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08ANKARA453	TURKEY/NABUCCO: DAS BRYZA URGES COMPROMISE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Nabucco pipeline is economically feasible as Russia can supply the gas for South Stream only from Turkmenistan, with Nabucco enjoying a forty percent advantage over South Stream in terms of the cost of shipping Caspian gas to Austria, DAS Matt Bryza told FM Babacan March 3. [...]	2008-03-07 14:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG EPET AJ IQ RU TX TU

08ANKARA464	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-10 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA473	TURKEY: FINANCING GAP LOOMS [...] (C) Summary: There is a growing likelihood that Turkey will face a financing gap this year, which would pressure the exchange rate and make private sector borrowing much more difficult. Most of Turkey's financial indicators are deteriorating, and recent GOT announcements that indicate substan [...]	2008-03-11 15:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN TU
08ANKARA490	TURKEY: GAS PRICE HOLDS UP GAS TRANSIT [...] (C) Summary. Our focus on getting Turkey to quickly conclude a bilateral agreement with Azerbaijan for gas supply does not address the most important issue for Turkey: price, and how the price is determined. The Turks do not believe they can get a good price from Azerbaijan in bilateral nego [...]	2008-03-13 09:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA524	TREASURY MINISTER SAYS NO NEW IMF STAND-BY [...] (SBU) Summary: Treasury Minister Mehmet Simsek was widely reported in the press March 17 as saying that Turkey did not need a new stand-by agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Simsek said the GOT is considering other types of agreements with the IMF after the current stand-by a [...]	2008-03-19 05:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
08ANKARA552	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-21 14:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA568	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-26 14:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA579	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-28 06:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA598	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-31 13:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA62	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-11 15:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA623	TURKEY'S POLICY ON GAS TRANSIT FIRMLY UP IN THE AIR [...] (C) Summary and comment. Turkey is at least considering a change in its strategy on natural gas transit from Azerbaijan to Europe. They appear to have gotten the message that their 15% reserve at net-back price formula (reftel A) is not viable. However, they have not yet come up with an al [...]	2008-04-03 07:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA627	TURKEY/IRAQ: S/I SATTERFIELD CONSULTS GOT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In discussions with MFA U/S Apakan, MFA Deputy U/S Sinirlioglu, GOT Iraq Coordinator Ozcelik, Presidency foreign affairs advisor Turkoglu, and D/CHOD Gen. Saygun March 31, S/I Satterfield warned of the political situation in which Iraq PM Maliki finds himself as a result of the se [...]	2008-04-03 12:20:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER MOPS PINS PGOV TU IZ IR
08ANKARA629	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-03 14:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA630	TURKEY/TURKMENISTAN: BILATERAL TIES INCH AHEAD ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite media reports to the contrary, Turkmen President Berdimuhamedov discussed energy matters in some detail with President Gul and PM Erdogan during his March 24-25 visit to Turkey, MFA Central Asia Department Head Sule Gurel and Energy Department Head Berris Ekinci told us [...]	2008-04-03 14:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET ENRG TU TX
08ANKARA640	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-04 13:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA660	TURKEY: KUWAITI AMIR'S VISIT FOCUSES ON [...] (C) Summary and Comment: During his March 29-April 5 visit, Kuwaiti Amir Sabah met with President Gul and PM Erdogan in Ankara before traveling to Istanbul for a Turkey-Kuwait Business Forum meeting and recreation. In private sessions with Gul and Erdogan, the Amir discussed regional issues [...]	2008-04-08 05:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KU TU
08ANKARA687	TURKEY PRIORITIZES ITS OWN GAS NEEDS OVER NABUCCO [...] (C) Summary: In an April 8 meeting with the Ambassador, Energy Minister Guler confirmed that Turkey has offered to buy all 12 bcm of Shah Deniz Phase II gas, but said it really wants "only" 8-9 bcm. The Ambassador noted that this would leave only 3-4 bcm for transit to Europe, undermining th [...]	2008-04-11 08:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA688	ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP COMMISSION SCENESETTER [...] (C) The EPC has added balance to a bilateral relationship that has been heavily weighted to political and security cooperation. At the start of last year's EPC meeting, Turkey's economy was in its sixth year of strong growth, the government was steering a steady course, and the business clim [...]	2008-04-11 09:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL TU
08ANKARA711	TURKEY'S BIG PLANS TO DEVELOP IRANIAN GAS [...] (C) Summary: Energy Minister Guler's informal advisor Faruk Demir told us April 3 that Turkey plans to develop Iranian South Pars gas for Turkish and European consumption, and expects to obtain financing and Western partners to develop the field and construct a new pipeline to Turkey. Turkey [...]	2008-04-16 13:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET IR TU
08ANKARA721	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-17 13:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA727	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-18 12:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA772	TURKISH MFA ON IRAQ MEETINGS IN KUWAIT [...] (C) Turkish MFA Deputy U/S Sinirlioglu briefed Ambassador April 24 on Turkish FM Babacan's talks with PM Maliki in Kuwait earlier this week. He said the Turks found Maliki more confident after the Basra confrontation. Both sides were pleased with progress on the mil-mil front, economic coope [...]	2008-04-24 15:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IZ US TU
08ANKARA781	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-25 13:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA850	TURKEY EPC: IRAQ INTERNATIONAL FAIR IN GAZIANTEP MAY 22 - [...] Turkey will host its Third Iraq International Fair in the southeastern city of Gaziantep May 22 - 25. This trade fair is jointly organized by the Iraqi Ministry of Trade and the Turkish Foreign Trade Undersecretariat (FTU) and will include exhibitors from Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Italy, Russia, Ta [...]	2008-05-02 13:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON PREL TU IZ
08ANKARA853	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-02 14:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA878	TURKEY: MFA DEPUTY U/S CEVIKOZ INTERESTED IN [...] (SBU) This is an action message for EUR, AF, and SCA. 2. (SBU) MFA Deputy U/S (A/S equivalent) for Central Asia and Caucasia, Eastern Europe (former Soviet Union),East Asia and Africa Unal Cevikoz has expressed interest in visiting Washington before August 2008 for consultations on Africa [...]	2008-05-07 11:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU
08ANKARA895	SHELL AND TPAO TO ANNOUNCE MOU FOR WORK IN IRAQ [...] (C) Summary. On May 12, Shell will announce an MOU framework agreement with Turkish Petroleum (TPAO) to work together in Iraq, with Shell having its sights on the Akkas Field as a first step in their new partnership. TPAO is still trying to reverse the Iraqi Oil Ministry,s April 14 decision [...]	2008-05-09 08:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG IZ TU
08ANKARA90	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-16 14:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA925	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-13 14:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA99	TURKEY AT A CROSSROADS ON SOUTHEAST, [...] (C) Summary and comment: Dengir Mir Mehmet Firat (please protect),ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) vice chair, political veteran and ethnic Kurd, believes President Gul and PM Erdogan's recent White House meetings created an opportunity for progress on Turkey's Kurdish issue. It [...]	2008-01-17 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM TU IZ
08ANTANANARIVO212	"RAIDS" ESCALATE TO ARMED CONFLICT ON ANJOUAN [...] (SBU) Contacts in the Comoros report a Union Army (AND) "raid" on Anjouan beginning March 15 has turned into a series of battles. Having reportedly freed eight prisoners and taken two minor casualties, part of the AND landing force returned to its staging point in Moheli. However, a small AND [...]	2008-03-17 14:06:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN
08ANTANANARIVO523	COMOROS REJECTS CITIZENSHIP BILL FOR STATELESS ARABS [...] (U) The Union of the Comoros' Parliament recently rejected a bill that would confer Comoran citizenship on people in exchange for financial investment in the real estate market. According to Comoran Vice President Idi Nadhoim, in 1997 the Kuwaiti Government approached the Comoros with a propos [...]	2008-07-29 09:26:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM CN
08ANTANANARIVO53	SEABOARD FIGHTS FOR LEVEL PLAYING FIELD IN MADAGASCAR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Seaboard Corporation continues to report difficulty in doing business in Madagascar, citing unfair competition from the President's TIKO conglomerate. Seaboard's Madagascar country manager has concluded the President is trying to force them out of the market. Seaboard has begun [...]	2008-01-23 06:27:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL ECON MA
08ANTANANARIVO606	Comorans Disagree On How (And If) To Talk [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After two weeks of intense mediation efforts by African Union Special Envoy Madeira, the Comorans are scarcely closer to sitting down to plan for inter-island talks. President Sambi showed his cards September 5, indicating to diplomats he will hold a referendum to "fix institu [...]	2008-09-08 07:16:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON ASEC CN
08ANTANANARIVO67	GEOTHERMAL ENERGY TOP COMORAN ECONOMIC PRIORITY [...] This is an Action Request; see Paragraph Five. 2. SUMMARY: In a January 11 letter to Secretary Rice, Comoran Vice President Idi Nadhoim officially requested U.S. government financial assistance to assess geothermal energy potential in the Comoros. Echoing President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi's r [...]	2008-01-28 13:31:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SENV PREL EAID ENRG CN
08ANTANANARIVO748	IRAN SEEKS FRIENDS IN MADAGASCAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 4 meeting with Ambassador Marquardt, Moroccan Ambassador Mohammed Amar gave a detailed read-out of the recent visit of Iranian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Special Envoy of the President, Hossain Sheikholislam. After meeting with the Malagasy Prime Minist [...]	2008-11-06 11:53:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IR MA PINR PREL
08ANTANANARIVO852	MADAGASCAR: GOM (AGAIN) DENIES DAEWOO LAND DEAL [...] (U) The following diplomatic note dated December 12 was delivered to Post in response to recent media reports concerning a major agricultural investment by South Korea's Daewoo Logistics (reftel). The story was reported on extensively in both foreign and domestic media despite an immediate deni [...]	2008-12-19 09:14:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EINV EAGR MA
08ANTANANARIVO879	IMF DISPLEASED OVER GOM POLICY DECISIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Responding to open source reports concerning several recent GOM economic policy decisions, IMF and World Bank officials raised their concerns in a 12 December letter to Minister of Finance and Budget Haja Nirina Razafinjatovo. In the last month, the government has purchased an [...]	2008-12-30 13:48:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV MA
08ASHGABAT1002	TURKMENISTAN'S COMMERCIAL BANKS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's banking system consists of 11 banks. All Turkmen banks are owned and run by the state, which controls virtually all economic activities. The primary goal of these banks is to serve as financial clearingho [...]	2008-08-01 10:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN BEXP TX
08ASHGABAT1004	TURKMENISTAN SIGNALS INTEREST IN DEVELOPING MANAGEMENT [...] (SBU) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: In response to a meeting request by the Ministry of Textile Industry of Turkmenistan, USAID's Project Development Officer Andrew Maybrook, USAID Project Specialist Serdar Yagmurov, and Bearing Point Deputy Chief of [...]	2008-08-01 10:45:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID TX
08ASHGABAT1007	TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CSTC-A [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to continue our bilateral dialogue in the area of security cooperation. Your first visit to Turkmenistan follows the outgoing [...]	2008-08-04 10:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR EPET ECON SCUL SOCI SNAR KDEM
08ASHGABAT1008	TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to continue our bilateral dialogue in the area of security cooperation. Your first visit to Turkmenistan follows the outgoing [...]	2008-08-04 10:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR EPET ECON SCUL SOCI SNAR KDEM
08ASHGABAT1027	TURKMENISTAN: NEGOTIATIONS FINALLY MOVING FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Case New Holland representatives have finally gotten the ball rolling again in regard to negotiations for the sale of tractors, cotton harvesters, and other agricultural equipment that had been slowing down since they began in September 2007. After the Case CEO's successful me [...]	2008-08-06 13:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV EIND EAGR TX
08ASHGABAT1039	TURKMENISTAN: WAITING FOR A RESPONSE FROM [...] (C) During a discussion of regional pipeline issues, Deputy Chairman/Foreign Minister Meredov told Charge August 11 that Turkmenistan is still waiting for a response from Azerbaijan to Turkmenistan's concrete proposal on oil and gas cooperation. He emphasized that the proposal was serious and [...]	2008-08-11 14:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EPET TX
08ASHGABAT1041	FOREIGN MINISTER MEREDOV ASSERTS TURKMENISTAN'S [...] (C) Deputy Chairman/Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov called in the Charge on August 11 to respond to Ref. A demarche on discouraging an Iran-Turkey natural gas agreement. During a one-hour, one-on-one meeting, Meredov outlined Turkmenistan's view of the issue. He said he had briefed President [...]	2008-08-12 05:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	ECON ENRG EPET ETTC TX
08ASHGABAT1049	TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE SEPTEMBER 6-9 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to advance our bilateral dialogue on energy. President Bush met briefly with President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on April 3 [...]	2008-08-12 14:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EPET ECON KDEM MARR SCUL SOCI SNAR
08ASHGABAT1051	TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DEPUTY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to advance our continuing bilateral dialogue. President Bush met briefly with President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on April 3 [...]	2008-08-13 06:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EPET SCUL SOCI KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT1058	TURKMENISTAN: BUSINESS REFORMS SUGGEST CONTINUING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Turkmenistan's efforts to rewrite laws affecting foreign businessmen are beginning to take hold, according to four U.S. businessmen active in Turkmenistan. All agreed that the scale of recent reforms suggests a lo [...]	2008-08-13 13:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV TX
08ASHGABAT106	TURKMENISTAN: WHY THERE'S HOPE: INDPENDENT STUDENTS IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: In December and January, Embassy Ashgabat's Consular Section interviewed dozens of students studying in the United States but not on U.S. government programs who had returned to Turkmenistan for the holidays but plan [...]	2008-01-22 09:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL SOCI CVIS TX
08ASHGABAT1065	INTEK -- BACKGROUND ON A UNIQUELY SUCCESSFUL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Intek is a successful information technology, printing, and technical education company that was founded right after independence by Artur Ovezmuradov. A FLEX alumna is head of Corporate Sales discussed the company's long and impressive list of government, corporate, and intern [...]	2008-08-15 13:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR EIND TX
08ASHGABAT1067	TURKMENISTAN/AZERBAIJAN: U.S. BUSINESSMAN CLAIMS [...] (C) The AMCIT country manager for Bertling Logistics, a Houston-based firm that provides logistical support for many of the foreign oil companies active in Turkmenistan, said during an August 15 meeting that he has been told that there has been more than one incident involving Azeri gunboats i [...]	2008-08-16 06:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET AJ IR TX
08ASHGABAT107	TURKMENISTAN: WHY THERE'S HOPE: INDEPENDENT STUDENTS IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: In December and January, Embassy Ashgabat's Consular Section interviewed dozens of students studying in the United States but not on U.S. government programs who had returned to Turkmenistan for the holidays but plan [...]	2008-01-22 09:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL SOCI CVIS TX
08ASHGABAT1075	TURKMENISTAN: CABINET MEETING FOCUSES ON STATE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In addition to announcing that Turkmenistan's People's Congress will meet on September 26 to review and approve the draft constitution and talk briefly about the situation of South Ossetia, President Berdimuhame [...]	2008-08-18 11:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ELAB EPET CH JO TX
08ASHGABAT1083	TURKMENISTAN: EQUAL PAY COMMENTS CREATING NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign oil firms and hydrocarbon service companies are reporting that Turkmenistan's hydrocarbon officials are pressuring them to begin paying their local employees the same wages as they pay their expatriate workers. This echoes similar calls that President Berdimuhamedov has [...]	2008-08-19 11:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EPET ELAB TX
08ASHGABAT109	TURKMENISTAN'S HYDROCARBONS SECTOR: U.S. FIRMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. hydrocarbon firms have seen little progress since November (Ref. A) in terms of receiving responses from the Government of Turkmenistan to their offers. Looking to the future, Chevron has appointed an Amcit country manager and is opening an office in Turkmenistan. However [...]	2008-01-22 11:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EPET ENIV TX
08ASHGABAT1103	TURKMENISTAN: TURKMENISTAN NOW HAS A NEW [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's long-awaited new petroleum law entered into force on August 20, and all Turkmenistan's newsapers published a copy of the law in full on August 21. Embassy is passing an unofficial translation to the [...]	2008-08-22 13:07:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET TX
08ASHGABAT1116	TURKMENISTAN: CHINESE OIL COMPANY PROVIDES JOBS, [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The Chinese National Petroleum Company (CNPC) is developing a series of natural gas drilling and refinery complexes around Turkmenabat, near the Turkmen-Uzbek border. These complexes do not allow visitors without [...]	2008-08-26 10:12:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON TX
08ASHGABAT1120	TURKMENISTAN: CHINESE OIL COMPANY PROVIDES JOBS, [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Chinese National Petroleum Company (CNPC) is developing a series of natural gas drilling and refinery complexes around Turkmenabat, near the Turkmen-Uzbek border. These complexes do not allow visitors without prior Chinese embassy approval. A Turkmen worker at a regional he [...]	2008-08-26 13:12:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ECON TX
08ASHGABAT1121	TURKMENISTAN: CHINESE OIL COMPANY PROVIDES JOBS, [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Chinese National Petroleum Company (CNPC) is developing a series of natural gas drilling and refinery complexes around Turkmenabat, near the Turkmen-Uzbek border. These complexes do not allow visitors without prior Chinese embassy approval. A Turkmen worker at a regional he [...]	2008-08-26 13:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ECON TX
08ASHGABAT1131	TURKMENISTAN: MURADOV OUT AS STATE AGENCY [...] (C) Chevron's Country Manager called us late on August 27 to report that, when he attempted to send documents to the Executive Director of the State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbon Resources, his intern was told that Bayrammurat Muradov is no longer Executive Director. Instead, t [...]	2008-08-27 12:29:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET TX
08ASHGABAT1137	MARATHON PATIENTLY KEEPING LINES OF COMMUNICATION [...] (C) Marathon Oil Company Vice President Declan O'Byrne and several of his colleagues on August 27 provided Charge with an update on their negotiations with the government. They had given a presentation to a core group of Turkmen oil and gas experts the day before on the joint project definit [...]	2008-08-28 12:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET EINV TX
08ASHGABAT1138	TURKMENISTAN: ENERGY COMPANIES HAVE POSITIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Energy companies now operating in Turkmenistan are viewing the new Petroleum Law as a good first step in making it easier to do business here, and see the State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbon Resources' central role in implementing the law as a sign that the gover [...]	2008-08-28 13:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV TX
08ASHGABAT1139	TURKMENISTAN: CHEVRON PREPARING FOR NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chevron has received two letters from Minister of Oil and Gas Baymurat Hojamuhammedov stating that Turkmenistan is ready to open negotiations on the company's proposal to work natural gas onshore. The country manager talked with both Hojamuhammedov and the Executive Director of [...]	2008-08-28 13:20:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET TX
08ASHGABAT1148	TURKMENISTAN: CHINESE PRESIDENT'S VISIT SWIMMING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Chinese president's second visit here in less than a year offered a strong indication that bilateral cooperation, in particular on the planned Turkmenistan-China pipeline, is proceeding very well. If they [...]	2008-09-02 20:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EINV EPET TX CH
08ASHGABAT1153	TURKMENISTAN: REASONS FOR HYDROCARBON SECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: A week after President Berdimuhamedov's August 27 decision to shake up Turkmenistan's hydrocarbon leadership, there continues to be much speculation about his reasons for making the changes. All post's sources agree that there are no indications that the Executive Director of t [...]	2008-09-03 13:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET PINR TX
08ASHGABAT1156	TURKMENISTAN: REASONS FOR HYDROCARBON SECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: A week after President Berdimuhamedov's August 27 decision to shake up Turkmenistan's hydrocarbon leadership, there continues to be much speculation about his reasons for making the changes. All post's sources agree that there are no indications that the Executive Director of t [...]	2008-09-03 17:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET PINR TX
08ASHGABAT1168	TURKMENISTAN: FOREIGN ENERGY COMPANIES PRESS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the summer, some foreign oil and gas companies, hoping to make progress on proposals they submitted to the government months ago, were in a "wait and see" mode, after Turkmenistan's hydrocarbon officials gave them subtle hints that responses could be forthcoming or policie [...]	2008-09-04 16:29:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET TX
08ASHGABAT1180	TURKMENISTAN: RECEPTIVE TO TURKISH ENERGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler's visit laid the groundwork for expanding the Turkish role in Turkmenistan's oil and gas industry and also could strengthen and enhance the two countries' electricity relationship. It is possible that Turkmen officials were quite receptive to [...]	2008-09-06 08:06:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV EPET ENRG EIND IR TU TX
08ASHGABAT1186	TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV EXPRESSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a friendly meeting lasting almost two hours September 3 with Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov: -- stressed the importance of the bilateral relationship, including commercial ties and cooperation. -- encouraged U.S. companies to [...]	2008-09-09 05:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL ECON EPET ETRD TX
08ASHGABAT1187	TURKMENISTAN: FM MEREDOV DISCUSSES BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a two-hour meeting on September 2 and a three-hour private lunch on September 4 that included Charge, Deputy Chairman/Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov expressed appreciation for cooperation with the United States and dialogue with the embassy. He underscored Turkmenistan's [...]	2008-09-09 06:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON EPET SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT1218	TURKMENISTAN: HEAD OF UN PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol met September 4 with United Nations Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy Head of Office Miroslav Jenca to discuss regional issues, including water, energy, and Afghanistan. Jenca described Turkmenistan's proposed UN resolution on energy [...]	2008-09-15 08:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PBIO PREL ECON ENRG EPET UN TX
08ASHGABAT123	TURKMENISTAN: PREPARING TO CARRY OUT AUDIT OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) A January 23 article in "Neutralniyy Turkmenistan," "Turkmenistan's Colossal Petroleum Reserves to Be Confirmed by Independent Experts," indicated that the state firm, Turkmengeology, will shortly begin an assessment of real [...]	2008-01-24 10:01:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EPET TX
08ASHGABAT1230	TURKMENISTAN: HEAD OF UN PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol met September 4 with United Nations Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy Head of Office Miroslav Jenca to discuss regional issues, including water, energy, and Afghanistan. Jenca described Turkmenistan's proposed UN resolution on energy s [...]	2008-09-15 13:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PBIO PREL ECON ENRG EPET UN TX
08ASHGABAT1231	TURKMENISTAN: HEAD OF UN PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol met September 4 with United Nations Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy Head of Office Miroslav Jenca to discuss regional issues, including water, energy, and Afghanistan. Jenca described Turkmenistan's proposed UN resolution on energy s [...]	2008-09-15 13:03:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PBIO PREL ECON ENRG EPET UN TX
08ASHGABAT1233	TURKMENISTAN: GRAY/MANN VISIT EXTENDS ACCURATE STATE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Following DAS Krol's successful visit and media coverage (reftel),state media favorably covered Energy Envoys C. Boyden Gray and Steven Mann's September 7-8 visit to Turkmenistan, their meeting with President Gurb [...]	2008-09-16 11:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
08ASHGABAT1237	TURKMENISTAN: AUSTRIAN ENERGY COMPANY OMV SMELLS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Austrian energy company OMV has been having trouble communicating its development ideas to government officials in Ashgabat, and its regional representative believes that the Russian military actions in Georgia may be causing some hand wringing at the highest levels. A key [...]	2008-09-16 13:31:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET TX AU
08ASHGABAT1240	TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV RESTATES THE FAMILIAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a meeting September 8 which lasted more than 2 1/2 hours, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov told Special Envoy for European Energy C. Boyden Gray and U.S. Coordinator for Eurasian Energy Affairs Steve Mann that an audit by the British company Gaffney-Kline, due to be rele [...]	2008-09-17 10:07:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL ECON EPET TX
08ASHGABAT1247	TURKMENISTAN: HYDROCARBONS OFFICIALS RESTATE [...] (C) During a September 18 meeting with Charge, the AmCit country manager for Chevron's Turkmenistan office said a number of Turkmenistan hydrocarbons officials reiterated to him the national preference for Turkmen companies (TurkmenNeft and TurkmenGas) to do the onshore work. September 12-18, [...]	2008-09-18 13:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EPET TX
08ASHGABAT1248	AMERICAN SUPPLY COMPANY SURPRISED BY [...] (C) On September 18, emboffs met with Greg Ballou, the Amcit business development manager for Gateway Ventures International, a U.S. company with offices across Eurasia, the Middle East and Asia. The company's business activities appear to be broad, but the company's recently-registered off [...]	2008-09-18 13:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV EPET TX
08ASHGABAT1257	KYRGYZ ENERGY MINISTER DISCUSSES PURCHASING [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov and Kyrgyz Minister of Industry, Energy, and Fuel Resources Saparbek Balkibekov discussed in meetings in Ashgabat on September 17 Kyrgyzstan's need to purchase electricity for the upcoming winter and interest in purchasing petrochemical products in the f [...]	2008-09-23 12:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EIND ENRG EPET ETRD KG UZ TI TX
08ASHGABAT1273	BACK TO SCHOOL IN TURKMENISTAN: SOME PROGRESS BUT PROBLEMS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: September 1 marked the beginning of the school year in Turkmenistan. This new school year brought more reforms, particularly expansions to the educational system that was decimated under the country's first presiden [...]	2008-09-26 03:50:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID SCUL KPAO TX
08ASHGABAT1306	TURKMENISTAN: CONOCOPHILLIPS' PSA AWAITING OK OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lukoil's country director for Turkmenistan is frustrated by the continued delay in signing the PSA that they and operations partner ConocoPhillips negotiated in July. Both companies now must wait for new State Agency Director Kakayev to approve the agreement, and then work out mo [...]	2008-09-30 13:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PREL RS TX
08ASHGABAT1324	TURKMENISTAN: TAGIYEV SAYS GAFFNEY-KLINE AUDIT [...] (C) Wintershall manager Kal Sandhu told Charge October 3 that Deputy Chairman for Oil and Gas Tachberdi Tagiyev had recently told him that the just completed Gaffney-Kline audit shows that Turkmenistan has 24 trillion cubic meters in gas reserves in South Yoloten, Osman, and Yashlar fields. Ta [...]	2008-10-04 07:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EPET ETRD TX
08ASHGABAT1329	TURKMENISTAN: RELATIONS WITH GERMAN COMPANIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov will visit Germany November 13-16 for meetings with German officials and with German business executives, including with BASF/Wintershall, the largest German investor in Turkmenistan. According to Wintershall's resident manager, the Turkmen app [...]	2008-10-07 14:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL ECON EPET ETRD TX
08ASHGABAT1334	TURKMENISTAN: KAKAYEV REPEATS "NO FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Department of Commerce officials, State Agency for the Management and Use of Hydrocarbons Director Kakayev reinforced previous government statements that Turkmenistan will develop its own onshore hydrocarbon resources. Kakayev said only President Berdimuhamed [...]	2008-10-08 07:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EINV EPET TX
08ASHGABAT1335	TURKMENISTAN'S MINISTRIES OF ECONOMY AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In separate meetings on September 30, the Minister of Economy and Development and the Minister of Agriculture told U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Europe and Eurasia Paul Dyck that Turkmenistan ap [...]	2008-10-08 07:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PREL EAGR ECON EFIN ETRD TX
08ASHGABAT1336	DONORS AGREE THAT TURKMENISTAN WILL CONTINUE TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Various donors from the international community gathered on September 29 to discuss the state of Turkmenistan's reforms with U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Europe and Eurasia Paul Dyck and U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration Director [...]	2008-10-08 08:10:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID EFIN ETRD EPET TX
08ASHGABAT1341	TURKMENISTAN: LOCAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY COMPLAINS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The director of the only private Turkmen construction company has complained about nonpayment for its renovation of office space, allegedly at the behest of a U.S. energy firm. The energy firm, Midland Oil and Gas, is actually a UK entity with U.S.-based management. The work, p [...]	2008-10-09 12:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EINV ENGR EPET TX
08ASHGABAT1344	TURKMENISTAN: MIDLAND OIL AND GAS PURSUING SERVICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The local agent for Midland Oil and Gas ("Midland"),a UK entity based in New York, said Midland is close to concluding an agreement to provide drilling rigs worth USD 400 million to Turkmen Oil. The company is also looking for an operating partner to develop three offshore bloc [...]	2008-10-09 12:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EINV EPET TX
08ASHGABAT1352	TURKMENISTAN: DONORS DISCUSS POSSIBILITIES FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a recent meeting hosted by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) resident representative, donor country diplomats said that there is more discussion about developing the private sector in Turkmenistan than ever before. Some were doubtful, however, t [...]	2008-10-11 08:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN EINV EPET AORC TX
08ASHGABAT1358	TURKMENISTAN: NEW MINISTER OF OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) The October 14 issue of Neytralniy Turkmenistan contained an order appointing 35 year-old Annaguly Redjebovich Deryayev Minister of Oil and Gas Industry and Resources. Deryayev was born in 1973 in Ekerem in Balkan province. He graduated from the Turkmenistan Polytechnical Institute i [...]	2008-10-15 09:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL EPET TX
08ASHGABAT1362	TURKMENISTAN: IMMENSE VOLUMES OF NATURAL GAS ARE CONFIRMED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The general manager of the British firm Gaffney, Kline & Associates, which just completed an independent audit of the natural gas fields in South Yoloten-Osman and Yashlar, presented the results of their study to a s [...]	2008-10-15 12:54:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EPET EINV TX
08ASHGABAT1390	TURKMENISTAN: CONOCOPHILLIPS SENSES ITS PROSPECTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Stonewalling by the State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbon Resources, combined with reports of Turkmenistan government negotiations with BP, have made ConocoPhillips concerned that its prospects for Block 21 are slipping away. Moreover, despite repeated overtures by [...]	2008-10-22 11:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PREL TX
08ASHGABAT1394	TURKMENISTAN: NEW WEALTH FUND, BUDGET FIGURES AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In an extended Cabinet of Ministers meeting on October 21, the government announced that Turkmenistan's 2009 state budget will be 39.5 percent higher than the 2008 budget. Expenditures on education and healthcar [...]	2008-10-22 13:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN TX
08ASHGABAT1395	TURKMENISTAN: FAMILY OF IMPRISONED VALERI PAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post confirmed reports that Valeri Pal's health is in serious decline in a prison near Mary. Mrs. Pal shared documentation related to the case against her husband, which raises curious questions about its investigation and prosecution. Provincial judicial authorities may have [...]	2008-10-22 14:00:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TX
08ASHGABAT1399	EXPAT SOURCES SAY THAT ITERA GAVE TURKMENISTAN A [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to expatriate sources in Ashgabat, a yacht that recently set sail on the Caspian Sea -- reportedly worth 60 million euros -- is actually a gift from Russian company Itera. Itera is working on signing a deal jointly with Russian state-owned companies Rosneft and Zarubezhneft a [...]	2008-10-23 13:28:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR EPET EINV ETRD EWWT SCUL RS TX
08ASHGABAT1406	TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV'S NEW YEAR [...] (SBU) President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov's December 28 New Year party provided a glimpse of his government at work -- and at play. The Ministry of Culture and Broadcasting organized it as a dinner-cabaret (to be televised later) in the south wing of the central Exhibition Palace. Guests in [...]	2008-01-02 08:00:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT1411	TURKMENISTAN: WESTERN BUSINESSMAN DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: A western businessman resident in Turkmenistan recently shared news and views of Turkmenistan's political and economic worlds, related to presidential ceremonies, airport Customs operations, government policy on advertisements, Turkmenbashy port refurbishment, and the business c [...]	2008-10-24 12:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON EIND EPET ETRD EWWT TX RS KS
08ASHGABAT1417	IRAN/TURKMENISTAN: OIL MINISTER VISITS ASHGABAT; [...] (SBU) According to the October 28th edition of the Russian-language Neytralniy Turkmenistan" and Iranian press reports, Oil Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari attended the Independence Day festivities in Ashgabat on October 27 and met with President Berdimuhamedov to discuss bilateral energy coope [...]	2008-10-29 12:23:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PINR PREL IR TX

08ASHGABAT1421	TURKMENISTAN/ROMANIA: RELATIONS ARE GOOD, BUT NOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the Romanian Charge, relations between his country and Turkmenistan are fairly good. Nevertheless, there are several areas of concern, including Turkmenistan's request that Romania convince EU member states not to be so critical of Turkmenistan's human rights record. [...]	2008-10-30 15:10:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL ECON TX
08ASHGABAT1426	TURKMENISTAN: MURADOV'S RESIGNATION IN SEPTEMBER [...] (C) SUMMARY: A longtime expat advisor, resident in Ashgabat, shared his views about recent developments, Turkmen bureaucracy and obstacles to reform. He mentioned that the former State Hydrocarbon Agency chairman resigned in order to avoid being fired for disloyalty, having been seen as "too [...]	2008-11-01 07:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET ETRD TX
08ASHGABAT1431	TURKMENISTAN: EXXONMOBIL STILL CASTING ABOUT FOR [...] (C) On November 3, ExxonMobil Caspian Area Manager Rob Young and Regional Upstream Coordinator David Rekhviashvili met with the Charge to discuss ExxonMobil's interest in doing an onshore project in Turkmenistan. Young said they were here to make a proposal to the Turkmenistan government to d [...]	2008-11-03 12:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL PGOV ENRG EINV TX
08ASHGABAT1443	TURKMENISTAN: OBSTACLES APLENTY FOR TAPI PIPELINE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Progress on the Asian Development Bank's ("ADB") proposed gas pipeline from Turkmenistan to India is beset by challenges as the proposed project enters its sixth year. Working group meetings to finalize key agreements have been repeatedly postponed. From the Turkmen side, auth [...]	2008-11-05 11:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PREL ADB ZK XD TX
08ASHGABAT1452	TURKMENISTAN AIRLINES EMPLOYEES RECEIVE BIG PAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 16, President Berdimuhamedov announced that salaries of Turkmenistan Airlines employees would double. Meanwhile, he has reprimanded the national airline's chief several times this year, most recently on September 26. One airport employee believes that the pay rais [...]	2008-11-05 12:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAIR EPET TX
08ASHGABAT1466	TURKMENISTAN POSSIBLY AFFECTED BY RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to a local expat source, Turkmenistan is feeling the effects of Russia's economic problems. Most significant would be decreased revenue from Turkmenistan's gas exports. Turkmenistan has also seriously overcommitted itself on future gas exports, including to Russia [...]	2008-11-06 14:17:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN EPET TX
08ASHGABAT1468	TURKMENISTAN/CHINA: BILATERAL RELATIONS ARE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recently arrived Chinese ambassador Wu Hongbin describes bilateral relations as positive because of mutual respect and understanding between the two nations. He underscored that China's chief interest in Turkmenistan is energy and that his country's pipeline project serves as a c [...]	2008-11-07 03:54:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EPET TX
08ASHGABAT1480	TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to advance our bilateral dialogue in the area of military cooperation. Your visit to Turkmenistan follows Department of Comme [...]	2008-11-10 11:26:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON EPET SNAR SOCI MARR TX
08ASHGABAT1483	EXBS: TURKMENISTAN COUNTRY ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] The EXBS Advisor is responsible for Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The Advisor has been unable to travel to Uzbekistan since July because of visa and passport problems. The Advisor received a new three-month visa for Uzbekistan, effective November 27, 2008. The Advisor will be TDY to Uzbekist [...]	2008-11-12 02:50:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TX
08ASHGABAT1484	TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan during the 13th Turkmenistan International Oil and Gas Conference as an important opportunity to advance our bilateral dialogue concerning the further d [...]	2008-11-12 06:47:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EPET PHUM TX
08ASHGABAT1488	TURKMENISTAN: OVERVIEW OF USG BORDER SECURITY ASSISTANCE [...] The following report about USG border security assistance to Turkmenistan is post's response to reftel request by the Export Control and Related Border Security Interagency Working Group (IWG) for Central Asia to compile an overview of all of nonproliferation, law enforcement, counter-narcotic [...]	2008-11-13 12:50:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TX
08ASHGABAT1491	TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT SILENT ON OUTCOME OF COTTON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: For the second year in a row, the Turkmen government has not released cotton production figures. Numerous challenges result in a harvest that falls short of the record harvests of the Soviet era. The impact of last year's increase in the price paid to cotton farmers, intended [...]	2008-11-14 11:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EIND ECON TX
08ASHGABAT1498	TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV'S FIRST TRIP TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: South Korea hosted the president of Turkmenistan for a two-day visit that centered on developing the economic relationship. The two countries explored cooperation in a variety of areas, including energy development and infrastructure modernization. A Korean diplomat in Ashg [...]	2008-11-18 10:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EINV EPET TX
08ASHGABAT15	TURKMENISTAN 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT [...] (U) Text of Embassy Ashgabat's Investment Climate Statement for 2008 is as follows: BEGIN TEXT OF PART II OF II: RIGHT TO PRIVATE OWNERSHIP AND ESTABLISHMENT Foreign and domestic private entities in Turkmenistan have the right to establish and own business enterprises, though this is as [...]	2008-01-04 11:31:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN OPIC KTDB USTR TX
08ASHGABAT1500	TURKMENISTAN: MARATHON WILLING TO BE PATIENT, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. During the upcoming international oil and gas conference, Marathon executives are looking for substantive engagement with GOTX officials about the company's proposed integrated gas-to-fuels project. Since the signing of a confidentiality agreement and presentations about the pro [...]	2008-11-18 11:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON EIND PGOV PREL TX
08ASHGABAT1508	DELOITTE TAX NOT YET REGISTERED, BUT CONFIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deloitte Tax LLP is working on registering an office in Ashgabat in order to be where its cutomers are. Company representatives describe plans to set up the office as "cautiously optimistic." Deloitte delayed registration for some time because of bureaucratic requirements, incl [...]	2008-11-21 08:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN EPET ETRD KTIA TX
08ASHGABAT1512	TURKMEN PRESIDENT BERDIMUHAMEDOV: "WE'LL DO IT [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov, accompanied by Foreign Minister Meredov, received U.S. Coordinator for Eurasian Energy Issues, Ambassador Mann, accompanied by Charge Miles, for an hour and a half conversation touching on Berdimuhamedov,s just concluded trip to Korea, Germany a [...]	2008-11-21 13:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL TX
08ASHGABAT1522	TURKMEN FOREIGN MINISTER: MORE OF THE SAME [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-24 12:47:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL TX
08ASHGABAT153	TURKMENISTAN: "WARMING OF A PRODUCTIVE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: "Neytralniy Turkmenistan," the official Russian-language government newspaper, published an article summarizing Senator Richard Lugar's Janury 24 letter to President Berdimuhamedov. The article mentioned Lugar's [...]	2008-01-31 10:29:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID EAGR EPET KPAO TX
08ASHGABAT154	TURKMENISTAN: USCENTCOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL [...] (SBU) PARTICIPANTS: UNITED STATES: USCENTCOM Commander William J. Fallon USCENTCOM PolAd Henry Ensher Embassy Ashgabat Defense Attache LTC James Zink Charge d'affaires (note-taker) TURKMENISTAN: President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov [...]	2008-01-31 10:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID EPET SNAR SCUL KPAO AJ
08ASHGABAT1544	AMBASSADOR MANN: A WELCOME FIGURE IN TURKMEN STATE MEDIA - [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's state media widely reported on U.S. Coordinator for Eurasian Energy Diplomacy Steven Mann's November 20 meeting with President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. The same day, media sources accurately carried [...]	2008-11-28 13:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID ECON EPET KPAO OIIP RS TX
08ASHGABAT1550	TURKMEN FOREIGN MINISTER: MORE OF THE SAME [...] (C) Summary. On November 21, Foreign Minister Meredov received U.S Coordinator for Eurasian Energy Diplomacy Ambassador Steven Mann, accompanied by Charge Richard Miles, for an hour-long conversation which was very similar in content to Ambassador Mann's conversation on November 20 with Pres [...]	2008-12-02 07:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL TX
08ASHGABAT1552	FM MEREDOV PROVIDES OVERVIEW OF U.S.- TURKMENISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a recent call by Charge d'Affaires Richard Miles on Turkmenistan Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov, the Minister provided his perspective on U.S.-Turkmenistan relations and areas for expanded engagement. Addressing the political, economic and cultural spheres, Meredov outlin [...]	2008-12-03 07:32:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON AJ TU TX
08ASHGABAT1556	IRAN: HUNGARIAN DIPLOMAT TALKS OF LIFE IN THE [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with emboffs, a Hungarian diplomat posted in Tehran described what it is like to live and work in the Islamic Republic. He confirmed that Iran's economy is in very bad shape, and that people are becoming more and more critical of the government's ineptitude. Iranians [...]	2008-12-03 10:23:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV IR TX
08ASHGABAT1588	TURKMENISTAN OIL AND GAS EXHIBITION: LARGE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The recent international oil and gas exhibition in Ashgabat attracted participation from a wide-range of foreign companies looking for opportunities in Turkmenistan. Government officials repeated their willingness to work with foreign partners. However, the gap between Turkmen [...]	2008-12-08 12:12:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON ETRD PREL PGOV IR TX
08ASHGABAT1589	TURKMENISTAN: ELECTION PREPARATIONS IN BALKAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a pre-election visit to two cities in Balkan province, poloff met with two groups of election officials eager to answer questions and show-off their preparations for election day. Each of the 11 seats in the province are contested by two or three candidates. The candidate [...]	2008-12-08 12:12:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT1590	TURKMENISTAN: HEAD OF HYDROCARBONS AGENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Engineering firm KBR's regional representative recounted a conversation he had with Turkmenistan's State Hydrocarbons Agency chief during which the official compared letting IOCs work in Turkmenistan to a "tsunami." The official also indicated that the agency is overwhelmed by co [...]	2008-12-08 12:17:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ECON EIND TX
08ASHGABAT1600	TURKMENISTAN ANNOUNCES INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan sent to diplomatic missions a list of international exhibitions, conferences, and fairs for 2009 on December 5, 2008: -- Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Exhibition and Busine [...]	2008-12-09 11:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ECON PGOV TX
08ASHGABAT1619	TURKMENISTAN: HUNGARIAN ENVOY VISITS TO PROMOTE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hungary's special envoy for Nabucco was in Turkmenistan December 16-17 to promote Turkmen participation at the January Nabucco summit in Budapest. Hungary's proactiveness on Nabucco results from its desire to reduce its energy dependence on Russia. He highlighted the summit's pl [...]	2008-12-18 11:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV PREL HU TX
08ASHGABAT164	TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV TELLS MANN, "WE [...] (S) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov told Ambassador Mann on January 29 he -- wants a Trans-Caspian Pipeline with Azerbaijan but wants to "start small" and needs a legal basis for it to protect him from Russia and Iran; -- needs a legal structure to allow Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan jo [...]	2008-02-04 05:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM EPET TU RS IR KZ AJ TX
08ASHGABAT1643	RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR PROVIDES OVERVIEW OF RELATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a recent meeting with the Charge, the Russian Ambassador discussed Russian activity in Turkmenistan. Russian oil and gas firms are pursuing production projects, with two firms close to finalizing agreements. The Ambassador appeared well informed about the Chinese gas pipeline [...]	2008-12-30 07:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET ECON RU TX
08ASHGABAT1644	LOCAL GAZPROM OFFICIAL DISCUSSES FIRM'S PROSPECTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite ongoing discussion of an expanded Caspian gas pipeline to Russia, a local Gazprom official recently suggested that the project's prospects might be dimmed by the current financial crisis. Both political and commercial factors would influence an ultimate decision. Agreeme [...]	2008-12-30 07:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON EIND PREL TX
08ASHGABAT165	TURKMENISTAN: FM MEREDOV DESCRIBES TO AMB. MANN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 29 meeting with U.S. Coordinator for Eurasian Energy Diplomacy AmbassadorSteven Mann, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers/Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov said Turkmenistan wants to find the legal basis for joint development with Azerbaijan of the disputed [...]	2008-02-04 05:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EPET AJ TX
08ASHGABAT1653	TURKMENGAS WILL RELY ON SERVICES COMPANIES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the Chairman of Turkmengas, the company will rely on foreign oilfield services companies for the development of Turkmenistan's major gas deposits. He suggested that negotiations with such firms are ongoing, but would not share details. Concerning possible involvement [...]	2008-12-30 12:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV TX
08ASHGABAT166	TURKMENISTAN: DEPUTY CHAIRMAN TAGIYEV -- THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 29, Turkmenistan's Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers for hydrocarbon issues, Tachberdi Tagiyev, told U.S. Coordinator for Eurasian Energy Diplomacy Ambassador Steven Mann things are going well for Turkmenistan. The country is discovering promising new hydro [...]	2008-02-04 05:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET EINV TX
