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08TALLINN358	ESTONIA SAYS NO TO PALESTINAIAN DETAINEE [...] (C) On October 20, 2008, Poloff met with Juri Kahn, Division Director for the Middle East at the Estonian MFA to discuss the points in reftel. Kahn reported that after consulting with the Estonian Office of Migration, the Government of Estonia has decided they are not able to accept a Palesti [...]	2008-10-21 07:08:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS PTER PHUM KAWK KISL KPAO EN

08TALLINN377	ESTONIA: DHS SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S VWP VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff visited Tallinn October 29-30 to welcome formally Estonia into the Visa Waiver Program (VWP),and to announce that eligible Estonian travelers will be able to commence visa-free travel to the United States on November 17, 2008. Both [...]	2008-10-30 15:00:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PREL EU RU GG IZ EN
08TALLINN383	SCENESETTER FOR SECDEF GATES' VISIT TO TALLINN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mr. Secretary, I will be delighted to welcome you to Tallinn on November 12-13. Estonia is a steadfast Ally and your visit is an important sign of the strength of the U.S.-Estonian bilateral relationship and Estonia's commitment to NATO. In the wake of Russia's invasion of Geor [...]	2008-11-04 12:20:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS NATO EN
08TALLINN387	ESTONIA: NO COMMENT ON FATF STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-05 13:57:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL EFIN KNNP EN
08TALLINN393	GAERC: ESTONIA LIKELY TO JOIN CONSENSUS ON PCA [...] (C) MFA European Correspondent Kristina Meius confirmed to Pol/Econ Chief on November 7 that Estonia will not block consensus at next week's GAERC on moving forward with PCA negotiations. Meius said that she believes the member states will find a compromise solution. Estonia will agree to re [...]	2008-11-07 13:29:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN RS EN
08TALLINN402	ESTONIAN COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS ON IRAQ INVITE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Estonia approved legislation extending Estonia's mandate in Iraq on the basis of the preliminary letter of invitation from the Government of Iraq (GOI) (reftel). Parliamentary debate will begin in early December. However, the mandate renewal legislation will n [...]	2008-11-21 12:29:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS NATO EN
08TALLINN403	ESTONIA'S NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS(C-RE8-00759) [...] (C) SUMMARY: Estonia's post-Soviet political landscape has been characterized by youthful leadership. Beginning with the first post-independence Estonian government of Mart Laar in 1992 to the current Andrus Ansip government elected in 2007, young and influential decision makers have been a c [...]	2008-11-25 14:01:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EN
08TALLINN415	ESTONIA: LIBERTAD ACT INFORMATION [...] (C) Post provides the following information in response to Reftel questions related to Title III of the Libertad Act: 2. (C) Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? 3. (C) Has the host country made public stateme [...]	2008-12-08 12:36:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL EN
08TALLINN440	ESTONIA ON SECURITY SUPPORT FOR 2009 AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) On December 23, Poloff met with Lauri Abel, Deputy Director of Operations and Crisis Management and Liis Jemmer, Policy Planning Advisor, at the Estonian Ministry of Defense (MOD) to discuss the points in reftel. Jemmer and Abel indicated that the Government of Estonia (GOE) has not reac [...]	2008-12-31 13:28:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS NATO AF EN
08TALLINN59	ESTONIA: KOSOVO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Drawing on points provided reftel, on February 11 Ambassador sent a letter to Foreign Minister Urmas Paet urging Estonia to act swiftly following a Kosovo declaration of independence. The letter emphasized the stabilizing effect a show of global solidarity will have on the region. It a [...]	2008-02-12 15:19:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM YI EU EN
08TALLINN66	ESTONIA: DAS GARBER VISITS ESTONIA [...] (C) Summary. Estonian government and political leaders told visiting EUR DAS Garber that GOE priorities for the NATO summit in Bucharest are NATO membership for the Adriatic 3 and "positive messages of progress" for Ukraine and Georgia. Estonian interlocutors expressed continued support for [...]	2008-02-15 13:29:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM EN
08TASHKENT1006	UZBEKISTAN: EXPECTING RUSSIA-GEORGIA DISCUSSION [...] (C) On August 27, Charge d'Affaires met with First Deputy Foreign Minister Nematov and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Americas Department Chief Mamadjanov to deliver reftel A demarche urging the Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) to condemn and reject Russia's recognition of South Ossetia and A [...]	2008-08-28 10:13:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR ASEC EAID GG RS UZ
08TASHKENT1022	UZBEKISTAN: CSTO DEMARCHE AND PUTIN VISIT [...] (C) On Sunday, August 31, we delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Desk Chief Ismat Fayzullaev, who promised to relay it immediately to appropriate officials. Contacted at home on the September 1 Uzbek Independence Day holiday, Fayzullaev said a response had to be [...]	2008-09-02 12:58:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	GG PBTS PREL RS UZ
08TASHKENT1024	UNICEF PLANS INFORMAL CHILD LABOR ASSESSMENT [...] (C) Summary: On August 27 Charge and poloff met with UNICEF Representative in Uzbekistan Mahboob Shareef to discuss plans to assess the extent of child labor during the cotton harvest season as well as the agenda for the upcoming September 16-18 Executive Board Meeting in New York. Shareef re [...]	2008-09-03 05:15:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ELAB SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT1029	UZBEKISTAN: NO EVIDENCE OF CHANGE IN POSITION ON [...] (C) On September 3, Pol-Econ Section Chief and Poloff met with Uzbekistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Americas Desk Chief Ismat Fayzullaev to discuss reftel A demarche on the upcoming Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) meeting. Fayzullaev stated that he delivered this info [...]	2008-09-03 12:25:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	GG PBTS PREL RS UZ
08TASHKENT1034	ACTING CENTCOM COMMANDER GENERAL DEMPSEY MEETS [...] (C) Summary: During a visit to Tashkent on August 28, Acting CENTCOM Commander General Martin Dempsey met separately with First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ilkhom Nematov and Director of the National Drug Control Center Kamol Dusmetov. He also conducted mil-to-mil meetings with Ministe [...]	2008-09-05 03:21:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR PHUM EAID PINR AF PK GG RS UZ
08TASHKENT1035	ACTING CENTCOM COMMANDER GENERAL DEMPSEY MEETS [...] (C) Summary: On August 28 visiting Acting CENTCOM Commander General Martin Dempsey met with Yves Giovannoni, the ICRC Head of the Regional Delegation in Central Asia, and Raffaello Muller, the Deputy Head. The meeting, which itself sent a strong signal of USG interest to the Uzbeks, focused o [...]	2008-09-05 03:27:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM KCOR PINR KZ KG TI TX UZ
08TASHKENT1036	UPDATE ON STATUS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS MUTABAR [...] (C) Poloff spoke with German First Secretary Ewe Berndt on September 3 about the health of human rights activist Mutabar Tojiboyeva, who was released from prison in June (ref A). Berndt confirmed that the German Embassy has provided financial support to Tojiboyeva for a medical exam and treatm [...]	2008-09-05 12:11:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM UZ
08TASHKENT1037	UZBEKISTAN: NO COMMENT ON KOSOVO DEMARCHE [...] (C) On September 3, Poloff delivered reftel demarche on Serbia's request for a UNGA resolution seeking an ICJ advisory opinion on Kosovo's independence to Uzbekistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Desk Chief, Ismat Fayzullaev. Fayzullaev stated that Uzbekistan has not recognized Kosovo's indepe [...]	2008-09-05 12:13:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNGA KV UZ
08TASHKENT104	CENTCOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL FALLON MEETS ICRC IN [...] (C) On January 25 visiting Central Command (CENTCOM) Commander Admiral William J. Fallon, accompanied by the Ambassador, met with Rafaello Muller, Country Director of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). This meeting was an opportunity to discuss the importance of a substantiv [...]	2008-01-28 12:39:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV ICRC UZ
08TASHKENT1048	UZBEK DEPUTY FM DENIES GAS DEAL SIGNED WITH RUSSIA [...] (C) In a September 8 meeting with Ambassador, Uzbek Deputy Foreign Minister Nematov denied that Uzbekistan had "signed" an agreement with Russia for construction of a new gas pipeline during Russian PM Putin's Sept. 2 visit to Tashkent. Nematov said that talks were on-going with Russia on the [...]	2008-09-11 11:32:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL PGOV UZ RS
08TASHKENT105	CDR USCENTCOM: LOOKING FOR MIL-MIL REENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Visiting USCENTCOM Commander Admiral William J. Fallon met January 24 jointly with the National Security Advisor, Defense Minister, Foreign Minister and Chairman of the Border Guards of the National Security Service. The meeting, which immediately preceded one with Uzbek Preside [...]	2008-01-28 13:16:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS UZ
08TASHKENT1052	UZBEKISTAN: WATER CRISIS DELAYED BUT NOT AVERTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In Uzbekistan the drought of 2008 has not produced the dire consequences that were predicted. In a wide range of meetings with Uzbek officials, we were told that the shortage was predicted in time and that adequate conservation measures were taken. The cotton harvest is predi [...]	2008-09-12 07:20:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID ECON ENRG KTIA PGOV SENV SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT1061	UZBEKISTAN SHARES ITS VIEWS OF SCO SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: A representative from Uzbekistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Section told us on September 11 that Uzbekistan is pleased with the results of the August SCO summit in Dushanbe. Uzbekistan's main goals for future summits include further secur [...]	2008-09-15 12:09:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC ECIN ECON PGOV PINS PTER UZ
08TASHKENT1072	UZBEKISTAN: GULNORA KARIMOVA'S GENEVA U.N. \ [...] (C) Embassy contacts and press reporting have recently \ indicated that President Karimov's oldest daughter, Gulnora \ Karimova, has been appointed as Uzbekistan's permanent \ representative to the United Nations Mission in Geneva, \ though the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Desk had not \ co [...]	2008-09-18 08:53:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR UZ
08TASHKENT1086	GOVERNMENT ADOPTS NATIONAL ACTION PLAN ON CHILD [...] (SBU) Summary: The Uzbek government recently adopted a National Action Plan on implementing two International Labor Organization (ILO) anti-child labor conventions. According to contacts and press reports, the Prime Minister also warned regional governors not to mobilize schoolchildren to pic [...]	2008-09-19 12:37:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ECON ELAB PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT1089	SCENE SETTER FOR SEPTEMBER 23-24 ARCENT COMMANDER [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Tashkent welcomes your visit to Uzbekistan and thanks you and your command for the quick response to the consequences of the Kagan Ammunition Depot explosions of 10 July 2008. The delivery of equipment and the subsequent training were very timely for relations between the [...]	2008-09-22 11:25:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR UZ
08TASHKENT1113	ARCENT COMMANDER MEETS NEW UZBEK DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: ARCENT Commander Lieutenant General James Lovelace met with newly-appointed Defense Minister General-Major Kabil Berdiyev during a September 23-24 visit to Uzbekistan. Berdiyev, who is believed to favor greater cooperation with the U.S., thanked LTG Lovelace for support in the w [...]	2008-09-29 09:34:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM PHUM MARR PINR UZ
08TASHKENT1123	UZBEKISTAN: NATO ENVOY ON AFGHANISTAN TRANSIT [...] (C) Summary: On September 26, NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General Robert Simmons briefed a gathering of NATO Embassy officials on his recent meetings with Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) officials on NATO-Uzbekistan cooperation, including ongoing transit agreement discussions. Simmons said [...]	2008-09-30 09:46:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC AORC MOPS KTIA NATO AF UZ
08TASHKENT1124	UZBEKISTAN: NATO ENVOY ON AFGHANISTAN TRANSIT [...] (C) Summary: On September 26, NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General Robert Simmons briefed a gathering of NATO Embassy officials on his recent meetings with Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) officials on NATO-Uzbekistan cooperation, including ongoing transit agreement discussions. Simmons said [...]	2008-09-30 09:55:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC AORC MOPS KTIA NATO AF UZ
08TASHKENT1133	UZBEK MFA DENIES COLLUSION WITH RUSSIA ON MANAS [...] (C) Ambassador met with Uzbek MFA Americas Department Director Takhir Mamadjanov on October 3 to urge the Government of Uzbekistan not to allow the future of Manas Air Base to be questioned during the upcoming CIS Summit. Ambassador underscored the importance of Manas to Coalition operations [...]	2008-10-03 13:00:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR UZ
08TASHKENT1138	UZBEKISTAN: PROTESTANT RELEASED; ACTIVIST GRANTED [...] (C) Summary: In the past week, Uzbek authorities have dropped religious extremism charges against Protestant Aimurat Khayburahmanov and issued an exit visa for human rights activist Mutabar Tojiboyeva to receive medical treatment abroad. Forum 18, which first reported Khayburahmanov's release [...]	2008-10-06 12:32:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT1140	UZBEKISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR 21-24 OCTOBER NGLOC [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Tashkent welcomes you to Uzbekistan for what will be a very important step toward realizing a new Northern Ground Line of Communication (NGLOC). This initiative's significance is increasingly important due to pending USG decisions concerning strengthening our military pre [...]	2008-10-07 11:52:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC EAID ECON KTIA MARR MASS MOPS OVIP
08TASHKENT1149	UZBEKISTAN: ACTIVIST DETAINED AFTER PROVIDING TOUR [...] (C) Summary: During a five-day trip to Uzbekistan and southern Kazakhstan on September 29 - October 3, G/TIP Foreign Affairs Officer Megan Hall met with human rights activists monitoring the use of child labor during the annual cotton harvest in Syrdarya province. Despite the government's rec [...]	2008-10-08 05:16:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ECON ELAB PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT115	SCENE SETTER FOR COMMANDER, U.S. CENTCOM,S VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND. Embassy Tashkent welcomes the 24-25 January 2008 visit by the Commander of U.S. CENTCOM. This will be the first visit by a CENTCOM Commander to Uzbekistan in nearly three years since relations dissolved in the wake of the May 2005 Andijon events and the U.S. depa [...]	2008-01-29 08:37:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV
08TASHKENT1155	UZBEKISTAN: EU DIPLOMATS EXPECT SANCTIONS TO BE [...] (C) Summary: During a six-day visit to Uzbekistan, DRL Foreign Affairs Officer Rachel Waldstein on September 23 participated in an informal roundtable at the Embassy with diplomats from the German, French, Italian, and Latvian Embassies in Tashkent. The diplomats reported that the EU would mo [...]	2008-10-09 11:41:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EUN PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT1156	UZBEKISTAN: UNICEF DISCUSSES CHILD LABOR ACTION [...] (C) Summary: During a six-day visit to Uzbekistan, DRL Foreign Affairs Officer Rachel Waldstein met on September 23 with United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Child Protection Officer Siyma Barkin to discuss the government's recent adoption of a National Action Plan on child labor. Barkin [...]	2008-10-09 11:50:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ECON ELAB PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT116	UZBEKISTAN'S "TAPOICH" AVIATION PLANT REQUESTS [...] (C) Summary: On January 23, the Ambassador visited the Chkalov Tashkent Aircraft Production Company (TAPOiCh) and met with officials including Director-General Sultanov. Sultanov requested U.S. assistance in facilitating the transfer of U.S.-made auxiliary power units to TAPOiCh, as these part [...]	2008-01-29 09:13:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS ECON PGOV PREL US UZ
08TASHKENT1163	UZBEKISTAN: JOURNALIST RECEIVES 10-YEAR SENTENCE [...] (C) On October 10, a court in Uzbekistan's Autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan convicted journalist Salidjahon Abdurakhmanov of possessing narcotics with the intent to distribute (criminal code article 273) and sentenced him to ten years' imprisonment. His lawyer Rustam Tulyganov told polo [...]	2008-10-10 09:56:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT1167	TASHKENT TIDBITS OCTOBER 14, 2008 [...] (U) This is the first edition a new weekly product from Embassy Tashkent intended to provide a space for a broader range of noteworthy developments from Uzbekistan that may not ordinarily be the subject of front channel reporting. Uzbek FM Extols Virtues of Economic Model ------------------- [...]	2008-10-14 10:31:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON UZ
08TASHKENT117	BOXING CHAMP CHAGAEV TO MARRY GULNORA KARIMOVA? [...] (C) Summary: On January 23, the Newsuz.com website reported that Uzbek boxing champ Ruslan Chagaev has been linked romantically with the President's daughter, Gulnora Karimova. However, the Uzmetronom website reported on January 28 that Chagaev planned to immigrate to Germany and made no men [...]	2008-01-29 11:43:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SCUL UZ
08TASHKENT1173	UZBEKISTAN: RED CROSS CAUTIOUSLY EXPLORING [...] (C) Summary: On September 30, Poloff and Deskoff met with International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) representative Simon Yule, who discussed ICRC plans to provide assistance to the Government of Uzbekistan's (GOU) security forces. Yule believes that this engagement may reduce the risk o [...]	2008-10-14 12:13:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL MOPS MCAP PGOV PHUM UZ
08TASHKENT1188	UZBEKISTAN: INVESTIGATION CONCLUDES THAT ACTIVIST [...] (U) On October 14, a court in Karakalpakstan announced that an investigation had determined that the health of human rights activist Akzam Turgunov did not suffer as a result of a police officer pouring boiling water on his back during pre-trial detention. Turgunov was originally arrested in [...]	2008-10-16 09:05:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT1189	UZBEKISTAN: LEADING ACTIVIST CRITICIZED BY EXILES [...] (C) Summary: On October 10, poloff met at the Embassy with human rights activist Mutabar Tojiboyeva, who told poloff that she favored engagement with the Uzbek government and was personally against sanctions, which she believed would cutoff dialogue with the government. However, she reported b [...]	2008-10-16 09:15:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KWMN PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT119	AUTHORITIES RAID POPULAR TASHKENT MULTIMEDIA CHAIN [...] (C) Summary: On January 25 Uzbek tax and intellectual property rights authorities raided the popular Nirvana chain of multimedia stores in Tashkent. Reportedly, 100,000 discs containing pirated music, film, and software were seized. Journalists were invited on the simultaneous raids, which w [...]	2008-01-29 12:36:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KCRM KIPR UZ
08TASHKENT1193	GOOD TIMES AND GOODWILL FOR UZBEK LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] (C) Summary: On October 7 poloff paid a visit to the International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) in Budapest, Hungary, where eight mid-level Uzbek officers from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the National Security Service (NSS) were wrapping up an eight-week training program funded by t [...]	2008-10-17 05:29:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PINR EAID UZ
08TASHKENT1197	UZBEKISTAN: NGOS RECEIVE PERMISSION FOR HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: Two non-governmental organizations (NGOs) receiving Embassy Democracy Commission grants have been recently granted permission by authorities to conduct human rights trainings at schools and with law enforcement officials. Their success in engaging local officials on human rights [...]	2008-10-20 05:54:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAID KIRF KWMN PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT12	YUSUF JUMAEV AND SON BOBUR ARRESTED; HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: Independent websites and human rights contacts reported that dissident poet Yusuf Jumaev and his son Bobur were arrested on December 17 by National Security Service (NSS) officers in Tashkent. Meanwhile, Jumaev's son Mashrab remains in pre-trial detention in Bukhara, where he is [...]	2008-01-04 11:07:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV UZ
08TASHKENT1200	UZBEKISTAN: THREE POLITICAL PRISONERS RELEASED [...] (C) Summary: On October 20, sources reported that three political prisoners in Uzbekistan have been recently released: human rights activist and opposition party member Dilmurod Mukhiddinov; human rights activist Mamarajab Nazarov; and independent journalist Jamshid Karimov, the nephew of Pre [...]	2008-10-20 12:13:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT1201	TASHKENT TIDBITS OCTOBER 20, 2008 \ [...] (C) The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and \ Uzbekistan's State Customs Committee have launched a new \ website (www.customsreform.uz),which will include updates on \ the latest changes in Customs regulation and discussions of \ the new Customs Code. An English-language version is in t [...]	2008-10-20 12:40:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON UZ
08TASHKENT1217	UZBEKISTAN: SANJAR UMAROV'S WIFE DESCRIBES PRISON [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with poloff at the Embassy on October 21, Indira Umarova - the wife of imprisoned political oppositionist Sanjar Umarov (and a recently naturalized AmCit) - described her visit to her husband in prison and his poor health condition. What Umarova told poloff roug [...]	2008-10-21 10:45:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT1218	UZBEKISTAN: CUSTOMS REQUESTS TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT [...] (C) Summary: On September 30, Poloff and Deskoff met with Customs representatives who described the agency's priorities and expressed appreciation for U.S.-provided border security assistance. Customs appears to be particularly interested in receiving additional technical equipment that would [...]	2008-10-21 11:21:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS ASEC PREL UZ
08TASHKENT1222	UZBEKISTAN: KARAKALPAKSTAN'S COUNCIL OF MINISTERS [...] (C) Summary: On October 2, Deputy Chairman Abdijaliev of Karakalpakstan's Council of Ministers discussed conditions in Karakalpakstan--Uzbekistan's only autonomous republic--with us in Nukus. The Deputy Chairman repeatedly asserted Karakalpakstan's "sovereignty," citing a series of its own in [...]	2008-10-22 12:56:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI SENV PHUM UZ
08TASHKENT1225	UZBEKISTAN: OFFICIALS CITE AREAS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: During a six-day visit to Uzbekistan, DRL Foreign Affairs Officer Rachel Waldstein met on September 22 with the Human Rights Ombudsman, the National Human Rights Center director, and Ministry of Interior officials. The officials emphasized legal reforms the government had undert [...]	2008-10-24 03:39:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KWMN PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT1227	KAZAKHSTANI NGOS DISCUSS LABOR MIGRATION, [...] (C) Summary: During a five-day trip to Uzbekistan and southern Kazakhstan on September 29 - October 3, G/TIP Foreign Affairs Officer Megan Hall met with Kazakhstani NGOs to discuss labor migration, human trafficking, and child labor issues. The president of an anti-trafficking NGO in Shymkent [...]	2008-10-24 12:43:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ELAB KWMN KCRM SOCI KZ UZ
08TASHKENT1235	UZBEKISTAN: MEDICAL COMMISSION TO EXAMINE [...] (C) Summary: On October 22, the Ambassador met with Indira Umarova, the AmCit wife of imprisoned political oppositionist Sanjar Umarov, who described her recent visit to see her husband in prison on October 17 and his deteriorating health condition (reftel). Afterwards, the Ambassador drafte [...]	2008-10-27 10:57:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CASC ICRC PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT1247	UZBEKISTAN STILL PLAYING HARD TO GET ON RULE OF [...] (C) Summary: On October 10 we received a diplomatic note declining a proposal to use INL funds on a rule of law project that would have been implemented by the American Bar Association - Rule of Law Initiative (ABA-ROLI). This is the latest in a series of recent setbacks on efforts to invest i [...]	2008-10-28 12:02:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KCRM EAID PINR UZ
08TASHKENT1253	UZBEKISTAN: INTER-MINISTERIAL RIVALRIES SEEN AS [...] (C) Reftel pointed to puzzling instances of rejection by Uzbek authorities of certain U.S. programs in such areas as rule of law, health and education -- puzzling because the proposed programs on the face of it do not appear threatening and because the general tenor of U.S.-Uzbek relations has [...]	2008-10-29 10:30:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM EAID UZ
08TASHKENT1256	UZBEKISTAN: UNICEF SHARES RESULTS OF CHILD LABOR [...] (C) Summary: During a recent meeting with foreign diplomats, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) office in Tashkent announced that an informal assessment of child labor conducted by its employees found that students were still being mobilized for the cotton harvest, despite the governm [...]	2008-10-30 08:31:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAGR ECON ELAB PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT1257	UZBEKISTAN: ACTIVIST SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS' [...] (C) Summary: On October 23, a court in Uzbekistan's Autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan sentenced human rights activist Akzam Turgunov and another defendant to ten years' imprisonment on politically motivated charges of extortion. Turgunov's trial had been temporarily interrupted following [...]	2008-10-30 10:40:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT1259	UZBEKISTAN HOSTS CONFERENCE ON ELECTIONS AND [...] (C) Summary: On October 15-16, Uzbekistan's Foundation for Regional Policy (FRP)--an "NGO" with close ties to the Presidential Apparat--hosted an international roundtable entitled "Elections to Representative Bodies and Issues of Increasing the Political Culture of the Electorate" in Tashkent. [...]	2008-10-31 05:06:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI PHUM UZ
08TASHKENT126	FURTHER AMNESTIES OF POLITICAL PRISONERS [...] (C) Summary: In the past week, poloff has conversed with several human rights contacts who expressed optimism that additional high-profile political prisoners would soon be amnestied. Those reportedly in line for amnesty include Ezgulik activist Dilmurod Muhidinov, Pentacostalist pastor Dmit [...]	2008-01-30 13:57:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV UZ
08TASHKENT1260	UZBEKISTAN: SERIOUS PROSPECTS FOR TRANSIT TO [...] (C) Summary: A delegation from U.S. Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) and U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) led by TRANSCOM Rear Admiral (RADM) Mark Harnitchek and CENTCOM Brigadier General (BG) Peter Lennon visited Uzbekistan October 21 - 24 to explore options for transit of supplies to Coalition [...]	2008-10-31 10:31:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ECON PGOV UZ
08TASHKENT1267	UZBEKISTAN: RESPONSE ON DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN [...] (C) On October 31, Poloff delivered reftel demarche on the U.S. designation of Iranian entities and individuals under Executive Order 13382 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Desk Chief Ismat Fayzullaev. Fayzullaev pledged to pass the information to relevant Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) [...]	2008-11-03 09:42:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN UZ
08TASHKENT1269	UZBEKISTAN: IMPRISONED ACTIVIST REPORTEDLY [...] (C) Summary: On November 3, the Deputy Chairman of the Ezgulik human rights group confirmed internet reports of the alleged suicide attempt by imprisoned Ezgulik member Abdurasul Khudoynazarov. According to the Deputy Chairman, Khudoynazarov attempted suicide after enduring frequent mistreat [...]	2008-11-04 05:47:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT127	ACTIVISTS RECEIVE PERMISSION TO VISIT JUMAEV IN [...] (C) Summary: Two members of the Rapid Reaction Group have received written permission from the Bukhara province Ministry of Internal Affairs to visit imprisoned dissident poet Yusuf Jumaev, who has been accused of striking a policeman with his car during a protest in December. Meanwhile, the [...]	2008-01-31 06:03:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ICRC PGOV UZ
08TASHKENT1274	TASHKENT TIDBITS NOVEMBER 3, 2008 [...] (SBU) Mahmoud Naderi, the Almaty-based Director of the International Organization for Migration who also is responsible for Uzbekistan, told us yesterday that the organization is moving ahead with plans to seek registration here (first reported in May). This would be welcome news, as it is aw [...]	2008-11-04 10:39:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON UZ
08TASHKENT1288	"WHIRLPOOL OF DEATH:" UZBEK TV REPORTS ISLAMIC [...] (C) Summary: On October 31, Uzbek state-controlled television broadcasted a 20-minute program claiming that members of the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization had recruited Uzbeks in the town of Khonobod in Andijon province and facilitated their travel to Pakistan to train in militant camps. [...]	2008-11-07 10:41:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER KIRF KISL PINR PGOV PREL SOCI PK UZ
08TASHKENT129	UZBEK MIGRANTS EYE VISA-FREE TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: On January 13 poloff, who previously served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Bukhara, learned that his Uzbek former counterpart teacher was departing immediately -- and possibly forever -- for Turkey. Having been frustrated at recent attempts to find work abroad in Russia, Cyprus, a [...]	2008-01-31 07:43:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM CVIS KCRM KWMN ECON SOCI TU UZ
08TASHKENT1291	PDAS CAMP'S MEETINGS WITH UZBEK FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: SCA PDAS Donald Camp met with Uzbek Foreign Minister (FM) Norov and National Security Advisor (NSA) Atayev during an October 28-29 visit to Tashkent. Camp exchanged views on the situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan, pushing back on Uzbek statements that the solution to the probl [...]	2008-11-10 10:03:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR UZ
08TASHKENT1305	UZBEKISTAN: EX-POLICE OFFICERS JAILED FOR [...] (C) Summary: In three recent cases, government officials have been punished or tried for alleged wrong-doing. On November 10, the state-controlled Uzbek Television First Channel reported that a group of six former Uzbek police officers from Tashkent were recently convicted of kidnapping a loc [...]	2008-11-13 11:40:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM PGOV SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT1306	UZBEKISTAN: AFGHAN REFUGEES STILL ENDURE [...] (C) Summary: The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) office in Tashkent reports that Afghan refugees with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) mandate status in Uzbekistan continue to face harassment and occasional deportation at the hands of authorities. According to U [...]	2008-11-13 11:47:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI UNDP UNHCR AF TI UZ
08TASHKENT1308	UZBEKISTAN SCENE-SETTER FOR GENERAL MCNABB, [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Tashkent looks forward to hosting you and advancing one more step toward opening a new Northern Distribution Network (NDN) (previously referred to as the Northern Ground Line of Communication or NGLOC) to Afghanistan. The Government of Uzbekistan (GoU) viewed Rear Admiral [...]	2008-11-14 09:11:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC EAID ECON KTIA MARR MASS MOPS OVIP
08TASHKENT131	GOU AND CIVIL SOCIETY: ON THE ROAD TO NORMALCY [...] (C) Summary: In the past few weeks, the government has taken several positive steps on the civil society front, including: signaling that it will register a German non-governmental organization (NGO); opening three new resource centers for local NGOs; and awarding 22 grants to NGOs through th [...]	2008-01-31 12:41:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT132	UZBEKISTAN GRANTS OVERFLIGHT RIGHTS, USE OF TERMEZ [...] (SBU) The Government of Uzbekistan informed Post via diplomatic note on January 30 that it has approved overflights of Uzbekistan and the transit of the Uzbek-German airbase at Termez by U.S. military and diplomatic personnel assigned to NATO and/or International Security Assistance Forces whe [...]	2008-01-31 13:18:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PBTS AF UZ
08TASHKENT1322	UZBEKISTAN: EMBASSY HOSTS ROUNDTABLE FOR [...] (C) Summary: While the atmosphere in Uzbekistan's majority Muslim community has improved somewhat over the past year, some smaller Christian evangelical groups - particularly those which are unregistered and have ethnic Uzbek members - continue to endure frequent raids, harassment, and the de [...]	2008-11-18 09:56:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF KPAO PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT1324	TASHKENT TIDBITS NOVEMBER 17, 2008 [...] (SBU) The British Embassy's Third Secretary who is responsible for Public Affairs, Richard Pike, shed additional light on the recent agreement that the British Council signed with Gulnara Karimova's Forum for Culture and Arts. He explained that the agreement outlined no specific projects, bu [...]	2008-11-18 10:56:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON UZ
08TASHKENT1325	UZBEKISTAN: FORMER OFFICIAL COMMENTS ON FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: On November 13, Furkat Sidikov (a former official who remains affiliated with the Government of Uzbekistan) discussed a range of political and security issues with Poloff and expressed interest in developing bilateral cooperation. Sidikov asserted that Uzbekistan is curious about [...]	2008-11-18 10:57:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC KISL PINS PTER PHUM SOCI AF UZ
08TASHKENT1341	FATF Member Embassies Not United on Uzbekistan [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel points to Uzbek Deputy Prime Minister Azimov and Foreign Minister Norov on November 19 on the margins of meetings with TRANSCOM Commander General Duncan McNabb. Azimov was already aware of the upcoming FATF team's visit and mentioned DAS Glaser by name. He nodded [...]	2008-11-21 10:44:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PINR PREL KCRM UZ
08TASHKENT1351	UZBEKISTAN: AUTHORITIES REPORT ON HEALTH OF IMPRISONED OPPOSIT [...] (C) Summary: On November 18, the MFA delivered to the Embassy the results of a medical commission that was established by President Karimov on October 24 to examine the health of imprisoned oppositionist Sanjar Umarov (ref A). The report stated that Umarov suffered from "no significant patholo [...]	2008-11-24 11:56:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT1379	UZBEKISTAN: NEW LEGAL CLINICS TO OPEN, BUT BAR ASSOCIATION [...] (C) Summary: The Tashkent Legal Clinic Director reported that authorities have approved the opening of three new legal clinics in Uzbekistan and have granted a six-month Uzbek visa to the AmCit American Bar Association (ABA) office director in Almaty, who is currently in Uzbekistan attending tr [...]	2008-11-26 12:34:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAID PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT1380	UZBEKISTAN: UPDATE ON TIP AND LABOR MIGRATION [...] (C) Summary: In a November 22 article, BBC Monitoring reported that Uzbekistan's state-controlled media has launched a human trafficking awareness campaign, which tracks with poloff's observation that over the past few months, human rights-related articles have appeared in the state-controlled [...]	2008-11-26 12:45:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ECON ELAB KCRM KWMN PGOV PREL SOCI KZ UZ
08TASHKENT1382	Uzbekistan Supportive on Afghanistan Transit Concepts [...] (C) Summary: The Commander of U.S. Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) General Duncan McNabb visited Uzbekistan November 18-20 to discuss possible modalities of establishing commercial transit of non-lethal supplies for U.S. forces in Afghanistan (Northern Distribution Network -NDN). The Governme [...]	2008-11-26 13:05:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR EINT UZ
08TASHKENT139	RADIATION DETECTION UPDATE: GOVERNMENT OF [...] (C) On January 30 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs delivered a diplomatic note to Post with additional information related to the November seizure of a railcar carrying radioactive material. Post has e-mailed copies of the enclosures to the Uzbekistan Desk Officer, Brian Roraff (202-647-6765). [...]	2008-02-01 11:29:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC KNNP PARM KCRM PTER ASEC KCOR KZ KG UZ
08TASHKENT142	WOMEN'S CRISIS CENTER OPENS IN BUKHARA WITH [...] (C) Summary: During a visit to Bukhara province on January 10 and 11, the Ambassador visited the "Oydin Nuri" ("Moonlight") Women's Crisis Center for victims of domestic violence, which recently opened in November 2007 with support from an Embassy Democracy Commission grant. During his visit [...]	2008-02-01 13:49:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KWMN PGOV SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT1420	UZBEKISTAN: DEMARCHE ON THE HELSINKI OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Pol-Econ Chief discussed reftel points with Uzbek MFA UN and International Organizations Division Head Karomiddin Gadoev on December 3.Karomiddin noted that, for the first time in three years (i.e. since Andijon),Uzbekistan would be represented in Helsinkiat the ministerial level byForeign [...]	2008-12-04 13:21:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE PHUM KDEM UZ
08TASHKENT143	GOU: BLUSTER ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: There are signs of progress on some aspects of our human rights agenda with Uzbekistan, especially concerning civil society (ref A),but the issue of political prisoners remains the toughest nut to crack. We and the French have encountered visceral reaction at the Ministry of For [...]	2008-02-01 14:53:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM MARR PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT1430	BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON MUZAFFAR ISMAILOVICH KURBANBAYEV, NEW [...] (SBU) On November 12th, 2008, Musa Yerniyazov, Chairman of the Jokargy Kenges (Parliament) of Uzbekistan's Autonomous Karakalpakstan Region, signed a decree appointing Muzaffar Ismailovich Kurbanbayev as the new Prosecutor of Karakalpakstan. Kurbanbayev replaced Hakimboy Ashirovich Halimov, who [...]	2008-12-05 12:27:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR UZ KZ
08TASHKENT144	BUKHARA AUTHORITIES DETAIN, THEN RELEASE HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: Authorities in Bukhara released without charge two Human Rights Alliance activists on January 30 after holding them in detention for approximately eight hours. The two activists were initially detained as they tried to hold a protest in front of the Bukhara Province Criminal Cour [...]	2008-02-01 14:59:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV UZ
08TASHKENT1454	UZBEKISTAN: ATMOSPHERE SLOWLY IMPROVING FOR ACTIVISTS [...] (C) Summary: In the past weeks, independent human rights activists have held two human-rights related events attended by government officials. On November 28, the independent Ezgulik human rights group held a conference evaluating the government's recent legal reforms with several other indepen [...]	2008-12-12 06:43:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAID KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT1459	Uzbekistan Scenesetter for LTG Allen [...] (C) Embassy Tashkent warmly welcomes your visit to Uzbekistan as an important opportunity to build on recent progress in U.S.-Uzbekistan cooperation. Your meetings will primarily be an opportunity to exchange views on the situation in Afghanistan with Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) officials an [...]	2008-12-12 12:57:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR UZ
08TASHKENT146	UZBEKISTAN TAKES ANOTHER SWIPE AT TAJIKISTAN OVER [...] (C) Summary: The recent publication in Uzbekistan's state-run press of an article critical of Tajikistan's hydroelectric power projects, and flagged by President Karimov in his January 24 meeting with CENTCOM Commander Admiral Fallon, is the latest move in Uzbekistan's longstanding efforts to [...]	2008-02-04 08:58:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ENGR EAID PREL TI UZ
08TASHKENT1463	Tashkent Tidbits December 15, 2008 [...] (SBU) Recently, a member of the Ezgulik human rights group's Syrdarya province branch observed that his organization has received a response from law enforcement officials regarding complaint letters they had sent over an incident in October when a police officer threatened and hit Ezgulik memb [...]	2008-12-15 12:35:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KDEM PHUM UZ
08TASHKENT1471	UZBEKISTAN: BORDER SECURITY ASSESSMENT [...] (C) Summary. Several U.S. programs--including the Export Control and Related Border Security program, the International Narcotics and Law Enforcement program, and others sponsored by the Department of Defense and Department of Energy--have contributed to enhancing the security of Uzbekistan's b [...]	2008-12-17 08:29:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS ASEC ECON MASS PGOV PINS KNNP PREL UZ
08TASHKENT1472	UZBEKISTAN: STAFFDEL MEETS WITH MINISTRY OF DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary:During a meeting with Colonel Rustamov of Uzbekistan's Ministry of Defense on December 15, House Foreign Affairs Committee staffers discussed a range of defense and security issues.Rustamov voiced support ofinternational efforts to promote stability in Afghanistan and was pleased th [...]	2008-12-17 09:59:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS ASEC MASS PINS PTER PHUM SNAR UZ
08TASHKENT1473	UZBEKISTAN: FOUR POLICE JAILED OVER FATAL TORTURE [...] (U) On December 12, the Tashkent provincial Criminal Court sentenced four police officers to between eight and 17 years' imprisonment for torturing to death Muzaffar Tuychiev in the town of Angren in March, according to a December 16 article by Agence France Presse (refs A and B). The article f [...]	2008-12-17 11:34:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT1475	UZBEKISTAN: UNITED NATIONS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) On December 15, Poloff delivered reftel demarche urging the Government of Uzbekistan to support the U.S. proposal for United Nations harmonization of conditions of service overtwo alternative proposals toUzbekistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Desk Chief Ismat Fayzullaev. Fayzullaev [...]	2008-12-18 10:58:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT AORC APER PREL UNGA UZ
08TASHKENT1476	UZBEKISTAN: TERRORISM FINANCE DEMARCHE ON DESIGNATION OF AL-SHABAAB [...] (C) On December 15, Poloff delivered reftel demarche on the U.S. designation of three members of al-Shabaab for supporting terrorism to Uzbekistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Desk Chief Ismat Fayzullaev, who promised to inform appropriate parts of the Government of Uzbekistan. NORLA [...]	2008-12-18 11:23:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC KE ET UZ
08TASHKENT1477	UZBEKISTAN: TERRORISM FINANCE DEMARCHE ON UNION OF GOOD DELIVERED [...] (C) On December 15, Poloff delivered reftel demarche onthe U.S. domestic designation of Union of Good as a supporter of terrorism to Uzbekistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Desk Chief Ismat Fayzullaev, who promised to inform parts of the Government of Uzbekistan who work on the issue. [...]	2008-12-18 11:20:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR KWBG KPAL IS SA WE GZ UZ

08TASHKENT1479	UZBEKISTAN: GLOBAL INITIATIVE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) On December 19, Poloff and Russian Charge d'Affaires Alexey Mochulsky jointly delivered reftel demarche on the upcoming Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism plenary meeting to First Secretary Oybek Abdiev of Uzbekistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs United Nations and International [...]	2008-12-22 10:43:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC UZ
08TASHKENT1480	UZBEKISTAN: NEW LAW ENHANCES RIGHTS OF DEFENDANTS, LAWYERS, [...] (C) Summary: In December, Uzbekistan's Parliament adopted a new law on defense attorneys which significantly increases protections for defendants, their lawyers, and witnesses. The former Chairwoman of the Tashkent Bar Association, who provided poloff with a copy of the law, described it as "r [...]	2008-12-22 11:25:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAID KCRM PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT152	AMNESTY FOR IKHTIYOR HAMROEV AND UMIDA NIYAZOVA [...] (U) On February 3, the Uzbek language website of Radio Free Europe (www.ozodlik.org) reported that Ikhtiyor Hamroev, the son of well-known human rights defender Bakhtiyor Hamroev, had been amnestied and released from prison. The December 2007 amnesty was also applied to former Human Rights Wa [...]	2008-02-04 12:54:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV UZ
08TASHKENT1521	UZBEKISTAN: INFORMATION ON NEWLY-APPOINTED FOREIGN MINISTRY [...] (C) Summary: Newly-appointed First Deputy Foreign Minister Karamatov made a favorable impression on the Ambassador in a meeting with him on December 17. Another recently-appointed Foreign Ministry official is Deputy Foreign Minister Islamov, whose responsibilities include Uzbekistan's relation [...]	2008-12-23 13:05:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL UZ
08TASHKENT1522	Uzbekistan: CENTCOM Deputy Commander Lt. General Allen [...] (C) Summary: On December 19 CENTCOM Deputy Commander Lt. General John Allen met separately with Uzbek Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov and Defense Minister Kabul Berdiyev in Tashkent. Lt. Gen. Allen's visit laid the groundwork for a planned visit by CENTCOM Commander General David Petraeus in J [...]	2008-12-24 08:52:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MASS ETRD PINR PHUM ECON KCOR TI AF UZ
08TASHKENT153	GULNORA KARIMOVA APPOINTED DEPUTY MINISTER OF \ [...] (C) On February 4, the independent Uzmetronom website \ reported that Gulnora Karimova, President Karimov's eldest \ daughter, was appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs \ for Cultural Issues. The article also reported that on \ February 1, President Karimov signed decree PP-787, creating \ [...]	2008-02-04 13:32:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SCUL UZ
08TASHKENT1539	UZBEKISTAN: HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST ACCUSED OF FRAUD [...] (U) On December 31, Radio Free Europe's Uzbek-language Ozodlik.org website reported that Ezgulik human rights activist Karim Bozorboev has been accused of fraud by law enforcement officials in Gulistan in Syrdarya province. According to the article, Bozorboev was accused of swindling a 60-year [...]	2008-12-31 09:05:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ECON KCRM PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT155	ANDIJON-BASED ACTIVIST SAIDJAHON ZAYNABIDDINOV [...] (U) On February 5, the independent Harakat.net website reported that Andijon-based human rights activist Saidjahon Zaynabiddinov had been amnestied and released from the Zangi Ota correctional camp in Tashkent province on February 2. The article reported a telephone conversation Zaynabiddinov [...]	2008-02-05 11:37:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT156	DOING BUSINESS WITH UZBEKISTAN: FOLLOW UP TO THE [...] (SBU) Nine Jeep Cherokees were provided to the Uzbek State Customs Committee in August 2000. In post's 2004 End Use Monitoring Report (reftel B, paragraph #2-C),we first reported that "two of the vehicles are perhaps being misused" and may have been given to other agencies. The bilateral re [...]	2008-02-05 12:43:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR ASEC EAID PREL KCRM KCOR UZ
08TASHKENT165	HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST ATTACKED AT TASHKENT TRAIN [...] (C) On February 5, Human Rights Alliance member Elena Urlayeva was reportedly attacked by five unknown women, one wielding an iron bar, at Tashkent's train station as she was attempting to board a train to Bukhara. On February 6, poloff spoke with Urlayeva by telephone, who said she was assau [...]	2008-02-07 05:24:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV UZ
08TASHKENT167	GOU AMNESTIES MORE POLITICAL PRISONERS [...] (C) Summary: In a press release on February 5, Human Rights Watch (HRW) announced that the Uzbek government on February 4 and 5 had amnestied two additional political prisoners, Dilmurod Muhitdinov and Bahodir Mukhtarov, though Ezgulik Chairperson Vasila Inoyatova has been unable to confirm t [...]	2008-02-07 05:53:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT168	UPDATE ON EUROPEAN BORDER SECURITY EFFORTS IN [...] (C) Summary: In a January 29 meeting with Emboffs, former Chief Technical Advisor for the Border Management in Central Asia Program, Pierre-Paul Antheunissens, provided an update on the program's border security efforts in Uzbekistan. The Border Management in Central Asia Program completed and [...]	2008-02-07 08:06:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL PGOV ASEC UZ
08TASHKENT174	SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Norland and Emboffs met with the Executive Committee of the Regional Antiterrorist Structure (RATS) of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) on January 31. Executive Committee officials provided a rundown on the structure, responsibilities, and key officials of th [...]	2008-02-08 07:51:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC PTER SNAR PGOV PBTS PINR SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT176	HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH REOPENS IN TASHKENT [...] (SBU) Human Rights Watch (HRW) reopened its Tashkent office with the arrival of its new Uzbekistan country director, Igor Vorontsov, on February 6, shortly after a visit by EU Commission members to Tashkent (ref A). As a Russian citizen (from Saint Petersburg),Vorontsov did not need a visa [...]	2008-02-08 11:55:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT177	DIPLOMATS PONDER HOW TO LIFT EU SANCTIONS ON [...] (C) Summary. The French, British and German Ambassadors in Tashkent were pleasantly suprised by a "qualitative improvement" in the Uzbek government's handling of human rights during a Feb. 5-6 visit by Commission representatives. These ambassadors (protect) uniformly endorse termination of [...]	2008-02-08 12:41:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR MARR EAID EU EUN NATO UZ
08TASHKENT183	UZBEK LEGAL REFORM CONFERENCE TO DRAW "POWER [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Uzbekistan agreed to substantially upgrade the scope of an upcoming March conference on law enforcement and human rights. The two-day conference is being organized by the USAID-funded Open Dialogue Project in conjunction with Eastern Kentucky University, the In [...]	2008-02-12 04:36:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KCRM EAID UZ
08TASHKENT189	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: LOBBYING FOR KOSOVO [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-12 11:57:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV XH UZ
08TASHKENT190	ARAL SEA TO BE FOCUS OF MARCH INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: On February 7, the Ambassador, USAID Country Director, and Poloff met with Fikrit Akcura of the United Nations Development Program and others who are directly involved with an upcoming international conference on the Aral Sea on March 11-13. Akcura described how Uzbekistan has gr [...]	2008-02-12 12:15:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV EAGR EAID KTIA PREL UZ
08TASHKENT198	TURKEY'S BID TO WIN CENTRAL ASIAN HEARTS AND MINDS [...] (C) Summary. Paving the way for the Turkish outreach effort to Central Asia outlined reftel, Turkish MFA Deputy Under Secretary Unal Cevikoz held eight hours of political consultations in Tashkent on February 12. He told diplomats the visit was successful in improving the political dialogue [...]	2008-02-13 10:13:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG EPET EINV TU UZ
