder's February 23-24 visit to Turkey, the first by a German Chancellor in 11 years, yielded vigorous-sounding assertions of support for Turkey's EU aspirations. Amid good atmospherics, Schroeder urged the Turks to keep on track on human rights and Cyprus. End [...]	2004-03-03 12:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	GM PREL TU
04ANKARA129	IMF CONCERNS: POPULIST MEASURES CLOUD FISCAL [...] (C) Summary: According to IMF officials and market analysts, GOT decisions to increase both minimum wage and 2004 pension payments well above projected inflation have significantly complicated the outlook for achieving fiscal targets, and possibly inflation targets as well. Fund staff estimat [...]	2004-01-09 05:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
04ANKARA1315	IRAQ: REPORTS OF OSMAN OCALAN SURRENDER HAVE [...] (U) Turkish and Iraqi Kurd press have reported between Feb. 27 and March 4 that PKK/KADEK/KONGRA-GEL leader Osman Ocalan and between 15 and 100 of his followers may have surrendered to US forces or to the KDP, and that Ocalan is negotiating with US reps in Mosul to continue his activities ther [...]	2004-03-04 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD MARR PTER TU IZ
04ANKARA1316	TURKOMAN BOOKS SEIZED AT IRAQ-TURKEY BORDER - KDP [...] (C) On March 2, the Turkish MFA informed Post that a shipment of 8,000 books in Arabic being sent to Turkmen in Kirkuk by the Turkoman Cooperation and Cultural Foundation were seized and the Turkish citizen drivers of the trucks carrying the books detained by KDP officials at the Ibrahim Khali [...]	2004-03-04 15:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD MARR PTER TU IZ
04ANKARA1317	IRAQ: TGS DEPUTY J-3 REPORTS KONGRA-GEL FRONT [...] (C) In a March 1 meeting between the Turkish General Staff (TGS) Deputy J-3, MG Kalyoncu, and Chief, Office of Defense Cooperation Turkey, MG Peterson, MG Kalyoncu made the following points: --The Kurdistan Democratic Solution Party, the political front for the PKK/Kogra-Gel, has opened tw [...]	2004-03-04 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA1318	TURKISH PRT PROPOSAL: HMG TELLS TURKS NO [...] (C) MFA DDG for South Asia Aydin Evergin informed PolMilCouns March 4 that the GOT had informed the UK of its intent to establish a PRT in Maimana, Afghanistan (reftels) on March 2. On March 4, HMG responded by informing the Turks that London intended to establish a PRT there and that Norway [...]	2004-03-04 16:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU AF
04ANKARA1345	NATO SYG COMES HAT IN HAND DURING FIRST VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: During his February 18 introductory visit to Ankara NATO SYG de Hoop Scheffer met with President Sezer, PM Erdogan, FM Gul, and MND Gonul. His agenda included Afghanistan, Iraq, terrorism and the Istanbul Summit. According to MFA NATO DDG Fatih Ceylan, the SYG requested Turkey co [...]	2004-03-05 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL MOPS TU
04ANKARA1346	BOTAS SAYS SIX MILLION BARRELS OF IRAQI OIL NOW AT [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-05 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA1359	DEFENSE, PROSECUTION IN TORTURE CASE BLAST U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Both the prosecution and defense in the death-in-detention case of Birtan Altinbas March 5 criticized a letter from the Secretary to FM Gul raising concerns about the trial. The attorneys accused the U.S. of interfering with the independence of the judiciary. The lead prosecuting [...]	2004-03-05 16:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA136	TURKEY'S ECONOMY: WHY WE NEED TO KEEP UP THE [...] (C) Summary: Government leaders are celebrating a successful economic year, with inflation dropping to 18.4 percent, growth near the 5 percent target, and interest rates on the massive public debt falling dramatically. The sense of crisis has faded. The AK Government deserves some credit f [...]	2004-01-09 07:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV PGOV ETRD TU
04ANKARA1360	IRAQ: TURKEY SLAMS TAL [...] (C) Summary: GOT reacts harshly to the terms of the TAL. It views the process as undemocractic; the result as a pure ethnic federation dividing Iraq; and the treatment of the Turkomen as belittling. The result is inconsistent with the presentation to date by the U.S. including in the recent [...]	2004-03-05 21:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA1372	TURKEY WARILY EMBRACING PSI [...] (C) TGS Deputy J-5 MG Arslan told Pol-Mil Counselor February 18 that the GOT intended to act primarily as an observer of PSI in 2004 and planned more active participation in PSI activities in 2005. Earlier Arslan had joked with PolMilOff that Turkey planned to be involved in PSI "as little as [...]	2004-03-08 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MOPS PREL TU
04ANKARA1373	TURKEY WANTS TIGRIS-EUPHRATES BASIN AGREEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA officials say Turkey wants to begin a dialogue with Syria and Iraq, leading to a comprehensive water sharing/management agreement for the Tigris-Euphrates basin, part of an effort by the Turkish government to contribute to stability in the region. They say that in the comin [...]	2004-03-08 14:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID ECIN IZ PREL SENV SY TU
04ANKARA1378	CAUCASUS WORKING GROUP HONES IN ON TU-US [...] (U) The Turkish General Staff (TGS) hosted a working level meeting of the Caucasus Working Group (CWG) February 16-17 in Ankara. The US side was led by ECJ5-E (RUE) Caucasus AO, LTC Albert Zaccor, who was accompanied by ECJ5-E Turkey AO, Lt Col Rob Hopkins. Representatives of the Embassy's Pol [...]	2004-03-08 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU
04ANKARA1383	NATO-AFGHANISTAN: MFA WILLING TO REMAIN FLEXIBLE [...] (C) Drawing upon ref a talking points, Pol-Mil Counselor stressed to MFA NATO and Afghanistan Affairs Department officials the importance of strong allied contributions to NATO's efforts in Afghanistan. He also urged Turkey to be flexible with regard to its proposed PRT as the GOT works with [...]	2004-03-09 05:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU AF
04ANKARA1418	TURKEY: LEADING KURDS IN ANKARA DIVIDED ON SPLITS [...] (C) Summary: Kurdish DEHAP leaders in Ankara have asserted to us that apparent splits in terrorist Kongra Gel and in the Kurdish DEHAP are ephemeral. While allowing that a "misunderstanding" arose in Kongra Gel, they deny its seriousness and claim the dispute is being exaggerated by local med [...]	2004-03-09 15:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA1436	TURKEY: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES UPCOMING LOCAL [...] (C) Summary: In a March 5 meeting, Ambassador solicited main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Deniz Baykal's views of March 28 local elections. Throughout the discussion, Baykal attempted to downplay the importance of the elections and seemed resigned to a poor CHP showing. [...]	2004-03-10 12:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA1446	TURKEY: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES UPCOMING LOCAL [...] (C) Summary: In a March 2 meeting, Ambassador solicited opposition Motherland Party (ANAP) leader Nesrin Nas's views on March 28 local elections. Throughout the discussion, Nas showed amazingly little concern for the poor showing she admitted her party would have, and offered no strategy for [...]	2004-03-11 07:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA1458	AT PM'S URGING, STATE DROPS CASE AGAINST HUMAN [...] (U) Prosecutors failed to attend the March 9 hearing of a case against the leadership of the Human Rights Foundation (HRF),apparently in line with a high-level GOT decision to allow the case to be closed. 2. (U) HRF operates five torture treatment centers in Turkey and serves as a cleari [...]	2004-03-11 14:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA1474	TURKS PLEASED WITH RESULTS OF AFGHAN MINISTER OF [...] (C) MFA officials characterized Afghan Minister of Defense Fahim Khan's March 8-11 visit to Turkey as successful in terms of beginning the process of building lasting relations with a key Afghan figure. Fahim, who was in Ankara at the invitation of the GOT, met separately with TGS CHOD GEN Oz [...]	2004-03-11 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU AF
04ANKARA149	TURKEY PLEASED WITH ISRAELI CABINET APPROVAL OF [...] (C) Turkey is pleased with the decision (reftel) of the Israeli Cabinet to approve the broad outlines of the sale of fresh water from Turkey to Israel. MFA's Transboundary Waters Chief, Mithat Rende, said that Israeli working level officials had been in Ankara recently to agree on the text of [...]	2004-01-09 13:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ETRD IS PREL SENV TU
04ANKARA1507	SCENESETTER FOR THE MARCH 2004 VISIT OF GENERAL [...] (C) Summary: General Basbug comes to Washington at a time when the US-TU relationship is generally on the mend. It has been one year since the 1 March vote and 5 months since the 7 October vote and the "soft landing". Once again, generally, the US-TU relationship is approached from a multi- [...]	2004-03-12 16:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA1521	GOT PROPOSES LANGUAGE ON FINANCIAL AGREEMENT [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary: MFA U/S Ziyal passed Ambassador Edelman a GOT proposal for revised language on the Financial Agreement Amendment, changing "conditions" to "stipulations" and stating "the determination of which, for the U.S. side is a biding requ [...]	2004-03-15 11:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PGOV PREL TU
04ANKARA1532	TENSIONS REMAIN IN SOUTHEAST, DESPITE REFORMS [...] (C) Summary: Kurds in southeast Turkey want the U.S. to solve the Kurdish problem internationally as part of the Greater Middle East Initiative. They criticize the USG decision to list PKK successor Kongra Gel as a terrorist organization, arguing that the GOT should negotiate with Kongra Gel [...]	2004-03-15 15:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
04ANKARA1542	TURKISH MFA REQUESTS USG REACTION TO IDEA OF [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: MFA Director General for Energy Hakki Akil asked March 12 for an initial USG reaction to the Ministry's initiative (reftel) to obtain agreement on voluntary principles committing oil companies to reduce the flow of oil throug [...]	2004-03-16 09:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EWWT PREL SENV TU
04ANKARA1579	TERRORIST FINANCING: TURKEY APPRECIATES USG [...] (C) PolMilCouns briefed MFA DDG for Intelligence Kemal Asya March 16 on the latest USG approach to EU members on extending the EU's terrorist financing designation of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to its successors, the Kurdistan Freedom and Democracy Congress (KADEK) and the Kurdistan Pe [...]	2004-03-16 17:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EFIN ETTC TU
04ANKARA1585	GEORGIA ASKS TURKEY TO CLOSE BORDER, FREEZE AJARAN [...] (C) Summary: Georgian Embassy says GOG asked Turkey March 15 to close its border crossing with Ajara and freeze Ajaran assets. Turks have temporized and probably will not respond positively. Turkish MFA Caucasus DDG Tezgor claims the GOT (1) supports Georgian territorial integrity and sove [...]	2004-03-17 09:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	GG PGOV PREL TU
04ANKARA1643	DEFENSE IN ALTINBAS CASE PROTESTS U.S. "PRESSURE" [...] (U) Defense attorneys for police officers indicted in the death-in-detention case of Birtan Altinbas continued March 18 to argue that "U.S. pressure" is preventing them from properly defending their clients. As in the previous hearing (reftel A),the attorneys noted that the case was mentioned [...]	2004-03-18 15:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA1652	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES GME, CYPRUS WITH TURKEY'S NSC [...] (C) Summary: Turkish NSC SecGen Sariisik welcomed hearing more about the Greater Middle East Initiative when the Ambassador called on him March 17. Sariisik and his deputy, LTG Uzun, had questions about the GME and the role the USG envisages for Turkey. They were careful in underscoring the [...]	2004-03-18 16:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CY TU
04ANKARA1675	GOT'S COUNTERPROPOSAL ON CFE INSPECTION PROCEDURES [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (U) On March 18, MFA Head of Department for Disarmament Affairs, Bulent Meric delivered the GOT's counter proposal for the CFE host country agreement proposal that was conveyed to the Turks (ref. A). The body of the letter as follows. 3 [...]	2004-03-19 15:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE PARM PREL TU
04ANKARA17	INCIRLIK AND OIF-2: NO IMMEDIATE REACTION TO DIP [...] (U) Post delivered the diplomatic note contained in para 5 of ref b (as amended per ref a) to MFA Americas Department First Secretary Meral Barlas January 2 (DDG Ilicak and Department Head Erginay were unavailable). Barlas read the note and said she would forward it to senior MFA officials. S [...]	2004-01-02 16:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA1710	TURKISH MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: POLLSTERS SEE HUGE [...] (SBU) Summary: A group of pollsters and political scientists predicted to Ambassador March 18 that the ruling AKP will win between 45-55 percent of the vote in March 28 municipal elections. AKP's success will create high public expectations, which the party may have trouble meeting. Meanwhile [...]	2004-03-23 07:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA1711	AFGHAN COORDINATOR TAYLOR'S VISIT TO ANKARA [...] (C) Summary: Afghan Coordinator Taylor held wide-ranging and candid consultations with MFA and TGS officials in Ankara on March 12. Turkish officials stressed the theme of "Afghanistan for Afghans" throughout the talks, arguing their commitment to stabilization and reconstruction efforts ther [...]	2004-03-23 07:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AF MARR PREL TU
04ANKARA1752	MINORITIES BOARD REVIEWING APPOINTMENT OF [...] (U) Summary: Caught off-guard by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew's appointment of six non-Turkish citizens to his Holy Synod, Turkish officials are not certain how to react, but say GOT is reviewing the move. Part of the difficulty the authorities face is that Bartholomew's move exposes the [...]	2004-03-23 15:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA1833	TURKISH MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: THE VIEW FROM THE WEST [...] (C) Summary: The ruling AKP's chances of winning municipalities in the Aegean region is hampered by the party's uninspiring candidates. Rather than build support through intense door-to-door campaigning, AKP is relying on the popularity of P.M. Erdogan and the AKP "brand" to attract voters. [...]	2004-03-26 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA1834	AK PARTY'S WESTERN BLACK SEA REGION ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Candidates running against ruling AK Party (AKP) in the western Black Sea region appear to be holding their own as they approach March 28 local election. At the same time they accuse AKP of using "bribes and blackmail" to influence voters. They assert AKP's national success is du [...]	2004-03-26 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA1835	TURKISH MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: AKP POISED FOR [...] Summary: Hampered by unorganized, uninspiring candidates, AKP's chances in the Anatolian provinces of Konya, Aksaray, and Sivas are based more on PM Erdogan's national popularity than any local candidate or particular platform. Except in rare races where opposition is organized and effective, [...]	2004-03-26 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU
04ANKARA1838	COURT CONVICTS FOUR TO LIGHT SENTENCES IN ALTINBAS [...] (U) Summary: An Ankara court March 26 convicted four police officers and sentenced them to four years, five months imprisonment each for torturing and killing Hacettepe University student Birtan Altinbas in 1991. The court acquitted four co-defendants and continued proceedings against two oth [...]	2004-03-26 16:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA1840	THE SECOND IRAQ-TURKEY BORDER CROSSING; ANKARA'S [...] (U) Summary: Iraq and Turkey agreed in December 2003 to build a second border crossing; however, they have not been able to reach agreement on the location and associated issues, such as the connecting road in Iraq and financing (ref b). Although the backlog at the border has improved somew [...]	2004-03-27 09:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ETRD IZ PREL TU
04ANKARA1842	TURKISH MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: ...AND THE MAYOR OF [...] (U) Summary: We expect ruling AK Party (AKP) to win big in Turkey's March 28 mayoral and municipal council elections. However, victory will weigh heavily on the course of Tayyip Erdogan's AK Party (AKP) government and on his and his party's ability (1) to manage popular, pent-up expectations, [...]	2004-03-27 09:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU
04ANKARA1847	RULING AK PARTY'S BIG WIN IN LOCAL ELECTIONS: HOW [...] () Summary: Ruling AK Party's (AKP) strong but not overwhelming win in March 28 elections appears to open the way for PM Erdogan to continue to press ahead with an agenda of change and reform. At the same time, the win leaves core elements of the Turkish State -- already deeply distrustful of [...]	2004-03-29 10:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU
04ANKARA1877	PRELIMINARY TURKISH REACTION TO AUSTRALIA GROUP [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-30 11:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PARM PREL TU
04ANKARA1881	NATO-AFGHANISTAN: DEMARCHE TO GOT ON ALLIED [...] (C) Pol-Mil Counselor delivered reftel demarche to MFA DDG for NATO and International Security Affairs Fatih Ceylan March 30. He said the USG strongly supports NATO's expansion of ISAF and SACEUR GEN Jones' statement that Allies must fill the critical shortfalls of the CJSOR before Stage I can [...]	2004-03-30 15:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF TU
04ANKARA1928	SCENESETTER FOR THE APRIL 2004 VISIT OF GENERAL [...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Turkey comes at a time when the US-TU relationship is generally on the mend. It has been more than a year since the 1 March vote and 6 months since the 7 October vote and the "soft landing". Once again, generally, the US-TU relationship is best approached from a [...]	2004-04-02 06:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS CY IZ TU
04ANKARA2013	PDAS RIES DISCUSSIONS WITH TURKEY ON EU ACCESSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In March 31 Ankara meetings, EUR/PDAS Charlie Ries 1) discussed opportunities for U.S. support of Turkey's EU candidacy and 2) encouraged a renewed GOT emphasis on meeting Copenhagen criteria. Ries noted that high profile solutions including, e.g., reopening Halki Seminary, removi [...]	2004-04-07 12:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM TU
04ANKARA2026	TURKEY'S CYPRUS ENDGAME [...] (C) Summary: Assuming an April 24 approval by both Turkish and Greek Cypriots, Turkey's AKP government is poised to play out its Cyprus endgame with the military, President Sezer, and the Parliament. In a stormy April 5 meeting of Turkey's National Security Council (NSC),the military and P [...]	2004-04-07 14:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PREL TU
04ANKARA2054	IRAQ: TURKISH FM SAYS TURKEY WON'T SEND TROOPS, [...] (SBU) We delivered Ref A demarche requesting supportive public statements about coalition action against Jaysh al-Mahdi in Iraq to the Turkish MFA Iraq desk April 5. At time of delivery the Turks made no comment. On April 8, Turkish FM Gul, as reported in Refs A and B, said the future dispat [...]	2004-04-09 11:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA2074	TURKISH POST-ELECTION POLITICS: ASSESSING RULING [...] (C) Summary: With electoral victory in his pocket, PM Erdogan faces the immediate challenge of getting a Cyprus settlement but remains outwardly confident that his strategies of becoming Turkey's "single man" and capturing the center and center-right are working. A preliminary analysis of ele [...]	2004-04-09 13:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU
04ANKARA211	USG-SOURCED WALL STREET JOURNAL ARTICLE MIXES [...] (C) Summary: A January 9 article in the Wall Street Journal that quotes U.S. officials and misleadingly links the review of U.S. global defense posture to the commencement of the rotation of U.S. troops to and from Iraq through the Incirlik Air Base was ill-timed and has complicated the Miss [...]	2004-01-13 14:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS KPAO TU IZ
04ANKARA2111	TURKEY EAGER TO OPERATIONALIZE SPACE COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: PolMilOff met with Turkish Air Force (TUAF) Col. Yavuz Goker April 7 to discuss the status of US-Turkey space cooperation. Goker said the TUAF had decided what it needed in a space program and was now considering how to get there. He outlined Turkey's goals in the field of space [...]	2004-04-12 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PREL ETTC TU
04ANKARA2119	TURKISH POLITICS: OPPOSITION CHP LEADER BAYKAL [...] (C) Summary: Opposition CHP chairman Baykal and his allies in the party continue their campaign of denial in the face of fierce intra-party criticism. Their hold on the party leadership appears solid for now, following a marathon of recent meetings in which CHP members at all levels -- most of [...]	2004-04-13 07:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA2143	TURKEY THREATENS RETALIATION IF KDP CONTINUES TO [...] (C) In a meeting on another subject, MFA DG for Mideast Affairs Burcuoglu complained to DCM about indiscriminate KDP detention of Turks/Turkomen in Iraq. Burcuoglu gave the DCM a list of the Turkomen who are, to the best of GOT's knowledge, currently being held in Iraq. One, Mr. Murat Ziya i [...]	2004-04-14 04:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU IZ
04ANKARA215	TURKEY CLAIMS SYRIA AND IRAN SHARE CONCERN OVER [...] (C) Summary: Syria and Iran have expressed concerns to Turkey about the Kurds' ambition for maximum autonomy over a greater territory in Iraq, according to MFA U/S Ziyal. Ankara says it is resisting "ganging up" on the Kurds with Damascus and Tehran, and is urging the Kurds to be reasonable. [...]	2004-01-13 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU IZ SY IR CY
04ANKARA2153	CHP'S KEMAL DERVIS: THIS PLOUGH CAN'T SCOUR [...] (C) Summary: CHP deputy Kemal Dervis April 13 resigned as party Vice Chairman and from his position on CHP's executive board. Our contacts say Dervis will not challenge current CHP chairman Baykal and will instead engage in a "war of ideas" versus the party's statist hardliners. The ability [...]	2004-04-14 14:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA217	LIBYA: EXTENSION OF IEEPA SANCTIONS [...] (C) Econoff delivered reftel points concerning extension of Libya sanctions to Kemal Tuzun, MFA's head of department for the Middle East and North Africa, on January 12. Tuzun stated that the GOT welcomed recent positive steps taken by Libya in a number of areas, especially the commitment to [...]	2004-01-13 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KNNP LY MNUC PARM PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA218	UPDATE ON FINANCIAL AGREEMENT [...] (C) In Ambassador's January 12 conversation with MFA U/S Ziyal, as well as in his recent discussions with the Prime Minister, Finance Minister Unakitan, and State Minister Babacan, the Turks have acknowledged that the complications surrounding the conditionality in the Financial Agreement are [...]	2004-01-13 15:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL TU IZ

04ANKARA2186	CASE AGAINST ATTACKERS OF CHRISTIAN CONVERT DELAYED [...] (C) Summary: A court in northwestern Turkey postponed for 15 months the trial of three suspects accused of severely beating a Christian convert from Islam for performing missionary work, causing him to suffer a coma. The delay was approved ostensibly in order to evaluate the extent of the vic [...]	2004-04-15 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA2189	AMBASSADOR RAISES HUMAN RIGHTS REFORM, TIP, AMCIT [...] (C) Summary: In an April 14 meeting with Justice Minister Cicek, the Ambassador praised GOT human rights reforms and encouraged further progress in the run-up to the December EU Summit. He recommended the Embassy and GOT establish a regular exchange of information on trafficking in persons (T [...]	2004-04-15 16:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM CASC EINV KCRM KWMN JO TU
04ANKARA2201	THE SECOND IRAQ-TURKEY BORDER CROSSING: PROPOSAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Econoff shared U.S. proposal (ref b) for a TDA study of the Iraqi and Turkish proposals for a second border crossing. MFA DDG Sakir Fakili said Turkey had nearly completed its own study, but was open to all suggestions and would respond to the TDA idea after consulting with othe [...]	2004-04-16 16:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ETRD IZ PREL TU
04ANKARA2204	TURKISH CHOD OZKOK GIVES DELPHIC MESSAGE ON [...] (C) Summary: Most Turkish commentators interpreted CHOD Ozkok's careful April 13 remarks on Cyprus as a signal the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) will not oppose Turkish Cypriot or Turkish parliamentary acceptance of the draft Cyprus settlement. A number of observers, however, taking into account [...]	2004-04-16 16:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS MARR TU
04ANKARA2224	TURKISH MFA BRIEFS UNSC AMBASSADORS ON CYPRUS [...] (C) Turkish MFA Deputy U/S briefed UNSC member state ambassadors on April 19 about possible UNSC action over the next several days. Ilkin explained that the SYG will issue a report, and the agreement will go to the UNSC to endorse the Foundation Agreement and authorize a UN peacekeeping force [...]	2004-04-20 05:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY GR PREL TU
04ANKARA2231	TURKISH MFA LAYS OUT SERIOUS BUT FIXABLE PROBLEMS [...] (C) This is an action request. See paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: In an April 20 meeting with Ambassador Edelman and UK Ambassador Westmacott Turkish MFA officials laid out objections to the timing and language of the draft UNSCR on Cyprus. The Turks prefer a UNSCR be passed after the [...]	2004-04-20 15:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY GR PREL TU
04ANKARA224	TURKEY: OPPOSITION CHP CAUSING STIR OVER INCIRLIK [...] (C) Summary: Opposition CHP is trying to make hay over the public disclosure of the arrangement to allow U.S. troops to rotate out of and to Iraq using Incirlik air base. CHP M.P.s argue that the decision is against the constitution and complain that the AK Party Government still refuses to sh [...]	2004-01-14 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA226	PRESIDENT ASSAD'S VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: Assad's January 6-9 visit to Turkey was the first by any Syrian President. Assad met one-on-one with PM Erdogan and President Sezer, and also met FM Gul, TGS Chief Ozkok, Parliament Speaker Arinc, and main opposition CHP leader Baykal. Turkish contacts say GOT raised terrorism, [...]	2004-01-14 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SY TU IS
04ANKARA2283	CONTINUING TURKISH CONCERNS WITH DRAFT CYPRUS [...] (C) MFA Deputy U/S Ilkin called Ambassador Edelman on April 21 to express continuing Turkish concerns about the effect of the current draft Cyprus UNSCR. Ilkin expressed three concerns; MFA Cyprus Department Head Bilman expressed the same concerns in a separate call to poloff. 2. (C) F [...]	2004-04-21 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY GR PREL TU
04ANKARA2289	DEMARCHE TO OIC ON IRAQ ISSUES [...] (C) We delivered Ref A demarche April 21 to MFA Deputy Director General in charge of the OIC/ICFM Mehmet Kemal Bozay. Bozay said he would forward the U.S. points to the Turkish delegation in Malaysia, which is led by State Minister Besir Atalay and includes MFA Deputy Director General for the [...]	2004-04-21 15:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ XF
04ANKARA2291	TURKEY'S GREYING WOLVES: RIGHTIST-NATIONALIST MHP [...] (C) Summary: Leaders of rightist-nationalist MHP are spinning March 28 municipal election results as a victory. According to at least one MHP official, however, the party had expected a better showing. Although MHP leaders profess a desire to bring the party into the mainstream, party policie [...]	2004-04-21 16:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA2292	UNSC DRAFT RESOLUTION ON NON-PROLIFERATION: TURKS [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-21 16:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PREL
04ANKARA2293	AFGHANISTAN: MFA/TGS TO RECOMMEND TO PM THAT THEY [...] (C) MFA and TGS will recommend to PM Erdogan that Turkey establish a PRT in Takhar province in northeastern Afghanistan. The recommendation will also include a request for funding for the Turkish helicopters for ISAF, and a briefing on the possibility that the HRF in Istanbul may replace the [...]	2004-04-21 16:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU AF
04ANKARA2294	TURKISH STATE SECURITY COURT RE-CONVICTS LEYLA ZANA, CO-DEFENDANTS; VERDICT WILL BE APPEALED [...] (U) Summary: An Ankara State Security Court (SSC) April 21 re-convicted Leyla Zana and three other Kurdish former MPs charged with being members of the terrorist PKK, ending a contentious 13-month retrial that has been widely criticized by human rights advocates and EU parliamentarians as unfai [...]	2004-04-22 05:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA2327	OPPOSITION CHP: IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD, AND [...] (C) Summary: Unable to look at the beam in their own eye to understand their own responsibility for CHP's serious decline, CHP leader Baykal and others in his circle are looking for a mote in the U.S.'s eye as they accuse the USG of actively seeking Baykal's ouster. All the while rebels in CH [...]	2004-04-23 08:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA2330	PRESIDENTIAL CABINET CHIEF ATACANLI ON CYPRUS, [...] (C) Summary: On April 21, President Sezer's Cabinet Chief (also Senior Foreign Policy Adviser and Spokesman) Atacanli told Ambassador that Sezer remains concerned with making a Cyprus agreement primary EU law, and with implementation of the agreement's property arrangements. In the event of [...]	2004-04-26 07:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY GR PGOV PREL TU
04ANKARA2341	TURKEY'S WAY FORWARD ON CYPRUS [...] (C) Summary: Despite the wake of the GCs' "no," we need to move toward an eventual GC "yes" to the Burgenstock agreement. On the Turkish side, we should help Ankara preserve the its delicate balance for Cyprus settlement; encourage the Erdogan government to continue its "one step ahead" pol [...]	2004-04-26 13:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY GR PREL TU
04ANKARA2360	TURKISH MFA REQUESTS U.S. ACTION AT UN, U.S. HELP [...] (C) Summary: In an April 27 meeting with DCM, Turkish MFA Deputy U/S Ilkin requested that the U.S. push the UNSC for a Presidential Statement placing blame on the Greek Cypriots for failure to reach a Cyprus settlement. He also asked that the U.S. make concrete gestures toward Turkish Cypri [...]	2004-04-28 05:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY GR PREL TU
04ANKARA2362	TURKISH MFA BRIEFS UNSC REPRESENTATIVES [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA Deputy U/S Ilkin urged UNSC country representatives on April 26 to support lifting the embargo on the "TRNC" and other measures to ameliorate the situation of the TCs following the GC "no" on April 24. He said Turkey is not asking for recognition of the "TRNC." Ilki [...]	2004-04-28 05:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY GR PREL TU
04ANKARA2403	CYPRUS NEXT STEPS: GOT POINTS DELIVERED [...] (C) We delivered ref A points to Turkish MFA Cyprus Department Head Bilman April 28. He undertook to convey them to all other MFA officials involved on Cyprus before SRSG DeSoto's arrival in Ankara. In addition to meetings with MFA officials, DeSoto will meet with PM Erdogan and FM Gul. [...]	2004-04-29 08:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY ECON ETRD EU PREL TU
04ANKARA2404	DEMARCHE ON UNGA RESOLUTION ON UN PALESTINIAN [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche April 28 to Turkish MFA Middle East Department Head Tuzun. He undertook to send reftel points, which we provided in written form, to the Turkish delegation in New York for their comment. The MFA will decide its position after receiving the delegation's opini [...]	2004-04-29 08:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	IS PREL TU
04ANKARA2422	TURKEY: MFA RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO GME POINTS, [...] (C) In an April 29 meeting, Emboff delivered reftel talking points and draft papers to Turkish MFA Middle East Department Section Chief Hasan Sekizkok. Emboff 1) reviewed GME points raised by U/S Larson and A/S Burns during their April 13 briefing, 2) solicited tangible GOT input on developin [...]	2004-04-29 15:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KMPI PREL EAID XF PK TU
04ANKARA2424	TURKISH REACTION TO DRAFT UNSC PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Ambassador Edelman delivered reftel points to Turkish MFA U/S Ziyal on April 29. The Ambassador emphasized that although the draft Statement is not perfect from Turkey's perspective, the Turks should not let that stand in the way of agreeing to a good statement. The Ambassador specifical [...]	2004-04-29 16:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PGOV PREL TU
04ANKARA2425	PARLIAMENT TO REVIEW CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS [...] (U) Summary: The Turkish Parliament is set to review a 10-article package of constitutional amendments designed to bring Turkey closer to the Copenhagen Criteria for EU membership. The amendments would: abolish the State Security Courts (SSCs); open the military budget to court audit; remove [...]	2004-04-30 05:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA2441	STICKER SHOCK: 50 BILLION EURO PRICE TAG TO BRING [...] (C) Summary: The European Commission's Representation in Ankara is pressing forward with pre-accession assistance of Euro 250 million in 2004, rising to Euro 1.4 billion in 2011, if accession negotiations are on track. However, in one sector, the environment, the cost to bring Turkey up to E [...]	2004-04-30 10:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECIN EU SENV TU
04ANKARA2446	SOUTHEAST TURKEY ECONOMIC OUTLOOK PESSIMISTIC, [...] (C) Summary: Reporting officers traveling in southeast Turkey April 19-22 heard negative economic outlooks from a broad array of contacts, as well as reports of some continuing religious freedom restrictions. Contacts said implementation of the recently passed Turkish EU reform packet laws [...]	2004-04-30 15:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON MARR TU IZ
04ANKARA2454	MFA'S LATEST PROPOSAL ON WORDING FOR FINANCIAL [...] (C) The Turkish MFA has passed back its latest counterproposal on wording for the proposed amendment to the U.S.-Turkish Financial Agreement (the FA). In the latest version from the MFA, Turkey is only proposing changes to the third paragraph to the latest U.S. draft amendment (version 13a, d [...]	2004-04-30 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL TU
04ANKARA2465	AFGHANISTAN/TURKISH PRT: MFA/TGS MOVING FORWARD [...] (C) MFA DDG for NATO Affairs Fatih Ceylan informed PolMilCouns April 30 that MFA had just sent up for Foreign Minister Gul's approval the proposal to establish a PRT in Takhar. Ceylan, reiterating what his colleague told us a week earlier (reftel),emphasized that Takhar was the unanimous rec [...]	2004-05-03 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU AF
04ANKARA2467	GERMAN POLICE LIAISON'S TAKE ON TERROR FINANCE AND [...] (C) Summary. According to Heinrich Reiser, the German Police Liaison to Turkey, Turkey's Financial Intelligence Unit, MASAK, is not effective. Reiser considers the Turkish National Police (TNP) a much more effective partner in fighting terrorism financing and narcotics. End Summary. 2. [...]	2004-05-03 14:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL PTER SNAR TU
