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08KINSHASA1165	CNDP CLAIMS NO INTENTION TO ATTACK GOMA [...] CNDP Spokesman Bertrand Bisimwa issued a press statement on December 25, declaring the CNDP's intention to refrain from attacking Goma in light of political progress in negotiations with the GDRC. The statement also warns that advances by government forces could jeopardize the CNDP's October [...]	2008-12-29 15:14:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG

08KINSHASA1166	CNDP REQUESTS DRC PARLIAMENT ROLE IN NAIROBI [...] CNDP Spokesman Bertrand Bisimwa sent a letter, dated December 25, requesting that the presidents of the DRC National Assembly and Senate, Vital Kamerhe and Leon Kengo wa Dondo, respectively, participate as facilitators in negotiations between the CNDP and GDRC in the Nairobi political talks. [...]	2008-12-29 15:14:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA16	Goma Report January 8, 2008 - third day of Kivus Conference [...] (SBU) Summary: A prominent Protestant clergyman who is in contact with Nkunda told poloff Nkunda holds to the commitments he made with Special Envoy Tim Shortley but is worried about potential negative effects of the Kivus Conference. The clergyman confirms that Nkunda is willing to send his [...]	2008-01-09 15:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA194	UNSG Representative on IDP rights visits DRC [...] Walter Kalin, The UN Secretary General's Representative on the human rights of internally displaced persons (IDPs),called for a sustainable solution for displaced people during his February 12-22 visit to the DRC. At a briefing for the international diplomatic corps in Kinshasa on February 22 [...]	2008-02-25 13:59:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL PGOV PHUM CG
08KINSHASA200	FRF - security concerns, but high hopes for international [...] Summary. International facilitators met FRF leadership February 26 in South Kivu's High Plains. FRF complained about FARDC harassment of civilians and demanded investigation of FARDC human rights abuses. They asked MONUC to deploy in several villages, agreed to detail a FRF liaison officer [...]	2008-02-27 11:29:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL MOPS PGOV KPKO CG
08KINSHASA246	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF USAID ADMINISTRATOR AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is slowly grappling with fundamental governance, security and development challenges following historic 2006 national elections. The promise of peace and democratization and the importance of the DRC as the linchpin of central Africa a [...]	2008-03-12 07:50:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV EAID ECON PREF PHUM MARR ASEC
08KINSHASA272	BAS-CONGO UPDATE: CONGOLESE POLICE CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary: MONUC continues to receive reports of violence involving Congolese police forces and members of the politico-religious movement Bundu dia Kongo (BDK) in Bas-Congo province in the aftermath of the initial operation in February 28 (ref A). MONUC's information indicates police cont [...]	2008-03-19 15:04:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC SOCY PHUM MOPS CG AO CF
08KINSHASA275	UN independent human rights expert visits DRC [...] The UN Human Rights Council's Independent Expert on Human Rights in the DRC, Titinga Frederic Pacere, called for an end to insecurity and impunity at a press briefing following his March 12-14 visit to Kinshasa. He highlighted the lack of judicial capacity and the continuing violation of huma [...]	2008-03-20 07:14:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI CG UN
08KINSHASA279	DFA FORE'S MEETING WITH DRC PRIME MINISTER ANTOINE GIZENGA [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-21 08:47:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PGOV CG
08KINSHASA284	USAID ADMINISTRATOR FORE'S MEETING WITH DRC [...] (C) Summary: USAID Administrator Henrietta Fore stressed U.S. support for development assistance to the DRC and for the Goma peace process and the Nairobi communique in her March 17 meeting with President Kabila. She stressed that the Congolese people must see tangible change in their daily [...]	2008-03-21 12:12:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID KPKO CG
08KINSHASA299	USAID ADMINISTRATOR AND U.S. DFA HENRIETTA FORE'S VISIT TO [...] (U) Summary: USAID Administrator and U.S. Director of Foreign Assistance Henrietta Fore's March 15-17 visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo focused on Peace and Security, Democracy and Governance, the Environment, and Economic Growth. She met with Congolese leaders including President Jos [...]	2008-03-27 10:45:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PREL CG
08KINSHASA305	GOMA NOTES - NAIROBI PROCESS: 15TH MEETING OF JOINT [...] Summary. The March 28 meeting of the Joint Monitoring Group (JMG) Task Force in Goma was again generally businesslike. The DRC claims to have captured Rwandan-national CNDP fighters, and the prisoners have alleged the presence of more. The DRC also claims to have captured a brigade-level FD [...]	2008-03-31 09:26:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MOPS KPKO CG RW UN EUN
08KINSHASA349	PLANE CRASH KILLS DOZENS IN GOMA, EASTERN CONGO [...] (U) Summary. A Congolese airliner carrying 79 passengers and 5 crew members crashed on takeoff from Goma airport in eastern Congo at 14:45 local time on April 15, killing dozens of people including passengers and persons on the ground. The majority of passengers appear to have survived, but exa [...]	2008-04-15 17:51:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC EAIR ECON PGOV
08KINSHASA383	AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON GAINS CONGOLESE SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met with senior officials from the Congolese Government (GDRC),MONUC, NGOs and the diplomatic community during his April 9-12 visit to Kinshasa. He emphasized that his meetings were part of a broader Great Lakes visit [...]	2008-04-29 06:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KPKO KJUS SOCI PINR CG RW UN
08KINSHASA435	ANGOLA'S INFLUENCE IN THE DRC [...] (U) Background and summary: This cable provides an overview of Angola's political and military interests and goals in the DRC. Angola is one of the DRC,s closest allies and the two countries cooperate closely on economic matters, border security, and between militaries. The nature of the cu [...]	2008-05-16 15:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS MARR AO CG
08KINSHASA528	UNSC GETS FIRST HAND LOOK AT DRC CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary: UN Security Council ambassadors held meetings in Kinshasa and Goma June 7-8. Three themes emerged in their discussions in Kinshasa: democracy-building, the Goma and Nairobi processes, and sexual violence. President Kabila impressed the ambassadors with his command of issues [...]	2008-06-16 10:11:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG UN
08KINSHASA534	Shortley and van de Geer discuss eastern Congo programs [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of UN agencies briefed AF Senior Adviser Tim Shortley and EU Special Envoy Roeland van de Geer on their programs in eastern Congo June 2 in Kinshasa. UN programs include opening strategic road axes, extension of state authority, refugee return and agricultural [...]	2008-06-17 11:45:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL CG UN EUN
08KINSHASA553	JUNE 19 MEETING OF STEERING GROUPS FOR AMANI AGREEMENTS, [...] A joint meeting of the steering committees for the "Amani Process" (or Amani Program),and the "Nairobi Process' met in Kinshasa June 19 at the Ministry of the Interior. The meeting was chaired by Interior Minster Denis Kalume. Presenting an update on the Amani Process was its coordinator, F [...]	2008-06-25 14:30:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MOPS KPKO CG RW UN
08KINSHASA560	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PRICE JULY 01-02 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is slowly grappling with fundamental governance, security and development challenges following historic 2006 national elections. The promise of peace and democratization and the importance of the DRC as the linchpin of central Africa a [...]	2008-06-26 15:07:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV EAID ECON MARR PHUM CG
08KINSHASA594	Tripartite Plus: Coordinator's Visit to Kinshsa [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Joyce Leader, Snior Coordinator of the Tripartite Plus Joint Comission, traveled to Kinshasa June 22-23 as partof a regional trip to Tripartite Plus capitals. Hr schedule included meetings with Foreign Ministr Mbusa, CHOD Kayembe, Presidential Envoy Seraphi Ngwej, an [...]	2008-07-17 14:59:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA603	JULY 18 MEETING OF JMG TASK FORCE DEALS WITH ANTI-FDLR [...] (SBU) Summary: The 31st meeting of the Joint Monitoring Group Task Force on July 18 was, overall, a cordial gathering. U.S. members of the International Facilitation in attendance were DCM Sam Brock and Program Officer Geoffrey Parker. In the absence of Jean-Michel Dumont, the EU chairmanshi [...]	2008-07-22 12:45:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG BE
08KINSHASA625	STORM CLOUDS GATHER AROUND AMANI PROCESS; WILL FIGHTING [...] (SBU) Summary: Defense Minister Chikez convened a meeting July 28 with ambassadors of major donor countries and MONUC to discuss security sector reform (SSR),focusing specifically on three main areas: peace processes in the east; rapid reaction force training; and overall institutional deve [...]	2008-07-31 08:39:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA678	DEMARCHE TO CONGOLESE GOVERNMENT ON [...] (U) Per instructions ref (A),Ambassador met August 14 with National Security Advisor Lufunda Kaumba and Deputy Interior Minister Joseph Mpango Okundo. Interior Minister Denis Kalume dropped out at the last minute and sent his deputy (Mpango Okundo) instead. Also present were DCM Brock and G [...]	2008-08-18 10:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PBTS PTER MOPS RW UG CG
08KINSHASA683	UNHCR EXPANDING ITS ACTIVITIES IN NORTH KIVU [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy's Political Officer in Goma spoke with the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) leadership in Goma, Coordinator for the East Karl Steinacker and Head of Sub-Office Ibrahima Coly. After years of minimal involvement in North Kivu, UNHCR is ramping up programs in the c [...]	2008-08-20 09:51:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PGOV MOPS KPKO CG RW UN
08KINSHASA702	Goma Round-Up August 26 -- Plenary of [...] (SBU) Summary: After five hours of meetings with the facilitation team, CNDP agreed to go forward with the concept of a working group on disengagement. Prior to the August 26 plenary of the Joint Commission, the team met Malu Malu and Etumba, who bought off on the plan and pushed it through [...]	2008-08-27 13:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA705	Goma Round-Up August 26 -- Plenary of [...] (SBU) Summary: After five hours of meetings with the facilitation team, CNDP agreed to go forward with the concept of a working group on disengagement. Prior to the August 26 plenary of the Joint Commission, the team met Malu Malu and Etumba, who bought off on the plan and pushed it through [...]	2008-08-27 16:16:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA706	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY JENDAYI [...] (SBU) The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is slowly grappling with fundamental governance, security and development challenges following historic 2006 national elections. The promise of peace and democratization and the importance of the DRC as the linchpin of Central Africa and beyond [...]	2008-08-27 16:46:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV EAID ECON MARR PHUM CG
08KINSHASA713	Goma Report August 28 - [...] (SBU) Summary: By the end of the day, MONUC had not ascertained responsibility for the clashes that occurred in the Rutshuru area August 28, nor the extent of casualties or collateral damage. Political damage was clear: CNDP did not attend the North Kivu working group on disengagement. Howe [...]	2008-08-29 09:39:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA733	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DRL ASSISTANT SECRETARY DAVID [...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is grappling with fundamental governance, security and development challenges following historic 2006 national elections. The promise of peace and democratization and the importance of the DRC as the linchpin of Central Africa and bey [...]	2008-09-05 12:48:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PHUM PREL PGOV EAID ECON MARR CG
08KINSHASA734	Goma Report September 5: CNDP Captures Katsiru [...] (SBU) Summary: CNDP launched a three-pronged attack at dawn September 5 and drove FARDC out of Katsiru. The International Facilitation team has urged FARDC and CNDP to begin urgent military talks to get forces back to positions held two weeks ago. CNDP insists on such talks taking place at [...]	2008-09-08 07:29:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA739	Goma Report September 8: Continued [...] (SBU) Summary: Clashes occurred in yet another area September 8, with CNDP occupying Numbi just across the provincial border in South Kivu. North Kivu brigade fired on CNDP north of Nyanzale September 7, to keep CNDP elements from moving on Kikuku. On the other hand, CNDP had withdrawn from [...]	2008-09-09 08:41:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA741	Goma Report September 9: [...] (SBU) Summary: A force of at least 200 CNDP on September 9 reached Kayala, 20 km south of the strategic town of Kanyabayonga, and could reach that town by dawn September 10. Meanwhile, CNDP withdrew from Numbi in South Kivu. End Summary. 2. (SBU) At the end of day September 9, poloff me [...]	2008-09-09 18:08:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA756	Text of September 11 CNDP statement [...] As indicated reftel, the CNDP issued a statement September 11 in the form of a letter addressed to SRSG Alan Doss in which it promises a unilateral withdrawal from territories occupied "in recent days." Following are embassy's unofficial translation of the statement (para 2),as well as the o [...]	2008-09-13 12:44:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA779	Text of September 18 CNDP statement [...] The National Congress for the Defense of the People (CNDP),the insurgent group in North Kivu led by Tutsi General Laurent Kabila, issued the a statement September 18. An unofficial English translation of the statement is at para. 2. The original text in French is at para. 3. 2. Begin u [...]	2008-09-22 06:33:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA785	TANZANIA'S UNDERSTATED ROLE IN THE DRC [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Tanzania plays a quiet, but useful, role in facilitating a peaceful resolution of the conflict in the DRC's East. The reasons behind this are likely connected to Tanzania's historical connections to the Kabila family, refugee issues, and economic interests. Inc [...]	2008-09-23 06:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD CG TZ
08KINSHASA800	Goma Report for September 24: More FARDC [...] (SBU) Summary: FARDC attacked CNDP on a new front September 24, adding to its ceasefire violations over the past week. North Kivu brigade commander feels duped by FARDC. The city of Goma remained quiet throughout the day. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Despite another reaffirmation by the gover [...]	2008-09-25 15:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KINSHASA806	Goma Report September 25: Further FARDC [...] (SBU) Summary: On the day FARDC was meant to have started withdrawing from the eastern zone of separation, September 25, it penetrated further into CNDP territory in the northern sector. A demonstration against MONUC and U.S. NGOs may occur September 26 in Rutshuru. End Summary. 2. (SB [...]	2008-09-26 09:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KINSHASA809	Goma Report September 28: [...] (SBU) Summary: FARDC has done some withdrawing from the Rutshuru corridor, while pounding away at CNDP sites near Rugari and reinforcing its hold on Tongo. Meanwhile, CNDP has occupied much of the buffer zone at Ngungu, making commencement of the southern zone of separation doubtful. End Su [...]	2008-09-29 09:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KINSHASA812	MINISTER OF PLAN WELCOMES CAS AND HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Plan Olivier Kamitatu told USAID Director, DCM and Econcouns on September 18 that he welcomed the new Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) and hoped to engage international partners to improve DRC's investment climate and increase private sector development. Kamitatu [...]	2008-09-29 14:17:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAID EINV PGOV PREL CG
08KINSHASA818	Goma Report September 30: North [...] (SVB) Summary: General Rawat told facilitation team September 30 that after a month of fighting, CNDP appeared to have weakened, but there was still no likely military solution. Chief of army staff Kayembe told him he was amenable to direct military talks between CNDP and Etumba. EU rep Du [...]	2008-10-01 16:06:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KINSHASA819	Text of September 23 CNDP [...] The National Congress for the Defense of the People (Congres National pour la Defense du Peuple -- CNDP),the insurgent group in North Kivu led by Tutsi General Laurent Nkunda, issued a letter September 23 addressed to Alan Doss, head of the UN Mission in the Congo (MONUC) and the UN Secretary [...]	2008-10-01 16:07:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KINSHASA844	Minister of Foreign Affairs convokes [...] (SBU) Summary: Congolese Minister of Foreign Affairs Mbusa Nyamwisi convoked UN Security Council P-5 representatives on October 4 to make an official statement on the situation in the eastern part of the Congo and to discuss GDRC preoccupations with Laurent Nkunda's recent belligerent declarat [...]	2008-10-06 14:50:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KINSHASA864	Goma Report October 8: Heavy Fighting in [...] (SBU) Summary: Heavy fighting erupted October 8 in the Rutshuru region. CNDP overran a FARDC brigade head-quarters near Rumangabo, apparently inflicting heavy casualties and capturing significant amounts of military equipment. MONUC told post that CNDP almost certainly initiated the fightin [...]	2008-10-09 16:26:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KINSHASA868	Goma Report October 9: Rutshuru fighting subsides; CNDP [...] (SBU) Summary: There were no major incidents on October 9, following heavy fighting on October 8. Stating it was responding to the SRSG's request, CNDP announced it would withdraw from the FARDC base at Rumangabo. There were anti-MONUC demonstrations by students in Kisangani, the first such [...]	2008-10-10 11:00:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KINSHASA873	Kabila breaks silence with call for national [...] (U) In a late evening national television speech on October 9, President Joseph Kabila appealed to the nation to mobilize in support of the armed forces and elected government. The appeal came in the context of renewed conflict in the eastern Congo, deteriorating regional relations, and the a [...]	2008-10-10 15:23:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CG
08KINSHASA875	DRC-RWANDAN TENSIONS MOUNT: WAR NOT LIKELY BUT [...] (C) Summary: A spike in tensions between the DRC and Rwanda became palpable last week as officials of both countries traded serious (but as yet) unfounded allegations. The state of relations between the two nations may be worse than at any time since Rwanda's 1998 invasion of the DRC. The la [...]	2008-10-14 11:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR MOPS PHUM KPKO CG
08KINSHASA883	Kabila rejects AU plea from Jean Ping [...] (SBU) African Union Commission Chair Jean Ping made a lightning trip to Kinshasa October 10-12 in an effort to defuse tensions between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda over fighting in the eastern DRC. Ping met with P-3 plus 2 ambassadors, SRSG Alan Doss, EU representatives, Se [...]	2008-10-14 15:50:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO AU CG
08KINSHASA885	JOINT MONUC-FARDC PATROL SUCCESSFUL AGAINST FDLR [...] (U) MONUC and FARDC units carried out joint patrols October 7-10 in and around the village of Mpofi, 45 kilometers east of Walikale Town in North Kivu. Limited access to the remote area has encouraged the presence of FDLR ("Forces democratiques pour la liberation de Rwanda" in French) and oth [...]	2008-10-15 16:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA886	DRC PRESSES MONUC FOR ACTIVATION OF VERIFICATION [...] (U) DRC Foreign Minister Mbusa Nyamwisi delivered a letter October 9 to UN SRSG Alan Doss requesting activation of the Joint Verification Mechanism (JVM) to investigate GDRC allegations of Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) involvement in recent clashes between Congolese armed forces (FARDC) and arme [...]	2008-10-15 17:13:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CG
08KINSHASA896	October 10 letter to Secretary of State [...] Below at para. 3 is October 10 letter from rebel leader Laurent Nkunda to Secretary Rice. The letter was e-mailed to Embassy Kampala (polchief FitzGibbon) through Victor Ngezayo, a prominent Congolese Tutsi businessman from Goma who is close to the CNDP, Nkunda's political-military group. Th [...]	2008-10-17 10:30:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PTER CG
08KINSHASA922	GOMA UPDATE: OPENING FOR POLITICAL TALKS? [...] (SBU) Summary: Alpha Sow of MONUC reported to the International Facilitation (IF) October 23 that FARDC's Admiral Etumba had told him that the GDRC would like to start serious operations against the FDLR. Etumba also reportedly said the GDRC was open to political talks with the CNDP. Colonel [...]	2008-10-24 06:14:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS CG
08KINSHASA928	(C) AZARIAS RUBERWA ON GOMA, AMANI, [...] (C) Summary: Former Vice-President and current Chairman of the Congolese Rally for Democracy party (RCD -- Rassemblement Congolais pour la Democratie) Azarias Ruberwa told emboffs that, while the Goma Accords contained a solid basis for a lasting political settlement, implementation had been [...]	2008-10-27 09:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS CG
08KINSHASA952	EAC CONVENES: GOMA SECURITY SITUATION REMAINS TENUOUS [...] (SBU) Post convened an EAC meeting on October 30 to discuss yesterday's evacuation of USG staff and the current security situation in Eastern DRC. EAC recommended continued travel restriction to Eastern Congo and all Mission staff remain in Gisenyi until further notice. 2. (SBU) American [...]	2008-10-30 12:59:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC CG
08KINSHASA971	DR CONGO QUARTERLY REFUGEE REPORT, OCTOBER 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent fighting between the CNDP and FARDC has displaced an estimated 250,000 IDP's since the end of August. Approximately 10,000 Congolese have crossed into Uganda over the last several weeks. UNHCR staff has just resumed operations in and around Goma. LRA activity has recen [...]	2008-11-05 15:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PREL KPKO CG CF TZ UG ZA UN
08KINSHASA973	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS CRISIS PLAN TO DEAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The National Assembly adopted on October 28 a non-binding plan for the DRC to deal with the crisis in eastern DRC. (Note: An unofficial embassy translation of the plan begins at para. 9. End note.) The plan proposes alternatives for political, military, and diplomatic dialo [...]	2008-11-05 17:05:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA974	CNDP THREATENS TO END ITS UNILATERAL CEASE- [...] (SBU) Post received a scanned copy of November 3 letter from CNDP Chairman Laurent Nkunda to MONUC SRSG Alan Doss, in which the CNDP states that, unless certain conditions are met, it might end its unilateral cease-fire. These conditions are: GDRC commitment to the cease-fire; an end to FDLR [...]	2008-11-05 17:09:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PREF PHUM CG
08KINSHASA975	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES MUZITO GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Summary: The National Assembly approved the government of Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito on November 2. The government easily obtained the necessary absolute majority vote following intense debate during an emergency plenary session of parliament. Muzito stressed reinforcing state author [...]	2008-11-06 06:02:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM CG
08KINSHASA984	SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 7, 2008, [...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. 2. (U) The items contained in this situation report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Securit [...]	2008-11-07 11:29:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA997	Foreign Minister Thambwe's November 11 [...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign Minister Alexis Thambwe Mwamba convoked ambassadors November 11 for a briefing on the summits in Nairobi on November 7 and in Johannesburg on November 9. Nairobi had reaffirmed the Amani and Nairobi processes as the "only framework" for resolving the conflict in the ea [...]	2008-11-12 15:04:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KOLKATA36	SCENESETTER FOR UPCOMING ELECTIONS IN THREE NORTHEAST [...] (U) Summary: Nagaland, Tripura and Meghalaya - all states in Northeast India - are scheduled for state assembly elections in February on completion of their 5-year terms. Following its defeat in the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections, the Congress Party (Congress) will try to r [...]	2008-01-30 05:46:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL IN
08KOLKATA37	BIHAR SEES A SIGNIFICANT RISE IN POLIO CASES IN 2007 [...] (U) Summary: Compared to 2006, the state of Bihar saw a significant rise in polio cases in 2007 of nearly 43 percent. Because of the increase in the number of cases, UNICEF and the Bihar Public Health Department, following Indian Expert Advisory Group on Polio guidelines, have stepped-up their [...]	2008-01-30 07:27:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KHIV SENV PGOV IN
08KOLKATA50	PM SINGH SIGNALS INDIA'S COMMITMENT TO KEEP ARUNACHAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 31, barely two weeks after his visit to China, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh went to Arunachal Pradesh, a northeast Indian state bordering China and Bhutan, to signal India's commitment to keeping the territory. He announced development projects to the tune of USD 2 [...]	2008-02-08 12:49:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON MARR CH IN
08KOLKATA95	IN MIZORAM AND BURMA BAMBOO FLOWERING MAY BRING FAMINE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 13. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Northeast Indian state of Mizoram, wedged between Burma and Bangladesh, is at the height of an acute food and grain shortage due to the destruction of crops by an exploding rat population. Approximately every [...]	2008-03-18 11:19:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM EAID PREF PGOV EAGR IN BG BM
08KOLKATA99	A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT - CONNECTING BURMA AND INDIA [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Kaladan Multi-Modal Transport Project linking the landlocked states in Northeast India with Sittwe port in Myanmar holds the promise of making Mizoram an economic gateway, and providing India with access to international trade routes via the Bay of Bengal. The tentative ste [...]	2008-03-19 12:02:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON SENV PGOV ETRD EWWT EPET IN BM BG
08KUALALUMPUR1003	MALAYSIA - U.S. COAST GUARD COOPERATION ADVANCES [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Kuala Lumpur is using its USD 1 million in NDAA Title 1207 funding to achieve three mission objectives: to establish a durable, long-term relationship between the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) and the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA); to support the MMEA - as a ne [...]	2008-11-12 10:00:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER MCAP MARR MY
08KUALALUMPUR1017	MALAYSIA: INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Embassy Kuala Lumpur provides the following submission as an interim assessment of targeted actions by Malaysia on trafficking in persons (TIP) since April 2008, as requested ref A. Implementing and Enforcing the Law ---------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Malaysia is in the pr [...]	2008-11-17 09:33:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN KTIP MY
08KUALALUMPUR1026	DPM NAJIB WELCOMES GREATER ENGAGEMENT, DISCUSSES [...] (C) Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak, who is expected to become Prime Minister in late March 2009, told the Ambassador on November 11 that he anticipated a "very constructive relationship" with the incoming U.S. administration and welcomed greater engagement, which the Ambassad [...]	2008-11-20 10:10:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KJUS ID MY
08KUALALUMPUR1050	MALAYSIAN VIEWS ON DECEMBER ASEAN SUMMITS [...] (C) Summary: The Embassy collected Malaysian economic and political views of the December ASEAN summits from the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) and from the Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS),a government-linked think-tank. According to MITI Deputy [...]	2008-11-28 10:30:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ASEAN BM MY
08KUALALUMPUR1073	MALAYSIA SEEKS USG EXPERTISE ON COMBATING TIP [...] (SBU) Government of Malaysia (GOM) ministries and agencies with responsibility for combating trafficking in persons (TIP) in recent months have increasingly requested U.S. expertise to guide policy and build GOM's anti-TIP capacity in the framework of Malaysia's comprehensive anti-trafficking [...]	2008-12-09 08:27:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KTIP KCRM KJUS MY
08KUALALUMPUR1078	AMBASSADOR KEITH JOINS EU ENVOYS IN DELIVERING [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Keith joined chiefs of mission from France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom in delivering ref A and B demarches concerning Iran sanctions and financial pressure on Iran to Malaysian Foreign Ministry Deputy Secretary General (Multilateral) Kamal Yan bin Yahya on [...]	2008-12-11 08:04:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MNUC EFIN KNNP GM IR MY
08KUALALUMPUR1112	MALAYSIAN OIL PRODUCTION MOVING TO DEEPER WATERS [...] (SBU) Summary: As crude oil production from Malaysia's shallow waters tapers off, oil companies are exploring and developing oil fields in deeper waters. Kikeh, Malaysia's first deepwater field, is producing 100,000 barrels per day (bbl/day) and is on track to reach its full production target [...]	2008-12-22 09:35:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV XC XF
08KUALALUMPUR1127	PM ABDULLAH GOES TO IRAN, ANNOUNCES GO-AHEAD FOR [...] (SBU) Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi conducted a four-day visit to Iran December 21-24. The public reporting of the visit exclusively highlighted and at times exaggerated Malaysia-Iran trade and economic partnerships. The PM and his entourage, which included a number of cabinet mini [...]	2008-12-31 08:35:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM EFIN ECON ETRD ENRG ETTC MUNC KNNP
08KUALALUMPUR140	MALAYSIA'S ELECTION CAMPAIGN UNDER WAY [...] (C) Malaysia's 12th general election campaign kicked off on February 24 after more than 1,500 candidates filed nomination papers for the 222 parliament and 505 state seats. Cooperation among Malaysia's opposition parties ensured some 94 percent of all the seats will see head-to-head contests [...]	2008-02-28 09:43:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KISL MY
08KUALALUMPUR147	MALAYSIA'S EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) Malaysia made significant efforts to combat trafficking in persons during this reporting period, marking a positive shift from previous years. Malaysia's drafting, passage, and enactment of a comprehensive anti-trafficking in persons law represents an important advance in Malaysia's co [...]	2008-03-04 00:04:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC MY
08KUALALUMPUR158	FINAL PUSH BEFORE MALAYSIA'S ELECTION DAY [...] (C) Malaysia's national election campaign will conclude at midnight on March 7. Polling booths will be open from 8:00 a.m. to 5 p.m. on March 8. Local election officials will quickly announce results in their respective districts, and almost all races should be known by midnight March 8. Th [...]	2008-03-07 11:53:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR163	MALAYSIA'S ELECTION: CRUNCHING NUMBERS FOR BN [...] (SBU) Summary: Malaysia's dramatic March 8 election setback for Prime Minister Abdullah and his National Front (BN) coalition resulted not only in the loss of four additional state governments to the opposition (reftel),but in a potentially fundamental shift of power in the ruling coalition [...]	2008-03-11 11:06:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR182	MALAYSIA'S ELECTION: EMBASSY OBSERVATIONS IN [...] (SBU) Embassy KL positioned election observers in six hotly contested states during the final days of Malaysia's campaign period and on the March 8 polling day. In addition to our previous reporting on campaigns in the capital city areas of Kuala Lumpur and Selangor, this message provides fir [...]	2008-03-14 09:52:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR192	MALAYSIA'S NEW CABINET - STATUS QUO WITH ONLY [...] (C) Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi announced his new cabinet on March 18, retaining roughly half (17) of his ministers from the previous cabinet, but bringing in only a few politicians identifiable for their reform credentials. Abdullah remained Finance Minister I, but gave up his his positio [...]	2008-03-18 12:46:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR193	MALAYSIA'S NEW CABINET -- MINISTERIAL PORTFOLIOS [...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi on March 18 announced Malaysia's new cabinet. This message provides a brief summary of each cabinet-level appointment, focusing particularly on changes and newcomers. Septel provides Post's initial overall impressions of the new cabinet. End Summ [...]	2008-03-18 12:50:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR213	Malaysia Scenesetter for A/S O'Brien: Financial Controls [...] SUMMARY: Prime Minister Abdullah's ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition retained power in the March 8 election, but suffered a major setback in the face of unprecedented opposition gains. Malaysia remains an important partner for the U.S. with strong trade and investment ties and close mili [...]	2008-03-26 23:56:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC ECON EFIN KNNP MNUC PARM UNSC IR MY
08KUALALUMPUR256	UMNO VOICES NAJIB TAKE-OVER; ANWAR TO CONSOLIDATE [...] (C) Division-level leaders from Prime Minister Abdullah's UMNO party in three states, including the key UMNO stronghold of Johor, are increasingly voicing support for Abdullah to step down in the wake of the March 8 election set-back, with some party officials backing Deputy Prime Minister Naj [...]	2008-04-11 12:30:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PGOV PINR KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR265	ANWAR'S OFFICIAL RETURN - CELEBRATION AND [...] (S) Anwar Ibrahim and his People's Justice Party (PKR) celebrated the expiration of the ban on Anwar holding formal political office at an April 14 rally in Kuala Lumpur, an event intended to maintain the opposition leader's political momentum. Police intervened to stop the "illegal gathering [...]	2008-04-15 11:52:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PGOV PINR KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR291	PENAN TRIBAL LEADER'S DEATH RAISES SUSPICIONS [...] (C) Penan tribal members in the East Malaysian state of Sarawak found tribal headsman and anti-logging activist Kelesau Naan dead on December 17, 2007, after he went missing for two months. Police initially refused to open an investigation until Malaysia's Human Rights Commission (SUHAKAM) i [...]	2008-04-21 06:19:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV EIND EAGR SENV SOCI KCRM MY
08KUALALUMPUR295	ABDULLAH PUSHES REFORMS DESPITE UMNO, NAJIB DRAWS [...] (C) Embattled Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi announced initial steps for judicial reform and strengthening the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) despite objections from his own UMNO party, PM confidante Kalimullah told the Ambassador on April 17. Deputy Prime Minister Najib thus far is sticking b [...]	2008-04-21 12:55:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR338	NEW PARLIAMENT OPENS - GET READY TO RUMBLE [...] (C) Malaysia's new Parliament opened April 29 with a significantly increased opposition presence following the March 8 election. The Ambassador attended the official opening, which featured the King reading the speech prepared by Prime Minister Abdullah's government focused on domestic rice [...]	2008-04-30 13:06:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR364	MALAYSIA ON EDGE OR STABILIZING? DAS MARCIEL'S MAY [...] (S) Senior Malaysian government officials and opposition politicians discussed Prime Minister Abdullah's struggle to remain in power and prospects for the strengthened opposition during EAP DAS Marciel's May 5-7 visit to Kuala Lumpur, while DAS Marciel also addressed the Burma crisis and his A [...]	2008-05-09 09:56:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR MARR ECON KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR377	OPPOSITION SIGNALS IMMINENT EAST MALAYSIA [...] (C) De facto opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim and his lieutenants, both publicly and privately, are raising expectations of possible imminent defections by National Front (BN) MPs, particularly from East Malaysia. Senior Vice President of Anwar's PKR party Azmin Ali told us to expect a public [...]	2008-05-13 11:50:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR398	MALAYSIAN OIL REVENUE: GRAVY TRAIN RUNNING OUT OF [...] (U) Summary: At its current 4% annual rate of increase, domestic demand for petroleum products is expected to overtake supply by 2011 or 2012, making Malaysia a net importer of oil, according to Petronas, the country's national oil company. This bodes poorly for a federal government that re [...]	2008-05-16 05:35:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EPET EFIN ENRG MY PGOV
08KUALALUMPUR408	MAHATHIR RESIGNS FROM UMNO, NO ONE FOLLOWS [...] (C) Former PM Mahathir unexpectedly announced his resignation from the ruling UMNO party on May 19 in an obvious attempt to increase pressure on PM Abdullah to step down. In an indication of the seriousness of Mahathir's move, PM Abdullah hastily arranged a May 20 meeting with UMNO Members o [...]	2008-05-20 11:08:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR410	CHINESE DIPLOMATS COMMENT ON MALAYSIA RELATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Malaysia-China bilateral economic relations are growing by leaps-and-bounds, with two way trade growing by over 16 percent last year to $37 billion. Senior-level official encounters have become frequent, especially with the growth of the ASEAN plus 3 and the establishment of the [...]	2008-05-21 03:53:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD MARR CVIS CH MY
08KUALALUMPUR423	PAS LEADER FAVORS TAKING POWER THROUGH NEXT [...] (C) Nasaruddin Mat Isa, Deputy President of the Islamist opposition party PAS, speaking with us on May 21, said the opposition should seek to take power through the next federal election, rather than through immediate defections by ruling coalition MPs, in part to reduce the risk of a harsh c [...]	2008-05-23 09:50:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR425	MALAYSIA HOSTS TRI-BORDER INTERAGENCY SECURITY [...] (SBU) The Tri-border Interagency Security Conference in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, May 4-7, 2008 brought together official maritime and border security delegations from Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines as well as facilitators from the U.S. Pacific Command and from Embassies Kuala Lumpur, [...]	2008-05-23 11:41:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL MARR ID RP MY
08KUALALUMPUR436	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY GATES' MEETING WITH [...] (C) I welcome your planned meeting with Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Najib Tun Razak in Singapore. Najib remains at the center of Malaysia's leadership crisis, but thus far has refrained from challenging the politically wounded Prime Minister Abdullah. Najib conveys a [...]	2008-05-28 08:02:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
08KUALALUMPUR526	Tourism Growth in "Malaysia, Truly Asia" [...] Tourism is a growth industry in Malaysia. The government's "Visit Malaysia 2007" tourism campaign, with its ubiquitous "Malaysia, Truly Asia" theme song, enticed a record number of foreign tourists in 2007. Recent statistics portend continued strong growth in 2008. Tourists from Southeast As [...]	2008-06-20 09:26:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EIND MY
08KUALALUMPUR536	WILL SABAH DEFECT? [...] (C) Sabah politicians of all walks criticized Prime Minister Abdullah's leadership and the National Front (BN) government's marginalization of Sabah during polchief's meetings in the east Malaysia state, June 18-20, which took place as a small Sabah BN party, SAPP, announced its two MPs would [...]	2008-06-24 12:38:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR609	UMNO RESISTS POPULAR CALLS FOR REFORM [...] (C) The Malaysian electorate delivered a strong endorsement for change and a major set-back for Prime Minister Abdullah's United Malays National Organization (UMNO) and National Front (BN) coalition in the March elections, but UMNO thus far has resisted reform. The shocking election result i [...]	2008-07-13 04:47:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON KDEM KJUS MY
08KUALALUMPUR644	MALAYSIA'S POLITICAL CRISIS [...] (C) The next four weeks will be a telling period in the history of the United Malays National Organization (UMNO) rule in Malaysia. For the first time in its fifty-year dominance, UMNO is faced with a multi-racial opposition alliance that has some credible prospect for forming the next govern [...]	2008-07-22 08:29:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KJUS MY
08KUALALUMPUR645	ANWAR TELLS DIPLOMATS HIS FUTURE IS PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) An energetic and seemingly confident Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim told 40 assembled diplomats on July 22 that in the face of government attempts to use sodomy charges to derail his political challenge, he would either become Prime Minister or end up in jail, "and this time I'm not goin [...]	2008-07-22 12:24:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KJUS MY
08KUALALUMPUR69	CONTROVERSIAL SQURES OF CHRISTIAN BOOKS [...] (C) Ministry of Internal Security officials confiscated some Christian children's books from stores in early January. Officials took the action because the books contained pictures of Moses and Noah, and they judged portraits of these figures, who are also prophets in Islam, would offend Musl [...]	2008-01-31 08:25:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF KISL MY

08KUALALUMPUR72	THE MALAYSIAN MARITIME LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY -- A [...] (SBU) Summary: The Japanese Embassy in Kuala Lumpur provided to its Trilateral Strategic Dialogue partners a summary version of its assessment of the Malaysian Maritime Law Enforcement Agency (MMEA). The seven-page brief reflects information culled from extensive engagement by the GOJ with [...]	2008-02-01 03:31:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV MARR MY
08KUALALUMPUR774	MALAYSIA'S 2009 BUDGET: CARING FOR THE POOR AND THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 29 Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi unveiled to Parliament a populist expansionary 2009 budget proposal designed to garner public support for the ruling coalition government. Billed as a "caring" budget during hard economic times, it increases the government's opera [...]	2008-09-03 08:46:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV MY
08KUALALUMPUR781	Malaysian Islamic Finance Sector Performs Well During the [...] (SBU) Summary: Malaysia continues to trumpet the virtues of Islamic finance and its role as a key player in the issuance of Islamic bonds. With no exposure to collateralized debt instruments, the Islamic financial sector has held steady during the sub-prime crisis. Secondary effects of the [...]	2008-09-05 08:44:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV MY
08KUALALUMPUR782	SABAH DEPORTATIONS A POLITICAL BAND-AID [...] (C) Residents of Malaysia's Sabah state, in northeast Borneo, are dismissive of the Government's latest "crackdown" against illegal immigrants. The federal government launched the campaign as a measure to meet demands by Sabah politicians who are being wooed to shift their support to the opp [...]	2008-09-05 10:12:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR ELAB SOCI MY
08KUALALUMPUR787	UMNO AND ITS COALITION IN DISARRAY AHEAD OF [...] (C) Prime Minister Abdullah and top leaders of his United Malays National Organization (UMNO) appear unnerved as they approach the September 16 deadline set by opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim for toppling Abdullah's National Front (BN) government. UMNO's disarray and the weakness of the BN c [...]	2008-09-09 10:12:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MARR KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR815	SEPTEMBER 16 ANTI-CLIMAX, BUT ANWAR REMAINS [...] (C) Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's original September 16 deadline to wrest power from ruling National Front (BN) coalition has passed in anti-climactic fashion, and without the crossover of any government members of Parliament (MPs) to the opposition ranks. The opposition Pakatan alliance [...]	2008-09-16 11:18:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR83	EXBS: SE ASIA REGIONAL ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] On January 02 the Advisor met with James Paver, Political Officer from the British High Commission, to discuss coordination of export control and counter-terrorism (CT) training activities for the upcoming year and to see if he had an update on the status of the Malaysian draft export control [...]	2008-02-11 03:48:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP MY
08KUALALUMPUR833	PM ABDULLAH SET BACK BY UMNO SUPREME COUNCIL [...] (C) Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi failed to quell dissent or gain consensus support for his 2010 transition plan during a very heated September 18 UMNO Supreme Council meeting, which featured calls for Abdullah to step down led by UMNO VP Muhyiddin Yassin. Following the meeting, Muhyiddin a [...]	2008-09-19 12:09:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR MARR KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR90	ABDULLAH CALLS FOR SNAP ELECTIONS; A PRIMER FOR [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi announced the dissolution of Malaysia's Parliament on February 13 and called for snap elections, a fully expected move, but one that came a year before elections were required under the constitution. Malaysia's Election Commission (EC) will annou [...]	2008-02-13 08:58:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KISL MY
08KUALALUMPUR940	FINNISH COMPANY POLAR ELECTRO ASSISTS FORCED LABOR [...] (SBU) Finnish company Polar Electro recently provided compensation and repatriation assistance to 40 forced labor victims from its Malaysian joint-venture company, following interventions by an international NGO and Post. The Polar Electro case appears illustrative of the challenges facing so [...]	2008-10-24 08:16:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV ELAB KTIP FI VM ID MY
08KUALALUMPUR955	MALAYSIA'S NEW ANTI-TRAFFICKING SECRETARIAT [...] (SBU) Polcouns and Poloff met with Malaysian officials leading the newly established anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) Secretariat, located in the Home Ministry, on October 23. Polcouns reviewed U.S. recommendations for anti-TIP measures in Malaysia, outlined the 2008 U.S. TIP report proces [...]	2008-10-31 02:48:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KTIP MY
08KUALALUMPUR979	INITIAL MALAYSIAN REACTION TO U.S. PRESIDENTIAL [...] (U) The U.S. presidential election result attracted major attention and immediate reactions in Malaysia on November 5. Foreign Minister Rais promptly issued a Malay language statement noting that Senator Obama's victory brings new possibilities in the bilateral relationship, and expressed hop [...]	2008-11-05 11:06:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON KDEM KPAO MY
08KUWAIT10	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED CODEL WOLF (JAN [...] (SBU) Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Rep. Frank Wolf, Rep. Joseph Pitts, and Mr. Dan Scandling, Chief of Staff, to travel to Kuwait January 3-4 to meet State Department officials and prominent Kuwaitis to address a variety of human rights concerns. 2. (U) [...]	2008-01-03 07:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN APER OTRA KU
08KUWAIT100	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL SANZ (JANUARY 30 - [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for STAFFDEL Sanz to travel to post 30 January to 4 February 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a drive [...]	2008-01-27 11:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT1006	KUWAIT: HEAD OF KUWAIT'S FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: During their September 22 introductory meeting, Mr. Talal Al-Sayegh, Head of Kuwait's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) and Deputy Manager of On-Site Supervision, confirmed to Ecouns that the final draft of the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) law had been delivered to the Ministry [...]	2008-09-24 10:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM PTER KTFN KU
08KUWAIT1012	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL CAPUANO (SEPTEMBER [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Capuano to travel to post September 27-30, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedi [...]	2008-09-28 03:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AF IT RO KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT1042	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL HUGHES (OCT.11 - 15, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Staffdel Hughes to travel to post Oct. 11-15, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]	2008-10-08 13:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN UK KW JO IZ AF SY COUNTRY
08KUWAIT1078	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL TERRY/MALLARD [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Staffdel Terry/Mallard to travel to post November 2-4, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/ [...]	2008-10-26 10:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IT KU QA AE COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT1100	STAFFDEL LEELING (NOVEMBER 5-10, 2008) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes Staffdel Leeling to travel to post November 7-10, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at [...]	2008-11-04 13:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ KU
08KUWAIT1102	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION -- U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary and Comment. On the day of the American presidential elections, many of the Arabic language Kuwaiti print dailies ran editorials that speculated as to who would win the election, as well as the possible consequences for Kuwait. While one liberal Kuwaiti daily, Al-Rai, predicted D [...]	2008-11-04 13:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
08KUWAIT1109	WORLD BANK MANAGER FOR KUWAIT BRIEFS ON PROGRAMS [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 3, World Bank Country Manager Radwan Shaban told Ambassador that the Bank would be trying to implement technical assistance programs in three broad fields: improving public sector performance, private sector development, and human resources development (education). [...]	2008-11-05 13:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EINV KU