08ASHGABAT169	TURKMENISTAN: MIDLAND OIL SEEKS HYDROCARBON DEAL [...] (C) The Chairman of the Board and President of the U.S.-based Midland Oil and Gas Company Robert Murphy visited Ashgabat January 29-February 2 with a delegation of consortium members to see whether he could work out a hydrocarbon deal. Murphy met on January 30 with President Berdimuhamedov, [...]	2008-02-04 10:49:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET EINV TX
08ASHGABAT170	IRAN'S NATURAL GAS WOES [...] (C) Iran has no gas to sell to customers and carries on gas negotiations with various countries in an attempt to show it is not isolated, Turkish Ambassador Hakki Akil told the Charge during a February 1 lunch. In a discussion that covered a number of Caspian and Central Asian energy issues [...]	2008-02-04 11:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EPET IR TU TX
08ASHGABAT173	TURKMENISTAN: UKRAINE STUMBLES AS IT SEEKS TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Ukraine's representation in Turkmenistan is continuing to have a difficult time reviving its bilateral diplomatic and business relationship. Ukrainian diplomats are showing deep interest in the frequent arriva [...]	2008-02-05 07:06:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EPET UP CH IR TX
08ASHGABAT186	TURKMENISTAN: MIDLAND OIL MOVES FORWARD [...] (C) Chairman of the Board and President of the U.S.-based Midland Oil and Gas Company Robert Murphy telephoned the Charge on February 6 to provide a rushed brief on the results of his consortium delegation's visit to Ashgabat that began on January 29 (reftel). He said his overall consortium [...]	2008-02-06 10:03:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET EINV ETRD EIND KS TX
08ASHGABAT188	TURKMENISTAN GAS PRICE HIKE: BEHIND THE SCENES [...] (C) A long-time Embassy diplomatic source, who has resided in Ashgabat for many years, told us a behind-the-scenes account of what happened following President Berdimuhamedov's announcement at a January 11 cabinet meeting that Turkmenistan would introduce higher gasoline prices (reftel) that [...]	2008-02-06 12:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EFIN TX
08ASHGABAT199	TURKMENISTAN EMERGING AS PRAGMATIC REGIONAL PLAYER [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The delivery of a significant amount of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan and enhanced provision of electricity to Tajikistan, combined with intensified economic cooperation and diplomatic activity in the region, [...]	2008-02-08 09:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG IR AF UZ TI TX
08ASHGABAT2	TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV'S NEW YEAR [...] (SBU) President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov's December 28 New Year party provided a glimpse of his government at work -- and at play. The Ministry of Culture and Broadcasting organized it as a dinner-cabaret (to be televised later) in the south wing of the central Exhibition Palace. Guests in [...]	2008-01-02 09:54:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT200	TURKMENISTAN: "NEW REVIVAL" COVERAGE REPLACES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) Throughout former President Niyazov's tenure, Turkmenistan television's Altyn Asyr channel nighly broadcast a reading of Niyazov's "Ruhnama" before the 9:00 pm news. Two or three presenters would read from the "Ruhnama" (and, [...]	2008-02-08 09:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SCUL SOCI KIRF TX
08ASHGABAT209	TURKMENISTAN: INPUT FOR NEW REQUIRED REPORTS TO [...] (U) The following is Embassy Ashgabat's response to reftel, which requests input for two new reports to Congress on energy. Paragraph 2 offers a brief overview of the energy situation in Turkmenistan, paragraph 3 lists energy-related U.S. objectives, paragraph 4 offers a short description of [...]	2008-02-11 08:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV APER ABUD TX
08ASHGABAT210	TURKMENISTAN: SOME TURKISH VIEWS ON TURKMENISTAN [...] (C) On February 1, Turkish Ambassador Hakki Akil met with the Charge to discuss regional energy issues (reftels). He said it is important to explain to Turkmenistan that allowing major Western companies to work in the Caspian and onshore would promote the country's economic and political ind [...]	2008-02-11 08:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EPET TU AJ TX
08ASHGABAT211	TURKMENISTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER DENIES NATURAL-GAS [...] (C) Charge met at OOB February 11 with Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov to deliver talking points in para seven below as a non-paper. Meredov closely read the points and then commented, "You should not believe every rumor you hear." Charge assured Meredov his evidence was documentary and exte [...]	2008-02-11 11:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET EU RS HU TX
08ASHGABAT217	DOING BUSINESS IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: A resident American businessman explained how he is able to navigate the local business culture, where paying bribes and corruption are endemic. The only way he is able to avoid paying bribes and still do business is to work with another foreign company (usually Turkish) as lead o [...]	2008-02-12 08:28:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON KCOR TX
08ASHGABAT219	TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV'S FIRST YEAR IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During his first year in office, Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has delivered more change than most here expected or even thought was realistically possible for immediate post-Niyazov Turkmenistan. Spurred by a wish to make Turkmenistan a respected member [...]	2008-02-12 10:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON SNAR SOCI KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT223	TURKMENISTAN'S BERDIMUHAMEDOV ONE YEAR ON: LET'S [...] (C) When "The Eternally Great Saparmurat Turkmenbashi" Niyazov died on December 21, 2006, U.S. foreign policy took the opportunity to approach Turkmenistan's soon-to-be new president, offering to "turn the page" in our bilateral relations. To the extent Turkmenistan was ready to engage with [...]	2008-02-12 10:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TX
08ASHGABAT224	TURKMENISTAN-TO-HUNGARY NATURAL GAS: ALMOST A [...] (S) On February 12, Charge met with Polish Ambassador Maciej Lang and, separately, EU-TACIS Adviser Michael Wilson (strictly protect both throughout). Wilson was the initial source of the documentary evidence that negotiations are far advanced for Hungarian company Millander International Ltd [...]	2008-02-12 13:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PGOV PREL EPET HU RS TX
08ASHGABAT230	TURKMENISTAN: ECONOMIC REFORM TAKES CENTER STAGE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In an extended Cabinet of Ministers meeting on February 8, President Berdimuhamedov said Turkmenistan's industrial sector should operate according to the principles of transparency, privatization, market diversit [...]	2008-02-13 09:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ECON EFIN TX
08ASHGABAT239	TURKMENISTAN: CITIZENS UPSET OVER GAS PRICE RISE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Contrary to assertions that Turkmenistan's Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers for Oil and Gas Tagiyev made during a February 13 cabinet meeting, efforts to raise gasoline prices by almost 800% (reftel) are not going well. As-yet unsubstantiated rumors of unrest focused [...]	2008-02-14 11:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET ECON TX
08ASHGABAT254	TURKMENISTAN: WHY BURIED HILL FOR SERDAR? WHY NOW? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Canadian petroleum company Buried Hill signed a contract in December 2007 to work Caspian Block III -- a key area disputed by Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan -- but the deal was not announced until after a February 12 meeting between the company's CEO, Roger Haines, board member form [...]	2008-02-20 10:56:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PREL PGOV EPET AJ TX
08ASHGABAT278	TURKMENISTAN: MIDLAND OIL FRUSTRATED [...] (C) Charge met February 27 with Chairman of the Board and President of the U.S.-based Midland Oil and Gas Company Robert Murphy. When they first met on February 1, and again when Murphy provided an update on February 6, he was confident Midland was in pre-qualification status for five major [...]	2008-02-27 11:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EINV EPET SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT286	TURKMENISTAN: MINISTER OF OIL AND GAS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a meeting with U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) Regional Director Dan Stein, Minister of Oil and Gas Baymurad Hojamuhamedov enthusiastically welcomed possible USTDA assistance. He expressed parti [...]	2008-02-29 05:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID EPET TX
08ASHGABAT307	TURKMENISTAN'S HYDROCARBONS: FLOUNDERING IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. During back-to-back meetings on Feburary 29 with U.S. Coordinator for Eurasian Energy Diplomacy Ambassador Steven Mann, Turkmenistan's Deputy Chairman for Oil and Gas Tachberdi Tagiyev, and Executive Director of the State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbon Resources By [...]	2008-03-06 06:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET EINV AJ TX
08ASHGABAT327	TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT VISITS SOUTH YOLOTEN AND OSMAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 4 President Berdimuhamedov visited the South Yoloten and Osman onshore oil and gas fields. According to Turkmenistan media reports, the field has a potential of 3 trillion cubic meters of gas. The timin [...]	2008-03-10 13:06:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EPET PGOV TX
08ASHGABAT33	TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT PRESSURING STATE AGENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bayrammyrat Muradov, the Executive Director of Turkmenistan's State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbon Resources, who the president publicly but indirectly criticized during a December 18 cabinet meeting (reftel),is reportedly under growing pressure and could lose hi [...]	2008-01-08 11:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET TX
08ASHGABAT332	TURKMENISTAN: POTENTIAL OF THE PETROCHEMICALS INDUSTRY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan has decided to enter the petrochemical sector by building a new refinery and oil and gas cracker at a Soviet-era, white-elephant refinery in eastern Turkmenistan that never did reach its full producti [...]	2008-03-12 06:15:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EPET EINV TX
08ASHGABAT333	TURKMENISTAN: BHP BILLITON CONSIDERS ENTERING [...] (C) BHP Billiton Petroleum, a Houston-based petroleum company that identifies itself as one of the largest producers in the Gulf of Mexico, is looking at bidding on one of Turkmenistan's Caspian Sea blocks, according to Commercial Director Larry Killion during a March 7 meeting with the Charg [...]	2008-03-12 11:29:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET TX
08ASHGABAT338	TURKMENISTAN: CHEVRON SUBMITS DETAILED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chevron Country Manager Doug Uchikura told the Charge during a March 11 meeting that he had delivered a 200-plus page detailed "indicative offer" earlier that morning to the office of the Executive Director of the State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbon Resources. The [...]	2008-03-13 10:31:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV TX
08ASHGABAT343	TURKMENISTAN: MINISTER OF OIL AND GAS DISCUSSES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Minister of Oil and Gas Baymurat Hojamuhamedov told a U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) consultant on March 11 that his Ministry is eager to establish a petrochemical industry to receive higher value for [...]	2008-03-14 12:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EAID TX
08ASHGABAT346	EU AND TURKMENISTAN MAKING PROGRESS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. The European Union (EU) is negotiating an energy cooperation memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Turkmenistan that would, among other things, set the stage for promoting alternative gas transportation routes that would avoid Russia. The latest draft which the European Commis [...]	2008-03-17 11:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET ENRG EU TX
08ASHGABAT354	TURKMENISTAN: NEIGHBORS APPEAR TO COOPERATE AT [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: At an OSCE conference on maritime security and environmental cooperation, participants attended presentations on ecological, transit, and trafficking/smuggling issues. The EU said that its "Special Strategy for Centra [...]	2008-03-18 11:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PBTS EWWT SENV TX
08ASHGABAT358	TURKMENISTAN: MORE "YIKES MOMENTS" AT THE [...] (C) On March 19, Hydrocarbon State Agency Director Muradov -- admitted the Government of Turkmenistan will not meet the final deadline to submit names for the next USTDA training in the United States; -- said he wants to find an international law firm or oil and gas consultancy that will [...]	2008-03-19 10:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EPET TX
08ASHGABAT365	TURKMENISTAN: CHEVRON TO PARTNER WITH WINTERSHALL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Country Manager for German oil firm Wintershall, Cal Sandhu (protect throughout),told EmbOff during a March 20 tour d'horizon his company and Chevron are negotiating a partnership in Turkmenistan that could be announced as early as June. More speculatively, he also suggested t [...]	2008-03-24 12:17:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR EPET GE TX
08ASHGABAT373	TURKMENISTAN: AMCIT EVANGELICAL GROUP BRINGS [...] (C) The AmCit Evangelical group, Friends of the Turkmen, has returned to Ashgabat for its semi-annual visit. This time the group included one of the officials from the International Foundation, the DC-area organization that does the administrative work for the 2009 National Prayer Breakfast [...]	2008-03-25 12:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KIRF TX
08ASHGABAT377	TURKMENISTAN: NEW TAX CODE FOSTERS FOREIGN ASSISTANCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On March 17 President Berdimuhamedov passed a law amending the Tax Code of Turkmenistan for the sixth time since he is in office. The March 17 amendments are the most numerous and significant so far. The majority o [...]	2008-03-26 10:20:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID ECON EFIN EPET TX
08ASHGABAT38	TURKMENISTAN: UPDATE ON OIL AND GASS DEVELOPMENTS SINCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. CASPIAN LITTORAL PIPELINE: FINANCIAL DETAILS STILL UNCLEAR 2. (SBU) On December 20, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Russia signed an agreement to build a natural gas pipeline along the Caspian coast line. However, none of the three [...]	2008-01-08 17:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EPET TX
08ASHGABAT388	TURKMENISTAN/TURKEY: ENERGY WAS THE KEY ISSUE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Turkish Ambassador Hakki Akil told the Charge on March 28, -- the key issue discussed during President Berdimuhamedov's March 24-25 visit to Turkey was energy, both with President Gul and Prime Minister Erdogan; -- Berdimuhamedov is prepared to sell to Turkey up to 20 bcm/y [...]	2008-03-28 10:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PGOV PREL EPET RS AJ TU TX
08ASHGABAT390	TURKMENISTAN'S RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOCUSES ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The long-awaited National Program on Rural Development finally became public in March 2008. The Government of Turkmenistan plans to spend $3.661 billion on development in the provinces between 2008-2020. Each prov [...]	2008-03-28 12:28:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON TX
08ASHGABAT401	TURKMENISTAN: MFA PROTESTS IRANIAN ACCUSATION OF [...] (U) According to press reports, the Iranian press attache in Dushanbe announced on March 26 the arrival of 28 tanker trucks of fuel oil and diesel fuel as part of a larger tranche of humanitarian aid Iran was delivering to Tajikistan, which had been sent during the winter to help the Tajiks [...]	2008-03-31 10:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL IR TI TX
08ASHGABAT405	TURKMENISTAN: EXXONMOBIL MOVING SLOWLY [...] (C) On March 28, ExxonMobil Caspian Area Manager Robert Young told the Charge that ExxonMobil is "struggling" to see whether there are any big, tough, challenging hydrocarbon production projects -- the type of project ExxonMobil does best -- in Turkmenistan. Things are going slowly, because [...]	2008-04-01 08:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET EINV TX
08ASHGABAT412	TURKMENISTAN'S GAS CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION FAILS TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Acting on President Berdimuhamedov's instruction to have more exhibitions, Turkmenistani state petroleum agencies decided to hold three separate events in 2008 -- on gas, on oil, and one comprehensive exhibition an [...]	2008-04-02 09:32:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EPET TX
08ASHGABAT415	TURKMENISTAN: CHEVRON GETTING A HEARING [...] (C) Chevron's Turkmenistan Country Manager, Doug Uchikura, told EmbOff April 2 that, following his March 11 submission of a detailed bid to drillQlow the salt in the Amu Darya basin (reftel),he had a "very positive" one-on-one meeting with the Executive Director of the State Agency for Manag [...]	2008-04-03 08:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET EINV TX
08ASHGABAT417	TURKMENISTAN ENERGY: EU TROIKA, LONDON CONFERENCE [...] (S) SUMMARY: As evidenced by the cancelled energy session during the upcoming EU Troika Central Asian Ministerial in Ashgabat (ref A),Turkmenistan is increasingly skittish, even secretive, about discussing Caspian energy issues where it cannot strictly control the agenda and content of the [...]	2008-04-03 11:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PGOV PREL EPET EU RS IR AJ TX
08ASHGABAT419	TURKMENISTAN: GENERAL OBSERVATIONS FROM A VISIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: EmbOff recently traveled to the city of Mary, the capital of the province of the same name. As she walked around town and stopped at various venues, she had an opportunity to talk to a number of local residents. They revealed a degree of ambivalence about transition and refor [...]	2008-04-03 12:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT422	TURKMENISTAN: TNK-BP'S NEGOTIATIONS MOVING SLOWLY [...] (C) During an April 2 meeting with Charge, TNK-BP Vice President for International Affairs Shawn McCormick (former U.S. National Security Council staffer) and Country Manager Oleg Lonovenko reported their company set up its office in Ashgabat in September 2007, separate from the office that BP [...]	2008-04-03 12:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET EINV TX
08ASHGABAT430	TURKMENISTAN: NEW TRANSPARENCY IN DISCUSSING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 2, the state-owned, Russian-language daily, "Neytralniy Turkmenistan," prominently featured on page 2 an article written by the Deputy Head of Macroeconomic Analysis and Forecast at Turkmenistan's newly [...]	2008-04-07 08:31:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON TX
08ASHGABAT431	TOWN MEETING TURKMEN-STYLE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The administration of a building where foreigners and well-off Turkmen reside recently decided to hold a town meeting to inform residents of a switch from private satellite dishes to communal cable TV. Since thi [...]	2008-04-07 08:47:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT439	TURKMENISTAN: INDIA SEEKING TO REINVIGORATE ITS [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: India and Turkmenistan took yet another step toward reenergizing their bilateral relationship with the April 4-6 visit of India's Vice President Hamid Ansari to Turkmenistan. During the visit, Turkmenistan's P [...]	2008-04-09 06:28:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EPET IN TX
08ASHGABAT453	TURKMENISTAN: FOR CHEVRON, IT'S NOW A MATTER OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Chevron's country manager, Chevron's April 5 presentation to officials from Turkmenistan's hydrocarbon sector (reftel) went smoothly, but Turkmenistan is still unwilling to come to the table to negotiate the company's bid to work onshore sub-salt gas fields. While [...]	2008-04-11 06:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET TX
08ASHGABAT455	TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR U/S REUBEN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to advance our bilateral dialogue on energy and economic reform issues. President Bush met briefly with President Gurbanguly [...]	2008-04-11 12:07:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EPET TX
08ASHGABAT457	TURKMENISTAN: THE FIELD OF POTENTIAL FOREIGN OIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: With two exceptions, Turkmenistan's record of dealing with foreign petroleum companies remains sharply bifurcated between the second-tier companies present in Turkmenistan since former President Niyazov's time and the others that are standing in line to complete new agreements n [...]	2008-04-11 13:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PREL PGOV EINV EPET TX
08ASHGABAT488	TECHNOCRATS AND GENERALISTS IN TURKMENISTAN'S PETROLEUM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: As Turkmenistan reforms its oil and gas industry, two principally different development strategies exist among the country's hydrocarbon leadership. One school of thought -- the technocrats -- places primary empha [...]	2008-04-17 12:17:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL EPET SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT49	TURKMENISTAN: HYDROCARBON AGENCY'S MURADOV [...] (U) See action request in para 11. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During a January 10 meeting, the Executive Director of Turkmenistan's State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbon Resources, Byrammurat Muradov, told the Charge that press reports that each of the three countries involved in const [...]	2008-01-10 12:47:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET RS KZ TX
08ASHGABAT510	TURKMENISTAN: U/S JEFFERY'S DINNER WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The success of economic reform in Turkmenistan is by no means assured, select members of Ashgabat's diplomatic corps told Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery III during a free-wheeling dinner on April 21. Although the president appears c [...]	2008-04-24 05:10:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EAID EPET TX
08ASHGABAT511	TURKMENISTAN: U/S JEFFERY'S APRIL 21 VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Under Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs Reuben Jeffery visited Ashgabat on April 21. The overall tone of the visit was decidedly positive, even though several of the meetings were head-bangingly Soviet. Alt [...]	2008-04-24 05:12:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EAID TX
08ASHGABAT514	TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO BUILD ELITE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: At the April 14 Cabinet of Ministers session, President Berdimuhamedov approved $575 million in construction projects, including 1,764 elite apartments that must be completed by February 2010. Although the presiden [...]	2008-04-25 07:31:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV BEXP TX
08ASHGABAT526	TURKMENISTAN: MEDIA COVERAGE OF UNDER SECRETARY REUBEN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: International and domestic state media accurately covered Under Secretary of State Reuben Jeffery's April 21-22 visit to Turkmenistan. The accurate state media coverage reflects the Turkmen government's continued c [...]	2008-04-28 06:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SCUL KPAO TX
08ASHGABAT536	TURKMENISTAN'S ETREK DISTRICT: WAITING FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Burdened by an isolated location, poor roads and years of neglect from the center, Turkmenistan's Etrek District, located in western Turkmenistan on the border with Iran, has experienced little economic developmen [...]	2008-04-29 09:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EAGR SNAR PBTS PREL TX
08ASHGABAT537	TURKMENISTAN: BP INTERESTED IN OPENING AN OFFICE, [...] (C) BP President for Business Development in Russia and Central Asia John-Paul Stalder told the Charge April 28 that BP is moving forward with plans to open an office in Ashgabat. The registration process will take 3-6 months, and BP foresees that the toughest problem will be finding appropr [...]	2008-04-29 11:10:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG EPET TX
08ASHGABAT55	TURKMENISTANL: AHAL TEKE TRIBE DOMINATES GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Examination of background information that is available on government leadership reinforces the widely-held notion that President Berdimuhamedov's Ahal Teke tribe dominates the senior levels of government. Members o [...]	2008-01-14 07:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ECON SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT572	TURKMENISTAN: CADDO EXPLORATION LOOKS TO LONG TERM [...] (C) Houston-based Caddo Exploration is looking at becoming involved in Turkmenistan's hydrocarbon production, according to the company's president, Neel Duncan. Although Caddo is "willing to drill almost anywhere" in the short-term, the company really wants to become involved in on-shore pro [...]	2008-05-06 09:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET PREL TX
08ASHGABAT588	TURKMENISTAN: CHEVRON WANTS TO RACHET UP LEVEL OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recognizing that the competition for on-shore contracts for drilling in the Amu Darya basin in eastern Turkmenistan is increasing, Chevron is focusing on bringing Turkmen officials to the negotiation table soonest. After Deputy Premier for Oil and Gas Tagiyev and Executive Direc [...]	2008-05-07 10:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ENRG EPET TX CH
08ASHGABAT589	TURKMENISTAN: LARGEST TURKISH CONSTRUCTION COMPANY [...] (C) During a routine meeting on May 5 with the Planning Manager of the Turkish construction company, Polimeks (reftel),EconOff coincidentally met the Business Development Manager of the newly created Polimeks Energy Corporation, Deniz Tura. Tura said that Polimeks Energy is interested in fo [...]	2008-05-07 10:45:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL TU TX
08ASHGABAT600	TURKMENISTAN: NORWAY'S STATOILHYDRO OFFERS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Like many other foreign oil companies, Norway's Statoilhydro is looking for a formula that will allow it to get a contract to drill for natural gas in Turkmenistan's on-shore fields, the company's Vice President for Caspian Operations, Kristian Hausken, told EmbOff May 8. Hauske [...]	2008-05-08 15:07:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET NO TX
08ASHGABAT605	TURKMENISTAN: A FRUSTRATED MIDLAND CONTINUES TO [...] (C) Murad Sariyev, a former U.S. UGRAD exchange student who now works as an interpreter for Midland Oil and Gas, told EmbOff May 7 that his new employers continue to wait -- with no results yet -- for a contract to do business in Turkmenistan. (NOTE: Midland Chairman Robert Murphy told Char [...]	2008-05-12 12:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EPET TX
08ASHGABAT61	STATE AGENCY'S MURADOV TELLS SENATOR LUGAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Executive Director of Turkmenistan's State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbon Resources, Bayrammurat Muradov, told Senator Richard Lugar on January 11 Turkmenistan needs energy revenue to fund its development, and increasing foreign direct investment in Turkmenistan's [...]	2008-01-14 12:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET TX
08ASHGABAT626	TURKMENISTAN: CHEVRON UPDATE [...] (C) During a May 14 briefing to update the Charge on the current state of play of Chevron's bid to produce deep sub-salt natural gas in Turkmenistan's Amu Darya basin, Chevron Country Manager Doug Uchikura repeated most of the information contained Ref A. However, he added that Chevron is dr [...]	2008-05-15 10:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET TX

08ASHGABAT632	TURKMENISTAN EXPANDING COOPERATION WITH NATO, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for Caucasus and Central Asia Robert Simmons discussed NATO's ongoing relationship with Turkmenistan and NATO's interest in an agreement for a commercial-based ground transport route for non-lethal goods through Turkmenistan to s [...]	2008-05-15 11:56:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR MARR SNAR NATO TX
08ASHGABAT640	TURKMENISTAN'S NORTH: SATELLITE DISHES ON MUD HOUSES, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a recent visit to Turkmenistan's northern city of Dashoguz, PolOff found local residents generally positive about life in their region. Vendors in the city's largest market, which was bustling with activity [...]	2008-05-19 11:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI UZ TX
08ASHGABAT65	TURKMENISTAN: SENATOR RICHARD LUGAR AND FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: SUMMARY: During a positive and businesslike meeting on January 12, Foreign Minister Meredov told Senator Lugar Turkmenistan -- has designed its new foreign policy to further expand and deepen relations in the world, focuses on improving regional relations (especially with Uzb [...]	2008-01-15 07:48:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL EAID EPET AF AZ UZ TX
08ASHGABAT653	TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to advance our bilateral dialogue in the areas of education and the human dimension. President Bush met briefly with Preside [...]	2008-05-21 09:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON SCUL SOCI SNAR KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT656	SUCCESS OF TURKMEN PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov was in Baku May 19 and 20 for the first visit by a Turkmen president to Azerbaijan in 12 years, and appears to have closed the door on seven years of sour diplomatic relations between th [...]	2008-05-22 12:35:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EPET ETRD RS AJ TX
08ASHGABAT657	TURKMENISTAN: SOME IN TURKMENBASHY UPBEAT, OTHERS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Conversations with local residents during a recent visit to the Caspian port city of Turkmenbashy revealed a mixture of attitudes, with several individuals expressing satisfaction with their lives and overall optimi [...]	2008-05-22 12:49:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI AJ TX
08ASHGABAT66	TURKMENISTAN: STATE MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS VISIT OF SENATOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) On January 11, the Russian-language, government-operated website "Turkmenistan Golden Age" reported on Senator Lugar's arrival in Turkmenistan, giving accurate details on his planned schedule. Similar reports on the same day [...]	2008-01-15 08:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINR EPET KPAO OIIP TX
08ASHGABAT666	TURKMEN-AZERI JOINT CASPIAN EXPLOITATION: A WILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a readout of President Berdimuhamedov's May 19-20 visit to Baku, Hydrocarbon State Agency Director Muradov said: -- the will exists in both Ashgabat and Baku for trans-Caspian transportation of Turkmenistan's natural gas through Azerbaijan to Europe, and for a bi-nation [...]	2008-05-27 09:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET AJ TX
08ASHGABAT667	TURKMENISTAN-EU ENERGY MOU MIGHT OPEN NEW DOORS [...] (C) During his early-November 2007 visit to Brussels, President Berdimuhamedov agreed that Turkmenistan and the European Union would draw up and sign an energy memorandum of understanding (MOU). The original intention was that Deputy Prime Minister for Oil and Gas Tachberdi Tagiyev would retu [...]	2008-05-27 11:09:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EU TX
08ASHGABAT670	TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT BY SPECIAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to advance our bilateral dialogue on energy. President Bush met briefly with President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on April 3 [...]	2008-05-27 12:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EPET TX
08ASHGABAT677	TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV DAZED AND CONFUSED [...] (S) During the second half of their nearly two-hour meeting on May 28, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov asked all the participants in his meeting to step out so that he could brief SCA Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher on his May 9-10 visit to Baku and his talks with President Ilham Aliy [...]	2008-05-29 07:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PGOV PREL EPET AJ TX
08ASHGABAT681	TURKMENISTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER TO BOUCHER: [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a May 28 meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher, Turkmenistan's Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov welcomed broader cooperation in the education sector, especially in exchange programs. He did not rule out [...]	2008-05-29 11:35:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EPET SCUL AF TX
08ASHGABAT684	TURKMENISTAN: TAKING ITS TIME TO OPEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although the Government of Turkmenistan up to now has pursued a policy of banning foreign companies from its gas fields onshore (foreign companies are working the Caspian oilfields),Turkmenistan may be reconsidering this policy. At the heart of this new thinking is a need to [...]	2008-05-29 12:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET TX
08ASHGABAT695	TURKMENISTAN'S HYDROCARBON SECTOR: THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Technocratic and generalist participants in a U.S. Trade and Development Agency-sponsored study visit for officials from Turkmenistan's hydrocarbon sector offered different explanations for why Turkmenistan's oil company is facing declining production. The technocrats -- enginee [...]	2008-05-30 12:09:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR EPET EINV TX
08ASHGABAT697	TURKMENISTAN'S PETROLEUM LAW UNDER REVISION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's hydrocarbon agencies are working on changes to the country's Petroleum Law. One set of changes would seek to address major complaints by subcontractors in the hydrocarbon sector, exempting them from paying value-added and many other taxes, and making it easier fo [...]	2008-05-30 13:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET TX
08ASHGABAT712	TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF NAVCENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to advance our bilateral dialogue in the area of security cooperation. Your second visit to Turkmenistan follows Assist [...]	2008-06-04 04:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EPET MARR SCUL SNAR SOCI KDEM
08ASHGABAT722	TURKMENISTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER OPEN-MINDED ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a nearly two-hour meeting on June 4 with U.S. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy C. Boyden Gray, Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov: -- praised U.S.-Turkmenistan energy cooperation; -- expressed cautious interest in an idea that could by-pass the cur [...]	2008-06-06 08:35:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET AJ TX
08ASHGABAT727	TURKMENISTAN: NEGOTIATIONS ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: High-level representatives from Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India met in Ashgabat in late May to resolve some issues that continue to stand in the way of more substantive negotiations on the envisa [...]	2008-06-06 12:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET ECON ETRD IN PK AF TX
08ASHGABAT732	TURKMENISTAN: EBRD DIRECTOR DETAILS MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a June 4 lunch with visiting European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Central Asia Director, Masaru Honma, and new EBRD Resident Representative, Neil McKain, told USAID that as a result of a recent bre [...]	2008-06-09 06:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AMGT ECON EFIN EAID TX
08ASHGABAT734	TURKMENISTAN: SPECIAL ENVOY GRAY HEARS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Both Deputy Prime Minister for Oil and Gas Tagiyev and Hydrocarbon State Agency Director Muradov told U.S. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy C. Boyden Gray on June 5 Turkmenistan welcomes investment by U.S. companies and promotes multiple export routes, including Westward across [...]	2008-06-09 07:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET RS AJ TX
08ASHGABAT735	TURKMENISTAN: PRICEY WHITE MARBLE SUMMER CAMP [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 9, President Berdimuhamedov opened the Nebitchi children's summer camp, a high-class resort for kids located outside of Ashgabat. The state-of-the art white marble facilities, fun activities, and amusement [...]	2008-06-09 10:20:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT737	TURKMENISTAN: GLOBAL ENERGY CAPITAL SEEKS [...] (C) During a meeting on June 6, Global Energy Capital's AmCit managing partners told Charge that their company, which focuses on providing direct equity for direct investment in frontier and emerging energy markets, is looking at investing in Turkmenistan. The two, visiting Ashgabat to attend [...]	2008-06-09 12:00:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV TX
08ASHGABAT741	TURKMENISTAN: MARATHON CLOSE TO SIGNING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Marathon International Petroleum Limited is very close to signing a confidentiality agreement that would allow it to carry out a definitional study for a project that would, if allowed to go forward, involve construction of an onshore gas extraction rig, a gas processing facility [...]	2008-06-10 10:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET EINV TX
08ASHGABAT744	TURKMENISTAN'S OIL EXHIBITION AND CONFERENCE: A LESS THAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. SUMMARY. (SBU) On June 6-7, the Government of Turkmenistan held the Exploration of Oil Fields, Oil Production, Refining, and Petrochemicals Exhibition and International Conference. This was the second of three separate events Tu [...]	2008-06-11 09:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EPET TX
08ASHGABAT76	TURKMENISTAN: NO MORE SUBSIDIZED GASOLINE? [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During the president's first cabinet meeting this year on January 11, the Government decided to establish a quota-based fuel-distribution mechanism. Under this plan, Turkmenistan nationals will be given a certain [...]	2008-01-15 11:56:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ENRG EPET TX
08ASHGABAT762	TURKMENISTAN: LUKOIL PARTNERSHIP BECOMES A DRAG [...] (S) SUMMARY: ConocoPhillips, bidding with its partner Lukoil on production sharing agreements (PSAs) for Turkmenistan's offshore Blocks 19, 20 and 21, is very close to resolving all outstanding issues in its negotiations with the Government of Turkmenistan and has even accepted a non-standa [...]	2008-06-16 12:06:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PGOV PREL EPET RU TX
08ASHGABAT763	TURKMENISTAN: STRIKE CONFIRMED AT BURREN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deutsche Welle reported June 10 that there had been a violent demonstration by up to 600 workers at the field just south of Balkanabat (formerly Nebitdag) whose production sharing agreement Italian oil company Eni had purchased in November 2007 from Burren Energy. According to [...]	2008-06-16 12:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB EPET SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT771	TURKMENISTAN: AUSTRIA'S OMV JUMPS INTO THE ENERGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a June 17 meeting, Austrian oil company OMV's Country Manager for the Caspian Region, Wolfgang Sporrer, told the Charge that his company will propose two separate gas deals to Turkmenistan: a simple gas-at-the-border purchase (OMV is willing to build the pipeline to tra [...]	2008-06-17 13:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET AJ RU AU TX
08ASHGABAT778	TURKMENISTAN: HUNGARY'S NABUCCO AMBASSADOR MAKES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hungary's new Ambassador-at-Large for the Nabucco Pipeline Project, Mihaly Bayer, told the Charge June 18 that, though Nabucco has "full European Union (EU) backing," less-than-united support from individual capitals and a multiplicity of interests at play in Brussels are slowin [...]	2008-06-19 10:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET EU HU TX
08ASHGABAT798	TURKMENISTAN: DIPLOMATIC CORPS WITNESSES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a public relations move, not coincidentally taking place during the visit to Turkmenistan of a European Union human rights delegation, the Government of Turkmenistan on June 25 invited members of the diplomati [...]	2008-06-26 12:26:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM TX
08ASHGABAT801	TURKMENISTAN: ENGAGE, ENGAGE, ENGAGE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Since the fall of the Soviet Union, the fundamentals of U.S. policy in Central Asia have remained consistent and on-target: to advocate political and economic reform as the keystone of America's strategic interests. After [...]	2008-06-27 04:01:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM RS CH TX
08ASHGABAT829	TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT CONSIDERING CHANGES TO [...] (C) British Petroleum (BP) is continuing its efforts to register a new office in Ashgabat -- although very slowly, the company's Country Manager for Turkmenistan told EmbOff during a July 3 meeting. For the time being, the country manager is continuing to commute between his home in Baku and [...]	2008-07-07 09:35:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET TX
08ASHGABAT849	TURKMENISTAN: CHALIK ENERJI DELINQUENT ON [...] (C) Almost 18 months ago, Turkmenistan had a major blowout in its South Yoloten gas field in an exploratory drilling operation operated by Turkish company Chalik Enerji. After weeks of trying to handle the blowout, Chalik Enerji signed a contract on an emergency basis with U.S. company Cudd [...]	2008-07-08 06:45:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET ECON TU TX
08ASHGABAT851	TURKMENISTAN: DASHOGUZ FARMER EXPERIMENTS WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a creative marketing approach, IPC Group has been placing free loaner agricultural equipment in farms managed by an influential farmer, Sadulla Rozmetov, in Dashoguz Province for the last 18 months. While working with private influencers like Rozmetov is good for business, [...]	2008-07-08 08:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EAGR EAID SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT861	TURKMENISTAN/RUSSIA: MEDVEDEV VISIT NUDGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev's July 4-5 visit to Ashgabat might have succeeded in modestly advancing the new president's personal relationship with Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, but did not lead to any major breakthroughs. The two sides signed a seri [...]	2008-07-09 12:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EPET MARR RU TX
08ASHGABAT873	TURKMENISTAN: DESPITE PRESS REPORT, KOREANS NOT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) The Turkmenistan.ru website reported that South Korean Minister of Knowledge Economy, Lee Youn-ho, had told President Berdimuhamedov during a July 6 meeting in Astana that the Republic of Korea is setting up a special consort [...]	2008-07-11 10:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EPET TX
08ASHGABAT884	TURKMENISTAN/AZERBAIJAN: DETAIL FROM OIL COMPANY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The country manager for German oil company Wintershall told us that the early-April standoff between two Azeri border guard gunboats and an international oil company involved Petronas, in block I, rather than Buried Hill in block III, a block that contains a boundary under disput [...]	2008-07-14 12:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET MOPS AJ TX
08ASHGABAT89	TURKMENISTAN: NEW ENERGY-SECTOR PROJECTS [...] (C) During his January 17 farewell call on the Charge before he moves to Abu Dhabi, Chalik Holding executive Aziz Chengel (please protect) discussed several of Turkmenistan's new projects in the energy sector. UAE COURTS, BUT ITERA SCORES 2. (C) Turkmenistan intends to build two new ure [...]	2008-01-17 11:28:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV ENRG TX
08ASHGABAT893	TURKMENISTAN: IT'S ALL IN THE (BERDIMUHAMEDOV'S) [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's President Berdimuhamedov has a large extended family, with four children and five sisters. Like many of his counterparts elsewhere in the region, he apparently is pursuing a policy of favoring family members and relatives. Over the last year, he has appointed re [...]	2008-07-15 13:28:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL EFIN TX
08ASHGABAT894	TURKMENISTAN: HYDROCARBON TOUR D'HORIZON WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a July 11 tour d'horizon meeting, German oil company Wintershall's country manager told emboff that Wintershall is beginning exploratory drilling the week of July 14 in the southern part of block 11. In an effort to promote rapid exploration of Block III, for which Canadi [...]	2008-07-15 13:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET TX
08ASHGABAT901	TURKMENISTAN: DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a July 16 meeting with the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) Regional Director for Europe and Eurasia, Dan Stein, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Hajiyev acknowledged that Turkmenistan must upgrade the knowledge of its petrochemical specialists. He also welcom [...]	2008-07-17 09:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID EPET TINT TX AZ
08ASHGABAT903	TURKMENISTAN: PETRONAS NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION TO [...] (C) During a July 15 meeting, Malaysian petroleum firm Petronas general manager in Turkmenistan Mohammed Ridzan Mohammed Sharif told emboff that his company is now planning on producing only 5 billion cubic meters of natural gas per year in Turkmenistan's block I (Livanov). (NOTE: This stat [...]	2008-07-17 10:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET TX
08ASHGABAT917	TURKMENISTAN: STATE AGENCY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a July 16 meeting, the Executive Director of Turkmenistan's State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbon Resources, Bayrammurat Muradov, told U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) Regional Manager for Europe and Eurasia Dan Stein that the State Agency was please [...]	2008-07-18 13:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET AJ TX
08ASHGABAT926	TURKMENISTAN: OIL AND GAS MINISTER EAGER FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During meetings on July 16, Turkmenistan's Minister of Oil and Gas, Baymurat Hojamuhammedov, offered U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) Regional Director Dan Stein and Department of Energy Director for Rus [...]	2008-07-21 12:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID EPET AJ TX
08ASHGABAT931	TURKMENISTAN: AGREEMENT REACHED WITH IRAN ON GAS [...] (C) Turkmenistan and Iran have reached an agreement on gas. According to Turkish Ambassador Huseyin Bichkali, who was informed by the Iranian ambassador, Turkmenistan and Iran have agreed that Iran will pay $175 per tcm for a five-year period. Bichkali said the accord was reached several we [...]	2008-07-23 08:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EPET IR TX
08ASHGABAT933	TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT APPOINTS NEW DEPUTY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a July 21 extended cabinet meeting, held to review the government's work over the last six months, President Berdimuhamedov said the country's economic indicators are good enough to increase wages and pens [...]	2008-07-23 10:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EPET EAGR TX
08ASHGABAT955	TURKMENISTAN: ROMANIANS SAY BERDIMUHAMEDOV PROMISED TO CUT BACK GAS TO RUSSIA TO FILL NABUCCO [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov's July 16 trip to Romania appears to have been a success, yielding constructive agreements that will expand the political and economic bilateral relationship and Romania's assistance with development in the areas of education, water management, and investment. [...]	2008-07-24 12:17:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EPET TX RO
08ASHGABAT964	TURKMENISTAN/AZERBAIJAN: SUMMER OF DISCONTENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: While commercial contacts between Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan apparently have continued to expand, the two countries' budding political dialogue by all accounts has taken a nosedive. While not solely responsible for the cooling of efforts to find a political resolution of the [...]	2008-07-25 14:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET AJ TX
08ASHGABAT97	2008 TURKMENISTAN BFIF PROPOSAL [...] Brief justification -- U.S. EmbassQshgabat would like to hold meetings with U.S. companies at the 2008 Gas and Oil Show in Atyrau, Kazakhstan, April 9-11, 2008. Many U.S. firms are showing interest in opening up offices in Turkmenistan, and attending the Atyrau Gas and Oil Show would give pos [...]	2008-01-18 11:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD BEXP TX
08ASHGABAT973	TURKMENISTAN: BURIED HILL SAYS IT IS UNFAZED BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Canadian oil firm Buried Hill, which has a contract from the Government of Turkmenistan to develop hydrocarbons in the Serdar/Kyapaz field in block III, is moving forward very slowly in its plans. It concluded 2-D seismic imaging in February, and hopes to drill three explorator [...]	2008-07-28 12:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET AJ TX
08ASHGABAT996	TURKMENISTAN: STATE AGENCY HEAD TELLS CHEVRON IT [...] (C) During a brief July 31 meeting, Chevron's AMCIT country manager told emboff that he had a very positive July 30 meeting with the Executive Director of Turkmenistan's State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbon Resources, Bayrammurat Muradov. This was the second meeting between the [...]	2008-07-31 12:01:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET TX
08ASHGABAT997	TURKMENISTAN: GAZPROM REACHES AGREEMENT WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite much hype in the Russian media that Gazprom has locked in its monopoly on Turkmenistan's gas, it appears that, during a July 25 visit to Turkmenistan, Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller reportedly reached agreement only on a pricing formula for Turkmenistan's natural gas exports i [...]	2008-07-31 12:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET RU CH TX
08ASMARA160	CHINESE REPORTEDLY FUNDING CHADIAN OPPOSITION [...] (C) On March 13, DCM met with Amar Najm Eddine al-Jak (Amar),a Khartoum spokesman for the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement (SPLM),who had been spirited from Sudan to Asmara by the SPLM after being arrested and tortured by Sudanese National Security services (reftel). In the meeting, Am [...]	2008-03-26 08:45:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SU CD CH ER
08ASMARA254	ERITREA PESSIMISTIC ON SUDAN'S CPA [...] (C) Summary: Eritrea's point man on Sudan, Abdella Jabir, believes "the Comprehensive Peace Accord (CPA) will not succeed because the SPLM's leadership is weak." He revealed that Eritrea has 40 monitors on the Chad-Sudan border and commented that Libya is "unreliable" as its priorities shift [...]	2008-05-12 14:49:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ER SU SO
08ASMARA312	ERITREAN FUEL DYNAMICS [...] Summary: A confluence of internal and external factors has resulted in a diesel fuel shortage in Eritrea since December. The overall quantity of fuel imports, most especially diesel and gasoline, have declined over the past five years. Eritrea continues to subsidize the sale of diesel, in [...]	2008-06-12 08:59:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ENRG PINR ER
08ASMARA322	ERITREA'S FUNCTIONAL YET TEETERING ELECTRICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Eritrea's electrical system provided remarkable electricity availability to communities connected to the main grid for several years. Without expensive overhauls of the seven main heavy fuel oil (HFO) fired generators during the next few years, however, Eritrea can expect bro [...]	2008-06-16 13:36:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV PINR ER
08ASMARA337	ERITREAN FUEL AND ELECTRICITY: FROM BAD TO WORSE [...] (C) Summary: Eritrea's electricity supplier announced that on June 27 electricity supplies in Asmara will shut down for 11 hours per day for an indefinite period. A run on gasoline occurred on June 26, leading filling stations to suspend servicing customers. All forms of cooking fuel remai [...]	2008-06-26 13:03:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ENRG PINR ASEC ER
08ASMARA362	ERITREA TEMPORARILY AVOIDS FUEL CRISIS [...] (C) Summary: Eritrea managed to avoid an electricity supply disaster in June by finding a new supplier of generator lubricant. An unknown supplier is sending a barge to restock Eritrea's depleted automotive and aviation fuel supplies. Embassy Asmara will receive its diesel fuel the week of [...]	2008-07-21 08:34:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG PINR ASEC ER
08ASMARA366	ASMARA,S UNFAIR EGYPTIAN TRADE FAIR [...] (C) SUMMARY: An Egyptian trade fair in Asmara concluded July 18, after a week-long shopping frenzy generated by Eritreans restricted by their tyrannical government from traveling abroad or buying almost anything in Eritrea. The regime extracted a high price from Egypt for agreeing to allow t [...]	2008-07-22 12:04:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ERTD PREL PGOV EG ER
08ASMARA490	BISHA MINING'S REMAINING CHALLENGES [...] (C) Summary: Bisha Mining's Stan Rogers said extraction of gold is on schedule to begin in 2010. The present condition of roads and bridges between the mining site and the port cannot handle the weight of the trucks, and 25 megawatts of electricity are needed to operate the mine. Financing [...]	2008-10-07 12:26:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN PGOV ER
