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06KUALALUMPUR930	THE BUMIPUTERA POLICY: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE FTA [...] (C) Summary: Malaysia's bumiputera policy provides socioeconomic support for ethnic Malays and other indigenous groups with the goal of raising the "bumi" share of national equity ownership to 30% from the current official figure of around 19%. Over the 35 years of its existence, the policy has evo [...]	2006-05-22 09:47:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON EINV EFIN MY

06KUWAIT1002	ENERGY MINISTER AND COUNSELOR ZELIKOW DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: In a March 19 meeting with DoS Counselor Zelikow, Kuwaiti Energy Minister Shaykh Ahmed Al-Fahd Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah said that Iran's strategies may have changed over the years but that the underlying agenda remain the same, to exert its influence throughout the region. He alleged [...]	2006-03-22 04:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL IR KU IZ KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT1010	ON IRAQ AND IRAN, KUWAITI MINISTERS TELL ZELIKOW [...] (S) Summary: Counselor Philip Zelikow met separately March 19 with Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Salem Al-Sabah and Minister of Interior and Defense Shaykh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah to advance a strategic dialogue with Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries begun by Se [...]	2006-03-22 07:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PARM PTER EFIN IR IZ KU
06KUWAIT1011	ON IRAQ AND IRAN, KUWAITI MINISTERS TELL ZELIKOW [...] (S) Summary: Counselor Philip Zelikow met separately March 19 with Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Salem Al-Sabah and Minister of Interior and Defense Shaykh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah to advance a strategic dialogue with Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries begun by Se [...]	2006-03-22 07:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PARM PTER EFIN IR IZ KU
06KUWAIT1055	CODEL MCCAIN THANKS GOK FOR IRAQ SUPPORT; PM TELLS [...] (C) Summary: Senator McCain and a delegation of Senators, Congressmen, and Governors met March 24 with Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser Mohammed, Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed, and other senior Kuwaiti officials to express U.S. gratitude for Kuwait's generous assistance to Operation Iraqi F [...]	2006-03-27 06:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IR KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
06KUWAIT109	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) HOST COUNTRY [...] Summary: (C-Rel Kuwait) On December 17, an interagency team led by OSD Director for Nonproliferation Policy, Dr. David Cooper, met with Kuwaiti officials to work towards conclusion of the HCA. a. Kuwait had several minor text revision proposals, all of which the U.S. delegation accept [...]	2006-01-16 14:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PGOV KU
06KUWAIT1135	FREEDOM AGENDA: MUNICIPAL COUNCIL DECISION SPARKS [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: The Kuwait Municipal Council denied on March 20 a Catholic group's request for land to build a new church. The denial caused a vigorous public debate over the limits of religious freedom for non-Muslims in Kuwait. All agreed on freedom of conscience, but some argu [...]	2006-04-02 12:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT1145	GOK PROPOSES LATE AUGUST-EARLY SEPTEMBER DATES FOR [...] (C) Mohammed Abul Hassan, Political Advisor to Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, informed the Charge April 3 that the Amir appreciated the President's invitation to visit the White House and hoped a two-day visit could be scheduled between August 25 and September 16, 2006. [...]	2006-04-03 13:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV KU
06KUWAIT1318	MEDIA REACTION: MUBARAK'S STATEMENTS ON SHIITES [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-17 13:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT1396	MEDIA REACTION: Iran [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-24 13:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT1513	EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF TOP DAILY ATTACKED FOR PROVOCATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary and recommendation: Jassem Boodai, the Editor-In-Chief of KuwaitQs leading Arabic daily, Al-Rai Al-Aam, is being attacked by Kuwaiti bloggers and at least one newspaper for remarks he made to a visiting Codel on January 20. Boodai himself is not facing charges. He may be called [...]	2006-05-02 12:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KU
06KUWAIT1568	GCC ADVISOR: IRAN TOP ISSUE ON AGENDA OF THE MAY 6 [...] (C) Dr. Yacoub Al-Hayati, one of Kuwait's five members on the Gulf Cooperation Council's (GCC) 30-member Advisory Committee, told Poloff May 2 that Iran's nuclear program would dominate the agenda of the "six-hour" GCC Consultative Summit scheduled to be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on May 6. [...]	2006-05-03 14:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT1637	UNDERSTANDING THE KUWAITI MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD'S [...] (C) Introduction and Summary: The Islamic Constitutional Movement (Al-Haraka Al-Dusturi Al-Islamiyya),the political arm of the Kuwaiti Muslim Brotherhood, is one of, if not the, largest and most influential political associations in Kuwait. (Note: The Government does not officially recognize [...]	2006-05-09 10:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR KDEM KISL KU ISLAMISTS
06KUWAIT1638	UNDERSTANDING THE KUWAITI MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD'S [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-09 10:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR KDEM KISL KU ISLAMISTS
06KUWAIT167	STRATEGIC INVESTMENT INITIATIVE: THE CURRENT [...] (C) The GOK's initial reaction to the Strategic Investment Initiative (SII) proposal has been positive but guarded. SII was introduced by Secretary Rice at the recent Forum for the Future conference in Bahrain; A/S Wayne and Treasury DAS Ahmed Saeed briefed GOK and Kuwaiti aid officials duri [...]	2006-01-18 13:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL KU
06KUWAIT1675	REGIONAL CT STRATEGY FOR IRAQ AND ITS NEIGHBORS: [...] (S REL AUS UK) Summary: Chiefs of Mission from Kuwait, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Syria conferred via video conference on April 26 to follow up on Regional Strategy Initiative (RSI) proposals first formulated at a March 7-8 counterterrorism (CT) strategy session in Kuwait (Ref A) to counter foreign [...]	2006-05-11 03:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV IZ KU SY JO TU SA
06KUWAIT1745	HIGH-LEVEL VISITS FROM SYRIA, IRAQ, AND LEBANON TO [...] (C) Summary: During a May 15 meeting, MFA U/S Al-Jarallah said that leaders from Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq who all visited Kuwait in the past two weeks came in search of investment and development funds. All pressed for government and private investment, and Kuwait believes there are invest [...]	2006-05-15 14:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV KU
06KUWAIT1790	KUWAIT TELLS DOD-STATE-NSC TEAM GCC CONSENSUS [...] (C) Summary: In May 14 meetings with National Security Bureau President Shaykh Sabah Al-Khaled and MFA U/S Al-Jarallah, a senior State-Defense-NSC team (DOD PDUSD Henry, State PM A/S Hillen, and NSC Senior Director Doran) reiterated the U.S. commitment to Gulf security, outlined the U.S. Gu [...]	2006-05-19 17:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT1832	COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER EXPELLED FROM ISLAMIST [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-21 18:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT1844	FREEDOM AGENDA: PARLIAMENT DISSOLUTION PRESENTS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Elections for a new National Assembly will take place on June 29, almost certainly on the basis of the status quo 25 constituencies. Reformers who rejected a compromise offer of 10 constituencies in order to hold out for their proposed 5 constituency model, will now [...]	2006-05-22 14:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT1921	PARADE OF FOREIGN MINISTERS TALK IRAN IN KUWAIT: [...] (C) Summary: MFA Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah briefed the Ambassador on the flurry of Foreign Minister visits -- Russia, China, Iran, and Germany -- who visited Kuwait May 20 - 22. All were in the region to discuss bilateral issues or to attend the Asian Cooperative Dialogue meeting i [...]	2006-05-24 17:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PARM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT1980	SCENESETTER FOR JUNE 2-3 VISIT TO KUWAIT OF NEA [...] (SBU) Welcome to Kuwait. Your June 2-3 visit follows the recent productive visits of other Department principals -- Under Secretary Joseph, Assistant Secretary Hillen, Counselor Zelikow, and Assistant Secretary Wayne. You will meet with Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and Post [...]	2006-05-30 11:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KU
06KUWAIT2066	NEA A/S WELCH'S JUNE 3 MEETINGS WITH KUWAITI [...] (S/NF) Summary: In June 3 meetings with NEA A/S Welch, the Kuwaiti leadership affirmed support for the U.S. position on talks with the Iranian government and offered advice that the USG keep its public statements low-key, exercise maximum patience in sticking with talks, and continue to exer [...]	2006-06-03 20:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL IR IZ KPAL KU
06KUWAIT208	PROPOSED JANUARY 24 VOTE ON AMIR-DESIGNATE'S [...] (C) Summary: The leadership situation in Kuwait is in continual flux with one National Assembly session scheduled for January 24 at 10am to vote on declaring Amir-designate Shaykh Saad Al-Salem medically unfit for office, and another session scheduled for 6:30pm the same day to allow Shaykh S [...]	2006-01-23 14:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KU SUCCESSION
06KUWAIT2148	FREEDOM AGENDA AND JUNE 29 ELECTIONS: PROGRESS ON [...] (S/NF) Summary and comment: The June 29 Kuwaiti parliamentary election campaign has commenced. Some observers will be tempted to use votes for women and reform candidates as a litmus test for the pace and success of political reform in the Gulf region. A more nuanced view is required. The [...]	2006-06-07 17:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT216	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: MOURNING THE AMIR SHIFTS TO THE [...] Sunday, January 22, 2006 -- Al-Qabas front page "Two parallel lines: Activating article 3 and opening door for settlement"; "Council of Ministers keeps its sessions open"; "Speaker Al-Khrafi: Matters are in wise hands"; "Royal family meeting Al-Shaab Palace cancelled"; "Informed Sources: Med [...]	2006-01-24 07:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO PREL KDEM IZ KMDR KU
06KUWAIT224	UP CLOSE WITH MUQTADA AL-SADR ON THE KUWAITI [...] (C) On January 21, PolOffs attended the diwaniya of a liberal Shia professor who is a close Embassy contact. The professor recounted an interchange he had with radical Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr at the diwaniya of a prominent Kuwaiti Shia real estate and hotel magnate. Al-Sadr had been [...]	2006-01-24 08:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
06KUWAIT226	KUWAIT STOCK EXCHANGE BOUNCES BACK ON SUCCESSION [...] (SBU) Reacting to the resolution of the succession issue in favor of Prime Minister and next Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah, traders on the morning of January 24 pushed the Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) back up to 11,782 by the closing bell at 12:30, making up for all of the losses of the p [...]	2006-01-24 09:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV KU
06KUWAIT2271	THE ENEMY OF MY ENEMY IS MY FRIEND: SUPPORT FOR [...] (C/NF) Summary: An emerging consensus between ideologically opposite political blocs on the need for political reform in Kuwait has led to the formation of a number of unprecedented alliances in advance of the June 29 parliamentary elections. Some Islamist groups, like the Islamic Constituti [...]	2006-06-13 15:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2299	KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON BUILDING SUPPORT FOR [...] (C/NF) PolChief delivered June 13 ref A demarche seeking support for Guatemala over Venezuela for a 2006 seat on the UN Security Council to Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Department Director Ambassador Abdullah Al-Murad. Noting that NEA A/S Welch had recently raised [...]	2006-06-14 18:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV UNSC KU
06KUWAIT2333	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ELECTIONS: GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE, FREEDOM, REFORM, AND FIGHTING CORRUPTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-17 15:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT2420	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ELECTIONS: CORRUPTION, U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-20 14:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2445	FREEDOM AGENDA: MEPI -- MAKING A REAL DIFFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: More than half of the Kuwaiti women currently running for office, while different in their social, economic, and educational backgrounds, have in common their participation in a range of MEPI programs designed to strengthen the role played by women. The women campaigning on [...]	2006-06-21 14:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM KDEM KMPI KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT251	MEETING WITH RIHS CHAIRMAN: DEFENSIVE IN FACE OF [...] (C) Summary: On January 24, Emboffs (Poloff, Econoff, PolMiloff) conducted a meeting with Tareq Al-Essa, chairman of the influential Kuwaiti-based Islamic charity, Revival of the Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS)--"Jamiat Ahiya Al-Turath Al-Islami." During the meeting, Al-Essa was charming but [...]	2006-01-25 12:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV KTFN KU
06KUWAIT255	CODEL ROS-LEHTINEN ENGAGES KUWAITIS ON IRAQ, IRAN, [...] (SBU) Summary: During a January 20-21 visit to Kuwait, CODEL Ros-Lehtinen met with Kuwaiti officials to offer condolences on the death of Amir Shaykh Jaber Al-Sabah, and to express USG appreciation for Kuwaiti support for Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and for Kuwait's $500 million pledge to h [...]	2006-01-25 13:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PGOV KWMN IZ IR KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
06KUWAIT2590	ELECTION COUNTDOWN: KUWAIT MEDIA ELECTION COVERAGE JUNE [...] (SBU) Summary: Some 100 foreign media, mostly from the Middle East and the Gulf Region, will be in Kuwait to cover the June 29 elections. Few U.S. or major international media outlets are present; however a CNN reporter is planning to arrive June 28. The Ministry of Information opened a forei [...]	2006-06-28 13:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2593	ELECTION COUNTDOWN: KUWAITI CANDIDATES REPRESENT [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Two hundred and fifty-two candidates will compete in Kuwait's National Assembly elections on June 29. Over 340,000 voters will go to 91 polling stations between 8:00 am and 8:00 pm to elect two representatives from each of 25 electoral districts. Fifty-seven percen [...]	2006-06-28 14:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2600	FREEDOM AGENDA: KUWAITI WOMEN NOT REPRESENTED IN [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Kuwaiti women voted and ran for office for the first time on June 29. While initial reports indicate only 35% of registered women voted, EmbOffs who visited polling stations saw crowds of women taking part in the electoral process in both urban and tribal areas. [...]	2006-06-30 12:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM KWMN KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2601	KUWAIT MEDIA ELECTION DAY COVERAGE - JUNE 30 [...] (U) Summary and comment: International broadcast coverage of the June 29 Kuwait National Assembly elections ran the gamut from near full-time coverage on Al-Arabiya to a brief mention late in the evening on BBC World. CNN, France 2, the New York Times and the Washington Post were among the m [...]	2006-06-30 12:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2602	FREEDOM AGENDA: PRO-REFORM CANDIDATES WIN [...] (S/NF) Summary and comment: Pro-reform candidates won a resounding victory in the June 29 parliamentary elections as voters sent a clear message to the Government on the need for political reform to combat corruption. Pro-reform MPs now have a clear majority (34) in the 65-member Parliament. [...]	2006-06-30 13:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM KWMN PINR KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2671	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ELECTION RESULTS AND FORMATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-03 15:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2729	SCENESETTER FOR COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ'S [...] (U) See action request in paragraph 20. 2. (C/NF) Welcome to Kuwait, Secretary Gutierrez. Your visit comes after historic parliamentary elections in which women voted for the first time and pro-reform candidates won a clear majority. As required by law, the cabinet resigned following th [...]	2006-07-08 11:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	BEXP EINV KIPR OVIP PREL KU
06KUWAIT2813	SCENESETTER FOR JULY 21-22 VISIT TO KUWAIT OF [...] (C) Welcome to Kuwait, Deputy Secretary Kimmitt, Counselor Zelikow, and delegation. Your visit comes during a period in which Kuwait has been active both domestically and regionally. Parliamentary elections, the first in which women participated as both voters and candidates, were held Jun [...]	2006-07-12 10:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	EAID PREL KU IZ KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
06KUWAIT2815	SCENESETTER FOR ENERGY SECRETARY BODMAN VISIT TO [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 20. 2. (SBU) Welcome to Kuwait Secretary Bodman. There has been considerable change in the government since your November 2005 visit. In January, following the death of long-time Amir Shaykh Jaber, former Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah became Amir an [...]	2006-07-12 11:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	ENRG EPET OVIP PREL KU
06KUWAIT2821	FREEDOM AGENDA: CABINET APPROVES FIVE CONSTITUENCY [...] (C/NF) Summary and comment: The new Cabinet approved July 11 a draft electoral reform bill and a draft bill to write off the interest on retirees' loans. Many saw the measures as a conciliatory move by the Government to repair relations with Parliament. Jassem Al-Khorafi was re-elected as Sp [...]	2006-07-12 15:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KU FREEDOM AGENDA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT2831	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - LEBANON [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-15 09:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2854	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - BOMBARDMENT OF BEIRUT [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-16 11:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2856	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - BOMBARDMENT OF BEIRUT [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-16 13:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2857	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - BOMBARDMENT OF BEIRUT [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-16 13:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT286	GOK OFFICIALS AND ACADEMICS CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (C) During a January 28 meeting, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah told the Ambassador the GOK was "very worried" about the "very critical" regional impact of Hamas' election victory, particularly the possibility that Hamas would deepen relations with Hezbollah, Ira [...]	2006-01-28 15:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS KU
06KUWAIT2871	FREEDOM AGENDA: REFORMERS WIN MAJOR VICTORY AS [...] (C/NF) Summary and comment: Parliament voted July 17 to reduce the number of electoral constituencies from 25 to five. The vote comes after months of contentious debate on the issue, which culminated in the Amir's dissolution of Parliament on May 21. According to one liberal political analy [...]	2006-07-17 14:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT2882	KUWAIT "POSTPONES" NEGOTIATIONS WITH IRAN OVER [...] (SBU) According to a July 10 article in Al-Qabas (local Arabic daily),Kuwait has stopped negotiations with Iran over a project to import fresh water from an Iranian river. Citing "informed sources," the article claimed the talks stalled due to logistical difficulties and regional circumstanc [...]	2006-07-18 14:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL SENV EAGR IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT2898	ENERGY SECRETARY BODMAN AND KUWAITI AMIR DISCUSS [...] (C/NF) Summary: During a July 17 meeting with Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and new Energy Minister Shaykh Ali Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah, Energy Secretary Bodman congratulated the GOK on recent landmark parliamentary elections, thanked the Amir for Kuwaiti support of USG effort [...]	2006-07-19 13:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET OVIP PREL KU
06KUWAIT2953	KIMMITT/ZELIKOW VISIT TO KUWAIT: GOK LEADERSHIP [...] (S/NF) Summary: Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt and State Department Counselor Zelikow, during a July 22 visit, briefed Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Sabah, Deputy PM and FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed, Finance Minister Bader Al-Humaidhi, Fawzi Al-Hunaif of the Kuwait Fund, and Director General of the Arab [...]	2006-07-23 15:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EAID KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
06KUWAIT2954	DEPUTY TREASURY SECRETARY KIMMITT AND COUNSELOR [...] (C/NF) Summary: During a July 22 meeting with Mr. Abdul Latif Al-Hamad, Director General (DG) of the Arab Fund, Deputy Treasury Secretary Kimmitt and State Dept. Counselor Dr. Philip Zelikow outlined the concept for the Iraq Compact, laid out a timeline for critical steps, and solicited the ac [...]	2006-07-23 15:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID PREL KU IZ KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
06KUWAIT306	KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: REPORTING IRAN TO THE [...] (C) Summary. In a January 28 meeting, the Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah. Al-Jarallah reacted by asking what more the GCC could do, and expressed willingess to pursue the matter further. The Ambassador queried promine [...]	2006-01-29 14:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT3165	TFLE01: ISRAEL DENIES GOK REQUEST TO SEND [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (U) On July 31, the Government of Kuwait requested U.S. assistance in sending military aircraft between August 2 - 5 to Lebanon for humanitarian assistance purposes. The GOK planned to deliver relief items and evacuate Lebanese citize [...]	2006-08-07 07:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PHUM PREL KU
06KUWAIT3383	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - HEZBOLLAH'S RESISTANCE [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-21 09:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3392	KEY ISSUES FOR THE SEPTEMBER 5 VISIT OF KUWAITI [...] (S/NF) Status of Bilateral Relations: Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah's September visit is his first official U.S. trip since becoming Amir in January. As Prime Minister, he last visited the United States in July 2005. Kuwait, a major Non-NATO ally since 2004, has strongly supported coa [...]	2006-08-21 13:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KU SCENESETTER
06KUWAIT3432	GOVERNMENT TO INTRODUCE NEW 4-YEAR AGENDA NEXT [...] (C/NF) The new Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs, and Minister of State for National Assembly Affairs, Dr. Ismail Al-Shatti, told the Ambassador August 22 that the Government would present a new four-year agenda during the next legislative term. (Note: Parliament i [...]	2006-08-23 07:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ECON PINR KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT347	FREEDOM AGENDA: POLITICAL ACTIVISTS AND MPS HOPE [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: As Shaykh Sabah took the Amiri oath on January 29, leading political activists and parliamentarians (MPs) met to welcome the "new era" and call for greater political and economic reforms. In a Kuwait Graduates Society seminar entitled, "What Do We Want from the New [...]	2006-01-31 13:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ETTC KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT3535	KUWAIT BASED ARAB-IRANIAN ACTIVIST DESCRIBES [...] (S/NF) Summary and comment: During an August 27 meeting with Poloff, Khalil Delavi, an Iranian Ahwazi (Arab) activist and member of the Democratic Solidarity Party of Al-Ahwaz (DSPA),outlined the basic characteristics of a number of Ahwazi opposition groups operating outside of Iran. (Note: [...]	2006-08-30 14:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINS IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT3618	ON IRAN, KUWAIT PREPARING CONTINGENCY PLANS AND [...] (S/NF) Summary: During a September 5 meeting, National Security Bureau (NSB) Iran analyst Ghanim Al-Otaibi told PolOff that the Kuwaiti government's (GOK) strategy for dealing with Iran covered three main areas: political, military, and internal security. According to Al-Otaibi, all governme [...]	2006-09-09 12:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT3666	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - 9/11 AND LEBANON [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-12 09:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3717	KUWAITIS REACT ANGRILY TO POPE'S COMMENTS; ONE MP [...] (SBU) Summary: Kuwaitis strongly criticized the Pope's comments on Islam over the local weekend. The Minister of Awqaf and Minister of Justice, Dr. Abdullah Al-Ma'touq, denounced the Pope's remarks and all other attempts "to undermine the humane nature of Islamic teachings." Shaykha Furaiha [...]	2006-09-16 09:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF VT KU
06KUWAIT372	DANISH PRODUCT BOYCOTT AMONG COOPERATIVES [...] (U) SUMMARY: In reaction to the publication in a Danish newspaper of cartoons lampooning the Prophet Muhammad (Reftel),an informal boycott of Danish goods by Kuwaiti cooperatives has drawn support from several sectors of Kuwaiti civil and political society, but not from the GOK itself. Coo [...]	2006-02-01 14:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD KU
06KUWAIT3733	SENIOR KUWAITI SHI'A CLERIC ON HIZBALLAH, IRAQ, [...] (C/NF) Summary: In a September 13 meeting with PolOff, senior Kuwaiti Shi'a cleric Sayed Mohammed Baqer Al-Mohri shared his views on regional developments and Shi'a-Sunni relations in Kuwait. Al-Mohri said Hizballah was more popular among Kuwaiti Shi'a than before the recent Israel-Hizballah [...]	2006-09-17 13:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KTFN IR IZ KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT3740	KUWAITIS SHARE CONCERN ABOUT IRAN; URGE POLITICAL [...] (C/NF) Summary and comment: On September 16, the Ambassador hosted a roundtable lunch with a number of leading academics, political leaders, and Kuwaiti Shi'a politicians to hear their views on Iran. The group agreed that President Ahmadinejad's economic policies had largely failed, but felt [...]	2006-09-18 06:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT3751	PETROLEUM CEO ON AMERICAN AND KUWAITI REFINERIES, [...] (C/NF) Summary and Comment: On 17 September, the Ambassador met with Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) CEO Hani Hussain to discuss energy issues and regional concerns. Hussain was reluctant to share details regarding Kuwaiti plans for North American refinery investment, saying that the eco [...]	2006-09-19 08:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET ECON KU OIL SECTOR
06KUWAIT3826	AFFILIATIONS OF THE 2006-2010 PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Campaigning on a pro-reform, anti-corruption platform, opposition candidates won a two-seat majority in the June 2006 parliamentary elections. Parliamentarians (MPs) have since organized themselves into blocs, which serve as a means for coordinating on a common legislative agen [...]	2006-09-24 12:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT3856	FREEDOM AGENDA: PARLIAMENT SPEAKER SAYS ELECTORAL [...] (C/NF) Summary: In a September 25 meeting with the Ambassador, Speaker of Parliament Jassem Al-Khorafi highlighted the importance of the recently-passed electoral reform legislation for Kuwait's political future. The new electoral system will change the nature of parliamentary politics in Ku [...]	2006-09-26 12:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT3878	FREEDOM AGENDA: MINISTER ANTICIPATES CONTENTIOUS [...] (C/NF) Summary: During a September 27 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of State for National Assembly Affairs Abdul Hadi Al-Saleh said the Government is expending "maximum efforts" to repair its "tense" relations with Parliament. Despite these efforts, the Minister predicted Parliament w [...]	2006-09-28 06:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT397	GCC STRATEGY ON IRAN: "HOPING FOR A MIRACLE" [...] (C) Summary and comment: Former Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary General Ambassador Abdullah Bishara told Poloff in a February 1 meeting that while the GCC "has no other option than to comply with any UNSC resolution," it would not publicly support such a step. GCC countries had exp [...]	2006-02-05 14:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL SENV IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT407	KUWAIT: 2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED [...] (U) Note on classification: Kuwait's extensive support for U.S. and Coalition troops in the country is sensitive both domestically and in the region. While all of the figures in the unclassified and the sensitive but unclassified sections of this report are from unclassified SIPDIS source [...]	2006-02-06 14:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL MCAP MOPS KU
06KUWAIT4076	SENIOR SCIRI LEADER AMMAR AL-HAKIM VISITS KUWAIT, [...] (C/NF) Summary and comment: Ammar Al-Hakim, the son of SCIRI leader Abdulaziz Al-Hakim and a top SCIRI leader himself, arrived in Kuwait October 8 for meetings with the Amir, Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, and other Kuwaiti government officials. Al-Hakim likely tried to assuage Kuwaiti fe [...]	2006-10-11 14:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
06KUWAIT4118	FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHAIRMAN URGES U.S. TO SUPPORT [...] (C/NF) During an October 15 meeting with PolChief, Mohammed Jassem Al-Sager, the Speaker of the Arab Parliament and the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the Kuwaiti Parliament, characterized the prospect of GCC countries gradually accepting an Iraqi government dominated by Shi'a r [...]	2006-10-16 14:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IZ IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT4152	AMAR AL-HAKIM ON IRAQ-GCC AND IRAQ-KUWAIT RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Amar Al-Hakim, son of SCIRI leader Abdel Aziz Al-Hakim, said the annual Ramadan visit of the Al-Hakim family is a social tradition and an opportunity to reach out to Kuwait's government and the Sunni community here. During his visit, Al-Hakim met with a wide range of senior off [...]	2006-10-17 13:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU IZ IR
06KUWAIT4153	IRAQ AND NEIGHBORS CONFERENCE REGIONAL CT [...] (U) This message, cleared by embassies Kuwait, Riyadh, Amman, Damascus, Baghdad, and Ankara, provides recommendations for regional activities to advance the counterterrorism strategy developed in March in Kuwait. While not exhaustive, the initiatives described below are in posts' opinion relatively [...]	2006-10-17 21:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL KISL OEXC KU IZ SY JO TU SA
06KUWAIT4211	SCENESETTER FOR THE OCTOBER 31 IRAQ COMPACT [...] (C) Undersecretary Kimmitt and Counselor Zelikow, we look forward to your visit. The October 31 meeting of the International Compact with Iraq (ICI) Preparatory Group (PG) will involve delegations from 22 nations and will be hosted by the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development. Kuwait De [...]	2006-10-24 07:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EAID ETTC IQ KU
06KUWAIT4212	SCENESETTER FOR THE OCTOBER 31 IRAQ COMPACT [...] (C) Deputy Secretary Kimmitt and Counselor Zelikow, we look forward to your visit. The October 31 meeting of the International Compact with Iraq (ICI) Preparatory Group (PG) will involve delegations from 22 nations and will be hosted by the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development. Kuwait [...]	2006-10-24 18:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EAID ETTC IQ KU
06KUWAIT4309	INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ: OCT 31 PG MEETING STRESSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At the Oct. 31 meeting of the Preparatory Group (PG) for the International Compact with Iraq (ICI),the PG achieved broad consensus that the current iteration was satisfactory, and that critical next steps include reaching out to a broader range of countries for participation in [...]	2006-11-01 14:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID ECON EFIN ETRD EINV IZ KU
06KUWAIT4315	IRAQ COMPACT: TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY MEETING [...] (C) Summary: Treasury D/S Kimmitt met with Iraqi NSA Rubaie in Kuwait City on November 1, the day following the Preparatory Group meeting on the International Compact for Iraq (ICI). They had a wide ranging discussion regarding the ICI, Iraq-Saudi relations, the Iraqi insurgency and Iraq's [...]	2006-11-03 11:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL EAID ECON EFIN ETRD EINV LE IZ KU
06KUWAIT4345	AMBASSADOR VOICES U.S. DISAPPOINTMENT AT KUWAIT [...] (S) Taking advantage of opportunities to speak separately to the Kuwaiti Prime Minister, Defense Minister, and Foreign Minister on the margins of other events on 1 November, I expressed U.S. disappointment on the cancellation by Kuwait of its agreement to observe the recent PSI Leading Edge ex [...]	2006-11-04 12:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PARM PREL KNNP MNUC IR KUWAIT RELATIONS
06KUWAIT4377	SECTARIAN TENSION IN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OVER BOOK [...] (U) Abdul Hadi Al-Salih, the Minister for National Assembly Affairs and one of two Shi'a ministers in the Kuwaiti government, sparked a rare public Sunni-Shi'a row when he distributed to MPs over Ramadan a book of prayers, called Al-Sahifa Al-Sajjadiyya (available in English at http://www.sh [...]	2006-11-05 10:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KIRF SA BA IR KU
06KUWAIT4405	ENGAGEMENT OF REGIONAL STATES FOR IRAQ: WHAT CAN [...] (S/NF) This cable responds to reftel request for ideas on Iraq-Kuwait engagement. Kuwait's relationship with Iraq continues to be colored by their difficult shared history. While Kuwaitis are elated to see Saddam condemned by an Iraqi court, and recognize the danger of a failed state on thei [...]	2006-11-07 14:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL IZ XF MOPS MAPP
06KUWAIT4438	IRAQ DEBT FORGIVENESS: "A BLOODY, UPHILL BATTLE" [...] (C) Summary: The Director General of the Arab Fund expressed pessimism November 12 about the prospects for Iraq debt forgiveness on the part of the GOK. He said there was virtually no public support for the measure in Kuwait, and he did not believe the senior Kuwaiti leadership, especially t [...]	2006-11-12 13:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN IZ KU
06KUWAIT4481	PROPOSED KUWAITI INVESTMENT IN KENYA APPEARS RISKY [...] (SBU) In response to ref. A, Post sees no reason to suspect Al-Bader International Development Company (AIDCO) of any involvement in illicit or terrorism-related activities as a part of its proposed development project (known as the ROOLA project) in the vicinity of Lamu, Kenya. Although AI [...]	2006-11-20 06:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT EINV KCOR PTER KE KU
06KUWAIT4498	INFLUENTIAL AL-SABAH EXPRESSES FRUSTRATION WITH [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a November 17 meeting with Poloff, Shaykh Mohammed Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah, an influential ruling family member with close ties to the Amir, expressed frustration with the Prime Minister's "weakness" and his inability to control an increasingly assertive Parliament. He complai [...]	2006-11-21 14:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT4501	YEMEN: MFA SAYS KUWAITI AID PLEDGE "APPROPRIATE" [...] (SBU) As requested reftel, Econcouns met with MFA Director of Arab Affairs Jassem Al-Mubaraki November 21 to thank the GOK for its support to Yemen during the November 15 Yemen Donors Conference in London (note: Kuwait pledged USD 200 million in loans to Yemen, to be administered by the Kuwa [...]	2006-11-21 16:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID KU
06KUWAIT4502	KUWAIT-IRAQ BORDER TALKS CONCLUDE SUCCESSFULLY [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi and Kuwaiti delegations both gave positive assessments of three days of talks on border and security issues. The two sides agreed to a compensation scheme allowing the construction of a security road and fence through the northern border area at Um Qasr. They also agre [...]	2006-11-22 08:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU IZ
06KUWAIT4509	APHSCT TOWNSEND'S 11/14 MEETINGS WITH THE AMIR AND [...] (S/NF) Summary: APHSCT Frances Fragos Townsend met November 14 with the Amir and Foreign Minister of Kuwait to discuss counterterrorism cooperation, energy security, and other regional issues. Townsend reassured them that the President was committed to seeing a democratic, stable Iraq and wa [...]	2006-11-25 10:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV EFIN YM KU
06KUWAIT4510	APHSCT TOWNSEND'S 11/13 MEETING WITH KUWAIT NSB [...] (S/NF) Summary: APHSCT Frances Fragos Townsend met November 13 with Kuwait National Security Bureau President Shaykh Ahmed Al-Fahd to discuss counterterrorism cooperation, energy security, and regional developments. Shaykh Ahmed sought reassurances on U.S. policy in Iraq. He encouraged the U. [...]	2006-11-25 11:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV EFIN IZ KU TERRORISM
06KUWAIT4512	APHSCT TOWNSEND'S 11/14 MEETINGS WITH THE AMIR AND [...] (S/NF) Summary: APHSCT Frances Fragos Townsend met November 14 with the Amir and Foreign Minister of Kuwait to discuss counterterrorism cooperation, energy security, and other regional issues. Townsend reassured them that the President was committed to seeing a democratic, stable Iraq and wa [...]	2006-11-25 11:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV EFIN YM KU
06KUWAIT4558	KUWAIT LICENSES FIRST NEW NEWSPAPERS IN 30 YEARS [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Fifteen Kuwaiti companies have received licenses to date to begin publishing daily newspapers, the first new such licenses granted in Kuwait in more than 30 years. They result from the coming into effect in October 2006 of a press and publications law that paved the [...]	2006-12-04 04:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC KPAO KMDR PHUM KU
06KUWAIT4568	GENERAL ABIZAID'S MEETINGS WITH THE KUWAITI AMIR, [...] (C) Summary: In a November 28 meeting, the Amir warmly welcomed General Abizaid back to Kuwait, noting the enduring friendship between his country and the United States. On Iraq, the Amir said the U.S. needs to quickly hand over authority to Iraqi security forces, and reduce its own exposur [...]	2006-12-04 13:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU IZ IR
06KUWAIT4583	MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD LEADER WARNS OF IMPACT OF IRAQ [...] (C/NF) Summary: The Secretary General of the Islamic Constitutional Movement (ICM),Dr. Bader Al-Nashi, told Poloff December 6 that sectarian violence in Iraq was contributing to rising Shi'a-Sunni tensions in Kuwait. While he did not believe violence between the two communities was likely, [...]	2006-12-06 14:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KISL IR IZ KU ISLAMISTS SHI
06KUWAIT4612	SPEAKER AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHAIRMAN ON IRAQ, [...] (C/NF) Summary: During separate meetings December 6 with the Ambassador, Speaker of Parliament Jassem Al-Khorafi and the Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman, Mohammed Al-Sager, shared their views on regional and domestic political issues. Al-Khorafi welcomed the President's recent meetings wit [...]	2006-12-10 13:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM LE IZ IR KU
06KUWAIT4622	INDEPENDENT/LIBERAL TELLS PDAS KUWAITI DEMOCRACY [...] (C/NF) PDAS James Jeffrey met with liberal/independent MP Mohammad Jassem Al-Sager, head of the National Assembly's Foreign Relations Committee on December 9. In addition to discussing regional security issues (septel),Al-Sager gave his assessment of the recent tension between the Governmen [...]	2006-12-11 14:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KU
06KUWAIT4624	AMBASSADOR ADVOCATES FOR BOEING WITH [...] (C/NF) On 11 December the Ambassador met with Minister of Communications Dr. Massouma Al-Mubarak, Under Secretary of Communications Abdulaziz Alosaimi, and Kuwait Airways Director of Planning and International Affairs Dawoud Al-Dawoud to discuss plans to expand and upgrade the Kuwait Airways [...]	2006-12-11 15:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	BEXP EAIR KU

06KUWAIT4625	KUWAITIS TELL NEA PDAS JEFFREY INCREASED [...] (C/NF) Summary: During his December 9 visit to Kuwait, PDAS Jeffrey met with a number of prominent Kuwaitis to discuss Iraq and Iran. The Kuwaitis expressed concern about rising Iranian influence in the region and emphasized the need for international cooperation. They agreed that the GCC s [...]	2006-12-11 15:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL IZ IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT464	SECURITY BUREAU CHIEF SAYS KUWAIT TO BE EXAMPLE OF [...] (C) Summary: National Security Bureau President Shaykh Sabah Al-Khaled, responding to the Ambassador's concerns that the GOK was not as focused as before on CT efforts, reviewed a five-year plan developed by the Ministry of Awqaf to promote moderation and exert control over Kuwaiti mosques. [...]	2006-02-08 14:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL KU
06KUWAIT465	JANUARY 17 VICE PRESIDENT MEETING WITH KUWAITI [...] (U) PARTICIPANTS: U.S. ---- The Vice President Ambassador Richard LeBaron NEA/PDAS Elizabeth Cheney OVP Chief of Staff David Addington National Security Advisor to the VP John Hannah Deputy Assistant to the VP for NSA Samantha Ravich Gamal Helal (interpreter) DCM Tueller (notetaker) [...]	2006-02-08 14:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP KU
06KUWAIT4652	NATO ICI MEETING: KUWAIT SEEKS "STRATEGIC [...] (C/NF) Summary. In a briefing for NATO resident ambassadors, NATO Secretary General Scheffer praised the atmosphere surrounding NATO-GOK meetings, and noted Kuwait's interest in expanding NATO's relationship with Kuwait and the GCC as a "political-military alliance." Scheffer believes Kuwait [...]	2006-12-13 14:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO IR IZ KU
06KUWAIT467	AMIR APPROVES NEW CABINET: SHI'A AND ICM GAIN; [...] (C) Summary: Amir Shaykh Sabah approved on February 9 a new Cabinet, which was particularly notable for the appointment of a second Shi'a minister and one of the leaders of the Islamic Constitutional Movement (ICM),the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in Kuwait. The appointments like [...]	2006-02-09 17:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KU PINR SUCCESSION
06KUWAIT4683	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NEW IRAQI CHARGE [...] (C) Ambassador met 12/13 with new Iraqi Mission Charge d'Affaires Fadel Hamad Khudair Al-Azawi. Al-Azawi, a career diplomat, arrived in Kuwait in early November, replacing outgoing Charge Hamad Al-Sharifi. Al-Azawi requested the meeting as a courtesy call, noting his interest in maintainin [...]	2006-12-20 09:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ KU
06KUWAIT475	CORRECTED COPY -- AMIR APPROVES NEW CABINET: SHI'A [...] (C) Summary: Amir Shaykh Sabah approved on February 9 a new Cabinet, which was particularly notable for the appointment of a second Shi'a minister and one of the leaders of the Islamic Constitutional Movement (ICM),the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in Kuwait. The appointments like [...]	2006-02-11 07:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT484	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: THE NEW GOVERNMENT EMERGES [...] Saturday, 11 February 2006 -- Al-Qabas front page "Amir presides over first meeting of the new government today"; "New government adopts the program of its predecessor"; "Parliamentary blocs begin meetings to crystallize their positions" -- Al-Qabas p. 6 "New ministers in their offices tod [...]	2006-02-11 14:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO PREL KDEM KMDR KU
06KUWAIT560	SHI'A MP DISILLUSIONED BY RAMPANT GOVERNMENT [...] (S) Summary and Comment: Saleh Khorshid, a moderate Shi'a member of Parliament, told Poloff in a February 15 meeting that he was pessimistic about the prospects for political and economic reform in Kuwait given what he characterized as wide-spread, institutionalized government corruption. He [...]	2006-02-15 15:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PGOV EINV PINR KU
06KUWAIT594	SCENESETTER FOR COUNSELOR ZELIKOW'S FEB. 28 - [...] (U) We look forward to your visit to Kuwait. We have requested meetings with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammad Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, Minister of Energy Shaykh Ahmad Fahd Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, and Minister of Finance Bader M. Al-Humaidhi. Your visit [...]	2006-02-21 07:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID ENRG KU IZ IR
06KUWAIT601	NEW PRIME MINISTER PROMISES ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary and comment: During his first meeting with the Ambassador as Kuwait's new Prime Minister, Shaykh Nasser Mohammed Al-Sabah said Kuwait would look different in six months and that he had instructed his Cabinet to streamline the bureaucracy so that the GOK could proceed with importa [...]	2006-02-21 09:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KU
06KUWAIT630	SENIOR KUWAITI SHI'A CLERIC SAYS IRANIAN [...] (C) Summary and comment: Senior Kuwaiti Shi'a cleric Sayed Mohammed Baqer Al-Mohri told Poloff in a February 21 meeting that Iranian "reformers" had been politically marginalized by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and exercised little restraint on the President's conservative policies. He disco [...]	2006-02-22 14:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT656	FREEDOM AGENDA: PLANNING MINISTER SAYS ELECTORAL [...] (C) Summary: During a February 27 call to congratulate the Minister on her re-appointment as Minister of Planning and Minister of State for Administrative Development Affairs, Dr. Ma'souma Al-Mubarak was generally optimistic about the new Government and echoed the Prime Minister's recent co [...]	2006-02-27 12:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT661	KUWAITI SHI'A AND SUNNIS CONDEMN IRAQ SHRINE [...] (C) Summary and comment: During a February 24 rally at the Shi'a Imam Hussein mosque, Kuwaitis from across the religious and political spectrum condemned the bombing of the Al-Askariya shrine in Iraq. While most speakers blamed the attack on Sunni extremists and stressed the need for Muslim [...]	2006-02-27 14:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS SHI
06KUWAIT703	FREEDOM AGENDA: INFORMATION MINISTER REPORTS [...] (C) Summary: During a March 1, 2006 meeting with the Ambassador, the newly re-appointed Minister of Information commented optimistically about progress made on the draft press law and reduction in the number of political constituencies in Kuwait, two key Freedom Agenda elements. The Minister e [...]	2006-03-04 06:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KU PREL IZ KMPI FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT768	FREEDOM AGENDA: KUWAIT NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES [...] Summary: Kuwait's National Assembly ratified on March 6 a new Press and Publications law. It will now be sent to the Cabinet which has one month to approve or reject. If they do not respond, the law will be considered to be in force. The National Assembly approved amendments that the Governm [...]	2006-03-06 15:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KHUM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT805	FREEDOM AGENDA: LIBERAL MP SAYS REDISTRICTING REQUIRED [...] During a March 7 seminar entitled "Electoral Constituencies and the Extent of their Effect on the Woman's Contribution in the Electoral Process," sponsored by the Kuwaiti Women's Social and Cultural Society, liberal Member of Parliament Ali Al-Rashed asserted that under the current distributio [...]	2006-03-08 14:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KU KDEM KWMN
06KUWAIT807	FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES IRAN, IRAQI SUNNIS, [...] (C) Summary: During a March 8 meeting with Ambassador, Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Salem Al-Sabah repeated a request he made to the Secretary soliciting U.S. support for a nuclear-free zone in the Gulf in addition to a proposed anti-bigotry resolution at the UNGA. Shaykh Dr. Mohamm [...]	2006-03-09 09:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PGOV ECON IR IZ KU
06KUWAIT85	FREEDOM AGENDA: MOST SAY WOMEN WON'T WIN, BUT [...] (U) Summary: Automatic registration of female voters began in late December and the Ministry of Interior announced January 7 that almost 195,000 names have been added to the electoral rolls, doubling the number of eligible voters. Verification of voter information is underway and the regist [...]	2006-01-09 13:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR KDEM KWMN KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT86	SOMETIME STRATEGIC ADVISOR TO GOK SAYS IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Dr. Sami Al-Faraj, the director of the Kuwait Center for Strategic Studies (KCSS) and a regularly contracted advisor to various government ministries in Kuwait on national security issues, told Poloff January 8 that the GOK views Iran as a threat. According to Al-Faraj, the Gov [...]	2006-01-09 14:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT87	A/S WAYNE AND TREASURY DAS SAEED ENGAGE KUWAITIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 7, A/S Wayne and Treasury DAS Ahmed Saeed, accompanied by the Ambassador, NEA/ARPI Deputy Director Steve Walker, EB Financial Economist Roland de Marcellus, and Econoff, met separately with Minister of Finance Bader Al-Meshari Al-Humaidhi, Minister of Commerce & Indust [...]	2006-01-10 10:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EFIN ECON KPAL AF LE IZ IS KU
06KUWAIT97	AMIR'S DEATH: THE POLITICAL FALLOUT [...] (C) Summary and comment: The Amir's death on January 15 (ref A) was widely expected in Kuwait and is unlikely to have a significant impact on the country's political/economic direction or U.S.-Kuwaiti relations. As per the succession law, Crown Prince Shaykh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah [...]	2006-01-15 13:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KU SUCCESSION
06KUWAIT995	FREEDOM AGENDA: ISLAMISTS SHARE VIEWS ON ELECTORAL [...] (C) Summary: The DCM hosted on March 18 an "American diwaniya," inviting influential Islamists, both Shi'a and Sunni, to discuss their political views and objectives, the prospects for political reform in Kuwait, and the impact of sectarian violence in Iraq on Shi'a-Sunni relations in Kuwait. [...]	2006-03-21 12:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KU ISLAMISTS FREEDOM AGENDA
06KYIV4062	UKRAINE: GUAM STATEMENT CRITICIZES RUSSIAN ACTIONS [...] (U) The Organization for Democracy and Economic Development - GUAM issued a statement dated October 16 on Russia-Georgia tension on the margins of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Council of Foreign Ministers in Minsk. The press reported that Ukrainian delegation head First Deputy [...]	2006-10-20 16:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	PREL KDEM YI RS AZ GG MD UP
06KYIV4063	UKRAINE: PREPARATIONS ON TRACK FOR EU SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: With just a week to go, the EU and Ukraine are still working to finalize a key document to be initialed at the October 27 Ukraine-EU summit in Helsinki -- a visa facilitation agreement and an associated readmission agreement. Ukrainians are insisting that the provisions of the r [...]	2006-10-20 16:39:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN ETRD CVIS EUN UP
06KYIV4106	UKRAINE WILL PROBABLY ABSTAIN ON UPCOMING [...] (U) On October 26, 2006, we delivered points in reftels to Andriy Beshta of the MFA UN directorate. 2. (C) Mr. Beshta said Ukraine would "not support" the UNGA resolutions on the situation of human rights and children in Lebanon described in reftel A. 3. (C) Mr. Beshta also stated that U [...]	2006-10-26 15:40:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	UNGA LE IS PHUM PREL PTER UP
06KYIV4175	UKRAINE: TARASYUK ON COORDINATING FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) Summary. A tired FM Borys Tarasyuk saw Ambassador late October 31 after returning from Estonia and Finland. He diagrammed the current players in Ukrainian foreign policy formulation, stating that his role as the fulcrum was to prevent encroachment by PM Yanukovych's team onto Presidenti [...]	2006-11-03 14:32:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM UP
06KYIV4187	UKRAINE: PM YANUKOVYCH ON COOPERATION OR [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with a confident PM Viktor Yanukovych Nov. 2 to discuss Yanukovych's planned trip to Washington in December and the current domestic political situation. Yanukovych centered the conversation around two options going forward vis-a-vis President Yushchenko - cooper [...]	2006-11-03 17:26:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4229	UKRAINE: GO SLOW APPROACH POSSIBLY COMPLICATING [...] (C) Summary. Ukraine is increasingly willing to use the Organization for Democracy and Economic Development - GUAM as a policy coordination vehicle, covering everything from joint declarations by GUAM members on regional issues to economic, military and scientific cooperation. However, Ukrain [...]	2006-11-09 14:54:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM MARR RS AZ GG MD UP