08TASHKENT199	RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR ON PUTIN-KARIMOV MEETING [...] (C) Summary: On February 11 the Ambassador called on Russian Ambassador Farit Muhametshin to discuss President Karimov's February 5-6 trip to Moscow, including his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Muhametshin described the trip as "nothing extraordinary" and said all meetings an [...]	2008-02-13 11:44:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EMIN ENRG ECON SNAR RS AF TI ZK UZ
08TASHKENT2	UZBEKISTAN'S BORDER GUARD AND CUSTOMS OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary: Julia Khersonsky, who works at the University of Georgia's Washington DC-based Center for International Trade and Security (CITS),briefed Poloff on her recent meetings with Border Guard and Customs officials. They were highly appreciative of past U.S. assistance in border securi [...]	2008-01-02 05:46:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS PREL SNAR PTER AF UZ
08TASHKENT20	MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: Poloff met with officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) on December 4 to discuss counterterrorism issues. After an overview of the history of counterterrorism efforts in Uzbekistan, the officials outlined the MVD's priorities and responded to Poloff's questions, oft [...]	2008-01-07 10:06:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PINS PREL MCAP SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT210	MIXED PICTURE ON AMNESTIES FOR PROTESTANTS [...] (C) Summary: In contrast to several recent amnesties of human rights defenders, the government recently refused to amnesty imprisoned Pentecostal Pastor Dmitry Shestakov. On the other hand, authorities recently amnestied two other Protestants, Salavat Serikbayev and Nikolai Zulfikarov, who h [...]	2008-02-14 12:43:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV UZ
08TASHKENT211	SANJAR UMAROV'S HEALTH REPORTEDLY DETERIORATING IN [...] (C) On February 14, poloff met with opposition Free Farmers Party leader Nigara Khidoyatova, who reported that the health of opposition Sunshine Coalition leader Sanjar Umarov continues to deteriorate in prison. Visibly upset, Khidoyatova began to cry and had difficulty speaking through part [...]	2008-02-14 12:50:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV UZ
08TASHKENT212	UZBEKS REQUEST NATO ASSISTANCE WITH ROCKET FUEL [...] (C) Summary: North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) officials, visiting per the invitation of the Government of Uzbekistan, briefed the diplomatic corps on February 13 after discussing a project to dispose of 1,100 tons of melange rocket fuel. NATO is currently finishing a similar project [...]	2008-02-14 12:54:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS ENRG NATO UZ
08TASHKENT218	FORMER SOVIET WEAPONS SCIENTISTS CONTRIBUTE TO [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met on February 13 with a team from the Los Alamos National Laboratory involved in a project to provide gainful commercial employment for former weapons scientists. The USD one million project is going well at the halfway point, and Uzbek scientists are making cob [...]	2008-02-19 05:49:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PARM MNUC KNNP EMIN ECON EIND ETTC
08TASHKENT219	UZBEKS ON REGIONAL TRADE, AFGHAN ELECTRICITY [...] (C) Summary: SCA Special Advisor for Economic Integration Bob Deutsch met in Tashkent January 29 with senior Uzbek officials, to discuss provision of electricity to Afghanistan and prospects for this year's Trade and Investment Framework Agreement meetings. The Uzbeks underscored the importanc [...]	2008-02-19 06:56:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ENRG ETRD PGOV PHUM AF UZ
08TASHKENT22	GOU AMNESTIES HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST BOZORBOEV [...] (U) On January 4, the Associated Press reported that Syrdarya province Ezgulik Deputy Chairman Karim Bozorboev, who was convicted of fraud and sentenced to three and half years' imprisonment in November (ref A),was amnestied and released from prison. 2. (C) On January 7, Ezgulik Deputy C [...]	2008-01-07 13:59:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV UZ
08TASHKENT223	STALEMATE CONTINUES ON ICRC PRISON VISITS IN [...] (C) Rafaello Muller, Country Director of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Uzbekistan, told poloff that, while lines of communication remain open, there is still no progress in "achieving a dialogue" with the Government of Uzbekistan regarding previously submitted prison m [...]	2008-02-19 13:31:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT237	UZBEK PRIME MINISTER REPLACED [...] (C) Independent website Uzmetronom reported late on February 21 that Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyaev has been removed as Prime Minister and will assume duties as Hokim (governor) of Ferghana Province. First Deputy Prime Minister Rustam Azimov will assume duties as acting Prime Minister. The [...]	2008-02-21 13:03:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON UZ
08TASHKENT238	ISRAEL GETS COLD SHOULDER FROM UZBEKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: On February 19 the Ambassador met with his Israeli counterpart Ami Mehl and Gary Koren, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of the Eurasia Department, Division for Central Europe and Eurasia. Koren noted that, for unknown reasons, the Israel-Uzbekistan bilateral rel [...]	2008-02-21 13:41:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL ASEC ELTN MASS EG IR IS XF UZ
08TASHKENT242	UZBEK PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE DENIES DISMISSAL [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyaev's press secretary and others are denying reports that First Deputy SIPDIS Prime Minister Rustam Azimov will be named acting Prime Minister. The reports have touched a raw nerve and open a window on a palace intrigue whose ultimate stakes may be [...]	2008-02-22 11:23:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KPAO PREL UZ
08TASHKENT251	UZBEKISTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ADVANCING THE [...] (C) DCM delivered ref A demarche, including pitch to release all Cuban political prisoners, to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Chief of U.S. Affairs and Countries of America Department Takhir Mamadjanov on February 26. Mamadjanov did not provide a substantive response, but noted that he w [...]	2008-02-26 11:59:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EU CU UZ
08TASHKENT253	UZBEKS AND ICRC REACH AGREEMENT ON RESTARTING [...] (C) Summary: On February 26 the Ambassador met with Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Alisher Sharafutdinov who, in the course of discussions on the human rights situation (septel),stated that the Government of Uzbekistan has reached an agreement with the International Committee of the Red [...]	2008-02-26 12:36:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ICRC UZ
08TASHKENT254	DEPUTY INTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER OF UZBEKISTAN ON [...] (C) Summary: On February 26 the Ambassador met with Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Alisher Sharafutdinov to discuss recent progress and next steps on human rights, legal reform, and ICRC prison visits. The Uzbek side invited journalists to the meeting and interviewed the Ambassador on c [...]	2008-02-27 13:47:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM ICRC EAID UZ
08TASHKENT266	ICRC PRESIDENT TO VISIT UZBEKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Head of Regional Delegation in Central Asia Yves Giovannoni and Deputy Head Raffaello Muller requested a meeting with the Ambassador on February 28 to discuss ICRC's new agreement with the Government of Uzbekistan to resume prison v [...]	2008-02-28 11:50:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL EAID ASEC MCAP SOCI ZK AF KG
08TASHKENT267	AUTHORITIES REPORTEDLY OFFER SANJAR UMAROV FREEDOM [...] (C) On February 28, poloff met with opposition Free Farmers Party leader and Sunshine Coalition member Nigara Khidoyatova to discuss what she had described as a recent development in the case of Sunshine Coalition leader Sanjar Umarov, who was imprisoned in March 2006 on politically-motivated [...]	2008-02-28 13:30:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT281	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH FREED SON OF HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: As part of a one-day visit to Jizzakh province on February 29, the Ambassador met with human rights activist Bakhtiyor Hamroev and his son Ikhtiyor, who was amnestied and released from prison on February 2 (ref A). Ikhtiyor told the Ambassador that his release was the result of t [...]	2008-03-04 11:45:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR PREL UZ
08TASHKENT290	JIZZAKH PROVINCE -- THE "FARGO" OF UZBEKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: During a one-day trip to Jizzakh province on February 29, the Ambassador met with the acting provincial Hokim (governor) Musa Anarbaev, toured a battery production plant operated by an U.S.-Uzbek joint venture, had lunch with alumni of US government exchange programs, and visited [...]	2008-03-06 06:45:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PBTS PHUM SCUL SOCI TI UZ
08TASHKENT299	BUKHARA COURT CONVICTS 13 INDIVIDUALS OF RELIGIOUS [...] (C) Summary: On March 6, poloff met with Saidazam Askarov, the brother of Salihiddin Askarov, who was convicted along with 12 other defendants of being members of a religious extremist cell by a Bukhara court in late February and sentenced to between 16 and 20 years' imprisonment each. Accord [...]	2008-03-10 11:24:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT300	HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER IN UZBEKISTAN DESCRIBES [...] (C) Summary: In between sessions of an international human rights conference in Tashkent devoted to Uzbekistan's abolishment of the death penalty and adoption of what is referred to as the "habeas corpus" law, the Ambassador met with the Swiss Ambassador and a local human rights lawyer, who d [...]	2008-03-10 12:08:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT305	GOOD ATMOSPHERICS AS UZBEK AND TURKMEN LEADERS [...] (SBU) A raft of documents was signed by the Uzbek and Turkmen leaders, as usual during visits involving former Soviet states, and the details of possible arrangements on gas deals and pipelines will no doubt emerge in due course. But one thing was visibly clear from the March 10-11 state vis [...]	2008-03-12 12:29:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR TX UZ
08TASHKENT307	UZBEK FOREIGN MINISTER: HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT MAY [...] (C) Summary: On March 12, the Ambassador was summoned to a meeting with Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in response to the release of the 2007 U.S. State Department Human Rights Report on March 11. Norov was swift to condemn the report, which he characterized [...]	2008-03-12 13:56:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT313	FORMER MUFTI: RELIGIOUS EXTREMIST THREAT WEAKENING [...] (C) Summary: Muhammad Sodiq Muhammad Yusuf, the former Mufti of Uzbekistan and Central Asia, received pol-econ chief and poloff at his Tashkent home on March 4. Muhammad Sodiq shared his view with Emboffs that religious extremism in Uzbekistan has become less of a threat now than before, whic [...]	2008-03-13 11:54:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIPR KIRF PGOV PINR PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT314	PARLIAMENTARIAN RESIGNS AMIDST HUMAN TRAFFICKING [...] (C) On March 10 an article on the news website centrasia.ru reported that Ms. Matlyuba Burxanova, a member of the Oliy Majlis, the lower house of Parliament, resigned over allegations of human trafficking. Embassy LES Political Assistant confirmed this information with Marifdjon Usmanov (plea [...]	2008-03-13 12:42:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN KCRM KCOR UZ
08TASHKENT33	UZBEKISTAN AIRWAYS OFFICIALS FAVORABLE TO AVIATION [...] (C) Ambassador paid a courtesy call on January 3 on the Director General of Uzbekistan Airways, Valeriy Tyan. (Note: Uzbekistan Airways is the largest non-Russian airline in the Commonwealth of Independent States. End note.) Tyan noted that per its contract with Boeing, Uzbekistan would rece [...]	2008-01-08 12:28:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL US UZ
08TASHKENT330	EMBASSY HOSTS ROUNDTABLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] (C) Summary: On March 13, the Embassy hosted the rollout of the 2007 U.S. State Department's Human Rights Report. In stark contrast to last year's rollout, when several invitees were detained and harassed (ref A),this year's event went forward without any interference from the government. A [...]	2008-03-14 13:44:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT344	UPDATE ON ICRC PRISON VISITS IN UZBEKISTAN [...] (C) On March 17 Charge d'Affaires and poloff met with International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Head of Regional Delegation Yves Giovannoni to get a status report on the recently announced prison visits in Uzbekistan (reftel). ICRC will only be able to visit some of the approximately 200 [...]	2008-03-19 14:18:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM PINR UZ
08TASHKENT351	LOWER HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT PASSES ANTI-TRAFFICKING [...] (C) Summary: On March 18 the Oliy Majlis, the lower house of the Uzbek parliament, passed a draft anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) law on the third and final reading. The next step is for the Senate to approve the law, which is listed as the number one agenda item for the upcoming March 27 p [...]	2008-03-20 12:01:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN KCRM KCOR UZ
08TASHKENT361	TOUGH ENVIRONMENT FOR UZBEK JOURNALISTS [...] (C) Sobirjon Yakubov, commentator of GOU-controlled "Hurriyat" newspaper and Begqul Egamqulov, commentator on world affairs for the official GOU newspaper "Halq Sozi" were fired on March 18 for participating in a professional development program in France, much like State's International Visit [...]	2008-03-24 13:01:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO UZ
08TASHKENT362	FOR SECOND YEAR, FEW DISTURBANCES AT JEHOVAH'S [...] (C) Summary: On March 24, the Ambassador met with the Jehovah's Witnesses AmCit General Counsel and two of their regional representatives from Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. The General Counsel reported that, for the second year in a row, there were few reported disruptions of the Jehovah's Witn [...]	2008-03-24 13:14:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV UZ
08TASHKENT363	UZBEKISTAN CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL APPROACH TO [...] (C) Summary: A broad array of senior representatives from various governments, international organizations, and donor agencies participated in a March 12 conference in Tashkent dedicated to problems associated with the Aral Sea. Several drivers appear to underpin Uzbekistan's decision to host [...]	2008-03-25 12:04:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV EAGR EAID KTIA PREL UZ
08TASHKENT365	UZBEK LOWER HOUSE ADOPTS INTERNATIONAL LABOR [...] (C) Summary: On March 13, a state-controlled website reported that the lower house of Uzbekistan's Parliament adopted International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention 138 (Minimum Age for Employment) and ILO Convention 182 (Elimination of Worst Forms of Child Labor). In separate conversation [...]	2008-03-26 13:19:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT370	GENERAL MOTORS UZBEKISTAN TAKES OFF [...] (C) Summary: General Motors Uzbekistan, a joint venture between General Motors and the state-controlled company UzAvtoSanoat and the largest auto plant in Central Asia, officially opened on March 20 at a gala affair attended by senior GM executives and Deputy Prime Minister Sanakulov. GM repr [...]	2008-03-28 02:19:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECIN SOCI PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT371	EU CONSENSUS FORGED IN TASHKENT ON HEADS OF [...] (C) The on-again, off-again consensus (reftels) among EU heads of mission (HOM's) in Tashkent on a report to EU ministers regarding human rights and sanctions on Uzbekistan is apparently back on. French Ambassador Hughes Pernet and British Ambassador Iain Kelly (protect) told Ambassador Marc [...]	2008-03-28 02:24:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EU UZ
08TASHKENT400	GOVERNMENT OF UZBEKISTAN WOULD WELCOME RETURN OF [...] (C) Summary: Senior officials from Uzbekistan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and the State Commission for Drug Control told U.S. officials on April 2 that their respective agencies as well as the National Security Service would welcome the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's return to Uzbeki [...]	2008-04-04 11:57:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT403	SANJAR UMAROV'S SON REPORTS FATHER IN NEAR [...] (C) Summary: On April 3, poloff met with Arslan Umarov, the son of Sunshine Coalition leader Sanjar Umarov, who was imprisoned in March 2006 on politically-motivated charges of tax evasion and illegal commodities trading. Arslan reported visiting his father in prison with his aunt on March 26 [...]	2008-04-04 14:00:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT431	ICRC: IMPROVING UZBEK PRISON CONDITIONS LIKELY TO [...] (C) Summary: During a five-day visit to Uzbekistan on March 27 - April 1 (septels),Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Pamela Spratlen SIPDIS met on March 31 with International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Head of Regional Delegation Yves Giovannoni t [...]	2008-04-14 14:08:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT432	UZBEKISTAN: RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE AND MFA [...] (C) Summary: During a five-day visit to Uzbekistan on March 27 - April 1 (septels),Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Pamela Spratlen SIPDIS visited the Tashkent main Madrassah and the Jewish community in Bukhara. She also met with Ministry of Foreign Af [...]	2008-04-14 14:52:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL TI UZ
08TASHKENT441	UZBEKISTAN: SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS OFFER THE [...] (C) Summary: Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State (A/DAS) Pamela Spratlen, Ambassador Norland and Emboffs participated in a series of meetings with high-ranking Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) officials March 28-31 in Tashkent and Bukhara. GOU authorities agreed to all requested meetings [...]	2008-04-16 05:02:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM SOCI ECON UZ
08TASHKENT442	PRESIDENT KARIMOV SIGNS LAW RATIFYING ILO [...] (C) On April 8 President Karimov signed the law ratifying the International Labor Organization's (ILO) Convention 182 on the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor. The information appeared in state-controlled press on April 14 and was also posted on official government websites. As r [...]	2008-04-16 05:06:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT444	A/DAS DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS AND CIVIL SOCIETY IN [...] (C) Summary: During her March 27 - April 1 visit to Tashkent and Bukhara (septels),Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State (A/DAS) for South and Central Asia and SIPDIS Public Diplomacy Pamela Spratlen held meetings with a diverse array of human rights and civil society representatives. [...]	2008-04-16 05:39:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM UZ
08TASHKENT445	UZBEKISTAN: SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS OFFER THE [...] (C) Summary: On March 31, A/DAS, accompanied by the Ambassador and DCM, met with Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for nearly two hours. Norov covered a wide range of topics from human rights to security and economic issues. He welcomed an invitation for his D [...]	2008-04-16 05:50:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC PHUM ECON EINV SOCI SNAR AF UZ
08TASHKENT446	UZBEKISTAN: NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL CHIEF [...] (C) Summary: On March 31, A/DAS, Ambassador, and DCM met with Secretary of the National Security Council (NSC) Murat Ataev. Like FM Norov (septel) and Parliamentarian Tashmukhamedova (septel),Ataev greeted the U.S. side warmly and announced that the GOU's Ministries and the NSC are ready fo [...]	2008-04-16 07:57:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC ELTN KISL PBTS PGOV PHUM PINR PINS
08TASHKENT447	UZBEKISTAN APPROVES MAJORITY OF OSCE PROJECTS [...] (C) Summary: On April 14 Bernard Rouault, Senior Project Officer at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Project Coordination Office in Tashkent, informed poloff that the Government of Uzbekistan approved 14 of the 19 proposed projects submitted for 2008 after a long [...]	2008-04-16 08:12:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OSCE PHUM UZ
08TASHKENT449	UZBEKISTAN: GOVERNMENT SEEKS FEEDBACK ON "6 PLUS [...] (C) Summary: On April 11, First Deputy Foreign Minister Nematov told the Ambassador that the Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) will indicate who will participate in the upcoming Afghanistan Support Conference in Paris, and provided us with a non-paper elaborating on the "6 plus 3" proposal that P [...]	2008-04-16 10:24:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC AORC PGOV AF UZ
08TASHKENT452	UZBEKISTAN: ENCOURAGING EFFORT TO FIGHT [...] (C) Summary: During her March 29 - March 30 visit to Bukhara, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State (A/DAS) for South and Central Asia and Public Diplomacy Pamela Spratlen held meetings with a diverse array of civil society representatives, including U.S. Government-sponsored exchange pr [...]	2008-04-16 13:39:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KWMN KCRM OEXC EAID UZ
08TASHKENT453	UZBEKISTAN: ECONOMY MINISTER SEEKS U.S. [...] (C) Summary: On March 28, in a long and sometimes contentious meeting, Minister of Foreign Economic Relations Elyor Ganiev laid out his case for Uzbekistan's strong economic performance and promising investment prospects. He told A/DAS Pamela Spratlen that Uzbekistan is currently experiencing [...]	2008-04-16 14:07:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL ECIN EINV ENGR EAGR PGOV UZ
08TASHKENT454	UZBEKISTAN PLEDGES TO ABIDE BY UNSCR OBLIGATIONS [...] (C) On April 14, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Uzbekistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). On April 15, MFA U.S. Desk Chief Ismat Fayzullaev requested that Poloff provide a separate list of the Iranian proliferators that he could circulate to relevant Government of Uzbekistan agencie [...]	2008-04-16 14:16:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC KNNP IR UNSC UZ
08TASHKENT459	UZBEKISTAN VEHEMENTLY DENIES RUMORS OF SEPARATIST [...] (C) Summary: Senior Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials directed MFA Americas Desk Chief Ismat Fayzullaev to deliver a statement to Poloff on April 16 refuting press reporting on separatist sentiment in Uzbekistan's autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan, and warning that U.S. Embassy i [...]	2008-04-17 12:05:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT463	DISSIDENT POET JUMAEV SENTENCED TO INTERNAL EXILE [...] (C) On April 15 Reuters reported that dissident poet Yusuf Jumaev was found guilty in a Bukhara court of discrediting the authorities, resisting arrest, and harming a police officer. The charges stem from a December incident in which Jumaev, who was protesting his son's arrest, allegedly drove [...]	2008-04-18 12:41:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV UZ
08TASHKENT464	DENMARK DELIBERATING A CARROT VERSUS STICK [...] (C) Summary: Visiting Danish First Secretary Ulrik Birk-Petersen met with the Ambassador and poloffs on April 16 to discuss the human rights situation in Uzbekistan. The Moscow-based Birk-Petersen was in town to gather current information ahead of the EU's April 28 sanctions debate. He opin [...]	2008-04-18 12:45:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI DA UZ
08TASHKENT465	DENMARK DELIBERATING A CARROT VERSUS STICK [...] (C) Summary: Visiting Danish First Secretary Ulrik Birk-Petersen met with the Ambassador and poloffs on April 16 to discuss the human rights situation in Uzbekistan. The Moscow-based Birk-Petersen was in town to gather current information ahead of the EU's April 28 sanctions debate. He opin [...]	2008-04-18 13:39:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI DA UZ
08TASHKENT469	SAMARQAND GOVERNOR THE LATEST TO GET SACKED AS [...] (C) Summary: State-controlled press reported on April 16 that President Karimov traveled to Samarqand, where he relieved Provincial Governor (Hokim) Azamkhon Bakhromov of his duties, appointing the Bukharan-born Uktam Barnoev in his place. This is the fourth provincial governor to be fired s [...]	2008-04-21 11:52:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI PINR UZ
08TASHKENT476	UZBEKISTAN: MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS RESPONDS [...] (C) Summary: On April 11, the Ambassador used a meeting with Deputy Foreign Minister Nematov to pursue our dialogue with Uzbekistan on human rights as a follow-on to A/DAS Spratlen's March meetings with senior Uzbek officials and an array of human rights representatives (reftel). Nematov noted [...]	2008-04-22 11:50:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV UZ
08TASHKENT478	UZBEKISTAN: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY PREPARES TO [...] (C) Summary: On April 7-8, visiting Department of Energy (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) officials Laurel Cotton and Lindsay Guthrie met with officials from Uzbekistan's Institute of Nuclear Physics (INP) and the State Customs Committee (SCC) to discuss DOE's upcoming ass [...]	2008-04-22 12:45:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP ASEC PREL UZ
08TASHKENT482	NATO ENVOY: UZBEKISTAN POSITIVE ON COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary. NATO envoy Robert Simmons gave a readout to NATO Embassies on April 15 of meetings with Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) officials. According to Simmons, senior GOU officials may be split on pushing Uzbekistan's "6 plus 3" proposal. Simmons reported on the NATO land transit agreem [...]	2008-04-24 04:44:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC AORC MOPS KTIA NATO AF UZ
08TASHKENT487	UZBEKISTAN STAYING CLEAR OF ABKHAZIA/SOUTH OSSETIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-24 12:56:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO GG RS UZ
08TASHKENT49	THIRD STRIKE FOR FORMER DEFENSE OFFICIAL ERKIN [...] (C) Summary: On January 14, the independent Ferghana.ru website posted an open letter from the wife of Erkin Musaev, a former Uzbek Ministry of Defense and UNDP official who was sentenced to a total of 20 years' imprisonment in 2006 and 2007 for espionage and corruption in three separate trials [...]	2008-01-15 11:58:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM MASS PGOV UZ
08TASHKENT493	CENTRAL BANK ON MONEY LAUNDERING ISSUES [...] (C) On April 23 emboffs met with Alisher Akmalov, Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank, to discuss the anti-money laundering regime in Uzbekistan. Akmalov initially presented the typical explanation of Uzbekistan's anti-money laundering regime. Clearly aware of the international perceptions, h [...]	2008-04-25 14:37:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM ASEC PREL ECON KCOR PINR UZ
08TASHKENT5	ODIHR LIMITED OBSERVER MISSION TO UZBEKISTAN WAS [...] (C) Summary: On December 26 Ambassador and DCM had an outbrief with Ambassador Walter Siegl, who headed the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) limited election observer mission for the Presidential elections in Uzbekistan. Siegl reported that, although the c [...]	2008-01-02 10:48:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE UZ
08TASHKENT500	JEHOVAH'S WITNESS SENTENCED TO FOUR YEARS' [...] (C) Summary: On April 25, the Samarkand City Criminal Court sentenced Jehovah's Witnesses congregant Olim Turayev to four years' imprisonment on charges of illegally teaching religion and organizing a religious organization. Poloff was able to observe the trial. The Jehovah's Witnesses plan [...]	2008-04-28 12:44:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV UZ
08TASHKENT501	HIGH-PROFILE PRISONERS REPORTEDLY TREATED AT [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 26, an independent website reported that the health of recently imprisoned dissident poet Yusuf Jumaev had sharply deteriorated, and that as a result, he had been brought to the Bukhara province hospital's cardiology department for treatment on April 24. On April 28, p [...]	2008-04-28 12:51:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT508	HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH DIRECTOR STILL WAITING FOR [...] (C) Summary: More than two months after applying for accreditation with the Ministry of Justice, Human Rights Watch Director Igor Vorontsov still has not received any indication from the Ministry on whether he will be accredited or not. According to a Cabinet of Ministers resolution from 200 [...]	2008-04-29 12:37:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT51	POSITIVE RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE: UZBEKISTAN TO [...] (SBU) Post followed up with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Department on Uzbekistan's position on the upcoming vote for the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (reftel A). Durbek Amanov, the Chief of the Department, confirmed that Uzbekistan [...]	2008-01-16 07:52:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA UZ
08TASHKENT517	AMCIT RABBI AND JEWISH-AMERICAN NGO FACE [...] (C) Summary: In the past month, the Ministry of Justice has refused to renew the accreditation of an AmCit Rabbi, who heads the World Wide Lubavitch Movement in Uzbekistan, and threatened the registration of the Joint Distribution Committee, a Jewish-American humanitarian organization. In ad [...]	2008-05-02 12:07:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ECON EAID KIRF PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT518	UZBEKISTAN: CUSTOMS OFFICIALS REQUEST FURTHER [...] (SBU) A representative from Allied Technical Services worked on the repair of an X-ray van provided by the Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) program to Uzbekistan's State Customs Committee May 1-2. Customs used this van between 1998 and 2007 primarily to scan the belongings of [...]	2008-05-02 12:34:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PBTS PGOV KZ UZ
08TASHKENT525	UZBEKS REACT TO EU SANCTIONS DECISION [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Norov called in Ambassador on May 5, to discuss the April 28 EU decision to continue suspension of visa sanctions. Norov downplayed the EU's recognition of human rights steps the Uzbeks have taken and focused instead on the EU's continued criticism, which he said [...]	2008-05-06 02:15:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PHUM PGOV UZ
08TASHKENT526	UZBEKS REACT TO EU SANCTIONS DECISION [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Norov called in Ambassador on May 5, to discuss the April 28 EU decision to continue suspension of visa sanctions. Norov downplayed the EU's recognition of human rights steps the Uzbeks have taken and focused instead on the EU's continued criticism, which he said [...]	2008-05-06 02:15:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PHUM PGOV UZ
08TASHKENT529	BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON UZBEKISTAN'S DEPUTY [...] (C) Post has obtained a copy of a CV on Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Gulnara Karimova, provided by the head of Uzbekistan's OSCE mission in Vienna Yusupov to USOSCE Ambassador Finley in late April. Ms. Karimova is the eldest daughter of President Islom Karimov. The data is as follows: [...]	2008-05-06 10:59:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV UZ
08TASHKENT532	UZBEKISTAN: OUTREACH TO DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS [...] (C) Summary: Per reftel requests, we have summarized below efforts to implement the President's Freedom Agenda in Uzbekistan through outreach to democracy activists and dissidents. Democracy and human rights remain at the forefront of our agenda with the Uzbek government. The Ambassador and [...]	2008-05-08 02:10:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT546	UZBEKISTAN: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE REFLECTS [...] (C) Summary: Uzbekistan hosted a significant international conference focusing on regional security, particularly the situation in Afghanistan, on April 29-30. The event illustrates Uzbekistan's continuing concerns about the security situation in Afghanistan as well as growing regional interes [...]	2008-05-13 11:52:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC EAID ECIN KNNP KTIA MASS PBTS PGOV
08TASHKENT549	ACTIVIST REPORTS DEATH OF JASLYK INMATE [...] (C) Summary: In recent days, we have received conflicting reports on prison conditions from human rights activists. On May 8, Reuters reported that a prisoner at the Jaslyk prison in Karakalpakstan died, possibly from torture. Local human rights activist Surat Ikramov, most likely the source [...]	2008-05-13 13:33:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT550	ACTIVIST BRIEFLY DETAINED IN NAMANGAN; POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: On May 8, the independent Centrasia.ru reported that human rights activist and former Radio Liberty correspondent Nosir Zokirov was arrested in Namangan for allegedly insulting a police officer. On May 12, the independent Harakat.net website reported that Zokirov had been release [...]	2008-05-13 13:35:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT552	HUMAN RIGHTS IN UZBEKISTAN: THE CASE AGAINST [...] (C) Ambassador's introduction: The U.S. faces a decision in June on possible sanctions against Uzbekistan given ongoing concerns about the government's poor performance on human rights. Reftel cites upcoming leadership transition issues as a key factor in this decision, arguing that now is [...]	2008-05-14 13:36:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT553	UZBEKISTAN: GOVERNMENT DENIES REPORTS OF SMALLPOX [...] (SBU) Uzbekistan's Ministry of Health has denied reports that two cases of hemorrhagic smallpox originating from Karakalpakstan have appeared in Tashkent. (Note: These claims have surfaced in the Russian press and the internet website www.centrasia.ru. End note.) Chief Public Health Officer an [...]	2008-05-15 04:00:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO PGOV UZ
08TASHKENT561	PENTAGON AND DEA OFFICIALS PARTICIPATE IN [...] (C) Summary: As part of the military-to-military Action Officers Working Group (AOWG),on April 17, 2008 a separate meeting was held with Uzbek officials to discuss possible counternarcotics cooperation and border security-related issues as part of a Counternarcotics Working Group. Two visiti [...]	2008-05-16 12:40:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR UZ
08TASHKENT578	IOM QUIETLY MAKING NEW EFFORT TO REGISTER IN [...] (C) Summary: International Organization for Migration (IOM) Chief of Mission in Kazakhstan Mahmoud Naderi met with poloff on the margins of a major international workshop on trafficking in persons (TIP) in Tashkent on May 14-15. Naderi confirmed that IOM executives in Geneva have discreetly a [...]	2008-05-21 08:39:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM KWMN SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT585	UZBEKISTAN: HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH DIRECTOR DENIED [...] (C) Summary: One week before planned visits by Ambassador-at-Large for Religious Freedom John Hanford and Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher, the Uzbek government, with its usual perfect timing, denied accreditation to Human Rights Watch's director in Tashkent and threatened to deport an AmCi [...]	2008-05-22 11:52:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT589	SIGN OF BETTER TIMES? LAND BORDER CROSSING FROM [...] (C) In contrast to the land border crossing experience of poloffs traveling from Uzbekistan to Kazakhstan last year (reftel),on April 26 a poloff on an unofficial trip in a personal vehicle encountered only pleasant, efficient service from Uzbek border guards and customs officials. Whereas p [...]	2008-05-23 04:17:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI ECON KZ UZ

08TASHKENT591	IMF MILDLY UPBEAT ON UZBEK ECONOMY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 15 Sena Eken, Assistant Director of the IMF's Middle East and Central Asia Department, briefed a select group from Tashkent,s international community on the conclusions reached by her IMF team during two weeks of Article IV consultations with Uzbek Government officials. [...]	2008-05-23 11:06:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID EINV ETRD KCRM SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT6	PRESIDENT KARIMOV BEGINS TO RESHUFFLE CABINET IN [...] (C) Summary: Official press reporting indicates that President Karimov has appointed Rustam Azimov as First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Ravshan Mukhitdinov as Minister of Justice. Unofficial reporting suggests that Karimov also has appointed a new Minister for Higher Edu [...]	2008-01-03 12:43:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UZ
08TASHKENT604	UZBEKISTAN: ASSISTANCE TO WATER EXPERTS COULD [...] (C) Summary: On May 14, Ambassador met with representatives of the Scientific Information Center of the Interstate Commission for Water Coordination (ICWC) to discuss regional water management policy. The water experts indicated that the demand for water in Central Asia has increased in recen [...]	2008-05-30 09:53:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV EAGR EAID KTIA PREL UZ
08TASHKENT609	FORMER OPPOSITIONIST SENTENCED TO FOUR YEARS' [...] (C) Summary: The grandson of a prominent oppositionist was recently sentenced to four years' imprisonment for assaulting two individuals with a knife, but we do not believe that he was targeted because of his previous involvement in opposition politics. On May 23, the independent Harakat.net [...]	2008-05-30 13:21:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT610	AMBASSADOR'S MAY 28 MEETING WITH UZBEK [...] (C) Summary: Inoyatov told the Ambassador on May 28 that Mutabar Tojiboyeva might be released on medical grounds, that Sanjar Umarov would not be released anytime soon, that Human Rights Watch's office in Uzbekistan would remain open but its current representative would not receive accredit [...]	2008-05-30 13:25:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR CASC UZ
08TASHKENT612	UZBEKISTAN: FOOD STAPLE EXPORTS -- MAYBE YES, [...] (SBU) We delivered food staple export points and aide-memoire (Ref A) on May 30 to the MFA's Amercas Desk Chief Ismat Fayzullaev, who had no immediate response. Fayzullaev promised to refer the issue to relevant agencies in the Uzbek Government. 2. (C) Although officially Uzbekistan has no [...]	2008-06-01 10:56:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR ECON TBIO UZ
08TASHKENT620	AMCIT RABBI TOLD TO LEAVE UZBEKISTAN IMMEDIATELY [...] (C) On June 4, the Ministry of Interior and Visa and Registration Department (OVIR) informed Rabbi David Gurevich, a dual American-Israeli citizen whose accreditation and visa expired on April 1 (ref A),that he must leave Uzbekistan immediately. According to Gurevich, the OVIR official told [...]	2008-06-04 12:30:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT627	TOJIBOYEVA RELEASED FROM PRISON; VOWS TO CONTINUE [...] (U) Human rights activist Mutabar Tojiboyeva, who was sentenced to eight years' imprisonment on politically-motivated charges in 2006, was released from prison on health grounds on June 2. Tojiboyeva was not amnestied and remains subject to the terms of a three-year suspended sentence. Tojib [...]	2008-06-05 12:07:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT633	UZBEKS RELEASE RELIGIOUS PRISONER, SON OF HUMAN [...] (C) On June 6, Human Rights Watch director Igor Vorontsov confirmed that Hamidullo Madmarov, one of the sons of Margilan-based human rights activist Ahmadjan Madmarov, had completed his seven-year prison sentence and was released from custody. Ahmadjan Madmarov still has two other sons and tw [...]	2008-06-06 11:27:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT634	UZBEKISTAN'S OLDEST "POLITICAL PRISONER" RELEASED [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 4, authorities released from prison 83-year old Akhmadjan Adilov, a highly controversial figure whom some human rights activists considered to be Uzbekistan's oldest political prisoner. Adilov, who operated Uzbekistan's largest agro-industrial complex in Namangan provin [...]	2008-06-06 12:46:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT641	FRENCH AMBASSADOR PURSUES KOUCHNER/RICE PULL-ASIDE [...] (C) Summary. Praising Uzbek Foreign Minister Norov in Paris for releasing political prisoner Mutabar Tojiboeva could encourage the Uzbeks to do more of the same in coming weeks. This in turn would facilitate efforts to cooperate with Uzbekistan on ground transit of supplies to U.S. forces [...]	2008-06-10 10:16:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR FR UZ
08TASHKENT644	UZBEK CENTRAL BANK ACCEPTS INVITATION FOR AML [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) On Monday, June 9, the Uzbek MFA delivered a diplomatic note saying that Central Bank Deputy Chairman Akmalov has accepted the U.S. invitation to come to Washington for consultations regarding Uzbekistan's anti-money laundering [...]	2008-06-10 11:03:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM ASEC PREL ECON KCOR PINR UZ
08TASHKENT659	BOEING UZBEKISTAN: DAMAGE CONTROL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Boeing is in the midst of negotiations to replace 787 Dreamliners it had contracted to deliver to Uzbekistan Airways with 767s. Assuming the negotiations conclude successfully, it is expected the new contract will be signed later this summer. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Ambassador [...]	2008-06-12 08:08:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON ETRD PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT660	UZBEKISTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON EXTRADITION OF [...] (C) Per reftel request, on June 11 poloff voiced serious concern to MFA America's Chief Ismat Fayzullaev over the May 14 extradition of Erkin Halikov, an Uzbek asylum seeker who was in prison in Kyrgyzstan. Poloff observed that Halikov's case was being followed as an example of the government' [...]	2008-06-12 11:35:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ICRC PGOV PREF PREL KG UZ
08TASHKENT661	UZBEKISTAN: EQUIPMENT DELIVERY WILL ASSIST BORDER [...] (C) Summary: The Deputy Chief of Mission and Emboffs provided Uzbekistan's State Customs Committee with radioisotope identification devices worth approximately 90,000 USD during a June 6 ceremony at the Higher Military Customs Institute in Tashkent. Deputy Customs Chairman Rustam Mansurov exp [...]	2008-06-12 11:46:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS ASEC PREL PGOV PTER KNNP UZ
08TASHKENT677	UZBEK GOVERNMENT TO RE-REGISTER JEWISH-AMERICAN NGO [...] (C) Summary: On June 12, regional coordinators of the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC),a Jewish-American humanitarian organization, reported being told by a Ministry of Justice official that their organization will soon be re-registered, pending the resolution of a minor legal issue. The r [...]	2008-06-16 07:05:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT7	NURMUHAMMEDOV SISTERS DESCRIBE BROTHER'S TORTURE [...] (C) Summary: On December 24, poloff met with Ranoh and Danoh Nurmuhammedov, the sisters of Takhir Nurmuhammedov, one of three inmates at Andijon prison T-1 who were allegedly tortured to death in November (ref A). The sisters described the abuse their brother suffered in prison and probable [...]	2008-01-03 13:07:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT700	RUMORS CONTINUE TO SWIRL AROUND YUSUF JUMAEV CASE [...] (C) Family members of dissident poet Yusuf Jumaev, who in April was sentenced to five years' imprisonment at a minimum-security labor camp for resisting arrest and harming a police officer (ref A),continue to report contradictory and unsubstantiated information about Jumaev's condition and th [...]	2008-06-19 12:00:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT701	ACTIVIST REPORTS ON DEATH PENALTY COMMUTATIONS AND [...] (C) Summary: On June 12, Mothers Against the Death Penalty and Torture Chairwoman Tamara Chikunova reported that Uzbekistan's Supreme Court had completed its review of more than forty death penalty cases following the abolishment of the death penalty on January 1, 2008. The Supreme Court com [...]	2008-06-19 12:05:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT702	SANJAR UMAROV'S CONDITION REPORTEDLY IMPROVES IN [...] (C) On June 16, Sunshine Coalition leader Nigara Khidoyatova reported to poloff that the health of Sunshine Coalition leader Sanjar Umarov, who was imprisoned in March 2006 on politically-motivated charges of tax evasion and illegal commodities trading, has noticeably improved in the past few [...]	2008-06-19 12:10:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT706	SUBJECT: UZBEK JOURNALIST DETAINED ON DRUG CHARGES [...] (C) On June 17, Information Officer met with Bahram Abdurahmanov, the brother and lawyer of detained journalist Salijon Abdurahmanov, in the western city of Nukus, Autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan. Abdurahmanov formerly worked for Voice of America, Radio Liberty, and Institute for War an [...]	2008-06-20 10:12:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAO PHUM PREL UZ
08TASHKENT708	UZBEKS TO RESPOND TO AMBASSADOR HANFORD'S LETTER [...] (C) Summary: During a May 28-31 visit to Uzbekistan, Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford met with government officials to discuss Uzbekistan's Country of Particular Concern (CPC) designation under the International Religious Freedom Act and the contents of a dr [...]	2008-06-23 05:10:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT714	UZBEKISTAN: SCO OFFICIALS DISCUSS PLANS, POSE [...] (C) Summary: In a conversation with Poloff on June 17, Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) Senior Experts Bakhram Auanassov and Kairbek Amenov discussed upcoming SCO plans and the role of observer states, but were reticent in discussing threat perce [...]	2008-06-23 10:54:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC ECIN ECON EINV PGOV PINS PTER AF UZ
08TASHKENT720	UZBEKISTAN: EU DIPLOMATS NOT KEEN ON THIRD [...] (C) Summary: On June 16, poloff hosted another session of a periodic roundtable on human rights issues with Human Rights Watch director Igor Vorontsov and counterparts from the British, French, German, and Czech Embassies. During the meeting, the EU diplomats expressed skepticism about attemp [...]	2008-06-24 06:26:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT721	UZBEKISTAN: AMBASSADOR CONVEYS P5 PLUS 1 PACKAGE [...] (C) On June 20, Ambassador met with officials from Uzbekistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) - including Oybek Eshonov, Chief of the Department for Middle East and Near East Affairs; Nosir Giyosov, First Secretary of the Department for Middle and Near East Affairs; and Ismat Fayzullaev, C [...]	2008-06-24 08:06:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KNNP MNUC PARM IR ASEC PREL PINS UZ
08TASHKENT722	SURKHANDARYA PROVINCE ACTIVIST REPORTS [...] (C) Summary: On June 20, human rights activist Fakhriddin Tilloev reported to poloffs the torture and imprisonment of four alleged Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT) members in Surkhandarya province. According to Tilloev, all four were allegedly linked to a Tajik HT leader named "Norillov," who invited the [...]	2008-06-24 09:13:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV PINR PREL TI UZ
08TASHKENT728	UZBEK-EU ANDIJON DISCUSSION DOCUMENTS GENUINE, BUT [...] (C) German Charge Rudiger Bohn verified to DCM that the two volume set of documents regarding the discussions between the Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) and the EU on Andijon in December 2006 and April 2007, which were shared by the MFA with the Embassy under cover of diplomatic note on April 2 [...]	2008-06-24 12:00:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS GM UZ
08TASHKENT729	EBRD OFFICIAL WANTS TO SEE POLICY SHIFT TOWARD [...] (C) On May 27 emboffs met with Turan Oz, Alternate Director at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD),who is responsible for nine countries, including Uzbekistan. Oz, a Turkish citizen, expressed his "disappointment" with his organization's harsh stance toward Uzbekistan [...]	2008-06-24 12:04:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN UZ
08TASHKENT730	UZBEK INTERNATIONAL MEDIA CONFERENCE A BIG SHOW [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Uzbekistan organized a "Media Freedom in a Modern Democratic Society" conference on June 9-10 in Tashkent which provided little debate on press freedom in Uzbekistan. The event was originally to be co-sponsored by the EU, but EU Embassies pulled out of the con [...]	2008-06-24 13:04:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KPAO PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT739	UZBEKISTAN: OFFICIAL COMMENTS ON PROPOSED [...] (C) Summary: In a June 24 meeting with Poloff, Bahromjon Aloev from Uzbekistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs criticized the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and the Eurasian Economic Community (Eurasec) for slow activity and duplication of effort. He noted Uzbekistan's especiall [...]	2008-06-25 11:54:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC ASEC ECIN KTIA PBTS PGOV PINR PREL UZ
08TASHKENT741	UZBEKISTAN BAR ASSOCIATION PUSHES FOR A MEANINGFUL [...] (C) On June 24 poloff met with Gulnora Ishankhanova, Chairperson of the Tashkent City Branch of the Uzbekistan Bar Association and Guljakhon Amanova, the organization's Projects and International Law Issues Consultant, to discuss the May 1 Presidential Decree on strengthening the bar associati [...]	2008-06-27 08:46:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR UZ
08TASHKENT742	UZBEKISTAN: EBRD LOOKS TO THE FUTURE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The head of the EBRD's Tashkent office briefed the diplomatic community on plans for a new country strategy for Uzbekistan to replace the one that has been in place since 2005. The new strategy can be expected to show a marked increase in EBRD involvement in Uzbekistan compared [...]	2008-06-27 09:26:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID EINV UZ
08TASHKENT748	TRANSPORTATION AID PROVIDES CRITICAL LIFELINE TO [...] (C) Summary: Humanitarian supplies delivered through transportation programs funded by the Office of the Coordinator for U.S. Assistance to Europe and Eurasia (EUR/ACE) continue to fulfill critical needs of NGOs and other institutions in Uzbekistan that serve many of the country's most vulnera [...]	2008-06-27 12:53:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAID PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT749	UZBEK TV DOCUMENTARY BASHES JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES [...] (C) Summary: A recent hour-long broadcast on Uzbek state television highlighted the "illegal missionary activity" of Jehovah's Witnesses and Pentecostal churches, and appeared to be designed to discredit those groups and inspire fear of and disdain for their activities. In 2006, the airing of [...]	2008-06-30 01:45:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT763	UZBEKISTAN/SCO: OFFICIAL DESCRIBES SCO'S [...] (C) Bakhram Auanassov, a Senior Expert from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's (SCO) Regional Antiterrorist Structure (RATS),recently provided Poloff with a speech on the SCO's role in Central Asian security. He had intended to give the speech during the Tashkent-hosted international co [...]	2008-07-01 10:46:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL ASEC KTIA PINR PINS PTER UZ
08TASHKENT764	STRATEGIC TERMEZ RIVER PORT PLAYS QUIET ROLE IN [...] (C) Summary: On June 27 the Ambassador and emboffs made a rare visit to the Termez City River Port on the southern border with Afghanistan. Barges at the Soviet-era facility transfer goods from road and rail links to the upstream Afghan town of Hayraton, returning with agricultural produce. [...]	2008-07-01 12:23:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON MCAP KCRM AF UZ
08TASHKENT767	UZBEKISTAN: HEALTH CONDITION OF RELEASED HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: During a three-day visit to the Ferghana Valley on June 25 - 27, poloff visited human rights activist Mutabar Tojiboyeva at a private clinic in Margilan, where she has been receiving treatment since being released from prison on medical grounds on June 2. Tojiboyeva explained that [...]	2008-07-02 06:46:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ICRC KWMN PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT768	UZBEKISTAN: AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO TERMEZ [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Norland made his first trip to Surkhandarya Province June 25-27, visiting a number of strategic sites in and around Termez and meeting with local government officials, representatives of a USAID-supported NGO, and regional human rights activists. The visit highlighted T [...]	2008-07-02 06:52:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EINV ELTN ETRD KHIV MOPS PHUM PINS