08ASMARA532	ERITREA: A WEAK PARTNER FOR SOUTHERN SUDAN [...] (C) Summary. Despite goodwill on both sides, strong political and economic ties between southern Sudan and Eritrea have been slow to develop, according to the Government of Southern Sudan's liaison mission chief in Asmara, Phillip Natana. Although Darfur is an issue where the GSE could pote [...]	2008-11-04 13:31:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU ER
08ASMARA537	JEM OFFICIAL ON REGIONAL DYNAMICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Osman A. Wash, JEM's Asmara-based Secretary for Legal Affairs, averred that disgruntled pro-government gunmen were behind the recent kidnapping of Chinese oil workers in Southern Kordofan. He detailed Eritrean support for the JEM in Eritrea, was dubious about the Qatari initiati [...]	2008-11-06 05:21:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS SU ER
08ASMARA558	ERITREA'S PRECARIOUS ENERGY SITUATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Eritrea's electrical grid narrowly averted a complete shutdown due to lack of generator lubricant in October, according to Total Oil's country manager. The Eritrean government is still in arrears on payments made for fuel delivered in December 2007, and is now receiving all of [...]	2008-11-21 09:36:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV ER
08ASMARA577	IRAN REFURBISHING AND OPERATING ERITREAN OIL [...] (C) The Eritrean government has reportedly sold, leased, or granted operating rights of its Russian-built oil refinery in Assab. A reliable embassy source stated an unknown "Arab" country would be operating this refinery. BBC reported on 11/25/08 that according to the Eritrean website www.E [...]	2008-12-04 14:33:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ENRG ER ASEC IR
08ASTANA1121	TIMUR KULIBAYEV VISITS THE EMBASSY [...] (C) Summary: Timur Kulibayev, Chairman of KazEnergy Association and son-in-law of President Nazarbayev, met with the Ambassador on June 12 and toured the Embassy. During his conversation with the Ambassador, Kulibayev discussed changes at KazMunayGas, described relations with Russia as improvin [...]	2008-06-16 11:39:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET KZ
08ASTANA1164	KAZAKHSTAN - 2008 INVESTMENT DISPUTES REPORT UPDATE [...] (SBU) This cable constitutes post's response to reftel. The United States Government is aware of recent claims by two (2) United States persons against the Government of Kazakhstan (GOK). Claimant B's dispute was fully resolved during the reporting period. 2. (SBU) a. Claimant A b. 19 [...]	2008-06-23 06:32:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIDE CASC EINV OPIC PGOV KZ
08ASTANA1209	KASHAGAN UPDATE: GOK CONFIRMS DELAY OF COMMERCIAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-03 05:29:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET KZ
08ASTANA1210	ASSET STRUCTURE OF KAZAKHSTAN'S NATIONAL OIL AND GAS [...] (U) KazMunayGas (KMG),Kazakhstan's state-owned oil and gas company, is a vertically integrated company holding 25 subsidiaries in oil and gas exploration, extraction, processing, transportation, and sales. KMG produces 16% of Kazakhstan's oil output, transports 65% of its oil, and manages 10 [...]	2008-07-03 05:33:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EPET KZ
08ASTANA1211	SUBJECT: KAZAKHSTAN - ASIA SOCIETY CONFERENCE [...] (U) The Asia Society's Second Kazakhstan International Business Conference was held June 12-14 in Astana. The event brought together businessmen from Kazakhstan and abroad, government officials, diplomats, and academics to discuss obstacles to and opportunities for economic development in Kaz [...]	2008-07-03 06:07:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV KZ
08ASTANA1212	KAZAKHSTAN: AZERBAIJAN STILL SLOW TO COOPERATE ON [...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijan has still not approved a Heads of Agreement on trans-Caspian transportation despite assurances to Kazakhstan that they would approve the agreement by June 15. Azerbaijan is also encouraging Kazakhstan to use the Baku - Novorossiysk pipeline and downplaying Baku - Supsa [...]	2008-07-03 08:44:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET KZ
08ASTANA1271	SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY BOYDEN GRAY'S JULY 22-23 [...] (SBU) Your visit to Astana will acquaint you more intimately with the dynamic developments in Kazakhstan's energy sector. U.S. and Kazakhstani strategic interests are essentially aligned regarding Kazakhstan's vast energy resources. The Kazakhstanis agree with us that U.S. and Western compani [...]	2008-07-16 04:37:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON PGOV PREL KZ
08ASTANA1309	KAZAKHSTAN - BURKITBAYEV SURPRISE CHOICE AS NEW [...] (C) Serik Burkitbayev, chairman of "Samgau," replaced Uzakbay Karabalin as KazMunayGas president on May 29. Burkitbayev is a long-time government insider with a mixed record. Contacts at KazMunayGas and western oil and gas companies called the move a surprise and saw no obvious explanation fo [...]	2008-07-21 11:29:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV EINV PINR KZ
08ASTANA1346	KAZAKHSTAN - GOVERNMENT MOVING FORWARD ON TAX CODE REFORM [...] Following presidential guidance, a Government of Kazakhstan (GOK) Tax Working Group quickly produced proposed amendments to the tax code. USAID assistance in the areas of corporate income tax, value added tax (VAT) and the attendant administrative procedures was well received. On June 18, Pr [...]	2008-07-25 02:49:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EINV PGOV KZ
08ASTANA1360	KAZAKHSTAN - EURASIAN ENERGY COORDINATOR MANN [...] (C) Samruk Deputy Chairman Kairgeldy Kabyldin told visiting Eurasian Energy Diplomacy Coordinator Steven Mann on July 24 that the international oil and gas companies have insisted on ownership stakes in the pipeline portion of the Kazakhstan-Caspian Transportation System (KCTS) -- i.e., the pi [...]	2008-07-28 08:51:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL PGOV EINV KZ AJ TX GG
08ASTANA1368	KAZAKHSTAN - ASTANA CONFERENCE DISCUSSES SULFUR STORAGE, [...] (U) The Kazakhstan-Canada Business Association (KCBA),in partnership with Canada's Alberta Sulfur Research Ltd. organized the First International Conference on Sulfur Reutilization and Sustainable Development in Astana on July 9. Representatives of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources [...]	2008-07-30 10:31:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET SENV PGOV PREL KZ
08ASTANA1375	KAZAKHSTAN - GOVERNMENT TAKING FURTHER MEASURES [...] (C) A Wall Street Journal article in which Rakhat Aliyev made new charges of corruption against President Nazarbayev and his family appears to have provoked the government to strike back with an anti-Aliyev media campaign and a threat of new charges against him. Some of Aliyev's allegations to [...]	2008-07-31 12:20:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM ECON KZ
08ASTANA1381	KAZAKHSTAN - SPECIAL ENVOY GRAY DISCUSSES ENERGY [...] (C) During July 22 meetings, Kazakhstani government officials expressed optimism to visiting Special Envoy Boyden Gray regarding the restructuring of Kashagan. They explained that Kazakhstan was moving forward with Azerbaijan and the companies on the Kazakhstan-Caspian Transportation System ( [...]	2008-08-01 14:48:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV PGOV PREL KZ
08ASTANA1382	KAZAKHSTAN - SPECIAL ENVOY GRAY DISCUSSES ENERGY [...] (C) During July 22 meetings, Kazakhstani government officials expressed optimism to visiting Special Envoy Boyden Gray regarding the restructuring of Kashagan. They explained that Kazakhstan was moving forward with Azerbaijan and the companies on the Kazakhstan-Caspian Transportation System ( [...]	2008-08-04 02:11:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV PGOV PREL KZ
08ASTANA1501	KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, JULY 20 - AUGUST 2, [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani press, and has not been verified for accuracy. -- New Minimum Reserve Requirements for Banks -- Kazakhstan's Foreign Reserves -- HSBC Expands in Kazakhstan -- Cooperation with Brazil -- No Increase in Kazakhstani Wheat Pric [...]	2008-08-12 11:01:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KTDB KZ
08ASTANA1558	TFGG01: KAZAKHSTAN CAUTIOUS ON GEORGIA-RUSSIA [...] (C) Kazakhstan will likely continue its cautious approach toward the Georgian-Russian conflict to preserve its equities with both countries. Nevertheless, the Kazakhstanis appear genuinely concerned about the long-term implications of Russia's actions for other CIS states. While Kazakhstan is [...]	2008-08-21 07:11:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID KZ GG RS
08ASTANA1609	KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, AUGUST 3 - AUGUST [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Banking Sector Updates -- New Player in Local Capital Market -- Competition Agency Announces Inspection Results -- Ministry Presents Draft of New Subsoil Use Legislat [...]	2008-08-28 02:07:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KTDB KZ
08ASTANA1646	KAZAKHSTAN - KARACHAGANAK FACES DIFFICULTIES AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Kazakhstan's Karachaganak field has large proven reserves of natural gas, but further Karachaganak expansion (i.e., a Phase III) faces obstacles, including administrative delays. The Karachaganak consortium, KPO, maintains that it was recently pressured into paying an environmen [...]	2008-09-03 06:51:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EINV PGOV KZ
08ASTANA1672	KAZAKHSTAN - KMG EXPRESSES OPTIMISM ON CPC EXPANSION [...] (SBU) KazMunaiGas (KMG) head Kairgeldy Kabyldin told the Ambassador on September 2 that progress was being made in negotiations over the expansion of the CPC pipeline. Transneft CEO Nikolay Tokarev was in Astana, along with ExxonMobil and Chevron executives, to continue discussions on the iss [...]	2008-09-08 01:39:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EINV PGOV KZ
08ASTANA1697	KAZAKHSTANI LEADERSHIP PROMISES BOUCHER FOLLOW [...] (C) Prime Minister Masimov and Foreign Minister Tazhin, citing President Nazarbayev's public commitment, told Assistant Secretary Boucher on September 2 that Kazakhstan would follow through on its Madrid commitments on democratic reform. Masimov looked forward to next steps on the Public-Priv [...]	2008-09-08 07:59:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM OSCE ECON KZ
08ASTANA1698	KAZAKHSTAN B1/B2 VALIDATION STUDIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Astana and Embassy Branch Office Almaty conducted validation studies of B1/B2 visa issuances. By combining results from DHS's Arrival Departure Information System (ADIS) and follow-up telephone calls, posts examined samples of B1/B2 issuances from August 1, 2007 - Januar [...]	2008-09-08 08:02:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KFRD KZ
08ASTANA1699	KAZAKHSTAN - MASIMOV AND MYNBAYEV STRESS IMPORTANCE OF [...] (U) The 3rd annual KazEnergy Eurasian Energy Forum was held in Astana during September 4-5. In opening remarks, Prime Minister Masimov promised that Kazakhstan "will always be a reliable and dependable international partner," stressing that Kazakhstan's "principled stand" is "to ensure stabili [...]	2008-09-08 08:21:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EINV PGOV KZ
08ASTANA1701	KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, AUGUST 17 - AUGUST [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Kazakhstani Wheat Exports -- Regional Economic Integration: Latest Developments -- Banker Mukhtar Ablyazov Looking for IPO -- Economic Statistics -- ONGC To [...]	2008-09-08 10:34:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR EPET ENRG EFIN KZ
08ASTANA1702	KAZAKHSTAN - NEW PRESIDENT OF KAZMUNAIGAZ ON NATIONAL OIL [...] (SBU) New KazMunaiGas (KMG) head Kairgeldy Kabyldin outlined for the Ambassador his company's strategic priorities in a September 2 meeting. He said that despite the conflict in Georgia, Kazakhstan remained committed to exporting crude through the Caucasus. Kabyldin explained that the Kazakhst [...]	2008-09-08 10:52:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EINV PGOV KZ
08ASTANA1721	KAZAKHSTAN - IMPACT OF THE GLOBAL CREDIT CRUNCH ON THE [...] Even in resource-rich Kazakhstan, the global credit crunch is having a major impact. This impact is being felt throughout the financial system; however, the microcredit industry has been surprisingly resilient. Long a partner in fostering microcredit industry growth, USAID support has spanned [...]	2008-09-11 05:39:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV EAID KZ
08ASTANA1767	KAZAKHSTAN - BAKER HUGHES SAYS BUSINESS IS GOOD AND ABOUT [...] (SBU) Baker Hughes Country Director for Kazakhstan Don McKelvie and Houston-based Government Relations Director Jennifer Cutaia told the Ambassador on September 10 that their company's business in Kazakhstan is good and will likely get even better, once Tengizchevroil (TCO) completes constructi [...]	2008-09-12 07:06:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EINV PGOV KZ
08ASTANA1774	KAZAKHSTANIS TELL NATO THEY WANT TO ENHANCE [...] (C) NATO Deputy Secretary General Claudio Bisogniero held meetings in Astana on September 11 with Defense Minister Akhmetov, Foreign Minister Tazhin, Security Council Secretary Suleymenov, and officials from the Ministry of Emergency Situations. In a readout he gave to resident NATO-country a [...]	2008-09-15 11:22:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO KZ
08ASTANA182	KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, JANUARY 6 - 18, [...] Summary: This information on economic and energy developments in Kazakhstan is drawn primarily from the local press, and has not been verified for accuracy. -- GOK Economic Policy in 2008 -- New Appointments -- US Bank Provides Loan to Kazakhstani Partner -- Economic Statistics -- KazM [...]	2008-01-31 01:50:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KTDB KZ
08ASTANA1865	KAZAKHSTAN - ATYRAU OIL REFINERY LOOKS TO UPGRADE [...] (SBU) Charge and Energy Officer met with Kairat Urazbayev, First Deputy General Director of the Atyrau oil refinery, on September 18 and toured the refinery's processing facilities. The original plant was built in 1936, but was upgraded most recently in 2006. It is therefore, said Urazbayev, [...]	2008-09-24 11:16:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EINV PGOV KZ
08ASTANA1868	KAZAKHSTAN - CASPIAN OIL PRODUCTION, PLANS, AND PROSPECTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Oil production at Tengiz has expanded to 540,000 barrels per day (bpd) and the Kashagan consortium is expected to produce at least 150,000 bpd by 2013 and up to 1.5 million bpd by 2020. Tengizchevroil (TCO) could easily increase oil production to 600,000 bpd but is constrained [...]	2008-09-25 02:26:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EINV PGOV KZ
08ASTANA1870	KAZAKHSTAN - DECISION NOT TO INVEST IN BATUMI REFINERY [...] (SBU) Energy Officer spoke on September 25 to Nurlan Sauranbayev, Managing Director of Oil Transportation at KazMunaiGas (KMG),about press reports that KMG has abandoned plans to invest $1 billion in an oil refinery in the Georgian port city of Batumi. Sauranbayev confirmed that KMG decided n [...]	2008-09-25 10:57:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EINV PGOV KZ GG
08ASTANA1910	KAZAKHSTAN: GOVERNMENT TO PRESENT DRAFT OF NEW SUBSOIL LAW [...] (SBU) The Government of Kazakhstan will present to Parliament in October a draft of a new law on subsoil use. The proposed legislation would require separate contracts for exploration and production operations, put shorter time limits on exploration contracts, enhance the government's authorit [...]	2008-09-29 12:43:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EINV PGOV KZ
08ASTANA1965	KAZAKHSTAN: YOUNG, WESTERN-EDUCATED OFFICIAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) Daulet Yergozhin was named chairman of the Ministry of Finance's Tax Committee on October 1. The 32 year-old Yergozhin, a fluent English speaker who received an MBA from Suffolk University in Massachusetts in 2003, had been vi [...]	2008-10-03 07:28:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ECON EFIN KZ
08ASTANA1974	KAZAKHSTAN: CONOCOPHILLIPS SIGNS MAJOR OFFSHORE DEAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 5, ConocoPhillips CEO Jim Mulva signed a memorandum of understanding with Kazakhstan's national oil and gas company, KazMunaiGas (KMG),and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala for the exploration and development of th [...]	2008-10-06 11:02:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EPET EINV RS TX KZ
08ASTANA1976	KAZAKHSTAN: NO CLEAR EVIDENCE OF RUSSIAN PRESSURE TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Georgian media have alleged that a Kazakhstani grain shipment to Georgia was delayed because of Russian pressure. We spoke to several sources in Kazakhstan and could find no clear evidence that this was the ca [...]	2008-10-06 11:04:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAGR ECON GG RS KZ
08ASTANA1977	KAZAKHSTAN: INTERNATIONAL OIL COMPANIES BRIEF AMBASSADOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Several international oil companies active in Kazakhstan briefed the Ambassador on their current operations and future plans in separate meetings during September 30 to October 2. They reported that negotiations on [...]	2008-10-06 11:33:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EINV ELAB TX GG RS KZ

08ASTANA2008	KAZAKHSTAN: KAZMUNAIGAS PRESIDENT DISCUSSES GEORGIA, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: KazMunaiGas (KMG) President Kairgeldy Kabyldin informed Eurasian Energy Diplomacy Coordinator Ambassador Steve Mann on October 6 that Kazakhstan remains committed to its strategic investments in Georgia. Kabyldin r [...]	2008-10-08 11:33:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EPET EINV GG KZ
08ASTANA2025	KAZAKHSTAN: KASHAGAN PROJECT UNLIKE ANYTHING ELSE IN THE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 4, Eurasian Energy Diplomacy Coordinator Ambassador Steve Mann visited the offshore and onshore facilities of the North Caspian Sea Production Sharing Agreement project -- also known as Kashagan -- with [...]	2008-10-14 10:46:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EINV KZ
08ASTANA2042	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL CALLS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador called on Chinese Ambassador Cheng Guoping on October 14 and joined Russian Ambassador Mikhail Nikolayevich Bocharnikov for lunch at his Embassy on October 15. Although both were rather formal on first meeting, Ambassador Cheng seemed the somewhat less guarded. Both [...]	2008-10-16 06:01:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RS CH KZ
08ASTANA206	OIL COMPANIES AND AMBASSADORS DISCUSS OIL AND GAS [...] (C) Foreign oil company representatives told visiting Eurasian Energy Diplomacy Coordinator Ambassador Mann on January 25 that much remains to be worked out in finalizing the details of the new Kashagan agreement, including the role of KazMunaiGaz (KMG). The EC head of delegation to Kazakhsta [...]	2008-02-04 08:04:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ECON PREL KZ
08ASTANA2070	KAZAKHSTAN: NAZARBAYEV ANNOUNCES MAJOR STEPS TO DEAL WITH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Nazarbayev announced on October 13 major steps the government will take to deal with the global financial crisis. The Samruk state assets holding company and Kazyna Sustainable Development Fund will be m [...]	2008-10-16 13:50:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ECON EFIN KZ
08ASTANA2081	KAZAKHSTAN: TIMUR KULIBAYEV DISCUSSES OIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Timur Kulibayev, Chairman of the oil and gas industry association KazEnergy and billionaire son-in-law of President Nazarbayev, met with the Ambassador and visiting Eurasian Energy Diplomacy Coordinator Ambassador Steve Mann on October 7 to discuss oil transportation issues, the [...]	2008-10-20 11:59:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV GG AJ RS KZ
08ASTANA2082	KAZAKHSTAN: KAZMUNAIGAS VICE PRESIDENT IDENOV [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 6, Maksat Idenov, First Vice President of Kazakhstan's national oil company KazMunaiGaz (KMG) and Chairman of KazTransOil, told Ambassador Mann his frustrations and expectations for the future development of Kashagan, the largest oil and gas field outside the Middle E [...]	2008-10-20 12:05:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV KZ
08ASTANA2083	KAZAKHSTAN: EXXON-MOBIL PROVIDES UPDATE ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The Ambassador met on October 20 with Steve Rose, General Manager for ExxonMobil Kazakhstan and a direct participant in the ongoing negotiations to amend the Kashagan agreement. Rose said that the Kashagan partners (KazMu [...]	2008-10-20 12:12:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EINV KZ
08ASTANA2084	KAZAKHSTAN: TIMUR KULIBAYEV NAMED AS CO-DEPUTY HEAD OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) On October 17, President Nazarbayev's son-in-law, Timur Kulibayev, was appointed as one of two Deputy Chairman of the Management Board of the Samruk-Kazyna National Welfare Fund, which was established on October 13 through the [...]	2008-10-20 12:16:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ECON EFIN KZ
08ASTANA2095	KAZAKHSTAN: WORLD BANK COUNTRY MANAGER DISCUSSES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. During an October 15 introductory meeting with the Ambassador, World Bank Country Manager for Kazakhstan Sergei Shatalov provided his views on the state of the Kazakhstani economy, discussed the government's [...]	2008-10-22 12:49:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV EFIN EAID KZ
08ASTANA2098	KAZAKHSTAN: EXXONMOBIL EXCITED ABOUT NEW NORTH CASPIAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. On October 21, ExxonMobil Kazakhstan's New Business Development Manager Peter Claypool (protect) described to Energy Officer a promising onshore North Caspian development opportunity that ExxonMobil has pursued qu [...]	2008-10-23 06:09:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EINV KZ
08ASTANA2101	KAZAKHSTAN: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE 2008 KAZAKHSTAN [...] SUMMARY: The 16th annual Kazakhstan International Oil and Gas Exhibition and Conference (KIOGE) was held during October 7-10 in Almaty. The exhibition featured more than 550 companies from 30 countries and was visited by more than 15,000 oil and gas industry professionals. The conference in [...]	2008-10-23 08:34:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EPET EINV RS GG KZ
08ASTANA2116	KAZAKHSTAN: CITIBANK EXECUTIVES DISCUSS THEIR LOCAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During an October 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Shirish Apte, CEO of Citibank Central and Eastern Europe, and Dan Connelly, CEO of Citibank Kazakhstan, described Citibank as doing very well in Kazakhstan. They [...]	2008-10-24 11:21:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN KZ
08ASTANA2118	KAZAKHSTAN: BRITISH FCO,S CASPIAN ENERGY ADVISOR [...] (C) During an October 15 meeting with the Ambassador, Angus Miller, Caspian Region Energy Advisor to Britain's Foreign and Commonwealth Office, expressed his concerns that Kazakhstan will not be able to expand its maritime capacity quickly enough to handle the expected volumes of Kazakhstani c [...]	2008-10-24 11:34:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EWWT AJ KZ
08ASTANA2144	KAZAKHSTAN: BP SUPPORTS CPC EXPANSION - AT THE RIGHT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. On October 29, Jonathan Popper of British Petroleum's (BP) Exploration Operating Company, briefed Energy Officer on the status of negotiations to expand the capacity of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) pipeli [...]	2008-10-30 08:48:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EINV KZ
08ASTANA2152	KAZAKHSTAN: ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, OCTOBER 12-25 [...] SUMMARY: The information in this Kazakhstan economic and energy update is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani press. -- Deposit Insurance Increased -- EU-Kazakhstan WTO Talks: Update From Aitzhanova -- News From the Agricultural Sector -- Pipeline News -- K-WAC Ltd. To Design Facilitie [...]	2008-10-31 05:56:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EIND EAGR EPET EFIN KZ
08ASTANA2153	KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, OCTOBER 13-24 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series from U.S. Office Almaty focuses on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital." "PUBLIC PARLIAMENT" SUPPORTS ELECTION AMENDMENTS 2. During an October 13 meeting, the "Khalyk Kenesy" ("People's Parliament") expr [...]	2008-10-31 06:08:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM KZ
08ASTANA2175	KAZAKHSTAN: SHELL'S CANDID CONVERSATION WITH UK EURASIAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. On October 31, energy officer was the only non-British government official invited to a briefing by Neil Carmichael (protect),Shell's General Manager for Business Development in Central Asia, given to British ene [...]	2008-11-04 11:11:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EINV KZ
08ASTANA2176	KAZAKHSTAN: KASHAGAN AMENDMENT FINALLY SIGNED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. On October 31, Minister of Energy Mynbayev and Kashagan consortium partners KazMunayGas, ExxonMobil, Total, ConocoPhillips, Shell, and INPEX signed four documents amending the Kashagan production sharing agreement [...]	2008-11-04 11:24:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EINV KZ
08ASTANA2195	KAZAKHSTAN: CRUDE EXPORT DUTY RAISES CONCERNS, GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan introduced an export duty on crude oil and oil products through a government decree issued on April 8. The rate for the crude duty is calculated based on a formula linked to the price of Brent crude. I [...]	2008-11-07 06:24:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EINV KZ
08ASTANA2225	KAZAKHSTAN: PUSH ON RENEWABLE ENERGY, KYOTO PROTOCOL IS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A Presidential Administration official told us on October 31 that a draft law on renewable energy currently in Parliament is expected to be passed before the end of the year. The Ministry of Energy will create a ne [...]	2008-11-10 02:14:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ENRG EINV SENV KZ
08ASTANA2226	KAZAKHSTAN: PROPOSED TAX CODE CHANGES COULD IMPACT OIL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In September, the Ministry of Finance submitted several proposed changes to the tax code to Parliament. If Parliament adopts the amendments, the changes will take effect January 1, 2009. A major objective of the [...]	2008-11-10 02:15:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EINV KZ
08ASTANA225	KAZAKHSTAN: GOK AND KMG DISCUSS KASHAGAN, OIL AND [...] (C) Senior Kazakhstani officials and KazMunaiGaz (KMG) executives told visiting Eurasian Energy Diplomacy Coordinator Ambassador Mann on January 25 that they welcomed the Administration's decision to reestablish the energy coordinator's office. They explained that the GOK pressed to renegotia [...]	2008-02-04 13:35:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ECON PREL KZ
08ASTANA2252	KAZAKHSTAN: ATYRAU AKIM EAGER FOR UNBIASED NEWS, ANXIOUS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 11, the Ambassador held his first meeting with Atyrau oblast governor (Akim) Bergey Ryskaliyev, a 41-year old former oil company director appointed in October 2006. Ryskaliyev greeted the Ambassador wa [...]	2008-11-14 07:30:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV SOCI KPAO KZ
08ASTANA2259	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR TOURS TENGIZ AND KASHAGAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador toured the supergiant oil fields Tengiz and Kashagan on November 11 and 12 respectively, discovering in the process new facts about future production, transportation options, public perceptions, lab [...]	2008-11-17 09:36:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EINV SENV KZ
08ASTANA2266	KAZAKHSTAN: KAZMUNAIGAS AND SOCAR SIGN AGREEMENT ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 14, the state oil companies of Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan signed an agreement outlining the basic principles for implementation of a trans-Caspian oil transportation system. The agreement defines the r [...]	2008-11-18 10:35:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV SOCI KPAO KZ
08ASTANA2276	KAZAKHSTAN: KAZMUNAIGAS FIRST VP IDENOV ON SWAPS WITH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 19, KazMunaiGas (KMG) First Vice President Maksat Idenov briefed the Ambassador on KMG's trans-Caspian oil transportation agreement with the State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR),indica [...]	2008-11-19 10:42:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV SOCI KPAO KZ
08ASTANA2317	KAZAKHSTAN'S NATIONAL SHIPPING COMPANY OPTIMISTIC [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 6, DCM and poloff met with Kazakhstan,s National Shipping company, Kazmortransflot (KMTF),to discuss its business structure and operations. KMTF identified the Kazakhstan Caspian Transportation System [...]	2008-11-24 10:36:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV EPET EWWT AJ KZ
08ASTANA2321	KAZAKHSTAN PURSUES ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 6, DCM and poloff met with a newly created national corporation to discuss business promotion and public-private partnerships in Kazakhstan,s Mangystau oblast. The Chairman of the Mangystau and Atyrau [...]	2008-11-24 11:36:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV KZ
08ASTANA2345	KAZAKHSTAN'S MAEC-KAZATOMPROM FACES FUNDING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 5, DCM and poloff visited Mangystau Atomic Energy Complex (MAEC),a subsidiary of Kazatomprom, to attend the construction completion ceremony of the U.S.-funded Sodium Processing Facility on the terri [...]	2008-11-25 10:58:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV ENRG KNNP TX KZ
08ASTANA2349	MANGYSTAU - KAZAKHSTAN'S OTHER OIL CENTER [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 6, DCM and poloff met with several oil companies to discuss the state of the energy industry in Kazakhstan,s Mangystau oblast. Oil companies in Mangystau noted the region,s untapped potential, good i [...]	2008-11-25 14:17:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV EPET CH IR KZ
08ASTANA2350	KAZAKHSTAN: OPPORTUNITY IN MANGYSTAU OBLAST [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Chief of Mission and poloff visited the port-city of Aktau, the capital of Mangystau oblast, during November 5-6. In addition to attending the construction completion ceremony of the U.S.-funded Sodium Pr [...]	2008-11-25 15:13:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON EINV EPET KPAO KDEM AE
08ASTANA2365	KAZAKHSTAN: SENATE CHAIRMAN OFFERS TO CONSULT WITH THE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 26, Ambassador Hoagland met with Senate Chairman Kasym-Zhomart Tokayev. Tokayev told the Ambassador that the Senate's priorities are to pass a package of "Madrid" amendments now making their way throug [...]	2008-11-26 12:26:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM KZ
08ASTANA2392	KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, November 9 - [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- National Bank Eases Reserve Requirements -- Use of the National Fund Criticized -- New Appointme [...]	2008-12-04 01:57:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN EIND ENRG EPET KTDB KZ
08ASTANA2408	KAZAKHSTAN: SHELL COMMITTED TO CONTINUED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Shell Kazakhstan,s Asset Manager for Kashagan, Devin Garrity, and County Chairman Campbell Keir met with CDA Kevin Milas on December 3 to provide an update on Shell operations in the Caspian Sea region. Offering [...]	2008-12-05 12:11:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EPET KZ PGOV
08ASTANA2449	KARACHAGANAK: KAZAKHSTAN'S UNSUNG SUPERGIANT OIL AND GAS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 2-4, Energy Officer toured the vast Karachaganak oil and gas field near the small town of Aksai (pop. 35,000),40 kilometers from the Russian border in northwestern Kazakhstan. Although less well-know [...]	2008-12-11 03:51:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EINV RS KZ
08ASTANA2465	KAZAKHSTAN: CONOCO-PHILLIPS DISCLOSES N BLOCK CONTRACT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 12, Energy Officer met with Nick Olds (protect throughout),Caspian Region President for ConocoPhillips (COP),to discuss the status of negotiations for the N Block, an offshore hydrocarbon-rich reserv [...]	2008-12-15 11:18:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EINV KZ
08ASTANA2475	KAZAKHSTAN: SOCAR DISCUSSES TRANS-CASPIAN OIL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 12, Energy Officer met with Vurgun Jafarov, State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) Country Director for Kazakhstan, and Fuad Khodjayev, SOCAR Country Manager, to discuss the November 14 a [...]	2008-12-18 16:52:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EINV AJ KZ
08ASTANA2479	KAZAKHSTAN: SOCAR DISCUSSES TRANS-CASPIAN OIL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 12, Energy Officer met with Vurgun Jafarov, State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) Country Director for Kazakhstan, and Fuad Khodjayev, SOCAR Country Manager, to discuss the November 14 a [...]	2008-12-18 17:17:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EINV AJ KZ
08ASTANA2481	KAZAKHSTAN: SMALL BORDER TOWN BALANCES RUSSIAN INFLUENCE, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Aksai is a small, provincial border town in northern Kazakhstan much like many others -- with the notable exception that it has billions of dollars worth of oil and gas buried in its backyard. Unfortunately, it w [...]	2008-12-19 02:48:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EINV SOCI PBTS RS KZ
08ASTANA2523	KAZAKHSTAN: ARTICLES ACCUSE OIL COMPANIES OF CAUSING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 30, the Russian-language, independent weekly newspaper "Svoboda Slova" launched a series of inflammatory articles written by journalist Igor Larra called, "Defending the Caspian." The paper has publish [...]	2008-12-22 10:05:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EINV SENV KPAO KZ
08ASTANA2534	KAZAKHSTAN: NSDP LEADER TUYAKBAY - AN HONORABLE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a December 18 meeting with the Ambassador in Almaty, the chair of the National Social Democratic Party (NSDP) Zharmakhan Tuyakbay argued that Kazakhstan's democratic hopes were dashed in mid-1990s when Presi [...]	2008-12-23 03:56:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ
08ASTANA2535	KAZAKHSTAN: CIVIL NUCLEAR ENERGY SECTOR OVERVIEW [...] SUMMARY: In response to reftel A, this report summarizes the structure, plans, projects, and players of Kazakhstan's civilian nuclear energy sector. Kazakhstan has the world's second largest uranium reserves after Australia and is currently the world's third largest uranium producer after Ca [...]	2008-12-23 06:11:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KGIC KNNP EINV ENRG KZ
08ASTANA2545	KAZAKHSTAN'S DUVANOV: "YOU'RE LOSING THE INFORMATION WAR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Independent journalist Sergei Duvanov judges: -- the United States is losing the information war with Russia in Kazakhstan because we are doing little effective to provide an alternative to Russia's massive domi [...]	2008-12-24 02:46:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PROP SOCI KDEM RS KZ
08ASTANA2561	KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, December 7 - [...] (U) SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Kazakhstan Ready to Negotiate Debt Restructuring -- Banks to Receive Government Assistance by March -- Conservative Scenario for 2009 National Budget -- Economic S [...]	2008-12-30 06:09:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EFIN EIND ENRG EPET KTDB KZ
08ASTANA2567	KAZAKHSTAN: WATER RESOURCE COMMITTEE DEPUTY CHAIRMAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Ministry of Agriculture Water Resource Committee Deputy Chairman Amirkhan Kenshimov highlighted the recent political agreement by the five Central Asian presidents on water use and energy delivery for the winter of [...]	2008-12-30 10:16:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ENRG SENV KZ
08ASTANA2572	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV CONVENES FOREIGN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 5, President Nazarbayev chaired the biannual Foreign Investors Council in Almaty, which was attended by the entire Cabinet and the top 15 foreign investors in Kazakhstan. The meeting was notable for it [...]	2008-12-30 11:05:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV BEXP ECON EFIN EINV ELAB EPET KZ
08ASTANA338	CHEVRON INCIDENT REFLECTS CHANGING DYNAMICS IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-15 11:18:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET PINR KZ
08ASTANA341	KAZAKHSTANI LEADERSHIP DISCUSSES ECONOMIC ISSUES, [...] (C) Prime Minister Masimov told Assistant Secretary Boucher during a February 11 meeting that he was seeking to implement further structural economic reforms in Kazakhstan, including tax reform. The government would also be focusing greater attention on developing human capital. Masimov stre [...]	2008-02-19 03:52:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET PREL WTO KZ
08ASTANA342	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV DISCUSSES [...] (S) President Nazarbayev thanked Assistant Secretary Boucher for U.S. support for Kazakhstan's OSCE chairmanship bid during a February 11 meeting. (Septel provides details of their discussion of the commitments on democratic reform that Kazakhstan made at the OSCE Madrid ministerial.) Nazarba [...]	2008-02-19 03:53:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PREL OSCE ECON EPET KZ
08ASTANA354	DESPITE OBSTACLES, KAZAKHSTAN MAINTAINS [...] (C) Summary: KazMunayGas, (KMG) Executive Director for Oil Transportation Arman Darbayev expects the Parliament to soon ratify the Azerbaijan ) Kazakhstan Inter-governmental Agreement on Trans-Caspian transport. KMG is establishing a sister company focused on Trans-Caspian transport issues. [...]	2008-02-20 10:56:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET PINR KZ
08ASTANA363	CORRUPTION CHARGES BROUGHT AGAINST MINISTRY OF [...] (SBU) On February 18 Kazakhstan's financial police brought criminal charges against a group of officials at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR). The officials, who have not yet been publicly identified, were charged with misfeasance and corruption. According to a press release [...]	2008-02-22 10:28:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EPET KZ
08ASTANA40	CPC PIPELINE EXPANSION MOVES FORWARD, BUT [...] Summary: (C) During his December 20 visit to Moscow, President Nazarbayev announced that Russia and Kazakhstan have agreed in principle to increase the capacity of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) pipeline. Arman Darbayev, KazMunayGas Executive Director for Oil Transportation, later told [...]	2008-01-09 11:59:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL KZ
08ASTANA405	KAZAKHSTAN SEARCHES FOR NEW ENERGY SECTOR MODEL [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstani officials have made a series of announcements since the beginning of 2008 indicating that Kazakhstan intends to take a tougher stance with foreign energy investors. Prime Minister Masimov has banned new production-sharing agreements, called for a new tax code for natu [...]	2008-02-29 11:48:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PREL KZ
08ASTANA431	EMBASSY ENERGY OFFICERS IN ASTANA [...] This cable responds to reftel request for information for required reports to Congress on energy. Following are post's responses to reftel questions: A. The Pol/Econ section covers energy issues. Fully-staffed, the section has seven officers, one OMS, and five locally-employed staff (LES). [...]	2008-03-05 11:07:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV APER ABUD
08ASTANA474	KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, FEBRUARY 2 - 22, [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Bilateral Talks with Canada Completed -- New Head of Samgau Holding Appointed -- General Electric Begins New Era of Cooperation -- EBRD to Invest over $1 Bln in Kazakhs [...]	2008-03-11 01:48:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KTDB KZ
08ASTANA480	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESSURE BUILDING FOR NEW OIL EXPORT [...] (C) Summary: On February 27, ExxonMobil Kazakhstan General Manager Steven Rose gave the Ambassador a detailed overview of ExxonMobil's presentation to Kazakhstan on the Kazakhstan Caspian Transportation System (KCTS). ExxonMobil is attempting to be the Kashagan consortium's lead voice in KCT [...]	2008-03-11 09:37:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET KZ
08ASTANA494	KAZAKHSTAN'S GAS EXPORTS: NOT YET ABUNDANT, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstan, along with Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, plans to sell its gas exports at "European prices" in 2009. KazMunayGas President Uzakbay Karabalin announced Kazakhstan's intent at a meeting in Moscow between Gazprom and energy officials from Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uz [...]	2008-03-12 11:13:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PRL EPET KZ
08ASTANA522	YUSHCHENKO'S VISIT TO KAZAKHSTAN PAYS NO IMMEDIATE [...] (C) Summary: Presidents Yushchenko and Nazarbayev both described Kazakhstan - Ukraine relations as excellent during Yushchenko's March 5-6 visit to Kazakhstan. No agreements were reached, however, on energy cooperation. Instead, President Nazarbayev publicly pronounced that Kazakhstan will n [...]	2008-03-17 08:35:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET KZ
08ASTANA614	KAZAKHSTAN - SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COOPERATION OVERVIEW [...] (SBU) EST Officer's January 20 - February 19 TDY visit to Kazakhstan provided a timely opportunity to discuss the Kazakhstani government's science and technology (S&T) infrastructure, particularly in light of continued negotiations on a bilateral Science and Technology Agreement. Kazakhstani o [...]	2008-03-21 10:03:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPL PREL PGOV KSCA KZ
08ASTANA616	KAZAKHSTAN - SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY [...] (U) EST officer's January 20 - February 19 TDY visit to Kazakhstan provided a timely opportunity to discuss the Kazakhstani government's science and technology (S&T) infrastructure, particularly in light of continued negotiations on a bilateral Science and Technology Agreement. This cable focu [...]	2008-03-21 11:58:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPL EAGR KSCA PREL PGOV KZ
08ASTANA618	KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, FEBRUARY 23 - MARCH [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Quota for Sugar Imports -- Financial Sector News -- Results of 2005 EITI Report -- KazMunayGas To Explore Zhambyl Block of Caspian Shelf -- Kazakhstan-China Joint Vent [...]	2008-03-24 10:00:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KTDB KZ
08ASTANA722	KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, MARCH 8 - MARCH 21, [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been verified for accuracy. -- $1 Billion Loan for Kazakhstan Development Bank -- New Appointments at FSA -- MangistauMunayGas Appeals Energy Ministry Decision -- Karachaganak Consortium Faces Enviro [...]	2008-04-14 12:02:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KTDB KZ
08ASTANA726	KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, MARCH 22 - APRIL 4, [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been verified for accuracy. -- KazAgro to Transfer Secondary Assets -- ArcelorMittal Temirtau Wins Court Ruling in Tax Dispute -- KMG to Upgrade Oil Refineries -- State Considers a 15% Stake in Kazak [...]	2008-04-15 06:15:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KTDB KZ
08ASTANA729	WITH IGA ON TRANS-CASPIAN OIL TRANSPORT RATIFIED, [...] (C) Summary: On March 26, Kazakhstan's Parliament ratified an intergovernmental agreement with Azerbaijan on trans-Caspian oil transportation. According to the Kazakhstanis, Azerbaijan appears "not in a hurry" in trans-Caspian talks and, sensing Kazakhstan's vulnerabilities, is driving a hard [...]	2008-04-15 08:31:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET KZ
08ASTANA768	KAZAKHSTAN AND INDIA SEEK TO REVIVE BILATERAL TIES [...] (C) Bilateral relations between Kazakhstan and India started off strongly following Kazakhstani independence, but the momentum has slowed since then. Both sides appear to be interested in reviving ties, and President Nazarbayev is expected to visit to India in November -- his first trip ther [...]	2008-04-18 12:11:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD KZ IN
08ASTANA778	KAZAKHSTAN - POST ENDORSES FY2008 SECTION 1206 [...] (SBU) Post fully endorses the FY2008 proposal for Section 1206 funding for Kazakhstan that was submitted by CENTCOM. The funding is aimed at providing Kazakhstan with the capability to conduct counterterrorist operations, deploy forces, and react to threats in the northern Caspian Sea, which [...]	2008-04-21 09:02:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS PREL KZ
08ASTANA779	GOK INCREASES PRESSURE ON TENGHIZCHEVROIL OVER [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstani authorities continue to closely scrutinize TenghizChevroil (TCO),which has already paid hundreds of millions of dollars in fines in recent years. Consortium representatives describe a working environment made difficult by government harassment and constant requests fo [...]	2008-04-21 11:52:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET KZ
08ASTANA905	KAZAKHSTAN: KMG EXPERT DISCUSSES CPC EXPANSION, [...] (C) Summary: KazMunaiGas' Executive Director for Oil Transportation Arman Darbayev believes that Russia has, for the first time, created a framework that may make CPC expansion possible. He disputes reports, however, that expansion will be directly linked to Kazakhstan's supplying oil to the [...]	2008-05-13 10:44:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ENRG EPET KZ
08ASTANA91	KAZAKHSTAN: ALL SIDES SMILING WITH KASHAGAN DEAL [...] (C) In a marathon negotiating session on January 13, the Kashagan consortium partners reached agreement in principle with the Government of Kazakhstan (GOK) on restructuring the ownership and operatorship of the project, overcoming two main stumbling blocks. ENI had objected to a new operatin [...]	2008-01-18 08:44:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ECON KZ
08ASTANA962	KAZAKHSTAN - OIL EXPORT DUTY GOES INTO EFFECT, BUT [...] (U) Kazakhstan's recently announced duty on the export of crude oil and oil products went into effect on May 17. The duty does not apply to companies whose contracts set fixed tax regimes, which means that Kazakhstan's three principal oil and gas projects -- Tengiz, Karachaganak, and Kashagan [...]	2008-05-19 11:02:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON ETRD PGOV KZ
08ASTANA971	KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, APRIL 19 - MAY 3, [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan Commercial Ties -- Trade Increases within Eurasian Economic Community -- Astana Finance Enters Russian Market -- Return of Ex-Finance Minister -- [...]	2008-05-22 07:33:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KTDB KZ
08ASUNCION42	WHA DAS MCMULLEN VISITS PARAGUAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his January 9-11, 2008 visit to Asuncion, WHA DAS Chris McMullen co-led the USG delegation to the Three-Plus-One meeting (septel),and also conducted separate meetings with the Paraguayan Foreign Ministry, Brazilian diplomatic representatives, and business sector leaders. [...]	2008-01-18 13:32:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PA
08ASUNCION43	AN ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF DUARTE'S TENURE [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Duarte,s 2003-2007 economic performance yielded mixed results. Macroeconomic stability was achieved but a rigid expenditure structure, a visible bias to support current expenses instead of public investments, and a political rather than an economic spending rationale un [...]	2008-01-18 13:43:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PA
08ASUNCION535	SCENE-SETTER FOR LUGO INAUGURATION [...] (C) Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez and members of the U.S. delegation attending the August 15 inauguration of President Fernando Lugo. The Lugo administration represents the first interruption in Colorado Party rule in 61 years. Your visit provides an o [...]	2008-08-01 18:01:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV SNAR PA
08ASUNCION583	SEC GUTIERREZ LUNCH WITH LUGO'S ECONOMIC TEAM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Ayalde hosted a lunch for Secretary Gutierrez and the U.S. delegation to Lugo's inauguration and Lugo's economic team August 14. Finance Minster Borda outlined an expansive agenda of economic policy priorities: pro-growth macro-economic policies; public sector reform to [...]	2008-08-22 14:46:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN PREL ECON ETRD PGOV EIND PA
08ASUNCION584	SEC GUTIERREZ MEETS WITH US COMPANIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. companies operating in Paraguay met with Secretary Gutierrez and the U.S. delegation for President Lugo's inauguration at the Chamber of Commerce August 14. The companies indicated that insecurities in the judicial system undermine Paraguay's capacity to attract foreign inv [...]	2008-08-22 18:33:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN PGOV EIND ECON EINV ETRD PREL PA
08ASUNCION696	SCENE-SETTER FOR BUSH-LUGO MEETING: PARAGUAY [...] (C) President Fernando Lugo's administration represents the first break in Colorado Party's 61-year stranglehold on power; as such, it is shaking the foundations of Paraguayan society. President Bush's October 27 meeting with President Lugo offers the United States an opportunity to reaffirm it [...]	2008-10-14 18:49:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV SNAR PA
08ASUNCION747	SCENE-SETTER FOR CODEL ENGEL TO PARAGUAY [...] (C) Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes Codel Engel November 11-13. President Fernando Lugo's administration represents the first break in the Colorado Party's 61-year streak in power; as such, it is shaking the foundations of Paraguayan society. Just on the heels of President Lugo's October 27 [...]	2008-11-04 12:32:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV SNAR PA
08ASUNCION785	D/USTR VERONEAU REASSURES LUGO OF US TRADE INTERESTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy U.S. Trade Representative John Veroneau met with President Lugo early November 20 to reinforce President Bush's interest in strengthening trade relations with Paraguay. Lugo said international solidarity is key to Paraguay's development, and asserted that Paraguay needs fa [...]	2008-11-20 20:14:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON ETRD PA
08ATHENS1023	SCENE SETTER FOR ATHENS GREECE (U) [...] (SBU) Welcome back to Athens, we look forward to your important visit which comes at an important time in the U.S.-Greece bilateral relationship. Since your visit last July, ADM Fitzgerald (2-3 April),Lt Gen McFann (2 July),and LTG Eikenberry (3 July) visited Athens and met with key Greek m [...]	2008-07-17 08:17:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS NATO TU MK GR
08ATHENS1043	SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR SCHULTE'S JULY 27 - 29 [...] (C) Welcome to Athens. I am pleased that you are coming and the Embassy stands ready to make your visit a success. Your visit is opportune, as the Greeks are thinking carefully about Iran. On the one hand, those handling non-proliferation matters largely share international community concern [...]	2008-07-23 08:28:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PREL PARM MNUC KNNP IAEA GR
08ATHENS1188	TFGG01: RUSSIA-GEORGIA CONFLICT: ATHENS DIPLOMATIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Greek MFA and MOD officials are saying the right things on Greece's support for Georgia's territorial integrity and the early withdrawal of Russian forces from Georgia. At the same time, a team of Russian defense industry experts is scheduled to visit Athens next week to discuss [...]	2008-08-22 16:55:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET//NOFORN	GR PGOV PREL MARR RU GG
08ATHENS1303	GREECE/IRAN: AMBASSADOR WARNS MFA SECGEN TO CANCEL [...] (S) At a September 9 dinner hosted by the Turkish Ambassador, MFA Secretary General Agathocles told Ambassador Speckhard he was planning a trip to Teheran in the near future. Ambassador warned him to cancel the visit, given UN and EU sanctions against Iran and the current state of Iran's rela [...]	2008-09-12 15:16:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	GR IR PGOV PREL
08ATHENS1455	MFA SECGEN ON IRAN, VISA WAIVER, GTMO DETAINEE, [...] (S) SUMMARY: In an October 16 meeting, DCM raised with MFA Secretary General Agathocles a range of topical issues, including: 1) Greece's status in the Visa Waiver process and our intention to move ahead (Agathocles was pleased to hear the news but cautioned that certain legal issues remained t [...]	2008-10-17 16:03:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	MOPS GR IR PHUM CVIS KCRM PREL
08ATHENS1457	DAS GRAFFY MEETS WITH GREEK PARLIAMENTARIANS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 8, Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for Public Diplomacy for Europe and EurAsia Colleen Graffy met with several Members of Parliament (MP) from the Greek Special Standing Committee on Protection of the Environment. The discussion focused largely on managing carbon [...]	2008-10-20 06:35:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	KGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY PREL PGOV OSCE AF GR
08ATHENS1528	GREECE/TERRORISM: NOVEMBER 17 SOUNDS OFF, [...] (SBU) An imprisoned assassin from Greece's most famous domestic terrorist group, November 17 (17N),recently published an unrepentant manifesto in a Greek newspaper, while another group with a similar ideology, Revolutionary Struggle (RS),may have launched a new bomb attack, possibly its firs [...]	2008-11-07 14:04:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV ASEC GR
08ATHENS1539	GEORGIAN FM VISIT TO ATHENS: GREEK, GEORGIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During her November 6-7 visit to Athens, Georgian FM Tkeshelashvili discussed with FM Bakoyannis and other Greek interlocutors problems with the OSCE observer mission in Georgia, the recent donors' conferences, the plight of IDPs, the Geneva talks, energy pipelines, and domestic i [...]	2008-11-10 15:41:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE GR RS GG