06KYIV4251	UKRAINE: YANUKOVYCH LAYS MARKERS FOR COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary. During a long Sunday afternoon lunch with Ambassador November 12, Prime Minister Yanukovych said that while President Yushchenko held up general, vague concepts like the guarantee of Ukrainian independence as the benchmark for cooperation with the Yanukovych government, the Prime [...]	2006-11-13 15:21:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	PGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4285	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO, YANUKOVYCH MAKE ONE MORE TRY [...] (C) Summary. The Rada's November 15 decision not to vote for now on dismissing Foreign Affairs Minister Tarasyuk and Defense Minister Hrytsenko following an 8-hour marathon meeting between President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yanukovych November 13 suggests the two sides are still making a [...]	2006-11-15 16:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4295	UKRAINE: EMBATTLED FM SUPPORTS ENGAGEMENT WITH [...] (C) Summary: "Orange" and embattled Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk told visiting EUR A/S Fried that the U.S. approach to PM Yanukovych and the Party of Regions coalition was correct, arguing that Yanukovych had changed for the better. He noted that the PM's upcoming U.S. visit, and his des [...]	2006-11-17 12:58:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP
06KYIV4299	UKRAINE: PRESIDENT YUSHCHENKO FOCUSED ON KEEPING [...] (C) Summary: In a 40-minute meeting November 17, President Yushchenko told visiting EUR A/S Fried that he was optimistic about making cohabitation work and his ability to move his relationship with PM Yushchenko and his team from coexistence to cooperation. He expressed concern about several [...]	2006-11-17 15:40:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP
06KYIV4301	UKRAINE: HIGH-PROFILE RUSSIANS BANNED ENTRY INTO [...] (SBU) Chief of the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) Ihor Drizhchany told journalists November 6 that the SBU had blacklisted 131 foreigners thus far in 2006 for "activities damaging national security interests." When we inquired, an SBU official advised that the SBU does not release names of [...]	2006-11-17 15:57:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PINR RS UP
06KYIV4302	UKRAINE: PM YANUKOVYCH TELLS A/S FRIED: UKRAINE'S [...] (C) Summary. PM Yanukovych told visiting EUR A/S Fried and Ambassador November 16 that he was determined to bring Ukraine to Europe, meaning the WTO soon, and eventually into the EU and NATO. The latter would take time, both to change currently ambivalent public opinion and also to strengthe [...]	2006-11-17 16:08:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP
06KYIV4313	UKRAINE: ENGAGING YANUKOVYCH, THE MAN OF THE MOMENT [...] (C) Summary. Love him or hate him, the Ukrainian political elite and intelligentsia agree that Prime Minister Yanukovych is the man to deal with right now. Four months ago Yanukovych was painted variously as a puppet of oligarch Rinat Akhmetov, the Party of Regions, or the Kremlin, but he ha [...]	2006-11-20 15:22:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4315	EXPLAINING UKRAINE'S BURST OF ENERGY ON WTO [...] (C) Summary: Ukraine's recent progress on WTO-related legislation does not mark a shift in GOU policy, but rather demonstrates that fears of the GOU's lack of commitment to prompt WTO accession were overblown. A fortuitous alignment of several political factors may have accelerated the proces [...]	2006-11-20 15:48:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD WTRO ECON PGOV UP
06KYIV4407	UKRAINE/POLAND: PM KACZYNSKI'S VISIT SIGNALS [...] (C) Summary: Both the Ukrainian and Polish sides hailed the November 15 visit of Polish PM Jaroslaw Kaczynski to Kyiv as a solid sign of continuity in Poland's working relationship with the government of Ukrainian PM Yanukovych. During his one-day visit, Kaczynski met with Yanukovych, Preside [...]	2006-11-30 12:53:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ENRG PL UP
06KYIV4413	UKRAINE: INFORMAL POLITICAL DIRECTORS' MEETING - [...] (C) Summary: In what the Ukrainian MFA would like to see morph into a regular informal gathering, political directors from select EU countries and countries of the "Baltic-Black-Caspian seas" region, along with EUR A/S Fried, discussed Ukraine's relationship with the EU and NATO and exchanged [...]	2006-11-30 15:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO EUN XH ZB ZK UP
06KYIV4425	UKRAINE/RUSSIA: DEFENDING NATIONAL INTERESTS [...] (C) Summary/comment: PM Yanukovych came to office on a campaign promise to improve relations with Russia, but, although he has toned down the rhetoric towards Russia, like his predecessors, he must find the right balance between close ties to Moscow and protecting Ukrainian sovereignty. While [...]	2006-12-01 14:02:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PBTS PINR RS UP
06KYIV4466	EU MAKES BELARUS AN OFFER, AWAITING RESPONSE [...] (C) Summary: EU European Commission official Jean-Eric Holzapfel told us December 4 that the initial Belarusan government reaction was noncommittal to the November 21 delivery of an EU non-paper stating its readiness to assist Belarus if the government implemented democratic reforms. The timi [...]	2006-12-05 14:48:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM EAID EUN BO UP
06KYIV4469	UKRAINE/NIAG 6167: PAKISTAN HEAVY WATER PURCHASE [...] (S) We relayed inquiries regarding Ukrainian State Enterprise Ecoantilid's potential sale of heavy water to the Karachi Nuclear Power Plant in Pakistan (ref A) and Ukrainian Yuzhnoye company's potential cooperation with Chinese 11 Institute on development of the RD-120 liquid rocket engine (re [...]	2006-12-05 16:12:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KNNP MTCRE CH PK UP
06KYIV4478	UKRAINE: STAND BY YOUR MEN: YUSHCHENKO RAISES THE [...] (SBU) Summary. President Yushchenko raised the stakes in the accelerating power struggle between his circle and that of PM Yanukovych December 5 by issuing a decree reinforcing Tarasyuk's status as Foreign Minister, notwithstanding the December 1 vote by the Rada to dismiss Tarasyuk. For its [...]	2006-12-06 15:42:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4489	UKRAINE: THE RUSSIA FACTOR IN CRIMEA - UKRAINE'S [...] (C) Summary. Discussions with a wide range of contacts in Crimea November 20-22 and officials in Kyiv discounted recent speculation that a return of pro-Russian separatism in Crimea, which posed a real threat to Ukrainian territorial integrity in 1994-95, could be in the cards. However, nearl [...]	2006-12-07 15:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL RU UP
06KYIV4537	UKRAINE/LITHUANIA: ADAMKUS LOBBIES FOR [...] (C) Summary: Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus' three-day state visit to Ukraine -- his fourth trip here this year -- was intended to demonstrate a willingness to work with the new Yanukovych government, promote bilateral trade and investment ties, and facilitate cooperation in the energy s [...]	2006-12-11 16:05:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NATO UP LH
06KYIV4558	UKRAINE: LAND, POWER, AND CRIMINALITY IN CRIMEA [...] (C) Summary. Land issues dominate the Autonomous Republic of Crimea's local agenda, according to a wide range of Crimean officials, journalists, and community leaders we talked to November 20-22 in the Crimean capitol of Simferopol, the separately administered city of Sevastopol, and Bakhchis [...]	2006-12-14 09:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL PHUM UP
06KYIV4600	UKRAINE: OUR UKRAINE REGROUPING [...] (C) Summary. The People's Union Our Ukraine (PUOU) party, the dominant party inside the Our Ukraine bloc, is cleaning house in a move to reenergize itself, bring the party back under the President's wing, and possibly to regroup for new elections. The biggest shake-ups came in the party leade [...]	2006-12-22 07:01:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4647	UKRAINE/BELARUS: PLANNING A POSSIBLE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary/comment: According to the MFA, Ukrainian Presidential Secretariat Chief of Staff Baloha's December 14 visit to Minsk was intended to maintain momentum toward a possible meeting between the Ukrainian and Belarusan presidents in the February-March 2007 timeframe. The meeting, if it [...]	2006-12-22 10:57:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MNUC PINR BO UP
06KYIV4679	UKRAINE: FIGHT OVER NATO/SINGLE ECONOMIC SPACE [...] (C) Summary. The Central Election Commission (CEC) announced on December 29 that more than four million valid signatures had been collected in support of a proposed nationwide referendum on NATO membership and the Single Economic Space (SES),as a result of aggressive pushing from referendum [...]	2006-12-29 13:12:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
06KYIV4681	UKRAINE: CONFRONTATION AND COMPROMISE--A TALE OF [...] (C) Summary. Two years after the Orange Revolution and Yushchenko's election victory and almost five months into the prime ministership that has marked Yanukovych's triumphant return to the political center stage, the relationship between the two Viktors is rocky and full of mistrust. Althoug [...]	2006-12-29 13:18:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
06LAGOS102	COMMUNICATIONS PATCHED BETWEEN SHELL AND OIL [...] (C) USG and HMG interests, views, and actions have remained tightly aligned during the Shell contractor hostage crisis. However, we have noted a growing gap between Shell and the contractor companies Tidex and Ecodrill. Shell is concerned the contractors are engaging in a line of communica [...]	2006-01-26 19:57:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS1020	POST-MORTEM OF A DELTA KIDNAPPING: SHELL AND [...] (C) This cable recounts Mission conversations with key Shell and Bayelsa State interlocutors regarding the July 6-10 kidnapping of Dutch national and Shell contractor Michael Llos (reftels A and B). Shell and Bayelsa State officials concurred the original kidnappers appeared to be a poorly [...]	2006-07-24 09:17:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER PINR NI
06LAGOS1023	EFCC ARRESTS PROMINENT BUSINESSMAN MIKE ADENUGA [...] (C) Summary. On July 9, Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arrested Mike Adenuga, Chairman of Globacom Limited and indigenous oil company Conoil, and key financial partner of presidential candidate Ibrahim Babangida (IBB) on allegations of financial impropriety. Adenuga [...]	2006-07-24 15:22:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS ECON EINV EIND PGOV PREL NI
06LAGOS1030	SHELL AIMS FOR A YEAR-END PRODUCTION START FOR [...] (C) In a recent meeting with the Consul General, Shell Exploration and Production Executive Vice-President Ann Pickard, Shell's ranking executive in Nigeria, said Shell was negotiating re-entry and new global Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with communities in the Forcados area, which wa [...]	2006-07-26 17:54:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER PINR NI
06LAGOS1033	TRANSCORP BEGINS TO LOOM ON THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary. In being selected by the Government of Nigeria to purchase the controlling interest in NITEL, the Transnational Corporation of Nigeria (TCN) has bagged the biggest catch thus far in Nigeria's privatization exercise. Fueled by NITEL and their other acquisitions, TCN is rapidly bec [...]	2006-07-27 13:34:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV NI
06LAGOS1057	CROSS RIVER'S TINAPA: IF YOU BUILD IT, WILL THEY [...] (SBU) Cross River State's $350-400 million Tinapa Business Resort, scheduled to open in March 2007, is perhaps the most ambitious commercial project in Nigeria. If successful it would transform the economy of the state. However, significant questions remain about who will provide the needed [...]	2006-08-01 17:43:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL KDEM PGOV NI
06LAGOS1095	BELLVIEW AND ARIK AIRLINES SEEK U.S. DIRECT ROUTE [...] (SBU) Summary. Bellview and Arik Airlines recently have received approval by the Aviation Ministry to fly direct routes to the United States, according to aviation insiders. Virgin Nigeria (VN) has accused the Aviation Ministry of breaching the Memorandum of Mutual Undertaking (MMU) which VN [...]	2006-08-11 14:51:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR EINV PREL NI
06LAGOS1218	DAMACHI: OBASANJO FAVORS ODILI, TURNS UP THE HEAT [...] (C) On September 7 Professor Ukande Damachi, long-time advisor to Former Military President Ibrahim Babangida (IBB) and an established Mission contact, told the Consul General that President Obasanjo was intent on garroting Babangida,s presidential ambitions but Babangida was adamant about ru [...]	2006-09-25 11:19:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1227	FORMER PRESIDENT SEES OBASANJO CLINGING TO POWER [...] (C) In an early September discussion with the Consul General, former head of state Abdulsalam Abubakar gauged President Obasanjo as unwilling to leave office. Abudulsalam criticized Obasanjo for stoking the North-South political rivalry to sow confusion so that he can remain in office past t [...]	2006-09-26 15:37:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1248	PRESIDENT'S LAWYER:PRESIDENT IS "COMPARATIVELY [...] (C) Summary: Wale Babalakin, private legal counsel to President Obasanjo and head of one of Nigeria's largest law firms, told Consul General that the President's trust in an inept corps of advisors has led to much of the current negative press reports, including the embarrassment over Trans [...]	2006-10-03 16:53:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1292	IMPEACHMENT FEVER HITS ANAMBRA: GOVERNOR'S [...] (C) Summary: The PDP National Chairman Ali and other national party executives went to Anambra yesterday for the ostensible purpose of dissuading the State Assembly members from impeaching Governor Obi, the lone APGA governor in Nigeria. There may be less to this mission than meets the eye. [...]	2006-10-19 14:47:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1308	PENSION REFORM -- RIDDLED WITH POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Nigeria's pension reforms continue to face numerous legal and infrastructural challenges that hinder it from realizing its stated objectives of creating long-term investment and improving the living standards of average Nigerian pensioners. Nigeria's National Pension Commission ( [...]	2006-10-27 06:17:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV NI
06LAGOS1373	GOVERNOR ODILI ANNOUNCES PRESIDENTIAL BID [...] (C) Summary. Due to his purported friendship with President Obasanjo and the money at his disposal, Rivers State Governor Peter Odili is currently the south's most formidable candidate for the 2007 PDP presidential nomination. His Igbo heritage and south-south background serve to make him an [...]	2006-11-22 12:29:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1385	COMMUNITY ACTIVIST/CANDIDATE ON BAYELSA SECURITY & [...] (C) Summary. Nalaguo Chris Alagoa, Project Coordinator of the Peace And Security Secretariat (PASS) told Poloff November 13 he hopes to be Paul Orie Wari's running mate in Bayelsa State's 2007 gubernatorial election should Wari obtain the People's Democratic Party (PDP) nomination. Alagoa sai [...]	2006-11-30 08:49:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ELAB EPET NI PGOV PINR PTER
06LAGOS1387	REFORMIST PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT LEARNS THE [...] (C) Summary: In a November 1 conversation with Consul General, reformist presidential aspirant Pat Utomi said he had been making the campaign rounds. Utomi was optimistic about teaming with Lagos State Governor Bola Tinubu and Tinubu's new party, Action Congress (AC). Utomi was traveling to Ab [...]	2006-11-30 11:40:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
06LAGOS1399	OBASANJO INSIDER OUTLINES CRITERIA FOR [...] (C) Summary: Lawal Batagarawa, former Minister of State for Defense and currently Special Presidential Advisor, in an early November conversation with the Consul General discussed President Obasanjo's plans for presidential succession. Batagarawa detailed the criteria for selecting a candidate [...]	2006-12-05 09:03:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
06LAGOS1406	POLITICAL ADVISOR WARNS OF IMPENDING POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Consul General, long-time advisor to former head of state Ibrahim Babangida (IBB),Ukandi Damachi, discussed the soured relations between IBB and President Obasanjo, suggesting the two heavyweights may be approaching a head-on collision because of their antagonis [...]	2006-12-07 13:24:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
06LAGOS1407	BELLVIEW AIRLINE CRASH INVESTIGATION FRAUGHT WITH [...] (C) Summary: National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigator Dennis Jones told Consul General that numerous lapses occurred in the Nigerian investigation of the 2005 Bellview airlines crash jet that killed 117 persons, including a member of the U.S. Mission in Nigeria. The Director o [...]	2006-12-07 15:00:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR EINV PREL NI
06LAGOS1419	BAYELSA SENIOR OFFICIAL DISCUSSES IJAW MILITANTS [...] (C) Summary. On November 20 Dr. Godknows Igali, Secretary to the State Government of Bayelsa, told the Consul General and British Deputy High Commissioner he has made headway establishing relations with several Ijaw militant leaders whereby he can now dissuade them from disruptive violence. H [...]	2006-12-12 16:40:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1420	POLITICAL INSIDER ARGUES YAR'ADUA IS LIKELY PDP [...] (C) Summary: In a December 10 conversation with Consul General, United Bank of Africa (UBA) Managing Director (MD) Tony Elumelu evaluated People's Democratic Party (PDP) presidential frontrunners. Elumelu suggested Katsina Governor Yar'Adua was President Obasanjo's favorite. Yar'Adua, who had [...]	2006-12-13 11:51:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
06LAGOS1429	GOVERNOR ODILI ON THE OUTS AND IBB TOO [...] (C) Summary: During a recent conversation with the Consul General, longtime contact Professor Damachi stated Rivers Governor Odili has been squeezed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to give up his presidential candidacy and control of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) [...]	2006-12-15 22:08:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
06LAGOS210	CHEVRON NIGERIA ENJOYS UNEASY IMMUNITY FROM RECENT [...] (S/NF) Chevron Security Consultant Hamish MacDonald told U.S. Ambassador Campbell that Chevron has not been a target of recent violence and hostage-taking in the Delta but was concerned about the longer term ramifications. He identified job creation and sustainable development programs by st [...]	2006-02-14 12:31:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI
06LAGOS261	VICE PRESIDENT ATIKU ON THE THIRD TERM [...] (C) During a February 11 conversation with the Consul General, embattled Vice President Atiku expostulated that President Obasanjo was fixated on running for a third term with a new running mate. Atiku said Obasanjo had no successor in mind for the presidency and would seek to clip the wing [...]	2006-02-21 14:29:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF NI
06LAGOS263	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #5 [...] (C) A reliable contact reported to Shell hostage Macon Hawkins was "presenting difficulties," and we infer this to mean that he was beginning to show signs of diabetic complications. Willbros is attempting to contact Hawkins' doctor to obtain a more complete assessment of his medical history [...]	2006-02-21 18:20:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS292	YORUBA MOSLEMS TEMPERATE TOWARD WEST [...] (SBU) At a dinner hosted by a prominent leader of ethnic Yoruba Moslems at a USG-sponsored conference on Islam, Terrorism, and African Development, Yoruba elites generally set a tone of cooperation with the West and moderation in religious fervor. This tone contrasted starkly with the prese [...]	2006-02-27 06:11:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER SCUL SOCI NI
06LAGOS400	SOYINKA WILLING TO APPEAL TO HOSTAGE TAKERS [...] (C) Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka offered to deliver messages from the USG to the hostage-takers. He said he was in contact with the hostage-takers and would be meeting with one of their representatives in Enugu on Saturday, March 18. He confirmed they exchanged communication by e-mail, and th [...]	2006-03-17 16:06:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI
06LAGOS417	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 29 [...] (C) Speaking behalf of the Oswalt family, Cody Oswalt's uncle Rickey Oswalt delivered a public plea for his release: "These men were taken so that your situation and demands (can) be heard by the world. Now that the world is aware of your situation, we ask that you release Cody, Russell, and [...]	2006-03-21 15:09:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI
06LAGOS426	NIGERIA:AVIATION UPDATE [...] (C) The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) recently suspended air operators certificates (AOC) for three domestic carriers. The Aviation Ministry and NCAA created several new committees to address airport security, air space management, and personnel training. A separate committee on ai [...]	2006-03-22 15:39:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR EINV PREL NI
06LAGOS476	EXXONMOBIL CONCERNS WITH MILITANTS BROADENING THE [...] (C) In a recent meeting with ExxonMobil (EM) Nigeria, a senior executive explained EM's concern with the deteriorating Nigerian security situation, the company's low-profile public affairs strategy, and its strategy to maintain harmonious relations with communities in Akwa Ibom State, its pr [...]	2006-03-31 15:29:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL PTER NI
06LAGOS478	CHEVRON NIGERIA SEEKS LONG-TERM SOLUTION TO DELTA [...] (C) Chevron Nigeria security consultant Hamish MacDonald shared concerns that a large amount of money was paid for the release of the Delta hostages and an industry of hostage-taking may be in the offing. Chevron has managed thus far to stay out of harm's way, but MacDonald feels the urgent [...]	2006-04-03 06:35:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENERG ASEC EAID NI
06LAGOS53	TRADITIONAL RULER SHARES OPINIONS ON 3RD TERM, [...] (C) In a recent meeting with the Consul General and PAO, the Ooni of Ife, traditional ruler of the Yorubas and influential power broker, said that President Obasanjo was planning on leaving office after 2007 rather than undertake the arduous task of amending the constitution. The Ooni ruled [...]	2006-01-17 14:28:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS661	ANOTHER OYO GOVERNOR DEFIES GODFATHER ADEDIBU [...] SUMMARY: (U) Oyo Governor Alao-Akala's attempt to extend his tenure through legal action has reignited political tension in Oyo state. Lamidi Adedibu, Akala's political godfather, said Akala's action violates an agreement reached when Akala became governor in January, and has vowed to resist [...]	2006-05-16 14:02:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV NI DOMESTICPOLITICS
06LAGOS741	IF ANOTHER HOSTAGE CRISIS COMES - FEST COMPOSITION [...] (U) This cable is an action request. See paragraphs 7 through 11. 2. (U) NOTE: This cable was drafted prior to the hostage-taking of 0330 hrs on 2 June 2006. 3. (C) Given the roiled conditions of the Niger Delta, another hostage situation is possible within the next few months. W [...]	2006-06-02 07:46:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL CASC EPET PGOV NI HOSTAGES
06LAGOS743	THE NIGER DELTA: CURRENT STATE OF PLAY [...] SUMMARY (C) (Note: This cable was drafted prior to the latest hostage-taking which occurred off the coast of Bayelsa State during the early morning hours of June 2. A more detailed report of that incident will be provided Septel. At this juncture, most of the evidence suggests this hostage [...]	2006-06-02 13:20:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	PGOV EPET PINS PTER NI
06LAGOS807	ATIKU CAMP THINKS IT HAS MOMENTUM AFTER THIRD TERM [...] (C) Sources close to Vice President Atiku believe President Obasanjo's third term loss has strengthened Atiku's presidential chances. They told the Consul General (CG) that numerous politicians, including many People's Democratic Party (PDP) governors who toed the party line supporting the th [...]	2006-06-15 06:20:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS90	OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #14 [...] (C) Econoff reports Bayelsa State officials continue to portray the hostages' release as imminent, and tell him the hostages may be released between about 11 p.m. and 3 a.m. tonight. He reports officials in Yenagoa are upbeat and confident regarding their information sources. The usual rep [...]	2006-01-24 17:52:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAPAZ1062	BOLIVIA: MORALES AND JUDICIARY FACE OFF [...] (SBU) Summary: President Morales has accused key actors in the judicial sector of protecting "sacred cows" and resisting the process of political change. In response, key representatives of the justice sector have accused the President of interfering with and politicizing justice. Although l [...]	2006-04-19 15:02:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI PHUM USAID BL
06LAPAZ1095	BOLIVIA'S 2006 BUDGET: STRONG STATE PRESENCE [...] Summary: The Morales administration sent a revised 2006 public budget proposal to Congress on March 24. The revised budget includes additional appropriations for health and education, while cutting salaries for government workers. Although the new administration has not yet released its econo [...]	2006-04-20 20:51:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV EAID BL
06LAPAZ1211	MILITARY EQUIPMENT: WHAT'S MINE IS MINE, WHAT'S [...] (C) Summary: In a GOB-requested May 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Defense Walker San Miguel and Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca attempted to set conditions for the return of counter-terrorism unit U.S. equipment to MilGroup custody. The Ambassador reminded both ministers that [...]	2006-05-08 11:28:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ1245	PRESIDENT MORALES FOCUSED ON POPULISM AT 100 DAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his first 100 days in office, Evo Morales has focused almost exclusively on political goals with short-term domestic appeal and negative long-term consequences. At home, his efforts to consolidate power in the executive appeal to Bolivian demands for stability and jobs after y [...]	2006-05-09 15:10:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL SOCI ETRD BL
06LAPAZ1332	ECONOMIC ROOTS OF BOLIVIA'S SOCIAL REVOLUTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Economic factors, which have fed the growing political disaffection of Bolivia's majority poor, have helped fuel the country's rolling "social revolution." Take persistent poverty. The percentage of Bolivia's population living below the poverty line has remained virtually uncha [...]	2006-05-17 18:25:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB SMIG SOCI PGOV EINV EPET BL
06LAPAZ1407	BRAZILIANS FIRM ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, BEHIND CLOSED [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Brazilian Ambassador to Bolivia Antonio Mena Goncalves May 24 to discuss Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim's May 22-23 visit to La Paz. In meetings with the Bolivian government, Amorim deliberately avoided the hydrocarbons issue, but Mena Goncalves to [...]	2006-05-26 14:05:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL EPET ENRG BL
06LAPAZ1414	DEJA VU--IS MORALES FOLLOWING THE CHAVEZ MODEL? [...] (C) Summary: As the Morales government hits the four month mark and further strengthens its relationships with Cuba and Venezuela, there is increasing speculation about the extent to which Morales is following the Chavista model of governance. Three Venezuelan USAID contractors working on dem [...]	2006-05-26 19:44:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ1456	TUTO QUIROGA ON CHAVEZ DOMINO EFFECT [...] (C) Summary: Former President and opposition leader Jorge "Tuto" Quiroga told the Ambassador on May 30 that the USG should help "stop Chavez" in Peru, or risk the domino effect in Ecuador and elsewhere. Quiroga talked at length about Chavez's visions of a Bolivarian state, and said that after [...]	2006-05-31 19:19:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL EFIN BL
06LAPAZ1466	BOLIVIA FORMALLY REQUESTS ATPDEA AND GSP EXTENSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: President Morales' newly-appointed advisor for international trade, Pablo Solon, called on the Ambassador May 31 to deliver a copy of a letter formally requesting extensions of the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA) and the Generalized System of Preferences [...]	2006-06-01 18:40:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PREL PGOV USTR BL
06LAPAZ1662	TARIJA PREFECT ON UPCOMING ELECTIONS [...] (C) Tarija Prefect Mario Cossio told the Ambassador June 19 that like the Embassy's relationship with the GOB, his relationship with the Morales administration is complicated by instability, largely due to the GOB's unclear policies and erratic public attacks for political gain. Cossio said h [...]	2006-06-20 19:16:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ169	CHILE'S LAGOS HOPEFUL ABOUT BOLIVIA'S MORALES [...] (C) Summary: During their January 22 meeting in La Paz, President of Chile Ricardo Lagos told WHA A/S Shannon that the U.S. should keep the doors open with Evo Morales to prevent Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez from gaining disproportionate influence. Lagos said he had explained Chile's his [...]	2006-01-23 21:06:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI ELAB CI BL
06LAPAZ1729	HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF? [...] (C) Summary: Bolivia's 1952 revolution, led by the National Revolutionary Movement (MNR),redistributed land and nationalized mining resources (including tin, Bolivia's principal export at the time) in an effort to correct economic disparity and established universal suffrage to promote greate [...]	2006-06-27 14:30:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ1774	BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS DIFFER IN RESPONSE TO GOB [...] (SBU) Summary: Bolivian business associations share similar concerns about GOB economic policies but differ in their response, with some advocating open criticism and others urging moderation. Neither strategy has been effective, as association representatives reportedly have limited access t [...]	2006-06-28 19:48:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL
06LAPAZ1775	OPPOSITION GOALS FOR THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary: The two leading opposition political parties, Podemos and the National Unity (UN) party, have had little success in educating voters about their respective campaign platforms. While Podemos has a solid plan for the Constituent Assembly, its repeated criticism of Venezuelan inter [...]	2006-06-28 19:53:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL

06LAPAZ179	MORALES GOVERNMENT GENERATES HOPE, CONCERN [...] (C) Summary: WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon held a series of meetings on January 22 with Santa Cruz business leaders, media and political analysts, opposition leader Jorge "Tuto" Quiroga, and Spanish Secretary of Foreign Affairs Bernardino Leon on the margins of the Morales inauguratio [...]	2006-01-24 19:40:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ1794	SANTA CRUZ: THOUSANDS SHOW SUPPORT FOR AUTONOMY [...] (SBU) Summary: An estimated 400,000 people gathered in Santa Cruz June 28 to support civic leaders' campaign for a "yes" vote in the July 2 departmental autonomy referendum. Speakers accused the Morales administration of attempting to consolidate "hegemonic" power and declared autonomy a means [...]	2006-06-29 21:05:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI BL
06LAPAZ180	GOB NAMES LEFTIST CABINET [...] (SBU) Summary: President Morales announced the 16 members of his cabinet January 23, the majority leftist, indigenous and from the altiplano. Morales exhorted the new cabinet to change Bolivia, integrate marginalized members of society, eliminate corruption, and serve -- not exploit -- the peo [...]	2006-01-24 19:41:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON PGOV TBIO BL
06LAPAZ1845	MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE ACCOUNT UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Econoff delivered reftel information to Bolivia's Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) representative, Javier Hurtado, on July 5. Hurtado was optimistic that Bolivia would not follow in the Gambia's footsteps. He plans to contract seven technical team members within the next wee [...]	2006-07-06 15:56:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON ETRD PGOV BL
06LAPAZ195	MORALES-SHANNON MEETING: PRESIDENT RECOUNTS [...] (C) Summary: Summary: In their January 21 meeting, WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon told President-elect Evo Morales the U.S. agenda in Bolivia reflected our larger agenda in the region: consolidating democracy, promoting economic growth through free markets and integration, and protec [...]	2006-01-26 15:23:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV ENRG SOCI ELAB BL
06LAPAZ1952	SCENESETTER FOR VP GARCIA LINERA VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera will arrive in Washington late July 19 to push for an extension of ATPDEA benefits. In its first six months in office, the Morales administration has maintained popularity ratings of 70 to 80 percent by nationalizing hydrocarbons, ann [...]	2006-07-19 16:14:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL MCC BL
06LAPAZ2432	SCENESETTER FOR VP GARCIA LINERA VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera will be in Washington September 10 - 13 to continue the GOB's push for an extension of ATPDEA benefits. The Vice President's visit offers the opportunity for us to express our interest in the stabilization of democracy, the lack of [...]	2006-09-08 19:54:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	BL ECON PGOV PREL
06LAPAZ2505	BOLIVIA'S MCC FOCAL POINT EXPLAINS RESIGNATION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloffs met with Bolivia's Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) point of contact, Javier Hurtado, on September 15 to discuss his still non-public resignation and to obtain his assessment of Bolivia's Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) proposal. Frustrated with inadequate finan [...]	2006-09-15 19:14:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ251	PETROBRAS TALKS WITH GOB [...] (SBU) Summary: Petrobras, the largest player in the Bolivian hydrocarbons industry, had its first meeting with the Bolivian government on January 31 to begin discussing a new relationship. According to a Petrobras official, Arturo Castanos, the GOB representatives were cordial, but they only [...]	2006-02-02 19:32:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON BL
06LAPAZ2519	HYDROCARBONS MINISTER RESIGNS [...] (SBU) Hydrocarbons Minister Andres Soliz Rada, along with the Vice Minister and two Directors of Hydrocarbons, resigned on the evening of September 15 following Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera's freeze of a ministerial resolution that would have shifted hydrocarbons companies' revenues to [...]	2006-09-18 18:27:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL
06LAPAZ2603	SANTA CRUZ: FRUSTRATED AND ANNOYED WITH MORALES [...] (C) Summary: Charge visited Santa Cruz September 23-24 and met with politicians and the business community, as well as participated in the opening of Bolivia's largest trade fair, Expocruz. Virtually all interlocultors expressed frustration, annoyance, and great uncertainty when it comes [...]	2006-09-26 21:59:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ2657	MORALES: WALKING A FINE LINE ON DRUGS [...] (C) Summary: Following the September 29 death of two civilians who ambushed a GOB eradication operation in Carrasco National Park in Cochabamba, the Embassy's NAS section will begin supporting GOB eradication efforts in the park at the GOB's request. President Morales started spinning the conf [...]	2006-10-02 20:18:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ2718	AYMARA HEARTLAND PREPARED TO MOBILIZE FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 28, leaders from Omasuyos Province in La Paz department, a majority Aymara area, threatened to march to Sucre or Santa Cruz to pressure Constituent Assembly members to agree to the MAS' agenda. Leaders from the province told Emboff on October 4 that they had not yet [...]	2006-10-06 21:25:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ275	STAFFDEL BRENNAN: GREETING THE NEW BOLIVIA [...] (SBU) Summary: During their January 24-27 visit to Bolivia, staffdel Brennan (House International Relations Committee staff Ted Brennan, Kristen Gilley, Paul Oostburg-Sanz, Mark Walker, and Dan Getz) met with Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera, newly-minted legislators and ministers, Santa C [...]	2006-02-06 18:36:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI ELAB BL
06LAPAZ2781	GOVERNMENT OF BOLIVIA ALIENATES ITS POLITICAL BASE [...] (C) Summary: During an October 13 visit, Emboff met with leaders from several key social movements, including the Santa Cruz Departmental Federation of Rural Workers (FDTCSC),the Santa Cruz Federation of Neighborhood Committees (FEJUVE),and Departmental Labor Union (COD). This cable repo [...]	2006-10-17 11:35:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ2814	MAS TACTICS ALIENATE SANTA CRUZ NEIGHBORHOOD [...] (C) This is the second in a series of three cables reporting on Emboff's meetings with Santa Cruz social movements. On October 13 Emboff met with the leadership of the Santa Cruz Federation of Neighborhood Committees (FEJUVE). FEJUVE, in some ways analogous with a condominium association, [...]	2006-10-18 19:21:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ2821	MORALES RAISES EYEBROWS WITH LE MONDE INTERVIEW [...] (U) French newspaper Le Monde published an article October 17 entitled "Bolivia: Evo Morales and the Terrible Conspiracy," in which President Morales said that "the right" (the United States and the political opposition in Bolivia) are conspiring to topple his government. Morales discussed t [...]	2006-10-18 21:14:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ2831	CONFLICT AND GOB'S LACK OF CAPACITY HINDERS [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 17, the resident coordinator of the United Nations (UN) told the Ambassador that the UN supported the Constituent Assembly as a way to unify Bolivia's population, but was worried that it would end up dividing it instead. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) resident [...]	2006-10-19 16:57:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN EINV BL
06LAPAZ2910	VP, AMBASSADOR DISCUSS WAYS TO IMPROVE BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: In their first meeting since the Ambassador presented his credentials October 13, the Ambassador and Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera engaged in a cordial exchange October 26 on U.S. assistance, extension of ATPDEA benefits, Morales' anti-American discourse, military relations a [...]	2006-10-27 13:08:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM ECON SNAR PREL PGOV BL
06LAPAZ2946	AMBASSADOR, MOD DISCUSS WAY FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Minister of Defense Walker San Miguel October 30, discussing a wide range of military issues. San Miguel told the Ambassador that the F-10 weapons have been moved to the army depository in La Paz, and that his ministry would coordinate with [...]	2006-10-30 22:16:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIA MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PARM PGOV PREL SNAR
06LAPAZ2992	MORALES' SHRINKING CIRCLE OF SUPPORT? [...] (C) Summary: Evo Morales rode a wave of popularity to the Bolivian presidency, winning the December 2005 elections by the largest margin in Bolivia's democratic history. Throughout that campaign, and to a lesser extent during the July Constituent Assembly elections, his support base consisted [...]	2006-11-03 18:17:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ3056	AMBASSADOR GOLDBERG'S VISIT TO POTOSI [...] (SBU) Ambassador Goldberg made his first official visit to the city of Potosi November 6. During the one-day trip he was welcomed by the president of the Independent Miners' Association of Potosi and received the highest honor (the coat of arms of the Villa Imperial) ever given to an ambass [...]	2006-11-14 16:29:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ3128	AMBASSADOR GOLDBERG NOVEMBER 9 COCHABAMBA VISIT [...] (SBU) Ambassador Goldberg traveled November 9 to Cochabamba to meet with the mayor, social sector leaders, business leaders, the local American population, and local media and political analysts. The trip received extensive press coverage and provided an opportunity to publicly highlight ou [...]	2006-11-20 19:41:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ3176	CATHOLIC CHURCH STEPS INTO THE POLITICAL FRAY [...] (U) On November 26, the Catholic Church took steps to calm Bolivia's current political impasse; however it may have also opened itself up to renewed attacks by the ruling Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) party. In response to the present political stalemate in which opposition party members ar [...]	2006-11-27 21:53:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ325	NOMINATION FOR RESOURCE ECONOMICS SEMINAR [...] (U) Post would like to nominate Economic/Commercial Officer Colleen Crenwelge for the Foreign Service Institute's July 12-14 Resource Economics Seminar. Ms. Crenwelge has primary responsibility for the Bolivian mining sector, one of the country's most important, and serves as U.S. mining comp [...]	2006-02-09 15:18:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	AFSI APER EMIN ECON BL
06LAPAZ3294	GOB ON IRAN-- MIXED SIGNALS [...] (SBU) Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) Deputy Javier Zabaleta announced in early November that Bolivia would support Iran's nuclear activities and oppose U.S. policy on Iran. Zabaleta criticized the United States' "double edged" policy and said the matter should be resolved via peaceful means [...]	2006-12-06 12:28:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KNNP MNUC PARM BL VE IR
06LAPAZ3295	AMBASSADOR CHARLES SHAPIRO NOVEMBER 28-29 LA PAZ [...] (SBU) During November 28-29 travel to La Paz, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Charles Shapiro and WHA Senior Advisor Maria Tamburri met with USG and GOB officials on counter narcotics issues, spoke with local indigenous leaders, met with Bolivian Vice President Garcia Linera, and reviewed [...]	2006-12-06 14:28:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ3331	BFIF PROJECTS EMPHASIZE BILATERAL EXCHANGE, LOCAL [...] (U) Post recently completed three Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) projects. This cable outlines outcomes and expenditures for an indigenous entrepreneurs' learning mission to Washington; a Tarija financial fair; and a series of consultations with Partner Post Santiago. End summary [...]	2006-12-08 19:04:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD AFIN BEXP BTIO ECON ETRD BL
06LAPAZ3355	SOUTH AMERICAN SUMMIT: ALL HYPE NO SUBSTANCE [...] (SBU) On December 8-9, Cochabamba played host to the Second Summit of the South American Community of Nations (CSN). Despite Bolivia's current political turmoil (reftel),nine presidents attended the conference. Cochabamba's lack of experience hosting such a high-profile event was obvious, [...]	2006-12-12 21:49:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ECON BL
06LAPAZ3400	WILL THE REAL OPPOSITION LEADER PLEASE STAND UP? [...] (C) Evo Morales' election in December 2005 was a political earthquake in Bolivia, sweeping aside political expectations that have defined Bolivian politics for generations and at the same time breaking open fissures and offering up new possibilities. While President Morales' popularity has rise [...]	2006-12-18 21:07:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ3401	A YEAR AFTER ELECTIONS: WHAT IS NEXT? [...] (C) December 18 marks the first anniversary of the presidential elections that brought Evo Morales to power. The anniversary comes at a time of high political tension, especially between the western highlands and eastern lowlands. On December 15 more than one million people, took to the str [...]	2006-12-18 21:41:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ417	MINISTER OF PRESIDENCY ON COCA, ERADICATION, AND [...] (C) Summary: Minister of the Presidency Juan Ramos de la Quintana told the Ambassador February 15 that the GOB wanted USG agencies to continue their programs in the Chapare, though implementation methods may need to be modified. He acknowledged that the GOB's counternarcotics policies were sti [...]	2006-02-16 23:10:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SNAR PINR PHUM EAID BL
06LAPAZ451	FIRST MEETING WITH EVO AS PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a nearly two hour conversation with the Ambassador at the Presidential Palace on February 18, Evo Morales would not be pinned down on details of eradication but showed interest in at least limited cooperation on broader counternarcotics and anti-corruption issues. The Am [...]	2006-02-21 21:35:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR ECON PINR EAID BL
06LAPAZ597	REPRESENTATIVE LOWEY VISITS BOLIVIA AND MEETS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Representative Nita Lowey (D-NY) accompanied by House Appropriations Clerk Nisha Desai and State Department Congressional Liaison Cherith Norman, visited La Paz and Santa Cruz February 23-25. The delegation met with President Morales who complained about the 2004 visa revocatio [...]	2006-03-07 19:20:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID ECON SNAR ETRD USTR BL
06LAPAZ6	INITIAL MEETING WITH EVO MORALES: BRASS TACKS [...] (C) Summary: In a January 2 "breaking the ice" meeting with the Ambassador, President-elect Evo Morales claimed he had not publicly maligned President Bush (at least not in the post-election period) and expressed deep resentment about being branded a "narco-terrorist" by U.S. officials. Moral [...]	2006-01-03 16:25:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV ENRG SOCI ELAB BL SIPDIS
06LAPAZ604	PRAGMATIC INDIGENOUS LEFTIST RENE JOAQUINO ON THE [...] (C) Summary: Embassy officials had lunch with mayor of Potosi and former presidential aspirant Rene Joaquino on March 3. Joaquino is organizing a new political party that will be based out of Potosi, Chuquisaca, and Oruro, and will tap into the region's indigenous Quechua majority. His main [...]	2006-03-07 20:07:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	BL ECON PGOV PINR PREL
06LAPAZ615	FIRESTORM OVER EMBASSY CUTTING SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary: In response to our ending support for a specialized Bolivian military counter-terrorism (CT) unit, President Evo Morales publicly blasted the U.S. for interfering in Bolivia's internal affairs. The decision to sever ties with the outfit was taken after the GOB appointed as comman [...]	2006-03-07 21:40:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PINS PARM BL
06LAPAZ626	MNR CONFIDENT ABOUT THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Embassy officials on March 8, MNR Senator Miguel Majluf and MNR deputy Michiaki Nagatani expressed confidence about their party's prospects for the Constituent Assembly (CA) and satisfaction with the opposition's efforts to limit MAS power in the CA. They said [...]	2006-03-08 20:57:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR BL
06LAPAZ644	MORALES TO FOCUS ON ECONOMIC ISSUES WITH SECRETARY [...] (C) Summary: In a March 8 meeting, President Evo Morales told the Ambassador he would raise Bolivia's threatened soy markets, the extension of U.S. trade preferences and the Millennium Challenge Account in his discussion with Secretary Rice in Chile. The Ambassador said the Secretary would l [...]	2006-03-09 21:12:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV ELAB PMAR BL
06LAPAZ691	BUSINESSMEN EXPAND PUSH FOR FTA, STRUGGLE WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent meetings with GOB officials, business representatives have expanded their push for Bolivia's entry into the proposed Andean Free Trade Agreement (reftel),urging the Morales administration to pursue comprehensive trade negotiations rather than an extension of the Andea [...]	2006-03-14 19:29:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL
06LAPAZ692	BOLIVIA AND URUGUAY SIGN ENERGY AGREEMENT [...] Summary: The Presidents of Uruguay and Bolivia signed an agreement to strengthen energy cooperation between the two nations on March 13. The agreement provides for the future sale of Bolivian natural gas, thermoelectricity, and liquid petroleum gas (LPG) to Uruguay. Although the agreement ex [...]	2006-03-14 19:48:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG PREL ECON BL
06LAPAZ7	MORE INFO ON EVO [...] (C) Evo Morales rose to the presidency on a wave of ethnic identification and widespread frustration, embodying the aspirations of his own indigenous majority and signaling for the middle class a break from the corrupt, inept political elite and the social upheaval it increasingly produced. Mo [...]	2006-01-03 19:28:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PINR BL
06LAPAZ734	MORALES SEARCHING FOR WAY FORWARD ON TRADE [...] (C) Summary: Over lunch March 16 President Morales and Vice President Garcia Linera told the Ambassador that the GOB was distressed about the loss of the Colombian soy market for Bolivian producers and they wished to press this concern in Washington. The Ambassador explained that the Colombi [...]	2006-03-17 19:49:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD PINR SNAR BL
06LAPAZ810	MORALES ACCUSES U.S. OF BEING BEHIND DEADLY [...] (C) Summary: The deadly bombings in downtown La Paz late March 21 appear to be the isolated handiwork of a mentally unstable U.S. citizen and his Uruguayan partner (refs A and B). But that hasn't stopped observers in Bolivia's political cauldron from speculating wildly about the hidden politi [...]	2006-03-23 19:42:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI PTER ECON ETRD BL
06LAPAZ859	CONTINUED GOVERNMENT INSINUATIONS OF U.S. ROLE IN [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian Government officials, including President Morales, have continued to suggest a possible USG role in the deadly La Paz bombings March 21 (ref). While Morales has persisted in professing ignorance about any formal expression of U.S. displeasure, March 26 news articles out [...]	2006-03-28 14:00:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EPET SOCI ELAB PTER BL
06LAPAZ886	EVO AND HIS ADVISORY CIRCLE (PART 1 OF 3) [...] (C) Summary: President Morales is an astute domestic political operator but lacks confidence in his economic and international relations abilities. As a result, Morales has surrounded himself with three compartmented groups of advisers. The first are domestic political operators who implement [...]	2006-03-30 16:47:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET	ECON PGOV PREL BL PINR
06LAPAZ906	THE ROLE EVO'S "INTELLECTUALS" PLAY (PART 2 OF 3) [...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales' circle of Bolivian intellectual advisers occupies half of the President's Cabinet, including the top three positions: the Vice President, the Minister of the Presidency, and the Minister of Sustainable Development and Planning. While the intellectuals have m [...]	2006-03-31 13:26:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET	ECON PGOV PREL BL PINR
06LAPAZ93	DEALING WITH THE MAS-LED BOLIVIAN GOVERNMENT [...] (C) As the Washington policy community meets on January 17 for a Deputies Committee meeting on Bolivia, Embassy La Paz submits the following reflections on how to best engage, or limit our engagement, with the new GOB and President Evo Morales, as well as other suggestions concerning potential [...]	2006-01-17 15:45:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI BL
06LAPAZ96	BOLIVIA: SCENESETTER FOR A/S SHANNON [...] (C) Summary: You will arrive in Bolivia at a time of potentially profound transformation, amid an atmosphere of pervasive uncertainty and hope. We have engaged with President-elect Evo Morales (ref),but in a manner indicating something less than a business-as-usual embrace for his governmen [...]	2006-01-17 15:53:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EPET ENRG SOCI ELAB SNAR BL
06LAPAZ968	PETROBRAS PUSHES BACK [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite industry fears that Brazilian-owned Petrobras, a leader in Bolivia's hydrocarbons industry, would work out a sweetheart deal with the GOB, the relationships between Bolivia and both Brazil and Petrobas have gone steadily downhill during the past month. Petrobras has not [...]	2006-04-07 13:30:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ENRG EPET PREL BL
06LIBREVILLE109	ALLIES OF PRESIDENT'S SON GAIN KEY POSTS IN NEW [...] (C) Summary: The new cabinet announced by Prime Minister Eyeghe Ndong on January 23 rewarded all the factions which had contributed to President Bongo's reelection. The faction most favored appears to be that associated with Minister of Defense Ali Bongo, whose allies now control the natio [...]	2006-02-13 12:26:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV GB
06LIBREVILLE228	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH OPPOSITION DELEGATION [...] (C) The Ambassador met six opposition leaders at the Residence April 4 to discuss their grievances against the GoG. The delegation included Zacharie Myboto, Gabonese Union for Democracy and Development (UGDD),Jules Aristide Bourdes Ogoulinguende, Congress for Democracy and Justice (CDJ),Dr [...]	2006-04-10 09:25:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV GB
06LILONGWE100	Country Clearance granted ACOTA- Malawi [...] American Embassy Lilongwe grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of the following ACOTA representatives, to Malawi for the purpose of conducting ACOTA training on February 3-26, 2006. Control Officer for the visit will be the Political/Military Officer Tyler Sparks, Office telephone n [...]	2006-02-02 12:25:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR ASEC OTRA MI
