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09AITTAIPEI242	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.'S MIDDLE-EAST POLICY, U.S.'S DEFENSE [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage March 5 on former President Chen Shui-bian's appearance in the pre-trial hearing in his money laundering and corruption cases; on the Cabinet's measures to boost the local economy; and the opening of China's National People [...]	2009-03-05 09:57:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW

09AITTAIPEI256	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-09 09:45:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI285	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. FOREIGN POLICY [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-16 09:58:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI365	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, NORTH KOREA [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused March 28-30 news coverage on the legislative by-election in a district of Taipei City Saturday, in which the KMT narrowly defeated the DPP; on Taiwan's economic prospects; and on developments in cross-Strait relations. The pro-unificati [...]	2009-03-30 09:53:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI378	TAIWAN MULLS NEW ACRONYM FOR CROSS-STRAIT ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY. Under domestic political pressure, the Ma administration plans to adopt a new acronym to describe its planned economic cooperation pact with the PRC. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) In an April 1 conversation with econoff, a senior Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) official noted that potentia [...]	2009-04-01 07:37:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL TW CH
09AITTAIPEI457	LEVERAGING U.S.-TAIWAN GLOBAL ISSUES COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. As advanced-economy democracies, the U.S. and Taiwan already cooperate closely on a broad range of global issues. In addition to the many benefits inherent in our bilateral cooperation, the expansion of cross-Strait ties (septel) gives us new options for reinforcing U.S. global i [...]	2009-04-15 02:05:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV PGOV PREL ECON ETRD SOCI EAID TW CH
09AITTAIPEI474	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. IMAGE, U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their April 18-20 news coverage on the third round of negotiations between Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) and China's Association for Relations across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS),which is slated for April 26 in Nanjing; on the [...]	2009-04-20 09:42:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI554	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-08 08:41:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI642	MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, PRESIDENT OBAMA'S [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage June 2 on President Ma Ying-jeou's visit to El Salvador, including his interaction with United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at a dinner hosted by outgoing El Salvador President Elias Antonio Saca; over the cont [...]	2009-06-02 09:37:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI652	MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-04 08:30:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI694	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN ARMS SALES [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-12 05:45:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI74	MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA'S INAUGURATION, HILLARY CLINTON'S [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their January 17-20 news coverage on the Taiwan government's distribution of consumption vouchers Sunday, a move aimed at stimulating Taiwan's economy; on the first of three pre-trial hearings on former President Chen Shui-bian's legal c [...]	2009-01-20 09:41:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI814	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS, U.S.-JAPAN-TAIWAN [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their July 3-6 news coverage on President Ma Ying-jeou's trip in Latin America; on the developments in cross-Strait relations; on the university entrance examination for senior high school students island-wide; and on the shoulder injury [...]	2009-07-06 08:34:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI851	6.3 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE STRIKES OFF TAIWAN'S EAST [...] (U) On July 13, a total of four earthquakes were recorded overnight off the east coast of Taiwan. The largest occurred at 2:05 AM, located 57 kilometers east of Hualian city. It registered a magnitude of 6.3. The three smaller quakes ranged in magnitude from 3.9 to 5.1 and were located betwe [...]	2009-07-14 09:42:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR ECON SENV TW XE
09AITTAIPEI908	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, NORTH KOREA [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage July 29 on former President Chen Shui-bian, who attended the last hearing for his money laundering and corruption trial Tuesday; on the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue; and on developments in cross-Strait relatio [...]	2009-07-29 10:52:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI977	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-13 07:03:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09ALGIERS1002	ALGERIA PROVIDES ITS REASONS FOR SUPPORTING [...] (C) The Ambassador on November 8 reinforced ref A demarche on the Goldstone report with MFA Director General for Arab Affairs Bouzaher, urging Algerian support to help ensure the follow-up process does not further complicate efforts to move Palestinians and Israelis to negotiated peace. Bouzah [...]	2009-11-09 12:18:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER KPAL IS IZ AG
09ALGIERS1043	ALGERIAN RESPONSE TO EL-BARADEI REPORT ON SYRIA [...] (SBU) Pol-Econ Chief on November 19 explained reftel points on the most recent IAEA Director General report on Syria to Hamza Khelif, head of the Sub-Directorate for Disarmament in the MFA's General Directorate for Political and International Security Affairs, and left him a copy of para 6 ref [...]	2009-11-23 12:35:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KNNC IAEA SYR AG
09ALGIERS12	GAZA: ALGERIAN DEMARCHE TO UNSC MEMBERS ON ARAB [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Algerian MFA summoned us and other UN Security Council member missions separately on January 4 to deliver a demarche on the Arab League position developed at the December 31 Cairo ministerial, and to lay out the Algerian position on the situation in Gaza. The MFA informed us [...]	2009-01-04 18:52:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL PTER PHUM MOPS KWBG IS AG
09ALGIERS355	AUTHOR OF RECONCILIATION CHARTER SAYS BOUTEFLIKA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Algeria's de facto human rights ombudsman, Farouk Ksentini, told the Ambassador during an April 4 meeting that Algeria's relationship with the United States is "essential." The Ambassador raised the need to decriminalize defamation, which was intimidating the press. Ksentini agr [...]	2009-04-08 18:30:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AG
09ALGIERS370	BOUTEFLIKA REELECTED IN HEAVILY MANAGED CONTEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: To the surprise of noone, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika was elected to a third term on April 9 in a carefully choreographed and heavily controlled election with official results the main opposition leader called "Brezhnevian." Interior Minister Noureddine Yazid Zerhouni annou [...]	2009-04-13 19:12:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM AG
09ALGIERS764	ALGERIA SEEKS SUPPORT FOR UN ACTION TO BAN RANSOM [...] (S) SUMMARY: Algerian Presidential Counter Terrorism Advisor, Kamel Rezag Bara, said August 12 that Algeria sought U.S. support at the UN for an African Union initiative to strengthen the international legal regime against abductions, including a specific ban on ransom payments to terrorist g [...]	2009-08-20 12:39:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV PINR PBTS UNGA AG ML MR NG US
09ALGIERS822	MIDDLE EAST ISSUES IN IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE: [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-14 13:46:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PARM KNNP IAEA PREL IS EG AG
09ALGIERS839	ALGERIA TO ENGAGE IRAN ON AMCIT DETAINEES [...] (C) The Algerian MFA says that Algeria's Minister of Foreign Affairs would engage with his Iranian colleague on the margins of UNGA to help obtain the humanitarian release of U.S. citizens detained in Iran. It would also instruct its Ambassador in Geneva to work with the U.S. and Egyptian del [...]	2009-09-17 17:31:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	AG CASC IR KNNP MNUC PARM PHUM PTER
09ALGIERS888	ALGERIA: FINANCE MINISTER BACKS ALGERIA'S NEW [...] (C) Minister of Finance Karim Djoudi told USTR Director for the Middle East and Europe Paul Burkhead September 28 that the purpose of Algeria's new rules on imports and foreign investment was to lower imports, tighten control on hard currency outflows, reduce tax fraud, and protect and promote [...]	2009-10-01 13:10:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL AG
09ALGIERS889	COMMERCE MINISTER SAYS ALGERIA SERIOUS ABOUT WTO, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Commerce Minister El Hachemi Djaaboub told USTR Director for the Middle East and Europe Paul Burkhead on September 28 that WTO accession is still a priority and Algeria looked to the U.S. for support in its efforts to complete negotiations. Djaaboub nevertheless defended new rule [...]	2009-10-01 13:44:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL AG
09ALGIERS962	ALGERIAN MINSTATE SAYS REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS CAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of State for African and Maghreb Affairs Abdelkader Messahel told Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) Ambassador Vicki Huddleston on October 17 that governments in the Sahel region have the resources to combat terrorism and criminal networks and have agreed on the [...]	2009-10-27 17:34:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV MCAP MOPS SNAR AG ML MR NG
09AMMAN1006	CODEL MCCONNELL'S APRIL 9 MEETING WITH JORDAN'S [...] (S) Summary: King Abdullah discussed with CODEL McConnell the peace process, Iran, and Syria, as well as Iraq and Qatar. The King stressed the importance of immediately pursuing a comprehensive peace settlement in the Middle East, emphasized that the Arab states could support the U.S. in con [...]	2009-05-03 05:14:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL IR IS IZ JO
09AMMAN1007	CODEL MCCONNELL'S APRIL 9 MEETINGS WITH JORDANIAN [...] (S) Summary: CODEL McConnell met April 9 with Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh and Minister of Planning and International Cooperation (MOPIC) Suhair Al-Ali jointly. Ali expressed her hope that the Senators would help Jordan obtain supplemental economic support. The Foreign Minister stressed th [...]	2009-05-03 05:15:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL IS JO
09AMMAN1024	JORDAN PLEASED WITH SPECIAL 301 RESULTS FOR 2009 [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador and Econoffs delivered ref A points separately to Minister of Industry and Trade Amer Hadidi and Director General of the National Library Mamoun Talhouni, noting that Jordan would not be listed in the Special 301 report and urging continued engagement with the USG [...]	2009-05-04 10:59:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR JO
09AMMAN1027	DISI WATER PROJECT CONTINUES TO ENCOUNTER POTENTIAL [...] (SBU) The Disi water conveyance, one of Jordan's largest infrastructure projects with a $800 million budget, proposes to convey 100 million cubic meters (MCM) per year from the Disi fossil aquifer on the Jordanian-Saudi Arabia border to Amman. Recent test results indicate that Disi aquifer wa [...]	2009-05-04 11:02:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAGR PGOV PREL IS SA JO
09AMMAN1070	JORDAN'S TOURISM SECTOR LIKELY TO DECREASE IN 2009 TO 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan's tourism sector revenues grew 28% in 2008 to a record $2.97 billion from $2.31 billion in 2007. While officials had hoped for similar growth in 2009, the industry now expects that revenues may return to their 2007 levels due to the slowing worldwide economy. Business tr [...]	2009-05-11 04:13:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND EAID JO
09AMMAN1115	Pope's Visit Brings "Twitter", Tight Security, and Hopes [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 11, the Pope concluded his four-day visit to Jordan, which took him to Christian and Islamic historical sites and included a mass attended by around 20,000 people. An increased security presence was seen throughout the city with a show of force from both the Jordanian Pol [...]	2009-05-13 12:21:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF JO VT
09AMMAN1117	KING ABRUPTLY ENDS DRIVE FOR DECENTRALIZATION [...] (C) Summary: King Abdullah's long-standing drive for decentralization of government services came to an abrupt halt on May 3, when he announced that the plan to create three new regional authorities would be dropped in favor of a vague plan to empower existing provincial governors. Little w [...]	2009-05-13 13:16:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM JO
09AMMAN112	JORDAN: JANUARY 13 MEDIA REACTION TO GAZA [...] SUMMARY: Gaza news coverage by Jordanian media outlets on Tuesday described Israel's "methodical destruction" and the fierce battles between Palestinian militants and IDF units. Arab and international diplomatic efforts also received attention, specifically King Abdullah's consultations with [...]	2009-01-13 13:46:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO KMDR JO
09AMMAN1181	Regional Leaders Urge U.S. to Push for Progress on [...] Summary: "If you had just two minutes with President Obama, what would you ask of him and what would you offer in return?" This was the first question posed to political leaders participating in a May 17 World Economic Forum (WEF) panel on regional security held in Jordan. Participants in t [...]	2009-05-21 12:36:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON PARM XF
09AMMAN1188	2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES IN JORDAN [...] (U) In response to ref A, the Embassy is aware of two (2) outstanding claims of United States persons against the Government of Jordan (GOJ). 2. (U) The first claim was included in the 2007 and 2008 reports (refs B and C). This dispute is presumed to have ended with the Claimant's cessatio [...]	2009-05-26 07:19:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV CASC KIDE OPIC PGOV JO
09AMMAN1202	JORDANIAN TRIBAL GOVERNANCE 101, PART 1: LOYALTY, [...] (C) Summary: This cable is the first of a three part series on internal governance in Jordan's tribal system. Jordan's social contract is based on tribes pledging loyalty to the King in exchange for access to the resources of the state. The tribes exercise influence through both national po [...]	2009-05-27 06:30:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KPAL KDEM JO
09AMMAN1260	FRAUD SUMMARY - JORDAN [...] (U) Jordan is a developing country with a per capita income of $5,000 and a population of nearly 6.3 million. Almost one third of the population lives in the capital city of Amman and about thirty percent of Jordanians are younger than 14. The service sector comprises over 77 percent of the e [...]	2009-06-04 12:18:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC JO
09AMMAN1267	JORDAN: CODEL ACKERMAN FOCUSED ON REGIONAL [...] (C) On May 27-28, Representative Gary Ackerman, D-NY, Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Representative Sheila Jackson-Lee, D-TX, Representative Keith Ellison, D-MN, and Subcommittee Staff Director Howard Diamond visited Jorda [...]	2009-06-04 15:57:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KDEM KWMN IR IS QT JO
09AMMAN129	GAZA PROTESTS CONTINUE IN JORDAN, CALLS FOR [...] (C) Summary: Protests over events in Gaza continue, with the Israeli and Egyptian Embassies as the primary target of demonstrators. Calls for a boycott of Israeli and American goods are mounting, but there is little evidence that they will have any real impact. The call for a vote of no-co [...]	2009-01-14 14:36:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KWBG KPAL KDEM IS EG VE JO
09AMMAN1313	LOWER HOUSE SPEAKER LAUNCHES NATIONAL TREND PARTY [...] (C) Summary: Lower House Speaker Abdulhadi Al-Majali officially launched the pro-establishment National Trend Party on May 30. While many in Jordan support the idea of a party to counterbalance the influence of Islamists, deep skepticism remains about Majali's ability to effectively lead th [...]	2009-06-11 09:24:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL JO
09AMMAN1339	PARLIAMENT'S EXTRAORDINARY SESSION: A PREVIEW [...] (C) Summary: King Abdullah called for an extraordinary session of parliament to start on June 11. The extraordinary session will deal with a crowded slate of political and economic measures, including a revised tax law, amendments to the penal code, amendments to the controversial law on as [...]	2009-06-15 06:31:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM ELAB JO
09AMMAN1354	JORDANIANS URGE ACTING A/S FELTMAN TO BE CLEAR [...] (C) On June 14, Acting A/S Feltman visited Amman to discuss regional issues with Chief of the Royal Court (CORC) Nasser Lozi and Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh. The Jordanians said that they were pleased with the election results in Lebanon and believe that the opposition will relinquish claim [...]	2009-06-16 09:01:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL IS SY JO
09AMMAN1364	JORDAN INCHES TOWARDS RECOGNIZING KOSOVO [...] (C) The Ambassador again urged Jordan to recognize Kosovo during meetings with PM Nader Dahabi, FM Nasser Judeh, and Royal Court Chief Nasser Al-Lozi in recent conversations. All three reiterated the point that recognition was "only a matter of time" and hinted that it would likely occur in J [...]	2009-06-18 05:25:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KV ID TT JO
09AMMAN1404	JORDAN: CITIZENS CONTINUE TO LACK CONFIDENCE IN [...] (C) Summary: Public confidence in parliament remains very low according to several polls released recently. Two polls showed that less than 13 percent of Jordanians were satisfied with the performance of the current lower house of parliament and 81 percent could not name a single parliamentary [...]	2009-06-24 02:45:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL JO
09AMMAN1423	ANXIETY OVER PEACE PROSPECTS PROMPTS ONLINE [...] (C) Summary: An online column that criticized Palestinians in Jordan for failing to protest an Israeli proposal to turn Jordan into an alternative Palestinian homeland continues to reverberate locally. A June 10 column in Ammonnews touched a nerve in the country where Palestinians are the m [...]	2009-06-25 13:02:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPAL PREF JO
09AMMAN147	JORDAN GAZA ROUNDUP, JANUARY 15 [...] (C) Summary: Marches and protests continue across Jordan, with further demonstrations planned for after Friday prayers on January 16. Islamists announced that they are pondering a "million man march" to the Israeli border and a separate event to burn American and Israeli goods. Following t [...]	2009-01-15 14:52:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KWBG KPAL KISL IS JO
09AMMAN1480	CONFERENCE ADDRESSES NUCLEAR ENERGY AND NON-PROLIFERATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nuclear energy and non-proliferation experts discussed security challenges in the Middle East during the conference "Nuclear Proliferation and Nuclear Energy Security, Political and Economic Implications" held in Amman from June 22-24. Participants welcomed the call by President [...]	2009-07-01 11:05:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON TRGY KNNP PARM JO XF
09AMMAN1611	Arab Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement [...] The Arab Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement (ANECE) was established during a regional meeting held June 18-19 in Jordan. Funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the State Department's Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI),ANECE aims to increase the [...]	2009-07-19 04:54:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV PREL ECON AORC KMPI XF JO
09AMMAN1618	JORDAN: TWO NEW HONOR CRIME KILLINGS [...] (U) On July 9, two Jordanian women were killed at the hands of their brothers "in defense of family honor." In the first case, the woman had previously been placed in protective custody by Jordanian authorities. She was then released into the custody of her brother in East Amman after he pro [...]	2009-07-20 05:14:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KWMN KJUS EAID JO
09AMMAN1676	EMBASSY AMMAN'S FOLLOW UP TO THE PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH [...] (SBU) Summary: As reported in refs D and E, the President's June 4 speech in Cairo was generally well received in Jordan. Most Jordanian audiences focused on language related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but they nevertheless expect and look for increased engagement stemming from the [...]	2009-07-27 11:48:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL OEXC SOCI JO
09AMMAN1689	JORDANIAN SOCCER GAME HALTED AMIDST ANTI-REGIME [...] (S) Summary: Anti-Palestinian hooliganism and slogans denigrating the Palestinian origins of both the Queen and the Crown Prince led to the cancellation of a July 17 soccer game between the rival Faisali and Wahdat clubs, who traditionally represent the East Banker and Palestinian communities, resp [...]	2009-07-28 14:27:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PGOV KDEM SOCI JO
09AMMAN1762	JORDAN: ISLAMIST EDITOR SAYS TALK OF PEACE [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Acting Information Officer, the editor of the Islamist daily Al-Sabeel newspaper lauded U.S. outreach to Muslims but asserted there had been no developments on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to convince Jordanians that the U.S. would deal with both sides equa [...]	2009-08-04 14:11:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SCUL KDEM KISL JO
09AMMAN1764	JORDAN'S KING CHASTISES "RUMORMONGERS" ON MIDEAST [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a vaguely worded but politically loaded statement, King Abdullah warned against "rumormongering" about the peace process and internal politics on August 5. The King attempted to calm fears about an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal coming at Jordan's expense while stating hi [...]	2009-08-05 11:59:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV KPAL KDEM KWBG JO
09AMMAN1782	JORDAN CONTINUES TO RAID IPR VIOLATORS, AFFIRMING ITS [...] (U) Recent anti-computer software piracy raids by Jordan's National Library (NL),the agency mandated with enforcing Jordan's copyright laws, demonstrate that Jordan is continuing to take credible steps to protect intellectual property rights (IPR) in the country. The National Library's Deputy [...]	2009-08-06 12:29:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR SNAR JO
09AMMAN1803	JORDAN: FIRINGS OF TOP GENERALS LEAD TO A [...] (S/NF) Summary: Following the firings of four top generals and over 230 other military officials on August 4, Jordan's political elite is searching for an explanation (Ref A). There is a fundamental lack of information about why they occurred and their ultimate political meaning. In the ab [...]	2009-08-10 09:01:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PGOV MOPS MCAP JO
09AMMAN1943	USG WORKSHOP FOR MILITARY JUDGES PROMOTES PROSECUTING AND [...] (U) The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development and Training (OPDAT) and U.S. Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) recently delivered two, two-day workshops in Amman on "Prosecuting and Adjudicating Terrorism Finance Cases" to 38 Jordanian State Sec [...]	2009-08-27 11:35:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PTER SOCI JO
09AMMAN2000	JORDAN: SCANDAL THREATENS TO END BASSEM [...] (C) Summary: Bassem Awadallah, former Royal Court Chief and champion of reform, is getting a divorce after allegedly beating his wife of four months. Many who had tapped Awadallah as the next Prime Minister now see him as a liability whose political career may be over. The scandal may have [...]	2009-09-02 08:45:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PGOV KDEM KPAL JO
09AMMAN2032	ZARQA: URBAN BLIGHT AND TENTATIVE REFORM IN [...] (C) Summary: Zarqa, Jordan's second largest city, is a symbol of urban decline. The city's unplanned growth, largely the result of migrant and refugee flows, strains the city's insufficient infrastructure and has created an acute housing crunch. A new housing development on the eastern fla [...]	2009-09-07 13:49:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KPAL KISL PINR JO
09AMMAN2097	PARLIAMENT: "THE SCUM OF JORDAN" [...] (S) Summary: Following an early end to parliament's extraordinary session, many in Jordan are again questioning the professionalism and drive of MPs. Jordan's media, political leadership, and public opinion are united in their condemnation of legislators, whose gaffes only add to the widesp [...]	2009-09-15 06:51:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PGOV KDEM JO
09AMMAN2098	IS DISSOLUTION OF JORDAN'S PARLIAMENT AN OPTION? [...] (S/NF) Summary: In the face of ongoing debates about the effectiveness and legitimacy of the Jordanian parliament, many in Amman are starting to believe that it should be dissolved. Government officials have privately confided to the Ambassador that they are open to the possibility of disba [...]	2009-09-15 07:06:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM JO
09AMMAN2114	JORDAN: EXPANDING THE CHORUS ON IRAN, IAEA MIDDLE [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-15 13:06:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR PREL AORC JO
09AMMAN2225	JORDAN: KING,S CHIEF ADVISOR SAYS SUSTAINED [...] (U) This cable has been cleared by CENTCOM POLAD Michael Gfoeller. 2. (C) SUMMARY: CENTCOM Policy Advisor Michael Gfoeller met with Royal Court International Affairs Advisor Jaffar Hassan on September 27. In the meeting, Hassan outlined Jordan's views on Middle East peace, Afghanistan [...]	2009-10-05 10:28:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JO
09AMMAN2252	THE JORDANIAN ISLAMIST MOVEMENT: AN ORG CHART [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood (JMB) is an umbrella organization which oversees and controls the political, charitable, and spiritual activities of the Islamist movement in Jordan. The Islamic Action Front (IAF),its political wing, is directly controlled by the JMB through [...]	2009-10-08 06:30:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV KISL KPAL EFIN JO
09AMMAN2253	AS JORDAN'S GOVERNMENT FADES, REFORM HANGS IN THE [...] (S/NF) Summary: The end may be near for the Dahabi government. After two years in office, its inability to advance a coherent political agenda with parliament and the public at large has led to the increasing sense among our contacts that a change is forthcoming. It is less clear, however, [...]	2009-10-08 06:36:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAL JO
09AMMAN226	Jordan's Garment Industry Hurting - High Production Costs [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordanian exports from the Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs),which are predominantly apparel, fell almost 17% to $946 million in 2008. Since 2007, at least twenty garment factories in the QIZs have closed down; four have downsized; and five decided to expand operations in oth [...]	2009-01-27 12:19:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KTEX EAID JO
09AMMAN2306	JORDAN'S INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SECTOR HOPES TO BE [...] (C) Summary: Yahoo's recent acquisition of the Jordanian internet portal company Maktoob has focused media and government attention on the technology sector and generated considerable excitement about Jordan's future as a regional IT hub. Recent meetings with industry and government officials [...]	2009-10-15 14:09:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINT TINT PGOV JO
09AMMAN2345	JORDAN: Embassy Amman Hosts Community Service Charity [...] SUMMARY. In cooperation with the Greater Amman Municipality, the Embassy organized a Day of Community Service October 15, in which Embassy volunteers planted trees, painted benches, and cleaned up debris at a park in an underprivileged neighborhood in East Amman. The event commemorated the anni [...]	2009-10-22 06:34:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	TAGS
09AMMAN2351	JORDAN: KING'S INTERVIEW WITH HAARETZ DRAWS [...] (C) Summary: King Abdullah's October 6 interview with the Israeli Haaretz daily has drawn praise in Jordan. Public commentary focused on the substance of the King's remarks and, in particular, on his pointed call for Israel to stop unilateral actions in Jerusalem that threaten to destabilize [...]	2009-10-22 14:28:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL SOCI JO
09AMMAN2378	New Amman Power Plant, Financed in Part by OPIC, Run by [...] (U) King Abdullah presided over the ceremonial opening of Jordan's first independent power station on October 26. The Amman East Power Plant was built and is owned and operated by AES Jordan PSC, a consortium of AES Oasis (a subsidiary of U.S.-based AES Corporation) and Japan-based Mitsui and [...]	2009-10-28 09:38:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EINV EFIN JO
09AMMAN2385	JORDAN: EFFORTS TO PROMOTE INTERFAITH CONCILIATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOJ has been a steadfast and even courageous advocate in the Middle East of interfaith understanding, mutual respect, and the rejection of religious extremism. In doing so, Jordan has built a moderate institutional infrastructure with which to widely promote moderate Islam an [...]	2009-10-29 11:40:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF PREL JO
09AMMAN2404	JORDAN: NSC DELEGATION DISCUSSES CAIRO INITIATIVES [...] (SBU) A five-member delegation led by NSC Senior Director for Global Engagement Pradeep Ramamurthy visited Jordan from October 6-9 to discuss initiatives laid out in the President's June 4 speech in Cairo. The delegation also included representatives from the Secretary's Policy Planning Staf [...]	2009-11-01 13:34:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	EAID PREL OEXC SOCI JO
09AMMAN2451	JORDAN: RIOTS IN EAST AMMAN HIGHLIGHT LARGER [...] (S) Summary: Riots broke out in the Haj Al Tafaileh neighborhood on November 8 upon the death of Saddam Sa'ud, who died as a result of injuries sustained during a beating while he was in police custody. The Public Security Department (PSD) announced that two police officers have been arreste [...]	2009-11-09 16:58:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM KJUS SOCI JO
09AMMAN2490	JORDAN: TRIBAL CLASHES WITH POLICE ERUPT IN MA'AN [...] (C) Summary: In response to the death of a local resident due to police abuse, rioters fired upon policemen and set ablaze police property in the East Bank tribal town of Ma'an on November 14. Ma'an is viewed as a bellwether for East Bank opinion and has a history of riots in protest of gover [...]	2009-11-16 16:20:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM KJUS SOCI JO
09AMMAN2515	JORDAN: Public Diplomacy Engagement Furthers Cairo Speech [...] This cable is the second of four cables following up on the October visit to Amman of NSC Senior Director for Global Engagement Pradeep Ramamurthy. It outlines aspects of Embassy Amman's efforts to advance goals emphasized in the President's June 4 speech in Cairo. 2. Summary: Public Diplo [...]	2009-11-18 15:10:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER PGOV KDEM KPAO OIIP SCUL JO
09AMMAN2516	JORDAN: POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT FURTHERS CAIRO [...] (U) This cable is the third of four cables following up on the October visit to Amman of NSC Senior Director for Global Engagement Pradeep Ramamurthy. It outlines aspects of Embassy Amman's efforts to advance goals emphasized in the President's June 4 speech in Cairo. 2. (S/NF) SUMMARY [...]	2009-11-18 15:13:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KDEM KISL JO
09AMMAN2563	JORDAN: KING DISSOLVES PARLIAMENT AND CALLS FOR [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: King Abdullah issued two royal decrees late yesterday, the first to dissolve parliament effective today and the second to call for early parliamentary elections. The reasons behind the dissolution include an impasse between parliament and the government, and increased publ [...]	2009-11-24 13:07:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	JO PGOV PREL
09AMMAN2578	JORDAN NOMINATES RANA HUSSEINI FOR WOMEN OF [...] Summary: It is an honor to nominate and strongly recommend Rana Husseini for the 2009 Women of Courage Award. Ms. Husseini is the definition of courage. Ms. Husseini's work single-handedly broke the silence of honor killings in Jordan and her 15-year crusade has resulted in greater justice fo [...]	2009-11-25 15:17:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM JO
09AMMAN2604	JORDAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IRANIAN NUCLEAR [...] POLOFF delivered reftel points to Samer Naber, Director of the MFA's Americas Office. Naber inquired closely about the modalities of the abortive plan for LEU shipments from Iran to third countries for subsequent enrichment and the production of nuclear fuel. Naber also asked several question [...]	2009-12-03 06:55:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR JO
09AMMAN2663	Scenesetter for the U.S. - Jordan FTA Joint Committee [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 9. 2. (U) Jordan's Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) will host the December 15 U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Area Agreement (FTA) Joint Committee (JC) meeting in Amman. This JC occurs on the eve of the FTA coming into full force in January 2010. T [...]	2009-12-09 11:41:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECIN ECON ELAB EFIN EAID JO
09AMMAN2675	Visa Validation Study - Iraqi B1/B2s Applying in Jordan [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman recently conducted a validation study of Iraqi visitor visas. The study revealed that over 21% of Iraqis remained in the United States beyond the duration of stay originally granted to them by DHS at port of entry. The only clear indicator of a likelihood to return to the [...]	2009-12-10 13:46:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFRD CVIS JO
09AMMAN2678	JORDAN: KING TASKS NEW PREMIER WITH REFORM, [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: King Abdullah's letter of designation to Prime Minister Samir al-Rifa'i on December 9 told the new premier to form a Cabinet that will have a clear plan for continuing and implementing reform efforts, and emphasized that teamwork and transparency are essential for reforms to [...]	2009-12-10 15:55:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	KDEM PGOV JO
09AMMAN2766	NEW GENDARMERIE DIRECTOR WILL LIKELY STRENGTHEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: As part of a broader shuffling of senior positions in the Jordanian Government (ref A),a Royal Decree on December 15 replaced Gendarmerie director Major General (MG) Tawfiq Halalmeh with a retired Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF) General, MG Tawfiq Tawalbeh. Sources in the JAF als [...]	2009-12-22 07:52:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR ASEC JO
09AMMAN2770	NEW GENDARMERIE DIRECTOR WILL LIKELY STRENGTHEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: As part of a broader shuffling of senior positions in the Jordanian Government (ref A),a Royal Decree on December 15 replaced Gendarmerie director Major General (MG) Tawfiq Halalmeh with a retired Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF) General, MG Tawfiq Tawalbeh. Sources in the JAF als [...]	2009-12-22 12:03:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR ASEC JO
09AMMAN2801	Global Entrepreneurship Week Highlights Jordan's Emerging [...] (U) Summary: Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) in Jordan was marked by a series of events that raised excitement and awareness about the emerging entrepreneurial culture in Jordan. With support from USAID, the week featured a range of events from a gala opening ceremony to low-key networking [...]	2009-12-30 10:59:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINT EINV TINT JO
09AMMAN358	International Relief and Development Monitoring [...] Summary: The following is the first quarter monitoring and evaluation assessment of cooperative agreement SPRMCO08CA156 for USD 1,899,817 million awarded to International Relief and Development (IRD) in Jordan to support its program for livelihoods training for Iraqi refugees. RefCoord and P [...]	2009-02-05 13:24:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF EAID UNHCR IZ JO
09AMMAN470	PROPOSALS FOR NADR-FUNDED PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT RSI [...] (U) This message is Embassy Amman's response to reftel's call for proposals to use Nonproliferation, Antiterrorism, Demining and Related Projects (NADR) funds for programs in support of Regional Strategic Initiative (RSI) goals. Post is pleased to submit four proposals, all of which leverage [...]	2009-02-19 14:56:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC JO
09AMMAN511	GOJ ALERTS STAFFDEL GROVE TO IMMINENT SUPPLEMENTAL [...] (C) Summary: Professional Staff Member Paul Grove of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations discussed Jordan's imminent FY2009 supplemental funding request separately with Jordan's Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bashir, Minister of Planning and International Cooperation (MOPIC [...]	2009-02-23 15:22:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JO
09AMMAN516	JORDAN'S PM RESHUFFLES HIS CABINET [...] (C) Summary: The long-anticipated reshuffle of Jordanian PM Nader Al-Dahabi's cabinet took place on February 23, with ten ministers replaced and five ministers changing portfolios. At first glance, the reshuffled cabinet has fewer proponents of reform and gives a larger voice to security-co [...]	2009-02-24 15:27:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM JO
09AMMAN552	STAFFDEL DIAMOND, GOJ OFFICIALS DISCUSS REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings February 16-17, Foreign Minister Salah Al Bashir and Advisor to the King Ayman Safadi told Staffdel Diamond that to obtain peace in the Middle East the U.S. administration needed to pursue immediate negotiations, not a protracted process. It also needed to pr [...]	2009-03-01 11:32:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JO
09AMMAN569	CODEL BAIRD DISCUSSES GAZA, INTERFAITH DIALOGUE, [...] (C) Summary: During a February 17-18 visit to Amman, Congressmen Brian Baird and Keith Ellison (both members of the Friends of Jordan Caucus) took the pulse of Jordanian feelings on Gaza, talked about interfaith dialogue opportunities, and received an overview of Jordanian science and techno [...]	2009-03-03 06:00:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF KIRF KWBG TSPL IS SY JO
09AMMAN6	MONITORING REFUGEE HEALTH CENTERS IN JORDAN-- [...] (U) Summary: RefCoord and Program Specialist visited on December 22, three health centers for the benefit of Iraqis administered by Jordan Red Crescent Society (JRC) on behalf of three different donors: UNHCR, International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, and ECHO. [...]	2009-01-04 10:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF EAID IZ JO
09AMMAN668	SIX YEARS AFTER SADDAM, NEW HOPE IN JORDAN [...] (C) Summary: Six years after Operation Iraqi Freedom began in March 2003, our Jordanian contacts - among the analysts and officials - are evincing greater optimism about Iraq than the strained, highly-qualified hopes we were hearing just a few months ago (Refs A-C). The sustained security im [...]	2009-03-16 11:11:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IR JO
09AMMAN677	ISLAMIST FIGURE SPARKS DEBATE OVER ENGAGING THE [...] (U) Public debate has arisen in Jordan over the late February visit to the United States of the deputy Secretary General of the Islamic Action Front (IAF),which is the political wing of Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood. IAF figure Ruheil Gharaibeh traveled to Washington to take part in a February [...]	2009-03-16 17:31:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER KISL JO
09AMMAN69	JORDANIAN CONTACT EXPOUNDS ON REASONS BEHIND GID [...] (S/NF) Summary: PolOff met on January 5 with Dr. Muhammad Al-Momani (protect),host of a current affairs program on Jordan's state-run television. Momani offered his understanding of former General Intelligence Department Director Muhammad Al-Dahabi's dismissal and how the decision to fire h [...]	2009-01-08 11:58:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR JO
09AMMAN718	ELECTORAL REFORM CHATTER INCREASES IN JORDAN [...] (C) Summary: Electoral reform, long the primary goal of reform politicians in Jordan, is a hot topic of discussion following a cabinet reshuffle on February 23. PM Nader Al-Dahabi has since declared his intention to put Jordan's controversial electoral law on the table for discussion or pos [...]	2009-03-19 13:28:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM JO
09AMMAN746	JORDAN SEEKS DIALOGUE WITH S/P ON "QUINT GROUP" [...] (U) This cable contains an action request in para 4. 2. (C) MFA Director of Policy Planning and Research Omar Nahar has inquired whether the U.S. is interested in continuing the Middle East Quintet Policy Planning Dialogue initiated under former S/P Director David Gordon. He proposed coo [...]	2009-03-24 10:28:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JO
09AMMAN826	JORDAN DEVELOPING HUMAN RESOURCE CAPACITY FOR [...] (SBU) During a DOE/NNSA Middle East Infrastructure Preparedness Workshop in Amman from March 22-26, Commissioner for Nuclear Fuel Cycle in the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC) Ned Xoubi outlined Jordan's efforts to develop human capacity for implementing a civilian nuclear energy progra [...]	2009-04-06 11:49:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP JO

09AMMAN857	PARLIAMENT SPEAKER MAJALI'S NEW PARTY: FIRST STEP [...] (C) Summary: For over a year, lower house speaker Abdulhadi Al-Majali has been preparing to launch a new pro-government political party. He has again hit the airwaves to drum up public enthusiasm, and contacts tell us that the registration paperwork will be filed in weeks. The timing may b [...]	2009-04-12 09:34:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM JO
09AMMAN858	MA'AN: POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC NEGLECT ON THE [...] (C) Summary: This cable is the first in an occasional series which will focus on regional political centers in Jordan. The southern Jordanian city of Ma'an, populated by tribal leaders of Bedouin East Bank origin, is considered a bellwether for regime stability. In the past twenty years, r [...]	2009-04-13 05:07:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KISL JO
09AMMAN952	JORDAN: MEDIA REACT TO KING'S U.S. VISIT [...] SUMMARY: Wednesday's newspapers in Jordan led with extensive coverage of the President's meeting with King Abdullah at the White House Tuesday. Beneath banner headlines reading "Jordan, U.S. See Eye To Eye On Peace," reports stressed the two leaders' commitment to moving the Middle East peace [...]	2009-04-23 11:28:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO KMDR JO
09ANKARA1000	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-13 10:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1012	TURKEY: ABBAS TO TELL GOT "STOP EMPOWERING HAMAS" [...] (S) Summary: Despite multiple embassies' expressions of concern regarding the growing number of NGO-sponsored Muslim-based conferences in Turkey attended by radical regional participants, the Islamist-rooted Justice and Development Party-led (AKP) GOT has chosen to turn a blind eye. PLO Amba [...]	2009-07-15 12:36:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL ECON KWBG MARR TU IS
09ANKARA1056	TURKEY: ABBAS VISIT MUCH BETTER THAN EXPECTED [...] (C) Summary: GOT leadership maintained a positive and constructive tone during Palestinian Authority (PA) President Abbas' July 8-10 Ankara visit despite previous concerns surrounding Abbas, recent Cyprus trip and past pro-Hamas GOT rhetoric. Erdogan and Abbas discussed USG regional policy, e [...]	2009-07-23 13:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KWBG MARR TU IS
09ANKARA1073	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-27 11:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1080	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-28 13:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1084	TURKEY-IRAN BORDER: A TALE OF TWO CUSTOMS POSTS [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-29 04:05:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON PINS PTER EAID IR TU
09ANKARA1130	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-04 14:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1152	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-10 10:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1165	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-12 13:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1194	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-14 12:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA120	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-23 15:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
09ANKARA1211	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-18 12:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1218	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-19 11:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA123	TURKEY REFOCUSES ON EU ACCESSION AHEAD [...] (C) Summary: Launching what many believe to be a make or break year for Turkey's EU accession bid, PM Erdogan reinvigorated Turkey's efforts by naming Justice and Development Party (AKP) Vice Chairman Egemen Bagis as State Minister for EU Affairs and by visiting Brussels for the first time in [...]	2009-01-23 17:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EUN TU
09ANKARA1230	DAVUTOGLU URGES ISRAELI SETTLEMENT RESTRAINT AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-20 12:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TU IS
09ANKARA127	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-26 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
09ANKARA1309	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-08 10:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1310	CODEL WEXLER URGES TURKISH ACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary. Rep. Robert Wexler met August 26-27 with a wide array of top-level Turkish officials to discuss the current state of U.S.-Turkish relations and to urge them to push for greater regional support for President Obama's initiatives on Middle East peace and his willingness to deal wit [...]	2009-09-08 12:18:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD ENRG AM AZ IS IR TU
09ANKARA136	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-27 15:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
09ANKARA1381	TURKEY SUPPORTS USG OBJECTIVES FOR AD-HOC LIAISON [...] (SBU) On September 18 we delivered REFTEL objectives to Rauf Denktas at MFA's Directorate General for the Middle East. He told us that Turkey supports the U.S. objectives and that the Deputy Under Secretary for the Middle East and head of the department plan to attend the Ad Hoc Liaison Commi [...]	2009-09-18 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KPAL PGOV TU IS EU WBEG
09ANKARA1383	ALCOHOL IN ANKARA: MAYOR MIXES A MOLOTOV COCKTAIL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ankara Mayor Melih Gokcek briefly flirted with the idea of holding a referendum on the sale of alcohol in Bahcelievler district of Ankara. Although the idea was shelved after a blizzard of protests, the concept of the referendum and the way the mayor brought the issue to the age [...]	2009-09-18 16:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR TU
09ANKARA141	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-28 14:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA144	ERGENEKON PROBE: SOME SMOKE, BUT LASTING IMPACT [...] (C) Summary: The widening scope of the Ergenekon investigation has divided Turkish society into two increasingly hardened camps: those who see the case as a courageous step to bring Turkish society under the rule of law, by uncovering and then holding accountable the gangs responsible for hu [...]	2009-01-29 12:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
09ANKARA1460	LEAHY VETTING: REQUEST FOR DEPARTMENT REVIEW OF [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post has reviewed the following Turkish National Police candidates for an IMET sponsored program. Action Request: Post requests that Department conduct a name check on these candidates in appropriate databases (DRL/PM/EUR/INR) and advise Post wh [...]	2009-10-08 12:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL PGOV TU
09ANKARA147	TURKEY: NO AGREEMENT YET ON CSCP MODALITIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Caucasus Stability and Cooperation Platform (CSCP) parties, meeting in Istanbul January 26, did not reach agreement on how the platform will be institutionalized or how it will engage other countries and relate to other regional mechanisms, according to Russian and Georgian Embas [...]	2009-01-30 10:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AM AJ GG RU TU XY
09ANKARA1474	WOMEN IN POLITICS: THE ROAD IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION [...] (C) Summary: The road to political empowerment of Turkish women continues to be under construction. While women have equal political rights and freedoms, the right to vote, and the right to be elected and to engage in political activity, the number of female Members of Parliament (MPs) and [...]	2009-10-13 14:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL TU
09ANKARA1486	TURKEY-SYRIA RELATIONS: AN AKP WORK IN PROGRESS [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish government firmly supports its expanding bilateral relationship with Syria, which it argues benefits both nations and the region. Increasing ties and cooperation between the two governments led to a recent agreement to remove visa requirements, which the MFA deems a c [...]	2009-10-15 12:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL SY TU
09ANKARA149	ERDOGAN'S DAVOS REMARKS PLAY WELL FOR AKP [...] (C) Summary and comment: Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan received a hero's welcome on his return to Turkey early January 30 from Davos, where during a televised discussion concerning Gaza he harshly criticized the Israeli government and stormed out, swearing to never return. The outburst has [...]	2009-01-30 11:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
09ANKARA1500	TURKS ACCENT THE POSITIVE IN EU PROGRESS REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: State Minister for EU Affairs Egemen Bagis and the MFA offered a broadly positive official reaction to the European Commission's 12th annual progress report, released October 14. Both Bagis and the MFA portrayed the report in their public statements as endorsing the government's [...]	2009-10-16 16:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY EU PGOV PREL TU
09ANKARA1511	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-20 13:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1512	LABOR UPSET THAT GOT WILL USE UNEMPLOYMENT FUNDS [...] (U) Summary. The Government of Turkey passed a law last August that will allow it to dip into a fund for unemployment insurance and transfer payments for "infrastructure development" projects, primarily in the Southeast. The law is unpopular with labor unionists because while the fund is not [...]	2009-10-20 16:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB TU