04ANKARA2475	TURKISH HELOS TO AFGHANISTAN: DECISION IS WITH [...] (C) MFA NATO Department Head Alper Coksun told deputy pol-mil counselor May 3 that Turkey and Luxembourg had worked out an acceptable arrangement for Luxembourg to finance the deployment of the three Turkish helos to/from Afghanistan in support of ISAF operations. Funding for spare parts and [...]	2004-05-03 16:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU AF
04ANKARA2489	TURKS REORGANIZING MILITARY PROCUREMENT WHILE [...] (U) This report contains sensitive business information. Please protect accordingly. 2. (C) Summary: Undersecretary for Defense Industries Murad Bayar told the Ambassador April 30 that, despite his own efforts to limit the impact of EU-mandated reforms on his organization, he was hopeful [...]	2004-05-04 12:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL PINR TU
04ANKARA2522	TURKEY/ARMENIA: STALEMATE STRANGLING GOODWILL [...] (C) Following Ambassador Edelman's April 30 meeting with FM Gul (ref A) we re-raised with Caucasus Department Head Adali Embassy Yerevan's proposal to open the border to participants in the upcoming Kars-Gyumri Symposium (ref B). (Ankara Polcouns raised this on April 22 with Adali's boss, DDG [...]	2004-05-05 13:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ AM PREL TU
04ANKARA2542	AFGHANISTAN/TURKISH PRT: FM GUL INFORMS NATO SYG [...] (C) MFA NATO DDG Fatih Ceylan informed PolMilCouns May 5 that NATO SYG de Hoop Scheffer called FM Gul yesterday (5/4) about summit preparations. The SYG took advantage of the call to also urge Turkey to work with Italy to establish a PRT in Herat. Ceylan recalled that Turkey had had polmil t [...]	2004-05-05 16:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU AF
04ANKARA2543	TURKISH MFA ON GEORGIA/AJARA [...] (C) On May 4, the GOT issued a public announcement about Georgia saying that Turkey is following with concern developments in Georgia and Ajara; noting that Turkey considers Georgian stability important; calling for the sides to act with moderation; welcoming the Georgian MFA's May 2 announc [...]	2004-05-05 16:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	GG PREL TU
04ANKARA255	TURKEY AND SOFA ARRANGEMENTS WITH QATAR [...] (C) Deputy PMA Counselor informed MFA Americas Department Head Cihad Erginay on January 9 that the USG had not negotiated any SOFA arrangements with the Government of Qatar (GOQ) on behalf of U.S. allies. He added the USG would not approach the GOQ on Turkey's behalf and advised that the GOT [...]	2004-01-15 11:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU IZ
04ANKARA2560	TURKEY SAYS "NO THANKS" TO TDA FEASIBILITY STUDY [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director General for Middle East Affairs Sakir Fakili told EconCouns May 5 that, while Turkish authorities appreciated the U.S. offer (reftel) for TDA to conduct a feasibility study on a second Turkish-Iraqi border crossing, they felt such assistance was unnecessary given that [...]	2004-05-06 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ETRD PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA2562	AMENDED UNGA RESOLUTION ON PALESTINIAN OBSERVER [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to Turkish MFA Middle East Department Head Tuzun May 6. Tuzun had already seen the amended version of the draft resolution. He said the decision on this vote will be made at the highest level of the MFA. He undertook to transmit our talking points to FM Gu [...]	2004-05-06 16:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL PREL
04ANKARA2589	IRAQ: TGS OPEN TO SUPPORTING OTHER COUNTRIES' [...] (C) Summary: Seoul is exploring the possibility of deploying its troops to Iraq through Turkey. The Turkish military is supportive, but has encouraged the Koreans to seek a political decision from the GOT before planning on transiting Turkey. If the ROK pursues this route, we expect the Tur [...]	2004-05-07 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA259	CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR URGES U.S. TO PRESS ERDOGAN [...] (C) Summary: Central Bank Governor Serdengecti convoked econoffs to raise concerns that Prime Minister Erdogan's Washington visit could reinforce the GOT perception that the U.S. will back Turkey financially regardless of the quality of GOT economic policies. He urged that U.S. leaders include [...]	2004-01-15 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV PREL TU
04ANKARA2600	RULING PARTY, "SECULAR" OPPONENTS CLASH OVER [...] (C) Summary: PM Erdogan's ruling AK Party has introduced a bill that would make it easier for graduates of imam hatip (Islamic preacher) high schools to enroll in university programs other than theology. AK's opponents deride the bill as a threat to the secular State. The opposition Republica [...]	2004-05-08 06:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA261	GOT OVERHAULING CRIMINAL LAW SYSTEM [...] (U) Summary: An experts committee is conducting a thorough overhaul of three major Turkish laws that determine what constitutes a crime, how crimes are punished, and how the judiciary functions in criminal matters. The committee will propose a wide range of reforms, including: eliminating rape [...]	2004-01-15 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA2660	TURKS INFORMED OF USG APPROACH TO CYPRUS ON THE PKK [...] (C) On May 11, PolMil Counselor informed Turkish General Staff J-5 Greece/Cyprus Chief Adm. Mucahit Sislioglu about reftel approach to the GOC regarding the PKK; on May 11 Deputy Polcouns informed MFA Northeastern Mediterranean Affairs DDG Necip Eguz. EDELMAN [...]	2004-05-12 07:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY EFIN ETTC PREL PTER
04ANKARA2663	NEW DRAFT LAW REMOVES BARRIER TO UNIVERSITY [...] (C) Summary: AK Party (AKP) government will press ahead with its new draft higher education law despite open opposition from the military and higher education establishment. Under the existing law, higher education has been under the purview of the controversial Higher Education Council (YOK) [...]	2004-05-12 08:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO OEXC SCUL PHUM TU
04ANKARA2664	TURKISH MILITARY WANTED YES/NO CYPRUS OUTCOME [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish General Staff is appreciative of US and UK assistance in forging a balanced although problematic Cyprus plan. TGS wanted the yes/no outcome from the referenda, although it has no clear idea of where to go from here. The Turkish military worries that Cyprus might use [...]	2004-05-12 09:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS GR CY TU PINR
04ANKARA2667	RULING AK PARTY, OPPOSITION CHP, AND WOMEN'S [...] (U) Summary: MPs from ruling AK Party clashed with the opposition CHP and women's rights advocates in debates over a constitutional amendment on gender equality. Parliament adopted an AKP measure with expanded language on the equal rights of men and women, while rejecting a CHP proposal suppo [...]	2004-05-12 09:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA2691	ISAF SHORTFALLS: TURKS CONTEND THEY HAVE THE [...] (C) During a recent discussion on Turkish helos for Afghanistan (ref b),NATO Department Head Alper Coskum confirmed what MFA officials had told us in late March (ref c): the Turkish military does not possess Role 2 and Casualty Staging Medical Unit capability. Coskun said the Turkish Genera [...]	2004-05-12 15:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL TU AF
04ANKARA2697	ADVANCING OUR ECONOMIC INTERESTS IN TURKEY AHEAD [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Eric S. Edelman. Reason: 1.4(b,d) 2. (C) Summary: We have time to make one more hard push to advance our core economic interests in Turkey ahead of the end-June Presidential visit and NATO Summit. We need to use every opportunity during this period to enc [...]	2004-05-12 16:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EINV ETRD PTER TU
04ANKARA2698	TURKEY LOOKING TO MINIMIZE AEGEAN TENSIONS FOR [...] (C) PolmilCouns sought an update on the status of Greek-Turkish military relations in the wake of PM Erdogan's visit to Athens (ref B) from TGS/J5 Greece/Cyprus Director RADM Mucahit Sislioglu on May 10. The Admiral was hopeful that the PM's visit had laid the groundwork to move forward on be [...]	2004-05-12 17:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS GR TU
04ANKARA2719	TURKEY INCHING TOWARD MORE ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN [...] (C) Summary: NP PDAS Susan Burk met with a Turkish interagency group May 12 in Ankara followed by a call on MFA DG for International Security Affairs Turan Morali to push for more active Turkish participation in the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). The Turks noted that they were pl [...]	2004-05-14 08:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL TU
04ANKARA2721	TURKEY AS THE HUB IN THE EAST-WEST ENERGY CORRIDOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish officials say they continue to strongly support the East-West Energy Corridor and are positioning Turkey to become the transit hub for Caspian and Middle East natural gas to Europe. Turkey is pushing two pipeline projects to export gas to Europe and exploring options f [...]	2004-05-14 09:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ENRG EPET ETRD SENV TU
04ANKARA2736	AFGHANISTAN: PM APPROVES PROPOSAL FOR PRT IN [...] (C) PM Erdogan approved the MFA/TGS proposal to establish a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Takhar province and agreed to provide the requisite funding. The MFA will instruct its missions in Kabul, Brussels and Washington to inform the appropriate authorities. Turkey will not consider [...]	2004-05-14 13:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL TU AF
04ANKARA2743	SHARING THE GMEI SUPPORT PLAN: TURKEY [...] (C) We delivered ref A points and ref B Plan of Support on May 14 to Turkish MFA Policy Planning Department Head Akcapar and Middle East Department Section Chief Sekizkok. Per ref A, we modified ref B cover letter to include a paragraph reading "We are conveying this to you at this point to [...]	2004-05-14 16:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL TU KMPI
04ANKARA2744	EU ANKARA OFFICE PREPARING KEY REPORT [...] (C) Summary: The EU Commission office in Ankara is preparing the first draft of a report that will guide the Council when it reviews Turkey's candidacy at the December Summit. Contacts say the report -- to be released September 29 -- will significantly influence the Council's decision, though [...]	2004-05-15 05:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU
04ANKARA2770	GOT PREPARING FOR EVENTUAL ICC MEMBERSHIP, [...] (U) Action request -- para 4. 2. (U) Levent Sahinkaya, head of the MFA International Political Organizations Department, told us April 22 that the GOT intends to eventually become a signatory to the International Criminal Court (ICC). He denied press reports indicating that Turkey will j [...]	2004-05-17 14:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM TU
04ANKARA2774	UPCOMING UN AND U.S. ACTION ON CYPRUS [...] (C) With the SYG's report on the Cyprus negotiations and the referendum set to come out soon, it is important that we engage in a full-court press for a strong follow-on UNSCR despite the formidable UNSC obstacles and other political hurdles. The SYG's report, and the resulting UNSC debate an [...]	2004-05-17 14:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PREL TU
04ANKARA2791	GOT CANCELS $2B ATAK HELICOPTER, $1B UAV, AND AN [...] (C) The Executive Committee (PM, CHOD and MOD) announced May 14 that it had canceled procurement programs for attack helicopters and UAVs, as well as a moribund program for main battle tanks. The EC publicly explained its decision as an effort to better acquire new models based on domestic pr [...]	2004-05-17 16:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL TU IS
04ANKARA2799	THIRD COUNTRY TRANSFER: MFA REQUESTS STATUS REPORT [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (U) MFA/Americas official Netka Noyan telephoned deputy pol-mil counselor May 17 to inquire about the status of Turkey's request to provide F-16 pilot training to Singapore (refs C-F). The MFA subsequently sent the Embassy a diplomatic note [...]	2004-05-18 14:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR SN TU
04ANKARA2821	REDUCED AEGEAN AIR ACTIVITY: NEED WE JUMP IN? [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-18 16:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS GR TU
04ANKARA2822	AFGHANISTAN AND PRTS: TURKS SET ON TAKHAR [...] (C) On the margins of a meeting on Cyprus (septel),MFA U/S Ziyal reiterated to Ambassador and UK Ambassador Westmacott that Turkey is committed to establishing a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Takhar and is not considering alternative locations. 2. (C) UK Amb. Westmacott opened [...]	2004-05-18 16:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU AF
04ANKARA2834	INVITATION TO PM ERDOGAN TO G-8 SUMMIT AT SEA [...] (SBU) Per reftel, May 20 Ambassador delivered invitation to Prime Minister Erdogan to attend Sea Island G-8 Summit for GME lunch on June 9. Ambassador stressed our appreciation for the constructive Turkish contribution to work on the Democracy Assistance Group and willingness to be a co-spon [...]	2004-05-20 11:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL TU
04ANKARA2839	AMBASSADORS EDELMAN AND WESTMACOTT'S MAY 18 [...] (C) During a May 19 meeting with Ambassador Edelman and UK Ambassador Westmacott, Turkish MFA U/S Ziyal and Deputy U/S Ilkin urged USUN and the UK UN delegation to stay in close touch with the Turkish delegation as the UNSC considered action after the SYG's report. The Turks expect a general [...]	2004-05-20 11:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PREL TU
04ANKARA2874	FUTURE IMF ROLE IN TURKEY [...] (C) Summary and introduction: Post offers its analysis of issues associated with the IMF's future role in Turkey. In our view, the primary goals are to reduce the Fund's exposure and to encourage Turkey to implement sound policies and pursue the reform road to sustainable growth. In theory, [...]	2004-05-21 13:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL TU
04ANKARA2878	S/P REISS RAISES GME, IRAQ, IRAN WITH TURKISH MFA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In May 7 meetings in Ankara, S/P Director Mitchell B. Reiss discussed USG policies toward 1) the transfer of sovereignty in Iraq; 2) the Greater Middle East Initiative (GMEI); 3) Iranian nuclear ambitions; and, 4) NATO,s Istanbul Summit. Turkish MFA U/S Ugur Ziyal, Policy Plan [...]	2004-05-21 16:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM TU
04ANKARA2897	SYRIA ACCOUNTABILITY ACT IMPLEMENTATION DEMARCHE: [...] (C) We delivered ref A points, orally supplemented with unclassified points from ref B, on May 24 to Turkish MFA SIPDIS Middle East Department Head Tuzun. Tuzun noted this is a unilateral USG action which does not involve third countries. The GOT believes this is not a constructive way to [...]	2004-05-24 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL SY TU
04ANKARA2898	TURKS "NOT GETTING ANYWHERE" WITH RUSSIA ON CYPRUS [...] (C) Turkish MFA Cyprus Department Head Bilman told us May 24 that the GOT expects no change in Russia's Cyprus policy, despite FM Gul's May 20 visit to Moscow. Gul went to Moscow with an OIC delegation but met one-on-one with FM Lavrov to discuss Cyprus. MFA U/S Ziyal told Ambassador Edelman [...]	2004-05-24 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PREL TU
04ANKARA2901	TURKEY AND PRTS IN AFGHANISTAN: SETTING THE RECORD [...] (C) The Turkish press is reporting that Washington is debating whether to respond positively to Turkey's proposal to establish a PRT in Takhar province if the Turks refuse to go west or south. We provide a chronology of Turkey's PRT-related consultations and considerations leading up to their [...]	2004-05-24 15:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL TU AF
04ANKARA2906	BLAIR VISIT TO ANKARA: MARKING A DEEPENING OF [...] (U) Summary: During a brief but concentrated visit to Turkey May 17, UK PM Blair assured PM Erdogan and President Sezer the UK will back Turkey's EU bid and work to end the isolation of Turkish Cypriots. Blair and Erdogan agreed on a UK-initiated "Action Plan" to hold annual PM-level bilateral [...]	2004-05-25 07:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM TU
04ANKARA2946	NATO-AFGHANISTAN: PRESSING TURKEY FOR A LARGER [...] (C) The Ambassador deployed reftel talking points with MFA Deputy Under Secretary Ali Tuygan on May 25, noting that Turkey was receiving similar messages from SACEUR Gen Jones. He recalled previously discussing Turkey's contribution of a provincial reconstruction team (PRT) with U/S Ziyal (ref [...]	2004-05-27 12:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR AF TU
04ANKARA2947	AFGHANISTAN: TURKISH CHOD REITERATES TO GEN KUJAT [...] (C) Turkish CHOD GEN Ozkok reiterated to NATO's Chairman of the Military Committee GEN Kujat May 26 that the GOT's position on establishing a PRT in Takhar was firm and that Turkey would not establish a PRT in an alternate location. Ozkok noted a decision to deploy Turkey's HRF in Istanbul to [...]	2004-05-27 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL TU AF
04ANKARA2948	PRESIDENT SAAKASHVILI'S FIRST VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: During President Saakashvili's first-ever May 20-22 visit to Turkey, he expressed satisfaction with the GOT's position on Ajara and asked the Turks to help convince Russia to give up its Georgian bases, according to Georgian DCM Tabatadze. His GOT interlocutors expressed support [...]	2004-05-27 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON GG PREL TU
04ANKARA2974	IRAQ: TURKISH REACTION TO DRAFT UNSCR TEXT [...] (C) DCM presented Ref B points on introducing the draft Iraq UNSCR to MFA Director General for Middle East Affairs Burcuoglu May 26, and discussed the text of the draft. Burcuoglu said it was important to Turkey that the UNSCR offer a high degree of visible sovereignty to the Iraqis and that t [...]	2004-05-27 15:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA300	INCIRLIK AND OIF-2: TURKS REITERATE THAT ROTATION [...] (C) MFA DDG for the Americas Ilicak summoned Pol-Mil Counselor to the MFA January 15 to reiterate the GOT's understanding that the activities related to the rotation will be conducted in accordance with the rules/principles outlined by the Turks. The MFA appears to have done so in response to [...]	2004-01-16 11:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA3050	IRAQ: TURKEY UNHAPPY WITH IIG, SEES REVISED UNSCR [...] (C) DCM spoke with MFA Director General for Middle East Affairs Burcuoglu June 2 to convey Ref A and B points on support for the Iraqi Interim Government (IIG) and the revised draft of the UNSC Resolution on Iraq. On the UNSCR draft, Burcuoglu noted that a number of Turkey's recommendations ( [...]	2004-06-02 15:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA3059	TURKISH POLITICS: PRESIDENT VETOES BILL ON [...] (U) Summary: As expected, President Sezer May 28 vetoed a bill that would have made it easier for graduates of technical and vocational high schools, including imam hatip (Islamic preacher) high schools, to enroll in university programs other than their area of high school specialization. PM [...]	2004-06-03 13:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA3061	MEK DETAINEES: TURKEY NONCOMMITTAL, CONSIDERING [...] (C) PolMilOff and ConOff delivered Reftel demarche along with list of names of MEK detainees claiming ties to Turkey to MFA Iraq Department Head Serra Kileli June 1. Kileli said she would circulate the information to the relevant GOT authorities (MFA Terrorism, Refugee and Immigration Departm [...]	2004-06-03 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM IR IZ TU
04ANKARA3117	PSI: TURKEY COMMITTED TO EARNING CORE GROUP [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 7. 2. (C) Summary: The GOT is committed to earning membership in the PSI and asks what it would take. They also ask how Russia made the cut given Ankara's belief that Moscow has not participated in PSI activities. MFA DG Morali expressed some d [...]	2004-06-07 09:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC TU
04ANKARA3121	AFGHANISTAN: TURKEY MAY RECONSIDER WITHDRAWAL OF [...] (C) During a June 4 meeting that included UK Ambassador Westmacott to discuss Cyprus (septel),Ambassador again encouraged MFA U/S Ziyal to consider establishing a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in the west or the south of Afghanistan. Ziyal was adamant that Turkey would not establish a [...]	2004-06-07 12:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL TU AF
04ANKARA3123	U.S.-TURKEY FINANCIAL AGREEMENT [...] (C) Per reftel instructions, Ambassador reiterated to MFA U/S Ziyal June 4 that the U.S. considered negotiations on changes to the language in the financial agreement to be over. Referring to local press reports from that morning quoting Prime Minister Erdogan as saying that Turkey would not [...]	2004-06-07 13:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID PREL TU
04ANKARA3130	CYPRUS FOLLOW-ON: U.S. AND UK AMBASSADORS' JUNE 4 [...] (C) Summary: Turks express reservations on two points in UNSYG's Cyprus good offices report but grudgingly agree the report is helpful. Turkey sees the Russians as unhelpful in the UNSC and seeks a UNSC outcome that does the most to end northern Cyprus' isolation -- probably a simple UNSC en [...]	2004-06-07 15:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CY TU
04ANKARA3138	IRAQI ASSETS: TURKISH GOVERNMENT CLAIMS NONE EXIST [...] (SBU) On 26 May, DCM met with MFA Director General for Bilateral Political Affairs (Middle East & Africa) Taksin Burcuoglu to press for a response to Refs B & C. Burcuoglu replied that "until now Turkey has been unable to find" the bank accounts. Burcuoglu further stated that the situation is [...]	2004-06-07 15:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN IZ PREL TU XL
04ANKARA3156	MOD'S DEFENSE BUDGET STATEMENT MIFFS TGS [...] (C) Summary: MOD Gonul surprised TGS with his statement to the Greek MOD that Turkey would slash its defense spending by $10 billion. TGS believes this was in part an attempt by the government to allocate resources to domestic priorities at the military's expense. End summary. 2. (U) M [...]	2004-06-08 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV TU GR
04ANKARA3158	TURKISH POLITICS: OPPOSITION WITHIN THE OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: Disgruntled deputies from main parliamentary opposition CHP and other CHP dissidents have are calling for a convention to elect a new leader in place of current CHP boss Deniz Baykal. Procedural hurdles and the absence of a clear alternative to Baykal, however, are hobbling any s [...]	2004-06-08 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA316	JUDGE IN ZANA CASE BARS AUDIENCE MEMBERS FROM NEXT SESSION [...] (U) An angry judge ordered that members of the audience attending the retrial of Leyla Zana and three other Kurdish former MPs January 16 be banned from the next hearing for applauding the defendants. The incident occurred after the Ankara State Security Court (SSC) refused, for the tenth con [...]	2004-01-16 15:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA317	BREAKTHROUGHS BETWEEN TURKEY AND ARMENIA APPEAR [...] (C) Summary: In a January 14 meeting, Turkish MFA Caucasus Department Head Murat Adali reaffirmed that Turkey linked opening the Armenian border and full diplomatic relations to Armenian concessions in Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) (reftel). Although MFA officials will travel to Yerevan in February [...]	2004-01-19 09:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ AM PREL TU
04ANKARA3203	IMF TEAM LEADER CONCERNED ABOUT FINANCING GAP, [...] (C) Summary: Visiting IMF Mission Chief Moghadam told Econcouns that Turkish officials had told him the GOT will not ratify the U.S. FA because President Sezer has said he would veto it. Note: The GOT has not said this to us directly. End Note. With most analysts believing the GOT will have a [...]	2004-06-09 15:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA3206	COURT RELEASES ZANA, CO-DEFENDANTS; APPEAL [...] (U) Turkey's High Court of Appeals June 9 ordered the release of Leyla Zana and three other Kurdish former MPs pending the outcome of their appeal. The Court made its decision one day after the defendants' attorney filed a formal release request. The Court is scheduled to take up the appeal [...]	2004-06-09 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA3234	AMBASSADOR, FINANCE MINISTER DISCUSS TERROR [...] (C) Summary: In a June 9 meeting to discuss USG recommendations aimed at strenghthening Turkey's regime to combat terrorist finance, Finance Minister Unakitan stressed the importance that his government attaches to the issue, but unfortunately turned for discussion of the details to MASAK Pr [...]	2004-06-10 13:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER EINV ETRD TU
04ANKARA3236	TURKEY BEGINS BROADCASTS IN KURDISH, OTHER [...] (C) Summary: June 7 state-owned TRT broadcasting company began airing news and cultural programs on radio and TV in Kurdish and three other languages traditionally spoken in Anatolia, in a long-delayed GOT effort to comply with EU free speech requirements. Contacts say PM Erdogan and FM Gul o [...]	2004-06-10 14:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA3336	AMBASSADOR EDELMAN URGES TURKEYS' ENERGY MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: In a June 8 meeting with Minister of Energy Hilmi Guler, Ambassador Edelman welcomed progress on the East-West Energy Corridor, raised concerns about Iranian gas exports to Europe, expressed support for Bosphorus bypass pipelines, and pressed the GOT to accelerate energy sector [...]	2004-06-14 14:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ENRG EPET SENV TU
04ANKARA340	INTERIOR MINISTER AKSU ON ANTI-TERROR COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: In Jan. 16 meeting with Interior Minister Aksu, Ambassador highlighted USG interest in strengthening counter terrorism cooperation and intelligence sharing with the GOT. Aksu asserted CT relations with Syria are improving, committed to instituting passenger and baggage checks to [...]	2004-01-20 08:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SY TU
04ANKARA3409	CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR, IMF RESREP FRET ABOUT GOT [...] (C) Summary: In June 13-14 conversations, Central Bank Governor Serdengecti and IMF ResRep Brekk complained about the GOT's approach toward a possible follow-on Fund program. Brekk said the government was in effect asking the Fund how much it could provide, without making any policy commitmen [...]	2004-06-15 16:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID PREL TU
04ANKARA3412	POST THOUGHTS ON WORLD BANK LOAN [...] (C) Summary: The first tranche of the PFPSAL3 loan going to the World Bank board June 17 overlaps substantially with the IMF program on fiscal and banking issues and, in several areas, is justified on the basis of the GOT's renewed engagement with the Bank and agreements on actions to be take [...]	2004-06-15 16:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EAID PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA3427	TIP DEMARCHE DELIVERED, TURKISH MFA AVERS DEEP [...] (C) June 14 Polcounselor delivered reftel points, TIP backgrounder and Turkey TIP Narrative to MFA DDG for Consular Affairs Haldun Otman. DDG Otman averred deep disappointment in Turkey's designation. TIP officer reviewed reasons for Turkey's Tier 2 Watch List ranking, noting that much of Tu [...]	2004-06-16 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA348	TURKISH P.M. ERDOGAN GOES TO WASHINGTON: HOW STRONG A LEADER IN THE FACE OF STRONG CHALLENGES? [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-20 12:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL TU
04ANKARA3553	NATO IN IRAQ: PRELIMINARY TURKISH VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: Initial Turkish reaction to a NATO role in Iraq is positive, although no decisions on the GOT's position have yet been made. An MFA official told us that he saw merit in the Alliance offering training both inside and outside Iraq. He was sympathetic to French arguments that th [...]	2004-06-24 05:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ TU
04ANKARA3575	TURKEY EXTENDS DECREE ALLOWING USE OF TURKISH [...] (C) On June 23, 2004, Turkey's Council of Ministers (COM) extended for one year the decree allowing the use of Turkish bases and ports for humanitarian and reconstruction operations in Iraq. The President signed the decree later that day. The decree does not require parliamentary approval. [...]	2004-06-24 13:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA3594	GOT ABOLISHES STATE SECURITY COURTS [...] (C) Summary: Parliament passed legislation June 17 closing the State Security Courts (SSCs),special courts designed to try "crimes against the State." The courts had been widely criticized, including by the EU, for pro-prosecution bias. A number of human rights attorneys argue that the legis [...]	2004-06-25 08:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA3618	AFGHANISTAN: GOT'S DECISION NOT TO ESTABLISH A [...] (C) Deputy pol-mil counselor contacted MFA DDG for South Asian Affairs Aydin Evirgen June 25, following up on the Ambassador's earlier conversation with MFA U/S Ziyal on Turkish thinking on PRTs (ref a). Evirgen said that Turkey had completely abandoned its proposal to establish a PRT in Takh [...]	2004-06-25 17:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS AF TU
04ANKARA3624	TURKISH OFFICIALS CRITICIZE FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE [...] (C) Summary. Officials at the Turkish National Police (TNP) and Ministry of Justice have pointedly criticized Turkey,s financial intelligence unit as being uncooperative and poorly run. End summary. ---------------- Police Official Derides MASAK ... ---------------- 2. (U) On 18 J [...]	2004-06-28 06:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER TU
04ANKARA3675	TIP IN TURKEY: JOINT OPERATION RESULTS IN ARRESTS, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkish National Police (TNP) officials confirmed press reports (reftel) that a joint anti-TIP Turkish-Romanian Police operation (Mirage 2004) netted an international trafficking ring and freed seven Romanian TIP victims ages 17 to 20. TNP Foreigners, Borders and Asylum Department [...]	2004-06-29 15:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY

04ANKARA3728	THE TURKISH MILITARY: OZKOK TRIES TO STRIKE [...] (C) Turkish General Staff (TGS) CHOD GEN Ozkok continues to balance the promotion of Turkey's EU membership prospects by reducing the Turkish military's past position at the commanding heights of politics with a desire to ensure that the Turkish military is able to intervene in domestic politi [...]	2004-07-01 12:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL TU PINR
04ANKARA3740	PSI AND NPT: TURKS "DEEPLY DISAPPOINTED" AT LACK [...] (C) Action Request at Para 8. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) While delivering Refs A and B, PolMilCouns and PolMilOff were treated to an unexpected and emotional reaction to U/S Bolton's PSI letter from usually stoic MFA Director General for Disarmament and Security Affairs Haluk Ilica [...]	2004-07-01 15:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP MNUC PREL TU IR
04ANKARA3753	LEYLA ZANA HOSTS LUNCH FOR EU, U.S. DIPLOMATS [...] (C) Summary: Leyla Zana and the three other recently-released DEP deputies hosted a lunch on July 5 for diplomats from the EU and U.S. Although Zana and the other deputies said people in southeastern Turkey do not want violence, some EU diplomats -- and we -- left the lunch frustrated that [...]	2004-07-06 08:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER TU
04ANKARA3764	TURKISH MFA CLAIMS ARMENIA WILLING TO DISCUSS NK [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA Caucasus Department Head Murat Adali portrays the June 28 meeting during the Istanbul NATO Summit between Turkish FM Gul and Armenian FM Oskanian, and a follow-on trilateral meeting including Azerbaijani FM Mammadyarov, as steps forward in resolving the Nagorno Karab [...]	2004-07-07 14:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ AM PBTS TU
04ANKARA3900	MFA DISPUTES REPORT THAT TURKEY AND IRAN AGREED ON [...] (U) According to a report carried by the Turkish online news service Zaman and several Iranian news outlets, Iran has offered to reduce the price of its natural gas exports to Turkey if Turkey agrees to facilitate the transport of Iranian gas to Europe. The report added that the deal was rea [...]	2004-07-14 16:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ETRD ETTC IR TU
04ANKARA3944	ISRAELI SECURITY BARRIER DEMARCHE DELIVERED: [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-15 15:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS
04ANKARA3979	TURKISH GOVERNMENT DEMARCHE AGAINST NEW [...] (C) Morning July 16 MFA Deputy U/S for Americas Baki Ilkin telephoned Charge to express GOT's urgent concern about new language on the "Armenian Genocide" inserted July 15 to House foreign ops appropriations bill. Reading the text of the "Armenia Genocide" reference, Ilkin noted he was about t [...]	2004-07-16 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU
04ANKARA3989	CHARTING A WAY FORWARD ON US-TU MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: At the July 8 Missile Defense Technical Experts Group meeting in Ankara, the US and Turkey agreed that the completion of the joint architectural study of Turkey called for a new look at bilateral cooperation in the area of missile defense. The two sides agreed to three new studie [...]	2004-07-19 09:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PARM TU
04ANKARA4	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES U.S. VISIT, CYPRUS, NATO [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Turkish PM Erdogan December 31 in advance of Erdogan's late-January U.S. visit. The Ambassador said White House officials view the visit as an opportunity to enhance U.S.-Turkey relations and set the stage for the June NATO Summit in Istanbul. The USG and G [...]	2004-01-02 11:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR EINV AM CY TU
04ANKARA4021	TERRORIST FINANCING:ANKARA:APPROACH TO EU ON [...] (C) On 8 July, Econ Counselor delivered ref demarche to MFA Research and Intelligence DDG Hakan Okcal, who is responsible for both PKK and terrorist financing issues. Okcal described the USG intervention with EU countries as furthering the USG/GOT common strategy, and said that it was "very he [...]	2004-07-20 14:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EFIN ETTC TU
04ANKARA4061	TURKEY TO SEND EXPERTS TO PSI MEETING IN [...] (U) During a July 19 meeting on a different subject, MFA acting DDG for Disarmament Bulent Meric informed us that the GOT will send a delegation of experts to participate in the PSI Operational Experts Working Group (OEWG) as well as the Denmark Container Workshop in Copenhagen. This delegatio [...]	2004-07-21 16:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM ETTC TU
04ANKARA4109	CASPIAN BASIN ENERGY DIPLOMACY AMBASSADOR MANN [...] (C) Summary: EUR Ambassador Steven Mann encouraged Turkish Energy Minister Guler to work together with the United States to promote Caspian natural gas exports through Turkey to Europe, but cautioned about Iranian gas transitting Turkey. Guler noted Turkey's difficult relationship with Iran [...]	2004-07-23 10:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ETRD PREL TU
04ANKARA4112	TURKISH PM ERDOGAN'S JULY 27-29 TRIP TO IRAN: U.S. [...] (C) In delivering reftel demarche July 22 to MFA DDG for South Asia Evirgen, polcounselor noted our understanding that Turkey shares U.S. views on the need for sharp improvement in Iranian behavior. The USG has strong interest in seeing PM Erdogan deliver crisp, unambiguous messages to Tehran [...]	2004-07-23 13:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS ECON ENRG TU IR