06LILONGWE120	Country Clearance granted [...] American Embassy Lilongwe grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Major Andrew Overfield to Malawi for the purpose of facilitating EUCOM Acquisition Cross Servicing Agreement negotiations and to observe ACOTA PSO field training from February 12-18, 2006. Control Officer for the visi [...]	2006-02-08 11:54:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL OTRA MI
06LILONGWE121	Country Clearance granted [...] American Embassy Lilongwe grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of LTC. Leon Mitchell Grube and Mr. Gunter Dieter Filippucci to Malawi for the purpose of conducting EUCOM Acquisition Cross Servicing Agreement briefings, discussions and negotiations from February 13-17, 2006. Control [...]	2006-02-08 12:54:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL OTRA MI
06LILONGWE125	INCLE PROPOSAL FOR ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] Lilongwe submits the following proposal for funding under INCLE. This proposal is second priority, ranked below a separate ESF-funded proposal that is being submitted septel. Proposal format is keyed to ref A, para 21. A. Establishment of a Regulatory Framework to prohibit trafficking in p [...]	2006-02-08 16:36:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KCRM PHUM ASEC EAID ELAB PREL SMIG MI
06LILONGWE177	Country Clearance granted - Wyatt [...] American Embassy Lilongwe grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Major William M. Wyatt, from February 24- March 6, 2006 to Malawi for a DIA Hart trip. Control Officer for the visit will be the Political Officer Tyler Sparks, office telephone number 265-1-773-166, ext. 3463; cell ph [...]	2006-02-22 16:57:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL OTRA MI
06LILONGWE203	2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - MALAWI [...] SUMMARY. The Government of Malawi (GOM) continued to make commendable progress in tackling trafficking in persons (TIP) in 2005. TIP remained a relatively new concept for Malawians. The GOM and the NGO community made significant efforts to raise awareness among civil society, legislators a [...]	2006-03-01 15:40:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB EAID
06LILONGWE244	DEMARCHE DELIVERED - SUPPORTING THE U.S.-INDIA [...] Poloff met with Director of Political Affairs Paul Chiunguzeni in the MFA on March 9 to discuss reftel talking points. Chiunguzeni thanked Poloff for the information, and initiated a short discussion on the difficulties the U.S. faces in balancing relations between India and Pakistan. Any furt [...]	2006-03-15 13:46:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA KNNP PREL ENRG PARM ETTC MI
06LILONGWE32	NORTH KOREAN DELEGATION ARRIVES UNINVITED [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Ambassador Eastham, Minister of Foreign Affairs Davies Katsonga confided that a delegation from North Korea had arrived uninvited last week. Malawi has allowed the delegation to meet with lower level civil servants, however has refused requests for meetings at th [...]	2006-01-12 14:23:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MI KN
06LILONGWE376	VICE-PRESIDENT ARRESTED FOR TREASON [...] (SBU) Summary: Vice-President Cassim Chilumpha was arrested on April 28 and charged with treason and conspiracy to commit murder, for an alleged plot to assassinate President Mutharika. The Government claims Chilumpha, who has long been estranged from Mutharika, and four others hired a hit-ma [...]	2006-05-02 14:58:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE391	MUTHARIKA HAILS "AFRICAN HERO" MUGABE [...] (SBU) Summary: Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe ended his four day state visit to Malawi on May 6, after opening a road named in his honor and publicly condemning the West. Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika played the part of amiable host, asking donors to resume support to Zimbabwe and [...]	2006-05-08 15:46:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE428	PRESIDENT FIRES ATTORNEY GENERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: President Mutharika sacked Malawi's powerful Attorney General, Ralph Kasambara, on May 17. The move ends the reign of one of the most politically active AG's in Malawi's history. Kasambara often used his post to pressure the police into making questionable arrests, and masterm [...]	2006-05-18 15:37:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE47	GOM UNIMPRESSED WITH NORTH KOREANS [...] (C) Summary: The North Korean delegation discussed in reftel left the GOM unimpressed, and future serious collaboration looks doubtful. While their aim was allegedly to explore funding development projects, in the end the North Koreans could offer nothing tangible to the GOM. This led GOM of [...]	2006-01-18 14:35:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MI KN
06LILONGWE49	SACHS AND SACKS OF FERTILIZER FOR MALAWI [...] (U) UN Millennium Advisor Jeffrey Sachs, returning to Malawi last week to organize the founding of three Millennium Villages, used the occasion to press his proposal for massive free farm inputs. As was the case during his last visit (reftel),his proposal was met with a distinct lack of enth [...]	2006-01-18 14:59:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EFIN EAID ECON MI
06LILONGWE915	Country Clearance granted [...] American Embassy Lilongwe grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of LTC Pak Hon S, from October 28 November 2, 2006 to Malawi to attend a conference at Baylor ChildrenQs Foundation to speak and show how telemedicine could be used to better manage patients with HIV disease in Malawi. C [...]	2006-10-19 09:52:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL OTRA MI
06LIMA1126	OLLANTA HUMALA MEETS WITH EU AMBASSADORS [...] (S) SUMMARY: On March 20, British Ambassador Richard Ralph provided his US and Canadian colleagues with a readout of the EU Ambassadors' meeting with Ollanta Humala five days earlier. Amb. Ralph said that Humala was accompanied by his wife Nadine, who said nothing, and by a leading business [...]	2006-03-22 20:40:00	Embassy Lima	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL EU PE
06LIMA1157	PERU ASKS FOR SUPPORT FOR HR COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] On 3/20 Post received a Diplomatic Note asking for USG support for Peru's candidacy to the Human Rights Council. Julio Garro, Foreign Ministry's Director of Multilateral Affairs, told Poloff on 3/21 that the GOP wished to emphasize the importance of this election for Peru. 2. Begin text of [...]	2006-03-24 11:53:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UNGA PE
06LIMA1229	LIMA MAYOR CASTENEDA,S UNUSUAL AND SUCCESSFUL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lima Mayor Luis Casteneda has a unique political style that has built him political support among the lower middle class and poor. He eschews vocal populism, letting his deeds speak for him, and approaches municipal governance in a manner more common to business than the public [...]	2006-03-29 19:41:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA1233	VIEWS FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: UNIDAD NACIONAL [...] (C) In recent conversations with Poloffs, Unidad Nacional alliance congressional candidates and advisors described a disorganized campaign struggling to come up with a formula to reverse presidential candidate Lourdes Flores' steady fall in the polls. Going into the last three weeks of the [...]	2006-03-29 20:47:00	Embassy Lima	SECRET	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA1247	HUMALA'S LIAISON TO BUSINESS SECTOR MEETS WITH THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Salomon Lerner Ghitis, ultranationalist "outsider" Union por el Peru (UPP) party presidential candidate Ollanta Humala's unofficial liaison to the business community, provided his impressions of Humala's policies, personality and advisors during a meeting with the Ambassador on [...]	2006-03-30 21:52:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ETRD PE
06LIMA1452	APRA CONFIDENT OF MAKING SECOND-ROUND RUN-OFF, SEEKS EMBASSY'S ASSISTANCE IN CEMENTING DEMOCRATIC COALITION AGAINST HUMALA [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-12 22:48:00	Embassy Lima	SECRET	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA1482	PERU AND CUBA: NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW REGARDING [...] (U) The following is Post,s response to reftel A. No Political Support for Cuba ----------------------------- 2. (U) The Peruvian Government maintains formal relations with the Cuban Government, but the two countries have modest diplomatic contacts and bilateral trade. The last visit [...]	2006-04-18 17:04:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC ECON PREL PE
06LIMA1637	GARCIA OFF TO GOOD START, SAYS APRA INSIDER DEL [...] (C) Summary: APRA insider Jorge del Castillo told the Ambassador April 25 that Alan Garcia is steering clear of public discussion of coalitions until after the second round of Presidential elections; Garcia feels (correctly, we judge) that opening talks with the Flores and Paniagua camp would [...]	2006-04-27 22:04:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA1740	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL JOHN SCOTT [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-05 17:38:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAIR OTRA PE
06LIMA1765	EVANGELICAL CANDIDATE LOOKS TO THE FUTURE [...] (U) Ambassador met with Evangelical Pastor and Renovacion Nacional (RN) presidential candidate Humberto Lay on 4/26 to discuss Lay's analysis of the Peruvian political scene. Lay proved to be the biggest surprise of the recent (4/9) first-round presidential vote. He garnered nearly five pe [...]	2006-05-08 19:33:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA1852	HUMALA VISA ISSUE FOCUSES ATTENTION ON HIS ROLE IN [...] (U) Union por el Peru (UPP) presidential candidate Ollanta Humala and his campaign spokesmen continue to characterize the January 2005 revocation of Humala's U.S. visa as an attempt by the U.S. to destabilize his campaign. About 150 Humala supporters staged a protest demonstration outside the [...]	2006-05-12 20:44:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA2083	VISIT OF CONGRESSMAN GREGORY MEEKS TO PERU, MAY 26- [...] (SBU) On behalf of the Country Team, I welcome your visit to Peru, May 26-28. Peru is at a historic crossroads, with a close presidential election on June 4 and the opportunity to ratify the free trade agreement with the United States. With a stable political system and a strong economy, Per [...]	2006-05-25 22:14:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV ETRD PE
06LIMA2185	HUMALA'S ANTI-AMERICAN NEWSPAPER [...] (C) Candidate Ollanta Humala's official campaign newspaper "La Olla" is virulently anti-U.S. and calls into question his 5/17 reassurances to visiting WHA PDAS Charles Shapiro and Ambassador Struble that he seeks good relations. End Summary. 2. (U) Candidate Ollanta Humala's newspaper, en [...]	2006-06-01 22:02:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA2366	CONGRESSMAN MEEKS DISCUSSES TRADE AND DEMOCRACY [...] (U) Summary: During an official visit to Peru, Congressman Gregory Meeks met with President Toledo to discuss the Peruvian Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA),democracy and other issues. Toledo observed that the recent shift towards populism in the region would be temporary and the Chavez exp [...]	2006-06-13 21:02:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETRD ECON AA EINV PGOV PE
06LIMA2392	PERU-COLOMBIA RELATIONS -- WHY WE EXPECT AN ERA OF [...] (SBU) A significant consequence of Alan Garcia's victory in the 6/4 presidential election here is the potential for strategic cooperation between Peru and Colombia on issues such as counternarcotics, anti-terrorism, and regional economic development, and the opportunity this provides to the US [...]	2006-06-15 19:40:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PE CO
06LIMA2415	FUJIMORISTAS LOOKING FORWARD TO COOPERATING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Legislators-elect Keiko and Santiago Fujimori, in a 6/12 meeting with Polcouns, said that their 13-member congressional bloc would be disciplined, and is prepared to work constructively with the incoming Garcia government in return for an end to "political persecution" and "imp [...]	2006-06-16 16:39:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM PINR PE
06LIMA2416	UNIDAD NACIONAL TO SUPPORT APRA GOVERNMENT BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with former presidential candidate Lourdes Flores of the Unidad Nacional (UN) coalition on 6/9. Flores said UN would work with the APRA government, but would remain independent and objective. Her focus has turned to municipal and regional elections where UN a [...]	2006-06-16 17:26:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PE
06LIMA2437	REGIONAL LEADERS PROTEST CERRO VERDE MINE [...] (C) Summary. Cerro Verde Mine, a Phelps Dodge subsidiary located in Arequipa (southern Peru) was the target of a 3,000 person protest on June 15. Led by a coalition of 14 Arequipa regional mayors, the protestors complained that Cerro Verde contributed less to the mining canon in 2005 than in [...]	2006-06-19 17:44:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN EINV ENRG PGOV PE
06LIMA2445	LULA-GARCIA MEETING A "LOVE-FEST" ACCORDING TO TOP [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Peruvian Foreign Ministry's Undersecretary for Political Affairs, Pablo Portugal, described the 6/13 meeting in Brasilia between President-elect Alan Garcia and Brazilian President Lula da Silva as a "love-fest," during a 6/14 coffee with the Ambassador. According to Portu [...]	2006-06-19 19:30:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD EINV PE BR
06LIMA248	OLLANTA HUMALA: KEYS TO HIS CHARACTER, LIKELY [...] (C) Peruvian anti-system presidential candidate Ollanta Humala has offered little direct information about his attitudes toward the United States. The absence of direct criticism of the U.S. might lead some to conclude that his ideas about the U.S. are still gestating and possibly could be t [...]	2006-01-23 11:58:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER PHUM PE
06LIMA2624	HUMALA HAS NO COATTAILS IN LORETO [...] (C) Ex-Union por el Peru (UPP) and Peruvian Nationalist Party (PNP) presidential candidate Ollanta Humala carried the Loreto Region in Peru's 6/4 second-round presidential race. Despite that, Loreto remains up for grabs in November's regional and municipal elections because Humala's party has [...]	2006-07-03 21:20:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA2625	HUMALA HAS NO COATTAILS IN LORETO [...] (C) Ex-Union por el Peru (UPP) and Peruvian Nationalist Party (PNP) presidential candidate Ollanta Humala carried the Loreto Region in Peru's 6/4 second-round presidential race. Despite that, Loreto remains up for grabs in November's regional and municipal elections because Humala's party has [...]	2006-07-03 21:39:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA269	DGAC OUSTED OVER GROUNDING OF TANS AIRLINES [...] (C) Summary. The indefinite grounding of TANS Airlines on January 6 has become highly politicized, with President Toledo ordering the removal of Director General of Civil Aviation Roberto Rodriguez from his post on January 20. According to DGAC officials, the Ministry of Defense, which owns [...]	2006-01-23 23:05:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON PGOV PE
06LIMA2743	HUMALA MOVEMENT LOSING STEAM IN AREQUIPA [...] Radical opposition leader and former presidential candidate Ollanta Humala carried the Arequipa region by a wide margin in Peru's 6/4 presidential race. Despite that, the prospects for pro-Humala candidates in upcoming regional and municipal elections are uncertain. Humala has lost credibil [...]	2006-07-13 19:56:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL PE
06LIMA2839	SECRETARY GUTIERREZ'S VISIT TO PERU - SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) Mr. Secretary, I welcome your July 27-28 visit to participate in the inauguration of President-elect Alan GARCIA Perez. This presidential transition is historic--for the first time in modern Peruvian history one elected leader will transfer authority to another without the backdrop of an [...]	2006-07-21 17:00:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON PGOV ETRD PE
06LIMA2853	AMBASSADOR MEETS PRESIDENT-ELECT GARCIA [...] (C) Ambassador Struble called upon President-elect Alan Garcia on July 14. The Ambassador was accompanied by DCM Phyllis Powers; Garcia was joined by his Foreign Minister-designate, Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde. While the Ambassador and Garcia had maintained contact through intermediaries, [...]	2006-07-24 03:37:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PE PREL PINR
06LIMA2885	HUMALA A HAS-BEEN, SAYS FORMER ADVISOR, NOW [...] (C) Former radical, anti-system presidential candidate for the Union por el Peru (UPP) and Peruvian Nationalist (PNP) parties Ollanta Humala will neither be able to control the 43-person Congressional bloc elected with him nor will he succeed in electing political allies in November's regional [...]	2006-07-25 19:37:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM VE PE
06LIMA3013	GARCIA CHOOSES COMPETENCE FOR HIS ECONOMIC TEAM [...] (U) Summary: President Garcia's choices for Finance Minister, Trade Minister and Production Minister suggest that he will maintain the economic policies of the Toledo Administration. The Finance Minister, Luis Carranza, has not been a high-profile political player, but he brings sound economic [...]	2006-08-02 21:37:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV PGOV PREL PE
06LIMA3016	PERU'S GARCIA EXTENDS HAND TO CHILE [...] (U) During his inauguration, Peruvian President Alan Garcia Perez made a deliberate and highly successful effort to improve Peru's relations with Chile. Garcia invited President Bachelet to be a guest of honor at Peru's annual Independence Day Military Parade on 7/29, and Peruvian Foreign Mi [...]	2006-08-02 22:52:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA3102	GARCIA'S PRIME MINISTER AND FOREIGN, DEFENSE, AND [...] (SBU) President Alan Garcia has kept his pledge to form a multi-party council of ministers with only six of his 16 ministers coming from the President's own APRA party. Six of his appointees are women, more than in any previous cabinet. President Garcia's Prime Minister is Jorge del Castillo, [...]	2006-08-08 16:50:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ECON PREL PINR PE
06LIMA3103	SECRETARY GUTIERREZ MEETS WITH PRESIDENT URIBE, [...] (C) President Uribe expressed interest in both early approval of the proposed U.S.-Colombian FTA and, barring that, in a possible extension for APTDEA. Secretary Gutierrez described how both Ecuador and Bolivia had almost certainly scotched any chance for APTDEA extension through recent acti [...]	2006-08-08 19:18:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PINR PE
06LIMA3109	SECRETARY GUTIERREZ MEETS PERU TRADE MINISTERS [...] (C) Commerce Secretary Gutierrez warned both the outgoing and incoming Peruvian Trade Ministers that the vote on the U.S.-Peru FTA would be close. Ambassador Struble said that the Peruvians needed to prepare "a game plan" to obtain support in the U.S. Congress. Trade Minister Mercedes Araoz [...]	2006-08-08 20:19:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PINR PE
06LIMA3283	GARCIA NAMES FAMOUS ECONOMIST AS PTPA PROMOTER [...] (U) Summary. On August 17, President Garcia named renowned economist Hernando de Soto as his "personal representative" to obtain the U.S. Congress' ratification of the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA). De Soto, a world-renowned economist and author of "The Other Path," has reportedl [...]	2006-08-21 12:27:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV PGOV PREL PE
06LIMA3384	PERU SIGNS TRADE AGREEMENT WITH CHILE [...] (U) Summary. Overcoming decades of distrust, Peru and Chile signed a trade agreement on August 22. The agreement "amplifies" the 1998 Chile-Peru Economic Complementation Agreement (ECA),and provides for national treatment of Peruvian investors in Chile, most favored nation treatment by Chile [...]	2006-08-25 15:28:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ENRG ELAB ECON EAID SENV CI PE

06LIMA3825	CHAVEZ' CHARGE OF FRAUD FURTHER STRAINS [...] (SBU) Summary: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez' public allegation that Alan Garcia won Peru's recent elections by resorting to fraud has generated strong public and official repudiations here. This latest exchange has further strained an already testy bilateral relationship, and with luck wi [...]	2006-09-27 19:54:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM UNGA UNSC VE PE
06LIMA3907	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL ADAM SMITH [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance to U.S. Representative Adam Smith to visit Peru from October 1 through October 5, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to better understand U.S.- Peru Economic Relations, including the potential impact of a U.S.-Peru FTA on economic development and povert [...]	2006-10-02 16:23:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN ETRD PE
06LIMA4035	CONGRESSMAN SMITH VISITS PERU TO DISCUSS FREE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Congressman Adam Smith, Democrat from Washington, spent four days in Lima, Peru (Oct 1-5) talking with government and private sector representatives about the potential impact of the Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA) on both countries' economies, and the state of current Pe [...]	2006-10-11 17:02:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON CODEL OVIP ELAB PGOV PE
06LIMA4384	GARCIA SAYS HE WILL ASK BUSH TO SEND FREE TRADE [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Alan Garcia announced that he would personally ask President Bush in the next few days to submit the implementing legislation for the Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA) to Congress now. Garcia announced on state-run television November 15 that the Democrats' mid-ter [...]	2006-11-16 21:30:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL PE
06LIMA4451	REGIONAL ELECTIONS: APRA DOWN AND HUMALA OUT AMID [...] (U) Independent local groups won the majority of regional presidencies and mayorships in Peru's 11/19 elections. Former presidential candidate Ollanta Humala's Peruvian Nationalist Party was all but wiped out and APRA lost significant ground, holding on to only three Regional Presidencies. T [...]	2006-11-21 22:29:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM VE PE
06LIMA4499	GOP POSTPONES PUSH FOR FTA UNTIL NEW U.S. CONGRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Jorge del Castillo announced on November 27 that the GOP would no longer seek ratification of the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA) by the current U.S. Congress, choosing to wait until early next year to engage the incoming Congress. Following several [...]	2006-11-28 12:32:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PGOV PE
06LIMA4570	PERU: PRESIDENT GARCIA'S EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL [...] (S) This message is in response to reftel request for information on the emotional and physical health of President Alan Garcia. Our responses are slugged to the questions in reftel paragraphs. We do not always have first-hand information on the questions asked, a fact reflected in some of our answ [...]	2006-12-04 22:44:00	Embassy Lima	SECRET	PINR PGOV PE
06LIMA461	BRAZILIAN PRESIDENTIAL FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR [...] (C) Brazilian presidential foreign policy advisor Marco Aurelio Garcia visited Peru the week of 1/30, meeting with President Alejandro Toledo; Foreign Minister Oscar Maurtua and other Foreign Ministry officials; Andean Community Secretary General Allan Wagner; leading presidential SIPDIS [...]	2006-02-03 18:48:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR BR PE
06LIMA4744	PERU'S SECOND CITY LEANS LEFT BUT OPEN TO GLOBAL [...] (C) Despite their affiliation with radical nationalist groups, the recently-elected regional president and the mayor of Arequipa, Peru's second largest city, come across as having clear and sensible plans for economic progress in their region, including orderly decentralization. In recent me [...]	2006-12-20 23:48:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL ETRD EMIN EAID TBIO PE
06LIMA64	FOREIGN MINISTER ON PERU'S "ISOLATION," BOLIVIA, [...] (C) Foreign Minister Oscar Maurtua, in a breakfast hosted by the Ambassador on 1/4, said that Peru, as a pro-U.S. and pro-free trade advocate, sees itself as increasingly isolated in a South America moving leftwards, with only Colombia for company. Maurtua pushed for signals of USG support: [...]	2006-01-09 13:25:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PE BL
06LIMA847	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SECRETARY OF STATE [...] (C) Madam Secretary, Embassy Lima warmly welcomes your visit to Peru -- the first by a Secretary of State since Secretary Powell,s attendance at the OAS General Assembly SIPDIS here on the fateful September 11, 2001. Your visit provides an excellent opportunity to highlight for Peruvians, a [...]	2006-03-03 18:11:00	Embassy Lima	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ETRD SNAR PE
06LIMA86	HUMALA PERFORMS AT POST-CARACAS PRESS CONFERENCE [...] (U) Peruvian anti-system presidential candidate Ollanta Humala held a sometimes-raucous press conference on 1/5/06 to explain his recent trip to Caracas. The event showcased Humala's ability to project a plainspoken "country boy" image and to use effective folksy sound bites to answer often- [...]	2006-01-09 22:14:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS PTER PHUM PE
06LIMA893	HUMALA'S REVEALING "GREAT TRANSFORMATION" CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Peruvian anti-system presidential candidate Ollanta Humala released his plan of government, entitled &The Great Transformation,8 (GT) on 2/22/06. The 84-page manifesto calls for a state-directed social revolution in Peru. The plan assumes that the state can form voluntary, productive pa [...]	2006-03-07 16:21:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LINSK1234	LUKASHENKO'S NEW FOREIGN POLICY: A METHOD TO THE [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-01 14:03:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON CH VE AJ IR BO
06LISBON1280	PORTUGUESE RESPONSE TO WTO DOHA ROUND DEMARCHE [...] (U) Summary: On June 26, Pol/Econ DepCouns delivered reftel demarche to MFA EU External Relations Division Head Cristina Vasconcellos and Ministry of Economy Acting DG for Enterprise Alice Rodrigues. Each reiterated well-known EU positions, with Vasconcellos underscoring the need for simult [...]	2006-06-28 15:03:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	WTRO ETRD ECON FO PO
06LISBON1315	PORTUGUESE FM RESIGNS, NEW MOD AND FM SWORN IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Portuguese FM Diogo Freitas do Amaral resigned on June 30, citing health reasons. MOD Luis Amado was named to become the next Foreign Minister, and Amado was replaced by Nuno Severiano Teixeira, the former director of the Institute of National Defense. Both men were sworn in on [...]	2006-07-03 17:13:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PO
06LISBON1527	TFLE01: PORTUGAL REQUESTS EU AND UN RESPONSE TO [...] (U) Summary: Until July 20, the Portuguese government had remained relatively quiet on its views of the Middle East conflict, other than lamenting the humanitarian crisis and following the EU's message (reftel). On July 20 and July 23, however, the GOP offered to participate in a future UN pe [...]	2006-07-25 10:36:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PO
06LISBON1565	TFLE01: PORTUGUESE FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES [...] (C) Portuguese Foreign Minister Luis Amado told the Ambassador on July 27 that the extraordinary EU meeting on the Middle East planned for August 1 must devise a common EU position and avoid divisions with the United States. He said Hezbollah must be disarmed and an international force deplo [...]	2006-07-27 16:08:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PO
06LISBON1572	PORTUGUESE FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES HUGO CHAVEZ [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Luis Amado to get a readout of Prime Minister Socrates's July 23 meeting with Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, which occurred during the latter's refueling stopover at the Lisbon Airport. The Ambassador expressed strong concern about Venezuela's mil [...]	2006-07-28 16:03:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PO VE
06LISBON1593	CHAVEZ PLANS OFFICIAL VISIT TO PORTUGAL [...] (C) Summary: On July 28, local daily "Diario de Noticias" reported Venezuelan Ambassador to Portugal, Lucas Rincon Romero's comments that President Hugo Chavez is making plans to travel to Portugal on an official visit sometime before the end of October. Pol/Econ Officer paid a call MFA Latin [...]	2006-08-02 15:50:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE PO
06LISBON1743	PORTUGAL READY TO CONTRIBUTE TO UNIFIL MISSION, [...] (C) UNIFIL's mandate, still under discussion, will determine the type and size of Portugal's contribution to the force. Portugal has the political will to participate, with Prime Minister Socrates and his cabinet awaiting clarification of the mandate before deciding on its force's composition [...]	2006-08-17 16:01:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL LE PO
06LISBON1921	AMBASSADOR - FOREIGN MINISTER TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (S/NF) Ambassador Hoffman's meeting with Foreign Minister Amado on September 8 covered the waterfront of issues. The Minister said that he would push hard with the Prime Minister to allow Lajes to be used as a transit point in repatriating Guantanamo detainees (ref a). During recent closed testimon [...]	2006-09-08 16:57:00	Embassy Lisbon	SECRET	MOPS PREL PTER PO US VE
06LISBON2266	US-PORTUGAL BILATERAL COMMISSION HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Summary: Portugal hosted the semi-annual meeting of the U.S.-Portugal Bilateral Commission on October 3 to discuss ongoing bilateral cooperation items as well as coordination on international military engagements. The U.S. delegation noted Portugal's military contributions worldwide, incl [...]	2006-10-12 14:21:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR ETRD PO
06LISBON2269	PORTUGAL'S EU PRESIDENCY PLANS; A SHIFT FROM THE [...] (C) Summary: Portuguese interlocutors relayed their views regarding their government's preparations for the EU presidency. They noted that Germany's policy prescriptions would dominate the agenda through the new coordinated presidencies process, but that Portugal had some opportunities to aff [...]	2006-10-13 07:21:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON XA XF PO
06LISBON2366	SCENESETTER FOR FM AMADO'S OCT 24 MEETING WITH [...] (S/NF) Foreign Minister Luis Amado's visit with you is part of Portugal's effort to raise its profile in the international arena, particularly in the run-up to its EU Presidency which it will assume in the latter half of 2007. Although Prime Minister Socrates focused primarily on domestic issues du [...]	2006-10-20 17:13:00	Embassy Lisbon	SECRET	MOPS PGOV PREL PO
06LISBON2407	PORTUGAL: CONCERNED ABOUT IRAN AND NORTH KOREA [...] (SBU) During a separate meeting in Lisbon on security and non-proliferation on the margins of the 21st Bilateral Commission, Portugal underscored the importance of a coordinated EU and US approach in the face of Iranian and North Korean efforts to upset the stability of the current worldwide [...]	2006-10-25 16:09:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL PO
06LISBON2769	PORTUGAL'S POLICIES IN ADVANCE OF THE DECEMBER [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Deputy Director for the Common Foreign and Security Policy Ana Filomena Rocha provided a review of MFA's preparations for the reftel December 11-12 European Union (EU) General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) in a December 7 discus [...]	2006-12-07 16:44:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PRM PGOV PHUM PREL PO CH EUN YI SR BK IS
06LJUBLJANA129	SLOVENIA: ROUNDTABLE ON ISLAM AND THE WEST FOSTERS [...] (U) SUMMARY. On February 21, the Embassy and the University of Primorska co-organized a roundtable on "Islam and the West" at the newly open American Corner in Koper. With excellent organization provided by the University and exceptional attendance by Slovenian citizens, students, and the med [...]	2006-02-24 07:30:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KPAO SI
06LJUBLJANA173	SLOVENIA: REACTIONS TO 2005 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] (U) SUMMARY. Reaction to the 2005 Human Rights Report was varied. The GOS reaction contrasted with last year, as MFA State Secretary Bozo Cerar called in COM to complain about passages in the Report on trafficking in persons, rape, and the government's relations with Slovenia's Muslim minori [...]	2006-03-21 08:33:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KPAO SI
06LJUBLJANA221	SLOVENIA STRENGTHENS ECONOMIC TIES WITH RUSSIA [...] (SBU) Summary Slovenia has long prided itself on its unique relationship with Russia, which lacks most of the political baggage collected by its eastern neighbors during years of Communist repression. While the GOS's policy declaration at the beginning of its mandate in late 2004 specifically [...]	2006-04-12 00:53:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON RU SI
06LJUBLJANA252	SLOVENIA: INTERIOR MINISTER HIGHLIGHTS REGIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: At an April 13 lunch hosted by COM Minister of Interior Dragutin Mate discussed Slovenia's regional anti-crime efforts and bilateral assistance to Macedonia; recent changes in the asylum law; latest thinking on dealing with the "erased," and the Hoehn-Saric case, a denationaliz [...]	2006-04-25 21:41:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SI
06LJUBLJANA272	SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR ROBERT LOFTIS [...] (SBU) Ambassador Loftis: We welcome your visit to Slovenia to hold bilateral Pol-Mil talks. These talks will provide an excellent opportunity to: - Thank Slovenia for its robust contributions to ongoing NATO operations such as NTM-I, ISAF, and KFOR, as well as the completed Hurricane Katrin [...]	2006-05-05 05:05:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL PTER SI
06LJUBLJANA329	SUCCESSFUL U.S.-SLOVENIA POL-MIL TALKS HELD MAY [...] (S) The first joint State-DOD pol-mil talks with Slovenia took place at the Slovenian MFA May 12. Highlights included: -- SLOVENE CONTRIBUTIONS TO GWOT (paras 3-5): The Slovenes said they are increasingly willing to share the collective burden and that they intend to maintain their particip [...]	2006-05-25 06:18:00	Embassy Ljubljana	SECRET	MARR NATO PGOV PREL SI
06LJUBLJANA34	SLOVENIA: PRESIDENT DRNOVSEK SEEKING TO MAKE A [...] (C) Summary: At a lunch January 13, President Drnovsek, accompanied by Presidential Advisor and former FM Ivo Vajgl, outlined for COM his proposals to galvanize international assistance for Darfur (reported reftel),his ideas on how to resolve the long-simmering Slovenian-Croatian border disp [...]	2006-01-19 08:59:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SI
06LJUBLJANA378	THE PRIVATIZATION TWO STEP: UPDATE FROM SLOVENIA [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Slovenia (GOS) has announced it will soon begin privatizing two of its significant assets: telecommunications operator Telekom Slovenije; and the country's second largest financial institution, Nova Kreditna Banka Maribor (NKBM). Though somewhat ill-timed coming [...]	2006-06-15 05:26:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD SI
06LJUBLJANA386	SLOVENIAN ENERGY: THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING? [...] (C) Summary: Following a visit in May to Moscow by Slovene Prime Minister Janez Jansa and several members of his cabinet and a large commercial contingent (ref E),and Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller's visit last week to Slovenia, Slovene media reports a flurry of meetings, discussions, and rumors of [...]	2006-06-22 04:14:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG ETRD SI
06LJUBLJANA402	SLOVENIA: PM JANSA AT THE HALF-WAY MARK [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Janez Jansa is nearly half-way through his first term in office. In that time we have enjoyed a much closer bilateral relationship with the Government of Slovenia (GOS) than with the previous, center-left government. He is a true believer in NATO and strong promo [...]	2006-06-28 03:40:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SI
06LJUBLJANA483	SLOVENIA: COM CALLS ON NEW CHIEF OF DEFENSE GUTMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. On 20 July COM paid a courtesy call on the new Chief of Defense (CHOD) of the Slovenian Armed Forces (SAF) Lt. General Albin Gutman. Gutman, returning to the CHOD position for the second time, was well prepared and talked at length about the entire slate of U.S.-Slovenia militar [...]	2006-07-26 04:49:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	SI
06LJUBLJANA530	SLOVENIA: FINDING PRACTICAL WAYS TO MATCH [...] (U) A/DCM and PolMilOff delivered Reftel demarche to Mirko Cigler, Director of the Department for North America, and Damijan Bergant, Deputy Director of the Department for International Organizations and Human Security, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on August 16. 2. (C) Cigler echoed t [...]	2006-08-16 14:06:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL SI
06LJUBLJANA567	PETROL DOES DEAL WITH LUKOIL AND HARRAH'S SHOULD [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-01 15:11:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG PINR RU SI
06LJUBLJANA611	SCENESETTER: SECDEF'S SEPTEMBER 27-29 TRIP TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Mr. Secretary, we welcome your visit to Slovenia for the NATO Defense Ministerial in Portoroz, September 27-29, 2006. Since your November 2002 visit, Slovenia has assumed greater responsibility for the projection of security and promotion of democracy abroad and has emerged as [...]	2006-09-21 12:01:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL PTER SI
06LJUBLJANA63	SLOVENIA'S DIVERGENT VIEWS ON NATO/EU COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. The public debate in Slovenia over the government's January 12 decision to send four trainers to the NATO Training Mission in Iraq (NTM-I) has led to the crystallization of two distinct views on the relationship between NATO and EU security policy. The first sees NATO as a criti [...]	2006-01-31 03:53:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL SI
06LJUBLJANA646	DAS DICARLO ENGAGES ON REGIONAL ISSUES IN LJUBLJANA [...] (C) Summary: In October 3-4 meetings with EUR DAS Rosemary DiCarlo, Slovenia's Deputy Foreign Minister Bozo Cerar, and chief international affairs advisor to the Prime Minister, Andrej Rahten reiterated Slovenia's support for the work of both the UN Special Negotiator Ahtisaari and the Contact [...]	2006-10-13 12:53:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID SI YI SR
06LJUBLJANA675	AMBASSADOR GREG SCHULTE TALKS NONPROLIFERATION IN [...] (C) Summary. During a public diplomacy visit to Slovenia October 16 US Ambassador to UNVIE Greg Schulte met with leaders and policymakers from government, media, and academia to talk about nuclear nonproliferation, US policy towards Iran and North Korea, and Slovenia's role as the Chairman of [...]	2006-10-23 05:23:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM SI
06LJUBLJANA747	GOVERNMENT PLAN FOR DISPLACED ROMA MET WITH FIERCE [...] (U) SUMMARY. Tensions continue to rise in Slovenia as the GoS's proposal to relocate the displaced Roma family of Ambrus (reftel) was met with immediate opposition from the local community. Residents frame the dispute as a problem with law and order, not discrimination. But images of angry [...]	2006-11-17 15:04:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SI
06LJUBLJANA824	SLOVENIA: FM RUPEL ON KOSOVO, SERBIA AND CROATIA'S [...] C) Foreign Minister Rupel reiterated to COM Slovenia's support for moving forward in a timely manner on Kosovo status. COM pressed on the need for unity on this point since Rupel had speculated to a gather of the diplomatic community in Ljubljana the day before that certain "conditional formu [...]	2006-12-21 09:43:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SI
06LOME558	SRSG OULD-ABDALLAH VISITS TOGO [...] (U) Charge met May 26 with Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah along with French Ambassador Alain Hohleville, German Ambassador Klaus-Guenther Grohmann, EU Delegation Charge Gilles Desesquelles and UNDP Resident Representative Rosine Sori-Coulibaly to discuss the political situation in Togo. Ould-Abdallah i [...]	2006-06-01 16:42:00	Embassy Lome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TO
06LONDON6133	(C) UK NOT SENDING DELEGATIONS TO SYRIA AND IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-21 15:23:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS IR SY LE UK
06LONDON7250	(C) UK-INDIA SUMMIT: BUILDING ON THE STRATEGIC [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Prime Ministers Blair and Singh met in London October 10 for the third annual UK-India summit since the bilateral strategic partnership was launched in 2004. This was not intended as a summit of breakthrough agreements, but rather of building on the multi-faceted relationship. [...]	2006-10-11 16:05:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KNNP ETRD PTER IN AF UK
06LONDON7623	(C) CENTRAL ASIA: SCA DAS FEIGENBAUM'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum met in London October 23 with officials of the UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the Department for International Development (DFID),to exchange views on policy and programs in Central Asia. Key policy points: - Both countries seek to bol [...]	2006-10-26 16:24:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ECON EAID ZK KZ KG TI TX UZ
06LONDON8212	UK AGREES ON NEED FOR VIGOROUS CRITIQUE OF IRAN [...] (C) Summary. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office welcomes USG plans to publicly critique the undemocratic, unaccountable nature of Iran's Assembly of Experts election and the UK will be making a similar public statement, perhaps as early as December 5. The FCO noted, however, that due to co [...]	2006-12-05 12:24:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL IR EU UK
06LUANDA1233	GENERAL WARD PROPOSES BILATERAL WORK PLAN TO [...] (U) Summary: Deputy Commander EUCOM, General William (Kip) Ward, proposed the drafting of a work plan to increase the pace and scope of bilateral military cooperation between the U.S. and Angola during his October 22-23, 2006, visit to Luanda. The work plan will likely combine current coop [...]	2006-11-24 11:37:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR AO
06LUANDA1236	ANGOLA - NOVEMBER POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (U) SUMMARY -------------- ---Voter Registration Campaign Update ---Supreme Court Host Conference on Penal System ---Independence Day Inaugurations, Honors and Celebrations ---Ambrosio de Lemos Appointed as New Chief of Police ----------------------------------- Voter Registration Campaign [...]	2006-11-29 17:05:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI PINR AO
06LUANDA342	AMBASSADOR EFIRD MEETS WITH NEW ANGOLAN MINISTER [...] (SBU) New Angolan Interior Minister Ngongo told Ambassador Efird that he supports human rights and free elections, and accountability and transparency in police actions. He hopes to continue close cooperation with the USG in ILEA training programs, and engage in the newly funded civilian small [...]	2006-04-06 16:46:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR PARM AO
06LUANDA464	ANGOLA: A REALITY CHECK ON THE CHINESE CREDIT LINE [...] (SBU) Since the announcement of a USD 2 billion credit line from the PRC to GRA in March 2004, reports of increases to the credit line, ranging from USD 1 billion to USD 10 billion, have proliferated. Regardless of the promised value, actual implementation of the credit line is gradual and un [...]	2006-05-03 11:53:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD PREL CH AO
06LUANDA736	ANGOLA - CABINDAN PEACE ACCORD NEGOTIATIONS [...] On July 15, 2006, the final text of the Cabinda Peace Accord was approved and signed as a Memorandum of Understanding in Brazzaville. The accord has six main components central to which is the still undefined special political and economic status for Cabinda. Other items include granting amn [...]	2006-07-17 16:18:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER AO
06LUSAKA1188	Election Preparations Proceeding Smoothly [...] (SBU) Summary: The Electoral Commission of Zambia continues to respond thoroughly to concerns of stakeholders as it proceeds with ballot printing oversight, organizes distribution of ballots and other materials to polling stations, establishes conflict management mechanisms, and handles accredi [...]	2006-08-31 12:45:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ZA
06LUSAKA1264	ZAMBIAN ELECTIONS--MWANAWASA LEADS, BUT SATA GAINS [...] (C) Summary: With less than two weeks until September 28 national elections, the second-runner, Michael Sata, appears to be gaining ground on President Levy Mwanawasa, who nonetheless still enjoys a comfortable lead. Results from voter opinion polls vary, and one poll that gives Sata a deci [...]	2006-09-18 08:54:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ZA
06LUSAKA1419	ZAMBIAN ELECTIONS: A WARTS-AND-ALL INSIDER'S [...] (C) Summary. President Mwanawasa won Zambia's September 28 presidential election "fair and square," according to an experienced international elections expert who worked closely on the electoral process. The expert also noted serious shortcomings in the management of election results and in t [...]	2006-10-13 14:28:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV EAID ZA
06LUSAKA1647	MINES 2006 PROMOTES INVESTMENTS IN SADC MINING PROJECTS [...] (U) Summary and introduction: Mines 2006, a regional mining conference held in Lusaka, highlighted project opportunities and matched potential investors and partners with capital and technical know-how with projects in Southern African Development Community member countries. In opening present [...]	2006-12-05 11:07:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ECON EINV ZA
06MADRID1035	SPAIN/CUBA: TITLE III OF LIBERTAD ACT [...] (C) Spain is believed to be the largest foreign investor in Cuba, though Spanish companies avoid publishing precise data out of concern that such information will be used to further U.S. enforcement actions under the Libertad Act. Cuba is the third-largest market for Spain in Latin America, after M [...]	2006-04-25 12:56:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU SP
06MADRID1075	LETTER TO THE SECRETARY FROM SPANISH FM MORATINOS [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-27 16:27:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PREL SP
06MADRID1260	SPAIN ON EU-LAC SUMMIT: "IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE" [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a broad discussion on May 17 that included Spain,s plans for the EU review of Cuba policy in June, MFA DG for Latin America Javier Sandomingo told Polcouns that Spain was satisfied with the outcome of the recent EU-Latin America/Caribbean (EU-LAC) Summit in Vienna. He said tha [...]	2006-05-19 14:25:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP
06MADRID1261	SPANISH GOVERNMENT DRUMS UP SUPPORT FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY. Citing barely 50 percent public approval for Spanish participation in ISAF, the GOS took the offensive on May 18, holding a high visibility public discussion of its efforts in Afghanistan. GOS speakers, including the Defense and Foreign Ministers, hammered on several key justifi [...]	2006-05-19 14:46:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AF SP
06MADRID1262	MUSLIMS IN SPAIN: FINDING A WAY FORWARD [...] (U) Summary. Spain's diverse and rapidly growing Muslim community is new to the country and does not yet identify itself as Spanish. The community's national representation has recently been experienced significant upheaval, prompting many to question the structure of a Muslim religious leader [...]	2006-05-19 14:49:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KISL SP
06MADRID1476	SPAIN: FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE POWELL MEETS [...] (C/NF) Summary: Former Secretary of State Colin Powell took advantage of a private visit to Spain on May 23 to meet with Spain's Foreign Minister Moratinos. Moratinos told Powell that Spain is working to rebuild US-Spain relations - which Moratinos said went sour after Spain's pullout from Ir [...]	2006-06-08 16:28:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV SP
06MADRID1526	SPAIN: SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S MEETING [...] (C/NF) Madame Secretary, your meeting with Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos comes at time when the Spanish government believes that it has significantly improved its relations with the US by supporting our efforts in Afghanistan, Iran, the Broader Middle East, and lately even Ir [...]	2006-06-13 17:12:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV SP
06MADRID1748	SPANISH MOD DEMONSTRATES INTENT TO CONTINUE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. The day after standing beside the Ambassador during the Ambassador's July 4th speech, Defense Minister Alonso sat down with the Ambassador to talk at length about Asian security policy, Alonso's planned fall visit to Washington, NATO, Spanish politics, and bilateral defense is [...]	2006-07-07 15:13:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR NATO SP
06MADRID1834	SPAIN/CUBA: SPANISH VIEWS ON CUBA TRANSITION [...] (C) Summary. There is intense public interest and curiousity in Spain regarding what will happen in post-Fidel Cuba. While both the US and Spain clearly share the common long-term objective of a democratic Cuba, it is also clear that we have divergent views on how to achieve that objective. [...]	2006-07-20 15:14:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CU SP
06MADRID1923	SPAIN: AMBASSADOR'S JULY 27 MEETING WITH FM [...] (C//NF) Summary: Ambassador Aguirre had a wide ranging discussion with Spanish Foreign Minister Moratinos on July 27, the day after Moratinos, return from the Lebanon Core Group meeting in Rome. Moratinos was very pleased with his treatment by the Secretary during the meeting and especially [...]	2006-07-31 11:02:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	OTRA SP
06MADRID1966	PLAN AFRICA: SPAIN INTRODUCES SELF TO NEIGHBORS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 26, Vice President Fernandez de la Vega officially rolled out Plan Africa, an ambitious project developed by the Zapatero government to address what it perceives to be a glaring hole in Spanish foreign policy. Prompted both by fears of international terrorism and by more [...]	2006-08-03 15:30:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID SMIG SOCI SP XY
06MADRID205	SPAIN: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF WHA A/S SHANNON [...] (C) Spanish interlocutors are very much looking forward to your visit, which they see as the next step in our bilateral high-level effort to spur cooperation in Latin America and an opportunity to hear USG perspectives in anticipation of key regional elections. On the USG denial of authorizati [...]	2006-01-25 16:48:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP
06MADRID2495	SPAIN: VISIT OF CUBA TRANSITION COORDINATOR CALEB [...] (C) Summary. Cuba Transition Coordinator Caleb McCarry visited Madrid September 26-27 for meetings with Spanish MFA officials, political figures (including former Spanish President Jose Maria Aznar),and opinion leaders, as well as radio and print interviews on Spanish media. In his meeting [...]	2006-10-02 16:18:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU SP
06MADRID2543	SPAIN: SCENESETTER FOR INL PDAS SCHWEICH'S OCTOBER [...] (SBU) Your visit will dovetail nicely with the visit in mid September of DEA Administrator Tandy and will provide an important opportunity to educate the Spaniards on the Department's key role in the counter-narcotics effort. In her meetings with members of the Spanish Ministry of Interior, C [...]	2006-10-06 16:29:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SNAR SP
06MADRID2544	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Spain is an opportunity to press the GOS and, possibly, private sector entities to move in ways that are key to achieving U.S. foreign policy goals in Iraq and Iran. You should ask Spain to put its money where its mouth is on the Iraq Compact in two ways. First, as [...]	2006-10-06 16:55:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID PREL SP
06MADRID2583	SPAIN: VISIT OF VENEZUELA COORDINATOR DEBORAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Coordinator for Venezuela Deborah McCarthy met with representatives of the Spanish Foreign Ministry and National Security Council on October 4 to discuss U.S. policy on Venezuela and Latin America. McCarthy also conducted interviews with two Spanish media outlets and on [...]	2006-10-13 14:24:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR UNSC SP VE
06MADRID2624	SPAIN: IN ADVANCE OF OCT. 16 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff met with MFA European Correspondent Carlos Fernandez-Arias on October 13 to discuss Spain's position in advance of the October 16 GAERC meeting. Fernandez-Arias indicated that Spain was in complete agreement on most topics with the United States, but he singled out Kosovo [...]	2006-10-17 07:22:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV UN EU YI SR BO MK SU CG IS LE IR IZ UP
06MADRID2630	SPAIN: MORATINOS MEETINGS IN DAMASCUS [...] (C) A senior member of Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos' staff called in Political Counselor on 10/17 to provide a written readout for the Secretary of Moratinos' 10/14-15 visit to Damascus. A scanned copy of this document was e-mailed on the classified system to EUR/WE. We have made [...]	2006-10-18 07:15:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP
06MADRID2632	SPAIN: TOUR D'HORIZON WITH FORMER PRESIDENT AZNAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador hosted former President Jose Maria Aznar for a private lunch at his residence on October 16. President Aznar offered his opinions on the domestic political situation as well as the outlook in Latin America. He also told Ambassador of his satisfaction at seeing improved [...]	2006-10-18 08:40:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SP
06MADRID2641	SCENESETTER FOR SPANISH DEFENSE MINISTER ALONSO [...] (C/NF) When you meet with Spanish Defense Minister Jose Antonio Alonso on October 23, you are meeting a man who is vastly different from his predecessor. Whereas ex-Minister Bono is a lifelong politician and rival of President Zapatero, Alonso is a judge and lifelong friend of Zapatero. Bono [...]	2006-10-18 15:09:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR SP
