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09PRETORIA2263 | CONTROVERSIAL YOUTH LEAGUE PRESIDENT RETAINS [...] (SBU) Summary: African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) President Julius Malema probably has received more publicity from the news media in recent months than any other ruling party figure. (Note: "Mail and Guardian" political writer Mandy Rossouw has even recently published a book about Male [...] | 2009-11-05 15:18:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SF |
09PRETORIA2266 | ANC GOES FAR, PERHAPS TOO FAR, IN ASSISTING [...] (SBU) The African National Congress (ANC) made special arrangements for Mozambican citizens living in the South African provinces of Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces to vote in Mozambique's elections on October 28. ANC members -- unaffiliated with South Africa's Independent Electoral Commiss [...] | 2009-11-05 16:45:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SF |
09PRETORIA2267 | SAG "NEGLECTING" AND "FAILING" RURAL CONSTITUENTS, [...] (C) From October 21 to 23 emboffs visited rural Mpumalanga province, where human rights NGOs said the SAG was failing to protect the rural poor and neglecting to provide public services to remote communities. While township residents have protested violently over poor service delivery, rural [...] | 2009-11-05 16:56:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF ELAB EAGR SF |
09PRETORIA2293 | ANC SHOWS ALLIANCE WHO IS BOSS [...] (C) Summary: The African National Congress (ANC) on November 8 reaffirmed the party's support for Minister in the Presidency for National Planning Trevor Manuel's controversial plan for a National Planning Commission, making it clear to ruling tripartite alliance members in the trade unions [...] | 2009-11-10 13:29:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SF ECON ECIN ELAB EINV |
09PRETORIA2312 | SOUTH AFRICA FEARS ZIMBABWE MAY BE SLIDING BACK [...] (U) Summary: During a press conference on November 10, Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) Director General Dr. Ayanda Ntsaluba said regional leaders feared Zimbabwe could be sliding back from progress on the political and humanitarian fronts since the inception of the [...] | 2009-11-13 14:35:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL ZANU SF ZI |
09PRETORIA2385 | PRETORIA RESPONSE ON CANDIDATES FOR HEAD OF UN/OIOS [...] (C) With respect to the three South Africans under Department consideration for possible nomination as head of the U.N. Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) (reftel),post herein provides assessments of the three individuals' backgrounds, reputations, and overall suitability. While a [...] | 2009-11-20 15:13:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SF |
09PRETORIA2392 | SOUTH AFRICA: U.S. POSTURE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-23 17:18:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM IR SF |
09PRETORIA2481 | SOUTH AFRICA: NEW PROSECUTOR APPOINTMENT [...] (C) President Jacob Zuma has appointed Menzi Simelane as the country's new Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). The selection raised criticism both because of Qmelane's involvement in political infighting at the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and because of Zuma's continued push to a [...] | 2009-12-03 16:49:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KJUS SF |
09PRETORIA2507 | AMBASSADOR GIPS MEETS WITH DIRCO DEPMIN EBRAHIM [...] (C) On December 3, Ambassador Gips met with Ebrahim Ebrahim, Deputy Minister of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO). Ebrahim cordially listed points on which the SAG was content with its relations with the U.S., he cited areas for collaboration in resolving Afri [...] | 2009-12-07 15:08:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KGHG AF WI ZI IR SF |
09PRETORIA2509 | PROMOTING MODERATE ISLAM IN SOUTH AFRICA: [...] (C) Summary: In a December 2 courtesy call on the Ambassador, former Western Cape Premier Ebrahim Rasool and his Special Advisor Tahir Saleh discussed South Africa's Western Cape Muslim community as a political base and as a model for a Muslim path of moderation within a culturally diverse so [...] | 2009-12-07 15:44:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KDEM SCUL EAID SF |
09PRETORIA2543 | ZUMA'S POPULARITY AT ALL-TIME HIGH [...] (SBU) President Jacob Zuma is more popular than ever, according to a research survey conducted by TNS Research Surveys. (Note: TNS Surveys provides market research, global market research, and business analysis in hundreds of countries and claims to be the largest provider of customized res [...] | 2009-12-10 07:02:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SF |
09PRETORIA2545 | ANC LAUNCHES VETERAN'S LEAGUE [...] (C) The African National Congress (ANC) announced on December 3 that it would create a party branch for veterans of the movement. The formation of the league -- known as the ANC Veteran's League (ANCVL) -- comes after the party resolved in 2007 to form a branch for veterans. The ANCVL will [...] | 2009-12-10 09:26:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SF |
09PRETORIA2546 | SOUTH AFRICA: ZUMA'S HOTLINE FAILING TO OVERCOME [...] (SBU) The South African government admitted on December 2 that the presidential hotline, launched in September with great fanfare, is failing to handle thousands of callers seeking to register complaints with the administration. President Jacob Zuma established the telephone hotline as a way [...] | 2009-12-10 12:20:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SF |
09PRETORIA2547 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF HEALTH AARON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The meeting between Ambassador Gips and Minister of Health Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi on November 30, 2009 marked a new partnership between the United States and South Africa in health coordination and cooperation. The Minister thanked the United States for the extensive support we ha [...] | 2009-12-10 12:22:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KHIV PGOV SF TBIO |
09PRETORIA2567 | SOUTH AFRICA CONFIDENT OF TIP LAW PASSAGE IN 2010 [...] (C) South African officials are more optimistic than ever that the long-awaited Bill providing comprehensive provisions for preventing and combating Trafficking in Persons (TIP) is nearing passage by Parliament. Extended consultations with the public and civil society groups caused delays in [...] | 2009-12-11 14:28:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KTIP SF |
09PRETORIA2581 | COMMUNIST PARTY ANNUAL CONGRESS MORE ABOUT [...] (C) The South African Communist Party (SACP) held its second annual special congress on December 10 at the University of Limpopo-Turfloop campus in Polokwane. Lengthy speeches, predictable displays of solidarity with traditional allies such as China and Cuba, and pointed questions (without a [...] | 2009-12-15 10:28:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | SF PGOV |
09PRETORIA2594 | ZUMA SEEKS UNITY AS HIS COALITION COMES UNDER [...] (C) African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) President Julius Malema, the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA),and the South African Communist Party (SACP) have been trading public barbs during the past week, a clear sign that the loose coalition of forces which broug [...] | 2009-12-17 15:26:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SF |
09PRETORIA2679 | ANC TREASURER GENERAL MATHEWS PHOSA SATISFIED WITH [...] (C) African National Congress (ANC) Treasurer General Mathews Phosa hosted Ambassador Donald Gips and Deputy Chief of Mission Helen La Lime for a meeting that covered current domestic political dynamics, President Jacob Zuma's policies, and the relationship between the United States and South [...] | 2009-12-30 15:47:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN EINV ECPS ETRD MARR MASS SF |
09PRETORIA306 | ONE EXPERT SEES MORE CHINESE INVESTMENT "IN THE [...] (C) Summary: Chinese investors are reportedly preparing to make large equity investments in South African companies in the mining, telecom, civil construction, and other sectors. The target companies have operations across Africa and could help Chinese companies tap African markets outside [...] | 2009-02-19 11:20:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV SF CH |
09PRETORIA329 | SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS CORRUPTION PROBE COULD [...] This cable is a collaboration between Embassy Pretoria and Consulate Johannesburg Labor Office. 2. (C) Summary: South African Airways, (SAA) Board of Directors has launched an investigation into allegations of high-level mismanagement and corruption. CEO Khaya Ngqula has been placed on sp [...] | 2009-02-23 06:05:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB EIND EAIR ECON PREL PGOV PHUM SF |
09PRETORIA348 | SAG, BUSINESS AND LABOR ADOPT FRAMEWORK DOCUMENT [...] (C) Comment: A working group comprised of government, business and labor representatives has agreed on a strategy to guide South Africa's response to the global economic crisis. Key components of the plan include infrastructure spending, jobs programs, interventions to minimize job losses, [...] | 2009-02-24 07:11:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD SF |
09PRETORIA354 | ONE SOUTH AFRICAN VIEW OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY AND [...] (C) Summary: The South African government is concerned that the global economic crisis might significantly worsen in 2009, causing world trade to implode and capital flows to emerging markets to dry up. Protectionism in the U.S. and Europe is a major concern. The SAG believes the G-20 shoul [...] | 2009-02-24 15:49:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD SF |
09PRETORIA355 | SUPPORTERS, DETRACTORS VIEW SPRINGBOK SYMBOL OF [...] (SBU) Few symbols in South Africa are as recognizable, or as controversial, as the Springbok logo worn by the 2007 World Cup champion South African rugby team. Worn by the rugby team since 1906, many saw the logo as a symbol of strength during the years the national team was banned from play [...] | 2009-02-24 17:31:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV SF |
09PRETORIA356 | NIEHAUS SCANDAL RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER ANC [...] (SBU) Carl Niehaus, former spokesperson for the African National Congress (ANC),resigned this week after newspapers reported that he grossly mismanaged his personal finances and abused his office and authority in recent years. His longstanding financial difficulties and his abrupt resignati [...] | 2009-02-24 18:16:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV SF |
09PRETORIA43 | MDC WILL STAY THE COURSE [...] (C) Summary: The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Standing Committee, consisting of 19 leaders, met near Johannesburg, South Africa for a strategy meeting from January 6-8, 2009. In a January 9 meeting with Ambassador Bost, MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai said the party leaders resolved t [...] | 2009-01-12 14:52:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL ZANU SF ZM |
09PRETORIA432 | URGENT DEMARCHE: THREATENED INDIAN PEACEKEEPER [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-06 10:32:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PREL UNSC CG IN SF |
09PRETORIA451 | COPE STRUGGLING WITH DIVISIONS, PESSIMISM [...] (C) The Congress of the People (COPE) is struggling with divisions and pessimism throughout the organization, underscoring the difficulties the newly formed party faces as the national election approaches on April 22. Personal assistant to COPE President Mosiuoa Lekota, Tseliso Phomane, met [...] | 2009-03-09 14:46:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV KDEM SF |
09PRETORIA476 | SHAIK PAROLE KEEPS SPOTLIGHT ON ZUMA'S PAST [...] (C) The government's decision to parole on medical grounds convicted fraudster, and former Jacob Zuma business associate, Schabir Shaik is keeping the spotlight on the ANC President's past in the run-up to the April 22 election. Shaik, convicted in 2005 of bribing Zuma, was released from pris [...] | 2009-03-12 07:55:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS SF KDEM |
09PRETORIA488 | SOUTH AFRICA SEEKS TO CLEAR THE AIR ON DURBAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In informal meetings with the DFA's Pitso Montwedi, Poloffs have explored USG-SAG differences on the upcoming Durban Review Conference (DRC) on racism and xenophobia. Montwedi was amenable to the notion of a pared-down DRC document, emphasizing broad principles in a modern conte [...] | 2009-03-13 09:41:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SF |
09PRETORIA5 | SOUTH AFRICA: A/S FRAZER'S CONSULTATIONS ON [...] (C) Summary: Visiting Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi E. Frazer reached out to South African and regional leaders to outline U.S. policy on Zimbabwe and explain why the U.S. no longer believes President Robert Mugabe can be part of a power sharing solution to Zimbabwe [...] | 2009-01-02 13:24:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC PGOV EAID SF ZI |
09PRETORIA529 | SOUTH AFRICA VIEWS RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF ABHAZIA [...] (C) Deputy Political Counselor delivered reftel message at a March 19 meeting with Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Deputy Director for Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, the Russian Federation, and Ukraine Maria de Freitas and DFA Deputy Director for Security Counsel issues Ilia Du Buisso [...] | 2009-03-20 12:25:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PBTS GG RS |
09PRETORIA538 | PRE-ELECTION TOUR D'HORIZON WITH ELECTORAL [...] (C) Summary: The Chairperson of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) of South Africa gave us a glimpse into the operation of an institution key not only to the successful conduct of the 2009 elections but also to the preservation of South Africa's young democracy. The IEC officials briefe [...] | 2009-03-20 17:32:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM EAID PGOV SF |
09PRETORIA539 | PART 2 OF 2: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AHEAD OF THE [...] (C) This cable is part 2 of 2 in response to C-AL9-00425. Reftels refer to parts 1 and 2. End Summary. --------------------------------------------- ------------ (C) WHO IN THE ANC DO THE OTHER PARTY MEMBERS SUSPECT OF SYMPATHIZING WITH COPE? --------------------------------------------- [...] | 2009-03-23 06:10:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL SF |
09PRETORIA543 | PART 1 OF 2: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AHEAD OF THE [...] (C) This cable is part 1 of 2 in response to C-AL9-00425 received on March 9. Reftels refer to parts 1 and 2. The structure below follows a question and answer format and includes Reftels where applicable. Post has sent in nearly 100 cables since September 2008 covering many of the questio [...] | 2009-03-23 07:16:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL SF |
09PRETORIA544 | PART 2 OF 2: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AHEAD OF THE [...] (C) This cable is part 2 of 2 in response to C-AL9-00425. Reftels refer to parts 1 and 2. End Summary. --------------------------------------------- ------------ (C) WHO IN THE ANC DO THE OTHER PARTY MEMBERS SUSPECT OF SYMPATHIZING WITH COPE? --------------------------------------------- [...] | 2009-03-23 07:16:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL SF |
09PRETORIA581 | SAG'S DALAI LAMA VISA REFUSAL SPARKS OUTCRY [...] (U) The South African Government's (SAG) refusal to issue a visa for the Dalai Lama has caused outrage among the country's opposition parties, human rights NGOs, and some political leaders. The Dalai Lama was invited to appear at a peace conference on March 27 in Johannesburg hosted by South [...] | 2009-03-26 15:49:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL SF |
09PRETORIA66 | TO ANC WAR VETS ZUMA REMAINS "SPEAR OF THE NATION" [...] (C) Summary: Former fighters in Umkhonto we Sizwe, some of African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma,s strongest supporters, have high expectations for the ANC leader and are expecting him to address their interests. Umkhonto we Sizwe, translated to &Spear of the Nation8 and ofte [...] | 2009-01-13 14:33:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KJUS SF |
09PRETORIA661 | PART 2 OF 3: SCENESETTER FOR SOUTH AFRICA'S APRIL [...] (C) This cable is part 2 of 3 on the South African election. End Summary. --------------------------------- The Issues That Will Drive Voters --------------------------------- 2. (C) In the 2006 local elections around the country, the delivery of services such as water, sanitation, an [...] | 2009-04-03 14:38:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL SF |
09PRETORIA662 | PART 3 OF 3: SCENESETTER FOR SOUTH AFRICA'S APRIL [...] (C) This cable is part 3 of 3 on the South African election. End Summary. ----------------------------------- Important Political Markers to Watch ------------------------------------ 2. (C) There are at least five political markers for this election: -- The possibility of violence [...] | 2009-04-03 14:40:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL SF |
09PRETORIA664 | PART 1 OF 3: SCENESETTER FOR SOUTH AFRICA'S APRIL [...] (C) South Africa on April 22 will hold its fourth national election since the end of apartheid in 1994. From all indications, the government and its institutions are ready for this poll, and turnout is expected to be the highest since former President Nelson Mandela's victory 15 years ago. [...] | 2009-04-03 14:51:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL SF |
09PRETORIA665 | LOCAL PERSPECTIVES ON POLITICAL PARTY LISTS AHEAD [...] (C) Poloff worked with Political Section officers to gain their perspectives and insights into South Africa's main political parties ahead of the April 22 national election. Officers provided thoughts about the parties' candidate lists and how they may help or hinder their electoral chances. [...] | 2009-04-03 15:03:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL SF |
09PRETORIA67 | ANC LOYALIST THRONG TO EAST LONDON FOR ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma launched the party,s election manifesto in front of a packed stadium in East London on January 10. Zuma said the ANC intends to focus on job creation, education, health, rural development, crime, and corruption during the nex [...] | 2009-01-13 14:47:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV KDEM SF |
09PRETORIA687 | ANC TREASURER GENERAL MATHEWS PHOSA DISCUSSES WAYS [...] (C) ANC Treasurer General Dr. Mathews Phosa met on April 2 with Charge and AmCham representatives to discuss ways to strengthen the bilateral relationship and promote U.S. investment. Dr. Phosa encouraged a closer relationship between the U.S. Embassy and the ANC Foreign Policy Committee; cl [...] | 2009-04-07 11:06:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV SF |
09PRETORIA704 | PRETORIA'S PERSPECTIVE ON HCOC ANNUAL DECLARATIONS [...] (C) In accordance with Department guidance, we urged the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to ensure that South Africa's annual declaration under the Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC) would be submitted in a timely fashion. On April 9 we informed DFA that t [...] | 2009-04-09 11:28:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC MTCRE PARM AORC SF |
09PRETORIA745 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUPPORTING THE AU'S EFFORTS TO [...] (C) Summary: Poloff discussed objectives for supporting the African Union's (AU) efforts to ensure an early return to constitutional rule in Madagascar with Department of Foreign Affairs Horn of Africa and Indian Ocean Islands Deputy Director Wolf Rothkegel on April 14. He said the South Afri [...] | 2009-04-16 13:02:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC EAID MA SF |
09PRETORIA758 | BUSINESS UNCERTAIN ABOUT IMPACT OF ZUMA PRESIDENCY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-17 10:30:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV SF |
09PRETORIA797 | SOUTH AFRICA CAMPAIGN FUNDING [...] (C) Summary: The Helen Suzman Foundation hosted a seminar on April 15 to discuss the country's laws on political party funding, an issue which the media and electorate have largely ignored in the run-up to South Africa's election on 22 April. Panelists agreed that both the source and amounts [...] | 2009-04-21 11:57:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV SF |
09PRETORIA802 | PART 1 OF 2: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AHEAD OF THE [...] (C) This cable is part 1 of 2 in response to C-AL9-00425 received on March 9. Reftels refer to parts 1 and 2. The structure below follows a question and answer format and includes Reftels where applicable. Post has sent in nearly 100 cables since September 2008 covering many of the questio [...] | 2009-04-21 12:11:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL SF |
09PRETORIA818 | SOUTH AFRICA VOTES: SITUATION REPORT #4 [...] (U) Summary: South Africa's National and Provincial elections of April 22 were well organized and peaceful. Charge d'Affaires and Poloff on April 23 visited the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) Results Centre to see how political parties were faring and to gain a better understanding of [...] | 2009-04-23 17:15:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM ASEC PGOV SF |
09PRETORIA841 | ANC PREVAILS, WINS GOVERNING MAJORITY [...] (C) The ruling African National Congress (ANC) prevailed in the April 22 national and provincial election with a total of 65.96 percent of the national vote; slightly down from their total of 69 percent in 2004, and 67 percent in 1999. The second highest vote total went to the multi-racial De [...] | 2009-04-28 14:31:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL SF |
09PRETORIA843 | IEC ANNOUNCES ELECTION RESULTS ON APRIL 25 [...] (C) The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) was proud of the efficiency of polling day activities, saying this was "a long way from 1994." The IEC said campaigns were conducted peacefully and there were no incidents of political violence or intimidation on election day. The ruling African [...] | 2009-04-28 15:25:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL SF |
09PRETORIA941 | WESTINGHOUSE PERSEVERES FOR NEW NUCLEAR BUILD IN [...] (C) Westinghouse Regional Vice-President - South Africa Rita Bowser told Economic Counselor that Westinghouse remained cautiously optimistic about winning a contract for building new nuclear power stations in South Africa. The Westinghouse rep believes that the key period to influence the pr [...] | 2009-05-08 16:01:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET EMIN EINV ETRD BEXP KNNP SF |
09PRETORIA988 | PART 1 OF 3: A LOOK AT JACOB ZUMA'S CABINET [...] (SBU) President Jacob Zuma finalized his Cabinet appointments on May 10, modifying several existing ministries and creating a few new ones. Zuma increased the Cabinet's size from 28 to 34 ministries. Below are short biographies for each of the newly appointed ministers and deputies. This i [...] | 2009-05-14 15:36:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM ASEC SF PGOV |
09PRETORIA993 | SOUTH AFRICA SPLITS ITS MINING AND ENERGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The South African government announced the long-anticipated split of the Ministry of Minerals and Energy into two separate ministries to aim for greater focus on these key sectors. Industry is cautiously open-minded about the new appointments. Minister of Mining Susan Shabangu [...] | 2009-05-15 12:52:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN ENRG EPET EFIN PGOV SENV SF |
09PRETORIA995 | SWAZI KING CONVEYS REGIONAL POSITION ON MADAGASCAR [...] (C) Summary: King Mswati III of Swaziland met with Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson in Johannesburg, South Africa following the inauguration of Jacob Zuma as South Africa's fourth democratically elected president. He raised SADC's concerns regarding the crisis in Madagascar and the region [...] | 2009-05-15 15:45:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PINR PREL SF |
09PRISTINA114 | KOSOVO: DS PARTY SHOWING NEW ASSERTIVENESS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. In recent weeks, Serbian government officials responsible for the southern part of Kosovo (south of the Ibar river) have sounded a seemingly more moderate political line and have even contacted Serbs working in the Kosovo government. These officials, all from Serbian President [...] | 2009-03-17 15:04:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL EAID KV SR |
09PRISTINA131 | KOSOVO: MOMENTUM BUILDING ON DECENTRALIZATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of recent meetings, Minister for Local Government Administration Sadri Ferati shared his evolving thinking about decentralization and how he sees his role in the process. His fear that the differential pace of decentralization in Kosovo's north and south will lead to [...] | 2009-03-26 09:35:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KV |
09PRISTINA146 | KOSOVO: SERBIAN GOVERNMENT SHRINKS PARALLEL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prompted at least in part by the financial crisis and the burden of subsidizing parallel structures in Kosovo, Serbian officials from the Ministry for Kosovo have taken steps to curtail the power and influence of Serbian parallel municipal governments in some southern enclaves. T [...] | 2009-04-08 16:08:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KV |
09PRISTINA147 | KOSOVO: PROGRESS ON SERBIAN CULTURAL HERITAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY Recent developments related to issues surrounding the Serbian Orthodox Church's (SOC) patrimonial sites in Kosovo have produced a mixture of progress in some areas and continued challenges in others. At the urging of moderate SOC leaders in Kosovo, the SOC's ruling Synod has giv [...] | 2009-04-08 16:28:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KV UNMIK |
09PRISTINA148 | KOSOVO/EULEX: AT FULL OPERATING CAPABILITY, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 6 the European Union's rule-of-law mission in Kosovo, EULEX, declared full operational capability (FOC). Four months after its initiation, EULEX can claim some significant successes, including a complete and violence-free roll-out of the police component; the reopening of the [...] | 2009-04-08 17:27:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KV |
09PRISTINA149 | USAID ROMA RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM: PROGRESS AFTER A [...] (U) Summary: USAID has initiated a long term resettlement project for 50 Roma families residing in two camps for internally displaced persons in north Mitrovica. The camp residents continue to suffer life-threatening health effects from lead poisoning over nine years after moving into the UN [...] | 2009-04-08 17:42:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PREL UNMIK KV |
09PRISTINA150 | KOSOVO: MAJOR ELECTION-RELATED CHALLENGES AHEAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovo's political scene is increasingly focusing on municipal elections widely expected to take place in autumn-winter 2009, though no date has yet been set. Coalition and opposition parties alike see municipal elections as an opportunity to gain momentum for national elections, [...] | 2009-04-08 18:33:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID UNMIKV KV |
09PRISTINA162 | KOSOVO: HOUSING RECONSTRUCTION IN NORTH MITROVICA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The return of warm weather in Kosovo brings with it annual interest among Kosovo Albanian displaced persons in rebuilding houses north of the Ibar River. Suvi Do/Suhadoll, a village just west of the Kosovo Serb populated north Mitrovica area, has been the site of interethnic cla [...] | 2009-04-24 13:06:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KV |
09PRISTINA163 | KOSOVO: PROGRESS ON CIVAIR BUT MORE WORK TO BE DONE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kosovo's civil aviation regime has seen significant changes in the past ten years, with Pristina International Airport (PIA) evolving from a military airport run by KFOR in 1999 to assuming full operational control over commercial flights and establishing nascent national civil [...] | 2009-04-24 16:17:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK |
09PRISTINA17 | KOSOVO: MODERATE SERBS BLAME NORTHERN HARDLINERS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Certain key moderates in Kosovo's Serb community, such as Rada Trajkovic, director of the Serbian government health clinic in the southern enclave of Gracanica, and Oliver Ivanovic, a fellow Kosovo Serb serving as State Secretary in the Serbian Ministry for Kosovo, are blaming h [...] | 2009-01-15 09:34:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KV UNMIK |
09PRISTINA178 | KOSOVO EFFORTS TO SECURE RECOGNITION [...] (C) Summary: Since the initial rush of recgonitions after its declaration of independence in February 2008, Kosovo has had to work intensively for each additional recognition, using all tools available to move the undecideds into the "yes" column. Support from the USG and other friendly nat [...] | 2009-05-04 10:49:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KV |
09PRISTINA18 | KOSOVO: RETURNS DOWN SHARPLY IN 2008 [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) numbers, only 569 persons returned to Kosovo in 2008, compared to 1815 returnees in 2007. This decline can be attributed to many factors, chief among them Kosovo's declaration of independence on February 17, 2008, which appea [...] | 2009-01-15 09:34:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KV UNMIK PREF |
09PRISTINA183 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN [...] (C) Mr. Vice President: You last saw the President and Prime Minister of Kosovo in Washington during their first meetings with the new Administration in February, just after the one year anniversary of Kosovo's independence. That meeting proved a huge boost for a Kosovo public anxious to be reassur [...] | 2009-05-09 13:02:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNMIK KV |
09PRISTINA216 | KOSOVO: PROGRESS ON ELECTRICITY FOR SERB [...] (C) SUMMARY. We have seen significant progress towards reaching a comprehensive solution to the problem of Kosovo Serbs and the electricity supply. As of June 2, thanks to sustained effort by the Embassy and USAID Kosovo, every Kosovo Serb village south of the Ibar river - with the exceptio [...] | 2009-06-08 14:44:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL EAID KV UNMIK |
09PRISTINA22 | KOSOVO: KOSOVO SECURITY FORCE POISED TO START [...] (C) SUMMARY: At 2400 on January 20 Kosovo will deactivate the Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC) and will activate the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) at one minute past midnight on January 21. At the same time, approximately 2900 current KPC members will receive notification whether or not they will [...] | 2009-01-16 17:01:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR PREL KV |
09PRISTINA225 | KOSOVO REQUESTS NATIONAL GUARD STATE PARTNER FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of the Kosovo Security Force Fehmi Mujota sent a letter to the Ambassador on May 13 requesting entry into the United States National Guard State Partnership Program. Embassy has forwarded this letter through channels, and USNATO informed us on May 18 that SHAPE had sent [...] | 2009-06-10 15:25:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KV |
09PRISTINA249 | KOSOVO: ASSISTANCE NEEDED TO MANAGE IMMIGRATION [...] (U) This is an action request. Please seen paragraph 12. 2. (C) Summary: Increasing numbers of foreigners are entering Kosovo and requesting stay and asylum. Kosovo's laws governing asylum and migration are good, but border authorities lack the technological and physical resources to prop [...] | 2009-07-01 13:59:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV SMIG KV |
09PRISTINA25 | KOSOVO: DAS STUART JONES DISCUSSES PRACTICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR/SCE DAS Stuart Jones visited Kosovo January 12-13, and discussed events since the European Union's rule-of-law mission, EULEX, started its operations on December 9, 2008. In meetings with President Sejdiu, Prime Minister Thaci, Foreign Minister Hyseni, EULEX Chief de Kermabo [...] | 2009-01-22 06:57:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL EAID KV UNMIK |
09PRISTINA250 | KOSOVO: A CHALLENGING ELECTIONS PROCESS AMID [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Sejdiu on June 16 called for municipal elections to take place on November 15. Preparations for these elections, set to occur amid increasing activity on decentralization, will present several policy challenges. Decentralization will create five new Serb-majority munic [...] | 2009-07-01 14:16:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KV |
09PRISTINA251 | KOSOVO: DECANI LAND ISSUE REACHES LEGAL [...] (C) The long-running land dispute between the Visoki Decani Serbian Orthodox monastery and the municipal government of Decani municipality has reached a legal conclusion. On May 19, the Special Chamber of the Kosovo Supreme Court for Kosovo Trust Agency Matters endorsed a settlement proposal [...] | 2009-07-01 14:23:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KV |
09PRISTINA255 | KOSOVO: GOK STILL LOOKING FOR CEFTA BENEFITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since independence was declared in 2008, Kosovo has struggled to find its voice on the international stage. The Government of Kosovo's (GOK) strong desire to shed the shackles of UNMIK in all realms has been particularly frustrating in organizations where Kosovo is represented b [...] | 2009-07-04 09:40:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK |
09PRISTINA256 | KOSOVO: EULEX AT THE SIX MONTH POINT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Six months after EULEX's deployment, we are getting a better sense of the mission's strengths and weaknesses. EULEX Police, as an example, were active and successful in suppressing protests in north Mitrovica during Albanian efforts to rebuild destroyed homes in Kroi i Vitakut. [...] | 2009-07-04 10:10:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KV |
09PRISTINA257 | KOSOVO'S DIVIDED OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) Summary: Kosovo's three opposition parties lack the unity and parliamentary strength to challenge the PDK-led coalition. Ramush Haradinaj has failed to unify the opposition behind him and the remaining opposition parties do not embrace his party's leadership against the government. The [...] | 2009-07-04 10:37:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KV |
09PRISTINA30 | KOSOVO: NORTH MITROVICA AMERICAN CORNER STILL [...] (C) SUMMARY. The American Corner in the UNMIK library of northern Mitrovica remains open, but its existence continues to be threatened by the Kosovo Serb parallel municipal government. UNMIK has refused to hand over control of the building to parallel mayor Nenad Toplicevic, a member of the [...] | 2009-01-26 16:12:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR EAID KV UNMIK |
09PRISTINA323 | KOSOVO: KEEPING DECENTRALIZATION AND THE NOVEMBER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Quint ambassadors here still lack consensus on whether Kosovo should conduct November 15 municipal elections in any of the new, as yet unformed Serb-majority municipalities mandated in the Ahtisaari Plan. The UK Embassy, once in favor of conducting elections only in the 33 exist [...] | 2009-08-04 15:32:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KV |
09PRISTINA336 | KOSOVO: QUINT FACING CRITICAL DECISIONS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Municipal elections in Kosovo are scheduled to take place on November 15, and the Quint embassies in Pristina--U.S., UK, France, Germany, and Italy--continue to lack consensus on fast-approaching critical decisions on election organization. At the August 7 meeting, the Deputy In [...] | 2009-08-10 16:29:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KV |
09PRISTINA344 | KOSOVO: EMBASSY URGES GOK TO COOPERATE WITH [...] (C) During an August 13 courtesy call, Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci expressed his desire for continued cooperation with the Embassy, and pledged to make no important policy decisions without prior consultation. The Charge noted that the United States shared Kosovo's strategic priority [...] | 2009-08-14 08:36:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KV |
09PRISTINA345 | KOSOVO: DECENTRALIZATION SEQUENCING AND TIMING [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the August 14 Quint meeting, the International Civilian Office (ICO) outlined its plans for establishing additional Municipal Preparation Teams (MPTs) following the August 13 announcement of the formation of the Gracanica MPT. The ICO indicated that it will proceed with i [...] | 2009-08-14 17:04:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KV |
09PRISTINA362 | KOSOVO: GOK OPPOSES EULEX AGREEMENT WITH SERBIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Kosovo (GOK) continues to object to a draft law enforcement agreement that EULEX plans to sign with Serbia. Kosovo's objections center around an implied reference to the "six points," some terminology in the agreement, and the negative impact that it may have on [...] | 2009-08-21 16:03:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KV |
09PRISTINA412 | KOSOVO: RUSSIAN AND SLOVAK REPS PRESS OSCE ON [...] (U) Heads of Mission from the Russian and Slovak Liaison Offices in Kosovo offered pointed questions to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Mission in Kosovo (OMIK) regarding activities related to upcoming municipal elections during a September 24 meeting reviewing OMIK's r [...] | 2009-09-25 06:43:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KV |
09PRISTINA417 | KOSOVO: NEW COMKFOR CALLS ON AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 24, the new COMKFOR, Lieutenant General Markus Bentler paid a courtesy call on the Ambassador. The two discussed KFOR's planned drawdown and the importance of creating a mechanism to ensure close coordination between military and civilian organizations as KFOR's pre [...] | 2009-09-29 06:04:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL MARR KV |
09PRISTINA43 | KOSOVO: MONTENEGRO DELEGATION DISCUSSES [...] (U) Summary. Montenegrin Deputy Assembly Chairman Rifat Rastoder led a government delegation on a visit to Pristina on January 27-28. Montenegro, which recognized Kosovo on October 9, sent the delegation to discuss establishing diplomatic relations with Kosovo, the status of ethnic Montenegri [...] | 2009-02-03 16:03:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KV MW |
09PRISTINA49 | KOSOVO: INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY ADDRESSES [...] (C) Summary. Over the course of several meetings among international representatives in various formulations between January 15 and February 9, the urgent need to address a number of so-called "practical issues" (which more or less correspond to the "six-points" from the UN Secretary General' [...] | 2009-02-10 13:54:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KV |
09PRISTINA524 | KOSOVO - KFOR MOVES ON POWER STATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an unannounced deployment on November 23, KFOR, along with EULEX, sent forces to establish a dual security perimeter around the Valac electrical substation in northern Kosovo. The Valac substation, currently controlled by Serbian Power Company (EPS) employees, has been the focu [...] | 2009-11-24 15:19:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG MARR ECON EAID PTER KV YI |
09PRISTINA56 | KOSOVO: EDUCATION ISSUES LEAD TO POLITICAL FERMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. The issue of access to higher education in Serbian universities has evoked a strong political reaction from Kosovo's Bosniak community. Widespread unhappiness over the handling of education issues by Bosniak political representatives in Pristina has led to the formation of a new [...] | 2009-02-12 10:00:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KV UNMIK |
09PRISTINA57 | KOSOVO: AAK'S ELECTORAL AMBITIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK),Kosovo's leading opposition party, is restructuring itself in a bid to return to power in future elections. Founded by former Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj, AAK is attempting to expand from its core base of support in western Kosovo [...] | 2009-02-12 10:06:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KV |
09PRISTINA58 | KOSOVO: CONTINUED PROGRESS, CHALLENGES AT KOSOVO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Kosovo Property Agency (KPA) continues to operate successfully despite lack of cooperation from the Serbian government. As of November 2008, 18,839 out of the near 40,000 claims filed with KPA had been adjudicated. (Note: KPA's caseload consists mainly of commercial and a [...] | 2009-02-12 10:59:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KV UNMIK |
09PRISTINA62 | KOSOVO: KOSOVO ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AT CRITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Kosovo's future rests on efficient development of its vast lignite coal reserves, which can propel investment and improved living standards for the next half century or more if properly exploited. After years of frustrating delay, Kosovo's government is ready to take the final [...] | 2009-02-14 12:41:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNMIK KV ECON |
09PRISTINA63 | KOSOVO: ON THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE, [...] (SBU) Summary. In the first year since its declaration of independence, Kosovo has made real progress in consolidating its sovereignty and pursuing its democratic objectives, including adoption of a new constitution that meets the highest European standards and grants broad protection to Koso [...] | 2009-02-16 12:40:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KV |
09PRISTINA77 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF KOSOVO PRESIDENT [...] (C) It has been a difficult but in many ways successful year since Kosovo declared its independence on February 17, 2008. Though we spent much time planning for the possibility of large-scale population flows after the declaration and took precautions lest the independence move sparked outright con [...] | 2009-02-23 17:24:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNMIK KV |
09PRISTINA78 | KOSOVO: DECENTRALIZATION'S CHALLENGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ahtisaari-mandated decentralization that, among other things, creates new Serb-majority municipalities empowered with sweeping competencies for local self-governance is building momentum, though the question of whether adequate conditions are in place for successful implementatio [...] | 2009-02-24 17:46:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL EAID KV |
09QUITO1 | ANOTHER U.S. ARBITRATION RESOLVED: GOE PAYS DUKE [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOE paid U.S. firm Duke Energy $10.7 million in settlement of an ICSID arbitral award December 16, resolving the company's long standing dispute over improper fines levied against its Ecuadorian subsidiary by the state electricity company. Duke Energy is evaluating whether [...] | 2009-01-05 21:00:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ENRG ECON EC |
09QUITO100 | CORREA ANGRY OVER CONDITIONS ON VETTED UNIT [...] (C) Summary: During his February 7 weekly radio/TV address, an indignant President Correa, reading from a January 8 letter from the DHS/ICE Attache in Quito, rejected coordinated selection of personnel for an anti-smuggling/contraband unit and announced the Attache's expulsion, apparently un [...] | 2009-02-09 21:33:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR SMIG SNAR EC CO |
09QUITO1009 | UNASUR Establishes Confidence Building Mechanism [...] (C) SUMMARY: The November 27 UNASUR meeting of foreign and defense ministers managed to reach agreement on a resolution establishing a "confidence building mechanism," with provisions designed to improve transparency and information sharing, provide guarantees regarding the use and/or threat [...] | 2009-12-01 22:43:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR AORC EC CO XM XR |
09QUITO1011 | Delivery of Letters on U.S.-Colombia DCA [...] (SBU) The Embassy delivered Ref B letters under cover of a diplomatic note to the Foreign Minister's office, as well as the MFA's Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) Coordination Office and Directorate General of North America, by e-mail on November 25, and delivered the original on the m [...] | 2009-12-02 14:23:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KTIA AORC US CO EC |
09QUITO1023 | ECUADOR ON DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS DEMARCHE [...] (C) PolOff delivered Ref A points on December 2 to the MFA's Acting Director General for Multilateral Affairs, Leon Avila. Avila said he would not be able to respond substantively until he spoke with Director General Lourdes Puma, who was out of the country until December 6, and who had already [...] | 2009-12-03 22:47:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA PHUM EC |
09QUITO1033 | Government Commission Report on Colombian Attack and FARC [...] (C) Summary: A government-appointed commission's report revives allegations about the FOL's support (specifically in regard to satellite intelligence) for the 2008 Colombian military attack against a FARC camp in northern Ecuador, as well as allegations of inappropriate U.S. direction of loca [...] | 2009-12-11 18:45:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER SNAR MOPS EC CO |
09QUITO1035 | GOE REQUEST FOR DEMINING ASSISTANCE PRESENTS UNIQUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ecuadorian government seeks USG assistance in its humanitarian demining program. After years of inconclusive discussion with the GOE, the MFA's recent requests for USG assistance, combined with extension of the GOE's commitment to the Ottawa Convention, increasingly close pol [...] | 2009-12-15 21:20:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS PGOV MCAP KHDP EC PE |
09QUITO1057 | Power Blackouts Continue in Ecuador [...] (SBU) Having failed to end energy blackouts by Ecuadorian President Correa's arbitrary deadline of December 15, Minister of Electricity and Renewable Resources Esteban Albornoz resigned December 16 and was replaced by Miguel Calahorrano. In the face of continuing energy shortages, President Cor [...] | 2009-12-23 22:12:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EPET ENRG ECON EC |
09QUITO1059 | Ecuador's 2010 Budget: Optimistic Assumptions, large [...] (SBU) Marked by optimistic growth and revenue assumptions, a record-level fiscal deficit, and a conspicuous lack of detail about sources of financing, Ecuador's 2010 budget passed the National Assembly December 22. President Correa's administration submitted the 2009 and 2010 budgets simultaneo [...] | 2009-12-23 23:05:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV EC |
09QUITO112 | GOE REMAINS ON ATTACK AGAINST EMBASSY [...] (C) Summary: Both President Correa and Minister Carvajal condemned the Embassy's actions with regard to vetted units publicly throughout the week of February 9. The Department's February 9 statement that the USG would work through diplomatic channels to address Correa's concerns and Carvaj [...] | 2009-02-13 22:54:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR PTER KCRM EC |
09QUITO117 | ANALYSTS OFFER DIVERGENT VIEWS ON POLITICAL SCENE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The diversity of the Ecuadorian political debate was on display during a breakfast with WHA/AND Director Whitaker. Some analysts saw President Correa staking out the electoral center amidst waning voter interest, while another participant highlighted what he considered successfu [...] | 2009-02-17 16:35:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG EC CO IR |
09QUITO120 | LEGISLATIVE HEAD CORDERO OPEN TO U.S. COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: In... id: 192653 date: 2/18/2009 17:11 refid: 09QUITO120 origin: Embassy Quito classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: VZCZCXYZ0000 OO RUEHWEB DE RUEHQT #0120/01 0491711 ZNY CCCCC ZZH O 181711Z FEB 09 FM AMEMBASSY QUITO TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0037 INFO RUEH [...] | 2009-02-18 17:11:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EC |
09QUITO121 | A Somber U.S. Business Forum Briefs the Ambassador [...] (C) Summary. On February 13, U.S. companies briefed the Ambassador on the business climate in Ecuador. The tone was somber, as the representative outlined challenges and risks, but also opportunities for their companies, which are representative of many business sectors in Ecuador. Most wer [...] | 2009-02-18 20:41:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV EFIN EPET ECON EC |
09QUITO126 | MFA CONVERSATIONS WITH AMBASSADOR ON PNG DECISION [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador, in February 18 conversations with FM Falconi and Vice Minister Pozo, stressed the harm the expulsion of an Embassy officer would do to our relationship and her regret that she had not had an opportunity to try to address GOE concerns through diplomatic channels. [...] | 2009-02-19 00:39:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SNAR EC |
09QUITO13 | GOE TALKS OF TERMINATING FRENCH, ITALIAN OIL CONTRACTS [...] (C) Summary: Ecuador's Petroleum Minister announced January 8 that the GOE would terminate oil contracts with two European oil companies, Perenco (French) and AGIP (Italian),in order to comply with an OPEC-mandated production cut. Minister Palacios justified terminating the contracts becaus [...] | 2009-01-13 19:00:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON EC |
09QUITO137 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - NONPROLIFERATION [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel points to the MFA Multilateral Affairs Directorate on January 30 and followed up with Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on February 13. Puma reiterated that the GOE fully supports non-proliferation efforts, especially against non-State actors. Sh [...] | 2009-02-21 00:42:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM EFIN MNUC KNNP GM EC |
09QUITO138 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - U.S. PROGRAMS ON [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel non-paper to the MFA Multilateral Affairs Directorate on January 30 and followed up with Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on February 13. Puma reiterated that the GOE fully supports efforts to combat illicit arms trafficking. PolOff noted that t [...] | 2009-02-21 00:44:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MASS MCAP EAIR ETTC OAS PE EC |
09QUITO154 | NEW COORDINATING MINISTER FOR ECONOMIC POLICY BORJA [...] (C) Sum... id: 195027 date: 3/3/2009 21:03 refid: 09QUITO154 origin: Embassy Quito classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: VZCZCXYZ0000 RR RUEHWEB DE RUEHQT #0154 0622103 ZNY CCCCC ZZH R 032103Z MAR 09 FM AMEMBASSY QUITO TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 0110 INFO RUEHBO/AMEMBASSY BOGOTA 799 [...] | 2009-03-03 21:03:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PINR ETRD PREL EC |
09QUITO160 | ECUADOR'S NEW VISION FOR RELATIONS WITH U.S. [...] (C) Summary: In a March 4 meeting, MFA U/S Orbe, speaking on instructions from FM Falconi, set the stage for Ecuador's vision for future relations with the U.S. He then called for a meeting between President Obama and President Correa to set a strategic agenda for future cooperation on the [...] | 2009-03-05 16:19:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR EINV PGOV ETRD KJUS EC IR |
09QUITO173 | GOE PRESSURES FRENCH, SPANISH OIL COMPANIES [...] (C) Summary: In another move to pressure foreign oil companies to sign new contracts, on February 21 the GOE told French Perenco and Spanish Repsol that they had 72 hours to pay monies owed under Ecuador's windfall petroleum revenue sharing law or their oil shipments could be withheld by the [...] | 2009-03-10 19:26:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON EC |
09QUITO175 | DESPITE PROMISES, GOE FAILS TO ACT IN AVIATION TAX DISPUTE [...] (C) Summary. On March 3, 2009 EconOff met with Foreign Ministry representatives to discuss the GOE's taxation of U.S. carriers in violation of the U.S.-Ecuadorian aviation agreement. The Embassy has been engaged in discussions with GOE officials about this matter since March 2008. Although [...] | 2009-03-10 20:14:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON EC |
09QUITO177 | ONE YEAR AFTER BREAK WITH COLOMBIA, GOE REMAINS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Correa government ramped up its rhetoric against Colombia in recent weeks, spurred by a desire to defend itself against accusations of narco-politics, the first anniversary of the March 2008 Colombian attack on a FARC camp in Ecuador, and Colombian remarks. The GOE was deli [...] | 2009-03-11 23:43:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PREF SNAR OAS EC CO |
09QUITO178 | HIGH-LEVEL CHINESE VISIT HIGHLIGHTS CLOSER TIES [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met privately with Chinese Ambassador Cai Runguo on February 27 to discuss the February 13 visit by Vice Prime Minister Hui Liangyu in Ecuador, as well as the Ecuador-China relationship more generally. Ambassador Cai downplayed the importance of the visit, and was [...] | 2009-03-12 14:56:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EINV EAID ETRD ENRG SMIG CVIS EC CH |
09QUITO188 | Minister Borja on GOE Response to the Economic Crisis [...] (C) Summary. During a courtesy call with the Ambassador on March 11, Diego Borja, Coordinating Minister for Economic Production, described the broad parameters of how the government will adjust its budget because of falling oil prices. The GOE plans to cut investment spending in half and con [...] | 2009-03-16 15:31:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL EC |
09QUITO191 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (C) This cable responds to reftel request for information on critical foreign infrastructure and resource dependencies. In the Embassy's view, Ecuador does not have critical infrastructure or key resources comparable to those listed in reftel. Ecuador produces petroleum, and its trans-Andean [...] | 2009-03-18 15:24:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP |
09QUITO196 | ANOTHER U.S. OIL COMPANY LEAVES ECUADOR [...] (U) On March 12, as planned, Spanish oil company Repsol signed a new oil contract with the Government of Ecuador (details of the agreement can be found in reftel A). The same day, it bought out U.S. minority partner Murphy Oil's share of the petroleum consortium. On March 13, Murphy announce [...] | 2009-03-18 21:54:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON EC |