04ANKARA4125	TURKEY IN ACCORD WITH USG ON DUAL-HATTING U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Turkey supports the U.S. proposal to "dual-hat" the U.S. MNF-I Commander in Iraq for NATO's training mission for Iraqi security forces. MFA officials (rightly) predicted France would object. Turkey has offered to train Iraqis in Turkey, but may consider sending "two or three" li [...]	2004-07-26 15:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS IZ TU
04ANKARA4126	BACKLOG AT TURKEY-IRAQ BORDER THREATENS U.S. [...] (C) There has been a recent increase in the backlog of trucks seeking to cross the Turkish border from Iraq. The most recent report from the U.S. Army Movement Control Team stationed on the Iraqi side of the border showed that the backlog had reached over 7,000 trucks. This jump represents [...]	2004-07-26 15:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD IZ PGOV PREL TU
04ANKARA4127	DAS KENNEDY HIGHLIGHTS REFORM AT TURKISH TREASURY [...] (C) Summary. EUR DAS Kennedy highlighted to the Turkish Treasury chief the importance of Turkey keeping its economic recovery on track by continuing and intensifying reforms and attracting long-term investment. Although the GOT has not yet decided on what form its relationship with the IMF [...]	2004-07-26 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL TU
04ANKARA4132	IRAQ: TURKS TERM JULY 21 CAIRO IRAQ NEIGHBORS [...] (C) Iraq's neighbors are increasingly willing to engage with a newly sovereign Iraqi government, Turkish officials told us on July 23, though some are still holding back. MFA Deputy Director General for Middle East Safak Gokturk said that the tone of the July 21 Cairo meeting of Iraq's neighb [...]	2004-07-27 13:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINS IZ TU EG IS
04ANKARA4133	DAS KENNEDY: DISCUSSIONS ON IRAQ, CYPRUS, AND EU [...] (C) Summary: In July 20/21 Ankara meetings at the Turkish MFA and General Secretariat for EU Affairs, EUR/DAS Laura Kennedy solicited evaluations of 1) Turkey's prospects for a definite date to begin EU accession negotiations; 2) steps forward in the wake of the Greek Cypriot rejection of the [...]	2004-07-27 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OTRA TU CY IZ EU
04ANKARA4134	TURKEY: LABOR FEDERATIONS UNLIKELY TO TAKE ACTIVE [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-27 14:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CU TU
04ANKARA4227	SUDANESE FM ISMAIL VISITS TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: Sudanese FM Mustafa Osman Ismail visited Ankara July 26-27, meeting with Turkish FM Gul and Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Dulger. One MFA official speculates the trip was designed to influence Turkey, the current OIC SYG, but Ismail reportedly did not directly ask [...]	2004-07-29 15:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL SU TU
04ANKARA4265	CYPRUS: MILITARY EXERCISES MAY BE AN ISSUE THIS [...] (C) TGS/J5 Greece/Cyprus director RADM Mucahit Sislioglu warned polmilcouns July 28 not to assume Turkey would cancel this fall's exercises on Cyprus. "The situation is different this year," he said. Whereas last year Turkey was optimistic about achieving a settlement on the island and wanted [...]	2004-07-30 14:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL CY TU
04ANKARA4274	TURKEY LOOKS FOR ECONOMIC SWEETENERS FOR EU [...] (C) Summary. In an apparent effort to secure France's support for Turkey's EU bid, Prime Minister Erdogan offered contracts or potential contracts to French companies during his July trip to Paris. This includes Turkish Airlines' purchase of 36 mid-size Airbus jets, suggestions that Turkey [...]	2004-08-02 08:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR BEXP FR TU
04ANKARA4291	TURKS PREPARING NEW ATTACK HELICOPTER TENDER [...] (U) Defense industry and journalist sources expect SSM to issue a new RFP for attack helicopters this week. The previous tender was canceled last May after a seven-year process in which Bell Helicopter's Cobra was selected as the preferred aircraft (reftel). Under the procurement model at th [...]	2004-08-02 15:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA4317	TIP IN TURKEY: GOT APPROACHES EGYPTIAN EMBASSY FOR [...] (C) In a July 27 meeting with Emboff, Embassy of Egypt Second Secretary Ahmed El Sayed confirmed Turkish anti-TIP officials approached Egyptian Ambassador Ahamad Fathallah to propose a formal law enforcement and intelligence cooperation agreement between security officials from both government [...]	2004-08-03 14:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EG KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4321	KFOR UPDATE: TURKS LIFT VIRTUALLY ALL CAVEATS [...] (C) On August 3, Alper Coskun, MFA Director for NATO and Euro-Atlantic Defense and Security Affairs, notified PolMilOff that Turkey has lifted all/all national caveats on its forces operating in both KFOR and SFOR save one: National (i.e., parliamentary) approval would be required to act outsi [...]	2004-08-03 14:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL TU YI
04ANKARA4345	IRAQI PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER TO VISIT TURKEY [...] (SBU) MFA Iraq Desk Officer Ferhat Alkan told PolMilOff Aug. 3 that both Iraq's interim president and prime minister would visit Turkey soon. President al-Yawar will be in Ankara Aug. 16 and 17 and will meet with President Sezer and FonMin Gul. Alkan said that PM Erdogan may be out of the co [...]	2004-08-04 11:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA4421	TURKISH PM ERDOGAN'S JULY 27-29 VISIT TO IRAN [...] (C) Summary: According to MFA and ruling AKP contacts, PM Erdogan urged the Iranians to cooperate with IAEA on their nuclear program. The visit failed to produce an agreement on an expanded project to transship Iranian natural gas: the Turks sought a price reduction on their 1996 gas deal wi [...]	2004-08-06 13:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET IR IZ KNNP PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA4435	TURKISH USG CONTRACTOR WITHDRAWING EMPLOYEES FROM [...] (C) In an Aug. 5 meeting on another topic (septel),MFA Deputy Under Secretary for Economic Affairs Alev Kilic handed the Charge a list of 31 Turkish employees of Tepe Construction Company and its subsidiary, Bilintur, who are working under contract at a U.S. Marine base near Fallujah. Kilic s [...]	2004-08-06 14:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA4443	TURKEY AND IRAN GAS, BOSPORUS BYPASS, AND BTC [...] (C) Summary: In a August 5 meeting with Charge, MFA Deputy U/S for Economic Relations Alev Kilic expressed general support for U.S. goals for regional energy development - with one exception. While Kilic stressed that Turkey,s priority for natural gas was for realizing transit from the Caspi [...]	2004-08-09 09:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ETRD IR GA UK TU
04ANKARA4485	TURKEY WILL NOT SEND PRT TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Following up on mid-July reports that the GOT was reconsidering its decision not to send a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) to Afghanistan (reftel),PolMilCouns and PolMilOff consulted both MFA and TGS sources, who denied that Turkey was reconsidering its June decision not to send a PR [...]	2004-08-10 15:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU AF
04ANKARA4502	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH-AUSTRALIAN ANTI-TRAFFICKING [...] (C) SUMMARY. In November 2003, an Australian Coast Guard patrol intercepted an Indonesian smuggling vessel carrying 14 Turkish citizens. By July 2004, Australian Federal Police (AFP) agents had traced the human smuggling network organizers to Turkey, where smugglers and witnesses were engage [...]	2004-08-11 08:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KVPR PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TU AU PINR TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4503	TIP IN TURKEY: AUSTRALIAN INVESTIGATION REPORT I [...] (C) The following confidential investigation report compiled by Australian Federal Police agent Shawn Selles includes names and contact information for suspected human smugglers described in reftel. TURKISH-BASED PEOPLE SMUGGLING NETWORK OPERATING TO AUSTRALIA AND OTHER COUNTRIES Backgrou [...]	2004-08-11 08:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KVPR PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TU AU PINR TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4504	TIP IN TURKEY: AUSTRALIAN INVESTIGATION REPORT II [...] (C) The following confidential investigation report compiled by Australian Federal Police (AFP) agent Shawn Selles includes names and contact information for suspected human smugglers described in reftel. TURKISH-BASED PEOPLE SMUGGLING NETWORK OPERATING TO AUSTRALIA AND OTHER COUNTRIES Sc [...]	2004-08-11 09:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KVPR PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TU AU PINR TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4528	IMF OFFICIAL ON GOT'S DECISION TO SEEK A NEW [...] (C) Summary: Following IMF Mission Chief Moghadam,s surprise visit to Ankara last week, and public statements by PM Erdogan and Economy Minister Babacan that the GOT had decided to seek a follow-on disbursing Standby Arrangement(SBA),Econoffs met with IMF Deputy Resident Representative Chri [...]	2004-08-11 16:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV ECIN TU
04ANKARA4529	TURKS SEEK URGENT COOPERATION ON SECURITY MEASURES [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. four. 2. (C) MFA Deputy Under Secretary for Bilateral Political Affairs Baki Ilkin called in DCM Aug. 11 to discuss the security situation for Turkish truckers in Iraq. The GOT has been dealing with the murder and kidnapping of a number of T [...]	2004-08-11 16:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA453	KOREAN TROOPS TO NORTHERN IRAQ: NEED TO BRIEF PM [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) DCM confirmed January 22 that PM Erdogan will travel to Seoul to meet with Korean officials February 7. 3. (C) PM Erdogan may already know (possibly from information obtained by the Turkish military liaison officers stationed in nort [...]	2004-01-23 13:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU IZ KS
04ANKARA4554	AFGHANISTAN: TURKS PLANNING FOR FEBRUARY [...] (C) On Aug. 10, PolMilOff called on Col. Halit Yilmaz, Chief of TGS's NATO Branch office, to discuss NATO issues, including Turkey's planning for the Istanbul High Readiness Force (HRF) to assume command of ISAF in February 2005. Yilmaz said that even absent a final NATO decision on the future [...]	2004-08-12 18:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS AF TU
04ANKARA4590	SFOR TRANSITION: TURKS CONCERNED THAT EUROPEAN [...] (C) PolMilOff met Aug. 10 with Col. Halit Yilmaz, Chief of TGS's NATO Operations Branch office. Yilmaz reported that Turkey is committed to remain in SFOR at its current (one battalion) level after SFOR becomes an EU operation, and said he believes that the EU wants Turkey to stay. However, h [...]	2004-08-16 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU BK
04ANKARA4593	TURKS IN ACCORD WITH U.S. VIEW ON NEW AGENDA [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-16 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PARM TU
04ANKARA4594	UPDATING ALLIES ON U.S. GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-16 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KPAO TU
04ANKARA4600	FOLLOW-UP MEETING WITH TURKISH MFA ON TRUCKER [...] (C) Following MFA Deputy U/S Ilkin calling in the DCM (ref a),MFA Deputy Director General Sakir Fakili held a preliminary follow-up meeting with emboffs Aug. 13. Fakili stressed the importance of secure transfer and offload facilities, enhanced convoy security, and insurance assistance. He [...]	2004-08-16 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA4628	EMBASSY ASKS TURKS TO WORK THE OIC ON DARFUR [...] (C) Following up on reftel, we approached MFA Africa Department Head Melih Tezel on August 17 and MFA Adviser to the Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee Osman Ulukan August 18. We made reftel points, asking the GOT to use its leadership role as OIC Ministerial co-chair and OIC SYG-elect to [...]	2004-08-18 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PHUM PREF TU SU
04ANKARA464	IMF RESREP: TURKEY IS OFF TRACK [...] (C) Summary: Despite diplomatic public statements, the first stage of the IMF's Seventh Review Mission found Turkey to be seriously off-track, according to IMF Resrep Odd Per Brekk. The backsliding is notable with regard to two "pillars" of the program--fiscal discipline and banking sector re [...]	2004-01-23 15:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV PREL TU
04ANKARA4651	TURKISH READOUT ON IIG PRESIDENT AL-YAWAR VISIT: [...] (C) The GOT is pleased with the Aug. 16-17 visit of IIG President al-Yawar and the IIG ministers for foreign affairs, water resources, and trade. Al-Yawar told the Turks that he and the IIG intentionally chose Turkey for his first major trip abroad, and that they saw Turkey as Iraq's most imp [...]	2004-08-18 16:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ENRG ECON TU IZ
04ANKARA4733	PM ERDOGAN VISITS GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: According to preliminary readout, Erdogan brought Saakashvili and Zhvania a message of "Turkish support for the GOG" in South Ossetia and Abkhazia but urged restraint, dialogue and, in Abkhazia, easing the CIS economic embargo. In response to Erdogan's emphasis on the importance [...]	2004-08-20 12:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET TU GG RS
04ANKARA4737	CYPRUS: A FRUSTRATED "TRNC PM" TALAT MEETS FONMIN [...] (C) Summary: In four-hour meeting with Turkish FM Gul August 18, "TRNC PM" Talat, accompanied by "FM" Serdar Denktas, expressed great frustration with EU's lack of concrete measures to help the Turkish Cypriots (TCs). Talat appeared convinced that the EU's trade and aid proposals will be bl [...]	2004-08-20 13:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU CY
04ANKARA4807	OUT OF COUNTRY REGISTRATION AND VOTING IN IRAN: [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-25 08:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF IR TU
04ANKARA4808	TIP IN TURKEY: ANTI-TIP NGO HRDF BOARD CHAIRMAN [...] (U) SUMMARY. In August meetings with Emboff, Human Resources Development Foundation (HRDF) Board Chairman Turgut Tokus outlined past and present progress to bring HRDF's TIP victims shelter on-line. He characterized support from the GOT, particularly the MOI and the MFA, as excellent and than [...]	2004-08-25 08:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA482	PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF'S TURKEY VISIT CEMENTS TIES, SKIPS KEY ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Pakistani President Musharraf's January 19-22 visit to Turkey was heavy on ceremony and warm rhetoric, but apparently skipped over key issues of cross-border terrorism and non-proliferation. The visit appeared designed to cement ties, which had become testy in 2002, and to avoid contro [...]	2004-01-26 10:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	IN PARM PK PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA4824	ASKING THE TURKS TO PRESS OIC MEMBERS ON DARFUR [...] (C) Following up further on ref A, we approached Acting MFA Middle East Department Head Hasan Sekizkok on August 25, asking that the GOT use its leadership role in the OIC to urge appropriate OIC members to take a more active role in pressing the GOS on the situation in Darfur, particularly on [...]	2004-08-25 15:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PHUM PREF TU SU
04ANKARA4886	TURKISH MFA CONTINUES TO PUSH FOR DIRECT U.S. - [...] (U) This cable contains an action request in para 6. 2. (SBU) Emboffs met with MFA Deputy Director General for Maritime and Aviation Affairs Vakur Gokdenizler on August 26 to share current USG thinking on establishing air services between North Cyprus and the United States (ref A). We prov [...]	2004-08-27 15:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR PREL CY TU
04ANKARA5	TURKISH LNO AT CENTCOM: GOT WANTS USG TO NEGOTIATE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paras 4 and 5. 2. (C) On December 24, MFA Deputy DirGen for the Americas Suna Ilicak raised with polmilcouns Turkey's need for a SOFA with Qatar to place a liaison officer (LNO) at the CENTCOM forward headquarters there. (Note: Turkey is withdrawing i [...]	2004-01-02 11:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL TU
04ANKARA5005	TUAF RESPONSE TO USG POINTS ON SATELLITE REMOTE [...] (SBU) On September 1, Deputy PolMilCouns delivered Ref. A talking points to the MFA's Americas Desk and the Turkish Air Force (TUAF) Aerospace Division. The MFA's Americas Desk Deputy Director professed to be unaware of the TUAF questionnaire and accepted the points without comment. While pr [...]	2004-09-07 07:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR PINR TSPA ETTC PARM IS KS FR TU UK
04ANKARA5014	IAEA/IRAN - TURKEY TO SPEAK OUT AT UNGA, BUT FEARS [...] (C) Summary: Turkish FM Gul is expected to voice Turkey's concerns about Iran's nuclear program at the UNGA, but MFA worries that referring Iran's case to the Security Council before the outcome there is assured might actually accelerate Iran's efforts to acquire nuclear weapons. End summary. [...]	2004-09-07 15:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL MNUC TRGY IR TU
04ANKARA5015	MFA REACTS BADLY TO EXCLUSION FROM PSI CORE GROUP [...] (C) Summary: MFA DDG for Disarmament and Arms Control reacted angrily to ref a points, threatening at one point to do all he could to scale back Turkish participation in PSI. We talked him out of withdrawing Turkey from the Spanish exercise in early 2005 for now, although whether Turkey will [...]	2004-09-07 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL ETTC TU
04ANKARA5029	AMBASSADOR'S SEPT. 1 MEETING WITH FONMIN GUL [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador reiterated U.S. support for Turkey's EU candidacy; pressed for Turkish agreement with Greece/Cyprus to forego annual exercises in Aegean and Cyprus; urged Turkey to use its weight in OIC to persuade Sudan to abide by UNSC resolutions on Darfur; asked for a rapid decisio [...]	2004-09-08 06:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN MARR TU
04ANKARA5100	MFA PROTESTS TURKMEN CASUALTIES IN TAL AFAR [...] (C) Summary: The Director General for Middle East Affairs summoned A/DCM to the MFA the evening of September 9 to express strong concern about Turkmen civilian casualties being incurred during current operations against insurgents in Tal Afar. The protest was motivated by anticipated politic [...]	2004-09-10 14:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA5113	VERHEUGEN OFFERS STRONG SUPPORT DURING TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: During an intense September 4-9 visit to Turkey, EU Enlargement Commissioner Verheugen stressed his support for opening accession talks with Turkey in 2005, even stating flatly in one meeting that the EU will set a date for talks at the December Summit. However, Verheugen also war [...]	2004-09-10 15:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA5114	RULING AK PARTY'S HYPOCRITIC OATH: THE ATTEMPT TO [...] (C) Summary: An attempt by ruling AK Party (AKP) to re-criminalize adultery and fornication raises serious questions about AKP's commitment to EU values and the party leadership's ability to move away from its Islamist roots. End summary. 2. (U) In the run-up to the EU's October progress re [...]	2004-09-10 15:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL TU
04ANKARA5117	TAL AFAR BATTLE: GOT VOICES CONCERNS REGARDING [...] (C) Ambassador spoke with MFA Undersecretary-designate Ali Tuygan afternoon of Sept 10 to provide him with more detail on the situation in Tal Afar based on LNO reporting. Amb. stressed that the Turkish message on the need for discriminate use of force and protection of civilians had register [...]	2004-09-10 15:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PTER TU IZ
04ANKARA514	TERRORIST FINANCING: TURKISH MFA ON EU EXTENDING [...] (C) Summary: In two meetings with Turkish MFA Deputy Director General for Research and Intelligence Kemal Asya, Econoffs delivered ref B talking points, emphasizing the need for Turkey to work closely with those EU countries that favor designation of Kadek and Kongra Gel, and to provide maximum [...]	2004-01-27 13:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER EFIN TU IZ
04ANKARA5140	TURKS SEEK AVENUE TO GET HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Summary: Turkey urgently seeks first-hand access to Talafar to evaluate the situation there to provide humanitarian assistance to this predominantly Turkmen Iraqi city, MFA Undersecretary-designate Tuygan told the Ambassador on Sept. 13. GOT continues to be concerned about getting accurat [...]	2004-09-13 14:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA5141	GOT'S NON-MUSLIM PROPERTY REFORMS FALL SHORT [...] (C) Summary: EU observers and representatives of Turkey's non-Muslim communities criticize as inadequate GOT reforms designed to allow non-Muslim foundations to acquire property. While the GOT has approved more than 700 applications to acquire legal ownership of properties already under the d [...]	2004-09-13 14:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA5142	IRAQI KURDISH LEADERS CHECK IN WITH TURKS, [...] (C) Summary: PUK leader Jalal Talabani and KDP official Nechirvan Barzani each met separately Sept. 9 with FonMin Abdullah Gul and other MFA officials during brief visits to Ankara. MFA told us that both were pessimistic that national elections can be held in Iraq by next January given the se [...]	2004-09-13 15:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ENRG TU IZ
04ANKARA5180	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH TURKISH MFA DEPUTY U/S [...] (C) Summary: Taking stock of Cyprus on September 13, Turkish MFA Deputy U/S Ilkin expressed disappointment at the state of the EU's trade and aid proposals and the lack of a UNSCR endorsing the SYG's report; said UNFICYP's mandate should focus more on facilitating the flow of people and goo [...]	2004-09-14 12:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PREL TU
04ANKARA5190	FOREIGN MINISTER WALKS BACK HIS THREAT TO CUT [...] (C) Summary: FonMin Gul told the press Sept. 13 that if civilian casualties continue to mount in the Talafar operation, Turkey would end its cooperation with the U.S. on Iraq. Ambassador spoke with MFA Undersecretary-designate Tuygan and A/DCM with MFA's spokesman Sept. 14 to register our dis [...]	2004-09-14 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA5195	GROWING TURKISH GOVERNMENT FRUSTRATION OVER LACK [...] (C) Summary: GOT frustration at the perceived lack of measures to ease Turkish Cypriots' isolation is growing. GOT interlocutors at all levels have expressed this frustration to us in recent meetings; Secretary Powell will hear much the same if he meets with FM Gul at UNGA. For now, the EU i [...]	2004-09-14 15:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PREL TU
04ANKARA5200	RULING AK PARTY RETREATS FROM GAMBIT TO [...] (U) Facing strong reluctance from various factions within the party and a sharp reaction from EU member states, ruling AK Party (AKP) leadership appears to have abandoned an attempt (ref B) to include re-criminalization of adultery and fornication (zina) as an amendment to the new criminal code [...]	2004-09-14 16:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU
04ANKARA5234	TURKISH MFA NOT BUDGING ON STROVILIA, ASTROMERITIS [...] (C) Pursuant to refs a and b, we met with Turkish MFA Cyprus Department Head Bilman September 13 and urged the GOT to resolve outstanding UNFICYP and other UN-related issues prior to finalization of the SYG report on the UNFICYP mandate. In particular, we suggested: lifting restrictions on [...]	2004-09-16 10:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CY TU
04ANKARA5262	NEW TURKISH DEFENSE INDUSTRY POLICY BEGINS TO TAKE [...] (C) Summary: During a Sept 15 tour d'horizon with the Ambassador, Undersecretary for Defense Industry Bayar had a better informed and more balanced view of the state of Turkish defense industry and a clearer vision of where he wants to take it than during their first meeting last May. On procu [...]	2004-09-16 14:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL MARR TU
04ANKARA5310	RULING AK PARTY COMPLICATES ITS ITS POLITICAL [...] (U) Summary: AK Party (AKP) government's reversal of course by a renewed insistence on criminalizing adultery and subsequent suspension of passage of the new criminal code until after the Oct. 6 release of the EU's progress report on Turkey's candidacy; EU's insistence that Turkey pass its new [...]	2004-09-17 17:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINS TU
04ANKARA532	TURKISH AND IRAQI OFFICIALS ACHIEVE LITTLE AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a follow-up to agreements reached in Ankara in December 2003 (ref a),Iraqi and Turkish officials met in the Turkish border town of Cizre (January 20-22) to discuss improving border operations. However, the results were disappointing: the Turkish side insisted that it could [...]	2004-01-28 05:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ETRD IZ PGOV PREL TU
04ANKARA5379	GROWING TURKISH ANXIETY ABOUT SECURITY FOR WORKERS [...] (C) Summary: Turkish officials were grateful for the explanation in ref a on convoy security, but their concern about the domestic impact of the mounting toll of Turkish drivers dying in Iraq continues to rise. We are concerned that Turkish companies and drivers will begin pulling out of Ir [...]	2004-09-21 14:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD IZ PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA549	TURKEY GUARDEDLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE PROGRESS OF [...] (C) Summary: PolMilOff met with MFA's new DDG for NATO and WEU Affairs Fatih Ceylan January 23 to get a readout of the GOT's latest thinking on ESDP. Ceylan, a longtime NATO policy wonk, was generally satisfied with progress on Berlin Plus, insofar as it was implemented in "Operation Concordia [...]	2004-01-28 14:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL TU
04ANKARA5527	TURKEY'S EU CANDIDACY AND THE ADULTERY [...] (C) Summary: Embassy contacts in ruling AK Party (AKP) say PM Erdogan was personally in charge of the effort to criminalize adultery in the new Penal Code, pursuing the matter until finally backing down during a September 23 visit to Brussels. With the issue resolved, EU contacts say the EU i [...]	2004-09-27 13:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA5550	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW TLFC COMMANDER [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador encouraged General Buyukanit to discuss ways to improve our Army-to-Army relationship when the latter sees USAREUR CG General Bell in October. Buyukanit suggested that both sides made mistakes in the attack helicopter tender and expected the next time the GOT would [...]	2004-09-28 10:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR MOPS PINR IZ CY AF TU
04ANKARA5671	DESPITE FLAWS, NEW PENAL CODE MARKS SIGNIFICANT [...] (U) Summary: The new Turkish Penal Code (TPC) adopted by Parliament September 26 removes gender inequalities in laws relating to rape and increases punishments for torture and honor killings. However, the new Code maintains restrictions against speech deemed "insulting" to the State. EU diplo [...]	2004-10-01 17:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA5712	TURKISH PRESIDENT SEZER OPENS PARLIAMENT WITH [...] (U) Summary: While underscoring the importance of relations with the U.S., President Sezer used his Oct. 1 address to parliament twice sharply to criticize U.S. non-action against the terrorist PKK sheltering in northern Iraq. In a lengthy and wooden assessment of the domestic state of affair [...]	2004-10-05 12:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS ECON TU
04ANKARA5734	TURKEY CANCELS EU/OIC FORUM OVER CYPRUS DISPUTE [...] (C) Summary: On September 30, in a dispute with the EU over designation of the Turkish Cypriot observer delegation, Turkey canceled the October 4-5 EU-OIC Joint Forum in Istanbul. The Turkish MFA and the Dutch EU Presidency each claim the other turned down reasonable compromises and ignored [...]	2004-10-06 07:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU CY
04ANKARA5764	WEOG ROTATION [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-07 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	OPDC PHUM PREL TU
04ANKARA5780	TURKISH MFA VIEWS ON TIGRIS-EUPHRATES COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: During the August visit to Ankara of IIG President al-Yawar, Iraqi Water Minister Rashid proposed beginning talks on Tigris-Euphrates cooperation. MFA Transboundary Water Chief Mithat Rende said that while Rashid's presentation was "positive," it did not lead to any agreement o [...]	2004-10-08 15:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON IZ PREL SENV SY TU
04ANKARA5781	GOT: EU REPORT PAVES WAY FOR TALKS [...] (C) Summary: GOT and EU contacts say they believe the October 6 EU Progress Report on Turkey paves the way for the opening of accession talks in 2005. At the same time, GOT officials maintain that elements of the report, including a statement that the outcome of the talks cannot be guaranteed, [...]	2004-10-08 17:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA581	POSITIVE FISCHER VISIT SETS SCENE FOR VISITS BY [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish MFA and the German Embassy both characterize German FM Fischer's January 21-22 visit to Ankara as positive. Both sides see Turkey as having made significant progress on the Copenhagen Criteria for EU accession but agree Turkey needs to improve implementation in orde [...]	2004-01-29 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	GM PREL TU
04ANKARA5820	POSSIBLE TURKISH FLEXIBILITY ON UNFICYP MOVEMENT [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (C) In ref A, on September 13 Turkish MFA Cyprus Department Head Bilman claimed no knowledge of any restrictions in UNFICYP movement imposed by Turks or Turkish Cypriots. On October 13, we supplied Bilman with points about the restricti [...]	2004-10-13 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PREL TU
04ANKARA5827	TURKEY EXTENDS CUSTOMS UNION TO CYPRUS [...] (U) On October 2, several days before issuance of the European Commission's report on Turkish progress toward accession, the Turkish MFA announced that all new EU members, including the Republic of Cyprus, would be included within the scope of the Turkey-EU Customs Union. The announcement fo [...]	2004-10-14 09:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD TU CY EUN
04ANKARA583	PRODI PRAISES GOT REFORMS IN HISTORIC VISIT [...] (C) Summary: During a January 15-16 visit to Turkey, European Commission President Prodi praised GOT leaders for adopting extensive EU-related legislative reforms. He called for greater implementation of the reforms, and urged progress on a Cyprus solution by May. He also said the EU and GOT [...]	2004-01-29 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA5836	TURKISH MFA ON ISAF VII COMMAND, ISAF/OEF MERGER, [...] (C) PolMilOff called on MFA Head of Department for NATO Alper Coskun Oct. 8 to follow up on outstanding issues. On Turkey's command of ISAF VII starting in Feb. 2005, Coskun reported that planning remains on track, and that Turkey is waiting for the results of a NATO force generation meeting i [...]	2004-10-14 14:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU IZ AF
04ANKARA5883	TURKISH/GREEK AEGEAN AGREEMENT ON HOLD, CONTACTS [...] (C) Summary: According to Turkish MFA U/S Ziyal, the Greek government is currently not ready to conclude a comprehensive Aegean agreement but still wants to maintain an Aegean dialogue with the Turks. Ziyal believes Greek FM Molyviatis is reluctant to conclude an agreement and that lack of [...]	2004-10-15 15:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	GR TU PREL CY MARR
04ANKARA5897	MFA RAISES PNR, NORTHERN CYPRUS FLIGHTS, TSA [...] (U) This is an action cable. See para 6. 2. (SBU) In an October 12 meeting with Econoff, Ahmet Bigali, the new MFA Director for Aviation Affairs, and Baris Kalkavan, also of the Aviation Affairs Department, raised passenger name records (PNR),direct U.S. flights to Ercan Airport and TSA's [...]	2004-10-18 12:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR PTER PREL TU CY
04ANKARA5918	TURKEY WELCOMES U.S PLANS TO PRESENT UPDATE ON AQ [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-19 11:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TU
04ANKARA5952	MASOUD BARZANI IN ANKARA: NOT IN A MOOD TO [...] (C) Summary: KDP leader Masoud Barzani paid his first visit to Ankara in two years Oct. 11-12, during which he met with PM Erdogan and FonMin Gul. According to the Turkish MFA, Barzani was unexpectedly assertive, especially on Kirkuk, which he stated was a Kurdish city, period. Barzani chara [...]	2004-10-20 09:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR TU IZ
04ANKARA5997	SECURITY MEASURES FOR TRUCKERS IN NORTHERN IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 9. 2. (C) Summary. Turkey's MFA says truck traffic with Iraq is at relatively normal levels and that the GOT is taking pragmatic, incremental steps to improve security for Turkish truckers, understanding that there will not be total securit [...]	2004-10-21 14:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS ECON PREL PTER IZ TU
04ANKARA6003	CYPRUS/MALTA PROBLEM: THE VIEW FROM ANKARA [...] (C) Summary: Turkey will base its decision on how to break the impasse over Cyprus and Malta's participation in NATO-EU security cooperation on several factors: EU action to reach out to the Turkish Cypriots, EU leaders' Dec. 17 decision on beginning accession talks with Turkey, and Turkey's e [...]	2004-10-22 14:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GR TU CY MT
04ANKARA6030	CODEL HASTINGS MEETS IN TURKEY IN FIRST OFFICIAL [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-25 09:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OREP PHUM PINR PINS PROP PTER AMGT TU IZ
04ANKARA6043	TURKISH OIL COMPANY WANTS TO DO BUSINESS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to its CEO, the state-owned Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) has developed a "strategic plan" for reengaging in oil and gas development in Northern Iraq that it will present in Baghdad, Washington, and London. Understanding that Iraq's oil and gas resources are con [...]	2004-10-25 12:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EWWT TU IZ
04ANKARA6051	TURKEY INTENDS TO JOIN ICC "AS SOON AS POSSIBLE" [...] (C) Turkish MFA International Political Organizations Department Head Levent Sahinkaya told us on October 22 that Turkey intends to become a signatory to the Rome Statute "as soon as possible." Sahinkaya said he cannot predict whether this will happen before or after December 17, when the EU [...]	2004-10-25 13:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU
04ANKARA6099	MFA CYPRUS DEPARTMENT HEAD ON CUSTOMS UNION [...] (C) Summary: In an October 25 meeting, Turkish MFA Cyprus Department Head Bilman again insisted the GOT does not need to sign a protocol to extend the Customs Union to Cyprus. According to Bilman, EU embassies in Ankara have raised the idea of additional Turkish concessions on Cyprus but n [...]	2004-10-27 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PREL TU
04ANKARA6116	HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT CALLING FOR NEW CONCEPT OF [...] (C) Summary: A GOT human rights board's report recommending Turkey update its concept of "minority" to make it consistent with Western European practices has stirred sharp controversy. Report notes Turkey continues to apply a narrow, discriminatory definition of "minority" based on Turkish St [...]	2004-10-28 10:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA6135	IMF BOARD VOTE UNLIKELY BEFORE EU DECISION [...] (C) Summary. Contrary to its expectations of concluding a letter of intent by October 26, the IMF team negotiating a new Stand-by program left Turkey having made little progress on key program components. These include: specific tax measures for 2005 (with the GOT keen on a Fund-opposed VAT r [...]	2004-10-28 15:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