08KUWAIT1111	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL CODEL THOMPSON [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Thompson to travel to post November 11-13, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedi [...]	2008-11-06 07:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN PK KU AF COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT1116	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION -- U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS - [...] (U) On Thursday, November 6, all Kuwaiti Arabic language dailies ran front-page headlines about the U.S. election results. All headlines characterized the election of Democratic candidate Barack Obama to the presidency as being positive or historic, while others offered congratulations to the [...]	2008-11-06 13:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
08KUWAIT1123	GULF BANK: BETTING AGAINST THE DOLLAR... AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The Kuwaiti financial sector continues to feel the impact of Gulf Bank's trading losses (reftel). Speculation abounds as to the extent of the losses, the identity of the "client" who defaulted on derivatives contracts, and the role of the Central Bank of Kuwait in stabilizing Gu [...]	2008-11-11 13:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV KU
08KUWAIT1132	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL ROSENBLUM (NOV [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Staffdel Rosenblum to travel to post November 16-22, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/ex [...]	2008-11-13 09:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN
08KUWAIT1139	GOK DEMONSTRATES PROGRESS ON IPR ENFORCEMENT [...] (U) Summary: Recent actions by the Kuwaiti Government have shown its commitment to improving IPR enforcement. The government has stepped up public efforts to curb the use of illegal software, hardware and pirated CDs/DVDs. (Note: An increase in the number of raids/confiscations took place fo [...]	2008-11-16 13:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KIPR KU
08KUWAIT1160	TRIPARTITE COMMISSION: KUWAITI DISAPPOINTMENT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 13. Summary -------- 2. (SBU) The Kuwaiti delegation made clear during a November 19 Tripartite Commission (TC) meeting that it was disappointed over the lack of results in the search for Kuwaitis missing from the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Ku [...]	2008-11-24 12:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PHUM PREL IZ SA KU
08KUWAIT1168	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL MCCAIN(DECEMBER 1-2, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL MCCAIN to travel to post December 1-2, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]	2008-11-26 10:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN
08KUWAIT1170	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL BAIRD (DECEMBER 6-9, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Baird to travel to post on December 6-9, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedito [...]	2008-11-30 07:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KW AF QA PK COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT122	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL HIGGINS (FEBRUARY [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Higgins to travel to post February 5-8, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]	2008-01-31 09:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT134	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL ENSIGN (FEBRUARY 7-12, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Ensign to travel to post 8-12 February 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]	2008-02-06 05:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ AF AE COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT157	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR IMMIGRATION [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Immigration Officers Hackbarth and Perez to travel to post April 2-14, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: No Embassy support h [...]	2008-02-10 10:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA CVIS ASEC KHLS KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT173	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL ANDREWS (February [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Andrews to travel to post 16-19 February, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedit [...]	2008-02-14 09:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IQ TU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT190	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL GROVE (FEBRUARY [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for STAFFDEL Grove to travel to post 22-29, February, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/exped [...]	2008-02-18 11:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IQ TU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT193	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL ETHERIDGE- [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL ETHERIDGE to travel to post 19-21, February, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expe [...]	2008-02-18 13:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT199	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL HUTCHISON (FEBRUARY [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Hutchison to travel to post 21-24, February, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/exp [...]	2008-02-20 10:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU AF PK IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT213	CROWN PRINCE/PRIME MINISTER: "NO PREMATURE TROOP [...] (C) On February 18, CDA took advantage of meetings between former Secretary Albright and the Kuwaiti Crown Prince and Prime Minister to discuss Iraq, Iran, and prospects for Middle East peace. The GOK leadership praised the USG liberation of Iraq but warned against a premature troop withdraw [...]	2008-02-24 10:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS KU IZ
08KUWAIT216	CULTURAL ENVOY, GINA LORING, INSPIRES SOCIAL ACTIVISM [...] Summary: The Gina Loring Cultural Envoy program from January 26 to February 5, 2008 supported the MSP goal of promotion of democracy in Kuwait by teaching high school students how to write and perform drama that raises societal awareness of civil issues. The students' final project, a play pr [...]	2008-02-24 13:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC OIIP SCUL ZR
08KUWAIT222	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL COSTA [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Costa to travel to post February 29 - March 2, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/ex [...]	2008-02-27 09:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IQ AF IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT236	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL LOGAN (MARCH 9-14, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Staffdel Logan to travel to post March 9-14, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]	2008-03-03 12:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU TU GM IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT237	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST GRANTED FOR GULF [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Assistant Secretary of Defense Mary Beth Long, PM Acting A/S Stephen Mull, NEA DAS Gordon Gray, RADM John Miller, DIA Senior Analyst Bruce Hardcastle, Gen Ralph Baker, Col Russell C. Barnes, LtCol Reginald Robinson, Roger Pena, Maj Chri [...]	2008-03-03 13:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN COUNTRYCLEARANCE
08KUWAIT247	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR THE GULF [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Brig Gen Robin Rand and Col Thomas Henwood to travel to Kuwait City, Kuwait for the Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) talks which will be held on March 10, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Ir [...]	2008-03-06 06:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU OTRA PREL AMGT ASEC OREP COUNTRYCLEARANCE
08KUWAIT259	DURING DAS PATTON VISIT KUWAITIS SLAM PARLIAMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary (NEA/PI) Kent Patton visited Kuwait on February 27 for meetings with the GOK, women activists, and politically active youth. MFA Director of the Follow-Up and Coordination Office, Ambassador Muqamis said that Kuwait lacked confidence in its elected MP [...]	2008-03-06 14:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWMN KMPI SOCI KU
08KUWAIT281	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL LEVIN (MARCH 14-18, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Levin to travel to post March 17-18, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor w [...]	2008-03-12 11:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU JO IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT282	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL MCCAIN/LIEBERMAN (MARCH [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL McCain/Lieberman to travel to post March 16-17, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/e [...]	2008-03-12 11:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU JO IZ IS FR UK COUNTRY
08KUWAIT284	KUWAIT'S 2008 TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (U) Embassy Kuwait's submission for the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report follows. Responses are keyed to paragraphs 27-30 of reftel. --------- OVERVIEW: --------- 2. (SBU) Please find below responses to questions in paragraph 27 of reftel: A. Kuwait is a destination coun [...]	2008-03-12 12:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN MSIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB KU
08KUWAIT290	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL BARRASSO(MARCH 16-21, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Barrasso to travel to post March 17-21, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]	2008-03-13 08:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AF KU PK COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT297	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL ELLSWORTH (MARCH 17-25, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Ellsworth to travel to post March 18-20, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedito [...]	2008-03-16 07:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KW IQ UK AF PK KU COUNTRY
08KUWAIT334	U.S. SPEAKER DR. BRENDA FLANAGAN INSPIRES KUWAITI WOMEN [...] Dr. Brenda Flanagan, American Afro-Caribbean author and professor of literature at Davidson College, North Carolina, conducted another well-received U.S. Speaker Program in Kuwait from March 1-4, 2008. Capitalizing on her name recognition following a successful visit to Kuwait in 2006, Post tim [...]	2008-03-25 10:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL KPAO KIRC OIIP XF KU
08KUWAIT337	U.S.-KUWAIT GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE TALKS (MARCH [...] (S/NF) Summary: Kuwait hosted the third round of the U.S.-Kuwait Gulf Security Dialogue on March 10. During these discussions, Kuwait condemned Iran's support for terrorism, reiterated its commitment to engaging Iran diplomatically, and expressed its support in implementing UNSC resolutions 1 [...]	2008-03-26 06:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM MARR MASS PTER KPAL KTFN KCIP ASEC
08KUWAIT339	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL MELENDREZ (MARCH [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for STAFFDEL Melendrez to travel to post March 27-28, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/exped [...]	2008-03-26 09:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT351	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NEA A/S DAVID [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for NEA A/S C. David Welch and NEA Staff Assistant Kimberly Harrington to travel to Kuwait City on April 1, 2008 to conduct meetings with host government officials. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply fo [...]	2008-03-30 13:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU QA OTRA PREL
08KUWAIT366	AMIR'S ECONOMIC ADVISOR INTERESTED IN EXPLORING [...] (C) ACTION REQUEST: Request guidance as to whether Post should facilitate contact between Palestinian Investment Fund CEO Dr. Mohammad Mustafa and Kuwaiti government officials, institutional investors, and/or private investors. 2. (C) In an April 2 meeting with Assistant Secretary of State [...]	2008-04-06 06:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EAID PREL KU IS
08KUWAIT370	SECRETARY CHERTOFF DISCUSSES CT WITH KUWAITI [...] (C) During a March 24-25 visit to Kuwait, DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff met with Kuwait's Amir, Crown Prince, PM, FM, MinDef and National Security Bureau President (NSB) to discuss counterterrorism and information sharing, Iran and Iraq, Critical Energy Infrastructure Protection and the USG's [...]	2008-04-06 06:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KCIP KDRG KTFN KU IZ IR
08KUWAIT41	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL L. DAVIS(JANUARY 8-16, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL L. Davis to travel to post 12-16 January 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedito [...]	2008-01-09 10:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IQ TU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT45	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL MENENDEZ (JANUARY [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Menendez to travel to post 20-21, January 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedit [...]	2008-01-10 13:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT468	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR US TREASURY OFFICIALS (MAY 9 [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for US Treasury Office Director, Michael Madon, Research Analysts Samuel White and Catherine Ahn to travel to post May 9-16, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy B [...]	2008-04-29 11:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT ASEC KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT469	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL THOMPSON (MAY 2-5, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Thompson to travel to post May 2-5, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor wi [...]	2008-04-30 14:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT52	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL REED (January 15-19, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Reed to travel to post 16-19 January 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor w [...]	2008-01-14 11:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT526	MFA CONTINUES ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF FIRST [...] (SBU) During the Secretary's visit to Kuwait for the April 22 Iraq Neighbors Conference in Kuwait, the Amir's Chief of Protocol, Shaykh Khaled Al-Abdullah Al Sabah, called DCM to request a meeting with the Secretary for Mohammed Al-Marafie, the owner of First Kuwaiti Trading and Contracting C [...]	2008-05-14 06:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ABLD AMGT ECON IZ KU PREL
08KUWAIT554	KUWAIT ELECTION-EVE REPORT [...] SUMMARY: Despite the suspension of all election-related activities due to the recent death of the former Amir, voting will still take place on May 17. The total number of candidates running for Parliament now stands at 274, including 27 women. Based on polls and visible trends, the new Par [...]	2008-05-18 11:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KWMN KMPI KU
08KUWAIT561	PROPOSED VISIT BY SPECIAL ENVOY WOLCOTT AND [...] (SBU) Post welcomes the proposed visit by Special Envoy Wolcott and her delegation and is working to confirm availability of appropriate interlocutors on June 10. We do not foresee any problems in arranging meetings on that date, but confirming Kuwaiti participation at this point is difficult [...]	2008-05-18 15:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP ENRG PREL PARM KU
08KUWAIT589	KUWAIT HOSTS FOURTH WORLD ISLAMIC ECONOMIC FORUM [...] Summary: From April 29 to May 1, Kuwait hosted the Fourth World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF). The event was opened by the Amir of Kuwait and was attended by representatives from most of the member states of the Organization of the Islamic Conference including the heads of state of Jordan, Af [...]	2008-05-22 12:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN PREL PGOV EAID ENRG KU
08KUWAIT599	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL CASEY (JUNE 3-4, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for STAFFDEL Casey to travel to post June 3-4, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Kuwait points of Contacts are: Agnel Berry Coordinator Iraq [...]	2008-05-26 13:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT612	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL ANDERSON (JUNE 5-6, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for STAFFDEL Anderson to travel to post June 5-6, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Kuwait points of Contacts are: Agnel Berry Coordinator Ir [...]	2008-05-28 11:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT640	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR WAINSTEIN [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Ken Wainstein and delegation to travel to Kuwait City on June 10-12, 2008 to conduct meetings with host government officials. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for [...]	2008-06-04 14:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	APER AMGT OTRA KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT655	SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION DISCUSSES COOPERATION [...] (SBU) On May 28 and June 2, an eight-person Transportation delegation led by Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters met with public and private sector leaders from Kuwait's transportation sector to review plans and developments and discuss bilateral cooperation. On May 28, the Secretary hel [...]	2008-06-08 15:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ELTN EWWT ECIN KU
08KUWAIT663	LEBANON: KUWAIT RESPONSE ON JUNE 23 [...] (C) In response to reftel request seeking host country support for the June 23 reconstruction conference on Lebanon's Nahr Al-Barid refugee camp, Econcouns spoke with Ambassador Jassim Al-Mubaraki, MFA Director of Arab Affairs, on June 5. Al-Mubaraki said he had just met with the Lebanese CD [...]	2008-06-11 13:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID ECON KU PREF PREL
08KUWAIT697	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR GENERAL DAVID [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for General David Petraeus and delegation to travel to Kuwait City on June 22-25, 2008 to engage with key Kuwaiti leaders to provide an update on the security, stability, and the broad spectrum of coalition operations in support of OIF. 2 [...]	2008-06-18 13:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU IZ OTRA APER
08KUWAIT7	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL MITCHELL [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Mitchell to travel to post 10-14, January, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/exped [...]	2008-01-03 04:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM PK AF KU IZ
08KUWAIT701	APHSCT WAINSTEIN MEETS WITH KUWAITI PRIME MINISTER [...] (S) Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (APHSCT) Kenneth Wainstein accompanied by AMB Jones met on June 11 with Kuwaiti Prime Minister (PM) Shaykh Nasser Al Sabah and Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah. APHSCT Wainstein shared a letter from Presid [...]	2008-06-19 03:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PTER KTFN SY PINS
08KUWAIT729	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DISBURSING PLEDGED FUNDS [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-26 11:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KWBG KPAL IS PGOV PREL KU
08KUWAIT785	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON KUWAIT'S [...] (U) The Ambassador met July 9 with newly appointed Kuwaiti Minister of Communications Abdul Rahman Al-Ghunaim. Al-Ghunaim, an American educated 23-year veteran of the Ministry of Communications, known locally as the father of Kuwait's telephone system, was selected by the Prime Minister to re [...]	2008-07-10 12:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELTN KU
08KUWAIT786	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL REED (JULY 17-23, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Reed to travel to post on July 20 - 21, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]	2008-07-10 13:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AF IZ JO KU EI QA
08KUWAIT805	WELCOME CODEL OBEY (JULY 17-21, 2008) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Obey's travel to post on July 18-20, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the ai [...]	2008-07-16 13:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ EI
08KUWAIT813	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED [...] (SBU) Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Gordon Gray, Senior Advisor for Southern Iraq Affairs, American Embassy, Baghdad, to travel to Kuwait July 21-23 for consultations and meetings with the Embassy and Government of Kuwait officials. 2. (U) This clearan [...]	2008-07-17 13:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER KU OTRA PREL COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT823	MINISTER OF OIL, ELECTRICITY AND WATER DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) Summary: During their July 16 introductory meeting, Kuwait's Minister of Oil, Electricity and Water, Mohamad Abdullah Al-Olaim told Ambassador he was optimistic that Kuwait's USD 14 billion in long delayed contracts would be signed soon for the 4th Oil Refinery, which will be the Midd [...]	2008-07-21 12:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL PARM MARR KNNP KU IR
08KUWAIT826	WELCOME CODEL LYNCH (JULY 26-27, 2008) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL LYNCH to travel to post on July 26 - 27, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedito [...]	2008-07-22 12:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ IS KU EZ
08KUWAIT83	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL THOMPSON (JANUARY [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Thompson to travel to post 24-26 January 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedito [...]	2008-01-22 09:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT835	GOK WARMLY RECEIVES NODEL READ; PLEDGES CONTINUED [...] (C) Amir Shaykh Sabah Al Sabah on July 20 warmly received a bipartisan Congressional delegation led by Senator Jack Reed that included Senators Chuck Hagel and Barack Obama. Senator Obama thanked the Amir for Kuwaiti support for USG efforts in Iraq and the Amir responded with his appreciatio [...]	2008-07-24 07:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV OREP KDEM KU
08KUWAIT836	(CORRECT COPY) GOK WARMLY RECEIVES NODEL REED; PLEDGES [...] (C) Amir Shaykh Sabah Al Sabah on July 20 warmly received a bipartisan Congressional delegation led by Senator Jack Reed that included Senators Chuck Hagel and Barack Obama. Senator Obama thanked the Amir for Kuwaiti support for USG efforts in Iraq and the Amir responded with his appreciatio [...]	2008-07-24 08:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV OREP KDEM KU
08KUWAIT853	WELCOME CODEL ROSS (AUGUST 1-5, 2008) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL ROSS to travel to post on August 2-3, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the a [...]	2008-07-30 07:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ KU EI IT GE
08KUWAIT857	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ADDITIONAL KUWAIT JET FUEL [...] (C) Oil Minister assured Ambassador Jones on July 30 that additional Jet A-1 fuel would likely be available in September but could not be released currently due to increased demands on Kuwaiti energy grids during the traditionally high consumption month of August. 2. (C) Econoff earlier [...]	2008-07-31 06:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET IZ KU MCAP
08KUWAIT86	GOK/PARLIAMENT DISCUSS ISRAELI ACTION IN GAZA [...] (C) Recent Israeli measures in Gaza illicited sharp reactions from the Kuwaiti Government, Parliament and press. The MFA U/S demarched P-5 member representatives on the matter and called for UN Security Council action, calling the Israeli response to HAMAS attacks unbalanced and unjustified. [...]	2008-01-22 14:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KU
08KUWAIT860	WELCOME CODEL MICHAUD (AUGUST 3-7, 2008) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Michaud to travel to post August 4-6, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the a [...]	2008-08-03 13:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM IZ KW COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT88	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL DAUM (JANUARY [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for STAFFDEL Daum to travel to post January 27 to February 2. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/exp [...]	2008-01-23 08:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT889	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL Graham (AUGUST 16-25, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Graham to travel to post August 17-18, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]	2008-08-13 12:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM IZ KW COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT890	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL BORDALLO (AUG 13-15, 2008) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Bordallo to travel to post August 13-15, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Kuwait points of Contacts are: Agnel Berry Coordinator I [...]	2008-08-13 12:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AE AFIN AMGT ASEC GM IN IZ KU OREP PK
08KUWAIT93	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL LOGAN (FEBRUARY 4-8, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for STAFFDEL Logan to travel to post 4-8 February 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]	2008-01-24 07:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU TU GM IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT94	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MR. MAXWELL AGBENYEGA [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Mr. Maxwell Agbenyaga to travel to post February 15-17, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. If there are any questions, POC in Kuwait is: Ag [...]	2008-01-24 07:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA APER AFSN IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KYIV1257	UKRAINE: BILATERAL COOPERATION ON MAN-PORTABLE AIR [...] (C) Summary: Special Envoy for MANPADS Threat Reduction, Ambassador Lincoln P. Bloomfield, Jr., visited Kyiv June 17-19. During his visit, Bloomfield explained the special concern with which the U.S. Government regards trade in MANPADS and urged Ukraine to strengthen its cooperation with the [...]	2008-07-01 11:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP
08KYIV183	UKRAINE: IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS [...] (C) We provided ref A update on the state of U.S.-Iraq negotiations to develop a Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) January 28 to Third Territorial Department Middle East Division Acting Director Mykola Leshchenko and Iraq Desk Officer Mykola Radchenko. In response to our question, Leshchenk [...]	2008-01-28 13:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS UNSC IZ UP
08KYIV2017	1ST MEETING OF U.S.-UKRAINE TRADE AND INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The inaugural meeting of the U.S.-Ukraine Trade and Investment Council, created by our new bilateral Trade and Investment Cooperation Agreement (TICA),took place on October 2. Deputy U.S. Trade Representative John Veroneau led the U.S. delegation; Minister of Economy Bohdan Da [...]	2008-10-10 06:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO PREL UP
08KYIV2212	KUCHMA AND KRAVCHUK ON ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL [...] (C) Ambassador recently sounded out former Presidents Kuchma and Kravchuk on Ukraine's dual economic and political crises. Kuchma worries most about the potential for large-scale unemployment in the metal, mining, chemical and construction sectors. Kravchuk's focus is more on the political [...]	2008-11-07 07:43:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV2263	EXPECT SOCIAL UNREST AND GROWTH OF RADICAL [...] (C) A disaffected but influential Party of Regions MP told the Ambassador that an additional three million Ukrainians could lose their jobs in the next few months and that the country's leaders do not comprehend the magnitude of the economic crisis. He predicted the Party of Regions would be [...]	2008-11-18 15:18:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI ECON UP
08KYIV2439	UKRAINE: KYIVITES FACE HOT WATER CUTOFFS AS GAS DEBTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Thousands of Kyivites woke up to no hot water on December 12. For now, the cutoff has not affected the center of Kyiv, but is focused on outlying residential areas characterized by high-density block apartments. Kyivenergo, Kyiv's largest heat producing company, reported it was [...]	2008-12-12 15:40:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON UP
08KYIV527	UKRAINE: PM TYMOSHENKO READY TO DO EVERYTHING IN [...] (C) Summary: PM Tymoshenko told the Ambassador that she would do "everything in her power" to get a MAP for Ukraine at Bucharest, during a 90-minute March 13 meeting. Tymoshenko said that she understood that it was important that her statements about wanting something positive at Bucharest not [...]	2008-03-13 11:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO UP
08KYIV756	UKRAINE: NO SPLIT IN PARTY OF REGIONS EXPECTED - [...] (C) Summary. Although tensions exist between the Akhmetov and Yanukovych wings of the Party of Regions, the party shows no immediate signs of splitting. Moreover, by taking a stand against a NATO MAP for Ukraine at the Bucharest Summit and playing on rumors of possible Rada elections in late [...]	2008-04-15 07:58:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08LAGOS310	NIGERIA: MASSOB MEMBERS REFUSED BAIL; [...] (C) Summary: The federal government July 31 opposed an application for bail for 84 members of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB, a group which advocates independence for Southeastern Nigeria),who are standing trial at the Federal High Court in Enugu on [...]	2008-08-05 09:36:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NI
08LAGOS378	NIGERIAN: LOCAL DRUG MANUFACTURERS PUSH FOR IMPORT BAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Group of Nigeria (PMGMAN) is lobbying the Government of Nigeria (GON) for an import ban on additional pharmaceutical products, claiming that local manufacturing capacity is sufficient to meet Nigerian demand. Should the GON impose an import ban, m [...]	2008-09-25 07:56:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EIND EAID ECON PGOV PREL NI

08LAGOS430	NIGERIA: REPORTS OF "BABY FARM" DEMONSTRATE GAP IN [...] (SBU) Summary: An October 8 BBC News article claimed the discovery of a "baby farm" in Enugu, which was allegedly holding pregnant women hostage, then selling their babies to traffickers after birth. While an official from the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons and [...]	2008-10-31 12:03:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KTIP NI
08LAGOS481	NIGERIAN ECONOMIC SUMMIT II: PRIVATE PARTICIPATION, RESPECT [...] (U) Summary: Participants at the Nigerian Economic Summit Group's power sector forum held October 22 agreed that private sector funding is crucial if Nigeria is to attain 70,000 megawatts of electricity, projected to cost USD 50 billion, by 2020. Forum participants concluded that Nigeria needs [...]	2008-11-28 11:42:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN EINV PGOV NI
08LAGOS60	NIGERIA: CG'S ROAD TRIP HIGHLIGHTS ENUGU'S [...] (U) Summary: Consul General Donna Blair visited Enugu, which claims the highest percentage of American citizen residents of any state in Nigeria. The American Corner in Enugu has done educational outreach for more than 1,000 students. Calvary Foundation, recipient of Democracy, Human Rights [...]	2008-02-14 13:40:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI SENV CASC NI PHUM
08LAPAZ1840	EVO'S UNGA DELEGATION DESPERATELY SEEKING OBAMA [...] (C) An MFA insider and senior staffer of the Bolivian MFA's Policy Planning Section provided PolOff with information about the Bolivia's UNGA delegation August 29 that contradicts some publicly released information and discounts the possibility of a substantive bilateral meeting on the margins [...]	2008-08-29 20:34:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OTRA OVIP KESP UNGA BL
08LAPAZ1941	BOLIVIA: VIOLENCE ERUPTS, GOVT INSTALLATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Starting late morning September 9, civic groups and university students in opposition-aligned departments (states) attacked and took over government installations. The focus of the attacks included buildings belonging to government agencies, Entel (the recently-nationalized form [...]	2008-09-10 20:42:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PTER BL
08LAPAZ1950	BOLIVIA: VIOLENCE WORSE, DIALOGUE DOUBTFUL [...] (C) Summary: In the worst of the recent violence between ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS)-aligned groups and autonomists, eight people were killed in the northern department of Pando on September 11. The central government has rejected an offer of a visit of high-level Friends Group me [...]	2008-09-12 21:57:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC CASC BL
08LAPAZ2037	BOLIVIA: REQUEST USG VISITORS POSTPONE TRAVEL [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-19 21:12:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR ASEC OVIP CASC BL
08LAPAZ694	BOLIVIA: EVO AND AUTONOMY, NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary: Although isolated incidents of violence are already occurring and will continue up to the scheduled May 4 Santa Cruz autonomy referendum, we do not expect the ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party to take military or police action against the opposition departments (states) [...]	2008-03-28 22:12:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ASEC EAID BL
08LIBREVILLE420	CEEAC, AN EVOLVING REGIONAL ORGANIZATION, ASSUMES [...] (C) The Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS/CEEAC) took over responsibility for a small EU-funded peacekeeping operation in the Central African Republic (CAR) on July 12. The handover was a milestone in CEEAC's gradual emergence as a focus for security initiatives in central [...]	2008-08-20 15:12:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS KPKO GB
08LILONGWE17	MALAWI: FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS CABINET HAS NOT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On Jan. 7, Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Joyce Banda to discuss the much-reported impending switch of recognition from Taiwan to the People's Republic of China. While confirming press reports that two ministers had made two exploratory trips to Beijing, she said the minis [...]	2008-01-09 08:05:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV TW CH MI
08LILONGWE171	INVITATION REQUEST FOR PEPFAR HEADQUARTERS CORE TEAM MEMBER JOHN CROWLEY, USAID [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-18 09:55:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV OTRA SOCI EAID MI
08LILONGWE389	MALAWI: RELIGION AND POLITICS A COMBUSTIBLE MIX IN [...] (C) Summary: Malawi's population has been strongly influenced by Christian missionaries and Muslim slave traders for over one hundred years. Most Malawians define their identity primarily by region (northern, central or southern) and by religion. Unlike many other Africans, Malawians identi [...]	2008-07-08 08:44:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MI
08LILONGWE497	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PEPFAR STRATEGIC INFORMATION REGIONAL [...] THE U.S. EMBASSY LILONGWE WELCOMES AND GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO ALL REGISTERED USG PARTICIPANTS TO THE 2008 SI REGIONAL MEETING FROM SEPTEMBER 15 - 17, 2008. 2. PARTICIPANTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR REGISTERING AND ARRANGING THEIR OWN LODGING THROUGH THE MEETING ORGANIZER (PSMITH@AIMGLOBALHEA [...]	2008-08-21 14:02:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT EAID KHIV SOCI MI
08LILONGWE635	MALAWI CONSIDERS OFFER TO DEPLOY TO CHAD, STILL [...] (C) Summary: Despite not making the cut for the UN Mission in Darfur (UNAMID),the Malawi Defense Force (MDF) continues to evaluate options and its capabilities to participate in other peacekeeping operations. The United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (UNDPKO) recently inquired [...]	2008-11-04 12:01:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PREL KPKO MI
08LIMA1170	NEW ECONOMY AND FINANCE MINISTER FOR PERU? [...] (C) It's been an open secret for many months that Economy and Finance Minister Luis Carranza is leaving. But recently, IMF veteran Luis Valdivieso's name has come up unofficially as his replacement. While insiders have confirmed the moves to us, there is still no official announcement. The [...]	2008-07-09 14:55:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV TBIO PE
08LIMA1809	PERU: SHINING PATH BLAMED FOR AMBUSH [...] (U) Authorities are blaming remnants of the Shining Path ("Sendero" or "SL") terrorist group for a November 16 ambush that killed three police and severely wounded another. The group was traveling in the south-central department of Ayacucho when it came under machine gun fire from an undetermi [...]	2008-11-17 21:27:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER SNAR PE
08LIMA194	FORE VISIT: FOSTERING PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS [...] (SBU) Summary: Director of US Foreign Assistance Henrietta Fore, during her January 10-11 visit to Peru, underscored the importance of public, private and civil society collaboration to foster development. To this end, Director Fore attended a signing ceremony on January 10th to launch a partn [...]	2008-01-31 22:34:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID SNAR PINR PE
08LIMA228	NAS MONTHLY REPORT, JANUARY 2008 [...] (U) The key developments in January 2008: CORAH started the 2008 eradication season on January 18 near Pizana northeast of Tocache. An increase in murders east of the Andes gained public attention due to the link with eradication and alternative development. ** The GOP initiated qua [...]	2008-02-07 16:02:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
08LIMA281	INL A/S JOHNSON MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER DEL [...] (SBU) Summary: During a 2-day visit to Peru, A/S David Johnson met with high-level government officials in Lima, and observed the nexus between eradication and alternative development in the San Martin area, as well as the NAS police training program. In his meeting with Prime Minister Jorge [...]	2008-02-15 20:08:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
08LIMA32	NAS MONTHLY REPORT, DECEMBER 2007 [...] (U) The key developments in December 2007: CORAH ended the year with a total of 11,056.20 hectares of coca eradicated, surpassing the 10,000-hectare goal. DEVIDA approved the 2008 Eradication Plan to start in mid-January, now waiting for Interior Minister's signature. ** Police gra [...]	2008-01-08 13:39:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
08LIMA395	Peru: 2008 Anti-Trafficking in Persons Report [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Peruvian Government continues to demonstrate a commitment to comply with basic TIP standards by making significant efforts in the areas of prevention, prosecution, and protection. Its achievements include: -- One person sentenced to 12 years in prison for commercial se [...]	2008-03-05 12:13:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PE
08LIMA593	NAS MONTHLY REPORT, MARCH 2008 [...] (U) The key developments in March 2008: CORAH has eradicated a total of 2,779 hectares of coca in CY 2008. Preparations are being made for eradication operations in high-threat area near Aucayacu. ** The first female DIRANDRO officer killed in action was a graduate of a NAS-supporte [...]	2008-04-04 22:06:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
08LIMA812	NAS MONTHLY REPORT, APRIL 2008 [...] (U) The key developments in April 2008: As of April 30, CORAH has eradicated a total of 3,404 hectares of coca. In first-ever raid of an opium laboratory, police seized 100 kg of opium latex and 400 grams of morphine. ** Heavy rains slow preparations for CORAH's move to the Aucayacu [...]	2008-05-08 21:53:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
08LIMA956	PERU TRADE AND INVESTMENT BRIEFS - MAY 2008 [...] (U) This is an update on the following trade and investment news from Peru: TRADE -- Peru signs FTAs with Canada and Singapore -- Peru-China FTA May Be Completed in Two More Rounds -- Peru and Chile Moving Closer to Finalizing FTA -- Imports Registered a 47% Growth in April -- Overall Incr [...]	2008-06-02 19:00:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN USTR PE
08LIMA979	PERU FY 2007-2008 CERTIFICATION REPORT CARD [...] (SBU) Working relationships and cooperation between the Government of Peru (GOP) and the U.S. Government agencies responsible for implementation of counter-narcotics (CN) policies continue at an all time high. The Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS),Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA),U.S. [...]	2008-06-06 16:47:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
08LISBON1202	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY BODMAN'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Mr. Secretary: Your visit to Lisbon provides an excellent opportunity to strengthen collaboration with the Portuguese in the field of renewable energies, the number one goal of our Mission Strategic Plan. The centerpiece of your visit will be signature of an MOU which lays the groundwor [...]	2008-05-20 12:38:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG PO
08LISBON1725	PORTUGAL TO FOLLOW THE PACK AT JULY FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: Portuguese MFA Officer Pedro Almeida predicted that, after last month's busy Lisbon Treaty debate, this GAERC agenda would be non-controversial and cover the usual business. He told us that Portugal would support EU consensus on Iran, Somalia, Chad, and Zimbabwe, despite some res [...]	2008-07-18 10:45:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PHUM PREL PGOV PO
08LISBON2300	SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO PORTUGAL, SEPTEMBER [...] (SBU) Madam Secretary: Your visit is scheduled to coincide with two important Portuguese foreign policy moments ) recognition of Kosovo and Portugal leading discussion on the EU's trans-Atlantic policy. This is an opportune moment to stress that the US and EU generally share goals and to call for [...]	2008-08-29 14:21:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	OTRA PREL PO
08LISBON238	IRANIAN FM MOTTAKI'S VISIT TO LISBON [...] (C) According to an MFA diplomatic advisor, during a one-day visit to Lisbon by Iranian FM Mottaki on January 23, FM Amado urged his counterpart to take steps to restore the international community's trust and to act responsibly as a key player in the Middle East, and he publicly welcomed the [...]	2008-01-28 17:25:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PO IR
08LISBON2388	PORTUGAL FOCUSES ON TRANS-ATLANTIC AGENDA AT [...] (SBU) Summary: Portugal is expected to remain in the background on most of the Gymnich discussions this week including Russia and Georgia, the Middle East, and EU Security Strategy, but will take the lead on the Trans-Atlantic presentation. Portuguese FM Amado will prompt the EU ministers [...]	2008-09-05 08:54:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	GG PREL PGOV PHUM
08LISBON2719	RUSSIAN FM LAVROV VISITS PORTUGAL [...] (SBU) Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stopped in Portugal on November 18 while returning from the G-20 meetings in Washington. In Lisbon he met with Portuguese Foreign Minister Luis Amado after which the two gave a joint press conference. Publicly, Lavrov confirmed Moscow's plans to i [...]	2008-11-20 07:56:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PO
08LISBON327	DEMARCHE REQUEST: PORTUGUESE SUPPORT FOR LEBANON [...] (C) Pol/econ counselor delivered reftel talking points and note verbale to MFA Middle East Director Isabel Pedrosa on February 7. Pedrosa said Portugal is "very much in tune" with U.S. priorities in Lebanon. She agreed on the importance of getting the Tribunal up and running and has recomm [...]	2008-02-08 16:58:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM EFIN EINV LE SY PO
08LISBON410	FM AMADO, AMBASSADOR DISCUSS KOSOVO, AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C) In a one-on-lunch with the Ambassador on February 14, FM Luis Amado said he would push for Portugal to be among the first wave of countries recognizing Kosovo, if there is agreement on an EU umbrella statement. Amado is pushing for a Portuguese commitment to lead a second OMLT in Afghanis [...]	2008-02-15 17:12:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR PO
08LISBON427	PORTUGUESE POSITIONS IN ADVANCE OF FEBRUARY 18-19 [...] (U) Deputy EU Correspondent Ana Filomena Rocha stressed that the February GAERC would be focused heavily on how to coordinate a unified response to a Kosovar coordinated declaration of independence (CDI). In addition, she responded to reftel points on the Middle East, Chad, Kenya, and Myanmar [...]	2008-02-19 12:19:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV EUN PO
08LISBON606	PDAS VOLKER AND PORTUGUESE POLITICAL DIRECTOR; [...] (U) Summary: During PDAS Volker's visit to Lisbon for the February 22 Bilateral Commission (septel),Volker and Ambassador Stephenson met privately with Foreign Ministry Political Director Ambassador Vasco Bramao Ramos and, later in the day, with the Secretary of State for Defense, Joao Mira G [...]	2008-03-11 15:19:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PHUM KDEM AF EUN PO
08LJUBLJANA427	SLOVENIA APPRECIATIVE OF DEMARCHE ON CHINESE [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-19 15:01:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KNNP ECON EFIN PARM SI
08LJUBLJANA488	SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF NOVEMBER 3 GYMNICH AND [...] (C) On October 29, Emboff met with Aljaz Arih, European Correspondent, to deliver reftel's talking points for the November Gymnich and GAERC meetings. Arih stated that the November 3 Gymnich would focus on transatlantic relations and the French had circulated a revised food for thought paper. [...]	2008-10-30 13:26:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN RS GG SI ECON ETRD PGOV IS AF PK
08LJUBLJANA523	SLOVENIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OPPOSING UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-21 15:34:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA SI
08LJUBLJANA533	SLOVENIA UNLIKELY TO ATTEND POTENTIAL PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-28 14:56:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK SI
08LJUBLJANA64	AHMADINEJAD'S ADVISOR'S BRIEF MEETING WITH [...] (S/NF) On February 13, Dusan Snoj, President Turk's diplomatic advisor, gave Charge a read-out of the half-hour January 29 meeting at the President's offices with Ahmadinejad's Special Advisor Mojtaba Samareh. Snoj explained that the Iranians had approached the Slovene rep at Davos to say the [...]	2008-02-13 12:35:00	Embassy Ljubljana	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL EUN IR SI PARM
08LJUBLJANA69	EU - RUSSIA TROIKA: CONSTRUCTIVE, BUT NO CHANGE ON [...] (U) SUMMARY: All parties involved described the EU - Russia Troika, held in Brdo, Slovenia on February 13, as a "constructive" dialogue. However, as expected, discussions on Kosovo were merely a reiteration of the standard positions, neither side gave any ground. While the lunch discussion w [...]	2008-02-14 16:56:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS EUN ECON CVIS RS SI
08LJUBLJANA94	SLOVENIA TO DECIDE ON SOMALIA PIRACY AFTER EU PSC [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-28 10:34:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PBTS PREL UN UNSC IMO XA XW SO SI
08LOME387	RAIN AND FLOODING WASH OUT BRIDGE ON MAIN [...] SUMMARY: Regions of central and southern Togo have been experiencing heavy rainfall leading to loss of life, flooding and most recently the washing out of a strategic bridge on the main North/South road. Travelers between Lome and northern Togo and the Sahel states will need to build in extra [...]	2008-07-29 10:24:00	Embassy Lome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EAID SENV TO
08LOME394	OVERFLIGHT OF TOGO'S FLOODED AREAS CONFIRMS [...] SUMMARY: Post was able to conduct an overflight and drive by of Togo's flooded areas. Water damage near Lome, north and east, is clearly visible as well as farther north towards Notse. Washed out bridges, both road and rail, as well as serious flooding in crop fields, lived-in parcels and [...]	2008-07-31 17:11:00	Embassy Lome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETDR EAID SENV TO
08LOME407	TOGO: UPDATE ON FLOODS: SOUTHEASTERN TOGO [...] Summary. During travel to flood-affected areas in southeastern Togo, embassy officials noted that there are still many displaced persons, standing water, and increased traffic problems throughout southern Togo. One important bridge remains at risk, but people are already slowly returning to th [...]	2008-08-06 17:56:00	Embassy Lome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SENV TO
08LONDON1172	UK EXPECTS THE BALKANS TO DOMINATE APRIL GAERC [...] (C) Summary. The UK expects the Balkans to be the key discussion item at the April 27-28 GAERC; the UK is still pushing to have a Stabilization and Association Agreement (SSA) with Bosnia signed at this GAERC, but expects it will slip to the May GAERC. According to Martin Shearman, EU Corres [...]	2008-04-25 14:05:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN ZL PK ZI IR IS CH BM UK
08LONDON1302	LEBANON: UK TO ISSUE PUBLIC STATEMENT, WILL [...] (C) HMG in general, and Foreign Secretary David Miliband in particular, are very concerned about the situation in Lebanon, Miliband's Chief of Staff Matthew Gould told us May 9. Miliband is planning to issue a statement the afternoon of May 9 reflecting the points in reftel; he will also cal [...]	2008-05-09 14:17:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER CASC LE SY RU TU UK
08LONDON1352	IRANIAN BANKING IN LONDON: UK PLANS AND CONCERNS [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-14 15:16:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN KTFN MNUC IR UK
08LONDON1397	(C) UK PREPARING TO DESIGNATE MILITARY WING OF [...] (C/NF) Summary. The UK government is preparing to designate the military wing of Hizballah as a terrorist organization in the next two to three weeks, FCO Middle East and North Africa Director (NEA A/S-equivalent) John Jenkins told DCM May 19. The UK recognizes that the USG would like it to [...]	2008-05-19 16:50:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER IR SY LE IZ UK
08LONDON1459	UK AND SOMALIA: CAUTIOUSLY SUPPORTIVE OF UN PKO [...] (C/NF) Summary. The UK is cautiously supportive of deploying a United Nations Peacekeeping Operation (PKO) in Somalia, when the conditions are right, FCO counterparts tell us. HMG sees clan leader buy-in of a UN presence and increased UN engagement, including moving the Political Office to M [...]	2008-05-27 10:37:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KPKO UNSC XW SO UK
08LONDON1509	IRAN'S EX-AMBASSADOR TAJIK: UK MAY EXTRADITE AS [...] (C) The UK says it intends to extradite ex-Iranian ambassador Nosratullah Tajik to the United States no later than June 11, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) contacts told London Iran Watcher (Poloff) on May 29. the Tajik case has been a significant bilateral irritant between the UK and [...]	2008-06-02 10:49:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	CJAN PINS PREL PTER IR UK
08LONDON1568	UK AND SOUTH AFRICA: JULY UK-RSA FORUM OPPORTUNITY [...] (C/NF) Summary. South Africa (RSA) will host Foreign Secretary David Miliband and a high-level HMG delegation in Pretoria for the 8th bi-annual UK-RSA Bilateral Forum July 7 - 8. FCO officials describe the UK's relations with President Mbeki as "the worst the UK has had in recent history" -- [...]	2008-06-05 14:28:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ECON KDEM SMIG ZU SF UK
08LONDON1577	HOME SECRETARY SELLS THE COUNTER-TERRORISM BILL; [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-06 14:10:00	Embassy London	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PK UK
08LONDON1580	IRAN: UK INTENDS TO GO FORWARD ON TAJIK [...] (C) Summary: Taking a strong pro-extradition line, the UK still expects to extradite former Iranian Ambassador Tajik as soon as remaining medical-legal aspects of his case are resolved. Foreign and Commonwealth contacts underline, however, that HMG takes Iranian threats related to the Tajik c [...]	2008-06-06 16:18:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	CJAN PINS PREL PTER IR UK