09QUITO202 | ELECTION CAMPAIGN KICKOFF CONTENTIOUS [...] (SBU) Summary: T... id: 198604 date: 3/24/2009 17:31 refid: 09QUITO202 origin: Embassy Quito classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: 08QUITO616 header: VZCZCXYZ0007 OO RUEHWEB DE RUEHQT #0202/01 0831731 ZNY CCCCC ZZH O 241731Z MAR 09 FM AMEMBASSY QUITO TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 018 [...] | 2009-03-24 17:31:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EC |
09QUITO206 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF [...] (C) PolOff delivered Ref A points to MFA Bilateral Affairs Director General for Europe Pablo Villagomez on March 23, 2009. Villagomez reiterated the position previously expressed by the MFA's Director General of Multilateral Affairs (Ref B),that the GOE was sensitive to issues of sovereignt [...] | 2009-03-24 22:04:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR PBTS KPKO GG RS EC |
09QUITO207 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - HCOC ANNUAL [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on March 19. Puma said that the GOE had submitted its Annual Declaration during the week of March 2. She noted that the GOE submitted a simplified "nil form" as Ecuador does not have a space launch [...] | 2009-03-25 12:19:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA EC |
09QUITO208 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (C) In light of recent bilateral tensions over the expulsion of two U.S. diplomats (Ref B),Post did not deliver the demarche on Kosovo until March 23, when PolOff conveyed Ref A points to MFA Bilateral Affairs Director General for Europe Pablo Villagomez. Villagomez reiterated the GOE's pos [...] | 2009-03-25 12:19:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC ICJ UN KV EC |
09QUITO216 | SLOW-ROLLING THE GOE REQUEST TO PURCHASE F-16S [...] (C) Summary: The Ecuadorian Air Force (FAE) Commander signed an official memorandum on November 25, 2008 requesting a quote from the U.S. on the cost of purchasing 24 F-16 C/D Block 50 Mid-Life Upgrade (MLU) aircraft, with the intention of replacing its outdated fighter fleet. Post delayed [...] | 2009-03-27 19:48:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS EC |
09QUITO22 | U.S. MACHALA POWER REACHES AGREEMENT WITH GOE ON INVESTMENT [...] (C) Summary. U.S. electricity generator Machala Power signed an agreement with the GOE December 19 to drop its arbitration claim in exchange for payment of approximately $70 million to cover past due GOE debts (payment and termination of the arbitration claim are still pending). The company [...] | 2009-01-15 16:59:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ENRG ECON EC |
09QUITO220 | GOE Policy for a Vulnerable Economy: Buying Time and [...] (C) Summary. The Ecuadorian economy, which is dollarized and heavily dependent on oil exports, is under considerable stress because of falling oil prices and the global economic crisis. Oil prices have risen in March, providing some relief. If oil prices remain at current levels or rise, th [...] | 2009-03-30 13:35:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD EPET EC |
09QUITO225 | PRESIDENT CORREA REJECTS CRITICISM FROM INTERAMERICAN PRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: At its midyear meeting in Paraguay March 13-16, the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) criticized President Rafael Correa and his government's attitudes and actions toward the Ecuadorian media. On March 17, Correa responded to the IAPA's declarations by rejecting its legitim [...] | 2009-03-31 20:46:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KPAO EC |
09QUITO227 | COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE 2008 COLOMBIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Correa government established a new commission to investigate the events surrounding the March 1, 2008 Colombian bombing of a FARC camp in northern Ecuador, as well as allegations of GOE ties to the FARC. The commission, whose members were chosen by Correa, will receive its [...] | 2009-04-01 14:52:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MARR MOPS SNAR KCRM EC CO |
09QUITO23 | ECUADORIAN TRADE WITH IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Following his participation in President Correa's trip to Iran in December, an Ecuadorian business leader explained to Emboff how potential commerce with Iran could work. To disguise trade with Iran, goods would be routed through Singapore and payments through Dubai. Funds from [...] | 2009-01-15 17:07:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON EFIN IR EC |
09QUITO233 | POLICE UNIT INVESTIGATED WHILE CHAUVIN CASE INCHES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ecuador's "narco-politics" scandal is playing out in perverse ways. The good guys ) key personnel of a specialized police unit that was responsible for most of the GOE's success against narco-traffickers ) are under investigation by the GOE for returning USG computers and fear [...] | 2009-04-02 22:27:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PTER PREL PGOV KCRM EC CO |
09QUITO244 | ECUADOR'S GOALS AT THE 2009 SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The GOE's focus for the April 17-19 Summit of the Americas has included seeking a one-on-one meeting between the presidents. One issue that Ecuador would want to stress during the Summit is the financial crisis. Other issues are currently being defined by the Foreign Minister's [...] | 2009-04-06 23:57:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PREL KSUM EC CU |
09QUITO253 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: USG CANDIDACY FOR UN [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on April 6. Puma said that the GOE had received the USG's diplomatic note, and views the USG's change in policy toward the Human Rights Council as a positive move. However, she noted that the GOE wa [...] | 2009-04-13 17:07:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EC |
09QUITO254 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: NORTH KOREAN TAEPO-DONG [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points and presidential statement to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on April 6 on the North Korean Taepo-Dong 2 launch. Puma said that the GOE would follow UNSC guidance on this issue and was aware of the split decision in the UNSC. She sai [...] | 2009-04-13 17:34:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP EC KN JA |
09QUITO255 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: ECUADOR ON U.S. [...] (C) PolOff delivered Ref A points to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on April 6. Puma said that the GOE had its own candidate, Ambassador Luis Moreno, for another OAS body, the Juridical Committee and that the GOE was seeking an exchange of votes. There are four candi [...] | 2009-04-14 15:18:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EC PHUM AORC OAS IAHRC |
09QUITO256 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FINANCE MINISTER VITERI [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador made an introductory call on Finance Minister Elsa Viteri on April 8. Viteri justified Ecuador's debt default and planned restructuring, supported Ecuador's balance of payment safeguard trade measures and mentioned the possibility of further measures, and expresse [...] | 2009-04-14 16:24:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD ECON EC |
09QUITO269 | ECUADOR BLUE LANTERN - END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE [...] (SBU) Embassy attempted to carry out a post-shipment check on license 050118116 for the export of inertial measurement units (IMUs) to Ecuador. However, the IMUs, a component to the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) sold to the Ecuadorian military by Israeli Aerospace Industries (IAI),have no [...] | 2009-04-17 19:32:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KOMC EC IS |
09QUITO277 | Ecuador Proposes to Repurchase Bonds with 70 Percent [...] (U) Summary. The Government of Ecuador announced that it provided a bond repurchasing proposal to bondholders on April 20. The GOE said that it will repurchase defaulted bonds at a 70 percent discount, but provided few details as to how it will manage the process. End summary. 2. (U) Ac [...] | 2009-04-21 22:01:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EC |
09QUITO283 | COUNTDOWN TO ELECTIONS; PRESIDENT'S RACE FOREGONE [...] (SB... id: 203768 date: 4/23/2009 13:38 refid: 09QUITO283 origin: Embassy Quito classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: VZCZCXYZ0000 OO RUEHWEB DE RUEHQT #0283/01 1131338 ZNY CCCCC ZZH O 231338Z APR 09 FM AMEMBASSY QUITO TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0283 INFO RUEHBO/AMEMBASSY [...] | 2009-04-23 13:38:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPLS OAS EC |
09QUITO296 | COUNTDOWN TO ELECTIONS; PRESIDENT'S RACE FOREGONE [...] (SBU) Summary: With three days remaining before the April 26 elections, President Correa sits comfortably ahead of all other candidates, with polls showing him with enough votes for a first-round win. Recently arrived international election observation teams have reported concern with how the [...] | 2009-04-27 12:09:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPLS OAS EC |
09QUITO298 | COUNTDOWN TO ELECTIONS; PRESIDENT'S RACE FOREGONE [...] (SB... id: 204247 date: 4/27/2009 12:09 refid: 09QUITO298 origin: Embassy Quito classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: VZCZCXYZ0002 OO RUEHWEB DE RUEHQT #0298/01 1171209 ZNY CCCCC ZZH O 271209Z APR 09 FM AMEMBASSY QUITO TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0304 INFO RUEHBO/AMEMBASSY B [...] | 2009-04-27 12:09:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPLS OAS EC |
09QUITO300 | CORREA VICTORY GIVES HIM BLANK CHECK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Correa received the Ecuadorian people's vote of confidence on April 26 in a generally problem-free election, winning the presidency in the first round with 52% of the valid votes. This election, only 27 months into Correa's term, was required under Ecuador's new constitution. [...] | 2009-04-27 19:28:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPLS OAS EC |
09QUITO308 | NOT SO CALM AFTER THE STORM - ELECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Contrary to initial reports that Ecuador's April 26 election went smoothly, cases of violence and fraud in a few provinces are coming to light in the days following the elections. Although these incidents are unlikely to alter the outcome in the Presidential race, general disc [...] | 2009-04-30 23:20:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV OAS EC |
09QUITO329 | GUTIERREZ PARTY ON ELECTION FRAUD [...] (C) Gilmar Gutierrez, a Patriotic Society Party (PSP) National Assembly candidate and the brother of former president and 2009 presidential runner-up Lucio Gutierrez, met with DCM and PolCouns on May 6, at Gutierrez' request. He showed us election documents indicating a variety of different t [...] | 2009-05-07 20:53:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EC |
09QUITO33 | GOE REQUESTS TIMELINE ON MANTA FOL [...] (C) Summary: Embassy and GOE officials met January 14 to discuss planning for the USG's withdrawal from the Manta Forward Operating Location (FOL). The GOE representatives were cordial and expressed an interest in joint coordination of the turnover of the FOL. The GOE noted that the Ecuador [...] | 2009-01-20 18:20:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR EC |
09QUITO344 | FM FALCONI ON POSITIVE TACK IN MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 7 meeting with the Ambassador, FM Falconi offered to assist in reaching agreements on USG cooperation with specialized Ecuadorian police units, seeking tax exemptions for vehicles the U.S. Forward Operating Location will donate to local charities, and concluding a bilat [...] | 2009-05-12 17:21:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR MARR ETRD SCUL UNESCO EC |
09QUITO347 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - IAEA DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on May 12. Puma said that the GOE would continue to support Ambassador Yukiya Amano and had already confirmed its intention to vote for Amano to the Japanese government. HODGES [...] | 2009-05-12 23:46:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC KNNP IAEA EC |
09QUITO373 | AMBASSADOR MEETING WITH MINISTER OF INDUSTRIES AND [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador made an introductory call on Industries and Productivity Minister Xavier Abad on May 13. The Minister discussed the Ministry's infrastructure development plans and focused on ways to advance the bilateral commercial relationship, including a possible trade coopera [...] | 2009-05-21 16:51:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON EC |
09QUITO375 | ECUADOR - RESPONSE TO LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW [...] (C) The Embassy provides the following information on the relationship between the Cuban government and Ecuador in response to reftel. 2. (C) Ecuador has not worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba, nor has it undertaken governmental action to condemn human [...] | 2009-05-21 17:34:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU EC |
09QUITO389 | EMBASSY MEETS WITH GOE DELEGATION ON MANTA FOL [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy and GOE officials met on May 15 to discuss plans for the USG's withdrawal from the Manta Forward Operating Location (FOL),to deliver a briefing and tour of the FOL's operations, and to deliver floor plans and drawings of the FOL's buildings and facilities. This was a [...] | 2009-05-28 16:20:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS EC |
09QUITO390 | ECUADOR CONSIDERING NEW "TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT" PROPOSAL [...] (U) Please see action request in para 10. 2. (C) Summary: Several GOE officials have made statements suggesting the GOE will seek a new type of commercial agreement with the United States. This "trade agreement for development" would evidently include political dialogue and cooperation (a [...] | 2009-05-28 21:05:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON EC |
09QUITO391 | LEGISLATORS VISIT U.S. FORWARD OPERATING LOCATION [...] (C) Summary: Five Ecuadorian legislators, determined to dig up dirt against the U.S. Forward Operating Location (FOL) before it closes, visited the city of Manta on May 21-22 to meet with "aggrieved" local citizens. On May 22, the delegation visited the Eloy Alfaro Air Base and FOL. Ecuador [...] | 2009-05-29 12:15:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR MARR EC CO |
09QUITO400 | ECUADORIAN GOVERNMENT SPLIT ON CAN-EU TALKS [...] (C) Summary. Ecuador's trade talks with the European Union have stalled. The GOE says it needs modifications so the agreement will comply with its new constitution, but trade officials say the Cabinet is split on supporting an agreement and is waiting for the President to make a decision. E [...] | 2009-06-01 21:33:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON EC |
09QUITO404 | ECUADORIAN RESPONSE TO IDENTIFYING AIR ASSETS FOR [...] (C) In reponse to reftel, post spoke with the Ecuadorian Under Secretary of National Defense, General Jorge Pena. He said that the Ecuadorian military does have Mi-17 helicopters and they would like to help. However, they are in the process of refurbishing the helicopters they own and they ar [...] | 2009-06-02 16:58:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SMIG PARM EC PK |
09QUITO407 | ECUADORIAN NGOS RESIST GOE MOVES TOWARD GREATER CONTROL [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOE has taken steps in the past year to expand its regulation of NGOs in Ecuador. It also attempted to close a prominent environmental NGO in March 2009, in a move many believed was politically motivated. The NGO community is attempting to organize in response to these me [...] | 2009-06-02 21:31:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SENV PHUM EAID ECON EC |
09QUITO408 | Ecuador Requires Banks to Repatriate Some Offshore Assets [...] (C) S... id: 209795 date: 6/2/2009 21:39 refid: 09QUITO408 origin: Embassy Quito classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: VZCZCXYZ0019 OO RUEHWEB DE RUEHQT #0408/01 1532139 ZNY CCCCC ZZH O 022139Z JUN 09 FM AMEMBASSY QUITO TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0426 INFO RUEHBO/AMEMBASSY [...] | 2009-06-02 21:39:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EC |
09QUITO419 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: WORRISOME SIGNS AS ECUADOR [...] (C) Summary: On June 2, EconOff met with representatives from the Embassy of Japan, the European Commission, and the GOE U/S of Fisheries, Guillermo Moran, to deliver the demarche points in reftel A. As in our previous meeting with Moran (reftel B),he stressed that the GOE wanted the June 8 [...] | 2009-06-06 16:51:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIS ETRD SENV XK XM |
09QUITO420 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: WORRISOME SIGNS AS ECUADOR PREPARES FOR [...] (C) Summary: On June 2, EconOff met with representatives from the Embassy of Japan, the European Commission, and the GOE U/S of Fisheries, Guillermo Moran, to deliver the demarche points in reftel A. As in our previous meeting with Moran (reftel B),he stressed that the GOE wanted the June 8 [...] | 2009-06-06 16:52:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIS ETRD SENV XK XM EC |
09QUITO433 | ECUADOR ANNOUNCES IT WILL JOIN ALBA [...] (U) Summary: President Correa announced June 5 that Ecuador would join ALBA, confirming a June 3 statement by Venezuelan President Chavez on the issue. Correa claimed membership would provide Ecuador a "common front" before organizations unfavorable towards Latin America, such as the World Ba [...] | 2009-06-10 20:41:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL EC |
09QUITO449 | PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CALL TO PRESIDENT CORREA ADDS TO PRESS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Initial Ecuadorian government and media reaction to President Obama's June 10 phone call to President Correa focused on President Obama's message of congratulation for Correa's reelection and his desire to deepen U.S.-Ecuador relations, but did not include extensive comments on his [...] | 2009-06-15 12:06:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KPAO EC |
09QUITO460 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - INTERNATIONAL PIRACY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-16 18:48:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL EC |
09QUITO461 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on June 12. Puma said that the GOE has not yet made a decision who it would vote for in the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) election. She did acknowledge, however, that the EU holds too [...] | 2009-06-16 18:48:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA EC |
09QUITO462 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - U.S CANDIDATE FOR UN'S [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on June 12. Puma said that the GOE has not yet made a decision who it would vote for in the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) election. She did acknowledge, however, that the EU holds to [...] | 2009-06-16 18:48:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA EC |
09QUITO464 | ICSID - ECUADOR TO WITHDRAW FROM WORLD BANK'S ARBITRATION [...] (U) Summary: On May 30, President Correa stated that Ecuador would withdraw from the World Bank's investment dispute arbitration forum (ICSID) because it violated Ecuador's new constitution, which only permits the use of regional arbitral forums. Current ICSID cases would still be honored. [...] | 2009-06-16 18:48:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV PREL EC |
09QUITO467 | CITIZEN PARTICIPATION/SOCIAL CONTROL COUNCIL AN [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The Ambassador had a friendly June 10 meeting with the Citizen Participation and Social Control Council, part of a new branch of government. The Council explained its role in promoting citizen participation, investigating corruption complaints, and appointing other g [...] | 2009-06-16 20:00:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM EC |
09QUITO475 | ELECTION FATIGUE IN ECUADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Nearly two months after the April 26 nationwide elections, official results for the National Assembly and local races still have not been announced, possibly complicating the government's plans for an August 10 presidential inauguration ceremony. On the heels of this process, [...] | 2009-06-18 14:06:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EC |
09QUITO482 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-19 13:27:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SYR TRGY EC |
09QUITO513 | LATEST ROUNDS OF ANTI-U.S. RHETORIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: While the GOE talked in Washington about expanding bilateral cooperation, the Correa government and its fellow travelers here in Ecuador continued to bash the U.S. Unsubstantiated allegations over the last few weeks included that the U.S. Forward Operating Location (FOL) caused [...] | 2009-06-25 23:39:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR SNAR PHUM OAS EC |
09QUITO515 | CORREA REPLACES PETROLEUM MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: On June 8, President Correa replaced his Minister of Petroleum and Mines in a surprise appointment. New Minister Germanico Pinto is a former Constitutional Assembly member with a teaching background and little experience in the sector, but is strongly aligned with Correa's ideol [...] | 2009-06-26 17:19:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON EC |
09QUITO521 | GOE DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON NORTH KOREA [...] (C) The Foreign Ministry sent the Embassy a diplomatic note on June 4 which states Ecuador's adherence to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, refers to related provisions in Ecuador's October 2008 constitution, and calls for resumption of the Six Party [...] | 2009-06-29 15:07:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP EC KN IR |
09QUITO525 | UNREALIZED POTENTIAL IN ECUADOR'S MINING SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ecuadorian government hopes to restart mining investment in Ecuador with a new law that increases the state share of revenues and control over the sector. Changes include reinstating royalties and tightening environmental controls, among others. The four major foreign fir [...] | 2009-06-29 19:43:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EMIN EINV EC |
09QUITO543 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1874 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-02 17:16:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUS MTCRE KN EC |
09QUITO559 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - IMPLEMENTING UNSCR [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points and Treasury Advisory to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Leon Aviles on June 30. Aviles said that the GOE agreed with the UN resolutions and will work to implement them. He did have concerns about possible DPRK attempts at counterfeiting USG curr [...] | 2009-07-07 19:57:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PARM PREL KNNP EC |
09QUITO563 | POST SUGGESTIONS FOR DELEGATION TO ATTEND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-08 14:17:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EC |
09QUITO57 | GAS-AND-GO LOOKS LIKE A GO [...] (C) Summary: At a wide-ranging lunch for the Ambassador on January 26, a warm and friendly President Correa gave a firm green light for discussion and development of a gas-and-go model for anti-narcotics cooperation with the U.S., following the shutdown of the Manta Forward Operating Location [...] | 2009-01-27 12:33:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS SNAR ETRD EC |
09QUITO570 | FM FALCONI WITH AMBASSADOR ON BILATERAL DIALOGUE, [...] (C) Summary: GOE officials laid out their thinking on the Bilateral Dialogue, including a new, so far poorly defined, security pillar, in a July 8 meeting with the Ambassador. The Ambassador emphasized the USG desire to move forward as soon as possible. She raised U.S. interest in a gas-an [...] | 2009-07-09 23:35:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR EAID SENV MARR CVIS EC |
09QUITO571 | EMBASSY SUGGESTIONS FOR DELEGATION TO ATTEND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-10 16:39:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EC |
09QUITO616 | GOE DOESN'T APPEAR AT LAST COUNTER-NARCOTICS [...] (C) Summary: On July 17, 2009, the Forward Operating Location (FOL) in Manta held a ceremony to commemorate ten successful years of cooperation in counterdrug operations at the FOL. Although many Ecuadorian government officials had been invited to the ceremony, the GOE chose not to send any [...] | 2009-07-21 15:54:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR EC |
09QUITO644 | ECUADOR SEIZED FRENCH OIL COMPANY'S FIELDS ON THREAT TO HALT [...] (C) Summary: Ecuador seized French oil company Perenco's oil fields after the company threatened to halt output amid a tax dispute and oil embargo. Perenco's senior executive and spokesman for Latin America confirmed the assets expropriation, and said that Perenco would file another case with t [...] | 2009-07-27 14:56:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON EC |
09QUITO652 | Reflections on Ecuador's Underperforming Economy [...] (C) Summary. Ecuador has not fully realized the economic benefits of its considerable natural resources and capable work force, in large part because of several long-term factors that create an unpredictable and at times difficult business environment. These constraints include a lack of con [...] | 2009-07-29 14:09:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV EPET EMIN ETRD EAGR EC |
09QUITO657 | CONFUSING SIGNALS ABOUT ECUADOR'S YASUNI ITT CONSERVATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. On June 24, the ... id: 218811 date: 7/30/2009 12:24 refid: 09QUITO657 origin: Embassy Quito classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: 09QUITO204 header: VZCZCXYZ0013 RR RUEHWEB DE RUEHQT #0657/01 2111224 ZNY CCCCC ZZH R 301224Z JUL 09 ZDK FM AMEMBASSY QUITO TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WAS [...] | 2009-07-30 12:24:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PREL SENV ECON EC |
09QUITO703 | ECUADOR'S UNASUR AGENDA: AN ANTI-AMERICAN TONE? [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the 200th anniversary of its so-called "First Call for Independence" on August 10, Ecuador will assume the rotating presidency of UNASUR on the same day that President Correa is inaugurated. The MFA announced the GOE's objectives and planned projects for UNASUR on August 3, w [...] | 2009-08-07 15:21:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL ECIN MARR EC CO XM XR |
09QUITO704 | FM FALCONI ON ECUADOR-COLOMBIA RELATIONS, US BASE [...] (C) At Foreign Minister Fander Falconi's request, the Ambassador met with Falconi the morning of August 5 to discuss Ecuador-Colombia relations. Also in the meeting for the Foreign Ministry were Under Secretary for Bilateral Affairs, Jorge Orbe, and North American Affairs officer Cristina Cam [...] | 2009-08-07 15:53:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR SNAR EC CO |
09QUITO715 | UNASUR SUMMIT: NO CONSENSUS ON U.S.-COLOMBIAN DCA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Several presidents from the region condemned the U.S.-Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement at the ceremony where President Bachelet transferred the rotating presidency of UNASUR to President Correa (reftel). Presidents Chavez and Correa claimed that U.S. military presence at C [...] | 2009-08-12 16:15:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC ECIN MARR EC CO XM XR |
09QUITO736 | ECUADOR SECURITY MINISTER EXPLAINS "PERCEPTIONS" [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his visit to attend President Correa's August 10 inauguration ceremony, DAS Christopher McMullen met with Security Minister Miguel Carvajal and MFA Under Secretary Jorge Orbe regarding the ongoing negotiation of a U.S.-Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement. McMullen prov [...] | 2009-08-17 16:15:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MCAP MOPS EC CO XM XR |
09QUITO791 | BROADCAST TAPE OF CORREA HAS TELEAMAZONAS FEELING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During his latest weekly address on August 29, President Correa lashed out against the independent television station, Teleamazonas, and what he called "a sewer with antennas" and demanded its immediate closure following its airing of a clandestine recording. The 2008 audio rec [...] | 2009-09-01 17:17:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KPAO EC |
09QUITO801 | CORREA,S STEADY VERBAL ASSAULT ON MEDIA CREATES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Upon being sworn in for his second presidential term on August 10, Rafael Correa showed no sign of letting up his verbal assault against the privately-owned media. On the contrary, Correa proclaimed the press to be his "greatest adversary" over the last 31 months of his first t [...] | 2009-09-02 21:35:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KPAO EC |
09QUITO829 | FOL Turnover Complete, but National Assembly Continues to [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Air Force turned the Forward Operating Location (FOL) facilities over to the Ecuadorian Air Force on September 18, concluding ten years constructing and utilizing the FOL for counternarcotics surveillance flights. GOE senior officials celebrated what FM Falconi called [...] | 2009-09-19 00:08:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS EC |
09QUITO831 | Ecuador Positive on USG Priorities for UNGA [...] (C) PolOff communicated USG goals and priorities per Ref A to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on September 11. Puma said that the GOE agreed with many of the USG's priorities at this year's UNGA. She added that the USG's tone of re-engagement and multilateral coopera [...] | 2009-09-21 14:40:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA EC |
09QUITO835 | Ecuador Positive on USG Priorities for UNGA [...] (C) PolOff communicated USG goals and priorities per Ref A to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on September 11. Puma said that the GOE agreed with many of the USG's priorities at this year's UNGA. She added that the USG's tone of re-engagement and multilateral coopera [...] | 2009-09-21 22:13:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA EC |
09QUITO841 | Defending the "Citizen's Revolution:" Correa's neighborhood [...] (SBU) Summary: Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa touched off a storm of debate after using his August 10 inauguration speech to the people to propose the formation of "Committees for the Defense of the Revolution" (CDRs). Opposition commentators accused Correa and his party of creating state- [...] | 2009-09-22 22:47:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI EC |
09QUITO849 | INDIGENOUS PROTESTS FIZZLE IN ECUADOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Confederation of Indigenous People of Ecuador (CONAIE) called for a strike and road closures beginning September 27 in protest of the Government of Ecuador's proposed Law on Water and other laws, old and new, dealing with natural resources. The protests were supposed to beg [...] | 2009-09-28 22:06:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EC |
09QUITO863 | Ecuador on Iran's Nuclear Facility and U.S. Missile Defense [...] (C) Embassy delivered Ref A points on the existence of a covert uranium enrichment facility in Iran to the MFA Multilateral Affairs Directorate on September 25 and followed up with Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on October 1. Puma stated that while Ecuador did not participa [...] | 2009-10-05 19:45:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR MNUC IAEA KNNP EC IR |
09QUITO865 | Ecuador: Demarche on Major List Determination for Bolivia [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel points to the MFA South America Bilateral Affairs Directorate on September 14 and followed up with South America Affairs Acting Director General Gonzalo Gonzales on October 1. Gonzales said he was familiar with the report last year and welcomed the USG's commitment [...] | 2009-10-06 13:25:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR EC BL |
09QUITO869 | Ecuador on P5+1 and Iran [...] (C) Embassy called MFA Multilateral Affairs Directorate on October 5 to schedule a meeting with Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma to deliver Ref A points. Ambassador Puma reiterated Ecuador's position on Iran and nuclear proliferation: Ecuador respected UNSC resolutions, suppo [...] | 2009-10-07 20:36:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM IAEA KNNP EC IR |
09QUITO873 | Correa and Indigenous Leaders Talk, Agree to More Dialogue [...] (SBU) Summary. After a week of protests and the death of one indigenous protestor, President Rafael Correa and over 100 indigenous leaders sat down in Quito for a highly contentious discussion resulting in a six-point agreement to talk more often and about specific issues. The agreement calls [...] | 2009-10-08 14:21:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EC |
09QUITO877 | Correa and Indigenous Leaders Talk, Agree to More Dialogue [...] (SBU) Summary. After a week of protests and the death of one indigenous protestor, President Rafael Correa and over 100 indigenous leaders sat down in Quito for a highly contentious discussion resulting in a six-point agreement to talk more often and about specific issues. The agreement calls [...] | 2009-10-13 16:58:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EC |
09QUITO885 | Engaging Civilian Leadership to Improve Mil to Mil Relations [...] (C) Summary: The Embassy is receiving mixed signals regarding the Ecuadorian military's willingness to continue historically strong cooperation. Likely causes are: instructions by civilian leadership to lessen dependency on the U.S.; a lack of information and communication within the Ecuador [...] | 2009-10-15 20:53:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS PARM PTER KHDP EC CO |
09QUITO893 | Presidential Decree on Compulsory Licensing Expected Soon [...] (SBU) Summary. President Correa appears set to issue within days a presidential decree to pave the way for compulsory licensing of patented pharmaceutical products. Local representatives of international pharmaceutical companies point out that a presidential decree is not legally required f [...] | 2009-10-21 22:19:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KIPR EIND EC |
09QUITO913 | Demarche Delivered: U.S. Candidate for the Civil Service [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Director General for Multilateral Policy and International Organizations Lourdes Puma on October 29th. DG Puma said that while all four proposed candidates were excellent, and Ecuador generally agreed with U.S. policy in [...] | 2009-10-29 22:08:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA KUNR EC |
09QUITO915 | Demarche Delivered: UN Third Committee Priorities [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloff delivered reftel demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Director General for Multilateral Policy and International Organizations Lourdes Puma on 29 October. DG Puma said Ecuador agreed with the U.S. position that no action motions were not helpful and said the Ecuad [...] | 2009-10-29 22:39:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA EC PHUM |
09QUITO933 | Government Appointed Commissioner Warns of Narco-Democracy [...] (C) Summary: Francisco Huerta, head of a government-appointed commission investigating the March 2008 Colombian bombing of a FARC camp in Ecuador, warned during October media interviews that Ecuador was becoming a "narco-democracy." A member of Huerta's commission told us on November 4 that [...] | 2009-11-05 21:59:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER SNAR PGOV MARR EC CO |
09QUITO935 | Embassies Quito and Bogota Seek to Improve Cross-Border [...] (C) SUMMARY: An interagency group from Embassy Quito traveled to Bogota on September 24-25 to explore possibilities to improve regional USG coordination as well as opportunities to improve communication and cooperation between the governments of Ecuador and Colombia. The visit yielded a list [...] | 2009-11-05 23:27:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID MASS SNAR PTER ASEC EC CO |
09QUITO937 | Ecuador: Yasuni-ITT Initiative Still Searching for its First [...] (C) Despite Ecuadorean President Correa's frequent claims to be raising funding among European nations for Ecuador's Yasuni-ITT rainforest/oil conservation initiative (Ref A),the reality is that the Europeans are so far skeptical. During an October 27 conference at Chatham House in London, Pr [...] | 2009-11-06 19:39:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PREL SENV ECON EC GM UK SP |
09QUITO943 | Ecuador Minister states that the GoE will not do business [...] (C ) Summary: Ecuador's Coordinating Minister for Economic Policy, Diego Borja, assured EconCouns November 4 that the GoE will not maintain commercial relations with the Export Development Bank of Iran, a USG-designated entity. Borja asked EconCouns if the USG could provide background informa [...] | 2009-11-09 20:51:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EC IR PREL MNUC PARM KNNP |
09QUITO947 | Ecuador - Information on Security Dialogue [...] (SBU) Embassy Quito responds to the questions in Ref A, as follows: 2. (SBU) Does the United States currently have an established security dialogue with your country? Answer. The U.S. and Ecuador have a Bilateral Dialogue mechanism to discuss a range of issues of bilateral inte [...] | 2009-11-10 22:18:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MASS EC |
09QUITO949 | National Assembly President Cordero's Meeting with [...] (C) Summary: National Assembly President Cordero indicated he shared some of the Ambassador's concern about the GOE's decision to terminate the BIT and promised to discuss it with President Correa. He disowned the report by the former head of the International Relations Commission alleging th [...] | 2009-11-12 23:43:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EINV MARR PHUM EAID EC |
09QUITO951 | CORREA AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS: ATTACKS FROM THE LEFT? [...] (... id: 234456 date: 11/13/2009 0:05 refid: 09QUITO951 origin: Embassy Quito classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: 09QUITO877 header: INFO LOG-00 AF-00 AID-00 AMAD-00 CIAE-00 INL-00 DODE-00 ANHR-00 DS-00 EAP-00 DHSE-00 OIGO-00 VCI-00 H-00 TEDE-00 IN [...] | 2009-11-13 00:05:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB EC |
09QUITO963 | GOE Defensive on Benefits of Correa's Trip to UK and Russia [...] (SBU) Summary: President Rafael Correa's visits to the UK and Russia on October 26-30 have elicited media carping on the large delegation, Correa's statement about considering recognition of Ossetia and Abkhazia, and what were seen as meager outcomes. Correa's backers and the MFA defended the [...] | 2009-11-17 21:36:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN MARR KPKO KHDP EC RS GG UK |
09QUITO965 | Demarche on Country Specific Resolutions at UNGA - Ecuador [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel points to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on November 16, upon her return from travel. Puma said that she believed that Ecuador would continue its previous practice of voting against any no-action motions, but said that she was unaware of how [...] | 2009-11-17 21:52:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA EC IR |
09QUITO967 | ECUADOR ON U.S. CANDIDACY FOR IMO COUNCIL [...] (C) PolOff delivered Ref A points to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on November 16, following a previous Embassy demarche (Ref B). Puma said that Ecuador was aware that 11 countries were competing for the ten positions on the International Maritime Organization Council [...] | 2009-11-17 22:05:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL IMO EWWT PHSA UK EC |
09QUITO971 | Ecuador on U.S. Candidacy for WHO Executive Board [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on November 16. Puma said that Ecuador understood the importance of the USG's leadership and contributions to the World Health Organization (WHO) and Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). Puma sai [...] | 2009-11-17 22:16:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL TBIO EAID WHO EC |
09QUITO973 | GOE "EXPLAINS" TERMINATION OF INVESTMENT TREATIES... [...] (SBU) Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Falconi explained the reasoning behind the GoE's decision to terminate 13 bilateral investment treaties (BITs) during a November 12 meeting with Embassy representatives of the affected countries. Falconi reiterated the GoE's claim that Ecuador's 2008 Constitu [...] | 2009-11-17 22:43:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECON EC |
09QUITO981 | LIBERTAD ACT: ECUADOR-CUBA RELATIONS [...] (U) The Embassy provides the following information on the relationship between the Cuban government and Ecuador in response to Ref A. 2. (C) Ecuador has not worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba, nor has it undertaken governmental action to condemn huma [...] | 2009-11-19 22:35:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ETTC ETRD PREL CU EC |
09QUITO983 | ECUADOR CONFIRMS IT WILL NOT RECOGNIZE HONDURAN ELECTION RESULTS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-23 22:34:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EC HO PGOV PREL XK XM |
09QUITO985 | Ecuador Demarche Response - Opposing Anti-Israel UNGA [...] (C) PolOff delivered Ref A points on November 19, but has not been able to obtain a substantive response. However, based on previous demarches (Refs B and C),and with Ecuador's deepening relations with Iran, Post believes that the GOE is not likely to change its previous practice of voting in [...] | 2009-11-23 22:42:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA KPAL EC IS LE SY |
09RABAT1004 | MUSTAPHA RAMID: MOROCCO NEEDS REAL REFORM; U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 10 meeting with PolOff, leading Islamist politician Mustapha Ramid stressed that he is pro-monarchy, but openly and frankly criticized the Government; suggested that Morocco was moving in the wrong direction; and called for a devolution of the king's powers. Engagin [...] | 2009-12-24 09:41:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KISL IS MO |
09RABAT105 | MOROCCANS SEE HOPE IN OBAMA AND HIS MIDEAST PEACE [...] (C) Summary: Moroccans are broadly upbeat about the new administration. An MFA official said her government expected to engage closely with the administration, offering that Morocco could play a role in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Popular response to President Obama's inauguratio [...] | 2009-02-04 15:44:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO PINR MO |
09RABAT109 | 2009 BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS GOM'S CONTINUING ROOM TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Morocco's 2009 budget, the first prepared by the government of Abbas El-Fassi, breaks little new ground in comparison with its predecessors. The budget maintains a strong focus on social issues, which account for 53 percent of spending. Reduced subsidy spending has enabled th [...] | 2009-02-04 16:54:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON MA |
09RABAT151 | MOROCCO'S SCHOOL FOR FUTURE GOVERNORS SEEKS U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: A military academy that is a combination of A-100, ROTC, and an MPA program, the newly revamped Institute for Territorial Administrators in Kenitra, trains the future cadre that will run Morocco's local governance system. The new curriculum aims to instill democratic values i [...] | 2009-02-18 08:04:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PHUM MASS KDEM KWMN MO |
09RABAT172 | CHARGE'S CALL ON FOREIGN MINISTER FASSI FIHRI: [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri (TFF) told Charge February 25 that he would go to the Sharm el Sheikh donor conference and looked forward to meeting the Secretary. He believed that Mauritania should be included in what he viewed as an Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) meeting there an [...] | 2009-02-26 17:30:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PBTS KPAL WI AG IR IS MO MR |
09RABAT177 | GOM SUPPORTIVE OF USG PARTICIPATION IN THE UN [...] (SBU) On February 27, PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA Humanitarian and Social Affairs Director Abdelmounaim El Farouq (Note: The MFA's human rights point person. End Note.). 2. (C) El Farouq welcomed the Human Rights Council statement, adding that he had made just such a recommendat [...] | 2009-02-27 17:10:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL IO MO |
09RABAT178 | MAURITANIAN POLITICIAN CALLS ON U.S. TO RESTORE [...] (C) Summary: On February 24, 2009, Mauritanian National Party for Development (PND) President and current opposition coalition leader Abdelkoudouss Abeidna, at his and Embassy Nouakchott,s request, called on Charge at the Embassy to discuss the ongoing political crisis in Mauritania. As lea [...] | 2009-02-27 17:18:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PTER ECON PGOV SNAR MO MR |
09RABAT179 | MOROCCO HAS CONFIDENCE IN NEW UN WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) Summary: The UN Secretary General,s Personal Envoy Christopher Ross appears to have had a positive visit to Morocco, February 17-21. At a roundtable hosted by Charge, Ross outlined a flexible approach, as reported by Algiers (Ref. A) that seeks to build confidence between Morocco and the Polisa [...] | 2009-02-27 18:43:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PBTS UNSC AG WI MO |
09RABAT181 | MOROCCAN KING PROTESTS ISRAELI EVICTIONS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: King Mohammed VI, as chair of the Jerusalem Committee of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC),has written to President Obama and other leaders asking them to press Israel to halt plans to demolish 88 Arab homes and evict 1,500 Palestinians in the area near the Al [...] | 2009-03-03 13:13:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OPDC KISL KWBG KPAL IS MO |
09RABAT195 | MOROCCO'S TALLY OF COUNTRIES REJECTING/SUPPORTING [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Morocco continues to work to persuade countries around the globe to de-recognize the Polisario Front's declared Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, or at least freeze relations, beyond which they want countries to recognize Moroccan sovereignty over the Western Saha [...] | 2009-03-06 18:58:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PGOV WI UNSC MO |
09RABAT196 | MOROCCO BREAKS DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH IRAN [...] (U) Morocco announced it had broken diplomatic relations with Iran on March 6, 2009, in a communique from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). The communique cited the ongoing diplomatic dispute over Iranian comments about the sovereignty of Bahrain, and noted that Iran had not replied to M [...] | 2009-03-06 21:02:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR SCUL KISL IR MO |
09RABAT200 | MOROCCO: DETAILS OF MOROCCO'S DIPLOMATIC BREAK [...] (C) Summary: The senior Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) official in charge of Middle East and Islamic affairs told us that Morocco broke relations with Iran due to Iran's negative reaction to GOM support for Bahrain's sovereignty, Shia proselytizing activities in Morocco and Iran, [...] | 2009-03-12 19:36:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR SCUL KISL IR MO |
09RABAT205 | IRAN'S AMBASSADOR DEPARTS UNDER PRESSURE; EMBASSY [...] (C) Summary: MFA DG Azaroual confirmed to A/DCM March 13 that the Iranian ambassador had departed Rabat earlier in the week, and Iranian embassy staff are preparing for closure. Azaroual also confirmed that there were clear domestic political considerations involving legal Islamists, which a [...] | 2009-03-16 11:44:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR SCUL KISL IR MO US |
09RABAT21 | MOROCCO: PROTESTS CONTINUE OVER GAZA [...] (U) Summary: In the wake of the massive demonstration against Israeli actions in Gaza that took place in Rabat on January 4th, estimated to have numbered between 50 and 100 thousand Moroccans, there have been sporadic but smaller demonstrations throughout the country over the last week. The [...] | 2009-01-09 18:24:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINS ASEC KPAL KWBG MO |
09RABAT212 | CHARGE AND MFA SECRETARY GENERAL DISCUSS FORUM FOR [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Amrani told Charge March 17 that Morocco believes it is vital that the Secretary attend the Sixth Forum for the Future meeting this fall. The Government of Morocco (GOM) takes our concerns about a deteriorating human rights environm [...] | 2009-03-17 18:46:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SNAR PTER PBTS KMPI AG IR WI MO US |
09RABAT230 | MOROCCO: FIRST QUARTER 2009 HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: The first quarter of 2009 has seen several incidents of concern in the Moroccan human rights arena. The most significant of these is a late March pressure campaign against Morocco's Shi,a minority, linked to the Government of Morocco's (GOM,s) angry severing of diplomatic relati [...] | 2009-03-24 17:43:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF KISL IR MO |
09RABAT234 | THE OTHER MOROCCO PART 1, POLITICS: THE TRUST GAP [...] (C) Summary: During a winter visit to the Middle Atlas Mountains, PolOff encountered poverty, accusations of local governmental inefficiency, and anger over slow response to weather-related crises. Citizens have an ingrained and almost reflexive distrust of government and worry about endemic [...] | 2009-03-26 09:18:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR KDEM ECON MO |
09RABAT237 | THE OTHER MOROCCO PART 2, ECONOMICS: MISERY IN THE [...] (C) In February, Berbers in the snow-bound region of the Middle Atlas Mountains felt disconnected from Morocco's broader economic boom. They expressed anger at the urban-centered influence networks that they said treated their villages and raw materials like chattel, preventing communities f [...] | 2009-03-26 15:47:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR KDEM ECON MO |
09RABAT246 | MOROCCO: ENHANCING WOMEN,S RIGHTS AND MOBILIZING [...] (C) Following up on the March 21 launch of the Middle East Partnership Initiative- (MEPI-) financed training for women candidates in the June municipal elections, Minister of Social Development, the Family and Solidarity Nouzha Skalli reminded Charge and PolOff that although 12 percent of seat [...] | 2009-03-27 17:49:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ELAB EAID PGOV KWMN MO |
09RABAT256 | AMU SLUGGISH, BUT STILL HAS A PULSE [...] (C) Summary: Secretary General of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) Habib Ben Yahia told the Charge and Department representatives on March 18 that the North African countries continue to make modest advances in functional economic integration, but prospects for political rapprochement remain rem [...] | 2009-03-30 17:56:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN PREL ETRD EINV PTER XI MO |
09RABAT265 | CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES EXPELLED FROM MOROCCO; [...] (C) Summary: Moroccan authorities expelled five expatriate female Christian missionaries from the country Sunday morning for proselytizing and their involvement leading a regular women's Bible study group in Casablanca, according to press and church sources. The Moroccan women in the study [...] | 2009-04-01 15:30:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI KPAO KIRF MO |
09RABAT267 | POLITICAL FOOTBALL OVER GAY RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: Recent Moroccan responses to overt homosexuality illustrate the extent to which this issue has become a touchstone between conservative and Islamist factions and modernizers, including many supporters of the throne. A Moroccan gay rights organization based in Madrid has receive [...] | 2009-04-02 08:40:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KISL SCUL MO |
09RABAT281 | MOROCCO'S ANTI-SHI'A CAMPAIGN: IRAQIS TARGETED, [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Morocco's campaign against Moroccan Shi'a appears to have abated after delivering a strong message to Islamic activists. The campaign included confiscation of Shi'a books and interrogation of some Shi'a leaders. Civil society is beginning to publicly criticize [...] | 2009-04-03 19:07:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINS PREL SCUL KIRF KISL IR MO |
09RABAT282 | MOROCCO SAYS IT IS IN FINAL REVIEW OF SOFA AND [...] (C) Summary: Senior Moroccan government and military officials assured visiting Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force for International Affairs Bruce Lemkin and Charge that the Government of Morocco (GOM) was in the final stages of review for both the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and t [...] | 2009-04-06 07:52:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PINS MCAP MO |
09RABAT286 | PJD LEADERS DISCUSS ELECTION STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: Leaders of the "moderate faction" of the Islamist-inspired Party of Justice and Development (PJD) have acknowledged the party has been under some pressure from authorities, but emphasized that they have not been intimidated into trimming their sails. They said the PJD decision [...] | 2009-04-06 16:02:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL MO |
09RABAT291 | MEETING WITH MOROCCANS ON WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) Summary: In his meeting with Secretary Clinton on April 8, Moroccan Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri will present a letter from King Mohammed VI requesting support for a resolution on the Western Sahara favorable to Morocco and rejecting a human rights monitoring role for MINURSO, the United [...] | 2009-04-06 19:29:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL WI AL MO |
09RABAT292 | CORRECTED COPY: MEETING WITH MOROCCANS ON WESTERN [...] (C) Summary: In his meeting with Secretary Clinton on April 8, Moroccan Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri will present a letter from King Mohammed VI requesting support for a resolution on the Western Sahara favorable to Morocco and rejecting a human rights monitoring role for MINURSO, the [...] | 2009-04-07 11:30:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL WI AL MO |