08TASHKENT771	UZBEKISTAN: SPECTER OF CORRUPTION STIFLES [...] (C) Summary: On July 1 poloff met with an affluent, well-connected young acquaintance from Bukhara whose extended family has successfully established a syringe-making factory. The family is also planning to diversify and start another factory to manufacture diapers. The young man wants to st [...]	2008-07-03 08:47:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCOR ECON BTIO EPET SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT777	FERGHANA VALLEY ACTIVISTS AND IMAMS REPORT LESS [...] (C) Summary: During a three-day visit to the Ferghana Valley on June 25 - 27, poloff met with several human rights activists and religious leaders who reported that religious extremist organizations like Hizb ut-Tahrir have become less active (or at least less visible) in recent years. While [...]	2008-07-03 11:22:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV PINR PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT783	UZBEKISTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-07 11:14:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL UZ
08TASHKENT79	OPEN DIALOGUE PROJECT TO CO-SPONSOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: On January 16, poloff met with the directors of the Open Dialogue Project (ODP) and National Democratic Institute (NDI),who talked about their recent activities and plans. ODP Director Mjusa Sever described her organization's plans to co-sponsor a March conference on law enforcem [...]	2008-01-22 12:36:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EUN PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT792	UZBEKISTAN: AUTHORITIES MOVING TO DEPORT [...] (C) Summary: During a three-day visit to the Ferghana Valley on June 25 - 27, poloff visited Birlik opposition political party Deputy Chairman Pulat Akhunov, who returned to Uzbekistan from exile in Sweden in March 2007 to renew his passport, at his family's estate in Andijon province. Akhunov [...]	2008-07-09 12:59:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM KIRF PGOV PINR PREL PTER SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT793	UZBEK AUTHORITIES DEVELOP PLAN TO IMPLEMENT CHILD [...] (C) On July 8, International Labor Organization (ILO) representative Svetlana Rakhimova (protect) provided poloff with a copy of the government's draft national action plan on implementing ILO child labor Conventions 182 (Worst Forms of Child Labor) and 138 (Minimum Age of Employment),which th [...]	2008-07-09 13:10:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT794	UZBEKISTAN: LARGE EXPLOSIONS REPORTED IN TOWN NEAR [...] (SBU) Several Embassy contacts reported a series of explosions occurring in or near the town of Kagan, about 15 kilometers away from Bukhara, during the early morning of July 10. Preliminary reports are sketchy, but it appears that some type of accident occurred at an army depot used to store [...]	2008-07-10 05:18:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT797	ACTIVIST REPORTS MISTREATMENT AT NAVOI PSYCHIATRIC [...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 12. 2. (C) Summary: On July 2, Bukhara-based human rights activist Shukhrat Ganiev reported visiting a psychiatric hospital in Navoi province and discovering that 12 teenagers, approximately between the ages of 13 and 16 years, were at the hospi [...]	2008-07-10 08:30:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB OEXC PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT8	UZBEK ELECTRICAL GENERATION AND EXPORT PROSPECTS, [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboffs met with Botir Teshaboev, the Chairman of state-owned Uzbekenergo, on December 21, to discuss domestic electricity generation, infrastructure and export. Uzbekenergo is modernizing many of its generation facilities, most of which are natural gas fired, increasing effici [...]	2008-01-03 14:39:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET EAID PGOV PREL ZK AF UZ
08TASHKENT80	AMBASSADOR RECEIVES WARM WELCOME IN CHILLY BUKHARA [...] (C) Summary: Despite frigid temperatures outside, the Ambassador was warmly received by the hokim (governor) of Bukhara province during a trip to the province on January 10 and 11. The Ambassador also visited the Naqshbandi Sufi Shrine and met with Bukharan Jewish community leaders at a local [...]	2008-01-22 12:58:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ELAB KIRF PHUM PINR SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT802	UZBEKISTAN: UPDATE ON EXPLOSIONS NEAR BUKHARA [...] (SBU) Summary: As the day progresses, more reports have come in from Embassy contacts and local and international news sources regarding the series of explosions which occurred during the morning of July 10 in the town of Kagan, approximately 15 kilometers from Bukhara (reftel). All reports i [...]	2008-07-10 13:14:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC PINR PREL PTER UZ
08TASHKENT803	UZBEKISTAN: WHAT'S GOOD FOR GENERAL MOTORS IS GOOD [...] (C) SUMMARY. General Motors (GM) is poised for a dramatic expansion of its operations in Uzbekistan with the building of casting and engine plants. Negotiations with the GOU are proceeding well, and there is hope that final agreement will be reached before the end of the summer. END SUMMARY [...]	2008-07-10 13:24:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT807	UZBEKISTAN: KAGAN EXPLOSIONS: DAY TWO [...] (SBU) Summary: Later in the day and evening of July 10, the state-controlled media carried several stories on the series of explosions which occurred early that morning at an army depot in the town of Kagan, near Bukhara (reftels),reporting "preliminary data" as showing that 3 individuals wer [...]	2008-07-11 13:22:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC PINR PREL PTER UZ
08TASHKENT81	DEEP FREEZE (LITERALLY) PERSISTS IN UZBEKISTAN [...] (SBU) Unusually cold, sub-zero temperatures persist throughout Central Asia (reftel) and, while most people in Tashkent report barely adequate heat in their homes, there are press reports indicating that up to 300 people protested insufficient heating gas in Ferghana (uznews.net). This follow [...]	2008-01-22 13:38:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ENRG UZ
08TASHKENT818	OSCE NOTES ON KARIMOV MEETING OFFER INSIGHTS INTO [...] (C) Summary: On July 3 Bernard Rouault, Senior Project Officer at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Project Coordination Office in Tashkent, provided poloff with notes from the June 4 meeting between Alexander Stubb, visiting Chairman in Office of the OSCE and Fin [...]	2008-07-14 12:21:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OSCE PHUM PINR AF KZ UZ
08TASHKENT819	UZBEKISTAN: HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST CHARGED IN [...] (C) Summary: On July 13, the Voice of Freedom website reported that human rights activist and opposition party member Azam Turgunov was detained by police in the town of Mangit in the Karakalpakstan Autonomous Republic on July 11. According to Human Rights Watch director Igor Vorontsov, Turgu [...]	2008-07-14 13:07:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KPAO PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT82	SENSITIVE INVESTIGATIVE UNIT STILL FUNCTIONING AND [...] (C) Summary: On January 17 poloff visited the Sensitive Investigative Unit (SIU) within the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which was established with the assistance of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) expertise and funds as well as funds from the Bureau of International Narcotics and [...]	2008-01-22 14:21:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM EAID UZ
08TASHKENT821	UZBEK AUTHORITIES REJECT CHRISTIAN LITERATURE [...] (C) Summary: On July 8, the Ambassador and DCM met with Bible Society Director Sergei Mitin, who reported that Uzbek authorities ordered the return of a large shipment of Christian literature that the Bible Society attempted to import into Uzbekistan in May. The authorities did not provide a [...]	2008-07-15 08:16:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT836	OFFICIAL HINTS AT GREATER ROLE FOR WESTERN NON [...] (C) Summary: Furqat Sidikov, an Uzbek diplomat who previously served in Washington and now works at the government-sponsored International Center for Strategic Studies, sought out poloff at a July 15 reception to discuss the future role of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Uzbekistan. [...]	2008-07-17 11:41:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID PINR UZ
08TASHKENT838	BUKHARA PANICS AS KAGAN IS EVACUATED AGAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 16, authorities again evacuated Kagan, a town near Bukhara that was the scene of a series of explosions at a nearby army munitions depot on July 10 (reftels). An official told poloff that authorities planned to divert a nearby canal to flood the munitions depot, which w [...]	2008-07-17 13:27:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC PINR PREL PTER UZ
08TASHKENT843	YUSUF JUMAEV MOVED TO HIGH-SECURITY PRISON IN [...] (C) During a two-day trip to Bukhara on July 15-16, poloff met with the daughter of Yusuf Jumaev, a dissident poet who was sentenced to five years' imprisonment in April for resisting arrest and harming a police officer (ref A). The daughter, Feruza, explained that Jumaev was recently moved f [...]	2008-07-18 11:36:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT854	HEALTH OF IMPRISONED OPPOSITIONIST REPORTEDLY [...] (C) On July 22, Free Farmers opposition party leader and Sunshine Coalition member Nigara Khidoyatova reported that the health of imprisoned Sunshine Coalition leader Sanjar Umarov has deteriorated again. She reported that Umarov's son Arslan has traveled to Uzbekistan from the United States [...]	2008-07-22 12:17:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT860	UZBEKISTAN EAGER FOR U.S. ASSISTANCE TO SECURE [...] (U) This is an action cable. Action requested is in paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary: On July 22 the Ambassador met with President Islam Karimov, who expressed appreciation for and accepted the offer of U.S. assistance in securing unexploded ordnance following the explosion of a munitions depo [...]	2008-07-23 12:42:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MARR EAID PINS UZ
08TASHKENT865	AMBASSADOR HANFORD MEETS WITH RELIGIOUS LEADERS, [...] (C) Summary: During a visit to Uzbekistan on May 29 - 30, Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford met with a variety of religious leaders, scholars, and human rights activists. On May 30, Hanford met a local Jehovah's Witnesses community representative, historian a [...]	2008-07-25 07:44:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT866	AMBASSADOR HANFORD MEETS WITH ICRC REPRESENTATIVE [...] (C) Summary: During a two-day visit to Uzbekistan, Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford met on May 30 with International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Deputy Director Raffaello Muller, who reported on prison conditions for individuals convicted of religious [...]	2008-07-25 07:53:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ICRC KIRF PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT878	BUKHARA ACTIVIST: BETTER-TRAINED IMAMS FENDING OFF [...] (C) Summary: During a two-day visit to Bukhara on July 15 - 16, poloff discussed the current state of the region's Muslim community with a prominent local human rights activist and imams at Sunni and Shiite mosques. The activist, Shukhrat Ganiev, observed that that Muslim religiosity, especia [...]	2008-07-29 12:43:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV PINR PREL SOCI EG SA RS UZ
08TASHKENT879	DAS KROL MEETS UZBEK FOREIGN MINISTER NOROV IN [...] (C) Summary: On July 25 Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia George Krol met with Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov in Tashkent. The atmosphere was warm and cordial, and Norov framed his remarks in the context of President Karimov's positive July 22 meeting with the A [...]	2008-07-30 03:48:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI PHUM KCOR PINR KTER ENRG UZ
08TASHKENT88	HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP CLAIMS VICTORY OVER KHALILOV [...] (C) Summary: According to government sources, Parliament Speaker Erkin Khalilov has been replaced by Dilorom Toshmuhammadova, the leader of the pro-government Adolat Social-Democratic party and one of the four officially-recognized presidential candidates who participated in the December 2007 [...]	2008-01-23 14:05:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWMN PHUM PINR UZ
08TASHKENT890	UZBEKISTAN: DAS KROL MEETS WITH CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) Summary: During a two-day visit to Uzbekistan on July 24 - 25, Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia George Krol participated in an Embassy roundtable with human rights activists and the Director of the Bible Society of Uzbekistan, and had separate meetings with two human r [...]	2008-08-01 05:29:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ECON ELAB KIRF PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT891	DAS KROL'S MEETING WITH UZBEK NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: On July 25 visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia George Krol met with National Security Council (NSC) Secretary Murod Ataev in Tashkent. Ataev spoke at length about the recent munitions depot explosion in Kagan, thanking the U.S. government for [...]	2008-08-01 05:53:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI PHUM KCOR MARR PINR UZ
08TASHKENT893	UZBEKISTAN: TWO MORE JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES IMPRISONED [...] (C) Summary: On July 29, the Forum 18 website reported that two Jehovah's Witnesses in Margilan were convicted of teaching religion illegally on July 23 and imprisoned. On August 1, two Jehovah's Witness representatives confirmed the Forum 18 article with poloff and noted observing several ir [...]	2008-08-01 13:00:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT898	UZBEKISTAN: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON EXTRADITION OF [...] (C) In a diplomatic note dated July 14 (but handed to poloff in late July),the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) responded to a diplomatic note the Embassy sent to the MFA over Erkin Halikov, an Uzbek asylum seeker who was imprisoned in Kyrgyzstan and extradited to Uzbekistan in May (reftels). [...]	2008-08-04 12:47:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ICRC KIRF PGOV PREF PREL KG UZ
08TASHKENT899	SOUTH KOREA PLAYS ALONG WITH UZBEK DREAMS OF AIR [...] (C) Summary: Surprised by the front page coverage of the Ambassador's July 22 meeting with President Karimov, the South Korean Embassy sent Second Secretary See-Hong Pak to call on poloff on July 29 for a readout of evolving U.S.-Uzbek relations. Pak noted that it appears Russia's influence [...]	2008-08-04 14:00:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KCOR ETRD KS UZ
08TASHKENT901	UZBEKISTAN WANTS TECHNICAL, NOT PERSONNEL HELP [...] (C) Summary: On August 4 Charge d'Affaires, U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) experts, and representatives from the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs met with Deputy Minister of Defense Rustam Niyazov and other officers from the Uzbek Ministries of Defense and Emergency Situation [...]	2008-08-04 14:36:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR EAID PHUM UZ
08TASHKENT905	UZBEKISTAN: AFGHAN POWER TRANSMISSION LINE TALKS [...] (C) According to a working-level source in Uzbekenergo, talks on the contract to build a 43 km power line from the Surkhan substation to the Afghan border are continuing longer than expected. The Afghan team that arrived in Tashkent the week before last is still here, and talks have gone on so [...]	2008-08-05 11:06:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON ENRG UZ
08TASHKENT91	PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER REPLACED BY FEMALE [...] (C) Summary: According to government sources, Parliament Speaker Erkin Khalilov has been replaced by Dilorom Toshmuhammadova, the leader of the pro-government Adolat Social-Democratic party and one of the four officially-recognized presidential candidates who participated in the December 2007 [...]	2008-01-23 14:06:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWMN PHUM PINR UZ
08TASHKENT912	UZBEKISTAN: PRESIDENTIAL DECREES ON SENIOR [...] (C) An Embassy contact recently provided us with excerpts from a publication entitled "Official Bulletin of the Oliy Majlis (Parliament),2008," which include several Presidential decrees on appointments and dismissals of senior-level government officials. 2. (C) According to Presidential d [...]	2008-08-06 11:13:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR UZ
08TASHKENT917	UZBEK DEFENSE MINISTER LEADS TOUR OF KAGAN [...] (C) Summary: On August 5 emboffs, visiting U.S. Army experts, and representatives of the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs met with Uzbek Minister of Defense Ruslan Mirzayev in Bukhara Province to tour the disaster site and discuss details of a U.S. military assistance package. Mirzayev ex [...]	2008-08-07 12:16:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR EAID PHUM PINR UZ
08TASHKENT924	FREEDOM HOUSE TRIES TO UNITE LAWYERS AND HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: On July 26-29, poloff observed an offshore Freedom House training conference for Uzbek human rights activists and state-licensed defense lawyers in Istanbul, the first to be conducted under Freedom House's new USAID grant. The conference sought to encourage greater cooperation bet [...]	2008-08-11 12:55:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAID KDEM PGOV PREL SOCI TU UZ
08TASHKENT926	UZBEKISTAN: PUBLIC DEFENDER CENTERS IN NEED OF [...] (C) Summary: During a July 26-29 Freedom House conference in Istanbul for Uzbek human rights activists and state-licensed defense lawyers (septel),poloff had the opportunity to meet with several lawyers who work at Public Defender Centers supported by the American Bar Association Rule of Law [...]	2008-08-12 08:43:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAID KJUS PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT927	EMBASSY TASHKENT HOSTS ROUNDTABLE ON IMPRISONED [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 6, poloff hosted an informal roundtable at the Embassy with Arslan Umarov, the son of imprisoned Sunshine Coalition leader Sanjar Umarov. The roundtable was attended by the Charge, the Swiss Ambassador, the French and Italian DCMs, and officers from the German and Bri [...]	2008-08-12 08:51:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM KPAO ICRC PGOV PINR PREL UZ
08TASHKENT928	UZBEKISTAN: OPPOSITION LEADER FORCIBLY DEPORTED TO [...] (C) On August 12, Birlik opposition party General Secretary Vasila Inoyatova (who is also head of the Ezgulik human rights group) reported to poloff that Birlik Deputy Chairman Pulat Akhunov, who returned to Uzbekistan from exile in Sweden in March 2007 to renew his passport (reftel),was forc [...]	2008-08-12 12:21:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL KG UZ
08TASHKENT929	UZBEKISTAN: CLOSELY STUDYING RUSSIA-GEORGIA [...] (C) On August 12, Uzbekistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Americas Desk Chief Ismat Fayzullaev told Poloff that he had spoken with officials from MFA's Commonwealth of Independent States Department regarding the Russia-Georgia conflict. Fayzullaev emphasized that the Government of Uzbe [...]	2008-08-12 12:40:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PGOV PINS UZ
08TASHKENT937	UZBEKISTAN: KEY OFFICIALS CONFIDENT THAT [...] (C) Summary: On August 7 Charge Butcher and emboffs met with Ravshan Gulyamov, Executive Director of the Uzbekistan Fund for Reconstruction and Development, and Alisher Akmalov, Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank, to discuss Uzbekistan's preparations for a September assessment of its anti-mon [...]	2008-08-13 05:27:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM EFIN ECON PINR UZ
08TASHKENT944	UZBEKISTAN: MINISTRY OF EMERGENCY SITUATIONS [...] (C) On August 12, Acting Defense Threat Reduction Office Chief and Poloff provided Uzbekistan's Ministry of Emergency Situations (MChS) with 15 DTRA-funded radioisotope identification devices (RIIDs). Deputy Minister Lt. Col. Abdulazizov, Chief of Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Safety Lt [...]	2008-08-13 12:44:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS ASEC PREL PGOV PTER KNNP UZ
08TASHKENT945	UZBEKISTAN: AGREEMENT TO HELP SECURE UZBEKISTAN'S [...] (C) Summary: On August 5-8, representatives from the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory met with representatives from Uzbekistan's Institute of Nuclear Physics (INP) to negotiate a contract on maintenance of the radiat [...]	2008-08-14 09:23:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP ASEC PREL UZ
08TASHKENT947	JOURNALIST, ACTIVIST, AND PROTESTANT FACE TRIAL IN [...] (C) Summary: During a one-day visit to Uzbekistan's Autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan on August 7, poloff met with acquaintances of journalist Salidjahon Abdurakhmanov (ref A),human rights activist Akzam Turgunov (ref B),and Protestant Aimurat Khayburahmanov (ref C),all of whom remain i [...]	2008-08-14 10:48:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF KPAO PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT949	EMBASSY TASHKENT HOSTS CHILD LABOR ROUNDTABLE [...] (U) Summary: On August 11, poloff hosted an informal roundtable at the Embassy on child labor in Uzbekistan in conjunction with representatives from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the International Labor Organization (ILO). The roundtable was also attended by the Charge, the [...]	2008-08-15 09:00:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ECON ELAB KPAO PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT965	UZBEKISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CENTCOM [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Tashkent warmly welcomes your visit to Uzbekistan as an important opportunity to cement recent improvements in U.S.-Uzbekistan cooperation. Recent months have shown increasing dialogue and net improvements in the relationship, particularly in the defense and security sect [...]	2008-08-20 12:30:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC KNNP MARR MASS PBTS PGOV PINS SNAR
08TASHKENT966	UZBEKISTAN: BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON HAKIMBOY [...] (C) On August 1, 2008, President Karimov appointed Hakimboy Ashirovich Halimov as Deputy Procurator General of Uzbekistan. Halimov was born in 1954, in the Amurdaryo District of Karakalpakstan. In 1977, after graduation from the Law Department of Tashkent State University, he began his caree [...]	2008-08-20 12:35:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR UZ
08TASHKENT97	UZBEKISTAN: NO COMMENT ON DELIVERED KOSOVO POINTS [...] (C) On January 18, Ambassador delivered reftel points on resolving Kosovo's status to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Americas Division Chief Mamajanov. Mamajanov received them without comment. Deputy Foreign Minister Nematov would not meet Ambassador earlier, despite Post's repeated requ [...]	2008-01-24 12:11:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK UNAUS YI EU UZ
08TASHKENT973	UZBEKISTAN: NO OFFICIAL COMMENT ON RUSSIA-GEORGIA [...] (C) The Government of Uzbekistan has yet to announce an official position on the Russia-Georgia conflict, but an Embassy contact and local press reports have provided hints that Tashkent may be quietly siding with Moscow on this issue. According to a Regional Security Office contact in the Mi [...]	2008-08-22 08:35:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC MOPS UZ
08TASHKENT974	UZBEKISTAN: AFGHAN POWER TRANSMISSION LINE [...] (C) Afghan Ambassador Baraki told us by cell phone that as of this afternoon, August 22, talks held in Tashkent this week on the contract to build a 43 km power line from the Surkhan substation to the Afghan border had concluded successfully. According to Baraki, the final agreed construction [...]	2008-08-22 10:40:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON ENRG KPWR UZ AF
08TASHKENT985	UZBEKISTAN: TWELVE CONVICTED OF ALLEGED HIZB [...] (C) Summary: Poloff met on August 22 with Akhmadjon Madmarov, a Margilan-based human rights activist whose two sons and two nephews are incarcerated for alleged membership in extremist organizations. He reported that his son Habibullah was convicted on August 15 along with 11 fellow inmates [...]	2008-08-26 06:29:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM KTER UZ
08TASHKENT994	KARAKALPAKSTAN CASES AGAINST ACTIVISTS MOVING [...] (C) Summary: On August 25 the trial against prominent human rights activist Akzam Turgunov started in Mangit but was immediately postponed after the judge decided that the attorneys required interpreters, a move described as "very surprising" by Dilorom Ishakova of the opposition Erk Party. I [...]	2008-08-27 12:17:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM UZ
08TBILISI1019	GEORGIA CONCERNED ABOUT REPORTS OF GAZPROM [...] (C) Georgia's Minister of Energy, Aleksandr Khetaguri, met with Embassy Econoff and the Director of USAID's Office of Energy and Environment on June 10. Khetaguri said that he is deeply concerned by reports published the week of June 2 that Gazprom is interested in purchasing Azeri gas. Kheta [...]	2008-06-13 13:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL GG
08TBILISI1021	CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS, RULING PARTY NEGOTIATE; JOINT [...] (C) Summary: On June 12, Giorgi Targamadze's Christian Democratic Movement (CDM) reached tentative agreement with Parliamentary Speaker Davit Bakradze and the ruling United National Movement (UNM) on many of the terms whereby the CDM would enter Parliament. These terms include changes to the [...]	2008-06-13 14:50:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI1026	IMEDI TELEVISION RECOGNIZES THE CHANGED [...] (C) Summary. Imedi television - once the voice of the opposition in Georgia - has resumed broadcasting, but currently only broadcasts entertainment programming. Emboff met with station general manager and director of programming on June 10, 2008 to discuss when the station would restart news [...]	2008-06-16 13:54:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO GG
08TBILISI1121	GEORGIAN TALKS WITH ABKHAZ IN SWEDEN:THE FAST [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Temuri Yakobishvili, Georgian State Minister for Reintegration, told the Ambassador that last week,s talks in Sweden between de facto Abkhaz representatives yielded no progress in resolving the conflict. The talks confirmed Georgian thinking that the highest pr [...]	2008-06-27 14:00:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI114	DAS BRYZA MEETS WITH SRSG ARNAULT [...] (C) Summary: In a January 19 meeting with Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Jean Arnault, DAS Bryza discussed the current situation in Abkhazia and progress on the self-assessment of the United Nations Observer Mission to Georgia (UNOMIG) operations. Arnault told Bryza [...]	2008-01-24 12:14:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNOMIG KPKO GG
08TBILISI1160	GEORGIAN FM ON THE FRIENDS PLAN [...] (C) On July 3, Georgian FM Eka Tkeshelashvili met with the Western Friends of Georgia to discuss the status of the plan from the Friends meetings in Berlin on June 30. Representatives from the German, British and French embassies joined the meeting. The German ambassador acknowledged that s [...]	2008-07-03 16:01:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	GG PGOV PREL
08TBILISI1161	POLICE CHIEF KILLED, SANAKOYEV TARGETED IN SOUTH [...] (SBU) OSCE told Poloff July 3 that separatist South Ossetian police chief Nodar Bibilov was killed in an explosion outside his home around 0600 in the South Ossetian village of Dmenisi on July 3. The OSCE told Post that a monitoring team had visited the site. They said an explosive device wa [...]	2008-07-04 08:03:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG

08TBILISI1163	A/S KRAMER MEETINGS WITH OPPOSITION, PUBLIC [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On June 25, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) David J. Kramer and the Ambassador met with the Public Defender, Georgian opposition leaders, civil society and those involved in judicial reforms to discuss the state of human rights [...]	2008-07-04 08:07:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI1170	FOUR KILLED IN ABKHAZIA BLAST [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On the evening of July 6, a powerful explosion ripped through a cafe in the city of Gali, killing four, including the de-facto chief of state security for Gali, Major Muratia, and an off-duty UN interpreter. Ten others, including another UN interpreter, were wounded. [...]	2008-07-07 14:01:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI1182	EU SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE SEMNEBY DISCUSSES [...] (C) In a July 8 meeting with the Ambassador, EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby discussed his impressions of the June 16 talks in Sweden between Abkhaz de-facto authorities and Georgian government officials and the current situation in the conflict zones. Semneby, [...]	2008-07-08 13:27:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL GG
08TBILISI1204	GEORGIA RECALLS AMBASSADOR, ASKS FOR HELP IN [...] (C) Georgia Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Vashadze called in the Ambassadors representing the Western Friends of the Secretary General to the MFA on July 11 to ask for Western support in the UNSC and OSCE regarding July 8 overflights by Russian fighter planes over South Ossetia. The Russian [...]	2008-07-11 12:58:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI125	PUBLIC DEMANDS, INTERNAL RIFTS IN GEORGIA'S [...] (C) Summary: On January 28, opposition leaders laid out the United Council of Opposition's (UNC) demands for electoral and political reforms to the international diplomatic corps. The joint memorandum, to be signed by three opposition presidential candidates and the leaders of 12 opposition p [...]	2008-01-28 13:45:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI1296	OSCE-JPKF JOINT PATROL COMES UNDER FIRE TRYING TO [...] (C) Summary and comment: Two OSCE-Joint Peacekeeping Forces (JPKF) monitoring patrols were denied access to two separate incident sites in the breakaway region of South Ossetia on July 28 and 29, with one patrol coming under direct fire. A firefight erupted near the village of Cholibauri, app [...]	2008-07-30 12:42:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI1317	GEORGIANS DEMAND ABKHAZ LEAVE ACHAMKHARA HEIGHTS [...] (C) Begin Summary and Comment: In an August 1 meeting with Ambassadors from Western Friends of the Secretary General, Giga Bokeria, Deputy Foreign Minister, along with Vano Merabishvili, Minister of Internal Affairs (MOIA),and Shota Utiashvili, Chief, Analysis and Information, MOIA, relayed [...]	2008-08-01 14:27:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS GG
08TBILISI1327	GEORGIANS SEEK CALM IN SOUTH OSSETIA AND ARE [...] (C) Begin Summary and Comment: On the evening of 1 August sniper activity erupted around South Ossetian villages and soon expanded into mortar fire which continued until the morning of 2 August when events calmed. OSCE military monitors said that the use of mortars by both sides and the ran [...]	2008-08-04 14:17:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS GG
08TBILISI1336	SITREP 1: FIGHTING IN SOUTH OSSETIA ESCALATES [...] (C) Begin Summary: Intense fighting began in South Ossetia the evening of August 6 and continued into the daylight hours August 7. Intense fighting broke out west of Tskhinvali at approximiately 1800 in Avnevi and Nuli and continued until 2100, when explosions were noted northeast of Tskhinvali in [...]	2008-08-07 13:26:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RU GG
08TBILISI1337	SITREP 1: FIGHTING IN SOUTH OSSETIA ESCALATES [...] (C) Begin Summary: Intense fighting began in South Ossetia the evening of August 6 and continued into the daylight hours August 7. Intense fighting broke out west of Tskhinvali at approximiately 1800 in Avnevi and Nuli and continued until 2100, when explosions were noted northeast of Tskhinvali in [...]	2008-08-07 13:27:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RU GG
08TBILISI1341	GEORGIA: SOUTH OSSETIA SITREP 2: GEORGIA CLAIMS [...] (C) Summary: President Saakashvili in an August 8 conversation with the Ambassador, and Foreign Minister Eka Tkeshelashvili in a briefing to the diplomatic corps, claimed that Georgia now controlled most of South Ossetia, including Tskhinvali, although fighting was continuing near the northern to [...]	2008-08-08 10:05:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RU GG
08TBILISI1342	GEORGIA: AUGUST 8 EAC REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-08 17:32:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL AEMR CASC GG
08TBILISI1343	GEORGIA: SOUTH OSSETIA--SITREP 3: RUSSIAN BOMBS [...] (C) Begin Summary and Comment: Multiple bases, airports, and Georgia's port of Poti were all bombed overnight by Russian aircraft, with bombing continuing in the daylight hours of August 9, with bombs hitting civilian targets in the Georgian city of Gori. Reports of casualties continue to come [...]	2008-08-09 07:56:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1348	GEORGIA: SOUTH OSSETIA SITREP 4: GEORGIANS [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-09 17:15:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RU GG
08TBILISI1349	GEORGIA: SITREP 5: GEORGIANS NEARLY EXHAUSTED; [...] (C) Begin Summary: FM Tkeshelashvili briefed the diplomatic corps August 10 that Georgia has suffered huge casualties. The FM described the situation as no longer about South Ossetia but rather was Russia aggression against an independent country. She said Russian planes have bombed hospitals in Go [...]	2008-08-10 09:29:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1355	GEORGIA: SOUTH OSSETIA, SITREP 6 [...] (C) Summary and Comment: French FM Kouchner and Finnish FM Stubbs met with President Saakashvili August 11 in Tbilisi to discuss a cease-fire package, with the goal of presenting it to Russian officials in Moscow later the same day. Swedish FM Carl Bildt and EUR DAS Bryza are both expected to arriv [...]	2008-08-11 09:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RU GG
08TBILISI136	DAS BRYZA'S JANUARY 19 MEETING WITH ACTING [...] (C) Summary: Acting President Nino Burjanadze told DAS Matthew Bryza at a January 19 meeting that she planned to continue talks with representatives of the opposition and also pledged to take steps to improve election procedures prior to the spring 2008 parliamentary elections. Burjanadze was [...]	2008-01-29 13:25:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI1372	GEORGIA: SITREP 9: RUSSIAN TROOPS REMAIN IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-13 11:18:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	GG RS PGOV PHUM PREL
08TBILISI1379	GEORGIA: SITREP 10: RUSSIANS ON MOVE, IN GEORGIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-16 15:43:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1380	GEORGIA: SITREP 11: RUSSIANS HOLD IN PLACE, [...] (SBU) Summary: There were few reports of Russian troops movements on August 17, following a day of conflicting reports on the status, location, and direction of Russian forces in Georgia. It is clear that Russian troops control the east-west corridor through Georgia from Poti north and eas [...]	2008-08-17 13:40:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1386	GEORGIA: DAS BRYZA MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) Begin Summary: On August 14, Minister of Defense David Kezerashvili spoke with DAS Bryza, the Ambassador, and DATT about the MOD's current situation following Russia's invasion. Kezerashvili said Georgia's army troops are now at Vaziani and other bases around Tbilisi, trying to regroup. [...]	2008-08-18 13:42:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1387	GEORGIA: DAS BRYZA MEETING WITH MOIA VANO [...] (C) Begin Summary: On August 14, Minister of Internal Affairs (MOIA) Vano Merabishvili spoke with DAS Bryza and the Ambassador Tefft about the current situation following Russia's invasion, the status of Georgian troops, and how the attacks unfolded. Shota Utiashvili, nominally head of the [...]	2008-08-18 14:36:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG RU
08TBILISI1391	GEORGIA: SITREP 13 [...] (C) Summary: As of 1600 August 19, there is still no evidence of Russian troops withdrawing from Georgia. Russian checkpoints remain along the main East-West highway on both sides of Gori. Embassy officers who attempted to drive up the road from Tbilisi to Gori were turned back after the [...]	2008-08-19 11:53:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1403	GEORGIA: SITREP 14 - THE WAITING GAME CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: Faint and uncertain signs of a Russian withdrawal are reported, but there is as yet no unmistakable sign of a pullback. Russian troops attempted August 19 to oust Georgian soldiers from a base in Western Georgia, to which the Georgians had retreated in conformity with the six-p [...]	2008-08-20 12:25:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON GG RU
08TBILISI1404	THE CASE FOR INTENTIONAL TARGETING OF GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: After visiting the site of the August 9 and August 12 Russian bombings of the Western Route (Baku-Supsa) pipeline, the Embassy believes a reasonable case can be made that the bombings were intentional. Three lines of craters cross the pipeline, and one missile, reportedly an SS-26 [...]	2008-08-20 14:03:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL MOPS GG RU
08TBILISI1409	GEORGIA: SITREP 15: LITTLE OR NO CHANGE ON THE [...] (U) Summary. Observers are not reporting any real movement to withdraw by Russian troops in Georgia. According to the Georgian press, the Russians say they intend to set up a double line of checkpoints around South Ossetia with a buffer zone in between; however, Gori will not be in that zo [...]	2008-08-21 12:43:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI141	IRAKLI BATIASHVILI-BACK IN POLITICS? [...] (C) In a January 29 meeting with Poloffs, Irakli Batiashvili, recently amnestied from Georgian prison on January 11, said that he sees his role as a coordinating force for the opposition prior to the Parliamentary elections, although he has not decided where in the spectrum of the opposition [...]	2008-01-30 13:56:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI1412	GEORGIA: SITREP 16: LOOKING FOR SIGNS OF A RUSSIAN [...] (U) Summary. As of mid-day, there were no definite sign of a Russian withdrawal from Georgia, but OSCE reported columns of Russian vehicles lining up in Gori and Kashuri on August 21. On the other hand, there also continue to be reports of erecting fortifications and the continued demoliti [...]	2008-08-22 10:18:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1418	GEORGIA: SITREP 17: IT'S ABOUT TIME - BULK OF [...] (U) Summary. Multiple sources confirm Russian troops have withdrawn most troops from undisputed Georgian territory, although some remain near key positions such as Poti, Senaki and Sachkere. The eastern part of the east-west highway is reportedly open, with light civilian traffic underway, [...]	2008-08-23 12:29:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI143	DAS BRYZA MEETS WITH OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: On January 19, EUR DAS Matt Bryza and Ambassador Tefft met with key leaders of the United National Council of Opposition (UNC). The UNC's main contention was that Mikheil Saakashvili did not receive 50 percent of the vote in the January 5 election. Consequently, they said they a [...]	2008-01-30 14:29:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG RU
08TBILISI1437	GEORGIA: SITREP 18: ALL EYES ON AKHALGORI [...] (C) Summary. The situation remains tense in Akhalgori, with South Ossetian militia in an apparent standoff with Georgian police and interior forces; the Georgian government considers the location a potential flashpoint. The Russian presence in the west continues, maintaining a level of ten [...]	2008-08-25 12:56:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1470	GEORGIA: SITREP 19: RESPONDING TO MEDVEDEV'S [...] (C) Summary. Tbilisi is formulating its official response to Russian President Medvedev's announcement that Russia would recognize the breakaway republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia and per DFM Vashadze, is looking for a strong reaction from the West (more details to be provided septel). [...]	2008-08-26 14:21:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1472	TFGG01: GEORGIA: REQUEST FOR STRONG WESTERN [...] (C) Georgian DFM Vashadze called in the German, French, UK and U.S. Ambassadors August 26. Although the meeting was called initially for the MFA to present a non-paper (faxed to EUR/CARC) regarding principles and objectives for resolution of the conflict, President Medvedev's announcement tha [...]	2008-08-27 04:23:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI1474	GEORGIA: SITREP 20: RUSSIA'S RECOGNITION SOBERS [...] (C) Summary. President Saakashvili sought to reassure the nation in an upbeat televised speech, but Russia's recognition of the breakaway regions has increased the pressure on the president and the nation. The situation in Akhalgori seems to have been resolved for the moment with Georgian t [...]	2008-08-27 12:34:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1481	CONGRESSMAN SMITH DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS/IDPS [...] (C) Summary. Congressman Chris Smith (NJ - 4) had separate meetings with Patriarch Ilia II, Human Rights Watch (HRW),and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to discuss human rights issues and the IDP situation in Georgia the week of August 18. The Patriarch, HRW, and the I [...]	2008-08-29 05:32:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG RU
08TBILISI1496	GEORGIA: SITREP 22: HUMAN CHAIN SHOWS GEORGIAN [...] (C) Summary. On September 1 as many as 1.5 million Georgians rallied across the country to express national unity and opposition to Russia's actions. The OSCE did not observe any confrontations or movements, but did see the presence of heavy vehicles in an ethnically Georgian village southw [...]	2008-09-02 13:34:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1506	GEORGIA: SITREP 23: DOMESTIC POLITICIANS BEGIN [...] (C) Summary. On September 2 ruling party and opposition politicians met to find a way forward on the domestic political front that will maintain national unity while ensuring the opposition's concerns are not lost. The government sees next steps on the conflicts as the withdrawal of Russian [...]	2008-09-03 11:14:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1513	GEORGIA: SITREP 24: GEORGIANS WELCOME VICE [...] (C) Summary. President Saakashvili warmly welcomed Vice President Cheney to Georgia, with the visit receiving extensive local coverage. The September 3 announcement of a one-billion-dollar U.S. aid package was also well received, with some calling it a Marshall Plan for Georgia. The OSCE w [...]	2008-09-04 13:14:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI152	REPUBLICANS VOTE FOR SEPARATE PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) Summary: On January 30, opposition leader and Republican Party Chairman David Usupashvili told the Ambassador that the Republican party will not join the United National Council of Opposition (UNC) on a joint party list for the coming parliamentary elections. Former presidential candidat [...]	2008-01-31 14:47:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI1522	CLAIMS OF ATROCITIES IN GEORGIA MERIT SERIOUS [...] (C) Summary and Comment. In advance of S/WCI Ambassador Williamson's September 8-11 visit to Georgia, the Embassy has compiled a preliminary list of the many reports we have received of "ethnic cleansing" and accusations of "war crimes" that have taken place in the conflict zones and areas [...]	2008-09-05 14:57:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KAWC RU GG
08TBILISI1523	GEORGIA: SITREP 25: NO CONFIRMATION OF AN ABKHAZ [...] (C) Summary. UNOMIG has been unable to confirm press reports of a wall planned by Abkhaz "authorities" along the administrative border. The OSCE was finally allowed to patrol north of Russian checkpoints and came within four km of Tskhinvali, but was again refused access to Akhalgori. Polit [...]	2008-09-05 15:04:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1525	GEORGIAN GOVERNMENT STABLE BUT THREATS LOOM [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Russia's public push to force regime change in Georgia may have failed in the short term, but judging by continued public statements critical of President Saakashvili, a longer-term strategy of eroding support for Saakashvili by weakening the economy appears to be in [...]	2008-09-08 05:50:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL GG
08TBILISI1571	GEORGIA: SITREP 30: OSSETIANS REFUSE ACCESS TO OSCE [...] (C) Summary. Russian forces allowed OSCE monitors past checkpoints outside Akhalgori, but an Ossetian checkpoint did not allow the OSCE into Akhalgori. This raises questions about the prospects for South Ossetian cooperation with OSCE and EU monitors in the future. A special letter has been [...]	2008-09-12 15:44:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1595	INSIDE GEORGIA'S MINISTRY FOR REINTEGRATION - NO [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In a September 9 meeting with poloffs, Deputy Minister for Reintegration David Rakviashvili provided both the Ministry's and his own personal insights on Georgia's strategy on South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Rakviashvili's comments suggested the government does not yet h [...]	2008-09-16 14:55:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1602	GEORGIA: SAAKASHVILI'S STATE OF THE COUNTRY ADDRESS [...] (C) Summary and Comment. President Saakashvili's September 16 state of the nation included concessions to the opposition, proposals to check executive power, and measures to increase judicial freedom and open media. Parliamentary opposition members said that most of the proposals were not n [...]	2008-09-17 14:52:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL RU GG
08TBILISI1620	GEORGIA: YOUR MEETING WITH PRESIDENT SAAKASHVILI [...] (C) In your meeting with President Saakashvili on the margins of the UN General Assembly you will find a leader who is newly focused on the concept of strategic patience. He is circling his wagons around several key objectives: reconstruction of damaged infrastructure and Georgia's economy; [...]	2008-09-22 05:57:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG RU
08TBILISI164	GEORGIA'S ANNUAL NATO ASSESSMENT: ON BALANCE [...] (C) Summary: On January 31, NATO International Staff (IS) briefed NATO Ambassadors and Defense Attaches in Tbilisi on the highlights of their latest assessment of Georgia's International Partnership Action Plan (IPAP),the draft of which would be circulated to NATO Allies in Brussels by mid- [...]	2008-02-01 14:41:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI17	GEORGIAN ELECTION AND AFTERMATH: THE GOG ESTIMATE [...] (C) In recent meetings, Prosecutor General (PG) Adeishvili and key officials at the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MoIA) have expressed serious concerns about security on election day and opposition protests after the election. Having uncovered Patarkatsishvili,s coup plot, the MoIA has taken [...]	2008-01-04 13:12:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM GG
08TBILISI1751	GEORGIA: WAR CRIMES ISSUES AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Ambassador-at-Large Clint Williamson visited Georgia September 10-11 to highlight USG concerns over war crimes and ethnic cleansing allegations from the August conflict and to stress the need to hold perpetrators accountable. Williamson frankly told GOG officials t [...]	2008-09-25 14:26:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KAWC RU GG
08TBILISI179	DAS BRYZA'S 19 JANUARY MEETING WITH GEORGIAN [...] (C) Summary: Georgian Defense Minister Davit Kezerashvili told DAS Matthew Bryza at a 19 January meeting that Georgia still hopes to achieve a Membership Action Plan (MAP) at the upcoming Bucharest NATO summit. Kezerashvili argued that failure to meet this goal before the spring 2008 Georgian [...]	2008-02-04 14:23:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS GG
08TBILISI1793	GEORGIA: VIOLENT INCIDENTS UNDERSCORE FRAGILITY; [...] (C) Summary and comment. Three incidents on September 25 -- a car bombing in Sukhumi that caused damage to buildings, but no injuries, a landmine explosion outside Tskhinvali that killed a 13-year-old boy, and the shooting of a construction worker on the main road between Tbilisi and Gori -- [...]	2008-09-26 14:41:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR RU GG
08TBILISI183	DAS BRYZA MEETS ELECTION TASK FORCE MEMBERS [...] (C) Summary: On January 18, EUR DAS Matt Bryza and Ambassador met with Elections Task Force Members MP Nino Nakashidze, and D/MOIA Eka Zguladze, as well as with key Saakashvili insider MP Giga Bokeria and UNM Spokesman David Bakradze on leave from his position as Minister of Conflict Resolu [...]	2008-02-05 09:26:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM GG
08TBILISI1833	GEORGIA: HEAD OF EU MONITORING MISSION GIVES [...] (C) Summary and comment. On October 2, Head of the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia, Ambassador Hansjorg Haber, informed diplomatic colleagues about the mission and its plans. Although all 225 civilian monitors are in place, the mission expects all 127 support staff will arrive only by the e [...]	2008-10-02 15:21:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS GG
08TBILISI1834	ARMENIANS IN SAMTSKHE-JAVAKHETI EXPRESS SOLIDARITY [...] (C) Begin Summary and Comment: During the Ambassador's September 10-11 trip to the Samtskhe-Javakheti region, the president's representative to the region and local officials in Akhalkalaki expressed their solidarity with the federal government against Russian aggression. They said there we [...]	2008-10-03 05:23:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL RU GG
08TBILISI186	COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ'S JANUARY 20 MEETING [...] (C) Summary: During his January 20 visit to Tbilisi, Georgia for the inauguration of President Mikheil Saakashvili, Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez met with the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, Karim Masimov, at Masimov's request. Masimov told the Secretary he is ready to come to the Unit [...]	2008-02-05 12:07:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ENRG GG KZ
08TBILISI1868	GEORGIA: RUSSIAN FORCES WITHDRAW [...] (C) Summary and comment. Multiple sources confirm Russian forces withdrew from nearly all remaining posts on undisputed Georgian territory on October 8, two days before the deadline. Russian military and local Georgian officials signed documents transferring the points outside Abkhazia back [...]	2008-10-08 14:42:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS RU GG
08TBILISI1888	GEORGIA: EU OBSERVER MISSION DISCUSSES POST [...] (C) Begin Summary and Comment: European Monitoring Mission Head (EUMM) Hansjoerg Haber briefed Ambassadors on October 9 that Russian forces had withdrawn to positions outsid of Georgia proper. Several controversial observation posts remain, with competing claims regarding in which territor [...]	2008-10-10 14:37:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1890	GEORGIA: GOVERNMENT REVIEWS MAESTRO LICENSE, [...] (C) Summary. Speaker of Parliament Bakradze announced October 10 that the Parliament would modify the nature of the license for the radio station Maestro to enable it to broadcast political talk shows. Maestro, whose request to expand its entertainment broadcasting to include political pro [...]	2008-10-10 15:11:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM GG
08TBILISI19	TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 01/04/2008 [...] (U) On January 4, DCM, the diplomatic community, and ODIHR's Ambassador Boden, met with opposition members Levan Gachechiladze, United Opposition Candidate, Tina Khidasheli, Republican Party, Salome Zourabichvili, Georgia's Way, and Kakha Kukava, Conservative Party. The tone of the candidat [...]	2008-01-04 14:03:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI195	SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRIED MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: Kosovo and the upcoming parliamentary elections will likely dominate your meeting with President Saakashvili at the Wehrkunde conference. Kosovo is nearly certain to be the first issue on Saakashvili's agenda, as he seeks more information about the timing of an independence decl [...]	2008-02-06 13:31:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1982	GEORGIA: A/S FRIED VISITS GORI, CHECKPOINTS [...] (C) Begin Summary: EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried and the Ambassador visited the Gori Field Office of the European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM),which conducts patrols to the south and southwest of South Ossetia, October 19. So far, the EUMM has been denied access into South Ossetia [...]	2008-10-24 10:40:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1985	GEORGIA: A/S FRIED MEETS OPPOSITION, BOTH INSIDE [...] (C) Begin Summary: On October 20, Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried and Ambassador Tefft met with Georgian opposition parliamentarians. The MPs told Fried they were working to help the country through its post-invasion recovery and were pursuing democratic reforms. The group spoke about the A [...]	2008-10-24 12:14:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1987	GEORGIA: IRI NATIONAL VOTER SURVEY: GEORGIANS [...] (C) Summary: The latest USAID-funded International Republican Institute (IRI) poll, based on 1,500 surveys conducted from September 23 to October 1, showed that the August war with Russia dominated the national mood. IRI said the poll showed that Georgians believed that Russian aggression wa [...]	2008-10-24 13:16:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1988	GEORGIA: LACK OF ACCESS KEEPS HOTSPOTS HOT [...] (C) Summary and comment. Georgia has so far avoided major provocations since Russian troops withdrew from most undisputed Georgian territory, but several potential sources of friction remain. Among them are Akhalgori; ongoing tension along the administrative boundaries of South Ossetia and [...]	2008-10-24 15:23:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS RU GG