08ATHENS1561	GREECE: 2008-2009 INCSR PART I [...] (U) The full text of the draft 2008-2009 INCSR Part I for Greece follows: Greece[DVM1] 2008-2009 INCSR Part I: Drugs and Chemical Control I. Summary Greece is a "gateway" country in the transit of illicit drugs and contraband. Although not a major transit country for drugs headed f [...]	2008-11-17 05:56:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM PGOV PREL GR
08ATHENS1570	GREECE/TURKEY: NAVAL STANDOFF OVER OIL EXPLORATION [...] (C) In a 11/17 meeting with Ambassador Speckhard, MFA Secretary General Aristides Agathocles confirmed that the immediate crisis is "over" with Turkey over a Norwegian ship accompanied by a Turkish frigate that had been conducting oil exploration approximately eighty miles south of the Greek [...]	2008-11-18 15:57:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MOPS GR TU
08ATHENS1635	GREECE/CHINA: GREEKS SEE PRC AS MORE "AGGRESSIVE" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese Embassy and Greek MFA readouts painted very different pictures of Chinese President Hu's recent visit to Athens. The Chinese saw the visit as fulfilling three goals: repaying Greece for President Papoulias' visit during the Olympics; cementing the Chinese-Greece "comprehe [...]	2008-12-05 14:57:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD GR PGOV PREL CH
08ATHENS1671	GREECE: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Embassy Athens provides the following submission for Greece for the "Country Reports on Terrorism (CRT) 2008." 2. Begin report: Greece Greece is increasingly an EU entry point for illegal immigrants coming from the Middle East. As such there is ongoing concern that it could be used as [...]	2008-12-12 14:17:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC GR
08ATHENS20	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DAVIS [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION: Welcome to Athens. We look forward to hosting your visit, which comes at an important time in the U.S.-Greece bilateral relationship. Greece is a NATO ally and strategic partner of the U.S., as well as a member of the European Union. The center-right New Democracy governm [...]	2008-01-04 17:43:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON GR
08ATHENS21	PM KARAMANLIS TOUGH ON MACEDONIA NAME, PRAGMATIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his first meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis took a hard line on te Macedonia name issue, saying he had "done hs part," while Skopje had become increasingly intransigent. A mutually acceptable solution -- which could include a composite name of "New, [...]	2008-01-05 12:58:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GR
08ATHENS216	CT TASK FORCE: CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (U) As requested in Reftel, this message contains Embassy Athens' assessment of critical infrastructure and key resources in Greece which, if destroyed, disrupted, or exploited, might have an immediate and deleterious effect on the United States. 2. (U) Greek Shipping Industry: Greek compan [...]	2008-02-15 16:02:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ECON PTER PREL PGOV ETTC EAID EFIN GR
08ATHENS469	SCENESETTER: ADMIRAL FITZGERALD VISITS ATHENS [...] (SBU) Welcome to Athens. We look forward to hosting your visit which comes at an important time, during the Bucharest Summit, in the U.S.-Greece bilateral relationship. As you know, Greece is an important NATO ally and strategic partner of the U.S., as well as a member of the European Union. [...]	2008-03-31 07:47:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	GR NATO ODC PARM PGOV PREL
08ATHENS716	Scenesetter for Representative Sarbanes and former [...] (SBU) Dear Senator and Congressman, we are looking forward to your visit. I wanted to offer you the following background information that you may find interesting in preparing for your trip. I look forward to the opportunity to meet and discuss some of these issues in more detail when you ar [...]	2008-05-22 11:14:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI GR
08ATHENS734	TOUR D'HORIZON WITH FM BAKOYANNIS [...] (C) In a May 23 meeting with Ambassador Speckhard, FM Bakoyannis said she and PM Karamanlis had told Macedonian President Crvenkovski that Greece seeks to conclude the name negotiations quickly. Macedonia must choose an adjective for "Macedonia" that makes clear the country is part of a broad [...]	2008-05-28 13:52:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO UNSC IR MK GR
08ATHENS743	Scenesetter for Ambassador Tahir-Kheli's visit, June 2-5 [...] (SBU) Dear Ambassador Tahir-Kheli, we are looking forward to your visit. I wanted to offer you the following background information that you may find interesting in preparing for your trip. I look forward to the opportunity to meet and discuss some of these issues in more detail when you are [...]	2008-05-30 09:18:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI GR
08BAGHDAD1003	RRT ERBIL: SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION TO VICE [...] (U) Vice President Cheney's March 17-18 visit to Baghdad and the Kurdistan Region dominated local news broadcasts and has received universally positive editorial commentary in Kurdish papers in addition to factual reporting. Local press underscored the "historic nature" of the visit as the Vi [...]	2008-04-01 12:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL OVIP IZ

08BAGHDAD1008	MINISTERIAL CAPACITY SURGE ASSESSMENT - INTERIM REPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As of March 30, 97 percent of the 75 "surge" advisors on Ministerial Capacity have arrived in Baghdad. Their arrivals were staggered; in mid-January, 53 percent were present and working in country. Surge personnel focus on providing targeted skills to several key non-security [...]	2008-04-01 16:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AMGT PGOV ECON PREL SOCI PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD1015	RRT ERBIL: BARZANI ADVISOR SUPPORTS CRACKDOWN ON [...] (C) Summary: Dr. Fuad Hussein, a key advisor to Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masoud Barzani, told RRTOFF that Barzani voiced his support to PM Maliki's crackdown on criminal gangs and militia in Basra in a March 31 phone call. The call, the first conversation between the two [...]	2008-04-02 09:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EPET IZ
08BAGHDAD1021	WHAT IS THE U.S. VIEW OF THE PROPOSED IN-KIND [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Minister of Oil Husseyn Shahristani spoke to EMIN by phone April 1. Asked about progress on the negotiation of the oilfield technical service agreements (TSAs) under negotiation with major international oil companies (IOCs),Shahr [...]	2008-04-03 06:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EFIN IZ
08BAGHDAD106	TALABANI ON KURDISH EFFORTS TO IMPROVE RELATIONS [...] (S) Summary: Iraqi President Talabani on January 12 told S/I Satterfield he and Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Barzani had agreed on a list of measures to improve relations with the U.S. and restart political progress under the Maliki government. These include eliminating Kurd [...]	2008-01-14 18:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD107	FLEDGLING "NATIONAL PROJECT" SEEKS POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Billing their fledgling group as a broad-based CoR coalition that cuts across sectarian lines, organizers of the "National Project" told the media January 13 that they hope to attract as many as 145 CoR members from across Iraq's political spectrum with a common goal of fostering [...]	2008-01-14 18:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1070	DPM SALIH: TIME IS RIGHT FOR BIG MOVES ON BASRAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a cordial and far ranging conversation at the DPM residence April 6, EMIN introduced to DPM Barham Salih incoming Anti-Corruption Coordinator Ambassador Lawrence Benedict and discussed economic/reconstruction measures the GOI can take in coming days to solidify gains from th [...]	2008-04-07 14:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID EFIN MOPS IZ
08BAGHDAD1072	MINFIN HAS MONEY FOR BASRA, BUT IS WAITING ON [...] (C) Summary: At an April 6 meeting, Minister of Finance Bayan Jabr said that the 100 million USD for humanitarian assistance and development in Basra could be funded by taking money from the Basra Provincial Government's capital budget. A line item in the upcoming 2008 supplemental budget could [...]	2008-04-07 14:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1073	RRT ERBIL: SRSG PREVIEWS DISTRICT VISITS; KURDS [...] (C) Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Staffan de Mistura briefed RRT that his upcoming visits to Hamdaniya, Makhmour, and Akre districts will lay the groundwork for recommendations to the Presidency Council to begin resolving Article 140. He said his goal is for the UN t [...]	2008-04-07 14:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1080	COR SPEAKER MAHMOUD MASHADANI DEEMS POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary. Council of Representatives (CoR) Speaker Mahmoud Mashadani told us the Political Council for National Security (PCNS) meeting (Saturday, April 5, 2008) was successful in bridging the key differences between the political blocs. He added the CoR will work to ban armed militias fr [...]	2008-04-07 18:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1091	CHALABI'S PROVISION OF SERVICES COMMITTEE - APRIL 1 [...] SUMMARY: Discussion at Dr. Chalabi's April 1 Provision of Services Committee meeting was primarily divided between potable water (for a third straight week),and the fallout from the previous week's fighting in Sadr City. Key topics included an electrical outage at the Karkh Water Treatment P [...]	2008-04-08 15:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL IZ REL UK
08BAGHDAD1115	TALABANI APPARENTLY PERSUADES IRAN TO CONDEMN IZ [...] (S) SUMMARY: NSC Senior Director for Iraq and Afghanistan Brett McGurk spoke on April 7 with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani to discuss the ongoing political situation including the recently held PCNS meeting and the Executive Council meeting scheduled for that evening. Talabani reiterated th [...]	2008-04-09 19:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD1130	ELECTRICITY MINISTER DETAILS PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Electricity Kareem Wahid on April 9 detailed plans to attract private investment in power projects; complained about the lack of fuel for power; sought travel support from MNF-I for plans to show PM Maliki various projects; revealed intra-Ministerial obstacles to GOI c [...]	2008-04-10 17:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1134	GOI DELEGATION PREPARES FOR BORDER SECURITY [...] (S) On April 10, Pol-Mil M/C, DHS Attach, MNF-I analysts, and PolMilOffs attended a meeting with the GOI delegation to the Border Security Working Group (BSWG) in order to provide them with an intelligence briefing and USG recommendations for their course of action in Damascus (the latter deliv [...]	2008-04-12 12:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PBTS PREL PTER IR IZ SY
08BAGHDAD1142	WASIT STATE TEXTILE FACTORY SEWS ITSELF BACK TO LIFE [...] (U) This is a joint PRT Wasit/Embassy reporting cable. SUMMARY 2. (U) During a March 11 visit to the Wasit State Company for Textiles, Wasit PRT members observed production lines back up and running, after having been shuttered just two months ago. A grant from the Task Force for Busines [...]	2008-04-12 13:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG ETRD IZ
08BAGHDAD1168	NECHIRVAN BARZANI HAILS NEW AMITY WITH BAGHDAD [...] (C) Econ Minister-Counselor Charlie Ries, Pol/Mil Minister-Counselor Marcie Ries, and Special Assistant to the President for Iraq and Afghanistan Brett McGurk met on April 12 with Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani. Barzani proclaimed a dramatic upswing in G [...]	2008-04-14 10:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD1180	Oil Ministry announces qualification results [...] Anadarko Iraq Company, USA 2. BG International, UK 3. BHP Billiton Petroleum Pty Ltd., Australia 4. BP, UK 5. Chevron Iraq Ltd., USA 6. CNOOC China Ltd, China 7. CNPC, China 8. Conoco Phillips, USA 9. Edison International SPA, Italy 10. ENI, Italy 11. Exxonmobil, USA [...]	2008-04-15 15:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG ECON EINV IZ
08BAGHDAD1181	CHINESE EMBASSY READOUT ON ECONOMIC ENGAGEMENT IN [...] (C) Summary: According to Chinese Embassy Economic and Trade Counselor Hu Yaowu in Baghdad, two Chinese-Iraqi energy projects, a 1,300 MW electric power plant and an oil field development project both located in Wasit Province, are on hold pending an improvement in security conditions. The Ch [...]	2008-04-15 15:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ETRD PREL PINR CN IZ
08BAGHDAD1191	COUNCIL OF MINISTERS SG ALI ALA'AQ DISCUSSES JOINT [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting held on Monday, April 14, at the Council of Minister's Secretariat (COMSEC),EMIN introduced the Council of Ministers Secretary-General Ali Ala'aq to incoming Anti-Corruption Coordinator Ambassador Lawrence Benedict. During the meeting, Ala'aq, EMIN, and Ambassador [...]	2008-04-16 16:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1198	THE AMBASSADOR'S AND GENERAL PETRAEUS' APRIL 14 [...] (S) Summary: Prime Minister (PM) Maliki reviewed plans for security operations in Mosul with the Ambassador and General Petraeus on April 14. Maliki expressed consternation with what he saw as overly-generous descriptions of the Sadrists during the recent Congressional testimony; the Ambassado [...]	2008-04-17 08:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1207	VP ADEL: JAM AND SADRISTS DOWN BUT NOT OUT, IRAN [...] (C) Summary: In an April 16 meeting, Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi told the Ambassador that Sadrist insiders have confirmed his analysis that Muqtada al-Sadr (who is in Iran, not Iraq) is mainly a symbolic leader of a fragmented and failing movement comprised of diverse bands of thugs, sheik [...]	2008-04-17 19:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1223	NINEWA: LOW-KEY REACTION IN TAL AFAR TO BASRA [...] (C) Key officials in Tal Afar, the second-largest city in Ninewa province with a large Shia Turkoman population, told PRT Leader and Western Ninewa Branch Office Chief March 30 that they supported Iraqi efforts to contain the violence in Basra generated by Shia militia. Tal Afar appeared focus [...]	2008-04-20 07:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PHUM PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1237	EPRT BAGHDAD 2 AT YEAR ONE; SUCCESS STORIES [...] (U) This is a Baghdad 2 BCT E-PRT reporting cable drafted by Team Leader Eric Whitaker. 2. (SBU) Summary: Over the past year, Baghdad 2 E-PRT has undertaken a variety of activities in the areas of local governance, community reconciliation, economic growth and development, and essential [...]	2008-04-21 15:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM ECON EAID SOCI IZ
08BAGHDAD1243	SADR THREATENS "OPEN WAR UNTIL LIBERATION" [...] (S) Summary: Muqtada al-Sadr issued an April 19 internet statement in a continuing effort to rally and unify his followers in the face of a concerted GOI crackdown on the Jaysh al-Mehdi (JAM) militia. Heaping scorn on both the GOI and "American occupiers," Sadr repeatedly sounded the powerful [...]	2008-04-22 12:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1251	MCNS APRIL 20: RULE OF LAW, MOSUL AND BASRAH [...] (S REL AUS UK) SUMMARY: Topics covered at the April 20 MCNS session included implementation of the Amnesty Law (cases are moving through the system - but there were concerns that some judicial review committees were approving too many); planning for military operations in Mosul (additional for [...]	2008-04-23 01:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER PHUM ECON IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1255	MINFIN CLEANS UP BUDGET QUESTIONS [...] (S) SUMMARY: Minister of Finance Jabr told EMIN on April 21 that he supports the concept of transferring USD 14 million, payable to the USG for transport to radioactive material from Iraq to Canada, to the USG ICERP account; that all provinces have gotten an initial release of 20 percent of [...]	2008-04-23 07:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	EFIN EPET IZ
08BAGHDAD126	BUDGET EXECUTION AND PRISON REFORM DOMINATE [...] (S) SUMMARY: During the January 13 Ministerial Council on National Security (MCNS),National Security Advisor (NSA) Rubaie led a discussion about capital improvement budget execution problems in the Ministries of Defense, Interior, and Justice. Both the IntMin and acting JusMin acknowledged pr [...]	2008-01-17 12:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER
08BAGHDAD127	PRT KIRKUK: PROGRESS ON RECONCILIATION AS NEW ARAB [...] (U) Summary: Rakan Al-Jabouri assumed the office of Deputy Governor for Kirkuk Province on January 15. Twenty out of 26 Provincial Council members voted in favor of Rakan while another six members submitted blank ballots. The naming of an Arab Deputy Governor in the predominantly Kurdish pr [...]	2008-01-17 14:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1273	DEPUTY SPEAKER ATTIYAH DISCUSSES VISIT WITH [...] (S/NF) Summary. Deputy CoR Speaker Sheikh Khalid Attiyah told the Ambassador, S/I Satterfield, and Special Assistant to the President Brett McGurk, that he met with Grand Ayatollah Sistani on Wednesday (April 17) in Najaf. While Sistani believes the security situation has improved in the Sou [...]	2008-04-24 11:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1277	NECHIRVAN BARZANI: NASCENT PROGRESS ON [...] (C) Summary: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani met on April 17 with the Ambassador and April 19 with S/I Satterfield and Economic Minister-Counselor Ries. Special Assistant to the President Brett McGurk attended both meetings. Barzani reiterated that KRG-G [...]	2008-04-24 15:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD1297	IRAQ'S CIVIL SERVICE APRIL PAY RAISE [...] (SBU) On April 10, the Iraqi Council of Representatives (CoR) passed the Civil Service Salary Law in its third reading; the law now awaits endorsement at the Presidency Council. This law will substantially increase the monthly wages for the first time since 2004 of the approximately 2 million [...]	2008-04-27 10:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB IZ
08BAGHDAD1315	MALIKI ON IRAN WEAPONS SMUGGLING, CURRENT MILITARY [...] (S) SUMMARY: During his weekly security meeting on April 24 with the Ambassador and MNF-I Commanding General Petraeus, Prime Minister Maliki said he would privately confront Iran with evidence about its supplying weapons to criminal elements in Iraq. He said the delegation would depart for Teh [...]	2008-04-28 16:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ IR MASS MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD1328	OIL MINISTRY RESPONDS REGARDING IN-KIND PAYMENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Oil sent us the proposed text of the payment terms of its technical service contracts, explaining the proposed transaction is structured as an accounting offset, in hopes of securing USG approval of its proposed payment scheme. Post requests guidance on the draf [...]	2008-04-29 13:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET ENRG
08BAGHDAD1337	COR SPEAKER MAHMOUD MASHADANI: NO IRAQI SHOULD BE [...] (C) Summary: On April 26, Council of Representatives (CoR) Speaker Mashadani told the Ambassador that diplomatic representation from Saudi Arabia is needed to bolster Arab relations with Iraq and counteract Iran's growing influence. Regarding the Sadrists, Mashadani shared with the Ambassador [...]	2008-04-30 08:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1342	ZEBARI ON NEIGHBORS MINISTERIAL, STRATEGIC [...] (C) SUMMARY. During an April 27 meeting, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari agreed with Ambassador Crocker and S/I Satterfield that Iraq must host the next Neighbors Ministerial and that the GOI must fast track ambassadorial nominees to key neighboring countries, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia in part [...]	2008-04-30 18:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1347	RESULTS OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS ASSESSMENT TEAM VISIT TO THE [...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil reporting cable. 2. (SBU) A tailored Financial System Assessment Team (FSAT) consisting of Gary Novis (Department of State, Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism (S/CT)-Head of Delegation),Robert Stapleton, (Department of Justice, Asset Forfeiture and Money [...]	2008-05-01 09:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL KTFN KCRM PTER SNAR IZ
08BAGHDAD1381	APRIL 27 MCNS: SADR CITY, MOSUL, BASRAH, DEFENSE [...] (S REL AUS UK) SUMMARY: Topics covered at the April 27 MCNS session included preparation for operations in Sadr City and Mosul; opportunities to boost the role and capabilities of the Department of Border Enforcement and Iraqi Navy, particularly around Basrah; the future of the Facilities Prot [...]	2008-05-03 12:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS IR IZ PINR MCAP MARR
08BAGHDAD1389	SCENESETTER FOR OPIC PRESIDENT AND CEO MOSBACHER'S [...] (C) Welcome to Iraq. Despite sustained senior level economic engagement with Iraqis during the period of the security surge, security gains have not been cemented in place with jobs and investment. Much is required on many levels to make this happen. Major Barriers to Investment -------- [...]	2008-05-04 10:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN EINV EAID OPIC IZ
08BAGHDAD1401	OIL MINISTER ON OIL LAW, CONTRACTS, BUDGET AND GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Oil (MOO) Shahristani told EMIN on May 4 the GOI had not heard anything more from the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) about continuing with negotiations to enact the hydrocarbon framework law (HCL). He is hopeful that he will sign a Technical Service Contract (TSC) t [...]	2008-05-05 14:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON IZ
08BAGHDAD1421	JABR CLARIFIES SAUDI DEBT ISSUE, REVEALS PLANS FOR [...] (C) Begin Summary: During a wide-ranging conversation May 5, Finance Minister Bayan Jabr clarified the Government of Iraq (GOI) position on the Saudi debt issue. He explained that the GOI believed the total principal amounted to USD 15.7 billion, of which the GOI was prepared to pay 20 percent [...]	2008-05-07 07:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN IZ PGOV
08BAGHDAD1424	PM MALIKI RECOGNIZES ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (C//REL MCFI) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki acknowledged several priorities for improving Iraq's energy infrastructure security at a special May 1 meeting of a newly formed Infrastructure Protection Committee (IPC). Discussion of security challenges at the Bayji Oil Refinery (BOR) dur [...]	2008-05-07 11:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ENRG IZ
08BAGHDAD1445	RRT ERBIL: KRG LEADERSHIP WAITING FOR DE MISTURA [...] (C) Summary: KRG leadership told the Ambassador,s Senior Advisor for Northern Iraq and RRTOffs May 6 that they look forward to hearing SRSG de Mistura,s first cut at resolving boundary disputes, promised for delivery in mid-May. KRG Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani said the KRG must &compro [...]	2008-05-09 11:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD1446	NINEWA: KURDISH TACTICS ALIENATE SHIA SHABAK [...] (C/NF) A prominent leader of the minority Shia Shabak and Turkmen communities in eastern Ninewa's al Hamdaniya district said May 5 that heavy-handed Kurdish pressure in 2008 has solidified his constituency's opposition to joining the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG). Islamic Supreme Council [...]	2008-05-09 11:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD1447	RRT ERBIL: KRG PM BARZANI FORECASTS HYDROCARBON [...] (C) Summary: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister told the Ambassador,s Senior Advisor for Northern Iraq and RRTOffs May 6 that he expects the KRG to complete its short list of modifications to the February 2007 text on national hydrocarbon legislation soon. He does not plan, h [...]	2008-05-09 12:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET IZ
08BAGHDAD1468	MCNS ON MAY 4 REVIEWS BASRA SITUATION, BORDER [...] (S REL AS UK) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Maliki chaired the May 4 Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) that reviewed the Basrah situation, resources for MOI's Directorate of Border Enforcement (DBE),equipping and training MOD and MOI through Foreign Military Sales (FMS),and a Natio [...]	2008-05-11 16:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER SY IZ
08BAGHDAD1484	2008 KRG BUDGET: $6.4 BILLION AND SMALL GAINS IN [...] (C) Summary: The Kurdistan National Assembly (KNA, regional parliament) passed a 7.6 trillion Iraqi dinar ($6.4 billion) budget to fund the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) for 2008. Approval came on April 30, nearly three months earlier than in 2007. The 2008 budget includes 4.7 trill [...]	2008-05-12 18:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1497	MASHADANI BRAVES THE POLITICAL STORM OVER THE [...] (C) Summary: The Council of Representatives (CoR) Speaker Mahmoud Mashadani discussed with the Ambassador on May 11 the second reading of the elections law earlier that day, accusing the Kurds and ISCI of slow-rolling the legislation. He affirmed, nonetheless, the law would pass when the CoR [...]	2008-05-14 08:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1526	SCENESETTER FOR NECHIRVAN BARZANI'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani is visiting Washington on May 17-21 after receiving an honorary degree from Washington and Jefferson University. His meetings will include the Vice President, the Secretary, and the Deputy Secretary. Nechirvan [...]	2008-05-18 07:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD154	PRT ANBAR: ANBAR HIGHER COMMITTEE ENGAGES GOI [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary. The six members of the recently-established Anbar Higher Committee (AHC) visited Bagdad January 15-16 in their first engagement as a group with senior GOI officials. The proximate reason was to follow up on unfulfilled GOI commitme [...]	2008-01-21 15:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD1541	HOUSE SPEAKER PELOSI AND COR SPEAKER MASHADANI [...] (C) Summary. Council of Representative (CoR) Speaker Mahmoud Mashadani warmly welcomed CODEL Pelosi to Baghdad on May 17 and told CODEL Pelosi and the Ambassador he expects provincial elections will occur by October 1, 2008. He highlighted provisions of the law banning parties with ties to m [...]	2008-05-19 12:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1557	TURKISH AMBASSADOR ON DISPUTED TERRITORIES/KIRKUK, [...] (C/NF) Summary: Turkish Ambassador Derya Kanbay told Senior Advisor May 18 that Turkey would reject any Kurdish "annexation" of Kirkuk because of concerns about Iraqi territorial integrity but also emphasized the GOT found UNAMI's efforts on disputed territories and the status of Kirkuk to be [...]	2008-05-20 07:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ
08BAGHDAD156	FM ZEBARI DISCUSSES NEIGHBORLY RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) Summary: On January 20, Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and the Deputy Chief of Mission met with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari to discuss Iraq's relationship with its neighbors, the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and current Iraqi legislation. Zebari updated Menendez on the u [...]	2008-01-22 10:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1570	DNO EXPORT PIPELINE AWAITS GREEN LIGHT [...] (SBU) RRTOff met May 15 with Tarik Abdullah Chalabi, General Manager of Erbil-based Norwegian oil subsidiary, DNO Iraq AS, to discuss DNO's planned Tawke pipeline, completion of which apparently awaits the green light from Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) authorities, and the quality and pri [...]	2008-05-21 11:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON EINV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1582	PM MALIKI TELLS CODEL PELOSI: IRAQ WANTS [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told CODEL Pelosi and the Ambassador on May 17 that Iraq is making great political and security strides this year. When asked about Iraq's relationship with its Arab neighbors, PM Maliki responded that Iraq receives little support and added Iraq sho [...]	2008-05-23 11:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1588	ANTI-CORRUPTION UPDATE [...] (SBU) Beginning with the GOI,s Anti-Corruption Conference in January there have been a number of newsworthy events on the anti-corruption front so far in 2008. The January Conference was followed by a UN Office of Drugs and Crime meeting in mid-March timed to coincide with the signing and rat [...]	2008-05-24 06:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR PGOV ECON EAID IZ
08BAGHDAD1603	GOI KURDS ON SFA/SOFA, TIES WITH THE NEIGHBORS, [...] (C) The Ambassador and Special Assistant to the President Brett McGurk met on May 20 with Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Barham Salih, May 21 with Salih and President Talabani, and May 22 with Salih and Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari. On the Strategic Framework and Status of Forces Agreements ( [...]	2008-05-26 05:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD1610	PRESIDENT TALABANI ON TAWAFUQ RETURN, SFA/SOFA, [...] (C) Summary: In a May 25 meeting, President Jalal Talabani told the Ambassador that he has been mediating between Prime Minister al-Maliki and Vice President al-Hashemi to secure the return of Tawafuq officials to the GOI cabinet, and he expressed optimism that a final deal could be reached bef [...]	2008-05-26 16:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1620	VP HASHEMI ON TAWAFUQ RETURN, SFA/SOFA, AND MOSUL [...] (C) Summary: In a May 25 meeting, Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi told the Ambassador that his May 24 meeting with Prime Minister al-Maliki had not achieved the return of Tawafuq officials to the GOI cabinet and that Maliki had unexpectedly raised a new issue that could obstruct the return pro [...]	2008-05-27 10:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1621	GOI-DONOR CO-FINANCING MECHANISM EVOLVING, BUDGET [...] (C) Summary: According to Ministry of Planning and Development Cooperation (MoPDC) Senior Advisor Faik Ali Abdalrasool on May 21, the GOI co-financing mechanism that it will headline at the upcoming International Compact with Iraq Ministerial on May 29, is designed to allow international donor [...]	2008-05-27 14:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN EAID PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1629	CANADIAN NIKO SIGNS OIL CONTRACT IN KURDISTAN [...] (U) Canadian oil company Niko Resources, Ltd., announced May 20 that it has entered into its first production-sharing contract (PSC) with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) as a consortium operator. The PSC will cover the exploration, development, and production of petroleum in the Qar [...]	2008-05-28 07:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON EINV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1641	PRT ANBAR: UNAMI VISITS ANBAR TO DISCUSS [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: A small UNAMI delegation visited Ramadi on May 27 with a dual purpose: to hold talks with provincial officials on economic development in advance of the expected establishment of a permanent UNAMI presence in the province and to m [...]	2008-05-29 13:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI ECON EAID UN IZ
08BAGHDAD1650	KDP - PUK RELATIONS: CABINET NEGOTIATIONS SHOW [...] (C) Through a broad range of discussions with party officials and a drawn out, public airing of party laundry in the press, RRT has learned that mistrust, greed, and political jockeying have greatly delayed decisions on the Kurdistan Region Government,s sixth cabinet. Despite six months of n [...]	2008-05-30 04:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD1676	KOUCHNER MEETS CG PETRAEUS, LAUDS SPECTACULAR [...] (C) Summary: French FM Kouchner congratulated MNF-I Commanding General (CG) Petraeus on "spectacular" progress in Iraq during an hour-long June 1 meeting held at the Guest House on President Talabani's Karrada compound. Also attending were S/I Satterfield, and, for the French, Ambassador Je [...]	2008-06-02 16:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR IZ
08BAGHDAD1743	DPM BARHAM SALIH CALLS UNAMI REPORTS "STUPID" [...] Summary: (C) Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih (Kurd, PUK) told Senior Adviser Krajeski on June 8 that he was unhappy with United Nations Mission to Iraq (UNAMI)'s Phase I reports on Disputed Internal Boundaries (DIBs),provided by UNAMI to the Presidency Council, Prime Minister and Kurdistan [...]	2008-06-09 07:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD175	JANUARY 20 MCNS DISCUSSES ASHURA SECURITY, [...] (S) Summary: The Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) met January 20 to review the readiness of the Ministry of Interior forces, Baghdad International Airport's security contract, fuel allocations/deliveries for border security forces, and the success of security measures for the [...]	2008-01-23 17:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR SENV EAGR IZ
08BAGHDAD176	INFORMAL MINISTERIAL CAPACITY ASSESSMENT 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministerial Engagement Team (MET) leaders in Embassy Baghdad conducted the second of two informal assessments to determine the level of institutional capacity of several Iraqi ministries. The Mission used the same methodology in both years and the results of the December 20 [...]	2008-01-23 18:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID AMGT PGOV ECON PREL SOCI PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD177	AMIDST THREATS, A GLIMPSE OF COURAGE IN BAGHDAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a raw and revealing moment following the assassination of a colleague and direct threats against another, a close-knit group of Iraqi officials in Baghdad demonstrated January 22 their determination to continue fighting corruption and militia profiteering in an essential servi [...]	2008-01-23 18:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR PINS PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD1772	TURKISH SPECIAL ENVOY UPDATES S/I SATTERFIELD ON [...] (S) Summary: During a June 9 meeting, Turkish Special Envoy Murat Ozcelik provided S/I Satterfield with an update on the state of play of issues discussed ref A, following Ozcelik's meetings in Baghdad over the past several days. Overall, Ozcelik said he came away impressed with the level of c [...]	2008-06-11 14:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV TU IZ
08BAGHDAD180	ERBIL: KRG PM DISCUSSES 2008 [...] (C) Summary: Secure as Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister for the foreseeable future, Nechirvan Barzani told RRTOFFS January 15 that 2008 will be a challenging year for the Kurds and for the KRG. He outlined a number of long pending reforms within the regional government (red [...]	2008-01-24 08:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD1826	RRT ERBIL: KRG OIL MINISTER ON UPCOMING [...] (C) Summary: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Minister of Natural Resources Dr. Ashti Hawrami expressed cautious optimism that KRG Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani's upcoming meetings with PM Maliki in Baghdad could lead to passage of some hydrocarbon legislation "by October." This optimism [...]	2008-06-17 12:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV EPET IZ
08BAGHDAD183	Chalabi's Provision of Services Committee - January 22 [...] SUMMARY: Attendance was high at the January 22 meeting of the Baghdad Services Committee, both from the Government of Iraq (GoI) and USG sides. The Baghdad Deputy Mayor started the meeting, emphasizing the need for better service project coordination between the Amanat and the USG. The Joint Pl [...]	2008-01-24 09:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL IZ REL UK
08BAGHDAD1831	REACTION TO UNAMI DISPUTED INTERNAL BOUNDARIES [...] (C) Summary: Senior Adviser's June 10-12 talks with Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) leaders in Erbil following United Nations Assistance Mission to Iraq (UNAMI)'s submission to the GOI and KRG of its initial Disputed Internal Boundaries (DIBs) reports on June 5 revealed general dissatisf [...]	2008-06-17 13:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1843	COUNCIL OF REPS BALKS AT BUDGET SUPPLEMENTAL [...] (C) Summary and comment: Government spending in Iraq needs to be authorized by the Council of Representatives (COR). Only one supplemental spending bill, that to establish DPM Salih's Higher Reconstruction Committee and provide it with USD 5 billion for unspecified projects, has been submitted [...]	2008-06-18 08:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV KCOR IZ
08BAGHDAD185	SUNNI PARTY LEADER ON NEW ANTI-KURDISH POLITICAL [...] (S) Khallaf Allyan, leader of the National Dialogue Council party and senior figure in the Tawafuq Coalition, vented to Poloff on January 23 over perceived treachery by Kurdish political leaders and Vice President Hashimi's Iraqi Islamic Party. Recent steps by these groups prompted his decis [...]	2008-01-24 10:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1918	DFM ABBAWI DISCUSSES DEVELOPMENTS IN BILATERAL [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a June 18 tour d'horizon, Deputy Foreign Minister Labeed Abbawi told Pol-Mil M/C that Iraq's relationship with Syria was stalled due to Syrian mistrust and that Libya had not responded to Iraq regarding its hold on the 1267 designations of several Syria-based Al Qaeda in Iraq [...]	2008-06-23 14:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PTER AE DA JO IR IZ SY SZ
08BAGHDAD1922	AYAD ALLAWI DISCUSSES RECENT POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS [...] (S/NF) Summary: Former Prime Minister and Iraqiyya Bloc Leader Ayad Allawi played down rumors of a formal alliance with the Sadrists, Fadila, Iraqi National Dialogue Front (INDF),and Ibrahim Jafari's party in a June 22 meeting with PolCouns, but admitted that Iraqiyya coordinates on some com [...]	2008-06-24 07:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1963	ALAQ HIGHLIGHTS PRIMACY OF INSPECTORS GENERAL IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a June 25 meeting with visiting INL consultants and ACCO staff, Joint Anti-Corruption Commission (JACC) chairman and Council of Ministers Secretary General Ali Alaq stressed his interpretation of the ministries' Inspectors General (IG's) as the vanguard of Iraq's anti-corruptio [...]	2008-06-27 04:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IZ KCOR KCRM PGOV EAID PREL
08BAGHDAD1965	IRAQI NSC JUNE 22 REVIEWS RECONSTRUCTION EFFORTS, [...] (S REL UK AS) Summary: Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki chaired June 22 the National Security Council (NSC) that reviewed reconstruction efforts in Basra, Sadr City, and Mosul. (Note: Minister of Defense Abdul Qadr, Minister of Interior Jawad al-Bulani, Minister of Foreign Affairs Hoshyar Zebari [...]	2008-06-27 10:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER KCRM IZ
08BAGHDAD1989	NECHIRVAN BARZANI ON SOFA, OIL LAW, ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Summary: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani, accompanied by Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) official Rowsch Shaways and KRG Oil Minister Ashti Hawrami, on June 26 met with the Ambassador, Special Assistant to the President Brett McGurk, Econ Minister-Cou [...]	2008-06-29 08:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD205	ANBARIS RAISE CONCERNS OVER KARBALA BOUNDARY [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: At a January 20 meeting in Ramadi, Anbar Governor Ma'amoun Sheikh Ahmad Abu Risha, the leader of the "Iraq Awakening Movement," and several other local notables raised their concerns with the Ambassador over putative Shi'a attempts on [...]	2008-01-25 13:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PTER PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD2052	NINEWA: SULFUR PLANT REPRESENTS HUGE UNTAPPED [...] (U) This is a Ninewa Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Mishraq Sulfur Plant in south-central Ninewa Province contains half a billion tons of recoverable sulfur. Repairs and reconstruction to the plant following a fire in 2003 would be inexpensive when comp [...]	2008-07-03 11:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PGOV EPET EINV IZ
08BAGHDAD2087	AMBASSADOR CROCKER'S MEETING WITH IRAQI [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi Constitutional Monarchy Party leader Sharif Ali bin al-Hussein told the Ambassador he has been approached by Sunni Sahwa leaders for advice on dealing with the U.S. and the upcoming provincial elections. Sahwa leaders, he said, worried that the U.S. does not trust them and [...]	2008-07-06 14:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD21	DPM TO AMBASSADOR: "THERE IS NO POLITICAL WILL" [...] (S) Summary. Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih spiced a 30 December meeting with Ambassador and CG Petraeus with complaints that his colleagues in government lacked the political will needed to steer the country away from civil war in 2008. He avoided being drawn into any constructive discu [...]	2008-01-02 18:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	ECON ETRD EFIN PREL MARR ENRG MOPS NBTS IZ
08BAGHDAD210	PM'S ADVISOR SAYS POLITICAL WILL NEEDED TO PASS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dr. Thamir Ghadban, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's chief advisor on oil and hydrocarbons legislation, told Under Secretary Reuben Jeffery that political will is needed to agree on the draft hydrocarbon framework law (HFL). Ghadban enumerated six issues that he believes have sti [...]	2008-01-25 15:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON ENRG PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2102	NINEWA-SALAH AD DIN BORDER AREA DEPRESSED BUT HAS [...] (U) This is a Ninewa Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message, in cooperation with the Salah ad Din PRT. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Southern Ninewa Province and the Sharqat district in northern Salah ad Din Province suffer from lack of infrastructure investment and unemployment of at l [...]	2008-07-07 11:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PGOV EPET EINV EAID MARR PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD2146	NORWEGIAN AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ ON SECURITY, [...] (C) In a July 8 courtesy call with Ambassador Crocker, Norwegian Ambassador Mette Ravn (resident in Amman) remarked on the clear difference in the improved security atmosphere she felt on this trip to Baghdad for the IRFFI Donors, Committee meeting as compared to her first visit last December [...]	2008-07-10 08:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NO IZ
08BAGHDAD2147	TURKISH ENVOY OZCELIK PREVIEWS ERDOGAN VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Turkish envoy to Iraq Murat Ozcelik, on the evening of July 8, met with the Ambassador to preview Prime Minister Erdogan's visit to Baghdad, scheduled for July 10. Ozcelik gave an overview of the bilateral committee of ministers that Erdogan and Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki will a [...]	2008-07-10 08:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR ECON TU IZ
08BAGHDAD2153	TALABANI ON SOFA, IRAQI FOREIGN RELATIONS, KEY [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met on July 7 with President Jalal Talabani and Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih. Talabani called for a specific USG-GOI plan for countering Iranian opposition to the Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA) and Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA),but praised recent st [...]	2008-07-11 02:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD2164	OPPORTUNITIES FOR TERRORIST EXTORTION AS [...] (C) Summary: Marketing restrictions act as a drag on legitimate economic activity and enhance the attractiveness of the cement black market to terrorist and criminal extortion. The state-owned Northern Cement Company (NCC) consists of six profitable cement plants that employ approximately 3, [...]	2008-07-11 14:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD2175	AMBASSADOR'S JULY 9 MEETING WITH CHALDEAN [...] (C) Chaldean Patriarch Cardinal Emmanuel Karim Delly thanked the Ambassador for all he has done for Iraqis of all religions. He noted the security situation had perceptibly improved for minorities over the past months, although fear remained pervasive. Delly emphasized the need to focus on t [...]	2008-07-13 09:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2180	KRG NEGOTIATOR ON HYDROCARBONS LAW [...] (C) Summary: KRG senior adviser Dr. Rosch Shaways met July 9 with EMIN to discuss Kurdish positions on the hydrocarbon and related legislative proposals. Shaways presented scaled-back Kurdish requirements for a hydrocarbon package: an independent federal-regional regulatory body to set st [...]	2008-07-13 12:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2203	AMBASSADOR CROCKER'S JULY 11 MEETING WITH FM ZEBARI [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a July 11 meeting with Ambassador Crocker, S/I Satterfield, NSC Senior Director McGurk and DASD Kimmitt, Foreign Minister Zebari provided a readout of the previous day's visit of Turkish PM Erdogan, called the postponement of King Abdullah's visit a big disappointment but no [...]	2008-07-14 14:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IZ TU JO
08BAGHDAD223	HYDROCARBON FRAMEWORK LEGISLATION STILL STALLED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Under Secretary Jeffery lobbied a series of GOI officials January 14-18 for speedier passage of the hydrocarbon framework legislation, but technical and political issues abound, and the law remains entangled among other legislative priorities (reftels). END SUMMARY. DPM Sal [...]	2008-01-26 10:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	EPET ECON ENRG PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2230	IRAN PROFITING FROM KARBALA'S NEED FOR BRICKS [...] (S) Summary: Iranian companies are the primary beneficiaries of Karbala,s need for bricks to rebuild. The provincial government claims it wishes to foster a local brickmaking capability and five brick factories have been established here. During a visit to the site of the factories on July 1 [...]	2008-07-18 02:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD ELAB PINR IZ IR
08BAGHDAD2231	WASIT: SADRIST PC MEMBERS MEET PRT AND BRIGADE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-18 02:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD2258	Commerce DepSec Sullivan Pushes KRG to Boost Transparency, [...] (SBU) Deputy Secretary of Commerce John Sullivan led the first Department of Commerce (DOC) sponsored trade mission to visit Iraq in more than 20 years June 22-25 in Erbil. Accompanying D/S Sullivan were representatives from nine U.S. companies who sought to explore profitable business opportu [...]	2008-07-20 13:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EINV EFIN ECON TU IZ
08BAGHDAD2268	BASRAH GOV CRITICAL OF GOI AND SAFA AL-SAFI [...] (C) Summary: In a July 15 meeting with Senior Advisor for Southern Affairs Gordon Gray and incoming and outgoing REO Directors, Basrah Governor Mohammad Musabeh al-Waeli said the security situation had improved since the March 2008 Operation Charge of the Knights (COK). He decried Iranian i [...]	2008-07-21 12:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IR IZ
08BAGHDAD2276	KARBALA DROUGHT MASKS DEEPER WATER WOES [...] (C) Summary: Water, Karbala,s most precious resource, has become increasingly scarce in recent years, posing challenges to continued economic development in the province. Drought is the apparent culprit, with below-average rainfall during the past several years. Water scarcity is also the pro [...]	2008-07-22 11:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SENV EAGR PREL PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD2281	TUSSLE FOR KIRKUK OIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent events at the Kirkuk oil field threaten to increase tensions between the Kurdish Region and the GOI. Both the KRG and the GOI are making tentative moves to assert greater control over the disputed oil resources. END SUMMARY The Khormala Dome ----------------- 2. (SBU [...]	2008-07-23 06:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD2296	KRG PRESIDENT BARZANI PLEDGES COOPERATION ON [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador's July 20 trip to Erbil, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masoud Barzani said he is ready to travel to Baghdad within the week to discuss the Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA) with PM Maliki. Ambassador noted the KRG's improved relations with Tur [...]	2008-07-23 19:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ECON EPET ENRG PHUM PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD2299	PM MALIKI OPENS NAJAF INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN [...] (U) This is a PRT Najaf reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. On July 20, Prime Minister Maliki made an inaugural flight to Najaf International Airport (NIA) in a ceremony widely attended by Shia political and religious elite from the Middle Euphrates region. NIA is not yet open for business [...]	2008-07-24 03:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EAIR IR IZ

08BAGHDAD2303	MALIKI CALLS FOR DOWNSIZING IRAQI SECURITY FORCES [...] (S) During the weekly Iraqi National Security Council (NSC) meeting on July 13, Prime Minister Maliki called for an immediate freeze in the growth of Iraqi security forces and ordered development of a plan to reduce numbers. MinDef Abdel Qadr and Commander of Joint Forces (CHOD) General Babaki [...]	2008-07-24 13:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	IZ MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER
08BAGHDAD2320	IRAQ APPROVES A NEW DPM AND NINE MINISTERS: A [...] (C/NF) Summary/Comment. The Council of Representatives (CoR) approved a new Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) and nine ministers on July 19 in a strong step towards national reconciliation. This approval came after months of tumultuous negotiations between Prime Minister Maliki and VP Tariq al-Hash [...]	2008-07-26 10:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD2354	OIL CONTRACTS LOSE STEAM [...] (S) SUMMARY: Oil Minister Shahristani is backpedaling on the technical support contracts that he had previously intended to sign with international oil companies. He intends to stop negotiating actively for the contracts. He will shorten the period of the contracts from two years to as lit [...]	2008-07-28 14:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	EPET ENRG EINV IZ
08BAGHDAD2427	IRAQI-KUWAITI BILATERAL ISSUES [...] (C/REL MNFI) In an August 2 meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Foreign Minister Muhammad Hamoud discussed the state of relations between Iraq and Kuwait with Senior Advisor for Southern Iraq Affairs Gordon Gray. Addressing a wide range of border and other bilateral issues, Ham [...]	2008-08-04 12:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL MARR MOPS IZ KU IR
08BAGHDAD254	SENIOR DAWA OFFICIAL ON LTSR, SADRIST "GHOSTS," [...] (C) Summary: Senior Dawa Party CoR member Haidar al-Abadi told us January 27 that CoR ratification of any long-term strategic relationship (LTSR) agreement will likely turn on provisions governing legal immunity and the U.S. military's ability to arrest and detain Iraqi citizens. He claimed th [...]	2008-01-28 17:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2545	LEGAL CLAIMS AGAINST IRAQI ASSETS: WHAT NOW? [...] (C) An interagency team led by Principal Deputy Legal Adviser Joan Donoghue traveled to Baghdad July 18-24 to discuss with GOI officials the protection of Iraq's assets, the settlement of Iraq's remaining Saddam-era debt and commercial claims, and the resolution of Saddam-era personal injury s [...]	2008-08-12 13:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD2555	IRAQ: MOI INTEL DEPUTY SAYS COOPERATION BETWEEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: At an August 12 meeting with POL-MIL Minister-Counselor and S/CT Regional Coordinator, the Iraqi Ministry of Interior's Deputy Chief of Intelligence said he considered cooperation between Syria and Iran to be a serious problem, including the likely return to Iraq of Special Groups [...]	2008-08-13 12:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR TU IR IZ
08BAGHDAD2561	PRT TEAM LEADER'S CONFERENCE - MOVING FORWARD [...] (SBU) Begin Summary: The message of the July 6-7 Team Leader's Conference was clear: Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) must lay the groundwork for Iraqis to assume greater responsibility, which will occur sooner rather than later. State-DoD cooperation will be essential as DoD turns it [...]	2008-08-13 14:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREZ IZ
08BAGHDAD2588	A NEW GOI BIG PLAYER IN OIL? [...] (C) The Ministry of Industry and Minerals is reportedly seeking to expand into both upstream and downstream oil and gas projects, including technical service joint ventures with the oil majors. In addition, MIM wants to increase its role in mineral exploitation and transportation infrastructur [...]	2008-08-14 15:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EMIN EIND EINV IZ
08BAGHDAD2606	(U) KARBALA RECEIVES NATIONAL INVESTMENT CHIEF [...] (C) SUMMARY: NATIONAL INVESTMENT COMMISSION (NIC) CHAIRMAN DR. AHMED RIDHA MET WITH POLITICAL AND BUSINESS LEADERS IN KARBALA ON AUGUST 5. HIS PREPARED REMARKS CONCERNING THE IMPERATIVE OF BOOSTING INVESTMENT IN THE PROVINCE WERE DELIVERED WITH EVIDENT CONVICTION AND APPEARED TO BE WELL RECE [...]	2008-08-17 06:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD2608	IRAQI NSC ON AUGUST 10 REVIEWS SECURITY SITUATION [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki chaired the August 10 meeting of the National Security Council (I-NSC) that focused on security operations in Diyala, budget execution, and the need for re-energized security operations in Mosul in the face of an up-tick of AQI and criminal [...]	2008-08-17 09:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD2613	KIRKUK: S/A KRAJESKI FINDS NO COMPROMISE IN KIRKUK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Advisor Thomas Krajeski traveled to Kirkuk August 13 to engage political leaders on the failed passage of the Provincial Elections Law and to encourage compromise from all sides toward a workable solution for the troubled province. Kurdish leaders made clear their desire [...]	2008-08-17 14:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU IZ