09ANKARA1520	IRAN ASYLUM SEEKER ALLEGES TORTURE AND SIGNS OF [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On Monday October 19th, CONOFF and LEGATT interviewed Ebrahim Ali MEHTARI (strictly protect),an Iranian asylum seeker in Ankara, regarding MEHTARI's claims that he saw writing by Robert LEVINSON at an Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) detention center during MEHTARI' [...]	2009-10-21 12:29:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	CVIS IR PGOV PHUM PINS PREL SCUL SOCI TU
09ANKARA1530	TURKEY UNDECIDED ON PARTICIPATION FOR BMENA FORUM [...] (SBU) On October 22 we spoke with Rami Sayliman at the Turkish MFA try of Foreign Affairs concerning Turkish participation in the G-8 Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) Forum for the Future on November 2-3 in Marrakech (REFTEL). Sayliman told us the MFA has not yet determined who to [...]	2009-10-23 05:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KDEM KPAO OPDC PREL KMPI TU
09ANKARA1549	ISRAELI AMBASSADOR TRACES HIS PROBLEMS TO ERDOGAN [...] (C) During an October 26 call on the Ambassador, Israeli Ambassador Gabby Levy registered concern over the recent deterioration in his country's bilateral relations with Turkey and the conviction that the relationship's decline is attributable exclusively to Prime Minister Erdogan. Levy said Foreig [...]	2009-10-27 11:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU IS
09ANKARA1580	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-03 11:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1592	TURKIC COUNCIL ESTABLISHED; KAZAKHSTAN THE PRIZE [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey has renewed its effort to consolidate its influence among the Turkic countries to its east with a new approach toward its neighbors. Two recent developments point to the initial success of this new posture. During the October 2-3 Turkic Summit in Nakhcivan, Turkey join [...]	2009-11-05 11:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG AJ ZK TU
09ANKARA160	Following up the President's al-Arabiya Interview - Turkish [...] Summary: Turkish media coverage of President Obama's al-Arabiya interview last week was overwhelmingly positive. Many news stories focused on his statement that "Americans are not the enemies of Muslims" and commentators praised the interview's unifying spirit. The US Mission supported the int [...]	2009-02-02 14:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SCUL TU
09ANKARA1608	SCENESETTER FOR YOUR TRIP TO TURKEY [...] (S) I look forward to welcoming you. Missile Defense is at the top of our crowded agenda with Turkey and the Turks are fully engaged. They will look for you to advance the discussions which were well begun by Sandy Vershbow and others both here in Ankara and at NATO. They will be looking fo [...]	2009-11-09 11:07:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PARM PREL NATO TU
09ANKARA164	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-03 14:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1644	A/S GORDON'S NOVEMBER 12 MEETING WITH U/S [...] (C) Summary: MFA Undersecretary Sinirlioglu opened his November 12 meeting with EUR A/S Gordon by attempting to recast Erdogan's recent public efforts to deflect international community criticism of Iran's nuclear program as an idiosyncratic reaffirmation of NPT principles. Gordon cautioned [...]	2009-11-17 08:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MNUC MASS IR TU
09ANKARA1647	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-17 11:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1653	"DEMOCRATIC OPENING" DEBATE UNDERSCORES RIFTS IN [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish public was captivated by the unprecedented November 13 Parliamentary debate over the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government's "Democratic Opening" initiative. This is the initiative loosely defined as a set of government policies designed to broaden the scope [...]	2009-11-17 17:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR TU
09ANKARA1695	TURKEY: RESPONSE FOR GLOBAL CONTEXT SECTION OF THE [...] (U) This cable responds to the information request in reftel. This cable is sensitive but unclassified, please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) To what degree will/can technology empower individuals, or civil society in the host country, to exercise a more active role in public life? Are hos [...]	2009-11-25 07:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL SOCI TU
09ANKARA1726	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-04 12:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1745	TURKEY: PARTNERS BUT NOT PALS WITH EGYPT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Both the Turkish MFA and Egyptian Embassy view the bilateral relationship positively for now, but the two countries' wariness towards each other could impact relations down the road. The Turkish MFA says it views Egypt as a partner and not a competitor. The Egyptian Embassy com [...]	2009-12-08 15:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EG PGOV PREL TU
09ANKARA1751	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-09 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1788	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-16 12:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1797	PM ERDOGAN AND MINISTER YILDIZ POSITIVE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings with Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Morningstar on December 2, PM Erdogan and Energy Minister Yildiz both spoke positively of reaching agreement with the Azeris on Shah Deniz gas and cooperating more closely with the U.S. to develop Iraq's energy sector. E [...]	2009-12-17 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL TU
09ANKARA1834	TURKEY: MUBARAK VISIT YIELDS A PROFFERED EMBRACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Egyptian President Mubarak's visit to Ankara December 15-16 focused on bilateral ties and the Middle East during lengthy separate discussions with President Gul, Prime Minister Erdogan, Deputy PM Babacan, FM Davutoglu, and Turkish General Staff (TGS) Chief Basbug. Although the Tu [...]	2009-12-27 18:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	TU EG IS PREL IR
09ANKARA193	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-06 11:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA204	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-09 14:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA207	PLO ENVOY: ABBAS VISIT INTENDED TO DIFFUSE TENSIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Palestinian Authority President Abbas's February 6-8 Ankara trip was designed to smooth over growing tensions that resulted from GOT behavior during the Gaza crisis, PLO Ambassador Nabil Maarouf told us February 9. Fatah interpreted PM Erdogan's heated rhetoric and repeated calls [...]	2009-02-09 16:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS TU
09ANKARA218	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-11 06:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA241	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-13 05:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA250	TURKEY'S CRISIS RESPONSE: A STUDY IN INACTION [...] (C) Summary. While official data has not been released yet, all indications are that the Turkish economy contracted sharply in the fourth quarter and that unemployment continues to increase. Estimates for 2009 are bleak, with the IMF being one of the more optimistic at negative 1.5 % growth. [...]	2009-02-13 15:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN TU
09ANKARA252	TURKISH, ARAB LEADERS EXCHANGE POST-GAZA CONCERNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish and Arab leaders capitalized on a series of high-level meetings this week to address their respective concerns arising from the Gaza crisis. Troubled by GOT statements advocating HAMAS's inclusion in peace negotiations, Saudi King Abdullah, Palestinian Authority (PA) Pres [...]	2009-02-13 16:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EG IS TU
09ANKARA256	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-17 12:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA259	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-19 05:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA275	TURKEY: 9TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: PROTECTION AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to ref A questions. This is part 3 of 3 (septels). PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS ------------------------------------ A. (SBU) The GOT provides witness protection in practice. Fo [...]	2009-02-20 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09ANKARA276	TURKEY: DEMARCHE ON SHARM AL-SHAYKH RECONSTRUCTION [...] Ambassador and DCM on February 18 separately delivered reftel points on the March 2 Sharm al-Shaykh conference to MFA Director General for the Middle East Huseyin Dirioz. DCM also demarched MFA Director General for International Organizations Hasan Gogus and Prime Ministry Deputy Undersecreta [...]	2009-02-20 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
09ANKARA289	TURKEY: GUL'S HISTORIC VISIT TO RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary: President Gul,s February 12-15 visit to Moscow and Tatarstan was the first ever by a Turkish Head of State to the Russian Federation, according to MFA Deputy U/S Cevikoz. The historic visit, which had a heavy commercial element, included extensive discussions with President Med [...]	2009-02-24 05:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD MARR TU RU
09ANKARA313	TURKEY: PARLIAMENT PASSES CRISIS RESPONSE PACKAGE [...] (SBU) Summary. Parliament approved a 111-page crisis response package on February 18 that amends existing tax, social security and incentive laws. The focus of the package is on preventing further increases in unemployment and extending existing tax incentives. Among its features, the law in [...]	2009-02-27 05:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN TU
09ANKARA319	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-27 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA331	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-03 14:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA34	TURKS TRYING TO PERSUADE DOSTUM TO STAY [...] (S) MFA DDG for South Asia and Iran Babur Hizlan told us January 8 that Abdul Rashid Dostum is in a military hospital in Turkey (we presume in Ankara, though Hizlan did not say) getting rest and medical treatment. Hizlan did not specify the type of treatment Dostum is receiving, but noted amu [...]	2009-01-09 13:59:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV AF TU
09ANKARA351	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-06 12:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA353	EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (FEBRUARY [...] Summary: PMA Counselor, EXBS Advisor, and Coordinator visited Port of Mersin and Cilvegozu Port of Entry on the Syrian border with GOT's inter-agency working group on non-proliferation issues to familiarize PMA staff and interagency with Customs inspection and enforcement procedures and logis [...]	2009-03-06 13:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
09ANKARA395	TURKEY: INPUT ON STRATEGY TO INTEGRATE IRAQ INTO [...] (S) SUMMARY: The future of Iraq, its unity, stability, and territorial integrity, remain an issue of central importance to Turkey. Despite a high degree of tension in recent years between Turkey and Iraq because of the presence of PKK terrorists in the KRG-administered region, the Turks have [...]	2009-03-17 13:13:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PGOV PREL ENRG IZ TU
09ANKARA403	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-18 15:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA405	TURKEY: PAKISTAN DONORS' CONFERENCE AND [...] (U) We delivered ref A points on the Pakistan Donors' Conference and ref B points on the Afghanistan Conference to MFA South Asia Department Head Babur Girgin March 18. PAKISTAN DONORS' CONFERENCE --------------------------- 2. (C) Turkey's representation is undecided for the April 17 me [...]	2009-03-18 15:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ECON EFIN INRD IMF AF PK IR TU
09ANKARA454	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-25 15:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA467	TURKEY/AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN: ANKARA TO HOST THIRD [...] (S) MFA South Asia Department Head Babur Girgin previewed for us March 26 Turkey's objectives for the trilateral Afghanistan-Pakistan-Turkey summit that it will host in Ankara on April 1. The summit is the third in the "Ankara Process," the last occurring in December 2008 in Istanbul. Girgin [...]	2009-03-26 16:53:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PINS PTER PINR MARR AF PK TU
09ANKARA47	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-12 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
09ANKARA498	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-01 12:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA502	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-02 14:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA522	TURKEY TO PLEDGE $100 MILLION AT PAKISTAN DONORS [...] (C) We delivered ref A follow-up points April 8 on the Pakistan Donors Conference to MFA South Asia Department Head Babur Girgin. Girgin confirmed that Foreign Minister Ali Babacan does plan to attend the conference. Accompanying him will be MFA Deputy U/S for South Asia and Middle East Ferid [...]	2009-04-08 16:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK TU
09ANKARA523	TURKEY STEPS UP TO THE PLATE ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary and comment: Turkey will more than double its troop presence in Afghanistan, from about 820 to almost 1900. MFA officials provided clarification to the additional Turkish contributions listed in ref a and said that the GOT is actively considering sending an additional PRT to Afgha [...]	2009-04-08 16:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS NATO AF TU
09ANKARA540	TURKEY ASKS FOR SUPPORT FOR AHMET UZUMCU AS NEW [...] (C) MFA Undersecretary Apakan has requested U.S. support for the candidacy of Ambassador Ahmet Uzumcu for the post of Director General of the Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). Apakan noted to Ambassador April 10 that Uzumcu, currently Turkish Permanent Delegate to the U [...]	2009-04-10 15:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM TU
09ANKARA549	TURKEY: FOLLOW-UP FROM 8 APRIL 2009 E3 PLUS 3 [...] (S) Ambassador met April 14 with Ambassador Gurcan Turkoglu, Foreign Policy Advisor to President Gul, and urged the GOT to help persuade Iran to accept the renewed E3 Plus 3 approach and the freeze for freeze proposal. Turkoglu did not commit to taking any specific action, but said he underst [...]	2009-04-14 15:24:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL KNNP PARM MNUC IR TU
09ANKARA566	GLOBAL CRISIS CAUSES FURTHER DAMAGE TO TURKEY'S TEXTILE SECTOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-16 13:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN TU
09ANKARA602	TURKEY: PARTICIPATION IN ISLAMABAD REGIONAL [...] (C) We delivered reftel points April 24 to MFA South Asia Section Head Emre Karagol. Deputy U/S for South Asia, Middle East and Iran Feridun Sinirlioglu and Deputy DG for South Asia Babur Hizlan are in Washington April 20-25, having traveled there directly from Tokyo where they attended the P [...]	2009-04-24 16:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ENRG ETRD KPWR EAID BEXP AF TU
09ANKARA606	OBAMA DIDN'T SAY 'GENOCIDE' ... IN ENGLISH [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-27 09:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA627	Turkey: FY 2010 IVLP Nomination Slate [...] Murat Aslan, News Reporter, Konya AA 2. Faruk Balikci, President of the Southeastern Journalists Association 3. Acar Arap Filiz, Broadcasting Director, Kanal A 4. Sevcan Kalipcinden, Reporter and Editor, Hudut Gazetesi 5. Selahattin Sekin, Broadcasting Director, Akdeniz TV 6. M [...]	2009-04-30 10:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC KPAO SCUL TU
09ANKARA633	TURKEY: GOT FLOATS ISRAEL-LEBANON TALKS DURING [...] (C) Summary: Michel Suleiman, the first Lebanese president to visit Turkey since the signing of the Baghdad Pact in 1955, met with President Gul, PM Erdogan, and Parliament Speaker Toptan during his April 22-23 trip to Ankara. The visit was more ceremonial than substantive. Suleiman thanked [...]	2009-04-30 15:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU LE
09ANKARA656	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-06 09:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA659	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-06 14:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA686	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-12 10:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA692	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-13 10:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA714	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-18 11:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA717	TURKEY: IO CONSULATIONS ON UNSC ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: An IO delegation led by PDAS Warlick met May 14 with a wide range of MFA officials during an all-day session at the MFA to discuss UN Security Council issues, particularly Cyprus, Somali piracy, Georgia, Sudan, Iraq and Iran. The discussions also touched upon Turkey's role on the [...]	2009-05-20 04:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU UNSC
09ANKARA723	TURKEY: GUL ENCOURAGES ASAD ON USG OVERTURES [...] (C) Summary: President Gul and Syrian President Asad discussed regional and bilateral economic issues during the former's May 15-17 Damascus visit, according to an MFA readout. Gul encouraged Asad to take seriously President Obama's overtures for improved US-Syria relations, as the window of [...]	2009-05-20 13:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY TU
09ANKARA735	REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY FOR IRAQ: A TURKISH [...] (C) In response to ref A para 12 request for an assessment of GOT views regarding creation of new regional networks on a host of issues beyond the existing Iraq-centric mechanisms, post notes specific GOT views conveyed in ref E, especially paras 10-12. As noted therein (as well as in refs B, [...]	2009-05-22 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV IZ TU
09ANKARA737	TURKEY: PUTIN TELLS ERDOGAN NOT TO LINK ARMENIAN [...] (C) Summary: PM Erdogan and Russian Prime Minister Putin discussed bilateral economic relations and regional issues during their three-hour meeting May 16 in Sochi, Russia. Trade dominated the conversation. Erdogan and Putin agreed to explore expanding bilateral energy relations, including co [...]	2009-05-22 16:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL RS TU
09ANKARA745	TURKEY: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL CASEY [...] (SBU) Coming in the wake of hugely successful trips of President Obama and Secretary Clinton, your visit will be seen as a further sign that Washington views Turkey as an important strategic partner. Your visit is an opportunity to reinforce the importance of strong U.S.-Turkey relations and [...]	2009-05-26 13:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER TU
09ANKARA758	TURKEY: UNSC ACTION ON BURMA IN WAKE OF CHARGES [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-28 12:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNSC TU BM
09ANKARA759	TURKEY: MARDIN MASSACRE PUTS VILLAGE GUARDS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: As the Kurdish issue moves to the forefront of Turkey's domestic policy debate, what to do -- if anything -- with the village guards has reemerged as an important piece of the puzzle. Established in the mid-1980s as a local militia to aid the Turkish military in its operations ag [...]	2009-05-28 13:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
09ANKARA774	SRAP HOLBROOKE'S GOT BILATERAL CONSULTATIONS: "THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a May 18 meeting in Istanbul, SRAP Holbrooke pressed his Turkish MFA counterpart to increase Turkey's diplomatic, political, economic/reconstruction and military training activities in Afghanistan and Pakistan, in close coordination with the US. Holbrooke underscored that Tu [...]	2009-06-02 12:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID KDEM PK AF TU

09ANKARA781	TURKEY: PM ERDOGAN WARNS CODEL CASEY ON AGR [...] (C) Senators Robert Casey (D-PA),Ted Kaufman (D-DE),and Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ),and Representative Timothy Walz (D-MN) and Charge met May 29 with PM Erdogan, TGS D/CHOD General Igsiz, and a senior MFA delegation led by U/S Apakan. On Armenia, PM Erdogan urged Congress to leave the events of [...]	2009-06-03 09:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IS SY TU AM AZ
09ANKARA787	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-04 10:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA795	ERDOGAN UNVEILS NEW INCENTIVE PACKAGES [...] (U) Summary: Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan unveiled a new set of incentive and employment packages on June 4. Erdogan said that because of the global downturn, employment and industry have been negatively affected, but that the impact of the crisis was limited by the strong banking se [...]	2009-06-05 12:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EIND TU
09ANKARA847	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-18 10:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA86	TURKEY: RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL STRAINED BUT INTACT [...] (C) Summary: Widespread public outrage over Israel's incursion into Gaza and upcoming nationwide local elections in March have contributed to the harsh tone of Turkey's political discourse regarding Israel. Despite his inflammatory condemnation of the humanitarian situation, PM Erdogan has re [...]	2009-01-16 18:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS TU
09ANKARA899	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-25 12:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA922	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-30 10:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA933	TURKISH PARTICIPATION IN THE MAJOR ECONOMIES FORUM [...] (U) For Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern from Ambassador James Jeffrey 2. (C) We understand that the NSC notified the Turkish Embassy in Washington on June 30 that the USG would not support Turkey's proposed participation in the July 9 Major Economies Forum meeting in Italy. Our [...]	2009-07-01 15:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SENV TU
09ANKARA969	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-08 10:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA976	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-09 10:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA98	TURKEY/TIP: SENIOR RESEARCHER PREVIEWS DEMAND STUDY [...] (C) SUMMARY. A leading Turkish academic previewed for us her recently concluded, GOT-commissioned study on the demand for trafficked persons in Turkey. The study will report that the market for trafficked victims is driven largely by upper middle-class and wealthy Turks' demand for commercial [...]	2009-01-21 12:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
09ANKARA983	TURKEY: ANKARA'S UIGHUR PARADOX [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite President Gul's recent trip to China, the GOT leadership has vocally condemned Chinese Government actions against the ethnically Turkic Uighurs in Urumqi. PM Erdogan characterized the violence as a "massacre" and called on Beijing to end its siege. Reflecting Erdogan's p [...]	2009-07-09 17:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CH TU
09ANTANANARIVO203	MADAGASCAR: MFM AND THE NEW OPPOSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 20, Ambassador Marquardt met with Manandafy Rakotonirina, president of political party MFM and former special advisor to ex-President Ravalomanana. In Rakotonirina's view, this week's events amounted to a coup d'etat, and he is now working with the former president's par [...]	2009-03-24 13:21:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO275	MADAGASCAR: QMM MINE BEGINS OPERATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Rio Tinto's billion dollar ilmenite mine in southern Madagascar, QMM, began production in December 2008 and shipped its first load of ilmenite in April, despite dual Malagasy political and global financial crises. The company has made a conscientious effort to hire local workers [...]	2009-04-15 06:44:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EINV ECON MA
09ANTANANARIVO283	MADAGASCAR'S TRANSITION CABINET PARTIALLY FORMED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Madagascar's transition cabinet remains incomplete, with only 12 ministers named (out of a planned 25),and the critical post of Minister of Defense still empty. Transition President Andry Rajoelina remains evasive on further appointments, and will likely wait until the full cab [...]	2009-04-18 04:55:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO306	AN EXILE RETURNS: PIERROT RAJAONARIVELO ENTERS THE FRAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After seven years of exile in France, Mr. Pierrot RAJAONARIVELO returned to Madagascar on April 25, and is now poised to enter the political fray as alternative to TGV, Ravalomanana, and Ratsiraka. Mr. Rajaonarivelo is the National Secretary of AREMA, the political party of form [...]	2009-04-28 05:42:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO319	MADAGASCAR: CRACKDOWN TO BE TESTED THIS WEEK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since the violence of April 20 to 24, the HAT has effectively maintained control on the streets by banning assemblies and intimidating the opposition, although this will be tested by this week's scheduled reopening of parliament. The last week has seen a diplomatic visit to fou [...]	2009-05-04 13:57:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MA
09ANTANANARIVO659	MADAGASCAR'S OPPOSITION: UNITING AGAINST A COMMON [...] (C) Summary: The heads of Madagascar's main three political opposition delegations jointly told the Ambassador September 14 that they had decided to work together after de facto transition president "TGV" Rajoelina spurned their calls for relaunching negotiations three times. They explained t [...]	2009-09-16 09:06:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO682	ANTANANARIVO POL/ECON WEEKLY UPDATE (09/25/2009) [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is U.S. Embassy Antananarivo's Weekly Update for September 21 to 25, an unclassified review of major political, economic, and commercial events and information from the U.S. Mission to Madagascar and the Comoros. POLITICAL (paras 2-7) - Rajoelina at the UN General Assembly [...]	2009-09-25 08:11:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON MA
09ANTANANARIVO713	MADAGASCAR: NEW TECHNOCRAT PRIME MINISTER AWAITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: See Action Request in para 7. The ambassador greeted Madagascar's new consensus Prime Minister Eugene Mangalaza upon his arrival in country October 10 to publicly display the international community's support for the implementation of an inclusive, consensual transition governm [...]	2009-10-13 12:11:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR MA
09ANTANANARIVO779	ANTANANARIVO POL/ECON WEEKLY UPDATE (13-NOV-2009) [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is U.S. Embassy Antananarivo's Weekly Update for November 2-13, an unclassified review of major political, economic, and commercial events and information from the U.S. Mission to Madagascar and the Comoros. POLITICS (Paragraphs 2-4) - Transition Government: Still a Work in [...]	2009-11-13 12:29:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ECPS EINV MA
09ANTANANARIVO781	GROWING THREAT OF PIRACY IN MALAGASY AND COMORAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Piracy in the Indian Ocean is expanding south and east beyond the Gulf of Aden and the Somali coast, and will likely reach Malagasy or Comoran territorial waters by 2010. Neither country has the resources to deter or respond to this threat, nor will they be able to rely on French [...]	2009-11-16 14:19:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHSA EWWT MARR MA CN MP SE
09ANTANANARIVO811	COMOROS STILL VERY FRAGILE AS ELECTIONS APPROACH [...] (C) Summary. During a three-day visit to Grande Comore, only my second visit to the country in 2009, I found the country busily if somewhat tensely preparing for December legislative elections. President Sambi was typically upbeat in his assessment and asked again for the USG to increase its [...]	2009-11-25 10:21:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV KPIR MA IR
09ASHGABAT1318	TURKMENISTAN: CONOCOPHILLIPS REPORTS PROGRESS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. A ConocoPhillips representative reported that the company has renewed its chances of on offshore deal with Turkmenistan since it recently dropped LukOil as a partner and picked up UAE-based Mubadala. ConocoPhillips had already partnered successfully with Mubadala in Kazakhstan a [...]	2009-10-20 09:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO KZ TX
09ASHGABAT1387	TURKMEN SECTION OF PIPELINE TO CHINA DELAYED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) A number of international media outlets recently reported that Turkmenistan had completed its section of the Turkmenistan - Uzbekistan - Kazakhstan - China gas pipeline, which is better known as the as Central Asia - China [...]	2009-10-30 10:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1420	TURKMENISTAN: RUSSIANS ON ZATOKA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Both the Russian government and the Russian embassy in Ashgabat have been fully engaged in trying to find a resolution to the case of environmental activist Andrei Zatoka. According to the Russian DCM, he has been in touch with both the Russian Presidential Administration and the [...]	2009-11-05 13:56:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL TX
09ASHGABAT1426	TURKMENISTAN: COTTON STILL MOSTLY HAND PICKED, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy officers visited all five provinces of Turkmenistan in the fall to monitor cotton harvesting. Based on what they saw, the government appears to be serious about its ban on the use of child labor during the cotton harvest. While the Turkmen have replaced some hand picking [...]	2009-11-06 13:45:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ELAB PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1486	TURKMENISTAN: STATE HYDROCARBON AGENCY CHIEF [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkmenistan's State Hydrocarbon Agency Chief Yagshygeldi Kakayev told visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol that foreign energy companies should either pursue offshore exploration blocks or onshore service contracts. Kakayev said the GOTX viewed most foreign energ [...]	2009-11-20 15:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1502	TURKMENISTAN: 2010 NTE REPLY ON THE ARAB LEAGUE [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-24 13:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD KBCT IS TX
09ASHGABAT154	TURKMENISTAN: U.S. ENTREPRENEUR AWARDED CONTRACT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Due to President Berdimuhamedov's interest in cleaning up oil pollution located around the Avaza Tourist Zone on the Caspian Sea, an Amcit businessman has concluded a contract for cleaning up oil spills -- contingent, however, on a successful demonstration that his technology can [...]	2009-01-30 13:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET ESTH TX
09ASHGABAT1634	TURKMENISTAN: NO RACE TO ATTEND INTERNATIONAL AUTO [...] (C) On December 18, EconOff attended the International Automotive Exhibition in Ashgabat. Despite, a growing number of auto enthusiasts in Ashgabat, there was poor attendance by auto industry representatives and by the public. The Exhibition was opened by the Deputy Chairman for Education, H [...]	2009-12-18 14:06:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ELTN BTIO EINV ETRD TX
09ASHGABAT379	TURKMENISTAN: STATE AGENCY DIRECTOR KAKAYEV [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Director of the State Agency for the Management and Use of Hydrocarbons shared his thoughts on Turkmenistan's offshore and offshore development efforts, and explained the country's willingness to sign production sharing agreements (PSAs) with interested partner nations like [...]	2009-03-24 11:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV TX CH IR
09ASHGABAT433	TURKMENISTAN: PROGRESS VISIBLE ON SEVERAL NEW GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent trip up along the coastline north from the port city of Turkmenbashy revealed that construction work on several natural gas projects is proceeding apace. Malaysian energy company Petronas has several projects underway about 20 kilometers north of Turkmenbashy, including [...]	2009-04-07 12:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV TX IR
09ASHGABAT483	TURKMENISTAN-AFGHANISTAN MARCH 11 CONSULTATIONS ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 11, USAID met with representatives of the Turkmenistan Ministry of Energy and Industry (MOEI) to continue consultations in support of the supply by Turkmenistan to Afghanistan of 300 MW of electric power [...]	2009-04-17 08:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID TX
09ASHGABAT516	BERDIMUHAMEDOV TO HONEYWELL CEO: WE WANT CLOSER [...] (C) On April 22, Honeywell Director for Government Relations, Europe, Middle East and Africa Daniela Pandrea discussed Honeywell's business plans for Turkmenistan with DCM and poloff. She described the circumstances that led to Honeywell's CEO meeting with President Berdimuhamedov on March 9. [...]	2009-04-23 08:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV EPET TX
09ASHGABAT568	TURKMENISTAN: CHILD MURDER SHOCKS RESIDENTS OF ASHGABAT'S [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A local staff member learned about the details of two alleged child murders that reportedly happened in the eleventh microdistrict on the east side of Ashgabat in April. A knife-wielding attacker murdered a you [...]	2009-05-05 10:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT599	TURKMENISTAN RELUCTANT TO SIGN EU ENERGY AGREEMENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Neither Turkmenistan nor the other two Central Asian states present at the May 8 EU energy summit signed an EU agreement that would have committed gas supplies to future energy transport projects including Nabucco [...]	2009-05-13 01:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT617	TURKMENISTAN: IMF ARTICLE IV REVIEW CAPTURES HALF [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) confirmed that the international financial crisis has not affected Turkmenistan because of the country's limited integration in international financial markets. [...]	2009-05-14 12:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAGR EFIN EIND EINV EPET ETRD SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT812	TURKMENISTAN: TANKER FIRE AT LOCAL GAS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On June 25, a spark caused a gasoline tanker truck fire at a gas station near the 11th Microdistrict of Ashgabat. More than 15 tons of gasoline (approximately 4,995 gallons) was drained from the burning tanker to [...]	2009-06-30 02:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT899	TURKMENISTAN: U/S BURNS MEETS FM MEREDOV [...] (C) SUMMARY: Under Secretary for Political Affairs Bill Burns and a delegation of senior U.S. officials met with Deputy Chairman and Foreign Minister Meredov on July 11 for a productive discussion of bilateral and regional issues. Meredov welcomed further exploration of a bilateral mechanism [...]	2009-07-17 12:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ENRG ECON TX
09ASMARA110	ERITREA AND SUDAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Eritrea is on bad terms with all of its neighbors except Sudan. Sudan is Eritrea's closest and most important friend, as it supplies petroleum, grain, consumer goods, political support, and cooperates on military issues. Eritrea, in turn, provides strategic political depth to B [...]	2009-04-06 08:55:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ER SU
09ASMARA196	SITUATION DIRE FOR ERITREAN REFUGEES IN SUDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: There are more than 62,000 Eritreans registered in UNHCR refugee camps in eastern Sudan, and tens of thousands more living in Khartoum and in refugee camps in the east that have been officially closed over the years. Eritreans in Sudan face discrimination from the Sudanese governm [...]	2009-06-25 13:48:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL SU ER
09ASMARA224	MINING UPDATE: TAKEOVERS AND NEWCOMERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The mining and exploration sector is one of the only areas of forward momentum in Eritrea. New entrant companies continue to sign new exploration contracts and well-established Sanu Resources plans to merge with a larger Canadian entity. Collectively, the companies, new and old, [...]	2009-07-14 09:28:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ECON PGOV ER
09ASMARA385	REPORTED OCTOBER ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST [...] (C) On 10/28/09 President Isaias narrowly missed being killed in an IED attack east of Barentu, according to a reliable embassy source. The source told RSO that Isaias visited a micro-dam project in Tessesnei and then traveled east in a motorcade to Keren. Outside of Barentu, an IED explode [...]	2009-11-05 10:04:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINR PINS MOPS PGOV PREL ER
09ASMARA386	REPORTED OCTOBER ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST [...] (C) On 10/28/09 President Isaias narrowly missed being killed in an IED attack east of Barentu, according to a reliable embassy source. The source told RSO that Isaias visited a micro-dam project in Tessesnei and then traveled east in a motorcade to Keren. Outside of Barentu, an IED explode [...]	2009-11-05 13:16:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINR PINS MOPS PGOV PREL ER
09ASMARA392	ISAIAS ORDERS ERITREA/SUDAN BORDER TIGHTENED [...] (C) President Isaias, upset at the high number of Eritreans illegaly leaving the country, ordered Major General Gerezgiher "Wuchu" Andemariam to tighten the Eritrea-Sudan border, according to an embassy source. Wuchu, who formerly was in charge of the Zoba Makael region, where Asmara is locat [...]	2009-11-10 09:53:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PGOV PREF SU ER
09ASMARA398	EASTERN SUDAN OUTREACH CONCLUDES FIRST WORKSHOP [...] (SBU) The Peacebuilding Center for the Horn of Africa (PCHA) successfully concluded the first week of a five-part workshop series for eastern Sudan civil society leaders. A total of 24 participants traveled to Asmara to take part in the 10-day workshop, hosted by Dr. Taisier M. Ali, an exiled [...]	2009-11-16 13:14:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SOCI PGOV SU ER
09ASMARA433	RDFF ACCUSES GSE OF COLLABORATING WITH JEM [...] (SBU) The leader of a small Darfuri rebel group is suspicious of Eritrea's interest in Darfur. Salah Abdurrahman Abualsurra, president of the Revolutionary Democratic Forces Front (RDFF),an Arab-aligned Darfur movement, told poloff the group is skeptical of Eritrea's interest in Darfur. "Ev [...]	2009-12-17 14:50:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MOPS SU ER
09ASMARA66	MEETINGS WITH SHEIKH AWEYS [...] (C) AWEYS MEETS WITH DIPLOMATS ------------------------------------ In recent weeks Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, leader of the hard-line faction of the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia based in Asmara, has met with diplomats from a number of countries, including Canada, Egypt, Libya, [...]	2009-02-23 13:47:00	Embassy Asmara	SECRET	PREL PTER ASEC ER SO
09ASTANA1034	KAZAKHSTAN: ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, MAY 24-JUNE 6 [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Reorganization in Response to Five-Year Plan -- Banking Sector News -- Samruk-Kazyna Establishes New Direct Investment Fund -- May Inflation -- Critic Suggests Revising [...]	2009-06-17 10:01:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EPET ENRG EINV EFIN ELAB CH KZ
09ASTANA1373	POWERING AFGHANISTAN: CONSIDERING THE CONTRIBUTION OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Reliable, affordable electricity is vitally important to Afghanistan's economic growth, prosperity, and stability. Donors are investing substantial resources in Afghanistan to build a power transmission and distr [...]	2009-08-11 06:07:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PGOV ECON EAID EINV KZ AF ZK
09ASTANA1403	KAZAKHSTAN: NARCOTICS AND PROPERTY SEIZURES BY COMMITTEE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan's Committee for National Security (KNB) publicly reported its narcotics seizures for the first half of 2009. Total KNB seizures increased 466% from the same period last year. In addition, the KNB reported [...]	2009-08-17 10:39:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR KCRM KZ
09ASTANA1432	KAZAKHSTAN: AES FILES FOR ARBITRATION, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 10, U.S. power company AES notified the government that it will go to international arbitration to appeal more than $200 million in fines assessed for allegedly monopolistic behavior. This action would be the final step in a long, public, legal battle between the co [...]	2009-08-26 00:15:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ENRG EINV SOCI KZ
09ASTANA1542	KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARACHE DELIVERED ON AFGHAN PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) During a September 16 meeting with Talgat Shaldanbay, Chief of the Middle East Division of the Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs, PolOff delivered the talking points (ref) on the Afghan Presidential Election. Shaldanbay agreed to pass the message to appropriate points of contact wit [...]	2009-09-21 00:57:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO AF KZ
09ASTANA1622	KAZAKHSTAN: CONOCO DISCUSSES TURKMENISTAN, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 24, senior executives from ConocoPhillips (COP) briefed the Ambassador on their continued pursuit of a natural gas deal in Turkmenistan, the status of the N Block exploration in Kazakhstan's sector of the Caspian, and concerns about exposure and delays with the Ka [...]	2009-09-25 08:50:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON EINV EPET AJ RS TX KZ
09ASTANA173	KAZAKHSTAN: KOREANS SHARE U.S. VIEWS ON MADRID COMMITMENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff met several times in January with South Korean Embassy First Secretary Lee Jooil and Second Secretary Lee Moon-bae to discuss political and cultural relations between Kazakhstan and South Korea. South Kore [...]	2009-01-29 09:49:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI SCUL KDEM KIRF KS KZ
09ASTANA2095	KAZAKHSTANI UIGHUR GROUPS REFUSE TO SING AND DANCE IN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Following unrest in July and August in China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR),Kazakhstan's ethnic Uighurs -- one of the largest and fastest growing ethnic groups in Kazakhstan and an important political force -- criticized the Chinese government and staged a large prote [...]	2009-11-25 11:30:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR SOCI KDEM CH KZ
09ASTANA2099	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMIT [...] (U) SUMMARY: This cable responds to reftel request for nominees from Kazakhstan for the Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit in 2010. It also summarizes Mission plans to conduct a series of public diplomacy events and business roundtables to highlight the importance of fostering entrepreneu [...]	2009-11-30 10:26:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON EINV EAID KZ
09ASTANA2101	KAZAKHSTAN: ANTI-TRAFFICKING PROGRAMS IN KOKSHETAU - NGO [...] SUMMARY: During a November 12-13 visit to northern city of Kokshetau, the DCM reviewed efforts to fight trafficking in persons (TIP). She met with a local NGO, visited its shelter for victims of trafficking, and opened the anti-trafficking play "Night Stars" and a trafficking-prevention train [...]	2009-12-01 04:47:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB SMIG SOCI KCRM KTIP KWMN KZ
09ASTANA2157	KAZAKHSTAN: SCA ASSISTANT SECRETARY BLAKE HOSTS MUSLIM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake chaired a roundtable discussion of Kazakhstan's business environment with 14 of the country's leading Muslim entrepreneurs in Almaty. The Decem [...]	2009-12-15 10:28:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV SOCI KCOR KISM KWMN KZ
09ASTANA2258	KAZAKHSTAN: BTA BANK RESTRUCTURING UPDATES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Despite fears and concerns about the progress and results of BTA restructuring talks, BTA bank management signed the "Principal Commercial Terms Sheet" on December 7 in London. Creditor-agreed options include a spec [...]	2009-12-30 08:27:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN KZ
09ASTANA262	KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, FEBRUARY 7 - 13 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to ci [...]	2009-02-13 07:00:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA264	KAZAKHSTAN: MFA OFFICIAL SAYS FM TAZHIN WILL BE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former MFA Americas Department Director Talgat Kaliyev told Pol-Econ Chief on February 12 that Foreign Minister Tazhin will be replaced in the coming months. Kaliyev explained that he has been appointed to be Tazhin's advisor on OSCE issues. He said that Kazakhstan intends to p [...]	2009-02-13 09:41:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON KNNP OSCE IAEA KZ
09ASTANA297	KAZAKHSTAN: MFA OFFICIAL URGES A POTUS VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 18 with Pol-Econ Chief, MFA Americas Department Director Askar Tazhiyev pressed for a POTUS visit to Kazakhstan in the near future. This would send a clear signal to Russia that the United States remains fully engaged in Central Asia, and would support Kazakhsta [...]	2009-02-19 10:30:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ECON KNNP IAEA RS AF KZ
09ASTANA387	KAZAKHSTAN: U.S. AIR WAR COLLEGE DELEGATION MEETS WITH [...] SUMMARY: Three main documents serve as the basis for Kazakhstan's environmental activities and underpin the government's environmental policies, Ministry of Environment official told a visiting U.S. Air War College delegation on March 2. These documents are the Environmental Code, the Concep [...]	2009-03-04 09:41:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EPET SENV KZ
09ASTANA432	KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE FOR [...] (SBU) During February 2-13, the BN-350 Program team traveled to Aktau to conduct a Canister Requalification Meeting and to discuss multilateral transport operations for BN-350 spent fuel project. 2. (SBU) During February 11-13, the Second Line of Defense Program held its quarterly meeting wi [...]	2009-03-11 07:43:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ
09ASTANA479	KAZAKHSTAN: SMOOTH OPERATOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 13, the Ambassador had lunch with Nurbakh Rustemov, the Chairman of the International Affairs, Defense, and Security Committee of the Mazhilis (the lower house of the parliament),and Romin Madinov, the C [...]	2009-03-17 09:23:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAGR SOCI KNNP UZ KG KZ
09ASTANA481	KAZAKHSTAN: SPECIAL 301 REVIEW FOR 2009 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the past year, the Government of Kazakhstan (GOK) has continued to demonstrate a commitment to the development and modernization of its IPR protection regime. The Government of Kazakhstan, and more specifically [...]	2009-03-17 09:58:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ETRD KIPR KZ
09ASTANA55	KAZAKHSTAN: STATE SECRETARY DECLINES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of Internal Affairs investigators have recommended that the Prosecutor General charge Peace Corps Volunteer Anthony Sharp with violation of Article 251, Part 1, of the Kazakhstan Criminal Code, illegal possession of firearms (explosives) while trespassing in a restricted [...]	2009-01-12 08:36:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR CASC RS KZ
09ASTANA572	KAZAKHSTAN: RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR ON START TREATY, [...] (C) The Ambassador hosted Russian Ambassador Mikhail Bocharnikov for a one-on-one lunch April 2. The Ambassador briefed Bocharnikov in detail on his March 24 meetings at the Foreign Ministry in Moscow with Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin and Director of the Third CIS Department Maksim Peshko [...]	2009-04-02 10:20:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KACT OSCE RS KZ
09ASTANA588	KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE IN A SMALL MINING TOWN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: PolOff visited Ridder, a mining town in East Kazakhstan oblast March 8-12, and had an opportunity to observe the local socio-economic environment. Close to the Russian and Chinese borders, Ridder seems almost lik [...]	2009-04-03 10:19:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON EMIN SENV SOCI CH RS KZ
09ASTANA592	KAZAKHSTAN: APPEALS COURT HANDS DOWN SUSPENDED [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 3, an Ust-Kamenogorsk appeals court reaffirmed the criminal conviction against Peace Corps volunteer Anthony Sharp -- but, in accordance with the Kazakhstani government's commitment to us, suspended his two-year prison sentence, essentially putting him on probation for t [...]	2009-04-03 12:08:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PGOV PREL CASC KZ
09ASTANA607	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV DISCUSSES [...] (U) SUMMARY: Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad visited Astana April 6-7, where he met with President Nazarbayev, participated in several ceremonial events, and gave a speech at a local university. During a joint press conference following the Nazarbayev-Ahmadinejad meeting, Ahmadinejad d [...]	2009-04-08 11:32:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV ENRG EPET ETTC KNNP IR KZ
09ASTANA62	KAZAKHSTAN: WORLD BANK ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Among the several World Bank environmental projects in Kazakhstan, four stand out as noteworthy. The Drylands Protection Project in the Shetskiy rayon of Karaganda oblast promotes sustainable land use by encouragin [...]	2009-01-13 08:49:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ENRG SENV KZ
09ASTANA664	KAZAKHSTAN: KAZKOSMOS LAYS OUT SPACE AMBITIONS, REQUESTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Kazakhstan's National Space Agency, KazKosmos, expects that Russia and Kazakhstan will sign an agreement this year to allow visits to the Baikonur cosmodrome for tourists. Russia's current Baikonur lease runs until [...]	2009-04-17 12:08:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TSPA SENV KNNP KZ
09ASTANA672	KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, APRIL 11-17 [...] This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might interest and [...]	2009-04-20 11:53:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI SENV KCRM KZ
09ASTANA677	KAZAKHSTAN: GOVERNMENTâ€™S ANTI-CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kazakhstani authorities recently launched a well-publicized anti-corruption campaign that has resulted in the arrest of several high-ranking individuals, including the Minister of Environment and a Deputy Minister of Defense, and in convictions of a number of others. The campaign a [...]	2009-04-22 11:43:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI KCRM KZ
09ASTANA756	KAZAKHSTAN: TV CO-OP SUBMISSIONS 2009 [...] (U) SUMMARY: Embassy Kazakhstan is proud to submit two proposals for the 2009 TV Co-Op Program. The first is a proposal to produce a series of news stories and a 15-minute documentary on trafficking in persons (TIP) in the United States. They will air both locally and on the popular nationa [...]	2009-04-30 12:06:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC OIIP