09RABAT293 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY CLINTON'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: On April 8, Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Taieb Fassi Fihri will present a letter from King Mohammed VI requesting support for a resolution on the Western Sahara favorable to Morocco and rejecting a human rights monitoring role for the United Nations peace [...] | 2009-04-07 14:52:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM KPAL AG WI MO |
09RABAT305 | EMBASSY CONTACTS PROSPER AT MOROCCAN MFA [...] (SBU) Summary: After more than one and a half years of waiting since current minister Fassi Fihri became Morocco,s chief diplomat, there have been major staff changes at the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (MFA),reaching the highest levels of career diplomats. Close Embassy con [...] | 2009-04-09 11:00:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV MO |
09RABAT309 | BUDGET TRANSPARENCY FOR MOROCCO [...] (U) The central government of the Kingdom of Morocco is expected to receive U.S. foreign assistance funded by FY 2009 funds, including Foreign Military Financing, International Military Education Training, and technical assistance funded by the Middle East Partnership Initiative and USAID. [...] | 2009-04-09 17:05:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID PREL MO |
09RABAT313 | MOROCCO: SHI'A THOUGHTS ON RECENT GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: Representatives from the Iraqi Shi'a Muslim community met with PolOff to recount recent GOM activities targeting Shi,ites following last month's break in diplomatic relations between Morocco and Iran. While the situation is ameliorating, there remain unresolved issues such as th [...] | 2009-04-13 09:03:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINS PREL SCUL KIRF KISL IR MO |
09RABAT336 | MOROCCO: INSIGHTS INTO RECENT MISSIONARY EXPULSION [...] (C) Summary: Morocco's expulsion of five Christian women last month accused of proselytizing has created a flurry of concern among the approximate 4,000 local Christians who meet regularly throughout Morocco. Three local Christian leaders from Casablanca (one of whom legally imports and sells [...] | 2009-04-20 14:00:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI KPAO KIRF SP MO |
09RABAT353 | RABAT SEES AMU MAINTAINING ITS COURSE ON [...] (C) Summary: The Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) decision to send observers to Mauritania was confirmed by the recent ministerial in Tripoli, in which the junta's Foreign Minister had a full role, according to the Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (MFA) lead on the AMU. MFA AMU [...] | 2009-04-24 16:16:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM MR TS LY AG MO |
09RABAT355 | PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY FUNDING DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Polcouns conveyed reftel USG views on supporting the Palestinian Authority (PA) on April 22, to Lahcen Saile of the Regional Arab Affairs Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He said he would convey the points to Inspector General Azeroual, MFA Middle East head. Econoff also d [...] | 2009-04-27 13:07:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV KWBG MO IS |
09RABAT356 | GOM CONCERNED ABOUT PROPOSED CHANGE TO UNSC [...] (C) On April 28, MFA Chief of Staff and Director General for Multilateral Affairs Nasser Bourita raised with PolCouns GOM concerns about the evolving Western Sahara UNSC Resolution in New York. With only three non-permanent members not supporting basis draft circulated by the Friends, he saw [...] | 2009-04-28 12:53:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS UNSC WI MO |
09RABAT363 | GOM REMARKS ABOUT LATEST UNSCR DRAFT [...] (C) MFA Chief of Staff and Director General for Multilateral Affairs Nasser Bourita convoked P5 plus Spain Heads of Mission April 29 on instructions of his Minister, for an urgent demarche on the text of the Western Sahara Resolution. Polcouns represented CDA, who was traveling. 2. (C) Bou [...] | 2009-04-29 17:10:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS UNSC WI MO |
09RABAT370 | MOROCCO UPDATE - INFORMATION COLLECTION, SCREENING [...] (C) The U.S. mission in Morocco continues to pursue the expansion and enhancement of counterterrorism (CT) cooperation with the Government of Morocco (GOM). The GOM has been an active partner in combating international terrorism and routinely provides biometric data on persons of interest to [...] | 2009-04-30 14:58:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS KVPR PINR PTER KHLS MO ASEC |
09RABAT374 | GENDER AND RELIGIOUS REFORM: WOMEN "IMAMS" IN [...] (C) Summary: Morocco has successfully made gender a central component of religious reform in its efforts to both counter religious extremism and promote women's participation in all areas of civic life. Beginning with the ground-breaking 2004 reform of the Family Code (Moudawana),and exten [...] | 2009-05-03 18:32:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI KISL KWMN MO |
09RABAT38 | AS GAZA VIOLENCE CONTINUES, KING MOHAMMED VI [...] (C) Summary: During farewell calls on Prime Minister El Fassi and Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri on January 14 and 15, respectively, we discussed Gaza. The Ambassador went over the five key points in reftel, and the Foreign Minister said that the GOM agreed on all five. The Foreign Minister a [...] | 2009-01-15 16:24:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL AL MO |
09RABAT384 | MOROCCO NOT YET READY TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] (C) "For the moment, Morocco does not intend to recognize Kosovo," newly-appointed Director of Bilateral Affairs responsible for Europe, Abdellah Zagour, told PolCouns and Poloff on May 5 (his earliest available meeting). He described the GOM's position as moderate, explaining that Morocco i [...] | 2009-05-05 17:15:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN KV MO |
09RABAT385 | MORROCO: LOWER HOUSE LEADER SEEKS GREATER [...] (SBU) Summary: During an April 28 meeting with Charge, lower house of Parliament President Mustapha Mansouri made a strong appeal for increased contact between Moroccan Parliamentarians and Members of Congress to facilitate better understanding of Morocco's claims to Western Sahara. Mansouri [...] | 2009-05-05 17:40:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID PHUM KDEM MO |
09RABAT386 | MOROCCO: VIRGINIA GOVERNOR KAINE'S VISIT A SUCCESS [...] (C) Summary: Virginia Governor Tim Kaine had a highly successful visit to Morocco on April 23, 24 and 25 that helped energize overall bilateral relations as well as achieve economic and trade development goals of his state. Kaine, who is also Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, me [...] | 2009-05-05 18:22:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETRD ECON PGOV PHUM MO |
09RABAT41 | EMBASSY RECOMMENDS MARITIME INTELLIGENCE EXCHANGE [...] (C) Summary: This is an action request. Please see para 6. Embassy recommends development of an agreement between the United States Government (USG) and the Government of Morocco (GOM) authorizing the USG to pass "real world, real time" detection and monitoring (D and M) intelligence to th [...] | 2009-01-15 18:30:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR MOPS PHSA PINR PREL KCRM KTIA MO |
09RABAT436 | WITHDRAWAL OF PAM SUPPORT COULD JEOPARDIZE [...] (U) The beginning of campaigning for the local elections has been marked by a new controversy. Party of Authenticity and Modernity (PAM) Secretary General Mohammed Sheikh Biadillah announced May 29 that the PAM was withdrawing its support for Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi's minority governme [...] | 2009-05-29 17:47:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MO |
09RABAT486 | GOM COUNTER-DRUG EFFORTS IN CHEFCHAOUAN HAVE [...] (C) Summary: Moroccan efforts to eradicate cannabis cultivation in the northern part of the country have been successful enough to prompt some voters to boycott the coming local elections. In the northern province of Chefchouan, heart of Morocco's cannabis producing region, various party ca [...] | 2009-06-10 11:29:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR SOCI PGOV MO |
09RABAT487 | LOCAL ELECTIONS IN MOROCCO: LOCAL DECISIONS, BUT A [...] (U) Summary: The campaign for June 12th local council elections kicked off June 30, following the closure of candidate lists the day before. Despite the limited and limiting window for campaigning, it still took a few days to get the campaign off the ground. There have been lively rallies [...] | 2009-06-10 15:42:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR PROP KDEM MO |
09RABAT497 | PRE-ELECTION MANEUVERS OF PAM AND PM HIGHLIGHT THE [...] (SBU) Summary: The kickoff of the campaign for local elections in Morocco on May 29 was enlivened when the Party of Authenticity and Modernity (PAM) announced that it was withdrawing support from Prime Minister (PM) Abbas El Fassi's government, threatening a parliamentary crisis. The PAM, wh [...] | 2009-06-12 12:37:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM MO |
09RABAT51 | AMBASSADOR RILEY RAISES CORRUPTION AND HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: After over five years as the U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco, Ambassador Thomas T. Riley paid his farewell calls on King Mohammed VI, Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi, and Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri between January 14 and 17. While the cordial meetings acknowledg [...] | 2009-01-20 11:31:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PHUM PTER WI MO |
09RABAT517 | MOROCCO: PARTY OF AUTHENTICITY AND MODERNITY [...] (C) Summary: Seven million Moroccans, or 52.4 percent of eligible voters, participated in nationwide local/communal elections in Morocco on Friday, June 12, according to the Moroccan Ministry of Interior. Garnering over 20 percent of the vote, the Palace-favored Party of Authenticity and Mo [...] | 2009-06-17 12:48:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM MO |
09RABAT543 | CHARGE RAISES CASES WITH HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary: Ahmed Herzenni, Chairman of Morocco's Consultative Council on Human Rights (CCDH),told Charge that the Council would look into the case of human rights activist Chakib al Khyari, President of the Association for Human Rights in the Rif (ARDH). Post will follow up in light of al [...] | 2009-06-26 21:22:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KPAO MO |
09RABAT544 | EMBASSY DELIVERS TIP REPORT TO KEY MOROCCANS [...] (C) On June 15, PolOffs delivered the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report to Ambassador Nasser Bourita, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Chief of Staff and Director General for Multilateral Relations and Global Cooperation. On June 17, Charge delivered it to Minister of S [...] | 2009-06-26 21:42:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EAID KCRM KTIP MO |
09RABAT576 | MOROCCO UNLIKELY TO SUPPORT NGO INVOLVEMENT AT THE [...] (SBU) The Embassy delivered ref demarche on NGO accreditation to Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of United Nations Division Redouane Houssaini on July 6. Houssaini told D/Polcouns that he was aware of the upcoming United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) meeting in Geneva [...] | 2009-07-06 18:57:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNAUS MO |
09RABAT587 | VERDICT IN QADHAFI DEFAMATION CASES PUTS GOM IN [...] (C) On June 27, a Casablanca court found three Moroccan newspapers guilty of "publicly harming" Libyan leader Muamar Qadhafi and "injuring his dignity," levying whopping fines. Newspaper editorialists and the press union have condemned the decision, accusing the Moroccan Government of complici [...] | 2009-07-09 16:57:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KDEM KPAO EAID KMPI LY MO |
09RABAT592 | MOROCCANS PROTEST PLANNED UN DEBATE ON [...] (C) On instructions of his minister, Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Director Azzedine Farhane convoked Polcouns July 9, to protest the decision of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) President Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann to schedule an "Interactive Thematic D [...] | 2009-07-10 19:23:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS UN WI MO |
09RABAT6 | MOROCCAN FM STAYING IN NEW YORK TO GET GAZA [...] (C) MFA COS Bourita (protect) told Polcouns this afternoon that FM Fassi Fihri was in New York with the Arab FM delegation, led by Saudi FM el Faisal. They were about to go into a meeting with the SYG. Bourita said the Arab Group was seeking an UNSC resolution which would produce an immedia [...] | 2009-01-05 18:05:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KPAL KWBG UNSC MO |
09RABAT636 | MOROCCO PLANS TO ATTEND JORDAN BIOMETRICS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-22 14:41:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PREL KISL MO |
09RABAT65 | MOROCCO HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE: ATMOSPHERICALY [...] (C) Surprisingly positive atmospherics and a less combative tone than in the past characterized the annual Human Rights Dialogue with the Government of Morocco (GOM) in early January. GOM officials described themselves as "satisfied" with the way the dialogue has evolved since its inception [...] | 2009-01-22 18:22:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL WI MO |
09RABAT67 | MOROCCO CLOSES EMBASSY IN CARACAS, BUT CHAVEZ GAZA [...] (C) Venezuela's decision to appoint an Ambassador to the POLISARIO's self-declared government-in-exile in Tindouf prompted Rabat to close its Embassy in Caracas, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Americas Director Fouad Yazorh confirmed to PolCouns on January 15. An MFA press release that da [...] | 2009-01-23 08:38:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG VE WI MO |
09RABAT686 | COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT IN SUPPORT OF AIM-9X [...] (U) Purpose. Embassy Rabat supports the sale of AIM-9X missiles. 2. (U) Reason Desired. The Royal Moroccan Air Force (RMAF) is modernizing its fighter aircraft with the purchase of 24 F-16C/D Block 52 aircraft and the AIM-9X would be in support of the F-16. The AIM-9X acquisition would [...] | 2009-08-12 15:07:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PREL MO |
09RABAT693 | WESTERN SAHARA INFORMALS AND FRUSTRATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Charge and A/PolCouns met August 13 with Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (MFA) Director General for Multilateral Affairs Ambassador Nasser Bourita, who had just returned from Vienna where he participated in the August 10 and 11 informal talks on the Western [...] | 2009-08-13 17:56:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS UNSC AG MR WI MO |
09RABAT694 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL [...] (U) On August 13, Charge and A/PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Director General for Multilateral Affairs Ambassador Nasser Bourita. Bourita discussed the relative merits of several of the candidates, and expressed the sentiment that [...] | 2009-08-14 12:00:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNESCO MO |
09RABAT706 | WESTERN SAHARA REALITIES [...] (C) Summary: Although the Western Sahara negotiations have now re-started (Reftel),the conflict is 34 years old. The Government of Morocco (GOM) has invested tremendous resources in the territory, and some observers estimate that it spends USD 2.7 billion per year on the territory and its 385,000 [...] | 2009-08-17 17:34:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PHUM ECON PREF WI AG MO |
09RABAT719 | PHONE CALL JUSTICE: MEDDLING IN MOROCCO'S JUDICIARY [...] (C) Summary: The Moroccan judicial system suffers from both a lack of independence and a lack of public confidence, and it remains an impediment to the country's development and reform efforts. Recognizing these problems, King Mohammed VI has called for a comprehensive reform of the judicial sys [...] | 2009-08-24 18:11:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CJAN EAID PGOV KJUS KCRM MO |
09RABAT720 | MOROCCO AS NON-PROLIFERATION LEADER [...] (U) Summary: This message provides substantive answers to the detailed questions posed in Ref A regarding Morocco's policies on non-proliferation issues and regimes. Information requested in Ref A regarding key points of contact in the Moroccan government was provided in Ref B, with updates [...] | 2009-08-25 11:40:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PGOV MNUC ENRG AORC KNNP MO |
09RABAT743 | COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT IN SUPPORT OF AIM-9X [...] (U) Purpose: Embassy Rabat supports the sale of AIM-9X missiles to the Kingdom of Morocco. 2. (U) Reason Desired: The Royal Moroccan Air Force (RMAF) is modernizing its fighter aircraft with the purchase of 24 F-16C/D Block 52 aircraft. The AIM-9X would support the F-16s. The AIM-9X a [...] | 2009-09-02 07:08:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PREL MO |
09RABAT754 | DEMARCHE TO MOROCCO PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER 9-10 ARAB [...] (C) Charge made reftel demarche to Ambassador Mohammed Azeroual, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Inspector General (U/S-equivalent) for the Middle East, on September 7. On Middle East peace, Azeroual assured Charge of continued Moroccan support for U.S. efforts and reiterated tha [...] | 2009-09-08 17:01:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AL MO |
09RABAT776 | UNHCR VISIT YIELDS HOPE FOR PROGRESS IN MOROCCO [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNHCR Antonio Guterres briefed US and Swedish diplomats on his Sept. 8-12 trip to Algeria, Morocco and Western Sahara. He described as generally positive the Moroccan, Algerian and Polisario responses to his calls for larger and more frequent family visitations; for a direct land [...] | 2009-09-14 16:31:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV SMIG PREL MO AG |
09RABAT778 | KOSOVO RECOGNITION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) D/PolCouns delivered on September 16 reftel points to Azzeddine Farhane, Moroccan MFA Director for United Nations and International Organizations. Farhane, who will accompany Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri to the UNGA, was not optimistic that the GOM would meet with the Kosovar delega [...] | 2009-09-16 16:50:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC MO PREL SR SERBIA KV |
09RABAT783 | MOROCCO - EXPANDING THE CHORUS ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-17 15:49:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL AORC |
09RABAT785 | MOROCCO: STAFFDEL HOGREFE DIALOGUES WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with Staffdel Hogrefe, the head of the Government of Morocco's (GOM) Consultative Counsel for Human Rights (CCDH) said that work in accounting for and compensating the families of government human rights abuses during the reign of the late King Hassan II is almost [...] | 2009-09-18 09:18:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV OREP MO |
09RABAT79 | MOI/WALI RESHUFFLE: SOME OLD GUARD OUT, [...] (C) Summary: King Mohammed VI reshuffled two dozen senior Ministry of Interior officials on January 22, in effect a long-delayed periodic rotation. The effective number 3 at the ministry, in charge of law enforcement and no friend of reform, was moved aside. The King also created some new pr [...] | 2009-01-23 18:42:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ECON MO |
09RABAT820 | MOROCCAN RESPONSE - SUPPORTING IRAQ IN THE LEAD-UP [...] (C) PolCouns delivered subject demarche to MFA Director-General for Multilateral Affairs and the Middle East Mohammed Azaroual Oct. 5, upon his return from the UNGA. The GOM shares the view that the security gains of the last 18 months and Iraq's long-term march toward democracy are not "reve [...] | 2009-10-05 14:28:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MA IQ |
09RABAT821 | MOROCCO RESPONSE TO POTUS MEETINGS WITH NETANYAHU [...] (C) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Moroccan MFA Director-General for Multilateral Affairs and the Middle East Mohammed Azaroual Oct. 5, following his return from the UNGA. Azaroual shared the GOM's appreciation for President Obama's deep engagement on Peace Process issues and for our re [...] | 2009-10-05 14:30:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PREL PGOV MA IS |
09RABAT822 | MOROCCO RESPONSE - OUTCOME OF P5+1 TALKS WITH IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-05 15:16:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM MA IR |
09RABAT839 | AMBASSADOR'S FIRST MEETING WITH MOROCCAN FM FASSI [...] (C) SUMMARY: During their initial meeting, Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri offered the Ambassador Morocco's perspectives on nearly all our key bilateral and multilateral priorities. He focused most heavily on the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP),emphasizing that King Mohammed VI firmly believ [...] | 2009-10-09 17:24:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD PTER MA |
09RABAT849 | MOROCCO: SEVEN SAHRAWI HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Seven Sahrawi activists who had participated in a heavily publicized visit to Algiers and to the Polisario camps in Tindouf, Algeria, were arrested in Casablanca upon their return on October 8. The activists were charged with "intelligence cooperation with a foreign entity" after [...] | 2009-10-16 16:26:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL MO AG WI |
09RABAT858 | PAM STEAMS AHEAD WHILE PJD SHUT OUT OF UPPER HOUSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The year-old Party of Authenticity and Modernity (PAM) continues to engineer significant -- and, to some, unsettling -- electoral victories following its impressive showing in June's communal elections. In the latest of many indirect elections that by law follow the communal co [...] | 2009-10-20 18:14:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM KISL MO |
09RABAT859 | WESTERN SAHARA: THE DREAM, THE REALITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In late September, an interagency embassy team enjoyed the unique opportunity to travel to both sides of the "berm," the 1,500-kilometer stone and sand wall that separates Moroccan-administered Western Sahara from the POLISARIO-controlled areas. The situation on the ground unde [...] | 2009-10-20 18:15:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PGOV ECON WI MO |
09RABAT865 | SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO MOROCCO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Secretary Clinton, we look forward to your return to Morocco. Since your visits as First Lady, and in particular in the ten years since King Mohammed VI ascended to the throne, the Kingdom has made great strides in promoting gender equality, sound economic principles, and relig [...] | 2009-10-23 10:57:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PHUM ECON MASS KWMN KPAL WI MO |
09RABAT881 | MOROCCAN FOREIGN MINISTER AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Moroccan Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri told the Ambassador that Palestinian President Abbas, position is delicate. His handling of the Goldstone report surprised and angered supporters. Syria was boycotting international meetings because of its anger. Finally, Fassi Fihro again [...] | 2009-10-29 16:34:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KPAL IR IS SY MO |
09RABAT884 | KING MOHAMMED VI WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS WESTERN [...] (C) On October 28, in preparation for the Secretary,s upcoming visit, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Taieb Fassi Fihri and his Chief of Staff, Ambassador Nasser Bourita, reviewed the issues that King Mohammed VI would like to raise with the Secretary. In addition to inviting the [...] | 2009-10-29 17:51:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PBTS EAID ETRD MASS AG WI MO |
09RABAT906 | A/S FELTMAN AND SWISS STATE SECRETARY DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: On the margins of the Forum for the Future in Marrakesh, Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman and Swiss State Secretary of Foreign Affairs Michaael Ambuhl discussed the status of the three Americans detained in August in Iran. Ambuhl highlighted the Swiss government's efforts to [...] | 2009-11-12 09:47:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ZP ZR SZ IR |
09RABAT907 | CANADA AND DRL DISCUSS THE FUTURE OF THE FORUM FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: On the margins of the Forum for the Future (FFF) in Marrakesh, Assistant Deputy Minister Carmen Sylvain met with DRL Assistant Secretary Michael Posner to discuss the future direction of the FFF as Canada takes the G8 presidency. Both parties agreed that the next Forum should [...] | 2009-11-12 13:29:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KDEM CA MO |
09RABAT908 | KING ANNOUNCES BIG CHANGES IN MOROCCAN WESTERN [...] (C) SUMMARY: King Mohammed VI has announced several significant changes to Morocco's "domestic" policies for the Western Sahara. These include a concerted effort to entice refugees from the Tindouf camps "to repent and return" to Moroccan-controlled Sahara and a five point plan that aims to [...] | 2009-11-12 13:35:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS PINS PHUM PREL MO WI |
09RABAT912 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: AFGHAN PRESIDENTIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-16 11:11:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL XD AF MO |
09RABAT915 | SAHRAWI ACTIVIST RENOUNCES MOROCCAN CITIZENSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 13, prominent Sahrawi independence activist Aminatou Haidar renounced her Moroccan citizenship at the Laayoune international airport. Although her family and a government attorney had urged her to reconsider, she opted to return to the Canary Islands. Immigration of [...] | 2009-11-17 07:42:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV MO WI |
09RABAT920 | MOROCCO: DEMARCHE ON OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered subject demarche to Redouane Houssaini, Head of the MFA's United Nations Division, on November 20th. Houssaini stated that Morocco's voting record on these issues was well established, and that it would continue to be heavily influenced by the GOM's affiliation with th [...] | 2009-11-20 16:59:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE MO |
09RABAT931 | TZIPI LIVNI,S VISIT TO MOROCCO [...] (C) Summary: Moroccan Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri met with Israel's Tzipi Livni Nov. 20 in Tangier and emphasized three points: (1) Livni's Kadima Party ought continue to push the Netanyahu government toward peace negotiations even though it faces an uphill battle as an opposition party; (2 [...] | 2009-11-25 13:58:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PNAT KPAL XF IS MO |
09RABAT935 | UPDATE ON THE AMINATOU HAIDAR CASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prominent pro-independence and human rights activist Aminatou Haidar remains in Spain following the GOM's refusal to allow her to enter Morocco on November 13. The GOM has now announced that Haidar will be granted a new passport if she re-applies for one at the Moroccan consulat [...] | 2009-11-25 16:56:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL PGOV MO |
09RABAT941 | MOROCCO CONVOKES P5+SPAIN TO REVIEW HAIDAR CASE [...] (C) Summary: The Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs on November 26 summoned representatives of the P5 and Spain to discuss the Aminatou Haidar case and its potential effect on UN-brokered negotiations over the status of the Western Sahara. The GOM asserted that the next move is Haidar's an [...] | 2009-11-30 18:44:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL MO |
09RABAT971 | FOURTH HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE WITH THE GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: The Mission held its fourth annual Human Rights Dialogue with the Government of Morocco (GOM) on December 1. On the Moroccan side, this year's Dialogue was chaired by the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) and included representatives from the Ministry of Interior (MOI) and the Ministry [...] | 2009-12-11 14:16:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV MO |
09RABAT977 | WESTERN SAHARA: SAHRAWI ACTIVISTS CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of King Mohammed VI's stern November 6 speech, Sahrawi pro-independence and human rights activists report a tangible uptick in police harassment and decreased tolerance for freedom of expression in Western Sahara. They have refrained from organizing demonstrations or [...] | 2009-12-15 16:47:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREF PREL UN MO WI |
09RABAT990 | AMINATOU HAIDAR RETURNS SAFELY TO WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) Summary: Prominent Sahrawi pro-independence activist Aminatou Haidar returned safely to the Western Sahara on December 18 aboard a Spanish military aircraft. She recovered her passport at the airport, completed normal Moroccan immigration formalities, and proceeded from the airport to her home [...] | 2009-12-18 15:40:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PREF PGOV UN WI MO |
09RANGOON1 | BURMA: RICE EXPORTS LOWER THAN EXPECTED IN 2008 [...] (C) Despite GOB expectations that rice exports in November and December would total 300,000 metric tons, Burmese traders and military-owned Myanmar Economic Corporation (MEC) exported only 45,000 metric tons of rice during this period. Demand for Burmese rice remains low, as international cu [...] | 2009-01-02 05:11:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM |
09RANGOON10 | BURMA: FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES GAMBARI, DPRK [...] (C) During a January 5 meeting with Burmese Minister of Foreign Affairs Nyan Win, the Charge reiterated the USG's concerns about ongoing human rights abuses in Burma, including the continuing arrests and recent long sentences for political activists. He stressed the importance of dialogue b [...] | 2009-01-06 07:51:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BM |
09RANGOON100 | BURMA: OJEA QUINTANA BRIEFS CHARGE [...] (C) In a private meeting February 17, UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Myanmar Thomas Ojea Quintana agreed with Charge's assessment of Burma's deteriorating human rights situation. His four-point agenda includes the need for legal reform, release of political prisoners, reform of th [...] | 2009-02-17 09:01:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON110 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS RAPPORTEUR BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC [...] (C) In a February 19 outbrief for the Diplomatic Corps, UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Burma Thomas Ojea Quintana reported on his visit to Insein prison, meetings with several high-level GOB officials in Nay Pyi Taw, and the regime's refusal to let him see Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) or [...] | 2009-02-20 07:14:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON111 | BURMA'S NLD: NO PRECONDITIONS FOR DIALOGUE WITH [...] (U) In a "Special Statement" dated February 19, the National League for Democracy (NLD) Central Executive Committee (CEC) clarified it has not set any preconditions for a visit to Burma by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon. The CEC notes that during a February 2 meeting, UN Special Envoy Ibrah [...] | 2009-02-20 08:00:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON112 | BURMA: ONSHORE OIL PRODUCTION LIMITED [...] (C) Although the GOB claims Burma has untapped oil reserves of 3.5 million barrels, actual production continues to fall far short of the country's domestic needs. In 2008 onshore production averaged 10,000 barrels a day, forcing the GOB to import up to 20,000 barrels a day of oil and diesel. [...] | 2009-02-20 08:23:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PGOV EPET PINR BM |
09RANGOON116 | BURMA: SOME POLITICAL PRISONERS INCLUDED IN RELEASE [...] (C) On February 20, Burma state media announced the government would free 6,313 prisoners on humanitarian grounds which would allow them to take part in the 2010 elections. At least 19 political prisoners, including four NLD members and seven monks, have been freed. The regime also reportedly [...] | 2009-02-23 08:08:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON120 | BURMA: NLD SOUL SEARCHING ON SANCTIONS, BAN VISIT [...] (C) The National League for Democracy (NLD) has issued a correction to its February 17 "Special Statement" to clarify that the NLD has not changed its stance on sanctions. The original statement contained language interpreted by some media as criticizing economic sanctions. Party leaders no [...] | 2009-02-24 07:24:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON132 | USGS/DOC ASSESS BURMA'S OIL AND GAS RESOURCE AND [...] (C) During a three-day trip to Burma, United States Geological Survey (USGS) petroleum geologist Craig Wandrey and Department of Commerce (DOC) senior energy analyst Paul Hueper met with international and local oil and gas companies operating in Burma to assess the country's resource potentia [...] | 2009-03-02 23:51:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PGOV EPET PINR BM |
09RANGOON133 | ILO AND GOB RENEW SUPPLEMENTARY UNDERSTANDING ON [...] (C) The ILO and the Ministry of Labor on February 26 signed an agreement extending for an additional year the ILO-GOB Supplementary Understanding (SU) on Forced Labor. Although the ILO had planned to extend the SU indefinitely, the GOB claimed it did not want to "tie the hands" of a future g [...] | 2009-03-03 01:46:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON134 | BURMA: TAY ZA EXPANDS HIS EMPIRE [...] (C) Tay Za, the regime's favored crony, continues to expand his empire in Burma. Over the past three months he has purchased three large hotels, expanded his airline business, and entered the telecommunications industry. Embassy Rangoon recommends OFAC add Tay Za's newest companies and key [...] | 2009-03-04 04:28:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAIR ETRD PREL PINR BM |
09RANGOON14 | BURMA MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE ON POLITICAL [...] (C) During a January 5 meeting with the Charge, Burma's Minister of Agriculture and Secretary General of the mass-member Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA) Major General Htay Oo discussed the upcoming 2010 elections, suggesting it is time for generational change and saying y [...] | 2009-01-08 06:41:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR EAGR ECON BM |
09RANGOON142 | BURMA: REMITTANCES DECLINING DUE TO FINANCIAL [...] (C) As in many developing countries, Burmese rely on remittances from overseas -- which may have totaled upwards of USD 1 billion in FY07-08 -- to supplement incomes and make ends meet. According to unpublished data from the Central Bank, official remittances (those sent through Burmese bank [...] | 2009-03-06 04:50:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PINR ELAB BM |
09RANGOON143 | BURMA: OVERSEAS WORKERS RETURNING HOME BUT JOBS [...] (C) The Burmese Government has officially acknowledged that 10,000 migrant workers have recently returned to Burma -- anecdotal evidence indicates the figure is actually much higher -- and has publicly pledged to provide them with jobs and other assistance. However, Ministry of Labor officia [...] | 2009-03-06 05:19:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ELAB PHUM PGOV BM |
09RANGOON148 | BURMA: TWO OPPOSITION LAWYERS COMPLETE PRISON [...] (C) Opposition lawyers U Aung Thein and U Khin Maung Shein were released from prison on March 6, following completion of their four-month sentences. Both attorneys were charged with contempt of court on October 30, 2008 after protesting the lack of due process in the trials of several detai [...] | 2009-03-09 06:12:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR BM |
09RANGOON153 | BURMA: ILO TO EDUCATE CEASE-FIRE GROUPS ON FORCED [...] (C) The local ILO office has reached an agreement with two Karen cease-fire groups to conduct awareness training in areas traditionally off-limits to foreigners. ILO Liaison Officer chief Steve Marshall, who will conduct the training, hopes to reach the same agreement with the Wa ethnic grou [...] | 2009-03-11 01:06:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON164 | BURMA: HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES VISITS BURMA [...] (C) UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Antonio Guterres' March 7-12 visit to Burma was strictly controlled by the GOB, according to local UN staff. Guterres visited Nay Pyi Taw, Sittwe (Rakhine State),and Myeik (Thanintharyi Division). Guterres met with the Ministers for Home Affair [...] | 2009-03-13 07:40:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PREF BM |
09RANGOON166 | BURMA: COMMENTS ON DRAFT TVPRA REPORT [...] (C) Forced labor remains a problem in Burma, despite improved coordination between the International Labor Organization (ILO),NGOs, and the Burmese Government. In response to Ref A, Embassy Rangoon recommends that five products -- rice, rubber, sesame, physic nut, and sugar cane -- be adde [...] | 2009-03-16 07:22:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON174 | BURMA: REMOVAL OF U MOE MYINT FROM THE VISA BAN [...] (C) U Moe Myint, owner of Myanmar Petroleum Resources Ltd. (MPRL) and Myint and Associates, became subject to the 212F visa ban in 2008 due to alleged connections to the Burmese regime. While he is a successful Burmese businessman, he did not earn this wealth based on his connections to the [...] | 2009-03-18 07:50:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON CVIS EFIN PREL PGOV PINR BM |
09RANGOON175 | BURMA: TRIPARTITE CORE GROUP POWERS CURTAILED [...] (C) UN Resident Coordinator Bishow Parajuli informed diplomats and aid officials March 18 that the Government of Burma has decided that the Tripartite Core Group (TCG) will no longer have the power to approve visas and extensions of stay for international staff engaged in Cyclone Nargis relie [...] | 2009-03-18 08:14:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID PINR SOCI BM |
09RANGOON181 | IMPACT OF THE FINANCIAL CRISIS ON BURMA'S [...] (C) According to a study undertaken by a Harvard team and international NGO International Development Enterprises (IDE),Burma's agricultural sector has been significantly affected by the world financial crisis, increasing food insecurity, and poverty concerns. The report estimates that ove [...] | 2009-03-20 07:48:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM |
09RANGOON187 | BURMA: REACTIONS TO THE "AFTER THE STORM" REPORT [...] (C) Officials from the UN and international NGOs, including International Development Enterprises (IDE),Save the Children, and CARE, have criticized the findings of a recent assessment of Cyclone Nargis assistance conducted by Johns Hopkins and the Emergency Assistance Team (EAT) based in T [...] | 2009-03-26 01:47:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | BM EAID PGOV PREL SOCI |
09RANGOON188 | BURMA: MEETING WITH MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS [...] (C) During a March 24 meeting with visiting EAP/MLS Director Stephen Blake and Charge, Burmese Minister of Home Affairs and acting Minister of Immigration Major General Aung Oo reflected views we believe are typical among Burma's top generals. He described the country's need for stability an [...] | 2009-03-26 05:33:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SNAR PINR ASEC KTIP BM |
09RANGOON189 | BURMA: MLS DIRECTOR MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) EAP/MLS Director Stephen Blake visited Burma March 22-25, as part of his five-country familiarization tour. In Nay Pyi Taw March 24, Blake, Charge, and Burmese Foreign Minister Nyan Win discussed a range of issues. Mr. Blake and Charge expressed strong concern over the recent curtailment [...] | 2009-03-26 05:45:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON193 | BURMA: MLS DIRECTOR MEETING WITH LABOR MINISTER [...] (C) During a March 24 meeting in Nay Pyi Taw during EAP/MLS Director Stephen Blake's five-country familiarization tour, Blake, Charge, and Burmese Minister for Labor and Relations, Major General Aung Kyi, discussed labor issues and relations with Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK). Aung Kyi gave assura [...] | 2009-03-26 07:32:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON194 | BURMA: MLS DIRECTOR MEETING WITH NLD UNCLES [...] (C) In a March 25 meeting with visiting EAP/MLS Office Director Stephen Blake and Charge, the National League for Democracy's Central Executive Committee (CEC aka the Uncles) explained the NLD is not opposed to participation in the 2010 elections, but would not take part unless there is a revi [...] | 2009-03-26 08:20:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON195 | BURMA: MLS DIRECTOR MEETING WITH ETHNIC POLITICIANS [...] (C) In a March 25 meeting in Rangoon with EAP/MLS Director Blake, three ethnic politicians said the Committee Representing People's Parliament (CRPP),an organization of MPs-elected in 1990, has enjoyed greater freedom to meet since September 2008. They said CRPP members are not opposed to p [...] | 2009-03-30 04:35:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON196 | BURMA: MLS DIRECTOR MEETING WITH AGRICULTURE [...] (C) During a March 24 meeting in Nay Pyi Taw with EAP/MLS Director Stephen Blake and Charge, Minister of Agriculture and head of the Union Solidarity Development Association (USDA),Major General Htay Oo, acknowledged that USDA will play a role in the 2010 elections, but stopped short of sayi [...] | 2009-03-30 07:47:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON197 | BURMA: MLS DIRECTOR MEETING WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL [...] (C) During a March 24 meeting in Nay Pyi Taw with EAP/MLS Director Stephen Blake and Charge, Burma's Attorney General U Aye Maung asserted the 2010 elections will be "free and fair" and conducted "in accordance with the law." He said his office is responsible for writing the election laws whi [...] | 2009-03-31 01:47:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ETRD BM |
09RANGOON199 | BURMA: SEVEN NLD MEMBERS SENTENCED [...] (C) Recently-released opposition lawyer U Aung Thein informed us that an East Rangoon District Court sentenced seven National League for Democracy (NLD) members to between five and 10 years' imprisonment on March 30 (see para 3 for list). According to U Aung Thein, the seven men - arrested i [...] | 2009-03-31 05:43:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON20 | BURMA: SALE OF IVANHOE MINE DELAYED [...] (C) Canadian-owned Ivanhoe Copper Co. continues to negotiate with state-owned Mining Enterprise-1 (ME-1) and a consortium of three Chinese companies - WanBo Copper, Norinco Copper, and Aluminum Corporation of China (Chalco) - for the sale of its joint venture company, Myanmar Ivanhoe Copper [...] | 2009-01-09 04:10:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EMIN PGOV PREL PINR BM |
09RANGOON200 | BURMA: DONORS PREPARING TO PURCHASE TB DRUGS IN [...] (C) Burma will face a shortage of tuberculosis (TB) drugs in mid-2010, leaving the region vulnerable to new outbreaks of both TB and multi-drug resistant TB. WHO estimates that Burma needs between USD 4-5 million to cover the drug shortfall; and to ensure timely delivery of drugs, procureme [...] | 2009-03-31 07:39:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI EAID PHUM KHIV PGOV SENV BM |
09RANGOON204 | BURMA: KEY KACHIN GROUPS WORKING TO FORM A [...] (C) Summary. In an April 1 meeting with P/E Chief and Poloffs, Kachin peace negotiator Dr. Saboi Jum told us that a coalition of Kachin cease-fire groups is actively working to form a political party to participate in the 2010 elections. The new party, tentatively named the Kachin State Progr [...] | 2009-04-02 06:59:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR BM |
09RANGOON207 | BURMA: GLOBAL FUND PRINCIPAL RECIPIENTS SELECTED [...] (SBU) The Minister of Health chaired the fourth Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) meeting March 31 in preparation for the GOB's planned Round 9 Global Fund application. During the meeting, CCM members selected Save the Children (US) and the UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS) as the du [...] | 2009-04-06 22:59:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI EAID PHUM KHIV PGOV SENV BM |
09RANGOON208 | BURMA: DOCTOR: AUNG SAN SUU KYI IN GOOD HEALTH [...] (C) Acting DCM met April 3 with Dr. Tin Myo Win (aka Douglas),who confirmed that he visited Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) for her scheduled monthly medical appointment April 2. He proclaimed the National League for Democracy (NLD) leader to be in good health, and said she is anxious to talk and [...] | 2009-04-07 05:01:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON210 | POLITICAL PRISONER SU SU NWE REPORTEDLY ILL [...] (C) Summary: The health of political prisoner Su Su Nwe is reportedly deteriorating. We have confirmed that the regime allowed her medical treatment by a general practitioner but not by a specialist. The labor activist, who suffers from a congenital heart problem, is imprisoned in Kalay Pr [...] | 2009-04-07 06:47:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON214 | BURMA: TCG REGAINS LIMITED VISA POWERS FOR UN, [...] (SBU) During the past month, UN and ASEAN members of the Tripartite Core Group (TCG) have joined us in urging the Burmese Government to reconsider its early March decision to strip the TCG of its power to approve visas for Cyclone Nargis-related activities (reftel). In an April 3 letter to [...] | 2009-04-08 07:07:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI EAID PREL PINR PGOV BM |
09RANGOON221 | BURMA: NGO WORKING TO PROTECT TIGER POPULATION [...] (C) American NGO Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) continues to work with the Burmese government to protect Burma's dwindling tiger population. While the GOB established the world's largest tiger reserve in the Hukong Valley in 2004, it has yet to approve a WCS petition to expand the pro [...] | 2009-04-09 23:20:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ECON ETRD PGOV BM |
09RANGOON222 | BURMA: KACHIN NLD DISCUSSES U.S. POLICY; ELECTIONS [...] (C) Charge Dinger and poloff traveled to Kachin State in Burma's far north April 3-7 to take the political temperature and observe an embassy small-grant environmental project. Police Special Branch (SB) attention made political discussions difficult, though brave National League for Democrac [...] | 2009-04-10 04:09:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON223 | BURMA: REVISED TRIPARTITE CORE GROUP TO HAVE NO [...] (C) The UN Resident Coordinator in Burma has clarified that, under new Government of Burma (GOB) rules, the Tripartite Core Group (TCG) has no visa-authorization powers, not even for ASEAN or the UN. All visa requests for Cyclone Nargis related activities must now be approved by the GOB's F [...] | 2009-04-10 05:38:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID PINR SOCI BM |
09RANGOON226 | BURMA'S WATER FESTIVAL: OPPOSITION LAYS LOW; THUGS [...] (C) Burma's political opposition laid low during the April 13-17 Thingyan water festival and Burmese New Year, with no overt political activities reported during the five-day long national celebration. However, thugs, presumably on orders from the regime, beat up five National League for Dem [...] | 2009-04-20 07:34:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON229 | (C) BURMA: JADELAND CO. SUPPORTING THE REGIME [...] (C) Yup Zaw Hkwang of Kachin State owns the largest jade mining company in Burma, Jadeland Co., and his family provides significant economic and political support to the regime. Yup Zaw Hkwang helped to broker the cease fire agreement between the GOB and the Kachin Independence Organization [...] | 2009-04-21 23:21:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PINR BM |
09RANGOON23 | BURMA: PLANNING MINISTER DISCUSSES U.S. POLICY, [...] (C) The Charge met with Minister of Social Planning and Economic Development U Soe Tha in Nay Pyi Taw on January 5 to discuss assistance issues, the possibility of expanding the Tripartite Core Group (TCG) -mechanism, and the world economic crisis. The Charge laid out USG concerns about Bur [...] | 2009-01-09 06:07:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN PREL PGOV PINR BM |
09RANGOON230 | BURMA: TWO NLD OFFICIALS ARRESTED AFTER LEADING [...] (C) NLD spokesman Nyan Win told us that on April 22, authorities arrested two Rangoon-based NLD officials after they led a Buddhist prayer meeting at a local pagoda to call for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and all political prisoners. Security officials arrested Twuntay Township NLD vice p [...] | 2009-04-22 07:18:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON232 | BURMA: NGOS NEGOTIATING MOUS FOR DELTA PROGRAMS [...] (C) As Burma approaches the one-year mark of Cyclone Nargis, the Burmese Government has told NGOs providing assistance in the Irrawaddy Delta to sign formal Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) to continue projects. The majority of NGOs, including those already operating in Burma before the cyc [...] | 2009-04-23 06:57:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PGOV PREL PINR BM |
09RANGOON233 | BURMA: REGIME CHARGES NLD MEMBERS WITH RELIGIOUS [...] (C) NLD spokesman Nyan Win informed us that two Rangoon-based NLD officials arrested on April 22 have been charged with defaming the Buddhist religion. Authorities charged U Chit Phay and U Maung Soe Wai under section 295 A of the penal code at a Twuntay township court the afternoon of their [...] | 2009-04-24 06:28:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON235 | WHO'S WHO IN BURMA'S OFFSHORE GAS SECTOR [...] (C) Burma's offshore waters are becoming more crowded, as foreign companies from China, Korea, Russia, India, Malaysia, and Vietnam secure contracts to explore and develop offshore natural gas blocks. To attract additional investment and capitalize on the recent gas discoveries in the A1, A [...] | 2009-04-27 04:06:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PGOV EPET PINR BM |
09RANGOON237 | BURMA: URGING THE GOB TO ADDRESS GLOBAL FUND ACCESS [...] (SBU) With the June 1 deadline fast approaching, the Ministry of Health (MOH) and WHO technical advisors continue to revise the MOH's draft Round Nine Global Fund application. Embassy Rangoon, USAID, and other donors reviewed and provided comments on the first draft; we expect to review the [...] | 2009-04-27 07:27:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI EAID PHUM KHIV PGOV SENV BM |
09RANGOON239 | BURMA: REGIME ATTEMPTS TO PLACATE ROHINGYA WITH [...] (C) On April 22, Rohingya sources in Rangoon told us that, over the last couple of months, a small group of Rohingya businessmen has joined the regime in initiating a number of community-development projects in northern Rakhine State in an attempt to placate the Rohingya community ahead of the [...] | 2009-04-28 04:32:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON24 | SHAN YOUTH PROMOTE DEMOCRACY THROUGH CONFERENCE [...] (C) Through a grant from the DRL Special Response Fund, the Hsai Pen Media Group (HPMG) in November 2008 conducted a conference for ethnic Shan youth in Thibaw Township, Shan State, on how to approach Burma's upcoming 2010 elections. Nearly 90 Shan youth from Rangoon Division, Shan State and K [...] | 2009-01-09 07:57:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON240 | BURMA: ZARGANAR REPORTEDLY ILL [...] (C) Family members told us imprisoned comedian/activist Zarganar has been suffering from acute symptoms of jaundice and hypertension for well over a week. He was taken from Myitkyina prison to see a specialist for tests on April 27. His sister, who is with him, expects to receive the test res [...] | 2009-04-28 06:56:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON244 | BURMA: SOME NLD MEMBERS CALL FOR PARTY CHAIRMAN'S [...] (C) Prominent NLD member Naw Ohn Hla told us that on April 29 a group of 30 NLD members (including 15 MPs-elect) delivered a letter to the NLD calling for the resignation of party Chairman U Aung Shwe and Joint Secretary U Lwin. The letter - which was delivered on the second day of the NLD's [...] | 2009-04-29 07:32:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON25 | CONTRACT FARMING IN BURMA (C-AL8-02135) [...] (U) This is a response to an INR request (Ref B). 2. (C) Since 2005, the Burmese Government has encouraged investors from China, Thailand, Bangladesh, and Kuwait to invest in contract farms; to date, only the Thais have a formal agreement to farm 120,000 acres along the Thai-Burma borde [...] | 2009-01-12 00:50:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM |
09RANGOON254 | BURMA: NLD UNITED ON NEED FOR DIALOGUE; READY TO [...] (C) At the conclusion of the National League for Democracy's (NLD) two-day national meeting on April 28 and 29, delegates overwhelmingly approved a declaration stating the party will consider participating in the 2010 elections provided the regime releases all political prisoners, reviews and [...] | 2009-05-05 07:06:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON255 | BURMA: ILO SHEDS LIGHT ON LABOR ARRESTS [...] (C) ILO Liaison Officer Steve Marshall (strictly protect) confirmed the GOB detained and subsequently released four Federation of Trade Unions Burma (FTUB) members on April 10 for illegally crossing the Thai-Burma border. Government officials denied the arrest of a fifth FTUB member, as rep [...] | 2009-05-05 07:09:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PREL PHUM PINR BM |
09RANGOON260 | BURMA: AMCIT ACCUSED OF SWIMMING TO AUNG SAN SUU [...] (SBU) On May 7, Embassy Rangoon received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) stating that an American citizen taken into custody May 6 while swimming in Inya Lake had admitted to entering the Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) compound located on the lake and spending two nights [...] | 2009-05-07 07:35:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PGOV PHUM PREL PINR BM |
09RANGOON263 | BURMA: AUNG SAN SUU KYI UNDER MEDICAL CARE; [...] (SBU) The Burmese authorities did not allow the primary personal physician of Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK),Dr. Tin Myo Win (aka Douglas),to make his routine monthly visit on May 7. Douglas has reportedly been detained by Burmese authorities since that date for unspecified reasons. Douglas's p [...] | 2009-05-11 06:11:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR BM |