08BAGHDAD2618	NINEWA: IMPROVED DOMESTIC AND IMPORTED KEROSENE [...] (C) Summary: Over the last two winters, Ninewa residents suffered from a severe shortage of kerosene, which they use for cooking and home heating in the province's sub-freezing winters. Hoping to avoid the long fuel lines and exorbitant black market kerosene rates of 2006 and 2007, provincial [...]	2008-08-17 15:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ENRG PGOV PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD2628	THE AMBASSADOR'S DINNER WITH PROMINENT SHI'A [...] (C) Summary: A prominent Shi'a cleric told the Ambassador August 13 that Iraqis perceive significant security improvements, but stressed that regional engagement against foreign fighters would be key to sustaining this progress. Sayyed Mohammed Bahr al-Uloom and his two sons, politicians in th [...]	2008-08-18 06:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KISL IZ
08BAGHDAD2629	MOH AGREES TO ANTI-ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT LANGUAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Health has agreed to eliminate Arab League Boycott (ALB) language in all future procurement contracts. With this breakthrough, two of three areas in which the GOI had been using contracting language that violated U.S. anti-ALB legislation (trademark applications a [...]	2008-08-18 07:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD KPBT PREL EFIN IZ
08BAGHDAD2638	OIL MINISTRY RENEGOTIATING CHINESE CONTRACT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 11, the Ministry of Oil announced that it would renegotiate terms of a 1997 contract with the China National Petroleum Company to develop the Ahdab oil field in Wasit province. On August 17, Oil Minister Shahristani left on an overseas trip that reportedly would includ [...]	2008-08-18 14:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2702	PARLIAMENTARY ALLIANCE FRAGILE AMIDST KURD-SHI'A [...] (C) SUMMARY: While bitter feelings linger toward the Kurds over the election law/Kirkuk impasse, mainstream Shi'a political leaders (particularly ISCI) appear to recognize that their political self-interest requires a continuation of their alliance with the Kurds. Kurdish interlocutors have v [...]	2008-08-22 11:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2703	PARLIAMENTARY ALLIANCE FRAGILE AMIDST KURD-SHI'A [...] (C) SUMMARY: While bitter feelings linger toward the Kurds over the election law/Kirkuk impasse, mainstream Shi'a political leaders (particularly ISCI) appear to recognize that their political self-interest requires a continuation of their alliance with the Kurds. Kurdish interlocutors have v [...]	2008-08-22 11:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2712	MOPDC MINISTER BABAN ON MATCHING, BUDGET [...] (C) Summary: At an August 18 meeting with Ambassador Ries and Ambassador Wall (CETI),Minister of Planning and Development Cooperation (MoPDC) Ali Baban said that DPM Barham Salih was circulating a draft letter related to the "commitment to obligate funds" for GOI ministerial approval. Baban o [...]	2008-08-24 06:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EPET PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD2724	SINIORA/ABDULLAH: A TALE OF TWO VISITS [...] (C) Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora's August 20 visit to Baghdad ran longer than expected and focused on economic (trade, investment, and reduced-tariff oil sales) rather than political issues. Meeting with the Secretary on August 21, a clearly pleased Prime Minister Maliki praised th [...]	2008-08-25 06:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2725	MAYSAN ISCI HEAD: IRAN'S NOT SO BAD [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary: Local ISCI head and PC member Sayyid Hashim al-Shauki called the Maysani provincial government "ineffective" in an August 21 meeting with U.S. officials, blaming in part militant pressure on Sadrist politicians. He identified provincial elections as the sole means of i [...]	2008-08-25 06:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV IR IZ
08BAGHDAD2741	A GREEN LINE AND A RED LINE DIVIDE THE SHIA AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kurdish-Shia Islamist tensions about Kirkuk complicate passage of a new election law but also reflect a deeper dissatisfaction among some important Shia Islamists about Kurdish policies. An influential Shia parliamentarian ranted to us on August 24 about alleged Kurdish selfis [...]	2008-08-26 10:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD2768	WORLD BANK OFFICIALS ON ENERGY STRATEGY, WORLD [...] (C) SUMMARY: While the World Bank has the expertise to assist the Iraqi Government develop a national energy strategy and believes a strategy is important, working level staff in the World Bank's headquarters will not expend resources on this effort until the GOI demonstrates a genuine commit [...]	2008-08-28 13:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG SENV EFIN IZ
08BAGHDAD2770	ELECTRICITY MINISTER OBTAINS RUSSIAN SUPPORT; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Outgoing Coordinator for Economic Transition in Iraq (CETI) Ambassador Charles Ries and incoming CETI Ambassador Marc Wall met with Electricity Minister Karim Wahid al-Hasan on August 24. Karim, who had just returned from Moscow, reported that the Russians would be sending a te [...]	2008-08-28 14:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EINV PREL RS IZ
08BAGHDAD280	FM ZEBARAI ON NEIGHBORS PROCESS; SFA FRAMEWORK; [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a January 29 meeting, Foreign Minister Zebari told PolCounselor he expected a complete round of Neighbors Working Group meetings to take place in February and a Baghdad PrepCon (level to be determined) to be held in March. He said another top MFA priority was to appoint car [...]	2008-01-30 18:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD2803	BASRA GOV WAELI MAKES CASE FOR ONE-PROVINCE REGION [...] (C) Basra Governor Wa'eli (Fadhilah) confidently outlined for Senior Advisor Gordon Gray on August 30 the progress made toward forming a regional government in Basra. The Governor emphasized that Basra would pursue a referendum on a one-province region in early 2009, with the possibility of a [...]	2008-09-01 15:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD2819	CETI: DPM BARHAM SALIH WANTS CONTINUED [...] (C) Summary: At his introductory meeting with EMIN Wall on September 1, DPM Barham Salih provided a tour d'horizon of economic issues. He noted that Iraq is in a transitionQperiod; key challenges include: political reorganization (including the status of Kirkuk),energy -- especially hydroc [...]	2008-09-02 14:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN ETRD EAID ECON
08BAGHDAD2851	Michael Wareing Visits Basra [...] (U) Summary: Michael Wareing, CEO of KPMG International and Co-Chairman of the Basra Development Commission (BDC),visited Basra on August 27 and was pleasantly surprised by the favourable conditions he found in the city. He visited the Abu Al Khasib Vocational Training Center and then co-cha [...]	2008-09-05 04:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EAGR ECON ETRD EFIN IZ
08BAGHDAD2860	IRAQI NSC AUGUST 31 DISCUSSES COUNTERING [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary: Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki chaired the August 31 meeting of the Iraqi National Security Council (I-NSC) that followed up on the previous week's (reftel) discussion of preventing assassinations, detainee releases, and operations in Diyala. The Council also spent consi [...]	2008-09-05 15:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS MASS MARR ENGR ECON IZ
08BAGHDAD2878	NINEWA: PROVINCIAL INVESTMENT COMMISSION OFFERS [...] (SBU) Neither the GOI nor the Ninewa Governorate have taken the steps necessary to stand up the Provincial Investment Commission (PIC). We met with an enthusiastic staff, but one comprised of people with limited experience in investment promotion and who seek from us the basic infrastructure [...]	2008-09-07 11:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD2891	SHELL LOOKS TO ESTABLISH A PRESENCE IN BASRA [...] This is a Regional Embassy Office Basra cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: A Shell International executive team visited Basra between August 28 and September 1 as part of its negotiations on a potential joint venture with the Iraqi government. Under the multi-billion dollar, 25-year agreement, She [...]	2008-09-08 07:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EINV IZ
08BAGHDAD290	Chalabi's Provision of Services Committee - January 29 [...] SUMMARY: At this week's regularly held Provision of Services Committee meeting, the committee met for 2.5 hours to discuss issues ranging from trash collection privatization and re-opening previously closed streets to electrical supply for pumping stations and service problems in specific qadas [...]	2008-01-31 15:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL IZ REL UK
08BAGHDAD2902	IRAQI OIL MINISTER'S FAILED RAID ON SOUTH OIL [...] (SBU) In a September 4 decision, Oil Minister Shahristani appointed Jabbar al-Luaibi to a new position within the Ministry of Oil that will oversee the new Maysan Oil Company, the South Gas Company, and the South Oil Company, rather than simply reinstating him to his old position as director g [...]	2008-09-08 16:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD2906	IRAQ PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE CHAIRS ON CAPACITY [...] (C) Summary: Council of Representatives (COR) Economic Committee Chairman Haider al-Abadi and COR Finance Committee Chairman Ayad al-Sammarai told EMIN in separate meetings that the overall situation in Iraq has greatly improved. Abadi warned that these improvements have led Iraqis to have hig [...]	2008-09-09 07:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELAB EPET PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2912	IRAQ MOVING FORWARD WITH NATIONAL ENERGY STRATEGY [...] (C) Iraqi PM Advisor Thamir Ghadhban informed Energy Attach on Sept. 4 that efforts were underway to advance Iraq's National Energy Strategy (NES). Mr. Ghadhban said a five member Committee has been formed to develop the NES, with Ghadhban the Chairman and the Ministers respectively of Oil, El [...]	2008-09-09 11:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EMIN ENRG IZ
08BAGHDAD2915	CHINESE EMBASSY ON WASIT OIL DEAL AND BUSINESS IN [...] (C) Summary: Negotiations between the Iraqi Ministry of Oil and the China National Petroleum Company to develop the al-Ahdab oil field in Wasit province are not yet complete, despite an August signing ceremony in Beijing, said Chinese Embassy Economic and Trade Counselor Zhue Yuesheng on Sept [...]	2008-09-09 13:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON EAID PREL PINR CH IZ
08BAGHDAD2927	IRAQI DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AL-ISSAWI ON ESSENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Rafi Al-Issawi met with EMIN Ambassador Wall on September 8. A confident Al-Issawi assured EMIN of his continued focus on the need to improve the Goverment of Iraq,s (GOI) delivery of essential services, including energy and water, as well as improving [...]	2008-09-10 10:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ENRG EAID PGOV PREL EAGR TU IZ
08BAGHDAD2933	NSC SEPTEMBER 7: STEMMING ASSASSINATIONS AND [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Rafi Isawi chaired the sparsely attended September 7 meeting of the Iraqi National Security Council (I-NSC). The Council considered plans to tackle the rising number of assassinations in Baghdad, reconstruction coordination, and the achievements of [...]	2008-09-11 06:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD2944	FINANCE MINISTER JABR ON KUWAIT DEBT ISSUES: LET'S [...] (U) This is an action request, please see para seven. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Finance Minister Jabr told EMIN September 11 that "as a politician" he hoped that the Kuwaiti government would understand (and hear from the USG) that the future relationship between the people of Iraq and Kuwait i [...]	2008-09-11 18:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN ECON KU IZ
08BAGHDAD295	IRAN-IRAQ BORDER NEGOTIATIONS TO RESUME IN FEBRUARY [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: At a January 28 meeting with Acting PolMil Counselor, Iraqi MFA Under Secretary Mohammad Hamoud discussed GOI preparations for a further round of bilateral talks with Iran regarding their shared border. He indicated talks would take place on February 19, since negotiations pla [...]	2008-02-01 06:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PBTS IR IZ KU
08BAGHDAD2962	AMB, CG AND PM DISCUSS ELECTIONS, GOI/KRG [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In the regular weekly meeting held on September 11 with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, Ambassador and Commanding General MNF-I General David Petraeus discussed the elections law, relations between the KRG and GOI, foreign business investment in Iraq, crude oil processing [...]	2008-09-14 13:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR PTER ENGR EPET IZ
08BAGHDAD2963	IRAQI-KUWAITI BILATERAL ISSUES [...] (C/REL MNFI) Deputy Foreign Minister Hamoud told us on September 11 the Kuwaiti Prime Minister would visit Iraq shortly after Ramadan concludes. He said a proposed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on clearing the Khor Abudllah waterway of shipwrecks remained 'stuck' in the Prime Minister's [...]	2008-09-14 15:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL MARR MOPS IZ KU IR
08BAGHDAD2981	IRAQ-IRAN BORDER NEGOTIATIONS TO MOVE AHEAD - MAYBE [...] (C) Iraq and Iran appear ready to commence work soon to resolve outstanding border issues, assuming PM Maliki and other key GOI constituencies give the political green light and make available necessary funding. Senior MFA officials who participated in late-August bilateral talks in Tehran s [...]	2008-09-16 09:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS IZ IR
08BAGHDAD2988	MASHADANI: JULY 22 BLOC AND KIRKUK ARE CRITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY Parliament Speaker Mahmoud Mashadani told the Ambassador September 10 that he had formed a special committee to resolve the provincial elections law standoff. He claimed that the primary concerns of the July 22 bloc involve the status of Kirkuk, the need for special elections for t [...]	2008-09-16 12:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ KU
08BAGHDAD299	ARTICLE 140: WHERE ARE WE NOW? [...] (C) Summary: The issue of Article 140 and the status of Kirkuk and the disputed territories is solidly in the middle of the national debate, although there are significant disagreements on all sides in terms of addressing this complex problem. A fair, transparent and agreed resolution to the [...]	2008-02-01 16:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2990	IRAQ CBI GOVERNOR ON POST-SBA RELATIONS, CASH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with EMIN and Treasury Attache September 14, Central Bank Governor Sinan Shabibi offered a tour d'horizon of issues concerning the CBI. Shabibi looked forward to the final tranche of Paris Club debt write off. He was open to a follow on "precautionary" Standby Agreem [...]	2008-09-16 13:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN EAID IZ
08BAGHDAD2997	BAYJI OIL REFINERY DEALING WITH HFO AND CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary: On September 10, 2008, senior Ministry of Oil (MoO) officials, accompanied by Embassy and MNF-I staff, visited Bayji Oil Refinery (BOR) and discussed the situation at the refinery, including measures to cope with a build-up of heavy fuel oil (HFO) levels, which currently restrict [...]	2008-09-17 11:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ETRD IZ PREL SY TU
08BAGHDAD3002	USAID/IRAQ HELPS CAPTURE $1 BILLION PER YEAR [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: With elections approaching and essential services still lagging, improved service delivery of electricity is critical. Yet every day Iraq's southern oil fields burn off gas associated with oil production, gas that could drive 3,500 megawatts (MW) of generator power worth $9 b [...]	2008-09-17 14:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PREL ECON SOCI PINS SNAR ENRG
08BAGHDAD3003	PRT SALAH AD DIN: SAD DEPUTY GOVERNOR FOCUSED ON [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) The Salah ad Din (SaD) Deputy Governor Abdullah Hussein al-Jubara told PRT officers that private sector investments and development are the best way to create further economic progress in SaD. Abdullah reported that [...]	2008-09-18 09:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD PGOV ECON IZ
08BAGHDAD3022	NSC SEPTEMBER 14 REVIEWS NINEWA SECURITY [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister (D/PM) Barham Salih chaired the September 14 meeting of the Iraqi National Security Council (I-NSC). The Council heard short follow-up reports from the MOD on Civil-Military Operations Centers, from the MOI on continued difficulties in securing fund [...]	2008-09-19 12:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER SY IZ
08BAGHDAD3030	SENIOR KURDISH OFFICIAL ACKNOWLEDGES KURDISH [...] (C) Summary: In a September 21 meeting, Senior KRG official in Baghdad Mohamed Ihsan admitted to Senior Advisor Krajeski that Kurds had mismanaged their political alliances and were partly to blame for widespread anti-Kurd sentiment. But he also blamed PM Maliki for seeking to roll back feder [...]	2008-09-21 12:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD3031	AMB, CG AND PM DISCUSS SOFA, SOI, AMBASSADOR'S [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In the regular weekly meeting held on 18 September 2008, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, Ambassador and Commanding General (CG) MNF-I General Raymond Odierno discussed the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA),Sons of Iraq (SOI),the Ambassador's trip to KRG and relations bet [...]	2008-09-21 13:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR PTER ENGR EPET IZ
08BAGHDAD3045	DIPLOMATIC UPDATE: MOMENTUM ON ARAB AMBASSADORS, [...] (C) Summary: According to a senior MFA official, Syria's appointment of an ambassador to Iraq might set the stage to enable the two countries to engage on security and other issues. The official is hopeful that the Syrian ambassador-designate's intelligence background will advance Neighbor [...]	2008-09-22 12:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IR SY
08BAGHDAD3065	IRAQI OIL MINISTRY'S PENDING HUMAN RESOURCES CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: With the retirements in the next few years of its top cadre, who are on one-year waivers of the mandatory 63-year-old retirement age, the Ministry of Oil will lose a generation that has the international exposure and experience to lead the Ministry during a period when it restr [...]	2008-09-24 06:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EAID SOCI PGOV KPAO IZ
08BAGHDAD3067	DPM SALIH ON 2009 BUDGET, OIL LAW, AND A NEW [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 16. 2. (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih told EMIN September 22 that he would like to host a second session of Dialogue on Economic Cooperation before the end of 2008 to bring both senior U.S. government and business leaders [...]	2008-09-24 07:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD3089	MAYSAN WANTS PRIVATE INVESTMENT, BUT IN WHAT? [...] (C/REL MCFI) Summary: In a September 20 meeting with seven members of the Investment Committee of Maysan,s Provincial Council,s (PC) and the head of the provincial Chamber of Commerce, the Maysanis presented a unified plea for PRT assistance in attracting foreign private investment to the prov [...]	2008-09-25 11:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD IZ
08BAGHDAD3096	NSC REVIEW SEPTEMBER 21, 2008: SECURITY OPTICS, [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary. The September 21 meeting of the Iraqi National Security Council (I-NSC) opened with the Ministry of the Interior asserting its control of the Petroleum Security Police (PSP). Emphasizing his desire both to improve optics in the international zone for the Iraqi public, [...]	2008-09-25 16:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER SY IZ
08BAGHDAD3101	SHELL-SOUTH GAS JOINT VENTURE -- ENDING NATURAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The headline-grabbing signing ceremony on September 22 between Royal Dutch Shell and the Ministry of Oil only finalized a Heads of Agreement that must be followed within a year or so by a joint venture agreement between Shell and the South Gas Company to gather and market associ [...]	2008-09-26 10:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	EPET ENRG SENV EINV IZ
08BAGHDAD3106	IRAQ NEIGHBORS PROCESS: UNAMI PLANNING FOR [...] (C) Summary: GOI preparations are moving forward for an expanded neighboring countries ministerial in Baghdad this fall but, according to a senior UNAMI advisor, the Neighbors Process is a weak mechanism that falls short of its goals. This is due, he said, to the lack of a coherent Iraqi re [...]	2008-09-26 11:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET PREF IZ TU SY JO
08BAGHDAD3128	FUEL AVAILABILITY IN ANBAR PROVINCE IMPROVES, BUT [...] (SBU) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Anbar Province experienced severe fuel shortages during the Sunni insurgency in 2006-2007. Fuel supplies have now increased, notably with the re-establishment of security, the reopening of a small refinery in the wester [...]	2008-09-28 07:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EINV ELTN
08BAGHDAD3139	ERBIL: KURDISTAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY (KDP) POLITBURO [...] (C) Summary: In a September 23 courtesy call, KDP Politburo head Fadhil Merani expressed the view that a political solution could be found to resolve the Article 140 impasse, and stated that in the absence of agreement, a delay was better than resorting to violence. He made a number of obse [...]	2008-09-28 12:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD3166	BAYJI OIL REFINERY DG TAKING ACTION AGAINST FUEL [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) In a September 18 meeting Bayji Oil Refinery (BOR) Director General Ali Obeidi (protect throughout) told PRT and Joint Security Station officers (JSS) that he has made progress in shutting down corruption and black ma [...]	2008-10-01 11:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL KCOR PTER PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD3194	UNAMI WANTS TO DECONFLICT ARTICLE 140 REPORTS FROM [...] (C) Summary: The UN will finish its Article 140 reports on the Disputed Internal Boundaries (DIBs) issues by early November, but UNAMI Deputy Gilmour told S/A Krajeski October 2 that they want to avoid disturbing the political atmosphere prior to conclusion of U.S.-Iraq SFA negotiations. He h [...]	2008-10-03 13:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UN IZ
08BAGHDAD3216	IRAQ SIGNS MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH [...] SUMMARY: Iraq's Minister of Electricity, Dr.Karim Hasan, and Christopher Crowley, Mission Director for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in Iraq, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on 10 September 2008, in support of the Ministry's vision to strengthen its managemen [...]	2008-10-05 12:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV ECON PINR ENRG EPET IZ
08BAGHDAD3239	IRAQ'S ARAB ENGAGEMENT: EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) On October 5 with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmad Aboul Gheit made a surprise visit to Baghdad. Accompanied by Egyptian Oil Minister Sameh Fahmy, Aboul Gheit met with Prime Minister Maliki, Foreign Minister Zebari and Defense Minister Mufriji in Baghdad. He then traveled with Zebari to [...]	2008-10-07 07:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ EG
08BAGHDAD3241	IRAQ MINISTRY OF OIL PREPARES TO INVITE IN FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: Iraq will launch talks with international oil and gas companies on long-term Technical Service Contracts (TSCs) at a conference in London on October 13. Oil Minister Shahristani will meet with representatives of 41 pre-qualified companies to invite their participation in six oil [...]	2008-10-07 09:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	EPET ENRG EINV IZ
08BAGHDAD3250	IRAQ ATTENDING ISTANBUL TRILATERAL GAS TALKS; [...] (C) Oil Minister Husayn al-Shahristani assured EMIN Wall October 6 that a Ministry of Oil (MoO) Director General would attend the October 12 U.S.-Turkey-Iraq trilateral meeting on natural gas in Istanbul. He noted that, in general, the process of consultations with Turkey needed to be streaml [...]	2008-10-08 09:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET ENRG TU IZ
08BAGHDAD3291	DPM ISSAWI TO DEPUTY SECRETARY: "IRAQI DEMOCRACY [...] (SBU) On October 6, Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte met with Deputy Prime Minister for Essential Services Rafae Issawi in the DPM's Residence. Ambassador Marc Wall, Coordinator for Economic Transition in Iraq, and Sunni Tawafaq parliamentarians Salman al-Jumaili and Dhafer al-Ani al [...]	2008-10-12 10:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ECON IZ
08BAGHDAD3305	IRAQI DPM SALIH ON OIL PRODUCTION AND OIL MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with EMIN, Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih complained bitterly about the performance of Minister of Oil Shahristani. Salih is worried by signs that output from the southern oil fields is declining, although he does not anticipate short-term cash flow problems. H [...]	2008-10-14 06:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PGOV PREL KU IZ
08BAGHDAD3309	IRAQ OIL MINISTER ON OIL INVESTMENTS, KRG, FUEL [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with EMIN, Iraqi Oil Minister Shahristani blamed international oil firms for the end of negotiations on short-term contracts, and said the Ministry of Oil (MoO) would try to raise crude oil production by 250,000-300,000 barrels per day by 2009 on its own. Shahris [...]	2008-10-14 08:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG MOPS EINV PGOV PREL KU IZ
08BAGHDAD3310	ERBIL: DEPUTY SECRETARY DISCUSSES SOFA, PKK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 4 meeting in Sulaymaniyah with Iraq's Presidency Council and Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih, Iraq President Jalal Talibani told visiting Deputy Secretary Negroponte and Ambassador Crocker that the Presidency Council would propose adding Article 50 (election quo [...]	2008-10-14 08:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD3311	IRAQI TURKOMAN ALLEGE KURDISH MISRULE AND US BIAS [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi Turkoman both in and out of government in late September broadly agreed that Kurdish oppression is their community's largest problem and that the U.S. sytematically discriminates against Turkoman and in favor of Kurds. Contacts generally criticized the Iraqi Turkoman Front [...]	2008-10-14 08:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD3329	IMPROVING IRAQI DELIVERY OF ESSENTIAL SERVICES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With significant improvements in security, the Iraqi public is becoming increasingly impatient with electricity and fuel shortages and deficiencies in delivery of essential services. The GOI must be seen as recognizing the problem and working to improve essential services. To d [...]	2008-10-16 10:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI EINV ECON ENRG IZ
08BAGHDAD3332	IRAQ MINISTRY OF OIL QUIETLY OFFERS CONTRACTS [...] (S//NF) Summary: Iraqi Deputy Minister of Oil (MoO) for Upstream Affairs, Abdul Sahib Al-Qutub, sent three identical letters to Repsol YPE, Nippon Oil Exploration Limited, and Eni S.p.A. requesting a detailed proposal for developing the Nasiriya oil field under a two-year Engineering, Procurem [...]	2008-10-16 14:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	EINV ENRG EPET IZ
08BAGHDAD3341	SAHWA LEADER TO AMB CROCKER: WE MUST HAVE [...] (C) Sheikh Ahmed Abu Risha, the leader of Anbar's Iraqi Awakening Conference (Sahwa) party, and prominent Anbari politician Sa'adoun Duleimi, told Ambassador that Anbar province needs investment from U.S. companies. Sheikh Ahmed bemoaned the current weak state of the economy in Anbar, partic [...]	2008-10-16 15:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD3364	US-IRAQ DIALOGUE ON ECONOMIC COOPERATION: A PROGRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY / INTRODUCTION: In preparation for the early November U.S.-Iraq Dialogue on Business and Investment Climate, this cable looks back at the February 2008 Dialogue on Economic Cooperation (DEC); reviews what was agreed then; and takes stock of what has been achieved in the interim. [...]	2008-10-20 11:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN EINV IZ
08BAGHDAD3381	SOUTHERN OIL EXPORT PIPELINES: IRAQ'S ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: More than ninety percent of Iraq's revenues come from its crude oil exports. Iraq's southern export pipelines account for greater than eighty percent of that total. The two 48-inch pipelines feeding the Al Basrah Oil Terminal (ABOT) platform were installed in 1975 with a 20 y [...]	2008-10-22 07:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PGOV PREL SENV EWWT IZ
08BAGHDAD3382	SOUTHERN OIL EXPORT PIPELINES: IRAQ'S ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: More than ninety percent of Iraq's revenues come from its crude oil exports. Iraq's southern export pipelines account for greater than eighty percent of that total. The two 48-inch pipelines feeding the Al Basrah Oil Terminal (ABOT) platform were installed in 1975 with a 20 y [...]	2008-10-22 07:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PGOV PREL SENV EWWT IZ
08BAGHDAD3397	IRAQ OIL MINISTER LAUNCHES FIRST LICENSING ROUND [...] (C) Summary: During an October 13-14 session in London, Oil Minister Husayn al-Shahristani presented terms and conditions for 20-year Technical Service Contracts to develop six oil fields and two gas fields to representatives of the 41 oil and gas companies that had qualified to bid. The cont [...]	2008-10-24 14:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV IZ
08BAGHDAD3398	PRT SALAH AD-DIN: EXPATS FROM THE PROVINCE KEEN TO [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad-Din reporting cable. SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) PRT Econ Section chief met with Hassan Ahmad Mahjoob al-Qaisy (strictly protect throughout),October 13 to discuss the investment climate in Salah ad-Din province. Mahjoob, the owner of a fuel transportation company [...]	2008-10-24 17:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	ECON EIND EINV ETRD PGOV PREL PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD342	IRAQ EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE - FEBRUARY 1 [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Maliki chaired the Baghdad Security Plan (Fardh al Qanoon ) FAQ) Iraq Executive Steering Committee (I-ESC) on 1st February. The meeting included much discussion of the role that that the decentralization and the private sector can play in Iraq's development - incl [...]	2008-02-06 08:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON IZ PGOV
08BAGHDAD343	CHARGE AND CG MEET PM TO DISCUSS MOSUL SECURITY, [...] (C) MNF-I Commanding General (CG) David Petraeus and CDA Patricia Butenis met Thursday, January 31, 2008 with Prime Minister Maliki. In a cordial and relaxed hour-long meeting, they discussed security operations in Mosul, Turkish cut-off of electricity deliveries, implications for current GOI [...]	2008-02-06 10:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER EINV ENGR KU TU IZ
08BAGHDAD3430	MAYSAN: SUNNI DPM PROMISES RENEWED GOI ASSISTANCE [...] (U) This is a Maysan PRT reporting cable. 2. (C/REL MCFI) Summary: Admitting previous GOI neglect, Sunni Deputy Prime Minister Dr. Rafae al-Issawi promised a crowded auditorium of provincial, local, and tribal leaders on October 22 that the GOI would fully back reconstruction and basic se [...]	2008-10-28 06:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON IR IZ
08BAGHDAD3446	BRIEF MOVEMENT OF IRAQI HYDROCARBONS LAW [...] (C) Summary: The long-delayed Hydrocarbons Framework Law saw brief movement in recent days; it is not yet clear if this signifies a genuine thaw and some possibility of the legislation actually moving toward approval in the near future. The bill was unexpectedly forwarded to Parliament late l [...]	2008-10-29 06:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV EINV IZ
08BAGHDAD3460	PRT SALAH AD DIN: PRIVATE BANKS DEVELOPING [...] (U) This is a reporting cable from PRT Salah ad Din. 2. (SBU) Summary: It is difficult to imagine a provincial business or economic sector that has more fully exploited the vastly improved security environment than has the private-banking sector within Salah ad Din. The calculated exploitat [...]	2008-10-30 12:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD3467	IRAQI HYDROCARBONS LEGISLATION: PERHAPS STILL [...] (C) Summary: There are conflicting stories about why the hydrocarbons legislation briefly moved to parliament in recent days. Confusion also remains about which is the "right" version of the law. Parliamentary Committee on Oil and Gas Chairman Ali Balo believes that a political decision on h [...]	2008-10-31 15:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV EINV IZ
08BAGHDAD3476	PLANNING MINISTER BABAN'S BUDGET AND ICI CONCERNS [...] (C) EMIN and Minister of Planning and Development Cooperation (MoPDC) Ali Baban met October 26 and discussed Baban's concerns about the 2009 budget, the International Compact with Iraq (ICI),and future assistance. Baban believes that the GOI's favoring the operational portion of the pared-do [...]	2008-11-02 05:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EAID EFIN IZ
08BAGHDAD3487	UNAMI INTERESTED IN "GRAND BARGAIN" FOR KIRKUK, [...] (C) Summary: In a November 2 meeting with S/A Krajeski, UNAMI's Andrew Gilmour said UNAMI will finish its second round of reports on the disputed internal boundaries (DIBs) areas by mid-December, but delay issuing them until after the provincial elections because of the currently tense politic [...]	2008-11-03 10:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM UN IZ
08BAGHDAD3497	IRAQI OIL PRODUCTION: WILL THE SOUTH RISE AGAIN? [...] (S) Summary: Oil Ministry officials estimate production in Iraq's southern oil fields has declined by approximately 100,000 barrels per day (bpd) so far this year, bringing the target production rate to 1.8 million bpd. The main culprits are the reliance on mismanaged enhanced recovery techni [...]	2008-11-04 11:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	EPET ENRG EINV EFIN PGOV PREL SENV EWWT IZ
08BAGHDAD35	NINEWA: BETTER SUPPLY AND MANAGEMENT REDUCE SOME [...] (C/REL AUS, GBR, CAN) Summary: Black market benzene and diesel prices in Mosul have fallen since August but still remain above the government price for each fuel. Increases in benzene supply, a slight seasonal reduction in benzene demand, and improved Iraqi discipline and management of fuel [...]	2008-01-03 15:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ENRG PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD351	DHI QAR: OFFICE OF THE MARTYR SADR TELLS PRT TO [...] This is a PRT Dhi Qar reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: January 30, Dhi Qar PRT met with Sheikh Haider Ali Ghizi, the head of the Office of the Martyr Sadr (OMS) in Nassiriyah. Ghizi mirrored PRT views that training should be a "top priority" for the province. Ghizi called for the PRT [...]	2008-02-06 13:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PINR PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD3526	SUNNI AND SHIA POLITICIANS EXPRESS OPPOSING VIEWS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Secretary's Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugee Issues, Ambassador James Foley, visited Baghdad October 22-27 to review Iraqi refugee admissions and special immigrant visa (SIV) programs and to assess the role the U.S. can play in facilitating refugee and IDP returns. Dep [...]	2008-11-08 12:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IZ PGOV PHUM PREF PREL
08BAGHDAD3562	NAJAF: ISCI LOOKS STRONG BUT FACES WELL-ORGANIZED [...] (C) Summary. Days before the release of the open list candidates for January provincial elections, the relative surface calm of Najaf,s ISCI domination of the provincial government is beginning to reveal turbulent anti-ISCI undercurrents. ISCI officials, led by Deputy Governor Abtan, continu [...]	2008-11-11 13:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD3564	IRAQ-KOREA ECONOMIC RELATIONS -- SECURITY STILL A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Korean Embassy Counselor Kwang Yong Chung said, during an October meeting with EconOffs, that virtually the only Korean business activity in Iraq is in the KRG, with the Korean National Oil Company holding interests in eight exploration and production blocks. One problem hamperi [...]	2008-11-11 14:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EINV ENRG EPET EAID KS IZ
08BAGHDAD3565	ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY GETS BOOST FROM NEW LAW [...] (C) Minister of Environment Narmin Othman told EmbOffs on November 3 the Council of Representatives (CoR) had ratified the new law establishing the Ministry of Environment (MoEnv). She claimed the Prime Minister told the Cabinet to enlarge MoEnv funding, "even if it means taking money away fro [...]	2008-11-12 04:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV EPET EWWT ECIN KHDP KRAD KSCA IZ
08BAGHDAD3579	THE NATIONAL INVESTMENT COMMISSIONER WHO NEVER WAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI dismissed National Investment Commission Chairman-Designate Ahmed Ridha the first week in November. Ridha had become deeply unpopular in senior Iraqi political circles, and rumors of his possible removal had been circulating for many weeks. Thamir Ghadban, head of the PM [...]	2008-11-12 11:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON PGOV IQ
08BAGHDAD3602	BASRA REGION FORMATION SUPPORTERS SUBMIT [...] (C) Summary: On November 10, allies of Basra Governor Mohammed Wa'eli (Fadhilah) submitted 35,000 signatures in favor of a referendum to form a one-province Basra Regional Government. Several additional steps will be needed, however, to force a referendum, and it is unlikely that a referendu [...]	2008-11-14 03:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD3622	US-IRAQ DIALOGUE HIGHLIGHTS IMPEDIMENTS TO BUSINESS AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-15 12:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD EFIN PGOV CVIS IZ
08BAGHDAD3628	US-IRAQ DIALOGUE HIGHLIGHTS IMPEDIMENTS TO BUSINESS AND [...] (SBU) On November 1, Deputy Treasury Secretary Robert Kimmitt, Deputy Commerce Secretary John Sullivan, and Assistant US Trade Representative Mike Delaney participated in the Iraqi-U.S. Dialogue on Business and Investment (DBIC). During the day-long event, which also included American and Iraq [...]	2008-11-16 06:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD EFIN PGOV CVIS IZ
08BAGHDAD3634	MAYSAN DEPUTY PC CHAIR LAUDS CONTINUED USG PRESENCE [...] (U) This is a Maysan PRT reporting cable. 2. (C/REL MCFI) Summary: Da,wa provincial party head and Deputy Provincial Council Chair Latif Abud Kaseem told PRT members that Maysan has benefited from the increased USG presence in the province, and emphasized the need for continuing USG traini [...]	2008-11-16 12:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IR PINR EINV IZ

08BAGHDAD364	BARZANI: NO PEACE, NO STABILITY WITHOUT ARTICLE 140 [...] (S) Masood Barzani February 4 warned that external and internal pressures were aligning to stall the Constitution's Article 140 process for resolving the status of Kirkuk and other disputed territories. The Kurds would not accept this. If Article 140 was dead, the KRG President said, the Con [...]	2008-02-07 15:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL TU IZ
08BAGHDAD3649	TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT DISCUSSES THE [...] (SBU) Summary: During a pull-aside at the Dialogue on Business and Investment Climate (DBIC) on November 1, 2008, Deputy Treasury Secretary Robert Kimmitt met with the Government of Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister for Services, al-Issawi, and members of his staff. Discussion focused on al-Issa [...]	2008-11-18 13:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID IZ
08BAGHDAD3652	TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT,S DISCUSSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Secretary of Treasury Robert Kimmitt had a series of meetings with key Iraqi economic officials at events surrounding the Dialogue on Business and Investment Climate (DBIC),including a large dinner hosted by Finance Minister Bayan Jabr at his home in the International [...]	2008-11-18 14:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EAID IZ
08BAGHDAD3653	D/S KIMMITT AND MINISTER SHAHRISTANI REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 1, 2008, Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert Kimmitt, accompanied by Deputy Assistant Secretary Andrew Baukol and Treasury Attache Ged Smith, met with Hussain al-Shahristani, Iraq's Minister of Oil at his office in the International Zone. A wide range of topics were [...]	2008-11-18 14:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN ENRG IZ
08BAGHDAD3682	PROVINCIAL INVESTMENT COMMISSION PRIORITIES IN MUTHANNA [...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: On November 17, the Muthanna Provincial Investment Commission (PIC) met with the PRT's EconOff and business development adviser to discuss the PIC's priorities and investment strategy. In contrast to the agricultural focus in Mut [...]	2008-11-21 13:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREF EAID ETRD IZ
08BAGHDAD3698	2009 BUDGET: FALLING OIL PRICES MEAN CUTS, DEFICIT, DFI [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite pressures from key members of the Maliki Government for fiscal largesse, Finance Minister Bayan Jabr cut the proposed 2009 budget while it was under consideration by the Council of Ministers (CoM),where it secured approval before moving on to the Council of Representa [...]	2008-11-23 16:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD3722	WASIT: SADRIST LEADER SUPPORTS SOFA, MALIKI [...] (C / / REL TO USA, ACGU) Summary: Over 1,000 people participated in a November 20 pro-SOFA rally in Kut, organized by Sheikh Mohammed Reda al-Numani, an associate of Prime Minister Maliki and a long-time friend of the al-Sadr family. On the preceding day, PRT, 41st Fires Brigade, and Iraqi A [...]	2008-11-25 13:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD3729	IRAQI OIL MINISTER STRIKES A DEAL ON KRG OIL [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi and KRG officials have reached a preliminary deal that will allow the first oil from KRG fields to be exported. Critical details, including final agreement on revenue sharing, apparently remain to be finalized. The deal does not cover the broader question of the hydrocarbo [...]	2008-11-25 17:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV EINV EFIN IZ
08BAGHDAD3734	TREBIL PORT OF ENTRY: YET A LONG ROAD TO SECURITY [...] (C) Investigating reports of orphaned radiation sources at the Trebil Port of Entry (POE),a joint USG/GOI interagency team conducted a POE assessment on November 6, 2008. Although it faces a long list of infrastructure and budgetary woes, Trebil POE sends approximately 12 billion Iraqi Dinar [...]	2008-11-26 12:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	ETRD PREL PARM MARR PTER ECON IZ
08BAGHDAD3747	IRAQI NSC DISCUSSES TRILATERAL MEETING WITH U.S. [...] (S) Summary. At the November 23 meeting of the Iraqi National Security Council (NSC),with Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Rafi Essawi sitting in as chair for the Prime Minister, the Council received a report from Minister of State for National Security Affairs Shirwan Waeili on the recent U.S.- [...]	2008-11-28 16:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER SY IZ
08BAGHDAD3764	IRAQI-KUWAITI BILATERAL ISSUES [...] (S/REL MNFI) In a November 26 meeting, Deputy Foreign Minister Haj Hamoud told Senior Advisor Gordon Gray that the proposed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for notifying Kuwait prior to undertaking a wreck-clearing project in the Khor Abdullah (KAA) waterway remained mired in the bureaucracy [...]	2008-11-30 16:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PBTS PREL MARR MOPS IZ KU
08BAGHDAD3784	THE SIMMER BEFORE THE BOIL? SPECIAL ADVISOR [...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil reporting cable. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Senior Advisor (S/A) for Northern Iraq Thomas Krajeski engaged Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and non-KRG interlocutors on KRG relations with the Government of Iraq (GOI),upcoming provincial elections, arti [...]	2008-12-02 16:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD3787	RRT ERBIL -- THE LIGHTS ARE ON -- KRG BENEFITS FROM PRIVATE [...] Summary: Electricity supply has jumped in Erbil Province, thanks partly to a privately-owned power plant fueled by gas from the Dana Gas/Crescent Petroleum gas field. Private power generation could produce as much as 1,900 MW by 2010 when plants in Dohuk and Sulaimaniyah are projected to come [...]	2008-12-03 08:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ENRG ECON EINV IZ
08BAGHDAD3789	IRAQI POLITICS: SHIFTING ALLIANCES AND THE [...] (C) Summary: The grueling Iraqi political debates that eventually yielded consensus on the provincial elections law and the ratification of the Status of Forces Agreement pointed to an evolution in Iraqi politics in late 2008 as opposed to the way they worked in 2004-06. The contrasts are ge [...]	2008-12-03 12:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD3791	IRAQI POLITICS: SHIFTING ALLIANCES AND THE [...] (C) Summary: The grueling Iraqi political debates that eventually yielded consensus on the provincial elections law and the ratification of the Status of Forces Agreement pointed to an evolution in Iraqi politics in late 2008 as opposed to the way they worked in 2004-06. The contrasts are ge [...]	2008-12-03 12:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD3794	STATUS OF COALITION PARTNERS IN IRAQ; RECOMMENDED DEMARCHE FOR AUSTRALIA [...] (S) This is an action request, see paragraph 11. 2. (S) Summary: As the GOI moves beyond the process of gaining agreement for the U.S.-Iraq Security Agreement, it is focusing on the terms for the continued presence of four Coalition partners (Australia, Romania, El Salvador and Estonia) be [...]	2008-12-03 15:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ ES RO AS EN
08BAGHDAD3808	KURDISH WAR OF WORDS WITH MALIKI ESCALATES OVER [...] (C) Summary/Comment: A war of words between Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG),precipitated by Maliki's plan to create Tribal Support Councils in areas disputed by the KRG and the GOI, has steadily escalated in the past week, drawing attention to a range [...]	2008-12-04 13:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD3819	TURKISH ENVOY DISCUSSES VISIT OF PRESIDENT GUL TO [...] (C) During a two-week stint in Iraq in which he focused mainly on supporting efforts to gain a U.S.-Iraqi security agreement, Turkish Special Envoy for Iraq Murat Ozcelik told the Ambassador that leading Shi'a cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani agreed to a visit by Turkish President Gul to [...]	2008-12-05 14:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ TU PREL
08BAGHDAD3826	ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT: MAINTAINING IRAQ'S "UNDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Embassy continues to make progress on its action plan concerning the Arab League Boycott (ALB) of Israel. To date in 2008, U.S. firms have reported five requests from Government of Iraq (GOI) entities to comply with this foreign boycott, down significantly from previous yea [...]	2008-12-07 07:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KBCT ETRD PREL EFIN ECON EINV IZ
08BAGHDAD3844	NINEWA: KEROSENE SHORTAGE THREATENS AGAIN [...] (C) Over the last two winters, Ninewa residents suffered from a severe shortage of kerosene, which they use for cooking and home heating in the province's sub-freezing winters. Despite efforts by the Director of the Northern Oil Products Distribution Company (NOPDC) to obtain either larger al [...]	2008-12-10 09:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ENRG PGOV PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD3849	MAYSAN MARSH PRINCE DISCUSSES POST-SOFA ISSUES [...] (U) This is a Maysan PRT reporting cable. 2. (C/REL MCFI) Summary: In a December 6 meeting with PRT members, prominent Maysani Sheikh Abed al-Kareem al-Mohammedawi (aka the Prince of the Marshes) lauded the timely passage of the SOFA and recommended that the U.S. should now look for opportu [...]	2008-12-10 09:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD3851	CORRECTED COPY: MAYSAN MARSH PRINCE DISCUSSES [...] (U) This is a Maysan PRT reporting cable. 2. (C/REL MCFI) Summary: In a December 6 meeting with PRT members, prominent Maysani Sheikh Abed al-Kareem al-Mohammedawi (aka the Prince of the Marshes) lauded the timely passage of the SOFA and recommended that the U.S. should now look for opportu [...]	2008-12-10 12:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD3852	AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD BRIEFS VP HASHIMI ON IRAQI [...] (C) On December 2, U.S. Representative to the United Nations Zalmay Khalilzad told Iraqi Vice-President Tariq al-Hashimi that Iraq must request a new United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution to extend Chapter VII protection over its financial assets. Claiming that "no one is satisfied [...]	2008-12-10 12:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD3855	AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD DISCUSSES PROTECTION OF IRAQI [...] (C) On December 1, U.S. Representative to the United Nations Zalmay Khalilzad discussed with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki next steps to protect Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) assets through a new United Nations Security Council resolution (UNSCR). Khalilzad urged Iraq to quickly submit a dr [...]	2008-12-10 13:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IZ
08BAGHDAD3865	CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS DESTRUCTION (CWD) ASSISTANCE TO IRAQ: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: With one of the highest levels of landmine and unexploded ordnance contamination in the world, and possibly millions of small arms and light weapons (SA/LW) in the hands of insurgent groups, militias and private citizens, Iraq has struggled to make progress in reducin [...]	2008-12-11 11:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD3880	FIVE COMMITTEE TALKS - POSSIBLE ROADMAP FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Participants in the Five Committee Talks on constitutional issues have told us the process has been positive, hard-hitting and honest. Heightened Shia-Kurd tensions, the confrontation in Khanaqin (reftel A,B,C and D) led to a Kurdish President Barzani visit to Baghdad at the end [...]	2008-12-12 13:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD3881	FIVE COMMITTEE TALKS - POSSIBLE ROADMAP FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Participants in the Five Committee Talks on constitutional issues have told us the process has been positive, hard-hitting and honest. Heightened Shia-Kurd tensions, the confrontation in Khanaqin (reftel A,B,C and D) led to a Kurdish President Barzani visit to Baghdad at the end [...]	2008-12-12 14:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD39	ANBAR POLITICAL LEADERS DISCUSS POLITICAL AND [...] (C) Summary: Four Anbari leaders met with the Ambassador December 31, to highlight the newly formed Anbar Higher Committee (AHC) as a conflict-resolution mechanism in the province. Anbar is eager to pursue an economic zone (EZ),perhaps in the city of al-Qaim. The Anbaris noted the lack of [...]	2008-01-04 14:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD3903	INSPECTOR GENERAL UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following an article in the New York Times suggesting a slew of firings and early retirements of Iraq's Inspectors General (IGs) were politically motivated, the heads of the Commission on Integrity (COI) and the Board of Supreme Audit (BSA) strenuously defended the integrity of t [...]	2008-12-14 11:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR KCRM PGOV EAID PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD3931	SRSG AND AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD DISCUSS IRAQI [...] (C) Summary: UNAMI SRSG Staffan de Mistura and U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad strategized ways to assist Iraq with Chapter 7 status as well as UNAMI's future in Iraq at a December 2 meeting. Ambassador Khalilzad pointed out three separate issues with Ch [...]	2008-12-16 12:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD3932	KEY BABIL SHEIKH ON SUNNI PERSPECTIVES, BABIL [...] Summary (C) In a two-hour meeting on December 10 with PRT Leader and DCG-S, Sunni Sheikh Adnan Janabi painted a largely positive picture of the Sunni community's outlook in Babil. His candidate slate of largely Sunni tribal sheikhs has engaged in discussions with a wide variety of other parti [...]	2008-12-16 13:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ECON IZ
08BAGHDAD3949	THE NEED FOR OPIC FINANCING OF PROJECTS IN IRAQ [...] (U) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Embassy Baghdad strongly urges the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) to increase its participation in projects in Iraq. Specifically, the Board should consider on an urgent basis debt financing for the Summit Group's hotel [...]	2008-12-17 15:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON IZ
08BAGHDAD3956	FINANCE MINISTER JABR ON BUDGET ISSUES, GE [...] (C) Summary: At an informal dinner on December 12 with CETI and the newly-arrived Treasury Attache, Finance Minister Jabr described a "shadow budget" that would trim expenditures by USD 8 billion by noting that "we are in a crisis." He noted that while he would facilitate the sale of General [...]	2008-12-18 12:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON IZ