09ASTANA862	KAZAKHSTAN: SMALL OIL COMPANY HOPES TO MAKE IT BIG [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 14, the Chief Executive Officer of Canamens, an independent oil and gas exploration and production company with headquarters in London, briefed the Charge on the company's plans and activities in Kazakhstan [...]	2009-05-19 10:42:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV IR KZ
09ASUNCION143	FISHING IN TROUBLED WATERS WITH LUGO [...] (C) SUMMARY: I accepted an invitation from President Lugo to join his February 28-29 trip to a nature reserve in Alto Paraguay. The trip included fishing for piranhas, eating alligator or "jacare," and bird watching on the Black River with the President -- providing me with a unique opportunit [...]	2009-03-05 20:39:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON MARR PGOV MASS PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION359	NARCOTICS MAJOR LIST 2010 PARAGUAY [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-09 18:23:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL PA
09ATHENS1049	Scenesetter: Deputy Secretary's Bilat with FM Bakoyannis, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Welcome back to Greece! Your visit will focus primarily on broader European security issues, yet it will also provide an opportunity on the bilateral side to reinforce a message of the new Administration's desire to put on a new course our relationship with Greece, which had b [...]	2009-06-23 13:36:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON OTRA GR
09ATHENS1121	Presidential Delegate, Rep. Titus, Discusses VWP, Greece's [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Head of the Presidential Delegation to the opening of the New Acropolis Museum, Representative Dina Titus, visited Athens June 20-21, meeting with PM Karamanlis, FM Bakoyiannis, Interior Minister Pavlopoulos, Tourism Minister Markopoulos, Cypriot President Christofias, and Pre [...]	2009-07-01 14:16:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD OVIP TU GR
09ATHENS1257	DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S MEETING WITH GREEK FOREIGN [...] (C) Greek Foreign Minister and OSCE Chair-in-Office Theodora Bakoyannis told Deputy Secretary Steinberg May 15 that although she had stopped negotiations on an OSCE mandate in Georgia, her last proposal remained on the table in case Russia were to reconsider its position. She agreed that Russ [...]	2009-07-17 11:33:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV OVIP GR
09ATHENS1271	TITAN CEMENT EXECUTIVE DISCUSSES IMPACT OF THE ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) The global economic crisis, which continues to have a significant impact around the world, has not spared even the most robust businesses in Greece. The global credit crunch has significantly affected the liquidity position of Greek companies, regardless of how strong their capital base [...]	2009-07-20 07:09:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND GR
09ATHENS1431	Greece: IAEA General Conference [...] (C) SUMMARY. Greece agrees with us that a single resolution on the Middle East is a smart goal for the IAEA General Conference, but is skeptical about Arab flexibility, given the previous year's close vote. Greece hopes for a unified EU position at the GC, and along with other EU members is p [...]	2009-08-18 13:17:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL PARM KNNP IAEA GR
09ATHENS1435	Greece: Decision on G-8 BMENA Forum for the Future [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-21 12:55:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL KMPI KPAO KDEM GR
09ATHENS1461	GREEK VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF SEPTEMBER GYMNICH [...] (SBU) On September 2 PolOff delivered reftel Gymnich backgrounder and points to Niki Kambas of the Greek MFA Directorate for Common Foreign and Security Policy. Kambas noted that, overall, she does not foresee any big changes from the "usual positions" for issues on the agenda and said Greece [...]	2009-09-04 12:30:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN GR PGOV PREL
09ATHENS1479	GREECE WILL FOLLOW EU CONSENSUS ON MIDDLE EAST ISSUES AT [...] (C) Pol-Mil Chief delivered Reftel A points to the MFA's Disarmament Sub-Section Head Loukas Tsokos on September 16. Tsokos reiterated the Greek position, as detailed in Reftel B, noting that Greece continues to believe that a single Middle East resolution is desirable, and that Greece will [...]	2009-09-16 11:29:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PARM PREL KNNP IAEA GR
09ATHENS1489	Greece: UNGA Walkout Redline Demarche Delivered [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-22 12:01:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA GR
09ATHENS1515	Greece's Surging Far-Right LAOS Party Inches Towards Center [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the aftermath of their unprecedented success in European Parliament elections in June, the leaders of Greece's surging, far-right Popular Orthodox Rally (LAOS) expect to win 6 to 7 percent of the vote and up to 20 parliamentary seats in October 4 domestic elections and are pre [...]	2009-09-28 15:51:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SMIG KIRF GR
09ATHENS1577	Greece on Iran: Wants More Information on Additional [...] (C) In the latest in a series of meetings on Iran, PolCouns and PolOff met 10/16 with representatives from the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs A6 Middle East and D1 International Organization directorates to give a readout of the P5+1 October 1 meeting, underscore the need for vigilance in mo [...]	2009-10-26 13:43:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM PREL PGOV ENRG IR GR UNGA IAEA RS PHUM
09ATHENS1595	GREECE: GOLDSTONE REPORT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points on the Goldstone Report and debate at the UN General Assembly to Loukas Tsokos of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs D1 Directorate for International Organizations and Stelios Gavriil of the A6 Directorate for Middle East Affairs. Counselor Gavriil thank [...]	2009-11-04 13:40:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA IS KPAL GR
09ATHENS1621	GREECE: Ambassador's Call on Minister of Economy Katseli [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a 90-minute tour d'horizon of the Greek economy, Ambassador Speckhard's November 6 courtesy call on newly-appointed Minister for Economy, Competitiveness, and Shipping Louka Katseli revealed the challenges confronting the new Greek government. Katseli described her newly-fo [...]	2009-11-12 16:10:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EAID
09ATHENS1639	GREECE: DEMARCHE OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-18 14:10:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA KPAL IS GR
09ATHENS1707	GREECE: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] Embassy Athens submits the draft below for the Greece section of the 2009 Country Reports on Terrorism. Begin text: 2. Greece and the United States have a strong record of counterterrorism cooperation. Domestic terrorism and extremist violence increased significantly in 2009, fol [...]	2009-12-16 09:48:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS PINS PREL AEMR GR
09ATHENS1719	GREEK A/FM DROUTSAS' MEETING WITH P-5 AMBASSADORS [...] (S) Summary: In a lunch today for P-5 Ambassadors, Greek Alternate Foreign Minister Droutsas shared Greek views on Cyprus, the name issue, Turkey, and the economic crisis. On Cyprus, he pressed his belief that EU aquis communitaire could be the source of solutions for the differences that div [...]	2009-12-22 11:07:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PREL GR ECON
09ATHENS203	Greece: 2009 TIP Report Submission - Part 1 of 4 [...] (U) This document is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) This is the first of four cables. After the Summary, the cable text is keyed to REFTEL paragraphs 23 (THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION) and 24 (SETTING THE SCENE FOR THE GOVERNMENT'S ANTI-TIP EFFORTS). ---- [...]	2009-02-17 14:38:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KTIP PREF ASEC KCRM KFRD KWMN SMIG ELAB GR
09ATHENS2038	Greeks Host Third Global Forum on Migration and Development [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Greece hosted the 2009 Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) in Athens November 2-5. For the first time, a U.S. delegation attended the Forum, led by PRM/PIM Office Director Suzanne Sheldon and including officers from U.S. Mission Geneva, U.S. Embassy Athens, and DH [...]	2009-11-16 17:07:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF EAID SMIG GR
09ATHENS207	PASOK LEADER PAPANDREOU READY TO ASSIST ON GLOBAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 12 meeting with Ambassador, main Greek opposition PASOK President George Papandreou offered his assistance to the new U.S. Administration on Iran, the Middle East Peace Process, Pakistan/Afghanistan, and other critical global issues. Citing his special status as he [...]	2009-02-18 05:03:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GR PTER MOPS SOCI IS IR NATO AFIN

09ATHENS235	FOREIGN MINISTER BAKOYIANNIS' VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Greek FM Dora Bakoyiannis will use her visit to Washington to define, publicly and privately, Greece's relations with the Obama administration. A charismatic yet practical politician, Bakoyiannis relishes her job as Foreign Minister, and will offer to work with us on a broad r [...]	2009-02-23 05:52:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GR MK
09ATHENS241	GREEK RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON U.S. PLANS FOR MARCH [...] (SBU) Hellenic Aid has informed Post that the GoG has made no decisions on attendance and a pledge for the upcoming Donors, Conference for the Palestinian Authority (PA). EconOff delivered reftel points on February 19 to Dr. Nike-Catherine Koutrakou, Hellenic Aid, Director of Emergency Humani [...]	2009-02-24 09:23:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAL KWBG EFIN PGOV EAID PTER PHUM GR GZ
09ATHENS266	OSCE CIO/GREEK FM BAKOYANNIS ORGANIZING IRAQ VISIT [...] (C) During a discussion of ref A points on the review of U.S. policy in Iraq, MFA A6 Directorate for Middle East Affairs Counsellor Gregory Karahalios, who has responsibility for Iraq, told DepPolCouns that FM Dora Bakoyannis, who is also currently OSCE CiO, is trying to organize a visit to Ir [...]	2009-03-03 11:45:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON MOPS IZ GR
09ATHENS62	GREEKS ALERTED TO SIGNING OF U.S.-ISRAEL [...] (C) DepPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on the signing of the U.S.-Israel Anti-Smuggling MOU to MFA A6 Directorate for Middle East Affairs deputy head Maria Zisi. Zisi was grateful for the information but had no substantive comment. 2. (C) It was the opinion of the Embassy Country Team th [...]	2009-01-16 15:55:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PARM PREL PBTS PHUM KWBG IS GR
09ATHENS651	Greek Views on April GAERC Issues [...] (C) DepPolCouns and PolOff delivered ref points on U.S. positions on the April 27-28 GAERC to MFA European Correspondent Niki Kamba. Kamba said the agenda for the GAERC included: the Middle East, the Eastern Partnership, the May 6 EU-Canada summit, and following up on the EU-Obama meeting. Sh [...]	2009-04-23 14:25:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN GR
09ATHENS657	Re-Shaping the U.S.-Greece Relationship [...] (C) SUMMARY: The overwhelming positive attitudes of the Greek public toward the new Administration offers an opportunity to reshape U.S.-Greece bilateral relations, moving Greece from a reluctant to reliable and proactive partner. To achieve this, we need to move the focus of our relationsh [...]	2009-04-24 12:40:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GR PGOV NATO AF KNNP MK UN OSCE
09ATHENS695	Ambassador, FM on Resetting Bilateral Relations, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with FM Bakoyiannis on April 30, Ambassador Speckhard outlined our strategy for re-focusing the U.S.-Greece bilateral relationship toward common strategic challenges, and away from the more narrow parochial interests that have defined our relationship in recent year [...]	2009-04-30 16:04:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS TU AF GR
09ATHENS757	Scenesetter: Deputy Secretary Steinberg's Visit to Athens, [...] (C) SUMMARY: We are delighted to welcome you to Greece. Your visit provides crucial support to our efforts to re-shape the U.S.-Greece bilateral relationship. Building on the overwhelmingly positive attitudes in Greece to the new administration, we are working to focus on common strategic [...]	2009-05-11 14:53:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV OVIP GR MK TU
09ATHENS83	GREEK VIEWS ON JANUARY GAERC ISSUES [...] (C) DepPolCouns discussed ref A and B GAERC issues with newly arrived MFA European Correspondent Niki Kamba. Kamba said the Czech EU Presidency had decided on a policy of downsizing GAERC agendas and focusing more intently on one or two issues. Thus, they had eliminated most of the issues co [...]	2009-01-22 13:32:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL PGOV ZL AFIN SU ZI UP BO GR
09BAGHDAD1045	WORLD BANK MEETS DONOR COUNTRY REPRESENTATIVES [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 7, Daniela Gressani, World Bank Vice President of Middle East and North Africa Region, recently discussed her organization's Iraq strategy and exchanged views on the Bank's role in Iraq with donor country representatives. Donors requested a larger World Bank presence to [...]	2009-04-17 10:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD1096	Nasiriyah's Old and New Refineries [...] (SBU) Summary: PRT Dhi Qar Deputy Team Leader and visiting Embassy Baghdad EconOff met with Nasiriyah Refinery manager Abdul Hasan al-Lawi on April 12. The 30,000 barrel per day Nasiriyah Refinery is representative of the small refineries scattered throughout Iraq. Lawi came across as a dedi [...]	2009-04-23 15:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EINV ENRG IZ
09BAGHDAD1260	IRAQI MINISTER OF ELECTRICITY INVITES SECRETARY OF ENERGY [...] Summary and action request: Iraq's Minister of Electricity passed ITAO a letter of invitation to US Secretary of Energy Chu to come to Iraq for bilateral discussions of four Iraqi power sector challenges: power plant construction, Iraq's participation in global emissions reductions, solar and [...]	2009-05-13 14:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON IZ
09BAGHDAD1351	RRT ERBIL -- AGRICULTURE POTENTIAL IN THE KURDISTAN REGION [...] (U) SUMMARY: A recent study by the Monitor Group highlighted the potential for agriculture and processed foods to become a lucrative, employment-generating growth cluster in the Kurdistan Region. However, the mixed experience of one U.S. agribusiness investor (including difficulties in access [...]	2009-05-24 10:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EAID EAGR
09BAGHDAD138	RRT ERBIL: LETTER FROM KRG PRESIDENT BARZANI TO [...] (SBU) RRT Erbil received the following letter from Kurdish Regional Government President Masoud Barzani for transmission to President Obama. Hard copy will be sent via courier service to NEA-I-POL. 2. (C)Begin text: President Barack Obama The White House Washington, D.C. United Stat [...]	2009-01-20 06:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IZ
09BAGHDAD1446	RRT ERBIL: CONSORTIUM TO DEVELOP GAS FIELD IN [...] (SBU) Summary: UAE's Crescent Petroleum and Dana Gas have entered into a consortium with two European energy companies to develop a natural gas field in the Kurdistan Region (KR) to supply the Nabucco pipeline. Separately, Crescent/Dana's plans to develop Gas City, a massive gas utilization i [...]	2009-06-02 12:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG EINV PGOV HU GM IR TU IZ
09BAGHDAD1493	IRAQI POLITICIANS PRAISE PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Iraq's political classes almost uniformly praised President Obama's June 4 speech from Cairo as "a good start." However, most contacts told us that the U.S. must follow up with specific actions to consolidate Iraq's fragile democracy and to establish an independent [...]	2009-06-07 15:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD1540	THIRD MEETING OF ECONOMIC AND ENERGY JOINT [...] (C) The third meeting of the Economic and Energy Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) met under the Strategic Framework Agreement on June 10, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Barham Salih and EMIN Marc Wall, Coordinator for Economic Transition in Iraq, at which working group chairs provide [...]	2009-06-13 08:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG ETRD EPET PREL CVIS IZ
09BAGHDAD1542	VP ADIL ABD AL-MAHDI TELLS AMBASSADOR THAT [...] (C) Summary. Momentum to delay a referendum on the U.S.-Iraq Security Agreement has built, Vice President Adil Abd al-Mahdi told the Ambassador June 11. He recommended that the U.S. raise its concerns over GOI payments to GE directly with the PM, and said that debt and border issues with Kuw [...]	2009-06-14 11:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KU IR IZ
09BAGHDAD1579	IRAQI WOMEN STRUGGLE OVER HOW BEST TO ENSURE THEIR [...] (C) Sunni and Kurdish women Parliamentary leaders are pushing Parliament's Constitutional Review Committee (CRC) to amend Article 41 of the Iraqi Constitution to strike language stipulating that the personal status of Iraqis is determined by their religion and sect. These MPs fear that if it [...]	2009-06-17 15:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KDEM KIRF KWMN PGOV SOCI
09BAGHDAD1632	CENTRAL BANK OF IRAQ - MONEY LAUNDERING REPORTING [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboffs recently met the Director and Legal Consultant of the Money Laundering Reporting Office (MLRO),the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of Iraq, which is part of the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI). MLRO leadership and emboffs discussed the recent Middle East and North Africa [...]	2009-06-21 15:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER KTFN KCRM PGOV SNAR IZ
09BAGHDAD164	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S FAREWELL VISIT WITH IRAQI [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified; handle accordingly. Not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a friendly luncheon with Iraqi President Talabani and Vice President Mahdi, Deputy Secretary Negroponte requested that the Government of Iraq (GOI) determine i [...]	2009-01-22 15:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD1670	Leadership Opportunities in Iraq PRTs [...] Embassy Baghdad OPA requests that NEA/EX transmit following as ALDAC. 2. Dear Senior-level Colleagues: 3. We ask you to consider a position as Team Leader of an Iraq Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT). Success in Iraq remains a vital component of U.S. foreign policy in the Middle Ea [...]	2009-06-24 06:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	APER IZ
09BAGHDAD1785	CHRISTIANS SEEK POLITICAL UNITY IN ADVANCE OF [...] (C) Several key Christian politicians and religious leaders have begun to lay the groundwork for the unification of Iraq's Christian political parties into a single electoral coalition in anticipation of the January 2010 national elections. Although Iraq's Christian community suffers from num [...]	2009-07-02 12:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KDEM KIRF PGOV SOCI
09BAGHDAD1813	UK REPORTS SOME KURDISH LEADERS AMENABLE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: UK Foreign Office Director for the Middle East, Frank Baker, told the Ambassador July 2 that some senior Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) officials in Erbil expressed support for delaying the referendum on the Kurdistan Region Constitution until after January 2010. Baker said [...]	2009-07-06 17:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM IZ
09BAGHDAD1933	RRT ERBIL: REFLECTIONS ON A YEAR IN THE KURDISTAN [...] (U) The cable which follows reflects the personal views of the Kurdistan Region Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) leader. 2. (C) Summary: We should be tougher on Kurdish leadership on the slow pace of democracy; less judgmental on hydrocarbons (where Kurdistani initiatives are accomplishi [...]	2009-07-16 17:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET PBTS PHUM EFIN IZ
09BAGHDAD200	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for US Government provided training in Washington, DC. Post has no derogat [...]	2009-01-27 03:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2028	PRT NINEWA: CHRISTIANS ANXIETY RISE IN NINEWA IN [...] (C) Summary: In the early hours of 13 July 2009, a car bomb exploded in an alley between a Christian church and a Shi'a mosque in the Faisalia neighborhood of east Mosul. The explosion damaged both houses of worship, and killed three Iraqi citizens in nearby homes. According to local Christi [...]	2009-07-29 08:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PHUM KDEM PMIL IZ
09BAGHDAD2057	IRAQI OIL: MIXED MESSAGES FROM SOUTH OIL ON THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In recent meetings, stakeholders from the GOI as well as international oil companies (IOC) and service providers (SP) offered divergent insight and opinions on the developments within the oil sector in Iraq. In a meeting on July 20, South Oil Company (SOC) Director General Fayed [...]	2009-07-31 16:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG PGOV EINV PINR IZ
09BAGHDAD2063	IRAQI CAPITAL AT WORK: PEPSI INTERNATIONAL AND THE BAGHDAD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An Iraqi investment bank's takeover of the mixed-owned enterprise (MOE) Baghdad Softdrink Company could be a model for moving the stagnating MOE sector forward. Since gaining a controlling stake of Baghdad Softdrink, the bankers have brought in capital and management expertise t [...]	2009-08-01 08:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV IZ PGOV
09BAGHDAD2070	ISCI/BADR OFFICIALS ON IRANIAN ELECTION, MEK, AND [...] (C) On August 1, Post's IW and Poloff met with Tahsin al-Azzawi, deputy chairman of the Badr Organization and member of parliament, and Haitham al-Husseini, Senior Advisor and personal aide to ISCI Chairman Abdel Aziz al-Hakim. The ensuing discussion covered post-election developments in Iran [...]	2009-08-02 13:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR TU IZ
09BAGHDAD2106	IRAQ'S PROGRESS ON MCC INDICATORS: OUR ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Iraq's post-conflict economy continues to improve but it remains challenged by deep-rooted problems of corruption, red tape, an ill-equipped workforce, and land disputes. Although the GOI still focuses a lot of energy on the development of its oil sector, future foreign investme [...]	2009-08-05 08:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON IZ KMCA PGOV PHUM PREL
09BAGHDAD2223	PLANNING FOR THE OCTOBER U.S.-IRAQ DIALOGUE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy offers our perspective on planning for the two events announced during PM Maliki's recent visit to Washington: The October 19 U.S.-Iraq Dialogue on Economic Cooperation (DEC) and the October 20-21 U.S.-Iraq Business and Investment Conference. Both events, but partic [...]	2009-08-17 14:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PREL PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2256	MINISTER OF ELECTRICITY HAS A PLAN, BUT LACKS [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging initial meeting with DCM for Assistance Transition Patricia Haslach, Minister of Electricity Karim Hasan outlined Iraq,s significant infrastructural challenges; discussed his plans for short-term financing of an ongoing multi-billion dollar electricity generation [...]	2009-08-20 11:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON IZ
09BAGHDAD2271	PM MALIKI ON TRILATERAL SECURITY EFFORT, AUGUST 19 [...] (S) Summary: In an August 20 meeting, Iraqi PM Maliki expressed appreciation for the Ambassador's offer of condolences on the previous day's bombings, as well as for the technical assistance U.S. experts were providing in the field. Maliki requested the USG delay any further release of detai [...]	2009-08-21 15:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER IZ SY
09BAGHDAD2273	ACTION REQUEST: UK SEEKING OPTIONS TO RESUME NAVAL [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 8. 2. (C//NF) Summary: British officials in mid-August made multiple inquiries of Post and U.S. military in Iraq regarding options for resuming UK naval training in Iraq, highlighting the mission's uncertain future. The UK pulled its naval train [...]	2009-08-23 03:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ UK
09BAGHDAD2301	SECURITY ISSUES, NOT RAMADAN, CORRELATES WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In Iraq, as in other Middle Eastern countries, economic activity increases during Ramadan as families buy more traditional foodstuffs and gifts for Iftar dinners. Despite this increased demand for goods (and reports of price-gouging),our analysis of Iraq's Consumer Price Index [...]	2009-08-26 14:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID IZ
09BAGHDAD2320	EMBASSY BAGHDAD SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Ambassador Hill welcomes your visit to U.S. Embassy Baghdad. Your visit comes as we shift to a higher gear on transition amidst the initial stages of the U.S. military drawdown. We look forward to discussing in depth the 2011-2012 planning and explaining in detail our assistance, rig [...]	2009-08-28 18:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID AMGT IZ
09BAGHDAD2369	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-09-03 06:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD238	THE IRAQ MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT'S EVOLVING ROLE [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Environment (MoEnv) lacks sufficient training and equipment to execute its main responsibilities of environmental monitoring and clean up, Minister Narmin Othman told EMIN on January 22. Demining is presently a MoEnv responsibility, but the Ministry of Defense continues [...]	2009-01-29 14:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EPET ECIN KHDP KSCA IZ
09BAGHDAD2426	IRAQ/IRAN: KARBALA EAGER FOR PILGRIMS WITH DEEP POCKETS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: According to the governor of Karbala and the brother of the imam of the al-Abbas shrine, Iran continues to exert a dominating influence, notably in business dealings in Karbala province. Both interlocutors lamented Iraq's inability to negotiate with the Iranians for [...]	2009-09-09 14:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR IZ ECON
09BAGHDAD2469	Iraq Depends on Others for Water; Low River Flows Have [...] (U) Note: Post intends this message to be the first periodic report on water issues - and their growing prominence - in Iraq. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Tigris and Euphrates river systems supply almost all of Iraq's water needs. Ninety percent of the two rivers' water flows first through Turk [...]	2009-09-13 13:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SENV ENRG PBTS PREL TPHY TRGY TSPL EAGR EAID
09BAGHDAD2570	Response to MERO Interim Report on Regional Embassy (REO) [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Dated March 24, 2009, State IG Middle East Regional Office (MERO) Interim Report on Role, Staffing, and Effectiveness of the Regional Embassy Office (REO) in Hillah, Iraq (MERO-IQO-09-04) made a number of recommendations about the future of the REO. Specifically, it recommended [...]	2009-09-24 14:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASIG AMGT ABLDG ASEC IZ
09BAGHDAD2669	Baghdad Response to IG Report Regional Embassy Offices in [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. State IG Middle East Regional Office (MERO) Review of the Roles, Staffing, and effectiveness of Regional Embassy Offices in Iraq dated August 18, 2009 (Report Number MERO-IQO-09-09, August 2009) made one recommendation about planning for the eventual opening of U.S. Consulates i [...]	2009-10-05 08:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASIG AMGT ABLDG ASEC IZ
09BAGHDAD270	IN COUNTRY REFUGEE PROCESSING - RESPONSE [...] (U) Summary: Embassy Baghdad appreciates Department,s interest in the details of the in-country refugee processing and support for expanding capacity to implement the Refugee Crisis in Iraq Act. Responses to REF A questions are contained below. We urge Department to work with us to ensure th [...]	2009-02-02 11:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF IZ
09BAGHDAD2754	CENTRAL BANK CONSIDERING COMMUNITY BANKS IN IRAQ [...] (U) SUMMARY: As existing Iraqi banks mature, open new branches nationwide, and focus on their wealthiest customers, accessible community banks may provide a viable option for low- to middle-income villagers. The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) is considering a proposal to create second-tier "commun [...]	2009-10-13 16:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID IZ
09BAGHDAD2771	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-10-14 20:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2886	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS IN IRAQ [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior GOI and judicial officials tell us that trafficking in women and young boys for the purposes of prostitution remains a widespread problem in Iraq, with victims either sold to traffickers by their families or kidnapped by criminal gangs. Iraqi trafficking victims often fi [...]	2009-10-28 10:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIP KWMN KLPM PHUM PREL PTER ELAB SMIG SY IZ
09BAGHDAD2919	SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FARAH PANDITH'S VISIT TO IRAQ, [...] Summary: On her first visit to Iraq, the Secretary's Special Representative to Muslim Communities Farah Pandith reached out to a broad cross-section of Baghdad's civil society. She emphasized President Obama's promise (as enunciated in his June 2009 Cairo speech) of a renewed U.S. dialogue ba [...]	2009-11-01 15:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL KPAO KISL PHUM EINT IZ
09BAGHDAD2930	WATER RESOURCES MINISTER DISCUSSES MAJOR WATER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Transboundary water negotiations, repair of the Mosul Dam, salinity issues in Basra province, and improvement of irrigation drainage are the major water issues facing Iraq, Minister of Water Resources Dr. Latif Rashid told USG personnel in late October. END SUMMARY Three Prima [...]	2009-11-02 15:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PBTS SENV TNGD TPHY EAGR
09BAGHDAD3004	UK NAVAL TRAINING MISSION SET TO RETURN TO IRAQI [...] (C) Summary: President Jalal Talabani earlier this week confirmed for the British Ambassador that the UK-Iraq bilateral security agreement has passed the Presidency Council and the British naval training contingent can return to Iraqi waters. Upon receiving this confirmation, the UK is planni [...]	2009-11-15 15:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS UK IZ
09BAGHDAD3030	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF FIRST EAST EXPORT BANK [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-17 07:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KNNP EFIN PARM IR IZ
09BAGHDAD3074	IRAQI MFA WELCOMES COHEN-GOOGLE DELEGATION [...] (U) Summary: On November 22, Minister of Foreign Affairs Hoshyar Zebari and MFA Senior Policy Advisor Fareed Yasseen met with Google CEO Eric Schmidt, State Department Policy Planning Staff member Jared Cohen, Trident Capital CEO Don Dixon, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Peter [...]	2009-11-23 08:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IZ TINT ECON SCUL
09BAGHDAD3075	HASHIMI'S VETO BACKFIRES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dragging his feet on withdrawing his electoral law veto, Vice President Hashimi allowed his political opponents in the Council of Representatives (COR) to maneuver a successful vote on a new amendment that, among its provisions, could reduce parliamentary seats from Sunni-majority [...]	2009-11-23 20:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD3080	EMBASSY BAGHDAD 2009 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Human trafficking for the purposes of labor and sexual exploitation continues to be a problem in Iraq according to senior GOI and judicial officials. While the GOI has drafted legislation to prosecute and punish those who engage in trafficking, the draft law remains stalled i [...]	2009-11-24 12:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ TIP NEA RA
09BAGHDAD3112	ACTION REQUEST: INCREASING WORLD BANK [...] (SBU) Summary: Overall assistance funding to Iraq is decreasing and the GOI is increasingly looking for technical assistance and capacity development from all donors, including multilateral institutions. The UN and World Bank will both be critical partners for Iraq's future, and while UNAMI [...]	2009-11-30 09:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ECON IZ
09BAGHDAD3193	SECRETARY OF DEFENSE'S MEETING WITH KRG PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 11, 2009 Secretary of Defense Gates (SecDef) met Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masud Barzani in Irbil. SecDef discussed the importance of a timely, inclusive government formation process and reiterated the key messages delivered to Barzani on December [...]	2009-12-13 15:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD3234	SECRETARY OF DEFENSE MEETING WITH THE GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 10 meeting with the Presidency Council (PC) in Baghdad, Secretary of Defense Gates (SecDef) expressed his condolences for the December 8 bombings and reassured the Iraqis that the United States was willing to assist in any way possible. SecDef explained the importanc [...]	2009-12-15 15:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD3335	DIYALA GOVERNOR HIGHLIGHTS CENTRAL GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: Growing tension between Baghdad and provincial governments was highlighted during NEA Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feldman,s meeting with Diyala Governor Abd al-Nasir al-Mahdawi on December 16 in Baqubah. The Governor raised his concern that the central government of Iraq was not [...]	2009-12-26 14:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD343	IRAN-IRAQ BORDER CROSSING VULNERABLE TO SMUGGLING, [...] (S/NF) Iraqi border inspectors at the Shalamsha port-of-entry (POE) are ill-equipped to prevent smuggling of weapons, drugs, and other contraband from southern Iran, border officials told Senior Advisor for Southern Iraq Gordon Gray during a visit February 2. MNF-I forces and U.S. contractors [...]	2009-02-10 11:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	ETRD PTER KTFN KCOR PREL KNNP IR IZ
09BAGHDAD403	UN REVIEW OF IRAQ SCIENCE AND TECHNOLGY OFF TO A [...] (SBU) Minister of Science and Technology (MoST) Ra'id Fahmi Jahid told a visiting group of Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF) representatives on February 11 that the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development's (UNCTAD) science, technology, and innovation policies (STIP [...]	2009-02-16 12:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY SENV TRGY TSPL PARM ENRG KGIT KNNP KSCA
09BAGHDAD435	BANKING IN BASRAH [...] (U) Summary: Banks in Basrah, Iraq's second largest city, are a mix of state-owned and private insitutions. Challenges for Basrah's bankers include low rates of loan repayment and establishment of "know-your-customer." No international banks currently operate in Basrah, although five such ban [...]	2009-02-19 12:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON IZ
09BAGHDAD503	PM ADVISOR RIKABI ON DEVELOPING THE BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary. Sadiq al-Rikabi, a close political advisor to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, told Emboffs in February that the Maliki government seeks a special, long-term alliance with the U.S. and asked for the U.S. to remain engaged in helping Iraqis solve internal political disputes. Iraq o [...]	2009-02-26 13:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR IZ
09BAGHDAD522	"SHOW ME THE POWER," SAYS EAST BAGHDAD BUSINESSMAN [...] This is a Baghdad EPRT-2 reporting cable. 2. SUMMARY: Electricity is now the biggest problem for manufacturers in eastern Baghdad. In the continuing absence of reliable power from the national grid, many manufacturers must generate their own power but cannot buy an adequate supply of fue [...]	2009-03-01 09:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ASEC IZ
09BAGHDAD554	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2009-03-04 07:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD578	IRAQ'S MINORITIES [...] (U) Summary: Iraq's minorities have a long and colorful history in the "Land Between the Two Rivers." While their numbers have declined significantly in recent years, those who remain contribute significantly to the cultural and political fabric of Iraq. Most minority communities are loca [...]	2009-03-05 17:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	KIRF PHUM PGOV SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD62	ACTION REQUEST: U.S. WEAPONS RELEASE TO IRAQ - [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 11. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Country Team requests the approval for the sale of thirty-six (36) F-16 block 50/52 aircraft and associated equipment and munitions to the Government of Iraq (GOI). This sale will continue to build the Iraqi Air Force ( [...]	2009-01-11 10:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IZ MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER
09BAGHDAD66	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2009-01-11 15:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD791	CDA, CG AND PM DISCUSS EVOLVING SECURITY CONCERNS, [...] (S) Summary: In a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on March 19, Charge d' Affaires (CDA) Butenis and Commanding General MNC-I Lieutenant General (LTG) Austin discussed evolving security concerns, politics surrounding the budget, efforts to capture former Sons of Iraq (SOI) leader Ad [...]	2009-03-23 09:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR PTER IZ EPET EFIN
09BAGHDAD797	ICRC PRESIDENT DISCUSSES SECURITY, DETAINEES, MEK [...] (C) Summary: Visiting Iraq for the first time since May 2003, ICRC President Jakob Kellenberger praised relations with the Embassy and Multinational Forces-Iraq (MNF-I) in a meeting with the Charg and MNF-I CG Odierno on March 17. Kellenberger noted that ICRC is involved in many protection [...]	2009-03-23 13:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KREF KJUS IO IZ
09BAGHDAD880	IRAQ 201: CENTRALIZATION AND POWER-SHARING -- A [...] (C) Summary. Conflicting visions of the role of the state are increasing divisions among Iraqis, and have become a catalyst for political realignment at the national level. Most Sunni and Shi'a Arabs are inclined toward a strong central state, especially for the purpose of maintaining a unifi [...]	2009-03-31 08:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IZ
09BAKU163	AZERBAIJAN'S SOCAR INKS PSA WITH TOTAL TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: French Company Total has signed an Exploration and Development Production Sharing Agreement with French Company Total for Azerbaijan's offshore "Absheron" field, thought to contain gas and condensates. Gaz De France is expected to be brought in shortly as the third partner. A pr [...]	2009-03-02 14:01:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ ENERG
09BAKU315	AZERBAIJAN: SPOT REPORT - U/I HIGH SPEED BOATS [...] (C) At 22:50 local time on 14 April 2009, the head of the Off-Shore Production Unit Center for British Petroleum (BP) called the DATT to report that two fast boats came within one mile of their offshore platforms, tracking at speeds in excess of 45 knots. The incident allegedly took place 13 [...]	2009-04-20 03:59:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ TX PTER SNAR
09BAKU456	AZERBAIJAN: FOREIGN MINISTER PESSIMISTIC ON NK [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-05 12:17:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM AM IR TU RU IS AJ
09BAKU850	AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT DISCUSSES TURKEY-ARMENIA, [...] (C) Summary: In a notably cordial meeting with DAS Tina Kaidanow, President Aliyev emphasized a long record of cooperation ) energy, security, counter-terrorism, regional development ) and said that Azerbaijan fully expects Turkey to hold to its promise not to ratify the rapprochement protoco [...]	2009-10-28 09:44:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER AM TU RU AJ
09BAMAKO171	MALIANS REPORTEDLY ARREST KIDNAPPING SUSPECTS NEAR [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-19 17:04:00	Embassy Bamako	SECRET	PTER PINS PINR PREL ML
09BAMAKO173	POLITICAL PARTIES FINALIZE THEIR LISTS FOR APRIL [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-20 08:38:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ML
09BAMAKO182	MALI NABS TWO KIDNAPPING SUSPECTS BUT MISSES [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-24 10:56:00	Embassy Bamako	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PINS PINR PREL ML
09BAMAKO24	GAO POLICE BLOTTER: MORE GRENADES AND CARJACKINGS [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-13 16:27:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PINS PINR PHUM ML
09BAMAKO246	MALI RELEASES SOME TUAREG PRISONERS AND ONE MURDER [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-20 16:58:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINS PINR PREL PGOV ASEC ML
09BAMAKO277	LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS SET STAGE FOR 2012 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-07 11:42:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM ML
09BAMAKO280	ELECTORAL TENSIONS IN TARKINT: WHERE AQIM, ARAB [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-08 11:05:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINS PINR ASEC PTER ML
09BAMAKO36	TUMULT WITHIN TUAREG REBEL ADC FOLLOWING FAILED [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-16 14:26:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PINS ASEC ML
09BAMAKO399	NORTHERN MALIAN ARABS TAKE DEMOCRACY HOSTAGE FOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-16 16:17:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS ASEC KDEM ML
09BAMAKO815	CLOSING CEREMONY OF JCET TRAINING OF MALIAN ARMY [...] (S) On December 11 the DCM and DATT participated in the graduation ceremony of a Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) exercise of the Malian Army Echelon Tactique Interarme (ETIA) 4, in Gao. ETIA 4 is based in Timbuktu. The 10th Army Special Forces Group out of Fort Carson, Colorado, and le [...]	2009-12-17 15:36:00	Embassy Bamako	SECRET	MARR ML PREL PTER
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN15	BRUNEI: RELUCTANT TO LEAD IMT, AND CRITICAL OF [...] (SBU) Poloff on 15 January met with Haji Mulok Haji Jamat, the Deputy Director for East Asia and the Pacific Affairs in the Political I section of the Brunei Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). Mulok told Poloff that Brunei plans to only supply monitors to the International Monitor [...]	2009-01-27 07:26:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER BX
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN35	CROWN PRINCE BILLAH AND LEE KUAN YEW DISCUSS BRUNEI AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-02 07:03:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR BX
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN69	BRUNEI SUPPORTIVE OF TCG EFFORTS IN BURMA [...] (C) Per Reftel, CDA McIntyre noted USG concerns regarding adverse actions taken by the Burmese government against the Tripartite Core Group's (TCG) existing authority in a March 26th meeting with Government of Brunei (GoB) officials. CDA urged GoB to discourage the recent restrictive conditions [...]	2009-03-26 07:53:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PHUM PREL BM BX
09BANGKOK1053	Local Broadcast Media Comes Under Fire During Songkran [...] (SBU) Summary: Local broadcast media was attacked from both sides of the political spectrum for its coverage of the recent anti-government protests in Thailand. Pro-Thaksin sympathizers heavily criticized local television stations for their allegedly one-sided coverage of the violent events th [...]	2009-04-29 05:36:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KPAO TH
09BANGKOK1101	CROWD CONTROL DURING RECENT PROTESTS IN THAILAND [...] (C) The Thai Army, rather than the police, played the leading role in quelling angry demonstrations in Bangkok April 12-14. The Thai government's decision to rely on the Army may have stemmed from several factors, including the political views of leading Army and police officers, as well as l [...]	2009-05-01 09:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS PHUM KJUS KDEM ASEC MOPS TH
09BANGKOK1150	THAILAND NAMES NEW TRADE REPRESENTATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Thai Cabinet approved May 6 the appointment of former Democrat Party parliamentarian Kiat Sittheeamorn as the Royal Thai Government's (RTG) new trade representative, a position resurrected from the Thaksin years. At a higher rank than former Prime Minister Thaksin's trade re [...]	2009-05-11 10:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR ETRD PREL PINR TH
09BANGKOK1188	THAI FM KASIT SENDS LETTER TO BURMESE FM ON ASSK; [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya told Ambassador on May 12 that he would engage the Burmese government on Aung San Suu Kyi's (ASSK) situation, on behalf of both Thailand and ASEAN. Kasit's personal aide told us late May 14 that Kasit had signed a letter to the Burm [...]	2009-05-14 10:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV TH BM
09BANGKOK1202	BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (U) According to the Ministry of Commerce NR Automotive Co., Ltd. was listed as follows: Registration Number: 0105550128261 Registration Date: December 12, 2007 Status: Company Limited Executive: Supat Chansilp Capital Registration: 1,000,000 Baht Location: 1729 Soi Lat Phrao 94 (Panjamit [...]	2009-05-15 10:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC TH
09BANGKOK121	THAI RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON TRIPARTITE CORE GROUP [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points regarding the Tripartite Core Group (TCG) to Jirusaya Biranada of the Department of East Asia Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on January 15. We explained that the TCG has played a critical role in facilitating post-cyclone Nargis assistance in [...]	2009-01-16 09:05:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BM TH
09BANGKOK1296	GAO LEARNS OF JADE ACT'S IMPACT IN THAILAND [...] (SBU) Summary: A Government Accountability Office (GAO) team visited Bangkok and Chantaburi May 12-15 to investigate the implementation and impact on Thailand of the U.S. Tom Lantos Block the Junta's Anti-Democratic Efforts Act (JADE Act). Private gem dealers claim the JADE Act, which bans [...]	2009-06-01 04:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON ETRD BM TH
09BANGKOK1545	THAI POSITION ON DPRK CARGO SHIP KANG NAM 1 [...] (C) We raised June 29 reftel points on UNSCR 1874 with Pattarat Hongtong, Deputy Director of the MFA's Peace, Security and Disarmament Division. Pattarat said she would share the U.S. position with other agencies involved in enforcing the resolution and would work with the MFA's ASEAN and Eas [...]	2009-06-29 10:11:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC KN TH BM
09BANGKOK159	THAILAND CONFIRMS ASEAN SUMMIT'S DATES AND VENUE, LOOKS [...] (SBU) This is an action request; see para 9. 2. (SBU) Summary. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) ASEAN Deputy Director-General (DDG) Manasvi Srisodapol confirmed to us in a mid-January discussion that the ASEAN Summit's venue and dates were set from February 27-March 1 to be held in Hua H [...]	2009-01-22 05:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM MARR TH
09BANGKOK1695	MEGAPORTS REGIONAL WORKSHOP HIGHLIGHTS PORT SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: The first Megaports Initiative Regional Workshop was held in Bangkok, Thailand May 12-15, 2009. The Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Royal Thai Customs, and Port Authority of Thailand co-hosted the event with the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Embassy. The workshop [...]	2009-07-15 02:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KHLS EWWT ETTC PARM PREL TH
09BANGKOK1720	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL CASEY'S MEETING WITH THAI [...] (C) Summary. General Casey, your meeting with Thai Army Commander General Anupong will afford the opportunity to highlight the importance of Thailand to our regional security interests and emphasize our support for important areas of our mil-mil relationship. Our military relationship provide [...]	2009-07-16 23:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
09BANGKOK1841	THAILAND: EAP A/S CAMPBELL'S MEETING WITH PHEU [...] (C) Summary. During a July 21 meeting with the opposition Pheu Thai party leaders and supporters, East Asian and Pacific Affairs Assistant Secretary Kurt Campbell urged more open dialogue among political actors and peaceful reconciliation to Thailand's political conflict. Chaturon Chaiseng, [...]	2009-07-30 09:51:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TH
09BANGKOK1901	THAILAND SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR WEBB'S VISIT [...] (SBU) Senator Webb, Embassy Bangkok looks forward to welcoming you back to Thailand. Your visit will afford a chance to express the United States' commitment for Thailand's democracy in meeting its current challenges and emerging strengthened, as well as to engage Thai officials and others on [...]	2009-08-05 10:22:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PINS TH

09BANGKOK2046	Progress on Asia Regional Center of Excellence on Climate [...] SUMMARY. After a year of preparation, the USAID Regional Development Mission for Asia (RDMA) is ready to move forward with a feasibility assessment for the Asia Regional Center of Excellence on Climate Change and Development (ARC) in Bangkok. The ARC is intended to serve as a network of lead [...]	2009-08-18 10:38:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SENV ENRG ASEAN APECO TH
09BANGKOK209	THAI-CAMBODIAN BORDER DISPUTE: THAI FM KASIT'S [...] (U) Summary: A January 26 visit to Cambodia by Thai FM Kasit Piromya produced positive statements by both sides regarding the ongoing border dispute centered on territory around the Preah Vihear temple. Kasit met Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong; press reports [...]	2009-01-27 10:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS TH CB
09BANGKOK2259	Why the Asia Regional Center of Excellence on Climate [...] SUMMARY. Ref A details USAID's plans to move forward with development of an Asia-Pacific Regional Center of Excellence on Climate Change and Development (ARC) in Bangkok. With the ARC's purpose to concentrate a network of leading U.S. and Asia institutions to advance the President's climate [...]	2009-09-04 07:50:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SENV ENRG ASEAN APECO TH
09BANGKOK2278	THAI THOUGHTS ON NPT REVIEW AND HOPES FOR BANGKOK [...] (C) We met September 4 with Cherdkiat Atthakor, Director of the MFA's Peace, Security and Disarmament Division, to discuss reftel questions regarding the NPT review cycle. Cherdkiat welcomed President Obama's prioritization of non-proliferation concerns and of arms control. The approach was a [...]	2009-09-08 09:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09BANGKOK237	THAILAND CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT [...] This report provides information as requested by the Department of Labor to determine if countries eligible for trade benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program are implementing their international commitments to eliminate the worst forms of child labor as required unde [...]	2009-01-30 02:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM KTIP TH
09BANGKOK2464	THAILAND: PREVIEWING THE RESULTS OF THE BURMA [...] (C) Summary: Charge previewed the results of our Burma policy review to MFA East Asian Director General Kittiphong na Ranong September 28, per reftel. Kittiphong probed U.S. thinking on how we planned to handle incremental next steps, expressed both doubt that the regime would take the first [...]	2009-09-28 10:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM TH