09RANGOON264 | BURMA: POLICE SEARCH ASSK'S COMPOUND; RUMORS [...] (C) As of COB May 11, Embassy Rangoon has not received consular access to AmCit John Yettaw, whom Burmese authorities detained May 6 for allegedly swimming to Aung San Suu Kyi's home and remaining there for two days (Reftel). Charge and other Embassy officers continue to press the Ministries [...] | 2009-05-11 07:05:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PGOV PHUM PREL BM |
09RANGOON266 | BURMESE GOVERNMENT DEPORTS TWO AMERICAN JOURNALISM [...] (C) Burmese Police and Immigration officials ordered two Embassy-sponsored journalism trainers to depart the country on Thursday, May 7. Officially, authorities accused the two of violating the terms of their tourist visas but provided no details concerning the alleged illegal activities. C [...] | 2009-05-11 07:57:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL CVIS CASC BM KPAO |
09RANGOON270 | BURMA: GOB LIMITING VISAS IN MAY [...] (C) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) has informed the diplomatic community that the GOB will not be issuing any more visas for official foreign visitors during the remainder of May, but indicated that visas may be issued after June 1. MOFA has yet to justify this policy. Diplomats and [...] | 2009-05-12 08:24:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PGOV PREL BM |
09RANGOON271 | BURMA: AUNG SAN SUU KYI,S HEALTH IMPROVES; DR. [...] (C) Dr. Pyone Moe Ei was granted access to Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) on May 11 and found her in better health, according to National League for Democracy (NLD) Spokesperson Nyan Win. ASSK's primary physician, Dr. Tin Myo Win (aka Douglas),remains in detention and her lawyer has not been allo [...] | 2009-05-12 08:39:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON273 | BURMA: REGIME GRANTS ACCESS TO AMCIT; NO NEWS ON [...] (C) The GOB granted consular access late in the day on May 13 to John Yettaw (septel),who has confirmed he swam to the home of Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) and stayed for 44 hours. Yettaw told us Burmese authorities have treated him "wonderfully;" he is fine (see proposed press guidance at para 8 [...] | 2009-05-13 08:12:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PGOV PHUM PREL BM |
09RANGOON276 | BURMA: AUNG SAN SUU KYI AND AMCIT JOHN YETTAW [...] (C) On May 14 Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) and detained Amcit John Yettaw both appeared at Insein Prison Special Court for a hearing in connection with Yettaw's entry into ASSK's residence. Consular officer attended the proceedings and reports ASSK appeared healthy. Authorities charged Yettaw w [...] | 2009-05-14 07:12:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PGOV PHUM PREL PINR BM |
09RANGOON281 | BURMA: AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S LAWYER ON NEXT STEPS IN [...] (C) Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) personal attorney, Kyi Win (aka Neville),told us May 15 he expects to meet with his client again within the next two days to prepare for the May 18 court hearing. Neville said that ASSK was "disgusted" by Amcit John Yettaw's intrusion to her home and told him to [...] | 2009-05-15 07:20:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM CASC PINR BM |
09RANGOON288 | BURMA: FIRST WITNESSES IN ASSK/YETTAW TRIAL; AMCIT [...] (SBU) On May 18, Consul attended the opening session of the trial against Amcit John William Yettaw, Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK),and ASSK's two live-in aides at a special court in Insein prison. Consul was permitted to observe the proceedings, but was told he could not speak with Mr. Yettaw unt [...] | 2009-05-18 09:02:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PGOV PHUM PREL BM |
09RANGOON291 | BURMA: CDA MEETS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER; DAY TWO [...] (C) CDA met today with Foreign Minister Nyan Win to press for ASSK's release and for direct consular access to Amcit John Yettaw. Nyan Win defended the legal process against ASSK and asked what the U.S. is willing to give in return for her release. He made no commitment on Yettaw but is clea [...] | 2009-05-19 07:35:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PGOV PHUM PREL PINR BM |
09RANGOON295 | BURMA: AUNG SAN SUU KYI ADDRESSES DIPLOMATS AT [...] (SBU) When the regime allowed foreign diplomats to attend the afternoon session of Aung San Suu Kyi's trial on May 20, ASSK briefly addressed the group from across the court room. She expressed appreciation for international support and a hope to meet later under better circumstances. Inter [...] | 2009-05-20 07:34:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PGOV PHUM PREL PINR BM |
09RANGOON298 | BURMA: UPDATE ON CRONY STEVEN LAW'S ACTIVITIES [...] (C) Steven Law, one of the regime's top cronies, continues to expand his businesses in both Burma and Singapore. The authorities recently awarded Law's Asia World Company the rights to build the new international airport in Nay Pyi Taw, and his newest company, Gold Energy Co. Ltd., is const [...] | 2009-05-20 23:41:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PINR BM |
09RANGOON299 | (C) BURMA: SILVERWAVE CO. BENEFITS FROM REGIME TIES [...] (C) Minn Minn Oung, Chairman of Silverwave Group and a number of affiliated companies involved in the agricultural, timber, mining, and energy sectors, provides significant economic and political support to the Burmese regime. Minn Minn Oung admits his companies received government contracts [...] | 2009-05-21 00:33:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PINR BM |
09RANGOON30 | BURMESE MILITARY INTELLIGENCE CHIEF DISCUSSES [...] (C) The Charge met with Lieutenant General Ye Myint, the head of Burmese Military Security Affairs (MSA, Military Intelligence),in Rangoon on January 12 to discuss several military-related issues, including the invitation last August by Vice Senior General Maung Aye and LtGen Ye Myint for a [...] | 2009-01-14 06:54:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR PINR PHUM BM |
09RANGOON300 | BURMA: AUNG SAN SUU KYI MEETS WITH RANGOON [...] (C) Rangoon-based diplomats from Singapore, Thailand, and Russia -- representing the dean of the diplomatic corps, ASEAN chair, and UNSC president, respectively -- met May 20 for nearly 30 minutes with Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) in the Insein prison guest house where she is being held. This is [...] | 2009-05-21 06:48:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON301 | BURMA: AUNG SAN SUU KYI/YETTAW TRIAL, DAY FOUR [...] (C) The May 21 session of the trial against Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) and John Yettaw focused on the examination of Yettaw's personal belongings, including photos and videos he took inside ASSK's residence. With the exception of Embassy Consul, no diplomats or journalists attended, which was [...] | 2009-05-21 07:30:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PGOV PHUM PREL PINR BM |
09RANGOON303 | BURMA: ASSK TRIAL - ALL PLEAD NOT GUILTY; YETTAW'S [...] (SBU) Amcit John Yettaw, whose mental state appears to be deteriorating, proclaimed Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) and her two assistants innocent during an unprovoked courtroom outburst May 22. The day's trial focused largely on Yettaw; ASSK attended only the afternoon session. At the conclusion [...] | 2009-05-25 13:01:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PGOV PHUM PREL PINR BM |
09RANGOON310 | BURMA: AUNG SAN SUU KYI TESTIFIES; THANKS DIPLOMATS [...] (C) Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) took the stand May 26 after the prosecution unexpectedly rested its case on May 25. ASSK answered the judges' questions about a written statement she submitted to the court in which she apparently set forth her version of the events surrounding American citizen Jo [...] | 2009-05-26 08:03:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PGOV PHUM PREL BM |
09RANGOON312 | BURMA: AUNG SAN SUU KYI HOUSE ARREST ORDER [...] (C) Before the start of the Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) trial session on May 26, Police Director General Khin Yi told her that the GOB would lift her house arrest order on its May 27 expiration date. However, Aung San Suu Kyi remains in custody at an Insein prison guest house because of the Yett [...] | 2009-05-27 08:23:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PGOV PHUM PREL BM |
09RANGOON314 | BURMA: TESTIMONY CONCLUDES IN AUNG SAN SUU [...] (C) Testimony concluded on May 28 in the trial against Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK),her two assistants, and American John Yettaw. The trial will resume June 1, when the prosecution and defense will present closing arguments. There is no set timeframe thereafter for the judges' decision, but law [...] | 2009-05-28 05:37:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PGOV PHUM PREL PINR BM |
09RANGOON315 | BURMA: PREPARING FOR THE ILO ANNUAL CONFERENCE [...] (C) Although the Burmese Government has taken steps to address forced labor and child soldier recruitment, the use of forced labor remains widespread. During the upcoming June ILO Annual Conference in Geneva, Embassy Rangoon encourages the U.S. delegation to press the GOB to strengthen its [...] | 2009-05-28 06:16:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON316 | BURMA: STATE MEDIA LINK BOMBS TO OPPOSITION GROUPS [...] (SBU) On May 27 state media reported that two bombs exploded near government buildings in Mon State. According to police, there were no casualties when the bombs detonated near the Economic Bank and Forestry Department in the state capital Mawlamyine. So far, the police have not responded to [...] | 2009-05-28 07:33:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON320 | BURMA: NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR DEMOCRACY: PROTESTS [...] (C) On May 28, police near Insein Prison arrested a solo protestor who unfurled a sign calling for Aung San Suu Kyi's (ASSK) release. Authorities have increased the security presence in Rangoon to guard against mass protests. National League for Democracy (NLD) leaders told us the party has [...] | 2009-05-29 06:38:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON321 | BURMA: MEETING WITH MINISTER OF LABOR -- AUNG SAN [...] (C) In a meeting on May 29, Burma's Labor Minister, Major General Aung Kyi, who is also the regime's point of contact for "relations" with Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK),signaled that he continues to believe ASSK only wants dialogue with Senior General Than Shwe. Aung Kyi said that if ASSK wants [...] | 2009-06-01 02:55:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PREL PHUM CASC BM |
09RANGOON324 | BURMA: CLOSING ARGUMENTS IN TRIAL POSTPONED TO [...] (C) Burmese authorities have postponed until June 5 the next trial session for Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK),her two assistants, and American John Yettaw. That session is expected to include closing arguments in the trial. ASSK met May 30 with her attorneys for over two hours; they confirm that [...] | 2009-06-01 03:51:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PGOV PHUM PREL PINR BM |
09RANGOON326 | BURMA: HEALTH MINISTRY SUBMITS GLOBAL FUND [...] (SBU) The Minister of Health submitted the Burmese Government's Round Nine Global Fund (GF) application on May 31, requesting USD 320.6 million over five years to fund HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB),and malaria programs. Funds, if approved, will be overseen by two principal recipients: Save t [...] | 2009-06-03 01:37:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI EAID PHUM KHIV PGOV SENV BM |
09RANGOON327 | BURMA -- ENCOURAGING A REGIME--NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR [...] (C) In reftel conversations, the Charge, at the request of National League for Democracy (NLD) Central Executive Committee (CEC) member Khin Maung Swe, conveyed to Burmese Government Ministers that the NLD is ready to engage the regime in unconditional dialogue with all issues on the table. [...] | 2009-06-03 05:26:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BM |
09RANGOON328 | BURMA: FAMILY DETAINED AFTER SEEKING EMBASSY [...] (SBU) On June 4 a family of five, plus a friend, approached the Embassy front gate holding Burmese-language signs appealing for Embassy assistance with the case of a detained family member. They did not claim any political affiliation and did not raise any political issues. They voluntarily [...] | 2009-06-04 05:48:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC BM PGOV |
09RANGOON329 | BURMA: ASSK CLOSING ARGUMENTS LIKELY TO BE [...] (SBU) Aung San Suu Kyi's (ASSK) lawyers have told us they expect closing arguments in her trial, currently scheduled for June 5, to be postponed; the session had already been delayed once from its original June 1 date. Lawyers confirmed that the Rangoon Divisional Court (an appeals court) ha [...] | 2009-06-04 05:52:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON330 | BURMA: TAY ZA REPORTEDLY FALLING OUT OF FAVOR, NEW [...] (C) Tay Za, long a favored crony of Than Shwe, allegedly is falling out of favor due to his companies' inability to meet the demands of senior generals. In recent months, his bid to purchase a new A320 plane for his domestic airline fell through, he was unable to fulfill his contract with th [...] | 2009-06-04 06:01:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PINR PREL BM |
09RANGOON332 | BURMA: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN NATURAL GAS SECTOR [...] (C) The Burmese Government continues to push for the development of Burma's offshore natural gas sector. State-owned Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE),with partial funding from Thai-owned PTTEP, plans to construct in 2009 a new gas pipeline from the Yadana Gas Fields to Rangoon. This p [...] | 2009-06-05 04:26:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PGOV EPET SENV BM |
09RANGOON333 | BURMA: GEM AND JADE EXPORTS INCREASE IN 2008; [...] (C) The total value of Burmese jade and gem exports in 2008 increased by 30 percent over the previous year, with jade sales accounting for 98 percent of the total. Trade analysts predict 2009 exports will drop due to the continuing world economic crisis and declining demand. In 2008 the ma [...] | 2009-06-05 04:55:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON SENV PREL PGOV ETRD PINR BM |
09RANGOON335 | BURMA: ASSK PROCEEDINGS POSTPONED; APPEALS COURT [...] (C) At a brief hearing on the morning of June 5, judges in the trial against Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK),her two aides, and Amcit John Yettaw announced a delay in the resumption of the proceedings until June 12. ASSK's attorneys appeared at a separate appeals court later in the day to seek rein [...] | 2009-06-05 07:14:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | BM CASC PGOV PHUM PREL |
09RANGOON339 | BURMA: POLICE REPORTEDLY RELEASE FAMILY THAT [...] (C) A Regional Security Office police contact reported that on June 7 officials released the six persons who were detained after approaching the Embassy to ask for assistance (reftel). According to the police contact, the five family members and their friend were released after posting a bail [...] | 2009-06-09 05:31:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC BM PGOV |
09RANGOON34 | CONSERVATION GROUP CREATES COMMUNITY FORESTS, [...] (C) The Biodiversity and Nature Conservation Association (BANCA) implemented its third grant through Embassy Rangoon's small grants program to start a community forestry program in the Kyeintali area of Rakhine State, near the Yoma Elephant Sanctuary. During our December 2008 visit to monitor [...] | 2009-01-20 01:24:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM SENV |
09RANGOON340 | BURMA: GEM DEALERS COMPLAIN ABOUT FINANCIAL [...] (C) Burmese gem merchants complain that a combination of the world financial crisis, lower worldwide demand for luxury items, and sanctions have reduced jade and gems sales thus far in 2009. While the Burmese Government continues to profit from its jade and gem auctions, small local traders [...] | 2009-06-09 06:34:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON SENV PREL PGOV ETRD PINR BM |
09RANGOON341 | BURMA: APPEALS COURT REINSTATES ONE ASSK DEFENSE [...] (SBU) ASSK lawyer and NLD spokesman Nyan Win told us that on June 9 the Rangoon Divisional Court announced it would allow Aung San Suu Kyi's defense to call as a witness NLD member and lawyer Daw Khin Mot Mot, one of the three witnesses originally barred by the trial court. However, the Divi [...] | 2009-06-09 06:39:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON342 | BURMA: MIXED NLD MESSAGES ON DIALOGUE [...] (C) On June 8, Charge met with National League for Democracy (NLD) Central Executive Committee (CEC) members Khin Maung Swe, U Nyunt Wai, and U Than Tun to discuss questions posed by Labor Minister (also Relations with Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) Minister) Major General Aung Kyi in response to an [...] | 2009-06-09 06:49:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON344 | BURMA: ASSK LAWYERS TO APPEAL TO SUPREME COURT [...] (SBU) On June 11, Aung San Suu Kyi's (ASSK) legal team will file an appeal with the Supreme Court to overturn the Divisional Court's decision to exclude two defense witnesses originally denied admission by the trial court. ASSK lawyer Nyan Win told us he expects the trial court will again del [...] | 2009-06-10 06:35:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PGOV PHUM PREL BM |
09RANGOON346 | BURMA: SUPREME COURT TO HEAR AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S [...] (SBU) Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) lawyer and NLD spokesman Nyan Win informed us that on June 11 the Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments in ASSK's appeal to admit two defense witnesses who were excluded from testifying in her trial (reftel). The Rangoon branch of the high court has scheduled o [...] | 2009-06-11 06:43:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PGOV PHUM PREL BM |
09RANGOON347 | BURMA REMAINS IN THE DARK; ELECTRICITY SHORTAGES [...] (C) Burma suffers from an acute electricity shortage, producing less than half of nationwide demand, according to internal Ministry of Electric Power-1 (MEP-1) documents. Since the majority of Burma's electricity is generated by hydropower, output falls dramatically during the dry season, le [...] | 2009-06-11 07:37:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PGOV SENV PINR BM |
09RANGOON35 | MEETINGS WITH PRESS SCRUTINY BOARD AND MINISTRY OF [...] (C) PAO and APAO discussed possible training opportunities in journalism and English in separate meetings with the Director of the Press Scrutiny (read censorship) Board and the Director General of the Department of Higher Education on January 13 in Rangoon. The Scrutiny Board continues to [...] | 2009-01-20 08:16:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR EAID PREL CVIS CASC UNGA BM KPAO |
09RANGOON355 | BURMA: CRONIES LAUNCH NEW SOCCER LEAGUE [...] (C) On the alleged order of Senior General Than Shwe, regime cronies and businessmen launched the new Myanmar National Football League (MNL) on May 16, 2009. To date, the MNL has been a huge success, with high attendance and wide national TV and radio coverage. It is unclear if there is any politic [...] | 2009-06-12 04:47:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PINR BM |
09RANGOON357 | BURMA: INCREASING MILITARY INVOLVEMENT IN TIMBER [...] (C) Although state-owned Myanmar Timber Enterprise (MTE),controlled by the Ministry of Forestry, is legally responsible for regulating Burma's timber trade, contacts confirm that MTE continues to lose ground to the military's Regional Commanders who control forest-rich areas. MTE remains t [...] | 2009-06-12 06:28:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON SENV PREL PGOV ETRD PINR BM |
09RANGOON359 | BURMA: ASSK SUPREME COURT APPEAL HEARING BACK ON [...] (C) On June 12, the Burmese Supreme Court informed Aung San Suu Kyi's legal team it will hear oral arguments in her appeal on June 17. The notice came one day after the court had postponed that hearing. ASSK's lawyers said the court gave no reason for this latest decision, and they declined [...] | 2009-06-15 06:52:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON361 | BURMA: CIVIL SOCIETY INVOLVEMENT IN THE TIMBER [...] (SBU) In response to the reporting requirements of the JADE Act, this cable provides background on the current and potential future role of civil society in monitoring Burma's timber industry. 2. (C) There are a limited number of civil society organizations in Burma that focus on enviro [...] | 2009-06-16 01:44:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON SENV PREL PGOV ETRD PINR BM |
09RANGOON362 | BURMA TIMBER INDUSTRY THREATENS ELEPHANT [...] (C) Burma's wild elephant population continues to dwindle. Environmentalists estimate fewer than 4,000 roam wild, compared to 5,500 in 1996. Although elephants are revered by the Burmese people, wild populations are threatened by habitat destruction, declining breeding rates, and poaching. [...] | 2009-06-16 01:44:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON SENV PREL PGOV ETRD BM |
09RANGOON364 | BURMA: SINGAPORE SENIOR MINISTER GOH - THAN SHWE [...] (SBU) According to the Singapore Ambassador in Rangoon, Singapore Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong had a "frank and candid exchange of views" with his "old friends" Burmese Senior General Than Shwe and PM Thein Sein in a meeting on June 9. Goh flagged serious international concerns about the 201 [...] | 2009-06-16 06:53:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | BM PGOV PHUM PREL SN |
09RANGOON367 | BURMA -- NLD ASKS CHARGE TO RECONFIRM TO THE [...] (C) On June 16, National League for Democracy (NLD) Central Executive Committee (CEC) member Khin Maung Swe followed up on conversations with the Charge (see Ref A and previous) regarding the NLD's aspiration to begin a new dialogue with the Burma regime. Khin Maung Swe asked the Charge to [...] | 2009-06-17 07:04:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON369 | BURMA: SUPREME COURT AGREES TO ADJUDICATE ASSK [...] (SBU) NLD spokesman and Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) lawyer Nyan Win informed us that ASSK's legal team appeared at the Supreme Court on June 17 to petition the court to hear arguments in their appeal to reinstate two defense witnesses in ASSK's trial. The court agreed to hear the case and will an [...] | 2009-06-17 07:29:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON37 | BURMA: MORE LAWYERS ARRESTED [...] (C) Authorities arrested two activist lawyers on January 15 and 16. Attorney Pho Phyu was detained on January 15 after representing farmers who reported labor-rights violations to the International Labor Organization (ILO). In 2008, the ILO filed a formal complaint on behalf of Pho Phyu's c [...] | 2009-01-21 06:06:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON370 | BURMA: MINISTRY OF HEALTH PREPARES FOR A/H1N1 [...] (SBU) During a June 16 meeting with the diplomatic corps, the Burmese Ministry of Health (MOH)reviewed its A/H1N1 action plan, detailing surveillance procedures. MOH asserts there are still no confirmed cases of A/H1N1 in Burma. Since April 28, MOH officials have screened more than 1.3 mil [...] | 2009-06-18 00:24:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO EAID KPAO PREL |
09RANGOON372 | BURMA: SWISS ENERGY COMPANY LOSES ONSHORE OIL [...] (C) Focus Energy, a Swiss company and one of Burma's largest onshore oil producers, was unable to extend its contract for its two oil fields in May 2009 because the Minister of Energy wanted to grant sole operating rights to the Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE),according to company off [...] | 2009-06-18 04:51:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PGOV EPET PINR BM |
09RANGOON374 | BURMESE TIMBER EXPORTS DECLINING [...] (SBU) The value and quantity of legal Burmese timber exports dropped in 2008 by eight percent and 21 percent respectively over the previous year. EU sanctions appear to impact Burma's timber trade, as the value of direct exports to Europe has dropped by 65 percent since 2007. Timber indust [...] | 2009-06-19 01:40:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON SENV PREL PGOV ETRD PINR BM |
09RANGOON378 | BURMA: UPDATE ON CRONY ZAW ZAW’S ACTIVITIES [...] (C) Regime crony Zaw Zaw continues to expand his businesses in Burma. In addition to Max Myanmar Group of Companies, Zaw Zaw owns a beverage bottling company, a cement plant, a trading company, a jade mine in Phakhant, a rubber plantation in Mon State, and a professional soccer team. Embassy Rangoo [...] | 2009-06-19 05:24:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PINR BM |
09RANGOON38 | BURMA: U GAMBIRA REPORTEDLY ON HUNGER STRIKE [...] (C) On January 21, NLD spokesman Nyan Win told us that NLD contacts report detained activist monk U Gambira has been on a hunger strike for approximately five days. On January 19, Mizzima News reported the 29-year-old monk began a hunger strike on January 13, citing unnamed sources inside Bur [...] | 2009-01-21 06:09:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON382 | BURMA: LAWYERS CONSULT WITH AUNG SAN SUU KYI; MORE [...] (C) On June 22, the lawyers for Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) met with her at Insein prison to discuss her case. ASSK lawyer Nyan Win expects the Supreme Court will take at least one week to rule after hearing oral arguments on June 24 and that the trial court will likely not conduct any substantiv [...] | 2009-06-23 07:00:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON383 | BURMA: MORE NLD MEMBERS ARRESTED AND CONVICTED [...] (SBU) National League for Democracy (NLD) spokesman Nyan Win confirmed press reports that two NLD members have been sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment for "defaming religion." Chit Phay and U Maung Soe Wai were arrested at their homes on April 22 after participating in a prayer group that c [...] | 2009-06-23 07:02:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON385 | BURMA: THREE NLD YOUTH CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF [...] (C) NLD spokesman and lawyer Nyan Win reported that the three NLD youth members arrested on June 12 (reftel) have been charged with possession of explosive materials. He is seeking to confirm reports that Aung Aung Oo, Kyaw Win Tun, and Kyaw Myo Naing will face a court hearing on June 25. If [...] | 2009-06-24 05:56:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON386 | BURMA: SANCTIONING TAY ZA'S RIGHT-HAND MAN [...] (C) Lu Lu, a.k.a. Kwan Lu Chan, Chan Kwan Lu, and Zaw Min, is Vice Chairman of Air Bagan and regime crony Tay Za's top assistant and advisor. Known in business circles to be cunning and ruthless, Lu Lu boasts to businessmen that he taught Tay Za "all he knows." Tay Za often designates Lu Lu [...] | 2009-06-24 06:05:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PINR BM |
09RANGOON387 | UNSC RES. 1984 - BURMA SAYS IT WILL ENFORCE UNSC [...] (C) The Government of Burma says it called in the DPRK Ambassador on June 23 to state clearly that no North Korean ship carrying prohibited cargo under UNSC Resolution 1874 should enter Burmese territorial waters, according to U Hau Do Swan, the Deputy Director General for Political Affairs, [...] | 2009-06-25 03:00:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON388 | BURMA: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF DEFORESTATION [...] (C) The Burmese Government estimates the rate of deforestation to be only 0.3 percent annually, but local environmentalists argue the rate is as high as 2 percent a year. The highest levels of deforestation occur in Kachin and Sagaing Divisions. Former Forestry Department officials report [...] | 2009-06-25 04:34:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ECON ETRD PGOV PINR BM |
09RANGOON389 | BURMA: WFP FOOD SECURITY PROGRAM REMAINS UNFUNDED [...] (SBU) The more than five million Burmese who live under the food poverty line rely on feeding programs run by the World Food Programme (WFP) and NGOs to survive. WFP's programs, which support vulnerable populations and marginalized ethnic groups in Northern Rakhine State, Chin State, Shan S [...] | 2009-06-25 05:15:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM |
09RANGOON390 | BURMA: REGIME NEWS CONFERENCE IMPLIES USG [...] (SBU) On June 25, Chief of Police (and Deputy Minister of Home Affairs) Brigadier General Khin Yi held an hour long briefing for the press and diplomatic corps regarding American Citizen John Yettaw. For over 40 minutes, Khin Yi described in detail the GOB's version of events surrounding Yett [...] | 2009-06-25 07:13:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PGOV PHUM PREL BM |
09RANGOON392 | ANOTHER UNSC 1874 DEMARCHE; BURMA REITERATES [...] (C) The Burmese Government must respect UNSC resolutions, knows what it must do regarding Res. 1874, and intends to cooperate with the international community, including the United States, on this issue, according to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General (DG) for International Organiz [...] | 2009-06-26 04:41:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON393 | ASSK/YETTAW TRIAL DELAYED PENDING SUPREME COURT [...] (SBU) On June 26 the Divisional Court delayed the trial of Aung San Suu Kyi, her two assistants, and Amcit John Yettaw until July 3, pending the decision of the Supreme Court on whether to allow two additional defense witnesses (reftels). Yettaw broke his 49-day fast on the morning of June 2 [...] | 2009-06-26 06:00:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PGOV PHUM PREL BM |
09RANGOON394 | BURMA: GAMBARI ARRIVES WITHOUT MUCH OF A SCHEDULE [...] (C) UN Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari arrived in Rangoon on June 26 at 10:00 a.m. World Food Program Country Director Chris Kaye told us he and UN Resident Coordinator Bishow Parajuli met Gambari at the Rangoon airport for approximately 10 minutes before Gambari departed for Nay Pyi Taw, where [...] | 2009-06-26 07:27:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON395 | BURMA STATE MEDIA HIGHLIGHT AN ALLEGED USG-YETTAW [...] (C) State media carried extensive coverage of Police Chief Khin Yi's June 25 press conference regarding American Citizen John Yettaw (reftel) and highlighted Khin Yi's implication of USG involvement. The regime-mouthpiece New Light of Myanmar's headline noted that police forces arrested Yett [...] | 2009-06-26 07:32:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PGOV PHUM PREL BM |
09RANGOON402 | BURMA: MINISTRY OF HEALTH CONFIRMS FIRST A/H1N1 [...] (C) On June 28, the Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed in the local press Burma's first case of A/H1N1 -- a 13-year old Burmese girl who recently returned from Singapore. The girl, who was diagnosed on June 27, continues to receive tamiflu treatment at Yangon General Hospital. MOH has place [...] | 2009-06-29 07:19:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO EAID KPAO PREL |
09RANGOON404 | GAMBARI BRIEFS CHARGE AND DEAN OF DIPLOMATIC CORPS [...] (C) UN Special Envoy Gambari phoned Charge prior to his departure from Rangoon on June 27 to give a brief readout of his June 26-27 visit to Burma. Gambari told Charge his visit was focused on the possibility of an upcoming UNSYG visit, including a possible agenda, program of visit, and possib [...] | 2009-06-29 08:22:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON406 | BURMA: NLD LEARNS OF BAN VISIT - FROM THE MEDIA [...] (C) On the morning of June 30, NLD spokesman Nyan Win told us neither the GOB nor UN had informed the party about a Ban visit or requested a meeting between Ban and NLD officials. However, Nyan Win was aware of press reports on the upcoming visit and commented that the NLD hopes it will have [...] | 2009-06-30 08:12:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON407 | BURMA: UN DISCUSSES SYG BAN'S TENTATIVE AGENDA [...] (C) According to UN officials in Rangoon, during UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon's July 3-4 visit to Burma he is scheduled to travel to Nay Pyi Taw to meet with Senior General Than Shwe and other top GOB officials, cease fire groups, and political parties; visit several Cyclone-affected vill [...] | 2009-07-01 07:42:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM BM |
09RANGOON408 | BURMA: NO NEW A/H1N1 CASES; MOH ISSUES NEW TESTING [...] (C) Ministry of Health (MOH) officials continue to aver that there are no confirmed cases of A/H1N1 in Burma other than the one announced last week, and they are denouncing rumors a patient in Lashio died from A/H1N1. MOH refuses to discuss the status of the eight patients who allegedly have [...] | 2009-07-02 04:57:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO EAID KPAO PREL |
09RANGOON41 | A CONVERSATION WITH BURMA'S SOCIAL WELFARE [...] (C) In an hour and twenty minute meeting with Charge Dinger on Jan. 19, Burma's Minister of Social Welfare, Major General Maung Maung Swe, thanked the USG for post-Cyclone Nargis assistance and laid out a laundry list of continuing needs, mostly to help reconstruct schools, roads, and the Ir [...] | 2009-01-22 06:59:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PGOV PHUM PINR BM |
09RANGOON411 | BURMA - ASSK TRIAL DELAYED; DEFENSE CONSIDERS MORE [...] (SBU) In a brief session on July 3, judges in the trial of Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) and Amcit John Yettaw announced a further delay in the proceedings until July 10. Defense witness Daw Khin Mot Mot attended the hearing, but was unable to testify. Presumably, she will testify once the trial [...] | 2009-07-03 03:59:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PGOV PHUM PREL BM |
09RANGOON412 | BURMA: CRONIES PROVIDE CREDIT TO DELTA FARMERS [...] (C) Agricultural contacts confirm that the majority of farms in the Irrawaddy Delta have recovered considerably from the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis, enabling them to increase rice production by 10 percent over April 2008 levels. In many areas, soil conditions have improved, and NGOs, the UN [...] | 2009-07-07 04:32:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV BM |
09RANGOON413 | RUSSIAN DEMARCHE IN BURMA TO ENCOURAGE SYG-ASSK [...] (C) On July 2, Russian Ambassador to Burma Mikhail Mgeladze traveled to Nay Pyi Taw with instructions to lobby the regime to permit a meeting between UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK). During our July 4 reception, Mgeladze told the Charge he went in at "a very se [...] | 2009-07-07 04:50:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON414 | BURMA: RICE EXPORTS JUMP; EXPORT BAN POSSIBLE SOON [...] (C) During the first quarter of 2009, Burmese traders and military-owned Myanmar Economic Corporation (MEC) exported approximately 645,000 metric tons of rice, 33 percent more that Burma exported in all of 2008, reflecting increased production. Exported rice came from Mandalay, Sagaing, and [...] | 2009-07-07 05:01:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM |
09RANGOON418 | BURMA: BAN DELIVERS STRONG MESSAGES; GENERALS DON'T REPLY [...] (C) During UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's July 3-4 visit to Burma, he met with Than Shwe, PM Thein Sein, several opposition and ethnic leaders, and his UN Country Team. Ban reportedly conveyed a strong message on the need for political and economic reform to the generals. He also visited [...] | 2009-07-07 10:22:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON423 | ILLICIT WILDLIFE FOR SALE ALONG BURMA BORDER [...] (C) Burma's endangered species, including Bengal tigers, snow leopards, elephants, and bears, continue to be under threat, despite protection efforts by the Burmese Government and environmental NGOs. According to environmental contacts, trade in illicit wildlife species, including tiger and [...] | 2009-07-09 06:27:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ECON ETRD PGOV PINR BM |
09RANGOON428 | BURMA: GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES PILOT MDR-TB PROGRAM; [...] (C) The Burmese Ministry of Health (MOH),in coordination with the World Health Organization (WHO) and Medecins sans Frontieres-Holland (MSF-Holland),launched a three-year multi-drug and extensively-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR- and XDR-TB) pilot program in Rangoon on July 9; the MOH plan [...] | 2009-07-10 03:22:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON TBIO EAID SOCI PGOV AMED BM |
09RANGOON429 | BURMA: MINISTRY OF HEALTH CONFIRMS SECOND A/H1N1 [...] (C) The Ministry of Health (MOH) on July 9 confirmed Burma's second A/H1N1 case -- a 20-year old Burmese man who recently returned from Bangkok. The man, who was diagnosed on July 9, is receiving tamiflu treatment at Wei Bagi Infectious Disease Hospital in Rangoon. The MOH is conducting su [...] | 2009-07-10 03:37:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO EAID KPAO PREL |
09RANGOON430 | BURMA: FINAL DEFENSE WITNESS TESTIFIES IN AUNG SAN [...] (C) Substantive testimony in the trial of Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) and Amcit John Yettaw resumed July 10 after over a month of legal proceedings regarding the admissibility of defense witnesses. Defense witness Daw Khin Mot Mot, who was initially excluded but later reinstated on appeal, took t [...] | 2009-07-10 06:51:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PGOV PHUM PREL BM |
09RANGOON432 | BURMA: INCREASING DRUG RESISTANCE FOR MALARIA [...] (C) Malaria is one of the most prevalent diseases and leading causes of mortality in Burma. In 2008, the Ministry of Health (MOH) reported more than 564,000 cases, with 959 deaths. NGOs emphasize that these figures grossly underestimate Burma's true morbidity, which they estimate is two mi [...] | 2009-07-13 05:45:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON TBIO EAID SOCI PGOV AMED BM |
09RANGOON437 | BURMA GOVERNMENT INFORMALLY REQUESTS ILO [...] (C) On the heels of the June ILO Conference where the Committee of Experts lambasted the Burmese Government's constitution for including an exemption on forced labor, GOB officials reiterated their request for ILO assistance in drafting labor laws. ILO Liaison Officer Steve Marshall indicat [...] | 2009-07-14 01:29:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PREL PHUM PINR BM |
09RANGOON438 | BURMA: GOVERNMENT INTERVENES IN BEANS AND PULSES [...] (C) Burma continues to deal with fallout from the November 2008 near-collapse of its beans and pulses market. Although the GOB historically was not involved in the sector, since November, the GOB has prohibited foreign companies from trading in beans and pulses. Additionally, GOB officials n [...] | 2009-07-14 02:55:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON EFIN PREL PGOV PINR BM |
09RANGOON439 | BURMA: GERMAN AMBASSADOR DELIVERS BTWC DEMARCHE ON [...] (C) German Ambassador Luy delivered a demarche on promoting Burma's accession to the Biological and Toxin Weapon Convention to Burmese Foreign Minister Nyan Win on July 10. MOFA Director General for International Organizations and Economic Department Thant Kyaw was also present. Ambassador [...] | 2009-07-14 04:45:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MCAP PREL BM |
09RANGOON44 | BURMESE GOVERNMENT REQUEST TO UPGRADE COM IN [...] (C) The Director General for Political Affairs, Burmese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, U Kyaw Tin, approached the Charge at a reception Jan. 22 in honor of the 100th anniversary of the birth of former UNSYG U Thant. The DG conveyed a message from the Foreign Minister very similar to that prov [...] | 2009-01-23 04:59:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | OFDP ODIP PREL BM |
09RANGOON440 | BURMA: NEXT STEPS IN THE ASSK TRIAL [...] (C) On July 10, the last scheduled witness in the Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK)/Yettaw trial testified (reftel). ASSK lawyer Nyan Win told us he expects closing arguments in the trial will begin when the court reconvenes on July 24. Nyan Win estimated closing arguments could last for as long as two [...] | 2009-07-14 06:11:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PGOV PHUM PREL BM |
09RANGOON441 | BURMA: TAY ZA'S COMPANIES MARKET GEMS, CELL PHONE [...] (C) Regime crony Tay Za, at the behest of the regime, is working with the Myanmar Gem Traders Association to promote Burmese jade and gems at the ASEAN International Gem Emporium in Kunming. According to Air Bagan staff, Tay Za is leading the Burmese gem delegation and flew 40 merchants and [...] | 2009-07-15 01:19:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAIR ETRD ECPS PREL PINR BM |
09RANGOON442 | BURMA: RUMORS OF REGIME NEGOTIATIONS WITH [...] (C) Prominent Burmese businessman and NGO director Nay Win Maung (protect) told Charge July 14 that he is in touch with the political prisoner Zarganar. Nay Win Maung reported that regime officials currently are negotiating with Zarganar, offering his release in exchange for affirmation of [...] | 2009-07-15 04:28:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BM |
09RANGOON443 | BURMA: SHAN NATIONALITIES LEAGUE FOR DEMOCRACY [...] (C) The Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) does not plan to participate in Burma's 2010 parliamentary elections unless its demands calling for the release of all political prisoners and a tripartite dialogue are met. SNLD leaders outlined for us the party's pre- and post-election [...] | 2009-07-15 05:33:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR BM |
09RANGOON445 | BURMA: IVANHOE JOINT VENTURE RESUMES OPERATIONS [...] (C) Myanmar Ivanhoe Copper Co. Ltd. (MICCL) Acting Managing Director Glen Ford confirmed that MICCL, a joint venture between Canadian company Ivanhoe Mining and state-owned Mining Enterprise-1, resumed operations in May, after halting operations more than a year ago. According to Ford, the [...] | 2009-07-16 09:22:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EMIN PGOV PREL BM |
09RANGOON447 | BURMA: CEASEFIRE GROUPS COUNTER JUNTA BORDER GUARD [...] (C) Many key ethnic ceasefire groups from Kachin and Shan States have rejected GOB proposals to transform their armed wings into an integrated armed force led by the Burma Army (BA). In late June, four ceasefire groups signed a Memorandum of Understanding among themselves as they separately r [...] | 2009-07-17 05:43:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON45 | BURMA: ILO TO RENEW SUPPLEMENTARY UNDERSTANDING ON [...] (C) In 2007 the ILO and Burmese Government, via the Supplementary Understanding (SU) on Forced Labor, established a mechanism to investigate and respond to formal forced labor complaints. The SU will expire on February 25, 2009; the ILO, based on recommendations from the November 2008 ILO G [...] | 2009-01-23 06:36:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON452 | BURMA: OPPOSITION MEMBERS BRIEFLY DETAINED ON [...] (C) National League for Democracy (NLD) spokesman Nyan Win confirmed that Burmese police detained approximately forty NLD members for questioning July 19 as they marched from NLD Headquarters to nearby Martyr's Mausoleum in Rangoon to commemorate Martyr's Day, which marks the July 19, 1947 a [...] | 2009-07-20 08:17:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BM |
09RANGOON453 | BURMA: OPPOSITION MEMBERS BRIEFLY DETAINED ON [...] (C) National League for Democracy (NLD) spokesman Nyan Win confirmed that Burmese police detained approximately forty NLD members for questioning July 19 as they marched from NLD Headquarters to nearby Martyr's Mausoleum in Rangoon to commemorate Martyr's Day, which marks the July 19, 1947 a [...] | 2009-07-20 08:17:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BM |
09RANGOON454 | BURMA: POSSIBLE PRISONER AMNESTY IN THE WORKS? [...] (C) Leading 88 Generation Students (88GS) activist Toe Kyaw Hlaing, confirmed reftel report that regime officials have recently approached several imprisoned activists to ask them about their political opinions, possibly in an attempt to determine whom to release in any upcoming amnesty. Howev [...] | 2009-07-20 09:55:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON456 | BURMA: ASSK CONSULTS WITH HER LAWYERS; EMBASSY [...] (C) Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) lawyer Nyan Win confirmed that he and co-counsel U Kyi Win (aka Neville) met with ASSK for two and a half hours on July 20 at Insein prison. The detained NLD leader and her attorneys discussed their strategy for closing arguments. Nyan Win reported that ASSK remai [...] | 2009-07-21 05:03:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PGOV PHUM PREL BM |
09RANGOON457 | BURMA'S JUDICIARY: TRAPPINGS OF FAIRNESS WITH A [...] (C) Discussions with leading Burmese opposition lawyers paint a picture of a criminal justice system that often has the trappings of independence, but is in effect under the direction of the regime. The outcomes of politically-sensitive cases are predetermined, with civilian prosecutors and [...] | 2009-07-21 09:26:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON461 | BURMA: ASSK LAWYERS DENIED ACCESS THIS WEEK; [...] (C) Nyan Win, a lawyer for Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK),told us that on July 21 authorities denied a request by him and co-counsel U Kyi Win (aka Neville) to meet one more time with ASSK prior to the scheduled start of closing arguments on July 24. On July 22, Neville went to Insein Prison to try [...] | 2009-07-22 08:57:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PGOV PHUM PREL BM |
09RANGOON466 | BURMA: CLOSING ARGUMENTS IN ASSK TRIAL BEGIN; SOME [...] (SBU) Aung San Suu Kyi's legal team began presenting closing arguments in the Aung San Suu Kyi(ASSK)/John Yettaw trial at Insein Prison the afternoon of July 24. Consul and one Embassy local staff member attended as usual. Authorities also granted permission for diplomats from five European em [...] | 2009-07-24 10:52:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PGOV PHUM PREL BM |
09RANGOON469 | BURMA: STATE MEDIA IMPLIES A REGIME REBUFF OF [...] (C) Summary. The state-controlled "New Light of Myanmar" newspaper (NLM) has commented on Secretary Clinton's July 22 call to release Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK). Two recent op-eds under pseudonyms have emphasized GOB past themes: that the ASSK case is an internal, domestic matter; that outsiders [...] | 2009-07-27 11:02:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON471 | BURMA: NLD UNCLES SUPPORT SECRETARY'S MESSAGE TO [...] (C) During a July 27 exchange with members of the National League for Democracy (NLD) Central Executive Committee (CEC),aka the "Uncles," the Charge solicited the Uncles' feedback on Secretary Clinton's message to the GOB in Phuket. The assembled Uncles (minus Win Tin and Aung Shwe for hea [...] | 2009-07-28 09:35:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR BM |
09RANGOON472 | BURMA: ASSK TRIAL CONCLUDES; VERDICT EXPECTED JULY [...] (C) Closing arguments in the Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK)/ John Yettaw trial concluded July 28 with the defense rebutting the prosecution's allegations that ASSK willfully violated the terms of her house arrest. Yettaw tearfully told the court he would be willing to come back "again and again" i [...] | 2009-07-28 10:01:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PGOV PHUM PREL BM |
09RANGOON475 | BURMA: ASSK TRIAL: WHAT NEXT? [...] (C) Aung San Suu Kyi's attorneys expect judges could postpone announcement of a verdict in her case for up to two weeks from July 31. They plan to appeal a guilty verdict, a process composed of three potential stages that could extend for 3-4 months. ASSK, in a personal statement provided b [...] | 2009-07-29 10:20:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PGOV PHUM PREL BM |
09RANGOON478 | BURMA: GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSAL TO CEASEFIRE GROUP [...] (C) The regime has been on a campaign to convince ceasefire groups to accept a government proposal to transform armed wings into a Border Guard Force (BGF) under GOB control. Lt. Gen. Ye Myint and Northern Commander Brigadier General Soe Win since April have been lobbying ceasefire groups by [...] | 2009-07-31 03:20:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON480 | BURMA: GOB REJECTS KACHIN GROUP BORDER GUARD FORCE [...] (C) Burmese regime officials have rejected the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) "Independence Guard Force" counterproposal to the GOB's "Border Guard Force" (BGF) proposal and seem intent to push ahead with the original BGF. The regime is anxious to complete negotiations with armed cea [...] | 2009-07-31 07:14:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON481 | BURMA: GOB REJECTS KACHIN GROUP BORDER GUARD FORCE [...] (C) Burmese regime officials have rejected the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) "Independence Guard Force" counterproposal to the GOB's "Border Guard Force" (BGF) proposal and seem intent to push ahead with the original BGF. The regime is anxious to complete negotiations with armed cea [...] | 2009-07-31 07:14:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON482 | BURMA COURT POSTPONES ASSK VERDICT TO AUGUST 11 [...] (C) Judges in the Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) and Yettaw criminal cases on July 31 postponed verdicts until August 11, saying a legal issue has arisen. The authorities allowed diplomats, including from the U.S., to attend, but not the media. Beforehand, ASSK spoke briefly, stressing the import [...] | 2009-07-31 07:19:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PGOV PHUM PREL BM |
09RANGOON483 | OFFICIAL BURMA EWSPAPER ON U.S. ENGAGEMENT THEME [...] (C) The regimenewspaper "The New Light of Myanmar" ran a July 1 op-ed suggesting that the Obama Administration's approach to Burma -- particularly its focus on Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) and its continued endorsement of sanctions -- has been counter-productive. The op-ed prefers an alternate [...] | 2009-07-31 08:33:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAD PGOV PHUM PREL BM |
09RANGOON490 | REGIME DETAINED NLD MEMBERS PRIOR TO EXPECTED ASSK [...] (C) Burmese authorities detained 16 members of the National League for Democracy (NLD) in Rangoon and approximately 20 NLD members in both Magwe (central Burma) and Mandalay during the evening of July 30 and the morning of July 31 in anticipation of the then-scheduled verdict in the ASSK tri [...] | 2009-08-04 09:53:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON50 | NLD UNCLES AND CDA EXCHANGE VIEWS ON NEW U.S. [...] (C) During a collegial January 20 give-and-take with members of the National League for Democracy (NLD) Central Executive Committee (CEC),aka the "Uncles," the Charge reaffirmed the USG's support for a democratic future for Burma, noting that backing for the cause of democracy in Burma is b [...] | 2009-01-23 07:48:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR BM |
09RANGOON500 | BURMA: QUIET ON EVE OF 8/8/88 UPRISING [...] (C) According to exile and Burma-based activists, noQ major events are planned to mark the 21st anniversary of the 8/8/88 popular uprising, due to feab of arrest. Regime authmrities have increased security since mid-July in anticipation of a verdict in the ongoing Aung San Suu Kyi trial and [...] | 2009-08-07 09:53:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON501 | BURMA: AUNG SAN SUU KYI MEETS LEGAL TEAM [...] (C) Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) met with her lawyers August 6 for two hours. According to lawyer and National League for Democracy spokesman Nyan Win, ASSK is in good health and spirits, even making jokes throughout the meeting. The August 6 discussions focused not on her current trial (Reftel [...] | 2009-08-07 09:55:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON51 | BURMA: ILO CONFIRMS FORCED LABOR IN DELTA; [...] (C) In December 2008 the ILO informally identified several cases of forced labor in the Irrawaddy Delta. Villagers had been forced to participate in routine maintenance and Cyclone clean up. The cases did not involve regime cronies nor land confiscation. The ILO has since conducted awarene [...] | 2009-01-26 04:24:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PREL PHUM PINR BM |
09RANGOON515 | ASEAN NARGIS RELIEF SPECIAL ENVOY URGES INCREASED [...] (SBU) At an August 6 donor meeting in Rangoon, ASEAN's special envoy for post-Nargis recovery urged increased assistance in the Delta, citing dire conditions and the need to set aside "political" considerations. U.S. and Western diplomats, with UN support, emphasized that the political prob [...] | 2009-08-11 10:13:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PINR BM |
09RANGOON518 | ASSK GETS THREE YEARS, REDUCED TO EIGHTEEN MONTHS' [...] (C) A Burmese court on August 11 convicted Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) and her two assistants of violating the terms of ASSK's house arrest and sentenced all three to three-year terms. The court convicted detained American John Yettaw on three separate charges, sentencing him to seven years. Im [...] | 2009-08-11 11:06:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PGOV PHUM PREL BM |
09RANGOON524 | ASSK VERDICT AFTERMATH: STREETS CALM; LAWYERS TO [...] (C) According to various NLD sources, Aung Sang Suu Kyi (ASSK) and her two assistants will appeal their August 11 conviction. ASSK's legal team also were scheduled to meet August 12 with ASSK and police Special Branch to discuss the mechanism for ASSK to receive visitors with the GOB's permi [...] | 2009-08-12 15:31:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON526 | CATERPILLAR RE-ENTERING BURMESE MARKET [...] (C) In a August 6 meeting with Charge, Caterpillar executives explained that Caterpillar Asia plans to re-enter the Burmese market to avoid losing further business to regional competitors, notably Chinese firms. Caterpillar's legal department has concluded the firm can export to Burma witho [...] | 2009-08-13 09:40:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PINR BM |
09RANGOON527 | NLD UNCLES SEE POSSIBLE OPENING IN THAN SHWE'S [...] (C) The NLD is taking a two-track approach in responding publicly to the Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) verdict: strongly condemning the trial itself, but also acknowledging the easing of restrictions of her house arrest. Privately, Central Executive Committee (CEC) members welcomed Than Shwe's re [...] | 2009-08-13 11:10:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON53 | A VIP VISIT TO BURMA'S KACHIN STATE: JADE, BUSTLE, [...] (C) The Burmese Foreign Minister invited Chiefs of Mission for a Jan. 16-18 visit to Kachin State in the country's far north. Myitkyina, the capital, and Pha Kant, a jade mining center, are busy, seemingly prosperous cities. China's Yunnan Province, only two hours away from Myitkyina by road [...] | 2009-01-28 02:22:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EMIN PGOV PHUM ECON PINR BM |