04ANKARA6204	IRAQ/TURKEY: NEW TURKISH AMBASSADOR ON THE WAY TO [...] (C) We appreciate Baghdad's reporting on FonMin Zibari's desire for stronger ties with Turkey (ref a). The Iraqi ambassador to Ankara has emphasized to us Turkey's importance to Iraq and its generally constructive role (as opposed to Iran and Syria) in working for unified, prosperous, secure [...]	2004-11-02 15:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER TU IZ

04ANKARA6209	AEGEAN: TURKEY MIFFED WITH GREEKS BUT WILL SHOW [...] (C) Ambassador discussed the possible increase in Greek-Turkish tensions over Aegean freedom of navigation issues Oct. 29 with TGS DCHOD General Ilker Basbug. Basbug stated that the claim of Aegean tension was "completely contrived by the Greeks." He said that the Greeks knew that Turkey had [...]	2004-11-02 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS GR TU CY
04ANKARA6229	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HALKI WITH EDUCATION MINISTER [...] (U) Summary: During an October 26 meeting, the Ambassador recommended that Education Minister Celik engage in a dialogue with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on the re-opening of the Halki Seminary. The Ambassador told Celik that progress on Halki would bolster Turkey's image in the run-up t [...]	2004-11-03 13:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA6256	IS TURKEY CONSIDERING MILITARY INTERVENTION IN [...] (C) Summary: According to Turkish press reports, the Turkish military is drawing up plans to intervene in northern Iraq should the situation in Kirkuk spiral out of control. These same reports claim that the USG has given the green light for such an intervention. TGS leadership has publicly d [...]	2004-11-04 14:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ
04ANKARA6257	NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO ASK TURKEY FOR A PRT [...] (C) We read with interest USNATO's thoughtful piece on ISAF Stage Two expansion (ref a). While we agree that it would be beneficial to have a Turkish PRT in Afghanistan, any request to the Turks should not be made until after their February-August 2005 stint as ISAF VII commander, during whic [...]	2004-11-04 15:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF TU
04ANKARA6261	TURKEY DECLINES INVITATION TO AUSTRALIAN PSI [...] (C) MFA Disarmament and Arms Control Deputy DG Haluk Ilicak told the Australian Embassy on November 2 that Turkey would not participate in the PSI Intelligence Break-out Session of the Operational Experts Group that is scheduled to occur in Sydney Nov.30-Dec.2, according to Australian DCM Dere [...]	2004-11-04 15:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL ETTC TU
04ANKARA6309	TIP IN TURKEY: ISTANBUL SHELTER REPORTS SUCCESS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Anti-TIP NGOs International Office for Migration (IOM) and Human Resources Development Foundation (HRDF) reported the first successful repatriation this week of 3 Ukrainian trafficking victims through the Istanbul Human Trafficking Shelter. The event simultaneously highlighted m [...]	2004-11-08 15:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6354	IRAQ DEBT REDUCTION: TURKISH BUREAUCRATS RELUCTANT [...] (C) Post discussed ref a talking points with MFA officials and Treasury Undersecretary Ibrahim Canakci. Neither was forthcoming: Canakci said the issue required futher "study," while working level MFA officials were more negative. 2. (C) Based on these and earlier discussions (ref b),w [...]	2004-11-09 16:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN IZ TU
04ANKARA6368	DEMARCHE ON SECOND ROUND OF UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) On November 10 we presented reftel A demarche to Turkish MFA Eastern Europe Political Officer Yavuz Evirgen, noting that we had demarched the MFA on Ukrainian elections as recently as October 14. Evirgen replied that Turkey had sent ten observers, five members of Parliament and five Turk [...]	2004-11-10 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EU UP TU
04ANKARA6369	GOT REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO JANUARY ELECTIONS IN [...] (C) MFA Middle East Deputy Director General Safak Gokturk told PolMilCouns that Iraq's State Minister for Provincial Affairs Wael Abdul Latif and Deputy Foreign Minister Bayati delivered an oral message on operations in Fallujah to Prime Minister Erdogan at 2:00 pm Nov. 10. Speaking shortly af [...]	2004-11-10 15:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS IZ TU
04ANKARA6370	GUANTANAMO: TURKS CLAIM TURKISH CITIZENSHIP FOR [...] (U) This is an action request--please see para. 3. 2. (C) On November 10, Togan Oral of MFA's Directorate for Intelligence handed PolMilOff a copy of a Turkish national registration document for Mesut Sen. According to the Turks, this is the same Mesut Sen (US9BE-00296DP) who is currently [...]	2004-11-10 15:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KAWC PINR PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA6402	TURKS WON'T PUNISH MALTA BECAUSE OF CYPRUS [...] (C) MFA DDG for Multilateral Security Affairs Fatih Ceylan told PolMilCouns October 28 that a number of weeks earlier Ankara had delivered a demarche to Malta on the NATO-EU blockage issue. Turkey's message was that it would not stand in the way if Malta wanted to take the necessary steps to [...]	2004-11-12 14:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MT CY TU
04ANKARA6442	AEGEAN: TURKS ASSERT THAT THEY ARE DOING "NOTHING [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador raised Greek complaints about territorial air space violations by Turkish aircraft with TGS DCHOD GEN Ilker Basbug and MFA U/S Ali Tuygan on November 18. They both said that they understood the need for restraint, asserting that they were doing "nothing abnormal." [...]	2004-11-18 17:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR TU GR
04ANKARA6479	TURKEY: EURASIA SENIOR ADVISOR MANN MEETINGS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In November 8 meetings with Turkish officials on energy issues, Eurasia Senior Advisor Steven Mann stressed the importance of a level playing field for American companies in Turkey's energy sector and unflagging USG support for a Bosphorus bypass and expansion of natural gas trad [...]	2004-11-19 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG SENV BEXP TU
04ANKARA6482	TURKISH-NORTH KOREAN ECONOMIC AGREEMENT SIGNED [...] (SBU) Turkey's Foreign Trade (FTU) Undersecretary and the North Korean Ambassador to Bulgaria and Turkey signed a trade and economic cooperation agreement in Ankara on November 12. Two-way trade, valued at less than USD 5 million, is minuscule. Osman Bekaroglu, FT's Deputy Director General for [...]	2004-11-19 14:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD KN KS TU
04ANKARA6486	U.S./TURKEY/IRAQ TRILATERAL PROCESSES: WHO WILL [...] (U) This is an action request--please see paras. five and six. 2. (C) We appreciate Embassy Baghdad's clarification (ref a) regarding the IIG's plans for separate trilateral (U.S./IIG/GOT) talks on trucker/contractor security and on border security/PKK issues. The Turks also believe these [...]	2004-11-19 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ETRD TU IZ
04ANKARA6489	EUR DAS LAURA KENNEDY MEETS TURKISH OFFICIALS TO [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS Laura Kennedy visited Ankara November 11-12 to discuss with Turkish officials the December 17 European Council decision on starting accession negotiations with Turkey. Kennedy met with Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Mehmet Dulger, MFA Deputy U/S for EU A [...]	2004-11-19 15:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN EU PGOV PREL TU
04ANKARA6490	LABOR UNION OPPOSITION TO TURKISH GOVERNMENT PLANS [...] (C) Summary: International financial institutions recommend the transfer of Ministry of Labor and Social Security hospitals to the Ministry of Health. With public sector health care costs rising faster than inflation, the idea is to assure more efficient and cost-effective delivery of healt [...]	2004-11-19 15:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB SOCI TU
04ANKARA6540	TURKISH PARTICIPANTS FOR EURASIAN CONFERENCE ON [...] The following individuals will attend the Eurasian Conference on Counterterrorism (REFTEL) on behalf of the Republic of Turkey: 1) Mr. A. Hakan Okcal, Head of Delegation, Minister Plenipotentiary, Deputy Director General for Research, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2) Mr. Cengiz O [...]	2004-11-23 15:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL TU PTER
04ANKARA6594	IMF CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC THAT NEW PROGRAM CAN BE [...] (C) Summary: A third and hopefully final IMF mission negotiating a new 3-year stand-by program will return to Turkey November 30 with hopes of concluding discussions before EU leaders meet December 17. The IMF's return follows what both the IMF and Turks view as substantial progress on Tur [...]	2004-11-26 13:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN TU
04ANKARA6615	DISTORTED TURKISH REACTION TO FALLUJAH OPERATION [...] (C) Summary: Over the past two weeks, Turkish media portrayal of the al-Fajr operation in Fallujah has been unabashedly biased, vehemently anti-U.S. and often flat-out wrong. The MFA did not react to the most outrageous misstatements until November 26; the military has been publicly silent. [...]	2004-11-29 14:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KPAO MOPS PREL TU
04ANKARA6621	SCENESETTER: U.S. VISIT OF TURKISH DEPUTY PRIME [...] (C) Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Ali Sahin is leading a six-person Turkish delegation to visit the U.S. December 1-3 at the invitation of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). We understand he will also meet U/S Grossman at State and USAID Admi [...]	2004-11-29 16:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID OVIP PGOV PREL TU
04ANKARA6627	DCM URGES CONTINUED EU PROGRESS [...] (C) Summary: The DCM November 26 urged MFA officials to look for ways to bolster Turkey's EU candidacy in the run-up to the December Summit. With opposition to Turkish membership building in Europe, the GOT should strengthen its position by pursuing reforms. Signing a protocol extending its [...]	2004-11-30 09:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EU TU
04ANKARA6628	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ARCHON VISIT, GREEK ORTHODOX [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador told MFA U/S Tuygan on November 26 that the Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, a New York-based Greek Orthodox group, are visiting Ankara to discuss religious freedom with the GOT as part of a pilgrimage involving the transfer of relics from the Vatican to the [...]	2004-11-30 09:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EU TU
04ANKARA6646	TURKEY: IRAQI FINANCIAL ISSUES [...] (C) The Ambassador discussed Iraq debt and disbursement of Turkey's pledged financial aid to Iraq (reftels) with MFA U/S Tuygan November 26. The Ambassador noted that Turkey holds approximately USD 1.6 billion in Iraqi claims, and that a public statement of support for the recent Paris Club d [...]	2004-11-30 16:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN PREL IZ TU
04ANKARA6661	DSCA DIRECTOR LTG KOHLER'S DISCUSSIONS ON TURKISH [...] (C) Summary: DCHOD Basbug told visiting DSCA Director LTG Jeffrey Kohler on November 18 that the attack helicopter program was one of TGS' most important priorities. SSM Undersecretary Bayar underscored Turkish interest in US participation in the attack tender, which should be issued by year' [...]	2004-12-01 13:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR OVIP TU
04ANKARA6675	ANKARA TRILATERAL MEETING TO IMPROVE SECURITY FOR [...] (C) Summary: Responding to a U.S. proposal (reftel) for Joint Iraq, Turkey, U.S. talks on trucker security, the Turkish government organized the first meeting in Ankara November 30. All three delegations agreed that the half-day meeting was successful in clarifying ongoing MNF-I security pr [...]	2004-12-02 05:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ETRD IZ PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA6690	TIP IN TURKEY: TGNA PASSES, PRESIDENT APPROVES IOM [...] (U) Turkish Grand National Assembly (TGNA) Foreign Affairs Committee Advisor Osman Ulukan confirmed press reports that the TGNA, on November 25, 2004, unanimously approved legislation appropriating the 154,000 Swiss Franc equivalent fee for Turkey's membership in the International Office on Mi [...]	2004-12-02 13:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6765	IRAQ'S NEIGHBORING INTERIOR MINISTERS ISSUE JOINT [...] (C) On Dec. 3, PolMilOff called on MFA Head of Iraq Desk Avni Botsali to get a readout on the meeting of Interior Ministers of Iraq's neighbors that took place in Tehran Nov. 30-Dec. 1. Botsali, who accompanied Interior Minister Aksu to Tehran, said that the Ministers agreed to identify natio [...]	2004-12-03 16:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL IZ TU
04ANKARA6766	TURKISH MFA AND ANKARA REP DENY IRAQI TURKMEN [...] (C) PolMilOff contacted both the Ankara Iraqi Turkmen Front (ITF) representative, Ahmet Muratli, as well as the MFA Iraq Desk, to see if we could verify reftel report that the ITF had signed a statement calling for a boycott of Jan. 30 elections in Iraq. Muratli strongly denied that the ITF s [...]	2004-12-03 16:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL PINS IZ TU
04ANKARA6767	TALKING POINTS FOR PUTIN'S VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (C) Econoff delivered ref A points to GOT MFA Deputy Director General for Energy Hakki Akil on December 3, noting that similar points had been delivered at multiple levels over recent months. Ambassador Edelman delivered the full set of ref A points to Deputy U/S Apakan on December 2. 2. [...]	2004-12-03 16:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG EPET TU
04ANKARA6768	ARCHONS MEET WITH FM GUL [...] (U) Summary: Representatives of the Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, a U.S.-based group of Greek Orthodox laymen, met with FM Gul December 2 during a religious pilgrimage to Turkey. The Archons urged Gul to take action to reverse the process of State expropriation of Greek Orthodox pro [...]	2004-12-03 16:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA6798	MFA FINAL REPORT OF TRILATERAL (TURKEY, IRAQ, [...] (U) This is an action request for MNF-I (via CENTCOM and Embassy Baghdad). Please see para 6. 2. (C) MFA gave embassy December 3 the text of the final report of the November 30 Trilateral Meeting to Improve Security for Turkish Truckers in Iraq. The text (para 7) reflects some agreements [...]	2004-12-07 05:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD IZ PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA6808	ACTION REQUEST: MOVING AHEAD WITH TRILATERAL PKK [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. four. 2. (C) Ref a instructed Embassies Baghdad and Ankara to approach the IIG and GOT, respectively, to initiate trilateral (U.S., Turkey, Iraq) talks on a joint approach to dealing with the PKK/Kongra-Gel's continuing presence in Iraq. We [...]	2004-12-07 16:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA6809	TURKEY CONCERNED THAT PKK FRONT PARTIES ARE [...] (C) During their Dec. 7 courtesy call, incoming MFA Director General for the Middle East Oguz Celikkol told the DCM that Turkey is concerned that two PKK/Kongra-Gel front parties have apparently registered for the Iraqi elections. According to the Turkish non-paper, the two parties are the Kur [...]	2004-12-07 16:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
04ANKARA6815	CUBA: NON-EXISTENT TURKISH INVESTMENT; GOT [...] (C) Reftel requested information on GOT policies in support of democracy and human rights in Cuba, as well as on an Turkish investments in Cuba. The Turkish MFA maintains that it has raised democracy, human rights and fundamental freedoms with Cuba, though there have been no specific initiati [...]	2004-12-08 10:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CU ETTC PHUM PREL TU
04ANKARA6818	TURKISH FORUM FOR THE FUTURE ATTENDANCE [...] (U) MFA Planning Department Head Tezel confirmed on December 8 that FM Gul will not attend the December 11 Forum for the Future meeting in Rabat. State Minister Besir Atalay will attend in Gul's stead. Atalay's portfolio includes the State Statistics Institute, Press and Publications Direct [...]	2004-12-08 11:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU MO KPAO KMPI
04ANKARA6820	BOY'S KILLING IN KIZILTEPE ATTRACTS NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: In an incident that local security officials initially described as a clash between police and terrorists, and under circumstances still being investigated, Turkish security officials shot to death 12-year-old Ugur Kaymaz and his father, Ahmet,were killed by gunfire on Novembe [...]	2004-12-08 13:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU
04ANKARA6837	EGITIM-SEN EDUCATION UNION FACES CLOSURE DUE TO [...] (U) Summary: Turkish Education and Science Workers Union Egitim-Sen faces opposition from the Ministry of Labor and Social Security, the Turkish General Staff and the Ankara governor's officer over its refusal to delete a clause in the union's bylaws supporting mother tongue education. While [...]	2004-12-09 13:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PGOV TU
04ANKARA6839	CHP LEADERSHIP WAITING FOR FAILURE [...] (C) Summary. Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) does not have a constructive political or electoral strategy for confronting the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP). CHP leadership is content to maintain its grip over the party, maintain the party's (eroding) representa [...]	2004-12-09 14:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
04ANKARA6841	CHP LEADERSHIP: SECULAR ELITISTS ALIENATE FELLOW [...] (C) Summary. The ability of the Republican People's Party (CHP) to broaden its electoral and political support beyond its current base is limited by the sociological realities of the Turkish electorate, the public's negative perception of the party, and the failures of the party leadership. Th [...]	2004-12-09 14:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
04ANKARA6843	TIP IN TURKEY: VICTIMS' STORIES [...] (U) SUMMARY: International Organization on Migration (IOM) Chief of Mission Marielle Lindstrom provided para 4 report on a Russian citizen victim admitted to the Istanbul TIP shelter November 13. The victim's story largely repeats other accounts we have heard about typical trafficking schemes [...]	2004-12-09 15:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6844	MFA OFFICIAL: TURKEY MAY/MAY RE-THINK A PRT IN 2005 [...] (C) On Dec. 9, PolMilCouns and PolMilOff discussed ISAF Stage Two expansion and the apparent shortfall in Stage Two PRTs with Aydin Evirgen, MFA Deputy Director General for South Asia. Evirgen, who was deeply involved in our last effort to get a PRT from Turkey, said he had serious doubts abo [...]	2004-12-10 05:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF TU
04ANKARA6845	PUTIN REPORTEDLY PROMISES RUSSIAN UNSC SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary: Putin promised Russian support for Turkey in the UNSC during meetings with Turkish President Sezer and PM Erdogan, according to Turkish MFA Cyprus Department Head Bilman. FM Lavrov tried to backpedal, but Putin said he would call UNSYG Annan to express Russian support for the G [...]	2004-12-10 06:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PREL TU
04ANKARA6871	GOT POSITION ON PATRIARCH'S STATUS HAS NO LEGAL [...] (U) Summary: There is no legal basis for the GOT's policy of denying the ecumenical status of the Greek Orthodox Patriarch in Istanbul, an MFA official acknowledged. Though PM Erdogan and other GOT officials assert that the 1923 Lausanne Treaty establishes the Patriarch as the spiritual leade [...]	2004-12-10 14:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA6877	IRAN: MFA OFFICIAL ON NUKES AND INTEREFERENCE IN [...] (C) PolMilCouns discussed Iran's nuclear program Dec. 9 with MFA Deputy Director General for South Asia Aydin Evirgen. Evirgen said that Turkey is continuing to warn Iran that it must comply with the IAEA and cease any further development of nuclear weapons capability. In the context of the [...]	2004-12-10 14:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC IR TU IZ
04ANKARA6878	TURKEY WELCOMES AFGHANISTAN COUNTERNARCOTICS PLAN, [...] (C) Per reftel instructions, PolMilCouns presented our Afghanistan counternarcotics plan on Dec. 9 to Aydin Evirgen, MFA Deputy Director General for South Asia. Evirgen welcomed our comprehensive approach, and signaled Turkey's willingness to engage on this issue. He said that Turkey is also [...]	2004-12-10 14:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PARM AF TU
04ANKARA6941	LIFE IN TURKEY'S MOST SOUTHEASTERN PROVINCE [...] (C) Summary: An early November visit to Hakkari province yielded a mixed picture of Turkey,s heavily-Kurdish, most Southeastern province, wedged between Iran and Iraq. The once-oppressive security environment has been replaced by streets full of pedestrians, a hotel full of Istanbul visito [...]	2004-12-14 15:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TU
04ANKARA6946	TURKEY CONCERNED ABOUT KIRKUK ELECTION DELAY AND [...] (C) MFA Director General for the Middle East called in DCM Dec. 14 to express concern about three issues: the KDP flag flying over the Iraqi customs building at the Turkey/Iraq border, a possible delay in Governorate elections in Kirkuk, and reports that the KRG may hold a referendum on Kurdish [...]	2004-12-14 15:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU IZ
04ANKARA6955	DEMARCHE ON EU COMMON POSITION ON CUBA: TURKEY [...] (C) We delivered ref A demarche on December 15 to MFA Americas Department Head Onder. We emphasized ref B points that released dissidents attribute their release to international pressure, not the Spanish, and that dissidents oppose Spanish proposals to not invite them to national day recept [...]	2004-12-15 10:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM TU CU
04ANKARA6967	RUSSIAN DEFMIN IVANOV'S EXTRA DAY IN ANKARA: BLACK [...] (C) Summary: Russian Defense Minister Ivanov, accompanied by Russian Navy Chief ADM Kuroyedov, had wide-ranging discussions with Turkish DefMin Gonul December 7, the day after President Putin departed. According to an MND official, Ivanov (unlike Putin--ref a) professed no problem with Turkey [...]	2004-12-15 15:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR PINR RS TU IZ
04ANKARA6984	DIYARBAKIR GOVERNOR - A BREATH OF FRESH AIR? [...] (SBU) Summary: NGO contacts in Diyarbakir confirmed recent press reports of friction between Diyarbakir's Governor Efkan Ala and Security Director Orhan Okur attributing it to the Director's unhappiness with the Governor's relatively liberal views on freedom of expression and assembly. In [...]	2004-12-16 10:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU
04ANKARA6985	THREE SOUTHEASTERN TURKISH MAYORS [...] (SBU) Summary: In the Southeastern Turkish towns of Viransehir, Kiziltepe, and Sirnak, pro-Kurdish DEHAP party mayors have differing views on the Democratic Society Movement (DSM),which appears to be DEHAP,s successor party: while two mayors welcomed DSM, another thought DSM,s leaders wer [...]	2004-12-16 10:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU
04ANKARA6991	ANKARA PUK REP REPORTS TALABANI STILL INSISTS ON [...] (C) PolMilOffs met Dec. 15 with Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) Ankara representative Bahros Galali to discuss our concerns about Kurdish calls for a delay in governorate council elections in Kirkuk. Galali asked if the elections would take place as originally planned if the Kurds did not [...]	2004-12-16 13:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA6994	DEHAP PREPARING NEW KURDISH PARTY [...] (C) Summary: Leaders of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Peoples' Party (DEHAP) are forming a new party they claim will be more broadly based and less focused on the Kurdish issue. DEHAP officials hope the new party, unlike DEHAP, will be able to draw enough support to enter Parliament. They claim [...]	2004-12-16 14:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA7038	DEFENSE AND ECONOMIC COOPERATION AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: The annual Defense and Economic Cooperation Agreement (DECA) inspections occurred on November 24 in Ankara and the week of December 6-10 in Izmir and at Incirlik Air Base outside of Adana. Due in part to new leadership and attitude on the Turkish side and a new US strategy, and i [...]	2004-12-17 15:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECPS ELAB MARR TU
04ANKARA7041	TURKISH TRUCKERS' STRIKE DRAGS ON -- CONCERNS [...] (C) Striking Turkish truckers continue to block fuel deliveries to Iraq, and after 10 days, there is no indication that the shipping contractors and striking truckers have begun talks to settle the strike. The lead Turkish contractor, Petrol Ofisi, told us that they and the other Turkish con [...]	2004-12-17 16:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ETRD IZ PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA7042	TURKS REACH OUT TO IRAQI SUNNIS, URGE THEM TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 10. 2. (C) Summary: Turkey is reaching out to Iraqi Sunni groups and urging their participation in January elections and in forming a democratic Iraq. The GOT hosted a delegation from the Islamic Council of Sunni Foundations Dec. 15-16, and h [...]	2004-12-17 16:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA7044	DEC. 12 CAUCASUS WORKING GROUP MEETING IN ANKARA [...] (C) In policy discussions with the Turkish General Staff during the Dec. 12 meeting of the Caucasus Working Group, DASD James MacDougall urged Turkey to consider how we might change our approach to the Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) conflict. The TGS representatives believed the Minsk Group had failed [...]	2004-12-20 08:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS TU AJ AM GG KZ RS
04ANKARA7050	UN PLENARY HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS ON IRAN AND [...] (U) December 17 we presented reftel A demarche to Turkish MFA departments for Turkmenistan and Iran. 2. (U) We reviewed Iran's poor human rights record with South Asia Political Officer Didem Yilbas, who said that she did not think Turkey would change its previous position, but promised to [...]	2004-12-20 11:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL TU
04ANKARA7061	TURKEY OFFERS TRAINING AND PERSONNEL SUPPORT TO [...] (C) PolMilCouns and PolMilOff met Dec. 17 with MFA Deputy Director General for NATO Affairs Fatih Ceylan to discuss Turkey's plans for the NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I). Ceylan provided information on a series of 1-2 week courses being offered to Iraqi officers under the auspices of Turk [...]	2004-12-20 14:59:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS TU IZ
04ANKARA7067	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE'S [...] (C) You arrive at a time when Turkey, having secured a 2005 start date for EU accession negotiations, will have begun to wake up warily to the enormous challenges entailed by harmonization. You arrive as well in a Turkey where much of the public, fed massive, continuing disinformation by an a [...]	2004-12-20 16:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IZ ECON TU
04ANKARA7075	ACTION REQUEST: AIRLIFT FOR SECURITY ATTACHE TO [...] (U) This is an action request for State, DoD, CENTCOM, Embassy Baghdad, and MNF-I. Please see para. three. 2. (U) On Dec. 17, AIF in Mosul attacked a convoy of four vehicles carrying Turkish police officers assigned TDY to provide security at the Turkish Embassy in Baghdad. Five Turkish o [...]	2004-12-21 13:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MASS PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA7099	DCHOD BASBUG APPRECIATES US HELP IN MOSUL BUT [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 10. 2. (C) Summary: Responding to reports of the December 17 attack on a Turkish police convoy in Mosul, Turkish First Army Commander Tolon told journalists on December 19 that this attack, occurring in a place "that is under the control of a count [...]	2004-12-21 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA7103	TIP IN TURKEY: IOM REPORTS ON GOT PROGRESS [...] (C) Summary: IOM has passed us a summary of its anti-TIP actions and plans for cooperating further with GOT authorities. End Summary. 2. (C) International Office for Migration (IOM) Chief of Mission Marielle Lindstrom passed Emboff the following summary of TIP current events: BEGIN NOTES [...]	2004-12-21 15:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA7210	TURKEY CONSIDERING STEPPING (BACK) UP ITS PSI [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) Summary: Turkey is preparing to step its participation up in the Proliferation Security Initiative -- participating in events in 2005 in Portugal and Spain, sending experts from Ankara to operational expert meetings even outside of Turkey' [...]	2004-12-29 15:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL TU
04ANKARA749	AK GOVERNMENT'S ATTEMPT TO BROADEN ACCESS TO KORAN [...] (C) Summary: The GOT in December withdrew new regulations that would have made it easier to open Koran courses after opponents called them a threat to the "secular" State. An official from the Religious Affairs Directorate acknowledged political mistakes in the handling of the regulation, but [...]	2004-02-08 08:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA763	ROCKY TRANSITION AT BANK REGULATORY AGENCIES AS [...] (C) Summary: Following the resignation of former BRSA/SDIF Chairman Akcakoca and the passage of legislation separating the two bank regulatory institutions, these agencies are in transition to new management and a new structure. By all accounts, it is shaping up as a difficult transition, with [...]	2004-02-09 10:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV TU
04ANKARA895	U.S. ORTHODOX LEADERS DISCUSS HALKI, PATRIARCHATE [...] (C) Summary: An eight-member delegation of the Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, a New York-based Greek Orthodox group, met with three GOT ministers in Ankara and discussed the continued closure of the Halki Seminary and other problems confronting the Ecumenical Patriarchate. The Archon [...]	2004-02-17 12:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM GR TU
04ANKARA90	FEAR OF REJECTION KEEPS ANKARA FROM ASKING IGC FOR [...] (C) DCM briefed MFA Director General for Middle East Burcuoglu on US strategy for Iraq on January 2, drawing from ref a and recent policy statements. He noted that CPA would appreciate a readout by the planned GOT fact-finding mission to Iraq (ref b) towards the end of its time there. (Burcuo [...]	2004-01-08 10:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PTER IZ TU
04ANKARA920	AFGHANISTAN: TURKS NEARING DECISION ON PRTS; [...] (C) MFA and TGS agree in principle that Turkey should lead a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Afghanistan. They intend to finalize their discussions by February 18 and seek the Prime Minister's backing (both political and financial) for Turkey to lead a PRT. If the PM concurs, the GOT [...]	2004-02-18 06:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU AF
04ANKARA921	PRESIDENT MUBARAK VISITS TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: During an February 11-12 visit to Ankara, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak listened to Turkish views on Iraq, while the Turks did most of the listening on the subject of Israel/Palestine. Mubarak agreed with Turks' concerns about Iraq's territorial integrity and unity. He brie [...]	2004-02-18 07:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EG IZ PREL TU
04ANKARA943	TURKS CAUTIOUS ABOUT PAPANDREOU'S PROPOSAL FOR [...] (C) Summary: In response to Greek PASOK candidate Papandreou's proposal that both Greece and Turkey cut their defense budgets to allow for more spending on education and other social programs (reftel),Turkish officials at MFA and TGS voiced skeptical openness to the idea. While they acknowle [...]	2004-02-18 14:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GR TU
04ANKARA958	ALTINBAS TORTURE CASE PLAGUED BY DELAYS [...] (C) Summary: The 13-year-old trial of 10 police officers charged with torturing and killing university student Birtan Altinbas continues to be plagued by delays, as the defense tries to postpone a verdict until the statute of limitations expires. The defendants have consistently failed to appe [...]	2004-02-19 10:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA974	IRAQ: TURKISH MFA IRAQ COORDINATOR TO VISIT [...] (C) Ambassador was approached by Turkish MFA Iraq Coordinator Osman Koruturk February 18 and called by MFA Deputy Undersecretary Ali Tuygan February 19 to seek assistance in getting Koruturk a meeting with CPA Administrator Bremer during Koruturk's visit to Baghdad February 24-26. While we de [...]	2004-02-19 16:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD MARR PTER TU IZ
04ANKARA975	GERMAN OPPOSITION LEADER PROPOSES EU-TURKEY [...] (U) Summary: German opposition CDU-CSU leaders told PM Erdogan and other GOT officials during a visit to Turkey that they favor a "privileged partnership" between the EU and Turkey over full Turkish membership. Erdogan rejected the idea, but maintained a positive tone during discussions. A G [...]	2004-02-19 17:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA988	FOREIGN LEADERS MEETINGS WITH UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS: [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-20 12:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL TU UP
04ANKARA994	TURKEY: OPPOSITION LEFT-OF-CENTER CHP LIMPING [...] (C) Summary: Main opposition CHP's chances in March 28 local elections are dim, according to our own extensive contacts with party M.P.s and recent polling data. A few CHP M.P.s are growing more critical of party leadership but have not shown the courage of their convictions by speaking out p [...]	2004-02-20 14:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
04ASMARA192	ERITREA: COMMENTS ON ISLAMIC EXTREMISM [...] (C) POLOFF MET IN EARLY FEBRUARY WITH MUHYADIN SHENGEB, HEAD OF THE NATIONAL UNION OF ERITREAN YOUTH AND STUDENTS (NUEYS) TO DISCUSS SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND RELIGIOUS ISSUES AFFECTING ERITREAN YOUTH. SHENGEB SAID THAT, ALTHOUGH CHRISTIAN/MUSLIM RELATIONS ARE "CORRECT" IN ERITREA, THERE ARE EXTREMI [...]	2004-02-23 09:28:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PTER PINR ER
04BAGHDAD119	USEB 58: Shia Leaders Petition on Behalf of Sadr [...] (U) Classified by DCM James Jeffrey, Reason 1.4 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Summary: Last week, influential Shia leaders, including the Dawa and SCIRI parties, asked Prime Minister Allawi to defuse the tension in Najaf by dropping, at least temporarily, the charges against Muqtada al-Sadr. They [...]	2004-07-12 18:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KISL IZ
04BAGHDAD137	USEB 072: THE IRAQI INTERIM GOVERNMENT AND AL- [...] (C) Summary. On July 10, Iraqi Prime Minister Dr. Ayad Allawi met with the chief of the news room from Al- Jazeera's Doha headquarters, Mr. Sadi Al-Shouly (who is also responsible for all worldwide Al-Jazeera correspondents),along with Al-Jazeera's Baghdad Bureau Chief, Mr. Hamid Hadeed. Th [...]	2004-07-14 20:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PGOV IZ
04BAGHDAD17	USEB 018: IRAQI GOVERNMENT SIGNALS TOUGHER [...] (C) SUMMARY. SENIOR IRAQI INTERIM GOVERNMENT (IIG) OFFICIALS ARE MAKING CLEAR THAT THEY BELIEVE TOUGHER MEASURES NEED TO BE TAKEN TO DEFEAT VIOLENCE. THEY HAVE BEEN CLEAR THAT TRANSPARENT RULE OF LAW PROCEDURES WOULD STILL APPLY. THE ISSUE MAY BE MORE COMPLICATED IN THE FIELD. END SUMMARY [...]	2004-07-02 17:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL PINS MARR IZ