08LONDON1586	U/S JEFFERY AND A/S Oâ€™BRIEN PRESS UK ON IRANIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: State Under Secretary Reuben Jeffery and Treasury Assistant Secretary Patrick O'Brien met with UK banking regulators on May 15 to urge increased scrutiny and tougher actions against Iranian banks operating in London. O'Brien and State Acting Assistant Secretary Patricia McNerney also d [...]	2008-06-09 10:58:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN KTFN ECON IR UK
08LONDON1633	UK SUPPPORT AND ATTENDANCE AT BERLIN CONFERENCE IN [...] (C) The UK will not announce new significant money for Palestinian rule-of-law programs at the June 24 Berlin Conference, but will describe what additional programs and plans it intends to further support using already pledged, but undisbursed, funds, the Foreign Office's Middle East Unit tol [...]	2008-06-16 15:50:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS EUN UK
08LONDON1763	HMG WILL JOIN U.S. IN DEMARCHING GOVERNMENTS TO [...] (SBU) The UK concurs with the U.S. view that recent progress of Pristina government and international community stabilization efforts presents another opportunity to lobby those countries that have not already done so to recognize Kosovo's independence. FCO Balkans Deputy Director Adam Bye [...]	2008-07-02 15:23:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNMIK PGOV KPKO UNAUS YI EU KVPR UK
08LONDON1824	UK ON ARAB GROUP DRAFT UNSCR ON ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS [...] (C) HMG agrees that the Arab Group draft text on a UNSCR on Israeli settlement activity is not acceptable, FCO Near East Group Head Rob Timline told us July 9 in response to reftel demarche. The UK embassy in Tripoli raised the issue with Libyan Secretary for Arab Affairs Mohammed Siala on July 7 [...]	2008-07-09 16:50:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL UNSC KPAL IS UK
08LONDON1870	UK SUPPORT FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1816 ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-16 14:38:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT KCRM KCRS KJUS PHSA PREL SO XW UK
08LONDON1873	UK AND UGANDA/LRA: CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR THE PEACE [...] (C/NF) FCO Minister for Africa Lord Malloch-Brown "continues to support the peace process for the time being" between the Government of Uganda (GoU) and the Lord's Resistance Army, according to East Africa Desk Officers Gill Atkinson and Sheena Lavery. Atkinson provided poloff on July 15 HMG's pre [...]	2008-07-16 16:00:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KDEM PHUM UG UK
08LONDON1972	SPECIAL ENVOY WOLCOTT'S NUCLEAR ENERGY SUPPLY [...] (C) Summary. On July 22, Ambassador Jackie Wolcott, Special Envoy for Nuclear Nonproliferation, and Special Assistant Marc Humphrey traveled to London to meet with Simon Manley (Director for Defense and Strategic Threats at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, FCO). The purpose of this meeting w [...]	2008-07-30 12:41:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG TRGY KNNP PREL ETTC IAEA FR UK
08LONDON2008	UK UNGA ATTENDEES [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-01 15:38:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA UK
08LONDON2178	UK SUPPORT FOR AFGHANISTAN'S IAEA BOARD OF GOVERNORS CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-22 14:21:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	IAEA PREL PARM KNNP MNUC IR SY AF UK
08LONDON2233	(S/NF) UK CONSIDERING ENGAGEMENT WITH HIZBALLAH MINISTER, POLITICAL OFFICIALS REF: A. NEA/ELA-EMBASSY LONDON EMAILS B. LONDON 1396 C. LONDON 1292 D. LONDON 1968 [...] (S/NF) The UK is considering granting authorization to the British Embassy in Beirut to meet with Lebanese Minister of Labor Mohammad Fneish, a member of Hizballah, and other Hizballah party officials, FCO Levant Group Head Benjamin Saoul and Cabinet Office Desk Officer Brian Jones told us separate [...]	2008-09-02 15:56:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER PGOV SY LE IZ UK
08LONDON240	(U) HAIN RESIGNATION TRIGGERS LIMITED CABINET [...] (C/NF) Summary: Peter Hain resigned on January 24 as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and for Wales after SIPDIS the Electoral Commission referred to the police his failure to report donations to his 2007 campaign for Deputy Leader of the Labour Party. The Hain resignation came o [...]	2008-01-25 17:30:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR UK
08LONDON2494	New Chief Regulator Faces Baptism by Fire in Month of [...] (SBU) Summary: The global financial crisis, which has hit the UK particularly hard, has turned the spotlight on Britain's recently appointed financial regulator, Jonathan Adair Turner, who succeeded Callum McCarthy as Chairman of the Financial Services Authority. Turner's appointment was well [...]	2008-10-01 15:32:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK
08LONDON2556	GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS STEALS THE THUNDER FROM [...] Summary and comment. (C) The Conservative Party's fall conference, which closed the UK political party conference season on October 1, ended with a whimper rather than the expected bang. Turmoil in the world's financial markets overshadowed Tory leader David Cameron's attempts to portray his party [...]	2008-10-07 12:10:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UK
08LONDON2673	PAN AM 103 BOMBER HAS INCURABLE CANCER; LIBYANS [...] (C/NF) Summary. Convicted Pam Am 103 bomber Abdelbasset al-Megrahi has inoperable, incurable cancer, but it is not clear how long he has to live, according to two separate medical opinions obtained by officials at Greenock prison near Glasgow, where Megrahi is currently serving a life sentence. Pre [...]	2008-10-24 06:45:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER LY UK
08LONDON2802	HMG SEES OPPORTUNITY IN BURMA'S GLOBAL FUND APPLICATION REF: STATE 115494 Classified By: Economic Counselor Kathleen Doherty for Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) [...] (C) In response to reftel points, FCO Burma Coordinator/Deputy Head of South East Asia and Pacific Group Nicholas Alexander, told Poloff that HMG agreed with the substance of our position on Burma's application to re-engage the Global Fund but advised caution on the tactics we might use to apply i [...]	2008-11-04 17:30:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PHUM BM UK
08LONDON3038	SOMALIA: UNDERSTANDING AND COUNTERING UK OPPOSITION TO A PEACEKEEPING OPERATION REF: A. STATE 127595 B. [...] (C/NF) Summary. At senior levels, HMG characterizes its opposition to a peacekeeping operation in Somalia as "realistic." It has two main strands of thought: one political regarding the peace process and one technical regarding peacekeeping operations. Sharing information about USG engagement with [...]	2008-12-04 13:28:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KPKO PHUM SO UN UK
08LONDON765	UK SUPPORTS U.S. G8 CASH COURIER INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) We delivered Reftel to Peter Storr, Home Office Lyon-Roma Head of Delegation, who indicated general UK support for U.S. aims on tackling cash and bulk couriers in the upcoming G8 Lyon-Roma meetings. The response in paragraph two is from Natalie Keough, Terrorist Finance expert, Home Off [...]	2008-03-13 18:02:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KTFN UK
08LONDON890	TONY BLAIR AND JOHN MCCAIN TALK ABOUT [...] (C/NF) Summary: Tony Blair used his meeting with Senators John McCain, Joseph Lieberman and Lindsey Graham to underscore the "centrality" of Israel/Palestine in bringing stability to the Middle East. Blair said progress could be made by "building from the bottom up," including by developing [...]	2008-03-27 17:28:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PINR PTER IS RU UK
08LONDON949	EU/GERMANY/BLAIR MISSION/U.S. INFORMAL MEETING ON [...] (C) Summary. The international community's efforts to support the Palestinian Authority through security sector reform, justice sector capacity building, and targeted project assistance need to be better integrated to achieve demonstrable results, representatives of the EU, Germany, the U.S. [...]	2008-04-02 13:14:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MEPP KPAL UK
08LUANDA233	ANGOLA SITUATION REPORT NUMBER 01 - FLOOD EMERGENCY ALERT [...] SUMMARY: Heavy rains that began in late January following an extended drought period have triggered severe flooding in Southern Angola. In Cunene province on the Namibian border, 52,281 people have been affected, 26,915 of them displaced. Six deaths have been reported, with an unknown number [...]	2008-03-26 07:12:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EAGR MI
08LUANDA537	SCENESETTER FOR U/S REUBEN JEFFERY'S VISIT TO ANGOLA [...] (U) My staff and I warmly welcome your July 21-22 visit to Angola. Your visit, the highest level USG visit to Angola since Secretary Powell's four-hour stop in September 2002, manifests what the Angolan government most wants from America: respect. I hope your visit presages more high level [...]	2008-07-14 11:59:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OVIP JEFFERY REUBEN ECON PGOV EAID AO
08LUXEMBOURG195	RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON REALISM IN DEALING WITH [...] (C) Pol/Econ chief met 23 July with Luxembourg MFA officer for the Middle East and outlined the USG's concerns regarding recent European efforts to increase engagement with the Syrian Arab Republic Government (SARG). Pol/Econ chief asked that the GOL exert its influence within the European Uni [...]	2008-07-23 15:28:00	Embassy Luxembourg	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY LU
08MADRID1104	SCENESETTER FOR DOE DEPUTY SECRETARY KUPFER'S [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-20 14:10:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG OVIP PREL SP
08MADRID1142	SPAIN'S VIEWS ON NOVEMBER GYMNICH AND JUMBO GAERC [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Spanish MFA Deputy European Correspondent Maria Luisa Benitez Donoso on October 29. Regarding the agenda, Benitez said that given the Jumbo GAERC includes defense and development issues in addition to external relations, and that the Congo will likely be [...]	2008-11-03 08:03:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SP EUN ETRD RS IS AF PK SY LE
08MADRID1228	SPAIN RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON ANTI-ISRAELI BIAS IN [...] (C) Reftel demarche was delivered November 19 to MFA Deputy Director General for the UN Juan Manuel Gonzalez de Linares and Deputy Director General for the Middle East Alberto Ucelay. Ucelay reiterated Spain's strong commitment to the MEPP and FM Moratinos' commitment to preventing unhelpf [...]	2008-11-24 12:44:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP UNGA IS PA
08MADRID1229	SPAIN RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON NOVEMBER 26 ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director General for the Middle East Alberto Ucelay received reftel demarche on November 21. Ucelay restated FM Moratinos' belief that the Annapolis Conference was an important step in facilitating efforts by Israelis and Palestinians to conclude a final, comprehensive peace. [...]	2008-11-24 12:45:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KBWG AL SP
08MADRID1292	SCENESETTER - CODEL DORGAN VISIT TO SEVILLE, SPAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Madrid warmly welcomes your visit. You will be visiting Spain during a severe economic downturn, its first in 15 years. Spain has become a leader in the development of renewable energy - particularly wind power - as the result of implementing feed-in tariff subsidies. [...]	2008-12-09 11:38:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ASEC BEXP OREP AFIN SP
08MADRID179	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE - FEBRUARY [...] (U) Speaking to an overflow audience at a February 15 event, Trichet argued for further structural reform in the Eurozone, citing particularly the need for more flexibility in the labor, products and services markets. He argued strongly that price stability was not inconsistent with job creat [...]	2008-02-15 18:25:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	BTIO EAGR ECON EFIN EINV ENRG KFRD SCUL SENV
08MADRID204	SPAIN WILL CONTRIBUTE 2 ARMORED VEHICLES TO MFO [...] According to Spanish MFA Deputy Director General for the Middle East Alberto Ucelay, Spain has initiated the paperwork to transfer two armored vehicles to the MFO. He could not provide a delivery timetable, but said that, "the contribution reflected Spain's concern for regional stability a [...]	2008-02-22 18:21:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SP
08MADRID278	SPANISH SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN PEACE [...] (U) March 4, Spanish MFA Deputy Director General for the Middle East Alberto Ucelay reviewed Spain's support for the Israel-Palestinian peace process, particularly in advance of the March 10-11 EU Foreign Minister's Meeting (GAERC). He said that Spain believed it was critically important to [...]	2008-03-07 15:58:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KMPI KPAL PREL IS SP
08MADRID282	SPANISH SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN PEACE [...] (U) March 4, Spanish MFA Deputy Director General for the Middle East Alberto Ucelay reviewed Spain's support for the Israel-Palestinian peace process, particularly in advance of the March 10-11 EU Foreign Minister's Meeting (GAERC). He said that Spain believed it was critically important to [...]	2008-03-07 17:49:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KMPI KPAL PREL IS SP
08MADRID320	SPAIN: IRAN ELECTIONS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) Embassy made a strong case for the EU Presidency and Spain to issue statements regarding the Iran elections per reftel demarche. Alberto Ucelay, Deputy Director for Middle East Affairs at the Spanish MFA, said that they would consider our points, particularly with regard to the need for [...]	2008-03-14 16:30:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL SP IR
08MADRID33	SPAIN WILL CONSIDER PUBLIC STATEMENT REGARDING THE [...] (C) Demarche was delivered to Spanish MFA Near East Director Alberto Ucelay, who said that Spain did not have any plans to make a public statement on behalf of the National Council or the 30 detained Council members. He did ask for a copy of the White House Statement and said that the USG r [...]	2008-01-14 15:49:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KMPI PREL SY SP
08MADRID406	SPAIN ENCOURAGES GREATER REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT WITH [...] Spanish MFA Deputy Director for Middle East Affairs, Alberto Ucelay, in response to reftel demarche, said that Spain also seeks greater regional engagement with Iraq. As the new Spanish cabinet is being formed this week, he was not able to share specific details about Spanish FM participation [...]	2008-04-11 13:51:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EUN IR SP
08MADRID474	SPANISH VIEWS ON APRIL GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Spanish MFA expects the Balkans to dominate the April 28-29 GAERC but it also has strong opinions on Zimbabwe, Pakistan, Somalia, and the Middle East. END SUMMARY. //SERBIA// 2. (C) Spanish MFA Deputy Director General for ESDP Carlos Fernandez-Arias told Poloff April [...]	2008-04-28 14:58:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PGOV PREL SP
08MADRID499	TREASURY A/S LOWERY MEETING WITH SPANISH SECRETARY [...] (C) Summary: Spanish Secretary of State for the Economy Vegara told Assistant Secretary Lowery that he expected Spanish growth rates to fall below two percent as a result of the housing slump, which had been complicated by international credit market difficulties. He cited as helpful the gove [...]	2008-05-07 06:50:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN SP
08MADRID529	SPANISH PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL COMPACT [...] (U) Spanish MFA Deputy Director for Middle East Affairs, Alberto Ucelay, in response to reftel demarche, said that newly appointed Deputy Foreign Minister Angel Lossada will head Spain's delegation at the upcoming conference. He assured us that Spain would continue working to solidify and ex [...]	2008-05-12 18:34:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PREL IZ SP
08MADRID552	SPANISH CABINET MEMBER BIOGRAPHIES - ZAPATERO'S [...] (U) SUMMARY. President Zapatero's center-left Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) was the victor in the March 9 general election. This cable gives brief biographies for the cabinet members in Zapatero's second administration. Overall, the cabinet reflects Zapatero's campaign promises to [...]	2008-05-19 16:13:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR SP
08MADRID598	SPAIN REITERATES COMMITMENT TO UNSC SANCTIONS [...] (U) UNVIE Ambassador Gregory Schulte visited Madrid May 19-21 to raise the awareness of GOS officials and the public regarding the threat posed by the ongoing Iranian nuclear weapons program. Schulte briefed MFA Political Director Rafael Dezcallar, MFA Director General for the Middle East [...]	2008-05-29 09:53:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PINR IR SP
08MADRID63	SPAIN ISSUES COMMUNIQUE CRITICAL OF GAZA LOCKDOWN [...] (C) Spanish Director General for the Middle East Alvaro Iranzo called DCM January 21, at the request of FM Moratinos, to provide early warning that Spain would be issuing a communique that would be critical of Israeli military operations in Gaza as well as the border closings. Iranzo, callin [...]	2008-01-23 06:51:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL PHUM PREL SP IS
08MADRID633	FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE - SPAIN'S [...] Spanish MFA Deputy Director General for the Middle East Alberto Ucelay expressed appreciation for receiving a copy of the invitation conveyed through CENTCOM representatives and said that Spain would like to send a representative to the conference, but was determining how to arrange a complicat [...]	2008-06-06 07:48:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MOPS OTRA PREL SP IR
08MADRID634	SPAIN WILL ATTEND JUNE 23 CONFERENCE ON RECONSTRUCTION OF LEBANON'S NAHR AL-BARID REFUGEE CAMP [...] Embassy conveyed reftel demarche and informed Spain that the U.S. is finalizing a significant USG pledge and that we expect the U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Lebanon will represent our government at the conference. Spanish MFA Deputy Director General for the Middle East Alberto Ucelay said that [...]	2008-06-06 07:49:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PHUM PREL SP LE UNRWA
08MADRID666	SPAIN WILL ATTEND JUNE 24 BERLIN CONFERENCE IN [...] Embassy shared open source information about the June 24 Berlin Conference in Support of Palestinian Civil Security and the Rule of Law with Spanish MFA Deputy Director General for the Middle East Alberto Ucelay. Spain intends to participate in the conference and attended the preparatory se [...]	2008-06-12 12:33:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KWBG PREL PBTS PHUM EUN IS SP
08MADRID692	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE JUNE 14-20 [...] (U) After suspending last week,s disruptive truckers, strike, independent truckers, groups also cancelled a Madrid demonstration scheduled for June 18, ostensibly due to security concerns. Demonstrations, however, continue within other sectors affected by high fuel prices. Over 10,000 member [...]	2008-06-24 08:45:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB ENRG ETRD EWWT PTER
08MADRID792	SPAIN'S VIEWS ON JULY GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered GAERC demarche to Spanish MFA Deputy Political Director Carlos Fernandez-Arias on July 18. Fernandez-Arias said that the July GAERC will be relatively light and primarily address Somalia, Sudan/Darfur, Zimbabwe, Serbia and the Middle East Peace Process. END SUMM [...]	2008-07-18 14:31:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN SP
08MADRID827	SPAIN ENGAGES WITH SYRIA TO PROMOTE CONSTRUCTIVE [...] (C) Ambassador conveyed reftel points to FM Moratinos the morning of July 24. Moratinos said the Spanish sought to engage Syria in dialogue; continual contact would keep Syria focused on the benefits of playing a more constructive role in the region. Moratinos believes that based on the s [...]	2008-07-24 17:09:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN SY SP

08MADRID949	UPDATE ON SPAIN'S ATTENDEES FOR 63RD UN GENERAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-02 09:24:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA
08MADRID972	MADRID WEEKLY ECONOMIC UPDATE -- SEPT 2-5 [...] (U) The number of unemployed increased by 103,085 in August, bringing the total number of unemployed to 2.53 million, the highest total since 1998. President Zapatero will appear September 10 in parliament to discuss these and other poor economic indicators and the GOS response. Spain has on [...]	2008-09-08 05:57:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ELAB ENRG SP
08MADRID988	S/I SATTERFIELD BRIEFS SPANISH MFA ON IRAQ [...] (S) SUMMARY. September 11, S/I Ambassador Satterfield briefed Deputy Foreign Minister Lossada on developments in Iraq. He urged the Spanish to reinforce our call for increased regional support for Iraq and to encourage those countries that have already sent diplomatic representation and/or p [...]	2008-09-15 15:11:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	MOPS PREL IZ SP
08MANAGUA1115	NICARAGUA: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) On August 27, 2008 we met with Rene Morales, Director for American Affairs and Jane Mary Rivera from the Nicaraguan Foreign Ministry regarding the designation of additional Iranian entities and individuals under E.O. 13382 and delivered the points and non-paper as instructed per REFTEL. Mo [...]	2008-09-02 17:30:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PREL EFIN IR GM NU PARM
08MANAGUA1275	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH SANTOS ON BILATERAL ISSUES [...] (C) On October 13, Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Samuel Santos to express concern over a series of GON actions that appear to be targeted at the Embassy, including continued refusal to issue a tax exemption letter for gasoline taxes and a new rule that revoked airport access badges. Sa [...]	2008-10-20 19:08:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM AMGT KREC NU
08MANAGUA1381	NICARAGUA: INFLATION: A GATHERING STORM [...] (C) Summary. The rate of inflation in Nicaragua is the highest in Central America and the second-highest in Latin America. High petroleum and food prices, and off-budget cash inflows from Venezuela appear to be the main causes. The steep rise in food prices disproportionately affects the po [...]	2008-11-13 21:33:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD NU PGOV PREL
08MANAGUA1414	NICARAGUA: ATTORNEY GENERAL ESTRADA [...] (C) Summary: Attorney General Hernan Estrada is the Government of Nicaragua's (GON) lawyer and a close advisor to President Daniel Ortega. While Estrada is known to us as the point person on U.S. citizen property claims, he also is the lead government official on protecting the assets and natu [...]	2008-11-24 16:15:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EFIN EIND ECON ENRG EU
08MANAGUA1427	NICARAGUA: FINLAND CUTS BUDGET SUPPORT [...] (U) On October 22, the Embassy of Finland announced an end to its $2.5 million annual assistance to the national budget of Nicaragua. Finland is now the fourth country to withdraw direct budget assistance, after Germany, Sweden, and Great Britain. The Budget Support Group (BSG),a group of five [...]	2008-11-28 12:56:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN ECON PGOV PREL NU
08MANAGUA323	Managua End Use Monitoring Report 2007 [...] Embassy Managua provides the following information regarding the end use of resources acquired with INL funds. INL began operating in Nicaragua in 1997. This cable reviews resources used through the end of 2007 and details resources supplied in 2007. 2. The USG supports the Nicaraguan Nat [...]	2008-03-17 19:49:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR AFIN NU
08MANAGUA509	IMPLEMENTING UNSCR'S IRAN SANCTIONS: MANAGUA [...] (U) On April 11, we met with the Foreign Ministry's (MINREX) Director for North America, Rene Morales, and Nelly Beteta, Director for Africa and the Middle East, to deliver points and non-papers as instructed per reftels. Beteta indicated that the Government of Nicaragua supported Iran's peac [...]	2008-04-25 23:21:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC KNNP IR NU
08MANAGUA696	ACTION REQUEST: NEW 'NOTICE TO MARINERS' ON CHANGE [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. Please see paragraph 10 for Action. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY: In October 2007, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague issued a decision resolving a long-standing maritime boundary dispute between Nicaragua and Honduras. This decision e [...]	2008-06-02 22:15:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PREL EWWT EFIS CASC MOPS CO XK
08MANAMA127	U/S LEVEY ENGAGES GOB OFFICIALS ON TERRORISM, IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION FINANCE REF: 07 MANAMA 1089 MANAMA 00000127 001.6 OF 002 Classified By: Ambassador Adam Ereli, reasons 1.4(b) and (d). ------- SUMMARY ------- [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-03 12:50:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL PTER EFIN ECON IR BA
08MANAMA138	REISSUE - U/S LEVEY ENGAGES GOB OFFICIALS ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-06 16:15:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL PTER EFIN ECON IR BA
08MANAMA165	IOM PRAISES GOB ANTI-TRAFFICKING EFFORTS; LAUNCHES [...] (C) Summary: The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched a nine-month program in Bahrain working with the government to strengthen its capacity for dealing with trafficking in persons and to raise awareness of this issue. In a roundtable discussion between stakeholders and governmen [...]	2008-03-13 13:59:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KWMN PGOV ECON BA
08MANAMA320	ANTI-TRAFFICKING PROGRAM HAVING AN IMPACT [...] (C) Summary. A USG-funded program of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has raised awareness of human trafficking and has stimulated GOB interest in other efforts to compliment the anti-trafficking law passed in January. An Arabic-language media component set in motion a series of e [...]	2008-05-21 14:00:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	KWMN KCRM PGOV BA
08MANAMA383	BUILDING BRIDGES: BAHRAIN-QATAR CAUSEWAY UPDATE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-09 14:40:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EPET QA BA
08MANAMA492	BAHRAIN SEEKS IOM'S ASSISTANCE TO COMBAT TIP [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-24 06:20:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KWMN ASEC PHUM BA
08MANAMA613	ANDHRA PRADESH LABORERS IN BAHRAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Most of the trafficked laborers in Bahrain come from the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, according to an anti-trafficking activist. She said the efforts of Bahrain's new labor authority and source country embassies to blacklist abusive recruitment firms is working. End summary. [...]	2008-09-11 13:20:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KTIP ELAB KMIG IN BA
08MANAMA675	CONTRACT DISPUTE THREATENS TO DISRUPT RADIO SAWA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) and Bahrain's Information Ministry (MinInfo) have been unable to agree on a new contract for Radio Sawa broadcasts. Broadcasts for Bahrain could be suspended September 30. End summary. 2. (SBU) Assistant Undersecretary for Foreign Med [...]	2008-09-29 16:46:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PREL BA
08MANAMA677	BAHRAINI PROPOSAL FOR A REGIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT [...] (C) Summary: Bahrain's Foreign Minister has called for a new regional organization that would include Israel, Iran, Turkey and the Arab states, and asked for public USG support. End summary. 2. (U) Bahraini Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmad Al Khalifa delivered a speech at the [...]	2008-10-03 13:15:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU IS IR BA
08MANAMA795	(U) SCENESETTER FOR THE MANAMA DIALOGUE, DECEMBER 12-14 REF: A. MANAMA 759 B. STATE 123514 C. MANAMA 773 [...] (S/NF) Mr. Secretary, Ambassador Burns, Chairman Mullen, General Petraeus - Embassy Manama is delighted to welcome you all back to Bahrain. King Hamad and his leadership team value your friendship and appreciate your visit. We and they will want to use this visit to advance greater GCC defense coop [...]	2008-12-02 10:35:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR KDEM IR IZ RS CH IN BA
08MANILA1618	Philippines Weighs Open Skies Options [...] (SBU) Summary: Philippine Transportation and Communication Secretary Leandro Mendoza has announced that the ASEAN Open Skies agreement that ASEAN transportation ministers will sign in Manila in December will obviate the need for the proposed executive order to provide a "pocket open-skies" reg [...]	2008-07-09 09:04:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ETRD BEXP RP
08MANILA1779	PHILIPPINE NATIONALS DEPORTED FROM MALAYSIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The southern Philippines is bracing for a massive influx of deported Filipinos following the Malaysian government's June 25 announcement of an immigration crackdown against undocumented foreign workers in Sabah, East Malaysia. Hundreds of thousands of Filipinos, many of whom hai [...]	2008-07-25 08:31:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS KISL MY RP
08MANILA1784	AMBASSADOR ENGAGES PHILIPPINE SENATE PRESIDENT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador on July 24 engaged Philippine Senate President Manuel "Manny" Villar in a broad-ranging discussion over a private breakfast of issues likely to come up soon after the Senate reconvenes July 28. Villar described how, for very different reasons, the road ahead looke [...]	2008-07-28 06:26:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RP
08MANILA1790	Davao: A Mindanao Success Story [...] (SBU) Summary: Davao, located in the southeastern section of Mindanao, is now one of the Philippines' major economic hubs, with rich natural resources, good infrastructure, an educated labor pool, strong local government support for business, and a pro-active business sector. The city has ga [...]	2008-07-29 02:40:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV RP
08MANILA1953	POTENTIAL TRADE PROSPECTS IN MINDANAO: THE BIMP-EAGA [...] (U) Summary: This cable describes an international policy initiative designed to promote links between the southern Philippines and peripheral regions of neighboring countries known as the Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA). Supporters believe [...]	2008-08-15 07:45:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID ETRD ECIN EINV PGOV RP
08MANILA2419	PHILIPPINES-JAPAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT RATIFIED [...] (SBU) Summary: The Philippine Senate has ratified the Japan Philippine Economic Partnership Agreement, the first bilateral free trade agreement of the Philippines. The agreement elicited mixed reactions from GRP officials, business and industry sectors, and civil society groups. Nonetheless, [...]	2008-10-27 09:41:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON PGOV PREL RP
08MANILA2430	INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE ELECTION [...] (U) The following information on Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago, candidate for a seat on the International Court of Justice (ICJ),is submitted as requested by reftel. As per reftel, basic background information on Senator Santiago is not provided. 2. (U) Senator Santiago is a vocal ad [...]	2008-10-29 01:38:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	UNGA UNSC
08MANILA2725	Financial Crisis Impact on the Philippines [...] (SBU) Summary: Philippine GDP growth will slow, some jobs will disappear, and poverty will increase, but the global financial crisis will not create an economic or balance of payments crisis here (Ref A) in 2009. The business process outsourcing industry will continue its spectacular growth, [...]	2008-12-15 09:04:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ECIN RP CN XE XD
08MANILA367	Can the Philippine Economy Keep it Up? [...] (SBU) As we reported ref A, 2007 was a very good year for the Philippine economy which, according to final numbers, grew at 7.3%. While concern is widespread over the impact on exports of slowing global demand and the strong peso, the rapid growth in services, remittances, transport, construct [...]	2008-02-12 22:42:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV RP
08MANILA538	ENTRY LEVEL OFFSITE HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL [...] SUMMARY. More than 30 Manila Entry Level personnel, including officers and specialists from State and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID),participated in offsite training January 31 - February 1, 2008. The two days focused on professional development and interagency collab [...]	2008-03-03 09:31:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER RP
08MANILA539	PHILIPPINES: INPUT FOR THE 2008 TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) This cable includes the Mission's input for the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. The information and statistics cover the period from April 2007 to March 2008, unless otherwise noted. The Mission's TIP point of contact is Political Officer Barry Fullerton, FullertonTB@state.gov, [...]	2008-03-03 11:22:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF PREL SMIG RP
08MANILA743	DEMARCHE ON UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON FREEDOM OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-26 08:05:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL RP UNHRC
08MAPUTO220	FM AGREES TO BILATERAL POLITICAL DIALOGUE, AND TO [...] (U) Note: This report was written February 26 but final transmission was delayed. While FM Abreu was dismissed from her duties on March 10, this conversation and the issues discussed will serve as a basis for our first meeting with the new Foreign Minister. End Note. 2. (U) Summary: In [...]	2008-03-12 12:36:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD KHUM EAID MZ ZI KPKO
08MAPUTO512	MOZAMBIQUE: ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN GLOBAL MARITIME [...] Mozambique currently is actively involved in Global Maritime Partnerships (GMP). In the past eighteen months, in conjunction with the DAO: (1) an AIS/MSIS system was installed in five locations along the Mozambican coastline, (2) five small boats, worth more than $500,000, were donated to th [...]	2008-06-02 15:14:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP MOPS
08MAPUTO539	U.S. COMPANY PROMISES $5 BILLION OIL REFINERY [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. company Ayr Logistics recently announced the signature of design documents to build an oil refinery at Nacala-a-Velha, on the coast of the Northern province of Nampula. The development, valued at over USD $5 billion, would start operating within the next seven years, and con [...]	2008-06-09 07:18:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV ETRD EAID ECON EWWT PREL MZ
08MAPUTO648	DUTCH HOLD MEETING ON ZIMBABWE CONTINGENCIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff met with friendly diplomatic missions on July 11 at the Dutch Embassy to discuss contingency planning for any future potential citizen evacuations from Zimbabwe into Mozambique at the Mutare border crossing in Manica province. The Dutch Charge openly expressed his missi [...]	2008-07-15 08:21:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC PHUM ZI MZ
08MAPUTO846	FRELIMO FAILS TO RE-NOMINATE POPULAR MAYOR OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 23, members of the FRELIMO Committee for the City of Maputo met behind closed doors for 13 hours to determine the party's candidate for the upcoming November 19 municipal elections. In a surprise move, members selected current Minister of Youth and Sport David Simango [...]	2008-09-03 14:43:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MZ
08MAPUTO958	SWEET DREAMS: MOZAMBIQUE'S SUGAR INDUSTRY GROWS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Mozambican sugar industry is a significant employer and is expected to double production over the next three years, targeting duty-free access to the EU via the Everything but Arms (EBA) initiative. Ethanol production is under consideration, and may provide a complementar [...]	2008-10-06 18:05:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ENRG ECON EPET SENV
08MASERU104	LESOTHO: DEMARCHES ON HCOC, UN RESOLUTIONS AND DECLARATIONS [...] SUMMARY: On April 21, Poloff met with Europe and Americas Director P. P. Makosholo at Lesotho's Ministry of Foreign Affairs to deliver demarches on Lesotho's ascension to the Hague Code of Conduct Against Missile Proliferation (HCOC, Ref A),the U.S.-EU sponsored UN Prisoners on Conscience de [...]	2008-04-21 13:53:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MNUC KNNP PARM PHUM KSCA ETTC TPSA IR
08MASERU29	LESOTHO: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Maseru submits the following information for Lesotho's 2008 Investment Climate Statement. The Kingdom of Lesotho is open to foreign direct investment (FDI) and generally treats foreign investors favorably. With most investment originating from East Asia, FDI in Lesotho is p [...]	2008-02-06 11:45:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV USTR OPIC KTDB LT
08MASERU62	LESOTHO: 2008 COUNTRY COMMERCIAL GUIDE [...] Lesotho 2008 Country Commercial Guide Chapter 1: Doing Business in Lesotho The economy of Lesotho, a mountainous southern African nation completely surrounded by the Republic of South Africa, is based on agriculture, livestock, light manufacturing, water exports, earnings from the Souther [...]	2008-03-03 15:07:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ECON EINV ETRD BTIO LT
08MASERU73	LESOTHO: 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Following extensive interviews with local experts, law enforcement officials, and members of Lesotho's civil society, post has not identified a substantiated case of trafficking in persons in the Kingdom of Lesotho. In drafting this report, sources informed post of a case involvi [...]	2008-03-10 17:38:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG LT
08MBABANE197	PROBLEMS STILL PLAGUING SWAZI AIRPORT [...] SUMMARY: Since January 2008, safety conditions at Swaziland's Matsapha International Airport have attracted increasing attention from the local press and public. The main problems affecting the airport are unreliable back-up generators, bird strikes, and an unresolved labor union dispute. I [...]	2008-07-09 14:38:00	Embassy Mbabane	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAIR ELAB CASC ASEC TSA WZ
08MBABANE389	COMESA GIVES SWAZILAND TIME TO MANEUVER [...] SUMMARY. The Government of the Kingdom of Swaziland's (GKOS) trade office has secured a two year extension of its Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) derogation. The derogation gives Swazi goods preferential price treatment on a non-reciprocal basis. COMESA's intention to cre [...]	2008-12-18 13:00:00	Embassy Mbabane	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN WZ
08MELBOURNE125	Australian Auto Industry Braces for Tough Times [...] (SBU) The Australian automotive industry, headquartered in Victoria, is in for tough times. With Toyota worried, GM/Holden pressed and Ford on the ropes, industry leaders are expressing concern over the future of Australia's biggest manufacturing industry. A perfect storm is brewing for an au [...]	2008-11-03 00:04:00	Consulate Melbourne	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ECON ETRD AS
08MELBOURNE137	Global Financial Crisis Batters GM/Holden [...] (SBU) GM/Holden's Chairman, Mark Reuss believes that the Australian auto industry's largest foe is sagging consumer confidence. Reuss is pursuing alternative financing to help struggling dealerships and believes the Rudd government's recently announced car plan will help the industry adapt and [...]	2008-11-28 03:24:00	Consulate Melbourne	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ECON ETRD AS
08MELBOURNE44	NEW GM HOLDEN CHIEF LOOKS TO ADAPT COMPANY TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Newly arrived General Motors (GM) Holden Managing Director (MD) and Chairman Mark Reuss told Melbourne Consul General and Commercial Officer on May 14 that he intended to increase his company's dwindling market share through changes in marketing and making vehicles that consume [...]	2008-05-14 07:02:00	Consulate Melbourne	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ELTN ECON AS
08MEXICO1039	SCENE SETTER FOR THE VISIT TO MEXICO OF AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Welcome to Mexico City. Mexico is key to USG success in combating a wide array of transnational security threats which undermine our ability to confront global terrorism. A stew of widespread criminality, drug trafficking, corruption and impunity has created an enabling environment for [...]	2008-04-08 21:10:00	Embassy Mexico	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON IR KCRM KNNP MNUC MX PGOV PREL SNAR MASS
08MEXICO1082	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE [...] (SBU) On behalf of the U.S. Mission, let me warmly welcome you to Mexico City. Your visit comes at a key juncture, as Mexico's military takes stock of its role in Mexico and the world -- and looks at its evolving relationship with its U.S. counterpart in light of ongoing challenges and new [...]	2008-04-10 19:12:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	MX OVIP PGOV PINR PREL PTER SNAR
08MEXICO1331	SCENESETTER FOR USUNVIE AMBASSADOR SCHULTE, MAY 6-8 [...] (SBU) On behalf of the U.S. Mission, let me warmly welcome you to Mexico City. We understand you would like to focus your visit on conveying U.S concerns as relate to Iran's failure to meet its obligations to the UN. You will find that Mexico shares our concerns but your visit should offer [...]	2008-05-02 12:46:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KCRM PARM UN IR MX
08MEXICO1487	SCENE SETTER FOR THE VISIT TO MEXICO OF FBI DEPUTY [...] (U) Welcome to Mexico City. Mexico is key to USG success in combating a wide array of transnational security threats which undermine our ability to confront global terrorism. A stew of widespread criminality, drug trafficking, corruption and impunity has created an enabling environment for a variet [...]	2008-05-16 14:54:00	Embassy Mexico	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER KCRM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1932	MEXICO ON SUPPORT FOR IAEA INSPECTION IN SYRIA [...] (S/NF) Poloff conveyed points June 25 on support for IAEA inspections in Syria (reftel) to Julian Juarez Cadenas, the Deputy Director General for UN-Related Security and Legal Issues at the Foreign Secretariat (SRE). Juarez said that Mexico, as one of the members of the IAEA Board of Governors [...]	2008-06-25 21:01:00	Embassy Mexico	SECRET//NOFORN	KNNP PREL PARM SY MX
08MEXICO2218	ISRAELI RELATIONS WITH MEXICO (C-NE8-00834) [...] (C/NF) Poloff met separately with Enrique Palos, Deputy Director General for Africa and the Middle East at the Secretariat of Foreign Relations (SRE),and Lior Keinan, Political Counselor and Press and Cultural Attache at the Israeli Embassy in Mexico City, on July 3 and 8, respectively, to di [...]	2008-07-18 17:24:00	Embassy Mexico	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PARM PREL IS MX
08MEXICO474	MEXICO CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (SBU) Summary. Critical infrastructure protection (CIP) is a priority for Mexico. The U.S. and Mexico have already established a framework for developing a common approach to CIP. Because Mexico borders the United States, U.S. domestic agencies, including DHS, Northcom, and others have studi [...]	2008-02-20 15:56:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON
08MEXICO520	INTERNATIONAL NOTIFICATION OF U.S. SATELLITE [...] ESTCOUNS presented the demarche in reftel to Yuriria Guadalupe GARCIA Nunez, Director of Multilateral Affairs, Africa and the Middle East in the Mexican Foreign Ministry (SRE). Garcia mentioned that Director-General for Science and Technology Maximo ROMERO Jimenez (who is traveling) had info [...]	2008-02-22 16:28:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIA PREL PARM PNAT PINS TSPA TPHY CDG PUOS
08MINSK262	BELARUS: 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] The following is the submission by Embassy Minsk for Part One of the 2008-2009 INCSR. Please note that post is operating under extreme conditions with only five American staff. Please direct any questions about this report to EUR/UMB. 2. Summary: Belarus remains a transit route for traff [...]	2008-12-19 17:28:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV KJUS BO
08MONROVIA1006	LIBERIA: RECOMMENDATIONS ON COUNTER-PIRACY EFFORTS [...] The Commissioner of Liberia's Bureau of Maritime Affairs, Binyah Kesselly, stated the GOL position on piracy at the recent session of the International Maritime Organization. He described the hijacking of the Liberian-registered SIRIUS STAR as part of "an international crisis of monumental pr [...]	2008-12-08 16:40:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER ECON LI
08MONTREAL48	QUEBEC LIBERALS: THE PQ AND KOSOVO AND FEDERAL [...] (C) Canada is weighing the effect recognizing Kosovo independence will have on Party Quebecois's (PQ) dormant separatist agenda, Quebec Liberal Party (PLQ) Regional Coordinator Patrick Gilles informed Econ-Poloff February 20 in Montreal. He added that the government's concern was based on pre [...]	2008-02-22 19:52:00	Consulate Montreal	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KVIR YI EU CA
08MOSCOW1086	UN SECRETARY GENERAL'S MOSCOW COURTESY CALL [...] (C) Summary: UN Secretary-General Ban's April 9-11 Moscow visit was high on atmospherics and included meetings with a cross-section of Russia's political and business elite, contributing to speculation that the trip was intended to soothe Russian concerns that the SYG was too close to the U.S [...]	2008-04-18 13:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC RS
08MOSCOW1118	RUSSIA PLEASED WITH RESULTS OF PNA LEADER ABBAS [...] (C) Summary: In an April 22 meeting, MFA Middle East and North Africa Deputy Director Ozerov positively assessed the April 16-18 visit of PNA Leader Abbas to Moscow. Abbas reviewed the latest developments in the Israeli-Palestinian and Fatah-Hamas talks, stressing that there was room for cau [...]	2008-04-22 12:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS
08MOSCOW1162	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Dalsvyaz, OJSC Far East Telecommunication company, Petropa [...]	2008-04-25 11:51:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
08MOSCOW1217	IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - RUSSIA [...] 1. (SBU) In Russia, basic commodity prices for products have spiraled in recent months, with price increases registered of up to 70 percent nationwide for vegetable oils, and 50 to 100 percent for potatoes in some regions in Russia. The poorest in Russia, who spend nearly two-thirds of their [...]	2008-04-30 14:42:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAGR RS
08MOSCOW1303	NO SURPRISES - PUTIN CONFIRMED AS PREMIER [...] (SBU) Putin's castling move from Kremlin to White House concluded today with his two-hour confirmation hearing as Premier. Hours after yesterday's inauguration, President Medvedev and Putin made their opening moves, with the former taking steps to tackle his goals of economic reform and innov [...]	2008-05-08 14:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI RS
08MOSCOW1340	LEBANON: RUSSIA SENDS SIGNAL TO SYRIA AND IRAN [...] (C) On May 15, MFA Director for Middle East Affairs Sergey Vershinin said that in the wake of FM Lavrov's May 13 conversations with Lebanese Prime Minister Siniora and Egyptian FM Aboul Gheit, Russia had sent a "signal" to Damascus and Tehran that it was necessary to create the "most positive [...]	2008-05-14 12:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR LE SY RS
08MOSCOW1375	MOSCOW MIDDLE EAST CONFERENCE IN DOUBT [...] (C) Summary: Russia continues planning for a Moscow Middle East conference, despite increasing signs that the event may not take place. Russian officials have said that the GOR does not want to force any party to attend a conference and is presently waiting for a "positive sign" from Israel [...]	2008-05-16 11:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS RS
08MOSCOW1420	HHS DELEGATION HEARS RUSSIAN VIEWS ON JOINT SMALLPOX [...] (SBU) Summary: A Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Delegation led by Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Preparedness Gerald Parker visited Moscow and St. Petersburg May 4-7 to meet with senior GOR health officials to discuss the current state of smallpox research and avian an [...]	2008-05-20 12:54:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAGR PREL PGOV WHO RS
08MOSCOW1430	MEDVEDEV'S FIRST FOREIGN TRIP: EASTWARD TO CHINA [...] (C) Summary. Russian analysts argue that Medvedev's May 22-24 visit to Kazakhstan and China -- the first foreign trip as the new Russian President -- carries both symbolic and substantive significance. Specialists welcomed the choice, saying that Medvedev's decision to go eastward would remi [...]	2008-05-21 13:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM KNNP CH RS
08MOSCOW1502	DEMARCHE ON SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE DELIVERY TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-28 13:56:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PARM PREL MASS ETTC RS SY
08MOSCOW1515	PROGRESS IN LEBANON AND SYRIA BODES WELL FOR [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa Oleg Ozerov told us on May 28 that positive developments in Lebanon and Syria justified revisiting dates for the GOR's planned Moscow Middle East conference. The GOR believed that settlement of the Lebanese political crisis with the [...]	2008-05-30 03:29:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR LE SY RS
08MOSCOW1624	ANNUAL OECD/NEA MULTILATERAL NUCLEAR ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM [...] (SBU) The annual OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Multilateral Nuclear Environment Program in Russia (MNEPR) Committee Meeting took place May 13 in Moscow. Russian officials reviewed the status of the new Rosatom State Corporation. Participants also reviewed the Strategic Master Plan for Nort [...]	2008-06-06 12:46:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG OTRA TRGY TECH FR RS
08MOSCOW1625	RUSSIA WILL ATTEND FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-06 12:46:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS OTRA PREL IZ RS
08MOSCOW1643	ANTI-CORRUPTION PROGRAMS [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to President MedvedevQs rhetoric about the rule of law and anti-corruption, the EmbassyQs Law Enforcement Section (LES) and Resident Legal Adviser (RLA) conducted two programs last week focused on strengthening RussiaQs capacity to combat corruption. The first, a rou [...]	2008-06-10 07:28:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL RS KCRM KJUS SNAR
08MOSCOW1648	MFA ON IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM, POLITICS, [...] (C) Summary: At the working-level, the MFA remains hopeful the latest P5 1 proposals will lead to progress on the Iranian nuclear issue, but believes Tehran is likely to use elements of the package Solana will deliver to delay negotiations. The MFA dismissed the IAEA DG's latest report, which [...]	2008-06-10 13:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG KNNP IR LE SY RS
08MOSCOW180	FM LIVNI VISIT TO MOSCOW: POST-ANNAPOLIS, GAZA, [...] (C) Summary: FM Lavrov used Israeli FM Livni's January 17 visit to reiterate Russian interest in hosting a follow-on Annapolis conference, but only when progress in the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks merited reconvening. According to the MFA, Russia will remain flexible on the timing and age [...]	2008-01-25 12:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS RS
08MOSCOW1836	SIBERIA SHOWS SUCESS, FAILURE OF APPOINTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The fate of two regions, Irkutsk Oblast and Krasnoyarsk Kray, encapsulates the success and failure of Putin's system of appointing governors. In Irkutsk, Putin appointee Aleksandr Tishanin failed to consolidate the regional elite and resigned in disgrace for "personal reasons" [...]	2008-06-27 14:34:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI RS
08MOSCOW184	RUSSIA INTERESTED IN LIBYA'S ECONOMIC POTENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Lavrov's recent visit to Libya is part of a concerted GOR effort to improve relations with Tripoli and win contracts as Libya develops economically. The GOR is particularly interested in Libyan hydrocarbon resources, infrastructure projects, and possible constru [...]	2008-01-25 13:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON LY RS