06MADRID2685	TREASURY DEPSEC'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Foreign Minister Moratinos told Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt October 19 that Spain strongly supports the SIPDIS Iraq Compact and that Madrid would transfer the 22 million dollars it had pledged for the Basra Children's Hospital within about one month. He also pledged Spanish supp [...]	2006-10-23 15:13:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET//NOFORN	EAID EINV EFIN PREL PARM ETTC KIPR SP
06MADRID2770	SPAIN: VISIT OF INL PDAS SCHWEICH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During his October 16-17 visit to Madrid, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) Thomas Schweich met with representatives from the Spanish Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Civil [...]	2006-10-30 14:27:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR SP
06MADRID2771	SPAIN: VISIT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL GONZALES [...] (SBU) Summary. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales visited Madrid on October 23-24 to meet with the Spanish Minister of Justice, the Minister of Interior, and the Spanish Prosecutor General. AG Gonzales also participated in the fourth meeting of the U.S.-Spain Bilateral Counter Terrorism Expert [...]	2006-10-30 15:26:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SP
06MADRID2809	SPANISH SEEK INCLUSION IN WESTERN SAHARA STRATEGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: One month after the UNGA meeting between Assistant Secretary Welch and MFA DG for Middle East/Africa Alvaro Iranzo, Iranzo paid a call on the Ambassador October 26, saying he had sought the meeting at FM Moratinos' request, to reiterate that Spain wishes to play a role in U.S. strategi [...]	2006-11-02 16:23:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP
06MADRID2871	SPANISH VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF NOVEMBER GAERC [...] (C) Poloff met with Spanish Subdirector General for the EU Carlos Fernandez-Arias on November 8 to discuss Spain's position in advance of the November 13-14 GAERC meeting. Fernandez-Arias indicated that Spain was in complete agreement with the United States on most topics, but he singled out [...]	2006-11-13 14:22:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP
06MADRID2893	SPAIN: DEPUTY FM LEON ON MIDEAST CONFERENCE, [...] (C) Summary. In a wide ranging November 14 meeting with MFA Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Bernardino Leon, DCM reviewed the state of bilateral relations, relayed USG concerns regarding Spain's call for a new major Middle East conference, and discussed U.S. interest in stronger U.S.-Sp [...]	2006-11-15 17:20:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS LE SY CU SP
06MADRID2895	SPAIN/HSPD-6: THEY SIGNED! [...] Summary. In a November 15 meeting with A/S for Consular Affairs Maura Harty, Spanish Secretary of State for Security Antonio Camacho agreed to deepen information exchanges with the USG by exchanging terrorist lookout information as contemplated in Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSP [...]	2006-11-16 16:01:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV PREL SP
06MADRID293	SPAIN: CHIEF PROSECUTOR FORCED TO QUIT [...] (U) Attorney General Candido Conde Pumpido forced the Chief Prosecutor of Spain's National Court, Eduardo Fungairino, to step down for alleged mismanagement of terrorism cases under his supervision. Fungairino, a highly-respected 26-year veteran of the National Court, will move to a position [...]	2006-02-03 14:58:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER SP
06MADRID3081	SPAIN/CUBA: DOMESTIC POLITICS SCUTTLE UNITY ON [...] (C) Summary: The opposition Popular Party (PP) presented a Parliamentary motion December 19 calling for unity among Spanish political parties in supporting a democratic transition in Cuba. Foreign Minister Moratinos had signaled to PP Parliamentarians that a common position on Cuba could be n [...]	2006-12-21 11:53:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CU SP
06MADRID3096	SPAIN ON SAHRAWI REFUGEE CENSUS; ALGERIA SUMMIT [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-27 15:59:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM AG SP
06MADRID32	SPAIN'S MEASURED WELCOME OF EVO MORALES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Bolivian President-elect Evo Morales met in Madrid on January 4 with the King, President Zapatero, the Foreign and Industry Ministers, and business leaders. The GOS focused Morales' visit on economic issues, including Spanish energy company Repsol's billion dollar investment in [...]	2006-01-05 16:04:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SP BO
06MADRID499	SPAIN: MOD POLICY DIRECTOR ON DEFENSE RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) Spanish Ministry of Defense (MOD) acting Director for Policy (DIGENPOL) Admiral Enrique Perez Ramirez told a visiting GAO team and Emboffs on February 17 that the mil-to-mil relationship is strong overall but that there are some "details" that the allies need to resolve. He emphasized tha [...]	2006-03-01 07:38:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP
06MADRID516	SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (SBU) Following is Embassy Madrid,s input for the Sixth Annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy POC is Political Officer Tim Dougherty, tel. (34) 91 587-2294. Staff hours spent in preparation of this report includes the following: Political Counselor - FE-OC: 3 hours Deputy [...]	2006-03-01 18:03:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB KCRM KFRD PREF SP KWMN SMIG ASEC
06MADRID76	SPAIN/VENEZUELA: REACTION TO DENIAL OF LICENSE FOR [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos on January 12 to advise him of the USG decision to deny the Spanish technology transfer license request related to the sale of Spanish aircraft to the Venezuelan government. Moratinos expressed frustration, saying it would [...]	2006-01-12 17:06:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP
06MADRID766	ETA CEASEFIRE: MAJOR POLITICAL VICTORY FOR ZAPATERO [...] (U) Summary. The recent announcement of a permanent ceasefire by the Basque separatist terror group ETA was met with cautious optimism by a public that recalls ETA's abandonment of previous truces. However, there is a sense that ETA's declining military fortunes and Zapatero's readiness to e [...]	2006-03-30 14:17:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PREL SP
06MADRID787	ETA CEASE FIRE: HOW IT HAPPENED [...] The small group of advisers who have guided the Zapatero government's contacts with ETA remain tightlipped about their activities due to the extreme political sensitivity and domestic controversy surrounding the issue. Spanish officials have maintained this silence even as they discussed othe [...]	2006-03-31 15:22:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV SP
06MADRID857	SPAIN: ZAPATERO ANNOUNCES SURPRISE CHANGES TO [...] (SBU) Summary. In a surprise announcement April 7, President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero named new Defense, Interior and Education Ministers. Jose Bono is out as Defense Minister, to be replaced by Jose Antonio Alonso who moves over from his post as Interior Minister. Current Socialist spokesman i [...]	2006-04-07 15:48:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SP
06MADRID934	SPAIN'S OPPOSITION POPULAR PARTY: LOSING THE [...] (U) Summary. Two years after it lost in the dramatic elections of March 14, 2004 -- three days after the March 11 terrorist attacks -- Spain's main opposition party, the Partido Popular (PP) finds itself outmaneuvered and either isolated with radical nationalists or forced to collaborate with the S [...]	2006-04-17 17:26:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SP
06MANAGUA1002	NICARAGUA'S MOST WANTED PART I: THE CRIMES OF [...] (SBU) In preparation for the November 2006 national elections in Nicaragua, post has developed three "rap sheets" on the records of Daniel Ortega, the Sandinista party (FSLN) and Arnoldo Aleman, highlighting their systematic crimes and abuses. The rap sheets contain short summaries of the crime [...]	2006-05-05 15:56:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KCRM SOCI ECON EAID NU
06MANAGUA1003	NICARAGUA'S MOST WANTED PART II: THE CRIMES OF THE [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-05 17:17:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KCRM SOCI ECON EAID NU

06MANAGUA1193	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS: LIBERAL CHONTALENOS FEAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the May 31 deadline to register party candidates for the November national elections and the fact that both major Liberal groups determined to run separately, we found most Liberals in Chontales still hoping for a united front to challenge the FSLN in November. Supporter [...]	2006-06-05 16:35:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA127	ELECTION 2006: POSSIBLE SCENARIOS, RISKS, AND [...] (C) Our election priorities in Nicaragua are twofold: ensure Nicaragua holds clean, fair, credible, and inclusive national elections and encourage Nicaraguans to vote for presidential and legislative candidates who uphold democratic principles. We will encourage an electoral process that will [...]	2006-01-23 21:32:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR
06MANAGUA1309	NICARAGUAN PARTICIPATION AT INTERNATIONAL RED [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-14 22:22:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL PHUM ICRC AORC IS NU
06MANAGUA1383	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF STATE DEPARTMENT [...] (S) Summary/Introduction: Your visit to Nicaragua allows you to reiterate U.S. opposition to the Sandinista (FSLN)-Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) pact and assure the Nicaraguan people that we share their desire for free, fair, credible, and inclusive elections. Your presence will also co [...]	2006-06-23 17:16:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM MARR MOPS KDEM ECON EFIN
06MANAGUA1423	EU LIKELY TO SEND OBSERVATION MISSION FOR [...] (SBU) The European Union Commission official heading the EU election observation exploratory mission to Nicaragua, Andrew Bruce, gave a presentation to the Elections Donor Group on the parameters of a possible EU electoral observation mission (EOM). Although the mission will not conclude unti [...]	2006-06-29 18:55:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM OAS EU NU
06MANAGUA1482	HERTY,S PASSING: WILL MORE UNDECIDED VOTES PASS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sandinista Renewal Movement (MRS) presidential candidate Herty Lewites, who often asserted to us that he stands between Daniel Ortega and the presidency, died suddenly of apparent natural causes on July 2 and was buried before thousands of mourners on July 5. The MRS selected Le [...]	2006-07-06 22:22:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA1519	IRI-EXECUTED HRDF PROJECT TRAINS NEW POLITICAL LEADERS AND ELECTION MONITORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 28, Foreign Affairs Officer and FSN met with International Republican Institute (IRI) Program Officer Ivania Vega, and with Academic Director William Genet and General Manager Jorge Luis Ayestas of American College to discuss progress on the Nicaragua portion of the "Reg [...]	2006-07-11 13:58:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL NU KCRM KDEM KWMN
06MANAGUA1523	A/S SHANNON -- LEWITES: LAST MEETING WITH U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 27, Assistant Secretary Shannon met with Herty Lewites, Sandinista dissident and presidential candidate for the Sandinista Renewal Movement (MRS). Lewites voiced concern about the election process, the lack of MRS poll watchers and continuing problems with national/voter [...]	2006-07-11 15:10:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA1532	HRDF PRODEM PROJECT PROMOTES CREATING SPACE FOR CIVIC PARTICIPATION IN THE FACE OF "CAUDILLISMO" [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 21-22, Foreign Affairs Officer and POL Intern attended a Catholic Relief Services (CRS)-sponsored conference for mayors from four of Nicaragua's departments. CRS is executing a $350,000 Human Rights and Democracy Fund (HRDF) grant to undertake the Civic Participation and [...]	2006-07-11 21:27:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL NU KCRM KDEM KWMN
06MANAGUA1571	BOAQUENOS TALK ELECTIONS WITH AMBASSADOR, FEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: During Ambassador's recent trip to Boaco, interlocutors fretted that Sandinista (FSLN) leader Daniel Ortega may win the November election by excluding large numbers of potential voters and committing fraud on Election Day. While Boaco is a predominately Liberal department, the [...]	2006-07-18 22:06:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM ECON EFIN NU
06MANAGUA1572	MRS CANDIDATE JARQUIN: "WE ARE THE RESPONSIBLE [...] (C) Summary: New MRS presidential candidate Edmundo Jarquin assured Ambassador that he will continue deceased candidate Herty Lewites' strategy of pursuing "responsible" social and economic policies and a productive relationship with the USG. Jarquin admitted that he struggles with name recog [...]	2006-07-18 22:36:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA1605	PASTOR ESPINOZA DISCUSSES EVANGELICAL POLITICAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 14, Ambassador Trivelli and Foreign Affairs Officer met with Mario Espinoza Gonzalez, Presidente Nacional of the Consejo Nacional de Pastores Evangelicos de Nicaragua, an umbrella organization that according to Espinoza, represents more than 400 pastors of all evangeli [...]	2006-07-24 16:08:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KDEM KWMN PREL PHUM NU
06MANAGUA1609	EFFORTS TO ERADICATE CHILD LABOR IN NICARAGUA [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 14, Foreign Affairs Officer and POL Intern met with Bertha Rosa Guerra, International Labor Organization (ILO) Nicaragua National Coordinator for the International Program for the Elimination of Child Labor (IPEC). Guerra believes that due to recent coordinated efforts [...]	2006-07-24 20:03:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM KCRM KWMN NU
06MANAGUA1678	SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL BURTON/DAVIS [...] (U) Summary: Post welcomes the members of Codel Burton/Davis to Nicaragua and has developed an agenda that addresses the Codel's interest in discussing the upcoming elections with major political parties, registering bi-partisan support for free, fair and transparent election process, and witn [...]	2006-07-31 22:22:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON OVIP KDEM NU
06MANAGUA1780	ORTEGA IN CUBA, REAFFIRMING SOLIDARITY AND [...] (C) FSLN Presidential candidate Daniel Ortega traveled to Cuba last week to express his "concern and solidarity" for Fidel Castro and "reaffirm cooperative efforts" with the Government of Cuba. Though it appears that Ortega did not actually meet with Castro (reftel),he used the opportunity [...]	2006-08-15 22:27:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA1839	NICARAGUA ELECTIONS UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: With only two an a half months left before the Nicaraguan national elections on November 5, the Liberals remain divided and the Sandinista dissidents are running low on funds. Five parties continue to contest the elections with the following candidates: Daniel Ortega (Sandinista [...]	2006-08-22 21:52:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA1953	FSLN GOVERNMENT PLAN, PART I [...] SUMMARY: The Sandinista Front for National Liberation's (FSLN) government plan for the upcoming election promises a world of social programs and "quick fixes" to real problems while ignoring past statements and actions. FSLN presidential candidate Daniel Ortega expanded the plan and made his [...]	2006-09-06 17:00:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA20	STATE AND USAID POLICY PLANNING DIRECTORS VISIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In their joint visit to Nicaragua, State Director of Policy Planning Stephen Krasner and USAID Assistant Administrator for Policy and Program Coordination Douglas Menarchik made clear that State, USAID and the White House are considering ways to reduce the complexity of U.S. fo [...]	2006-01-05 21:09:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECIN ETRD PGOV NU
06MANAGUA2044	NICARAGUA: ENSURING DEMOCRATIC CONTINUITY IN THE [...] (S) INTRODUCTION: Our election priorities in Nicaragua have not changed since our February 24 update (Ref. D): support clean, fair, credible, and inclusive national elections; keep Nicaragua on the democratic path; and, end the Ortega-Aleman pact's control of the political system. Our four-p [...]	2006-09-18 19:45:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2065	UPDATED SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL BURTON [...] (U) SUMMARY: Post welcomes the members of Codel Burton to Nicaragua and has developed an agenda that addresses the Codel's interest in discussing the upcoming elections with major political parties, registering bi-partisan support for a free, fair and transparent election process, and visiting [...]	2006-09-19 23:54:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON OVIP KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2093	SCENESETTER FOR SECDEF RUMSFELD [...] (U) SUMMARY: Post welcomes the Secretary of Defense, the Honorable Donald Rumsfeld, to Nicaragua for attendance at the Seventh Defense Ministerial of the Americas. In conjunction with the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Minister of Defense of Nicaragua and the United States Defense A [...]	2006-09-22 16:44:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR OVIP KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2116	NICARAGUA ELECTIONS UPDATE: WHERE WE ARE NOW [...] (C) Summary: Sandinista Front (FSLN) candidate Daniel Ortega remains stagnant in the polls, though within striking distance of victory (using fraudulent means),while the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) under Eduardo Montealegre and the Sandinista Renovation Movement's (MRS) Edmundo Jarquin [...]	2006-09-26 18:49:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PGOV PREL EAID KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA2136	ISRAEL LEWITES OPTIMISTIC OF MRS CHANCES [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-27 20:50:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2158	MONTEALEGRE TELLS CODEL HE'S NICARAGUA'S BEST [...] (C) Summary: Congressman Burton, the Ambassador, and DCM met with Eduardo Montealegre, Adolfo Arguello, and Mario Rapacciolli on 23 September to discuss the progress of Montealegre's presidential campaign, the strength of his Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) party, and the corrosive effects [...]	2006-09-29 21:53:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR
06MANAGUA2161	NICARAGUAN POLITICAL PARTIES PLEDGE TO SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of four political parties contesting Nicaragua's November 5 national elections pledged to support (more or less) the Nicaraguan Defense White Paper should their party come to power. Enthusiasm for White Paper policy goals varied, however, between officials of the [...]	2006-09-29 22:51:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS MARR NU
06MANAGUA2195	OAS UPDATES ELECTION POSTURE [...] (C) POL TDYers met on 29 September with OAS country electoral mission coordinator Patricio Gajardo to discuss the OASQ observation mission and election procedural issues. Gajardo noted that the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) had announced final numbers for the number of registered voters an [...]	2006-10-04 17:26:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR
06MANAGUA221	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: CARAZO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Meetings with political, economic and religious leaders in the Department of Carazo suggest that by far the two most popular presidential candidates there are Eduardo Montealegre and Herty Lewites. Montealegre has successfully siphoned off elements of the PLC departmental organi [...]	2006-01-30 22:28:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA2248	CODEL BURTON MEETS WITH EDMUNDO JARQUIN, FORMER [...] (C) SUMMARY: This cable provides a readout of several meetings Congressman Dan Burton held with various members of the political class during his 22-24 September visit. The congressman spoke with Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) candidate Edmundo Jarquin during which Jarquin reaffirmed h [...]	2006-10-11 00:08:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR
06MANAGUA2276	NUNCIO: "AN ORTEGA VICTORY IS POSSIBLE BUT NOT [...] (C) Nuncio Jean Paul Gobel believes that the victory of Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) presidential candidate Daniel Ortega is "possible but not probable." However, he warned Ambassador and polcouns on October 12 that popular support for the FSLN has grown in some areas of the co [...]	2006-10-13 19:08:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2470	VIEWS ON ORTEGA VICTORY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) and Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) contacts are resigned to Sandinista Liberation Front (FSLN) presidential candidate Daniel Ortega's victory and many blame his win on the Liberal Constitutional Party's (PLC) disinformation campaign against [...]	2006-11-08 20:32:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA251	HERTY SEEKS CORDIAL, CONSTRUCTIVE, COOPERATIVE [...] (C) Summary: Sandinista (FSLN) dissident Herty Lewites seeks cordial, constructive, and cooperative relations with the United States and will request a prestigious U.S. delegation attend his inauguration if he wins Nicaragua's November presidential election. In his recent meeting with Ambassa [...]	2006-02-02 18:59:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA2521	ORTEGA RETURNS, BUT WHAT NEXT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: In winning back the Presidency of Nicaragua, 16 years after his disastrous dictatorship, Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) leader Daniel Ortega may have temporarily obtained the redemption he has so long desired, but the challenges he faces are steep. Elected with only [...]	2006-11-14 23:14:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2548	EVANGELICALS PLEDGE CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR ALN [...] (SBU) Summary: Evangelical leaders recently pledged to continue to support the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN),led by Eduardo Montealegre, as long as that party continues to uphold Christian values. The reverends noted that Montealegre has a chance to consolidate the party and draw more di [...]	2006-11-21 17:53:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2606	RIZO TO A/S SHANNON: WE WILL REFORM THE PLC FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 28, Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon met with Jose Rizo and Jose Antonio Alvarado, former presidential and vice presidential candidates for the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC). Voicing their discontent with the election process, Rizo and Alvarado insisted that t [...]	2006-11-30 20:07:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2608	A/S SHANNON'S MEETING WITH NICARAGUAN [...] (C) Summary: In his cordial yet measured meeting with WHA Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Shannon, Nicaraguan President-elect Daniel Ortega of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) stated his desire for "productive relations" with the USG. Ortega discussed his plans to fight pov [...]	2006-11-30 22:58:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ECON EAID KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2611	ELECTION OUTCOME -- THE WAY FORWARD [...] (C) INTRODUCTION/SUMMARY: Sandinista Liberation Front (FSLN) President-elect Daniel Ortega realizes that our recognition of his minority government is critical to the continuation of our assistance programs, much-needed foreign investment, and to some degree, the policies of the internationa [...]	2006-12-01 16:02:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2615	MONTEALEGRE TO A/S SHANNON: I WILL GIVE ORTEGA THE [...] (C) Summary: On November 28, Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon discussed with former Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) presidential candidate Eduardo Montealegre the election outcome, the future of bilateral relations, and Montealegre's future role in ensuring Nicaragua remains on a democratic [...]	2006-12-01 18:14:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2617	BOLANOS TO A/S SHANNON: "WE HAVE TO CORRAL ORTEGA" [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 28 lunch hosted for Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon, President Bolanos and his advisors shared their insights and concerns about an Ortega presidency and outlined the key points of a liberal opposition strategy. President Bolanos opined that Ortega has littl [...]	2006-12-01 22:24:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON KDEM NU PGOV
06MANAGUA2624	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS WITH FSLN [...] (C) Summary: Following up on Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon's recent meeting with President-elect Daniel Ortega (Ref. B),Ambassador, DCM and polcouns met with Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) Foreign Affairs Secretary Samuel Santos to discuss next steps in our bilateral relat [...]	2006-12-04 14:32:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2645	A/S SHANNON'S MEETING WITH THE MRS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 27 meeting with Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon, key Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) leaders expressed their views on the elections and the party's future. MRS member Luis Carrion, National Assembly deputy Monica Baltodano and spokesperson Israel Lewites [...]	2006-12-05 21:55:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2651	CONSERVATIVE PARTY PRESIDENT DELIBERATES ALLIANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Conservative Party (PC) president Azalia Aviles Salmeron is determined to maintain her party's affiliation with Eduardo Montealegre's Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN),but not to the detriment of the PC's role in the National Assembly. According to PC by-laws, Conservative lawm [...]	2006-12-06 21:07:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2665	CSE OFFICIAL CLAIMS COUNCIL IS OPEN TO ELECTORAL [...] (C) Summary: During a December 5 lunch with poloff, Nicaraguan Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) Chief of Staff Rodrigo Barreto commented that the CSE magistrates are open to suggestions to reform the electoral laws and regulations -- although not from certain prominent domestic NGOs with whom t [...]	2006-12-07 20:17:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2691	FSLN TRANSITION TEAM SEEKS SOCIAL INVESTMENT, [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador and country team members recently presented an overview of USG programs and their parameters to President-elect Daniel Ortega's transition team. The Ambassador reiterated our commitment to working with a democratic Nicaraguan government that supports open markets and [...]	2006-12-13 20:18:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2696	CONTROVERSIAL ASSEMBLY REFORMS SENT TO PRESIDENT, [...] (C) Summary: According to present and future National Assembly deputy for the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) Maria Eugenia Sequeira, the Assembly's controversial ways and means bill has been sent to President Bolanos for signing, but will likely face a veto, giving the new Assembly a chance [...]	2006-12-14 21:25:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2741	DISCUSSIONS ON NEXT STEPS WITH FSLN INTERMEDIARY [...] (C) Summary: During Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) Foreign Affairs Secretary Samuel Santos' recent meeting with DCM and polcouns, he confirmed his appointment as Foreign Minister and requested to meet with State Department officials in Washington before President-elect Daniel Or [...]	2006-12-21 16:12:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM ECON ENGR MARR PTER NU
06MANAGUA275	NICARAGUA ONE STEP CLOSER TO CAFTA RATIFICATION: [...] (SBU) Summary: Denis Salgado, Nicaragua,s Director General of Animal and Plant Health, told Econoffs on February 2 that the Ministry of Agriculture (MAGFOR) has found the U.S. meat and poultry inspection system &equivalent8 to the Nicaraguan inspection regime. This essential step for entry i [...]	2006-02-06 16:02:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD NU
06MANAGUA301	ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT GOMEZ ADVANCES CONSTRUCTIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the spirit of his commitment to maintain a close working relationship with Embassy on legislation, National Assembly President Eduardo Gomez (Ref.) recently met with emboffs to discuss legislative priorities and how best to expedite them. The Embassy's priorities -- MANPADS [...]	2006-02-09 00:13:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR ETRD ECON EFIN
06MANAGUA302	ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT GOMEZ ADVANCES CONSTRUCTIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the spirit of his commitment to maintain a close working relationship with Embassy on legislation, National Assembly President Eduardo Gomez (Ref.) recently met with emboffs to discuss legislative priorities and how best to expedite them. The Embassy's priorities -- MANPADS [...]	2006-02-09 00:13:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR ETRD ECON EFIN
06MANAGUA303	ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT GOMEZ ADVANCES CONSTRUCTIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the spirit of his commitment to maintain a close working relationship with Embassy on legislation, National Assembly President Eduardo Gomez (Ref.) recently met with emboffs to discuss legislative priorities and how best to expedite them. The Embassy's priorities -- MANPADS [...]	2006-02-09 00:13:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR ETRD ECON EFIN
06MANAGUA399	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: BOACO [...] (C) Summary: On February 10, Property Officer and LES Lawyer visited Boaco, the rural capital of the Department of Boaco, located just to the north and east of Managua, to discuss upcoming elections with local leaders. While individuals differed on the merits of presidential and legislative [...]	2006-02-21 17:25:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV SOCI
06MANAGUA417	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: RIVAS [...] (C) Summary: With the November national elections still distant in the minds of the citizens of the southern Nicaraguan department of Rivas, none of the major candidates seems to have made a significant impact on the views of the voting public. That stated, most contacts indicate that Nicarag [...]	2006-02-22 23:00:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA432	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF STATE DEPARTMENT [...] (S) Summary: Your visit to Nicaragua allows you to reiterate U.S. opposition to the PLC-FSLN pact and assure the Nicaraguan people we share their desire for free, fair, credible, and inclusive elections. Your engagement will also facilitate progress on CAFTA-DR implementation and MANPADS des [...]	2006-02-24 22:54:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL ECON ETRD MARR
06MANAGUA440	IMPASSE ON DBCP LAWSUITS UNDER NICARAGUA'S SPECIAL [...] (C) Summary: In Embassy,s view, the only way out of the current impasse over Special Law 364, which targets U.S. companies in Nicaragua for past use of the pesticide DBCP on banana plantations, is through a negotiated political resolution. However, such a resolution will be very difficult to obtain [...]	2006-02-27 21:53:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD KIDE KIPR CVIS PREL BEXP NU
06MANAGUA568	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: ESTELI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Meetings with political and economic leaders in the department of Esteli suggest that the Sandinistas (FSLN) continue to dominate the city of Esteli and that this strength, combined with a solid organization, will be enough to ensure an FSLN victory in the department in November [...]	2006-03-14 16:50:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA576	NICARAGUA'S CAFTA ENVIRONMENTAL & LABOR PROJECT [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-14 22:17:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ETRD SENV
06MANAGUA579	FSLN FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHIEF CLAIMS ORTEGA SEEKS [...] (C) Summary: Sandinista (FSLN) foreign affairs advisor Samuel Santos insists that Daniel Ortega seeks positive, constructive relations with the U.S. government. Santos decried to polcouns, poloff, and visiting INR analyst on March 13 the USG's "loss of interest" in its American neighbors, wh [...]	2006-03-14 23:45:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA599	EMBASSY MANAGUA REQUEST FOR TDY FOR GREG MAGGIO [...] (U) Embassy Managua strongly endorses a proposed three-week TDY for Greg Maggio of DRL/CRA to Nicaragua in June 2006. Post has established a close, effective working relationship with Greg while collaborating on the 2005 Human Rights Report and numerous cases of Nicaraguan asylum applicants. [...]	2006-03-15 21:58:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	APER PHUM NU
06MANAGUA632	FSLN FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHIEF: "JUDGE US BY OUR [...] (C) Summary: Sandinista (FSLN) foreign affairs advisor Samuel Santos holds up the FSLN's recent support for CAFTA implementation legislation as evidence of his party's interest in constructive relations with the United States. He suggests that the FSLN might also be willing to vote to destroy [...]	2006-03-21 21:31:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA708	ZOILAMERICA NARVAEZ SEEKS USG HELP IN HER IACHR [...] (C) This cable includes an action request. See paragraph 8. 2. SUMMARY: (C) On March 24, DRL PDAS Jonathan Farrar and poloffs met Zoilamerica Narvaez, the daughter of Rosario Murillo and the step-daughter of Daniel Ortega, to discuss Narvaez's ongoing complaint against the Nicaraguan sta [...]	2006-03-28 21:13:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KCRM USOAS KWMN NU
06MANAGUA711	ARELLANO DISCUSSES DEFECTION TO ALN-PC, ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Summary: Outspoken National Assembly deputy Delia Arellano plans to actively recruit "converts" in the evangelical community to support presidential candidate Eduardo Montealegre now that she has become a member of Montealegre's ALN-PC caucus (reftel). Arellano backs a proposal to chose a [...]	2006-03-30 16:02:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCOR SOCI NU
06MANAGUA715	LEON: SANDINISTA BASTION WELCOMES AMBASSADOR, MCC [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador's recent trip to Leon department, the upcoming November national elections were on the tongues of all interlocutors. The cradle of Liberalism, intellectual Leon is now a Sandinista (FSLN) bastion, with ten of its eleven mayors in the department FSLN militants. [...]	2006-03-30 22:55:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KMCA EFIN ECON
06MANAGUA725	AMBASSADOR MEETS LOCAL ISLAMIC LEADERS, WHO [...] (C) NOTE: The meetings described below that included the Palestinian Ambassador to Nicaragua took place prior to the receipt of reftel A by Embassy Managua. Prior to the Palestinian Ambassador's February courtesy call on the Ambassador and the subsequent March 28 breakfast with local Islamic [...]	2006-03-31 18:08:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL PTER KIRF NU
06MANAGUA726	NICARAGUA SEEKS USG SUPPORT FOR ITS CANDIDATE FOR [...] On March 23, post received a diplomatic note from the Foreign Ministry dated March 21 stating that the government of Nicaragua (GON) will present former Foreign Minister Alejandro Montiel Arguello as a candidate for the United Nations International Law Commission for the period 2007-2011 when [...]	2006-03-31 18:45:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL UNGA NU
06MANAGUA803	VISAS DONKEY: REQUEST FOR CORRUPTION 212(F) VISA [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Embassy is seeking a security advisory opinion under section 212 (f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, proclamation 7750, suspending the entry into the United States by Roberto Erasmo Cedeno Borgen, born in Nicaragua on November 25, 1938 and by Aminta Or [...]	2006-04-10 20:16:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PREL PGOV KCOR KCRM EFIN NU
06MANAGUA806	VISAS DONKEY: REQUEST FOR CORRUPTION 212(F) VISA [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Embassy is seeking a security advisory opinion under section 212 (f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, proclamation 7750, suspending the entry into the United States of Tomas Eduardo Cortez Mendoza, born in Nicaragua on November 30, 1971. Cortez is curre [...]	2006-04-10 20:24:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PREL PGOV KCOR KCRM EFIN NU
06MANAGUA833	VISAS DONKEY: REQUEST FOR CORRUPTION 212(F) VISA INELIGIBILITY FINDING--DAVID EUGENIO ROBLETO LANG [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Embassy is seeking a security advisory opinion under section 212 (f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, proclamation 7750, suspending the entry into the United States by David Eugenio Robleto Lang, born in Nicaragua on November 26, 1957. David Robleto is [...]	2006-04-17 18:23:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PREL PGOV KCOR KCRM EFIN NU
06MANAGUA851	NICARAGUA AND SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Nicaragua (GON) remains responsive to U.S. efforts in favor of a democratic transition in Cuba and maintains frank communication with the Embassy on Cuba-related policies and issues. Nicaraguan-Cuban trade and mutual investment are statistically insignificant. [...]	2006-04-18 21:09:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU VE NU
06MANAGUA854	PLC EAGER FOR GOOD RELATIONS WITH USG, BUT NOT [...] (C) Summary: Senior representatives of Nicaragua's Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) have informed Ambassador that the party is willing to "negotiate and make sacrifices" to achieve Liberal unity and defeat the Sandinista Front (FSLN),but are adamant that Jose Rizo is the chosen presidential [...]	2006-04-18 22:48:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NU
06MANAGUA863	THE GLOVES ARE OFF -- MONTEALEGRE TO RUN ON OWN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Now that it is clear that the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) will neither participate in multi-party primaries nor sideline Arnoldo Aleman (reftel),Eduardo Montealegre and his National Liberal Alliance-Conservative Party (ALN-PC) are determined to run on their own. In Ambas [...]	2006-04-19 22:19:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL EAID KCOR PHUM
06MANAGUA885	EX-MINISTER OF DEFENSE CRITICIZES PRESIDENT AND [...] SUMMARY: (C) Ambassador and poloff held a wide-ranging discussion with Nicaraguan ex-Minister of Defense Jose Adan Guerra on April 19. Guerra strongly criticized President Bolanos' handling of the MANPADS issue, and commented that the Nicaraguan Army leadership will resist MANPADS destruction [...]	2006-04-24 14:42:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PARM KDEM NU
06MANAGUA932	APRE LEADER INCHES CLOSER TO MONTEALEGRE [...] (C) Alliance for the Republic (APRE) President/National Assembly Deputy Miguel Lopez Baldizon met with Ambassador on April 26 to discuss the feasibility of multi-party primaries. He opined there is no longer sufficient time to arrange such primaries. Further, given Liberal Constitutional Par [...]	2006-04-28 22:22:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM NU
06MANAGUA964	MOVING CLOSER TO MANPADS DESTRUCTION? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Conversations with representatives of the different political parties represented in Nicaragua's National Assembly reveal a claimed willingness from all sides to approve the destruction of another 651 MANPADS (leaving Nicaragua with an official stock of 400 MANPADS). Nicaraguan [...]	2006-05-03 14:38:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PARM KDEM SOCI
06MANAMA1146	FOREIGN MINISTER AGREES TO NDI VISIT [...] (C) In a June 25 meeting covering several subjects (septels),the Ambassador told Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa that he had been in contact with the National Democratic Institute (NDI) about sending a representative to Bahrain to resume talks on NDI programming in countr [...]	2006-06-26 13:14:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KMPI KDEM BA BILAT POL REFORM
06MANAMA1157	MINISTER OF JUSTICE DISCUSSES IRAN, POLITICAL [...] (C) Meeting with the Ambassador June 26, Minister of Justice Mohamed Al Sitri talked of his recent official visit to Iran under the auspices of a bilateral agreement on judicial and legal affairs. His meeting with President Ahmedinejad focused on legal issues such as Iranian fishermen jailed [...]	2006-06-28 09:05:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS BA REGION POL
06MANAMA13	GOVERNMENT REACTS TO PUBLIC CRITICISM OF REGIME [...] (C) In response to their public statements critical of the regime, the government briefly detained Shia cleric Mohammed Al Sanad December 25 (Refs A/B) and questioned activists Ibrahim Sharif and Abdul Nabi Al Ekry December 28. In their comments to Kuwaiti newspaper Al Qabas in mid-December, [...]	2006-01-03 14:38:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM BA POL REFORM
06MANAMA1307	GOB WELCOME MAT NOT EXTENDED FOR NDI [...] (C) National Democratic Institute (NDI) Regional Director Les Campbell and the Ambassador met with key Bahraini decision-makers July 11 in an attempt to resolve NDI's status in Bahrain to allow NDI programs to proceed. Bahrain Political Development Institute (BPDI) Board President Lulwa Al A [...]	2006-07-18 12:36:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM BA BILAT REGION REFORM
06MANAMA1458	TFLE01: DEPUTY PM PLEADS FOR U.S. TO PLAY ROLE OF [...] (C) Deputy Prime Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak told the Charge August 7 that the United States had to play the role of honest broker to help settle the Lebanon crisis. While recognizing that Palestinians, Lebanese and Israelis are all suffering, he complained that the U.S. was paying c [...]	2006-08-07 15:30:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR PGOV ETRD BA REGION ECTRD POL
06MANAMA1473	TFLE01: BAHRAINIS RALLY, RAISE MONEY IN SUPPORT [...] (C) The conflict in Lebanon continues to move Bahraini citizens and political, religious, and civil society organizations into action in support of the people of Lebanon and Hizballah. With the notable exception of some hard-line Salafis, most segments of Bahraini society are united in their [...]	2006-08-09 09:30:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC EAID BA LE REGION POL
06MANAMA1513	BAHRAINIS REACT WITH JOY AND RELIEF TO END OF [...] (C) Bahrainis have greeted the implementation of a cessation of violence in Lebanon with joy and relief - joy at what many view as Hizballah's "historic victory" and relief that they are no longer viewing daily images of Lebanese civilian casualties and destruction. The Cabinet August 13 rel [...]	2006-08-15 16:27:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC PTER BA REGION POL
06MANAMA1599	KING STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF U.S. ROLE IN REGIONAL [...] (S) Summary. Bahrain's King Hamad, during an August 29 discussion with the Ambassador, repeatedly stressed the value he placed on the U.S. relationship, and the importance of the U.S. role in maintaining peace and security in the region. He expected Bahrain to initiate discussions shortly with [...]	2006-08-31 09:27:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL PGOV BA OFFICIALS REGION BILAT
06MANAMA1634	SCENESETTER FOR CROWN PRINCE'S SEPTEMBER 12 VISIT [...] (C) Crown Prince Shaikh Salman bin Isa Al Khalifa will visit Washington September 12, his first official trip to the U.S. since March 2006. His visit comes six weeks after the implementation of the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement, and soon after a concerted effort by the senior-most members [...]	2006-09-07 12:33:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR MOPS BA REGION BILAT
06MANAMA164	AMBASSADOR'S FEBRUARY 4 MEETING WITH PM SHAIKH [...] (C) In their February 4 meeting, Prime Minister Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa and the Ambassador discussed Ashoura processions and the appearance of posters of foreign Shia leaders, rule of law, Commerce Secretary Gutierrez's upcoming visit, and U.S.-Bahrain free trade agreement (FTA) [...]	2006-02-06 09:36:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ETRD BA BILAT OFFICIALS ECTRD POL
06MANAMA165	BAHRAIN: CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION HOST COUNTRY [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief February 6 delivered reftel demarche and non-paper concerning finalizing a host country agreement (HCA) on Chemical Weapons Convention challenge inspections to MFA Director for International Organization Affairs Ghassan Shaikho. Shaikho recognized that there had been no pro [...]	2006-02-06 10:03:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS KTIA PREL BA BILAT
06MANAMA169	KING PROMOTES DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION, CONTINUED [...] (C) King Hamad gave an interview February 3 to the editors-in-chief of all six of Bahrain's Arabic daily newspapers. He covered democratic development and continued political reforms, including the participation of women in elections. He served notice that ministerial reshuffles would conti [...]	2006-02-06 11:38:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPAO KMPI BA REFORM POL REGION
06MANAMA1691	MINISTER OF STATE FOR CABINET AFFAIRS EXPLAINS [...] (C) The Ambassador September 19 met with Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Shaikh Ahmed bin Attiyatallah, who is responsible for carrying out many aspects of the upcoming parliamentary and municipal elections. Shaikh Ahmed said King Hamad would soon officially announce the dates of the t [...]	2006-09-21 15:45:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM BA POL REFORM OFFICIALS
06MANAMA1728	"BANDARGATE" REPORT ALLEGES SENIOR POWER BROKER [...] (C) A recently leaked report written by a former strategic advisor for Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Shaikh Ahmed bin Attiyatallah Al Khalifa alleges that Shaikh Ahmed engaged in a complex conspiracy to influence the outcome of upcoming parliamentary elections in favor of friendly Sun [...]	2006-09-28 13:42:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM BA POL
06MANAMA1753	SCENESETTER FOR U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND COMMANDER [...] (S) General Abizaid, we warmly welcome your October 11-12 visit to Bahrain. Your Bahraini interlocutors remain concerned about heightened tensions with Iran and will want to hear your views on U.S. plans to contain Iran, with specific reference to Iran's nuclear ambitions. The GOB is suspic [...]	2006-10-05 13:27:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL PTER ASEC BA REGION BILAT
06MANAMA1763	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES DOMESTIC, REGIONAL ISSUES [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid October 5 and discussed NDI, Bahraini elections, the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) meeting in Havana, friction between Jordan and Qatar, and the Ambassador's participation in a trade promotion trip in the U.S. On NDI, Shaikh Khalid said [...]	2006-10-10 10:54:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KMPI BA OFFICIALS BILAT POL
06MANAMA1782	SCENESETTER FOR OCTOBER 18-19 VISIT OF THE GULF [...] (C) We warmly welcome the October 18-19 visit to Bahrain of the interagency Gulf Security Dialogue delegation led by PM Assistant Secretary Hillen and DOD Assistant Secretary for International Security Rodman. Your trip follows on the heels of the October 11 visit of CENTCOM Commander General [...]	2006-10-12 14:24:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS MASS BA IR REGION BILAT
06MANAMA1827	SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY HUGHES' OCTOBER [...] (C) We warmly welcome your October 31-November 1 visit to Bahrain. Your trip comes at an important moment in promotion of the freedom agenda in Bahrain, with parliamentary and municipal elections to be held November 25 and December 2. Of the 221 candidates standing for election to parliament, [...]	2006-10-22 15:24:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SCUL PGOV OEXC KMPI BA POL REFORM
06MANAMA1828	CROWN PRINCE OUTLINES REGIONAL CHALLENGES WITH [...] (C) CENTCOM Commander General Abizaid October 11 met with Crown Prince Shaikh Salman and discussed Iraq, Iran, the war of ideas in the Middle East, and Bahrain's upcoming elections. On Iraq, the CP said that the United States should adopt a "less forward-leaning position" and allow Iraqi for [...]	2006-10-24 11:33:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS MASS BA IR IZ REGION BILAT
06MANAMA183	Bahrain Guantanamo Media Update: "They promised us [...] Summary: Bahrain's newest Arabic daily recently completed a six-part series of exclusive interviews with former Guantanamo detainee Adel Kamel Abdulla Al Haji, who was returned from Guantanamo along with two other detainees in November. The exposes have given the greatest space and detail so [...]	2006-02-09 07:23:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL PGOV BA CTR BILAT
06MANAMA1844	DEPUTY PM TELLS GSD DELEGATION THE BEST DEFENSE IS [...] (S) Deputy Prime Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak told the visiting interagency Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) delegation October 18 that Iran is a diplomatic, military, and political threat to the countries of the region and that the best defense is to show you are prepared for possible fu [...]	2006-10-31 07:27:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL MARR PARM BA IR REGION BILAT OFFICIALS
06MANAMA1849	KING HAMAD SUPPORTS GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE [...] (S) King Hamad October 18 told the interagency Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) delegation that he wants to work with the U.S. on creating a new comprehensive defense strategy for the region in light of recent developments. He commended the U.S.'s bilateral approach to each of the GCC states and [...]	2006-11-01 07:51:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL MARR PARM BA IR REGION BILAT OFFICIALS
06MANAMA1850	CROWN PRINCE TELLS GSD DELEGATION THAT U.S., GCC [...] (S) Crown Prince Salman told the interagency Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) delegation that the U.S. and its GCC allies need to send a strong message to Iran, and suggested holding a major military exercise in the region. He thought it would be "a great motivator" for the other GCC countries f [...]	2006-11-01 07:51:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL MARR PARM BA IR REGION BILAT OFFICIALS
06MANAMA1851	MFA PLEASED WITH SUBSTANCE OF GSD INITIATIVE [...] (S) MFA Assistant Under Secretary Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak told the interagency Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) delegation October 18 that the Dialogue is a serious effort with "substance, not just ideas" to deal with regional security. He sees U.S. proposals to improve bilateral military [...]	2006-11-01 07:52:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL MARR PARM BA IR REGION BILAT OFFICIALS
06MANAMA1866	KING UNMOVED BY NDI EFFORT TO RETURN TO BAHRAIN [...] (C) Summary. National Democratic Institute (NDI) Chairman Madeleine Albright visited Bahrain October 28 in an effort to find a way for NDI to resume its activities in Bahrain. She received a warm welcome -- both officially and unofficially -- but was unable to achieve a breakthrough on a retur [...]	2006-11-02 08:32:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BA BILAT POL REFORM
06MANAMA1890	CROWN PRINCE, U/S HUGHES DISCUSS IMPORTANCE OF [...] (C)Crown Prince Salman told Under Secretary of State Hughes November 1 that Bahrain stands ready to enance the bilateral relationship and will support ny initiative that furthers both countries' natinal interests. The phenomenon of "death cult" etremists presents a challenge to moderates in [...]	2006-11-07 06:22:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SCUL PGO OEXC KMPI BA POL REFORM
06MANAMA1903	BAHRAINI ENGAGEMENT ON IRAQ: WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO? [...] (S) As the only Arab country other than Iraq that has a Shia majority population, Bahrain is very worried about the situation in Iraq and watches closely for signs that increased sectarian tensions and violence in Iraq could spill over into Bahrain. To become more actively engaged with Iraq, [...]	2006-11-08 09:20:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS BA IZ REGION
06MANAMA1915	FOREIGN MINISTER CITES MILITARY COOPERATION AS [...] (C) Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa told the Ambassador November 6 that Bahrain's participation in the late October Proliferation Security Initiative Leading Edge was a sign of the strength of the U.S.-Bahrain relationship. He noted that Iranian Foreign Minister Motakki h [...]	2006-11-13 12:13:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PHUM KDEM ETRD BEXP BA REGION

06MANAMA1938	DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER ADDRESSES FTA, NDI, ELECTIONS [...] (C) In their November 9 meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak agreed with the Ambassador's suggestion that the GOB should launch a roadshow led by a senior official to promote the U.S.-Bahrain free trade agreement in the United States. Regarding NDI, Shaikh Mohammed said [...]	2006-11-16 12:34:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD KDEM KMPI BA BILAT OFFICIALS
06MANAMA1955	ELECTION HIGHLIGHTS 9: AN OFFICIAL "NO" TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the first official public statement on the matter, Minister of Information Dr. Mohamed Abdul Ghaffar stated to Arabic daily Al Wasat November 21 that Bahrain would not allow international organizations to monitor the elections November 25. However, it was reported in the pres [...]	2006-11-22 14:44:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM BA POL