09BANGKOK2518	THAILAND DECLARES CANDIDACY FOR UNITED NATIONS [...] (SBU) The Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) sent a Diplomatic Note (Dipnote) to the U.S. Embassy September 15 announcing its decision to submit its candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) from 2010-2013 in elections to be held in May 2010 and asking for U.S. support. The dipnote [...]	2009-10-02 07:53:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UN UNGA TH
09BANGKOK263	SCENESETTER FOR SENIOR MILITARY VISITORS TO [...] (C) Summary. Coming visits by component commanders, and other senior leaders of various U.S. military commands will afford a chance to affirm the United States Government's commitment to working with a democratically elected Thai government, to promoting a continued strong bilateral relations [...]	2009-02-02 08:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
09BANGKOK2683	URGING ASEAN ON BURMA: THAILAND TO ENGAGE BURMA ON [...] (C) The Charge October 20 conveyed reftel points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Americas and South Pacific Director-General Chirachai Punkrasin. Chirachai told the Charge that the RTG realized the seriousness of the new U.S. effort on Burma and would do all it could to urge the Burmese to r [...]	2009-10-20 10:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV TH BM
09BANGKOK2712	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF THAI CHIEF OF DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary. The visit of Royal Thai Armed Forces (RTARF) Chief of Defense Forces General Songkitti Jaggabartra to the PACOM-sponsored Chiefs of Defense conference and to Washington to meet with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mullen affords a chance to affirm support for our im [...]	2009-10-22 09:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
09BANGKOK2723	LET,S PLAY TWO: THAILAND HOSTS ASEAN+6 SUMMIT [...] (C) Thailand successfully hosted the 15th ASEAN Summit, as well as the follow-on ASEAN 3 and East Asian Summits, October 23-25. The meetings took place without incident and represented a face saving victory of sorts for a government still struggling to distance itself from the stain associate [...]	2009-10-26 11:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
09BANGKOK2768	ASEAN SUMMITS: NO BREAKTHROUGHS ON THE TRADE FRONT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While the October 23-25 ASEAN and East Asia Summits were logistically successful (reftel),the actual results emerging from the weekend's discussions on the trade front were limited. News touting multiple proposals to deepen the trading relationships in Asia may have dominated lo [...]	2009-10-29 11:24:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL TH
09BANGKOK2849	THAILAND-CAMBODIA SPAT: RTG RECALLS AMBASSADOR TO PROTEST HUN SEN'S NAMING OF THAKSIN AS ADVISER [...] (C) Summary: The Royal Thai Government recalled its Ambassador to Cambodia late November 5 and announced a review of all diplomatic engagement in protest of Cambodian PM Hun Sen's naming of fugitive Thai ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra as an economic adviser. The decision, which led to a dramatic spike in [...]	2009-11-06 10:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK2930	THAILAND: ON MIDDLE EAST UNGA RESOLUTIONS, THREE [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-18 10:09:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA TH
09BANGKOK3006	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF GENERAL NORTH AND [...] (C) General North and Brigadier General Crowe, Embassy Bangkok welcomes your visit to Thailand during the celebration of King Bhumibol Adulyadej's 82nd birthday. Your visit signals the United States' appreciation for the long-standing bilateral relationship, which has facilitated shared bene [...]	2009-11-25 09:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
09BANGKOK3066	RUSSIA LOOKS TO REINVIGORATE BILATERAL RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: The Thai-Russia bilateral relationship blossomed earlier this decade after years of stagnation during the Cold War but has had little forward momentum since then, despite a November 27 visit to Bangkok by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sobyanin and Thai pledges that the Prime Minister a [...]	2009-12-04 08:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV RU TH
09BANGKOK3072	FIRE IN THE KITCHEN: COOK STOVES, HEALTH AND GLOBAL [...] SUMMARY: The US/ASEAN Next Generation Cook Stove Workshop was held at the Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok November 16-20. Old cook stoves are a source of considerable indoor pollution and accompanying health problems in the developing world, and the new technologies showcased may offe [...]	2009-12-04 09:40:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ENRG EAGR KGHG KGCC SENV ASEAN SOCI TH
09BANGKOK3129	THAILAND: THAI AUTHORITIES SEIZE PLANE WITH NORTH [...] (C) Summary: Thai Immigration and Customs Police seized a cargo plane carrying 35 tons of weapons from North Korea at a Bangkok airport late on December 11. Thai officials leaked information about the action to the Thai media late December 12, crediting the U.S. for providing information leadi [...]	2009-12-14 08:38:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	ETTC KOMC MARR PINR PREL TH KN
09BANGKOK418	THAILAND CLIMATE CHANGE EFFORTS FOCUS ON ADAPTATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Although not a major emitter of greenhouse gases, Thailand has a strong policy on both mitigating and adapting to climate change. The Royal Thai Government (RTG) and donor experts foresee possible severe effects from increased flooding, drought and rising sea levels which could t [...]	2009-02-18 11:03:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR ECON ETRD TH
09BANGKOK528	CHINESE ASEAN AMBASSADOR COMMENTS ON CLINTON VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Deputy Assistant Secretary and U.S. Ambassador for ASEAN Affairs Scot Marciel met with Chinese Ambassador to ASEAN Xue Hanqin, discussing a wide range of ASEAN issues February 28. Xue expressed China's positive impression of Secretary of State Clinton,s visit to Jakarta. She al [...]	2009-03-03 09:51:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH CH
09BANGKOK581	THAI MFA ENCOURAGED BY U.S. MIDDLE EAST POLICY [...] (SBU) We engaged Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director of the Middle-East Division Nat Pinyowattanacheep March 6 regarding the review of U.S. policy in Iraq, including the drawdown and transformation of the U.S. force (reftel). Nat replied that the RTG found the U.S. approach encouragi [...]	2009-03-06 10:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MOPS IZ TH
09BANGKOK611	THAILAND HOSTS USG CUTTING EDGE DISEASE PROGRAMS [...] SUMMARY: With over one-fifth of Mission Bangkok's staff of roughly 2000 working on health issues, the Embassy hosts one of the USG's largest efforts to fight the world's most dangerous diseases: malaria, TB, dengue, HIV/AIDS and avian/pandemic influenza. USAID, HHS/CDC, USDA/APHIS and the Arme [...]	2009-03-10 12:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO WHO KPAO KFLU KHIV ECON EAID TH
09BANGKOK650	ENGAGING THAI OFFICIALS ON LAO HMONG AND BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador John and U.S. Ambassador to Laos Ravic Huso met with Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Permanent Secretary Virasakdi Futrakul March 4 on the disposition of Lao Hmong currently in custody in Thailand; Ambassador Huso separately met Royal Thai Armed Forces (RTARF) [...]	2009-03-16 03:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PREF PINS TH LA
09BANGKOK721	THAILAND'S BURMA POLICY: CHANGES AROUND THE EDGES [...] (C) SUMMARY. As Thailand's Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya conducts the first high-ranking civilian visit to Burma March 22-23 since the Democrat-led government entered office in December, Thailand's official Burma policy has shown signs of adjustment from the rhetoric and principles which had [...]	2009-03-23 09:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM TH
09BANGKOK756	THAI MFA PREVIEWS UPCOMING ASEAN PLUS SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) ASEAN Deputy Director General Manasvi Srisodapol previewed Thai thinking on upcoming ASEAN plus Summit meetings on April 10-12 in Pattaya, Thailand with us March 24. All of the 6 East Asian Summit (EAS) participants were scheduled to attend at the hea [...]	2009-03-26 10:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ASEAN TH
09BANGKOK841	ABHISIT ADMINISTRATION AT 100 DAYS: EXCEEDING [...] (C) When the Constitutional Court dissolved the People's Power Party in December 2008, we had no reason to expect that the House of Representative's election of Abhisit Vejjajiva as Prime Minister would end Thailand's political crisis, nor has it. With a looming succession crisis as the barely [...]	2009-04-02 06:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KDEM TH
09BANGKOK893	THAILAND: LARGE-SCALE RED MARCH PLANNED FOR APRIL [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The red-shirts' self-proclaimed "D-Day" rally set for April 8 may bring upwards of 100,000 opponents of the current Thai government into the streets of Bangkok, though privately one key red leader acknowledges the crowd map not top 50,000. The red-shirts' stated demand [...]	2009-04-07 10:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK935	THAILAND PROTEST APRIL 9 UPDATE: RED NUMBERS START [...] (SBU) Summary: Anti-government red-shirt protesters expanded their peaceful protest to new targets around Bangkok April 9 but suffered declining numbers in comparison to April 8. The red-shirt 4:00 PM deadline for PM Abhisit and three Privy Councilors to resign passed without effect. The Uni [...]	2009-04-09 10:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL TH
09BANGKOK951	THAILAND PROTEST UPDATE APRIL 10: REDSHIRTS SHIFT [...] (SBU) Summary: The center of gravity of anti-government red-shirt protests shifted from Bangkok to Pattaya April 10, aiming to disrupt the April 10-12 ASEAN Summits. The numbers of protesters in Bangkok continued to drop ahead of the traditional Thai New Year holiday, although ongoing taxi b [...]	2009-04-10 09:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL TH
09BANGKOK987	FOREIGN MINISTER KASIT'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) Madame Secretary: Your meeting with Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya on April 23 offers you the opportunity to reaffirm our nation's strong commitment to democracy in Thailand and our continued support for a broad-based partnership with this vital Southeast Asian friend and ally. Coming on t [...]	2009-04-20 04:02:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF MOPS ECON TH
09BANGUI186	AUTHORITY VOID IN EASTERN CAR DRAGGING IN NEIGHBORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The east of the Central African Republic (CAR) has long been home to a mix of Central African, Sudanese and Chadian pastoralists who have existed more or less out of the purview of their respective capitals. Recently, however, it has become an area overrun by poachers, brigands a [...]	2009-08-21 15:08:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT SU UG
09BANGUI196	CAR: STARVING IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite massive natural wealth that should provide a comfortable standard of living for its 4.3 million inhabitants, the CAR continues to struggle with extreme poverty, malnutrition, rampant banditry and several festering insurgencies. Our key goals of promoting a stable and pr [...]	2009-09-08 15:27:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON CT
09BANGUI22	LEADER OF A FAILED STATE: HOW BOZIZE MAINTAINS POWER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Francois Bozize took power in the Central African Republic on March 15, 2003 overthrowing Felix-Ange Patasse. It was his second attempt at that coup, but may have been only the last in a long series of extra-legal attempts to gain power. This message describes how Bozize, ofte [...]	2009-02-14 03:54:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON EAID CT
09BASRAH16	BASRAH AIRPORT AIMS TO BECOME TRANSPORT, COMMERCIAL HUB [...] (SBU) Basrah International Airport (BIA) aims to play a future role in facilitating economic growth in southern Iraq, and become what Coalition and Basrah leaders hope will be a force-multiplier for hydrocarbon, services, ports, and other commercial activity. Historically under-utilized and rel [...]	2009-04-03 13:09:00	REO Basrah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EAIR ICAO ETRD IZ IR SA SY JO TU AE
09BASRAH17	BASRA: ONE YEAR AFTER CHARGE OF THE KNIGHTS [...] (C) Summary. One year after the Iraqi Army (IA) routed militia groups (with US and UK military help) during Operation Charge of the Knights (CoK),Basra Province has stabilized. Continued gains in security, a boost to investment, and improvements in governance appear tantalizingly possible. V [...]	2009-04-10 14:39:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV MARR IZ
09BASRAH41	BASRA: TWO AMERICAN FIRMS TO HELP BUILD MASSIVE "SPORTS [...] (U) Summary: According to local officials and media reports, the Government of Iraq (GOI) has selected two U.S. firms to design and provide engineering services for a massive new sports complex in Basra. The site is planned to be completed in preparation for the Basra-hosted 2013 Gulf Cup, an [...]	2009-07-06 13:03:00	REO Basrah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV SOCI ELAB KPAO SCUL IZ
09BASRAH60	BASRA PROVINCE IRAN-IRAQ BORDER POST: NO PROOF OF LETHAL [...] (U) This is a Basra PRT reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (S/NF) Operations, equipment and procedures at the Shalamsha port of entry (POE) at the Iraq-Iran border are under-financed and inadequate for appropriate cargo and passenger screening. The POE lacks clear lines of authority as [...]	2009-11-21 13:26:00	REO Basrah	SECRET	SMIG SNAR ECON PGOV ETRD PTER KTFN KCOR PREL IR
09BASRAH61	IRANIAN SOFT POWER IN BASRA: EASY TO SEE; HARD TO GAUGE [...] (C) In examining the scope and depth of Iran's influence in Basra, a nuanced picture emerges. Based on information from Basrawi and international contacts, it appears that Iranian influence here is both overt and covert, direct and indirect, welcome and unwelcome. The most visible form of Iran [...]	2009-11-21 13:58:00	REO Basrah	SECRET	PREL PGOV ETRD PTER SOCI KDEM IZ IR
09BEIJING1012	DEMARCHE DELIVERED CONCERNING DESIGNATION OF GOODS [...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel A points concerning designation of goods and entities under UNSCR 1718 to Ambassador for Korean Peninsula Issues Yang Houlan in a pull-aside following his meeting with Senior East Asia Advisor for the Democratic staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Frank [...]	2009-04-16 09:39:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	UNSC PARM KN CH KNNP
09BEIJING1024	PRC/DPRK: VFM HE YAFEI DISCUSSES SIX-PARTY TALKS [...] (C) North Korea has not shut the door to the United States or to Six-Party Talks, Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei told Staffdel Jannuzi April 16. VFM He downplayed the possibility of a DPRK nuclear test, urged the United States to "keep talking" with the North Koreans and praised U.S.-China co [...]	2009-04-17 08:32:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP OVIP KS CH
09BEIJING1026	CHINESE STILL STUDYING U.S.-PROPOSED DESIGNATIONS [...] (S) MFA International Organizations and Conferences UN Affairs official Yang Zhiyu told PolOff on April 17 that China was "still studying" the U.S.-proposed designations of goods and entities under UNSCR 1718 conveyed to the MFA on April 15 (ref A). A response, if any, to the U.S. proposal wo [...]	2009-04-17 08:42:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	UNSC PARM KN CH KNNP
09BEIJING103	JANUARY 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: MIDDLE EAST, EU, INTERNET [...] Key points at the January 13 MFA press briefing: -- China is "gravely concerned" that UN Security Council resolution 1860 is "not being implemented" in Gaza. -- China "attaches great importance" to its relationship with the EU -- China calls on France to create conditions for the improv [...]	2009-01-13 09:18:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH TW IS XG RW UG BR KN MI SF CB
09BEIJING1067	APRIL 21 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: UN CONFERENCE ON RACISM, [...] Key points at the April 21 MFA press briefing: -- China "regrets to see some countries did not attend" the UN Conference on Racism. -- China is ready to play a constructive role in the Middle East and hopes relevant parties follow UN resolutions and use diplomacy to achieve "the peaceful c [...]	2009-04-21 22:43:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG KPAL IAEA SENV CH EG IS JA RS
09BEIJING1120	U.S. UNVIE AMBASSADOR SCHULTE AND PRC DG CHENG [...] (C) In Beijing to represent Energy Secretary Chu at the April 20-24 International Nuclear Energy Ministerial, U.S. Ambassador to UNVIE Greg Schulte met with MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Director General Cheng Jingye on April 22. Ambassador Schulte complimented DG Cheng for Chi [...]	2009-04-27 06:22:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC IAEA CH IR NK
09BEIJING113	MEDIA REACTION: RUSSIA, ISRAEL, U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS [...] RUSSIA "The conflict is on a downward spiral, even though the conflict took a briefly positive turn" The official Communist Party People's Daily (Renmin Ribao)(01/14): "If Russia wants to transfer gas into Europe, it must transport gas through the Ukrainian border. However, Ukraine has not [...]	2009-01-15 09:36:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING1134	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-JAPAN RELATIONS, U.S. POLICY, [...] U.S.-CHINA-JAPAN RELATIONS "China and Japan should alleviate the U.S. influence in their countries' future development" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(04/28): "The Japanese Prime Minister will visit China soon. This brings attentio [...]	2009-04-28 08:23:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1136	APRIL 28 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: UIGHUR DETAINEES, SWINE FLU, [...] Key points at the April 28 MFA press briefing: -- The Uighur detainees being held at Guantanamo Bay are "members of the East Turkestan Islamic Movement" and "should be handed over to China." -- China takes the swine flu issue "seriously" and has "jump started" a program to respond to the t [...]	2009-04-28 22:57:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM CH JA FR MX
09BEIJING1147	MEDIA REACTION: H1-N1, OBAMA'S 100 DAY, U.S.-CHINA [...] H1-N1 "H1-N1 approaches East Asia" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(04/29): "The WHO has upgraded the emergency status of the H1-N1 virus to level 4, this adjustment has created tension in many countries. The U.S. has published its p [...]	2009-04-29 08:01:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1165	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, OBAMA'S 100 DAYs [...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "The U.S. conducts hundreds of special investigations on China every year" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(04/30): These reports focus on the national security of the U.S. It is believed that the purpose of th [...]	2009-04-30 08:21:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1169	PRC SCHOLARS SHARE VIEWS ON AFRICOM, SOMALIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: China "shares African concerns" about U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM)'s perceived "militarization" of U.S. policy in Africa, according to two Chinese scholars on Africa. Our contacts expressed skepticism about the effectiveness of prosecuting Somali pirates and urged the United St [...]	2009-04-30 09:26:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	CG CH MARR MOPS PGOV PREL SO EINV
09BEIJING1170	APRIL 30 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK, Visas, Japan, Visits [...] Key points at the April 30 MFA press briefing: -- China hopes that all parties involved can safeguard the Six-Party Talks. China and Japan are both willing to increase communication and coordination for peace and prosperity in East Asia and the world. -- Foreign reports that China is tigh [...]	2009-04-30 09:30:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MNUC CH JA FR KN KS SP MX
09BEIJING1261	CHINA/RUSSIA: FM YANG'S VISIT TO MOSCOW REAFFIRMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: China and Russia share a common interest in a multi-polar world and "democratization of international relations," but the China-Russia strategic partnership is "not an alliance and not directed at a third country," according to an MFA official. The official said China and Russia [...]	2009-05-11 08:56:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ENRG EWWT EPET MARR CH RS AF
09BEIJING1295	PRC: NEW MFA BOUNDARY AND OCEAN AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT [...] (C) The recently-established MFA Department of Boundary and Ocean Affairs would focus more on technical and legal issues than on policy matters, including providing advice on incidents involving USNS vessels in the South and East China seas, Maritime Delimitation Division Director Yang Li told [...]	2009-05-14 09:05:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PHSA PREL PGOV ECON CH TW XC
09BEIJING1335	TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 13 [...] (U) As of May 18, there are three confirmed cases of H1N1 on Mainland China. China's Ministry of Health (MOH) announced on May 16 the first confirmed case of infection of influenza A(H1N1)in Beijing Municipality. There are two other confirmed H1N1 cases on Mainland China (REF D and F). Hong K [...]	2009-05-18 10:43:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1347	MEDIA REACTION: A/H1N1, CHINESE SPY, FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] A/H1N1 "The domestic increase of the A/H1N1 virus in Japan shocks neighboring countries" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(05/19): "Yesterday, Japan confirmed that the number of A/H1N1 cases in Japan has increased to 139. Both China [...]	2009-05-19 09:08:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1361	MEDIA REACTION: ISRAEL, A/H1N1, RUSSIA [...] ISRAEL "Obama urges Israel to accept this historic opportunity for peace" The official intellectual publication Guangming Daily (Guangming Ribao) (05/20): "It was said that Obama's main goal for this meeting was to send a message to Netanyahu demanding that Israel not surprise the U.S. wit [...]	2009-05-20 08:25:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1397	MAY 26 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK Nuclear Test, Tiananmen [...] Key points at the May 26 MFA press briefing: -- The Chinese government is "firmly opposed" to North Korea's nuclear test and "strongly urges" the DPRK to honor its commitments, stop moves that edge it closer to isolation, and return to the Six-Party Talks. -- Apologizing for the "political [...]	2009-05-26 11:05:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH BM TT MY PK KN KS LT NP
09BEIJING1429	CODEL KERRY MEETING WITH NPC VICE CHAIRMAN LU [...] (SBU) China "resolutely opposed" the latest North Korean nuclear test and wanted to work with the international community to push North Korea back to the Six Party Talks said National People's Congress Vice Chairman Lu Yongxiang in a meeting with Senator John Kerry on May 26. On climate chan [...]	2009-05-29 09:04:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG KGHG CH KN KS
09BEIJING1446	SPEAKER PELOSI'S MAY 27 MEETING WITH NPC CHAIRMAN [...] (C) In a wide-ranging discussion with CODEL Pelosi on May 27, National People's Congress (NPC) Chairman Wu Bangguo applauded the state of bilateral relations, encouraged greater exchanges between the Congress and the NPC, urged greater U.S.-China collaboration on energy and climate change and [...]	2009-06-02 05:17:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OREP MARR MOPS PARM MNUC PBTS PTER PGOV
09BEIJING146	CHINA-AFGHANISTAN RELATIONS [...] (C) Afghan Embassy First Secretary Meerwais Nab told PolOffs January 14 that China and Afghanistan have good bilateral relations, but he noted Chinese concerns, including the presence of U.S. forces near the Sino-Afghan border, India's influence in Afghanistan, "elements" in Afghanistan assist [...]	2009-01-16 08:45:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KSCA PTER SNAR ETRD PK IN AF CH
09BEIJING1464	MEDIA REACTION: GEITHNER VISIT, NORTH KOREA, U.S.-CHINA [...] GEITHNER VISIT a. "Geithner explains the prospects of the fiscal deficit; while speaking, he made a concerted effort to speak in Chinese" The Shanghai-based Shanghai Media Group (SMG) publication, China Business News (Diyi Caijing)(06/02): "An expert suggests that Geithner's visit is to co [...]	2009-06-02 09:24:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING148	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. - CHINA RELATIONS, U.S. DEPLOMACY [...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS a. "To create a space for new win-win" The official Communist Party People's Daily (Renmin Ribao)(01/16): "The U.S. -China economic and trade relationship has been developing over the last 30 years. The relationship's growth has exceeded the most optimistic estimation [...]	2009-01-16 09:39:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING1492	MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA'S VISIT TO THE MIDDLE EAST, [...] OBAMA'S VISIT TO THE MIDDLE EAST "The U.S. lowers its position; this is beneficial for world peace" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(06/03): "On June 2nd, Obama began his first trip to the Middle East. His major goal is to reach a fr [...]	2009-06-04 09:09:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1557	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. DIPLOMACY, NORTH KOREA [...] U.S. DIPLOMACY "Smart Power, 3Ds, and soft diplomacy" The official Communist Party People's Daily (Renmin Ribao) (06/10): "After Obama took office, he successively visited the American States, Europe and the Middle East. In this way, he manifests an obvious difference between himself and [...]	2009-06-10 08:27:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1579	JUNE 11 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK, CLIMATE CHANGE, GITMO [...] Key points at the June 11 MFA press briefing: -- The UN Security Council (UNSC) should adopt a "responsible and balanced resolution" to promote the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and safeguard peace and stability in the region. -- China had a "positive and responsible attitude" to [...]	2009-06-11 09:32:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV AF CH GJ JA KN KS SENV
09BEIJING1620	PRC: RELEASE OF UIGHURS TO BERMUDA VIOLATES [...] (S) The U.S. decision to release four Uighur detainees from Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility to Bermuda for resettlement had "seriously violated the legitimate sovereignty and national security interests of China" and China urged the United States to withdraw its plan to hand over Uighurs hel [...]	2009-06-16 08:27:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KAWC KISL KPAO CH
09BEIJING1626	JUNE 16 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: USS JOHN MCCAIN, KIM JONG-IL [...] Key points at the June 16 MFA press briefing: -- China had "taken note" of media reports regarding a June 11th collision between a Chinese submarine and a sonar array trailed by the destroyer USS John McCain. -- The spokesperson said China was "not aware of the relevant situation" when ask [...]	2009-06-16 09:58:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV AF CH GJ JA KN KS SENV
09BEIJING165	PRC SPECIAL ENVOY LAYS OUT POSITION ON GAZA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: China's Special Envoy to the Middle East Peace Process Ambassador Sun Bigan described for PolMinCouns January 20 the five principles that China believes are necessary for progress in the Middle East Peace Process in light of the current situation in Gaza. In addition to calling [...]	2009-01-20 10:54:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM MEPP CH IS
09BEIJING1650	PRC: MFA SENIOR OFFICIAL PROTESTS RELEASE OF [...] (S) China firmly opposed the transfer of Chinese citizen Uighur detainees at Guantanamo to a third nation, Chinese MFA Assistant Foreign Minister Wu Hongbo informed the Charge during a strongly-worded demarche June 17. U.S. attempts to "justify itself" were not welcomed and continuing to appro [...]	2009-06-17 23:05:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KAWC KISL KPAO CH PS UK
09BEIJING1659	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA MILITARY RELATIONS, BRIC SUMMIT, [...] U.S.-CHINA MILITARY RELATIONS "U.S. and China need to regulate their behavior in the South China Sea" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao) (06/18): "Technically speaking, the 'intimate contact' between the U.S. de [...]	2009-06-18 08:43:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1698	PRC: SCHOLARS DOWNPLAY POSSIBILITY OF HIGH-PROFILE [...] (C) The United States "should not expect too much" from China in terms of high-profile advocacy of potentially controversial or unpopular strategies associated with the United States, particularly in Pakistan, Chinese academic contacts told the U.S. Embassy in recent weeks. They described PRC [...]	2009-06-22 10:36:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PTER NATO MOPS MARR EAID CH PK AF
09BEIJING177	EU'S TAKE ON THE SINO-EU STRATEGIC DIALOGUE: [...] (C) Summary: In contrast to previous years, the January 19 Sino-EU Strategic Dialogue was surprisingly productive, according to the Czech Embassy. After an initial Chinese diatribe on Tibet, the remainder of the dialogue was open, friendly, and "more than just talking points." Though the fo [...]	2009-01-21 09:14:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KIRF XG EZ TW CH
09BEIJING1821	2009 U.S.-CHINA DEFENSE CONSULTATIVE TALKS (DCT), [...] (C) During the first session of the 10th U.S.-PRC Defense Consultative Talks (DCT) held June 23-24 2009 in Beijing, both the U.S. and the People's Liberation Army (PLA) delegations affirmed that presidents of the two countries had charged them with improving the military-to-military relations [...]	2009-07-01 00:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MOPS CH TW
09BEIJING1822	2009 U.S.-CHINA DEFENSE CONSULTATIVE TALKS (DC), [...] (C) The U.S. policy of conducting surveillance in China's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) reflects a Cold War mentality and should be stopped, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) delegation maintained during the second session of Defense Consultative Talks (DCT) June 23, 2009. U.S. surveillance [...]	2009-07-01 00:43:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MOPS CH TW
09BEIJING1823	2009 U.S.-CHINA DEFENSE CONSULTATIVE TALKS: ASIA [...] (S) China appreciates and shares the concerns of the United States, Japan and South Korea regarding the North Korean nuclear test, Deputy Chief of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) General Staff Lieutenant General Ma Xiaotian told Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (USDP) Michele Flournoy [...]	2009-07-01 00:59:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PARM MOPS CH TW
09BEIJING1826	2009 U.S.-CHINA DEFENSE CONSULTATIVE TALKS (DCT), [...] (C) During a discussion on advancing the U.S.-PRC Dialogue on Nuclear Policy and Strategy as part of the 10th U.S.-China Defense Consultative Talks (DCT),Lieutenant General Ma Xiaotian responded to a U.S. presentation on the Defense Department's Nuclear Posture Review (NPR),Ballistic Missil [...]	2009-07-01 01:16:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MOPS CH TW
09BEIJING1827	2009 U.S.-PRC DEFENSE CONSULTATIVE TALKS (DCT) [...] (S) Summary: Lieutenant General Ma Xiaotian, Deputy Chief of the PLA General Staff, stretched what was to be a sixty minute Small Group session with Ms. Michele Flournoy, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (USDP),into ninety minutes, and focused his remarks on objecting to U.S. arms sales [...]	2009-07-01 01:20:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PARM MOPS CH TW
09BEIJING1835	2009 U.S.-CHINA DEFENSE CONSULTATIVE TALKS (DCT), [...] (C) During U.S.-China Defense Consultative Talks June 24, 2009, Michele Flournoy, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (USDP) presented the U.S. perspective on the situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan, stressing the importance of China's role in the region. PRC military officials perceived [...]	2009-07-01 06:14:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MOPS EAID IR AF PK
09BEIJING1876	MFA DEMARCHE ON XINJIANG UNREST [...] (C) PRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Department Director General Zheng Zeguang met with Charge d,Affaires Robert Goldberg at 2140 on the evening of July 6 to deliver a briefing and demarche on the July 5 unrest in Urumqi. The demarche was similar in content to July 6 Xinhua press rele [...]	2009-07-07 11:02:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM CH
09BEIJING1877	JULY 7 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: XINJIANG, RUSSIA [...] Key points at the July 7 MFA press briefing: - Regarding the events in Xinjiang, MFA spokesperson Qin said that the "facts could not be clearer" and that an "evil crime" had taken place that some people called a "peaceful demonstration." Qin said that these people were cowards and "totally l [...]	2009-07-07 11:38:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV CH RS
09BEIJING1969	PRC SCHOLARS URGE QUICK ASSISTANCE FOR IDPS; WARY [...] (C) State Council-affiliated academics told Embassy officers that recent progress on counter-terrorism efforts in Pakistan could collapse if the basic needs of IDPs resulting from military operations were not addressed quickly. According to Chinese scholars, mistrust of U.S. military intention [...]	2009-07-13 10:07:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PTER NATO MOPS MARR EAID CH PK AF
09BEIJING1973	INDONESIAN FM VISIT TO BEIJING [...] (C) Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda's July 1-3 trip to Beijing concentrated mainly on positive aspects of Sino-Indonesia ties, including signing of an extradition treaty, and further development of the strategic partnership, according to MFA and Indonesian Embassy contacts. However [...]	2009-07-13 10:54:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD ENRG EFIN PBTS MARR ID CH
09BEIJING1992	JULY 14 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: XINJIANG UNREST, THREATS OF [...] Key points at the July 14 MFA press briefing: -- The spokesperson emphasized the fact that since "most of the dead" were Han and a "small number" were from ethnic minorities in the recent July 5 incident in Urumqi, there was "no such thing as ethnic genocide." -- When asked about threats b [...]	2009-07-14 12:45:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MNUC CH AS RS TU
09BEIJING200	January 22 MFA Press Briefing: President Obama's Inaugural [...] Key points at the January 22 MFA Press Briefing: -- MFA Spokesperson was "not aware" of President Obama's inaugural speech having been censored when broadcast on Chinese media, adding that the media in China enjoyed their "own editing right." -- China hopes the "relevant parties" will adher [...]	2009-01-22 10:31:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD CH KN FR IR XF BM
09BEIJING2004	TRAFFIC CONTROLS REMAIN IN URUMQI UIGHUR QUARTER [...] (C) Embassy officers in Urumqi reported continued high security, including traffic controls, in the Uighur sections of the city July 15. About 50 percent of businesses in the Uighur quarter were closed, including large markets and bazaars. Uighurs remained fearful of being seen speaking at l [...]	2009-07-15 10:53:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PROP PTER CH
09BEIJING2038	CHINA URGES USG TO "RESTRICT" KADEER, DEATH TOLL [...] (C) Ministry of Public Security Vice Minister Liu Jing, in a July 17 meeting with FBI Director Robert Mueller, argued that the July 5 riot in Urumqi was a "terrorist activity," claiming that rioters were "professional and well-trained." The Director said outside observers will only be convinced [...]	2009-07-17 10:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PROP PHUM CH
09BEIJING2041	XINJIANG: PRC SCRAMBLES TO AVOID ANTI-ISLAM IMAGE [...] (C) According to Beijing-based diplomats, PRC officials scrambled in the wake of the July 5 violence in Xinjiang to head off potential anti-Chinese reactions in the Muslim world by urging governments from majority-Muslim countries to refrain from official statements and control their media's p [...]	2009-07-17 11:41:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL CH ID EG TU
09BEIJING2053	CHU AND LOCKE TALK CLEAN ENERGY WITH CHINA'S STATE GRID [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu and Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke met with State Grid President Liu Zhenya on July 16 to discuss clean energy. State Grid is China's largest transmission and distribution company, serving nearly one billion people. The company has pioneered ul [...]	2009-07-20 06:57:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KGHG ECON SENV PGOV CH
09BEIJING2083	JULY 21 XINJIANG SITREP [...] (C) Emboffs in Urumqi heard of no unrest or violent incidents during the course of July 21. The People's Armed Police (PAP) presence throughout the Han and ethnically mixed areas of the city continued to decline. Foot traffic in these areas continues to visibly increase day by day. Several m [...]	2009-07-21 10:34:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CH
09BEIJING2084	CHINA URGES FBI DIRECTOR TO RESTRICT UIGHUR GROUPS [...] (C) MFA Vice Minister Zhang Zhijun, in a July 17 meeting with FBI Director Robert S. Muller, called on the United States to restrict the activities of Uighur "terrorist and separatist" groups operating on U.S. soil. Zhang also raised the Guantanamo Uighur detainees and urged the USG to step u [...]	2009-07-21 10:43:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER CH
09BEIJING2122	(C)CHINESE REACT NEGATIVELY TO WEBB HEARING [...] (C) The DG for the new MFA Department of Boundary and Ocean Affairs called in the Charge on July 24 to protest comments made by senior U.S. officials about Chinese claims to the South China Sea (SCS). The DG reiterated Chinese sovereignty claims and urged the United States to "control" U.S. o [...]	2009-07-24 10:58:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS CH
09BEIJING2141	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA S&ED DIALOGUE, NORTH KOREA, THE [...] U.S.-CHINA S&ED DIALOGUE "The first round of the U.S.-China S&ED will start with a good opening" The official Communist Party People's Daily (Renmin Ribao) (07/27): "The first round of the S&ED symbolizes the new era and structure of the U.S.-China relationship. The dialogue has three c [...]	2009-07-27 08:46:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR PREL ECON CH
09BEIJING2177	PRC/RUSSIA: MFA, SCHOLARS DOWNPLAY IMPACT OF [...] (C) In response to the closure by Moscow authorities of the Cherkizovsky market, the largest Chinese market in Russia (reftel),China's state-controlled media was uncharacteristically critical of Russia's "heavy handed" actions, and the issue generated commentary among Chinese bloggers complai [...]	2009-07-30 10:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN ENRG EWWT EPET MARR CH RS
09BEIJING2196	CHINA 2009 INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified -- it contains business proprietary information and is not for distribution to the public. 2. (SBU) In response to ref A, this cable provides updated information on investment and expropriation claims in China and includes input from the Econo [...]	2009-08-03 08:33:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV
09BEIJING2198	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. EAST ASIAN POLICY, S&ED, NORTH KOREA [...] U.S. EAST ASIAN POLICY "Three major changes in the U.S.'s East Asian policy" The official Communist Party People's Daily (Renmin Ribao) (08/03): "Two recent moves by the United States show that the U.S.'s attitude towards the integration of East Asia is changing. First, the U.S. signed a [...]	2009-08-03 08:55:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2224	PRC:"WILL DO WHAT IT CAN" FOR SOMALIA [...] (SBU) Poloff conveyed August 4 to MFA African Department East Africa Desk Officer Zheng Minjuan reftel points requesting that China contribute additional support to Somalia in light of the recent agreement signed between the Transitional Federal Government(TFG) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) [...]	2009-08-05 11:25:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER EAID KPKO SO
09BEIJING2382	MEDIA REACTION: THE MIDDLE EAST, NORTH KOREA, TAIWAN [...] THE MIDDLE EAST "The U.S., Russia, and the EU start another round of chess in the Middle East" (pg 3) The official Communist Party People's Daily (Renmin Ribao) (08/18): "Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's meeting with U.S. leaders will play a key role in the Middle East Peace Process. T [...]	2009-08-18 09:12:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2467	China Considers Restrictions on Strategic [...] (SBU) Begin Summary: ChinaQs Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has drafted a report recommending more stringent restrictions on the export of rare earth metals and further consolidation in the rare earth mining sector over the next six years, according to Chinese media. S [...]	2009-08-28 09:36:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ENRG EMIN EIND SENV CH AS
09BEIJING2477	MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S SECURITY, CCI CORPORATE BRIBERY [...] CHINA'S SECURITY "Volatile situation in areas neighboring China tests China's response capability" (pg 4) The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao) (08/31): "China's rise will face greater challenges if the security en [...]	2009-08-31 09:07:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2479	SUGGESTED AGENDA AND CHINESE PARTICIPANT LIST FOR [...] (C) Summary. On August 31 MFA External Security Division Director Xia Jingge provided PolOffs with MFA-suggested changes to the draft agenda for the September 14-15 U.S.-China Inter-Agency Counterterrorism Subdialogue, the list of Chinese participants, and an overview of the sensitive issues [...]	2009-08-31 09:17:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CH

09BEIJING2490	SEPTEMBER 1 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: BURMA BORDER, NORTH KOREA, [...] Key points at the September 1 MFA press briefing: -- China hoped that the Burmese Government would properly handle its domestic issue and guarantee the safety of Chinese citizens and their property in that country. -- The Burmese Government had apologized to China for Chinese casualties, t [...]	2009-09-01 10:17:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MNUC CH AS RS CO KN TU
09BEIJING2526	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FM YANG JIECHI: [...] (C) Summary: In his first meeting with Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, the Ambassador expressed his and President Obama's hope to keep the U.S.-China relationship moving in a positive direction and focused on major issues of mutual concern. FM Yang noted the positive tone set by Presidents Hu [...]	2009-09-02 10:05:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EFIN MARR SENV CH KN IR
09BEIJING26	January 6 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: MIDDLE EAST, SOMALI PIRACY, [...] Key points at the January 6 MFA press briefing: -- China has told "relevant parties" to "stop military action" in the Middle East. -- Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao fishing vessels can apply for protection from the Chinese naval flotilla in the sea off Somalia through appropriate channels. [...]	2009-01-06 11:38:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM EWWT CH TW IS
09BEIJING2645	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. TARIFFS ON CHINESE TIRE IMPORTS [...] U.S. TARIFFS ON CHINESE TIRE IMPORTS "Let trade retaliation become China's weapon" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(09/15)(pg 15): "The Chinese people support China's retaliatory measures against the U.S., and believe China has the [...]	2009-09-15 08:56:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2660	AMBASSADOR BADER AND FM YANG DISCUSS THE [...] (C) Summary: In a September 15 meeting with NSC Senior Director for Asian Affairs Ambassador Jeffrey Bader, Foreign Minister Yang was upbeat on the overall trend in U.S.-China relations. Ambassador Bader outlined his expectations for the planned November travel of President Obama to China, o [...]	2009-09-16 15:09:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EFIN MARR SENV CH KN IR
09BEIJING2720	SEPTEMBER 22 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: UIGHUR LEADER, JOURNALITS [...] Key points at the September 22 MFA press briefing: -- Dolkun Isa, the Uighur leader recently refused entry into South Korea, was suspected of various crimes and wanted by Chinese and international police -- The MFA passed along the concerns of Kyodo journalists who said they had been beate [...]	2009-09-22 23:18:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM MNUC PARM SENV CH KN KS JP RS
09BEIJING2753	UIGHUR BUSINESSWOMAN DESCRIBES XINJIANG REGION [...] (S) Summary: A Uighur businesswoman and author, who is also a staff member of the Xinjiang Region Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, described mass detentions of Uighurs in the wake of the early-July ethnic violence in Urumqi. She described how she was almost detained August [...]	2009-09-24 09:52:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PHUM PGOV KIRF CH
09BEIJING2755	SEPTEMBER 24 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN SANCTIONS, G-20 [...] Key points at the September 24 MFA press briefing: -- Sanctions on Iran "are not the way out" and China urges all parties to resolve the nuclear issue through dialogue. -- President Hu will give an important speech at the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh on September 25. -- Planning continues f [...]	2009-09-24 23:16:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM MNUC PARM CH KS JP IR
09BEIJING2810	AF/PAK: PRC VIEWS ON COOPERATION WITH U.S., [...] (C) Summary: PRC distrust in U.S. strategic intentions in South Asia and the PRC's stove-piped bureaucracy impede China's willingness to coordinate efforts with the United States on Afghanistan and Pakistan, according to Chinese scholars at two government-affiliated think tanks. To overcome [...]	2009-09-30 10:16:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID MARR KDEM AF IN PK CH BM
09BEIJING2837	MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA'S VISIT TO CHINA, NATIONAL ENDOWMENT [...] OBAMA'S VISIT TO CHINA "Obama will visit China for four days during his eight-day trip to Asia" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(10/09)(pg 16): "According to a Global Times poll on October 8, Chinese netizens are not very enthusiast [...]	2009-10-09 09:43:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2863	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. POLICY, NORTH KOREA, CHINA-JAPAN [...] U.S. POLICY "Looking into the hidden truth about Obama's first Asia trip" Elite Reference (Qingnian Cankao),a newspaper affiliated with the official Communist Youth League China Youth Daily (10/13)(pg 14): "On Obama's first trip to Asia, his attendance at the U.S.-ASEAN summit in Singapo [...]	2009-10-14 09:07:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2866	SUBJECT: SCHOLAR SAYS PRC EFFORTS TO CURB OVERSEAS [...] (C) Summary: PRC efforts to curb Chinese dissident activities abroad are directly proportional to PRC perceptions of influence of the countries involved, according to a Chinese scholar. For example, China will take some action should its demands that no "controversial" figures attend the Oct [...]	2009-10-14 09:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CH EZ LO GE SCUL
09BEIJING2870	PRC: A/S CAMPBELL'S MEETING WITH VFM HE YAFEI [...] (S) Summary: China appreciates that President Obama plans to spend three days in China and hopes the visit will produce concrete results, China's Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei told EAP A/S Campbell October 13. China also hopes for a joint statement that will send a positive message that the [...]	2009-10-14 11:14:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR KNNP MNUC SENV APEC KN KS CH
09BEIJING2897	READOUT OF PRC-JAPAN-ROK TRILAT SUMMIT [...] (C) The Second PRC-Japan-ROK trilateral summit held in Beijing on October 10 focused primarily on the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and a pledge to work towards a successful Copenhagen climate change conference, according to our contacts at the Japanese and ROK embassies in Beijing. [...]	2009-10-16 09:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PGOV ECON MNUC SENV CH JA KN KS
09BEIJING2910	MEDIA REACTION: CONGRESSIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT, OBAMA [...] CONGRESSIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT "Chinese Foreign Minister asks the U.S. to stop interfering in China's internal affairs" Elite Reference (Qingnian Cankao),a newspaper affiliated to the official Communist Youth League China Youth Daily (10/20) (pg 1): "Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesper [...]	2009-10-20 10:21:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2933	PRC/IRAN: SCHOLARS ON TEHRAN'S VIEWS ON NUCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: A senior Middle East specialist at a well-connected think-tank reported that Iranian diplomats in Beijing were seeking ways to push Tehran to negotiate with the P5-plus-1 but want to do so through cutouts, such as scholars. Beijing-based Iranian diplomats hoped that China would [...]	2009-10-22 12:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
09BEIJING2934	OCTOBER 22 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: PIRATES, CHINA-INDIA, REBIYA [...] Key points at the October 22 MFA press briefing: -- The Chinese Government remained concerned about the security of the 25 member crew of the De Xin Hai and an "all-out rescue effort" was ongoing. -- China and India were both emerging countries and had common interests that would benefit f [...]	2009-10-22 00:54:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PARM CH IR IS AF IN JA
09BEIJING2968	DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S SEPT 29, 2009 [...] (SBU) September 29, 2009; 2:30 p.m.; Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Beijing 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Amb. Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., Embassy Beijing Joseph Donovan, EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Rear Admiral Charles Leidig, Joint Chiefs of S [...]	2009-10-26 00:42:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP STEINBERG JAMES PREL MNUC ECON KS KN
09BEIJING3001	CHINESE SPECIAL ENVOY TALKS IRAN, MIDDLE EAST WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 26 meeting with PRC Special Envoy to the Middle East Wu Sike, Senior Director for the Central Region Dennis Ross underscored the high priority that the United States placed on the pursuit of peace in the Middle East and on resolution of the Iran nuclear issue. Both [...]	2009-10-30 10:01:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MNUC OVIP ENRG PGOV CH IR IS
09BEIJING3005	PRC/INDIA: CORDIAL HIGH-LEVEL TALKS VEIL [...] (C) Summary: Contrary to recent media reports, the October 24 meeting between Indian PM Manmohan Singh and PRC Premier Wen Jiabao on the sidelines of the East Asian Summit were cordial and addressed the ongoing bilateral border dispute without acrimony, according to an Indian diplomat who att [...]	2009-10-30 11:15:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EINV ETRD PREL CH IN