09RANGOON530 | STATE-RUN MEDIA WARNS AGAINST PROTEST, STEPS UP [...] (C) In the run up to the 8/8/88 anniversary and the August 11 verdict in the Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) trial, several articles and editorials in the government mouthpiece "New Light of Myanmar" (NLM) sent warnings to pro-democracy groups while simultaneously ratcheting up anti-U.S. rhetoric. [...] | 2009-08-14 05:09:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON534 | BURMA: SENATOR WEBB'S MEETING WITH AUNG SAN SUU [...] (C) In a 45-minute meeting August 15 with Senator Jim Webb, detained National League for Democracy (NLD) leader Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) repeatedly emphasized she is eager for dialogue with the regime and is prepared to work with Burma's senior leaders to find common ground, including on sanc [...] | 2009-08-17 10:50:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON535 | BURMA: SENATOR WEBB MEETS THAN SHWE [...] (C) During a 25-minute meeting August 15, Senator Jim Webb and party met top leaders of Burma's State Peace and Development Council (SPDC),including Senior Gen. Than Shwe. Senator Webb requested a meeting with Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) and observed that resolution of the ASSK issue is necessar [...] | 2009-08-17 10:52:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON54 | BURMA: 2008 TOURISM LEVELS DOWN 20 PERCENT [...] (C) Burma's 2008 tourism levels fell 20 percent compared to 2007, despite a substantial increase during October through December. Burma attracted 177,018 tourists in 2008, mostly from other Asian countries. Due to the decline, many tourism-related businesses registered financial losses in [...] | 2009-01-28 07:50:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV PINR BM |
09RANGOON540 | STATE-RUN MEDIA OFFERS EXTENSIVE, POSITIVE [...] (SBU) Media reaction to Senator Webb's visit figured prominently in both state- and privately-owned Burmese newspapers. The weekend editions of the state-run daily, Myanmar Ahlin, and its English-language equivalent, New Light of Myanmar (NLM),contained lengthy reports on Senator Webb's mee [...] | 2009-08-18 11:16:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON543 | BURMA: SENATOR WEBB'S MEETING WITH NATIONAL [...] (C) During a private 30-minute meeting August 15 in Nay Pyi Taw, National League for Democracy (NLD) Central Executive Committee members (aka the Uncles) Nyunt Wai, Than Tun and Soe Myint told Senator Webb they view sanctions as a political, not economic, weapon designed to pressure the regi [...] | 2009-08-19 10:09:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BM |
09RANGOON544 | NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR DEMOCRACY CAUTIOUSLY [...] (C) We provided a readout August 18 to the National League for Democracy on Senator Webb's meetings with Than Shwe and Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK),while also seeking the party's views on the visit and next steps. Although party elders do not agree with some of Senator Webb's views, particularl [...] | 2009-08-19 10:35:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON548 | BURMA: SENATOR WEBB'S MEETING WITH NATIONAL UNITY [...] (C) During a brief August 15 meeting arranged by the GOB, National Unity Party (NUP) leader Khin Maung Gyi told Senator Webb Burma needs to follow its own path to establish democracy, with a priority on maintaining national solidarity in the face of ethnic diversity. He stated that Burma nee [...] | 2009-08-21 09:24:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BM |
09RANGOON549 | HEALTH AUTHORITIES MAINTAIN AH1N1 CONTAINMENT [...] (C) Burmese health authorities continue to rely on a containment strategy to handle the A/H1N1 pandemic. While WHO's worldwide guidance recommends a focus on mitigation, a Burma-based WHO epidemiologist said Burma's containment policy is not medically contraindicated and stems from fear of [...] | 2009-08-21 09:36:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM |
09RANGOON550 | BURMA: AUNG SAN SUU KYI STATUS UPDATE [...] (C) Lawyers for Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) have met with her twice and will file a formal appeal of her conviction the week of August 23. They are seeking to clarify the conditions of her house arrest, including procedures for receiving guests and communicating with outsiders. Thus far Post h [...] | 2009-08-21 10:31:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BM |
09RANGOON56 | BURMA: CONTINUING FOOD INSECURITY IN CHIN STATE [...] (C) The food insecurity situation in Northern Chin State, where a rat infestation continues to destroy crops, has marginally improved, according to the World Food Programme (WFP). WFP and its partners in December launched a food-for-work program in 50 villages in Chin State, assisting more [...] | 2009-01-30 08:19:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM |
09RANGOON561 | BURMA: RUMORS OF POSSIBLE MONK-LED DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (C) 88 Generation Students leader Toe Kyaw Hlaing told P/E chief and Poloff August 25 that, according to his monastery contacts, monks may be planning peaceful demonstrations and symbolic refusal of alms on October 3, the Full Moon day of Thadingyut (end of Buddhist lent). (Note: During the [...] | 2009-08-26 10:28:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON566 | BURMA: ASSK TO SUBMIT APPEAL SEPTEMBER 1, [...] (C) Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) met with her lawyers for two hours August 27 to finalize her appeal. In a brief conversation on August 28, ASSK attorney and NLD spokesperson Nyan Win told us that her legal team will submit the appeal to the Divisional Court on September 1. 2. (C) Nyan Win inf [...] | 2009-08-28 11:33:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON57 | BURMA: SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN TRADE IN 2008 [...] (SBU) The Burmese Government recorded an increase in both exports and imports in 2008 compared to previous years. While the value of natural gas exports remained constant, trade was bolstered by substantial exports of jade, gems, and agricultural products. Burmese exports totaled USD 6.6 bi [...] | 2009-01-30 08:19:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV BM |
09RANGOON571 | BURMA: TIP REPORT TIER 3 REASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) The GOB has not made notable progress on the recommendations listed in the 2009 TIP Report. End summary. No Prosecutions of Military or Civilian Officials --------------------------------------------- ---- 2. (C) The 2009 TIP report recommended the GOB criminally prosecute mili [...] | 2009-08-31 10:30:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KWMN KCRM KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB SMIG KTIP |
09RANGOON573 | BURMA: GOB CLAIMS PEACE IN KOKANG REGION, WHICH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-31 11:31:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON575 | BURMA: KOKANG UPDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-01 10:01:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON59 | GAMBARI MEETS WITH GOB REPS AND AUNG SAN SUU KYI; [...] (SBU) UN Special Representative Ibrahim Gambari arrived in Rangoon Saturday, January 31 for his seventh visit to Burma. He met with GOB officials including Foreign Minister Nyan Win and outlined his priorities -- achieving progress on his "five-point agenda," political facilitation between t [...] | 2009-02-02 08:49:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON PINR BM |
09RANGOON590 | BURMA: DIVISIONAL COURT TO CONSIDER AUNG SAN SUU [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-08 10:59:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON591 | BURMA: DIVISIONAL COURT TO CONSIDER AUNG SAN SUU [...] (C) Aung San Suu Kyi's (ASSK) lawyers confirmed the Rangoon Divisional Court has agreed to consider their appeal of ASSK's August 11 conviction on charges she violated the terms of her house arrest. ASSK lawyer and NLD spokesman Nyan Win told us ASSK's legal team formally filed its memorandu [...] | 2009-09-08 12:56:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON598 | BURMA: INDONESIA SEEKING MEETING WITH THAN SHWE, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-10 09:20:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV PINR BM |
09RANGOON599 | BURMA: INDONESIA SEEKING MEETING WITH THAN SHWE, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-10 09:20:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV PINR BM |
09RANGOON60 | BURMA: BUILDING GRASSROOTS AWARENESS OF DEMOCRACY [...] (C) Despite Burma's closely controlled operating environment, a few groups at the grassroots level have used USG support to raise awareness of human rights and democracy issues in their communities. These groups work at significant risk to their personal security, but employ basic precautio [...] | 2009-02-03 04:30:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON600 | BURMA: INDONESIA SEEKING MEETING WITH THAN SHWE, [...] (C) According to ASEAN's special envoy for post-Nargis recovery, a former Indonesian government official, Indonesia feels it can play a constructive role in Burma and is seeking a meeting between Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda and SPDC Chair Than Shwe prior to the upcoming UN [...] | 2009-09-10 09:20:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV PINR BM |
09RANGOON601 | BURMA: GOB PRESENTS ITS SIDE OF THE STORY ON THE [...] (C) The GOB Foreign Ministry arranged a September 7-9 trip for diplomats and media to the Kokang Region to present its version of the recent events there, offering a tour of an illicit Kokang arms factory and the homes and alleged drug labs of Kokang factional leaders who have since fled to [...] | 2009-09-10 10:33:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON608 | SUBJECT: BURMA: NLD'S WIN TIN QUESTIONED; ASSK [...] (C) In a September 14 meeting with P/E Chief and Poloff, National League for Democracy (NLD) Central Executive Committee (CEC) member Win Tin confirmed media reports that he was detained and released by Burmese police September 12. Special Branch officers questioned Win Tin for one and a half [...] | 2009-09-14 10:02:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON609 | BURMA: BUSINESS CANDIDATES WILL RUN, LIKE IT OR NOT [...] (SBU) Conversations with a range of private sector contacts suggest the regime is in the process of selecting supportive candidates from the business community to run in the 2010 elections. The regime has reportedly vetted individuals based not only on perceived loyalty but also via a candi [...] | 2009-09-14 10:04:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PINR BM |
09RANGOON61 | BURMA'S CENSOR BOARD: STANDING IN THE WAY OF PRESS [...] (C) The Press Scrutiny and Registration Board (Censor Board) continues to exert a powerful and negative influence on Burma's media, despite the emergence of many privately owned newspapers and magazines in recent years. Editors complain of heavy-handedness and arbitrary censorship and see n [...] | 2009-02-03 04:41:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL CVIS CASC BM KPAO |
09RANGOON62 | GAMBARI PROVIDES READ-OUT OF RANGOON VISIT [...] (C) UNSYG Special Envoy Gambari phoned the Charge to provide a read-out of his Jan. 31-Feb. 3 visit to Burma. He said process issues had gone well, but "tangibles" are more difficult. He is aware the SYG and others need progress on those tangibles. He has sensed "some movement" within the [...] | 2009-02-03 08:26:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON PINR BM |
09RANGOON626 | BURMA: SIX BOMBS EXPLODE IN RANGOON; NO INJURIES [...] (C) Burma Police Special Branch Deputy Director Colonel Win Naing Tun confirmed media reports of bomb explosions in Rangoon the night of September 16. No injuries were reported. On September 17, the RSO's FSN investigator learned from GOB police sources that homemade bombs containing metal b [...] | 2009-09-17 10:39:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC BM |
09RANGOON627 | BURMA: DECISION IN AUNG SAN SUU KYI APPEAL [...] (C) Lawyers for Aung San Suu Kyi and her two assistants presented appeal arguments September 18 to the Rangoon Divisional Court. As expected, ASSK's lawyers argued that her conviction for violating her house arrest was baseless because the 1974 Constitution and corresponding laws under whic [...] | 2009-09-18 10:33:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON628 | 88 GENERATION ACTIVISTS DETAIL PRISON CONDITIONS; [...] (C) In a September 17 meeting with P/E chief and Poloff, 88 Generation Students (88GS) activist Soe Htun and human rights activist Myat Ko Ko expressed growing concern over the poor conditions of Burma's prisons and political prisoners' lack of basic necessities. Soe Htun, who continues his w [...] | 2009-09-18 11:03:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON629 | BURMA: SOME POLITICAL PRISONERS RELEASED IN [...] (C) State-run radio and television announced late September 17 that the government would release 7,114 prisoners for good behavior and humanitarian reasons. Prisoners are being released progressively; Embassy sources believe up to 250 political prisoners may be among the total. Thus far we ha [...] | 2009-09-18 11:27:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON63 | GAMBARI WITH UN COUNTRY TEAM; SHAN ETHNIC PARTY [...] (SBU) Embassy Rangoon received reports of Gambari's January 31 and February 3 sessions with the UN Country Team, and his February 2 meeting with the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD). (See septel for Gambari's end-of-visit read-out to the Charge.) Gambari told the UN Country T [...] | 2009-02-03 08:32:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON PINR BM |
09RANGOON637 | BURMA: AUNG SAN SUU KYI MEETS PERSONAL PHYSICIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-21 09:39:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON639 | BURMA: LAWYERS FOR ASSK DISCUSS APPEAL, ACCESS, [...] (C) During a September 22 meeting with P/E Chief, Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) lawyers Kyi Win (aka Neville) and Nyan Win confirmed they argued during the September 18 Divisional Court appeal that the 1974 Constitution and laws enacted under it that governed ASSK's 2003-2009 house arrest are inva [...] | 2009-09-22 10:47:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON64 | BURMA: THAN SHWE RESURFACES [...] (C) After a month of speculation about his whereabouts, Burmese Senior General Than Shwe reappeared in Nay Pyi Taw February 3 to accept the credentials of the new Cambodian, Vietnamese, and Chinese Ambassadors to Burma. Official photos of all three ceremonies appear in the February 4 state- [...] | 2009-02-04 07:35:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR BM |
09RANGOON640 | BURMA: RISING NUMBERS OF POLITICAL PRISONERS [...] (C) As of September 22, Burmese authorities have so far released at least 127 political prisoners, but virtually no high-profile detainees are among them. According to Embassy sources, newly freed prisoners were not required to support the SPDC as a condition of their release, but they had t [...] | 2009-09-22 11:17:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON643 | BURMA: SOME BUSINESSMEN REPORTEDLY HEARING FROM [...] (C) The GOB has recently conveyed through official channels and via at least one businessman (septel) its desire for better relations with the U.S.. According to an Embassy contact, many in the private sector here think Washington is preparing to respond positively, particularly regarding s [...] | 2009-09-23 09:34:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PINR BM |
09RANGOON644 | BURMESE BUSINESSMAN ON GOB-U.S. RELATIONS, ETHNIC [...] (C) A well-connected Burmese businessman has conveyed informally to the Charge that the GOB is strongly interested in better relations with the USG, mainly to buffer Chinese dominance. Senior figures in Nay Pyi Taw reportedly told the businessman that the GOB does not expect sanctions relief [...] | 2009-09-23 10:31:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PINR BM |
09RANGOON648 | "COFFEE-AT EMPTOR:" THAN SHWE'S GRANDSON WINS [...] (C) Rangoon coffee klatches are abuzz with rumors about the fate of the "7 Lekker" coffee shop. The gleaming, modern cafe was in operation for a mere four-five months before it was reduced in early September to a rubble-strewn lot. Versions of its demise vary, but almost certainly the destr [...] | 2009-09-24 09:25:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON651 | ARAKANESE STUDENT ACTIVISTS, INCLUDING FORMER [...] (C) On September 23, Embassy Rangoon sources confirmed a media report that Special Branch police arrested six politically active Arakanese university students on September 1. According to a September 9 Narinjara (exile-based) online news article, authorities arrested the students -- Tun Lin, [...] | 2009-09-24 11:59:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON652 | STATE MEDIA ACCUSES AMCIT KYAW ZAW LWIN OF [...] (C) The September 24 edition of the New Light of Myanmar contains a three-page expose on anti-government groups' alleged efforts to uprisings and launch terrorist attacks within Burma. The article names recently arrested American citizen Kyaw Zaw Lwin (Ref A) as a claiming he has ties to inter [...] | 2009-09-24 11:59:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | BM CASC PGOV PHUM PREL |
09RANGOON659 | BURMA: NLD SUPPORTS POLICY REVIEW, CAUTIONS [...] (C) During a September 24 meeting with National League for Democracy (NLD) Central Executive Committee (CEC) members, CDA previewed the expected outcomes of the USG policy review. The Uncles responded positively, noting they appreciate the USG's interest in increasing engagement with the GO [...] | 2009-09-28 07:14:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON66 | BURMA: PREPARATIONS CONTINUE FOR GLOBAL FUND [...] (C) The Minister of Health chaired the third Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) meeting January 30 in preparation for the GOB's planned round nine Global Fund application. During the meeting, CCM members agreed on the proposed selection process for the dual principal recipients (PRs),who [...] | 2009-02-04 07:47:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI EAID PHUM KHIV PGOV SENV BM |
09RANGOON661 | BURMA: NLD ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION EMPHASIZES [...] (SBU) This year's National League for Democracy (NLD) anniversary celebration, which Charge and Poloff attended September 27, was notable for its unusually upbeat atmosphere. Fresh faces dotted the packed house that included Western diplomats and approximately 20 recently released political [...] | 2009-09-28 09:24:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON664 | SUBJECT: BURMA: ASSK LETTER TO THAN SHWE SEEKS TO [...] (C) National League for Democracy (NLD) Spokesman Nyan Win told us September 26 that during a September 25 meeting with her lawyers, Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) finalized and signed a personal letter to Than Shwe regarding sanctions. Nyan Win gave one copy of the letter to Police Special Branch [...] | 2009-09-28 10:15:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON67 | BURMA: KYAT APPRECIATES 12 PERCENT AGAINST US [...] (C) Although the Burmese kyat traditionally appreciates against the U.S. dollar during the dry season (October-April),the kyat has appreciated more than expected -- 12.4 percent -- since October 2008. Burmese economists, emphasizing the importance of supply and demand, speculate that the r [...] | 2009-02-04 07:48:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PINR BM |
09RANGOON674 | BURMA: ECONOMIST SHARES VIEWS ON ASSK, ECONOMIC [...] (C) U Myint, a prominent Burmese economist, is cautiously seeking a meeting with Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) and plans to advise she shift her focus from politics to socio-economic themes. U Myint sees economic development as the greatest challenge facing Burma and an issue on which ASSK can ha [...] | 2009-10-02 02:26:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM ECON PINR |
09RANGOON676 | BURMA: DIVISIONAL COURT REJECTS AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S [...] (C) As expected, the Rangoon Divisional Court on October 2 upheld the lower court's conviction of Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK),who remains under house arrest under an edict issued by Than Shwe. Her legal team will continue to contest the conviction by appealing to the Supreme Court. ASSK's lega [...] | 2009-10-02 07:37:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON677 | BURMA: POLICE STEP UP SECURITY TO DETER POSSIBLE [...] (C) Police Armed Battalion contacts reported to A/RSO September 29 that police stepped up security around the Shwedagon Pagoda beginning September 27 in preparation for possible demonstrations on October 3, the Full Moon Day marking the end of Buddhist Lent. Toe Kyaw Hlaing, an 88 Generation [...] | 2009-10-02 09:55:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON68 | BURMA: EXTENSIVE OFFICIAL COVERAGE OF GAMBARI VISIT [...] (U) Burmese state media carried extensive coverage of UNSYG Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari's January 31 - February 3 meetings with GOB officials. The coverage described Gambari as "an intimate friend of Myanmar" and reported his requests that the regime release political prisoners, engage in [...] | 2009-02-04 08:55:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON682 | BURMA: AUNG SAN SUU KYI MEETS WITH LIAISON [...] (C) Liaison Minister Aung Kyi, the regime's designated point person for discussions with Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK),met with ASSK October 3 for the first time since January 2008. Details of the meeting are as yet unavailable. Meanwhile, ASSK personal physician Dr. Tin Myo Win (Douglas) visit [...] | 2009-10-05 09:02:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON686 | BURMA: POLICE ARREST FOUR ACTIVISTS; WHEREABOUTS [...] (C) Prominent opposition lawyer Aung Thein confirmed a media report that Police Special Branch officers arrested four female activists on October 3 after they returned from offering alms to monks at Magwe monastery in a suburb of Rangoon. According to an exile media report that quotes one [...] | 2009-10-06 11:22:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON687 | BURMA: U.S., UK, AND AUSTRALIAN DIPLOMATS TO MEET [...] (C) The GOB on October 8 informed Chiefs of Mission (COM) from the U.S., UK, and Australia that they will be permitted to meet as a group with Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) on October 9 to discuss sanctions. No other topics may be raised. The meeting follows ASSK's recent letter to Than Shwe on [...] | 2009-10-08 09:08:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON688 | BURMA: MEETING WITH AUNG SAN SUU KYI ON SANCTIONS [...] (C) U.S., UK (representing the EU),and Australian chiefs of mission (COMs) briefed Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) on their governments' respective sanctions policies in a one-hour meeting October 9. ASSK confirmed her willingness to cooperate with the SPDC to lift sanctions, but indicated she fir [...] | 2009-10-09 09:32:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON689 | BURMA: BRIEFING THE NLD ON SANCTIONS MEETING WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-09 10:49:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON690 | BURMA: BRIEFING THE NLD ON SANCTIONS MEETING WITH [...] (C) CDA, a.i., Australian Charge, and UK DCM briefed the National League for Democracy (NLD) October 9 on the meeting with Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) on sanctions earlier in the day. The meeting at NLD headquarters was packed, with both Central Executive Committee (CEC) and rank-and-file member [...] | 2009-10-09 10:50:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON693 | BURMA: INCLUDING ICRC ON THE DIALOGUE AGENDA [...] (C) The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC),which operates under an extremely limited mandate in Burma, is seeking to reestablish a temporary presence in Burma's prisons through water and sanitation work in prisons affected by Cyclone Nargis. Meanwhile, ICRC continues funding fa [...] | 2009-10-14 08:20:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON694 | BURMA: FOLLOWING UP ON AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S [...] (C) The UK, Australia, and U.S. COMs in Rangoon met on October 14 to discuss requests Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) made in her October 9 meeting (reftel): for the three governments, calculations of GOB steps toward democracy that would merit an easing of sanctions, and for additional information [...] | 2009-10-14 11:14:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON BM |
09RANGOON695 | BURMA: NLD SPOKESMAN SHARES AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S [...] (C) According to National League for Democracy (NLD) spokesman and Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) lawyer Nyan Win, ASSK is looking for ways to break the current political stalemate in Burma and is prepared to support sanctions relief if circumstances merit. She remains personally opposed to the 20 [...] | 2009-10-15 10:26:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON700 | BURMA: AUNG SAN SUU KYI SEES SANCTIONS AS A [...] (C) According to National League for Democracy (NLD) spokesman and Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) lawyer Nyan Win, ASSK supports using sanctions as a bargaining chip with the Burmese government and has asked the GOB to allow her to make a public appeal for increased assistance for Cyclone Nargis re [...] | 2009-10-19 10:14:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON704 | BURMA: A HEART-TO-HEART WITH THE WA [...] (C) During a two-hour meeting on October 21, a representative of the United Wa State Army (UWSA) told us that the Wa did not participate in the August conflict between the Burma Army and the Kokang. The UWSA is shoring up its defenses but does not expect imminent conflict with the Burma Arm [...] | 2009-10-22 10:43:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SNAR PINR BM |
09RANGOON705 | BURMA: ASSISTANCE ORGANIZATIONS FEELING THE [...] (C) The Government of Burma (GOB) is exerting increasing pressure on INGOs and international organizations through the visa process and operational restrictions, according to our contacts. Several INGO heads and at least one senior UN official are now living on expired visas the GOB has fail [...] | 2009-10-22 10:50:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | BM EAID ECON PGOV PINR PREL |
09RANGOON718 | BURMA: SEVERAL JOURNALISTS, ACTIVISTS ARRESTED; [...] (SBU) Embassy sources have confirmed media reports that authorities in Rangoon arrested seven members of Lin Let Kye (Burmese for &shining star8) ) a group of approximately 40 young social activists and Rangoon-based journalists that was formed in May 2008 to assist in the Cyclone Nargis reli [...] | 2009-10-29 10:13:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON735 | BURMA: ASSK REACTS POSITIVELY TO MEETING WITH A/S [...] (C) National League for Democracy spokesman Nyan Win and Aung San Suu Kyi's personal physician Tin Myo Win (aka Douglas),both of whom met with ASSK following her November 4 meeting with A/S Campbell, conveyed her positive reactions to the meeting's format and substance. They confirm she is [...] | 2009-11-10 10:05:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON743 | BURMA: AUNG SAN SUU KYI NEW LETTER TO THAN SHWE, [...] (C) National League for Democracy (NLD) spokesman and Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) lawyer Nyan Win told us November 12 ASSK has written to Than Shwe to thank him for facilitating recent meetings with A/S Campbell and other diplomats, to pledge cooperation on sanctions and other issues, and to req [...] | 2009-11-12 10:13:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ETRD BM |
09RANGOON746 | BURMA: ILO PROGRESS REPORT [...] (SBU) The International Labor Organization (ILO) office in Rangoon has received an increased number of complaints of forced labor and child soldier recruitment over the past five months. ILO attributes this increase to heightened awareness of workers' rights rather than increased incidence of [...] | 2009-11-13 08:09:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON747 | BURMA: CHARGE MEETS WITH NATIONAL UNITY PARTY [...] (C) The Charge met November 9 with leaders of the pro-regime National Unity Party (NUP) to discuss EAP A/S Campbell's November 3-4 visit and to give assurance that Campbell would have been happy to meet with the NUP in Nay Pyi Taw, had the GOB arranged that. The NUP complained that the U.S. [...] | 2009-11-13 08:11:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON750 | BURMA: A/S CAMPBELL'S MEETING WITH ECONOMISTS AND [...] (C) During a one-hour meeting on Nov. 4 with EAP A/S Campbell, Burmese economists and private sector representatives described Burma's economic woes, including a dearth of credible statistics, rampant corruption, and pervasive GOB ignorance of sound economic policy. Though downbeat about pr [...] | 2009-11-16 07:24:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | BM ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
09RANGOON753 | BURMA: POST-NARGIS CONFERENCE GUIDANCE REQUEST [...] (C) On November 25 in Bangkok, ASEAN will host a "Post-Nargis and Regional Partnership Conference" to solicit an additional USD 103 million to meet ongoing, critical humanitarian needs in the Cyclone Nargis-affected Irrawaddy Delta. In addition to soliciting funds, ASEAN, the UN, and donors [...] | 2009-11-17 10:31:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PGOV PHUM PINR PREL BM |
09RANGOON762 | BURMA: A/S CAMPBELL'S MEETING WITH ECONOMISTS AND [...] (C) During a one-hour meeting on Nov. 4 with EAP A/S Campbell, Burmese economists and private sector representatives described Burma's economic woes, including a dearth of credible statistics, rampant corruption, and pervasive GOB ignorance of sound economic policy. Though downbeat about pr [...] | 2009-11-18 11:58:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | BM ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
09RANGOON769 | BURMA: GLOBAL FUND COMING BACK TO BURMA [...] (SBU) A Global Fund (GF) newsletter dated November 12 indicates that the GF Board approved all three of Burma's GF applications. The UN and NGO response in Burma has been enthusiastic. The Board rated Burma's HIV proposal as Category 1 and granted immediate approval; it rated the Malaria an [...] | 2009-11-20 09:21:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | BM EAID PREL PGOV |
09RANGOON77 | UPDATE ON MYANMAR ECONOMIC HOLDINGS' ACTIVITIES [...] (C) Myanmar Economic Holdings Ltd. (MEHL),one of 46 state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in Burma, is among the largest and most powerful commercial entities in the country. Established in 1990 by the Ministry of Defense, active and retired military officers appear to control 70 percent of MEHL, [...] | 2009-02-06 05:22:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EINV ETRD PREL PINR BM |
09RANGOON777 | ASSK URGES U.S., EU TO PUBLICIZE A "FLEXIBILITY" [...] (C) National League for Democracy (NLD) spokesman Nyan Win met November 26 with Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) for two hours at her residence to discuss legal arguments for her pending appeal to Burma's Supreme Court. During the meeting, Nyan Win informed ASSK of the USG's continued public and pri [...] | 2009-11-27 09:40:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON783 | BURMESE GOVERNMENT DEPORTS AMERICAN CENTER TEACHER [...] (SBU) Burmese authorities deported an American Center (AC) teacher November 28 without providing her any explanation. Police Special Branch told us informally afterwards that the teacher visited the home of a political opposition figure during a vacation to Pyin Oo Lwin, but she denies any [...] | 2009-11-30 10:31:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC BM CASC CVIS KPAO PGOV PINR PREL |
09RANGOON786 | BURMA: THAN SHWE ADDRESSES USDA ANNUAL MEETING, [...] (C) On November 27, Than Shwe addressed the 2009 General Meeting of the mass-movement Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA),emphasizing the need for stability and peace and confirming elections will take place in 2010, but offering no details. The meeting also did not address, [...] | 2009-12-01 09:46:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON788 | BURMA: AUTHORITIES CHARGE TUESDAY PRAYER GROUP [...] (C) An Embassy source confirmed press reports that authorities have charged four women activists, including Tuesday Prayer Group leader Naw Ohn Hla, with violating section 505(b) of the Penal Code -- "disturbing public tranquility." Authorities arrested the activists on October 3 (reftel) f [...] | 2009-12-02 09:55:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON797 | BURMA: ASSK DOCTOR DEBRIEFS ON RECENT VISIT [...] (C) Dr. Tin Myo Win (aka Douglas),personal physician to Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK),told CDA, a.i., that at a December 3 meeting, ASSK asked him to pass on her gratitude for the opportunity to meet with A/S Campbell and said that she has launched her own engagement efforts with the regime to ca [...] | 2009-12-09 08:02:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON799 | AUNG SAN SUU KYI MEETS LIAISON MINISTER; LEGAL [...] (C) State-run media confirmed that Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) met with Liaison/Labor Minister Aung Kyi December 9 at the state guesthouse for forty-five minutes. National League for Democracy spokesman Nyan Win, who has not yet received a read out of the meeting, speculated it may have been to [...] | 2009-12-10 09:36:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON8 | BURMA: NLD VICE-CHAIR U TIN OO'S SPOUSE DISCUSSES [...] (C) Poloff met December 24 with Dr. Tin Moe Wai, the wife of detained National League for Democracy (NLD) Vice-chairman U Tin Oo. She said her husband is generally in good health but requires daily medications. She asked for USG assistance to help the couple's son, living in Japan, to send [...] | 2009-01-06 07:01:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON803 | BURMA: AUTHORITIES PREVENT HUMAN RIGHTS DAY [...] (C) Pyay city (Bago Division) Peace and Development Council officials (PDC) in Burma questioned Human Rights Defenders and Promoters (HRDP) leaders Maung Maung Lay and Min Min on December 9 in an effort to thwart HRDP efforts to hold an annual ceremony December 10 commemorating the 61st Inte [...] | 2009-12-14 09:52:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON806 | BURMA: ASSK PAYS RESPECT TO NLD ELDERS; DISCUSSES [...] (C) Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) met December 16 with three ailing National League for Democracy (NLD) leaders at a government guesthouse to seek a mandate to reorganize the party. NLD spokesman and ASSK attorney Nyan Win, who met with ASSK for over two hours at her residence December 15, confir [...] | 2009-12-16 09:56:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON808 | BURMA: IMF CONDUCTS 2009 ARTICLE IV CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Asian Development Bank (ADB) have concluded two weeks of consultations with the Burma Government, UN representatives, diplomats and business experts, the annual Article IV consultations. The delegation reported the Government of Burm [...] | 2009-12-17 10:05:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV PINR PREL KTIP BM |
09RANGOON811 | TWO FARMERS WHO COMPLAINED TO ILO SENTENCED; ILO [...] (C) Rangoon-based International Labor Organization (ILO) representative Steve Marshall told Poloff December 14 the Burma government is "embarrassed" by the recent sentencing of two farmers to seven years each in prison for cutting down eucalyptus trees on their property, but has not yet addre [...] | 2009-12-18 10:07:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON815 | BURMA: ILO REPORTS STRICTER PUNISHMENTS FOR [...] (C) Rangoon-based International Labor Organization (ILO) representative Steve Marshall told us December 21 that the GOB has dismissed a captain from the military (presumably via court-martial) and sentenced him to one year imprisonment in a civilian jail with hard labor for child-soldier rec [...] | 2009-12-21 10:07:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM KTIP |
09RANGOON816 | KNU DENIES RESPONSIBILITY FOR BOMBING IN KAREN [...] (SBU) Embassy Rangoon contacts in Karen state confirmed press reports that a bomb exploded in Papun, Karen state on December 16, killing at least seven individuals and injuring 11. The New Light of Myanmar (Burma's state-run daily) and AFP reported that a time bomb detonated in the evening [...] | 2009-12-22 04:01:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON817 | BURMA: ILO REPORTS INTERNAL CHILD TRAFFICKING CASE [...] (C) Rangoon-based International Labor Organization (ILO) representative Steve Marshall told us December 21 the ILO is investigating a reported child trafficking and labor case. According to Marshall, a 12 year old Burmese boy was abducted in Rangoon Division over two months ago at a wharf whe [...] | 2009-12-22 08:37:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KTIP BM |
09RANGOON818 | BURMA: SUPREME COURT TO HEAR AUNG SAN SUU KYI [...] (SBU) Burma's Supreme Court has agreed to consider an appeal of the August conviction of Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) and her two assistants. ASSK's lawyers argued December 21 for admission of the appeal, and the Supreme Court announced its decision the same day. The Court has yet to set a date [...] | 2009-12-22 09:14:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON820 | INTERNAL DYNAMICS OF BURMESE LEADERSHIP MEETING IN [...] (C) A Burmese businessman well-connected with senior leaders in Nay Pyi Taw informed us this week that, during the regime's quarterly leadership meeting that took place the week of November 23, Burma's generals received their marching orders for the period leading up to national elections in [...] | 2009-12-23 09:29:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PINR BM |
09RANGOON825 | BURMA: DEATH OF POLITICAL PRISONER TIN TIN HTWAY [...] (C) Post has confirmed news reports that 38 year-old female political prisoner Tin Tin Htway (alt. spelling Htwe) died of a brain aneurysm on Wednesday, December 23. According to members of her family, she suffered from heart disease and hypertension. Tin Tin Htway, a former member of the N [...] | 2009-12-28 09:03:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | BM PGOV PHUM PREL |
09RANGOON83 | BURMA: STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISE DEMONSTRATES [...] (C) Myanmar Economic Holdings Ltd. (MEHL),one of 46 state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in Burma, is among the largest and most powerful commercial entities in the country. Established in 1990 by the Ministry of Defense, active and retired military officers appear to control 70 percent of MEHL, [...] | 2009-02-06 06:51:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EINV ETRD PREL PINR BM |
09RANGOON84 | BURMA: EARLY IMPACTS OF WORLD FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (C) Although the Burmese Government claims the world financial crisis is having little to no affect on the country's economy, recent economic trends prove otherwise. Burma's trading sector has been hardest hit, as export earnings from key products including agriculture, garments, and timber [...] | 2009-02-06 06:55:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PINR BM |
09RANGOON9 | BURMA: WHERE OH WHERE HAS THAN SHWE GONE? [...] (C) Burma's Senior General Than Shwe failed to attend this year's January 4 Independence Day dinner and reception for military officials and diplomats in Nay Pyi Taw, provoking a recurrence of rumors about his health. The Independence Day dinner was instead hosted by SPDC Vice-Chair Maung A [...] | 2009-01-06 07:34:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON93 | BURMA: DOCTOR SAYS ASSK IS WELL; OPEN TO DIALOGUE [...] (C) In a February 13 meeting with Poloff, Aung San Suu Kyi's (ASSK) personal physician Dr. Tin Myo Win (aka Douglas) confirmed he visited with his patient at her home on January 1 and February 5. Since October, the regime has honored its agreement to grant him access to ASSK on the first Thur [...] | 2009-02-13 05:00:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON96 | NLD UNCLES ON GAMBARI; NEW IDEAS FOR U.S. POLICY [...] (C) During a February 10 meeting, members of the National League for Democracy's Central Executive Committee (CEC, aka "the Uncles") recounted their February 2 meetings with Aung San Suu Kyi and UN Special Representative Gambari. The Uncles said they and ASSK remain on the same page. They t [...] | 2009-02-13 07:12:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
09RANGOON963 | BURMA: RICE EXPORTS LOWER THAN EXPECTED IN 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-02 04:40:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM |
09RANGOON99 | BURMA MFA OFFICIAL ON ENGAGEMENT, VISITS, AND [...] (C) The Government of Burma (GOB) has provided another signal that it wishes to engage with the Obama Administration, perhaps with a two-track, military and civilian approach. During a dinner the Charge hosted for MFA Americas Director Yin Yin Oo, she suggested initial topics for engagement [...] | 2009-02-17 07:11:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR OREP OFDP ODIP PINR SNAR BM |
09REYKJAVIK101 | Iceland: Tough Times Ahead: Minister of Finance Paints [...] (C) Summary: Iceland Minister of Finance Steingrimur J. Sigfusson predicted difficult times for Iceland in the year ahead at a June 3 meeting with the CDA. Sigfusson promised significant tax hikes and budget cuts, with much of the pain to come in the fall. Negotiations with labor and capital t [...] | 2009-06-05 17:11:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL IC |
09REYKJAVIK121 | U.S.-Iceland Security Dialogue: Icelandic Defense Policy [...] (C) Summary: Expert-level Security Dialogue talks in Reykjavik June 16 found broad agreement on the bilateral defense relationship. Both sides agree on the importance of a new NATO Strategic Concept, which Iceland hopes will contain language on the significance of the High North. Iceland rei [...] | 2009-07-08 17:00:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PGOV NATO AF IC |
09REYKJAVIK131 | ICELAND ON ICESAVE: "WE ARE WILLING TO PAY" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Multiple GOI sources privately expressed the government's intention to guarantee the Icesave deposits held by foreign depositors in the UK and the Netherlands. In addition, the Foreign Minister told the UK Ambassador that he expects the Althingi to approve the controversial guara [...] | 2009-07-29 16:29:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EUN IC |
09REYKJAVIK15 | ICELAND ECONOMIC SITUATION EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE FURTHER [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-23 16:48:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV IC |
09REYKJAVIK154 | ICELANDAIR ON TRACK TO IMPLEMENT TSA REQUIREMENTS [...] (C) Summary. On August 19, Craig Lynes, Acting TSA Representative at U.S. Embassy London and Sandra Melendez, TSA International Industry Representative, met with representatives of Iceland's Civil Aviation Administration and air carrier Icelandair to discuss outstanding issues from a routine [...] | 2009-09-11 15:15:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR IC PGOV PREL |
09REYKJAVIK161 | ICELANDIC FOREIGN MINISTER'S MEETING WITH CHARGE [...] (C) Summary. Charge d'Affaires (CDA) discussed a range of issues with Icelandic Foreign Minister Ossur Skarphedinsson on September 16 during his first courtesy call. The Minister described his plans for the UN General Assembly. On Icesave, he said that the British and Dutch had responded pos [...] | 2009-09-21 09:15:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON UNGA NATO IC AF UK NL |
09REYKJAVIK198 | ICELANDIC GOVERNMENT OPTIMISTIC PARLIAMENT WILL [...] (C) In a meeting with Charge and Econoff, Minister of Finance Steingrimur Sigfusson stated that he believes by next week the Icesave agreement will be out of committee and return to parliament for its second reading. He said that the government had learned from the last vote on Icesave and th [...] | 2009-11-04 18:01:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN IC NE PGOV PREL UK |
09REYKJAVIK202 | GOVERNMENT RECONSIDERS AMOUNT OF TAX FOR ENERGY USE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent actions by the government of Iceland (GOI),including a proposal to introduce a significant energy tax in the 2010 budget bill (reftel B),have raised concerns about the current environment for foreign investors. Implementing significant tax increases ex-post-facto, for exa [...] | 2009-11-13 17:21:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IC PGOV PREL |
09REYKJAVIK203 | INDEPENDENCE PARTY LEADER SEEKS MEETING WITH WHITE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-16 16:43:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN IC |
09REYKJAVIK204 | OBSERVATIONS FROM A DANISH AMBASSADOR'S THREE [...] (C) Summary and introduction. Charge d'Affaires (CDA) met November 13 with Soren Haslund, the newly arrived Danish Ambassador to Iceland, to discuss his time spent in Iran. Haslund served as the Danish Ambassador in Tehran for three years, arriving in 2006 and departing the country on July 26, [...] | 2009-11-17 13:14:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM IR IC |
09REYKJAVIK208 | ICELAND'S POSITION UNCHANGED ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) Post delivered points contained in reftel to Emil Breki Hreggvidsson, Counsellor in the Foreign Affairs Department at the Icelandic Ministry of Foreign Affairs on November 18. Hreggvidsson stated that the Government of Iceland has not changed its position of abstaining or being absent fro [...] | 2009-11-18 17:40:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE IC |
09REYKJAVIK211 | ICELAND TO MAINTAIN CURRENT ASSISTANCE LEVELS TO [...] (C) Charge drew on points contained in reftel in a discussion with Greta Gunnarsdottir, head of the International and Security Affairs Directorate at the Icelandic Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on November 25. Gunarsdottir thanked Charge for the information and offered assurances that Aghanist [...] | 2009-11-25 17:00:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR PGOV IC |
09REYKJAVIK218 | IMF: ICELAND NEEDS FINANCIAL AUSTERITY [...] (C) Summary. Mark Flanagan, leader of the IMF review team here in Reykjavik, believes Iceland's recovery could start in mid-2010, but he cautioned that that the government must take several critical steps to lay the necessary groundwork, including significant fiscal austerity. Prior to the nex [...] | 2009-12-08 16:56:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IC PGOV PREL |
09REYKJAVIK221 | ICELANDIC DEFENSE AGENCY TO BE INTEGRATED INTO NEW [...] (C) Summary. On December 4, the Government of Iceland announced plans to dissolve the Icelandic Defense Agency (IDA) and to integrate its duties into a new Ministry of the Interior. The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Permanent Secretary at the MFA later offered assurances that the merger w [...] | 2009-12-18 16:58:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL PGOV IC |
09REYKJAVIK25 | ICELAND: OUTGOING MINISTER ALLOWS FOR LARGE FIN WHALE HUNT [...] (U) Action request: paragraph 7. 2. (C) Summary: On January 27, outgoing Fisheries and Agriculture Minister Einar K. Gudfinsson quietly issued an order potentially allowing a massive increase in Iceland's hunting of fin and minke whales. The order allowed commercial quotas of fin and minke [...] | 2009-01-30 17:10:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV EFIS PGOV IWC IC |
09REYKJAVIK45 | ICELAND: FM WARNS OF POSSIBLE DEFENSE BUDGET CUTS [...] (C) Summary: Icelandic Foreign Minister Skarphedinsson told Ambassador on 18 February that "nothing can be ruled out" on the question of further cuts to Iceland's defense budget, and floated a trial balloon on further reductions to Iceland's contingent in Afghanistan. In public comments the [...] | 2009-02-27 17:22:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PHUM NATO ECON AF IC |
09REYKJAVIK68 | ICELANDIC INTERIM MINISTER OF FINANCE AND FISHERIES [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's farewell call, a tired looking and clearly over-worked Steingrimur J. Sigfusson was confident about the upcoming elections, happy with the progress with the IMF, and encouraged by Iceland's negotiating position with the IceSave accounts. Sigfusson's roles a [...] | 2009-04-07 18:05:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN SENV EFIS PGOV IC |
09REYKJAVIK69 | ICELAND: NO NEW AFGHANISTAN PLEDGES BEFORE ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Iceland's government is committed to supporting NATO in Afghanistan but new pledges of assistance are unlikely before parliamentary elections at the end of April, based on discussions with the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister. In separate meetings with Ambassador, both minist [...] | 2009-04-08 17:19:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV MARR NATO AF IC |
09REYKJAVIK72 | ICELAND CONSIDERING SUPPORT FOR KOSOVO'S IMF AND WORLD BANK [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-17 16:18:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL KV IC |
09RIGA100 | LATVIA PLANS TO ATTEND SHARM AL-SHEIKH CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-20 14:12:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KPAL KWBG PGOV PTER EFIN LG |
09RIGA108 | LATVIA TO MAINTAIN AFGHANISTAN COMMITMENTS, BUT NO [...] (C) As previously reported, President Zatlers assured Charge that despite hard economic times, Latvia would maintain its commitments in Afghanistan, and continues to serve without caveat. 2. (C) Latvia's position was reiterated when Acting PolEcon Chief delivered latest reftel points to Zan [...] | 2009-02-27 15:15:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MOPS MARR PARM EAID AF LG |
09RIGA110 | LATVIA WELCOMES U.S. RETURN TO UNHCR, SHARES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 15:18:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL LG |
09RIGA111 | LATVIA WILL SUPPORT JUDGE PAINTER FOR UN APPEALS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 15:19:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09RIGA122 | POLITICAL PARTY RILES UP SIMMERING ETHNIC TENSION [...] (C) Summary: As the Latvian economy unravels, political parties are drawing on long-simmering ethnic tensions to rally votes prior to local elections in June. The most brazen example is a recent internet video intended to scare voters away from a party aligned with ethnic Russian interests. Th [...] | 2009-03-04 09:46:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV ASEC PREL RS LG |
09RIGA17 | LATVIAN LEADERS SAY DETERMINED TO IMPLEMENT FULLY [...] (C) Summary: Latvian leaders affirmed their commitment to full implementation of fiscal austerity measures negotiated with the IMF in farewell calls with the Ambassador. While PM Godmanis said he wanted to front load the cuts in the public service to get them over with as quickly as possible, [...] | 2009-01-09 09:34:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV PREL LG |
09RIGA173 | LATVIA TO MAINTAIN ITS AFGHANISTAN PRESENCE [...] (C) Charge delivered reftel points to MFA Political Director Peteris Ustubs on March 26. Ustubs welcomed the information on deliverables sought for the NATO and US-EU Summits, and said that the GOL is supportive of USG goals. He stated that even with the extreme financial crisis that Latvia i [...] | 2009-03-27 12:49:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF LG |
09RIGA174 | AUDITS REVEAL STAGGERING COST OVERRUNS IN [...] (C) Summary: Audits of several state-funded construction and renovation projects have uncovered staggering cost overruns. The State Audit Office has submitted these cases to the Prosecutor General to determine whether and, if so, where to initiate investigations. Meanwhile, other large-scal [...] | 2009-03-27 13:37:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR LG |
09RIGA186 | NEW ANTI-CORRUPTION BUREAU CHIEF: NORMUNDS VILNITIS [...] (C) Summary: Following an eight-month gap Normunds Vilnitis, businessman and former high-level law enforcement official, has been named new Anti-Corruption Bureau (KNAB) Chief. Despite criticism of his qualifications and selection process, Vilnitis has quickly taken the reigns of the KNAB, op [...] | 2009-04-02 12:59:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KJUS LG |
09RIGA190 | LATVIA WILL NOT FILE ICJ BRIEF ON KOSOVO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-03 13:17:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC ICJ KV LG |
09RIGA191 | LATVIA: IMF PUTS PAYMENTS ON HOLD UNTIL GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has delayed its next installment of financial aid to Latvia until the government completes its budget amendments. The IMF has also underscored to the government that its efforts to date do not constitute the needed structural reforms. The g [...] | 2009-04-03 14:11:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV LG |
09RIGA202 | LATVIA: NO POSITION ON BURMA POLICY REVIEW [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-09 12:37:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD BM LG |
09RIGA203 | LATVIA CONDEMNS NORTH KOREAN LAUNCH, SUPPORTS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-09 14:21:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP KN LG |
09RIGA204 | LATVIA STILL REVIEWING SPECIFIC AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-09 14:39:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF LG |
09RIGA216 | LATVIA SUPPORTS KOSOVO IMF AND WORLD BANK [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-17 05:41:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL KVIR |
09RIGA220 | SCENSETTER FOR USTRANSCOM COMMANDER GEN. MCNABB'S [...] (U) We look forward to welcoming you to Riga. Your visit provides an opportunity to further demonstrate our commitment to a strong security relationship with a reliable ally facing difficult times. We have put together a focused schedule that includes both senior political leadership as well [...] | 2009-04-20 12:17:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR AF LG |
09RIGA224 | LATVIAN OPTIMISM ON BALTIC ENERGY MEETING [...] (C) Summary: The Latvians are optimistic about the potential for movement on long-delayed energy interconnection plans in the meeting of Baltic prime ministers scheduled for April 26-27. The Prime Minister's office expressed hope that the meeting would yield a breakthrough "comprehensive agre [...] | 2009-04-22 12:57:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL PGOV ECON LG |