08TBILISI20	SAAKASHVILI LIKELY TO WIN (BUT NOT OVERWHELMINGLY) [...] (C) Summary: As the country gears up for presidential elections on January 5, the polls are unreliable and all over the map. Those commissioned by the opposition show former president Saakashvili not gaining enough votes to obtain a first round victory; those commissioned by the ruling Unite [...]	2008-01-04 14:11:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI2009	GEORGIA: NEW PM MAY HAVE A SHORT TENURE [...] (C) Summary and Comment. President Saakashvili announced on October 27 the resignation of Lado Gurgenidze from the post of Prime Minister and his nomination of Grigol Mgaloblishvili to the position. Gurgenidze's departure had been expected for many months, but the appointment of Mgaloblish [...]	2008-10-28 14:49:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI2016	GEORGIA: PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSION INVESTIGATES [...] (SBU) Summary: An Ad-hoc Parliamentary Commission investigating the Georgian-Russian war of August 2008 began its hearings on October 25. The Commission was designed to obtain evidence from government officials, who "were directly or indirectly involved in decision-making during the August e [...]	2008-10-30 13:21:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI2022	GEORGIA: BUSINESS EXECUTIVES FOR NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (SBU) Sumary: Business Executives for National Security (BENS),a nonpartisan organization of senior private-sector representatives, visited Tbilisi October 19-21, accompanied by the Deputy European Commander (EUCOM) Vice Admiral Gallagher and EUCOM POLAD Ambassador Katherine Canavan. The v [...]	2008-10-31 09:12:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV GG
08TBILISI2025	GEORGIA: CABINET RESHUFFLE DRAWS LITTLE REACTION [...] (C) Summary/Comment: In a widely anticipated move, four new Cabinet members were nominated October 29 to head up the Ministries of Justice, Culture, Refugees, and Environment. The shakeup drew little reaction among the press or opposition as all are familiar names and loyal Saakashvili backe [...]	2008-10-31 09:30:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI2050	GEORGIA: EUMM SEEKS TO FORMALIZE ARRANGEMENTS ON [...] (C) Summary and comment. The EU Monitoring Mission (EUMM) has made some progress in expanding its reach and effectiveness by making initial contact with Russian and South Ossetian authorities, increasing its patrols, and initiating discussions with Georgian authorities on an agreement to pro [...]	2008-11-04 10:20:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS RU GG
08TBILISI2053	GEORGIA: ABKHAZIA: VIOLENCE CONTINUES, TROOPS DIG [...] (C) Summary and comment. Two disturbing trends have emerged in Abkhazia in recent weeks. Abkhaz and Russian forces have taken steps to establish firmer control over the administrative boundary, such as reducing crossing points, extending trenches and limiting cooperation with UNOMIG. De fac [...]	2008-11-04 14:29:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS GG
08TBILISI2071	GEORGIA: LAW ON OCCUPIED TERRITORIES SEEKS TO [...] (C) Summary and comment. The "Law of Georgia on the Occupied Territories" was formally published with President Saakashvili's signature October 30. Georgian parliamentarians and staff described the law as a response to Russian aggression and an effort to prevent degradation of Georgian terri [...]	2008-11-06 13:47:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KBTS RU GG
08TBILISI2072	GEORGIA: POLITICIZATION OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER [...] (C) Begin Summary: Since November 2007, Public Defender Sozar Subari's statements have steadily become more politically charged, leading both the international community and his own staff to question his objectivity. As Georgia's Public Defender and Human Rights Ombudsman, Subari was appoi [...]	2008-11-06 13:47:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI2073	GEORGIA: UNM STRONG IN ADJARA ELECTIONS, DESPITE [...] (SBU) Begin Summary: Extremely low turnout marked by-elections in two Tbilisi districts held on November 3 to fill two vacant seats that opposition parties refused to fill after the May elections. The Christian-Democratic Movement (CDM) candidate won the Vake seat. In Didube, the National D [...]	2008-11-06 14:16:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI2075	GEORGIA: OPPOSITION SCRAMBLING TO MOUNT NOVEMBER 7 [...] (C) Summary: On November 6, the United Opposition held a briefing for the Diplomatic Corps to discuss their plans for a political protest to begin at 2pm, November 7. The protest will commence in front of Parliament and then may proceed to the Presidential Palace, if it attracts enough parti [...]	2008-11-07 05:03:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI2085	GEORGIA: GUIDANCE REQUESTED ON REMOVAL OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Summary and Comment: In spite of the August conflict and loss of official Georgian access to the Abkhazia separatist region, MFA officials continue to seek U.S. assistance to develop a plan to remove four high-level radioactive [...]	2008-11-07 13:03:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PGOV PREL GG GR
08TBILISI2086	GEORGIA: OPPOSITION PROTEST FIZZLES OUT [...] (C) Summary: The November 7 opposition demonstration to commemorate last year's rally that turned violent drew a very modest turnout and was not attended by many leading opposition leaders. Protests were peaceful and police presence was limited with various speakers standing in front of the [...]	2008-11-07 15:25:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI2111	GEORGIA: ARRIVAL OF OSSETIAN FORCES WORSENS [...] (C) Summary and comment. Ossetian forces now control the primary checkpoint south of the village of Perevi, Russian forces have established a new checkpoint north of the village, and as many as 200 villagers may have fled. International organizations have been unable to gain access to the vil [...]	2008-11-13 05:05:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS GG
08TBILISI2117	GEORGIA: EFFECTS OF WAR CHALLENGE PROGRESS IN [...] (C) Begin Summary: Following November 3 elections for the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara in southwestern Georgia (ref A),Poloff met local officials and the Turkish Consul. The region was recovering from lost tourism revenues as a result of the August war with Russia. L [...]	2008-11-13 13:43:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU GG
08TBILISI2118	GEORGIA: EUMM SEEKS CHANGES TO PROPOSED INFO [...] (C) Begin Summary and Comment: In a November 12 meeting, European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM) Head Hansjoerg Haber told the Ambassador he is seeking additional modifications to the proposed Exchange of Information Agreement which is pending signature between the EUMM and the Georgian De [...]	2008-11-13 14:09:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL RU GG
08TBILISI2172	GEORGIAN GOVERNMENT INFORMED ON NEXT STEP [...] (C) As requested by the Department (se ref A),on November 21, PolOffs and Brent Eastman (ISN/WDMT) called on Giorgi Dolidze, MFA's Deputy Director of the Security Policy and Euro-Atlantic Integration Department, and Nestan Bejanishvili, Third Secretary of the same department. They informed D [...]	2008-11-21 14:25:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PGOV PREL GR GG
08TBILISI2173	GEORGIA: TV NEWS MARKET LACKING BUT IMPROVEMENTS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Access to television airtime has long been a source of opposition dissatisfaction with President Saakashvili and the GOG. While there is substantial evidence that the playing field is not level between the government and the opposition on the televised airwaves, the [...]	2008-11-21 14:33:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI2174	GEORGIA: ABKHAZIA, TORN BETWEEN TWO LOVERS [...] (C) Summary and comment. Two recent encounters with the Abkhaz de facto leadership produced two different perspectives on the current Abkhaz outlook. UN Special Representative Verbeke concluded that the Abkhaz realize they have burned their bridges with most of the international community a [...]	2008-11-21 14:35:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS RU GG
08TBILISI2176	GEORGIA: SERIOUS INCIDENTS, FATALITIES ON THE RISE [...] (C) Summary and comment. Recent weeks have seen an increase in the number and severity of boundary-line incidents, including several fatalities. The one exception is Perevi, where the withdrawal of Ossetian forces reduced tensions -- although Russian forces still occupy a checkpoint outside [...]	2008-11-24 05:24:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS GG
08TBILISI2189	GEORGIA: UNITED OPPOSITION SHOWING SIGNS OF [...] (C) Summary/Comment: David Gamkrelidze (New Rights) provided poloffs with a view about the future of his party and hinted about that he would leave the united opposition soon. Gamkrelidze confirmed that he is working closely with David Usupashvili (Republicans) to form a new coalition, build [...]	2008-11-24 13:52:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI2190	GEORGIA SIGNS 5 YEAR MOU FOR GAS WITH SOCAR [...] (C) Summary and Comment: After months of discussion, the Georgian government signed a five-year memorandum of understanding (MOU) with SOCAR, the Azerbaijani state oil and gas company, to provide natural gas to Georgia. The agreement will, in principle, take effect on January 1, 2009 follow [...]	2008-11-24 13:55:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV PREL RU AZ GG
08TBILISI2191	GEORGIA: FORMER SPEAKER BURJANADZE LAUNCHES NEW [...] (C) Summary. On the fifth anniversary of Georgia's Rose Revolution, former Speaker of the Parliament Nino Burjanadze (and twice interim President of Georgia) officially launched her new political party "Democratic Movement United Georgia" in a packed basketball arena of 1800 supporters. In [...]	2008-11-24 13:59:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI2193	GEORGIA: SHOOTING NEAR PRESIDENTIAL CONVOY [...] (C) Summary and comment. While observing Russian and Ossetian checkpoints on the edge of South Ossetia, Georgian President Saakashvili and Polish President Kaczynski heard gunfire from a seeming short distance away and quickly departed from the area. No one was injured. The motorcade was at [...]	2008-11-24 14:29:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS PL RU GG
08TBILISI2213	GEORGIA: DEPUTY FM SAYS OSSETIANS FIRED AT [...] (C) Acting Foreign Minister Giga Bokeria told the diplomatic corps November 26 that South Ossetian de facto spokesperson Irina Gagloyeva noted on the record that Ossetian forces had fired upon the Georgian and Polish Presidents on November 23 (reftel). The interview with Gagloyeva appeared [...]	2008-11-26 14:24:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI2219	GEORGIA: FORMER SAAKASHVILI ALLY ACCUSES TBILISI [...] (C) Summary and Comment. In a November 25 appearance before the Parliamentary Commission Investigating the August Conflict, former Georgian Ambassador to Russia Erosi Kitsmarishvili publicly stated his views that Georgia's leaders wanted conflict with Russia and that the United States gave [...]	2008-11-28 14:10:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG RU
08TBILISI2224	GEORGIA: NEW JUSTICE MINISTER DISCUSSES BUSINESS [...] (C) Summary: In a November 29 meeting, Ambassador raised two ongoing commercial cases involving U.S. companies with newly-appointed Justice Minister Zurab Adeishvili. Regarding the Basel case, Adeishvili acknowledged that he had heard of allegations of corruption and bribe-taking by the jud [...]	2008-12-01 14:26:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL EINV GG
08TBILISI2225	GEORGIA: SAAKASHVILI TAKES HIS CASE PUBLIC, MAKES [...] (U) Begin Summary: In an unprecedented development in modern Georgian history, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili voluntarily testified on November 28 in front of Parliament's "Ad Hoc Commission Investigating the August events and Russia's invasion." The country watched on live TV as t [...]	2008-12-01 14:49:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI2229	GEORGIA: HALO TRUST CONTINUES TO CLEAR THE LAND [...] (C) Summary. The HALO Trust, a British Demining/Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) clearance NGO conducted an emergency ERW survey of Georgia, and is engaged in Battle Area Clearance (BAC) training, clearance operations, and mine/Unexploded Ordinance (UXO) risk education projects in Abkhazia and [...]	2008-12-02 12:31:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PGOV GG
08TBILISI2252	GEORGIA: 2009 BUDGET REVENUE OUTLOOK IMPROVES BUT [...] (C) Summary: The Ministry of Finance projects that budget revenues will increase by about GEL 160 million in 2009 even factoring in the PM's recent proposal for an accelerated tax cut. Revenue projections for 2009 reflect only the GEL 700 million in international aid for which an official a [...]	2008-12-05 14:15:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL GG EFIN
08TBILISI2268	GEORGIA: CABINET RESHUFFLE TRIGGERED BY ALASANIA [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Mgaloblishvili announced a cabinet reshuffle on December 6 almost immediately following the news that Irakli Alasania, Georgia's former Ambassador to the UN, had resigned. Grigol Vashadze, current Minister of Culture and former Deputy Foreign Minister, was named t [...]	2008-12-08 12:55:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI2269	GEORGIA: IMPOSSIBLE TO GOVERN WITHOUT GOD AND BIBLE [...] (C) Summary: The Georgian Orthodox Church is a inherent part of Georgian society and for many, defines what it is to be Georgian. For those who are not ethnic Georgian, this close association threatens disenfranchisement. Most Georgians, even if not fervent parishioners, would not openly [...]	2008-12-08 13:27:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV RU GG
08TBILISI2271	GEORGIA: ABKHAZIA SITUATION UNTENABLE [...] (C) Summary and comment. During December 2-3 meetings in Zugdidi, government officials, EUMM and UNOMIG monitors, and NGO representatives all told the Ambassador that the security situation in and outside Abkhazia is precarious, with frequent violent incidents and provocations. Georgian poli [...]	2008-12-08 13:38:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS RU GG
08TBILISI229	OPPOSITION SUSPENDS TALKS WITH GOVERNMENT [...] Summary: Koba Davitashvili, United National Council (UNC) announced the decision to suspend talks with the ruling party United National Movement (UNM) representatives on the afternoon of February 8 following an impasse on resolution of two of the 17 demands made by the opposition. In a follow [...]	2008-02-08 15:05:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PGOV GG
08TBILISI2292	GEORGIA: GOVERNMENT SHAKEUP ROLLS ON [...] (C) Summary: The Cabinet shakeup continues with three new Ministers named December 9. The second shakeup follows the initial Cabinet changes announced on December 5 subsequent to Irakli Alasania's resignation as Ambassador to the UN and presumed return to Georgia to enter politics. Current [...]	2008-12-09 13:12:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI2302	GEORGIA: MOIA UPDATES IDP HOUSING STATUS [...] (C) Begin Summary: On December 9, Minister of Internal Affairs (MOIA) Vano Merabishvili briefed members of the diplomatic community that internally displaced ersons (IDP) from South Ossetia and the Upper Kodori in Abkhazia would have homes or will receive compensation to repair existing home [...]	2008-12-09 14:03:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV GG

08TBILISI2304	GEORGIA: NEW OPPOSITION ALLIANCE UPS THE ANTE [...] (C) Summary: David Usupashvili (Republicans) and David Gamkrelidze (New Rights),two of the more moderate leaders in the opposition outside of parliament, formally announced their alliance, thereby making public their plans to work together as an opposition voice. The two also extended a pu [...]	2008-12-09 14:58:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI2399	GEORGIA: OPPOSITION PARLIAMENTARIANS PROPOSE NEW [...] (U) Summary: Members of the Parliamentary minority faction Christian-Democrats (CDM) have presented a plan for a new national security initiative, including a new structure for the national security council. The initiative is intended to address the problems identified in the aftermath of Geor [...]	2008-12-15 14:41:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI2400	GEORGIA: NOT ALL OPPONENTS SUPPORT EARLY ELECTIONS [...] (C) Comment: Although parliamentary and presidential elections are not scheduled to take place until 2012 and 2013 respetively, calls for early elections have become de rigueur in Georgia for some opposition leaders. Thus far, President Saakashvili does not appear inclined to call either pa [...]	2008-12-15 14:43:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI2411	GEORGIA: ARMENIAN NORASHEN CHURCH - CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary: The latest in a series of disputes between the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC) and the Georgian Orthodox Church (GOC) ignited November 18 when a construction crew using a bulldozer, hired by a Georgian Orthodox priest, moved the headstones of several Armenian graves at Norashen C [...]	2008-12-17 14:44:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV AR GG
08TBILISI2413	GEORGIA: RUSSIAN FORCES RE-ENTER PEREVI [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Russian forces once again control the checkpoint at Perevi. After dismantling the checkpoint and withdrawing on December 11, Russian spetsnaz forces returned on December 13 after Georgian Ministry of Internal Police (MOIA) police, and later MOIA special forces, moved [...]	2008-12-17 15:06:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS GG
08TBILISI2417	GEORGIA: ELECTION CODE REFORM BACK AGAIN [...] (C) Summary/Comment: Speaker Bakradze announced December 15 the formation of a special group of lawmakers from the Parliamentary majority and minority, NGO representatives, and non-Parliamentary opposition to improve the election code. It is generally agreed that the current code is flawed [...]	2008-12-18 09:40:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI2420	GEORGIA: PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE PREVIEWS FINDINGS [...] (C) Summary: The Chairman of the ad-hoc of the Parliamentary Commission ("Commission") to look into events during and preceding the August war between Georgia and Russia, Paata Davitaia (Leader of "We Ourselves" Parliamentary Opposition),briefed the Diplomatic Corps December 17 on the upcom [...]	2008-12-18 12:59:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI2426	GEORGIA: GAS PIPELINE TO TSKHINVALI SERIOUSLY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Georgian Oil and Gas Company (GOGC) cannot resume the movement of gas to South Ossetia until unexploded ordnance is cleared and GOGC is given access to repair the gas pipeline which runs from Agara to Tskhinvali and on to Java. GOGC has already repaired all the damage to [...]	2008-12-19 14:19:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PREL RU GG
08TBILISI2438	GEORGIAN PATRIARCH ON CHURCH DISPUTE WITH ARMENIA [...] (C) Summary/Comment: Ambassador raised the ongoing dispute over Norashen church in Tbilisi with Georgian Orthodox Patriarch Ilia II on December 22. The Georgian Patriarch seemed open and willing to resolve contentious issues and noted the Georgian priest who was involved in moving graveston [...]	2008-12-22 13:11:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AR GG
08TBILISI2458	GEORGIA: MILITARY MOVES FROM ABKHAZIA ON THE [...] (C) Summary and comment. The chilly winter air in Georgia is rife with rumors that the Abkhaz and Russians are planning military action in the near future, possibly to annex undisputed Georgian territory north of the Enguri River and establish the river as the "border." Facts on the ground [...]	2008-12-23 12:18:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS RU GG
08TBILISI2459	TBILISI: PATRIARCH'S TAKE ON MOSCOW MEETINGS, [...] (C) Summary: During a December 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Georgian Patriarch Ilia II discussed his recent meeting in Moscow with Russian President Medvedev the current situation in Abkhazia, and the likely successor of Patriarch Alexei II. Ilia II expressed his desire to serve a positi [...]	2008-12-23 12:18:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
08TBILISI246	REINTEGRATION MINISTER YAKOBASHVILI EAGER TO TRY [...] (C) New State Minister for Reintegration Temuri Yakobashvili has thus far managed to retain the penchant for provocative thinking and creative ideas that he exhibited in his years as an NGO leader. In a February 8 meeting with DCM, Yakobashvili detailed some of the ideas he has been discussin [...]	2008-02-12 13:53:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI2482	GEORGIA: ALASANIA SPEAKS BUT SAYS LITTLE [...] (SBU) Summary: In his first public statement since his resignation, former Georgian Ambassador to the UN and newest opposition figure, Irakli Alasania, addressed the Georgian media on December 24th. His long anticipated "announcement" consisted largely of common opposition criticisms of Pre [...]	2008-12-30 10:29:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI249	OPPOSITION OLIGARCH PATARKATSISHVILI DEAD OF [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 13 news broke in Georgia that Georgian oligarch and opposition figure Arkadi "Badri" Patarkatsishvili died in London. He was 52 years of age. Patarkatsishvili's Tbilisi-based lawyer, Shalva Khachapuridze, confirmed the news. The reported cause of death is a heart [...]	2008-02-13 09:48:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI2492	IMPACT OF CLOSING THE OSCE MISSION TO GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary and comment. The OSCE Mission to Georgia offers the international community several unique tools in monitoring and facilitating Georgia's democratic, secure and prosperous development. As a monitoring mission, it provides information on the situation on the ground, with a special [...]	2008-12-30 14:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS EAID ECON SNAR KBTS RU GG
08TBILISI2493	GEORGIA: SOCAR PURCHASES 22 OF GEORGIA'S INTERNAL [...] (C) The Georgian Government has sold 22 regional natural gas distribution companies to the Azerbaijani State Oil and Gas Company SOCAR. Georgia had originally pledged to sell a number of its natural gas delivery systems to SOCAR during negotiations with Azerbaijan in November that resulted i [...]	2008-12-30 14:33:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PGOV PREL AZ GG
08TBILISI2494	GEORGIA: AND JUSTICE FOR ALL--THE NEW POWER [...] (U) Summary: In October, amendments to the Constitution of Georgia officially authorized the merger of the Prosecution Service of Georgia with the Ministry of Justice. The Probation and Penitentiary Department, National Forensics Bureau and Legal Aid services, which formerly were subordinate [...]	2008-12-30 14:33:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI2495	GEORGIA: SOUTH OSSETIA INCIDENTS: LESS FATAL, BUT [...] (C) Summary. Although the area around South Ossetia has not seen any conflict-related fatalities since November 17, several recent incidents have caused injuries and shown a brazen attitude by the South Ossetian or Russian perpetrators. Georgian Interior Ministry forces have been the target [...]	2008-12-30 14:56:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS KBTS RU GG
08TBILISI2498	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) New Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze's first visit to the United States will be an auspicious one, featuring the signing of the US-Georgian Charter on Strategic Partnership. The Georgian government is enthusiastic about the content and timing of the Charter, viewing it as a majo [...]	2008-12-31 10:52:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RU GG
08TBILISI254	GEORGIA WILL NOT SUPPORT SERBIA'S PLAN TO INVOKE [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-14 06:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNAUS UNMIK YI OSCE GG
08TBILISI262	HOW MUCH DISTANCE BETWEEN GEORGIANS AND ABKHAZ IN [...] (C) The convergence of several developments -- the apparently increasing anger of the Abkhaz de facto leadership, the strong focus on engagement by new Georgian State Minister for Reintegration Yakobashvili, and most of all the coincidence of timing with the Kosovo decision -- makes for a deci [...]	2008-02-15 12:03:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UN GG
08TBILISI27	SAAKASHVILI TO WIN GEORGIA'S PRESIDENTIAL [...] (U) Summary: In what has been the most competitive presidential race in Georgia's history, former president Saakashvili appears set to win the January 5 presidential elections with 52 percent of the vote. His biggest challenger, United Opposition's Levan Gachechiladze, is set to achieve 25 [...]	2008-01-08 16:18:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI271	OPPOSITION PROTESTS GEORGIAN GOVERNMENT MEMORANDUM [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-15 14:43:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	GG KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL
08TBILISI277	GEORGIA RESPONDS TO KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Following Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence on February 17, most Georgian leaders, from President Saakashvili to the Patriarch, stated publicly that Kosovo does not constitute a precedent that can be followed by other breakaway regions, including Abkhazia and South [...]	2008-02-19 10:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG RU
08TBILISI299	GEORGIAN RESPONSE TO ADVANCING THE U.S. POSITION [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-25 10:00:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CU GG
08TBILISI304	OPPOSITION POSTPONES HUNGER STRIKE, RESUMES [...] (SBU) Summary: Early on February 22, the United National Council of Opposition (UNC) voted to postpone a hunger strike and street protest scheduled to begin that afternoon (reftel). Following the vote, UNC leader MP Levan Gachechiladze wrote and delivered an address explaining the opposition [...]	2008-02-25 14:01:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI35	SENATOR LUGAR'S JANUARY 10 MEETING WITH MIKHEIL [...] (C) Summary: During a January 10 refueling stop in Tbilisi, Senator Richard Lugar met with Mikheil Saakashvili and Acting President Nino Burjanadze. Although Saakashvili's re-election as President of Georgia has not yet been confirmed, acting President Nino Burjanadze clearly deferred to his [...]	2008-01-10 13:52:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET ENRG MARR GG
08TBILISI36	TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 01/10/2008 [...] (C) Summary: On January 10 Ambassador Dieter Boden, OSCE/ODIHR Observation Team Chief briefed the OSCE Ambassadorial Working group, stressing that no systemic fraud occurred during the January 5 Presidential Elections. On the same day, Chairman of the Central Elections Commission (CEC) Lev [...]	2008-01-10 14:35:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI362	NEW DIRECTION FOR PRISON REFORM? [...] (U) Summary: Representatives from the Penitentiary Service (PS) and Ministry Of Justice (MOJ) announced March 4 that Tbilisi Prison Number 5 pre-trial detainment facility is now officially closed. All prisoners have been transferred to other facilities and MOJ plans to demolish the building [...]	2008-03-05 13:36:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM GG
08TBILISI364	ELECTION NEGOTIATIONS END (FOR NOW) IN [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 4 Georgia's Parliament approved the first reading of an amendment to the Constitution on elections. The proposed amendment changes the composition of Parliament to 75 party list seats, and 75 "majoritarian" single mandate seats. This move was in opposition to the poli [...]	2008-03-05 14:29:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI387	GEORGIA MINISTER OF ENERGY ON BTC PIPELINE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Georgian Minister of Energy Aleko Khetaguri on February 27. Khetaguri told the Ambassador that Georgia is not willing to approve expansion of the Baku Tbilisi Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline until it receives an explanation of BP's plans for re-opening the Baku-Supsa [...]	2008-03-07 14:41:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI402	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador used his first official meeting with Nick Gvaramia, Minister of Justice to underscore the importance of rectifying problems identified previously to permit Parliamentary elections to take place in a transparent and positive environment. Ambassador stressed the need t [...]	2008-03-11 14:55:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM GG
08TBILISI403	RULING PARTY AGAINST CHANGING ELECTORAL SYSTEM, [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and other Embassy officials raised the issue of the newly proposed Parliamentary electoral system with key MPs on March 11. Speaker Burjanadze told Ambassador Tefft that some in the opposition are now calling for a return to the "winner-take-all" system, although [...]	2008-03-11 14:55:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM GG
08TBILISI42	TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 01/11/2008 [...] (C) Summary: On January 9, the Central Election Commission (CEC) announced preliminary results of Georgia's Presidential election. Mikheil Saakashvili won 52.21 percent. The nearest challenger, Levan Gachechiladze had 25.26 percent. On January 11, Irina Sarishvili, presidential candidate [...]	2008-01-11 17:24:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI43	TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 01/11/2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-11 17:24:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI437	IRI NATIONAL VOTER SURVEY: NEW PUBLIC OPTIMISM [...] (C) Summary: The latest USAID-funded International Republican Institute (IRI) poll, based on 1,500 surveys conducted from February 19-27, shows more optimism about the future than was seen in September 2007 (reftel). More people said the country is going in the right direction than in Septem [...]	2008-03-14 13:18:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI444	RULING PARTY AMENDS GEORGIAN CONSTITUTION AGAIN, [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 12, the ruling National Movement (UNM) amended the Georgian Constitution to maintain 75 single-mandate Parliamentary seats for the upcoming election (reftel) and establish 75 party list seats. In response to the proposed amendment, the Labor Party called on all the op [...]	2008-03-17 13:56:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI473	USUPASHVILI: UNITED OPPOSITION BROKEN, NO EASY END [...] (C) Summary: On March 19, Republican Party Chairman David Usupashvili told Charge that the leadership of the United National Council of Opposition (UNC) and the New Rightists (NR) parties, weakened by their ongoing hunger strike (reftel),is nearly broken. According to Usupashvili, both the U [...]	2008-03-19 14:44:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI495	FUTURE OF IMEDI TELEVISION IS CLOUDY [...] (U) The GOG's forcible closure of Imedi Television on November 7 was a serious setback on Georgia's path to democracy that drew international opprobrium at the time. The GOG allowed Imedi to return to the air on December 12. The station again ceased broadcasting on December 26, this time becau [...]	2008-03-21 13:09:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV GG
08TBILISI496	PATRIARCH CALLS FOR DIALOGUE, BURJANADZE REJECTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 20, Georgian Patriarch Ilia II called on the United National Council of Opposition (UNC) and the New Rightists (NR) to end their hunger strike (reftel) and return to dialogue with the ruling National Movement (UNM). At the same time, Ilia II called on the UNM to "take [...]	2008-03-21 13:23:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI503	THE TROUBLE WITH GEORGIA'S OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: Recent protests and a hunger strike (ref A) by opposition MPs demonstrate the continuing radicalization of Georgia's opposition. The opposition's confrontational style and inability to negotiate effectively with the government beg the more important question: Why is Georgia's op [...]	2008-03-24 11:45:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI51	TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 01/14/2008 [...] (C) Summary: Early January 13, the Central Election Commission (CEC) announced final results of Georgia's Presidential election. Mikheil Saakashvili won 53.4 percent of the votes. Levan Gachechiladze had 25.67 percent. The CEC denied nearly all of the election complaints filed by the oppos [...]	2008-01-14 15:08:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI516	MEETING WITH UNION OF KURDS OF GEORGIA [...] (SBU) On 25 March 2008, Poloff met with Vitali Nabiev (Anqosi),chairman of the NGO Union of Kurds of Georgia. Nabiev's organization represents the Georgian Kurdish Diaspora in Tbilisi (about 30,000 people mainly in the capital whom he described as Yesids) and Iraqi Kurds in Kurdistan. His pu [...]	2008-03-26 14:08:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI52	SAAKASHVILI WINS A SECOND TERM IN GEORGIAN [...] (C) Summary: On January 13, the Central Election Commission announced the final results of the January 5 presidential elections. Former president Saakashvili received 53.47% of the vote, giving him a narrow win on the first round. Leader of the 9-party opposition coalition Levan Gechachila [...]	2008-01-14 15:19:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI527	MAJOR IMPEDIMENTS REMAIN FOR IDPS SEEKING RETURN [...] (C) Summary: Despite recent Russian Foreign Ministry claims that a "majority" of ethnic Georgians have returned to Gali, nearly 230,000 of an estimated 270,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) who fled Abkhazia during the 1992-3 war remain displaced and unable to return to their homes. S [...]	2008-03-28 11:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI528	GEORGIAN OPPOSITION HUNGER STRIKE ENDS, CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Summary: On March 25, after 16 days, the United National Council of Opposition (UNC) and the New Rightists (NR) party ended their hunger strike. They said they could not ignore a second appeal to stop by the Patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church, Ilia II, after he visited them at Parl [...]	2008-03-28 12:57:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI544	GEORGIA: DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTING THE DUAL USE [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-02 13:01:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP NSG IR MNUC GG
08TBILISI545	GEORGIANS LOOK TO MAY 21 ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: A Presidential decree on March 21 set the date for upcoming parliamentary elections on May 21. Against the backdrop of campaign preparations, events are unfolding quickly. The ruling National Movement (UNM) party replaced its Secretary General, effectively sidelining a leading r [...]	2008-04-02 13:37:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI546	OPCAT--GEORGIA WORKS ON IMPROVING PRISON CONDITIONS [...] (SBU) In June 2007 The Government of Georgia created an Inter-agency Coordination Council to address the issue of torture in prisons and other closed facilities. On March 31, this council met for the first time since September 2007 to discuss the action plan to implement the Optional Protoco [...]	2008-04-02 13:41:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL GG
08TBILISI556	PRELIMINARY LOOK--JUDICIAL REFORM INDICATORS [...] (C) Summary: A independent judicial reform expert recently visited Georgia to evaluate progress since 2005. Preliminary results indicate much has been done to improve the professionalism, accountability and salaries of judges, but questions remain as to the independence of the judiciary. E [...]	2008-04-04 13:16:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI57	TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 01/15/2008 [...] (C) Summary: United National Council of Opposition (UNC) presidential candidate Levan Gachechiladze told the Ambassador on January 15 that the UNC is indeed in serious negotiation with President-Elect Mikheil Saakashvili on 11 key issues. The first concession, announced as a "first victory" [...]	2008-01-15 14:03:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI590	GEORGIAN CONCERN OVER RUSSIA'S "CREEPING [...] (C) Summary: In a series of recent meetings with the Group of Friends of the Secretary General, Georgian government officials have expressed their strong concern that Russia continues to take steps to increase ties with the breakaway republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. In an April 8 m [...]	2008-04-10 14:31:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI614	GEORGIANS REMAIN CONCERNED OVER "CREEPING [...] (C) Summary: On April 11, Minister of Foreign Affairs David Bakradze called in Ambassador Tefft to express Georgia's disappointment with the U.S. decision not to support a Georgian intervention at the OSCE over a Russian request to negotiate the extradition of Russian prisoners in Abkhazia w [...]	2008-04-14 13:01:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI666	GEORGIA PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS UPDATE [...] (C) On April 8, the Central Election Commission (CEC) kicked off Georgia's parliamentary elections and presented their election strategy to the international community. OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights' (ODIHR) election observation mission (EOM) began operations on Ap [...]	2008-04-18 14:35:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI67	DEMARCHE DELIVERED - RESOLVING KOSOVO,S STATUS IN [...] (C) DCM delivered demarche as requested by reftel to Deputy Foreign Minister Gogi Manjgaladze on January 15. Manjgaladze welcomed the update on the anticipated process and timing for resolving Kosovo,s status. Manjgaladze said the MFA has not yet formulated a plan for how to respond to a Kos [...]	2008-01-17 07:52:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI69	WILL A WEAKER SAAKASHVILI GIVES RISE TO A STRONGER [...] (C) By narrowly crossing the fifty-percent threshold to gain a first-round victory January 5, Mikheil Saakashvili won another five-year term as Georgia's president. Nevertheless, the close result suggests that Georgian politics will be decidedly different in this term than in the first, when t [...]	2008-01-17 09:38:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM GG
08TBILISI707	GEORGIA PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION UPDATE APRIL 24 [...] (U) Summary: On the evening of April 21, Speaker of Parliament Nino Burjanadze surprised most of Georgia and announced that she would not seek re-election May 21. Foreign Minister Davit Bakradze took her place atop the ruling United National Movement's (UNM) party list. Her announcement was [...]	2008-04-24 15:17:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI712	SEEKING INDEPENDENCE, ABKHAZ GET CLOSER TO RUSSIA [...] (C) During an April 18-20 visit to Abkhazia, we found Abkhaz de facto officials in an uncompromising mood, reiterating that they will never agree to be reintegrated into the Georgian state nor permit return of Georgian internally displaced persons (IDPs) under current conditions. They were pl [...]	2008-04-29 13:56:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI713	SANAKOYEV'S HOPES AND FEARS FOR SOUTH OSSETIA [...] (C) Dmitry Sanakoyev outlined for Washington and Embassy representatives April 21 his achievements in his first year as leader of the Georgian-recognized Temporary Administrative Unit of South Ossetia, and laid out his vision for a future in which young men in the region have other opportunitie [...]	2008-04-29 13:58:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI714	RUSSIA INCREASING NUMBER OF PEACEKEEPERS IN ABKHAZ [...] (C) Summary: On April 29, the commander of the CIS peacekeeping forces in Abkhazia, Sergei Chaban, sent a letter to Georgian Minister of Defense David Kezerashvili informing him that the CIS PKF will increase the size of its peacekeeping contingent in the Abkhaz conflict zone. In the letter [...]	2008-04-29 14:23:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI718	GEORGIA REACTS TO RUSSIAN PEACEKEEPING INCREASE [...] (C) On April 29, acting Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze told ambassadors and charges from the U.S., U.K., Germany, France, and the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) that the increase in strength of the Russian peacekeeping force was the latest in a series of Russian steps intended to d [...]	2008-04-30 13:54:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS GG
08TBILISI720	GEORGIA FREEZES NEGOTIATIONS WITH RUSSIA ON WTO [...] (C) On April 28 the GOG issued a statement to the members of the working party on the accession of the Russian Federation to the World Trade Organization (WTO) wherein it announced that it is temporarily halting its bilateral negotiations with Russia until Russia rescinds the instructions issu [...]	2008-04-30 13:57:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL WTO USTR GG RU
08TBILISI724	STATE MINISTER YAKOBASHVILI ON THE ABKHAZIA CRISIS [...] (C) State Minister for Reintegration Temuri Yakobashvili summarized his view of the situation in Abkhazia in a meeting with DCM on May 1, 2008, before departing on a tour of European capitals to build support for the Georgian peace initiative and discuss ideas for implementing it. Yakobashvil [...]	2008-05-01 14:17:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS GG
08TBILISI726	GEORGIA PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION UPDATE MAY 1 [...] (C) Summary: On April 30, the United National Movement's (UNM) pollster told the Ambassador that the UNM is polling around 57 percent among likely voters in the May 21 election. This will likely result in another UNM constitutional majority. He expects at least three other opposition parties [...]	2008-05-01 14:42:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI743	REPUBLICANS COOL BUT RESIGNED TO NATIONAL MOVEMENT [...] (C) Summary: David Usupashvili, Chairman of the Republican Party of Georgia, spoke on April 23 with EUR/CARC Director Paul Wohlers. Usupashvili regretted the decision of Nino Burjanadze not to run for a parliamentary seat because it sets up a confrontation between the radical wing of the Unit [...]	2008-05-02 14:42:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI750	RUSSIA COMPLETES PKF REINFORCEMENT, ABKHAZ CLAIM [...] (C) Summary: Russia completed its troop reinforcement of the (entirely Russian) CIS peacekeeping force over the weekend, bringing its total troop strength to somewhere between 2,500 and 3,000 soldiers, the upper limit allowed under the 1994 CIS decision governing the PKF. According to Unite [...]	2008-05-05 14:32:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS GG
08TBILISI753	INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS GROUP FINISHES INVESTIGATION [...] (C) Summary: The Georgian Ministry of Defense announced on May 5 that the group of international experts has completed its investigation of the April 20 shootdown (reftel) of a Georgian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The report has been cleared for release and will be presented to the Georg [...]	2008-05-06 13:52:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS GG
08TBILISI76	TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 01/17/2008 [...] (C) Summary: An OSCE Technical Working Group on Elections (TWG) met on January 17 and considered post-election processes by the Central Election Commission and courts. The CEC's and courts quick denial of observers' complaints regarding election-day violations and post-election counting proc [...]	2008-01-17 15:01:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI808	DAS BRYZA'S MEETINGS WITH GEORGIA MINISTRY OF [...] (C) Summary: EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Matt Bryza met on May 9 in Tbilisi with Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs (MOIA) Eka Zguladze and the Head of the MOIA Analytical Department, Shota Utiashvili. On May 12, he met separately with Minister of Internal Affairs Vano Merabishvili. Bryza [...]	2008-05-16 11:57:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG RU
08TBILISI819	FOUR CIS PKF BRIEFLY DETAINED AFTER TRAFFIC [...] (C) Georgian media reported on May 18 that an armored vehicle from a CIS peacekeeping convoy hit a private vehicle while traveling to a PKF checkpoint on the Zugdidi side of the conflict zone. Reports claimed that the Russian troops were reinforcements for existing peacekeepers stationed on [...]	2008-05-19 13:00:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI830	RULING PARTY SET TO WIN MAJORITY IN GEORGIAN [...] (C) Summary: As the election campaign wraps up its final day, Post predicts that President Saakashvili's ruling United National Movement (UNM) party will easily win a majority of the 150 seats in Georgia's May 21 parliamentary elections. The UNM may even win the 100 seats needed to obtain a c [...]	2008-05-20 15:43:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI831	DAS BRYZA MEETS WITH JOINT OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: On May 9, EUR DAS Matthew Bryza, Ambassador Tefft, and EU Special Representative Peter Semneby met three leaders of the Joint Opposition, MP David Gamkrelidze, Salome Zourabichvili, and MP Levan Gachechiladze. Gamkrelidze focused on current problems with the election process and [...]	2008-05-20 16:15:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI835	DAS BRYZA'S MEETING WITH THE ABKHAZ [...] (C) Summary. In a May 10 meeting in Abkhazia with DAS Matthew Bryza and Ambassador Tefft, Abkhaz de facto president Sergei Bagapsh left open the possibility for meeting with Georgian officials despite stating officially that the Abkhaz would not resume talks until Georgia removes its troops fr [...]	2008-05-21 13:15:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI844	DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES ABKHAZIA WITH SRSG ARNAULT [...] (C) Summary: In a May 9 meeting with DAS Bryza, UN Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Jean Arnault gave his assessment of the recent reinforcement of Russian peacekeepers in Abkhazia, Georgian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) overflights and the prospects for changing the neg [...]	2008-05-23 08:23:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI87	TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 01/22/2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: Mikheil Saakashvili was sworn in as President of Georgia for a second, 5-year term on January 20. A military parade and gala concert by Jose Carreras marked the occasion, attended by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gutierrez and other foreign dignitaries. True to their word, the U [...]	2008-01-22 15:22:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI88	TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 01/22/2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: Mikheil Saakashvili was sworn in as President of Georgia for a second, 5-year term on January 20. A military parade and gala concert by Jose Carreras marked the occasion, attended by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gutierrez and other foreign dignitaries. True to their word, the U [...]	2008-01-22 16:06:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI904	DAS BRYZA MEETS WITH FM TKESHELASHVILI [...] (C) Summary: In a May 9 meeting with DAS Bryza, Foreign Minister Eka Tkeshelashvili expressed appreciation for the strong support from the United States in response to recent Russian actions in Abkhazia. She said it was clear that the Russian troops in Abkhazia were no longer performing a p [...]	2008-05-30 13:17:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI905	GEORGIAN PRESENTS ITS DEMANDS TO RUSSIA FOLLOWING [...] (C) In a May 27 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze delivered a non-paper (faxed to EUR/CARC) outlining Georgia's planned response to Russia in the wake of the United Nations Observer Mission to Georgia (UNOMIG) fact finding report on the April 20 shoot-down of [...]	2008-05-30 13:46:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS GG
08TBILISI907	DAS BRYZA MEETS WITH REPUBLICAN USUPASHVILI [...] (C) Summary: On May 9, EUR DAS Matthew Bryza, the Ambassador, and EU Special Representative Peter Semneby met with Republican Party Chairman David Usupashvili. Usupashvili said that democratic development is currently stalled. His prediction that Parliamentary Speaker Burjanadze would lose po [...]	2008-05-30 13:55:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI909	DAS BRYZA MEETS WITH CEC CHAIRMAN TARKHNISHVILI [...] (C) Summary: On May 12, EUR DAS Matthew Bryza and the Ambassador met with the Chairman of the Central Election Commission (CEC),Levan Tarkhnishvili. Noting recent threats of violence around the elections, Tarkhnishvili said he considers violent protests at district (DEC) and precinct (PEC) e [...]	2008-05-30 14:03:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI910	DAS BRYZA MEETS WITH TARGAMADZE [...] (C) Summary: On May 12, EUR DAS Matthew Bryza and the Ambassador met with Chairman of the new opposition Christian Democratic Movement (CDM) party, Giorgi Targamadze. Before the meeting, Targamadze briefed the Ambassador on Imedi TV's current status, saying that a dispute regarding government [...]	2008-05-30 14:27:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI920	400 RUSSIAN MINISTRY OF DEFENSE RAILWAY ENGINEERS [...] (C) Summary: On Saturday, May 31, Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze informed the Ambassador that ten trainloads of Russian construction troops had entered Abkhazia to begin reconstruction of the railroad at Dranda, north of Sukhumi. Russia did not notify the Georgian governme [...]	2008-06-02 12:48:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS GG
08TBILISI923	DAS BRYZA VISIT WITH DEFENSE MINISTER KEZERASHVILI [...] (C) Summary: On May 9, Georgian Defense Minister Kezerashvili and First Deputy Defense Minister Kutelia told DAS Bryza that they were very concerned by the build-up of Russian forces in Abkhazia, claiming that at least 600 of the forces that purported to be peacekeepers are actually paratroo [...]	2008-06-02 13:20:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KGOV RS GG
08TBILISI924	BOKERIA HARDLINE ON ELECTIONS AND ABKHAZIA [...] (C) In a May 28 meeting with Ambassador, Deputy Foreign Minister (and key Saakashvili insider) Giga Bokeria sounded a hard line on elections and Abkhazia. On elections, Bokeria attributed the ruling party's overwhelming win to the fact that opposition voters did not vote. He agreed with the [...]	2008-06-02 13:39:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI925	OPPOSITION LEADERS: ANGRY, CONFUSED, UNDER [...] (C) Summary: From May 27 through May 30, opposition leaders of the Christian-Democratic Movement (CDM),Republicans, and the New Rightists met the Ambassador to explain their positions and distance themselves from Joint Opposition leader Levan Gachechiladze's anti-U.S. comments at the May 26 o [...]	2008-06-02 13:39:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI926	WHAT THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS MEAN FOR [...] (C) Introduction and Summary: Initial results from the May 21 Parliamentary elections indicate that President Saakashvili's ruling United National Movement (UNM) will receive an overwhelming majority in the new Parliament, taking some 120 out of 150 seats. Three factors appear to have contr [...]	2008-06-02 13:44:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI935	DAS BRYZA MEETS WITH CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) Summary. On May 9, EUR DAS Matt Bryza, Ambassador Tefft and EU Representative Peter Semneby met with leading members of Georgian civil society. During a wide ranging lunch discussion, they discussed the upcoming May 21 Parliamentary elections and the current tension in Abkhazia. Much of t [...]	2008-06-04 07:00:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI963	GEORGIAN OPPOSITION, BURJANADZE REPORTEDLY [...] (C) Summary: As the first meeting of Georgia's next Parliament nears on June 10, the Joint Opposition and the Labor Party continue to talk about boycotting the new Parliament and even blocking access to the building, to reinforce their position that the May 21 election was invalidated by fraud [...]	2008-06-09 14:03:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI970	GEORGIA PREPARES TO OFFICIALLY CALL FOR [...] (C) Summary: Georgian Foreign Minister Tkeshalashvili provided the Ambassador on June 9 with a non-paper outlining the steps the Georgian government plans to take to replace the (all-Russian) CIS peacekeepers currently stationed in Abkhazia with an international police force. The paper state [...]	2008-06-10 14:25:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