06MANAMA1979	GOB SPECIFIES BAHRAIN STRIKE BAN SECTORS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 12. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) Prime Minister Shaikh Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa issued an executive order November 20 that bans labor union strikes at facilities deemed to be in vital sectors. Going beyond the text of the 2002 La [...]	2006-11-29 13:43:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB BA BILAT HUMRIT ECTRD
06MANAMA1989	FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS NAVY SECRETARY U.S. IS [...] (C) Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid November 26 welcomed Secretary of the Navy Winter to Bahrain and thanked him for SIPDIS all the United States does to promote stability and security in the region, saying the U.S. is Bahrain's "number one ally and friend." Referring to the U.S.-Bahrain fr [...]	2006-12-03 12:00:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS BA REGION BILAT OFFICIALS
06MANAMA20	NATIONAL JOB PROJECT KICKS OFF REGISTRATION [...] (C) The long-awaited $80 million National Employment and Training Project began registering Bahrain's estimated 20,000 unemployed January 2 at 20 centers around the country. Minister of Labor Dr. Majeed Al-Alawi has stated publicly that the project will end unemployment in the Kingdom. Dr. A [...]	2006-01-04 14:04:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ELAB ECON BA POL HUMRIT
06MANAMA2004	BAHRAIN'S ELECTIONS: DESPITE ALLEGED FLAWS, A [...] (C) Bahrain's parliamentary elections, held in two rounds November 25 and December 2, represent a major step forward in the King's democratic reform program. In a significant improvement over the 2002 parliamentary elections, which were marred by a boycott by leading Shia opposition political [...]	2006-12-05 12:27:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM KISL BA POL
06MANAMA2019	READOUT ON GERMAN FM VISIT TO SYRIA, DISCUSSION OF [...] (C) Meeting with NSC Senior Director for Near East and North African Affairs Dr. Michael Doran December 8, German Foreign Ministry Political Director for Maghreb/Middle East Affairs Dr. Horst Freitag discussed German FM Frank-Walter Steinmeier's December 4 visit to Damascus. Freitag said that [...]	2006-12-10 15:31:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PTER KPAL KPKO KWBG BA REGION
06MANAMA2024	CROWN PRINCE AND A/S HILLEN DISCUSS SECURITY [...] (C) In their December 8 meeting on the eve of the opening of the IISS Manama Dialogue conference, Crown Prince Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa told a U.S. delegation led by State A/S Hillen, CENTCOM Vice Admiral Nichols, and NSC Senior Director Doran that the stronger the U.S. message is o [...]	2006-12-11 12:45:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL MARR BA BILAT REGION
06MANAMA2049	BAHRAINI FM, A/S HILLEN, AND A/S RODMAN EXPLORE [...] (C) Meeting with the U.S. delegation to the IISS Manama Dialogue conference December 8, Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid said that Iranian FM Mottaki had told him earlier in the day that Iran did not want nuclear weapons, saying they would be of no benefit to Iran. Shaikh Khalid said he was pe [...]	2006-12-19 07:00:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR BA BILAT REGION
06MANAMA238	SCENESETTER FOR COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ'S [...] (C) Mr. Secretary, we warmly welcome your February 26-28 visit to Bahrain. Interest in doing business with the United States is at a peak with recent ratification by both countries' legislatures of the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement (FTA). We are now working closely with the senior Bahra [...]	2006-02-19 14:33:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD BEXP OVIP BA BILAT ECTRD OFFICIALS
06MANAMA243	AMBASSADOR AND CROWN PRINCE DISCUSS FTA AND IRAN [...] (C) In their February 19 meeting, Crown Prince Shaikh Salman told the Ambassador that he would deliver a speech at the February 27 conference on the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement (FTA),at which Commerce Secretary Gutierrez also will speak. The CP said the government was still considerin [...]	2006-02-20 10:34:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD OVIP BA IR ECTRD REGION OFFICIALS BILAT
06MANAMA314	COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ MEETINGS WITH PRIME [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Shaikh Khalifa welcomed Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez February 27, voicing SIPDIS appreciation for his visit and the Secretary's support for the U.S.-Bahrain FTA. The PM stressed the importance of stability in the region for development and urged the U [...]	2006-03-01 14:59:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL PGOV BEXP BA REGION OFFICIALS ECTRD BILAT
06MANAMA442	DEPUTY PM, FOREIGN MINISTER AGREE TO COUNSELOR [...] (S) State Department Counselor Zelikow met separately with Deputy Prime Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa and Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa March 12 to initiate a strategic dialogue on regional security, including concerns about Iran. They agreed with the [...]	2006-03-20 05:45:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL PARM PTER MARR EFIN KISL KNNP BA IR REGION BILAT OFFICIALS
06MANAMA443	COUNSELOR ZELIKOW DISCUSSES IRAN AND IRAQ WITH [...] (C) Summary: State Department Counselor Zelikow met March 12 with Shura Council members Dr. Khalid Bin Khalifa Al Khalifa and Ibrahim Mohamed Bashmi, both of whom are on the Foreign Affairs, Defense, and National Security Committee, to discuss Iraq, Iran and domestic issues in Bahrain. Dr. [...]	2006-03-20 05:52:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PTER MARR EFIN KISL KNNP BA IR IZ BILAT OFFICIALS REGION
06MANAMA456	POLITICAL ISLAM IN BAHRAIN (PART II): ISLAMISTS [...] (C) Although their agenda is controversial and opposed by many, Sunni Islamists generally represent the interests of their constituents, in the view of non-Islamist members of the elected Council of Representatives (COR). Despite their success in passing non-binding resolutions on religious- [...]	2006-03-21 12:26:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL KDEM SCUL BA POL REFORM
06MANAMA568	BAHRAIN: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-08 12:17:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR
06MANAMA758	SCENESETTER FOR U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND COMMANDER [...] (C) General Abizaid, we warmly welcome your May 8 visit to Bahrain. Your Bahraini interlocutors are most concerned about heightened tensions with Iran and will want to hear your views on U.S. plans to deal with Iran. The Bahraini government is deeply suspicious of Iran's nuclear program and [...]	2006-05-01 13:26:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PGOV ASEC BA REGION BILAT
06MANAMA759	AMBASSADOR PRESSES MFA FOR FAVORABLE RESOLUTION OF [...] (C) In an April 26 meeting, the Ambassador briefed MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Coordination and Follow Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa on the status of the MEPI-funded National Democratic Institute (NDI) project in Bahrain. The Ambassador noted that he had requested to meet [...]	2006-05-01 13:28:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KMPI BA BILAT POL REFORM
06MANAMA804	AMBASSADOR PRESSES FOREIGN MINISTER FOR FAVORABLE [...] (C) In a meeting covering several subjects (septels),the Ambassador May 6 pressed Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa for a favorable resolution to the National Democratic Institute's (NDI) outstanding legal status in Bahrain. Referring to Deputy National Security Advisor Ab [...]	2006-05-08 07:27:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KMPI KDEM BA BILAT REFORM OFFICIALS
06MANAMA818	CENTRAL COMMAND GENERAL ABIZAID'S MAY 8 MEETING [...] (C) Centcom Commander General Abizaid met with Crown Prince Salman May 8 and discussed the May 6 GCC Consultative Meeting in Riyadh, the Iranian threat, building up defenses in the Gulf, and the situation in Iraq. The CP said the GCC leaders were far more cooperative towards each other than i [...]	2006-05-09 11:40:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS BA IR IZ REGION BILAT OFFICIALS
06MANAMA873	SCENESETTER FOR U.S.-BAHRAIN MILITARY CONSULTATIVE [...] (SBU) Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Long, we warmly welcome you and the U.S. Delegation to the 13th Annual U.S.-Bahrain Military Consultative Committee (MCC) 23-24 May. We have requested meetings with the Minister of Defense, Lieutenant General Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, the Bahrain [...]	2006-05-18 14:08:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS ASEC BA REGION BILAT
06MANAMA898	INTERAGENCY DELEGATION DISCUSSES GULF SECURITY [...] (C) An interagency delegation led by Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Henry and Assistant Secretary of State Hillen met with MFA Assistant Under Secretary Shaikh Abdul Aziz May 14 and discussed the Gulf Security Dialogue, Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI),the Iranian challen [...]	2006-05-23 09:09:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL PARM MARR MASS KDEM KMPI BA IR REGION
06MANAMA899	INTERAGENCY DELEGATION DISCUSSES GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE WITH CROWN PRINCE SALMAN [...] (C) An interagency delegation led by Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Henry and Assistant Secretary of State Hillen met with Crown Prince Salman May 14 and discussed the Gulf Security Dialogue, the threat posed by Iran, direct contacts between the U.S. and Iran, a declaratory secur [...]	2006-05-23 09:09:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR MASS KDEM KMPI BA REGION IR
06MANAMA907	BAHRAINI POLITICAL SCENE PART II: ROYAL FAMILY [...] (C) At a time when the Bahrain's King and ruling family should be congratulating themselves for having successfully maneuvered major opposition society Al Wifaq into deciding to end its boycott and participate in this year's parliamentary elections, recent developments suggest that at least so [...]	2006-05-24 11:23:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KMPI BA BILAT POL REFORM
06MANAMA982	FM SHAIKH KHALID REQUESTS INFORMATION ON IRAN [...] (C) Summary and action request. Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid has requested further information on the components of the package of incentives for Iran, and especially on the political component which Bahrain understands is aimed at giving Iran recognition as a regional player. He asked that [...]	2006-06-05 13:43:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR BA OFFICIALS BILAT
06MANAMA989	"The Sapphire Trio: American Women in the Arts" [...] The all-women American chamber ensemble The Sapphire Trio performed American and classical music in Bahrain from May 15th through May 17th, providing Bahraini audiences with a glimpse of the diversity of expression and talent in the American musical arts community. Partially funded by a Perf [...]	2006-06-06 07:41:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM OEXC SCUL KPAO PREL BA BILAT
06MANILA1	MOVING FORWARD ON USG PRIORITIES IN THE [...] (C) Summary: While still facing serious political obstacles, President Arroyo has recovered some of her equilibrium after surviving impeachment charges and severe domestic turbulence in 2005. The relative pause in the political wars provides an opening for the USG to move forward with key b [...]	2006-01-03 01:55:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EAID MARR MOPS PHUM RP
06MANILA1178	ASEAN: LOOKING AHEAD AS THE PHILIPPINES PREPARES [...] (SBU) Summary. The Philippines will assume the rotating Chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in July 2006. The GRP plans to use its chairmanship to focus ASEAN on maritime security and counterterrorism issues, as well as regional anti-trafficking efforts, alter [...]	2006-03-15 09:50:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EWWT RP BM
06MANILA1179	"CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER": THE GRP PRESENTS ITS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 9 diplomatic corps briefing, senior GRP officials laid out the case in support of the February 24 declaration of a State of National Emergency through Proclamation 1017. The GRP maintains that an "unholy alliance" of three groups -- Communist rebels and political [...]	2006-03-15 10:32:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINS MOPS RP
06MANILA1647	UPDATE ON IPR PROTECTION: KEY RESIGNATION AND [...] (C) The Executive Director of the Optical Media Board (OMB),Marivic Benedicto, will resign effective April 14 due to what she describes as a "personality conflict" with OMB Chairman Edu Manzano. OMB has not named her successor. Benedicto was responsible for OMB's day-to-day operations and m [...]	2006-04-12 08:38:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON KIPR EINV RP
06MANILA1746	MALACANANG SUFFERS SETBACK AT HANDS OF SUPREME [...] (SBU) Summary: The Supreme Court ruled April 20 that key sections of E.O. 464, which required Malacanang concurrence before executive branch members could testify in Congress, were unconstitutional. Malacanang said it would file a motion for reconsideration. The Opposition hailed the ruling [...]	2006-04-21 06:44:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS RP
06MANILA1747	MILF WELCOMES REGULAR DIALOGUE WITH US EMBASSY [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a second meeting with poloffs, Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Vice Chairman for Political Affairs Ghazali Jafaar confirmed that MILF-GRP negotiations for a political settlement will begin after both parties sign a written agreement on ancestral domain, and noted that [...]	2006-04-21 06:49:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET	PINS PTER PREL KISL MY RP
06MANILA1841	HANDLING THE MARINE "RAPE" CASE -- NEXT STEPS [...] (SBU) With the imminent arraignment (likely on April 28) of four Marines accused in a case of rape of a Filipina in Subic Bay on November 1, 2005, this case and the utility of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) will re-emerge in the spotlight after a relatively quiet four months. An outsta [...]	2006-04-27 10:06:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR RP
06MANILA1981	ARAGONCILLO GUILTY PLEA ANNOUNCEMENT NETS BIG [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The May 4 USDOJ announcement that former FBI analyst Leandro Aragoncillo pleaded guilty to espionage and other charges received significant press play in the Philippines. GRP reaction was basi [...]	2006-05-09 07:04:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PINS KPAO ASEC RP
06MANILA2013	GRP-MILF PEACE TALKS DEADLOCKED OVER TERRITORIAL [...] (C) Summary. GRP and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) negotiators failed to reach an agreement on ancestral domain during their 12th Round of Exploratory Talks, but were successful in expanding the composition/mandate of the International Monitoring Team, and extending the Ad Hoc Joint A [...]	2006-05-10 08:47:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL MOPS PINS KISL MY RP
06MANILA2160	EMBASSY IPR ROUNDTABLE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) At an Embassy-sponsored roundtable discussion on intellectual property rights (IPR) on May 11, private sector participants acknowledged a heightened level of engagement by the GRP, but expressed concern over weak enforcement. Many industries are implementing targeted strategies to impr [...]	2006-05-23 08:19:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR BEXP RP
06MANILA2273	ANATOMY OF AN EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLING [...] (C) Summary: During POL team's recent visit to Puerto Princesa, the capital of Palawan in the western Philippines, contacts expressed their deep concern about the brazen daytime killing of a well-known radio broadcaster and former politician on May 22. GRP authorities arrested a serving mem [...]	2006-06-01 06:24:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL SOCI RP
06MANILA3064	SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL'S VISIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chris, the entire US Mission welcomes you back to the Philippines! We have been busy emphasizing our partnership in this historic year; upcoming Codels will be a next stage as will President Arroyo's September trip to Hawaii. Your visit focuses on outreach in two key areas -- [...]	2006-07-21 09:44:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR ECON PGOV ETRD ECIN EAID RP
06MANILA3344	MILF SEEKS GREATER US INVOLVEMENT IN PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) Summary. During DCM and Poloff's low-key, two-day visit to Muslim Mindanao's political center in Cotabato, Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Vice-Chairman Jafaar sought greater USG involvement in the GRP-MILF Peace Process. Meeting at the MILF's camp in Sultan Kudurat, Maguindanao on [...]	2006-08-09 06:43:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PINS KISL RP
06MANILA3453	CODEL HYDE: OVERVIEW [...] Summary. Chairman Hyde, Congressmen Rohrabacher, Faleomavaega, Watt (and Mrs. Watt) , and Flake (and Mrs. Flake),and their accompanying staff had a packed, productive August 11-13 trip to the Philippines. Highlights were a well-publicized wreath-laying ceremony at the Manila American Cemet [...]	2006-08-17 09:37:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OREP HYDE ECON RP
06MANILA4218	DEFENSE SECRETARY CRUZ DISCUSSES STATE OF THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Secretary of National Defense Cruz in a major policy speech to the Manila Overseas Press Club stressed the seriousness of the domestic terrorist threat and the importance of Philippine Defense Reform. He said a successful counterterrorism effort had to also incorporate social an [...]	2006-10-04 08:26:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS MCAP PREL PTER PINS PINR RP
06MANILA4568	PHILIPPINES 2006-2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] The following text is keyed to questions posed in the 2006-2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, Part I, Drugs and Chemical Control (ref). I. SUMMARY 2. Philippine law enforcement authorities continued to focus efforts on disrupting major trafficking organizations and [...]	2006-11-03 08:00:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV RP
06MANILA4666	DCM HIGHLIGHTS US ENGAGEMENT IN PHILIPPINE'S SECOND CITY [...] SUMMARY. DCM Jones highlighted U.S. business, USAID and Peace Corps involvement in the central Philippine port city of Cebu on October 27. Together with Commercial Counselor and Cebu Consular Agent, DCM met with local business, religious, and political leaders in the Philippines' "second cit [...]	2006-11-13 05:36:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EAID RP CMGT
06MANILA4681	AMBASSADOR VISITS PUERTO PRINCESA, PALAWAN [...] SUMMARY: During a November 3-4 trip to the island of Palawan, the Ambassador visited Western Command (WESCOM) Headquarters; spoke to local tricycle drivers about the success of a USAID pollution reduction and traffic control project; met with local Peace Corps Volunteers and environmental NGO l [...]	2006-11-14 05:52:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON EAID SENV MARR RP
06MANILA4712	BACKGROUND ON THE MARINE CASE IN ADVANCE OF [...] SUMMARY (C) A verdict is expected on November 27 in the legal case in a Philippine court against four U.S. Marines charged with raping a Filipino woman on the evening of November 1, 2005 in Subic. This message re-caps evens that occurred as well as efforts by the USG to assure a positive at [...]	2006-11-16 02:28:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA4856	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL FALLON'S VISIT TO THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Fox, I am looking forward to seeing you! General Esperon and I will meet you in Zamboanga and accompany you on your trip to Jolo, where you will have a chance to see for yourself some of the successes in the ongoing Armed Forces of the Philippines operation to eliminate terror [...]	2006-11-30 07:46:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MARR MOPS MCAP RP
06MANILA4972	NORTHRAIL PROJECT SYMBOLIZES LARGER PRC ROLE IN [...] (U) Summary: The PRC and the Philippines have launched a major "Northrail Project" that will ultimately span between Manila and key points in northern Luzon, including the former U.S. base at Clark and perhaps onward to Subic Bay. China provided a concessionary loan worth about $421 million [...]	2006-12-13 06:28:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ELTN EAID CH RP
06MANILA5016	VISIT OF JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER ABE TO MANILA [...] (C) Summary: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe used his December 8-10 visit to highlight a growing emphasis on political and security issues, including North Korea, terrorism, Mindanao, and human rights. He also brought a basket of new assistance, but more explicitly linked future assistan [...]	2006-12-15 10:35:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KN JP RP
06MANILA5039	MARINE CASE: LIKELY CANCELLATION OF BALIKATAN [...] (C) In a private meeting with Executive Secretary Ermita on December 20, Ambassador reviewed the near-certainty that the USG would imminently decide to cancel much or perhaps all of Balikatan 07 to reflect our concern about the Philippines' lack of compliance with the terms of the Visiting Fo [...]	2006-12-20 07:35:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR CASC RP
06MANILA526	DAVAO MAYOR CHANGING TACK ON EXTRA-JUDICIAL [...] (C) Summary: Extra-judicial killings in Davao, Mindanao, continue, but at a lower level than in 2005. So far, there have been five summary killings in 2006, which is less than 2005's roughly 13 per month average. Observers believe that the Mayor of Davao, Rodrigo Duterte, may be worried a [...]	2006-02-06 07:49:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR RP
06MANILA641	HOUSE SPEAKER AND SENATE PRESIDENT ON "CHA-CHA," [...] (S) Summary: In a January 30 meeting with Charge, House Speaker De Venecia expressed confidence that the GRP would amend the Constitution and switch to a parliamentary form of government by July 2006 by means of a referendum. De Venecia was optimistic that the House would pass an anti-terror [...]	2006-02-13 06:00:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER MARR PINR RP
06MANILA685	INDIAN PRESIDENT SIGNS AGREEMENTS ON DEFENSE AND [...] (C) Summary: During a February 3-6 State visit to the Philippines by Indian President APJ Abdul Kalam, the GRP and GOI signed several defense and trade agreements. The defense agreement covers training and information exchanges, while the trade agreements deal with tourism, agriculture, and [...]	2006-02-14 08:51:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR ECIN PINR RP IN
06MANILA711	MALACANANG MODIFIES RESTRICTION AND ALLOWS SENIOR [...] (C) Summary: On February 11, Malacanang modified an executive order (E.O. 464) in effect since September 2005 and allowed senior officials to attend budget and other hearings in the House and Senate. In taking the step, Malacanang was responding to criticism that E.O. 464 encroached on the [...]	2006-02-16 08:12:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR RP
06MAPUTO1158	MOZAMBIQUE: BRAZILIAN COMPANY CVRD OPTS AGAINST [...] (SBU) Summary. Recent developments between the OPIC-supported US/Mozambican consortium managing the Nacala Corridor, CDN, and the Brazilian company CVRD indicate that CVRD probably will not, as previously thought, buy the Nacala railroad corridor to transport coal from the Moatize mines. Inst [...]	2006-09-12 14:54:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EAID ECON ELTN ETRD MZ
06MAPUTO278	MOZAMBIQUE - PRESIDENT GUEBUZA'S FIRST YEAR [...] (C) Summary. On balance, Guebuza's first year in office has been positive. His main tasks for that year as we see them were to confront the Chissano-era spirit of "deixa andar", maintain economic policy continuity to allow continued growth, and set the stage for reductions in absolute povert [...]	2006-03-07 07:37:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KOR EAID MZ
06MAPUTO895	Nomination for Political LES/FSN Training October [...] Personal information for nominee: a) Name: Naimo Vasco ANTONIO b) Grade 9 c) Began service with DOS: March 1999 d) English language ability: fluent written/spoken e) Previous Training in US: Political Training for FSNS, May 15-28, 2000 f) Supervisor at post: John Wysham, Econ/Pol Section C [...]	2006-07-25 07:30:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	AFSI AFSN PGOV MZ
06MASERU143	POTENTIAL SHIFTING WEIGHTS IN LESOTHO'S RULING PARTY [...] (C) Over the past two weeks, Ambassador has met with the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Finance, Health and Tourism and Culture. In our conversations with Foreign Minister Moleleki, Finance Minister Thahane, Health Minister Phooko and Tourism Minister Nts'inyi, we have detected a hesitancy on [...]	2006-03-20 14:27:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KICC PINR LT
06MASERU157	ARTICLE 98 UPDATE [...] (C) Ambassador discussed the latest draft of proposed Article 98 Agreement (March 22 and 24) with Acting Attorney General Makhethe who said he believed we were "very close" on the substance of the Agreement. (Note: The A/AG had a question about "personnel" reference. Post will seek guidance [...]	2006-03-28 12:10:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KICC LT
06MASERU184	LESOTHO AND LIBYA RELATIONS (C-AL6-00526) [...] (C/NF) We appreciate INR's interest in the relationship between the Libyan Embassy in Maseru and the Government of Lesotho (GOL). Ambassador had a lengthy meeting April 6 with Libyan Ambassador Mohamed Algamudi at his residence. 2. (C/NF) The Libyan envoy's wife and daughter prepared an [...]	2006-04-13 15:05:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR PREL LT LY
06MASERU190	TANZANIAN PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO LESOTHO [...] The newly elected President of Tanzania, Jakaya Kikwete, made an official visit to Lesotho from April 19 to 20, 2006. During his two-day visit, President Kikwete had an audience with His Majesty King Letsie III, and also held talks with Prime Minister Mosisili. 2. King Letsie II [...]	2006-04-20 15:41:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL TZ LT
06MASERU261	AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Ambassador called on Prime Minister Mosisili May 31 prior to his departure for the UNGASS on AIDS. The agenda included Article 98 Agreement status which is awaiting Cabinet review; positions on Iran, Iraq and democratic growth; HIV/AIDS, education and the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA [...]	2006-06-02 14:04:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV KICC KHIV LT
06MASERU335	ECONOMIC REPORT [...] SUMMARY: --Letseng Diamond Mine sold to Gem Diamond Mining Company; --More Mining Licenses Granted; --Law Society Appeals to Chief Justice; --Standard Bank and Lesotho Bank Announce Merger; --Lesotho Textiles Make a Comeback. --------------------------------------------- -------------- [...]	2006-07-19 08:32:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PGOV LT
06MASERU35	DISCONTENT WITHIN THE RULING PARTY AND THE MAIN OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) Summary: In the aftermath of the first post - independence Lesotho local government elections, which were held in April 2005, rumors emerged about internal disputes and power struggles within the two biggest political parties - the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) and th [...]	2006-01-20 10:32:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR LT
06MASERU621	GOVERNMENT OF LESOTHO EXPELS LIBYAN AMBASSADOR [...] (S) Summary: The GOL revoked the Libyan Ambassador's credentials o/a December 13 and ordered the envoy to depart Lesotho within 72 hours, apparently for "performing in a manner incompatible" with his duties. Embassy sources indicate that the GOL had become fed up with the Libyan's abusive beh [...]	2006-12-14 16:10:00	Embassy Maseru	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PINS OFDP LY LT
06MASERU626	LESOTHO: DIPLOMATIC PUNCHES, HUGS, AND QUESTIONS FOLLOW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following revocation of the Libyan Ambassador to Lesotho's credentials (REFTEL) on December 13, both Lesotho's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Libya's Embassy in Maseru issued statements regarding the unusual expulsion. While the GOL issued a strongly worded press release [...]	2006-12-18 15:02:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PINS OFDP LY LT
06MASERU634	LESOTHO: FOREIGN MINISTER ON ELECTIONS, EXPULSION OF LIBYAN [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Moleleki told Charge on December 29 that he fully supports and welcomes USG-funded election activities. He expects the political opposition will have difficulty accepting elections results, because "they will be lucky if they win only one or two seats." Moleleki [...]	2006-12-29 13:05:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR OFDP ASEC KDEM LY LT
06MEXICO1080	RADIO AND TELEVISION PROPOSAL FAVORS MEXICAN [...] (U) Summary: The Mexican Chamber of Deputies unanimously passed legislation in December to reform the Radio and TV Law and change the composition of the Mexican Federal Telecommunications Commission (COFETEL). The Mexican Senate recently held a series of hearings on the bill and is expected t [...]	2006-02-28 17:37:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS ECON MX EINV
06MEXICO1113	SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (SBU) The mission's point of contact on the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Report is Poloff Scott C. Higgins. He may be reached by telephone at (52)(55) 5080-2000, ext. 4806, or by fax at (52)(55) 5080-2247. Post requests that the names of the non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working with [...]	2006-03-02 13:24:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF
06MEXICO1509	ROSARIO GREEN ANALYZES PRESIDENTIAL RACE [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging conversation, Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) Secretary General and former Foreign Minister Rosario Green offered to poloff her analysis of Mexico's presidential race. She attributed Madrazo's current electoral problems in part to the fact that the PRI [...]	2006-03-20 22:14:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MX
06MEXICO1889	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE RUMSFELD'S [...] (C) Summary: Mexico is the essential partner in U.S. homeland defense, and while the Mexican Navy (Marina) has been an enthusiastic player, the Mexican military (SEDENA) has only recently begun to acknowledge the benefits of cooperation. This visit marks the opportunity to realign our ow [...]	2006-04-10 19:22:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PREL MX
06MEXICO2026	MEXICO STILL EVALUATING PSI COMMITMENT [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche to Julian Juarez, Assistant Director General for United Nations Affairs, at Mexico's Foreign Relations Secretariat (SRE). Juarez explained that the PSI issue was undergoing serious discussion within the SRE, but stated that Mexico would most likely not suppo [...]	2006-04-18 21:21:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM KNNP MNUC PHSA MX
06MEXICO2123	MIGRATION AND REMITTANCES PART III: HOMETOWN [...] (SBU) Summary. There has been a significant growth in the influence of migrant organizations based in the U.S., often known as "hometown associations" (HTAs). While Mexican immigrants have long supported their communities of origin, HTAs are now larger and better organized, and increasingly [...]	2006-04-24 12:02:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ECON EFIN EINV SMIG MX
06MEXICO2408	AMLO: FOREIGN POLICY STAYS THE SAME BUT CAMPAIGN [...] (C) On Tuesday 05/02, leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) chaired a foreign policy program hosted by the Consulting Council for an Alternative Project for the Nation. The Council is led by former Mexican Ambassador to the United Nations and AMLO advisor Porfirio Munoz Ledo and [...]	2006-05-04 23:22:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO2460	WHAT AILS THE PRI? [...] (C) Summary: After its considerable successes in the 2003 midterm elections and in state and local races since then, many in the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) expected that 2006 would be the year of its restoration, particularly given the public's disappointment with the Fox Admini [...]	2006-05-09 14:47:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO255	"I'M GOING TO WIN" PAN CANDIDATE FELIPE CALDERON TELLS AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: A confident Felipe Calderon and key campaign advisors Ernesto Cordero and Josefina Vasquez Mota told the Ambassador January 10 that recent polls showed Calderon slightly ahead of Democratic Revolution (PRD) candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO). The National Action Party candida [...]	2006-01-18 22:37:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	MX PGOV PREL
06MEXICO2577	THE CALDERON ECONOMIC PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Senior staffers Ernesto Cordero and Carlos Montano confidently described National Action Party (PAN) presidential candidate Felipe Calderon's economic platform the week national polls showed Calderon capturing the lead from Party of the Democrat Revolution (PRD) candidate Andres Manuel [...]	2006-05-15 15:38:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV MX
06MEXICO2708	NEW COMPETITION LAW BRINGS INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Despite significant opposition to proposed changes to Mexico's competition law, the Federal Competition Commission (CFC) negotiated an agreement with the business community led by the Mexican Business Coordination Council (CCE),an umbrella group of trade associations. This [...]	2006-05-19 23:07:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ECON EFIN EIND EINV ENRG ETRD MX
06MEXICO2711	MEXICAN CONGRESS DEMONSTRATES INDEPENDENCE, NOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The final session of the 59th Congress ended on April 28, with the modest results that have become its hallmark under a divided government. Some, including Eduardo Perez Motta, head of the Federal Competition Commission (CFC) believe that the new competitiveness law will become [...]	2006-05-20 00:39:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL MX
06MEXICO2758	BORDER REACTION: MEXICO WORRIES ABOUT "THE WALL" [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy and Consulates continued intensive outreach on border issues with key media figures, the campaigns and political parties. While the GOM initially maintained a remarkably unified public line accepting U.S. border security initiatives, the attitude changed dramatic [...]	2006-05-23 15:56:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MX
06MEXICO3069	CALDERON AT MOUNT SINAI [...] (U) Summary: On May 31, Felipe Calderon, presidential candidate of the ruling National Action Party (PAN),addressed over 500 members of Mexico,s Jewish community, the first of the three major presidential candidates to publicly appear before this community. In his remarks, Calderon focused [...]	2006-06-05 22:50:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO3148	PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE: CALDERON ON POINTS, AMLO ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the second and final of the presidential debates, front-running candidates Felipe Calderon of the National Action Party (PAN) and Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) of the Party of the Democratic Revolution were widely perceived to have debated to a near draw. The debate f [...]	2006-06-07 23:19:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL MX
06MEXICO3165	SONORA PROVIDES SOFT LANDING TO NEW FOREIGN [...] SUMMARY. The State of Sonora, often one of Mexico's largest FDI destinations due to its proximity to the U.S. border, has boosted its success in business and capital attraction with its Soft Landing Program. Created as part of the state's incentive package to attract Ford to Hermosillo, the [...]	2006-06-08 23:04:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND EINV ETRD MX
06MEXICO3196	BLAST FROM THE PAST: FORMER PRESIDENT ECHEVERRIA [...] (C) Summary: In a July 5 breakfast with poloff, former Mexican President Luis Echeverria Alvarez (1970-76) offered his views on the state of U.S.-Mexican relations and the current election campaign. He expressed concern about the damage the migration issue was doing to U.S.-Mexican relations and ab [...]	2006-06-09 17:42:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL MX
06MEXICO3267	OHCHR RUNS SLIM OPERATION IN MEXICO [...] (U) Summary: Minister Counselor for Political Affairs (MCCA) and PolOff met with the representative in Mexico of the United Nation's Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR),Amerigo Incalcaterra. The OHCHR's strategy in Mexico is to promote a human rights agenda by working wit [...]	2006-06-14 14:06:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL MX
06MEXICO3338	EMBRACING THE WINNER AND RETHINKING BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: This is the last in a series of six cables on transiti issues in Mexico. Washington should embrace the winner of the July 2 presidential election early and often (this is all the more important i the winner turns out to be Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador). We hope that senior USG of [...]	2006-06-16 21:49:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR MX
06MEXICO3351	LEADING ANALYST OPTIMISTIC ABOUT ELECTION PROCESS, [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging discussion, leading political analyst Denise Dresser told poloffs that while she was optimistic Mexico's electoral machinery would work, she questioned whether President Fox's successor -- whoever it would be -- would be capable of reforming the Mexican state. S [...]	2006-06-19 20:24:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO3378	MEXICO'S EXPANDING TIES TO ASIA [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of A/S Shannon's visit to Asia post met separately with Japanese and Chinese embassy and Foreign Ministry (SRE) officials, all of whom welcomed increased consultation with the U.S. on Mexico's relations with Asia. Japanese diplomat Noriteru Fukushima echoed Tokyo off [...]	2006-06-19 23:27:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EINV MX
06MEXICO3438	EMBRACING THE WINNER AND RETHINKING BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: This is the last in a series of six cables on transition issues in Mexico. Washington should embrace the winner of the July 2 presidential election early and often (this is all the more important if the winner turns out to be Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador). We hope that senior USG [...]	2006-06-22 14:30:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR MX
06MEXICO3635	ECONOMIA OFFICIAL REACTS TO TRUCKING PROGRAM [...] (C) Summary: On the side of a June 29 lunch meeting to discuss DDA negotiations, Ken Smith Ramos, Economia Director General of International Trade Negotiations under U/S Villalobos, expressed to Econoff Economia's strong frustration regarding the U.S. decision to postpone the pilot trucking pr [...]	2006-06-29 22:30:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON MX
06MEXICO3672	MEXICAN ELECTORAL UNCERTAINTY -- INITIAL MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary. Following Sunday's indeterminate election results, the Mexican Stock Market (Bolsa) opened July 3 up 4.17% where it remains at midday. The peso rose Monday morning to between 11.10 and 11.20 to the dollar after having closed June 30 at 11.42. While some observers point to o [...]	2006-07-03 20:33:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV MX
06MEXICO3840	HACIENDA'S (MEXICAN TREASURY) NEW BUDGET AND [...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary: The Fox administration continues to take protective measures to shield the Mexican economy from profligate spending. Hacienda's (Treasury) Budget and Fiscal Responsibility Law, which entered into force this April is an example of a cautionary move to ensure t [...]	2006-07-11 23:07:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV PINR PREL MX
06MEXICO3865	ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL RECEIVES FIRST TRANCHE OF [...] (C) Summary: On July 11, poloffs met with the head of public relations for the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judicial Power (TEPJF) to discuss the legal challenges to the presidential election results brought by PRD candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO). Although as of the time of [...]	2006-07-12 21:48:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO3961	PRI GOVERNORS NEEDED TO ACHIEVE STRUCTURAL REFORMS [...] (U) Summary: Given the upcoming Mexican government transition and the slim margin with which a new president will take office, this is a good time to review federal-state relations and their implications for Mexico's prospects for structural change. The views expressed in this three-part seri [...]	2006-07-18 18:12:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB ENRG PGOV MX
06MEXICO4019	INFLUENCE OF STATES AND GOVERNORS OVER FEDERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: State governments have limited ability to influence national policies. The local legislature of each state enacts legislation that applies only within its territorial boundaries. However, state legislatures do have a constitutional right to introduce legislation in the nationa [...]	2006-07-19 22:38:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB ENRG PGOV MX
06MEXICO4222	EMBASSY MEXICO CITY 2006-2007 IPR PROTECTION [...] (U) Despite the increases in raids and seizures carried out over the last year by Mexican Customs (Aduanas) and the Specialized IPR Unit within the Attorney General's office (PGR),markets selling counterfeit goods are ubiquitous and abuse of intellectual property rights (IPR) remains rampant. [...]	2006-07-31 21:08:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR KPAO WTRO MX
06MEXICO4267	FORMER MAGISTRATE SEES FULL RECOUNT AS UNLIKELY [...] (U) The Secretariat for Foreign Relations (SRE) recently held its third post-electoral briefing for the diplomatic community, in which Fernando Franco Gonzalez, former Electoral Tribunal (TEPJF) magistrate and current head of the Public Law Studies Center at the Autonomous Technological Insti [...]	2006-08-02 13:52:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO4290	DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR RE-ELECTION OF PROFESSOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-03 01:41:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UNHRC PREL PGOV MX
06MEXICO4368	ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL CALLS FOR PARTIAL RECOUNT [...] (SBU) Summary: In a unanimous August 5 decision, Mexico's Electoral Tribunal (TEPJF) rejected the Democratic Revolutionary Party's (PRD) request for a complete, nationwide recount of the results of the July 2 presidential election, ordering instead a recount in the 11,839 precincts (casillas [...]	2006-08-07 18:11:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO4472	MEXICO PLANS TO HOLD UNHRC SPECIAL SESSION ON [...] (C) Summary. Poloff delivered talking points in reftel to Rodrigo Labardini, Director General for Human Rights at the Secretariat for Foreign Relations (SRE),on August 9. SIPDIS Currently the president of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC),Mexico expressed strong views on the recent request [...]	2006-08-10 18:11:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV MX
06MEXICO4482	DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR HRC SPECIAL SESSION ON [...] (C) Acting MCPA and Poloff delivered ref A talking points to Dr. Luis Angel Benavides, acting head of the Office of Human Rights and Democracy at the Secretariat for Foreign Relations (SRE),as well as to Mariana Salazar Albornoz, Director of International Policy for Economic, Social, Cultural [...]	2006-08-11 01:18:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KPAO UNRCR PGOV MX

06MEXICO466	CALDERON'S CAMPAIGN KICK-OFF [...] (U) Summary. National Action Party (PAN) presidential candidate Felipe Calderon kicked off his campaign on January 19 in the State of Mexico, where he focused his message on rule of law, values, and economic growth. Calderon will launch a weekly one-hour radio program over the weekend and an [...]	2006-01-27 22:24:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	MX PGOV
06MEXICO4704	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON REELECTION OF PROFESSOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-21 23:11:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNHRC US MX
06MEXICO4708	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OBJECTIVITY OF UN HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-21 23:15:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNHRC MX
06MEXICO4857	DEMARCHE DELIVERED CONCERNING HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel talking points to several officials at the Secretariat for Foreign Relations (SRE): Director General for North American Affairs, Bosco Marti Ascencio; Director General for the United Nations, Ulises Canchola Gutierrez; Director of International Organizations, Norm [...]	2006-08-29 17:12:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF SMIG UNGA PREL PGOV MX
06MEXICO5134	CALDERON FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR SARUKHAN ON [...] (C) Summary. DCM met with President-elect Felipe Calderon foreign policy advisor Arturo Sarukhan September 7. Sarukhan said that during the transition, Juan Camilo Mourino would be responsible for developing the 2007 budget with the current government; ex-advisor to President Fox Eduardo Sojo [...]	2006-09-11 17:58:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	MX PGOV PREL
06MEXICO5165	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-12 17:38:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNGA PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM MX
06MEXICO5312	MEXICO'S GOVERNMENT, MEDIA PROCESS AMBASSADOR'S [...] (SBU) Summary: While certainly not uniformly laudatory, public and private responses to last week's consular announcement and ambassadorial statement on rising border violence have so far been measured. The statements generated predictable criticism from some quarters that we have impinged [...]	2006-09-19 21:09:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS MX
06MEXICO5528	THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES OF MEXICO'S PRI/LABOR [...] Summary: Although the 60th session of Mexico,s national congress started work on September 1, 2006, the PRI/labor affiliated representatives to this body have been working together since their election on July 2 to establish a common set of legislative priorities. To some extent, these priori [...]	2006-09-27 19:25:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PGOV PHUM PINR SMIG
06MEXICO5698	SRE'S GUTIERREZ TELLS SHANNON BORDER FENCE A [...] (SBU) Summary: A subdued Geronimo Gutierrez used his October 2 meeting with A/S Shannon to voice Mexico's deep frustration with last week's Senate vote to fund a border fence, saying it was a "bitter pill" at a bad time that would complicate bilateral relations. Nevertheless, Gutierrez was ho [...]	2006-10-06 17:37:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSEP MX PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA WHO
06MEXICO5810	MEXICO'S PLANS TO AVERT AN OIL CRISIS [...] (SBU) In the next 3-4 years, Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) will likely be able to keep Mexican oil production from falling sharply; however, in the medium to long term, the outlook is considerably less certain. From 2010 on, production volume will depend on Pemex's ability to get significant [...]	2006-10-12 22:27:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET MX
06MEXICO6044	PRESIDENT-ELECT CALDERON'S ADVSIORS DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Begin Summary. During an October 20 seminar on Mexican policy perspectives sponsored by the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM),Transition Team International Affairs Advisor Arturo Sarukhan discussed President-elect Felipe Calderon's foreign policy priorities, placing t [...]	2006-10-24 12:44:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MX
06MEXICO6085	PRESIDENT FOX'S NATIONAL SECURITY LEGACY [...] (SBU) This is the first in a series of four cables assessing the key accomplishments of President Vicente Fox Quesada during his six years in office, including the expansion of bilateral cooperation that helped Mexico advance in areas of greatest interest to the USG. It focuses on progress ma [...]	2006-10-25 17:05:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KCRM SNAR PTER SMIG MX
06MEXICO6088	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNGA RESOLUTION ON CHILDREN [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel talking points to Director of International Policy on Civil and Political Rights Dr. Luis Angel Benavides and Director of International Policy on Economic, Social, Cultural and Minority Groups, both of the Secretariat of Foreign Relations (SRE). Benavides responde [...]	2006-10-25 20:41:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNGA LE IS PHUM PREL PTER MX
06MEXICO620	MEXICO/CENTAM ENERGY - MEXICANS MOVE ON ENERGY [...] (SBU) To avoid the appearance that the U.S. is pulling the strings behind the Mesoamerican Energy Integration Plan (PIEM),Mexican Energy Undersecretary Hector Moreira will not send a team to brief U.S. officials until he has the cover of the proposed Binational Commission (BNC) in Washington. [...]	2006-02-03 21:36:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG MX PGOV PREL
06MEXICO6278	THE RADICALIZATION OF AMLO? [...] (SBU) After virtually two weeks of silence, defeated presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) took a more radical line in a speech to supporters of the Popular Assembly for the People of Oaxaca (APPO),backing the protests in Oaxaca and criticizing President Fox's decision to [...]	2006-11-04 01:57:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON FBI DHS PAS DAO CONS OPAD DCM POL AID
06MEXICO6313	THREE BOMBS EXPLODE IN MEXICO CITY [...] (U) SUMMARY. Shortly after midnight on November 6, three bombs exploded at distinct locations in Mexico City. Significant damage was inflicted on the Federal Electoral Tribunal (Trife),the national headquarters of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI),and a branch office of Scotiabank. [...]	2006-11-07 13:25:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER PREL PGOV MX
06MEXICO6404	MEXICO'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON ISRAEL-RELATED [...] (SBU) On October 25, poloff delivered reftel talking points to Minister Dolores Jimenez, Deputy Director of UN Affairs at the Secretariat for Foreign Relations (SRE). On November 6, Jimenez contacted poloff to explain that Mexico's position on at least two of these resolutions -- she did not [...]	2006-11-08 23:03:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA MX IS
06MEXICO6481	PRESIDENT FOX'S POLITICAL, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND [...] (SBU) This is the fourth in a series of four cables assessing President Fox's legacy. In the political area, Fox's greatest achievements were overseeing Mexico's first true political opening, which included a strengthening of the separation of powers and respect for limits on the president's [...]	2006-11-15 17:51:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM MX
06MEXICO6652	OAXACA CRISIS WORSENS DAYS BEFORE FELIPE CALDERON [...] (SBU) Begin summary: The political crisis in Oaxaca worsened over the weekend of November 25 when provocateurs turned what started out as a peaceful protest led by the People's Popular Assembly of Oaxaca (APPO) into a violent confrontation with the Federal Preventive Police (PFP). By the morn [...]	2006-11-28 22:42:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ELAB MX
06MEXICO6656	CALDERON NAMES POLITICAL CABINET [...] (SBU) Summary: President-elect Calderon announced his four political cabinet selections on November 28, bringing into his government one of his closest aides to run the presidency and naming a controversial Jalisco politician for Secretariat of the Interior. The appointments include: Francisco [...]	2006-11-29 01:15:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO6760	US-MEXICO "HYPERBORDER" CONFERENCE [...] (U) On November 16 and 17, Embassy EconOff and Ciudad Juarez ConOff attended the 2nd Annual Hyperborder Conference in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico and El Paso, Texas. They also spoke with the Director General of the Associacion de Maquiladora A.C. Consul General Donna Blair offered remarks at the op [...]	2006-12-05 22:06:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ECIN ETRD ELTN ETTC ELAB MX
06MEXICO6783	MEXICAN ENERGY ROUNDTABLE: DECLINING OIL REVENUE [...] (SBU) According to studies completed by Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA),President Felipe Calderon will contend with a real drop in oil revenue from about USD 54 billion in 2006 to the USD 27 billion range in 2012 as a result of decreasing production, a likely fall in heavy crude [...]	2006-12-06 21:05:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET MX
06MEXICO680	LOPEZ OBRADOR REVEALS SOME NAMES FOR HIS POTENTIAL [...] (SBU) Leading presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) revealed the names of three key potential cabinet members on January 30, in an attempt to calm fears that his economic and foreign policies would be too radical. AMLO said his economic advisor, Rogelio Ramirez de la O (ref [...]	2006-02-08 21:47:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR MX
06MEXICO6820	MEXICO: REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF [...] (U) Post supports continued waiver of Title III provisions of the Libertad Act for Mexico. The Mexican International Development Bank has begun the process of recovering debt from Cuba. Mexico's exports to Cuba have decreased slightly in 2006 while imports increased over 250 percent. Relation [...]	2006-12-07 22:07:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CU ETRD ETTC PREL MX
06MEXICO6861	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SPECIAL SESSION ON SUDAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-11 18:44:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIA PHUM PREL SU UN MX
06MEXICO6867	A CONVERSATION WITH PRD MORAL LEADER CUAUHTEMOC [...] (C) On December 7, Poloffs met with PRD "moral leader" and founder and three time presidential candidate Cuauhtemoc Cardenas to get his perspective on the events leading up to Felipe Calderon's inauguration as president. Cardenas lamented the damage done to the PRD's public image by Andres M [...]	2006-12-11 20:34:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL MX