04BAGHDAD221	USEB 112: DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH IRAQI PRIME [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Allawi told the Deputy Secretary that he and his counterparts in the Arab world are looking forward to his tour of the region. Allawi plans to have an open and honest discussion with Syria about their involvement in Iraqi affairs. He would like to see Interior Mini [...]	2004-07-22 15:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IZ
04BAGHDAD229	USEB 143: SUNNIS WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT SAYS [...] (C) Summary. Sunnis are hostile, divided, leaderless, and unable to envision a political solution acceptable to others according to a very well-informed Jordanian diplomat. Some would like to enter into an agreement with us to resume rule, an approach we find illusionary. End summary. 2 [...]	2004-07-22 20:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PTER IZ
04BAGHDAD230	USEB 146: ICRC DELIVERS COPIES OF TWO LETTERS [...] (C) SUMMARY. On June 20, 2004, International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) Baghdad Head of Delegation Christophe Beney delivered copies of two letters (Refs A and B) to Pol-Mil Minister Ambassador Neumann. Both letters were labeled "Confidential." Both were addressed to General George W. [...]	2004-07-23 14:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IZ ICRC
04BAGHDAD356	GOVERNOR IN TROUBLE-RIDDEN ANBAR PROVINCE HELD [...] (C) Summary: The Governor of Anbar Province, perhaps the most violence-plagued part of Iraq, feels isolated and trapped in his office while he tries to secure the release of his three kidnapped sons. The Governor doubts he can trust either the police chief or the Iraqi National Guard Comma [...]	2004-08-03 18:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV KISL IZ
04BAGHDAD4	USEB 003: LETTER ON AGREMENT FROM MINISTER OF [...] (U) THE FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF A LETTER RECEIVED ON JUNE 29 BY EMBASSY BAGHDAD FOR SECRETARY POWELL FROM IRAQI MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS HOSHYAR ZEBARI GRANTING AGREMENT FOR AMBASSADOR NEGROPONTE. THE LETTER ALSO APPROVED OUR FOUR EMBASSY OFFICES. BEGIN TEXT: THE HONORABLE COLIN POWELL SECRET [...]	2004-06-30 10:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
04BAGHDAD463	NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR DISCUSSES CEASEFIRE [...] (C) Muaffaq al Rubaie, reached at our initiative in the afternoon of August 13, said he was approaching agreement with an envoy of Moqtada al Sadr over a nine point peace plan (para 6 below.) Apparently Rubaie had never been able to meet with Sadr but met several times with his envoy. A ceas [...]	2004-08-13 15:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PTER PREL PGOV IZ
04BAGHDAD481	IRAQI SHIA PARTIES NOT EMBRACING SADR [...] (C) Some angry remarks at the National Conference notwithstanding, it appears that the Shia establishment is not rallying behind Muqtada al-Sadr in his standoff against the Iraqi Government. Late on the night of August 14, PolCouns spoke to a top aide to Iraqi Government Vice President and D [...]	2004-08-15 17:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV KISL IZ
04BAGHDAD531	SHAHRISTANI COMMENTS ON NAJAF [...] (C) SUMMARY. In his call on Ambassador Negroponte, Dr. Hussain al-Shahristani was critical of the Iragi Interim Government's (IIG) handling of the situation in Najaf, believing that it has made Muqtada al-Sadr stronger and has cost the Government much support. He urged against a military solu [...]	2004-08-17 17:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PARM KISL SOCI IZ
04BAGHDAD57	USEB 34: FM ZEBARI HERALDS NEW ERA FOR IRAQ [...] (C) IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTER ZEBARI TOLD THE AMBASSADOR JULY 4 THAT THE NEW INTERIM IRAQI GOVERNMENT (IIG) MUST DEMONSTRATE ITS INDEPENDENCE AND SHOW THE IRAQI PEOPLE THAT THE TRANSFER OF POWER WAS GENUINE. HE HOPED DISBURSEMENT OF U.S. SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDS WOULD BE ACCELERATED AND SAID THAT STABI [...]	2004-07-06 19:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
04BANDARSERIBEGAWAN255	TO WED OR NOT TO WED: THAT IS THE ROYAL QUESTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE CROWN PRINCE, AL-MUHATADEE BILLAH, IS EXPECTED TO WED IN AUGUST. THE ONLY UNANSWERED QUESTION IS WHO WILL BE HIS BRIDE. THE WEDDING IS IMPORTANT. IT WILL ALLOW THE CROWN PRINCE TO START A FAMILY -- AND, WITH LUCK, PRODUCE A MALE HEIR. IT WILL ALSO SET THE STAGE FOR A TRAN [...]	2004-05-13 00:23:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BX
04BANGKOK6647	THAILAND: IMPRESSIONS FROM THE SOUTH [...] (C) SUMMARY/COMMENT: In an effort to gage the current situation in Thailand's south, Bangkok PolOffs recently completed an extended trip through Narathiwat, Pattani, and Yala provinces, meeting with a cross-section of interlocutors including local Islamic groups, security officials, academi [...]	2004-09-23 10:04:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KPAO TH
04BANGKOK7313	THAI VIEWS OF A MORE ASSERTIVE CHINA [...] (C) Summary. When analyzing China's growing influence in the region, Thai experts tend to: accept China's growing power as inevitable; hope that problems associated with China's growing strength will either fix themselves or be mitigated by other powers like the United States or India; and, [...]	2004-10-20 11:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PGOV TH CH ASEAN BURMA
04BANGKOK7421	RTG ADMITS DEATHS OF DETAINEES TAKEN AFTER [...] (U) Summary: Late on October 26, Royal Thai Government (RTG) officials confirmed that 78 demonstrators (of over 1300 detainees) taken in custody after an October 25 clash with security units at Tak Bai Police Station in Narathiwat province died "in transit" to an army camp in Pattani. These [...]	2004-10-27 11:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PHUM PREL PTER TH
04BANGKOK7952	THAILAND: WILL THE SOUTH AFFECT THAKSIN'S [...] (C) Summary/Comment: As Thailand moves towards general elections in February 2005, Post believes, along with many local political observers, that barring a dramatic attack outside the southernmost Muslim provinces, the current level of violence in the south -- and the Royal Thai Government's [...]	2004-11-18 10:55:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TH
04BANGKOK8464	THAI READOUT ON PM THAKSIN MEETING WITH SPDC [...] (C) Summary. In public remarks about his December 9 meeting in Rangoon with SPDC Chairman Than Shwe and other Burmese leaders, PM Thaksin said that he found "reasonable and convincing" their assessment of the challenges they face from ethnic minorities, and seemed to imply that he also accept [...]	2004-12-15 10:24:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BM TH BURMA
04BEIJING3796	WEN JIABAO'S NPC DEBUT: "PEOPLE FIRST," RURAL [...] (C) Premier Wen Jiabao reiterated the "people- centered" approach of the new Chinese leadership in his report to China's legislature, the National People's Congress, on March 5. With former President Jiang Zemin and the current leadership looking on, Wen highlighted the new government's vict [...]	2004-03-05 11:33:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN EAGR ETRD PREL CH TW HK
04BEIRUT1108	LEBANON: SPEAKER BERRI AND SHEIKH QABALAN ON IRAQ [...] (C) AMBASSADOR CONVEYED POINTS IN REF A ON THE TERRORIST ATTACKS IN IRAQ TO PARLIAMENT SPEAKER (AND SHI'ITE LEADER) NABIH BERRI MARCH 4. BERRI, WHO PUBLICLY DENOUNCED THE ATTACKS FROM DAMASCUS ON MARCH 2 (REF B),SAID THAT "INSIDE THE ROOMS" OF INFLUENTIAL SHI'A LEADERS, THERE IS AGREEMENT TH [...]	2004-03-05 11:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL LE IZ
04BEIRUT3300	LEBANON: THE "BEIRUT DECLARATION" -- BACKGROUND, [...] (C) Lebanese authorities inadvertently gave the "Beirut Declaration" -- a ringing denunciation of Lebanon's political status quo covered by the press in both Lebanon and France (Ref A) -- widespread publicity as a result of their ham-handed attempt to block the document's public unveiling. T [...]	2004-06-25 15:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI SY LE
04BEIRUT3713	LEBANON: THE TWO FACES OF HIZBALLAH; PART ONE -- [...] (C) A number of Lebanese observers who favor the idea of transforming Hizballah into a normal political party see hopeful signs of this happening. Specifically, they point to expressions from some Hizballah members of common interest with Christian oppositionists and more recently the suppor [...]	2004-07-30 17:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KISL PGOV SOCI LE SY

04BEIRUT408	LEBANON: BERRI EMPHASIZES AL-SISTANI'S IMPORTANCE [...] (C) IN A JANUARY 15 CONVERSATION WITH AMBASSADOR, NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKER NABIH BERRI SAID HE AND HIS AMAL MOVEMENT FOLLOWERS LOOKED TO IRAQ'S GRAND AYATOLLAH ALI AL-SISTANI AS THEIR PRIMARY SOURCE OF RELIGIOUS AUTHORITY. ACCORDING TO BERRI, AMAL HAD PREVIOUSLY LOOKED TO ITS FOUNDER, IMAM M [...]	2004-01-22 16:29:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL PINR SOCI LE IZ
04BEIRUT4423	PARLIAMENT SPEAKER WANTS LARGE NATIONAL UNITY [...] (C) Lebanese Parliamentary Speaker Nabih Berri, in a 10/11 meeting with the Ambassador, said that he wanted the next cabinet to be a national unity government. Only by getting sufficient representation from the Christian opposition and Walid Jumblatt's bloc, he said, could Lebanon face the [...]	2004-10-12 08:44:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE SY
04BOGOTA10484	SUCRE DEPARTMENT: STRUGGLING WITH SECURITY AND [...] (C) During a visit to Sincelejo, capital of Sucre Department, Embassy officials observed that security is improving only slowly in this traditionally violent area, where the Uribe administration briefly gave the police and military state-of-emergency powers in 2002. The notorious Montes de Ma [...]	2004-10-12 14:55:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM ASEC PINR SNAR CO
04BOGOTA111	ELECTORAL COUNCIL RULES THAT ONE REFERENDUM ITEM [...] (U) On January 2, the National Electoral Council (CNE) released the official results of the October 25 political and economic reform referendum. The CNE concluded that one of fifteen referendum items met the twenty-five percent registered voter threshold required for approval. Item One, whic [...]	2004-01-07 15:01:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV PHUM PINR CO
04BOGOTA112	NOTES FROM THE FIELD: VALLEDUPAR AND CESAR [...] (C) Politics and economics in the northern department of Cesar are heavily influenced by the interests of a small number of prominent families and the depredations of illegal armed groups. Despite the distractions posed by feuds within the local aristocracy and the active presence of the FARC, [...]	2004-01-07 16:09:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM PINR PINS MCAP ECON SNAR SOCI CO
04BOGOTA11205	RESTREPO OUTLINES AUC DEMOBILIZATION PROCESS TO [...] (C) Summary: On October 26, Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo presented the government's demobilization plan for the United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) to the diplomatic corps. Seven AUC groups will demobilize between November 3 and December 18 and the GOC continues to insist [...]	2004-11-02 14:38:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PTER SNAR PHUM KJUS CO AUC
04BOGOTA11207	URIBE ASKS VATICAN TO BROKER PRISONER EXCHANGE [...] (SBU) On October 28, GOC High Commissioner for Peace Luis Carlos Restrepo wrote an open letter to Papal Nuncio Beniamino Stella proposing that the Catholic Church mediate an exchange of 15 prisoners from both the GOC and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). Face-to-face negotiat [...]	2004-11-02 14:47:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ASEC CO
04BOGOTA11217	GOC SEEKS CONTINUED FUNDING FOR ILO COOPERATION [...] (C) On October 28, Vice Minister for Labor Affairs Luz Stella Arango briefed embassies of ILO Governing Body (GB) members on GOC cases before the ILO's Committee on Freedom of Association (CFA) scheduled for discussion at the ILO Governing Body meeting in November. She also requested support [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PGOV ETRD CO ILO
04BOGOTA11339	THE UN'S FUTURE IN COLOMBIA \ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with UN special advisor on \ Colombia James LeMoyne at the latter's request on October 28 \ and 30. LeMoyne said that the EU would release a new policy \ paper on Colombia in January 2005 which would lead to an more \ engaged approach. On demobilization, LeMoyne repor [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PHUM PINR PREL CO
04BOGOTA11373	GOC IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS DENY ENTRY TO FOUR INTERNATIONAL UNION LEADERS [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the weekend of October 30-31, GOC immigration officials denied entry to four international labor leaders, including one U.S. citizen, and cancelled the tourist visas of approximately 60 others, while permitting them to stay for a period of three days pending resolution of t [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PGOV CVIS CASC CO
04BOGOTA11421	FOLLOW-UP MEETING WITH FATHER JOAKIN MAYORGA [...] (C) Summary: On November 3, Father Joakin Mayorga visited the Embassy to discuss the status of an investigation by the Office of the Prosecutor General ("Fiscalia") into accusations made by two Army officers that he had committed criminal misrepresentation. In February, Mayorga alleged -- on [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KIRF KJUS PTER PINR CO
04BOGOTA11548	ANDEAN SECURITY CONFERENCE COLOMBIA SCENESETTER [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-09 17:57:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SNAR PTER KJUS CO
04BOGOTA11586	PLAN COLOMBIA IMPLEMENTATION ROUND-UP, OCTOBER, [...] (U) The following is an update of Plan Colombia-related activities reported during October, 2004. -------- DOJ/JSRP -------- 2. (U) In October, DOJ's Justice Sector Reform Program coordinated 25 training and technical assistance programs for 820 police officers, 145 prosecutors and 110 [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO
04BOGOTA11705	LIBERAL PARTY SANCTIONS NINE SENATORS FOR [...] (U) On November 8, the Liberal Party suspended nine senators for ten months for breaking with the party's official position and voting in favor of legislation to permit Presidential reelection. Internal party rules require members of Congress to vote the party line. Prior to the move, the p [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CO
04BOGOTA11752	SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT BUSH'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) President Uribe welcomes the visit of President and Mrs. Bush with enthusiasm. Current hot topics include: --Floods in Northern Colombia, more than 150,000 persons affected --Demobilization and reinsertion of up to 3,000 paramilitary terrorists in the next two months --U.S. support [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CO
04BOGOTA11753	PEACE COMMISSIONER DESCRIBES DEMOBILIZATION DETAILS [...] (C) On November 12, Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo reviewed for the Ambassador recent developments in demobilizing the United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) and clarified key steps in the process. Restrepo's principle concern is that without adequate security, the Revolutionary [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KJUS SNAR PHUM PINR PREL CO AUC
04BOGOTA11758	URIBE RETIRES ARMY COMMANDER, RETAINS REST OF HIGH [...] (C) On November 10, Minister of Defense Uribe announced changes to the Armed Forces high command: Armed Forces Commander General Ospina and all the service chiefs except Army Commander Major General Carreno will remain in their positions. Carreno will retire. Joint Task Force Omega Commander [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL PINR CO MOPS
04BOGOTA11817	DEFENSE MINISTER DENIES CONJUGAL VISIT WITH [...] (C) On November 16, Defense Minister Jorge Uribe requested a meeting with the Ambassador to explain an article in El Nuevo Herald that claimed he had made a conjugal visit to a woman imprisoned in Medellin. The woman, Dora Adriana Alzate Restrepo, was arrested and sentenced to nine years in ja [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL PINR CO PGOV
04BOGOTA11864	AMBASSADOR VALENCIA REPORTS ON ELN-GOC [...] (C) Ambassador Valencia, the Mexican facilitator for talks between the National Liberation Army (ELN) and the GOC, briefed the Ambassador on recent communications between the two sides on November 16. On October 8, the ELN offered to meet with the GOC in Mexico but demanded the GOC provide a [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM KJUS PINR PREL CO ELN
04BOGOTA1198	URIBE ON PARAMILITARY DEMOBILIZATION [...] (C) In a February 4 meeting with Ambassador Wood and visiting U.S. inter-agency delegation, President Uribe stated that he was instructing his Administration to offer paramilitary leaders two options: relocation to so-called "concentration zones" for those who agree to demobilize or prosecut [...]	2004-02-05 17:15:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KJUS PTER SNAR PHUM CO
04BOGOTA12265	PEACE COMMISSIONER DISCUSSES AUC PEACE PROCESS AND [...] (C) On November 27, Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo briefed Ambassador on developments in the peace process with the United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC): -- Bananero Bloc: demobilization is complete. Thirty-seven are implicated in major crimes and will stay in the demobili [...]	2004-12-01 14:56:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER SNAR PHUM KJUS PREL PINR CO
04BOGOTA12275	FISCALIA INVESTIGATES TAOIST COMMUNITY IN [...] (C) Summary: On November 25, officials from the Office of the Prosecutor General ("Fiscalia") raided a Taoist commune located in a remote region of Santander Department to investigate allegations that the commune's leadership was involved in opium production and kidnapping. The allegations we [...]	2004-12-01 16:21:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV KJUS CASC CO
04BOGOTA12326	CUBA: NSC-DIRECTED COLOMBIA REVIEW [...] (C) Concern over potential Cuban support for armed guerrilla groups affects Colombia,s cautious Cuba policy. While Colombia has cut off and reestablished diplomatic relations to Cuba multiple times in the past, the bilateral relationship is currently stable, with Colombia generally exercising [...]	2004-12-02 13:57:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL CU CO
04BOGOTA12360	COLOMBIANS CREATE NEW CARIBBEAN JOINT COMMAND FOR [...] (U) On November 17, the Colombian military (COLMIL) announced the creation of a new joint command for the Caribbean coastal region, designed to maximize the military's assets in that area. The Caribbean Joint Command will cover the area from La Guajira Department in northeast Colombia to Choc [...]	2004-12-02 22:30:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV CO
04BOGOTA12410	GOC PARDONS 23 FARC GUERRILLAS [...] (U) On December 2, the GOC pardoned 23 imprisoned members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). Those pardoned were guilty only of membership in an illegal armed group; no guerrillas guilty of violent crimes were eligible for pardon. They will be released from prisons througho [...]	2004-12-03 22:54:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KJUS PHUM PINR PREL CO
04BOGOTA12424	A/S TAYLOR MEETING WITH MOD URIBE [...] (U) December 1, 2004, 3:00-4:00 p.m., Ministry of Defense, Bogota 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- A/S Francis X. Taylor Col. Simeon Trombitas, Milgroup Commander Col. William Graves, Defense Attache Mark Hunter, RSO Pamela Fierst, Special Assistant Dana Brown, notetaker Colombia [...]	2004-12-06 16:51:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PTER CO
04BOGOTA12598	FARC PROPOSES NEW DEMILITARIZED ZONES FOR [...] (U) On December 3, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) released a communique dated November 28, changing one of its long-standing requirements for a humanitarian exchange. The communique appears to pre-date the GOC's December 2 release of 23 (with 12 more expected) FARC members [...]	2004-12-09 22:09:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ASEC CO FARC
04BOGOTA12602	THREE MORE AUC DEMOBILIZATIONS [...] (C) The GOC continues to demobilize elements of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC). As of December 8, 510 out of about 1,500 paramilitaries from the Catatumbo Bloc had registered in their demobilization zone in Norte de Santander Department. They are scheduled to publicly demobi [...]	2004-12-10 00:00:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM SNAR PINR CO OAS AUC
04BOGOTA12603	UN MAY CONSIDER DDR PROGRAM FOR COLOMBIA; [...] (C) Begin Summary: UN Special Advisor on Colombia James LeMoyne, visiting Bogota this week, told major donors on December 8 that the UN was considering a demobilization, disarmament and reintergration (DDR) program for Colombia, assuming certain conditions were met. UNDP is also exploring th [...]	2004-12-10 00:10:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PHUM PINR PREL CO
04BOGOTA12689	PLAN COLOMBIA IMPLEMENTATION ROUND-UP, NOVEMBER [...] (U) The following is an update of Plan Colombia-related activities reported during November 2004. -------- DOJ/JSRP -------- 2. (U) The Justice Sector Reform Program (JSRP) coordinated several training courses during November. They included the following: "Investigator as a Witness" (i [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO
04BOGOTA12736	AUC COMMANDER MANCUSO DEMOBILIZES WITH CATATUMBO [...] (C) Over 1400 members of the AUC's Catatumbo Bloc -- including AUC military commander Salvatore Mancuso -- demobilized in a public ceremony in Norte de Santander Department on December 10. The Bloc surrendered over 1500 quality weapons, as well as over 150 pieces of real estate in the region. [...]	2004-12-15 17:15:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PGOV CO AUC
04BOGOTA12829	DAS SHAPIRO AND PDAS FARRAR MEET WITH PRESIDENT [...] (U) December 15, 2004, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Presidential Palace, Bogota. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- WHA DAS Charles Shapiro INL PDAS Jonathan Farrar Ambassador William B. Wood David Henifin, WHA/AND Deputy Director Al Matano, INL/LP Deputy Director Craig Conway, POL (notetaker) C [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS PTER PHUM CO VE BR UN
04BOGOTA12835	TAMPA AIRLINES: PROCEED WITH CAUTION [...] (C) Summary. Post has no objection to Ex-Im Bank's financing of a Boeing 767-300F cargo aircraft for Tampa Airlines based on currently available information. Embassy recommends that Ex-Im proceed with caution, however, based on results of a recent meeting between DEA and Tampa Airlines and T [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR SNAR CO
04BOGOTA12846	DAS SHAPIRO AND PDAS FARRAR MEET WITH PRESIDENT [...] (U) December 15, 2004, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Presidential Palace, Bogota. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- WHA DAS Charles Shapiro INL PDAS Jonathan Farrar Ambassador William B. Wood David Henifin, WHA/AND Deputy Director Al Matano, INL/LP Deputy Director Craig Conway, POL (notetaker) C [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS PTER PHUM CO VE BR UN
04BOGOTA12938	DAS SHAPIRO DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS WITH PEACE [...] (U) December 14, 2004, 7:30-8:30 p.m., Ambassador's residence, Bogota 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- DAS Charles Shapiro Ambassador William B. Wood Jeff DeLaurentis, POLCOUNS David Henifin, Deputy Director for Andean Affairs Sarah LaGier, notetaker Colombia -------- Luis Carl [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM KJUS PINR CO AUC
04BOGOTA12939	AUC'S CALIMA BLOC DEMOBILIZES [...] (C) The Calima Bloc, the fifth paramilitary group to demobilize in 2004, demobilized near a small village in northern Valle del Cauca Department on December 18. Bloc members, most from the departments of Valle del Cauca or Antioquia, turned in over 500 weapons. The police have increased thei [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER SNAR ASEC PHUM PINR CO OAS AUC
04BOGOTA12984	DAS SHAPIRO AND DAS FARRAR MEET WITH DEFENSE [...] (U) December 16, 2004, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Ministry of Defense, Bogota 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- INL DAS Jonathan Farrar WHA DAS Charles Shapiro Ambassador William B. Wood Al Matano, INL/LP Deputy Director David Henifin, Deputy Director for WHA/AND Jeff DeLaurentis, POLCOUNS Phyl [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER SNAR ASEC PINR PREL CO
04BOGOTA13139	DAS SHAPIRO MEETS WITH FATHER DARIO ECHEVERRI [...] (U) December 15, 2004, 11:15-12:15 a.m., Espicopal Conference, Bogota 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- DAS Charles Shapiro Ambassador William B. Wood Jeff DeLaurentis, POLCOUNS David Henifin, Deputy Director for Andean Affairs Sarah LaGier, POL (notetaker) Colombia -------- Fat [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PINR PREL PGOV CO ELN
04BOGOTA13168	PEACE AND PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: A VIEW FROM THE [...] (C) Summary: Leftist Senator Carlos Gaviria -- a self-declared presidential candidate in 2006 -- told poloffs to expect lawsuits against the recently approved constitutional amendment authorizing presidential reelection and expressed concerns about a possible clash between high courts over the [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS CO
04BOGOTA1318	DAS DESHAZO'S MEETING WITH FM BARCO [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting on February 6, WHA DAS Peter DeShazo and FM Carolina Barco discussed paramilitary demobilization and the OAS resolution on its verification mission, Colombia-Venezuela relations, and President Uribe's February 8-14 visit to Europe. End Summary. 2. (U) At the Fe [...]	2004-02-09 19:27:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KJUS PHUM CO VE EU
04BOGOTA1356	URIBE'S MEETING WITH INTER-AGENCY DELEGATION [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Wood and visiting U.S. inter-agency delegation met with President Uribe and FM Barco on February 4. Reftel details the portion of the meeting devoted to paramilitary demobilization and extradition issues. Barco expressed guarded optimism regarding the OAS vote on Se [...]	2004-02-10 15:28:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KJUS PHUM PTER SNAR CO EU
04BOGOTA1363	INTERAGENCY DELEGATION DISCUSSES AUC DEMOBILIZATION PLAN [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-10 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	AUC PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SNAR
04BOGOTA1388	MAYOR GARZON'S UNEVENTFUL FIRST MONTH IN OFFICE [...] (C) Summary: Leftist Bogota mayor Luis Eduardo "Lucho" Garzon's first month in office was largely uneventful. Garzon has not attempted to steal President Uribe's limelight, and has been virtually silent on security issues. Instead, Garzon has talked up social issues. Thus far, however, he h [...]	2004-02-11 13:28:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CO CU
04BOGOTA144	CODEL FRIST'S MEETINGS IN BOGOTA [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 5, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist met separately with Minister of Defense Jorge Alberto Uribe Echavarria, Minister of Foreign Relations Carolina Barco, and Vice Minister of Trade Claudia Maria Uribe. Senator Frist also had the opportunity to discuss the upcoming fr [...]	2004-01-07 23:32:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD KSUM PHUM PINR PREL PTER CO CODEL
04BOGOTA153	SENATOR FRIST'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT URIBE [...] (C) Summary: Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and Ambassador Wood met with President Uribe in Cartagena on January 4. Uribe made a pitch for additional helicopters and more efficient delivery of spare parts and inquired about the possibility of A-10 Warthogs for the counternarcotics fight. [...]	2004-01-08 17:06:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER SNAR ECON CO EC MX PGOV
04BOGOTA1680	GOC TAKING ACTION AGAINST PARAMILITARY CEASE-FIRE [...] (C) Since agreeing to a unilateral cease-fire in late November 2002, Colombia's major paramilitary groups -- the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC),Central Bolivar Bloc (BCB) and Eastern Alliance have committed at least 370 murders, kidnappings, and other human rights violations nat [...]	2004-02-18 19:19:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KJUS PTER SNAR PHUM CO AUC PGOV
04BOGOTA1704	APPREHENSION IN URABA FOR AUC DEMOBILIZATION [...] (C) Summary: On January 29, a USAID contracting team tasked to analyze the GOC's demobilization plans for the United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC),USAID personnel, and poloff visited Apartado, in the Uraba region of Antioquia Department. The GOC expects to implement an AUC demobiliza [...]	2004-02-18 20:44:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER PINR SNAR CO AUC
04BOGOTA1748	UNHCHR REPORT ON COLOMBIA [...] (C) Summary: The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) in Colombia is finalizing its report for Geneva on the GOC's compliance with its 27 human rights recommendations. The report is likely to criticize the GOC for slow and uneven implementation of the recommendations [...]	2004-02-20 17:20:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL CO UNGA
04BOGOTA1980	NOTES FROM THE FIELD: MEDELLIN [...] (C) Summary: Poloff visited Colombia's vibrant second city, Medellin, February 11-12. National Police commander Ruben Carrillo noted a continued downward trend in violent crime and a lack of recidivism on the part of reinserted former paramilitary fighters. Mayor Sergio Fajardo complained [...]	2004-02-25 21:42:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM KJUS EAID CO UN
04BOGOTA2067	AZNAR VISITS COLOMBIA [...] (U) Spanish President Jose Maria Aznar came to Colombia to express his solidarity with President Alvaro Uribe's fight against terrorism and to underscore Spanish assistance to Colombia. He also addressed a forum on Democracy and Development in Latin America, organized by the International Fo [...]	2004-02-27 20:20:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PTER PGOV CO SP VE
04BOGOTA2071	FARC ATTEMPTS MAJOR KIDNAPPING IN HUILA DEPARTMENT [...] (C) On February 23, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia's (FARC) Teofilo Forero Mobile Column (TFMC) launched simultaneous attacks on a luxury residential complex in Neiva, Huila department, the city's power grid, and an isolated military outpost west of the city. A quick police respon [...]	2004-02-27 20:52:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR PREL CO FARC
04BOGOTA2198	GOC HARD LINE ON DEMOBILIZATION MAKES [...] (C) The United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia's (AUC) Centauros Bloc -- which is heavily invested in drug trafficking and involved in a struggle with a rival paramilitary bloc over control of territory and narcotics interests -- publicly announced it will not demobilize without firm GOC secur [...]	2004-03-02 22:05:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER PINR PINS SNAR CO
04BOGOTA2434	GOC CONTINUING TO CONFRONT PARAMILITARIES [...] (C) Summary: In the face of AUC and other paramilitary groups' failure to fulfill the unilateral cease-fire pledge (reftel),the security forces continue to confront paramilitaries throughout the country. Since the beginning of 2003, almost 3,000 paramilitaries have been captured, killed, or [...]	2004-03-02 22:05:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SNAR PGOV ASEC CO AUC
04BOGOTA2634	WILL CONGRESS COME THROUGH FOR URIBE? [...] (SBU) Summary: In January, President Uribe, in an effort to nudge a recalcitrant Congress toward passage of new reforms, announced plans to form three high-level special commissions to formulate proposals in the areas of economics, justice, and administration of the state. On February 17, t [...]	2004-03-02 22:05:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KJUS PTER CO
04BOGOTA2764	UNHCHR PRESENTS ITS 2003 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT ON COLOMBIA [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-02 22:05:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	CO PGOV PHUM PINR PREL UN
04BOGOTA2806	INL A/S CHARLES MEETING WITH PRESIDENT URIBE [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with President Uribe on March 15, INL A/S Charles and Ambassador Wood welcomed Uribe's March 22-25 visit to Washington, lauded the decrease in violence under Uribe, stressed the need for eradication in national parks, and reiterated the importance we place on extrad [...]	2004-03-02 22:05:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM KJUS SNAR CO
04BOGOTA2840	ECUADOR PRESIDENT GUTIERREZ VISITS COLOMBIA [...] (SBU) Summary: In a two-day visit to Colombia, Ecuador's President Lucio Gutierrez met with President Alvaro Uribe, FM Carolina Barco, Bogota Mayor Lucho Garzon, and business leaders; spoke to a joint session of Congress; and was honored with Colombia's highest medal. Border control, immigr [...]	2004-03-02 22:05:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PTER PREF CO EC
04BOGOTA3102	GOC CONCERNED ABOUT UN DRAFT RESOLUTION ON [...] (C) Charge was called to the Foreign Ministry on March 26 by Acting Minister Jaime Giron to discuss the GOC's reservations about two aspects of the UNSC Draft Resolution on Children and Armed Conflict. Referring to the resolution's operative paragraph 7bis, Giron expressed concern about the [...]	2004-03-02 22:05:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER CO UNSC
04BOGOTA3486	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ICRC HEAD OF DELEGATION [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-02 22:46:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREF CO FARC ELN AUC
04BOGOTA3544	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS WITH HIGH [...] (C) On April 2, Ambassador met with High Commissioner for Peace Luis Carlos Restrepo to discuss the paramilitary peace process and, especially, to confirm that the GOC would give paramilitary leaders no assurances regarding their possible extradition to the U.S. Restrepo explained recent chang [...]	2004-04-05 19:45:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PINR PREL PTER PINS PHUM PGOV SNAR CO ELN
04BOGOTA3545	DECIPHERING THE SIZE OF ILLEGAL ARMED GROUPS [...] (C) According to the Colombian Ministry of Defense (MOD),at least 20,000 Colombian terrorists, both paramilitaries and guerrillas, have deserted or been captured or killed in combat with government forces since President Alvaro Uribe took office in August 2002. Still, the estimated numerical [...]	2004-04-05 19:53:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER PINR PINS PROP SNAR CO AUC ELN FARC
04BOGOTA3628	GOC AIRS CONCERNS OVER CALIFORNIA LAWSUIT AGAINST [...] (U)SUMMARY: The MFA has notified the Embassy of its concern over a pending lawsuit in Federal District Court in California concerning the controversial bombing of the Colombian village of Santo Domingo in 1998 (see reftels),which it fears may have negative repercussions on bilateral relation [...]	2004-04-07 16:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KJUS EPET CO PROL
04BOGOTA3714	MILITARY ERROR IN CAJAMARCA CAUSES 5 CIVILIAN [...] (U) On the night of April 10 in the municipality of Cajamarca, Tolima department, soldiers from the Pijoas Battalion of the Colombian Army's Sixth Brigade killed five civilians -- including a 6-month-old infant -- who soldiers mistook in the dark for FARC guerrillas. Cajamarca is an area with [...]	2004-04-13 14:52:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MASS PHUM PINR PREL PTER KJUS CO
04BOGOTA3872	A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF COLOMBIA'S SECURITY SITUATION [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-16 21:13:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR ASEC SNAR PTER CO
04BOGOTA4058	HOUSE DEFEATS MEASURE TO MODIFY EXTRADITION [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-22 15:11:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS SNAR CO