08MOSCOW1861	MFA SAYS RUSSIA HOPES TO CONVENE, BUT WILL NOT [...] (C) MFA Counselor for Israel and Palestine Viktor Simakov told us on June 30 that Russia was satisfied with the June 24 meeting of the Quartet, which agreed that its September session would include discussion of the timing and agenda of the GOR's proposed Moscow Middle East conference. Simakov [...]	2008-07-01 10:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS RS
08MOSCOW1900	RUSSIA-EU SUMMIT GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO NEW PCA [...] (C) Summary. The principal outcome of the Russia-EU Summit held June 26-27 in the Siberian town of Khanty-Mansiysk was, as expected, the approval to start negotiations on a new Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA)(to begin July 4 in Brussels). MFA and European diplomats confirmed that [...]	2008-07-03 11:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN ETRD EAGR PGOV NATO RS
08MOSCOW191	MFA ON LEBANESE POLITICAL CRISIS [...] (C) In a January 23 meeting (other topics reported septel),MFA Middle East and North Africa Director Vershinin told us that Russia supported the Arab League's attempts to mediate Lebanon's political impasse over electing a new President. The GOR was pushing, both in public and in private, fo [...]	2008-01-25 16:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE RS
08MOSCOW1952	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Golden East-Siberia, Moscow, Russia. The company is list [...]	2008-07-09 11:01:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
08MOSCOW2172	USTR Delegation Discusses IPR in Moscow [...] (SBU) A USTR delegation, led by AUSTR for Intellectual Property and Innovation Stanford McCoy, visited Moscow June 23-24 for meetings with GOR officials and industry representatives on IPR protection and enforcement. USTR focused on implementation of the U.S. ? Russia IPR side letter, and in [...]	2008-07-28 13:26:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR RS
08MOSCOW2180	RUSSIA ON SARG: OPTIMISM BEFORE REALISM [...] (C) Summary. We delivered reftel demarche July 28 to MFA Syria and Lebanon desk chief Andrei Panov, emphasizing US concerns over the possibility of Russian arms being diverted to Hizballah. Overall, Panov characterized Syria's recent engagement with the international community as positive a [...]	2008-07-29 11:36:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY LE RS
08MOSCOW2321	TFGGO1: RUSSIA-SOUTH OSSETIA SITREP 3 AUGUST 9 [...] (C) Summary. Russian officials continued to deny that Russia was waging war, claiming Russia was "performing a peacekeeping mission," while Russian media reported the MOD had confirmed that 2,000 more paratroopers would be sent to South Ossetia. Reaction in Moscow to the conflict generally s [...]	2008-08-10 06:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR GG RS
08MOSCOW2521	RUSSIA GETS SYRIAN SUPPORT ON GEORGIA, BUT SYRIA [...] (C) Summary: Initial indications are that despite Al-Assad's tough talk about basing Russian missiles in Syria, Medvedev did not pledge in the August 21 meeting to provide Iskander missiles. The meeting had reportedly been planned for weeks and was not precipitated by events in Georgia, alth [...]	2008-08-22 13:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR SY RS
08MOSCOW2835	RUSSIA'S VIEW ON GC VOTE ON MESA GROUP SEAT ON [...] (S) On September 22, DCM and ESToff delivered reftel demarche on U.S. opposition to potential Iranian or Syrian membership on the IAEA Board of Governors (BOG) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of Security and Disarmament Affairs Deputy Director Oleg Rozhkov. Rozhkov said that this [...]	2008-09-22 13:46:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	IAEA PARM MNUC AF SY IR KZ RS
08MOSCOW2969	RUSSIA-VIETNAM: A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH NO [...] (C) Summary. Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem's September 13-16 visit to Moscow resulted in a public Vietnamese endorsement of Russia's role in strengthening peace and cooperation in the Caucasus, but no recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. The visit also included an a [...]	2008-10-07 10:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD RS VM
08MOSCOW3026	OLMERT PRESSES RUSSIA TO DO MORE ON IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Israeli PM Olmert's October 6-7 meetings with Medvedev and Lavrov covered a range of issues, and do not appear to have been arranged to head off an imminent Russian sale of S-300 missiles to Iran, despite press reports to the contrary. Olmert pressed Russia to do more on Iran, i [...]	2008-10-10 13:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR IR IS SY RS
08MOSCOW3064	RUSSIAN ANALYSTS URGE U.S. NOT TO LET GEORGIA [...] (SBU) Summary: During an October 13 roundtable attended by HFAC Chairman Howard Berman and HFAC staff, analysts argued that Russians perceived NATO expansion as more of a threat than a nuclear Iran, which was not viewed by the political leadership as a "vital issue" for Russia. They warned a [...]	2008-10-16 10:45:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OREP IR IS RS
08MOSCOW3086	SEXISM, LOW PAY, AND REAL ESTATE: RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Like Russia itself, the MFA is still attempting to come to terms with the vast societal changes that came with the end of the Soviet era. The Russian diplomatic corps of 4,500 is younger and includes more women than previously, but sexism remains very much in the open. The hig [...]	2008-10-20 11:03:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OFDP PGOV SOCI RS
08MOSCOW3089	INSURGENTS IN INGUSHETIYA TARGET FEDERAL TROOPS [...] (SBU) Summary: The internet-based Caucasian Knot has confirmed only three deaths from an attack on a convoy of federal troops in Ingushetiya, not the 50 claimed by the jihadist Kavkaz Center website and the opposition Ingushetiya.org website. While initial reports of major casualties appear [...]	2008-10-20 13:39:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR KCRM PREF KS
08MOSCOW3202	MOSCOW SPS OPPOSES, REGIONS SUPPORT, SURKOV PLAN [...] Summary: Opposition within the Union of Right Forces (SPS) to the party's impending dissolution is almost non-existent outside of Moscow. Moscow SPS leader Vladlen Maksimov and SPS Federal Political Council member Maria Gaydar have publicly opposed the dissolution and have urged regional bra [...]	2008-10-31 03:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM RS
08MOSCOW3210	WATCHING NORTH KOREA FROM VLADIVOSTOK [...] (C) Summary. North Korea experts in Vladivostok see small signs of economic reforms in North Korea but believe Pyongyang needs more confidence in its regime survival before being willing to take further steps to alleviate the poverty situation in the country. The experts hold varying views [...]	2008-10-31 13:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS KS KN
08MOSCOW3219	DFM SALTANOV ON MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS, LIBYA, [...] (C) Summary. During an October 31 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Saltanov provided a positive assessment of the Egyptian-brokered Palestinian talks and indicated GOR hopes for concrete progress at the November 9 meeting between the factions in Cairo. Calling [...]	2008-11-03 04:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS IS LY SO
08MOSCOW3252	RUSSIA-IRAN RELATIONS DRIVEN BY REGIONAL POLITICAL [...] (Summary): MFA Iran desk chief Maksim Ganzey provided us with an overview of Russian relations with Iran that he argued went beyond the nuclear issue and were based largely upon the GOR's need to work effectively with a country that had considerable ability to impact political and economic is [...]	2008-11-06 13:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG ETRD MARR IR RS
08MOSCOW3330	RUSSIANS SPLIT ON FUTURE OF RELATIONS UNDER OBAMA [...] (SBU) Summary. The November 4 U.S. presidential elections elicited great media coverage and expert commentary in Russia, but opinions about the incoming Obama administration have been decidedly mixed. While many government leaders welcomed a change in U.S. leadership, others expected the st [...]	2008-11-18 11:10:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS
08MOSCOW3333	UNDERSECRETARY BURNS' MEETING WITH FM LAVROV: [...] (C) Summary. FM Lavrov told U/S Burns and the Ambassador November 12 in Moscow that Russia saw the Sochi Strategic Declaration as the basis for future U.S.-Russian relations. He dismissed the contention that Medvedev's state of the union address had been a deliberate slap at President-elect O [...]	2008-11-18 12:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KNNP KACT MNUC EFIN AF GG AM
08MOSCOW3372	MFA ON AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN AND IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-21 13:05:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR AF IR PK RS
08MOSCOW3379	MFA ON RUSSIAN AND AMERICAN ROLES IN CENTRAL ASIA [...] (C) Summary: On November 14, MFA officials expressed to DAS Krol Russian concern that the U.S. presence in Central Asia, combined with efforts to expand NATO, gave the appearance that Russia was "surrounded" and called for the U.S. to be transparent in its actions. The GOR understood, howeve [...]	2008-11-24 06:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG SENV SMIG SNAR AF RS ZK
08MOSCOW340	Russian Companies: Emerging Global Players [...] (SBU) Russian companies are increasingly going "global" -- expanding rapidly overseas through acquisitions and investments. Russian companies, flush with cash, are joining their Indian and Chinese counterparts as a new breed of multinationals. Oil and gas companies are the most active but met [...]	2008-02-08 13:45:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD RS

08MOSCOW3424	MFA PREVIEWS RUSSIAN GOALS FOR OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] (C) At the December 4 OSCE ministerial in Helsinki, Russia will formally launch Medvedev's proposed European Security Treaty (EST),push its reform agenda, and seek "balance" in any Ministerial Declaration. The MFA tells us that they see the OSCE as a dated body that does not take into accou [...]	2008-11-26 12:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM OSCE RS
08MOSCOW3547	RUSSIA REACTS TO THE NATO MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Summary: The reaction by Russian officials to the December 2 NATO Ministerial was largely muted, with the MFA welcoming a "return to realism" as NATO decided to resume a political dialogue with Russia. GOR officials expect NATO to make the first step in reestablishing ties with Russia, a [...]	2008-12-08 15:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR RS NATO
08MOSCOW3573	UNITED TO FLY DIRECT FROM WASHINGTON TO MOSCOW BY [...] (SBU) On December 1, Oracio Marquez, United Airlines' Manager for International Regulatory Affairs, confirmed to Embassy Moscow's FAA Attache that United would start direct, non-stop flights as of March 29, 2009 between Dulles International Airport (IAD) and Moscow's Domodedovo International A [...]	2008-12-10 11:28:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETRD EINV ECON RS
08MOSCOW3615	DFM KARASIN ON GEORGIA AND U.S. RELATIONS - MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 6 meeting with Congressman Bill Delahunt and Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin conceded Russia had lost the p.r. battle in the August conflict with Georgia, but reiterated why Russia had been compelled to respond militarily and then r [...]	2008-12-15 06:53:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR PARM KNNP OREP RS
08MOSCOW3689	FEAR, PARANOIA, AND TREASON - MOSCOW PREPARING FOR [...] (C) Summary: As the economic crisis deepens, a GOR-proposed expansion of the definition of espionage is being interpreted as a blatant attempt to further restrict and intimidate critics of the United Russia dominated government from organizing any opposition to the present power structure. In [...]	2008-12-19 14:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR RS SOCI
08MOSCOW3712	ROSNEFT AND LUKOIL TELL SENATOR LUGAR OIL TAX [...] (SBU) In separate meetings on December 17 and 18, Lukoil Executive V.P. Ravil Maganov and Rosneft V.P. for Finance Peter O'Brien told Senator Lugar that they strongly believe major oil tax reform is inevitable in Russia in order to stop the slide in production (reftels). They both suggested, [...]	2008-12-22 09:20:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EPET OREP PREL RS
08MOSCOW3728	DFM Ryabkov meets Codel Tauscher: Iran, Missile Defense, [...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting the Codel Tauscher delegation on December 16, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov stressed that Russia wanted improved relations with the U.S., even as he acknowledged the "negative mindset" of the Russian public and the damage that issues like NATO enlargement had p [...]	2008-12-23 12:07:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR PARM KNNP OREP RS
08MOSCOW3745	RUSSIA REACTS TO DUTY INCREASES ON CARS [...] (C) In the first sign of open discontent with GOR measures to deal with the financial crisis, protests continue to mount throughout Russia over increased duties on imported cars and tighter restrictions on imported used cars (Refs A, B, C). Thus far, the GOR has largely rebuffed the protesters, [...]	2008-12-29 03:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EIND EINV ECON PGOV RS
08MOSCOW390	KING ABDULLAH'S LOW KEY MOSCOW VISIT [...] (C) Jordanian King Abdullah met Putin and his presumptive successor, First Deputy Prime Minister Medvedev, during a February 11 visit that focused on maintaining continuity in Russia-Jordan relations. MFA First Secretary Elbrus Kutrashev and Jordanian Consul Hasan Saraireh told us separately [...]	2008-02-13 14:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JO RS
08MOSCOW392	RUSSIA ON UNSC DISCUSSIONS ON CHAD, KENYA, [...] (C) Summary. The MFA told us that it would send four helicopters and 200 personnel to Chad, and was concerned over growing tensions on the Ethiopia/Eritrea border, but would take a "wait and see" approach to further UNSC involvement in conflicts in Kenya. The GOR believed that international [...]	2008-02-13 15:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ZF XW RS
08MOSCOW538	KOZAK ON ECONOMIC DECENTRALIZATION, REGIONAL [...] (C) In a February 27 meeting, Minister of Regional Development Dmitry Kozak told the Ambassador that the GOR was committed to a policy of economic decentralization but that the pace would vary from region to region depending on local factors, above all local leadership. Kozak said different r [...]	2008-02-27 15:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV RS
08MOSCOW78	EMERCOM: COOPERATION IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT [...] (SBU) The Russian Ministry for Civil Defense, Emergencies and Natural Disasters (EMERCOM) and a U.S. delegation led by R. David Paulison, FEMA Administrator, met in St. Petersburg December 3-7. The purpose of the meeting, the twelfth in a series, was to review bilateral cooperation in emergenc [...]	2008-01-14 15:52:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL SENV RS
08MOSCOW817	MOSCOW UNDERSTANDS IRANIAN AMBITIONS, SAY RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary: In a recent round of meetings, prominent Russian analysts argued that Russia's long history of dealing with Iran and its willing understanding of Iran's ambitions to be a great power in the Middle East and wider Islamic world are two important factors in appreciating the GOR appr [...]	2008-03-25 14:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PARM KNNP ETRD IR RS
08MOSCOW848	DFM SALTANOV ON MOSCOW CONFERENCE, SYRIA, IRAN, [...] (C) Summary: In a March 20 meeting with visiting Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senior Staff Member Talwar, DFM Saltanov reviewed Russia's position on a range of critical issues in the Middle East, underscoring strong U.S.-Russian cooperation in the lead up to and following the Annapolis [...]	2008-03-28 08:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS IR IQ MEP
08MOSCOW944	RUSSIA-JAPAN RELATIONS: WAITING FOR NEW [...] (C) Summary. With the GOJ's abortive efforts to stage a summit before the end of the Putin presidency behind it, both Moscow Japan handlers and the Japanese Embassy say that the GOJ is waiting for the new Russian president to take the reins before trying again. GOR officials and analysts be [...]	2008-04-04 14:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA RS
08MOSCOW956	RUSSIAN VIEWS ON ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAQ AND IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Present and former Russian officials welcomed the message from the Senior Advisor to the Secretary and Coordinator for Iraq, Ambassador Satterfield, that the U.S. encouraged increased Russian engagement in Iraq during a round of April 2-3 meetings, and pressed the U.S. to broaden [...]	2008-04-08 07:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR IZ RS
08MOSCOW957	RUSSIAN EXPERTS SAY U.S. MUST REMAIN IN IRAQ AND [...] (C) Prominent Russian analysts told Senior Advisor to the Secretary and Coordinator for Iraq, Ambassador Satterfield, SIPDIS and Ambassador Burns, during an April 3 gathering, that preventing the fragmentation and radicalization of Iraq was a key Russian concern, and urged that direct, long- [...]	2008-04-08 07:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR IZ RS
08MOSCOW999	DEMARCHES ON IRAQ'S NEIGHBORS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-11 12:33:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EUN IZ IR RS
08MUMBAI46	INDIAN IT AND TEXTILE INDUSTRIES STRUGGLE TO COPE WITH [...] (U) This cable is classified as sensitive but unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: India's two largest foreign exchange earners - the textile and IT industries -- are struggling to adjust to the appreciation of the Indian rupee against the dollar. However, in a series o [...]	2008-02-11 11:12:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ETRD IN
08MUSCAT106	MINISTER OF MANPOWER HIGHLIGHTS ANTI-TIP EFFORTS [...] (SBU) Summary: During a February 4 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Manpower Juma bin Ali Al Juma detailed his Ministry's anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) measures, including: publishing a brochure for newly-arrived foreign workers to educate them about their rights; issuing new occu [...]	2008-02-06 12:57:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB KMPI MU
08MUSCAT121	SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL WILLIAM [...] (C) Admiral Fallon: Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome your return to Oman. We have asked for a meeting with Sultan Qaboos, who will appreciate hearing your perspective on events in the region. General Moseley visits the week prior to your arrival and will meet with the Commander of the Roy [...]	2008-02-10 14:28:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL PTER KNNP MARR MASS MNUC MOPS OVIP
08MUSCAT145	MEDIA REACTION: ISRAEL DENIES PEACE; ISRAEL'S DIPLOMATIC [...] SUMMARY: Editorials in government-owned "Oman" called for Palestinian unity and a more active Arab role in the peace process. "Oman" also called on Lebanon's political parties to stop inciting Lebanese youth to violence. Private Arabic daily "Al-Watan" called on Palestinians and other Arabs to [...]	2008-02-18 13:11:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT169	OMANI WOMEN SPEAK OUT ON U.S. POLICIES AND OTHER [...] (C) A group of Omani women in a small-group discussion with the Ambassador shared their concern over the U.S. visa issuance process and misperceptions among Americans about the Middle East. While disagreeing with some U.S. policies, the women stressed their positive views about the American p [...]	2008-02-27 11:04:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KMPI KPAO KWMN CVIS MU
08MUSCAT190	LEGAL ISSUES IMPEDE GLOBE PROGRESS IN OMAN [...] (U) On March 1, GLOBE Deputy Director Teresa Kennedy, GLOBE Desk Officer Russanne Low, and Econoff met with Ministry of Education officials Amal Abdullah Mohamed al-Busaidia, Director General of Curricula, Zuwaina Saleh al-Maskaria, Deputy Director General of Curricula, and Sana Sabeel al-Belu [...]	2008-03-04 07:58:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPL KGLB PREL MU
08MUSCAT262	OMAN REVEALS LOW-PROFILE INITIATIVE ON [...] (C) Summary: Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi told me that he has begun a "low-profile" effort to bring the Syrians and Lebanese together and help resolve the Lebanese leadership stalemate. The Omani effort, reportedly in cooperation with Qatar, is focused on g [...]	2008-04-07 12:04:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE MU
08MUSCAT263	OMANI TELECOM AUTHORITY REQUESTS WRITTEN COMMENTS [...] (U) This is an Action Request; please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) On March 31, Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Engineer Naashiah al-Kharusi, Committee Member, Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA). In particular, Econoff emphasized that the telecommunications liberalization stu [...]	2008-04-07 12:41:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ETRD ECON EINT USTR MU
08MUSCAT267	OMAN MOVING TOWARD FIU IMPLEMENTATION [...] (SBU) On April 5, FINCEN Middle East Director Ahmed el-Bashari and Econoff met with Lt. Colonel Mohsin Awad al-Muqaddam, Director of the Financial Crimes Department, Royal Oman Police (ROP),to review Oman's progress in formally establishing a financial intelligence unit (FIU). Muqaddam noted [...]	2008-04-07 13:38:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL PTER MU
08MUSCAT325	EMBASSY MUSCAT NOMINATION FOR 2008 AWARD FOR [...] Following up on his outstanding performance on labor issues the previous year (ref D),Labor/Human Rights Officer Andy Lentz has continued to significantly advance U.S. foreign policy interests in the labor field. As Oman's nascent independent labor unions (legalized in 2006) slowly develop [...]	2008-04-29 06:31:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	APER AMGT ELAB PHUM MU
08MUSCAT333	EMBASSY MUSCAT NOMINATION OF BRIAN GRIMM FOR HERBERT [...] Economic/Commercial Officer Brian Grimm significantly advanced U.S. policy and objectives in the economic field over the last year. His outstanding work on the Free Trade Agreement deserves the highest praise. In conjunction with his other accomplishments, I am pleased to nominate Brian for [...]	2008-04-30 15:04:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	APER AMGT ECON BEXP ETRD MU
08MUSCAT35	OMAN FY08 BFIF REQUEST [...] Continued Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) assistance will be essential in helping the Embassy promote the soon-to-be-implemented U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Post requests $6,807 in BFIF program funds for outreach to the local community on the benefits of the FTA, strengt [...]	2008-01-14 12:37:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ECON MU
08MUSCAT384	OMAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS PAVE WAY FOR [...] (SBU) Oman's investment in its infrastructure is paying dividends, as port development has led to greater foreign participation in various downstream industrial opportunities, while improvements to Oman's air transportation network will facilitate increased tourist arrivals. Road construction [...]	2008-05-26 12:23:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EAIR MU
08MUSCAT404	OMAN MEDIA REACTION: ISRAELI CHALLENGE TO PEACE IN THE [...] SUMMARY: Commentaries this week focused on the scandal surrounding Israeli Prime Minister Olmert, presenting it as a diversion, likely intentionally created, to stall peace talks and progress on a Golan deal. State Arabic daily "Oman" called on Israel to initiate a prisoner exchange with Hamas [...]	2008-06-02 12:51:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT410	JUDGES NEED TRAINING TO IMPLEMENT LABOR LAWS [...] (SBU) Summary: During a recent Embassy-sponsored small group discussion on the role of the courts in implementing Oman's labor laws, business and labor leaders expressed a lack of confidence in the judicial process and judges' ability to settle labor disputes. The participants identified a p [...]	2008-06-04 12:24:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB ETRD KMPI MU
08MUSCAT430	AMBASSADOR CONDUCTS BROAD OUTREACH IN SALALAH [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador visited the southern Omani city of Salalah and the surrounding governorate of Dhofar May 26-28. His trip included a meeting with the Deputy Governor of Dhofar, a tour of the operations of an expanding U.S.-based company, a discussion with university students ab [...]	2008-06-11 11:03:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD ENRG SENV KPAO MU
08MUSCAT431	ADDRESSING OUR TIER 3 TIP DISPUTE WITH OMAN [...] (C) Summary: The dispute over the Oman's Tier 3 ranking in the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report stems from the government's refusal to accept that there may be a trafficking problem in Oman, as well as its extreme sensitivity to its public image. Oman's threatened reappraisal of "all [...]	2008-06-11 14:53:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET	PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB MOPS MU
08MUSCAT432	ADDRESSING OUR TIER 3 TIP DISPUTE WITH OMAN [...] (C) Summary: The dispute over the Oman's Tier 3 ranking in the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report stems from the government's refusal to accept that there may be a trafficking problem in Oman, as well as its extreme sensitivity to its public image. Oman's threatened reappraisal of "all [...]	2008-06-14 02:46:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET	PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB MOPS MU
08MUSCAT436	OMAN: MEPI REPORT CARD [...] (U) SUMMARY. Many of the major projects funded by the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) over the past years are now, in one way or another, at a crossroads. With the 2007-08 program season winding down, Muscat's MEPI team, under the guidance of the Ambassador, offers this review of ME [...]	2008-06-14 12:10:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KMPI KDEM KWMN ECON ELAB SCUL MU
08MUSCAT443	FUELED BY MEDIA, POPULAR RESENTMENT GROWS OVER TIP [...] (SBU) Local media have stepped up coverage of the Omani government's strong reaction to the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, with an increasing number of government officials and offices publicly adding their statements to those made initially by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). [...]	2008-06-15 12:28:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN KPAO OIIP SMIG ELAB MU
08MUSCAT463	OMAN'S SME SECTOR TO BENEFIT FROM MEPI ASSISTANCE [...] (U) With funding from the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI),a consulting team from Booz Allen Hamilton is advising the Ministry of Commerce and Industry's Directorate General of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SME) on both developing an internal organizational workplan for the off [...]	2008-06-17 12:20:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON BEXP KMPI PREL MU
08MUSCAT468	YOUTH FUND FACES CHALLENGES IN PROMOTING SMES [...] On June 9, Commercial Assistant and a consultative team from Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH),under sponsorship from the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI),met with Malak al-Shaibani, General Manager of the Fund for Development of Youth Projects ("Sharakah"),to discuss its role in the devel [...]	2008-06-18 12:03:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMPI MU
08MUSCAT47	OMANI FOREIGN POLICY AS REFLECTED IN THE SPEECHES [...] (C) Summary: In addition to being the longest-serving head of state in the GCC, Sultan Qaboos bin Sa'id is also one of the most consistent Arab leaders with respect to his stated views on foreign policy. An examination of the relatively limited number of public speeches he has given since ta [...]	2008-01-20 13:24:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL MU
08MUSCAT474	ROYAL OMAN POLICE, MAJLIS AL-SHURA SUSPEND AREAS [...] (C) Summary: The dispute over Oman's Tier 3 ranking in the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report is beginning to affect Post's relations with some government and non-governmental entities in Oman. The Royal Oman Police's (ROP) Criminal Investigation Division informed Post that due to Oman' [...]	2008-06-23 10:55:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB MU
08MUSCAT491	USDA STAGES TRANSBOUNDARY ANIMAL DISEASES WORKSHOP [...] (U) On June 22, the USDA, in association with Oman's Ministry of Agriculture, opened a five-day workshop on the effect of transboundary animal diseases on international trade for over 30 government officials from the Gulf Cooperation Council and Yemen. The seminar, sponsored by the Middle Eas [...]	2008-06-30 12:58:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON KMPI MU
08MUSCAT527	TIP REPORT DISPUTE TAKES TOLL ON EMBASSY [...] (C) The placement of Oman on Tier 3 of the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report has had significant negative repercussions on the Embassy's relations with the Omani government, as well as with non-governmental organizations and certain private individuals. As reported previously, the dir [...]	2008-07-14 11:46:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KMPI SMIG ELAB MU
08MUSCAT536	IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER VISIT TO MUSCAT (JULY [...] (SBU) Summary: Iranian Foreign Minister Manoucher Mottaki made a brief visit to Muscat on July 16 for talks with Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi. Mottaki reportedly did not meet with other senior Omani officials. While in Oman, Mottaki granted a press intervi [...]	2008-07-21 13:08:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP MNUC IR MU
08MUSCAT558	OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: Editorials and commentaries in Oman's dailies focused on the negative effect of Israeli Prime Minister Olmert's resignation and the U.S. elections on the peace process, and on violence between Palestinian groups. Articles in private daily "Al Watan" called Israel's negotiations with [...]	2008-08-04 12:11:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT623	SULTAN'S SUMMER TRAVELS, GCC SUMMIT AND FTA [...] (C) Receiving the Ambassador at his residence August 31, Sultan Qaboos' Advisor for External Liaison, Dr. Omar Zawawi, reviewed the Sultan's recent official/private trip through the Middle East and Europe, reaffirmed the Sultan's commitment to implementing quickly the U.S.-Oman FTA, and brie [...]	2008-09-02 04:19:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD MU
08MUSCAT625	MINISTER OUTLINES OMAN'S PLANS TO COMBAT [...] (C) Summary: Oman's Minister of Manpower reaffirmed Oman's determination to combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP) in a meeting with the Ambassador on September 2. During a conversation discussing a variety of topics, Minister Juma Ali Juma outlined immediate steps underway by the Omani governm [...]	2008-09-02 13:19:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB MU
08MUSCAT626	OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: While the state daily "Oman" praised U.S. efforts toward Israeli-Palestinian peace, private daily "Al-Watan" accused the American administration of a week stand on the issue, decrying a lack of firmness toward Israel. "Al-Watan" also suggested that the Israeli Prime Minister's proposa [...]	2008-09-03 06:27:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT65	SUCCESSFUL EPA WORKSHOP CONCLUDES [...] On January 28, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),in association with the International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement and the Omani Ministry of Environment and Climate Affairs, concluded two successful one-day workshops in Muscat on the Role of Science in En [...]	2008-01-28 12:08:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SENV KMPI MU
08MUSCAT708	OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: This week, Omani dailies continued to comment on the global financial crisis and the Middle East peace process. Government Arabic daily "Oman" sounded another call for governments to act with fiscal responsibility. "Oman" also predicted a stagnation of the Middle East peace process a [...]	2008-10-06 13:02:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT709	INTERIOR RESIDENTS EXPRESS VIEWS ON U.S. FINANCIAL [...] (C) Summary: In his 'Eid al Fitr calls on senior sheikhs and majlis members in Oman's interior Sharqia governorate, the Ambassador heard diverse and sometimes surprising views about the U.S. and on Omani government policies. Omanis expressed considerable interest in the ongoing financial c [...]	2008-10-06 13:20:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI ECON EFIN KPAO MU
08MUSCAT746	LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR PROPOSED NESA CENTER [...] (U) This is an Action Request; please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Post continues to strongly support the establishment of a regional office in Muscat of the Department of Defense's Near East South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies. Oman would provide an ideal geographic location for suc [...]	2008-10-29 11:59:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AMGT KMRS MASS MU
08MUSCAT767	EXBS: OMAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE FOR OCTOBER 2008 [...] (SBU) Nothing to report. COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD 2. (SBU) ISIT II training - October 25 to 29. See paragraph 6 below. MEETINGS DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD 3. (SBU) On September 22, the EXBS Advisor, Pol-Econ Chief and Pol-Econ Officer met with the Director of the [...]	2008-11-09 12:21:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL MASS MNUC KNNP KSTC ETTC MU
08MUSCAT772	OMAN REACTS TO THE U.S. ELECTIONS [...] SUMMARY: As the November 4 presidential election approached, on Election Day, and in the immediate wake of the election results being announced, Omanis at all levels have been remarkably focused on events as they unfolded. In the media, online, and in person at a range of recent events, we ha [...]	2008-11-12 10:05:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT789	OMAN'S BIN ALAWI DISCUSSES U.S.-GCC SECURITY, [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador November 17, Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi reviewed Oman's idea for developing U.S.-GCC security cooperation, which will be presented for discussion at the December GCC summit, his thoughts on Mideast peace, Iraq and t [...]	2008-11-18 11:49:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL GCC PK IN IZ MU
08MUSCAT797	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL PETRAEUS' VISIT TO OMAN [...] (C) General Petraeus: Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome you to Oman. One of our oldest and most dependable friends in the region, Oman remains a valued ally. This year marks the 175th anniversary of the U.S.-Oman "Treaty of Amity and Commerce," second oldest in the Middle East and North [...]	2008-11-19 14:28:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET	PARM PREL PTER MASS MNUC MOPS KNNP IR IZ PK
08MUSCAT829	JOINT DEMARCHE TO OMAN ON INCREASING FINANCIAL [...] (C) The ambassadors of the E3 and the U.S. - the Italian was unavailable to participate - called on Ambassador Ahmed al Harthy, Chief of Middle East Affairs of the Omani MFA, and Lyeutha al Mughairy, Director of the MFA Secretary General's Office, to deliver reftel demarche. 2. (C) In o [...]	2008-12-03 12:11:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN MNUC KNNP IR MU
08MUSCAT830	DETAILS ON OMAN'S NEW ANTI-TRAFFICKING LAW [...] (C) Oman's new anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) law defines trafficking broadly, institutes significant penalties for offenders, provides for care and protection for victims, and establishes a National Committee to Combat Human Trafficking led by a government minister. Shaikh Abdullah al-Bak [...]	2008-12-03 14:13:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KTIP MU
08MUSCAT835	EXBS: OMAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE FOR NOVEMBER 2008 [...] (SBU) Nothing to report. COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD 2. (SBU) Nothing to report MEETINGS DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD 3. (SBU)On November 9, the EXBS Advisor and the Pol-Econ Chief met with Counselor Arafa Samir, the Deputy Chief, International Affairs Dept., Ministr [...]	2008-12-07 04:46:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL MASS MNUC KNNP KSTC ETTC MU
08MUSCAT843	OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: Omani dailies focused this week on the Mumbai attacks and transition of administrations. Government daily "Oman" signaled that the Mumbai attacks require a united, international response to the evolving threat of terrorism. Private Arabic daily "Al Watan" commented that American pol [...]	2008-12-14 05:17:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT88	CLDP CONFERENCE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE EFFORTS BEAR [...] On January 27, the Department of Commerce's Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP),in association with the Omani Ministry of Justice, brought together over 75 delegates from the U.S. and the Middle East to participate in a two-day "Commercial Law and Company Regulation" conference in Muscat [...]	2008-02-03 11:48:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL KMPI MU
08MUSCAT880	MIDDLE EAST DESALINATION RESEARCH CENTER 23RD [...] (U) This message contains action requests. See paragraph 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Meeting in Muscat December 15-16, the Middle East Desalination Research Center (MEDRC) Executive Council (EC) reached consensus on a more realistic budget for the coming year and the need for MEDRC to become more [...]	2008-12-29 14:48:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SENV MU
08MUSCAT99	2008 OMAN INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: PART I [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-05 13:23:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC MU
08NAIROBI10	KENYA ELECTIONS: COMMONWEALTH OBSERVER GROUP PRESS RELEASE [...] The Commonwealth Observer Group issued the following Statement by Chairperson of teh Commonwealth Observer Group on December 31, 2007. Begin text: Commonwealth Observer Group Kenya General Elections, 27 December 2007 News Release Statement by HE Dr Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, former President [...]	2008-01-02 15:45:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL KE
08NAIROBI1042	SUCCESSFUL WORKSHOP ON TIP AND CHILD SEX TOURISM IN KENYA'S [...] Summary: SOLWODI's April 11-13 workshop on trafficking and child sex tourism, funded through a G/TIP project, was very effective in building Coast Province activists' capacity and encouraging the community to discuss these sensitive issues. Labor Officer recommends further use of the participa [...]	2008-04-18 10:36:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM PHUM KE
08NAIROBI1043	GSP QUERY; NO CHILD LABOR IN KENYAN CARPET INDUSTRY [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-18 10:50:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD AGOA ECON PHUM KE
08NAIROBI1045	TEXT OF PRESIDENT KIBAKI'S SPEECH ON SWEARING IN [...] President Mwai Kibaki delivered an address on the swearing in of the new grand coalition cabinet on April 17. The message stressed reconciliation and unity. The text of the speech follows. 2. Begin Text. Your Excellency Yoweri Museveni, President of the Republic of Uganda, Your Excell [...]	2008-04-21 06:53:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE
08NAIROBI1049	AMERICAN BUSINESS INTEREST IN SOUTHERN SUDAN [...] (SBU) This cable responds to reftel request to gauge sentiment in the Kenya-based U.S. business community with regard to doing business in Southern Sudan and likely participation in a suggested USG-organized trade mission to Juba. In Kenya, the response of U.S. companies is mixed: Most are ke [...]	2008-04-21 13:53:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN BEXP ETRD EINV SU KE
08NAIROBI1101	KENYA: AMBASSADOR'S OPEN LETTER TO U.S. BUSINESS AND [...] On April 24, the U.S. Mission disseminated an open letter from the Ambassador to the American business community and U.S. tourists. Wide dissemination was achieved by providing the letter electronically to the Kenya Tourism Board and to the U.S. Foreign Commercial Service's Office of Marketin [...]	2008-04-28 07:04:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV PREL KE
08NAIROBI1129	Somalia - Revised Travel Request [...] (U) This is a revised and updated version of reftels. Per DOD requirements, proposed travelers are concurrently seeking Special Area and Theater clearances. See paras 2 and 21 for action request. 2. (C) Embassy Nairobi requests Department approval for Bradley G. Anderson, Colonel, Defense A [...]	2008-04-29 14:44:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	OTRA PREL ASEC PTER MOPS ET SO
08NAIROBI1176	CHINA'S ENGAGEMENT IN AFRICA - KENYA RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Summary: China's engagement with Kenya is primarily a private sector-led effort, focused on trade generally, and the supply of goods and services in key infrastructure sectors like roads, info-tech, and energy. The Chinese government appears not heavily involved in those areas where the [...]	2008-05-07 09:59:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG EFIN PREL PGOV KE CH
08NAIROBI1325	2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION [...] (U) The U.S. Mission in Kenya is aware of one (1) outstanding claim of a United States business interest against a branch of the Government of Kenya (GOK). 2. (U) Background: In the mid-1990s, Claimant A entered into a partnership with a Kenyan public university ("the university"),via a [...]	2008-05-23 08:34:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIDE EINV OPIC CASC PGOV KE
08NAIROBI136	KENYA ELECTIONS: EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY OBSERVATION MISSION [...] On Saturday, January 12 the East African Community Observer Mission issued the following report on the Kenyan General Elections. Begin text: THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY OBSERVER MISSION REPORT KENYA GENERAL ELECTIONS DECEMBER 2007 INTRODUCTION ------------ The following is the East [...]	2008-01-15 08:25:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL KE
08NAIROBI1486	COLLABORATION ON ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING TRAINING IN KENYA [...] This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. Prof. Kinandu Muragu, Executive Director at the Central Bank of Kenya's School of Monetary Studies (KSMS),asked if the USG can collaborate in introducing anti-money laundering (AML) courses at the School. Noting that the regulatory response [...]	2008-06-17 15:00:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PTER KCRM ECON KTFN KE
08NAIROBI1487	COLLABORATION ON ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING TRAINING IN KENYA [...] This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. Prof. Kinandu Muragu, Executive Director at the Central Bank of Kenya's School of Monetary Studies (KSMS),asked if the USG can collaborate in introducing anti-money laundering (AML) courses at the School. Noting that the regulatory response [...]	2008-06-17 15:01:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PTER KCRM ECON KTFN KE
08NAIROBI1488	NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR AVIATION SECURITY; KENYA [...] (SBU) As a post rated critical for terrorism in a key aviation hub for all of Africa, Nairobi already has multiple programs in place to improve aviation security in Kenya. The failed 2002 terrorist effort to shoot down an Israeli charter jet with a MANPAD and the ensuing collapse of tourism fo [...]	2008-06-17 15:01:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON ASEC PTER KCRM KE
08NAIROBI1520	KENYA: GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIP (GMP) INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) The U.S. Mission in Nairobi is already implementing several maritime security initiatives with GOK agencies that would appear to fit under the GMP initiative, and uses the coastal security subcommittee of the CT Working Group to coordinate across the various Mission agencies. However, th [...]	2008-06-23 12:19:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP
08NAIROBI1642	Somalia - Revised Travel Request [...] (U) This is a revised and updated version of reftels. Per DOD requirements, proposed travelers are concurrently seeking Special Area and Theater clearances. See paras 2 and 21 for action request. 2. (C) Embassy Nairobi requests Department approval for Bradley G. Anderson, Colonel, Defense A [...]	2008-07-03 13:24:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	OTRA PREL ASEC PTER MOPS ET SO
08NAIROBI1809	DIVERSION REQUEST FOR CASE KE-B-UAD [...] The following letter was sent to the Director of Strategy, Plans and Policy at U.S. Central Command, the U.S. Army Security Assistance Command, and the Defense Security Cooperation Agency by COL David McNevin, the U.S. Defense Representative to Kenya. It is a follow up of reftel country team as [...]	2008-07-28 10:27:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MASS PARM PREL KE XW
08NAIROBI1821	KENYAN ELEPHANT EXPERTS REGRET CITES DECISION ON [...] (C) Summary: On July 15, the CITES Standing Committee granted China permission to import ivory from stockpiles held by Botswana, South Africa, Namibia, and Zimbabwe despite opposition from members of the African Elephant Coalition (AEC) and Australia. In the face of arguments from Kenya, Mal [...]	2008-07-29 08:26:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KE PGOV PREL SENV
08NAIROBI192	KENYA: WHAT A DIFFERENCE AN ELECTION MAKES [...] (U) Summary: In a stunning reversal from consensus predictions that the December 27 general election would not affect Kenya's growing economy, allegations of vote rigging led to inter-tribal violence and looting that temporarily paralyzed the country's transportation system, scared away tourist [...]	2008-01-17 12:30:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAGR ELAB PGOV EFIN KE
08NAIROBI2041	KENYA HITS TURBULENCE ON APPROACH TO "SAFE SKIES" [...] (SBU) Summary: The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) must immediately hire at least three qualified aviation inspectors if Kenya is to potentially achieve FAA Category One status within 12-18 months. Despite the high salaries demanded by these inspectors, Prime Minister Odinga and Transpor [...]	2008-08-28 06:38:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON ASEC PTER KCRM KE
08NAIROBI2057	Somaliland: Revised Travel Request for US Mission Officers - [...] (S) This is a revised country clearance request for travel to Hargeisa, Somaliland (Ref A and B). Per Ref C, the Department approved the travel for August 7. Post requests clearance for US Mission officers to travel to Hargeisa, Somaliland on September 9. The travel and security plan remain a [...]	2008-09-03 12:14:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	OTRA PREL ASEC PTER MOPS SO
08NAIROBI2158	Somalia - US Mission Officers Visit Hargeisa [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On September 9, US Mission officers visited Hargeisa, Somaliland and met with government officials, political party representatives, and organizations implementing U.S. Government-funded activities. The visit provided an opportunity to reinforce key messages made by Assistant [...]	2008-09-12 08:48:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM ECON SOCI SO
08NAIROBI2253	MT. ELGON: STATUS OF INVESTIGATIONS ALLEGATIONS OF [...] (C) In late July, the international NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) issued a second, more detailed report alleging security forces' involvement in serious human rights violations during the joint military-police operation against the Sabaot Land Defense Force (SLDF) in Mt. Elgon in March-April 200 [...]	2008-09-24 15:57:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM MOPS MASS KPKO KCRM KE
08NAIROBI2290	WHITHER M/V FAINA'S TANKS? [...] (S-NF) A shipment of 33 Ukrainian T-72 tanks and other ammunition and equipment aboard the M/V Faina, currently under the control of pirates off the coast of Somalia, has raised questions and controversy in Kenya about their final destination. It is a poorly kept secret that the tanks are boun [...]	2008-10-02 15:46:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET//NOFORN	MASS PTER PHSA KE UP SO SU
08NAIROBI2326	KENYA'S FLIGHT TOWARDS FAA "CATEGORY-1" STALLS [...] (SBU) Summary: A plan by Prime Minister Odinga to provide the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) with resources to quickly hire and retain inspectors to certify Kenya Airways' (KQ) fleet is languishing in Cabinet. KCAA needs these inspectors onboard now to certify KQ's Boeing 737s, 767s, a [...]	2008-10-09 10:44:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON ASEC PTER KCRM KE
08NAIROBI2334	NGOs and USG Discuss Civil-Military Relations in the [...] On July 15, USEmbassy Nairobi jointly with the NGO umbrella organization InterAction and the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa held a one-day conference in Nairobi to discuss the evolving civil-military cooperation framework -- also known as Diplomacy, Development, and Defense (3D) -- in [...]	2008-10-10 12:14:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS EAID PINS SOCI KE XA
08NAIROBI2429	SOMALIA - World Food Program Requests Private Security for [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After 1,250 metric tons of food were stolen on September 25, the World Food Program (WFP) Somalia Office has requested that the USG ask the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) to rescind its ban on transporters providing their own armed security personnel. USAID Food for Pea [...]	2008-10-24 04:54:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID ECON SOCI SO
08NAIROBI2553	SOMALIA - Business and Investment Council Shares U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 26 the chairman and members of the Djibouti-based Somali Business and Investment Council (SBIC) told us that key business leaders are ready to support the peace process in Somalia and begin a new chapter in relations with the U.S. Government. The businessmen welcome [...]	2008-11-05 11:20:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EAID SO
08NAIROBI2610	A TALE OF TWO EL WAKS [...] (SBU) El Wak, Kenya lies just across the border from El Wak, Somalia. Both towns are dominated by the Garre clan, which is now engulfed in a violent struggle for dominance over the Murulle clan. The conflict has spread into Somalia and has exacerbated relations between the Garre and Marehan, [...]	2008-11-18 13:34:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC KCRM KE SO
08NAIROBI2626	NAIROBI EAC CONVENED TO DISCUSS AL-SHABAAB IN KENYA [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Nairobi's Acting Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) convened Post's Core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on 19 November 2008 to discuss recent events in El Wak, Kenya and recent reports of alleged al-Shabaab activity in country and their impact, if any, on Post operations, [...]	2008-11-20 13:02:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC KE PTER
08NAIROBI2738	EMBASSY CONCURRENCE FOR FY09 HORN OF AFRICA [...] (U) Embassy Nairobi has reviewed and supports S/CT's proposal to provide training in Best Practices and Lessons Learned in Counterinsurgency Operations to Kenya to help this nation build its capacity to perform these operations in an effective manner that respects human rights. 2. (C) The [...]	2008-12-08 14:54:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIA MARR MASS PTER KE SO
08NAIROBI2760	HEIGHTENED INSECURITY AT DADAAB REFUGEE CAMP [...] (SBU) On December 8 around 8:40 a.m a German development aid organization (GTZ) ambulance was attacked by gunmen. The GTZ ambulance was traveling from the Dadaab NGO compound to Hagadera refugee camp with 7 people on board. The UN-mandated government of Kenay (GOK) police escort for all vehic [...]	2008-12-11 12:16:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KE PGOV PREF PREL
08NAIROBI2793	GENERAL WARD DISCUSSES SECURITY WITH KENYAN LEADERS [...] (C) On November 24 and 25, AFRICOM Commander General William Ward had introductory meetings with President Kibaki, Prime Minister Odinga, Assistant Minister for Defense Major General (retired) Joseph Nkaisserry, and Chief of General Staff General Jeremiah Mutinda Kianga. The conversations foc [...]	2008-12-16 12:15:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP MOPS PHSA PBTS PREL KE SO SU CG