08BAGHDAD4005	MINISTER OF FINANCE ON NON-SOVEREIGN DEBT ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: EMIN and TREASATT reviewed the status of Iraq's non-Paris Club country sovereign debts in a meeting with Minister of Finance Jabr on December 17. Iraq owes between USD 50-80 billion to non-Paris Club countries, though some of these countries, such as China and Poland are modeling [...]	2008-12-22 14:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON IZ
08BAGHDAD4014	IRAQI OIL MINISTER ON HIS MEETING WITH KRG [...] (C) Summary: Oil Minister Shahristani told UN Ambassador Khalilzad December 1 that oil issues took up "only 10 percent" of his two-hour meeting with KRG Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani on November 24 (ref A),but that he and Barzani had agreed to allow Ministry of Oil employees back to work [...]	2008-12-23 08:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV EINV EFIN IZ
08BAGHDAD4015	(C) PRT SALAH AD DIN: BAYJI OIL REFINERY DG [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. 2. (C) Bayji Oil Refinery (BOR) Director General Ali Obeidi informed JSS BOR officers on December 18 that he had submitted a letter resigning his position to the Ministry of Oil (MOO) and requesting that he be reassigned to a technical or advi [...]	2008-12-23 09:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PINS KCRS IZ
08BAGHDAD4026	RRT ERBIL: EFFORTS TO COMBAT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Violence against women in the Kurdistan Region (KR) is widespread, including honor killings, provoked "suicide" by burning, and female genital mutilation. Tackling this issue requires combining law enforcement and education; it will take time. We don't know whether there is mo [...]	2008-12-26 03:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KWMN KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD4033	IRAQI NSC DISCUSSES INSURGENT FINANCING, AGREEMENT [...] (S) Summary. At the December 21, 2009 meting of the Iraqi National Security Council (NSC),Prime Minister (PM) Nouri al-Maliki received a detailed report from the Minister of Defense (MoD) on the internal sources of financing for Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) and other insurgent organizations. Accor [...]	2008-12-26 14:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER SY IZ
08BAGHDAD4037	MAYSAN: AMBASSADOR URGES SADRIST PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT TO [...] (U) This is a Maysan PRT report. 2. (SBU) During a December 18 meeting in the provincial capital Amarah, the Ambassador encouraged the Sadrist Provincial Council Chair and the ISCI Deputy Governor to work to improve the provincial government's strained relationship with the GOI and to take [...]	2008-12-27 12:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON IZ
08BAGHDAD4058	SUMMING UP IRAQ'S YEAR OF ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih declared in January that 2008 was to be Iraq's year of combating corruption but Iraq has made only incremental gains in doing so. Salih issued an 18-point plan to fight administrative corruption that was issued in the PM,s name, of which four [...]	2008-12-29 14:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR KCRM PGOV EAID PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD4060	GOI BEGINS WIDENING LABOR RIGHTS IN ANTICIPATION OF NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOI is determined to bring its labor code into compliance with international standards, but is still struggling to move a new ILO-compatible draft bill through the legislative process. The constitutional review is nearly complete, and the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs [...]	2008-12-30 03:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD EFIN EINV IZ
08BAGHDAD4064	PRT SALAH AD DIN: APPREHENSION OVER COMING SOI [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Provincial leaders are concerned that the upcoming transition of responsibility for Sons of Iraq (SOI) contracts from Coalition Forces (CF) to the Government of Iraq (GOI) could undermine security improvements in Salah ad Din ( [...]	2008-12-30 14:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINS KCRS IZ
08BAGHDAD4067	AMBASSADOR AND DPM SALIH DISCUSS FALLING OIL [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and EMIN delivered a letter from Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt to Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih on December 28. In a wide-ranging discussion, Salih noted with alarm that the GOI's oil exports in 2009 will most likely not exceed 1.6 million barrels per day [...]	2008-12-30 15:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV KCOR EPET IZ
08BAGHDAD4070	PETRAEUS DISCUSSES MASHADANI, SYRIA, WITH VP [...] (S) SUMMARY: The replacement for Council of Representatives (CoR) Speaker Mahmoud Mashadani, GCC relations generally and Syrian relations specifically, and concerns about Saudi relations were topics of conversation in a December 26 meeting between US Central Command General David Petraeus and [...]	2008-12-31 09:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD428	PRIME MINISTER MALIKI UPDATES AMBASSADOR AND CG ON [...] (S) During a February 11 meeting with the Ambassador and General Petraeus, Prime Minister Maliki blamed the Kurds for the present budget impasse, insisting their behavior was a challenge to his governance that required a firm hand lest other provinces be so emboldened. The Ambassador encourag [...]	2008-02-13 13:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD429	IRAQ EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE - FEBRUARY 8 [...] SUMMARY: In place of an absent PM Maliki, Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih chaired the 8 February Iraqi Executive Steering Committee (I-ESC) in support of the Baghdad Security Plan (Fardh Al Qanoon - FaQ). The meeting featured calls to limit political and religious interference menacing co [...]	2008-02-13 14:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON IZ PGOV
08BAGHDAD431	SMALL KURDISH PARTIES TAP FRUSTRATION WITH KDP AND [...] (C) Summary: Islamist and other small parties in Iraqi Kurdistan are attempting to exploit growing public frustration with the dominant Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). Based on anecdotal evidence, the two parties appear to be losing popularity, though [...]	2008-02-13 19:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD448	MCNS ON FEBRUARY 10 DISCUSSED AIRPORT SECURITY, [...] (S REL UK AS) In a meeting chaired by D/PM Barham Salih, the MCNS received a concise, well-organized briefing on 2007 force generation results for the Iraqi Army, discussed at length the administrative direction and security command at the Baghdad International Airport (BIAP),and briefly revi [...]	2008-02-15 13:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER SY IZ
08BAGHDAD449	INITIAL ANALYSIS OF COR-APPROVED 2008 FEDERAL [...] (C) Begin Summary: After more than two and a half months of legislative branch deliberations, the Council of Representatives (CoR) voted to pass the 2008 General Federal Budget law on February 13 as part of an overall package which included Amnesty and Provincial Powers laws. The Presidency Co [...]	2008-02-15 16:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD451	SRSG DE MISTURA ON HYDROCARBONS/ARTICLE 140, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 14 SRSG Staffan de Mistura discussed with A/DCM Ries U.S. and UN approaches toward the GOI to promote movement on the hydrocarbons laws, which will be necessary to open political space for progress on Article 140 issues. Additionally they discussed the upcoming first [...]	2008-02-16 07:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PGOV PHUM PREF PREL IR
08BAGHDAD456	TALABANI, SALIH AND SHAWAYS ON LTSR, GOVERNMENT [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador met with President Talabani, DPM Barham Salih and Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) representative Rowsch Shaways in two separate meetings on February 12. All noted that the Prime Minister will oversee the technical team's negotia [...]	2008-02-17 11:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD470	NEA/DAS BUTLER MEETING WITH FM ZEBARI [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 14 meeting, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told NEA DAS Lawrence Butler that he thought Iran postponed the trilat scheduled for February 15 because of the February 12 assassination in Damascus of Hezbollah leader Imad Mughniyah. Zebari confirmed that Iranian Pre [...]	2008-02-19 07:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD471	FINE TUNING OUR POSITION ON OIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Oil has announced plans to sign technical service agreements in 2008 with major international oil companies to increase production in its giant oil fields. While comprehensive legislation to protect the interests of foreign companies doing business in Iraq will [...]	2008-02-19 08:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD473	GOI FIGHTS KEROSENE CORRUPTION, MILITIA RACKETS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sayid Nemah Jabour of the office of the Iraqi National Security Advisor told poloff February 15 that the new Project Clean Delivery (PCD) kerosene distribution system had significantly diminished militia revenue from the theft and sale of kerosene. Jabour said that an Iraqi inte [...]	2008-02-19 10:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PINR PINS PTER IZ PGOV
08BAGHDAD474	MALIKI RECONSIDERS CABINET RE-SIZING, MAKES [...] (S) SUMMARY: At the weekly security meeting with the Ambassador and General Petraeus on February 14, Prime Minister Maliki expressed optimism on the return of the Tawafaq and Iraqiyya parties to the government, but noted their objection to reducing the number of ministries. On services, Maliki [...]	2008-02-19 10:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER
08BAGHDAD48	PASSENGER RAIL'S RETURN HINTS AT CHALLENGES AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 16 the Iraqi Republic Railway (IRR) renewed scheduled passenger service between Baghdad and Basrah for the first time since before the 2003 invasion. The first week of service was marred by two attacks--one suicide bomb and one IED--and a train-automobile collision und [...]	2008-01-07 08:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELTN IZ
08BAGHDAD503	PRT SALAH AD DIN: PROVINCIAL COUNCIL AND ITS [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) After months of meeting sporadically and without achieving quorum, the Salah ad Din Provincial Council (PC) has been increasingly active, meeting with quorum and efficiently conducting its business. PC Chairm [...]	2008-02-21 15:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINS PINR KCRS IZ
08BAGHDAD507	COUNCIL OF MINISTERS ISSUES REGULATIONS TO IMPROVE [...] (U) According to internal GOI memoranda, the Council of Ministers (CoM) agreed in a January 27 meeting to a package of reforms aimed at improving Iraq's capital budget execution performance. The new regulations stipulate formation of internal ministerial contracting committees (chaired by the [...]	2008-02-22 09:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD508	MESSAGE TO PRTS: PROVINCIAL INVESTMENT BUDGET [...] The Council of Representatives passed the 2008 federal budget on Wednesday, February 13 (Reftel A),and ratification by the Presidency Council is imminent. Buoyed by record oil earnings, the 2008 budget is the most ambitious in Iraq's history. Totaling USD 49.9 billion, it contains USD 13.1 bi [...]	2008-02-22 09:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD53	SALIH AND RUBAIE SAY 2008 THE YEAR OF ECONOMIC, [...] (C) Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih and National Security Advisor Muwaffaq al-Rubaie met January 5 with Senators Norm Coleman, John Cornyn, and Johnny Isaksen in Salih,s home. All agreed that Iraq has made important security strides in the last year, a fact which Salih hoped the Senators [...]	2008-01-08 17:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD539	DPM SALEH'S GRAND BARGAIN--KURDS NEED SUNNIS; [...] (C) During a two-and-one-half hour discussion on February 20, Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Barham Saleh told Ambassador Crocker and Special Adviser Pearce that both Massud and Nechirvan Barzani would shortly arrive in Baghdad for lengthy stays. Saleh emphasized that the USG must act as the mae [...]	2008-02-25 02:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU IZ
08BAGHDAD544	IRAQ EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE - FEBRUARY 15 [...] SUMMARY: An assertive Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki chaired the 15 February Iraqi Executive Steering Committee (I-ESC) in support of the Baghdad Security Plan (Fardh Al Qanoon - FaQ). The meeting featured praise of FaQ on its one year anniversary; discussions of remedies to the shortage of [...]	2008-02-25 13:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON IZ PGOV
08BAGHDAD547	Chalabi's Provision of Services Committee - February 19 [...] SUMMARY: The February 19th meeting for the Provision of Services Committee heard concerns, including fiscal, from the Baghdad Sheraton Hotel and the Babil Hotel. The Baghdad General Manager for the Ministry of Transportation was there to discuss bus shortages and transportation costs. For the s [...]	2008-02-25 15:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL IZ REL UK
08BAGHDAD570	MCNS ON FEBRUARY 24 DISCUSSES TURKISH INCURSION, [...] (S/REL AS UK) Deputy Prime Minister (D/PM) Barham Saleh opened the February 24 Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) meeting with a discussion of the Turkish incursion into northern Iraq (ref. A). National Security Advisor (NSA) Muwaffaq Rubaie presented a list of intelligence col [...]	2008-02-27 13:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER SY IZ TU
08BAGHDAD571	MALIKI REASSESSES ONGOING CABINET NEGOTIATIONS, [...] (S) SUMMARY: During his weekly security meeting with the Ambassador and General Petraeus on February 21, Prime Minister Maliki said he was discouraged by lack of progress in negotiations with the Tawafaq and Iraqiyya parties on rejoining the government, blaming their senior leadership for ever [...]	2008-02-27 13:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MARR MOPS MCAP PGOV PTER PINS PNAT IZ
08BAGHDAD593	U/S JEFFERY MEETS WITH IRAQI FINANCE MINISTER TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 26 meeting with U/S for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery and Iraqi Finance Minister Bayan Jabr, Jabr indicated his main goals for 2008 are to secure debt relief from Gulf state debtors, restructure state banks, and further increase budget exe [...]	2008-02-29 14:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG
08BAGHDAD596	ZAAB TRIANGLE: EXPANDED PRT OPERATIONS TARGET KEY [...] (C) The Zaab Triangle, a region bounded by the Tigris and Zaab rivers in southern Ninewa and northern Salah ad Din provinces, is a focal point of counter-insurgency operations. In collaboration with PRT Salah ad Din, and with superb support from the Third Armored Cavalry Regiment, PRT Ninewa [...]	2008-02-29 18:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON MARR EAID IZ
08BAGHDAD610	DPM ON OIL, SOFA AND TUWAITHA [...] (S) SUMMARY: DPM Barham Salih on February 25 urged Under Secretary Jeffrey to sustain USG engagement to help Iraq pass SIPDIS the hydrocarbon framework legislation, and while he agreed with Ambassador Loftis on the need to move quickly on a new strategic relationship and status of forces a [...]	2008-03-02 02:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL EPET ECON ENRG PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD613	AMBASSADOR'S MARCH 1 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) In a March 1 meeting with the Ambassador, President Talabani said the Turkish withdrawal from the north opens the door for a political solution; said he hopes to visit Turkey March 10-12 to talk frankly with them about the PKK as well as come away with an agreement to restart the trilateral [...]	2008-03-02 11:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU IR IZ
08BAGHDAD642	SRSG DE MISTURA DISCUSSES UNAMI'S PLANS ON ARTICLE [...] (C) Summary: On February 20, Counselor Eliot A. Cohen met with Staffan de Mistura, Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) to the UN Assistance Mission for SIPDIS Iraq (UNAMI),to discuss UNAMI's plans for negotiating disputed internal boundaries and assisting with provinci [...]	2008-03-05 02:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD643	Dialogue on Economic Cooperation Ends With Follow-Up [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Iraq (GOI) hosted the U.S. Government (USG) at the Al Rasheed Hotel in Baghdad February 27-28, 2008 for the U.S.-Iraq Dialogue on Economic Cooperation (DEC). Senior officials from both governments discussed the nature of the bilateral economic relationship, its [...]	2008-03-05 07:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAID EFIN EINV EAGR ENRG IZ
08BAGHDAD646	Input for New Required Reports to Congress on Energy [...] (U) This report is prepared per reftel request under Sections 931(b) and (d) of the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007, requiring a description of the Department of State personnel who are dedicated to energy matters at the U.S. Embassy in Iraq, a major energy producer. The p [...]	2008-03-05 08:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV APER ABUD IZ
08BAGHDAD647	OIL MINISTER PRESENTS DEVELOPMENT PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Oil has presented to the Council of Ministers his three-part plan for oil field development in the absence of a national hydrocarbon law: to sign 2-year technical service agreements in 2008 with major international oil companies (IOCs) to increase production in f [...]	2008-03-05 08:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON ENRG IZ
08BAGHDAD656	IRAQ OIL MINISTER OUTLINES PLANS TO U/S JEFFERY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Oil (MOO) Shahrishtani, in a February 25 meeting, told Under Secretary of State Jeffery that the MOO and the Cabinet are prepared to proceed with the February 07 draft hydrocarbon law (HCL),but said that the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) should cancel its post-F [...]	2008-03-05 15:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET IZ
08BAGHDAD657	GOI OFFICIALS DISCUSS HYDROCARBONS LEGISLATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq officials told Under Secretary Jeffery in a series of meetings held February 24-28 in Baghdad that the time is ripe to move forward on the hydrocarbon legislative package (septels). VP Adil Mahdi agreed to place the item on the agenda for the next Executive Council meeting, [...]	2008-03-05 15:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	ECON PGOV EPET IZ
08BAGHDAD66	KURDS STILL SEEKING CHANCE TO REPLACE MALIKI [...] (C) Summary: Kurdish leaders have agreed not to remove Prime Minister Maliki in the short term, but have little faith in him and probably would move to replace him if not for the Secretary,s strong message that Iraqi leaders must focus on issues instead of personalities. While that message r [...]	2008-01-09 15:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD665	VP ADEL ABDEL MEHDI ON VETO, SFA, AND AHMADINEJAD [...] (C) Summary: In a March 4 meeting, Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi defended his decision to veto the Provincial Powers Law (PPL) and said he would work closely with CoR leaders and bloc heads to effect a compromise bill that would be passed by the Presidency Council without another CoR vote. [...]	2008-03-06 13:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD675	Chalabi's Provision of Services Committee - March 4 [...] SUMMARY: Following a February 29 discussion at the I-ESC, Dr. Chalabi convened a special meeting to discuss water availability in Baghdad. Participants included representatives from the National Plastics Industry (NPI),the Ministry of Municipalities and Public Works (MMPW),the Baghdad Water A [...]	2008-03-07 04:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL IZ REL UK
08BAGHDAD679	TALABANI ON HIS UPCOMING VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (C) In a March 4 meeting with the Ambassador, President Talabani confirmed he will visit Turkey March 7-9, accompanied by a large number of ministers, emphasized his desire to re-establish trilateral (Iraq-Turkey-U.S.) discussions while acknowledging the need for bilateral channels, and said h [...]	2008-03-07 12:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU IZ
08BAGHDAD695	PRT KIRKUK: COUNCILS CONVOCATION II - [...] (U) This is a PRT Kirkuk reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: Rizgar Ali, Chairman of the Kirkuk Provincial Council (PC),convened a second information sharing session on February 24 with the primarily Kurdish and Turkman district and sub-district councils to discuss council operations, rol [...]	2008-03-09 10:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ECON IZ
08BAGHDAD734	SHAWAYS GUARDED ABOUT SFA/SOFA PROCESS [...] (C) In a March 8 meeting, KDP Baghdad Representative (and former Deputy Prime Minister) Rosch Shaways told Ambassador Crocker, Senior Advisor to the Secretary on Iraq Satterfield and NSC Senior Director for Iraq and Afghanistan McGurk that KRG leadership was prepared to take positive, practi [...]	2008-03-12 09:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD742	UNAMI SRSG DISCUSSES ELECTIONS, ANKARA TRIP, SOFA [...] (C) Summary: On March 9, the Ambassador met with UNAMI Special Representative (SRSG) Staffan de Mistura upon his return from Ankara. The Ambassador and the SRSG discussed the veto of the Provincial Powers Law, provincial elections, and the SRSG,s thoughts on a way forward. De Mistura said [...]	2008-03-13 11:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD744	TALABANI'S ANKARA VISIT STRESSES PKK, GOI-GOT [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi President Talabani met on March 10 with Ambassador Crocker, S/I Satterfield, Pol-Mil Minister-Counselor Ries, and NSC Senior Director McGurk. Talabani told the Ambassador he was quite satisfied with his visit to Turkey and especially with progress on Northern Iraq. In fran [...]	2008-03-13 12:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD747	MND-C ECONOMIC SITUATION: A VIEW FROM MND-C POLAD [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED -- ENTIRE TEXT. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. In the Multi-National Division Center (MND-C) area of responsibility (AOR) improved security, the return of stability and normalcy, the emergence of economic activity and our increasing ability to engage with Iraqis have combined [...]	2008-03-13 13:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID IZ
08BAGHDAD763	Chalabi's Provision of Services Committee - March 11 [...] SUMMARY: Despite the Chairman's absence, the Provision of Services Committee met this week, hosted by the Deputy Minister of Electricity (DMoE). The meeting was well attended - the Baghdad Governor and a representative from the National Reconciliation Committee attended for the first time. The [...]	2008-03-14 10:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL IZ REL UK
08BAGHDAD764	ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT: STRATEGY FOR IRAQ [...] This is an action request (see para 16). 2. (C) SUMMARY: Iraq's status as a "boycotting country" under the League of Arab States' boycott of Israel (Arab League Boycott -- ALB) has been listed as "under review" since the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom in March 2003. Some elements in [...]	2008-03-14 12:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KBTC ECON ETRD PREL EFIN IZ
08BAGHDAD768	IRAQI DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF SURVEYS IRAQI JOINT [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) At the monthly Defense Attach Association of Iraq (DAAI) meeting on March 4, the Deputy Chief of the General Staff (DCOS),General Nasier Abadi, presented a frank overview of the Iraqi military and the challenges it faces in the coming years. He observed that the current counte [...]	2008-03-14 14:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ MARR MCAP MOPS PINS PNAT PTER
08BAGHDAD799	AMBASSADOR RAISES SOFA/SF AND ICI WITH D/PM BARHAM [...] (S) Ambassador met March 13 with Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih to discuss the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and Strategic Framework (SF) negotiations, the Prime Minister's participation in the International Compact for Iraq (ICI) ministerial, and security at Umm Qasr port and in Basra [...]	2008-03-17 08:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR PREL PGOV MASS MOPS IZ
08BAGHDAD849	UNAMI SRSG VISITS NAJAF [...] (C) Summary: On March 11, UNAMI Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Staffan de Mistura made a quiet, one-day visit to Najaf, Iraq's holiest city and home of the much-revered Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani. The SRSG and Deputy for Political Affairs Andrew Gilmour provided [...]	2008-03-20 08:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD855	WEEKLY MEETING WITH PM, MARCH 13: SOFA/STRATEGIC [...] (S) In a cordial meeting March 13 at Prime Minister Maliki's weekly security meeting with Ambassador Crocker and GEN Petraeus, Ambassador briefed Maliki on the dual-tracked, concurrent negotiation of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and the Strategic Framework (SF) by a technical experts [...]	2008-03-20 14:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR PREL PGOV MASS MOPS IZ
08BAGHDAD864	CODEL LEVIN MEETING WITH VP ABD AL-MEHDI [...] (C) Summary: On Sunday, March 16, CODEL Levin met with Vice-President Adel Abd al-Mehdi at the Hakim Compound in Baghdad. In a civil yet frank exchange, Senator Levin and Adel discussed a host of topics. Focusing initially on the political and security environment in Iraq, Senator Levin pres [...]	2008-03-21 13:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OREP IZ
08BAGHDAD865	CODEL LEVIN MEETS WITH DPM SALEH [...] (S) In a cordial meeting on March 16, Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh told Senator Carl Levin that recent political developments were proof that the Iraqi political system was working. He expressed confidence that provincial elections would take place in October. Saleh acknowledged there [...]	2008-03-21 13:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PARM XF IZ IR
08BAGHDAD866	TURKISH ENVOY VISITING IRAQ TO IMPROVE [...] (S/NF) Summary: Turkish Special Envoy to Iraq Murat Ozcelik told Ambassador March 20 that he will stay flexible with how long he remains in Iraq during this visit in the hopes of holding a meeting with Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani next week, which the GO [...]	2008-03-21 14:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ
08BAGHDAD877	UN ANTI-CORRUPTION CONFERENCE (MARCH 17-18, 2008) [...] (U) Summary. As part of its portfolio of activities to support good governance, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP),in coordination with the office of Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih, organized an international Anti-Corruption Conference in Baghdad on March 17-18, 2008 at al-Rash [...]	2008-03-23 12:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID IZ KCOR PGOV PREL SOCI
08BAGHDAD886	IRAQI NSA RUBAI ON AHMEDI-NEJAD'S VISIT - [...] (S) National Security Advisor (NSA) Muwaffaq al-Rubai shared his views on the purpose and meaning of the Iranian President Ahmedi-Nejad's recent visit with Embassy PolMil MinsCouns Amb. Marcie Ries and NSC's Brett McGurk in two hour-long conversations, one each on March 5 and March 7. (S/I Amb [...]	2008-03-24 08:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PRGO IR IZ
08BAGHDAD887	THE AMBASSADOR'S MARCH 23 MEETING WITH VP ABDEL [...] (S) Summary: In a March 23 meeting with the Ambassador, VP Abdel Mehdi shared his analysis of the latest IDF strikes on the International Zone; discussed the reasons for his withdrawal of his veto of the Provincial Powers Law; speculated on the CoR's priorities when it reconvenes; described a [...]	2008-03-24 12:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD896	CODEL LEVIN MEETS WITH DPM SALEH [...] (S) In a cordial meeting on March 16, Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh told Senator Carl Levin that recent political developments were proof that the Iraqi political system was working. He expressed confidence that provincial elections would take place in October. Saleh acknowledged there [...]	2008-03-25 16:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PARM XF IZ IR
08BAGHDAD897	CODEL LEVIN MEETING WITH VP ABD AL-MEHDI [...] (C) Summary: On Sunday, March 16, CODEL Levin met with Vice-President Adel Abd al-Mehdi at the Hakim Compound in Baghdad. In a civil yet frank exchange, Senator Levin and Adel discussed a host of topics. Focusing initially on the political and security environment in Iraq, Senator Levin pres [...]	2008-03-25 16:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OREP IZ
08BAGHDAD898	UNAMI SRSG VISITS NAJAF [...] (C) Summary: On March 11, UNAMI Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Staffan de Mistura made a quiet, one-day visit to Najaf, Iraq's holiest city and home of the much-revered Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani. The SRSG and Deputy for Political Affairs Andrew Gilmour provided [...]	2008-03-25 16:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD901	THE AMBASSADOR'S MARCH 23 MEETING WITH VP ABDEL [...] (S) Summary: In a March 23 meeting with the Ambassador, VP Abdel Mehdi shared his analysis of the latest IDF strikes on the International Zone; discussed the reasons for his withdrawal of his veto of the Provincial Powers Law; speculated on the CoR's priorities when it reconvenes; described a [...]	2008-03-25 16:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL IZ

08BAGHDAD905	TURKISH ENVOY VISITING IRAQ TO IMPROVE [...] (S/NF) Summary: Turkish Special Envoy to Iraq Murat Ozcelik told Ambassador March 20 that he will stay flexible with how long he remains in Iraq during this visit in the hopes of holding a meeting with Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani next week, which the GO [...]	2008-03-25 16:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ
08BAGHDAD909	WEEKLY MEETING WITH PM, MARCH 13: SOFA/STRATEGIC [...] (S) In a cordial meeting March 13 at Prime Minister Maliki's weekly security meeting with Ambassador Crocker and GEN Petraeus, Ambassador briefed Maliki on the dual-tracked, concurrent negotiation of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and the Strategic Framework (SF) by a technical experts [...]	2008-03-25 16:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR PREL PGOV MASS MOPS IZ
08BAGHDAD915	IRAQI NSA RUBAI ON AHMEDI-NEJAD'S VISIT - [...] (S) National Security Advisor (NSA) Muwaffaq al-Rubai shared his views on the purpose and meaning of the Iranian President Ahmedi-Nejad's recent visit with Embassy PolMil MinsCouns Amb. Marcie Ries and NSC's Brett McGurk in two hour-long conversations, one each on March 5 and March 7. (S/I Amb [...]	2008-03-25 16:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PRGO IR IZ
08BAGHDAD921	NSA RUBAIE ON UPCOMING DIPLOMATIC OUTREACH [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a March 21 meeting with the Ambassador, Iraqi National Security Advisor Mowafuq Rubaie reviewed a series of upcoming diplomatic engagements including his trip to Saudi Arabia, possible PM attendance at the Arab League Summit, the Prime Minister's trip to Brussels, and the Expan [...]	2008-03-26 02:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER IR IZ KU SA SY
08BAGHDAD926	IRAQ OIL MINISTRY ASKS BIDS FOR 3-D SEISMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 24 Iraq's Ministry of Oil (MOO) announced, via its website, its request for tenders (RFT) for technical assistance for three specific oil and gas fields, the Akkas Gas Field, Kirkuk Oil Field, and Rumaila Oil Field. (COMMENT: Thamir Ghadban on 3/24 informed Parks and G. H [...]	2008-03-26 11:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET IZ
08BAGHDAD930	FADHILA AND THE REGIONS LAW: DRINKING FROM THEIR [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-26 16:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL IZ
08BAGHDAD933	SOUTHERN IRAQ SITUATION REPORT: MARCH 26, 23:00 [...] (S/NF) Summary and comment: The below is a situation report for Basrah and other southern provinces, reflecting reporting from PRTs and REOs, open-source media, and Embassy Baghdad. In Basrah, militants have entrenched themselves in several neighborhoods in response to the ISF offensive. Tens [...]	2008-03-26 20:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV IZ PINS MOPS
08BAGHDAD945	SOUTHERN IRAQ SITUATION REPORT: MARCH 27, 13:00 [...] (S/REL MCFI) SUMMARY: The below is a situation report for Basrah and other southern provinces, reflecting reporting from PRTs and REO Basrah, open-source media, and Embassy Baghdad. In Basrah, JAM continues to occupy its traditional strongholds and conduct harassing attacks on ISF throughout [...]	2008-03-27 15:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS PGOV PINS PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD956	Iraq Programs Rescission [...] SUMMARY: In compliance with FY 2008 appropriations language, $76 million of prior-year Economic Support Funds (ESF) for Iraqi programs will be subject to rescission. Two key ESF programs will specifically be affected: the Provincial Reconstruction Development Councils (PRDC's),and the Infrast [...]	2008-03-28 10:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL IZ REL UK
08BAGHDAD97	ERBIL: KRG PRESIDENT AND PM CRITICIZE GOI [...] (C) During their meetings on January 6 in Erbil with U.S. Senators Norm Coleman (R-MN),John Cornyn (R-TX) and Johnny Isakson (R-GA),the Kurdistan Regional Government's (KRG) President and Prime Minister expressed their continued strong support for national reconciliation and passage of a natio [...]	2008-01-13 17:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER TU IZ
08BAGHDAD983	NINEWA: TURKISH SPECIAL ENVOY ELABORATES ON GOT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Turkish Special Envoy Murat Ozcelik told PRT officers, Multi-National Division-North Deputy Commanding General BG Thomas and 3 Armored Cavalry Regiment Commander COL Bills at a March 26 meeting at the Turkish Consulate General in Mosul that ongoing Turkish military opposition wa [...]	2008-03-31 14:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER PINR ECON ENRG TU IZ
08BAGHDAD997	MINISTER OF HUMAN RIGHTS ON NEW CLAIMS COMMITTEE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 25, the Ambassador met with Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim. They discussed a variety of issues, including the impending establishment of a central claims committee; the need for minorities to be represented in the elections and in the provincial councils; allega [...]	2008-04-01 08:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KHUM KDEM IZ
08BAKU10	IMPLICATIONS OF FSA BUDGET REDUCTION FOR AZERBAIJAN [...] (U) As we have started to implement our FY08 assistance programs, we are beginning to appreciate in very real terms the magnitude of the FY08 budget cuts. The 40 percent reduction in our FSA budget in a single year will have a serious impact on our ability to advance our political and econom [...]	2008-01-04 11:38:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PGOV AJ
08BAKU1012	SOCAR WILLING TO PROVIDE GAS TO GEORGIA BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to Azerbaijan's State Oil Company, Azerbaijan is prepared to provide necessary volumes of gas to Georgia during the winter months, but prefers to do so on more commercial vice concessionary terms. According to SOCAR and BP Azerbaijan sources, Georgian winter gas needs a [...]	2008-10-22 12:10:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AZ ENRG GA
08BAKU1018	HAIDAR ALIYEV'S FOREIGN AFFAIRS ADVISOR ON IRAN [...] (S) During a wide-ranging tour d'horizon with Embassy Iran watcher, former President Haidar Aliyev's chief foreign relations advisor, and regionally prominent international affairs commentator, Vafa Guluzadeh provided recommendations for USG Iran strategy and discussed Iran's economic "Achille [...]	2008-10-24 08:57:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PREL ECON PGOV IR RU AJ
08BAKU1026	SCENESETTER FOR DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE DEPURTY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Your visit to Baku comes on the heels of Azerbaijan's October 15 presidential election, which resulted in a landslide victory for President Ilham Aliyev. This fall also marked a troublesome time for the region, with Russia's invasion of Georgia casting a shadow on security and [...]	2008-10-27 14:07:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV ENRG PREL AJ GG
08BAKU1050	NEW CABINET OF MINISTERS ALMOST SAME AS OLD [...] (U) SUMMARY: On October 31 Azerbaijan completed the process of appointing the next cabinet of ministers after the October 15 presidential election. According to Azerbaijan's constitution, all ministers must resign after a president is inaugurated. The President then appoints a prime ministe [...]	2008-11-03 12:27:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR AJ
08BAKU1068	PRESIDENT ALIYEV, COMMERCE DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] (C) Summary: President Aliyev told Commerce Deputy Secretary Sullivan October 28 that economic reform and diversification would be among his top priorities in a second term. The GOAJ, while facing lower oil prices and declining revenues, will continue to promote the Azerbaijan Investment Com [...]	2008-11-07 11:55:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV ENRG PREL PGOV AJ
08BAKU1069	IRAN-AZERBAIJAN SNAPSHOT AND OVERVIEW [...] This cable provides a general unclassified snapshot of Iranian political, economic, and commercial activities in Azerbaijan, outlining apparent evolving Iranian regional priorities and recent and pending developments in bilateral political and economic relations. Many issues noted in the cab [...]	2008-11-07 13:31:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ENRG ECON RU IR AZ
08BAKU1083	MINISTER SHARIFOV DISCUSSES EPC, BUDGET AND ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijan Minister of Finance Sharifov heads to Washington next week for EPC meetings and WTO discussions with views on the international financial crisis -- and lower oil prices -- formed in part by Russian Minister of Finance Kudrin, who recently hosted a CIS financial summit. [...]	2008-11-12 08:53:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV EIND PGOV AJ
08BAKU1089	EXPORT-IMPORT BANK DIRECTOR VISIT BUILDS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Export-Import Bank Director Bijan Kian visited Baku October 13-16 to follow-up on his February 2008 trip, checking in on U.S. based companies, their partners and projects, and to reassure interlocutors of the Bank's ability to continue to support those projects in spite of the rec [...]	2008-11-13 12:52:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN EAGR ECIN AJ
08BAKU1091	AZERBAIJAN BEGINNING TO CONSIDERING FUTURE NUCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Envoy Frank Mermoud met with the Minister of Emergency Situations during his November 10-14 trip to Baku. They discussed successful past projects, as well as areas for future cooperation and trade in both goods and services, including possible projects for soil remediati [...]	2008-11-14 13:05:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV EAGR ENRG EFIN PARM ECIN SENV
08BAKU1097	BAKU ENERGY SUMMIT ADVANCES U.S. EURASIAN ENERGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 13-14 Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev hosted the IV Energy Summit in Baku, following up on previous energy summits in Krakow (May 2007),Vilnius (October 2007) and Kyiv (May 2008). Prominent attendees included the Heads of State of Turkey, Georgia, Ukraine, Lithuan [...]	2008-11-17 13:54:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG AJ TK
08BAKU1098	SECRETARY BODMAN'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ALIYEV [...] (C) Summary. Secretary Bodman, accompanied by Ambassador and DAS Matthew Bryza, met Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on November 12 in Baku before the opening of the Baku Energy Summit. During or in the weeks following the Summit, Azerbaijan intends to sign a memorandum of intent with Turke [...]	2008-11-18 03:37:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	AJ AM PREL PGOV RU TU TX
08BAKU1108	FIRST MEETING WITH NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his November 11-12 visit to Baku Senator Corker met with the newly appointed Minister of Economic Development Shahin Mustafayev. In his first meeting with USG officials, the new minister stuck closely to his prepared talking points, emphasizing GOAJ plans to improve the [...]	2008-11-20 11:22:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN EAGR ECIN AJ
08BAKU1127	DRAFT POTUS LETTER TO PRESIDENT ALIYEV [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-26 13:44:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ ENRG
08BAKU1147	PRESIDENT GUL TELLS SECRETARY BODMAN OF SOUTHERN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 13 meeting with President Gul, Energy Secretary Bodman stressed U.S. support for the region and the Southern Corridor, with Gul expressing appreciation for USG support and noting its importance to future projects. Gul indicated that Turkey and Azerbaijan are close t [...]	2008-12-03 12:34:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ TU ENRG
08BAKU1168	CORRECTED COPY -- FORMAL REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (U) On November 26, 2008 the U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) identified the National Iranian Oil Company (aka NIOC),Naftiran Intertrade Company Ltd (aka NICO) and Naftiran Intertrade Company Co. SARL [...]	2008-12-12 12:08:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ IR ENRG
08BAKU1174	SOCAR HOSTS CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENTAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) hosted a conference entitled "Rehabilitation of Contaminated Soils-Suggested Methods" in Baku on November 3-4. SOCAR's Vice President of Ecological Affairs, Mukhtar Babayev, moderated the event and acknowledged the many challenges f [...]	2008-12-17 05:02:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ECON EINV EAGR AJ
08BAKU1183	AZERBAIJAN: POSSIBLE REFERENDUM ON PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: Several recent reports have surfaced in the Azerbaijani press of proposals in the Milli Majlis (Parliament) for a referendum on removing the constitutional prohibition against an individual serving more than two terms as president, which at present requires President Aliyev to st [...]	2008-12-18 11:30:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AJ
08BAKU1185	AZERBAIJAN: PARLIAMENT CALLS REFERENDUM ON TERM [...] (C) Summary: As expected (Reftel),the Milli Majlis today approved a measure calling for a referendum on changing Azerbaijan's constitution to remove the present two-term limit on the President. For such a referendum to pass, over fifty percent would have to vote for passage in a turnout of [...]	2008-12-19 12:16:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AJ
08BAKU1186	AZERBAIJAN: WHERE WE ARE WITH SHAH DENIZ PHASES [...] (C) SUMMARY (CONT): As 2008 ends, the 16-month long stasis surrounding the marketing of Shah Deniz Phase Two (SD2) gas continues, as Turkey and Azerbaijan remain unable to agree on a gas marketing mechanism which would allow them to agree on volumes, prices, and transit. Price negotiations f [...]	2008-12-19 13:33:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ ENRG TU
08BAKU1195	AZERBAIJAN: CENTRAL AZERI PLATFORM IN ACG OIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: After having been shut down since September 17, the Central Azeri (CA) Platorm in Azerbaijan's offshore ACG oil mega-field has begun to resume production, leading to an overall increase of production in the ACG field to approximately 690,000 bpd. However, limits on handling any [...]	2008-12-23 12:53:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ ENRG
08BAKU1196	AZERBAIJAN: CIVIL NUCLEAR ENERGY SECTOR OVERVIEW [...] SUMMARY: In response to Ref. A tasking, this report summarizes the structure plans and potential players in Azerbaijan's nascent civil nuclear energy sector. End Summary. OVERVIEW OF CIVIL NUCLEAR POWER PROGRAM --------------------------------------- 2. As noted in Azerbaijan's 2004 r [...]	2008-12-24 06:25:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO AJ
08BAKU12	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL WEXLER'S VISIT TO AZERBAIJAN [...] (SBU) Azerbaijan's pro-Western foreign policy orientation, geopolitical setting -- sandwiched between Iran and Russia -- and ability to provide alternative energy supplies to Europe make it an important U.S. partner. It is in our interests to have a reforming, stable, pro-western Azerbaijan, [...]	2008-01-04 11:47:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ENRG EPET MARR MASS PTER KDEM AJ
08BAKU123	CORRECTED COPY: AZERBAIJAN: INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] This cable contains post's Investment Climate Statement for 2008. The Statement includes the following sections: Introduction A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment A.2. Conversion and Transfer Policies A.3. Expropriation and Compensation A.4. Dispute Settlement A.5. Performance Requir [...]	2008-02-12 06:59:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	KTDB ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD OPIC PGOV AJ
08BAKU132	AZERBAIJAN COMMERCIAL UPDATE, January 15, 2008 - January [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Azerbaijani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. Government. END SUMMARY. - VAT RATE MAY BE REDUCED - KAPITAL BANK TO BE FULLY PRIV [...]	2008-02-13 11:38:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD ENRG EFIN AJ
08BAKU136	AZERBAIJAN ENERGY PLAYERS GIVE STATUS UPDATE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Key Azerbaijan energy interlocutors agree the key to timely development of the Shah Deniz Stage Two gas project is settling issues of gas transit through Turkey. BP and Statoil claim that the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) is moving too slowly in signing commercial cont [...]	2008-02-13 15:49:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL PGOV PBTS TU AJ
08BAKU14	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SHUSTER'S VISIT TO AZERBAIJAN [...] (SBU) Azerbaijan's pro-Western foreign policy orientation, geopolitical setting -- sandwiched between Iran and Russia -- and ability to provide alternative energy supplies to Europe make it an important U.S. partner. It is in our interests to have a reforming, stable, pro-western Azerbaijan, [...]	2008-01-04 12:38:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ENRG EPET MARR MASS PTER KDEM AJ
08BAKU140	AZERBAIJAN'S OIL COMPANY UPBEAT ON COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: SOCAR President Abdullayev was very upbeat upon hearing of Turkmen President Berdimuhamedov's willingness to increase bilateral cooperation with Azerbaijan and looked forward to follow up discussions with the USG as soon as possible. He denied European charges that SOCAR was no [...]	2008-02-14 14:36:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG PBTS TU TX AJ
08BAKU149	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BROWNBACK'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Azerbaijan's pro-Western foreign policy orientation, geopolitical setting -- sandwiched between Iran and Russia -- and ability to provide alternative energy supplies to Europe and to use its energy resources to drive growth and development in the region, make it an important U.S. partne [...]	2008-02-15 15:02:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG ECON AJ
08BAKU153	AZERBAIJAN INPUT FOR NEW REQUIRED REPORTS TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-20 13:38:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV APER ABUD AJ
08BAKU159	IRAN REPORTEDLY LAUNDERING MONEY IN AZERBAIJAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-21 14:57:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ECON EFIN PTER IR AJ
08BAKU164	VISIT OF AZERBAIJANI MINISTER OF DEFENSE TO IRAN [...] (C) Azerbaijani Minister of Defense Safar Abiyev visited Iran February 18-19, his first visit to the Islamic Republic since 2004. During a February 12 meeting with the Ambassador, Abiyev noted that he was preparing for the trip. In addition to Iranian Defense Minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar [...]	2008-02-22 14:03:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PREL IR AJ
08BAKU178	S/CT URBANCIC DISCUSSES ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (S/NF) Summary: S/CT Principal Deputy Counterterrorism Coordinator Urbancic's February 14-15 visit to Baku reaffirmed USG appreciation for Azerbaijan's cooperation in the war on terror and underscored USG interest in deepening bilateral CT cooperation. GOAJ officials confirmed they are work [...]	2008-02-29 10:44:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV ENRG KTFN KISL AJ
08BAKU191	AZERBAIJAN: AMBASSADOR MANN TALKS ENERGY WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Aliyev seeks enhanced cooperation with Turkmenistan on offshore energy development, and is willing to be minority partner with the GOTX in developing the Serdar-Kapaz field. Aliyev seeks concrete action from Turkmenistan showing it is interested in such cooperation, an [...]	2008-03-05 08:17:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ TU TX ENRG
08BAKU193	CI/KR RESPONSE FOR AZERBAIJAN FOR S/CT [...] (C) The Embassy provides the following response to ref A's request for information on Azerbaijan's critical infrastructure (CI) and key resources (KI),which would "have an immediate and deleterious effect on the United States" if destroyed. Embassy recommends that Azerbaijan's primary energ [...]	2008-03-05 11:28:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS ENRG AJ
08BAKU203	PRESIDENT HIGHLIGHTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE [...] (SBU) At a February 11 conference on the State Program for the Economic Development of the Regions, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev outlined a long list of successes and accomplishments, stating that the government's program has been 98 percent fulfilled. The President highlighted the foll [...]	2008-03-06 11:20:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV AJ
08BAKU21	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LUGAR'S VISIT TO AZERBAIJAN, [...] (SBU) Azerbaijan's pro-Western foreign policy orientation, geopolitical setting -- sandwiched between Iran and Russia -- and ability to provide alternative energy supplies to Europe make it an important U.S. partner. It is in our interests to have a reforming, stable, pro-western Azerbaijan, [...]	2008-01-08 10:29:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG MARR MASS AJ
08BAKU218	AZERBAIJAN: BTC PARTNERS APPROVE EXPANSION, ACG [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 6 the BTC Partners voted to approve expansion of the BTC pipeline from one to one point two million barrels per day (mmbd),despite strong opposition from the Government of Azerbaijan. Earlier, the ACG Partners had agreed to "provisionally and without prejudice" change [...]	2008-03-07 14:31:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ ENRG
08BAKU221	AZERBAIJAN - REPORT ON FISCAL TRANSPARENCY [...] Per reftel, this cable contains Embassy's 2008 country narrative on fiscal transparency in Azerbaijan. 2. The process to publicize the state budget in Azerbaijan has changed with the implementation of the Budget System Law, which took effect in January 2003. The President submits the budge [...]	2008-03-11 05:04:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV PREL TI AJ
08BAKU224	AZERBAIJAN: AMBASSADOR MANN TALKS ENERGY WITH FM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Eurasian Energy Coordinator Ambassador Mann told Foreign Minister Mammadyarov that BTC expansion was "imperative." On Turkmenistan, Mann said President Aliyev and Azerbaijan could provide a good example to Berdimuhamedov of how to invite foreign energy companies into a productive [...]	2008-03-11 07:58:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ TX ENRG
08BAKU232	AZERBAIJAN: AMBASSADOR MANN DISCUSSES EUROPEAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Referring to Shah Deniz Stage Two, ACG Associated and Deep Gas and the offshore "Umid" field which Socar is developing, President Aliyev said that Azerbaijan will have much gas available for export. He told Ambassador for Eurasian Energy Diplomacy Mann that "it was important for [...]	2008-03-12 05:54:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ ENRG
08BAKU234	AZERBAIJAN COMMERCIAL UPDATE, February 15 - 29, 2008 [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Azerbaijani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. Government. END SUMMARY. 2. RAILWAY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM ------------------------- [...]	2008-03-12 08:41:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD ENRG EFIN AJ
08BAKU237	REQUEST FOR PERMISSION TO SOLICIT FUNDS [...] This is an action request - please see paragraph 5. Reply requested NLT Friday March 28. 2. The 2008 Caspian Oil and Gas Show (COGS) will be held June 3-6, 2008, here in Baku. This annual event has thousands of attendees and is the largest oil and gas show in the region. COGS 2007 hoste [...]	2008-03-12 13:40:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ENRG AJ
08BAKU242	AZERBAIJAN: SOCAR PRESIDENT SAYS ANY PUBLICITY BAD [...] (C) SUMMARY. State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) continues to seek a 'zero publicity' policy in relation to its efforts to strengthen energy ties with Europe. Specifically, Socar President Abdullayev asked that USG officials not refer publicly to the current GOT-GOAJ dispute over tas tran [...]	2008-03-13 06:14:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ ENRG
08BAKU250	SENATOR BROWNBACK'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ALIYEV [...] (C) Summary: In a February 20 meeting with Senator Brownback, President Aliyev affirmed Azerbaijan's commitment to developing new Caspian gas reserves and export routes to Europe in spite of increasing pressure from Russia and Iran. He said that continued U.S. support would be key to these i [...]	2008-03-14 06:41:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG ECON ETRD PBTS AJ
08BAKU254	AMBASSADOR AND FINANCE MINISTER REVIEW EPC AGENDA, [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 7. 2. (SBU) Finance Minister Sharifov and his team reviewed the EPC agenda, communique and logistics with us on March 14. Sharifov said that the GOAJ will provide a list of the GOAJ delegation by March 31. The GOAJ delegation could include a n [...]	2008-03-14 09:49:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL AJ