04BOGOTA4060	TERRORIST FINANCE ISSUES IN COLOMBIA [...] (C) The complex relationship between drug traffickers, money launderers and terrorists led the Government of Colombia (GOC) to take a broad, multifaceted and multi-institutional approach to combating illicit finance. Colombia has worked extensively with the USG to find, investigate and freez [...]	2004-04-22 15:38:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PREL PTER CO EUN
04BOGOTA4129	COAST GUARD COMMANDANT ADMIRAL COLLINS MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe and other senior officials, Admiral Thomas Collins, Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, praised the Colombian Navy. He noted he hopes to improve already close relations between the two coast guard services, including the possible [...]	2004-04-22 22:41:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PINS PTER PREL SNAR MCAP MASS MARR ASEC
04BOGOTA4176	CASTANO'S FATE UNKNOWN [...] (C) Carlos Castano's fate remains unclear after an April 16 armed confrontation between Castano's personnel and unidentified individuals in Antioquia Department. The most often heard scenario is that Castano's brother and fellow paramilitary commander Vicente Castano was behind the attack in [...]	2004-04-23 23:21:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER PINR PGOV PINS PREL SNAR CO AUC
04BOGOTA4214	COLOMBIA'S DEBATE OVER MASS DETENTIONS [...] (C) Some human rights NGOs oppose the GOC's policy of large-scale detentions. The GOC, however, insists that such detentions are consistent with legal norms and points out that between 60 and 70 percent of persons arrested in such operations remain in custody based on judicially-sanctioned or [...]	2004-04-26 16:28:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS PTER ELAB PROP MOPS CO
04BOGOTA4238	CONGRESSMAN DIAZ BALART'S BOGOTA VISIT [...] (U) Begin Summary. Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart visited Colombia April 12-14. He received two awards from the Colombian Congress; both were presented for the Congressman,s efforts on behalf of Colombians in the U.S. Diaz-Balart met with President Uribe and senior GOC officials. End Summa [...]	2004-04-26 19:40:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SNAR CO CODEL
04BOGOTA4278	URIBE GIVES PUBLIC ULTIMATUM TO PARAMILITARIES [...] (C) On April 27, President Uribe issued an ultimatum to the country's illegal paramilitaries, warning that if they do not accept the GOC's conditions for peace talks -- including a verifiable cease-fire and a concentration of troops -- Government security forces will combat them until they are [...]	2004-04-27 21:57:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PGOV PINR PINS SNAR ASEC CO ELN FARC
04BOGOTA4297	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MOD AND PEACE [...] (C) On April 27, Ambassador spoke to Minister of Defense Uribe and Peace Commissioner Restrepo about that day's presidential declaration on the peace process (reftel). 2. (C) Minister Uribe said that the declaration had been composed the day before and had been reviewed before issuance by h [...]	2004-04-28 15:53:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PGOV PINR PINS SNAR ASEC CO ELN
04BOGOTA4319	THREE ALLEGED IRA MEMBERS ACQUITTED ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Three Irish citizens -- Niall Connolly, Martin McCauley, and James Monaghan -- were acquitted on charges of training Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas in the use of explosives and urban terrorist tactics. The three men were, however, found guilty of entering the cou [...]	2004-04-28 22:10:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL KJUS CO
04BOGOTA4448	U/S GROSSMAN'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT URIBE [...] (C) On April 29, U/S Grossman and SOUTHCOM Commander met President Uribe, Minister of Defense Uribe, and the acting Foreign Minister. Ambassador also attended. U/S Grossman underscored continuing U.S. support for consolidation of Plan Colombia and for Plan Patriota. He expressed support for [...]	2004-04-30 20:36:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PTER PREL PHUM SNAR PINS CO
04BOGOTA4506	U/S GROSSMAN MEETS WITH VICE-PRESIDENT SANTOS [...] (C) On April 29, U/S Grossman met Vice-President Santos. Grossman said that the USG supports Plan Patriota, and praised the GOC's accomplishments in combating narcotics and terrorism. The U/S stressed that the USG will insist on maintaining extradition as an effective law enforcement tool, a [...]	2004-05-03 22:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SNAR CO
04BOGOTA4507	U/S GROSSMAN'S MEETING WITH HUMAN RIGHTS NGOS [...] (U) April 29, 2004, 1:45-2:30pm, U.S. Embassy Bogota 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- U/S Marc Grossman Ambassador William B. Wood General James T. Hill, SouthCom Ambassador Daniel A. Johnson, POLAD Col. Napoli, Southcom Stewart Tuttle, Deputy Political Counselor Charles Barclay, WHA [...]	2004-05-04 11:20:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR PTER KJUS CO
04BOGOTA4632	PRESIDENTIAL REELECTION PASSES FIRST TEST [...] (SBU) Summary: Prospects for passage of legislation to permit immediate presidential reelection are mixed. As Constitutional reform, the proposal faces a challenging vote hurdle. Approval requires eight votes: committee and plenary, both chambers, this session and next. End Summary. 2. [...]	2004-05-06 19:43:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CO
04BOGOTA4633	SECURITY FORCES PLEDGE TO INVESTIGATE MISHAPS AND [...] (C) Over the past month, the security forces have committed serious errors, including friendly fire events, accidental civilian killings, and incidents involving possible drug-related corruption. Once incident in particular has exacerbated already tense police-military relations. The GOC has [...]	2004-05-06 19:59:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER PINR ASEC CO
04BOGOTA4947	GOC REACTION TO ARREST OF COLOMBIANS IN VENEZUELA [...] (C) Summary: The GOC has sought to calm passions following Venezuela's arrest of some 90 purported Colombian paramilitaries (Ref A). President Uribe called for a thorough investigation and welcomed the actions of neighboring countries to prevent illegal activities of Colombians abroad. A c [...]	2004-05-14 21:42:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CO VE
04BOGOTA4950	SETTLEMENT OF ECOPETROL STRIKE HINGES ON [...] (SBU) Twenty-two days into the Syndicated Workers Union's ("Union Sindical Obrero," or USO) strike against Ecopetrol -- Colombia's state-owned oil company -- the lone issue remaining on the negotiation table is whether Ecopetrol will re-hire nearly 180 workers dismissed for their participation [...]	2004-05-14 23:03:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EPET PHUM CO
04BOGOTA4951	NEXT STEPS IN PARAMILITARY PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: On May 14, Ambassador and Peace Commissioner Restrepo discussed the paramilitary peace agreement. The paramilitary leaders have a month to concentrate. Restrepo speculated they agreed after almost destroying the talks because: (1) the government had followed a consistent line a [...]	2004-05-17 12:28:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PGOV PINR PINS SNAR KJUS CO OAS ELN
04BOGOTA5077	GOC INITIATES INTERAGENCY SOCIAL ASSISTANCE [...] (U) Three months ago the GOC, with SOUTHCOM assistance, established the Coordination Center for Integrated Action (CCAI). The Center is directed by presidential adviser and International Assistance Coordinator Luis Alfonso Hoyos and is staffed by more than ten ministries and agencies. It will [...]	2004-05-18 15:38:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR PTER PREL PINS CO
04BOGOTA5234	LEGAL AUTHORITY FOR USG SUPPORT TO DEMOBILIZATION [...] (C) This is an Action Request: Embassy Bogota requests that the Department urgently work with both DOJ and USAID to resolve legal ambiguities that inhibit our ability to support aspects of desertion and demobilization programs in Colombia. In particular, we need a ruling on whether, and when [...]	2004-05-22 20:19:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PHUM PREL PTER CO
04BOGOTA5276	THE AUC PEACE PROCESS: AVOIDING ANOTHER CAGUAN [...] (C) In its negotiations with the paramilitaries the Uribe administration has avoided several mistakes the Pastrana administration committed during its fruitless peace process with the FARC. In contrast to talks with the FARC, the Uribe government has used public commentary sparingly and effec [...]	2004-05-24 22:18:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL PTER SNAR KJUS PINS CO OAS AUC
04BOGOTA5282	PROGRESS IN CESAR DEPARTMENT [...] (C) Summary: Officials and residents of Cesar Department praise President Uribe's security improvements. The cities and highways of Cesar's central valley are far safer than they were a year ago, and the economy has grown slightly. However, guerrillas and paramilitaries find refuge in the hi [...]	2004-05-24 22:19:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER ECON SNAR VE CO FARC
04BOGOTA85	SENIOR FARC LEADER SIMON TRINIDAD IN CUSTODY: GOC [...] (C) On January 2, Ecuadorian authorities arrested Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) commander Ricardo Ovidio Palmera Pineda alias "Simon Trinidad." He is now in Colombia, where he faces over 50 counts of terrorism and other serious crimes. Palmera, who played a ke role in managing [...]	2004-01-06 18:34:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PHUM PINR PINS MOPS CO FARC
04BOGOTA8898	MOD DEFENDS COLOMBIAN DEMOBILIZATION AND [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Carolina Barco and Minister of Defense Jorge Uribe briefed foreign diplomats on individual demobilization, hometown soldiers, and the informants network. The event was a review of accomplishments that highlighted the GOC's successes and downplayed its challenges. Minis [...]	2004-09-01 23:21:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PHUM CO
04BOGOTA8907	OPEN SKIES AND THE BILATERAL AGREEMENT [...] (U) Summary. On 25 August 2004 DCM Milton Drucker and Econoff met with Aeronautica Civil (CAA) Director Juan Carlos Velez to discuss Open Skies. Velez requested another one year extension of the 2000 agreement because he said Colombia was not ready for Open Skies, specifically Open Skies for [...]	2004-09-02 14:22:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR CO
04BOGOTA9136	GOVERNMENT COMPLETES FARC FINANCE STUDY [...] (C) The GOC recently completed an unprecedented interagency analysis of FARC finances. The study concluded that FARC profits in 2003 were between 1.35 and 3.25 trillion pesos (approximately USD 520 million to 1.25 billion) in 2003. According to the study, the FARC spent about 40 percent of [...]	2004-09-09 21:26:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER ETTC PREL SNAR FARC
04BOGOTA92	AMBASSADOR DEMARCHES PRESIDENT AND FM ON SPECIAL [...] (C) As requested by reftel, Ambassador Wood demarched President Uribe on January 4, 2004 and Foreign Minister Carolina Barco on January 5, both in the company of Senator Bill Frist. In the meeting with Barco, Senator Frist himself urged Colombian support for USG proposals at the Special Summit [...]	2004-01-07 11:25:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KSUM CO OAS
04BOGOTA9311	ILO STUDY: REMOVING POLITICS FROM LABOR RELATIONS [...] (C) The relationship between labor violence and political activity is widely accepted by labor leaders and academics in Colombia. For many trade unionists, unions act as surrogate political parties and avenues for political activity. Because illegal armed groups perceive trade unionists, part [...]	2004-09-14 21:51:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PGOV ETRD PTER CO ILO
04BOGOTA9364	U/S GROSSMAN'S MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT URIBE AND [...] (C) Summary. On September 9, Under Secretary for Political Affairs Marc Grossman had separate meetings with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe and Vice-President Francisco Santos in Cartagena. Grossman thanked Uribe and Santos for their efforts to secure the safe release of the three American [...]	2004-09-16 15:07:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SNAR KJUS CVIS CO
04BOGOTA9519	POWERFUL PARAMILITARY COMMANDER KILLED [...] (U) On September 20, the Prosecutor General's Office ("Fiscalia") publicly confirmed that United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) commander Miguel Arroyave Ruiz was killed. Arroyave commanded the AUC's Centauros Bloc and was participating in peace talks with the government. The reasons [...]	2004-09-20 21:44:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR PHUM PINR CO
04BOGOTA9686	SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN COLOMBIA [...] (U) The following are short capsule overviews of significant political and human rights events in Colombia during the week of September 13. ---------------------- Meta Notables Murdered ---------------------- 2. (U) On September 14, the bullet-riddled bodies of former El Dorado (Meta [...]	2004-09-23 18:07:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SNAR ECON CO
04BOGOTA97	RELEASED ELN HOSTAGE DISCUSSES KIDNAPPING [...] (C) On December 24, poloff met with Israeli citizen Ido Guy, who had been released by the National Liberation Army (ELN) two days earlier af over three months in captivity. Guy was accompanied by Israeli securit liaison Guy Ner, who had been posted at the headquarters of the Colombi military's [...]	2004-01-07 12:57:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PHUM PINR PINS CO ELN
04BOGOTA9702	WHO ARE THE PARAMILITARY COMMANDERS? [...] (C) Paramilitary groups participating in peace talks in Santa Fe de Ralito submitted a list to the OAS of their 14-member negotiating team and 19 commanders who are present in the concentration zone. The largest paramilitary group represented in the zone is the AUC, which is commanded by thre [...]	2004-09-23 21:50:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER SNAR KJUS PINR PHUM CO AUC
04BRASILIA1018	BRAZIL: SCENESETTER FOR BILATERAL POL-MIL [...] (C) Summary: Mission warmly welcomes your visit to Brazil. Much is changing in Brazil. Under President Lula there has been renewed focus on social issues and structural reform; economic performance, meanwhile, has been mixed. Urban crime poses an increasing threat to public security. The m [...]	2004-04-28 15:41:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL BR POL MIL
04BRASILIA1076	BRAZIL TO GET A NEW SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Mauricio Correa, Chief Justice of Brazil's Supreme Federal Tribunal, will step down May 9 when he reaches the mandatory retirement age of 70. This will be a great relief to the Lula administration because Correa has been a frequent and personal critic of President Lula and Chief [...]	2004-05-04 18:26:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PINR SOCI BR
04BRASILIA1144	LULA SUFFERS TWIN SETBACKS IN CONGRESS [...] (C) On May 5, two developments starkly demonstrated the Lula administration's reduced authority in Congress and the weakness of the coalition's Congressional leadership. The first development was the creation of a joint congressional committee to discuss the increase in the minimum wage that [...]	2004-05-11 19:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SOCI BR
04BRASILIA1275	AFTER 500 DAYS, THE QUESTION IS: CAN LULA GOVERN? [...] (C) SUMMARY. Lula's man-of-the-people rhetoric and heartfelt commitment to social progress quickly captured imaginations inside Brazil and abroad, but practical results of his first 500 days in office have been far less soaring. Without better economic news, stronger executive capacity and a [...]	2004-05-25 17:23:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EFIN EINV ENRG PREL SOCI BR

04BRASILIA1291	BRAZIL: BILATERAL POL-MIL TALKS [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: Annual U.S.-Brazil Political-Military consultations, held in Brasilia, May 14, reflected general accord on the health of the bilateral pol-mil relationship but identified areas where collaboration and coordination remained thin. USdel head P/M Assistant Secre [...]	2004-05-27 12:58:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MCAP PREL BR POL MIL
04BRASILIA1332	BRAZIL: VENEZUELA DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) The chief of the Brazilian Foreign Ministry's OAS Division (MRE/DEA),Nelson Tabajara, told Poloff on 28 May Brazil was "surprised" by recent negative developments in Venezuela and has not formulated an official response. Tabajara said the "inflamed" environment has raised the GOV's "leve [...]	2004-05-28 19:18:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL VE BR
04BRASILIA1490	TERRORIST FINANCE - BARAKAT: BRAZIL TO LOOK FOR [...] (C) On June 8, Emboff delivered reftel notice of the USG intention to freeze Assad Ahmad Barakat's assets to Marcus Rector, the acting head of the Brazilian Foreign Ministry's Office for the Combat of Illicit International Activities. Rector said the GoB would welcome hard evidence of a Barakat [...]	2004-06-17 15:26:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS XM BR LE LVPR
04BRASILIA1503	TALK OF BRAZIL-CHINA NUCLEAR COOPERATION OVERSTATED [...] (C) SUMMARY. Much was made in the Brazilian press about an apparent agreement reached between Brasilia and Beijing during Lula's May visit to China to cooperate on nuclear energy and technology. The story was exaggerated. It is now clear that little more than inchoate informal agreements to [...]	2004-06-18 15:07:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP ETTC KSCA PREL BR CH
04BRASILIA1524	TERRORIST FINANCE - BARAKAT: BRAZILIAN MINISTRY [...] (C) Emboffs made ref A points on Hizballah financier Barakat to Brazilian Deputy Justice Minister Barreto in a June 21 meeting, following up on previous meetings with the Foreign Ministry (ref B). Barreto said he would like to find a way to be helpful on the Barakat case. Recalling that the [...]	2004-06-22 12:56:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS XM BR LE LVPR
04BRASILIA1748	BRAZIL: PURSUIT OF ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT [...] (U) In separate meetings, poloff delivered ref A points outlining continued USG interest in concluding an Article 98 agreement with Brazil to Ministry of Foreign Relations (MRE) U.S.-Canada Division Chief Paulo Alvarenga and to MRE United Nations Division Chief Carlos Duarte. Both Alvarenga a [...]	2004-07-14 12:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL BR KICC POL MIL
04BRASILIA181	LULA FINALLY MAKES HIS BIG CABINET SHUFFLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Thirteen months into his term, Brazilian President Lula da Silva on January 23 announced his long-awaited first cabinet shuffle. The changes affect twelve of 35 cabinet posts and address all three of Lula's goals: bringing the PMDB party officially into the governing coaliti [...]	2004-01-26 15:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ECPS SOCI BR
04BRASILIA1938	INTERAGENCY DELEGATION DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary and Introduction. On July 30, a State/DoD delegation, led by WHA PDAS James Derham, met with Brazilian Ministry of Defense interlocutors to discuss mechanisms through which the GOB would provide information to the USG about the status of Brazil,s shootdown program once that [...]	2004-08-02 20:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL MOPS BR POL MIL
04BRASILIA1985	BRAZIL-VENEZUELA: DEMARCHE TO MRE ON REFERENDUM, [...] (C) Summary, Foreign Ministry (MRE) Andean Division Chief Rubem Barbosa disagreed with reftel demarche's assertions about GOV manipulation and harassment in the run-up to the 15 August referendum, saying the MRE has received no such reports from the OAS observer mission or its embassy. He sai [...]	2004-08-06 19:23:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM VE BR
04BRASILIA1987	MORE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST BRAZIL CENTRAL BANK [...] (SBU) Summary. A new charge of financial misconduct against Central Bank President Meirelles contributed to market unease on Thursday August 5, unlike previous allegations that he failed to properly disclose his finances (ref A). The new allegation involves a $50,000 payment by Meirelles in [...]	2004-08-06 19:40:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV BR
04BRASILIA2017	GSP: FIRST US-BRAZIL IPR WORKING GROUP MEETING [...] (C) Summary. As a result of the 90-day extension announced on June 30, 2004 for review of Brazil's trade benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP),a bilateral IPR Working Group held its inaugural session on August 5 in Rio de Janeiro to discuss IPR enforcement issues. The W [...]	2004-08-11 12:28:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KIPR BR IPR
04BRASILIA2051	IMF RESREP ON INVESTMENT ACCOUNTING INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary: An IMF mission visited Brazil the last two weeks of July to discuss a pilot project effort at how the IMF accounts for investment. The pilot project grew out of an initiative by President Lula, advocated in letters to the G-7 heads of state, to increase the space for investment [...]	2004-08-13 21:01:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL BR
04BRASILIA2119	BRAZIL'S AMAZON SURVEILLANCE AND AMAZON PROTECTION [...] (C) Brazil's Amazon Surveillance System (SIVAM) and Amazon Protection System (SIPAM) continue to show progress and increased operational capabilities. SIVAM's data collection infrastructure is almost complete; SIPAM continues to create new map products for use by government and non-governmen [...]	2004-08-20 19:03:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP TSPL TPHY SENV MARR EAIR PGOV BR POL MIL
04BRASILIA2249	PRESIDENT CHISSANO VISITS BRAZIL [...] () Summary: Mozambique President Chissano visited Brazil on August 31 and was rewarded with over USD 315 million in debt forgiveness for his country, the most relief Brazil has given during President Lula's administration. Chissano is well regarded in Brazil, and his decision to step down ha [...]	2004-09-03 20:31:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN BR
04BRASILIA2263	AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO PRESIDENT LULA [...] (U) Ambassador formally presented his credentials to President Lula da Silva in a ceremony at the Planalto Palace in the afternoon of 2 September 2004. As per Brazilian protocol custom, Ambassador was one of three chiefs of mission presenting credentials to the president (the Venezuelan amb [...]	2004-09-09 10:09:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR US
04BRASILIA2303	AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON DEFENSE MINISTER VIEGAS, 8 [...] (C) Summary. In a courtesy call on 8 September with Ambassador, Defense Minister Jose Viegas expressed enthusiastic satisfaction with Department responses to GOB suggestions for revisions in the stalled 2000 bilateral Technology Safeguards Agreement on possible U.S. participation in commercial [...]	2004-09-13 20:33:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MASS MARR BR POL MIL
04BRASILIA2428	AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON PRESIDENTIAL FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-24 14:10:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM BR US
04BRASILIA2513	AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON PRESIDENCY CHIEF OF STAFF [...] (C) Summary. In an affable and candid first meeting with Ambassador, Presidential Chief of Staff and Lula right-hand man Jose Dirceu expressed optimism about bilateral relations, Brazil's economy and the potential for American investment in major new infrastructure projects. At the same time, [...]	2004-10-06 17:58:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BR US
04BRASILIA2711	BRAZIL AND THE IMF: IS THE DANCE OVER? [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOB economic braintrust is currently debating whether to follow up Brazil's current precautionary IMF Standby Agreement (SBA) when it expires in March 2005 with another IMF program. Based on the country's fundamentals, there appears to be little need for a follow-on progra [...]	2004-10-28 15:41:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV PGOV PREL BR
04BRASILIA2738	AVIATION SECURITY: DIALOGUE BETWEEN USG AND [...] (C) Based upon ongoing discussions between AmEmbassy Brasilia DHS Attache and officials at the GOB Civil Aviation Authority (DAC),post requests that Department approach DHS to suggest that the US and the GOB commence talks on the how Brazilian carriers supply the USG with Passenger Name Rec [...]	2004-11-01 10:10:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ASEC PREL BR
04BRASILIA2763	BRAZIL: RESIGNATION OF DEFENSE MINISTER VIEGAS [...] (C) Summary. Brazilian Minister of Defense Jose Viegas has presented his letter of resignation to President Lula da Silva, according to a 4 November Defense Ministry announcement. Vice President Jose Alencar will formally take over the defense ministry portfolio on 8 November (Minister Viegas [...]	2004-11-04 19:58:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR BR POL MIL
04BRASILIA2781	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S TRIP TO [...] (C) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your visit to Manaus. Your arrival comes on the heels of a major shakeup in Brazil's Ministry of Defense. The resignation of Minister Jose Viegas and his replacement on November 8 by Vice President Jose Alencar is intended to repair a r [...]	2004-11-08 20:31:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MCAP BR POL MIL
04BRASILIA2863	BRAZIL-HAITI: READOUT OF PRESIDENTIAL ENVOY'S [...] (C) Summary. Presidential Foreign Affairs Advisor Marcos Aurelio Garcia and his deputy, Marcel Biato, returned from a mid-November fact-finding mission to Haiti with the strong view that Aristide must not be allowed back into Haitian politics under any circumstances, Biato told PolCouns in a 19 [...]	2004-11-22 13:25:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR MARR MOPS UNSC POL MIL
04BRASILIA2885	CHINA'S ONE NOTE SAMBA WITH BRAZIL [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: On November 11 Brazil rolled out the red carpet for Chinese President Hu Jintao, in country for a five-day state visit. Commercial issues dominated the bilateral discussions. In its demand that Brazil recognize its "market economy" status in exchange for tra [...]	2004-11-23 12:35:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL ECON PHUM BEXP TSPL EAGR
04BRASILIA3100	DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVSIOR SHIRZAD'S NOV, [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. At a November 22 dinner for visiting Deputy National Security Advisor Faryar Shirzad and NSC Director Del Renigar, senior executives of key Brazilian and multinational companies questioned Brazil's continued membership in Mercosur (in its current configuration [...]	2004-12-17 18:39:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD ECIN EINV BR BL AR
04BRASILIA3106	BRAZIL: BOEING EXECUTIVES DISCUSS INVESTMENT, [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS BASED UPON INPUT PROVIDED BY ECON, POL, AND FCS SECTIONS AT AMEMBASSY BRASILIA AND AMCONSULATE SAO PAULO. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. DURING A NOVEMBER 30-DECEMBER FCS-ORGANIZED GOLD KEY MISSION, BOEING VICE PRESIDENT THOMAS PICKERING, ACCOMPANIED BY ALEXANDER WATSON [...]	2004-12-20 09:11:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR EINV BEXP ETRD BR FTAA
04BRASILIA3154	F-X FIGHTER PROGRAM TO END WITH A WHIMPER ON NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: At midnight, December 31st, Brazil's F-X jet fighter competition will come to an end. Ultimately, a decision on the costly program proved to be politically untenable for the Lula administration. Given all the urgent requirements of Brazil's armed forces, the F-X was an expense [...]	2004-12-22 18:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MARR MASS PREL BR POL MIL
04BRASILIA526	BRAZILIAN RESPONSE TO FTAA DEMARCHE [...] (C) Econoff delivered reftel talking points to Regis Arslanian, Itamaraty Director for International Trade, and Tovar da Silva Nunes, Itamaraty FTAA Coordinator and member of the Brazilian Co-Chair team, on March 4. In responding, they conveyed a constructive attitude, albeit without signali [...]	2004-03-05 19:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD BR FTAA
04BRASILIA529	BRAZIL CONSIDERS EFFECT OF IMF-ARGENTINA STANDOFF [...] (C) The GoB has yet to really focus on what effect an IMF-Argentina train wreck would have on Brazil and the rest of Latin America, according to the IMF Resident Representative (protect). The Resrep, opining that the IMF was equally uncertain on the subject, held out hope that the market had learn [...]	2004-03-05 20:52:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL BR
04BRASILIA572	WORST OF BRAZILIAN SCANDAL HAS PASSED [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 4, Brazil's Workers' Party (PT) quashed efforts to set up a congressional inquiry (CPI) into the gaming sector and the "Waldomiro Diniz" scandal (refs A,B). This, coupled with the fact that no new allegations pointing to wrongdoing by PT leaders have emerged in recent d [...]	2004-03-10 20:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SOCI KCRM BR
04BRASILIA592	BRAZIL'S F-X PROGRAM: NO MATTER WHO WINS TENDER, [...] (SBU) Although no announcement has been made on the selection of the Brazilian Air Force's (FAB) next high performance jet fighter, the F-X, the GOB could be setting the stage for a decision on the purchase of the 12 aircraft. In the F-X competition, Embraer is currently partnered with Dassa [...]	2004-03-12 15:40:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP BEXP BR POL MIL
04BRASILIA676	BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR'S DEMARCHES TO MRE U/S PEDROSA [...] (C) Summary. On 19 March Ambassdor, accompanied by PolCouns, met with Foreign Ministry Under Secretary for Political Affairs Vera Pedrosa to deliver demarches requesting immediate contributions to the Hait MIF (ref B),and soliciting Brazil's support for USG plans and goals for building a demo [...]	2004-03-19 20:25:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS BR UNSC
04BRASILIA745	BRAZILIAN MILITARY LOOKING ELSEWHERE FOR TRAINING [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: As a result of Article 98 sanctions, Brazil's MOD is shifting to other countries for training and exchanges previously done with the U.S. -- a drop-off clearly evident to this Mission. Many in the Brazilian military -- including Defense Minister Viegas himself [...]	2004-03-29 17:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MARR MASS MCAP PREL BR KICC POL MIL
04BRASILIA755	BRAZIL POSITIONS ON CUBA, CHINA, AND OTHER CHR [...] (C) Summary: According to the head of the Brazilian Foreign Ministry's Human Rights Division, Brazil will abstain on any Cuba or China resolutions and on a Chinese "no-action" motion. (Note: Ambassador will raise the Cuba and China resolutions at a more senior level again March 29. End note [...]	2004-03-29 21:10:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CH CU PREL BR UNHRC TIP
04BRASILIA776	LULA TAKING FRIENDLY FIRE FROM COALITION PARTIES [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Lula administration has fumbled its response to February's "Waldomiro scandal", resulting in non-stop criticism from the Brazilian press and opposition. Worse for the administration, many of the parties in the governing coalition have responded to the crisis not by rallying b [...]	2004-03-31 19:10:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON BR
04BRASILIA786	BRAZIL'S FINANCE MINISTER: STEADY AS SHE GOES [...] (C) Summary: After weeks of intensifying criticism of the Lula administration's stringent fiscal line from within and without the government (Ref A),Finance Minister Palocci received unexpectedly cordial treatment during a marathon seven hours of testimony to the Senate Economic Affairs Committe [...]	2004-04-01 14:47:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV BR
04BRASILIA794	BRAZIL READY TO RECOGNIZE ITGA, NEEDS BUREAUCRATIC [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: Although the GOB is considering reopening a diplomatic mission in Baghdad, there has been no public mention of Brazilian intentions towards Afghanistan. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRE) Division Chief responsible for South Asia acknowledged a lack of focus [...]	2004-04-02 10:06:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR AF
04BRASILIA862	FTAA: INITIAL BUENOS AIRES FALLOUT IN BRASILIA [...] (U) Summary. Following the informal FTAA discussions in Buenos Aires March 31-April 1, which ended without agreement (reftel),Brazilian Foreign Ministry (Itamaraty) officials launched an aggressive media campaign to get the word out that U.S. intransigence was to blame for the impasse. Fore [...]	2004-04-08 19:38:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD BR FTAA
04BRASILIA941	BRAZILIAN INDIANS KILL 29 PROSPECTORS [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 7, some 29 diamond prospectors working illegally on an Indian reservation in the western Brazilian state of Rondonia were slain by members of the Cinta-Larga tribe. Three bodies were found on April 11 and another twenty-six on April 16. Authorities now fear reprisals a [...]	2004-04-19 19:00:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KCRM SOCI BR
04BRASILIA985	BRAZIL'S INDIANS - PART II: INDIAN CONCERNS [...] (U) This is Part II of a three-part series about Indians in Brazil. This cable reviews the concerns of indigenous leaders. Part I provides an overview and Part III discusses ongoing land disputes. 2. (C) Summary. During the 2002 presidential campaign Lula spoke about Indian rights and pro [...]	2004-04-26 16:25:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI ECON BR TIP
04BRASILIA991	BRAZIL-UNSC: HAITI PKO UPDATE 26 APRIL 2004 [...] (C) Summary. With introduction of the Friends of Haiti draft resolution to the UNSC for discussion and a probable vote this week, Brazil is at an important stage in its planning to deploy a PKO mission. Major issues on the scope now are internal political dynamics, congress' role and operati [...]	2004-04-27 12:52:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS BR UNSC POL MIL
04BRATISLAVA1006	SLOVAK TROOPS IN IRAQ AFTER POLISH WITHDRAWAL? [...] (C) SUMMARY. Robert Kalinak, Chairman of the Parliamentary Security and Defense Committee and member of the opposition party SMER, recently questioned the Slovak troop mandate in Iraq on a political TV talk show. While remaining supportive of coalition objectives in Iraq, he raised three issue [...]	2004-11-04 15:23:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL LO IZ AF NATO
04BRATISLAVA101	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PRESIDENT SCHUSTER ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. AMBASSADOR WEISER MET WITH SLOVAK PRESIDENT RUDOLF SCHUSTER ON JANUARY 28. THEY DISCUSSED HIS CONVERSATION THAT MORNING WITH UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT LEONID KUCHMA, WHO IS SEEKING A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO ALLOW FOR HIS REELECTION. SCHUSTER ALSO DESCRIBED HIS SUCCESSFUL TALKS WI [...]	2004-01-29 14:14:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR LO EG UP
04BRATISLAVA102	NEW NBU DIRECTOR FINALLY APPOINTED [...] (C) AFTER MONTHS OF COALITION WRANGLING, THE SLOVAK CABINET APPOINTED AUREL UGOR AS DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY OFFICE (NBU) ON JANUARY 28. PRIOR TO THIS APPOINTMENT, UGOR WORKED IN THE MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE (VSS),SERVING AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE FIRST DEPARTMENT SINCE OCTOBER 2 [...]	2004-01-29 15:57:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR LO NBU
04BRATISLAVA1027	SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP NOVEMBER 10, 2004 [...] (C) Representatives of the MFA and MOD told DCM and emboffs October 19 that there was strong pressure from some EU countries to lift the arms embargo on China and added that Slovakia believed a strengthened EU Code of Conduct would only allow responsible exports (Refs A and B). DCM stressed t [...]	2004-11-10 15:18:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LO UP LY CH