08NAIROBI2842	LACEY AMENDMENTS WILL HELP KENYA PROTECT ITS DWINDLING [...] (U) As instructed ref A, upon receipt, post provided Lacey Act amendments to the Kenyan Ministry of Trade, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife, National Environment Management Authority, and Forest Service, pointing out that the new regulations will help backstop Ken [...]	2008-12-19 05:08:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ETRD KCRM EINV BTIO ENRG KGHG ECON KE
08NAIROBI2862	NADR-FUNDED PROJECT TO SUPPORT THE EAST AFRICA [...] (U) Mission wishes to propose the following project for funding under NADR in support of the East Africa Regional Strategic Initiative (EARSI): - Title of project: Preventing Attacks on Soft Targets (PAST) - Implementing agency or organization: DS/ATA - Description of program, to incl [...]	2008-12-23 07:50:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER TZ KE ET
08NAIROBI2867	NADR-FUNDED PROPOSAL FOR INTERNATIONAL PORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-23 08:51:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KY
08NAIROBI2871	SUMMARY REPORT ON CONSULTATIVE WORKSHOP ON THE [...] Key regional partners participated in a workshop November 11-14 in Nairobi, Kenya, to discuss priorities for the implementation of the Global Food Security Response in Eastern and Southern Africa. This is part of a broader, multi-donor response to the global food crisis in support of the Afri [...]	2008-12-23 12:55:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KE

08NAIROBI380	KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS - STATE OF PLAY AND NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary. Having reached agreements regarding violence and humanitarian issues, the Annan-mediated talks between the government and ODM today started focusing on elements of a political solution. Annan wants to achieve this by February 13. The two sides start this discussion with diamet [...]	2008-02-05 19:25:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KE
08NAIROBI419	KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: NEARING THE CRUNCH POINT [...] (C) Summary. Now that Kenya's peace talks have begun to focus on political issues, they are expected to rapidly reach the crunch point regarding power-sharing. There are constructive developments that mitigate in favor of progress, but also indications that achieving this will be extremely d [...]	2008-02-08 13:12:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KE
08NAIROBI473	Somalia -- Travel Request [...] (U) This is an action message. See paras 2 and 10. 2. (C) Embassy Nairobi requests Department approval for Bradley G. Anderson, Colonel, Defense Attache, U.S. Defense Attache Office Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Lisa R. Schade, Lieutenant Colonel, Marine Corps Attache, U.S. Defense Attache Offi [...]	2008-02-12 15:39:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	OTRA PREL ASEC PTER MOPS ET SO
08NAIROBI680	Ambassador Addresses Kenya Law Society [...] The following is the text of a speech delivered by the Ambassador to the Law Society of Kenya's Annual Dinner on March 8. It received extraordinary positive coverage in national and local television, radio, and print media: Begin text: --------------------------------------------- ------ [...]	2008-03-10 14:47:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI811	SOLICITATION FOR G/TIP-MANAGED FY 2008 ESF AND INCLE [...] Embassy Nairobi regrets the delay in submission of project nominations for G/TIP-managed FY 2008 ESF and INCLE project funds, but is pleased to nominate the following three projects in priority order. Ripe For Harvest ---------------- 2. (a) Ripe For Harvest (b) $249,989 (c) Production o [...]	2008-03-25 12:59:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC KCRM PHUM ELAB PREL SMIG KE
08NAIROBI812	SOLICITATION FOR G/TIP-MANAGED FY 2008 ESF AND INCLE [...] Embassy Nairobi regrets the delay in submission of project nominations for G/TIP-managed FY 2008 ESF and INCLE project funds, but is pleased to nominate the following three projects in priority order. Ripe For Harvest ---------------- 2. (a) Ripe For Harvest (b) $249,989 (c) Production o [...]	2008-03-25 13:00:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB KE
08NAIROBI857	MISSION KENYA RESPONSE ON PROPOSED OPIC FINANCING - GEF [...] U.S. Mission Kenya appreciates having the opportunity to comment on OPIC's proposed loan guaranty for a $150 million private equity fund entitled the "GEF African Consumer Fund." As ref A explains, the fund will provide investment capital for established, high growth companies involved in the [...]	2008-03-31 03:38:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN KE
08NAIROBI989	KENYA'S GRAND COALITION CABINET UNVEILED [...] President Mwai Kibaki unveiled a 40 member grand coalition cabinet on April 13, 2008 in a televised speech to the nation. The text of the speech, containing the list of Ministries, Ministers, and Assistant Ministers, follows. An analysis of the cabinet and challenges ahead will follow septel. [...]	2008-04-14 11:40:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KDEM KE
08NASSAU709	PM CANDID, UNHELPFUL ON UNGA VOTING DEMARCHE AND [...] (C) Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham received reftel demarche from Charge late October 4. PM Ingraham took on-board USG points regarding the UN having great potential for progress if like-minded countries would agree to work together on balanced and reasonable UN resolutions and other [...]	2008-10-07 18:33:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNGA CU BF
08NDJAMENA111	NEW SRSG FOR MINURCAT/EAST CHAD GIVES AMBASSADOR [...] (U) This is an action message: See para 10. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) New MINURCAT SRSG Victor Angelo briefed ambassador 3/21 on progress since he arrived two weeks ago, especially signing a Status of Mission Agreement with the GOC, after having successfully for now resisted GO [...]	2008-03-25 10:46:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PREF MARR EAID UN EU SU CD
08NDJAMENA166	CHAD: LOGISTICS CHALLENGES AS RAINY SEASON LOOMS, AND PORT [...] Regional Food for Peace Officer (RFFPO) Dan Suther visited Chad 9-18 April to assess WFP's logistical operation for eastern Chad. WFP/Chad has a difficult task ahead providing seven months of food for over 400,000 refugees and IDPs before the end of June: distributing May-June rations as well a [...]	2008-04-18 18:34:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM PGOV CD CT LY SU
08NDJAMENA201	CHAD: NGO HEAD KILLED IN APPARENT CARJACKING [...] (SBU) The UN and NGO community is assessing the security environment in eastern Chad after the tragic death of a Save the Children representative in an apparent carjacking attempt on the heavily traveled Abeche-Adre corridor. With banditry rising in eastern Chad, EUFOR/MINURCAT's ability to pr [...]	2008-05-06 16:15:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PGOV CD MARR MOPPS CT SU
08NDJAMENA228	NEW SRSG FOR MINURCAT/EAST CHAD GIVES AMBASSADOR [...] (C) The PRM Chad Program Officer met with UN Mission to the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT) Police Commissioner Antero Lopes to discuss the status of MINURCAT,s deployment. The deployment has been delayed several months but seems to be finally picking up speed under the current [...]	2008-05-22 09:01:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF MARR EAID UN EU SU CD
08NDJAMENA259	UK AMBASSADOR TO CHAD SHOULD VISIT CHAD REGULARLY TO [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE: SEE PARA 6. 2. (SBU) THE UK AMBASSADOR TO CHAD, WHO IS RESIDENT AS HIGH COMMISSIONER IN YAOUNDE, SHOULD VISIT CHAD REGULARLY TO REINFORCE BOTH THE UN AND EU PKO MISSIONS HERE. A REGULAR VISIT BY UK AMBASSADOR WOULD SERVE USG INTERESTS BY DEMONSTRATING BROA [...]	2008-06-20 08:59:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF PHUM UK EU UN CD
08NDJAMENA275	THE EFFECTIVENESS OF UN EFFORTS TO COMBAT SEXUAL [...] Per reftel, Embassy N'Djamena assesses that UN efforts regarding SEA and TIP in MINURCAT in Chad have been completely successful and that MINURCAT has worked actively and effectively to prevent and respond to SEA and TIP in its area of responsibility in Chad. 2. Host government and popular p [...]	2008-07-07 08:06:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPKO PHUM UN SE KCRM KWMN CD
08NDJAMENA288	HARD TIMES: CHAD NEEDS USG HELP TO MEND FENCES [...] (U) This is an action message: See para 15. ------------ Summary: ------------ 2. (SBU) Chad's new Prime Minister believes that the World Bank already has unfairly and unilaterally decided at the highest level to end its relationship with Chad in the petroleum sector, which would be [...]	2008-07-14 13:28:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EFIN IMF IBRD EPET ETRD CD
08NDJAMENA382	EUFOR FINDS A FOLLOW-ON FORCE: UNPKO PLANNING [...] (SBU) Summary. UN Peace Keeping chief Edmond Mulet told Chad-based diplomats that President Deby had endorsed an expanded MINURCAT designed to replace EUFOR in Chad next March. A 6,000 strong Chapter Seven PKO would be 25 percent larger than the total strength of EUFOR plus MINURCAT I, and wo [...]	2008-09-03 09:19:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	CD KPKO PREL CT PGOV SU LY
08NDJAMENA396	THERE WILL BE BLOOD: A RAINY-SEASON [...] (C) Chadian rebels nearly took the capital last February and attacked in force again in the east in June. The rebellion's order of battle has changed since then, with the Zaghawa RFC suffering major defections and a new "Quadruple Alliance" of UFDD, FSR, UFCD, and UFDD/F replacing the old "Tri [...]	2008-09-05 11:45:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MARR MASS PREF ASEC
08NDJAMENA40	CHAD: UPDATE ON EUFOR/MINURCAT IN CHAD [...] (SBU) Summary. Chadian Foreign Minister Allam-mi told diplomats January 16 that Chad welcomed EUFOR/MINURCAT for the development dividend that the force was expected to bring and stressed that the force had "no hidden agenda to destabilize a neighbor." Although Allam-mi assured diplomats that [...]	2008-01-18 14:48:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSCR CD CT SU PREF PREL
08NDJAMENA416	MINURCAT UPDATE [...] (C) SRSG Angelo reported that following the signing of the MOU last month, he anticipates the issuance, perhaps later this week, of the implementing decree that will assign and deploy Chadian police to the east. Meanwhile MINURCAT police personnel are deployed throughout the east in preparation [...]	2008-09-16 09:18:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PHUM CD SU UN
08NDJAMENA438	GOVERNMENT OF CHAD EASTERN RELIEF EFFORTS - SMOKE, [...] (C) The head of Chadian relief and multinational force coordination for the east advised that his priorities included smoothing the way for MINURCAT and EUFOR, plus helping IDPs return home. He thought that rebel recruitment in the camps would diminish as MINURCAT and Chadian policemen deploy [...]	2008-09-24 15:19:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KPKO REFPAN PGOV UN CD
08NDJAMENA461	EUFOR - POISE AND PROMISE IN CHAD'S TROUBLED EAST [...] (C) Summary. The European Peace Keeping Force (EUFOR) in eastern Chad is operational and robust. Well equipped with APCs, tracked vehicles and helicopters, but even resorting to horses during te height of the rains, EUFOR patrols circulate egularly throughout the operational zone. Troopsassure [...]	2008-10-10 08:22:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF EU UN KPKO CD CT SU
08NDJAMENA500	MORE MINURCAT TRAINED GENDDARMES AND POLICE [...] (U) DCM attended the October 28 graduation parade for 111 Chadian policewomen (and men) assigned to MINURCAT's DIS (Integrated Security Detachment) police force. Under the joint field direction of MINURCAT and their Chadian commanders, these graduates of the specialized UN training course are [...]	2008-10-28 15:41:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PREF PGOV PHUM CD
08NDJAMENA531	AMB BECHIR SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT FOR "HIS" [...] (C) Chadian Ambassador to the U.S. Bechir told AMB and DCM November 14 that the opportunity was ripe for the incoming Obama administration to engage President Deby at a senior level to craft an end to the Darfur/Chad crisis. Bechir described his own role as Chad interlocutor for dialogue with [...]	2008-11-17 13:36:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SU LY US CD
08NDJAMENA541	SUDAN REBEL RECRUITMENT SURGE IN REFUGEE CAMPS [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-19 11:51:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PGOV PREL MARR KPKO KTIP UNAUS CD
08NDJAMENA546	FOREIGN MINISTER CITES CHADIAN DIPLOMATIC AND [...] (C) Chadian Foreign Minister Faki told Ambassador and DCM November 19 that he attributed last week's Dakar Contact Group meeting's success to incremental steps taken during the past six months to repair Chad's relations with Sudan, but cautioned that more needed to be done, especially de-fangin [...]	2008-11-20 11:50:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL
08NDJAMENA567	CHAD - THE EFFECTIVENESS OF UN EFFORTS TO COMBAT [...] This message responds to Ref A request for an update on measures to prevent sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) and trafficking in persons (TIP) involving UN peacekeeping personnel in Chad. 2. MINURCAT, the UN Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad, now has 863 personnel, of whic [...]	2008-12-03 16:38:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	KPKO PREL PHUM UN CD CT
08NDJAMENA70	SITREP 5: FIGHTING ONGOING IN NDJAMENA [...] (SBU) Sounds of artillery fire and automatic weapons have been heard off-and-on beginning 0845 2 February in N'djemana. Fighting between elements of the Chadian military forces loyal to President Deby and rebel forces continue. The road in front of the presidential palace is closed. There is l [...]	2008-02-02 08:07:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR CASC MOPS SU PINS ASEC CD
08NDJAMENA81	JEM REBELS: DEBY'S SAVIOUR AND BUDDING NATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Representatives of the Sudanese rebel group JEM told N'Djamena Emboffs on March 7 that JEM was well on the way to becoming an inclusive Sudanese national movement. They acknowledged that JEM forces had come to the aid of President Deby during the February 2-3 rebel attacks on N'D [...]	2008-03-07 16:48:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF SU CD
08NEWDELHI1013	GREYBEARDS AND INSIDERS GIVE DAS FEIGENBAUM THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During three days of meetings in Delhi, SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum heard from Indian academics, politicians and former top bureaucrats gave varying views on the bilateral relationship, Indian domestic politics, and regional affairs. Former Ambassador to the U. [...]	2008-04-08 07:01:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM IN BM CH CE NP
08NEWDELHI103	DELHI DIARY, JAN 7-11 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for January 7-11, 2007, that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- India, Israeli Kick Off 2008 with High-Level Defense Talks -- India Remains Israel's Largest Defense Customer -- National Defense [...]	2008-01-11 13:10:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL PTER SCUL SNAR SOCI
08NEWDELHI1180	AHMADINEJAD VISIT TO INDIA FOCUSES ON PIPELINE, [...] (C) Summary. Iranian President Ahmadinejad's April 29 visit to India focused primarily on energy and trade issues, according to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) contacts. Indian officials announced the Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline deal "is doable" within 45 days, though "a lot of work" needs [...]	2008-04-30 12:31:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNNP KISL ENRG ECON ETRD IR IN
08NEWDELHI1405	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF MAY [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of May 19-23, 2008, including the following items: -- CUBAN TRADE DELEGATION IN INDIA -- RUPEE'S RECENT DEPRECIATION -- INTERNET NETIZENS IN INDIA CUBAN TRADE DELEGATION IN INDIA ---------------------- [...]	2008-05-23 11:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN ECPS BEXP
08NEWDELHI1489	NARAYANAN URGES BETTER BILATERAL UNDERSTANDING ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-02 10:54:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM TSPL PTER KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1825	INDIA: KOSOVO RECOGNITION DEMARCHE DELIVERED; NO [...] (C) A/PolCouns delivered reftel demarche on "Kosovo recognition, donors conference, IMF and World Bank membership following UN reconfiguration" to External Affairs Ministry Joint Secretary (Americas) Gaitri Kumar on June 30. In a July 1 follow up with Kumar's staff, Americas Director Vani Rao [...]	2008-07-02 06:31:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KPKO KV IN
08NEWDELHI1845	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 30 to July 3, 2008, including the following: -- INDIA AND JAPAN INK CURRENCY SWAP DEAL -- DRAFT CCI REGULATIONS EXCLUDE SMALL MERGERS -- INDIAN DOMESTIC CARRIERS FORCED TO INCREASE AIR FARES -- NEW [...]	2008-07-03 13:09:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN ECPS BEXP
08NEWDELHI1999	INDIA ADVISES KAZAKHSTAN MUST CLARIFY MESA STATUS [...] (S) Kazakhstan should submit a formal request to India as chair of the IAEA Middle East/South Asia Group (MESA) to be considered a member of that group, according to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) directors for Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA) Gaddam Dharmendra and Ama [...]	2008-07-21 11:14:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	IAEA KNNP PREL KZ SY AORC
08NEWDELHI2186	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: INDIAN INSTITUTE [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. On July 29, 2008, Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and FSN Shailendra Srivastava conducted a Post-Shipment Verification (PSV) at the Indian Institute of Chem [...]	2008-08-11 09:38:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC IN
08NEWDELHI2319	AMBASSADOR ALERTS "GROUP OF SIX" ENVOYS THAT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador Mulford told the heads of mission of the "Group of Six" members of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) at a lunch on August 28 that the amendments to India's exception that their delegations proposed at the August 21-22 Plenary could cause India to walk away, leading to [...]	2008-08-28 12:00:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI2334	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of August 25 to August 29, 2008, including the following: -- TAMIL NADU'S WIND POWER WOES CONTINUE -- FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES DECLINE -- ...AND ITS IMPACT ON EXPORTERS -- MOBILE SUBSCRIBERS HITTING NEW H [...]	2008-08-29 09:58:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD BEXP
08NEWDELHI2341	DELHI DIARY AUGUST 26-29 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for August 26-29, 2008, that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Bihar Floods a "National Calamity" -- Parliament to Convene October 17 -- Congress-SP Alliance Takes Shape in U.P. -- India to Expan [...]	2008-08-29 14:20:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PTER IN
08NEWDELHI2356	GOI DESIGNATES FINANCE SECRETARY SUBBARAO AS NEW RBI [...] (SBU) Summary: The government announced on September 1 that Finance Secretary Dr. Duvvuri Subbarao will be the new governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI),replacing Y.V. Reddy, whose five-year tenure ends on September 5. He has strong experience in public finance, including as Secretary [...]	2008-09-03 01:24:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD BEXP
08NEWDELHI2393	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of September 1 to September 5, 2008, including the following: -- NEW ROUND OF EU/INDIA FTA TALKS -- U.S.-INDIA COOPERATION IN THE ENERGY SECTOR CONTINUES -- INVESTMENTS CONTINUE TO POUR INTO TAMIL NADU -- [...]	2008-09-05 11:07:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD BEXP
08NEWDELHI2557	INDIA QUIETLY SUPPORTS AFGHANISTAN FOR IAEA BOARD [...] (S) SUMMARY. Poloff delivered ref A demarche on September 22 to Ministry of External Affairs director for Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA) G. Dharmendra (protect). Dharmendra said that Kazakhstan's outsider status in the IAEA's Middle East and South Asia (MESA) Group was [...]	2008-09-22 14:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	IAEA PARM MNUC
08NEWDELHI2628	INDIA REITERATES INTEREST IN TAKING ACTIVE ROLE IN [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on September 29 to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Director for Disramament and International Security (DISA) G. Dharmendra. Dharmendra made no immediate reply about whether India plans to participate in the Global Initiative (GI) Exercise Planning Gr [...]	2008-10-01 11:32:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC
08NEWDELHI2698	DELHI DIARY, OCTOBER 1-8 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for October 1-8, 2008, that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Congress Grapples with Jamia Incident -- PM Reiterates Support for Palestine -- Embassy Iftar a Roaring Success -- NSA Chief "Gravely [...]	2008-10-10 13:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PTER IN
08NEWDELHI2744	PM SINGH TO FOCUS ON SECURITY COOPERATION, [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will focus on enhancing Indo-Japan security cooperation and economic cooperation during his October 21-23 visit to Japan. He will have an audience with the Emperor, and meet with Prime Minister Aso and Energy Minister Nikai. PM Singh will be accomp [...]	2008-10-20 09:34:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PROV PREL JA IN
08NEWDELHI2763	INDIA, BRAZIL, SOUTH AFRICA DISPLAY SOUTH-SOUTH [...] (SBU) Summary. During the October 15 India-Brazil-South Africa summit in New Delhi, the three countries: -- emphasized their solidarity by pledging to work together to meet shared challenges of the global financial crisis, while criticizing rich countries for the crisis; -- signed seven agr [...]	2008-10-21 13:37:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL SF BR IN
08NEWDELHI2803	SRI LANKA EVENTS CREATE "TSUNAMI" IN INDIAN [...] (C) Summary. The recent uptick in violence and the plight of Tamils in Sri Lanka has created a political firestorm in India, with a potential faceoff between the ruling Congress Party and its coalition DMK partners in Tamil Nadu. However, a political crisis appears to have been avoided, as th [...]	2008-10-27 11:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS CE IN
08NEWDELHI2812	MEDIA REACTION: WORLD ECONOMIC CRISIS, U.S. [...] "PM's STRAIGHT TALK," editorial in the October 28 nationalist RASHTRIYA SAHARA Hindi daily: "When markets fail, governments must act. At the Asia-Europe summit in Beijing, India's Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh minced no words. He said the international financial crisis has resulted because [...]	2008-10-30 10:41:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2828	INDIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TO VISIT TEHRAN TO DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: India,s External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee will visit Tehran on November 1 to attend the annual Joint Commission meeting with his Iranian counterpart Davood Jafari. Mukherjee,s visit to Iran will focus on economic issues related to trade and is unlikely to result in any s [...]	2008-10-31 12:39:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID EPET IR PK IN
08NEWDELHI2830	REGIONAL SECURITY INITIATIVE: DEVELOPING A SOUTH [...] (S/NF) Summary: U.S. Ambassadors to India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka met in New Delhi on August 26 with key members of the Washington interagency community and the Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Dell Dailey for the second Annual Regional Security Initiative (RSI). [...]	2008-10-31 13:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PTER PGOV PREL KISL BG CE NP PK IN
08NEWDELHI29	PUT THE ONUS ON INDIA FOR UNSC SEAT [...] (C) Summary. As we look to engage with India on greater cooperation within the United Nations (reftels),concurrent with a possible completion of the civil-nuclear deal in sight and inter-governmental negotiations on United Nations Security Council expansion, the time may be near when the USG [...]	2008-01-04 12:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO KUNR USUN IN
08NEWDELHI2904	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, [...] "CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE," editorial in November 10 centrist HINDUSTAN Hindi daily: "Iranian President Ahmedinejad's congratulatory message to US President- elect Barack Obama makes it evident that Obama's victory has raised optimism in the Muslim world, including Iran... The message indicates [...]	2008-11-12 10:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2972	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of November 17 to November 21, 2008, including the following: -- Further Delays in India-EU FTA -- National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) Projects in Jeopardy -- PM and Sonia on Crisis -- Private Pensi [...]	2008-11-21 11:26:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
08NEWDELHI3002	ENDORSEMENT FOR MIDDLE WAY LEAVES TIBETANS IN [...] (C) Summary. On November 17-22, over 560 Tibetans gathered in the north Indian hill station of Dharamsala - capital of the "government-in-exile" - to consider fundamental questions on the future strategy of the Tibetan movement. The conclave, called by the Dalai Lama, required Tibetan exiles [...]	2008-11-26 11:58:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM IN CH
08NEWDELHI3072	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of December 1 to December 5, 2008, including the following: -- India's Fiscal Deficit Set to Worsen -- GOI Set to Announce a Fiscal Stimulus Package -- Mumbai Terror Attack Slows IT Business -- Macro Updat [...]	2008-12-05 11:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
08NEWDELHI3114	PRESIDENT MEDVEDEV INDIA VISIT CONFIRMS CIV-NUKE [...] (C) Summary. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev capped off a 24 hour visit to India by delivering as promised on agreements for civil nuclear, space and defense cooperation. Medvedev expressed Russia's solidarity with India in the war on terror in the wake of the Mumbai attacks, reiterating a [...]	2008-12-10 12:52:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNUC KNNP ECON TSPA RS IN
08NEWDELHI3253	MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] "WHO WANTS WAR?" op-ed article by columnist Anant Bagaitkar in the December 29, 2008, Mumbai edition of centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL. "As tempers ran high after the Mumbai terror attacks, almost everyone was putting forth the idea of a conventional war with Pakistan, the notorious neighbor w [...]	2008-12-30 10:28:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI467	ISRAELI DCM BRIEFS DCM ON POSITIVE TREND IN [...] (C) Summary. Israeli DCM Belotsercovsky told DCM recently that he was concerned that a renewal in criticisms from the Left and India's Muslim community could cause the Indian government to pull back from the rapid, positive trend in India-Israel relations. He refused to comment on allegations [...]	2008-02-13 09:32:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR TSPA MOPS IN
08NEWDELHI478	TERROR (AND TERRORISM) ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 4 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani cancelled a dozen campaign events scheduled for the coming month after National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan warned him about terror threats to his personal safety. The BJP did, however, hold its kick-off rally, [...]	2008-02-13 12:14:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC PGOV CASC PREL KISL KCRM IN
08NEWDELHI501	NEW DELHI EXPECTS INDIA-AUSTRALIA RELATIONS TO [...] (C) Summary: India-Australia relations under Prime Minister Rudd should continue to move forward on the positive path set by the Howard administration, according to the Ministry of External Affairs, the Australian High Commission and contacts in Delhi. However, while greater engagement in b [...]	2008-02-15 12:28:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON SENV AS IN
08NEWDELHI538	IRANIAN SPOKESPERSON SOUNDS OFF IN NEW DELHI ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Syed Mohammad Ali Hosseini visited New Delhi February 11-13, reportedly to encourage Indian interaction with Iranian media. Hosseini, however, did not miss the opportunity to publicly urge the Indians to expedite the proposed Iran-Pakistan- [...]	2008-02-20 11:40:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ENRG EPET IR PK IS CH IN
08NEWDELHI541	INDIAN PEACOCK DOES MATING DANCE FOR VISITING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Three months after Prime Minister Singh's visit to Moscow, Prime Minister Zubkov of the Russian Federation visited New Delhi February 12, accompanied by Russian Trade Minister Elvira Nabiullina and approximately 125 senior executives representing Russian industry and business. [...]	2008-02-21 05:45:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MASS EAGR EPET ENRG TRGY ECPS
08NEWDELHI690	SAFEGUARDS TALKS DONE, INDIA WILL SOON MAKE [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Menon and Special Envoy to the Prime Minister Shyam Saran confirmed to Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher March 4 that India and the SIPDIS International Atomic Energy Agency had finally completed their negotiations on a safeguards agreement. Menon discounte [...]	2008-03-05 11:58:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI7	CODEL VOINOVICH MEETING WITH PM SINGH [...] (C) Summary. In a December 29 meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Codel Voinovich (consisting of Senator Voinovich, and Congressmen Turner, Gingrey, Pearce and Bishop) expressed appreciation for the Prime Minister's leadership in bringing U.S.-India relations to new heights. Senator V [...]	2008-01-02 12:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KNNP SOCI IN
08NEWDELHI703	ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER PRESSES FOR PROGRESS [...] (C) Summary: In separate March 4 meetings, Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher reviewed the bilateral relationship SIPDIS with Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon and Joint Secretary Gaitri Kumar. The Ambassador joined in the Menon meeting. They agreed on a renewed effort to achieve progres [...]	2008-03-06 12:42:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAGR ETRD AMGT CVIS MARR OEXC OVIP
08NEWDELHI724	DELHI DIARY, FEB 29 - MARCH 7 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for February 29 - March 7, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting: -- Congress's Muslim Problem -- Stalking Tiger, Encroaching Dragon -- Homecoming after 35 Years in a Pakistani Prison Cell Congress's Mus [...]	2008-03-07 12:25:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM PBTS PINR MCAP CH BT IN
08NEWDELHI753	MEA CHINA JOINT SECRETARY DISPLAYS SANG-FROID OVER [...] (U) This is an action request: please see para 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: PolCouns and DATT jointly delivered the US Department of Defense 2008 report on China to MEA Joint Secretary Vijay Gokhale (East Asia) on March 11. SIPDIS Dissenting with his counterparts in the Ministry of Defense, Gokh [...]	2008-03-12 12:05:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI825	BELLWETHER: UTTAR PRADESH - ON THE SLOW ROAD TO [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 12 Polcouns hosted a dinner attended by over 165 in the Uttar Pradesh (UP) capital, Lucknow, to honor longtime embassy contact and friend Dr. Ammar Rizvi. In addition to the dinner, Polcouns and Poloffs held meetings with high-level state officials, local journalists, [...]	2008-03-19 13:13:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI KISL IN
08NEWDELHI950	DAS FEIGENBAUM MEETING WITH MEA'S GAITRI KUMAR, [...] (C) Summary: In a March 31 meeting, Joint Secretary Gaitri Kumar provided SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum with a positive Indian assessment of External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee's March 24 visit to Washington, saying it had helped to bring clarity on many outstanding is [...]	2008-04-01 13:06:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAGR ETRD EINV MARR TSPA AMGT OFDP
08NIAMEY1066	NIGER: CHINESE GOV'T BRINGS DREAM TO BUILD AN OIL REFINERY [...] Summary. The Government of Niger's (GON) dream to build an oil refinery moved a step closer to becoming reality at an elaborate first-stone laying ceremony on October 27, 2008. The GON (all Cabinet Ministers, many National Assembly Members),traditional chiefs, political party heads, diploma [...]	2008-11-03 10:59:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET EINV ECON SOCI PGOV SENV NG
08NIAMEY1112	OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS [...] Ambassador delivered reftel talking points on 11/24 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General (SG) Dan Maradi, in the absence of Foreign Minister Mindaoudou (out of the country),and left as an aide-memoire a list of the one-sided resolutions (reftel, paragraph six). With regard to the [...]	2008-11-24 14:03:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA IS PA NG
08NIAMEY1183	(SBU) NIGER: GOVERNMENT OF CANADA SENDS SPECIAL [...] (S) Summary. The Government of Canada (GOC) dispatched its Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) for La Francophonie Jacques Bilodeau to the Republic of Niger (RON) for two days of consultations with Government of Niger (GON) officials on the disappearances of United Nations Special Envoy (SE) Robert Fowle [...]	2008-12-30 13:58:00	Embassy Niamey	SECRET	ASEC CASC PGOV PREL NG CA XY
08NIAMEY408	NIGER: FIGHTING IN THE NORTH AND EAST [...] (U) The GON's long awaited offensive against the MNJ has apparently begun. There have been reports of fighting in several locations in the north. As is usually the case, the GON and MNJ provide contradictory reports of events, particularly regarding casualties. Much has been made of the MNJ [...]	2008-04-08 15:26:00	Embassy Niamey	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MOPS NG
08NIAMEY821	NIGER: ACCIDENTAL LANDMINE EXPLOSION AT "LAYING [...] (U) Summary. On the morning of Sunday, August 24, Government of Niger (GON) authorities and Revolutionary Armed Forces of the Sahara (FARS) rebels (of Toubou ethnicity) held a ceremony in which FARS rebels turned over hundreds of weapons (landmines, guns, grenades, etc.). Regrettably, the l [...]	2008-08-25 13:36:00	Embassy Niamey	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC PGOV MOPS PREL NG
08NICOSIA103	CYPRUS SUPPORTS LEBANON, BUT WON'T ISSUE PUBLIC [...] Per reftel, PolOff on February 11 demarched MFA Middle East Desk Officer Dionysis Dionysiou to request urgent Cypriot support for Lebanon and to urge the RoC to condemn publicly Iran and Syria's interference there. In response, Dionysiou promised to forward to appropriate MFA officials our sp [...]	2008-02-13 09:07:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM EFIN EINV CY
08NICOSIA104	CYPRUS FOLLOWING EU ON CONDEMNING ARREST AND [...] Per reftel, PolOff on February 11 demarched MFA Middle East Desk Officer Dionysis Dionysiou to seek RoC condemnation of the arrest and arraignment of Syrian democracy activists, including Riad Seif. Dionysiou replied that the GoC intended to follow EU consensus on the matter, not opposing the [...]	2008-02-13 09:08:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL XF XG KMPI NSC SY EUN CY
08NICOSIA126	CYPRUS: 2008 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. Further to Ref A request, post submits our input for USTR's 2008 Special 301 review of country IPR practices. (Note: This report covers mainly the government-controlled area of Cyprus. A separate section is devoted to the area administered by Turkish Cypriots, whe [...]	2008-02-22 08:18:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD AF NEA EUR EAP WHA SA CY
08NICOSIA32	CYPRUS: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] EU nationals permanently residing in the Republic of Cyprus, and EU registered legal entities with jurisdiction, central management or primary place of business in the Republic of Cyprus may acquire real estate (of any type or size) without prior approval by the District Administration Office [...]	2008-01-14 10:19:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR CY
08NICOSIA440	CYPRIOT FM KYPRIANOU WEIGHING PROPOSAL TO ATTEND [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-11 11:29:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PREL PHUM
08NICOSIA453	CYPRUS TO ATTEND BERLIN CONFERENCE, BUT UNLIKELY [...] Per reftel, PolOff on June 11 demarched Cypriot MFA Middle East Desk Officer Dionysus Dionysiou regarding GOC attendance and financial support for the June 24 Conference in Support of Palestinian Civil Police and the Rule of Law in Berlin. Dionysiou replied that Cyprus would attend the event [...]	2008-06-17 13:08:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	KWBG PREL PBTS PHUM CY
08NICOSIA479	PRESIDENT'S HANDLING OF LISBON TREATY CALLS INTO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cyprus likely will ratify the Treaty of Lisbon on July 3, becoming the 20th European Union member state (M-S) to accept Brussels's latest effort at bureaucratic streamlining. In spite of its redefining of M-S relations with Brussels, the matter has generated little substantive [...]	2008-06-26 10:46:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CY
08NICOSIA567	DENIAL OF EXPORT LICENSE MAY HAVE NEGATIVE [...] (SBU) On July 22, Post learned from Bell Helicopter Corporation that PM/DDTC had denied the company an export license for the sale of two helicopters to the Cypriot Ministry of Justice (Police) for use largely for search-and-rescue purposes. As Post stated in ref e-mail, "We strongly support [...]	2008-07-24 10:29:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KOMC ECON CY
08NICOSIA614	CYPRUS DOES NOT SUPPORT DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) Per reftel, PolOff demarched Cypriot MFA Middle East Desk Officer, Attach Dionysis Dionysiou, regarding the designation of additional Iranian entities and individuals under E.O. 13382 on July 25. Dionysiou said that the GOC is currently discussing the designation of additional Iranian [...]	2008-07-25 14:01:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP EFIN PARM CY
08NICOSIA668	CYPRIOTS STILL DIVIDED ON GEORGIA, AT LEAST [...] (C) In response to Ref A, Polchief on August 14 delivered Georgia-related points to MFA Acting Political Director George Kasoulides. Referring to accounts of continued Russian military activity in and around Gori, the MFA diplomat lamented that hard, confirmed accounts were difficult to obta [...]	2008-08-14 14:39:00	Embassy Nicosia	SECRET	MOPS PREL PHUM OSCE
08NICOSIA70	CYPRIOT CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND KEY RESOURCES [...] (U) This telegram contains Embassy Nicosia's assessment of critical infrastructure and key resources on Cyprus which, if destroyed, disrupted, or exploited, might have an immediate and deleterious effect on the United States. Embassy responses are keyed in Reftel order. 2. (SBU) Reftel Pa [...]	2008-01-29 14:17:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ECON PTER PREL PGOV ETTC EAID EFIN CY
08NICOSIA715	GYMNICH: CYPRUS AGREES WITH U.S. POSITIONS ON [...] (SBU) Per reftel, PolOff demarched MFA European Division diplomat Nikos Panayiotou regarding issues likely to be raised at the September 5-6 Gymnich informal meeting of EU foreign ministers. Panayiotou stated the GOC supported the Middle East peace process and legitimate Palestinian Authorit [...]	2008-09-05 15:32:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CY
08NICOSIA728	CYPRUS: PRESIDENT REPLIES TO AMBASSADOR'S [...] (U) U.S. Ambassador Frank C. Urbancic on September 9 presented his credentials to Republic of Cyprus President Demetris Christofias. Later that day, President Christofias's office sent a formal, written reply to the Ambassador's statement from the presentation of credentials ceremony. The t [...]	2008-09-10 14:27:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV OPDC CY
08NICOSIA731	CYPRUS: FM KYPRIANOU DESIRES CLOSE U.S.-ROC [...] (C) SUMMARY: "Nothing should divide us" asserted Republic of Cyprus Foreign Minister Markos Kyprianou at Ambassador Urbancic's September 10 introductory call. The United States and Cyprus shared numerous interests, Kyprianou continued, and could cooperate in spheres ranging from science and [...]	2008-09-12 15:16:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU GE
08NICOSIA816	CYPRUS: CARTER, "ELDERS" OPTIMISTIC OVER TALKS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: "I'm overwhelmingly encouraged at prospects for Cyprus's reunification," asserted U.S. President Jimmy Carter on October 9 in Nicosia. Carter, along with fellow "Elders" Archbishop Desmond Tutu and former Algerian Foreign Minister Lakhdar Brahimi, had come to Cyprus "to commend th [...]	2008-10-14 14:38:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU
08NICOSIA860	CYPRUS CONDEMNS ALLEGED U.S. RAID IN EASTERN SYRIA [...] (U) Via a press release and posting on its web site, the Cypriot Foreign Ministry on October 31 condemned the alleged U.S. raid on Al Qaeda Iraq targets in eastern Syria. Text of the message follows: "The Government of the Republic of Cyprus wishes to extend its deepest condolences to the [...]	2008-11-03 05:17:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CY SY
08NICOSIA881	PRESIDENT CHRISTOFIAS BEHIND CYPRUS'S CONDEMNATION [...] (C) The Cypriot Foreign Ministry on October 31 condemned the alleged October 26 U.S. raid on Al Qaeda Iraq targets in eastern Syria via a press release and website posting (Reftel). In a November 4 meeting with PolChief, Middle East Desk Officer Dionysus Dionysiou explained MFA thinking in a [...]	2008-11-07 05:03:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CY SY TU
08NICOSIA935	CYPRUS: ROC POSITION UNCHANGED ON ANTI-ISRAEL [...] (C) The Embassy on November 21 shared Ref A points regarding anti-Israel UN General Assembly resolutions with Cypriot MFA Middle East Desk Officer Dionysus Dionysiou. In a follow-up call on November 24, PolChief reviewed the overarching U.S. objective for the Middle East peace process -- to [...]	2008-11-26 14:31:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNGA MEPP CY IS
08NICOSIA940	CYPRUS: 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Per Reftel request, Post submits in para 2 below Part I (Drugs and Chemical Control) of the 2008-2009 INCSR. The report is based on an update of last year's published version. 2. BEGIN TEXT INCSR PART I Cyprus I. Summary Cyprus has been divided since the Turkish military inte [...]	2008-12-02 14:18:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR CY
08NICOSIA963	CYPRUS: LIBERTAD ACT [...] (SBU) Following is Post's response to Reftel questionnaire (answers keyed to questions). -- Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? No, the ROC has not worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights [...]	2008-12-09 13:46:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD ETTC PREL CU CY
08NICOSIA98	CYPRUS: FIGHTING TUBERCULOSIS IN EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA [...] (SBU) In response to Reftel request regarding the status of Cyprus's implementation of the Berlin Declaration on Tuberculosis (TB): Dr. Andreas Polynikis, Chief Health Officer, Ministry of Health, who attended the WHO meeting in Berlin on October 22, 2007, informed us that his office was in t [...]	2008-02-11 11:00:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO WHO CY
08NICOSIA997	CYPRUS: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-31 10:35:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KNNP EFIN PARM IR CY
08NOUAKCHOTT135	MAURITANIAN MEDIA REACTION (MARCH 1-10),GAZA CRISIS: RICE [...] SUMMARY: Throughout the past two weeks the Mauritanian media has been closely following events in Gaza and Israel. Almost all coverage has followed mid east wires and other sources from the region with a generally condemnatory tone towards Israel. Comment has been limited. However, a number [...]	2008-03-11 17:55:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KWBG KPAO IS
08OSLO206	NORWAY'S FM PRAISES NEW NATO, STRESSES RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary. In a gesture indicating the importance Norway places on the Bucharest summit, FM Stoere authored a lengthy article in Norway,s leading newspaper calling the new NATO an opportunity and challenge for Norway. Stoere notes that NATO gives Norway security and is the anchor of Norweg [...]	2008-04-11 14:36:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL NO

08OSLO246	ITALY, TURKEY INVITED TO AHLC [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-30 07:11:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	EU IT PA PGOV PREL NO
08OSLO278	NORWAY'S CHINESE STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary. In a May 15 meeting with EAP DAS Tom Christensen, Norway's MFA China experts outlined their strategy for tackling economic, environmental, human rights and defense issues with China. They hope for FTA negotiations and a Security Policy Dialogue to start soon. Climate Change issu [...]	2008-05-17 11:05:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ETRD SENV CH NO
08OSLO302	NORWAY: CHANGING DIRECTION IN LATIN AMERICA AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The recent visit of Cuba Transition Coordinator Caleb McCarry underscored the growing GON interest in engagement with Latin America. Much of this interest comes from the "Super Minister" of Development and Environment, Erik Solheim, who has taken the lead in South America as FM J [...]	2008-06-03 14:14:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PHUM WHA AF NO
08OSLO333	NORWAY SENDING FM STORE TO BERLIN CONFERENCE ON [...] (C) The Norwegian delegation to the June 24 Berlin Conference will consist of: Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store, Ambassador Sven Svedman (Berlin Embassy),First Secretary Martina Osterhus (Berlin Embassy),Counselor Tor Wennesland (Norwegian representative to the Palestinian Authority (PA)),[...]	2008-06-17 14:53:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS EUN NO
08OSLO353	NORWAY AIMING TO BE A GLOBAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LEADER: [...] (SBU) Norway, the oil and gas giant of northern Europe, is working to become a leader in global renewable energy technology and cleaner fossil fuel production. Norway's renewable energy field, though lagging behind other European nations, has found niches to fill in wind power production, sol [...]	2008-06-24 15:16:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG TRGY PGOV NO
08OSLO377	NORWAY CONTINUES ITS SUBSTANTIAL AID TO THE HORN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to reftel, Norway shares our concern about the crisis in the horn of Africa, and is currently the third largest donor in Somalia. Norway does not have the naval materiel or manpower to escort WFP ships around the horn, and claims not to have good access to information [...]	2008-07-03 13:58:00	Embassy Oslo	SECRET	EAID PREF DJ ER ET KE SO NO
08OSLO418	NORWAY APPEARS TO SHARE USG CAUTION ON SYRIA'S [...] (C) Political Counselor and poloff delivered reftel demarche to Jan Dybfest, acting director of the mid-east section of the MFA. The Norwegian response to reftel demarche was fundamentally consistent with USG policy toward Syria. 2. (C) Significantly, Dybfest said that the GON had conside [...]	2008-07-25 14:40:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY LE EUN RS TU NO SW
08OSLO99	NORWEGIANS RECEIVE SOMALIA POINTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-22 14:55:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID NO
08OTTAWA1093	CANADA WILL SUPPORT AFGHANISTAN OVER SYRIA FOR [...] (C) Colleen Swords, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Assistant Deputy Minister for International Security Affairs (and Canada's G-8 Political Director),told DCM August 15 that she was sure Canada would support Afghanistan over Syria if the race for the IAEA Board [...]	2008-08-15 19:18:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM IAEA KNNP MNUN IR SY AF CA
08OTTAWA1106	IAEA BOG: CANADIANS OPPOSE SYRIAN BID, OPEN TO [...] (C//Rel Can) At an August 19 follow-up to ref a demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Non-Proliferation Craig Weichel confirmed DFAIT Assistant Deputy Minister Colleen Swords' assertion (ref b) that Canada would support Afghanistan over Syr [...]	2008-08-19 15:12:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL IAEA KNNP MNUN SY AF CA
08OTTAWA1123	CANADA'S PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS GLOBALLY [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada remains a strong partner in promoting and defending human rights globally. Thanks to its "principle-based" approach, the Conservative Party believes that "Canada's voice is being heard" once again. Canada has awarded honorary citizenship to the Dalai Lama and Aung San [...]	2008-08-22 13:50:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM CH IS BM CA
08OTTAWA1148	CANADIAN RESPONSE TO KOSOVO ICJ DEMARCHE [...] (C) On August 28, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for East Europe and Balkans Jeremy Wallace expressed appreciation for ref A demarche, and said that his office had not yet decided its stance on the Kosovo ICJ resolution at UNGA. Wallace remarked [...]	2008-08-29 13:34:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA UN KV CA
08OTTAWA123	CANADA WILL NOT ATTEND UN WORLD CONFERENCE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada took a firm stance against the UN World Conference Against Racism on January 23 when it announced it would not attend the 2009 Durban Review Conference (Durban II). Foreign Affairs Minister Maxime Bernier stated that the 2001 UN World Conference Against Racism "degenera [...]	2008-01-24 20:49:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL CA
08OTTAWA1247	CANADA IN STEP WITH U.S. ON MESA CANDIDATE FOR [...] (S) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Nuclear Disarmament Craig Weichel assured pol/miloff on September 19 that Canada and the U.S. are fully "in step" with respect to Afghanistan's bid for the Middle East South Asia (MESA) seat on the IAEA Board [...]	2008-09-19 18:41:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET	PARM MNUC IAEA AF SY IR CA
08OTTAWA1313	CANADA WILL DONATE TO UNRWA'S RECONSTRUCTION AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-09 19:09:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PHUM PREL LE CA
08OTTAWA1315	NO CHANGE IN CANADIAN VIEWS OF CHINA FOLLOWING [...] (SBU) Many Canadians viewed the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics through the prism of Canadian preparations for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, and were deeply impressed by the smooth success of the sporting events in China, as well as by the dramatic new sporting venues. The Beijing Olympic [...]	2008-10-10 15:42:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO CH CA
08OTTAWA1393	CANADA WELCOMES U.S. - CARIBBEAN SECURITY [...] (U) Action request - please see para 4. 2. (SBU) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Defence and Security Relations Michael Kaduck told pol/miloff on October 29 that Canada is keen to participate in the U.S. - C [...]	2008-10-30 19:45:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER SNAR KJUS EAID MASS XL CA
08OTTAWA1476	CANADA REMAINS STEADFAST AGAINST ANTI-ISRAEL [...] (SBU) Canada remains steadfast in its opposition to the plethora of anti-Israel UNGA resolutions outlined in reftel, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Middle East Division Director Michael Grant. Grant noted that Canada has voted this year exactly as it did i [...]	2008-11-20 21:55:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA IS PA CA
08OTTAWA1583	CANADIAN SUPPORT FOR SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Director General for the Middle East and Maghreb Kerry Buck on December 23 reiterated to PolMinCouns Canada's strong support for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. She confirmed that Canada had already made a contribution in FY07-08 o [...]	2008-12-23 16:48:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER LE SY UNSC EUN CA
08OTTAWA172	CANADA ON SYRIAN POLITICAL DISSIDENTS [...] (SBU) According to Director of the Middle East Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs Michael Grant, Canada decided to make a public statement in Damascus (text in para 2) in lieu of a demarche to the Syrian government in response to reftel demarche. Its embassy issued the statement o [...]	2008-02-04 16:26:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM SY CA