09RIGA238 | PRESIDENT PUSHES GOVERNMENT TO GET SERIOUS ON [...] (C) Summary. At the request of President Zatlers, the Cabinet held a extraordinary session on April 24 to discuss budget and government reform issues, specifically focusing on overhauling Latvia's health and education services. This meeting is being followed by a second extraordinary session [...] | 2009-04-30 12:58:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV SOCI LG |
09RIGA241 | LATVIAN PUBLIC CAN NOW INITIATE DISMISSAL OF [...] (U) Summary: On April 29 President Zatlers promulgated the constitutional amendments allowing the Latvian people to initiate dissolution of the Parliament (Saeima). A Latvian labor union initiated the drive for the amendments in October 2007, and passage of such a law was the last of Zatlers's [...] | 2009-05-05 12:24:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KJUS LG |
09RIGA249 | DEVELOPMENTS IN ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING EFFORT [...] (C) Summary: Since the 2005 U.S. Patriot Act actions against two Latvian banks the government and banking industry have worked hard to regain international trust in that sector. Although there is more work to do, new Anti-Money Laundering (AML) laws are in place, and the Financial Intelligenc [...] | 2009-05-07 06:23:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR LG |
09RIGA257 | TRANSCOM COMMANDER'S VISIT TO RIGA CONFIRMS STRONG [...] (C) Summary: The May 5 - 6 visit of TRANSCOM Commander General Duncan McNabb provided an opportunity to thank the Latvians for their support for the Northern Distribution Network (NDN). McNabb assured the Latvians that all arrangements in Latvia are fine; any potential choke points would like [...] | 2009-05-08 11:19:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL AF UZ LG |
09RIGA26 | LATVIA: NO IMMEDIATE POSITION ON UPDATED EU-SYRIA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-13 14:23:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU SY LG |
09RIGA297 | LATVIA: REQUEST FOR EXPORT CONTROL INFORMATION ON [...] (U) This is an action request for the Department. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) The Deputy Head of the MFA's Strategic Goods Export Control Division, Girts Krumins, requested a meeting with PolEcon Off to discuss an export control issue related to goods that could be used in India's nucle [...] | 2009-05-29 08:38:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KNNP PARM ENRG IN LG |
09RIGA304 | LATVIA SUPPORTS KOSOVO PARTICIPATION IN RCC, BUT [...] (C) A/DCM delivered reftel points with MFA political director Peteris Ustubs on June 1. Ustubs agreed that Kosovo should participate and pledged to raise the issue with Moldovan counterparts. He was skeptical of progress, though, noting both the current domestic political situation in Moldov [...] | 2009-06-02 11:00:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MD LG |
09RIGA324 | CORFU MINISTERIAL: LATVIA AGREES BUT WITH CONCERNS [...] (C) Latvia agrees with USG goals for the Corfu Ministerial, but expressed concern about implying that the OSCE had "failed" in it's response to events in Georgia in August. Juris Pekalis, head of MFA's European Security and NATO division, largely agreed with the idea of focusing on existing i [...] | 2009-06-10 13:48:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL NATO PGOV LG |
09RIGA331 | LATVIA TO PULL OUT OF NRF-14 [...] (U) Latvia will not be able to meet its commitment to participate in NRF-14 as part of the Baltic Battalion due to its budgetary situation, Latvian CHOD MG Juris Maklakovs announced on June 11. Maklakovs said he was "embarrassed" to have go to NATO and say that Latvia could not fulfill its co [...] | 2009-06-12 09:08:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PGOV EFIN NATO LG |
09RIGA340 | LATVIA: NO POSITION ON IRENA HEADQUARTERS, BUT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-18 13:53:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG SENV KGHG LG |
09RIGA344 | LATVIAN BUDGET CUTS: MOD LACKS FUNDING TO PAY FOR [...] (C) Summary: Severe budget cuts leave Latvia unable to meet its 2010, 2011 and 2012 contributions to the common funding for the new NATO Headquarters. To avoid defaulting on its obligations, the GOL has begun to explore "bilateral arrangements." Specifically, Latvia hopes that it can persua [...] | 2009-06-19 15:10:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR MOPS LV |
09RIGA371 | SCENESETTER FOR MEETING WITH LATVIAN FM RIEKSTINS [...] (U) The Secretary's meeting with Maris Riekstins provides an opportunity to demonstrate our strong support for Latvia at a time when it faces serious economic difficulty. The meeting will support the government as it restructures government fiscal policy and functions to comply with commitment [...] | 2009-07-08 13:18:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PINR LG |
09RIGA401 | LATVIA CONCLUDES IMF DEAL: DIFFICULTIES REMAIN [...] (U) Summary. Latvia concluded an agreement and signed a new Latter of Intent (LOI) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on July 27 following weeks of tense and politically sensitive negotiations. The deal will allow Latvia to access the second tranche of its aid package (USD 285 million [...] | 2009-08-03 13:41:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV LG |
09RIGA413 | PAREX BANK: NO SMOKING GUN, CALLS FOR FURTHER [...] (C) Summary: This cable provides an update on the condition and future direction of Parex Bank and responds to questions from Ref A. The deal to nationalize Parex Bank and the circumstances surrounding its collapse continue to spark controversy in Latvia, including calls by the GOL for a form [...] | 2009-08-07 14:13:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV ECON PINR LG |
09RIGA430 | READOUT OF A/S GORDON MEETINGS WITH LATVIAN PM AND [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Gordon met on August 12 with Latvian Prime Minister, Valdis Dombrovskis, and Foreign Minister, Maris Riekstins. Issues discussed included NATO, Latvia's economic crisis and IMF/EC agreement, Russian foreign policy and U.S. engagement with Russia, Belarus and G [...] | 2009-08-18 14:40:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO ECON OSCE LG |
09RIGA45 | LATVIA SEEKS MEMBERSHIP IN MTCR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-22 08:50:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KSCA PREL MNUC ETTC TSPA LG |
09RIGA466 | LATVIA SUPPORTS USG POSITION RE: IRAN BUT WILL [...] (C) Latvia agrees with the USG position that Iran has not done enough to respond to the P5 1's offer of negotiations regarding its nuclear program. Pol/Econ Off delivered reftel demarche to Raimonds Oskalns, Head of the MFA's Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Division, and Judite Dobele, He [...] | 2009-09-17 08:03:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC IAEA KNNP MNUC PARM PREL LG |
09RIGA467 | LATVIA SUPPORTS US POSITION AT IAEA RE: MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Latvia will support the USG position on both the Israeli nuclear capabilities and military strikes against nuclear facilities resolutions, if necessary, and agrees that a consensus based outcome on Middle East issues at the IAEA General Conference is the best possible outcome. Pol/Econ O [...] | 2009-09-17 08:04:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC IAEA KNNP LG PARM PREL |
09RIGA484 | LATVIA: POLITICAL INFIGHTING THREATENING PASSAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Political infighting among members of the governing coalition is threatening the passage of a credible 2010 budget. If Latvia does not pass a credible budget, the consequences could include not only the end of international assistance and a weakening of investor confidence, but [...] | 2009-09-30 13:21:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN BTIO PGOV PREL EU LG |
09RIGA49 | LATVIAN RESPONSE TO JANUARY 26-27 GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (C) Pol/Econ Off delivered reftel demarche to Kristaps Brusbardis, MFA's EU Correspondent, on January 22. He stated that the Western Balkans and Chad/Sudan would not be on the GAERC's agenda, and that the MFA has no immediate points on those issues. He noted Afghanistan may be discussed on th [...] | 2009-01-23 12:05:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PREL PGOV LG |
09RIGA494 | LATVIAN PM ASSURES AFGHAN CONTRIBUTION SAFE, [...] (C) Latvian Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis assured Ambassador Garber that military budget cuts would be limited to ending "non-core activities" and postponing some procurements. "We intend to continue our engagement in Afghanistan as a priority," he remarked, noting that Latvia would see [...] | 2009-10-02 13:48:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN MARR LG |
09RIGA507 | LATVIA RE: IRAN - AGREE WITH USG POSITION, LOW [...] (C) Summary: Latvia publicly supports the USG position on Iran. This stance, could, however, be complicated by the possibility of Latvia's national airline pursuing a direct flight from Riga to Tehran. End Summary. 2. (C) Latvia fully supports the USG strategy to resolve the Iranian nucle [...] | 2009-10-09 05:45:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | IR KNNP LG MNUC PARM |
09RIGA516 | LATVIA: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR SEES CREDIBLE BUDGET [...] (C) Summary: The Bank of Latvia is downplaying the severity of new budget adjustments and the likelihood of significant mortgage relief, while admitting pressure on the lat could intensify unless a serious budget is submitted soon. The Bank is urging the early sale of Parex Bank. End Summary. [...] | 2009-10-16 08:11:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON BTIO SW LG |
09RIGA536 | LATVIAN PROSECUTOR GENERAL CLAIMS OLIGARCHS ARE [...] (C) Summary: The Latvian Prosecutor General, Janis Maizitis, believes that Latvia's oligarchs orchestrated Parliament's recent rejection of Maris Vigants' nomination to the Latvian Supreme Court. Vigants is a respected judge that in 2007 ordered the detention of Aivars Lembergs, an oligarch, [...] | 2009-10-30 15:44:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR LG |
09RIGA547 | LATVIA: NO IMMEDIATE PLAN TO ESTABLISH IRAN AIR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-12 13:38:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR PGOV PREL LG IR AE |
09RIGA55 | LATVIA TO STAY IN AFGHANISTAN, LEAVE BALKANS, [...] (U) Latvia will maintain its commitment in Afghanistan, but eliminate its participation in KFOR and the EU mission in Bosnia at the end of the current rotations and use the savings to ensure it can meet its commitment to the Baltic Battalion in NRF-14 in 2010. The government took these decisi [...] | 2009-01-27 13:11:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL PGOV NATO LG |
09RIGA558 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DAS QUANRUD, NOVEMBER 30 [...] (C) Summary: In a time of severe economic crisis and political uncertainty, we remain focused on keeping Latvia actively engaged as a contributing member of the Trans-Atlantic community. Your visit will enable us to underscore and reinforce our key messages: emphasizing the strategic import [...] | 2009-11-19 13:48:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON LG |
09RIGA563 | LATVIA WILL ABSTAIN ON ANTI-ISRAEL RESOLUTIONS; [...] (C) Pol/Econ Off delivered reftel demarche to Sarmite Danne, the Head of the Latvian MFA's International Organizations Division. Ms. Danne said that Latvia also sees the need for more balance in the UN's resolutions regarding Israel and does not want such resolutions to negatively influence t [...] | 2009-11-20 15:13:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA KPAL IS LG |
09RIGA564 | LATVIAN POLITICAL BATTLELINES: A FOUR-WAY FIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY: As the Latvian budget winds through debate and negotiation with the IMF, political coalitions are firming up in advance of the October 2010 parliamentary elections. Three centrist parties of the governing coalition are forming a common front, under the banner of the name "Unity." [...] | 2009-11-24 14:54:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL LV |
09RIGA567 | LATVIA SUPPORTS US POSTURE ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-25 12:11:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR LG |
09RIGA572 | LATVIA WILL FOLLOW EU POSITION ON BURMA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-02 14:26:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BM LG |
09RIGA576 | LATVIA: DAS QUANRUD BOLSTERS ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary. Latvia's political leadership firmly and unequivocally supports President Obama's Afghanistan policy, and will maintain its own caveat-free troop contribution in the face of severe economic crisis at home. The Government of Latvia appreciates USG assurances of support on NATO co [...] | 2009-12-03 15:10:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON MOPS LV |
09RIGA579 | LATVIA PLANS HRC RUN - BUT NOT UNTIL 2014 [...] (C) Though post considers Latvia a suitable candidate, the GOL will not seek a seat on the UN Human Rights Council in the upcoming elections. They have already mapped out a strategy to run for a seat in 2014 and wish to remain with that plan. Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Maris Klisans [...] | 2009-12-04 11:43:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PHUM PREL LG |
09RIGA606 | LATVIA: ETHNIC-RUSSIAN HARMONY CENTER PARTY'S [...] (C) Summary: The influence of the left-wing, predominately ethnic-Russian Harmony Center (Saskanas Centrs - SC) party is rising. Since its assumption of the capital city's mayoralty in June 2009, SC has consistently outpolled the fractious array of predominately ethnic-Latvian parties in publi [...] | 2009-12-21 11:16:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL LG |
09RIGA607 | LATVIA: RISKS AND POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF [...] (C) Some state-owned enterprises (SOEs),including the national electric monopoly, would benefit greatly from the management improvements and infusion of capital that even a partial privatization could bring. However, the GOL is delaying any consideration of the issue until after October ele [...] | 2009-12-21 12:34:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV LG |
09RIGA81 | DECISION ON PAREX BANK'S SYNDICATED LOANS DUE THIS [...] (C) Summary. Parex Bank Chairman Nils Melngailis told Charge that Parex has no available cash to put towards repayment of its two large syndicated loans at this time. The lenders, he said, have rejected any debt for equity swap arrangements, so payment on the debt falls to the Latvian governme [...] | 2009-02-10 15:30:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN LG |
09RIGA86 | PRESIDENT ZATLERS ON AFGHANISTAN, TRANSIT AND [...] (C) Summary: President Zatlers appreciated the sign of confidence in Latvia shown by beginning transit of non-lethal, commercial goods to Afghanistan via Latvia. He stressed his willingness to use his contacts with Central Asian leaders if helpful to facilitate transit through other countries [...] | 2009-02-11 14:54:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO AF RS LG |
09RIGA9 | LATVIA RECEPTIVE TO IDEAS ON GEORGIAN CONFLICTS; [...] (C) Summary: Latvia is open to our thoughts on using carrots and sticks to reintegrate South Ossetia and Abkhazia into Georgia, but wonders if Tbilisi will play the right role when it comes to carrots. To that end, they would like to know more about Georgian reaction to our ideas and what com [...] | 2009-01-06 13:35:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID CVIS GG EUN LG |
09RIGA99 | DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE: LATVIAN INVOLVEMENT AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-20 14:10:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL LG |
09RIODEJANEIRO288 | RIO'S OIL PLAYERS REACT TO SPECULATION ON PRE-SALT [...] (C) While the Government of Brazil (GOB) has yet to publicize its regulatory framework for the exploration of pre-salt reserves (reftel),Petrobras executives, petroleum industry representatives, and Rio de Janeiro-based managers of American oil firms have expressed concern over the main provi [...] | 2009-08-27 15:15:00 | Consulate Rio De Janeiro | CONFIDENTIAL | BR ECON ENRG PREL |
09RIODEJANEIRO329 | COUNTER-INSURGENCY DOCTRINE COMES TO RIO'S FAVELAS [...] (SBU) Beginning in December 2008, Rio de Janeiro Governor Sergio Cabral, with support from Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes, launched a comprehensive program to "pacify" Rio de Janeiro's violent favelas (i.e., vast shantytowns that are spread around the city's core) by establishing and maintaining a sus [...] | 2009-09-30 18:18:00 | Consulate Rio De Janeiro | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS SOCI SNAR ECON PBTS PREL BR |
09RIODEJANEIRO357 | (C) WAR BY ANY OTHER NAME: RIO'S "INTERNAL ARMED CONFLICT" [...] (C) Summary: Rio Principal Officer, accompanied by PAO, met on 23 October with XXXX (strictly protect),XXX for the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) in Rio. XXXX has long ICRC experience in conflict zones. It is his assessment that the situation in many Rio favelas today is, for al [...] | 2009-11-03 14:11:00 | Consulate Rio De Janeiro | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI SNAR PGOV ASEC BR |
09RIODEJANEIRO363 | A/S SHANNON MEETS WITH MRE POLITICAL UNDERSECRETARY GENERAL [...] (SBU) On October 22, 2009, WHA Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon met with Ambassador Vera Machado, Under-Secretary General for Political Affairs from the Ministry of External Relations (MRE) in Salvador, Bahia, on the margins of the Third Steering Group Meeting for the Joint Action Plan to Elimi [...] | 2009-11-09 10:57:00 | Consulate Rio De Janeiro | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR CASC UNSC IR BR |
09RIODEJANEIRO365 | RIO WEIGHS OPTIONS FOR NEXT FAVELA PACIFICATION [...] (C) On October 29, the Superintendent for Operational Planning from Rio's State Security Secretariat said Rio Governor Sergio Cabral would decide by the end of November whether to "pacify" five less populated, lower-threat favela communities or focus on one largely populated, higher-threat fave [...] | 2009-11-09 17:29:00 | Consulate Rio De Janeiro | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI SNAR PGOV ASEC BR |
09RIODEJANEIRO369 | CAN THE OIL INDUSTRY BEAT BACK THE PRE-SALT LAW? [...] (C) Although major international and independent oil companies continue to view the regulatory framework to develop Brazil's offshore Pre-salt oil and gas reserves as potentially debilitating to their future exploration and production (E&P) operations here, the Rio de Janeiro-based industry gr [...] | 2009-12-02 21:12:00 | Consulate Rio De Janeiro | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV BR CO |
09RIYADH1 | SAUDI POLICE BREAK UP PRO-GAZA PROTEST [...] (U) According to international media and local internet reports, Saudi police intervened to end a pro-Gaza demonstration in the Eastern Province city of Qatif on December 29. Some 200-300 protesters shouted anti-Israeli and anti-U.S. slogans, threw shoes and rocks, and carried signs with pic [...] | 2009-01-03 05:36:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPAL SA ASEC IS |
09RIYADH1034 | PRINCE FAISAL BIN KHALID DISCUSSES REGIONAL [...] (C) HRH Prince Faisal bin Khalid, Governor of Asir province, acknowledged security concerns about Iran, Libya, and neighboring Yemen related to his province in a meeting with Charge Ambassador Erdman in the Governor's Abha office August 1. He agreed to provide additional security forces for v [...] | 2009-08-12 04:45:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KPAO EINV PREL SCUL SMIG SOCI SA |
09RIYADH1058 | SAUDI VOICES OF FEMINISM: RUNNING THE GAMUT FROM [...] (C) The Saudi male guardianship system is the major impediment to advancing the status of women in Saudi Arabia. Although various women's groups have challenged the system, it has deep roots in Saudi culture and tradition, but very little basis in law, as opposed to regulations or policies. Li [...] | 2009-08-16 04:48:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KWMN PGOV PHUM SA SOCI |
09RIYADH1069 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RIYADH DECLARATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-18 06:13:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL SA |
09RIYADH1101 | SAUDI VOICES OF FEMINISM: RUNNING THE GAMUT FROM [...] (C) The Saudi male guardianship system is the major impediment to advancing the status of women in Saudi Arabia. Although various women's groups have challenged the system, it has deep roots in Saudi culture and tradition, but very little basis in law, as opposed to regulations or policies. Li [...] | 2009-08-26 06:28:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KWMN PGOV PHUM SA SOCI |
09RIYADH1112 | ROYAL EXTENSIONS OF GOVERNORSHIPS - PRESERVING THE [...] (C) On August 23, King Abdullah issued royal decrees extending the terms of HRH Mishal bin Majed bin Abdelaziz as Governor of Jeddah City, and of Abdulrahman bin Abdulmohsen Al-Abdelkadir as Deputy Minister of Civil Services. These appointments are in keeping with the King's general tendency t [...] | 2009-08-28 11:52:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SA SOCI |
09RIYADH112 | SAUDIS PREPARE TO CROSS PRODUCTION RUBICON BUT [...] (C) Key points ---------- -- Saudi Oil Minister announced a significant oil production cut that might bring production below 8 million barrels per day for the first time in years. -- The Foreign Minister reiterated earlier the Kingdom's policy that oil exports will not be used as a wea [...] | 2009-01-14 15:18:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV KWBG KBCT SA |
09RIYADH1121 | SAUDIS CONDEMN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT, RALLY BEHIND [...] (C) In the aftermath of the failed assassination attempt targeting Assistant Interior Minister Prince Mohammed bin Naif (MbN) (ref A),King Abdullah and other officials responded swiftly and decisively to reassure the public that the Prince was well, and reaffirm the Kingdom's commitment to c [...] | 2009-08-31 04:43:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER SA |
09RIYADH1127 | SAUDI ARABIA: NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR ASSISTANCE [...] (C) In an August 15 meeting with EmbOffs, Director of Naif Arab University for Security Sciences' (NAUSS) International Cooperation Department, Dr. Saker Al-Mokayyad, requested U.S. government assistance in organizing a cyber security workshop and a Voluntary Visitor (VOLVIS) program for a 15 [...] | 2009-08-31 15:16:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PGOV PREL PTER SA |
09RIYADH1154 | KHOJA ON LEBANON: HARIRI MUST MOVE, SLEIMAN MUST [...] (C) In a meeting September 1 with Charge to discuss the stalled Lebanese government formation process, Minister of Culture and Information Khoja acknowledged the complexity of current political situation in Lebanon; observed it was time for Hariri to make a decision and for Sleiman to respond; [...] | 2009-09-03 11:08:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SA |
09RIYADH1156 | SAUDI MINISTER OF STATE MADANI ON UAE, YEMEN, [...] (C) During a September 2 meeting on other topics reported septel, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Nizar Madani also informed Charge of Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal's current travel plans; downplayed the significance of recent Saudi-UAE disagreements; said the GCC was discussin [...] | 2009-09-05 09:01:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNGA SA AM AE YM |
09RIYADH1166 | FORMER TERRORIST SAYS AL-QAEDA LACKS FINANCING [...] (C) In a September 6 interview with liberal daily Al-Watan, former Al-Qaeda fighter Fawaz Al-Otaibi, whose surrender to Saudi authorities was announced on September 2, said that Al-Qaeda was in a ""catastrophic financial situation"" -- thanks in part to strict measures aimed at cutting off the flo [...] | 2009-09-08 07:03:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KTFN EFIN SA PK |
09RIYADH1174 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: SAUDI THOUGHTS ON THE ARAB [...] (C) During a September 8 farewell call with Deputy Foreign Minister for Bilateral Affairs Ambassador Khalid Al-Jindan (septel),Charge reviewed reftel points regarding the upcoming Arab League Ministerial. Jindan said the Arab League was likely to condemn the violence in Iraq and express sup [...] | 2009-09-09 12:32:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNGA IR SO ER DJ SA IS WB GZ |
09RIYADH1177 | SAUDI ARABIA: JINDAN TALKS KAUST, REFORM, AND [...] (C) During Charge Ambassador Erdman's September 8 farewell call, Saudi Deputy Foreign Minister for Bilateral Affairs Ambassador Khalid Al-Jindan admitted that oil wealth could no longer solve all the Kingdom's problems, and that the time had come for reforms; voiced qualified support for an i [...] | 2009-09-09 14:03:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM IR LE YM SA SY IZ |
09RIYADH1197 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RIYADH DECLARATION [...] (U) Post delivered ref A demarche points to the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs on August 17. United Nations Director General Ambassador Adnan Baghdadi. Citing the June 29 Riyadh Declaration, Baghdadi emphasized respect for Somalia's territorial interests and noted the Kingdom's role as a li [...] | 2009-09-14 10:42:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL SA |
09RIYADH1203 | SAUDI ARABIA PLANNING TO DEVELOP NUCLEAR ENERGY? [...] (SBU) On September 9, Dr. Prince Turki bin Saud bin Mohammed Al-Saud, Vice President for Research Institutes at the King Abdulaziz City of Science and Technology (KACST),gave Econ Counselor an overview of Saudi plans to develop a nuclear industry. Turki noted that Saudi Arabia faces a signif [...] | 2009-09-14 14:41:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PARM TRGY FR RS SA |
09RIYADH1219 | LIKELY SAUDI POSITIONS AT THE G-20 SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: The Saudi Finance Ministry provided a preview of its thinking in preparation for the G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh. Saudi Arabia is pleased with the G-20's performance to date and thinks it is the forum best able to enforce policy changes needed to prevent a recurrence of the intern [...] | 2009-09-16 10:31:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV ENRG PREL SA |
09RIYADH1233 | MOTION GRANTED: KING OVERHAULS SAUDI JUDICIARY [...] (C) INTRODUCTION: Saudi King Abdallah's February 14 reshuffle targeted the judicial and education sectors of government. In addition to high-level position changes across-the-board, several lower-level appointments signify a deeper reach to mold the court system. The king did not place his [...] | 2009-09-24 12:47:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SA |
09RIYADH1278 | KING CHARTS NEW VISION FOR SAUDI ARABIA WITH [...] (SBU) After only three short years of preparation, Saudi Arabia inaugurated the King Abdullah University for Science and Technology (KAUST) in an elaborate ceremony on September 23, coinciding with Saudi National Day. The massive scale and luxury of the amenities are physical reminders of the [...] | 2009-09-29 06:40:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL SOCI EINV KSCA SCUL SA |
09RIYADH129 | INFLUENTIAL SAUDI PRINCE SPEAKS CANDIDLY ABOUT GAZA [...] (C) HRH Prince Mishari bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, deputy commander of the Saudi Arabian National Guard (SANG) in the Eastern Province (EP),met with Consul General (CG) Kenny at the Consulate in Dhahran on Sunday, January 18. PolOff and RSO were also present. The Prince is the second ran [...] | 2009-01-19 15:18:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PTER |
09RIYADH1300 | SAUDI FUND DISCUSSES GAZA RECONSTRUCTION [...] (C) The GCC recently settled on a mechanism for providing Gaza with the roughly $1.6 billion in aid that GCC countries pledged for reconstruction efforts in January. They will start with a first tranche of projects worth $160 million which will be selected in late October. The money for these [...] | 2009-09-30 15:09:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KWBG PREL SA IS |
09RIYADH1302 | SAUDI ARABIA SUPPORTS ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE, [...] (C) Summary: Saudi Arabia's chief climate change negotiator is concerned that discussions on mitigating the effects of climate change tend to single out oil and carbon-based fuels as the problem, rather than trying to reduce emissions of all harmful gasses in the UN Framework Convention for Cl [...] | 2009-10-01 15:05:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ENRG PREL SA |
09RIYADH1303 | ASAD'S VISIT: SAUDI-SYRIAN RAPPROCHEMENT BACK ON TRACK? [...] (C) Syrian President Bashar Al-Asad's unexpected attendance at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) opening, and his lengthy meeting with King Abdullah on the margins, has encouraged speculation about further Saudi-Syrian rapprochement and its potential regional impl [...] | 2009-10-01 16:13:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SA SY LE TU |
09RIYADH1304 | ROWDY SAUDI NATIONAL DAY CELEBRANTS TURN TO [...] (C) The third Saudi National Day celebrations on September 23 fell victim to acts of vandalism and looting of restaurants, cafes, and shops (some of which were U.S. franchised establishments) that caused over a million dollars in damage and resulted in at least several dozen arrests. (NOTE: RS [...] | 2009-10-01 16:20:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI ASEC SA |
09RIYADH1305 | ROWDY SAUDI NATIONAL DAY CELEBRANTS TURN TO [...] (C) The third Saudi National Day celebrations on September 23 fell victim to acts of vandalism and looting of restaurants, cafes, and shops (some of which were U.S. franchised establishments) that caused over a million dollars in damage and resulted in at least several dozen arrests. (NOTE: RS [...] | 2009-10-02 10:08:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI ASEC SA |
09RIYADH1339 | MFA ON SYRIA, IRAQ, YEMEN, UAE AND PALESTINE [...] (C) In an Oct 3 meeting, MFA Arab League Department Director, Ambassador Talal Maliki, confirmed that King Abdullah's upcoming trip to Damascus would occur after a Lebanese cabinet was agreed upon, and also confirmed that Information Minister Abdulaziz Khoja recently visited Beirut. (NOTE: Ki [...] | 2009-10-07 17:36:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SA YE |
09RIYADH134 | SAUDIS TO OBAMA ADMINISTRATION: PEACE PROCESS NOW [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (C) SAUDIS PLEASED WITH AMBASSADORIAL EXTENSION: In a January 18 meeting, Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal warmly welcomed the news that Ambassador Fraker,s tenure had been extended to facilitate the transition between US administrat [...] | 2009-01-20 13:43:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SAIS IS KPAL |
09RIYADH1340 | SAUDI COMMERCIAL SAGA NEARING CONCLUSION? [...] (C) Maan Al-Sanea and his company, the Saad Group, recently settled several of their outstanding domestic loans, leading some bankers to speculate that the dispute between him and the Gosaibis may be drawing to a close. Other bankers are not convinced. The central bank maintains that it is o [...] | 2009-10-07 17:36:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD EFIN SA |
09RIYADH1351 | UNHCR RELIEF CONVOY FINALLY ALLOWED INTO YEMEN [...] (C) A UNHCR official confirmed that a cross border humanitarian operation finally occurred at the Alp border crossing on October 11 after being halted earlier due to logistical problems. Saudi and Yemeni relief trucks met in "No-Man's Land" where relief items for approximately 4,000 IDPs wer [...] | 2009-10-12 13:06:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SA YM |
09RIYADH1365 | SAUDI DEVELOPMENT FUND PROVIDES DETAILS ON AID TO [...] (C) The Saudi Fund for Development is on the verge of signing three agreements with Pakistan that will disburse close to half of the $700 million it pledged at the Tokyo conference in April. SFD is also spending more than $800 million on projects in Yemen, and continues to play a role in Afgh [...] | 2009-10-13 18:04:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EINV PREL PK YM SA |
09RIYADH1386 | SAUDI FOREIGN MINISTER URGES US STATEMENT OF [...] (C) In a warm introductory meeting, a relaxed Saudi FM Saud provided Ambassador Smith with a tour d'horizon of bilateral and regional issues. Bilaterally, the top priorities were removing impediments to people-to-people contacts and intensifying official consultations. Saud assessed that Mi [...] | 2009-10-20 08:59:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL SA IS SY |
09RIYADH1387 | AFGHAN AMBASSADOR ON SAUDI RELATIONS [...] (C) During an October 12 courtesy call, to the Ambassador, Afghan Ambassador Azizullah Karzai admitted fraud had occurred in the recent Afghan elections; lamented the state of Saudi-Afghan bilateral relations; commented on perceived U.S. missteps in Afghanistan; and explained the challenges fa [...] | 2009-10-20 09:49:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SA AF PK |
09RIYADH1392 | ANALYST UPBEAT ON SAUDI ECONOMY BUT FAMILY DISPUTE [...] (SBU) On October 19, Econoff met with Paul Gamble, head of research at local investment house Jadwa, to discuss the general state of the Saudi economy. Gamble said that there were still many indicators the economy had not fully turned a corner, including the continued contraction of commercial [...] | 2009-10-20 15:40:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EFIN SA |
09RIYADH1393 | RAPID ELECTRICITY DEMAND PUSHING SAUDI TO CONSIDER [...] (C) Summary: The pace of growth in electricity demand, at 10% per year, is putting significant strain on the Saudi Government's ability to meet demand. Industry reports that, for the first time, brownouts affected the oil loading facilities at Jubail this summer. The Saudi Electricity Compan [...] | 2009-10-20 15:43:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EINV PREL MNUC SA |
09RIYADH1394 | SAUDI RELATIONS WITH PAKISTAN: AN INDIAN [...] (C) Political officers at the Indian and Pakistani Embassies in Riyadh provided each country's perspective of Saudi goals and relations with Pakistan and Afghanistan. The Indian officer suggested the Saudis remained wary of Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari; noted Pakistan,s desire to see [...] | 2009-10-21 10:35:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | SA PK AF IN PREL PGOV |
09RIYADH1397 | REINVIGORATING AN ENERGY DIALOGUE WITH SAUDI [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Riyadh believes that the United States would benefit from a direct, senior-level energy discussion with Saudi officials that would clear the air of misperceptions on the Saudi side of our long-term vision for the world's energy future. It would also afford the U.S. an opp [...] | 2009-10-22 12:32:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET EINV SENV PREL SA |
09RIYADH14 | DEMARCHE TO SAUDIS FOR UNRWA FLASH APPEAL [...] (C) On January 4, DCM discussed the situation in Gaza with Saudi Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for International Organizations, Prince Turki Saud Al Kabir. DCM noted that any ceasefire should be durable, include an end to smuggling and a re-opening of border crossings in accordance to the [...] | 2009-01-05 13:51:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PHUM PREL KWRG IS SA |
09RIYADH1407 | SAUDI FINANCE MINISTER CALLS FOR SPECIFIC STEPS TO [...] (C) Summary: Saudi Finance Minister Ibrahim Al-Assaf believes the Saudi economy is generally on track to meet its 2009 targets. Saudi Arabia will maintain its domestic investment program as part of international efforts to ensure that stimulus packages continue until the world economy recove [...] | 2009-10-24 12:28:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ENGR ETRD PREL SA |
09RIYADH1408 | SAUDI-IRAQI RELATIONS: "GREAT MISUNDERSTANDINGS [...] (C) During an October 12 introductory call with Ambassador Smith, Iraqi Ambassador Ghanim Al-Jumaily characterized the Saudi-Iraqi relationship as full of "great misunderstandings and great opportunities;" criticized the Iraqi government for failing to articulate its vision; called for greate [...] | 2009-10-24 14:01:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SA IZ |
09RIYADH1413 | UNHRC GOLDSTONE ENDORSEMENT WELCOMED IN SAUDI [...] (C) The U.N. Human Rights Council's endorsement of the Goldstone Report was hailed as a major victory in Saudi Arabia while the USG's decision to vote against the resolution has left many Saudis questioning the USG's commitment to the Middle East peace process and ability to remain unbiased. [...] | 2009-10-26 08:53:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SA |
09RIYADH1414 | KING ABDULLAH SPEAKS WITH KARZAI [...] (U) On October 21 the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) announced that King Abdullah spoke with Afghan President Hamid Karzai on the telephone. According to the SPA, the King assured Karzai of the SAG's long-standing commitment to Afghanistan while Karzai thanked King Abdullah for his good will towards [...] | 2009-10-26 13:18:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | SA AF PREL PGOV |
09RIYADH1415 | PAKISTANI AMBASSADOR ON MILITARY OPERATIONS IN [...] (C) During an Oct. 20 courtesy call with the Ambassador, Pakistani Ambassador Umar Khan Alisherzai highlighted the success of recent military operations in Pakistan's tribal areas; lamented strains on the Saudi-Pakistani bilateral relationship; discussed other regional issues affecting Pakistan; an [...] | 2009-10-26 13:18:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | SA PK AF PREL PGOV |
09RIYADH1421 | COMMERCE MINISTER OPTIMISTIC ON KAUST, COOPERATION [...] (C) Commerce Minister Abdullah Alireza and the Ambassador October 19 discussed a range of issues related to the reform and transformation of the Saudi economy, including the important role of education reform, visas, and cooperation between Saudi Arabia and the U.S. Alireza is an enthusiastic [...] | 2009-10-27 08:57:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD SCUL CVIS SA |
09RIYADH1424 | JOINT SAUDI-PAKISTANI MILITARY EXERCISE [...] (U) On Oct. 21 the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported that a joint Saudi-Pakistani military exercise began in the southern region of the country. Nicknamed "Al-Sammam 3," the three week long exercise is the third in a series of training exercises focused on improving the interoperability of Sau [...] | 2009-10-27 09:43:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS SA PK |
09RIYADH1441 | GCC ANXIOUS FOR GREATER COOPERATION, COORDINATION [...] (C) During an extremely positive meeting on October 28, the GCC's lead official for international economic relations expressed a strong interest in working with the U.S. on trade issues and solicited our assistance in developing harmonized financial regulations. He highlighted some difficultie [...] | 2009-11-01 06:03:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV EFIN SA |
09RIYADH1442 | NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY: PART 2 OF 2: [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Saudi Arabian government is generally supportive of nuclear nonproliferation and arms control issues, although its cooperation is calibrated against regional concerns, such as Israeli policies, Iranian threats, and the imperative of maintaining Arab unity. END SUMM [...] | 2009-11-01 06:44:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CDG ENRG IAEA KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL |
09RIYADH1447 | SAUDI ARABIA INVESTING IN ETHIOPIA TO IMPROVE FOOD [...] (U) The Saudi Government is working with its private sector to bolster the Kingdom's food security by investing in agricultural production in Ethiopia. Representatives from the Ministries of Agriculture, Commerce and Industry, Finance, and Transportation will participate in a forum on Novembe [...] | 2009-11-01 14:35:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ETRD ECON EINV PREL SA ET |
09RIYADH1455 | OVERVIEW OF SAUDI AND GCC FOREIGN ASSISTANCE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 11. Summary ------- 2. (C) The Saudi Fund for Development is heavily involved in assistance to Africa, working in a broad range of countries on projects in agriculture, education, and health. They are interested in moving forward on t [...] | 2009-11-02 14:04:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL KWBG SA |
09RIYADH1457 | AL-QAEDA WEAPONS CACHE UNEARTHED [...] (U) MOI spokesman Major General Mansour Al-Turki announced on Nov. 1 the discovery of a large quantity of weapons and ammunition hidden in a rest house in the village of Al-Safarat, 120 km outside of Riyadh. According to the Saudi Press Agency, security officers found 281 machine guns and ten [...] | 2009-11-03 05:47:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER PGOV SA |
09RIYADH1460 | UNHCR REPORTS WORSENING HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN [...] (C) Acting UNHCR Regional Representative Dr. Hamdi Bukhari reported that the humanitarian situation in Yemen is deteriorating and blamed clashes between the al-Houthi rebels and Yemeni forces for causing civilian casualties on October 29. Dr. Bukhari faulted the Saudi government for not doin [...] | 2009-11-03 11:09:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SA YM |
09RIYADH1461 | SAUDI ARABIA ANNOUNCES CARBON CAPTURE [...] (U) On October 14, Assistant Minister for Petroleum Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman announced in London that Aramco and the Ministry of Petroleum were working on a demonstration project to inject carbon dioxide into the Ghawar oil field by 2013 to increase oil production. This project is intended [...] | 2009-11-03 11:36:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ENRG EPET PREL SA |
09RIYADH1468 | RIYADH RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN BROKER INQUIRY [...] (C) Saudi Prerogative Company (SPC) is a small business established in 2003 to represent foreign companies interested in the defense and communications industries in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. SPC is a privately held limited liability corporation. Shareholders include His Royal Highness Princ [...] | 2009-11-04 05:41:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KOMC SA |
09RIYADH1471 | PRINCE MANSUR ASSUMES MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS MINISTRY [...] (C) As had been expected, 81-year old Prince Mit'eb bin Abdulaziz resigned from his position as Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs on November 2. He was replaced by his son, Mansur, in an illustration of the Al Saud's gradual and risk-averse approach to transferring power to the grandsons [...] | 2009-11-04 11:40:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SA |
09RIYADH1472 | BANKERS SANGUINE ABOUT SAUDI ECONOMIC PROSPECTS [...] (C) Private bankers and government officials in Saudi Arabia insist that domestic Saudi banks did not receive special treatment in the AHAB - Saad Group dispute, despite protests by overseas lenders to the contrary. Embassy contacts contend that Saudi banks just wrote better loans that requir [...] | 2009-11-04 11:44:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV SA |
09RIYADH1474 | SAUDI ARABIA VS. UAE: KUWAIT THE REFEREE? [...] (C) Saudi officials have continually downplayed reports of Saudi-UAE friction (ref C) during the last several months, characterizing it as a "light problem" (ref B) that will be "fixed in the near future" (ref A). While post's GCC contacts remain generally tight-lipped, the Kuwaitis have tol [...] | 2009-11-04 13:54:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SA KU AE |
09RIYADH1476 | DEMARCHE REQUEST ON THE GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Polcouns delivered reftel demarche to Saudi MFA Deputy Director for UN Affairs, who confirmed SAG will work within Arab Group consensus for a resolution, rejecting US arguments that it would be counterproductive. Arab governments seek a resolution to avoid the public opinion back [...] | 2009-11-04 14:33:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KPAL SA IS UNGA |
09RIYADH1484 | DANISH AMBASSADOR IN SAUDI: EAGER FOR U.S. [...] (C) Danish Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Christian Konigsfeldt told Ambassador Smith November 3 that his country was eager for U.S. leadership at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 15th Conference of the Parties (COP),which Denmark is hosting in Copenhagen Decembe [...] | 2009-11-08 08:40:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL SENV SA |
09RIYADH1491 | SAUDIS DEFENSE OF TERRITORY "JUSTIFIED" SAYS [...] (C) News continues to trickle in regarding escalation of the conflict on the Saudi-Yemeni border, with indications the Saudis have already begun, or may be planning, ground operations in the region. Official statements from the SAG and its neighbors stress Saudi Arabia's right to defend its [...] | 2009-11-08 15:35:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SA YM IR |
09RIYADH1492 | SAUDI OIL MINISTER OUTLINES KINGDOM'S INTEREST IN [...] (C) Summary: Petroleum Minister Ali Al-Naimi told the Ambassador that Saudi Arabia greatly values a strong energy relationship with the United States. He said Saudi Arabia will continue to play a moderating role in international energy markets. The Minister said he is looking forward to the [...] | 2009-11-09 05:46:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG SENV PREL SA |
09RIYADH1494 | UNHCR SAUDI-YEMEN BORDER RELIEF HALTED BY FIGHTING [...] (C) Acting UNHCR Regional Representative Dr. Hamdi Bukhari reported that UNHCR will conduct two separate missions to assess the prevailing security and humanitarian situations along the Yemen-Saudi border. Although ready to proceed with a much needed relief convoy at the Alp border crossing, [...] | 2009-11-09 13:11:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF SA YM |
09RIYADH15 | WORRIED ABOUT IRAN, SAUDIS TRY TO MOLLIFY PUBLIC [...] (C) IMMEDIATE CEASE-FIRE: Both publicly and privately, Saudi officials have made clear that their first priority is an immediate cease-fire, which they believe needs to be crafted through multilateral channels. The Saudis strongly prefer to take action through regional, Arab and Islamic orga [...] | 2009-01-05 15:52:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SA IS |
09RIYADH1502 | YEMEN: A/S SHAPIRO’S DISCUSSION WITH PRINCE MITEB [...] (U) Summary: Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs Andrew Shapiro met on October 24 with Prince Miteb bin Abdullah Al-Saud, Assistant Deputy Commander for Military Affairs of the Saudi Arabian National Guard. Prince Miteb described the problems faced by Saudi Arabia in Yemen and presse [...] | 2009-11-10 08:05:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS SA |
09RIYADH1507 | SAUDI-IRANIAN "WAR OF WORDS" ESCALATES [...] (C) The constant low-level tensions that have historically characterized the Saudi-Iranian relationship appear to be escalating in recent weeks, amidst an atmosphere of uncertainty in the region and increasingly angry rhetoric surrounding the Hajj. Spillover from the conflict in Yemen has inc [...] | 2009-11-10 14:02:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SA IR |
09RIYADH1508 | SAUDI ARABIA LOOKING TO EXPAND CORPORATE FINANCE [...] (C) The Capital Markets Authority (CMA) is working hard to develop the Saudi corporate bond market, an endeavor it started in June 2009 by enhancing investment banks' understanding of how the market works. The CMA does not see a benchmark set by a series of government debt issuances as necess [...] | 2009-11-10 14:04:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EFIN SA |
09RIYADH1520 | SAUDI MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM RETHINKING GAS USE [...] (C) Summary: The Saudi Ministry of Petroleum continues to grapple with how best to use Saudi Arabia's available natural gas resources. While international oil companies working in the Empty Quarter have found some new deposits of gas, they are very deep and will pose technical challenges to de [...] | 2009-11-15 11:58:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV PREL SA |
09RIYADH1525 | SAG EFFECTIVELY PROVIDING FOR GROWING NUMBER OF [...] (C) Since the Saudi-Yemen border conflict began on November 3, the number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) has been rapidly increasing, and is now estimated at 8,000 persons. As a result of the border security threat, an estimated 240 villages and 51 schools have been evacuated or clos [...] | 2009-11-16 14:36:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF SA YM |
09RIYADH1526 | SAUDI ARABIA DECIDES TO SHIFT OIL PRICE AWAY FROM [...] (U) On October 28, Saudi Arabia announced that its state oil company, Aramco, would stop using the price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) as the benchmark for pricing its oil as of January 1, when Aramco will shift from WTI, which is traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) to an inde [...] | 2009-11-16 19:27:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PREL SA |
09RIYADH1534 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN SUPPORT UNGA COUNTRY [...] (C) On November 16 Poloff delivered reftel demarche in support of the U.S. government objective to prevent the passage of "no action" motions in the UN on human rights resolutions on Iran, Burma and the DPRK to the Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs NGOs and Human Rights Directorate, [...] | 2009-11-18 03:09:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | SA PHUM PREL UNGA |
09RIYADH1535 | SAUDI FUND ON RECENT $380 MILLION FOR PAKISTAN [...] (U) The Pakistan official news agency reported November 10 that Yousef Al-Bassam, managing director of the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD),signed three agreements earlier that day to disperse $380 million in aid to Pakistan (reftel). These were an agreement to provide a $200 million time dep [...] | 2009-11-18 11:57:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL PK SA |
09RIYADH1538 | UNHCR CONFIRMS SAG'S FIVE-STAR HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS [...] (C) Acting UNHCR Regional Representative Dr. Hamdi Bukhari confirmed on November 17 that Saudi Civil Defense was effectively managing the humanitarian situation along the southern Saudi Arabian border. Returning from a two day trip to Yemen, Bukhari reported that UNHCR Camp Muzruk had reached [...] | 2009-11-18 13:05:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF SA YM |
09RIYADH1540 | SAUDI CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR MUSES ON FINANCIAL [...] (C) Summary: Muhammed Al-Jasser, Saudi Arabia's Central Bank Governor, recently reviewed for the Ambassador the Kingdom's last fifty years of Saudi financial history, which he stressed plays an important role in shaping Saudi economic policy on issues like the dollar peg. Overspending Saudi A [...] | 2009-11-21 13:39:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON SOCI PREL SA |
09RIYADH1541 | SAG SHAKES UP SUPREME ECONOMIC COUNCIL [...] (U) The SAG re-organized the Supreme Economic Council (SEC) on November 16 with the publication of a royal decree appointing the Foreign Minister, Prince Saud Al-Faisal, the Assistant Interior Minister, Prince Mohammed bin Naif, and Saud Al-Saleh, Secretary General of the SEC, to the council's [...] | 2009-11-22 06:17:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV SA |
09RIYADH1547 | TEMPTING, BUT NO: SAUDIS RESIST IRANIAN PROVOCATION [...] (C) Iranian rhetoric surrounding the Saudi reaction to Houthi attacks has increased as Iranian religious and political figures weigh in. However, Saudi religious leaders have responded with moderation, eschewing sectarian provocation while still attempting to provide religious justification f [...] | 2009-11-22 14:11:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SA IR YM |
09RIYADH1573 | MUSLIM WORLD LEAGUE CONFERENCE CITES EXTREMIST [...] (U) In remarks delivered on behalf of King Abdullah, Mecca Governor Prince Khaled Al-Faisal urged Muslim scholars "to stand firm in the face of extremist ideology to prevent it from corrupting Muslim youth." He called for Muslim scholarly societies and the media to inspire youth with cultura [...] | 2009-11-24 14:10:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KPAO PREL PTER PGOV SA |
09RIYADH1596 | IMPACT OF DUBAI DEBT RESTRUCTURING ON SAUDI ARABIA [...] (C) Despite initial concerns that Dubai's debt crisis could impact the Saudi economy, all indications are that any effect here will be minimal. Senior government officials, bank officers, and analytic reports from major international banks all suggest that Saudi banks have minimal exposure to [...] | 2009-12-08 15:43:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV SA |
09RIYADH1617 | SAUDI CROWN PRINCE TRIUMPHANTLY RETURNS; TO WHAT [...] (C) A wan but happy and allegedly "fully recovered" Crown Prince Sultan returned to Riyadh on December 11 after over a year's absence for treatment of colon cancer in the US and Morocco. Led by a beaming King Abdullah, the royal family turned out in full force to mount a hero's welcome, ampli [...] | 2009-12-14 09:52:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL SA LE BA |
09RIYADH1639 | MFA WITH SPECIAL ADVISOR TO SRAP [...] (C) During a meeting on December 14, Dr. Barnett Rubin, Special Advisor to the Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, briefed Dr. Raed Krimly, Head of Western Affairs at the MFA, on the current U.S. thinking about Afghanistan and Pakistan. Krimly raised three concerns about even [...] | 2009-12-19 05:25:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SA PK AF |
09RIYADH1642 | DEPUTY ENERGY SECRETARY PONEMAN BROADENS U.S. - [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman led an interagency team to Saudi Arabia on December 6-8 to discuss a range of energy issues, including potential areas for renewing our bilateral partnership. Saudi officials warmly welcomed the visit. Petroleum Minister Al-Naimi outline [...] | 2009-12-19 10:13:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL SA |
09RIYADH1662 | UNHCR ASKS SAG TO HELP RATHER THAN DEPORT IDPS [...] (C) UNHCR Deputy Regional Representative Dr. Hamdi Bukhari informed Poloff that a third UNHCR cross-border relief convoy was temporarily halted until a joint "gap" assessment was completed by the International Red Crescent (IRCRC) and UNHCR. The IRCRC expressed concern over insufficient coop [...] | 2009-12-22 14:42:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF SA |
09RIYADH1677 | IDB ADVISOR DISCUSSES AID TO GAZA [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 8. Summary ------- 2. (C) The Islamic Development Bank (IDB),recently made responsible for overseeing the GCC's $1.6 billion in foreign assistance for the reconstruction of Gaza, is studying what projects are feasible, but has yet to start a [...] | 2009-12-28 14:57:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID PREL KWBG GCC SA GZ |