06MEXICO6871	CALDERON'S SECURITY CABINET [...] (SBU) Felipe Calderon security cabinet appointments, made the day before his December 1 presidential inauguration, include: Guillermo Galvan Galvan as Secretary of Defense, Mariano Francisco Saynez Mendoza as Secretary of Navy, Genaro Garcia Luna as Secretary of Public Security, and Eduardo Me [...]	2006-12-11 21:41:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO7007	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY VOTE ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-20 14:08:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UN MX
06MEXICO7033	CALDERON DEBUTS WITH A DEFT HAND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his first weeks in office, President Felipe Calderon Hinojosa has seized the initiative on several important issues, demonstrating his intent to forge an activist presidency. The change in atmospherics between the Fox and Calderon administrations has been evident from Calder [...]	2006-12-21 19:41:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO7055	AMBASSADOR MAISTO CALLS ON SRE OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary: During a brief visit to Mexico City December 13-14, USOAS Ambassador John Maisto met separately with outgoing SRE Undersecretary for Latin America Jorge Chen Charpentier and his successor, Geronimo Gutierrez Fernandez. Chen offered a readout of the recent South American summit in [...]	2006-12-22 19:15:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OAS MX VE CI BR BL CU NI
06MEXICO742	PAN DEPUTIES DENOUNCE BORDER FENCE PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 8, ten members of the National Action Party's (PAN) faction in the Chamber of Deputies met with poloffs to voice their strong opposition to the provision of H.R. 4437 calling for the extension of the fence that now exists along portions of the U.S.-Mexican border. T [...]	2006-02-10 18:10:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MX
06MEXICO743	PAN DEPUTIES DENOUNCE BORDER FENCE PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 8, ten members of the National Action Party's (PAN) faction in the Chamber of Deputies met with poloffs to voice their strong opposition to the provision of H.R. 4437 calling for the extension of the fence that now exists along portions of the U.S.-Mexican border. T [...]	2006-02-10 18:10:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MX
06MEXICO744	PAN DEPUTIES DENOUNCE BORDER FENCE PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 8, ten members of the National Action Party's (PAN) faction in the Chamber of Deputies met with poloffs to voice their strong opposition to the provision of H.R. 4437 calling for the extension of the fence that now exists along portions of the U.S.-Mexican border. T [...]	2006-02-10 18:10:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MX
06MEXICO764	MEXICAN TRADE NEGOTIATOR ON NAFTA MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) Mexican trade negotiator Ken Smith Ramos told us February 2 that Mexico expected the upcoming proposed March NAFTA Ministerial would cover the relationship between NAFTA and the SPP, regulatory cooperation, development of a list of panelists as set out in NAFTA Chapter 20, increased fle [...]	2006-02-10 21:59:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD MX
06MEXICO820	BANK OF MEXICO OFFICIAL WORRIES ABOUT AMLO [...] (SBU) Bank of Mexico (BOM) deputy governor Jose Sidaoui told Econoffs February 9 he is worried that leading presidential contender Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO),should he win, would rule like Venezuela's Hugo Chavez. Sidaoui also commented more generally about Mexicans' ingrained depende [...]	2006-02-14 21:14:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV MX
06MEXICO956	CONTEMPLATING A MADRAZO FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) Summary: If elected, we believe Roberto Madrazo would seek to conduct a foreign policy that falls somewhere between the U.S.-centered policy advocated by the Fox administration and the "non-aligned" policy traditionally maintained by presidents from the Revolutionary Institutional Party [...]	2006-02-22 15:49:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO999	AMLO'S PUTATIVE FOREIGN MINISTER TAKES A CRASH COURSE ON THE U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-23 22:01:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MX
06MINSK1019	UNION STATE STAGNATES ALONG WITH GAS NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary. Despite public statements to the contrary, and without knowing the content of the "Constitutional Act," Russia and Belarus still appear far from completing an agreement on a Union State. Before seriously negotiating on the Union State the two still must resolve issues that re-em [...]	2006-09-18 12:58:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PREL ENRG ETRD PGOV PINR BO
06MINSK1050	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 26, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - Date Announced for CIS October Summit in Minsk (para. 2) - Belarus' Foreign Minister to Address UNGA (para. 3) - Foreign Ministries of Belarus, Iran [...]	2006-09-27 03:33:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG KTDB BO
06MINSK1074	BELARUSIAN YOUTH ACTIVELY WORKING, JUST NOT [...] (C) Summary: Belarusian youth groups have redirected their attention away from post-election stagnation to resuming activities to bring about change in Belarus. Some are actively preparing for the January 2007 local elections, while others are focusing on distributing information, providing [...]	2006-10-03 10:25:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF BO
06MINSK1075	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - OCTOBER 03, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - Lukashenko Discusses Union State Agenda with Borodin (para. 2) - China's Ambassador Calls Belarus A Friend and Partner (para. 3) CIVIL SOCIETY -- [...]	2006-10-03 11:27:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG KTDB BO
06MINSK108	Minsk Election Weekly VII (January 28-February 3) [...] This is the seventh in a weekly series of election-oriented reports, providing brief items of interest related to the March 19, 2006 presidential elections. ----------------- Signature Results ----------------- 2. After a month of signature collection, the CEC announced the following [...]	2006-02-03 09:14:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1084	NEW EU INTEREST IN VISA BANS ON STATE MEDIA [...] (C) Embassy Minsk recommends that the Department renew its efforts to persuade European allies to expand the current EU visa ban against top officials of the Lukashenko regime to include twelve state media executives and journalists, who are responsible for some of the most egregious propaganda [...]	2006-10-05 09:55:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1102	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FOREIGN [...] (C) The Ambassador met October 9 with Belarusian Foreign Minister Martynov to present him with copies of the letter of recall for her predecessor and her letters of credence. Martynov welcomed the Ambassador, and made his usual comments about the nature of the relationship Belarus wants to hav [...]	2006-10-11 13:53:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BO
06MINSK1109	AMBASSADOR REINFORCES UNITY MESSAGE TO OPPOSITION [...] (C) On October 11, Ambassador met with three senior leaders of the United Democratic Forces (UDF) opposition coalition: Belarusian Party of Communists leader Sergey Kalyakin, United Civic Party leader Anatoliy Lebedko, and Belarusian Popular Front Vintsuk Vyachorka. UDF leader Aleksandr Mil [...]	2006-10-13 14:21:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1116	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - OCTOBER 16, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS ELECTIONS --------- - Opposition Parties Agree on Campaign Cooperation (para. 2) - Authorities Approves Election Deadlines, Restrict Media (para. 3) CIVIL SOCIETY ------------- - Lower Chamber [...]	2006-10-17 03:14:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON KTDB EPET BO
06MINSK1117	INDEPENDENT POLLING: MILINKEVICH SUPPORT RATINGS DECLINE [...] Summary: Independent Belarusian pollster Manaev September 25 gave Poloff results of his fifth post election survey conducted in August. Opposition coalition presidential candidate Milinkevich's support rating dropped 8.8 points since March to 11.6%, whereas President Lukashenko's support rati [...]	2006-10-17 04:57:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON BO
06MINSK1123	"16" NOT SO SWEET: DAYS OF SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN [...] (C) September 16, 2006 marked the first anniversary of the "Days of Solidarity" opposition campaign in Belarus. Planned as a series of monthly candle-lighting ceremonies on the 16th of each month honoring the memories of disappeared opponents of the Lukashenko regime, the campaign evolved into [...]	2006-10-18 11:44:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1157	COALITION LEADERS SETTLE ON HOLDING SECOND [...] (C) The United Democratic Forces (UDF) Political Council recently agreed to convene a second congress of democratic forces on March 25, 2007. The dec)sion was included in th% Political CounciX's approved "Agreement on the UDF Political Campaign" that also called for the creation of a Political [...]	2006-10-31 05:31:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK1159	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - OCTOBER 31, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS CIVIL SOCIETY ------------- - Milinkevich Wins European Parliament's Sakharov Award (para. 2) - Skrebets Will Be Released in November (para. 3) - Activist Arrested Near Presidential Administration ( [...]	2006-10-31 10:15:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON KTDB EPET BO
06MINSK1184	LUKASHENKO AND RUSSIA: A TALE OF UNREQUITED LOVE? [...] (C) Lukashenko and Putin likely will achieve little during a possible November 10 meeting in Moscow. Both countries continue to play hardball with one another in energy negotiations, which are expected to drag on until the end of the year. Belarus will eventually have to settle for increased [...]	2006-11-09 12:39:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV BO
06MINSK1187	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - NOVEMBER 9, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. This edition includes events thru the November 6- 7 Revolution Day holiday. The next edition will cover items thru November 17. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - U.S. and EU Ambassa [...]	2006-11-09 13:51:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON KTDB EPET BO
06MINSK1212	BELARUSIAN ECONOMIC FUTURE IN DOUBT [...] (C) Belarus' current trend of robust GDP growth faces numerous challenges. The so-called economic miracle rests largely on Russian subsidies, with the government failing to harness the windfall to prepare for its seemingly inevitable end. Russia's preparations to join the WTO threatEn toQ ha [...]	2006-11-24 06:15:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV BO
06MINSK1220	MINSK FORUM: BITING THE HAND THAT PATS YOUR BACK? [...] (C) November 9-11 witnessed the Minsk Fgrum, an annual German-sponsored conference designed to be a platform for open dialogue. The GOB's denial of visas to at least eight would-be attendees overshadowed the substance of the conference. The row highlights the hazards of attempting even seemi [...]	2006-11-24 14:31:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BO
06MINSK1231	RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR IN MINSK: GAS PRICE TO INCREASE [...] (C) During an introductory courtesy call, Ambassador was told by her Russian counterpart that the price of natural gas will be going up "right away" and that the Belarusian opposition was still in early stages of development. Russian Ambassador Surikov also noted that efforts continue behind [...]	2006-11-30 13:49:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET PINR BO RS
06MINSK1234	LUKASHENKO'S NEW FOREIGN POLICY: A METHOD TO THE [...] (C) Belarus' rocky relationship with Russia has forced the isolated country to pursue a different course in its foreign policy. The GOB has ratcheted up its efforts to strengthen ties with countries like Iran, Venezuela, Azerbaijan, and China over the past year. Belarus is attempting to div [...]	2006-12-01 14:03:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON CH VE AJ IR BO
06MINSK1244	LUKASHENKO FOCUSES ON ENERGY SECURITY DURING CIS [...] (SBU) On November 28, Minsk hosted the CIS Heads of State summit. Although the agenda called for discussions on CIS reform and other issues, few agreements were reached. Lukashenko used the summit to negotiate with Russian President Putin on gas prices and the fate of Belarus' pipeline Beltra [...]	2006-12-05 12:15:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK1245	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - December 4, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS CIVIL SOCIETY ------------- - Milinkevich Meets Bush, Faces Two Months in Jail (para. 2) - Union of Left-wing Parties Favors Election Boycott (para. 3) - Youth Activists Attempt to Demonstrate Durin [...]	2006-12-05 13:01:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK1272	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - December 8, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS ELECTIONS --------- - Nomination Stage in Local Elections Over (para. 2) - Ten Members of BPC Withdraw From Local Elections (para. 3) CIVIL SOCIETY ------------- - Milinkevich Urges G8 Leaders [...]	2006-12-12 13:47:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK1290	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - DECEMBER 15, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - Lukashenko, Putin Meet in Moscow (para. 2) - Sudanese Foreign Minister to Visit (para. 3) - Chinese Military Delegation Arrives in Minsk (para. 4) [...]	2006-12-19 05:30:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK148	Suspicious Belarusian Trade [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent years, Minsk has actively sought to increase trade and relations with pariah states as a counterbalance to Western pressures to democratize and as evidence that Lukashenko's rule is accepted abroad. Despite these efforts, trade with these Outposts of Tyranny and State [...]	2006-02-13 10:14:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL USTR BO
06MINSK149	EMBASSY MINSK BIWEEKLY REPORT - February 10, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. Officer Punished For Illegal Seizure On February 9, the district prosecutor in Svetlagorsk disciplined a police officer for illegally seizing equipment and print material f [...]	2006-02-13 11:00:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK154	Minsk Election Weekly VIII (February 3-February 10) [...] This is the eighth in a weekly series of election-oriented reports, providing brief items of interest related to the March 19, 2006 presidential elections. --------------------------- Signatures and Registration --------------------------- 2. Grodno Commissions Reject Milinkevich's Sig [...]	2006-02-14 08:23:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK17	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - January 5, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. Independant Pollster Warned for Illegal Polling On December 30, the Prosecutor General's office issued a warning to head of the Independent Institute of Social, Economic an [...]	2006-01-10 09:17:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK208	EMBASSY MINSK BIWEEKLY REPORT - February 24, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. Jailed Businessman Now a Fugitive On February 9, businessman Nikolai Avtukhovich who is facing tax evasion charges disappeared from house arrest in Grodno on the first day [...]	2006-02-27 14:40:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK21	TAIWAN CLOSES MISSION AS MINSK SUPPORTS BEIJING [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan is closing its small trade mission in Belarus, as Minsk grows ever closer to Beijing. In recent months the mission has had no access to GOB officials, but has received requests for help from some in the opposition. The mission never succeeded in its main tasks, promoting p [...]	2006-01-11 13:49:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON TW BO
06MINSK22	TAIWAN CLOSES MISSION AS MINSK SUPPORTS BEIJING [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan is closing its small trade mission in Belarus, as Minsk grows ever closer to Beijing. In recent months the mission has had no access to GOB officials, but has received requests for help from some in the opposition. The mission never succeeded in its main tasks, promoting p [...]	2006-01-11 13:49:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON TW BO
06MINSK222	DAS KRAMER V. MFA, ROUND II [...] (C) Summary: Visiting EUR DAS Kramer met on February 23 with MFA America's Desk head Maksim Ryzhenkov. The MFA at the last minute cancelled a higher-level meeting because Kramer refused to allow the GOB to control his schedule. The meeting itself was cordial, despite the repeated accusations [...]	2006-03-02 12:39:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK225	ELECTION OFFICIAL TELLS EUR DAS KRAEER ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-02 13:08:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PRED
06MINSK233	OPPOSITION CANDIDATE RELEASED FROM DETENTION, [...] (C) Summary: On March 2, opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin was released from October Police Station between 1700 and 1800 local time (ref A). Following his release, Kozulin, his wife, and several members of Kozulin's political party went to the site of opposition candidate [...]	2006-03-07 09:26:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK25	Latest Polling: Milinkevich Creeps Ahead in Polls, But Not [...] Summary: The results of IISEPS' latest polling shows that Lukashenko retains high ratings, around 53 percent. Opposition support remains low, even for the 10+ opposition candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich. Although Milinkevich's approval ratings did climb several points to 6.6 percent, a growin [...]	2006-01-12 12:48:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK265	CEC Secretary on Early Voting and Problems with [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs met with Central Election Commission (CEC) Secretary Nikolai Lozovik on March 9. Lozovik at first explained Belarus' early voting process and answered questions concerning the censoring of opposition candidate television speeches and the March 2 beating of a candidate at [...]	2006-03-14 13:35:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK269	Opposition Candidate Released From Detention, [...] (C) Summary: On March 2, opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin was released from October Police Station between 1700 and 1800 local time (ref A). Following his release, Kozulin, his wife, and several members of Kozulin's political party went to the site of opposition candidate A [...]	2006-03-14 13:53:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK275	DAS Kramer Discusses Elections with Kozulin's [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS David Kramer met with opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin and his campaign team during his recent trip to Belarus. Kozulin claimed the authorities are afraid and are working to increase the level of fear among the population. Kramer underscored the need [...]	2006-03-15 10:10:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
06MINSK282	Milinkevich Campaign Manager Discusses Last-Minute [...] (C) Summary: On March 15, Sergey Kalyakin, campaign manager for Ten Plus Coalition presidential candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich, provided Pol/Econ Chief an assessment of the candidate's campaign rallies leading up to the March 19 elections. Kalyakin stressed Milinkevich and the campaign team [...]	2006-03-17 07:56:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK285	Lukashenko Leads February Poll [...] (SBU) Summary: In a poll conducted just before the presidential campaign began, Lukashenko dominated the field and most Belarusians relied on state media for information. Still, despite lack of access and constant pro- Lukashenko/anti-opposition propaganda, pro-democracy candidate Milinkevich [...]	2006-03-17 08:46:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK338	Ambassador Delivers Demarche On Wave Of Arrests [...] (C) Summary: On March 24, Ambassador called on MFA Americas Department Director Maksim Ryzhenkov to deliver a joint U.S.-EU message on the recent wave of repression against opposition leaders and activists prior to and following the March 19 presidential elections (ref A). Ambassador noted th [...]	2006-03-27 15:46:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK370	EMBASSY MINSK BIWEEKLY REPORT - March 31, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ------------- Post Elections ------------- 2. Milinkevich Tells All in Poland During his March 29 trip to Poland, former opposition candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich opined that the democratic movement in Belarus wi [...]	2006-04-03 09:22:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK374	LUKASHENKO FOUND, LOOKS ILL [...] (C) Summary: Lukashenko has been found. After a two-week absence from the public eye, and after missing all the events surrounding the tenth anniversary of the Union State Treaty, Lukashenko appeared on state television on April 4. In two short segments an atypically weary and soft-spoken Luk [...]	2006-04-05 15:44:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BO
06MINSK427	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - April 18, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. -------------- Post Elections -------------- 2. Milinkevich in Germany Former 10+ Coalition presidential candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich on an April 7 trip to Berlin met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Deputy [...]	2006-04-19 13:19:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK428	UCP UNHAPPY WITH COALITION [...] (C) Summary: On April 17, United Civic Party (UCP) deputy Jaroslav Romanchuk in a meeting with Poloff expressed his frustration with the activities and organization of the opposition's main coalition. Claiming to speak for his party, Romanchuk said the UCP presented a proposal to reform the o [...]	2006-04-19 13:47:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK43	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - January 17, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. Polish Activists Fined The Grodno Border Control Unit on January 5 fined two Union of Belarusian Poles (UBP) activists Andrei Pochobut and Andrei Pisalnik the maximum USD 1 [...]	2006-01-19 05:41:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK446	POLITICAL PROTESTANTS WANT CHANGE [...] (C) Summary: Prominent Belarusian Protestant leaders recently described for Ambassador their continued registration problems and the increasing hostility that they face from the GOB. Most of the leaders agreed that their communities are ready to bring change to Belarus, claiming that young [...]	2006-04-24 14:02:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK460	MILINKEVICH DISCUSSES STATE OF THE OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: In an April 24 conversation with Ambassador, Belarusian opposition leader and former Ten plus Coalition presidential candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich described tensions within the democratic forces. He named United Civic Party leader Anatoliy Lebedko as the strongest dissenter. C [...]	2006-04-27 14:23:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK462	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - April 28, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. -------------- Post Elections -------------- 2. Lebedko Fined $30 for Swearing On April 25, Minsk Sovetsky district judge Oksana Relyavo found United Civic Party chairman Anatoly Lebedko guilty of petty hooliganis [...]	2006-04-28 11:32:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK463	Post-Election Polling: Lukashenko Wins, but Not by As Much [...] Summary: The IISEPS polling service recently unveiled the results of the first post-election poll. IISEPS found that about 64% of the electorate voted for Lukashenko, 20% less than the regime claims. Despite this discrepancy, a slim majority of Belarusians view the elections as free and fair. [...]	2006-04-28 11:35:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON BO
06MINSK493	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - May 5, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ----------------------- International Relations ----------------------- 2. Lukashenko: Consolidation of Political Forces Is No Problem During a meeting in St. Petersburg, Aleksandr Lukashenko told Russian President [...]	2006-05-05 14:25:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK530	KAZAKHS ON LUKASHENKO'S HEALTH, CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary: On April 27, Pol Chief met with the Kazakh Political Counselor, Bakhram Auanasov, who claimed to have information that Lukashenko received treatment by Russian doctors after the election, possibly for prostate cancer or for exhaustion. He also explained that Lukashenko remains in [...]	2006-05-22 07:43:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BO
06MINSK531	DESPITE RHETORIC, MOSCOW NOT TO PUSH MINSK HARD [...] (C) During a recent conversation with Pol/Econ Chief, Vladimir Pavlenko, Counselor for Internal Political Affairs in the Russian Embassy, noted that despite strong statements from Gazprom, the Kremlin would not allow gas prices to stand in the way of an "extremely close alliance with Belarus." [...]	2006-05-22 07:47:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG BO
06MINSK537	MILINKEVICH ON THE LEBEDKO PROBLEM, RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary: On May 22, Ambassador met with leader of the unified opposition Aleksandr Milinkevich. Milinkevich had just completed a long-delayed talk with Anatoly Lebedko, a likely contender for Milinkevich's position. Milinkevich stated this talk convinced him Lebedko would not quit the co [...]	2006-05-22 13:58:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BO
06MINSK555	GRODNO/VOLKOVISK TRIP HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 16-17, Ambassador toured the Grodno oblast in the western part of Belarus, stopping first in Grodno and then in Volkovisk. Recently released political prisoner Levonevskiy described his deplorable prison conditions. Free trade unionists noted increasing GOB pressure on [...]	2006-05-26 08:35:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EINV BO
06MINSK556	GRODNO/VOLKOVISK TRIP HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 16-17, Ambassador toured the Grodno oblast in the western part of Belarus, stopping first in Grodno and then in Volkovisk. Recently released political prisoner Levonevskiy described his deplorable prison conditions. Free trade unionists noted increasing GOB pressure on [...]	2006-05-26 08:35:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EINV BO
06MINSK557	GRODNO/VOLKOVISK TRIP HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 16-17, Ambassador toured the Grodno oblast in the western part of Belarus, stopping first in Grodno and then in Volkovisk. Recently released political prisoner Levonevskiy described his deplorable prison conditions. Free trade unionists noted increasing GOB pressure on [...]	2006-05-26 08:35:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EINV BO
06MINSK56	Jeans Campaign: Youth Try To Unite Through Denim [...] (C) Summary: The human rights NGO Charter97 recently reported that on January 16 the Free Belarus Coalition launched the "jeans campaign." The youth-driven jeans campaign, which grew out of the Day of Solidarity nonviolent resistance campaign, aims to provide Belarusians a safe way to expre [...]	2006-01-24 08:44:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
06MINSK560	LEBEDKO EXPLAINS HIS OPPOSITION TO MILINKEVICH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 23 meeting with Ambassador, Belarusian opposition figure and United Civic Party (UCP) chairman Anatoliy Lebedko discussed his recent visit to Washington, points of disagreement within the opposition coalition and commented on Russian-Belarusian relations. Lebedko is push [...]	2006-06-01 12:17:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BO
06MINSK565	Lukashenko's State of the Republic Tirade [...] (SBU) Summary: In his May 23 annual address before parliament, Lukashenko declared all is well in Belarus. He raised the trial balloon of establishing a Party of Power, but said he himself did not need it. He ordered the parliament and government to work with the four pillars of society, labo [...]	2006-06-01 12:23:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PREL PHUM BO
06MINSK574	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - May 26, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ----------------------- International Relations ----------------------- 2. Iran To Aid Belarus' Nuclear Industry, Lukashenko To Visit Iran On May 25, Iranian Ambassador Abdolhamid Fekri said at a news conference in [...]	2006-06-02 06:08:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK602	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - June 2, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ----------------------- International Relations ----------------------- 2. Belarus Skeptical about UN Human Rights Special Rapporteur On May 31, following consultations with representatives from Russia's MFA, Belar [...]	2006-06-09 09:22:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET EAGR ENRG BO
06MINSK627	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - June 9, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ----------------------- International Relations ----------------------- 2. Russian Ambassador Against Belarus' Retaliation for Travel Bans On June 8, the Russian Ambassador to Belarus, Aleksandr Surikov, described [...]	2006-06-14 06:08:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET EAGR ENRG BO
06MINSK630	PARTNERSHIP ELECTION OBSERVERS FACE TRIAL [...] (C) Summary: On June 13, Ambassador and DCM met with the wives of two of the jailed Partnership activists (independent election observers). The wives said their husbands' moods were still high, given their circumstances. Two of the four activists were recently moved to a new detention center [...]	2006-06-14 13:25:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BO

06MINSK653	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - June 20, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ----------------------- International Relations ----------------------- 2. Putin Signals Hike in Gas Price to Belarus, Impatient on Union During a Shanghai Cooperation Organization Press Conference, Russian Preside [...]	2006-06-20 10:01:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ETRD EINV
06MINSK659	CSTO Castigates NATO And Its Neighbors [...] Summary: The Russian Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) on June 20 gave a press conference in which he ridiculed NATO and opined that its military installations in Eastern European countries were part of a military agenda in Russia's backyard. He stated CST [...]	2006-06-21 12:10:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV BO
06MINSK669	POLL OF BELARUSIAN ELITES SHOWS SUPPORT FOR OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 9, Oleg Manaev, head of the de- registered IISEPS sociological research center, presented the results of additional post-election polling to the Ambassador. Throughout May, IISEPS polled 60 respondents, described as "laders and experts" inside and outside Belarus' gvernm [...]	2006-06-23 05:45:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON BO
06MINSK671	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - June 23, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ----------------------- International Relations ----------------------- 2. State Weekly Says Belarus Should Freeze Opposition U.S. Accounts On June 22, BelTA correspondent Viktor Lovgach wrote in the pro- governme [...]	2006-06-23 12:21:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ETRD
06MINSK680	MFA MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR-DRUMS UP GOB OUTCRY OVER [...] (C) Summary: On June 23, Head of the MFA's U.S. and Canada Desk Sergey Sergeyev formally relayed GOB irritation with the U.S. imposition of visa bans and financial sanctions against GOB officials. Ambassador reiterated the USG had long warned the GOB the U.S. would take such actions against GO [...]	2006-06-27 12:54:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BO
06MINSK682	Media Focuses on Lukashenko and Putin at CSTO-EAEC Summit [...] SUMMARY: On June 23, the heads of state and foreign ministers of countries belonging to the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and the Eurasian Economic Community (EAEC) met in Minsk for the organizations' tandem summits. Belarusian media coverage focused heavily on statements by [...]	2006-06-28 13:38:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON EINV WTRO USTR BO
06MINSK691	GOB APPEALS TO EU TO STOP "SPIRAL OF PRESSURE" [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Lithuanian Ambassador to Belarus gave U.S. Ambassador copies of three letters from Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Martynov to: Javier Solana, High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Secretary General of the Council of the European Unio [...]	2006-06-30 13:11:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PREL PGOV ECON EINV WTRO USTR BO
06MINSK694	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - July 7, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ------------- Civil Society ------------- 2. On July 6, the trial of former presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin began in Moskovsky District Court in Minsk. Kozulin supporters, journalists, and representatives i [...]	2006-07-10 05:15:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ETRD
06MINSK701	LUKASHENKO PRAISES ECONOMY, SEEKS BETTER RELATIONS WITH [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Aleksandr Lukashenko gave his Independence Day address on July 1 at the Palace of the Republic. He vowed that Belarusians would never forget the sacrifices their families made during WWII and thanked survivors for rebuilding Belarus into a strong nation. He then praised [...]	2006-07-10 06:40:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PREL PHUM BO
06MINSK707	IN-FIGHTING AND DISORGANIZATION STAGNATES UDF [...] (SBU) Summary: The internal power struggles and disorganization within the United Democratic Forces (UDF) are affecting the UDF's support among democratic-minded Belarusians and its ability to initiate a formable movement against Lukashenko. At least two clans have formed in the UDF and are b [...]	2006-07-10 13:39:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK719	BELARUS ON THE EVE OF THE G8 SUMMIT [...] (C) Many in the Belarusian opposition are hopeful G-7 leaders will raise Belarus at the G8 Summit in St. Petersburg in an effort to convince Russia to stop both its support for the repressive Lukashenko regime and its efforts to establish a union with Belarus that could extinguish defacto Belar [...]	2006-07-12 13:48:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM BO
06MINSK737	Opposition Leader Assures Ambassador He's A Man of [...] (C) Summary: United Democratic Forces leader Aleksandr Milinkevich and his wife Inna Kulei provided a frank, yet optimistic assessment of the opposition coalition during the Ambassador's July 14 farewell meeting with them. Ambassador stressed that many in the opposition, especially the youth [...]	2006-07-17 13:37:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK740	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - July 17, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ----------------- Political Parties ----------------- 2. Pro-Lukashenko Communists Proclaim Merger with Opposition Communists On July 15, the leadership of the pro-Lukashenko Communist Party of Belarus (CPB) de [...]	2006-07-18 03:48:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET EAGR ENRG BO
06MINSK758	IISEPS Polling: Lukashenko Still Enjoys Popular Support [...] SUMMARY: On July 10, Director of the independent polling service IISEPS Oleg Manaev gave Ambassador the results of two opinion surveys conducted in June. Lukashenko maintains a high support rating, with 55 percent of those polled claiming they would vote for Lukashenko again should elections b [...]	2006-07-21 05:35:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON BO
06MINSK759	VICTIMIZED BELARUSIAN STUDENTS GET CHANCE TO STUDY [...] (C) Summary: Inna Kulei's Committee for the Defense of the Repressed (CDR) has successfully placed approximately 250 Belarusian students who have been victimized for their political activities in universities in neighboring countries. Discrepancies exist over precisely how many of these stud [...]	2006-07-21 05:46:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK763	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - July 21, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. --------- Elections --------- 2. United Opposition Forces Preparing for Early Local Elections On July 18, Belarusian Popular Front Deputy Chairman Viktor Ivashkevich announced that, despite the government's tentati [...]	2006-07-21 13:33:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET EAGR ENRG BO
06MINSK77	Minsk Election Weekly VI (January 20-January 27) [...] (U) January 27 is the final day for presidential contenders to submit signatures. Each contender must submit a minimum of 100,000 signatures to the Central Election Committee. This is the sixth in a weekly series of election-oriented reports, providing brief items of interest related to the Ma [...]	2006-01-30 14:06:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK787	LUKASHENKO FINDS A NEW FRIEND IN HUGO CHAVEZ [...] Summary: On July 23-25, Lukashenko hosted Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in Minsk, marking the first official visit of a Latin American leader in Belarus' history. During the series of meetings and ceremonies, the leaders lauded each other's political and economic policies and occasionally [...]	2006-07-27 10:57:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ETRD VE BO
06MINSK794	PRESSURES ON LUKASHENKO: CURRENT STATE OF PLAY [...] (C) Summary: Although Lukashenko secured a third term in office through rigged March presidential elections, the regime is grappling with unprecedented political and economic pressure from the East and the West, and to a limited extent, from within. Belarusians interpret Gazprom's plans to q [...]	2006-07-31 13:09:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM BO
06MINSK847	LUKASHENKO CRITICIZES U.S. BUT SEEKS GREATER [...] (U) Summary: President Lukashenko, meeting with his Belarusian Ambassadors August 1, stated that increased U.S.-EU harassment was due to Belarus' increasing geopolitical importance and its role in forming a multi-polar world. The President claimed Belarus was ready for bilateral partnerships [...]	2006-08-09 04:51:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM BO
06MINSK860	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - AUGUST 11, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ----------------------- International Relations ------------------------- 2. Lukashenko Pushes for Stronger UN Role On August 1, President Lukashenko asserted that Belarus seeks to strengthen the role of the United [...]	2006-08-10 04:49:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET EAGR ENRG BO
06MINSK881	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - August 14, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ----------------------- International Relations ----------------------- 2. Parliament Leader Receives Iranian Delegation On August 9, Chairman of the Belarusian House of Representatives Vladimir Konoplev receive [...]	2006-08-14 13:45:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET EAGR ENRG KTDB BO
06MINSK890	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - AUGUST 11, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ----------------------- International Relations ------------------------- 2. Lukashenko Pushes for Stronger UN Role On August 1, President Lukashenko asserted that Belarus seeks to strengthen the role of the United [...]	2006-08-17 06:13:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET EAGR ENRG BO
06MINSK911	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - August 18, 2006 [...] (U) The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - Lukashenko Stipulates Eurasian Customs Union (para. 2) - Belarus and Ukraine Discuss Cooperation (para. 3) - Lukashenko Greets Indian, South Korea [...]	2006-08-21 13:36:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET EAGR ENRG KTDB BO
06MINSK938	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - AUGUST 28, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - Lawmaker Calls Union State Act 99 Percent Ready (para. 2) - CSTO Consultations on Military Training (para. 3) LOCAL ELECTIONS --------------- - Op [...]	2006-08-28 11:33:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET EAGR ENRG KTDB BO
06MINSK95	EMBASSY MINSK BIWEEKLY REPORT - January 31, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. GOB Deems Defamatory Documentary "Not Discriminatory" On January 14, the Prosecutor General's Office ruled the controversial documentary about gypsies in Belarus that aired [...]	2006-02-01 05:45:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK963	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 5, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS LOCAL ELECTIONS --------------- - Opposition Council Discusses Local Coalitions (para. 2) CIVIL SOCIETY ------------- - Milinkevich Visits France, Opposes Union State (para. 3) - Police Seize Prot [...]	2006-09-05 10:32:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG KTDB BO
06MINSK964	CHARGE'S PRESS CONFERENCE ELICITS INTEREST OF [...] (U) On August 31, Charge hosted a press conference with members of the Belarusian independent media and local representatives of various international media outlets. After delivering a brief opening statement, Charge and journalists engaged in a spirited hour-long question-and-answer session [...]	2006-09-05 12:52:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BO
06MINSK994	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 8, [...] (U) The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS LOCAL ELECTIONS --------------- - Opposition Party Forms Bloc For Independence (para. 2) - Opposition Coalition Secretariat In Operation (para. 3) - Brest Opposition Questions Council Members (pa [...]	2006-09-12 11:23:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG KTDB BO
06MONTEVIDEO1097	HOW MERCOSUR HAS CHANGED [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: This telegram contains a healthy dose of subjective analysis designed to stimulate constructive debate on an issue of regional importance. The Embassy is keenly interested in Mercosur, not only because its headquarters are located here, but also because we have [...]	2006-11-16 13:31:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL AORC SOCI UY
06MONTEVIDEO1111	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL GOODLATTE'S VISIT TO URUGUAY [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy welcomes Codel Goodlatte to Uruguay and greatly appreciates its contributions to US foreign policy objectives. Your November 28-29 visit comes at an auspicious time in our bilateral relationship and will coincide with the arrival of the US Ambassador to Uruguay, Frank E [...]	2006-11-22 15:44:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP OVIP EAGR ECON UY
06MONTEVIDEO149	DISPUTE OVER PULP MILLS DEEPENS [...] (C) Summary: The pulp mill dispute between Argentina and Uruguay (reftel) has only intensified in the past month, and the dispute, which until recently had been a provincial issue for Argentina, has become a national cause in Uruguay for which vital interests are at stake. Uruguay contends tha [...]	2006-02-13 19:08:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SENV SOCI EAGR AR UY
06MONTEVIDEO207	URUGUAY CANNOT BACK DOWN ON PAPERMILL CONSTRUCTION [...] (C) The GOU has roundly rejected President Kirchner's March 1 public offer (ref A) to seek a solution to the papermill dispute by halting construction for 90 days while environmentalists conduct a study. Vice President Nin Novoa did not help matters by characterizing Kirchner's ""plea"" as imperti [...]	2006-03-02 17:32:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KSUM UY
06MONTEVIDEO229	VAZQUEZ SAYS HE WANTS A FREE TRADE AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Charge met with President Tabare Vazquez at the Embassy's request on March 7 to advise the President on his upcoming meeting with the Secretary on March 11 at the margins of Michelle Bachelet's inauguration ceremony in Santiago, Chile. Vazquez explicitly stated that he wanted a F [...]	2006-03-07 16:09:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD PINR KCRM AORC UY
06MONTEVIDEO230	THE VAZQUEZ ADMINISTRATION AT THE ONE-YEAR MARK [...] (C) Summary: The Frente Amplio (FA) Government completed its first year in power on March 1 with more achievements than setbacks. In typical fashion, little fanfare marked the day as President Vazquez had sent his state-of-the-union report to Congress a week earlier. It is clear that his adr [...]	2006-03-07 19:06:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV ETRD SOCI ELAB PINR UY
06MONTEVIDEO254	MERCOSUR - LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT? URUGUAY'S QUANDARY [...] (C) Summary: The GOU's perception of Mercosur has undergone an extraordinary change over the past year, going from wide-eyed enthusiasm to deep disillusion to even questioning the wisdom of full membership. After initial declarations prioritizing the ""deepening of Mercosur"", the GOU experi [...]	2006-03-14 11:47:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL PGOV PINR AORC UY
06MONTEVIDEO298	URUGUAY: ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL TOPICS (C-AL6-00402) [...] (C/NF) This telegram responds to Washington analysts' request for information, per ref A. 2. (C/NF) Summary: Though a small country, Uruguay is important to U.S. national interests as an example of long-standing democracy in a region that has largely lurched to the populist left. Policy makers we [...]	2006-03-28 15:04:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR ETRD UY
06MONTEVIDEO4	MILL DISPUTE TROUBLES RELATIONS WITH ARGENTINA [...] (SBU) Summary: The dispute over Uruguay's planned construction of cellulose (wood pulp) processing mills on a shared river has led to strained relations with Argentina. After a World Bank report cleared European investors to begin construction, Argentine environmental groups attempted to bloc [...]	2006-01-03 18:10:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EINV SENV AR UY
06MONTEVIDEO415	SCENESETTER AMBASSADOR MAISTO'S VISIT TO URUGUAY [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Uruguay on May 18 comes on the heels of a very successful May 4 meeting between Uruguayan President Vazquez and President Bush in Washington. Uruguay is important to U.S. interests as an example of temperate, long-standing democracy in a region that has largely lu [...]	2006-05-10 17:24:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL AORC PGOV SOCI UY
06MONTEVIDEO418	VAZQUEZ LOBBIES HARD FOR TRADE TALKS WITH U.S. WORKING GROUPS FORMED [...] (C) Summary: President Vazquez appears to have wasted no time in pushing his trade agenda. At the May 8 Cabinet meeting, he recounted the results of his ten-day trip to the U.S. and Mexico, and of his meeting with POTUS on May 4. He advocated for expanded trade talks with the U.S., which he [...]	2006-05-11 15:01:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL UY
06MONTEVIDEO448	GOU CRITICAL OF MERCOSUR BUT STILL INTENDS TO [...] (C) Summary: Harsh criticism of Mercosur continues unabated in Uruguay, fueled by a worsening dispute with Argentina, Brazil's distraction with regional events, and an increased marginalization of Mercosur's smaller members in the decision-making. The trade bloc could tilt towards a more pol [...]	2006-05-19 14:00:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL UY
06MONTEVIDEO459	OAS AMBASSADOR JOHN MAISTO'S MAY 18 VISIT TO [...] (C) U.S. Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States (OAS) Ambassador John F. Maisto visited Montevideo on May 18 to discuss Summit of the Americas follow-up, the June OAS General Assembly, and U.S./Uruguayan bilateral relations. He met with President Vazquez, lunched with [...]	2006-05-24 14:06:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OAS UNSC UY
06MONTEVIDEO555	SCENESETTER FOR UPCOMING TRADE TALKS IN WASHINGTON [...] (C) Summary: Following the successful Vazquez/POTUS encounter in the Oval Office on May 4, trade talks between GOU negotiators and USTR have been scheduled to take place at a meeting in Washington during the last week of June. The GOU is now much more focused on discussing a Free Trade Agreemen [...]	2006-06-16 15:32:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL AORC UY
06MONTEVIDEO567	MERCOSUR: THE ARGENTINE PRO TEMP PRESIDENCY AND [...] (C) Summary: Argentina's pro temp presidency of Mercosur is seen in Uruguay as a resounding failure that weakened the trading bloc's institutions. The conflict over the paper pulp mills overshadowed the entire presidency, as the dispute spun out of control and Argentina blocked the GOU's att [...]	2006-06-21 20:52:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL PINR AORC UY
06MONTEVIDEO570	CHINESE AND KOREAN AMBASSADORS' PERSPECTIVES ON [...] (C) Summary: Charge met separately with Ambassadors from the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) and South Korea to discuss regional perspectives in the wake of Assistant Secretary Shannon's trip to Asia on April 8-15. Chinese SIPDIS Ambassador Wang Xioyuan said he had been briefed on A/S Shann [...]	2006-06-22 19:26:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD PINR OTRA CH JA KS UY
06MONTEVIDEO616	URUGUAY'S FTA AT CROSSROADS WHILE VENEZUELA JOINS [...] (C) Summary: President Vazquez is caught between wanting a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with us and Brazil's open opposition to it. On June 23, Brazil's visiting Foreign Minister explicitly warned the Uruguayans that an FTA with us would be damaging to Mercosur and Uruguay. On June 26, GOU and [...]	2006-07-05 18:03:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ECON PGOV AORC UY
06MONTEVIDEO640	HAGUE RULING ON PULP MILLS FAVORABLE TO URUGUAY [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-13 16:03:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SENV SOCI KLIG EINV AR UY
06MONTEVIDEO746	USTR VISIT PROMPTS PRESIDENT VAZQUEZ TO OPENLY [...] (C) Summary: The recent visit by Assistant United States Trade Representative for the Americas Everett Eissenstat and USTR's Senior Director for Brazil and the Southern Cone, Sue Cronin, sparked an intense internal debate over the future direction of Uruguay's trade relationships and pitted o [...]	2006-08-14 19:07:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL ECON PGOV AORC UY
06MONTEVIDEO774	PRESIDENT VAZQUEZ MOVES FORWARD ON US TRADE AGENDA [...] (C) Summary: Since the August 7-10 visit of senior USTR officials to Uruguay (reftel),President Vazquez has been assiduously preparing his domestic constituency for deeper trade ties with the United States. He has publicly stated that the feasibility of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) could be [...]	2006-08-22 20:21:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PGOV ECON AORC UY
06MONTEVIDEO963	DICTATORSHIP'S WOUNDS STILL FELT IN URUGUAY [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: Uruguay's ongoing debate over the teaching of history and a recent public shouting match between the sons of important actors during Uruguay's dictatorship both illustrate the importance of that period to modern politics and policy in Uruguay. The complex history of [...]	2006-10-11 13:37:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI ELAB UY
06MONTREAL1205	CANADA'S LIBERAL LEADERSHIP RACE: DION EMERGES AS [...] (C/NF) Former Environment Minister Stephane Dion emerged the surprise winner of the Liberal Leadership convention, held in Montreal from November 30-December 2, coming from fourth place to beat frontrunner Michael Ignatieff, 2521 to 2084 delegate votes. Ignatieff, though an eloquent and passi [...]	2006-12-04 21:38:00	Consulate Montreal	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MARR EINV CA
06MONTREAL518	Montreal Outreach on WHTI [...] Summary. The visit of DHS US-Visit Director Jim Williams and Department of States Ann Barrett, Managing Director of U.S. Passport Services, gave post an opportunity to get our message about WHTI out to a number of influential audiences and journalists in Montreal. Exports to the U.S. are extr [...]	2006-05-03 20:00:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	CMGT CPAS CASC KTRD KPAO PREL CA
06MOSCOW10013	RUSSIAN FEDERATION COUNCIL CHAIRMAN ON US, [...] (C) Summary: In advance of his trip to the US to commemorate 9/11, Russian Federation Council Chairman Sergey Mironov previewed with the Ambassador a fall legislative effort to amend the Law on Extremism. Mironov said the reaction to the announced merger of leftist political parties was en [...]	2006-09-10 08:28:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV RS
06MOSCOW10227	BREAKFAST WITH ROGOZIN: TALES OF A KREMLIN PROJECT [...] (SBU) Summary: As the political season commences, the rise and fall of former Rodina Party Chairman Dmitry Rogozin is a cautionary tale for other politicians seeking poster-boy status in Kremlin electoral projects and a timely reminder of the ability of the Presidential Administration to int [...]	2006-09-13 15:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR RS
06MOSCOW10230	RUSSIAN REACTION TO TORGAU '06 POSTPONEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to U.S. insistence on extending Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) protection to personnel participating in this year's Torgau '06 bilateral military exercise, the GOR seized the initiative to postpone, but not cancel, the event and left the door open for continued bi [...]	2006-09-14 07:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP MOPS PREL RS
06MOSCOW10309	RUSSIAN MFA UNCLEAR ON TRANSNISTRIAN REFERENDUM [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Embassy three days before Transnistria's September 17 referendum, MFA Transnistrian negotiator Valeriy Nesterushkin provided no clarity on how Russia will treat the referendum result. While acknowledging that whatever the result, Transnistria would not be recog [...]	2006-09-15 09:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE PBTS MD RS