08OTTAWA188	POLISH FM OFFERS HELICOPTERS FOR KANDAHAR [...] (C) During a February 3-4 visit to Ottawa, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Radoslaw Sikorski informed Canada that Poland was prepared to offer two Russian-made helicopters to support Canadian Forces in Kandahar. According to Polish Embassy DCM Artur Michalski Sikorski -- during a private [...]	2008-02-06 19:52:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PL CA AF
08OTTAWA219	CANADIAN QUESTIONS ON KOSOVO [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 3. 2. (C) According to Department of Foreign Affairs Director General for Central, East, and South Europe Robert Hage, the Cabinet Committee during the week of February 4 had agreed that Canada could not be in the first wave of countries to reco [...]	2008-02-12 20:06:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU CA
08OTTAWA222	SYRIA REBUKES CANADA ON HUMAN RIGHTS STATEMENT [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Director General for Middle East and North Africa Gordon Venner on February 13 shared with PolMinCouns a read-out from the Canadian Head of Mission in Damascus following the Canadian Embassy's January 31 statement of concern over Riad [...]	2008-02-13 19:33:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SY CA
08OTTAWA228	CANADA ON ABKHAZIA [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Director General for Central, East, and South Europe Robert Hage on February 13 expressed appreciation for reftel views on possible Russian recognition of Abkhazia. He expressed mild surprise, however, explaining Canada's own reading [...]	2008-02-13 21:20:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RU YI CA
08OTTAWA233	CANADA SEES "SOME ENCOURAGING SIGNS" IN UN HRC [...] (C) Summary: According to Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) officials, the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) remains a "work in progress," but Canada has seen encouraging signs that it is maturing and shifting its focus from institutional questions to specific [...]	2008-02-14 19:10:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KUNR PREL CA
08OTTAWA24	PROBABLE CANADIAN DEMARCHE TO SYRIA [...] (SBU) PolMinCouns on December 31 delivered reftel demarche on Syria and the White House statement on the National Council of the Damascus Declaration to Director General for the Middle East and North Africa Gordon Venner of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Venner in [...]	2008-01-07 21:29:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM SY CA
08OTTAWA246	CANADA STILL NOT READY TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO -- YET [...] (C) Ambassador has a call in to Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier, who is on an official visit to Colombia (followed by Haiti and South Korea) so Ambassador can convey ref a demarche. DCM discussed recognition of Kosovo with Deputy Foreign Minister Len Edwards on February 15, and Edwards reit [...]	2008-02-19 19:30:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK YI EU KV CA
08OTTAWA268	STRONG CANADIAN DEMARCHE ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN SYRIA [...] (C) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Middle East Division Director Michael Grant, DFAIT on February 20 summoned Syrian Ambassador to Canada Jamil Sakr to receive a strongly worded aide memoire expressing "deep concerns" over the human rights situatio [...]	2008-02-21 18:54:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SY CA
08OTTAWA311	CANADA: EMBASSY OTTAWA 2008 SPECIAL 301 [...] (sbu) Summary and Recommendation: Embassy Ottawa remains frustrated by the Government of Canada,s continuing failure to introduce - let alone pass - major copyright reform legislation that would, inter alia, implement and ratify the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Internet tre [...]	2008-02-29 18:07:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA ECON ETRD KIPR
08OTTAWA333	INTERNATIONAL OCEANS POLICYMAKING IN CANADA: AMBITIOUS VISION, PAROCHIAL POLITICS [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-04 22:02:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS EWWT PHSA SENV CA
08OTTAWA380	CANADA ON IRAN'S ELECTIONS [...] (C) In a meeting with PolMinCouns on March 14, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Director General for the Middle East and North Africa Gordon E. Venner (a former Ambassador to Iran) expressed appreciation for the draft U.S. statement on Iran's parliamentary elect [...]	2008-03-14 17:15:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM IR CA
08OTTAWA39	CANADIAN SUPPORT ON ANTI-SATELLITE TEST DEMARCHE [...] (S) In response to reftel demarche by PolMinCouns on January 8, Director General for East Asia Gordon Houlden of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade confirmed that Canada had raised the January 2007 anti-satellite test numerous times with the Chinese, both in Beijing an [...]	2008-01-09 13:03:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET	PREL PARM MNUC MARR CH CA
08OTTAWA392	CANADA TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO ON MARCH 18 [...] (C) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Director General for Central, East, and South Europe Robert Hage, Canada will formally announce its official recognition of Kosovo's independence later on March 18, following in the wake of Japan's March 17 announcement as [...]	2008-03-18 15:37:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU KV CA
08OTTAWA467	HAITI: THE CENTERPIECE OF CANADA'S LATIN AMERICA [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 13. 2. (C) Summary: Following the roll-out in 2007 of a higher priority to Latin America in its foreign policy, Haiti has emerged as the key component of Canada's Latin America strategy. During a mid-February 2008 visit, Foreign Minister Bernier [...]	2008-04-07 17:33:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM EAID ECON CA HA
08OTTAWA553	MANITOBA HYDRO ANNOUNCES ELECTRICITY DEAL WITH [...] This message originates from U.S. Consulate Winnipeg. 2. Summary. Following hard on the heels of a February 2008 deal to sell 250 megawatts of electricity to Minnesota Power, Manitoba Hydro announced on April 17 that it had reached agreement with Wisconsin to sell up to 500 megawatts of p [...]	2008-04-21 15:25:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV CA
08OTTAWA590	CANADIAN REACTION TO SYRIA'S CLANDESTINE NUCLEAR [...] (C) The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's Director General for the Middle East and North Africa Gordon Venner on April 25 expressed appreciation to PolMinCouns for reftel points, as well as for an April 24 briefing (septel). (Poloff separately provided reftel points to [...]	2008-04-25 15:45:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP KN SY CA
08OTTAWA594	CANADA UNLIKELY TO RAISE ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH [...] (C) In response to ref a demarche by PolMinCouns, Director General for Central, East, and South Europe Robert Hage of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) confirmed on April 25 that Canada remained unlikely -- for the time being, at least -- directly to raise Rus [...]	2008-04-25 21:10:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RS CA
08OTTAWA595	EMBASSY OTTAWA PROPOSALS FOR AMBASSADOR'S CT FUND [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada is a close partner on counterterrorism and border security; there is little we do in the counterterrorism arena that does not touch our partnership with Canada. Still, there are areas where we see things differently than our Canadian neighbors, and there are areas where [...]	2008-04-28 14:51:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL CA
08OTTAWA626	REGIONAL COMMAND - SOUTH MEETING, APRIL 28, OTTAWA [...] (U) Summary: On April 28 in Ottawa, Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) hosted a DAS-level officials' meeting for countries contributing to NATO-ISAF Regional Command - South (RC-S). NATO and United Nations Peace Keeping Operations (UNPKO) representatives als [...]	2008-05-07 15:59:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF CA
08OTTAWA627	U.S.-AUSTRALIA BILATERAL ON MARGINS OF RC-SOUTH [...] (C) Summary: At their April 27 meeting in Ottawa, the U.S. and Australian delegations agreed the RC-South Plan should emphasize a counterinsurgency approach and retain its counternarcotics elements. The U.S. delegation agreed to include language in the Plan on a long-term approach and period [...]	2008-05-07 16:01:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF AS CA
08OTTAWA635	THEMES FROM THE 10TH CROSS-BORDER CRIME FORUM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the 10th Cross-Border Crime Forum, 120 participants led by the U.S. Attorney General and the Canadian Ministers of Public Safety and Justice reviewed progress in eight areas, received a threat assessment, and discussed lessons learned from three case studies. From Mission Ca [...]	2008-05-08 11:53:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KJUS KCRM CA
08OTTAWA723	CANADA IN ACCORD ON IRAN AND IAEA [...] (C) Director General for the Middle East and North Africa Gordon Venner (a former Canadian Ambassador to Iran) of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade on May 30 expressed appreciation to PolMinCouns for reftel views on Iran in advance of the June 2-6 IAEA Board meeting. [...]	2008-05-30 18:43:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP MNUC PARM IR IAEA CA
08OTTAWA781	CANADIAN SUPPORT FOR THE BERLIN CONFERENCE [...] (C) According to Director General for the Middle East and North Asia Gordon E. Venner of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs (and Conservative Member of Parliament) Deepak Obhrai will lead Canada's delegation to the Berlin Co [...]	2008-06-10 16:53:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS CA
08OTTAWA897	CANADA FACILITATES ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN ARCHIVAL COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Canadian, Israeli, Palestinian, and U.S. archivists have agreed to five joint archival projects, subject to formal approval of a new Memorandum of Understanding. The focus will be on surveying and digitizing records currently in Israel that document the "shared legacy" of the J [...]	2008-07-02 19:45:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SCUL KPAL IS CA
08OTTAWA908	SENATORS MCCAIN AND GRAHAM MEET NEW CANADIAN [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting on June 20, new Foreign Minister Emerson welcomed Senators McCain and Graham and Ambassador Wilkins to Ottawa, and emphasized progress Canada's Conservative government had made on re-equiping and enlarging the Canadian Forces (CF) as well as the political support th [...]	2008-07-07 19:03:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MOPS AF CA
08OTTAWA909	CANADIAN OBSERVER TO KOSOVO DONORS' CONFERENCE [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 4. 2. (C) In response to ref a demarche, Director General for East, Central, and South Europe Robert Hage of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) confirmed to PolMinCouns on July 7 that Canada would send an observer [...]	2008-07-07 19:52:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KV UNMIK CA
08OTTAWA951	COUNSELOR, CANADIAN OFFICIALS DISCUSS PAKISTAN AND [...] (C) Summary: Senior Canadian officials discussed challenges confronting Canada and the United States in Pakistan and Afghanistan with Counselor of the State Department Eliot Cohen in Ottawa July 2 and 3. The Canadians shared Dr. Cohen's bleak assessment of developments in Pakistan and raised [...]	2008-07-14 22:38:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR NATO PK AF IR CA
08OTTAWA978	(S) IAEA BOG: CANADA WILL URGE KAZAKHSTAN TO SEEK [...] (S/Rel CAN) On July 19, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Director for Nuclear Non-Proliferation Shawn Caza agreed to reftel request, confirming Canada would move swiftly to urge Kazakhstan to run for a seat on the IAEA Board of Governors. If Kazakhstan decides to [...]	2008-07-18 22:05:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET	PREL PARM IAEA AORC SY KZ CA
08OUAGADOUGOU841	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IAEA BOARD OF GOVERNORS ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-25 16:52:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM IAEA MNUC UV
08PANAMA193	PANAMA: GAZA UNSCR DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-05 15:59:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IS PM
08PANAMA255	PANAMA: ADDITIONAL KOSOVO RECOGNITION DEMARCHE [...] (C) "We are working with the Central American Integration System (SICA) to see if we pull together several of our neighbors to join Panama in recognizing Kosovo," First VP and FM Samuel Lewis told Ambassador March 26 in response to reftel demarche. "Panama has no problem recognizing Kosovo, bu [...]	2008-03-28 14:58:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNAUS UNMIK YI EU MY PM UV
08PANAMA624	UPDATE ON OPERATIONS AND EXPANSION OF PANAMA CANAL [...] (U) Summary. The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has not yet determined the exact financing method for the third set of locks for the Panama Canal. However, a recent agreement with the Andean Development Corporation could provide 500 million USD of the 5.25 billion USD needed. The deadline for th [...]	2008-07-29 12:22:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EWWT MARR PM EINV AA
08PANAMA652	PANAMA: A VIEW FROM THE LEFT -- NO PLACE FOR [...] (C) Recent meetings with prominent left wing leaders Juan Jovane and Olmedo Beluche focused on the threat to social stability posed by rising prices and the surprising small impact of the crisis on the political campaign. Jovane concluded that the increase in the price of staple goods was caus [...]	2008-08-05 21:58:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA714	CODEL HAGEL WHIRLWIND TOUR OF PANAMA [...] (U) CODEL Hagel met in Panama on August 28 with President Martin Torrijos to discuss the strong bilateral relationship and Panama's economic future. In a meeting with Vice-president and Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis, CODEL Hagel discussed the Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA) and the Panama Ca [...]	2008-08-29 20:58:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EWWT ETRD OVIP PM EINV EAIR
08PARAMARIBO33	NATIONAL INTEREST FUELS FRENCH EXPANSION OF [...] (C) Summary. The Government of France (GOF) will significantly expand its development assistance to Suriname, particularly in its economically depressed eastern district, Marowijne, which borders French Guiana. This aid will be provided mainly by the Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD). [...]	2008-01-30 18:47:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL ENRG SOCI NS
08PARIS1038	UNMEE, CHAD/SUDAN, DJIBOUTI/ERITREA: MFA DAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA AF/C/E DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal said that she understood that Belgium would draft a letter on behalf of the UNSC to be sent to Eritrea and Ethiopia to determine their views on UNMEE's future, which could indicate a preferred course of action should one or both reject co [...]	2008-06-02 14:22:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KPKO PBTS ETTC EFIN KTFN PTER ET
08PARIS1086	USDP DISCUSSES LEBANON, AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN AND [...] (S) Summary. On May 29, Eric Edelman, Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, met with French interlocutors including Gerard Araud, Political Director at the MFA, Michel Miraillet, Director of Strategic Affairs at the MOD and Francois Richier, Strategic Affairs Advisor at the Elysee, to discus [...]	2008-06-09 07:52:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL MOPS MCAP AF LE PK IR SY FR
08PARIS1104	SUDAN/CHAD: FRANCE STILL OPPOSED TO USG APPROACH [...] (C) SUMMARY: French Presidential AF-advisor Romain Serman on June 9, 10, and 11 reiterated France's opposition to the USG position on sanctioning four individuals in connection with Sudan and Chad, particularly with respect to Daoussa Deby Itno, indicating that sanctioning Daoussa was a vir [...]	2008-06-11 11:16:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC SU CD FR
08PARIS1138	ENERGY SECURITY: FRANCE WANTS EU ENGAGEMENT WITH CASPIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Steven Mann, Coordinator for Central Asian Energy Issues met May 29 with GOF officials, who outlined French plans to promote energy security during its upcoming presidency of the EU Council. Specific ideas included greater political engagement with Caspian countries, [...]	2008-06-16 14:13:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ZK PREL FR
08PARIS1242	FRANCE: SIX-PARTY TALKS SECOND [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-01 07:50:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PREL PARM FR
08PARIS1323	SYRIAN FM MU'ALLIM VISITS PARIS [...] (C) Summary: Syrian Foreign Minister Mu'allim visited Paris July 4 -- the same day Ingrid Betancourt triumphantly returned to France following her liberation from captivity in Colombia -- and met French FM Kouchner as well as French presidency officials (including a drop by from an otherwise [...]	2008-07-11 11:22:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER FR SY LE IS
08PARIS1329	FRENCH MFA ON MIDEAST PEACE ISSUES AT THE JULY 13 [...] (C) During a July 9 discussion of the pending Libyan draft UNSCR on Israeli settlements, French MFA NEA A/S-equivalent Patrice Paoli observed that the impasse over the UNSCR underscored how such short-term annoyances took away from the relatively good prospects for peace over the longer term [...]	2008-07-11 16:05:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL EUN FR IS SY
08PARIS1377	A NEW BURST OF FRENCH ACTIVISM ON [...] (C) Summary: Immediately following the July 13 Paris summit on the Mediterranean, French FM Kouchner has called on the EU to reflect at an early September meeting in Avignon (informal EU FM meeting or "gymnich")on how it can play a more active role in Middle East peace negotiations. He cla [...]	2008-07-21 11:21:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KPAL PBTS KWBG FR IS
08PARIS1426	FRENCH MFA RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON DEALING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 23 Poloffs delivered reftel points to French MFA Syria desk officer Jean-Christophe Auge and European Affairs officer Anne Predour. Auge said a Sarkozy visit to Damascus was highly likely but subject to a last-minute cancellation depending on events in Lebanon and whether [...]	2008-07-25 15:31:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM FR SY LE PHUM
08PARIS1587	TFGG01: FRENCH EFFORTS TO RESOLVE CRISIS IN GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: Since President Sarkozy and Foreign Minister Kouchner met with Secretary Rice on August 14, President Sarkozy has maintained high-profile efforts to implement the Russia/Georgia six-point cease-fire accord he negotiated in his capacity as EU President -- especially the main p [...]	2008-08-18 18:24:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM MOPS OSCE UNSC FR GG RU RS UN
08PARIS1616	TFGG01: FRENCH VIEW OSCE MONITORS IN GEORGIA AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 21, French Elysee Advisor Boris Boillon and MFA A/S for Eurasia Roland Galharague, who traveled with FM Kouchner to the region, provided us with a consistent interpretation of the arrival of OSCE monitors: the new monitors are responding to the emergency situation; they [...]	2008-08-21 18:11:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM MOPS OSCE UNSC FR GG RU RS UN
08PARIS163	TWO-MONTH TARGET TO PRIORITIZE FRENCH MILITARY [...] (S) Summary. French military and civilian authorities are "feeling the pressure" to step up France's military engagement in Afghanistan and are actively reviewing options that they plan to announce at the NATO summit in Bucharest. In addition to planning associated with President Sarkozy's [...]	2008-01-30 14:58:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL MOPS NATO FR AF
08PARIS1672	FRENCH EXPECTATIONS FOR GYMNICH [...] (C) Summary: On September 4, MFA CFSP Deputy Mathieu Carmona shared his expectations for the September 5-6 Gymnich meeting of EU Foreign Ministers, responding to reftel demarches A and B. Carmona advised that Friday's discussion will focus on Transatlantic Relations, with an emphasis on mai [...]	2008-09-05 11:09:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG RU FR
08PARIS1694	FUTURE U.S.-EU RELATIONS AND GEORGIA/RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary: Gathered in Avignon for the Gymnich informal September 5-6, EU Foreign Ministers, the High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP),and European Commission members discussed the future of U.S.-EU relations, updating the European Security Strategy, the Georgia [...]	2008-09-08 17:47:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN FR
08PARIS1728	FRANCE CONSIDERING CONTRIBUTIONS FOR AFGHAN [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche on September 15 to Francois Delmas, who is responsible for NATO and Afghanistan issues in the Strategic Affairs bureau at the MFA. Delmas said that the GOF was expecting this demarche soliciting contributions for the Afghan National Army and is currently cons [...]	2008-09-16 08:09:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATEU MOPS MARR FR AF
08PARIS1855	MARCH 14 SHOOTS ITSELF IN FOOT DURING ELYSEE VISIT [...] (S) Summary: A March 14th delegation led by Lebanese MP Marwan Hamadeh that met October 2 with senior French officials may have done more harm than good, at least so far as relations with the Elysee are concerned. "What world are they living in?" Boris Boillon, Counselor for Middle East Affairs at [...]	2008-10-08 10:11:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	FR PREL PGOV KDEM PINS LE SY
08PARIS1884	AIRBUS ON SYRIA DEAL AND USG EXPORT CONTROLS [...] (SBU) Summary: Airbus confirmed its commitment to acquiring U.S. export licenses, as necessary, for any aircraft sales to Syria. Apart from the proposed sale of 50 aircraft to Syria, Airbus expressed continuing frustration over the complicated U.S. export control and licensing procedures that [...]	2008-10-14 15:24:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ECON ETRD EAIR PREL SY FR
08PARIS1890	BEIJING OLYMPICS FAIL TO IMPROVE FRENCH VIEWS ON [...] (SBU) The French public watched the Beijing Summer Olympics in large numbers and with interest but came away without an appreciable change in their generally downbeat views on China. Our reading from contacts in discussions since the August 24 closing ceremony is that in the current context [...]	2008-10-15 15:27:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH FR
08PARIS1927	FRANCE PREPARES TO ENGAGE NEW US ADMINISTRATION ON [...] (S/NF) Summary/comment: France's foreign policy establishment plans to engage the new U.S. administration as soon as possible (even, perhaps, before the formal inauguration) on a range of Middle East issues, including the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, Iran, and Syria/Lebanon. In the hope [...]	2008-10-20 16:55:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET//NOFORN	FR PREL PGOV MEPP
08PARIS1936	CHAD: CONTINUED HIGH FRENCH ENGAGEMENT IS KEY TO [...] (C) Deputy Presidential Diplomatic Advisor Bruno Joubert told U.S. Ambassador to Chad Louis Nigro on October 20 that 2009 could be a "pivotal year" in Chad's history. Joubert said that French priorities in Chad centered on (a) electoral reform to achieve credible elections in Chad in 2009 an [...]	2008-10-21 15:35:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINR MARR CD FR
08PARIS1987	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON [...] Embassy met with Eurotradia International Services Division Chief Charles de Montesquieu (Tel: +33 1 40 76 26 50; email:cdemontesquieu@eurotradia.fr) for clarification of subject shipment. 2. Montesquieu informed us that Eurotradia (established as Office Generale de l'Aeronautique I 1920) is [...]	2008-10-30 08:07:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC FR
08PARIS1997	FRENCH EU PRESIDENCY: EU DIPLOMATS COMMENT ON [...] (C) Summary. Halfway through its six-month French EU presidency, it seems fair to say that Paris seized the opportunity for a global leadership role offered by several unexpected crises on its watch, while still making progress on its previously cited goals. Early concerns about the penchan [...]	2008-10-30 17:30:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR EUN FR
08PARIS1998	MEDITERRANEAN UNION DOMINATES MUBARAK VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Unresolved issues with the Mediterranean Union -- participation of the Arab League, location of the Union's secretariat, ensuring continuing EU engagement during the Czech EU presidency (or an extension of the French co-presidency),and agreement on a declaration for the November [...]	2008-10-30 18:23:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FR EG
08PARIS2023	MEDITERRANEAN UNION MINISTERIAL ENDS UP A SUCCESS [...] (SBU) The Marseille ministerial on the Union for the Mediterranean concluded November 4 amid wrangling over organizational details to include in the final declaration continuing well past the allotted time for the working plenary session. French FM Kouchner and Egyptian FM Abu al-Ghayt, how [...]	2008-11-05 14:32:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ECON EUN FR EG CZ IS AG TU
08PARIS2033	NOVEMBER 6 MEETING WITH PLO REPRESENTATIVE HIND [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad will visit Paris during the week of November 9 for meetings with PM Fillon and FM Kouchner, according to PLO Representative Hind el-Khoury. She noted that the Palestinian delegation was "very pleased" with the results of the [...]	2008-11-06 17:01:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FR
08PARIS2134	P3 CONSULTATIONS ON NONPROLIFERATION AND DISARMAMENT IN PARIS [...] (C) Summary. On November 7, Acting U/S John Rood met in Paris with his French and British counterparts Jacques Audibert and Mariot Leslie, respectively, to discuss a broad range of nonproliferation, arms control, and disarmament issues. Topics included regional issues (Iran, North Korea, and Syria) [...]	2008-11-21 08:21:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL PARM MARR KACT FR UK CH RU KN SY IR
08PARIS2141	FRENCH TO ABSTAIN ON ANTI-ISRAEL RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-21 12:39:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY FR
08PARIS2212	FRENCH SAY SYRIA DELIVERING ON ALL FRONTS [...] (S) Summary: "We think Syria is delivering on the key dossier," French Presidency Advisor for the Middle East Boris Boillon said December 5, as he recapped his November 30 visit to Damascus with Presidency Secretary General Claude Gueant and NSA-equivalent Jean-David Levitte. In contrast to his col [...]	2008-12-05 18:18:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PGOV PREL FR
08PARIS2302	FRANCE GOES GLOBAL --REFORM AT THE QUAI D'ORSAY [...] (SBU) Summary: Proposed reform at the French Ministry of Foreign and European affairs (MFA) will create a new "globalization" directorate (to be headed by E equivalent Christian Masset),designed to encourage proactive policy in dealing with global issues. In development, the MFA will focus o [...]	2008-12-19 17:02:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID ECON AMGT SENV PREL FR
08PARIS243	FRENCH RESPONSE TO MESSAGE ON CONDEMNING THE [...] (SBU) The GOF, per ref A, responded rapidly to the January 28 arrest of Riad Seif and other activists with a public statement the next day condemning the action and calling on Syria to respect its commitments under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. As previously repo [...]	2008-02-11 17:34:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM KMPI FR SY
08PARIS245	P3 MEETING ON NONPROLIFERATION AND DISARMAMENT [...] (S) Summary. On February 7, Acting U/S John Rood and his delegation met his French and British P3 counterparts, Philippe Carre and Mariot Leslie respectively, to discuss a broad range of nonproliferation, arms control and disarmament issues. Unusually, the French were closer to the U.S. than were t [...]	2008-02-12 10:58:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL NATO PARM MARR KACT FR UK CH EG IN RU
08PARIS294	FRANCE SUPPORTS UNSCR ON THE FDLR [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-19 17:58:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC ASEC ETTC RW FR
08PARIS295	FRANCE TO CONSIDER U.S. IDEAS ON SOMALIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-19 18:02:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID PGOV SO FR
08PARIS360	RECENT FRENCH MFA PUBLIC STATEMENTS ON IRAN/IAEA [...] (SBU) We passed non-paper texts in reftels February 28 and 29 to the relevant French MFA officials in the Strategic Affairs and Middle East/North Africa directorates. Although the MFA has not offered any comments on the non-papers, we would note in the interim that the French have been very [...]	2008-02-29 18:03:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM PREL MNUC FR IR
08PARIS383	FRANCE: ONE MONTH FROM NATO SUMMIT IN BUCHAREST [...] Summary. (C) With the NATO summit in Bucharest only a month away, the French are solidifying their positions and anxious to find consensus on the key issues on the agenda: NATO enlargement, missile defense and Afghanistan. GOF officials believe that the Bucharest summit, President Sarkozy' [...]	2008-03-04 16:26:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS NATO FR AF GG UK
08PARIS398	FRENCH PLANS FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Afghanistan Coordinator Patrick Moon met MFA DAS for South Asia Didier Leroy on February 27 to discuss next steps in Afghanistan, including an Afghanistan Donors conference and potential increases in French military contributions to the security effort. Leroy noted the Afghan D [...]	2008-03-05 14:46:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR EAID NATO AF FR
08PARIS400	FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON SEEKING BALANCED [...] (C) We conveyed points in reftel to the NEA and IO directorates at the French MFA on March 5. DAS-equivalent for the Levant Ludovic Pouille responded that France was "in accord" with us on the substance (Hamas' fundamental responsibility for the current situation and the importance of not d [...]	2008-03-05 15:43:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL FR IS
08PARIS401	FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON SEEKING BALANCED [...] (C) We conveyed points in reftel to the NEA and IO directorates at the French MFA on March 5. DAS-equivalent for the Levant Ludovic Pouille responded that France was "in accord" with us on the substance (Hamas' fundamental responsibility for the current situation and the importance of not d [...]	2008-03-05 15:44:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL FR IS
08PARIS456	"LUKE-WARM" FRENCH-RUSSIAN MARCH 11 SECURITY [...] (C//NF) In a meeting on March 12, French MFA officials characterized French/Russian March 11 security talks as "luke-warm," and producing almost no results. Alexandre Vulic, the MFA's DAS-equivalent for Russia, told us that the day-long annual talks between foreign and defense ministers, know [...]	2008-03-12 16:42:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM PGOV RU CD SU FR
08PARIS500	FRANCE: CIVIL NUCLEAR EXPORTS BOOM [...] (SBU) French President Sarkozy has announced contract signings or preliminary discussions for the eventual export of French nuclear technology during several recent trips abroad. Both France's nuclear powerhouse Areva (reftel) and French government officials emphasize that the export boom is f [...]	2008-03-17 17:12:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EIND ETRD KNNP PREL FR
08PARIS513	CHAD/SUDAN: FRENCH AGREEABLE TO P5+1 DEMARCHE BUT [...] (C) MFA DAS-equivalent for East Africa Helene Le Gal informed us on March 14 that France was agreeable to the two-step P5 1 demarche sequence set forth in Ref A involving Chad and Sudan in order to persuade both to cease supporting the other's rebel factions. However, she said that she doub [...]	2008-03-18 16:42:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH UK LY RS CD SU KPKO FR
08PARIS570	UNESCO - PREAH VIHEAR TECHNICAL MEETING PARIS [...] (SBU) Summary: Without the Thai or American experts present, UNESCO's Culture Sector organized a two-day technical meeting on Preah Vihear in Paris March 25-26. It was clear that there are many serious issues that have not been thought through by the Cambodians. These will require agreement w [...]	2008-03-26 14:52:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO SCUL
08PARIS671	SENIOR COORDINATOR FOR IRAQI REFUGEES FOLEY MEETS [...] (SBU) Summary: French MFA officials told Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugees James Foley on March 31 that France expects to receive perhaps 500 Iraqi refugees this year via UNHCR referrals in Jordan and Syria as well as processed directly by the French embassy in Baghdad. Defining criteri [...]	2008-04-11 10:44:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM FR IZ JO SY LE
08PARIS676	SENIOR COORDINATOR FOR IRAQI REFUGEES FOLEY MEETS [...] (SBU) Summary: French MFA officials told Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugees James Foley on March 31 that France expects to receive perhaps 500 Iraqi refugees this year via UNHCR referrals in Jordan and Syria as well as processed directly by the French embassy in Baghdad. Defining criteri [...]	2008-04-11 14:59:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM FR IZ JO SY LE
08PARIS677	SENIOR COORDINATOR FOR IRAQI REFUGEES FOLEY MEETS [...] (SBU) Summary: French MFA officials told Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugees James Foley on March 31 that France expects to receive perhaps 500 Iraqi refugees this year via UNHCR referrals in Jordan and Syria as well as processed directly by the French embassy in Baghdad. Defining criteri [...]	2008-04-11 15:10:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM FR IZ JO SY LE

08PARIS678	SENIOR COORDINATOR FOR IRAQI REFUGEES FOLEY MEETS [...] (SBU) Summary: French MFA officials told Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugees James Foley on March 31 that France expects to receive perhaps 500 Iraqi refugees this year via UNHCR referrals in Jordan and Syria as well as processed directly by the French embassy in Baghdad. Defining criteri [...]	2008-04-11 15:19:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM FR IZ JO SY LE
08PARIS681	SENIOR COORDINATOR FOR IRAQI REFUGEES FOLEY MEETS [...] (SBU) Summary: French MFA officials told Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugees James Foley on March 31 that France expects to receive perhaps 500 Iraqi refugees this year via UNHCR referrals in Jordan and Syria as well as processed directly by the French embassy in Baghdad. Defining criteri [...]	2008-04-11 15:27:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM FR IZ JO SY LE
08PARIS683	SENIOR COORDINATOR FOR IRAQI REFUGEES FOLEY MEETS [...] (SBU) Summary: French MFA officials told Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugees James Foley on March 31 that France expects to receive perhaps 500 Iraqi refugees this year via UNHCR referrals in Jordan and Syria as well as processed directly by the French embassy in Baghdad. Defining criteri [...]	2008-04-11 15:38:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM FR IZ JO SY LE
08PARIS687	SENIOR COORDINATOR FOR IRAQI REFUGEES FOLEY MEETS [...] (SBU) Summary: French MFA officials told Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugees James Foley on March 31 that France expects to receive perhaps 500 Iraqi refugees this year via UNHCR referrals in Jordan and Syria as well as processed directly by the French embassy in Baghdad. Defining criteri [...]	2008-04-11 15:48:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM FR IZ JO SY LE
08PARIS688	SENIOR COORDINATOR FOR IRAQI REFUGEES FOLEY MEETS [...] (SBU) Summary: French MFA officials told Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugees James Foley on March 31 that France expects to receive perhaps 500 Iraqi refugees this year via UNHCR referrals in Jordan and Syria as well as processed directly by the French embassy in Baghdad. Defining criteri [...]	2008-04-11 15:48:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM FR IZ JO SY LE
08PARIS763	AFTER THE NATO SUMMIT: GOF LOOKS AHEAD [...] (C) Summary. President Sarkozy is reportedly "very satisfied" with his first NATO summit, a meeting which demonstrated to the world the change in France's approach to the Alliance. President Bush's endorsement of a strong European defense in Bucharest gave the GOF the green light it wanted [...]	2008-04-22 09:10:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR MOPS FR AF GG UP UK MK GR
08PARIS766	PRIME MINISTER FRANCOIS FILLON'S VISIT TO U.S. MAY [...] (C) France's Prime Minister Francois Fillon will travel to the U.S. May 1 - 2. The current focus of Fillon's visit is the international economy -- and how it affects France's domestic reform program. He is set to meet with Federal Reserve Board Chairman Bernanke, Secretary of the Treasury P [...]	2008-04-22 13:28:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PTER PGOV PINR ECON EUN FR
08PARIS858	USD/P EDELMAN,S APRIL 28 MEETINGS WITH ELYSEE AND [...] (C) Summary. On April 28, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman met with Francois Richier, Elysee Counselor for Strategic Affairs, and Michel Miraillet, Director of Strategic Affairs at the Ministry of Defense. Richier and Miraillet said France is satisfied with the outcomes of [...]	2008-05-02 08:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR MCAP MNUC EUN IR LE SY UK UP
08PARIS859	SUDAN/DARFUR: SPECIAL ENVOY WILLIAMSON'S APRIL 15 [...] (S) SUMMARY: Special Envoy for Sudan Richard Williamson met with a seven-member JEM delegation from the UK, France, Chad, Egypt, and Darfur in Paris on April 15 as part of a three-track approach to making progress in Sudan: 1) engagement with the government of Sudan (GOS) on improving U.S./ [...]	2008-05-02 14:47:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL PHUM MARR MOPS PINS UNSC SU FR
08PARIS92	CONCURRENCE FOR INVESTIGATIVE ASSISTANCE - ICE [...] U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) requests the assistance of the Regional Security Offices in Accra, Ghana and Lome, Togo in support of a Human Trafficking / Forced Child Labor investigation involving young females trafficked to the U.S. from Togo and Ghana. Three targets have be [...]	2008-01-17 16:59:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CVIS PHUM FR XY
08PARIS94	DEFMIN MORIN ON HIS TRIP TO THE U.S., AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C) Summary. On January 16, the Ambassador met with Defense Minister Herve Morin to discuss Morin's upcoming trip to the United States. Morin offered views on the situation in Afghanistan and strongly advocated the French strategy of strengthening European defense capabilities "along side [...]	2008-01-18 10:30:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS NATO FR AF
08PARISFR1185	UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL RACE [...] (C) Summary: The race to succeed UNESCO Director-General Matsuura (Japan) is on in earnest, even though UNESCO's General Conference will not make the final selection until October 2009. Egypt's Culture Minister Farouk Husni was the first to enter the race, but he has hurt his chances with a s [...]	2008-06-24 09:54:00	Mission UNESCO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR UNESCO EG MO BU BR LH CO
08PARISFR1945	UNESCO SETS DIRECTOR-GENERAL ELECTION PROCEDURES [...] UNESCO's Executive Board at its session ending October 21 established the procedures for electing Director-General Koichiro Matsuura's successor when the latter's term expires November 2009. The Board settled on the following steps: A) Immediately after the conclusion of the Board's autumn 20 [...]	2008-10-23 13:37:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO SCUL PREL
08PARISFR2261	KILLION MEETING WITH DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNESCO KOICHIRO [...] (C) Summary: Director-General Matsuura stressed his desire to maintain a strong American connection to UNESCO's work in education, despite the upcoming change in administration, by telling us that he planned to invite Mrs. Bush to a 26 January high-level meeting on literacy, and would be askin [...]	2008-12-12 17:36:00	Mission UNESCO	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL UNESCO AORC PREL
08PARISFR2314	A/S HOOK'S MEETINGS WITH CZECH AND JAPANESE AMBASSADORS TO [...] (C) Summary: Both the Japanese and Czech Ambassadors to UNESCO clearly signaled to A/S Hook their opposition to Egyptian Culture Minister Hosni's candidacy for UNESCO Director General. The Czech Ambassador pushed for opening the race to new candidates and stressed the need for a top-level co [...]	2008-12-23 10:34:00	Mission UNESCO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO EZ JA
08PARTO22804	(S) Secretary Rice's February 27, 2008 Meeting [...] (U) February 27, 2008; 3:15 p.m.; Tokyo, Japan. 2. (U) Participants: United States The Secretary Amb. J. Thomas Schieffer Lt Gen William Fraser III, Assistant to the Chairman, JCS NSC Senior Director for East Asian Affairs Dennis Wilder A/S Sean McCormack, PA LTG Edward A. Rice, Jr., C [...]	2008-02-28 11:35:00	US Delegation, Secretary	SECRET	OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL PARM MARR JA
08PARTO22806	(U) Secretary Rice's February 27, 2008 Working [...] (U) February 27, 2008; 8:00 p.m.; Tokyo, Japan. 2. (U) Participants: United States The Secretary Amb. J. Thomas Schieffer A/S Sean McCormack, PA Lt Gen William Fraser III, Assistant to the Chairman, JCS NSC Senior Director for East Asian Affairs Dennis Wilder Pol/Mil Chief Raymond Gree [...]	2008-02-28 16:34:00	US Delegation, Secretary	SECRET	OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL EINV SENV ECON
08PARTO22807	(U) Secretary Rice's February 27, 2008, Meeting [...] (U) February 27, 2008; 6:00 p.m.; Tokyo, Japan 2. (U) Participants: United States The Secretary Amb. J. Thomas Schieffer A/S Sean McCormack, PA Lt Gen William Fraser, III, Assistant to the Chairman, JCS NSC Senior Director for East Asian Affairs Dennis Wilder Paul Hersey, Interpreter [...]	2008-02-28 19:12:00	US Delegation, Secretary	SECRET	OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL ECON MOPS PHUM
08PARTO60602	(U) Secretary Rice's May 30, 2008 lunch meeting [...] (U) Classified by: Kenneth Merten, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reason 1.4.(d) 2. (U) May 30, 12:15 p.m., Reykjavik, Iceland. 3. (U) Participants: United States The Secretary Ambassador Carol van Voorst Under Secretary Reuben Jeffery III, E Assistant [...]	2008-06-06 18:50:00	US Delegation, Secretary	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL MARR NATO ECON
08PARTO91701	SECRETARY RICE'S SEPTEMBER 5, 2008 BREAKFAST WITH [...] (U) Classified by Paul Wohlers, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reason 1.4 (d) 2. (U) September 5, 2008, 0900, Lisbon, Portugal. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Ambassador Thomas Stephenson Assistant Secretary Dan Fried Legal Advisor John Bellinge [...]	2008-09-17 03:34:00	US Delegation, Secretary	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL PGOV ECON EI KV RU
08PESHAWAR384	FATA AND NWFP: BI-WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION: JUNE [...] (C) A brief period of detente between GOP officials and militants was disrupted in late June as militant activity surged in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP). A deteriorating security situation in Khyber agency including the kidnapping [...]	2008-07-03 11:19:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS PGOV PK
08PESHAWAR434	NWFP: OPERATIONS CONTINUE IN SWAT WHILE BUSINESS DECLINES [...] (C) Noor Muhammad Khan, a resort and business owner in Swat who has been a regular contact of the Consulate, detailed the decline of business interests in Swat during a meeting with Principal Officer on August 18. He said that while the recent round of operations (Ref A) in Swat have been more [...]	2008-08-25 10:07:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER EAID PGOV PINR ASEC PK
08PESHAWAR537	NWFP: GOVERNOR GHANI AGREES TO RESUME FREE FLOW OF TRUCK [...] (S/NF) Northwest Frontier Province Governor (NWFP) Owais Ghani told Principal Officer (PO) during a December 13 visit to his office in Peshawar that the free flow of truck traffic between Peshawar and the Afghanistan border near Torkham could resume now that the Eid holidays are over. There we [...]	2008-12-16 11:09:00	Consulate Peshawar	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER MOPS PGOV PINR SNAR PK
08PHNOMPENH128	CHEVRON DOWNGRADES PETROLEUM ESTIMATES IN [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive and proprietary business information. It is sensitive but unclassified (SBU) and not for distribution via the internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Chevron's analysis of Block A, the offshore oil block widely believed to have the most heavily endowed oil reserve [...]	2008-02-01 12:14:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON PGOV CB
08PHNOMPENH131	CAMBODIA: NGOS CREATING NEW EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES [...] (U) Amid oft-repeated concerns about how Cambodia's future petroleum reserves will be used, a group of local and international NGOs are working together to create a coalition of local civil society organizations that will engage with the government on issues surrounding extractive industries. [...]	2008-02-04 08:34:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EMIN PGOV CB
08PHNOMPENH95	U.S.-CAMBODIA BILATERAL DIALOGUE STRENGTHENS TIES, [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel led U.S. participation in a successful senior-level U.S.-Cambodia bilateral dialogue hosted by the Royal Government of Cambodia Ministry of Foreign Affairs January 17. Both sides opened with statements of enthusiasm for strengthening ti [...]	2008-01-22 10:53:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV KJUS PHUM PTER KWMN PREL BM CB
08PHNOMPENH97	DAS MARCIEL RAISES LAND ISSUES, ELECTIONS WITH SAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Deputy Assistant Secretary For East Asian And Pacific Affairs Scot Marciel met with Deputy Prime Minister of Interior Sar Kheng January 17 to discuss preparations for Cambodia's 2008 National elections and the issue of forced land evictions. Sar Kheng raised security issues re [...]	2008-01-23 01:19:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KWMN CB
08PODGORICA215	TFGG-1: MANDIC HEATS UP ON GEORGIA, DOMINATES MONTENEGRIN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Montenegro's ethnic Serb parties continue to be overshadowed by the inflammatory public statements of Andrija Mandic, president of the Serbian People's Party (SNS) and the coalition Serbian List (SL) who is using the Russia-Georgia conflict to draw parallels with Kosovo and attac [...]	2008-08-21 08:44:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MW
08PORTAUPRINCE117	HAITI INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS SAID TO BE MOVING [...] (SBU) The Minister of Public Works says that Haiti is moving ahead on airport modernization, electricity generation, and road construction. A project of general airport modernization will privatize the international airport in Port-au-Prince. The Minister wants to work with TSA on upgrading [...]	2008-01-24 14:08:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EIND EAIR HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1314	STORM AFTERMATH IN HAITI: DEVESTATING AGRICULTURAL DAMAGE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Flooding from four consecutive tropical storms and hurricanes has caused substantial damage to Haiti's agricultural sector and its overall food security. The agricultural sector accounts for app [...]	2008-09-15 19:49:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT EAGR
08PORTAUPRINCE1317	HAITI: KEY BRIDGES IN RUINS [...] (U) Summary: Embassy USAID officials, a USAID engineer, and military engineers from the USS Kearsarge visited five damaged bridges September 13-14 to make a preliminary damage assessment. Damaged and destroyed bridges have cut off key transportation arteries and made the provision of emergen [...]	2008-09-16 19:17:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR ASEC HA PGOV USAID
08PORTAUPRINCE233	FEBRUARY 11 REPATRIATION OF 90 HAITIAN MIGRANTS [...] On February 11, the US Coast Guard (USCG) transferred 90 Haitian migrants into the custody of the GoH in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. On February 4, the USCG intercepted a fast boat carrying 17 Haitian, 1 Chinese and 3 Jamaican migrants 11.5 nautical miles east of Jupiter Inlet, Florida. Three Baha [...]	2008-02-15 18:34:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE235	FEBRUARY 11 REPATRIATION OF 90 HAITIAN MIGRANTS [...] On February 11, the US Coast Guard (USCG) transferred 90 Haitian migrants into the custody of the GoH in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. On February 4, the USCG intercepted a fast boat carrying 17 Haitian, 1 Chinese and 3 Jamaican migrants 11.5 nautical miles east of Jupiter Inlet, Florida. Three Baha [...]	2008-02-15 18:34:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE553	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HAITIAN PRISON CONDITIONS [...] Summary: Ambassador Sanderson met with HNP Director of Prison Administration Celestin on April 4. They discussed current prison conditions, plans for facility construction and renovation, staffing gaps, USG assistance and the major problems facing the Haitian corrections system. He is appr [...]	2008-04-08 18:43:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE8	DECEMBER 29 REPATRIATION OF 32 HAITIAN MIGRANTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-04 12:41:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE91	PREVAL STATE OF THE UNION: STATE MODERNIZATION AND [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) In his constitutionally-mandated speech at the opening of the new parliamentary session January 14, President Preval defined his vision for Haiti over the coming years as 1) security, justice, an [...]	2008-01-17 17:11:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KCRM SNAR KCOR ECON HA
08PORTLOUIS368	WIND ENERGY ON THE RISE IN RODRIGUES [...] SUMMARY. The Central Electricity Board (CEB),the government agency responsible for the production, transmission and distribution of electricity in the islands of Mauritius and Rodrigues, announced that Vergnet (France) will set up two wind turbines on Rodrigues Island to increase wind-produc [...]	2008-10-23 05:32:00	Embassy Port Louis	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON MP
08PORTOFSPAIN121	TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO'S RELATIONS WITH CUBA [...] (C) Summary: Trinidad and Tobago's relations with Cuba are a mixture of pragmatism and pan-Caribbean solidarity. Along with a number of other Caribbean states, it has had diplomatic ties with Cuba since 1972. Although Fidel enjoys a positive image among the minority of Trinis who reflect on [...]	2008-03-11 14:25:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PGOV PREL CU TD
08PORTOFSPAIN269	SECRETARY OF ENERGY AND PM MANNING DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Manning welcomed Energy Secretary Bodman's visit and delivery of a USG report on protecting T&T's LNG export infrastructure. Manning said he is anxious to do whatever is necessary to protect LNG infrastructure and willing to include that in the mission for T&T's new offshore [...]	2008-06-18 20:00:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	KCIP EPET ENRG PTER ASEC TD
08PORTOFSPAIN447	THE ISLAMIC COMMUNITY IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The extradition this year to the U.S. of three Muslims (one a citizen of T&T and the other two from Guyana) to face trial for an alleged plot against JFK Airport has heightened interest in the state of Islam in Trinidad and Tobago. Variously estimated at 6-10 percent of the pop [...]	2008-10-02 12:05:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON SCUL PHUM PTER TD
08PORTOFSPAIN448	THE ISLAMIC COMMUNITY IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The extradition this year to the U.S. of three Muslims (one a citizen of T&T and the other two from Guyana) to face trial for an alleged plot against JFK Airport has heightened interest in the state of Islam in Trinidad and Tobago. Variously estimated at 6-10 percent of the pop [...]	2008-10-02 12:05:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON SCUL PHUM PTER TD
08PORTOFSPAIN574	TRINIDAD GASBAG - ENERGY SECTOR NEWS (#2-08) [...] Plants Hurt by Falling Commodity Prices 2. Energy revenue projections down, spending cut 3. Budget cuts spare projects, CARICOM fund 4. New Refinery still on track 5. Alutrint Smelter Underway ... Trinis Train in China 6. TT LNG for Canadian Plant 7. GOTT Looking Down the LNG Value Chai [...]	2008-12-18 10:57:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	ENGR EPET EIND TD