08BAKU263	AZERBAIJAN: TGI SAYS IT IS MOST VIABLE PROJECT FOR [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 12. 2. (C) SUMMARY. A representative of the Italian Energy Company Edison argued that of the three pipeline projects vying for volumes of Shah Deniz Phase Two (SD2) gas, the Turkey-Greece-Italy (TGI) project is the most commercially viable. Given t [...]	2008-03-18 08:51:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ ENRG
08BAKU275	AZERBAIJAN'S NK UNGA RESOLUTION UNDERSCORES [...] (C) Summary: The March 14 UNGA vote on Azerbaijan's "Situation in the Occupied Territories of Azerbaijan" resolution reflects the GOAJ's broader attempt to underscore Azerbaijan's fundamental redlines in the Minsk Group negotiations and to find additional tools outside of the Minsk Group to [...]	2008-03-19 13:44:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM AJ
08BAKU276	AZERBAIJAN ENERGY UPDATE, MARCH 2008 [...] SUMMARY: This is the first in a series of regular energy updates, highlighting developments outside of the major off-shore oil and gas production and transport projects. The information contained in these reports is drawn primarily from the Azerbaijani local press, and has not been checked for [...]	2008-03-19 14:41:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AJ ENRG
08BAKU282	DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES ENERGY COOPERATION WITH FM [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a March 4-5 visit to Baku, EUR/DAS Bryza discussed energy cooperation in separate meetings with Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov, Minister of Economic Development Heydar Babayev, and Deputy Speaker of Parliament Valeh Alasgarov. Bryza briefed Mammadyarov on his recent e [...]	2008-03-26 06:40:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV PREL AJ
08BAKU291	UPDATE ON SOFAZ, AZERBAIJAN'S OIL FUND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Since its creation in 1999, the State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ) has acted as Azerbaijan's energy revenue sterilizer and long-term savings vehicle. With current assets in excess of USD 2.5 billion (expected to grow to USD 6 billion this year, and USD 10 billion by 2010, based [...]	2008-03-28 08:41:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG PREL AJ
08BAKU292	REQUEST FOR U/S JEFFREY TO VISIT BAKU IN [...] (U) This is an action request. See Paragraph 2. 2. (U) Embassy Baku requests that Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery III consider visiting Azerbaijan June 3-4, in conjunction with the June 3-6 International Caspian Oil and Gas Exhibition and Confer [...]	2008-03-28 09:04:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OVIP AJ ENRG
08BAKU293	REQUEST FOR U/S JEFFERY TO VISIT BAKU IN [...] (U) This is an action request. See Paragraph 2. 2. (U) Embassy Baku requests that Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery III consider visiting Azerbaijan June 3-4, in conjunction with the June 3-6 International Caspian Oil and Gas Exhibition and Confer [...]	2008-03-28 10:03:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OVIP AJ ENRG
08BAKU3	AZERBAIJAN'S INCREASINGLY CONFIDENT FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) Summary: In the past few years and especially the last year as oil revenues have come on-line, the GOAJ has adopted a strikingly more confident and activist foreign policy. The GOAJ's new activism is reflected in a high volume of foreign visits to and from Azerbaijan, the large number o [...]	2008-01-03 10:18:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS ENRG KDEM AJ
08BAKU310	A LOOK AT AZERBAIJAN,S SECRETIVE, SHI,A VILLAGE OF [...] (C) Summary: Nardaran, a conservative village of 7,000 residents on Azerbaijan,s Absheron peninsula is routinely cited as a restive, Shi,a hotbed of Iranian influence. Yet according to a Nardaran resident, village elders are the center of authority within Nardaran, not Tehran. The resident [...]	2008-04-02 13:03:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF KISL ASEC IR AJ
08BAKU324	AZERBAIJAN COMMERCIAL UPDATE, March 01 - 15, 2008 [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Azerbaijani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. Government. END SUMMARY. PLANS FOR FOUR-LANE HIGHWAYS SHAMAKHI-GUBA HIGHWAY TO OPE [...]	2008-04-04 12:30:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD ENRG EFIN AJ
08BAKU34	AZERBAIJAN STATE OIL COMPANY APPOINTS NEW VICE PRESIDENTS [...] (U) On December 27, 2007, President Ilham Aliyev appointed three new vice presidents of the State Oil Company (SOCAR). Under the decree, Qorkhmaz Huseynov was appointed VP for social issues, Mukhtar Babayev VP for ecology issues, and Khalik Mammadov VP for personnel, regime, and information t [...]	2008-01-15 05:42:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD ENRG EFIN AJ
08BAKU35	CODEL SHUSTER RAISES ENERGY, IRAN, DEMOCRACY AND [...] (C) Summary: During a friendly January 10 meeting, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and CODEL Shuster discussed a wide range of issues including strengthening the U.S-Azerbaijan partnership, energy, Iran, Azerbaijan's growing regional role, and the Farhad Aliyev case. President Aliyev outli [...]	2008-01-15 11:48:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG EPET PTER PBTS KDEM ECON AJ
08BAKU371	SCENESETTER FOR U/S JEFFERY'S APRIL 22-23 VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: Energy continues to figure prominently in Azerbaijan's geostrategic vision, economic development, and partnership with the United States. President Aliyev and his senior advisors have repeatedly expressed their commitment to working with the U.S. on a new phase of energy coopera [...]	2008-04-17 13:46:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ENRG PGOV PBTS AJ
08BAKU383	FATA-ALIYEV MEETING - APRIL 16, 2008 [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a cordial one-hour meeting with visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy Daniel Fata on April 16, President Aliyev delivered a direct plea for greater US support for Azerbaijan's security in the face of growing regional pressures, especiall [...]	2008-04-23 08:19:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR MASS ENRG AJ
08BAKU395	AZERBAIJAN: TGI FIGHTING NABUCCO, EU AND TURKEY [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Edison SpA Business Manager Elio Ruggieri, one of the main executives involved in promoting the Turkey-Greece-Italy (TGI) gas pipeline, TGI needs nine bcm/a of Shah Deniz Two gas for sanctioning. The minimum amount it sought was six bcm/a, although this limited amou [...]	2008-04-25 08:54:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AJ ENRG
08BAKU42	CONGRESSMAN WEXLER REVIEWS REGIONAL, DOMESTIC [...] (C) Summary: During a January 9 meeting with Congressman Wexler, Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov provided an overview of Azerbaijan's relations with Iran and Russia, suggesting that Azerbaijan would be willing to play a mediating role between the U.S. and Iran. In separate January 9 me [...]	2008-01-16 13:09:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM IR RU AJ
08BAKU432	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PRE-ELECTION ENVIRONMENT WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 28 meeting, a group of key civil society leaders discussed the pre-election environment and briefed the Ambassador on their plans for the October 15 presidential election. The group believes that the media environment is the biggest problem in the pre-election enviro [...]	2008-05-05 12:33:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
08BAKU442	ACTION REQUEST: U.S. SUPPORT FOR UNITED NATIONS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (C) The Executive Director of Azerbaijan's State Oil Fund (SOFAZ) Shahmar Movsumov called Ambassador Derse this morning to thank the United States for its support for the Azerbaijan-sponsored United Nations resolution on Extractive Indust [...]	2008-05-08 11:10:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL AJ
08BAKU446	U/S JEFFERY MEETS WITH KEY AZERBAIJANI MINISTERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an April 22 visit to Baku, Under Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs Reuben Jeffery III discussed with the Foreign Minister and State Oil Company president the importance of gas transit and securing Caspia [...]	2008-05-12 05:26:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV AJ
08BAKU460	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SCHIFF'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Azerbaijan's pro-Western foreign policy orientation, geopolitical setting -- sandwiched between Iran and Russia -- and ability to provide alternative energy supplies to Europe make it an important U.S. partner. It is in our interests to have a reforming, stable, pro-western Azerbaijan. [...]	2008-05-16 12:56:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PBTS AM AJ
08BAKU461	GOVERNMENT "SHARKS" PUSH LARGE AMERICAN INVESTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a sign of the difficult business environment in Azerbaijan, a major foreign investor has decided to sell its investment and leave Azerbaijan. Russia's Baltika Breweries, a subsidiary of Carlsberg, announced the purchase of Baku Castel on May 15. CEO of the local brewery Baku C [...]	2008-05-16 12:59:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN KCOR PREL PGOV AJ
08BAKU467	PRESIDENT ALIYEV SHARES HIS VISION WITH U/S JEFFERY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 22 conversation with U/S Jeffery and Ambassador Derse, President Aliyev said that he was seeking "greater clarity" from the Nabucco countries as to their real intentions, and from Turkmen President Berdimuhamedov on how active the GOTX will be in seeking energy cooper [...]	2008-05-21 06:32:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ ENRG
08BAKU478	SCENESETTER FOR SCA A/S BOUCHER,S MAY 30 VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Building on the success of the BTC and SCP pipelines, Azerbaijan could become a still more important producer and transit country for Capsian energy reserves. Several key issues must be resolved. Azerbaijan is working quietly with Turkmenistan to improve their relationship, sett [...]	2008-05-23 11:56:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ ENRG
08BAKU482	INITIAL READOUT OF TURKMEN PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan President Berdimuhamedov's May 19-20 visit to Baku was a significant step in the ongoing improvement of bilateral relations. According to SOCAR President Abdullayev, although the two heads of state seems to have reached no specific agreement on offshore energy devel [...]	2008-05-23 15:04:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ ENRG TX
08BAKU494	AZERBAIJAN SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Building on the success of the BTC and SCP pipelines, Azerbaijan could become a still more important producer and transit country for Caspian energy reserves. Several key issues must be resolved. Azerbaijan is working quietly with Turkmenistan to improve their relationship, sett [...]	2008-05-30 04:31:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ PGOV PREL ENRG
08BAKU496	KOREAN COMPANIES FACE CHALLENGES IN AZERBAIJAN'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although the press has reported that South Korean companies are winning major construction and transportation deals, the Baku-based Director of the Korean Ministry of Construction and Transportation Yong Seog Kim reports that Korean companies are facing problems in concluding the [...]	2008-05-30 10:43:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KCOR EFIN ETRD AJ
08BAKU499	RECOMMENDING GREATER ENGAGEMENT WITH AZERBAIJAN [...] (S/NF) Summary: Azerbaijan is an increasingly important partner for the United States. A Muslim country bordered by Russia and Iran, it is a firmly secular, pro-American partner in a region beset by radical Islam. Our security cooperation is excellent and growing, and could take on still m [...]	2008-05-30 13:26:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ENRG MOPS KDEM PBTS AJ
08BAKU51	AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENT TELLS SENATOR LUGAR HE WANTS [...] (C) Summary: In a January 14 meeting with Senator Lugar, President Aliyev said that the Turkmen President is moving too slowly on trans-Caspian gas discussions while at the same time continuing to sign deals with Russia. Aliyev said that he needs a political signal in the next six months to [...]	2008-01-18 12:08:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG MARR AJ RS IR
08BAKU535	AZERBAIJAN: TURKEY NAKHCHIVAN SUMMIT A SUCCESS, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Initial press accounts indicate that Azerbaijani President Aliyev and Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan's June 4 meeting in the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan was successful, with the two countries announcing that their positions coincide "in all spheres." However, SOCAR Vice Pre [...]	2008-06-09 13:19:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ ENRG TK
08BAKU550	AZERBAIJAN: TOTAL AND SOCAR AGREE TO EXPLORE, [...] (C) SUMMARY. French Energy Company Total has signed an agreement with SOCAR to explore and develop the Absheron offshore field, expected to be a gas-condensate field. Total believes that production from the field could begin o/a 2015; it has not provided an estimate of the field,s possible r [...]	2008-06-13 09:41:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ ENRG
08BAKU552	AZERBAIJAN: SE GRAY'S MEETINGS WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy C. Boyden Gray, accompanied by EUR DAS Matthew Bryza, Eurasian Energy Coordinator Ambassador Steven Mann, Ambassador Richard Hoagland, and Ambassador Anne Derse, met separately with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov and Energy Minist [...]	2008-06-17 10:19:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG PINR PGOV PREL AJ TX
08BAKU565	AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENT SAYS ENERGY COOPERATION MUST [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a June 2 meeting with Special Coordinator for Eurasian Energy Ambassador Steve Mann, President Aliyev said the recent visit of Turkmen President Berdimuhamedov helped moved forward the bilateral relationship, which could well lead to expanded cooperation on energy sector devel [...]	2008-06-18 11:24:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ ENRG PGOV PREL TU TX
08BAKU566	AZERBAIJAN: SOCAR TELLS SE GRAY EVERYONE WANTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. SOCAR President Rovnaq Abdullayev told a USG delegation on June 2 that in addition to competition among the Nabucco, TGI and TAP pipeline projects for Shah Deniz Phase Two gas, Turkey, Israel, Iran and Russia have each individually notified SOCAR that they wish to purchase all o [...]	2008-06-18 11:36:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG AJ TX TK
08BAKU585	AZERBAIJAN: PENDING BREAKTHROUGH IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Aliyev told the Ambassador on June 20 that the June 19 Ashgabat visit of a delegation headed by SOCAR President Rovnaq Abdullayev went well, and that Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan "may have some news on gas soon." In a separate conversation, SOCAR Marketing Vice-President [...]	2008-06-20 15:22:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG AJ TX TU
08BAKU602	PRESIDENT ALIYEV PITCHES AZERBAIJAN AS STRONGER [...] (C) Summary: In a May 24 meeting with CODEL Schiff, President Aliyev outlined Azerbaijan's cooperation with the U.S., highlighting contributions in security, counter-terorrism and energy security, and contrasting them to Armenia's continuing dependence on Russia. He said Azerbaijan seeks gr [...]	2008-06-26 08:49:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS KDEM PHUM AM AJ
08BAKU604	CONGRESSMAN ADAM SCHIFF AND AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 24 meeting with Representative Schiff and the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Mammadyarov underscored Azerbaijan's interest in an early peaceful resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) conflict and the benefits that increased cooperation with a rapidly developing Azerbaija [...]	2008-06-26 10:45:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS AM AJ
08BAKU624	AZERBAIJAN'S RELATIONSHIP WITH RUSSIA IN THE LEAD [...] (C) Summary: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will make his first state visit to Baku on July 3-4, following on the heels of recent stops in Azerbaijan from the head of Gazprom Alexei Miller, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Grigoriy Karasin, and Speaker of the Lower House of the Duma Boris G [...]	2008-07-02 04:46:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS ENRG RU AJ
08BAKU625	AZERBAIJAN FACES CHALLENGE OF PROTECTING CRITICAL [...] (S) Summary: On June 9-13 an interagency team representing the Global Critical Energy Infrastructure Program (GCEIP) and consisting of representatives from the Department of State, Department of Energy, the Coast Guard, and EUCOM met with a number of government and private industry officials respon [...]	2008-07-02 06:27:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	ENRG EPET PTER MARR MASS PBTS IR AJ
08BAKU627	BUSINESS LEADERS EXPERIENCE ONGOING CHALLENGES IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Business and IFI leaders gave visiting Special Representative for Economic and Business Affairs Frank Mermoud an overview of increasing problems in Azerbaijan's business climate, stating that in some instances, corruption and monopolistic practices were on the rise. They agree [...]	2008-07-02 12:03:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV KCOR PREL AJ
08BAKU630	AZERBAIJAN STATOIL EXEC SAYS SD1 AND SD2 WILL BE [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a Baku-based StatoilHydro executive, issues relating to the new price of Shah Deniz Phase One gas being sold to Turkey will be solved contemporaneously with agreement of sales of volumes of Shah Deniz Phase Two to Turkey. According to him, there are features of the S [...]	2008-07-02 13:02:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ TU ENRG
08BAKU667	AZERBAIJAN INCREASES 2008 BUDGET WITH LARGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: With the May 2 approval of the 2008 supplemental budget by Parliament, the Government of Azerbaijan (GOAJ) increased expenditures by USD 3.7 billion, raising total expenditures to USD 12.2 billion. In order to fund the dramatic increase in expenditures, the GOAJ will increase th [...]	2008-07-10 07:27:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD ENRG EFIN AJ
08BAKU671	AZERBAIJAN SCENESETTER FOR JULY 14 VISIT OF [...] (C) Your second visit to Baku comes on the heels of your early June participation in the Fifteenth Annual Caspian Oil and Gas Exhibition and Conference (ref A),and your subsequent early July letter to President Aliyev providing input for next steps we can take together to pursue joint USG-GOAJ ene [...]	2008-07-11 09:30:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ ENRG TU

08BAKU674	PRESIDENT ALIYEV SAYS NO COUNTRY HAS RIGHT TO [...] (C) Summary: In a speech delivered to the biannual conference of all Azerbaijani heads of diplomatic missions, President Aliyev pushed for a strong public diplomacy effort to bolster Azerbaijan's position in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, presented a confident vision of Azerbaijan's place in [...]	2008-07-11 15:05:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ
08BAKU686	OIL FUND AGAIN REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT TO BRING [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (C) The Executive Director of Azerbaijan's State Oil Fund (SOFAZ) Shahmar Movsumov called Ambassador Derse July 11 to ask that the United States now support bringing the Azerbaijan-sponsored United Nations resolution on Extractive Industrie [...]	2008-07-17 12:48:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL AJ
08BAKU71	AZERBAIJAN: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2008 [...] This cable contains post's Investment Climate Statement for 2008. The Statement includes the following sections: Introduction A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment A.2. Conversion and Transfer Policies A.3. Expropriation and Compensation A.4. Dispute Settlement A.5. Performance Requir [...]	2008-01-28 11:39:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	KTDB ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD OPIC PGOV AJ
08BAKU717	AZERBAIJAN STICKS TO ITS STORY ON CONFRONTATION [...] (S) Summary: Embassy contacts have provided a consistent account of an incident in early April during which they claim a Turkmen oil exploration rig, accompanied by a Russian research vessel, crossed into Azerbaijani waters from Turkmenistan. The GOAJ's description of the events differs wid [...]	2008-07-31 13:22:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PGOV PREL ENRG AJ TX
08BAKU726	AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENT, SPECIAL ENVOY GRAY DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 14 meeting with Special Envoy Gray, President Aliyev sought USG views on how to best proceed on the Southern Corridor project. SE Gray reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to work with Turkey and the EU to enable gas transit. To entice Turkmenistan into shipping gas west, [...]	2008-08-04 10:30:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON ENRG EPET PGOV PINR PREL AZ TU
08BAKU739	PRESIDENT ALIYEV WELCOMES HIGHEST-LEVEL USG [...] (C) Summary: In an August 4 meeting with the Ambassador and visiting OVP Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs Joe Wood, President Aliyev welcomed the proposed visit of the Vice President, expressing general satisfaction with the U.S.-Azerbaijan relationship. Identifying Nagorno-Kar [...]	2008-08-06 12:59:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PGOV PREL ENRG AJ
08BAKU740	PROBLEM WITH BTC PIPELINE IN TURKEY UNLIKELY TO [...] (SBU) According to press reports, an explosion took place on August 6 at 0200 on a section of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline located in a remote, mountainous area in eastern Turkey. Murat Heydarov, who is the Advisor to the President for the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR),to [...]	2008-08-06 13:16:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG AJ GG TU
08BAKU741	SOCAR EXPLAINS AZERBAIJAN-TURKMENISTAN OIL AND GAS [...] (SBU) Summary: SOCAR's Vice President told Embassy officers that the September 9-10 Azerbaijan-Turkmenistan joint oil and gas conference will be light on debate and heavy on official presentations, much like former Soviet exhibitions. This format, Azerbaijan believes, will ensure Turkmenista [...]	2008-08-07 04:28:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET EINT PREL AZ TX TU
08BAKU757	AZERBAIJAN-IRAN COOPERATE ON NATURAL GAS, CONSIDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Azerbaijan-Iran natural gas relationship is expanding and will continue to be strategically important to both countries. This opinion was conveyed to polecon officer in separate meetings with Azerigaz Vice-Chairman, Nazim Sadmed-zadeh; State oil Company of Azerbaijan Vice P [...]	2008-08-11 11:49:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ IR ENRG PREL PGOV
08BAKU761	AZERBAIJAN SCALES BACK PRODUCTION, LOOKS FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-12 04:43:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG AJ GG TU
08BAKU765	AZERBAIJAN OIL & GAS EXPORT WOES: BAKU-SUPSA, SCP [...] (C) BP External Affairs and Policy Forum Manager Seymour Khalilov briefed Embassy officers August 12 on developments in oil and gas production and transport in light of fire damage to the BTC pipeline and the Russia-Georgia conflict over South Ossetia. Khalilov confirmed that the BTC fire was [...]	2008-08-13 04:38:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EINT PREL AZ TU
08BAKU773	IRANIAN STUDENTS IN BAKU SPEAK OUT [...] (C) SUMMARY The Iranian public is keen for more opportunities to engage with the United States. Three Iranian students studying in Baku conveyed this sentiment to polecon officer during two wide-ranging discussions on life in Iran. Polecon officer outlined the ways the USG reaches out to the [...]	2008-08-15 05:26:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AZ PGOV PREL
08BAKU787	AZERBAIJAN'S SOCAR: OIL & GAS TRANSIT THROUGH [...] (C) Embassy officers met August 20 with State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) Deputy Vice President Vitaliy Baylarbayov to discuss oil and gas production and transport in light of the ongoing security crisis in Georgia. Baylarbayov offered the following observations on specific export routes [...]	2008-08-21 04:10:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EINT PREL AZ TX TU
08BAKU790	AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT: I DIDNâ€™T STAND BEHIND [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 19, President Aliyev told visiting British Petroleum CEO Inglis that Azerbaijan is taking quiet steps to support Georgia, although Aliyev himself did not publicly support the Georgian President. For example, Azerbaijanis are repairing a critical rail bridge destroyed by the R [...]	2008-08-22 04:03:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETRD PREL AJ RU TR
08BAKU796	TURKISH PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN PITCHES CAUCASUS [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Embassy First Secretary Cem Ornekol told the Embassy the goal of Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan's August 20 visit to Baku was to gain Azerbaijan's support for Turkey's proposed Caucasus Stability and Cooperation Platform. Ornekol said President Aliyev was receptive to th [...]	2008-08-22 13:23:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV PHUM PREL TU AJ IR
08BAKU797	SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR LUGAR'S AUGUST 24-25 VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Baku warmly welcomes Senator Lugar back to Azerbaijan. This visit comes at a particularly critical time, during the ongoing Georgia-Russia conflict and in the wake of several public USG-GOAJ bilateral disagreements. While the GOAJ, and President Aliyev in particular, ha [...]	2008-08-22 14:58:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ GG PGOV PREL OTRA
08BAKU804	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF THE VICE PRESIDENT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The unfolding Russia-Georgia conflict has critical and sensitive ramifications for Azerbaijan. In particular, President Aliyev worries about the implications of the crisis in terms of resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and its impact on Azerbaijan's westward oil and gas exp [...]	2008-08-25 15:47:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	OTRA CHENEY RICHARD AJ GG
08BAKU810	FOREIGN MINISTER: AZERBAIJAN PRESSING FOR A [...] (C) In an August 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said that President Ilham Aliyev on August 20 had encouraged Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan to sign a direct agreement with Turkmenistan to purchase gas at Turkmenistan's border. This proposal follows a simila [...]	2008-08-27 06:13:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL TR TX AJ
08BAKU812	FOREIGN MINISTER: RUSSIAN INVANSION SENDS MESSAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Foreign Minister told the Ambassador August 26 that the Russian invasion of Georgia was primarily intended to send a message to the U.S. that Russian power in the region "is back." He warned that Russian insistence on buffer zones in Georgia around the conflict areas will af [...]	2008-08-27 13:51:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ ENRG GG PREL RS
08BAKU813	PRESIDENT ALIYEV DISCUSSES GEORGIA, ENERGY WITH [...] (C) Summary: President Aliyev told Senator Lugar August 25 that his visit to Azerbaijan was very important and timely, coming on the heels of a stopover in Tbilisi. Azerbaijan, the President said, was first to send assistance to Georgia and will continue to do so, despite grave errors and "ir [...]	2008-08-28 03:52:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM PHUM AJ
08BAKU815	BP BRIEFS SENATOR LUGAR ON CASPIAN ENERGY [...] (C) Summary: The Russia-Georgia conflict, according to BP, may be forcing Azerbaijan to re-examine needs for regional stability and security, perhaps with leaders concluding that a large foreign presence in Azerbaijan and the region is necessary to create an environment of greater security, predict [...]	2008-08-28 08:57:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EINT PREL AJ TX TU GG
08BAKU816	AZERBAIJAN: GEORGIAN AMBASSADOR HIGHLIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: Georgian Ambassador Nikoloz Natbiladze told the Ambassador on August 26 that Russian President Medvedev's recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia was a "shocking" figleaf for an "occupation." Natbiladze argued that Russia's goal is to change Georgia's government and gain influ [...]	2008-08-28 11:20:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG AJ
08BAKU820	HUMAN RIGHTS IN AZERBAIJAN: PROGRESS AND PROBLEMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 26 President Aliyev announced a pardon of 96 prisoners. Among these prisoners was Rasim Akberov who was arrested in 2000 on coup-plotting charges and sentenced to 15 years. Akberov was widely considered a political prisoner, and also quite ill. Also included in the p [...]	2008-09-02 06:48:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
08BAKU833	AZERBAIJAN: VICE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE WELL [...] (SBU) Summary: Vice President Richard Cheney's September 3-4 visit to Baku was widely seen as significant and timely given concerns about energy and security in the wake of the Russian invasion of Georgia. Azerbaijan's media gave extensive and decidedly positive coverage to VP Cheney's visit [...]	2008-09-05 13:38:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM ENRG KIRF AJ
08BAKU845	WORLD BANK TO NAME AZERBAIJAN NUMBER ONE REFORMER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Echoing comments relayed by GOAJ officials and other observers in Baku, World Bank officials told Ambassador recently that Russia's real target in Georgia was Azerbaijan's oil and gas assets. Even outside the energy sector, the conflict has had a negative impact on Azerbaijan's [...]	2008-09-09 12:51:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN EAGR ECIN AJ
08BAKU86	AZERBAIJAN: STATE OIL COMPANY COMMITTED TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In 2006 President Aliyev issued a decree mandating a five-year effort to clean up the notoriously polluted Azerbaijani environment. As part of these efforts, in January 2008 the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) created a new position, Vice-President for Ecology. The newly [...]	2008-01-31 10:28:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON SENV PGOV PREL AJ
08BAKU865	AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENT SAYS JOINT EFFORTS MUST [...] (C) Summary. In a September 9 meeting with a USG delegation headed by Special Envoy C. Boyden Gray, President Aliyev said he was pleased with Vice-President's Cheney's recent visit, in which he and the Vice President agreed that a strong bilateral relationship was even more important followin [...]	2008-09-12 12:59:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ TX ENRG TU
08BAKU868	SOCAR STILL SEEKING SOLUTIONS FOR TURKISH TRANSIT [...] (C) Summary: SOCAR continues to seek to find a way to convince Turkey to allow transit to Europe for its Shah Deniz Phase Two gas. However, according to SOCAR Marketing Vice-President Elshad Nassirov, Turkey continues to insist as a prelude to granting transit that Azerbaijan must sell it an [...]	2008-09-12 13:49:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ TU TX ENRG
08BAKU880	AZERBAIJAN: LITTLE PROGRESS ON CASPIAN [...] (C) Summary: During a September 15 meeting, Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov related that no progress in resolving the Caspian delimitation issue resulted from the latest meeting of the five Caspian state working group held in Baku on September 4-5. He claimed, however, that construc [...]	2008-09-17 12:52:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL AJ IR TX
08BAKU882	SEARCHING FOR FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY IN BAKU [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 9, the Mayor of Baku announced a list of eleven locations throughout the city of Baku that are approved for the holding of demonstrations during the presidential election period. The major opposition parties have announced their displeasure with the approved sites, d [...]	2008-09-17 13:18:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
08BAKU883	AZERBAIJAN: GAS LEAK SLASHES OIL PRODUCTION IN [...] (C) According to BP Azerbaijan Vice-President for Communications and External Affairs Seymour Khalilov, at 0820 hours Baku local time Central Azeri Offshore oil platform workers noticed gas bubbles "about one-third the size of soccer balls" coming to the water's surface around the platform. S [...]	2008-09-17 13:28:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ CASC ENRG PGOV PREL
08BAKU893	AZERBAIJAN LAYS OUT A VISION OF, AND SEEKS USG [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 18 meeting with DAS Bryza and Ambassador Derse, SOCAR Marketing VP Elshad Nassirov outlined a sober and comprehensive approach to catalyzing our Southern Corridor efforts. Driven by the shock of recent events in Georgia, Nassirov reflected a level of urgency shared [...]	2008-09-18 13:49:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ TU TX ENRG
08BAKU897	AZERBAIJAN ACG FIELD OIL PRODUCTION STILL WAY DOWN [...] (C) According to BP Azerbaijan Vice-President for Communications and External Affairs Seymour Khalilov, as of 1400 hours local time, Friday September 19, oil production from the offshore ACG mega-field is down from a pre-incident level of over 900,000 bpd to approximately 250,000 bpd (NOTE: ot [...]	2008-09-19 11:16:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ ENRG
08BAKU9	AZERBAIJANI HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS ARGUE PRESSURE [...] (C) Summary: During a December 28 meeting with the Ambassador, eight of Azerbaijan's leading human rights activists said GOAJ pressure against government critics is rising, with the GOAJ relying on political charges such as espionage, libel, and terrorism to silence or intimidate critics. T [...]	2008-01-04 11:19:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
08BAKU90	AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES ENERGY AND [...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijani Foreign Minister appeared unaware that Iran may soon move the Alborz oil rig, while noting that Azerbaijan would respond through diplomatic and legal means if Iran moves the rig into disputed waters. Mammadyarov raised the need for an EU energy summit in Brussels, co [...]	2008-02-01 12:16:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS ENRG PHUM AMGT ABLD AJ IR
08BAKU914	PRESIDENT ALIYEV: REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT [...] (C) Summary: President Aliyev presented a sober view of the impact of regional developments on Azerbaijan's key interests to EUR DAS Matthew Bryza on September 18. He repeated his longstanding contention that Azerbaijan is "alone" in facing serious regional pressures, underscoring again tha [...]	2008-09-25 13:23:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG AJ
08BAKU919	AZERBAIJAN INCOME TAKES A HIT AS NO SHORT-TERM FIX [...] (C) SUMMARY. As Operator BP continues to look for the cause of the gas leak in its offshore ACG oil mega-field that has resulted in slashed oil production (reftels),possibilities center on either a failure in one of the wells or damage in the underlying geologic formation. A quick fix is unlikely [...]	2008-09-26 11:35:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ ENRG
08BAKU933	AZERBAIJAN 2008 ELECTION: WHO ARE THE OPPOSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The campaign for the presidency of Azerbaijan began on September 17, with current president Ilham Aliyev and six other candidates competing. Major campaign themes, to the extent that they are voiced, include increasing the power of the parliament, fighting corruption, and "liber [...]	2008-10-03 13:57:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
08BAKU934	AZERBAIJAN: DEPUTY MAJLIS SPEAKER SHOWS IRE WITH [...] (C) During a discussion with DAS Bryza, Deputy Parliament Speaker and Head of the Parliament's Energy Committee Valeh Aleskerov complained about alleged European cultural arrogance and lack of strategic vision, citing recent developments in Azerbaijan-European Euro-Integration negotiations an [...]	2008-10-03 14:12:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL RS TN AJ
08BAKU935	AZERBAIJAN 2008 ELECTION: WHO ARE THE OPPOSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The campaign for the presidency of Azerbaijan began on September 17, with current president Ilham Aliyev and six other candidates competing. Major campaign themes, to the extent that they are voiced, include increasing the power of the parliament, fighting corruption, and "liber [...]	2008-10-03 14:16:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
08BAKU945	AZERBAIJAN: DEPUTY SECRETARY DISCUSSES RUSSIA, [...] (C) Summary: Over dinner October 1 with the Deputy Secretary, key Azerbaijani foreign policy thinkers discussed the role of Russia and Iran in the Caucasus, the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and efforts to intensify the U.S.-Azerbaijan relationship. Participants highlighted Azerbaijan's diffic [...]	2008-10-08 08:00:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ AM ENRG GG PGOV PREL RS
08BAKU946	AZERBAIJANI FONMIN AND DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE [...] (C) Summary: Azerbaiijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov affirmed the importance of deepening bilateral cooperation, especially in the context of Vice President Cheney's recent trip and Azerbaijan's "vulnerable" geopolitical position in the aftermath of Russia's invasion of Georgia. M [...]	2008-10-08 08:22:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG AJ
08BAKU947	AZERBAIJAN SEEKS TO DEVELOP ACG DEEP GAS, CAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: BP Azerbaijan President Bill Schrader told USG interlocutors that there will be "plenty of gas" for Azerbaijan to sell to Georgia this winter. This is a result of oil production problems at the offshore ACG oil mega-field, which continues to cost the GOAJ tens of millions of dollars in [...]	2008-10-08 10:27:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ ENRG TU
08BAKU951	AZERBAIJAN: SOUTHERN CORRIDOR STARTS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 9 the "Southern Corridor" project will take a huge step forward when the first tanker to carry Tengizchevroil oil to Azerbaijan will begin loading in Kazakhstan, with an expected arrival date in Baku of October 11. TCO volumes heading to Baku in October will be approx [...]	2008-10-08 14:17:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AZ KZ ENRG
08BAKU963	DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE DAS DYCK VISITS U.S. [...] (U) SUMMARY: In his September 25-28 visit to Azerbaijan, Department of Commerce DAS Paul Dyck met with GOAJ officials and representatives of several U.S.-based companies, and toured business facilities in Azerbaijan. Business leaders complained of corruption and inefficiencies, despite gains [...]	2008-10-10 06:08:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN EAGR ECIN BBSR BEXP BMGT
08BAKU970	PRESIDENT ALIYEV, DEPUTY SECRETARY DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: President Aliyev, meeting with Deputy -Secretary Negroponte on October 2, lauded the timely September visit of Vice President Cheney and re-emphasized the importance of further enhancing U.S.-Azerbaijan relations in the aftermath of the Russia-Georgia conflict. President Aliyev, [...]	2008-10-10 14:18:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG KDEM AJ
08BAKU971	AZERBAIJAN: DEPUTY SECRETARY DISCUSSES DEMOCRATIC REFORM WITH CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 2 and 3 Deputy Secretary Negroponte and Deputy Assistant Secretary Bryza met with representatives of the international community and with local NGOs working in Azerbaijan. Representatives of the international community agreed that it is unclear whether democratizatio [...]	2008-10-14 04:34:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
08BAKU972	AZERBAIJAN: DEPUTY SECRETARY DISCUSSES DEMOCRATIC REFORM WITH CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 2 and 3 Deputy Secretary Negroponte and Deputy Assistant Secretary Bryza met with representatives of the international community and with local NGOs working in Azerbaijan. Representatives of the international community agreed that it is unclear whether democratizatio [...]	2008-10-14 04:34:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
08BAMAKO217	GENERAL WARD'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT TOURE [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-03 09:35:00	Embassy Bamako	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR MASS MARR
08BAMAKO918	TUAREG REBEL LEADER IYAD AG GHALI WANTS OVERHAUL [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-01 10:16:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PINR PTER PREL ASEC ML
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN103	BRUNEI: DEMARCHE ON BURMA REFERENDUM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Brunei views the Burmese regime's announcement of a referendum as a "positive step" and believes it should be given a chance to move its roadmap process forward. The Bruneians have privately advised the Burmese government that they hope to see a peaceful and inclusive process of [...]	2008-03-28 08:06:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BM BX
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN105	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ADMIRAL KEATING TO [...] (C) Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan is pleased to welcome you to Brunei. Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) Commander General Halbi is enthusiastic about your visit, and his staff has supported our request for you to meet with Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah (not yet confirmed). Yours is the highest- [...]	2008-04-03 02:59:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PGOV BX
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN136	Brunei Fraud Conditions Summary - FY2008 [...] (U) Brunei is a low-fraud environment for consular services and historically has had low rates of fraud and low non-return rates. Brunei has been a member of the Visa Waiver Program since its inception. On May 5, the Government of Brunei announced that it would begin issuing ICAO compliant bio [...]	2008-05-06 07:38:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC BX
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN147	BRUNEI REJECTS GAS CARTEL [...] (C) In the most definitive statement we've heard to date, Minister of Energy Pehin Yahya rejected the idea of a natural gas cartel along the lines of OPEC, although he acknowledged the concept has strong backing from Russia, Iran, and Qatar. Evolving market conditions are pushing natural gas aw [...]	2008-05-13 05:20:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON PREL BX
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN158	BRUNEI WORKING ON IPR ENFORCEMENT, AIRPORT SECURITY [...] (SBU) Ambassador paid a farewell call on Minister of Communications Pehin Abu Bakar on May 19. The Ambassador thanked Abu Bakar for his Ministry's support for the USG-sponsored seminar on the protection of intellectual property rights scheduled to take place in early June, and stressed our [...]	2008-05-23 04:29:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KIPR EAIR CVIS ETRD EWWT BX
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN159	BRUNEI TO KEEP INVESTMENTS IN U.S.; DOMESTIC [...] (C) During the Ambassador's May 19 farewell call on Minister of Finance II Pehin Abdul Rahman, the Minister said he subscribed to the view that the worst of the U.S. economic slowdown would be over by the end of the year. He said the Ministry and the Brunei Investment Agency (he is a member [...]	2008-05-23 04:31:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PREL BX
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN44	U.S. INVESTMENTS IN BRUNEI: ONE STILL ON THE LINE, [...] (C) Alcoa remains bullish on Brunei as a site for a large aluminum smelter that will help meet growing Asian demand. The project's ultimate fate will depend on whether Brunei and Malaysia can reach a resolution of an offshore boundary dispute that would allow development of new gas reserves to [...]	2008-01-30 07:32:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON EPET BX
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN98	BIA MANAGING DIRECTOR PROPOSES DIFFERENTIATED SWF [...] (C) Brunei Investment Agency Managing Director Dr. Mohamed Amin Liew told Ambassador that BIA intended to continue a conservative international strategy that emphasizes fixed income assets and passive portfolio investments. It would avoid country-specific funds as well as direct equity stakes [...]	2008-03-21 07:56:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV BX
08BANGKOK1027	THAI MFA FIELD TRIP SEEKS TO EXPLAIN PREAH VIHEAR [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-02 01:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO SCUL TH CB
08BANGKOK1833	DIESEL UP, CABBAGE DOWN, THAI PROTESTS ALL AROUND [...] (U) Summary. This week in Thailand, farmers, fishermen, laborers and truckers staged demonstrations around the country to protest high fuel prices and low crop prices. The protests appear neither coordinated nor partisan but rather are a reaction to record high diesel prices and downward pric [...]	2008-06-13 09:04:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ELAB ENRG EPET PGOV SOCI TH
08BANGKOK2026	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: THAI POSITION ON AID TO HORN [...] (C) Acting POL Section Chief on July 2 delivered ref A points to Panyarak Poolthup, MFA Deputy Director General of the Department of South Asia, Middle East and African Affairs. Panyarak said the RTG would consider the USG request to provide aid to Horn of Africa countries, although he gave u [...]	2008-07-03 07:50:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PREF DJ ER ET KE SO TH
08BANGKOK2536	RUSSIA-GEORGIA: THAIS POSITIVE ON HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA Director for Central and Eastern Europe Pachuen Phornmongkol on August 22. Pachuen said that the MFA and RTG had not formed a position on the Russia-Georgia conflict. She reacted positively to points about facilitating humanitarian assistance to Georgia [...]	2008-08-25 10:15:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC GG RU MARR
08BANGKOK2591	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL BOONSRANG'S COUNTERPART [...] (C) Summary. Embassy Bangkok is extremely appreciative that General Boonsrang Niumpradit will be able to conduct a counterpart visit with CJCS Admiral Mullen. The visit will reinforce the importance of Thailand to our regional security interests as the United States and Thailand celebrate 175 [...]	2008-08-29 09:41:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MOPS PINS PHUM TH
08BANGKOK3711	THAILAND AIMS FOR NUCLEAR POWER PLANT BY 2020 [...] (SBU) Summary. Thailand has expressed commitment to nuclear energy and hopes to build an operational nuclear power plant by 2020. Potential obstacles towards achieving this goal include political instability, the current financial crisis, and negative public opinion towards nuclear power p [...]	2008-12-22 07:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO TH
08BANGKOK510	INPUT FOR NEW REQUIRED REPORTS ON ENERGY [...] Post's response to reftel is below. 2. -- A. Which section or sections of the Embassy handle energy matters? What is the total number of staff in this section or sections? State Department Economic Section (ECON),Foreign Commercial Service (FCS),Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS),and [...]	2008-02-15 07:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV APER ABUD
08BANGKOK585	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL KEATING [...] (C) Summary. Admiral Keating, your visit to Thailand will afford you a chance to see the importance of Thailand to our regional security interests as the United States and Thailand celebrate 175 years of relations. You will also have an opportunity to underscore the United States Government's [...]	2008-02-22 11:11:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
08BANGKOK670	ECONOMIC MINISTERS PUSH INVESTMENT, MEGAPROJECTS TO DRIVE [...] Summary: Thailand's new economic ministers laid out their priorities for economic growth at a recent forum, presenting their plans to boost investment, consumption and exports. The Ministers were attuned to foreign interests and alleviated concerns over capital controls and investment restri [...]	2008-03-03 09:58:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV TH
08BANGKOK833	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL MONTREE,S COUNTERPART [...] (C) Summary. General Montree Sungkasap's counterpart visit will afford the chance to reinforce the importance of Thailand to our regional security interests as the United States and Thailand celebrate 175 years of relations. This visit to the U.S. will be the first by a senior Thai military [...]	2008-03-14 09:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
08BANGKOK864	EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] (U) Advisor participated in a foreign embassy drug enforcement community trip to the northernmost land and river border crossing sites from Thailand into Burma and Laos, Feb. 11-13. Advisor visited Danang port and Lao Bao border crossing in central Vietnam, Feb. 28-29. The Washington State [...]	2008-03-19 03:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TH VN
08BANGKOK943	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: HARSH TACTICS, LESS VIOLENCE, [...] (C) Summary: Embassy contacts contend that the recent drop in the violence in the South is not the result of progress toward resolving the underlying conflict; rather, the Thai military has become more effective at targeting more senior insurgent leaders, thus disrupting the insurgents' operat [...]	2008-03-25 11:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
08BANGUI141	BOZIZE CALLS EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TO [...] By decree signed on July 24, 2008, President Francois Bozize called an extraordinary session of the National Assembly scheduled to start on August 1, 2008. On the agenda: Adoption of an amnesty law Review of the 2008 financial law Adoption of a new forestry code Adoption of a law organizing [...]	2008-07-25 11:15:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON CT
08BANJUL117	PRESIDENT JAMMEH OPENS 2008 LEGISLATIVE YEAR [...] (U) On March 28, President Yahya Jammeh presided over the opening of the National Assembly, which marked the beginning of the 2008 legislative year. This year's event was the most elaborate in recent years and was attended by National Assembly Speakers and parliamentary delegations from four [...]	2008-04-04 08:18:00	Embassy Banjul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EPET KDEM SOCI GA
08BANJUL193	THE GAMBIA: GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIP RESPONSE [...] Post did not receive a substantive response to its demarche on the Global Maritime Partnership. However, Post notes that the Gambian government might be responsive to future collaborations following the successful installation of the Maritime Security and Safety Information System (MSSIS) in [...]	2008-06-17 09:40:00	Embassy Banjul	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT EAID ECON EFIS MARR MCAP MOPS PHSA PINS SMIG
08BANJUL379	OIL EXPLORATION IN THE GAMBIA [...] Summary: Ambassador met with Country Representative Gary Griffin of Buried Hill Energy (Cyprus) for an update on the petroleum exploration contract with the Government of The Gambia. Buried Hill, a small wildcatter, has been operating in The Gambia since 2002. They were awarded licenses to e [...]	2008-12-03 15:46:00	Embassy Banjul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG PGOV GA
08BASRAH13	FADHILA FOCUSED ON REGIONAL FORMATION; ELECTIONS ON [...] (C/Rel USA, MCFI) Provincial Councilor Aqeel Talib (Fadhila) told Regional Embassy Officer February 17 that the Fadhila party was more concerned with turning Basrah province into its own region than it was with future elections. Talib explained that the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) f [...]	2008-02-21 15:01:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS PREL IR IZ
08BASRAH16	BASRAH GOVERNOR ALLEGES IRANIAN ASSASSINATION PLOT [...] (C) Basrah Provincial Governor, Muhammed Musbeh Wa'eli, met with Regional Embassy (REO) officers on February 24 to substantiate his public allegation that the Iranian Government was directly involved in a recent assassination plot against Wa'eli and his brother. At a February 23 press conferen [...]	2008-02-26 17:20:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS IZ IR
08BASRAH18	BASRAH REFINERY DIRECTOR ON OIL SMUGGLING AND SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 27, REO met with Qasim Mohammed Ali Kadhim, Technical Director of the South Refinery Company, who said Basra refinery operations have returned to its pre-fire production levels at approximately 60 percent capacity or 90,000 barrels per day. According to Kadhim, smuggl [...]	2008-03-13 12:54:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON KCRM IZ
08BASRAH26	GENERAL WARNS BASRA BATTLE LOST WITHOUT U.S. TROOPS [...] (S/REL MNFI) SUMMARY: MG Mared Beni-Malik (Strictly Protect),Director of Tribal Affairs, spoke with the REO Director on March 30 after meeting with PM Maliki in the Basrah Palace. He said that the ISF will lose the battle for Basrah without intervention of U.S. ground troops and increased a [...]	2008-03-30 11:46:00	REO Basrah	SECRET	PGOV PINS IR IZ
08BASRAH3	BASRAH'S IRAQ SECURITY FORCES QUELL "SOLDIERS OF HEAVEN" [...] (C//Rel ACGU) Summary & Comment: The Shia festival of Ashura was disrupted January 18 when militants from the messianic cult Jund al Sama'a (Soldiers of Heaven - JAS) attacked Iraqi police and civilians in Basrah. It is believed the cult sought to create the chaos that foretells the return of [...]	2008-01-22 14:41:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PINS PREL PROP PTER IR IZ
08BASRAH34	UMM QASR DEPUTY UPBEAT ABOUTPORT'S PROPSECTS [...] (C//REL MCFI) SUMMARY: REO Officers met with merchant marine Captain Hussain Mohammed Abdullah, Assistant Director General (A-DG) for Management at the Port of Umm Qasr (PUQ). The GOI has sacked PUQ A-DG for Technical Affairs Safa Abud al-Hussein, who with militia influence had been appointed [...]	2008-04-21 15:12:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT ETRD ECON PINS IZ