06MOSCOW10370	ORTHODOX CLASSES NOW MANDATORY IN SOME RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Public schools in the Bryansk, Kaluga, Smolensk, and Belgorod regions have incorporated a mandatory Orthodox culture course into their curriculums. Eleven other regions are offering the subject as an elective. Supporters say the move is needed to counter the spiritual vacuum left [...]	2006-09-18 07:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM RS
06MOSCOW10382	LAVROV'S MIDDLE EAST DIPLOMACY [...] (C) Summary: With FM Lavrov's September 7-9 trip to the Middle East, promotion of a "universal" peace process, experts' conference, renewed Syria track, and support for the Arab League ministerial session at UNGA, the GOR continues to seek "player" status in the region. Practically, GOR sup [...]	2006-09-18 11:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM IS SY LE RS
06MOSCOW10438	RUSSIA AND KOSOVO: THE POLITICS OF DELAY [...] (C) Summary: Russia will seek to delay the conclusion of the Kosovo status process beyond year's end, arguing that a negotiated settlement will be more enduring than one forced on Serbia. The GOR does not like UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari's draft status recommendations and might balk at agre [...]	2006-09-19 12:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM UNMIK SR YI RS
06MOSCOW10439	RUSSIAN SECURITY COUNCIL SECRETARY ON IRAN, FROZEN [...] (C) Summary: In a September 18 meeting, Russian Security Council Secretary Ivanov briefed on his September meetings in Spain with Iranian Security Council Secretary Larijani, UNSYG Annan, and former President Gonzales; raised concerns over mixed messages to Iran; and reiterated Russia's willi [...]	2006-09-19 12:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETTC PARM IR RS
06MOSCOW10620	RUSSIA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ANATOLIY CHUBAYS [...] (C) Summary: In a September 19 meeting with the Ambassador, UES CEO Chubays was very upbeat about UES reform and the liberalization of electricity prices. He confidently predicted that strategic investors and IPOs in London and Moscow would raise the investment UES needs to meet its five y [...]	2006-09-22 08:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	AF ECON ENRG IAEA KNNP PGOV RS
06MOSCOW10704	HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN LUKIN ON NGO [...] (C) In a September 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Human Rights Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin endorsed moving forward on the proposed U.S.-Russian roundtable on democracy and human rights, and said he was prepared to discuss modalities when in Washington October 10-12. Lukin offered to intercede on [...]	2006-09-25 09:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI RS
06MOSCOW1083	RUSSIAN OPPOSITION LEADER BORIS NEMTSOV REJOINS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Boris Nemtsov, erstwhile co-leader of the Union of Right Forces (SPS),will head an SPS committee charged with forging a permanent alliance among democratic opposition forces. News of the appointment came January 28, just a day before GOR officials charged Nemtsov's former busi [...]	2006-02-03 13:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON PINR RS
06MOSCOW10985	AMBASSADOR'S SEPTEMBER 27 MEETING WITH RUSSIAN [...] (C) In a September 27 meeting with the Ambassador, Russian Finance Minister Aleksey Kudrin gave few details on debt relief for Afghanistan, but noted he hoped to conclude a bilateral agreement by February 2007. On Iraq, Kudrin said resolving the Qurna-2 license issue was important but not a [...]	2006-09-28 14:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV RS
06MOSCOW10986	"NOT WAR, BUT CLOSE:" RUSSIAN REACTION TO GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: DFM Karasin told Ambassador September 28 the arrest of Russian officers in Georgia "could have been a casus belli." Russian reaction "will be more reasonable." Russia "has the impression that it cannot rely on its American partners." Karasin asked for U.S. help in freeing the o [...]	2006-09-28 15:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO GG RS
06MOSCOW10990	NATO SOFA RATIFICATION: VERDICT STILL OUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the Foreign Ministry, the Russian Government is completing its review of the NATO Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) -- which was signed last year -- and expects to send it to the Duma "within weeks." The MFA assured us that all GOR entities, including the Ministry o [...]	2006-09-29 07:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV RS
06MOSCOW11002	RUSSIA: CENTER-REGIONAL RELATIONS UNDER STRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Federal-local relations in Russia are under increasing stress due to the implementation of the Local Self-Government Law of 2003. This law cuts the flow of tax dollars to regional and local government in order to spur the localities to become entrepreneurial in developing their [...]	2006-09-29 11:41:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL RS
06MOSCOW11029	RUSSIAN REACTS TO ARRESTS OF SOLDIERS IN GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador strongly encouraged restraint in a September 29 telephone conversation with Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin. Karasin responded that he appreciated U.S. responsiveness and welcomed Tbilisi's decision to permit joint patrolling of the Kodori Gorge. The MFA confir [...]	2006-09-29 15:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO GG RS
06MOSCOW11107	RUSSIAN SANCTIONS ON GEORGIA TO STAY FOR NOW [...] (C) Following President Putin's October 1 comments that Georgia's arrest of Russian officers was an act of "state terrorism," new measures targeting Georgia are being enacted. As of October 3, flights between Georgia and Russia have been halted for "recertification." Ferry service between So [...]	2006-10-03 13:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR ETRD GG RS
06MOSCOW11172	UNITED RUSSIA IGNORES THE PARTY OF LIFE IN LIPETSK [...] (SBU) Lipetsk oblast and city are tightly controlled by United Russia Governor Oleg Korolyev. Oblast regional elections will be held on October 8 and it is widely believed in Lipetsk that YR will win a decisive majority. While the Communist Party (KPRF) continues to have loyal followers, it ap [...]	2006-10-04 15:32:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM RS
06MOSCOW11241	YOUR MOSCOW VISIT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH ASIA [...] (C) We welcome your visit to Moscow as a chance to engage the GOR face-to-face on sensitive regional issues and begin to chip away at Moscow's misconceptions about U.S. intentions in the region. It is a commonplace assumption that Moscow's policies in Central and South Asia are fueled by a [...]	2006-10-06 07:01:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG PTER SNAR RS
06MOSCOW11252	RUSSIA: DAS KRAMER MEETINGS ON NGOS AND HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS David Kramer reinforced US concerns over NGO re-registration and encouraged Human Rights Ombudsman Lukin to finalize details of an "unofficial" human rights/democracy dialogue. Both Lukin and Public Chamber member Nikonov acknowledged bureaucratic difficulties and endo [...]	2006-10-06 07:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV RS
06MOSCOW11489	RUSSIA-GEORGIA: BACKLASH AGAINST THE BACKLASH? [...] (C) Summary: The Public Chamber has condemned bureaucratic moves that have targeted ethnic Georgians, but few elected officials have followed suit. Deportations have temporarily slowed, but arrests of Georgians who are accused of not having legal status in Russia continue. There is anecdo [...]	2006-10-12 14:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG RS
06MOSCOW11539	RUSSIA-GEORGIA UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Arrests and deportations of Georgians accused of violating immigrations laws continue, but no new measures have been enacted against Georgia or against ethnic Georgians living in Russia. No reliable numbers are available for the number of Georgians found not to have legal stat [...]	2006-10-13 14:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF GG RS
06MOSCOW11582	GEORGIA UPDATE: OCTOBER 16 [...] (C) Deportations of undocumented Georgian nationals continue. Round-ups have slowed in Moscow, but picked up in St. Petersburg. Russian and Georgian officials continue to trade insults and veiled threats. Harassment of ethnic Georgians may have peaked thanks to a backlash from Russians of m [...]	2006-10-16 15:36:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL MARR ETRD PREF GG RS
06MOSCOW11698	MOSCOW EXPERTS ON DPRK NUCLEAR TEST [...] (C) Summary. Despite the GOR's strongly negative reaction to the reported nuclear test and its cooperation on UNSC 1718, Moscow's Korea watchers were for the large part critical of U.S. policies, arguing that the impasse over the DPRK program could have been avoided had the U.S. acted differ [...]	2006-10-19 06:40:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MNUC KNNP UNSC KN RS
06MOSCOW1171	RUSSIA COMFORTABLE WITH STATUS QUO IN BELARUS [...] (C) Summary: The MFA's official stance on Belarus seems to have shifted from resigned noninterference to passive support for Lukashenko and the status quo. However, Russian activists and leaders of the Belarusian opposition based in Moscow have not given up hope that determined resistance wi [...]	2006-02-08 08:53:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR BO RS
06MOSCOW11729	RUSSIA-GEORGIA: DAS BRYZA CONVERSATION WITH [...] (C) DAS Matt Bryza and Ambassador called on Russian DFM Grigoriy Karasin October 6. Karasin said Russian patience with Georgia was at an end, and catalogued Russian views of the worsening relations, culminating with the arrest of Russian soldiers immediately after NATO offered Georgia Intensi [...]	2006-10-19 09:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM PREF GG RS
06MOSCOW11773	A/S BOUCHER HEARS RUSSIAN WORRIES ABOUT AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: During October 9 consultations in Moscow, A/S Boucher outlined U.S. intentions in Central Asia, stressed steps we were taking to address terrorism and narcotics trafficking in Afghanistan, and reviewed U.S. nuclear policies in South Asia. Foreign Ministry officials and the Rus [...]	2006-10-19 15:05:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER SNAR ENRG XD ZK RS
06MOSCOW11830	SCENESETTER: TREASURY U/S LEVEY'S VISIT TO MOSCOW [...] (C) On behalf of the U.S. Mission in Russia, we extend a warm welcome to you and your delegation. Your visit offers an opportunity to continue your discussions with the Russians on combating terrorism financing as well as our grave concerns about Iran's and North Korea's activity in this rega [...]	2006-10-20 14:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KTFN EFIN PTER OTRA OVIP RS
06MOSCOW11994	A/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH U.S. NGOS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Representatives of four U.S-based NGOs told EUR A/S Fried that they were trying to keep a low profile in light of the NGO law, approaching elections, and increasing GOR assertiveness, especially statist, in key economic sectors. Although NGOs were under increasing scrutiny and [...]	2006-10-26 07:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EINV KDEM RS
06MOSCOW1219	DANISH CARICATURE CONTROVERSY PRODUCES FALLOUT IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 6, Chechnya's controversial Acting Prime Minister, Ramzan Kadyrov, announced that Danish NGOs would be banned in his republic because of the insult to Muslims caused by the caricatures in a Danish newspaper. GOR officials distanced themselves from Kadyrov's position, [...]	2006-02-08 14:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR RS
06MOSCOW12232	PROPOSED ECONOMIC SANCTIONS BILL LIKELY TO PASS [...] (U) On October 27, United Russia Duma Deputies submitted a bill that would empower the Russian President to impose economic sanctions against any country, legal entity, or person in the event of an "emergency situation." The bill is still in its early stages. While there are differing views [...]	2006-11-02 14:19:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON RS
06MOSCOW12402	RUSSIAN DFM KISLYAK: BILATERAL RELATIONS UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: In a November 8 meeting with the Ambassador, DFM Kislyak expressed concern over the potential impact of US congressional elections on WTO and bilateral nuclear cooperation. He argued again that US sanctions against Sukhoi were symbolic of the failings in bilateral relations -- [...]	2006-11-09 15:58:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNDP ECON ETRD RS
06MOSCOW12457	RUSSIA'S DEFENSE MINISTER RAISES PUBLIC PROFILE [...] (C) SUMMARY; Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Sergey Ivanov has made himself more available to the media and the general public in recent weeks. Although he is careful to limit his remarks to issues within his core portfolio, an "interactive interview" in a prominent newspaper las [...]	2006-11-15 15:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MCAP PREL RS
06MOSCOW12528	A/S FRIED CONVERSATION WITH RUSSIAN DFM KARASIN, [...] (C) Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigoriy Karasin focused on Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova in a two hour discussion November 15. Karasin dismissed Georgian conciliatory steps as cosmetic; Fried said they are real and Russia should respond by ending sanct [...]	2006-11-20 13:48:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PBTS ETRD GG MD UP RS
06MOSCOW12549	A/S FRIED'S NOVEMBER 15 MEETING WITH DFM TITOV ON [...] (C) Summary: In a November 15 meeting with DFM Titov, A/S Fried made clear that the U.S. intended to move forward on Kosovo quickly after UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari presented the sides with his proposal after the Serbian parliamentary elections. He stressed that putting off the status decis [...]	2006-11-21 11:28:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YI RS
06MOSCOW12600	RUSSIA'S RELATIONS WITH BELARUS [...] (C) Summary. Another Putin-Lukashenko meeting has come and gone with few evident results. It occurred against a widespread perception here that Putin would like to rein in Lukashenko as part of Russia's growing assertiveness. Unresolved problems, most notably those related to energy, plague [...]	2006-11-24 10:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON BO RS
06MOSCOW12628	RUSSIA KEEPS UP THE PACE IN MIDDLE EAST DIPLOMACY [...] (C) Summary: Following the assassination of Lebanese Minister Gemayel, Russia has become increasingly concerned about political violence in Lebanon, but is unwilling to press Damascus on its role. The MFA preferred to offer legalistic arguments about whether there was compelling proof of S [...]	2006-11-27 08:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS SY LE IZ RS
06MOSCOW12666	RUSSIA'S APPROACH TO POST-ORANGE UKRAINE [...] (C) Summary: Russia has reinvigorated its engagement with Ukraine, focusing on practical cooperation. Last month's Fradkov-Yanukovich meeting, which yielded a gas deal, set the stage for the December 23 Putin-Yushchenko Summit. Russian attitudes, however, still seem to lack an appreciation [...]	2006-11-28 16:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP RS
06MOSCOW12702	RUSSIA: CEMENTING OUR ECONOMIC RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: After thirteen years of tough negotiations, we finally have in hand a bilateral agreement on Russia's accession to the WTO. Understanding that we are not yet out of the woods, with hard work ahead in the multilateral forum, we should take full advantage of the improved atmosphere [...]	2006-11-30 03:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR ENRG ETRD PREL RS EINV
06MOSCOW12711	CIS SUMMITS: GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS? [...] (C) Summary: After a series of low-impact/low-turnout meetings, CIS Heads of State gathered again in Minsk on November 28. The meeting -- billed as a "working" summit -- will be followed by another, more formal gathering in Astana in December to commemorate the CIS's fifteenth anniversary. [...]	2006-11-30 13:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PINR BY RS
06MOSCOW12750	RUSSIA: SOME "DEMOCRATS" UNITE, LARGER DIVISIONS [...] (C) Poor performances in the October 8 regional elections notwithstanding, the democratic, western-leaning political parties and movements --Yabloko, SPS, Other Russia, the Republican Party of Russia-- show few signs of being willing to join forces to contest the March 2007 regional elections [...]	2006-12-01 14:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS
06MOSCOW12819	KOSOVO: RUSSIAN POSITION ON UNSC VETO HARDENING [...] (C) SUMMARY: In late-November meetings in Moscow, Kosovo Prime Minister Ceku failed to get assurances that Russia would not use its veto when the Security Council takes up the status issue early next year. Russian officials have signaled that they might ultimately deploy a veto to block a UN [...]	2006-12-07 07:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEV UNMIK SR YI RS
06MOSCOW12838	RUSSIA WANTS "PREDICTABILITY" IN POST-START [...] (S) Russia will insist on predictability in any arrangement that follows expiration of the START Treaty in 2009, according to Vasiliy Boryak, Chief of the START Office in the Foreign Ministry's Department for Disarmament and Security Affairs. First and foremost, Boryak told us December 7, wa [...]	2006-12-07 14:16:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PARM MCAP PREL RS
06MOSCOW12897	AMBASSADOR VISITS NORTH CAUCASUS, DECEMBER 4-5 [...] (C) Ambassador Burns traveled to the North Caucasus December 4-5 -- the first American Ambassador to visit the region in fifteen years. In Kabardino-Balkaria he discussed with President Kanokov prospects for economic development and political reform. Kanokov provided regional views on frozen [...]	2006-12-12 14:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ETRD PINR GG RS
06MOSCOW12901	"A JUST RUSSIA": DIFFICULT BEGINNING, UNCERTAIN [...] (C) Spravedlivaya Rossiya (SR) (&A Just Russia8),often referred to as the &second8 Kremlin party, has been officially registered. The party has moved to constitute itself at the federal and local levels, by combining elements of its constituent parties --Rodina, the Russian Party of Life, an [...]	2006-12-13 11:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI RS
06MOSCOW12942	RUSSIAN DUMA DEFENSE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN TOUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Viktor Zavarzin, Chairman of the State Duma Defense Committee, gave his annual briefing to Moscow's military attache corps December 12. During the 90-minute presentation, Zavarzin summarized his committee's legislative activities -- weapons modernization and improvements in s [...]	2006-12-15 13:28:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MCAP PREL SOCI PGOV RS
06MOSCOW12963	RUSSIAN ENERGY: WINTER GAS, BELARUS, AND THE [...] (C) Summary. This year is no exception to the rule that Gazprom's annual gas tariff negotiations with its CIS customers are blunt instruments, and generally go down to the wire. Deals have not yet been cut with Belarus, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. Gazprom did manage to ink one with Ukraine, th [...]	2006-12-18 12:00:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
06MOSCOW12966	RUSSIA-MOLDOVA: DEAL IN THE WORKS? [...] (C) Summary: The Romanian Embassy in Moscow alleged to us that Moldova and Russia are close to a package bilateral deal that would normalize bilateral political and economic relations, guarantee Moldovan "neutrality" for 50 years, resolve Transnistria along the lines of the Kozak Memorandum, [...]	2006-12-18 14:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD MARR MD RS

06MOSCOW13001	PATRUSHEV'S NEST OF DANISH SPIES [...] (SBU) FSB Director Nikolai Patrushev alleged that foreign intelligence services were increasingly using NGOs and press bureaus as cover in his annual year-end review December 19. Speaking on the eve of the day in honor of the security services, Patrushev singled out the Danish Refugee Counci [...]	2006-12-20 14:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PREF RS
06MOSCOW13025	MOSCOW REACTION TO TURKMENBASHI'S DEATH [...] (C) Summary. The Russian government reacted cautiously to Turkmenbashi's death and will send the Prime Minister and Head of the Presidential Administration to his funeral. Unofficial reactions encompassed the full range of speculations about succession, and stability in Turkmenistan. Some a [...]	2006-12-21 15:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TX RS
06MOSCOW13073	GERMAN FM STEINMEIER'S MOSCOW VISIT: MIDDLE EAST, [...] (C) SUMMARY: GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER FRANK-WALTER PAGE 02 RUEHMOA3073 C O N F I D E N T I A L STEINMEIER MET WITH PRESIDENT PUTIN, FIRST DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER MEDVEDEV, AND FM LAVROV IN MOSCOW ON DECEMBER 21. ACCORDING TO A READOUT FROM GERMAN AMBASSADOR WALTER SCHMIDT, WHO PARTICIPAT [...]	2006-12-22 13:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR LE GE RS
06MOSCOW13074	BLACK SEA FLEET RELOCATION: A PORT TOO FAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nearly ten years after the 1997 bilateral agreement with Ukraine to use Sevastopol as a base for its Black Sea Fleet, Russia is doing little to plan for the Fleet's possible relocation after the agreement expires in 2017. While the Black Sea Fleet will be on the agenda for the [...]	2006-12-22 14:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MCAP RS UP
06MOSCOW13098	MIDDLE EAST: MFA ON LEBANON, SYRIA AND IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: President Putin sought to lower tensions between Lebanon and Syria during back-to-back mid-December visits by PM Siniora and President Asad, according to the Russian MFA, and had urged that a solution to Lebanon's ongoing political crisis be found through negotiations and not i [...]	2006-12-26 16:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE SY IZ RS
06MOSCOW13124	RUSSIA'S BROKEN ASYLUM SYSTEM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Asylum seekers in Russia face legal and bureaucratic obstacles in obtaining protection from the GOR, as well as a growing backlash against migrants in general. For many, the only workable solution is resettlement to a third country, as the GOR has yet to devote sufficient attent [...]	2006-12-27 15:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM RS
06MOSCOW13136	ZHIRINOVSKIY,S LDPR LOOKS TO THE 2007 ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) December marks the 17th anniversary of the establishment of the Liberal Democrat Party of Russia (LDPR). LDPR's lack of any discernible platform is compensated for by the indomitable LDPR Chairman Vladimir Zhirinovskiy, whose instinct for the outrageous continues to resonate with a sig [...]	2006-12-28 15:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINR SOCI RS
06MOSCOW13168	ALTAI KRAI: PICKETS AND PLURALISM [...] (SBU) Summary: While Altai Krai is one of the most economically depressed regions in Russia, it has an unusually high level of civic activity and political pluralism and is home to outspoken liberal Republican Party Head Vladimir Ryzhkov. United Russia dominates, but the Communists, Agrarians, [...]	2006-12-29 09:51:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI RS
06MOSCOW13171	RUSSIA AND IRAN: AFTER THE SANCTIONS RESOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: Russia has repeatedly told us that when it comes to preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons, it shares our strategic goal but differs with us over tactics. Moscow's reluctance to agree to coercive measures was on full display during consideration of UNSCR 1737, but in th [...]	2006-12-29 12:42:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ETRD KNNP MASS IR RS
06MOSCOW13172	HARD TIMES FOR RUSSIA'S HUMAN RIGHTS COMMUNITY [...] (C) Civil society and liberal political party leaders are sharply divided over the role of NGOs in partisan politics. While Moscow's most prominent human rights activist strongly defends the policy of overt political opposition, many NGO representatives are uncomfortable with, or opposed to, a [...]	2006-12-29 15:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM PINR SOCI RS
06MOSCOW13174	RUSSIA ENERGY: DOWN TO THE WIRE ON BELARUS GAS [...] (C) Summary. Lukashenko's two-year saga to avoid higher gas prices and the sale of 50 percent of Beltransgaz (BTG - the Belarusian gas pipeline operator) appears to be coming to a close, and he is standing firm on both accounts. Gazprom has dropped its insistence that BTG be part of the deal, [...]	2006-12-29 16:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
06MOSCOW13175	RUSSIA NOTIFIED OF ISNPA SANCTIONS [...] (S) DCM delivered on December 29 the notification of new U.S. sanctions levied on four Russian entities for violating the Iran-Syria Non-Proliferation Act. In delivering reftel points, the DCM explained the sanctions reflected our serious concern about potentially destabilizing arms transfers [...]	2006-12-29 16:17:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PARM MTCR PREL MNUC ETTC RS
06MOSCOW1322	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO KAZAN: FEDERALISM, ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador's February 6-7 visit to Tatarstan featured themes of federalism, economic opportunity for U.S. firms, and Islam. Republic President Shaymiyev, in a lengthy tour d'horizon, noted that he was taking initiatives not encouraged by Moscow, including diversifying the ec [...]	2006-02-10 15:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL ETRD PINR RS
06MOSCOW19	2006 DEFENSE BUDGET AND PROPOSED DEFENSE REFORMS - [...] (C) Summary. On December 27 President Putin signed a defense budget of 666 billion rubles (23 billion dollars) for 2006, a nominal increase of nearly 26 percent. It is not clear, however, what if any impact on Russian military capability that allocation towards defense will have. The highe [...]	2006-01-09 12:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PARM EFIN ECON RS XB
06MOSCOW1974	RUSSIA'S RODINA CONTENDS WITH KREMLIN PRESSURE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Rodina Party has embarked on a campaign to polish its image, softening (but not completely eliminating) its harsh criticism of minority migrants, while focusing on economic opportunity and social justice as the primary avenues for "transforming nationalism into patriotism." [...]	2006-03-01 08:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI PINR RS
06MOSCOW2070	SOUTH OSSETIA: DEALING WITH A DYSFUNCTIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Moscow's approach to Georgia is driven by frustration with Tbilisi's defiant attitude to Russian interests, reflected in its pursuit of NATO membership, its championing of anti-Russian alliances in the neighborhood, its strategy of trying to compensate for Georgia's weakness in [...]	2006-03-02 14:33:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS RS GG
06MOSCOW2132	NGO LEGISLATION: LOOKING AHEAD TOWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: A bit over a month before Russia's new NGO legislation goes into effect, most independent NGO activists are concerned about its implementation but retain a wait-and-see attitude. In recent weeks, the government has initiated investigations against some independent NGOs, but it h [...]	2006-03-03 14:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS
06MOSCOW2212	MOSCOW REACTS TO HAMAS VISIT [...] Summary: While the MFA was able to point to few concrete results from Foreign Minister Lavrov's March 3 meeting with a Hamas delegation, we were told March 6 by the MFA Middle East Peace Process desk that the Moscow-Hamas channel was likely to remain open. In Moscow's estimation, Hamas Polit [...]	2006-03-06 14:03:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS
06MOSCOW2447	COURT CASES STIR MUSLIM COMMUNITY IN ASTRAKHAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Two ongoing court cases in the southern Russian city of Astrakhan have stirred part of the local Muslim community to protest against perceived discrimination. On a February 28 - March 1 trip to Astrakhan, we found that some in its Muslim community suspect that a city order to de [...]	2006-03-13 16:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM RS
06MOSCOW2502	G8 NGO FORUM OFFERS GOR A CHANCE TO BOOST ITS [...] (C) SUMMARY. A range of NGOs, including those involved in human rights issues, took part in a March 9-10 G8 NGO forum in Moscow. The plenary sessions and working group meetings featured lively discussions, both on the GOR's G8 agenda items and on concerns about the state of Russia's civil so [...]	2006-03-14 15:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL ECON ENRG RS
06MOSCOW2927	FORMER RUSSIAN PRIME MINISTER SAYS "CORPORATION" [...] (C) In a March 21 meeting with the Ambassador, former Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov: -- Claimed current GOR and Kremlin officials were mainly interested in preserving their interests within the status quo, which affected policy decisions and the competition to succeed President Putin in 2 [...]	2006-03-23 11:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON PINR RS
06MOSCOW2928	NGO LEGISLATION: VARYING EXPECTATIONS ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOR continues to be opaque about implementation of its controversial new NGO legislation, which is to go into effect next month. It has revealed almost nothing publicly about the legislation's implementing regulations, although one NGO contact told us he had seen draft repor [...]	2006-03-23 11:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR RS
06MOSCOW2974	RUSSIA-GEORGIA: LOOKING AHEAD [...] (C) Summary: Emotions seem to be cooling (at least temporarily) between Russia and Georgia, and we are seeing a return to low-level business. Statements that would have caused an uproar just a few weeks ago are being dismissed with good humor. But that is a long way from making real progre [...]	2006-03-24 06:29:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ETRD PBTS NATO GG RS
06MOSCOW312	TWO FOREIGN AID NGOS REPORTEDLY BANNED IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russian press reported January 16 that an Ingush court had banned two international NGOs working in the North Caucasus and was also considering banning a USG-funded American NGO. The basis of the court's ruling is unclear, and it appears none of the three NGOs was aware that a b [...]	2006-01-17 15:03:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PGOV PREL EAID RU
06MOSCOW3202	AMBASSADOR'S MARCH 29 MEETING WITH RUSSIAN DFM [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Burns met with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigoriy Karasin March 29 to discuss the outcomes of the Belarusian and Ukrainian elections and recent developments in Moldova, Georgia, and Nagorno-Karabakh. Karasin was sanguine about the March 26 Ukrainian parliamenta [...]	2006-03-29 14:33:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG ETRD BO UP GG MD RS
06MOSCOW3218	THE "FEBRUARY THESES": SURKOV'S PRIMER ON PUTINISM [...] (C) SUMMARY. A February speech by Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Vladislav Surkov to a United Russia conference sketched out "basic ideological theses" of the Putin Administration. While not attempting to break new ground or crystallize a doctrine of "Putinism," the speech p [...]	2006-03-30 10:24:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS
06MOSCOW3333	U.S. NUCLEAR PRIMACY ARTICLE HITS A NERVE [...] (C) Summary: A Foreign Affairs article asserting the advent of U.S. nuclear primacy has caused a stir in the Russian political elite and media and forced Russian leaders to defend the viability of Russia's deterrent force. The thesis plays to the belief that the U.S. regards Russia as a pot [...]	2006-03-31 08:33:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MNUC PGOV RS
06MOSCOW3335	PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION MANEUVERING: EARLY STIRRINGS [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-31 09:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PINR RS
06MOSCOW3345	THE RUSSIAN ARMS DEAL WITH ALGERIA: A MODEL FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Putin's March 10 visit to Algeria demonstrated that Russia is actively working to expand into new arms markets to sustain the Russian military-industrial complex. Russia reportedly will sell Algeria 70 combat and trainer jet aircraft, 300 T-90S tanks, air defense syste [...]	2006-03-31 10:40:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR MARR MOPS RS AG
06MOSCOW3362	P-5 HOLD UN CONSULTATIONS MARCH 2 IN MOSCOW [...] (C) Summary: Russia hosted a meeting of P-5 IO Directors March 2 in Moscow to discuss UN Security Council and management reforms, the proposed Human Rights Council, the Peacebuilding Commission, and other issues related to implementation of the World Summit Outcome Document, as well as appoin [...]	2006-03-31 12:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC RS
06MOSCOW3388	RUSSIAN DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITION LEADER BORIS NEMTSOV [...] (C) In a March 27 meeting with the Ambassador, democratic opposition leader Boris Nemtsov: -- Strongly condemned the falsified election results in Belarus, where the people faced a "catastrophic situation"; -- Suggested that negotiations to form a new government in Ukraine would be prolon [...]	2006-03-31 13:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR RS
06MOSCOW3507	GEORGIA-RUSSIA: SOME POSITIVE STEPS -- AND SOME [...] (C) Summary. Russian MFA Fourth CIS Department Director Andrey Kelin told A/DCM April 4 that he was pleased with the "good cooperative spirit" he had met in Tbilisi when finalizing the agreement on withdrawing Russian bases by 2008 that was signed in Sochi March 31. The March 27 South Osset [...]	2006-04-04 10:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PBTS ETRD OSCE GG RS
06MOSCOW3510	RUSSIAN VIEWS ON POST-ELECTION UKRAINE [...] (C) Summary. A week after the Ukrainian election results were announced, reactions in Russia vary widely. Officially, Moscow has been neutral, while the media has buzzed with speculation about the new government's formation and especially Tymoshenko's possible role. Russian pundits are con [...]	2006-04-04 10:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG RS UP
06MOSCOW3751	CODEL FRIST MEETING WITH FM LAVROV [...] (SBU) Summary. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) and Senators Judd Gregg (R-NH) and Richard Burr (R-NC),accompanied by Ambassador Burns, met April 10 for with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to discuss current bilateral and multilateral issues. On Iran, Lavrov warned that Rus [...]	2006-04-10 13:19:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL RS
06MOSCOW3803	CODEL FRIST MEETING WITH RUSSIAN EXPERTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In an April 10 breakfast meeting with Codel Frist and the Ambassador, Russian experts described the range of challenges facing Russia in the political, economic, and social sphere. Experts agreed that high oil profits disincline the political leadership to push new policy init [...]	2006-04-11 13:56:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM ECON EATO KHIV RS
06MOSCOW396	OVERZEALOUS IN INGUSHETIYA: NGO BAN CLARIFIED [...] (C) SUMMARY: We have confirmed, as reported reftel, that one foreign NGO has been banned from working in Ingushetiya, while Ingush authorities have acknowledged that a republic Procuracy announcement that another was banned was erroneous. A third, American NGO apparently is still under inve [...]	2006-01-19 04:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM EAID RS
06MOSCOW4174	DAS KRAMER'S MEETING WITH HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 18 EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary David Kramer met with Russian Federation Ombudsman for Human Rights Vladimir Lukin. Addressing Kramer's concern about the recently enacted NGO law, Lukin said that it was still unclear how it would be implemented, but no major moves ag [...]	2006-04-20 05:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RS
06MOSCOW4180	PUBLIC CHAMBER GETS INTO GEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the three months since its inaugural plenary, the Public Chamber has displayed a flurry of activity. Its many commissions, sub-commissions and working groups have begun a busy schedule of meetings on a broad range of issues. Early tensions with the State Duma and other bodi [...]	2006-04-20 07:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR RS
06MOSCOW4198	TRANSNISTRIA: "THREE PLUS TWO" TALKS IN MOSCOW [...] (C) Summary: "3 2" talks on Transnistria took place in Moscow April 19 including the mediators -- Russia, Ukraine and the OSCE -- and observers -- U.S. and EU. Russia tried to focus discussion on the customs regime between Moldova and Ukraine. All other sides pushed back, hardest of all Ukr [...]	2006-04-20 11:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS ETRD OSCE UP MD RS
06MOSCOW4265	A/S RADEMAKER'S APRIL 12 MEETING WITH DVBR [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an April 12 meeting with Anatoliy Antonov, Director of the MFA's Department for Disarmament and Security Affairs, ISN Assistant Secretary Stephen Rademaker explained that U.S. concerns about Russian treaty compliance were the main obstacles to U.S. support for Russian members [...]	2006-04-21 06:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC RS
06MOSCOW4435	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH KREMLIN ADVISOR [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met April 25 with Sergey Yastrzhembskiy, President Putin's Special Representative for Issues of Development of Relations with the European Union. Yastrzhembskiy said preparations for the EU-Russia summit in Sochi in late May were going well, and identified several agr [...]	2006-04-25 14:24:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS
06MOSCOW4572	$4.5M U.S. Investment, Andy Warhol and American Corner [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified - Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Burns' visit to Samara April 17-18 revealed a city ripe for additional U.S. investment and eager for increased contacts and exchanges with American academic and business counterparts. The Ambassado [...]	2006-04-27 12:59:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV SOCI PINR RS
06MOSCOW4614	GEORGIA-RUSSIA: MUTUAL COMPLAINTS CONTINUE [...] (C) MFA Georgia Office Director Grigoryev told us April 28 that relations with Georgia were "at a dead end," and he did not know how to get them going again. "Some impetus is needed," he said, "but I find it hard to imagine what it could be." He ran through a litany of complaints: -- Parli [...]	2006-04-28 13:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD GG RS
06MOSCOW4615	IRAN AND ENERGY THE FOCUS OF RUSSIAN-GERMAN TALKS [...] (C) Summary: President Putin and Chancellor Merkel focused on Iran and energy issues during largely positive talks on April 26-27 in the Siberian city of Tomsk. Putin's message to Merkel on Iran was that Moscow was willing to put diplomatic pressure on Tehran but was extremely uneasy that [...]	2006-04-28 14:08:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL PARM ETRD ENRG GM RS
06MOSCOW4839	LOOKING AHEAD TO PUTIN'S ADDRESS TO THE FEDERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ending lengthy speculation, the Kremlin announced on May 2 that President Putin will present his annual Address to the Federal Assembly on May 10. Delays in its delivery, which some had expected to take place in early April, fueled rumors that Putin had been dissatisfied with ea [...]	2006-05-05 06:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR RS
06MOSCOW4951	PUTIN'S ADDRESS TO THE FEDERAL ASSEMBLY BREAKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Putin's hour-long Address to the Federal Assembly on May 10 lacked the broad vision for Russia's future that some had expected. In a lengthy discussion of economic issues, he stressed national priority projects and technological development, and expressed commitment [...]	2006-05-10 14:20:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL PGOV KIPR KCRM RS
06MOSCOW5000	EKHO MOSKVY'S VENEDIKTOV ON SUCCESSION, KREMLIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 4 meeting, well-connected Ekho Moskvy head Aleksey Venediktov told us he believed the prospects for an extension of President Putin's presidency beyond 2008 had increased, because the two figures Putin was "testing" as potential successors were both gaining little politi [...]	2006-05-11 14:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PINR RS
06MOSCOW5104	RUSSIA-GEORGIA: BORJOMI MINERAL WATER BAN [...] (C) Summary: Jacques Fleury, Managing Director of Georgian Glass and Mineral Waters (GGMW),producer of Borjomi water, outlined for us May 12 the company's recent troubles with the Russian government. A press campaign had turned into threats by the GOR to ban import of the water; the ban was [...]	2006-05-15 09:33:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD GG RS
06MOSCOW5377	VLADIMIR LUKIN, RUSSIA'S PRAGMATIC HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russia's Human Rights Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin will visit the U.S. May 23-26. A former diplomat (who was once Russia's Ambassador in Washington) and Duma member from the Yabloko Party, Lukin has had a mixed reputation in Russia's human rights community. Many activists view him a [...]	2006-05-19 16:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS
06MOSCOW5378	RUSSIA'S DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITION TO CONTINUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met separately May 16 with democratic opposition leaders Nikita Belykh of the Union of Right Forces (SPS) and Irina Khakamada of Our Choice. Belykh insisted that the democratic opposition must do more to rejuvenate the movement and demonstrate that it is capable of i [...]	2006-05-19 16:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR RS
06MOSCOW5454	HELSINKI COMMISSION STAFFDEL MEETS WITH MFA NGO [...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 16 meeting with Staffdel Finerty, Valeriy Kuzmin, who heads the MFA department responsible for interaction with Russia's regions, the Parliament, and civil society groups, said that his department also assists domestic NGOs in making contact with international counterpa [...]	2006-05-23 12:29:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS
06MOSCOW5458	AMBASSADOR'S MAY 23 MEETING WITH DFM KARASIN [...] (C) Ambassador met with DFM Karasin May 23. Karasin was to leave later that day for a Nagorno-Karabakh trip. He hoped to be pleasantly surprised. With regard to U/S Burns' letter on South Ossetia, Karasin stressed positive movement and labeled the rest a matter of interpretation, but argued [...]	2006-05-23 13:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG IR AJ AM GG BO UP RS
06MOSCOW5532	RUSSIAN DFM KARASIN'S REPLY TO LETTER FROM U/S [...] (C) The Russian MFA on May 25 passed to us without comment a written reply from DFM Grigoriy Karasin to the May 19 letter U/S Burns sent him on South Ossetia (Ref A). The letter echoes the principal arguments Karasin made during his May 23 conversation with the Ambassador (Ref B). We underst [...]	2006-05-25 13:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR OSCE GG RS
06MOSCOW5645	CHECHNYA: THE ONCE AND FUTURE WAR [...] (C) Introduction: Chechnya has been less in the glare of constant international attention in recent years. However, the Chechnya conflict remains unresolved, and the suffering of the Chechen people and the threat of instability throughout the region remain. This message reinterprets the history of [...]	2006-05-30 09:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS RS
06MOSCOW5740	RUSSIA: PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION SNAPSHOT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Adding fuel to already intense speculation about who will succeed him, President Putin confirmed to state media May 13 that he will endorse a candidate before the March 2008 election. Both Kremlin-connected and independent analysts believe Putin's choice will be driven by a desire [...]	2006-05-31 13:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PINR RS
06MOSCOW5821	MFA STATEMENT ON THE SECRETARY'S MAY 31 [...] (U) Following in para 2 is the Embassy's unofficial translation of the text of a Russian MFA statement, released on June 1, on the Secretary's May 31 Iran announcement. 2. (U) Begin text of translated MFA statement: Moscow welcomes the announcement by the American side of its willingne [...]	2006-06-01 12:34:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IR RS
06MOSCOW5933	SOUTH OSSETIA: RUSSIAN MFA ON HEIGHTENED TENSIONS [...] (C) Summary: The Russian MFA negotiator on South Ossetia assured us June 2 that Russia supports Georgia's territorial integrity and borders, despite a June 1 public statement implying otherwise. He denied that Russia intends a "creeping annexation" of South Ossetia. In a separate June 2 di [...]	2006-06-02 14:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PBTS OSCE GG RS
06MOSCOW5998	CIVIL SOCIETY GEARS UP FOR THE G8 SUMMIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Faced with the controversial new NGO law and other worrisome developments, independent civil society activists are looking to the G8 Summit as an opportunity to strengthen their positions or at least publicize their causes. Some are willing to take part in the official G8 event f [...]	2006-06-05 15:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR RS
06MOSCOW6065	SQUEEZING BELARUS, BUT NOT UNTIL IT POPS [...] (C) Summary. Moscow's embrace of Lukashenko before and immediately after his March 19 reelection has tightened into a clench. Analysts here agree the GOR has sent a blunt message to Lukashenko: he needs to move from talk to action on at least economic integration. Some observers see Moscow [...]	2006-06-07 04:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BO RS
06MOSCOW6130	FORUM FOR THE FUTURE PLANNING MEETING, MOSCOW, MAY [...] (SBU) Summary. Participants at the second Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) Forum for the Future planning meeting agreed that the 2006 Forum will take place at the Dead Sea on December 3, preceded by a senior officials meeting and working dinner for ministers on December 2. Jordan [...]	2006-06-07 12:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KMPI RS
06MOSCOW6173	NGO REPRESENTATIVES CONCERNED ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. DRL Deputy Assistant Secretary Erica Barks-Ruggles discussed the controversial NGO law and the broader human rights and democracy situation in Russia with a range of NGO representatives on May 30-31. She expressed support for NGOs in Russia and asked about current trends for civ [...]	2006-06-08 11:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM RS
06MOSCOW6358	U.S.-RUSSIA TALKS ON THE CAUCASUS [...] (C) DAS Kramer accompanied by the DCM called on Russian MFA Fourth CIS Department Director (DAS equivalent) Andrey Kelin June 13 to discuss Caucasus issues. (Kramer met subsequently one-on-one with DFM Karasin on other regional agenda items.) Kramer pushed Kelin hard on Russia's support for s [...]	2006-06-15 05:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS OSCE GG AM AJ RS
06MOSCOW6389	HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN LUKIN AGREES WITH USG [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a June 14 meeting, Human Rights Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin agreed with the proposals put forward by EUR DAS David Kramer regarding a U.S.-Russian human rights dialogue. Lukin shared the view that it would be beneficial to announce the creation of the dialogue at the G8 summit. [...]	2006-06-15 14:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM PINR RS
06MOSCOW6390	RESTRICTIONS ON FOREIGNERS IN NORTH OSSETIA [...] (C) Summary: On March 21 the Russian Government issued a decree that puts most of the Republic of North Ossetia off-limits to foreigners. Local authorities began enforcing the decree this month, with immediate effects on international assistance organizations. Most local observers relate th [...]	2006-06-16 07:06:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL PGOV PREF PBTS MARR MOPS EAID OSCE RS GG
06MOSCOW650	SOUTH OSSETIA: JCC ADRIFT AS RUSSIAN-GEORGIAN [...] (C) Russian, Georgian and South Ossetian representatives have been unable to agree to a venue for the next Joint Control Commission (JCC) meeting, according to Russian MFA 4th CIS Department Deputy Director Semyon Grigoriyev. Grigoriyev told us January 24 that Russian Ambassador-at-Large for [...]	2006-01-24 13:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RS
06MOSCOW6608	G-8 POLITICAL DIRECTORS/SENIOR GROUP JUNE 14 [...] (C) Summary. Meeting in Moscow June 14, G-8 Political Directors/Senior Group Members discussed outstanding issues relating to the St. Petersburg Summit statement on nonproliferation, including sensitive technology transfers, the U.S.-India agreement, and how to deal with the DPRK and Iran. [...]	2006-06-22 09:36:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PHUM RS
06MOSCOW6762	OUT AS PROCURATOR GENERAL, USTINOV RETURNS AS [...] (U) On June 23 President Putin nominated Vladimir Ustinov -- who on June 2 had been removed from his prior position as Procurator General -- to be Minister of Justice. In his new position Ustinov succeeds former Justice Minister Yuriy Chayka, who on June 19 was named as Ustinov's successor as [...]	2006-06-26 13:12:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV RS
06MOSCOW6820	DFM YAKOVENKO SAYS MOSCOW WELCOMES FRANK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with a visiting delegation from the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom June 24, Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Yakovenko: -- Welcomed frank discussion of Russia's human rights record, emphasizing that his ministry routinely facilitated visits by [...]	2006-06-27 13:05:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL RS
06MOSCOW6839	AN ARRAY OF CIVIL SOCIETY EVENTS AROUND THE G8 [...] (C) SUMMARY: The menu of civil society events around the G8 Summit has taken shape, although a few uncertainties remain. The main GOR-sponsored event, the so-called Civil G8 to be held on July 3-4, has been supplemented with a human rights roundtable, which some independent activists view as [...]	2006-06-27 13:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR RS
06MOSCOW7124	PUTIN MEETS WITH NGO REPRESENTATIVES AS PART OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The main GOR-sponsored civil society event, the Civil G8, was held July 3-4 in Moscow. The event brought together a wide range of NGOs for lively discussions on themes, including G8 agenda items as well as the state of Russia's civil society. Putin attended several Civil G8 event [...]	2006-07-06 08:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR RS
06MOSCOW7385	RUSSIA'S GEORGIA POLICY: "THE CAUCASUS BENEATH ME" [...] (C) Russia's policies towards Georgia are the product of three factors: anger unleashed by perceptions of betrayal and disrespect, fear of encirclement by a West intent on dismembering Russia's conception of the "Post-Soviet space," and solidarity with the separatist Abkhaz and South Ossetian [...]	2006-07-12 11:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS GG RS
06MOSCOW7493	WORLD RELIGIOUS LEADERS SUMMIT IN RUSSIA CALLS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Meeting in Moscow July 3-5, more than 200 religious leaders and clergy from over 40 countries called on believers of all faiths to engage in dialogue and partnership to resolve global problems, as well as to challenge terrorism, extremism, and efforts to restrict religious freed [...]	2006-07-14 06:42:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI PINR RS
06MOSCOW7956	POST-MORTEM ON G8-RELATED NGO EVENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Looking back on the four non-governmental events ahead of the G8 Summit, NGO activists and opposition politicians have widely diverging assessments about their implications. Ella Pamfilova's July 3-4 Civil G8 highlighted the broad range of NGOs in Russia, notably those involveQin [...]	2006-07-26 10:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR RS
06MOSCOW8334	GOR INTENDS TO EXTRADITE IVANOVO 13 TO UZBEKISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOR has announced it intends to extradite 13 men detained at Uzbekistan's request for alleged involvement in the events in Andijon. UNHCR and human rights NGOs have told us that the men have further legal appeals available, but they are pessimistic there will be any reversa [...]	2006-08-04 13:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL RS
06MOSCOW8427	AFTER BASAYEV [...] (C) Shamil Basayev leaves behind questions about the future direction of Chechnya, the future direction of the North Caucasus, and future prospects for terrorism, extremism, and militant Jihadism in the region. With no unifying enemy, the leadership of Chechnya is beginning to show rifts. M [...]	2006-08-08 07:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PINR PTER RS
06MOSCOW868	A/S LOWENKRON'S MEETING WITH KONSTANTIN KOSACHEV, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 19 DRL A/S Barry Lowenkron, Ambassador Burns, and EUR DAS David Kramer met with State Duma International Relations Committee Chairman Konstantin Kosachev. Defending the new NGO legislation, Kosachev insisted that it would clarify the role of NGOs in Russia, not limit t [...]	2006-01-30 10:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM RS
06MOSCOW9018	RUSSIA AND UKRAINE: TWO CHEERS FOR YANU? [...] (C) Summary: Moscow was pleased that new Ukrainian PM Viktor Yanukovich made his first foreign trip to Russia to meet with President Putin and PM Fradkov in Sochi. Observers here expect that the tone of the relationship will improve, but on substance, few saw Yanukovich as a pushover. On t [...]	2006-08-18 14:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG ETRD UP RS
06MOSCOW922	A RANGE OF EXPECTATIONS ABOUT THE PUBLIC CHAMBER [...] (C) SUMMARY: As the Public Chamber gets down to work following its inaugural plenary on January 22, its members have differing expectations about what it will accomplish. Publicly, many members expressed at least guarded optimism about the Chamber. Privately, views differ appreciably. One C [...]	2006-01-30 13:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR RS
06MOSCOW930	MOSCOW COMFORTABLE WITH UKRAINIAN DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Moscow continues to tell itself that it got the best of Kiev in the year-end negotiations on gas supply, according to the Russian MFA and a number of Embassy contacts. As they see it, the gas deal was an economic boon for Gazprom and the GOR, despite allegations of corruption a [...]	2006-01-30 13:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG RS UP