09BEIJING3018	MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN, U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC RELATIONS, EAST [...] TAIWAN "Taiwan suspects U.S. arms sales tricks" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(11/02)(pg 3): "Hou Xiaohe, an associate professor at China's National Defense University, argued that in order to avoid angering [...]	2009-11-02 09:01:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3082	MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA'S VISIT TO ASIA, CHINA'S DIPLOMACY, [...] OBAMA'S VISIT TO ASIA "A look at Obama's Asia trip" The official Communist Party People's Daily Overseas Edition (Renmin Ribao Haiwaiban)(11/10)(pg 6): "Obama's decision to visit East Asia at a time when the U.S. economy is in recession, various domestic reforms are facing obstacles, and [...]	2009-11-11 23:05:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3121	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S VISIT TO JAPAN AND CHINA [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-16 08:56:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3124	BEIJING HOUSE CHURCH FINDS TEMPORARY MEETING [...] (C) Summary: The Beijing municipal government and Shouwang house church leaders reached an agreement for the church to rent a temporary meeting space for its November 15 service. PolOff visited the site of the November 15 service and observed no confrontations between worshipers and surveill [...]	2009-11-16 10:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF CH
09BEIJING3138	NOVEMBER 19 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: OPPOSITION TO JEWISH [...] Key points at the November 19 MFA press briefing: -- China opposes Israel's plans to build new Jewish settlements in East Jerusalem, viewing the move as likely to undermine trust and security in the region. -- The decision not to accept journalist questions following the meeting between P [...]	2009-11-19 11:53:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PHSA CH IS KN AF IN VM JA
09BEIJING3213	PRC NOMINEE TO THE SECRETARY'S 2010 INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) Embassy Beijing is pleased to nominate Guo Jianmei for the 2010 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. In her long battle to provide Chinese women with equal rights, protections and opportunities, Guo Jianmei has established herself as a trailblazer and first-generation wom [...]	2009-12-01 15:28:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PHUM PREL KPAO
09BEIJING3237	DECEMBER 3, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CLIMATE CHANGE, [...] Key points at the December 3 MFA press briefing were: -- China believes developing countries such as China and India do not have an "obligation" to binding initial carbon reduction targets. -- China hopes to cooperate and sustain the momentum on dialogue with the United States regarding Ce [...]	2009-12-03 11:32:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM MNUC MARR SENV CH AF IR CA RS
09BEIJING3239	DECEMBER 3, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CLIMATE CHANGE, SOUTH [...] Key points at the December 3 MFA press briefing were: -- China believes developing countries such as China and India do not have an "obligation" to binding initial carbon reduction targets. -- China hopes to cooperate and sustain the momentum on dialogue with the United States regarding So [...]	2009-12-04 03:03:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM MNUC MARR SENV CH AF IR CA RS
09BEIJING3252	PRC SCHOLAR ON IRAN, RUSSIA, CENTRAL ASIA, SCO, [...] (C) Summary: A well-connected scholar of Russian and Central Asian studies argued that China would not alter its basic position on the Iran nuclear issue in response to an apparent Russian shift in approach, because PRC leadership understands that Russia's change is in tone only, Russia's und [...]	2009-12-04 10:07:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN ENRG EWWT EPET MARR CH AF IR
09BEIJING3287	COMPETING PERCEPTIONS OF PRC ACTIVITIES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: PRC contacts define Chinese interests in Afghanistan within the context of China's international image, security requirements, commercial goals and bilateral relationships with key countries. Afghan Embassy contacts here lament the PRC's narrow focus on projects in Afghanistan t [...]	2009-12-09 14:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	AF CH EAID MARR NATO PARM PK PREL PTER
09BEIJING3313	UNDER SECRETARY BURNS MEETING WITH CCID DIRECTOR [...] (C) Under Secretary Burns met with Director of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee International Liaison Department (CCID) Wang Jiarui December 9 to discuss U.S.-China cooperation on North Korea and Iran. Wang said that the "ideal outcome" of Special Representative for North Korea Polic [...]	2009-12-11 10:22:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MNUC PGOV KN IR CH
09BEIJING332	FEBRUARY 10 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SECRETARY VISIT, MIDDLE [...] Key points at the February 10 MFA Press Briefing: -- China hopes Secretary Clinton's visit will "strengthen dialogue, increase mutual trust, broaden cooperation and push China-U.S. relations on a track of healthy and stable development." -- China "hopes U.S. Middle East policy can help ease [...]	2009-02-10 23:11:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM SENV CH CA FR IR XF IT SA
09BEIJING3323	DAS SHEAR DISCUSSES AF/PAK WITH MFA [...] (C) SUMMARY: China welcomes a "constructive" U.S. role in South Asia as well as continued dialogue and coordination with the United States regarding South Asia, an MFA official told DAS Shear December 10. Responding to DAS Shear's suggestion of areas for possible U.S.-PRC cooperation in Afgh [...]	2009-12-14 09:16:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PTER NATO MARR EAID CH PK AF
09BEIJING3332	U.S.-CHINA WORKING GROUP ON SOUTH ASIAN AFFAIRS [...] (C) In U.S.-China consultations on South Asia in Beijing November 11, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Ministry of Public Security (MPS),and Ministry of Finance and Commerce (MOFCOM) expressed a preliminary willingness to cooperate with the United States on reconstruction and develo [...]	2009-12-15 03:51:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID SNAR EINV PARM PTER ECON MASS
09BEIJING3398	MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE CHANGE, AFGHANISTAN, CHINA-CENTRAL [...] CLIMATE CHANGE a. "Climate change poses a threat to global security" The official Communist Youth League China Youth Daily (Zhongguo Qingnianbao)(12/18)(pg 10): "Climate change poses a greater threat to the world than terrorism. This is not just an alarmist view since climate change wil [...]	2009-12-18 09:48:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3489	DECEMBER 29, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: AMCIT IN NORTH KOREA, [...] Key points at the December 29 MFA press briefing were: -- China hopes the U.S. will uphold the larger issue of stability on the Korean Peninsula when addressing US citizen Robert Park's detention in North Korea. -- The execution of UK citizen Akmal Shaikh for drug smuggling, despite claims [...]	2009-12-29 10:51:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PARM PHSA PTER CH BM KN IS
09BEIJING425	CHINA ANNOUNCES MACHINERY INDUSTRY SUPPORT PLAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. China's State Council announced February 4 a plan to support China's machinery industry, part of the government's campaign to bolster the country's slowing economy. The plan aims to support the domestic machinery industry and reduce reliance on imported parts without running aw [...]	2009-02-19 05:27:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND EMIN ECON CH
09BEIJING431	FEBRUARY 19 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CLIMATE CHANGE, SECRETARY'S [...] Key points at the February 19 MFA Press Briefing: -- China "takes a positive attitude towards strengthening cooperation" on climate change and would "like to work with the United States." -- Good relations between the United States and China are "conducive to peace and stability" and in th [...]	2009-02-19 10:00:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM SENV CH KS PK
09BEIJING477	BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON SINO-FRENCH [...] (C) At the regular meeting of G-5 Ambassadors in Beijing February 20, French Ambassador Herve Ladsous reported that a sequence of events is being taken to repair Sino-French relations and that several visits are planned in the near future to that end but no apologies would be forthcoming. The [...]	2009-02-25 06:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON CH FR JA GM UK
09BEIJING499	February 26 MFA Press Briefing: Human Rights Report, [...] Key points at the February 26 MFA press briefing: -- Responding to a question on the U.S. Department of State Human Rights Report, the MFA spokesman said China "attached great importance" to human rights, had made "constant progress" on human rights and "fully protected religious freedom." C [...]	2009-02-26 09:48:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KS KN EU RS JA SW PK IN CH
09BEIJING509	CHINA: 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) Please find post's contribution to the 2009 Trafficking in Persons Report. Paragraph designations are keyed to reftel A questions China's TIP Situation --------------------- A. The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) serves as our main source for information on TIP related statist [...]	2009-02-27 07:38:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SMIG KTIP KCRM KWMN CH
09BEIJING570	CHINA MISSION 2009 SPECIAL 301 RECOMMENDATION [...] (U) This cable responds to Ref A seeking Post input for the annual 2009 Special 301 Review. 2. (SBU) Post recommends that China continue to be placed on the Priority Watch List with Section 306 monitoring. A World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement panel on January 26, 2009 found [...]	2009-03-05 06:00:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EIND KIPR ECON CH
09BEIJING592	CHINA/AUSTRALIA: CHINALCO,S RIO TINTO BID: A [...] (C) The state-owned Aluminum Corporation of China (Chinalco) announced February 12 a USD 19.5 billion bid for a bigger stake in select assets of Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto, in which it is already the largest shareholder (Refs A and B). If approved, the deal would be the largest-e [...]	2009-03-09 02:56:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	AS CH ECON EINV EIND EMIN ETRD PGOV
09BEIJING606	CHINA STANDING BY ON AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN [...] (C) Chinese eyes are focused intently on U.S. plans for, and action in, Afghanistan and Pakistan, an area the Chinese see as a dangerously unstable, interconnected threat to Chinese security - but one that they are uncertain about how to address. China has mixed feelings about U.S. involvement [...]	2009-03-09 11:49:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KSCA PTER SNAR PARM ETRD PK IN AF CH
09BEIJING607	FOREIGN MINISTER YANG JIECHI HOLDS NPC PRESS CONFERENCE [...] Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi outlined China's foreign policy priorities in a March 7 press conference held on the margins of the ongoing National People's Congress (NPC). U.S.-China relations are "off to a good start" under the new Obama administration, Yang said, noting there currently is an [...]	2009-03-09 12:32:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON ETRD EFIN PHUM ENRG CH TW XA RS KN KS
09BEIJING623	CHINA/RUSSIA: LOANS-FOR-OIL DEAL STILL IN THE PIPELINE [...] (C) After months of negotiations, China and Russia appear closer to reaching an agreement on the expansion of the East Siberia-Pacific Ocean (ESPO) Pipeline to northeast China. A USD 25 billion oil-for-loans agreement announced in mid-February will, if finalized, provide much-needed liquidity [...]	2009-03-11 07:19:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET EINV EFIN CH RS
09BEIJING625	CHINA/RUSSIA: OIL-FOR-LOANS DEAL STILL IN THE [...] (C) After months of negotiations, China and Russia appear closer to reaching an agreement on the expansion of the East Siberia-Pacific Ocean (ESPO) Pipeline to northeast China. A USD 25 billion oil-for-loans agreement announced in mid-February will, if finalized, provide much-needed liquidity [...]	2009-03-11 07:35:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET EFIN CH RS
09BEIJING713	March 19 MFA Press Briefing: The Impeccable, AmCits on the [...] Key points at the March 19 MFA press briefing: -- The United States violated Chinese and International Law by conducting activities in China's Exclusive Economic Zone. -- China is investigating the incident involving American Citizens on the DPRK border. -- Ambassador Wu Sike, the Chines [...]	2009-03-19 23:00:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EFIN MARR MASS PHUM CH KS KN FR JA ES
09BEIJING755	U.S.HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATE PRESSES 60TH ANNIVERSARY [...] (C) Well-known human rights advocate and Dui Hua Foundation head John Kamm (AmCit, please protect) is urging China to implement a special pardon to mark the 60th anniversary of the PRC's founding, Kamm told human rights officials from 16 foreign missions in Beijing in a March 12 meeting. Kamm [...]	2009-03-23 10:02:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CH NO
09BEIJING781	CHINA SEEKS REDUCTION IN SURVEILLANCE SHIP [...] (C) Summary: Asking the United States to focus on the importance of a successful G-20 meeting in London and the overall bilateral relationship, MFA DG for North American and Oceanian Affairs Zheng Zeguang formally protested a perceived increase in U.S. Navy surveillance activity in China's Ex [...]	2009-03-25 12:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR PGOV CH
09BEIJING858	MARCH 31 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: HACKING, NORTH KOREAN ROCKET, [...] Key points at the March 31 MFA press briefing: -- China "resolutely opposes the damaging of computer networks including through hacking." -- "Relevant parties should stay calm, exercise restraint and do more to ensure peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and in East Asia." -- Afg [...]	2009-03-31 23:05:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM EINT CH KS KN JA AF FR IN AS NZ VE
09BEIJING885	APRIL 2 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: U.S.-CHINA SUMMIT, DPRK [...] Key points at the April 2 MFA press briefing: -- President Hu Jintao "explained China's principled position" on the March 8 USNS Impeccable incident in the South China Sea to President Barack Obama. Both sides were committed to promoting continued development of bilateral military-to-militar [...]	2009-04-03 00:04:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH KS KN JA FR IN VE
09BEIJING908	SINO-BURMESE ECONOMIC RELATIONS - PIPELINES NOT [...] (SBU0 Chinese scholars seemed unconcerned with the political situation in Burma and focused primarily on the economic relationship between the two countries during recent meetings with EmbOffs. The high cost of food and energy in Burma is inflaming the country's volatile political situation a [...]	2009-04-07 01:23:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG BM CH
09BEIJING97	CHINA-JAPAN DISPUTE OVER EAST CHINA SEA UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Although Japan disputes China's assertion of its right to develop the Tianwaitian gas field in the East China Sea and has raised concerns at the highest level, the dispute is unlikely to derail Sino-Japanese relations, according to a Japanese Embassy contact in Beijing. Our sour [...]	2009-01-13 06:41:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET ECON CH KN KS JA
09BEIJING973	CHINESE OFFICIAL ON DPRK, AF/PAK, SNED [...] (C) Summary: A senior MFA official claimed the UNSC's Presidential Statement responding to the DPRK's missile launch as a win for Sino-U.S. cooperation and said China would play up the fact that it was not a resolution in discussions with the North Koreans on the need to rejoin the Six-Party T [...]	2009-04-13 10:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM UNSC PTER KN KS JA AF PK CH
09BEIJING982	FM YANG AND CODEL MCCAIN DISCUSS BILATERAL [...] (C) PRC Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi told CODEL McCain April 9 that U.S.-China relations were enjoying a "new spirit" of positive relations anchored by cooperation on global and regional concerns of mutual interest, and sought assurances that Congress would show "understanding" on Taiwan, Tibe [...]	2009-04-14 09:51:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SENV ETRD PBTS PHUM MNUC EWWT CH
09BEIJING996	PRC/DPRK: AMBASSADOR YANG HOULAN DISCUSSES [...] (C) Ambassador for Korean Peninsula Issues Yang Houlan told Staffdel Jannuzi April 15 that China was happy with its close coordination with Washington in the UN Security Council and the Six-Party Talks. Beijing sent several messages to Pyongyang trying to dissuade North Korea from conducting a [...]	2009-04-15 10:47:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP KN KS CH
09BEIRUT1001	LEBANON TO VOTE AS NORMAL IN UPCOMING UNGA [...] (C) As requested in reftel, poloff delivered points on the UN General Assembly (UNGA) to Majdi Ramadan, U.S. desk officer at the Lebanese MFA. Because government formation is ongoing, Ramadan predicted that Lebanon would likely not take any initiatives during the UNGA except competing for a r [...]	2009-09-09 13:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM UNGA UNSC LE
09BEIRUT1023	IMF MISSION IN BEIRUT EVALUATES SECOND QUARTER [...] (SBU) On September 10, Domenico Fanizza, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Division Chief for Middle East and Central Asia, met with caretaker Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah to discuss macroeconomic performance in the second quarter of 2009. Fanizza is leading an Emergency Post-Conflict Assis [...]	2009-09-16 14:42:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EPET ETRD PGOV LE
09BEIRUT1043	LEBANESE RELIGIOUS LEADERS PESSIMISTIC ON PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a mid-September round of calls by the Ambassador, Lebanese religious leaders expressed pessimism about political progress and ruled out deconfessionalization of Lebanon's political system. Sunni Mufti Qabbani accused Hizballah of undermining the state, and his Shia counter [...]	2009-09-24 05:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KDEM SCUL KISL LE VT
09BEIRUT1053	ISRAELI COOPERATION IMPROVING, SAYS LEBANESE [...] (S) In recent trilateral meetings between the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF),UNIFIL, and the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF),the Israeli side was more cooperative and a new element of trust between the parties was present, BGen Abdulruhman Shehaitly, GOL Coordinator to UNIFIL told visiting Special [...]	2009-09-25 05:47:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PBTS KPKO MARR PREL PGOV LE IS
09BEIRUT1059	HARIRI KICKS OFF CABINET CONSULTATIONS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The unexpected visit of Syrian President al-Asad to Saudi Arabia and his meeting with Saudi King Abdullah was a "positive development," Nader Hariri, advisor to Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri, said September 25. MP Marwan Hamadeh observed that Saad Hariri is focused on aski [...]	2009-09-25 14:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINS LE
09BEIRUT1066	GOL NOT LIKELY TO MAKE STATEMENTS ABOUT IRAN'S [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-29 12:00:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KNNP MNUC LE IR
09BEIRUT110	LEBANON: NATIONAL "DIALOGUE" ACTUALLY [...] (C) Former president and Kataeb leader Amine Gemayel told the Ambassador the January 26 National Dialogue session was another opportunity to hear "very important monologues." Gemayel said his attempts in the session to push Hizballah representative MP Mohammad Raad to reveal Hizballah's "true [...]	2009-01-27 16:28:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR LE SY
09BEIRUT111	LEBANON: ASSESSMENT OF UN HUMAN RIGHTS' FIELD [...] (SBU) This is a response to reftel requesting Post's assessment of the efficacy of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) field office in Beirut. 2. (SBU) According to Fateh Azzam, regional representative for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR),the Be [...]	2009-01-27 16:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT1147	LEBANON CALLS FOR INTER-ARAB COOPERATION ON INTELLECTUAL [...] (SBU) Lebanon hosted the Fifth Regional Coordination Meeting industrial property and copyright officers in Arab countries on October 12-14, in Beirut. The workshop was organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Arab League, in cooperation with the Lebanese ministr [...]	2009-10-19 13:40:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV SOCI LE
09BEIRUT1195	DANGERS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE BIG SCREEN (ECONOMIC WEEK [...] (SBU) On October 24, an Lebanese environmental NGO, the League of Independent Activists (IndyAct),hosted a screening of the drama documentary, "The Age of Stupid," highlighting the dangers of climate change, in collaboration with the British Embassy, the American Lebanese Chamber of Commerce, [...]	2009-11-03 06:03:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECIN ECON EFIN PGOV SENV LE
09BEIRUT1205	LEBANON: 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] (SBU) Lebanon is not a major illicit drug producing or drug-transit country. The Lebanese government reported ongoing cannabis cultivation in 2009, and increased drug use particularly among the young, due to greater availability and reduced price of most drugs sold in Lebanon. During 2009, L [...]	2009-11-06 12:04:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR NAS LE
09BEIRUT1220	EU PROVIDES MORE THAN 43 MILLION EUROS TO PROMOTE REFORM [...] (SBU) The European Commission (EC) announced that it will provide Lebanon with 43 million euros in grant assistance under its 2009 Annual Action Plan, most of it to be spent on economic reform. Out of this, 8 million euros will go to support Paris III reforms, including supporting Lebanon's WT [...]	2009-11-13 07:13:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND PGOV LE
09BEIRUT1237	LEBANON HOSTS MAJOR ITU CONFERENCE (ECONOMIC WEEK IN [...] (U) Less than three years after its establishment, Lebanon's Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) hosted the International Telecommunications Union's Global Symposium for Regulators in Beirut November 9-11. U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski and U.S. Co [...]	2009-11-18 13:10:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ACOA PTER PGOV LE
09BEIRUT1242	LEBANON UNPREPARED TO ADDRESS SHEBAA WATER ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lebanese government officials argue that Israel's insistence on retaining the disputed Shebaa Farms stems not from border security concerns but from interest in water rights. Lebanese contacts opine that, given water shortages in the region and increasing worries that global war [...]	2009-11-19 15:55:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV PREL ECON PBTS PGOV LE IS
09BEIRUT1247	GOVERNMENT LEADERS EMPHASIZE ECONOMIC REFORM WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 10, Prime Minister Saad Hariri, President Michel Sleiman, Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, and former Prime Minister Fouad Siniora separately told visiting Codel Price that they welcomed U.S. congressional support to the Lebanese parliament and noted the multitude [...]	2009-11-24 11:19:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM EAID PTER OREP LE
09BEIRUT1251	PM HARIRI PLEDGES ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL PROSPERITY [...] (U) PM Saad Hariri, speaking at the 2009 Annual Arab Banking Conference November 19 in Beirut, noted that his recently formed cabinet was not only a national unity cabinet politically but also a "social and economic development unity cabinet" that reflected the ambitions of the Lebanese. He st [...]	2009-11-25 16:25:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINT SENV PGOV LE
09BEIRUT1277	LEBANESE REACTION TO ISRAELI SETTLEMENT MORATORIUM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential advisor Naji Abi Assi welcomed details about Israel's recently announced settlement moratorium and the U.S. reaction to it. Abi Assi also told Charge on December 1 that Palestinian Authority President Abu Mazen was scheduled to visit Beirut on December 7. He opined [...]	2009-12-04 15:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG UNSC ENRG LE IS
09BEIRUT1285	GOL REFINANCES $500 MILLION IN EUROBONDS (ECONOMIC WEEK IN [...] (SBU) On December 3, the GOL successfully issued $500 million in Eurobonds to replace an equal value of maturing Eurobonds. The issue consisted of two tranches: a five-year $250 million bond at a 5.875% coupon and a 15-year $250 million bond at a 7% coupon. Both issues were over-subscribed an [...]	2009-12-08 08:04:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV LE
09BEIRUT1336	DEFMIN MURR PLANS SHAKE-UP IN SOUTH LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: President Obama's message to Lebanese President Michel Sleiman on the importance of UNSCR 1701 was loud and clear, Defense Minister Murr told the Ambassador and visiting Special Coordinator for Regional Affairs Frederic Hof on December 18. Murr reported he would underscore this m [...]	2009-12-22 15:19:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC PBTS KPAL LE IS
09BEIRUT140	LEBANON: MARONITE CHRISTIAN MP HARB ASSAILS UNITY [...] (C) In a February 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Maronite Christian MP Boutros Harb acknowledged security threats against him serious enough to warrant a self-imposed confinement at home. He cautioned that Free Patriotic Movement leader (FPM) Michel Aoun "courts emotion" as a populist candida [...]	2009-02-03 18:05:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
09BEIRUT141	LEBANON: CHATAH FRUSTRATED WITH BUDGET IMPASSE IN [...] (C) In a February 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah said he would formally ask the IMF to certify the GOL's fulfillment of the USG gas excise subsidy benchmark, and hoped the USG would use its USD 50 milion disbursement to pay off Central Bank of Lebano Eurobond [...]	2009-02-04 16:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PTER MCAP LE SY IS
09BEIRUT161	LEBANON: HIZBALLAH LIKELY TO REMAIN ON THE [...] (C) The recent Gaza conflict again brought to the fore the question of under what regional and domestic circumstances Hizballah would use force against Israel. In addition, the first anniversary of the February 12, 2008 assassination of former Hizballah military official Imad Mugniyeh raises t [...]	2009-02-11 08:44:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS KPAL
09BEIRUT169	LEBANON: PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: THE METN [...] (U) This is the third in a series of snapshots we are producing on key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (SBU) The Metn is one of six electoral districts in the Mount Lebanon administrative area. There are eight parliamentary seats in [...]	2009-02-12 15:26:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV LE
09BEIRUT172	LEBANON: FINMIN CHATAH CALLS LEBANESE GOVERNMENT [...] (C) In a February 11 meeting with visiting USAID Special Assistant for the Middle East George Laudato, Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah called the current Lebanese government "dysfunctional," and expressed exasperation with the lack of progress on political and economic reform. He saw little [...]	2009-02-13 13:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN LE
09BEIRUT179	LEBANON: SINIORA -- WE WILL COMPLY QUICKLY WITH [...] (C) Prime Minister Siniora on February 12 expressed GOL intentions to comply quickly to all requests that may come from the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, including the transfer to the Hague of the four incarcerated generals, if the STL requests it. In a meeting with the Ambassador, visiting U [...]	2009-02-17 07:25:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT182	Lebanon: Media Reaction - February 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-17 11:39:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT184	LEBANON: FINMIN SAYS IMF PLEASED WITH LEBANON'S GROWTH IN [...] (SBU) In a February 11 meeting with the USAID Administrator's Special Assistant for the Middle East George Laudato and the Ambassador, Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah said a recent IMF delegation, led by IMF Deputy Managing Director Murilo Portugal, was pleased with Lebanon's growth in 2008, e [...]	2009-02-17 14:43:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT195	LEBANON: ELECTION OBSERVERS DECREE MOVING AHEAD; [...] (C) In a February 18 meeting hosted by the UN, Minister of Interior Ziyad Baroud reported he had sent the draft decree to invite international observers to monitor the June 2009 parliamentary elections to the Cabinet to be placed on the agenda for the February 26 session. Earlier, in a Febru [...]	2009-02-19 16:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINS LE
09BEIRUT24	LEBANON: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Since 2005 there have been numerous assassinations and assassination attempts of prominent Lebanese figures, including former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri. The attacks targeted Lebanese political and military figures and journalists, many of whom were critical of Syrian interference in Lebanon. [...]	2009-01-07 15:47:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER LE
09BEIRUT245	LEBANON: ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: ZAHLE [...] (SBU) This is the eighth in a series of snapshots we will produce for key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (SBU) Zahle is a confessionally diverse district with a population that is 60 percent Christian, 25 percent Sunni and 14 perce [...]	2009-03-02 14:52:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR LE
09BEIRUT255	Lebanon: Media Reaction - March 4, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-04 11:14:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT262	LEBANON: WA'AD -- EXAMPLE OF HIZBALLAH'S [...] (C) The U.S. Government,s January 6 decision to designate Hizballah's Wa'ad construction company was met with muted reaction in Lebanon, likely because of the similar designation in 2007 of Hizballah's construction company Jihad el-Bina as well as the local media's preoccupation in early Janua [...]	2009-03-05 14:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT266	LEBANON: PRESIDENT SLEIMAN OFFERS NEA ACTING A/S [...] (C) In a March 6 meeting at Baabda Palace with President Michel Sleiman, NEA Acting A/S Feltman and NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Dan Shapiro stressed the Obama Administration's urgency for action on regional issues. They asked Sleiman his views on dealing with Syri [...]	2009-03-08 09:36:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UNSC MARR MOPS IS IR SY LE
09BEIRUT267	LEBANON: FM SALLOUKH AND NEA ACTING A/S FELTMAN [...] (C) Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh told visiting Near Eastern Affairs Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman, NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Daniel Shapiro, and the Ambassador that support for Lebanon's sovereignty and independence was most important for [...]	2009-03-08 09:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT268	LEBANON: HARIRI TO NEA A A/S FELTMAN AND NSC [...] (C) On March 5, Saad Hariri told visiting NEA Acting A/S Feltman and NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Shapiro that if the June 2009 parliamentary elections were held on time, he was certain that his March 14 coalition would win. Asked why, Hariri pointed to March 14 can [...]	2009-03-08 09:39:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER LE SY IR IS
09BEIRUT269	LEBANON: PM SINIORA WARNS NEA ACTING A/S FELTMAN [...] (C) Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora cautioned visiting Near Eastern Affairs Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman, NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Daniel Shapiro, and the Ambassador against U.S. engagement with Syria without conditions. He believed Syria wo [...]	2009-03-08 09:41:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UNSC LE SY IS IR
09BEIRUT270	LEBANON: GEMAYEL PROPOSES TO NEA ACTING A/S [...] (C) On March 6, former President Amine Gemayel described to visiting NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman and NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Dan Shapiro the influence Iran and Syria, through its proxy Hizballah, wield in Lebanon. A A/S Feltman assured Gemaye [...]	2009-03-08 09:44:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UNSC MARR MOPS IS LE SY
09BEIRUT271	LEBANON: UNSCOL WILLIAMS WITH FELTMAN,SHAPIRO ON [...] (C) On March 6, UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL) Michael Williams provided a briefing for visiting Acting A/S of State for Near East Affairs Jeffrey Feltman and NSC Senior Director for Middle East and North Africa Dan Shapiro. Referring to his upcoming meeting with the Security Cou [...]	2009-03-08 18:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER LE SY IR IS
09BEIRUT278	LEBANON: HIZBALLAH AND AOUN ARE CONCERNS, [...] (C) In a March 8 meeting with Greek Orthodox Archbishop Ilias Audi, NEA Acting A/S Feltman, NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Dan Shapiro, and the Ambassador heard Audi express his wish for an independent and sovereign Lebanon, but also his significant doubts about the f [...]	2009-03-11 16:02:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT279	LEBANON: GEAGEA STATES CONCERN ABOUT VIOLENCE TO [...] (C) One day after meetings with top Syrian officials in Damascus, NEA Acting A/S Feltman and NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Shapiro returned to Beirut on March 8 to continue meetings with top Lebanese religious and political leaders. In a meeting with March 14 and Le [...]	2009-03-11 16:03:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT282	LEBANON: MP HARB WITH FELTMAN, SHAPIRO: ELECTION [...] (C) In a March 8 meeting with Christian MP Butros Harb, NEA A A/S Feltman, NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa, and the Ambassador heard Harb caution that, while Syria's "style" had changed, it was still involved in Lebanon's electoral processes by selecting candidates, ve [...]	2009-03-12 08:20:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT283	LEBANON: JUMBLATT, WITH FELTMAN AND SHAPIRO, [...] (C) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt thanked visiting NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman, NSC Senior Director for Middle East and North Africa Daniel Shapiro, and the Ambassador for continued U.S. support for Lebanon. Acting A/S Feltman reaffirmed the U.S. position that Lebanon's sovere [...]	2009-03-12 08:32:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR UNSC LE SY IR RS
09BEIRUT285	LEBANON: DEFMIN MURR ASSURES AA/S FELTMAN THAT [...] (C) Visiting NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman and NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Dan Shapiro recounted to DefMin Elias Murr on March 15 their visit to Damascus the day before, commenting on Syrian interest in Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections. Mur [...]	2009-03-12 14:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE

09BEIRUT32	LEBANON: REQUEST FOR REINSTATEMENT OF NESA UGRAD [...] Post urges the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to reverse its decision to cancel the one-semester option for the FY09 Near East and South Asia Undergraduate (NESA UGRAD) Exchange Program for students from Lebanon. Embassy Beirut understands that six NESA UGRAD students abandoned the [...]	2009-01-09 10:06:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC KPAO SCUL LE
09BEIRUT322	Lebanon: Media Reaction - March 20, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-20 12:31:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT333	Lebanon: Media Reaction - March 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-23 13:44:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT400	LEBANON: DEFMIN MURR MAKES A PLEA FOR MORE U.S. [...] (C) On the eve of his trip to Washington, Defense Minister Elias Murr discussed the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) many successes and credited U.S. military assistance. Deeply appreciative of U.S. support, Murr, a leader within Lebanon's Greek Orthodox community, made a plea for an additional cl [...]	2009-04-06 14:04:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP PGOV PTER PINR MARR MOPS LE
09BEIRUT417	LEBANON: CIVIL SOCIETY TELLS DAS SPIRNAK MEPI [...] (SBU) In several meetings on March 30-31 with visiting NEA DAS Madelyn Spirnak and the Ambassador, civil society leaders thanked the USG for its support of civil society reform initiatives, mainly through Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) funding. The groups also briefed DAS Spirnak [...]	2009-04-08 16:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID OPRC PGOV PINS SCUL SOCI KDEM KCRS KISL
09BEIRUT424	LEBANON: ELECTORAL PLATFORMS INCLUDE ECONOMIC ISSUES FOR [...] (U) During the week of April 6, three of the major political parties launched their electoral platforms to rally voters for the June 2009 parliamentary elections. For the first time, these electoral platforms tackled economic and social issues. While Lebanese Forces (member of the March 14 co [...]	2009-04-13 07:59:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV LE
09BEIRUT428	LEBANON: REMITTANCES STEADY, FEW RETURNS OF LEBANESE [...] (U) While Lebanon's economy and banking sector made it through the international financial crisis relatively unscathed in 2008, many have worried about the potential impact of Lebanese expatriates losing their jobs in the Gulf and either returning to flood the Lebanese job market, or cutting ba [...]	2009-04-13 14:06:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ELAB PREL LE
09BEIRUT438	LEBANON: PM SINIORA TELLS CODEL CARNAHAN JUNE 7 [...] (C) Prime Minister Fouad Siniora told visiting Congressional members Representatives Russ Carnahan (D-MO),Mazie Hirono (D-HI),Jim McDermott (D-WA),Ben Chandler (D-KY),and Diane Watson (D-CA) that Lebanon was committed to hold "completely transparent" parliamentary elections on June 7. He [...]	2009-04-16 09:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE IS IR
09BEIRUT440	LEBANON: SLEIMAN OPTIMISTIC ABOUT ARAB PEACE WITH [...] (C) Meeting with President Sleiman April 9, visiting Congressional Representatives Russ Carnahan (D-MO),Mazie Hirono (D-HI),Jim McDermott (D-WA),Ben Chandler (D-KY),and Diane Watson (D-CA),accompanied by the Ambassador and Poloff, stressed U.S. support for Lebanon's independence and sover [...]	2009-04-16 09:49:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY
09BEIRUT473	LEBANON: UNEMPLOYMENT EXCEEDED 9% IN 2007 AND MAY RISE IN [...] (U) During the week of April 20, the Central Administration of Statistics (CAS) published its latest survey on household living conditions showing that unemployment increased from 8% in 2004 to 9.2% in 2007. The increase was mostly attributed to the July 2006 war against Israel, when over 45,0 [...]	2009-04-26 04:35:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ECPS PGOV KIPR LE KCOR
09BEIRUT478	Lebanon: Media Reaction - April 27, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-27 11:48:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT485	LEBANON: PM SINIORA: MOVEMENT ON GHAJAR CAN [...] (C) PM Siniora told the Ambassador on April 27 that he believed an Israeli announcement on withdrawal from Ghajar could still have a positive impact on Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections. Praising the April 26 visit of Secretary Clinton to Lebanon and the clear U.S. commitment to Lebano [...]	2009-04-28 13:03:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IS LE
09BEIRUT495	LEBANON: UNRWA DIRECTOR SAYS NAHR AL-BARID [...] (C) In a April 29 meeting with the Ambassador, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Lebanon Director, Salvatore Lombardo, said he was worried about ongoing delays on the GOL side regarding reconstruction efforts for the destroyed Palesti [...]	2009-04-30 15:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PTER KPAL LE
09BEIRUT502	LEBANON: GOL TAKES PRECAUTIONS AGAINST SWINE FLU (ECONOMIC [...] (U) GOL officials have quickly begun taking necessary precautions to deal with the potential swine flu pandemic. No cases of swine flu have been reported in Lebanon. The Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) has already banned the import of pigs and pork products (except canned and smoked products),[...]	2009-05-06 05:36:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAIR EIND PGOV KFLU LE
09BEIRUT515	LEBANON: WITH DAS HALE, SLEIMAN LOOKS AT [...] (C) In a May 8 meeting with President Michel Sleiman, visiting NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary David Hale reiterated continuing U.S. support for Lebanese sovereignty and independence and for the voices of moderation within Lebanon. Sleiman predicted that the June 7 parliamentary elections woul [...]	2009-05-09 10:11:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT516	LEBANON: ELECTRICITY FROM EGYPT EXPECTED TO RELIEVE POWER [...] (U) On April 27, Lebanon started receiving 50 megawatts (MGW) electricity from Egypt as a start, following the signing of an agreement in February 2009 whereby Egypt would sell Lebanon between 150 and 450 MGW electricity through the power grid passing through Jordan and Syria. The additional e [...]	2009-05-11 05:21:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAIR EIND PGOV KFLU LE
09BEIRUT517	LEBANON: WITH DAS HALE, GEAGEA FEARS HIZBALLAH [...] (C) On May 8, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea proposed to visiting NEA DAS David Hale that the U.S. lend "silent support" to March 14 in the weeks before the June 7 parliamentary elections. He specifically advised us to stop expressing support for "moderates." Admitting the March 14 coal [...]	2009-05-11 06:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL IS SY LE
09BEIRUT518	LEBANON: WITH NEA DAS HALE, FM SALLOUKH SAYS [...] (C) In a May 9 meeting, Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh and visiting NEA DAS David Hale discussed Middle East peace and the Administration's commitment to working toward comprehensive peace with a sense of urgency. Salloukh dismissed Israeli comments about the need for "economic peace" befor [...]	2009-05-11 07:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PREF UNSC MARR MOPS IS
09BEIRUT523	LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR U/S STUART LEVEY'S VISIT [...] (SBU) You arrive three weeks before Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections, in which the current moderate March 14 majority faces a tough battle against the Hizballah-led opposition. The race is still too close to call, but the outcome will hinge on the electoral results in a few key Christ [...]	2009-05-11 15:27:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	EFIN ETTC PARM KNNP EAID PTER LE
09BEIRUT527	LEBANON: NDI DELEGATION HEADED BY MADELEINE [...] (SBU) Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright visited Beirut May 5-8 as the co-chair of a high-profile team (with former Canadian Prime Minister Joe Clark) to assess preparations for the June 7 parliamentary elections on behalf of the National Democratic Institute (NDI). The delegat [...]	2009-05-12 13:15:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM LE
09BEIRUT534	LEBANON: PM: GHAJAR WITHDRAWAL WOULD SHOW THAT [...] (C) In a May 9 meeting with NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary of State David Hale, Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora expressed the need for March 14's leaders to come together in the run-up to the June 7 parliamentary elections. Siniora added that the release of the four generals would not [...]	2009-05-14 08:05:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PTER PREF UNSC FR IR IS LE SY
09BEIRUT535	LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI CONFIDENT ON ELECTIONS [...] (C) In his May 8 meeting with March 14 coalition leader Saad Hariri, visiting NEA DAS David Hale assured Hariri that the U.S. has not and will not sacrifice Lebanese sovereignty as it engages Syria. Hariri expressed confidence in the March 14 coalition's election prospects. Complaining that h [...]	2009-05-14 08:10:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT538	LEBANON: ARCHBISHOP AUDI EXPRESSES FEAR OF [...] (C) Orthodox Christian Archbishop Audi, meeting with NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Hale on May 9, at turns decried the political season in Lebanon; emphasized the need for Lebanese to be beholden to the state and its institutions; expressed his fear that the Shi'a population, with Hizballah [...]	2009-05-14 11:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC IS SY LE
09BEIRUT565	LEBANON: LEBANESE YOUTH COALITION AGAINST CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) On Saturday My 9, 2009, a new anti-corruption movement, the "ebanese Youth Coalition against Corruption" (LYCAC was launched in Beirut. This coalition was launched by the Youth Civil Society & Leadership (YCSL) program as a joint initiative between the Lebanese Transparency Association (L [...]	2009-05-20 10:54:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KMPI LE
09BEIRUT578	LEBANON: ON ELECTION DAY, WILL MOBILE NETWORK BE [...] (SBU) Following the reduction in mobile fees and charges by Ministry of Telecommunications (MOT),Lebanese consumers have rushed to acquire new mobile lines, now more affordable to low income users. Advisor to MOT Minister Antoine Boustani told us the two private companies managing the GOL-own [...]	2009-05-27 08:01:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAIR EIND PGOV KFLU LE
09BEIRUT584	LEBANON:HIZBALLAH DOES NOT WANT WAR, LAF CHIEF [...] (C) In a May 27 meeting with Codel Ackerman, Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Jean Kahwagi stressed disarming Hizballah was not simply an internal Lebanese problem, but a regional and international problem, dealt with best through political and diplomatic efforts. Israel's continued occu [...]	2009-05-28 12:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT590	LEBANON: WITH CODEL ACKERMAN, SINIORA PUSHES FOR [...] (C) In a discussion May 27 with CODEL Ackerman, Prime Minister Siniora blamed Israel for many of the region's problems and pushed for U.S. support for an equitable solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Solving the Palestinian problem, he said, would solve other regional problems, including I [...]	2009-05-29 11:19:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER UNSC KPAL IR LE SY
09BEIRUT592	LEBANON: VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN MEETS MARCH 14 [...] (C) Meeting with visiting Vice President Joe Biden, senior March 14 leaders thanked the United States for its continuing strong support for Lebanese sovereignty and institutions, especially the Lebanese Armed Forces. They welcomed U.S. efforts to stem the flow of weapons to Hizballah and sai [...]	2009-05-29 14:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY IS IR
09BEIRUT593	LEBANON: VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN ASSURE SLEIMAN: NO [...] (C) Vice President Joe Biden visited Lebanon on May 22, the first visit by a U.S vice president since 1983. Regional peace talks topped the agenda of his meeting with President Michel Sleiman, including the issue of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon and the roles of both Syria and Iran. Biden [...]	2009-05-29 15:06:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	OVIP PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL SY IS IRLE
09BEIRUT595	LEBANON: WITH CODEL ACKERMAN, MARCH 14 FIGURES [...] (C) March 14 figures Amine Gemayel, Samir Geagea, Mohammed Chatah, and Marwan Hamadeh stressed to Codel Ackerman on May 27 the importance of the June 7 parliamentary elections in determining Lebanon's sovereignty. Concerned about the period after the elections, the four agreed that if it reta [...]	2009-05-29 15:29:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC IS KPAL SY LE
09BEIRUT596	LEBANON: VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN WITH PM SINIORA [...] (C) In a May 22 meeting with Vice President Joe Biden, PM Siniora thanked the United States for its support for Lebanon's institutions, sovereignty and independence. He added that Lebanon supports Israeli-Palestinian peace, but not if the ultimate solution involves permanent resettlement of [...]	2009-05-29 15:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PGOV PREL PTER PREF KPAL UNSC IR IS LE
09BEIRUT597	LEBANON: VICE PRESIDENT TELLS SPEAKER BERRI U.S. [...] (C) Vice President Biden told Lebanese Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri that his May 22 visit to Lebanon was designed to send a strong message from the Obama administration that the U.S. supports a sovereign, independent Lebanon with strong institutions and was committed to achieving a compre [...]	2009-05-29 15:50:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV PINR LE SY IS IR
09BEIRUT601	LEBANON: IMF DENIES DISCUSSIONS WITH HIZBALLAH ON NEW [...] (SBU) An IMF press statement clarified that the IMF February-March 2009 mission to Beirut met with major political parties, including Hizballah, as part of outreach activities within the scope of Article IV consultation discussions but did not make any agreement with Hizballah on a loan deal. [...]	2009-06-01 15:01:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAIR EIND PGOV KFLU LE
09BEIRUT605	LEBANON: NEW SAUDI AMBASSADOR SAYS HIZBALLAH [...] (C) The new Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon, Ali Saeed Awadh Asseri, told the Ambassador June 1 that Hizballah Deputy Secretary General Naim Qassem was worried that if the Hizballah-led March 8 alliance won the majority in Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections, the March 14 coalition would not [...]	2009-06-02 14:45:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE SA PK
09BEIRUT627	LEBANON: OPINION-MAKER REACTION: "PRESIDENT [...] (C) The Ambassador gathered a group of eight influential opinion-makers June 4 for a roundtable discussion following President Obama's speech from Cairo University. The group agreed that the speech was "culturally sensitive" and a positive first step to engagement with the Arab world. However [...]	2009-06-05 14:39:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE IS
09BEIRUT630	LEBANON: HIGH TURNOUT; POLLS CLOSE AND THE WAITING [...] (SBU) Polls for the June 7 parliamentary elections closed at 1900 and vote-counting commenced. Voter turnout was quite high. The Interior Ministry estimated that turnout reached 52 percent, 20 percent higher than the turnout in the last parliamentary elections in 2005. Voters complained of [...]	2009-06-07 18:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV LE SY
09BEIRUT632	LEBANON: SECRETARY LAHOOD CONGRATULATES SLEIMAN ON [...] (C) In a June 7 election day meeting with Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, President Michel Sleiman was pleased to see elections taking place peacefully in one day. He predicted the difference between majority and opposition would be only two or three seats, and said the close elections [...]	2009-06-08 12:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE IS
09BEIRUT643	LEBANON: PM SINIORA CALLS FOR EXTENDING HAND TO [...] (C) In a June 8 meeting with visiting Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and the Ambassador, Prime Minister and Sidon MP-elect Fouad Siniora hailed March 14's victory in the June 7 parliamentary elections (reftel) as the "end of an era" that firmly established the majority's political legi [...]	2009-06-10 10:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL SY IS IR
09BEIRUT644	LEBANON: HARIRI SAYS HE'LL BE PRIME MINISTER, [...] (C) March 14 coalition and Future party leader Saad Hariri told visiting Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and the Ambassador on June 8 that he would be Lebanon's next Prime Minister following March 14's victory in the June 7 parliamentary elections (reftel). One of his priorities as Pri [...]	2009-06-10 10:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL SY IS IR