04BRATISLAVA1042	CYPRUS PEACEKEEPING CONTINGENT WILL NOT INCREASE; [...] (C) Radovan Javorcik, Deputy Director of the Security Policy Department at the MFA, told poloff November 16 that the GOS will not increase its commitment to the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP). The GOS will retain its position as a lead nation in sector three and the Slovak embassy [...]	2004-11-16 17:18:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL LO CY
04BRATISLAVA1043	CAUTION AND UNCERTAINTY IN GOS AS UKRAINE ELECTION [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: Emboffs have discussed the second round of presidential elections in Ukraine with several GOS interlocutors this week. Expectations regarding outcome are divided--the Prime Minister's foreign policy advisor is optimistic about a Yushchenko win, while MFA policy p [...]	2004-11-16 18:06:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LO UP
04BRATISLAVA1050	SLOVAK THOUGHTS ON UPCOMING GAERC MEETING [...] (SBU) DCM hosted lunch 11/15 for the MFA's "CFSP" team: Acting Director of the Division for European Affairs Frantisek Ruzicka, COREPER Director Anna Turinicova, and European Correspondent Lubomir Rehak. They discussed the latest thinking on the China arms embargo, Turkish accession, and Cuba [...]	2004-11-19 14:21:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LO EUN
04BRATISLAVA1076	SLOVAKIA SEEKS "BALANCED" EU POSITION ON CROATIA [...] (C) POLEC Chief delivered reftel demarche to the MFA European Correspondent Lubomir Rehak on November 30. Rehak said the MFA had sent its delegation in Brussels "a different instruction" on November 29. Slovakia thinks the draft language being circulated on ICTY conditionality is "too strong [...]	2004-11-30 14:15:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KAWC EU HR LO ICTY
04BRATISLAVA1077	SLOVAKS UNLIKELY TO EXTRADITE NATIONALS OUTSIDE [...] (C) Branislav Bohacik, Director of the Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters Division of the Slovak Ministry of Justice, told emboffs 11/19 that Slovakia wants to update its bilateral extradition treaty with the United States and looks forward to negotiations on a bilateral protocol to the [...]	2004-11-30 15:50:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PREL LO
04BRATISLAVA1109	SLOVAKIA ON CUBAN HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY [...] (C) Summary. In advance of reftel, poloffs had been discussing Cuba policy with a range of GOS and NGO interlocutors. GOS Cuba policy centers on the "critical dialogue" approach: The GOS must have contact with Cuban government officials to be prepared for an inevitable democratic transition a [...]	2004-12-13 12:51:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV LO CU
04BRATISLAVA1115	ETHNIC HUNGARIAN AND SLOVAK PARTIES SQUARE OFF [...] (SBU) Relations between the Hungarian Coalition Party (SMK) and the other three parties of the governing coalition have suffered due to what many ethnic Slovak politicians see as growing radicalism within the SMK. During the summer, the SMK demanded that parliament adopt Hungarian as an offici [...]	2004-12-15 13:58:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR LO
04BRATISLAVA1129	AS I DEPART SLOVAKIA [...] (U) Mr. Secretary, As I prepare to leave Slovakia, I want to thank you for the opportunity to serve as Ambassador and look ahead briefly to the future of U.S. relations with Slovakia. WHERE WE ARE ------------ 2. (C) When I arrived in Slovakia in November 2001, we faced the very real [...]	2004-12-17 19:05:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON LO
04BRATISLAVA1154	SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP DECEMBER 23, 2004 [...] (C) Michaela Blanarova, Assistant to HZDS Deputy Chairman and Deputy Speaker of Parliament Viliam Veteska and HZDS Foreign Policy Advisor, told emboffs December 16 that Veteska is considering proposing an increase in the number of Slovak deminers in Iraq. She did not have any further details a [...]	2004-12-23 14:01:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM LO
04BRATISLAVA127	MFA VIEW ON UKRAINE'S PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) POLOFF CALLED ON MFA UKRAINE DESK OFFICER PETER VIZDAL FOR A GENERAL DISCUSSION ON SLOVAK-UKRAINE RELATIONS. VIZDAL POINTED OUT THAT SLOVAKIA SIGNED THE EU DECLARATION CRITICIZING A PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO ALLOW KUCHMA TO RUN FOR A THIRD TERM (REF B),AS A MATTER OF COMMON [...]	2004-02-06 16:55:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV LO UP SLOVAK UKRAINE
04BRATISLAVA149	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH OPPOSITION LEADER FICO [...] (U) ROBERT FICO, CHAIRMAN OF SMER, MET WITH THE AMBASSADOR ON FEBRUARY 2. THEY DISCUSSED A WIDE VARIETY OF TOPICS RANGING FROM THE UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS TO THE REFERENDUM ON EARLY ELECTIONS TO COALITION POLITICS. SMER TO SUPPORT SCHUSTER IN THE FINAL HOUR -------------------- [...]	2004-02-13 09:56:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV LO ELECTIONS
04BRATISLAVA161	THE SDKU DIVORCE [...] (C) Summary: Former Defense Minister Ivan Simko's new "Free Forum" party is the product of both a personality conflict and a struggle for power with PM Dzurinda. However, Simko's indecision about making a complete break from the SDKU and its government program lost him momentum. Coalition pa [...]	2004-02-17 13:33:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR LO
04BRATISLAVA284	AN UPDATED SNAPSHOT OF PM DZURINDA [...] (C) Summary/Introduction. With increased opportunities to engage Prime Minister Dzurinda and the GOS during the NATO accession event at the White House on March 29, the FM informal in Brussels on April 2, and the Instanbul Summit, post offers an updated snapshot of the Prime Minister and his [...]	2004-03-24 09:58:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR LO
04BRATISLAVA299	GASPAROVIC'S CHANCES [...] (SBU) Summary. Presidential candidate Ivan Gasparovic may get a slight boost from the recent endorsement by top-polling political party Smer. On the other hand, Slovaks are likely to vote for the person they like best, and party endorsement will most probably not mean much. The 25-30 percent [...]	2004-03-26 16:21:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR LO
04BRATISLAVA30	THEMES FOR THE VISIT OF SLOVAK MFA STATE SECRETARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: STATE SECRETARY FOR THE SLOVAK MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS IVAN KORCOK (PRONOUNCED KOR-CHOK) WILL VISIT WASHINGTON JANUARY 14-16 TO EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE SLOVAKIA PLACES ON THE TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONSHIP AND TO INTENSIFY U.S.-SLOVAK DIALOGUE ON BILATERAL AND MULTILATERAL ISS [...]	2004-01-12 13:30:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR LO
04BRATISLAVA336	SLOVAKIA: DELIVERY OF JAYSH AL-MAHDI DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-05 14:24:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS IZ LO MARAD
04BRATISLAVA338	ELECTION SHOCKER: MECIAR AND GASPAROVIC TO SECOND [...] (C) SUMMARY. THE RESULTS OF THE APRIL 3 FIRST ROUND OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS SHOCKED MOST OF SLOVAKIA. HIGH POLL NUMBERS, COMPLACENCY, AND PROTEST VOTES AGAINST RECENT ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL REFORMS HURT FOREIGN MINISTER EDUARD KUKAN AS ALMOST EVERYONE THOUGHT HE WOULD MAKE IT INTO THE SECOND [...]	2004-04-05 15:39:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON LO
04BRATISLAVA339	SLOVAK QUESTIONS ON MILITARY EXPORTS TO LIBYA [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE PROVIDE GUIDANCE FOR QUESTIONS IN PARA 2. 2. (C) IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL DEMARCHE, MFA DIRECTOR FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF OSCE AND DISARMAMENT KAROL MISTRIK SAID THAT SLOVAKIA WELCOMES THE CHANGE IN U.S. POLICY ON EXPORT OF NON-LETHAL MILITARY EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES TO [...]	2004-04-05 15:41:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PGOV OPDC ETTC KSTC HR LY LO
04BRATISLAVA340	MECIAR OR GASPAROVIC: WHAT IT MEANS FOR US [...] (C) Summary: The April 17 run-off election for president does not present much of a choice: neither Meciar nor Gasparovic would be an ideal Slovak president in the view of the U.S. or Slovakia's new EU and NATO partners. Although the president does not directly influence foreign policy, thi [...]	2004-04-05 16:16:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PINR LO
04BRATISLAVA353	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL WITH NBU CHIEF UGOR [...] (C) ON MARCH 23 THE AMBASSADOR MET WITH RECENTLY APPOINTED NATIONAL SECURITY OFFICE (NBU) DIRECTOR AUREL UGOR. THE AMBASSADOR NOTED THE USG'S PLEASURE THAT SOMEONE WHO WAS INDEPENDENT AND APOLITICAL HEADING THE NBU. UGOR THANKED THE AMBASSADOR FOR USG AND NATO SUPPORT. NEW LAW ON CLA [...]	2004-04-07 13:36:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL LO NATO
04BRATISLAVA392	KALINAK ON GASPAROVIC: DOTH SMER PROTEST TOO MUCH? [...] (C) Summary: SMER leader Robert Kalinak says SMER's decision to endorse Gasparovic as a "way to support Kukan without supporting Kukan" was a nonsensical strategy which then backfired. Smer remains committed nevertheless to Gasparovic in the second round. Having a grateful Gasparovic in the [...]	2004-04-16 16:06:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV LO
04BRATISLAVA407	ROBERT FICO'S VIEWS ON ELECTIONS AND ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met privately with Robert Fico on April 19 to discuss several topics including Ivan Gasparovic's win over Vladimir Meciar in the presidential elections on April 16. Fico made it clear that Smer would not accept any MP defectors from Meciar's Movement for a Democr [...]	2004-04-22 07:28:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON LO
04BRATISLAVA437	PRESIDENT-ELECT GASPAROVIC SAYING THE RIGHT THINGS [...] (U) Introduction/Summary. On April 17, Ivan Gasparovic beat former Prime Minister Vladimir Meciar in the presidential elections runoff. In the final round, Gasparovic picked up more than 637,000 votes over his showing in the first round, receiving support of most of those who voted for the [...]	2004-04-29 15:44:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PINR LO
04BRATISLAVA490	FICO PREPARED FOR CRITICISM DURING WASHINGTON VISIT [...] (C) Summary. Robert Fico, the most popular politicaian in Slovakia, will visit Washington May 17-19. Fico has a major influence on public opinion and has told the Ambassador on several occasions that he wants good relations with the U.S., but his public statements are often unhelpful. Fico h [...]	2004-05-17 14:49:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LO
04BRATISLAVA525	POSSIBLE SLOVAK ARMS SALES TO LIBYA, CAMEROON, [...] (C) SUMMARY AND REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE: PETER PENIASKA, HEAD OF THE SLOVAK ARMS FIRM PETINA INTERNATIONAL, IS SEEKING THE USG POSITION ON POTENTIAL SALES OF SLOVAK MILITARY EQUIPMENT TO LIBYA AND OTHER COUNTRIES. PETINA IS ACTING AS A MIDDLEMAN TO ASSIST THE GOS IN DISPOSING OF STOCKPILED OR SU [...]	2004-05-28 06:56:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS ECON PGOV PINR PREL LO
04BRATISLAVA580	FICO CALLS SLOVAKIA "ISLAND OF AMERICAN INFLUENCE" [...] (C) SUMMARY: ROBERT FICO, LEADER OF OPPOSITION PARTY SMER, RESPONDED TO THE JUNE 8 DEATHS OF THREE SLOVAK SOLDIERS IN IRAQ AND THE PASSAGE OF THE UNSC RESOLUTION ON IRAQ BY LAMBASTING THE DZURINDA GOVERNMENT'S FOREIGN POLICY, PARTICULARLY ITS CLOSE TIES TO THE U.S. FELLOW SMER MP ROBERT KALIN [...]	2004-06-14 13:40:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IZ LO
04BRATISLAVA583	DZURINDA: FEELING GOOD ABOUT THE USA [...] (SBU) PRIME MINISTER MIKULAS DZURINDA CAME TO THE EMBASSY THE EVENING OF JUNE 10 TO SIGN THE CONDOLENCE BOOK FOR RONALD REAGAN. DZURINDA AND THE AMBASSADOR USED THE OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT THE STRONG TIES AND POSITIVE FEELINGS BETWEEN SLOVAKIA AND THE UNITED STATES. DZURINDA TOLD THE AM [...]	2004-06-15 08:56:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR LO
04BRATISLAVA621	EU CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: JAPANESE DECLINE; SLOVAKS [...] (C) SUMMARY. JAPANESE POLOFFS IN BRATISLAVA DECLINED TO DEMARCHE WITH U.S. POLOFF REGARDING THE EU ARMS EMBARGO ON CHINA. THE SLOVAKS PRESENTED THEMSELVES AS NON-PLAYERS IN AN EU DEBATE, NOTING THAT "IMPORTANT EU MEMBERS" WILL MAKE THE DECISION. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) PER REFTEL A, POLOFF CONT [...]	2004-06-25 14:46:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR CH JA LO EUN
04BRATISLAVA636	AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL CALL ON PRESIDENT GASPAROVIC [...] (C) AMBASSADOR, ACCOMPANIED BY DCM, CALLED ON RECENTLY INAUGURATED PRESIDENT IVAN GASPAROVIC AT THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE JUNE 30. GASPAROVIC GREETED THE AMBASSADOR WARMLY, THANKED HIM FOR HIS HARD WORK ON IMPROVING U.S.-SLOVAK RELATIONS, AND EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT THEY WOULD BE IN FREQUENT C [...]	2004-07-01 15:28:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR LO US
04BRATISLAVA676	ICJ ADVISORY OPINION: SLOVAKIA UNDECIDED [...] (C) On June 15, Poloff delivered reftel talking points to Oskana Tomova, Director of the UN Office at the Slovak MFA. Tomova stated that Slovakia supports the U.S. position of closely following the roadmap, but was still deliberating their final position. She added that the issue must be consi [...]	2004-07-15 14:20:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS PL LO UNGA ICJ
04BRATISLAVA678	SLOVAKIA WILL FOLLOW EU POSITION ON DARFUR [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-19 05:53:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PREF PARM MOPS AU SU LO
04BRATISLAVA711	SLOVAKIA SUPPORTS US POSITION ON NATO DUAL-HATTING [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-27 14:08:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS IZ LO NATO
04BRATISLAVA716	KDH MUSINGS DURING THE SUMMER LULL [...] (C) Summary/Introduction: Slovakia's traditional summer vacation "cucumber season" allows time for liesurely meetings and deep thoughts. Poloffs recently met with Michal Dyttert, spokesperson for Pavol Hrusovsky, who is Chairman of Parliament and of the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH). He [...]	2004-07-29 08:14:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON PHUM LO
04BRATISLAVA748	TENSIONS IN MOLDOVA/TRANSNITRIA: SLOVAK RESPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-09 13:18:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MD LO EUN
04BRATISLAVA761	HZDS AND MECIAR: CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT HIM? [...] (C) Summary. When former Prime Minister Vladimir Meciar lost the presidential election in April, internal criticism by other members of his Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS--see footnote) came out into the open. Analysts and journalists began to speculate about whether party leaders w [...]	2004-08-13 14:19:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR LO
04BRATISLAVA762	GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE REVIEW DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-13 15:25:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR LO NATO
04BRATISLAVA804	SLOVAKIA NOT PREPARED TO COMMIT AT FORCE [...] (C) Charge demarched FM Eduard Kukan 8/31 on reftel points. Kukan had already received the points from another source (NFI). He said that Slovakia would maintain its current troop commitment, and was aware of Slovak MOD attendance at the Warsaw conference, but did not know of any intention t [...]	2004-08-31 17:09:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OPDC MOPS MARR IZ PL LO
04BRATISLAVA895	GOS TO SUPPORT CHINA ARMS EMBARGO [...] (C) DCM discussed reftel with Ivan Korcok, State Secretary of the MFA, Milan Jezovica, Foreign Policy Advisor SIPDIS to PM Dzurinda, and Frantisek Ruzicka, Acting General Director for European Affairs. Ruzicka was very well versed in U.S. views (to the point of summarizing previous demar [...]	2004-09-29 14:31:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC PHUM CH LO EUN
04BRATISLAVA896	SLOVAKIA STILL UNDECIDED ON TURKISH EU MEMBERSHIP, [...] (C) DCM raised reftel message on Turkey's EU accession with MFA State Secretary Ivan Korcok, MFA Acting General Director for European Affairs Frantisek Ruzicka, and Foreign Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister Milan Jezovica on September 28 and 29. Ruzicka said Slovakia was supportive in prin [...]	2004-09-29 14:34:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN PREL EU TU LO
04BRATISLAVA900	DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE'S VISIT TO SLOVAKIA [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary Armitage visited Slovakia September 14. During his meetings with Prime Minister Dzurinda, Foreign Minister Kukan, parliamentary leaders, and the media, he underscored that U.S.-Slovak relations are based on more than just coalition membership and reflect the shar [...]	2004-09-30 09:26:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KPAO LO CONS
04BRATISLAVA923	GAERC ISSUES: CODE OF CONDUCT STRONG ENOUGH; [...] (C) In response to points raised from ref A, MFA European Correspondent Lubomir Rehak on October 6 told polec chief that the EU was strengthening the code of conduct regarding arms sales to make it more effective than in the past. He said member states were confident that it would suffice to [...]	2004-10-08 07:43:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM CH LY TU EU LO
04BRATISLAVA969	SLOVAKS FORMULATING POSITION ON EXPORT CONTROLS TO [...] (C) Per reftel, poloffs met October 15 with Karol Mistrik, Director of the Department of OSCE, Disarmament, and Council of Europe, MFA; Rastislav Krizan, export control expert in the same department; and Lubomir Rehak, European Correspondent, MFA. Mistrik presented the EU argument that a stre [...]	2004-10-22 14:34:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KOMC LO LY
04BRATISLAVA980	SLOVAK VIEWS ON OSCE MEETING IN WARSAW [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 20, Poloffs met with some members of the Slovak delegation to the recent OSCE conference in Warsaw to discuss their views about OSCE concerns regarding human rights. Director General of Consular and Legal Affairs Ivan Grexa said he had been prepared for more criticism [...]	2004-10-27 11:12:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM LO OSCE
04BRATISLAVA994	SLOVAKS INTERESTED IN STARTING MISSILE DEFENSE [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-29 14:03:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL KNNP LO
04BRUSSELS1074	SOLANA ON BOSNIA: PARTNERSHIP REQUIRES TRUST, TOO [...] (C) This is a joint USEU/USNATO message. Policy recommendation in para 12. 2. (C) Summary: In an animated discussion with Ambassadors Schnabel and Burns March 9 on planning for a post-SFOR EU mission in Bosnia, EU HiRep Javier Solana said, "If you want the EU to be your partner in Europe, [...]	2004-03-12 15:07:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	BK MARR PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1081	US-EU COASI CONSULTATIONS PART 1: EAST ASIA [...] (C) On March 5 in Brussels, SA A/S Rocca and EAP PDAS Keyser -- accompanied by USEU DCM Foster -- discussed US-EU cooperation in South and East Asia with the EU's COASI Troika. This cable covers the EAP portion of the consultations. The SA segment will be reported septel. -- Indonesia: EU [...]	2004-03-15 08:02:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP CH ID BM KN ASEAN EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1119	DG COOPER ON DPRK: EU READY TO HELP WHEN TIME IS [...] (C) Visiting EAP PDAS Donald Keyser met with Council DG for External Relations Robert Cooper March 5 on the margins of semestral troika consultations with the EU (reftel). Cooper expressed satisfaction with the slow but steady progress in the Six Party process and offered the EU's assistance b [...]	2004-03-17 07:06:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP KN EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1134	EU COUNTER-TERRORISM POLICY AFTER MADRID [...] (SBU) The EU is re-examining its role in the war against terrorism following the March 11 attack in Madrid. Many EU efforts to improve its counter-terrorism (CT) effectiveness -- for instance by revising the EU CT Action Plan and creating and streamlining the Clearinghouse -- were in the work [...]	2004-03-17 17:01:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV PINR PREL PTER EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1151	COORDINATION FOR THE CHAD CONFERENCE ON DARFUR: EC [...] (C) Summary. The European Commission (EC) is in agreement with USG thoughts on Darfur mediation (reftel),and is prepared to financially support the talks in Chad with 400,000 euros channeled through the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (CHD). According to the EC, important outstanding issue [...]	2004-03-19 04:22:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL PHUM CD SU EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1162	U.S.-EU DISCUSS RUSSIA, UKRAINE, MOLDOVA, BELARUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: At U.S.-EU COEST consultations on March 16, EUR DAS Steven Pifer and EU interlocutors agreed that Russian progress on democracy and human rights and cooperation with the U.S. and EU in the former Soviet space were central to building a better strategic relationship with Russia. E [...]	2004-03-19 09:31:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP BO MD EUN RU USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1177	SPURRING SADC ENGAGEMENT ON ZIMBABWE: EC RESPONSE [...] (C) Summary. The European Commission (EC) is skeptical that pressure through SADC or any other channel can reverse the deteriorating situation in Zimbabwe. The members of SADC have disparate agendas and circumstances that hinder them from coming together forcefully on Zimbabwe. Although o [...]	2004-03-19 14:38:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF EAID ZI EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1256	EU STAKES OUT "COMPLEMENTARY BUT DISTINCT" [...] (C) Summary. At its March 22 Foreign Ministers' meeting, the EU welcomed a report outlining a comprehensive European approach to the Middle East. Dubbed "EU Strategic Partnership with the Mediterranean and the Middle East," the paper supports the basic ideas underpinning the U.S. reform agen [...]	2004-03-24 16:31:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID XF EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1274	TRANSATLANTIC CONSULTATIONS ON AFRICA HIGHLIGHT [...] (U) Summary. Major topics of discussion at the transatlantic consultations on Africa (COAFR),held March 10 in Brussels, included: support to peacekeeping and conflict prevention activities, including the EU's proposed Africa Peace Facility and U.S. support to ECOWAS through EUCOM; political [...]	2004-03-25 10:54:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF EAID PHUM XA EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1295	SERB PM KOSTUNICA VISITS EU; SOLANA AND PATTEN'S [...] (C) Our readout of Serb PM Kostunica's March 23 meetings in Brussels with High Rep Solana, and Commissioners Prodi and Patten tracks closely with reftel account from Belgrade. In addition, Kostunica is reported to have hinted at the possibility of a "quiet dialogue" with ICTY, claimed to be o [...]	2004-03-25 16:20:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SR ZL EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1304	EU CONSTITUTIONAL TREATY NEGOTIATIONS TO RE-START [...] (SBU) EU leaders at their March 25 Summit dinner agreed to an Irish Presidency recommendation that the EU's Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) on a draft EU Constitutional Treaty, which collapsed in December 2003 due to disagreements about voting weights, should be re-started, with the aim of [...]	2004-03-26 11:34:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN USEU BRUSSELS

04BRUSSELS1337	EU SUMMIT: FOREIGN POLICY TOPICS [...] (SBU) The EU's March 25-26 Summit ran quickly through a series of foreign policy issues during dinner on March 25, followed up by a lunch discussion on Cyprus March 26 that lasted less than one hour. The final Conclusions (available on at ue.eu.int/latest news) consisted of language largely r [...]	2004-03-26 17:53:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ZL CY IS IZ IV EUN RU USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1338	EU LEADERS PLEDGE ACTION ON TERRORISM, NAME NEW CT [...] (U) In the wake of the Madrid bombings, EU leaders on March 25 issued a Declaration on Combating Terrorism (available at http://ue.eu.int/). They pledged to improve cooperation, to speed up implementation of agreed EU measures, and announced new initiatives to counter the terrorist threat. A [...]	2004-03-26 18:25:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV PINR EFIN KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS14	EUROPEAN SECURITY STRATEGY IN CONTEXT: ANALYSIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The final draft of EU HiRep Javier Solana's European Security Strategy (ESS) -- adopted by EU heads of state at their December 12-13 Brussels Summit -- envisages a world of dangerous but preventable threats, multilateral solutions, and stabilizing partnerships. The ESS identifies [...]	2004-01-05 14:09:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PARM KNNP MARR MCAP EAID SOCI NATO OSCE UNSC EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1401	P/DAS RIES DISCUSSES US-EU SUMMIT DELIVERABLES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a March 30 meeting with HR Solana's WMD Rep Annalisa Giannella, EUR P/DAS Charlie Ries shared preliminary USG thoughts about possible nonproliferation deliverables for the June US-EU Dublin Summit. Stressing that these were just early ideas and not formal proposals, Ries su [...]	2004-03-31 12:39:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1496	EUR/PDAS RIES DISCUSSIONS WITH EU ON TURKEY'S [...] (C) Summary: EUR/PDAS Charlie Ries visited Brussels on March 30 to review EU Commission concerns on specific Copenhagen Criteria issues, with the aim of working with the EU and Turkey to achieve a positive decision on a Turkish date for accession negotiations in December. Matthias Reute, DG [...]	2004-04-06 16:10:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM TU CY EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1497	EU COMMISSION OUTLINES KEY COPENHAGEN CRITERIA [...] (C) Prior to EUR/PDAS Charlie Ries' visit to Brussels on March 30 covering the same issues at a higher level (septel),working level EU officials on March 29 met with us to detail EU Commission concerns on specific Copenhagen Criteria issues. The Commission laid out five specific areas where [...]	2004-04-06 16:23:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM TU EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1501	GETTING TO YES IN THE CYPRUS REFERENDA: ACTION [...] (C) With Cyprus guaranteed entry into the EU no matter what the outcome of the referenda, EU officials feel bereft of carrots to encourage a positive Greek Cypriot response. Promoting a "yes" vote in Cyprus will depend on our use of the Cyprus Pre-donors' Conference on April 15 to prove that [...]	2004-04-07 08:27:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID CY EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1543	EU INFORMAL DEFENSE MINISTERIAL APRIL 5-6 [...] (C) The EU Informal Defense Ministerial in Brussels on April 5/6 endorsed and appeared to expand the concept of the EU rapid reaction force, with Hirep Solana identifying as its elements rapid EU institutional decision-making, a planning cell, and battle groups. Solana explained that the purp [...]	2004-04-08 12:59:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS BK EUN NATO USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1577	EU CODE OF CONDUCT ON ARMS EXPORTS: QUESTIONS AND [...] (SBU) This message is intended as a companion to Mission reporting (refs A, B, C) about the possibility that the EU may soon lift its arms embargo on China. In place of the embargo, some EU Member States favor enhancing the EU Code of Conduct on arms exports, either in general or with specific [...]	2004-04-14 05:24:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PHUM CH EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1607	SUBJECT: MARCH 19 U.S.-EU TROIKA CONSULTATIONS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 19, Special Representative of the President for Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and Geneva CD Ambassador Jackie W. Sanders and NP/PPC Director Christopher Murray led discussions on arms control and disarmament with the EU's Nonproliferation Troika (CONOP). Issues dis [...]	2004-04-14 15:27:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1622	EU WELCOMES MOLDOVA CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) Mission raised reftel proposal for five-party expert (Ambassadorial) level talks on Moldova April 14 with Christoph Heusgen, head of the Policy Unit. His experts on Moldova were not available, but Heusgen promised to get back to us soon with a more formal reply. He said he was confident [...]	2004-04-15 16:01:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MD OSCE USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1623	EU REACTION TO POTENTIAL POSITIVE STEPS FOR BELARUS [...] (C) Mission passed ref a points April 15 to Carl Hartzell, East Europe and Caucasus specialist of the Council's Policy Unit. Hartzell reviewed them briefly, and said they seemed reasonable, and in fact went further than the EU was thinking at this time. The EU was also looking at steps to inc [...]	2004-04-15 16:47:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID BO EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1736	EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: IMPACT OF ACCESSION [...] (C) SUMMARY. Until now, politicians from the ten accession states have only been observers of the European Parliament (EP). We expect a culture clash when these observers become full-fledged members. They are generally younger and look at the EP as a vehicle for political advancement. They a [...]	2004-04-22 09:15:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1766	SUBJECT: APRIL 15 U.S.-EU TROIKA CONSULTATIONS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 15, NEA/ENA Director Greg Berry led discussions on the Maghreb with the EU's Troika (COMAG). Issues discussed were: -- The Barcelona Process and European Neighborhood Policy: EU officials shared their views on the existing Barcelona Process and their new Neighborhood Po [...]	2004-04-23 08:22:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV XI EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1787	EU HAND-WRINGING ON CYPRUS REFERENDUM: NO CARROTS, FLIMSY STICKS [...] (C) One day away from a Cyprus Referendum, EU officials are wringing their hands in Brussels about the likely fate of the Annan Plan -- and the likely accession of a divided Cyprus into the EU on May 1. The Head of the Commission's Cyprus unit told us April 23 that he is anticipating numerous [...]	2004-04-23 14:31:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CY TU EUN UN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1806	EU RELEASES ANTI-SEMITISM REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 31, the European Monitoring Center on Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC) released its long-awaited report on anti-Semitism in the EU. Its data indicate a growing level of anti-Semitic violence in Europe. Right-wing "skin-head" attacks continue unabated, while a growing number [...]	2004-04-26 12:52:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM OSCE EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1868	DINING WITH CHRIS: RANDOM THOUGHTS FROM RELEX [...] (C) Summary: Over rubbery fish at an Adenauer Stiftung affair on April 27, External Relations Commissioner Chris Patten touched briefly on why the EU will never be a "real power," the dubious backgrounds of some of the leaders of the EU's new members, next steps on Cyprus/Turkey, the differences be [...]	2004-04-28 14:21:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PBTS EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1870	EU/CYPRUS: DEVELOPING THE EU'S POST-REFERENDA [...] (C) April 28 COREPER discussion on defining the Green Line for the European Union focused on the extent to which the Green Line is a barrier and to what extent it will be a border. Roughly speaking, our contacts report that the Greek Cypriots would like a barrier without the political charac [...]	2004-04-28 14:37:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID CY TU EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1871	EUR/PDAS RIES MEETING WITH MATTHIAS RUETE [...] (C) On April 26 EUR/PDAS Charlie Ries met in Brussels with EU Commission Enlargement Director Matthias Ruete, who is responsible in the Commission for Turkey's accession bid. Ries emphasized the US view that Turkey should not be punished for southern Cyprus' rejection of the Annan Plan. He en [...]	2004-04-28 14:42:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU CY EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1919	GME: GETTING THE BALANCE RIGHT BETWEEN THE G-8 AND [...] (C) Summary. According to an EU official working on the issue, the EU is becoming increasingly skeptical of the U.S.'s GME proposals for the G8 summit. Citing Commissioner Patten, the official said the G8 should stick to a political statement supporting regional reform; the U.S.-EU summit [...]	2004-05-03 15:45:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1960	EU: CYPRUS ACCESSION AND COMMISSION RESPONSE [...] (C) Enlargement Commissioner Verheugen's Cabinet member for Cyprus, Kristin Schreiber, told us May 5 that the Commission is readying proposals for improving northern Cypriot commercial access to the EU. The Commission proposals will likely be presented to the Council in late June, for adopti [...]	2004-05-05 13:40:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU CY EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2027	EU ARMS AGENCY: STATE OF PLAY [...] (C) The EU continues to develop the EU Arms Agency (EUAA),and hopes to have it up and running by the final quarter of 2004. The agency's mission is to develop a systematic EU approach to addressing ESDP capability needs. EU officials note that close coordination with NATO will be required i [...]	2004-05-10 13:30:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS TSPL EAGR MCAP PARM ETTC MASS EUN NATO USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2068	EU COUNCIL ON NATO-EU RELATIONS [...] (C) EUR/RPM Director Dan Russell visited Brussels May 6-7 to meet with EU Council Secretariat officials responsible for EU European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) formulation. The primary topic of discussion was the transition in Bosnia from SFOR to a EU mission. In all of his meetings, R [...]	2004-05-13 06:46:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR BK EUN NATO USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2091	U.S.-EU CONSULTATIONS ON OSCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The EU hosted a U.S. delegation headed by USOSCE Ambassador Stephan M. Minikes for the biannual U.S.-EU "COSCE" consultations on the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) on May 7. Key findings were: --U.S.-EU Coordination within OSCE: cooperation between t [...]	2004-05-14 10:40:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM OSCE EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2102	EU FMS' MEETING: KEY AGENDA ITEMS AND DEMARCHE [...] (C) The EU FMs' General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting on May 17-18 will devote much of its time to Intergovernmental Conference (ICG) debates on the draft EU Constitutional Treaty. Ministers (with their Defense colleagues also participating) will also focus on ESDP is [...]	