06MOSCOW9311	DPRK: RUSSIAN VIEWS ON IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1695 [...] (C) Russia will comply with the requirements of UNSCR Resolution 1695 but is unlikely to adopt additional legal requirements directed against the DPRK's missile or WMD programs. MFA Korea Section Chief Aleksandr Vostrikov told us August 23 that responsibility for implementing the resolution [...]	2006-08-25 12:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP MNUC KN RS
06MOSCOW9436	A/S LOWENKRON'S VISIT TO MOSCOW [...] (C) SUMMARY. A/S Barry Lowenkron visited Moscow in July attending "The Other Russia" conference sponsored by opposition political parties on the eve of the G8 summit. He also had consultations with a number of Russian officials, politicians, and NGO leaders. These included: Chairperson of th [...]	2006-08-29 12:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM RS
06MOSCOW9482	RUSSIAN OIL TO LITHUANIA -- MIXING REVENGE AND BUSINESS [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-30 12:24:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL LH RS
06MOSCOW9533	A CAUCASUS WEDDING [...] (C) Weddings are elaborate in Dagestan, the largest autonomy in the North Caucasus. On August 22 we attended a wedding in Makhachkala, Dagestan's capital: Duma member and Dagestan Oil Company chief Gadzhi Makhachev's son married a classmate. The lavish display and heavy drinking concealed the deadl [...]	2006-08-31 06:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PINR RS
06MOSCOW9627	RUSSIAN DUMA CHAIRPERSON KOSACHEV ON US, IRAN, LEBANON, CIS, NGOS, INTERNAL POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: In an August 31 meeting with the Ambassador, Chairman of the International Relations Committee of the Russia Duma Konstantin Kosachev expressed concern over the deteriorating tone in US-Russian relations. Kosachev explained his opposition to imposing sanctions against Iran abs [...]	2006-08-31 14:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM RS
06MOSCOW963	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH RUSSIAN DFM KARASIN, [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Burns met with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin January 31 to discuss recent developments on regional issues. They spent most of the meeting discussing Georgia; it was clear that President Saakashvili's accusations concerning the January 22 pipeline explosion [...]	2006-01-31 14:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG UNSC AJ AM GG BO UP IAEA IR RS
06MOSCOW9817	RUSSIAN POLITICAL SEASON BEGINS WITH [...] (C) Summary: The Kremlin's involvement, with Deputy Head of Presidential Administration Surkov's apparent encouragement and Putin's purported blessing, in engineering a union of three leftist political parties of marginal to moderate popularity as an officially sanctioned opposition is the [...]	2006-09-06 08:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM RS
06MOSUL14	IRAQ NATIONAL DIALOGUE COUNCIL CONCERNED ABOUT SHAPE OF [...] (C) The Iraqi National Dialogue Council (INDC) in Ninewa is concerned about the shape of the new national government in Iraq. National assembly delegate Mahmood Al-Azzawi seems afraid Sunni Arabs might be "left out" from playing a larger role in the formation of the government. He said he wo [...]	2006-02-14 14:38:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ MARR PINT
06MOSUL18	HOW JA'AFARI PLAYS IN THE PROVINCES: NINEWA REACTIONS TO [...] (C). PRT Ninewa spoke to several political party leaders from across the province to elicit reactions to the Shia coalition's re-nomination of current Prime Minister Ibrahim Al Ja'afari to a second term. The overwhelming majority of political parties appear to be disappointed by the selectio [...]	2006-02-19 14:01:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ PINT
06MOSUL24	KURDISH VIEWS FROM NINEWA [...] (C) PRT Mosul had lengthy discussions with three Kurdish leaders in late February: two top Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) officials and one from the rival Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). All were united in their support for continued American presence in Iraq, the difficulties Ja'afari [...]	2006-03-01 08:54:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL25	NINEWA'S KURDS AND THEIR NEIGHBORS: ENCROACHMENT ISSUES [...] (C) Anxieties are building between the Kurds and their neighbors in Ninewa. Since taking control of the provincial government in January 2005, Kurdish political parties have spread their influence through many symbolic gestures in several strategic areas of the province. From Sinjar in the w [...]	2006-03-04 17:24:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL30	NINEWA: THE HERO OF TAL AFAR [...] (C) Mayor of Tal Afar Najim Al Jubouri -- the hero of President Bush's March 20 speech in Cleveland -- is a rare leader in a country fraught with fear and uncertainty. His strong leadership, both as chief of police and mayor, helped clean up this city of a quarter-million people in northwest [...]	2006-03-22 14:52:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL35	NINEWA: "CIVIL WAR IS NOT ON THE AGENDA" [...] (C) Since the bombing of the Golden Mosque in Samarra on February 22, we have asked contacts if they believe civil war is imminent. Several point to areas with high populations of Shia, such as Tal Afar, as ripe for civil war once Coalition Forces are drawn down. Actual incidents range from [...]	2006-03-26 16:38:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL45	NINEWA: SHAMMAR TRIBAL LEADER ON GOVERNMENT FORMATION, [...] (C) Western Ninewa Sunni Arab tribal leader Sheikh Abdullah Al Yawar believes all ethnic and political groups in Baghdad are responsible for failings with the new government formation. He believes the last government's problems were not only the fault of Prime Minister Al Ja'afari, but also t [...]	2006-04-14 12:00:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL46	NINEWA: PUK NATIONAL ASSEMBLYMEMBER CONFIDENT IMPASSE OVER [...] (C) PUK national assemblymember from Ninewa Abdelbari Al Zebari is an optimist. On a recent visit to Turkey with PUK colleagues for talks with members of the Turkish parliament, the delegation was told -- repeatedly -- that the Iraqis should "get accustomed" to the idea of working with the Tu [...]	2006-04-14 12:39:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL47	NINEWA: TURKOMAN TRIBAL LEADER ON TURKEY, RELATIONS WITH THE [...] (C) Sheikh Seyh Beyatli, leader of the Turkoman Beyatli tribe, believes Turkey is meddling in Turkoman affairs in Iraq. He claims Turkey's main goal is to remove any sort of historical allegiances between the Kurds and Turkoman people to keep federalism from taking hold in Iraq. Beyatli claim [...]	2006-04-20 11:51:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL55	NINEWA: SOURCES CITE SECTARIAN STRIFE IN TAL AFAR [...] (C) Tal Afar is frequently cited in the western media and by USG officials as a good news story in Iraq. Recently, however, we have also heard reports of increased sectarian strife. Some sources say Sunni and Shia conflict in southern Iraq and Baghdad has influenced relations between the two [...]	2006-05-31 06:14:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL8	TAWAFOQ NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DELEGATES HOPE TO "REFORM" THE [...] (C) REO Poloff met with Tawafoq Iraqi Front (#618) national assembly delegates at the Provincial Joint Command Center (PJCC) on February 2. Tawafoq members said they have many plans to help Ninewa from their positions in the federal government. Izzi Adola said Tawafoq would like to push for a [...]	2006-02-04 06:49:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ MARR PINT
06MOSUL9	KURDISTAN ISLAMIC UNION, BRINGING DEMOCRACY BACK TO IRAQI [...] (C) REO Poloff met with Ninewa members of the Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU) on February 2. KIU provincial director Sabbah Baberi believes KIU, given their strong showing after the December national election, could now play an important role in Iraqi Kurdistan by moving the PUK and KDP, "back [...]	2006-02-05 11:44:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ PINT
06MUMBAI1986	GUJARAT CHIEF MINISTER MODI SETS HIS SIGHTS ON NATIONAL [...] (C) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has his sights on national politics. Everyone we spoke to during a recent trip to Ahmedabad told us that Modi will use an expected state election victory next year to make a bid for the national presidency of the BJP. RSS and BJP leaders in Delhi echo thes [...]	2006-11-02 12:42:00	Consulate Mumbai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CVIS PHUM KIRF KISL ECON IN
06MUNICH114	MUNICH SECURITY CONFERENCE OVERVIEW: MERKEL URGES [...] (SBU) The February 3-5 42nd Munich Conference on Security Policy ("Wehrkunde") on "Restoring the Transatlantic Partnership," explored a wide-range of security policy topics, including the future of NATO, its relationship with the EU, Russia's relationship with Europe and NATO, and Foreign and [...]	2006-02-23 16:28:00	Consulate Munich	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM NATO IAEA NPT ENRG IR GM

06MUSCAT10	MEDIA REACTION: Ex-Syrian Leader's Comments, Economic [...] The privately owned daily "Al-Watan" published an editorial on January 1 under the title "Behind Khadam's Separation": "The former Syrian vice president Abdul Halim Khadam's clashes with fellow Syrian leaders date to former president Hafiz al- Asad's time, but his disputes increased during B [...]	2006-01-04 08:50:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP MU
06MUSCAT1008	OMANI FRUSTRATION WITH THE FTA: WE UNDERSTAND BUT [...] (C) In a June 21 meeting with the Ambassador, the Sultan's Advisor for External Liaison, Dr. Omar Zawawi, conveyed Oman's growing frustration with and disappointment over the slow progress of the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement in the U.S. Congress. Zawawi confirmed that other Omani official [...]	2006-06-21 15:35:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM MU
06MUSCAT1015	OMAN FM UPDATE ON IRAN, GULF SECURITY [...] (C) In a June 20 meeting, FM Yusuf bin Alawi again voiced optimism that Iran would respond positively to the West's latest offer, but noted that several Arab states were angry that details on security assurances to Iran were not discussed with them first. He sees a 1987 Security Council resol [...]	2006-06-26 07:03:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ELNT EWWT EPET XF IR MU
06MUSCAT1054	MEDIA REACTION: ISRAEL'S GAZA INCURSION, U.S. SENATE [...] Israel's Gaza incursion received front page coverage in both the English and Arabic-language press this week. Most Arabic articles were accompanied by photographs of bombed-out Palestinian government buildings, and scenes of distressed civilians. The U.S. Senate's ratification of the U.S.-Om [...]	2006-07-03 11:39:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
06MUSCAT1122	MEDIA REACTION: ISRAEL-LEBANESE CONFLICT; OMANI LABOR [...] SUMMARY: Omani press decries "Israeli aggression." Private "Al-Watan" daily laments "Arab silence." The state-owned "Oman" deems Hezbollah to be conducting "legitimate resistance." In online discussion, participants applaud Oman's new labor law, even if "American pressure" is behind it, and [...]	2006-07-17 12:11:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
06MUSCAT122	2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED [...] (SBU) ECONOMIC/POLITICAL FACTORS: There have been no major policy changes since the 2004 report (ref B). Oman remains a stalwart ally in the global war on terrorism and key Arab proponent of regional stability, including USG stabilization efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Long-standing milita [...]	2006-01-31 06:48:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP MASS MARR MU
06MUSCAT125	OMAN ONLINE: HAMAS VICTORY, AMERICANS INSULTING ISLAM, [...] Summary: The Omani Internet message board "al-Sablah" is the liveliest and most comprehensive Arabic-language forum for political and social discourse in the country, touching on issues and personalities rarely addressed in the conventional media. While not totally free, nor wholly reflective o [...]	2006-01-31 09:04:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SOCI MU
06MUSCAT126	OMAN FM IN IRAN: CARROTS, NOT STICKS [...] (C) On January 29, Omani FM Yusuf bin Alawi began an official visit to Iran, meeting with President Ahmadi-Nejad, FM Mottaki, and other officials. His active discussions on invigorating bilateral trade relations, particularly in the oil and gas sector, transport and industrial investment, rai [...]	2006-01-31 09:16:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET ETTC ETRD IR MU
06MUSCAT130	OMAN FM IN IRAN: CARROTS, NOT STICKS [...] (C) On January 29, Omani FM Yusuf bin Alawi began an official visit to Iran, meeting with President Ahmadi-Nejad, FM Mottaki, and other officials. Publicly, Bin Alawi endorsed Iran's right to peaceful nuclear energy while calling for a peaceful solution to the current stand-off. He also spok [...]	2006-01-31 13:31:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET ETTC ETRD IR MU
06MUSCAT134	YBA POSES QUESTION RE IRAN [...] (U) Please note action request in para 8. 2. (C) Begin Summary: Notwithstanding the January 30 P5 2 Statement, the Omanis believe the key to a diplomatic solution to the Iranian nuclear crisis may lie in a slight delay before referring the Iranian case to the UNSC, even if no action is cal [...]	2006-02-01 14:21:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET ETTC IR MU UN UNSC
06MUSCAT1422	MEDIA REACTION: PALESTINIAN GOVERNANCE, U.S.-OMAN FTA, IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: English daily "Oman" laments Palestinian infighting, lauds the "vital role" of the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA),criticizes America's "failure" to ensure security in Iraq, and says Arab-Israeli peace must precede regional peace. Arabic daily "Al-Watan" chides Israel for its [...]	2006-10-02 13:12:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
06MUSCAT1482	MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY'S MIDEAST TOUR, DPRK NUCLEAR [...] SUMMARY: "Oman" expresses skepticism about Secretary's latest Middle East tour, supports dialogue with Pyongyang, and claims that the Greater Middle East Initiative aims to weaken Arab culture. "Al-Watan" says the West's "double standards" are responsible for North Korea's nuclear program, an [...]	2006-10-16 11:44:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
06MUSCAT1507	MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY'S MIDDLE EAST TOUR, CHALLENGES [...] SUMMARY: Youth-oriented "Al-Shabiba" calls Secretary Rice's Middle East tour "nothing new." Privately owned "Al-Watan" writes about political challenges facing Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine, and claims the Taliban is resurgent in Afghanistan. Government-owned "Oman" says Japan's North Korea p [...]	2006-10-22 09:58:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
06MUSCAT1580	BLUE LANTERN RESPONSE FOR APPLICATION 050016241 [...] (U) Per reftel, the Political/Economic section, in conjunction with the Office of Military Cooperation, conducted a pre-license check on Muscat-based General Stores Trading, LLC. On October 29, Econoff met with Mohamed al-Zaabi, the company's managing director. Zaabi, educated at San Diego S [...]	2006-11-14 06:22:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC MU
06MUSCAT1588	OMANI ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAQ [...] (S) Summary: Oman has not pursued proactive engagement with the Iraqi government due to a lack of strong tribal, economic or religious ties with Iraq, geographic distance, and a cautious foreign policy that seeks to avoid playing a highly visible role on contentious issues. Omani concerns a [...]	2006-11-14 13:15:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET	PREL MOPS MARR IZ MU
06MUSCAT1600	SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER GENERAL JOHN P. [...] (S) Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome your return to Oman. Oman remains a strong friend and ally in the Global War on Terrorism, but prefers to maintain a low profile and is reluctant to deploy its forces in support of OIF or OEF. Our continued engagement with the Omani security forces cont [...]	2006-11-15 14:11:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL PTER KNNP MARR MASS MNUC MOPS OVIP
06MUSCAT161	OMAN 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Per reftel request, Embassy is pleased to submit the following Investment Climate Statement for 2006. 2. Begin text of Investment Climate Statement: Economic Overview Oman's economy is based primarily on petroleum and natural gas, which is expected to account for 81% of the government's [...]	2006-02-08 06:33:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB ENRG KTDB PGOV MU
06MUSCAT162	MFA ARAB CHIEF ON IRAN, PALESTINE, SYRIA [...] (C) In a February 5 meeting with Pol/Econ Chief, MFA Arab Affairs Chief Ambassador Ahmed al-Harthy expressed deep misgivings about the IAEA's decision to report Iran to the UN Security Council, fearing the move pushes a diplomatic solution further out of reach. He said recent Oman-Iran discus [...]	2006-02-08 08:44:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KPAL PARM KNNP PINR XF MU
06MUSCAT1670	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF NEA A/S WELCH TO MUSCAT [...] (C) Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome your visit to Oman. Oman remains a dependable friend and ally and cooperates with us on a wide range of subjects, although it prefers to maintain a low profile. Regional threat issues are a prominent concern for the Omani leadership; however, Oman's p [...]	2006-12-06 14:22:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL PTER KDEM KMPI KNNP KWMN SMIG ECON
06MUSCAT1690	SCENESETTER: VISIT OF TREASURY A/S PATRICK O'BRIEN [...] (C) Greetings and welcome to Oman. My team and I look forward to your arrival on December 18 to discuss with government and private sector officials Oman's current anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing efforts. Your visit will provide an excellent opportunity to press for Oma [...]	2006-12-13 13:49:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ETRD PTER OTRA MU
06MUSCAT1707	NEA A/S WELCH MEETING WITH OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) NEA A/S Welch met December 12 with Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yousef bin Alawi in Muscat. Bin Alawi personally drove A/S Welch and the Ambassador to a meeting with Sultan Qaboos (septel),and then hosted a working lunch for them with participation from Foreign Ministry [...]	2006-12-20 07:21:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER KPAL IR IZ SY MU
06MUSCAT455	OMAN ASSURES DUTCH ON NATO RELATIONS [...] (SBU) In a March 21 confidential memo, acting "Allied Contact Point Ambassador" to Oman, Dutch Ambassador Annelies Boogaerdt, shared with Charge her readout of a March 15 meeting she conducted with the Foreign Ministry's International Organizations Department Chief Ambassador Talib bin Miran a [...]	2006-03-25 03:51:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PTER MU
06MUSCAT503	SCENESETTER FOR U/S ROBERT JOSEPHÂ¥S VISIT TO MUSCAT [...] (C) Embassy Muscat warmly welcomes you to Oman. We are seeking high-level meetings with senior Omani foreign policy and security personnel with key roles on Iran policy, the Proliferation Security Initiative, and nonproliferation concerns. Your visit comes at a key moment in Oman's efforts to win C [...]	2006-04-02 09:39:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET	PREL MARR KNNP OTRA IR MU
06MUSCAT554	BIN ALAWI CONVOKES U.S., EU AMBASSADORS TO REVIEW MESHAAL VISIT [...] (C) Summary: The Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs delivered a three-point message to visiting Hamas Political Chief Khalid Meshaal on April 3-4: Hamas must concentrate on building a viable and stable Palestinian state; must join the PLO and (implicitly) submit to previous PLO agreemen [...]	2006-04-05 14:15:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	MU NOTAG
06MUSCAT618	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF FM YUSUF BIN ALAWI [...] (C) Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi will be in Washington, DC, approximately April 20-25 for meetings with Secretary Rice, Secdef Rumsfeld, USTR Portman and other Administration and Congressional officials, optimally to include Vice President Cheney. Secretary Rice la [...]	2006-04-17 12:50:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP MNUC KPAL PGOV XF MU
06MUSCAT667	MEDIA REACTION: SUPPORTING PALESTINE; DEMOCRACY AND HAMAS; THE AMERICAN EMPIRE; BIN LADEN AND DAHAB [...] Privately owned Arabic daily "Al-Watan" (circulation 42,000) published an editorial April 21 under the headline "The Sultanate and the Commitment to Supporting the Palestinian Issue": "The Sultanate tirelessly dedicates itself to reaffirming its support for Arab and Islamic issues, chief amon [...]	2006-04-26 12:31:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	MU NOTAG
06MUSCAT706	SAYYID BADR PREVIEWS GCC HEADS OF STATE [...] (C) MFA Under Secretary Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi assured the Ambassador May 3 that Oman supports reconstruction efforts in Iraq, has forgiven all Iraqi debt, and will consider opening a diplomatic mission in Baghdad once the security situation there has improved. He indicated that Oman would sup [...]	2006-05-03 14:58:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS KNNP XF MU
06MUSCAT815	MEDIA REACTION: GCC SECURITY; OMANI OFFICIAL VISIT TO [...] The government-owned Arabic daily "Oman" (circulation 38,000) carried an editorial by an Omani columnist Awadh Baqwair on May 16 entitled "The Role of GCC in Preserving Security in the Gulf": "Due to the precarious security environment in Iraq, the issue of regional stability is becoming a to [...]	2006-05-24 07:59:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
06MUSCAT858	HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST SPEAKS TO FOREIGN MEDIA, [...] (C) Former parliamentarian and human rights activist Taybah al-Ma'wali told foreign media and the Embassy in May that she fears for her safety and alleges that Oman's Internal Security Service (ISS) is collecting evidence to make another case against her. Ironically, at the same time as grant [...]	2006-05-31 11:48:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL SOCI PINR MU
06MUSCAT910	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-IRAN INITIATIVES, THE LESSONS OF [...] State papers voiced strong support for proposed U.S.-Iran dialogue, along with concern about the possibility of military escalation. Private daily Al-Watan accuses the U.S. of insincerity for promising to hold U.S. troops accountable for alleged Iraqi massacres while failing to impose harsh s [...]	2006-06-07 10:59:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
06MUSCAT982	MINISTER OF AWQAF APPRECIATES OUTREACH, SEEKS [...] (U) Oman's Minister of Awqaf expressed his appreciation for recent U.S. military outreach efforts involving an exchange of visits. He noted that such cultural dialogue benefits both countries and advances mutual goals of promoting tolerance. In the context of Muscat as "Cultural Capital of t [...]	2006-06-18 12:43:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KISL SOCI MASS KIRF SCUL MU
06NAHA103	OKINAWAN EXCEPTIONALISM: THE CHINA THREAT OR LACK THEREOF [...] (C) Summary: Despite China's rapidly expanding economic and military activities, including in waters near Okinawa, Okinawans claim they do not share America's or Japan's sense of threat from China. While many mainland Japanese officials and influentials say they recognize China as a potent [...]	2006-04-26 01:20:00	Consulate Naha	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PINS JA CH TW
06NAHA209	GOVERNOR'S RACE: REFORMISTS UNITE BEHIND ANTI-BASE CANDIDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: After months of polarizing debate and a brief split, Okinawa's six reformist parties agreed to back a single candidate for the Okinawa prefectural governor's race, upper house national Diet member Keiko ITOKAZU. If all six parties remain united, Itokazu's chances for election ar [...]	2006-09-22 11:02:00	Consulate Naha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	JA PREL MARR
06NAHA253	HOW THE LDP MACHINE USED PRE-ELECTION DAY VOTING TO WIN THE [...] (C) Summary. In the November 19 Okinawan Gubernatorial election, conservative Governor Hirokazu NAKAIMA beat his rival candidate reformist Keiko ITOKAZU by over 37,000 votes (347,303 votes to 309,985),in an election that the press was reporting as too close to call right up to election day. E [...]	2006-12-20 08:49:00	Consulate Naha	CONFIDENTIAL	JA MARR PREL
06NAHA85	GOJ-NAGO AGREEMENT ON FUTENMA PLEASES CONSERVATIVES, ANGERS [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 8, 2006 Japan Defense Agency (JDA) Director General Fukushiro Nukaga and Nago Mayor Yoshikazu Shimabukuro reached an agreement on a two runway, V-shaped configuration for the Marine Corp Air Station (MCAS) Futenma relocation facility (FRF) to be constructed on the co [...]	2006-04-11 08:51:00	Consulate Naha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL JA
06NAHA96	OKINAWA'S NEXT GOVERNOR: POSSIBLE CANDIDATES [...] (SBU) Introduction: In the following discussion of possible candidates for governor in this November's gubernatorial election, it is worth noting that Okinawa, unlike Japan as a whole, has had a functioning two-party system since reversion in 1972. Since that time, Okinawa has seen the fortun [...]	2006-04-20 10:16:00	Consulate Naha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL JA
06NAIROBI1015	AMBASSADOR MEETS KENYA'S NEW FINANCE MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: In his new job as Kenya's Finance Minister, Amos Kimunya wants to focus on repairing relations with donors, improving governance, and controlling government spending. Kimunya also told the Ambassador on March 3 that the Government of Kenya is moving ahead with major privatization [...]	2006-03-07 10:31:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL PINR PTER KE
06NAIROBI1111	IAGGA REPORT FOR KENYA [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-10 08:47:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KCOR KCRM PGOV KE
06NAIROBI1438	OFDA VISIT TO KENYA'S MARSABIT DISTRICT [...] An acute dry season, amplified by poor seasonal rains last November is eroding livelihoods and food security of pastoralist populations in Kenya's Marsabit District. Livestock numbers have declined due to the lack of access to pasture and water. Tribal conflict is preventing many pastoralis [...]	2006-03-31 09:30:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KE PREL PGOV ETRD ECON EAGR SENV SOCI
06NAIROBI1514	OFDA VISIT TO KENYA'S MARSABIT DISTRICT [...] An acute dry season, amplified by poor seasonal rains last November is eroding livelihoods and food security of pastoralist populations in Kenya's Marsabit District. Livestock numbers have declined due to the lack of access to pasture and water. Tribal conflict is preventing many pastoralis [...]	2006-04-05 11:43:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KE SOCI SENV ETRD EAGR ECON PGOV PREL
06NAIROBI157	FOREIGN MINISTER TUJU COMMITS ON ISSUES OF U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Tuju told Ambassador January 11 that Kenya will now proceed, in coordination with the U.S. and UK governments, with the prompt establishment of the long-stalled Joint Terrorism Task Force. Given the government's multiple and unfulfilled previous pledges, Tuju set [...]	2006-01-12 13:01:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SNAR EAID ASEC MASS KCOR KE
06NAIROBI1688	RAISING THE LATEST MEGA-SCANDAL WITH KENYAN [...] (C) Summary: This is an action request - please see para 6. It is increasingly clear that Kenya has another mega- scandal waiting in the wings to be exposed. In this case, it takes the form of a massive money laundering and tax evasion scheme involving a small local bank and the country's l [...]	2006-04-19 13:02:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR PREL PINR KE
06NAIROBI1701	(C) CHALLENGES IN OUR CT RELATIONSHIP WITH KENYA [...] (S) SUMMARY: Post faces an increasingly difficult operating environment in which to pursue counter-terrorism (CT) cooperation with the Kenyan Government (GOK). In the absence of a focused, functional government that views CT as part of its political and national interest, Post is pursuing a [...]	2006-04-20 06:44:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	ASEC PTER PGOV PINR PINS PREL MARR KDEM KE
06NAIROBI1951	CHINA'S PRESIDENT HU VISITS KENYA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese President Hu Jintao's late April visit to Nairobi further strengthens the bilateral economic relationship between the two countries through several economic, technical, and financial assistance agreements. While the balance of the economic relationship is heavily tipped i [...]	2006-05-05 05:23:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EAIR ECIN ECON EFIN ELAB EINV ETRD PREL
06NAIROBI2023	IRAN'S CANDIDACY FOR THE UNHRC [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche urging Kenya to oppose Iran's candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to Tom Amolo, Head of MFA's International Organizations and Conferences Division. Amolo's response was not encouraging. Thanking poloff for sharing the U.S.' view, he noted t [...]	2006-05-09 14:42:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UNHRC PREL KUNR KE IR
06NAIROBI2141	SOMALI PARLIAMENT SPEAKER KEEN FOR U.S. SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Somalia's Parliament Speaker Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden May 11 to discuss current developments in Somalia. The conversation particularly focused on the fighting in Mogadishu and possible ways to bring it to an end, with the Speaker agreeing that he may be i [...]	2006-05-16 14:44:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS CVIS PTER SO KE
06NAIROBI2142	SOMALI PRESIDENT YUSUF: LOST IN TRANSLATION [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met May 15 with Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf, who was transiting through Nairobi en route to Somalia. Yusuf vacillated between professions of wanting the Mogadishu ministers back in government and threats of action against them if they did not come on board. H [...]	2006-05-16 14:54:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PINR SO KE
06NAIROBI2418	Uganda Makes Progress on GSP/AGOA Labor Complaint [...] (U) Summary: Regional Labor Attache's second visit to Kampala found encouraging progress on addressing the worker rights issues described in the AFL/CIO petition seeking to revoke Uganda's trade privileges under the General System of Preferences (GSP). Uganda has passed four significant labor [...]	2006-06-02 10:09:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB AGOA ECON ETRD PHUM PGOV UG
06NAIROBI2419	Uganda Makes Progress on GSP/AGOA Labor Complaint [...] (U) Summary: Regional Labor Attache's second visit to Kampala found encouraging progress on addressing the worker rights issues described in the AFL/CIO petition seeking to revoke Uganda's trade privileges under the General System of Preferences (GSP). Uganda has passed four significant labor [...]	2006-06-02 10:14:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB AGOA ECON ETRD PHUM PGOV UG
06NAIROBI2453	S/CT Ambassador Crumptons Meeting with President [...] (S/NF) S/CT Ambassador Henry Crumpton called on Kenyan President Kibaki May 26. Crumpton hailed U.S.Kenyan anti- terrorism cooperation in recent years and urged that Kenya continue to treat regional threats seriously and work with us to strengthen further our CT cooperation. Crumpton asked Kib [...]	2006-06-05 13:24:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE
06NAIROBI258	KENYA GETS A NEW INTELLIGENCE CHIEF [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kibaki's January 16 removal of Brigadier (ret.) Boinett as head of Kenya's National Intelligence Service (NSIS) removes the USG's main ally in the counter-terror struggle and one of the few remaining true professionals at the highest level of the Kenyan Government. Boin [...]	2006-01-19 11:28:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	PINS PREL PTER KE
06NAIROBI2653	LETTER FROM THE SOMALI ISLAMIC COURTS: A PROPOSED [...] (C) Post received a letter from the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) June 12 (e-mailed to AF/E). The letter, similar to other missives issued by the UIC, portrays the UIC as a largely benevolent entity interested primarily in the well-being of the residents of Mogadishu. The letter lists the or [...]	2006-06-16 13:30:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINS PGOV PHUM SO
06NAIROBI2654	SOMALILAND'S CHARM OFFENSIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The government of the self-declared independent Republic of Somaliland has taken advantage of the downward trend of events in Somalia to step up its efforts for international recognition. A visit to Kenya appears to have produced unexpectedly positive results, opening doors for a [...]	2006-06-16 14:13:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PGOV PINS SO KE TZ ZA RW UG SF
06NAIROBI2655	IGAD FOREIGN MINISTERS DEBATE SOMALIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: A June 13 meeting of the IGAD Council of Ministers produced much debate about the ability of neighboring states to intervene in Somalia's affairs, but ended with a communique re-affirming the position that any IGAD peace mission to Somalia would involve only Sudanese and Ugandan t [...]	2006-06-16 15:00:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV SO
06NAIROBI274	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006 [...] Following is the 2005 Investment Climate Statement for Kenya. This information will also be transmitted to EB/IFD/OIA via e-mail and included in Chapter 6 of the 2006 Country Commercial Guide for Kenya, to be delivered through FCS channels. ----------------------------------- A.1. Opennes [...]	2006-01-20 05:43:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV KE
06NAIROBI2952	CODEL DREIER IN KENYA: MEETING WITH PARLIAMENTARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CODEL Dreier met with members of the Legal Affairs and Defense and Foreign Relations Parliamentary Committees July 6 in Nairobi. The eleven members of Parliament, including Deputy Speaker of the House, David Musila, raised a number of concerns including U.S. counter-terrorism [...]	2006-07-06 13:41:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PTER PREL ASEC KE SU SO
06NAIROBI3292	AWEYS' POSSIBLE WEAKNESS [...] (C) In a July 26 conversation, European Commission Senior Political Advisor on Somalia Walid Musa shared that Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) leader Hassan Dahir Aweys is unable to travel to Mogadishu because of disputes with clan leaders in the city. He has likewise been unable to appoint more [...]	2006-07-31 13:06:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR PTER SO
06NAIROBI3317	OFDA DRM DIRECTOR VISIT TO KENYA [...] OFDA Director for Disaster Response and Mitigation (DRM),Ms. Antoinette Ferrara, traveled to OFDA's East and Central Regional Office (ECARO),Nairobi, from July 12-16. The purpose of the visit was to consult with USAID regional leadership on OFDA activities, meet current OFDA regional partn [...]	2006-08-01 15:53:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PHUM KE
06NAIROBI3324	OFDA DRM DIRECTOR VISIT TO KENYA [...] OFDA Director for Disaster Response and Mitigation (DRM),Ms. Antoinette Ferrara, traveled to OFDA's East and Central Regional Office (ECARO),Nairobi, from July 12-16. The purpose of the visit was to consult with USAID regional leadership on OFDA activities, meet current OFDA regional partn [...]	2006-08-02 08:06:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PHUM KE
06NAIROBI3392	KENYA COAST: FAILING TO GET OUR MESSAGE OUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff traveled to Mombasa and Lamu to assess the impact of our outreach efforts to this marginalized region. From conversations with a variety of contacts who have worked with us over the past few years, one theme dominated: the message of our contributions to promote develop [...]	2006-08-04 07:36:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PINS PREL PTER MASS MOPS KISL KPAO EAID
06NAIROBI3500	KENYA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL OBAMA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Welcome to Kenya, a country that stands out among its East African neighbors as a stable, open democracy and as a key regional partner for the United States. The country is making a dramatic break from its past by greatly improving respect for human rights and by expanding d [...]	2006-08-11 10:12:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM KCOR KE
06NAIROBI3733	QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - NAIROBI [...] (U) Summary. The following report replies to Ref F reinstitution of the quarterly fraud report covering the current condition of consular fraud in Kenya, with specific reference to fraud trends in non-immigrant visa, immigrant visa, and diversity visa applications as well as cases of American [...]	2006-08-25 07:07:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE
06NAIROBI3876	ETHNIC SOMALIS DISCUSS ETHIOPIA, THE ISLAMIC [...] (U) This message is part of a series following an early August USAID-sponsored conflict mitigation workshop in Mandera, Northeastern Province, Kenya. This message was cleared with the USAID participant in the discussions. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) Cross-border conflict mitigation [...]	2006-09-06 14:20:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KE ET SO
06NAIROBI3973	GOVERNMENT REFORMS FALTERING, KENYAN CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: In a series of meetings on August 28 in Nairobi, leaders of Kenyan civil society and government oversight organizations highlighted for visiting Senator Obama the Kenyan government's faltering performance on human rights, corruption, and governance, while ably demon [...]	2006-09-13 12:13:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREL PGOV PHUM KE
06NAIROBI3974	OBAMA DISCUSSES CORRUPTION AND TRIBAL POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: During an August 25 meeting with Senator Obama, Official Leader of the Opposition Uhuru Kenyatta predicted that ethnicity would dominate the 2007 national elections. While he stressed that his party, KANU, would strive to move beyond ethnic politics, he feared that the electora [...]	2006-09-13 12:17:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM KE
06NAIROBI401	COAST PROVINCE PROVINCIAL COMMISSIONER ADVOCATES [...] (C) Summary: Kenya's coastline and ports present critical vulnerabilities to terrorist infiltration and attack, as well as smuggling of goods and persons. December 13-16, an Antiterrorism Assistance (ATA) Assessment Team and Embassy officials met senior provincial-level representatives from [...]	2006-01-30 04:00:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV EWWT ASEC KE
06NAIROBI4313	KENYA MOYALE DISTRICT COMMISSIONER ON THE OROMO [...] (SBU) Summary: The District Commissioner of Moyale, on Kenya's border with Ethiopia, admits that the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) uses his district as a sanctuary, despite his best efforts. He expresses annoyance with the "hostile" attitude of his Ethiopian counterparts and with the Ethiopia [...]	2006-10-05 08:29:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PREL PGOV ET KE
06NAIROBI4334	COAST PROVINCE - DIVERSITY, DEVELOPMENT, AND THE POLITICAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: The diversity of Kenya's Coast Province reflects an important part of the country's rich history and highlights the challenge that this fledgling democracy faces to develop a truly inclusive process focused on national issues, as opposed to the current tribally-driven system. Duri [...]	2006-10-06 08:07:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PREL KISL PGOV ECON KE KDEM PTER SNAR
06NAIROBI4472	AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW - KENYA [...] This message responds to ref A's request for updated information pertaining to Kenya's continued eligibility for trade preferences under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). Country: KENYA Current AGOA Status: Eligible Country Background Summary: Population of 33.5 million in 2 [...]	2006-10-16 13:48:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	AGOA ECON ETRD KE
06NAIROBI4629	TWO MEETINGS WITH UHURU KENYATTA [...] (C) Summary: Gliding over the faults of the previous KANU government, KANU political party leader Uhuru Kenyatta sees a political landscape marred by the destruction of party discipline, with ethnic politics an increasingly attractive and dangerous option for some. The current opposition squa [...]	2006-10-27 12:13:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ECON KE CH
06NAIROBI4740	KENYA: 2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND [...] Kenya is significant transit country for cocaine and heroin bound for Europe, and, increasingly the United States. The seizure of more than one ton of cocaine in December 2004 raises concerns that international drug trafficking rings have made inroads in Kenya and may benefit from a climate o [...]	2006-11-03 12:33:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR
06NAIROBI494	CORRUPTION IN KENYA: FINANCE MINISTER RESIGNS, [...] (C) Summary: In an unprecedented move, Kenya's Finance Minister has resigned in response to the Anglo-Leasing and related revelations. In resigning, David Mwiraria asserted his innocence - a claim swiftly countered by John Githongo, the man whose dossier on high-level corruption and cover-up [...]	2006-02-02 12:30:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV PREL KE
06NAIROBI4942	SPEECH ON U.S.-KENYAN RELATIONS DELIVERED BY THE AMBASSADOR [...] Following is the text of a speech on U.S.-Kenyan relations delivered by the Ambassador before the American Chamber of Commerce in Kenya on November 21. Significant local media coverage is expected. 2. Begin text The United States and Kenya: A Robust Partnership By Ambassador Michael E. R [...]	2006-11-21 14:31:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL
06NAIROBI5001	KENYA'S IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WOMEN'S JUSTICE AND [...] Summary: Post reiterates our firm commitment to implementing the WJEI program in Kenya and looks forward to implementing an effective initiative to bolster Kenya,s capacity to combat violence against women. Post Mission Planning Team (MPT),comprised of USAID, DOJ, RSO, Political, and the [...]	2006-11-22 14:07:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SNAR SOCI PGOV PHUM KE SF BN ZA
06NAIROBI5003	KENYA: TWO CORRUPTION-TAINTED MINISTERS REAPPOINTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Kibaki filled a dozen cabinet seats on November 15, bringing back into government two ministers who had earlier this year resigned over their implication in massive corruption scandals. One, reinstated Education Minister George Saitoti, was earlier exonerated in a du [...]	2006-11-22 14:44:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL KCOR KE
06NAIROBI5112	GUNS, THUGS, AND POLITICS: INSECURITY IN KENYA [...] (C) Summary: The recent attack on Kenya's top official responsible for security and the outbreak of gang violence in one Nairobi slum have focused national attention on what the government in a November 9 statement called the "recent upsurge in rape, house robberies, carjacking, and general [...]	2006-11-30 13:44:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM KE
06NAIROBI5165	SENATOR FEINGOLD QUERIES THE GOK ON IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Senator Feingold sought views on Iraq from President Kibaki, Foreign Minister Tuju and Trade Minister Kituyi. Kibaki was strongly supportive of the USG's efforts in Iraq and counseled steadfastness. His Foreign and Trade ministers, however, were highly critical of the USG's ac [...]	2006-12-05 12:45:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KE PREL
06NAIROBI5265	U.S. FIRMS IN THE RACE TO BUILD A FIBER OPTIC CABLE IN EAST [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya and the rest of the East Coast of Africa are on the cusp of achieving interconnection to the worldwide web via undersea fiber optic cable. Two projects are racing to begin construction, and the leading contender, Seith East Africa, is 100% U.S.-owned. Moreover, Seith has [...]	2006-12-14 13:55:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EFIN KE IN AE
06NAIROBI527	OFFICIAL CORRUPTION: PRESIDENT KIBAKI UNLIKELY TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Judging from his remarks to a small group of Ambassadors February 2, President Kibaki does not/not see a need for decisive action in the face of the growing public outcry over official corruption. Kibaki derided his former top adviser on corruption, John Githongo, calling him "a p [...]	2006-02-06 12:01:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV PREL KE
06NAIROBI5345	KENYA: 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) This is post's submission for the 2006 Country Report on Terrorism. Begin text: 2. (SBU) The government of Kenya continued to cooperate with the United States in identifying terrorist groups operating within Kenya. However, more work remains to be done in domestic areas such as law enf [...]	2006-12-22 10:05:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC EFIN KE
06NAIROBI5393	Ethnicity & Politics in Kenya: Part 2, Kenya's Major Ethnic [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite attempts to steer the political debate in Kenya away from ethnic considerations towards issues-based politics, ethnic identity continues to factor prominently. This message is a survey of the major ethnic groups in Kenya and how their perceptions and history manifest [...]	2006-12-29 09:28:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KCOR KE
06NAIROBI920	KENYA SUBMISSION FOR THE SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING [...] (U) The following is Embassy Nairobi's submission for the Department's annual Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP). Information is keyed to the format provided in reftel. 2. (SBU) STATUS AND EXTENT OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN KENYA I. Overview A. Origin, Transit, and Destination Origin [...]	2006-03-01 10:28:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB KE
06NASSAU1096	BAHAMAS STRENGTHENS DIPLOMATIC TIES TO CUBA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bahamas opened an embassy in Cuba July 17. This expansion of diplomatic ties appears driven by a pragmatic goal of addressing chronic Cuban migration issues. However, as a result of embarrassing incidents involving Cuban migrants, The Bahamas' vote for Cuba on the United Na [...]	2006-07-19 20:57:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CU BF
06NASSAU1117	C-NC6-00829: BAHAMAS IMMIGRATION SYSTEMS ASSESSMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-24 18:55:00	Embassy Nassau	SECRET	PINR PINS PTER CIVS KFRD BF
06NASSAU1239	BAHAMAS UNGA REPRESENTATION AND RELATED QUESTIONS [...] (U) This is in response to reftel request. The Bahamas will be represented at UNGA by Minister of Foreign Affairs Fred Mitchell, Bahamas Permanent Representative to the United Nations Dr. Paulette Bethel, and a junior officer to be determined. Prime Minister Christie will not attend. ---- [...]	2006-08-15 21:13:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR UN BF
06NASSAU1273	BAHAMAS REQUEST - WHA SPRING 2007 INTERN PROGRAM [...] The Bahamas requests two interns as part of the WHA Spring 2007 intern program. Our response is formatted pursuant to reftel request: a. Internships offered: Two. b. Language requirements: None. c. Other special selection criteria: Graduate experience preferred but not required; inte [...]	2006-08-18 15:59:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL BF
06NASSAU1313	FOREIGN MINISTER MITCHELL RAISES CONCERNS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Mitchell meet with the Ambassador August 28 to express his concern about an Op-Ed that called for closer cooperation between the U.S. and Bahamas in the UN that had appeared in the Nassau Guardian earlier this month. Mitchell told the Ambassador he felt that th [...]	2006-08-28 23:18:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UN BF
06NASSAU1597	NO ANTICIPATED TAIWAN PRESSURE ON BAHAMIAN [...] (C/NF) Bahamian elections must be held no later than May 2007, and are expected sooner. Campaigning is underway without any known Taiwanese involvement. For both Bahamian political parties, the potential to open The Bahamas' tourism economy to millions of Chinese tourists, the attraction of [...]	2006-10-20 12:38:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL TW BF
06NASSAU1711	HURRICANE ANNA NICOLE WREAKS HAVOC IN THE BAHAMAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Several months into her Bahamian residency, American B-list celebrity and regular entertainment television fixture Anna Nicole Smith has changed the face of Bahamian politics. Not since Category 4 Hurricane Betsy made landfall in 1965 has one woman done as much damage in Nassau. Lying [...]	2006-11-15 15:15:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	BF PGOV PREL CASC SMIG
06NASSAU1799	BAHAMAS REVIEW OF TITLE III OF LIBERTAD ACT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post recommends waiver of the provisions of Title III of the Libertad Act for The Bahamas. The Bahamas has a cordial relationship with Cuba, generally supports Cuba in international fora, and engages in both cultural and economic exchanges with Cuba, including promotion of Cuban [...]	2006-12-06 17:27:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC ETRD PREL CU BF
06NASSAU1800	BAHAMAS: GLOBAL PURSUIT OF TERRORIST INFORMATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bahamas cooperates closely with the U.S. on counter-terrorism, but lacks the funding or infrastructure to effectively track and monitor terrorist suspects through its 700 islands and cays. The Bahamas maintains an immigration database at major air POES, but does not maintain [...]	2006-12-06 17:31:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	KVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS BF
06NASSAU238	BAHAMAS OPENS EMBASSY IN BEIJING, SIGNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell visited China and India January 17-30, expanding political ties in China and business ties in India. In China, the GCOB opened its new embassy in Beijing, discussed UN reform, and received a gift of $3.75 million dollars from the PRC. The use of the [...]	2006-02-10 17:53:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BF CH IN KUNR
06NASSAU357	PARLIAMENT DEBATES CUBAN DETAINEES: PM SAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition Leader Hubert Ingraham in a bruising March 1 parliamentary session questioned the government's handling of two Cuban dentists held at the Carmichael Road Detention Center for the past 10 months (reftel). The ensuing debate on the issue divided strictly on party lines [...]	2006-03-01 23:15:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SMIG PREF PHUM CU BF
06NASSAU367	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR THE BAHAMAS 2006 [...] THE FOLLOWING IS PROVIDED IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL. INVESTMENT CLIMATE A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment The Bahamian Government generally encourages and offers incentives for foreign investment in all sectors of the economy except those the Government reserves exclusively to Bahamian [...]	2006-03-02 22:41:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV BF ECON
06NASSAU442	SCENESETTER FOR NASSAU CARICOM MINISTERIAL: [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Secretary's March 21-22 meeting in Nassau with CARICOM foreign ministers offers an opportunity to frame a positive, forward-looking agenda for our relations with the Caribbean. With the Haitian elections behind us, the ministerial will allow us to reinvigorate our cooperation [...]	2006-03-14 21:10:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	BF ECON ETRD OTRA PGOV PREL SNAR XL
06NASSAU61	PM PREDICTS PLP ELECTION WIN, LAMENTS AIRPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minster Perry Christie in a January 5 meeting with the Ambassador confidently predicted that his Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) would win the elections he must call no later than May 2007 unless the Government makes some big mistakes between now and then. Christie also com [...]	2006-01-12 15:41:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAIR BF
06NASSAU678	BAHAMAS REVIEW OF TITLE III OF LIBERTAD ACT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post recommends waiver of the provisions of Title III of the Libertad Act for The Bahamas. The Bahamas has a cordial relationship with Cuba, generally supports Cuba in international fora, and engages in both cultural and economic exchanges with Cuba, including promotion of Cuban [...]	2006-04-21 15:22:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC ETRD PREL CU BF
06NDJAMENA1013	CHAD: WORLD BANK OFFICIAL CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chadian authorities have taken concrete steps to demonstrate their commitment to the July 13 agreement between the GOC and the World Bank, according to the Bank's Senior Advisor on the Chad oil project. However, the Bank will still need to come to an agreement with the GOC on [...]	2006-08-01 16:40:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD
06NDJAMENA1014	CHAD: CHADIAN REBEL PRESENTS GLOOMY OUTLOOK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former GOC loyalist, current opposition member and ethnic Zaghawa Tom Erdimi paints a troubling near-term future for Chad. He claims that rebel groups consider the possibility for political dialogue with President Deby as dead, leaving the military solution as the only way to cha [...]	2006-08-01 17:23:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA1037	CHAD: FOREIGN MINISTER ON SUDAN, DARFUR, AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The long-term success of the recent rapprochement between Khartoum and N'Djamena will hinge on the good will of the countries' respective leaders, according to Chad's Foreign Minister. He not only denied accusations of Chad's support for Sudanese rebel movements, but accused [...]	2006-08-14 10:36:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU

06NDJAMENA1055	CHAD'S POLITICAL TALK: DIALOGUE OR MONOLOGUE? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Making good on informal commitments voiced before the May 3rd election, President Deby's government completed a week of "political dialogue" sessions on August 2. Dubbed by the opposition parties who boycotted the sessions and the independent press as a "monologue," a "masquer [...]	2006-08-14 18:14:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM CD ASEC

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