09RIYADH1683 | PRESIDENT ABBAS VISITS RIYADH [...] (U) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas paid a visit to Riyadh on December 29. According to the official Saudi Press Agency report, the two leaders discussed Palestinian developments and the "stalled" peace process, citing the need for greater international help in restarting peace talks aim [...] | 2009-12-30 14:57:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SA WB GZ IS EG |
09RIYADH1684 | SAUDIS SAY SYRIA "ISOLATED FOR TOO LONG" [...] (C) During a courtesy call with Ambassador Smith on December 22, MFA Deputy Minister for Multilateral Relations Dr. Prince Torki bin Mohamed bin Saud Al-Kabeer stressed that reaching out to Syria was critical to achieving Middle East peace and said that "Syria had been isolated for too long." [...] | 2009-12-30 15:00:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SA SY IR LE |
09RIYADH17 | SAUDI CLERIC CROSSES THE LINE ON GAZA [...] (U) In a message published on multiple websites, al-Qarni called December 28 for violent retailiation on Israeli interests: "All (Israeli) interests, and anything else related to Israel, are permitted targets for Muslims everywhere.... They (Israelis) should become targets. Their blood should [...] | 2009-01-06 04:53:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | IS PGOV PTER SA |
09RIYADH173 | THE THIRTEEN DAYS OF ASHURA IN QATIF [...] (SBU) This year's Ashura was overshadowed by the war in Gaza and Saudi security forces were in full force for fear of any impromptu political demonstrations. In late December, EP authorities arrested close to 30 Shi'a who had demonstrated against the Israeli offensive in Gaza, making for an e [...] | 2009-01-27 14:27:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL SA |
09RIYADH192 | CALLS FOR ANTI-AMERICAN BOYCOTT CONTINUE, MIXED [...] (C) Summary: Despite the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, Saudi public anger over perceived U.S. support for Israel's military actions in Gaza continues to simmer, and a grassroots campaign to boycott U.S. products remains ongoing for the moment, particularly among the youth population. [...] | 2009-01-31 07:54:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV EFIN KWBG KBCT KPAL SA IS |
09RIYADH216 | SAUDI ARABIA'S THIRD PILLAR: MINING [...] (SBU) RAS AL-ZOUR, MINING CITY. On January 20, Dhahran Consul General Kenny, EconOff and Commercial Specialist visited Ras al-Zour ) a planned multi-billion dollar industrial complex and residential city ) 70 km north of Jubail along the Persian Gulf coast. Ras al-Zour, dubbed by Saudi gover [...] | 2009-02-02 12:21:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EMIN PGOV SA |
09RIYADH220 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: IMMEDIATE BUDGET SUPPORT FOR THE [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 2. 2. (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Saudi MFA Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs Dr. Prince Turki bin Muhammad bin Saud Al Kabeer. The Prince noted that FM Saud Al-Faisal was in Cairo for consultations with the Egyptian government [...] | 2009-02-02 17:08:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG EFIN PGOV PTER PHUM |
09RIYADH270 | THE YOUNG AND RESTLESS SHIA [...] (C) Key Points: ----------------- -- The Saudi Shia youth are frustrated by their leaders' perceived lack of progress in attaining more rights, representation, and opportunities for their community. -- Mainstream Shia leaders desire increased Shia membership on the Shura Council, a minist [...] | 2009-02-10 15:26:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF KISL PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER SA |
09RIYADH271 | SAUDIS PAY MIT $50 MILLION TO CONDUCT JOINT [...] (SBU) Key Points: ------------------- -- The premier Saudi university, KFUPM, will provide MIT with U.S. $50 million over seven years to conduct joint research on clean water and clean energy. -- This is the largest ever Saudi-funded research collaboration with a foreign academic institut [...] | 2009-02-10 16:18:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS ECON ENRG KPAO PGOV SA TPHY |
09RIYADH289 | DEPUTY LABOR MINISTER DENIES HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN [...] (C) Key Points ----------------- -- Deputy Labor Minister denied human trafficking is a problem in Saudi Arabia. -- He asserted Saudi women are active participants in the workforce, unless they choose to abstain for social reasons. Comment ------- 2. (C) We found it bizarre that th [...] | 2009-02-11 14:27:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PHUM PREL PGOV KWMN KTIP SA RP |
09RIYADH290 | PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY GROUP STILL SEEKING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-11 14:31:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV KIPR SA |
09RIYADH294 | PROSPECTS FOR WOMEN AND DEMOCRATIC REFORM IN SAUDI [...] (C) KEY POINTS & COMMENT: -- Ref A requested post's views on prospects for women's participation in 2009 Saudi municipal elections and the 2009 Majlis Al-Shoura session. -- The municipal elections may take place in ten months (December); women as yet have not been enfranchised (septel). [...] | 2009-02-11 15:04:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KWMN SA |
09RIYADH295 | VICE-MINISTER SAYS MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS TO TAKE [...] (C) Miteib holds a Ph.D. in Government Administration from George Washington University. He is not someone whom the Al-Sauds placed in the job to stop progress, but rather to pragmatically achieve greater political "evolution" from within. Miteib wants balanced change, preserving the core v [...] | 2009-02-11 15:05:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KWMN SA |
09RIYADH296 | TURKISH PRESIDENT PUSHES TRADE & MEDIATION DURING [...] (C) SUMMARY & COMMENT: Turkish President Abdullah Gul emphasized trade and Middle East mediation attempts during a four day state visit to Saudi Arabia February 3-6, according to Turkish Embassy Counselor Cihad Erginay (protect). Gul responded to King Abdullah's request for help with Syria by [...] | 2009-02-11 15:26:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ELTN SA TU |
09RIYADH30 | INDUSTRY GROUP HAS MIXED FEELINGS ON SPECIAL 301 [...] (C) Summary: Although the International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) is preparing to recommend that Saudi Arabia be placed on the Special 301 Priority Watchlist, representatives in Riyadh said they feel "handcuffed" into this recommendation, and would prefer to recommend a more favor [...] | 2009-01-06 13:33:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV KIPR PREL SA |
09RIYADH302 | SAUDI ABUZZ WITH APPOINTMENT OF FEMALE DEPUTY [...] (SBU) THE SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT: Saudi King Abdallah bin Abdulaziz reshaped his senior leadership today, February 14. His numerous changes targeted the judicial and education sectors, strongholds of conservatism in Saudi government. The most visible change comes with the appointment of the fi [...] | 2009-02-15 09:03:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | OIIP PGOV PHUM SA |
09RIYADH346 | SAUDI SHIA CLASH WITH POLICE IN MEDINA [...] KEY POINTS -- (U) Saudi security forces clashed February 20 with between 500 and 2000 Saudi Shi'a pilgrims in Medina after Saudi police denied the pilgrims access to Baqi'a cemetery opposite the Prophet's Mosque. -- (U) Shi'a unhappiness escalated into a confrontation resulting in severa [...] | 2009-02-24 07:14:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF KISL PGOV PHUM SA |
09RIYADH355 | SAUDIS SEPARATE GAZA RECONSTRUCTION FROM PA SUPPORT [...] KEY POINTS -- (U) A February 22 meeting of GCC foreign and finance ministers in Riyadh Gaza decided to establish a "common program for the reconstruction of Gaza open to all Arab countries" in cooperation with the Islamic Development Bank in Jeddah. -- (U) Program funds will be given d [...] | 2009-02-25 05:25:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KWBG GCC SA EG SY |
09RIYADH356 | SAUDI KING SHAKES UP RELGIOUS ESTABLISHMENT, SPURS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Saudi King's 14 February ministerial and other high-level appointments, with major changes in education and the judiciary, reflect his long-term strategy to reduce the influence of reactionary clerics and reform the institutions impeding the Kingdom's modernization through g [...] | 2009-02-25 10:45:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SA |
09RIYADH357 | IS THIS THE YEAR SAUDI WOMEN DRIVE? [...] KEY POINTS -- (U) A senior Saudi government official has once again raised the possibility that Saudi Arabia will lift the ban on women driving, perhaps as early as this summer. -- (C) The government has not acted on similar statements in the past (ref A, B),and no evidence exists to sug [...] | 2009-02-25 11:06:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KWMN KPAO SA |
09RIYADH361 | MOTION GRANTED: KING OVERHAULS SAUDI JUDICIARY [...] (C) INTRODUCTION: Saudi King Abdallah's February 14 reshuffle targeted the judicial and education sectors of government. In addition to high-level position changes across-the-board, several lower-level appointments signify a deeper reach to mold the court system. The king did not place his [...] | 2009-02-25 14:20:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SA |
09RIYADH362 | PALESTINE EMBASSY NOT CONCERNED ABOUT SEPARATING [...] KEY POINTS -- (C) Palestine Embassy in Riyadh Counselor Karaki (protect) told Post February 25 that his embassy does not see the GCC decision to separate Gaza reconstruction from Palestinian Authority (PA) financing as evidence of diminished Saudi or GCC support for the PA. -- (C) Kara [...] | 2009-02-25 16:35:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KWBG SA GCC |
09RIYADH373 | SAUDIS FOCUS ON PALESTINIAN UNITY [...] KEY POINTS -- (C) Saudi FM Prince Saud al-Faisal assured Amb. Fraker March 1 that Saudi Arabia did not intend to arrive at the Sharm el-Sheikh conference with a predetermined position on Gaza reconstruction funding mechanisms. -- (C) However, the Prince also spoke at length and with so [...] | 2009-03-01 15:39:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KWBG SA NO |
09RIYADH378 | SAUDI KING APPOINTS MODERATE TO CONTINUE REFORMS [...] (U) WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE CPVPV? Saudi Founder King Abdalaziz established the CPVPV to uphold standards of public behavior based upon Shariah law. In Saudi Arabia, the CPVPV is commonly referred to as the "hayy,a," meaning commission. The CPVPV comprises approximately 3,500 officers in ad [...] | 2009-03-03 04:57:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF KISL KWMN SA |
09RIYADH393 | SAUDI KING SOLIDIFIES BASE WITH EXTENSIONS [...] (C) Three high-profile members of the Sudairi clan, a subsect of the extended Saudi royal family, received routine extensions. The term "Sudairi Seven" refers to the seven full brothers born to King Abdulaziz and Princess Hessa bint Ahmed al-Sudairi. The Sudairi Seven became six with King Fa [...] | 2009-03-07 13:22:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SA |
09RIYADH407 | MEETING WITH SAUDI FUND FOR DEVELOPMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 24, 2009, U.S. Embassy and Treasury officials met with H. E. Yousef Al-Bassem, Vice Governor and Managing Director of the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD),and discussed a variety of issues with regard to the provision of humanitarian and developmental aid. U.S. and Sa [...] | 2009-03-10 13:54:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL KTFN KWBG SA |
09RIYADH408 | SAG-USG COUNTER-TERRORISM PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY. The SAG's MOI-hosted Security Conference in Riyadh and the meeting between CENTCOM DCOM LtGen John Allen with Asst. Minister for National Security Affairs Prince Mohammed bin Naif (MbN) highlight the SAG's commitment to counter-terrorist activity in the Kingdom by partnering with the U [...] | 2009-03-10 14:36:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET IR IZ MARR MCAP MOPS OVP PGOV |
09RIYADH428 | CAA PROCUREMENT ASSISTANCE [...] (U) Embassy Riyadh requests assistance in the procurement of the following item: 2. (C) Electronic Ballast a. Brand name: Standard Electric b. Catalogue number VEL-4P32-SC c. Specs: 277 volts 60 hertz Instant Start Lamp Type: F17T8 Lamp Connection: Parallel B Type: E Ballast Fa [...] | 2009-03-16 14:57:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | KSUP AMGT KSLG |
09RIYADH436 | REQUEST FOR INPUT ON STRATEGY TO INTEGRATE IRAQ [...] (c) This message provides answers to questions posed in ref a, soliciting input on strategy to integrate Iraq into the region. Input is keyed to topics listed in ref a para 5. 2. KEY POINTS: -- (C) While the Saudis have been reluctant to engage with the Al-Maliki government, their vie [...] | 2009-03-18 16:45:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ SA |
09RIYADH439 | REQUEST FOR INPUT ON STRATEGY TO INTEGRATE IRAQ [...] (c) This message provides answers to questions posed in ref a, soliciting input on strategy to integrate Iraq into the region. Input is keyed to topics listed in ref a para 5. 2. KEY POINTS: -- (C) While the Saudis have been reluctant to engage with the Al-Maliki government, their vie [...] | 2009-03-21 04:44:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ SA |
09RIYADH442 | SAUDI ARABIA: SUDAN'S NEW FRONT IN DARFUR CRISIS [...] (C) DIPLOMATIC OFFENSIVE: Dr. Mustafa Othman Ismael, advisor to Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, visited Riyadh the week of March 14 to influence public opinion and seek aid contributions for Darfur. The contributions are intended to supplant those lost following this week's expulsion of ai [...] | 2009-03-21 15:23:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | LE PHUM PREL QA SA SU |
09RIYADH474 | USG-SAUDI MOI PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY. The USG has formally stood up a new Security Assistance Organization in Saudi Arabia - Office of Program Management-Ministry of Interior (OPM-MOI). Partnered with the Saudi MOI, OPM-MOI built upon a previous USG-conducted vulnerability assessment of Saudi oil production facilities [...] | 2009-03-30 09:39:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET IR IZ MARR MCAP MOPS OVP PGOV |
09RIYADH488 | MARCH 12 ARAB 'QUAD' MEETING IN RIYADH [...] (C) Egyptian DCM Kassam (protect) provided Post with a readout March 24 of the March 12 Saudi/Egypt/Syria/Kuwait 'mini-summit' in Riyadh, and made the following KEY POINTS: -- (C) The purpose of the meeting was to cement Arab unity in advance of the Doha Arab League summit. -- (C) Sy [...] | 2009-03-30 13:51:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SA EG SY KWBG |
09RIYADH490 | DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF DOHA SUMMIT [...] (SBU) DCM presented reftel demarche on the Doha Arab League summit in a March 24 meeting with Saudi Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Bilateral Relations Ambassador Dr. Khalid Jindan, and again in a March 25 meeting with MFA Director for UN Affairs Adnan al-Baghdadi. 2. (C) DCM made [...] | 2009-03-30 13:53:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KPKO KWBG MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL AL SU XF |
09RIYADH504 | BUDGET SUPPORT FOR THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY [...] (U) Reftel requested Post to inform host governments about the need for continued budget support for the Palestinian Authority (PA). 2. (C) DCM conveyed reftel message to Saudi Deputy Foreign Minister for Bilateral Relations Khalid al-Jindan on April 1. Al-Jindan, who was traveling to th [...] | 2009-04-01 14:28:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER SA |
09RIYADH505 | SUDANESE PRESIDENT VISITS SAUDI ARABIA [...] (SBU) KEY POINTS: -- Saudi and Sudanese media reports indicate that Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir traveled to Saudi Arabia April 1 to perform Umrah at Mecca's Holy Mosque en route from the Arab League summit in Qatar. -- The Saudi government did not announce the trip in advance, but t [...] | 2009-04-01 14:39:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SA SU |
09RIYADH571 | SAUDI ARABIA'S CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL DOMINATED BY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-15 04:44:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KWMN SA |
09RIYADH596 | SAUDIS PLAN MINIMUM MARRIAGE AGE [...] KEY POINTS: -- (U) The new Saudi Justice Minister has announced that a "system to regulate child marriages" is under consideration. The Justice Ministry has constituted a committee of scholars to provide advice to the King on a minimum age that would be "best for society." -- (C) Accord [...] | 2009-04-21 14:39:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL SA |
09RIYADH598 | SAUDI CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL DOMINATED BY [...] KEY POINTS AND COMMENT: -- (U) King Abdallah appointed 81 new members to Saudi Arabia's 150-member Majlis Al Shura (Consultative Council) on February 14. --(U) Half of all the members (and 43 percent of the new appointees) studied in the US, and 70 percent have PhDs. -- (C) The new Majl [...] | 2009-04-22 04:48:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SA |
09RIYADH61 | SAUDI VIEWS ON IRAN [...] (C) On January 4, the DCM, British Charge Andrew Turner, and German Counselor Stephan Schneck delivered Ref A points to Saudi Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for International Organizations, Prince Turki Saud Al Kabir. Representatives from the French and Italian Embassies were scheduled to [...] | 2009-01-10 13:50:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR SA |
09RIYADH653 | SAG FLEXES MUSCLES TO ENSURE GCC CENTRAL BANK IN [...] (U) Key points: -- (U) The GCC announced on May 5 that the GCC monetary council, a precursor to a GCC central bank, would be located in Riyadh and would start operating by the end of 2009. -- (SBU) Embassy contacts disagree as to the reason for locating the council in Riyadh as opposed to [...] | 2009-05-11 14:33:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV PREL ETRD GCC SA |
09RIYADH662 | SAUDI INFORMATION MINISTER ON LEBANESE ELECTIONS [...] KEY POINTS: --(C) Former Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon continues to be actively involved in attempts to orchestrate a victory for the March 14 alliance, and paid an under-the-radar visit in mid-April to mediate between the constantly bickering allies. --(C) The Saudis are alarmed by the possibil [...] | 2009-05-15 12:52:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC KPAL IS SY LE |
09RIYADH668 | CAA PROCUREMENT ASSISTANCE [...] (U) Post requests assistance in the procurement of the following items: 2. (C) HP 5850 Desktop (QUANTITY = 1) a. DC5850 SFF Chassis - SIN: 132-8, Manuf Part Number AJ459AV b. Estimated Cost: $500.05 3. (C) Hyundai Monitor (QUANTITY = 1) a. 19" Flat Panel TFT Active Matr [...] | 2009-05-16 13:58:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | KSUP AMGT KSLG |
09RIYADH670 | SPECIAL ADVISOR HOLBROOKE'S MEETING WITH SAUDI [...] KEY POINTS: -- (C) Ambassador Richard Holbrooke met in Riyadh May 16 with HRH Prince Mohammed bin Nayef (MbN),Saudi Assistant Minister of the Interior. -- (C) Holbrooke emphasized that Afghanistan and Pakistan should be treated as a closely inter-related problem. He stressed U.S. desire fo [...] | 2009-05-17 16:06:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER AF PK SA YM |
09RIYADH671 | AMB HOLBROOKE MEETING WITH KING ABDULLAH [...] (C) United States Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, AMB Richard Holbrooke, met with the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud for 40 minutes on May 17. AMB Holbrooke stressed the importance that the new Administration ascribes to Afghanistan and Paki [...] | 2009-05-18 07:01:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREF PTER |
09RIYADH694 | U.S.-SAUDI INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION PARTNERSHIP: [...] (C) Summary: On May 19, 2009 HRH Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, Deputy Minister of Interior (MOI) and Charge' D'Affaires David Rundell signed three agreements to fund U.S. staff dedicated to supporting Saudi Arabia's critical infrastructure protection program. The signing ceremony took place in M [...] | 2009-05-20 14:02:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PREL PTER |
09RIYADH696 | CAA PROCUREMENT ASSISTANCE [...] (U) U.S. Embassy Riyadh requests assistance in the procurement of the following items: 2. (C) NOTE ALL ITEMS ARE FROM JANUS/FPT 3. (C) Line Card, Analog Off Premise Station, OPS, A-Law, 8 Port a. PN: NT1R20BA b. Quantity: 3 4. (C) Line Card, Digital, DLC, 16 port a. [...] | 2009-05-24 05:54:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | KSLG AMGT KSUP |
09RIYADH697 | CAA PROCUREMENT ASSISTANCE [...] (U) Embassy Riyadh requests assistance in the procurement of the following item: 2. (C) Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 SATA 80 GB 7200 RPM. 3GB/S Internal Hard Drive 3. (C) Item is for Opennet workstation for ECON section. 4. (C) Please ship via classified pouch to ISO Yan Li, U.S. Embas [...] | 2009-05-24 05:54:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | KSLG AMGT KSUP |
09RIYADH698 | CAA PROCUREMENT ASSISTANCE [...] (U) Embassy Riyadh requests assistance in the procurement of the following items: 2. (C) Citrix Metaframe Presentation Server Advanced Edition Connection Pack License a. CDW part number 831179 b. Manufacturer part number MW2ZPSA0001-G, UNPSC: 43242915 c. Quantity: 5 3 [...] | 2009-05-24 05:55:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | KSLG AMGT KSUP |
09RIYADH699 | REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY FOR IRAQ/VIABILITY OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. Embassy answers to questions posed in ref A are listed below. In general terms, the Saudis have strained relations with Iraq, continue to drag their feet in sending an Ambassador or forgiving Iraqi debt for reasons outlined below. They are not likely to welcome new regional mech [...] | 2009-05-24 07:27:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON SA IZ IR GCC |
09RIYADH702 | INTERIOR MINISTRY BRIEFS SPECIAL ADVISOR HOLBROOKE [...] KEY POINTS: -- (SBU) Special Advisor Ambassador Richard Holbrooke was briefed on Saudi counterterrorism efforts at a May 16 meeting with Interior Ministry officials at the Security Forces officers Club in Riyadh. At the same meeting Holbrooke received a second briefing on Saudi terrorist f [...] | 2009-05-24 14:05:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SA |
09RIYADH713 | FOOD SECURITY, AGRICULTURE GETTING SPOTLIGHT IN [...] Key points: -- (U) Saudi Arabia is increasingly looking for agriculture investment opportunities abroad, mostly in Africa. -- (U) The creation of a state-owned agriculture investment company, the Saudi Company for Agricultural Investment and Animal Production, was announced last month, tho [...] | 2009-05-27 13:05:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR ETRD EINV PGOV PREL SA |
09RIYADH716 | SAUDI INTERIOR MINISTRY BRIEFS SPECIAL ADVISOR [...] Key points: -- (SBU) Special Advisor Ambassador Richard Holbrooke and Treasury DAS Glaser were briefed on Saudi terror finance efforts at a May 16 meeting with Interior Ministry (MOI) officials at the Security Forces Officers Club in Riyadh. Holbrooke also received a briefing on Saudi counter [...] | 2009-05-29 11:46:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EFIN AF PK SA |
09RIYADH732 | SAUDI ARABIA: NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR LONG TERM [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (C) On 30 May Dr. Khalid al-Taweel, who oversees the Ministry of the Interior's (MOI) interface with Office of Program Management:Ministry of the Interior (OPM-MOI),again requested assistance for (1) a new cyber security program and ( [...] | 2009-06-01 07:00:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET MARR MCAP MOPS OVP PGOV PREL |
09RIYADH789 | PRO-ACTIVE DEPUTY MINISTER OF CULTURE AND [...] (SBU) The June 9 edition of the Saudi Gazette reported that Minister of Culture and Information, Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Khoja, appointed Deputy Minister Abdulrama Bin Abdulaziz Al-Hazzaa as the official spokesman of the Ministry of Culture and Information (MOCI). A Microsoft representative who met [...] | 2009-06-15 06:07:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD PREL KIPR SA |
09RIYADH793 | NEW MINISTER OF CULTURE AND INFORMATION: MODERN [...] (C) In a June 7 meeting with the Charge, the new Minister of Culture and Information Abdul Aziz Khoja believes the Kingdom cannot avoid the reach of modern technology. A "wise but strong" approach is needed to reconcile traditional values with modernity and protect women's rights. Khoja prom [...] | 2009-06-15 13:39:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD PREL KIPR SA |
09RIYADH798 | KING'S SON-IN-LAW TAKES CONTROL OF SAUDI MINISTRY [...] (U) SUMMARY: His Highness Prince Faisal bin Abdullah bin Mohammed (bin Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Faisal bin Turki, see para. 9),King Abdullah's son-in-law and recently appointed Minister of Education, assured Charge and Public Affairs Counselor in a recent meeting of King Abdullah's firm commi [...] | 2009-06-16 08:45:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SCUL SA |
09RIYADH799 | SAUDI RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: TAIF CHRISTIANS UNHINDERED [...] (C) TAIF CHRISTIANS FREE TO WORSHIP In two separate meetings on June 9 and 14, Embassy Indian Christian contacts confirmed that the 14 Taif Christians threatened with deportation in July/August 2008 have been left alone by the Saudi government (Reftel A, B and C). Advised by fellow Christia [...] | 2009-06-16 11:07:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SA SOCI KIRF |
09RIYADH80 | THE DILEMMA OF HADI AL-MUTIF [...] (C) Hadi al-Mutif's blasphemy conviction was reportedly based on an accusation he told a joke that insulted the Prophet Mohammed. Blasphemy is a capital offense under Saudi Islamic law (Shari'ah). 2. (C) Sources inform Post that al-Mutif has been held in a type of "limited" solitary confin [...] | 2009-01-13 14:37:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SA |
09RIYADH807 | SAUDIS OFFICIALLY IGNORE & SAUDI MEDIA CONDEMNS [...] (C) To date there has been no official Saudi Government public comment on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's June 14 speech, outlining Israeli policy towards possible peace with the Palestinians. The lack of public comment is consistent with Charge's June 13 meeting with Foreign Mini [...] | 2009-06-17 14:51:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SA IS |
09RIYADH808 | CAA PROCUREMENT ASSISTANCE [...] (U) Post requests assistance in the procurement of the following items: 2. (C) HP 5850 Desktop (QUANTITY = 2) a. DC5850 SFF Chassis - SIN: 132-8, Manuf Part Number AJ459AV b. Estimated Unit Cost: $500.05 3. (C) Hyundai Monitor (QUANTITY = 2) a. 19" Flat Panel TFT Active [...] | 2009-06-17 14:51:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | KSUP AMGT KSLG |
09RIYADH81 | SAUDI GOVERNMENT STAYS A STEP AHEAD OF PUBLIC [...] (C) SILENT PRAYERS: The League of Muslim Scholars, a respected group of regional religious figures, declared Friday, January 9 the "Gaza Day of Anger." As a result, worshippers attended Friday prayers expecting messages about Gaza. Instead, they heard sermons addressing other themes, with Ga [...] | 2009-01-13 14:37:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KU PGOV PREL SA |
09RIYADH817 | NAIF CONFIRMS UAE BORDER DELAYS CAUSED BY NEW [...] (SBU) In recent comments to the media, Interior Minister Prince Naif Bin Abdul Aziz confirmed the recent delays at the Saudi - UAE land border crossings at Al-Batha and Al-Ghuwaifat were due to the recently-imposed requirement that all first-time entrants to the Kingdom be fingerprinted (see r [...] | 2009-06-21 10:29:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL SA AE |
09RIYADH822 | DRL-IRF OFFICER FINDS GREATER TOLERANCE BUT NO [...] (C) DRL/IRF Officer Abdelnour Zaiback visited Riyadh on May 5 for meetings to discuss religious freedom in Saudi Arabia. The Filipino Ambassador stated that economic incentives and the prospect of lenient legal treatment encourage Filipino expat workers to convert to Islam. A Sunni religiou [...] | 2009-06-21 13:25:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SCUL SA |
09RIYADH824 | SAUDI HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST DECRIES STATUS OF [...] (C) Saudi human rights activist Ibrahim Mugaiteeb told Poloff that the Kingdom's most pressing human rights issues were the status of women and the deteriorating situation of the Shi'a. Founder of Human Rights First Society, Mugaiteeb urged the USG to press the SAG to recognize non-government [...] | 2009-06-21 16:08:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SA SOCI KWMN |
09RIYADH83 | DEPUTY MINISTER OF CULTURE SAYS "LET'S WORK [...] (C) Econcouns and Econoff met with Ministry of Culture and Information (MOCI) Deputy Minister Abdul Rahman Al-Hazzaa and MOCI Director General of Copyrights Obaidallah Obaidallah in their offices on January 11th to discuss ongoing efforts to combat intellectual property rights (IPR) violations. [...] | 2009-01-13 14:49:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV KIPR SA |
09RIYADH839 | U.S.-SAUDI INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION PARTNERSHIP: [...] (C) On June 24, Ambassador Erdman and Ministry of Interior Assistant Minister for Security Affairs HRH Prince Mohammed bin Nayef (MBN) signed the Project Specific Agreement (PSA) establishing the Office of Program Management ) Facilities Security Force (OPM-FSF) and providing initial fundi [...] | 2009-06-25 10:43:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SA |
09RIYADH843 | CHARGE,S JUNE 24 MEETING WITH MFA DEPUTY MINISTER [...] (C) In a June 24 meeting with the Charge, MFA Deputy Minister for Bilateral Affairs Jindan confirmed that improving Saudi-Syrian relations were being driven by Syria's improved behavior toward Lebanon and Hamas and by Saudi Arabia's strategic interest in pulling Syria away from Iran and draw [...] | 2009-06-27 04:44:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER LE IR IS SA |
09RIYADH859 | SAG PROVIDES ACCOUNT OF PA BUDGET ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) In response to ref A, the SAG provided a non-paper describing their budget assistance to the Palestinian Authority over the past seven years. The text of the non-paper follows: Saudi Arabia's Assistance to the Palestinian Authority and the Palestinian People (2002 - 2009) PA Budget [...] | 2009-06-30 12:54:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN PREL KWBG SA IZ |
09RIYADH893 | PRINCE WALEED BIN TALAL ON BUSINESS AND SOCIAL [...] (C) Summary: In a tour d'horizon with Congressman Alan Grayson (D-FL) on June 28, Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal expounded on his business philosophy and belief in social reform in the Kingdom. Al-Waleed believes in investing for the long-term. He claimed his royal lineage is more a handicap th [...] | 2009-07-07 10:44:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV SA |
09RIYADH895 | CHINESE DUMPING PROBE OUTRAGES SAUDIS [...] (SBU) Summary: Saudis responded sharply July 4 after Beijing began a dumping probe on two of the Kingdom's petrochemical products. Newspapers published unusually critical statements, probably in part to signal the displeasure of government and industry leaders to the PRC. A Saudi Deputy Min [...] | 2009-07-07 14:01:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD ENRG WTO SA |
09RIYADH896 | SAUDI KING WILL TRAVEL TO DAMASCUS WHEN HARIRI IS [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 10. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Saudi Information Minister Khoja confirmed to Charge that King Abdullah's planned July 6 visit to Damascus had been postponed to allow Saad Hariri the time he needed to form an inclusive government that did not giv [...] | 2009-07-07 17:28:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR UNSC SA SY LE |
09RIYADH899 | ADVANCING WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN A FUNDAMENTALIST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Advocating women,s rights in Saudi Arabia is a difficult task under the best of circumstances. In Qassim Province north of Riyadh, deep in the Kingdom,s conservative Nejd heartland, it can be life-threatening. Despite the many obstacles, a courageous and assertive Princess, Noura [...] | 2009-07-08 09:35:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PGOV PINR OEXC SCUL KWMN SA |
09RIYADH903 | SAUDI OPEC GOVERNOR PROVIDES CODEL TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Congressman Alan Grayson (D-FL) met OPEC governor for Saudi Arabia Dr. Majid Al-Moneef with DCM June 29. Moneef provided an unusually detailed tour d'horizon of his views on the oil business and OPEC. He expressed satisfaction that the price of oil was moving back [...] | 2009-07-10 13:52:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PREL OVIP OPEC SA |
09RIYADH911 | SAUDI EDITOR LAMENTS MUSLIM INSENSITIVITY TO [...] (C) Over breakfast on June 28, Al-Watan Editor-in-Chief Jamal Khashoggi argued to Charge that the influence of the Saudi religious establishment was declining, though this didn't necessarily translate into support for secularization. He attributed intensified religious observance in Saudi Arab [...] | 2009-07-12 15:34:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF KISL PGOV SA |
09RIYADH916 | THE SAUDI SUPREME ECONOMIC COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-13 14:46:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EFIN PGOV SA |
09RIYADH924 | GCC SECRETARIAT PEACEFUL NUCLEAR ENERGY ACTIVITY [...] (C) ACTION REQUEST: See paragraph 8. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has begun a planning effort for the development of nuclear industry in GCC countries, and recently announced its goal to build a regional nuclear power plant by 2015. The GCC has approached U. [...] | 2009-07-15 12:30:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | KNUC PREL SA |
09RIYADH929 | SAUDI MINISTER OF HEALTH ON H1N1, OTHER HEALTH [...] (SBU) Saudi Minister of Health Abdullah Rabeeah briefed Charge July 8 on his Ministry's priorities, including preparations for the upcoming Hajj pilgrimage season. Rabeeah requested Embassy assistance delivering a letter to the Centers for Disease Control regarding the distribution of H1N1 tes [...] | 2009-07-15 16:08:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL TBIO KFLU CASC ASEC BEXP SA |
09RIYADH935 | GCC TRADE NEGOTIATIONS DOWN UNDER: STICKING POINTS [...] (C) At a diplomatic roundtable on free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC),the Australian and New Zealand DCMs expressed fatigue and frustration with their respective experiences. The New Zealand DCM said his government is prepared to pull out after the [...] | 2009-07-18 07:10:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECIN PREL GCC SA AS NZ JA |
09RIYADH958 | CONOCOPHILLIPS ON PLANNED YANBU REFINERY, SAUDI [...] (C) ConocoPhillips President for the Middle East and North Africa Nick Spencer told DCM July 12 his company is committed to building the planned 400K barrel/day oil refinery in Yanbu with Saudi Aramco, with construction to begin next year and first production in 2014. Spencer said the Saudi in [...] | 2009-07-22 07:23:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET PGOV SA |
09RIYADH962 | SAUDI MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS MADANI [...] (C) During a July 20 meeting Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Nizar Madani accepted Charge's congratulations on his appointment by the King to another 4-year term; praised President Obama's efforts on the Middle East and the recent meeting with the Quartet in Trieste; and focused o [...] | 2009-07-25 09:01:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL SA SY LE AF PK IR XF |
09RIYADH976 | MORE ON FINANCIAL TROUBLE AT GOSAIBI AND SAAD [...] (C) Summary: Saud Al-Gosaibi (strictly protect),chairman of the Ahmad Hamad Al-Gosaibi and Brothers Co (AH Al-Gosaibi),told Econoff that a court in the Cayman Islands decided July 24 to freeze 9.2 billion dollars of Maan Al-Sanea's assets. Saud hopes this ruling will put pressure on the Sa [...] | 2009-07-29 06:36:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV PINR PGOV CJ SA |
09RIYADH984 | SAUDI ARABIA MOVING TO IMPLEMENT NEW HUMAN [...] (U) This is an Action Request, see paragraphs 7.B.1 and 7.G.1. SUMMARY -------- 2. (SBU) Responding to demarche on the TIP Action Plan for Saudi Arabia, an MFA official described recently enacted comprehensive anti-trafficking legislation. Further, the Saudi Council of Ministers al [...] | 2009-07-30 11:07:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SA |
09ROME1019 | G20: ITALIANS SEE EUROPE DIVIDED ON BANKERS' [...] (SBU) Summary: A senior aide of Italy's Finance Minister told econoff August 31 that in the runup to the next G20 meeting Europeans remain divided on how to regulate compensation of financial sector executives, a point Italians expect to be high on the Pittsburgh agenda. The aide also ventured [...] | 2009-09-01 15:16:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EINV ECON OECD IT |
09ROME1040 | MOD LA RUSSA REQUESTS OCTOBER MEETING WITH SECDEF: [...] (C) Summary. An adviser to Italian MOD La Russa told Post on September 3 that La Russa would like a meeting with Secretary Gates in Washington the week of October 6-11. Post strongly recommends that SecDef accept the visit, which La Russa needs in order to bolster the strong case he is making [...] | 2009-09-08 16:06:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO IT AF |
09ROME1058 | ITALY'S RESPONSES TO 2010 NPT REVCON REPORTING [...] (C) On August 27, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to MFA director for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Giovanni Pugliese, who subsequently provided the following responses to the reftel NPT-related questions: --Italy is very supportive of the CTBT, FMCT, NPT and U.S.-Russia arms control [...] | 2009-09-15 07:41:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CDG ENRG IAEA KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL |
09ROME1077 | BERLUSCONI REAFFIRMS AFGHAN COMMITMENT DURING [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador Thorne's first call on PM Berlusconi, the PM appeared elated by President Obama's decision on missile defense; reaffirmed Italy's commitment to the Afghanistan mission, despite the fatal September 17 attack on an Italian convoy, while noting the need for a "trans [...] | 2009-09-21 11:31:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO IT AF RU IR |
09ROME1084 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: URGING IRAN TO RESOLVE [...] (C) DCM Dibble conveyed reftel points to Director General for the Middle East Cesare Ragaglini, who promised to discuss them with the Iranian Ambassador to Rome at the earliest opportunity. 2. (C) Separately, Poloff also delivered points to Iran desk Silvia Santangelo and to Office Directo [...] | 2009-09-22 13:45:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER CASC |
09ROME1108 | ITALY SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON THE GOLDSTONE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Italian MFA supports the U.S. position on the Goldstone report. The MFA emphasized the importance of the report "staying in Geneva" as part of the debate in the Human Rights Council (HRC). The MFA also hopes the report does not have a negative impact on the peace process. EN [...] | 2009-09-28 14:55:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL PHUM PTER KPAL IT |
09ROME1122 | PAKISTANI PRESIDENT ZARDARI RECEIVES WARM WELCOME [...]3. (SBU) Bellato said that FM Frattini reaffirmed to Zardari that Italy was pleased with the positive steps Pakistan had taken in terms of democratic reform and counterterror efforts in FATA and Waziristan -- all of which had been recognized at the New York meeting of the Friends of Democra [...] | 2009-10-01 16:39:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET IT PK IR |
09ROME1125 | ITALY: REACTION TO REPORT OF QOM URANIUM [...] (C) Post delivered reftel points to Minister Filippo Formica, Deputy Director General for Multilateral Political Cooperation, accompanied by the French Political Counselor to Rome, and a political officer from the UK Embassy. After presenting points, we emphasized the U.S. desire to work fully [...] | 2009-10-02 15:28:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA |
09ROME1131 | ITALY SUPPORTS THE CONCLUSIONS OF THE BURMA POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered reftel points on October 1 to Fabio Schina, MFA Acting Office Director for Asia, Oceania and Antarctica. Schina conveyed Italy's support for the U.S. approach to Burma outlined by Massimo Iannucci, MFA Director General for Asia, Oceania and Antarctica. The GOI's [...] | 2009-10-05 11:40:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IT BM |
09ROME1155 | AMBASSADOR DAALDER AND FM FRATTINI DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: U.S. Ambassador to NATO Ivo Daalder and EUR DAS for Western Europe Spencer Boyer met with Italian Foreign Minister Frattini on October 8 to discuss the way ahead in Afghanistan and the development of the NATO Strategic Concept. Frattini said that Italy remains firmly committed t [...] | 2009-10-14 13:04:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO IT AF |
09ROME1165 | SEDM: ITALY WELCOMES U.S. SUPPORT FOR SERBIAN [...] (C) Poloff delivered Reftel points to Italian MFA Deputy Director for Political-Military Affairs Carlo Batori (please protect) on October 16. Batori was pleased at the news that the U.S. would support Serbian membership in the Southeastern Europe Defense Ministerial (SEDM),which Italy has lo [...] | 2009-10-16 15:02:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL IT RO SR MW |
09ROME1180 | SOMALIA: PRODDING ERITREA TO PLAY A MORE [...] (U) This cable is a guidance request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On October 19, DCM Dibble met with MFA DG for Sub-Saharan Africa, Giusseppe Morabito, to discuss strategies for making the Eritrean government's (GSE) role in Somalia "more positive." The GOI does not want to sing [...] | 2009-10-23 13:00:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IT SO XW ER |
09ROME1185 | ITALY LIKELY TO SUPPORT AMCIT NOMINATION FOR UN [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on US nominee for UN International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) election to Counselor Gabriella Biondi, MFA UN desk officer, on October 26. Biondi stated that the GOI is familiar with the nominee, Lucretia Myers, and looks favorably on her nomination. [...] | 2009-10-27 12:18:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC KJUS AORC APER PREL IT UNGA |
09ROME1189 | ITALY SHARES CONCERN OVER AFGHAN GOVERNOR [...] (C) Poloff met with MFA Afghanistan Envoy Sergio Mercuri on October 27 to deliver Reftel points stressing the importance of coordinated efforts by PRT lead nations to ensure that provincial governor appointments remain qualifications-based and do not become rewards for Karzai supporters. Merc [...] | 2009-10-28 16:27:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO IT AF |
09ROME1190 | ITALY OPTIMISTIC ON MEETING AFPAK AID TARGETS [...] (SBU) Summary: By the end of 2009, Italy plans to disburse Euro 62 million in development assistance to Pakistan and Euro 45-50 million in assistance to Afghanistan, in line with its Tokyo and Paris pledges. In Pakistan, Italian assistance will be focused on rural development, community empowe [...] | 2009-10-28 16:53:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL PINS IT AF PK |
09ROME1194 | ITALY: FINANCE MINISTER'S MANEUVERING OPENS MORE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Money quarrels within the GOI, regional tensions between Berlusconi coalition partners, and some preliminary maneuvering for the post-Berlusconi period have led to speculation that Finance Minister Tremonti may resign or be forced out of office. The continued strong of support fro [...] | 2009-10-29 15:51:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON IT PREL EFIN PGOV |
09ROME12 | ITALY OPPOSES DE-LISTING BAAZAOUI [...] (C) Summary: The GOI initially supported the de-listing of Tunisian Mondher Baazaoui at the 1267 Committee, but reversed its position in mid-December as new information came to light that some of Mr. Baazaoui's previous criminal convictions for dealing in stolen property were linked to fina [...] | 2009-01-08 07:22:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC |
09ROME1225 | ITALY'S POSITIONS ON 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on USG human rights priorities for the 2009 UN General Assembly Third Committee on November 2 to MFA Human Rights Office Director Laura Carpini. She confirmed the GOI's opposition to no-action motions. She noted Italy's close work with EU partners on this [...] | 2009-11-03 16:21:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN IT |
09ROME1228 | ITALY/IRISL: GOI TO CONSIDER SUPPORTING BRITISH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A senior official from the Italian Ministry of Economics and Finance (MEF) responded favorably to our request that the GOI support the British ban on providing insurance coverage to IRISL vessels, saying that at an upcoming interagency meeting he would support issuing a warning [...] | 2009-11-04 16:02:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KNNP IR IT |
09ROME1231 | ITALY: MTCR REPORT ON CONTACTS WITH NON-PARTNERS [...] (C) On November 5, ECONOFF delivered the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) report on contacts with non-MTCR members (reftel) to Counselor Roberto Liotto, Director of Office VI in the Directorate General for Multilateral Economic Cooperation of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Of [...] | 2009-11-06 09:20:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KSCA MTCRE PARM PREL TSPA IT |
09ROME1240 | G-8 NONPROLIFERATION DIRECTORS GROUP MEETING [...] (C) The last Nonproliferation Directors Group (NPDG) meeting of Italy's G8 Presidency was held October 28 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in Rome. Chaired by Minister Filippo Formica, deputy director of the MFA's Office of Multilateral Political Affairs, the agenda covered regional i [...] | 2009-11-10 16:42:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM UNSC KNNP KSUM |
09ROME1271 | ITALY TO SUPPORT PROPOSED NORTH KOREAN ENTITIES [...] (U) SUMMARY. Post conveyed subject list of designated North Korean entities and individuals (reftel) to officials in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and the Ministry of Economics and Finance (MEF). Both responded favorably and stated that the GOI would support EU designation of the enti [...] | 2009-11-17 15:35:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KNNP EUN KN PARM UNSC IT |
09ROME1272 | AFGHANISTAN: ITALY SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. PRIORITIES [...] (C) Poloffs delivered reftel points to Italian MFA Special Envoy for Afghanistan Sergio Mercuri on November 17. Mercuri reacted favorably to the demarche, saying that it tracked closely with the approach envisaged by FM Frattini, who will attend the inauguration along with MFA Af-Pak Envoy Ma [...] | 2009-11-17 16:51:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IT AF |
09ROME1275 | ITALIAN SUPPORT FOR NATO ENLARGEMENT GOALS [...] (C) While the U.S. and GOI positions on NATO enlargement and objectives for the December 3-4 NATO Foreign Ministerial(ref A) are similar, the Italians want to be cautious about setting the bar too high for obtaining Membership Action Plan (MAP) status. Italy is keenly interested in Euro-Atla [...] | 2009-11-18 14:48:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PARM MARR KTIA BK GG MK MW UP |
09ROME1279 | AFGHANISTAN: ITALY BRACED FOR TROOP REQUEST, [...] (C) Summary: The GOI is braced for an eventual request for more troops in Afghanistan, but its initial offer will likely be modest due to political, budgetary, and structural constraints on Italian troop deployment capability. We can and should push the Italians beyond their current comfort z [...] | 2009-11-20 14:26:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO IT AF |
09ROME1299 | ITALY: RESPONSE FOR REVIEW OF SUSPENSION OF TITLE [...] (U) This message is post's response to reftel request for updated information necessary for the President's consideration of continued suspension of Title III of the LIBERTAD Act. 2. (C) There has been no significant change in Italian relations with Cuba over the past six months. Italy eng [...] | 2009-11-25 13:12:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ETTC CU IT |
09ROME1308 | ITALY: ARGENTINA BONDHOLDERS DIGGING IN [...] Confidential - - Entire Text. 2. Summary - Italian bondholders of defaulted Argentine debt are unlikely to take up the most recent GOA buy-out offer and intend to pursue ongoing arbitration. A bondholders' group says its members' interests vary greatly from those of US institutional investors th [...] | 2009-11-25 16:34:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EINV AR IT |
09ROME1309 | AFGHANISTAN: ITALY CAUTIOUSLY SUPPORTIVE ON [...] (C) Ambassador Thorne delivered Reftel points to Gianni Letta, Chief Undersecretary to PM Berlusconi, on November 24. Letta took the message on board, and thanked the Ambassador for the heads up on the pending USG decision and "asks" for new resources. Following the NSA Jones discussion with [...] | 2009-11-25 17:51:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO IT AF |
09ROME1318 | AFGHANISTAN ANNOUNCEMENT: ITALY PREPARING MAJOR [...] C) Summary: Foreign Minister Frattini assured the Ambassador that Italy was striving to provide over 1,000 additional troops to the ISAF mission but its final increase depended on cuts in other overseas missions. Defense Minister LaRussa will announce Italy's intent to do more on December 2 [...] | 2009-12-01 16:17:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PGOV NATO IT AF |
09ROME1328 | ITALY PUSHING TO ALTER EU PEACE PROCESS STATEMENT [...] (C) Israel Palestinian Affairs office director, Davide La Cecilia (protect),told poloff Italy is working hard to alter the language of the Swedish-proposed EU statement on the peace process currently being circulated in advance of the December 7-8 GAERC meeting. La Cecilia said the GOI is di [...] | 2009-12-02 16:02:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IT IS PA |
09ROME1338 | ITALY'S RESPONSE TO PRESSING FOR DIALOGUE IN BURMA [...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel demarche with MFA Asia, Oceania, Pacific and Antarctic Office Director Adriano Monti on December 2. Monti agreed with all of the points in the demarche and asserted that the GOI continues to share the US strategy on dealing with the military junta that rules Burma. [...] | 2009-12-04 11:43:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BM IT |
09ROME1339 | ITALY SUPPORTS US APPROACH ON DPRK UNIVERSAL [...] (C) Italy agrees with the USG views and suggested questions and recommendations for the upcoming U.N. Human Rights Council's (HRC) Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the DPRK according to MFA Human Rights Office Director Laura Carpini. Carpini commented that the proposed questions were thorou [...] | 2009-12-04 14:04:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM AORC SOCI UNGA IT |
09ROME1341 | MEETING ON IRAN WITH ITALIAN ADVISOR TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PEOPLE'S PARTY [...] (C) Poloff and Econoff met with Rino Trombetta, an Italian adviser on Iran and Afghanistan to the members of the European People's Party (EPP) in the European Parliament. Several of his Parliamentarians are members of a Delegation for Relations with Iran, a group composed of 18 MEPs and 16 alt [...] | 2009-12-04 14:51:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EU IR IT |
09ROME1342 | ITALY IRAN SANCTIONS ACT DEMARCHE: GOI INFORMED; [...] (C) Summary: Post delivered the Iran Sanctions Act (ISA) demarche to the GOI, and to Eni and Edison energy companies. As expected, GOI officials defended their "moral suasion" actions and claimed their companies are cooperating. Eni officials continue to claim that they have halted any new act [...] | 2009-12-04 15:41:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET ETTC IR PREL |
09ROME1343 | ITALIAN EFFORTS ONGOING ON MEPP STATEMENT FOR NEXT [...] (C) Office Director for Israel-Palestinian Affairs, Davide La Cecilia, told Poloff on December 4 that his delegation is still working hard to achieve a more "balanced version" of the Swedish-proposed EU declaration on the Peace Process, and that some progress has been made. The declaration [...] | 2009-12-04 16:02:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IT IS |
09ROME1344 | GOI RESPONSE TO USG REQUEST TO DELIST TRANCHE 3 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The GOI agreed to delist eight of the eighteen individuals identified in the Italy section of the Tranche 3 Names list and have requested more time to gather information on the remaining ten individuals. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On November 2, ECONOFF conveyed the Tranche 3 list [...] | 2009-12-04 16:05:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC IT |
09ROME1347 | A/S GORDON'S MEETINGS WITH ITALIAN FM FRATTINI AND [...] (C) Summary: Following the November 23rd G8 Political Directors' meeting, A/S Gordon met with FM Frattini and SG Massolo in back to back discussions, reviewing the new EU appointments, Iran sanctions, Afghanistan, Russia and the Balkans. Frattini expressed optimism that the new post-Lisbon te [...] | 2009-12-07 12:31:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IT |
09ROME1363 | ISAF: NEXT STEPS FOR ITALY'S 1,000 TROOP COMMITMENT [...] (C) Summary. The Italian government has started the Parliamentary approval process for its increased ISAF commitments. On December 10, FM Frattini and MOD La Russa briefed Parliament's Defense and Foreign Affairs Committees on the GOI's plans for a 1,000-troop surge in ISAF over the next te [...] | 2009-12-11 16:39:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO IT AF |
09ROME1382 | ENI EXPLORING GAS PROJECT TO BRING TURKMENISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Eni's CEO Scaroni told Post that his company is exploring a gas-swap deal with Turkmenistan and Turkey to bring 5 billion cubic meters of gas per year to Bulgaria and perhaps other parts of Eastern Europe. This project may be an attempt by Eni to portray itself as supporting EU ene [...] | 2009-12-16 16:48:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG IT |