08PRAGUE103	CZECH COMMENTS IN ADVANCE OF THE FEBRUARY EU GAERC [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboff met with Veronika Musilova, Deputy Director of the Czech MFA Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy prior to the January 28-29 EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). Of note were her comments on Kosovo, Kenya, Chad and Burma. She indicated [...]	2008-02-15 16:41:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EUN BM EZ XG SR CD PGOV PREL UNMIK
08PRAGUE118	SCENESETTER FOR CZECH PM TOPOLANEK'S VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Topolanek's visit next week to Washington will be a key milestone for the Czech leader, who is a convinced and committed Atlanticist with a firm belief in strong ties with the United States. He is coming to Washington with the goal of demonstrating -- especially to his domest [...]	2008-02-21 16:49:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EZ OVIP
08PRAGUE135	CZECH NATIONAL BANK GOVERNOR FOR EBRD PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Czech Republic will nominate the highly respected Governor of the Czech National Bank (CNB),Zdenek Tuma, to become President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) when Jean Lemierre's second term expires in July 2008. While this may be great news for [...]	2008-02-28 15:23:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV EZ
08PRAGUE139	CZECH CHAIRMAN OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE ON [...] (C) Summary: Jan Hamacek, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the Czech Parliament, recently shared with us views on a broad range of topics, including missile defense (MD),Afghanistan, relations with the Topolanek government, and contacts with countries like Iran and Russia. On M [...]	2008-02-29 12:56:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EZ MARR
08PRAGUE174	CZECH DCM WILL ATTEND MARCH 14 BEIRUT CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-13 14:04:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREF PTER MASS PARM LE EZ SY EUN
08PRAGUE175	CZECHS PLAN TO SUPPORT EU STATEMENT ON IRAN'S [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-13 14:05:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN EZ IR KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL
08PRAGUE274	CZECHS NOT COMPETING FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-05 13:43:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNHCR EZ EUN
08PRAGUE289	EMBASSY PRAGUE - OUTREACH TO HUMAN RIGHTS [...] The Czech Republic is rightly proud of its record as a country actively engaged in promoting democracy and human rights, particularly in oppressed societies such as Cuba, Belarus, Burma and countries in the Middle East, which greatly facilitates Embassy Prague's collaborative engagement regard [...]	2008-05-12 11:47:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL EZ EUN
08PRAGUE306	CZECH REPUBLIC PUBLICLY PRAISES ARAB LEAGUE [...] (U) On May 14 the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs released the following statement on the recent violence in Lebanon. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic condemns the attempts to solve the constitutional crisis in Lebanon in a violent way and appeals to all parties concer [...]	2008-05-19 15:55:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV LE SY IR EZ EUN
08PRAGUE308	CZECHS WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-20 15:48:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN EINV PGOV IZ EZ EUN
08PRAGUE350	CZECHS ATTENDING JUNE 23 CONFERENCE ON LEBANON [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-11 09:46:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PREL PHUM LE UNRWA EZ EUN
08PRAGUE381	OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING: EMBASSY PRAGUE INPUT [...] (U) Post is providing the following points in response to Reftel request for information on host government's record on matters of basic freedoms and human rights for this fall's HDIM Conference: 2. (SBU) The Czech Republic has a strong record of promoting human rights and basic freedoms [...]	2008-06-20 11:11:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM OSCE PREL
08PRAGUE384	CZECH THINKING ON UPCOMING EU PRESIDENCY - PART II [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 12-13 State EUR/ERA Office Director Bill Lucas met with a variety of Czech officials preparing for the January 2009 Czech EU Presidency. Czech officials covered the waterfront - from their very broad vision of what they hope to accomplish by next June, to the specifics o [...]	2008-06-20 17:45:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN EZ EG PGOV PREL
08PRAGUE418	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO THE [...] (C) Madam Secretary, Embassy Prague looks forward to welcoming you to the Czech Republic. Your visit is much anticipated by Prime Minister Topolanek and his government as an important signal of our strong transatlantic partnership. The signing of the Ballistic Missile Defense Agreement, which [...]	2008-07-01 17:29:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EZ
08PRAGUE419	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO THE [...] (C) Madam Secretary, Embassy Prague looks forward to welcoming you to the Czech Republic. Your visit is much anticipated by Prime Minister Topolanek and his government as an important signal of our strong transatlantic partnership. The signing of the Ballistic Missile Defense Agreement, which [...]	2008-07-02 07:01:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EZ
08PRAGUE420	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO THE [...] (C) Madam Secretary, Embassy Prague looks forward to welcoming you to the Czech Republic. Your visit is much anticipated by Prime Minister Topolanek and his government as an important signal of our strong transatlantic partnership. The signing of the Ballistic Missile Defense Agreement, which [...]	2008-07-02 07:02:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EZ
08PRAGUE5	CZECHS - WORKING WITHIN EU TO RECOGNIZE FORMATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-03 13:51:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KMPI LE SY EZ EUN
08PRAGUE524	PRAGUE COMMENTS ON KARADZIC, SERBIA AND KOSOVO [...] (C) Czech MFA Department of South and South East Europe official, Josef Zrzavecky, noted that the GOCR has been surprised by the speed at which the EU has taken up the potential lifting of the travel restrictions for the Karadzic family. Zrzavecky opined that the EU is likely to support a bla [...]	2008-08-06 13:45:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ETTC ICTY BK EZ EUN KAWC
08PRAGUE637	CZECH REPUBLIC: SOLICITING POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche September 30 to MFA South and South East Europe Officer Josef Zrzavecky and MFA Development Officer Jana Korbelova. Zrzavecky confirmed that the Czechs pledged four million Euros over four years at the July 11 Kosovo Donors' Conference (one million per year). [...]	2008-10-01 15:49:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN EINV PREL EZ
08PRAGUE643	CZECHS PLAN TO ABSTAIN ON KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-06 10:33:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	UNGA PREL UN KV EZ EUN
08PRAGUE653	CZECH REPUBLIC: GOVERNMENT APPROVES MINISTRY OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-10 16:37:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AF EZ MARR PREL MASS
08PRAGUE73	CZECHS SHARE USG PERSPECTIVE ON LEBANON [...] (SBU) Summary: Czech Department Director of Middle East and North Africa, Josef Rychtar, confirmed that the GOCR shares our perspective on the need for a special tribunal for Lebanon into the assassination of Rafik Hariri, as well as GOCR support for the cause of Syrian dissidents. He also sp [...]	2008-02-05 15:02:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EFIN EINV EZ LE SY EUN
08PRAGUE755	CZECH COMMENTS IN ADVANCE OF THE DECEMBER EU GAERC [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboff spoke with Magdalena Janesova of the Czech MFA Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy prior to the December 8-9 EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). Of note were her comments on: the Middle East, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Pakista [...]	2008-12-08 09:22:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN EZ EG PGOV PREL ZL IS
08PRAGUE77	STATUS OF CZECH ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Although Czech efforts to upgrade their diplomatic relations with Iran (in advance of the Czech 2009 EU Presidency and on a similar footing with other EU members) met with setbacks last year (ref A and B),the Czech MFA continues to pursue the effort. The GOCR cannot anticipate T [...]	2008-02-06 17:36:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD KTFN IZ EZ
08PRAGUE773	CODEL MURTHA VISIT TO CZECH REPUBLIC [...] (C) Summary: Representative John Murtha's November 25 trip to the Czech Republic focused on missile defense (MD). DFM Tomas Pojar outlined the reasons the Czech government favors MD and prospects for ratification in the Czech parliament. Murtha discussed alternatives to interceptors in Pola [...]	2008-12-15 16:37:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EZ
08PRAGUE809	CZECH COMMENTS ON GAS DISPUTES BETWEEN RUSSIA AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboffs spoke with Czech Ambassador at large for Energy Security Vaclav Bartuska as well as additional MFA officials regarding potential gas supply disruptions between Russia and Ukraine. While the Czechs have considered and discussed a number of possible scenarios with their EU [...]	2008-12-30 16:58:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN EZ EG PGOV PREL ENRG EPET UP
08PRAGUE84	UPDATE ON EVE OF CZECH PRT DEPLOYMENT TO LOGAR, [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 11, the Czechs will send the first of their troops to establish a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Logar, Afghanistan. With the exception of a few remaining issues (see paragraph 4),the Czech PRT continues to be on track for a successful deployment by mid-Ma [...]	2008-02-08 16:33:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO AF MARR MASS EZ EUN
08PRETORIA1111	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MAY 23, 2008 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 21 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Finance Minister Defends Inflation Targeting - JSE Rebounds - Crime Leading Factor in Emigration - Imported Skills 'Add 15% to SA Project [...]	2008-05-23 17:28:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA1146	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MAY 30, 2008 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 22 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Economic Growth Slows - Large Rate Hike Looms as Inflation Hits 10.4% - 2000 Foreign Math and Science Teachers Head for SA - SAA Reaches [...]	2008-05-30 08:49:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA122	CODEL JOHNSON VISIT TO SOUTH AFRICA, JANUARY 9-12, 2008 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: House Subcommittee on Water Resources and Infrastructure Chairman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) led a nine-member congressional delegation of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (including one member from the Energy and Commerce Committee) on a fact-finding mission to [...]	2008-01-18 13:07:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP EAIR PGOV PINR PREL SENV SF
08PRETORIA1426	KWAZULU NATAL - THE GREENING OF A PROVINCE [...] Summary. The Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany Hotspot, a floristic, climatic and geologically complex area, runs throughout KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province. EST Officer met with KZN Department of Agriculture and Environmental Affairs (DAEA) Environmental Services (South Region) Manager Sharon Allan, [...]	2008-07-01 08:35:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SOCI SF
08PRETORIA1972	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER SEPTMEBER 5, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 36 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Executive Turnover on the Increase - Mboweni Not Quite Ready to Retire - JSE Chief Sees More Foreign Selling Ahead - Vehicle Sales Take a [...]	2008-09-05 15:03:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA234	AQ KHAN TRIAL: DANIEL GEIGES PLEADS GUILTY [...] (C) SUMMARY and INTRODUCTION: Swiss citizen Daniel Geiges was convicted in the Pretoria High Court of unlawful manufacture of components for illicit gas centrifuge uranium enrichment plants intended for Libya and Pakistan and for associated export control violations on 05 February. This mes [...]	2008-02-05 14:08:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MNUC PREL KNNP SF
08PRETORIA2560	SOUTH AFRICA STUDIES TRADE POLICY [...] (C) Summary: The South African Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is preparing a policy document to set forth the basic goals and objectives of South African trade policy. The document will be completed by mid-2009 and then approved by the cabinet. The exercise is being driven by Deputy [...]	2008-11-24 13:49:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND ETRD SF
08PRETORIA2590	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 28, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 48 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - South Africa's Growth "Lowest in a Decade" - Liquidations Increase - Regional Integration Critical to Africa's Economic Competitivene [...]	2008-11-28 08:45:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA268	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 6 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Sector Focus: Auto Industry - Car Sales Hammered By Rising Inflation, Interest Rates and Debt - New Subsidy Program for Auto Producers [...]	2008-02-08 14:33:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP
08PRETORIA2691	FOLLOW-UP ON AFRICAN UNION SOMALIA FORCE [...] (SBU) On December 9, poloff met with Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Chief Director of East Africa division Graham Maitland to discuss the USG's willingness to provide logistical, training and equipment support to military units that are committed by South Africa to deploy to the African U [...]	2008-12-10 17:33:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PREL SO AU ZU SF
08PRETORIA325	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 7 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Industrial Policy to Receive Infusion of Funds - SA to Fast-Track Investment Process - Mbeki Outlines ICT Priorities - SARB Emphasizes Gr [...]	2008-02-15 12:28:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP
08PRETORIA4	BIOTECH OUTREACH ACTIVITY REPORT [...] (U) Summary: From September 15-28, 2007, FAS/Pretoria hosted Thomas C. Nesbitt, Outreach and Communications Specialist/Biotechnology Regulatory Service(BRS)/ Animal Plant Health Inspection Service(APHIS)/USDA to undertake biotechnology outreach activities funded by the Department of State's Bu [...]	2008-01-02 08:03:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD SENV SF
08PRETORIA418	ZIMBABWEAN EXILES NCUBE AND MASIYIWA UPBEAT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prominent exiled Zimbabwean businessmen Trevor Ncube and Strive Masiyiwa agreed that the upcoming March 29 elections offered opportunities for political change in Zimbabwe, but differed on the electoral prospects for independent presidential candidate Simba Makoni. Ncube, a stro [...]	2008-02-28 16:21:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM SF ZI
08PRETORIA419	ZIMBABWEAN EXILES NCUBE AND MASIYIWA UPBEAT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prominent exiled Zimbabwean businessmen Trevor Ncube and Strive Masiyiwa agreed that the upcoming March 29 elections offered opportunities for political change in Zimbabwe, but differed on the electoral prospects for independent presidential candidate Simba Makoni. Ncube, a stro [...]	2008-02-28 17:28:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM SF ZI
08PRETORIA77	2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - SOUTH AFRICA [...] (U) In response to Ref A, this cable presents post's 2008 Investment Climate Statement for South Africa. This is also Chapter 6 of the 2008 Country Commercial Guide for South Africa. 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT Chapter 6 Investment Climate Statement FY 2008 6.1 Openness to Foreign Investment The [...]	2008-01-15 08:08:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR SF
08PRETORIA781	DE BEERS - REFORMED EX-MONOPOLIST AS MARKET LEADER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: De Beers remains committed to South Africa, even as the former diamond cartel company has adopted significant strategic changes and has rationalized its business in South Africa. The diamond company's processing and marketing headquarters is situated in its historical capital [...]	2008-04-14 14:27:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ENRG EPET EINV SF
08PRISTINA167	CODEL PRICE CONGRATULATES KOSOVO ON ITS [...] (U) Summary: On March 15 Representative David Price (D-NC) led seven members of the House Democracy Assistance Commission (HDAC) on a one-day visit to Pristina, the first congressional delegation to visit Kosovo since its February 17 declaration of independence. the visit reinforced with the [...]	2008-03-26 13:11:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV OVIP KV
08PRISTINA360	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF KOSOVO PRESIDENT AND [...] (C) Mr. President, Madame Secretary: It has been a difficult but in many ways successful five months since Kosovo declared its independence on February 17. Though we spent much time planning for the possibility of large-scale population flows after the declaration and took precautions lest [...]	2008-07-09 11:36:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA85	KOSOVO: NEW SERBIAN CUSTOMS POLICY HARDENS [...] (C) SUMMARY: After violent demonstrations temporarily closed two border crossings along the Kosovo-Serbia border last week, UNMIK Customs officers have yet to return to these crossings (Gates 1 and D31) in northern Kosovo. International police have returned to duty at these gates but logistic [...]	2008-02-26 18:45:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK
08QUITO53	SCENESETTER FOR SECDEF MEETING WITH ECUADORIAN MOD [...] (C) Please accept my thanks for receiving Dr. Wellington Sandoval, the Ecuadorian Minister of Defense, during the Minister's January 23-26 visit to the U.S. Minister Sandoval's visit comes at a time of opportunities and risks as Ecuador carries out political and economic reforms through its [...]	2008-01-16 20:49:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO VE
08QUITO610	SUSTAINABLE PALM OIL PRODUCTION IN ECUADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The expansion of oil palm plantations into Ecuador's primary forests is having severe environmental impacts. Esmeraldas province, where a majority of African oil palm is grown, has a deforestation rate of 4.5%, higher than that of any other province or neighboring country. Th [...]	2008-07-07 22:08:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV EINV ENRG EPET EAGR EAID PGOV EC
08RABAT1134	BOYCOTT LEADER PROPOSES NEW RELATIONSHIP WITH USG [...] (C) Summary: Younes Mjahed, head of the Moroccan press union, told Information Attache (IO) that as a result of the recent U.S. election, he was prepared to rethink his organization's years-long boycott of USG activities. He reported that the Government of Morocco (GOM) had been stonewalling [...]	2008-12-08 16:42:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KPAO SCUL OIIP PGOV PREL PTER MO
08RABAT117	MOROCCO ON THE SITUATION IN LEBANON [...] (SBU) On February 5, Embassy conveyed reftel Note Verbale on the Lebanese political crisis to Mohammed Azeroual, MFA Director General for Multilateral Affairs and the Foreign Minister's point-man on Middle East and Islamic Affairs. 2. (C) Responding in detail to the points in the Note Verba [...]	2008-02-07 13:38:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EINV EFIN MO LE SY
08RABAT1196	SEDUCED BY THE UNITED STATES [...] (SBU) Summary: Describing a sea change in their opinions about the United States, on December 19 eight Moroccan women political leaders talked about how they were "seduced" by the U.S. political system and our top leadership during their election visit to the U.S. Several women who held negat [...]	2008-12-24 14:48:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KMPI OEXC XF MO
08RABAT127	BROKEN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM OFFERS NO EASY FIXES [...] (SBU) Sensitive but Unclassified - entire text. 2. (SBU) Summary: The backdrop to our efforts to negotiate a bilateral agreement on American schools in Morocco is a national education system that is widely believed to be broken beyond repair. This grim reality was highlighted in this week' [...]	2008-02-08 17:00:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV SCUL MO
08RABAT16	MOROCCO BACKS EFFORTS TO PRESS SYRIA ON LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: On January 7, the MFA's Co-Political Director passed us a message that Morocco was supporting efforts to break the political deadlock in Lebanon and had urged the Saudis to turn up the heat on the Asad regime. MFA Director-General Mohammed Azeroual said Morocco believed "enough [...]	2008-01-08 11:51:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MO LE
08RABAT213	MOROCCO SAYS YES TO REGIONAL IP CONFERENCE [...] (U) The Director of the Moroccan Copyright Office, Abdallah Ouadghiri, enthusiastically agreed to host and coordinate a three-day regional intellectual property rights (IPR) conference in Rabat, Morocco, June 10-12, 2008. Ouadghiri proposes a conference of 60-80 total participants that would [...]	2008-03-10 14:24:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KIPR MO
08RABAT252	U.S.-MOROCCO FTA: IMRESSIVE START, OBTIMISTIC FUTURE [...] (U) The Joint Committee of the U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement (FTA) met in Rabat on March 13, 2008 for the first time since the agreement's implementation on January 1, 2006. Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Europe and the Middle East, Shaun Donnelly, headed the U.S. delegation, whi [...]	2008-03-19 14:16:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD EFIN EAGR PGOV MO
08RABAT262	MOROCCO SEEKS CRISIS MANAGEMENT AND SEAPORT SECURITY [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 8. 2. (SBU) On March 24, Econoff met with Nouredine Moujahid, Chief of Staff for International Cooperation, Ministry of Interior, to discuss new dates for a consultation visit to Washington by Moroccan border security officials. Moujahid propo [...]	2008-03-25 08:50:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC PREL KSTC MO
08RABAT272	MOROCCAN MFA OFFICIAL CITES RISK OF UNDERMINING [...] (C) A senior MFA official told Polcouns March 26 that Morocco was still uncertain about its attendance at the Arab Summit and that this would be discussed by Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri, at that time enroute to Damascus, with his peers. Reminded of USG concerns about attendance at the summit [...]	2008-03-28 09:32:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AL LE MO
08RABAT342	MOROCCO STRONGLY SUPPORTS U.S. GOALS FOR THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-18 13:24:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KMPI MO

08RABAT434	MEPI UPDATE FOR MOROCCO [...] Summary: This cable highlights MEPI programs and initiatives in Morocco from January 1-March 31. During the quarter, NEA DAS Kent Patton visited Morocco and post approved a new local grant proposal. Highlights from existing programs include activities by the Advancing Learning and Employabil [...]	2008-05-14 13:14:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV SCUL EFIN KMPI MO
08RABAT443	SENIOR GOM OFFICIAL: AMERICA SHOULD CHANGE ITS [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with National War College students and faculty, Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General of Bilateral Relations Youssef Amrani identified the poor perception of the United States in the region as the U.S. government's greatest foreign policy challen [...]	2008-05-16 17:56:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KWBG IS IZ MO
08RABAT60	MOROCCAN REACTIONS TO THE POTUS MIDDLE EAST TRIP [...] (C) Summary: Coverage in the Moroccan media of President Bush's trip to the Middle East was almost entirely, even studiously, factual and based largely on wire service articles. One opinion column in a mass market Arabic daily was stingingly critical. A January 14 visit to Morocco by King A [...]	2008-01-22 17:51:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MO
08RABAT716	MEPI UPDATE FOR MOROCCO [...] Summary: This cable highlights MEPI programs and initiatives in Morocco from April 1 through June 30. During the quarter MEPI Women's Pillar Program Manager Olivia Ricchi visited Morocco to assess breast cancer awareness, and the Mission approved two new local grant proposals. Other activ [...]	2008-08-01 16:05:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV SCUL EFIN KMPI MO
08RABAT726	"MOVEMENT OF ALL DEMOCRATS": ASSOCIATION [...] (C) Summary: The Movement of All Democrats (MTD),the political association formed by palace intimate Fouad Ali El-Himma is the main topic for political discussions in Morocco. Despite formal denials, members say that MTD is preparing to form a party and participate in the 2009 municipal el [...]	2008-08-04 15:41:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL MO
08RABAT755	BIOSECURITY: EVERYONE'S TALKING ABOUT IT, [...] (SBU) Summary: At least two separate USG-directed visits will survey Moroccan biosecurity and biosafety legislation, regulation, infrastructure and competence in late 2008. Moroccan authorities welcome these separate visits and additional opportunities to cooperate on biosecurity and biosafet [...]	2008-08-13 06:08:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TBIO TSPL MO XI XF
08RABAT83	MOROCCO: UPSET ABOUT GAZA BLOCKADE BUT SUPPORTIVE [...] (C) Summary: MFA U/Sec-level DG Azeroual, responsible for Arab Affairs, told us that Morocco would work behind the scenes at the Arab League Ministerial for a moderate statement, and would succeed. He underscored, however, that the cut-off of essential supplies to Gaza was unacceptable and a [...]	2008-01-28 10:31:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM LE IS SY MO
08RABAT89	MEPI UPDATE FOR MOROCCO [...] Summary: This cable highlights MEPI programs and initiatives in Morocco from October 1-December 30. During the quarter, two representatives from MEPI's Washington offices visited Morocco. Highlights from existing programs include activities by the Advancing Learning and Employability for a B [...]	2008-01-28 18:47:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV SCUL EFIN KMPI MO
08RABAT918	USG CONCERNS ABOUT UNSC MEETING PASSED TO GOM [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-25 16:41:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG KPAL IS UNSC MO
08RANGOON11	AUSTRALIAN COMPANY TO INVEST IN BURMA'S GAS SECTOR [...] (C) Summary. Australian-owned Danford Equities Corporation will become the next foreign company to invest heavily in the Burmese oil and gas sector when it begins exploration of its offshore gas field in 2008. According to Australian Embassy officials, Danford expects to spend up to $40 mil [...]	2008-01-09 10:33:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV EPET BM
08RANGOON16	QATAR AIR "TO SUSPEND" OPERATIONS [...] (C) Summary. Although Qatar Airways will stop direct flights between Doha and Rangoon on January 20 (Ref A),Qatar Airways Area Director Shahab Attarzadeh emphasized that the airline is not pulling out, but is only "suspending" operations. Since September, Qatar Airways has seen a 70 percen [...]	2008-01-11 04:37:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	BM EAIR ECON PGOV PREL
08RANGOON253	BURMESE TAX ISSUES DELAY SHWE GAS SALES [...] (C) Summary. According to company officials, Daewoo remains committed to selling Shwe gas to PetroChina and could finalize a sales contract within the next two months. However, the Burmese Government's recent demands that Daewoo pay additional taxes - up to 10 percent more on production reve [...]	2008-04-07 11:19:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV EPET SENV BM
08RANGOON336	BAGO DIVISION: IT COULD BE WORSE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Southern Bago Division, among the areas that the Burmese government declared a disaster area, suffered some damage from Cyclone Nargis, although significantly less than the Irrawaddy Delta. The roads to and from Bago were clear and relatively undamaged. The city of Bago appear [...]	2008-05-08 09:50:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID BM
08RANGOON635	BURMA: QUIET THUS FAR IN ADVANCE OF 8/8/88 [...] (C) GOB authorities have visibly increased security in Rangoon and Mandalay in the lead-up to Friday's 20th anniversary of the 8/8/88 crackdown on pro-democracy protests, and we have issued a warden message to the American Community. However, our contacts report they see no evidence oppositi [...]	2008-08-06 08:28:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON698	BURMA: USING THE HUNDI SYSTEM TO TRANSFER MONEY [...] (SBU) Summary. Prompted by government restrictions on foreign currency holdings and U.S. financial sanctions, many Burmese opt to transfer U.S. dollars in and out of Burma through informal channels, known colloquially as the "hundi system." The system links Burmese money changers and busin [...]	2008-09-02 09:44:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM
08RANGOON706	BURMESE TIMBER EXPORTS ON THE RISE [...] (SBU) The value and quantity of Burmese timber exports increased dramatically in 2007, up six percent and 26 percent respectively over last year's figures. Timber industry experts predict that 2008 will be a record year for Burmese timber exports, despite international sanctions on Burmese [...]	2008-09-08 04:32:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON SENV PREL PGOV ETRD BM
08RANGOON861	BURMA - INCSR I DRUGS AND CHEMICAL CONTROL [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-06 09:14:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN SNAR BM
08REYKJAVIK102	ICELAND: GOVERNMENT GETS FLYING COLORS FOR 6.3 EARTHQUAKE [...] (U) SUMMARY: An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale occurred in southwest Iceland on May 29. The epicenter was near the town of Selfoss, where light property damage was reported as well as minor injuries. The government response to the earthquake was met with public praise and approva [...]	2008-06-09 18:35:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV PGOV TPHY ASEC IC
08REYKJAVIK123	ICELANDIC AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS END THEIR BRIEF ANNOUNCED [...] (U) In early June, Icelandic air traffic controllers demanded better pay, hours and working conditions and declared if their demands were not met, they would strike for four hours daily beginning June 27. No agreement on these issues was reached and the controllers began the announced strike o [...]	2008-06-27 16:46:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR IC
08REYKJAVIK279	Foreign Minister Assesses Icelandic Domestic and Foreign [...] (U) At a November 28 lunch hosted by the Danish Ambassador, the dean of the diplomatic corps, Foreign Minister Gisladottir told the assembled heads of mission she viewed Iceland's financial collapse as part of a global meltdown that must be resolved globally. In a pointed repudiation of the ha [...]	2008-12-01 16:57:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EU IC
08REYKJAVIK71	ABBAS STOPOVER IN ICELAND: SPECIAL ENVOY APPOINTED, [...] (SBU) Summary: In a short-notice visit, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas overnighted in Iceland April 21-22, meeting with Icelandic President Grimsson and Foreign Minister Gisladottir. At the ceremonial lunch with Grimsson, Abbas lauded the contributions of small states like Icel [...]	2008-04-23 19:17:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINR KPAL KWBG IS XF IC
08REYKJAVIK91	Scenesetter for the Secretary's visit to Iceland May 30, 2008 [...] (U) The Icelanders are delighted to welcome you to the High North. Your visit to Reykjavik is the first by a Secretary of State since Secretary Powell attended the NATO Summit here in 2002, and the first bilateral visit since Secretary Albright overnighted in 2000. Under Secretary for Politic [...]	2008-05-19 14:34:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PINR NATO KWMN ECON UNSC IC
08RIGA535	LATVIAN RESPONSE ON NON-GEORGIA TOPICS FOCUSED ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-04 07:44:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM LG
08RIGA56	LATVIA: COURT RULING SUSPENDS DEVELOPMENT OF RIGA [...] (U) Summary. The Constitutional Court of Latvia ruled on 17 January that part of the Riga territorial plan that deals with changes in the Freeport of Riga territory does not comply with the Constitution because several environmental impact procedures had not been followed correctly. The court [...]	2008-01-31 07:17:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KCOR KJUS EWWT SENV LG
08RIGA565	LEMBERGS ON THE TOWN, AND THE JUDICIAL HOT POTATO [...] (C/NF) Summary: Prosecutor General Janis Maizitis has lifted major restrictions limiting Ventspils Mayor (and noted oligarch) Aivars Lembergs, participation in government and freedom of movement. Additionally, two regional courts, citing heavy workloads, have refused to try the case, demonstr [...]	2008-09-17 12:05:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR KCOR KJUS LG
08RIGA635	LATVIA CANNOT ACCEPT PALESTINIAN GUANTANAMO [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-17 13:14:00	Embassy Riga	SECRET	PGOV PREL MOPS PTER PHUM KWAK KISL KPAO LG
08RIGA652	LATVIA UNAWARE OF IRANIAN NUCLEAR CONFERENCE; [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Judite Dobele, the MFA's head of Middle East and Africa Division. Dobele stated that they were not aware of the Iranian Nuclear Conference in November but know that Iran has been active in their region on energy issues. She stated that Iran had been tryin [...]	2008-10-24 13:53:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC TRGY IR LG
08RIGA742	LATVIA-IRAN BANKING - VERY LITTLE CONTACT [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-01 14:29:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL EFIN KNNP LG
08RIGA792	LATVIA NOT LIKELY TO PARTICIPATE IN PAKISTAN DONORS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-11 13:20:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF LG
08RIGA802	LATVIA SUPPORTIVE OF STL, NOT LIKELY TO CONTRIBUTE FUNDING [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-16 12:18:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER LE SY UNSC EUN LG
08RIODEJANEIRO236	Prominent Brazilians Ponder Foreign Policy Challenges and [...] (U) Summary. The Brazilian Center for International Relations (CEBRI) commemorated its 10th anniversary with a special forum in Rio de Janeiro on September 2, 2008 which featured prominent Brazilian policymakers and academics speaking on the theme of "Challenges to Brazil's Foreign Policy." [...]	2008-09-05 14:44:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SENV ETRD ECIN BR
08RIODEJANEIRO304	MORE DETAILS OF PETROBAS-CUPET DEAL [...] Brazilian state-controlled oil company Petrobras signed an agreement on October 31 to explore for oil in Cuba's still untapped offshore fields, which Cuban energy officials say may hold more than 20 billion barrels of reserves. Petrobras agreed to make an initial investment of USD 8 million t [...]	2008-10-31 18:31:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG CU BR
08RIYADH1151	STEEL MARKET ILLUSTRATES CHALLENGES IN REALIZING [...] (C) SUMMARY: With Gulf countries eager to translate windfall oil profits into global commercial leadership, the GCC project market has boomed, recently surpassing two trillion USD - more than double the combined GDP of the GCC economies. With massive industrial, utility, and real estate proje [...]	2008-07-27 05:11:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD SA
08RIYADH1245	TOPICS FOR ABDULLAH/MUBARAK MEETING: EGYPTIAN DCM [...] (S) SUMMARY: On August 13, at Egyptian request, Pol Counselor met with Riyadh Egyptian DCM Hussam Essa. Essa expressed grave concerns over continued Iranian nuclear ambitions, noting that this topic would be an agenda item in the upcoming meeting between Saudi King Abdullah and President Mub [...]	2008-08-14 10:43:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	EG EU IR IS IZ MU PGOV PREL SA UNC UNGA
08RIYADH1280	SAUDIS AGREE TO MID EAST QUINT POLICY PLANNING [...] (S) CG Jeddah and Riyadh Pol Counselor delivered Reftel demarche to Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal on Aug. 20. The Prince was completely receptive to the establishment of the proposed policy planning dialogue, adding he was "grateful to be invited." 2. (S) Regarding Iraq's pa [...]	2008-08-21 11:36:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	EG IZ JO PGOV PREL SA
08RIYADH1302	DIVERSIFYING THE SAUDI ECONOMY [...] (C) SUMMARY: SAG efforts to economically diversify beyond oil have drawn much attention during the current energy boom. Projects such as the King Abdullah Economic City in Rabigh and the Knowledge Economic City in Medina, with soaring goals and price tags, spark debate as to whether the Kingd [...]	2008-08-26 05:26:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET EMIN EINV ENRG SA
08RIYADH1616	U/S EDELMAN,S OCTOBER 17-18, 2008 DISCUSSIONS IN [...] (S) Summary. During October 18 meetings in Riyadh at the General Intelligence Presidency and the Ministry of the Interior, U/S Edelman appealed for Saudi assistance for Lebanon and Yemen, encouraged Saudi Arabia to support a regional Gulf missile defense architecture, and discussed Saudi media [...]	2008-10-28 12:22:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PARM PREL SA LE YM
08RIYADH1659	SAUDI ARABIA: SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER [...] (S) On behalf of the US Mission to Saudi Arabia, I welcome you back to the Kingdom. As you are aware, your visit coincides with King Abdullah,s trip to the United States, thus the King and several senior ministers will not be in country. Your schedule includes meetings with Crown Prince Sultan [...]	2008-11-04 13:51:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PREL SA
08RIYADH1865	DHAHRAN EAC MEETING - DECEMBER 28, 2008. REVIEW [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On December 28, 2008, the Dhahran Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to discuss post security posture in light of the rising tensions in the Middle East attributable to the Israeli/Palestinian situation. The Saudi Arabian National Guard (SANG) and Ministry of Interior (MOI [...]	2008-12-29 07:16:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	AMGT ASEC CASC PGOV PREL PTER SA
08RIYADH293	BILLIONAIRE AL-SANE,A ON INVESTMENTS, ECONOMY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 18, 2008, Ambassador Fraker met with Ma'an al-Sane'a in the Saudi billionaire's elaborate al-Khobar offices. During the meeting, the Saad Group Chairman revealed various aspects of his current business plans, most notably his company's lower leverage profile, new two [...]	2008-02-21 13:53:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR SA
08RIYADH434	UN FOCUSES ON VIOLENCE AGAINST SAUDI WOMEN [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-12 09:10:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KISL SA
08RIYADH50	SAUDI MEDIA ON EVE OF THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT [...] Saudi Arabia's media has hailed the President's historic visit to the Middle East and has watched with great interest the first two legs of the trip. Editor-in-Chief of influential newspaper Al-Riyadh welcomed the President's views about the Kingdom stating "the friendship and cooperation be [...]	2008-01-12 11:21:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC PGOV PREL SA
08RIYADH508	Special Media Reaction: Vice President's Visit to Saudi [...] Vice President Cheney's visit generated editorial commentary that coupled oil prices with the weak U.S. dollar and urged progress on the Middle East Peace Process. Four local op-eds appeared in the local press in addition to factual reporting in all papers. 2. Local Commentary Oil pric [...]	2008-03-25 04:49:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL OIIP SA
08RIYADH592	HUMAN RESOURCES DEVOTED TO ENERGY ISSUES [...] (U) This message is cleared by DOE/OE Assistant Secretary Kolevar. SIPDIS 2. (U) Per reftel B request, the State Department expended $275,269 on personnel costs to cover energy-related issues at Mission Saudi Arabia during the last year, and an additional $27,538 in program funds for [...]	2008-04-08 13:16:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	APER EPET ENERG SA
08RIYADH708	SAUDIS ON ASSISTING IRAQ [...] (S) SUMMARY. Coordinator for Economic Transition in Iraq and Economic Minister-Counselor Ambassador Charles Ries and a delegation from Embassy Baghdad, MNF-I, and NEA-I visited the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on April 28-30 to discuss channeling $500 million of SAG funding for humanitarian assistan [...]	2008-05-01 11:21:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	CIA ECON EFIN IR IZ MCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PINR
08RIYADH717	U.S. Foreign Policy Heavy Hitters: Mead and Telhami in [...] Summary: Two first-rate U.S. foreign policy experts gave their views on U.S. policy from historical, contemporary, and forward-looking perspectives with eager-to-engage elite Saudi interlocutors. Both proved to be highly capable advocates for U.S. perspectives on foreign policy, Middle East [...]	2008-05-04 13:52:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KDEM PGOV SA
08RIYADH72	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: BUSH'S VISIT TO THE [...] Summary: Saudi print media has focused over the past week on President Bush's visit to the region and more specifically on his meetings with the Israeli and Palestinian leaders and his activities in Riyadh during his January 14-16 stay in the Kingdom. Reports on the President's official mee [...]	2008-01-17 17:40:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL OIIP SA
08RIYADH761	Saudi Media: Recent commentaries show environment [...] Summary and comment. Local Saudi print media has recently favored regional issues concerning local topics over international issues. Editorials and commentaries from January to May 2008 have largely focused on three major Saudi issues: (1) debate on the activities and role of the Commission [...]	2008-05-13 13:28:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAO KDEM SA
08RIYADH858	MISSION REQUEST TO REVIEW JAFAR AL-SHAYEB,S VISA INELIGIBILITY [...] (U) This is an action message. It has been cleared by State, GRPO, and DHS. 2. (S/NF) Summary. On April 24, 2007, CA/VO determined that Jafar Mohammed al-Shayeb (DOB: 10 Jan 1959, Saudi Arabia) was inadmissible under INA Section 212(a)(3)(B) based on information contained in TD 314/29893- [...]	2008-06-02 11:06:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	CVIS PHUM PREL PTER SA
08RIYADH867	CONCERNS MOUNT REGARDING THE SAUDI GAS INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The early 2008 pullout of French energy giant Total from its Empty Quarter joint venture with Saudi Aramco and Royal Dutch Shell and the continued lack of success by Chinese, Russian, and Italian-Spanish JVs in efforts to discover commercially viable quantities of gas in the Em [...]	2008-06-03 14:45:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PREL SA
08RIYADH868	IS THIS OIL MARKET BROKEN? VIEWS FROM RIYADH [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-03 15:39:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENERG EFIN SA
08RIYADH893	CAUTIOUS GREEN LIGHT FOR CONOCOPHILLIPS REFINERY [...] (C) In a May 27 meeting with ConocoPhillips (COP) Abu Dhabi-based Regional President Nick Spencer (strictly protect) confidentially confirmed the planned 400,000 barrel per day (bpd) joint-venture Saudi Aramco/COP refinery is likely to move forward. While emphasizing that COP had not made [...]	2008-06-08 13:28:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENERG SA
08RIYADH942	SAUDI ARABIA: EDUCATION MINISTRY PLEDGES TO [...] (S) Summary: Both Education Minister Abdullah Al Obeid and Deputy Minister for Educational Development Dr. Naif Alromi have pledged to continue reforming Saudi textbooks, and pledged specifically to continue removing intolerant language. In meetings taking place over the past three months [...]	2008-06-16 14:26:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	KPAO PHUM PREL SA SCUL
08RIYADH946	Saudi Arabia: Women Revved Up To Spread Word on Breast [...] (U) Summary and comment: After First Lady Mrs. Laura Bush's historic visit to Saudi Arabia and her October 2007 launch of the US-Middle East Partnership for Breast Cancer Awareness in Saudi Arabia, a fragile partnership is moving forward. Mrs. Bush's visit attracted national attention to this [...]	2008-06-17 04:52:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KWMN KPAO SA
08ROME1163	MFA MIDDLE EAST DG RAGAGLINI ON SYRIA AND IRAN [...] (C) Summary. During a September 16 courtesy call by Political M/C MFA DG for the Middle East Cesare Ragaglini said Syrian FM al-Moallem surprised the Italians during his September 11 visit by appearing to condition movement on delineating the Syrian-Lebanese border on prior progress on the Go [...]	2008-09-17 14:24:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IT
08ROME1273	ITALY TO GIVE ONLY 1.6M EUROS IN BILATERAL AID FOR GEORGIA [...] (C) On 16 October Econoff delivered reftel A demarche on assistance to Georgia to Stefano Soliman, Deputy Director for Balkans/ Middle East Development Cooperation at the MFA. According to Soliman, Italy will provide a minimum of 1.6 million euros in bilateral general aid for displaced person [...]	2008-10-17 13:50:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN GG KMCA PREL RS KCRS
08ROME150	GOI NON-PAPER SETS GOAL OF ENERGY [...] (C) Summary. In late December, the GOI provided the Embassy and Department a non-paper on Italian energy/energy security policy in response to questions raised during the December 11, 2007, meeting between President Bush and Italian President Napolitano. The full text is included below. The [...]	2008-02-04 10:17:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL RU AJ IT
08ROME1514	ITALIANS TELL DAS HALE LEBANON HAS MADE MAJOR [...] (C) Begin Summary: In a Dec. 2 meeting in Rome with NEA DAS David Hale, MFA DG for the Middle East Ragaglini said the GOI thought Lebanon had come a long way since the end of August 2006, and that UNIFIL had played a crucial role in bringing stability and calm to the south, given the politica [...]	2008-12-15 09:10:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC LE IS SY IT
08ROME1534	ITALY SUPPORTS USG AT NSG BUT LACKS URGENCY ON IRAN [...] (C) Summary: On 11 December, ISN Acting A/S Patricia McNerney held bilateral talks with the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She and Treasury DAS Daniel Glaser later met with the Ministry of Finance. These talks focused on efforts undertaken to prevent Iran's acquisition of a nuclear w [...]	2008-12-18 14:21:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP ENRG ETTC PARM IR IT
08ROME1535	ITALY SUPPORTS USG AT NSG BUT LACKS URGENCY ON IRAN [...] (C) Summary: On 11 December, ISN Acting A/S Patricia McNerney held bilateral talks with the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She and Treasury DAS Daniel Glaser later met with the Ministry of Finance. These talks focused on efforts undertaken to prevent Iran's acquisition of a nuclear w [...]	2008-12-18 14:55:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP ENRG ETTC PARM IR IT
08ROME1567	HOA PIRACY: EMBASSY ROME REQUEST TO INCLUDE ITALY [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-23 11:28:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO EWWT KCRM PBTS PHSA
08ROME170	ITALY: CONSIDERING FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR HARIRI [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points and dip note February 4 to MFA Levant Office Director Carlo Formosa who had just returned from a trip to Lebanon with MFA Director General for the Middle East Cesare Ragaglini. Formosa said Italy remains committed to Lebanon's stability, democracy, and econo [...]	2008-02-07 17:38:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EFIN EINV LE SY IT
08ROME268	ITALY: ERITREAN BEHAVIOR UNACCEPTABLE, BUT MORE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche March 4 to MFA East Africa Office Director Mario Sammartino and UN Desk Officer Gabriella Biondi, seeking Italian views on the future of the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) and the possibility of sanctions or other measures targeted at Eritrea. [...]	2008-03-04 15:55:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KPKO ER ET IT
08ROME34	ITALY RECEPTIVE TO CHINA ANTI-SATELLITE TEST [...] (S) Poloffs delivered reftel demarche to Italian MFA Acting Director for Nonproliferation and Arms Control Emanuele Farruggia on January 7 and to East Asia Office Director Giuseppe Mistretta on January 10. Separately, Scioff delivered the demarche to MFA Director for Energy, Space, High Techn [...]	2008-01-10 18:35:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PREL PARM MNUC MARR TSPA CH IT
08ROME398	GLOBAL HAWK: ITALY APPROVES BASING AT SIGONELLA: [...] (U) This message contains an urgent action request at para 2. 2. (C) The Italian Defense General Staff (IDGS) notified the Embassy in writing on April 1 that Italy approved the deployment of the Global Hawk UAV to Sigonella Naval Air Station in Sicily (text of approval note at para 4). Th [...]	2008-04-01 14:09:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO IT
08ROME52	SUDAN: ITALY STILL STUDYING REQUEST FOR JIU SUPPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-15 09:15:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SU IT
08ROME53	SUDAN: ITALY STILL STUDYING REQUEST FOR JIU SUPPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-15 09:15:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SU IT
08ROME56	SUDAN: ITALY STILL STUDYING REQUEST FOR JIU SUPPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-15 09:15:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SU IT
08ROME58	SUDAN: ITALY STILL STUDYING REQUEST FOR JIU SUPPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-15 09:15:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SU IT
08ROME621	ITALIAN FM CALLS ON HIZBALLAH TO AVOID CREATING A [...] (C) In the absence of the FM, who was in Peru attending the EU-Latin America Caribbean Summit, we delivered reftel points May 16 to the PM's Diplomatic Advisor for the Middle East Marco Carnelos, to MFA Near East Office Director Carlo Formosa, and to Lebanon desk officer Michele Tommasi, who [...]	2008-05-16 14:02:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE SY IR IT
08ROME71	ITALY: FM D'ALEMA ON KOSOVO, AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, [...] (C/NF) Ambassador called on FM D'Alema January 15 to run through key foreign policy issues in advance of PM Prodi's February 4 visit to Washington. D'Alema was in a constructive mood and said Italian foreign policy on key issues was largely convergent with that of the U.S. He said that Kosov [...]	2008-01-16 16:57:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL NATO UNSC EUN IT
08ROME716	ITALY TO ATTEND JUNE VIENNA CONFERENCE ON LEBANON [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-05 12:57:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PREL PHUM LE UNRWA IT
08ROME744	ITALY ALERT TO IRANIAN EFFORTS TO PROCURE [...] (C) Econoff delivered Ref A points on critical equipment needs for Iran's IR-2 centrifuge design to Roberto Liotto, the Italian MFA official responsible for export controls and Italian participation in the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) on May 22. Liotto said he would pass the nonpaper to the [...]	2008-06-12 07:22:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP TRGY PREL PARM MNUC AORC IAEA UNSC IR IT
08ROME745	ITALY TO ATTEND BERLIN CONFERENCE FOR PALESTINIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-12 11:37:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS EUN IT
08ROME78	SYRIA: ITALY SUPPORTS EU AS VENUE FOR SUPPORTING [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-18 10:58:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XF XG KMPI NSC SY IT
08ROME859	ITALY DOES NOT SUPPORT ARAB GROUP DRAFT UNSCR ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-09 16:53:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IS LE SY IT
08ROME900	FM FRATTINI TO COORDINATE WITH U.S. ON IRAN, [...] (C) Summary. Italian FM Franco Frattini told the Ambassador on July 21 that Italy is prepared to do more to make EU measures against Iran more effective but opposition from Spain and Austria make it unlikely that it will happen during the July GAERC. In a recent phone conversation, Syrian FM [...]	2008-07-22 16:29:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO ECON IT