08BASRAH40	SAFA AL SAFI ON COALITION FAILURES, GOI FUND FOR BASRAH, [...] (C/REL MCFI) SUMMARY: Acting Justice Minister Safa al-Safi met with CMOC and REO Basrah Directors in Basrah on April 24. Safi roundly criticized Coalition reconstruction efforts as ineffective and corrupt. He showed little understanding of the PRT role or a provided list of past projects. Sa [...]	2008-04-29 15:19:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KJUS ECON EAID IR IZ
08BASRAH42	FADHILA MEMBER CRITICIZES MALIKI FOR BASRAH OPERATION [...] (C//REL USA, MCFI) SUMMARY: Basrah Provincial Council (PC) member and Fadhila insider, Sheikh Khazl Jaloob Falih al-Saidi (aka Abu Salam),criticized Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's Charge of the Knights (CoK) as a political move to eliminate the Jaysh al-Mahdi so that the Islamic Supreme Counc [...]	2008-05-04 17:18:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS PREL KDEM MOPS PBTS IR IZ
08BASRAH43	SOUTHERN REGION FORMATION STILL ON BASRAWI MINDS [...] (C//REL USA, MCFI) Summary: The formation of a southern Iraqi region is still on the agenda of many political actors in Basrah. With the exception of the Sunnis and staunch nationalists, the preponderance of Basrawis appears to favor a southern region in some form. ISCI's ultimate goal remain [...]	2008-05-13 07:28:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IR IZ
08BASRAH44	CHARGE OF THE KNIGHTS WHEELS NORTH: OBJECTIVE QURNAH [...] (S//REL MCFI) SUMMARY: For the first time since the GoI launched Operation Charge of the Knights (CoK) in March, on May 13 CoK will focus its attention outside greater Basrah - targeting the JAM stronghold of Al Qurnah, 70 km to the northwest. Despite a long supply line and a low priority for [...]	2008-05-13 12:37:00	REO Basrah	SECRET	PINS PGOV ECON IR IZ
08BASRAH55	MINISTRY OF OIL REMOVES SOUTH OIL COMPANY DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] (C) Summary: On May 23, the Ministry of Oil (MoO) announced it had removed South Oil Company (SOC) Director General Jabbar Al-Lu'aybi. Kefah Kaml, Jabbar's Deputy, has been appointed to serve as SOC's interim DG. Although Minister of Oil Husayn Al-Shahristani issued the order in mid-May, Jab [...]	2008-06-04 10:57:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON KCRM IZ
08BASRAH60	BASRAH'S DEPUTY GOVERNOR COMPLAINS ABOUT GOVERNOR [...] (C/REL MCFI) SUMMARY: Luai Abdul Amir Abbass al-Battat (Future of Iraq Assembly),Basrah's deputy governor, complained June 15 to the Regional Embassy Office (REO) that Governor Muhammed Musbeh Wa'eli (Fadhila Party) has sidelined Luai and used his influence to place his own supporters in key p [...]	2008-06-17 17:59:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON IZ
08BASRAH61	BASRAH DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION PROMOTES INVESTMENT IN [...] (U) Summary: Since the establishment of the Basrah Development Commission (BDC) in October 2007, the British Government and the Basrah Provincial Council have been working closely on strategies to promote development and attract foreign investment in southern Iraq. The BDC has undoubtedly ser [...]	2008-06-18 09:25:00	REO Basrah	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EPET ENRG ECON KCRM IZ
08BASRAH62	IRANIAN COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY IN BASRAH [...] (C/REL MCFI) SUMMARY: Iranian investment in Basrah province appears to be limited as Tehran focuses on influencing Basrah's political and security environment. Basrawis suspect Iranian front companies exist, but given their clandestine nature and the use of Iraqi intermediaries have difficulty [...]	2008-06-22 14:08:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ELTN ENRG EPET ETRD PARM PBTS PGOV
08BASRAH64	THE NEW BATTLE FOR BASRAH: CONTROL OF THE PROVINCE'S [...] (U) SUMMARY: Nearly four months after the Charge of Knights operation, Governor Muhammed Waeli acknowledged that the central Qernment has improved security in the province and praised the Iraqi Security Forces' ongoing efforts to bring steady quality of life improvements for Basrawis. The rel [...]	2008-07-22 08:47:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EPET ENRG ECON KCRM IZ
08BASRAH8	AMBASSADOR CROCKER VISITS BASRAH [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Ambassador Ryan Crocker visited Basrah on January 27 and met with the MND-SE commander, the UK PRT team leader, the provincial governor, Iraqi security commanders, and several tribal leaders. Common themes from the meetings included the threat and depth of Iranian in [...]	2008-02-03 10:45:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PTER MOPS ECON EINV UK IR IZ
08BASRAH80	BASRA OPERATIONS COMMANDER ACKNOWLEDGES IMPROVEMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Basra Operations Commander, Major General Mohammed Jawad Huwaidi, acknowledged improvements in the Iraqi police (IP). He was not concerned about the reemergence of Jaysh Al-Mahdi (JAM) as a credible force, but rather the emergence of criminal gangs of former JAM members. He ex [...]	2008-09-29 09:00:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL IZ IR
08BASRAH84	SHELL PREPARES WAY FOR GAS DEAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-30 07:01:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG EPET IZ
08BASRAH85	BASRAH PROVINCIAL JOINT OPERATIONS CENTRE NEARLY READY TO [...] (C) Summary: On October 28, Senior Advisor Gordon Gray toured the newly operational Basrah Provincial Joint Operations Center (PJOC),located at the Basrah Operations Command (BOC). Conceived as a result of the poor communication among Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) components during Operation Ch [...]	2008-11-07 11:03:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ASEC IZ
08BEIJIG3760	CHINA MFA: CHAVEZ VISIT PRIMARILY ECONOMIC, NOT A [...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's September 23-25 visit to China focused on economic development and energy cooperation. Contrary to press reports, the two sides did not set firm numerical targets for oil exports, according to the Chinese MFA. MFA and academic contacts alike e [...]	2008-09-26 10:26:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG ETRD VE CH
08BEIJING1111	PRC/IRAN: CHINESE OBSERVERS SAY LITTLE ROOM LEFT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese foreign policy experts say there is little room left for more sanctions against Iran that China can support because current UN Security Council resolutions come close to the PRC red line of jeopardizing China-Iran energy cooperation. Domestically, China's leaders feel in [...]	2008-03-24 09:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
08BEIJING1203	VISITING STAFFDEL MEETS NORINCO OFFICIALS [...] (C) NORINCO Vice President He Xiaodong told Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff members Frank Januzzi and Puneet Talwar that NORINCO can serve as an educator and lobbyist on the subject of export control compliance. VP He said NORINCO unilaterally stopped exporting "explosives" to Syria a [...]	2008-03-31 08:27:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PHSA PREL CH IR SY
08BEIJING1225	U.S.-CHINA DIALOGUE ON FOREIGN ASSISTANCE: YOUR [...] (SBU) Your meeting with Ministry of Commerce Vice Minister (VM) Yi Xiaozhun in Tokyo will be an excellent opportunity to discuss the launch of the U.S.-China Dialogue on Foreign Assistance, which was proposed by Deputy Secretary Negroponte during his January meeting with Premier Wen Jiabao. We [...]	2008-04-01 05:53:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON ETRD PREL PGOV EFIN CH
08BEIJING124	SCENESETTER FOR U.S.-CHINA SENIOR DIALOGUE, [...] (C) The upcoming 5th round of the U.S.-China Senior Dialogue kicks off an important year for China and for bilateral relations. Taiwan's presidential and UN referenda votes in March and the PRC's hosting of the Olympics in August are the focus of Chinese concerns, and the Chinese believe the [...]	2008-01-11 11:16:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM MARR CH TW
08BEIJING1374	PRC/IRAQ: CHINA WANTS TO PLAY "POSITIVE" ROLE, BUT [...] (C) As instructed reftel, Poloff delivered points on demonstrating support for the Iraqi government to Attache Wu Xiaofeng of the Iraq office at the MFA's West Asian and North African Affairs Department. Wu said that China would participate "in a positive way" in the up-coming Neighbor's Conf [...]	2008-04-11 12:02:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID EFIN IZ CH
08BEIJING1565	CHINA STILL SUPPORTS MUSHARRAF; IS CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: Chinese schoars downplayed the significance of Pakistan President Musharraf's April 10-15 visit to China in recent discussions with PolOff, but scholars and Chinese Government officials alike reaffirmed Chinese support for Musharraf despite his declining authority in the wake of [...]	2008-04-23 09:41:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PARM ENRG EPET MNUC CH PK

08BEIJING178	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S DINNER WITH CHINESE [...] (U) January 16, 2008; 7:45 p.m.; Beijing, Ambassador's Residence. 2. (U) Participants: UNITED STATES The Deputy Secretary Mrs. Diana Negroponte Ambassador Clark T. Randt, Jr. Mrs. Sarah Randt Dennis Wilder, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Asian Affairs, NSC [...]	2008-01-18 05:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CH TW KN KS IR IZ PK RS
08BEIJING2331	CHINA/ENERGY: NEAR-TERM FUEL PRICE HIKES UNLIKELY [...] (SBU) Beijing appears unlikely to raise retail fuel prices significantly in the near-term amidst policymakers' ongoing concerns about CPI inflation and social stability. The most commonly purchased blend of gasoline is held at USD 2.92/gallon, while diesel is USD 2.89/gallon. Against the back [...]	2008-06-13 08:50:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV EPET EFIN PREL CH
08BEIJING2372	JUNE 17 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: EAST CHINA SEA, DIAOYU ISLANDS, [...] Key points at the June 17 MFA press briefing were: -- China and Japan are currently discussing the details of an agreement on East China Sea gas exploration. -- The Diaoyu Islands are an inseparable part of China and Japan's actions there are "illegitimate." -- Vice President Xi Jinping [...]	2008-06-17 09:57:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KOLY PHUM KS KN SA JP
08BEIJING2414	XINJIANG: OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY BRINGS TIGHT [...] (C) Summary: One government contact in Xinjiang described Urumqi as a city paralyzed by inconvenient security measures, while Urumqi netizens on a Xinjiang Government-run news portal complained of minor hassles. Local media were more upbeat; they took the arrival of the Olympic torch relay to [...]	2008-06-19 09:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER PREL PGOV KIRF KOLY PK KZ CH
08BEIJING2415	JUNE 19 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: EAST CHINA SEA [...] Key points at the June 19 MFA press briefing were: -- Vice Foreign Miniter Wu Dawei briefed journalists on the East hina Sea agreement. The agreement does not undermine China's sovereignty claims over the East China Sea, nor does it recognize a median line. China and Japan will work to mak [...]	2008-06-19 12:32:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KOLY ENRG PHUM KS KN SA JP CH
08BEIJING2548	PRC/IRAN: AMBASSADOR SCHULTE EMPHASIZES IMPORTANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The international community must use a dual track approach of incentives backed by diplomatic pressure and sanctions to ensure Iran does not continue to develop its enrichment program in violation of its Security Council obligations, U.S. Ambassador to the International Atomic En [...]	2008-06-27 11:15:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ENRG MARR CH IR
08BEIJING261	JANUARY 24 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DARFUR, OLYMPICS, [...] Key points at the regular January 24 MFA press briefing: -- China is playing a constructive role in Darfur and any attempt to link the Olympics and Darfur "goes against the Olympic spirit." -- The Dalai Lama is not a religious or spiritual leader but someone who seeks to undermine Chinese [...]	2008-01-24 10:51:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KN VT KS IR SU TW CH
08BEIJING2840	JULY 22 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: OLYMPICS AND FREEDOM, KUNMING [...] Key points at the July 22 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- All athletes should promote friendship while in China, said the spokesmen when asked to respond to President Bush's comments that athletes should be ambassadors of freedom. -- The MFA continues to "urge all relevant department [...]	2008-07-22 23:08:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER KOLY PHUM KN VM ZI LI
08BEIJING2891	CHINESE ACADEMIC DISCUSSES PRC OIL EXPORTS TO [...] (C) Ninety percent of the oil consumed in North Korea, including a large portion of the DPRK's jet fuel, is supplied by China, according to a Beijing University expert. China, through state-owned Sinopec, provides North Korea with approximately half a million tons of oil annually "for the sak [...]	2008-07-25 07:45:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EPET PARM ENRG PGOV KN CH
08BEIJING2988	PRC/RUSSIA: BOTH SIDES OPTIMISTIC ABOUT STRATEGIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The July 21-22 visit of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and July 26-27 visit of Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin to Beijing reinforced the "strategic partnership" between China and Russia and provided another sign of warming ties between the former adversaries, according [...]	2008-08-01 10:30:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS ETRD ENRG RS CH
08BEIJING3034	IRAN: CHINA CAUTIONS AGAINST FURTHER SANCTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent Associated Press report that P5-plus-1 countries agreed to new sanctions on Iran is a "misinterpretation" of the results of the August 4 P5-plus-1 Political Directors conference call, Chinese MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Deputy Director Sh [...]	2008-08-06 08:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
08BEIJING3257	Party Economist Looks to Control Prices, [...] (SBU) Summary: Economic M/C met with Senior Communist Party Economist Zheng Xinli to discuss current economic issues. Zheng noted that the declining dollar was eroding the value of China's dollar-denominated assets. He thought China's inflation was the result of externalities such as rising [...]	2008-08-25 02:07:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN WTRO ENRG EAGR CH
08BEIJING3342	AUGUST 28 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: Six-Party Talks, [...] Key points at the August 28 MFA Press Briefing: -- China calls on parties to "stay patient," to "show wisdom and flexibility" and to try to "meet each other halfway" to overcome present difficulties in the North Korean denuclearization process. -- China is concerned by the latest developmen [...]	2008-08-28 22:56:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KOLY MNUC PARM UNGA EINV CH TW RU
08BEIJING3345	Secretary Chao's August 25, 2008 Meeting with [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao met with Vice-Premier Zhang Dejiang on August 25, 2008. Secretary Chao noted how much President Bush enjoyed the Opening Ceremonies of the Olympics and expressed condolences from the American government and people regarding the Sichuan Earthquak [...]	2008-08-29 01:05:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PREL OVIP PGOV KOLY CH
08BEIJING3366	CHINA/IRAQ: $3 BILLION OIL SERVICE AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. The Chinese Government has confirmed that a major Chinese state-owned oil company has agreed to a contract to develop an oil field southeast of Baghdad. The exact details of the as-yet-unfinalized agreement are unclear, but appear to involve a fee-for-service arrangement, with [...]	2008-09-01 02:57:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EPET EINV CH IZ
08BEIJING3427	SEPTEMBER 4 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: KOREA DENUCLEARIZATION, [...] Key points at the September 4 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- Relevant parties should "join hands" to solve the recent problems in the Korean denuclearization process. -- China has submitted a report on its military expenditures to the UN which is more complete than the report subm [...]	2008-09-04 09:49:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KOLY MNUC PARM EFIN CH KN GG RS
08BEIJING3733	CHINA'S CNPC MANAGER COMMENTS ON OIL SERVICE [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-26 01:22:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENIV ENRG IZ CN
08BEIJING3760	CHINA MFA: CHAVEZ VISIT PRIMARILY ECONOMIC, NOT A [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-26 10:26:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG ETRD VE CH
08BEIJING3877	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF SENATOR CHUCK HAGEL [...] (U) Senator Hagel, your visit comes at a momentous time in China's history and in our bilateral relationship. January 1, 2009, will mark the 30th anniversary of official United States-China relations. During those thirty years, the U.S. Government presence in China has grown dramatically. Th [...]	2008-10-10 03:38:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP PREL PGOV CH
08BEIJING4097	CHINA'S SINOPEC SAYS NO PROGRESS ON ENERGY DEALS [...] (C) Summary. A China Petroleum and Chemicals Corporation (SINOPEC) official stated that SINOPEC has not made any progress in its oil projects in Iran and that it must comply with guidance from the Chinese government and UN sanctions against Iran. A Chinese academic at an MFA affiliated think t [...]	2008-10-30 03:09:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	CN ECON EFIN ENIV ENRG IZ
08BEIJING4195	MEDIA REACTION: CHINA AND LATIN AMERICA, FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] CHINA AND LATIN AMERICA "A naturally occurring strategic promotion of relationships" The China Radio International sponsored newspaper World News Journal (Shijie Xinwenbao) (11/11): "In the past month, the relationship between China and Latin American countries has greatly improved. Eviden [...]	2008-11-12 09:11:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH
08BEIJING4208	NOVEMBER 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: G-20 SUMMIT, SIX-PARTY [...] Key points at the November 13 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China hopes the upcoming G20 Financial Summit will "send the positive message that countries are united." -- China had taken note of North Korea's comments that it will not allow sampling of its nuclear sites, but hopes the [...]	2008-11-13 22:40:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN KS KN BG IN TW CH
08BEIJING4222	ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT DISCUSSED DURING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a visit to Beijing on October 26-30 (after stops in Chengdu and Shanghai),Congressional-Executive Committee on China (CECC) members Jonathan Stivers (Senior China Advisor to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi) and Gerry Waldron (Staff Director and Chief Counsel, House Select Comm [...]	2008-11-14 06:54:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENGRD EAID CH
08BEIJING4253	CHINA'S GROWING ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP WITH LATIN [...] (C) Summary. Chinese President Hu Jintao,s November 16-20 visit to Latin America, which includes stops in Peru for the APEC summit, Costa Rica, and Cuba, is intended to strengthen China,s rapidly growing economic relations with the region, according to Embassy contacts. To spur further trade [...]	2008-11-18 09:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	BR CN CS CU ECON ETRD MX PE PREL XM EINV
08BEIJING4375	CHANGING PRC VIEWS OF "OVERSEAS CHINESE" [...] (C) The Chinese Government claims 30-50 million "overseas Chinese" lend it political support by opposing Taiwan independence and supporting China on "patriotic issues." This past summer, PRC officials praised ethnic Chinese counter-demonstrators at Olympic Torch Run protests abroad as examples [...]	2008-12-02 01:33:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SMIG EINV SCUL CH TW
08BEIJING4394	China reluctant to engage on EITI [...] (SBU) Begin Summary. Post delivered background paper in reftel demarche by fax to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) International Affairs Division, the National Energy Administration (NEA) International Cooperation Division, and the Ministry of Land and Resources (MOLAR) International Coop [...]	2008-12-02 05:21:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON ENRG EPET EMIN KCOR CH CA AS
08BEIJING4478	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "Obama can gain much from friendly China ties" The official English-language newspaper China Daily (12/09): "In the past, it was common for a new U.S. president to go for a confrontation with China early in his tenure and then pursue reconciliation and cooperation as t [...]	2008-12-09 09:10:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH
08BEIJING4495	Coal Bed and Coal Mine Methane (CBM/CMM) in China: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A two-day international symposium and follow-on workshop on coal bed/coal mine methane (CBM/CMM) and carbon trade in China was held December 4-5, 2008, in Beijing. Both the symposium and workshop stressed progress made in existing CBM/CMM projects, the opportunity for future p [...]	2008-12-11 01:39:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG KGHG CH
08BEIJING4526	PRC/IRAN: DAS HENGEL DISCUSSES CHINA-IRAN ENERGY [...] (C) EEB DAS for Energy, Sanctions, and Commodities Douglas Hengel, met with MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Deputy DirecQ General Wu Haitao and Sinopec International Affairs Director General Tang Suxin on December 5 to discuss Chinese energy companies' activities in Iran. DDG [...]	2008-12-12 10:10:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ENRG PTER ECON EPET EINV MNUC POL
08BEIJING4555	DECEMBER 16 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, DETENTION [...] Key points at the December 16 MFA press briefing: -- China believes the Six-Party Talks is a "process," with the major task being implementing the second phase of denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula in a "comprehensive manner." All six parties "agreed verification was necessary," but th [...]	2008-12-16 23:16:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PARM PHUM ECON EFIN EAIR CH FR PL JA KS
08BEIJING4569	PRC/IRAN: CNOOC-IRAN COOPERATION IN PRELIMINARY [...] (C) In a discussion with Economic Minister-Counselor, CNOOC's External Affairs Section Director Lu Xiaofeng emphasized that CNOOC's cooperation with Iran is driven by commercial interests and stressed that CNOOC has no intention of becoming entwined in political issues. He reiterated that CNOO [...]	2008-12-17 09:05:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET EINV PREL PARM PTER MNUC POL
08BEIJING4602	CHINA/EITI: SUPPORTIVE IN PRINCIPLE, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary. In a discussion with EEB DAS Douglas Hengel in Beijing, a Foreign Ministry official said the objectives of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) are consistent with China's efforts to promote corporate social responsibility. He welcomed inviting China's Nati [...]	2008-12-19 03:01:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EMIN ECON SENV KCOR CH
08BEIJING4603	IEA/CHINA: DAS HENGEL DISCUSSES IEA, BILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese energy experts and government officials explained their views on bilateral energy cooperation and China?s engagement with the International Energy Agency (IEA) with EEB DAS Douglas Hengel December 3-5. On bilateral energy cooperation, National Energy Administration Int [...]	2008-12-19 03:02:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON EMIN SENV CH
08BEIJING4614	CHINA/ENERGY: CHINA CUTS FUEL PRICES [...] (SBU) The Chinese government announced significant energy price cuts December 18, marking the first change in domestic fuel prices since international crude prices began to fall from their mid-summer peak. As of December 19, refinery gate prices for gasoline, diesel, and aviation fuel were re [...]	2008-12-21 23:15:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV ECON EPET EFIN CH
08BEIJING4615	CHINA/ENERGY: CHINA CUTS FUEL PRICES [...] (SBU) The Chinese government announced significant energy price cuts December 18, marking the first change in domestic fuel prices since international crude prices began to fall from their mid-summer peak. As of December 19, refinery gate prices for gasoline, diesel, and aviation fuel were re [...]	2008-12-21 23:15:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV ECON EPET EFIN CH
08BEIJING4623	MOFCOM Spills the Beans on "Industrial Security" [...] (SBU) Summary: In a frank and spirited discussion October 28 with Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for Investment Security Nova Daly and Deputy Assistant United States Trade Representative for Investment Jonathan Kallmer, Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) Industrial Injury Investigation B [...]	2008-12-22 07:31:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV WTRO EFIN CH
08BEIJING659	AFM HE YAFEI REVIEWS CHINA'S KEY ISSUES FOR THE [...] (C) In a February 22 meeting requested by the Chinese, PRC Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei reviewed for the Ambassador China's key issues to be raised during the Secretary's visit to Beijing February 26-27. On North Korea, SIPDIS AFM He said that China's top leaders are prepared to have [...]	2008-02-22 14:17:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER EINV MNUC BM IR KN CH
08BEIJING718	FEBRUARY 28 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: UK FOREIGN SECRETARY'S [...] Key points at the February 28, 2008 MFA Press Briefing were: -- Sinopec's role in the Yadavaran oil field in Iran is "a business act." -- Although "there are some problems" in moving the Six-Party Talks forward, all parties are optimistic and have expressed a willingness to honor their com [...]	2008-02-28 12:40:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM MARR KOLY ETRD CH JA RS SU SR BM
08BEIJING745	CORRECTED COPY (PARA 1 and 3)FEBRUARY 28 MFA PRESS [...] Key points at the February 28, 2008 MFA Press Briefing were: -- CNOOC's role in developing an Iranian gas field is "a business act." -- Although "there are some problems" in moving the Six-Party Talks forward, all parties are optimistic and have expressed a willingness to honor their commi [...]	2008-02-29 11:22:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM MARR KOLY ETRD CH JA RS SU SR BM
08BEIJING746	BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON POISONED [...] (C) At the February 29 bi-weekly G-5 Beijing-based Chiefs of Mission gathering, Japanese DCM Kunio UMEDA described the downturn in Sino-Japanese bilateral relations in the wake of the poisoned dumpling scandal. China and Japan are now moving towards consensus on East China Sea oil issues. Chi [...]	2008-03-01 04:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH FR GM JA UK SU
08BEIJING896	INNER MONGOLIA NPC DEPUTIES TO CENTRAL GOVERNMENT: WE'LL [...] (SBU) Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region's NPC Deputies met on March 7 and stated that they would continue to pursue rapid economic growth despite Central Government efforts to cool growth. Inner Mongolia remains focused on the energy sector as its engine for growth, and a Petro China official s [...]	2008-03-12 01:05:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG PGOV EINV CH
08BEIJING924	MFA MAINTAINS CLAIMS TO SOUTH CHINA SEA; URGES [...] (C) Summary: China continues to explain its claims in the South China Sea (SCS),including the nine-segment dotted line that traces out its jurisdiction over islands and waters in the SCS and overlaps with territorial and economic exclusion zone claims of five other countries and Taiwan, throu [...]	2008-03-13 09:15:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PHSA PREL PGOV ECON CH TW XC
08BEIRUT1139	LEBANON: MINISTERIAL STATEMENT: RESISTANCE [...] (C) The ministerial committee charged with drafting the government's policy statement reached an agreement on August 1, and the full cabinet is expected to approve the statement on August 4. The statement is an improvement over the previous 2005 ministerial statement in that it gives increase [...]	2008-08-04 18:18:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
08BEIRUT1168	LEBANON: PETRAEUS AND SLEIMAN DISCUSS SYRIAN TRIP, [...] (C) In an August 6 meeting with visiting General David Petraeus, President Michel Sleiman outlined three objectives for his upcoming meeting with Syrian President Bashar Asad. Most important, Sleiman said, is to initiate a diplomatic exchange between the two countries. Additionally, Sleiman p [...]	2008-08-08 15:43:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	OVIP PETRAEUS DAVID PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC
08BEIRUT1176	LEBANON: ECONOMISTS LET DOWN BY MINISTERIAL POLICY [...] (SBU) Prominent financial economist Dr. Charbel Nahas told us on August 6 that the ministerial statement came "far below what it should have been." He said that "this cabinet has a unique opportunity as all the political parties are represented in the cabinet; thus actions can be quickly endor [...]	2008-08-11 16:08:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT1199	LEBANON: MINISTER OF ENERGY AND WATER GETS A [...] (C) In an August 13 courtesy call with Charge Grant, the new Minister of Energy and Water Alain Tabourian described the huge cost and capacity problems in Lebanon's electricity sector, and discussed plans to import electricity and natural gas from Egypt. Tabourian, one of the five ministers [...]	2008-08-14 17:00:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG EPET EFIN LE
08BEIRUT1213	LEBANON: PM SINIORA MAKES ENERGY DEALS IN EGYPT TRIP [...] (SBU) Board member and head of the Agriculture Committee at the Beirut Chamber of Commerce, Industry, and Agriculture Raphael Debbane told us on August 13 that agriculture and industrialist representatives urged Agriculture Minister Elie Skaff to ask President Sleiman to convince his Syrian cou [...]	2008-08-18 15:59:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT1234	LEBANON: SINIORA'S TRIP TO IRAQ: INVESTMENT; ARAB [...] (C) PM advisor Rola Noureddine deemed Prime Minister Fouad Siniora's August 20 trip to Iraq a success and enthusiastically spoke of the future investment opportunities between the two countries. Noting to the Charge on August 21 that, "The earlier we get in, the better deals we will get," Nou [...]	2008-08-21 17:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MOPS MARR IZ LE
08BEIRUT1243	LEBANON: PROMISES, BUT NO FIRM COMMITMENTS, FOR EGYPTIAN [...] (SBU) During his visit to Baghdad on August 20, PM Siniora discussed reinforcing bilateral economic ties with Iraq. Iraq has long been one of Lebanon's major export markets, but it has exported only a trickle of goods to Lebanon in recent years, and no oil. Daily An Nahar reported that during [...]	2008-08-25 11:13:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT1246	LEBANON: PROMISES, BUT NO FIRM COMMITMENTS, FOR EGYPTIAN [...] (SBU) During his visit to Baghdad on August 20, PM Siniora discussed reinforcing bilateral economic ties with Iraq. Iraq has long been one of Lebanon's major export markets, but it has exported only a trickle of goods to Lebanon in recent years, and no oil. Daily An Nahar reported that during [...]	2008-08-25 14:50:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT1337	LEBANON: FINANCE MINISTER FOCUSED ON BUDGET [...] (C) Finance Minister Mohamad Chatah told USAID Deputy Assistant Administrator James Bever and the Ambassador that budget support is his number one priority. He discussed the pros and cons of the cabinet's recent approval of a higher minimum wage, and said he planned to ask the IMF for a new [...]	2008-09-12 07:18:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELAB EFIN ENRG PGOV PREL SA EG LE
08BEIRUT1381	LEBANON: SINIORA: WHAT I ADVISED SLEIMAN TO RAISE [...] (C) PM Siniora told the Ambassador that President Michel Sleiman, in his upcoming visit to Washington, would raise UNSCR 1701; Sheba'a; protecting Lebanon against regional shocks, the need for continued U.S. political, economic and military assistance to Lebanon; and assurances that Lebanon w [...]	2008-09-22 11:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE
08BEIRUT1456	LEBANON: NEA DAS HALE TO JUMBLATT: NO CHANGE IN [...] (C) NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary David Hale reassured Druze leader Walid Jumblatt that, despite recent meetings between Secretary Rice and Assistant Secretary David Welch with Syrian Foreign Minister Moallem, there was no change in U.S. policy towards either Syria or Lebanon. DAS Hale also [...]	2008-10-08 11:00:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
08BEIRUT1529	LEBANON: FINMIN: ALL PARTS OF GOVENMENT SUPPORT ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) During a Paris III donor briefing on October 23, Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah stressed the government's commitment to improving the standard of living of the Lebanese people by fostering an economic climate that encourages investment, creates jobs, and supports its people through stro [...]	2008-10-25 02:36:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGO LE
08BEIRUT1569	LEBANON: GOL RESUMES COLLECTING GAS EXCISE TAX (ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) On October 30, the GOL resumed the collection of gasoline excise taxes, suspended while oil prices surged, following the recent fall in international oil prices. Because the tax fluctuates based on the price of oil, a continued price drop will bring in much needed additional revenues to [...]	2008-11-03 15:04:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT161	LEBANON: SAAD WAKES UP TO 2009 PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) March 14 majority leader Saad Hariri blamed Libya and Qatar for undermining Lebanon at the January 27 Arab League meeting, with the preservation of Lebanese Armed Forces Commander Michel Sleiman's presidential candidacy the only positive result, in his view. He predicted that, without tou [...]	2008-02-01 16:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
08BEIRUT1627	LEBANON: CHATAH DISCUSSES BUDGET, ECONOMIC REFORM WITH [...] (SBU) In a November 11 meeting with Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis Howard Mendelsohn, Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah said that despite differences between the U.S. and Lebanese definitions of terrorism, there is ample room for terror finance and anti-money l [...]	2008-11-13 15:31:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV LE
08BEIRUT1798	LEBANON: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR PROJECTS HIGHER DEFICIT AND [...] (U) In a televised interview on December 21, Central Bank of Lebanon (CBL) Governor Riad Salameh said the deficit will reach $2.66 billion in 2009, and will further grow by ten percent as a result of the recently approved salary increases in the public sector. He also indicated that inflation [...]	2008-12-30 10:11:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT228	LEBANON: FINMIN AZOUR - NAVIGATING BY RADAR; [...] (C) Summary: Finance Minister Azour, in his initial meeting with the Ambassador, outlined the economic situation at the end of 2007, and the challenges facing him in 2008. Last year was better than it might have been, but now security tensions are stalling the economy. Preventing economic col [...]	2008-02-14 10:35:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PTER SA LE
08BEIRUT251	LEBANON: PM GRATEFUL TO RECEIVE PRESIDENT'S STRONG [...] (C) Under Secretary of Defense Edelman delivered the President's personal letter to Prime Minister Fouad Siniora during their meeting in Beirut on February 12. The Prime Minister was grateful for the letter, saying he was pleased to see such "strong and firm support on many important issues." [...]	2008-02-15 12:48:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL UNSC PTER SY IS LE
08BEIRUT268	LEBANON: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR POINTS TO SLOW [...] (C) In a February 18 meeting, Lebanese Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh painted a picture for Charge Sison of a Lebanese economy hampered by slow growth and not keeping up with its neighbors. The GOL needs the continued financial support of other countries to cover its deficits. He would w [...]	2008-02-19 15:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD EAIR PTER LE
08BEIRUT330	LEBANON: EPCA EXTENSION, DELICATE BANKING BALANCE [...] (C) U.S. Treasury DAS Andrew Baukol's visit to Beirut on February 25 was dominated by two recurring themes: the expired IMF Emergency Post Conflict Agreement (EPCA) must be replaced, and the normally robust Lebanese banking system might be more sensitive to increased security risks than politi [...]	2008-03-04 14:53:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV PGOV PREL PTER LE
08BEIRUT451	LEBANON: PM SINIORA GRATEFUL FOR INL ASSISTANCE, [...] (C) PM Fouad Siniora dismissed the March 29-30 Arab League summit in Damascus as a "non-summit," and held out little expectation that the Arab League would find a solution to Lebanon's ongoing political crisis. His government had managed to perform surprisingly well given the unprecedented ch [...]	2008-03-31 15:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR KPAL MASS SY IS LE
08BEIRUT564	LEBANON: AZOUR WORKING WITH IMF ON BENCHMARKS [...] (C) Summary: Finance Minister Azour and his team will be developing benchmarks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the new Emergency Post-Conflict Assistance (EPCA) program during the IMF staff visit to Beirut the week of April 28. Based on PM Siniora's objectives, Azour will also [...]	2008-04-24 07:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EINV EFIN ELAB LE
08BEIRUT581	LEBANON: BANKERS VALUE U.S. ASSISTANCE TO LEBANON [...] (SBU) Senior officials from a cross-section of Lebanese banks told Charge that USG financial assistance, especially where it shows confidence in the banking system, is critical. OPIC loans, managed by Citibank, of $108 in early 2007 and $153 in 2008, are popular with the banks and the borrower [...]	2008-04-30 11:36:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN ENIV PGOV SY SA LE
08BEIRUT615	LEBANON: MAY 7 GENERAL STRIKE UPDATE - NO CLEAR [...] (C) There have been calls for a general strike on May 7 for several weeks over concern about increasing prices. The cabinet, in a marathon ten-hour session, increased the minimum wage by 50 percent, and took other steps to combat the rising cost of living. Hizballah and Amal are expected to s [...]	2008-05-06 13:05:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL PTER EINV MCAP LE
08BEIRUT810	LEBANON: TELECOM BENCHMARK VITAL FOR GOL REFORM [...] (C) Both Telecommunications Regulatory Authority Chairman Dr. Kamal Shehadi, and Ziad Hayek, Chairman of the Higher Council for Privatization urged the USG to keep the Paris III benchmark related to the sale of the mobile telecom licenses in order to keep pressure on the GOL to achieve promise [...]	2008-05-30 13:44:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EINV EAIR EFIN ELAB LE
08BEIRUT82	LEBANON: PRESIDENT'S TRIP: OPPOSITION CRITICAL OF [...] (SBU) The Lebanese opposition's reaction to President Bush's January 10-16 trip to the Middle East was predictable, focusing on U.S. policy toward Israel and Iran, and denouncing alleged U.S. schemes to politically and economically control the region. Commentary on the visit was harsher than [...]	2008-01-18 17:57:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
08BEIRUT858	LEBANON: MOBILE TELECOM PRIVATIZATION ADVOCATES [...] (C) The Chairman of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) and the SYG of the Higher Council for Privatization (HPC),both advocates for telecom privatization in Lebanon, strongly recommend retaining the Paris III benchmark of sale of the mobile telecom licenses. Arguing that "poli [...]	2008-06-06 17:44:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EINV EAIR EFIN ELAB LE
08BEIRUT994	LEBANON: FAMILY FEUD: MARCH 14 STRUGGLING ON [...] (C) Saad Hariri is back in Lebanon and March 14 is working on resolving its internal disagreements over the division of cabinet seats, but hard feelings are making it difficult. Hariri has been engaged in discussions with other March 14 leaders Samir Geagea, Walid Jumblatt, and PM-designate [...]	2008-07-09 15:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR FR LE SY
08BELGRADE111	MY SWEET LITTLE SERBIAN VILLAGE [...] (C) DCM re-visited the central Serbian town of Kraljevo where she lived as an exchange student 34 year years ago, and found her "typical" Serbian family galvanized by the presidential elections and traumatized by the thought of returning to the '90's under a Radical government. Coincidentall [...]	2008-01-29 13:33:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS SR
08BELGRADE1201	SERBIA: 2008-2009 INCSR II ON MONEY LAUNDERING [...] Reftel requested post update for Serbia on efforts to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. Serbia is upholding its international commitments to eliminate money laundering and terrorist financing. END SUMMARY. BEGIN INCSR II TEXT Serbia: Not a Financial Center -------------- [...]	2008-11-21 14:07:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR SR
08BELGRADE1262	SERBIA: GOVERNMENT ADOPTS 2009 BUDGET DRAFT [...] On Saturday, December 6, the Serbian government adopted its 2009 budget proposal and forwarded it to the Parliament after delays due to disputes among ministers over resources. The government managed to meet the IMF deadline - the December 19 IMF Board vote on the Stand-By Arrangement with Se [...]	2008-12-09 15:26:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD EFIN SR
08BELGRADE1302	SERBIA: GAZPROM NIS PURCHASE CONTINUES TO DIVIDE SERBIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-17 05:58:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG EFIN SR
08BELGRADE1303	SERBIA: GOVERNMENT REIGNS IN EXECUTIVE SALARIES AT STATE [...] The Serbian government recommended a cap on state-owned companies (SOC) managing board members' salaries and the public disclosure of SOC executive salaries in response to two high profile scandals in which general managers of SOCs received high salaries and bonuses. On November 6, the govern [...]	2008-12-17 05:58:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD EFIN SR
08BELGRADE1333	SERBIA: ALMOST A DONE DEAL - TADIC AND MEDVEDEV TO SIGN [...] The Serbian government announced that on December 24 in Moscow, a Serbian delegation headed by President Boris Tadic and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev would officially sign three separate contracts to sell Serbian state owned oil company NIS to Russian Gazprom, construct the South Stream p [...]	2008-12-29 06:51:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG EFIN SR
08BELGRADE382	RUSSIAN ENERGY ACTIVITIES IN SERBIA - NOTHING TO SEE HERE? [...] (U) On April 14 the Serbian state power company EPS signed an agreement with Russian electricity firm Inter RAO that gives Inter RAO the opportunity to partner with EPS in building new power generation capacity in Serbia. The agreement is seen as a politically-driven opening for additional Ru [...]	2008-04-16 15:35:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG SR RS
08BELGRADE418	SERBIA: TO BRUSSELS OR MOSCOW? SAA AND GAZPROM DEAL [...] (SBU) Serbia's leaders and media have seized on two pending agreements, the EU Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) and a bilateral energy deal with Russia, as symbols of the struggle between political allies turned adversaries to chart the country's direction. President Boris Tadic l [...]	2008-04-23 15:57:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PBTS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL ECON ENRG SR
08BELGRADE460	ON EVE OF ELECTIONS SERBIA AND FIAT SIGN LUCRATIVE MOU [...] The GOS and Fiat signed a memorandum of understanding on April 30 in which Fiat would acquire 70% ownership and invest $1.1 billion in Kragujevac-based Zastava Autombili while the GOS would retain 30% ownership, invest $160 million and provide investment incentives to Fiat. The deal is seen a [...]	2008-05-09 15:24:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EIND ELTN SR MW
08BELGRADE51	SERBIA: CORPORATE SHARE GIVE AWAY - GOOD ECONOMICS? GOOD [...] On December 26, the Serbian Parliament approved a law on the free distribution of shares of privatized and soon to be privatized companies to Serbian citizens. The law was approved less than two months after Economy and Regional Development Minister Dinkic first proposed it. The law started [...]	2008-01-11 16:07:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN KPRV SR
08BELGRADE75	Serbia: Bulgarian DCM Say Serbs Don't Cooperate on Energy [...] (SBU) On January 17, the DCM met with her Bulgarian counterpart, Plamen Atanasov, to discuss energy issues and Gazprom. Atanasov said that he had approached Serbian Energy Minister Popovic in the past to discuss sharing information or cooperating in the negotiation process with Gazprom over t [...]	2008-01-18 14:50:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG SR
08BELGRADE788	SERBIA: PRIVATIZATION WELL ON ITS WAY [...] On July 30, the Embassy met with State Secretary of Economy and Privatization Nebojsa Ciric of the Ministry of Economy and Regional Development. Fresh from negotiations with Fiat, Ciric was confident that the remaining 450 state-owned will soon be privatized while the 400 socially-owned compa [...]	2008-08-04 08:23:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV SR MW
08BELGRADE88	Serbia: DPM Djelic Outlines a European Economic Future [...] (SBU) During a January 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister Djelic (DS) outlined the government's vision of a European economic future for Serbia. Djelic focused on Serbia's preparations for EU negotiations and hopes to sign an SAA as soon as January 28. Djelic admitted that [...]	2008-01-23 11:55:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG SR
08BELGRADE892	SERBIA: PRIVATIZATION AND CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING MOVING [...] On August 28, the Embassy met with Branislav Zec, Executive Director of Serbia's Privatization Agency (PA). He offered details into the PA's handling of the privatization and restructuring process for the more than 800 small and medium-sized public enterprises remaining in Serbia. These firm [...]	2008-09-02 14:00:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV SR
08BELGRADE929	SERBIAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES STABILIZATION AGREEMENT WITH EU [...] (SBU) On September 9, Serbia's Parliament approved both the Stabilization and Association Agreement with the EU and its energy deal with Russia, ending months of gridlock over the two agreements. Getting the SAA agreement approved was a priority of the new pro-European government led by the D [...]	2008-09-09 15:54:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE966	ENERGY DEAL WITH RUSSIA RATIFIED - DEAL OR NO DEAL? [...] (U) On September 9 the Serbian Parliament voted 214 to 18 to approve the energy framework agreement with Russia that includes the sale of state oil firm NIS to Gazprom. Ratification of the deal received nearly unanimous support from all sides in the deal. With the framework agreement ratified [...]	2008-09-16 05:23:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EFIN SR
08BELMOPAN108	BELIZE: POSITIVE INITIAL MEETINGS WITH PM AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Initial meetings with Prime Minister Barrow and Deputy Prime Minister Vega went well. Both said that they felt bilateral relations were on a good track. They said that the main challenge ahead was to run a clean administration, and while they were optimistic about the future t [...]	2008-02-21 20:45:00	Embassy Belmopan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR EPET SOCI BH
08BELMOPAN165	(C) BELIZE: GOVERNMENT TO SHUT DOWN THE ONLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: With no warning, the GOB is sending mixed signals about its intentions regarding Belize Natural Energy, the sole oil-producing company in Belize. BNE is a Belizean corporation but has significant U.S. investment. The timing of a government letter telling BNE to remedy seven d [...]	2008-03-19 20:15:00	Embassy Belmopan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET EINV BH
08BELMOPAN180	(C) BELIZE: GOVERNMENT APPEARS TO BACK AWAY FROM [...] (C) Following Embassy intervention, it appears that the GOB is going to step back from a threat to terminate the production sharing agreement (PSA) of the sole oil producing company in the country. A March 17 letter to Belize Natural Energy (BNE),a firm with substantial U.S. investment, cit [...]	2008-03-26 22:09:00	Embassy Belmopan	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV PREL BH
08BELMOPAN336	WINDFALL PROFITS TAX ON BELIZE'S OIL INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) Summary: After months of difficult negotiations, on July 16, the GOB introduced a new windfall profits tax (aka petroleum surcharge) on the country's current and future domestic oil producers. Belize Natural Energy Ltd. (BNE) received a special arrangement on current production, accoun [...]	2008-07-23 21:50:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENGR EPET PREL EINV
08BELMOPAN505	BELIZE: MINISTER OF NATURAL RESOURCES ON LAND TITLES AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Charge and POLOFF met with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Natural Resources Gaspar Vega on December 3, 2008. Vega said he was working hard to eliminate the backlog of over 5,000 land transfer and title cases inherited from the previous government. He estimated it will t [...]	2008-12-04 22:36:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EPET BH
08BERLIN1026	GERMANY MAY NAME OFFICIAL DELEGATES TO THE METHANE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S. Embassy in Berlin has repeatedly engaged German Environment Ministry (BMU) officials to encourage their active participation in the Methane to Markets (M2M) Partnership. While Germany became a Partner Country to the Partnership in July 2006, it has yet submit the name [...]	2008-07-29 07:14:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG ENRG EUN GM
08BERLIN1050	GERMAN CHANCELLERY APPROVED GAS DEAL IN IRAN, BUT [...] (C) Summary: German Chancellery sources report that it knew of and approved the decision by Germany's export control agency (BAFA) to permit Steiner-Prematechnik-Gastec's (Steiner) export of machinery related to the conversion of natural gas to fuel to Iran. Despite press reports alleging p [...]	2008-07-31 20:10:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	ETTC EPET PREL IR GM EINV PINR ECON PGOV
08BERLIN1166	SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR LUGAR'S VISIT TO BERLIN, [...] (U) Mr. Senator: Mission Germany warmly welcomes you to Berlin. Your visit comes on the heels of the historic opening of our new Embassy on Pariser Platz on July 4, preceded by the separate June visits of President Bush and Secretary Rice. I am pleased that we will be able to host two of your [...]	2008-08-21 13:17:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AFIN AMGT ASEC OREP PGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN122	WELCOME TO BERLIN [...] (C) NSA Hadley: Mission Germany looks forward to welcoming you to Berlin January 31 to February 1. Germany is currently consumed by the aftermath of bitterly fought state elections that took place on January 27 in Hesse and Lower Saxony. They are being seen as barometers for next year's nat [...]	2008-01-29 16:25:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN1241	HYDROSOL: AN OPPORTUNITY TO COLLABORATE WITH [...] (U) Summary and Comment: The German Space Agency (DLR) has, in conjunction with the International Energy Agency's solar-thermal energy cooperative "SolarPACES", developed an efficient carbon dioxide (CO2)-free method of harvesting hydrogen from water. Named "HYDROSOL", this is an interesting [...]	2008-09-09 16:10:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY TSPL TNGD SENV GM
08BERLIN1389	THE VIEW FROM BERLIN: NO EUROPE-WIDE BAILOUT BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a meeting with Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Robert Kimmitt on October 9, Thomas de Maiziere, Head of the Federal Chancellery, signaled the possibility of greater European coordination following the upcoming EU summit. The Chancellery is critical of the way the UK and Ir [...]	2008-10-14 05:42:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON GM
08BERLIN1399	GERMANS DISCUSS FINANCIAL CRISIS, INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. State Secretary Dr. Bernd Pfaffenbach of the Ministry of Economics told Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Robert Kimmitt on October 10 that although Germans are alarmed by the ongoing financial turbulence, the country is relatively well positioned to ride out the storm. A fisca [...]	2008-10-15 15:34:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON GM
08BERLIN151	SENIOR BUNDESTAG MP URGES THAW IN U.S.- IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 26 meeting, Bundestag Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ruprecht Polenz (CDU) gave the Ambassador a read-out of his mid-January trips to Israel and Iran. Repeatedly commenting that he did not believe only in "containment," Polenz asserted that the Iranian leaders' to [...]	2008-02-07 15:33:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PGOV PREL PTER IS IR GM
08BERLIN1518	DAS GARBER'S DISCUSSION WITH GERMAN ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Judith Garber on October 22 met with Ministry of Economics officials to discuss Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Deputy Director General of Foreign Trade Law and Export Control Karl Wendling and Head of North Africa and Near and Middle East Division Jue [...]	2008-11-06 14:30:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	IR AZ PREL ECON EAID IZ AF GM

08BERLIN153	GERMAN ENERGY GIANT RWE JOINS NABUCCO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After negotiations lasting nearly a year, German energy giant RWE became the sixth member of the Nabucco Gas Pipeline consortium. RWE joins energy companies from Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Turkey in the EU-supported project to pipe gas from the Caspian region to [...]	2008-02-08 09:28:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV PREL PGOV GM

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