09BEIRUT645	LEBANON: GEAGEA ON ELECTIONS, SECURITY, AND [...] (C) In a June 9 meeting with the Ambassador, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea hailed March 14's victory in the June 7 parliamentary elections (Ref A) as a "big manifestation of democracy in the Middle East." Satisfied with the outcome of the results, Geagea said March 14 must now move away [...]	2009-06-10 12:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE IS SY
09BEIRUT658	LEBANON: EGYPT WILL SUPPLY LEBANON WITH NATURAL GAS [...] (U) Minister of Energy and Water Alain Tabourian announced the signing on April 30 of an agreement with Egypt, whereby Egypt will supply Lebanon with a total of 600 cubic meters of natural gas per year. This agreement is part of the regional power grid project, which includes Lebanon and Egypt [...]	2009-06-12 13:56:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAIR EIND PGOV KFLU LE
09BEIRUT662	Lebanon: Media Reaction - June 15, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-15 11:37:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT664	LEBANON: CABINET FINALLY APPROVES 2009 BUDGET; SENDS TO [...] (SBU) After almost six months of heated discussions, the cabinet approved the 2009 budget during its June 12 session. The budget projects a deficit of approximately 30% of spending and around 10% of GDP. The budget includes appropriations for the Council of the South of around $40 million -- [...]	2009-06-15 13:07:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAIR EIND PGOV KFLU LE
09BEIRUT674	LEBANON: BERRI SAYS SPEAKER ELECTION AT END OF JUNE [...] (C) In a June 16 meeting with the Ambassador, a relaxed Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri expressed satisfaction regarding the recent legislative elections and predicted cabinet formation would occur smoothly and quickly. Berri has made clear publicly and privately that he supports Saad Harir [...]	2009-06-17 15:12:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE IR
09BEIRUT685	LEBANON: GOL EXPECTS 50% INCREASE IN TOURISM IN 2009 [...] (U) In an interview with French daily L'Orient le Jour on June 16, director general of the Ministry of Tourism (MOT) Nada Sardouk said she expects Lebanon to receive around two million total tourists in 2009, noting that 500,000 visited in the first four months of the year. The number of touri [...]	2009-06-22 13:35:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND PGOV KIPR KFLU LE
09BEIRUT758	LEBANON: SOVEREIGNTY, STABILITY, AND SELF-INTEREST [...] (C) Most Lebanese observers tell us they are confident Prime Minister-Designate Saad Hariri will be able to form a government, though the process may take time. As Saudi-Syrian negotiations on the formation of Lebanon's government continue, however, the question posed in Ref B has become incr [...]	2009-07-08 16:05:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE SY SA
09BEIRUT771	LEBANON: CHRISTIAN MINISTERS REJECT SAUDI [...] (C) Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar and Information Minister Tarek Mitri, in separate meetings with the Ambassador on July 9, criticized the Saudis for involving the Syrians in the Lebanese political process. Mitri said he believed the Saudis realized they made a mistake and that they would s [...]	2009-07-10 14:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC SA SY LE
09BEIRUT819	LEBANON: DISCOVERY OF HIZBALLAH ARMS CACHE, SOUTH [...] (C) In a July 17 meeting, Defense Minister Elias Murr provided an account of the July 14 explosion in the south, saying that a small munitions warehouse, containing material stored by Hizballah since the July 2006 war, had caught on fire due to a cooking incident. He reported that the Lebanes [...]	2009-07-20 15:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS LE
09BEIRUT822	LEBANON: HIZBALLAH ON THE DEFENSE WHILE STRIVING [...] (C) In a series of public addresses over the last week, Hizballah SYG Hassan Nasrallah has raised the rhetoric of a possible war with Israel while simultaneously offering conciliatory words to PM-designate Saad Hariri as he attempts to form a government. March 14 figures welcome Nasrallah's [...]	2009-07-21 17:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS LE
09BEIRUT837	LEBANON: TOURISM IS BUSTLING IN BEIRUT, BUT ONLY [...] (U) Beirut's record-setting summer tourism has bolstered business and crowded the capital city, but the benefits have not extended far past the city limits. Lebanese expatriates frequent dining establishments in some peripheral cities, but the historical GOL focus on infrastructure developmen [...]	2009-07-24 18:10:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND ENRG PGOV LE
09BEIRUT843	LEBANON: JOB CREATION IS PRIORITY FOR PM-ELECT (ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Senior economic advisor to PM-elect Saad Hariri and potential finance minister in the next cabinet, Dr. Nadim Munla, said Hariri plans to focus on job creation and to enact a program creating at least 200,000 jobs over the next five years. Munla said on July 21 that Hariri was considerin [...]	2009-07-27 12:53:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND ETRD EWWT KIPR KFLU PGOV LE
09BEIRUT859	LEBANON: SOME GOL OFFICIALS ADMIT 1701 VIOLATION [...] (C) Several GOL officials expressed their confidence July 24-25 to visiting National Security Council Senior Director for Middle East and North Africa Dan Shapiro that the opposition would drop its demand for a blocking third and that the cabinet would be formed, though no one could commit to [...]	2009-07-29 08:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT886	LEBANON: POLITICAL CONSENSUS IS CORNERSTONE FOR REFORMS [...] (SBU) During a series of meetings with EconOff July 21-22, government officials and prominent economic consultants stressed that politics had stalled reform and privatization. They believed political leaders wanted to preserve their vested interests in any future privatization. PM-elect Saad [...]	2009-08-06 04:36:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ECON EFIN EIND ETRD KIPR KFLU PGOV SENV LE
09BEIRUT920	CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR: DESPITE BOOMING ECONOMY, [...] (SBU) The Lebanese economy is booming, with tourists pouring in, hotel occupancy rates high, bank deposits rising, and growth set to beat all forecasts. Nonetheless, Central Bank of Lebanon (CBL) Governor Riad Salameh told the Ambassador August 14 that Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri nee [...]	2009-08-17 13:53:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND ECPS PGOV KCOR LE
09BEIRUT95	Lebanon: Media Reaction - January 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-23 09:52:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT96	LEBANON: SINIORA URGES U.S. TO ENCOURAGE SYRIA TO [...] (C) Lebanese Prime Minister Siniora in a January 23 meeting with Ambassador urged the new U.S. administration to take a strong role in Middle East peace negotiations. Specifically, he advocated U.S. direct or indirect efforts to encourage the Syrians to "realize it was in their best interests" [...]	2009-01-23 18:18:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT974	DEFMIN MURR FRUSTRATED WITH HARIRI BUT SAYS [...] (C) Caretaker Minister of Defense Elias Murr told the Ambassador on August 28 that the Lebanese cannot expect "better than Saad Hariri these days." However, he continued, Prime Minister-designate Hariri needs to be viewed as "strong." Murr assessed that the planned August 31 meeting of major [...]	2009-08-31 15:50:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR UNSC MOPS LE IS IT
09BEIRUT996	LEBANESE PRESS JUMPS ON STORY OF POSSIBLE HIZBALLAH MONEY [...] Summary: Since August 31, several Lebanese newspapers have been reporting on Salah Ezzeddine declaring bankruptcy. Business tycoon Ezzedine was perceived as a trustworthy businessman because of his Hizballah connections. His bankruptcy caused severe financial damage to Shi'a investors from [...]	2009-09-08 05:10:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BELGRADE1144	SERBIA: RESTITUTION LAW PROMISED BY YEAR END AMID GROWING [...] (SBU) The Government of Serbia has promised that it will adopt a long-awaited restitution law for nationalized property by the end of the year. In preparation, the Government hosted a conference, co-sponsored by the Council of Europe and European Commission, to review restitution laws and "le [...]	2009-10-05 14:17:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KIDE KPRV CASC EAID SR
09BELGRADE1430	SERBIA'S FORGOTTEN EAST: DIGGING A DEEPER HOLE [...] (SBU) Bor, located in eastern Serbia's Timok region, is one of the poorest and most polluted cities in Serbia. Its economy is tied to the fortunes of RTB Bor, a bankrupt state-owned copper mining and smelting company. The company (which has expressed interest to purchase newer American equipme [...]	2009-12-02 14:52:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND ENRG EMIN SR
09BELGRADE210	SERBIA: Serbia: How the Economic Crisis could Lead to a [...] (SBU) Politicians in Serbia are facing the increasingly sober reality that the global economic crisis will hit Serbia hard this year. After initially trying to duck under the economic crisis wave, the political leadership is now resigned to the fact that Serbia must address the economic challe [...]	2009-03-12 13:42:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL EFIN EINV PGOV SR
09BELGRADE245	Serbia's "Davos" at Kopaonik Mountain [...] At the annual gathering of economists known as the "Serbian Davos" at the Kopaonik ski resort, government economic ministers accompanied by the President Tadic, openly voiced concerns over the worldwide crisis hitting Serbia. In the course of the gathering, the government reached consensus on [...]	2009-03-23 06:03:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV SR
09BELGRADE270	SERBIA INVITED TO SOUTH EAST EUROPE STOCKPILE REDUCTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-27 15:13:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM MASS SR
09BELGRADE420	EXBS: SERBIA, ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - MARCH, [...] BROAD AREAS OF INTEREST TO ADVSORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS -- EXBS had a follow-up meeting with Border Police High Commissioner Zoran Lasica regarding the Montenegrin Maritime Surveillance System; this system is comprised of a network of radar and optical (high resolution daylight cameras [...]	2009-05-14 16:22:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP PBTS SNAR KCRM SR BK
09BELGRADE643	SERBIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-07 08:27:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PARM PREL KNNP SR
09BELGRADE847	SERBIAN MFA SEES IRAN THROUGH KOSOVO PRISM [...] (C) Summary: According to the Serbian MFA, until the International Court of Justice issues its advisory opinion Serbia will use its ties with Iran to seek continued support on Kosovo rather than pushing for engagement with the P5+1 on nuclear issues or condemning gross violations of human rig [...]	2009-09-24 12:07:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SR IR
09BERLIN1020	CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL RALLIES EAST GERMAN CDU [...] (U) Chancellor Angela Merkel (Christian Democratic Union - CDU) used a high-level CDU gathering in Weimar on August 18 to rally eastern Germany's CDU for the upcoming state (August 30) and parliamentary elections (September 27). Merkel told her party that electoral success for Thuringian Min [...]	2009-08-21 14:52:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM PGOV PREL
09BERLIN1118	AMBASSADOR MURPHY'S INITIAL MEETING WITH GERMAN FM [...] (C) During a September 13 introductory call by Ambassador Murphy, Steinmeier emphasized his frustration at being unable to distance himself from Merkel in the election campaign. He stated his support for the Magna deal on Opel. He expressed his strong support for President Obama, and underli [...]	2009-09-10 16:19:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM PGOV PREL
09BERLIN1157	FURTHER MISSION GERMANY VIEWS ON PLANNED U.S. [...] (S/NF) I understand that there will be a Deputies' meeting in Washington on September 18 to discuss the future of the U.S. military force structure in Europe. Since the U.S. European Command as well as the bulk of U.S. Army Europe (USAREUR) and U.S. Air Forces Europe (USAFE) are located in Ge [...]	2009-09-18 10:51:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MOPS NATO PINS PREL PTER XG GM
09BERLIN1170	INTENSELY NEGATIVE REACTION TO ESTA FEE IN GERMANY [...] (SBU) Summary: Reaction in Germany to the ESTA fee-related provision of the Travel Promotion Act (TPA) has been vehemently disapproving. Even before the Senate vote on September 9, GOG officials and the media, including the national evening television news, highlighted their opposition to the [...]	2009-09-21 15:10:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS CMGT PREL GM
09BERLIN1180	MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, G20, UN CLIMATE CHANGE, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Afghanistan 3. UN Climate Change Summit 4. Mideast Trilateral Summit 5. Obama Presidency 6. G20 Summit Â [...]	2009-09-23 15:01:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO GM AF US IS XF
09BERLIN120	IRAN: HERMES PROGRAM CUTS MAKE WAVES [...] (C) Summary: Media reports claiming a sudden, dramatic decision to reduce Hermes export guarantees for trade with Iran are overstated, German government officials tell us. Instead, the program has been wound down, with a 94% reduction since 2004, as part of Germany,s ongoing efforts to incre [...]	2009-01-30 15:52:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD GM IR
09BERLIN1270	MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA-NOBEL, AFGHANISTAN, ITALY, UK, U.S.; [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-Norway) President Obama Awarded Nobel Peace Prize 3. (Afghanistan) Future U.S. Strategy 4. (Italy) Implications of Court Ruling on Berlusconi 5. (UK) Tory Party Conference 6. (U.S.) Economic Development Â [...]	2009-10-09 12:08:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO US AF IT UK ECON
09BERLIN1320	MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, VP BIDEN IN EUROPE, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Iranian Nuclear Program 3. VP Biden in New Europe 4. Guantanamo 5. Climate Protection 6. Afghanistan Â [...]	2009-10-22 13:00:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO AF US PL IR GM
09BERLIN1327	MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, IRAN-ISRAEL, NATO MINISTERIAL, VP [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Secret Meeting between Iran and Israel 3. Afghanistan/NATO Ministerial 4. Taliban in Pakistan 5. Biden in Europe Â [...]	2009-10-23 12:43:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PK AK IR IS GM RO EZ PL
09BERLIN1416	MEDIA REACTION: 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Fall of the Wall Anniversary 3. Climate Change Copenhagen 4. Afghanistan 5. Health Care Reform Â [...]	2009-11-09 12:41:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KGHG GM US AF
09BERLIN1436	MEDIA REACTION: POTUS IN ASIA, AFGHANISTAN, SWIFT, RUSSIA, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. President Obama in Asia 3. Strategy on Afghanistan 4. US-EU SWIFT Agreement 5. President Medvedev's address to the nation 6. Turkish-Kurdish Conflict Â [...]	2009-11-13 12:53:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO JP CH AF GM XG US
09BERLIN1438	GERMANY NOTIFIED OF DESIGNATION OF MALAYSIAN BANK [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-13 15:15:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP EFIN PRM IR GM
09BERLIN1487	MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, U.S., AFGHANISTAN, U.S.-CHINA, [...] Lead Stories 2. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict, Maneuvers 3. (U.S.) Healthcare Reform 4. (Afghanistan) U.S. Arming Local Militias 5. (U.S.-China) Relations 6. (Climate) Copenhagen Conference 7. (EU) Future Leadership Â [...]	2009-11-23 12:07:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IR US AF KGHG EU
09BERLIN1553	MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, COP15, GENERAL MOTORS;BERLIN [...] Lead Stories 2. Climate Change 3. Afghanistan 4. GM Plans to Restructure Opel Â [...]	2009-12-07 12:52:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR AF GM KGHG
09BERLIN1556	GERMAN VIEWS ON DECEMBER 8 EU FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany shares our views on the way ahead in Bosnia, but does not want to rule out the possibility (albeit small) of a breakthrough by the time of the March PIC meeting that would allow the OHR to close and EUFOR Althea to be withdrawn on a more accelerated basis. Germany blames [...]	2009-12-07 16:24:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN MARR GM BK MK SR IR
09BERLIN235	STEINMEIER'S VISIT "TIMELY" AND "A SUCCESS." [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: German Foreign Minister Steinmeier's February 17-18 visit to Iraq -- the first by a German FM in 22 years -- focused strictly on bilateral relations and particularly on economic and cultural ties. He was joined by three Bundestag (Parliament) members, seven business leaders, th [...]	2009-02-25 15:39:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM MARR MOPS NATO PREL IZ EUN ECON ETRD
09BERLIN257	MEDIA REACTION: MISSILE DEFENSE, IRAN, MIDEAST, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. U.S.-Russian Relations, Iran 3. Clinton Trip to Mideast 4. U.S.-Cuban Relations 5. Future Strategy on Afghanistan 6. Attack On Sri Lankan Cricket Team 7. ECB's Reaction to Financial Crisis Â [...]	2009-03-04 12:38:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US IR RS CU AF CE XG IS SY GZ
09BERLIN259	GERMANY LARGELY IN LINE WITH THE U.S. ON WAY AHEAD [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany shares the U.S. view on the way ahead in Afghanistan as outlined in reftels, and supports the deployment of additional U.S. forces to the south and east of the country as necessary to carry out the clear-hold-build strategy. While Germany almost certainly will not commit [...]	2009-03-04 17:29:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS ECON AF GM
09BERLIN280	CHANCELLOR MERKEL TURNS INWARD TO ADDRESS DOMESTIC [...] (C) Summary. Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) remains the odds-on favorite to prevail as chancellor in the national parliamentary elections on September 27, 2009, but her poll numbers are dropping and the contest looks increasingly open. Nagging problems with rivals inside her party and a dou [...]	2009-03-11 08:33:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON GM PGOV PINR PREL
09BERLIN288	GERMAN PLEDGE AT MARCH 2 SHARM AL-SHEIKH DONORS' [...] (SBU) On March 6, 2009 Econoff contacted Jacqueline Groth of the Middle East Regional Development Policy Division, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) in Bonn, to confirm German support for the Palestinians following the March 2 Donors' Conference in Sharm Al-Sheikh, [...]	2009-03-12 13:49:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER EUN GM IS
09BERLIN304	DURBAN: JEWISH ORGANIZATION PRESSES SENIOR LEVELS [...] (C) In a March 11 conversation, Secretary General of the Central Council of Jews of Germany Stephan Kramer told Pol M-C that he had discussed Germany's continued participation in the preparation for the Durban Review Conference with Foreign Minister Steinmeier and Chancellery National Security [...]	2009-03-13 16:36:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL GM
09BERLIN305	GERMAN BUSINESSES "DUSTING OFF IRAQ FILE" [...] (C) Summary: German Cabinet level efforts to resurrect Germany's historically strong business ties with Iraq, recent political and security developments in Iraq, and declining export opportunities elsewhere have boosted German businesses' interest in re-entering the Iraqi market. In a March [...]	2009-03-13 17:19:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD EINV EFIN GM IZ
09BERLIN336	INDUSTRY SAYS GERMAN GOVERNMENT ADOPTING TOUGH [...] (C) Summary: German officials are exerting stronger moral pressure on industry to discourage business with Iran beyond those measures specifically stipulated in sanctions regimes, according to industry contacts. German government officials have reportedly emphasized the undesirability of L [...]	2009-03-20 15:36:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ENRG PREL EFIN ETTC KMVP IZ IR GM
09BERLIN365	GERMANY CONCERNED HOW ALLEGED SUDAN CONVOY ATTACK [...] (C) Poloff met with MFA Deputy Director for Near East Division Robert Doelger March 27 to discuss views on the Gaza smuggling interdiction Program of Action (PoA) (reftel) and the status of German efforts at assisting Egypt with land border interdiction. Doelger asked Poloff for any further [...]	2009-03-27 14:35:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN MOPS NATO PREL GM IS SU
09BERLIN366	GERMANY CALLS FOR TRANSATLANTIC COORDINATION, CARE [...] (C) MFA Near East Division chief Boris Ruge told Poloff March 27 that Germany agrees with reftel points but he stressed the need for the EU and the United States to exercise care and to coordinate when responding or reacting to any Palestinian reconciliation agreement. Ruge cautioned against [...]	2009-03-27 14:35:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAL KWBG GM EUN
09BERLIN411	GERMANY AGREES WITH USG ON AMERICAN COOPERATIVE [...] (SBU) Pol M/C discussed reftel points with Office Director for Middle East and Maghreb Sabine Sparwasser April 7. Sparwasser was acquainted with the situation and said the German Government took the issue seriously. She pointed out that the American Cooperative School of Tunis also has "pa [...]	2009-04-07 07:35:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASCH ODIP PGOV PREL TS GM
09BERLIN433	GERMANY'S ECONOMICS MINISTRY BULLISH ON IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Economics Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg plans to lead a large business delegation on a visit Baghdad and Erbil in early July although a precise date has not been confirmed. Econ Ministry staff told Econ Counselor that zu Guttenberg sees Iraq also as a European responsibi [...]	2009-04-14 05:28:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD IZ GM
09BERLIN470	GERMAN VIEWS ON THE APRIL 27-28 EU GAERC MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany regrets the confusion that the Czech EU Presidency has caused over the status of Belarus President Lukashenka's invitation to the May 7 Eastern Partnership Summit, and agrees that it is important to ensure that he does not attend. The German MFA says it favors inviting R [...]	2009-04-22 16:53:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV RU BM MD UP XF EZ IR TU GM
09BERLIN472	UNAMID SUPPORT: GERMANY ON SUPPORT FOR ETHIOPIAN [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Bureau on East Africa, Horn of Africa and Sudan Director Mueller-Holtkemper April 22 for her consideration. Ms. Mueller-Holtkemper informed Poloff on April 23 that she had conveyed the substance of reftel to the MFA UN division as well as to the [...]	2009-04-23 13:45:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ET KPKO SU GM
09BERLIN473	GERMAN GAS COMPANY WILL REVIEW IRAN PROJECT [...] (C) Summary: Bayerngas is reviewing its project to help build natural gas vehicle fueling stations in Iran. Reacting to German and Israeli newspapers reporting Bayerngas' intent to set up such stations in Iran, the German Ministry of Economics contacted Bayerngas. While company representati [...]	2009-04-24 06:39:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETRD IS IR GM
09BERLIN478	GERMAN MOD AND MFA SHARE OUR CONCERN ABOUT CHINA'S [...] (C) Post delivered reftel to MOD and MFA counterparts, who shared our concerns about the Chinese military,s lack of transparency. Poloff and DAO officer on April 8 delivered reftel to MOD East Asia Desk Officer Lt. Col. Stefan Klenz. Klenz stated that transparency is always an issue when meet [...]	2009-04-24 15:45:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	CH PREL PGOV PHUM GM
09BERLIN531	GERMAN PARTICIPATION IN MAY 13-14 RECCA CONFERENCE [...] (C) On May 4 and 5, 2009, post delivered reftel points to the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ),Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMW) and the German Federation of Industries (BDI),encouraging high-level German participation [...]	2009-05-08 13:38:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	BEXP EAID EAGR ECON EFIN ENRG KPWR PREL AF
09BERLIN566	GERMAN GOVERNMENT SNUBS IRANIAN OIL MINISTER'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Against the backdrop of press coverage of Iranian Oil Minister Nozari,s visit to Berlin to encourage Germany industry participation in Iran,s energy sector, the German Ministry of Economics is taking a firm position on German business on exports to Iran. The Ministry of Econom [...]	2009-05-15 11:03:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG ETRD IR GM
09BERLIN624	SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO GERMANY [...] (U) Mission Germany is delighted to welcome you for your second official visit to Germany. Chancellor Merkel also welcomes your visit, especially to eastern Germany during an anniversary year when Germans are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the 60th anniver [...]	2009-05-22 15:21:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET//NOFORN	GM MARR NATO PGOV PHUM PREL

09BERLIN640	(S) GERMANY TO INVESTIGATE COMPANY WITH POSSIBLE [...] (S) Econoff delivered reftel points to MinEcon export control Head of Division Dr. Ursina Krumpholz and Middle East Deputy Head of Division Dr. Klaus Hachmeier. Dr. Krumpholz stated they would "look into" the allegations involving supplying deck cargo cranes to Islamic Republic of Iran Shipp [...]	2009-05-28 11:37:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM IR MTCR GM
09BERLIN649	GERMAN MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR STANZEL SAYS HE [...] (C) Summary: MFA Political Director Volker Stanzel briefed the diplomatic corps May 29 on his meetings in Tehran as part of his May 21-28 Middle East trip during which he visited six countries, including Israel. Stanzel's briefing only focused on the Iran portion of his trip. Stanzel charac [...]	2009-05-29 16:08:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC GM IR
09BERLIN671	AHLC: GERMANY SHARES U.S. OBJECTIVES, CITES NEED [...] (SBU) MFA Near East Division Chief Boris Ruge informed Poloff June 5 that the MFA "fully agrees" with the U.S. policy objectives noted in reftel. Ruge will lead the German delegation to the AHLC's June 8 Oslo meeting. Ruge said that keeping the Palestinian Authority (PA) financially solvent [...]	2009-06-05 15:13:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KPAL PGOV PREL WBG EU IS GM
09BERLIN678	IRAN: SABERI DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Acting Political Section Chief met with MFA Middle East Director Sabine Sparwasser on June 3, 2009 to deliver Ref A. A/POL Chief expressed USG gratitude for German assistance in the case, in particular the public declarations in early May by MFA Human Rights Commissioner Gunther Nooke c [...]	2009-06-08 16:07:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER IR GM
09BERLIN74	GERMANY: INTERESTED IN GAZA ARMS INTERDICTION [...] (C) Post delivered reftel points to MFA Near East Office Director Boris Ruge January 20 and sought confirmation of Germany,s interest in participating in the U.S.-proposed Gaza arms interdiction effort. Ruge was already well familiar with the Amb. Mull,s January 15 presentation to selected re [...]	2009-01-20 14:27:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS KPAL XG EG IR IS GM
09BERLIN851	FM STEINMEIER REINFORCES U.S. MESSAGES IN THE [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Steinmeier reinforced U.S. messages on the need for Israel to halt settlement construction and for Syria to play a constructive role in the region during his July 6-7 Middle East visit to Jerusalem, Damascus and Beirut. According to the MFA, Steinmeier also high [...]	2009-07-14 15:58:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG IS GM LE SY
09BERLIN88	GERMANY: FOCUSED ON ASSISTING EGYPT WITH POLICING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany's internal deliberations continue on the extent of its possible participation in the U.S.-proposed Gaza arms interdiction effort, but it seems unlikely that the Germans will participate in any maritime operations. The Germans are currently focused on offering Egypt technic [...]	2009-01-23 17:38:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS KPAL XG EG IR IS GM
09BERLIN886	GERMANY'S VIEWS OF THE JULY 27-28 GAERC MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany expects significant discussion of Iran before and during next week's EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC),in addition to discussions of Somalia and Georgia. However, the EU plans to wait until September to begin a regular review of which Iranian in [...]	2009-07-22 15:39:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EUN SO MOPS OSCE PHUM UN GG RS GM
09BERLIN887	GERMANS SHARE U.S. CONCERNS OVER HUMANITARIAN [...] (SBU) Embassy Berlin A/DCM conveyed U.S. concerns over the urgent humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya to State Secretary Peter Ammon of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He urged Germany to join the United States in stepping up contributions to avoid a further deterioratio [...]	2009-07-22 16:12:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN PREL PHUM PREF DJ ER ET GM KE SO
09BERLIN891	GERMANY: REACTIONS TO CAIRO SPEECH AND PLANS FOR ONGOING [...] (U) Summary: Mission Germany conducted a range of activities to highlight President Obama's June 4 Cairo speech and to solicit feedback from local Muslim communities. Per reftel request, post provides preliminary feedback on our ongoing outreach efforts within Germany, including feedback from [...]	2009-07-23 14:23:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO PREL SCUL GM
09BERLIN921	(S) GERMANY WARNS THE USG ABOUT A BRAZILIAN [...] (S) On July 31, MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Nancy Reck provided EconOff with a German-language non-paper warning US export control authorities about a potential Brazilian procurement attempt of proliferation concern for "Automatic High-Precision Heavy-Duty Necking-In-Machines with [...]	2009-07-31 15:41:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	MTCRE PREL PINR MNUC ETTC KSCA KNNP IR BR GM
09BERLIN978	GERMANY REASSURES THE BALTS TO INCREASE MANEUVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Germany continues to regard proposed NATO contingency planning to defend the Balts against possible Russian aggression as counterproductive and unnecessary, but it has gone out of its way in recent months to take other measures to reassure the Balts that it takes their security co [...]	2009-08-11 10:03:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM MARR MOPS NATO PREL RU ZB
09BERN341	SWITZERLAND EXPECTS TO ATTEND G-8 BMENA FORUM FOR [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel message on August 14 to Rascha Osman, Deputy Regional Coordinator for the Middle East at the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). Osman reiterated Switzerland's support for the BMENA Forum for the Future (FfF) and confirmed that the GoS will participate i [...]	2009-08-14 14:53:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL KMPI KPAO KDEM SZ
09BERN452	SECRETARY CLINTON'S PARTICIPATION IN THE 2009 G-8 [...] (SBU) Acting POLE counselor conveyed reftel A message on October 21 to Patric Franzen, Regional Coordinator for Middle East Affairs at the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). Franzen expressed appreciation for the information. He commented that the fact that Secretary Clinton plans t [...]	2009-10-22 17:58:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OPDC ECON KPAO KDEM KMPI SZ
09BERN470	UNGA DISCUSSION OF GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (C) Summary: The Swiss government has some understanding for USG concerns regarding the Goldstone Report and the resolution that will be discussed at the UN General Assembly on November 4. The Swiss, however, do not share all of these concerns, and generally have a sympathetic view of the Go [...]	2009-11-03 18:06:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS SZ LS
09BERN472	64TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY/THIRD COMMITTEE: [...] (SBU) Summary: Switzerland and Liechtenstein reject "no action" motions as a matter of principle, and they expect to support the UNGA Third Committee resolutions on the human rights situations in Iran, Burma, and the DPRK. They also plan to support the USG's biennial resolution on free elect [...]	2009-11-04 16:55:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN SZ LS
09BISHKEK1199	MAXIM BAKIYEV'S INFLUENCE BECOMES OFFICIAL [...] (C) Summary: On October 29, President Bakiyev appointed his son, Maxim Bakiyev, as the head of the newly created Central Agency for Development, Investment and Innovation. While it has been evident for some time that Maxim Bakiyev has significant political influence in the Kyrgyz government ( [...]	2009-11-13 09:50:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL KG
09BISHKEK62	KYRGYZ PRIME MINISTER CLAIMS NO "OFFICIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. CENTCOM Commander General Petraeus held separate meetings January 19 with Kyrgyz Minister of Defense Kalyev and Prime Minister Chudinov. In both meetings, Petraeus briefed on the dramatic improvement in the security situation in Iraq, the increase in security incidents in A [...]	2009-01-21 05:28:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS KG
09BISHKEK720	MANAS UPDATE: WAITING FOR THE SIGNATURE TO BECOME [...] (C) In a private meeting July 5 with Charge, a relaxed but tired Krygyz FM Sarbayev said that President Bakiyev had signed the bill ratifying the new arrangement to establish a Transit Hub at Manas International Airport. Sarbayev added that he expected the signature to be made public on July [...]	2009-07-06 12:09:00	Embassy Bishkek	SECRET	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS KG
09BOGOTA1539	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Your trip to Colombia will allow you the opportunity to see the incredible progress Colombia has made from a near failed state to an economic, political, and social leader in Latin America over the last decade. Despite Colombia's significant progress, USG support remains critica [...]	2009-05-15 14:02:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL OVIP EAID SNAR CO
09BOGOTA2698	NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR JULY 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The following developments occurred in July, 2009: The aerial eradication team sprayed 10,576 hectares (ha) and, with 57,219 ha sprayed so far this year, is on track to reach the 100,000 ha calendar goal. Total manual coca eradication through July was 28,739 ha. The GOC is ta [...]	2009-08-24 19:55:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
09BOGOTA2964	IAEA MIDDLE EAST DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-16 15:34:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC PARM KNNP IAEA EG IS CO
09BOGOTA3421	COLOMBIANS SEE UBIQUITOUS VENEZUELAN THREAT [...] (C/NF) Colombian officials and observers are increasingly concerned about the long-term threat Venezuela poses to their country. Experts inside and outside the government worry that any small incident along the tense border could spark a costly confrontation, given the decrease in communication and [...]	2009-11-20 16:41:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KJUS ETRD OAS CO VE
09BOGOTA3509	UNHCHR TO AMBASSADOR: NGOS AND URIBE ARE OCEANS APART [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Kyung-wha Kang shared her concerns with the Ambassador on December 2 about the growing distance between the Colombian Government and NGOs on their perception of the human rights situation. She attributed the discord in part to the ongo [...]	2009-12-07 19:20:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
09BOGOTA7	COLOMBIAN ECONOMIC OUTLOOK: WHAT A DIFFERENCE A [...] SUMMARY. After four years of averaging over 5 percent growth capped by a record 7.5 percent expansion in 2007, Colombia's economy slowed significantly in 2008 under the combined pressure of currency appreciation and high interest rates in the first semester, and the cratering of commodity pri [...]	2009-01-05 18:35:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV CO
09BRASILIA1038	VISIT OF WMD COORDINATOR SAMORE TO BRASILIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. NSC WMD Coordinator Gary Samore visited Brasilia August 6-7 to hold discussions with senior Brazilian officials on North Korea, Iran and strengthening international nonproliferation and disarmament efforts. Samore approached the Brazilians as potential partners in nonprolifera [...]	2009-08-20 18:25:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	KNUP PARM PREL NPT IAEA MNUC BR
09BRASILIA1093	BRAZILIAN VIEWS OF 2009 UNGA [...] Brazil's priorities for this year's UNGA are little different than in previous years: UNSC reform, Haiti and stability in Latin America. With recent controversy in the region surrounding the announcement of the U.S.-Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement, Ministry for External Relations (MRE [...]	2009-08-31 19:38:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA BR
09BRASILIA1112	BRAZIL MORE SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. ARAB-ISRAELI [...] (C) Summary. The Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRE or Itamaraty) has no immediate response to our request in ref A to provide $10 million in direct budget support to the Palestinian Authority (PA). The relevant MRE department heads were receptive to the idea of a further Brazilian co [...]	2009-09-04 20:38:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN EAID KWBG OPDC IS
09BRASILIA1113	AUGUST 4-5 VISIT OF U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR [...] (C) Summary: In an August 4-5 visit to Brasilia dominated by Brazilian concerns over USG intentions and the regional implications of expanded U.S. access to Colombian military bases, National Security Advisor General James L. Jones assured senior GOB officials that President Obama desires a tr [...]	2009-09-04 21:03:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ETRD EFIN KNNP XM XF IR BR
09BRASILIA1287	BRAZILIAN RESPONSE ON THE GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] On November 3, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Carlos Eduardo da Cunha Oliveira of the Human Rights Division of the Ministry of External Relations (MRE). Poloff stressed that, because of our serious concerns about the Goldstone Report, the USG sought to prevent passage of a harmful Genera [...]	2009-11-04 13:39:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAL PREL PHUM PTER BR
09BRASILIA1318	BRAZIL INFORMED OF DESIGNATION OF MALAYSIAN BANK AND BANK [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-16 14:24:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP EFIN PARM IR BR
09BRASILIA1342	NEW BRAZILIAN DEPUTY FM SEES NEED TO STEP UP [...] (C) The CDA paid a courtesy call November 18 on Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE or Itamaraty) Secretary-General (Deputy Minister) Antonio Patriota. Patriota has just taken up his duties following three years as Brazil,s ambassador to Washington. Patriota said he sees great poten [...]	2009-11-20 19:48:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN SENV BR
09BRASILIA1382	BRAZIL: BLACKOUT -CAUSES AND IMPLICATIONS [...] (S)SUMMARY: On November 10 at 22:13, Brazil experienced a blackout that plunged 18 of Brazil's 27 states into darkness for periods ranging from 20 minutes to 6 hours. A government commission is investigating, with a draft report and recommendations expected mid-December. GOB has recently begu [...]	2009-12-01 10:31:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET	ENRG ECON KSEC ECIP EINV PREL BR
09BRASILIA1383	BRAZIL: BLACKOUT -CAUSES AND IMPLICATIONS [...] (S)SUMMARY: On November 10 at 22:13, Brazil experienced a blackout that plunged 18 of Brazil's 27 states into darkness for periods ranging from 20 minutes to 6 hours. A government commission is investigating, with a draft report and recommendations expected mid-December. GOB has recently begu [...]	2009-12-01 11:27:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET	ENRG ECON KSEC ECIP EINV PREL BR
09BRASILIA1411	BRAZIL: SCENESETTER FOR THE DECEMBER 13-14 VISIT OF WHA [...] (C) Mission Brazil warmly welcomes your visit to Brasilia. It is more than a courtesy to say that your trip comes at a significant time for U.S.-Brazil relations. A promising start with the new U.S. Administration is beginning to ebb as high-level initiatives have been delayed and Brazil ha [...]	2009-12-10 16:08:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP BR
09BRASILIA177	UNDERSTANDING BRAZIL'S FOREIGN MINISTRY, PART 1: [...] (C) Summary. As Brazil takes an increasingly prominent place on the international stage, its Foreign Ministry, known widely as Itamaraty after its headquarters building, finds itself under the influence of four powerful personalities whose ideologies are shaping its foreign policy priorities [...]	2009-02-11 19:28:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON OIIP BR
09BRASILIA188	BRAZILIAN VIEWS ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION, THE BALKANS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Brazil's position on Kosovo recognition has not changed: the GOB would prefer a clear UN consensus in favor of Kosovo independence. Serbia is lobbying Brazil and other key UN members to file briefs at the ICJ in its favor. The Foreign Ministers of Macedonia and Bosnia have rec [...]	2009-02-13 15:50:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC NATO RS AL BK KV MK BR
09BRASILIA233	BRAZIL: STATE TACKLING CHILD AND SLAVE LABOR, TIP: [...] (U) Summary: The Northeastern Brazilian state of Maranhao ranks among the jurisdictions in Brazil with the highest incidence of domestic child labor, forced labor, and trafficking in persons (TIP). As one of Brazil's poorest states, resource constraints, coupled with neglect by state governme [...]	2009-02-26 21:59:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KFRD KWMN ELAB PREF ASEC SMIG BR
09BRASILIA312	Perceptions of President Obama, as Reflected in the [...] (U) SUMMARY: In Brazil, there is a great deal of public and media interest in President Barack Obama, going back to his emergence as the Democratic frontrunner in the middle stages of the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign. Obama's electoral victory and inauguration were covered very positively b [...]	2009-03-13 18:25:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPAO BR
09BRASILIA322	FOLLOW UP ON BRAZIL'S SHARM AL SHEIKH PLEDGE [...] (U) On 10 March, poloff delivered reftel talking points to Counselor Claudio Cesar Nascimento, chief of the Middle East Division I of the Ministry of External Relations (MRE). Nascimento confirmed the USD 10 million pledge made by Foreign Minister Amorim at Sharm al-Sheikh, Egypt, and noted t [...]	2009-03-16 17:26:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER EUN BR
09BRASILIA391	BRAZIL: GAZA PLEDGE, ARAB SOUTH AMERICAN SUMMIT: [...] (C) Summary: President Lula's trip to Doha to attend the March 31 Arab-South American Summit will continue a year of intense Middle East diplomacy that kicked off when Amorim matched Brazil's largest foreign aid contribution by pledging USD 10 million for Gaza reconstruction. Following the Mar [...]	2009-03-28 00:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL BR
09BRASILIA477	BRAZIL: IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT A PREVIEW [...] (C) Summary: Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki's visit to Brasilia on March 26, reciprocating Foreign Minister Amorim's November 2008 visit to Tehran, served as a preview to a planned visit to Brasilia by Iranian president Ahmadinejad that the media is reporting will happen May 5-6. During his [...]	2009-04-15 21:52:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG PINR SCUL BR IR
09BRASILIA497	CODEL HOYER BRAZIL VISIT PRODUCTIVE ON ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT, [...] (U) SUMMARY: Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and a delegation of nine members of the United States House of Representatives visited Brasilia and Rio de Janeiro April 8-10, with a focus on energy, the environment, and climate change. The delegation was granted a rare meeting with Brazilian Presid [...]	2009-04-22 19:28:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP SENV KGHG ENRG ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PREL BR
09BRASILIA551	BRAZIL: AHMADINEJAD'S VISIT OFF, THEN ON, AND [...] (SBU) Summary: One day before Iranian President Ahmadinejad was scheduled to arrive in Brasilia leading a delegation of more than 100 government and industry officials, Brasilia was awash in contradictory news reports and rumors of whether the visit would or would not be postponed. It was not [...]	2009-05-05 19:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG PINR SCUL BR IR
09BRASILIA694	NORTH KOREAN FOREIGN MINISTER MAKES "GENERIC" [...] (C) Summary and comment. Brazilian diplomatic sources assert that the May 9-13 visit of the North Korean Foreign Minister to Brazil had only a "generic political significance," the Koreans were not well prepared to discuss energy, one of their top priorities, and there was little substance t [...]	2009-06-04 10:17:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ENRG BR KN
09BRASILIA757	BRAZIL: BILATERAL ACCORDS A KEY COMPONENT IN [...] (C) Summary: Brazil,s strategy for dealing with the trafficking of illegal drugs has focused in part on creating a robust diplomatic framework in recognition that the "illegal traffic of narcotics represents a grave threat to the health and well-being of populations as well as a problem that a [...]	2009-06-16 19:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM NAR PREL BR
09BRASILIA762	BRAZILIAN RESPONSE TO U.S. MOVES TOWARD JOINING THE [...] (SBU) On Friday, June 12, Econ Officer delivered the demarche contained in REFTEL to Rubem Barbosa, the Special Advisor for International Relations to the Minister of Mines and Energy. 2. (SBU) Mr. Barbosa stated the Government of Brazil (GOB) is aware of IRENA but that the GOB does not plan [...]	2009-06-16 19:44:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KGHG SENV BR
09BRASILIA771	BRAZIL: CODEL THOMPSON DISCUSSES TERRORISM, [...] (SBU) Summary: Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee Bennie Thompson (D-MS),accompanied by other 4 Committee Members and some 20 staff, visited Brasilia on May 28. In addition to a country team and special session with Department of Homeland Security representatives (ICE, CBP, [...]	2009-06-18 19:09:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER OREP PGOV BR
09BRASILIA928	BRAZIL: NO AGREEMENT WITH IRANIAN EXPORT [...] (C) Summary: Brazil,s Ministry of External Relations (Itamaraty) was quick to dismiss claims made in Istoe magazine titled "Secret Agreement between Brazil and Iran," which reported on a memorandum of agreement between the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE) and Iran aimed at promot [...]	2009-07-24 10:46:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PREL BR
09BRATISLAVA128	SLOVAKIA SEEKS CONSULTATIONS PRIOR TO ASAD VISIT [...] (U) This message contains an action request in para six. 2. (C) Summary: In the course of a meeting to deliver ref a points on Syria, Ambassador Klara Novotna, head of the MFA's Middle East Directorate, informed Charge that President Asad would visit Bratislava, April 28-30. The visit was d [...]	2009-03-16 12:03:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LO SY
09BRATISLAVA33	SLOVAKIA ON EU-SYRIA ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel A points to Tana Halaszova of the Slovak MFA's Middle East Department. Halaszova stated that she did not believe the EU-Syria Association Agreement would be discussed in upcoming EU Ministerial meetings, as the European gas crisis and the Gaza conflict were causing [...]	2009-01-16 11:12:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU SY LO
09BRATISLAVA41	GAERC RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to Albin Otruba, European Correspondent at the Slovak MFA on January 21. Otruba said GAERC's agenda is still subject to change, but guessed it would include Kosovo, Guantanamo, the Middle East, Russia/Ukraine, and energy security only. Slovakia will be repr [...]	2009-01-22 13:43:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF ZL SU ZI UP BO
09BRAZZAVILLE228	SUBJECT : OVERVIEW OF FRENCH AID TO THE REPUBLIC OF THE [...] (U) Summary: In a detailed press interview, Nicolas Normand, French Ambassador to the ROC, described the major areas of GOF aid efforts in the ROC. Currently, the GOF has a multi-faceted aid program that focuses on intervention in infrastructure development, cultural advocacy, environmental is [...]	2009-07-30 11:02:00	Embassy Brazzaville	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL CF FR
09BRIDGETOWN210	ST LUCIA: GOVERNMENT WEAKNESS AND FOREIGN [...] (C) The government's integrity and accountability are under increasing strain in St. Lucia in the face of continued tensions within the governing party and windfall foreign funds being deployed by Taiwan into government constituencies. With the ongoing economic slowdown impacting the island, [...]	2009-04-03 16:42:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM PREL INRB XL CH TW EAID OFDP
09BRIDGETOWN567	Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean: NAS Summer 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is a summary of law enforcement and counter-narcotics activities and training for July and August 2009 in Embassy Bridgetown's AOR. Most of the reporting period was dominated by a JIATF-S led operation, Operation Flying Fish II, which resulted in numerous contacts with drug [...]	2009-09-16 22:42:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM KJUS MASS PREL XL
09BRIDGETOWN749	The Last of the Caribs [...] (C) Dominica's Carib territory - one of the last vestiges of indigenous Carib culture in the Hemisphere -- is rapidly losing its cultural identity due to increasing government encroachment, the breakdown of public institutions, and the high rate of poverty and social ills within the Carib comm [...]	2009-12-07 19:47:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI EAID ECON KWMN XL
09BRUSSELS1075	EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: A FIRST LOOK AT THE NEW FOREIGN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although the European Parliament (EP) has less decision-making power in foreign policy as compared to other EU policy areas, the Foreign Affairs Committee (AFET) is traditionally a prestigious one and offers a platform for high-level visitors to reach out to the EU. But the new [...]	2009-08-06 05:17:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR ECON EUN
09BRUSSELS1118	PERSPECTIVES FROM NEW DEPUTY PERMREP TO BELGIUM'S [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs and Polintern met on August 5 with Thomas Lambert, Belgium's new Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN in New York. Lambert has just left a position as Deputy Chief of the Cabinet of former Minister of Foreign Affairs Karel De Gucht. Based on his insider's view of B [...]	2009-08-12 09:44:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BE IS KN IR UNSC
09BRUSSELS1127	EUPOL DEPLOYMENT TO U.S. PRTS -- REQUEST FOR [...] (U) This is a request for guidance. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On May 27, EUPOL Political Advisor Jean-Baptiste Valmary and a staffer had met with USEU political officers to provide an update on the EU civilian police mission to Afghanistan, focusing on its training activiti [...]	2009-08-13 12:03:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR MOPS PREL EUN
09BRUSSELS1193	EU SCENESETTER FOR CODEL KANJORSKI [...] (SBU) I would like to welcome you and the members of your Delegation to Brussels. You are arriving at a time when the change in U.S. Administration and the press of global events have pushed U.S.-EU cooperation to new heights across a range of economic and political issues. The EU and its Mem [...]	2009-08-28 11:20:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL ETRD ENRG SENV KHGH KJUS KTFN EUN