08TEGUCIGALPA1006	EFFECT OF GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS ON HONDURAS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Honduran financial sector is beginning to feel an impact from the global financial crisis in the form of reduced credit flows and higher interest rates on correspondent bank relationships. However, because of its limited exposure to the U.S. and global financial systems, the [...]	2008-11-07 17:56:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EFIN ETRD HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1012	HONDURAS: SUPREME COURT CASES COULD HAVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings with the Ambassador, Attorney General Leonidas Rosa Bautista and President of the Supreme Court Vilma Morales both explained their views on two cases likely to be heard by the Supreme Court which could be of potential significance on the presidential elections, [...]	2008-11-10 23:27:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1021	SUPREME COURT ROLLS BACK 2001 CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) Summary: The Supreme Court ruled on November 14 to turn back 2001 reforms to the Constitution that established the office of the Vice President. The case effectively abolishes the office and returns Honduras to a system with three presidential designates. Those candidates running for pre [...]	2008-11-14 20:44:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KJUS SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1023	GOH SIGNS ALBA DOCUMENT CONGRATULATING FSLN ON [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Legal Advisor Milton Jimenez announced on November 13 that the GOH had signed the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas' (ALBA) document regarding the Nicaraguan elections. In a telephone call initiated by the Ambassador, President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya explained hi [...]	2008-11-14 21:36:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI KJUS NU HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1034	VICE PRESIDENT ELVIN SANTOS RESIGNS [...] (C) Summary. Vice President Elvin Santos announced his resignation on November 18, in an attempt to circumvent suspected efforts by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) and the Congress to legally bar him from running for President. Santos has thwarted these efforts, for now, by jumping ship, [...]	2008-11-18 20:00:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1040	CONGRESS REFUSES TO CONSIDER VICE PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. Congress refused to accept Vice President Elvin Santos' resignation on November 18 reportedly because Santos had not submitted a valid reason for resigning. These events were orchestrated to put an end to Santos' presidential aspirations, but may backfire and strengthen his prim [...]	2008-11-19 19:35:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1054	HONDURAN TEACHERS DEMANDING PAYMENT OF BACK WAGES [...] (C) Teachers unions are threatening to close polling stations, mostly located in schools, for the November 30 primary elections due to an ongoing pay dispute with the government. While President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya gave into demands of the teachers unions on October 13, promising to pay over [...]	2008-11-21 22:38:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV KDEM SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1064	ZELAYA CONSULTS WITH AMBASSADOR ON ELECTIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador hosted President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya for a one-on-one lunch at the Residence on November 21 where they covered a number of issues, including the upcoming primary elections, Zelaya's proposal for a constitutional referendum, the impact of the global economic crisis o [...]	2008-11-25 19:23:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI EFIN ECON VE HO
08TEGUCIGALPA107	NEW HONDURAN FM EDMUNDO ORELLANA: WE CAN WORK WITH [...] (C) Summary: On his first day in office, Foreign Minister Edmundo "Mundo" Orellana received the Ambassador for a courtesy call. They discussed moving the bilateral agenda forward, especially in the areas of security and migration issues. Orellana lamented the chaos the Foreign Ministry was [...]	2008-02-04 12:12:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SMIG CVIS VE HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1071	AMBASSADOR MEETING WITH TRADE MINISTER CERRATO [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador met with Fredis Cerrato, Minister of Trade and Industry, October 30 to discuss CAFTA-DR, fuel prices and renewable energy, and the financial crisis, among other topics. The Ambassador raised the expropriation claim of U.S. citizen Oscar Cerna. End summary. ----- [...]	2008-11-28 19:30:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD HN
08TEGUCIGALPA1073	PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF HONDURAN PRIMARIES: LOBO [...] (C) Summary. Honduran voters from the two main parties (National and Liberal) went to the polls November 30 to elect the candidates from their respective parties. The election process was smoothly run, with all observers and the press describing them as a clear success. At this point, they a [...]	2008-12-01 02:38:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV SOCI EFIN EAID HO

08TEGUCIGALPA1079	UPDATE ON HONDURAN PRIMARY ELECTION RESULTS [...] (C) Summary. Preliminary results confirm that Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo won in a landslide in the National Party primary election and Vice President Elvin Santos' stand-in Mauricio Villeda won a decisive victory over President of the Congress Roberto Micheletti in the Liberal Party primary election, [...]	2008-12-02 18:51:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV SOCI EFIN EAID HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1114	(U) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON THE HONDURAN [...] (U) Summary: Following is Post's response to ref A request for information on Honduran Economic Climate. Answers are keyed to questions in incoming telegram. End Summary. A. (U) ENERGY SECTOR: 1) (C/NF) WHAT IS THE OPERATING AND FINANCIAL STATUS OF THE HONDURAN STATE ENERGY COMPAN [...]	2008-12-10 21:35:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	HO PINR ECON EFIN EINV ENRG
08TEGUCIGALPA1115	SICA ANNOUNCES STRATEGY TO DEAL WITH GLOBAL [...] 1. (SBU) Summary: Central American leaders announced a 59-point regional strategy at the 33rd summit of the Central American Integrated System (SICA) in San Pedro Sula December 5 covering a range of topics from security and financial cooperation, to tourism, environment and migration. In r [...]	2008-12-10 22:03:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV KINL PREL SOCI SNAR PBTS PNAT
08TEGUCIGALPA1120	HONDURAS REVIEW OF CUBAN RELATIONS FOR THE [...] (U) This cable serves as a response to reftel request for information on Honduran relations with Cuba. 2. (C) Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? The Government of Honduras does not appear to exert political in [...]	2008-12-15 18:04:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL
08TEGUCIGALPA1126	AMBASSADOR ENCOURAGES HONDURAN CENTRAL BANK [...] (C) Summary: At a reception December 10, Ambassador told Central Bank President Edwin Araque that his public criticism of the IMF had been a mistake. Araque said that was probably true, but lamented the international community's lack of recent support, and said he is under tremendous politica [...]	2008-12-15 23:28:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EAID HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1127	POLITICAL MOMENTUM INDICATES ELVIN SANTOS WILL [...] C) Summary Although powerful political figures tried their hardest to keep Vice President Elvin Santos from running for President, he was still able to win the primary elections with a stand-in candidate. Pundits and political rivals like President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and President of the Cong [...]	2008-12-15 23:40:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1133	PRESIDENT ZELAYA AGAIN CRITICIZES U.S. POLICY IN [...] (U) During a brief visit to Costa Rica for a graduation ceremony, President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya made statements on December 14 against U.S. policy in Nicaragua. He said Honduras "laments" that the United States has intervened in an electoral process by questioning the outcome. Zelaya said th [...]	2008-12-16 23:25:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN KDEM NU VE HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1134	PRESIDENT ZELAYA AGAIN CRITICIZES U.S. POLICY IN [...] (U) During a brief visit to Costa Rica for a graduation ceremony, President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya made statements on December 14 against U.S. policy in Nicaragua. He said Honduras "laments" that the United States has intervened in an electoral process by questioning the outcome. Zelaya said th [...]	2008-12-17 12:24:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN KDEM NU VE HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1135	AMBASSADOR LLORENS' MEETING WITH MINISTER OF THE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Llorens met with Victor Meza, the Honduran Minister of the Interior, on November 17, discussing delivery of humanitarian assistance following recent country-wide floods, the Minister's de-centralization efforts, migration issues, and a recent alien smuggling scandal un [...]	2008-12-17 16:22:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KJUS PGOV SMIG HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1137	GOVERNMENT OF HONDURAS PICKS LEAST OBTRUSIVE [...] (C) Summary. The Government of Honduras announced December 17 that it had signed a contract to build a small civilian terminal at the northwest end of the runway, away from the area used by U.S. and Honduran forces. The Embassy worked behind the scenes to encourage a plan that did not interf [...]	2008-12-18 22:09:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PREL EAIR HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1149	HONDURAN CONGRESS ACCEPTS VP SANTOS RESIGNATION [...] (C) Summary: The Honduran National Congress accepted the resignation of Vice President Elvin Santos, reversing their previous stance and paving the way for approval of his presidential candidacy, in an extraordinary session on December 18. Congress also instructed the Supreme Electoral Tribun [...]	2008-12-19 23:02:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1152	HONDURAN CONGRESS ACCEPTS VP SANTOS RESIGNATION [...] (C) Summary: The Honduran National Congress accepted the resignation of Vice President Elvin Santos, reversing their previous stance and paving the way for approval of his presidential candidacy, in an extraordinary session on December 18. Congress also instructed the Supreme Electoral Tribun [...]	2008-12-22 12:34:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA123	ARRESTS IN CASE OF MURDERED HONDURAN LAWYER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Honduran police arrested two suspects on January 31, 2008, for the killing of human rights lawyer Dionisio Diaz Garcia on December 4, 2006. The two are accused of shooting the lawyer from a motorcycle while the victim was driving a vehicle on his way to prepare a case against th [...]	2008-02-08 17:37:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KJUS PGOV PHUM SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA143	HONDURAS DEMARCHED ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) On February 14, 2008, PolOff delivered the demarche on Kosovo Independence (reftel) to Amb. Eduardo Rosales, the Foreign Ministry's Director of Exterior Affairs. He said that he would check with Vice Foreign Minister Enrique Reina based on the Ambassador's demarche with Reina on January 8 [...]	2008-02-15 19:26:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNMIK PGOV YI EU HO
08TEGUCIGALPA165	ZELAYA ADMINISTRATION AT THE MIDPOINT: SECURITY [...] (U) Summary. In the fall of 2005, Embassy Country team engaged in an off-site exercise to determine the USG priorities in Honduras, dividing them into five categories. This cable, third in a series, analyzes Manuel Zelaya's administration at the midpoint in regards to one of those priorities: [...]	2008-02-26 18:31:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KHLS MARR MCAP PGOV PINS PTER SMIG SNAR
08TEGUCIGALPA171	VICE PRESIDENT SANTOS' BID FOR PRESIDENCY [...] (C) Summary: After President of the Congress Micheletti was allowed to run for President of Honduras (see reftel) Vice President Elvin Santos was also emboldened to make a run for it. Analysts initially wrote off this bid, as the constitution states that no person who has acted as president [...]	2008-02-27 19:30:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
08TEGUCIGALPA211	ANOTHER JOINT POLICE-MILITARY OPERATION IN [...] (C) Summary. Police and military authorities were summoned to a late meeting at Casa Presidencial by President Manuel Zelaya on March 4 to discuss measures to combat the current wave of violent crime in Honduras. On March 5, they announced the joint police-military "Operation Hunter," consist [...]	2008-03-07 17:49:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KJUS PGOV SNAR ASEC HO
08TEGUCIGALPA212	NEW FOREIGN MINISTER ORELLANA CLEANS HOUSE AT THE [...] (C) Foreign Minister Edmundo "Mundo" Orellana took office on February 1. On his first day in office, he received the Ambassador and told us of his plans to clean up the Ministry by removing some of the over 500 employees (all party activists) who had been added during former FM Milton Jimenez [...]	2008-03-07 19:06:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
08TEGUCIGALPA216	LABOR PAINS BEGIN FOR THE NEW HEALTH MINISTER: [...] (C) Summary: The February 29 decision to privatize a cleaning contract at a public hospital in Tegucigalpa triggered a series of gradually strengthening protests by the 7800-member hospital workers union, SITRAMEDHYS. Nationwide protests ended March 6 after late night negotiations led to a t [...]	2008-03-07 20:08:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA223	NATIONAL PARTY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MARIO [...] (C) Summary: National Party (NP) Presidential candidate Mario Canahuati is quickly losing supporters and growing increasingly desperate. In private meetings with the Ambassador, he has made serious but unsubstantiated accusations against his main rival, Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo and some of his a [...]	2008-03-10 22:49:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
08TEGUCIGALPA229	PARTY BUSINESS TAKES A BACKSEAT AT HONDURAS, [...] (C) Summary. On Saturday March 8, 2008, the Honduran National Party held a party convention in the capital city of Tegucigalpa. Though party business was alleged to be on the agenda, the event more closely resembled a political rally for party boss Pepe Lobo, while his competitors for the pa [...]	2008-03-11 22:46:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
08TEGUCIGALPA242	GOH NEAR AGREEMENT WITH IMF ON STANDBY [...] (C) Summary: Sources here expect the IMF Board next month to approve a Precautionary Standby Agreement with Honduras. Under this agreement, which represents a lower level of ambition than what was being discussed in January (ref B),Honduras is to stabilize its international reserves and deval [...]	2008-03-14 14:20:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID IMF HO
08TEGUCIGALPA243	INCUMBENT HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONER REAPPOINTED [...] (U) The incumbent head of the Honduran Human Rights Commission, Ramon Custodio, was reappointed by the Honduran National Congress to another six-year term on Wednesday. Custodio has been active in Human Rights since the 1980's and has been Human Rights Commissioner since 2002. The reappointm [...]	2008-03-14 14:26:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM HO
08TEGUCIGALPA260	RASH OF DRUG AND CASH SEIZURES AND ARRESTS IN [...] (SBU) On March 11, Colombian armed forces and police interdicted the Honduran-flagged fishing vessel Captain Cooley while it was docked at San Andres waiting to depart to Honduras. Inside three barrels located in the main cabin, they found bags containing a total of 1,375 pellets filled with [...]	2008-03-17 23:07:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR KCRM KJUS HO
08TEGUCIGALPA27	ZELAYA CABINET SHUFFLE: NEW MINISTERS ARE EITHER [...] (C) Summary. On January 6, President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya announced the cabinet changes he had been considering since the raids on Hondutel and its Director, Marcello Chimirri, on November 9, 2007. The changes seem to be geared towards installing those who are either more compliant or more loya [...]	2008-01-10 13:09:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN HO
08TEGUCIGALPA304	NEW HONDURAN MINISTER OF GOVERNANCE AND JUSTICE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Ford paid a courtesy call on the new head of the Ministry of Governance and Justice (MGJ),Victor Meza, on March 14. Meza indicated that his appointment as the only "independent" minister was a signal of the Zelaya administration's intention to depart radically from [...]	2008-04-01 23:23:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PREL SNAR HO
08TEGUCIGALPA322	(C) FORMER MINISTER OF SECURITY OSCAR ALVAREZ TO [...] (C) On April 7 the Ambassador met with Oscar Alvarez, the enormously popular former Minister of Security under President Ricardo Maduro. Alvarez told the Ambassador that Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo had asked him to be his running mate, and he had accepted, effectively stopping rumors that former Cen [...]	2008-04-08 19:09:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MARR PINS HN
08TEGUCIGALPA336	PRESIDENT ZELAYA ASKS CONGRESS TO INVESTIGATE AND [...] (C) Summary. President Manuel Zelaya attributes his electoral victory two years ago to his promise to contain energy prices and has subsidized fuel prices and electricity rates since he entered office. The cost of those subsidies has become unsustainable. In a poorly thought-out plan to red [...]	2008-04-11 19:31:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EFIN ENRG HN
08TEGUCIGALPA386	STARVING FOR ATTENTION, HONDURAN PROSECUTORS [...] (C) Summary: Week two of a hunger strike by seven career Honduran fiscales (prosecutors) ended Sunday, April 20, with another blow to a possible settlement as the strikers rejected the latest compromise from the Public Ministry (MP). The strikers allege politics and corruption are behind sy [...]	2008-04-23 15:54:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EFIN HO
08TEGUCIGALPA395	HONDURAN LABOR LEADER GUNNED DOWN IN APPARENT HIT [...] (C) Summary: Honduran Labor Leader Rosa Altagracia Fuentes was gunned down in an apparent assassination in the early hours of April 24. Several thousand dollars' worth of cash and jewelry were left in the vehicle. Also murdered in the car were Yolanda Sanchez, director of the governmental I [...]	2008-04-24 20:15:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ASEC ALOW PGOV PHUM SOCI KCRM KJUS HO
08TEGUCIGALPA41	CIRQUE DE MICHELETTI: THINGS GET OUT OF HAND IN [...] (C) Summary. Both the Constitutional Court and the plenary of the Supreme Court returned a decision of "not unconstitutional" in regards to the electoral reforms vetoed January 8 by President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya. This allowed President of Congress Roberto Micheletti to call for an override v [...]	2008-01-14 13:09:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
08TEGUCIGALPA425	TWO MAJOR PRISON RIOTS IN HONDURAS IN LESS THAN A [...] Summary: On April 27 a riot broke out in San Pedro Sula penitentiary and 9 inmates were killed. The fight was between "paisas" (non-gang members) and "pesetas" (ex-gang members). Less than a week later, prison authorities began transferring inmates to other prisons throughout Honduras to pr [...]	2008-05-06 15:56:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KCOR KJUS PGOV SNAR ASEC CASC HO
08TEGUCIGALPA438	PROSECUTORS, STRIKE REACHES 33 DAYS: CONGRESS [...] (C) Summary. The prosecutors' strike has now reached day 33 (ref a). It has become clear that the strikers (with the support of President Manuel Zelaya) are not negotiating in good faith, as they reject every proposal and make new demands. Even Zelaya has been publicly accused of this after [...]	2008-05-09 15:55:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MARR PHUM PREL SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA452	GOH THREATENS TO NATIONALIZE ENERGY ASSETS [...] (SBU) Summary: Confronting widespread public discontent with rising fuel and energy prices and embroiled in a constitutional crisis with public prosecutors, the Zelaya Administration in recent days has reactivated threats to nationalize fuel import terminals and is now threatening to take over [...]	2008-05-14 16:42:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EFIN ENRG EINV PGOV HO
08TEGUCIGALPA454	VULNERABILITIES OF HONDURAN IDENTITY DOCUMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite significant progress in improving the security of document issuance systems and the physical integrity of Honduran passports and national identification (ID) cards, serious vulnerabilities remain. Low salaries at Honduran Immigration and the National Registry of Person [...]	2008-05-14 19:47:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	KFRD CVIS SMIG HO
08TEGUCIGALPA458	NOT JUST ANOTHER DAY OF NATIONAL STRIKES: [...] (C) Summary. Hondurans gathered around the country yesterday in the fifth day of national strikes since the occasionally violent demonstrations on April 17th. Unlike the incidents on the 17th and the disorganized efforts since, the events yesterday had positive results: the prosecutors end [...]	2008-05-15 20:47:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MARR PHUM PREL SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA468	STATE OF THE ELECTIONS: GOH FINALLY FUNDS THE [...] (C) Summary. After months of dragging its feet, the Executive branch finally agreed on May 14 to release the funding of the National Register of Persons (RNP),that issues national identity documents, and the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE),that runs the elections and counts the votes. The [...]	2008-05-16 19:28:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
08TEGUCIGALPA469	SCENESETTER FOR TRIP OF DEPUTY SECRETARY TO [...] (C) Summary: As you prepare to visit Tegucigalpa, relations between the United States Government (USG) and the current administration of Honduran President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya are strained, however, cooperation and relations on the working level remain good. Honduras faces many challeng [...]	2008-05-19 16:30:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EFIN ETRD ECON MARR MOPS SNAR
08TEGUCIGALPA518	HONDURAS: IMF MISSION ASSESSES GOH RESPONSE TO [...] 1. (C) Summary: An IMF team that visited Honduras May 13-21 left satisfied with GOH efforts on the fiscal side to accommodate food and fuel price shocks. Meetings with the Central Bank on monetary policy were very tense, but the Central Bank followed IMF advice by raising its base interest r [...]	2008-05-30 21:14:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID ENRG EPET PGOV PREL IMF HO
08TEGUCIGALPA525	PRESIDENT ZELAYA'S PROPOSED TOPICS OF DISCUSSION [...] (C) Summary: On Friday May 30, the Ambassador met with President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya to discuss the President's upcoming meeting with the Deputy Secretary. The Ambassador has met with all individuals who have meetings scheduled with the Deputy Secretary in order to help them understand his r [...]	2008-06-02 21:52:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM HO
08TEGUCIGALPA526	GOH RESPONSE TO ENERGY CRISIS MAKING RICH RICHER [...] (C) Summary: The surge in global energy prices the past three years has left the GOH in an increasingly untenable position due to unsustainable fuel subsidies and financial losses at the National Electric Company (ENEE). Although the external price shock is the immediate cause of the crisis, [...]	2008-06-02 22:37:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EFIN ENRG EINV PGOV HO
08TEGUCIGALPA527	IN REPONSE TO CRASH OF TACA 390, PRESIDENT ZELAYA [...] (C) Summary: Following the May 30 crash of Taca flight 390 in which 5 people were killed, President Manuel Zelaya immediately closed the Tegucigalpa airport at Toncontin and announced that commercial flights would be sent to the airstrip at Soto Cano, which houses U.S. Joint Task Force-Bravo. [...]	2008-06-02 22:55:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL EAIR HO
08TEGUCIGALPA541	AT A HIGH COST OF LIVES AND MONEY, ZELAYA [...] (C) SUMMARY and ACTION REQUEST: Twelve days after the TACA 390 crash at Tegucigalpa's Toncontin International airport (Reftel A),the initial investigation points mostly to pilot error, and the fuselage should be completely removed from the highway by Wednesday. President Zelaya has found hims [...]	2008-06-10 23:37:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR EFIN ECON MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PBPTS PGOV
08TEGUCIGALPA55	HONDURAS: LAST TRANCHE OF CABINET REASSIGNMENTS [...] (C) Summary. On January 14, the last tranche of cabinet reassignments were announced by President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya's administration (ref a). Most noteworthy was the re-assignment of Angel Edmundo "Mundo" Orellana Mercado, previously Minister of Governance, as the new Foreign Minister. Or [...]	2008-01-16 17:56:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ECON HO
08TEGUCIGALPA566	CIVIL SOCIETY REPS EXPRESS CONCERN OVER SECURITY, [...] (SBU) Summary: During a lunch with Deputy Secretary Negroponte and WHA Assistant Secretary Shannon, Honduran civil society representatives expressed concern over the country's growing security problems, rampant corruption, and weak democratic institutions. Discussion remained general, howeve [...]	2008-06-16 22:12:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR KDEM PHUM HO
08TEGUCIGALPA567	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT OF [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Deputy Secretary Negroponte June 5, Roberto Micheletti, who is a leading candidate for the Liberal Party nomination to succeed Manuel Zelaya as President next year, expressed considerable anxiety about the current state of affairs in Honduras. He was clear in e [...]	2008-06-16 22:13:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECPS EPET EAIR HO
08TEGUCIGALPA568	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH FORMER [...] (C) Summary: Former President Ricardo Maduro Joest enumerated the lengthy list of problems in the country caused by President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya's poor leadership: the fiscal situation is "terrible;" institutions have been undermined; and drugs and gangs have sent crime spinning out of con [...]	2008-06-16 22:18:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV SNAR KCRM EFIN ECON KDEM HO
08TEGUCIGALPA569	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH HONDURAN [...] (C) Summary: On June 4, the Deputy Secretary met with President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya to discuss several issues of mutual interest, including: Temporary Protected Status; U.S. Assistance to Honduras; security and identity documents; trade; the deteriorating U.S. image in the region; and commerc [...]	2008-06-16 22:28:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PGOV PREL ENRG MARR MOPS ETRD SMIG KCRM
08TEGUCIGALPA57	OIL FOR MILK: CHAVEZ PUSHES PETROCARIBE, BUT [...] (C) In a whirlwind eight-hour visit, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez spoke at length about Latin American history and unity and Petrocaribe. He forgave USD 30 million in Honduran debt (after having refused to join other creditor countries to do so in 2005),but did not "sign" any Petrocaribe [...]	2008-01-17 21:56:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG KDEM VE HO
08TEGUCIGALPA570	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S BREAKFAST ON THE RULE OF [...] (C) Summary: On June 4, the Deputy Secretary held a breakfast conversation on rule of law issues with Vilma Morales, the Chief Justice of the Honduran Supreme Court, and Leonidas Rosa Bautista, the Attorney General of Honduras. Both Honduran officials, who represent the National Party, empha [...]	2008-06-16 22:43:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP KCRM KDEM KJUS SNAR PGOV PREL HO
08TEGUCIGALPA583	POLITICS BEHIND RUSH TO COMMERCIALIZE SOTO CANO [...] (C) Summary: President Zelaya's rush decision to ban large aircraft from Tegucigalpa's Toncontin Airport and prepare the Soto Cano military airfield at Palmerola for commercial passenger flights appears to be motivated by a complex web of political considerations of which the safety and conveni [...]	2008-06-18 23:52:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR PGOV PREL MARR HO
08TEGUCIGALPA607	HONDURAS DEMARCHED ON 2007 UN VOTING REPORT [...] (C) On June 23, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Jose Lorenzana, the Foreign Ministry's Acting Director of Multilateral Affairs. Lorenzana assured PolOff that the MFA wants to support us at UNGA and the UNSC. He added that every request that has come in from us since he began in his curre [...]	2008-06-27 14:59:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC UNSC UNGA HO
08TEGUCIGALPA615	MERIDA IS APPROVED: NOW WHAT? [...] (C) Summary: Now that the Merida Initiative has been signed by the President, the embassy team has put together an update to the critical security sector needs in Honduras, the current political situation that may affect our efforts, and our recommendations for areas of focus within the Merida [...]	2008-07-01 11:38:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PTER SNAR KCRM HO
08TEGUCIGALPA637	ZELAYA RELENTS ON TONCONTIN BUT PUSHES AHEAD ON [...] (C) Summary: Normal flights are expected to resume at Tegucigalpa's Toncontin Airport this week, more than five weeks after a Taca Airlines crash landing prompted President Zelaya to restrict operations there to small aircraft. Zelaya reversed himself over the weekend after the release of flig [...]	2008-07-07 20:38:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR PGOV PREL MARR HO
08TEGUCIGALPA659	HONDURAN ELECTION SEASON KICK-OFF [...] (C) Summary: July 15 marks the official beginning of Honduran election season when leaders of political party factions turn in their slates to the party councils. By August 24, the names of the official primary candidates will be known. The two main parties are the Liberal Party and the Nat [...]	2008-07-14 18:03:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID SOCI SCUL ECON KCOR HO
08TEGUCIGALPA671	MADAME VICE PRESIDENT: HONDURAS' FIVE MAJOR [...] (C) Summary. In accordance with the law, on July 15, five Presidential candidates (two National Party and three Liberal Party) submitted their slates to their respective party headquarters in order to compete in the primary elections of November 16. All five candidates chose female running ma [...]	2008-07-17 17:31:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KWMN HO
08TEGUCIGALPA674	TELECOM REFORM FALLS VICTIM TO ELECTORAL POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: The long-awaited Honduran telcom reform bill resurfaced last week in Congress for the first time since February. Congressional leaders are promising the current draft will be put up for a second debate this week, but none except the President of Congress seem to know which version [...]	2008-07-21 14:01:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS PGOV ETRD HO
08TEGUCIGALPA683	FEELING PRESSED INTO A CORNER, ZELAYA INTERRUPTS [...] (C) Summary: On July 22, President Manuel Zelaya interrupted the airways for a ten minute rant against the United States, the European Union, international companies, and the rich of Honduras, ending by stating that Honduras is now a non-aligned country. This was brought on by Chavez having p [...]	2008-07-23 20:51:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM HO
08TEGUCIGALPA684	POSSIBLE UNDERGROUND TORTURE CELL DISCOVERED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Local media reported on July 12 that an underground cell had been discovered in the police station of Villa Vieja, outside of Tegucigalpa. The Public Ministry continues to investigate a claim that torture was committed here on at least one occasion; however, little progress has [...]	2008-07-23 21:17:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINS SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA686	HONDURAS DEMARCHED ON SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-24 12:14:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM HO
08TEGUCIGALPA687	HONDURAS DEMARCHED ON PRESSURING THE FARC [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-24 12:24:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER SNAR PGOV PREL HO
08TEGUCIGALPA716	AUDIT OF GRAY TRAFFIC AT HONDUTEL REVEALS [...] (C) Summary: An audit of state-run telecom company Hondutel and its alleged involvement in illegal "gray trafficking" of international calls was completed by a World Bank-sponsored consultant this week and is now in the hands of the Supreme Accounting Tribunal (TSC - the Honduran equivalent [...]	2008-07-30 21:02:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS PGOV ETRD HO
08TEGUCIGALPA718	ZELAYA ANNOUNCES AT PETROFOOD SUMMIT HE IS JOINING [...] (SBU) Summary: At the conclusion of a meeting of agriculture ministers from countries participating in Venezuela's Petrocaribe scheme here July 30, President Manuel Zelaya said his government had "practically" made the "political decision" to join Hugo Chavez's Bolivarian Alternative for the A [...]	2008-07-31 18:21:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ETRD PREL EPET EAGR HO
08TEGUCIGALPA750	GOVERNMENT OF HONDURAS STILL STRUGGLING WITH VOTER [...] (C) Despite a recent influx of funding for election identity documents, Honduras, National Registry of Persons (RNP) continues to face an uphill battle in its efforts to document new voters in time for November elections. Over the past six months, the RNP has accumulated a backlog of 800,000 [...]	2008-08-11 20:18:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV HO
08TEGUCIGALPA765	ALBA EXPECTED TO BE SIGNED ON AUGUST 25 AT A HUGE [...] (C) Summary: Local press continues to spin about the Honduran government's impending signature to Hugo Chavez's Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA),currently scheduled to take place with much fanfare on August 25. The private sector has publicly announced its opposition to the agr [...]	2008-08-20 11:50:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN ETRD PGOV HO
08TEGUCIGALPA772	FAINT HOPE FOR IMF STANDBY AGREEMENT IN HONDURAS [...] (C) Summary. After a reluctant IMF assessment visit August 12-15, the IMF officially concluded that fiscal policies are broadly on track, while advising the GOH to strengthen its monetary and exchange rate policies. Underlying the terse public statement was a private consensus among IMF offic [...]	2008-08-21 13:42:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID ENRG EPET PGOV PREL IMF VE HO
08TEGUCIGALPA787	ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL DISQUALIFIES VICE PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: The Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) disqualified Vice President Elvin Santos as a presidential candidate based on constitutional rules on candidates' qualifications. This action was taken despite the fact that the TSE 48 hours earlier had found Santos and his slates technically [...]	2008-08-25 19:55:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MOPS HO
08TEGUCIGALPA795	HONDURAS THE MORNING AFTER ALBA: THE POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Hondurans were largely offended by the tone and language of the ALBA signing ceremony, especially in Hugo Chavez' speech. President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya has reacted to the public, media and private sector response with his own angry comments, while attempting to mend fences wit [...]	2008-08-28 18:50:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD HO KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL
08TEGUCIGALPA799	HONDURAS THE DAY AFTER ALBA: THE ECONOMIC RESPONSE [...] (C) Honduran citizens got a first glimpse of the ALBA agreement through a reprint in La Tribuna two days after President Zelaya signed it. In addition to its basic claim that the "Neoliberal Model" has sharpened poverty and social exclusion in the region, the agreement recognizes a need for [...]	2008-08-29 14:30:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL VE HO
08TEGUCIGALPA809	TOP HONDURAN PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDER PEPE LOBO ON [...] (C) Summary: The former and presumptive 2009 Nationalist Party candidate for President Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo made an introductory call on Charge August 27, accompanied by Fred Breve, former Defense Minister in the Maduro administration. Lobo and Breve expressed concerns about both the upcoming [...]	2008-09-03 14:37:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD HO PGOV PREL VE EFIN
08TEGUCIGALPA813	PEPE LOBO'S VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE A POSITIVE [...] (C) Summary. PolCouns met with Porfirio Lobo's (National Party) vice presidential candidate Maria Antonieta Guillen de Bogran to discuss her candidacy and the Lobo campaign strategy. Guillen said she believes deeply in Lobo and his ability to make positive changes in Honduras, and said the c [...]	2008-09-03 18:32:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA824	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR MILTON JIMENEZ SEES ARRIVAL [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Advisor Milton Jimenez asked PolCouns for an emergency meeting on the eve of his departure for Venezuela to sign financing agreements. He explained the GOH would receive USD 100 million for bonds to be used for housing projects, and USD 30 million for BANADESA to be u [...]	2008-09-08 18:12:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID EFIN KDEM VE HO
08TEGUCIGALPA832	VP ELVIN SANTOS' MARCH GARNERS MORE SUPPORTERS [...] (C) Vice President and current Liberal Party presidential candidate Elvin Santos led a march to the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) on September 8 that garnered the support of over 20,000 people. Santos was protesting the fact that the TSE disqualified him as a candidate (see reftel). He tol [...]	2008-09-09 23:25:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA833	NATIONAL PARTY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MARIO [...] (C) Summary: National Party presidential candidate Mario Canahuati paid a courtesy call on Charge on September 9. He accused National Party rival Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo of pressuring the Supreme Electoral Tribunal to accept two other National Party candidates (to split opposition) and of genera [...]	2008-09-09 23:35:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA84	GOH SEEKS IMF AGREEMENT TO UNLOCK BUDGET SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: Honduran Finance Minister Rebeca Santos and Central Bank President Edwin Araque will travel to Washington January 31 to attempt to lay the groundwork for an IMF Standby Agreement that President Zelaya could finalize and announce when he comes to town for the national prayer break [...]	2008-01-28 18:41:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID ENRG EPET PGOV PREL IMF HO
08TEGUCIGALPA849	HONDURAN PRESIDENT ZELAYA POSTPONES CREDENTIALING [...] (U) Honduras awoke to radio reports September 12 that President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya would not receive the credentials of U.S. Ambassador Hugo Llorens that afternoon as planned, per a communiqu from the Presidential Palace. By eight o'clock, the press reports claimed to quote the President and [...]	2008-09-13 00:02:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD HO KPAO PGOV PREL
08TEGUCIGALPA853	FOREIGN MINISTRY ACCEPTS COPIES OF CREDENTIALS; [...] (U) Ambassador delivered copies of his credentials to Acting Foreign Minster Eduardo Rosales Ramirez September 16. Protocol Chief Ambassador Napoleon Alvarez Alvarado and DCM also attended. Rosales handed the Ambassador a note verbal (informal translation below) scheduling the credentialing c [...]	2008-09-16 18:24:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL HO PGOV
08TEGUCIGALPA86	PETROCARIBE AS HONDURAN POLITICAL THEATER [...] (C) Summary: Local media report President Manuel Zelaya will sign an agreement today (January 28) to import Venezuelan fuel on concessional terms through Petrocaribe. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez reportedly signed the agreement in Caracas over the weekend. The Honduran Congress approved the out [...]	2008-01-28 22:17:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EFIN ENRG PREL PGOV VE HO
08TEGUCIGALPA863	CAN PRESIDENT ZELAYA BE BROUGHT BACK TO THE FOLD? [...] (C) Summary: Zelaya is a contrarian with a chip on his shoulder who has nonetheless made it to the pinnacle of Honduran politics. We think his move to the left was in part prompted by his group of leftist advisors, his declining popularity, increasingly shrill personal attacks on him by the c [...]	2008-09-19 18:24:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EFIN EAID ECON SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA866	PRESIDENT ACCEPTS COPIES OF CREDENTIALS [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador's credentials were received by President Zelaya in a ceremony at the Presidential Palace September 19, followed by a meeting with the President and his ministers, a private meeting between the President and Ambassador, and then remarks to the press by the Ambassador [...]	2008-09-20 03:22:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL HO PGOV
08TEGUCIGALPA886	AMBASSADOR LLORENS BEGINS COURTESY CALLS ON GOH [...] (C) Summary. After presenting credentials on September 19, the Ambassador began his round of courtesy calls, making sure to see key executive, judicial and legislative contacts first. He paid calls on Vice President Elvin Santos, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Vilma Morales, and President [...]	2008-09-24 19:34:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HO
08TEGUCIGALPA89	GOH SAYS FARC NOT A TERRORIST GROUP, ATTENDS ALBA [...] Summary: During his January 16 visit to Honduras, sources tell us that Venezuela President Hugo Chavez asked Honduran President Zelaya to either remove the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) from any terrorist lists or publicly acknowledge it as not being a terrorist organization. As the [...]	2008-01-28 22:55:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL ECIN EPET MARR VE
08TEGUCIGALPA905	AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Llorens paid a courtesy call on Foreign Minister Edmundo "Mundo" Orellana, whom he knew from his previous posting, on September 30. Orellana confirmed his stance against ALBA and Chavez, and his belief that Honduras' relationship with the United States is paramount. H [...]	2008-10-07 18:45:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS PINS HO
08TEGUCIGALPA910	AMBASSADOR LLORENS MEETING WITH HONDURAN ATTORNEY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Attorney General Leonidas Rosa Bautista on September 29 where they discussed USG support for the Public Ministry in efforts to improve the security climate in Honduras. The Attorney General provided an outline of his plans for the final si [...]	2008-10-08 17:49:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CASC ASEC SNAR HO
08TEGUCIGALPA930	FINANCE MINISTER DISCUSSES CHALLENGES BEFORE TRIP [...] (C) Summary: Finance Minister Rebeca Santos called on Ambassador on the eve of her trip to Washington to discuss the overall macroeconomic picture in Honduras, particularly focusing on the challenges she will face at IMF meetings in Washington starting October 11. Santos said she believes Ho [...]	2008-10-10 20:51:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID ENRG EPET PGOV PREL IMF HO
08TEGUCIGALPA931	HONDURAN CONGRESS PASSES ALBA IN EMERGENCY SESSION [...] (C) Summary. In an emergency session of Congress called October 9, the legislature acceded to the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) agreement that was signed by President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya on August 25. The members added several "reservations" to the document, but it passed ea [...]	2008-10-10 21:10:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ETRD EAGR VE HO
08TEGUCIGALPA932	HONDURAN CONGRESS PASSES ALBA IN EMERGENCY SESSION [...] (C) Summary. In an emergency session of Congress called October 9, the legislature ratified the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) agreement that was signed by President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya on August 25. The members added several "reservations" to the document, but it passed easi [...]	2008-10-11 00:42:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ETRD EAGR VE HO
08TEGUCIGALPA935	ZELAYA ENDS TEACHERS STRIKE WITH PROMISES TO PAY [...] Summary: Honduran President "Mel" Manuel Zelaya ended the latest teacher strike over unpaid back-wages by promising to pay over 300 million Lempira (USD 15.8 million) to the teachers by year,s end. Protests this year have cost over 2.5 million primary and secondary schoolchildren nearly two [...]	2008-10-14 20:07:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON SCUL HO
08TEGUCIGALPA949	PRESIDENT ZELAYA'S COMMENTS ON LEGALIZING DRUGS [...] (C) Summary. During the opening session of the meeting of the Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies (HONLEA) on October 13, President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya made several references to the legalization of drugs in order to stop the violence that is associated with the trafficking of thes [...]	2008-10-20 14:25:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV PREL HO
08TEGUCIGALPA959	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON THE SUPREME ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) who informed him that things were progressing positively and that they felt well prepared for the upcoming primary elections on November 16. The TSE magistrates detailed their plans for both international [...]	2008-10-24 11:47:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA977	ZELAYA CALLS FOR POSTPONEMENT OF PRIMARY ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya announced October 29 that he would call major political actors and civil society together in two meetings on October 30 to seek consensus to delay the November 16 election, due to flooding in the country. In addition, he announced that he would not a [...]	2008-10-30 02:15:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA982	ZELAYA CONVINCES POLITICAL PARTIES TO SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya convened two meetings on October 30 to build consensus for a postponement of the primary elections, regularly scheduled for November 16, to give the country time to recuperate from the floods. The first meeting included hand-picked civil society groups [...]	2008-10-31 15:19:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA996	HONDURAN CONGRESS APPROVES POSTPONEMENT OF [...] (U) In an emergency session called on November 4 by the President of the Congress Roberto Micheletti, the Honduran Congress approved postponement of the primary elections from November 16 to November 30, by amending article 113 of the Electoral Law. As was agreed in the meetings of the politi [...]	2008-11-05 20:16:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI EAID HO
08TEGUCIGALPA997	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH HONDURAN SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his introductory meeting with Honduran Minister of Security COL Jorge RODAS Gamero (ret.),the Ambassador laid out his vision for a coordinated, bilateral effort to make the most of the Merida Initiative and tackle Honduras' growing crime and security challenges. For his part, [...]	2008-11-05 21:04:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR KJUS EAID HO
08TELAVIV1013	HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER SAYS E-1 POLICE STATION DEAL [...] (C) Human Rights Lawyer Danny Seidemann met with PolOffs on April 29 to discuss the new police station in E-1 and the planned creation of a new Jewish neighborhood on the site of the old police station in Ras al-Amud, East Jerusalem. Seidemann said that Israeli officials did not follow the pro [...]	2008-05-07 14:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS
08TELAVIV1021	THE TALANSKY AFFAIR: JUST ANOTHER OLMERT [...] (C) Summary: PM Olmert held a late night press conference on May 8 to deny allegations of unlawful activity in accepting political contributions from an American fund-raiser, Morris Talansky. Allegations surfaced in the media that Olmert received illicit funds from Talansky over the course o [...]	2008-05-09 16:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS IS
08TELAVIV1039	GOI WARNS ROCKETS ATTACKS FROM GAZA UNACCEPTABLE [...] (C) In the wake of a mid-afternoon rocket strike May 14 on a shopping mall in Ashkelon, Israel that injured 14 persons, Israeli Prime Minister Olmert told the audience and TV viewers of a convention welcoming visiting President Bush that such continued attacks could not be tolerated and that t [...]	2008-05-16 07:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PTER MARR MASS IS
08TELAVIV1075	GOI STILL UNCERTAIN THAT POSTAL BANK WILL MANAGE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-22 06:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KWBG KTFN
08TELAVIV1095	NO TENDERS ISSUED FOR BEITAR ILLIT...YET [...] (C) On May 26, Ynet reported that the Ministry of Construction and Housing (MOCH) had issued a tender to build 286 housing units in the West Bank settlement of Beitar Illit. MOCH Director General Chaim Fialkoff clarified to econoff on May 27 that the MOCH has not actually issued tenders for [...]	2008-05-23 11:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
08TELAVIV1105	ISRAELI COMMENTS ON SYRIAN PEACE TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 21, PM Olmert's office announced that Israel is holding serious indirect talks with Syria over a comprehensive peace agreement. Embassy Tel Aviv has reported the existence of this channel since the summer of 2007, but PM Olmert first announced indirect contacts with Syria [...]	2008-05-23 14:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU SY IS

08TELAVIV1127	OLMERT'S PREDICAMENT LOOKING DESPERATE [...] (C) Summary: Following dramatic televised testimony May 27 by American businessman Morris Talansky that riveted the country and revealed a long history of alleged transfers of large sums of money to PM Ehud Olmert while he was Mayor of Jerusalem and Minister of Industry and Trade, Defense Min [...]	2008-05-28 15:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR IS
08TELAVIV1147	BIBLE BURNING HIGHLIGHTS GROWING ANTI-MISSIONARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The May 15 mass public burning of New Testaments in the Tel Aviv suburb of Or Yehuda highlights a growing trend toward anti-missionary incitement in Jewish neighborhoods throughout Israel. Other notable incidents include the October firebombing of a Jerusalem church shared by [...]	2008-05-30 10:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV IS
08TELAVIV1177	GAZAN FULBRIGHTERS: MG MISHLEV PLEDGES TO HELP [...] (C) DCM Moreno, accompanied by Poloff and Econoff, met June 3 with Coordinator for Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) MG Mishlev to discuss the issue of Palestinian Fulbright students needing permits to exit Gaza for visa interviews at the Consulate General in Jerusalem. The DCM [...]	2008-06-03 12:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL IS
08TELAVIV1192	MOD DG BUCHRIS ON WEST BANK AND GAZA [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with MOD Director General (DG) Pinchas Buchris to reaffirm MOD support for ongoing efforts to promote Israeli-Palestinian security cooperation in the northern West Bank. The Ambassador offered to assist the MOD should they require U.S. forensic expertise to i [...]	2008-06-04 13:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IS KPAL
08TELAVIV1197	NETANYAHU OUTLINES LIKUD'S APPROACH TO PEACE WITH [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-04 14:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ECON OVIP IS
08TELAVIV1205	FINANCE MINISTER BAR-ON SHOCKED AT FAYYAD OECD [...] (C) In a June 5 meeting between Ministry of Finance (MOF) DG Yarom Ariav, his Senior Advisor Michal Finkelstein, and the Ambassador, Ariav said that Finance Minister Bar-On was "shocked" that Palestinian Prime Minister Fayyad had sent a letter seeking to block Israeli accession to the OECD. [...]	2008-06-05 14:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV IS KWBG
08TELAVIV1247	SETTLEMENTS AND OUTPOSTS: SIX MONTHS INTO ANNAPOLIS [...] (C) Summary: Within the first six months of the Annapolis process, the GOI has published tenders for or approved 2,800 new housing units in settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem -- marking the largest number of approvals within a six month period since 1999. Additionally, despite [...]	2008-06-12 14:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
08TELAVIV1284	FM LIVNI TO LEAD ISRAELI DELEGATION TO BERLIN [...] (C) Responding to reftel points, MFA Director for Palestinian Economic Affairs Irit Ben-Abba told PolOff June 16 that FM Livni had decided to lead the Israeli delegation to the June 24 Berlin Conference in support of Palestinian Civil Police and Rule of Law. Ben-Abba said Livni would be join [...]	2008-06-16 15:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG GM IS
08TELAVIV1332	JEC -- "ATMOSPHERE EXCELLENT" [...] (C) In a telcom with A/EconCouns, Michal Finkelstein, the Senior Advisor to the Ministry of Finance (MOF) DG, said that the third Joint Economic Committee (JEC) meeting held on June 16 between the Israelis and Palestinians went extremely well, with both sides arriving well prepared. She said [...]	2008-06-20 13:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL OECD EU KPAL IS