09ROME1405 | GOI OPPOSES DELISTING SEVEN TRANCHE 3 NAMES [...] (C) Summary. Upon further review by Italian police and intelligence agencies (reftel Rome 1344 and State 109494),Italy opposes delisting seven Tranche 3 names. However, the GOI supports delisting two Tranche 3 names and asks the USG for support in expediting the delisting of one individual. E [...] | 2009-12-23 15:27:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN IT KTFN PREL PTER UNSC |
09ROME1409 | ITALY-RUSSIA SUMMIT HIGHLIGHTS EVER STRONGER [...] (SBU) MFA officials view the December 3 summit between PM Berlusconi, Russian President Medvedev and numerous cabinet minsters a showcase for the bright future of Italian-Russian relations. Historically strong economic, political and cultural ties between Italy and Russia were reinforced by [...] | 2009-12-23 16:02:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENGR PGOV OSCE NATO AF RS IT EUN |
09ROME1419 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: URGING IRAN TO RESOLVE AMCIT [...] C) Poloff spoke with Iran desk officer, Silvia Santangelo, regarding the cases of American citizens detained in Iran, and requested the GOI's assistance, per reftel. The Iran desk said that in the last two months, all human rights discussions, including consular discussions with the Iranians [...] | 2009-12-29 15:48:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER IR IT |
09ROME1421 | ITALY SUPPORTS DJIBOUTI PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) Poloff met with MFA East Africa Office Director, Giovanni Polizzi, to deliver demarche on prioritizing the Djibouti Peace Process. Upon his return from the International Contact Group for Somalia meeting in Jeddah on December 17, Polizzi affirmed the GOI's support for maintaining the Djib [...] | 2009-12-30 15:57:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SO IT |
09ROME144 | U/S BURNS' PARTICIPATION IN G8 POLITICAL DIRECTORS [...] (SBU) Summary: Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Bill Burns participated in the first Political Directors Meeting of the Italian G8 Presidency in Venice, February 2-3. All participants showed great interest in the new Administration's approach to major policy issues -- most notabl [...] | 2009-02-06 13:16:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PARM MNUC IT AF PK IR KN BM |
09ROME145 | ITALY HOSTS UNSC REFORM MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) Representatives of 77 countries, 21 of them at the ministerial level, convened in Rome February 5 for an MFA-hosted meeting on reform of the UN Security Council. Although contacts at the MFA insisted the meeting was not a Uniting for Consensus (UFC) event, the guest list and discussion p [...] | 2009-02-06 14:15:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IT |
09ROME159 | SCENESETTER FOR SPEAKER PELOSI'S FEBRUARY 13-22 [...] (C) Madame Speaker, I would like to extend a warm welcome from Team Italy in anticipation of your upcoming visit. Your trip comes at a critical moment as the Berlusconi government seeks to understand how it fits into the new Administration's reengagement with Europe. Berlusconi's close person [...] | 2009-02-10 15:58:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IT |
09ROME163 | ITALY DOES NOT HAVE A CANDIDATE FOR UNESCO DG [...] (C) Italy has not, and does not intend to, put forward a candidate for director general of UNESCO, according to Barbara Bregato, director of the MFA office of multilateral cultural cooperation. Bregato told Poloff February 11 that there had been some tentative discussions about the possibilit [...] | 2009-02-11 14:12:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNESCO CA IT |
09ROME176 | ITALY: MFA HESITANT IN PRESSING MOI ON CUBAN [...] (C) A/DCM met February 10 with MFA Americas DG Verderame, at the latter's request, as well as with Migration Deputy DG Palladino to discuss our pending request for the resettlement in Italy of Cuban protected migrant Luis Manuel Alfonso Romero, currently at the U.S. Naval Station at Guantanamo [...] | 2009-02-12 15:19:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF SMIG KAWC IT CU |
09ROME178 | ITALY: US COMPANY MAY BE INVOLVED IN SUSPECT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-13 12:26:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC IR IT |
09ROME191 | ITALY HESITANT ON MAURITANIA SANCTIONS, WANTS TO [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA West Africa Office Director Pierluigi Verlani February 18, urging Italy to press for a principled EU position supporting a return to democracy and constitutional order in Mauritania, given the African Union's February 5 decision to impose targeted sanc [...] | 2009-02-18 17:14:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EUN MR IT |
09ROME192 | VELTRONI RESIGNS, PD ON LIFE SUPPORT [...] (C) The opposition Democratic Party (PD) could ultimately face fracture after party leader Walter Veltroni stepped down yesterday citing the February 15-16 defeat in regional elections in Sardinia. Veltroni's resignation leaves PD flat-footed in advance of the European Parliament elections in [...] | 2009-02-18 17:27:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IT |
09ROME232 | ITALY CLAIMS REDUCTIONS IN IRANIAN EXPORT AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-01 14:03:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP EFIN ETRD IT IR |
09ROME252 | ITALY REDUCES EXPORT CREDITS TO IRAN, BUT WORRIES [...] (C) Summary: Over the past three months, Italy's Export Credit Agency (SACE) has reduced its exposure in the form of insurance guarantees on trade and investment to Iran from 1.5 billion euros to about 1.3 billion euros as existing debts have been repaid. SACE's managers have chosen not to [...] | 2009-03-04 07:19:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP EFIN ETRD IT IR |
09ROME253 | ITALY LIKELY TO OFFER SOME ASSISTANCE TO AMISOM, [...] (U) This message contains an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Somalia Coordinator Giovanni Polizzi March 3, requesting Italian support for the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and for security forces loyal to the Somali Transitional Federal [...] | 2009-03-04 13:28:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO SO IT |
09ROME275 | ITALY AGREES TO GAZA SMUGGLING INTERDICTION [...] (C) Italy approves the Program of Action for the March 13 London meeting on Gaza smuggling interdiction with no edits to the draft as presented. The Middle East Levant and Egypt Office told us that they have reviewed the Program of Action and fully support the document and most importantly, t [...] | 2009-03-09 13:15:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NATO IT |
09ROME281 | ITALIAN PIPELINE COMPANY CONCERNED ABOUT AZERI [...] (C) Summary: Franco - Italian energy company Edison, one of the leading partners in the Turkey-Greece-Italy (TGI) gas pipeline project, is concerned about Azerbaijan's decision to delay production from its Shah Deniz II gas field. Such a delay would adversely impact current plans for first TGI [...] | 2009-03-11 09:24:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG GR IR IT RS TU AJ |
09ROME284 | IRAQ: KEEPING ITALY ENGAGED [...] (C) Summary. Italy has been an important partner in helping provide security and economic development for Iraq. Despite the previous government's decision to withdraw combat troops from the coalition in 2006, the GOI has worked hard to maintain a leadership role in the training of Iraqi securit [...] | 2009-03-11 17:00:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ IT |
09ROME290 | ITALIAN EFFORTS TO INDUCE SLOVENIA TO ACCELERATE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and Slovenian referendum timeline to Italian MFA NATO Desk Officer Carlo Batori on March 9. Batori said the GOI agrees on the need to pressure the Slovenian government to move more quickly on ratifying Croatia's NATO accession protocol, and FM Frattini ra [...] | 2009-03-12 16:45:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO KTIA PREL HR AL SL IT |
09ROME297 | CORRECTED VERSION - SIPDIS CAPTION ADDED: G-20 [...] Summary - Italy remains insulated from the worst of the crisis impacting financial institutions, but is looking at a deeper and longer recession than originally anticipated. The GOI has put in place various modest measures to bolster confidence in banks, increase credit to the economy, and pr [...] | 2009-03-13 15:38:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IT |
09ROME31 | ITALY: WILL ATTEND GAZA MEETING ON MARGINS OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-09 16:42:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PREL MARR MOPS IT |
09ROME314 | ITALY CONFIRMS PLEDGE OF $100M FOR GAZA, BUT ONLY [...] (C) Summary: Responding to reftel demarche, Antonello De Riu of the Italian MFA confirmed Italy's pledge of $100m (79m Euros) in aid for Gaza, to be spent over three or four years, though he cited two problems that could result in the pledge not being met: Italian "over engagement" and the l [...] | 2009-03-17 15:49:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER EUN |
09ROME316 | ITALY,S RESPONSE TO PAKISTAN IDP CRISIS [...] (C) Summary: MFA Counselor Valter Zucconi of the Directorate for Development Cooperation said the GOI hopes to approve between 30 and 40 million Euros in soft loans for Pakistan's provinces bordering Afghanistan by June of 2009. Italy had already pledged one million Euros to the World Food [...] | 2009-03-17 17:15:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PHUM PK PREF |
09ROME341 | ITALY AGREES ON KFOR: IN TOGETHER, OUT TOGETHER [...] (C) Charge took the opportunity of a March 17 lunch with MFA Director General for Europe Laura Mirachian to conduct a wide-ranging review of Kosovo, prefiguring reftel demarche. Charge urged Italy to stay the course in Kosovo and not to make any precipitous moves to reduce or end participation [...] | 2009-03-23 14:09:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO KPKO KV IT |
09ROME347 | ITALY OFFERS INFO OF POSSIBLE IRAN SANCTIONS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Summary: On 17 March an Italian Ministry of Trade official shared with Econoff documents indicating that Worthington, a US company, may be attempting to use its Italian subsidiary to export pumps and spare parts to Iran in p [...] | 2009-03-24 16:37:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP ENRG ETTC MNUC PARM |
09ROME35 | ITALY AWAITING FORMATION OF EU POLICY TOWARD [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel points on January 5 to FM Frattini and indicated US interest in working with Europeans to develop a strategy to encourage the reintegration of separatist areas in Georgia. The Foreign Minister stated that was unaware of any existing strategy and would pass the [...] | 2009-01-13 12:28:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GG RS IT |
09ROME355 | ITALY READY TO HELP ON GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEES [...] (C) Italian Foreign Minister Frattini confirmed to S/WCI Ambassador Williamson March 24 that Italy is ready to help the United States resolve the issue of Guantanamo detainees through resettlement in Italy and advocacy for the U.S. effort within the EU. Frattini advised that there is oppositio [...] | 2009-03-26 17:12:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS KISL IT |
09ROME356 | BERLUSCONI'S CENTER-RIGHT SHOTGUN WEDDING [...] (C) From 27 to 29 March, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will preside over the merger of Italy's two main center-right parties into a single entity, the People of Liberty (PDL) party. The inaugural party congress that will take place this weekend will fuse Berlusconi's personal political vehi [...] | 2009-03-27 11:08:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IT |
09ROME386 | SUBJECT: ITALY DODGES FINANCIAL MELT DOWN, BUT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-03 14:53:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD IT |
09ROME387 | DEMARCHE REPLY: ITALY WILL LET OTHERS LEAD ON CEE [...] (U) Econoff on April 3 discussed ref demarche and presented talking points to Francesco Galietti, a senior advisor to Minister of Finance and Economics Giulio Tremonti. Galietti was familiar with EU-wide efforts to conceive various measures to assist ailing economies in central and eastern Eu [...] | 2009-04-03 15:42:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON EFIN IT |
09ROME388 | ITALY MUSTERING POLITICAL WILL TO DO MORE IN [...] (C) Summary. The Government of Italy is in broad agreement with the conclusions of the U.S. Afghanistan-Pakistan Strategic Review and is actively considering additional contributions to make at the NATO Summit and the Pakistan Donor Conference in Tokyo. Although facing tight budgetary restrict [...] | 2009-04-03 16:46:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO IT AF PK EAID |
09ROME395 | ITALY DODGES FINANCIAL MELT DOWN, BUT GLOBAL [...] (C) Summary: Conservative, risk-averse practices and tight supervision allowed Italy's banking system to avoid the worst of the financial melt-down that hit the United States and other countries. But the worldwide recession sparked by this financial crisis is now beginning to hit Italy's e [...] | 2009-04-06 14:50:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD IT |
09ROME396 | ITALY CONDEMNS NORTH KOREAN MISSILE LAUNCH [...] (U) On Sunday April 5, the Italian MFA issued a statement condemning the North Korean Missile launch, calling it a violation of UNSCR 1718 and characterizing it as a threat to global nonproliferation efforts. The GOI, in its capacity as G8 President, calls on North Korea to cease all activitie [...] | 2009-04-06 15:27:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP KN IT |
09ROME4 | ITALY TO FOLLOW EU POSITION ON AID TO NICARAGUA [...] (C) Summary: Econoff and Poloff delivered ref A demarche on suspension of aid to Nicaragua. Italy will seek a common EU position in responding to the flawed 9 November elections. Italy will likely not suspend its sanitation project run through the Managua municipal government, but it will [...] | 2009-01-02 16:45:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PREL NU |
09ROME408 | ITALY COOPERATIVE ON JOINT APPROACH TO TUNIS SCHOOL [...] (C) The Italian MFA is eager to cooperate with us and others to obtain a favorable resolution to the American Cooperative School of Tunis (ACST) tax situation. MFA Counselor Lorenzo Morini from the Maghreb Office, stated he would discuss this issue with the Italian Ambassador in Tunisia, Amb [...] | 2009-04-09 08:34:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASCH ODIP PREL IT |
09ROME41 | ITALY CONVENES G8 MEMBERS ON GAZA AID, PLEDGES $1M [...] (C) Summary: On 9 January Italy convened a meeting of local G8 diplomatic representatives to discuss coordination of humanitarian aid to Gaza. Italy announced a pledge of approximately $1m in emergency aid and asked others for a summary of their recent humanitarian activities. This meeting [...] | 2009-01-14 16:05:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRS EAID EFIN PREC |
09ROME417 | ITALIAN FM'S TRIP TO LEBANON AND SYRIA [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Franco Frattini conducted a two-day visit to Lebanon and Syria, where he found both governments openly positive about the new U.S. administration's policies and suggested this emergence of optimism provides an opportunity to make progress on the Middle East Peac [...] | 2009-04-09 16:22:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL IT |
09ROME42 | ITALY: FRATTINI PLANS MID-EAST MISSION, GOI [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-14 18:28:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL EU IS EG SY IT |
09ROME423 | ITALY: BURMA POLICY REVIEW DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche April 8 to MFA Southeast Asia desk officer Fabio Schina, sharing the direction of the U.S. Burma policy review and the possibility of direct dialogue between the United States and Burmese authorities. Schina said Italy believed that maintaining open channe [...] | 2009-04-10 11:55:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD BM |
09ROME424 | ISAF: ITALY CONFIRMS STRASBOURG PLEDGE OF 524 [...] (C) Overview and Summary: Italian MFA Officials confirmed on April 10 Italy's NATO Summit offers of 524 new troops and trainers for Afghanistan. This number represents a last-minute ramp-up in the final days before the summit from Italy's planned contribution of 324 (Ref A),which was preview [...] | 2009-04-10 15:09:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO IT AF |
09ROME427 | U/S BURNS' PARTICIPATION IN G8 POLITICAL DIRECTORS [...] (U) This message has been cleared by Under Secretary Burns. 2. (SBU) Summary: Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Bill Burns participated in the second Political Directors meeting of the Italian G8 Presidency in Taormina, Sicily, April 6-7. The Political Directors discussed a [...] | 2009-04-14 16:42:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PREL PTER AF BM GG IR IT KN PK |
09ROME431 | DAS HENGEL DEMARCHES THE GOI AND ENI ON IRAN AND [...] (C) Summary: During separate April 3 meetings with the Italian MFA and Italian energy parastatal ENI, EEB/ESC DAS Hengel requested appropriate action be taken to halt new petrochemical deals with Iran (Ref A). ENI executives said Iran needs advanced oil recovery technology to become a net gas [...] | 2009-04-16 06:38:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ETTC IR IT |
09ROME434 | ITALY YES ON KOSOVO IMF AND WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-17 09:54:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL IT KV |
09ROME437 | NO MORE MR. NICE GUY (I): INEFFECTIVE ITALIAN [...] (SBU) Recent tragic reports of boatloads of African immigrants crossing from Libya to Lampedusa, a 12 square mile island off of the coast of Sicily, have transfixed local, regional and international audiences. The arrivals have accelerated a law and order approach to irregular immigration pr [...] | 2009-04-17 12:47:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF IT |
09ROME438 | NO MORE MR. NICE GUY (III): INEFFECTIVE ITALIAN [...] (SBU) This is the third in a series of three reporting cables on immigration in Italy. This first reporting cable described the current situation. The second reported on the government's reaction to the immigration challenge. This third cable examines the concerns raised by the government's [...] | 2009-04-17 13:34:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF IT |
09ROME439 | NO MORE MR. NICE GUY (II): INEFFECTIVE ITALIAN [...] (SBU) This is the second in a series of three reporting cables on immigration in Italy. This first reporting cable described the current situation. This second cable reports on the government's reaction to the immigration challenge. The third examines concerns about the limitations of the g [...] | 2009-04-17 13:34:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF IT |
09ROME472 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ITALY AWARE OF IRANIAN [...] (C) On 15 and 16 April Econoff delivered reftel demarche to the Ministry of International Trade and to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, respectively, concerning Iranian efforts to procure sensitive items for use in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) via an Italian intermediary. Econoff prese [...] | 2009-04-28 15:28:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA JA IR IT |
09ROME481 | LUKASHENA IN ROME, BERLUSCONI PROMISES VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenka visited Rome April 27 to meet with Pope Benedict XVI (reftel) and PM Berlusconi. The MFA claimed that Berlusconi had made the decision to break Lukashenka's isolation in the hopes of exploiting potential opportunities for a thaw in EU-Belarus [...] | 2009-04-29 15:13:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BO IT |
09ROME504 | ENI WANTS TO TALK TO USG ABOUT ITS PLANS TO SIGN [...] (C) Summary: Italian energy company ENI is seeking at least tacit USG approval for a memorandum of understanding that it wishes to sign with Iran. The MOU would be for a feasibility study to increase oil production from the Darquain field. ENI's CEO Paolo Scaroni will raise this issue with US [...] | 2009-05-05 15:19:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ETTC IR IT |
09ROME506 | MEGAPORTS IN ITALY: DETECTING NUCLEAR MATERIALS [...] (SBU) Summary: The DOE Megaports program seeks to protect the United States from attack by placing radiation detectors in container ports. Italy has long been on the Department of Energy's list of desired Megaports participants, but efforts to institute the program in Italy stalled several yea [...] | 2009-05-06 15:06:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | IT PGOV ETRD PBTS PTER PARM |
09ROME511 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ITALY APPROVES SOME EXPORTS TO [...] (SBU) On 15 and 16 April Econoff delivered reftel demarche concerning Iran export license applications by Worthington SRL and Emerson Process Management to Italian Ministry of International Trade and Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials. Econoff presented the demarche to Giovanni Ramella [...] | 2009-05-07 09:24:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL IR MNUC ETTC |
09ROME513 | BLUE LANTERN LICENSE 050079832: STELIT EMITTER [...] (SBU) Summary: On 28 April Econoffs performed a site visit of Stelit SRL, pursuant to license 050079832 for Emitter Memory Modules. Stelit appeared to be a bona fide Foreign Intermediate Consignee. Company management was familiar with restrictions on re-export of US defense items. End Sum [...] | 2009-05-07 09:50:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KOMC IT |
09ROME518 | IRANIAN-ORIGIN VEHICLES STILL IN ITALY, BUT MAY BE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-07 15:02:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC PARM IR IT |
09ROME521 | ISRAELI FM LIEBERMAN REWARDS ITALY'S FRIENDSHIP [...] (C) Summary. On a May 4-5 visit to Rome, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman met separately with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and Foreign Minister Franco Frattini, as well as Rome's mayor and the leadership of its tiny Jewish community. With Berlusconi and Frattini, Lieberman stre [...] | 2009-05-08 06:07:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL EU IS IT |
09ROME546 | BURMA: ITALY CONVOKES BURMESE CHARGE OVER [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-15 15:15:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL BM IT |
09ROME58 | (C) VATICAN LIKELY TO UP CRITICISM OVER ISRAELI [...] (C) The Vatican is likely to condemn the Israeli campaign in Gaza more forcefully if the civilian death toll continues to rise. The Holy See supports IsraelQs right to self-defense, but considers the Israeli military campaign deeply counterproductive in the long-term. The Vatican is equally co [...] | 2009-01-16 14:57:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KIRF IS JO VT |
09ROME592 | FM FRATTINI ABRUPTLY CANCELS TEHRAN VISIT [...] (C) Summary. FM Franco Frattini abruptly canceled his May 20-21 visit to Tehran when Iran insisted on a meeting with President Ahmadi-Nejad in Semnan, the location of the May 20 missile launch. Frattini had intended to meet with Iranian FM Manouchehr Mottaki to discuss Iranian participation [...] | 2009-05-21 16:19:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL IT IR |
09ROME595 | ITALY: RESPONSE FOR REVIEW OF SUSPENSION OF TITLE [...] (U) This message is post's response to reftel request for updated information necessary for the President's consideration of continued suspension of Title III of the LIBERTAD Act. 2. (C) There has been no significant change in Italian relations with Cuba over the past six months. There wer [...] | 2009-05-22 07:23:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU IT |
09ROME60 | ITALIANS HAVE NO SUBSTANTIVE COMMENT ON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-16 16:56:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PARM PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS IT |
09ROME623 | ITALY GIVES 760K EUROS FOR PAKISTANI IDPS; 40M [...] (C) Summary: In response to humanitarian needs created by recent hostilities in the Swat valley, Italy has pledged 400,000 Euros for emergency aid to be managed through the Pakistani Red Crescent, as well as another 360,000 Euro "in kind" donation of humanitarian supplies. Italy is also fi [...] | 2009-05-29 14:06:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN PHUM PREF PK IT |
09ROME638 | FRATTINI TELLS AG HOLDER ITALY FAVORS ACCEPTING [...] (C) Attorney General Eric Holder (AG) discussed resettlement of Guantanamo detainees with Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini in Rome May 29 on the margins of the G8 meeting of interior and justice ministers. Frattini said the GOI ""profoundly shares"" the President's views on Guantanamo [...] | 2009-06-04 09:59:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER IT |
09ROME652 | ITALY AGAIN SEEKS INFO ON TERRORISM LISTINGS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: Echoing the request made by the Italian delegation to USUN in New York May 5 (ref A),MFA terror finance officer Lorenzo Tomassoni on May 28 requested Embassy assistance in helping Italy fulfill its reporting obligat [...] | 2009-06-09 12:31:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID UNSC IT |
09ROME66 | ITALIAN SHIPPING COMPANY TO CUT TIES WITH IRAN [...] C) Summary: Italian MFA officials told Post that the Italian owners of the Irital shipping firm are seeking to divest from their Iranian partners due to concerns about the application of U.S. sanctions. End Summary. 2. (C) Italian MFA Deputy Director General for Economic and Financial Co [...] | 2009-01-20 16:14:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP ECON EFIN ETRD EWWT PARM PREL |
09ROME681 | G8 SHERPA MASSOLO ON PAKISTAN IDPS, FOOD SECURITY, [...] (C) Charge delivered reftel demarches to Italian MFA Secretary General (and G8 Sherpa) Giampiero Massolo on June 12. Ambassador Massolo said that Italy would do its best within the constraints of its limited development assistance budget to assist Pakistani IDPs and to respond to the U.S. a [...] | 2009-06-15 15:26:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SENV KGHG EAID PHUM EAGR PK IAEA |
09ROME686 | U/S BURNS' PARTICIPATION IN G8 POLITICAL DIRECTORS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-17 06:16:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC PTER AF IR IT KN PK YM |
09ROME687 | U/S BURNS' PARTICIPATION IN G8 POLITICAL DIRECTORS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-17 06:16:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC PTER AF BM GG IR IT KN |
09ROME719 | SCENESETTER FOR THE G8 FOREIGN MINISTERIAL IN [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: While the two G8 sessions are packed with regional and functional issues, this Foreign Ministerial has become almost a sideshow to what FM Frattini intends as the "jewel in the crown," the Afganistan-Pakistan Outreach that include neighbors and "influential others" in disc [...] | 2009-06-22 06:19:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IT |
09ROME728 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ITALY APPROVES SOME EXPORTS TO [...] (C) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to the Ministries of International Trade and Foreign Affairs concerning export license applications by Worthington SRL and Emerson Process Management to ship industrial items to Iran (reftel). Econoff presented the demarche to Giovanni Ramella Zampa, a [...] | 2009-06-23 13:32:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL IR MNUC ETTC IT |
09ROME752 | SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S MEETING WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-26 16:30:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IT |
09ROME753 | AFGHANISTAN: ITALY WILL PUSH FOR CREDIBLE ELECTIONS [...] (C) Charge delivered reftel demarche to Italian MFA Secretary General Giampiero Massolo on June 23 and Poloff delivered it to Italian MFA Afghan Unit Director Sergio Mercuri on June 22. Both Massolo and Mercuri said that Italy, in its role as G8 President and ISAF contributor, will continue [...] | 2009-06-26 16:31:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO IT AF |
09ROME754 | U/S BURNS' JUNE 25 MEETING WITH FM LAVROV: SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: In a June 25 meeting with U/S Burns, Russian FM Lavrov expressed confidence that key Moscow summit deliverables would be finalized. On a post-START framework agreement, Lavrov expressed concern that specifying a range of reductions would create an expectation that the lower ta [...] | 2009-06-26 16:37:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR KNNP AF RS IR |
09ROME755 | SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S PARTICIPATION IN [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: This G8 Summit in L'Aquila is the culmination of a busy year for the Italian G8 Presidency. Prime Minister Berlusconi is very pleased to host this event, to host you, and to demonstrate his role as elder statesman of the G8 ""club."" In Italy, all eyes will be on Berlusconi [...] | 2009-06-27 08:22:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IT |
09ROME77 | MLAT: UPDATE UPDATE ON ITALIAN RATIFICATION OF [...] (C) The Government of Italy (GOI) referred the US-EU Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance Agreements to the Parliament on December 12. Per reftel reguest, Poloff raised the ratification status with Member of Parliament Alessandro Ruben, who is close to President of the Chamber of Deputies G [...] | 2009-01-22 14:55:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM KTIA AA IT |
09ROME776 | TRIESTE G8 FOREIGN MINISTERIAL: FOCUS ON IRAN, [...] (C) Under Secretary Burns headed the U.S. delegation to the G8 Foreign Ministers meeting in Trieste June 25-27. The G8-only portion of the meetings focused on global and regional challenges but the forum grew on June 26th to include meetings between the G8 and Afghan and Pakistani foreign m [...] | 2009-07-06 05:58:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC PTER AF IR IT KN PK YM |
09ROME78 | ITALY CONFIRMS INTEREST IN GAZA ARMS INTERDICTION [...] (C) Summary: GOI Officials confirmed to Embassy Rome on January 22 Italy's interest in participating in a multilateral effort to interdict the flow of arms to Gaza, but voiced uncertainty about the legal basis for the various mechanisms being considered. PM Berlusconi, FM Frattini and MOD La [...] | 2009-01-22 17:04:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO KPAL IS IR EG IT |
09ROME782 | ITALIAN COMPANY INVOLVEMENT IN IRANIAN GAS [...] (C) Summary: On June 9, 2009, the Italian engineering company Maire Tecnimont announced that it intends to sign a 200 million Euro contract to help build a gas treatment plant in Tombak, Iran. This announcement comes in spite of an April 2009 U.S. demarche requesting the GOI discourage this d [...] | 2009-07-08 12:42:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ETTC IR IT PREL |
09ROME786 | ITALY AGREES TO CONSIDER THREE DETAINEES FOR [...] (C) Summary. Special Envoy Fried met separately with Foreign Minister Frattini and Minister of Justice Alfano in Rome on July 1 to share information on three Guantanamo detainees for the Italians to consider for possible resettlement in Italy. Italian officials are contemporaneously working wi [...] | 2009-07-08 16:01:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IT |
09ROME83 | ITALY SEEKS USG INFO BEFORE APPROVING EXPORT TO [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. Summary: GOI interlocutors are seeking any derogatory information that the USG possesses concerning the export of specific pressure regulating valves to Pars Oil and Gas, an Iranian company. If Italy does not receive information by 6 [...] | 2009-01-23 09:24:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP ENRG ETTC MNUC PARM |
09ROME851 | AFGHANISTAN: ITALY TO KEEP ELECTION SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: The GOI is looking at ways to enhance its support for Afghanistan after the August 20 presidential elections. It has a bill before Parliament authorizing Euro 509 million for Italian overseas security and peacekeeping missions through October 2009. The bill, which passed the lo [...] | 2009-07-24 10:59:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO IT AF |
09ROME867 | ITALY BLOCKS SALE OF YACHTS TO N. KOREA, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-29 08:15:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PARM PREL KNNP |
09ROME877 | ITALY: MAKING POLITICAL HAY ABOUT ISAF MISSION [...] C)Summary: Lega Nord Leader Bossi grabbed an opportunity afforded by what was supposed to be a routine vote to call for a political level discussion on the ISAF mission in Afghanistan and Italy's continued involvement. Citing the high cost of the mission and increasing NATO casualties, Bossi [...] | 2009-07-30 15:24:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO IT AF |
09ROME889 | DAS SPIRNAK'S MEETING WITH ITALIAN VICE DIRECTOR [...] (U) On the margins of a July 24 discussion on the Broader Middle East Initiative, NEA Acting DAS Madelyn Spirnak spoke with Italian MFA Vice Director General Luigi Marras about the situation in Iran, Lebanon and Syria. ---- Iran ---- 2. (C) Spirnak complimented Marras for Italy's hand [...] | 2009-07-31 16:50:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS IT IR |
09ROME89 | ITALIAN PRIVACY AUTHORITY PROHIBITS IPR HOLDERS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-23 15:17:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD IT KIPR PGOV |
09ROME916 | THE MEK'S MARYAM RAJAVI IN ROME [...] (C) Summary: In a visit that coincided with violent confrontations at Camp Ashraf, Maryam Rajavi, leader of the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK) and of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI),made a two-day visit to Rome at the invitation of the Italian Chamber of Deputies [...] | 2009-08-07 13:35:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR PTER |
09ROME940 | ITALY'S VIEWS ON UPCOMING UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-17 09:39:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNESCO IT |
09ROME944 | ITALY: PIRATES RELEASE BUCCANEER CREW WITHOUT [...] (C) Summary: On August 11, Poloff met with Massimiliano D'Antuono, Deputy Head of the MFA Crisis Unit, to discuss the details of the release of the MV Buccaneer crew which was taken hostage by pirates off the coast of Somalia. A Somali pirate is quoted in the press as saying that a four million [...] | 2009-08-17 14:29:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHSA SO IT |
09ROME967 | BERLUSCONI TO VISIT LIBYA FOR "FRIENDSHIP DAY" [...] (C) Prime Minister Berlusconi is scheduled to visit Libya to celebrate the first anniversary of the signing of the Italy-Libya Friendship Treaty. The treaty established August 30th as Libya-Italy "Friendship Day" and Berlusconi will participate in several events marking the day. According to [...] | 2009-08-21 14:13:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM LY IT |
09ROME969 | ITALIAN REACTION TO EXPANDED CGPCS PARTICIPATION [...] (C) On August 19, Acting Political Minister Counselor and Poloffs informed Italian MFA Director for Political-Military Affairs Massimo Marotti of the U.S. interest in expanding participation in Contact Group for Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) fora chaired by the U.S.(Ref A). Marotti [...] | 2009-08-21 15:35:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS EWWT KCRM NATO PBTS PGOV PHSA PREL |
09ROME970 | REACHING CONSENSUS ON ME ISSUES FOR IAEA GC; NPT [...] (C) On August 19, Post delivered reftel points Counselor Giovanni Pugliese, MFA Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Director and Counselor Daniele Bosio of the MFA Middle East Office. 2. (C) Pugliese noted that the EU was still in the proces of developing a common reply to the Arab Leagu [...] | 2009-08-21 15:37:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC EG IAEA IS KNNP PARM PREL |
09ROME997 | AFGHANISTAN: ITALY SEEKS TO HEAL EGF RIFT WITH [...] (C) Summary: Italian officials are optimistic that they can come to an amicable agreement with France over the proposed deployment of a European Gendarmerie Force mission to Afghanistan. At the next meeting of the EGF governing committee in Paris, September 2-4, Italy will present ideas for E [...] | 2009-08-28 13:01:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO PINS AF IT FR |
09RPODUBAI169 | DRUG USE IN IRAN DECLINING, U.S. MODEL CREDITED [...] (C) Summary: A medical professor who consults for the IRIG on drug treatment and prevention programs said that demand reduction programs are showing results in reducing drug use in Iran. He said that Iran now models many of its demand reduction and addiction treatment efforts on programs deve [...] | 2009-04-14 10:55:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PGOV SOCI IR |
09RPODUBAI235 | IRAN’S FIRST FAN: DISSATISFACTION WITH AHMADINEJAD MAY [...] (C) Summary: As emotions run high following a week of adversarial debates between Iran's four presidential candidates, the outcome of the national soccer team's World Cup qualifying match against the UAE could add to voters' dissatisfaction with Ahmadinejad just 36 hours before they head to the pol [...] | 2009-06-09 14:24:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IR |
09RPODUBAI244 | FACTORING THE ECONOMY INTO IRAN'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Conversations with Iranian businessmen and financial consultants held in the past week reveal an overwhelming preference among our contacts for Mohsen Rezai's economic proposals, but most intend to vote for Mir Hossein Mousavi for political and social reasons. Our contacts admit t [...] | 2009-06-11 12:19:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD IR |
09RPODUBAI281 | IRAN: RURAL INDUSTRIALIST PESSIMISTIC ON AGRICULTURE, [...] (C) Summary: A fertilizer factory owner who was applying for a visa in Dubai recently spoke with IRPO regarding Iran's agriculture sector, the role of economics in the presidential election, and subsidy reform. He considered Iran's water shortage and limited access to capital for fixed investme [...] | 2009-07-09 12:21:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAGR ECON ETRD IR |
09RPODUBAI301 | IRAN: SUPREME LEADER-AHMADINEJAD TUSSLE OVER NOMINEE BRINGS [...] (C) Summary: Supreme Leader Khamenei's intervention in a dispute among conservatives over President Ahmadinejad's pick for first vice president has further strained his status as the unchallenged arbiter of Iranian politics. Though Ahmadinejad did ultimately bow to the Supreme Leader's directi [...] | 2009-07-27 14:07:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM IR |
09RPODUBAI305 | IRAN: WELCOMING AMERICANS EVEN AS POST-ELECTION CRISIS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-29 09:24:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CASC IR |
09RPODUBAI329 | RESEARCHER DESCRIBES HIV/AIDS SITUATION IN IRAN [...] (C) Summary: An Iranian HIV/AIDS researcher in Dubai applying for a visa sat down with IRPO to discuss the HIV/AIDS situation in Iran. Less than 1 percent of the Iranian population is infected, though developing accurate statistics is difficult because the leading causes of HIV/AIDS in Iran, in [...] | 2009-08-12 10:52:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI ECON KHIV IR |
09RPODUBAI334 | IRAN: ANONYMOUS CLERICS CALL FOR SUPREME LEADER'S DISMISSAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. On August 15 an anonymous open letter to the Assembly of Experts from "a group of seminary students in Qom, Mashhad and Esfahan," called for the removal of Supreme Leader Khamenei, claiming that he no longer met the qualifications for the position as stipulated by the Iranian Cons [...] | 2009-08-17 13:08:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR |
09RPODUBAI340 | IRAN: REGIME STALWARTS TURNS OUT IN FORCE AT JUDICIARY HAIL [...] (C) SUMMARY. IRIG regime stalwarts showed up in force at an August 17 ceremony to greet the new head of the Judiciary Hojjatoleslam Sadegh Larijani (brother of Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani) and to bid farewell to the previous Judiciary head Ayatollah Seyyed Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi. This was [...] | 2009-08-19 11:47:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR |
09RPODUBAI347 | IRAN: RAFSANJANI'S COMMENTS RE: KHAMENEI: RECAPITULATION NOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The August 23 comments by Expediency Council President Ayatollah Rafsanjani in which he urged fealty to Supreme Leader Khamenei, was not so much a capitulation to the Supreme Leader as it was a rhetorical dressing of his more substantive comments, in which he continued to call for [...] | 2009-08-24 14:43:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR |
09RPODUBAI362 | IRAN'S JUDICIARY CHANGES - LESS THAN MEETS THE EYE [...] (C) Summary: Since taking over the Judiciary in mid-July, Hojjatoleslam Sadeq Larijani has taken steps seemingly designed to assuage ongoing public anger over the government's brutal treatment of detainees and opportunistic persecution of the hardliners' political foes. Foremost among these st [...] | 2009-08-31 14:11:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL IR |
09RPODUBAI363 | KHAMENEI'S AND AHMADINEJAD'S TALKING POINTS ON POST-ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In recent public speeches both Supreme Leader Khamenei and President Ahmadinejad have each repeated key talking points about the post-election unrest. Both have emphasized that this unrest is the result of a vast long-planned conspiracy by Iran's foreign enemies to besmirch the [...] | 2009-09-02 06:28:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR |
09RPODUBAI375 | IRAN TURNS THE SCREW TIGHTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: With a series of raids and arrests on September 7 and 8, the government moved aggressively to stop efforts by the Iran 'Green Path' opposition and human rights advocates to document and publicize allegations of detainee abuse and extrajudicial killings by the security forces in th [...] | 2009-09-09 13:41:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL IR |
09RPODUBAI379 | IRAN: KHAMENEI SAYS SYSTEM WILL "ACT DECISIVELY" AGAINST [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 11 Supreme Leader Khamenei gave the main Tehran Friday Prayer sermon. In his comments Khamenei sought to characterize his treatment of opposition in line with the practices of both the first Shia Imam Ali and also with that of his predecessor Ayatollah Khomeini. He [...] | 2009-09-14 13:44:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR |
09RPODUBAI382 | IRAN: AHMADINEJAD TAKES ANOTHER RUN AT GASOLINE SUBSIDY [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Ahmadinejad has opened his second term intending to pursue gasoline subsidy reform. Although the Majlis refused to endorse the proposed reforms at the end of his first term, this time Ahmadinejad seems to have the support of Supreme Leader Khamenei, and the government i [...] | 2009-09-16 11:10:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL IR |
09RPODUBAI384 | IRAN: QODS DAY BECOMES DOMESTIC BATTLEFRONT [...] (C) SUMMARY: This year's Qods Day - traditionally a government-orchestrated display of solidarity with Palestinians - has morphed into a domestic political contest in the wake of the disputed presidential election as oppositionists attempt to co-opt the sanctioned rallies by mobilizing their s [...] | 2009-09-17 14:30:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR |
09RPODUBAI385 | IRAN: IRIG SEES ROOT CAUSES OF OPPOSITION IN THE CLASSROOM [...] (C) Summary: Supreme Leader Khamenei and the IRIG have signaled their intention to move beyond the arrests of opposition figures and attack the perceived intellectual basis of the opposition. This initiative seems to be at least a two-pronged approach -- limiting the ability of universities to [...] | 2009-09-17 15:02:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI IR |
09RPODUBAI386 | IRAN'S QODS DAY ENDS IN A DRAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tens of thousands of opposition supporters marched in Iran's Qods Day celebrations on September 18, defying government threats that anti-government protesters would be dealt with severely. Despite the warnings and significant efforts by the state to prevent large-scale anti-governm [...] | 2009-09-20 08:27:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM IR |
09RPODUBAI389 | IRAN: CLERICAL CONFAB STIFFS RAFSANJANI FOR SUPREME LEADER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Oppositionist hopes that Iran's clerical class would mobilize to oppose Supreme Leader Khamenei's post-election policies appear sharply diminished in the wake of the first Assembly of Experts meeting since the June 12 Presidential election. Not only did the Assembly, which has the [...] | 2009-09-24 14:20:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR |
09RPODUBAI393 | IRAN WANTS CONGRATULATIONS, NOT CONDEMNATION OVER SECOND [...] (C) Summary: Iranian media and public statements by officials have maintained the IRIG's official line that the IRIG has not only not violated the NPT, but has gone beyond its IAEA obligations in its early disclosure of the second uranium enrichment facility near Qom. President Ahmadinejad, a [...] | 2009-09-28 13:40:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PROP PARM IR |
09RPODUBAI394 | IRAN REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS BUY MAJOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 27 the Iran Revolutionary Guards Corp (IRGC)-affiliated 'Etemaad-e Mobin Consortium' (EMC) bought a 50 percent plus one share stake in the Telecommunications Company of Iran (TCI) for an amount equivalent to USD 7.8 billion. The sale, the largest in the Tehran Stock E [...] | 2009-09-28 14:31:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PGOV PREL |
09RPODUBAI395 | IRAN: UNIVERSITY PROTESTERS HECKLE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 28 an estimated two thousand students dressed in green marched through the University of Tehran chanting "death to the dictator" as senior IRIG officials, including the controversial Higher Education Minister, were heckled while entering a (closed to students) ceremon [...] | 2009-09-29 13:59:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR PHUM |
09RPODUBAI398 | IRAN: NO HINT OF COMPROMISE ON THE EVE OF NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary: On the eve of negotiations with the US and other P5+1 members, Iranian officials insisted that they will neither surrender the country's nuclear rights nor bow to threats of further sanctions. Iranian officials balanced these uncompromising statements with expressions of Iran's go [...] | 2009-09-30 13:17:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PROP IR |
09RPODUBAI409 | IRAN: IRGC ACQUIRES BANK LICENSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) recently approved bank licenses (one preliminarily) for two financial institutions affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Cors (IRGC),Ansar Finance and Credit Institute (AFCI) and Mehr Finance and Credit Institute (MFCI). The licenses allow [...] | 2009-10-05 12:56:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON IR PGOV PREL |
09RPODUBAI411 | IRAN: NEW MILITARY APPOINTMENTS INDICATE ONGOING IRGC [...] (C) Summary: According to Iranian press the IRIG is set to merge the Basij Resistance Force into the IRGC Ground Forces. In a move assumed by Iranian press to be related, on October 4 Supreme Leader Khamenei announced four high-level personnel changes within the IRGC, including appointing Brig [...] | 2009-10-05 15:01:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR |
09RPODUBAI424 | IRAN: P5+1 TALKS A NATIONAL SUCCESS [...] (C) Summary: Iranian officials continue to give positive assessments of the outcome of the October 1 Geneva P5+1 meeting. Statements by Iranian officials, as well as editorial commentary by state and semi-official media, have focused on these themes: The negotiations were conducted under Iran' [...] | 2009-10-08 12:52:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PROP PARM PGOV IR |
09RPODUBAI435 | IRAN: AHMADINEJAD'S MAJLIS SUPPORT LIMITED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two early October incidents illustrate both the continuing gulf between the Majlis and President Ahmadinejad and Ahmadinejad's failure to garner support among the Majlis' Principlist faction, the conservatives who dominate the legislature. On October 6 an Ahmadinejad ally failed [...] | 2009-10-13 14:12:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IR |
09RPODUBAI439 | IRAN: OBSCURE ROYALIST GROUP DRAWS REGIME DEATH SENTENCES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reports from Iran indicate that as many as five people listed in the indictments issued in the wake of post-election unrest have been sentenced to death by Tehran revolutionary courts. Though details surrounding the individual cases are murky the convictions do not in fact appear [...] | 2009-10-14 14:20:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM IR |
09RPODUBAI459 | TEHRAN NUCLEAR FUEL DEAL DRAWING DOMESTIC POLITICAL FIRE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 26 press conference Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki said Iran would "soon" be announcing its decision on the IAEA proposal to exchange stockpiles of its own enriched uranium in exchange for smaller amounts of more highly enriched uranium to be used by the Tehran Rese [...] | 2009-10-26 12:55:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR PARM |
09RPODUBAI462 | IRAN TO ANSWER IAEA PROPOSAL OCTOBER 29, WANTS "IMPORTANT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iran press reports that Iran's Supreme National Security Council is meeting October 28 to decide Iran's position on the draft IAEA fuel proposal, with the decision to be announced October 29. Iranian Majlis deputies and press continue to speak out against the IAEA draft proposal [...] | 2009-10-28 12:57:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PGOV PREL PARM |
09RPODUBAI467 | IRAN'S WOMEN'S MOVEMENT FACES EASIER, HARDER TIME AFTER JUNE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two active members of Iran's leading women's rights organization told IRPO the disputed presidential election has both dramatically increased public receptivity to the One Million Signature Campaign's calls for gender equality, and simultaneously constrained its ability to train a [...] | 2009-10-29 13:21:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM IR |
09RPODUBAI468 | IRAN: AHMADINEJAD GETS HALF OF WHAT HE WANTS ON SUBSIDY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iran's Majlis has vigorously debated and ultimately approved the first part of President's Ahmadinejad's proposed subsidy reform bill. The bill is a two-part program intended to end state subsidies on energy, utilities and basic food items and channel the savings as cash payment [...] | 2009-10-29 13:38:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON IR PGOV PHUM PREL |
09RPODUBAI469 | IRAN: OPPOSITION LEADERS CALL SUPPORTERS OUT FOR ANNIVERSARY [...] (C)SUMMARY: Iran's opposition is poised to again co-opt one of the Islamic Republic's cherished rituals - the annual commemoration of the 1979 student takeover of the U.S. Embassy - to publicly protest the disputed presidential election and to undermine Ahmadinejad's 'coup' government. The Nov [...] | 2009-11-02 13:39:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR |
09RPODUBAI472 | IRAN'S DOMESTIC POLITICS PREVENTING IAEA ACCORD [...] (C) SUMMARY. After initial vague expressions of Iranian support for the outcome of the October 19-21 Vienna nuclear fuel negotiations, a rising tide of domestic opposition to the IAEA deal from across the Iranian political spectrum has led official Iran to distance itself from the draft agreem [...] | 2009-11-03 12:42:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PGOV PREL PARM |
09RPODUBAI474 | IRAN: GOVERNMENT CLASHES WITH PROTESTORS ON 30TH ANNIVERSARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: First reports from Iran indicate that security forces moved aggressively against 'Green Path' opposition supporters who took to the streets in a bid to co-opt the government-sanctioned commemoration of the 1979 seizure of the American Embassy in Tehran on November 4, with anecdota [...] | 2009-11-04 13:00:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR PHUM |
09RPODUBAI475 | IRAN: KHAMENEI TROTS OUT THREADBARE REVOLUTIONARY RHETORIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Supreme Leader Khamenei's November 3 anti-US comments in a speech commemorating the 'National Struggle Against Global Arrogance Day' were similar in tone and content to his remarks from previous years' speeches on this occasion. Shorn of the rhetorical frills, Khamenei said that e [...] | 2009-11-04 13:32:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PGOV PREL PARM |
09RPODUBAI479 | IRAN: OPPOSITION DEFIES THREATS, DEMONSTRATES RESILIENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: One day after the November 4 official ceremony and 'Green Path' protests, Tehran and other Iranian cities where protests occurred were quiet. Based on reporting from several sources on the November 4 protests, it appears that protests were smaller in Tehran than on Qods Day, but [...] | 2009-11-05 14:17:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PGOV PHUM PREL |
09RPODUBAI485 | IRAN: MAGAZINE PUBLISHER DISCUSSES BUSINESS, SANCTIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The publisher of a monthly computer magazine in Iran discounted the effects of U.S. sanctions on the availability of U.S.-origin computers and products in Iran. She explained that such computers are easily available and relatively inexpensive because the included software is large [...] | 2009-11-10 11:07:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM IR |
09RPODUBAI492 | IRAN: AHMADINEJAD'S COMPLETED CABINET AGAIN INCLUDES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Majlis on November 15 confirmed the final three nominees for President Ahmadinejad's cabinet. After his initial three selections were rejected in September, on November 8 Ahmadinejad nominated Sadeq Mahsuli as Welfare and Social Security Minister, Majid Namju as Energy Minist [...] | 2009-11-16 13:21:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IR |
09RPODUBAI497 | IRAN: VISA APPLICANTS IN DUBAI COMMENT ON THEIR ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranian visa applicants in Dubai are generally from higher socioeconomic levels than average Iranians. Still, their economic situations vary significantly. Income, at the low end of the range, is roughly several hundred dollars/month for teachers, young employees, and retirees li [...] | 2009-11-18 12:38:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON IR |
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