09BRUSSELS123	DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON PARTICIPATION IN GAZA ARMS [...] (C) Deputy Political Counselor delivered reftel demarche January 27 to Wolfgang Barwinkel, Director of the Middle East Division at the Middle East Maghreb Unit of the EU Council. (Note: Head of Unit Christian Jouret was traveling with Javier Solana in the Middle East.) Barwinkel noted that the [...]	2009-01-28 16:40:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL MARR MOPS PARM NATO EU IS PHSA
09BRUSSELS1249	BELGIUM WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN ORAL ARGUMENTS ON [...] (C) On September 8, Poloff met with Luc Liebaut, Director of the Department of South-East Europe in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Liebaut said that Belgium will not participate in oral arguments on Kosovo's declaration of independence in the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Liebaut sa [...]	2009-09-16 15:35:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL ICJ KV BE
09BRUSSELS1255	S/E WOLPE'S MEETINGS WITH BELGIAN MFA AND [...] (C) Summary: Great Lakes Special Envoy Howard Wolpe visited Brussels August 31 to September 1 to meet with Belgian MFA and Development contacts during a six nation visit to reestablish a transatlantic dialogue on Africa. The Belgians said the DRC, Rwanda, and Burundi were the top priorities o [...]	2009-09-17 16:06:00	Embassy Brussels	SECRET	PREL PGOV EAID EFIN MARR MOPS PHUM SOCI KWMN
09BRUSSELS1287	EU SOLICITS U.S. PARTICIPATION IN DRC SSR MISSION [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 16, the EU extended an official invitation to the United States to participate in its security sector reform (SSR) mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (EUSEC RD Congo). EU officials have broached this topic with us before (REF A),but this meeting consti [...]	2009-09-24 13:15:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PHUM PREL ZF CG EUN
09BRUSSELS1301	U.S.-EU TROIKA CONSULTATIONS ON DISARMAMENT AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The semi-annual U.S.-EU Troika consultations on disarmament and nonproliferation took place on September 9, 2009. The two sides were generally on the same wavelength on key armation issues. ISN DAparticular that the EU crt in this area, so that Egypt could not say nothing had [...]	2009-09-25 14:15:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR PREL AORC PTER EUN XF
09BRUSSELS1315	S/E WOLPE'S MEETINGS WITH BELGIAN MFA AND [...] (U) This is a corrected version of canceled BRUSSELS 1255. 2. (C) Summary: Great Lakes Special Envoy Howard Wolpe visited Brussels August 31 to September 1 to meet with Belgian MFA and Development contacts during a six nation visit to reestablish a transatlantic dialogue on Africa. The Bel [...]	2009-09-30 06:06:00	Embassy Brussels	SECRET	PREL PGOV EAID EFIN MARR MOPS PHUM SOCI KWMN
09BRUSSELS132	AFGHANISTAN: CAN THE EU BE A STRONGER PARTNER IN [...] (C/NF) Summary and comment. We currently have a window of opportunity to lay the groundwork for more EU contributions in Afghanistan. The current window may close as soon as April 3-4, 2009 -- the dates of the NATO Summit. It is unlikely that the 21 out of 27 EU member states who are also N [...]	2009-01-29 16:36:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER SNAR NATO MARR AF AID BE EAID
09BRUSSELS1345	BELGIUM: MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS VIEWS ON EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: Belgium's foreign policy priorities in the EU include the EU's policy towards Belgium's former colonies, toward those countries where Belgian soldiers are posted, enlargement, and ensuring that EU foreign policy is developed according to agreed-upon standards. Belgium remains de [...]	2009-10-02 16:22:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BE EU
09BRUSSELS1346	EU CLOSE TO LAUNCHING A SOMALIA SECURITY FORCE [...] (C//NF) Summary: In November, EU Foreign and Defense Ministers may approve an operation to train Somali National Security Forces in Djibouti or Uganda. On September 18, EU Political and Security Committee (PSC) Ambassadors tasked the EU Council Secretariat to make specific recommendations to [...]	2009-10-02 18:29:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS MARR SO XW EUN
09BRUSSELS135	JANUARY GAERC - EU FOREIGN MINISTERS DISCUSS GAZA, [...] (C) Summary: Meeting in Brussels January 26, EU Foreign Ministers focused their energies primarily on recent political and economic developments affecting the EU. The General Affairs Council discussed the incoming Czech presidency's priorities and energy security, while the External Affairs [...]	2009-01-29 18:53:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EUN ETTC KTFN IR SR BO XF ZI UP RS
09BRUSSELS1374	EU/IRAN SANCTIONS: CURRENT STATE OF PLAY [...] (C//NF) EU/Iran sanctions officials are currently focused on internal review procedures, but the USG can help make their discussions more forward-leaning by responding to EU requests for information and engaging in high-level diplomacy. On October 13, EU Council Director for Politico-Militar [...]	2009-10-14 07:47:00	USEU Brussels	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC KNNP PARM PREL PINR MNUC EFIN ETRD UNSC
09BRUSSELS142	SOLANA SPEAKS ON MIDDLE EAST PEACE, GUANTANAMO, [...] (C//NF) Summary. EU Council Secretary General and CFSP High Representative Javier Solana addressed the final session of a "Study Day" on transatlantic relations organized by the EPP-ED political group at the European Parliament. During the January 29 event he discussed EU relations with the [...]	2009-01-30 17:01:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ENRG KPAL EUN
09BRUSSELS1425	BELGIUM'S GOALS FOR THE AFRICAN GREAT LAKES REGION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Gutman hosted a luncheon October 8 with the Belgian MFA Africa team and the Chief of Staff to Belgium's Minister for Development Cooperation to discuss Belgium's priorities in the African Great Lakes region. Regarding the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),Belgium [...]	2009-10-23 15:55:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID SOCI CG BE
09BRUSSELS1494	BRUSSELS DISCUSSIONS ON DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 28 Danika Walters from State/NEA and Ricki Gold from USAID/ME met with EU officials from the Directorate General for External Relations (RELEX),EuropeAid Development Cooperation Office, and Council of the European Union's General Secretariat Unit for the Middle East to [...]	2009-11-04 14:37:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IR PREL EUN ECON
09BRUSSELS1500	BELGIUM SET TO ABSTAIN ON GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (C) The Chief of Staff to Belgium's Foreign Minister, Franciskus Van Daele, told the Ambassador and POL/ECON Counselor November 4 that there was no European consensus on the UNGA resolution on the Goldstone report. Van Daele said that there was still on-going coordination between the 27 EU [...]	2009-11-05 15:22:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS BE
09BRUSSELS1505	EUPOL DEPLOYMENT TO U.S. PRTS -- LETTERS [...] (C) Embassy Kabul, in Reftel, raises the importance of the issue of whether the U.S. should sign letters of agreement with the European Union Police Mission in Afghanistan (EUPOL). In order to ensure that discussions on this issue in Washington and elsewhere focus on precisely what the Euro [...]	2009-11-09 12:36:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS MARR EUN NATO AF
09BRUSSELS1554	BELGIUM: JEWISH LEADERS CONCERNED BY ANTI-SEMITISM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A diverse range of opinions were voiced at the October 21 Jewish Leader roundtable. Anti-Semitism in Belgium expresses itself through youth violence and a common fear of wearing Jewish religious symbols in public since the second intifada in 2000. At one tenth the size o [...]	2009-11-20 12:57:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SCUL IS BE
09BRUSSELS1581	AMBASSADOR GUTMAN'S NOVEMBER 9 MEETING WITH [...] Summary: The Ambassador paid an initial courtesy call on Charles Michel, Belgium's Minister for Development Cooperation, on November 9. Michel's ministry creates policy and oversees administration of a large part of Belgium's official development assistance to Afghanistan, Central Africa an [...]	2009-11-24 15:34:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV BE AF CG
09BRUSSELS1596	BELGIUM: U.S. POSTURE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff met on November 24 with the Belgian Special Envoy for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, Werner Bauwens, before Bauwens left for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) meeting on Iran. Bauwens harbors little hope that Iran will cooperate with the IAEA and said that [...]	2009-11-27 06:32:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP IR PREL BE
09BRUSSELS1615	EU PREPARING NEW HIGH REPRESENTATIVE TO PRESS BURMA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloff delivered reftel demarche to European Council Secretariat contact on November 30 who commented on the similarities between our policy points and the briefing paper he prepared for the new High Representative for EU Foreign Policy, Catherine Ashton. While the Council Secre [...]	2009-12-01 16:04:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM EU
09BRUSSELS1639	HOLBROOKE & FM BILDT ON AFGHAN ELECTIONS, CIVILIAN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Sweden's Foreign Minister Carl Bildt told Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke in a December 3 meeting in Brussels that he agreed that Afghan elections due to be held in May 2010 must be postponed. He advocated using the upcoming releases of OSCE, [...]	2009-12-04 18:28:00	USEU Brussels	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MOPS EAID PINS PGOV PREL EUN SW PK IN
09BRUSSELS171	EU INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2009 [...] Per reftel, this is the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for the European Union. Post will email Word versions as instructed in reftel. The statement covers the following categories: --Openness to Foreign Investment Q-Conversion and Transfer Policies --Expropriation and Compensation -- [...]	2009-02-06 11:28:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV OPIC BE
09BRUSSELS174	IRAN: EU DESIGNATIONS AFFECTED BY U.S. POLICY [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: In light of German and Italian interventions over the past twenty-four hours, the Czech EU Presidency has decided to postpone an EU-level experts meeting on new Iran proliferation-related designations that was scheduled for February 11. The Italian delegation requested that th [...]	2009-02-06 17:41:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KNNC ETTC ETRD EFIN IR EUN
09BRUSSELS193	EU ENVIRONMENT COMMISSIONER EAGER TO ENHANCE [...] (SBU) The Charge d'Affaires met with EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas on February 9. Dimas said that he looks forward to working with President Obama's climate team toward an international agreement. He realizes that "the transition will take a bit more time" and does not underestim [...]	2009-02-11 11:03:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY
09BRUSSELS209	BELGIUM TO REFUSE EXPORT LICENSES FOR ARMS TO [...] (U) On February 2 the Belgian Federal government held a consultation with the Flemish, Walloon and Brussels regional authorities responsible for issuance of export licenses for arms to coordinate Belgium's policy on arms exports to "Israel and the occupied territories." Arms export licenses a [...]	2009-02-13 09:49:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL BE IS
09BRUSSELS217	EU SEEKS FOR ROLE IN MIDDLE EAST PEACE AS [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-13 16:41:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL MARR PARM EU IS
09BRUSSELS223	(CORRECTED CABLE FOR ERROR IN SUBJECT LINE) EU [...] (C) Summary: As Israel undertakes the formation of a new government and plans go forward for the March 2 Cairo donors conference, several EU officials and diplomats from EU member states and non-EU interested missions (such as Egypt, Israel and Norway) have told us the importance they attach t [...]	2009-02-17 15:39:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL MARR PARM EU IS
09BRUSSELS238	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: BELGIAN OFFERS EUROPEAN VIEW ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Belgian MFA human rights expert Nathalie Rondeux called Poloff February 19 from Geneva to provide the European view, with Belgian nuance, on the Durban Review Conference Working Group. Rondeux said the Durban process was very important to Europe; Europeans are excited the U.S. [...]	2009-02-20 08:02:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNHRC BE
09BRUSSELS247	AFGHANISTAN: GENERAL PETRAEUS HITS RE-SET BUTTON [...] (C) Summary. General David Petraeus, Commander of U.S. Central Command, discussed Afghanistan with representatives from all 27 EU member states and other high-ranking EU officials in Brussels February 11 and 12. General Petraeus emphasized that his objective in meeting the EU was to consult [...]	2009-02-20 16:13:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER SNAR NATO MARR AF AID BE EAID
09BRUSSELS248	DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON U.S. PLANS FOR MARCH 2 [...] (C) Summary: Drawing on Reftel points USEU discussed the March 2 donors' conference with EU officials and representatives of the Czech and Norwegian missions in Brussels, as well as with the EU's humanitarian aid organization, ECHO. According to our interlocutors, Javier Solana, Commissioner [...]	2009-02-20 16:22:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EU KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER
09BRUSSELS259	EU EAGER TO WORK WITH U.S. ON CAP AND TRADE SYSTEMS [...] (SBU) Summary: EU Commission officials, industry reps, climate traders, and NGOs, are eager for a U.S. cap and trade system and anxious to share their experiences on the 2008 revision process of the EU,s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). Seeking U.S. leadership on climate change, all aspire to a [...]	2009-02-23 16:21:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY
09BRUSSELS262	Javier Solana to the Middle East; Will Meet S/E Mitchell [...] SUMMARY: Javier SOLANA, EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP),announced at the February 23 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting of EU-27 Foreign Ministers, that he would travel to the Middle East February 24 to 28. Solana's trip wil [...]	2009-02-24 15:20:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAL EAID EUN SY LE EG IS XF
09BRUSSELS267	SCENESETTER FOR ACTING A/S CARTER WITH BELGIAN MFA [...] Acting A/S Carter, your trip to Brussels comes at a time when the Belgian government is eager for dialogue with the United States on Africa. Your willingness to meet MFA Africa policy hands will help show that the U.S. takes Belgian views seriously and is willing to consider coordinating with [...]	2009-02-25 15:59:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PBTS PREF PINS SOCI MOPS MARR
09BRUSSELS294	YOUR MEETING WITH BELGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER DE GUCHT [...] (C) Madame Secretary, your meeting with Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht will reinforce U.S.-Belgian cooperation on Afghanistan, on counter-terrorism, on Iran, and on Africa. Your meeting--our first cabinet-level exchange since a new government was formed under Prime Minister Herman [...]	2009-03-03 18:42:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BE
09BRUSSELS310	YOUR MEETING WITH BELGIAN PRIME MINISTER VAN ROMPUY [...] (C) Summary: Mr. Vice President, your meeting with Belgian Prime Minister Van Rompuy can reinforce U.S.-Belgian cooperation on Afghanistan, counter-terrorism, resettlement of Guantanamo detainees, Iran, Kosovo and Africa. The meeting is an opportunity to recognize Belgium's expanding contri [...]	2009-03-05 15:24:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BE
09BRUSSELS314	ACTING A/S CARTER'S MEETING WITH BELGIANS ON AFRICA [...] (C) Summary: Acting A/S Carter had a positive exchange of views with the Belgian MFA Africa Team at a breakfast hosted by Charge February 26. The MFA was represented by Africa Director Guy Trouveroy, Minister De Gucht's Deputy Chef du Cabinet Jean-Luc Bodson, Great Lakes Envoy Karl Dehaene, an [...]	2009-03-06 10:00:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI MARR MOPS CG BE
09BRUSSELS316	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: EU WILL ENCOURAGE DRC TO [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche March 4 to Sandra Paesen, administrator for Central Africa at the European Council Secretariat, who committed to assist in delivering the message to President Kabila. Paesen was unaware of the issue, but sympathetic to the concern that withdrawal of the I [...]	2009-03-06 13:20:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PREL PHUM UNSC CG IN EUN
09BRUSSELS324	SCENESETTER FOR AFRICOM DEPUTY COMMANDER YATES [...] (U) Deputy to the Commander of AFRICOM Yates, your trip to Brussels comes at a time when the Belgian government is eager for dialogue with the United States on Africa. Secretary of State Clinton met with Foreign Minister De Gucht March 6, and much of what De Gucht brought up centered on Africa [...]	2009-03-11 05:07:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI MARR MOPS CG BE
09BRUSSELS361	IRAN: MARCH 3 EU DEBATE ON SANCTIONS AND U.S. [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On March 3, EU Political and Securty Council Ambassadors held an inconclusive debate on Iran policy with a view toward framing a response to the U.S. Iran policy review. Council Secretariat DirGen Robert Cooper circulated a draft paper detailing the purely military nature of th [...]	2009-03-13 14:39:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KNNC ETTC ETRD EFIN IR EUN
09BRUSSELS371	EGYPTIANS AND PALESTINIANS MEET WITH EU TROIKA ON [...] (C) Summary: The EU Troika (Czech FM Karel Schwarzenberg, Council High Representative Javier Solana, and Commissioner Bettina Ferrero-Waldner) met with Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit, PA Foreign Minister el-Maliki, and the Jordanian ambassador to the EU on March 15 for dinner to disc [...]	2009-03-16 15:25:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG EUN

09BRUSSELS45	EP PRESIDENT POTTERING ON GAZA, ENERGY, AND [...] (U) During a January 7 meeting with Ambassador Silverberg, Hans-Gert Pottering, President of the European Parliament, discussed the Israel-Gaza crisis, the Russia-Ukraine energy dispute, and freedom of religion in the Middle East. Pottering requested the meeting with the Ambassador in order [...]	2009-01-14 13:53:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG KIRF PHUM TK RU UK IS EUN
09BRUSSELS450	EUROPEAN COUNTERPARTS SEEK MORE ROBUST DEVELOPMENT [...] European counterparts within the Commission, Czech Presidency, and EU Member States have indicated strong interest in elevating development to a more important place on the trans-Atlantic agenda. In their view, the new U.S. Administration is likely to be receptive to these efforts, given a s [...]	2009-03-27 15:43:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL ECON EFIN ETRD EUN IO EAGR
09BRUSSELS453	EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT CALLS FOR UPGRADED TRANSATLANTIC TIES [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-30 14:19:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EUN
09BRUSSELS476	MIDDLE EAST: NOTES FROM MARCH 27-28 INFORMAL [...] (C/NF) An EU member country contact gave to the Charge the following text (paras 2-5),based on a Czech Presidency readout of the informal discussion on the Middle East among EU foreign ministers at the March 27-28 Gymnich, held in Hluboka in the Czech Republic. As is usual with the semi-annu [...]	2009-04-01 15:31:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KPAL EUN
09BRUSSELS49	DEMARCHE: SYRIA ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT TO BE [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Czech (EU presidency) PermRep Milena Vicenova January 13. In her discussion, Ambassador reviewed U.S. concerns about Syria's behavior, including assistance to Hezbollah and Hamas, lack of cooperation with the IAEA, the problem of foreign fighters tr [...]	2009-01-15 08:54:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU SY
09BRUSSELS537	IRAN SANCTIONS: AA/S GLASER CONSULTS KEY AMBASSADORS IN BRUSSELS REF: A. BRUSSELS 205 B. BRUSSELS 41 C. 2008 BRUSSELS 1468 D. BRUSSELS 101 [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On March 2 and 3 Acting Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Daniel Glaser briefed EU-27 non-proliferation and Iran experts on U.S. sanctions against Iran's illicit conduct in the areas of nuclear proliferation and terrorism. On the margin of the formal briefing (reporte [...]	2009-04-08 12:24:00	USEU Brussels	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC KNNP PARM KTFN PTER EFIN KCRM KJUS KHLS
09BRUSSELS550	EU CONTINUES TO WEIGH ISRAEL AND SYRIA RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: As reported reftel the 27 EU Foreign Ministers, meeting March 27 in the Czech Republic in the semi-annual informal "Gymnich" format (at which formal conclusions are not reached) discussed a number of Middle East issues, including whether and how to proceed with an upgrade of EU- [...]	2009-04-09 15:16:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL EU
09BRUSSELS579	EU REACTION TO BURMA POLICY REVIEW UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Brussels-based EU officials working on Burma policy issues appreciated receiving reftel points on the status of the ongoing U.S. policy review. Although the EU still intends a straight rollover of its Common Position and restrictive measures, Foreign Ministers may issue politic [...]	2009-04-17 19:33:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ETRD BM EUN
09BRUSSELS58	BELGIUM SUPPORTS EU-SYRIA ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche requesting delay in approval of an EU-Syria association agreement to Liliane Bloem, Acting Director of the European Affairs Department, on January 12 and to Yves Rogister, a desk officer in the Department for the Middle-East & North Africa, on January 13. [...]	2009-01-15 15:55:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU SY BE
09BRUSSELS592	SENATOR BINGAMAN DISCUSSES CAP AND TRADE SYSTEMS [...] (SBU) Summary. Senator Bingaman met separately on April 5-6 with officials from the EU Commission, EU Council, European Parliament, and private industry to discuss the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) and cap and trade systems in general. The underlying theme presented by the Europeans th [...]	2009-04-24 11:09:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY
09BRUSSELS622	INTRODUCING THE EU, PART VII: EU-U.S. COOPERATION UNDER THE [...] (U) Policy consultation and coordination between the United States and European Union has grown enormously over the past decade, and in many respects now rivals the level of discussion we have with such key allies as the UK, Germany and Japan. Our policy relationship with the EU differs from [...]	2009-04-30 13:22:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EUN
09BRUSSELS651	SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE HOLBROOKE MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Richard Holbrooke met with European Union leaders on March 23 during his first visit to Brussels as Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan. He expressed appreciation for EU support to Afghanistan and Pakistan, applauded the EU for deploying the only inte [...]	2009-05-08 05:19:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS EAID KDEM SNAR PINS PTER EUN
09BRUSSELS656	BELGIAN UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: The National Center for Development Cooperation is an umbrella organization for Belgian francophone NGOs providing development assistance worldwide, including some working in Afghanistan. Its Director, Arnaud Zacharie, was open to the need for assistance to Afghanistan and the id [...]	2009-05-08 15:48:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PGOV BE AF
09BRUSSELS658	BELGIAN UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: The National Center for Development Cooperation is an umbrella organization for Belgian francophone NGOs providing development assistance worldwide, including some working in Afghanistan. Its Director, Arnaud Zacharie, was open to the need for assistance to Afghanistan and the id [...]	2009-05-08 15:49:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PGOV BE AF
09BRUSSELS67	DEMARCHE: EU AND EC OFFICIALS REQUEST FURTHER [...] (C) Deputy Political Counselor delivered reftel demarche separately to Christian Jouret, Head of the Middle East Unit in the Council of the European Union (who works closely with Solana) and to Leonidas Tezapsidis, Head of the Near East Region (a Unit Deputy Director) in the European Commission [...]	2009-01-16 15:10:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS PARM KWBG PBTS PHUM EU IS
09BRUSSELS693	CONCERNS ABOUT SECURITY MAIN OBSTACLE TO BELGIAN [...] (C) Summary: The Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Coordinator for Counter-Terrorism, Thomas Baekelandt, told Charge on May 13 that Belgium's main concern about taking detainees from Guantanamo is the risk to Belgian and European security. He also said he would want to know why the U.S [...]	2009-05-15 14:52:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV BE AF
09BRUSSELS728	BELGIUM: H1N1: SIXTH, SEVENTH AND EIGHTH [...] Belgian health authorities announced via a May 26 press release that an eighth positive case of H1N1 in Belgium has occurred, involving a young man from Brussels who had returned to Belgium on May 24 from a New York-Paris flight, taking the TGV high-speed train from Paris to Brussels. The ma [...]	2009-05-27 12:46:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09BRUSSELS769	U.S-EU CONSULTATIONS ON HUMANITRIAN ASSISTANCE [...] (U) Summary: Acting Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees, and Mgration Samuel Witten led a U.S. delegation of PRM and USAID officials in Brussels May 19 or the annual humanitarian Strategic Policy Dialogue (SPD) between the U.S. and the European Commission, the world's two largest hum [...]	2009-06-03 15:37:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL EAID EUN
09BRUSSELS770	EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ELECTIONS III - A WHO-WILL-BE-WHO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Key posts in the European Parliament (EP) will be distributed in July. The five-year EP Presidency is likely to be shared between Jerzy Buzcek (EPP-ED, Poland) for the first half-term and Martin Schulz (PES, Germany) for the second, although other contenders are in the wings. T [...]	2009-06-03 16:20:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR EUN ECON
09BRUSSELS784	DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON U.S. OBJECTIVES FOR THE [...] (SBU) Mission delivered reftel demarche to officials who cover the Middle East at the EU Council, European Commission, and Czech Mission (the current EU presidency). According to the director for Middle East affairs at the Council, the upcoming Ad-Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) meeting was di [...]	2009-06-05 13:19:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KPAL PGOV PREL EU
09BRUSSELS802	BELGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER DE GUCHT'S MAY 27-28 [...] (SBU) Summary: Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht traveled to Iraq on May 27-28. While Belgium has been absent from Iraq for several years, his visit indicates a new willingness to be more active and cooperative with efforts to build security and good governance in the country. De Gucht [...]	2009-06-09 11:39:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EINV EPET BE IZ
09BRUSSELS832	RESULTS FROM BELGIUM'S EUROPEAN ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: The results from the June 7, 2009 European Parliament elections came out as expected. On the francophone side, the Parti Socialiste (PS) and liberal Mouvement Reformateur (MR) together earned over 50 percent of the vote. The surging Green party, Ecolo, significantly improved upon [...]	2009-06-17 15:52:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV BE
09BRUSSELS84	EU FOREIGN MINISTERS PRESS LIVNI ON OPENING GAZA, [...] (C) Summary: Tomas Smetanka, Middle East Advisor at the Czech Permanent Representation in Brussels, told us that, during their January 21 dinner meeting with Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, EU Foreign Ministers pressed for an immediate humanitarian opening of Gaza, for a permanent ope [...]	2009-01-22 17:20:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PHUM EU
09BRUSSELS869	ECHO TO USAID AA: SUDAN FRAGILE, GENOCIDE LABEL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Acting USAID Assistant Administrator Earl Gast, transiting Brussels en route to Sudan, spent June 12 in Brussels meeting with Commission counterparts at the EC's Humanitarian Aid Department (ECHO),EUROPEAID and DG-DEV. Interlocutors at ECHO described a fragile situation in Suda [...]	2009-06-24 18:10:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SOCI PREL ECON
09BRUSSELS878	EU DEVELOPING COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO FIGHTING PIRACY [...] (C//NF) Summary: In several recent meetings, in the run-up to the GAERC's decision to extend the Atalanta mission to December 2010, EU Officials outlined to us the thinking behind High Rep Solana's effort to prompt discussion among member states on a bigger EU role in Somalia. The EU is fu [...]	2009-06-25 16:15:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EWWT KCRM MARR MOPS PINS PREL XF XW EUN
09BRUSSELS886	AFGHANISTAN, GEORGIA & PIRACY DISCUSSED BY [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The Czech EU Presidency's Ambassador Ivo Sramek chaired a meeting of the EU Political Security Committee (PSC)ambassadors with NATO Allies and EU accession states on June 23. Topics were the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM),the EU's Civilian Police mission in Afghanist [...]	2009-06-26 14:07:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EUN MARR MOPS PREL EAID KDEM PINS PTER MASS
09BUCHAREST188	ROMANIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY ON DEPLOYMENTS, [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with Ministry of National Defense officials, the Director General for Defense Policy discussed current thinking regarding Romania's participation in its overseas deployments, reassuring the U.S. on continuity of operations. He also raised the option of providin [...]	2009-03-20 11:57:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS MCAP PREL PGOV IZ AF RO
09BUCHAREST25	CHARGE CALL ON NEW FOREIGN MINISTER DIACONESCU [...] (C) Newly-installed Foreign Minister Cristian Diaconescu met with Charge on January 14 to share his thoughts on those foreign policy issues Romania will emphasize during his tenure. He first focused on neighborhood concerns, including the importance of improving Romanian-Ukrainian relations. [...]	2009-01-15 05:45:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RO
09BUCHAREST671	BASESCU OUTLINES ROMANIA'S BLACK SEA ENERGY [...] (C) Summary: President Traian Basescu told visiting U.S. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard Morningstar on September 30 that Romania remains solidly behind the southern corridor strategy for diversifying sources and routes of energy supply to Europe, and is actively pursuing stronger [...]	2009-10-02 09:59:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON PREL AJ EUN TU TX RO
09BUCHAREST740	ROMANIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON THE GOLDSTONE [...] (SBU) POLOFF delivered REF demarche on 3 November 2009 to Razvan Rotundu, MFA Head of OSCE, Council of Europe and Human Rights Directorate, and Cosmin Boiangiu, MFA Head of United Nations Affairs Directorate. Rotundu stated that the Government of Romania (GOR) shared the U.S. point of view. R [...]	2009-11-04 13:39:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAL PREL PHUM PTER RO
09BUCHAREST809	ROMANIA ELECTIONS: BASESCU GETS THE BEST OF THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Just three days before the December 6 Presidential runoff incumbent President Traian Basescu and Social Democratic Party (PSD) chairman Mircea Geoana met for their one and only televised debate before the second round of elections. Basescu is generally considered to have gotten [...]	2009-12-07 04:31:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KCOR RO
09BUDAPEST203	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. ENGAGEMENT WITH SYRIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-17 14:32:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU SY HU
09BUDAPEST34	HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON THE EU-SYRIA ASSOCIATION [...] (C) PolOff met with MFA EU External Relations Section Head Andras Dekany on January 9 to discuss reftel. Dekany first stated that there was no information from their EU representative in Brussels that the EU-Syrian Association Agreement would be on the January 26-27 GAERC agenda. He commente [...]	2009-01-12 14:22:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU SY HU
09BUDAPEST48	BUDAPEST RESPONSE TO US-ISRAEL ANTI-SMUGGLING MOU [...] DCM delivered reftel points to the MFA,s Deputy Director General for the Middle East and Africa, Ferenc Csillag. Csillag had little substantive response but said the information would be useful as Hungary prepared its positions for the upcoming GAERC. He also said he would forward the points [...]	2009-01-16 16:11:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MAR PAR PREL HU
09BUDAPEST590	RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REQUEST URGING STRONG [...] (SBU) Emboff delivered the talking points contained in reftel to Gyula Petho, Director of the Asia bureau at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Laszlo Takacs, Director of the Far East/Burma department. Petho and Takacs expressed agreement with the U.S. position on the Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK [...]	2009-08-14 12:20:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL BM EU HU
09BUDAPEST60	HUNGARIAN VIEWS ON JANUARY 26-27 FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (C) MFA EU External Relations Section Chief Andras Dekany discussed the reftel GAERC agenda with PolOff on January 23. Dekany stated that the agenda will focus on three items: the Gaza crisis, Guantanamo, and Russia. He provided the following summary of the MFA's position papers on the subjec [...]	2009-01-23 15:35:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN HU
09BUDAPEST603	HUNGARY ON 2009 G-8 BMENA FORUM FOR THE FUTURE [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-18 12:32:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	KMPI KPAO KDEM ECON PREL HU
09BUDAPEST61	HUNGARIAN VIEWS ON JANUARY 26-27 FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (C) MFA EU External Relations Section Chief Andras Dekany discussed the reftel GAERC agenda with PolOff on January 23. Dekany stated that the agenda will focus on three items: the Gaza crisis, Guantanamo, and Russia. He provided the following summary of the MFA's position papers on the subjec [...]	2009-01-23 15:46:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN HU
09BUDAPEST617	HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON THE IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-25 16:06:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP AORC PREL PARM IAEA HU
09BUDAPEST638	HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON THE SEPTEMBER GYMNICH [...] MFA EU External Relations and Crisis Situations Section Chief Andras Dekany discussed ref email topics with PolOff on September 3 and provided the following comments concerning the agenda items: 2. (C) Israel-Palestinian Peace: -- Referring to the September summit, Dekany said that Hunga [...]	2009-09-04 11:16:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU HU
09BUDAPEST665	HUNGARIAN ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON UPCOMING IAEA [...] (C) In a September 10 meeting with PolOff, MFA Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Section Chief Mark Horvath provided an update to ref B comments concerning the upcoming IAEA General Conference. Horvath said that Sweden, currently holding the EU Presidency, responded to the ref A referenced E [...]	2009-09-11 14:54:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP AORC PREL PARM IAEA HU
09BUDAPEST669	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: HUNGARY SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. [...] (C) Emboff delivered reftel talking points to Sandor Racz, Senior Advisor to the Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Section within the Hungarian Foreign Ministry's Department for Security Policy and Non-Proliferation. Racz expressed Hungary's concurrence with the U.S. position on the IAEA Gene [...]	2009-09-15 15:01:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PARM PREL KNNP IAEA EG IS HU
09BUDAPEST779	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: HUNGARIAN VIEWS ON THIRD [...] (U) PolOff and EmbOff delivered reftel points October 22 to Anna Miklos, the Ministry of Foreign Affair's UN Desk Officer. Miklos expressed appreciation for the opportunity to discuss Third Committee agenda items in advance, adding that the Hungarian position parallels USG priorities. She sa [...]	2009-10-26 17:36:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UN EU HU
09BUDAPEST829	FIDESZ ROLLS OUT ITS AGENDA TO THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Opposition party Fidesz, clearly confident of victory in next April's elections, rolled out its economic and foreign policy agenda to members of the diplomatic community November 18. With no margin of maneuver on fiscal policy, Fidesz intends to use monetary policy to help gene [...]	2009-11-20 06:20:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EINV ENRG HU
09BUDAPEST910	ENGAGING HUNGARY ON THE "DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS" [...] (SBU) Hungary has a clear track record on the "defamation of religions" question. It backs the common EU position, which echoes USG recommendations, and in November 2009 voted against the UN Third Committee resolution on the issue. In the UN Human Rights Council, it has stood with us on other [...]	2009-12-30 10:20:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV KISL KDEM OPDC HU
09BUENOSAIRES1126	MEDIA REACTION; NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT; PRESIDENT OBAMA [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international opinion pieces and editorials are related to UN Security Council Resolution 1887 in favor of nuclear disarmament; President Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize; the Project Syndicate association of newspapers' seminar on climate change; and Argentina's [...]	2009-10-13 18:20:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
09BUENOSAIRES121	ARGENTINA: GOA CONDEMNS ANTI-ISRAEL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Argentine Jewish community continues to express concerns over the lack of official condemnation of recent anti-Israel protests featuring anti-Semitic imagery (reftel) led by pro-Kirchner "piquetero" social activist leader Luis D'Elia. In response to these concerns, the GOA [...]	2009-02-05 11:38:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ASEC PTER AR
09BUENOSAIRES1231	ARGENTINA RECEPTIVE ON NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE GOALS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. During meetings in Buenos Aires on October 26-27, Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Nonproliferation Susan Burk successfully identified areas of common interest and support going in to the 2010 Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference. Candid [...]	2009-11-17 19:45:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IAEA ENRG AR KNNP
09BUENOSAIRES1338	Argentina: Well-Received Visits by Shimon Peres and Mahmoud [...] (SBU) Summary: President Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) received separate visits from Israeli President Shimon Peres (November 16-18) and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (November 23-24),and joined top GOA officials, and a wide range of Argentines, in offering both very warm recepti [...]	2009-12-10 15:16:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PHUM AR
09BUENOSAIRES169	ARGENTINA SHARES U.S. DURBAN CONCERNS [...] (U) Acting Polcouns raised on February 18 with MFA Director General for Human Rights Silvia Fernandez reftel points on USG participation in the intergovernmental working group (IWG) of the Durban Review Conference. Fernandez welcomed USG participation in the IWG, saying that U.S. participatio [...]	2009-02-18 20:55:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNHRC AR
09BUENOSAIRES200	ARGENTINE PARTICIPATION AT SHARM AL-SHEIKH [...] (U) Poloff discussed February 25 the upcoming Sharm al-Sheikh conference per instructions (reftel) with Argentine Foreign Ministry Counselor Guillermo Nicolas, in the Office of North Africa and the Middle East. Nicolas reported that Argentina's delegation would be led by Ambassador Gabriel Fu [...]	2009-02-26 16:33:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EFIN KPAL KWBG PHUM PTER EAID AR
09BUENOSAIRES235	ARGENTINA WELCOMES USG BACK TOTHE UNHRC [...] (SBU) Poloff raised with MFA Director General for Human Rights Silvia Fernandez ref A points on the USG's return to the UN Human Rights Council. Fernandez welcomed the news and joked "Now you can suffer with the rest of us." She suggested using her upcoming March 23 meeting in Washington wit [...]	2009-03-05 17:27:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNHRC AR
09BUENOSAIRES599	ARGENTINA: 15 ARRESTED FOR ANTI-SEMITIC VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine police have arrested 15 persons for their involvement in a violent attack on a Buenos Aires city celebration May 17 marking the 61st anniversary of the founding of Israel. The attack left five persons injured, including two federal police officers. On May 18, two sy [...]	2009-05-21 13:37:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER PREL ASEC AR
09BUENOSAIRES747	Argentina: Buenos Aires City Mayor Mauricio Macri [...] Post received a June 22 letter from Buenos Aires City Mayor Mauricio Macri to President Obama applauding the President's efforts to promote the Middle East Peace process and pledging to do his part to promote peace between Argentina's large Jewish and Muslim communities. Macri, a businessman [...]	2009-06-26 18:38:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OPDC KPAO PTER PBTS XF AR
09BUENOSAIRES876	ARGENTINA: ISRAELI FM VISITS ARGENTINA AND [...] (C) Summary: In what the Israeli Foreign Ministry called an effort to counter "Iran's heightened activity in South America," Israeli FM Avigdor Lieberman visited Argentina July 23-26 during the first trip to South America by an Israeli FM in over two decades. Argentina was the second stop on [...]	2009-07-29 21:15:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS IR AR
09BUENOSAIRES934	ARGENTINA: CRISTINA GOES TO CARACAS TO GRAB COLOMBIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez met August 11 in Caracas to discuss bilateral trade issues and sign 22 commercial accords valued at an announced US$1.1 billion. These trade agreements followed Chavez's recently annou [...]	2009-08-14 14:15:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PREL AR VE
09BUENOSAIRES939	ARGENTINA: SECOND DIPNOTE ON TRANSIT OF MAKIN [...] (U) Action Request for Department, see para 5. 2. (SBU) Embassy Buenos Aires received a second diplomatic note from the GOA dated August 13 regarding the transit of the Amphibious Assault Ship Makin Island LHD8 through the Strait of Magellan. An Embassy translation of the note follows: [...]	2009-08-14 21:06:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PBTS PHSA MARR PGOV AR
09BUJUMBURA392	SECOND VICE PRESIDENT SEES STABILITY, PRIVATE [...] (C) Summary: Second Vice President Gabriel Ntisezerana said that security would be the basis for any economic growth and development in Burundi, during an August 11 courtesy call by Charge and DCM. Ntisezerana was concerned that many demobilized FNL combatants knew nothing but fighting, and c [...]	2009-08-12 06:25:00	Embassy Bujumbura	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ETRD EINV BY
09BUJUMBURA549	BURUNDI'S VIEW ON EAC TRADE NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Post sources at Burundi's Ministry of East African Community Affairs provided the following assessment of the EAC's September 24-25 meeting in Kampala (reftel): A. (C) Kenya took charge of the negotiations. Rwanda and Uganda also asserted themselves, particularly in support of establi [...]	2009-10-08 06:08:00	Embassy Bujumbura	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR KE TZ UG BY
09CAIRO1114	EGYPT RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO END-USE TRAINING [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-17 10:58:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MASS ETTC EG
09CAIRO1143	ARAB LEAGUE SYG MOUSSA ON JUNE 24 MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-22 07:15:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL IS EG
09CAIRO1177	EGYPTIAN MFA ON ARAB LG MINISTERIAL; LEBANON; YEMEN [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-23 12:33:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YE LE EG
09CAIRO1180	EGYPTIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON AN INTERNATIONAL PIRACY COURT REF: STATE 58579 Classified By: Minister Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs William R. Stewart for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-23 13:44:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA PGOV PHUM EWWT MARR KCRM SO EG
09CAIRO1185	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL PETRAEUS' VISIT TO EGYPT [...] Key Points: -- (S/NF) Since your last visit in December 2008, President Obama's well-received Cairo speech has reinvigorated the tenor of our bilateral relationship. -- (S/NF) However, a sense of renewal in our bilateral relationship has not yet resulted in tangible improvements in our m [...]	2009-06-24 08:19:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM MASS MOPS IR IS KPAL PHUM KDEM
09CAIRO1220	U.S.-EGYPT STRATEGIC DIALOGUE OF JUNE 7 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-30 03:51:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PTER SCUL PHUM SU SO IR AF PK SY
09CAIRO1394	MINERS CLASH WITH POLICE IN UPPER EGYPT [...] (C) On July 16, in the most recent example of Egypt's ongoing wave of labor strikes and demonstrations (ref A),quarry workers and owners protesting a local government imposed tariff on cut stone clashed with police in the Upper Egyptian city of Minya. According to local media reports, a pol [...]	2009-07-20 13:14:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON PHUM PGOV KDEM EG
09CAIRO1410	ARAB LEAGUE COS FOLLOW-UP ON US-ARAB COOPERATION; [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-22 10:12:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL SCUL EG
09CAIRO145	SENIOR EGYPTIAN OFFICIAL WELCOMES RECENT POTUS [...] (SBU) The Egyptian leadership is taking notice of, and welcoming, President Obama's recent outreach to Egypt, and focus on the Middle East peace process. Safwat El Sherif, the powerful secretary-general of the ruling National Democratic Party and speaker of the Shura Council (Egypt's upper ho [...]	2009-01-27 14:56:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EG
09CAIRO1467	RAMPING UP PRESSURE ON THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD IN [...] Key Points: -- (C) High profile arrests of members of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) have continued to pick up speed since May. Most recently, three MB-affiliated bloggers critical of government tactics against the MB, including the wave of arrests, have been detained themselves. -- (C) MB attempts [...]	2009-07-30 14:39:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM KTER KJUS EG
09CAIRO1502	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: AUGUST 2 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: ------------------------ Suez Canal revenue is 7.2% lower ------------------------ 2. (U) Suez Canal receipts reached $4.7 billion during FY08/09, a reduction of 7.2% from the prev [...]	2009-08-04 10:28:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO1618	EGYPTIAN MFA ADDRESSES PIRACY AND SOMALIA [...] He said the fisherman had "nothing to lose" because the GoE refused to pay a ransom to the pirates, and had discouraged the ship owners from doing the same. Marzouk had met personally with the families of the men to explain the GoE position and assured them that the MFA and Egyptian intelligence we [...]	2009-08-20 14:36:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS MARR EWWT KCRM SO EG
09CAIRO1691	INVITATION TO ATTEND OCTOBER WORKSHOP in ALGIERS, ALGERIA - [...] This message contains action requests. Please see paragraphs 4-6. 2. The Cairo based offices of the U.S. Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) and the Department of Justice, Office of International Affairs (OIA),will jointly coordinate the delivery of a workshop in Algiers on [...]	2009-08-30 14:44:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN KTFN SNAR XF
09CAIRO171	CONGRATULATORY LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA FROM [...] (U) The Speaker of the Egyptian People's Assembly, Dr. Ahmed Fathi Sorour, sent the following congratulatory message to President Obama, a copy of which was sent to post and dated January 21, 2009. The original letter was sent to the White House. 2. (U) Text of Sorour's letter to President [...]	2009-02-01 11:00:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP PGOV EG
09CAIRO1743	EGYPTIAN VIEWS ON IAEA GC NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Key Egyptian interlocutors say Egypt has worked in good faith to achieve consensus in Vienna, including showing substantial flexibility on the GC President's initiative. They are willing to continue to work toward this goal via the now-circulated MES text. In the Egyptian view, Israe [...]	2009-09-09 15:46:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP PARM IAEA IS IR EG
09CAIRO1767	AMBASSADOR HOSTS EGYPTIAN RELIGIOUS INTELLECTUALS [...] (U) Summary: On August 12, the Ambassador hosted a lunch for intellectual leaders from Egypt,s Muslim community, as follow-up to President Obama,s June 2009 Cairo speech. Spirited discussion took place on how to facilitate continued dialogue. Guests stressed the need to engage the American [...]	2009-09-13 13:52:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KISL KPAO EG
09CAIRO1788	ARAB LEAGUE SPOKESMAN BRIEFS ON SEPTEMBER MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-15 10:48:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG IS IZ WEU GZ SY SU EG
09CAIRO1804	FM ABOUL GHEIT ON UNESCO, NONPROLIFERATION, IRAN , [...] Key Points: -- (C) FM Aboul Gheit said the USG "campaign" against UNESCO candidate Farouk Hosni stemmed from a misunderstanding of his record. Egypt continues to work with the USG on the range of bilateral and multilateral issues. However, citing mounting press criticism, the FM said the basis for [...]	2009-09-16 15:19:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL IAEA KNNP PARM IR IS KPAL EG
09CAIRO1857	ENGAGING AYMAN NOUR [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-27 14:45:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM EG
09CAIRO1924	PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES ESF, ELECTIONS, SINAI DEVELOPMENT, AND POST SAID EXPANSION [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-08 15:36:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PREL PGOV EWWT ETRD EG
09CAIRO1957	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: OCTOBER 14 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: --------------------------------------------- ----- High Court Considers Case on Gas Exports to Israel --------------------------------------------- ----- 2. (U) Egypt's Supreme Adm [...]	2009-10-14 14:12:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD EAGR EPET PGOV EG
09CAIRO196	ARAB LEAGUE COS ON "BLEAK" REGIONAL DYNAMICS [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-04 10:14:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL IS EG