2004-05-14 15:47:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RU EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2107	EUROPEAN ELECTIONS AND U.S.-EU RELATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although most voters in the June 10-13 European elections will focus mainly on bread-and-butter themes such as employment, health care and the like, transatlantic issues will also attract attention. Brussels observers expect Iraq to feature more prominently in EU member states w [...]	2004-05-14 16:09:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER TU EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2114	VISA WAIVER PROGRAM AND AN ENLARGED EU [...] (C) Summary. The enlargement of the EU on May 1 raised the number of EU countries not included in the visa waiver program (VWP) from one to ten. New Member States harbor hopes that their EU accession can become a way to wrest from the U.S. via the EU what they could not obtain bilaterally: i [...]	2004-05-17 09:03:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	CMGT CVIS SMIG ELAB EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2180	EU-UKRAINE: CONDITIONING ENHANCED TIES ON [...] (C) Summary. After a delay due to internal EU friction, the EU hopes to complete negotiation on an "Action Plan" for Ukraine in time for the July EU-Ukraine summit. The plan will list political and economic reforms that Ukraine will undertake, in return for reciprocal EU steps to bring Ukra [...]	2004-05-19 13:46:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM UP EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2196	EUROPEAN ELECTIONS: KEY RETURNING MEPS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With the campaign now in full swing, almost all of the party lists for the June 10-13 European elections have been released in the 25 EU member states. This message describes some of the influential members of the European Parliament (MEPs) who, based on their party-list rankin [...]	2004-05-24 13:32:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2277	EU AGREES NEW NON-PROLIFERATION TEXT FOR SYRIA [...] (C) Summary. On May 26, the EU agreed to new non-proliferation language for inclusion in the draft EU-Syria Association Agreement. Last December, EU member states rejected an ad ref text negotiated by the European Commission for including non-proliferation language that was too watered down [...]	2004-05-27 16:26:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP ETRD SY EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2360	EUROPEAN ELECTIONS: RESHUFFLING OF PARTY GROUPS? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the European Parliament (EP) "party groups" are coalitions of member-state parties, their membership is somewhat fluid; some realignment is likely to result from the June 10-13 European elections. Despite persistent rumors, the probable departure of some national parties f [...]	2004-06-02 16:05:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2369	EU ON LATEST IRAQ DEVELOPMENTS: WHAT TO EXPECT IN [...] (C) Summary: The EU intends to release a medium term strategy on Iraq at its June 17-18 Summit. The strategy will govern political and economic relations with sovereign Iraq through the 2004-05 electoral period. Specific proposals include support for the electoral process, human rights, dem [...]	2004-06-03 11:19:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID IZ UNSC EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2381	EUR/DAS BRADTKE'S SECURITY CONSULTATIONS WITH EU [...] (C) EUR/DAS Bradtke met May 26 in Brussels with EU leaders in the PSC Troika Format including representatives of the EU presidency, Council, and Commission. Bradtke and his EU interlocutors reviewed ESDP/NATO developments, including the BiH SFOR transition, the EU's planning for a civ-mil ce [...]	2004-06-03 13:37:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS BK EUN NATO USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2389	DEALING WITH EU IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: [...] (C) SUMMARY: We reviewed ref A draft guidelines on dealing with the EU in international organizations, and believe the guidelines, with a few adjustments, will provide what is needed: an equitable and fair framework which allows flexibility within broad parameters and clearly spells out U.S. [...]	2004-06-04 10:40:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2410	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: EU ON DARFUR HUMANITARIAN CRISIS [...] (C) Summary. The EU Council Secretariat will recommend to the Irish Presidency that they adopt a similar approach outlined in reftel A, demarching friendly Arab and African states over the deteriorating situation in Sudan. The EU announced a 10 million euro contribution to address humanitar [...]	2004-06-04 15:48:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PHUM PREF SU PROV EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2442	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH EU HI-REP [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary Armitage and EU Foreign Policy Hi-Rep Solana met June 2 and discussed the Mid-East Peace Process (MEPP),Iraq and the forthcoming US/EU Summit. Solana said the EU would be as supportive as possible regarding the new government in Iraq. He also emphasized the im [...]	2004-06-07 15:13:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GZ IS IZ EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2456	(C) EU/IRAN HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE: LOW EXPECTATIONS [...] (C) Summary: A key EU official involved in the ongoing EU/Iran human rights dialogue believes that the next round of that dialogue (June 14-15 in Teheran) will accomplish little. End summary 2.(C) The EU Council official responsible for organizing the next round of EU/Iran human rights dialo [...]	2004-06-09 05:20:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM IR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2495	CROATIA'S PROGRESS TOWARD THE EU HITS A PATCH OF [...] (C) As reported ref B, Croatia looks very likely to be officially declared a candidate for EU membership at the EU Summit on June 17-18. The most important possible stumbling block, full cooperation with the ICTY in The Hague, remains a non-issue for the EU as long as ICTY Prosecutor del Ponte [...]	2004-06-10 12:51:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HR SI IT EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2496	VERHEUGEN RESPONSE TO DEPUTY SECRETARY ON ROMANIAN [...] (U) The cabinet of Enlargement Commissioner Gunter Verheugen has faxed us a letter from the Commissioner to Deputy Secretary Armitage, replying to the Deputy Secretary's letter of May 4 on the issue of Romanian adoptions. The full text of the letter is in para 3 below, and a copy of the origi [...]	2004-06-10 12:56:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CASC CVIS RO EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2502	EU ROLLS OUT STRATEGY FOR PROGRESSIVE ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary. EC Commissioner Patten, with the full support of EU HighRep Solana, has proposed an ambitious strategy for rapidly ramping up EU relations with Iraq following the transition to sovereignty. In a private letter that complements the public strategy, Patten and Solana call on the [...]	2004-06-10 14:22:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID IZ EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2518	EUROPEAN ELECTIONS: NEGATIVE ON EUROPE, NOT ON U.S. [...] (U) SUMMARY: The provisional results of the June 10-13 European elections largely confirm the status quo: in a European Parliament (EP) that remains a complex amalgam of parties, nationalities and personalities, the Christian Democrats and Conservatives group (EPP-ED) keeps its plurality. Th [...]	2004-06-14 13:57:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2541	EU PUZZLED BY MOLDOVA'S STABILITY PACT INITIATIVE; MOSCOW RESPONSE IS KEY [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-15 12:58:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PBTS PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS OSCE MD
04BRUSSELS2593	MANY EU SUMMIT FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY [...] (C) During the EU Summit June 17-18 in Brussels, EU sources tell us EU leaders will approve a range of pre-cooked decisions on a broad range of foreign policy topics so that they can focus on Constitutional Treaty negotiations and top-level appointments (septel). EU leaders are expected to en [...]	2004-06-17 15:52:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EAID XA XF TU HR RO BG EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2610	EU UPDATE ON GEORGIA, MOLDOVA, UKRAINE [...] (C) Summary. On June 17, EU High Rep Solana's advisor for the CIS, Kees Van Rij, reviewed developments in Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine with visiting Coordinator for Assistance to Europe and Eurasia Pascual. Van Rij gave a readout of EU High Rep Solana's meeting the day before with Georgian [...]	2004-06-18 12:13:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UP BO MD RS EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2828	OPERATION BALKAN VICE IV: EU RESPONSE [...] (C) We met on June 30 with Council and Commission representatives to discuss ref A demarche. Council Secretariat Director for the Western Balkans, Eastern Europe, SIPDIS and Central Asia Stefan Lehne and desk officer Helene Holm-Pedersen had no comment on the four entities mentioned in ou [...]	2004-07-01 11:49:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC EUN KWAC USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2838	EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PRESIDENT'S CALL ON AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 30 call on Ambassador Schnabel, outgoing European Parliament (EP) President Pat Cox defended his decision to ask the European Court of Justice (ECJ) to annul the U.S.-EU agreement on PNR data sharing, and denied that his press statement on that decision, released in Ire [...]	2004-07-01 13:52:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2859	CUBA -- EU RESPONSE ON LIBERTAD ACT TITLE III [...] (C) We discussed reftel points with Karl Buck, Head of the Council Secretariat's Latin America Division, on July 2. Buck immediately asserted that he had not heard of any such paper but could not exclude the possibility of some member-states having prepared their own reports. The EU would d [...]	2004-07-02 14:31:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL CU EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2930	EU RESPONSE ON LIBERTAD TITLE III AND VENEZUELA [...] (C) The European Commission is still considering whether or not to send an election observer mission to Venezuela. The EU also remains concerned about the possible outcome of the White House decision on suspension of Title III of the LIBERTAD Act. The EU still plans to raise this issue at the [...]	2004-07-09 09:00:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ETRD CU VE EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2931	COMMISSION PERSPECTIVE ON JULY 12 GAERC [...] (C) Commission officials tell us the July 12 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting will not see many serious decisions before the EU FMs. A featured item would be a lunch discussion with Iraqi PM Allawi (which we now understand may be cancelled or postponed). The pri [...]	2004-07-09 09:06:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID IZ AF HA BM EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2938	NEW COMMISSION PROPOSALS FOR NORTHERN CYPRUS [...] (SBU) On July 7, EU Enlargement Commissioner Gunter Verheugen presented the Commission's plan fulfill the EU's pledge to end the isolation of the Turkish Cypriot community following their support for the Annan Plan. The two main proposals are: 1) a new "preferential trade regime" allowing dir [...]	2004-07-09 14:40:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ETRD PGOV CY GR TU EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2944	EU CONSTRAINED ON NEXT STEPS WITH SERBIA [...] (C) PolOff spoke on July 8 with Stefan Lehne, Solana's key advisor on the Balkans, almost immediately after Lehne's return from Belgrade, where he had attended the Contact Group session with U/S Grossman. Lehne said that in his separate meetings with Serb officials the GoS was focused on the [...]	2004-07-09 15:56:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ETRD ZL EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3003	IRAQ: EC MEETING WITH A/S WAYNE [...] (C) In a July 8 meeting in Brussels, EB A/S Wayne discussed next steps on Iraq with Fenando Valenzuela, Deputy Director General for External Relations at the Commission. Valenzuela was accompanied by Patrick Laurent, Head of Gulf Countries and Barcelona process, Richard Wright, the EC's new T [...]	2004-07-14 12:03:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL IZ EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3010	EU-IRAQ: DUTCH SUGGEST ZEBARI LETTER TO EU TO [...] (U) Action Request: See para three. 2. (C) Reftel tracks well with what Dutch MFA Political Director Hugo Siblesz told EUR A/S Jones during the July 13 US-EU Political Directors meeting in Brussels (septel). In an aside to US delegation on the margins of that meeting, Siblesz said he th [...]	2004-07-14 15:09:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID IZ EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3055	EUROPEAN SUPPORT FOR AN AU PROTECTION FORCE FOR [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-16 16:11:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PREF PARM MOPS EAID EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3059	US-EU POLITICAL DIRECTORS LOOK AT UPCOMING ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. US-EU Political Director consultations in Brussels on July 13 discussed a broad agenda including summit follow-up, and compared notes on Russia, Ukraine, Moldova and Central Asia. EUR A/S Jones told the EU now is not the time to lift its arms embargo on China, and urged the EU, [...]	2004-07-19 07:11:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID MOPS ETRD MASS EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3066	EU ON EXPANDED TRANSNISTRIA VISA BAN: NEED TO [...] (C) On July 19, USEU conveyed reftel non-paper to Council Secretariat Russia watcher Carl Hallergard, who is temporarily covering Moldova. He welcomed the non-paper, and said he would distribute it to member states at that day's COEST Working Group meeting. The Council Secretariat, he said [...]	2004-07-19 14:39:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PBTS PHUM PGOV RS MD EUN OSCE USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3067	BRIEF READOUT OF EU-RUSSIA POLITICAL DIRECTORS [...] (C) Summary. According to an EU official present for the July 16 EU-Russia Political Directors' meeting in Moscow, the EU raised Yukos and Moldova. On Yukos, Deputy FM Chizhov agreed that foreign investment will suffer, but said it was a criminal case and will proceed. On Moldova, Chizhov s [...]	2004-07-19 14:39:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MD RS EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3116	DARFUR: EU HEARING DIFFERENT STORY ON AU CASH FLOW [...] (C) Mission spoke briefly to Friedrich Hamburger, Chef de Cabinet to Development Commissioner Nielsen, for a readout on where things stand on supporting deployment of the African Union (AU) protection element. We relayed in general terms information in Addis Ababa 2288 on the AU's cash flow a [...]	2004-07-23 05:19:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EAID USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3131	ICFTU AND ETUC LIKELY PARTNERS ON CUBA LABOR [...] (C) In response to reftel action request, Post has identified the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) as union organizations possibly willing to raise the issue of Cuban labor rights violations at regional labor meetings an [...]	2004-07-23 14:30:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB CU ILO EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3140	DARFUR: EU STRESSES STRONG GOS ACTION AGAINST JINGAWEIT [...] (C) Summary and Action Request. Hirep Solana's point man on Sudan, Christian Manahl, stressed the importance of improving the security situation in Darfur to allow humanitarian assistance. He ridiculed some of the GOS actions to date, and urged the arrest of Jingaweit leaders and suspension [...]	2004-07-23 14:36:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EAID SU ET EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3159	EU/CHINA: READOUT OF JUNE 30 HUMAN RIGHTS SEMINAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 29-30 the EU and China held a joint seminar on Chinese ratification of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) (refs A, C). EU reporting, relayed to poloff by a Policy Unit staffer, described the seminar as useful overall -- with a "wonderful atmo [...]	2004-07-26 13:51:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PARM KDEM KJUS CH EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3174	EXCLUDING THE BELARUSIAN SPORTS AND TOURISM [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-26 14:28:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KOLY PHUM PREL USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3190	EU ON UNGA PRIORITIES, ATTENDEES [...] (C) Summary: EU officials welcomed early consultation on UNGA priorities and highlighted shared interest in combating human trafficking and reducing the number of Middle East resolutions -- although they underscored several times that this would be best achieved by resolving the underlying r [...]	2004-07-27 11:08:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PHUM KDEM AORC KSEP OVIP OTRA UN UNGA EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3205	DEMARCHE ON REPLACEMENT FOR UNRWA COMMISSIONER [...] (C) On July 27, PRM Assistant delivered reftel points to Desk Officer for UNRWA Christian Berger in the Commission's External Relations Directorate-General. Berger candidly remarked that despite a fair performance as UNRWA COMGEN, Peter Hansen's welcome has waned. Berger cautioned that rumors [...]	2004-07-28 12:03:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3207	MAOIST VIOLENCE IN NEPAL: NO EU CLEARINGHOUSE [...] (C) We met on July 28 with Mario Ferrucci, deputy head of the India, Nepal, and Bhutan unit in the Commission's External Relations directorate, to discuss reftel points. He said that UK pressure for designating the Maoists as a terrorist organization was "a constant" in EU discussions, most r [...]	2004-07-28 14:03:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KT NP EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3211	EU HAS SOME QUESTIONS ON UPCOMING AHLC [...] (C) Summary. The European Commission, which has the lead on AHLC issues, supports US goals for having the AHLC focus on Gaza withdrawal, but is skeptical of the proposed September date. The EC questions whether Israel will have an agreed, concrete withdrawal plan (or, possibly even a gover [...]	2004-07-28 15:54:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL IS KWBG EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3223	DARFUR: EU TO AUGMENT OBSERVERS, PROPOSES ASSESSMENT MISSION [...] (C) Summary. Hirep Solana has proposed to African Union (AU) an augmentation in EU representation on ceasefire observers to allow a European representative on each team. An officer has also been dispatched to backstop the AU in Addis, but operational details remain unsettled. EU also wants t [...]	2004-07-29 15:44:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ET MARR PREL SU EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3224	EU MAY ACT TO BAN BELARUSIAN SPORTS MINISTER FROM [...] (C) Summary. The EU is looking seriously at steps it can take to ban Belarusian Sports Minister Sivakov from the Olympic games. Greece supports a ban, but wants to approach the International Olympic Committee first, as visas are issued along with IOC credentials, and Sivakov is likely to a [...]	2004-07-30 07:18:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KOLY PHUM PREL GR BO EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3226	ENCOURAGING SIGNALS FROM COMMISSION AND DUTCH [...] (C) In meetings on July 26-27 in Brussels with Dutch Presidency, Commission and Council officials, EUR DAS Laura Kennedy heard guardedly optimistic assessments from all that the EU, at its summit this December, would reach a positive decision on opening EU accession negotiations with Turkey ne [...]	2004-07-30 07:47:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3227	EU CONSIDERS VISA BAN ON 21 TRANSNISTRIAN [...] (SBU) On July 29, EU Political and Security Committee (PSC) Ambassadors agreed to consider imposing a visa ban on 21 Transnistrian officials connected to the recent closing of Moldovan schools in Transnistria. EU staff are preparing the paperwork to impose the ban; the PSC will review the is [...]	2004-07-30 07:52:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PBTS PHUM PGOV MD EUN OSCE USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3310	HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH ON EU/CHINA ARMS EMBARGO [...] (C) DRL Senior Advisor Susan O'Sullivan and poloff met July 23 with Human Rights Watch (HRW) Brussels Director Lotte Leicht to discuss the EU drive to lift its arms embargo on China. Leicht said that HRW is working with Amnesty International (AI),Human Rights in China (HRIC),and likeminded [...]	2004-08-04 10:00:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PARM MARR CH EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3339	EU AHEAD OF THE CURVE ON VENEZUELA DEMARCHE [...] (C) We spoke about Venezuela with Karl Buck, director of the Council Secretariat's Latin America unit, on August 5. The Dutch Presidency's August 3 declaration on the referendum -- in which the EU encouraged active participation by all voters and "expresses its support for international missio [...]	2004-08-06 09:22:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM VE KPAO EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS36	EU ADOPTS NEW NONPROLIFERATION STRATEGY [...] (U) SUMMARY: EU heads of state and government adopted an "EU Strategy Against Proliferation of WMD" at their December 12-13 Summit in Brussels. The strategy expands and integrates the various pieces of the EU's existing nonproliferation policies -- notably the nonproliferation Principles and [...]	2004-01-06 14:15:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP PINS UNSC EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3624	VERHEUGEN'S TURKEY TRIP AND DUTCH NGO STUDY [...] (C) Summary: DG-Enlargement Commissioner Verheugen will use his September 4-7 trip to Turkey to review the Commission's human rights and political concerns, which he hopes will further enhance his credibility before the European Council, the European Parliament and, ultimately, "European publi [...]	2004-08-30 14:47:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU NL EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3729	EU OFFICIALS ON IAEA IRAN REPORT: NOT READY FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff discussed reftel with Council nonproliferation and nuclear policy advisors September 2 and 3. While acknowledging serious unresolved issues, they assessed DG El Baradei's new report as "overall more positive than the last one," and said that EU BOG members were unlikely t [...]	2004-09-03 12:22:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL MNUC TRGY IR IAEA EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3772	GYMNICH RESULTS ON BURMA, SUDAN, MIDDLE EAST AND [...] (SBU) The EU Foreign Ministers' informal "Gymnich" meeting in Maastricht on September 3-4 proceeded as expected (reftel). The EU will go ahead with the Asia-EU (ASEM) Summit in Hanoi on October 7-9, as long as Burma attends at the FM or lower level, but the FMs also announced further sanction [...]	2004-09-08 05:02:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID IZ BM SU SR IR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3782	U.S.-EU CONSULTATIONS ON CAUCASUS, CENTRAL ASIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 1 EUR DAS Laura Kennedy held semi-annual consultations with the EU on Caucasus and Central Asia (COEST). Caucasus discussions concentrated on establishing a political process to resolve the South Ossetia conflict (Kennedy met separately on South Ossetia with Heikki [...]	2004-09-08 14:36:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV EAID GG AM AJ KZ KG TI TX UZ EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3813	SUDAN: EU SUPPORTS KEY ELEMENTS OF UNSC RESOLUTION [...] (C) Summary. EU agrees on all main elements of UNSC draft. EU not ready to declare situation genocide, but agree it is "ethnic cleansing." Africa experts believe Pronk Plan is fatally flawed, but believe it is important for international community to stand together. They also worry that it [...]	2004-09-09 14:04:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL SU UNSC USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3821	EU AID/TRADE FOR NORTH CYPRUS STALLS [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS Kennedy's Brussels consultations coincided with an important September 2 COREPER meeting in which EU member states were unable to find a way to move the Commission's proposed trade preferences for Northern Cyprus ahead -- leaving the EC's trade/aid package effectively fro [...]	2004-09-09 15:13:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ETRD ZS TU EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3840	ANTICIPATED RESULTS OF SEPTEMBER 13 GAERC [...] (C) We have discussed reftel A points on the EU FMs' General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting on Sept. 13 with a variety of EU officials. EU Conclusions on Sudan should dovetail with the main elements of our draft UNSC Resolution. On Iran, we understand the EU will is [...]	2004-09-10 10:42:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ IR BK SU EAID BU CY EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3881	EUR DAS TEFFT REVIEWS RUSSIA, UKRAINE, MOLDOVA AND [...] (C) Summary. In meetings with EU officials on September 10, EUR DAS Tefft discussed recent events in Russia, Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus. EU officials viewed the Beslan attack as a failure of Putin's Chechnya policy, expected him to respond by doing more of the same, and predicted cooler [...]	2004-09-13 15:54:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER RS EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3892	EUROPEAN DEFENSE AGENCY: TAKING SHAPE [...] (C) Summary: The establishment of a European Defense Agency (EDA) to harmonize moves to boost European military capacity might -- with important caveats -- develop in a way that is in accord with US and NATO interests. However, we should be wary of any EU Member State effort to employ the pr [...]	2004-09-14 11:02:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PARM ETRD EUN NATO USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3926	EU AFGHAN ELECTION SUPPORT MISSION PLANS VISITS TO [...] (C) Summary: The EU Democratic Election Support Mission (DESM) in Afghanistan will send small teams to Pakistan and Iran to assess out-of-country registration procedures for Afghan refugees. This is not intended as a formal diplomatic monitoring mission. The preregistration visit to Islamabad [...]	2004-09-15 15:49:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK AF IR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3948	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: REVISED US VISIT POLICY AND [...] (C) Summary. The initial reaction from the European Commission on the FBI's enhanced access to US VISIT databases was low key. Major concerns focused on types of law enforcement activities for which the data would be used and about delays at ports of entry following changes on 9/30 and 12/31 [...]	2004-09-16 15:52:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PREL KOCI EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3983	EU MEMBER STATE CONTRIBUTIONS FOR UNPROFOR IRAQ: [...] (C) According to a Council Secretariat official (protect) working on Iraq issues, EU member states have offered to date a total of 10 million euros ($12 million) to fund the UN Protection Force in Iraq. In addition, the UK has pledged to provide an unspecified monthly sum of money to ensure [...]	2004-09-20 04:45:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID MOPS IZ EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3989	TRANSATLANTIC CONSULTATIONS ON AFRICA: EU AND U.S. [...] (U) Summary. The September 8 transatlantic consultations on Africa (COAFR) addressed priorities in the Great Lakes (strengthening MONUC, protecting refugees, supporting internal and regional dialogues),Sudan (calibrating pressure on the government, strengthening the AU role, meeting humanita [...]	2004-09-20 09:38:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PGOV EAID PHUM XA EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4009	EU/TURKEY: ACCESSION TALKS NOT A DONE DEAL [...] (C) Summary: The current conventional wisdom in Brussels is that Turkey will get "yes-but" recommendations to start accession talks with the EU from the European Commission on October 6 and the European Council on December 17. We expect the debate in both bodies to be contentious. It would o [...]	2004-09-21 09:42:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4025	EU FUNDING FOR IRAQ: EB A/S WAYNE MEETING WITH [...] (U) Action request: See para 12 below. 2. (C) Summary. Commission Deputy DG Leigh told EB A/S Wayne on September 21 that the EC agreed that the goal for the upcoming Tokyo conference is to get more support from donors for Iraq. To do this, Leigh said, Iraqi officials must present a st [...]	2004-09-21 15:18:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV MOPS IZ EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4107	EU IN UN: IO A/S HOLMES IN BRUSSELS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with IO Assistant Secretary Kim Holmes on September 15-16, EU officials: --stressed EU commitment to "effective multilateralism with the UN at its core;" --continued their push for enhanced status for the European Commission (EC) in UN bodies (EU additionality); [...]	2004-09-27 08:11:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4112	POLISH EU PERMREP AMBASSADOR GRELA MEETING WITH EB [...] (C) Summary: Poland Permanent Representative to the EU, Ambassador Marek Grela stressed that the Polish government strongly endorses giving Turkey a date for accession talks to the EU this fall, said progress was being made on Cyprus aid issues among EU ambassadors, expressed concern over the [...]	2004-09-27 08:55:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU PL ZL EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4129	EB A/S WAYNE'S MEETING WITH GERMAN EU PERM REP [...] (C) In a September 21 meeting with Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs Tony Wayne, German EU Permanent Representative Wilhelm Schoenfelder observed that Iraq continues to dominate US-EU relations. While clearly in Europe's interest to contribute to stabilization, domesticall [...]	2004-09-28 09:15:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ TU CY EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4144	EUMS THOUGHTS ON REMAINING SFOR HANDOVER ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Some issues related to the end of SFOR and the beginning of Operation Althea remain to be resolved, but planners in HR Solana's secretariat are confident that the transfer will go smoothly. The transfer date has been largely resolved among commanders on the ground, but the EU poli [...]	2004-09-28 14:02:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL BK NATO EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS416	EC ON IRAQI REFUGEE RETURN AND INTEGRATION [...] (SBU) Summary. The EC agrees with reftel strategy of concentrating first on the return of Iraqi refugees from neighboring countries. It has no plans at present to promote the return of Iraqis from EU Member States. An EC attempt to return Afghans to their country in 2003 was unsuccessful b [...]	2004-02-02 04:22:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF IZ AF EUR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4183	U.S.-EU OSCE CONSULTS FOCUS ON RUSSIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The September 21 U.S.-EU OSCE consultations focused largely on Russian intransigence toward outside influence in its "near abroad." Both sides agreed that the CIS Astana Declaration is an attempt to undercut the OSCE role in human rights and democratization. Similarly, the EU re [...]	2004-09-30 09:30:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM OSCE EUN RU USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4235	EUR PDAS BRADTKE'S SEPTEMBER 27 DISCUSSIONS WITH [...] (C) Summary: Visiting EUR PDAS Robert Bradtke covered a wide range of topics in meetings with the EU Political and Security Committee Troika and Director General Robert Cooper on September 27. The US and the EU voiced support for UNSCR 1564 regarding Darfur, and the EU sought consultations wit [...]	2004-10-01 15:11:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4253	NAC-PSC DISCUSSION OF BOSNIA AND "OTHER BUSINESS" [...] (C) Summary: In the September 27 meeting of the NAC with the EU's Political and Security Committee (NAC-PSC),nations focused on the constructive NATO-EU cooperation in planning for the EU operation in Bosnia, and were confident the few remaining issues would soon be resolved. Ambassador Burn [...]	2004-10-04 10:50:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS EUN NATO USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4265	THE COMMISSION'S EXPLANATION OF EU'S "TWIN TRACK" [...] The Commission reports that its new "twin track" approach to Serbia and Montenegro (SaM) met with an enthusiastic response in both Belgrade and Podgorica. Further details still need to be hashed out, however, on when, whether and how a feasibility study on negotiations for a Stabilization an [...]	2004-10-04 15:06:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ETRD SR MW ICTY EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4274	US/EU POLICY PLANNING TALKS [...] (C) Summary: US and EU policy planners met September 20 to discuss the transatlantic relationship, the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP),Iraq, Iran, and the Broader Middle East and North Africa and the EU's Barcelona Process. Discussions were frank about the challenges in the main message fro [...]	2004-10-05 10:02:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ IR CH IS PTER EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4294	CYPRIOTS FLOAT A BALLOON ON NATO SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: The Cypriot military representative to the EU suggests that Nicosia is giving serious consideration to negotiating a security agreement with NATO as part of an effort to resolve the blockage in EU-NATO strategic cooperation. Nicosia is also eager to participate in the EU Battlegro [...]	2004-10-06 08:48:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CY MT TU EUN NATO USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4299	EC/TURKEY: A "CLEAR RECOMMENDATION" TO START [...] (C) Summary: An upbeat Commissioner for Enlargement, Gunther Verheugen, told Ambassador Schnabel that the European Commission would make a "clear recommendation" October 6 that the EU start accession talks with Turkey. Verheugen expressed appreciation for the US's low-key support for Turkey, co [...]	2004-10-06 10:07:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU EUN USEU BRUSSELS

04BRUSSELS4317	EU ASSET FREEZE ON FUGITIVE ICTY INDICTEES [...] (C) The Dutch Presidency has told us that an EU Regulation enacting an asset freeze against the three most prominent ICTY fugitive indictees, Mladic, Karadzic and Gotovina, will be adopted at the October 11 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting. As reported reftel, thi [...]	2004-10-07 09:11:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN ZL ICTY EUN USEU BRUSSELS

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