08TELAVIV1334	NEAR-TERM KNESSET DISSOLUTION UNLIKELY [...] (C) Summary: The Knesset is scheduled to hold its first vote on Likud MK Silvan Shalom's bill to dissolve the Knesset on June 25. Labor and Shas party leaders have indicated that their parties will vote in favor of this preliminary reading of Shalom's bill, but most political observers think [...]	2008-06-20 16:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR IS
08TELAVIV1344	IDF ACTS AGAINST ILLEGAL STRUCTURES IN OUTPOSTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-23 13:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
08TELAVIV1363	BOTH SIDES BLINKED: BARAK-OLMERT DEAL KEEPS [...] (C) Summary: PM Olmert and MOD Barak reached political agreement on a way forward that resolves the coalition crisis sparked by the opposition's plan (now abandoned) to vote on a bill to dissolve the Knesset (reftel). In essence, Olmert agreed to Barak's demand that he spell out a time-frame [...]	2008-06-25 16:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR IS
08TELAVIV1411	MFA REPORTS REVISED TERROR FINANCE LAW SOON TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the MFA,s Deputy Director for Counterterrorism on June 23, econoff was reassured that the new amendment to Israel,s dated Prohibition on Terrorist Financing law would come into effect within a few weeks. Previously, the GOI has only had the authority to design [...]	2008-07-02 08:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN KTFN IS
08TELAVIV1489	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KOSOVO RECOGNITION AND DONORS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Zvi Rav-Ner, Director of the MFA Central Europe Department on July 3. Rav-Ner said that Israel is still not ready to recognize Kosovo, but wants to show its support for the people of Kosovo, with whom, he explained, Israel has long had good relationships [...]	2008-07-10 12:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KPKO KV EAID IS
08TELAVIV1508	ISRAELI BANK DETERMINED TO CUT GAZA BANKING TIES [...] (C) Bank Hapoalim (BH) informed the Bank of Palestine (BOP) in a July 6 letter that it will no longer provide it with cash transfer services. The decision was made independent of any consultation with or approval by the GOI or the Bank of Israel (BOI) and was triggered by a BOP request for [...]	2008-07-11 13:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL KWBG IS
08TELAVIV1530	RESHUFFLE KERFUFFLE [...] (C) Summary: On July 14, PM Olmert's coalition experienced political tremors as Labor and Kadima jousted over the terms of the latest government reshuffle. The Likud Party attempted to capitalize on intra-coalition squabbling by requesting that the Knesset plenum votes on the appointments [...]	2008-07-15 18:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR IS
08TELAVIV1536	PEACE NOW REPORT: MOCH PLANS TO BUILD 73,300 NEW [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On July 7, Peace Now's Settlement Watch Coordinator Hagit Ofran provided econoff with an advanced copy of a soon-to-be published report (please protect until published) detailing the Ministry of Construction and Housing's (MOCH) plans to build 73,300 housing units i [...]	2008-07-17 07:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
08TELAVIV1546	EVICTION DELAYED [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-17 12:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KPAL IS
08TELAVIV1595	MOD AND MFA RESPONSE TO WEST BANK DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary: Charge raised reftel demarche points with MOD Political Military Director res. MG Amos Gilad and newly appointed MFA Deputy Director General for North American Affairs, Barukh Binah, on July 23. Gilad provided details of GOI efforts to improve coordination with the PA in the West [...]	2008-07-24 11:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KWBG KPAL IS
08TELAVIV1599	MOD CONFIRMS BARAK APPROVED NEW MASKIYYOT [...] (C) On July 24, Oded Herman, Senior Advisor to Ministry of Defense (MOD) Pol-Mil Director Amos Gilad, confirmed to econoff press reports indicating that Defense Minister Barak approved the construction of 20 new homes in the Maskiyyot settlement, located in the Jordan Valley. In response to [...]	2008-07-24 13:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
08TELAVIV1631	ISRAEL TO START SOME BARRIER CHANGES; STALLING IN [...] (C) Summary: On July 21, Shaul Arieli, advisor on the West Bank separation barrier to the Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ),told econoff that the Ministry of Defense (MOD) would resume construction of some segments of the barrier next month returning some Palestinian land through Court o [...]	2008-07-29 14:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
08TELAVIV168	BUDGET PASSES EASILY BUT SPENDING PRESSURE GROWS [...] (C) For the first time in years, the Israeli budget was approved prior to the beginning of the budget year, as required by law. The NIS 315.8 billion (USD 84 billion at the current exchange rate of 3.75 NIS to the dollar) Israeli government budget for 2008 passed the Knesset on December 27 b [...]	2008-01-18 16:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL IS
08TELAVIV1693	U/S ROOD DIALOGUE WITH ISRAEL: NON-PROLIFERATION [...] (U) On July 16, Acting Under Secretary John Rood held a Strategic Affairs Dialogue with members of the GOI, including MFA, Israeli Defense Intelligence (IDI),and the Israel Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC). This is the last of three cables covering the dialogue, focusing on non-proliferation and ar [...]	2008-08-04 12:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PTER KNNP MNUC MCAP KN
08TELAVIV1694	OLMERT SUCCESSION SCENARIOS [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Olmert's surprise announcement July 30 that he intends to resign his office when Kadima elects a new chairperson coincided with the very end of the summer session of the Knesset, a time when FM Tzipi Livni, DefMin Ehud Barak and Minister of Transportation Shaul Mof [...]	2008-08-04 14:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS IS
08TELAVIV170	NEW UNSCO FOCUSED ON UN/ISRAELI RELATIONS AND GAZA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 14, Ambassador Jones and EconCouns met with Robert Serry, the new UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO). Mr. Serry is also the UN's representative to the Palestinians and the UN Quartet envoy. During the meeting, the Ambassador updated Mr. [...]	2008-01-18 16:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KPAL KWBG UN US
08TELAVIV171	MUGHRABI GATE: NEW PLANS CALL FOR EXPANSION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Revised plans for construction of a new access ramp for the Mughrabi Gate of the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif were deposited with the Interior Ministry for public review on December 27. A review of the plans indicates that in addition to constructing a new ramp, planners also in [...]	2008-01-18 17:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL KIRF KPAL JO IS
08TELAVIV1713	GOI PUBLISHES TENDERS FOR 416 HOUSING UNITS IN HAR [...] (C) Summary: On August 7, Ministry of Construction and Housing (MOCH) Director General Chaim Fialkoff called econoff to inform Embassy Tel Aviv that the MOCH had published tenders to build 416 new housing units in the settlements of Har Homa and Betar Illit. The MOCH's publication of tender [...]	2008-08-07 14:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
08TELAVIV1761	EXPERTS CONSIDER AL-QAIDA IN ISRAEL ASPIRATIONAL, [...] (U) Summary: In July, the Israel Security Agency (ISA) announced the arrest of two separate groups with links to Al-Qaida, marking the first time any citizen of Israel has been accused of affiliation with the terrorist organization. On 23 July, members of the security cabinet met in closed [...]	2008-08-12 05:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KWBG PREL PTER IS
08TELAVIV1783	ISRAELI-UNIFIL RELATIONS IMPROVING [...] (C) SUMMARY: A/DAO Chere and A/POLC met with Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Northern Command's Liaison Officer (LNO),LTC Sorrel Hershkovitz, on July 31 to discuss the IDF's relations with UNIFIL and the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF). The LNO, who has served at Northern Command for nearly three y [...]	2008-08-13 14:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO UN LE IS
08TELAVIV1805	MOD: NO FINAL AGREEMENT REACHED TO EVACUATE [...] (C) On August 14, Oded Herman, Senior Advisor to MOD Pol-Mil Director Amos Gilad, debunked press reports saying that the Ministry of Defense (MOD) and settlers have reached an agreement on evacuating the Migron outpost. According to Herman, the MOD and settler leaders have a general underst [...]	2008-08-15 11:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
08TELAVIV1810	ISRAEL WANTS TO BUILD ON PAST SUCCESSES AT 63RD [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff met with Rony Adam, Director of the Department for UN Political Affairs at the MFA to discuss both UN voting practices (ref A) and Israeli participation at UNGA (ref B) on July 23, with a follow-up on August 5. Adam said that plans for UNGA are still tentative, but PM Olme [...]	2008-08-15 14:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA OTRA OVIP KSEP UN IS
08TELAVIV1826	ISRAEL: MFA DISCUSSES RESPONSE TO CRISIS IN GEORGIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 14, PolOff and Pol-MilOff met with several MFA officials to discuss the crisis in Georgia and Israel's response. In separate meetings, EmbOffs met Hillel Newman, FM Livni's chief policy advisor on Europe and Eurasia; Gary Koren, Director of the Eurasia Department; and [...]	2008-08-18 14:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS RS GG AJ IS
08TELAVIV1834	CABINET APPROVES RELEASE OF 199 PALESTINIAN [...] (C) Summary: The ministerial committee charged with prisoner issues voted August 18 to approve a list of 199 Palestinian prisoners to be released August 25, just before Ramadan, as a concession to PA President Abbas. The list is comprised exclusively of Fatah and affiliated prisoners, and inc [...]	2008-08-19 15:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL IS
08TELAVIV1869	ISRAELI VIEWS ON JORDANIAN DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Summary. Israel has not reacted publicly to Jordan's decision to resume its official dialogue with Hamas. MFA DDG for the Middle East Hadas played down the significance of the Jordanian move in an August 20 conversation with Pol Couns. Hadas said the GOI was much more upset by Jordan's d [...]	2008-08-22 08:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV IS JO KPAL
08TELAVIV1875	MA'ALE ADUMIM BARRIER REVISION ANNOUNCED [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-22 14:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS
08TELAVIV1958	ISRAEL: SEEKING INPUT ON U.S. PLANS IN GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials are seeking input on U.S. plans on the ground in Georgia prior to their interagency examination of a resumption of Israeli military assistance to Georgia. At the same time, Israel is reviewing -- and has approved several -- requests from Tbilisi for military assista [...]	2008-08-27 13:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KPKO RU GG IS
08TELAVIV1968	ISRAEL: RESPONSE ON NATO MED-D SOFA DEMARCHE [...] (C) Polmiloff raised reftel points with MFA Acting Director for Multilateral European Institutions Boaz Rodkin on August 28. Rodkin appreciated the points in advance of the NATO Legal Advisors' meeting in Brussels on September 2, and said he would circulate them with the MFA Legal Advisor's o [...]	2008-08-29 04:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL EUN IS
08TELAVIV1982	ASYLUM-SEEKERS IN ISRAEL FACE DEPORTATION AND [...] (C) Summary. On August 28, African Refugee Development Center Director Yohannes Lemma reported to RefCoord that, in the past few days, Israeli authorities had returned at least 15 African asylum-seekers to Egypt. UNHCR Senior Liaison Officer Mike Alford separately told RefCoord that an IDF s [...]	2008-08-29 13:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL PGOV IS EG
08TELAVIV2043	ISRAELI AND JORDANIAN VIEWS ON DETERIORATING [...] (C) Summary: PolOff met with Jordanian PolOff Asem Ababneh (please protect) September 2 to discuss the rising tensions between Jordan and Israel. Ababneh complained that Israel is taking Jordan for granted and is no longer acting in good faith on a range of issues, including the peace proces [...]	2008-09-08 12:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG KPAL KISL JO IS
08TELAVIV2134	TZIPI LIVNI SQUEAKS BY TO WIN KADIMA PRIMARY OVER [...] (C) Summary: FM Livni eked out a very narrow victory over Shaul Mofaz, Meir Sheetrit and Avi Dichter to win the Kadima Party primaries by just 431 votes. Pollsters faced a glum morning-after -- what some commentators have called the "Yom Kippur of polls" after exit polls substantially overest [...]	2008-09-18 14:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR IS
08TELAVIV2148	THE AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH AVIGDOR LIEBERMAN: [...] (C) Summary. During a September 15 meeting at the Knesset, Yisrael Beiteinu (YB) Party leader Avigdor Lieberman described to the Ambassador his views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and other regional issues, his concern over deteriorating U.S.-Russian relations, and his robust political [...]	2008-09-19 15:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL IR SY RU IS
08TELAVIV2166	LIVNI BEGINS WORK TOWARD BUILDING A NEW COALITION [...] (SBU) Summary: President Shimon Peres gave FM Tzipi Livni the nod to try to form a new coalition from the existing Knesset on the evening of September 22. She must do so no later than November 4 or early elections must be held within 90 days. Negative media coverage of a meeting between Lab [...]	2008-09-23 16:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IS
08TELAVIV2167	LIVNI BEGINS WORK TOWARD BUILDING A NEW COALITION [...] (SBU) Summary: President Shimon Peres gave FM Tzipi Livni the nod to try to form a new coalition from the existing Knesset on the evening of September 22. She must do so no later than November 4 or early elections must be held within 90 days. Negative media coverage of a meeting between Labo [...]	2008-09-24 04:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IS
08TELAVIV219	MOD COMMENTS ON RAFAH SITUATION [...] (C) Summary. MOD Arab Affairs Adviser David Hacham briefed PolCouns January 24 on the Israeli reaction to the January 23 breaching of the border fence between Egypt and Gaza. Hacham, who is a regular MOD interlocutor with the Egyptian General Intelligence Service (EGIS),said he had deliver [...]	2008-01-25 15:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM EG KPAL IS
08TELAVIV220	RESETTLEMENT OF MIGRON'S RESIDENTS MAY COUNTER [...] (C) Summary: On January 23, the State Prosecutor's Office announced that Prime Minister Olmert and Defense Minister Barak will strive within six months to achieve a consensual evacuation of the Migron outpost, whereby these settlers would be relocated to an alternative site. The announceme [...]	2008-01-25 16:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
08TELAVIV2218	EXTREME RIGHT WING VIOLENCE REEMERGES AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Late in the night of September 24, Israel Prize winner Ze'ev Sternhell was wounded in the leg by a pipe-bomb that exploded next to the gate of his Jerusalem residence. Sternhell, a political science professor known for his opposition to the settlers and the nationalist right-win [...]	2008-09-26 11:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PINR IS
08TELAVIV2219	ISRAEL DISPUTES "COORDINATED RETURNS" OF AFRICANS [...] (C) SUMMARY Post delivered demarche (Reftel A) on September 17 as a non-paper to Eviatar Manor, MFA Deputy Director General (DDG) for International Organizations and the United Nations. Manor and Simona Halperin, MFA Director of the International Organizations and Human Rights Department, res [...]	2008-09-26 11:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM EG IS ER SU AF
08TELAVIV2252	OLMERT'S "SWAN SONG" INTERVIEW SPARKS DEBATE AND [...] (C) Summary: Olmert's widely read Jewish New Year interview on the Palestinian and Syrian negotiation tracks (see paras 2 and 3 below) struck Israeli pundits as both bold and problematic. Commentators on the left, such as Meretz MK Yossi Beilin, criticized Olmert for talking the talk on the [...]	2008-10-02 15:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IS KPAL IR SY LE KWBG
08TELAVIV2291	ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CORRESPONDENT BANKING [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On Sunday, September 29, Bank Hapoalim (BH),one of only two Israeli commercial banks providing correspondent services to Palestinian banks, informed the Bank of Israel (BOI) that it would end its business relationship and cease all services to Palestinian commer [...]	2008-10-07 13:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KWBG KTFN
08TELAVIV2293	COALITION UPDATE: WAITING ON BARAK [...] (C) Summary: Halfway through her first two weeks' effort at coalition building, FM Tzipi Livni is laying the groundwork for an agreement with Labor that could lead to a coalition deal sometime after the end of the upcoming string of high holidays that conclude on October 21. This timeframe w [...]	2008-10-07 16:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ECON EFIN IS
08TELAVIV2306	PALESTINIANS SUE GOI OVER INACTION TO EVACUATE [...] (C) Summary: On October 5, five Palestinian landowners, through the Yesh Din human rights organization, filed a civil suit for NIS 1.5 million against the GOI for damages caused by its failure to evacuate the Migron outpost. According to Yesh Din legal advisor Michael Sfard, not only had the [...]	2008-10-08 10:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
08TELAVIV2310	ISRAEL TO ABSTAIN ON KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION [...] (C) Pol Couns raised reftel points with MFA Deputy Director General for Multilateral and UN Affairs (IO A/S-equivalent) Eviatar Manor October 8, stressing U.S. opposition to the Serbian resolution and requesting Israel to vote no. Manor said the MFA had considered their position on this reso [...]	2008-10-08 11:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNGA KV IS
08TELAVIV2339	KADIMA AND LABOR PLEDGE COALITION PARTNERSHIP: [...] (C) Summary: Kadima and Labor negotiators reached a draft agreement October 13 that would allow Tzipi Livni to form a new coalition with Ehud Barak. After marathon negotiations, Labor obtained several commitments from Kadima: 1) full partnership in the Syrian and Palestinian negotiations; [...]	2008-10-16 16:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IS
08TELAVIV2370	LIVNI HAS LESS THAN TWO WEEKS TO FORM A [...] (C) Summary: Tzipi Livni's target of producing a coalition by the date the Knesset reopens for its winter session on October 27 lost momentum when Shaul Mofaz (Kadima) and Rafi Eitan (Pensioners) decried the idea of a "narrow coalition" comprising just 59-60 MK's of Kadima, Labor, Meretz and [...]	2008-10-22 17:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IS
08TELAVIV238	RAMIFICATIONS OF WINOGRAD FINAL REPORT [...] (C) Summary: Anticipation of the January 30 rollout of the final report of the Winograd Committee has generated renewed calls for Olmert's resignation from predictable quarters (the opposition, the extreme left and the extreme right),and from some bereaved families and reservists. PM Ehud O [...]	2008-01-30 05:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR MOPS LE IS
08TELAVIV239	RAMIFICATIONS OF WINOGRAD FINAL REPORT [...] (C) Summary: Anticipation of the January 30 rollout of the final report of the Winograd Committee has generated renewed calls for Olmert's resignation from predictable quarters (the opposition, the extreme left and the extreme right),and from some bereaved families and reservists. PM Ehud O [...]	2008-01-30 05:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR MOPS LE IS
08TELAVIV2391	KADIMA AND SHAS BRINKMANSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Late on October 23, Kadima Party leader Tzipi Livni issued an ultimatum to the Shas Party. Kadima reportedly offered Shas some 650 million NIS (approximately 170 million USD) for family allowances, and Livni told party activists that it was now time for Shas to decide. She also [...]	2008-10-24 15:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IS
08TELAVIV24	SETTLEMENT CONSTRUCTION MORATORIUM APPLIES TO WEST [...] (C) Summary: Since Annapolis, Israeli settlement plans have been featured prominently and consistently in the Israeli press. In December alone, there were five published reports of GOI plans to build new residential and commercial projects, primarily in East Jerusalem. Recent press reports [...]	2008-01-03 14:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
08TELAVIV2432	THE AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH INTERNAL SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador called on Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter October 30. They discussed the GOI's plans for dealing with extremist settler violence, Israeli security cooperation with the Palestinian Authority, and Hamas' ongoing efforts to develop its military capabilities in [...]	2008-10-31 16:57:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL EG IS
08TELAVIV2433	SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO ISRAEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Your upcoming visit to the region comes during a time of transition in Israeli politics. FM Livni is casting her failure to refashion a coalition as a refusal to accept the restrictive economic and diplomatic terms demanded by the Shas Party. The Kadima Party, under her leade [...]	2008-10-31 17:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL EG SY IS
08TELAVIV2434	THE AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES IRAN WITH EXPERTS AT THE [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) Director Oded Eran and members of the INSS staff October 29. INSS is the premier security studies center, with close links to the Israeli military and intelligence communities. The discussion focused on Isra [...]	2008-11-03 05:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP MOPS IR CH RU IS
08TELAVIV2436	THE AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES IRAN WITH EXPERTS AT THE [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) Director Oded Eran and members of the INSS staff October 29. INSS is the premier security studies center, with close links to the Israeli military and intelligence communities. The discussion focused on Isra [...]	2008-11-03 07:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP MOPS IR CH RU IS
08TELAVIV245	WINOGRAD FINAL REPORT -- HARSHER ON IDF THAN ON [...] (C) Jerusalem's first snowstorm of the season coincided with the public release of the Winograd report that has created a political storm of its own. How the media describe the findings of the report will determine, in large measure, the magnitude of that storm. Our initial assessment is tha [...]	2008-01-30 18:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MOPS IS LE
08TELAVIV2452	NOBODY REALLY WANTS TO BE BANKING CORRESPONDENT TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-03 13:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP KTFN EFIN IS
08TELAVIV2469	ISRAEL: IDF OPERATION IN GAZA SPURS ROCKET ATTACK [...] (C) Summary: IDF forces entered into the Gaza Strip during the evening of November 4 to collapse a tunnel purportedly to be used to kidnap IDF soldiers near the Gaza security fence. Several Hamas militants were killed and IDF soldiers wounded in the ensuing firefight. Hamas responded Novemb [...]	2008-11-05 13:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV MOPS KPAL IS
08TELAVIV2521	MEETING WITH SETTLER REPRESENTATIVES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In coordination with Knesset Deputy Speaker Otniel Schneller, Pol Couns, EconOff and PolOff met with representatives of the settler community on November 5 to discuss the settlers' role in internal Israeli politics and the rise in settler violence. Pol Couns led off by reviewing [...]	2008-11-13 11:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS
08TELAVIV2554	THE AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MERETZ PARTY [...] (C) The Ambassador called on Meretz Party Chairman Chaim Oron November 10. Oron, who was well-informed on the status of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, said he it is likely that Likud Party leader Bibi Netanyahu will focus his election campaign on the economy, which is seen by many Israeli [...]	2008-11-17 12:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL IS
08TELAVIV2555	BARAK APPROVES NEW SETTLEMENT CONSTRUCTION [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Defense (MOD) Barak since April 2008, has approved dozens of construction permits for residential and municipal projects in the major settlement blocs and in a number of smaller settlements. This construction, if completed, will pave the way for continued population [...]	2008-11-17 13:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
08TELAVIV2581	UNESCO: GOI REQUESTS URGENT CONSULTATIONS TO [...] (C) MFA Director for International Organizations Tibor Shalev-Schlosser approached poloff on the margins of an unrelated meeting to convey what he called an urgent message about the candidacy of Egyptian Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni to be the next Director-General of UNESCO. According to [...]	2008-11-20 16:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO EG IS
08TELAVIV2589	ISRAEL AND JORDAN DISCUSS MUGHRABI GATE, REMAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Poloff met November 20 with MFA Jordan Desk Director Tuvia Israeli and MFA IO Desk Director Tibor Shalev-Schlosser to discuss the ongoing dispute between Jordan and Israel over the Mughrabi Gate. The pair provided a readout of MFA DG Abramovich's November 12 meeting wi [...]	2008-11-21 15:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL EG IS
08TELAVIV2592	BARAK DEFERS EVACUATION OF HEBRON HOUSE FOLLOWING [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Defense (MOD) Barak on November 20 balked at forcibly removing nine settler families from a house in Hebron after the High Court of Justice ordered their evacuation, and clashes erupted between the settlers and Israeli forces. Ministry of Defense officials in recent [...]	2008-11-21 16:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
08TELAVIV2603	GAZA CASH CRISIS: CBG FISCHER CALLS FOR USG [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-24 12:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KNNP KTFN KPAL PREL IS
08TELAVIV2617	NETANYAHU OUTLINES FOR AMBASSADOR LIKUD'S WAY [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a private meeting with the Ambassador on November 20, Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu confidently described his prospects to become the next Israeli prime minister and outlined his intent to form a broad, center-right coalition if his party prevails in February. Netanyah [...]	2008-11-24 14:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IS
08TELAVIV263	A/S BURNS' JANUARY 24 MEETING WITH MFA DG [...] (C) Summary: Israeli MFA Director General Aharon Abramovitch updated U/S Burns January 24 on recent meetings between Israeli and Palestinian negotiating teams, noting that despite the previous day's incidents on the Egypt-Gaza border, the teams met that day. Abramovitch expressed the GOI,s h [...]	2008-02-01 11:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC IS KWBG MCAP MOPS PREL UNSC
08TELAVIV2630	MFA DISCUSSES NEGOTIATIONS WITH VATICAN, POSSIBLE [...] (C) Summary and comment: MFA Director for Inter-Religious Affairs Bahij Mansour told Poloff that negotiations with the Vatican over outstanding issues related to the Fundamental Agreement were going well, and that Israel expected a "breakthrough" at the December 18 plenary session in Rome. Acc [...]	2008-11-25 15:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KIRF VT IS
08TELAVIV2632	JORDANIAN AMBASSADOR PROMOTES ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) Jordanian Ambassador Ali Al-Ayed told the Ambassador November 19 that in response to the growing expression of interest by some Israeli leaders -- including President Peres and Defense Minister Barak -- in the 2002 Beirut Arab Summit peace initiative, he has undertaken to publicize the in [...]	2008-11-25 16:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG JO IS
08TELAVIV2635	DOV WEISSGLAS WARNS ISRAEL'S SETTLEMENT POLICY [...] (U) Summary: Former Chief of Staff to Ariel Sharon Dov Weissglas, in an op-ed published in the mass circulation Yediot Aharonot November 24, cautioned that Israel risks a diplomatic confrontation with the new US Administration if it continues to permit settlement expansion and outpost constru [...]	2008-11-26 14:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
08TELAVIV2636	ISRAELI ECONOMISTS SEE SILVER LINING IN CRISIS [...] (U) Two academic economists, with very different world views, explained to Dep EconCouns recently that they are sanguine about the ultimate effect of the international financial crisis on Israel. "Social" economist Momi Dahan, a Professor at Hebrew University and former senior adviser to the [...]	2008-11-26 16:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PINR IS
08TELAVIV2640	MFA OFFICIALS DISCUSS REGIONAL PEACE, DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Director of Policy Planning Dr. David Gordon on November 16 met separately with Eran Etzion, MFA Director of Policy Planning, Tal Becker, MFA Foreign Policy Advisor, and Yaakov Hadas, Deputy Director General of the Middle East and Peace Process Division to discuss Israeli views [...]	2008-11-28 11:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KWBG KPAL SY XF IS
08TELAVIV265	UAE EQUIPMENT FOR THE PA [...] (C) In response to Ref A instructions, USSC confirmed to DATT that USSC has discussed this UAE-offered equipment with the PA's Hazem Atallah. The next step is for Atallah to write a letter to USSC officially requesting the equipment. USSC will then coordinate with the GOI about allowing the [...]	2008-02-01 12:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS KPAL IS AE
08TELAVIV2664	MFA REQUEST TO COORDINATE APPROACH IN EAST ASIA ON [...] (C) MFA Director of Political Research (INR A/S-equivalent) Nimrod Barkan November 26 requested that PolCouns convey to the Department an Israeli request for coordination of approaches in East Asian capitals regarding the importance of increasing financial pressures on Iran. Barkan, who had j [...]	2008-12-01 12:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN KNNP IR IS IN XE
08TELAVIV2694	ISRAELI-EGYPTIAN CONTACTS ON LIBYAN HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) MOD Arab Affairs Adviser David Hacham briefed PolCouns December 3 on ongoing Israeli-Egyptian contacts regarding the Libyan ship bearing humanitarian relief supplies for Gaza. Hacham said the Israeli Navy closely tracked the course of the Libyan ship on its way to Gaza. He noted that Li [...]	2008-12-03 10:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EAID UNSC KWBG IS LY EG
08TELAVIV2721	UPDATE ON ISRAELI-JORDANIAN TALKS ON MUGHRABI GATE [...] (C) Poloff spoke with MFA Jordan Desk Director Tuvia Israeli December 5 to get an update on MFA DG Abramovich's dialogue with Jordanian Ambassador to Israel Al-Ayed over resolving the dispute between Israel and Jordan over the Mughrabi Gate. Israeli said there have been no new developments si [...]	2008-12-05 12:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL JO IS
08TELAVIV2728	BROAD POLITICAL SUPPORT FOR BARAK'S FIRM HAND [...] (C) Summary: The Israeli Defense Forces and Border Police evacuated more than 100 right-wing settlers and their supporters from the disputed "House of Contention" in Hebron on December 4 in a lightning operation that took just 36 minutes to complete (reftel). Although PM Olmert and Public S [...]	2008-12-05 17:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KWBG PINS IS
08TELAVIV2742	NETANYAHU TELLS REP. WEXLER IRAN TOP PROBLEM FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 3, Congressman Robert Wexler (D-Florida) and Likud leader Binyamin Netanyahu discussed the new Administration in Washington and its significance for Israel and the region. Netanyahu stressed that he was optimistic about working with President Elect Obama if he becom [...]	2008-12-08 14:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID KWBG IR IS
08TELAVIV2757	SHAS: YES WE CAN? [...] (C) Summary: The Sephardi ultra-orthodox Shas party, which officially launched its election campaign at a rally on December 3, has adopted President-elect Obama's campaign slogan, "Yes We Can," in attempt to capitalize on a political moment when minorities feel empowered by Obama,s victory in [...]	2008-12-09 14:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS
08TELAVIV2786	PRESIDENT PERES TALKS POLITICS, REGIONAL ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Deputy Secretary and the Ambassador met with Israeli President Shimon Peres on December 9 to discuss upcoming Israeli elections, the peace process with the Palestinians, and other regional developments. Peres predicted that there would not be dramatic policy shifts followin [...]	2008-12-12 13:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAL TU IS
08TELAVIV2788	MFA OFFICIAL DISCUSSES EFFORTS TO ARRANGE LIVNI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Eynat Schlein-Michael, Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director of Maghreb, Syria, and Lebanon Affairs met with Poloff on December 10. She confirmed recent Israeli press reports of a possible upcoming visit to Morocco by Foreign Minister Livni, but was pessimistic the [...]	2008-12-12 14:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MO TS IS
08TELAVIV2793	LABOR PRIMARIES BENEFIT BARAK WHILE LIKUD PARTY [...] (C) Summary: The Labor and Likud primaries are over, and the results provide some insight into what the two historic, mainstream Israeli parties may look like, as those on the rank-ordered slate will become members of the Knesset depending on the percentage of the popular vote that the party [...]	2008-12-12 18:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IS
08TELAVIV2794	LIVNI PUSHES EU RELATIONS UPGRADE AS SIGNIFICANT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 8th, the European Union Council of Ministers announced an upgrade in its diplomatic relationship with Israel. The announcement received prominent coverage in both the Jerusalem Post and Ha'aretz, with Foreign Minister Livni calling it a "significant achievement." Dir [...]	2008-12-12 18:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AORC UN EU IS KPAL PHUM
08TELAVIV2796	ISRAEL: GAZA CROSSINGS UNDER FIRE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 11, MFA Director for UN Political Affairs David Siegel updated PolOff on several issues Israel is pursuing at the UN, especially on humanitarian support to Gaza. Siegel showed PolOff the draft of a presentation the GOI is preparing for New York that demonstrates the [...]	2008-12-15 11:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO UN LE IS
08TELAVIV2853	PM OLMERT TO VISIT ANKARA DECEMBER 22 [...] (U) The Israeli popular daily "Yediot Aharonot" reported December 19 that Prime Minister Olmert will visit Ankara December 22 to meet PM Erdogan. According to the article, which was written by Olmert's favorite correspondent, Shim'on Schiffer, "the purpose of the visit, from the Prime Minist [...]	2008-12-19 11:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SY TU IS GB
08TELAVIV293	CODEL VOINOVICH DISCUSSES GAZA SMUGGLING ISSUES [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-07 04:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS KPAL IR IZ
08TELAVIV318	AMBASSADOR AND INTERIOR MINISTER SHEETRIT DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador called on Interior Minister Meir Sheetrit (Kadima) February 7 to discuss political and bilateral issues. Sheetrit thought DefMin Barak had made a mistake and destroyed his credibility by not resigning, as promised, following the release of the Winograd report. He [...]	2008-02-08 17:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL KIRF CASC BEXP IS
08TELAVIV381	ISRAEL WILL TAKE A WAIT AND SEE APPROACH WITH [...] (SBU) On February 14, PolOff delivered demarche (ref C) to Zvi Rav-Ner, Director of the MFA Central Europe Department. Rav-Ner explained that the GOI had decided not to be in the first wave of recognition, but would instead follow the situation closely and decide what actions to take as approp [...]	2008-02-14 14:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU IS
08TELAVIV382	ISRAEL WILL TAKE A WAIT AND SEE APPROACH WITH [...] (SBU) On February 14, PolOff delivered demarche (ref C) to Zvi Rav-Ner, Director of the MFA Central Europe Department. Rav-Ner explained that the GOI had decided not to be in the first wave of recognition, but would instead follow the situation closely and decide what actions to take as approp [...]	2008-02-14 14:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	REL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU
08TELAVIV384	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ISRAEL'S RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) On February 7, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Yaacov (Jacques) Revah, Deputy Director General for the Africa Division (A/S AF equivalent). Revah said that Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Zimbabwe, based in South Africa, had also heard rumors of Israeli security support for the Mu [...]	2008-02-14 15:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS ZI
08TELAVIV441	AFRICAN ASYLUM-SEEKERS LIVING IN DEPLORABLE [...] (SBU) Summary. UNHCR reported February 7 that African asylum-seekers in Israel now number nearly 7,000 and continue arriving at a rate of roughly 200 per week. Without asylum laws or regulations, the GOI's capacity to respond to the growing number is severely limited. Meanwhile, African mi [...]	2008-02-25 11:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV KPAL IS EG SU ER IV NI GH
08TELAVIV446	ISRAEL PREPARED TO USE FORCE TO BLOCK HAMAS [...] (C) Summary. According to Israeli media reports, Hamas organizers in Gaza called for a mass demonstration February 25 against the closure of the border crossings, but IDF sources estimated that only about 4,000 demonstrators showed up. There was no attempt by the demonstrators to approach t [...]	2008-02-25 13:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL IS EG
08TELAVIV463	RAIDS OUTRAGE HUMANITARIAN COMMUNITY AS GOI CRACKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On February 24, following extensive Israeli media coverage of the African refugee issue, Prime Minister Olmert ordered relevant government authorities to remove illegal infiltrators who entered Israel via the Egyptian border, if the infiltrators had no legal restrictions on depo [...]	2008-02-28 13:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PGOV IS EG SU ER IV

08TELAVIV466	ISRAELI GOVERNMENT UNDER INCREASING PRESSURE TO [...] (C) Prime Minister Olmert's government is under increasing pressure to respond decisively to barrages of Qassam and Katyusha-like "Grad" rockets being launched against the Israeli communities of Sderot and Ashkelon from the Gaza Strip. On February 27, an Israeli father of four was killed when [...]	2008-02-28 16:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR MOPS IS
08TELAVIV467	PRESIDENT PERES PROPOSES AGREEMENTS ON WEST BANK [...] (C) Summary and Comment. At the latter's request, the Ambassador called on President Shimon Peres the evening of February 27. Peres said he wanted to ensure that President Bush's May visit produce positive results. Noting that he did not think a political agreement with the Palestinians wo [...]	2008-02-28 16:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KWBG TU JO JA GE IS
08TELAVIV537	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GOI [...] (C) Ambassador Jones delivered demarche points per reftel to MFA Director General Aaron Abramovitch on February 29 and MOD Pol-Mil Director Amos Gilad on March 3. In delivering demarche points, the Ambassador emphasized that Israel should not be taking measures on the ground that threaten t [...]	2008-03-07 16:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
08TELAVIV538	MOD MOVING AGAINST WEST BANK OUTPOSTS [...] (C) The Israeli press reported on March 5-6 that West Bank settler council leaders and MOD officials reached an agreement to move unauthorized outposts included on the list of 26 outposts recognized by the GOI as established after March 2001, to alternative West Bank sites. MOD Chief of Sta [...]	2008-03-07 16:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
08TELAVIV559	ISRAEL EXPEDITING CUSTOMS REVENUE TRANSFERS TO PA [...] (C) Michal Finkelstein, Senior Advisor to the Ministry of Finance (MOF) Director General, told EconCouns and DeputyCouns on March 3 that the GOI is doing everything possible to expedite the transfer of the customs revenue it collects on the Palestinian Authority's behalf. She said that Israe [...]	2008-03-11 15:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL IS KWBG KPAL
08TELAVIV611	ISRAELI MFA OFFERS MIXED REACTION TO UNSCR 1803, [...] (C) On March 13, Polcouns and Poloff met with MFA Deputy Director General for Strategic Affairs Miriam Ziv and aide Jonathan Miller to discuss reftel points regarding UNSCR 1803 and the preceding IAEA briefing on Iran non-compliance, which we had passed to her last week. Ziv welcomed the passag [...]	2008-03-14 14:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IR IAEA
08TELAVIV624	ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CORRESPONDENT RELATIONSHIP IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israel's Bank Hapoalim and Israel Discount Bank (IDB) threatened to sever correspondent relations with Palestinian banks by the end of 2007. Nevertheless, business continues between the two sides and it appears that the Bank of Israel (BOI) has prevented the banks from severing t [...]	2008-03-18 09:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KTFN KWBG IS
08TELAVIV661	BOI GOVERNOR FISCHER "FRUSTRATED" BY [...] (C) In a March 18 meeting with the Ambassador, Governor of the Bank of Israel Stanley Fischer characterized as "very frustrating," ongoing problems with the Israeli-Palestinian correspondent banking relationship (reftel). Fischer explained that one of the main problems in resolving the issue [...]	2008-03-20 12:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER KTFN KWBG IS
08TELAVIV662	BOI GOVERNOR FISCHER -- FINANCIAL CRISIS HAS NOT [...] (C) Meeting on the day after a major decline in stock markets worldwide, Governor of the Bank of Israel Stanley Fischer told the Ambassador on March 18 that the world economy is still closely tied to the U.S. He said that the Federal Reserve Board and EU Central Banks have both performed we [...]	2008-03-20 13:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV OECD PREL IS KWBG
08TELAVIV669	ISRAELIS SEE PROGRESS AT JEC [...] (C) On March 18, Michal Finkelstein, Senior Advisor to the Ministry of Finance (MOF),gave EconCouns a readout of the March 11 Joint Economic Committee (JEC) meeting between the GOI and the Palestinian Authority (PA). Finkelstein said that the talks were constructive and would lead to signif [...]	2008-03-21 14:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD KPAL IS
08TELAVIV701	MARCH SETTLEMENT ACTIVITIES [...] (C) The following paragraphs seek to capture Israeli settlement activity in March, and where possible, provide GOI clarification or confirmation to reports of approved or planned GOI settlement construction. -------------------------- MOD Moves Against Outposts -------------------------- [...]	2008-03-26 06:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
08TELAVIV716	CODEL KYL AND BROWNBACK MEETING WITH PRIME [...] (C) Summary. CODELs Kyl and Brownback met with Prime Minister Olmert February 18 at the Knesset. Olmert expressed appreciation for Congressional support for Israel and said that he expected U.S.-Israeli ties to remain strong whoever is elected President. Regarding Gaza, Olmert defended the [...]	2008-03-27 06:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KWBG EG IR IS
08TELAVIV721	LOYALTY VERSUS DISCONTENT AMONG ISRAEL'S DRUZE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: During an MFA-sponsored Druze Study Day for members of the diplomatic corps on March 20, Deputy Foreign Minister Majaleh Wahbeh (Kadima) and other Druze community leaders emphasized the Druze community's loyalty to Israel during the past sixty years and its desire to [...]	2008-03-27 10:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KIRF IS
08TELAVIV732	LIVNI MEETS MCCAIN, DISCUSSES GROWING HAMAS [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-27 16:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS OVIP
08TELAVIV761	CORRECTED COPY: LIVNI MEETS MCCAIN, DISCUSSES [...] (U) This cable replaces Tel Aviv 732. Please see correction in paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary. On March 19, Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni met with U.S. Senators John McCain, Joseph Lieberman, and Lindsey Graham. Their discussion centered on the growing public support for Hamas, and th [...]	2008-04-01 11:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS OVIP
08TELAVIV786	ADDRESSING ISSUE OF AFRICAN MIGRANTS/REFUGEES AND [...] (C) On April 1, Embassy Refugee Reporting Office Alan Holst delivered suggested points from Reftel A to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director for International Organizations and Human Rights Simona Halperin. Halperin reiterated GOI willingness to participate in tripartite talks (Reftels [...]	2008-04-03 12:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF EG IS SU ER
08TELAVIV818	JAPAN ENVOY: ISRAEL COOPERATING ON INDUSTRIAL PARK [...] (C) Japanese Envoy to the Middle East Ambassador Tatsuo Arima met with Ambassador Jones on April 1 to discuss the Arab League Summit and progress on the planned Japanese industrial park outside of Jericho. The Ambassador also updated Arima on the recent visit of the Secretary. Arima said th [...]	2008-04-08 11:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KWBG AL JA SY LY IZ IS
08TELAVIV837	COORDINATOR FOR GOVERNMENT ACTIVITY IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Coordinator for Government Activity in the Territories (COGAT) Major General Yossef Mishlev heard the Ambassador's concerns about stalled U.S. commercial imports into the West Bank, continued demolitions of Palestinian homes, and ground clearing in Area E-1. Mishlev was not able [...]	2008-04-11 12:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PHUM KPAL IS
08TELAVIV854	NETANYAHU MEETS MCCAIN, DESCRIBES OWN "SEAMLINE [...] (C) On March 19, Likud Party (Opposition) Chairman Binyamin Netanyahu met with U.S. Senators John McCain, Joseph Lieberman and Lindsey Graham to discuss some of the lessons learned in the Lebanon and Gaza withdrawals and the challenges that would be involved in the creation of a Palestinian st [...]	2008-04-14 12:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS OVIP ECON JO PTER
08TELAVIV871	SETTLERS VOLUNTARILY EVACUATE MEVO HORON [...] (C) On April 14, Oded Herman, Advisor to MOD Pol-Mil Director Amos Gilad, confirmed to EconCouns that settlers had voluntarily evacuated the Mevo Horon Agricultural Farm outpost, located near No Man's Land in the West Bank. According to Herman, the six families had relocated from the outpost [...]	2008-04-15 14:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
08TELAVIV891	ISRAEL ACCEPTS NEED FOR HOMEGROWN ASYLUM SYSTEM [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-17 12:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM EG IS SU AF
08TELAVIV900	GENERAL JONES' MEETING WITH SHIMON PERES [...] (C) Summary. Special Envoy for Middle East Regional Security (SEMERS) General James Jones met with President Shimon Peres April 13. General Jones briefed Peres on his mission, including the Jenin project that is being coordinated with Tony Blair. Peres said he was skeptical that a politica [...]	2008-04-18 07:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KPAL IS JO TU GE JA
08TELAVIV915	IDF FOILS HAMAS, MOST AMBITIOUS ATTACK SINCE 2005 [...] (C) Summary: Early in the morning on April 19, Hamas attempted a simultaneous attack on two crossing points, Kerem Shalom and Kissufim, utilizing armored personnel carriers (APC) and other vehicles loaded with explosives. The Israel Defense Force (IDF) reacted quickly, killing 3 Hamas fighter [...]	2008-04-21 16:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS KWBG IS
08TELAVIV945	CORRECTED: IDF FOILS HAMAS, MOST AMBITIOUS ATTACK [...] (C) Summary: Early in the morning on April 19, Hamas attempted a simultaneous attack on two crossing points, Kerem Shalom and Kissufim, utilizing armored personnel carriers (APC) and other vehicles loaded with explosives. The Israel Defense Force (IDF) reacted quickly, killing 3 Hamas fighter [...]	2008-04-25 11:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS KWBG IS
08THEHAGUE1002	NETHERLANDS/ FM TO SIGN CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-03 14:54:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM NATO MOPS PREL NL
08THEHAGUE1008	NETHERLANDS/BOLIVIA: HIGH PLAINS SHORT SHRIFTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Dutch diplomat expressed frustration with the GOB's unfair treatment of eastern communities. Eastern Bolivia appears to oppose the January 25 constitutional referendum, for which the EU will provide observers. On the DEA expulsion, the EU is likely to demarche the GOB within a [...]	2008-12-05 14:06:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NARR ECON NL BL
08THEHAGUE1010	NETHERLANDS/EU: CROATIA CONDITIONALITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ahead of the December 8-9 GAERC, the Dutch are pleased by the draft conclusions on enlargement but concerned about Croatia's cooperation on war crimes issues. The Dutch support progress on WTO negotiations and active responses to the situations in Africa, Kosovo, and elsewhere. [...]	2008-12-05 14:50:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EAID ECON EU HR NL
08THEHAGUE1013	NETHERLANDS: DUTCH CONCERN ON IRAN STEALTH [...] (C) Summary. The Dutch are concerned that Iran's slick use of media and events may have ensnared the incoming European Union (EU) Presidency and numbed other EU members to Iran's nuclear program. Head of the Nuclear Affairs and Non-Proliferation Division, Henk cor Van der Kwast, told PolMil [...]	2008-12-10 07:04:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MOPS PREL NATO MNUC TRGY IR NL
08THEHAGUE1015	CWC: WRAP-UP FOR THE CONFERENCE OF THE STATES [...] (SBU) The Thirteenth Conference of the States Parties (CSP 13) failed to reach consensus on its final report and broke some new ground in establishing precedents. Long simmering tensions with Iran -- for some delegations going back many Executive Councils, for others rising during the Review [...]	2008-12-12 17:01:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE1021	CWC: MEETINGS ON THE MARGINS OF THE CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) As always, the Conference of the States Parties offered a platform for a variety of meetings on its margins. The European Union hosted a day of meetings for National Authorities on December 1 that bridged the gap between the official National Authorities' meetings and the CSP; notable a [...]	2008-12-15 15:28:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE1024	NETHERLANDS/PAKISTAN: AID DECISION PENDING [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-17 09:09:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PK EAID ECON EFIN NL
08THEHAGUE1030	NETHERLANDS/CUBA: LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW [...] (U) In response to Ref A, following is an analysis of Dutch relations with Cuba in the last half of 2008. (Note: Ref B reports on Dutch relations with Cuba in the first half of 2008. End note.) The Dutch Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Economic Affairs provided this information to embassy [...]	2008-12-18 15:34:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU NL
08THEHAGUE1047	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: LIMITED RESOURCES FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-23 15:12:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF NL
08THEHAGUE122	NETHERLANDS/LEBANON: DUTCH SUPPORT FOR LEBANON [...] (C) On February 6, poloff shared reftel points with Gert Kampman, deputy director of Middle East Affairs at the Dutch MFA. Poloff expressed appreciation for the Netherlands' role as host for the Lebanon Tribunal and outlined USG efforts to secure sufficient funding for the Tribunal. 2. (C) [...]	2008-02-08 15:49:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM NL LE
08THEHAGUE123	NETHERLANDS/SYRIA: DUTCH FM PUSHES SYRIA TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 8, 2008, poloff discussed Dutch FM Verhagen's January 23-24 trip to Syria with Gert Kampman, MFA Deputy Director for the Middle East. Kampman, who accompanied Verhagen during the trip, said that the FM reviewed the Middle East peace process, Lebanon, Iran, and human r [...]	2008-02-11 13:02:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM NL SY IS TU LE
08THEHAGUE126	NETHERLANDS/KOSOVO: DUTCH CONSIDERING KOSOVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 8, 2008 Charge delivered reftel A points to Dutch MFA acting DG Wim Geerts, following up on the conversation with DG de Gooijer the day before (reftel B). Charge and poloff also shared the information in ref email C. EU Correspondent Desiree Kopmels participated in the [...]	2008-02-11 14:12:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NL KV
08THEHAGUE131	NETHERLANDS/KOSOVO: STILL NO DECISION [...] (C) The GONL appreciates reftel A points, but continues to hold firm on the perceived need to review the Kosovar constitution, declaration of independence, and treatment of minorities prior to any recognition decision. According to MFA EU Correspondent Desiree Kopmels, the GONL is still "coll [...]	2008-02-12 16:09:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NL KV