09CAIRO1960	AMBASSADOR GOLDBERG DISCUSSES NORTH KOREA WITH MFA [...] (C) Key Points: -- During an October 4 meeting with Ambassador Goldberg, Deputy Assistant Foreign Minister for Disarmament Khalid Shamma said Egypt supports the implementation of UNSCR 1874 and Six-Party talks aimed at denuclearizing North Korea. -- He noted that MFA shares information on [...]	2009-10-14 14:55:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP PTER EFIN ECON PARM KN IR EG
09CAIRO2058	EGYPT: INAUGURAL ARAB WORLD FORUM SEEKS SENIOR USG [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-29 13:33:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KISL KIRF EG
09CAIRO2112	NOUR TRAVEL PERMISSION DENIED [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-05 16:18:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM EG
09CAIRO2172	SCENESETTER FOR U/S HORMATS MEETING WITH MINISTER [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-19 08:20:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID ETRD PGOV PREL EG
09CAIRO2214	EGYPT: NOMINEES FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL SUMMIT ON [...] In response to reftel, Post offers the following twelve names to attend the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship in Washington: -- Basil El Baz, Founder and Chairman, Egypt Basic Industries Corporation. The first Egyptian company created solely from international finance, EBIC received su [...]	2009-11-30 14:57:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PREL SOCI EG
09CAIRO2236	EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT ASSERTS TIP PROGRESS TO [...] (SBU) Ambassador at Large for Combating Human Trafficking Luis CDeBaca visited Egypt November 13 through 15 and met with GoE officials and others involved in Egypt's anti-trafficikng efforts, including Egypt's Public Prosecutor Abdel Maguid Mahmoud, Egypt's Minister of State for Family and Populati [...]	2009-12-03 12:29:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIP PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB PGOV UN EG
09CAIRO2308	EGYPT: CAN KIFAYA REGAIN LOST MOMENTUM? [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-17 12:41:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM EG
09CAIRO231	SCENESETTER FOR REQUESTED EGYPTIAN FM ABOUL GHEIT [...] (S/NF) Madame Secretary, Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit has been looking forward to meeting you since your nomination was first announced. The Egyptian leadership, including President Mubarak, are encouraged by the Administration's immediate attention to the Middle East and your and the Preside [...]	2009-02-09 16:10:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KPAL EG IS QA IR SY
09CAIRO2331	DNI MEETS WITH DEFENSE MINISTER TANTAWI [...] Key Points: -- (S/NF) During a December 10 meeting, Defense Minister Tantawi provided Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Blair with an overview of Egyptian security concerns, including potential instability in Sudan and Iranian interference in the region. -- (S/NF) DNI Blair stressed the impor [...]	2009-12-21 11:54:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MASS PTER IR PK AF EG
09CAIRO2350	EGYPTIAN OFFICIALS DISCUSS NPT REVIEW WITH UNDER [...] (C) Key Points: -- During a December 3 meeting, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Ellen Tauscher and Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit discussed preparations for the May 2010 Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) review conference. -- Tauscher stressed that a successful review confere [...]	2009-12-22 13:32:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KNNP PARM IS IR SY EG
09CAIRO2400	ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMIT, EMBASSY CAIRO OUTREACH [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Embassy Cairo's interagency entrepreneurship team has organized a series of activities to engage local partners in entrepreneurship and build momentum for the White House Summit next year. ------------------------ Roundtables and Outreach ------------------------ 2. (S [...]	2009-12-30 15:21:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PREL PGOV SOCI EG
09CAIRO258	Egypt: Tepid Responses to Growing Labor Woes [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Egypt is suffering from a chronic labor mismatch between market supply and demand. Despite several years of high economic growth, unemployment remains a problem, and there is a scarcity of skilled workers and managers. Each year, Egypt produces 750,000 new college graduates, many of [...]	2009-02-12 07:55:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB PGOV PREL EG
09CAIRO265	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LIEBERMAN'S VISIT TO CAIRO [...] (SBU) Senator Lieberman, welcome to Egypt. Your visit comes at a pivotal time for Egypt and the region. A ceasefire is almost in place between Israel and Hamas, which the Egyptians are seeking to cement. The U.S., European countries, and regional governments are searching for ways to put in p [...]	2009-02-12 14:37:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON PGOV OREP KPAL EG IS
09CAIRO300	AYMAN NOUR'S RELEASE [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-19 09:55:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
09CAIRO302	EDUCATION REFORM IN EGYPT. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The poor quality of public education in Egypt is consistently cited by Egyptians across the board as a major impediment to both economic and political development. Reformers agree Egypt needs an education system which encourages critical thinking, problem solving, teamwork and [...]	2009-02-19 10:23:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PGOV EG
09CAIRO326	SENATOR LIEBERMANâ€™S FEBRUARY 17 MEETING WITH GAMAL MUBARAK [...] (C) During an hour-long meeting on February 17, Gamal Mubarak discussed with Senator Joseph Lieberman the problems with Gaza and Palestinian reconciliation, as well as the broader political split within the Arab world. Senator Lieberman sought Gamal's advice on ways for the U.S. to engage Iran; Gam [...]	2009-02-23 13:07:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL KPAL ECON IR SY IZ EG IS QA
09CAIRO327	LT GENERAL NORTH DISCUSSES GAZA, PIRACY, AND [...] (C) On January 26, AFCENT Commander Lieutenant General North met with MOD Chief of Staff General Sami Enan to discuss Gaza, piracy, and increased bilateral military cooperation. Enan looked forward to an increased U.S. focus on the Middle East under the Obama administration and enhanced bilateral m [...]	2009-02-23 13:55:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MOPS PARM KPAL IS IR EG XF
09CAIRO379	EDUCATION REFORM IN EGYPT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The poor quality of public education in Egypt is consistently cited by Egyptians across the board as a major impediment to both economic and political development. Reformers agree Egypt needs an education system which encourages critical thinking, problem solving, teamwork and [...]	2009-03-03 13:07:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PGOV EG
09CAIRO393	AYMAN NOUR DISCUSSES HIS RELEASE, FUTURE [...] KEY POINTS -- (C) On February 26, poloff met with former presidential candidate and opposition party leader Ayman Nour, who was released from an Egyptian prison on February 18, and his wife, Gameela Ismail. -- (C) Before Nour arrived, Ismail told poloff that on the day of his release, [...]	2009-03-05 14:04:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EG

09CAIRO418	RACHID REVIEWS UPCOMING TRIP TO WASHINGTON [...] (SBU) KEY ISSUES: -- Minister of Trade Rachid will spend March 22-25 in Washington with the goals of restarting a bilateral economic and trade dialogue and re-engaging with U.S. business. -- Rachid believes the Washington trip may be an occasion for a public roll-out of the recently agre [...]	2009-03-11 14:18:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV PREL EG
09CAIRO456	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: WEEKLY PRESS ROUND-UP [...] The following is a summary of notable economic news stories as they appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press. REF: CAIRO 209 Energy Sector ------------- 2. On March 5, Minister of Petroleum Sameh Fahmy spoke to the Canada-Egypt Business Council about the impact of the global [...]	2009-03-17 08:27:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EPET EFIN EAGR ETRD ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO529	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCONNELL'S VISIT TO CAIRO [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Senator McConnell, welcome to Egypt. Your visit comes as Egypt continues its efforts to mediate a permanent cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, to facilitate intra-Palestinian negotiations to form a new, interim government, and to stop the smuggling of arms into Gaza. The U.S., [...]	2009-03-26 14:32:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP MCCONNELL PGOV ECON KPAL EG IS
09CAIRO549	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL SCHWARTZ [...] Key Points -- (SBU) U.S.- Egypt military relationship is strong, but should change to reflect new regional and transnational threats. -- (SBU) More focus is needed on combating emerging threats, including border security, counter terrorism, civil defense, and peacekeeping. -- (S/NF) Egypt continues [...]	2009-03-31 14:44:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL MASS PARM MOPS KPAL IS EG
09CAIRO568	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL TAUSCHER'S VISIT TO CAIRO [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Representative Tauscher, welcome to Egypt. Your visit comes as Egypt continues its efforts to mediate a permanent cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, to facilitate intra-Palestinian negotiations to form a new, interim government, and to stop the smuggling of arms into Gaza. The [...]	2009-04-02 15:38:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP TAUSCHER PGOV ECON KPAL EG IS
09CAIRO569	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BOND'S VISIT TO CAIRO [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Senator Bond, welcome to Egypt. Your visit comes as Egypt continues its efforts to mediate a permanent cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, to facilitate intra-Palestinian negotiations to form a new, interim government, and to stop the smuggling of arms into Gaza. The U.S., Euro [...]	2009-04-02 15:42:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP BOND PGOV KWBG ECON KPAL EG IS
09CAIRO602	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL LOWEY [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Representative Lowey, welcome to Egypt. Your visit comes as Egypt continues its efforts to mediate a permanent cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, to facilitate intra-Palestinian negotiations to form a new, interim government, and to stop the smuggling of arms into Gaza. The U. [...]	2009-04-08 13:13:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAID KPAL EG
09CAIRO614	CODEL MCCONNELL'S APRIL 6 MEETING WITH GAMAL MUBARAK [...] (C) Key Points -- Gamal Mubarak told CODEL McConnell that Egypt remained committed to economic reform despite the global financial crisis. -- Egypt wants increased trade with the U.S.; however, it is looking elsewhere for trade opportunities as well, including the EU, Russia, and China. [...]	2009-04-12 10:05:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL PGOV ETRD IZ EG IS IR
09CAIRO615	CODEL TAUSCHER'S APRIL 9 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Key Points -- Iran: President Mubarak told CODEL Tauscher that using diplomacy and economic sanctions with Iran is far better than using force. Using force to solve the problems with Iran will led to instability in the region and an increase in terrorism. Mubarak has no plans to resto [...]	2009-04-12 10:10:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS IR EG SY
09CAIRO618	CODEL TAUSCHER"S APRIL 9 MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) Key Points: -- Israel: Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit said that Egypt has a long-standing relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and can work with him, in contrast to new Israeli Foreign Minister Leiberman, whom Aboul Gheit labeled a "problem." --Aboul Gheit does not see [...]	2009-04-12 15:05:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KPAL KNNP IS IR EG QA
09CAIRO657	EGYPT-GAZA BORDER OPERATIONS IMPACTING NORTH SINAI [...] (C) Key Points -- The Government of Egypt (GOE) is using aggressive security measures to control the North Sinai population as a result of counter-smuggling operations at Egypt-Gaza border. -- The local North Sinai population understands the national security concerns, but is getting frust [...]	2009-04-15 14:27:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PGOV PREL SOCI PTER ECON KCRM KPAL KWBG IS EG
09CAIRO659	CODEL TAUSCHER APRIL 9 MEETING WITH THE EGYPTIAN [...] (SBU) Key Points: -- Egypt's leading thinkers on non-proliferation urged the U.S. to support the concept of a nuclear-free Middle East zone, as a way to get past the Israel-Iran stalemate. -- Egyptian Council on Foreign Affairs proposes adding a seat for an Arab representative to the 5 plu [...]	2009-04-16 06:43:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PREL IS IR EG
09CAIRO667	CODEL TAUSCHER'S MEETING WITH MINDEF TANTAWI [...] Key Points - (S/NF) During a April 9 meeting, Minister of Defense Field Marshal Tantawi told CODEL Tauscher that the US-Egypt bilateral security relationship was strong. - (S/NF) Senior Advisor to the Minister of Defense MG al-Assar described Egyptian logistical support for the US milit [...]	2009-04-16 14:54:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM MASS MOPS KPAL IS IR EG
09CAIRO68	EGYPT: GAZA ROUND-UP: JANUARY 14 [...] (S) According to MoD sources, the Rafah border area has been relatively quiet today, with no collateral damage on the Egyptian side, and no reports of Palestinian firing on Egyptian Border Guard Forces. -------------- Demonstrations -------------- 2. (SBU) Contacts reported that on Janu [...]	2009-01-14 13:20:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	KPAL PGOV PREL PHUM CASC EG IS
09CAIRO69	EGYPT HOSTS SOMALI LEADER SHAYKH SHARIF SHAYKH [...] (C) Abdelhameed Marzouk, Deputy Assistant Secretary for East and South Africa, told us on January 14 that Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS) leader Shaykh Sharif Shaykh Ahmed came to Cairo at the invitation of Egyptian General Intelligence Chief Omar Sulayman. Shaykh Sharif met w [...]	2009-01-14 15:08:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SO ET EG
09CAIRO706	GENERAL SCHWARTZ'S MEETING WITH COS ANAN [...] Key Points: - (S/NF) During a April 6 meeting, Egyptian military Chief of Staff Sami Anan discussed regional security and bilateral military issues with US Air Force Chief of Staff General Schwartz. - (S/NF) Anan said Egypt is "sparing no efforts" to find a durable cease fire in Gaza an [...]	2009-04-26 14:18:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM MASS MOPS KPAL IS EG
09CAIRO721	EGYPT MAKING PROGRESS TO COUNTER TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) Key Points: -- Since the November 2008 visit of G/TIP Coordinator, Ambassador Mark Lagon to Egypt, the Government of Egypt (GOE) has continued to make progress to address trafficking in persons by beginning to implement the anti-trafficking amendments to the child law (reftel),opening [...]	2009-04-28 14:51:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KCRM KWMN KJUS EG
09CAIRO722	SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR ROSS' VISIT TO EGYPT [...] KEY POINTS: -- (S) President Mubarak sees Iran's attempts to exert influence throughout the region as Egypt's primary strategic threat. However, Mubarak's focus on the Iranian threat differs somewhat from ours. While he will readily admit that the Iranian nuclear program is a strategic and ex [...]	2009-04-28 15:34:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM KPAL IS LE SU IR EG
09CAIRO77	Egypt's Tourism Hurt by the Global Financial Crisis [...] (U) SUMMARY: Signs of a slowdown in the Egyptian tourism sector are beginning to emerge as a result of the global economic crisis and may have a significant impact on revenues, employment and growth in 2009. Tourism in Egypt is the top foreign exchange earner and made up 19% of forex revenu [...]	2009-01-15 14:06:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL EG
09CAIRO816	Treasury meets with Finance Ministry and Central Bank [...] (U) Key points: -- In percentage of GDP, next year's deficit is likely to nearly reach the size that Boutros-Ghali inherited in 2004. -- Next year's budget contracts in nominal and real terms. Revenues projected to fall fast. -- The Ministry of Finance is trying to keep fiscal sustaina [...]	2009-05-13 08:39:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET EFIN EAGR ETRD ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO820	EGYPT: TRADE MINISTER PROMOTES FRANCHISES [...] (U) In his remarks at the opening of the Middle East and North Africa Franchise Show in Cairo, Minister of Trade Rachid Mohamed Rachid told the audience that developing the franchise market in Egypt was a priority for the Egyptian government. Referring to franchise investment as an economic "ga [...]	2009-05-13 14:58:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD PGOV EG
09CAIRO862	EGYPT EXCLUDES BECHTEL'S TENDER OFFER TO HELP [...] (SBU) KEY POINTS: --Bechtel's tender offer to provide consultancy in developing Egypt's first nuclear power plant has been excluded by the Ministry of Electricity and Energy (MoEE). --The Ambassador met with Bechtel and Minister of Electricity and Energy Hassan Younes to voice our concerns [...]	2009-05-18 08:56:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON ETRD PREL EG
09CAIRO873	ARAB LEAGUE ON ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT AND [...] (C) Key points: -- In a May 11 meeting, Arab League (AL) Chief of Staff Hisham Yousef told us that AL SYG Moussa was very encouraged by the Administration's early position on Middle East peace. He said that the AL had agreed to resume Israeli-Palestinian negotiations only if Israel satisfact [...]	2009-05-19 12:22:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL IS EG
09CAIRO89	Global Financial Slowdown Hits Egypt [...] SUMMARY: During the fourth quarter of 2008, Egypt experienced a substantial downturn in its three main sources of revenue and foreign exchange: tourism, worker remittances and Suez Canal fees. Though the extent of the slowdown is yet unknown, the GOE suggests that Egypt could see a $5-6 billio [...]	2009-01-20 09:10:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL EG
09CAIRO936	EGYPT NOT AFFECTED BY SAUDI RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO [...] (C) Key Points: -- The Government of Egypt (GOE) was not influenced by the Saudi decision to recognize Kosovo. The Saudi decision will have more impact on Gulf countries. -- Egypt and other Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) countries oppose Albania's OIC resolution to recognize [...]	2009-05-26 09:18:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KO AL EG
09CAIRO939	REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY FOR IRAQ/VIABILITY OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-26 09:48:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PGOV PREL TBIO IZ EG
09CAIRO945	CONVERSATION WITH EGYPTIAN MUSLIM TELEVANGELIST [...] Key Points: -- (C) According to Moez Massoud, a rising star among Egyptian Muslim televangelists, Salafists and the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) are competing fiercely for influence among Egypt's youth. -- (C) Massoud said Salafist influence - which has been present in Egypt since the movements founding [...]	2009-05-27 14:49:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL KIRF KPAO SOCI EG
09CAIRO983	EMBASSY CAIRO RESPONSE TO FY 2009 JULIA TAFT [...] (U) Embassy Cairo is pleased to propose the following three projects, for funding by the FY 2009 Julia Taft Refugee Fund, to assist the refugee communitites in Cairo. The total amount of funding for the three projects is USD 19,350. The delivery of refugee assistance in Cairo's urban setting i [...]	2009-05-31 08:08:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL EG
09CANBERRA1017	AND THE LIST GOES ON, U.S. SECURITY DIALOGUES WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The United States has a wide range of ongoing security dialogues with Australia that date back decades. There are several large, formalized dialogues that take place throughout the year and a virtually endless number of smaller working groups and direct military to military ta [...]	2009-11-19 06:01:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PM AS
09CANBERRA1021	AUSTRALIA WILL VOTE AGAINST MOST ANTI-ISRAELI UNGA [...] (C/NF) Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's Middle East Division Head, Deborah Stokes, told Pol/Econ Counselor November 19 that Australia has traditionally voted with the United States against most of the 21 resolutions heavily biased against Israel including all three of the [...]	2009-11-20 05:12:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE AS
09CANBERRA1043	AUSTRALIA AGREES WITH U.S. POSTURE ON IRAN'S [...] (C) Summary: Australia is in complete agreement with the P5 1 two track approach to Iran's nuclear program. It has lobbied for this approach at APEC and the East Asian Summit and has made its views clear to Iran. When there is a need for further sanctions because of Iranian refusal of IAEA [...]	2009-11-25 09:33:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR AS
09CANBERRA1057	AMBASSADOR BLEICH CALL ON ENERGY MINISTER FERGUSON [...] (SBU) Summary: Energy, Resources and Tourism Minister Ferguson told Ambassador Bleich during an initial courtesy call that Australia is "in lockstep" with the U.S. on energy policy, technology goals, and views on climate change. Ferguson sees Australia, a major liquefied natural gas (LNG),co [...]	2009-11-30 04:10:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON SENV ETRD AS
09CANBERRA1089	AUSTRALIA RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT CHINA'S [...] (C/NF) Summary: Australia's still evolving ideas for an Asia Pacific regional organization that can help manage China's rise, complaints about PRC assertiveness and planning for the U.S.-Australia Ministerial (AUSMIN) dominated a meeting between EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Joe Don [...]	2009-12-11 00:05:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL CH FJ AS
09CANBERRA1090	ASIA PACIFIC COMMUNITY CONFERENCE: MEETING IS THE [...] (C/NF) Summary: The December 3-5 track 1.5 conference on Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's proposed Asia Pacific community (APc) concept achieved the limited goal of further discussion on regional institutions. Though ostensibly co-sponsored by the Lowy Institute (an Australian think tank) and the [...]	2009-12-11 00:14:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL AS
09CANBERRA1124	AUSTRALIA: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) The text of the report follows. The stakeholders at post, RSO, Legatt, and DEA have cleared the text. The embassy point of contact is Virgil Strohmeyer, strohmeyervb@state.gov. Australia Australia continued to play a leadership role in the fight against terrorism through multilater [...]	2009-12-23 21:09:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS PINS PREL AEMR AS
09CANBERRA127	SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT PLANS VISIT TO AUSTRALIA [...] (C/NF) Summary: DFAT North Asia Division North East Asia Branch Assistant Secretary Daniel Sloper told Poloff on February 5 that ROK Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan,s meetings in Perth and Sydney January 22-24 were to finalize arrangements for President Lee Myung-Bak,s visit to Australia dur [...]	2009-02-06 03:49:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AS ETRD KS PREL
09CANBERRA13	AUSTRALIAN PM SPEAKS OUT ON GAZA [...] (U) In his first public comment on the Israeli strike on Gaza, vacationing Prime Minister Rudd expressed concern over the continued violence in Gaza and Southern Israel. In a January 5 press interview, Rudd said Australia recognizes Israel's right to self-defense but called on "all parties to [...]	2009-01-05 21:16:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AS
09CANBERRA162	FOREIGN MINISTER SMITH'S OFFER OF ASSISTANCE TO [...] (C/NF) Summary: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade First Assistant Secretary for South and East Asia, the Middle East and Africa Deborah Stokes told Polcouns on February 18 that Foreign Minister Stephen Smith's offer of assistance to Pakistan in its struggle against Taliban insurgents i [...]	2009-02-18 05:47:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AF EAID MARR PK PREL
09CANBERRA179	AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT VIEWS ON NUCLEAR [...] In response to our January 30 demarche (reftel),John Sullivan, Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),provided the following responses to our specific questions, drawn from a GOA interagency review. We have not yet rece [...]	2009-02-20 06:43:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM MNUC KTIA PREL AS
09CANBERRA181	CORRECTED COPY: AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT VIEWS ON [...] In response to our January 30 demarche (reftel),John Sullivan, Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),provided the following responses to our specific questions, drawn from a GOA interagency review. We have not yet rece [...]	2009-02-23 04:08:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM MNUC KTIA PREL AS
09CANBERRA220	AUSTRALIA - INPUT FOR G-20 [...] (C/NF) Summary: The top concern for the Australians going into the G20 summit will be coordinated international action to restore global confidence, bolster the stability of the international financial system, and produce outcomes that lead to tangible results. PM Rudd wants to coordinate wi [...]	2009-03-04 21:09:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN AS
09CANBERRA231	12TH AUSTRALIA-CHINA HR DIALOGUE: SOME PROGRESS, [...] (C) Australia saw some incremental progress in its latest Australia-China Human Rights Dialogue, particularly in China's agreement to admit more NGOs into meetings, including for the first time Amnesty International and the International Commission of Jurists; in the range of topics it was pr [...]	2009-03-06 06:16:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL CH AS
09CANBERRA248	CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT - AUSTRALIA [...] (S/NF) Based on criteria in reftel A, Post has identified undersea cables landing in Australia, and civilian/commercial owned and operated terrestrial cables, as critical infrastructure/key resources in Australia whose loss would immediately affect the security of the United States. 2. (S/N [...]	2009-03-13 04:02:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP AS
09CANBERRA255	AUSTRALIAN IMMIGRATION SLASHED 14% [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-16 06:53:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SMIG PREF ELAB ECON AS
09CANBERRA320	REPORTING ON INTERNATIONAL REACTION TO, AND VIEWS [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-30 05:49:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET//NOFORN	AS PINR PREL ZR
09CANBERRA326	AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE: URGING IRAN TO RELEASE DETAINED AMERICAN, MS SABERI [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-31 06:26:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL AS EZ IN IR NO NZ TU VT EUN PHUM
09CANBERRA365	AUSTRALIAN AMBASSADOR IN TEHRAN DEMARCHES IRANIAN [...] (S/NF) The Australian ambassador in Tehran demarched Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Akhmondzadeh on April 7 on behalf of Ms Saberi. Akhomdzadeh, just back from The Hague, expressed surprise to learn that Saberi had not yet been released. The Australian Embassy believes that the GOI indictmen [...]	2009-04-09 06:43:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREL CASC EZ IN IR NO NZ TU VT
09CANBERRA41	AUSTRALIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) The text of the report follows. The embassy POC is Virgil Strohmeyer, strohmeyervb@state.gov. Australia continues to maintain a regional leadership position in the fight against terrorism. Australia's trilateral cooperation with Japan and the United States addressed terrorist threats in [...]	2009-01-13 06:02:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC
09CANBERRA413	U/S BURNS' AUSTRALIAN BILATERAL, APRIL 21, 2009 [...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary Burns held a bilateral meeting with Michael L'Estrange, Secretary of Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on the margins of the Trilateral Strategic Dialogue Senior Officials Meeting (TSD SOM),in Canberra on April 21, 2009. They discussed the str [...]	2009-04-28 00:04:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP MARR PARM PGOV EAID AS
09CANBERRA451	REMOVAL OF ANTI-AMERICAN SLOGANS FROM TEHRAN'S [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Australian Embassy in Tehran reports that no anti-American murals have been removed and believe it unlikely that city official responsible for beautification has the authority to remove or change them. End summary 2. (S/NF) May 12, Justin Whyatt of the Middle East section [...]	2009-05-13 07:14:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR IR AS
09CANBERRA454	DEBATE OVER DEFENSE WHITE PAPER [...] (S/NF) Summary: While public reaction to the government's long-awaited Defense White Paper's release on May 2 has been relatively muted, the opposition, media and academics have been debating the degree to which the perception of China's potential security threat influenced the document. Th [...]	2009-05-13 08:22:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET//NOFORN	MCAP PREL AS CH
09CANBERRA459	AUSTRALIA THANKED FOR SABERI INTERVENTION [...] (SUB) On May 15, post forwarded a letter to the Foreign Minister, Stephen Smith, signed by the Charg d'Affaires,Daniel A. Clune, thanking the Australian government for its help in the Saberi case and seeking additional assistance in the cases of AMCITS Robert Levinson and Esha Momeni. 2. [...]	2009-05-15 07:14:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IR AS JA PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER CASC
09CANBERRA533	SPECIAL ENVOY MEETS GOA ON UIGHUR DETAINEES [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Deputy National Security Advisor Angus Campbell, Special Envoy for Guantanamo Closure Daniel Fried asked Australia to resettle some of the Uighur detainees in Guantanamo. Campbell listened politely, but because the ultimate decision rests with Prime Minister [...]	2009-06-05 07:32:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET//NOFORN	KDRG PHUM PINR PTER AS
09CANBERRA587	FOREIGN MINISTRY READOUT OF REPORTS FROM EHERAN [...] (S/NF) Summary: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) officials told poloff on June 24 that the Australian Embassy in Tehran is reporting that any possibility of a compromise government has been removed by the hard stances of both Moussavi and Khamenei. The embassy also has reporte [...]	2009-06-25 04:14:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET//NOFORN	AS IR PGOV PREL
09CANBERRA673	ALP'S UPCOMING NATIONAL CONFERENCE [...] (C/NF) Summary: The ruling Australian Labor party's (ALP) National Conference is preparing for its first major gathering since its election victory in 2007. Usually held every three years, the July 30 - August 1 conference will update the ALP's National Platform. A draft platform has been p [...]	2009-07-22 06:40:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AS PGOV
09CANBERRA695	AUSAID RESPONSE TO POST-ELECTION ASSISTANCE IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: AUSAID officials have provided further comment in response to points raised on July 20 regarding assisting Afghanistan following the August presidential election. They have also supplied additional information detailing their approach to development assistance in Afghanistan. End [...]	2009-07-30 05:52:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	AF AS EAID MARR MOPS PREL
09CANBERRA754	AUSTRALIA'S DEFENSE WHITE PAPER: IS IT AFFORDABLE? [...] (SBU) Australia,s 2009 Defense White Paper, released in May 2009, envisions the nation,s largest military buildup since World War II. How Australia will pay for this buildup is less clear. Recovery from the recession and a return to fiscal surplus will require budgetary sacrifices. The mili [...]	2009-08-14 06:39:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MCAP AS
09CANBERRA759	RESERVE BANK SIGNALS ECONOMIC RECOVERY [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) believes the economy has weathered the global financial crisis better than expected. The RBA Governor stated August 13 that this may turn out to be one of Australia's mildest post-war downturns. The RBA believes its monetary policy has been eff [...]	2009-08-17 03:13:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV AS
09CANBERRA770	AUSTRALIAN ATTENDEES TO ARF DISASTER RELIEF [...] (U) Darren Hansen, South-East Asia and Regional Issues Branch, South-East Asia Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has provided the following list of Australian participants for the September 16-18 ARF Disaster Relief Dialogue. 2. (U) Darren Hansen, Executive Officer, S [...]	2009-08-19 22:32:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR ARF EAID AS
09CANBERRA785	AUSTRALIAN REPONSE TO SEARCH FOR CONSENSUS ON [...] (C) On August 24, Jane Hardy, Director of Arms Control Section, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) told poloff the GOA agreed that a single consensus resolution was a good tack to take concerning the contentious issues of the Middle Ea [...]	2009-08-26 06:34:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL PARM KNNP IAEA EG IS AS
09CANBERRA839	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE MIDDLE [...] (C/NF) On September 14, Poloff presented points in reftel to Wendy Walsh, Executive Officer Arms Control Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). Walsh told poloff that neither the GOA nor New Zealand believe that the New Zealand General Conference President's attempt to creat [...]	2009-09-14 07:29:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP AORC PARM PREL IAEA
09CANBERRA845	AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON EXPANDING THE [...] (C) On September 14, Poloff delivered reftel talking points concerning a common position towards Iran at the IAEA and the UNGA to Wendy Walsh, Executive Officer, Arms Control Section, and Jenny Bloomfield, Director of the Middle East Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). [...]	2009-09-16 06:55:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA PREL AORC AS
09CANBERRA881	AUSTRALIA REPORTS MOHAMMED LARIJANI OPTIMISTIC [...] (C/NF) Summary: Mohammed Javad Larijani, Secretary General of Iran's Supreme Council of Human Rights and the Head of the Office of International Affairs of the Judiciary, told Australian Ambassador to Iran Marc Innes-Brown September 16 that he was optimistic that the three American hikers held [...]	2009-09-23 07:45:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PINR CASC IR AS
09CANBERRA884	AUSTRALIA'S PANDEMIC VACCINE CONTRIBUTION [...] (SBU) Australia is not planning on making H1N1 vaccine available to developing countries in the region until November at the earliest. Econoff spoke with Department of Health and Ageing Assistant Secretary Simon Cotterell on September 25 to get more details on Australia's pledge to contribute [...]	2009-09-25 06:08:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AORC PREL AS
09CANBERRA901	AUSTRALIA WILL ATTEND LIKEMINDED MEETING ON IRAN [...] (S/NF) Deborah Stokes, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) First Assistant Secretary for South Asia, Middle East and Africa will head the Australian delegation, which will include experts from a variety of departments. Stokes told Poleconcouns that Australia is grateful to be include [...]	2009-09-30 07:14:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET//NOFORN	MNUC PARM PREL ETTC KNNP AS
09CANBERRA916	SKEPTICAL AUSTRALIA SUPPORTS U.S. APPROACH ON IRAN [...] (C/NF) Australia fully supports U.S. efforts to engage with Iran but remains very skeptical of Iranian intentions. Patrick Suckling, First Assistant Secretary for International Affairs at the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and Andrea Faulkner, Assistant Secretary for South Asia, [...]	2009-10-07 06:27:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KNNP MNUC PARM IR AS
09CANBERRA945	INDONESIA PLAYING KEY ROLE IN STOPPING ARRIVALS [...] (C/NF) Summary: The series of recent high-profile cases of ship-borne asylum seekers trying to come to Australia is putting pressure on Prime Minister Rudd to depend on Indonesia's continued cooperation to help staunch the flow. Australia is also working with Malaysia, which they believe is [...]	2009-10-22 06:15:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SMIG PREF ELAB ECON AS
09CANBERRA980	PM RUDD REVAMPS DISASTER RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Summary: PM Rudd has ordered a comprehensive review of Australia's humanitarian assistance and disaster response (HA/DR) policies, procedures, and capabilities. The PM's announcement of the formation of a $50 million civilian response corps at the East Asian Summit is one element intend [...]	2009-11-02 09:30:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL AS
09CAPETOWN57	EAST LONDON'S INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ZONE SPEEDS [...] Summary: The East London Industrial Development Zone (ELIDZ),established in 2002, is a South African Government initiative to encourage export-driven growth and to diversify the mostly rural Eastern Cape economy. Since its inception, the ELIDZ has grown quickly and now includes fourteen in [...]	2009-03-13 15:18:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND EINV ETRD SA
09CARACAS1091	ZULIA'S ECONOMY STRUGGLES WITH ECONOMIC DOWNTURN [...] (C) Summary: The economy of Zulia, a major oil-producing area and Venezuela's most populous state, is suffering from long-standing Venezuelan government (GBRV) economic policies, the current economic downturn, and GBRV actions that appear to target Zulia specifically, such as the recent expr [...]	2009-08-19 21:16:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV VE
09CARACAS1147	CHAVEZ GIVES OBAMA AFRICAN PRIDE ADVICE [...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, on a September 1 state visit to Libya to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Qadhafi's revolution, urged President Obama to "rise to the height of his African blood," adding that although he may have good ideas, his hands are tied by the "North A [...]	2009-09-02 20:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL VE
09CARACAS1180	THOUSANDS MARCH IN CARACAS FOR "NO MORE CHAVEZ" [...] (C) Summary: As many as ten thousand marchers took to the streets September 5 to protest against President Chavez, exceeding public expectations of the anticipated turnout. The protest came two weeks after the large opposition march against the recently passed Education Law (ref A) and a day [...]	2009-09-08 22:35:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS1236	VENEZUELA: INSIGHT INTO LUKOIL AND THE RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russian oil companies in Venezuela understand that government-to-government negotiations are the most expedient way to advance commercial relations in Venezuela. In addition to working through a consortium to sign new oil deals, the individual companies are preparing to transfer [...]	2009-09-21 11:42:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS1459	ANTI-OBAMA MURAL ON DISPLAY IN CARACAS [...] (U) Users with access to SMART Cable system, please open attachment to see three photos of anti-Obama mural. 2. (U) A prominently displayed, high-quality painted mural denigrating President Obama is currently on public display in central Caracas. The mural, which is painted on a co [...]	2009-11-17 13:46:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE
09CARACAS1465	VENEZUELA: PDVSA'S REFINERIES AND NEW PROJECT PLANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: PDVSA's concept for the future development of the Faja heavy oil fields -- and particularly how to link the different joint venture projects together into a common infrastructure -- is still in its infancy. A senior PDVSA official described the company's numerous international ref [...]	2009-11-17 21:12:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS1479	FEDERAL COUNCIL LAW TO CENTRALIZE POWER AWAY FROM LOCAL [...] (C) Summary: The Chavista-dominated National Assembly (AN) passed the draft Organic Law of the Federal Government Council in a first vote, which appears engineered to create a parallel structure that could greatly diminish the funding and responsibilities currently granted to governors and m [...]	2009-11-20 16:30:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS776	OPPOSITION STATES AND MUNICIPALITIES SURVIVING [...] (SBU) Summary: With the significant exception of the Alcaldia Mayor (Mayor of Metropolitan Caracas),states and municipalities won by opposition candidates in the November 2008 elections appear to be weathering significant budget cuts forced by central government action, particularly changes [...]	2009-06-22 20:10:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV VE
09CASABLANCA14	MOROCCO'S TEXTILE SECTOR IS IN TROUBLE [...] (SBU) Summary: With the economies of Morocco's principal textile trading partners - France, Spain, and the United Kingdom - slowing, the Moroccan Association of Textile and Industries (AMITH) has sounded the alarm about prospects for the sector, which typically constitutes a third of Moroccan [...]	2009-01-30 16:03:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMCHAMS EAID ECON EFIN ETRD MO
09CASABLANCA163	BEYOND THE VEIL - WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS IN MOROCCO [...] (SBU) Summary: By codifying women's rights to equal participation in politics, society, and the economy, as well as recognizing their right to education, King Mohammed VI has positively altered the business climate for women in Morocco. According to the Moroccan Association of Women Entreprene [...]	2009-08-12 17:03:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV KWMN MO
09CASABLANCA194	WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN MOROCCO: A MODEL FOR THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the last decade Morocco, under the leadership of King Mohammed VI, has implemented a wide variety of social and economic reforms with the aim of modernizing the country. One the areas where this has been the most apparent is in the advancement of women's rights. This prog [...]	2009-10-14 09:18:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI KWMN MO
09CASABLANCA198	THE KING, THE COURTS, AND THE RISE OF ARBITRATION [...] (SBU) Summary: With only 150 judges in the entire commercial judiciary and close to 100,000 pending cases, Morocco's slow and often inept judicial system has made international firms increasingly skittish about investments and business transactions. In his major annual youth day address in lat [...]	2009-10-22 13:33:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD EFIN ELAB PGOV MO
09CASABLANCA210	MOROCCO, THE WORLD'S NEXT HOLLYWOOD? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Situated in central Morocco, the Souss-Massa-Draa region has become one of the world's most appealing film locations - and the backdrop for several major Hollywood films starring actors such as Angelina Jolie, Russell Crowe, and Leonardo DiCaprio. The Moroccan government has im [...]	2009-11-19 09:12:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV PGOV SOCI KISL MO
09CASABLANCA27	MOROCCO: 2009 ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) This cable responds to action request (Ref A) for updated information on the Moroccan government's efforts to combat trafficking in persons from April 2008 to February 2009. ------------------------- OVERVIEW: Plus Ca Change... ------------------------- 2. (SBU) The Government of M [...]	2009-02-13 14:57:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KTIP PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN MO
09CASABLANCA90	ISLAMISTS CALL FOR DIALOGUE WITH SALAFIST [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the aftermath of the 2003 Casablanca suicide bombings the government of Morocco (GOM) detained and prosecuted thousands of suspected Islamic extremists. The creation of a concentrated Salafist population in the prisons has presented the GOM with new challenges including the b [...]	2009-05-11 18:12:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS KISL PHUM MO
09CHENGDU169	YUNNAN: CHINA'S MAIN COUNTERNARCOTICS BATTLEFIELD SEES [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Narcotics control is making progress in Yunnan Province, the heart of Chinese drug trafficking, a senior provincial official told Consul General, but interdicting imp [...]	2009-08-26 05:39:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PGOV PREL CH
09CHENGDU259	SW CHINA SOLAR FIRM BUYS MAJORITY OF US COMPANY, HAS [...] (SBU) Summary: Officials from Tianwei New Energy, a solar power company based in southwest China's Sichuan province, said that the recent acquisition of a controlling share of the U.S. firm Hoku Scientific was a sudden opportunistic move rather than a key part of the company's long-term develop [...]	2009-11-17 03:41:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETRD EINV PGOV SENV KNNP CH
09CHENGDU31	SOUTHWEST CHINA: VISITING GUIZHOU'S MIAO MINORITY [...] (C) Summary: A recent trip with an ethnic Miao anthropologist to his home in the Miao/Hmong heartland of Guizhou, China's poorest province, provided an interesting window on rapid changes currently underway in rural areas of the region. Large government and private investments in tourist dev [...]	2009-02-17 05:28:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SOCI CH
09CHENNAI317	SRI LANKAN REFUGEES IN INDIA UNLIKELY TO RETURN ANYTIME [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and cessation of hostilities in Sri Lanka, the Sri Lankan refugees in Tamil Nadu are unlikely to return to their homeland anytime soon. Release of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from confinement in IDP camps is a [...]	2009-10-30 05:03:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PTER PHUM SOCI IN CE
09CHENNAI38	SRI LANKAN WAR HEATS UP TAMIL NADU POLITICS [...] (SBU) Summary: A dramatic self-immolation by a young man in Chennai protesting Tamil civilian casualties in Sri Lanka gave opportunistic fringe parties a political opening. Their efforts to whip up more widespread protests through the call for a statewide general strike, however, fell flat d [...]	2009-02-06 08:12:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL IN CE
09CHENNAI53	MAOISTS SUFFER FURTHER BLOW IN ANDHRA PRADESH [...] (SBU) Konapuri Ilaiah ,former Secretary of the Andhra Pradesh State Committee (APSC) of India's indigenous Maoist insurgency (also known as Naxalites),surrendered to police on February 15, allegedly because of his ill health. Deputy Inspector General of the Special Intelligence Branch B. Shiv [...]	2009-02-24 06:48:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PHUM IN
09CHIANGMAI49	BURMA-KNU: KNU SEEKS PRECONDITIONS FOR TALKS [...] (C) Despite the Burmese regime's offer reported in Ref A for unconditional talks with the Karen National Union (KNU),which has been waging a conflict against the regime for over 50 years, the KNU placed several conditions on its participation in future talks with the regime during its April 6 [...]	2009-04-10 07:31:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM BM TH
09CHIANGMAI61	BURMA: KNU ON PEACE TALKS, POLITICAL GOALS, BORDER [...] (C) The Karen National Union (KNU),which has been in a protracted military conflict with the Burmese regime, has two preconditions for peace talks with the GoB: the talks must be held in a third country, and the KNU must negotiate with a regime leader. The KNU wants to see the establishment [...]	2009-05-01 03:30:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PHUM BM TH
09CHISINAU287	Election Protests Turn Violent - President and Parliament Buildings Trashed [...] (SBU) Summary: After unoffiial April 5 election results gave a majority t the ruling Party of Communists (PCRM),thousand of Moldovans took to the streets on Monday, Aprl 6. A candle-lit vigil of some thousands on te evening of April 6 remained peaceful with calls for democracy and electio [...]	2009-04-08 14:59:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM MD
09CHISINAU43	MOLDOVA 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Embassy Chisinau submits the Investment Climate Statement in response to reftel: Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. Moldova continues to take small steps toward developing a stronger economy, reforming a cumbersome regulatory framework, combating corrupti [...]	2009-01-22 10:39:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR MD
09CHISINAU61	HUNGARIAN AMBASSADOR THINKS LIKELY [...] (C) Summary: In a January 22 meeting, Hungarian Ambassador to Moldova Gyorgy Varga shared Ambassador Chaudhry's concerns that the Government of Moldova (GOM) was backsliding on media, political, and economic freedoms in the run up to elections. Varga told the Ambassador that President Voroni [...]	2009-01-30 13:48:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR MD
09CHISINAU939	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES TRANSNISTRIA TANKS [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Ambassador, accompanied by the Defense Attache, met with Speaker and Acting President Mihai Ghimpu on November 17 to respond to a request from Ghimpu to ascertain whether reports regarding the mobilization of Transnistrian tanks and the distribution of Russian arms and am [...]	2009-12-07 11:23:00	Embassy Chisinau	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR RS MD
09COLOMBO100	Sri Lankans Welcome Inauguration of Barack Obama [...] Summary. Sri Lankans welcomed the inauguration of President Barack Obama with widespread enthusiasm. Ambassador hosted a viewing of the occasion with high level contacts and attended services at two Buddhist temples where monks blessed the President. Sri Lankan media carried a congratulator [...]	2009-01-28 10:17:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL KMDR CE
09COLOMBO1015	LOSS OF EU GSP-PLUS TRADE BENEFITS WOULD BE A [...] (U) SUMMARY: The European Union granted Sri Lanka GSP-Plus trade benefits after the 2004 tsunami, and Sri Lanka has substantially increased its EU-bound exports. However, an EU Commission recommended on October 19 the withdrawal of the GSP-Plus benefits because its investigation found that the [...]	2009-11-05 05:33:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV EINV KTEX CE
09COLOMBO1031	TAMIL LEADER SAMPANTHAN FORESEES "HOT" ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 10 meeting with PolChief, Tamil National Alliance Chairman Rajavarothiyam Sampanthan said President Rajapaksa told him there would be early presidential elections. He affirmed General Fonseka's intention to run but noted that a Rajapaksa/Fonseka contest would "spli [...]	2009-11-13 10:24:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1047	SRI LANKA WILL NOT OPPOSE UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] (C) On November 18, PolChief delivered ref A points urging Sri Lanka to oppose UNGA resolutions with anti-Israel bias to Sri Lankan MFA U.N. and Multilateral Affairs Director General (DG) Ambassador Aruni Wijewardene. Wijewardene informed us that the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) would continu [...]	2009-11-18 12:22:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER UNGA CE

09COLOMBO1051	PRM PDAS WITTEN EXAMINES IDP ISSUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The November 12-16 visit of PRM Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Samuel Witten came during a critical period in the ongoing humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka. The Government is accelerating releases from closed camps, a move welcomed by the international community but on [...]	2009-11-20 10:03:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE

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