08ROME917	ITALY, GERMANY, FRANCE, SPAIN SEND LETTER TO SYRIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-24 16:52:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY LE EUN IT
08ROME924	ITALY: THE WAY FORWARD ON UNMEE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA East Africa Office Director Mario Sammartino July 25. Sammartino said Italy was largely in agreement with U.S. thinking on the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE). UNMEE's mandate must be terminated, he said, given the lack of agreement by e [...]	2008-07-28 14:21:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KPKO PBTS ET ER IT
08RPODUBAI34	IRAN COMPLAINS OF BURDEN OF AFGHAN IMMIGRANTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-19 14:40:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET	IR PGOV PHUM PREF AF
08RPODUBAI40	MBC TO LAUNCH FILM CHANNEL AIMED AT PERSIAN SPEAKERS [...] (C) Summary: The Middle East Broadcasting Center (MBC) plans to launch an entertainment satellite TV channel on July 9 aimed at Iranian audiences that will show movies with Persian subtitles. The broadcast by the Saudi-owned, Dubai-based MBC will join a small number of satellite channels, larg [...]	2008-07-09 14:56:00	Iran RPO Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	OIIP PGOV PREL SCUL IR
08RPODUBAI44	USG-FUNDED DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL BRINGS IRANIANS AND [...] (C) Summary: The UAE's first documentary film initiative, "Documentary Voices: Pulling Focus" was "a success" film festival primary coordinator Mashid Zamani told IRPoffs July 22. Zamani said that while she faced many challenges during the planning stages typical to any new project, the festi [...]	2008-07-29 13:53:00	Iran RPO Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	IR KPAO SCUL
08RPODUBAI51	IRAN'S HIGH RISK, HIGH REWARD MEDIA MINEFIELD - AN [...] (S) Summary: Hassan Fahs [strictly protect], former Al-Arabiyya bureau chief in Tehran, and Mazen Hayek, the Group Director of Marketing of Middle East Broadcasting Center, Al-Arabiyya's parent company, both attribute Fahs' recent expulsion from Iran to political motivations. Fahs repeatedly [...]	2008-10-28 08:25:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET	PINR PROP PREL ECPS IR
08SANAA1568	UPDATE ON YEMEN'S ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AND [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. SUMMARY: The ROYG has recently taken some actions in the field of anti-money laundering (AML),including forming a Supervisory Committee to oversee AML efforts and restructuring of the Central Bank's Anti-Money Laundering Information [...]	2008-09-22 14:05:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN PREL PTER SNAR YM
08SANAA158	INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT IN SAADA: A QUESTION OF DEFINITION AND STRATEGY [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-29 10:53:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PREL PGOV YM
08SANAA1949	SALEH'S CHARM OFFENSIVE: YEMENI PRESIDENT ATTEMPTS TO WOO [...] (Summary) During the week of November 24, 2008, President Ali Abdullah Saleh conducted two high-profile, on-the-record interviews with international media outlets in France and Russia. In the context of these interviews, Saleh outlined his government's views on counter-terrorism strategy in Y [...]	2008-12-06 13:07:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER KPAO YM
08SANAA256	SECOND POST-CONSULTATIVE GROUP FOLLOW-UP MEETING [...] SUMMARY: Republic of Yemen Government (ROYG) officials, Gulf Cooperation Council representatives (including the Secretary General) and a large number of bilateral and SIPDIS multilateral donors gathered in Sana'a on February 4 to discuss the status of the pledges allocated to Yemen and the [...]	2008-02-11 09:56:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	AID EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ETRD GCC PREL YM
08SANAA65	SALEH REQUESTS DETAINEE RELEASE AND RETURN OF [...] (U) On January 12, Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh handed the Ambassador a letter to President Bush praising the current Middle East peace initiative and requesting the release of Yemenis held in Guantanamo. In the meeting, Saleh also requested that jailed Yemeni cleric Sheikh al-Moayed be [...]	2008-01-13 15:18:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV YM
08SANJOSE129	COSTA RICA RECOGNIZES PALESTINIAN "STATE" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Costa Rica recognized the "state" of Palestine in an exchange of notes in New York on February 5. The MFA quietly announced the move in San Jose hours later, taking local diplomatic missions (including Post) by surprise. The MFA,s public explanation stressed Costa Rica,s and the [...]	2008-02-19 15:51:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	CS KPAL PGOV PINR PREL IL
08SANJOSE238	SCENESETTER FOR DAS MADISON VISIT TO COSTA RICA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Embassy San Jose warmly welcomes DAS Kirsten Madison. Your visit to Costa Rica is timely. We should keep the pressure on the GOCR to pass CAFTA implementation laws, encourage the GOCR to continue its close cooperation on counternarcotics and law enforcement issues, and urge t [...]	2008-03-31 15:03:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CS ECON ETRD PGOV PREL SNAR
08SANJOSE589	COSTA RICA SUPPORTING LIBYAN UNSC SETTLEMENTS [...] (SBU) We delivered Ref A on July 9 to Antonio Alarcon, FoMin Stagno's Chief of Staff, and to Juan Salas, MFA UNSC Desk Officer. Alarcon told DCM Brennan they would review the issue carefully, and, based on our points, Alarcon did not think the GOCR would have a problem going along with the U.S [...]	2008-07-10 17:56:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PREL SY UNSC CS
08SANJOSE629	COSTA RICA COZYING UP TO CUBA? [...] (C) The Arias administration may be contemplating re-establishing diplomatic ties with Cuba. A vocal embargo opponent in the legislature (a member of President Arias' own party) seems to have Arias' ear on the issue, arguing that normalized relations would help open Cuba to democracy. FonMin [...]	2008-07-30 19:48:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CS CU
08SANJOSE710	(C/NF) C-NE8-00834: ISRAELI RELATIONS WITH COSTA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite some concerns and irritants voiced both publicly and privately to us by the Israeli Ambassador to Costa Rica, the overall relationship between Costa Rica and Israel is relatively calm and businesslike. While not as dynamic as Costa Rica's commercial relationship with the [...]	2008-09-03 17:44:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR PARM PREL PGOV KPAL IS XF CS
08SANJOSE763	COSTA RICA: AUGUST 28 UNSC BILATERAL CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: IO Acting A/S Brian Hook's August 28 bilateral consultations with the MFA on UNSC matters were successful in bringing the U.S. and the GOCR to mutual understanding - if not agreement - on a range of UNSC issues. A/S Hook lobbied the MFA for greater cooperation on speed in the UN [...]	2008-09-23 13:23:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN IZ PGOV PINR PREL UNSC UN CS
08SANJOSE999	SFRC STAFFDEL MEACHAM-WHITESEL RESEARCH FOOD SECURITY [...] SFRC staffers Carl Meacham and Aaron Whitesel visited Costa Rica December 7-9 and Guatemala December 9-13 to conduct research on food security issues. They compared and contrasted the experiences of two countries with far different food security issues. The findings will help inform and shap [...]	2008-12-23 22:10:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR CR OREP PREL PGOV ENRG AFIN
08SANSALVADOR1364	GOES LIQUIDITY PROBLEMS, LOANS AND CREDIT LINES [...] (C) SUMMARY. El Salvador's fiscal and liquidity problems continue, despite Government of El Salvador (GOES) negotiations with various international financial institutions. The private banking sector remains liquid and prepared for massive post-electoral capital flight, though the threat of b [...]	2008-12-12 14:20:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV ECON ES
08SANTIAGO1022	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - NOVEMBER 21 [...] All lead stories relate to the Senate's unanimous approval of a 10% salary increase for public employees, highlighting that this is the first two-digit increase the government has given the public sector in 13 years and a defeat for the Bachelet administration. Local ----- 2. After three [...]	2008-11-21 20:09:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC PREL SNAR EFIN CI
08SANTIAGO1043	CHILE: NO CHANGES LIKELY IN ISRAEL/PALESTINE UNGA [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered ref A demarche Nov. 24 to Patricio Powell, Acting Head of the MFA's Multilateral Affairs Department. Powell promised to examine the issue closely and to forward the points to the MFA's Middle East desk and the Chilean Mission to the UN. However, Powell held out no hope [...]	2008-11-28 19:47:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA IS PA CI
08SANTIAGO1092	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - DECEMBER 12 [...] Headlines report that the Ministry of Health has been unable to notify 512 public hospital patients who tested positive for HIV. Dailies continued to highlight the suit filed by the Economic Prosecutor against the three largest pharmaceutical chains for conspiring to overcharge consumers. L [...]	2008-12-12 18:32:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
08SANTIAGO1132	SEGPRES MINISTER: WELCOME OBAMA, POSTPONE SUMMIT [...] (C) A key Bachelet minister says President-elect Obama has a unique opportunity to positively influence U.S.- Latin relations, with expectations in the region for change very high. The new administration's policy towards Cuba will be telling, more so than how the U.S. deals with Venezuela. Ho [...]	2008-12-22 19:50:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL CI

08SANTIAGO583	SMORGASBORD: NUMBER THREE AT MFA ON P5 AND IRAN, [...] (C) Chile shares international concern over Iran's nuclear program, agrees the P5 1 package of incentives is generous, and recognizes continued Iranian isolation is the logical outcome should it refuse the package. Chile is prepared to offer the new administration in Asuncion technical assista [...]	2008-06-19 20:39:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO678	ISRAELI AND IRANIAN RELATIONS WITH CHILE, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Israel and Chile have enjoyed amicable relations since the mid 20th century. Chile and Israel's economic ties are healthy and growing, albeit still a tiny percentage on both countries ledgers. Israel is monitoring Iranian influence in the region, which includes enhanced Iranian dip [...]	2008-07-21 13:00:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PINR PREL CI IR IS
08SANTIAGO955	AMBASSADOR SCHULTE OUTLINES IN CHILE USG NUCLEAR [...] (U) U.S. Ambassador to the IAEA Schulte October 14-16 reviewed with Chilean audiences Iran's ongoing failure to cooperate with the IAEA; USG and IAEA assessments of Tehran's attempts to develop nuclear weapons; and, the dual-track international effort to either bring Iran to the negotiating tab [...]	2008-10-24 17:56:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV BTIO OEXC PGOV CI
08SANTIAGO956	AMBASSADOR SCHULTE OUTLINES IN CHILE USG NUCLEAR [...] (U) U.S. Ambassador to the IAEA Schulte October 14-16 reviewed with Chilean audiences Iran's ongoing failure to cooperate with the IAEA; USG and IAEA assessments of Tehran's attempts to develop nuclear weapons; and, the dual-track international effort to either bring Iran to the negotiating tab [...]	2008-10-24 17:57:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV BTIO OEXC PGOV CI
08SANTIAGO958	AMBASSADOR SCHULTE REVIEWS WITH CHILEANS IAEA OVERSIGHT [...] (U) U.S. Ambassador to the IAEA Schulte, in Chile October 14-16 primarily to review developments on international efforts to rein in Iran's nuclear program (septel),also discussed the IAEA's role working with countries interested in safeguarding and sharing nuclear technology, as well as in de [...]	2008-10-24 19:31:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV BTIO OEXC PGOV CI
08SANTODOMINGO1486	EAC MEETING [...] SUMMARY: US EMBASSY SANTO DOMINGO CONVENED AN EAC MEETING ON 22 SEPTEMBER 2008, REGARDING A SEVERE STORM WATCH THAT MAY BRING HEAVY RAIN FALL AND POSSIBLE MAJOR FLOODING TO THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. THE CHARGE D' AFFAIRS CONVENED THE MEETING TO DISCUSS AND IMPLEMENT APPROPRIATE COURSES OF ACTION, [...]	2008-09-22 21:32:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC AMGT PTER CASC DR
08SAOPAULO149	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ: FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE U.S. [...] "The Costs Of The Adventure" Liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo editorialized (3/20): "The US invasion in Iraq was a humanitarian catastrophe and a political fiasco that placed the Pentagon in a situation without prospect of solution. It has also been a financial [...]	2008-03-20 12:55:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO15	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO THE MIDDLE EAST; [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-11 10:28:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO22	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT BUSH'S MIDDLE EAST VISIT; SAO [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-16 18:01:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO25	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT BUSH'S MIDDLE EAST VISIT; SAO [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-18 15:30:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO522	PROSPECTS FOR BRAZILIAN INVESTMENT AMID CRISIS [...] (U) Summary: Prominent Investment magazine Latin Finance hosted its 6th Annual Brazil Investment Forum in Sao Paulo on September 18. While the original intent of the conference was to explore financing growth and investment in Brazil, taking advantage of Brazil's out-performance of its emerg [...]	2008-09-30 17:39:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO542	LEVERAGING LEBANON,S DIASPORA FOR [...] (C) This message contains an Action Request. See Paragraph 12. Summary: 2. (C) Brazil's extensive Lebanese Diaspora, the largest such community in the world, contains important, influential people who want to work with the USG to help the cause of democracy in Lebanon, a position made [...]	2008-10-09 14:55:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHALANAGE PARTY PINR PREL KISL LE BR
08SAOPAULO605	U.S. ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-07 15:58:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO621	DESPITE CRISIS, MORGAN STANLEY BULLISH ON BRAZIL [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 10th, Ambassador Sobel met with the senior Brazil management of Morgan Stanley to discuss the firm's prospects and how the firm is weathering the current financial downturn. Management reported that while they expect mergers and acquisition activity to be brisk, ce [...]	2008-11-21 09:51:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON EFIN ETRD EAGR BR
08SAOPAULO639	Hillary Clinton- Nominated for Sec State - Sao Paulo Media [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-02 14:44:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO642	FRAUDULENT DOCUMENT RING SHUT DOWN WITH LIGHTNING SPEED [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 13, 2008, a joint Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU)/Assistant Regional Security Officer Investigator (ARSO-I) investigation resulted in the arrest of four members of a fraudulent document ring in Sorocaba, Brazil (Note: Sorocaba is a city of 557,500 located 80 miles to the [...]	2008-12-03 12:59:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS ASEC BR
08SAOPAULO85	MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN; CUBA; SAO PAULO [...] "Advance In Pakistan" Liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo (2/22): editorialized: "Contrary to expectations, Pakistan managed to have calm and apparently clean elections, thereby advancing towards establishing itself as a democratic nation. What is bad is that the re [...]	2008-02-22 12:52:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAPPORO48	CONTAINER SECURITY: NEW X-RAY TECHNOLOGY UNCOVERS ILLEGAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-19 12:36:00	Consulate Sapporo	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT EAGR ETRD EFIS ZO
08SARAJEVO113	BOSNIA: MEETING WITH NEWLY APPOINTED SIPA DIRECTOR [...] (C) The Charge accompanied by RSO and POLOFF met, January 15, with newly appointed director of the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) Mirko Lujic. The discussion focused on the challenges posed by improving SIPA's performance. The Charge reviewed the history of USG financial su [...]	2008-01-18 17:01:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PINR KJUS MOPS BK
08SARAJEVO1221	S/WCI AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON'S JULY 8-12 VISIT TO [...] SUMMARY: (C) During a July 8-12 visit to Bosnia, Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, Clint Williamson, met with key justice, political and international representatives to discuss war crimes issues. Officials working with the Bosnian State Court repeatedly expressed the need to exten [...]	2008-07-29 15:29:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KAWC KCRM KJUS BK
08SARAJEVO1238	BOSNIA -- PRESIDENTS' ADVISORS PLAY SIGINIFICANT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the past year and a half, we have worked closely with the cabinets and advisors to the three members of Bosnia's Tri-Presidency: Bosniak Haris Silajdzic, Serb Nebojsa Radmanovic, and Croat Zeljko Komsic. As we reported previously, (reftel),the advisors play a significant role [...]	2008-08-01 08:43:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR BK
08SARAJEVO1531	BOSNIA - REPUBLIKA SRPSKA ATTACKS ON MISSING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Republika Srpska (RS) authorities have taken a series of steps that undermine the ability of the state-level Missing Persons Institute (MPI) to locate, exhume, and identify victims of the 1992-1995 war. MPI was designed to search for missing individuals without regard to ethnicit [...]	2008-09-29 09:59:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM KAWC KJUS BK
08SARAJEVO1790	BOSNIA: RUSSIA'S ECONOMIC INTEREST -- RESTRICTED [...] (C) Summary: The largest Russian investment in recent years into the RS, Zarubjezneft's purchase of the Brod oil refinery, the Modrica Lubricant Refinery and the "Petrol" network of gas stations, seems to be finally advancing to stage where the company has fulfilled its initial financial commi [...]	2008-11-26 08:20:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PREL PINR PGOV EU BK
08SARAJEVO1811	BOSNIA - MAYORALTY BATTLES MAY THREATEN TENUOUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the October 5 municipal elections, parties are measuring their strength not only in terms of the number of mayoralties and city council positions they hold, but in the concentration of power in the areas of importance to each ethnic group. As such, the Croatian Democrati [...]	2008-12-03 18:14:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM BK
08SARAJEVO1893	RCC'S FIRST YEAR: STILL WAITING FOR SUBSTANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: It has been nearly one year since the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) took over the reigns from the Southeastern Europe's Stability Pact and about six months since the RCC moved into its new headquarters in Sarajevo, BiH. Unfortunately, the RCC has little in the way of con [...]	2008-12-22 15:25:00	Embassy Sarajevo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL BK
08SARAJEVO287	BOSNIA - TWO NEW SERB CHALLENGES TO DAYTON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the last week, two issues have arisen that raise additional questions about the broader political objectives being pursued by Republika Srpska PM Milorad Dodik and his Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD). The SNSD-led Ministry of Civil Affairs has drafted a new la [...]	2008-02-13 12:00:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SCUL BK
08SARAJEVO288	BOSNIA - RS AUTHORITIES WARN OF KOSOVO-RELATED [...] (C) In separate press conferences February 11, Milorad Dodik and RS law enforcement officials warned that reactions to Kosovo independence "would be certain" and would likely include some degree of unrest. RS authorities announced they are implementing an action plan to maintain public order. [...]	2008-02-13 13:58:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR BK
08SARAJEVO747	BONSIA - DODIK INTENSIFIES ATACKS ON STATE-LEVEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the beginning of 2008, Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik, as part of his wider campaign to undermine the state, has intensified his campaign to challenge state-level judicial institutions. The primary focus of his attacks has been the High Judicial and Pros [...]	2008-04-24 10:38:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KJUS KAWC EFIN EID EU BK
08SEOUL1107	THE 2009 ROK DEFENSE BUDGET IMPLICATIONS FOR [...] (C) Summary. The Won 621 trillion (about USD 620 billion) plan to transform the South Korean defense establishment inked in 2005 is under intense pressure from President Lee Myung-bak,s austerity measures. Just as President Lee is trimming all spending, the economic forecasts completed in 200 [...]	2008-05-30 06:44:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KS KN
08SEOUL1113	CANADIAN READOUT ON MAY 7-9 PYONGYANG MEETINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: DPRK Foreign Minister Pak Ui-chun told a Canadian delegation on May 8 that the DPRK was expecting to move forward on denuclearization if the USG took appropriate actions and that relations with South Korea were "alarmingly strained," according to an official at the Canadian Embass [...]	2008-06-02 06:13:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KN KS PGOV CN
08SEOUL1187	GENERAL SHARP'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON DEFMIN LEE [...] (C) SUMMARY: General Walter "Skip" Sharp, the new Commander UNC/CFC/USFK, paid an introductory call on the ROK Minister of National Defense Lee Sang-hee on June 10. General Sharp, accompanied by Ambassador Vershbow, stated that his predecessor had done much to strengthen the U.S.-ROK Allianc [...]	2008-06-13 01:54:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PINS KN KS
08SEOUL1201	MOVING APDP FORWARD IN KOREA [...] (SBU) Summary: During meetings with Korean officials on June 11, NSC Senior Director Paul Lettow and S/P's Daniel Twining encouraged the ROK to renew its efforts to support the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP) and to consider hosting a deputy minister-level meeting in the fall (Septem [...]	2008-06-16 04:20:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KS
08SEOUL1207	SEOUL RESPONSE/ACTION REQUEST: IRANIAN FINANCIAL [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (S) On June 17, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) Disarmament and Non-proliferation Acting Division Director Lee Sang-soo thanked Econoff for the two demarches (in Refs C&D) outlining Bank Mellat's recent proliferation act [...]	2008-06-17 04:48:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	ECON EFIN IR KNNP PARM PTER KS IS UK CH HK
08SEOUL1244	SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S JUNE 26-27 VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Your visit to Korea comes at a particularly sensitive time in U.S.-ROK relations. Since your last visit in February, the optimism that accompanied President Lee Myung-bak's inauguration has been replaced by growing public discontent with the Lee Administration and its policies. [...]	2008-06-23 08:40:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KS KN
08SEOUL1345	PRESS BULLETIN - July 7, 2008 [...] We Have More Important Things to Worry About (Chosun Ilbo, July 7, 2008, Page 31) Features 2. U.S. "Condoned Summary Executions during Korean War" (Daily Chosun, July 7, 2008) 3 3. Foreign Students in the U.S. Can Work as Interns (Dong-a Ilbo, July 7, 2008, Page 13) 3 4. Majority of [...]	2008-07-07 06:11:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
08SEOUL1448	SCENESETTER FOR JULY 23 S MEETING WITH ROK FM YU [...] (C) With two weeks to go before President Bush's visit to Seoul, most Koreans see the Lee Myung-bak government -- particularly its foreign policy -- as rudderless. Hence, the ROKG is a friend in need. Your meeting with Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan comes as Korea is simultaneously dealing w [...]	2008-07-21 09:18:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KN KS
08SEOUL1479	PRESIDENT LEE'S CLIMATE INITIATIVE: MAKING KOREA [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-25 04:54:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV ENRG TRGY KGHG KS
08SEOUL1527	FM YU PLEASED WITH SUMMIT PREP, SAYS "ALL'S WELL [...] (C) On July 31 Ambassador Vershbow paid an office call on Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan to confer on preparations for President Bush's August 5-6 visit to the Republic of Korea (ROK). During their meeting they agreed that plans for the visit were proceeding smoothly and reviewed the most lik [...]	2008-08-01 08:10:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL PGOV MARR KS KN JA
08SEOUL163	KOREA'S MARITIME MINISTRY GETS SINKING FEELING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although Lee Myung-bak's transition team is garnering headlines in Seoul for its proposed merger of the Ministry of Unification under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, it is the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (MOMAF) that is the hot topic in Busan. Followi [...]	2008-01-25 07:13:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF KN KS EIAID
08SEOUL1681	ROKG ON CHINA: U.S. ALLIANCE IS VITAL [...] (C) Summary: In a round of August 18 meetings on the state of ROK-PRC relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) officials, the Korea Institute for Defense Analyses (KIDA),the Korea Research Institute for Strategy (KRIS),and academics told poloffs that 1) the U.S.-ROK alliance [...]	2008-08-25 04:54:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KS KN ZO
08SEOUL1746	CONCERNS REGARDING DELIVERY OF SHIPS TO IRISL [...] (S) Acting EconCouns met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade officials on September 02 to urge their government's help in preventing the delivery of additional ROK-built vessels to the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines. Sang Soo Lee of the Disarmament and Nonprliferation Divisio [...]	2008-09-04 05:23:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	PARM PREL KNNP EFIN PINR IR CH KS
08SEOUL178	HAN SEUNG-SOO TAPPED AS LEE MYUNG-BAK'S FIRST [...] (SBU) Summary: President-elect Lee Myung-bak officially announced the nomination of Han Seung-soo, UN Special Envoy on Climate Change, as the first Prime Minister for his government. Lee is said to have taken into account Han's extensive experience with state affairs and his credentials as a [...]	2008-01-28 07:22:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KN KS
08SEOUL1830	CONCERNS REGARDING DELIVERY OF SHIPS TO IRISL [...] (U) This cable contains an action request in paragraph 6. 2. (S) Deputy Econ Couns returned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade September 11 to receive initial ROKG response to Ref A request. Sung-hwan Lee of the Middle East Division and Si-jon Song of the North America Division I [...]	2008-09-16 05:41:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	PARM PREL KNNP EFIN PINR IR KS
08SEOUL1841	DASD SEDNEY MEETING WITH ROK DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the end of SPI-19 (septel),DASD David Sedney and Ambassador Vershbow met with ROK Minister of National Defense Lee Sang-hee. The Ambassador delivered reftel points on the pending announcement by the Government of Iraq regarding reductions in Coalition forces that would [...]	2008-09-17 07:09:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PHSA PINS MARR KS KN
08SEOUL1844	SPI CLOSED SESSION: IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, BURDEN [...] (CO) SUMMARY: DASD David Sedney met with MND Deputy Minister Jeon on September 10 for a closed meeting of the U.S.-ROK Security Policy Initiative (SPI). The discussed the following four issues: -- DASD Sedney informed DM Jeon of the reftel A decision that would result in the drawdown in I [...]	2008-09-17 07:13:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PHSA PINS MARR KS KN
08SEOUL1845	DASD SEDNEY MEETING WITH MOFAT NORTH AMERICA DG [...] (CO) SUMMARY: On September 11, DASD David Sedney and EAP/K Director Kurt Tong paid an office call on MOFAT North American Affairs DG Chang Ho-jin. They agreed that the September 10 Security Policy Initiative talks had gone well, but that several issues -- camp returns and the SMA burden-shar [...]	2008-09-17 07:14:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PHSA PINS MARR KS KN
08SEOUL1912	ROK PLANS TO UPGRADE RELATIONSHIP WITH RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary: MOFAT's European Affairs DG Kim Eun-joong asked for a meeting with POL M/C on September 25 to discuss the status of negotiations with Russia over the joint statement to be announced by Presidents Lee and Medvedev in connection with their summit next week. In particular, DG Kim w [...]	2008-09-26 08:40:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KS KN RU
08SEOUL1988	ROKG REACTION ON IRISL ANSWERS AND DEMARCHE [...] (S) Deputy Econ Counselor met with MOFAT officials Sun-hwan Lee (Middle East Division) and Si-jon Song (North America Division) on October 6 to review Ref A IRISL demarche and to present Ref B responses to ROKG questions concerning the implications of the U.S. designation of IRISL. 2. (S) L [...]	2008-10-09 02:30:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	ECON EFIN KNNP PARM PTER IR KS
08SEOUL2034	SCENESETTER FOR THE 40TH US-ROK SECURITY [...] (C) Since your June visit to Seoul, the South Korean domestic political scene has largely returned to normal. President Lee has escaped from the morass that was the beef controversy, but still has much work to do before his government regains the trust and support of the Korean public. The s [...]	2008-10-15 08:58:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV PINS KS KN JA
08SEOUL2154	19TH SECURITY POLICY INITIATIVE PLENARY [...] (C) The 19th Security Policy Initiative (SPI-19) talks were held in Seoul on September 10, 2008. The U.S. Delegation was headed by Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia (DASD) David Sedney. Ministry of National Defense Deputy Minister (DM) for Policy Jeon Jei-guk led the ROK D [...]	2008-11-04 06:38:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS MARR KS KN
08SEOUL2192	PRESS BULLETIN - November 10, 2008 [...] Prepare for Renegotiation of ROK-U.S. FTA (Hankyoreh Shinmun, November 10, 2008, Page 27) 2. Seoul Should Not Delay Introducing the FTA Ratification Bill to the National Assembly (Seoul Shinmun, November 10, 2008, Page 31) 3. Cooperation and Trust (JoongAng Ilbo, November 8, 2008, Page 26) [...]	2008-11-10 07:51:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
08SEOUL2231	IRAN FM MOTTAKI: COOPERATION ON AFGHANISTRAN AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings on November 13 in Seoul with ROK Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan and Prime Minister Han Seung-soo, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki suggested that cooperation with the U.S. on Afghanistan and Iraq might be possible, but would depend on whether the U.S. was "s [...]	2008-11-18 08:08:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR KS KN AF IZ
08SEOUL2252	ROKG RESPONSE TO IRAN-O-HIND DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On November 21, Deputy Econcouns and econoff met with Si-jin Song, First Secretary in MOFAT's North American Division I, and Sung-hwan Lee, Second Secretary in MOFAT's Middle East Division, to deliver demarche (Ref A). Song and Lee listened attentively and took notes on the presentation. [...]	2008-11-21 08:27:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	ECON EFIN KNNP PARM IR KS PREL
08SEOUL2265	MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-24 05:18:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR
08SEOUL2332	ROK APPROACH TO ANTI-ISRAEL UNGA RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) In response to reftel talking points, ROK Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) United Nations Division Deputy Director Na Sang-deok expressed understanding of some of the USG concerns pertaining to UNGA resolutions with an anti-Israel bias. He agreed that such resolutions demanded [...]	2008-12-05 07:00:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA KS IS PA LE SY
08SEOUL2383	KOREA'S VIEW ON THE RISE OF CHINA (C-AL8-02576) [...] (U) This message addresses questions posed in Ref A on South Korean views on China. ------------------------------ ROK-PRC Engagement: Inevitable ------------------------------ 2. (C) Due to history, geography, cultural affinities, and China's rise as a regional power, Korea has no choic [...]	2008-12-12 06:47:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL KS
08SEOUL2399	MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-15 07:38:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR
08SEOUL2401	PRESS BULLETIN - December 15, 2008 [...] "Six-Party Process Reveals Its Fundamental Limitations" (JoongAng Ilbo, December 13, 2008, Page 26) 2. What the "Controversy over North Korea's Nuclear Status" Means (Chosun Ilbo, December 15, 2008, Page 35) 3. Obama's Way of Dealing with North Korea (Hankook Ilbo, December 15, 2008, Page 39 [...]	2008-12-15 08:16:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
08SEOUL2411	MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-16 07:29:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR
08SEOUL2429	U.S.-ROK SMA AGREEMENT INITIALED [...] (SBU) In accordance with reftel, A/DCM Joseph Yun and MOFAT Ambassador Cho Byung-jae initialed the SMA Agreement on Wednesday, December 17, and agreed on the text for the accompanying diplomatic note. A scanned copy of the initialed agreement has been sent to both EAP/K and USFK. 2. (SBU) [...]	2008-12-18 06:53:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL PGOV KS
08SEOUL2461	ROK-RUSSIA STRATEGIC DIALOGUE BUILDS ON CLOSER TIES [...] (C) Summary: ROK Vice Foreign Minister Kwon Jong-rak and Russian First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrei Denisov discussed strengthening bilateral ties at the first ROK-Russia Vice Foreign Minister Strategic Dialogue in Seoul on December 18. Director of MOFAT's Russia and CIS Division [...]	2008-12-23 07:02:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS KS
08SEOUL2464	DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE FOR IRANIAN ENTITIES [...] (SBU) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not intended for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) On December 22 Deputy EconCouns and econoff took advantage of a call on other business to deliver reftel demarche to MOFAT Middle East Division Director Sung-kyu Kwak and Second Secretary [...]	2008-12-24 00:30:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP EFIN PARM IR KS
08SEOUL2485	COOL GANGWON: GOVERNOR KIM ON TOURISM, NORTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over dinner on December 22, Gangwon Province governor Kim Jin-sun and the Ambassador discussed the need for better North-South relations, the importance of tourism to Gangwon Province, and cooperating on climate change. Kim, a three-term governor who will step down in 2010, said [...]	2008-12-30 04:27:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KN KS
08SEOUL2499	ROKG VIEWS ON INCREASING PRESSURE ON IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Econ MinCouns and Deputy Econ Couns followed up on reftel demarches on December 16 and 22 to multiple officials in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) and the Ministry of Strategy and Finance (MOSF) to discuss financial pressure on Iran as well as Korea,s energy rela [...]	2008-12-31 02:32:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KNNP MNUC IR KS
08SEOUL262	BLUE HOUSE SENIOR SECRETARIES ANNOUNCED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 10, the Presidential Transition Committee announced the lineup for the Blue House Senior Secretaries. Notably, GNP lawmaker Park Jae-wan was named SIPDIS Senior Presidential Secretary for Political Affairs, and Korea University Professor Kim Byung-kook Senior Secr [...]	2008-02-11 07:14:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR KN KS
08SEOUL422	SEOUL UPDATE ON 747 AIRCRAFT BOUND FOR IRAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Para 5. 2. (S/NF) Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) officials in the Divisions of Disarmament and Nonproliferation, and the Middle East discussed Ref (C) responses with Embassy officers on March 3. MOFAT had received the USG replie [...]	2008-03-04 03:39:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET//NOFORN	EAIR ETRD ETTC KLIG PREL IR KS UK
08SEOUL45	2020 VISION OF A MORE VIABLE AND STRATEGIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: In our previous message (ref A),we described the impact that changes in and around the Korean Peninsula are having on the U.S.-ROK Alliance and argued that the mission and footprint of our military presence must adapt to meet those changes. We pointed out that while many aspec [...]	2008-01-09 04:38:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS MARR MASS KN KS
08SEOUL488	NSA KIM FORECASTS PRODUCTIVE SUMMIT, ADVOCATES [...] (C) Summary: Over a cordial lunch with the Ambassador on March 12, National Security Adviser Kim Byung-kook said that he was sure President Bush and ROK President Lee Myung-bak would get along well in their April summit meeting. Kim is planning a trip to the U.S. March 17-19 to meet with seni [...]	2008-03-12 09:09:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KS KN
08SEOUL622	ROK OFFICIALS, ACADEMICS AND NGOS SEE SERIOUS DPRK [...] (C) Summary: In March 17-18 meetings with INR analyst Mark Phelan and poloff, ROK observers cited reasons for serious concern about the DPRK's food situation this year: -- ROK observers expected decreased DPRK crop production because of 2006 and 2007 flood damage in the 'rice bowl' surround [...]	2008-03-28 05:16:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KS KN ECON EAID EAGR PGOV
08SEOUL737	FORMER FM FRETS: MB'S TEAM UP TO THE TASK? [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a frank April 11 lunch meeting, former Foreign Minister Yoo Chong-ha gave poloffs his view of Lee Myung-bak and said he hoped Lee would play it safe during the April 18-19 summit with President Bush. Yoo said he would continue to advise President Lee whenever called, as he was [...]	2008-04-11 07:31:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KS KN
08SEOUL853	DASD SEDNEY'S ROKG MEETINGS: A STRONGER ALLIANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 7, visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) for East Asia David Sedney and SIPDIS the Ambassador met with Defense Minister Lee Sang-hee in the lead up to the Security Policy Initiative (SPI)-17 talks. DASD Sedney also met separately with Blue House Deputy [...]	2008-04-28 07:08:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PARM MASS KS
08SEOUL856	SPI 17: U.S.-ROK 17TH SECURITY POLICY INITIATIVE [...] (S) The 17th Security Policy Initiative (SPI) talks were held in Seoul on April 8, 2008. The U.S. Delegation was headed by Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) for East Asia David Sedney, with Ministry of National Defense (MND) Deputy Minister of Defense for Policy Jeon Jei-guk leadin [...]	2008-04-28 07:57:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	MARR MNUC PARM PREL KS KN
08SEOUL857	SPI 17: U.S.-ROK 17TH SECURITY POLICY INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-28 07:58:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	MARR MNUC PARM PREL KS KN
08SEOUL9	REGIONAL APPROACH TO ENERGY COOPERATION IN NORTHEAST ASIA [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Korea hosted a meeting of the Senior Officials Committee on Energy Cooperation in North-East Asia (SOC) on Jeju Island, December 13-14. The group approved efforts spearheaded by South Korea to produce a set of energy outlook repor [...]	2008-01-02 06:23:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PREL ESCAP ZO RS MG JA KN KS
08SEOUL903	SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 7-8 [...] (C) Your visit to Korea falls between the April 18-19 Camp David Summit and the Secretary's expected stop in Seoul at the end of June. Secretary Gates will also be coming for the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) change-of-command ceremony on June 3. These visits will be followed by a second U.S.-ROK [...]	2008-05-01 08:24:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PARM PREL PGOV PINS KN KS CH JA
08SHANGHAI126	CHINA 'CANNOT ACCEPT' MA YING-JEOU U.S. VISIT, SHANGHAI [...] (C) Summary: Professor Zhang Nianchi, Director of the influential Shanghai Institute for East Asian Studies (SIEAS) and expert on cross-strait relations, told DPO that Beijing would "not be able to accept" a visit by Taiwan's president-elect Ma Ying-jeou to the United States, in a March 27 m [...]	2008-03-28 04:19:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH TW
08SHANGHAI159	THE EVE OF CIVIL SOCIETY'S ARRIVAL: NPI PROMOTES [...] (SBU) Summary. According to Director of the Shanghai Pudong-based Non-Profit Incubator (NPI) Simon Lu, the Pudong District Government began to "outsource" some social services to local non-government organizations (NGOs) as a part of its comprehensive coordination pilot reform program approved [...]	2008-04-29 03:06:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI PHUM CH
08SHANGHAI184	(C) SHANGHAI SCHOLARS DISCUSS INCOMING TAIWAN MA [...] (C) Summary. Shanghai scholars of cross-strait relations cautioned Stimson Center Distinguished Fellow Alan Romberg on May 16 that China will need time to adjust to the incoming Taiwan administration of President Ma Ying-jeou, including time to assess Ma's statements and initiatives followin [...]	2008-05-19 10:58:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS ETRD CH TW
08SHANGHAI218	SHANGHAI ACADEMICS SEE MEASURED PROGRESS ON NORTH KOREA [...] (C) Shanghai academics concur that the Six-Party Talks are resulting in real, sustained progress, although, in moving forward, the pace of progress may not fully meet U.S. expectations. While the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) seeks friendlier bilateral relations with the United [...]	2008-06-16 09:25:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KN CH
08SHANGHAI219	SHANGHAI SCHOLARS ZHANG NIANCHI PREDICTS SLOW PROGRESS IN [...] (C) Summary: In a June 16 meeting, Shanghai Institute for East Asian Studies President Zhang Nianchi expressed pleasure that talks between Taiwan and the Mainland have resumed, but cautioned against high expectations for future talks. Tough issues, including more international space for Taiwan [...]	2008-06-16 10:16:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH TW MARR
08SHANGHAI254	SHANGHAI BAR ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT CONCERN ABOUT COMPETITION [...] (SBU) Summary. In a June 26 meeting with ConGenoffs, newly appointed Shanghai Bar Association (SBA) President Liu Zhengdong expressed his concerns about the increase in the number of foreign law firms operating in Shanghai in direct competition with local Shanghai firms. He acknowledges, ho [...]	2008-07-02 06:11:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI ECON CH
08SHANGHAI276	SHANGHAI ACADEMICS ON CHINA-JAPAN RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: China's leading academic experts on Japan are cautiously optimistic that the relationship will continue to build on recent positive developments. High-level visits by leaders on both sides, Japan's relief effort in the aftermath of the Sichuan earthquake, the port call to China b [...]	2008-07-23 08:58:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MCAP CH JA
08SHANGHAI284	SHANGHAI ENERGY EXPERTS - COAL IS KING [...] (SBU) Summary. With summer peak demand for power approaching in East China, another round of possible thermal coal shortages is causing great concern. Industry experts said the main bottleneck in China's thermal coal supply is transportation, although coal exports (encouraged by a gap betwe [...]	2008-07-28 09:06:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON ETTC EINV CH
08SHANGHAI285	SHANGHAI'S CIQ LEADERSHIP CALLS FOR MORE COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Consul General (CG) met July 17 with China Inspection and Quarantine (CIQ) Shanghai Director General Xu Jinji to discuss ways the two sides can work closer together on information sharing. CG noted that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration would soon open an office in Shan [...]	2008-07-28 09:08:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD TBIO PGOV ECON BEXP EAGR CH
08SHANGHAI295	SHANGHAI ENERGY EXPERTS: FUEL SHORTAGES EXIST, BUT NOT IN [...] (SBU) Summary. According to Shanghai energy experts, price controls are primarily to blame for gasoline and diesel shortages. However, because Chinese oil companies control both up and downstream processes in fuel production, they can more easily cope with price controls then power generators [...]	2008-07-31 06:18:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON ETTC EINV CH
08SHANGHAI30	UP, UP, AND AWAY: SHANGHAI'S FY-07 VISA NUMBERS GO THROUGH [...] (U) Consular officers in Shanghai adjudicated 16 percent more NIV applications in FY-07 than in FY-06. This follows a 19 percent increase in FY-06 over the FY-05 NIV workload, which in turn was up 20 percent over FY-04. This cable not only reports the quantitative increases but also provides [...]	2008-01-25 00:34:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS CMGT CH
08SHANGHAI318	JIANGSU AND NINGBO CIQS URGE GREATER COOPERATION ON FOOD AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The Consul General (CG) met with the Jiangsu Provincial Entry-Exit Quality Inspection and Quarantine (CIQ) Office in Nanjing on July 31 and the Ningbo City CIQ Office on August 4 to discuss a wide range of import and export issues. Both offices welcomed greater cooperation with [...]	2008-08-12 10:15:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD TBIO PGOV ECON BEXP EAGR CH
08SHANGHAI372	HIGH SPEED RAIL FURTHER INTEGRATES EAST CHINA [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past year, East China has embarked on a quest for further intra-regional connectivity and economic integration through faster passenger rail transport. On July 15, Shanghai and Zhejiang Province announced plans for a new high-speed rail link that will connect Hangzho [...]	2008-09-04 08:45:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN PGOV ETRD EINV ECIN CH
08SHANGHAI384	EAST CHINA HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS ON IMPACT OF OLYMPICS AND [...] (C) Summary: Three East China human rights activists told Poloff on September 10 that their activities were tightly constrained during the recent Beijing Olympics with one of the activists prevented from traveling to the United States to attend a conference. Local security forces currently are [...]	2008-09-11 07:40:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECON ETRD KIRF PGOV PHUM
08SHANGHAI385	NEW CHINA CHRISTIAN COUNCIL PRESIDENT DISCUSSES CHALLENGES [...] (C) Summary: Gao Feng, the new President of the China Christian Council (CCC),said during a September 2 meeting with Poloff that he would take steps to address challenges such as the insufficient number of pastors and churches and the lack of education opportunities for church workers and laym [...]	2008-09-11 07:47:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	CH KIRF PGOV PINR
08SHANGHAI408	SHANGHAI HOUSE CHURCH LEADER SAYS OLYMPIC CLAMPDOWN TO [...] (C) A prominent Shanghai house church leader said local police clamped down on house church activity during the Beijing Olympics, and the increased scrutiny has shown no signs of abating in the month since the Games concluded. The leader stated that he believes the local government fears the r [...]	2008-09-22 07:44:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KIRF SOCI CH
08SHANGHAI411	SOME SHANGHAI BANKS NERVOUS ABOUT US TRANSACTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. Some Chinese banks are refusing to increase their exposure to U.S. bank debt since the Lehman failure, although there does not appear to be a broad government policy in effect, said several U.S. banks with operations in Shanghai contacted on September 22. End summary. Some [...]	2008-09-22 09:13:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL
08SHANGHAI427	SHANGHAI: OFFICIALS SHAKEN BY MILK SCANDAL BUT LITTLE [...] (C) Summary: Officials in Shanghai and other East China cities appear shaken by the current milk scandal, but there have been few apparent political outcomes such as forced resignations or incidents of social instability. High-level officials in Shanghai continue to reassure the public and the [...]	2008-09-29 08:00:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON CH
08SHANGHAI43	SHANGHAI ACADEMIC ZHANG NIANCHI CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ON [...] (C) Summary. In a January 23 meeting with EAP DAS Thomas Christensen, Shanghai Institute for East Asian Studies (SIEAS) President Zhang Nianchi was cautiously optimistic that there can be progress on cross-Strait issues. He was pleased with the Taiwan Legislative Yuan (LY) election results an [...]	2008-02-01 06:36:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH TW
08SHANGHAI430	(SBU) GRIM OUTLOOK FOR EXPO PARTICIPATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Prospects for an American national pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo 2010 look increasingly grim. The private sector fundraising team reported on Sept. 29 that the initial $500,000 of USA Pavilion seed money is exhausted with as yet no new money raised to pay for the pavilion [...]	2008-09-30 07:59:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED	CH KPAO BEXP SCUL ETRD PREL
08SHANGHAI435	SHANGHAI CONTACT ON THIRD PLENUM [...] (C) Summary: One day prior to the opening of the Third Plenum of the 17th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, a well-connected Shanghai contact said CPC leaders believe the "time is now" to quicken the pace of rural reform; however, any land reforms introduced during the Plenum wi [...]	2008-10-09 10:29:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN CH
08SHANGHAI436	HANGZHOU VICE MAYOR DISCUSSES FINANCIAL TURMOIL, CPC PLENUM, [...] (SBU) Tong Guili, Vice Mayor of Hangzhou, told the Consul General on October 9 that the city's exports have decreased in the face of a challenging economic environment, and the municipal government has introduced several export promotion measures to counter the effects of the global financial c [...]	2008-10-09 11:05:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EFIN ETRD EINV KIPR CH
08SHANGHAI449	ANHUI OPTIMISTIC IT WILL WEATHER ECONOMIC STORM [...] (SBU) Anhui Provincial officials told visiting Congenoffs on October 14-15 that the global economic slowdown has affected the province but not as severely as in coastal provinces. The most significant impact of the economic situation is likely to be felt by Anhui's rural-to-urban migrants work [...]	2008-10-21 02:17:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV ELAB ETRD EIND EINV CH
08SHANGHAI450	STONES FROM OTHER HILLS SERVE TO POLISH THE JADE: SUZHOU'S [...] (U) Summary: Suzhou Mayor Yan Li invited Shanghai-based diplomats, business people and sister city reps to a two-day event Sept. 26-27 showcasing the city as a model of investment-friendly and harmonious development. Although billed as a an opportunity for the city to seek advice from outside [...]	2008-10-21 04:35:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV PGOV PREL ETRD ECON SOCI CH
08SHANGHAI461	JIANGSU WELCOMES LAND REFORMS BUT PROGRESS ON GOVERNANCE [...] (C) Summary. Farmers in Jiangsu Province welcomed the Central Government's policy announcements on land reform during the Third Plenum of the 17th CPC Central Committee (Ref A),but progress on local governance and evaluation of government officials will have a greater impact on the lives of t [...]	2008-10-28 08:00:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN CH

08SHANGHAI490	JIANGSU ECONOMY SLOWING IN FACE OF GLOBAL CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: Government officials and researchers in East China's Jiangsu Province are increasingly concerned about the adverse impact of the global economic slowdown on the province, particularly its large export sector. Achieving more robust domestic consumption to offset the decline in [...]	2008-11-10 09:15:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH ECON EFIN KIPR

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