08THEHAGUE133	WILDERS FILM UPDATE: PANDITH MEETINGS WITH DUTCH [...] (C) Summary. Dutch government and civil society representatives told EUR Senior Advisor Farah Pandith during her February 7-8 visit to the Netherlands that the Wilders film on the Koran was cause for concern, but that it was important to avoid excessive &hype8 about the film. The Dutch gove [...]	2008-02-13 11:41:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KISL KIRF PREL PGOV NL
08THEHAGUE134	NETHERLANDS/OSCE/KOSOVO: RESPONSE TO BERLIN [...] (C) Summary: The GONL understands from its mission to the OSCE that Serbia is no longer interested in pursuing an emergency session under the Berlin Mechanism, but rather will seek an "extra session" of the Permanent Council to voice its concerns over a Kosovo declaration of independence. Acco [...]	2008-02-13 12:49:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU OSCE NL
08THEHAGUE141	NETHERLANDS/GEORGIA: RESPONSE ON ABKHAZIA DEMARCHE [...] (C) Charge delivered reftel A points to MFA Deputy Political Director Wim Geerts on February 15. Geerts noted that the GONL was aware of Russian machinations in Georgia. But as long as it was kept to a "war of words," he thought the Russian argument would do more to annoy than actually prove [...]	2008-02-15 12:49:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RU YI NL
08THEHAGUE157	NETHERLANDS/KOSOVO: DUTCH WAITING ON CONSTITUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 20, Ambassador delivered reftel A points to FM Verhagen, who said he expected the Dutch to recognize Kosovo's independence on March 7, contingent on Kosovo approving its constitution. Verhagen expressed concern that the International Steering Group (ISG) might not su [...]	2008-02-21 10:07:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	UN PREL PGOV NL KV
08THEHAGUE160	MEETING WITH MEXICAN DELEGATION ON CHEMICAL [...] (U) This is an action message, see para 13 ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) On February 13, Ambassador Javits and the del met with Mexican Ambassador Jorge Lomonaco and delegates Miguel Zamudio and Blanca Hernandez Polo. Intended as a venue to share thoughts on the upcoming Review Confer [...]	2008-02-21 15:07:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE169	NETHERLANDS/CUBA: TRANSITION POINTS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-24 12:12:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU CU NL
08THEHAGUE185	NETHERLANDS: DEFENSE ISSUES HEADING INTO BUCHAREST [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch MOD is facing several defense issues leading up to and beyond the NATO Bucharest summit in April. Dutch MOD senior leadership is facing criticism over the way it is handling the investigation into three possible friendly fire incidents in January. The MOD continues to review [...]	2008-02-27 12:30:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL AF NL
08THEHAGUE197	NETHERLANDS/CUBA: MICHEL VISIT FOLLOWS EU POLICY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 29, 2008 poloff delivered reftel points to Laurent Stokvis, Director of Western Hemisphere Affairs, Senior Policy Adviser Jan Jaap Groenemeijer, and Policy Officer Sergei Boeke. The Dutch continue to support EU policy of engagement toward Cuba, and the Michel visit co [...]	2008-02-29 11:54:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CU NL
08THEHAGUE199	NETHERLANDS/SOMALIA: DUTCH FRIGATE TO ESCORT UN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered reftel points to Huub Buise, director of the Horn of Africa Division, on February 26, 2008. Buise later confirmed that the Dutch expect to deploy a frigate to replace the Danes in late March. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) In a discussion February 28, Buise said that th [...]	2008-02-29 12:07:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PBTS UNSC SO NL
08THEHAGUE207	NETHERLANDS/KOSOVO: "K DAY" ON MARCH 4 OR 5 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-03 15:50:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NL KV
08THEHAGUE228	NETHERLANDS/KOSOVO: DUTCH RECOGNIZE KOSOVAR [...] (U) SUMMARY: At a press conference with Sweden,s FM Carl Bildt on March 4, FM Maxime Verhagen announced that the Netherlands recognizes Kosovar independence. Poloff reviewed Dutch thinking with Mr. Cees Roels, Head of the Western Balkans Division at the Dutch MFA, on March 4, and also attende [...]	2008-03-06 13:18:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NL KV
08THEHAGUE243	NETHERLANDS/IRAN: DUTCH WONDER ABOUT BEST TIME FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-12 17:49:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV PHUM NL IR
08THEHAGUE247	COUNTERTERRORISM COORDINATOR ANTICIPATES LATE [...] (C) Summary. National Counterterrorism Coordinator Tjibbe Joustra told Charge March 11 that the government now anticipated a late March release date for MP Geert Wilders' controversial film on the Koran. He said Wilders could release the film on the Internet earlier than March 28, the date [...]	2008-03-13 11:53:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KISL KIRF PREL ASEC PGOV NL
08THEHAGUE250	NETHERLANDS/IRAN: ELECTIONS ASSESSMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 12, 2008, POLOFF raised reftel A questions with Loek ten Hagen, MFA Senior Policy Officer in the North Africa and Middle East Department of the Dutch MFA. Ten Hagen commented on factional infighting and the mechanics of the upcoming Iranian election. Responses below fo [...]	2008-03-13 17:02:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM PINR NL IR
08THEHAGUE254	NETHERLANDS/LEBANON: NO PARTICIPATION IN 3/14 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-14 14:28:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PDEM NL LE
08THEHAGUE268	NETHERLANDS/IRAN: IRAN DEPUTY FM SAFARI VISITS [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-18 11:39:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR NL IR
08THEHAGUE292	NETHERLANDS/CFE: QUIET DUTCH SUPPORT U.S.-GERMAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-28 07:42:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO KCFE MARR NL
08THEHAGUE296	NETHERLANDS/GAERC: DUTCH FIRM ON SERBIA ICTY [...] (C) On March 26 and 27, 2008 POLOFF delivered reftel points to Dutch MFA Deputy EU Correspondent Rochus Pronk as well MFA contacts on the Balkans, Middle East, Russia, and China. FM Verhagen gave Dutch views on the GAERC agenda in a letter to parliament (ref B). In a conversation on March 27 [...]	2008-03-28 07:46:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM NL SR
08THEHAGUE301	NETHERLANDS/BELARUS: DUTCH SUPPORT EU STATEMENT, [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-28 14:39:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL NL BO
08THEHAGUE305	NETHERLANDS: KEEPING A LOW PROFILE ON GREEK [...] (C) Summary: The GONL fully endorses reftel points regarding the need to support UN-led negotiations to resolve the differences over Macedonia's name, and believes such differences should not prevent Macedonia from receiving an invitation at the NATO Bucharest Summit. Yet according to MFA Se [...]	2008-04-01 16:21:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO PGOV MK GR NL
08THEHAGUE307	NETHERLANDS/BURMA: DUTCH PREDICT EU TO EXTEND [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-02 12:55:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM NL BM
08THEHAGUE308	NETHERLANDS/OSLO PROCESS: DUTCH SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 28, 2008, POLOFF delivered reftel points to Wouter Wormgoor at the Dutch MFA, and in a follow up conversation, Wormgoor said that resolving the interoperability issue was a redline for the Netherlands. At the same time, Wormgoor expressed concern about prospects for reso [...]	2008-04-02 14:01:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PGOV PARM NL
08THEHAGUE315	MTCR: DUTCH RESPONSE ON PLENARY INFORMATION [...] (C) Polmiloff delivered reftel paper on proposed Information Exchange (IE) agenda topics for the 2008 MTCR Plenary at the April 10-11 Reinforced Point of Contact Meeting to MFA Senior Advisor for Nuclear Affairs and Nonproliferation Ceta Noland on April 2. Noland appreciated the proposed IE a [...]	2008-04-03 14:19:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA NL
08THEHAGUE33	NETHERLANDS/KAZAKHSTAN: DUTCH VIEW ON KAZAKHSTAN'S [...] (C) Summary: The GONL concurs that close coordination among OSCE partners is necessary to help ensure Kazakhstan remains on track in terms of the commitments it made in exchange for the 2010 OSCE chairmanship. MFA Special Advisor for the OSCE Tony van der Togt said for their part, the Dutch [...]	2008-01-11 14:41:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV OSCE PREL KZ NL
08THEHAGUE331	DUTCH MOVING AHEAD WITH CONTROVERSIAL AVIATION TAX [...] (C) SUMMARY: The new Dutch aviation tax is on track to take effect July 1, despite opposition from parts of the business community and the public. A March 19 court ruling dismissed complaints brought by the air travel industry, clearing a potential obstacle to implementation. Dutch aviation [...]	2008-04-10 15:39:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON ETRD SENV EUN NL
08THEHAGUE340	DUTCH ASSISTANCE TO PAKISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch assistance to Pakistan totals EUR 40 million per year. Development Minister Bert Koenders announced April 8 that the GONL would resume some assistance programs that had been suspended in November 2007 after Musharraf declared a state of emergency. Dutch assistance to Paki [...]	2008-04-16 16:50:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PREL PK NL
08THEHAGUE344	NETHERLANDS/GEORGIA: DUTCH SUPPORT EU STATEMENTS [...] (C) Summary: The GONL supports the recent statement by the Slovenian EU Presidency noting "serious concern" over the April 15 Russian Presidential instructions enhancing relations with Abkhazia and South Ossetia. According to MFA Deputy Director for South Eastern and Eastern Europe Henk Voska [...]	2008-04-21 14:05:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RS NL
08THEHAGUE355	NETHERLANDS/IRAN: IMPLEMENTING IRAN SANCTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 22, Charge D'Affaires discussed Iran sanctions with MFA Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Baroness van Lynden-Leijten, who confirmed continuing Dutch support for robust implementation of UNSC resolution 1803. At the same time, the Netherlands wants to keep t [...]	2008-04-23 12:09:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC KNNP IR UNSC NL
08THEHAGUE367	NETHERLANDS/ZIMBABWE: AG MINISTER LIKELY REP TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-25 16:27:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC EAGR EAID UN NL
08THEHAGUE372	NETHERLANDS/GAERC: FLEXIBILITY ON SERBIA SAA/ICTY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 22, Charge d'Affaires reviewed ref B points on the Middle East with Baroness van Lynden-Leijten, Dutch MFA Director for Middle East and North Africa Affairs, and her deputy, Gert Heijkoop. Also on April 22, 2008 POLOFF delivered ref B points to Dutch MFA EU Corresponde [...]	2008-04-28 14:30:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU XF ZL NL
08THEHAGUE380	NETHERLANDS/SERBIA: FM PLEASED WITH SAA AGREEMENT [...] (C) On April 29, Ard van der Vorst, Dutch MFA Western Balkans Coordinator for Political Affairs, told POLOFF that FM Verhagen was pleased to sign the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) with Serbia. The GAERC language provides that the SAA will not be implemented until Serbia fully [...]	2008-05-05 07:18:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU SE NL
08THEHAGUE394	NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: NO NEW PLEDGES, PARTICIPATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-09 15:17:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ECON EFIN EINV PGOV IZ NL
08THEHAGUE395	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DUTCH SUPPORT AT PARIS [...] (SBU) The Netherlands will announce a level or higher pledge at the upcoming Paris Conference than at the 2006 London Conference, according to the point person for Dutch assistance to Afghanistan. Both Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen and Development Minister Bert Koenders plan to attend. [...]	2008-05-09 15:51:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM PGOV PREL NL AF
08THEHAGUE398	NETHERLANDS/WIPO: ELECTION OF NEW WIPO DIRECTOR [...] (SBU) The Netherlands' preferred candidates for WIPO Director General (DG) are Australia's Francis Gurry, followed by Mexico's Jorge Amigo. EconOff met with Paul van Beukering, head of Intellectual Property Unit, Ministry of Economic Affairs, May 9 to discuss the upocoming WIPO DG election pe [...]	2008-05-09 16:29:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC WIPO KIPR ETRD PREL NL
08THEHAGUE41	NETHERLANDS/SUDAN: DUTCH SUPPORT JOINT INTEGRATED [...] (U) SUMMARY: On January 10, 2008 Poloff delivered reftel points to Mr. Huub Buise, Head of the Dutch MFA's Sudan Task Force and Horn of Africa section. Buise was accompanied by Lisette den Breems, senior policy officer for Sudan, Erwin van Veen, policy advisor in the Unit for Peacebuilding and [...]	2008-01-15 12:09:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL NL SU
08THEHAGUE42	NETHERLANDS/ESDP: DUTCH SUPPORT DEPLOYMENT TO CHAD [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to Huub Buise, Head of the Dutch MFA's Sudan Task Force and Horn of Africa section, and Jaime de Bourbon Parme, policy officer for Peacekeeping Operations and the lead officer for the Chad/Central African Republic deployment (EUFOR TCHAD/CAR). In a discussion [...]	2008-01-15 12:10:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NL CD
08THEHAGUE449	CWC REVIEW CONFERENCE PART IV: PROCESS AND [...] (U) This cable is the last of a series on the Second Chemical Weapons Convention Review Conference (RevCon) April 7 -18, 2008. It follows the initial report at the end of the Conference (ref A),the reports on the opening plenary sessions of the Conference and the general debate (ref B),even [...]	2008-05-28 11:08:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE455	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP UP FOR TWO [...] (SBU) While OPCW has had a very lean schedule since the Review Conference, the U.S. delegation continued to meet May 13 - 23 with Technical Secretariat officials and other delegations on upcoming issues. Ambassador Javits met with the new Executive Council Chairperson to discuss future activ [...]	2008-05-29 15:21:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE458	NETHERLANDS/CUBA: LIBERTAD REVIEW & EU POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following up on reftel A, poloff met with Jan Jaap Groenemeijer, Senior Policy Advisor on Cuban Affairs at the Dutch MFA. For the purposes of the Libertad review, Dutch political and economic relations are reviewed in paragraphs 2 and 3. Groenemeijer noted that he did not expec [...]	2008-05-29 16:02:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ETTC CU NL
08THEHAGUE472	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): RUSSIAN [...] (U) This is an action message -- see para 7 below. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) On June 3, U.S. Del began a series of meetings to gauge initial reactions to the strategy laid out in reftel for approval of U.S. and Russian destruction documents. Reactions from Russia seemed favorable, [...]	2008-06-03 16:29:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL RS CWC
08THEHAGUE48	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DUTCH SUFFER FRIENDLY [...] (C) Summary: The GONL suffered its first casualties due to friendly fire January 12 when two Dutch and two Afghan soldiers were apparently killed by Dutch troops during a firefight in the southwestern part of the Afghan province of Uruzgan. Two investigations have been launched to determine [...]	2008-01-16 09:42:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO AF NL
08THEHAGUE480	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): MEETING WITH [...] (C) On June 5, Ambassador Javits and Delrep met with OPCW Director General Pfirter to discuss the way forward on U.S. and Russian destruction documents and the DG,s recent trip to China. As per Ref A, Amb. Javits explained the conditions that must be met for the U.S. to join consensus on the [...]	2008-06-05 15:03:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	CH PARM PREL RS CWC
08THEHAGUE510	NETHERLANDS/VENEZUELA: AIMING TO BOOST DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: On June 4, Poloff discussed Venezuelan affairs with Dutch MFA Director for the Western Hemisphere Department Laurent Stokvis and Venezuela desk officer Wendy Engelberts. Stokvis discussed the May 27 meeting between Dutch DG for Political Affairs Pieter De Gooijer and Alberto Muel [...]	2008-06-12 16:06:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	NL PHUM PREL VE
08THEHAGUE511	NETHERLANDS/LEBANON: DUTCH VIEWS SUPPORT ARAB [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-12 16:07:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	EU LE NL PREL
08THEHAGUE516	NETHERLANDS/CUBA: DUTCH EXPECT EU TO DROP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch MFA officials expect the EU to drop (the currently suspended) sanctions against Cuba. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) On June 13, Charge spoke with MFA Deputy Director for the Western Hemisphere Department, Jos Schellaars, who indicated that the EU is likely to lift the Cuba sancti [...]	2008-06-13 15:58:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PHUM CU NL
08THEHAGUE52	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: AMBASSADOR ARNALL [...] (SBU) This is an action request; please see para 3. 2. (C) Defense Minister Eimert van Middelkoop summoned Ambassador Arnall January 16 to discuss an article appearing in the Los Angeles Times (reftel) in which Secretary Gates reportedly criticized NATO forces -- Canada, the United Kingdom, [...]	2008-01-16 12:37:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO AF NL
08THEHAGUE532	NETHERLANDS/PALESTINE: DUTCH PLANS FOR BERLIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 17, Poloff met with Michael Thijssen, Dutch MFA policy officer for Palestine, to discuss Dutch plans for participation at the June 24 Berlin Conference, as well as Dutch contributions to rule of law development. At the invitation of Germany, the Dutch will likely host the [...]	2008-06-17 16:26:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EU NL PAL
08THEHAGUE550	NETHERLANDS: IRAQI CHRISTIANS ASK FOR SECURITY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 24, poloff met with six Iraqi Christians, who lobbied for U.S. support to improve the security and legal situation in Iraq. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Background: Dutch NGO IKV Pax Christi sponsored a visit to the Netherlands by six Iraqi Christians, from June 20 to July 6. [...]	2008-06-26 16:06:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IZ NL
08THEHAGUE552	NETHERLANDS/IRAN: SUPPORT FOR "ROBUST" RESPONSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 24, poloff reviewed developments in Iran policy with Dutch MFA officials Loek ten Hagen, Iran desk officer, Huib Mijnarends, Senior Policy Officer in the Terrorism and New Threats Unit, and Ceta Noland, Senior Advisor for Nuclear Affairs and Nonproliferation. The Dutch [...]	2008-06-26 16:08:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP MNUC PARM IR NL
08THEHAGUE553	NETHERLANDS/IRAN: SUPORT FOR ROBUST RESPONSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 24, poloff reviewed develpments in Iran policy with Dutch MFA officials Lek ten Hagen, Iran desk officer, Huib Mijnarends,Senior Policy Officer in the Terrorism and New Treats Unit, and Ceta Noland, Senior Advisor for uclear Affairs and Nonproliferation. The Dutch continue to s [...]	2008-06-26 16:08:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP MNUC PARM IR NL
08THEHAGUE556	ICTY: WITNESS TROUBLES AT THE SESELJ TRIAL [...] (C) Summary. The Seselj trial at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) is behind schedule and witness issues threaten to slow it further. Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) Senior Trial Attorney (STA) Daryl Mundis claims to have evidence that Vojislav Seselj's sup [...]	2008-06-27 17:28:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	ICTY SR BK HR KAWC PREL
08THEHAGUE559	NETHERLANDS/ZIMBABWE: DUTCH PM, FM CALLS TO MBEKI, [...] (C) Summary: On June 26, Dutch MFA Zimbabwe desk officer Melle Leemstra gave poloff a summary of June 25 calls between FM Verhagen and Mr. Tsvangirai, and between PM Balkenende and President Thabo Mbeki. Tsvangirai wants greater AU engagement in resolving the situation and proposes a ceremoni [...]	2008-06-30 07:53:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EU AU ZI NL
08THEHAGUE584	NETHERLANDS/BURMA: DUTCH SUPPORT U.S. VIEW ON AID [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-11 09:54:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID BM NL
08THEHAGUE585	NETHERLANDS/IAEA: DUTCH ANNOYED BY PROPOSED INDIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-11 09:54:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM IAEA NL
08THEHAGUE586	NETHERLANDS: EU WANTS GENEVA VENUE FOR PRISONERS [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-11 09:55:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PREL NL EU
08THEHAGUE587	NETHERLANDS/ZIMBABWE: DUTCH VIEWS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 1 letter to parliament, FM Verhagen described Dutch efforts to promote democracy in Zimbabwe. In a July 8 telcon with poloff, Dutch MFA Zimbabwe desk officer Melle Leemstra expressed support for further sanctions and U.S. action at the UN, and critiqued the French appro [...]	2008-07-11 09:56:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EAID EU NL ZI
08THEHAGUE59	NETHERLANDS/EU: OPPOSING SAO FOR SERBIA, PLANNING [...] (C) On January 17, MFA Deputy EU Correspondent Rochus Pronk gave Poloff a read-out of the January 16 Dutch-Slovene bilateral on an SAO for Serbia. FM Verhagen reportedly told FM Rupel that "conditionality stands" (i.e. requiring Serbia to cooperate with the ICTY) and that the "arguments agains [...]	2008-01-17 15:19:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU NL KV YI
08THEHAGUE593	ICC PROSECUTOR TO FILE A NEW APPLICATION IN DARFUR [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-14 07:43:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC PGOV PREL
08THEHAGUE60	NETHERLANDS/DARFUR: "50/50 CHANCE" FOR HOSPITAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-17 16:08:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR UN SU NL
08THEHAGUE604	NETHERLANDS: CAUTIOUS ABOUT NUCLEAR FUEL BANK [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 26, poloff delivered reftel points to Henk Cor van der Kwast, Director of the Nuclear Affairs and Nonproliferation Division at the Dutch MFA. In a July 17 discussion, Van der Kwast and Ralf van de Beck, Senior Policy Officer, said the Dutch were not ready to contribute to [...]	2008-07-18 12:44:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP IAEA ENRG EU NL
08THEHAGUE606	NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: DUTCH EXTEND NATO TRAINING [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-18 12:54:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR IZ NL
08THEHAGUE61	DUTCH PREPARED TO BE PROACTIVE ON RELEASE OF [...] (C) Summary. The Dutch government and major municipalities are preparing contingency plans to respond to the anticipated release in early February of a short film expected to be critical of the Koran and of Islam made by Dutch Parliamentarian Geert Wilders. Extensive Dutch and international press r [...]	2008-01-17 17:31:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KINF KISL PINR NL
08THEHAGUE623	NETHERLANDS/IRAN: SANCTIONS AND ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch expect an insufficient Iranian response to the P5 1 proposal and the international community will need to move forward with additional multilateral sanctions. The Dutch continue to engage Iran on human rights despite strong differences of opinion within the Dutch gover [...]	2008-07-23 10:00:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EU UN NL IR

08THEHAGUE625	NETHERLANDS/AFRICA: DUTCH VIEWS ON SUDAN, [...] (U) SUMMARY: Wepke Kingma, MFA Director of the Sub-Sahara Africa Department recently discussed the Dutch position on Sudan, Zimbabwe, and the Horn of Africa. END SUMMARY. Sudan ----- 2. (C) Regarding the recent ICC indictment of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, the Dutch have expressed public [...]	2008-07-24 08:56:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID NL SO SU XW ZI
08THEHAGUE631	NETHERLANDS/COLOMBIA: DUTCH SUPPORT PRESSURE ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-25 12:32:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SNAR EU NL CO
08THEHAGUE632	NETHERLANDS/SYRIA: FURTHER CONCESSIONS MUST BE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-25 12:54:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NL SY
08THEHAGUE634	NETHERLANDS/SERBIA: NO SAA WITHOUT FULL ICTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch MFA staff indicate FM Verhagen intends to hold firm on requiring from Serbia "full cooperation" with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) before moving ahead with a Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA). The Dutch are not happy with EU [...]	2008-07-25 13:20:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM NL EU SR
08THEHAGUE643	NETHERLANDS/TURKEY: CALM EU REACTION TO AKP CASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch expect a "calm" EU reaction to the controversial court case in Turkey against the ruling AKP party. The Dutch are "gloomy," however, on prospects for Turkey's accession to the EU. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) CALM EU REACTION: On July 25, Poloffs discussed reftel points to M [...]	2008-07-29 09:25:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NL EU TU
08THEHAGUE672	NETHERLANDS/IAEA: DUTCH WANT MORE DELIBERATION ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch do not expect to be able to approve a proposal on India during the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) meeting in late August -- the Dutch need a proposal to review, and more time to review it. At the August 1 meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors (BoG),the Dutch supported [...]	2008-08-07 11:58:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM IAEA NL IN
08THEHAGUE676	NETHERLANDS: EU LIFTING TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-07 16:05:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC ICTY KAWC NL
08THEHAGUE68	NETHERLANDS/HCOC: CONCERNS OVER PRE-LAUNCH [...] (C) Summary: The GONL has nearly completed its Annual Declaration (AD) under the Hague Conduct of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC),and plans to submit the declaration prior to the March 31, 2008 deadline. The Dutch remain concerned, however, over USG noncompliance with [...]	2008-01-24 14:06:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MTCRE MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA NL
08THEHAGUE680	NETHERLANDS/GEORGIA: SEEKING "BALANCED" NAC [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-11 16:56:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCFC NATO PARM NL GG
08THEHAGUE684	NETHERLANDS/GEORGIA: SUPPORTING CONDEMNATION OF [...] (C) For the August 13 GAERC, the Dutch want a "strong, unified condemnation" of Russia's excessive use of force. Poloff shared ref A points on August 12 with Rochus Pronk, Deputy EU Correspondent, Carin Lobbezoo, deputy chief for East Europe and Central Asian Affairs, and Johanneke de Hoogh, Senior [...]	2008-08-12 15:54:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU NL GG
08THEHAGUE686	NETHERLANDS: DUTCH OPPOSE DRAFT NSG EXCEPTION FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch oppose the draft Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) exception for India because it does not include Hyde Act provisions. Further political-level U.S.-Dutch contacts may be needed, but the Dutch are not ready. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) On August 12, poloff delivered ref B point [...]	2008-08-14 08:46:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC AORC NL
08THEHAGUE73	NETHERLANDS/EU: SERBIA, KOSOVO VIEWS UNCHANGED [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 23, 2008, Dutch MFA Deputy EU Correspondent Rochus Pronk briefed EU diplomats and allies ahead of the January 28 GAERC. Pronk emphasized that the Netherlands' position on Serbia -- opposing a Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) absent Serbian cooperation in f [...]	2008-01-25 13:47:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU NL KV SR
08THEHAGUE743	NETHERLANDS/KOSOVO: UNDECIDED ON UNGA RESOLUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch MFA staff are undecided on Serbia's proposal for an UNGA resolution to ask the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for an advisory opinion on Kosovo's independence. They are leaning toward opposing the resolution, or more likely abstaining, and they will submit the issue t [...]	2008-09-09 13:39:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA NL
08THEHAGUE748	NETHERLANDS/GEORGIA: EU DEMARCHE TO NICARAGUA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch expect the EU demarche to Latin American governments to express opposition to recognizing Abkhazia and South Ossetia, and the Dutch are considering withholding aid to Nicaragua based on that country's Georgia policy and restrictions on domestic political parties. 2. ( [...]	2008-09-11 15:27:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS EAID NL GG
08THEHAGUE755	CWC: WRAP-UP FOR AUGUST 25 TO SEPTEMBER 5, 2008 [...] (SBU) August ended along with the dry spell of formal meetings at the OPCW. Delrep met with Technical Secretariat (TS) officials to discuss the final inspection of the U.S. Chemical Weapons Storage Facility at Newport, Indiana on August 26 and 27. The Western European and Others Group (WEOG) [...]	2008-09-15 10:32:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE757	NETHERLANDS/UNGA: DUTCH HUMAN RIGHTS PRIORITIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch generally support USG priorities for human rights initiatives at the 2008 UNGA. Dutch priorities include resolutions on religious intolerance and violence against women, and an initiative on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) In a Sept [...]	2008-09-15 13:14:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN PHUM NL
08THEHAGUE789	NETHERLANDS/GEORGIA: STEP ONE, DEPLOY OBSERVERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch want to keep the deployment of observers to Georgia on track. S/WCI Ambassador Williamson urged the Dutch to press within the EU for access to affected areas and an open investigation into war crimes, but the Dutch responded cautiously. Post assesses that the Dutch are [...]	2008-09-23 09:57:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV NL GG EU
08THEHAGUE790	NETHERLANDS: S/WCI AMB. WILLIAMSON DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: S/WCI Ambassador Williamson explained U.S. priorities on Serbia, Kosovo, Belarus, and international tribunals during a September 16 meeting at the Dutch MFA. (Recent Georgia discussions, including those with Ambassador Williamson, reported reftel A.) The Dutch will firmly resist [...]	2008-09-23 11:12:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA NL
08THEHAGUE793	NETHERLANDS/NATO/RUSSIA: KEEP COMMUNICATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-24 07:35:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL GG RU NL
08THEHAGUE803	NETHERLANDS/IAEA: PREPARATIONS FOR MESA SEAT VOTE [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-25 13:10:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP IAEA SY IR AF NL
08THEHAGUE810	NETHERLANDS/BOLIVIA: DUTCH EXPRESS CONCERN TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch DG for Political Affairs De Gooijer told visiting Bolivian Vice Minister for Foreign Relations Fernandez on September 12 that the Netherlands feels "uncomfortable about the declaration of persona non grata of Ambassador Goldberg." Fernandez responded that the U.S. is interv [...]	2008-09-26 14:04:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL ASEC PINR NL BL
08THEHAGUE827	NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: NOT ENTHUSIASTIC ON CURRENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-02 13:21:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	AF MARR MOPS NATO PREL NL
08THEHAGUE828	NETHERLANDS/KOSOVO: UNLIKELY TO CONTRIBUTE TO DEBT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-02 13:32:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN EINV PREL NL
08THEHAGUE829	NETHERLANDS/GEORGIA: DUTCH ASSISTANCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-02 13:33:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL GG NL
08THEHAGUE834	SUBJECT: AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE WILLIAMSON WARNS [...] (SBU) On September 16, 2008, Ambassador-at-large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met separately with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) President Fausto Pocar, Prosecutor Serge Brammertz, and Registrar Hans Holthuis. The meetings were successful, with [...]	2008-10-03 19:07:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR PGOV SR
08THEHAGUE851	NETHERLANDS/GEORGIA: GAERC UNLIKELY TO ACT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch expect no decisive action on Georgia/Russia at the upcoming GAERC October 13-14. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) On October 3, Poloff delivered Department's GAERC non-paper to Hugo Klijn, MFA Chief of the Eastern Europe and Central Asia Division. Klijn responded October 7 that [...]	2008-10-08 16:10:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU GG NL
08THEHAGUE868	NETHERLANDS/VENEZUELA: RESTRICTIONS ON ARMS EXPORTS [...] (SBU) The Dutch are looking "very critically" at new requests for arms from Venezuela. 2. (C) On October 15, MFA Western Hemisphere Affairs Director Stokvis, Venezuela Desk Officer Engelberts, and Security Affairs policy officer Wolters briefed poloff on current Dutch policy toward arms shi [...]	2008-10-16 16:06:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PHUM ETTC NL VE
08THEHAGUE885	NETHERLANDS: GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY SPLIT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although clear, objective data has yet to be published, the Dutch government and industry remain divided over the new aviation "green" tax's impact on Dutch airports and passenger numbers. The tax will likely have only limited commercial implications for U.S. passengers and carrie [...]	2008-10-21 10:30:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON ETRD SENV EUN NL
08THEHAGUE896	CWC: DISCUSSION WITH LIBYA ON DESTRUCTION AND [...] (U) On October 16, Delreps met with Dr. Hesnawy (from the Libyan National Authority) and Mr. Gheton (Libyan Representative to the OPCW) to discuss the status of and issues related to proliferation sensitive equipment, progress on the Rabta CW Destruction Facility progress on the Rabta CW Pro [...]	2008-10-24 14:01:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE903	NETHERLANDS/BOSNIA: CONSIDERING NEXT STEPS [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-29 10:04:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BK NL
08THEHAGUE904	NETHERLANDS/UN: DUTCH VIEWS ON REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch want to see the UNSC reformed, even if only for a limited trial period. More generally, they believe UN reforms are progressing but are concerned greater pay flexibility may be needed to boost staffing for UNAMA (the Afghanistan aid mission). On the budget, the Dutch s [...]	2008-10-29 11:23:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN NL
08THEHAGUE920	NETHERLANDS/GUANTANAMO: UNLIKELY TO ACCEPT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch are not likely to accept a Guantanamo detainee without an overall solution to close the prison, but they are considering ways to assist the United States when that time comes. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Asked about accepting reftel A detainee, Peter Potman, MFA Deputy Direc [...]	2008-10-31 16:16:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS PTER PHUM KAWK KISL KPAO NL
08THEHAGUE926	NETHERLANDS/UNGA: ABSTAIN ON DE-ALERTING, OPPOSE [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-04 07:36:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MNUC UNGA NL
08THEHAGUE927	NETHERLANDS/SYRIA: "REAL CHANGE" BEFORE EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch state they want "real change" in Syria's behavior before expanding relations. At the same time, the Dutch have exchanged high-level visits with Syria, including an October 22 meeting between FM Verhagen and D/PM Dardari. The Dutch requested more information on the repo [...]	2008-11-04 15:31:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR SY EU NL
08THEHAGUE928	CWC: WRAP UP FOR OCTOBER 20-31, 2008 [...] (U) Following the busy schedule leading up to and during the Executive Council's Fifty-fourth Session (EC-54),life at the OPCW geared down to a slower pace. In addition to weekly meetings of the Western European and Others Group (WEOG),only one consultation -- on Article VII -- was held dur [...]	2008-11-04 16:09:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE929	NETHERLANDS/NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS GROUP (NSG): DUTCH [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-05 11:53:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA NL
08THEHAGUE936	NETHERLANDS: INITIAL REACTION TO THE PRESIDENT'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post's key Dutch government contacts on energy informally tell us they agree on the importance of all the points raised in President Bush's letter to Prime Minister Balkenende: securing Caspian gas supply to Europe via non-Russian controlled routes; enforcing and strengthening EU [...]	2008-11-07 15:31:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL NL
08THEHAGUE94	NETHERLANDS: STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: The GONL and the Government of the Netherlands Antilles have concluded a draft long-term status of forces agreement (SOFA) based closely on the 1954 U.S.-Netherlands agreement relating to the stationing of U.S. armed forces in the Netherlands. According to Dutch MFA Legal Counsel [...]	2008-02-01 10:45:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR MOPS XL NT VE NL
08THEHAGUE953	NETHERLANDS/BOLIVIA: UNCERTAIN IF BOLIVIA TAKES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch note that it's "difficult to assess" whether Bolivia takes combating drugs seriously. The Dutch provide significant assistance to Bolivia and are concerned about the domestic political situation. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) On November 13, embassy shared reftel A points wit [...]	2008-11-14 15:14:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL SNAR EAID NL BL
08THEHAGUE957	NETHERLANDS/EU: DUTCH PRESS RUSSIA ON GEORGIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 30, Dutch FM Verhagen urged Russian FM Lavrov to comply with the 6-point ceasefire plan for Russia and Georgia. Verhagen and Lavrov disagreed on Iran, with Lavrov suggesting Iran is being unfairly pressured. Lavrov urged support for the Medvedev plan for European secu [...]	2008-11-17 16:06:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EU NL GG RS IR
08THEHAGUE971	NETHERLANDS/RUSSIA: SUPPORT GEORGIA, ENGAGE RUSSIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch MFA staff believe Russia/Georgia multilateral negotiations will be long and tedious. They do not see Russian aggression against Georgia as "first in a pattern," but more of a one-of-a-kind occurrence. They believe we need to engage Russia, but Russia doesn't "share our va [...]	2008-11-20 14:08:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EU GG NL PREL RS
08THEHAGUE972	CWC: WRAP UP FOR NOVEMBER 3-12, 2008 [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: Please see para 26. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) The pace of meetings began to speed up in anticipation of the Conference of the States Parties (CSP-13). The Western European and Others Group (WEOG) held regular weekly meetings on November 4 and November 12. In [...]	2008-11-20 15:07:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE974	NETHERLANDS/NICARAGUA: EU DIVIDED ON NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel points with Dutch MFA Deputy Chief for Central American Affairs Laetitia van Asch Pieters. She reported the EU agrees the Nicaraguan elections were flawed, as noted in the EU presidency statement of November 12, but the EU representatives in Managua are divided on [...]	2008-11-21 08:51:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL
08THEHAGUE978	CWC: MEETING OF THE G8/GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP MEMBERS [...] (U) On November 18, the Japanese delegation to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) hosted a meeting for delegates from G8/Global Partnership states to discuss mutual efforts of the OPCW and the G8/Global Partnership in advance of the December meeting in Tokyo. -- [...]	2008-11-21 16:13:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE983	NETHERLANDS/UNGA: LIKELY ABSTENTION ON ANTI-ISRAEL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Dutch will likely follow the EU position and abstain on the anti-Israel resolutions at the UN General Assembly. The Dutch noted their strong relations with Israel, and urged active U.S. engagement on the Middle East Peace Process. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On November 21, po [...]	2008-11-25 15:26:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA EU IS NL
08THEHAGUE984	CWC: SCENESETTER FOR THE CONFERENCE OF THE STATES [...] (U) Meetings continued apace in anticipation of the Conference of the States Parties (CSP),without any significant progress on the budget or other CSP issues. The budget consultations remain in the same deadlock reached at the Executive Council (EC) in October, with the key difference remain [...]	2008-11-26 09:16:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE988	NETHERLANDS/PAKISTAN: EXPECTING AID DECISION SOON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch expect to offer 112 million euros in Pakistan development aid over the next three years, in support of education, environment and governance initiatives. Funding is limited primarily by Dutch capacity to oversee the aid programs. The Dutch will work quickly to determine [...]	2008-11-28 10:08:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ECON EFIN NL PK
08THEHAGUE998	RC-SOUTH BILATERALS, NOVEMBER 13, THE HAGUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The day prior to the Regional-Command South (RC-South) Senior Officials Meeting in The Hague on November 14, 2008, DAS Patrick Moon had bilateral meetings with delegations from Australia, Estonia, Romania, United Kingdom, Denmark, and The Netherlands. Because of logistical issues [...]	2008-12-02 13:58:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAIR MOPS AF AS CA DA EN NL RO UK
08TIJUANA1253	EAC AMCONSULATE TIJUANA - REPORTED THREAT OF PLANNED SNIPER [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-24 23:59:00	Consulate Tijuana	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS CASC SNAR MX
08TIRANA111	ALBANIA SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON BERLIN MECHANISM [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-13 09:19:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV OSCE AL
08TIRANA112	PM BERISHA ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) Ambassador engaged Prime Minister Berisha on February 12 on Albanian (and Kosovar) plans for an expected declaration of independence, including timing of recognition, possible GOA visits, and plans for celebrations. Berisha promised continued coordination with the U.S., has already urge [...]	2008-02-13 15:17:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KV AL
08TIRANA117	"LOVE IS IN THE AIR:" PM BERISHA PROMISES [...] (C) Prime Minister Berisha provided Ambassador with a very positive account of prospects for electoral and judicial reform, including the assertion that he believed opposition leader Edi Rama was dealing with him fairly and without subterfuge. In a separate meeting the same day, Rama provid [...]	2008-02-15 15:39:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO AL
08TIRANA174	ELECTORAL REFORMS FOR NATO LEAD TO A "THIRD POLE" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Albanian political spectrum changed abruptly when Socialist Movement for Integration (LSI) Chairman Ilir Meta declared that his party would no longer participate in the left-wing coalition. Rather, Meta registered a new, competing coalition, to which he hopes to attract [...]	2008-03-07 13:32:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO AL
08TIRANA177	CONSTITUTIONAL COURT TO DECLARE DISMISSAL OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a decision that is yet to be announced, the Albanian Constitutional Court has ruled in favor of former Prosecutor General (PG) Theodor Sollaku, finding the Parliamentary Commission that headed the dismissal procedure against Sollaku violated the constitutional principle of s [...]	2008-03-07 16:52:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AL
08TIRANA184	ALBANIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER ON OIC AND KOSOVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Albanian Foreign Minister Lulzim Basha expressed frustration with the Organization of the Islamic Conference, not only its slowness to recognize Kosovo's independence, but efforts by "heavyweight" members to marginalize Albania's participation in the organization. He suggested [...]	2008-03-10 15:55:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL KV AL
08TIRANA185	ALBANIA OFFERS NEW ISAF CONTRIBUTIONS [...] (C) Minister of Defense Mediu and President Topi have informally suggested Albania might contribute to an Operational Mentoring and Liaison Team (OMLT). Albania will have almost 500 troops deployed on various missions when it sends a second company to Iraq later this year. On a per capita ba [...]	2008-03-10 16:16:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AL
08TIRANA199	DEFENSE MINISTER MEDIU RESIGNS OVER WEEKEND [...] (C) In a one-on-one meeting March 17, Albanian Defense Minister Fatmir Mediu told the Ambassador that he would resign later that afternoon. The proximate cause of his departure, he maintained, was "moral responsibility" for the March 15 explosions at a military weapons depot that to date ha [...]	2008-03-17 14:23:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NATO PREL AL
08TIRANA202	ALBANIA'S GOVERNMENT OCCUPIED WITH DAMAGE CONTROL [...] (SBU) Shortly after Minister of Defense Fatmir Mediu resigned on March 17 (Refs A and B),Prime Minister Sali Berisha held a press conference at which reporters pressed him to comment on the ties between Mediu and an American company, Southern Ammunition Company, Inc. (SACI). Reporters displa [...]	2008-03-19 11:21:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MASS SENV NATO AL
08TIRANA211	ALBANIA'S DECAYING MUNITIONS - SO MUCH TO DO, SO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The March 15 fireball over Gerdec shown on international news programs reminded the world of Albania's enormous overhang of dangerous, decaying weapons. Over 100,000 tons of munitions, from small caliber to 160 mm artillery shells, are disintegrating in 44 poorly maintained and [...]	2008-03-20 13:50:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PARM PREL NATO AL
08TIRANA213	AMBASSADOR WARNS OPPOSITION LEADER AGAINST LOSING [...] (C) In a one-on-one meeting with the Ambassador on March 20, Socialist Party (SP) Chair and Tirana Mayor Edi Rama declared flatly that "Prime Minister Berisha must go." In a lengthy monologue, Rama referred to Berisha's incompetence, corruption in his administration, Berisha's son's alleged [...]	2008-03-20 17:51:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NATO AL
08TIRANA222	DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER OKETA TO BE NEXT DEFENSE [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-21 17:06:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR NATO AL
08TIRANA223	ALBANIA: IN WAKE OF EXPLOSION, PRESIDENT TOPI [...] (C) Ambassador met President Topi on March 21 to deliver the President's condolence letter (Ref A). Topi was touched by the letter and noted in particular the last paragraph emphasizing Albania's good record on ridding itself of excess munitions and the importance of pressing forward with [...]	2008-03-21 17:53:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO AL
08TIRANA27	ALBANIA PERPLEXED BY MACEDONIA'S PROPOSED VISA [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Albanian press reports, starting on March 1 Macedonia will require most Albanian citizens to get visas from the Macedonian Embassy in Tirana instead of, as is currently possible, at the border crossing. Macedonia, an EU candidate country, claims the move is the re [...]	2008-01-11 17:44:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO AL
08TIRANA328	GERDEC AFTERMATH - GOA INDECISIVE [...] (C) In response to the March 15 Gerdec tragedy, the international community has mobilized efforts to provide humanitarian relief and unexploded ordnance (UXO) clearance and stepped up plans to rid Albania of over 100,000 tons of decaying munitions before another catastrophe happens. The GOA ha [...]	2008-04-23 13:38:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PARM PREL NATO AL
08TIRANA332	MINISTER OF DEFENSE WANTS TO GIVE UP MANPADS [...] (C) CDA, DATT, ODC Chief and Polmil Off on April 23 met with Minister of Defense Oketa to clarify the status of MANPADS destruction, requested by Oketa in a March 21 letter to Ambassador Withers (ref A). Contacts with the Minister and CHOD since that request indicated that Oketa might be reco [...]	2008-04-24 12:12:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PARM PREL NATO AL
08TIRANA388	SCENESETTER FOR GAZMOND OKETA, ALBANIA'S DEFENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Defense Gazmond Oketa visits Washington May 21-23 for his first official visit as Defense Minister. Oketa is eager to fulfill all military requirements necessary for his country to enter NATO next year, and he would be receptive to any suggestions of what should be [...]	2008-05-19 13:04:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR NATO AL
08TIRANA406	ALBANIA: BUILDING A HAZWASTE FACILITY SHOULD BE A [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Paragraph 10. 2. (C) Leaking containers of hazardous waste left behind by U.S. contractors after a successful chemical agent elimination program have again sparked MOD,s interest for help in building a hazardous waste storage facility. According to [...]	2008-05-30 12:07:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV CWC PARM MASS AL
08TIRANA433	BERISHA DISCUSSES CONCERNS OVER MACEDONIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Albanian Prime Minister Berisha believes political instability in Macedonia will continue for the foreseeable future. However, he sees no deeper crisis on the horizon and believes the Macedonian leadership can eventually put the genie of ethnic nationalism back into its bottle. [...]	2008-06-10 16:46:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AL
08TIRANA469	GOA REACTION TO 2008 TIP REPORT [...] (C) Ambassador Withers demarched Foreign Minister Basha on the 2008 Trafficking in Persons Report findings (Ref A) and DCM and Poloff delivered the same to Minister of Interior Nishani, Deputy Minister Zajmi, and Director of Police Prenci on June 3. Foreign Minister Basha was the first to rec [...]	2008-06-20 13:50:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG AL
08TIRANA470	FORMER CHOD TELLS HIS STORY: GERDEC CLAIMS ANOTHER [...] (C) The tenacity and fervor of recent political events, from the passage of controversial constitutional changes in mid-April to the June 16 voting down of five Supreme Court Justice nominees, makes little sense on the surface without an underlying motive. Rumors swirl around the capital as t [...]	2008-06-20 15:38:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AL
08TIRANA502	ALBANIA PRESSES FOR KOSOVO RECOGNITION AT ISLAMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOA unsuccessfully lobbied the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) to recognize Kosovo's independence at the group's June 16 to 18 meeting of foreign ministers in Kampala. The GOA believes that several OIC countries are likely to recognize Kosovo over the next sev [...]	2008-07-08 05:40:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PNAT KISL KV AL
08TIRANA56	ALBANIA: ASSESSMENT OF NATO READINESS [...] (U) The following headings track those in Ref A: All Intel Topics ---------------- 2. (SBU) Please see Ref B for an overview of Albania's intelligence services. 3. (C) Successive democratic Albanian governments, both Democratic Party (DP) and Socialist Party (SP) led, have worked to [...]	2008-01-22 15:07:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL PINR AL
08TIRANA58	ALBANIA WILL CONTINUE TO HELP KEEP PEACE IN KOSOVO [...] (C) As instructed reftel, Ambassador Withers on January 22 urged Albania's continued constructive and stabilizing role in the region with respect to the question of Kosovo's independence in separate meetings with Prime Minister Berisha and Foreign Minister Basha. He added that we are now ente [...]	2008-01-23 13:47:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AL
08TIRANA611	ALBANIA AGREES TO DISCUSS RESETTLEMENT OF GITMO [...] (C) Summary: On 17 June 2008, Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Clint Williamson met with Albanian government officials to encourage them to talk about their experiences in accepting detainees from the U.S. military base at Guantanamo. The GOA was very open to discussing their experience wi [...]	2008-08-08 07:37:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC PGOV PHUM PREF PREL CH AL
08TIRANA675	PM BERISHA'S DEMOCRATIC BACKSLIDING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the Bucharest Summit in April, Prime Minister Berisha has embarkedon eries of attempts to consolidate his powerat the expense of key independent institutions, ncluding efforts to undermine and interfere in te work of the Prosecutor General, obstruct the onging investigatio [...]	2008-09-05 11:12:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KJUS PHUM PINR AL
08TIRANA686	PM PLAYS NICE, PRESIDENT EXPRESSES CONCERN IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings on September 4 and 5, a conciliatory Prime Minister Berisha and a frustrated President Topi discussed NATO ratification and the draft media, intelligence agency and Prosecutor General laws with Ambassador Withers. In response to the Ambassador's concerns tha [...]	2008-09-11 05:53:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KJUS PHUM PINR ECPS AL
08TIRANA745	GREECE PRESSURING ALBANIA ON BORDER, CEMETERY [...] (C) Summary: The Greek government is pressuring the GOA to accept its demands in bilateral negotiations to demarcate the two countries' maritime border. Athens is also threatening to refuse to ratify Albania's Stabilization and Association Agreement with the EU over a contentious issue inv [...]	2008-10-09 13:28:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GR AL
08TIRANA752	BERISHA LAUNCHES RENEWED ASSAULT ON PROSECUTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Beginning on October 10 and continuing over the weekend, Prime Minister Berisha and the Ministry of Justice began a new campaign to intimidate and obstruct the work of the Office of the Prosecutor General. Alleging that the PG's Office had broken the law while trying last week to [...]	2008-10-14 15:15:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PHUM KCOR KCRM PREL AL
08TIRANA757	ALBANIAN BANKS SEE HIGHER WITHDRAWALS [...] (C) Albania seems to be weathering the global credit crunch better than many Western countries but there are signs of potential problems. Recently, the Ministry of Finance postponed a Eurobond offering, originally scheduled for late spring, due to turbulence in the credit markets and the poss [...]	2008-10-16 11:08:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV AL
08TIRANA770	SCENESETTER FOR EUR DAS STUART JONES' VISIT TO [...] (U) Embassy Tirana warmly welcomes your visit to Tirana, a city you will find unrecognizable since your last visit to Albania 14 years ago. 2. (C) Your visit comes at a time of growing uncertainty for the Albanian public and especially for Albania's political class. Although the past yea [...]	2008-10-24 09:30:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS ECON MARR AL
08TIRANA774	G-99 MOVEMENT LOOKS TO 2009 ELECTIONS FOR CHANGE [...] (C) Summary: In an October 22 meeting with Ambassador, Erion Veliaj, leader of the G-99 political movement, said the June 2009 elections are a "golden opportunity" for Albania to showcase its democratic progress. Veliaj said his movement, which aims at younger, more urban voters, has strong s [...]	2008-10-24 14:27:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AL
08TIRANA796	EUR DAS JONES' MEETING WITH PRESIDENT TOPI [...] (C) Summary: On October 30, President Bamir Topi told DAS Jones that Albania is moving forward with governmental reforms, although at times the debate is "harsh." He specifically cited Ambassador Withers, public statements as playing a helpful role in promoting independent institutions, thank [...]	2008-11-05 13:33:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM AL
08TIRANA797	DAS JONES MEETING WITH PM BERISHA [...] (C) Summary: In an October 29 meeting with DAS Jones, a tired and unhealthy-looking PM Sali Berisha offered both effusive praise for the U.S., as well as a rambling but spirited denial that he or the GOA were trying to undermine independent institutions, especially the judiciary. Berisha outl [...]	2008-11-05 13:34:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM AL
08TIRANA811	ALBANIA: HEAD IN THE SAND? [...] (C) Prime Minister Berisha appears so obsessed with winning the 2009 election that he seems totally oblivious to the possible economic problems facing Albania. Although the IMF and other international financial institutions (IFI) have forecast a relatively smooth passage through the global fi [...]	2008-11-13 16:47:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON AL
08TIRANA812	ALBANIA'S SMALL PARTIES STAGE HUNGER STRIKE [...] (U) On November 10, Ilir Meta, head of small opposition party LSI, gathered ten other small party leaders and disgruntled members of the DP and SP to protest the proposed electoral code by staging a hunger strike in the Parliament's plenary meeting room. They are protesting provisions in the [...]	2008-11-13 17:10:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AL
08TIRANA814	ALBANIA: CORRUPTION CONTINUES IN STAFFING AAF [...] (C) Summary. The Albanian Ministry of Defense was disappointed to learn that its mission to Iraq will terminate at the end of December since Albania was not included in the list of Coalition countries the GOI will ask to stay. One reason may be the continuing practice of demanding bribes when [...]	2008-11-14 15:23:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV MOPS AL
08TIRANA823	HUNGER STRIKE ENDS, ELECTORAL CODE PASSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After an nine-day hunger strike on the floor of Parliament, eleven disheveled and defiant MPs left the chamber on the evening of November 18, shortly before the remaining MPs overwhelmingly voted in favor of the new electoral code by the lopsided score of 113-1. The ringleader [...]	2008-11-19 14:14:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AL
08TIRANA825	GOA STRUGGLING TO CONTROL SOUTHERN BORDER [...] (C) Summary: On a November 14 visit to Gjirokaster and the Kakavije border point, GOA officials, while generally positive, bemoaned a lack of resources to effectively patrol the border for traffickers of humans, arms, narcotics and contraband. Working level cooperation with the Greek police s [...]	2008-11-20 11:45:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	SMIG PREL KWMN KTIP PHUM SNAR PGOV AL GR
08TIRANA826	HUNGER STRIKE ENDS, ELECTORAL CODE PASSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After an nine-day hunger strike on the floor of Parliament, eleven disheveled and defiant MPs left the chamber on the evening of November 18, shortly before the remaining MPs overwhelmingly voted in favor of te new electoral code by the lopsided score of 1131. The ringleader o [...]	2008-11-20 11:45:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AL
08TIRANA827	DEMOCRATIC PARTY LOOKING (CAUTIOUSLY) TOWARDS LIFE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Seven months before the 2009 parliamentary elections, Prime Minister Sali Berisha maintains a tight grip on his Democratic Party (DP). With nearly complete control over who gets on the party lists for the upcoming elections and no credible rivals within the party, Berisha is like [...]	2008-11-20 15:23:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AL
08TIRANA858	GOA LAMBASTES "POLITICALLY MOTIVATED" INDICTMENT [...] SUMMARY: (C) In recent days the GOA has intensified pressure on the Prosecutor General's (PG) office with two statements, one from the PM and a longer one from the MFA, which harshly criticized both the opposition and the PG for the "politically" motivated indictment of FM Lulzim Basha on Nov [...]	2008-12-03 16:16:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PHUM PREL KCOR KJUS AL
08TIRANA873	FM BASHA BATTLING PROSECUTORS, POLITICAL RIVALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: After a long and contentious investigation, prosecutors have forwarded the indictment of Foreign Minister Lulzim Basha to the Supreme Court, which will rule on Basha's guilt or innocence (ref a). To make matters worse for Basha, newspapers today printed lengthy excerpts from the [...]	2008-12-12 07:45:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AL
08TIRANA875	ALBANIAN FOREIGN POLICY IN ASIA, AFRICA AND LATIN [...] (C) Summary: In a December 9 meeting with Nuri Domi, the Director of the Department for Asia, Africa, and Latin America, Domi told Poloff that the Chinese continually pester the GOA to not accept any more Uighurs from Guantanamo Bay, and said that the GOA will formally open an Embassy in India [...]	2008-12-12 08:07:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AL
08TIRANA878	RFG: ADDRESSING ALBANIAN DEFMIN CONCERNS OVER [...] (U) This is an action request. See Paragraph 9. 2. (C) Summary: During Defense Minister Oketa's Dec 5 visit to Washington, he expressed concern at the lack of progress at the demilitarization site of Polican and laid part of the blame on the US contractor. This concern was based on Oketa' [...]	2008-12-12 13:45:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS PARM AL
08TIRANA883	DRAFT LUSTRATION LAW - A POTENTIAL DISASTER FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After nearly 8 hours of debate in Parliament, including an opposition walkout and hour-long speech by the Prime Minister, the Speaker of Parliament used a procedural motion to postpone a vote on the draft Lustration Law until next week, claiming that pending amendments made a d [...]	2008-12-16 13:24:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS KDEM PGOV PREL AL
08TIRANA892	ALBANIA'S INSURANCE PRIVATIZATION: DIRTY MONEY? [...] (C) Dallas-based American Reserve Life Insurance Company (ARL) on December 9 was awarded the tender for the GOA's 61 percent of Albanian insurance company INSIG for 25 million euro. The remaining 39 percent is owned by EBRD and IFC. The Ministry of Finance organized the tender, which to many [...]	2008-12-19 15:25:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON KCRM PREL AL
08TIRANA895	RE: THE WAY AHEAD ON ALBANIANS MUNITIONS [...] Summary. On December 16, Ambassador delivered talking points in reftel a to Minister of Defense Gazmend Oketa. In response, Oketa noted that he has agreed to provide a letter to either Secretary Rice or Assistant Secretary Kimmit reporting progress in Albania's demil efforts. Oketa reported [...]	2008-12-22 06:25:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PGOV PREL NATO AL
08TIRANA899	LUSTRATION LAW PASSES, BUT WHAT NEXT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 22 Parliament passed the controversial Lustration Law by a vote of 74-2, with one abstention. Sixty four opposition MPs boycotted the session. The Lustration Law now moves to the President, who has 20 days to either sign the bill into law, send it back to Parliament [...]	2008-12-23 14:48:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS KDEM PREL PGOV AL
08TOKYO100	AFRICANS WELCOME JAPAN'S RESPONSIVENESS IN TICAD [...] (SBU) Summary. The Fourth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD IV) taking place May 28 - 30 in Yokohama will focus on four main topics: economic growth and investment; human security; environment and climate and; consolidation of peace. The GOJ has invited all African [...]	2008-01-11 07:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON JA PREL AF
08TOKYO1002	MOSCOW LINKS EUROPEAN AND ASIAN SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. Moscow officials expressed renewed concerns about Tokyo's missile defense cooperation with the United States during the April 7 Japan-Russia Strategic Dialogue meeting held in Tokyo. First Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Denisov drew links between the security environments in Eur [...]	2008-04-11 06:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PARM JA RS

08TOKYO1003	JAPAN EXTENDS DPRK SANCTIONS BY SIX MONTHS [...] (C) The Japanese Government announced April 11 that it had decided to extend economic sanctions against the DPRK for an additional six months. In making the announcement, Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura said that "We can end part or all of the measures against the DPRK at any time i [...]	2008-04-11 06:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KN JA
08TOKYO1006	SENIOR RULING PARTY LEADERS ON DOMESTIC POLITICAL [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officers called recently on senior ruling LDP politicians Makoto Koga, Kaoru Yosano, and Hidenao Nakagawa in separate meetings to discuss the ongoing impasse in the Diet and possible near-term political scenarios. Although the three offered differing opinions on de [...]	2008-04-11 07:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR JA
08TOKYO1009	JAPAN'S ASSISTANCE TO PAKISTAN SHIFTING FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOJ's initial estimates indicate Japanese grant aid and technical assistance to Pakistan in FY 2007 declined from the 2006 total of JPY 7.7 billion ($75.7 million) in funding, according to an official in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA). Yen loan assistance, however, [...]	2008-04-11 08:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID PK JA
08TOKYO1027	METI EXPLAINS STANCE ON J-POWER CASE [...] (C) Summary: Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has determined the proposed additional investment by UK-based Children's Investment Master Fund (TCI) in electricity wholesaler Electric Power Development Company (known as J-Power) constitutes a potential threat to Japan's p [...]	2008-04-15 07:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG PGOV OECD JA
08TOKYO1029	ROK FM YU TOKYO VISIT CONFIRMS SHUTTLE DIPLOMACY, [...] (C) Summary. Japan and South Korea confirmed plans to resume "Shuttle Diplomacy" and pledged to make a "New Era" in Tokyo-Seoul relations a reality during ROK Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan's April 3-6 visit to Tokyo. During detailed discussions on North Korea, the two sides called on the DPRK [...]	2008-04-15 08:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD JA KS KN
08TOKYO104	JAPAN'S VIEWS ON RESOLVING KOSOVO'S STATUS IN [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo's Political Minister Counselor delivered the message regarding resolving Kosovo's status in early 2008 (reftel) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs European Affairs Bureau Deputy Director General Etsuro Honda on January 9. Japan shares the hope for a successful and peaceful outco [...]	2008-01-11 08:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNMIK PGOV EU JA
08TOKYO1045	JAPANESE ON IRAN TRAVEL BAN AND VIGILANCE [...] (C) The names of all 40 individuals listed in UNSCRs 1737, 1747, and 1803 have been placed into an automated database accessible to Japanese immigration, customs, and visa officers, according to MOFA Second Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Motosada Matano. Were any of these peop [...]	2008-04-16 09:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC KNNP UNSC IR JA
08TOKYO1046	FORMER TOYOTA CHAIRMAN TO PLAY LARGER ROLE ON [...] (C) The Prime Minister's Council on Global Warming Issues, headed by former Toyota Chairman Hiroshi Okuda, will play a crucial role in determining which climate change measures the GOJ adopts, MOFA Global Issues Director General Koji Tsuruoka told EMIN April 14. The Council set up a subcommi [...]	2008-04-16 09:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV KGHG ENRG JA
08TOKYO105	ROK ENVOY VISIT POINTS TO IMPROVING JAPAN-ROK [...] (C) Summary. ROK President-elect Lee's special envoy Lee Sang-deuk's January 15-18 visit to Tokyo should contribute to creation of "better bilateral relations" between the two countries, contacts tell Embassy Tokyo. Lee's message will likely contain "meaningful differences" from that of outgoi [...]	2008-01-11 09:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA KN
08TOKYO1051	DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF JAPAN GROUPS AND THEIR [...] (C) The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ),Japan's largest opposition party and controller of the Diet's Upper House, until recently had only one party grouping that was considered effective and influential: DPJ head Ichiro Ozawa's inner circle. Over the past several months, however, other DPJ [...]	2008-04-17 04:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL JA
08TOKYO106	SCENESETTER FOR PACOM COMMANDER KEATING'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Your visit to Japan occurs in the immediate aftermath of Diet passage of legislation allowing the Japan Maritime Self Defense Forces (JMSDF) to resume refueling operations in the Indian Ocean in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's unprecedented decis [...]	2008-01-11 09:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR JA
08TOKYO107	FUKUDA FORCES PASSAGE OF NEW TERROR LAW; OEF [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda carried through on his promise to the international community on January 11, forcing passage of new anti-terror legislation through the Diet over the objections of the opposition-controlled Upper House. Passage of the new law will enable Japan to resum [...]	2008-01-14 22:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PREL JA
08TOKYO1073	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON REQUEST FOR NON-UN SECURITY [...] (C) ESToff delivered points in ref to MOFA Nonproliferation, Science and Nuclear Energy Division Principal Deputy Director Kaoru Magosaki April 17. Magosaki said the GOJ supports the U.S. position to strengthen the mandate of the 1540 Committee. However, before MOFA approaches countries suc [...]	2008-04-18 08:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP JA
08TOKYO1074	RUSSIAN FM LAVROV SAYS AIM AND INTENT OF JAPAN [...] (C) Summary. The aim and intent of Japan's ballistic missile defense system are "obvious" and "understandable," Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told visiting Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Koumura on April 14. The Russian FM "indirectly admitted" that a Russian strategic bomber in [...]	2008-04-18 09:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PARM ENRG JA RS
08TOKYO1075	PRC EMBASSY ON HU MAY VISIT TO JAPAN, TIBET, AND [...] (C) Summary: Despite failure to make progress on the East China Sea energy dispute during Vice Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka's April 14-15 visit to Beijing, Beijing and Tokyo are working hard to reach a compromise before President Hu Jintao's visit to Japan on May 6, Chinese Embassy Politica [...]	2008-04-18 10:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV PHUM PREL BM CH JA
08TOKYO1076	PM FUKUDA FACES KEY HURDLES OVER NEXT TWO WEEKS [...] (C) Summary. The Prime Ministership of Yasuo Fukuda is coming under increasing pressure. While polls show that fewer than a quarter of the public think Fukuda should resign, Embassy Diet and media contacts are expressing increasing concern about the longevity of his administration. Among th [...]	2008-04-18 10:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN JA
08TOKYO1093	CRITICISM ON CHINA,S RESPONSE TO TIBET ESCALATING [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Koumura raised Tibet with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang on April 17, and senior ruling party and opposition politicians have stepped up public criticism on China's handling of the demonstrations in Tibet in the past several days. Increased concern about protests [...]	2008-04-21 07:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM CH JA
08TOKYO1095	JAPAN-RUSSIA POL-MIL DIALOGUE REVIEWS MISSILE [...] (C) Summary. Russia inquired about the status of United States-Japan ballistic missile cooperation, including whether Tokyo's ballistic missile defense (BMD) system could obtain data directly from the United States, during the April 11 Japan-Russia Political-Military Dialogue in Tokyo. Japan [...]	2008-04-21 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PARM JA RS
08TOKYO1111	KOMEITO SOLIDLY BEHIND FUKUDA, AGAINST EARLY [...] (C) Summary. Komeito Election Strategy Chief Yosuke Takagi emphasized his party's commitment to the ruling coalition with the LDP, in a recent meeting with the Embassy, and confirmed that Komeito will stand by Prime Minister Fukuda on use of a second vote in the Lower House to re-instate the [...]	2008-04-22 08:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO1133	NEW THINKING ON STEMMING JAPAN'S AID DECLINE? [...] (SBU) Summary: While Japanese legislators would like to stem the decline in Japan's overseas development assistance (ODA),attempting to do so using the GOJ's current revenue base is not prudent politically, according to a Japanese Upper House Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) member. Consequen [...]	2008-04-24 07:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL EFIN JA
08TOKYO1136	CONGRESSMAN ROHRABACHER'S MEETINGS IN TOKYO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ranking Member of the International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight Subcommittee of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and senior member on the House Committee on Science and Technology, Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, met with senior Japanese government members and [...]	2008-04-24 08:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG KNNP PGOV PINR PREL JA
08TOKYO1137	JAPANESE PARTICIPATION IN COMMISSION ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-24 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SENV AORC EAGR EUN EAID ECON ZI JA
08TOKYO1138	NO JOY IN ARRANGING HU VISIT TO JAPAN [...] (C) Summary: Chinese President Hu Jintao's May visit to Japan was intended to be a foreign policy success showcasing Japan's improved ties with China, but instead has become riddled with problems, including Tibet and the incident of contaminated Chinese dumplings imported to Japan, MOFA China [...]	2008-04-24 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL PGOV PHUM CH JA
08TOKYO1139	MARGINAL PROGRESS ON RESTARTING JAPAN-KOREA TRADE [...] (C) Summary: Despite a decision to engage in working-level discussions with Japan, Korea is hesitant to restart full negotiations on a trade agreement, according to an official of Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI). The Koreans hope to establish "industrial cooperation [...]	2008-04-24 08:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL PGOV JA KS OECD
08TOKYO1141	JAPAN ENACTS UNSCR ASSET FREEZE AGAINST IRANIAN [...] (C) Summary. Pursuant to UNSCR 1803, the Cabinet enacted and announced April 22 an asset freeze naming 12 Iranian entities and 13 individuals listed in Annex I and Annex III to the resolution. This move is likely to draw Iranian complaints, as the Japanese had until May 3 to provide to the [...]	2008-04-24 22:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PARM PTER IR PREL
08TOKYO1148	JAPAN: YAMAGUCHI BY-ELECTION CLOSE BUT LDP [...] (C) The April 27 by-election in Yamaguchi District 2 is shaping up to be a major test of the strengths of Japan,s two main parties. Taking place just three days before the ruling coalition's probable use of its supermajority to override opposition objections to the controversial gas tax, each [...]	2008-04-25 04:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO1150	LEE MYUNG-BAK VISIT A "GREAT SUCCESS" [...] (C) Foreign Ministry and ROK Embassy contacts hailed South Korean President Lee Myung-bak's April 20-21 Tokyo visit as a "great success," as both leaders sought to expand Japan-Korea relations into a "mature partnership" aimed at addressing international issues, and to open a "New Era" in Tokyo [...]	2008-04-25 06:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD JA KS KN
08TOKYO1193	CONSUMERS CALM AS FUKUDA REINSTATES THE GAS TAX [...] (C) Gas prices are going back up in Japan after the government re-instated the gasoline and other road-related taxes April 30, despite the predicted opposition from the Democratic Party of Japan. Attention now turns to a vote on May 12 or 13 to pass legislation governing earmarks on the rei [...]	2008-05-01 10:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV JA
08TOKYO1194	JAPANESE THOUGHTS ON PARIS SUPPORT CONFERENCE FOR [...] (C) Negotiations within MOFA and with the Ministry of Finance are currently underway to determine Japan's next steps with regard to pledging support for Afghanistan, according to MOFA Second Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Motosada Matano. He told Political Officer the Paris co [...]	2008-05-01 11:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EAID KDEM AF JA
08TOKYO1195	JAPANESE REPRESENTATION AT ICI MEETING [...] (C) Japanese Foreign Minister Koumura and most of his senior deputies will be tied up hosting the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD IV) on May 29 and will therefore not be able to attend the International Compact with Iraq (ICI) meeting in Stockholm that same day. A [...]	2008-05-01 11:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EAID EFIN IZ JA
08TOKYO1197	YAMAGUCHI ELECTION FAILS TO SHAKE FUKUDA'S RESOLVE [...] (C) Summary. The April 27 Lower House by-election to fill a vacant seat in the Yamaguchi 2 district, once widely touted as a bellwether for the future of the Fukuda administration, has failed to live up to its advance billing. With so much of the campaigning focused on national issues, such a [...]	2008-05-01 22:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN JA
08TOKYO1210	JAPAN SHARES BURMA CONSTITUTION CONCERNS [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-02 05:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BM JA
08TOKYO1219	CHINA TO ENDORSE SECTORAL APPROACH IN JOINT [...] (C) Japanese officials confirmed press reports that Japan and China continue to negotiate the text of a joint statement on climate change to be issued by Chinese President Hu Jintao and Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda during the former's visit to Tokyo on May 7. Several major news outlet [...]	2008-05-02 08:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG SENV KGHG CH JA
08TOKYO1220	JAPANESE RICE STOCKS AND FOOD AID [...] (U) Japan is sensitive to emerging world rice shortages and spiking prices and has announced plans to contribute $100 million in food aid over the next three months. So far, however, the GOJ has indicated it will not release minimum access stocks that it has imported under its Uruguay Round [...]	2008-05-02 09:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON JA
08TOKYO1221	FUKUDA-PUTIN SUMMIT AVOIDS DISCUSSION OF MISSILE [...] (C) Summary. Russian President Vladimir Putin and President-elect Dimitry Medvedev avoided raising Russian concerns about Japan's ballistic missile defense (BMD) system and United States-Japan BMD cooperation during Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's April 25-26 Moscow Summit. Japanese officials " [...]	2008-05-02 11:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PARM ENRG JA RU
08TOKYO124	JAPAN PLANS NO ADDITIONAL BURMA AID [...] (C) Summary: Japan has no current plans for development projects in Burma, according to a Foreign Ministry official. Press reports saying Japan will provide new grants of US$20 million for projects in the "east-west corridor" are misleading, the official stressed. Former Prime Minister Abe ha [...]	2008-01-16 06:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID JA PGOV PREL XC
08TOKYO1250	JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS KABUL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Koumura visited Kabul May 3, where he met separately with President Karzai, Foreign Minister Spanta, and U.N. Senior Representative Kai Eide. The purpose of the visit was to signal Japan's continued commitment to support the government of Afgha [...]	2008-05-08 08:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ECON AF JA
08TOKYO1258	JAPAN WOULD LIKE ITEMIZED BUDGET FOR APDP ELECTION [...] (U) This message contains an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered Ref A demarche May 7 to Asian and Oceanian Affairs Regional Policy Division Principal Deputy Director Keiichi Hara. Hara said Japan would need to see an itemized budget [...]	2008-05-09 05:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PHUM JA MG
08TOKYO1263	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH JAPANESE VFM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Yabunaka, at dinner with Deputy Secretary May 8, said Chinese President Hu's visit to Japan was focused on the future of the relationship and that the Chinese had avoided comments about difficult historical issues. Yabunaka expressed strong dissatis [...]	2008-05-09 08:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CASC EAID KDEM KOCI KNNP XA AF BM
08TOKYO1267	NO SURPRISES DURING HU JINTAO,S JAPAN VISIT [...] (C) Summary: There have been no surprises during the first three days of Chinese President Hu Jintao's May 6-10 visit to Japan. Hu's visit is being characterized in the press as successful, is viewed as in important step forward, and signals a new chapter in Japan-China ties. As reported sep [...]	2008-05-09 09:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL PGOV PHUM CH JA
08TOKYO1271	DEPUTY SECRETARY MEETS WITH JAPANESE DEFENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a May 9 meeting with the Deputy Secretary, Minister of Defense Shigeru Ishiba emphasized that Japan remains committed to cooperating with the United States on a wide range of issues, including aid to Afghanistan, China's military buildup, and the realignment of U.S. forces [...]	2008-05-10 01:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PINR PREL JA
08TOKYO1272	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S DINNER WITH JAPANESE DIET [...] (C) SUMMARY: Six Party Talks, the abductees problem, China, Afghanistan, and Iraq were the focus of discussions over dinner between Deputy Secretary Negroponte and a cross section of Japanese Diet members May 9 in Tokyo. Diet members underscored the political importance of addressing the ab [...]	2008-05-10 07:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA KN CH AF IZ MOPPS
08TOKYO1284	EEB DAS MANISHA SINGH'S APRIL 25 TOKYO MEETINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: April 25 meetings in Tokyo between officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) and EEB Deputy Assistant Secretary Manisha Singh reviewed progress on the current World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations, Japan' [...]	2008-05-12 08:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAGR PREL PGOV JA
08TOKYO1285	G8 INITIATIVE ON TERRORIST ABUSE OF CHARITIES [...] (C) EconOff contacted Ministry of Foreign Affairs Koichiro Matsumoto May 6, who noted the Government of Japan had already received the message contained in reftel through G-8 channels. PolOff and Deputy Financial Attache also conveyed demarche May 7 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs International [...]	2008-05-12 08:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN EFIN PREL PTER JA
08TOKYO1286	TERRORISM FINANCE: CO-SPONSORSHIP AND [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer and Deputy Financial Attache conveyed reftel demarche on May 8 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Counterterrorism Cooperation Division official Miyako Ishimura and Ministry of Finance Legal Office Deputy Division Chief Shunichi Fukushima. Both cou [...]	2008-05-12 08:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KTFN PTER PINR PREL KU JA
08TOKYO1287	ACTION REQUEST ON U.S. 60-DAY REPORT TO UN [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer and Deputy Financial Attach conveyed reftel demarche on May 8 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Second Middle East Principal Deputy Director Motosada Matano and Ministry of Finance Legal Office Deputy Division Chief Shunichi Fukushima. Matano thanked Political [...]	2008-05-12 08:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN KNNP AORC ETRD TRGY UNSC JA IR
08TOKYO1305	JAPAN WILL DECIDE ON IOM DG ELECTION EARLY JUNE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-13 07:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREF PREL SMIG JA
08TOKYO1306	JAPAN WILL RUN FOR HRC, EXPECTS U.S. SUPPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-13 07:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC JA
08TOKYO1307	JAPAN WILL CO-SPONSOR PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-13 08:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL JA
08TOKYO1317	FUKUDA OVERRIDES OPPOSITION AGAIN; CENSURE THREAT [...] (C) Summary. The Lower House has overruled the opposition-controlled Upper House for the third time in less than four months, passing a bill on May 13 to restore earmarks allocating certain road-related taxes to road construction for the next 10 years. However, Prime Minister Fukuda and his [...]	2008-05-14 05:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN JA
08TOKYO1336	METI NOTES CHINESE FLEXIBILITY IN HU VISIT RESULTS [...] (C) Summary: The various economic agreements concluded as part of Chinese President Hu Jintao's recent visit to Japan revealed substantially greater willingness on Beijing's part to meet Japan's requests than previous exchanges, according to an official of Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade [...]	2008-05-15 09:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV SENV PREL JA CH
08TOKYO1337	METI ORDERS TCI TO CANCEL J-POWER INVESTMENT PLANS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) May 13 ordered The Children's Investment Master Fund (TCI),a U.K. hedge fund, to halt plans to double its 9.9 percent stake in electricity wholesaler Electric Power Development Company (J-Power). METI DDG Sasaki visited the E [...]	2008-05-15 09:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG PGOV OECD JA
08TOKYO1344	CHINESE PRESIDENT HU'S JAPAN VISIT SIGNALS EFFORTS [...] (C) Summary: Both MOFA and the PRC Embassy in Tokyo told Embassy Tokyo Prime Minister Fukuda's summit meeting with President Hu Jintao was a success and important step forward in advancing bilateral ties. Both sides regarded the Fukuda-Hu summit, fourth joint communique, and joint press state [...]	2008-05-16 05:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL PGOV PHUM CH JA
08TOKYO1350	DEPUTY VICE MINISTER OBJECTS TO TIP REPORT RANKING [...] (C) Deputy Vice Minister Chikao Kawai called the Charge d'Affairs May 16 to sharply object to Japan's Tier 2 ranking in the 2008 TIP Report. Saying that Japanese officials had "learned from Washington" about the ranking, Kawai told the Charge that Japan is "very unhappy with this result." Ac [...]	2008-05-16 08:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN JA
08TOKYO1362	JAPAN LEANING TOWARD DEPLOYING TROOPS TO UNMIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan will send a survey team to Sudan in the near future to explore the feasibility of dispatching Japanese Self Defense Force (SDF) personnel to join UNMIS, according to MOFA Parliamentary Vice Foreign Minister Yasuhide Nakayama. Nakayama, who led Japan's delegation to the Thi [...]	2008-05-19 06:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS EAID KPKO SU JA
08TOKYO1375	FUKUDA NEPHEW ON HIS UNCLE, RECENT POLITICAL [...] (C) Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Diet representative -- and PM Fukuda's nephew -- Takao Ochi spoke candidly about his uncle's short-comings, particularly his inability to handle the media well and his failure to better explain controversial tax and other measures in a recent meeting with Emb [...]	2008-05-20 07:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO1378	TERRORISM FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF UPCOMING [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer and Deputy Financial Attache conveyed reftel demarche on May 15 and May 13, respectively, to Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Counterterrorism Cooperation Division official Miyako Ishimura and Ministry of Finance Legal Office Deputy Division Chief [...]	2008-05-20 08:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KTFN PINR PREL PTER JA BA
08TOKYO1380	TOKYO'S RESPONSE TO DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBAN [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Public Affairs and Political Officers met May 20 with MOFA Mexico and Central America Division Director Takahiro Nakamae to follow up on the Deputy Secretary's May 9 request to FM Koumura that Japan make a public statement in support of Cuban democracy. Japan shares the U.S [...]	2008-05-20 08:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PREL KPAO SOCI CU JA
08TOKYO1381	MOFA CONFIRMS MUGABE NOT COMING TO TICAD [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-20 09:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PHUM PREL ZI JA
08TOKYO1383	SCENESETTER FOR G-8 KOBE ENVIRONMENT MINISTERS' [...] (C) SUMMARY: The agenda for the Kobe G-8 Environment Ministerial includes biodiversity and the 3Rs - reduce, reuse, recycle, but much of the public focus will be on climate change and the steps Japan and other economies will take. This focus seems likely to remain despite the GOJ's strong su [...]	2008-05-20 22:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV KGHG PREL OECD JA
08TOKYO1395	LDP'S TAKU YAMASAKI ON DPRK, SIX-PARTY TALKS, SDF [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-21 07:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO1397	JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT TO PAKISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Koumura visited Pakistan May 2-4, where he met with senior government and political figures. According to a MOFA debriefing, the major goal of his visit was to signal Japan's strong support for Pakistan through two messages. First, the stability [...]	2008-05-21 08:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PK JA
08TOKYO141	FOCUS SHIFTS TO DOMESTIC ISSUES, AS DIVIDED DIET [...] (C) Summary. The Diet opened on January 18, with the division between the ruling party-controlled Lower House and the opposition-controlled Upper House remaining as the Legislature's organizing principle. The session opens just three days after the close of the especially contentious extraor [...]	2008-01-18 07:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN PREL JA
08TOKYO142	FOCUS SHIFTS TO DOMESTIC ISSUES, AS DIVIDED DIET [...] (C) Summary. The Diet opened on January 18, with the division between the ruling party-controlled Lower House and the opposition-controlled Upper House remaining as the Legislature's organizing principle. The session opens just three days after the close of the especially contentious extraor [...]	2008-01-18 07:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN PREL JA
08TOKYO1421	INVESTMENT EXPERTS REPORT: GOOD BUT COULD HAVE [...] (C) Summary: An American executive who served as a member of the Cabinet Office Investment Experts Panel privately labeled its recently issued report "very cautious." He noted there needed to be more of a push by senior GOJ policy makers if the report is to have the positive, pro-reform effec [...]	2008-05-23 03:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON PGOV OECD JA
08TOKYO143	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON BANNING BURMESE IMPORTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-18 07:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PHUM PREL BM JA
08TOKYO1430	METI VOICES CONCERN OVER CHINA,S PROPOSED IT [...] (C) Summary: Recently announced Chinese plans to implement a new IT security certification regime have set off alarms with Japanese government and industry, according to Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) officials. METI has both trade and national security concerns with the prop [...]	2008-05-23 07:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ECON ETRD TINT
08TOKYO1445	JAPAN'S VIEWS ON LEBANON SITUATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan is closely following the situation in Lebanon and on May 27, MOFA's spokesperson issued a statement of support following the election of President Suleiman. However, Japan is not likely to make statements critical of Iran or Syria at this time. Likewise, Japan is hesitant t [...]	2008-05-27 09:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE SY IR JA
08TOKYO1448	PRESIDENT'S GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY AND TRADE [...] (C) As requested in refs, EMIN met with Japanese Foreign Ministry Director General Yoichi Otabe May 22 and delivered the points reinforcing those made in the President's food policy security address and also regarding the important role agbiotech needs to be allowed to play in increasing agri [...]	2008-05-27 22:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ETRD TBIO EAID PREL JA
08TOKYO1462	JAPANESE PARTICIPATION AT FRIENDS OF IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-28 08:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR IZ JA
08TOKYO1465	JAPAN WILL SEND REPRESENTIVES TO MONGOLIAN EOM [...] (C) Japan will designate two officials to participate in the election observation mission (EOM) in Mongolia, according to MOFA Mongolian Desk Officer Sayaka Minamikawa. MOFA currently plans to choose the two officials from within the Embassy Of Japan in Ulaanbaataar (Candidates listed in para [...]	2008-05-28 09:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV KDEM PHUM JA
08TOKYO1470	CLIMATE CHANGE: FOREIGN MINISTRY WORKING LEVELS ON [...] (C) Japan remains "definitely committed to the success of the MEM" and to the Sherpas' role in dealing with climate change and other aspects of the preparations for this year's G8 Summit, MOFA Climate Change Office Director Naoto Hisajima told EST Unit Chief May 27. Hisajima said the Chair's [...]	2008-05-28 22:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV KGHG ENRG AADP JA
08TOKYO1477	CHINA REQUESTS RELIEF FROM JAPAN, WILL ALLOW [...] (C) Summary: The Chinese government has asked Japan to send additional supplies, including blankets, tents and medicine, to help with earthquake relief efforts. According to an MOD official, Chinese officials have said that they will not seek or accept CH-47 helicopter support from Japan. Ch [...]	2008-05-29 22:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH JA
08TOKYO1489	PRESSURES BUILD FOR OPEN SKIES IN JAPAN [...] (C) Summary: Following a May 20 Transportation Ministry presentation (ref),members of the Council for Economic and Fiscal Policy (CEFP) instructed the transportation minister to think more progressively and to return with a new plan this fall. The Council for Promotion of Regulatory Reform [...]	2008-05-30 07:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON PGOV JA
08TOKYO1490	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JAPAN'S PLANS TO EXPORT [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered demarche points in ref regarding Japan's release of imported rice stocks during a May 30 meeting with Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura. CCS Machimura acknowledged the message and stated he would convey it to Minister of Agriculture, Forests, and Fisheri [...]	2008-05-30 07:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ETRD WTRO JA
08TOKYO1494	LIBERTAD ACT: JAPAN RESPONSE [...] (C) In response to request contained in Ref A, Embassy Poloff met May 29 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mexico and Central America Division Cuba Desk Officer Fusae Tsunoda to discuss Japan-Cuba relations. Below are answers to specific questions raised in reftel. Q. Are there any exchange [...]	2008-05-30 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ETTC CU JA
08TOKYO1505	G8 ENERGY MINISTERIAL -- JAPANESE GOALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The agenda for the June 8 Aomori G-8 Energy Ministerial includes the world oil and gas markets and the energy investment climate. Much of the press and public focus in Japan, however, will be on climate change and the steps Japan and other economies will take to reduce greenhous [...]	2008-06-02 08:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG KGHG AADP OVIP JA
08TOKYO1508	PM FUKUDA BEGINS EUROPE TRIP [...] (C) Summary: PM Fukuda began a five-day trip to Europe June 1, with meetings scheduled with his German, British, French and Italian counterparts, as well as an address to the Food and Agricultural Organization's food security conference and talks with UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon. During h [...]	2008-06-02 08:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAGR GM IT UK FR
08TOKYO1511	DIET MEMBERS TO THE AMBASSADOR: CHILD PORNOGRAPHY [...] (C) Summary: Legislation criminalizing child pornography possession will not pass this Diet session, the ruling coalition's project team told the Ambassador May 28. However, it will be on top of the agenda for the fall Diet session, the Diet members promised. Although debate continues over [...]	2008-06-02 22:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM KOCI PHUM JA
08TOKYO1517	SEN. LIEBERMAN'S MEETINGS WITH JAPANESE POLITICIANS [...] (C) Summary. During a May 28 visit to Tokyo, Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT) exchanged views on climate change, Japanese politics, and regional security with ranking Diet Members from the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ). Senator Lieberman underscored that the c [...]	2008-06-03 10:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SENV OVIP JA
08TOKYO1527	PARLIAMENTARY GROUP STRONGLY DISCOURAGES DE-LISTING [...] (C) Independent lawmaker Takeo Hiranuma, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Diet member Keiji Furuya and the Democratic Party of Japan's (DPJ) Hiroshi Nakai told the Ambassador June 3 that the &unprincipled8 de-listing of North Korea before the abductee issue is resolved might adversely affect U.S [...]	2008-06-04 08:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR JA KN
08TOKYO1528	JAPAN REACTS NEGATIVELY TO TIP REPORT TIER RANKING [...] (C) Summary: Japan is very disappointed with being ranked Tier 2 in the 2008 TIP Report, DVM Kawai told the DCM June 4. The result will make it harder for Japan to cooperate with the United States in preparing the next report. In addition, Japan is being held to a different standard than Tie [...]	2008-06-04 22:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KCRM KWMN JA
08TOKYO1540	DPJ TO THROW UP CENSURE MOTION AT THE BUZZER [...] (C) Summary. The leadership of the opposition DPJ has reportedly decided to submit concurrently a censure motion in the Upper House and a no confidence motion in the Lower House against Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda before the current Diet session ends on June 15. The impetus for the censure mo [...]	2008-06-05 09:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON JA
08TOKYO1541	JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER MEETS PRESIDENT AHMADINEJAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda met June 3 with Iranian President Ahmadinejad in Rome on the margins of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) summit meeting. In the fifty-minute pull-aside, which was requested by the Iranians, PM Fukuda told Ahmadinejad that the perpetuation o [...]	2008-06-05 09:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP UNSC IR JA
08TOKYO1547	CLIMATE CHANGE: FURTHER GOJ THOUGHTS ON KOBE AND [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Ministry Director-General for Global Issues, Koji Tsuruoka, told EMIN Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda and Chief Cabinet Secretary Machimura are now concerned that the U.S. is focused on the Major Economies Meeting at the expense of the G8. At the same time they are asking [...]	2008-06-06 06:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV ENRG KGHG JA
08TOKYO1552	TALKS ON SAKHALIN 2 JBIC LOAN NEARING CONCLUSION [...] (C) Summary: Discussions on a syndicated loan package for the second phase of the Sakhalin 2 natural gas project -- likely to exceed $5 billion -- may conclude in the next 1-2 months if not sooner, according to press reports and GOJ officials. Company representatives, however, are cautious [...]	2008-06-06 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG JA PREL RS
08TOKYO1554	IRAQI SOFA TEAM VISITS TOKYO [...] (C) SUMMARY: A five-member delegation led by Iraqi Under Secretary for Multinational Relations and Legal Affairs Dr. Mohammad Alhaj Hamoud visited Tokyo June 2-5 to consult with Japanese and U.S. authorities on the U.S.-Japan Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). The delegation received briefings [...]	2008-06-06 08:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL SOFA IZ JA
08TOKYO1571	JAPAN-DPRK: TALKS TO TAKE PLACE JUNE 11-12 [...] (C) Summary: Japan and the DPRK held informal discussions June 7 and will meet formally in Beijing June 11-12 to discuss abductions and other outstanding bilateral issues. MOFA Asia DG Saiki and DPRK Ambassador Song Il-ho agreed on the importance of both sides' achieving results, MOFA told Emb [...]	2008-06-09 09:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL JA KN
08TOKYO1585	"FUKUDA VISION" ON CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Fukuda's speech outlining the "Fukuda Vision" for international climate change negotiations and domestic climate policies contained few surprises. The PM confirmed Japan's long-term goal to reduce its emissions 60-80% by 2050, with the main new proposal being a tri [...]	2008-06-10 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV KGHG ENRG JA
08TOKYO1587	U/S BURNS PARTICIPATES IN TRILAT SOM IN TOKYO [...] (C) Summary. The political directors from the United States, Japan, and Australia met for more than two and a half hours in Tokyo on June 9 for a Senior Officials Meeting of the Trilateral Security Dialogue (TSD SOM). The principals included Under Secretary Burns, Deputy Foreign Minister Sas [...]	2008-06-10 08:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EAID MOPS JA AU
08TOKYO1604	JAPAN CONSIDERING PARTICIPATION IN BERLIN [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-12 06:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG KPAL PBTS IS JA
08TOKYO1606	JAPAN-RUSSIA DISCUSS POSSIBLE PUTIN VISIT TO TOKYO [...] (C) Summary. Japan and Russia discussed, but did not set dates for, a possible Tokyo visit by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin during a June 3 Deputy Foreign Ministers' meeting in Tokyo. During discussions designed to set a positive tone for the July 7-9 G-8 meeting at Hokkaido's Lake Toya, the [...]	2008-06-12 06:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD JA RS XH KN
08TOKYO1607	IRAQ POST-UNSCR: JAPANESE RESPONSES ON TIMING FOR [...] (C) This is an ACTION REQUEST. See paragraph 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Workinglevel contacts tell us that Japan has made no decision yet on what type of arrangements it plans to pursue with regard to the presence of its Air Self Defense Forces (ASDF) operating in Kuwait and Iraq following the exp [...]	2008-06-12 07:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL IZ JA
08TOKYO1608	CENSURE MOTION PASSES; FUKUDA STANDS FIRM [...] (C) Summary. The opposition followed through on its threat to pass a largely symbolic censure motion against Prime Minister Fukuda on June 11 over his handling of the new medical insurance program for the elderly and other domestic issues. The response, thus far, has been underwhelming. Pass [...]	2008-06-12 07:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO1612	JAPANESE PARTICIPATION AT JUNE 23 VIENNA [...] (C) Japan will be represented at the June 23 Vienna Conference on Reconstruction of Lebanon's Nahr Al-Barid refugee camp by its Ambassasdor to Austria, according to MOFA First Middle East Divison Lebanon Desk Officer Hitoshi Ishizuka. However, it is unlikely Japan will announce further contri [...]	2008-06-12 10:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL KPAL UNRWA LE JA
08TOKYO1619	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION [...] (C) Econoff delivered points in ref to MOFA's Biological and Chemical Weapons Conventions Division officer Masahiro Fujikawa. Fujikawa said the GOJ appreciates continued U.S. cooperation in finalizing a host country arrangement on Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) challenge inspections. He [...]	2008-06-13 07:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KTIA CWC JA
08TOKYO1626	U/S BURNS MEETS WITH JAPAN'S DEPUTY FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan believes care must be taken to avoid pushing China too hard on the Tibet issue, Deputy Foreign Minister Kenichiro Sasae told visiting Under Secretary for Political Affairs Bill Burns June 9, and suggested that a statement made on the subject by the G-8 Foreign Ministers acce [...]	2008-06-13 09:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XE CH RS IR AS JA
08TOKYO1627	JUSTICE MINISTER DISCUSSES BIOMETRICS, ESTA, CHILD [...] (C) DHS Deputy Secretary Schneider and Justice Minister Hatoyama met on June 12 in Tokyo to discuss: -- Japan's new biometric immigration system, developed with assistance from the United States, which has already captured data on 4.5 million travelers and identified 150 as malafide; -- the p [...]	2008-06-15 22:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS CMGT JA
08TOKYO1633	ATTORNEY GENERAL MUKASEY'S MEETING WITH JAPANESE [...] (C) Attorney General Mukasey and Ambassador Schieffer met National Public Safety Commission Chairman and Minister of State Shinya Izumi on June 13 in Tokyo to discuss: --Ways to improve information sharing and terrorist watch information; --The possibility of Japan joining the FBI's Fingerprin [...]	2008-06-16 05:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	KHLS PINR PGOV PREL PTER KTIA JA
08TOKYO1637	ATTORNEY GENERAL MUKASEY'S MEETING WITH MINISTER [...] (C) Attorney General Mukasey and Justice Minister Hatoyama discussed in a June 12 meeting the prospects for Japanese ratification of the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Council of Europe Cyber Crime Convention. Hatoyama briefed on the status of Japan's child porno [...]	2008-06-16 07:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM KOCI PHUM JA

08TOKYO164	JAPAN-ROK STRATEGIC DIALOGUE: TOKYO OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) Summary. During the recent Japan-ROK Strategic Dialogue, former VFM Shotaro Yachi told his South Korean counterpart that PM Yasuo Fukuda places great importance on balancing the strength of the United States-Japan alliance with Japan,s Asian diplomacy, MOFA contacts told Embassy Tokyo on J [...]	2008-01-22 09:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA KN

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